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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1904)
TnK OMATTA PAHA' PEE: RATUHDAV, JANUAItY Z 1004. U 5 1 Telephone 08-04, VtK CLOSE 8ATURDAT8 AT I I M. A MAV BRAII C. DO MORE WORK THAW 1 ROTH HIS IIASD. ITere are sorae of the best nnderwear values of the season underwear for men, women and children, In union sulta and sep arate garments, ine sizes are broken, but the values are big. Ladles" Union Soft, ta mercertKed and wool, colors, b!u or flesh, sold Uvular at $3.80 and 13.25, Saturday'! price, $2.00. Ladle' Vega Silk mton Suit, whit only, buttoned to the waist Una. cold regu lar at tl W, Saturday' price, 11.75. ' " Ladles' Veata and Tights, blue or flesh c olor, mercerised cotton and wool, sold reg ular at 12.28 and t oo, Saturday's price, $1.80. Children's Shirts, Pants and Drawers, color blue gray, broken sites, them gar ments sold from 75c to 11.20 each, Saturday's price, 80c each. Children's Union Bulla, gray or cream color, only a fow suits left, sold from 70o to 11. 00, Saturday's price, BOc per ault. Men's Union Sulta, In cotton, light end medium weight wools, mostly large Sixes, old regular st 11.76 and $2.90, Saturday a price, $1.00 per suit. Children's Hosiery For Saturday we will sell a line of boys' heavy black ribbed cotton hose, lxl or txl rib, extra strong, made with double soles, heels, toes and knees, our regular no quality Saturday, your choice, at 15c per IY. M. C. A. Building, Corner lea and much property has been destroyed in this city and county. At the village of Georgetown' residents were rescued by boats. At Adamsboro a dam waa swept away and mi.oh property waa destroyed. Whole sections of Logansport have been flooded and many hqmea have been aban doned. Tha water la still rising and rain 1 still falling. N Damage at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Jan. 23 A gorge broke above the city today and a flood of water wept down tha Cuyahoga river, tearing three of the United States Steel company's big steamers from their moorings. Tha vessels were carried down the stream and . crashed Into the drawbridge of the Superior treet viaduct The boats were all badly damaged by tha collision and the founda tion of tha big brldgo was' seriously dam aged. The river Is completely blocked by the vessels Jammed abbut the piers of tha viaduct. Loss at Lorain. LORAINE. O., Jan. 22. Great less has been caused her by heavy ralna. Two large steamers broke from their moorings today and now lie at tha mouth of the river in a dangerous position. . The Nickel Plate railroad bridge has been washed away and 11 traffic on the road Is blocked. The ship yards of the American Ship building company are under water. Many small vessels have been wrecked. The Bal timore aY Ohio railroad will be a heavy loser. Immense piles of lumber are going down tha river with the rsh of Ice. j Miami River 'Rune Wild. ' DAYTON, .O., Jan. 22. Wide sections of tha Miami valley aouth of Dayton are inun dated. Trafflo between Dayton and Cincin nati has been suspended. The Immense ice gorge north of Dayton broke away In time to prevent tha flooding of the city. Tha Miami river Is still rising, but unless heavy ralna ahould continue very serious results are not anticipated In this Immediate vicin ity. Trains on tha Big Four and C. H. & D. aouth are delayed because of damaged roadbeds. . . I slight Damage at Cincinnati' i CINCINNATI. Jan. 22.-The breakup of fhe toe gorges In tha phlo river at this fcolnt has been accomplished with compara tively small loss. So far few barges have been crushed and a few others torn from their ' moorings. This escape from heavy damage Is largely due to the fortunate breaking of th gorge below the city and tha checking of the ice above th city, so that It did not really become entirely fre Until lata in th night. Flood Drives Mas Crasy. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 22.