THE OMAHA DAILY BEE? MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1000. anil "without 111 feeling townrd n conquered foe." Lord Robert lias visited Colcnso and tho surrounding battlefields. M-OHMFONTBIN, Dec. 2. Further de tails hftvo been received regarding tho fight near Iteltfontclu between tho Hrltlsli and tho Hoers under Commnndants Vlljocn and Hrasmu.s November 28 and 29. General I'agot townrd evening on tho (second ily closed In upon tho Doer position with tho Intention of atncklng next day at dawn. Tho liocrs, however, with reinforcements, including three guns, made a desperate at tack and severe fighting resulted. Tho Iloers, who were rcpul.ied with heavy loss, withdrew In a northeasterly direction. Gen eral I'agct, having occupied their position, sent mounted Infantry In pursuit. Tho New .cnlanders displayed great gal lantry, losing five out of tho six wounded o Ulcers. DECLARE FOR FEDERATION 'JlicrnlorN on MMiourl Pnelllc 1'iiviir Aiiiulmiititition of Ti-uIiiiiicii'n Oririiiilrutlonn, ATCHISON, Kan., Dec. 2. Missouri Pa cific railway telegraph operators at a moot ing hero today unanimously endorsed the proposed federation with the conductors, engineers, firemen nnd other trainmen's or ganizations, It was stated that the fede ration was likely to bo consummated on that road within a short time. Telegraph ers from St. Louis, Kansas City, Leaven worth, Omaha and other points on tho Missouri 1'aclflc attended the meeting. NHW'AUK. 0 Dec. 2. Delegates from every division of tho Baltimore- & Ohio railroad from Haltlmoro to Chicago, repre senting the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kn glneers. Order of Hallway Conductors. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Or der of Hallway Telegraphers, hold a meet ing hero today. Tho purpose of tho meet ing was to fedorate theso organizations on tho Ilaltltnoro & Ohio railroad system, but this was not accomplished at today's meet ing. It will bo dene, however, according to n delegate, within two months. Orand Chief I. M. Arthur of the Brother hood of Locomntlvn Engineers said ho hail not heard "federation" mentioned at theso meetings, but declared that ho Is positively opposed to such a stop being taken. Chief Conductor Orant Ferguson presided at today'a meeting. Thero wero several hundred railroad men present. Governor Nash addressed the meatlng on "What Hallway Men Arc to tho Nation," (Irand Chief Arthur, Orand Chief Snr Ront of tho flromon, Vlco Orand Chief Oar rottson of the conductors nnd Grand Chief Dodge of. tho tralnmon also spoke. Xnrthrrn I'ncltlc hi Tnromn. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2. A special to tho Times from Tncoma. Wash., says: "Tho Northern Pacific railway yesterday purchased flfty-tlx ncres more of land In tho cntral portion of Tncoma tide lands, adjacent to tho deep water. ThlB purchnso, together with tho application rondo to lease from tho slato n largo portion of tho har bor rim reserved by tho state gives tho Northern Pacific rontrol of tho cntlro west ern part of Tacoma harbor alongside of tho city Itself. Its tide land possessions nlong deep water nnd at tho head of tho bay now exceed 600 nercs. Engineers of tho road here and at St. Paul arc drafting plans to cover this ncreagu with additional ware houses, conl bunkers nnd terminal facilities costing Jl.ncO.000, ns recently announced by President Mellon. Tho plans Includo tho formation of facilities by tho Terminal com pany to hundlo the Oriental shipping that la concentrating hero nnd to permit other roads to uso theso facilities. Alleged Iliilc-CnttltiR t Const. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2. Spme of the Chi cago llnon nro complaining of an agreement botwecn tho Great Northern nnd tho Mil waukeb read on coast traffic, 'which Is hav ing a demoralizing effect generally. Tho charge is that, noting through scalpers, the Great Northorn allows tho sulo of a through ticket cast to Chicago at tarlrt rate. To this ticket Is attached n coupon making It good to Sioux Falls, for example. Tho trav eler presents the unused coupon at the gen eral offices of tho coast lino lu St. Paul nnd secures a fat rebate, eomo cay ns much as $10. This Is deducted from tho tariff ratoB from tho coast to Chicago, tho Milwaukee nnd tho Great Northern prorating on that basis, Mllvrnnkei Ciillliiw Ilnten. CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Tho Chlcngo, Mll wauken & St. Paul rullrond has notified all railroads In tho Wcstorn Passenger associ ation that until Friday It will sell round trip tickets to Chicago on account of tho National Llvo Stuck exposition for ono fare. DEATH RECORD. Fnnornl of Itiiiidntiintcr Ilnlilwln. BOSTON, Dec. 2. In the presenco of a notable gathering of musicians from many cities, tho funeral services of J. Thomas Baldwin, tho bandmaster, wero read ut tho Columbus Avenue UnlversnlUt church this afternoon. The Masons had charge of tho nrrangoments and Knv. S. II, Hoolln, t:io partor, added his eulogy to the rites o; tho Templars. J. .1. Flrtehev. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 2. J. J. Fletcher, aged C3 years, traffic manager of tho Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis railroad, died here today of Brlght'n dis ease. Air. Fletcher was formerly general agent of tho Big Four rnlliond and wus lo cated In St. LouIb, Joseph W, .McOlurK-. LEBANON, Mo., Dec. 2.