Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 26, 1903, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: t six days, but the | {OPPOSE LEASING OF LANDS Smaller Stookmen and Farmers Beginning to Have Their Bay. |LEAS|NG MEASURE FAVORS BIG OWNERS tion here for the pi y-int-as to whether Panther or Fort San Carlos fired the fitst shot has not yet been settied. A rellable person says The 1 jement who are in_close touch with the ¢ivil autho.itl & know (ha | Fort Sar Carios had received ord:rs from Caracus that if Panther attempted 10 pass tho fort, the laites was i fire 0. first with powder fo call attention. V on Janulry 1 Pontier entered the narrow chanoel Inside the bar f trom the fortress, heading for m- the fore fir Then seetng that or was to pass up and force a passage to gain t Maracalbo and the Vehesuelan gun- | boat Mirands, the fortress fired with shell and Inetantly Panther at 1,300 yards o swered with twelve guns, followed by han- <reds of shots It is reported that Panther carried a rel fiag, o the signal, but as the fortress fomessed no signal code and could nct interpret the red flag a8 a peace symbol. hile being the color of a Hag o0i bt terarded the action of Panther as a p'e Wednates aggression. Venesiela Repiien to Germany. CARACAS, Jan 25.—With reference to ‘he German claim that the fort at San Carlos fired at Panther first and s0 began e recent bombardment, the forelgn minis- ter sald: Panther on January 17 attacked the fort Arst, without provocation. The gun boat Approached the fort and fired on it. We can guarantee that the attack was pre- medlated and planned in Berlin. The proof | of this assértion fs a Hiter we received on the morning of January 16, from Curacoa | and which President Castro retains in his posseseion, notifying us that San Carlos | would be attacked between January 17 and that Is to say, before the ar- ited States Mirilster Bowen at Washington. Another proof that the attack was pre- m-ditated is the circumstaniee that General Bello, who Is {n command of the fortress, recelved no notlfication as to the object of Panther in approaching the fortress, similar to the written ultimatum that the Germans transmitted through the United States con- #ul to the Venesuelan representgtive at Puerto Cabello when Fort Libertallor was shelled. The letter referred to above has been sommunieated to certain legations. Compares Diferent Allies, Dr. Torres Cardenas, President Castro's secretary, said: Panther attacked first, We have proof of | It Germany may try to explain its con- cuet by asserting that the fort fired on the ve but we deny it. It was which Is immovable, that jermans. No, it was Panther, | which was enforcing the biockade outside ihe bar, six miles from the fortress, which 101 IlIIl attacked the fort. Why should Have we_tried, since Decem:- e rouble the Germane, Engion oF . Jotwithstanding thefr aggressive volicy? ' Our role wi ortnight Re0c” r Howen, the United Btates minis- | ter, represents our Interests and we were | patiently awaiting the result of his mission Jhen this sad event occurred. To compare the conduct of England and Ttaly with Germany's system of enforcing the Wjock- ade, you will see that the latter alone has iaterest In creating trouble. The Venezuelan war mini ‘The report that we fired fi » stupid. Venezueln being aware that the | uns of the fortress were inferior and of Jarned by the experience of the shellin “Phierto Cabelly that I any one suffere it would be the fortress. LEAVE MISSIONARIES ALONE *atlodial Liberal Party Proposition to Exten Provisions of Ho: Law C sldered the Best' Thing for the Coummtry. and Enlarge e channel RUSHVILLE, Neb., Jan, 25.—(Special.)— There seems a desire to agitate the other side of the lease law proposition and it is growing daily. The small settlers of this part of Nebraska feel that they have been heavily Fandicapped by the tig stockmen who have maintained lobbles and deleg tions at Washington, while the great m: Jority of the people here have not been represented, in spite of the fact that the inheritance given by Uncle Sam is grad- ually belog taken away from them through the greed of the large stock growers. | settlers hers begin to realize that some- thing ought to be done for them and in order to express thelr sentiments they have circulated the following petition, which 1s being extensively signed and will be forwarded to Washington: Whereas, An unsatistactory {he public'lands exists in Sheridan county, Nebraska, they being occupied and used by a smdll portion of our people, not to exceed 2 per cent; and, further, that any proposition of leasing the same does not permanently and satistactorily mettle the same; therefore, Resolved, ‘THat It is the sentiment of the undersigned, having a full knowledge of the situation, and that the greatest good may be done G the greatest number. that the provisions,of the estead law should be extended #o that each person may be allowed to homestead 640 acres or more and that those who have herefofore made homestead entries may be allowed addi- tlonal entries to make up this amount, and {hat an act of this kind would il the graz- ing