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i s n of the govérnment, who view it as a virtual defeat and as discrediting the min- fstry, the latest phase of Lie Venesuelan trouble has been welcomed lukewarmly Arbitration by President Roosevelt had Been, antlalpated as so desirable that his refudhl, which Is regarded as fin has eaused keen disappointment. It Is fore- #edn that, even i satisfactory conditions for the submission of the disputes to The Hague court can be arranged, this method will ental! endless and wearisome details, with no assurance that at the end President Castro still will be In power or Venezuela ia the mood to abide by the declsion. In chort, that clement of guarantee which would have scetmpanied President Roosevelt's acceptance fe now lacking. At the same time It Is readily admitted that from tHe American point of view President Roosevelt has acted wirely in declining to The only paper which really welcomes the decision is the radical Dally News, which sees a chance of making arbitration ' once more a reputable theory, and pays a tribute_to the coolness of President Roose- velt and the correct attitude of the United States during this “sorcy business.” The Dajly News adgs The Venezuélan e enhance Mr. Roosgvel; bring home 1o Engh enaiirioat, of the A The Dal ,)«-u g purumnt. y- has doné much to nn\lmllnn and to n :llfll(lnl an 3 hl-m attack on the e ‘most imnou- lpllnde ln vllch ur«l Wn .lu engaged in recent years. GIVE MITCHELL HBfiE CASH Mine Workers Will Be Asked erease Salaries Puid Pre Secretary. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26.—A motion Wit be submitted to the conventfon of { United Mine Workers increasing the Sali- ties paid the president and secretary. At present Mr. Mitehell receivés $1,800 and Mr. Wilson $1,600. ‘The miners are looking forward to se- euring increased pay for themselves and want their executive officers to share their profits It 18 sald the convention will be the fargest ever held by the miners, as over 1,200 delegates will be present, as agalnst 1,000 last year, FEAR' FRESH CHICAGO STRIKE Rallway Clerks Better Freight Handle: Both Want Pay. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The 8,000 rallway freight handlers of Chicago, whose strike fast summer interfered with the industries of this city for three days, are preparing to demand more pay. The rallway clerk: organization 18 making similar prepa; tions. Negotiations between the clerks and | freight handlers are in progress. It is said | that the two organizations will take can- eerted actlon. Marine Wages Go Up. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Dec. 26.—At a conference today between members of the maraine engineers and the officlals of the Pittsburg Steamship company the engineers “ were granted a 3 per cent increaso in wages. _TRAIN KILLS TRACK WALKERS lentan Locomotive Sliys Two PEGRIA, 1ll., Dec. 26.—Mrs. John Jones of Pottstown, three miles west of the eity, and - Mre. Elizabeth - Misson of this city staptly killed by a:- Chicago Daseénger train this even- t Pottstown. 'hey were walking on the track. » FIRE RECORD. Seven Buildings at Cuolbertson. CULBERTSON, Neb., Dec. 26.—(Special Telegram.)—Shortly after midnight last sight fire broke out in the general store of H. 0. Brotzman and a frame row of seven dwellings was reduced to ashes. The $illldings were owned as follow The Quibertson bank, J. W. Wray, J. W. Me- nald of Lincoln, George N. Linn, Bertha ven, C G. Crews and estate of H. Blum. The Culbertson bank building was the only byllding Insured and this only carried $500 in the Phoenix of Brooklyn, H. G. Broi:- man carried $1.500 of insurance on his #took, $6500 In the Concordia and $1,000 in the Farmers' and Merchants' of Lincoln. Total loss on bulldings about $4,000, Fire at Schemectady. ‘SOHNECTADY, N. Y., Dec. 26—The h.-on block, opposite the unfon station | here, was totally destroyed today. The fre, which probably was caused by an @verheated chimney, was a spectacular one. . The total loss was §$100,000; insurance About $76,000. The prineipal portion of the bullding was used as a hotel. In an Jolning building also was, & hotel. The focupanis of both were aroused and re- moved In safety by the firemen and others. | » Bome of the hote} guests were compelled A9 fice In their night clothes. VICKSBURG, Miss., Dec. 26.—Glenn Al- & village in Washington county, with @' population of between 400 and 500, was Almost totally déstroyed by fire this mern< fng, ouly two business blocks and an oll wlll being saved. ! N T-h the advice though it is # ecotury old and do not de- fer the purchase of Gorham ~Silver “Herein lies true wis- dom, for.it js nat only of the very highest thty. as guaranteed the trade-mark, b\u At is no higher in price “.than anonymous ‘pro- ductions which may be silver only in appear- ADDING T0. FUEL SUPPLIES United States Oonsul t> Berlin Writes of the Briquette Industry, CONSTITUTES MOST OF FUEL OF BERLIN Lignite, Peat, Slack and Waste of the wed to Make m Produet Baqual of Anthracite for Fuel. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Ded. - 26 —(Special.)