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PART I. '
ESTAULIHIIED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING,
SINGLE tWY FIVE CENTS.
I ME
Omaha
Bee.
WORRIES THE RAISER
Ttot that 6ii:r Has Canoer Gantss Otraaa
Baler ths Greatest Oonoern.
EFFORT TO CONCEAL FACTS , FROM HIM I
IciUti Upon Knowing ths Whols Truth
About Her Condition.
HIS OWN HEALTH CAUSES GREAT ALARM
Facti Art that Hit To co is Still Wsak
from Eis Throat Affliction.
FATHER AND MOTHER BOTH HAD CANCER
Irritability f Emperor, Coapled with I
Recent Operation, Takea ta In
dlent HI Condition la
' Really Serines.
(.Copyright. 1903, by Preaa Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, Dec New ork wona a
blegram Special Telegram.) The kalaer'a
holiday season 1 clouJed. not only by the
dubious character of hie own Illness, but
alad by the painful revelation that his
eldest slater. Princes Charlotte, . wife of
the hereditary Prince Bernhardt of Sax-
Meinlngen, la reported by the aurgeona to
ba Buffering from cancer. Thla diagnosis
of tha trouble of the prince waa actually
made two week before the recent opera
tion upon the throat of the kaiser, but it
was Bought to conceal tha troth from him.
Tn aaiser uspicions wi. vunu i
unsatisfactory ' explanations given by the
Ourgeona concerning the nature of hla ala- I
ters lllnes, and he Inalsted upon a full
disclosure. When he discovered mat an
, attempt had been made to lmpoe upon
bira he became frantically Indignant at
Deing ireatea, as ne saia, uaa vnuu. i
rviunin w iiv... .v. I
log that dictated the .concealment of tha I
tacts, severely rebuked everyone concerned. I
Tha emperor now inalata upon full and The old, successful meana are being em
dally reports upon his sister's condition, ployed again. - Dr. Karapkrewski, one of
although the doctor- were keenly appro- the. moat celebrated of Russian advocate.
her.siv that a knowledge of the truth will I
Indue a morbid state of mind, injurious
ln every way to hi own health.
Jokes Aboat HI Vole.'
"Th English press Bald my voice was
gone, but It la strong enough to reach
them yet," waa th sarcastic rejoinder at
tributed to th kaiser when ' Count Von
Buelow referred to th Indignant English
protest against the kalser'a revised veY
alon otMhe battle' of Waterloo. Although
It is no doubt true that the emperor'a
words reverberated around the world. It Is
nevertheless declared by th officers prc-e-
nt that tho kaiser epok with manifest
offort, if not puln. and that before ho had
finished hi speech, lasting not more than
five minutes, his tones were - hoarse and
weak. Th luiser Is still exceedingly
careful of bis throat and ho' never ven
tures abroad unless heavily muffled and
woarlng a reapirator. Anxiety Is, not by 1
any means allayed and th kalaer'a reoent
eplenlo outburst Is referable to hla own
highly nervous and unhappy state of mind.
Aa is well known, th father and mother
of th kaiser died of cancer, and It is not
regarded as extraordinary that . th
Princess Charlotte baa fallen a victim of
th dread disease. The World waa cabled
on December 18 a rumor to th effect that
the doctors had found th princess
to bo afflicted with cancer, but
tha rumor was strenuously denied, th ad
ditional Information being given that th
princess was not even slightly 11L
, Rot Favorite with Kaiser,
Princess Charlotte is much, th prettiest
and liveliest member of ber family. In
deed, sh la called "the Venus of the
Hohensollerns." She Is quite good look
ing and alcgant, which is mora than may
be said of her sisters, Princes Victoria,
wifa of Princa Adolphua of Schaumburg
Uppe; Princess Sophie, wife of th crown
prince of Orcere, and Princes Marararetta,
wife of Prino Frederick Charles of Ilea.
Th princess la also lively as a coquette,
Berlin, but which were forgiven her because
of the unpopularity of Prince Bernhardt,
who Is accredited with being a skinflint to
whom th brill o wa married bv Tter
mother, the Empress Frederick, against
er will.' Bh la moat popular In society
' and wtth the people, but Is far front blng
a favCftt with the, fealaer. Th prlncei
Is far too Independent to suit hla majeety
and la outspoken In criticism of his meth
ods and actions, a, for instance, when th
kaiser made hi famous speech at Breraer
haven upon th embarkation of the Ger
man troops for Eastern Asia, and It was
criticised for Us, cxtravaganc. by Herr
Harden, a Journalist. The princess waa Im
pressed that the newpapr article con
tained matter wholesome for the emperor
to read.
, "Admirable said sh. "I wish that th
emperor might read It I think it would
-do him good." Nevertheless. Herr Harden
waa Imprisoned for six months.
Th prlneess once rode man-fashion In
the Thlergarten, conducted and took part
tn a circus and has led her princely hus
band a merry chase for many years. The
couple hav one child, a daughter, named
Theodora, .
CLD WOMAN DIES FROM GRIEF
tell Psaert la Oat Stand Thirty. Sit
Tear aad Is Thea Forced -
Mora. .
(Copyright. 1S08. by Pre publishing Co.)
