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The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
DEMAND IS
NOW MADE
By ITALY
Note Addressed to China Is
in the Nature of an
Ultimatum.
Special Dispatch to The Gail.

= = 4 = = y + 4 \ 4 4 4 4 4 4 =
? PEKING, March 1.-THE Ital- :
= ian Minister here, Signor Mar
TIM. addressed a note to the =
Foreign Office last evening, max
= ing a request to take back the
= Italian dispatch asking for a
= concession and notifying the
= Foreign Office to accept it as
a demand, adding that he was
= willing to enter into friendly
= negotiations as to the details,
= but insisting upon an answer
= within four days. This note
: was couched in courteous terms,
= but the Chinese regard it in the
= nature Of an ultimatum, to
= which they Will probably yield.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12
coneressman Greene Dead.

OMAHA, March 1-Congressrnan w. l..
Greene of the Sixth Nebraska District
died suddenly of heart failure in the Bur-
lington station in this city at Z o'clock.
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ski o
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12

a M%9A-9eH-%-H - N*@
brought to Anderson this afternoon by
DIR. MuScott. The bullet was in three
pieces, and was taken from Browns head
back of the ear, having entered near the
back of the ear. The full charge of pow
der entered his face, requiring three
hours time to pick it out.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-12

message announcing to him the AS
sembly's decision. He answered calm
ly: 'All right, enjoy the situation" "
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

the praises which their f~aultless drill
evoked. The other officers were selected as
the result of observations of the drill by
Captain Ough, formerly OF Company G,
Major Fred Williams and Sergeant Will
Carson. They were as follows: First lieu
tenant, Gertie Ough; second lieutenant,
Elsie Waite; sergeants, Clara Stevens, Flor
ence Keller, Ethel King, Irene Raley,
Phoebe Hannes and Maud Stevens; cor
porals, Ollie Thompson, Nellie Thompson,
Lola Morrill,, Anna Weis, Alta Allen, Veda
Purnell, Lena Wilson and Kate Hafer.
The uniforms Of the company are a white
sailor costume with a red band, white waist,
belt and collar, dark navy blue shirt and
black shoes. Dressed in this natty attire the
company of bright young women made a
pretty appearance, and as the people OF
Geneva watched them improve in drill they
became more than ever proud of the COM
pany, which, next to Company G., occupied
a front seat in their affections.
When Company G Of the First Nebraska
came home the Forby Guards were given the
premier place on the reception program
Then came the reward for all the patient,
tiresome drilling. The cheers of the real
soldiers were ample compensation for 1t all
and they received them in plenty. They
were everywhere in demand and several
times during the day were forced to suspend
their own pleasures to drill for the benefit
of the large crowd which had to
welcome hon the returning soldiers. Their
mission was not entirely fulfilled with this
sort of exercise. They cheered up the
crowd with patriotic songs and were every
where in evidence waiting upon the wants
Of the homecoming soldiers.
After the Geneva reception they we0t to
Milligan and assisted in a reception to the
members of the First regiment who reside
there. Since then their mission has been
largely to participate in social events got
ten up in their honor. On one of these oc-
casions they presented Captain Beals with a
handsome ring and then, just to show him
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
The FOrby Guards
of Geneva

One OF the most conspicuous features in
several of the receptions rendered to the
members Of the First Nebraska regiment
has been the Forby Guards of Geneva. The
company was named after the late Captain
Lee Forby of this city, who went to the
war as a member of Company L Of this city,
and vas later transferred and promoted to
the captaincy of Company G Of Geneva. 1t
was composed OF the sisters and female rel
atiyes and friends of the members of Com
pany G., and its organization was the result
Of one Of the first suggestions for the re-
ception of the Homecoming soldiers. After
various names had been proposed and re-
jected the one finally adopted was pro-
posed and at once unanimously voted as the
proper one.
AS originally organized there were eighty
eight members in the company, though sew
eral dropped out, becoming tired OF the per-
sistent drilling of Captain o.. A. Beals. The
sixty-one who continued to the end were
amply rewarded for all their exertions by
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

