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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-18
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Rain I'm Nebraska Today and Fair To-
morrow, While Iowa Has
Two Fair Days.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Forecast:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Forecast:
Nebraska-Rain Thursday; warmer in
west portion; Friday, fair.
Iowa-Fair Thursday and Friday.
IllinOis-Fair Thursday; fresh west
winds; Friday, fair.
Colorado-Fai Thursday; Friday, prob
ably snow.
Montana-Fair Thursday; warmer in
south and extreme northwest portions;
Friday, fair, except probably snow in
northwest portion.
Wyoming-Fair; warmer Thursday; Fri
day. fair, except snow in southeast por-
tion.
North Dakota-Fair Thursday; warmer In
northwest portion Friday, fair.
South Dakota-Fair: warmer Thursday;
Friday, fair.
Kansas-Fair Thursday; warmer in north
and west portions; Friday, fair in east,
rain or snow in west portion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-18

Mr.. Darrow took exception to the at
tempt to rule out the question Of recognize
ing the union and then Ira II. Burns opened
for the Independents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
BILLINGS YELLOWSTONE COUNTY MONTANA TUESDAY, MAY 1902

to work on the favorite, but Abe did
not have the run in him. When the
stretch had been reached, and thou
sands of eager eyes were turned upon
the four colts in the final struggle,
many disappointed look fell upon
the favorite, as Abe showed signs Of
distress, and was certainly beaten
The race was now between the Nc
Dowell entry and Inventor, the latter
showing burst of speed at the finish
that for a time seemed to threaten
Alan-a-Dale, but WINFIELD, without
whip or spur, sent him under the wire
winner by a length, with his stable
companion fighting for second place
bnly neck behind Inventor. Abe
Frank being six lengths away.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
AlAN-A-pALE WINS DERBY
ABE FRANK, THE FAvoRITE BAD
LY BEATEN.
Large Crowd Witness the Running Of
the Great Kentucky
Event.

Louisville, May 4-To the lusty
cheers of everyone Alan-a-Dale, the il
lustrious SON of Halma, the latter him
self winner of the 1895 Derby, passed
under the wire winner of the twenty
eighth Kentucky Derby. The crowd
was very large. Society, not only of
Louisville. but of the entire state,
was represented. Governor Beck
ham and his staff were in attendance.
as were other public officials from
adjoining states. For the Derby the
bookmakers were kept busy for a
half hour taking in the bills most
frantically showed at them, for none
of the colts lacked friends. Abe
Franks, the much-heralded winter IA
vorite, was the choice in the betting
at to 5, and only occasionally did
some venturesome bookie hunch the
odds, and then only for a short in
terval. The McDowen entry was to
2; while Inventor figured at 10 to 1
and better, considerable money go
ing in on him at 21s to for place.
After several attempts to start them
they went away on comparatively
even terms, with Alan-a-Dale neck
in front of Abe Frank. The Rival
third and Inventor last.
As they rounded the last turn for
the final run into the stretch, Coburn
saw his time had come, and he went
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
SURVEY COMPLETED.
Custer County Settlers Given oppor
tunity to File and Prove Up.

Custer County Settlers Given oppor-
tunity to File and Prove Up.
Miles City, May 4.-The approved
plats of 10 townships surveyed by j.
M. Robertson in June, 1899, have been
received at the Miles City land office
and will be open for entry after 30
days, which means May 81. These
surveys are scattering, but important
for the reason that the work has been
done by request Of actual settlers who
have been waiting fer years to file
upon their lands and prove up.
The lands are located on both sides
of the Yellowstone river and are scat
tered through the Powder river coun-
try, also near Terry and Hathaway
and on Sunday and Sand creeks. emu
bracing some of the finest tracts ct
land in the country. AS stated, all
of these surveys are of townships and
localities where people have been liv-
ing for years, which, because of iso-
lation, have been rejected by contract
surveyors.
Surveyor Robertson was induced to
take contract for these described
and about 10 more some three years
ago and lost largely on the venture,
but what was his loss is the settlers
gain. The remaining townships in
this contract will not be plated and
ready for entry for some months yet
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
Chinese Rebels sIay Thousands.

