Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1901, Page 1

STABLISHED SHAW IS UNDECIDED JU Takes Under Advisement ths Praffer o Trensury Portfolis WILL RENDER HIS DECISION SPEEDILY Qloseted with Allisen as to Adv ability of Entering Cabinet. ; A CHIEF CONCERN 18 DANGER Tu %, j / Doss Kot Wish 1o Jospardine Necratary o. Agriouiture WASHINGTON LOOKS FOR ACCEPTANCE Hothing Unusunl for One 8tato to fjnve Two Cabinet Mombers=MoKinley and Cloveland Wutablivh Suoh a Procodeut, (From a Btaft Correspondent.) DE# MOINES, Doc, 24.—(8pecial Tele- gram.)—Qovernor Bhaw arrived hero at 10:30 tonight over the Groat Western, fresh from & long conforonce with Eenator Alll- son {n regard to the treasury portfollo, He ald: ‘The poeition of secretary of the treas- ury has not been formally tondered me, but 1 have boen asked to consider the matter and to state whether or not I would aceept 1t the place Is offered by President Roose- velt. I have taken tho matter under ad- visemont and will render a dectsion wita- out unnecessary delay." It 18 understood the governor has come home to consult with his family and fmme- diate business assoclatos in regard to the scceptance of the position. His first inti- mation of the place came when H. H. Koblsaat of Chicago called him up by long-distance telephone yester- | day and tcld him that the tender was to be | made to him and urged him to accept. He was then called to Dubuque, where Senator Alitson was clothed with authority to offer | him the position informally. | The chiet concern of both Shaw and Alll son was In regard 1o the danger to Secre- | tary Wilson if Shaw should go into the cablnet at this time. They and others do not wish to do anything that will endanger Wilson's place in the cabinet Govornor Shaw on his return home went direct to his rooms in the Victoria and sald he would make no further statement. His friends wiil urge upon him to accept at once. Appointment Dellghts Towans, The news of the appointment of Govérnos Lesllo M. Shaw of lowa (0 bo successor -0 Bocretary Gage in the cabinet of President Roosevelt, was received today with pleasure by his Towa friends and republicans gen- | erally. When tho first rumors to that ef- fect came on Monday evening the peopla generally regarded them with Indifference, because of the fact that such rumors had been current many times before. Then there was Incredulity bocause of a general beifef | that Town was not a big enough state for two cabinet positions at once. But today, when the definite news came, there was | groat rejolcing When Governor Shaw left for Dubuque Iate last night to consult with Senator Alli- ®on ho Insfsted that he knew nothing what- ever of the matter and had no knowledge | beyond what he got from the newspapers. | He admitted, however, that he was aware that large banking interests in New York were working to have him go in the cabinet Welther his friends in lowa nor any of the | leading politiclans in the state bad been eonsulted in regard to the matter. It came | as a complete surprise to all of them, Plans Made. Previously ‘The governor had been planning either to roturn to the little city of Denison and re- engage in his business there, or to form some cennectton with business affairs he He 18 largely interested in a comparatively young insurance company dolng a business on the assessment plan, which company has boen remarkably successtul of late, and it was understood he had contemplated be- coming one of the general officers and re- | maining here in Des Moines, He made in- ! vestments two years ago in rice land in! Texas, which has since become valuable as | ofl land, and he has thus largely increase B wealth. It wos understood he was de- sirous of retiring from office to engage in buainess and he bhad Lecn looking forward | to retirement for some time with pleasure, Governor Shaw 1s just closing four years in the governor's office, He first became known as a student of national affairs 1596, when he made epeeches for the gold standard which attracted some attention. | It was In the next year, when ho was noml- | mated for governor by reason of a peculiar | combination of circumstances which m'l‘lw-j @il other unavallahle, that ho first attained prominence. His name had not been men- tloned for the place until about two months | before the convention, when he was brought out as a “dark horse candidate, and by peason of his geographical location, rather than because of his wide acquaintance i the people, he was nominated and elected governor. Abundantly Qualified. Since he has been governor fln\'rruul" Bhaw has made a study of national affairs | and has become widely known one of the ablest speakers in the country on the financial question. He has spoken before | commerelal bodies all over the country and greatly pleased his hearers. When he was fn Washington at the time McKinley's #econd Inauguration he was walted upon by Bocretary Gage and others and his advi was sought In regard to weighty financial matters. It {8 agrced that he Is