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THE OMAHA DAILY DEE:, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1904. TEL9. l-94. Trading with this store is a good habit. i Last. Saturday wc .commenced our Great Annual Clearance Bale of ready-to-wear garments. Never in our history Lave we Lad such a spontaneous response to our efforts to give the ladies of Omaha and vicinity such marvelous bargains. To give an idea of how our sales were attend ed we will mention that Saturday, our opening sale day, which was devoted to coats only, we sold over 400 garments. Monday, which was devoted to furs, we sold over 450 pieces. Tues day, which was devoted to skirts and suits, we practically sold all our suits and over 350 separ ate skirts. Today we are having our waist and petticoat sale, and our store is now fllled'with delighted and eager buyers. 'We cannot but feel highly gratified with the result and wish to thank "bur friends for their continued patronage. For Thursday we rhall have on Bile the balance of all the following fine goods: Coata which Bold at. .125.00, Thursday' price-. ftf.80. ' Coata which sold at $15.00, Thursday's price. $7.50. Fur neck scarf fine tingle Russian fox "rf our regu'ar $15.00 quality, Thurslny, 19.(0. Fur neck scarf of Siberian marten, our regular $18.00 quality, Thursday's pries, $12.50.' Fur scarf of genuine stone marten, our regular $13.50 quality, Thursday's price, $4.75. A fw dress and Walking skirts at one half our regular prices. 11 00 skirts for $9.00 each. $15.00 skirts for $7.60 each. $12.00 skirts for $6 00 each. $10.00 skirts for $5.00 each. We cannot say snythlng about waists today, but by the looks of our store they will be all sold today. Should there be any left due notice will be given later. Our January Linen Sale The prices we are making for this great January Bale has made for us hundreds of delighted customers. We have bfen very" busy. To those who came and could .not te waited upon we wish to say "try again." The same money saving prices still prevail. THdtVS0n,lCLBDEffl tOk Y. M. C. A. Building Corner Sixteenth and Douglas Sts. elf crippled and walking on crutches. Dr. Boll, although slightly hurt as a result of the collision, was the first man to leave the Pullman sleeper, which was not damaged. Struggling heroically for ward on his crutches he Immediately assumed charge of the rescue work. First he ordered the chair car and aleeper cleared. Then aftor directing the removal of the Injured to these cars he allayed the pain of the Injured as much as was possible without medicine or Instrument? bandaged broken legs and arms with snip torn at his direction by others fron. sheets and pillowslips administered what whisky was at hand to deaden the injuries until the relief train should arrive, and saved the life of the fireman by tying an ortry wun the aid of a penknife and a piece of string.. , j hJ ' After worklng-jhtlJ5nnrly exhausted, tr. tell only gave way when the physicians ar rived from Topeka with medicine and In struments. Then he steadfastly refused to disclose his name, and it was only partially learned from his fellow passengers. Dr. Bell was on his way to El Paso, Tex., for his health. Soon after returning to To peka from the scene of the wreck be boarded another train for the south, refus ing cither to disclose his fult name and ad . drees or to submit to an Interview, The relief train hurrying back to Topeka to be taken care of by others. As Told By An Kye Witness. TOPEKA,' Kin., Jan. (.(Copyrighted, by xths Topeka State Journal.) H. U. Persona, a reporter of the Topeka State Journal, who was on the wrecked Rock Island train, ar rived In Topeka at 8 o'clock this morning after driving overland from the scene of the collision. Parsons escaped with slight Injuries while two persons on the seat In front of him were killed. Parsons tells the following story of the wreck The wreck occurred at 1:86 o'clock this morning, two miles west of Wlllard, Kan. At least thirty persons were killed In tantly, while several others were fata'.ly and a large number slightly Injured. Two cars filled with passengers were demolished, both locomotives were destroyed and four carloads of stock torn to pieces and dosens of dead animals strewn over the right-of-way. Both trains were running at speed of from ( fifteen to twenty-five miles an hour and when the engines met they were welded together