Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1903, Page 5

MARCH s, 1903. T SOUTH OMAHA!WISH waz wiTh ENGLAND i New York Irishmen Destre Republic of Emerald lsle Through Revelvtion. — VENTILATION THE NEXT FAD 8o Pretioy: Jokn Latenser in Addrem to Prilosophieal Bociety HOT AR FURNACE A DEADLY MACHINE | | {ave sev aus ment from the Treasury the Bursau of Poreigr Commerce, from THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDATY, . |AFFAIRS A State Gepartment onsolidet el | Deslfes the foregoing, the new dep me: to have jurisdiction now possessed | Mam Mesting to Oonsider the Matter of by the Treasury department over the fur- i i < seal, salmon and other fsberiee of Alasks ‘ P.'m! Railread - — It W fmally provided that the president | e NEW YORK, March 1—James Reids, #hall huve the suthority to trunster at any | GOOD KOAD TO FORT CROOK PROBABLE | secretary af the New Tork commitiee of the time the whole Or any part of any office. | Clan Na Gael, made public todey a Geciars- buresu, divisien or other branch of the | tion of principies which will be ofcially public serviee emgaged in statiet or at meetings of the orgumisa- scientific work from eay other Gepartment tion on March ¢ except that of agriculcure. This would seem After relterating the belief that Ireland 1o be & sweeping provision, as under strict | ar Sperker Comdemus the Weat Sre- Tem (hat Does Not Utilise Fresh Alr From Outside the Houne. Department s Expected to Macadamise Road from the County Line to the Fort—Magie Architect John Latenser declared that be | expecied proper vemtllation to be ove of | the mext fads, in the course of an sddress | on the subject to the Philosophical society | pesterduy afternoon. He said the masses would not be arpused 1o the importance of e matter except by calamity or fad. He ehuracterized the hot air furnace that Tevelves air within the house, without any | #ir being supplied from the outside. as & deadly machine. Perfect venmtflation, he | suifl, could be obtained in every house at | lttle cost. Poor wentllation s obtained by ordinary steam hesting and nnnmrg( ot water heating the stove being bettgr | and the furmace still better if the sir is | taken from without wnd ventilsting (mots | through the roof are in position { “l would Dot sfiempt to 84drasws the | Fhilosophical society on such & technical matter had it not received editsrial men- | tiom 1 several af the metropolican papers.” | waid Mr. Latoser. “The stute of Massa- | chubetis hus coucted & low requiring the | ventilation of public and scmi-public bulld- | ngs, snd Michigan bas followed in its fovtsteps. In cities such as New York, Boston. Baltimore and Chicago they ave ip- sisting upon the ventilstion of apartment houses. hotels and the like. ! Efect on Humanity. ‘®Man is @ cresture of surroundings and canditions, the food be eats and the sir he breathes. 1T 10 per cent of the oxygen were removed from the air an entirely different feperution weuld be developed, and vet the uir wherein the majority of people work and attend to business usually is such air. | Peotory hunds are required to work in such | &1 stmosphere, and if they were not per- | mitted to mix with other prople they would | ‘egenerate inte & race far below mormal “Ventilation of & building, ball or room | cen be mecomplished only by the process of @hution—that is, by & continual flow of | fresh mir inte the Toom. The greatest difficulty in making peorle reslize the nevessity of ventilation lies in the fact | that the more oarbom dioxide, popularly | knowsn as carbonic acid gag. is contained in | the room, the more soothing it is to the nervous iemperament. The less oxvgen | under & certain smount supplied to & body | causes & corresponding diminution of en- | ergy until the body gets in a half dorment | comiition, requiring less aud less air. Such & vomfiition i fertile ground for all the il thut attack the buman being ! “There are sixteen or seventeen school | bufléings in Omsha supplied with 90,000 | cuble feet of mir per room, which means | about 2,000 wagon Joads, or one cublc yard, | hour per room. The expense of beat- col wir from the outside is not much | fgrester than to rehest the alr on the in- | #ie. The ventilation of the new postoffice | butiding ie perfect. while in the city hall, | court house xnd one of the thesters venti- | lating plapis wore established st groat | vost, but were put in mechanically wrong. | ®0 they are permanently idle.” WORK OF THE SHORT SESSION| (Continued trom First Page.) whowed by imprisonment without the alter. | viative of fine. On the other hand, others | who are well posted fear that the abolition wensiion of the Fifty-seventh congress look- ing to the regulstion of trusts dv mot go 10 the lemgth proposed by stump speakers af both parties during the lnst presidential | campaign. but members of the administra- wion express grest satisfaction with the i i - avigation, United States shipping oners, Nstional Buresu of Stand- ards, Coas and Geodetic Survey, the com- missioner genersl and Buresu of lmmigra- tion, and everything pertalnipg to the im- migration service. and Buresu of Statistics. From the Interior department: The cen- sus office. ¥From the State department Foreign Commerre. Independent buresus placed under fte junis@iction: Department of Labor ana | Fish commission New buresus crested: Buresu of Cor- porstions, Buresu of Manufactures The Buresu of Statistics. which comes to E Buresu of Doing a Large Business usually means assuming la risks—too large to be a sz: burden upon an individual Wise business men carry P e e & 8 their estate this risk, P.e&'ll‘o':ud\ will be in. terested in “A Banker's Will,” containing instructions of a New York Bank President to | axy oF New York Bicmass A McComw, Fremos. FLENING BROS. Wasagers Omaka, Nebs. Bes Nelues, lowa tranafer the construction buresus and ord- | army and navy | sicos have frequently | afmiral by the act of 1866 4 | Gy of March after ite election and this | | session comstruction of i the president might | e nance and engineering branches of the because they are scientific offices. or even the office of the comiptrolier of the currency, on the ground that it is & statistieal buresu, to the mew depart- ment Mayor Koutsky said yesterday thal he would anpounce within a day or two the date of the mase mecting to be beld for the purpose of considering waye and mcens |to peve Railrosd svemue from Q street south to the county line. -t is understood | that the street railroad company will pave between iis tracks and thet the Union Pacific will assist materially in the payment | | of the cost. The principal scheme seems to be to | secure a first-class road through the south- | ern country and a direct road to Tori Crook. This matter of & rosd to Crook ws brought to the attention of the War de- | partment some years ago, but the route | jald out &t thet time was not considered fensfble, so the matter was dropped. ! Wibin the last two weeks the subject was agein brought to the attention of the adjutent geperal of the War department Short Sessions Vot Bver since the early ‘i and beginning with the thirty-seventh congress short ses- enacted important l'mpislation. During the expiring houre of Ahe thirty-seventh congress West Virginia | was sdmitiod as & state and the territories { of Arizons and New Mexico were organised. | During that same session the national | basking evstem was crested, and on the | last duy the territory, mow the state, of | Jdshe was also crested. The close of that | comgress was not sble for the fact that | for the first time in history, Mr. Lincols | signed & bill seven days after it had md- | journed. The copstituriondlity of thet act | and the secrefary of war. What is called | has never been decided, for the reason that | the lower road i» now favored and it is it was mever brought to court. { understood that if the city and ccunty At the second or short session of the | will pave Ralirond avenue up to the county thirty-cighth congrese the grade of vice | line the govermment will establish @ mil- atmiral was created snd Rear Admiral | itary road from the count: line to Fort Farragut was promoted to the grade, which | Crook. This proposed military road will be filled until he was subsequently made |be of mecadam, twenty feet in width, and will follow reguler lines up to the res- ervation | When this matter was talked over at the | Officers’ club st Fort Crook not long ago | some objection wae raised on sccount ef Mud creek. The objection was overcome however, by the statement that the ridge | road wae not precticable and thet it was | the lower rond or mothing. It is usder- | stood thet the objection to the crossing of | During the short mession of ‘the thirty- | minth congress & law was enacted requir- ing the mew congress to meet on the 4th | act was in foree until 1873. The tenure-of- | office-act was suother mnotable plece of | legislution during thet session, which also on February 9, 1867, suthorized the namis- #ion of the territary of Nebraska ae a | state. Many other cnactments of more or | Mud creek will not be considered by the | Jess importance are credited to that short | War department when ordere for the me- | cafwmising of the road are issued. { Library Wants Improvement. | During the short session of the Fortieth congress the fifteenth amendment was sub. mited, and two vears later the mot crest- | Even before the first levy has ing the District of Columbia, with & terr)- (lowed by Cernegie's agents the Librery torial form of government, was passed | bourd wants to talk about improvements The Worty-second congress @id mothing | ib the matter of street paving. The maf notable during its last session, but its suc- | ter Was brought up because there was some | cessor, in January, 187h, passed the act|talk of securing & permanent pavement for the resumption of specie payments, | from Twenty-fourth street west to the | which began in 1679 and which has been | Amcient Order of United Workmen temple. | the basis of sl financial legislation over | Then the library people commenced to get | since y busy @nd now they went the district ex- | ‘Iflndlfl from Twenty-third street on the « | gast to the east line of Twenty-fifth street. | The most notable act of the short 5ession | 1 1nie 4s Gome there is some bope of the of the Forty-fourth congrese was thal|y.orocoments being made, providing the | which created the electoral commisslon 0 |7 beu yosed will pay its proportion and | wettle the contest betwoen Haves und Til- | b saaitional tax mecessary to pay far Gen for the presidency. In the ehort ses- in fromt of the postoffice | the pavement | sion of the Forty-Aifth congress the urrears The postoffice tax will smount to sbout | of pension act was approved, and the same | ggp0 Tiyere meems to be & feeling that if | seawlon gave women lawyers the right to | the city, the Library board and the build. practive before the highest court in the |0 ot ol SOl NG men could & land. Under thai act some thirty of f0rty | o eerper this matter of paving two biooks women are toduy members of the bar of | . 4 be nrranged without auy grest @iffi- | the Dnited States supreme vourt. culty. The Forty-sixth congress did nothing no- | table during the second session, but in the | BN Sanel aptiy. | Hayes-Tilden Contest. | v z | mein & | mett was celcbrated st been sl | Public meeting here tonight, at which the | speskers included Senator Clepp of Minve- | | souri, Driscoll { of Missourd. s Gvstined to be an independen: nation and | to guip this end is justified in recourse to the sword, the declaration continues Not even u soant measure of legislative be won by pleading to the Parfiament of Bnglund, &= no instailment of justice hae been granted Ireland exoept through physical force We assert that_the settiement of the land question by the British government will be attempted only bechuse Tngland fears in tte coming troutiles the hostility of the race in and out of Ireland, and hopes to secure . e from keeping up the fi he establhment of an Ir.sh republic Constitotional agitation tends 1o tionalise the 1o believe that Ireland was content tn re- of the British empire, whereas its peomle would be sutisfied with nothing Jess than an Irish republic. There is evi- Zehoe of a revival of the militan Sreland, and this spirit has pee in the Irish race in America 1o extent than ever. The Irieh race in Americs. 106, #8 aroused to_the necessity of combining with true Americane an@ citizens of other countries to frustrate the attumpts of England two dena- commit the Urited States to policies cul- | culeted to serve purely British purposes and to embroil thie republic with nations which were friendiy when America needed friends and Bngiend was hostile land's mask of friendship able it to filch American Eng stroy the Monroe doctrine, while pretend- ‘ ing to_uphoid it hae entered on the downwa: to final dismemberment, i and resolute ume of iis ever ficulties will give Ireland tunity. We counsel no rush or premature action, but we insist that ireland = true in- terems demend that the worl it will not barter it inalienabie any