Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 21, 1903, Page 7

| Bepreseatat ve Ke medy May Introdue: Bill | to Arply to City Electors 10 COMPEL MEN T0 VOIE| | BILL FOR CCUM.TRY VOTERS ALRADY IN | | | | ‘Representative J. A. C. Kennedy may dntroduce a bill providing for compulsory | woting in citles. He is ¥nown to be in- | terestsd fn the subject and is said to be collecting data and ‘nformation with a view of drawing up such & messure. A bill to compel every quall elector in the country districts to vote already tas been introduced into the legislature by RMepresentative Ellers, and is known as H. R. 158, belng now in the hands of the | committee on elections and privilegés. It vrovides a voting tax of §3. a receipt for which shall be given by the judges of elec- | tigp when each man casts his ballot, the reckipt ta be accepted by the county tres urer In payment of the tax. The only other alternative than paying the amount is a sworn statement declaring physical dis- ability on election day. Mr. Ellers aiso | bas introduced H. R. 158, which seeks to make the gemeral election day each year 2 holiday, on which the schools and all | Dlaces of labor shall be closed To City Engineer Rosewater is given the credit of originating the compulsory vot ing idea for cities. He has had ome or two conversations with Mr. Kennedy con- cerning it, and says “It Is one of the reforms that 1 would wake to improve citizensbip, If citizen- ship is good for anything it is worth earn- ing 1 do mot believe in sending car- riages variously labeled for people on elec- tion day. I do believe, however, that if Svery man i3 compelled to vote or pay a fine we will Set an honest expression at all times, either in spechal or genaral elections. I ould have & board of registration like & census board, to check over the list of registered voters o see whether each casts & bellot and to keep close tab on the eligible voters of the city. The fine that should be administered in case of failure to wate should be enforced by the board and ¥5 for each offense would be the proper awount. “So far as 1 know this proposition of compulsory voting is a Dew one and has | never been discussed or tried. To me It appears sound and I should like to see it put into effect in Nebraska. “Another innovation that I believe would work much good in municipal governmen: would be elimivate politics by making all nominations for office by petition. It shculd be arranged so that any man may be proposed for office by the signatures of fifteen per cent of the voters, his name | 0 be placed upon the ballot by the count) clerk upon the receipt of the proper pe tition. No other form of shotld be permitted” AMUSEMENTS FOR CHARITY Marshall Darrach Gives Entertaining | Readings from Twelfth Night. | | | nomination | - Marshafl Darrach was the whole thing in 2ic.v-tion of “Twelfth Night.” given in the F¥st Congregational church last night vor the benefit of the Omaha City mission. He was Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguochcheck, Olivia and Viola, Malvolio &74 Orsino:. and the other characters which %iso ran; and did them all acceptadbly to the good sized audience present, and with excellint variety of volce and expres- vion. Shakespeare in these days is popu- larly supposod to fail to lnterest the gen- | eral public without the sugar and cream of | winendid costumes and stage setting, | wo that the difficulty of the amusement »-oblem presented to Mr. Darrach, with only s dress suit and a flexible voice, is appar- ent. But he drew frequent applause, espe- clally for the sceme between Sir Toby and Sir Andrew and the clown in Olivia’s house and that where Malvolio falls into Maria's trap. The Shakespeare class of the Young Women's Christian association was in at- tendance. CARPENTER HAS SMOOTH GAME Arrested on Complaint of Kaunsas City People Charged with Forgery. / ) John W. Carpenter, who has been staying &t the Windsor and other hotels in this city, and who is sald to have been a news- paper man in Kansas City, and to be well connected there, was arrested last might in the Murray hotel and charged with forgery. “The information which led to the arrest came from the chief of the Kansas City police