by the terrlflo impact. The engineer and fireman on the freight escaped without injury by jumping. The fireman on the passenger train was seriously In jured, but the engineer escaped. , It was In the third car of the passenger train, the first coach having been preceded by a smoker and baggage car, that the greatest loss of life occurred.. The smoker, which was occupied -by only two or three men, was overturned and pushed through the car behind It, which latter wao crowded with passengers, some standing in the aislo. First Waralac. The first warning given the passengers tn this car was when the sudden setting of the brakes shut oft the lights, leaving all In darkness. A moment later a mass of splin tered wood and Iron waa crowded down upon them. No one was thrown out of his eat by the blow. Most of those In the forward end of the car were killed Instantly. Thirty In the rear end of the coach, how 'THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE" A BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE "Such thinking sends healing, rebuilding and energiilng currents over the body, building new cella and healthy tissue." Extract. IT IS LOADED WITH COMMON SENSE. Sample miniature copies will be found FItEE in every pack age of ToBtuni Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts, or sent postpaid on receipt of two cents in postage stamps. , POStUM CEREAL CO., Ltd. IiAttle Creek. Mich. XVK CLOSE SATURDAYS AT 'P. M. Coats, furs, Skirts, Waists and Silk Petticoats. AH our lOo huck towels In this sale 6o each. All our 7He brown linen crash In this sale 8Hc per yard. All our 26o bleached buck towels In this sale 19c each. All our 15o bleached linen craah In this sale 12q per yard. All our 45o bleached II. 8. towels In this sale 25c each. All our $1.75 bleached table cloths In this sale $1.00 each. All our $1.75' bleached table napkins In this sale $1.00 a dozen. AH our $1.75 bleached damask In this sale $1.00 per yard. AH our $1.50 Bleached damask In this sale $1.00 per yard. All our $1.50 silver bleached damask In this sale $1.00 per yard. All our $1.60 silver bleached damask In this sale 75c per yard AH our 75c silver bleached damask In this sale 48c per yard. AH our $8.50 bleached napkins In this sale $3.00 dosen. All our $4.00 S bleached napkins In this stle $2.75 a dosen. , 'All our $3.00 bleached napkins In this sale $1.98 a dosen. AH our $3.25 bleached table oloths In this sale $1.89 each All our $3.85 bleached table cloths In this sale $2.75 each. ever, succeeded In escaping from that end of tho car which was still unobstructed. None from the front of the car escaped. They were' crushed down between the seats by the smoker. When rescue was finally pos sible only three living persons were taken out by the rescuerers, who were com pelled to chop holes In the side and through the floor and top of the coach to reach them. One man, hurt Internally, was re noved through the rear door within Ave llnuteo after the' collision, but died almost is soon as the rescuerers could lay ' him lown. A woman AinA twn V. m . 1 - ! while trying to tell a physician her name. A dosen men had worked on the place where she seemed to be before she was extracted. Bonnie Martin, a girl. 11 years ofag,'was pinned' down between the two' cars, a ..heavy Atone Resting on one foot, iler cries attracted the rescuerers, and men, many of them bleeding from wounds about tho face and arms, worked heroically to get her out. It took two hours of steady work to relieve her. When she was taken out she addressed a doctor who Was bend ing over her as "pspa." The physician did not have the heart to tell her that she was an orphan." her father and mother having been killed. Mr. Martin was killed In stantly and Mrs. Martin died ten minutes after, being taken out of the wreck. The child was suffering with a broken ankle, where the heavy stone fell on her, and severe scalp contusions. She was put is sleep by a hyperdermlo Injection to relieve her pain. Physicians Arrive. A dosen or more Topeka physicians arrived at the scene on the relief train from Topeka as soon as a brakeman could run to Wlllard and notify headquarters. The physicians went to work relieving the Injured and made no attempt for the time being to remove the crushed and disfigured bodies from the debris. After daylight the work of removing the bodies began. The engine of the wreck ing train coupled on