PARIS, Deo. N. (New York World Ca
blegram Ppeclal Telegram)Mme. Hen
rietta Dut'erron. one of the best, known
characters or Paris, died on Chrlntmaa
ev at th age of 7 years. During th last
thirty-six year she sold newspapers' and
roiagsalnea at a kiosk at the corner of th
But Berth and th Boulevard de Capu-
clnea. In front of th Grand hotel. Bh was
th estieciai protege of th American who
ment that hsr kiosk was to be abolished,
Her friends declare her heart waa broken
by the government's action la abolishing
Her newspaper stand.
SUBSCRIBING TO INDEPENDENT
th Dakotaa a Mlaaaarf . Hirer
teekaaea' Aaso-eale Hack New
PacklsMg Coaapaay.
PIERKR, B. P.. Dec. ft. At th meeting
of th Missouri River Stockmen's aasocU-
tion at KVrt Pierre delegate wtr elected
tJ attend the meeting of th National Live
(Stock asauciaUun at Portland, Ore., Jar,u I Publlu til us Apolllnarl. who Is supposed
ary IV and each member subscribed fori to b th personage represented in th an
bum In th Independent Packing ouaoerav J dent culptur
PROVOKING ANOTHER MASSACRE
San laSaenc Which Canard First
Again at Work la
Kltklitf.
(Copyright, 19,, by Presa Publishing Co.)
K18H1NEFF, Dec. 1, via, Iglau. Dec.
2.(New York World Cableiram-8peci.il
i eiegram.) "I can mate with grim, ana
lonmv f-rtjLintv (hat tin1a thci livrn
ment at St. Petersburg entirely revrrsis Its
?', ,rl , ;"pre"T n ol
aacre, the horrora of last April will be re-
Posted on tha Russian Cl.rlatmaa day, 3
uary i. 1 ne jtwi nero are iernne
ready and their terror la well foun
"Letlets, vehemently callina -"'
Uana and Russian' to arise rS
'Christ's natal day' and to ann . ' he
Jewa, were found atrewn in 'the i ' -cow,"
a tea ahop, today. II waa In 'the Moscow'
that the pamphlet denouncing- the Jewa
for alleged rituaJiatia murder and Inciting
the masacre of April were first discovered.
GrigoviefT, proprietor of tha tea shop, took
the new pamphlets to the poilce today.
Thereupon Prince Uruaow, tha governor of
Bessarabia, summoned Dr. Mucanlk, a
prominent physician, the president of va
rious charities, the bead of the Jewish com
munity. Thia dialogue followed:
"Prince Uruaow 'What would the Jewa
do If there waa another outbreak agalnat
themT ' .
"Dr. Mucanlk "The next time we will
defend our Uvea at all coat.'
"The prince (smiling) "Defend your
Uvea. That la good. With whatT Perhaps
with guns?
"Dr. Mucanlk 'Tea, we will defend our
Uvea by every means, with guns If need
ful.'
"The prince (threateningly) 'Very well.
try It. Bat remember that when the first
drop of Christian blood Is ahed I cannot
and I will not be responsible for what the
Ucm and the soldiers will do.
.. Mucanlk "withdrew to bear thla fate-J
fml meMg 0 hi frlenda, from eoma of
wn0m the World correspondent learned the
tragic seen that threatens a greater
tragedy,
nuL me pampniew louxia louaj are not
the only Incitements to another massacre
that are being secretly but busily circulated.
received an anonymoua picture post card
it represent three Jewa who hold a Chrla-
tlan'tglrl wearing Russian costume; an
other Jew is cutting her throat with a long
knife and a Jewish woman who 'collects
the blood In a vessel. The whole .pretend
to establish a dreadful sacrifice made by
Jewa In some religious ceremony and need
less to say Is designed to Influence the
superstitious, revengeful anger of th Ig
norant .These cards, painted by a man
named ' Bchecban. were circulated In
Klahlnaff befor the April massacre, to
get her with a report that the csar had
Issued an order that th ' Jew must be
kll! a theiP EaBter. Dr. Karapkrewski
,ad thll CBM before th court now In ses
sion and asked that Scherban be accused as
an Inciter to the massacre of the Jews.
But the public prosecutor, Slbclli, strongly
opposed th motion, and th court, which
la led absolutely by that functionary, re-
jted It. Bcherban la at large In Klshlneft
now and with all hla strength Is seeking to
provoke another massacre.
RAILLESS TRAIN A SUCCESS
' aeiaBBl
Ken'aad'a Scheme Gtvcai Aaetber Trial
- aad Works to Per
fect lea. -
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(Copyright 1908, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, Dec. If. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) The Renaud
rallleaa train, on exhibition at the auto
ahow, had a practical trial yesterday. A
train composed of' a Darracq flfty-hors
power automobile and three carriages left
Billancourt conducted by Engineer Bur-
co ft. A it did on th first attempt, when
coming from Meudon, the Renaud train
acted marvelously well, circulating in the
moat crowded streets and taking th sharp'
est angles -without difficulty, each can-log
following exactly the tracka of the one be
fore It No damage whatever waa don to
the roadway. Wonderful things are pre
dicted for it In the future.
The automobile ahow closed last night
On of th curious exhibit In th tire Una
attracted attention toward the end. Thla
tire la composed of atrip of leather
mounted edgewaya instead of flatalde, and
la, said to be aa easy riding as the pneu
matlc. It la very durable and never can
break down.
