Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 17, 1903, Page 7

{ AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Live Btook Reosipts Top Those of ths Pre- vious Year. CATTLE FOR A TIME SHOWED A DECREASE Stockmen Predict That Plentitul Sup- piy on the Ranges and Demand for Feeders Will Bring in Many More. All classes of live stock now show an fncrease for the year 1908, Yesterday there was an avalanche of stock and the num- ber was swelled to such an_extent that hogs, cattle and sheep all went up to a figure which exceeds that of any year prior to this. At one time this year the amount of hogs recelved at the stock yards showed & aecrease of 160,000 head; mow it shows & material Increase. The receipts of cattle and sheep have been on the increase all of the year, but it was not thought, after the first five months of the year, that the great increase of last year would be over- come. But this has been accomplished. It is generally predicted that the rush of cattle during the coming months of this year, and especlally during the next six weeks, will be unprecedented in the history of the Houth Omaha yards. While up to the present the run has not exceeded the anticipations of the stockmen, they say that the ranges are still crowded with cate tle which will have to be disposed of be- fore the extreme cold sets in. Tt 18 stated that feeders will be much in @emand, owing to the cold snap which the state has endured during the last few days. Many farmers will, it is sald, as soon as the weather permits, attempt to put thelr corn flelds in the form of fodder, as much ot the corn will not be marketable. For this reason live stock which can be profit- ably wintered may be in demand. Must Clear Twenty-fifth, The many obstacles in Twenty-fifth Btreet have in no wise eiminished, not- withstanding the fact that an ordinance s on file providing a penalty for littering the street. Between N and M on Twenty- fifth the street is at times almost im- passable, the sidewalk itself being filled up ‘with wagons. It may be that the council ‘will by resolution ask the chief of police to mee that this nuisance is abated. Busy with Street. The street gang has about all it can do thess days. The recent rains have washed out many of the unnavod-klrml!. and the oity is doing everything possible to have them repaired before nccidents happen. In some of the places the waters caused deep ravines to cut through the streets them- solves, rendering them almost impassable. The grader will he brought Into use on these, First Board Nalled. The archway of the street fair to be held by the Anclent Order 6f United Workmen was yesterday placed at the intersection of Twenty-fifth and M streets, and work was commenced on the fence and stalls there- It Is planned to have everything In readiness by Saturday night so that the falr may start out with a flourish on Mon- day morning. Many of the street fair at- tractions are now on hand and as soon as abouts. the booths are completed will be Installed. rd Can Do Nothing. Members of the Board of Education stated Yesterday that they were unable to help the condition of the schools In rented rooms. One of them stated that if bétter rooms are known, whigh are available, the board stands ready and willing to Tent them. They stated they knew many. of the rented rooms were in a bad condition, but it was not the fault of the board. Anether fmprovement Club. Another improvement club has been or- ganized in the city. The citizens of the Fifth ward have banded together and per- fected an organisation which will be known the West End Improvement club. The officers of the new organization are as fol- Frank Kobelia, president; Peter Len- John Landon, Peter Nicholson, John Andersen, Willlam Sterritt and Pat- rick Broderick, executive bpard. The club Wil meet once a week and discuss the needs of the city, and especially that part lows 8gh, secretary and treasurer; EU Luts, John Stephens, in which its members reside, Road is Now Impassabl ‘Watchmen have been wtatjoned on L Street at either end of the pond of water and teams are warned away from the place. The whole street is now flooded and it i dangerous to attempt to drive over the place. The sidewalk has almost all floated away and the only way of passing is by ity Juniping from plank to plank. Ti SOUTHWEST IMPROVERS MEET Activities Resumed After Long Sum- aer Vacation and Old T, Again Talked, The Bouthwest Improvement club resumed its regular meetings last evening at its rooms, corner of Twenty-fourth and Leav- enworth streets, after the summer vacation A g00d attendance was present. In the ab- sence of the president and vice president Fred Harmon was chosen chalrman pro tem Little business w: transacted other than the allowance of current miscellaneous bills and the report of the treasurer, showing a comfortable balance in the finances of the club. Several commitices submitted in- formal verbal reports to the effect that numerous sldewalk improvements had been made and are belng \made and that others are to be made very shortly. Four new lamps were reported as placed on Twenty- fifth street in much needed localities, and another light on Twenty-fourth