0 TgE OMAHA DAILY BEEt THURSDAY, JAKTAKY 1), 1902. J. Li t BRUSH SENDS CAUSTIC REPLY VTUWrnt Iptliing'i Tin in tbi EpliWlio ' Warfari. SAYS THEY ARE NOW ON THE f IRING LINE Taunt ihc Vcternn President for MisxInK Opportunities nnil Ac cuses llltn of Attempting Trust Komiutlon. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 8. John T. Drush fcaa written a caustic reply to A. 0. Spald ing's lotter, given out yesterday. Mr. Drush charges Spalding with being tbo original gumshoo man, and says: You say you know of no .differ ence thilt existed between us except tbo dlffcrcnco of opinion as to tbo advisability of tuinlnir tho National leuituo Into u trust corporation. There certainly wns no difference between us on that proposition, for Frank lloblson and myself nipped tho rust schomn In the bud early In July fest when you and Mr. "Hart attempted to promote one. Wo did not know what your policy was to bo, hnd you been elected president of tho league, because you mated pttbllcly, If press reportH urn true, that you would'not tell until after you wen; elected. You ohhumq that wo wero Interested In the formation of u trust, but you havo no Jinowledcu on tho subject, becauso It wns never discussed In any league meeting, and you never received any Information Whatever from Mr. Koblson or myself as to wbnt our views were. Therefore you .aro nn much In tho dark rcKurdliiK our Ideas of what was necewmry to Bccuro needed reforms In the National leuguo us wo arc today regarding yours. Hrverc; Taunt for Spultllnn. Mr. IiruaU tollil of Mr. Spalding's alleged richemo to treczo out Indianapolis and Washington for Cincinnati and Brooklyn and Us miscarriage. In regard to Mr. Spalding's presidential days Mr. Brush then ays: You neonnleil thn nfllcn slxtv-slx hours Why did not .you during that tlmo Justify your election by doing Komcthlng that would Have converted iloston, New York, bt. I.ouls and Cincinnati to the necessity of calling on you to savo tho Icaguo? It wuh your golden opportunity, tho time vim ripe, and while holding olllco for that lengin or time, wuiic tno um National league boat was menaced by a foe with out and split-up Into tho factions from within, you ndmlt that you did nothing except nsk two umpires what they would chargu next season to work for you. I expected more of you than that. Don't fmt mo down as being personal: 1 don't n tend that, but your efforts havo re in In ded mo very much of an Ohio river steamboat which had a boiler eight feet .long and a whistle twelve feat lung and 'lvery tlmo It whistled tho darn boat Mopped. W'o'ro on tho firing lino, Dut wuro's nothing personal, I nssuro you. NITRATE WEAKENS AND QUITS Lmntn I.niiK Riiouirh, However, to Stall Oft W. a. GutcN nud Azcliit. NI5W OULRANS, Jan. 8,-Tho Jackson handicap, at u mllu and n half nnd worth H,SW) to tho winner, wns tho featuro of today's card, l'rtlt Mnltrn was favorlto In tho betting at 8 to 5. Nitrate, a Madden Bnsi-oir, wns spicnminy nunmeu and though driven to tho limit most of tho way ..ut...l Inn. nliimrli a t .. 1 1 nft W CI flul.ta "and Azulin, who wero coming fast at tho eiui. uno pace was too not rnr tno lavorite. Who weakened In the final quarter nnd Hroprfed out of It. Amugrl was well fancied In tho second rnce, but Cochrnn pulled tho mnro up at tho start. Tho towards decided to suspend him for a Week. It was announced tbday that tho horses racing here In tho name of Stove LlIom (ncdlcu havo been soldvto E. Trotter, thu plunger's lato trainer. Tho stewjtrds havo decided that tho ban of suspension pronounced ngalnst t. Smith ihall continue throughout tho meeting. The ' ilmo In the fourth nnd sixth races con ctltuto new records for tho track. Results: First race, llvo furlongs! Frco Coinage won, Llttlo Jnck Horner second, Imp, Al tai I a third. Tlmo: 11. Second race, six furlongs: O'llngcn .won, Custlron second, Qulxla third. Time: 1:14. Third rnco. Belling, ono mile: Kcome won, Miss Sonk second, Add third. Ttm: IMIV4. Fourth race, Jackson handicap, ono mile and ajialf: Nitrate won, W. 11. Gates sec ond, Azolm third. Tlnw: 2:34. Fifth race, one mllu nnd a sixteenth: Johunlo McCarty won. Itcsada second, Andes third. Time: 1:47V. .Sixth race, selling, ono mllo nnd ilve Mchths: Ailmetus won, Wnrrnnted soc Ind, Meggs third. Tlmo: 2:48. Will not shorten distance Trotter AtMoclntlou .Acts on One Mile Truck mill Other Important Question. NEW YORK. Jan. 8. A representative tommlttee, composed of delegntes from . hn .National Trottluir association. Amor ('an Trotting association and American ' trotting HeglSter association, completed a v IjWo days' session this afternoon In this ' Tho meeting wns called for tho purposo . st cpnsiucring cnanges in mo ruies gov milntr trottlnc nnd to mnko recommenda tions with that end In vlow to tho com biltteo of rules nnd which will be consid ered by tho supremo authorities two months henco. To tho lov of amateur trottlnK horse men tho committee recommended thnt rcc rds mado at matinee meetings shall not to on record ugnlnst tho horses. Tho rule . Kith regard to trials or speed, us ngreed V linoii by the committee, follows: "Huconimcudntlons cannot bo made of Barn Incurred In trials of sueed whero ifhcro Is no pool selling, bookmaklng or . 41...- 1. lltn At. An, atn rf JIUUIIU t'VlllUK lll 111(1 UlUitl, IIU ( money compoted for, no entrance chnrged J ir collected from competing horses, no I amission fvo to tho Knto or the Krand I it a ml nnd no privileges of any. kind sold. , Bifvh performances shall not bo 'considered ' hnlilln races and all rules of this' assocla- lion Insofar ns they conlllet with this rule Iro hereby repealed." Another mutter which came beforo thn eommltteo nnd Is said to havo received favornhlo consideration was tbo shorten- in of the "d stance" on one-m o tracks. It Is understood tho plea for shortening "ulsmnco on nnii-iuuo iraeKB was not (ecommended, LAPIDUS LEADS ALL THE WAY Pent Winter Bornjeh hy Two IiCitKths In Shell Mound Hun il Iljii ' illenii HAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. S.-Lapldus In ibn shell Mound handlcan. nt one mile. with 101 pounds, led all tho way and beat Water Scratch by two lengths In tho fast tlmo or liS'JVi. Thn a.vplir.old raeo resulted In a com nlcto upset. Thnddeun wan a pronounced tavorllt. Ho was )lt,yeu rrom 6 to 6 to 7 in m. Ho had bail luck at tho start and ntilrl not L'.it throMnh nt the -fiend of the stretch. Orfeo, a 15 to 1 Vhot, had clear ailing nnd beat htm tn a drive., Venecia wns third. Tho hurdle race was a cIopo contest. Duko of York bent Finch, by n short nose. Bam Oreen. who struck the last Jump and cut his leg was, third. Tho heavily played Sea Queen won tho fourth raco from Mnresa nnd School for Beandnl. Tho latter got uway poorly. Results; First race, live-eighths of a mile: Dr. Beharff won, The Weaver second, Prestnno ttilrd. Time: 1:01. Second rare, mllo nnd one-quarter, hurdlo handicap: Duko of York won, Flneh sec ond, 8am Oreon third. Time: 2:18',i. Third rnco. seven-sixteenths of a mllo: Orfeo won, Thaddcus second, Venecia third, Tlmo: 0M2H, Fourth nice, three-quarters of n mile, foiling: Sea Queen won, Mnresa second, School for Senndal third. Time: 1:14. Fifth race, ono mile, handicap: Lapldus won. Water Scratch second, Magi third. Tlmo: l:39Vt. ' Sixth r.ico, mllo nnd ono-clghth, selling: Plomrd won, Urugg second, Artllla third. Time: 1:54U. Favorites Well In Front. OIIAHI.KSTON. 8, C Jan. 8.-Throo fa- vorltes and two second choices won nt tho exposition race track tlds nftcrnoon. Re- LltlillH! l race, selling, lor i-yeur-oiuH nu 'Prlltw Vnlenn aAnn,.,l P.pinh, Tfnie: 0:5S. ' no-ium turiongs: tannic Knox won, King second, Oton Clny third. Timet raco, selling, ono mile, over four hurdles: llroadway won, Vlnco second, Moron third. Ttrnp! 1;UU. Fourth race, selling, six furlongs: Donna Bella won, Incandescent second, Presgrave tnini. Time: i:ivi. Fifth rnce, selling, ono mile: Frank H. won, Handcuff second, Domlnls third. Time: 1M7H. FITZ WANTS ANOTHER FIGHT Aska Millionaire to II note Htm Against Jeffrie for Twenty-Five Thousand, SAN FIIANCISCO; Jan. 8.-Adolph Sprccklcs, son of the California sugar king, has received a telegram from Fitzslmmona which Intimates that the Cnrnlithmnn Is ready for the ring again, and to light Jeff ries If sultnble arrangements can bo made. In the telegram Fltzslmmons nskdri tho millionaire If ho would bnek him for J'J5, 000 ngnlnst tho present champion, the win ner to take tho lighters' entire sharo of the gate receipts. Unk Clnli Defeats Kellers. Tl. tfnttf.fa M'nrn Atnl.i 1.. t.n rmm tost jiigni on uinrK a uowung auoys, score: OAK CLUIJ. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total Plotts 170 143 IS.. Weaver ,...15S 157 164 Heft 145 174 1.15 Klerman 176 19S 13!) Ilcnegelo 150 164 170 Totals '. Tt90 m Us KELLKHS. 1st. 2d. 3d. Conery 117 163 14.1 Molyncaux 193 125 158 Caldcr 117 147 13S Lucas Ku 181 143 Keller 123 153 117 498 479 474 E13 484 2,148 Total. 