half measure or for tardy grievances We ask the race at “teadily prepare for the opportunity, and to make it if they can, to strike the final vlow that will make Ireland a nation among the nations b ieading il pre- | ght for 1rieh people and hae led men | ‘e firmly believe that the British empire | home gnd abroad to | of the Flood There was a cloud burst and the grocery store basement was partly flooded The grocerman sent the boy down to see if any damage had been don minutes and st e to the stock stored there ill no boy. 15 minutes passed and the boy failed to retarn: 30 Then the grocerman investigated. He found the boy there all right, seated well above high water mark; a package of Uneeda Biscuit in his hand; his mouth full of the contents. “What in the name of common sense have you been doing down here all this time?” inquired the grocerman The boy looked up with a good natured grin; gulped ' once or twice; finally gained control of his speech and replied: “Gee! 1 ain't found a spoiled package of Uneeda Biscuit yet I've opened and tried all of this big pile here, and this is the last package. They're just as good and fresh as everl” MoraL—A hungry boy will “spoil”’ more good, fresh redress of | WASHINGTON, Merch 1.—The 125tb an- | niversery of the birthday of Robert Bm- largely attendod sota and Representatives Barthold: of Mis- of New York and Oochran They all expressed sympathy for the Irish cause and wt ihe close of the meeting resolutions were adopted Geclar- ing that to secure Irish libertr “we pledge our lives, our fortunes &nd our sacred Nonor.” BANK BANDITS ARE HELD Alleged Rebbers of Missouri Va Arrested After Strugsie in Commnecticut. HARTFORD, Conn., Mearch 1.—William Rudolph, known ae the dey by officers of a Getective agency and the Hartford police. The men are wanted for the bank robbery st Uniom, Mo, on December 27. In 8 search of the Rudolph house & scrap Uneeas Biscuft than s cloud burst NATIONAL BISCUTT COMPANY Protected from dampness and dirt by the In-er-seal Package. TEARS 1N KNAPPS EYES Bluebeard Overcome with Emotion When Ohild Viotim's Father Visits Juil | MURDERER'S FAMILY 1S WUCH DIVIDED Father and One Sister Side with Aw- 1horities, Whereas Mother. Brother and Remaining Girl Seek to Save Reintive's Life. | i “Misgouri Kid,"” | and George Colline were mrrested here to- | HAMILTON, 0., March 1.—Altred Knapp was today visited by Herman Littieman, tather of little Bmms Littleman, the vic- {tim of Ms first murder in Ofncinnatl. Lit- tleman was unsble to identlty Knapp as | any one he had ever seen or known. | expenses. My «clothes give Porty-seventh the celebrated Taril com- | mission act, so-called, was sdded to the revenue bill, which was passed by the house and senute and resulted in the @hedules of 1883 That act remained un. | changed for eleven vears till amocnded by the Wilsop-Gorman tariff of 1854 The celebrated Pendleton act, or civil service law, was also enacted Quring that same session. % The Forty-eighth congress during ite short mession did mothing of note, but its sucoessor pacsed the Bdmunde &nti-polvg- amy law, incorporated the Nicaragus Mari- time Cansl company, cresed the Depart- ment of Agriculture Wwith & secretary at its hesd, and passed the omuibus State- hood bill sdmitting Montana, the two Da- kotas and Washington. The Fiftieth congress was not notable for its accomplishments The Pifty-first congress furing ite short session. suthorized the refunding of direct taxes which had been cellected from the States us ® war measure, and also paseed law prohibiting pool selling and all other worts of gambling in the District of Co- lumbia. During the next ten vears short sessions sccomplished but lttle, and it has re- mained for that which i just coming to #n end to place upon the statute books what promises to be some of the most im- portant legislation affecting trade snd com- merce of the last half century. REPORTS ON COAL PRICES Trade Paper Says Lake Fuel i Elevated, While Hocking Valley Goes Down. PITTEBURG, Pa., March 1—The Trade Bulletin will say in its market re- part The event in the coal markets of the dentral west was (he &n- nouncement & few days ago by some of the producers of a mew schedule of prices en cosl for lake shipment, which carries an avance of 50 cents & ton all aronnd The prices on Pittsburg cosl at the Jower lake ports will be $2.50 & ton for the 