Automoblllats are congratulating them
selves on a recent court decision that,
though an owner Is responsible for the acta
of his chauffeur, the chauffeur Is not In the
owner's employ If he takes out th ma
chin unknown or contrary to the owner's
order. A car In point was that of an
owner of an automobile who was lunching
with a friend at Armenonvtllo. His chauf
feur took a young woman for a ride.
coll olon occurred, th young woman waa
very seriously hurt and sued th owner for
damages, but lost her ease.
REJANE IN ALEGAL TANGLE
Gets' Oat ( Law gait with Lata
Hsunssa as lato
Aaother.v
(Copyright 103. by, Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, Dec. K.-Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Manager Porel
waa trying recently through th court to
compel hi ex-wlfe, Rejane. to (III a re' In
"La Monaattr." She refused, faying ahe had
the right to choose Tier repertoire, and the
court upheld her. Now Coquelln and Rrjine
aay they will give "Montanair" next March
at the Galete. Porel aays they won't. The
play waa written especially for Rt Jane and
waa accepted by Porel. The two aulhora
of th play, Fltjrs and Culllavet, declare
that they will not permit the play to be
produced by anyone but Rejane. The third
author, Ibels, supports Porel, who claim
that th law allows him o years' delay
before bringing out a production. - Th
courts ar to decid rights in th matter.
tTmUlT STATUE UNCOVERED
ftalas Brlaar to Light aa Art
4 mi th Old Roma a
Day.
Bell
(Copyright 1903. by Praa Publishing Co.)
ROME. Dm (New York World Cable
grant Special Telegram.) In a field near
Paleatrlna, In the Roman province, the con
tinuous rains recently brought to light an
ancient, headless et,tue, much resembling
I some of thoa found 'in th eighteenth ee.i-
I tury In th asm locality and now preserved
I la th Vatican museum. Aa Inscription at
I th baa of the statu bears th nam of
POPE IS DISPLEASED
Doei Hot Like tha Idea of ths Kirg of
Spain Marrjirg Hit Cousin.
CONSIDERS COUPLE TOO YOUNG TO WED
State c' t Young fculer's Health is
. Objestion. .
Y . HOWEVER. THE WORST FEATURE
ontiff Hu Great Aroriion to Baing
Oarriad io Portable Throne.
SYSTEMATIZING THE CHURCH FINANCES
Service ( Prominent Danker He-
cared and Former Financial
Agent I Dismissed la -Disgrace
by Plaa.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, Dec. 28. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Tho Vatican
Is deeply concerned over the announcement
of th proposed marriag of King Alfonso
of Spain with hi first cousin, Princess
Maria del Pilar. Through the Spanish am
bassador the church authorities hav been
sounded aa to their opinion regarding th
union and the reply given by Cardinal del
Val, after consultation with the pops, has
been rather discouraging to the promoters
of the match. From the point of view of
Cathollo Interests It Is considered highly
desirable that the young king of 8paln
should contract an. early alliance with a
Catholic princess, In order to Insure a suc
cession to the throne and prevent the pos
sibility of a mixed marriage with a
Protestant However, It Is felt at the Vati
can that both the king and his proposed
bride are too young yet to require the ex
preaslon of th official sanction of the
Vatican to their marriage, while the dell
cato state of the king's health and the
danger to the progeny generally result
ing from marriages between cousins have
led 'the pope to discourage the prbposed
union.
In case tho Bpanlsh authorities should
persist In the announcement of tho en
gagement a dispensation will be granted
and the fee exacted by the Roman con
gregations will be no less than 125,000. A
fee, no matter how small. Is always
charged for dispensation from marriage
impediments resulting from blood relation
ship, but in the case of reigning princes
this fee is enormously Increased, In order
o discourage such violations of the rules
of the church. An Austrian princess, who
recently contracted marriage with a dis
tant relative, waa taxed flS.OOO for tha
dispensation, and in the oase of a king
th feea will be Increased In proportion.
Tho money received from these dispensa
tions Is paid to th dataria, which issues
the document granting the permission, and
the greater part of It goes to defray the
expense and salaries of. th officers of tha
curia,
DlsUke Sedla Gestatorta.
A good story la being told tn the Vatican
regarding tho aversion of Pius X to be
carried In the sedla gestatorla or portable
throne, which la nsad by the pope in all
solemn functions. ' Plus X has not made
use of this throne slnoe -his coronation, and
went to the last consistory on foot, hum
bly following th slow pace of the proces
sion, surrounded by tha noble guards and
by the prelates in attendance. ' Plus X
explained to his confidantes that on tho day
of his coronation, sitting 1n the sedla ges
tatorla so high over the shoulders of his
bearers, the undulations and th acclaim
ing multitude produced In him a feeling
of dlsxlnes amounting almost to vertigo
and that ha had to clutch firmly tho arma
of his thron to prevent himself from
falling, aa no one waa near enough to
assist him in case h fainted. H added
that tha gondolaa of Venlc were safer
in comparison. - - ,
In order to systematise th Vatican ad
ministration and to prevent th many Ir
regularities which had been found to exist
under th lata pope. Plua X has decided to
enlist the service of a prominent layman
at present at tho head of tha Banco Italy,
who will, aa an expert be In a position to
safeguard mora carefully the patrimony
of St Peter. Mgr. Maraolinl, th con
fldeiitlal financial agent of th lata pope.
who had In hla custody most "of tha treas
ures of the Vatican, has been dismissed
In disgrace because of tho Irregularities
discovered In th bonks of th financial
department of th Holy See.