-Kx-Governor Joseph W. McCIurg, aged 88 years, died hero today of hemorrhage of tho otomnch. Ho was clocted governor of Missouri as a re publican In 1SCS and sorvod ono term. He served In congress from 1802 to JSCS. Mm. Snriili A, Know. SALT LAKH CITY, Dec. 2. Sarah A. Snow, ono of tho wives of President Lor enzo Snow, died today of heart failure. She was marrlcl to Mr. Snow In Ohio In IS 10. Privy Councillor SiiIiioIii. BERLIN, Dec. 2. Herr Splnoln, privy councillor nnd director of tho Charity hos pital, is dead. t-SoGfFs Pills Do not gripe nor Irritate the Alimen tary canal. They net gently yet promptly, cleanse effectually, and Oivo mfort Sold by all druggists. '25 rents. fREE SCHOLARSHIP CUT IT OUT Kelp c.iM5 tMtrrtnc key ? girl gtt mm voni for. (Name) ADDRBOI '. , (It. an No.) (Tawa.) This ooubob if accompanied by cat payment on subscription aooovat tt Tk Omaha Dm ooumt. if vatea for aach He pal4, IN vetaa for aack 11 pail, aia. Ooupoaa with cash aunt ba eouitershrnea by circulation 'departaaeat. C4 Tt1a f44- Bepaalt t offlca or mall ta "THMM VHl 1 illS UUl ICHOLARffHir D1FARTMIINT," Oeaaa t,,1 : Raa, Omajta. Nab. I UUICII uiuaea itteu. iirii, o u'c.uiu. J,, ui, LOOK FOR LIVELY SESSION' Delegate to W. 0. T. U, Convention Oome' Prepared to Discuss Armj Canteen. OPERATION OF SYSTEM III SOLDIERS' HOMES Moir Tim ii .10(1,000 Children Mi-mlirra nf Tempr rniiec I.i-kIoii, White 10, 000,000 An- Itrorl Inir Instruc tion on KfTcutfi of Liquor, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. About E00 dclo gatos aro In Washington to attend tho twenty-poventh annual convention of tho Women's Chrlslau Temperance union, whojo regular business sessions begin lu this city at the IifnyeUn Square theater tomorrow. Tho Indications nre that tho convention will bo one of tho most profit able In the history of tho organization. Today a pteilmlnary meeting was held In tho opera house, over which tho na tional president. Mm. Lillian M. N. Stevens of Maine, presided. Mrs, J. 11. Barney of Kliolo Island, 'round-the-world temperance missionary worker for tho Womou's Chris tian Trmpcranco union, delivered tho an nual sermon, In which sho referred to the fllrjht of tho Israelites under Moses to Jeri cho. Sho likened tho promised land of the flebiouB to the promised laud of the twen tieth century now dawning for tho Wometi'u ChiUtlnn Tcmperanco union workers. "Our Jericho," sho said, "Is about to dawn upon us. It Is tho coming century when every offort should bo redoubled and when aggressiveness should bo tho watch word for Increased activity In ato lshlng tho saloon and s amplng out the liquor evil." Ono of tho most Important features of the coming convention will bo a discussion pertaining to tho canteen system In tho array. Mrs. Ella M. Thatcher, national superintendent of tho soldiers' and sailors' department, v. ho has this matter In charge, will submit her nnnunl report on Thursday afternoon. Sho !bo will, offer n resolution condemning tho army canteen. During tho last year Mrs. Thatcher visited all the army headquarters and nil the soldiers' homes of tho country and examined tho work of tho canteen thoroughly. She de clares there Is a romarkable difference be tween tho old soldiers at the home nt Marlon, Ind., whero there Is no enntcen, and other posts. Tho men aro better both morally and physically, sho says. Mrs. Helen Bullock, national superin tendent of the Social Purity league and a delegate to tho Women's Christian Tem perance union from Now York, delivered an address tonight at tho First PrcBbyterlan church on the subject of temperance. Sho said tho Women's Christian Temperonco union now had 300,000 boys and girls In Its Loyal Tcmperanco legion nnd that 16, 000,COO chltdren In tho public schools were recolvlng temperance Instruction. In every state, except South Carolina nnd Utah, sho stated, the laws demanded that all public school children bo taught tcmperanco and be Instructed on tho evils of drink and tho virtues of abstinence. AS TO WEATHER FORECASTS Prof. Moore Hold Vlmliilu Court Opinion AVhh Cuuiiucntlutory of Ilia llurrnu'n Work. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Prof. Moore, chlof of tho weather bureau, has made a statement In which ho calls attontlon to tho recent decision of tho United States court of appeals at HIchmona, Va., Involving tho responsibility of a vessel master for damages by rain to a cargo of rlco dis charged on an unsheltered wharf at Charleston, S. C, when the bureau had pre dicted rain. Ho Bays that contrary to widely published comments the decision clearly stated that where tho storm warn ing! are brought to tho attention of ves sel masters, It Is their duty to take cog nizance and obBervo them, though the court Bald the ordinary predictions of rain, snow and moderate chnngo of temperatures nro less reliable thin almost anything of which tho general public Is expected to take cognizance. Prof. Mooro contends that tho dcclBlon waa a commondntlnn instead of a condemnation of storm warnings. The bureau, ho says, consldcis that one out cf every llvo forecasts of precipitation has failed of verification, while there has not been a destructive marine storm anywhero In tho United States lr vor six years that was not preceded by ttio daugor warn ings, or a severe cold wnvo of which farm era were not given timely warning. CONSECRATION OF NEW YEAR Solemn IIIrIi .Maim, liy .Sneclnl Per mission of the Pope, to lie Oh- vrveil nt "Washington. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Archbishop Mnrtinelll, tho apostolic delegate, will participate nt services to be hold at St. Patrick's church, In this city, at mid night ou December 31 to consecrate the now century to God. A year ago tho pope gave n special permission, with a view to wldo exercise of tho privilege, to sing a solemn mass at midnight of Dccombcr 31 of last year, to consecratu the closing year of tho century and to repeat It on Decem ber 31 next at tho same hour for conse crating tho eutlru now century. Tho cere mony, llko that of a year ago, Is expected to bo an unusually brilliant ono and most of the bishops throughout tho country prob ably will hold similar solemn services. Itf-relptn nnd Kxprnillturrn. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Tho monthly comparatlvo stntcmout of tho govornmont rcco pts and expenditures during November, 1900, shows the total receipts to have been J4S,3tl,514 and tho expenditures J4l.278.CC0, leaving a surplus for tho month of $7,035, 851. Tho receipts are Itemized as follows: Cus toms, $18,Gfi0,2!)C, a decrease over November last year of $654,121; Internal rovonuo, $27, D59.169, an Increase of 3,863,905; miscel laneous, $2,238,058, n decrease r,r $1,812,842. Among tho expenditures aro tho follow ing: Paid WVr department. $9,575,739, a do crearo of $1,SS2,363; paid Navy dupartinent, $5,008,303, nn Increase of U, 505,724. Commit Method of I.nyliiK Hullo. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Street railway builders in tho United Statos will bo Inter ested In n report Just made to tho State department by Consul Hughes nt Coburg In reenrd to tho various attoinnta Hint liav. been made In Gorrauny to devlso a means to counteract tno destructive influonco ex erted by tho passage of heavy electric tram cars upon asphalt pavements. Hitherto, VOTING COUPON. VOTE IT. prastloal edwestlM nm. ho says, these endeavors have been without deflnlto results, but much has been said Inttly In praise of a system which Is shortly to be subjected to n practical test In Ber lin. "Contrary to ordinary practice," con tinues Consul Hughes, "In which the tram rails aro laid Immediately upon a founda tion of concrete and In direct contact with the superimposed asphalt, tho new method consists In laying the rails upon n bed of coarso gravel and ruunlng a line of hnrd wood blocks along cither side. Kxperlenco has shown that ordinary pavements with gravel nnd stone foundations In place of concreto offer tho greatest resistance to tho Influence of electric cars. Tho now method Is also relied upon to reduce the nolso caused by tho cars running over tho lines." Ptiltcmrnt ol Public Ileht. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Tho monthly statement of tho public debt, Issued today, shous that at tho close of business No Nomber 30, 1900, tho debt, less cash In the treasury, amounted to 81,101,171,375, a do crcaso for the month of $3,227,115. The debt Is recapitulated as follows: In-tercst-benring debt, 11.001,499,750; debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity. (3,031,110; debt bearing no Interest, J3S5, 770,500. Totnl, JI,390,351,CGG. This amount, however, docs not Include $714,513,379 In certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which aro offset by an equal amount of cash on hand set apart for their redemption. Tho net cash In the treasury Increased by f2.221.129 during No vember. Tho cash In tho lrea3u.y a clari fied ns follows: Gold reserve fund, $150, 000,000; gold nnd silver In trust fund, $714, 549,379; general fund, $121,503,633. In national bank depositories to credit of treasurer of United Stntcs, $S9,013,873; to credit of disbursing officers, $6,415,080, total, $1, 114,451, 967; against which arc de mand liabilities outstanding amounting to $825,855,170, leaving n net cash balance on hand of $289,176,791. S pre I nl Ntornt I'ori'i'imt . WASHINGTON, Doc. 2: The Inaugura tion of a system nf special etoni forecasts for tho north Ailantlc region In the near future Is promised In tho annual report of Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of tho weather buicau. Prof. Mooro says that this Inno vation becomes possible by tho completion of a cablo system connecting Lisbon, tho Azores nnd Now York City. It Is proposed to include Bermuda and a number of im portant points on the western coast of Europe In tho now system of reports. Tho report continues as follows: "Tho original experimental work of tho bureau during the year was confined to an luveitlgatlon of the possibilities of wlroless telegrnphy ns a method of establishing com munication between vessels at sea and ox poeed points along our lako arid sen coasts. Satisfactory progress was made In this In vestigation, but tho tlmo is not rlpo for communicating tho dotalls of the work." .Monthly Circulation Statement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Tho monthly cir culation statement of tho comptroller of tbo currency shows that at tho close of business on November 30, 1900, tho totnl circulation of national bank notes was $330,212,405, an lncrenso for tho year of $8S 452,157 and an lncrenso for tho month of $.99,137. The amount of circulation based on United Stntcs bonds was $229,816,629, an Increase for tho yenr of $90,604,227 and an Incroaso for the month of $987,964. Tho circulation secured by lawful monoy ag gregated $32,395,770, a decrease for the year of $2,202,570 and a decrense for tho month of $388,427. Tho amount of United States bonds on deposit to securo circulating notes was $303,280,730 and to Bccuro public deposits $101,339,070. , Amerlenn Shoe In Kgypt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Consul Shumann at Mainz says In a report to the Stato de partment If American shoo manufacturers studied elosoly tho requirements of the trado In Egypt they ought to bo able to con quer that market with ease. He snys that they certainly could bo ablo to offer a bet tor and cheaper shoe than tho Swiss manu facturers, who now practically control tho shoo trado of Egypt, having driven Fronch goods out of tho mnrkot. Amerleun Feilerutlou of I.nhor. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. President Samuel Gorapcrs of tho American Federation of Labor left hero tonight for Louisville, Ky., to attend tho twentloth annual convention of the federation, which ho says will be tho largest and most representative mcotlng over hold by that body. Accompanying blm wore Messrs. Peter Currnn and John Wclr. fraternal delegates from tho BrltlBh Trndo Union congress. FIRE RECORD. Store nt Oseenln. 6SCE0LA, Nob., Dec. 2. (Special Telo gram.) Fire was discovered In the Odd Fellows' building nbout ! o'clock this morn ing In tho store occupied by I. Krnsno nnd tho goods, worth about $10,000, aro almost a total loss, coverod by Insurance. Mr. Krnnno Is In Omaha. The building, belonging to tho Odd Fellows, was considerably damaged and Is fully Insured. Clinttnhoovhee llrlek AVorhn. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 2. rho entlro plant of the Chattahoochee Brick company near this city was destroyed by firo today, ex cept tho Btockado, where soveral hundred convicts aro kept. Tho loss Is $60,000, cov ered by Insurance. TO CUHU A COLD IN O.M3 DAY Tako Laxatlvo Bromo Qulnlno Tablets. All druggists refund tbo monoy If It falls to cure. K. W. Grove's signature Is on each box 25c. Symputhetle Strike Off. TAMPA, Fin., Deo. 2. At an early hour this morning, after n lone Fesslon, tha Trades Oounrat Council cnlled tho sym pathetic strike off. It was decided that tho mules unions should assist tho ,clgar niakcra' union, lu tho Interest of whom the genoral strike wan cal'ed, with liberal donations from their salaries. Every line or Industry will begin woric tomorrow ox cept tho boxmakera. Tho Trades Assembly announced tonight thnt Robert 11. Me Xiunvu haw gono to New York n tho legal re;resntatlvo of the nssemhly to confer with President Gomiwrn relative to the labor situation here. IIo will state tho case and ask Mr. aotnperft to take such nctlon ns possible townrd cutting off tho clgnr box supply from Now York nnd to have rnll road men stop hauling Tnmpn-mado cigars, Prominent ulllclnls of the railroad orders here say their orders have been positively Instructed not to tuko notion toward assist ing tbo strlkem. mi they are not nlllllutod with tho clgarmnkers' union. t Knuer for Government I.nml. CROOKSTON. Minn., Dec. 2.-A linn of men was formed last night, extending from tho United Btatos lund office for several brooks, with tho Intention of remaining In their places until Tuesday morning so that they may havo an early ehaneo to lllo upon tho lands of the White Earth Indian reser vation which havo been opened for sottlc mont. It Is estimated that thero will bo a half dozen flllntr for each cinlm and tho contests that will follow will keep the land attorneys busy for the rest of tho winter. Bloodshed may ensue between tho squattem and those who have abided by tho law. OITereil Seniitorolilp, MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2. Loren W. Cil 11ns, republican assistant justice nf the state supreme court, was today privately ottered hy democratic Governor Llnd tho t'nltfld States Hcnntorshlp made vacant by the death of Cushman K. Davis. Mr. Col lins has pot yet accepted. The man ap pointed by flovernor Llnd will hold until a ticnator Is elected by the stnte legislature, which will convene soon. Live Slock Convention nl Suit I.nkc. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-A call ho-s been Issued by the National Live Block association for a convention to bo held In Salt Iake City on January 15. The convention will de liberate on tho extension of the Industry nnd Its general Improvement. Every stnte and territory Is entitled to representation, as aro state live stock sanitary boards, rail roads, chambers of commerce, stock, yarda coropanlaa and all allied InduitrlM.... HEADY TO GRAPPLE WITH VICE Ooinmittco of Fiftcon Will Organize to Pttrifj RoUannets of Now York. RED LIGHTS NOT SO CONSPICUOUS Poller Cnptnln Tlttia ntul Mix .Men Will lilu- livliloiioe Hint Will Kimble l.iiiulloriln to UJeet Ohjee tlniittble 'I'ennut. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Tho antl-vleo com mittee of fifteen appointed by Charles S. Smith probably will moot tomorrow for or ganization. Headquarters for tho commit tee will be selected and various sub-corn-inttecs will be appointed to take up the crusade lu earnest. It was rumored to night thnt tho I'urkhurst society will be nsked to aid the coinmlltuc. In that event ex-Police Commissioner Frank Mobs may bo nsked to uct as counsel to tho com mittee. Not In tho recollection of tho oldest resi dent of the "Red Light" district has that section of the city ben so cleared of Its dens of vicious character as It was tonight. When tho Tammany antl-vleo committee inado Its report on Friday that there was nu vice In the district the members labored under a misapprehension. The houses had shutters closed, hut the basement entrance were still open. The owners took fright, however, on Saturday night and lied.' They had heard that Captain Titus was coming. Tho light between Cuptaln Titus and tho dive-keeping element has become a waiting gnme. The dive clement believe the re form movement will be ibort-tlvcd and In tends to keep shutters closed until the "tip" Is given to resume. Committees of citizens In tho district will bo appointed to keep a sharp outlook for the return of tho dlvckcepers. The women In tho dis trict will also organize to that end. Tomorrow Captain Titus will appear in the Fourth district court as a witness for landlords who claim that they havo been unablo to drlvo objectionable tenants from their premises. Titus and his policemen will give the necessary evidence so thnt tho landlords can have no excuse. Mr. Paddock, who Is a member of tho commit tee of fifteen, made arrangements today for tho mcotlng to be held at tho pro-cnthedral on Wednendny, when Bishop Potter, Rev. Dr. Huntington of Grnco church and R. V. Gutting will deliver addresses on "Civil Righteousness." The Central Labor union took up tho vlco mnttcr today and adopted resolutions ex pressing sympathy with tho movement. HUNDREDS BLOWN TO PIECES MnKnalne. Containing Over flOO.OOO Citrtrliltce Struck hy I.liclit nlait ut Nnnlfln. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Dec. 2. A special from Tacoma to tho Times says: Tho steamer Energla brings details of tho terrible powder explosion at Nankin, China, which killed over 300 people last month. During a violent thunder storm lightning struck a powder magazlno containing 500, 000 cartridges, which exploded. The result was to uterly obliterate tho small valley whore the magazlno was located. Through out the district wero found heaps of mnngled and twisted bodies. Tho rescuing of the bodies was carried on for a woek by Chinese Boldlcrs, 100 being recovered tho first day. A high Chinese official reports at Shanghai that while with the Chinese court at Taltung Ku he neither saw nor heard of the heir appare&u Chun, Prince Tuan's youngest sonPI official iwas convinced that the heir -a) parent was slain or died during tho flight from Pekln. He says this belief Is strengthened by tho unexpected suicide of the heir's chief preceptors, two dukes, who wero responsible with their lives for his safety. Do you need a hlrod girl? A Bee want ad will bring ono. AN INDUSTRY HKVIVKD. Ilrnaa Button Fail Una Put Ilrcud Into the Mouths of Hundreds, A woman's fad Is responsible for tho preservation of the art of making brass hut tons, an art that was fast falling Into decay nnd threatened to become lost to man. A generation ago, when brass buttons wero worn so extensively, thero was In Connecti cut, whero most of them were made, an army of men and women skilled, re spectively, as hand burnishers and chasers. Tho men, using tools pointed with n very hard stone Imported from England and known nB burnishing stones, gnvo to tho brass buttons, already shaped and glided, a polish llko that of gold. ' Young women with deft touch chased on tho highly polished surfaco dainty traceries of conven tional sorts, tho result being very showy buttons. Theso. have boon missing from tho markets for about twenty-five, years, and the art of making them has been almost forgotten. A few women found employ ment ns chasers In the works of tho silver plated goods manufactories In and nraund Wnterbury, Mcrlden nnd Hartford, but thoro was no placo for button chasers. Expert button burnishers of tho old days hnvo about all gono from this earth. Now that tho demand for tho old fashion haa come again, tho button factories In Water bury, whero most of theso ornnments are made, havo had to teach a now lot of work ers the well-nigh lost arts of both chasing and burnishing. A rccont visitor to "tho brass city" to neo about securing a lot of tho fashionably buttons said thu demand for workers had brought to tho busy factories thero a lot of gray-haired men nnd women whose factory working days had long Blnco passed. They had to bo pressed Into scrvlco at fancy prlceB to supply tho demand for such workers ns wero needed nnd to tench young men nnd women tho tricks nf tho trade. So very fickle Is fashion as to tho minor details of dress that manufacturers there havo to face a new problem whether It Is worth while to tench chasing nud burnishing to young hands or to temporarily rob tho silver workers and goldsmiths of their help nt fancy prices to cater to tho passing crnzc. Should tho button crazo die out thero would bo no uso for tho newly trained help. If It lasts there will bo need for all the help that can be obtained. So the manufacturers are between the dovll and tho deep sea, waiting for some decision by tbo leaders of the mondo as to whether brass and gilt aro to continue as fashionable adornments. Ilnninn Flenil In the Tolls. ASHLAND. Ky., Dee. 2 Wllllum Gibson, who is charged with burning his 2-year-old stepdaughter to death with n poker. Is un doubtedly captured and It Is said the otll rers havo given up the chain. A message from Rush, Ky., snys bo has been cap tured and Ib being held for n rnwnrd. llln captors nro miners and havo him secreted In tho mines. Governor Beckham will offer a reward of $5r) tomorrow, but his captors will not turn htm ovor unless tho reward Is i.ilscd to $1,0(0. KlltM Ills I'ntlier to Snve Ills Mother. CIIILLICOTHE, Mo Dej. 2,-News has been received here nf tho killing of Frank Yntiniy. n fnrmer llvlnir near Plymouth, Carroll county, bv his 20-year-old son, El mer. Young Is nllcged to have been drunk and started In to annihilate his family with a knife. IIo had succeeded In wounding his wife when tho son shot him In tho neck with n shot tun, almost Boverlng the head from tho body. MeGovern Wllllntc to Meet llrond. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2,-Sam Harris, man nger of Terry McUovern, thu ehninplon lightweight pugilist, stnted tonight that ho was willing to match MeGovern against Kid Broad In a twenty-round bo'lt for any stztMl purse. Harris also stated that If Broad should last fifteen rounds he wou'd idvo hlra all of the purse, whatover It may AO SCIKKIt, OH fill IU II. DuitKlilers of "Aillrunilnek" .Miirrnr l.eml mi lileul Htlftteiiee. It Is sotnowhnt peculiar that a man who for years a one of the most distinguished ministers of tho gospel In the United States fhould bring up his daughters In total Ig norance of the customs In vogue In both school and church. And yet this Is what Rev. W. II. 11. Murray, better known ns "Adlroudnck" Murray, Is doing. Thero nro four llttlo girls In tho family, and they nre nr happy n quartet as can bo found any where. Pnictlcnlly tho wholo tlmo of their father Is dovotcd to their care. They hnvo no other girl playmates. Tho eldest, aged 11 nnd 13, respectively, can spell nud define correctly 18,000 words. The usual vocabulary of a well-read man Is 2,500 words; of a profes sional writer 7,000. Tho younger ones aro clever In proportion. Their nearest neighbors arc a mllo nway. They can run, Jump, climb trees, ride horses bareback, tramp In the woods. This Is what Mr. Murray says nbout his method of training girls or, rnthcr, of letting them train thcmscUcs: "Yes, they nre strong and healthy. It Is the outcome of their free, healthy life In tho woods and fields. My girls can rldo n horse bareback with tho skill of a Jockey, climb trees, Jump fences and enjoy a long tramp through tho woods. "As to companionship, theirs has been of the best. Right-minded by nature, kindly and courteous from habit, having no knowl edgo of any other conduct, liking like things, they