— “The correspondece recelved during the past ‘momth frém nearly every'state and territory of the union, making further in quiry concerning ‘the machinery and pro cesses employed In Germany for making tuel briquettes from lgnite, peat and coal | dust, indicates fhat public.interest in the | whole subject of, utllizing - the hitherto | wasted or neglected fuel materia sbundant In America, has been thoroughly aroused,” Mr. Frank H. Mason, United States cousil general at Berlin, wtites in a report just recefved at the State depart- ment. ."There ‘are in New England, wegtern New York, Miclkigan, IlNnols, Wisconsin, Ore- gon and Washington vast beds of peat ;hlol have - this far hardly explored. ‘hére are .in the Dakotad and.the QGuif Aiatos large depostts of lignite ‘and materfal widway .in _diifacter between lignits and peat, and there are o all-the voal mining sqnu- enaFmpus quantitfes of “bituminous ust ‘and’ amthracite culm, all of ‘which may by the employment of mpdern machinery and processes be added to the fuel supply oftolr country. ¢ “As has been stated in these reports, this {s an industry in which the first ten- tative efforts made in. the United States | haye generally tailed, but which bas been devoloped in Germany, France and Bel- glum by long, careful, wclentific experience into an important and successful aystem of produttion. There is no reason why any American operator or mine owner should risk a dollar In vague or hazardous experl- ments; he has only to ascertain by expert | inquiry what his crude material contains —whether or not it is adapted to profitable conversion into briquettes, and, if so, by what process and machinery it can be most eflecuvaly treated, With a view of answer- ing concisely the latest inquiries on this subject and simplifying to some extent the practical proposition, the following resume of the briquette manufacture, as it exists in Germany, ls respectfully submitted. Two Classes of Fuel. “German briquette factories are divided, In respect to the crude material employed., into two general groups—those which maken household briquettes from brown coal (lig- nll') or carbonized peat; and those whlch produce the so-called ‘Industrie briquettes,’ using as basic material coal dust or ‘slack.’ the waste of bitumifious coal ‘min | “PFirst—Household briquettes made peat and to in Germany from brown cos |a small extent from anthracite dust, are used for grates. heating stoves, cooking stoves and ranges, and constitute the prin- | cipal hourehold fuel of Berlin and other German ocitfes. They are clean to touch, kindle readily, burn with a clear, full flame and are cheaper in Berlin, ton for ton, than anthracite or good bituminous coal. They are made—largely from brown coal—in factories located mainly In 8i- lesia, Saxony and the Rhine provinces, and united In & syndicate, which controls the | output, regulates prices and looks after the general wolfare’ of the industry: | “Machinery for the manufacture of bri- quettes from lignite is made by several ‘ge establishments. among which may be cited the Zeitzer Bisengiesserel, at Zelt, in Saxony; the Maschinen Fabrik Bucksu, | at Magdeburg. and the Kocnigin Marien- browh-coal mines, which produced last year 44,211,002 tons of lignite, valued at $46,042,500, or & little more than $1 per ton. Of this whole number of mines 181 have eaca from one to six briquette factories, In each of which ! from one to ten présses are employed. The | whole brown_ coal briquette indusiry of Germany includes 286 factories, with a to- tal of 691 pre Statistics of the total yearly product are not accessible, but from | the fact that a single press turns out from fitty to ninety tons per day it will be read- ily inferred that the annual output is enor- mous. They are the standard household | fuel throughout a large portion of this | country, and are besides largely used for firlng m bollers, especlally in ecitles where thelr cleanliness and freedom from | smoke and dust are highly esteemed. The | standard household briquette is abeut eight inches In length by four inches in width and two Inches thick, and is re- taled and delivered -in Berlin at prices | ranging trom $2 per 1,000 in summer to $2.50 in.winter, Used in “Second—Industrial _briguettes are used in Germaany for firing locomotives and other | steam boilers, for smelting 1n reverberatory furnaces and for many other kinds of indus- trial heating. They are made of bituminous coal dust, held together by a matrix of | mineral pitch—that is, coal tar ddrived from retort coke ovens or gas manufacture, and trom which the benzole and other valuable elements have been eliminated. Pitch of | this quality costs in this country from $10 to $12 per metric ton (equal to' 2,205 pounds) The percentsge of matrix neces- ary to be used varies greatly with the fatness''—| richness in bituminous ele. ments of the coal iteelf. Slack from very fat coal will work into briquettes with an addition of 2 or 3°per cent of pitch; while leaner grades may require 6 to'8 or even 10 per cent, the latter