The pope has received th committee or
ganised for the celebration cf th Jublle
of the immaculate conception and has ex
pressed hi gratification, at being Informed
that Catholic all over the world will join
In the celebration.
The Osservatoro Romano states that on
th occasion of tha Jubilee a crown of dia
monds, obtained by publlo subscription, will
be presented to th pope for the purpose
of solemnly crowning the statue of th
Immaculate virgin. In St Peter's. Th coat
of the crown will be at least $100,000. The
composer, Perosl, la at work on a sacred
cantata to be produced In th Roman
churches for th benefit of th movement
and Plus X is greatly Interested In th
results.
Carry Iaaastry t Spain. .
As a result of th expulsion of th re
llgloos orders from France, the Carthusian
monks, whose principal Industry at Gren
oble was the making of the famoua cor
dial palled Chartreuse, which brought them
an Income of nearly 1530,000 a year, hav
recently bought for 1800.000 the ancten
monastery of Farneta, near Lucia, In
cluding r9 acre of ground. It la their
Intention to establish the headquarter of
th order In thla monastery and extensive
repairs and new buildings are contem
plated. 1
The manufacture of the famous liquor,
however, which ia at present suspended,
will be re-eetabllshed In Spain, where th
only Carthusian monk who 1 now In pos
session of th secret of fabrication has been
sent with six others to oontlnu the manu
factur of th sam liquor under another
uwna, aa the old label la th property of
th French government
A curious ess arising from th liquids
tlon of the Carthusians' estate la before
th French court at Grenoble. Two men
claim th light to manufacture th liquor
aa th lawful heir of Father Gamier, iwbo
alone poasesaed th acrt. He revealed It
on hi deathbed to Father Grenaier, who
in turn Jeft it to Father Rey, the present
msnager of th business. Th oonteatanta
allege that the order was an Illegal asso
ciation and therefore wltho.it the right of
ownership ven In th recipe for tho liquor.
Papa Make UU M ill
Pius X, in accordance with th obllga
lions assumed at hla election, has made
his last will and testament leaving what
ever ha shall die possessed of to his sup-
(Continued ca nflh Par.)
OMEN PROVES TRUE FOR ONCE
Thlrteeath rrrtos Hit Daws at
Table Dt Hooa After
la Paris. " '
(Copyright. 1!K, by Press Publlxhlng Co.)
LONDON, Dec. 28 (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Th sudden 1
death In Paris of Lord Ablnger, otherwise
James Yor.ke MacGreggor Bcarlett, fourth
Baron .Ablnger, has revived a story told
of his Indifference to evil omens. About a
week before his death' he was dining in
London with a doten people at the Carle
ton, and when the company assembled
hear 'the table Mrs. ' Coudert- who had
counted the places, said to htm:
We'must secure .chairs at once, so as
hot to be the last to sit down."
Lord Ablnger's attention was for a mo
ment withdrawn by a waiter and, curiously
enough, he was th last to take his seat
making the thirteenth at the table..
By the death of Lord Ablnger, who Waa
gallant soldier, th American strain In
the blood of the Scarlett family Is elim
inated and the title goes back to the orig
inal family. His mother was a Miss Ma
gruder, daughter of Commander Magruder
of New York. He is succeeded In the title
by Bhelley Scarlett, who was a grandson
of the poet Shelley, and who has inherited
extremely valuable real 'estate at- Bourne
mouth from the Shelley.
Lord Ablnger was educated at Eton and
t Trinity college, Cambridge, and suc
ceeded to the title) In 1892. For a time he
held a commission In the Third battalion
of the Queen's Own, Cameron Highlanders,
and during' tha South African war he
served with the Imperial Yeomanry. He
was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant
for Inverness shire. In the new Domesday
book .Lord Ablnger was returned as the
owner of cvr 40,000 acres of land, of which
the rent amounted to $23,690 a year. Lady
Ablnger, his mother, was, the first Amer
ican to,' become a British peeress. Her
marriage took place forty years ago, her
husband, a Crimean veteran, having met
her when taking part In the Canadian
campaign Of 1S62. Lady Ablnger has be
come, to all Intents and purposes, an Eng
lish woman. She belongs to the more
thoughtful and cultivated portion of so.
clety aud Is very fond of country life and
country pursuits. The greatest sympathy
Is felt for her.-
Tito late peer was a keen sportsman and
great Collector. Hla new house In Eton
square Is filled ' with old furniture and
lovely china and with old silver, of which
h possessed a large quantity. He waa a
kind friend and a most affectionate son, and
had filled his mother's pretty house at
Ockley with the most beautiful things he
hod bought especially for her in London
and Paris. '
RINCE EITEL COMES TO FAIR
Second Son of Kmperor - William
Selected to . Visit 'th '
Expoaltloa.' -'
(Copyright. 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, Dec 28. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Prince Eitel
Frederick, Emperor William's second and
favorite son, who now Is 30 years old, prob
ably will visit the St Louis exposition.
