Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1902, Page 2

4 4 ¢ o | i ! enade dally on the beach at La Guayra and 1t Is feared they may be the object of some dcmonstration At Caracas everythip, Il quiet. President Castro went to /i’ toria today. 1n an interview today Lopaz Baralt, min- ister of foreign affairs, been informed of a declaration of war by Great Britain, am greatly surprised at the news that such a step should be taken,” he sald. “I had belleved that the matter was ap- proaching a settlement, oftered to submit unconditionally to the ar- bitration of President Rookevelt. Venezuela does not rogdrd the existing blotkade as tantamount to a state of war, but the country is pre- pared to resfst to the utmest.” Germiny Bhows Anxiety. BERLIN, Dec. 24.—Germany s anxious to recelve President Roosevelt's acceptance of the formal invitation from Germany and | residence of W. 8. Bordner, near Stanton, QGreat Britain to act as arbitrator in the Venezticlun controversy. The German government's preference Is | the efférts made no trace was procurgd of of arbitration very decidedly .in favor through Prealdent Roosevelt, rather than through The Hague tribunal, because it be- leves the presidént will reach an early de- cision, whereas The Hague court would re- quire many months, The officlals here also insist that ft is 16 ‘the Unlted States' ad- vantage to have the president decide the | proved to be another man and was promptly matter. The German steamer Siberia, which eatled trom Hamburg for Venezuela carrfed an expert on International law, who will aet as coussel for Commodore Scherrer on technical legal questions aris- | ing during the blockade. Commiodore Behedder . reports that the | Stanton. German blockade of Puerto Cabello began December 22 and that the blockade ptf Maracalbo by the Germans commenced today. Mafls WiH Not Land. PARIS, Dec. 24.—The only official atten- tion given here to the Vemezuelan block- | ade Is an announcement of the Postoffice department that the mall boats leaving Bordeaux and Marseilles will cease to touch at La Guayri Carupano, and i ‘corraspondence for Ve- nezuela will be eaftidd fo Fort de France, Martinique, during:thé $iockade. LA GUAYRA, Venex this morning, but owning to dificulties with the blockading squadron and ‘to the refusal of the company's agent to pay the port charges, left withoit communicating. italy Basy to Please. ROME, D 24.—TItaly's reply to the arbitration proposal of Venezuela through Minister Bowen and the government of the | United States, Italy would be pl tled by Kresiden among ~other g éuled ;or . i, and u&a- l’t’ll If mot thus settled fuly will have no ob- Jection to reference to The Hague tribunal. GIBBONS SENDS GREETINGS Weltes Christmas Letter to the Pope, Other Cardinals and Cath- olic Crowned Heads. BALTIMORE, Dec. Carditial Gibbons, in accordapce,with the’annual custom, has sent lottefs of greeting appropriate to the n of Christmas to the pope and each of the cardinals, numbering over sixty, throughout the world. ‘His eminence has likewise sent a letter to each of the Cathollc crowned heads, in- clading the emperor of Austria, the king of n, the king and queen af- Portugal, the of the" wmmfli the king ‘of Baxbay and. the prince regentof Bavaria. #Phe cardinal sends these Christmas let- tars to the modarchs -every ryeny, 'in se- copflance with etiquette, as he himeelf is a prilice of the Catholle church.. Belng an Acterican, however, the title 1§ merely ‘one of form In his case. ROB AN ILLiiuiS PUSTOFFICE Safe Blown Open and Can and Registered Mail Are Taken, Stampn BLOOMINGTON, 1L, Dec. 34.—The gang ot bank and postoffice robbers which has been at work in this vidinity vecently clganed out the postoMce at Towanda last sne hundred dol‘lr- in money and all the sterops and registered mail, estimated in 7alue at from $:00 to $1.000, wag taken. The but no one awakened. As no cl f FIRE RECORD. | Overtwpnel Lamp Sthrts: Fire. CORNING, N. Y. De ‘Tfoga county, Pennsylvania, was visited by ' ‘disastrous fire t It originated in Spring’s millinery store from an overturned 24.—Lawrence, lainp and all the bufldinge on ond side of Main street were destroyed, Including Wing | & Bostwick's large depaftment store. The Ristling blotk and opers house, the Darl- ington block and five other stores were burhed. The loss is more than $50,000. BIBLEY, Ia, Dee. &ram.)—Last night &% Destroyed. 