abund- antly qualified for the position and will make a great secretary of the treasury With Governor Shaw in the Treasury de- partment, lowa will have two cabinet mem- bers. James Wilson of the Agricultural de- partment is & great favorite in lowa and it 18 not belleved he will be asked to step out of the cabinel. lowa, with a congressional delegation recognized as unusually strong, will have not only two cahinet officers, the Warector of the mint and the solleitor ot the treasury, but the speaker of the house and the virtual leader of the senate. There &re also a large number of lowans in minor positions at Washington. o as Hix Antecedents, Leslia Mortier Shaw was born in Morris- stown, V., November 2, 1845, He is the son of Baardman Ozias Shaw, whose father, Ebenczer Shaw, was of the earliest scttlers and first selectmen of Morristown His mother was a daughter of Jason Spauld g, a te er of some reputation in eastern part of New York state. In early chiltheod his father moved to ® furm in Stowe, Vi, where Governor Shaw spent his minority. He received his early | ACoutinued on Second Page. | | tused by the | 18 considered at | of the the | NE FRANCE WILL NOT BE LENIENT Republic P . o Higid in with erucin, . Vens PARIS fated 4 last diplomatic the good been has at Instruct the to plead he quis Leon Y. Castillo, has laid the posals of Venezuela before the French gov- stument and they will shortly be taken fnto " asideration. The basis of the s tollows rement of the Fren O olutions of 1842, 1808, 1600 and are within a perfod which shall not exteed-one yenr. Venezuela demands that in the future that France, like Italy, shall recognize the Venezuelan courts as hav ing Jurisdiction decide French claims and that the dutles imposed on Venezuelan ocoftee {mported into France shall re- moved. The French government lntends, if it conditions are not accepted soon, to impose probibitive import duties on Venezuelan cacao, T4 per cent of the crop of which is consumed by this country. If this measure were to be put futo effect it would ruin Venezucla, who would not know where to place her cacao. The Caracas Chamber of Commerce, real- 12ing the danger, has written to the Cha bers of Commerce at Havre, Bordeaux anl Marseilles to the effect that it is endeavor- 1ng to induce the government of Venezuela to listen to r in order that an under standing may be arrived at It is sald that Cecilio Castro, who been already charged with a diplomatic and financial mission in France, which was far from successful, will leave Caracas Decem ber 28, in order (o sabmit the memoran- dum reviced by President Castro The correspondent learns on thority that the French government termined not to lentent, having years ngo, accepted a protocol, signed General Pletri, the authorized repr tive of Venezuela, which was afterward re- government of Venezuela. It the French Forelgn offic that Senor Castro’s voyage will be useless unless he es with him a document, signed by President Castro, which would become a protocol and would have to be ac- cepted by the Venezuelan Congress before the French government ratified it. DEPLORE EXISTéNCE OF WAR Englixh Dec, 1 spondence of 1 Press.) — Venezuela in her relations with France, even after offices of the United had ea to assist in the negoti s got the Spanish government Spanish ambassador in P fai year attempt to renew States Jast cause pro- 1899, be good au- is do five by ta- apers Comy on Dis- turbances Extending Over Three Chri LONDON, Dec third year in suecc crgaged in war, “Christmas for the slon finds the country is the burden of the ed- ttorials in the London papers this morniug, | and regrets are expressed that the casuaity list issued today totals forty-nine men killed and seventy-one wounded. Satisfac tion, however, is found In the fact that the | process of attrition brings the end of the struggle perceptibly nearer. Compensation I likewlse found in the undiminished loy- alty displayed by the colonists Christmas brought a change of weather conditions in Europe, where the severe fros and snow have given way to cold rain and sleet. In London the wretched weather threw a certain gloom over the festivities. Shop keepers suffered heavily, as the down pour kept thousands of people indoors. Among the great clties of the world New York Is regarded as having the greatest cause to rejolce for material prosperity. Rome and §i. Petersburg are falrly pros perous, but Parls and Berlin are suffering from bad trade conditions, T prince and princess of Wales presided yosterday at the annual distribution of glfts, joints of beef, ete, to the tenants at | Sandringham, on behalf of the absent king LOOK FOR A CONCILIATION on soon Powers Expe le ana Ca Argentine [ e to Terma, BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 24.—(Via. Galves- ton.)