There is a strong feeling In military cir
cle Ihmt - the German military equipment
might be Improved by adopting som of
the American Inventions, so a military
commission of officers, selected by Emperor
William, will visit the exposition and re
port on uniforms, field and commissariat
appliances. The report will bo made direct
to th emperor. Princ Eltsl "Frits," it
ia expected, will accompany this commis
sion. -- .
Th German imperial bureau ia develop
ing feverish activity about the St Loula
fair. Commissioner General Lewald la
lecturing throughout the country and In
teresting influential gatherings, but it now
is evident that the German participation
will be more marked In the artistic, scieu-
tlflo and educational exhibits and th In
dustrial arts than In machinery, which was
so prominent a feature In Chicago. The
German building will ba a careful repro
duction of th Charlottenburg castle, in
which th old Emperor William I died.
Several of the be? known German phll
harmonio orchestrae will visit St' Loula
during, the 'exposition, among them those
of Berlin and Leipsic. Tho famous Muln
In gen Grand Ducal band also will put in
an appearance.,. .
Tha education department will send an
Important delegation to study the Ameri
can educational exhibits. Arrangements
are being made for axhauatlv reports on
th American primary schools, especially
ou buildings and educational hygiene.
SCIENTISTS, ARE WORRIED
Fear Cnaage la Prof. Carle's Posl-
tloa Will Have Bad Effect -s
Bis Labors.
(Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, Deo. 26. (New York World Ca
blegram Special ' ' Telegram.) Scientific
France is worried because th appoint
ment of Prof. Curie to the chair of gen
eral physics at Sorbonn forces him to re
sign his position as professor of physics
for th city of Paris. Th latter position
carried with it th right to use th lab
oratory in But JVHomond, -where he re
cently explained to the World correspond
ent his hope for futur researches and
wher the discovery of radium waa made.
Prof. Curl inform the correspondent
that money appropriated for th new chair
will cover the experut of furnishing
laboratory and that he expect to b pro
vided with on at Surbonne. Meantime he
is being allowed to us his present quar
ters. No. ae.eiitttlo investigation ia attract
ing so much ' attention and Interest In
France as Prof. Curie's radium research.
COMBES DEFIES TRADITIONS
Refasea tm neslaja os Advors Vots
Over NoaeaseattlaU rrss.
tltlasi.
(Copyright. 1903, by Press Publishing Co.
PARIS. Dec. J. (New Tork W'orld Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Usually when
th Charobtr of Deputies persistently re
fuse to support a ministry the cabinet re
signs. Premier Combes, however, is can
tantiy the placed, but passes It over
ssylng the question involved of no con
sequence. His in cot recent body blow was
.the passage of Mlrman's measure- to sup
press all decorations in the future, on the
ground that their bestows waa merely
made an instrument of political capital
Th measure carried by SS2 vote against
Z&. Among those voting in the aftlrmstiv
were one . commander of the Legion of
Honor, four officers and seventeen cheval
Hers. Those against Included one com
mander and nine officers. The test rot
was on bringing th mattur up for
permanent disposition,
STORM BRINGS DEATH
iow and Wind on Atlaitia Gout Oil
Several gnd Damagai Ehippisg.
BOATS COLLIDE IN BOSTON HARBOR
Throo Kea Drown ' by Sicking of Dredga
During tha Btorm. . v
NEW YORK IS INCLOSED IN DARKNESS
Driving Snow Foroea Lighting of Lampi on
Business Streets,
WO. FROZEN "TO DEATH" IN ILLINOIS
Stern I General Threaghoat Cen
tral West aad East, wltb Law
Temper at are, High Wlad
and Driving- Saow,
BOSTON, Dec. 26. After one of tho mild
est Christmas days foi many years a wild
winter's storm broke over New England
today and waav accountable for a number
of -marine disasters. Up to 7 o'clock to
night three wrecks had been reported,
while several other vessels had been In
distress during the day. One of the wrecks.
a dredger, which sunk within six miles of
th wharves of Boston, xevlted In the loss
of three men, but In the case of the other
two, the sinking of the steamer Kiowa oft
Boxtoh light and. the wreck of the barge
John W. Mackay of Match Hill, R. L,
everyone was saved.
Tha storm center-passed over northern
New England during the forenoon and the
snowfall throughout that section was quit
heavy, especially in Maine and New Hamp
shire, while wind velocities reaching mora
than fifty miles an hour were reported from
aome points. Tonight the thermometer la
falling fast. Report from Maine and New
Hampshire show that the storm has de
layed , train service steadily. About eight
Inchea of snow fell In thla city,
' ShlpplasT la Danger.
NEW YORK, Dec 26. A driving snow
storm,' accompanied by furious squalls that
at times rose to almost hurricane force,
struck, tho city early today. Lowering
black clouds pressed down on a bank of
sea fog and the dense character of the
snowfall combined to produce for nearly
half an hour so deep a darkness that
lights were lit In ail down town streets
and along tho river fronts. During this
period many ferryboats and other craft
lost their bearings completely and the har
bor resounded with the whistles and ves
sels cautiously groping their way through
the gloom.. One Brooklyn boa heading for
the Manhattan side found herself off the
battery several block away from her slip,
Ocean steamers bound in and out were
compelled to stop and lie to until the dark
ness lifted. The ferryboat 'John G. .Car-
Hale carrjlng Immigrants, from EUI Island
crashed Into the steamboat Tauras oft the
battery, but both vessel escaped with
slight damage. Th darkness lifted almost
aa tflilckly as 1t had settled down and the
snow was. followed by clearing skies, high
gales and rapidly falling temperature, the
mercury going down IS degrees, from ti to
19, within three hours. So flare was the
gale during the afternoon that many pedes
trians were thrown down and in Some in
stances were seriously. Injured,
Around "Cape Flatfron," at Broadway
and Twenty-third atreet the wind raged In
guBt of almost cyclonlo fury. Here one
man waa dangerously hurt by being struck
wtth a fragment of a large plate glass
window, blown out of an adjacent build.