24:—(Speglal fire destroyed Tele- sald he had not ) Venezuela having |, hited States thinlster or yesterday, | a few days ago located his man in Missourf, Puerto Cabello and { Dec. 24.—The | Duteh steamer Prinz Willem 11, from Ntwl York, Decembey' G, arrived off La Gdayra | WELCH LOWRY UNDER ARREST [ i —iir mmsfl.mg of Btanton Finally Losates His INAL CHAPTERIN EXCHTNG MAN HUNT Is Wanted on the Charge of Kidnap- on Night of September 14 Last. STANTON, Sherift King Neb.,, Dec. 2¢~—(Spectal.)— wenit down to: Omaha and re- turned with Welch Lowry, who fs ‘now quartered in the logal jail. Lowry is the man who abducted Anna Bilawa from the In September last, and who was the objec~ tive of an exciting man hunt. In epite of committed. On that day he was seen tn enter a cornfield across the river from had him surrounded, but he gave them vho slip. Later it was repofted that he was tn- der arrest at Onawk, but the -prisoner | released. Slierift King never gave up the search and | Discovering that Lowry contemplated a trip | to Omaha, the sheriff waited patiently un- til Lowry set foot on Nebraska soil and then arersted him and bréught him. to Story of the Crime. The crime with which Lowry stands charged is one of the most daring In th criminal history of the ‘state. ' He was enamored with Auna Bilawa, but she ro-| | fused to have anything to de with him on account of his dissolute habits. Om the night of Septemiber 14 of this year Lowry came to the residence of W. §. Bordmer, | where the Bilawa girl was’ working, put a ladder up to the second-story window and entered the room where she was. sleeping With the two-littte daughters of her em- Iployer. His' vietim 'was compellod, at the | point, of a reyolver to arise, dress.and ac- | company him:. The children were told that | it they made any outery. he would return | and kill their parents, and In this way they | were kept quiet, not daring to make any | outery until morning, when their parents came to call them. In this manner Lowry, with his victim, had a good start of the posse which was organized for pursuit. He took to the sandhills with his victim, who, according to her story, he repeatedly ssaulted. Late in the afternoon she took ' advantage of the appreach of some neigh- bors, which attracted Lowry's -attention, and escaped. making her way to the home of her brother, where she arrived in an exhausted condition, and for several days was in a state of total collapse, but has him from the next day after the erime was | Stanton and ft was belleved that the posse | a detoctive flus. patients were gotten out safely, bus ditMe.of anything else abaut the bullding was saved. One of the patfehts, whose name was not learned, dled trom exposure_and fright. NATE SALESBURY'S LAST BOW Partner B, Answers © Finarcan. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Nate Salisbury, controlling partner in the Buffalo Bl shows, dled today at Long Branch from dis- ease of the stomach Nate Sallsbury was one of the best known men in the country, not only from his con- | nection with the Buffalo Bill Wild West | show, but from other enterprises with which he been connected. - While he w igenerally, looked upon as a western ma and was such in that his manners were of the west and he considered it his home as much a8 men of his class ever have & home, | he was in the broader sense a cltizen of the country at large. His has been an active figure at different times in humerous feld: prineipally ihose which cater to the amus ment foving pudlic. His name has, been assoclated with some of the best known racing horses in the country, particularly the fowa mare, Alix, the ome-time queen of the trotting turf. He has also been the moving spirit In numerous theatrical ventures, but his great effort was the put- ting of the Wild West upon its feet. The idea around which the show was bullt and the working out of the detalls was un- doubtedly that ‘of Cody's and the other spirits of the plains whom he gathered around him. It was In placing it before the public and organlzing it upon the show- man’s basis that the training and experi ence of Sallsbury was Invaluable and th | it proved so immensely profitable was un- questionably due in great measure to his ability in this line. George W. Thatcher. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 24.