The mouse jumps twenty times its own
length at a single leap. When near inhab-
tied places 1t becomes a pest, though net
quite as bad as our house mouse. 1t sucks
the eggs in the hen nests and digs up the
onions in the garden with great zest. These
depredations are made at night. for Ia the
daytime these little fellows lie hidden
in their underground burrows. which are
very ingeniously constructed. The entrance
Is left unconcealed, but the exits are many,
and well hidden, SO that at the first alarm
they are off and away by leaps.
AT the beginning Of September they
close the entrance to the bur-
rows and begin their winter sleep. which
lasts until the following April. They are
to be found today only in Egypt. The in
habitants of the district In which they are
found have little love for them, and the
shepherds are often startled to see them
leaping and dancing in the moonlight OF a
bright summer night. Some OF these people
think that there Is a special virtue In their
tails. When one Is killed or found dead
the tail is cut off. dried and pounded up,
when 1t is given to any horse that appears
to be ailing. In ancient times the leaping
mouse was we'll known, being called mures
bipedes (two-footed mice). The city OF Cy-
rene had a picture Of one Of them on Its
coins,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

tody of the state was one never to be for
gotten by those who witnessed 1t. or itself
not so beautiful as when in ~spotless purity
1t was turned over to the regiment without
a rent or a piece missing, it had taken on a
new beauty. Those missing pieces repre-
sented the suffering, the sacrifices and the
glorious deeds of Nebraska soldiers and the
gaps In their ranks made by bullets and dis
ease. 1t was like the spirit, chastened by
trials and suffering, but purer and nobler
in character for the ordeal. AS Colonel
milford said in surrendering 1t to the state,
There are some pieces gone, but none of
them are in the possession of the enemy"
Governor Poynter accepted it in behalf Of
thu state in a few fitting words and Assist
ant Secretary of Val Meiklejohn, in behalf
Of the president and the administration, ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

that there was no hard feeling resulting from
his persistent drilling, threw him up in \
blanket just for luck.
On the Sth the Guards were rendered a
complimentary ball by the former members
of Company G.. On the evening before the
ball Mrs. Forby and Mrs. Mccoy, mother
and sister of the late Captain Forby, were
present at the final drill and personally
thanked the member Of the company for the
honor they had done the son and brother by
naming the company for him and presented
each member with a Photographic button Of
the captain. They have also been the re-
cipients of many other presents from admir-
ing friends.
In the picture Of the Forby Guards Captain
Beals stands at the head of the rear rank,
then follows through each line in order:
First line-~1. Ethel Timmons. 2. Kate
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Reception to Returned
Volunteers at Lincoln

The annual state reunion of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Lincoln was this
year made memorable by the presence not
only of an unusually large number of the
veterans of 1S61-65, but of those OF the
Spanish-American war. BY special invita-
ton the members Of the First, Second and
Third Nebraska regiments in the late war
were present and one day was devoted
largely to the reception to the First reg
iment. Dinner was served on the 18th by
the women of Lincoln to the enlisted men
of the regiment and on the evening Of the
same day the officers of the Second and
Third regiments rendered a banquet to those
of the First. Both of these events were
made memorable by bountiful and enthusi-
astic hospitality extended to the men who
have so %signally honored the state by their
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