459 476 432 495 423 Totals ,i. 781 735 2,291 HYMENEAL Steirnrt-lCotintsc. The marriage-of Miss Gertrude Kountzo, daughter of Mr. Herman Kountze, and Mr. John T. Stowart, jr., of Council Illuffs, was solemnized at St. Matthias church at noon yesterday: Whilo the wedding was entirely unpretentious, few social affairs of the winter havo been attended with such go nernl interest. Tho church was vory simply decorated with palms and poyncetta. Tho bridal party advanced from tho main entrance, tho brldo with her father, and attended only by Mrs. Charles T. Kountzc, as matron of honor. Mr. Heme of Cincinnati nctcd as best man to Mr. Stewart. The servlco was most Impressive, tho full marriage service of tho Episcopal church being used, He v. Oeorgo Edward Walk of St. Paul's Episco pal church of Council Illuffs, nnd llev, Philip O. Davidson of St. Matthias church officiating. Tho bride's gown was an ex quisite creation of whlto chiffon and point lace, completed by a long, full veil and a shower of ltlcs of tho valley, After tho servlco a wedding breakfast was served at Forest Hill, where tho samo decorative scheme used nt tho church was employed. Tho 125 guests woro received on tho second floor nnd later the entire party seated for thn rnnrseii hreflkfast. served In tho dlnlnu room nnd recontlon room bo- low. Mr. nnd Mrs. Stowart left yesterday nftcrnoon for a short trip through tho cast. Tho nromlnenrn of both fnmlllr. nmoni? the oldest ronrescntntlvo residents of Omaha and Council Bluffs, togothor with tho popularity of both young people, gives tho woddlng interest among the Boclal ovonts of tho winter, and will occasion numerous post-nuptial affairs in their honor upon their roturn in a few wooks. WalnwrlKht-Koraker. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Miss Julia For- nkcr, youngest daughter of Sonntor and airs. roraKer, was marricu ai nor parents- residency hero today to Francis King Wnlnwrlght of Philadelphia. .The ceremony was performed by Uov. Dr. Mackay Smith nnd was followed by a reception, at which about 400 guests wero present. Tho Jewels worn by the bride were gifts a crescent of diamonds from her father and a dog collar of pearls from tho groom. Senatorial, diplomatic and social circles woro largely represented In the guests attending tho reception. Tho brldo received a number of olegant gifts, which mado a, glittering col lection. MiiKiilre-Pnlmcr. SHENANDOAH, In., Jan. 8. (Special Telegram.) -The wedding of Ixnilsw Palmer, daughter of A. Palmer, lumber merchant to J. F. Magutre, director of the Western Normal Conservatory of Muslo. took Dlace at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The wedding was private. A recoptlon was held from 4 to 7 o'clock, for which 400 Invitations had been sent out. The couplo left tonight for Now York, tho homo of the groom. Enatlce-Hrown. KEARNEY, Neb., Jan. 8. (Special Tele gram.) C. E. Eustlcc, agent of tho Pacific Express company, nnd Miss Mabel Brown woro married this evening. Tho brldo Is a daughter of M. A. Brown, editor of the Dally Hub. They will make a wedding Journey .. . .... , ,,,, .. ,'... through the state and will llvo at Kearney Dr. E. P. Chittenden performed the wedding ceremony and only Immediate friends of the family wero present. Strom-Htereiison. SHENANDOAH, la., Jan. 8. (Speclat Telegram.) J. A, Strom, photographer, .and Ellen Stovcnson, daughter of a Methodist minister, were married today. The wed ding was private. McCrniv-Hlndnll. n AT.TiMnrtR. Jnn. 8. John J. McOraw. manager of the Baltimore base ball club, and Miss M. Blancho Slndall of Baltimore wcrovinnrrled this evening. Fntnl Step from Trnln. LITTLE FALLS. Minn., Jan. 8. Peter Gravel of Portland, Ore., met with an ao "l,lnt hern last nlcht which caused his death this morning. As the 12 o'clock train niiiii.il in ha stenncd from the movlnt! train and was thrown to' the rement side- WaiK. niriKlllb UI 111 tviih.ii icaunni In concussion. of tho brain. He was 57 years old. Slurdnwe Mcenses. Tho following marrlago licenses wero Is sued yesterday: offvAsRTr TekaS Neb Daisy Thompson, Herman, Neb ,...20 Andrew Anderson. Omaha ',...,30 J Knto Jorgenson, Omulia 29 Jacob II. Ulvler, omalia w jonnio u. jncouoerger, uiuiiiiu. Hurrv C. Jacobson. Omaha 37 Kate l.oos, umnnn John Phlllltis. Rattle Creek. la 57 Annlo Crosby, Omaha ., 56 Chris Rasmussen, Omaha ... 