1%- inch screemed lump, $245 for the ¥%-imch and $3.35 for run of mine The Hocking velley operators announce s list of 16 cents per ton less &ll around Announcement of the changes followed u conference of representutives of the sev- Coal eral felds st Cleveland, O. last Wednes- | Qay. SHAMOKIN, Pa, March 1—The Big mountsin section of Heory Clay shaft, owned by the Philadelphiz end Reading Coa) and Iron cempany, will be started up tomerrow. Work will be furnished for 300 men and boys. The shatt was closed down when the mimers weni on strike last yesr and was flooded LAST OF LINE IS SUICIDE Inkhales Chloreferm Whes Life Be- comes Tiresome to Distinguished Family's Daughtef. PHILADELPHIA, March 1—4 woman who gave her name s Mrs. Chariotte G Wellington committed suicide by inhaling chioroform in & fashionable boarding house at Haddonfield, N. J.. near here She Jeft & note to the proprietor, in which she said I am the lust of a distinguished family left #0 wione that 1 sm tired of life. Wili you kindly see that my remains are de- cently buried® 1 enclose mowey 1o pay %o the poor. Piease keep this us quiet us possibie With the pote was §75. The women came to the boarding house sbout Februsry 0. She was always apparently in good spiriis. Sbe was about G0 years old, refined and plentifully supplied with mobey. In con- versatior with other persons in the house she often referred to having lived in Boston and Albany, N. Y. sud to having bourded in Mt Holly snd Medford, N. J May Vet Be Saved. Al who have severe lung trpubles need Xew Discovery tor Consumption For by A meeting of the South Omsha Board of Bducation is to be beld tonight. As the teachers and Junitors have been paid their Pebruery salaries, there can be little done but wrangle over bills and claims. The two factions of the board will naturally come together and.the result will be &n- other profitless crash. Parents whese children are allowed to attend the schools feel that a stop should be put to the strife now going on ameng | the members of the board in order that there might be & better government of the | children. As it is now & teacher hardly knows how 1o turn, us ope faction or the other is constantly issuing orders. By | those whe have to pay school taxes it is| | Gesired that orders be issued by a Tespon- | sible head. Should there be an olection in the spring Miller, Lott and Schroeder will vetire umless re-clected. So far only & few candidates have announced them- | selves, on mcoount of the standing of the | present board in the eves af the public, | aha the cases yet to come up in the courts. | Kemyom Asain Imcreases Wages. Genersl Manager Kemyon of the Union Stock Yar@s compeny has served notioe that on March 3 there will be an increase in wages of $2.50 & month for all employes | who have served the company for two years {or more. This incresse is in lime with that of & month ago, when employes of the { Stock Yards Railroad compsny received a raise. BEmployes of the stock yards com- pany appesr 1o be entirely satisfied with | the trestment mccorded by the manage- | ment and it is understood that a meeting | will be meld for the purpose of giving a | vote of thauks to the management. | ‘t Council Meeting Tonight. | The regular monthly meeting of the city | council will be held tomight. Four ordi- | ances for grafiing will be presented for | first reading, snd me usual the salary list for city officials will come up. Thers is little or no memey on hand to pay rusning expenses, consequently the mayor has shut | down on wil street repair work that is net absolutely neo It 15 hardly meces- sary 10 speak of the bond deal Dow in the courts, as Deither the mayor nor clerk ean take suy action until the case is decided Mra. McMabon's Funeral. The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Margaret McMahon, held st Bt. Agnes’ church yesterday afternoon, were attended by & large number of friends. Brief serv- ices were beld at the family residence be- fore removing the body to the church. In- terment was at St. Mary's cemetery. Sev- eral domen friends and acquaintances fol- lowell the remains from the church 1o the greve Magie Ofty T. C. Duncanson Jeaves today for Sesttle. here he goes 1o 100k after business mat- cre. Members of the city ocouncil e more permapent sidewalks are needed | over the city Dr Jumes A Kelly thut Al Keenan, & patient &t the South