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) THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 1903 OWELL'S WATER WORKS BILL d and Discussed by Author at Real Estate Exchange Meeting. OPOSES BI-PARTISAN WATER BOARD vides for Gemeral Tax Levy of Not More Than One Hundred Thou- nd Dollars for Water Fund Each Year. Benator Howell's bill to compel the mayor d city counell of Omaha to proceed to the prehase of the Omaha water works was the ieme presented to the Real Estate ex- nge yesterday. It was read by its author, ho commented at length upon its terms. He read eighteen sections of the proposed daw, saying that in these the entire matter I8 sresented. The bill provides that since the city has voted bonds for acquiring the water works the mayor and city council shall proceed within thirty days after the passage of the law to acquire such plant; that a water board of six members to be appointed by the governor shall recommend to the mayor and council the names of appraisers to value the plant and that the city shall have the right to procegd by right of eminent domain or under the contract with the company, &8 it may elect, and upon the failure of the company to appoint an appraiser as pro- vided by the contract it may be compelled to do #0 by a court cf competent jurisdic- tion. Water Board of Six Members. The water board shall consist of six mem- bers, three of whom shall be chosen from each of the political parties casting the highest number of votes for governor at the preceding election; two, one from each party, to serve until the next election for governor; two until the second such elec- tlon and two until the third such election, two, one from each party, being elected by the people of the city for a term of six years at each election for governor; that this board shall have power to manage tho water plant and adopt a scale of prices and regulations for the sale of water. It shall elect a water commissioner, a practical man, and shall from its membership elect a chairman. Civil service rules shall govern the discharge of all regular employes. The members of the board shall have the powers ry to enforce their rules and shall ry of $600 each. General Tax Every Year. The bill. provides that the water board an compel the council to levy a water fund ot to excecd $100,000 in lieu of the present water fund, said money to be used for the plant and the payment of interest on bonds; all money received from the operation of the plant or any other source by the board 10 be placed in the watet fund and balances to be covered Into a sinking fund for the payment of bonds. Speaking to the latter clause of the bill | Mr. Howell sald that the water company had two dutles to perform—one supplying the people with water and the other sup- plylng fire protection, and that the former should be pald for by those using water, while the latter should be paid for by all of the people generally, as property owners, resident or nonresident, would receive the benefit of the fire protection while they ‘would pay nothing for it unless it was pro- vided for hy a general tax, and that this would permit a lower rate to be charged resident consumers of water. up the question of the purchase of the water plant, showing the estimated value and cost. Before adjourning for the day, President Harrison named a committee to examine and report on Senator Howell's water works bill, the report to be made at a special meeting to be held at noon on Friday. The committee {8 made up of D, C. Patterson, N. P. Dodge, jr., George G. Wallace, A. P. Tukey pnd C. C. George. ROBERSON LECTURES TONIGHT Former Omahan is to Tell of Mar- People and Its rophe, Frank R. Roberson is to lecture tonight at Boyd's theater on the catastrophies on | the Island of Martinique, illustrating his remarks with views he procured recently | with his own camera and expressly for this lecture. This is to be one of the features of the Young Men's Christian assoclation course, and the association feels that a double nterest will be felt by reason of the facts topic is a comparatively new one and the lecturer formerly of Omaha. Ha has lectured here since removing from this city and has given the association such sat- istaction that it feels warranted in billing him as one of the best of its many good offerings. —r—— Able Came Back. ble of Des Molnes, la., t night and an effort wiil be made him to trial for a larceny which o is sald to have committed last fall in wyer oon, where he was employed. farmer paid ‘for a drink with a $10 bill his change was laid on the counter. e prisoner picked it up and-fled to lowa. Marriage License. A _marriage license was lssued yesterday to James R. Farris, Lincoln, Neb., aged 82, and Marle A. Fox, Lincoln,’ Neb., aged 35 Half and Half. ‘The dyspeptic may well be represented ictorially es being balf masculine and balf mfi.i“. nnf combining the least desirable characteristics of either sex. He has all the stubbornness of the maa with the peevish ir- ritability of a sick woman. He's not flau-nt company at or abroad. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures dyspepsia_and other diseases of the stomach and associ- ated organs of diges- tion and nutrition, It renews physical health which carries with it cheerfulness of tem nd makes life a pleasure instead of a penance. The "Discovery” fies the blood by -liuiutilng the cor- rupt and poisonous accumulations from which disease is bred. It increases the ac- the blood- ! \ivity of m.fiq glands, so i ng the supply of pure rich blood, which gives life to every organ of the body. It gives new life and wew strength. “Your ‘Golden Medical Discovery. s wouderful curc.” writes Mr. , of Charleston, Franklin Co. Ark. ‘worst case of dyspepuia, the doctors say, that ever saw. After rying seven dostors and 1 could hear of, with uo benefit, [ Dr. olden Medical Discovery and Bow 1 am cured. Accept no substitute foi " Goiden Med- ical Discovery.” ere is nothing " just as » for diseases of the stomach, Liood and lungs, “ The Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 large pages in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to E{ixv-u‘ of mfli:g oilyy. Address He then took | “ OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOULS | It is frequently said by the older teachers nd principals who have served many years in the city schools that the young women who are coming In each year are the real and greatest obstacle to the establishment of a successful annuity or benefit fund for teachers who have served out their useful- ness or become dependent. In speaking of this one cf the older teachers said recently “These girls seem to think that any sys- tem for the maintalning of which they might be ever so little taxed would be an imposition upon them because they do not happen to be, at present, in need of any such assistance themselves. They seem to be strangely | 7de for women who have taken up the profes. slon of teaching and it is deploral®, but a fact nevertheless, that a surprising num- ber of them look upon their work In the school room as merely a temporary thing and they do not seem Inclined to subscribe | to the support of any teachers' benefit or- | ganization that they do not expect to profit by perconally. The odd part of it s that comparatively few of these young teachers have anything definite in prospect beyond the school room and are just looking ahead in a vague sort of way, taking it for granted that they will marry, or that some- thing else, equally uncertaln, will happen to reliove them of any future dependence upon a teachers’ benefit fund. This should not be so, and it is not %o in all citles, for I have Investigated the matter thoroughly. It 1s a much discussed fact that a large percentage of the women who take up teaching as a profession never marry and this percentage is increasing each year. Tt is not wholly a eelfish interest that makes us older teachers anxious for the establish- ment of such a benefit fund, but rather our experfence, and since this matter has been agitated during the last ten years, es. pecially, 1 find the teachers who were be- ginners at that time, as earnest as we older ones in their wish for such provision as othor citles have.” 1t Is estimated that there are fewer pu- pils enrolled in the grammar schools of Chicago than in any other large city in America. the enrollment averaging forty- three puplls to each teacher. In New York | City there are fifty puplls to each teacher; in Philadelphia fifty-three, in Boston ffty, in Baltimore fifty-one, in St. Louls fifty- elght, in Cleveland forty-four, in Buffalo forty-seven, in San Francisco forty-two, in Cincinpati forty-six. In Washington the number runs as low as forty-one, while in Milwaukee It is forty- The teachers of New York City are con- templating the erection of a club house, and to this end a committee of 100 teachers, members of the Teachers' assoclation, have been appointed to interview the other teach- ers to asoertain the inclination of the ma- jority in the matter and the probable amount that can be raised for such a pur- pose. Of the 16,034 teachers in the public schools of Indiana 1,185 are graduates from col- | leges or universities, 1,274 from state nor- mal schools, 1,165 from private normal schools and 2,718 have had no training aside from the common school education. A splendid new bulding is being erected in New York City to be known as the James Speyer Experimental school, and s to be conducted under the direction of the Teach- | ers' college. The model building is to cost $100,000, which was given for this purpose by Mr. and Mrs. James Speyer. The ldea 18 to extend the work of the school into the ‘amilies of the children. There will be In connectfon with the school clubs and classes, and resident teachers will instruct the parents of the children after school hours in domestic economy and kindred subjects. In a recent article In the New York Times Isabel R. Wallach presents the sub- Ject of deficient children in a manner that must interest all primary teachers. Sinco the institution of public schools these un- fortunates have had the more or less sym- pathetic attention of the primary teachers who are able to do little for them, after all, even in carrying out the experiments that many would be interested in making. It is the special provision for and instruction of these