the two cars, a sleeper and chair car, which were uninjured, and started back to Topeka with the victims. At Topeka all the Injured- were hurried to hospitals.' Borne of the bodies found In the weckage were so badly crushed as to be un recognisable. Through a hole chopped In one side of the car the body of a gray haired, heavy set man, and a woman with long yellow hair, were visible. Fires were built along the track at short Intervals and by the light of these, the rescuers In their eagerness to remove the victims, chopped openings In . the wrecked , coach until exhausted, then handed their axes over to others. Chopping I'nder Dlfllenltlcs, The entire sides of the cars had been chopped away when the work waa com pleted. Occasionally the rescuers would desist upon an alarm being raised by watchers, who declared that the chopping away of the 'coach waa letting the smoker down upon the victims. 80 terrlflo was the force of the 'collision that the smoker left the trucks In Its backward rush, leav ing trucks, still upon the tracks. ( Not a wbeet In the entire passenger train seemed to be off the track. The freight train fared differently. The four cars Immediately behind the engine were crushed Into kindling. Dead and I, Jan. I. 1S-M. All our $8.00 bleached table cloths In this sale $4.38 each. All our $3.00 bleached table cloths In this sale $2.00 each. All our $7.50 bleached table cloths In this sale $5.00 each. All our 15c brown linen crash In this sale VAs per yard. All our 10c brown linen crash In this sale 8Hc per yard. AH our 8VtO scrub cloths In this sale 5e each. Comforters. The January Clearing Prices still prevail Just the time of the year when you need them and at prices that mean a great saving. AH our $1.2C sllkollne comforters at 83o each. All our $1.50 sllkollne comforters at $1.08 each. AH our $1.75 sllkollne comforters at 11.19 each. All our $2.00 sllkollne comforters at $1.39 each. All our $2.60 sllkollne or sateen comforters at $1.78 each. . All our $3.00 sateen comforters at $2.29 each. i All our $3.50 sateen comforters at $2.69 each. AH our $4 50 down quilts at $198 each. All our $7.00 down quilts at $4.50 each. dying cattle littered the right-of-way, while many which had escaped from the cars uninjured ' tan about, adding to the confusion. On the passenger train, in the sleeper, was a young physician, who walked with a crutch as a result of some spinal trouble. He was thrown down and slightly lnjuref, but was the first man to emerge from the Sleeper and Immediately began aiding ths Injured, He had a portion of the chair car and the berths In the sleeper cleared, and to them the victims were carried.') The physician was without Instrument or medi cine, and the only thing he could do was to bind up wounds with bandages, which he .did by tearing up sleeper sheets end pillow-cases nT giving' ne patients whisky to deaden the pain. Saves 'the Fireman's" Life. " The young doctor found a fireman who was Injured in the leg, An artery was Droxen, and he took It up with a penknife and tied It With a. ttirMlt nrnhahlv txl- venting the fireman from bleeding to death. lie perrormed Innumerable acts of a like nature before the arrival of the Tnrk physicians. "None Of the tralnmnn mnammA it ktiih. who was to blame for tho .wk T vi Paso train left Topeka about thirty minutes iaie, ana me injured conductor, as he lay In a sleeper berth, said that he had the right-of-way and that the cattle train bad no excuse for being on the main line. He said that It should have waited for the passenger train at MaplehllU six miles west of Wlllard. The El Po tnin aa stop at Wlllard and was making up lost ume. Ai ine point where the wreck 00 curred there la a curve In the ir-ir t,a the engineers on the two trains barely had ume 10 set me air brakes and Jump be fore the craah came. Th freight . unusually heavy train. No Time to Leap. Those on the Dasaenrer train Y,mA iitu warning. Tho loud hiss of the air brakes was louowea almost instantly by the blow and crushing- sound of Soon amid the groans and shrieks of the injured me survivors began to crawl out over the wrecked seats. Mini nt ik who escaped Injury, stunned and unable for a ume 10 realize the situation, stood around helpless, while others began using all ths tools' at hand and then resorting to wooden levers and pieces of scrap Iron to break Into the death trap. Just before the car went to pieces