32 Helen Jncobson, umana w Ivor Nelson. Crawford county. Iowa 43 Lena uroessei, umnna w Charles E. Matteson. Blair. Neb 27 Corn Flanagan, Crnlg, Neb 28 Ferdinand Kopp, Omaha 23 Uertha Loosly, Omaha ; 19 Knibryo VAU froin IVksmsli, On tho occasion of a visit to Tekamah three or four weeks nm JudKo Lee 8. Estollo 'procured tho applications of eight, prominent business men of Tekamah nnd Rurt county for membership in the Omaha lariiro of Elks. Tliev weru all subsemientlv elected nud havo notified Secretary Frutik A. Furay that they will present themselves to the 1 oil go tomorrow evening tor initiu- tlon. HiirKltir Alarm ut l.lbmry. Shortly nfter 13 o'clock this morning the burglnr alarm at tho public library sounded. The patrol wagon full of officers rushed to tho library bulldliiK. but could tlnd no evidence of nn Intruder, Something wrong with the wires is supposed to have caused me uiarm. , I For KoliblnK nn Iotu. Will Coleman of Audubon, In., wns robbed of $50 last night In a resort on Capitol avenue. Alice Gordon and Nell Shannon w'ere arrested arid Identified by Coleman ua tho women wno secured mo money. EMPEROR SECOND IN RANK lit Mijutj Thliki WkiU thi Emprtu Dwr loth LATTER RETAINS HER OLI DOMINATION Conduct Affair of Dynasty, Gener ously Ilellevlnfr Iter Conipnnton of tlic Ardor of Perform ing State Uutie. I'EKIN, Jan. 8. All evidences Indlcato that tho emperor of China Is now more completely under tbq domination of tho dowager empress than ho was beforo tho Chinese court went into exllo. Several high officials wero granted audi ences today, during which tho emperor filled the role .of a figurehead. The em press dowager sat on his majesty's loft and conducted tho conversations, Accord ing to tho accounts of two of tho officials who wero received today, tho dowager em press Ignored the emperor and tho latter did not attempt to take any part In tho affair. Theso officials said his majesty ap peared melancholy and listless. Tho prin cipal topic of conversation during tbeso audiences was the presence In l'ekln of tho foreign garrisons. Tho dowager empress Bcemod Impressed with tho necessity of a conciliatory policy. Evldcnco accumulates pointing to tho timidity of the dowager empress about com ing back to Pcktn. Her first remark, upon alighting at tho Machlapu station yester day, was: "Whero aro tho foreign sol diers?" Itetvnrils for Forelnners. Vpon seeing a number of newspaper cor respondents nt ' tho station, tho dowager empress bowed to them obsequiously. The dowager empress proposes to dec orate, tho American nnd Jnpancso officers who guarded tho Imperial palace during tho court's absence. Sho nlso will confer dec orations upon the officers nnd engineers who hnd clmrgo of tho Imperial train dur ing tho railroad Journey from Pao Tlijg Fu. The dowager empress has signed nn edict ordering tho decapitation of General Tung Fuh Slang, tho notorious antl-forelgner. A tartar general In Kan Su provlnco has been ordered to carry out this scntonce. DEATH IN DARKNESS (Continued from First Pago.) removed. Doth , clergymen were severely scalded by escaping steam. Acting Battalion Chief Frlel found In tho wreck a man who cave his namo as T. M Murphy and tried "Ho move him. Murphy sal(- hs 'eB waa ,lcl(1 fnst ftnd naked ch,cf PrM to free It. Tho chief found that If ho loosened tho timbers that would loosen MUrpny s leg no was liaDie lo ici uown more wrecKngo on mo Domes oi mo iwo Klr1"- Ho told Murphy this and Murphy "n'd "AH right. I'll wait, but please bo as ".uick ns you cira. Unable to Save AVoinnu. The chief mado Murphy as comfortablo ns he could with a scat cushion and ho lay there until the bodies of the Injured ones beside Mm wero removed. Two policemen nn,i chaDlaln Walklv reached Mrs. Howard nd tho chaplain gave' her a stimulant. Tno policemen wero cutting away the seat whleh hold the woman down, when a nlpo broke. - Tho scalding steam drove them back nnd when the rescuers returned Mrs. How- ard was dead. injured persons in need of immediate at- ntion wero alven tomDorary drcsslnc by h0 ambulance and volunteer surgeons and thon hoisted to tho street. Many Park ave nue mansions wero thrown open to the suf fering, but most of the Injured wore at once taken to hospitals. Tho dead wero carried to morgues and'pollco stations. An, lmraenso crowd, heedless of the snow that swirled through the streets, gathered about tho tunnel entrance and shafts nnd watched the rescuo work. Cornelius Vandcrbllt was among thoso who enmo to the tunnel, but the police denied him admission,, desplto tho fact that his family controls tho railway, Responsibility for tno disaster Is unfixed, but Superintendent Franklin said that so far as he had been ablo to discover, John Wlscho, engineer, of the Whlto Plains train, is to blame. It is declared that when tho South Norwalk train stopped a flagman ran back Into the