children that Miss Wallach especially considers. She points out that 1f they were fmbeciles they would be provided for, but only being deficient they have to take their chances In the regular classes, where a cer- tala amount of work has to be accomplished in a limited time, the unfortunates profit- ing but little, while if special provision were made for them the most might be made of what intellect they have. England, Germany and - Belglum have a system of auxillary classes for these children In which the lessons are individual and al- ways-short. Intellectual exercises are com- bined with manual training and very often the child thet cannot learn arithmetical processes in the regular classes learns them in knotfing cords or filling bean bags in the classes of constructive exercises. The Teachers' Retirement Fund of the ate of New Jersey is maintained by a tem of voluntary payments by the teachers throughout the state and a certain percent. age of each year's salary makes one eligible to the benefits of the fund. The plans and workings of this system were recently presented before the Educational assoctation of Newark by Miss E. A. Allen of Hoboken, who is deeply interested in this work. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT Banker w Lawyers and Merchants Urge Its Passage by the Legislature. There will be an attempt made at the present session of the legislature to pass an amendment to the negotiable instru- ments laws of the state, the purpose being to make these laws identical with the laws at present in force in & large number of the states. The bankers, lawyers and a large number of the mercantile houses of the state have at various times endorsed the ‘lnw as proposed, and it is expected that it will meet with little opposition. The act will repeal practically all of the laws at present on the subject of notes and bills of exchange and will substitute there- fore a law that gives legal definition to such terms as are in general use among bankers and merchants as to such instru- ments and their parts. It provides that bills may be corrected after signing by any- one to make the bills conform to the facts, and that such correction, such as the fn- sertion of & date, & rate of interest or the like, shall not invalidate th days of grace are to be abolished entirely on both notes and bills. It is the intention of the promoters to get such laws and such decisions under them as will make It possible for any per- son familiar with the mercantile laws of the state to know his exact standing in any | other state and to bring about uniformity of treatment of all such affairs. Bad Boy Lecked Up. Hortfald, a 1-year-old boy, living South Thirteenth street, wae ar- rested last night as an Incorrigible. sald to have borrowed a push { loaded it with two manhole covers boller brace, which he hid in place. He was negotiating fo the plunder when arrest he got the castings from the platform at & Stone's wholesale (oo e rear of Dewe: g 0ol AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA| Oity Receives Another Request for Vacation of Btreets and Alleys. RENDERING WORKS ARE FROWNED UPON | OMcial Says the Project is Not to Be Thousht of and Certainly W Be Shelved=Magle City Gosnip. Another request for the vacation of streets and alleys has been filed with the city clerk. This time Wolt & Murman ask, by letter, to have several streets and alleys just north of the L street viaduct vacated in order that they may, perhaps, locate a packing house. The fact that J. B. Smiley of the Union Rendering works has been looking for the same thing for some time leads city officlals to belleve that Smiley and his company want to turn this city property, which is trackage ground, into a “deodorized” rendering plant. In the same deal there is the Union Pacific plan to have the city vacate a big patch of its streets and alleys commencing at L street and continuing north to the city limits. At the last meeting of the councl the Burling- ton sent in a request for the vacation of a tract over on Thirty-sixth street. A city official said last night that it a tew more roads would ‘send in applications now the entire portion of the city west of the Union Pacific tracks might be vacated, Just to accommodate the railroads. As for the latest proposition, that of a rendering works right in the heart of the city, an official said that the communication would not be considered at all. “When read at the nmext council meeting the firm making the request will doubtless have the pleasure of reading in the official reports of the council that their neat little typewritten communication has been placed on file.” Mayor Koutsky and lead!nz members of the council say they are in favor of doing all {n their power to advance the interests of the city, but they do not think it wise to give up good streets and alleys and good trackage ground for mere accommodation. “Some rental, payable in advance, or other consideration should be made the city be- fore stro-ts and alleys in the most valuable portion of the city are vacated,” said a city officfal. Thie secms to be the general idea and the chances are that it will be a long time before Smiley gets his