a middle-aged German, who could not Speak a word of English, came Into the doomed coach with his family, consisting of a wife and five children, all under 10 years of age. They had a lot of miscellaneous baggage, and could And no place In the car. Hardly a minute before the wreck the porter called to the German to go forward to the smoker. A man nearby translated the request and the German and his family started forward. A moment later the agonised German, his face covered with blood from a dosen wounds, broke out of the ear and began calling loudly for his family. According to officials of the Rosk Island railway here, S. J. Benjamin, engineer of the passenger train, failed to regard his order to meet the freight train at Wlllard. It Is believed that Benjamin either forgot his orders or disregarded them. He saved himself by Jumping. HYMENEAL Fnlton-Jnekson. BEATRICE. Neb., Jan. l.-Speclal.-Mr. Jesse B. Fulton of this city and Miss Enid Jackson of Kansas City were married at the bride's home. The bride and groom were until rfuuintlv mAmHAra a. , v. c , . . . f . .UU UilVd nros. biocc company and are weu known meaincai oeoDie. th Arrival in Vi !.. yesterday, whore they will reside for the Favrley-Balrd. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Jan. l.-(Bpeclal.) -Dr. and Mrs. J. T.Ralrd havs Issued In vitations announcing the forthcoming mar riage of their daughter, Mary Abble H., to ueorgo i Farley, proprietor of the Platts tnouth Evening News, which will occur In the First Presbyterian church In thu u on Tuesday evening, January It, at I O CIOCK. . rea.Mi(k. Dt'NLAP, la.. Jan. . BDeclal.WH. H Pease was married In Chicago last week to Mrs. Mack. They arrived at Dunlap yesterday, where they will reside. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Cruggtsts refund the money it it falls to cure. K. W. Groves slguaturo la 00 ears, fees. Sc 1 f USED NO SAFETY DEVICES Uanartri of Iroqnoii Thsater Tell of Noth ing Done to Proteot Life. EMPLOYES GIVEN NO INSTRUCTION Testimony of Company Officers Shows that Eleven Baits Were Locked and Bolted When Fire Occurred. CHICAGO, Jan. S.-By their own evidence given today before Monroe Fulkerson, who is conducting the fire department Investi gation Into the Iroquois theater horror, the proprietors of the theater showed that a worse condition of affairs existed than had heretofore been thought possible. Will J. Davis, Harry Powers and Thomas : Noonan, active managers of the Iroquois theater, were examined by Mr. Fulkerson today. All Of them pleaded ignore noe of any precautions taken to prevent loss of life by fire at their theater. They admitted failure to Instruct employes In fighting nre and failure even to provide suitable ap pliances for use against flames. Their statements were corroborated by the testi mony of twenty employes of the theater, none of whom had ever been told his duty In case of fire. Noonan, who Is the working manager of the theater, under direction of Davis and Powers, admitted today that eleven of the theater exits were locked and bolted. Two of these exits leading to the front of the theater on the ground floor were locked, three additional exits on the north side were bolted, three exits on the north side of the theeater In the first balcony were bolted and three exits on the north side of the second balcony were bolted. The greatest loss of life in the fire wss In the first and second balconies, where hun dreds of people were suffocated through their Inability to get out, or were trampled to death while trying to do so. Had these three exits In each balcony been available, according to Mr. Fulkerson, the loss of life must have been greatly diminished. Jfo One nt Ventilators. Noonan declared that no person had been named by tho theater management to su perintend the operation of ventilators of the theater in cases ,f fire, and that, in consequence, the flames had been permitted to sweep the place, instead of seeking a natural outlet through the stage roof. It was said by Noonan that George M. Dusen berry, the head usher! Archibald Bernard, ohief electrician, and the theater engineer knew how to operate the ventilators. It was proven by the evidence of these men, however, that two of them never went upon the stage and tha( the other had never Keen told to assume charge of the ventila tors In case of fire. Dusenberry 'declared that his duty as usher kept him In