reglons with bona fide settlers, who would acquire title and solve the public land question in Nebraska From the above it will be seen what the situation. is here in regard to both the pub- lic domain and what should be Cone for the future of this country to glve the great majority: of the setilers a chance to re- main here. It is felt that it is infinitely better to have a large number of prosper- ous small settlers than to have this coun- try gradually absorbed by the big cattle concerns, which means depopulating the country 80 as to make it practically some half dozen big ranches. There is a determination here to try and undo some of the mischief done at Wash- ington by the delegations that have gone ! there entirely In the interests of the big stock corporations, and the proposal to ex- tend the homestead law will go a long way to solving the difficulty. Sheridan County of Same Mind. CRAWFORD, Neb., Jan. 25.—(Special.)— At a regularly called meeting of stockmen held here for the purpose of considering the advisability of leasing the public do- main within the state of Nebraska the fol- lowing resolutions ~were uaanimously adopted: Resolved, That we are opposed to any measure that favors the leasing of the ublic lands of this state, especially the ill_now pending before congress, known an senate file 646, which haA becn Iniro: duced by Senator Dietrich, and we demand that the public lands be retained for the benefit of actual homestead settlement. Resolved, That we favor, in place of the leasing of the public domain under any of the measures now before the public, that the homestead law be so amended as to allow more than 160 acres to be taken under a homestead. entry, and th only acres in the sem| region here- 10fore taken be given (he balance of much allotment. Resolved, That a copy of Shia resolution be sent to the senators bd hem congress of this state, bers M the %lhlntuk condition of ays Pres LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. %.—The first an- runl congress of the national liberal party closed tonight. Following are the new officers: Presi- dent, Dr. J. N. Wilson, Cincinuati; secre- tary, Morris Sachs, Cincianati; treasurer, Aorgan Warmsley, Clpveland. A dlepatch was I'My stating that dudge Parriab B, Ladd, a noted freethinker, was dying. “‘M Cal, and a tele- ('Tam was sent to him. A D rm adopted d ‘War, op- Juses & protectivn’ to |midsion- i rles, zn.d‘fif liguor trafio and race 1rejudice,” asks favestigation by the gov- crnment that ¥ Jead to strikes impossible, ocafes equal rights of sexes m eitizenship, a full liberty of speech and oress, favors the initiative and referendum In legislation and urges that all money be Issuéd by the government and that church and state be kept separate. The resoluifons invite the co-operation of soclaliste and ‘single taxers to co-opera CHADRON, Neb.,, Jan, 25.—(Special.)— cppose the closing ot the 8t. Louls exposi- | The rush for ofl claims in th tion on' Siinday, denounce the Comstock | denly came to a close yesterday, when the cgency_ a8 & 'means of intimidating free | county clerk announced that the last avail- speech and condemn ecclesiastical en- [ able plece of land in the county had been \roachments on public schools. filed on. —_— The Minnetonka Oil Mining company, PROPOSE QUARANTINE OF GULF | somored 'of X . Relkmas: Wayne 7. Wilson, R. McNalr, W. 8. Gillam, E. A. Weir, E. R. Erway, George Coffee and W. L. Gorton, brought the fllings to a ¢ yesterday by taking up everything IMeft, about 150 claims. This strip of land, wkich 18 known as the ofl belt and which has now all becn filed on, comprises the north three tiers of townships in this county and Is six townsliips in length, making the area 18x36 wiles. This area represents all thay has hereto- been known as the Bad Lands of Ne- trict. hairman. OIL LANDS ARE ALL ALL FILED ON One Company .Takes All that Re- in Distriet North of Chadron. P Al s Southern States to Meet Forma. late Protective - Measures Against Plague. GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 25.-A quaran- tine conference of the health officers of 1hie Gult states will take place here tomor- row for the purpose of agreeing on a unl- iorm system of quarantine regulations for ihe Gulf ports. braska, and which has been excavated in Woman Takes Ro Rats. | the search for prehistorie relics until it is B4 Sliverman attempied tc leave this | & veritable honeycomb, Tough on rats route last even- | Eyery summer the eastern universities - % ""'“""‘,‘,":‘{,,',‘.’._."‘;,',,' e ooy | send their protessors and geological stu- )r:“"i ana Mick. The aL_i07 | dents here fn the search of curios and fos- orth Twelfth stree UE | sls, which are found of all descriptions in ut §:80 last evening, but no one was aware of the fact until after 11 o'clock, | Breat quantities. It has been reported on several occasions When she fell over on the floor in an un- gonsclous condition. 