-Th lc In Whit rlvar carried off a houseboat occu pied by John Schovae and wife and battered It to pieces. Mrs. Schowa waa drowned and her body carried down tha river. Schowa was thrown into th water when the house boat .went to pieoes and caught hold of bushes on a submerged Island In the middle of tha river opposite th lower part of the etty. In answer to his cries for help Rollo Morrison started for th Island through tha loa with a boat. After, an hour he reached him, but Schowa, erased by the, co:d, fought aim oft Morrison Anally everpowered Bchowe, tied him in 'the boit and started lor shore. Th crushing lc and struggles f tha man threw Morrison out and th beat went on down tha river with Bchowe tied . ta . th bottom. Morrison waa later fecued. High Water Cloaea Factory. PERU, Ind.. Jan. 22. Many famtltea have gioved out of their homes or vacated th Bret floors on account of the high water and lc In th Wabash river, which roe two feet during the night and Is still rising. The record Cor twenty yeara is broken The How factory has closed snd 30- em ployes ar Idle. . . , ' It la feared fh new ISE.OOO bridge of the IndlanajKills . Northern : Traction company stll go, It la. now eight Inches above water With sea of lc plunging and crashing against H. j Preparations are being mad to dynamite It If. necessary to save other Remodeling ScJe Of seasonable garments for boys and girls. The first day of this great sale , was a big success. Hundreds secured 'the finest bargains they ever saw. As this goes to press we're busy replen ishing the bargain tables for Saturday . 90 Girl's Coats Lat mode and fashionable materials, gitrnienls worth from 16 00 to $.0.1X1, Jitf.,.' Half Price ISO Children's Coats In 'velvet, silk and fancy cloaking, that sold for $160 fn1f Prim Jo I1S.U0, now only." sTIWO 7-Misses' Suits Jarket and skirt. IS 00 and $iu.W values, now only... $4.95 RHONE BENSON crTHORNES Be. Jan. tS, TA. I Saturday's Sellinn at i . . . . OUr UlMUtlMYLAIt DEPARTMENT pair. Sixteenth and Douglas property. 1 ay trafflo Is Interrupted, tracks for tnui.y miles being under water, Chicago Ha High Water. CHICAGO, Jan. 22-Floods In and about Chicago, due to tha thaw and rain, ar causing nom loss. of property snd much Inconvenience. Waters In the Desplalnes, Fox and Calumet rivers ar swollen and many of the smaller creeks flowing into these streams ar choked with Ice. result ing in Inundation of surrounding lowlands. Bectiona of South Chicago, -Burnslde and Grand Crossing ar under water. Icebound Steamer Released. CHICAGO, Jan, 22. The steamer Iowa of the Goodrich line was released from the Ice pack today and proceeded toward Milwau kee. The steamer had been Icebound since Wednesday evening. Ohio Towns Submerged. ZANESVILLE, O., Jan. 22.-Th Licking and Muskingum rivers are rising rapidly. Rosevllle and Crookavllle, In the southern part of the county, are partly submerged, Indiana, Factories Close. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 12. The Wabash river has risen two feet since midnight. covering the lowlands of th city and clos lng three factories. Traction traffic has ceased. The high water record for many years is broken. I Railroads Vnder Water. AKRON, O., Jan. 22. Between her and Cleve!and the tracks of the Cleveland branch of the Baltimore a. Ohio are foot under water and many factories have been forced to clos. Business Houacs Flooded. ERIE, Pa.. Jan. 22. Many business places here are flooded and several streets are under water. Mill creek has -not been higher since the big flood of 1893, when thousands of dollars' worth, of property were destroyed. The snowfall has been th heaviest In twenty-flve years. Part of I'lqua Inundated. PIQUA. O., Jan. 2t-The Miami river rose three and a half feet during th night and that section of th city known a Roes- vllle Is completely inundated. Hundreds of families have been driven from their homes. ;'. Trafflo Paralysed in Ontario. TORONTO, Ont.. Jan. C-Snow, sleet and rain have completely demoralised railroad trafflo all over the province. The Chicago fcxpresa arrived today, after spending flf. teen hours In a rnowbnnk near St. Mary's. No freight trains are moving, and some of the passenger trains are cancelled The Grand Trunk railway's Montreal Express is snowbound near Qananoque. AS OLD IDEA. Sh ta Bo Absolutely False by Modern Science, People used to think that baldness wag one of those things -which are handed down from generation to generation, from father to son just ilk family heirloom. Science has shown the falseness of this belief by proving that, baldness itself Is not a constitutional disease, but the result of a germ Invasion of which only Iferplclde can effectually rid the scalp, Washing only cleans th scalp of dan druff. It doesn't kill th germs, "Destroy the cause, you remove the effect." Newbro's Herplclde will do this In every case. It la also a delightful dressing. Sold by leading druggists. Bend I0o In stampa for sample to The Herplclde Co., Detroit, Mich. Sherman McConnell Drug Co., special agents. la a Claa All AUa. ' No other pills on earth -.can qnal Dr, King's New Life Pills ' for-stomach, liver and kidneys. No cure, no nag, . 