niE OMAI1A DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBElt 27, 1U04.
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It takes a great
man to do little
things well.
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The Teachers' Meeting to be held in Omaha this week will
bring 2t000 or more delegates.
The railroads are making a rate of one fare for the round trip
(plus JjOc) from all joints in the state of Nebraska, tickets on sale
December 24th to 28th, good to return to Jan. 4th, inclusive.
This wiL give all of our out-of-town customers who wish an
opportunity to visit our city. We cordially invite all visitors to
make our store your headquarters and meeting place. Your hand
baggage will be checked free of charge and any information will
be cheerfully given.
Wp Intpnrl tn ninl-p this ITnlidnv wppk a hnsv nnp and manv
1 special inducements will be made
I rcnnt vnn fnr nnmlnrr
Cloak and Salt Department
Beautiful tailored suits and coats, every
garments new this season.
SUITS.
Suits of black and white mixed cloths,
black broadcloths, black cheviot, blues
In cheviots and broadcloths, browns In
cheviots and broadcloths, also pretty gray
and brown mixed goods.
118.00 suits, this week 113 50.
122.50, 123.50 and $3.00 suit, this week
$17.50. .
$27.50, $30.00 sultr this week $20.00.
I3E.00, If. 00 and $13.00 suits, this week
$26.00.
CLOAKS.
Black coats In kerseys and cheviots
tan covert cloth coats, kersey cloth coats
(ln pretty castor shades, brown cheviot and
mixed tweed coats, all in the new lengths,
nicely tailored. ,
$10.00 coats, this week 17.50 each.
$12.50 coats, this week $9.25 each.
$13.00 coats, this week $9.75 each.
116.00 coats, this week $10.50 each.
flft.60 and $17.50 coats, this week $12 each.
$18.00 coats, this week $12.00 each.
$20.00 coats, this week $15.00 each.
$22.00 coats, this week $18.59 each.
$25.00 coats, this week $17.50 each.
$27.60 coats, this week $19.50 each,
$32.60 coats, this week $24.00 each.
$36.00 coats, this week $26.60 each.
$40.00 coats, this week $28.60 each.
special Sale of Cath Robe Blankets.
Every Robe . Blanket at a greatly re
duced price.- We do not want to carry orer
single one.
Our $11 Robe Blankets now $7.00 each.
Our $6.00 Robe Blankets now $4.25 each.
Our $4.00 and $4.50 Robe Blankets now
$2.88 each. ......
Our $3.25 Robe Blankets now $2.25 each.
Our $3.00 Robe Blankets now $2.00 each.
Our $2.76 Robe Blankets now $1.88 each.
Our $2.50 Robe Blankets now $1.79 each.
Our $2.00 Robe Blankets now $1.29 each.
Our $1.26 Robe Blankets now f9c each.
rpiONP5QN.fiELPEN&C)Q
Y. IM C A. BuildiMf. Cornet Sixteenth and Douglas Street.
thorltles, and that at the same time steps
should be taken for clrcumserlblng the.r
application within the narrowest ,uoenlb:e
limits and for assuring that the limitations
of the right of private, persons Involved
In that application ahull only b. permitted
in cases where the actual safety of the state
U threatened. . i',. v .
Sixth That In confirmation of my un
deviallng heart's doolie as expressed In the
imperial manifesto of March 3, . 1908, for
the protection by the fundamental laws
of the empire of toleranoe in matters of
faith, the laws dealing with, the Hahta of
communities and persons belonging to
heterodox and non-Christian confession
should be submitted to revision; and that
independently of these measures should be
taken for removal of all limitations on the
exercise of their religions not directly men
tioned In the law.
Wider Religions Freedom.
Seventh That there should be auch re
Vision of existing ordinances limiting the
rights of foreigners and measures in cer
tain territories of the empire that in fu
ture there shall remain oniy such of (htm
as are required by the present Interest
of the empire and the munUett needs of
the Russian people.
Eighth That all unnecessary restrictions
should be removed from the existing press
laws, and that printed speech should be
r laced within dually denned legal limits;
hat the native prut, in accordance with
the progress of education and the Import
ance thereby accruing to it chould be left
to the poeNlbillty of worthily miliums its
high calling, namely, to be the true In
terpreters of reasonable strivings for Vui
alaa advantage.
Acting upon the above principles, with a
view to a aeries f great Internal changer
Impending In the early future, part
whereof I am. Instructions previously
given by Us, are already under preliminary
examination, we deem it well, in view of
the diversity '' and Importance of these
changes, to fix' an order of business for
consideration of means and the possibility
of their early and complete realization. The
closest co-operation is Incumbent on the
various sections of the administration
throughout the various state institutions.