the front of the house. The engineer was always below the stage attending to his engine and Bernard, tho only one of the three knowing how to operate the ventilators who waa upon the stage during the performance, testified that he had never been told to assume charge of them. From figures obtained by Noonan today it became evident that almost one In three of the peopfd who attended the matinee lost their" lives, the percentage blng a trine over 31 per cent: The theater seated l.flO people, and in addition to these BS had been admitted after all seats were sold, making a total of 1,842 people In ths theater, of whom 591 were killed. Mr. Nootiah' derlared that tho two bal conies, including' seats and people standing, held 889 people. Tht total number of fatali ties In the firs is toHte'591, of whom three were killed, on the .first floor. - This would make, according Jo Manager Nooiian'a statement, B88 deaths out of 89 people In the two balconies. x No Safety y Devices. , Will J. Davis .testified that he had given no orders to place a fire alarm box In ths theater; that ho had given 'no direction to place a pump on the stage beyond the faot that any apparatus the firemen wanted should be provided as soon as possible. He declared he could nota say as to whether the building had been Anally ac cepted from the Fuller company or not. He admitted that he had never given any instructions to anybody as to what should be done In case of nre. He had no knowl edge as to whether the theater had re ceived a final certificate of inspection from the Building department of the city befort) opening or not. Mr. Powers gave evidence substantially the same as that of Mr. Davis. Manager Noonan In his evidence declared that Archibald Bernard, the electrician, was depended upon to operate the skylights and ventilators. Bernard, who followed Noonan In giving evidence, said he had never been able to look after either the skylights or ventilators and that his post was at the switchboard, where he had sev eral hundred lights to manage. The stage ventilator, which would probably have saved many lives had It been opened, was controlled, he' declared, from the side ot the stage opposite Ms post of duty. Fifteen other witnesses who had worked on the stage declared that they had never received any orders from tho management as to what they should do In case of fire. There was never a fire drill In the theater and none of the stage hands were aver In formed as to the use of the fir appliance or the operation of the ventilators over tho auditorium and stage. That ths employes In the front of the house were thrown Into a panlo by the Are was shown by the testimony of all tho stage hands examined today. Two ushers, each 18 years old, declared that thoy ran on the first alarm of fire and did not return to tho theater until the next day, Tho x WHAT, AND WHY. Why should substitutes for Scott's Emulsion be re fused? Because they do not begin to offer the equivalent of food value contained in Scott's Emulsion. Why should special care be taken to avoid so-called wines, cordials and extracts of cod liver oil ? Because they contain a large percentage of alcohol and afford only temporary stimulation. Does not Scott's Emulsion also stimulate the body? Yes, but it is stimulation through nourishment. What vital food principle is involved in the action of Scott's Emulsion ? Direct and perfect nourish ment without tax on the stomach. , W.'U m4 ye nrr'i be pa SCOTT DOWN K, 4- Peart Sum), MtwTorh.' stage hands said they all sought safely 011 hearing that the place was on fire. The formal Inquest Into the fire will be gin tomorrow morning. Four bodies of the Iroquois fire victims still remain unidentified at the county morgue. Two telegrams were received to day concerning missing relatives. Mrs. J. W. Kelly of Davenport, la., believes her sister-in-law was one of the victims. IROQUOIS DEBRIS PLACERED Valuables Are to Be Panned from the Ashes Gathered OH the Floor of the Theater, CHICAGO, Jan. 6-Methods of the Cali fornia placer miner are being used by the Chicago police In recovering valuables lost tn the Iroquois theater disaster. Three big wagon loads of dirt and ashes were taken from the theater floor today and were con veyed under police guard to the basement of a store near by, A placer miner outfit Including sieves and jrold-pan was erected and City Custodian Cregar started a search for valuables among the rubbish. MINE INQUIRY IS WARLIKE Witness Tails Attorney a Mar and the Original Explosion is Al most Duplicated. ST. PAUL, Jan. 6.