Ing. .
Toward evening the wind. . which had
at times attained a velocity of sixty miles
an hour, -filed down, the mercury contlnu
lng to drop until at 10 o'clock It touched 7
degrees above aero, with . Indications of
still lower figures during the night. In
all about a dosen persons were reported
by the police to have been Injured by
falls or flying pieces of debris during the
Fracas Fast to a Tree.
PEORIA. 111., Dec 21. The Intensely cold
weather,' the thermometer reaching 7 be
low aero today. Is responsible for two fa
talities. John Wert aged 45, waa frocbn to
death near Elmwood, and George Bautn-
garden was found froien to a tree here
early this morning and had to be torn loos
by patrolmen, lie is so ' badly frozen be
cannot recover.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26,-Th crest of a ccld
wave, eastbound, passed Chicago, today,
The minimum temperature here was
belov aero. Traina, aa result of the cold,
were generally unable to maintain achedula
tlm. 1
Later In the day the snow stopped, but
the mercury dropped rapidly, going down
fifteen degrees, from 84 to 19, In three
hours. . A sharp wind Intensified th cold,
which th weather bureau official said
would probably reach the lowest thus far
for tha winter.
Iowa Rot So Bad.
DES MOINES, Dec. Si. Two degrees
below aero waa recorded at the weather bu
reau today. At Dubuque the mercury went
to 14 below and at Davenport a mark of U
below waa registered. The cold wave was
accompanied by a disagreeable rain and
wind. I v
BT. PAUL. Dec. ai. Sixteen degree below
aero was the record at the weather bureau
today. At Winnipeg, Man., the mercury
went to SO degieea below, but ia now rialug
and warmer weather " ia in sight in th
north est
KANSAS CITY, Dee. hi. The temperature
In western Missouri today averaged S de
grees abova aero, with a atrong wind blow
Ing. In Kansas and Oklahoma mild weather
prevailed, the temperature ranging from 5
degree above In eastern Kansas to 86 above
at th Colorado state Un.
LAFAVUTTU, Ind.. Dec, 26 -From SS de
greea above aero yeuteiday noon the tem
perature diopped today to S degree below
aero, the coldest in two years. Th Wa
bash river I frost n over and much damage
bus resulted from the high wind.
LA CROSSE, Wis., Dec. 2u.-A drop In
temperature of SO degree - In twenty-four
hour occurred her and today the govern
ment thermometer registered IS below
pentrsting north wind made It tha most dls
agreeable day -of th winter and charitable
organisation wer besieged by plans for
fuel from poor people.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. St. Tha ther
mometer today registered 17, the coldest
of th winter and a drop since yesterday of
thlrty-fiv degrees
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. IS. Tha minimum
temperature here today was IS degree.
fall et 17 degree In th last M hour. An
additional fall In th Umperatur la for
cast for tonight th cold wav reaching
to the south Atlantic and Gulftatts
PRINCETON. Ind., Dec. 26. The heavy
storm of yesterday did at least tlGO.OuO
damage in Southern Indiana, blowing dow
buildings, trees, fences ajid telephone aud
telegraph wires.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Baadar
ad Maaday, Colder Isatay Wight
r Moaday.
Pare.
1 Germany' Emperor I Worried.
Rsssgesieat Does Not Please Papa.
Mnayl.lv Lost la Coast Storm.
Japan Is Baying; Warship Abroad.
Arbitration to F.nd Chicago Strikes
Bad Wreck aa Mlrblaaa Railroad.
Colombia Woald Appeal to Haga.
Sews from Nebraska To was.
Trying; to Flad Missing- Preaeher.
Past Week In Omaha Society.
End of Warren Postoflle Case.
Affair at Snath Omaha.
Bryan Ha Ills Fears Allayed,
ronnetl Blaffa and town Kew.
Mr. Roosevelt Entertain Children
T Sporting Review of tho Week.
9 Omaha Station a Fortnnnt One. -
Woman Defend th American Men,
IO Editorial.
1 Amneemcata nnd Mnale.
IS Flnnnrlal and Commercial.
Third of I. P. Receiver Dies.
Omaha Men In the Thirtieth.
16 R. M. Make New Grain Rata.
Ha Fall Faith In Roosevelt.
IT to Ba Tho Illostrated Beo.
Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayt
Boar. Des, Honr. Dear.
Sn. an...... 1 1 s, It
6 a. nt R 2 p. m R3
T a. m 4 8 p. m ...... KT
8 n. nt......' 6 4 p. an SO
au an O Bp. an 0
IO n. m 13 p. m 8
a. m..t... IT T p. m 88
ia m 23
MRS. FAIR'S BROTHER A WORRY
Gives His Family Mneh Concern by
Departing; Suddenly "Nfo .
