WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, MARCH. 20, 1900.
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WILL ADVAflCE Oil -PRE lOHIA
Eailroad Lines from Cape Town to Bloem
fontein Are Now Open.
Lord Boberts Will Proclaim the Orange Free
State British Territory Cecil Bhodes
Criticizes the Government. :-
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LONDON, March 17 (Saturday,
4 -50 . in.) With railway coramamca1
tion to the Ope intact. Lord Roberts
will, in a very Jew days, oe n a position
to begin the abvance on Pretoria. His
deep political intuition, combined with
his bold strategy, is having the resfflt
desired in -the Southern sections of the;
'Orange Free State, which are rapidly
calming down. iMafeking is now the:
only point of anxiety, and as it is
known that a force has left Kimberley,j
its relife mayl be announced j before;
many. days pass. The : et-j
ficiency of the relieving column isl
heightened by the fact that it is partly:
composed of regular - i I
In the lobbies of parliament, last eve-i
. ning. it was rumored that Lord Rob-j
erts is about to issue a proclamation,
announcing that the forfner system of
government in the Orange Free State
is abolished, and promising Free Staters,;
who immediately surrender, due con-
sideration. It is understood : that all
continental powers, with one exception,;
uncomprpmisingly refused to intervene.;
- The exception was Russia, whose reply
was couched in less firm language, al
though, like others, she declined to in-
terfere. It is said tihat the Pope was
also appealed" to. Ibut that he declined
to do anything beyond (writing a letter
to the queen, appealing to her to stop
further effusion of blood.; ;i . .
The. possibility ot the destruction of
"Johannesburg is still discussed here;
4ut it is expected that the French and
German shareholders would offer a
strong protest. The latest advices re
specting the surrender of -Btoemfonteiri
sliow that the approach of the (British
caused a. stampVde. The -Boers , got
the bulk of their wagons and artillery
, stores away. Lord Roberts comments
upon the earlier operations of the war
in the London Gazette, and his abso
lute silence respecting Lord Methuen's
dispatch are regarded as very signifi
cant., " : : j
The Daily iMail published an inter
view, this morning, with Cecil Rhodes,
secured by Julian Ralph, in the course
of -which, complaining of the bungling
of the home authorities, he said: t'There
have only been 30.000 Boers in the field
altogether, and the foreign mercenaries
were only about 15.000. The number
of Boers has been exaggerated in or
der to explain British reverses." j
The Daily Mail has the following
dispatch from .Lourenco Marquear:
"Entrenching'is proceedingn the Vail
river .at Vereinig. - Late arrivals from
I Pretoria say, the -Boers themselves now
admit their cohlse -hopicjess. ; General
Lucas Meyer refuses to fight again, and
has returned to his farm. General
TOOK IT ALL BACK
MABIOX COITTTT POrtJLISTS KESCINO
- TIIEIB FOBMEK ACTION. I
Foalon Element I. Again In Control Cou
ty Convention for April Cth A p- I
portlonment of Delegate. :
(From Daily, March 17th.)
The fusion element of the populist
party had an-inning at th; adjourned
meeting oi the Marion county opu
. list centr.al coirmittce held in this city
, yesterday, : J.' : ' "1
The meeting rescinded the action tak
en at a meeting of the committee held
a month ago at which there was only
a small representation of the committee
prcjsent. At the former meeting reso
lutions were adopted affirming: the
Chicago and Cincinnati -platforms and
declaring against fusion in any form.
The middle of the roaders had control
of that meeting but neglected their only
opportunity to secure control of the
county vrganization by nci removing
-Chairman G: W. Weeks and Secretary
J. ! M. Payne, who are -more liberal in
- their political convictionsthan the mid
dle of the roaders. 1 ;
The meeting yesterday, was convened
in; the city pb'-e court room y Chair
man Weeks "at 11 o'clock. Roll-call
disclosed a good representation ; of the
committee and the further fact that the
fusion clement was in control. 1 ?
Th following named committee men
were present: - ; i
. i iM. ill. Speer, Airmsvi!le. .
" I. H. Keyes, Englewood. ')
; C. W. Weeks, Howell,
i Nathan 'Morris. Alarion. - ' I
' 'M. J. White, Monitor. . !
1 J. M. Payne, Salem No. L. , . .
, K. R. Ryan. North Salem. ; !