'The police were Hotl- | that the fossil hunters had discovered velns o oCtors oy red Swes | of conl, but the people here were not miners when every Indication that ahe would | of coal, nor were they interested in its dis- covery. Since the ofl excitement began and the people have become interested in min- ing these old excavations have been ex- Gus Mattalas, a Greek, who lives wWith | g;ineq and small velns of an inferio it, Mary's avenu T grade e DO e i3 the Dasoment wfiet | of bituminous coal have been disuovered. & "‘#."“3‘ 1 ”v%n%n IHI’h"!‘:o"l‘lm‘-‘ They are, waiting to be developed, and it 0 rway and el to the bottom, | js hoped that a better grade will be found e e s o Iis head, | At 8 greater depth. People who woke up He we A mh'l'fi. glice Hation 'n The | too late are now buylag claime at seversl patrol wagon, where ‘the times what 1t would have cost thom to file. Hetsea iE nurie Jwhich Are pronounced | o oral large transters of deeded land have been made this week at fancy prices, the painful, but not most notable of wirich was the purchase of NEW YORK. Hud Mead’s ranch, large tract of deeded velt has mnlrfh\ned gw to the Christian o a0 8 5he Rt land, to Nelson Upton of Omaha, raid's famine fund for the relieh of the | “rrpe Chadron Telephone company lot a iy’ ot Fnland :;‘h‘;';'"‘l“F',:;:;',, 5 5o 08 the v.,,. % | contract today for twenty miles of line to starvation. be bullt into the oil region, touching se et | eral Of the principal ranches and connect- ing up the company which s now there COFFEE AGAIN. boring for ofl. An 014 Philadelphin Physician Tella| Four men arrived in the city this morn- the Truth About It. Injured by Falll Down Stalrs. dent Hoose- ing in a special car over the Elkhorn rail- road and were driven to the oll beit in a carriage, but no one has been able to find A physiclan ot hnuulpih Of mADY YOATS | oyt who they were. It is erally be- practice, during which time he bas carefully | oved, however, that they are newspaper watched tho effects of coffes drinking upoD | correspondente from some of the big east- bis patients, writes: ern papers. “During my practice (n Philadeiphia I have had many serious cases of stomach, kidney and lver disorders which I have traced to the use of coffee. “Last year a fellow physiclan called my | ent time between the so-called trust and a tention to the merits of Postum in the | joeal dealer, much to the benefit of the place of coftee. In many severe cases of | farmere In this vielnity. Corn, wheat, o torpld liver, various kidney diseases, ote. | ote., are nearly § cents a bushel higher in since then | have forbidden the use of cofee | wahoo than the surrounding ‘owns. One and prescribed Postum. farmer living near Swedeburg hauled a load “In many cases the results were almost | of oats, containing 100 bushels, to Wahoo miraculous, and in all there was marked'im- | and sold it for 3 cents a bushel, or §3 more provement due solely to the use of Postum | for the load than he could get at Swede- e place of coffee. burg. The farmers are hauling their grain “If you wish it I will furnish you the | from elght to ten miles to take advantage names of my patients so cured. of the high price.” The elevators are full “Owing to the feeling that exists smong .uumu-;mnwmumm the medieal fraternity against physicians ————— tho columns of the papers to adver- injured by o Runaway. es, 1 request that you withhold | HARVARD, Neb., Jan. 28.—(Special.)— Dbut you may refer any inquiries | Mre. M. J. Hunt of Busboell, i, aged 78 Name given by Postum Co., Battle | years, mother of 8. R. Humt of this city, Creek, Mich. was out driving with Mrs. 8. R. Hunt yes- Gry WAHOO, e at Wa Neb., Jan. 25.—(Speclal)—A The | terday afternoon, when they were run into by & runaway team coming from behind, belonging to Paul Johnson. Dr. Sample was called to examine and dress the injuries recelved and found that Mrs. M. J. Hunt had sustained a broken wrist on the right arm and a broken shoulder of the left, with other bruises of more or less seriousess, the full condition of which cannot at this time be told. Mrs. S. R. Hunt was more or less bruised, but is thought mot to have sustained serious injury. TWO WOMEN CLAIM ONE MAN Alllance Salesman Alleged to Have Married Two Different Women om One Trip. ALLIANCE, Neb., Jan. 25.—(Special Tel- egram.)—A, B, ‘Chelf, for several years a local grocery salesman, Is wanted by the | authorities on the charge of bigamy. Om tJlmllry 1 Chelf was married at Wapella, |lll to Miss Bergle Herlald of that place, returning here with his bride on the 15th. It Is alleged that on his journey to Illinols he stopped at Grand Island and wi mar- ried to Miss Kate Goldrick of Lakeside, | who crrived here yesterday. Matters be- coming too warm for him he departed last night for parts unknown. Chelf is about 24 years of age, five feet In height, slender, smooth shaved, dark complexion, wears a dark sult and soft “elt hat, is a fluent talker and very nervous. There are some who think a mistake has been made. On the face of it the matter looks very grave. The Tllinoie Mrs. Chelf is prostratad. Her mother will be here tomorrow. MAN IS TAKEN FOR A WOLF nter Sees Something Move and Loose with His GIBBON, Neb., Jan. 25.—(Special Tele- gram.)