force, who asked that Carpenter be held, and unless wanied for work here, be turned over to an officer who would come with extradition papers. The Kamsas City letter states that the New England benk of that city is in receipt of a $15 forged check, drawn by H. E Hazsard, in favor THE OMAHA DAIL Y BEE: SATURDAY, botiling works. The prisoner also worked off a similar check on the Murray botel, where he had been staying. In his system of work he is said to write himsel? letters saying that his spplication for money had been received after the bank closed and %0 the check was in hopes that it lrorn DIE 1 i Illinois Central N 10WA WRECK Twin Oity Express Oollides with Freight. | the Midway saloon last night while he wi | but did mot touch any other organ. The | me on the stone pavement,” | knew what would happen if he go: me in- | would tide him over for a day or two until & he obtained work. Carpenter's method. so [ PASSENGERS ESCAPE WITHOUT INIURY it i sald, was to open such a letter in| the presence of his victim and take out | the cheek and show the letter, thus induc ing confiCence. When he was searched at the police station several I TS were found in his pockets, written on the Murray hotel paper and addressed to himself in the general delivery at Chicago. He is | said to be the son of wealthy people, who fefuse longer to intercede in his behall because of his numerous escapades. NEGRO SHOT THROUGH LIVER Wo ngines Running Full Speed Meet Headon at Galens, Killing Both Firemen, One and Frakem DUBUQUE. Ia.. Feb. 20.—The Chicago and Minneapolis passenger train on the Illinols | Ceneral collided headon a treight train | tonight at Galena, 1L Four persons are | deaa { The passenger train wi orthbound L) | 18 said to bave been running at & high rate of speed. A wrecking train has gone to the scene of the disaster It 1s said that several cars and the loco- | motive left the rails. The train left Chicago at 6:10. The following are reported killed: FIREMAN CYRAM FIREMAN STOCKMAN ENGINEER LAKE. BRAKEMAN COX. According to the best Information ob- hour was reported as resting | (ainable no passengers were hurt. The bullet passed through the liver, | s et MIGHT DO WELL WALKING BEAT Who Shet Negro Footpad ia Wite of Policeman Mory i a Resalt of ¥ man Whe Attempted Police- to Arrest Him. Harry Wood, a negro living at 1212 Dav- | enport street, was shot and seriously | wounded by Detective Henry Heitfeld at | resisting arrest on a charge of disturbing the peace. The wounded man was taken to | Clarkson hospital in the city ambulance and a easily. doctors estracted the bullet and say that the man will probably recover. The shooting grew out of & small quarrel | which began In the Richelieu hotel, 110 | North Thirteenth street. Charles W. Louls | came to the hotelgrith a City Mission lodg- | | | The woman who shot a negro footpad at ing ticket, but wished to sell the same. This Clerk F. G. Jackson would not allow. | Twentieth and Capitol avenue at 10 o'clock and he, with Paul Hauser, started to take | Thursday night is Mrs. Teresa Morrison, Louis back to the mission. At Twelfth | wife of Patrolman EA Morrison, residing street and Capitol avenue Louis made an | at 2601 North, Twenty-sixth street. She assauit on the others, but was overcome. | will be at the police station today to Hauser ran for a policeman while Jackson 'gee If the wounded colored mam mnow held the other down. At this moment detained there is the right onme. The of- Wood and another megro came along and | ficers have no doubt about it. His injury told the clerk to release his prisoner. Jack- | was not so serious but that he could walk on held on to his man until Wood put his | yesterday when called before Captaty band in bis hip pocket as though to draw a | Mostyn for an Inquisition. He has been revolver, and threatened him It he did not | sent to St. Joseph's hospital for treatment. He is now detained on a charge of high- let go. Jackson then went to the police station about the matter and Detective way rodbery. He said that four hours before Heitfeld was sent out to find the megro. | his arrest he was shot by a man In South Jackson and another man from the hotel, | Omaha, who accused him of buying beer for the man's