street be- tween Mason and Pacific, and one at Twen- ty-fifth avenue and Pacific street. “ouncilman Dyball sald that additional sidewalk improvements would be made as £0on as the question of a legal officlal city paper had been established. The prospect of the Twenty-fourth street rallway line from Leavenworth street to South Omaha was reported to be a certainty of the near future, or as soon as the requi- site 6 per cent grade on Twenty-fourth street had been made as desired by the company. It was reported that the ordinance pro- viding for the Bancroft street subway had reached its first and second readings in the council and that the ordinance will un- doubtedly pass at the next meeting of the counctl. The Unlon Pacific and Burlington companies indicated their willingness to complete the subway as soon as possible, and it 1s quite probable that it will be fin- tshed this winter. Estimates and specfi- cations for the subway have already been made by the city engineer's department and it is only a matter of a short time when this much needed improvement would be made. The next meeting of the club will be held the second Wednesday in October, the 14th proximo, to which time the club adjourned. The anpual election of the officers of the club will take place at this meeting. NEEDS OF PROSPECT HILL Comprin of the Distriet. In anticipation of a visit from the mayor and members of the city councl, the rank and file of the Prospect Hill Improvement club was represented In goodly numbers at the meeting last evening. Failure on the part of the councilmen and mayor to put in an appearance did not deter the olub from discussing improvements considered vital to that part of the city, and an in- teresting session was held. It seemed to be the impression of a ma- Jority of the members that a condition and not a theory confronts them in respect to sidewalks. Mr. Dally told of having item- ized all the bad places in walks and cross- ings for the benefit of the Board of Public Works; also of having recelved assurance from Mr. Rosewater that repairs will be made as expeditiously as possible. | The matter of a sewer from Thirty-third street to Lincoln boulevard was Mr. Stoney's theme, and he told of a resolution having been before the council at its last meeting, which he thought would be cour- teously treated. Mr. Stoney also talked of street lights, both gas and electric, either of which he considered good enough for the hill If they could be Had where wanted. Tt was the consensus of opinion among members that Thirtieth street should .be opened In the near future. Mr. Unitt told of having collected $25 from property own- ers and pald it over to the city clerk a year ago to compensate the appraisers. He sald the opening of the street was being delayed by fallure to obtain an abstract, and suggested that the club visit the coun- cil In a body at its next meeting to help push the abstract business along. Mr, Stoddard, candidate for county judge from the Ninth ward, was present, having come on the invitation of & member of the club. He was asked to address the club and did so, speaking ol the early efforts of his ward in the Improvement line. He told them improvements came slowly and if the past was any orlterfon of the future this club had no,grievance because & new street had not been opened for a year. An invitation from the Orehard Hill club to visit it at its next meeting, next Mon- day night, was received and accepted. COMMENDS ACT OF COUNCIL Real Estate Exchange Grati: Over {AE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURBDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903, WILL DRIVE - OUT UNIONS Mine Ownery' Association at Oripple Oreek Makes Important Announcement. OURAY MINERS ASK EIGHT-HOUR DAY Mill Owners at That Camp, It s Said, Will Mefase to Comply with the Demand of the Union. COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 16.—The Mine Owners’ assoclation of the Cripple Creek district announce that it will not employ men belonging to the Western Fed- eration of Miners in the future, it being its purpose to make the camp nonunion It possible. Notlces to the effect that miners belonging to the federation need not apply for employment in the future are being printed today and tomorrow will be posted at the various mines. Articles of War to Be Answer. Adjutant General Bell will appear in the district court on Friday personally, it necessary, or by representative, to make answer and return of the writs of habeas corpus which were issued against him on behalf of four prisoners In the military guard house. In his answer to the com- plaint General Bell will set up the articles of war which govern troops in the! field and which have been adopted in Colorado to govern the militia as the basis of his right to hold them. General Bell takes the position that at the present time not only the military, but all the inhabitants of this district, are amenable to the articles of war. Wants Elght-Hour Day. OURAY, Colo, Sept. 16.