—Sonor Alcorta, Argentine minister of foreign affairs, has sent a telegraphic com munication to Florencio L. Dominguez, the minister of Argentine to Great Britain, in | which he iuforms the latter of the renewal of concilintor; tine and Chile. This step was order that Senor Dominguez ma inform the arbitration committe persons Intereste in the situation. Documents putting an end to the present state of affairs probably will be signed by both Argentine and Chile at Santiago to- night. The Argantine government has tele graphed to Senor Portela, minister of that country to Chile, to reenter Into negotia- tions with Senor Yanez, the Chile ter of forelgn afMairs, and they have author- 1zed their representative to sign the docu monts terminating the present situation, TO EMPLOY AMERICAN ADVISER Chin taken in officially and other of the new developments e Advice | elgn Affairs VICTORIA, B, C,, Braemer, which arrived the Orient, brings pews that the Chinese court has decided to evgnge an American adviser. Tne name of the official Is not glven by the oriental papers, but the Chinese press states that the salary is to be $15,000 a year. The Japan Mail, commenting on this, says It is a wise step for China to take. for, although its statesmen need no counsel in their domestic policy, they are un- learned in regard to dealings with foreign countries Doe. 24.~The st Iast night mer CECIL RHODES' NEW HOME South African Dir LONDON, Dec. 24.—Cecil Rhodes, man- aglug director of the Bricish South Africa company, has just purchased the Dalham- Hall . pear Newmarket, which com- prises an imposing Georgiun residence built estat | in 1704 by Bishop Ely, und 3475 acres of fine shooting Dalham for about £100,000. The ostate bas been in the possession Affieck family for two centuries and 18 pow the residence of Sir Robert Affleck Queen St Lmproyes, LONDON, Dec The health of Queen Alexandra still fmproves, but it will be im- possible for her majesty to leave London this week. The prince and princess of Wales will spend Christmas day at York cottage with their childrea. | having proposals | h claims arfsing | negotlations between Argen- | n minis- | trom | Corperation with Ten Million Dollars Onp- ital is Organizs T. Mevery of Fort Dodge, of Incorporators—Other fices In Chicngo, St and Bufralo, Town One O~ Louis CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—The consolidation ot twenty-five companies controlling the prin- | elpal gypsum ficlds of the United States was effected today under the name of the Unitel States Gypsum company. The com- pany has a pald-up capital ot $10,000,000. It | will have no bond Issue and its stock will { not be offered for sale, as it has been un- combine Tho company’s avowed purpose is to de- velop the use of gypsum in the manufac- ture of plaster as against that of lime. George D. Emery of Boston, 8. T. Mevery of Fort Dodge, Iu.; W. A. Avery of Detroit, | Hewltt Boice of Kingston, N. Y., compose the advisory committee of the new com- pany. Although Incorporated in New Jor- sey the principal ofico of the company will be at Chicago, with distributing branches at Omaba, St. Louls and Buffalo TARGETS FOR THE WARRIORS Party of Americn Theilling T4 America, Sclentints t Has new in So | NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—J. B. Falrbank of | Provo City, Utah, arrived here tonight on the Atlas liner A from South American | ports. He was a member of a party of | nine which set out from Provo City to | obtain specimens, alive or dead, of the | and flora of Central and South ana | America | Others of the party fell sick and some | of them were targets for rebel bullets in the southern portion of Colombla when | they attempted to reach the coast in order | to seek their way home. The party left | twe months ago, all on horseback, to collect animals, birds, pelts and plants | for the Brigham Young academy. After | exciting adventures they left Mexico and | proceeded to the interior of the country. In Guatemala four of the adventurers were stricken down with fever and taken to Port Limon. Fairbank and the remainder of the party pressed on and quantitles of | valuable specimens were shipped to tho | school. Again the band split up and two sought to go down the west coast, intend- Ing to reach Valparalso, and were targets for rebel sharpshooters, after they had been | warned by rebel officers. Finally all but | Fairbank succeeded in reaching the coast | and there found an avenue of escape. All suffered from disease contracted un der the intense heat of the tropical sun. | Falrbank proceeded up the Magdalena river | about 400 miles and stayed with a planter until a chance offered itself a month later to get to Santa Marta, where he took the | Andes for New York. Fairbank says that, although he has traveled thousands of miles and endured almost untold hardships, the trip was a success from a scientific standpoint. iSELLS HIS HERITAGE TO SISTER Thomas Wall Dollars Takes Five Hundred Mis Share of ortune, CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—~Thomas Wallace, the {only brother of Edna Wallace Hopper, the | actress, and Joint heir to a fortune of over $200,000, today re linquiehed his claim to the estate for $5600 cash and a promise of $100 | month during his life. The negotiations | were carried on secretly at the Auditorfum | annex, and as woon as the agreement was signed Miss Hopper, with her attorney, went to New York, just twenty-four hours after they arrived In Chicago Thomas Wallace has lived in Chicago for years and Is engaged in the saloon busin-ss M Wallace, the mother, after being a | widow for many years, married A. L. Duns- | muir, & wealthy Californian, the marrisg tak place after Edon Wallace a- | vorced from Do Wolf Hopper. A few weeks !after the marriage Mr. Dunsmuir died leaving his widow the entire cstate. Soon after Edna Wallace Hopper an- nounced that she would never marry again as loug her mother was living, and while she wus preparing for a visit with her, she received word of her mother's | death. found was as that of Mrs. Dunsmulr had left the bulk her fortune hek daughter and | #50,000 to her son to be paid to him when | ke reached the age of 45 years, Since the death of his mother Thomas Wallace has | frequently appealed to his sster for assist- anc to eeling that some kind of an agreement should be made with her brother, Miss Hop- | per came to Chicago, accompanied by her attorney, a member of the legal®irm of Howe & Hummel, and her ma'd. The party arrived last night at the Auditorium annex Thomas Wallace met them at the hotel and at the end of a long conference a | stenographer was called and an agreement dictated by which he relinquished h's inter. est o his sister for the consideration named EXPELLED MEMBERS APPEAL | Brokers red fr Chicago Are SUN Flghting in Court. CHICAGO, Dec. 24—The expulsion ¢ Arthur R. Jones and Michael J. Ryan, presi- dent and secretary respectively of A. R. Jones & Co., brokers on the Board of Trade. was pronounced effective and valid by Judg Hanecy today when he dissolved porary injunction obtained befo Tuley December 20, to restrain the board | from enforcing the act of expulsion and de- | priving the traders of their privileges in the grain pit The expelled members will appeal thelr | case. REMEMBERS THE LITTLE ONES resident Rooseve Buy Christmas Presen for Pupi the tem- Judge Sends Money (o NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Miss Sarah Pro- vost, teacher at the small district school at Cove Neck, L. L. near Oyster Bay, Presi- dent Roosevelt's home, received a generous check from the president today. The check presents for her pupils. Mr. Roosevelt's children formerly attended the Cove N. hool and before he became governor it was his custom every year to play’ Santa Claus sud prosent gifte to all the pupils in person, 1 DEVELOPS GYPSUM IN MAKING PLASTER | | derwritten by the parties entering into the | is to be used for the purchase of Christmas | WESTERN OFFICE 1N OMAHA | CHRISTMAS AT WHITE HOUSE (NEW BUILDING AMD FA Big Tarkey U ~Roosevelt tribution to Servants amil ollowing Castomuary Celebration, WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Eighty-seven ble turkeys were distributed to the White Houge policemen, messengers, servants, gar deners and stablemen today with the com- pliments of the president. Each turkey had on it a card b ing the season’'s compli ments. The distribution was the largest ever made at the White House President McKinley always gave turkeys to White House employes, but the list of reciplents Wwas never so large as that of today. | Express wagons, mail carriers and mes | sengers bore numerous packages to the Vhite House today—presents to the Roose- velt fandily from friends and admirers throughout the country, Many of the pack- ages were for the children, who will not be allowed to have them until tomorrow he program at the White House tomor- row will follow the program of the family in former years. There will be no Christ- mas tree, as a tree has never been part of the celebration of Christmas in the Rocse- velt family. The children, however, all | hang up their stockings and thev will ariso { early tomorrow to visit them and ascortain | what Santa Claus has left for them. Later |In the morning the children will assemble [n the library, there to receive gifts from | their father and mother. In the afternoon the Roosevelt Juveniles will g0 to the home of their uncle and aunt, Captalu and Mrs. Cowles, to see a pretty Christmas tree and |recelve other presents. The Christmas | dinner will be served at 7:0 and only the family will be present. On Thursday, if the weather permits, it I8 probable that the Roosevelt family, including the president, will go down the Potomac river on a crulse. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is golug on a hunt- {Ing trip with Dr. Rixey and is verv anxlous that bis tather should accompany him, The president is inclined to do 1t pubiin business will permi*. Fven If the presidont cannot go, it {s the present intention of Mrs. Roosevelt and some of the other chil dren to accompany Dr. Rixey and Theo- dore, ir. ENGINEERS CHANGE PLACES High s0 Offcinls Wil e Positions First G of ven New Yenr, WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Orders issued today make several important changes In the stations and duties of high officers in the corps of, engineers. Colonel Garrett J. Lydecker, at present at Detrolt, is ordered to Cincinnati, He will relieve Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H Handbury of his duties as division engineer of the central division, and Major W. H Bixby of the work in his charge, reporting | to the secretary of the treasury for duty | a8 engineer of the fourteenth lighthouse district Lieutenant Handbury will take station at San Francisco, Cal., relieving Lieutenant “olonel C. E. L. B. Davis of the fortifica- tion and river and harbor and of other du- ties, including that of englneer of the Twelfth lighthouse district. Colonel Davis will proceed to Manila for duty as engineer officer on the staff of the ! commanding geveral and for, 47 8 senior momber of the board of oM&™ s appointed last September, to report om Yie subject of the defense of the important harbors of the Philippine slands and relieve Major Clin- ton B. Sears of these duties. Major Sears has been assigned to command the second battallon of engineers, now serving in the Philippines. Major Bixby, on being relleved of his present dutles at Cincinnati, will take sta- tion at Detroit, Mich., assuming charge of the work now under the direction of Colonel Lydecker. Captain Willlam L. Sibert has relleved Major Charles F. Powell of his du- ties at Pittsburg. Major Powell has been transferred to New London, Conn. ARCHIE ROOSEVELT WHALED Preslde; sintenc s Son Castignted for Per- in Examining Christ- mas Packages. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Like many an- other young American, Archibald Roosevelt !got & whaling today as an appetizer for his Christm: Scores of mysterious bun- dles have been arriving at the White House today and each was immediately consigned [ to the custody of “Mame,” as the children affectionately term Mrs. Mary Ledwlth, their nurse. Young Archibald was persistent in efforts to examine one pac of mystery which attracted his attention. When cau- When the will was probated it was tion was of no avail he promptly recelved | trom his a good, old-fashioned nurse, who {s not used little boys, This youngster is the one who has availed himself of his mother's busy life to slide his dog down the bannisters and to walk | on his stilts through the deep mold in the flower beds. {WISHES A MERRY CHRISTMAS | | President Roosevelt Gives Greetings | to His Ansociates at White House, spanking to nonsense from WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—While the cab- inet was in session today President Roose- velt was called into the anteroom to see Chief Justice Fuller. When the chief jus- { tieo left the president followed him to the | door and then room and he pleasantly wished those as- sembled there a merry Christmas. He then crossed over to the room in which the cler- feal force of the Whito House was at work and extended his greetings to, the clerks. I wish you all a very merry ‘Christmas," sald he, “a very merry Christmas and very many of them." WANTS NO C « stepped out into the ante OURT OF INQUIRY Milea Says Rumor N Wit ority, ral of Hix Intent out Aut WASHINGTON, Jec. 24.—Lieutenant Gen- eral Nelson A. Miles returned to the city | today trom nis brief visit to New Foric. ‘che | general declined to discuss the question of reprimand given' him by the secretary of | war for his published observations on the report of the verdict of the court of inquiry in the Schley case and in reply to inquirles as to his future course in the matter sald he had no statement to make. He did say, | however, that the report that he would ap- | ply for a court of inquiry was entirely un- authorized | - General Seamans Improves, WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—~The condition | of Adjutant General Seamans of California, k | who was seriously ill here, is reported as | considerably improved tonight. His pulse is stronger, the respiration deeper and the patient was able to take some nourlshment during the day, Lieutenant | his { (TORY g Btructare to Be Added te Bemis Bag Compeay Plaat. | TO BE LARGEST BAG FACTORY IN WORLD | ca Begin Man | an 1 ar Al Operntives, facture of New pany Wil orse Binnkets, ‘ to Omahn, n " Adait | - | A new buiiding and among the things which placed Omaha’'s Christmas stocking is morni {and the donor is the B s Bag company The plans for the new building were ap | proved and received in Omaha yesterday. | This building will be erected at the north | west corner of Eleveuth and Jackson | stroets and will be known as building D of the company, three other b dings now | being in use. The new stey ploy Many a new factory arc are in 5 will be six high with a basement and will cover area of 66x132 feet. In addition construction of this building the company | will Increase the capacity of building “B, the “L" of which connects buildings “A" | and “c.