—George W. Thatcher, a. Utah ploneer, and for years | prominent in pelitical and church affairs, is dead at his home in Logan, Utah, after & long {liness, aged 62 years. Mr. Thatcher orossed the plains with his parenta with one of the first bands of Mormon emigrants. | InThe arly days he was one of the tamous “Pony Express” riders and was identified with many enterprises. Mr. Thatcher was o delegate to the national democratic con- vention in Kansas City in 1800. Julius Lischerm. DAVENPORT, Ia, Dec. 24.—Julius Lis- cherm, county attorney, and one of the most prominent republican politiclans in lowa, died this morning from a complication of troubles, aggravated by active participation in the last campaigh: Joseph L. McBirney. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Joseph L. Me- since fully recovered. The posses kept up the pursuit for sev- eral da; but Lowry finally eluded them and made his way out of the country. EXPERIMENT ON DYING MAN Doctors Streteh the Neck of Patient to Restore Comnseclo He Dies Inst, an, but DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 24.—In an attempt to relieve the pressure on the brain and restore a dying man to consclousness, in ofder to secure an antg-mortem ment, physiclane 1abt night stretched the neck of Willlam F. Hackett, whose throat had been E'am ed by his stepson in a quarrel at their | @ The last effort failled. Hackett died. ‘The most strenuous efforts wefe made to rally the dylog man for a final interval of corselousness, wherein he might make a statement. The physiclans ad'usted a| stretching apparatus to his head, drawing it away from the shoulders. This was done to relleve the pressure of the blood clot on the spinal cord and let the brain revive temporarily. The welghts were put on and for hours the doctors watched for some indication that reason ‘was. returning. At times & flicker of life seemed to come to the face, but it faded again before anyining nad been spoken. Turn by turn the doctors watched until there was no longer any hope that the. patient.could be revived. A BUYS KENTUCKY COAL MINES Same Syndicate Seeks to Gain Control of Al Propentie Tennessee. LOUISVILLE, Ky.,' Dec: 24.—The Courfer- Journal tomorrow will say: A prominent man who s famallar with the details of the transaction, sald last night that the east- ern syndigate which has been mnegotlating for cosl property in Kentucky bas secured control of all the mines in the state except those of the Bt. Bermard Coal company. The agerégate to be paid for the mines is $7,000,000. W. J. Hendrick, formerly attorney gen- 1 of Kentucky, who engineered the deal, still refuses to discuss the transaction other Birney, treasurer of the Nattonal Lead company, dled today of pneumoni; WAGES ARE TO BE ADVANCED Frick Coke Announces Voluntary Incre: of Eight " Per Cent on January 1. Company PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 24.—Notices will Be posted throughout the Connellsville coke reglons today granting the 20,000 employes of the Frick Coke company & voluntary ad- vance In wages averaging 8 per cent. The increase will take effect January 1 and fncludes the miners, coke Arawers, arivers, cagers and lsborers. It means that the company will next year dlspense fn es to its men $1.600,000 more than 1t and that {t will continue to pay the highest wages of any concern in the United States employlng this kind' of Inbor. The Frick company is & subsidiary com- pany of the United States Steel corpora- tion. TO MINE CCAL UNDER SEA Novel Un'ertaking is fo Be Attemp by Operator Near Port Mork Nova Seof i "N GLACE BAY, N. 8., Dec. 24.—An opefd- tiom, interesting in ‘the history of No Scetta minin planned by Ochletree Mé Donald, who has bonded coal areas near Port Morlen. 2 W ¥ The coal arcas which he controls are wholly submarine and he {s planning to sink & shaft on a rocky islet known as Flint Rock, mining his coal from under ocean bed. : There seems to be no doubt that during the succeeding generations mining will be carrled on extensively in Cape Bretom, which has large flelds of submerged coal beds.” - RAILWAYS WILL RAISE WAGES Milwankee and Alabama Great South- ern Both Gramt Increases to Employes. than that he ie endeavoring to purchase four | for friends In (he east the coal mines In' frame bulldings worth $4,000 and de- | Tennessee. Geory . Malloy and Mr. Lit- stroyed merchandise valued at $3,000. In-|ile of New York, who are also interested, surance on the bulld ags (s as € llows: say they are not in a position to llvo sy John ;. Mr, List $500; Misa | detalls of the deal. X \ Anderson, $1,150. Bank Bullding Burn CORBUNA, Mich, Dec. 3.