havo found lu each other's so ciety a companionship ns amiable as children over enjoyed. Hlgh-splrltcd, zest ful at play, ardent as children should be, unrestrained by any authority, 1 have never heard a hot or rude expression from ono to another. "Their games havo been ns varied as their ago and capacity to enjoy make possi blemarbles, battledore and shuttlecock, handball, batting straight and sky balls, pitching, catching, archery and making their own tows and arrows, pistol and rifle prac tice, coasting and skating, rowing and swimming, driving and riding they har nessing and saddling the horses cultiva tion of (lowers, grafting of fruit trees and ihrubsi, fo esUy, running and Jumping, prac tice in balancing, posing and weight carry ing on their heads for graco of carriage, study of bird life, the study of trees. "For indoor amusements candy-pulling, maple sugar making,, coin popping, npplo roasting, fox nnd geese, nine men morris, checkers, whist and chess, story telling nnd reading of humorous tales and all the frolic that healthy children could have In an old house whose floors and walls In every scam and crack laughed with them. I wish to Instill a love of tbo old home farm Into my children, and so I try to cluster tho hap piest days of their lives around tho old place. "Tho children of Amorlca hare boen trained under a system of crams. Facts, figures, names, dates, rule6 nnd hodge-podge of book knowledge aro crammed Into them. My two girls, Maud nnd Ruby, began to recolvo their Instruction In wordB at 8. I gavo them ten words only to learn thor oughly. Every day In tho year they added ten words to their vocabulary. That meant 3,650 words n year. They enjoyed tho study and In a little whllo begged for twenty words a day. Up to tho present they havo mastered over 18,000 words. "With children thus equipped teaching Is a delight and study an entertainment. At 8 a healthy and clever girl's momory Is always remarkable. Then Is tho tlmo to begin mental training. "As soon as I thought they wero ablo to comprohond It I had my girls carefully study the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the United States. American history la shamefully neglected In the 'public schools. I think that every American should bo versed in the vents which mako up tho history of this coun try." ,VHIi2 HUD I.KJIIT IllbTItlC'.r. Notorious New Vork Section Viewed hy Correspondents. There wero two of us nnd we set out for an afternoon's cruise nmld tho dangers of "tho Rod Light district," writes a New York correspondent. At tho Eldrldgo street police station right In the heart of tho Ghotto, with Chinatown, Little Italy, Stanton strcot and tho Biwery ns Its outlying territory n po lite sergecnt with Hibernian features and a pleasant way about him told us all wo wanted to know. Ho has been busy In this way for somo days, for this Is tho section of thu East Side thnt has sprung Into sudden fame be causo of tho antl-vleo crusado opened by Bishop Potter and his associates. "Why Is it called the Red Light district?" I asked him. "Just because It wob a taking name and happened tp be slapped on at tho right mo ment and atuck It was tho same way across town. A pollco captain who had been for yenra out In tho suburbs tramping grass and shooing goats was suddenly transplanted to tho most Important hotel and theater district of tho city. When he bid his hoys goodby he said: 'I've been Hying on tho neck pieces for a long tlmo; now I nm to havo a bit of thu tenderloin.' And It has been tho Tenderloin district from that day to thin. "And so over here. A few of tho eating houses nnd snloons happened to havo red lights before their places. Tho number In creased as tlmo went by nnd this suggested tho nnmo, which tho newspapers began to uso, nnd I suppose that It Is fastened on us for snod," "I suppose a policeman doesn't have much to do hero In tho Ghetto? Tho people aro na a rule sober and quiet, aro they not?" Tho olUcer would have grown red In tho face If he had not been that hy nature. Ho would havo sworn a little if discipline had not been stronger than desire, "Quiet I An easy tlmo!" he echoed. "Do you know, my friend, how many pcoplo there are to an ncro of ground right ubout us hero? Woll, I'll toll you. There aro Just 853. You know how small a pleco an ncro Is when seen In meadow land. Well, you houso nearly 900 people on that snd lot every mnn, woman and child IIo awako nlght3 hatching up some now way of getting ahead nf tho others, nnd you won't find tho quietest time In the world In keeping a fraternal guardianship over them. "No, they don't do ns much fighting or cutting as do tho Italians, and they don't spend as much money on whisky ns tboy do In Hell's Kitchen, nor play craps or draw razors as they do on Thompson streot, but when It comes to games to cook up $2 whero 10 rents grow before, well " u was too much for words, Tho officer lay back In his chair and breathed heavily. "Lot roo tell you of oue caso that we disposed of only ten minutes ago," he con tinued. "Thero wns a young Russlnn Jow who worked for a merchant down town. Ho delivered somo goods and collected $30, which wns to bo turned Into tho store In tho morning. About daybreak tho young man and his father and mother enmo rush Ing In hero, acting like crazy people. The boy had given tho $30 to hla mother to keop for hlra ovor night and n burglar had broken In and carried It away. "Tho man who owned tho monoy was sent for. Sevoral experienced dotectlves were set to work. Wo were nil forced to tho conclusion that tbo burglar was one nf the dream kind, and that the trio had, salted tho money away for future uso. What could bo done? It had been reported to tho owner as lost; and thero was nothing left for him but to swallow tho loss and send the young man on a vacation. "Anothor day n man came rushing In, In great haste. There was a very sick woman nt hla' house, who