proportion being sufi- clent, at the preeent cost of pitch, to render such coal unprofitable for briguette making purposes, Briquettes made from bitumi- nous slack although not smokeless, are much more nearly so than ordinary bitumi- nous coak When butued in Jocomotives oy anhy well-constricted ‘Doller or other fur- nace with & good draft, they wnto only = Ahin, trauelucent bich con rela- Uvély itle' soot, aad 16 very diherent trom the inky clouds that roll up from most fac- |tory chimueys: wherernoft coal is shov-ed | I-AA-crlmlnuon inlo the furnaces. The . defect of such briquettes is that the mineral pjteh, which ju used as & binder, coutains more or less crecsote; this renders dust and fumes from such fuel acrid and sometimes Irritating to the skin when confined in a close, hot boller room. Soft coal briquettes aré made trom the dust and | waste of mines, and, when the composition of the ccal is such «s to permit & low per- centage of binder to be used, they are the cheapest and easiest kind of briquettes to produce. They are made in machiue presses | of the Zeitz pattern, with a capacity of ninety tons of briquettes per day. Capacity of Tweo Million Toms. “The output of soft coal briquettes in western Germany Is controlled by a s dicate called the Briquette Sale Syndi of Dortmund, which - iunoludes among its wembers thirty-oue factories, located in Westphalia and the Rhi; Commerce. produce small of egg size which are certain kinds of tubular bollers syndicate clalms a maximum apoual | New York and be pre) | through this consuiate, THE OMAHA DAILY fourths of that amount—<whatever the ma ket will take at prices which the syndi- cato managers conslder equitable. Indus- trial briguettes are usually of A squAre or oblong form, convenlent to be closely packed or built up into a wall Ilike bricks, whereby they greatly economize space compared with raw coal. They L] weight trom three to ten pounds, and each bears the initials or trade mark of the company by which it ia produced, 8o that In case of any defect In quality the In- ferior briquette can be readily traced to its source of production. When burned whol they are consumed slowly and give out a steady moderate heat for a long (im when It is desired to quicken or inteni the flame, they are broken up, and in thll condition are especially adapted to flue or tubular bollers, sugar evaporating. smelt- ing and anneallng furnaces, in man- facure, or In porcelain and cement fac orfes. wherever, in fact, a fuel capable of producing a long, flerce flame ls desirable Their efficiency @8 locomotive fuel may be Inferred from the fact that the state rail- | ways of Prussia, which used 120000 tons of such fuel in 4899, bhave bough from the syndicate. 680,000 tons during the first nine menths of 1902 ““Anthracite coal is so sparingly produced in Germany that the use of hard coal dust for briquefte making is rela Ively unim- portant.. Experts, however, agree that with an admixture of from 4 to 8 per cent of matrix, .the manifacture of anthracitc briquettes, which will beat ffanspor ation | by sea or jand, in any climate; presents no technical difficulty. Etperiment with “As has been indieated: in ‘previous re- ports, the mun\fhcture,’of, coke and bri quetted from-peat or turt is still relatively in the experimental stage; although . there aro several factories In successtul opera- tion and another—Ilargest of all Just being put into operation at Konigsberg, on at. | the Baltic coast of East Prussia. “Third—As a result of the present wide- spread interest in this subject and the many inquiries that have been recelved from mine ownors and operators for tech- nieal information as to processes, cost and capacity of machinery, etc., a combination bas been formed betweén three of the fore- most machine bulldérs in this country, whose produots, collectively include all the necessary apparatus for making briquettes . from coal dust, brown coal and pbat. The purpose of this syndicate fis to meet promptly and efficiently the American de- mand for machinery and working methods which represent the best results gbtained by sclentific study and mature experience In Germany. The combination is entitled “The Export Eyndicate of Briquette Ma- chinery Manufacturers,' with central cfice at No. 69 Friedrich strasse, Beflin, and includes as members the Zeltzer Eisen- glesserel at Zeitz, Saxony, the Maschinen- fabrik Buckau at urg and - the Maschinenfabrik (formerly Jaeget) at Bhrenteld-Cologne. Its plan 1is to send over, w'thin a few weeks, an experienced | engineer, who will establish an office at ed to confer with firms and persons whd' contemplate enter- ing upon the manufacture of brigquettes, to examine sites and materiale, make plans and estimates for bulldings, hinery, ete. An opportunity will be th oftered for American mine owners and operators to ascertain definitely in advance the the- oretic valué of their materidls for bri- quette making and the cost of a plant of & given dally capacity. Method of Procedure. “‘Meanwhile the same results can be reached with important saving of tifme if