—Fire which brpke out early .oday Jias destroygd the First National' Bank bullding and several other business blocks and is attll burning, The loss will be heavy. g ———— “By Hammer and "Hand Alle Arts doe Stand " ‘The motto of one of the medival Guilds of Handi- craft, It applics with pecul- far force 1o the Art of the recognized td'the full by the | “Goruam Co. < - Silversmiths Inits work:::pl, the * Jargest in world devoted to solid silver working, machinery is subor nncd to the “eunning of the handi- " worker, Hence it is 'that Gorham Silver “"has an artistic quality peculiarly its own. It is stated that J. Phryont 'gan s not & member of the syndicate and will bave nothing to do with the management of the mines, although he may have a hand in financing the deal. BOXERS TO MAKE SPEECHES Corbett and Sullivan to Be Amo, the Attractions at Salvation Jrmy Din, | TOLEDO, 0., De¢. 24.—At the Salvation | Army dini to tho poor of Toledo tomor- row James J. Corbstt, John L. Sulllvan, Mayor (Golden Rule) Jones and Rev. F. D. Kelgey will address the assembled didners. Sullivan and Corbett, who are appearing at rival theaters this week, bot! volun- teered to act as walters at the dinner, the army " suggested that they maki speech. - When they learned that Jones nu Kelsey would speak they accepted the Il- vitation. Shot by Man | The: uring & Quarrel, Whe Turns Plstol on Himselt CRQOKSTON, -M} Dec. 34.—George lnstantly killed Oaroline A. Moon, aged 19, spd then sent two bullets Into his brain. He, i still’ alive, but will dle. It though! & quarrel. Santa Fe Institution st Al buquerque, New Mexico. - ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., pital bas been totally destroyed by fire, HOSPITAL GOES UP IN SMOKE —ul. Pire Destroys Atchisen, Topeka & | west of Pittsburg, CHICAGO, 24.—The 4,700 engin: ofe | firemen on_the Ohlcago, Milwaukea & | St. Paul system will receive an increase in pay of about 7 per cent, according to an agreement reached today. CHATTANOQGA, Tenn., Dee, 34—An- nouncement was made here tonight that the wages of all engineers, conductors, fire- men and station employes of the Alabama Great Southern had been increased from & [to 10 per cent. This affects about 1,600 men. FALLS OVER A HIGH CLIFF Keeper of Golden Gate Light Makes Misstep and Deat! is the Result, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.—Captailn John McKenna, keeper of the lighthouse at Lime int, on the Marin county shore of the killed last night by fall- ty-foot cliff situated near the government property of which he had | eharge. He 18 ppoua to have made & misstep in the VANDERBILT WILL GET WELL e pee— WOMAN IS IU&TAHTL\‘ K“.LED Dr, Flint Says Rich Man Has Tarmed Cormer and Wil Now Recover. NEW YORK, Dec. 34.—On leaving the ‘Vanderblit reeidence tonight Dr. Flint said: “Mr. Van it has turned the cormer; he Randahl, a lsborer, last night shot and | Wil set '.n' 5 4o Wi , Dec. #4.—The 'Baltimore ild Branch Road. BALTIMORE, is|& Oblo ratirosd officials in this city sn- the shooting was the. result of | hounced today that the company will bulld l l" railroad some 200 miles long, which rien the distance bétween Baltl- Pittsburg by at least fifty miies connection with cutoffs to be bullt will bring Chicago elghty miles nearer Baltimore. In the con struetion of the line the old Souty Peunaylvanis :m will be utilized. Deg. ‘#~~The | H. B and B, Huberman. ¥urs remodeled Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad hos- | and repaired. 118 Bouth 15th street. vlhlh.g”-dunnodnnulm- Callsban Printing Co. Call 985. 711 8. 16th. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, PLAN T0 m_z'cm‘vs HUMBERTS 1 Sy French lhhurl Oongider Famous Safe l'nud nd Arrange Details, CASE AFFECTS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Parisian Strept Hawkers Empty Models of Swindlers’ Which Sell Readily to Glddy Christms Obtain Crowdns. PARIS, Dec. 24.—As a result of confer- ences botween M. Cambes and the min- Ister of justice complete arrangements have been made for thé reception of the mem- bers of the Humbert family, now under afrest. The pretaution has been taken not to dleclose What prison the fugitives will occupy, or whether they will be taken from the train, as @ popular demonstration 18 feared. The government authorities are DECEMBER 25, 1902. by Mr. Morgan, asks these damages on the grotnd that he caught severe cold:through the house not being heated owing to the Inck of coal. CHARITY OF BAKERS’ UNION Organisat! to Give Five Humdred Loaves of Bread to the Poor, Five hundred people will be made happy this