25c For sal by Kuhn 4V Co. :;-;. To Cur a Col In Bar ( - Tike Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.' All Itugglsts refund th money U K fall u cur. 1 B. W. Grove's, signatura la on aaca bos. 2Sa . Boys' Suits Age I to Id, sailors, norfolka, jacket and pant suits, also a few 4-i.lec suits MOO. $4.50 and $600 Ki values, at only piOU Boys' Overcoats Ages ( to 18, blues, grays, also a few fancy mixtures, worth from : B l $4.00 to $5.60. at only I.OU . Ottair Barrains Briefly Meatioaed BOYS' OA PH. SHIRTS. SUSPEND E?.S.'QLiyKa. CHILDREN 8 HON- '''. si.na.TAMa and TOQUEd. I7QI. Ox BUREETT, IS NONCOMMITTAL bfoliisi to Stat at Preiant Whsthtr Ea la a Cand data for 8iatorahip. PUNTY OF TIME BEfORE pONYENTlON H. O. Bart, Former President of talon Paelfle, Calls oa President Rii.it velt Arranging- for His Trip Abroad. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. SI (Special Tele gram. --Ea stern newspapers this morning contain dispatches from Omaha and Lin coin Indicating that Congressman Bur kett's name will be presented at the May convention as a candidate for United States senator. Flattering references are mad in tnes dispatches to his work In con gress. Today Mr. Burkett said the only knowledge he has s to his nam being mentioned as a possible successor to Sena ter Dietrich appeared In the state preps that he hesitated to say anything In re gard to the matter, believing the question should be determined by th convention. He Intimated that he had received a number of telegrams since th meeting of the stat Committee relative to the use being made of his name In connection with the sen atorsnip. Mr. Burnett was loth to say anything that might be construed ah Indl eating that he would or would not be a can dldate. He said, frankly, that there wa considerable time In which that question could be decided. Many members con gratulned Mr. Burkett on the prominence given his name today, but he good-na turedly and laughingly turned the compll ments in another direction. J Omaha Man for Navy. senator Millard has nominated for an, assistant paymaster In the navy Wlllliam I. Malone of Omaha. Mr. Malone served In the Philippines and is spoken of bs most efficient young man. Mr. Malone will have to take an examination before he is selected. Caa Get Fay in Omaha. E. F. Wallace, a railway postal clerk has been given authority to change his pay office from Rurllngton, la., to Omttha It has also been ordered In conjunction with this request, made by Senator Mil lard, that any railway mail clerk who lives In Omaha and runs east may have his pay office transferred. H. O. Burt in Washington. Horace O. Burt, former president of the Union raelflc railway, accompanied by his daughter-in-law, Is In Washington for few days, and today with Senator Millard called on the president and Secretary Hay Mr. Burt Is arranging his passports for a trip around the world, sailing from San Francisco, with Mrs. Burt, February 8. Mr. Burt and Mrs. Russell Burt, together with Senator and Miss Millard, were among the president's guests at the Whit Houae musical tonight One of the old republican wheel-horses of Nebraska, John T. Bressler of Wayne, Is in Washington. Seek Money from Carnegie. The local trustees of Tabor college, Ben ator Allison and Representatives Hepburn of Iowa and Burkett of Nebraska, have Joined in letters to Andrew Carnegie, eo llclting a donation from that philanthropist to tha permanent endowment fund of the college. They also In a general letter to Mr. Carnegie set forth the needs of the Institution. New dormitories for boys and girls are. needed, together with a new 11 brary and science hall.'