tunnel and besides placing a torpedo (on tho track endeavored to Hag the oncoming train. Tho tuunel was be clouded with steam and smoke, while the snow which fell through the air shafts KnVllnnrmn rhrU Engineer Wlscho and Ilreman Chris Flynn were arrested. A signalman also was detained for a time, but was released. Superintendent FrankHn has issued a statement as to tho accident, in which ho declares that tho block signals at Fifty- ninth street wero obeyed by the Now Ha ven train, while tho engineer of the White Plains train disregarded them. Censures "the Eniclneer. t 'The torpedo On tho track went off," said the superintendent, "but ho did not stop, oven though tho fireman called to'hlm to do so. Tho system of block slgnalB Is such that It is a physical Impossibility for a sjgnalman to make his light declaro tho track freo if another train is on the block." District Attorney Joromo visited tho wreck nnd personally examined many wit nesses. The Stnto Railway commission nlso announced Us intention to mako an investigation, and similar intent was ex pressed by tho' officers of both tho New -york Central & Hudson Rlvor railroad nnd tho New York, Now Haven & Hartford railroad, 'Residents of Now Rochelle contributed the largest number to tho casualty list be cause tho rear car of tho South Norwalk local was reserved for then and was kept locked unt tho aln renchea tmU ,,acc- William Leys, one of the dead, was gen eral manager of tho dry goods firm of B Altman & Co. of this city and was prom inent in commercial circles hore. A. M., . . . ..... ; Union Bag and Paper company and was equally well known. Perrln camo hero re ccntly from Chlcno. H, O, Diamond, who was killed, was as ststnnt general managor of the American uriugo cuuipuu?, Oscar W. Sloyrowllz was an optician and secretary of the New Rochelle Yacht club, and E. F. Walton was a well known broker of Now York. . Stories ot Survivors. A passenger on the Harlem train said: "Our train was held at the Harlom end of tbo tunnel for two minutes to allow the New Haven train to pass us. Then we proceeded. Suddenly there wab a terrlflo Prngh and wo were hurled from our seats. crash and wo were hurled from our scats, Tho shock was followed by the roar ot eicupiuK wounded. steam andr the cribs of the "A score ot tho men passengers got out of the windows nnd ran to the front of our train. The confusion and noise were awful. Our locomotive bad ploughed halt way through the lost New Haven car. saw several women taken out of tho first wrecked car." Eugene Herold of Rochelle Park, ono o the passengers on the Danbury train, gave this account of the accident: .Wo wero fitting quietly. In tho next to the last car nnd there were or ono or two unoccupied seats. There wero llvo cars. There were several women In tn car and also In tho Inst car. We had b n stalled nt Fifty-seventh street for some :me. Sud denly thcro came n tcrrlllo crush. Tno lights In the car went out. Th- i-0 wns n. roar of grinding steel nnd wr .1 and n chorus of shrieks. I looked back and saw the cur behind telescoping over tho rear of our car nnd through that mlxuy plunged a roaring locomotive. 1 wns thrown on my fnco by the Jolt nnd I felt some blood splnsh over my forehead. Stilling smoko and steam seemed o rlso nil around, and, looking back, 1 could see mangled persons crawling nbout through flie mist. Then suddenly tho ear took Uro whera tho locomotive wns. Our own Idea wns to escnpo. I found n friend of mine right In front of tno. Ho cried: "Open tho windows, for Clod's snkol" I turned to tho window nnd found tho glnss had nil been shattered hv t)10 col lision. Wo climbed out. I saw several persons almost covered with blood crawling out. Police nnil Firemen Aid In Ursolic. Tho rcsponso of tho police nod tiro de partments to the call was prompt and within nn Incredibly short tlmo nearly 300 firemen, ambulance surgeons and trainmen wero In tho smoke nnd steam-filled tunnel Working desperately to got the bodies of tho dead and tho wounded passengers from tho wrecked trains. Abovo tho Bcene of death on pio driveway on both sides of tho tunnel wero long rows of .ambulances, fire engines and hook and ladder companies. In many instances tho uninjured nnd those whose Injuries were slight rendered splendid hid, while others, bewlldpred by tho shock nnd darkness, groped their way along tho wnlts seeking an exit. Some of tho passengers walked through tho tunnel Into tho Grand Central station, whilo oth- Bt raad0 tnetr wnv t0 ti10 stairways below tho south end of tho tunnel Th9 