-A special to the Dis patch from Helena, Mont., says: During the progress of the Inquiry Into the cause of the fatal explosion In the. Michael Davltt mine at tlutte, January 1, sensa tional testimony was offered and Attorney Evans, representing the Amalgamated Cop per company and County Attorney Breen would have engaged in a personal encoun ter had not the coroner stepped between. A miner whose name Is Allen testified that ten boxes of dynamite were used In the mine and that the blasts were so frequent and awful In force that the miners were unable to work In the shift. Prosecutor Breen, In his examination of Alexander McDonald, asked him If he was not in the employ of the Pennsylvania company while working on Johnstown ter ritory and whether he had not suggested to a miner named II arris that there would be $2,000 in It for him If he would come to the Inquest and testify that powder had been carried from Rarus to "raise" on the night of the explosion. McDonald denied this and Harris, who followed him on the stand, said he had never heard such an offer, Thomas Knight testified on the stand that Superintendent Wlnchell of the Amal gamated "was a liar" and this started the personal quarrel between the attorneys. Attorney Evans brought out the statement front a witness later that the quarreling factions of men In the Pennsylvania work ings, near the scene of the explosions De cember 12, were working on practically the same slopes and were leasers trying to ex tract the same ore. FIRE AT THEW0RLD'S FAIR Crossed Wires t'nder Rdaentlon Build In Start a. Little Blase . Chief Is Hart. ST. LOCIS, Jan. . Crossed electrlo wires In the main electric power subway under the Education building at the World's fair caused a $3,000 Are today. Chief Christie of the fair fire department was thrown from his buggy In going to the fire and severely hurt. For a time It seemed likely that the building would bum, but extra city engines were rushed to the scene and within half ah hour the fire was'extlngUlshed. ' STONE CASE IS DISMISSED Witness Traeblood Decline to Testify Concerning; the Alleged ... Bribery. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo Jan. 8.-The case, of Prosecuting Attorney R, P. Stone of this county, charged with accepting a 1300 bribe, whioh went on trial today, was dlamiteed by Prosecuting Attorney pro tem Brown because the prosecuting witness, Lee Trueblood, stood on his constitutional right and refused to testify. The Indict ment charged that' Stone accepted a 8300 bribe to not push the prosecution of one P. F. Ellis. DENIES SOLICITING A BRIBE Member of Kansas School Board Denies Storr of Emporia Teacher. KANSAS CITT, Jan. 6. Before the grand Jury at Kansas City, Kan., today Frank Campbell, a member of the Board of Edu cation, denied that -he had solicited a bribe from Principal Sawtell of the Emporia schools, or from anyone else, and declared that Prof. Sawtell, In his testimony last week must havo been mistaken. Prof. Saw tell had testified that tlOO had been de manded of him for his appointment. CARRIES MUNITIONS OF WAR Steamer Siberia Will Take Urge Quantity of Lead and Niter to Asia. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6.-The Pacific Mall Steamship company's steamer Siberia, Which will sail tomorrow for Chinese ports, will carry a quantity of pig lead for Japan and about 79,000 sacks of niter consigned to Hong Kong and presumed to be for the manufacture of powder. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Sarah Kerns. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Jan. 6. (Special.) The death of Mrs. Sarah Kerns at i a. m. yesterday takes the oldest person of this vicinity. She would have celebrated her eighty-ninth anniversary January 17 next. She passed away peacefully and was con scious to the last, though she haa been quite feeble for months. Sarah Ward was born In Pennsylvania, January 27, 1815, when President Madison waa serving his second term. . She married Nicholas Kerns more than seventy years since, and they moved to Nebraska thirty-seven years, ago, taking a homestead three miles south of Table Rock. Her husband died In 1871 Mrs. Elisabeth Tharstoa. FREMONT, Neb., Jan. .