rendering works in operation on the property north of the L street viaduct, which now belongs to the etz Marsh Prepares Statement. Secretary Charles Marsh of the South Omaha Young Men's Clristian assoclation has prepared a report showing the receipts and disbursements for the year 1902. Senior members have pald in $1,271, while the Juniors have paid $167. Subscriptions have amounted to $1,820. Other recelpts bring the total up to $3,656. With the balance on hand the total is $3,656. For expensea the association has pald the gen~ral secre- tary $1,000, and the assistant sacretary 720, Janitor service has cost $280, while rent for the present quarters amounted to $475. Other expenses bring the total up to balance with the receipts, less the balance of cash on hand. Cannot Heat Fire IV Chlet Etter of the fire department is au- thority for the statement that it is impos- sible to heat the fire hall on Twenty-fourth street so that the men are comfortable. Two big stoves are kept running day and night but with plenty of bedding the men have to get up and walk around at night in order to keep warm. The horses keep moving about in their stalls so that sleep is practically impossible. The chief sald last night that there was coal enough on hand to keep up good fires, but that the building is such & shell that it was impos- sible to keep the temperature at what it should be. Charter Bill Introduced Thix Week. Mayor Koutsky sald last night he under- stood the charter revision amendments for South Omaha would be introduced in the house this week. The document eontaining the amendments is now in Lincoln. Rep- resentat‘ve Ten Eyck wlill, it is understood, introduce the bill. The people of South Omaha are watching with considerable in- terest the outcome of this bill. Continuance Taken. The cases againet John and Willlam Sie~ ger for the alleged larceny of a bridge be- longing to the city of South Omaba have been continued thirty da; both the de- fendants have gone to South Dakot In the meantime the eity is without a bridge to the emergency hospital. Mayor Kout. sky sald lart night, after the cases had been continued, that in case there was occasion to use the hospital it would be neceseary to comstruct a temporary structure. The mayor insists that the Siegers cannot pre- vent the city from maintalning a road to the hospital The city offices all show signs of wear. In the council chamber the furniture looks like an array in a second-hand store. In the office of the city treasurer the fioor covering 1s so badly worn that it fs with difficulty the officials get around without the use of stilts. Time and agan City Treasurer Howe has asked for a presenta. ble floor covering, but as nothing has been done about the matter Mr. Howe sald yes. terday that he guessed he would have to buy mew matting himself. Every office in the city hall bullding needs new furnish. ings of some kind, but when a requisitior is made the same old story of no money comes back. The democratle council does not seem to wish to grant any requests made by any republican officeholder, no matter how great the necessity. Magie City Gosstp. D. L. Holmes is out again after a short 1liness. Several South Omaha business men have been summoned on the petit jury for the February term of coart. Miss Harrington, general delivery cleri t the postoffice, who has been on the sick list for a week or more, was reported bet- ter yesterday. Willilam Nevins, the fireman injured by a fall from a horse on Tuesday, was rest- ing as well as could be expected at his home last night. There s bractically no change in the coal situation. All of the packers are get- Ung wlong from day to day. Bhould the daily supply be shui off the plants would have to shut down. CROOK WITH OMAHA RECORD Charles Den: consin Town for Bank Robbery. Charles Dennls, who is sald to have been as clever & crook as the Omaha police ever had to deal with, and who made this ecity his stamping ground about three years ago, has been captured in BEagle, Waukesha county, Wis., for complicity in & bank rob- bery which committed there a few days Dennis was arrested by Chief Donahue and Detective Dunn for baving robbed the Schugart store In this city of $10,000 worth of furs on August 13, 1899. The property which was taken at that time was recov- ered. Dennis had a pal named Prince, with whom he disappeared shortly after the Schugart burglary. He was later arrested with another pal named Monahan for a job last month for having robbed the Jones- boro, 111, postofice. He was arrested while in the company of “Paddy” Flaharty, who was wanted for murder. Dennis induced a saloonist in the Windy City to go upon his ball bond and while enjoying his liberty fled from Chicago. He later fell in with the gang which planned the Eagle, Wis., Job and was arrested by a posse of citizens who had organized for the purpose of cap- turing the bank robbers, one of whom was killed by the citizens. Dennis is held there to awalt trial HYMENEAL. Honglund-Jackwon. All Saints’ church was filled with a fashionable gathering last evening, bidden to witness the marriage of Mr. Paul In- galls Hoagland and Miss Edith Jackson, daughter of Mrs. Henry James