morning as & result of the char- ity of the membere of the Omaha Bakers' unfon. The bakers conferred with Chief of | Police Donahue yesterday relativ 0! the distribution of 500 loaves of frosh, warm bread, which will be given out to tha needy poor Christmas morning. The dele- gation was referred by tho chief to the Salvation Army headquarters, on Capitol avenue, where the food will be dispensed under the direction of Health Uficer Wool- dridge. | AIDS MISSISSIPPI BLACKS | showing great activity In preparing for the prosecution. M. Henniffe, chief of detectives, who has gone to Madeid, s ac.ompanied by four civil guards, four police Inspectors and two of the best dotectjves in the service. It I8 expected they WIfI occupy with the prisoners, whose arri in Paris with intense Interest. The affalr centinues to be .he universal toplc for discussion and oven affects the Christmas holiday, maty of the novelties deplcting phases in the case.” One of these is & miniature of Humbert's safe, as empty as that which jnduced bankers and others to lend millions to the Humberts. The nature of the legal proceedings has not yet been definitely. settled, though the statément in the extradition papers that the accused are charged with swindling and irregular bankruptey proceedings, gives a general ides of the lifies of the prosecution. 3 The .creditors. are. chiefly intefested In | resculng the remnant of their assets and plans are on foot for a meeting of ereditors, with a view to arranging an_equitable division. REGRET REYES' RESIGNATION -_— Mexicans of All Ranks Praise Admin. istration of Retiring Minister ot'War. § — MEXICO, 24.—THe resignation of General Benardino Reyes, who since Jan- uary 1, 1900, has held the post of minister of war, has caused a decided sensation in politieal circles” Hé made an excellent record and blillt'ap a great reservist army as an auxiliary fo the ‘regular forces. His administration haé béen pralsed on all gides and on ‘his retirement has the gen- eral good will of his ministeral assoclates. 1t ie reported that he will now become again governor of the Indépendent staie of Neuvo Leon, and it s probable that Gen- eral Frisco Mela, present minister of mincs and public works, will succeed to the va- cancy in the War départment. This will involve other cablnet changes, The immediate esuse of General Reyes' resignation fs s&(d’ to have been articles appearing in La Protesta, a paper which violently attacks the finance mitnister, which articles were attribiited to a near relative of General Reyes, though this is denied to- day by the person concerned. At all events; General Reyes 181} It ificumbent on him to tender his resignation Notes between Presidént Diaz and Gen- eral Reyes relative to the resignation were published this even) On the 224 inpt. S)gnor Reyes sent in his resignation, through the State department. He sald as his name had been used in various connectfons {0 esuse. division in the government's policy, just when lhe' country needed tranquility, in order to pass afely through current economical dificul- ties he considered it his duty to resign as minister of war and as general of a division in the army, and added that his decision was irrevocable. He renewed assurances of loyalty to the pérson and policy of Presi- dent Diaz. President, Dias, in accepting the resigna- tion through the ministér of atate, compli- mented General Reycs heartily snd said he He retused to accept his resignation of his. army title, and asked General Reyes to retain it. RECEIVE |TALIAN MESSAGES Marcont Operstors in Eng Cors rectly Record Wireless Tele- srams in Forelgn Language. HALIFAX, N. 8, Dec. 24.—Wireless messages sent in Itallan by Marconi to General Businl, @e cpmp to the kinj of Italy, to the lady in waiting to the | queen dowager, Margherita, and to the Itsllan minister of Mafine have been re- | at Poldhu, Cornwall, by operators dge of the Italian lan- This is considered an interesting guage. proof of the accuracy with which measages may be transmitted. The following meéssage was sent today tc the directors of the Marcon! Wireleds Tel- egraph company in London: best Christmas wishes to My ry co- dlnomn and n‘:m&m ‘:::t'gr 't.,: feat time by transatiantic Ake&rfl,— The Glace Bay station is now closed for the Christmas holida; Will Not Séll Curacac. AMSTERDAM, De¢, 24.