owners of coal mines or lignite beds will send to the above address, directly, of t en-pound samplea of their materia] in thé exact conditl which 1t WiIT be available In lafge doanti- ties for practical use. The percentag: water in any briquette material s an im- | portant factor ju determining how it ean best be work: “It the ma ) {8 dry--as, fér instance, slack from a well-drained bituminous- cosl mine—the sample may be sent in an.ordi- nary box or package. If, on the .other hand, the slack or culm is obtained, wet from a wasliing process, or {f the materlal is lignite or peat from a bog, the sample should be sent in‘a tight tin case, which will preserve the exact percentage of mols- ture which will be encountered when it is | mined for use on an industrial scale. ““The postal package treaty between the United States and Germany provides for the transmission by post, reciprocally,’of packages not exceeding five kilograme about eleven pounds, avoirderpois} in welght at a uniform rate of 12 cents per pound. Allowing for the weight of the n essary covering, this will enable Interested persons in America to forward to Berlin samples of their material sufficlent in quan- tity to be analyzed, submitted to varipus tests and even made cxperimentally into briquettes; so that its adaptabllity to bri- quette manufacture, the percentage of binder required, the caloric value of the product, and methods and machinery best adapted to working it can be ascertalned and reported on In advance, by responsidle experts who are prepared to follow up this estimates by practical operations. “In this way, the technical experience dnd sclentific knowledge which have made the briquette industry suvcessful and fm- portant,In Germany will be made dirgetly avallable by American operators who de- sire to begin at the point of economic effic- fency that. hae been attained by the best practice in Europe.” QUIET ON ISTHMUS THE WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Commander Culver of the gunboat Bancroft tele- graphed the Navy department a few days ago from Colon that affalrs were qule the lsthmus and that there was no neceshity for the-prgsence. of the American war ship. Rt w thopized, to pi to Kingston and lh:'ncw to San Juan, P. 1, the regular’sta- tion ®f th Banéroft. ’lb- vessel left on the ml “EGK ON. . THE BIG FOUR 'l’rm Train Derailed W‘II. Rua- . ming ut High Speed, but No Ome Badly Hurt EDISON, 0., Dec. 26.—The eastbound Giucipoatl and Eastern express on the Blg Four was deralled at the crossing of the Toledo & Ohlo Central d htle ruoning st & high rate of speed early to- The accident resulted from & misunder- standing of sign One of thé two en- gines attached to the t was totally wrecked. Eogineer Stump snd Brakemen Reed nd Lampkin all recelved slight injuries. Itehing, blind. bleeding and protruding plies. No cure, 0o pay. All driggists are authorized ‘by manufacturers Olutment to refund the money falls to cure any case of piles, bo matter of how long standing. Cures ord pary ecases in six days; wors! cases in fourteen days. One application gives ecase and Itching instantly. This Is & discavery acd it s the ouly pile remed: sold on & pos- itive guarantee, bo cure, Bo pay. Price Soc. ‘of this feport Commander Culver | BEE BOERS FIGRT FOR BRITALN Offor of Bouth African Dutch to Join Somaliland Dutoh is Accepted. IS MOST CONCILIATORY CHAMBERLAIN Reaches Durban and Asks for Sup- r m of All Animosities Be- tween Races, While Promi Ea Rights for Al DURBAN, Natal, Dec. 26.—Mr, and Mri Chamberlain. who left Portsmouth, Eng- land, November 25 on board the armored crulser Good Hope, landed here at 10:30 this morning. They received a warm’ welcome | largé crowds of people. from the course of the reception function remarke were most concillatory throughout. Bearing in mind, seemingly, the fumors that his visit would lead to the displace- ment of Lord Milner, he declared his be- Mef that his visit would have the effect of strengthening the hand of Lord High Commissioner Milner, who, he hoped, would be as gredt in conciliation as he had been In the maintenance of the rights of the empire. Referring 1o thé late war the colonial secretary said the English and Dutch had been brought Inté courageous rivairy which must Inevitably result In the two proud 4nd kindréd races growing in mutual re- pect, dppréétation and lasting friendship. “Vietor -~ and vanquished, he, “bravély played thelr parts. We scern to glory in cur triumph and the ememy need feat no hufniliations. Let us see, as Brit- {ons, worthy of the name, that nothing be ! done to révive the animosities of the past. | We must give our mew fellow subjects equality of positions with ourselves.” Mr. Chamberlain also announced the ac- ceptance of the Boer offer to fight for Eng- {land in Somaliland. VAINLY OFFER TO PAY DUTY Alleged Oficial Smugglers Tender Cash for Liguors, Which Col- léctor Hefanen. SAN JUAN, P. R., Dec. 26.