—At a meeting ot the Ouray Miners' union, at which seven- ty-one out of a membership of 460 were in attendance, it was decided by a vote of 4 to 26 to make a demand for an elght-hour day for the mill men of the district. The mill operators were given until September hes barricaded both the road and sidewalk and all persons who attempt to cross it now do #o at their owh risk. One clalm has been filed for injuries received there. It is Knocking Out Seco torney Matter, of Ed Broderick, a boy, and he asks the city to relmburse him in the sum of $2,600 for Injurfes sustained by falling out of a ‘wagon in the middle of the pond. Magle City Goss! Lyman Wilcox, father of B. B, returned yester from Ida Grove, Y;I'lnax The Nebraska City band has been re. cured for the street fair and will be on hand Monday. A confett! ball 1s billed for Friday even. ‘The Real Estate exchange is pleased with the action of the city councll in doing away ‘with the proposed office of second assistasdt city attorney and endorsed the report of its committee in this matter, which is ag follows: )| Gentlemen: Your committtee to which was geferred the matter of the appoint- - | ment “of second assistant city attorney would report that the city councll at last night's meeting passed an ordinance re- - | pealing the ordinance creating the office of the drill team of Juniata council, | Second assistant city attorney. ing by Qrder of Red Men. ' The women of the Pres! met last evening at the Ames, Twenty-third and 1 streets. erfan church ome of Mrs, We wish to commend this action of tI oouncil in the highest ter It dispenses with a needless office and saves to the tax- payers & salary of $125 per month for each The ladies of the First Methodist church | Of the Hext three ycars, will gIve & tea at the home of Jumes Car- oA R in, ty-ifth and I streets, tod > & B EnsoN Eldred, who has been visiting A Committee. with B. B Wilcox for several days, has_re: turned to his home at New Lisbon, N. Y. The condition of J. A. Laverty is much roved. He has returned from the Meth- odist hospital, where he underwent an op- eration. t the street falr next Thursday evening and a special reception will be ten- dered 1o them. 'rb.-“;n;a "‘"’!l'.""“ of s}.‘mo has be;n recel City Treasurer Howe for the Lh'.’ldbrlry board in the construc- use of tion_of the public library, BIthA reported yesterday: A. H. Huston, J. & boy; C. V. Hamilton, boy; Eugens reets, a girl Twenty-itth and Twenty-aixth and D stree Conklin, Thirty-irst and T w«u from Lincoln and Plattsmouth Chalrman Wallace belng in the west, 8. P. Bostwick took the chair. H. T. Clarke. sr., introduced a motion that the exchange commend for President Stickney's business like speech, the president having acted in a way which uo other rallway man had done, some expression of its approval. W. G. Ure endopsed this sentiment, saying that he would like fo see the matter of the grain market and the grain rates taken up and that Mr. Stickney had given some gogd suggestions. He asked for a committee and on approval of the exchange Messrs Graham, Charlton, Spaulding, Benson snd The members of the senlor High school [ Clarke were appointed. class \ve & reception laft evenin Home OF ©. L. Mullan, Twenty-ors leaves for the State university soon. *1 like your work" —Timon of Atheas +Gorham Silver No one can cxamine & iece of Gorbam silver- Pv‘:: without «liking the « work,"” so sound and honest and withal so beautiful, Its cost is always moderate. at the and J streets, In honor of Dave Talbot, who A committee consisting of Messrs Benson, Tukey and Charlton was appointed to arrange for printing coples of W. G ‘Wallk ‘s, address on, “Omaha Real Estate as an Investment.” Members of the ex- change want copies to use as an advertise- ment of Omaha. It was agreed to ask N. Merriam to ad- dress the next meoting of the exchange on, “Omaha as & Grain Market.” C. H. Brown made application for membership and was referred to regular committee. HALF RATES Via Wabash Rallroad, St. Louls and Return, §11.50. Bold October 4 to 9. Leave Omaha 6:8 p. m., Arrive St. Louls 7:00 & m. City Office 1601 Farnam BStreet, or Address Hurry E. Moores, Genl. Agt Pass. Dept, Omaha, Neb Birt Y C wtion. Today is the 16th anniversary of the signing of the federal constitution, and the Nebraska Soclety of Sons of the American Revolution will hold l'n‘l.ull at the Com- mercial club rooms evening at 7:3. The course of study on the Loulsiana pur- chase will be ine! ted with an address by President M. P. Dowling of Creighton uRiversity on ‘“‘Marquette and Jolet and the Beglnnings of Louislana® 2 to comply with the demands. It is un- derstood that the operators positively re- fuse to grant the demand. Electrical Workers Busy. BALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 16—Today's session of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' convention was de- voted largely to the discussion of routine business. Reports of the various officers were read, several resolutions were adopted and a start was made on the work of revising the constitution and bylaws. All the ruports were of a most encouraging character. The financlal condition of the organization is excellent and the member- ship has increased from 1,800 to 4,000 in 1903. Among the resolutions adopted was one addressed to President Roosevelt, ask- ing him to remove C. L. Miller from the government printing office until Mlllel'+ shall have been reinstated by the book- binders' union of Washington. Another resolution cndorses the initiative and ref- erendum. To Employ Own Helpers. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16—The contract miners of Coxe Bros. & Co. obtalned from the board of concillation, which met today, the right to select and hire their own help- ers, which Is considered Important to the men and their union. The company, how- ever, has the right to reject lawless miners or otherwise objectionable laborers. The Coxe Bros.' mine laborers are also granted an edvance of 10 per cent as are the con- tract loaders of the William Penn colllery. Strike in Ohlo. BRIDGEPORT, O., Sept. 16—8ix hundred men employed at the Lorain Coal and Dock, compariy’s present mines,” five miles | west of this city, went on strike today because a dozen men in the mines would not join the union and. the company Insisted on working them. The miners' officlals are coming to take charge of the strike. Postal Clerks Amend Constitution. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—At today's ses- slon of the National Association of Rail- way Postal Clerks the constitution of the benefit assoclation was amended to re- quire the annual investment of $10,000 in government bonds. May not Be Reduced. CINCINNATI, Sept. 16.—~The National Metal Trade assoclation today gave out a statement that the reports from Chicago about a reduction of wages for machanics tarian instruction.” If a person should open the Koran as a religlous act, as Mr, Rush rightly assumes the bible is opened in the schools, that person most assuredly would be deciding the question of the au- thentlcity, inspiration, and canonicity of the Koran, an act which every clear- headed man in this state knows s not an act of sectarfanism under our qpnati- tution. But Mr. Mahoney clumsily dodges. “It is one thing to examine and analyse a writing with a secular object in view, and quite another thing to read it as A teaching of truth. The former is not seo- tarfan teaching and is, therefore, not for- bidden by the constitution. The latter would be sectarian teaching and according to the decision of Judge Sullivan, is for bidden.” Mr. Rush did not dispute this point. You are simply denying something which he never asserted You are as- suming something as existing in Mr. Rush's mind which was not there at all. Mr. Mahoney then very lamely comments on Mr. Rush's crititlsm of Judge Sul'lvan's reference to the Pennsylvania case. “It should be remembered that Judge Sullivan was not called on to declde a theological question, nor was he called on In any way to make a pro= ncement upon the num- ber of differences in the two versions. He was simply calling attention to the fact that there are differences and used the reference to the Pennsylvania case to sup- port his recital of that fact.” What in- duced the judge, Mr. Mahoney, to refer to those points of difference If those points of difference are a matter of indifference in the view of the law? It is this dubjous, double-tongued, Oracle-of-Delphl method of delivering his decision that has led to all this misunderstanding and indecision of the judge. One moment the judge is rep- resented as taking a merely secular view of the Bible when he says the law does not exclude it from the scheols; the next moment he says something, or is repre sented as saying something, which de- stroys that construction of his meaning altogether. Mr. Rush makes the statement that those who advocate the reading of the Bible In the schools are and always have been “ardent and unscrupulous . sectarians.' Mr. Mahoney seems to think that Mr. Rush will have to bear the awful respon- sibility of this statement to the grave and carry it alone. Mr. Mahoney himself then proceeds to make an assertion Just as broad and sweeping. He says, “This is not the opinfon of his fel'ow Catholics.” How do you know, Mr. Mahoney? When did you make & poll of the Catholics on this question? Mr. Mahoney then says: “We know, too, that there are millions of ardent sectarians who are not unscrupu- lous.” As Mr. Rush did not say that all ardent sectarfans. ars unscrupulous, why a1 you commit this elegant plece of sophistry? Was It to prejudice Mr. Rush? Mr. Mahoney again: “But Mr. Rush would proscribe the Bible altogether, be- cause In the hands of & teacher who wishes to accomplish such & result it may be made the instrument of sectarian teaching. This reason might be urged against the teaching of history, English literature,” ete. As the teaching of his- tory, English literature, etc., is not for- bidden by the constitution, as the teaching of religion is, you are about as sophistical here as Judge Sullivan has proved himself to be. The Bible is professedly a religlous book. It deals directly and necessarily with religion. A volume of history does not. “Religlous discussions have no legitimate place in American politics, and whoever injects them {8 assuming a grave respon- sibility and accepting chances of 'doing great wrong.”" This is one of those com- monplace remarks that we often put in.to fll up an article swhen argument