Victoria, B. c., May 4.-Word has
been brought by the Olympia from
the orient pf several successes by the
Kwang ST rebels, whose ever-growing
armies were beseiging Nanaign at last
reports. Fugitives who were fleeing
to Canton from the scenes of blood
shed and pillage report that the
slaughter at Ching Shang Fui when
that city fell was awful More than
1000 persons were killed and their
bodies left lying unburied in the
streets while the rebels burned and
looted the stores and houses. Terri
BILE slaughters are also reported from
other captured towns. Several thou
sand of the imperial army are said
to have deserted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
TOO LATE TO ABANDON PRO.
cEEDINGs AGAINST PACKERS
The BILL OF COMPLAINT
II Approved by Attorney General It
Will Be Filled in Court
This Week.

Washington, May At will be
futile for the packers and their friends
by petition or otherwise, to attempt
to persuade the president to agree
to an abandonment of the proceedings
against the so-called beef trust or
against the railroad merger.
1t is declared by high officials that
the governments case has proceeded
to point where it cannot be aban-
doned. They say the action was COM
menced under instructions from the
president after the chief executive
had become convinced that the laws
were being violated, and that the
agencies at the command of the gov
ernment should be used to protect
the people. If there has been no vio-
lation of the law, the packers and
their friends can have no good reason
to advance why the matter should not
be carried into court
If the law has been violated by the
packers they must be punished, be-
cause the president will countenance
no class or condition, insisting that
the laws are to apply to all, and the
exalted as we'll as the most humble
shall obey them: :;s5+
The suggestion that business may
be disturbed and prosperity checked
by the proceedings will not be consid-
cred by members of the administra-
tion as of sufficient Importance to war
rant the abandonment of the propos-
ed suits
It is reported that the packing inter
ests have been wiring congressman
to exert their influence with the pres
ident to induce him to suspend ac-
t'ion. 1t would be such bad politics
for congressman at this time, on the
eve of going before the people for re-
election, to take sides in the con-
troversy that is believed few, if any,
will respond to such requests. The
character of the president, we'll known
to congressman, will deter the most
hardy from undertaking such a mis-
sion, which would undoubtedly be
treated by the president as in the
nature of an impertinence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
WAR ON HITCHCOCK.
He Assumes That Everybody Is Out
to MDo" the Government.

He Assumes That Everybody Is Out
to "Do" the Government.
Washington, May 4.-Thomas H.
Shevlin of Minneapolis, republican ma
national committeeman from Mime
sofa, has gone to Europe, after firing
parting shot in Washington at Sec.
retary Hitchcock Of the interior de.
partment, and should Mr.. Hitchcock
retire within the next few months, of
which is strong probability, Mr..
Shevlin will probably claim credit for
bringing the change about. He does
not like the secretary, nor the heads
OF the Indian office, which are part
of the interior department, and he
has called them hard names at times;
but the honors are easy; the depart
ment thinks just as much of Mr..
Shevlin as he does of it, as far as
that is concerned Should Mr.. Hitch
cock finally leave. the department
the moving cause will be the hostility
OIL C0TCdlu iuuuCulldl ScudlOIS 0AA
representatives, on whose black list
the secretary has been for long time.
He is probably as honest a man as
ever has had charge of the interior
portfolio, but he seems to lack dis
cretion and diplomacy In his dealings
with public men. Not all of the SEN
ators and representatives who are af-
ter him are disappointed grafters in
whose way he has stood; many OF
them are as honest as Hitchcock, but
resent the manner of his approach to
them for the consideration of public
business. The secretary has the un-
fortunate habit of assuming that ev-
cry time a member of the legislative
branch of the government approaches
him it is for the purpose of working
some sort of skin game on the gov
ernment, and he proceeds according
1y. AS have said, not all of these
are grafters; but his attitude has
lined the grafters and the honest
legislators up as one man, and COM
plaints by the score have been COM
ing to the white house. Mr.. Shevlin's
grievance, whatever it may be. is a
very small matter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
THOUSANDS HOMELESS.
Fire in Japan Town Destroys 5000
Houses.

Honolulu, April "a. via San Francis
co, May 4.-Advices are received from
Japan of a destructive fire on March
80 at sekayenka Cho, one Of the prin-
cipal silk producing districts. About
one-third of the city was destroyed,
seven persons were burned to death,
Is seriously injured and S61 suffered
less severely, $500 houses and 800
godowns were burned and the loss is
estimated at 15,00O.CO0 ven. Several
thousand people were made homeless.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
THE ANTl-eEEF ARGUMENT.
Summary Of the RiM to Be Filed al
Chicago by the Government.