'S. R. Burford, Sonah Salem. ! . j
' V. D. tMatthews. -Prespect. f j ,
; " I. L. Robinson, Turner. . i i
A. M. Blinston. Yew Park. 1
Albert Light, Sidney.' , j
iL. W. Guiss, Woodburn. " ! 1,
F. A. Meyers, East Salem. . i .
Grant tMatlock. Garfic'd. ! :
Of the committeemen represented the
r middle of the roarers were in the min
fority. being represented by only three
; menders, viz: G. W. Vedder. i R. R.
i Ryan and S. R. Bnrford. iwho. however
participated in the deliberations' cf the
: meeting. - ' ;
The following resolution, which lin
; effect rescinds theMormer action c4 tbr
; t-ommittee. was offered byProf." T. C.
! Jory and adopted: ;
i "Resolved first That the question
of fusion and -all ether questions which
now divide our party leaders b refer
red to th-enro!5ed members of the
party for flTlal settlement . s j
"Resolved, second That no j fusion
proposed by, party leaders, commitees
1 or conventions be binding on the party
until ratified by a majority vote of the
enrolled members interested. ! ' j
Th$ remainder of the -morning ses
sion was given up to a general discus
sion relative" to the best interests of the
' party and how the best results could be
obtained. - . :.
The afternoon session was held in the
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t
Schalkberger has also returned, and
the ourgners are going home y a
dreds." , ' .
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ROBERTS REPORTS.
London. March 16. Lord Roberts
has sent the .following dispatch to the
war office, under date of today; "Gen
eral Clements crossed the Orange riv
er yesterday. The repairs to the rail
way bridge at Norvals Point have com
menced, and it will shortly 4e ready
for l traffic. General Pole-Carew tele
graphs his arrival at Springfontein, so
that Bloemfontein now is practically in
rail communication with Cape Town.
My proclamation is already having ex
cellent effect Several hundred burg
hers have expressed their intention to
surrender their arms and return to their
occupations. The resident commission
er of Basutoland reports, that 800 Boers
Jately arrived from Bloemfontein, and
that a further contingent from Aliwal
North was only waiting to know the
terms of my proclamation to surrender.
They had refused to attend the council
at Kroonstadt, to -which President
Steyn had summoned them. ; j
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SAILED FOR HOME.
Cape Town, March 16. The -British
first-class cruiser Powerful, with the
naval brigade, which has been operating
against the Boers in South Africa, has
sailed for England.
CROSSED THE RIVER. '
Vanzyl, March 16. The txridge over.
the Orange river here ha? been com
pleted. The British forces 4iave cross
ed tonight, and they are bivouacing on
Free State soil. ;
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KRUGER WAS LATE.
Bethulie, iMarch 16. -General Gat
acre, on arriving here, found all the
Boers has fled, the Dutch -having trek
ked Jon hearing of the occupation of
Btocmfontein. It is understood , that
President Kruger two days ago annex
ed the Orange Free State to the South
African Republic ; :
GANADIANS SAIL.
Halifax, March 16. The Strathcona
horse regiment, and 100 recruits to fill
vacancies in the First Canada contin
gent in South' Africa, embarked today..
-COMPLETELY COLLAPSED.
Bloemfontein. March fl6.-It is safe
to say that the Boers have completely
collapsed in the Free State, south of
this point ; - :'
W. C. T. U. rooms. " j -' 7
Upon motion it was decided to hold
the primaries on Saturday March 31st.
J. W. Jory, I. L. Robertson and R.
R. Ryan were constituted a committee
to make the apportionment of dele
gates to the county convention and also
to select the date for holding the samt.
The committee submitted the following
report: ' .
"To the chairman and member? of
the -Marion County Peoples Party Cen
tral Committee, Gentlemen:
"Vour committee appointed to ap
portion delegates from the several pre
cincts to the county Convention of the
people's party for "Marion county, beg
leave to report, that we ihave decided to
apportion the said delegates as follows,
towit: One delegate at large and one
for each, ten votes or fraction of one
half or more, cast for T. C. Jory for
surveyor at the election of 1898 and on
this apportionment the several precincts
arc entitled tjo representation as follows:
Aiimsv:;ie. ,. . .
Aurora. -.. . .
Breitenbush, ..
Brooks .......
Buttcville.
Cham-poeg. . .
Elkhorn.... . .