—The cases againat Robert Giles and Lieutenant Com- wandet George W. Mentz, for smuggling wines and liquors on board government vessels was continued here today. Cruzen sald Mr. Giles wanted to pay duty on the liquors and that he refused to ac- cept the mohey, as there is no law per- mitting the entry of merchandise on gov- ernment vessels. The collector sald he boarded th> light- house tendér Laurel, where he saw the three cases addressed to the captaln of the ship and others matrked Robert Giles. One case was opened and contained brandy. He demanded three times that these goods be delivered to him and upon failing to secure them allowed thirty minutes for the cases to be delivered. They were then turned over. ‘Mr. Glles and Lieutenant Commander Mehtz wanted to return the cases to St. Thomas. Mr. Cosgrove, an officer of Laurel, was then recalled and sald the quartermaster of the tender had not reported the removal of any cases of liquor at Culebra. Quarter- master Sohultz and Chipchase sald nothing had been landed at Culebra and the prose- cution closed. The defense will open on Monday. e o W GHICAGO EXPRESS WRECKED prainig Grand Trank Passenger Train Collides with Freight Near Lo Ontario. LONDON, Ont. Diec. 36.—It 18 reported that the Chicago express on the Grand Trunk railway, which left here at 9:30 for Sarnia, collided with a fast freight coming east at Strathroy. The express does not stop at Strathroy, usually running . through the village at fitty miles an hour. on board has just left here over the Grand Trunk for the scene of the wreck. The rallroad officlals refuse to talk about the matter, but it {s known that all trains on the Sarnfa division are being sent over the old Grand Trunk road to Stratford. The latest reports from the scene of the wreck state that five persons were killed and fifteen injured. The engineer of the frelght train and the fireman of the express are among the killed. The other three dead were passen- gers on the express train. JUST A SIMPLE FUNERAL No Display to Attend the Last Rites Over Body of Archbishop f Canterbury, LONDON, Dec. 26.—The remains of the ! arehbishop of Canterbury were removed this afternoon from the archepiscopal palace at Lambeth to Canterbury for In- terment there tomorrow. There was uo display. The body was taken to the raflroad station fn a simple hearse, followed by carriages containing relatives of the deceased. A surpliced choir sang an anthem at the station as tho cofin was placed on board the train. Bishep of Los Angeles. ROME, Dec. 26.—Bishop Conaty, rector of the Catholie university at Washington, | appears to have the best chance of an ap- polntment to the bishopric of Los Angeles, Cal. When thé congregation of the prop: gapda meets January 19, after the hoil- days, the filling of this vacancy will be among the earllest busincss transacted. Finds Grave in Otenan. HAVRE, Dec 26.—~The Freuch line eamer La Touraine, from New York, De- ember 18, which arrived here yesterday, reports that a saloon passenger, John Ecehavarria, committed suicide by jumping overboard December 21. Tolstol Appenis to Press. §T. PETERSBURG, Dee. 26.—Count Tol- stol has sent a personal appeal to the press , in view of his advanceq king the pape sge and lliness, reports of his condition, &a they cause him pain. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26.—The plague sit- uation 1s decidedly improved at Mazatlan. Only three deaths occurred yesterday. Steamers are still prevented from touching at the port. Redfern MW > es. PARIS, Dec. 3.—The courts have awarded Mrs. Viola Portiener $100 damages against Redfern, the dressmaker, for unjustifiable arrest and the selzure of goods in connec- tion with a dressmaking bill. Steamer Not om Fire, BREMEN, Dec 2.—The British steamer Straits of Dover, from Savannah, arrived here today. The report that it was on fire December 22 when passing the Lizard was erroneous. Balfour Has Influensa. LONDON, Dec. 3.—Premier Balfour is confined to bed at Whittingham, Soot- A speclal train with a number of doctors ' land. He Is suffering from a sharp attack of Influenza. BRYAN ARRIVES IN MEXICO Fears Gold Decline if Mexican Gove ernment Discards Standard. Stiver MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26.—~The papers all comment on the arrival of W. J. Bryan | here, but It is understood that his visit is merely one of pleasure and recreatlon as he is accompanied by his family. Talking on the silver quesifon, he said While Indla has suspended the colnage of silYer, it still uses silver ae its money and England coins a large number of ru- pees annually for Indla. If Mexlco were o adopt the gold standard it would na- turally reduce still further the price of silver, and if Mexico In spite of bein a large producer of silver. were to discard that metal money it {8 not improbable ihdia fnd China (Sight be led, by the e influences, the same thin While this s only ation, It 18 & spec possibility " that ‘must be considered. An | addition ‘of 700000000 people to the pres- ent Rold-using population of the world cause an enormous Increase qne demand for gold. No one can estimate accurately the effect of such a demand on the Durchasing power of gold, but it could hardly fail to materially redaco prices and enhance the value of money and fixed Investments. | Mr. Bryan purposes to make side trips | {to the hot country and afso to Toluca, capital of the atate of Mexico where Gov- ernor Villada, a warm personal friend, {15 chief magistrate. {HUNTINGTON BACK ON COAST' Cont % ax Director of Southern Pacific and Holds Fair Amount of Stock, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.