Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 27, 1902, Page 1

—— SILVER DROPS LOW Touches the Lowest Point Ever Becorded iz New York Oity. LONDON IS ALSO GREATLY ALARMED Fears Deoline Will Injuriously Affect Trade with India and East. SIAM WILL DISCONTINUE FREE COINAGE Bombay Likewise Reports Heavy Depreoi tion of White Metal. SMALL MERCHANTS ARE ALONE SATISFIED Certificates Away to Puying Them Exceed- ingly Cheap for Cash in i Ship Many Fri melal Centers 26.—The continued de- eline in the price of silver causes consid- erable comment in financial circles. According to the best informed houses §t is regarded as being directly due to China flood:ng the market with silver m payment of the indemnity to the powers. Prior to the recent disturbances China was a large buyer of silver in London but now the balance of trade is reversed and instead of China taking silver in return for tea, silk . iiicles tmported into the United Kingoom it has to ship silver in payment of manufactured articles sione, witbout the large Indemnity di bursements, 1s considered sufficient to ac- count for the deprecistion in the value of the metal. It is pointed out that even If China paid the indemnity in gold the re- sult would be the same, as it wowd have 1o send the same quentity of silver to Eu- $0ope in arder to buy gold The Chinese contention that China should pay the indemnity at the higher rate of exchange in force when the recent peace treaty wae signed finde some support among the leuding English houses, who are not only mlarined at the prevailing conditions on account of their far castern trade, but also on sccount of their large commerce with India. New NEW YORK, Nov. 26—Today's further declines in the price of silver fixed a new low record in the history of the world. It was mueh commented upon in banking cir- cles, causing considerable snxiety among merchants doing business with China and the far east. To bankers, however, the most signifi- cant news of the day was the cable advices to the effect that the Siamese government had instructed the mint to immediately cease the free coinage of silver. Colncident with this development was the decline to- y of silver at Bombay to & level several points beiow London. An interesting feature of the drop in sil- ver was the advantage reaped by laundry- men and small merchants of the Mott street district through being able to purchase silver bills at 8o low & rate. They flocked down town today cash in hand, sending heavy remittances to friends at home. Most of them were surprised at the large sums allowed for the amount turned in. In New York commercial bars were quoted at 473 cents per ounce and Mexican dollars nt 37 cents. MEXICO, Nov. 2 —The unsettled con- @ition of the foreign exchange market con- tinues. The banks and private bankers scarcely know how to sell exchange, most of them refusing any large business pend- ing more definite information. There is Do settled rate and transactions were made at 178 premium today PRAISES THE FAIR SCULPTURES Advisery Commitiee Finds Little to Alter in St. Louis Decora- tions. LONDON, Nov k in Alarmed. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26.—The advisory com- mittee of sculptors submitted its report today on the subject of sculptural decora- tions of the Louisiana Purchase exposi- | tion. The report in part follo We find the scheme admirable. It is harmonious, large in scope and logical in sequence. We find a happy combination of reslistic and symbolical subjecte which will give ample scope for the highest expression of American sculpture The commitiee has felt the necessity of gying more importance to the Loulsiana urchase monument, and combining with it some lmportant sculptures, expressing more emphatically the incident of the transter of Loulsiana to the United States, which in_connection with a rostrum will g've unusual interest to this, the central Plece of the exposition. Looking over the plans we feel that there is & break in the continuity of the echeme between the machinery and transporting bulldings on one side and the mines and metals and educational bulidings on the other side. This might be overlooked by placing at this point fmportant fountatns, and we recommend that this be done. At the request of the director of works we have also gone over the sculptural de- corations of the main bulldings of the ex- position, as shown on the plan. Inasmuch &8 vour committee found nothing objec- tionable in the character of the sculptures guggested by the architects for their bulldings, we feel safe In recommending that If any further changes are contem- plated the matter be left with the directors J Q. A WARD DANIEL C. FRENCH AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS. ARRESTED FOR SLEEPING Mate Must Face Courts for Slumber- ng fle He Was on Watch. BOSTON, Nov. 26.—On the charge of sleeping at his post, Archiba'd 8. Rogers, first mate of Kennebec, Was arrested today. A similar charge has Dot been brought before the United States courts for several years. Kennebec afrived yesterday after 162 days' voyage trom Puget sound. It is charged that as the ship was rounding Cape Horn last August, Rogers fell asleep at his post. Rogers denles the charge. DENMARK SEEKS OCEAN TRADE Establishes Steamer Con: West Indles w America. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 26—Information Das been received bere that a $4.000,000 steamship company has been organized st Copenhagen to establish & regular service between that city and St. Thomas, in the Danish West Indles. The route will be fed by a number of smaller vessels, which will connect Bt Thomas with points on the coast of Ven- ezuels, Central America and Mexico. The company will also engage i commeroe. }:STA i!]‘l\ll ED JUNE This | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 2 1902 TEN PAGES. |HERR KRUPP Emperor William Follows the Hearse on Foot from 0ld Home to Cemetery. FSSEN of gaiarc o Prussia, Nov. 26.—The presence Willlam at Herr Krupp's burial signed by his majesty to show his & ‘ wbelief of the accusations that cad . 2 manufacturer's death. A statemen 2l that the emperor was indignant B daity and malice of the social democtu es and be s said to have personally Wi, fessed his fee | ing in the matter to Rev. Mr. Klingman, | who delivered the first of the two funeral { oratione | ror William followed the hearse on i om the old bome of the grandfather of the deceased to the cemetery. ] ractically the entire population of Essen ; attended t funeral | By Emperor Willlam's side was the de | ceased's cousin, Arthur Krupp, and Gem- | eral von Bissing. Then came Baron von Rheinbaden, the finance minister Herr Moeller, minister of commerce: Admiral von Tirpitz, secretary of the admiralty; Gen- eral Budde, minister of public warks: Gen- eral von Plessen, Genera! von Loewen- feldt, G ral von Huelsen, General Haess- ler, Dr. von Lucas, chief of the civil cab- inet; Admiral von Seden-Bibran and a very large company of other distinguished p: sons, including the burgomasters of ad- jacent cities and great manufacturers from | all parte of Germany | About 24,000 of the Krupps' workmen were drawn up on elther side of the route. Prince Henry of Prussia was represented by Com- mander Schmidt von Winde. |SIBERIAN CONVICTS REBEL Siek and Dying Prisoners Herd with Well Till All Refuse Food. | VICTORIA, B. C. Nov. 26—Olympla brings news from the Siberian convict set- tiement of Alexandrvosk to the effect that the convicts have gone on strike, refusing | all nourishment until they are more hu- | | manely treated. The Shanghai Free Press gives detaile of the treatment of these unfortunates, who are mostly educated men, sentenced for po- litical offense The paper says they were loaded with not taken out into the open alr for weeks at a time. Infectious diseases broke out among them, but the sick were not re- moved. The result was that others were contaminated. Even the corpses of those who succumbed were left to rot among the living. The wita incredible brutality. The convicts car- ried out the strike resolutely. On the third day many lost consciuvasfness from fasting, but no suffering induced them to accept food. The condition of convicts in the settle- ment of Koktschetavek is still worse. Des. perate revolts there were only quelled after much bloodshed. ENGLISH EXPECT A CRISIS Diplomatic Relations with Venesuela May Be Severed at Amy Moment. LONDON, Nov. 26.—Diplomatic relations | between Great Britaln and Venezuela have | not been severed up to the present, though the Forelgn office would mot be surprised if it was compelled to take a decisive step at any moment. Thus far Venezuela shows no signs of granting the reparation demanded and the | question of the seizure of the Venesuelsn { custome has been discussed between Berlin and London, as one of the various possible methods of obtaining satisfaction. No de- | cision, however, has been reached regarding { the course which shall be finally adopted. BERLIN, Nov. Britain have determined to take joint ac- tion to collect their claims against Vene- zuela. ‘The two powers are in correspond- ence over the form of this action. No time can be mamed when they will act, because the respective foreign officers have not | agreed to the details. It is understood that | only slight differences exist regarding the course to be followed. It is confirmed here that the United States {18 fully informed on the subject of the me- | gotiations apd knows that what is medi- | tated will not infringe the Monroe doc- trine. BOUNDARY DISPUTE SETTLED British Arbitration Commission Ren. ders & Decision in the Chili- 1 Agentine Comtroversy. | decision of the British arbitration commis- | sion in the boundary dispute between Chile and Argentine was received here with calm- pess, but with satistaction, ss the de- marcation lines have no scientific basis, and because, although Chile gets the lar est amount of land, Argentine gets the best land | LONDON, Nov. 26.—A. Bertrand, a Ohtl- ean expert who testified before the British boundary commission, today informed a Tepresentative of the Assoclated Press that he regards the decision as gemerally rather tavorable to Chile More than balf the disputed territory, although not the most valusble portion, is awarded to Chile 1 do not belleve,” he added, “that we could heve obtained so much from Argen- tine by direct agreement. 