With reference to ail the above mentioned
sections the council of ministers has to
examine the best way of giving effect to
our views and to submit to us at the earli
est possilile date its decisions as to the
further shape of the above mentioned meas
ures In their prescribed order. The com
mittee has also tiv report to us as to the
mibsequent progress of iho elaboration of
the matters mentioned.
(Signed) N1CHOLA8.
Dieardcr Rxpeeted at Moscow.
There seems to be no evidence of ces
sation of the agitation in different parts of
the country In favor of liberal reforms.
The situation Is most acute In Moscow,
where the university la closed snd the stu
dents, the pedagogic and other societies are
In a contsant state of ferment. It develops
that the social revolution party in Moscow
before the demonstrations of December 18
' and 18 practically Issued a warning con
demning to death Orand Duke Serglus and
Folic. Muter Tripoli, It during those
demonstrations theie should be a recur
rence of "the police brutalities which was
witnessed In St. Petersburg." Subsequently
the students decided to not only cease at
tending lectures, but to demonstrate on the
occasion f the burial of tht victims of the
rioting of December 18 and 19. to ally them
selves with the labor- movement and to
A CREAMY FOOD
cott's Emulsion is cod
liver oil prepared as food
cot a food like bread or meat,
but more like cream; in fact,
it Is the cream of cod liver
oil! At the same time it is a
blood-maker, a nerve tonic
and a flesh-builder. Dut
principally it is food for tired
'and weak digestions, for all
who are fat-starved and thin.
It is pleasant to take ; children
like it and ask for more.
Well wad jrea s eawale, (rat
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Em, Dm. M, UM.
A Week of
Bargains
in the way of price making to
Dressing Saeques
All of our pretty dressing acques will be
specially priced for this week's selling.
$1.00 saeques, this week 69c each.
$1.26 and $1.50 saeques, this week t8o each.
$2 and $2.26 saeques, this week $1.50 each.
$2.60 saeques, this week $1.75 each.
$4.50 saeques, this week $3.50 each.
$5.00 saeques, this week $4.00 eac h.
$6 60 saeques, this week $3.00 each.
One Week of Grand Sweeping Cot
In Dress Goods.
Commencing December 26 and continuing
until invoice, January 1. Now we find we
have too many dress goods. This big stock
must be reduced before that time. There
Is only one way to do this effectually and
quick. The prices for this great stock re
ducing sale In point of exceptional
lnwness surpasses those of any pre
vious sale. Remember the great spe
cial sale commences December 21 Read
the special prkes below. It will give you
an Idea what the reductions are to be.
Note the kind and quality of goods. The
prices below merely give you a hint of the
goods to be sold.
New Camel's Hair Sultlns-W Inches wide.
In the pretty shadea of brown, gray, blua
In the new frosted effect, never sold for
less than $1.00, special sale price $c a yard.
New Illuminated Suiting In the mixed
effects, 46 inches, regular $1.00 quality, spe
cial sale price, 69c a yard.
New Shepherd Check Novelty In the
handsome new dark rich colors, 13 Inches,
regular $1.00 quality, special sale price 4$o
a yard .
New Paon Finished Suiting 6 inches,
handsome rich luster, one of this season's
most snappy new fabrics, regular $1.60
quality, special sale price 69c.
New Suiting In Plain and oveity in
fect AH this season's most popular fabrics,
withmit doubt one of the greatest values
we have ever called your attention to, as
long as they last 29c a yard.
take up arms In their own defense. They
also asked the professors of the univer
sity to back up these demonstrations. As
a result the latter obtained permission to
make a searching Inquiry Into all the cir
cumstances. ... i' " -it.
General Kouropatkln, according to an
interview with Prince Dolgorouky, head of
the Moscow Red Cross detachment at the
Kremlin, has added his voice in favor of
broader activity of the semstvos. This
may be fraught with Immense significance
later.
Attack Upon Bureaucracy.
The reactionary Orashdanla publishes a
remarkable article against the bureauc
racy, declaring that It was responsible for
the French revolution, the fall of the
Roman empire and the decay of China,
whereas Japan has regretted because,
while It overthrew the bureaucracy. It re
tained the sacred tower of sovereign. The
Grashdanln expresses the hope that the
bureaucracy is seeing Its last days In
Russia and adds:
Bureaucracy is more or less present In
all countries except the United States,
where the law safeguards the liberties of
the people to the fullest extent, giving
equal opportunities to everybody.