splendid behavior both on the field Of battle
and off.
The climax Of the program came on the
following day. when the great parade was
held, and the flags Of the First regiment,
ttorn and stained from exposure to the
weather, turned over to the state to be
treasured as precious relics for all time to
come. The veterans of thirty odd years ago
were, as usual, the recipients of much at
tention from the crowds which lined the
streets through which they marched. While
their steps were not so elastic or their forms
ESQ robust as those Of the younger genera
ton of soldiers, all knew that in their day
they had done their duty well.
The members of the Second and Third
regiments, who had not the good or bad
fortune, according to the point of view, to
see active fighting service, were given a
generous cheer as they passed along, for
all knew they were made of the same sturdy
Nebraska timber as the men of the First
and would have acquitted themselves with
credit if opportunity had offered to get into
the firing line.
, The climax came when the troops from
the Philippines, with the remnants of the
once beautiful, but now tattered, flag at
their head, put in an appearance. Those
ahead could easily mark their progress by
the volume of noise which came from down
the street.
The scene on the capitol grounds when
the flag which they had carried with such
honor was formally given over to the GUS
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Porter. 3. Bertha Wilson. 4. Corporal Ann
Weis. s. Maud Johnson. 6. Cecil Ogg. T.
Kate Lincoln. s. Vida Purnell. o. Josie
Hamilton. 10. Eva Burnett. IL. Bernice
Green. IL. Corporal Nellie Thompson. 10.
Mabel Donovan. IA. Martha Oberkotter 10.
Irma Mills. 16. Jessie Lawson.
Second line-17. Ina Shackleford. H.
Bertha Trask. 10. Florence Williams. 20.
M. Cellan. 81. Maude Mosler. 20. Celia
Flory. 23. Bessie Stultz. "a. Ida Turner.
%. Pansy Baird. rs. Sergeant Ethel King.
Third line-27. Sergeant Florence Keller.
%. Blanche Yates. 29. Ora Ogg. 80. Bertha
Head. 81. Rose Weis. 32. Winnie McPher-
son. SO. Corporal Lola Morrill,. "a. Stella
Lawson. 80. Color Sergeant Maud Steven,
36. Helen Stuart. 81. Halle Scissor. 38. Mil
lie Scott. 80. Mary Oberkotter. 40. Buryl
Beals. Al. Pearl Sager. AZ. Adella Carson.
43. Ella Brown. A. Mary Longley, As.
Lulu Warner. 46. Corporal Alta Allen. Al,
Maude Walker. As. Myrtle McMahan. 40.
Vada Clegg. 80. Essie Heath.
Fourth line-51. First Sergeant Clara
Steven. SO. Second Sergeant Phoebe Hannes.
SO. Corporal Ollie Thompson. 81, First
Lieutenant Gertie Ough. 55. Second Lieu
tenant Elsie Waite. Sc, Sergeant Irene
Rayley. 81. Corporal Lena Wilson. IS.
Carrie butchers. So. Blanche Walker. 60,
Floy McPherren. 81. Minnie Thomas.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Queer Leaping Mouse

Many thousands of years ago, before the
great ice Age" when the climate Of En-
rope and America was about that Of Africa
little mice like those in the picture were
jumping around here. Queer fellows they
are, with their large eyes, long bare tail.
save for the little bunch at the end, and
legs like a kangaroo. This mouse is the
color of the ground, and at night and when
1t runs about seeking food is hard to dis
tinguish.
When the young are ready to leave the
nest the mother sticks them to her body
with some kind of clay and then goes abroad
to search for food. While feeding the long
tail Is curved into a letter IS" but when
about to leap the tail stiffens out. aiding
both in the leap and as a steering apparatus.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

pressed the sentiments of gratitude of the
nation for the services of the regiment. He
read a letter from the president expressing
his regret at his inability to be present and
the high esteem in which he held the men
Of the regiment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

The annual report of the free public
library board makes the interesting
statement that there are now only
seven towns in the state which are not
entitled to the privileges and rights of
free public Libraries under the law. all
others having complied with the pro-
visions thereof.
THESE towns have a. population of TO-
$40, or less than one-half Of one per
cent of the population OF the state, all
the rest having the advantages Of a
free public library. The seven towns are
Dracut Gay Head, Hadley, Lakeyille,
Nantucket, New Marlboro and Nor
well. In three of these towns there are
library associations not free
The towns which nave established
free public libraries in the year are
Clarksburg and Westwood, the latter a
new town. Seekonk, Palmer and Will
liamsburg have voted to establish free
public Libraries and will get their 500
in books from the state goon
The total secular libraries in the
state number $751; with 9Th, 700 books
valued at $9,375,760. Religious and Sun
day school libraries number 1874, with
S56,O64 volumes. There are 2O2S libraries
of all classes with 1887, 764 volumes, all
valued at $9,S73,7O0
The work of the Woman's Education
Association with its % travelling libra
ries containing 718 volumes, is warmly
commended as are other organizations
doing work along these lines.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20