1 sail for Amer- ica tomorrow to participate in marking out | the boundary.” |MEXICANS MAY LEAVE ROME | Talk of Forming New Church Similar to that in the Philip- pines. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 26.—The movement for the establishment in Mexico of & Da- tional Catholic church is not comsidered | formidable, although & mumber of priests are reported similar to that which has resulied in an independent church in the Philippines | It is said the agitation here receives en- couragement from clergymen afiliated with the Episcopalian church. WISH CANAL BILL PUSHED Celombia Recelves News of Suspended Negotiat! with Mis- sivings. PANAMA, Nov. 26.—The suspension of the Panams canal bDegoliations bas been | badly received bere The Colombian congress will meet within two months and the first subject to ceme under its consideration will be the Pan- ama canal bill chains, herded in dark, unsanitary cells and | wardens treated all, healthy and sick alike, | 26.—Germany and Great | | SANTIAGO, Chile, Tuesday, Nov. 25.—The | ready to join & movement | 'S BURIED|BLANE BAER FOR FAILURE|MNTS MAKE MANY Miners' Leaders Say He Aoquiesced and Then Ordered Negotiations Off. f INDEPENDENTS ASK CREDIT FOR RUPTURE |Atiewe They 1nduced Operaters te Back Down, but Admit that Little Argument Was Necessary on Their Part. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. trast with the happy pendent operators last countenances of the taces of night miners’ the inde- were the representa- tives when they returned from Washington. | How the latter view the sudden and sur- | prising turn of affairs is well in a statement jssued this afternoon by Mesers. Darrow and Lloyd, who accom- panied Mr. Mitchell to Washington. They clearly indicate that they think the coal road presidents mcquiesced in Mr. Mac- Veagh's plan of a settlement out of court and then repudiated him. They allege that George F. Baer signed the telegram to Judge Gray, declaring the big companies were agreeable to the MacVeagh idea of amicable adjustment and also the dispatch to Mr. MacVeagh in Washington calling off the negotiations. set forth Baer Writes Two Wires. The statement is as follows: |, The commission adjourned for ten daye |In pursuance of an arrangement betwee the parties to give opportunity for concil | ation on account of a telegram which we understood was written by George F. Baer in the presence of and with the consent of every rallroad concerned and was signed by Wayne Mm\"‘a’h This telegram was written after a careful reading of the tenta< | tive agreement which had been |and written by counsel and which had been submitted to the com- ‘mission. At the request of Mr. MacVeagh, Mr Mitchell, Mr. Darrow and Mr. Lioyd went to Washington to consult on some minor details of the agreement. There was no friction or important disagreement between | | the parties in the meeting in Washington Later in the day, and after the conference |in New York with the independent oy ators, Mr. MacVeagh received a telegram | calling off all negotiations. The man who wrote the telegram to | Judge Gray stating that the main features | ‘r(lf the contract were acceptable was the | same man who signed the telegram to { Wayne MacVeagh, three or four | 1ater, stating that negotiations must end | A copy of the tentative agreement is in the hands of Mr. MacVeagh, Mr. Wilcox of the Delaware & Hudson, Carroll D. Wright and probably Mr. Baer. We can see no reason for the expression | of any opinion, the facts speak for them- selves. We have been ready at all times to consult with any one interested and make any reasonable adjustment, but we have no anxiety over the case and shall | be reauy for business when the commission meets CLARENCE 8 DARROW. HENRY D. LLOYD. While admitting that they did much toward breaking off the negotiations the independent operators say they were mnot required to advance much argument to bring the coal road presidents to their way of thinking. One of their committee who went to New York said today: The situation was lke that in the story of the man who safd: I will not drink uniess you force me, but 1 suppose you are able 10 force me. The blg companies had come to our way of thinking before we met them. Many Miners Still Idle. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Nov. 26.—At the Ninth district United Mine Workers' headquar- ters today_it _was etated that 14,000 men and boys out of 51,000, former mine em- | ployes, are still idle. No money has been received for relief purposes since Novem- ber 4. The miners' stores have a small stock of provisions left. A plan is being formulated whereby miners at work in this region shall contribute to the relief fund. Coxe Bros. Give Way. HAZLETON, Pa., Nov. 36.—Coxe Bros. & Co. and their striking employes settled their differences today and work will be re- sumed at the seven collieries of the com- pany on Monday. All the men except those under indict- ment for misdemeanors alleged to have been committed during the strike and the elate pickers whom improved machinery has displaced, are to be taken back at once. If the indicted men are acquitted of the charges against them they are to be re- instated In their former positions. The Coxes are the last of the individual operators to come to terms with their em- ployes. Will Work on Thanksgiving. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Nov. 26.—The United States Mine Workers have decided to keep all the collieries at work with a full force of men on Thanksgiving day. The opera- tors requested the men to remain at work, and this action is in compliance with their request. are here buying up all the product of the indépendent operators. They are paying $7 and $8 per ton for coal delivered on board at the collieries. For this reason | individual operators are refusing to sell only get $3.50. ACCUSED GIVES A Known Michigan Man Must Stand Trial for Attempted Jury Bribery. Well LANSING, Mich, Nov. 26.—John Hil- brook, former state senator and deputy labor commissioner, who is charged with attempting to bribe one of the talesmen called for the trial of Elf R. Sutton of De- troit on the charge of complicity in the state military clothing freuds, arrived here | today from Missouri in custody of an of- ficer. He gave bail in the sum of $2,000 and his examination was set for next Fri- day The complaint alleges that Hilbrook of- | | tered Arthur Phillips, who was drawn as a | talesman, $300 if he would go on the jury and vote for acquittal. Phillips did not sit in the case, being excused for business res- sons. ecutte: Oficial Takes Thirt Five Thousand Dellars and Clears Out. NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Lawrence Murphy, formerly treasurer of Stonecutters’ association, was arrested to- night, charged with the larceny of $25,000 belonging to the association. Murphy dissppeared early in September immediately after he had been requested to turn over the money to & committoe for investment in & site on which the associa- tion intended to erect & building for its own use. Subsequently investigation re- vealed the fact that not a dollar remained in tbe treasury, although the books showed & credit of $25,000. Tonight be turned up &t the regular meeting of the union and was &t onoe arresied. 26.—Quite in con- | prepared | for both parties | days | Agents from New York and Philadelphia | coal for local consumption, for which they | BOND | |UNION TREASURER ABSCONDS the Journeymen | MANY: MILLIONS Turned Out, Shows | More Colns Than Ever Although Valwe Decreawe. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 264 orge E. Rob- | erts, director of 1 his annual | report, save the coinage at Philadel- phia, New Orleans and San¥ ancisco were in operation throughout thescal year. In number of pieces the¥h oimage of the year has never been excaelle . aggregating | 161,496,506, but in value ft @us fallen from | $136,340781 1n 1001 o SOLSES 678, owing to the greater demand for small denomi- pations. Gold colnage dropped from $99, { $61,980,572, but |on hand increased from ¥§180,219,493 $124,083,712. to to $19,402.800, the subsidisty silver coins to $10,703, and minor cols to $2,429.736 The original gold deposits of the year amounted to $132,560,182. @0l bars taken for export amounted to $36/882.678, and for domestic consumption $14,482578. The gross expenditures om aecount of the mint service, including 1088 fn operating upon the metals, was $1,950,180. The earnings from all charges and inci- dental gains exclusive of eigniorage real- izod In the manufacture of ¥ and 5-cent pieces amounted $1.919.370 and the total seigniorage accruing on the silver, nickel | and bronze coine made m the was | 11,012,856, which was turnedl into the gen- | eral fund of the treasury. |PRESIDENT MEETS BRITONS Labor Committee Guests of Alfred Morley Call at the White Houwe. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—President | Roosevelt received today the members of |the British labor committee who are |making & tour of the United States as | the guests of Alfred Morley, the British philanthropist. After greeting the mem- bers of the party the p t sald: I am delighted to have pleasure of meeting you gentlemen Mr. Morley. 1 have had communication ith Mr. Mor- |iey on more than one q leading up to_the coal strike. Naturally, like any man who has any- thing to do with public aflaiss, 1 not only take, but am bound to taki very deep- est interest in all the ma social pro lems which include as one tion of them [¥hat we group together as fhe labor prob- More and more as our progress goes on there work in federation or cof | among employers and am: corporations and unions, Wl gentiemen, among the res why 1 take & very great interest in these gombinations is the very fact that by theff power they have such general possibilities for good— which necessarlly implies that they have | also great possibilities for evil. ‘ Whether you wish them not, 1t is idle, in my opinion, to protest against the in- evitable tendency of the time toward both corporation and union. It 4§ werse than | folly to taks exceptions to elther corpora- | tion or union @& such. The lke should be | drawn on conduct 1 greet you with all heartiness and am delighted to see you. WHITE HOUSE TI AIl of the Children industrial tendency tions, both mployes, in , of course | WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—When the pres- | 1dent and