The commission which Is Investigating
i the passport question has not yet taken up
the subject of Jewish passports, either for
eign or domestic, the whole matter having
been temporarily postponed, pending the
decision of other points. ! Foreign pass
ports, the commission recommends, shall
bo good for the period for which they are
Issued by foreign governments, without re
quiring the holder, as now, to takj oat
Russian passports at the end of six
months. '
The empress of Russia baa conveyed her
personal thanks to Countess Casslnl for
$9,665, subscribed through her for the Rus
sian Red Cross.
Disorder la Poland.
While the new mobilization is proceeding
quietly in most places,, disorders are re
ported to have occurred in Poland. The
most serious disturbance was at Rason
yesterday, where one colonel was killed
and a gendarme wounded. There has also
been considerable rioting at Bakhout,
where 6,000 conscripts pillaged a few houses
and fruit stalls. No one, 'however, was
killed.
The emperor has his personal aides-decamp
at all of the mobilization centers in
order to see that everything possible Is
done for the re-ervlsts and conscripts and
to obtain immediate reports at first hand
of any disturbances.
EKATERI NOSLAV, Dec. 26. -The gov
ernor, opening the semstvo, spoke enthusi
astically of the forthcoming decentraliza
tion of Russia.
FATAL DUELJW NEW YORK
Italians Shoot nt Back Other and
Survivor Is I'nder
Arrest.
NEW YORK, Dec 26. A fatal duel has
been fought In West sarins Square borough
of the Bronx between two Italians. Fully
1,000 people saw the battle, which occurred
In the street at the terminus of a trolley
line. Man were within a few feet of
the combatants, but no one Interfered.
The duelists alighted from a trolley car.
Both drew revolvers, baoked apart and be
gan shooting without preliminary. Several
shots had been fired when one of the men
tell with a bullet through the head. A
policeman arrived and gave chase to the
uninjured Italian. Several- times the offi
cer fired at the fugitive, who Anally fell
and was raptured, but showed no wounds.
The cause of the duel was not learned.
A Gaaraated Care fnr .piles.
Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles. Your druggist will refund money if
PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure- you In 6
to 14 day a 60c. . ,
Orchard at Wtlh.lse's fnrtsla tale.
The special sale of awtss curtains aad
curtain awlas, etc, will be held today.
Tuesday, and not Thursday, as stated In
their advertisement' la' Honda evening's
Bee.
CIRLS ABUSE SICK VOIDER
Skockitg Talfl of Depravity Unearthed by
folic Authorities. -
REGAN AND G0NERIL IN REAL LITE
Waasaa Dylngr wltk Caasnanwtlaa
Shamefnlly Maltreated by Her Two
Daughters, TO no Are How
Held at City Jail.
When Alice Wliton, 10 years ot age,
pushed her head through a pane of glass
yesterday morning at her home, 151$ Nortn
Twentieth street, and screamed murder,"
she brought to a climax one of the moat
pitiful cases of filial ingratitude that has
been disclosed for a long time, according
to well authenticated reports.
Mrs. Mary Wilton, 60 years of age, a
widow, the mother of three daughters with
whom she has been living, herself dying of
consumption, charges her two oldest daugh
ters with most Inhuman treatment. Her
allegations are corroborated by neighbors
who have witnessed much of the mistreat
ment, but have been slow to notify th
authorities, hoping a reconciliation might
be effected between mother and daughters.
The oldest daughters, Daisy and Nora,
a and 14 years of age, respectively, were
arrested late yesterday afternoon and are
In custody of the police , matron at the
city Jail pending the filing of charges agalst
them In police court, which probably will
be done this morning.
When the cose was brought to the at
tention of Police Matron Anderson she
made an Investigation and found the
mother not only suffering from the rav
ages of consumption and grieving over
her Inability to win the love of her daugh
ters, but wanting for medicine and the
necessities of life. The Bureau of Asso
ciated Charities was Immediately notified
and Superintendent Morris took the case In
hand, furnishing the woman with such
comforts as she needed and sent a nurse
to care for her until other arrangements
can be made for her care. The mothet
and youngest daughter are now at then
home for the time bein. The Bureau of
Associated Charities will also press the
prosecution against the two daughters now
under arrest.
Investigation Enhances Wonder.
"It certainly is a most extreme case,"
remarked Superintendent Morris last even
ing. "I made a personal Investigation ot
the matter and the more I Investigated the
more reprehensible seemed the conduct tf
the daughters toward their sick mother."
Just what grudge the girls have against
their sick mother no one seems able to
say. One and all are of the opinion that
the daughters are possessed of general cus
sed ness, which has been going from bad
to worse during the lost month or more.