Summary Of the Bill to Be Filed at
Chicago by the Government.
Chicago, May 4.-William A. Day,
special attorney of the department of
justice, will submit to Attorney Gen
eral Knox the bill for injunction
against the companies comprising the
packers trust.
While the lawyers we're busy finish
ing the bill word came from the
stock yards that by the middle of the
month 10000 men, or one-third the
working force at the yards, will be
out of their jobs. This includes not
only the regular summer lay-off of
men but also several thousand extra
as a result of the present beef agita-
ton. Every packing house in the
yards will reduce the number of it's
employees. In fact, the process has
been going on for over two weeks
past. This action has been taken by
the packers in SPITE of the fact that
beef continues to rise in price and
canned meats will shortly follow.
The completion of the bill marked
the close of the preliminaries to- the
Injunction suit against the packers,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06
TRUST MEMBERS.
Papers Served on Alleged Beef Com
bine People.

49, lr,--r OIuS Z SoPiSs
Kansas City, May S4.-R. E. See,
marshal of the state supreme court,
has just served papers on two pack
ing house employees and four meat
dealers of this city, commanding them
to appear in the supreme court in JEFF
ferson City, May g. to- answer ques-
tions lin the beef trust inquiry insti-
tuted by Attorney General Grow. The
persons subpoenaed are charged with
being members Of the beef trust and
with conspiring to limit the supply of
meats and maintain prices on the
same. Charles w. Armour and j. G.
Dold were served with papers sew
eral days ago. Marshal See will sum-
mon 80 witnesses in st. Joseph, six
in st. Louis and two in Springfield.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-06

All now depends on the action OF At
torney General Knox. II he has no
changes to- suggest, his approval will
be telegraphed to Chicago and Dis
trict Attorney Bethea will file copies
of the bill Immediately. If the attor-
ney general has any considerable
amendments to make to the bill, it
will be necessary to send it back to
Mr.. Bethea for corrections before it
can be fled
The bill comprises about sixteen
closely typewriter pages, and it IS
accompanied with many affidavfts,
with the contents of which the attor-
ney general is acquainted.
The bill is brought in the name of
the United States of America The
principal allegation is to- the effect
that Armour & Co., Swift & Co., The
G. H. Hammond Packing company,
the Cudahy Packing company, and the
Schwarzschild & Suizberger company
are engaging in an illegal combination
In restraint Of trade, and the prayer
of the bill is that they be permanent
ly restrained by injunction.
In support cf the main allegation of
the bill it is alleged that a secret
agreement controlling the price Of
dressed beef exists between the six
packers named, that meetings are
held at stated intervals at which the
market price of dressed beef for the
| entire United States is raised or low.
cred at will. This allegation is sup
ported by affidavits of former en-
ployes of the packers, telling of the
existence of the trust agreement; by
the secret code book Of the Cudahy
company, giving the Interpretation of
the messages often sent to- employees
Of the house, and by other evidence
The second allegation in support of
the general allegation is that the
packers have combined to force the
railroads to reduce shipping rates in
their favcr in discrimination against
Lu0 Sludll CAuo tAAOCIAiA6
competition and restraining trade.
The third allegation is that black
| list is maintained by packers and
that any retailer who is black
listed by one finds it impossible to
buy beef from any house in the COM
bine, thus forcing the retailers to
| conform to. certain arbitrary rules OF
trade laid down by the packers.
The fourth allegation is that the
packers in the combine have divided
the territory for the disposal Of their
products so as to prevent competition
among themselves and to enable them
to maintain fixed prices.
The fifth allegation is that the COM
bination controls the output of beef
from the various packing houses, and
it is put on the market in such a way
as to prevent fluctuations, which
would naturally result from the opera
ton of the law of supply and demand
and keep the price. up to the mark
fixed by the combine.
The bill charges that the combine
is in effect monopoly, and that it's
operations are in restraint of trade
and in defiance of the Sherman anti
trust law, under which the proceed
ings are brought.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
RIG FOR HANDLING WIRE.

