Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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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.
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Beauty, will lecture at Boyd's Opera
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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
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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.
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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
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