Mrs. Roosevelt sit down to their Thanksgiving dinner iomorrow they will be eurrounded by practically all the mem- | bers of their immediate family. All the children will be presemt excepting Kermit who is in school at Groton. In addition, the several house guests of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt will dine with the fam- ily. It ie not unlikely that three or four other intimate friends of the president snd Mrs. Roosevelt will be at the dinner. The feature of the president's Thanksgiv- ing Qinmer will be a thirty-two-pound chestnut-fed turkey which reached the White House last night. It was sent by Horace Vose of Westerly, R. I, & quarter of a century has supplied a fine specimen of the noble American bird for the Thankegiving dinner at the White House. PHILIPPINES HAVE WIRES All Isla ve One Are Now mected by Deep Sea Cables. Con- WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Brigadier Gen- eral Greeley, chief signal officer of the army, was informed today of the comple- tion of the cable connecting the fsland of Romblon with Masbate and Maringique islands. This establishes duplicate cable | communication with all the large islande of the Philippines except Mindanso. Information has also reached General | Greeley from Alaska that the signal force there has begun its winter work along the Tanana river, and the 200 miles from Ram- be covered by spring. General Greeley predicts St. Michaels will receive ite first telegram by April 1. |MAKES HIMSELF OBNOXIOUS Treasury Employe Who is teo Zeal- ous is Discharged by the Department. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—Willlam H Theobald, special employe of the Treasury department in conpection with the New York Custom house, has been discharged by direction of the secretary of the treasury. 1t is charged that Mr. Theobald has been over zealous in the discharge of his duties . and has brought the department into dis- repute by fll-advised action in commection with seizures of imported goods | Gives Imformat of Bad Coin Men Sentence Reduced. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The president | has exercised his executive clemency in the | case of Michelo Cerve, who was sentenced in New York to {mprisonment for ten years for counterfeiting. By the president’s ac- tion the sentence is reduced two and & halt years. This action is taken in consideration of information voluntarily given by Cervo which resulted in breaking up a bad gang of counterfeiters COMPTROLLER ISSUES A CALL Asks the National Banks for State. of Comdition WASHINGTON, Nov. 36.—The comptrol- ler of the currency bas issued & call for the condition of national banks at the close of business, Tuesday, Nevember 25 5,715 to | he stock ®f gold bullion | The coinage of silver ddllare amounted | to | who for | part City to Tanana Junction will probably | |COUNTERFEITER WINS MERCY | i | TIME TO RETURN THANK Thanksgiving Day Not the Same as the| . g | Puritans Observed. SPORTS ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION NOW Foot Ball Draw Games and Theaters to e People — Church Service in the Fore- oon. Program for the Day. Forenoo: Special church services. n00 Creighton-Highland Park foot ball game. Dickey Gun club shoot n Volunteers' dinner to poor. & at Boyd's theater. adeville at the Orpheum. Evening St. John's Masonic lodge dinner Jan Hus lodge. Knight of Pythias trels at Boyd's theater udevilie at the Orpheum. ball Thanksgiving day is one of the time-hon- ored festal occasions of the calendar in the observance of which time has wrought ma- terlal changes, although much of the spirit of that obser pee still remains. Condit are greatly altered since the earl of America’s history when the furitan youth went forth to the “tall timber” to shoot the bird for dinmer, having first to find his bira; and the man of the | present day who participates in a Thanks giving turkey shoot has ihat essential fea- | ture of the sport assured him. The austerity |of the Pilgrim form of Thanksgiving ob servance has departed and while devotional exercises form a portion of the general pro- gram, the day is more or less given over |to events which are in mo semse religious | in their character. Then, too, in the evolu- tion this day has come to be more and more a time for charitable consideration of one's Jellow man and nearly all societies and their objects commemorate Thanksgiving in | some substantial manner. | Cards for the Day. young In Omaha today the morning will be almost entirely devoted to religioue serv- jces, in nearly all of which several churches | will unite. In the afternoon there will be | the foot ball game, which has of late years | come to be ome of the regular events of Thanksgiving day in all of the larger cities | Creighton and Highland Park teams will | engage in a contest at Vinton park on this occasion. The Dickey Gun club will also | hold its regular contest. Among the events | set for the evening are the dinner of St | John's Masonic icdge and the entertainment {and ball 1o be given by Jan Hus lodge. | Knights of Pythias, at the Bohemlian Turner hall | The public offices of the city and county and the local treight houses and some of | the places of