strong way. 1t further stated that
membership in the church should not
depend on any belief in creed or cere-
mony. This confession of faith should
be an expression of purpose and pledge
Of loyalty, the familiar one adopted by
the First Unitarian Church and in use
in 80 other churches, being recon-
mended-'In the love of truth, in the
spirit of Jesus, we unite for the wor7
ship OF God and the service of man.. In
conclusion, 1t was recommended that
this resolution be put among the church
documents and that all members be
asked to sign
An amendment to the effect that the
Sunday school teachers should be re-
sponsible for training the children 10
come into the church, offered by the
secretary, James C. Duncan of Clinton,
was lost, but the resolution, after an
hours discussion, was unanimously
adopted. This shows a great change in
the sentiment of Unitarians, and as
Mr.. Haywood of Marlboro said, many
VIII need time to move around in this
new condition Of things before going on
to another. 1t is the most important
step taken in a conference for a num-
Der of years.
At the afternoon session Rev. Sam
uel A. Elliott, secretary of the con-
ference, and son of President Charles
Eliot of Harvard, spoke upon the needs
of church development He said that
more attention should be paid to the
churches. Their religious life should
receive the full consideration that they
deserved. All should combine to help
the churches make the people inter-
ested in the progress of the work He
advised several methods for interest
ing the workers of the parish and
strengthening the body Of the church
Rev. Mr.. Sutton OF Athol spoke on the
same general lines, and Rev. George w.
Kent, pastor of the South Unitarian
Church, dwelt upon the thought, speak
ing in strong and inspiring words of
the great need today of complete and
systematic cooperation by the mem
bers of the church in the development
OF spiritual and religious life. The
address of Rev. Mr.. Kent for the
strengthening of the church was a
strong effort, and was received with
marked favor. 1t was recommended
by the members present at the business
meeting that the address of Rev. AUS
tin S. Carver be published
officers for the ensuing year were
chosen as follows: President, Jonathan
Smith of Clinton; vice. president, Rev.
George s. Ball of Upton, J. c. Otis of
Worcester; secretary, Rev. j. 9. Dun
can of Clinton; treasurer, E. F. Toll
man; directors Rev. A. S. Carver of
Worcester, A. J. Bailey of Barre, w.
f. Greenman of Fitchburg, Mrs. f. w.
Batchelder of West Upton Mrs. James
H. Wall of Worcester, Charles S. Lord
of Templeton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
LUNACY AND CHARITY.

The twentieth annual report of the
state board of lunacy and charity has
oeen issued. The insane under super
vision in the state to September 30 of
last year We're $685. III hospitals and
asylums, S74 in town almshouses and
l4' IN private families. The cost of
supporting those in the state hospitals
ana asylums was $685., SEC. 95, a per cap
ita cost of $1,000
Inc Indoor poor supported up to the
same time We're H. Pa, of which the
state supported 41S7. The outdoor poor
supported were 2066, ana those relieved
number 62,194.
At the Worcester iunatic hospital
there were S74 patients September 90
100 pelng admitted during the year and
4Sl discharged The average weekly
cost per capita was $780,
At the Northampton Iupatic hospital
there We're 56S patients on September
o. zlS having been admitted during
the year and 172 discharged. The mum.
Der at the Worcester insane ASYLUM
was as During the year % patients
We're admitted and SO discharged
The board recommends that INDECENT
or neglected children be committed ~
the custody of the board irrespective OF
tHe question or their settlement: thai
the age limit of infants received FOL
board OF for adoption be raised to thre,
years; that the laws relating to tn,
protection OF infants and the licensine
and regulation of infant boarding
houses (so-called baby farms) be codi
fled; that all charitable institutions AND
societies in the state make annual re-
ports to the board, and that the boart
be given authority to send to the stat,
almshouse any Juvenile offenders il
need of hospital treatment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
AS NURSES.
Two Young Women Got Interested at the
Recruiting Office.

TWO Young Women Got Interested at the
Recruiting Office.
The feature of the day at the recruit
ing Office in Walker building yesterday
was the application of two young wo-
men for positions as nurses They went
to the Office to make inquiries regarding
young men of their acquaintance who
have decided to enlist Imbibing the
military air which pervadeS the office,
they concluded they would just fill the
bill as nurses. The sergeant in charge
gave them information regarding the
necessary steps, and general CONVEX
satin on army requirements was start
ed. They finally concluded that the
service was not to their liking.
Ten young men underwent the ex-
animation by Dr. M. j. O'Meara yes
terday, and six Of them passed. All but
one were re-enlistments. They were
John Garvey Of Milford, discharged
from Company l., Twelfth; Frank Plant
of Spencer Company L, Twelfth; Jere-
miah Harrington of Worcester, raw re-
cruit Charles h. Glitting of Worces-
ter, Company B, Twelfth; George w.
Nugent of Worcester, who was with
Company X, Ninth Massachusetts
rockies" at Camp Alger, and John
B. Green of Worcester, one of the EN-
met Guards Company G, Ninth Massa-
chusetts, during the Cuban war. All
will be sent to the Ninth United States
infantry, stationed at Madison Bar
racks, Sackett's Harbor, New York.
Lieut. II. N. Royden will come to
Worcester today to muster in those who
have passed the physical examinations
since Tuesday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
MILLIONS UNR1vALLED TRIBUTE
TO WOMAN.