~In the second chamber of the states tribunal M. Van Kobl, minister of solotles, declared today | that the rumors that the Dutch govern- Curacao to Gérmany orf any other foreign power were without foundation. Pollce W Anarchists. ment contemplated selling the island of | A ROME, Dec. 24—8everal alleged archi who refused admissi iato the ted have arrived at Genoa on the way to their homes. They have been placed under police survelllance. 2 bt e S Ay |SOCIAL "EVENT AT SAN JUAN Brilliant Receptio; and Mrs, Given by Gavernor SAN JUAN, P. R, Dec. 24.—The recep- tion given last night at the executive man- sion here by Governor Hunt and Mrs. Hunt to formally introduce to soclety their eld« est daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hunt, was the most brilllant sitee the American oc- cupation of the island. Among those t were Admiral Dewey, Rear Admirals Sumaer, Taylor, Crowninshield and Coghlan, and scores of other naval and military officers, besides many prominent Ameritans, Porto Ricans and Spanish civilfans from this ity am all the inland towns. Altogether there werd at least 500 persons present. MORGAN SUED FOR DAMAGES Tenant Takes Cold from b PR (T 5 ST S A i - ~ Governor Offers Reward for Arrext of Those Forcing Negroes to Migrate. JACKBON, Miss., Dec. 24.—~Governor Lon- gino today offered $50 reward for the &r- rest and conviction of any person who forces a negro to leave Lincoln, Amite, | Franklin or Pike counties. Hundreds of | negro residents have been served with notice to leave these countles during the last few months, supposedly by white peo- ple. NOOSEVELT TO VISIT DENVER Promives Republican Cominittee to Stop in Capital Colorado During March. DENVER, Dec. 24.—D. B. Birley, chalr: man of the republican state central com- mittee, was advised by telegraph today that President Roosevelt will visit Denver | about the middle of March. From Denver he will go to New Mexico and Oklahoma. GETS A SEVERE SENTENCE Detective Sharkey Who Accideatally Kills Banker Fish is Given Ten Years, NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Thomas J. Shar- key, the private detective ‘who was con- victed of manelaughier’ In the second de- gree for having killed Nicholas Wish, the banker, on September 25, was today sen- tenced to state prison for ten years. CREW SENDS ITS COMPLIMENTS Boys on Buttleship Towna Wish Friends and Relatives a merry | Christmas. [ | NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The Assoclated Prees has recelved the following dispatch: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. The Associated Pres: AU New York: The crew wish thelr relatives | RECORDS WILL NOT STAND Welght Used In Athletic Contests Now Found Too Likht and Too Small, NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—James Bullivan chairman of the American Athletic union, ;' announced that a fift. x-pound SCelahe SIS Do tacs ugad at many ath- letic contests and with which three record: including one world's record, posed to have been broken, had been welghed and measured by him and. fbund both under welght and under John Flanagan on October eredited with a world's record of 36 fael cy inches, and on October 26, 1902, Richard Bheridan of the Past:ime Athletic club was credited with the Americap record of 38 foet 4% Inches, uniimited run and follow; and at the Etar Athletic club games af | Long Island City” on November 1, 102 | James B. Mitchell threw the same "1‘. t 0 feat 3 Inches from a stand without fol- low. S, ‘The ‘matter will be called to the attention of the record cominittee and an invesiiga- | tion will be made of all other welght | throwing records made with this welght. The test chowed that the welght was an ounce and a half Jight and the tMangular handle meagured {rom & half o two and a quarter inc Poor Memory i to Row, Charley Bloom of 1109 Hhrnam stréet and | Mary Snyder of 148 Webster street will &‘ena Christmas in the eity jail, bel’lu:e‘ arley has such a poor memory when | under the influence of holiday stimulants. Charley had a pocketbook with $16 in t and before going out for the evening put it in his sock as a K’arhcxly safe place. After l.l?.d Desd Ary's for a while he felt n tor money and found it gon o naturally .ccnua er of touchin fm and when . she denied knowledge o the §15 he trled to choke her, and struck her with a bottle of whisky, demamdin restitution. At the police station, muc! to the surpride of Charley, the money wan ound. ‘The fint annual dance of the !