Omahs hospital. was some better Now that Patrick Bhea has waived & pre- liminary examination it i6 undersiood That ne will request & trial in Gistrict court as s00n as possibie James H. Duncanson stated to a Bee re- | porter last night that he does not intend to resign his commission as second leutenant of South Omeba cavalry troop |{IRON WORKS FOR SEATTLE | Washington Capitalists Propose Treat Rich Canadian Gowsip. | w te nat | il reported iust might SELTTLE, Marchk 1—The Central Irem aud Steel compsny has formed. with & eap- ital of $6.000,000, to build i this city an iron furnace with 200 tous duily capacity, & 100-ton steel plant and » rolling mill. The orgauization includes the mos: imfuential capitalists in the state They propose to work high grade ores from the deposits of Texade island, British | Columbiz. Ultimately they will, it is stated, increase the plani by the addition of & tn plate mill and & tube pipe works. They will take over the Pacific Sieal com- pauy's plant &t Irendsle, Wash of paper was found upon which was 'rll-i The most significant festure of the in- ten “George Collins, Hartford, Comn.” TBE | {orview was the tact that for the first time Hartford police Jearned that Ooiline had |y mF FO8 L S O e and showed ro | dland teat st formerly been in the reform school st Meriden, Conn. He has two stepbrothers here named La Plant. Rudolph and Collins heve been here a few weeks, but were not loeated until yes- terday, when Rudolph was seen on the street, The detectives wanted to get the men togefher and would mot risk getting one for fear the other woult get away. Thie afternoon Rudolph, Colline mnd his two stepbrothers were scen coming out of & house on Allyn street, where they had two reoms. They were followsd to & house on State street and the farce of Pinkerton men and local detectives was gathered Collins and the La Plants came out of the house together and were arrested with- out amy trouble. The “Missouri Kid" re- malned and Detective Dougherty and De- tective Parrell of this city went after him, entering the room with revolvers drawn. Rudolph reached under his overcost for his gun, & lerge one, but Dougherty was upon him before he could pull it. The men struggled while the Hartford detec- tive tried to get the gun away from Ru- dolph. Dougherty was bitten in the neck. Parrell finally got the gun, when & man in the house wemt to Rudolph's aesistance, thinking the Getectives were trying to hold him up. 1n his rooms were found three lange re- volvers, & bag of cartridges and skeleton keys and a quantity of clothing, and $§- 655 was recovered i3 ihe rooms and on the prisopers. WESTERN BLOCKADE LIiFTED Nebrasks, Colorade and Kansas Trains Freed from Snow Run on Time. DENVER, March 1—The blockade due to the recent beavy fall of spow on the plains of eastern Colorede and western Ne- brasks and Kensas has been broken up. All trains from the east today mrrived st the union depot oo time or meerly so ST. LOUIS BOWLERS VICTORS Beat Cinetunati by 850 to Si2 in Match Between Ficked Tenms. CINCINN ATT, March 1 —The D owling Con today de- e Cincianat picked team. BEpre: Louis ol 856 950 Cincinnati R Willlam Elwert of 8t Louls was defeated two out of three by Willlam Mets of Cin- clunt! Boore Mets W o . e Elwert State Checker Tournamen.. The Nebrasks stete checker to) wi:l:}e heid “l u'nmln.‘ March 1§ every prospect of an ints oS eresting w ch a the W the Hnes af ment to be Ask Big Purse to Pight. . NEW YORK, March James J. Jeftries wn J. Corbett me: todsy and agreed to Sght twenty rounds next Jul; ore the clt that will give them or the lurgest purse thel may be offy above that syl She wrizper lo take s foser 3. 1t was aise the . uld meet in sign articies on Thursday next Bowling Contest ot Wayne. WAYNE, Neb, March 1 Tele- Bpecial )—in the ling contest at Willinm . which concluded orton won by :”‘L 1 ent here i ofid's fuir next year. the internationa! chess tourna- beid at St Louis at that time. Dammever 2 - Hun Ed Prau Lust ot er. (8 . —eh | has at the In- tournament to be held ai 8t. Louls | signs of bresking down before the enraged sather. | Littiemsn stood outside the cell, and | after be had looked ut Knupp, said: | 7“1 have mever seen this mas. | care to look at him any more.” | Knapp replied: *I am just as sorry as | can be that Uttle Emme is Geall. She had eyes and huir ke yours.” As Littleman turned away tears stood in Knapp's eves. In jsil Knapp mingles freely with other | prisoners, ests well, sleeps well and talks | cheerfully and freely to all visitors. His | most Gamaging statements he makes with | & mutter of fuct air, as &n ordinary man ‘vw)l tell of any common occurrence. Knapp Goes Dot usg tobacoo and was not 1 Gon't | | known as @ drinker. He is quite a reader | and is supplied with magazines and books. but not sliowed to see mewspapers. He enjoys card plaving with other prisoners i Family is Divided. | | CINCINNATI, March 1.