and about 1H feet from hind bolster,
as shown in the figure at d, and
f. Places cut for windlass to roll in
about inches from ends at and
e. Cut in about l inch at b and h
to fit over hind bolster so that it
will not slip. About 6 inches from
end cut c and to fit over front
bolster. Between d and box can
be placed for tools.
The windlass should be square, and
spools should be made to fit it on
which to roll the wire. Put leather
straps over the wlndlass to keep it
from getting out of place. One end
of strap may be nailed down and
a hole made in the other end for
a staple. Nail staples in the by 4's
and put the head through the hole
in strap. Also put a nail through
the staple over the leather. A very
slow team and careful driver are
required. It takes two men to do
the work, one to turn the windlass,
while the other drives over the laid
out wire, having one horse on each
side of the wire.-G. A. Sauer, in
Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
/ COAL OIL FOR LICE.
Should He Used with COnsfd-
cradle Caution.

Coal oil is sure death to every louise
1t touches, but it does not always kill
the eggs, and must be used with eau
ton to prevent blistering the skin of
the hog. When large drove is treat
ed the work can be done very quickly
by using spray pump having an at
tachnent for mixing the oil and wa
ter. and the pump should be SO that
At will use about five parts of water
to one part of oil. When such mix
ture is thrown over the hogs in fine
spray, only a little of the oil is used to
cover the whole animal, and if the
spraying is done in the evening nearly
allthe OIL will have evaporated by morn
ing and there will be no blistering of
the skin when the hogs are exposed
to the hot sun on the following day.
So little oil is used in the spraying that
few of the eggs will be killed, and the
work should be repeated at the end Of
week and again at the end of the
second week. If the work is thorough
~ done three sprayings will be SUI
fcient.
Lice never infest clean hogs when
they are not brought from an infested
drove, and the hog raiser who has
clean herd cannot be too careful to
keep it SO. No stray hog should be
allowed on the premises, and any which
are punhased should be examined
very carefully before they are to run
with the others. The oil mixture
should always be'kept where it can be
used Immediately, if any indications of
lice are seen.-From U. S. Department
Of Agriculture Bulletin, No. 100.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
Destiny of the HOG skin.

TIL, oily, greasy, thick pig skin is
aro1Iing new interest. Heretofore,
the Eaughterhouse has not seriously
botltred itself about SHINING the hog,
whiA his green hide left on the car
cas1da I'd unincumbered with expense
broN;ht eight cents per pound when
wei he'd in as cured ham or smoked
bacth. The scientist will not let things
alont, however, and it may yet pay to
strip the hide from the hog for COM
mercial purposes. The leather strip
per has demonstrated his ability to
shaea hides almost to tissue leather It
is climed that he can split the leather
to tile thinness of cologne bottle
STOPPER cover and manufacture that
artice at q ridiculously low price.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
COULDN'T BOSS HIM.
A Clerxyman Who Wouldn't Submit
to Any Orders from an un-
dertaker.

Rev. r. Perry Bush, of Chelsea, who was
present in ministerial capacity at the open
ing of the convention OF tae Massachusetts
Embalmers' association recently consented,
in the absence OF Mayor Collins, who was to
address the body, to speak few words OF
greeting. He related an instance of stutfy
undertaken and funeral, says the Boston
Herald.
LAS entered the church, said Mr.. Bush,
IT was greeted by the undertaken in charge
of the funeral, who said: I want you to
stand there pointing 70 halfway up the
pulpit steps.
81 prefer to stand either at the top or
the bottom replied. Then l can see my
audience
"'You stand where tell you,' was the re-
tort. I'm running this funeral
But you are not running me- an
swered, and l will give you just one minute
to withdraw your order or get another min
ister.' And took out my watch and COM
menced to count off the seconds. At the
thirtieth he said: We'll, stand where you
darn pleased
"And did," exclaimed Mr.. Bush.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
WITH SHEEP AND GOATS.