‘rlendlh"l club, an nization of colored watters, R ght in Washington hall, The severity of tl e night made the attena- ance smaller than it would otherwise have A by f priz which were given durin; ndmmfl( WOmARn An man, best dancers, ete. Oh Jleklon s pn dent and T. Van, vice president of the organization, The Franklin elu ave its Initial dance in Osthoff's hall, and will continue week!: lhmulhout the #eason. The hall was well Street Rallway Men Join AR Maekly mastiog of ¢ tion_of Street Rallway o, Vs held Tuesday evening aha yesterday frernoon in_Labor ot 8 the Napios probably at the meeting next v\edneldny’ ight, Bome new members were admitted nto the umion. NEW YORK. Dec. T statement regarding the meeting of ! Bt. Jose| Grand Island directors wi made public today; At & mesting of the 8 it bourd of dirgetery December 000, eciared on'the fiet pre. ferred stock. Re man DI BOSTON, Dec. 21.~Edward Summerville of_Providehce, R. one of the ten men Tescued after th ter to the nchoox Frank er and Louise B. Crary, died foduy from the etisels of exposure. Jeft Patmer 1 his undercloghes ‘and for nekrly four days while in the boat kad na protec. tion from ¥ er. The other survivors are hough Captain Fotter of 'Crny 1o suitering sreatly from his frosen eet. puny Reorganized BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Dec. #.—Sec- retary Morton of the Graham & Morion et TR “Company "hAd_ bewn Teorgsvissd t e O compan, had ‘besn purchased by President 3. H. ranaim, while the real sstate of the com- Elll] into # hands of the rawfol estate. ©Old Man Shot by LOUIS, Dec. #.—John Moog, .{.d ; 'hn for the last unmylzuu store at urth scrast lou d du‘qln his place of business (JSomebody unkiown_ to the the store and shot l.od llull .M then helped lhn-ulv- w the contents Robbers. I the |lof a short weddig t TRAINS BLOCKED, BY SNOW Porty Miles an -Hour Wind Helps to Demoral se South Dakota Traffio- KANSAS SUFFERS FROM ZERO WEATHER Towa and North 1 Fury of Tey Blast When Mercury Tumbles, Drifts Tempests Howl and Plle Deep on Tracks, “ HURON, 8. D, Dec. 24.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Rallroading over this section of the state 1s badly demoralized forty miles an hour wind has prevailed sice Tuesday afternoon and the snow is packed' In solld drifts. All trains on the Watertown-Huron division of the Great Northern are blockaded south of Benson. The Northwestern division has experienced more difficulty in moving trains today than at any time last winter. No tralns went | west till this afternoon and nonme went south. The oxpress from the east, due ai 8 this morning, arrived six hours late | 8now, plows are busy and the road will be clear, tomorrow. An immense amount of Christmas werchandise and mall has accu- mulated here. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. prevalls all over Kansas tonight. is. more severe than at any winter, A strong wind is blowing from the north aud there are, indications of snow. Towa Al LA ''CROSSE, 'Wis., Dec. 24.—A severe blizafrd Is prevailing in this seotfon. Over three inches of snow has fallen and it is getting colder Rallroad trafle th and out of the city is | conelderably delayed. The storm s re- 24.—Zero weather The cold time this b Suffers. ported general in the Dakotas, lowa and | Minnesota and the Jake region. MINNEAPOLIS. - Dec from yarious points in Minnesota and the Dakotas tell of a forty-mife wind and rapidly falling temperature. The mefeury the Red:river yalley is 12 below and “ill reach 20 below or more before morn- ingi© MILWAUKER, Wik, Dec. 24—The entire state of *Wieconsin is in the grip of lcy winter, belng swept by a blizzard. The thermometer hae bean falling steadily for twenty-four hours. In northern Wisconsin the drifting snow is impeding trafic. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 24—A fiterce blizzard has' been raging here since | 6 o'clock this evening and traine on all roads .are from three o five hours late. At midnight the storm was still raging turlously. Washington is Visited. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 24.—The worst storm that hms visited this section this season has been raging for thirty-six hours. There are nine snow slides on the Pacific | 24.—Dispatches today by | snow filling the cuts and low places. A | ABSOLUTE Genuine Carter’s Iittle Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of St See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as sasy CURE SICK HEARAGHE. A SKIN OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER I)I T. FELIX GOURAUD'S ORIENTAL CREAM, OR- MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER Pimples. Fage g T 1 reckisns "soe e Dis- £ and v ease. < blemien: on beasts < deien_dotection lar S Tt Natre M \adies se the recom- adies will a4 As you mend ‘GOURA harmfui of all the skin sale by all drugelate an \ erg In the U. FERD. T. ¥ Great Callforma Excursions division and five dirt slides on the coast | lines from the rains in this vicinity. trains have arrived here today. BVERETT, Wash., Dec. 24.