—While Knapp's parents, his brother Cyrus and sisters, Mrs. King and Mrs. Wenzell of Hamilton, are not under survelllance, the officers are incidentally keeping track of them. seems that the family all agree in their statements about Alfred being insame, but they differ in other maiters. His father says Altred will be better off @ than alive, but his mother worries over such an ending. His brother Cyrus and hie sister, Mrs. Wensell, are doing all they can for his defense and have created so much sympathy in the neighborhood for their aged parents that the Knapp bhome | with flowers. Al the same time, the Kings have aided killing hie third wife in Hamilton on De- cember 22 Alfred Knapp calied on hie | end inguired if his wite had been there | King hed suspected Alfred of former mur- | ders, but on scoount of the appesis of the | tamily was restrained from calling the ui- | tention of officers o the cases. When it | | came to the Qissppesrsnce of wife Ne. 3 | neither Mr. or Mrs. King could suppress | thelr suspicions. Hannsh GofGard naf | lived with them snd wes regarded as a anughter 1t King had bis suspicions confirmed recently ‘iy KEnapp's mother, who got & letter frem { Ber son ielling about his crimes and that { the aged mother 10l ull, so a8 1o prevent | Altred from murdering his fousth wite. All | possible efiorts were made here to get this letter and others, but it is believed that Mrs. Wenzell is correct ip insisting that | Altreg's ietiers were burned 5 Mrs. King said Alfred wrote Mre. Wenzell | some time ngo that Fannsh was out of the |way. Mrs Wensell denies receiving such Jetter. The counter stetements of the isters are stiracting much sttention and it s thought | 16 Do doubt of the other being cal'ed for the defense |FIRE SCARES HOTEL BUESTS Destroys Big Chicage Block, Fright- { cuing Auditerinm Anmex Visttors, OHICABO, March 1—Occupants of the | Great Easters and Queen botels at Wabash evenue wnd Harrison street and & hundred or more persons in the palm garfien st the Auditorium ennes were given 8 scare to- wight by & fire which dostroyed the six- story bullding et %56 and 352 Wabash pue, which extended back Desrly to the Aufitorium snpex. The property loss is estimated at nearly §150.000 The building, owned by Swan & Smith, was velued st $46.000. The occupants the bullding and their losses, as estimated, were: OB Brows Fursiture company. 1l was thronged todey with visftors and filled | in the apprehension of the prisoner. After | | brother-th-law, E. F. King, in Cincinnst, | | is mow gemerally believed here that that one may be called at | Hamillons by the prosecution. while there | schoo! supplies, $15,000; A. G. Bowman, | paper warehouse. $10,000. | Twe firemen were painfully injured by & | falling lsder. For & time the fire thre | enef to spremd to several hotels and lodg- | ing houses, many osccupmuts of which car- | ried their belongings into the street. [MILITIA PAINTER WINS OUT Is Allowed to Memain Member of | Military Organisstion and | | Union. SCHENECTADY, N. Y. March 1.—The | Potter case has beem settied by the peint- | ers’ unmion abamfoning its position and William Potter will be allowsd to go to work a& & union painter and st the same {time remain s member of the militia | These are exactly fhe terms which be has bees standing out for for the last three ‘months. The agreement was reached at & confer- ence held bere between a delegation from the painters’ union, & committee from the BullGers’ exchange, the organization of all local ers i the bullding trades, First President Hedrick of the Inter- National Painters’ Unlon. Bedrick tald the local painters that the Potter case had injured the organiustion more than eny- thing “hat could happen to it. and 1t must be settied. He said the internationsl ex- ecutive board could grant the local union = dispensation