Wool is always profitable farm
product.
An inferior ram means deteriorat-
ing flock.
Michigan experiments show that
sheep will thrive on beet-sugar pulp.
Through the first ten months of its
life the lamb requires thorough care.
The owners of brushy farms find
the Angora goat a great, speedy and
profita Bile clearer of roughage.
The lamb that is "slack behind the
shoulder" is not good animal to buy.
Insist on fullness at that point.
Pasture may be very good, and it
may seem economical to pasture
sheep, but little grain in the ration
will insure vigor and growth, and that
is what we want.
When putting on a flock of sheep
start we'll in the scale of breed, blood,
pedigree and individuality. Sheep will
fall downhill in quality, and to get
them uphill in quality means careful
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
pITH AND POINT.

Half a truth may be whole lie
Rams Horn.
One touch of allure makes the who'll
world kin, and two touches would in
dictate that you are an easy mark.-Chi.
cago Daily News.
Mrs. Wiggles-''I am afraid Josiah
is really i'll this time" Mrs. Wag-
gles-"What makes you think SOP
Mrs. Wiggles-"Because he isn't max
ing any fuss. Journal.
I'VE never realize the full value of a
thing until we lose it," remarked the
moralist. That's right" replied the
practical man, especially if the thing
lost was insured" - Philadelphia
Press.
Mrs. Doyecote-Charles, you don't
notice the bouquet of flowers with
which I have adorned the table," Mr..
Dovecote-'I didn't get onto the flow
ers for fact; but did notice that
you baked the beans without pork
Boston Transcript.
Harvard Graduate-"I have come
here to breathe the pure air of the
plains and to be a coworker with you
in developing the cattle industry"
Bronco Buster-'The pure air game is
all right. Coworker don't go. If you
want to ketch on here you'll be cow
worker" -1ndianapoiis News.
Cross-"Do you think that dyeing
the hair is as dangerous as the doctors
make out?" Enthusiastically; you
may take my word for it. Only last
year a rich uncle of mine took to dye
ing his hair, and in three weeks he was
married to widow with four chill,
dren. "-Glasgow Evening Times.
eff that's my grandfather speaking"
said the man who had paid his coin,
"there must be something wrong for
can't understand him. He's speak
ing Latin" you know" said the medi-
um. "I'll have to translate it for you"
"But he never spoke word of La tin in
his life.'' perhaps not, but he's dead
now, and Latin is one of the dead Ian
guages.'' -Philadelph Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-15
LYDIA E. PlNKHAN'S
VEGETABLE
COMPOUND
wOMAN'S REMEDY
WOMAN'S ILLS.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

The yearly bill for novels supplied to
the library of the French chamber %
deputies is usually between es00 and
5000.
Since DR.. Conan Doyle had a knight
~ handle added to his name he has
elected to revive for the bettev accom-
paniment of the "Sir," his almost for
gotten baptismal name of Arthur, and
will be addressed as "Sir Arthur" He
has begun new series of "Brigadier
Gerard" stories.
Miss Kate Shelly, the heroine OF
many poems and writings in prose,
who, when child, saved train load
of people from death by creeping over
frozen bridge near Moingona, Ia, in
raging storm and warning the en-
gineer of the danger, has been en-
gagged by the State Insane hospital at
Cherokee, Ia, as nurse. Miss Shelly
is quite old.
The famous Norwegian poet, Bjorn-
stjerne Bjornson, has caused a great
sensation by the severe structures
which he has recently passed on the
scandalous treatment of foreign tour
lists by Norwegian peasants. The
steady increase of tourists, he says, has
had the effect of d>moralizing the
population and stirring up feelings OF
speculation, rapacity, mendacity and
fraud.
Emile lola was asked the other day
by French journalist to give his ideas
regarding education. He replied: Il
was educated at the Municipal college
at AK and the Lycee St. Louis in Paris.
1 lost my father when 1 was quite
young and as my mother was very
weak in her attitude toward me was
able to develop in my own way. did
not learn to read until I was eight
years old. I may say that educated
myself, and / think that is the best
way. I do not believe in school educa
ton"
Daniel H. Morgan, a Yale student
and son of Elisha Morgan, millionaire
head of the writing paper trust, start
ed out as tramp from Springfield
Mass, with chum, their object being
to study the hobo with view to liter.
airy effort. In Boston they were ar.
rested as Migrants. and as this was ga
bit of local color" for which they had
not bargained, they declared their
identity. The incredulous policeman
laughed at their protestations. and
only after considerable use of the
wires were they given freedom. One
such experience was enough and both
hurried back to Springfield.