—Henty BE. | Huntington rejoined his family here after { an absence of several months In New York. It s his intention to spend the rest of the winter in this city, Stockton and Los Angeles looking after business. Mr. Huntington still coatinues as a di- rector of the Southern Pacific and a member of President Harriman's executive com- mittec on the board. He admits that he owna “a very fair holding” of Southern Pa- eific stock. The Examiner intimates that the amount is about 120.000 shares, DENVER SOLDIER IS MISSING Lieuteuant Kistler Disappears and Police Ald Military in [ Bring Story of ¢ . they have had nothing but bread, and. the | coal supply will not 1 STARVE ON CHRISTMAS DAY Ioe-Botind Orew Dines on Bread, Bacon and One Potato. SAILORS CRAWL AC‘GOSb FROZEN LAKE e’ Sufferings to Trip Hands and Knees and Ask for Rellef. Toledo After Perilo: on TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 26.—~The steamer A. L. Hopkins, which left Detroit last Tuesday for Toledo, is now fast in the lce and in grave danger of bélng crushed. Today a tug attempted to reach it, but was not able to get within two miles of the boat. To- morrow another attempt will be mad This evening the mate and two ilors of Hopkins reached Toledo pfter a perilous trip over the‘lce. They were nearly frozen affairs on the boat. the captain to learn If anything was being ' done for their telief, the crew of Hop- kins being reduced to bread and water. Thelr only tood on Christmas day was A plece of bread, a slice of bacon and a baked potato for each mam Since that t twelve hours. The greater part of the trip of the {hree sailors across the icq was made on bands And knees. The bpat has a crew of twelve men. LOSS OF LIFE PROVES. HEAVY Number of Men Killed in Southe: Colorade Wreek May Reaeh Thirty. TRINIDAD, Colg., Dec. 26.—A coal miner from north of Trinidad, who was taken out of the debris of the Colorado & Southern wreck, and died a short time. later, sald Just before expiring that there were four- teen coal miners besides himself In the car in which he was riding and which was smashed to spltnters. The ruins of this car still remain under tons of wreckage. 'All the men in it must have perished. It 1s now estiiated that (I:ynumber of dead will reach from twenty- e to thirty, 5 All of the men In the wrecked car were going to Denver to spend Christmas. They Search, DENVER, Dec. 26.—8econd Lieutenant Willlam M. Kistler, Company M, Eight- eenth United States infantry, has been miss- ing from Fort Logan for nearly two weeks. The Denver police department has been | esked to help locate him. Liuetenant Kistler s 23 years old and | enlisted as a private in the Sixth cavalry | seven years ago at Philade!phia. He went with the battery to the Philippines and saw | service In and about Manila. FIREMAN DIES IN WRECK Missourl Pdeific Engine Deralled at Marshall Slays One, but Hurts No Passen; MARSHALL, Mo., Dec. 26.—The engine ' !and tender of an eastbound Missourl Pa- T train were derafled by | near Marshall this morning. ' Ed Adams -of Sedalla, was The fireman, killed, but no passengers were injured. Do Not Like Explanation. G, Carter, living at 19 North Twénty. Ill"! stteet, Councll Bluffs, was arrested ast night @s a suspicious character by Officer Crow, who found him. eirculating througn the 'Third ward at 11 g clock, with a llr of blankets over his Carter h ‘endy been In the police llsllon at 1 oclock to ask about a bail bond and had the blankets at that time. He said, when arrested, th he was selling the palr for | the H. B. Ridgeley Installment company of 707 South Sixteenth street and had gotten them td sell in the morning. Some time l'u lhe en who were In charge of the €0 ny's wagon explained the absence of cel’laln articles therefrom hy saying that they had left the wagon and the things had been _tclen during thelr absence. As Carter | had no blank forms ar other papers to show that he was an agent he was lu(ked up untll an Investigation could be mad LOCAL BREVITIES. Blanche Searl gets $8 per week alimony and §15 sult money, while waiting for a de- cree of divorce from Lymsn Searl. Nels Jensen and Nick Goodhart, who are charged with having engaged in a Christ- mas row, had their hearing set for Satur- day by Judge Berka. Because of alleged non-support Martha C. Morris has secured from gud e Dickin- #on a decree divorcing her from James and restoring her malden name, Willlams. Willlam sdoimes will have his hearin pext Tuesday for having made an attack, i Js alieged. upon . Stevens while attempt- ing to clean out a saloon on Capitol avenue, Huldah Cook, as widow of Robert B. Cook, has commenced sult in county court to secure §8i1 from the Bankers Union of | the World