* This bullding now consisis of a basement and one Two stories will | be added to this, the ent occupied by the plant floo: 198 toet equare, or 1,188 square fec f space. Part of thi occupled | King & Smead, but part | any. bullding stories | story making space equal to six s t of floor ace 18 b the major the | voted to the work of Work to Be Fashe Work on the new bu as soon as the frost fs out of the in the spring and it will be pushed | completion as raptdly as possible, it being | hoped that it can be occupled by next fall As soon as the building Is completed the company will begin manufacture horse blankets, a line not made in Omaha at this time. This new feature will requir: the employment of fifty additional « tives at first, and as the condition of warrants the force will be increased to about 100. The company now employe be- tween 150 and 200 operatives fn its different branches of work The engine and bollers not heing of suf- clent capacity for the growing nceds the business, will be replaced with finest and latest improved power The entire plant will direct electri connected and will constitute the largest and finest bag equipment in the world |ALGER IS SLOWLY GAINING ful s € ling will be started ground ade t levices be Patient s Ch Regard Hope! DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 24.—General R. A, Alger, who was operated on last Saturday, passed a fair day. A disturbance of his stomach occurred this afternoon which r sulted in an Increase of his fever. Tonight, however, the fever Is gradually going down. He Is taking water by the stomach tonight for tho first time. Following is the phy- sician’s bulletin, issued at 10 p. m.: “Goneral Alger passed a falr day. His temperature tonight 15 100.2 and his pulse 70. At § o'clock a slight disturbance of the stomach occurred, followed by an increase In the fever. The other conditions remain satisfactory. C. I JENN M. D Dr. Jennings sald tonight that it General Alger's condition continues as good as it is today he can be considered as past the crit- fcal stage tomorrow. “He will, however, be in a serious condition,” said Dr. Jennings, “tor a week longer. The general himself is cheerful.” DETKOIT, Dee At | Alger was resting quietly. was 100.3, His temperaturc CLEVELAND IS FAR FROM WELL President Has Not Left His Room for Weekn, Five PRINCETON, N. J Grover Cleveland made | ment today concerning | former president: The regard to Mr. Cieveland's heaith hay { parently been construed as Mdicating | entire recovery. 'Ihly Is shown by 4 newal of all sorts of appllcations. for sorts of things which can hardly be con- sidered even by a man in robust health He has already received severe eplstolary chastisement at the hands of those who oo impatent] \g fOF answers to letier | which or have been written While ('8 health 15 such to entirely relieve his fricnds from any prehensions, he is yot far trom weil has not betn able to leave his room nearly five weeks SENATOR HOLDING HIS OWN w Spe! Condition Worne, Dec the folloy the health 24, 8 Mrs state- of the and for 1 Ha and Sew but No CAMDEN, N. J.,, Dec. 24.—United Statos Senator Willlam Sewell wns reported to- night by his physicians a8 holding his own He s practically in the eame condition as he has been for the last three of four days During this afternoon the senator had a weak spell, but recovered toward evening for the worst Is at present anticipated, FURNITURE MEN TO UNITE Manufacturers Discuss Idea of For ing Awsoclat rotection, INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 24.—An effort s | being made to form a national organization of furniture mauutacturers. J. N, Nind of Chicago and C. C. Loring of Boston, pro- moters, met a number of local furniture men here tonight and explained the project to them. The idea, it Is stated, is to organ- | tze for “mutual protection,” mot to raise prices, Messrs. Nind and Loring are visiting the manufacturers throughout the country and it is thought likely that an organization { will be formed soon. The feeling here favorable to organizatios | CITIZENS CAEERE FUGITIVE After Hard I Chase Charles Kerfuss Cought and Ar- rested, WORTHINGTON, Minn., Dec. 24.—Charles Kerfuss, who Is wanted at Hays City, Kan for larceny, burglary, breaking jail shooting with intent to kill, was arrested here today. Kerfuss broke away and r Citizens with teams took up the trail and after a chase Kerfuss was surrounde He grabbed u neckyoke and fought, but wa | finally overpowered. The sheriff from Kan | sas is here and will return with the pr oner as soun as extradition papers can be | secured. and of | 1 o'clock General | reports that have heen published in | One of his physicians said that no change | ION OF THE WEATHER | CONDIT Thur Nebraska ¥ Wednesday Variable Winds iperatare at Omaha Yesterday: Dew. Dex a8 as i a7 i s s 1 s LAUNCHING OF MISSOURI Cere Attended hy the Stace. ST, LOUIS, Dec. 24.