Englewood. . .
Fairfield. .. .. ,.
Garfield. .....
Gervais... .' . .
Horeb. . . . ... ,
Howell. .... , .
H uliliard . . . , v
Jefferson. . . i . .
Macleay. .. . . . .
8
2
4
6
y
2
2
12
3
4
. 7
6
7
3
7
Marton . .
Mehama...... ...
Monitor..... .. .
Mt Augel u ..
Prospect. . . .. . ..
Salem No. I......
Salem -No. 2
Salem No. 3
Salem ' No. 4 . ,. ..
East Salem
South Salem.....
Silver Falls... , .
Silverton. . ..,.
North Silverton...
South Silverton...
St. Paul. .... ...
Stayton..... ...
Sidney. .... ... .
Sublimity..
Turner....
Woodburn .......
Yew Park...,.
f
5
4
3
8
9
10
6
5
8
6
9
11
2
6
6
6
6
10
6
8
4
12
7
"Your committee would further
commend that the county convention
be held at Salem on Friday, April 6th
at 10 oclock a. m." t
The report was adopted and after
considerable discussion adjournment
was taken. f
The Holt-Vedder faction, or middle
of the roaders. 0 the People's party of
Marion county wfll hold a county con
yentipn in this city next Saturday, when
it is expected a 4uH county ticket will
be named and a platform adopted.
As to the pnre, all things are pure,
so the common mi mt sees far more
vulgarity in others than the mind de
reiopexl in genuine refinement. Geo.
Macdonaid. - ,
MANY a dutiful daughter pays in pain for her mothers
ignorance or perhaps neglect, j
Tka mother stiff ered and she thinks her daughter
'must suffer also. This is true only. to a limited extent. ..No
' excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should inform her-
Many a young girl's beauty is wasted by unnecessary pain at
time of menstruation, and many indulgent mothers ; with
mistaken kindness permit 'their daughters to grow careless
about physical health. . . '
; Miss Carrie M. Lamb, Big Bearer, Mich., writes: "Dear
Mrs. Pinkham A year ago I suffered from profuse and
irregular menstruation
and leucorrhcea. , My
appetite was variable,
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular, and
was subject to pains like
colic duringmenstruation.
I wrote you and began to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash. Yon can't
imagine my relief. My
courses are natural and
general health improved."
Mrs. Nannie Adkins,
La Due, Mo., writes :
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham
I feel it my duty to tell
you of the gooa your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time'of menstruation be
- fore takingyourmedicine ;
but the Compound 'has '
relieved the pain, given her a better color, and she feels
Stronger, and has improved every way. . I am very grateful to
you for the benefit she has . received It is a great medicine
for young girls." j j
CHRISTIAN
WORKERS
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EP WORTH LEA'S UK DISTRICT CONVEN
' T10 HELD AT KEWBEBO.
l4rg Delegation from the Salem
Chapter Wu In Attendance Waa
Profitable Conference.
The Salem district Ed worth League
convention was held at Ncwbere on
March 2-S. and Droved a verv in-tenest-
ing and profitable conference of Chris
tion workers. OnSunday evening at
the First Methodist ch-urch of this city,
th delegates from the Salem chapter
gave their reports of the convention.
The full program for Sun-day evening
will be published in Sunday's States
man, fi
About twenty-five of the sixty or
seventy delegates representing he dif
Serent chapters ol the district were
front Salem. For spiritual power arid
enthusiasm, the convent-ion as one
of the bes-t ever held' in the district.
From the first tire meetings were char
acterized by the spirit which permeated
the whole convention that of the Ep
wortJh League motto, "Look up, lift
p" . . . : 1
Perhaps io no one is so much credit
&ie for the exccKnt arrangement and
great sucess of tlie whole e4hvtnt:on
as to Miss Annie D. Atwood, of Sa!em,
the emcient district president Vwhose
careful planning and forethjoucht, as
well ai the help which she was 'contin
ually rendering during the convention,
served to make it a time long to be re
membered -by all those wh were in
attendance.
After a hearty welcome extended to
the delegates by the peopitf of New
berg, the convention open4 with the
roll call of chapters, followed by sev
eral paws. Rev. G. W. Grannis gave
a short adOres-s on the Twentieth1
Century Thank .Offering" and "Wil
lamette1 university. Alter i a . quartet,
"There's a Place of Refuge.'? T, S, Mc-
Damel. premdent of. the Portland dis
trict, gave a remarkably fine address on
PComrades of the Silent Hour." 'Mis
Lillian Roblin sang with m-jch expres
sion. In the becrct of H14 1'refence.