—H. C. Doggett accidentally. shot Brunn Bassett at 11 o'clock this morning. Both were out hunting a wolf, but neither knew the other was out. Baasett hid in a straw stack to watch for it. Doggett tracked | the wolf to within forty rods of the stack, when, seeing the straw moving, he shot. The bullet was a 44 and struck Bassett above the right tipple, passing across the breastbone between the bone and skin it lodged in the left side. the ball, which shirt through with it. No serious results are anticipated. Both parties were badly scared. Gets Share in Big Fortu: ‘WEST PO'NT, Neb., Jan. 25.—(Special.)— For more than a quarter of a century the heirs of John Nicholas- Emerich, a wealthy German shipbuilder, who died in that coun- try toward the close of the elghteenth cen- tury, leaving an immense fortune, have been laboring to obtain possession of the estate. Emerich was unmarried and left no will, but had two brothers, who survived him. The claimants are the descendants of thése two brothers. Local .interest at- taches to this matter from the fact that Mrs. W. R. Artman of this city s one of the lineal heirs, recognized as such, and will in due time receive her share of this im- mense sstate. There aré nearly 459 heirs residing in various parts of the union. The efforts to obtain a settlement have been successful and the heirs will shortly re- ceive their pro rata share. The estate is valued at over $100,000,000. Team Goes Through Ice. FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 25.—(Speclal.)— ‘While David Jones, a farmer who lives on county sud- | grain war is raging in Wahoo at the pres-' the big island in the Platte river sou: west of this city, was crossing on the ice yesterday afternoon the vehicle suddenly ropped through the ice and he had con- siderable dificulty in getting to sho 189 to the ‘mem- | Jones is a well known character in this vicinity. OREGON TRAIN IS WRECKED Cars Pile on Navigation Line con Two Men Are Reported Killed. PORTLAND, Jan. 25.—The .l\xnue ex- press, which left here last night at 8:15 over the Oregon Railway and Navigation was wrecked by a waghout this morning two miles east of Binghath Springs, in the Blue mountal Engineer Beatty of La Grande and Fire- man Milligan of La Grande were killed and several passengers were slightly ‘injured. The heavy ralis of the past forty-eight hours had melted the snow in the moun- tains and all the rivers and streams were running torrents. At & point two miles east of Bingham Springs 150 feet of track was washed out and the train ran into the washout in the darkness. The engine and tender turned completely over and the en- gieer and fireman were carried dow! with it. William Maxwell, a traveling man from Portland, was badly crushed about the breast. He was taken to the hospital at Pendleton and it is stated has a chance of recovery. Nome of the other passengers was Injured. JEWISH HOSPITAL GROWS vilion to Denver Consump- tives' Retreat. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 25.--The annual meeting of the Jewish Hospital associatiof began today, presided over by Samuel Grab- felder of Louisville, and with delegates present from every state in the union, is being held at the Jewish Hospital for Con- sumptives, an institutions founded aad sup- ported by the assoclation on a non-sec- tarlan basls. The feature of the exercises was ‘he ded- ication of the Guggenheim pavilion at the hospital, which was buflt by the Guggen- heflm brothers of New York at a cost of | $35,000 and presented to the association. In the three years the hospital has boen in existence $225,000 has been coniributed, almost all of which is now éxpended. Thére | are no fees conmected with the treaiment | of patients, poverty belng a prerequisite to admission. i SAYS OBSERVE M'KINLEY DAY Cnraation League Issues Manifesto to & that Memo- Flower Be Worn. Country S i CINCINNA’ Jan. 26.—~The McKinley Carnation lea has isdued a manifesto usking citizens, generally, to observe Me- Kinley's birthday next Thursday by wear- lug a earnati Powiag (6 i Bhsesition to further fagal holidags this shmple observance of the day without any interference with business Is all that the league contemplates. FIGHTING ~ NEGROES KILL Melee with R re Ends in Death of Black * Woman. BLOOMINGTON, 1ll., Jan. 25.—Mrs. Jo- seph Brown, colored, was killed tonight in a fight with revolvers among negroes. It is sald that others were wounded by the fusilade, which awoke all the people within four blocks. several arrests. Dr. Miller removed | ad taken a plece of the in Relehatag R One of Most Important German Polities. BERLIN, Jan. 2%.