-(Speclal.) Mrs. Elisabeth Thurston died at her residence In this city yesterday morning of heart failure at the age ot 71 years. Mrs. Thurs ton waa uptown Monday making preparv Mons to go to Arisona to spend the winter with a son and was taken sick Monday evening. She was the mother of lira B. F. Morehouse and Mrs. Minnie Kittle of this city. Her funeral will be held tomorrow. Mrs. W. O. Xewtoa. ' MISSOURI VALLEY, la.. Jan. .-(Special) Yesterday It Rose Hill cemetery waa Interred the remains of Mrs. W. O. Newton. Rev. J. M. Williams of the Methodist church officiated. The funeral waa at tended by the Daughters of Rebekah and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Newton was the wife of the chief machin es t In the Valley shops. Miss Aaaio Landgroa. MEAD. Neb., Jan. I. (Special.) Mils An nie S. Lundgran, aged U, died at hr home near Mead Wednesday evening at 10:80 after a short Illness. Children will take PImo's Cure without objection, because Its taste Is pleasant. At druggie"- STATUS IN THE EAST (Continued from First Psge.) mons they received was so urgent that ths men left without having provided them selves with outfits. A detnehment of 1!0 British naval pen sioners and naval reserve men and ten British officers started for Oenoa. Italy, today to ssslst the navigation to the far east of the Japanese War ships Kassaga and Nlssln, formerly ths Moreno and Rlva davla of ths Argent!" navy. The rail road stntloa was crowded with sight seers, who manifested much enthusiasm. There were repeated cheers for the "gal lant little Japanese." Lord Laruidowne's reception, at the For eign office today was attended by the Rus sian, American and German ambassadors, the Persian minister and the Italian and Oreek charge d'affaires. When the recep tion waa over a Foreign office official said to a representative of the Associated Press: . We know less than the newspapers. Our only definite information regarding the Russian reply was received from the Asso ciated Press' St. Petersburg dispatches of yesterday, namely, that the Instructions Kent to Viceroy AlrxIcfT, on which the Rus sian answer Is based, were drawn up in the most conciliatory spirit. 80 far as we know this evening the Russian reply haa not yet reached Toklo. There is, however, J rave reason to fear that such of the apanese proposals as have beon accepted by Russia are of a minor character and that the main points of the dispute have not reached a settlement. A cabinet meeting has been called for jthls week, probacy for Saturday. The summons wss unexpected. Premier Balfour and other snlnlaters having arranged for a fortnight's absence from London. Russian Comment. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6.-A dispatch from Port Arthur says the Russo-Japanese crisis is commented on by Viceroy Alex left's organ, the Nova Kralge, as follows: "No threats can make Russia abandon Its legitimate rights In Manchuria or In Corca. The Interests of Russia and Japan can be reconciled without violating that country's (Corea's) sovereignty. The outcome of the negotiations depends on the number of Ironclads at Port Arthur and of troops In Manchuria. Russia does not fear war, but It .does not desire it and therefore is seeking to render It Impossible." Tho semi-official dispatch of last night from Vladivostok saying that owing to dis turbances between Cnreans and Japanese in Corea the Russian Second rifle regiment at its full strength had been dispatched to Corea to protect Russian Interests there created little comment here. The diplomats are disposed to regard It as merely a move on the diplomatic chessboard. Only ono newspaper, tho St. Petersburg Sklja WJe domosty, refers to the dispatch. It says the movement proves the firmness of the Russian policy, The announcement appears to have created a greater Impression at Moscow. Commenting thereon ' the Moscow Sklja Wjedomosty declares Russia Is "ready to fight Japan and a coalition If necessary." Why Americans Landed. PARIS, Jan. 6 A dispatch received by the 'French Foreign office from Seoul gives tho Circumstances leading up to the land ing of American marines In Corea. It says that ' the Corean army Is seriously dis affected, chiefly because of pay arrears, and Is threatening to engage In an out break at any moment, although no actual disturbance has occurred up to this time. As a precaution the American minister asked for a marine guard, which was landed,' ' ' , Two British warships, two Russian and one iAnierlcUn are In the harbor' of Che mulpo. The naval officers say they will remain tt Chemulpo until the crisis Is over. The Coraan authorities admit they cannot answer for the loyalty and discipline of tho troops, but the Amnlcana are the only ones thus far considering the landing of marines necessary. Japanese Merchants Leave, PEKING, Jan. : A dispatch received here from New Chwang today announced that the Japanese commercial houses had Instructed their agents to send their fami lies away from Manchuria. : OUTPUT OF PACKING HOUSES Sooth Omaha Gets Back Idto Second Place In Number of Hogs . . Packed, CINCINNATI, ' Jan. (.