- The permanent endowment fund of the?, college la $9,0t3, This the local trustees seek to Increase to $300,000 and they estimate the new build' Ings desired will cost $200,000 additional. President Ellis of the Institution is in New Tork endeavoring to Interest Mr. Carnegie. Senator and Miss Millard have accepted Invitations to be the guests of Baron 8pck von Sternberg, the tlerman ambas sador, next Sunday evening. W. 8. Bourne of Beatrice Is In Washing ton on business conected with the. pension department. Judge Klnkald has received notice that the widow of Colonel B. W. Johnson, re siding at Atkinson, Neb., has been allowed a pension of $30 per month. Postal Matters. Rural carriers appointed today: Nebraska, Panama, regular, James H. Wharthen; sub stitute, Ollie Wharthen. Shelby, regular, John W. Ballenger; substitute, Sarah E. Ballenger, Iowa, Bloomtleld, regular Sam uel Moores; substitute, Tony Lowenberg. Oalva, regular, Charles Thompson; substl tute,, Alfred Hegglns. Imogene, regular, John F. Ness; substitute, Charles E. Ness. George Craft has been appointed post master at Melyln, Osceola county, la., vice C M. McDougall, removed.- SUSPENDS1 BANKERS' UNION (Continued .from First Page.) for himself and $7 a day for an assistant whose name I do not know, but whom Wiggins called his cornhusker assistant.' These charges, Mr. Spinney states, the law does not permit, but are paid by com panies to ayold trouble. Shortly after ho received tha payment for making the ex amination, Mr. Spinney said, Wiggins sgaln came to Omaha on business connected with the Bankers Union and on this trip he says he made a charge of $36 for expenses. This charge he refused to pay. Explains Salary Matter, In explanation of the charge that h and hta wif had drawn about $20,000 during the past year from the funds of the com pany when their combined salaries were only $350 per month, Mr. Spinney 'said: Lst June my salary waa Increased to $500 a month and my wif was put on th payroll at $160 a month. When the asso ciation was organised, I did not draw any salary. The board of directors agreed to allow me i per cent on the business done until such time as the organisation could afford to pay me a salary. These commis sions were not paid as they were earned, as the business could not stand It. I told the board that I would not draw th com missions until such time aa 'there waa suf ficient aurplua so that it would not weaken th company. W concluded this year that th Union wea healthy enough to permit of my drawing the commissions due me for th first thre years, which amounted to $7,000. Last year there waa a time when th organisation needed some ready money and I put In $i.0u0 In cash and notes. This waa later drawn out at the request of th board of directors. I believe It was taken out In August, but was not charged off of the books until the first of the year. Perhaps, by adding all thus amounta to gether, tba state insurance department may be able to substantiate lta charge that my wife and I have taJien $20,000 out of ths company, but you will se from my state ment that I hav taken not a penny which did not belong to me." The commissions drawn by President Spinney, amounting to $7,000, were charged In the regular commission account, which amounted for tha year to over $20,000. President Spinney said the first Intima tion he had that everything waa not right was when a newspaper reporter came In and told him of the action taken at Lin coln. The reporter was followed a few minutes later by the sheriff and Attorney myth, who took charge of th business. Wligtaa, th stat xaiainrt whosa air. Spinney charges with n th trouble, was In the city January 7. but did not intimate to th president of th onion, so Spinney says, that there was anything wrong or that It waa to be closed up. Mast Walt on Lawyer. Mr. Spinney said that he did not know ex actly what would be done antfl he had held a conference with the attorney for the con cern. Judge Field of Lincoln. The officers of the company are E. C Spinney, 'president; Judge E. P. Holmes of Lincoln, vice president; Elmer H. Tackard, secretary, and M. T. Swartx, bank-r. Mr. Spinney saysi "The organisation does business In twenty-five states and has $36,000,000 business In force, with only $48,624.64 assets, as shown by the statement Issued January 10. Of these assets $10,610.61 has since keen paid out to adjust clr.lmaleavlng a net aurplua of $36,014.04 at this time." The concern was organised by President Spinney In this city during, and, so rordlng to his statements, has had a steady growth. "During the period of it existence up wards of $200,000 has been paid out la bene fits," says Spinney. "The total receipts for the year 1903, Including balance on hand at the first of the year, wore $170,700.40. Claims paid during tbe year amounted-to 1300B2.M, leaving h balance for the year of $40,607.46. The gross assets .of th con cern at the end of each year during its UT were: January L 190J, $7.42.49; January 1, 1801, $24,433.80; January 1. 