Jackson, which was solemnized at 7:30 o'clock. Since the announcement of the engagement sev- eral months ago, soclety has anticipated the wedding as among the important socla! functions of the winter, and as such it will be remembered, for, though lacking all pre- tence, it was one of the prettiest of the many pretty weddings that have occurred this season. There was little pretense at decoration of the church, excepting the chancel, the Christmas wreaths and fes- toons being In place, trimming the side walls. The chancel was latticed off with ropes of asparagus ferns that were tied back from the chancel steps, and from an arch above was suspended a large wedding bell of white blossoms. The several at- tendants made the bridal procession par- ticularly effective as it entered to “The Lohengrin” wedding march, Lieutenant David Stone of Fort Crook and Mr. George Melntyre preceding, stretching the white satin sashes the length of the aisle to the chancel steps. Lieutenant Huguet and Mr. Charles George, Mr. Tom Creigh and Mr. Ed George came next, followed by the bridesmaids, Miss Blanche Garten of Lin- coln and Miss Loulse Tukey, gowned alike in white organdle, and Miss Helen Hoag- land and Miss Mary Holdrege, in white chiffon and lace, carrylng chowers of swansonfa and asparagus fern. Mies Fannie Cole, as maid-of-honor, came next. Hor gown was of white mull, with trimmings of Irish point, and she carrled American Beauty roses. The bride, with her uncle, Mr. F. H. Reddington, came last, gowned in white mall, with irimmings of tucking and point applique. Hher short veil was edged about with lace of the same and she carried a prayer book. At the chancel steps the groom and his brother, Mr. Will Hoag- 1and of Colorado, met the bride, the entire party advancing into the chancel after the betrothal was sald, Rev. Mackay reading the marriage service. Following the wedding a small informal reception was held at the bride’s home, at 1902 South Thirty-third street, for the members of the bridal party, the families and a few friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hoagland left last evening for an extended trip through California and the west, to be gone abolit two months, and will be at home upon their returll at thelr new residence at Thirty-second and Wool- worth avenue. Mrs. Hoagland will recetve informally the first and third Wednesdays in May. Report of County Treasurer. The report of County Treasurer G. Fred Elsasser, showing the whereabouts of the county funds December 31, 1902, follows: cember 1, balance.... . ecember collections . Dec. disbursements +$91,186.14 Cash in drawer. . T29.00 Checks for deposit. 7,254.84 Postage account. 132.76 Protest money. 166.67 On deposit in banks: Merchants' National,,:.. 38,102.23 U, 8. National + 10,634.35 Commercial National,... 11,024.35 First Natlona 12,663.11 Packers' Natlonal. Omaha Nationa Union Natlonal... Ballance De Levine Family Row. A row among the members of the Levine family caused the arrest of Abraham Le- vine of 3221 Cuming street on a charge of assault last night. Joseph Levine, a sec- ond-hand dealer at 806 North Sixteenth street, uncle of the prisoner, suffered a compound fracture of the nose and a cut over his left eye; and his son Abraham recelved two black eyes, The fight oc- curred In the place of business of the in- jured man, who after medical attention was sent to his home, 2214 Lake street, in a cab. The physiclan “who examined the wound was of the opinion that Levine had been struck with eéome sharp instrument. ‘The injured Levine and the father of his assatlant were<tintil recently partners, Three Alarms, One Fire, The firemen responded to three alarms yesterday ‘between the hours of § and 10 o'clock in the evening. The first alarm came because of a burning pile of rubbish Twenty-seventh and Charles streets. At 53 an alarm was rung in from 314 South Fifteenth street, where some benzine had become Ignited in the Jewelry shop of John Baumer. The occupants extingulshed the fire, with slight damage, before the ar- Fival of the firemen, The coltage belonging to Otto Balsh at Twenty-eighth and Chi- cago streets, w tially burned the evening. Loss about on ho contents. Tongs Didn’t Ow: M. J. McCauley of Bloux City had a pair of new ice tongs yestéerday afternoon which_he falled to satisfactorily account for. When arrested he was trying to sell them on North Sixteenth street for 2 cents each. McCauley sald that he had been cutting fce for Anderson on Cut-Off lake, and it 1s thought that the tongs are the property of the employer. LOCAL BREVITIES. Anna Brysant asks divorce from Joseph on the ground of abandonment. They were married July 11, 191, in Omaha. Grace M. Hubbard petitions for divorce from Arthur D., because of nonsupport, and asks the custody of their child. They were married at Osceola June 14, 159, Such examples of extreme crueity as knocking her down are cited by Lora B. Henderson in her petition for divorce from James M., whom she married at Panora, April 24, 1859, Robert P. Hamlilton and Edward O. Ham- tlton, as Hamliton Bros., contractors, are suing the Charch of the Sacred Heart in district court for $2,419, alicged to be due on