-(Special Tele gram.) Price Current says: There has been a fair movement of hogs, considerably In excess ot the corresponding week last year. The total western packing waa M0, 000, compared with 890,000 the preceding week and 485,000 last year. Since November 1 the total Is 4,785,000 against 4,870,000 a year ago. Prominent plaoes compare as folows: 1903-4. 1902-8. Chicago 1,625.000 1,705.000 South Omaha 870,000 400,000 Kansas City 8H0.0OI 4:0.0(W St. Louis ,000 876,000 fit. Joseph 274.000 2S3.OO0 Indianapolis 292,000 144.000 Milwaukee 236,000 201.000 Cincinnati 14H.000 186. OoO Ottumwa 181.000 114.0"0 Cedar Rapids 119.000 104,000 Bioux City 107.000 142.000 St. Paul S08.0C0 16,000 General Loa gat reef's Fnaeral. GAINS VILLE, Ga., Jan. (.The funeral ot General James Longatreet was held here today under the . rites of the Catholic church, being conducted over the remains b'y Bishop Kelly of Savannah, Special trains brought hundreds of promi nent cltlsens from all parts of tho state to pay their tributes to the dead. i - As a specific remedy for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Constipation, bilious ness, or Malaria, Fever and Ague, Hostetter's Kto mach Bitters stands alone. Its 50 y e a r s ' record of cures proves its value. If you are a sufferer from Hto mach ills of any kind don't overlook the Bitters. It always cures. OYSTER PATTIES rniDAT. Calumet Coffee House TOLF HANSON, Prop, hll-ll Douglas Street. , . T T S Beauty Cultural r J ,r ' ' , S. Madame Yale TO LECTURE ON Woman'sBeauty AT BOYD'S OPERA HOUSE Madame Vale, the celebrated Queen of Beauty, will lecture at Boyd's Opera House, Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 19ot, at 2:30 o'clock, oil the mlnutae subject of "Woman's Beauty." This distinguished woman haa held sway on all matters pertaining to Beauty fjr over a quarter of a century. Her untiring efforts In behalf of women have endeared her to her sex as no other creature it. Madame Tale has demonstrated by her own person that youth can be retained lndefl nately. The ladles of Omaha will be amazed to see tho marvelous change In Madame Tale'a personal appearance. At no time In this remarkable woman's his tory haa she. been half so beautiful as she now Is. FACE OF AN ANGEL. Madame Tale has the faca of an angel and a figure that simply baffles description. Physically perfect from head to l'eet, no ono can doubt the logic ot her system nor tho virtue of her remedies. Madame Tals will Instruct her audience of women how tp transform themselves Into the ' highest types of human lovllness. Complexion, hair, features, expression and form will be duly treated by this masterful authority, who defies the ravages of time to score ono victory over her. TICKETS FREE. Tickets to Madame Tale's lecture are absolutely free. One ticket, good for a re served seat, will, bo given with each pur chase of any of Madame Tale's good bought at the DRUG DEPARTMENT OF THE BOSTON STORE between now and day of lecture. In order to give the purchasers a choice of the best seats. This slight restriction I has been placed upon the free distribution of tickets. After Friday the 15th, however, whatever tickets are then left over will bo given away absolutely free without pur chase. DON'T INFER that the patient ate a horse because, you saw a saddle under the bed. HAND SAPOLIO is related to SapoJip only because it is made by the same company, but it is delicate, smooth, dainty, sooth ing, and healing to the most tender skin. Don't argue, don't infer, Try It I AMliEMEJITS. OftglO)HTON Telephone. 1C31. Modern Vaudeville, MATINEE TODAY Any Part OC of House CHILDREN I'KNTH. TONIGHT 8:15 PRICES lOo, 2Sc and 0o. Next Week-JAMLS J. CORBETT and Seven Big Acts. 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