wife. He sald aleo that Dwight Haun, went along to identify the he was traveling under an alias, and that man. They went to the Midway saloon, which is his right name was George W. Robinson at Twelfth street and Capitol atenue, to and his home in Flat Rock, Mich. He left look for their man and were just entering | home four years ago, traveling to Chie when Jackson saw and pointed out Wood | where he enlisted in the Forty-ninth volun- standing on the corner talking to a wom@n. | teer infantry, being sent to the Philippines, Heitfeld approached him and asked him where he served his enlistment, and was later sent to San Francisco. Upon his being what he knew about the matter. Wood re- plied that he did not have to give the ofi- | discharged he enlisted in the Tenth cevalry and was released from the service about cer any particulars. Heitfeld then said that he would Bave to take Wood to jail. four months ago. He recently moved to iong Pine, Neb., and later came to South The negro replied, “I ain’t got time to go with you™ and began a resistance when Omaha, where he has been living with a Mre. Simms the officer tried to force him N. P. TO ENTER MANITOBA ‘He took hold of me and tried jo throw said Detective HIlPs Rallway Seeks Right n Provin: | Heitteld, “and then began to drag me into the saloon. Wood is about the strongest man in town, standing six feet four or five | inches and weighing at least 235 pounds. I te Com- Ince side with all those tough coons and I pulled He not frightened by the weapon and set upon me, hitting me on the meck and gei- ting my head down. | saw some of the other negroes coming and I let him have it. Ollie Jackson telephoned for the wagon and we sent him to the hospital. I am sorry that 1t happened, but I couldn't let them beat me up in the saloon. Donahue and I srrested Wood about eightcen months ago with True Johnson for the theft of sbout 25,000 worth of jewelery in Portland, Oue.. and ever since then be has sald that he would get us some day." Wood has been employed as janitor at the Thurston Rifies’ armory. He was not sen- tenced for the jewelry robbery, being only | an accessory after the fact DAMAGES AMOUNT TO A DOLLAR| t Gets Small Judgment NIPEG, Man, Feb. 20.—Definite an- | nouncement was mad> tonight that C. E. Hamilton of St. Paul is acting on bebalf of the Northern Pacific in making appli- | cation to the Manitoba | permission to build an extensive system of branch lines throughout the province. The provisional directors of the new com- my revolver as he got me in the door. | the Northern Pacifie; | Winnipeg, J. S. Ward of Winnipeg and H. { H. Upham and Mr. Hamiliton of St. Paul 1t granted boundary at three different polots from | Pembina west. The Northern Pacific is sald to bave been behind the application for a similar charter last year, but the re- Quest was refused, as the names of the par- ties were withheld. SEEKS TO BUILD MONOPOLY Association a Sole t to Naval Contracts. The suit which W. F. Gurley and Joseph W. Woodrough brought against The Bee | | ny t name of Abe | RS | (‘;::C‘:::I‘.fl‘l ?:B;“;”‘n .“‘:'M to be due CHICAGO, Feb. -Another step was Greenbladt for damage sustained by reason | ‘K€D today in the attempt to organize a | of & story printed in November, 1838, con- | P50! 00 naval business. | oty Mewardship of the funds of| The Trunk Line Passenger assoclation | the Newsboys' union, hs gone to the jury | MAde & proposition to the other passeager and the fury has sat upon the evidence, | 3880ciations {o confine Bids for business | Also. it has sat upon the plaintiff, finding | °F/€IRaUNE in trunk line territory to three for him in the sum of only $1. which is|F03d%. the Pemnsylvania, the Baltimore & But 70 cents more than is due his attorneys | Oi0 and the Chesapeake & Ohlo. The lat- and several dollars short of the court costs{ '¢7 (W0 belong to the Pennsylvahia, so he will have to pay. that the proposition is practically {o give The defendant rested its case almost |!DA company a momopoly of the business. wholly upon the evidence of boys who were | 1€ Proposition also contains a proviso that actually associated with Greendladt in the | e Toad whose bid is accepted shall have unlon and remembered bow they came out | 'D® TiEht to route business over whatever financially when the union disbanded. coanections it sees St The jurors were John Canfield, a butcher, 612 South Sixteenth street; Thomas Shaw, civil engineer, 4536 Franklin; H. P. Elsler, Swift employe. 