~The excursions to Newport News to participate in the launch- ing and christening of the new battleship | Missourl will leave St. Louis Thursday at noon ulsiana Purchase company will be represented by Corwin H. Spencer, who will be accompanied by Mrs. Spencer. The of Missourl will be esented by eutenant Governor John Lee, at the t of Governor Dockery. The lleutens governor will be accompanied by Mrs and daughter, Virginia, who has been by Miss Marlon Cockrell, who christens the ship, as one of her party Colonel Bardurt t others will be of party Mis. sourl will be launched on S n- ber at Newport tor Cockrell will make the address at the launching and Vice President cer of the Loulsiana Purchase company and Lieu tenant Governor Lee will speak at banquet Saturday evening BRINGS BODY FROM ISLANDS Party Reach of m T L | reque Lee designated and a numbe Thursday turday Va the Do o 28 News 1 ~ Indiana wit Belknap Phitip [ ot Dec. 24.—Congressman Marlon this afternoon ancisco, accompanied his Meta Belknap, widow of Major Hugh R. Belknap, who died over month ago in the Philippines, and Cadet George W. Steele, jr., of the Asiatic squad ron. They brought the body of Major Belk- nup home They le from body MARION Ind arrived from I children, Mrs in San by were met at the station and relatives and friends, and a squ the National Soldiers' Home. Thi was taken to the Steele home, wh ha it will le in st ernoon, when the Ste Washington, where the and burlal Arlington ce Mrs a by unless plans are until tomorre BTy [oaves funeral will will follow ged for take place where in etery TELEPHONES FROM THE WATER red Wor Record, a the o Dec. 24.—Captain Louis Sarcho roke the world's record for re- maining u T water in a diving suit. In a big tank the Coilseum he lay immersed under ten feet of water for nine hours. The best previous hievement of the Kind was efght Lours and thirty finutes. | Sarcho made tonight's performance novel by | taking a spectally constructed telephone ap | paratus down with him and talking at will | from under the water with friends through | out the eity r securing connection by { means of the regular telephone exchanges. Sarcho 1s the diver whose exploits in ex- ploring the wreck of the battleship Maine attracted attention In the harbor of Havan RAISE ti Mo CHICA tonight at aft YES’ will WAGES ¥ EMPLO Tra Cony More eyt PHILADELPHIA, Dec Trection company, which trols every street car line in this city and employs upward of 5,000 motormen and conductors, will Increase these wags from 18 to 19 cents an hour anuary 1. This is the result of much agitation among the employes for some time A meeting of tho men waa held geveral days ago and a vote taken on the question of declaring a strike. Those opposed (o striking won ~The Union Arthur Egan, the Lake Wi in Decornted by v fan [l ward CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Arthur 17-year-old hero of 120 live. In Lake Michigan, has been Bdward VII, King of England, for his hero- ism. Yesterday young Egan was notified that a gold medal of tho Royal Humane so- clety, bestowed by King Edward In recog- nition of the daring of a British subject, awalted him fgan is the first resident of the United States to recelve such honor. He Is a British subject by reason of his birth in Canada |MAKES ATTACK ON OFFICER rri Fatally While Attempting ¥ Egan, the aving exploits decorated by Colored roin Shot to cape NWORTH, Dee. 2 colored, of St. Joseph, Mo., while under arrest, attempted to escape this by knocking down Officer Baskas taking him to the station striking the man in the { inflicting a fatal wound | Broaddus was assaulting a child, mother's sereams brought the officer on the scene, ARCHITECT KILLS CARPENTER ble LEAVE Chase Broad- who was The officer fired, back of the head, Arines of W Tro| Over rk Betw M Settlement en the BEAUMONT, Tex., Dec. 24.—W. F, Stein- man of the firm of Whitney & Steinman, architects and builders, shot and kibled J A. Kinney, a carpenter, who had been In the employ of the Steinman firm occurred when the stores and sidewalks thronged with people. The trouble between the mon grew out of a settlement for work done by Kinney were nis of Ocean Vessels, Dee, ples—Arrived | Moy At York | At from burk At W At P At Flymolith—§ from Hamburg, for AL Queenstown—Arrived Noordland | from Philadelphia, for Liverpool, and pro: | ceeded, N Calabria, from New Cherb, New Arri via irg York d: Pennsylvania Plymouth, for Ham: Auckl clsco, via no—Arrived Honolul | from 8an |E Syduey, N I Nang—Sail Noyune (from f Waldersee the | |RECEIVES MEDAL FROM KING | morning | It is alleged that | whose | The shooting | 'BOSTON STORE BLAZE in Fhow Windew es Up. | Decerated Christmas Try Buddenly ! FIRE CONFINED TO FRONT WINDOWS Decorative Display and Plate Glam Partly Destreyed by Fire, SOME DAMAGE BY SMOKE AND WATER Goeds en Main Flosr Buffer Somewhat as | Result of Blazs. LOSS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET | Proprietors Unwilling to Hasard an stimate, ns No Examination 1as Been Made of the Stoek in Store, Fire at 8:45 last night 44 damage to an undetermined extent at the Boston store, Tho flames were confined t show win- | dows on the Sixteenth slde of the buildiag, but amoke and