on an insurance policy held by | her late husband. ‘The Omaha Philosophical soclety will | in_the parlers of the Paxton hotel N Snndl} An address will be de- v by . Dunn. Subject, “Jefferson Wha Hamiton ‘Compared.” A gasoline stove exploded at the resi- | dence of Felix Bronnekant, 1443 South Thirteenth street ’ erdsy afternoon, and the resuiting fire did about §75 damage. Mr. ‘Bronuenllnl was slightly burned about the ace. ‘ Hll.'m Linz sues the city of South Omaha for £,000 because of injuries .ne..ed to have | been sustained November 16, when she | caught her foot in a hele In the sidewalk on street, between Thirtleth and Thirty- first. John E. Thompson, Tf\d South Eighteenth street, yesterday morning fell on the pave- ment on St. Mary's avenue, a little west of Twentleth street, and broke his arm. The { safne arm was broken September 5 by a fall Mike Dorkeski and Joe Horqaek, subje of the kingflom of Hungary, fought last | night at Tenth and Davenport streets with , much vigor and ambidexterousity until | OMcers Jackson and Lambert arrived to | arrest them. ) | Dollle Ford and Murrell Davis, living a 116 Bouth Ninth street, quarreled last nllh Heroce thelr arrest. Dollle's 1s an assault ano \ttery charge, because she, so it is it Murre | with the heel of a shoe, and bit her on the arm. Detectives Drummy | and Mitchell saved Murrell n the matter of the assignment ‘ Charles 1lanley Judge nhaler of lho | county court hus entered an order allow- | ing IIlnlty lot 6 block 231, as homestead ' exemption and dnnylnz his elaim to the | exemption of worth of personal prop- erty and his .lprel' wugons and horses Judge Munger yesterday afternoon lene-’ Charles Meyer of Pender on ol of selling lquor to Indlans, to pay a fine of $300 and spend sixty days In jail. Meyer | leaded that owlng fo other engagements | R would not be able to, serve the term, at but the judge insisted the sentence be served Max Walss and Wolf Lohrer, both room- ing at 3is Soutn Tenth sireet. wore locked because ‘h'fi conld not speak English and because a third person sald that had taken 314 from the room of hi | The prisoners talked on. y tacts were elicited, and hey had to be locked up until an interpre- for eould be found. i Phoebe Aughe, recently divorced from ks that the original decs mother, Jennie Aughe, be changed to glve such custody (o' her, Phoebe. She alleges that Jennie Aughe is living 400 near o saloon for the child's and, furthe:r that Jennie has re- fl- quished watchfulness over the offspring. Mrs. Jose ster of the late J. M Wiliam ¥. Parker of u s, beal she’ took o district court from the the loWwer oeurt admitting to clson. of e Parker, by the bate the will of W. | hollaay o v all came from coal mining camps north of here. Busy Day for Police, Christmas good cheer made an active day for the police force. ‘During the twenty- four hours beginning -at 7 a. m. on the forty-four arrests were made, thirty-tour of these being made by the night shift Twenty-three penniless men also found a night's lodging on the floor of the jall hallways. Twenty of those faken' Into custody were drunks, . ranging from the kind which sleeps in the streets, of which there were four, to the sor. which { disturbs the peace by 'fighting. Besides | these, one man was run in for begging, an- other for stealing coal, six for vagrancy, aix fof fighting, one n tigitive from justice: nother for cutting with Intent to wound d finally one each were charged with embezzlement and mayhem. Boy Takes Poison Tablets. Dan Smith, colored, 7 years old, layed at taking plils yesterday evening about o'clock at 9§10 Capitol avenue, where hie mother s a chambermaid. Police Surgeons Hahn and Mick saved little Dan with a stomach pump, for it was corrosive subli- mate tablets which he had swallowed. He is very nearly recpvered now, unless some unforseen complieation shall arise. Shortly after 5 o'clock the mo hee ot the child Rotlosd thab he:apte { He soon began to vomit e nkod Im what be l\m\ eaten. Dan -huwed her the bottle of salarm the people of tha B iclophoned for the. joctor, meanwhile @el ff’n' the chila with mil! PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Edward 8. Chadwick of Kearney {s at the Schiitz. 2 J. F. Lowe of Utlea, N. Y., ie at the mu.rd F. E. Jones of New York is in the city on busipess A C Presser of Wausa, Neb., Merchan N I, Cherey.of Hastings is regiatered at the Merchants. is at the in and tell an awful story of the condition of | They were sent in by | | used Uurie$ 200 | Plano—cle rum pm HOSPE’S Clearing Out Pianos Be: fore the END OF THE YEAR A Final Offering for 1902— 28 Planos for Cash or Easy Payments — Read These Prices — Bring This List — We have what we advertise —~Here is a samnla of Some Prices. ' $150 Pease Upright Plano— clearing_ price, cash or time .. $7 $175 Richmond ‘Upright Plano— Clearing price, cash _ g or time .. SPFV, 6 Kingsbury Upright Plano-ciehting price.. $9B £22 Hirze Upright-Pl- ano—clearing priee :i3 140 0 Kimball = used Uyminr ’lano—clearin B ‘ price <. .. 