1902. $3n.720.6; Jan uary 1. 1903. $40,M1.S8, and January I, lfOl, $46,624.66. The receipts of the conrern hav increased during the period of Its existence from $14,000 in 1898 to $135,000 In 1903.". E. C. Spinney came to this city from Des Moines. He was formerly a Baptist min ister living In eastern Iowa. He quit the ministry on account of his voice failing him, and went Into the banking and Insur ance business. He organised two Insur ance concerns under the laws of Iowa, both of which. ir is raid, have failed. It was understood yesterday that the Insuranoe department at Lincoln has had the organi sation over which Mr. Spinney has been presiding under surveillance for the last three months. During that time more than one suit has been filed in the district court In Omaha by beneficiaries In the effort to recover Insurance claimed to be due them. OMAHA VIEWERS GET BUSY Improvement Club Has a Long of Matters Before It for ' Consideration. List Crosswalks and sidewalks were the gen eral themes of discussion at the meeting of the Omaha View' Improvement club last nlgljt. Some sMewalk Improvements were reported as having, resulted from the visit of Councilman ' Evans to the club at us msi meeting, nut there Is still a press lng need for crosswalks. ' The sewer question was briefly discussed ss was the street lighting question, and the club Is still In favor of letting the gasoline light with Welsbach burners alone until electric lights can be assured for the district. Mr, Morearlty, aa a special committee on articles of Incorporation, submitted his re port, with article ,pf . Incorporation pre pared, looking to Incorporating the . club for building and mlscellnnebua purposes Ho also explained the trustee nronnaltlnn for organisation, Tu ere waa a considerable difference of opinion as to the expediency of taking immediate" action on either of the propositions, and Uia matter was lnld over until pext Friday evening, when' the sub ject wilK be made the special order of busi ness. . , The special committee on- boundaries of the Omaha View district submitted a report rKcurnmeocung lue abolishment oi the dis trict lines and permjiting all property own ers who so desire to become members of the club Under the constitutional provisions. A resolution abolishing tha boundaries of the district carried. ; A recess was then taken to discuss a box of cigars snd some candy presented the club, by Mrs. Lyons, and following their disposal a vote of thanks was unanimously tendered Mrs. Lyons for the treat. On motion of Mr. Tost the club went on record as favoring the establishment of a city laboratory under -the ear and direc tion of the City Board of Health for bac terlologtca! examinations- of ' diphtheria. scarlet fever, typhoid fever and tuberculosis serum, and for the examination of milk and other foodstuffs and water. In use In the city of Omaha. The matter of the renewal of the gar bage contract now before the city council wns tnken up snd the club went on record ss opposed to the renewal of the contract, WILL LEVY TAX FOR STRIKERS Exeeutlv Committee of Mlae Work. era Union Indicate Purpose ia Colorado Trouble. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22. At today's ses sion of the United Mine Workers a me morial address to the American Federation of Labor, requesting it to require legislation in all tradea unions drawing the "color line" was adopted. A resolution was adopted releasing locals from obligations to meot the taxation Imposed by local cen tral trade unions for support of . general business agents which cannot act for the miners. , . Memtx-rs of the executive committee say the committee will levy on tbe entire mem bershlp an Increased per capita strike as sessment for the support and prosecution of ths strikes In Colorado, West Virginia and In the Meyersdale district In Penn sylvanla. The socialists again made a determined effort today to inject socialism into th convention by a resolution for tbe appoint ment of times for the discussion of eco- nomlo questions and setting forth aoolall latlo doctrines. MUST NOT MOLEST FUNERALS Strike Leaders at St. Loal Assured that Violation of the Low Will Not Bo Tolerated. ST. LOUIS. Jan. fa.