Friday evening, -Miss Ficho James,
of Salem. rccite4 that beairtiful joem,
"The Starless Crown." . This was fol
lowed by an address on khe '.'Social
Mission cri the Epwprth League," by
by Kev. K. A. Atkins, of tjregon city
and another on "Christiantiy According
to Christ, by Kev. Atchison, of Gracc
sch'Tch. Fortland. rridajfls session
closed with a trio sang by-'Misses Rob-
Ym and Atwood, and Mr. j Belknap, all
01 baiem
Saturday's morning's service was de
voted chiefly to the rcaid-irig of a num
ber or excellent paoers on Leasuc
work, one of the most interesting of
wnicn was mat given bv Miss Carrie
Royal, ': of South Salem, on "From Bar-
bansm to Chrfstiamty tire Alaskan
Indians." The afternoon- was devoted
to the work of the Juniors and a very
Ctneijesting arwl profitable service it
proved to be. ;tiss Erma Clark read
an excelled, paper on "The Church of
th b uture-Mhe Children of Today."
The evening was devoted to an evan
gelistic' service, led by Rev. C. T. Mc-
iherson, f Jirmrtto-n City, who gave
a pointed and -spirited sermon from
the theme "Christ, the Way." Much
interest was shown in the service, and
no doubt much good was done. f '
Sunday's services opened with a
"Quiet Hour." followed by an inspiring
love feast, , in which a targe number
participated. The pulpit of the .Meth
odist church was. filled -by Rev. D. A.
Watte rs. the presiding eider, that of
the Friend's " church 4y Prof. Albert
Swectzer. of Forest Grove, and that ot
the Baptist church by Prof. William P.
prew, of Salem. The services of Sun
Say evening were opened by ,a paper
entitled V "The j Spiritual Department."
by the writer, which was- followed by
an &d.rress by; the -district president.
After a short interrrtission and song
service, Prof. L R .Sweetzer, of Forest
Grove, ; gave an eloquent address , on
the subject, "The Scientific Search after
pod." followed by at inspiring address
by Prof. W. P. Drew, on "The Chris
tian s Relation to His jod. . .iMs
Lillian Roblin then sang in an earnest
and touching way, ''My God, My
Father,. While -I Stray." !
The delegates gathered about the al-i
seu for ber own saxe ana especially
for the sake, of her daughter. Write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., I
for her advice about all matters
concerning the ills of the feminine
organs.
-: SrCpk&ZU
'S J I MIHI I 'Hi
tar and. after an impressive consecra
tion- .service the con vent km; adjournedi
to meet next year at Stayton.
FRANCES E. CORNELIUS.
SCRAP IRON SOID. An agent
of the Albany Iron Works Iwas in the
I city yesterday and will superintend the
f shipment to Albany, of the i scrap iron
that has been taken from the ru-ins of
the Salem Flouring Mills plant, t!he Al
bany company having purchased' the
same. It is estimated that! there are
between sixty ami seventy tons of iron
in the milr ruins. . j
A
PROPHECY BY A BRITISH
BARD ON BRITISH
DYNASTIES, i
The below 'was copied from an old
scrapbook made in the year 1844:
1 "Verification of an ancient proveTb
: The following prophecy is said to
have been delivered by a British bard
in the tinie of William the Norman,
amfr preserved by some of the mon
kish annalists, viz: That no more
than three monarch's jn direct succes
sion should ever again . reign over
these kingdoms without some violent
interruption." .
1. William the Norman.
2. William Rufus. :
, 3. Henry the First
Interrupted by the usurpation of Ste
phen. 1. Henry the Second.
2: Edward the First.
3. Edward the becond.
Interrupted- by" the abdication
and
murder of Edward the Second.
1. Edward the Third.
2. Richard the Second.
Interrupted by the disposition of that
monarch. I
1. Henry the Fourth. .
2. Henry the Fifth-1 '
3. Henry the Sixth.
Interrupted by the restoration of die
House of York. i
1. Edward the Fourth.
2. Edward the Fifth.
- 3. Richard1 the Third.
