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Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
STATE WANTS OF OMAHA VIEW
Extension of street Car Line and
More Arc Lights the Most
Pressing.

The members OF the Omaha View I'm
provemcnt club held an enthusiastic meet
ing Friday evening. and IL the enthusiasm
displayed is prophetic OF results. that part
OF the city will enjoy manifold benefits
within the next few months. The proposed
extension Of the Thirty-third street car line
from Parher street TO Maple was the chief
topic Under consideration, while additional
lighting facilities did not escape the de-
mands Of the members. New crosswalks
grading and other Improvements we're given
boosts and Omaha View stock rose several
points above par
The Union Pacific railroad came in for q
few severe jolts during che meeting. while
the strike breakers received mention in a
resolution.
Councilman Karr and City Electrician
Schurig were present and spoke during the
evening
The proposed extension Of the street car
line upon Thirty-third street was the first
business Of Importance which was handled.
The strip of property near Parker street.
north Of Blonde, which has been a barrier
to the extension, was reported ready TO be
decided TO the city by the Reed estate
that the proposed extension might not be
defeated
When requested to speak upon the ques-
tion Councilman Karr said: We have got
TO have that extension this year. and ]
shall work in conjunction with you to Sc
cure it. You may count upon my assistance
in every way in aiding you"
He also referred TO the levy recently
made and said that while possibly the
mayor might veto it. he thought that such
would not be the action. III we win" he
said. we will have plenty Of money 10
spend out here. II we lose, why. there's a
string tied to the levy. anyway, but IL will
make us nearly S25,OO) shy
committee consisting Of Messrs. CAL
lahan. Hunter. Taylor. Robinson. TuttIe
Street Railway company and again present
the clubs requests.
City Electrician Schurig spoke upon the
| illumination Of Omaha View. The expense
1 incurred by the city in maintaining police
protection for the Union Pacific strike
| breakers expressly was criticised in a
scorching resolution offered by Simeon Rob-
| inson- TIE resolution was unanimously
adopted and will be presented to the Fire
and Police board at its next meeting.
City Prosecutor Thomas was somewhat
! censured for not appearing against \ strike
/ breaker In the police c0tiTtyA whose case
ne was Said to have set for one day. and
| then dischsrging the prisoner the day be-
/ fore the hearing. The club. later. wisely
saw st might possibly be wrong in it's in-
4 formation and deferred the grievance till
a later date.
new arc light was promised the club
and was voted to be placed at Thirty
| fourth and Corby streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC AR
MnIiOnaires of PhiIadeIphiG Pledge
Large SuR for Use of George
Clarke.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 27.-The sum Of
$500 900 has been subscribed for the es-
tAblishmen1 in this city OF an American
academy Of dramatic art. This was done
at a dinner party held at the Hotel Belle
vue. and which was given BY William
Donovan, president Of the Eastern Steel
company. for Mr.. George Clark. formerly
leading man Of the late Augustin Daly's
company.
Nearly all the diners we're millionAires
and most Of them multi miIlionaires. P. A
b. Widener and John NJ Mack subscribed
800, ,OO0 each: William NJ Bum, former
governor Of Idaho. and Senator Charles A
Porter, put their names down for as ,O0o
each. and Clarence Wolf offered 70 raise
$50. 900 as a contribution from the firm OF
Wolf Bros
Mr. Donovan declared that be would
raise tl.ooo.O 900 As soon a. the nrst million
WaS raised
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
GALE BLOWS TRAIN OVER
Hurricane sweeps United Kingdom.
RasinE Buildings and DeraiI-
inE Trains.

LONDON. Feb. 27.--A gale of slu1Yf -
preeedented velocity swept Great
all night and did considerable Ia.
Telegraphic Communication north'ward>,
Leeds was entirely interrupted. the contfr
mental service was interfered with and large
numbers Of ships were forced to seek
shelter ir the bsrbors Many minor wrecks
occurred. and the lifeboats were busy all
along the coasts.
At Ulverstonn, Lancashire. a PASSENGER
train was blown over. a number Of pas
sengers injured and ten cars 5erailed.
The gale swept over ireland from north
20 south. At Cork a three-story building
collapsed. burying fifteen persons in the
ruins. One was killed and one fatally in
jured.
Various coast points report vessels
ashore. The rivers in the interior are
hooding.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
SNOW DRIFTS INTO THE CUTS
Possibility of Another Tieup Con-
fronts Union Pacific
Ofictats.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Feb. s7.-(speoial
Telegrsm.)-The fears OF railroads that the
fall Of snow during the last storm would
be blown into the cuts and impede tranie
are now being realized. All day a strong
wind piled the snow across the prairies
and into every depression and now it has
reached the height OF q gale. In some
places additional STOW fell and added to
the troubles Of the railroads.
The Union Pacific has all OF its snow
bueking apparatus in service, but trains
are running away late and there appears 10
be some danger Of a tieup before morning
in the event the wind continues. The
weather is growing colder and this renders
being in the open almost impossible.
AS in previous storms, the wind has
proven a blessing to the stock interests In
that it has uncovered the grass so that the
half frozen and weakened animals can ind
sufieient food TO sustain life at least.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
ULTlMATUM FOR STRIKERS
Colorado A Southern Aea Are Given
TIL Tomorrow 90 Resume
work.