bodies of tho dead nnd ranny of the wounded wero hoisted through tho open ings In the root of tbo tunnel, placed la tho waiting ambulances and rushed to tho nearest hospitals. No nttcrapt was mnde at Identification. Conflicting reports from various Institutions, aided by duplications from other places, caused the first account j of the disaster to nlnco tho number of killed and Injured nt an exaggerated figure. Tho tunnel In which tho wreck occurred extends from Fifty-fifth street, Just abovo th Grand Central station, and Is nbout two nllcs long. It Is under Park avenue nnd thcro Is on air hole In each block. Com plaints have been mado for a long tlmo that Its ventilation was Insufficient and the Now York Central hns been conslderlng plnns for tho use of clectrlcnl power in tho subway so as to do away with tho smoke and steam from locomotives. IuventiRiite Cnunu of DlNiistrr. J. II. Franklin, manager of tho Harlom division of tho New York Central railroad, mado tho following statement: Wo are Investigating thoroughly, but we nro first tnklng'out tho Injured and having them cared for. and until that Is done tho investigation cannot proceed. , o rur ns can no lenrneu mo wrcun'-u train wns slopped by tho block signal sys- em, becnuso ot something wrong nneau. don't know or have not yet found out what wns tho matter ahead. A lineman Jumped oft tbo truln, taking n, red lnntemi mid a railroad torpedo. Ho put the tor pedo on tho trnck nnd waved his lantern to signal any irum umi iiukih i-uiuu behind. Whether the engineer of the com ing train saw the flagman, saw tho lantern or heard the torpedo, If it went off. 1 don't know, nnd the flagman says ho docs not know. 1 cannot now tell who wns tho flagman or engineer of tho train. Tho railroad officials said tho wreck did not tako fire. Hear KnKlneer ltesiionslblc. J. H. Franklin mado a verbal statement this afternoon In which ho said: "Tho en gineer of tho rear train, tho Whlto Plains local, so far ns I have been ablo to learn. wns responsible for the, accident. i "Tho Norwalk local was duo In tho denot at 8:15 and tho White Plains local nt 8:17. Tho Norwalk local was stopped by tho danger signal at Fifty-ninth street. Tho flagman got out with lantern and torpedoes and put tho torpedoes on tho rail. Tho en gineer of tbo Incoming train failed to recognlzo tho signal and mado no response, and the collision was tho result." Franklin said this Is tho third accident In tho Now York Central tunnel. Tho first took placo In November, 1882, when twenty persons wero killed. Tho second occurred February 0, lS9l, when six persons were killed nnd many Injured. Almost a riot was caused nt a pollco station by tho arrest of a man accused bv Coroner Schollcr .of attempting to rob tho bodies of tbo dead us they lay in tho sta tion house. When the man was tnken beforo tho sergeant tho friends nnd relatives of some of tho dead made several attompts to got nt him, shouting, "Ho ought to bo lynched." Tho man gavo his name as John Malonev. Coroner Schollor said bo saw Maloney going through tho pockets of ono of tho dead per sons' clothes. "You ought to bo burned In oil," said th'o sergeant to Malonoy. "You aro the meanest criminal I ever saw. Tako him awny quick." i Maloney was taken to a cell followed bv the threats of tho crowd. ' Trainmen In Tombs Prison. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Mr. Perrln,. whoso wlfo died somo tlmo since, leaves tour chil dren, tho eldest 10 years of ago. They aro at New' Rochollo, still In Ignorance of their loss, Late In tho evening tho coroner ques tioned tho trainmen, holding court at the pollco station. The Inquest wns hold behind closed doors and ns a result of It Signalman Flynn was released, while Fireman Fyler wns hold In ball of $5,000 nnd Englncor Wlscho without ball. Tbo railroad company furnished bend) for Fyler nnd Wlscho was taken to tho Tombs prison. Prickly Ash Bitters cures tho kldnoys, regulates the liver nnd purifies tho bowels. iV valunblo system tonic. (iCu fracouhascoudhinf llPhertfsnothinMip You can cough yourself right into bron chitis, pneumonia, or consumption. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral quickly cures new coughs j old coughs, also, even the old, settled coughs of bronchitis. Your doctor will tell you more about this. " I had a fearfully bad cough which made mo very sick." I began to tako Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. In a few hours the pain left my breast, and soon the cough stopped." Joe Cruse, Little Kock, Ark. AJUwtUU. J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mui, GERMANS ARE PESSIMISTIC Tk flfomy Viw f Fftno!l aid Eoiiwalo SituatUi. DIET AND THE REICHSTAG RECONVENE Count Von IIiicIimt nnil Huron Von Tltlcluinnn Address the Respective Iloilles on Depressed Conditions, BERLIN, Jan. 8. Tho speech from tho throne, read by tho Imperial chancellor, Count Von Buolow, at tho opening ot the Prussian Diet today, took a gloomy .view ot tho economic situation. It pointed out that tho revenue from tho Btato railroads In 1901 fell considerable short ot tho estimates nnd that tho whole results ot tho Huanclal year wero disappointing. In the-budget for 1002 tho rovcuuo Is estimated below that of tho current year, but tho balance between tho revenue nnd tho expenditure is to bo maintained with out having recourse to a loan. Tho speech nnnounccd 'plans for legisla tion providing for the housing ot stnto workmen uud of officials onrnlng small salaries. Considerable credits aro de manded for tho extension of tho stntp rail roads snd tho promotion and construction of light railroads. A now cnunl bill, to complete tbo system of waterways, will bo submitted. Tho concluding portion of Emperor Wil liam's speech pointed to tho necessity of adopting measures against tho agitation In tho Polish districts of eastern Prussia, de clared that tho upholding ot tho political and economic position of tho Gorman cle ment thcro was necessary for tho self- preservation of Prussia, nnd promised thnt tho government would fulfill Its duty In cultivating tho '"German national spirit in that region, in combatting with firmness nil tendencies hostile to tho stnto. In this courso tho government counted on tho sup port of tho Gcrmnn population ot east Prussia, as well as on tho assistance of the whole nation, which regarded any attempt to dilvo out tho Gcrmnn Innguagu ns an at tack on Its national honor and dignity. Tho Reichstag reassembled today after tho Christmas recess, with n rather slim nttendauce, and tho discussion of tho esti mates began. Tho statement of tho Huan clal condition of the cmplro by Bar.on von Thtcllmaun, secretary of otato for tho treasury, was even moro pessimistic on tho subject of the declining trade of Germany than wero his earlier utterances In that connection. My former references, unld Baron Von Thlellmaun, to thu deterioration of tbo llnunclnl position, which wero regarded In many quarters as pessimism, havo been conllrmed. Affairs havo become even moro unfavorable than we wero nblo tn foresee, us owing to tho economic depression thn receipts havo fallen off consldcrnbly nud tho individual states of tho cmplro uro no longer able to bear their matrlculnr con tributions. Especially Is this so lu tho case ot tho small Thurlnglan stutes. MOVEMENT FOR FIRE ESCAPES President Ilnrnnrd Culls Sncclnl Mect lnK of llotird of Kducntlon " for Today. President Barnard of tho Board of Edu cation has called a special meeting of tho board at 1 o'clock Ibis nftcrnoon to con sider tho equipment ot school houses with flro escapes. Mr. Barnard was called be fore tho grand Jury and asked why tho board had failed to comply with tho Btato law regarding flro escapes. Tho board ex pects to equip several ot the buildings with means of escape very soon, but Mr. Bar nard Is not willing to.assumo tho responsi bility ot allowing tho schools to remain in their present condition nnd wishes to havo tho members ot the board tako the matter In chargo." LOCAL BREVITIES. , Chris Rasmussen nnd Miss Helen Jacob sen wero married Wednesday noon at the residence of tho officiating minister, Rev. Charles W. Savldge. Mrs. A. M. Michael of 3240 Lalk, who was soverely burned nuout the bony lust Fri day night, Ih reported by Dr. Swanson, tho attending physician, to be progressing rap Idly toward recovery. Judge Unrtlett Is nt Richmond, Vn., tak ing depositions In tho case of Patterson pgalnst Patterson.' It is reported ho in tends bringing nn action for dnmnges In the Virginia courts against tho elder Patterson. Articles of Incorporation have been filed by T. F. Lewis W. R. Wcener nnd Alex ander Iluchunan for tho Northwestern Trust company, capital stock $25,000. which names Omaha as its principal placo of business. Tho following nersons wero successful In tho recent examination held for candidates desiring certificates to teach In tno grades of -tho Omaha schools: Nina Klnkcnd, Kdna Shlpmnn, Luln Morris, Omaha; Leah C Lt'ger, Hentrico; Anna' Vnndercook, Council Bluffs; Elizabeth Maxwell, South Omaha. After a llvo- hours' sleep in n saloon