—A fierce snowstorm is raging along the line of the Great Northern. A snow slide at Madison carried away the railroad bridges last night, forcing the Great Northern west- bound overiand to contibue on the tracks of the Northern Pacific. No Killed While lhnollnl Sparrows. SPRINGVILLE, Aln., 24.—Prof. Jacob Forney: of the State unlvgnllly was accldentally killed here today while shoot- ing sparrows. He was m #on of the late ajor General John H. Forney of the con- erate army LOCAL BREVITIES. Perry Phillipg of 1113 Capltol avenue wa arrested by Officer Ryan yesterday after- noon and charged with petlt larceny, Mr. George W. Miller of Hastings, Neb. Miss Katherine M. Doggett were mar- R N e S Charles W. Savidge at his residence Burning rags In o chimney e In the res- In Pullman sleepers on fast trains, tri-weekly, personally conducted. New cars, courteous employes, satise tying meals. The cheap and com- fortable way to go. Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Why stay at home? The California tour described in our books; mailed for 10c in stamps. Address Paseonger Office, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Me Raflway, Des Moines, In, Santa Fe ' Spemllsls In ali DISEASES and DISORDERS of MEN. idence of George H. Harr, 217 Caldwell strept, “called the fire department out | Wednesday - afternoon at 341 o'clock; $20 | dsmage. Last evening at 7:20 fire was started | house aceupled by Henry Graacks at 2512 North Twentleth street by a Christmas tree_taper. The family stopped the fire before the arrival of the department, with | & damage of only At 5:40 yesterday evening the fire depa.t ment was called to 840 Narth Twenty-fourth street, where the story and a half frame cottage ‘occupled by Mra Minnle and the contents thereof were damaged by firc to the extent of $100. The blaze was caused | | by some papers becoming ignited. Mr. Hutry M. MdCovmack and Mies | Josephine Tenick were married Wednes- gay afternoon st the residence of Rev Charles W. Savidge, who officlated. McCormack . represonts. the Macotils. GiShe Toambor ‘company of Milwaukes, and Miss Tonick is the well known solo singer of this city. They left yekterday afternoon p. CANCERS SORKS—Permanently red . by Bounlc Plood Baim It destroys et n ‘plopd. 1f you have aches dries, back and joints, ncmn: Bclbby 8kin, Blood feels hot, Bwollen Glands, Risings and Bumps on_thé 8kin, Mucus ‘Patches in Mouth, Sore Throat, Pimples. Copper-Colored Bpots, ail fun-own, Uleers'on &ny part of the body, Hair or Eyebrows falling out. take Botanie Bilo Bolm, gusranteed to cure even worst and most deep- ated cases where doctors patent medi- e and hol springs fail. Heam i Sores, 810ps all aches and pains, reduces wwellings, makes blood pure and rich, o fle! changing the entire pudy Into euithy: condition. B. B, B. hus Cured thousands after reaching the last stages of Blood Polson. Eesema, tala, aro: caused by an |y Polsoned condl. of the Blaod B, stogs Hawking Bpitiing, Aches nd Bains. tehing an Bcrnn-hln cures Rheumatism. Catarrh; all Boabs, Boales, [iruptions, Watery Blll rs, foul fes by healthy blood supply to affecte un . C nogon ol all Kin. B Suppurating Swellings Fotkign 454 neats the sores or wora: cancer perfectly. Lf you have a persistent Pim- teke Biood Balm and they will dis- E’:fl: before-they develop into 3K Thoroughly posed of pure fengthens, weak Sfomachs, Sures - uphlu Sbections with each boti u‘(!s Omuana by Hoston "g Dillon Drug Co., 24th Call or write Bny Blood Balm sent by ex) eeipt of 41 Roakes systom. for which G 8, Benawa Ia agent. and ' semsisisly’ sas spect. tated an en 12 years of suce ceasful practice im Omana, CHARGES LOW, xlltlcflfl"l.‘: HYDROGELE and asys, without cutting, pain foss of um Legal guarantee o cure you or woney SYPnILIS nd the polson il she. Iy the diseass on ngerous drugs or injurious medicines. Wk “ from ::L--i s o VICTIMS 1O NERVOUS U TION, vlu IN with -uu.v BECAT I ol 26 MIDOLE AGED: Jach of i, vigor aad streugth. h organs tmpaired and weak: Cures guaran STIIIG TURE cured wi ment. 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