Boalder. Colorndo,
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. William B. Smith,
brother of the late Mrs. Charles L. Fair,
disappeared from his home In Newmarket
N. J., lost 'Monday, and failure to secur
any trace of him has led hla wife and
friends to decide to call upon tha pollc
for aid In the search. They feared he had
rrj'-t with aome robbing hand and were
much disturbed until they learned he had
gone to Boulder, Cola, to visit a brother.
Later he may tour the world.
Smith received quite a largo sum In set
tlement of his claim on tho Fair estate
and immediately gave awayjila bake shop
in Newmarket He took up automoblllng
and other sports, changing entirely his
former mode of life. When he left homo
Monday ho told his wife to expect hlra
back for lunch. -His failure to return
alarmed the family, as he carried a large
aum of money. No trace of his movementa
could be found for several days, but It has
been learned that he told one of his In
timates he Intended going to Boulder, Colo.,
and later to California, and thence around
the world to Paris and New York.
Bubaequently It waa learned that a tela
gram from Denver announced that 8mlth
had arrived there and had gone on to
Boulder to consult Ma brother, Charles II.
Smith, regarding an- offer of settlement
which has been made recently by the at
torneys for Mrs. W. K. Vandorhllt Jr., and
Mrs. Herman Oelriohs.
DENVER, Dec 2. A ' special to th
Republican from Boulder, Colo., aaya: Wll
Ham B. Smith of Newmarket N. J., brother
of the lata Mrs. Charles Fair, has Just ar
rived In this city to visit his brother,
Charles 1. Smith. When asked if It wer
true that he cams here for the purpose of
considering with his brother any proposi
tion to compromise by accepting $125,000
each in settlement of their olaima to tha
Fair estate, he answered In tha negative
and said that he had come merely, to
visit his brdther for a few days,
LIGHTING RAILROAD BONDS
Resident of Many State I'nlte
AaralBBt Holder of Mobil 4k
Ohio Securities.
MOBILE, Ala., Dec. ,26.-Thoms R. Fos
ter of Warren county, Mississippi; James
Pollts of New York, Lytleton Edmonds of
Richmond, Va., and O. L. Venne of Bos
ton, Mass., through their attorney, T. M.
Miller, of New Orleans, filed in the chan
oery court of Mobile today a petition for
an Injunction agalnat tha Mobile it Ohio
Railroad company, the Southern railway.
the Farmera' Loan and Tr,ust company of
New York and the Guaranty Trust com
pany of New York, asking for an Injunc
tion against tha Mobile & Ohio, restraining
aald company from paying Interest' upon
general mortgage bonds from $10,500,000, Is
sued tn 18S9 and that the court decree said
bonds were illegally Issued and are null
and void.
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ANOTHER PARK FOR NEW YORK
James Gordon Bennett - Propose
te
Create One In Memory of Hi
' Father.
NEW YORK; Dec. . Announcement I
made today of th purpose of Jamea Gor
don Bennett to lay out and adorn a large
park to be dedicated to th public us and
pleasure. In memory of hla father, th
founder of tho Herald. It will 11 between
the Boulevard Lafayett and Broadway,
north of On Hundred and Eighty-second
ticet and lands now owned by Mr. Ben
nett will b devojed to this end. Upon the
highest elevation within (is bounds will b
reared a monument to James Gordon Ben
nett, th cider.
TWO FIRES IN NEW YORK
Lyeenm Barn nad at Same Time
'Flame Damage Apartment
Hon.
,NEW YORK. Dec. 16. Th four-story
building at Seventh avenu and Fifty-ec-ond
street, known as the West Bide Ly
ceum, or Adelphla hall, waa damaged to
the amount of $00,000 by fire today. While
thla fir waa in progress another one broke
out in a large apartment house In Colum
bus avenue, near Sixty-eighth atreet. The
flames spread to two other apartment
houses and all three building were badly
damaged. Th Ins In th apartment house
fir 1 placed at $15,000. '
COLLEGE MAKES ASSIGNMENT
Albert Lea laatltntlon Han Ton Mark
Friction with Another Preaby.
i
terlnn Establishment.
I
ALBERT LEA, Minn., Deo. 24. Th
trustees of Albert Lea college hav mad an
assignment for th benefit of creditor of
the college. The liabilities ar from $9,000
to $10,000 and th assets Hv time aa much,
including school buildings, reaidtino prop
erty, eto. C. 11. Freeman is assignee. The
assignment, it Is said, was brought about
in part by friction between Albert Lea
oollc-g and another . PretjbyUrlaa stale
school.
S BUYING WARSHIPS
span Kegotlstos for tho FvohMsof T w$
from the Ohileat Government
MAKES PURCHASE FOR FEAR OF ' WAR
Minister to England Ears that lotion ii
Usuir of Freoattios,
WILL SEND LARGE FORCE TO COREA
Exnosts to Burt riftoeo Begimaits st Ones,
BnisU Agreeing.
RUSSIANS ARE ACTIVE IN MANCHURIA
United State Commercial Agent Says
that Cnnr'a People Ar Msklsg
Settlements In Lnrsjer St a- .
tlon mt Pre vine.