business will be closed all day, | but & majority of the stores, particularly | the retail establishments, will not close { until noon | As a part of the observance of Thanks- giving day the Salvation army yesterday sent out from its storerooms at Tenth street and Canitol avenue and the Omaha Central misslon from its place, 701 South | Sixteenth street, supplies of food o those |SHOQTS AND who are known to be in Leed of attention in that lize. At Jails and Institutions. At the city and county jalls, the county | poor house and as far as possible at the charitable institutions it is customary to provide the inmates with additional deli- | cacies at tbe dinner hour and more than | the day, and this custom will be generally followed At the Rescue Home of the Sal- vation Army, Twenty-fourth and Spaulding | streets, a Thanksgiving dinner of most gen- | erous character will be served to the thirty inmates. The Christian Help mission | 1515 Burt street will also make special pro- vision for its patrons. | The sixth annual dinner to the descrving | poor will be dispensed trom the headquar- ters of the American Volunteer Army be- | tween the hours of 10 and 5. Last year | meals were served to more than 350, and as many are expected to participate this year ‘While dinper will be served to some at t beadquarters, the greater number will ob- | tain their portion to take home in baskets. | Over three hundred pounds of meat, turkey, chicken and beef have been provided, Jargely from donations, besides tea, coffee, { celery and other requisites of a Thanksgiv- ing dinner. Captain Rotzel says that every effort will be made to see that only the de- serving receive, but as the unworthy bave fmposed before, so this time some will doubtless escape the utmost vigilance. Services at the Churches. The church services gemerally have been centralized and nearly all of the churches | will participate in some onme of the union | services which bave been arranged | The Episcopal churches of All Saints, St | Mathias, St. Barnabas and the Good Shep- | herd will uite in service at Trinity cathe- |aral at 10 o'clock. Bishop Williams will preach the sermon. | At the First Congregational church Rev | B F. Tretz of Kountze Memorial 'church will preach and the congregations of those two churches and the First Chbristian and First Presbyterian will join. Union service for the First Baptist St. Mary's Congregational, Westminster Presbyterian church and Hanscom Park | Methodist Episcopal churches will be held at the First Baptist church, where Rev. Robert Yost of St. Mary's church will preach George Robert Cairns, the evangelist, will preach at the Second Presbyterian church, where Seward Street Methodist Episcopal Calvary Baptist and Second Presbyterian will unite in the service At Trinity Methodist Episcopal church service will be held at 10:30 & m. with sermon by Rev. M. D. Long of Knox Presbyterian. Plymouth Congregational, | Immanuel Baptist, Knox Presbyterian and | Trinity Methodist churches will unite in this service Special services will also be beld in all | of the Catholic churches. The First Church of Christ, Scientist will bold service &t 10:45 & m. Topic “Give Thanks.” The United Presbyterian chusches will hold union services at the Central church. | Twenty-fourth and Dodge streets, at 10:30 | a. m. Rev. F. B. Foster of the First church | will preach the sermon. The Thankegiving services at the Grace Baptist church will be held at § o'clock in the evening. Dr. R. K. Eccles of Immanuel Baptist church will deliver the sermon and the music will be by the choir and & male quartet. Dances During the Evening. Several Thanksgiving eve dances occurred ‘ynllerdly evening. The members of the Iron Moulders’ union made merry with their friends in Washington hall. The Amalgamated Association of Street Rall- way Employes of America, division No. 288, occupied the Schlitz ball at Sixteenth and Harney streets. The Tramstors’' union | gave & dance in Schliz's new pavilion on i | | | { | (Continued on ‘Second Page. days snow of the season the usual privileges and attention during SINGLE COPY | Temperature nt Omana Yesterday: | Heur, Deg Hour. Des ~ .‘ [ . . | » 10 111 12 IOWA COVERED WITH SNOW‘ Only (he Northwest Section im the Vieinity is Bare. ’ 20 o 29 ¢ stoux City | DES MOINES, Nov | bours this renoon (3. | Motnes, Dubuque, Davenport and all parts | of Towa except the northwest section, in the | vieinity f City This the first | snow of the season in lowa | BLOOMINGTON, Ili., Nov. 26.—Thanks- | giving will be white in Central Illinois. At | Pontiac two inches of snow had fallen up to noon and east of Bloomington an equally heavy fall is reported LA CROSEE, Wis Nov. 26.—The first s falling. The Weather bureau reports snow all around in this vi cinity, though not heavy NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Snow throughout the state In some turned into sleet and rain OWENSBORO, Ky Nov. 26.—The enowstorm commenced this morning at and continued for more ihan an hour LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov slight enow, the first of the season, is falling here tonight KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 26.