Interrupted by. the usurpation , of
Henry Richmond. ' ;
1. Henry the Seventh. v
2. 'Henry the Eighth. .
3. Edward the Sixth
Interrupted by the election of Lady
Jane Grey.
1. Mary. 1
2. Elizabeth.
A foreign king: (James of ScotlamJ)
called, 1 to assume the .crown.
1. James the First. I
2. j 'Charles the First
Interrupted by the despotism of that
monarch, and the establishment of an
other form of government in the per
son ot Oliver Cromwell. j
1. Charles the Second
2. James the Second.
Interrupted- by the ab-dication of the
king and the election of a foreigner.
I. William the Third.
' 2. Anne. '
Interrupted by the parliamentary ap
pointment of a foreigner.: !
1. George the First.
2. George the Second.
3-, George the Third.
Interrupted by the unfortunate inca
pacity of that sovereign, land a parlia
mentary appointment for exercising
the sovereignty in tire person ot Trince
Regent v ......J .j '" .
1. George the Fourth. s
2. William the Fourth.
3. Victoria the First.
-Whom may God bless! But what is
to, be the next interruption? Liverpool
Courier. " .1
WATTE RSON TALKS:
He
Doe Not Appreberfcl Serious
Trouble; k. Kentucky. j
! New York,.'i,MarcK i6.--HenTy Wat
terson. of Louisville, docs not think
there will . be any serious-trouble in
Kentucky. : ; V ! ''''' f 'L---f.
("Matter ansim? out of the trubcr-
nstional contest and the j assassination
of Mr. Goebel," he said,! in an inter
view, "are in- the courts, and there they
will be adjudicated. ' I idon't believe
there will ; be any b!oodshed. In mv
opinion the courts will decide in favor
'of the democrats, and Ij believe that
all Kentuckians wiil respectfully abide
by the, decision of the courts.
"So far as the ; results of what may
MSow the arrests of the Imem charged
with t'he murder .of 1 Mri Goebel are
concerned, I have nothing to say, bit
I co thmk-rhere will be no serious ef
fort to thwart the operations! of exist
ing laws." ; i. . I '
Blessed are the horny hands of toil!
LowelL - . - . ;
a m.m mi
fcr Puerto Rico Passed the Sen
ate Yesterday, j
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE RIGHT
t
To Expend Million la the Island for rub
' 11c rarposea For a Better
. National Gaard.
WASHINGTON, March 6.4-After
a debate at times spirited, extending
over parts of two days, thesenate to
day passed the Puerto Ricah relief ap
propriation bill. As passed, th meas
ure Carries $2,095,000, the president be
ing! a'.Uhorized to use that sum "for
public feducatio, : public -works and
other governmental and public pur
poses"? in Puerto Rko. Allen, popu
list of 'Nebraska, offered an amendment
to the bill, declaring that the constitit.
tion extends over Puerto Rico,S"by its
own forced h-ut it was lost by a decisive
vote of 36 to 17- Jones, -democrat of
Arkansas, withdrew the free trade
amendment offered by him, and that
proposition therefore did not reach a
vote. Other efforts to' amend the bill
were fruitless. The vote was :as fol
lows: - j
Yeas Allison, Baker, Bard, iBeyer
idge, CaTter. Davis, Dcboe, 'Elkins,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Gallinger,
Gear, Hale, . Hanna. Hawley.i Kean,
Lindsay, Lodge. 'McBride, McComas,
McCumber, McMillan. Penrose, Per
kins, Pritchard, Quarles, Ross, j Sewel,
Shoup, Simon, Spooner, ; Thjurston,
iWarj-ens WcUington, Wetmore 36.
'Nays Allen, , Bacon, Bate, ! Berry,
Butler, Chilton,;, Oark (Mont.); Clay,
Cockrell, Culberson' Harj-is, Kenney,
'McLaurin,' Morgan, Rawlins, Tillman,
Turley 17. - j ' I
FAVOR THE MILITIA.
Washington, March 16.
Thel house
rs today di-
committeeon military affa
rectea a lavoraDie report
on the bill
increasing the appropriation for the
national guard and nvi
irary jof the
country from $400,000 to 52,000000.
NEED THE TRO DPS.j
Washington, March i6.--Befcirr the
committee on nwlitary afT; irs, this af
ternoon, Attorney Forney sasd the
present condition in the Coeur d'Ale.ie
dis-trict reqtirexf'fhb coniinued pres
ence of rmlitfilrjj forces, ah lough peace
and quiet j were "be'ng- rapidly restored.