318 Nineteenth street, South Omaba; John T. Dillon, former attorney: D. Deyo, gardmer, Florence; J. R. Conroy, painter, 614 Pierce street; G. R Childs, street railway conductor, 3715 North Twen- ty-second; G. R. Witmore, expressman, 1716 North Twenty-seventh; Richard Wald- en, laborer, 2730 Burt: Jens Able, mer- chant, Thirty-third and Pacific; Herman Koch, Millard precinét; Fred Mauss, baker, 3016 Pratt street. DENTISTS’ GOLD IS HIS CHOICE Crook with Pee Game posed to Be Headed This Way. Chief Docahue has received a letter from Superintendent of Police Cox of Hammond Ind. in which he is motified to warn the dentists of Omaba 10 be on the lookout for a shrewd thief who bas worked his trick | in the Indiana eity and is headed this way. | This crook is kmown as a dentist office thief. He calls, makes pointment for work for himself or family and at the same time gets the lay of the office. At moon, usually, he enters the office and lifts all the gold the dentist has in stock. He is described s five feet four inches in height, weighing sbout 135 pounds, dark complex- fon. He is about 35 years of age. The | stranger wears a dark overcoat and & black Fedora hat. LOCAL BREVITIES. Samuel Burns. ¥y Lime at Auction, , Ind., Feb. 20.—The Chicago & Southeastern, known in railroad circles as “Harry Crawford's roa is now a part of the “Big Four” system. The property was sold st receiver's sale here today, John L. Dye didding it In for the Big Four. &t $1,010,000. The Pennsylvania had a bid- der present, who bid up the price a littie so that his company could make good on some bonds it held. While the road is a Big Four property. it will be operated separately snd will bave Ticket Bureau is Organised. CHICAGO, Fed. 20.—Committees enting the various passenger associations of the country met here today and per- | fected the organization of the National | Protective bureau, the purpose of which is |to drive scalpers out of business. P. C. Donald, the father of the scheme, was made chairman of the bureau. Santa Fe May Compromise. TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 20.—It now appears as if the Santa Fe would be able to make s compromise with the conductors and | trainmen on the basis of a 15 per cent | increase. There is the best tween the contending fateic OMAHA ~ KIDNAPER CAUGHT GUTHRIE. Okl., Feb guson today homored a requisition lesued by Governor Mickey of Nebraska for the return to South Omaba of William Brown. | eharged on February 9 last with kidnaping Miss Grace Mari€ Nerthway of that ity and taking ber away by foree. 1t is claimed that letters written to South Omabs revealed the whereabouts of Brown snd the girl st Vining, in Woods cousty, Okl. Chief Brigss of South Omaba left here Ir and Frank J. Haskell rated havenin the Burns-Haskell com- pany. to a stock broke: business. With authorized capital of &5 WA In iue suit of M P Clancy against Barker {w $2.40% Judge Reed has | taken the case from the jury and found for the defendant. Clancy sued to recover for the injury (o his boy's eye when the latter was shot by a bellboy at the Barker hotel Marthens has started sujt legislature for | | annoyance, and it is ¢ o v~ —— It is pure. —a et It is gentle. It is pleasant. It is efficacieut. I SRS O YRR i 4 T It is convenient s, S A RN FEBRUARY 21, Syrup il\e?{;ces{ fami It is pot expensi 1903 Why L::i’ Figs l)r laxative ve. It is good for children. It is excellent for ladies. for business men It is perfectly safe under all circumstances, It is used by millions of families the world over. It stands highest, as a laxative, with physicians. If you use it you have the best laxative the world { | Breeders’ association, against a loca buteher for $2.392, the price of the Hereford steer Old Times, was ended today by a ver- | diet for the plaintiff for the full sum. | The case grew out of the rivalry between | Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus breeders at | the Chicago stock show ®f 1900. When