—The debates in the Reichstag this week are universally re- garded ar being the mos) important parlia. mentary episode since the late Prince Bis. mack's chancellorship. Emperor Willlam's personality and his political role were discussed with a plain- ness never before heard. The soclallst and radical position was that when the em- peror makes speeches of the highest po- | litieal significance before the country, mem- bers of the Reichstag have the right of re- plying in the Reichstag. Chancellor von Buelow’s answor that Em- peror Willlam was entitled to self-detense when attacked s received by the loyal press as inadequate. It is remarked by such pa- pers that no conservative member attempted to defend the sovereign against the frank criticlsms on Thursday of Herr Bebel, the cocialist leader. These papers indulge for their part in some plain speaking, emphasizing the im- possibility of keeping Emperor Willlam out of the debates so long as he assumes a po- litteal role, and saying there Is also seri- ous dange* to the monarchy from the an- nual discussion of the emperor's personality before the country. Loyalist circles manifest a feeling of dis- appointment over the week's dobates, through the Ineffectual attempt of Count von Ballestrem, as president of the house, to prevent a discussion of the cmperor's specches, the count’s disavowal by all the parties and the final analysis of Emperor Willlam's political personality by Herr Be- bel. The chancellor, without trying to support Count von Ballestrem’s ruling, said a dis- tinctior. must be made between the em- peror's private and political speeches and took the position that with a monarch ot fertile mind it would be a loss to the coun- try If he did not speak his mind, and that Germany was {ndebted for some of the best the government to Emperor initiative. BOERS PRAISE CHAMBERLAIN General Delarey Declares Him Ma Set Things Right in South Afrie to LONDON, Jan. 25.—Mr. started on Saturday on wagon trek from Potchefstroom to Mafe- king, accompanied by Mrs. Chamberlain, Dr. Arthar Lawley, Major General Baden- Powell and others. Relaye of mules had been arranged to enable the party to travel at about ten miles an hour. There was a picturesque scene oudside Ventersdorp, thirty-one miles northwest of Potochefstroom. A commando of Boers mot the party and escorted it into the town. A bouquet of flowers was presented to Mrs. Chamberlain. The colonial secretary was conducted to the house of the landrost and the commando of Boers drew up in a half cirele outside. arey arrived and was cordially recelved by Mr. Charberiain, who introduced him' to Mrs. Chamberlain. After the presentation of an address of welcome Mr. Chamberlain made a specch to the Boers In which he conggatulated them 02 being the comrades of the great Delarey. He continued: 1 hope he 18 my friend. and I hope you all are my friends. We fought a good battle and there is' nothing o be ashamed of on either side. On the conclusion. of Mr. Chamberlain's speech General = Delarey unexpectedly stepped forward -and wddressed the Boers in Dutch, deélaFing his bellef that the colonial secretary was ‘“the man to set things ight in South Africa.” These :peeches made an excellent Im- pression. On proceeding on their journey today General Delarey accompanied the party VANDERBILT SHIES AT :AlL Appeals Agninst Sentence h- Scorch- ing and Gets Duke 'te Testify, PARIS, Jan. 25.—The appeal of W. K. Vanderbilt against the sentence of two days’' ‘mprisonment for scorching on an automobile last year came up for hearing yesterday. Mr. Vanderbilt was cummoned last No- vember, but belng in America did not ap- pear and was sentenced in default. His counsel yesterday stated that Mr. Vander- bilt never drove an automobil> himself and in this Instance was not even in the vehicle. This contention was supported by an afdavit by the duke of Marlborough and the Sud.‘ vulponed turther hearing to February 1 PRESIDENT GOES TO WAR Chamberlain mand of the seiond expeditionary force. He bad imprisoned the first vice presi- dent, Colonel Velasco, who opposed the Acre concessions, and delegates the duties of the presidency to the second vice presi- dent, Dr. Capriles. MONTREAL NEEDS NO ALMS Archbishop Says City Should Build Its Owa Library Without Car- megle’s Al MONTREAL, Jan. 25. — Archbishop Bruchesi, who has just returned, was the preacher at the cathedral this afternoon. !In the course of his remarks he referred to the ofter of a Carnegle library, saying he thought, as archbishop and & citizen of Montre: Mo library it was rich enough and proud enough to provide one without resorting to the alms of & millionaire. STROMBOLI EF EI\UPTS AGAIN Ialian Veoleano Throws Lava: and Stomes High Up in Alr. ROME, Jan. %.—After & brief spell of in- activity, the volcano Stromboli is again in eruption. Great quantities of lava and stones are being thrown up to an immense distance from the erater. The cone is capped with a thick cloud of smoke. The eruption affords & wagnificent spec- taclo at night, the Games llumizeting tho sky. CONSUL HELPS TO KILL TRUST © Destroying Cork Combine. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 25.—Mr. Hey- decker, formerly United States consul here, has received the order of St. Anne of the third class for sssisting M. Witte in ov throwing the cork trust, which was detrl tal to the vodlka monepoly. an interesting | Soon after General Del- | RIO JANEIRO, Jan, 25.—An officlal dis- | patch recelved from La Paz, Bolivia, con- | | firms the report that President Pando was to leave La Paz for Acre today in com- | that when the city required & pub-, r Gives American Decoration for 26 1‘}0’1. [ NINERS T0 RAISE BIG FUND Propose to Tnvest 36,000,000 to Bo Used to Defend Union WILL NOT TIE -CASH UP IN BANKS Seek to Keep Money Where It Can e and St Clee eulate for Assis ance of National Dusiness. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan 25.—President Mitchell sald tonight he thought there was no doubt the United Mine Workers would be through all their convention work by Thureday and be ready for the conference with the operators on Friday. Members of the defense fund committee say the committee will report in favor of a large fund. Suggesuons to the committee to $5,000,000 be mainfained. Numerous plans are suggested. The one which finds most favor is to invest the money in treasury bonds and other gilt- edged securities, drawing good rates of in- terest, which could bo realized on at once in case of necessity. It is the universal demand that a national defense fund be maintained, but the majority of the dele- gates are opposed to any plan which takes the money out of circulation and tfes it up in banks and other depositories which pay no interest. The greater number of the delegates aré in favor of creating a state or district defense fund. Many states now have them. Wishes to Safeguard Trade. J. C. Heenan of Linton, Ind, who is a member of the commission appointed by Governor Durbin two years ago to codify the mining, said tonight: 1 am unalterably opposed to any plan for creating and maintaining a defense fund which tled the money up whers 1t is not earning anything, It is bad for the coun- try and ba for the miners to have a large Money ixiag iale 1n the treasury. 16 take 85, out of the treasury business interests will be affected to that extent. Several delegates talked along the same line and it is thought several plans will be recommended. The objection to the present plan, aside ! from the fact that it keeps many idle, is |1t optional with them whether they pay | tht assessment or not, recommendation will be made that all such assessments be made mandatory. The powder question promises to be one with which the convention will have to cope before its sessions are ended. Much | dissatistaction is heard from every sec- | to pay for powder. will use one or two kegs a week and he must pay for it himself. The present price is considered too high. {IMPROVES MARCONI German Solentist Aunounces Discov- ery that Will Greatly Simplity ‘Wireless Telegraphy. BERLIN, Jan. 25.—Prof. Ferdinand Braun of Strasburg university; whose application of Leyden Jjars In propagating electric waves I8 sald to have enabled Marconi to telegraph without wires across the Atlan- tie, annouaced before the Strasburg Sei- covered a method of producing electric energy of unlimited volume and projecting it into space, In the form of electric waves, to any desired distance. Prof. Braun's | new methed secures greater accuracy of transmission through a more perfect at- tunement of the transmitting and recel’ !ing inetruments. He thinks~he has sub- { stantially found a method of tranemitting exclusively to one point of the comp thus avolding interference by other wave The method, it is claimed, will work eco- nomically and simpl: BOSTON BANK TO PAY DEBTS Detunét Central National Will Settle Sixty-Five Per Cent of O Tod: BOSTON, Jan. 25.—Central National bank creditors will recdive checks in payment of 66 por cent of their claims tomorrow. These claims, aggregating 1,656,000, have just been received from Washington, bearing the approval of Controller Ridgeley. The chances are that the depositors will be paid in full. BIG FOUR TRAIN IS PILED Wreck Near In- n Which Fire- 1s Maimed. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2.—Blg Four train No. 36, tpe Bt. Louls and New York special, which left here shortly before @ today, elght hours late, ran into a switch at the belt crossing and the engine and baggage car were deralled. The fireman recelved serious Injurles. DEATH RECORD. ther of Senator Clark. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 25.—Joseph K. Clark, brother of United States Senator W. A. Olark, dled today at the home of his ster, Mrs. G. F. Miller, in this city, agad 60. Mr. Clark, accompanied by his wife, came to Los Angeles last Thursday to at- tend & family reunion In honor of the 89th birthday of his mother. On Friday after- noon Mr. Clark was stricken with a brals affection and sank Into uncoansclousnes: from which he never rallied. Up to the time of the attack he was In his usual health. Governor Odell's Sister. NEWBURG, N. Y., Jan. 25.—Miss Ophelia Odell, the elder sister of Governor Benja- min B. Odell, died today at the home of her father, from oedema of the lungs, fol- lowing the grip. King Edward's Host. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 25.—Jobn C. Spegcer dled tonight, aged 64. Mr. Spencer at one time held responsible positions with the Chicago & Alton and the Chicago, Milwau- kee & St. Paul rallways. He was also the first president of the Milwaukee Merchants' and Manufacturers’ association. Mr. Spen- cer entertalned the prince of Wales, now King Edward VIII, when the latter visited this country in 1850, San Domingo to Settle Claims, SAN DOMINGO, Jan. 25.