LONDON, Deo, M Japan la negotiating
for the purchase of two Chilean warships
the armored crusler Esmeralda and an
other, probably tho battle-hip Captain
Pratt which ar tor sale. It Is now only
a matter of price. Negotiations with other
South American governments for tho pur
chase of warships are In progress also, ,
Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minister to
Great Britain, said to a representative of
tho Associated Press today relative to these
negotiation: "We want more - ship. Of
course, thla la only a precautionary meas
ure and It may ba a lot of expense all for
nothing. I hav no Indication of tho na
ture of the Russian reply. Personally, I
scarcely expect it will be delivered for
soma little time. There la no truth what
ever In the report that Japan's last not.
atlpulated a time limit"
Asked about th dispatch from Berlin of
December 24, saying the British govern
ment had represented to th csar that Great
Britain "deemed Japan's demands Just and
earnestly expected thai Russia would grant
them." Baron HayasM, whil ho was not
aware of the precis i action taken by
Great Britain at 8t. Tetersburg, aaidt "The
British government Is well a-war ' that
Japan will be obliged to go to war unless.
Russia n-Odlflrs th position It ha takea In
its last note."
At tha Foreign office her nothing Is)
known yet of the nature of the Ruastaa re
ply-
Japan Can Get There Quickest.
During the recent exchanges of commu
nications between Russia and Japan th
former fully recognised the need of th
presence of a strong military atuhorlty In
Corea and conceded that Japan waa In tho
bent position to end troops promptly to
the dlaturbed points.
Is constriied as J.avlng an important bear
ing on the preinnt I tg otlations, a It will
be the first coneplcuot ev-denoe of Japan's
actual exercise of paramount authority
over Cores. It la further said in the aam
quarters that -the prepara'Jons for thla ex
pedition were the causa of the recent great
activity at the Japanea arsenals and dock
yards, which. It la asserted, has been
erroneously ascribed to . preparations
agalnat Russia.
Information has been received here that
foreign Minister Lamedorff "has personally
received Japan's reply and that In v1w of '
Ita terms, he la aald to have expressed
aurprls at , the reports of Japan's -belligerent
attitude. Thla, it la added, la re
garded as cfearly showing the anict Ue
spirit in which the negotiations are pro
ceeding.
The TokIo correspondent of tha Tlmee
cablea that the Japanese government
shortly will take active steps to assert and
consolidate the position of Japan In Corea.
A preliminary to this action waa the ex
traordinary meeting of the cabinet rt-rter-
day, at which It was decided to guarantee
th Issue of 10,000,000 yon debenture lot
tha purpose of completing the Beoul-Fusan
railway.
Owing to the complications in ' the far ,
east the Italian armed ctualer Vttor
Pisant will sail shortly for Nagasaki,
Japan. .
' Bnsalnn Are Active.
WASHINGTON, Dm. M. According to a
report received at ,the State department
from United Slates Commercial Agent '
Greener at Vladlvoatock, Siberia, under
date of July 23, 190$, Russian settlements
have mads their appearance at nearly ail
th larger stations IB Manchuria. Beside
railroad office and houses for employes
there ar many private buildings. One Im
pediment to the expansion of these settle
ments is that no regular Bales of land hav
yet been arranged tor. It 1 aald that ther
win do an auction ante oi tois neat yar.
In th' meantime persona ar allowed to
occupy temporarily. . ,
Regarding tha affairs of Siberia Commer
cial Agent Greener say there ia a survey
ing party now engaged In defining th
route of tha second Siberian railroad. The -party
will project th Un In such a ffiaanar -that
Instead of four daily traina of twenty '
car each nine traina of thirty-six oars
each will run every twenty-tour hours to
thirty-five hour a An appropriation of $V
160,000 haa been mad for thla improvement.
He also state that tha preliminary work
for the railroad Una from Klakbt to Peking
via Urga haa been accomplished.'
American A re Protected.
Rear Admiral Stirling, temporarily In y'
command of the Aslatlo station, cables tha
Navy department announcing the departure
of th gunboat Vlcksburg today from
Shanghai tor Chemulpo, Corea, wher it
has been ordered) at the Instance of Mr.
Allen, th American minister at BsouL Th
local riots at Chemulpo recently endangrd
American life and property and the dis
patch of a warship waa thought necessary.
Aa the marine guard of th Vlcksburg
doea not exceed a half doxen men. Rear Ad
miral Stirling has been Instructed to send
a company of murines from tha Philippine
to Chemulpo on' board the transport Zufiy
Th marines will go aboard th Vlcksburg
at Chemulpo, and it la stated that they
will not be landed unless American Interests
are further threatened. ' .
Upon the arrival of tha marines at Che
mulpo the , commander of the Vlcksburg
will report to Minister Allen at Seoul, and
if th legation is in danger th company
will go overland to th Corean capital, to
protect th minister and hi household, A '
short! tlm ago Minister Allen cabled the
Stat department requesting that a war
ship b sent to Corean waters, as riots
In Seoul were In progress, and that tha
legation might be endangered if tha dis
turbances continued.
The situation In tbe east baa caused th
officials of the State department to renew
their efforts to secure for the United States
from China and Corea certain necessary
trad advantages embodied In the Chinese
commercial treaty and la Minister Allen's
demands upon th Corean government be
fore th crisis beoomes Dior, acuta. It is
realised that should hostilities break out
between Russia and Japan the resulting
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