the | Angus champlon steer Advance was sold at | auction for $1.50 a pound. Mr. Sotham an- | nounced that the Hereford champion, Old Times, bad brought $1.53 per poung from a Kansas City butcher, who, it is alleged, was present and confirmed the statement | Afterward Mr. Sotbam alleges the butcher sought to lower the price. Today's verdict is looked upon as establishing the high beet price and giving fich honor to the Here- | tords. |SYMPATHY STRIKE BARRED i(’Ile B | An | ‘ & Men Agree to Let Batties. CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—Clauses prohibiting the sympathetic strike will be a feature of this year's agreements between the various contractdrs’ counmcils and the building trades’ unions. This was assured when the Architectural Iron Workers and the Bricklayers and Ma- sons today signed agreerhents with the em- ployers’ association in which it is agreed that both parties will not recognize any | rights of any other assocition, umion, council or body of wan, not directly inter- | ested in the controversy, and that they will | use all lawful means t6 compel their mem- | |pany will be C. S. Mellen, president of | bers to comply with the arbitration agree- | in a particularly good position to sustain James Fisher of | ment and working rules as jointly agreed | profitable commercial relations with all | upon and adopted. | The agreement goes: into effect on April | barring the sympathetic strike. Mine M gers Seek Rise. ’ SPRINGFIELIX 111, Féb. 20.—The annual | convention of the National Mine Managets' sociation adjourned today after deciding to demand a raise in wages of 1214 per cent, 2 committee being appointed to meet the IMinois coal operators when they meet | here with the United Mine Workers. The mine examiners now receive $2.50 per day and the mine managers 3§76 to $125 per month. William Schiff of Springfield was re-elected executive secretary. FIGHT FAIR FOR STATEHOOD New Mexico Commissioner Opposes Exhibit, as Missourians Reject Territorial Claim SANTA FE, N. M. Feb 20.—Thomas Hughes today introduced a bill in the ex- ecutive council to repeal the I provid- ing for an exhibit at the Louisiana Pur chase exposition. Mr. Hughbes is one of the commissioners to the exposition and his bill is therefore sigoificant. He states as a preamble to his bill that a large amount of money has been collected, but that many Missouri people are opposed to statebood for Mexico and therefore no official New Mex- ico exhidit should be made at St Louis. The bill provides that the momey col- lected be distributed among the several territorial educational institutions. SHYLOCKS RAISE LOBBY FUND Seek to Defeat Am ing in ¥ ry Laws Pend- Legisia- ture. SPRINGFIELD, 1Il., Feb. 20.—It is re- ported here that the money sharks of Chicago who loan momey to employes on their undue salaries have raised a fund for the purpote of defeating legislation pro- Bibiting the assignment of salaries The senate bas bad the matter under con- sideration and the judiclary committee re- ported an amendmen: to ome bill which it is claimed affords no protection whatever to empleyers. A bill is pending in the house, which triends its ate will protect employers from the money sharks, as claimed, have raised money to defeat. DANDRUFF WON'T WASH OLT. The Germ that Causes It Has to Be De- stroyed, to Cure Damdruff. Many & woman spends an hour twice & week scouring her scalp, thinking serub- bing off the scurf will cure the dandruft. Two hours & week, st the age of 40 years, she has spent 260 days of 12 hours each, or two-thirds of a year of her Mfe, in that vaia hope: vais, because you can't cure dandruff without killing the dandruff germ and the omly hair preparation on earth that will do that is Newbro's “Herpicide™ —also a delighttul bair dresstng and thor- ough antiseptic against all comtagion from use of others hair brushes. It 1s also 3 | 43 B Om‘n‘m #t_the nahoe-Redmond compan WHR emnctt ard A Tavior for Kb lieging that ehe was damaged in (hat mount when they wrongfully cha: her with steatin at the Bennett store 1ast April and detained her one hour at the store and her appear in police court VSiile attempting to descend the cow bulling ste; 'flxl) afternoon J. A (‘:’ thors. at 167 Howard street. fel 0 the bottom of the firet flight and had his face severely bruised. Crathor's accident was due to his allegd Intoxicated condi- tion. He was removed to the city fall in the patrol and cared for by the sur- geons, after which he was locked up on charge of drunkennces, today for Vining HEREFORDS LEAD IN -PRICE Court Decides Butcher Must Pay More Than Rival Gave for Angus. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 20.—The cele- brated suit of T. F. B. Sotham of Chili- cothe, Mo., ex-president of the Hereford delightful bair dress | BRUCE WILCOX 1S NOMINATED Named by President for Register of Land OMiee at Alliamce, Nebraska. WASHINGTON, Feb 20.—The president sent the following nominations to the sen- ate today Register of land office: Bruce Wilcex, HA‘HIAIGO. Neb Bouse bill which | Because Its component parts are all wholesome. It acts gently without unpleasant after-effects. 1t is wholly free from objectionable substances. It contains the laxative principles of plants. 1t contains the carminative principles of plants. It contains wholesome aromatic liquids which are agreeable and refreshing to the All are pure. All are delicately blended. taste. R All are skillfully and scientifically compounded. 1ts value is due to our method of manufacture and to the orginality and simplicity of To get its beneficial effects — buy the combination. the genuine. Manufactured by (AuiroRia fia e ¢ Louteville, Ky. New York, N. Y. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. 5 PR PR RO B A AR O WAL [CUBAN TREATY REPORTED avana Bepate Receives Long List of Ratification Reasons. | NSULAR COMMITTEE STRONGLY APPROVES » Protocol Might Be Improved, but Gives Market for baces, Which M, Meet Cold Reception. HAVANA, Feb. 20.—The committee on foreign relations this evening submitted to the sepate its report recommending the 1atification of the reciprocity treaty with | the United States The report urges ratification beca while Cubans might desire still more fi vorable relations with the United States, the treaty unquestionably favors tBé in- terests of Cuba. While it would be a great advantage, it adds, 1f sugar and ‘obacco recgived greater reductions in the United States | markdt, the economic conditions prevailing | in the United States preclude better terms | for these products. Sees Some Object The treaty, while not free from objec- tionable- features, should be regarded as a whole, the duty being not to modify but to { accept or reject. Cuba, being an agricultural country, | countries, but, contilues the report, polit- | feal situations determine commercial pol- reciprocity treaties. Cuban products are limited chiefly to two and the markets for | them are not assured and are mot opered | up in the measure that Cuba meeds. This | condition canmot be overcome by giving ad- | | customer The United States, being a gi | gantic consumer of Cuba's products | being convenient for the supply, offers 2 | fattering future for its commereial rela- | tions. | The treaty will retain an open market | Cuba for United States manufacturers an protect Cuba from ruinous reprisals | ""The report says in detail the articles of the treaty and gives the ressuns why it| would be mutually advantageous ! It would be preferable, the report con- | tinues; had the preferential rates fixed | sctual figures on each article instead of the percents of reduction. The committee regards the reduction of 20 per cent on sugar as vital, as it will en- | able Cuban cane sugar to gurvive in spits of the competition of European beet sugar. The estimates of the secretary of the treasury are quoted to the effect that the reduction in the customs receipts would be $1.300,000, but under the supposition "that the imports from America will increase from 39 per cent, the present figure, to 70 per cent, the decrease would be $2,800,- 000 N The committee In conclusion urges rati- fication because the treaty defines the com- mercial relations of the United States and Cuba, clears Cuba's commercial position | and gives a sure basis for commercial policy. No bostility is anticipated in the senate. RESUME | o | 1 COAL SHIPMENTS & Company Clears w o Tracks and Once More Sends el to Market. READING, Pa., Feb. 20.