DENVER. Feb. 27.-General Manager
Herbert OF the Colorado & Southern today
announced that after noon next sunday
none Of the striking shOpmen would be re-
fnstated.
Workmen today began the construction
Of a seven-foOt solid wall which Is 10 com
pletely eneircle the Colorado a Southern
machine shops The company has put nine
cars in the shops and guards on duty equal
in number The force Of pickets maintained
BY the strikers.
The Denver Machine Manufacturers as
ISOLATION today notified the American Labor
union that they considered the boycott
against the Vulcan Iron Works eomps ~.
which does work for the COLORADO 4
Southern 70 b unfair.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
SIX MONTHS AMONG BRIGANDS
Miss Ellen VI. stone Delivers interest
ing Lecture at FIRST COnEre-
EatiOnaI Church.

Miss Ellen NJ. Stone. for whom $65. 900
ransom and many columns Of newspaper
space were required by the brigands OF
Macedonia two years ago, recited the story
OF her capture and captivity to a large
audience at the First Congregational church
last night. This was Miss Stones FIRST
appearance in Omaha and she made a hit
both while on the platform and at the
reception given by the Ladies' Aid society
of the church in the parlors, after she had
finished speaking. Nearly 100 women and
some dozen men sought a personal inter
view with the returned missionary. Cofies
and cakes were served.
Miss StCne delivered her lecture with
considerable dramatic force, using few
tricks or artitces TO hold the attention of
her listeners, who, nevertheless. were kept
deeply interested in the narrative, which
was simply told When Rev. Herring in
trodueed Miss Stone a round OF applause
greeted her. A medium-siEed and verv
plain-featured woman, Miss Stones face Is
constantly lighted with animation. Mos.
Of her story is familiar 10 the public.
"A few hours after We were captured
we knew what manner Of men the brigands
were" said Miss Stone. I'VE had heard
a revolver shot and did not know what Il
meant Later we found out and the reve-
lstion was an awful one. traveller had
surprised the baEd as they were driving
us from the highway. He had shot at the
brigands and had been stricken down by
a musket butt. He was led into a thiekst
a little way from US and We heard him
sIaughtered-heard his death cries ascend
ing as the daggers were plunged into his
Quivering flesh"
Miss stone described the pathetic birth
Of the Tsilka babe in a manner that al
most wrung tears from the eyes Of many
OF the women present.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
SOLDIERS ARE AMBUSHED
Five Hundred Chinese Imperial
Troops Caught I'm Pass and
KILLED by Rebels.

PEKIN. Feb. 27.-Advices received here
today show that 500 imperial troops were
caught February Is in an ambush in the
Yang Uing pass by the rebels Of the prov
inoe Of Kwsng 81. North China. All the
soldiers were killed and the rebels cap
tured large supplies Of arms which the
troops were taking to the besieged garri-
son Of Chi Yuen.
The official reports admit that The rebel-
Ion in Kwang 81 is increasing and has
spread over the border into the province OF
Human. The viceroy Of Human has sent
troops to the boundary to check the rebels
advance.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
CONSUL SAWTER is AFRAID
He Decides TO Not Accept Post BE-
cause of the Yellow
Fever.

GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador. Feb 27.-United
States Consul General Savter and Mrs.
Sawter, who arrived here February %.
via Payta, Peru, have started on their re-
turn TO the United States on the steamer
which brought them south. Mr.. Sawter. It
is alleged. became afraid OF the yellow
fever when he saw the consulate where
Thomas Mast, the former consul general.
died December Z OF the fever.
Strong winds have caused an overflow OF
the Allausi river. Some damage has been
done to the railroad line TO Quito, but
trafic will be resumed in a few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
Lace workers to Make Exhibit.