must go to the hospital Immediately I said we would send a man around to see. No, ho must hnvo uu am bulnneo Immediately, "And what do you suppose our man found out? Tho woman was ns well ns 1 am. He wus n landlord who was evicting her for nonpayment of rent nnd he simply nuted thu hospital to come nnd haul her nway without expense to himself. "The Chlneso nre pretty good nt tricks, but they would lose even their plgtnlls It thoy came over on Hester street nnd tried to do business." A INDIAN TYPHWIUTKIl GIHI.. Meinher of the DUtltinnlshril Seneen ln mil) (iriidiiitte h nt the Trnile, For the nm tlmo In the history of the Now York state Iroquois Indian women ono of their number has become n typewriter nnd stenographer. She Is Miss Edna Wright Parker and Is now In tho scrvlco of the New York Central railroad. Miss Parker comes of a Seneca Indian family distinguished by Its exceptional record. In 1750 her paternal grent-grent-grandfather removed from tho Genesee val ley to tho Tonawanda Seneca reservation near Batavla, accompanying tho Sachem Ga-nlo-dl-yu, or Handsome Lake, who had Instituted the "now" nnd now gcncrnlly ac cepted religion of the Iroquois, a reform from tho older, or pngan, faith. This faith, It wns believed, was revealed to Ga-nl-o-dl-yu In Beveral trance drenms by the Great Spirit. By this Intrusion upon tho old-tlmo religion Ga-nl-o-dl-yu Incurred the nngcr of his half-brother, who eventually drovo him nnd his followers from the Alleghnny reservation, and among thoso who followed him In his flight was William Parkor. The mother of William Parker, the great-great-great paternal grandmother of Miss Parker, wns concerned In ono of tho Indian romances previous to the revolutionary wnr. A party of the Senecns captured a young whtto woman of the Slocum family, who be came ns one of them. During a treaty trip to Fort Niagara she met a titled French officer, who, Infatuated with her beauty, clandestinely took her as his wife. Enraged at this alltanco tho Indians stole her from her husband, who was afterward killed In bat(le, and returned her to tholr camp, whero her daughter, the child of the Frenchman, was afterward born. As soon ns posslblo nftor tho birth of this child the mother csenped from captivity, taking the daughter with her. She was overtaken by the Indians, the child wns taken from her and ono of her captors escorted her to her relatives near Philadelphia. This child, reared by the Senecns nnd not knowing her parentage, wns eventually married to an Indian chtcf and from her descended tho Parker family, who, In each of tho suc ceeding generations, have been distin guished among tholr people. Tho great-grandfather of Miss Parker, William Parker, a volunteer In tho Ameri can army during the wnr of 1812, was seriously wounded at tho battle of Chip pewa. Her grandfather, Nicholson Parker, was a graduate of a college at Albany. Her great-uncle, General Ely S. Porker, tho foremost Indian of his generation, wns the military secretary of General Grnnt during the civil war. The father of Miss Parker Is now In tho freight auditor's department of tho Now Y.ork Centrul railroad. Her mother Is a whtto woman of Scotch descent. Her brother, Arthur Parker, having been as sociated with the Now York Central for a time, Is now In the Dickinson seminary at Wllllamsport, Pa., preparing or a collogo course betoro entering the church as a clcrgymtn of the Methodist faith. Her paternal undo, Sherman Parker, was ad mitted to Hamilton college when 18 years of age. Miss Parker was graduated from a com mercial college. She is 19 years old. MELTED UUM.US. Artlatlo Combinations of Gold nnd Chenille Cntch the Eye. Tho deep deliberation nnd high artistic effort that we lavished last year on our collars has been diverted this ocaaori to tho production of countless varieties of belts. Last spring the black satin pulloy glnllo found a limitless numbor of advo cates, but tho pulley belt only started tho ball to rolling, while thu Introduction of ribbon tags and chenille nnd gold braid has almost capped tho climax. No woman believes Bho can worry through tho winter ou fewer than ten belts, nnd not only must she have belts for her waist, but belts for her arms, Tho pulley glnllo as a mechanical dovlco of the first order still holds good, but In stead of two ribbons only knotting In front thero aro dozens of ends falling from that point whero tho rings meot and evory end is completed by a gold ball, tag or deco rative filigree ferret. The bolt Itself is not plain black Eatln, but n combination of colors and ornnmentnl schemes, For In stance, the center of tho waistband, which Is always widest In thu back, tapering gradually to tho ends In front, Is made of whtto Fatln, gpocklcd with black silk knots, nnd then both edges completed with gold galloon, or the middle imrtlon of tho bolt Is of stitched taffeta and Its edges nre cm, broidored In gold. Whero tho gold rings nro pulled together black sutlu ribbons aro used, and Bometlmos, In placo of the tngged ribbon ends, a cascade of black che nille falls nearly to thu knees, This Is Very pretty and graceful, and so Is tho belt of elastic gold braid with corded black satin edge, as woll as tho bolt of shaded leather and tho bolt of tucked eatln that fastens In front with tut "art nou vcau" buckle; n bucklo of dull pale gold. ThlB is with criacicled flowers In Its center and sometimes with brilliants or Jeweled Insects vet among tho flowers. At thu belt counter, which hns become an lmporlunt department In every progressive rshop, are sold bolero girdles of silk, satin, panno and gold tlssuo. They aro Imnicnsoly broad at tho back, shorter under tho arms nnd tnper almost to a point In front nnd are stiffened with fenthorbono at Intervals, Over thn booed batlsto foundation of such n glnllo the black, whlto, gold or blue fabric Is artistically drawn nnd wrinkled and then In front a lovely cut steel nnd brilliant nr "art nou vcau" bucklo brings tho ends suc cessfully together. QUALITY Those familiar with the "BlatZ" buttle beers will alw tys recotv nl.c the triiiiiKlctl label. I'heso arc the bottle beer brands .xport Wiener Private toolt -Miiencheiier. Ask for -'ILATZ" ami watuh fur tills lubal. BLATZ MALT-VIVINE (Non-liitnxlcaiit.) AN INVALUAM.I-: TONIC. All DriiKKlata. VAL BLATZ BREWING CO., MILWAUKEE. OMAHA UKANCH .1412 Douglas Street. Tel. 1081 frit STAR WlWAUHtt t DYSPEPSIA. I'ew diseases in flict upon their victims Kfcater suf feritiK than docs dyspepsia. 