—With one or two exceptions all the Reading company’s col- leries resumed operations today, the branch roads baving been cleared of the snow. While the average is 1,600 cars daily, not more than 700 were brought down last night. The falling off was due to the inability to get the cars to the breakers because of the snow which drifted badly during Wednesday nfght. It was stated by the Reading off- cials that unless more smow comes ship- ments will show a steady increase until the ages rket which s its best | E | Bt |Street Railway Company a) OPPOSE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Merehant e Assoctation etter to Repres: tive Grosvemor. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The Merchants’ | Association of New York has semt a letter | to Representative Grosvenor, chairman of | |the committee on merchant marine and fisheries of the house, expressing the as- sociation’s opposition to the ship subsidy bilL - A newspsper which accompanies the let- ter summarizes the views of the associa- tion on the bill. The letter says in part: These views were communicated to you when the bill the house, but we have neither been fa- vored with any reply nor has any answer otherwise been made to our argument, which, we believe, is conclusive. This a: n the development of our shipbullding stry, for reasons that have been fully set forth and which is the only legitimate parpose than can be urged. The bill, as reported from the senate, will not accomplish this, but retard it. It is_estimated that it will make a grant of $1200.000 to $20,00.000 annually from the public treasury. Such a vast disposal of public_funde should not be the subject of such legielation The advocates of the measure will incur enormous. ponsibility fore _ the speclally If ample thne for dis- & ‘exprassion through the press wed. The short time at the dis. suffer through a delay of a tuil op appreciation legislation til} unity is given for & genel of the term of bill. is association continues to oppose bfil and will widely diffuse its arguments againet it. which will be stronger if it is admitted that the measure cannot with- stand an ample discussion in open session. Preeident C. B. Parsons of the Mari time assoclation of New York has sent charter the company intends |1, for three years. All other building trades | icles and the protective systems adopted| o, oo o0 Grosvenor of the committee {to build lnes crossing the international|are expected to make similar agreements by most civilized pations are modified by | on merchant marine and fsheries a letter urging the passage of the ship subsidy bill. GIVES ST. JOE BIG HALL $123,000 if Citizens Fin: Like Amount. . ST. JOSEPH,, Mo., Feb. 20.—A subscrip- tion of $125.000 to a convention ball fuad was made here today by the St. Joseph Street Rallway compiny with the under- standing that an additional $125,000 should Be raised by the citizens. This will be done. It is understood that a hall costing $350,- 000 will be erected and in use before the fall festivities. TAKES BLAME ON GALLOWS Murderer Claims Full Responsibility for Crime His Brother is Explating. BISMARCK, N. D, Feb. 20.—Jacob Bas- sanella was hanged at Washburs today for the murder of Anton Klinger. that he murdered Axel Anderson at Grand Forks several years ago and claimed that | his brother, Joe, mow serving a life se tence in the Bismarck penitentiary, Dot conpected with the crime. Fitth Vietim of Explosion. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.--W. H. Vanguert, an ordnance man, who was severely in- jured in the explosion at Fort Lafayette yesterday, died today, making the ffth death @ the result of the accident. He regal was unable to give any explanation as to how the explosion occurred. It was said to- day that John Clancy and Martin Thoroge- sen, ordnance men, who were badly hurt, i | breakers have all been cleared of the coal | that bas been accumulating during the last few days. |MAJIOR PLAYS GHOSTLY PART | Pretends te Speak as Explorer's v in Heaven and Gets Property for Wife. LONDON, Feb 20—H. §. 