BERLIN. Feb. 2T.--Dr. Lewald. the COM
missioner of Germany at the St. Louis
exposition. held a conference yesterday
with the lace curtain manufacturers OF
Plauen. Saxony. who decided to make a
special exhibit at ST. Louis The lace in
dustry is now enjoying an unusual run OF
American orders and the manufacturers
therefore are more ready 10 incur expenses
than those engaged in the metal trades.
The commissioner says that German in
dustrial art Is taking = lively interest in
the exposition and will make an excellent
showing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
STARTS FIGHT FOR MILLIONS
Bro her Claims widow wrongly Took
Dead Mans Estate 10 Pam
ny's Loss.

NEW YORK. Feb 27.-tThe Hagaman
case, in which the brothtr OF Theodore
Hsgaman. Who died IN 1909. is seeking an
accounting Of the estate rom the widow,
came Up oday before Surrogate Fitzgerald.
The widow. Sho is now Mrs Walter
Delabarre. asserted that the estate was
worth about s2.5oo ooo. The contestant de-
clsred its value to be s.. .50O.oo0 The mat
ter came W on a motion to set aside the
order referring Il to a referee.
Counsel for Isaac HaEaman. the contest
ing brother. submitted an afIidavit by his
client which asserted that his brother' s
widow and DR. Richard c. Flower told him
and his two sisters that deceased had met
with a number Of business reyerses toward
the end Of his life which prevented him
from making any provision for them, and
that be let little OF no property" The
affidavit further alleges thar Theodore did
not receive the care of any nurse except
/ the widow and Maurice Willis. who is
married to the sister Of Or. Flower. and
that while so surrounded he gave a check
/ for $572.sSo to his widow.
/ The af1davit continues.
! On the day she received the check she
( transferred $4,000 20 DR.. Flower. on Sep
/ ttmber Y. 1909 the day after my brother
/ death. two checks for S25,oos and 5000,
4 NEAt lolA NdCn OF WHICH, u ApNCHIe II ONl
I the widows examination, were dated Sep
! tember To- 1909. and which were Endorsed
I over TO DR.. Flower.
/ I allege the fact 20 be that the So, So
| and other moneys belonging 90 my de-
| ceased brother were misa appropriated and
| converted to their own use by the said
| widow and the said Dr. Flower and divers
! other persons as result of a conspiracy
| and combination to defraud my brother
I and his heirs.
I About June. 1871. I was communicated
with by Andrew d. Meloy. Ny sisters
and / did execute and deliver an agree
I ment Of release, but the release was de-
| liz cred without receipt of 81 and was giver
upon the express understanding that Il
| would not be used until we were atisfec
/ with the amount that we sho1ld receive
! by reason thereof.
II thint the whole question" said the
| surrogate, "narrows Itself down TO whether
this court has the right to try the ques-
/ tion Of the delivery Of the release"
/ Counsel were asked TO submit briefs or
Wednesday, after which the surrogate will
decide the question at once.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
PACKERS MEN NAY STRIKE
Demand New Wage scale and shorter
Hours, with Threat of
Suspension.

CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Labor trouble at the
stock yards is brewing again. There is a
prospect Of a general strike Of packing
house engineers. supported by the steam
filters and maehinists. Two hundred en-
gineers have asked for a new wage scale
and an eight-hour day, but the packers
refuse TO yield. II was said by the men
tonight that they would go on strike next
week unless a settlement Was reached.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
ABSENCE EXCTTES COMMENT
Hawaiian COmmfssiOner of AgrieuI-
ture Goes 10 California and Does
Not Return.

HONOLULU. Feb. 27.-tBy Pacific cable.)
--Wray Taylor. the territorial commissioner
OF agriculture vhosleft for the Pacific coast
January Z. on the steamer Korea on q
months leave or absence ala not return on
Sierra. as expected
He has not been heard from since his
departure from Honolulu, and his non.
arrival is matter Of speculation. The
announced purpose Of his trip was visit to
Horticultural Commissioner Craw of Cali
fornia.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
TO REPAIR WRONG TO BoERs
Rudyard KiPIing Dedieates Poem a.
the Mission of Chamberlain
I'm south Africa.

LONDON. Feb. 27.-The Times this morn
ing publishes a poem by Rudyard Kipling
in celebration OF Mr.. Chamberlain's mis-
sion to South Africa. 1t begins:
Where my fresh-turned burrows run and
the deep soil glistens red,
/ win repair the wrong that was done TO
the living and the dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
PLowS HOPE TO MOVE SNOW
Kansas Railroads Are stiH Battling
with Drifts. while weather
Threatens.

TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. 27.-The railroads
have not yet fully overcome the snow
blockade in western Kansas.
In Garden City, twenty seven inches OF
snow represents the fall since Monday
night. with a prospect for more. At Lakn
IL is fifteen inches deep. Snow plows are
being operated and the railroai lines will
soon be clear
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
Explosion Causes Excitement.

VIENNA. Feb. 27.-An explosion in the
cellar OF the imperial palace today caused
momentary excitement. but IL was soon
asesrtained that Il was due 70 the acci-
dental ignition Of some sporting ammuni-
tiOn. A couple OF workmen were injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
Movements of ocean Vessels Feb. 27

At New Stella. from
Genoa.
Al Copenhsgen-sailed-No for New
York.
At Ponta del Gara-Arrived-Oscar II.
from Copenhagen for New York
At The -Passed-Rynd from
New York, for Rotterdam; LAquitaine.
from New York. for HavTe.
At Piraeus-ArriFed-Mo from New
cruise.
At Liverpool-Arriyed-Ge from
New York
At Naples-Arriyed-Cala from Leg
horn for New York.
At Genoa-ATrived-Sici Prince, from
New York via Naples.
Al LOndon-Arrived-Cam from
Boston; Messaba. from New York Sailed
.-Minnehaha, for New York
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
FIRE DESTROYS HAYTI TOWN
Port de Paix iH Completely AnnihiI-
Rted, Only n Few Vessels in
Harbor Escaping.

CAPE HATIEN. Feb. 27-A dispatch re-
ceived here from Gros Morne today announ-
ces the complete destruction OF Port de
Paix. Hayti. by FIRE. last night Only the
vessels belonging TO the Haytien company
were saved.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
ESCAPES AS If BY MIRACLE
Miner Falls Hundred Feet Down
SHAFT, Merely Breaking
Leg.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Feb 27.-samuel
Harris, a miner. fell lO2 feet down a shaft
today and escaped With nothing more Sc
ri0us than q broken IeE.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28

HAVANA. Feb. 2L-President Palma has
signed the soldiers pay loan bill. which
authorizes the issue OF bonds TO the amount
OF SIS 900, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER

Forecast foi Nebraska-Fair and Colder
saturday; High Northwest Winds. sun
day Fair
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
Governor Miskey's Address.
Governor Mickey said:

Nj Speaker. / an deeply impressed with
With the sacred memories Of this hour, set
apart as IL is In reverent honor OF the life
and character Of one who had a great
share IN the evolution OF Nebraska and
whose personality and genius have left an
impress upon the state which time cannot
efface il is most fitting that We should
OF the present and turn our thoughts to-
ward those Of other days, as we do now.
esteem IL a privilege TO be permitted 70
partlcipate IN this service and 20 add 4
few words 70 what may be said Ia honor
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28

Knapp not only told how he killed his
victims. but he acted the scene. His I'm
gers crooked like a earrion crows and his
face knotted into hard lines. the eyes
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28

lcOatinusd On Second PASs.l
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
URGES CONGRESS- TO ACT
idsnt in Message Points 0ut Need fol
Philippine Tariff Bill
SPECIAL SENATE SESSION SEEMS SURE
Cuban and Canal Treaties Both Seem
Doomed and Can BE Alone saved
by Extraordinary Meetine
of Legislators.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.--The president
late this afternoon sent the following mes
sage to the senate;
Il have Just received a cable from Cow
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-04
SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Mrs. Dowie Charges Cruelty and
lnhuman Treatment.