That Mrs. Wilton has done all she could
to win the love of her daughters seems
to be the opinion of the neighbors. Not
many . woeks ago she bought a piano on
the Installment plan and has been doing
washing to pay for the Instrument, with
the one object that the home might be
more cheerful and her last days made
glad in the company of her children. The
hardships thus Imposed on herself aggra
vated her condition, and failed to bring
about the desired end.
Last Friday evening she was locked out
of the house by her daughters, she states,
and wandered around the streets with a
little shawl around her frail form until the
chilly air got the better of her pride and
he sought shelter at the home of a neigh
bor, Mrs. Wlllet,.-, who verifies 'thai In
cident. ,1 ;.
Smashed Mother's Medicines.
.'. Mrs.. Wilton returned to her home Satur
day rhornlng and was given nothing but
abuse from her daughters, the older two
smashing her bottles of medicine on the
floor In a fit ef anger. They then swore
at her and at each other until neighbors
came In. It is reported In the neighbor
hood that when anyone would come to pass
the time of day or ask after the mother
the girls would slam the door in the face
of the callers. Apparently they made a
studied effort to make life as miserable as
they could for the mother they could not
help, but know was dragging out each day
of miserable existence over the washtub
for their comfort.
Yesterday morning's scene at the home
began' when the mother offered to Inter
cede for the youngest daughter, who was
being twitted by the older girls. The oldest
girl was about to brain her sister with an
ax, Alice maintains, when she Jumped
through the window and screamed for
help.
The Wiltons have lived at their present
address a year. The father died In Mis
souri seven years ago. Daisy, the oldest
Of the girls, has been working at a laun
dry, while Nora has only been working
now and then. It Is stated.
NOVELS ENDED BY DEATH
Masterpieces of Fiction that Were
Never Finished Tragedies
of Ltteratnr.
The publication of George Glsslng's "Va
ran llda" gives us a masterpiece that Its
author .did not live to finish. That well
known critic, Frederlo Harrison, considers
this tale of the Roman and the Goth the
deceased writer's finest work, and though
many may question this Judgment, there
can exist but universal regret that the
romance must forever remain Incomplete.
A greater work by a greater writer, "Weir
of Hermlston," by R. L. Stevenson, was
left a mere fragment, of which the lurid
grandeur proved that its creator was taken
from us In the zenith of his power. An
other romance, "St. Ives," by the asms
pen, was running In a monthly magaslne
at the tune of his premature death. Here,
however, readers were not balked of a
satisfactory denouement, for the story was
brought to a conclusion by Mr. Qulller
Couch, well known under the none de
plume of "Q."
"I hardly know what to say to the public
about this abortive romance, though I
pretty well know what the case will be.
I shall never, finish It." wrote Nathaniel
Hawthorne with reference to "The Dolll
ver Romance," which he had undertaken
to write for the Atlantic Monthly. This
foreboding was soon verified, for ta author
had scarce time to do more than lay the
groundwork of the atory and write the Ini
tial chapters ere death struck him down.
At his funeral at Concord the scarcely
commenced manuscript lay upon his coffin.
Boon afterward the first chapter appeared
In the Atlantic, and subsequently the sec
ond chapter, which he had been unable to
revise, was published In the same periodi
cal. Beveral years elapsed, when a third
fragment, revised and copied by the novel
ist's wife, was placed in the publishers'
hands. The original manuscript Is now
preserved In the Concord publlo library,
"Wives and Daughters" was running in
the Cornhlll when the authoress, Mrs. Gaa
kell, died. ' Fortunately the work was
rearing Its completion, so that, although )t
wag not actually finished by the gifted
writer, the plot was sufficiently advanced to
enable us to make more than a shrewd
guess at the ultimate fate of the characters
and to take leave of the hero fully assured
of his. ultimate happiness.
Another serial that was being written for
the same magaslne when Its author laid
down his pen forever was "Denis Duval."
Thackeray, Indeed, was already la his
grav when Its yubUoatloo eommeaoed,
Three parts and a portion of the fourth
were all that appeared, and "the atory,"
wrote the editor, "breaks off as his life
ended full of vigor and blooming with new
promise like the apple trees In the month
of May." With the fourth part was
given a set of notes, taken from Thacke
ray's own papers, elucidatory of the sub
sequent development of the plot.
Thackeray's great contemporary, Charles
Dickens, died, too, In harness. For long
his health had been but Indifferent, but
he stuck unflinchingly to the work he had
In hand. On June s, 1&70. the end came.
The morning and part of the afternoon of
that day were devoted to completing the
sixth number of "The Mystery of Edwin
Drood," but scarcely had he finished work
and sal down to dinner ere he was seized
1,1th a fit. From this he never recovered,
but after lingering some hours without re
gaining consciousness, died at 6 the next
day.