—At the request of President Vazques, Mr. Powell had two houre' interview with him today with the result that it is possible that the pending American claims will be settled shortly. TV CUME A COLD ONE DAY Take Laxative Rromo Quimme Tablets. Al druggiets refusd the money if it falls to cure. B. W. Grove's sigmature is oo each box. 2c. Yost Not to Coach Navy. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan .—Becretary Halsey' of (he Navy Athletic assoclation today said there was ng truth in the repart that ¥. O. Yost of the University of Michi gan had been sclected to coach mext year's foot ball team. recommend that a fund of from $2,600,000 | that a great many of tho locals cmfidvrt and doubtless lI tion on the prices which the. miners have | The cost of powder | | to the miner now is $1.75 a keg; a miner | SYSTEM | entific soclety yesterday that he had dis-! TELEPHONE GIRLS MUST GO Substitating Mechanieal Deviees for the Sweet Singers at Central, The automatio telephone~without “hello” Eirls, without slot machines and without party lines—is about to be installed in Chicago, sccording to the announcement of the Illinois Tclephone and Telegraph company. Gangs of the company's em- ployes are at work wiring down town bulldings for the ‘phomes and it ls ex- pected that the work will bo comploted shortly. President A. G. Wheeler says that 10,000 automatic “‘secret service” in- struments will be in operation by May 1. While the company has boen rapidly ex- tending its turinel for the reception of the telephone trunk liues, reports the Chicago Tribune, it has been transforming the bullding at 181 Fifth avenue Into an ex- change. Here are tier after tler of curious wired contrivances crowded together like book racks in a library. It s the domaln from which the central girl has been dls- lodged. In a few days each of the five floors of the bullding will be turned into one vast automatie switchboard andl them the serviee will be ready for operation. For several months the company has been successfully operating a private serv- ice of several dozen telephones connecting the main office at 74 La Salle street with the west side factory of the Automatlo Telephone company and with the different sections of the subway. The principle of the device {s more mechanical than elec- trical and is sald by its owners to be so simple that no electriclans or evep skilled mechanics have been employed to imstall it and keep It in order. According to the company’s schedule of charges for its automatic service the cost of telephoning in Chicago will be reduced one-half. Five cents will be the standard price a call for all instruments, but the contracts will provido that the maximum charge for office telephones will be $85 & year and $50 for a residence Instrument. The meter system will control the service and the subscriber will pay only for the calls he makes. For example, a subscriber will be charged 5 cents a call on his office Instrument till the bill amounts to $86 and then all additional calls during the year will be free. The subscriber can have any number of telephones in his house or office, but will not be required to pay a cent for them if he does not use them. He can go away to the country In the sum- | mer or to Eurgpe for a year and the tele- phone will await his return without run- ning up a bill. This is the way the device works: You { find the number you wish to call—say, 572— and you take down the receiver and turn.a ratchet to the three numerals successively. Then you press a button, and presently you will get 'phone 572. As the ratchet deslg- nates the numbers an automatic arrange- ment in the central switchboard turns on | the number required just as the cogs work in opening a safe. If 'phone 572 is busy a buzzing like the ordinary “busy signal” is heard, and the meter of the calling 'phone does not register. The automatic telephones will be In- stalled as rapidly as possible in all drug stores and other public places where the slot payment instruments now hold sway. But there will be no slot machines, ani 5 cents a call for all messages in the clty will be the charge. Each person making a call will pay the druggist and he will make a profit of all receipts beyond the $85 a year he pays for the 'phone. To prove that the automatic telephone is an unqualified success, the officers of tho company eay that a soore of cities of more than 25,000 population in this country are now using the device. At the factory at Van Buren and Morgan streets it was stated that work was being rushed night and day on switchboards contracted for by a dozen cities In the Mississippl valley and that only'a few days ago an order was re- celved from Germany for additional equip- ment. The company claims to heve fn- stalled the service in the kalser's Imperial postal department throughout the empire. There will be no party lines in the auto- ! matic service. Every Instrument, though paying but §50 a year, will be a main line "phone like that for which the subscriber today pays about twice as much. THEY COULDN'T FOOL TERRY Baldy, the Landlord, Unfolds a Tal of a Doy to Admiring Boas “That dog looks something,” sald the new traveling man, who had just paid his bill at the Howland house and was starting to catch his train, relates the New York Sun. He referred to Terry, the Scotch-Irish terrier, who ha come In with a plece of Tke Edwards' dog’ eal Know ymething?’ sald Baldy, the landlord. “T only wish you'd mentioned it last night and I'd have had time between then and now to tell you at least one-half of what that dog knows! Can't wa train and hear some of it, can you The new traveling man said he couldn’ “Well," sald Baldy, the landlord, “‘you've got plenty of time to hear me tell you that ome of the smart things about that dog is the wey he goes to the meat market and buys things. Take liver, for instanc Whenever I want a pound of lver I give Bill Osborne's butcher shop and get it. He'd get a pound of anything else, of course, but just take liver for an instance. Bill knows what he wants, welghs him out the liver, gives him 10 cents change, and back Terry comes with the goods. And he always waits. for the change, you bet, and—" “But why don’t you give him just the 15 cents, so he won't have to bother with walting for the change?’ interrupted the new traveling man. “Well,” replied Baldy; the landlord, “I tried that once and Terry dropped a nickel of it out of his mouth, and he'd never go after meat again with more than one plece of money, 80 I have to lot him take § quar- ter. One day Bill Osborne tried to put off on him a 10 cent plece with & hole in it, but Terry wasn't doing errands just for his health, and he wouldn't stir a step out of the shop until he got & good dime. “They used to try all sorts of ‘'ways over e to fool him. At last Osborne thought he'd try him on the short change trick, and one day gave him & nickel instead of a dime for change. They had been fooling with Terry so much that he had lost all patience, so when he found that they thought he was such & chump as to stand for the fiim-flam game, what do you think he did?” “Took the butcher by the meck, I #'pose,” said the new traveling man. “No, no!" exclaimed Baldy, the landlord. “He ain’t any of your common, every-day biting dogs! What Terry did was this. He walked right out of the shop, hunted up Will Wood, the deputy sheriff, took him by the coat and led him to the butcher shop and straight up to the man who had thought he could fiim-flam him out cf bis right change. Yes, sir, he did, as much as to say, ‘Here! 1 want to arrest this tellow!’ “Well, the butcher knew what be meant and they don't try any of their jokes on Terry over there any more. Terry got his right change, and he marched home with bis meat and his dime, and with an air about him that said as plain as words that butchers get up pretty early in the mor! ing, but they'd have o get up & good deal earlier if they wanted to fool him! alr, and But the new traveling man guessed his train was coming, ried away. Yes, sald he nd he hur Most Aceomplished Stratex “My boy, the way to succeed Is always to do right. Henry Clay said he would rather be right than president. . s he_president ?"" No; but he was right.” He tried to be president, didn't he?" Yes—but he was not elected “Then he most have been both right and left."—Kansas Ofty Journal Popular Thing to Say. The sermon was exceptionally long, and the minister had just reached the seventh division of bis subject. “And now, dear brethren,” he exclaimed, “what shall 1 say more “Amen," suggested the thoughtless man who had just waked up.—Chicago Post. CENTRAL PP ><_ VALLEY ROUTE astLocal Train e VIA—— linois Central RAILWAY, Effective January 18th, 1003. Leaves Omaha Leaves Council Bluffs 10:45 A, M. {1:05 A, M. ARRIVES LOGAN. WOODBINE. DUNLAP. DOW CITY. ARION. DENISON. WALL LAKE... ROCKWELL OITY. CHICAGO. . _ Makes all intermediate stops botween Omaha and Chicago. Tickets, 1402 Farnam Street. W. H. BRILL, Dist. Pass. Agi.. Ill. Cent. R. R., Omaha. LEAVE OMAHA TO-DAY ON THE UNION PACIFIC AND YOU CAN REAOH 8AN FRANCISCO ’ if he might know | OR PORTLAND AS BOON AS THOSE WHO STARTED YESTERDAY ON ANY OTHER LINE ‘What is the use of wasting your time en roule and your money on extra meals when it COSTS NO MORE to travel in the finest trains on a per- fectly ballasted track over a direct route? Three through fast traine DAILY to California and Oregon. » Ticket Office, 1324 Farnam St *Phone 816 Unlon Station 10th and Marey. *Phone 620, Terry a quarter and tell him to go over to | Sars and 108 power resior & McConnell Drug Co. Omaha. AMUSEMENTS, BOYD'S! "~ miiim TONIGHT—LAST TIME, BEN HENDRICKS In the Bwedish Comedy, “Ole Olson.” Prices—~c, boc, 75c. TUESDAY NIGHT ONLY, HAPPY HOOLIGAN.” Prices—3bc, b0c, Toec. WED. MATINEE AND NIGHT, Sulivan, Mack and Mosle Trumbull 1 “THE IRISH PAWNBROKERS. Prices: Mat—%¢, f0c. Night—2c, We, T6o. Crelghton-Orpheum Telephone—1531 Matin ea- Thurs., Bll, un., 2:16 Every Night § HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE Cole_ and_Johnson, Clivette, Columblan Trio, Jas. H. Cullen, Purcell and Maynard. Dorsthy Waiters and the Kinodrome Prices—10c, Soc. BOTELS. The MILLARD 3z OMANA. NED Uml l‘ldln‘ Holl A7 ITRBIAL FEATURE. LUNCHEON, FIFTY CENTS _SUNDAY, 53 u . SLN\IH\‘ e, il T s ‘r......... AT its former capAGily. has necessi cafe, ‘r:mbm ’