When Milton wrote those words which
Grace was In all her steps, heaven in
love" he did not have In mind a weak,
nervous. sickiy, nerve-exhausted and
pan-racked woman, suffering from Mmala
complaints; but one in the glow or per-
feet health and strength TO be a per-
feet wife or mother every woman should
first of ell see that she IL I'm good health.
This Is certainly not difficult at the pres
ent day, when such an eminent specialist
I'm the treatment Of female diseases az DR..
Greene of "a Temple place, Boston, Mass.
who undoubtedly has the largest practice
and the greatest success In curing all
forms Of female weakness and disease,
can be consulted free, and his advice and
counsel obtained by any woman abso-
lutely without charge, either by calling or
writing about her case. From his enor-
nous experience he knows just how to
cure your complaints just how to advise
you, and he uses only harmless yegeta-
BILE medicines, which are wonderful in
soothing, healing, strengthening and in
MIGRATING the female system. One OF his
grand discoveries, DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, Is known and
used all over the world and he has dis
covered many other medicines no less
marvellous In their curative effects. No
woman afflicted with female troubles or
who Is out Of health IN any way, should
hesitate TO write about her case to DR..
Greene, and she Will get, free of charge,
information and advice which is almost
sure to lead TO her complete restoration to
health.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
THE LOCAL END.

Locally, there were no Developments
in the big wire deal yesterday.
Messrs. Moen and Rice were in New
York all day and are expected home
today. Many speculations have been
made by mathematical journalists as to
the amount Of money Mr.. Moen and
Mr.. Rice will bring back from New
York in their grips, and number were
at the Union depot last night when the
S.57 express from New York rolled in,
ready to greet the golden-gorged trav-
elers from the promised land, but they
came not. Each man with a grip and
tired look was rubber-necked in
vain. The wire combine hasn't "antied,"
and Worcester stockholders must wait
for their money
1t is very probable that Mr.. Rice and
Mr.. Moen will return today, and if they
do, the checks in payment for stock
will probe bly, be forthcoming tomorrow
or the first of next week.
There is a report which is steadily
gaining ground locally that the OBJ
ject of Mr.. Rice's and Mr.. Moen's trip
to New York had not alone to do with
the financial affairs of the big wire
combine. The reports of conflict be-
tween the new combine and the Fed
eral Steel Company, which have filled
the air for the past week or more, have
not been entirely without foundation.
The Federal Steel Company is prepar-
ing for q vigorous fight, and in point of
| definite organization has a decided adj
vantage over it's new adversary. The
promoters of the new combine seeing
4 the need Of immediate action, called its
! representatives. together
This report is denied, however, by
President Gates Of the American Steel
and Wire Company. He is quoted as
saying in an interview: There is not
one word of truth in that report. The
two companies are working together in
the most perfect harmony, and there is
no prospect whatever of any friction
between them. The Federal Steel Com
pany is making lots of money, and we
are very large purchasers Of It's prod
ucts. We have made no purchases OF
mills or furnaces that will in any way
interfere with the Federal Steel Com
pany. That company Is attending to
| its special line of business, and the
American Steel and Wire Company is
| attending to it's special branch
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
JEFFERSON OBJECTS.

John Fl. Jefferson, foreman of the
painters in the public buildings depart
ment Of the city, makes strenuous OBJ
lection to the criticisms which have
been heaped upon him by the members
of the Painters Union, from which he
was recently expelled, and has written
to The Spy letter in reply to de-
communication in regard to
him. which appeared in the Post of
Thursday. The reply of Mr.. Jefferson
is as follows:
To the Editor of The Spy:
That fanatic painter would beat
Michael Angelo. First, might state
that the trouble was certainly caused
by my working for the building depart
ment. I have worked at the trade Of
painting for 10 years, ard / must say
that I have worked for such firms as
o. w. Norcross, Cutting & Bardwell,
Cutting & Bishop, Darling Brothers,
Joseph Vaudreuil and other firms out
of town. would like TO ask this would
be painter If he can show such q record
as mine?
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