-Chlef of Police Klely sent two detectives to the headquarters of the atriklng earring drivers today and had three officers of the unions taken to the Four Courts In a carriage. They were Harry Allen, chairman of the strike com mittee; William Reypolda, business agent, and Robert Lewis, secretary. The union officers were severely lectured. Chief Klely told the men that Interference with funerals positively would not be per mitted, and said that Jf necessary he would put policemen on the drivers' sests and de tull policemen to carry caskets from douses or churches to the hearses. The strikers replied that they had been grossly Insulted by the polls, that they hav not Interfered with funerals, hav no Intention of doing so and will countenance no violence of any sort. Cleveland Bank Fails. CLEVELAND, Jan. H. The Produce Ex change bank, corner Broadway and Cen tral avenua, closed Its doors today. The Insolvency court has appointed the Cleve land Trust company as receiver. Tbe as sets and liabilities of the bank are each placed at 11,600,000. A Bore Hover Matter After Porter's Antiseptic Healing Ofl hi ap plied. Relievos pain instantly and beat at tha sam time For maa or haat Prtos, K. POWERS . SHIFTS TOE BLAME Oaa af Ownara af Ircqnoii 8ay$ Fartnar Had Charga af that Prapeity. HOUSE FIREMAN DEREUCT IN HIS DUTY Insist H Could Have Flad Any Appliance Ho Want by Ask.' lag th Management of Theater for Them. CHICAQO, Jan. E.-Hstv J. Powers, one of the resident owners anil aasociata managers of th Iroquois theater, took the stand as a witness before the coroner's jury today. Before taking any testimony Coroner Traeger requested that Will J. Davis, the other resident owner of the Iro quois theatei, retire from the room during th examination of Mr. Powers. Th re quest waa complied with after remon strances by attorneys for the two theatri cal managers. , Mr. Powers said he was a stockholder in the theater and treasurer of the Iroquois Theater company and associate manager of the theater with Mr. Davis. In a general was he was Identified with the preparation of the plans for the theater. He approved of them as a layman and interested party. KUw A Erlanger were Interested stock holders, he said, and also passed upon and approved the plans. The contract for con struction was let to the Fuller Construc tion company. The details of letting th contract were left to Mr. Davis, aa presi dent. All concerned signed this oontraot Architect Marshall drew up th specifica tions. Concerning details as to th opening of the theater, he referred his Interrogator to Mr. Davis. The latter and Mr. Erlanger, he said, arranged the contract whereby the date for the opening was fixed and "Mr. Blue Beard" was secured. Lays Blame on Fireman. Mr. Powers told the Jury that th reason the Iroquolc theater had no fire apparatus was because the house fireman, Sailer, had not ordered It It waa Sailer's business, he said, to provide such things. Bailer was there for such purposes and had come recommended by Assistant Chief Campion of the Are department. Mr. Powers also placed tesponslbillty on the Fuller Con struction company, which, he said, waa supposed to be constructing the bulldirtg accordlr.g jo law. He declared that Busi ness Manager Noonan. Stage . Carpenter Cummlngs and Chief Usher Dusenberry were entrusted with looking after details. "Did you have anything to do with the hiring of the fireman that was employed by the house?" the witness waa asked. "Not directly." he replied. "Mr. Davis told me about engaging Mr. Sailers " "Did you have anything to do, or did you say anything to Mr. Bailers aa to what his duties were?" "No, sir." ' Mr. Powers said he did nothing toward procuring or seeing that there waa installed In the theater anything that could be used for protection against fire. "I understand that those orders were given by Mr. Davis," he said. Mr. Powers did not know, he said, whetfler there were signs over the exits opening day. Since the fire he had under stood there were no signs over the exits. He knew the law required such signs, but as associate manager of the theater, he felt that the matter waa in the hands of the Fuller Construction company, and that everything proper would be put in. Hal supposed the placing of exit signs waa part oi ne contract ror