runs short. Relglon betg the most vital and influential moral forée that can affect man, and " with® which Ne has been concerned #irice the beginning” of ‘the world, it has, 1% does and it wil eriter into politics. This may sometimes be Inconvenient for the selfish politician,” but it cannot be helped. Mr. Mahoney knows ‘well, as he is fresh from a case in point, who are doing the injection business. He would, of course, leave it to be inferfed or he would insinu- dte that Mr. Rush'is one of the injectors. It the calling of attention to the misera- ble, unsatisfactory .decision of @ sophis- tical judge be injecting religion into poli- tics, then certainly Mr. Rush is guilty of injecting. Mr. Mahoney mikes a mistake when he argues that because the decision in question satisfied him and his counsel it ought to satisty eyerybody else. It does not do so, as will appear later on were false and circulated for malicious pur- poses, Grievance Committee Meets. CHICAGO, Bept. 16.—A grievance commit- tee representing 8,000 employes in the car and locomotive shops of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad is in conference to- day considering action to be taken regard- ing the,company's refusal to grant a better wage scale. BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ulliv Judieial Straddie of Juds: His Crities a His Defenders, OMAHA, Sept. 16, 1808.—To the Editor of The Bee: Doubtlessly the World-Herald and Mr., Mahoney think they have killed and discredited John Rush's criticisms of Judge Sullivan's decision in the “Bible case,”” Mr. Mahoney's reply is before us, and we must confess we are amazed. Con- sidering Mr. Mahoney's reputation as a lawyer, we thought he knew enough to avold what even a schoolboy would know is sophistry. It would appear from Mr. Mahoney's letter in the World-Herald this morning that Judge Sullivan construed the state constitution as really excluding any religious use whatever of the bible in the public schools. Judge Sullivan, of course, daid not say this clearly and distinetly. He played on the term ‘“sectarian,’’ and mage It proper to infer that according to the judge there 18 & possible religious use of the bible In the public schools which is not “sectarfan.” If the judge 4id not mean this, he has his own indefiniteness and loquacity to blame for the misunderstand- ing. Mr. Mahoney is much. clearer and more satisfactory on this point. According to him, the judge In saying that the con- stitution did not entirely exclude the bible from the pubic schools, meant that it could be used there for any other purpose than religious—e. . as a model of liter- ature, Even this position could be prop- erly assalled by Christians, but it is pos- sible that no ore would have considered it worth his while to do so. We think that considering our conditions, it is im- possible to use the bible in any of our schools with the Indifference that is shown when one of the classics is used. It 1s passing strange that while Mr. Mahoney considers Mr. Rush beside the point, he goes to the trouble of trylng to refute him. Mr. Rush wrote: “You ought to know that the moment your bible is opened In the public schoel sectarian In struction is being imparted ipso facto, If it is the King James' version that is used, the reader then and there decide: that the King James' version is the bible.” Mr. Mahoney immediately has to Ai credit this dificulty, but soon changes his mind and takes refuge in the assump- tion that the judge's decision excludes the religious use of the bible in the schools and contemplates its literary use or some other secular use only. Mr. Mahoney says: “You might as well say that the moment the Koran is opened the reader then and there decides that it is the Koran and that such teaching amounis Lo ses “ALPHA." PRIESTS UNDER EXAMINATIO Succeed at st Applicants to Number of Philomena’s Hall Bxaminations were held yesterday at St. Philomena hall, Ninth and Howard, for a successor to Father Morlarity, irremov- able rector of St. Agnes Catholic church, Bouth Omaha, who resigned of his own ac- cord, to go to the church at Jackson. The examining board was made up of Father Jeannette of St. Joseph's hospital, Father Smith of St. Patrick's church and Father Glauber of St. Mary's church, and it in- cluded & general review of church history, and the laws of the Catholic ehurch. Can- Qidates are required to have been ten years & priest, and to have had charge of & church at least three years. The appoint- ment will be made by Bishop Scannell about the second week in October, at which time Father Morfarity will be transterred, The number of applicants is held secret by the board, as required by a rule of the chureh. a—— Looking for Lost Nephew, Mike Foreman and wife of 016 Homer avenue are afraid that lli-fate has befallen | thelr nephew, George Foreman, who left| this city May 3 to hunt a job on a farm, They reported their fears to the police and sald that in all the thirty years of his life their nephew has never failed to write them at least once a week. He has been silent since he left Omaha and, having & mother in the old country, who has also falled to hear from him, they want the