—Southern Michigan is experiencing the first enow- storm of the winter. Snow has fallen to a | depth of four inches and the storm shows Do sign of abating. |YOUNG HUSBAND IN TROUBLE | Wedding Which Occurs in Falls City | Comes to Bad End in St | | 26.—(Special.)— years, and a 26.—For several w fell in Des tell places today first [ 26 Joseph. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. Prank Dust, aged 60 bride of a few months, has entered com- plaint in the criminal court against her husband, aged 30 years, whom she charges with having raised a pote signed by her | from $20 to $20,000 Dust attempted to discount the note at the TOotle-Lemon National, bank, but was unsucceseful. He left the mote there for collection. Mrs. Dust was almost frantic when ehe was asked to pay the note. Pro- curing the services of an officer, she se- cured possession of the paper and then pro- coeded to have her husband placed in jail Mrs. Dust formerly was Miss Greenard | and she is a member of a wealthy flnnly; near Garretsburg, this county. She is quite | well-to-d0 and was married to Dust at Falls City, Neb., last summer. It Is said here her relatives were violently oppose | to the marriage. ST. Mrs. KILLS WIFE Man Jourmeys from Kansas City to Memphis for Purpose of Com- mitting Murder. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 26.—$amuel Mil- { ler, & tailor 42 years old, shot and killed his wite, Dossie Miller, here today in the pres- | ence of their young daughter. The shoo! ing, it 18 stated, was the outcome of fam- fly trouble, Mrs. Miller having recently filed suit for divorce For the last year Miller has been living in Kansas City, but yesterday the Memphis police department received a telegram from the chief of police of Kansas City stating Miller had left for Memphis with the avowed intention of killing his wife. A strict watch was kept by the Memphis police, but Miller reached here today and, eluding the detecs | tives, went to his wife's store, according to the daughter's story, where the shooting | took place without warning. Miller, who was arrested, claims his wife tried to kill him and he fired in seltdefense. PAYS MUCH FOR ROOSEVELT Purchaser of Verestchagin's Plcture of San Juan Hill Bids Bighteen | Thousand Dollars. I | | NEW YORK, Nov. 26—Verestchagin' | picture of San Juan HiN, “Come on, Boy: showing Colonel Roosevelt charging at the bead of his men, brought $15,000 at public | suction tonight. 1In all, thirty-ome pie- tures by Veresichagin were sold without ! reserve. The total amount realized was $43,045. | The twenty pictures representing Na- | poleon’s disastrous campalgn in Russia, | ! which were included in the catalogue, were | | withdrawn from the sale. It was an- pounced that they had been purchased by the Russlan minister by order of the czar for the museum of Alexander III at St | Petersburg, who paid $100,000 for them. [SUES FOR MILLION DOLLARS }\ew York Man Claims Vast Sum for Financing International Power | Company. | NEW YORK, Nev. 26.—Justice Fitzgerald in the supreme court today issued an at- | tachment for $1,000,000 against the property in this city of the International Power com- pany, a New Jersey corporation. The at- tachment was in favor of John F. Plummer in & suit to recover §1,000,000 for breach of contract Plummer asserted that through his efforts the American Locomotive Works comp was formed. He said be had engineered the financing of the company and believed he was entitled to §1,000,000. Movements of Ocens At New York—Salled burg via Plymouth Jestic, for Liverpoo! ampton At Hong Kong—Arrived Japan, from Vancouver via Yokoham Yo Maru, from Beattle via Yokohama; Glenogle, from Tacoma via Yokohama. At Liverpool—Arrived: Oceanic, Nomadie and Bohemian, all from New York At Rotterdam—Arrived: Staatendam, from New York via Boulogne Sur Mer At Port Said—Arrived: Ning Chow, from | Liverpool, for Victoria, B. C., Tacoma and Seattie vis Singapore, Hong Kong end Yokohama. At Hemburg—Arrived: Aseyria, from | Philadelphia: Blucher, from New York Bailed: Thebe, for San_ Franeisco At Bremen—Arrived: Kronprinz Wilhelm from New York At Lizard | New York, for At Antwerp—8e | adelphia At Queenstown—Balled Liverpool, for Boston At Fayal—Passed: Lahn, from Genoa and Naples, for New York A Philadelpbia, Vessels Nov. 26. Pretoria, for Ham- and Cherbourg; Ma St. Paul, for South- Empress of sed: Philadelphia athampton. Nederland, for Ph trom Ulionia, from 1 At thampton—Arrived: | trom New York. | make an estimate until | Bach Employe Gel BIG FIRE AT SHOPS Storebouse No. 2 of the is Entir CENTS. Union Pacifio ly Consumed. NONE OF CONTENTS SAVED FROM FLAMES Much of it is Oastinge and Officials Think Larger Omes Are All Right. AND THIS IS DOUBTFUL Oompany Offic'als Place the Loss at Twenty Thousard Dollars. HEAT IS INTENSE | ORIGIN OF THE FIRE 1S A MYSTERY Raflron that Officials State Their Bellef is Incendiary—Nome of the Other Bulldings Damaged. Fire of probably !ncendiary origin totally troyed Union Pacific storehouse No. 2 and partially burned seven loaded freight cars lying on the track alongside it, en- {ling a total lose of ebout $20,000, last Ight. The fire broke out shortly before 11 o'clock, and it was under