painting. Davlg the Real Manager, "Mr. Davis was really the executive head or me Iroquois. . theater." he exnlained. "and while I acted as assistant manager, It was more in an advisory capacity or In consultation. I knew everything that was going on, through Mr. Davis, but I gave no oraers. All orders were given, he said, through mr. uavis or Mr. Noonan. "Would Mr. Noonan have the power to lurnisn, ana would It be his duty to fur nish any material that would be for the Denent of the theater or for fire protection ii xne requisition -came from Mr, mings, the stage manager?" Cum- "He would." Mr. Powers said that Mr. Cummings was In charge of the stage and had the fire man of the house told Cummlngs that he required reels or hose the latter had th. power to purchase It. There was no limit placed on Mr. Cummings' Mr. Powers said thst lie knew the theater had not been accepted from the Fuller company by his company aa complete. It would, he said, have been necessary ta have a Anal settlement from the Fuller company and an architect's certifies t be fore the building was finally accepted. us sa a in At soma phinna t.. i uwa luflun 10 inn MiTin . . . . . house which he believed to have been done with the knowledge- of the city building department r Mr. Davla on th Stand. Mr. Powers placed that hlnrnsti foe tha Are and loss of life upon Mr. Davis, whom, he said, was the active manager, while he was but passive In the eondnct of Its af fairs, and also upon th employes, who did not perform their fun duty. When it came the turn for Mr Davis to testify h refused to place the blame on particular person, but said ha . dence that the employes of the theater would attend to their business nrnnnv Personally, be said, be .knew nothing what ever of what th laws demanded In the construction of th theater, although he had been managing theaters In Chicago iwrmy years. Me bad general knowl edge 01 wnat was necessary, but he had newer read the city laws eorerln- the construction ana operation of theaters. " mere any signs over tha exits designating that they were exits?" he was asaea oy tne coroner, f "I don't know that there was." When asked whose iduty It was to that fire extinguishers were Installed, he replied: "We had a fireman there who waa sent to us by the city Are department." He considered the fireman's duty to maks requisition for all things needed. "Do you want to give us the Idea that you placed all responsibility as to fire ap pliances upon the firemen, Mr. Bailers?" "I do not want to place th responsi bility on anybody.' Thought Theater Waa Safe. 'As president of the company, do you want to assume the responsibility your. self?" "X do not.- Coroner Traeger asked: "Previous to the Are you were sstisfled, were you not, that' there were ample facilities for taking care of the Are?" "I had every confidence In the world In the theater." "But since the Are. you have found dif ferently, have youT" "Since the Are most anybody could draw conclusions " Davis admitted h was Interested in other theatara In Chicago, and said they were supplied with Are protection. "When you opened th Iroquois theater or th first performances did you consider th building absolutely fireproof?"' "I did. It was th safest building of th character ever constructed." "Did you tak sny precaution to And out whether the theater. was safe or not?"" "I don't remember that I did. We hc.d orders fos tha best Building of that " "y ' " u i,,.,. i .... j f u ir aw rid Mi? rv iw MACHINE ' ASAtATTCHOf. 5000 GRAPK0PH0NES unm ttonci iwte ner Wit t Twc Mosrsooo. Call cut trrc ftA gAK-n&viAHs. Tftts sbrA Catch Ad Vr&CAfctfr Btrt-A Boa ftee A Orrek Afftsa PAmAmLr at Itrrtm Oves. lYe WAr Akje TjHCtgAAto CiOCr iMtorArci r 7T Talk GAAWoPHoe 7a LC. As DiaKMCrUNOKN GRAPt1OfH0NLS, ss)CCS)i a-ij 1004s character that could be put up, and having done so, snd dealing with reputable firm?, we concluded we were getting what wc paid for." Mr. Davis declared that a few days be fore the theater opened he had talked with Building Commissioner Williams, after the latter had Inspected the theater, and said that Mr. Williams said it waa the safest and most complete theater building he had ever seen. ISRAEL LIGHT0F THE WORLD Topic of Address Delivered by Ilnbbl Kornfrld to Congregation at Temple Israel. Rabbi Joseph' Kornfeld preached at Tem ple Israel Friday evening by request of the board of