a_ $10200 centract for construction of the church. There was a controversy over the plastering. Y, ‘Walker asks the district court for the appointment of a rcceiver for the premises and contents at 113 South Four- teenth street, alleging that they are co ered by & mortgage which he is seeking foreclose to secure payment of a n for o given by Altred Adams 1o Jesse H utten, sold by the latter to Walker and on which only a few dollars have been patd, the petition states. George Fisher, Robert Buckley, George Wintersmith and _Warren Renley have been arrested by Detectlves Drummy and Mitchell, charged with petit larceny. They are sald to have stolen a quantity of cloth- ing from the Arnstein Clothing company's gtore on Dougias street. and eighteen fountain pcis from the Sherman & Me- Connell Drug company. The named prisoners are wanted Bluffs for larceny from the Marcus Cloth- ing company and will be trken there by Detective Murphy. GRAIN THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE In comparing Grain-O and coffee remember that while the taste is the same Grain-O gives health and strength while coffee shatters the nervous system and bree ' disease of the digestive organs. 1'hinking at Joplin, Mo. Some time ago while at Quniey, IiL. his Omaha pal, Prince, was shot and killed snd Deunls “fell” at Chicage people prefer Grain-O and its ben- efits. TRY IT TO-DAY. Atgrocers everywhere; 15c. and 35¢. per package (RYAN'S IDENTITY IN DOUBT Police Are Tryiug to Oonnect Him with the Nestle Murder, STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO MURDERER No Positive Evi Pnr; [ Donahu to Show that but Chief Continues Investi- &ation of the € Ryan Thompson, Every effort s being made by Chtet Dona- | hue, Detective Dunn and others of the po- | lice department to establish beyond all pos- sible doubt the identity of Dan J. Ryan, who {1s thought to be wanted here for murder. The task is proving difficult inasmuch as the officers have no means of identifying the prisoner through the measurement system, ‘or at the time the crime was committed and Thompson's pal, Reynolds, was taken into custody, the Bertillon system was not in vogue. All that the officers have which will aid them materially in determining Ryan's identity is an old and faded photo- graph which was taken some time prior to the murder of young Nestle. This photo- graph is believed to be at police headquar- ters and a diligent search is being made tor it. The officers who were on the force at the time of the murder are certain that Ryan 1s Thompson, as his general appearance is strikingly similar to that of the man who is wented Chief Donahue is also searching the rec- ords of the trial of Reynolds to secure the names of the witnesses. Some of the wit nesses have died, but the chief thinks there are those who still reside here who will prove valuable for the state in case Ryan | is identified as Thompson | Prixoner in Measured. Ryan was “mugged” Tuesday afternoon | and his Bertillon measurements were also | taken. The police information on this man | shows that he was born in New York, and | for a number of years has had no residence, making his home in the railroad camps. He is five fect seven inches in height, 44 years of age and weighs 141 pounds. His | hair 1s brown. He is of medium build and | | has blue eyes. The thumb of his right hand | | 18 oft at the first joint, while his hands are | marked by several prominent scars. Chief Donahue says that Thompson was known to the Omaha police as a tramp bur- | | glar, one of the worst types of crooks | { known to the police. The police are also | endeavoring to locate Thompson's former pal, Reynolds, who was pardoned from the penitentiary before his sentence was fin- ished. He would prove a valuable man in identitying Thompson, if it Is he whom the officers now think they have In the person of Ryan. Ryan was taken to the county jail yester- day afternoon to begin his sentence for robbing Benhardt Bahneen. The Chief of Healers. 01d sores, ulcers, piles, fistula and like etubborn maladies soon yleld to Bucklen's Arnica falve or no pay. 2 For sale by | Kuhn & Co. TEAMSTERS SETTLE FIGHT Warring Unions Agree to Combine Forces and End War of Two Years' Standing. CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—Chicago teamsters unions clalm to have won thelr fight against the Interpational Team Drivers' unfon. At & joint conference held here today, under the supervision of the Amer- fcan Federation of Labor, & basis for the amalgamation of the two bodies was ar- ranged on terms highly satisfactory to the local men. The Chicago unions seceded from the parent body almost two yea ago because that body admitted team ow! ers to membership, and began the organi- zation of a separate national body. Both orgnizations are now to send dele- gates to a convention, based on the numerical strength of both, as shown by the books of the organization. New officers are to be elected, the first part of the con- stitutions of both unions are to be em- bodied in the new one and an application for a charter is to be made to the Amer- fcan Federation of Labor. MAKE INDIVIDUAL DEMANDS Trainmen and Conductors Dissolve 1 AFRICAY MINES SEER LABOR Owners Ask Chamberlain to Consent to Introduction of Chinamen. LONDON NEWSPAPERS OPPOSE PROPOSAL Difculties and Elsewhere Pointed Experienced in America Out an Government Warned Against Giving Way to Demands. LONDON,’ Jan. 15.