T 1. -: j
. ; AFTER A TRUST, j
'Washington. March 16. Reprcsent
ative Fitzgerald, of Massa rhusetts, to
day introduced a rdsolir.ion in the
house, directing the attorri-eylgenera-of
the United! States to diicct the sev
eral district attorneys of the United
States, in their several disi ricts, to in
sJtkute proceedings against the Stand
ard Oil Company for a violation of
Che Sherman anti-trust law Th reso
lution, which was brought about by a
declaration of a $20,000,0 x dijvidemi
yesterday, by a company, s; ys the price
of kerosene was increased 3 dents a
gallon, during the period of tune of
the declaration of the dividend, and is
therefore, a. tax on every home iin the
land.
GEN. JOE WHEELER.
WILL CLAIM HIS SEAT I
LONGER HOUSK.
Nj THE
Believes Cbngfess'Vyill Recbgnize Him
as a Representative rrom tne
State of Alabama. 1
WASHINGTON. March 16. Gen
cral foe Wheeler said today tihat, as
soon as his resignation from the army
had been accepted by the president, re
intentied to make an issue as to his
right to a seat in the house or Repre
sentatives from Alabama. Hd will
present himself at the bar of the house
aiid ask to be sworn in. As he under
stood -lire rules, the speaker will have no
option, but must submit tne matter to
the hoti!
se."i Ccneral Wheeier was con-
fident the
decision would be in his
favor. . ,, ; I
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WAITING -FOR "OROKER.
New York Democrats Must Have Tlie
Boss at Home.
New York, March 16. The (Tribune
says: Owing to the probabffrty that
Richard Crokef, now nursing an in
jured leg in London, will not .return
home until some time in May,, the dem
ocratic leaders have about defTded to
deiay holding the state cegiVention,
which is to elect lour delegates-at-large
to the national convention, until the
last week in that month or the firstfweek
in junc. me state committee, wnicn
will fix a time and place, for hoiking the
state convention, will probabfymeet in
this city some time in April, .By that
time it isJbeiieved the exact time ot Mr.
Cmker's return will be known.
Tammany seems to have mad few
arrangements for the approaching na
tional convention. Everything is wait
ing for . Richard Croker's instructions.
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THE BRITISH LOAN. !
New York. March 16. J. P. Mor
gan today announced the - closing olf
the British war loan.. Tie: amount of
applications received -here was-i about
? 50,000,00a
SNOW AND SLEET.
New York Is Suffering From a
Blizzard Traffic Paralyzed. ,
New York. March 16. Nine inchrs
of sleet and snow covet the streets jof
ww lone tooay. ana 4000 men; are
battling with it in .Manhattan, 3000 more
oesng at work tn- Brooklyn: Traffic
has been.. paTtialljr , paralyzed in some
sections of the cfty since early morn
ing. During the early hours Brooklyn
bridge t traffic was practically blocked.
Sleet on the third rail supplying elec
tric power to the brid-ge cars cut off
the current, and a general blockade; was
the - resr.it. .-, . i I
The fall of snow in New lersev ;was
heavier than m the city. Trainrs were
delayed by the Vtorm and" mails were
several hours behind in their delivery.
No fatalities from the cold are report-
ed in the city, but the !ft 2 tl f) TV Knnia
and charitable institutions were crowd
ed with homeless. ' i
. . AGvVlKST RAILROADS. '
Attorney General of Nebraska Brim?i
a Big Suit.
Lincoln. Neb., March 1 16. Attorney
General Smythe today began a suit
against three Nebraska railroad com
panies, for damages aggregating $670,
000. The suits are against the Union
Pacific, the -Missouri Pacific, land the
Rock Island, for alleged violation of
the Nebraska maximum rate law.. The
action is remarkable in view of the fact
that the supreme court of the United
States held that the Nebraska Tate law
was unconstitutional. Attorney Gener
al Smythe contends the supreme court
has noi. passed upon the -merits of the
law as a whole. '
HEAVY SNOW STORM.
Texas, Oklahoma, and Indian Terri-
tory Are Suffering.
- ' r ' ' .-.'..