8. Cavendish, the explorer, is plaintiff in an extraordinary | case in the chancery court. He charges | Major C. H. Strutt and Mrs. Strutt with injuring him through spiritualism and | table turning to execute s deed by which | his property goes to Mrs. Strutt and her children to the exclusion of the plaintiff's | own wife. Mr. Cavendish has applied to the court to set aside the deed. which, he contends, Mr. Strutt ordered by pretending to be the ghost of his mother, whe was represented to be speaking from heaven and advised him to so dispose of his property. Mintet War Killed. MADRID, Feb. 20.—A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, says it is persistently reported there that El Menehi, the minis- ter of war, was killed in battle Pebru- ary 13 t New York | sent from the senate to | ssoclation belleves in a subsidy to ! ( Donates Bassanella confessed just before the end | jousness before he died, but | could not recover. The coroner. who has been called upon to issue death certificates for the men killed, said he had been unabie to get any statement from the naval au- thorities concerning the explosion and that until he got some kind of an explanation he would not issue the necessary certifi- cates. DOCTOR WIZARD FOR CHICAGO Lorent’s Assistant Will Join Faculty y City Univer sity. NEW YORK, Feb 20.—Isidore Singer, president of Independent Order of B'nai B'ith, has recelved word from Dr Frederich Mueller, Prof. Adolph Lorenz's assietant, stating be will arrive in New York about March 10 or 11. He comes to America to attesl to the treatment of Lolita Armour and to accept the professorship of orthopedy in the med feal college of the University of Chicago. BALKAN FIGHTING BEGINS Tarks Lose Nimety in W Against Maced 2. surgents. LONDON, Feb. 20.—According to & dis- patch from Sofia published in the Morn- ing Leader desperate fighting bas occurrel between a small band of revolutionists and 800 Turks in a defile close to the villags of Beril, near Kastoria, Albania. The Turks had ninety killed. The in- surgents lost beavily, but succeeded In gaining the mountains. No Reduction of Tax. LONDON, Feb. 20.—Mr. Ritchie, chan- cellor of the exchequer, informed a depu- tation of coal miners today that there was at present no chance of a reduction on the export tax placed on coal. MAYOR AMES GAINS RESPITE Sherift Fi Him Too Sick to Move and Leaves Him to Recover. MANCHESTER, N. H.. Feb. 20.--Sherift Deger left for Minneapolis tonight. He ' visited ex-Mayor Ames at Hancock today and on his return reported that Dr. Ames was a sick man and rapidly losing ground. Better Roads. poHICAGO. Feb. A memorial to the | lent and to con , to the post- Tiaster general ‘and (5 thé governor and | lesislature of each state, w appropri. tions giving of ‘national and sta | ald to improvement and maintenance of Pyblic highways, will be voted upon | the convention, which open: here tomorrow. The passage of the bi! Congressman recommending of @0 for the improvement of high- ways will, it is sald, recelve the approval of the convention. the Mortality Statistics. The following birth and deaths have been rted to the Board of Health: Birth—R. A Mison, 1618 Kymer avenus, Deaths_Moses Greenberg. =418 ~North | Fourteenth, %; Loren D. Walll E 1=| ey, 1: Felix Heath, 18 Do 3 | Peter Christensen. Dougias County hospi. tal. re. 1da Sophia Carison. 3i§ North Twenty-Afth, &7; Marcy, 8. Mrs. Jennie Burgess, 33 New York Grow NEW YORK. Feb. 3.—In the report of the health department published today it is estimated the nt population of Gi New York is £TR.808, an increase since | United States census of 1900 of 25,701 Cloakmakers Get Increase. NEW JORK. Teb N . Ten thoussad ¢ ers have ncreases in wages in this city 88 savances'in masy cases are from 3 to 4 per cent “Doesn’t cough much through the day. It's when night comes that he coughs so hard.” Don’t let these night coughs deceive you. Some day you may wake up to the fact that your boy is thin, pale, weak, even seriously ill. You can’t safely trifie with any throat or lung trouble. Cure the cough quickly with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral It’s the same medicine your old doctor gave you when you were a child. The young doctors indorse it now, too, for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, consumption. Thres shues 23 e 5L 4 € AYER GO Lowsil, Mess B A R e s e