at Ninth and Douglas streets yesterday after noon Martin vlnfurtner, who lives "up tho river,", nwnkened to find that somo ono had driven oft with his white horso nnd milk wagon. After somo deluy Murtln reported tho theft to tho police, but de sired no action taken until he could find out If tho horso had gone homo. Kid Davis of Ashlutid, Neb., was ar rested lust night by Detectives Drummy, Mitchell nnd Urndy on a warrant charging him with grand larceny, sworn by llluncho Do Clulrvillo, proprietress of threo per forming dogs. On December 2i, It Is charged, Davis went Into Mnloney'u theater, whero tho mndnmo had formerly had her dogs perforin, nnd seeing Trlxy, qulotly picked jier up nnd left tho build ing,' Tho dog Is vnlued nt $150 and, accord ing to his mistress, can do moro tricks nnd do them better than uny othur-dog In tho country. Old People pain, but invigorates the whole system, and gives old people a youthful feeling by loosening the joints, soften ing the skin and soothing the nerves. It is particularly recommended for Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago, Crick in the Back and Stitch in the Side. 50c. a bottle. 770 Too Fast for The Burlington The Bee by mistake liua (advertised for us: "Only 0 hours to Los Angeles." Every one knows the Burlington offers much the quickest service to Los AngeleH, but EVEN THE BURLINGTON ciumot cover tho distance in six hours not yet. GO hours, Oniiiha to Los Angeles, is what tho Burlington and the Burlington nlont offers. If you travol In n tourist sloepor, ns most California travolors do, you will need t few more hours but less money about JIM less. Tourist excursions to Ivm Anuo'm,' 4:25 p. m. Thursdays and Saturdays, ni.d 10:30 p. m Saturdays. TICKET OFFICE. 1502 ParnamSt. Tel. 250, BURLINGTON STATION, IOthnu-1 Mason Sts. Tcl,.12R I "The Choice of The Herbert clear Havana 10-cont cigar. Herbert Junior v I A. J. Sherret Cigar Company 1302 Fartmm Street . Telephone 10G7. OMAHA, NEB. A DRUG MAN Told a customer of ours that wo had tho only trim cut-ruto drug atoro In Omuhn. becnustj wo inndo a reduction on everything In our store, nnd (JU8 TOMKHS COUU) BUY Alb THUV WANTKU OV TUK AHXICI.KS WW HOLD, instead of bolus limited to one or two urtlcles nt a tlrnu. Our cut prices tire open to everybody on ill tluv 'can carry. Our uoods aro buiiRht rlBht. Thoy uro fresh and by tho following prices you can judgo whether wo cut prices or not: 2-ozs. absorbent cotton 10o25c Hromo Seltzer 15o 1-lb. nbsorbent cotton S5o I Wo Cuduliy lleef Itlxtrnct 'Ma 1 Dint lleef, Iron and Wine 3"o 1 W)c I.teblK Process 15o $1.00 Duffy's Molt Whiskey 7Co S Ei KOWELt-j PoLoiA?nIworth trottf.' In the PINES of Southern New Jersey TlicLwdiwj Hotel of Lukewood. LAKEWOOD, In the heart of n bal eamlo torest ot pines, Is now a world-renowned winter resort for health and pleasure, nnd Tho Lake wood, Its principal nnd larcest hotel, Is a superbly.equlpped hostelry, in lux urious accommodation for tho comfort, convenience nnd entortnlnment of Its patrons not surpassed by nny hotel In America. Tho culslno nnd servlco equal thoso of thu celebrated reatnurunts of Now York and l'nrls. a, (i i.nkowood- are Installed tho famous Uydrothernpeutlo (water cure) liaths of 1'rof. Charcot of l'nrls, and Prof. Krb of Heldelbori?. This resort lias the most Improved nnd perfect appaiutus for tho treatment nnd cur.w of overwo&k, nervousness, Insomnia, ond ullled . complaints, by means of hydrotherapy. and electricity, of nny hoM In the worlU. This department Is under .tho euro of tl)o,'Houso Phy siclun. JAS. H. BERRY, Managor. Read The Bee Lakewood Hotel Omeda Oil After men and women are 50 years of age, they begin to 'decline. Na ture meant it that way. If they have not abused their health those 50 years, no kind of medi cine is needed. But nearly every one of; us works too hard, eats or drinks too much, or abuses the body some way. Then aches and pains come. In all cases of pain in Old Age, the body should be thoroughly rubbed with Omega Oil. The Oil not only stops the Connoisseurs" Spencer a choice 5-cent smoke. A Model Doctor's 'Office Moat doctors find It convontont to nave oveniQK or punuay onjco bourn. Patienta can hardly fwalk M - I ,,nl, tlmna 1 UU Biairo at nuwu. uwvni , The Bee Boilding has all night and Sunday elevator lorvtcc. Water snd gas, us well as electric light are tn each room, The rooms aro all light and our offices oro most attractive. .Ilents are no higher than in Inferior buildings. R. C. Peters & Co., Rental Afency, Around Floor, Bee Building.