police to do what they can to determine his whereabouts. e—— IT STILL LEADS Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has for 50 ears past been recognized by every- y as the leading stomach remedy of the world, and because it is impossible to make a better remedy to take Its THE CHILDREN ENJOY Life out of doors and out of the games which they play and the enjoy- ment which they receive and the efforts which they make, comes the greater part of that healthful development which is so essential to their happiness when grown. When a laxative is needed the vemedy which is given to them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the internal organs on which it acts, should be such as physicians would sanction, because its component parts are known to be wiiolesome and the remedy i every objectionable quality. The one remedy which well-informed, approve and recom because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, and for the same reason it is the only laxative which should Syrup of Fig: be used by fathers and mothers, Syrup of Figs ia the only remedy which acts gently, pleasantly and naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the system eifectually, without producing that constipated habit which results from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and against which the children should be so carefully guarded. 1f free from physicians and parents, end and which the little ones enjoy, If you would have them grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give them medicines, when medicines are not needed, and when nature needs gentle—Syrup of tance in the way of a laxative, give them only the simple, ple: Figs. at and Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the laxative principles of plants with pieasant aromatic syrups and juices, but also to our original method of manufacture and as you value thé health of the little ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal- era sometimes offer to increase their profits. bought anywhere to remember, the full name of CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.—i the front of every pack- age. In order to get its beneficial effects it is al- ways necessary to buy the genuine only. The genuine article may be of all reliable druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Please the Company — s printed on BALDWIN WANTS CANTEEN Oommander of Department of Oolorado Thinks 'Twould Improve Diso'pline. WOULD HAVE PAY OF MUSICIANS HIGHER Would Abol Practice and Reward Victors with Better Wages to Increase In- terest in Work, WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.~Brigadier Gen- eral Frank D. Baldwin, commanding the Department of the Colorado, in his annual report urges the re-establishment of the army canteen under proper restrictions and say I have been deeply Impressed by the very marked difference in discipline and general contentment among the enlisted men since the abolition of the canteen feature of the post exchangs. If men aré unable to get A glass of beer in a decent and orderly manner in the garrison they will resort to the vilo brothels which cluater around the borders of the reservation where they drink Il manner of alcoholic beverages and often sink Into debauchery and ruin, In reference to the award of medals to successful competitors at the various com- petitions in small arms practice, General Baldwin recommends the abollshment of the system and the substitution of an In- crease In the soldier's monthly pay, which, he says, will tend to increase interest In the competitions, General Baldwin speaks of the necessity for good military music as conducive to the contentment and efficiency of the soldler, and recommends larger bands and a 50 per cent increase in pay of musielant Peonage Law Violators Free. The president has granted full and un- conditional pardons to George D. and Bar- ancas F. Cosby, convicted at Montgomery, Ala,, of, violation of the peon: law. The president granted the pardons in the above cases upon the earnest recommendation of Judge Jones, who sentenced the prisonei In his letter to the president, Judge Jones says: The favorable recommendation now mad proceeds on no idea that the sentences we! unjust, but solely from the fact that t punishiment already undergone by the pris- oners has accomplished all the real ends of the law in these cases. "The prisoners have undergone the humili- ation of imprisonment in the penitentiary, the stin condemnation by their neigh- bors and assoclates and the wide publicity of their offense. There is no ground for belleving that they will ever again, under any circumstances whatever, engage in like practices. Limits River Commission. Acting Becretary,of War Oliver held to- day that under the provisions of the last river and harbor act he is not authorized to expend more than $3,000,000 per annum for the Improvement of the Mississippl river. Under the act making appropriation for river and harbor improvement the sum of $6,000,00 was allotted for work on the Mississippl river, the appropriation to be- come avallable July 1, 1903. The Mississippt river commission had under its interpret tion of the law devised a plan for the ex- penditure of the entire amount under a continuing contract, but this cannot be done. Will Cont Experimen Dr. Wiley, chief of the chemical depart- ment of the Agricultural department, an- nounced his intention to continue his ex- periments cn a selected list of government employes for the purpose of scertaining by actual experiment the effect on persons of various preservatives employed in food and drink. He will enlist about a dozen new subjects for the autumn test and will experiment on them chiefly with salicylic acid used as a preservative for liquids of various kinds. Dr. Wiley declares a large part of our imported wines and other liquors are not genuine, but have been doc- place it stili remains in the front rank. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters well deserves this honor, because it has been the means of restoring thousands of sick Iy people to robust health, and will do as much for you, too, If you'll only glve it a trigl It will surely cure Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, | Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Malaria, Fever and Ague. Be sure to try it tored In one way or another, and by his tests he expects to develop the extent to ister of State Urbaneja authorizing the le- | gation to deny the reports emanating from Willemstad and published in this country that Venesuelan troops have been sent In the direction of the Colomblan frontler and s sting that war between the two coun- tries Is Inevitable. The dispatch says that Venezuela is at peace and desires to re- main so. . New Gorm Destroyer, New Discovery kills consump- rip germs; cures coughs, col and lung troubles or no pay. 60c, §1.00. For sale by Kuhn & Co. STOCK SHIPPERS’ TICKETS W. R. Thurber of Ong Discusses the Proposed Polley of W Ro ern ONG, Neb, Sept. 11.—To the Editor of The Bee: I have been looking for a pro- test from some of the shippers of ilve stock, but so far quiet prevails, perhaps, and prob- | ably a flame of indignation from the ship- pers, farmers, commission men and busi- ness men of all live stock centers will soon burst forth and fight to the bitter end the proposed ruling of the railroad companies prohibiting fssuing return tickets to the shippers as heretofore. For their fiimsy excuse, first the railroads clalm that 50yper cent of passes issued to stockmen are used by somcone clse. Not knowing the form of tickets used by other lines, I will not dispute it along that line. Being a shipper on the B. & M. I will say that I have been shipping live stock for twenty years, and in all this time I have| never known a man to use my ticket; never saw a ticket broker who would purchase it, | nor have I ever heard of any, other shipper | who has sold or bought any ruch ticket, and so far as the B. & M. rallroad fs con- cerned I do not for one minute belleve that 50 per cent of those stub tickets are used by others, not, in fact, one In a thousand, because, first, they are limited; second, they are dated; third, an accurate descrip- tion of the person to whom they are lssued 1s taken, your slgnature is glven and every conductor on this line has the right to make you sign the same at any time, and it the signature does not correspond he can take up the same and make you pay fare. I want to see someons produce a man that will say and prove that he ever went | home on a regular shipper's contract that | the shipper went in with and did not re- turn on. i To prove what I belleve to be true, T will say that I will be in Omaha next week. I will have & return contract, and I will for- felt the same to any rallroad officlal awd | pay my fare home if they can get any other tellow to put my contract to his own use | and get to my home on the same. Another | thing that s against them, is that a reg- | ular shipper is known to the conductors | along this line as well as commerelal men | know their customers. Another excuse offered by that east of Chicago passes are not issued | for return on shipments. This may be | true, and If so, we all know that % per | cent of all stock sent east from Chicago comes from the west, and that the same | has been on the road for three or four days | and the stock have become what we call| ‘got settled,” or used to the cars, and therefore do not need the same care thay should have on thelr first day out. An- other thing, everybody knows that you scarcely ever see a local stock tratn olit of | Chicago. They are put in through trains | and rushed to thelr destination on pas- | senger time and do not need the care r».] quired on the local trains of the west. | T would like to see this question dis- | cussed thoroughly by other parties, and 1| think that most of us will agree that the| chap who had been working for the rall- road company was right when he had fin- | the roads is | and when all was completed he asked the superintendent for transportation home. The boss asked him if, supposing he was working for @ farmer and after getting through, should be expect the farmer to hitch up and take him home. His reply was, “No, but If he was going that way and was already hitched up, he would say he was a darned hog if he would not lel him