the synagogue, he being the sec ond rabbi to so come since the resignation of Dr. Imon. Several weeks sgo he In- , tenaea to come, but was prevented. He Is a graduate of Hebrew Union college, in the claas of 1896, and haa been in chargu of the synagogue In Pine Bluffs, Ark. He made a favorable Impression and after the 'services there was an Informal reception. The rabbi gives another lecture Sunday evening. It Is probable that other ,rabbls will be asked- to preach In Omaha before decision la made. Morris Ievy Intro duced Rabbi Kornfeld, whose subject was, "Israel, the Light of Nations." He began with the sixth century before the present era. which could be called the century of awakening. At that time Cyrus the Great was ascendant. The other na tions that had been prosperous were thrown Into adversity and despondency, and hs every prerogative of adversity Is to make one sensitive, the whole eastern world be-' came skeptic. When" Jehovah had shown the falseness of the idols the Idolators, not turning to the true God, had only sought to deal a death blow to Jehovah through these Idols. God was not the universal God of the world, as shown by His patron age of the single nation Of Jews; and He was not a supreme god, as shown by His poor protection of His chosen race. Thin was the critical time, for the Jews, being despondent, would have been easily led to skepticism. At this crisis had come Isaiah. "This prophet showed . to all people'," said Rabbi Kornfeld, "that God had put the Jews Into all parts .of the world to show that He was the God of all, for they should spread the faith. Without this thing, the Jews, scattered In all lands, would be the most miserable of nations, but with It ..they were exalted In a great mission, to establish tha kingdom of heaven. Israel Is the missionary par ex cellence. Science shows that light Is con veyed by radiation. The Jews do not try to spread religion by revivals nor by bloody war; but scientifically, by radiation. 'Let your light so shine among men, that they seeing your light may glorify the Father who Is In heaven.' Never has Israel been without a light. It was kindled by God and never shall It tie extinguished by the hand of mortal man. It- has burned through the ages and in the end will be extinguished by God's own light." WORK OF MRS. BOOTH-TUCKER Colonel Higgina of Nw York Lectures on the Lute Salvation Army Lender. An Interesting lecture on "Life and Work of the Late Consul, Emma Booth-Tucker," was given at "the First Congregational church last evening by Colonel Mrs. Hlg- glns of New York City. Mrs. Higgina, who is now at the head of the woman's rescue work of the Salvation Army in the United States, was for years associated wtth Mrs. Booth-Tucker In the Salvation Army training home nursery at London, Eng., and mutih of the lecture last even ing was spoken from a personal acquaint ance with the great Salvation Army leader. Mrs. Iflggins paid a fitting tribute to the character and life work of Mrs. Booth Tucker, saying In this connection: "During the first Ave years of her life her mother and father were engaged In a aeries of great revival services, and It seems that even at tMs early age the child was Influenced by these religious rur roundlnga. At th age of seven she con fessed conversion and a few years later led a public service with marked success. Bh never neglected an opportunity to do good to others; her heart was filled with sympathy for her fellow creatures and her many acts of kindness endeared her to hosts of friends. She never sought rec ognition for herself and her life was a grsnd Inspiration, not only for th Salva tion Army, but for thousands of others." The lecture was illustrated by sixty-one stereopttcon views and several moving pic tures touching upon the life of Mrs. Booth Tucker from infancy to the time of bf r Interment at Wood law ti cemetery. Mrs. Hlggins came directly from Indian spoils to Omaha and will go to Kansns City this morning. Pif ty years at suooesa. mi ; 1 . a irfl 10s suopiengna uosi remedy for Couffhs and Throat Troubles. $oU In Bomu Ml a. ff A autatiosa. . j.tjA mm Ar g7C Boat of Everything The Only Double lraclv Railway to Chicago The Omaha Chicago Tram Par Excellenca Is Ao. 6 $o1id train muti vi) in OrnsAg daily OA II HE 5:50 p. in , arriv ing Chicago 7:30 next inorn ..117. 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