11 you. have dyspepsia or indigestion lu any form do not tti'm your stomach with drugs, use Duffy's Pure Mnlt WliL key as directed, it will cure any form of indigestion nnd will restore the stomach to its nornialcondition. - .. ,.., Taconv, Ta. DuflyMtlt WhWteyCo.: . l)c J- .Sirs I have already ucd two Kittles of your DuflV's I'urr Malt Whldtr I tools it In the wy of n rrx-tiog every miiinlngi I Iml been troubled with a burning sen atloti slier mial for a lour lime, but wi coirnleie'v cured ISAAC T. liRUKNWOOD. The ontr Wtililey Uted by the Oternmtnt it nHtrlnt. Thit U eiunntcf. ri kwie ym tl ihc genuine Htltit lubii.iulrt. Anlfuggli!ii,iilciKeM,.f ditcvl. Wtilefjr(ic UUITV MALT WHISKtr CO,, Kurtcitti.N.Y. DR. AflcCREW Orilce open continuous!) from S n. m. to 9 p, in Munduys from s a. in. to t p. rn. CHARGES LOW (Dr. HeUrtw at an f2. TlltS MOS'I HUlCUSSPUL SPECIALIST In I be ircutnir m u h.i oiiii ol IMS. ICASUS AM) DlSUIUJluJl!! Ol" .UK, U.M-1, ream' c'Mir rlener. 1 " rear ii uiimlin, UlillGCEIX AM) IIVDKOCLLf: A J-i.u.UA.Mi.M IlhL litAIUAlkriU I. A ifb. OAis-wltiuut cutting, fain or loss or time. Tn ulukUst una jmumt ."SAl'LllAl. ui liu Him iiU, yet aiVt!n ill CO vii,. a I'llAltUUS LOW. diii i n una cuiiiiwiuiu " ' cuiua, aim ever;' truce ol tb u.oa.u a itiorouahly ellmwuicd Hutu U bluou. iNo 'UHKAMNti UOT on 'he skin or laco or , ny exiurnut appearand:)! of tha umvaao wiuuuter. a ireutmeilt that la inoro uuco.aful huu lar luuio uUluctory tliun ,ti "llul aonima rnuliuml una at eb thun I1A1,F THK COST, A euro that 1 k'luiuuleeu to bu pvrmuiiunl lor Ufa. VtlAltivr'NX or young una mtauiu-uued Mhl Losses, Nervous Dublllty. Lutm ol brum una .Serve I'ower, Los of lKor and Vlimity, I'iniuUa on ihn Kac, lain in .he back. Korgetfulliess, lluahful-ni.-. xVI.lt Viil.ooo cvsUa c Lilian. SDI(.ll)p quickly cured with a new m.iii wimi,. und Illaddvr Troubles, Gon orrhea. IJIvet CUlllJS Ot) All ANTKI2D. CHARGES LOW. Coiiauitiitluu .rce. i t uiui. ill u mull. Medicines went everywhere frco from &ai or urcukujft:, teudy lor umi. Office hot rs, & a. m. to t p- rn. Sundays, t a. m. to p. m. 1'. O. box 7G6. Of Ilea ovar Zlit South ltth St.. between Purnam and Douglas Kts.. OMAHA. N12U MEN NO CURE, NO PAY. if tau are trziiftllT weak. lindf- Tflojiert or be drstni, Mrii'oielr, et! our Iwtl Tuwun ix-relopfr will rrrtore jou without drain or electrtcltrt 19.00 In nin not on fftllur! nolone rrturnHi no C. O, l. fraud) writ for 1rtlobUm, pnt Muted In r.liln envelope. 0CU APPLIANCE CO., 414 Chirlu Bld., Diltr, Col. Anti-Kswf he . I'm ilnriK lor a cough Is cough Ing, Stop It by us- Inc Anti-Kawf. Sold by all druggists. S6.00 MONTH. SPECIALIST In All Private Diseases and Disorders of Men 1" Years In Omaha. VARICOCELE " HYDROCELE cured. Method now, never falls, without rultluc, pain or !( or time. CVPUII iQcuri'dforllfuanil thnnnlron rr,,l-,,JthoroU)hly cleaned Irom the system, Soon every sltrn am! rymptom rtlnappear't completely anu lorever No "HllKAKINfl OUT" of IhfdlmaReonthosliln or f4c. Treatment coutalnH ao dangerous drug or Injurious mrdli liics, WEAK MEN r-oss MANimonfrom h; 2v,, ,. ,i ceH'eaor Vict mini Nkhvods EXUALLY nunii.irv or Hxiut'NTius, Wasting Wr.AKNt:s Invoixntaiiv Ikskh, with Kmii.v DrclAV in Youmi and Middle Aciin aclt of vim. vluor aid ulrenKth, with sexual organs Impnlrt d and weak. STRICTURE Hadlcnlly rured with a new .'ho ccx-""1 lflllblJ Homo Trout, una uunii i went NniustriimrutN.nnpMn, no detention from Imslnits, Gonorrhoea, Kidney and Illmlrfer Trouble' Cl'ltlCS iUAKA.Vri!KI. CemulHtlon free. Irntmrnt hy Mall. Call on or address l0 3. 14th St. Dr. Searlos & Searles.omaha. Neb. REWARD Wev the undersigned druggists, offer a reward of GO cents to any poruun who pur chases of ua two 25-ccnt boxes of Maxtor's Mandrake Hitters Tablots, If It fails to cure constipation, biliousness, sick head ache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsln, liver complaint or any of tbo diseases for which it Is recom mended. I'rlce 2D cents tor olthur tablets or liquid. We will aUo itfuud the money on one package of cither If It falls to give aatlsfactlon. 8IIKHMA.N Si McCONNKI.L DItUCr CO. ASIUSij.MlS.Vr. TONMillT, Slin. Strcntor Zouaves. Al Shenn mill him. f Wiirren, In "CJuo VudlH I p.ldo Down " I.Ulc 11. Ibi) iniiiiil. w. : imi-iiIh. II . W.Ht. WnMNiui Mini Walter. tin; I'tM ii i, a uotiii:. Prices KvanlrtKS. 10c, 'Sic. fiOo. Mutlm'f, WedrfBday, any part of homo, Mo; chil dren, 1(V; iraiU'iy, 10c Saturday mil kJun day few front nw.i ruscned, GOo; other i. 10c and Me. d'i ivniC Woodward & HurKCHs, BlIlU 3 Murs. Tel. 1319 TONKJ1IT, also Tuefdnv nnd W'ednes. day -IlurRuIn .Mntlneo, Vodiid!iy. First time In Omuhu of the Original Lon don und Now Vork QUO YADIS. I'llccB-IIvonlniis, 25c, C0c, "Jo Jl.W Mat lim "Zo nnd toe. NIJXT ATTRACTION Friday nnd Huturdny, Deo. 7 und S. Matlnw Saturday, WII.MA.M t'tll.l.ll'.lt. In his latest nnd moHt roinplnto wticcos, "(i.n Tin; uwi'iT." Tiir, nianKHT citown vkt-it hiiatii A FOOT HAM. Jtt'BII! MIACO'S 1R0CAUER0 'i''" Matlneo toduy, Iftc nnd 30c Night price, 10e, tt)e, 30c Hmolto If you llko. Tin; n.w.vrv i'in:i; in hlksiu khs. Two big burlesque; "A Fulrle Farm," "ParlH F'psllo Ilown." All-Htnr OI1H I'li'tty Wumm! Funny Men! You can't 'afford to ml.'ia It. Next week: Sam Bcrib ncr'H "Gay Morning Ulorlcs," A 41r ti OR"MTON I