—Nothing official has as yet transpired regarding the settlement of the vexed question of labor for the Rand, but the idea that Mr. Chamberlain will consent to the {mportation of Chinese laborers into South Africa threatens to ralse a storm of protest. It is hinted in some mine owners of the Transvaal so readily agreed to contribute $150,000,000 to meet the expenses of the war because they be- lieved Mr. Chamberlain was ready to yield on the coolle question. The mine owners contend that the employment of white labor in the mines has proved a failure, that it is impossible to obtain a sufficient number of Kaffirs and that it is urgently necessary to find at least 100,000 laborers effectively to restore the mining industry. Mr. Chamberlain, in a conference held with the mine managers at Johannesburg on Tuesday, sald it had been borne in upon him that the vital question was that of labor. He was not in favor of employing Uganda natives for fear of introducing the dreaded sleeping sickness which killed 30,- 000 persons last year. He warned the mine managers that it would be extremely diffi- cult to secure an unlimited supply of Asi- atic labor, and in conclusion sald he was unable to pronounce a definite opinion on the matter. The idea of the mine owners s to im- port Chinese under the indenture system and to reship them to China after a term of years. The London papers this morning decline to believe that Mr. Chamberlain will consent to such a plan, and they point out the dangers experienced In the United States and elsewhere in the em- vloyment of “Yellowmen. PLAGUE STEADILY INCREASES e quarters that the rteen More Deaths Are Recorded from Dread Scourge in Mexlco. CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 14.—Official ad- vices from Mazatlan report six deaths from the plague in ‘that city on Saturday and eight on Sunday. The nvmber of patients is steadily increasing. The total number in the hospital is eighty-efght, with eix more under observation. MONTEREY, Mex., Jan. 14—Governor Reves has stated that appeals for assist- ance made on behalf of the plague-stricken city of Mazatlan might be officlally pub- lished in order that all might have an op- portunity to subscribe to a relief fund. The governor announces that an appropriation will soon be made by the state of Neuvo Leon for relief purpos Joint Committee and Will Seek Ratse Separately. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14.—The wage Increase committee of the western roads has decided to discontinue the general conference with the managements. Until the iwatter is settled each commit- tee of trainmen and conductors will present its demands for a 20 per cent increase to the management of its road only, and dis- cuss the matter with its management. This decision was arrived at today after the leaders of the orders 1epresented here by the committees had spent several days with the management of the western roads with. out making headway. Engineers Get Increase. CHICAGO, Jan. 14—Locomotive engi- neers and firemen on the Chicago & West- ern Indiana and the Belt line of Ch’cago today secured an agreement raising thelr wages. They will recelve an increase of 10 per cent, begining January 1. Ten hours will be considered a day's work, with pay for overtime. ENGINEER RISKS MUTILATION s and Feet Freeze, but He Sticks to Cab Until the Run Ends. PERU, Ind., Jan. 14.—His loyaity to the Wabash may result seriously for Edward Irish, an engineer on that road who lives here. He was in charge of the engine that hauled the Continental Limited yesterday, whick was running seven hours late be- cause of the blizzard in Canada. When the engine reached Lafayette, Irish found a leak in a pipe under the boller. While making temporary repairs his bands and feet were frozen, but gave of the cab would soon thaw him out He took his train on to Danville, 1l where his run ended. His hands and feet were swollen to twice their normal size, but he had made up thirty minutes' lost time. Irish was brought to Peru and is now in the hospital, where the physicians hope to save his hands and feet. He is one of the best known enginethen on the Wa YOUNG BOY DEFENDS MOTHER ne Aunt Dead While She Strangling Her Shoots Ini Was little attention to it, thinking the warmth | RUSSIAN BOATS Destroyers Pass Da of British Protest a Sebastopol. LOCATED elles in Spite Reach LONDON, Jan. 15.—The Sebastopol corre- spondent of the Daily Graphic reposts that the four Russian torpedo boat destroyers whose passage of the Dardanelles produced the British protest are at Sebastopol. ‘““This seems to dispose of the assertion,” says the correspondent, “‘that these vessels have not passed the straits.” The Constantinople correspondent of the Times says the porte will not reply to the British protest. Neither will the British embassy here make further representations. No other embassy has moved or will move in the matter. Unemployed C LONDON, Jan. 14.