ride.” The rallroads have always been opposed to populism, but if they insist on tighten- ing the screws about the farmers, stock- men and business men of the west they will soon revive the principles of that ors ganization, as the most redeeming feature of the popullst party is the gallant fight it made against the railroads. W. R. THURBER. For Ste Brass. Jack Rigby, Bighteenth and Nicholas street, and I6d Eawards of South Omaha wera ‘arrested yesterday evenlig on sis: picion of being the men who have been stealing brass from the piant of the Ne- braska-lowa Creamery company at Tenth and Howard streets. Edwards works in South Omaha and Rigby has been in the employ of the chmer{ eom‘yln?’ for some time. During the period of his employ- ment brass couplings and oll boXes from the machinery have been missed at regu- lar intervals and the police were asked to locate the thieves. It I8 wsserted by the poljce that the two men arrested are pals of Warren Henly, who was arpested some time ago for entering the residence of Mrs. Ball at 928 North Twenty-third street and steallng & watch, Henly was bound over to the district court yesterday on the charge. Takes Rough on Ra Life had grown irksome to Hattie Davis, living at 96 Capitol avenue, #o she took enough rough on rats to put twenty ordi- nary people out' of business last night and laid down upon the floor to dle. Dr, Bchieler was summoned and. administered restoratives which soon brought her_ out. The woman is the wife of ¥rank Mott, who was recently bound over on the charge of adultery, and who sued the Davis woman for a divorce the following day, She had become despondent on account of his desertion of her. LOCAL BREVITIES. George Thomas was picked up ‘as a vag- rant and suspiclous character by the police yesterday afternoon. A permit has been ssued to J. W. Akin for the construction of §1,500 frame dwelling at 3404 Harney street, Nettie Miles was arrested on complaint of John Smith, who charges her with lar- ceny from the person in the sum of .88, The Miles woman was locked up. Beginning tonight the entire police force will drill for thirty minutes each evenini preparing for the annual inspection by t oard of Fire and Police Commissione and the chief. arley Trimble of Council Blufts was walking the streets lust night uu-nn‘:g suspicious-looking valise. He was loc up at the police station and when search: had a revolver in his possession. Bert Winnipg, Thirteenth and Nicholas streets, was lodged In the city Jatl yester- day evening on a warrant sworn out by E. W. Cofer on the charge of assault and Winning co company. Peter Ford, whose time as a soldier would have expired in about one inohth, escaped from the guardhouse at Fort Crook about three weeks ago. Ford was Tocated and arrested in this city last night. He will be returned to the fort today. A fire alarm was turned in from the residence of Charles C. Purdue, 1406 Jones street, about 4:30 yesterday afternocon. When' the firemen arrived they found the alarm was caused by a defective flue, which had finished burning out. is in the employ of a The Douglas County Monumental asso- clation, for the erection of a monument to the deceased soldiers of Douglas county at Forest Lawn cemetery, Is contemplating holding a bazaar at the Ak-Sar-Ben den shortiy after the Ak-Sar-Ben fesiivities for the purpose of raising additional funds for the monument fund. There is now about $1.100 in the fund R. H. Jackson, colored, of South Omaha %ok a header down the gallery stairs at the Krug theater last night. He had loaded up more liquor than could carry and was going out between acts for an- other instaliment when the accldent hap- pened. A severe cut across the bridge of the nose and another under the left eye was the result of the fall. Police Burgeon Schleler dressed the wounds after Jackson had been removed to the station in the tshed bullding the raflroad for the mm»..ny] vatrol wagon. which the United Stutes should go in pre- venting Importations of adulterated wines and other liquors. Duty on Ias Supplies The War department received a dispatch trom Manila stating that the Philippine commission has decided to assess a duty on dnsular supplies Imported from the United States. The act of March 8, 198, confirming the Philippine government bill, made effective a provision of the free entry of supplies Into the isiands for the United States army and the Insular government. ‘The Philippine commlission, however, hold that they are justified in levylng & tax In fairness to local merchants on all supplies intended for the insular government. Their object is to encourage local merchants to keep in stock goods required by the Philip- pine government, even though they will cost more in consequence of the dealer having paid the duty. Venesuela De eport. Dr. Hernandes, the Venezuelan minister here, today recelved & dispatch from Min- Married Women however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, great liniment always prepares the body for the strain upon i Every woman covets a shapely, pretty figure, and many of them deplore the loss of *heir girlish forms after marriage. 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