to admit Potter and be was sure the dispenmmtion would COLLEGE FOR _SLUM WORKERS General Booth Secks Usiversity to Train Ssivation Army Sol@ters. NEW YORK, March 1—General Booth, head of the Salvation Army, presided at three farewell meetings in the Academy of Music today to mark the close of his five monthe’ visit to this country, during which he Gelivered nddresses in fifty-two cities. Al the might meeting Academy wi flled to overflowing. I g In the course of his eddress General Booth anhounced plan for the establish- development of tralmed rescuers of hu- ‘manity. university of the science of human- ity,” he said, “where men and women can criminsle end drunkerds—that's what 1 1 mean & grest institution, with fts main esteblishments in London and New York, correlated with branches in Mel- Arnlca Salve. 1t conguers pain. For sale by Kuhn ™ ! o & Co. . of St #t. Louis—A Situation more and the Goed Citizens. i Jragrance i it.—J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., dents of Brown University. sacrificed in the formation dramatic detail. ment of &5 internstions! university for the | |PACKERS LOSE A MILLION isvouri's Vagaries Raise Interesting Point in Oourt of Law. INDIAN'S HEIRS RECOVER BOTTOM LANDS River Changes Chanmel Twice Both Armour and Fowler Contest Claim Dead Maw's Family o Atres Affected. KANSAS CITY, March 1.—Annie B. Wooa and other heirs of Bllas Armstrong, an Indian, heve won their cuse to recever Miesour! river bottom land in Kaneas City, | Kan., valued st $1.000,000 and ocoupied by Armour, Fowler and other packers. The defense has filed notices of appeal. 1f the decision of the lower court is sus- teined the Armour Packing company will be the heaviest Joser. The portion of the tract clalmed by Armour lies adjacent to the packing plant, and is ralued at nearly $100,000. It 1s occupled by the company's marhine and car shops, stulles and private cur tracks. Other large losers will be the Fowler Packing company, the Hannibal & St Joweph Railroad company. the Rock Islund snd the Metropolitan Water com- pany. Small strips are tlaimed by Dume:- ous other compenjes. In all there were forty plaintifis and ten defendants. The tract in dispute contxins nearly eighty-fve acres and originally belonged to Silas Affustrong, a Wyandotte Indian, and was up island from 1867 until 1881 The contention in the suit hinged on & change in the channmel of the Missour! river in 1876, Jusrbefore Armstrong had transterred his property. The property transferred ex- tended to the bank of the river, but that year the channel of the river had changed several hundred feet. The portion thus cut off was not sold, but in course of time the river reformed and ran in its old chamnel When it changed back to its former chan- nel the portion lu litigation and the main body were again connected. The defenfient companies began 15 extend their Infustries on that portion which had {been an island, claiming it &s an accretion, but Armstrong's heirs clalmed that the companies had no right to it |CRASH O WISSOURI_ PACIFIC be tralned to reclaim depraved women, SEDALIA. Mo., March 1.—Missour| Pacific train No. 9, the fast express from St Louis to Kansas City, crashed into e southbound “Katy” freight at the crossing of the tracks in the suwburbs here early toduy The passenger engine was partially de- molished and four freight cars were knocked off the track. Engineer Boyd ve- mained st his post and escaped imjury Piremee J. B. Weleh jumped snd sscaped with slight injuries. The passengers were badly shaker up, but beyent & few soratches |and bruises no one was burt. The Shamelessness Louis By LINCOLN STEFFENS, auther of *“The Shame of Minneapolis™ An authoritative Article on the Municipal Situation in extraordinary than in Minne- apolis—With authentic Incidents and Documents Relating to the Great Fight going on between Organized Boodlers s e HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OiL COMPANY The Price of Trust Building By IDA [1. TARBELL., author of *‘The Life of Lincein.” Beauty Foss con be :“ml‘ Here are the stories of men whose businesses -were on s aplendor and which grow wp around on Trusts 1o the stu- of the great trust told in These articles are more intoresting as mere stories than any fiction can be. Yet ki is impossibie to exagerate their importance as a fact. for March 10 CENTS ON ALL NEWS STANDS l McClure’s