water did consider- | able damage to the stock of goods In the front part of the store on the main floor, and smoke, which permeated the bullding may have had a damaging o elsewhere No attempt was to exumina the last night, the insurance men and propri tors agrecing to let the matter go over until today The blaze started (n the show window | Just north of the clevator, whore the dec ated Christmas tre S eral hundred tiny u in illuminating the the connection on one tive In some way. trimmings beeame hour when traffic in the ebb, hardly half the usual number of cus tomers being present, and half | torce of employes being out at supper. | tact obv y approach to a panic street m stoek was dfsplayed bulbs wer and it 18 thou of these was defe 80 that the tree and It et ignited was at ata low the This one ¥ Flre Service, When the alarm Mr. K Drandels had the hose of the store’s emer fire department laid down, but it lacked a few feet of reaching to the win dow where the tree blazing. 1t suf flced to keep the flames confined t windows, however, and when th got there the matter of extingui mes was easy As soon as it was found that the atoro was in dangoer, the smoke filling the main room until breathing was dificult, the peo ple were warned, and all left with little no confusion. The rear entrance was opened, and from this tho main cn trance on the corner exit ready. Many rumors of accidents and the like were heard, but none verified. So far as known nobody was hurt, and no one lost anything | Ca Hour, was given ey of was firemen shing the 1 ¢ nt Fortunaie 0 long as It had tha “It was very fortunate to happen,” kald Mr. Hugo Brandels, the fire came when it did. Christmas eve trade is usually the heaviest of the year and we were looking to an uncommonly large crowd. At that hour In the is the dullest time of the day, and whi were a good many people in « trading, nothing like the crowd present that would have been there | hour iater. No panic occurred, The people | were asked to leave the store, and while all went out hurriedly, they went quietly | ana with little or no confusion. Our em | ployes conducted th with the greatest coolness and every precan | tior prevent any panie. Our building {is constructed on fireproof lines and there was never any real danger the hoso lines belonging to the store sufficient {to confine the flames to the window. Had the hose been ten longer fire would have been confined to the Christmas tree.” n it cvening wan an mscives took were feet the ke from Waoter and Smoke “We had our hose within a minute after the of fire ralsed sald Mr. Emile Brandeis, “but the line was | too short to ch the tree. It was enough p the blaze in the window and ou main room, though, and the only the main stock sustaiued was from water and smoke. It is impossible to tell | tonight how extengive the damage 15, as | agreed with the insurance men to walt {until tomorrow before looking over the stock. What goods had fn the show | windows are a total loss, but at this time | thera were not many goods displayed, the | windows heing chicfly filled with Christmas | decorations, Three of the large ehow win- | dows on the Sixteenth street side are a total loss. It will take about $1,000 to replace |1t You can guess at the damago to the | stock as well as 1 can.” | It has been the practice of Messrs. Bran- | dels & Sons to pay off thelr employes on the [ night before Christmas, and no exception was made 1ast nlght. After the fire was out the clerks, bookkecpers, cash girls, porters and all hands were glven their money and & wish for a “Merry Christ- mas” It possible the store will be opened for business on Thursday morning. This will depend on the scttlement with the insurance people. Ren | “While we have lost | trade of the season ald Hugo Brande we are thankful that none of our peop was hurt. It 15 a singular colncidcnee that the fire started at the time, In tho same window, as did that disastrous blaze which destroyed the entire stock and store eight years ago. That was on Saturday night, and one of the biggest nights in the woek, 100, TRAIN DASHES Goes Through own down we r of Oth the heaviest night's INTO CATTLE Large KAin mber. rd at Wigh speed, N MATTOON, 111., Dec ern limited, the fastest passenger train on the Big Four system, narrowly escaped dl aster yesterday afternoon near Kansas, Ed gar county. Engincer Edgar Whit pulling elght coaches iy la holiday passengers at a sixty-mile- clip, Coming down the stock farm the engineer saw a herd of 200 cattle being driven the track. It was too late to stop and with remarkable | n White pulled the throttle and, going terrific speed, struck the herd in the middle, grinding ten animals w pleces Head hoofs and ¢ cases were thrown hundreds of feet, Tha ngine pilot and the steps of the first conch | were torn off and the whole train spl in blood. No part of the traln loft the track. The disabled englue was replaced at this city, ~The Southwest- was with n-h grade Baber's hea near acro orve wide open at the engine was she