Shenandoah, Pa, Jan. 26-Mrs. E.
J. North Dowie, in the Page County
Court. today fled bill for divorce
from her husband, John DoWie, of
Illinois. She alleges cruelty and in
human treatment, and asks for ali
mony.
Mrs. North was wealthy widow
at the time Of her marriage TO Dowie
in 1900. She owns bank stock, houses
and lots and several farms in Iowa.
She has been for years an active
member of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
In 1900 Mrs. North went to Chicago
to investigate Dowieism, and there
met Dowie, to whom she was married
few weeks later. She is sixty eight
years old, and her husband is seventy
three. At present Mrs. Dowie is liv-
ing with a son, Garfield North, in
Colorado. The suit will be heard at,
the February term Of court and it is
understood there will be no defense to
the petition for divorce
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-04
GETTYSBURG Lee MONUMENT.
Col. A. k. Mcclure and Judge
Stewart Debate Plan.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. Pin the
presence of the full membership of
the house of representatives and a
crowded :, gallery. Colonel A K.
Mcclure, of Philadelphia, tonight
delivered an address in support of the
proposition that the States of Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia should join hands
in erecting an equestrian statute Of
General Robert E. Lee on Seminary
hill of the battlefield of Gettysburg.
A bill appropriating $40, 900, contin-
gent on the condition that Virginia
appropriates a like amount, has been
introduced in the legislature and is
now in the committee on appropria-
tions. Tonight's meeting was in the
form OF a hearing on the bill with
Col. Mcclure and Judge John Stew
art, of Franklin County, as the prin-
cipal speakers. Judge Stewart spoke
against the bill. Among the great
crowd which heard the speakers were
many prominent members Of the
Grand Army of the Republic from
all over the State, judges and State
officials.
Col. Mcclure, in his address said
be Gid not plead the cause of the Con-
federacy, but, on the other hand, he
pleaded the cause Of the Union-the
common Union. He wanted to make
the battlefield of Gettysburg worthy of
the nation. "Across the fields Of Sem
inazy Ridge, he said, "the story of the
other side should be told in monument
and tablet. They should not be placed
there as q tribute to the rebellion.
but as a tribute to the blue and
gray"
Col. Mcclure paid great tribute
to the soldiers of the North and the
South.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-04
His Wife's Only Fault.

The st. Louis Star relates the fol-
lowing: While in England Marshall
P. Wilder came upon curious case Of
husbandly devotion. He had heard
that the wife of certain laborer was
not all she, should be, and that the
daily wages her husband earned by the
sweat of his brow were spent by her
for liquor rather than for household
necessities. Moved with pity for the
poor fellow, who never complained Of
his wrongs, Wilder pat few odd jobs
in his way which paid the man well,
and also livened up his dull hours with
many a funny yarn. One day they
happened to talk of domestic aquarre]s
and then the poor fellow spoke of his
own trouble for the first time.
"Mr. Wilder" he said, "some says
as now my wife doesn't do exactly
right, but I knows of only one fault
that she has. She swears when she
is drunk
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-04

Students of English history are re-
minded by the conviction of Colonel
Lynch that several centuries have
passed since a member Of the British
Parliament has been put to death
for high treason. The last case that
was in any special way similar to
that Of Colonel Lynchsa was that of
Lord Lovat, who assisted Stuart in
the uprising in Scotland in the year
1745. He was put to death in the
Tower of London, where Sir Waiter
Raleigh and many other noted men,
as we'll as women, were beheaded, and
he was the last person to be beheaded
in that place. The antiquity of the
statute under which Colonel Lynch is
condemned to lose his life was brought
out in the address of the Lord Chief
Justice on December 18th last to the
grand jury which had been impaneled
to deal with the Indictment in the
case. Lord Alverstone said: As
far back as the year l35l-tbat is, more
than 500 years ago-the statute under
which Arthur Alfred Lynch is indict
ed was passed, and that statute has
been the law up to the present time. .
Richmond Times
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-04
Good Advice.
Jan 27, 1903.

The most miserable beings in the world
are those suffering from dyspepsia and
liver complaint. More than seventy-dve
per cent. of the people in the United States
are afflicted with these two diseases and
their effects such as sour stomach, sick
headache, habitual co5tiveness, palpita-
ton of the heart, heartburn, water
brash, gnawing and burning pains at the
pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated
tongue and disagreeable taste in the
mouth, coming up of food after eating,
low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist
and get bottle of August Flower for 25
or 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you.
Try it. China's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-04
NORTH GlROLINl's SENATOR.
The Senatorial Deadlock Ended
on the 6lst Ballot.

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 29.-Lee S.
Overman was nominated United States
senator in the Democratic senatorial
caucus tonight on the sixty-frst ballot.
The final vote was Overman 73; Wat
son 5; Craig II. The nomination is
equivalent to an election.
Lee S. sOverman is 49 years old.
He is lawyer Of ability, a native of
Salisbury and in 1874 graduated from
Trinity college. He was private
secretary to Governor Vance and has
been member of the house of repre-
sentatives five different times, having
been speaker$once. In 1895 he was
Democratic candidate for Governor to
succeed Vance. In 1900 be was a
State Democratic presidential elector.
His wife is a daughter of the late
United States senator and Chief JUS
tice Augustus H. Merriman.