9175 Ha -e'a“ Upright ' Plino—clearng 0 price . devals vt $400 Kimba d. twenty- llled B T e et ek (or lhh ohln‘lv cnd-uhlhewr ul o e8] . m:l:nul $1.00p ‘gnek. ¥|r P"’flo "to $10.00 » ’mon Mr 'mon . WE WILI.MAR OUI FOLLOWING OROAN \‘\'f( have' thefn it you JSome uic Harr’ organs clearing price . Tarlor & Farléy Ortfiln— clearing price u.. it Cornish Organ= clearing price - v Wileox clearing price Kimball ‘Organ clearing pric Shoninger, Organ— cledring price . Kimball Organ-= clenring price ... Kimball Organ— clearing price. .. Kimball Organ— clearing Price ... CASH OR BASY PAY BNTS. Don't forget we have the Knabe, Kimball, Hallet Davis and Kranich & Bach ‘Planos. A.HOSPE 1513-1515 Douglas St, HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH Fingers roughened by needlework catch every stain and look hopelessly dirty. Hand Sapolio reioves ot only the dirt, but'also tne Joosered, Injured cuticle, and’ restores, the llluru 1o their aatural beauty., J ALL GROCERS AND n.xqopur_l J . P- of life should take & dollnr === tle of Juven Pills. Qne hottle will tell a story of marvelous results ana create profound wonder. . This medicine hee more rejuvenating. vitalizing force than has ever been offered. Sent by mail in pisin package only on receiptof this ady. and i, 1z This is 8 worth of medicine for one dollar, Made by its originators C. I, Hood Co., pro Those suffering from wenk nesses which sup the pleasures George H. Laverson of New York is at the ller Grand. Frank Wood of Casper, Wyo., Is & guest at the Merchants. Fred Vaughn, a promiinent citizen of Fre- mont, is in Omaha. 5. K. Valentine is & West Point, Neb., visitor at the Iler Grantl. Willard 8. Harding of Nebraska City is registered at the Millard. Perry Smith of Niobrara, Neb., spent Christmas In Omaha with friends. W. L. Love of the United States army \ passed through the city Thursday. E. R. Needham, an Albion Disincas man, 16 in the city for a few days' visit with lrlena- H. Gonden returned to_his home in Grand Taiend last mght, atter spending Christraas in Omaha. P. P. Fodrea, assistant advertising agent of ‘the Burlington, spent Christmas with relatives at Grand' Isla: According to orders (rnm headquarters, Captain J. Hamilton Stone, surgeon, has reported for duty at Fort Leavenworth. J. W. Waison and wife of Lincoln, N. C. ‘Bowen of Fullerton and W. F. Moran and wife of Nebraska City ave in the city. Joseph_A. Wheelock, the veteran editor of the St. Paul Ploneer-Press, is In the on his way to California for a winter's General Batea 16 expected to return here today from St. Louls, where he has been on duties connected with the depart- ment. M. J. Flelds of Clarkson, Neb., Judge I Neb., and ‘Attorney y, Neb., are guests eh.; Hugh Keitey o Metiook, Neb.i A inegar of Rurlington, P b arown sad wifs of St, Joséph, Mo. are guests of the Mil- lard hotel. Sehnelder and wife of Eustis, Neb.; A. W, Schneider and wile of Holbrook, Neb.; 'H. . Underwood of Nelson, Neb., and Mayor Witllam Hailer of Blair, Neb., are at the Merchants. Nebraskans at the-fler Grand: A, Ja- cobsen and_wife of Hastings, W. L. Mate and wite of Platnview, O Herford of Ashland, W. .,m of Columbus and oy anuuu a Major F, A jth, as pxpe: X ta! up lm dll!l!l nfc h- 1é, Soon spector of" the Dopartment offhd Minsaurt: 1110 stated, will Dot leave the | Philippine islands until February Hon, George L. Rouse of Grand isiand, one of the most prominent candidates fof speakep.of the house of representatiwes, 1s in the city. Mr. Rouse expresses himsel atisfied with the speakership situation, has already served three ferms as a member of the house andels, in fact, Its senior member. 6 Hrver This signsture is on every box of the genuirs Laxative ~Quinine Tsbets the remedy that enres a cold in ome day. Fure beer depends upou the purity of Every one knows that the purer used the purer the commodi ty = Biue rus prietors Hood's Sarsapari! well, Mass NNY IIMIUN "EE n AMUSEMENTS, BOYD'S | i THIS AFTERNOON’TUNIGHT “FLORODORA™ The Best of All Musical Comedies. Company of 75, Including Isadore Rush Corinne, Alf Wheelan. Prices—Matinee, 250 to $1.00; num. % to $1.50. SUNDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT “ON THE STROKE OF TWELVE® Prices—Matinee, 2c, b0c; night, 250, 800; 76e Telephone. 1801, MATINEE TODAY AT’ 2us-" " ~TONIGHT, AT, a0 HIGH CLASS.VAUDEVILLE’ s Beals atid Sea Lichs, “Jfiles and I Guriiron; Stuart Batnes: HAtrs: and Walters Carson and Willard, Westenberg | Bres., Adel Purvis Onri and the Kigedrome. PRICES—10c,” #¢" Wnd> o HOTELS, Thl MILLARD ™ osecusnl umnhl 'y Leading Hote Ll ‘(l‘l 'I’;\ AU I LUNCHEON, FIFTY CENTS | to 12:30 2p SUNDAY, 530 p. UINNER. e ovvens Steadily increasing busineas has m tated an enlargement of this cafe, donhum its former capacity the lngredi- the lngredients Kivbon ‘is made (rom the very best ef impuried Bohemlan hops, and the . pertection Of buriey i0uil, BUG Pure artesian w wur own well, 18 thoroughiy brewed and aged. tromn e 8 beer LOAL pielses Lue 00SL L4sUia IOUs taste. STORZ B'RG. CO. e Telephone 1260 f_which most of hc estate goes to P Fauiine. rmi.nu S04’ thelr som, rancls | Tadmir P ‘ arin AT TR S n-h AN P AR