Dallas, Tiex., March- 16. Tle heavi
est snow storm in many years set :n
today, and is now falling over North
ern Texas,-Oklahoma and Indian- Ter
ritory.' 'Many places report six inches
of snow, and much suffering to live
stock is expected. -" J -
BUILDING RAILROADS.
Chicago, March 16. The Railroad
Age says: iMore miles of new railroad
were built in the United States last
year than any since li-foo. There is
every indication' that the present year
will witness -greater activity. In the
aggregate there are nearly 59.000 miles
CHARTERS IN DEMAND.
Washington. Mardi 16. Two hundred-
applications for charters for na
tional banks in small towns, under the
new act. have already been received by
the treasury department
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THE WEEK'S FAILURES.
New York. March l6.4-Duns Review
of Trade will say tomorrow: Failure,
for the week have been 198 in the
United States against 189 last year, and
last year. . 'j '
5X
TO ESCORT BRYAN
j
Oiympia .March .16. v number of
state officials- will go to Walla Walla
to meet . W. J. Bryan and; will accom
pany him through the state)
CHILDREN'S IDEALS.
An account of an interesting experi
ment recently conducted among sev
eral hundred children is given in -the
National Review. Two questions were
propounded to some five or 'Six hun
dred school children : for answers,
which were productive of odd results.
These -were the questions: V '"Which
would you rather be when you grow
up. a man or a woman, and why.'
v Udi limn , ui nujii.ii - x-i "v, 1 j u 11
have . heard, or read would you most
wish to be, and why?" !! .
Six hundred papers were received
and looked over by the 'questioner.
The answers of the children, who were
eleven to thirteen years! Old, showed
that the boys exhibited touches of
humor, while the girls took the affair
seriously. Also, the gicls exhibited
"1 wish to be ai woman .beda; thev
have much morej sense than .men,"
writes one. "A woman, because they
are braver than men; they can do
things quickly. Men are clumsy; be
sides, men drink," writes another. "A
wuniaii, tCLauc wonicii juh uu iiiin;b
while men are talking." writes a ihirn.
These strong-minded -damsels form only
about three and one-half per cent of
the whole.
- !'I would rather be a man," writes-an-,
ardent maiden of twelve, "because ''I
could be a soldier and helpiny coun
try. A.man 1:as many chances of beinjj
great, and women haven't. A mm c:;n
1. 1 1 .'tj
nuin. auu vvc ilia, wiic, JJUl ci wtfjUfid
ci:nnot. work for. a man; Her ;'w,v,'
would not be enough." f 'riiis writer
wants to be a Slfaltespearc. fA man'
writes another, "because i he is brave
nnd can fixht and explore and .gi.;;.
land for his country." Thfs sm;.M
maklen wants to be a Nels n: "1
wouM rather be a mm, '.ccause .1 r, fii
is UK-re useful anl rep i:talls.th:r.
v.. ni-inf especially when a wnijn t;.kts
to dr:iik: then she makes ii-mc uiis-en-Hc."
.
J.lany urge that i man lo -rs .cs -:cr.
One Jajs: T Avon.d rather be a n;;n.
rec.iti5e he has no worry proving; on
his mind, such as 'wom-n Lave. The
Miy woman I wouM care to. .We u
th; rit ten. because she is wilted cp.
e-erything is brought to .her. she n.vtr
has dishes to wash, and she ought to be
1 .. . . . A f
iiaiij. noiner says: v n&n.
course. ' He just has to get up and he
finds the fire lighted and breakfast
ready; he goes to work an 4 v hen he
comes home, tea is ready; th-n he docs
i.othing tut smoke his pipe and g "t
and do what he likes." i j
Say still others: ' T woull vish
be a poe or painter, and do nic; w.irk.
ukc inventing rnrngs out ; 01 your u
head." "I wish to be Patli. bv.innC
she has a great gift of song." 'Mrs.
Tfftr.iirs lwrani sh wit a wrilfT cf
poetiy, and hat is what I w.:n: t
be." ' "Mrs. Prowni.v. ber.tiisc she
wrote, good yoems and :s thought a
1 : (i up to the present time." "Jane
Taylor, because she wrote poc.rs we!l.
Ore she did is calle-i "Meddlesome
Matty." "Ellen Terry, so as to act
nice plays." "Ellen Terry, because
she plays before the queen and is rich,
and I want to be rich' Philadelphia
limes.
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