—The marches of the unemployed, which have now become a dally feature of London’s streets, are causing un- easiness. About 2,000 persons traversed the metropolis today, escorted by a body of po- lice. While these demonstrations have thus e Uneasiness, We are very proud of the fact that doc- turs so gener- ally indorse Ayer’s Cher- ry Pectoral. There aretwo reasons for this: First, we send the formula to any physician upon request; and, second, the physician Sister. HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. Jan. l4.—In de- fense of his mother Thomas Whiteman, aged 13, shot twice with a pistol and in- stantly killed his aunt, Miss May Phipps, aged 35, today. Miss Phipps, who had been insane sev- eral ‘years, began choking her sister and likely would bave killed her bad the boy not shot her, Cherry by the Illinols Grain Dealers “That’s all right. America’s Best Clmmpagne The most popular American Wine, Pure. dryand perfect bouguet unexcelled. Made by the French process from the choic gTapes grown in our own vigeyards; ex- eels any American Wine. NO DINNER COMPLETE WITHOUT IT, Gold Seal is sold by a1l grocers and wine merchant URBANA WINE €O, Urbana, New York. Sole Maker. the experiences of some years ago, when | similar parades ended in the breaking of store windows, and some of them are ale ready taking the precaution of putting up thelr shutters while the processions are passing SCOTCH FIRMS FORM TRUST Three lh\r been orderly, the shop keepers recall | Large cide to Combine on fean Plan, " A meeting of tho of three large locomotive works in otland has been called for Jan- uary 23, to ratity an agreement to combing capital to the amount of $10,000,000. The companics concerned are the Hyde Park Locomotive works of Glasgow, Dubs & Co. of Polmadic and the Atlas Locomo- tive works of Springburn. GLASGOW, shareholders Doctors Advi ¥ o Take Care. LONDON, Jan. 15—The Kieff corre- spondent of the Standard says the med- clal advisers of the czar are trying to in- duce him to transfer the court to Crimea for a few years, as considerations of health make a continued residence in the north ern palaces Inadvisable. The czar has no particular ailment, but his weak chest makes him susceptible to pulmonary troubles, No News at Tangler. PARIS, Jan. 14.—~A dispatch receive here from Tangier, Morocco, under today's date says a courler who has arrived there from Fez brought reassuring intelligence. Nothing s known at Tangier of the re- ported defeat of the sultan or of his rumored retreat westward. ovian Reforms. 15—The Vienna corre- spondent of the Telegraph asserts that tho Russian and Austrian ambassadors at Con- stantiaople have presented an jdentical note to the porte demanding reforms in Mace- donla. Cost of Prussian Government. BERLIN, Jan. 14.—The Prussian budget estimates for 1903 show a deficit of $18,175 000, which will be covered by a new loan. The revenue is estimated at $650,651,482, the ordinary expenditures at $629,092,428 and the extraordinary expenditure at $39,634,074. MISSION BOARD CONVENES Discusses Formation of American Branch of British Zenanda Bible Soclety. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—The Tenth annal conterence of the Forelgn Misslon Board of the United States and Canada convened to- day. Among the delegates is the Hon, Emily Kinnaird, daughter of Lord Kinnald of England, who is an enthusiastic worker in favor of foreign missions. The opening conference was presided over by the Rev. John Fox, one of the cre- taries of the American Bible soclety. The Hon. Emily Kinnaird read a létter from the committee of the Zenada Bible Mission proposing to members of the mis- slons in America that they co-operate in woman's work in Indla. The Zenada Bible Class and Mission was established in 1852 Ly the late Lady Kin- naird and 1s the oldest British soclety working in India. The letter etated that Miss Kinnaird and Miss A. B. Edge were author’zed to take whatever steps appeared practicable for the formation of & com- mittee in America and to send out mission- arles from America to India. ¢ FIGHT FARMERS' ELEVATORS Iiinof Grs Men Are Alleged Discriminate A tive Organization. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. 14.—A delega- tion of farmers from Mason and adjoining counties complained to Attorney General Hamilton today of alleged dlscrimination assoclation in Chicago against to Co-opera- an1 commission men “farmers’ elevators.” The farmers allege that they are unable to sell their grain, as the Grain Dealers' assoclation has warned commission mer- chants that they would be boycotted if they | continued to recetve consignments from the | co-operative association organized by the farmers. he: on giving 4 to him. ttor.”” sees for himself that the medicine is all we claim for it. We make no extravagant claims. We raise no false hopes. Aver’s Pectoral Sixty years of experience make us believe that this is the best medicine in the world for colds, coughs, croup, bron- chitis, and all other throat and agree with us. Three sizes lung troubles. And the doctors 2c., 50c., §1.00. ). C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.

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