strong headway before the fire department could get a line of hose into service. The store house is at the northeast cor- ner of the shop yards, about 8,000 feet from the western gates, and to get to the burning building the department had not ouly to find its way between numerous and irregularly located buildings, but between scattered lives of locomotives and freight cars and over a perfect web of rallroad tracks. The hose from eome of the hydrants had to be drawn several hundred yards across the tracks and under the cars stand- Ing thereon. It was on this mccount that the firemen were given one of the most Aif- ficult problems they have ever encountered in reaching a fire, and when the water was finally turnd onto the burning structure the flames had spread to every part of it At no time after the discovery of the fire was there any hope for saving the build- ing in which it was started, and therefore many of the firemen devoted their atten- tion to preventing the surrounding build- ings from burning. The best efforts of Chief Salter's men were necessary to save storeroom No. 1, which is separated from its mate only by a platform about sixty feet in width, and several lines of railroad track. Firebrands from the burning build- ing fell In profusion on the roofs of the nearby structures and a thorough and con- stant wetting of these roofs was necessary to confine the confiagration to the building in which it originated Filled with Supplies. The burned bullding wae well stocked with railroad eupplies, but nothing of an Inflammable nature was kept there, except- ing cotton waste and manila rope, the re- mainder of the stock being iron materials used in the construction and repair of rail- road tracks, such as spikes, bolts, rivet frog irons and piping. The material used for repairing cars and locomotives, which is most in demand by the company during the strike of its machinists, is all stored in the No. 1 house, which wes not damaged by the fire, although it was in danger for nearly an hour. No. storehouse, which was a frame structure 200 feet long and 45 feet wide, 18 wreck, and it is not likely that the salvage on the contents will amount to any considerable amount. The fire started in the north end of the structure, apparently from the outside, and it was not more than minutes after the discovery of the s that the entire building wae a blaz- ing furnace. The building was but & frame shell, old and dry, and it furnished good material for a fire Fortunately the high wind that had pra- iled all of yesterday had died out and there was scarcely a breeze at the time the fire was raging. The flames shot high into he still air and furnished a spectacle for the entire city for nearly an hour. The heat was so intense for some minutes that t drove the firemen back and made the spectators a bundred yards away feel like peeling to their shirtsleeve The machinery for testing airbrakes was in the south end of the building, and the escaping compressed alr fanned the flames turiously and made the destruction of that part of the building & matter of only a few minutes, The south wall burned rapidly to & crisp and fell to pleces like an overbaked cracker would crumble Seven box cars on the track mext to the burning building caught fire and were dam- aged to the extent of perhaps $500 each. Some of the cars were partly loaded, but the contents, being all of irom, was but slightly damaged. Estimate of Loss. Superintendent of Motive Power McKeen arrived on the scene about half an hour efter the outbreak of the fire and was joined & few minutes later by Superintend- ent Thompson of the supply department. Mr. McKeen referred the newspaper re- porters to Mr. Thompson for Ihformation and that official said “The loss will moL exceed $20,000; 1t may be not more than $15,000. We cannot we ascertain just what portion, if any, of the contents of the burned bullding can be saved. The loss, whatever it amounts to, is fully covered by insurance. 1 carnot imagine how the fire etarted. There was nothing combustibl in the building and there was no fire there during the day. Even smoking is prohibited in and about the place. The bullding was beated by steam and the steam plant is several hundred feet away. I believe there can be no doubt that this is an incendiary fire." Superintendent McKeen, when asked what effect the lose of the material in the burned building would have on the motive power of the road, said None whatever. Everything we need for the repair of locomotives and rolling stock of sll kinds is kept in the other storebouse. The company will not be re- tarded in its repair work in the least as & result of this fire.” EQUITABLE INSURES FREE Policy for Thou- te Go to Pe Fu sand, H NEW YORK, 26.—The Equitable Life Assurance soclety announced today that it would henceforth insure the Mfe of each employe for §1,000 and keep the policy tn force 50 long as be remained in the em- | ploy of the society, one-half of the amount to be paid at death to his wife or family or any designated beneficiary, the other half to g0 into & pension fund to previde for living employes who have grown old or in- firm iv the service of the company. Over 600 persons are aflected.