"I shall publish late In this year," wrote
Laurence Sterne, "and the next I shall be
gin a new work In four volumes, which,
when finished, I shall continue 'Tristram'
with fresh spirit." This new work here
referred to la the "Sentimental Journey,"
one volume alone of which was ever given
to the world; nor, by reason of the au
thor's death, was the Immortal "Tristram
Shandy" ever continued.
"Arcadia," the pastoral romance which
Sir Philip Sidney composed at Wilton
House, was never completed, and ran no
small danger of being entirely lost to future
generations when Its author, before his
death, gave order for its destruction.
NARROWEST AND CROOKEDEST
Snakelike Railroad In Arlsona Vsed
for Transporting Ores from
Mines.
Between the mining towns of Clifton and
Metcalf, Ariz., there runs the steepest, nsr
rAwfit anil mnt tnrtiinua railroad In the
world. Passengers as well as long trains
of ore are raced down dizzy grades, dragged
up steep Inclines, swung around sweeping
curves and carried In safety In a snake
like course over one of the most pictures
que bits of mountain land In the country.
The compact and sturdy little engines
which draw the precious metal from the
mines In one town to the smelters In an
other or which puff and steam up to the
front or back doors of the homes of mine
owners and "workers," there to await the
mistress of the house as she prepares to
tnk tha entlr. fnmllv tn itiorliAl rv mat.
an afternoon call, run on a twenty-Inch
gauge.
It will be rendllv seen hnw norrnv la tMa
railroad, which winds up to the very peaks
of high mountnalns, hangs suspended over
deep canons, and bores Its glittering way
inrougn mnes or sona rocK, when the
twenty Inches are nut arid hv aM with h
standard four feet eight and one-half
Inches. '
From the mines to the smelting works It
Is pretty much down grade. The plucky
little engine, with Its train of eighteen or
twenty hesvily loaded ore cars, each
guarded by a miner In picturesque garb,
who takes this opportunity to secure a
little fresh air and sunlight, hugs the moun
tains for miles at a stretch, then suddenly
swings into a desolate valley and tears
along a river bank until It la tn
climb a slight Incline to a bridge which
stretches over a yawning canon. There are
inree or tnese Dridges from Metcalf mines
to Clifton smelting works, and th r..ti.
work ranges from 125 to 136 feet In height.
from mines to smelter Is twenty miles,
so circuitous Is the route: the train t.L
down the mountain side at the rate of
sixty miles an hour, with pp.wer at the low
est possible gauge. - Heavy brakes are used
on each ore car. cujrt the locomotive, al
though a powerful little puller, Is seldom
called into service on this downward trip,
which Is made for" sixteen of the twenty
miles with brakes on full.
Automatic dumping cars are used, and In
flfty-four minutes from the time the train
starts from a mine with Its load It Is ready
to start on Its backward trip empty Up
up, up the train climbs, the ascent never
being less than degrees, it i
sections such heights that the brain turns
oixzy at tne mere thought. From a sta
tion In the valley. In tha litti. vm..
Metcalf, the cars seem to be clawing the
mounuun siues in a perrectly perpendicular
line, and as the lanterns swing out when
the train takes a loon the trani i.
for the first time would be readily excused
......... iS a,, .uiuo new mountain terror
The trip back to the mln.. 1..
nearly four hoursfor the little engine
wnicn was merany pusned down th moun
tains by the weight of Its train. Is now
obliged to pull the emntv ran . ....
which test Its timber to the fullest.
An iaea or how winding Is the route will
be gained when It Is known that rn.
but five miles from Metcalf as the crow
in r, uui i no ranroaa Is obliged to wind
Its way It Is a trifle over twenty miles To
get the credit even within this limit whole
mountains of solid rock have been tun
neled. For nearly one mile the MnnnH roiir,
carries Its trains through Inky blackness.
jaggea rocks, are oveihead and on each
side. A passageway was literally hewn and
hacked through these rock mountains, for
It was deemed dangerous to use dynamite
In many places, as the nature of the secret
gas pockets therein was unknown
and a half years It took to complete this
iunnei, dui wnen It was finished It cut
nearly five miles off the route-Chicago
Chronicle.
MITCHELL WILL "TESTIFY
Oren-on Senator to Appear Before tha
Grand Jary at Portland This
Afternoon,
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 26.-Senator
Mitchell and possibly. Congressman Her
mann will have their much desired op
portunity of going before the United States
girand Jury and explaining away the
charges that may have been made against
them, tomorrow afternoon.
Assistant District Attorney Henney, who
Is conducting the investigation, stated to
day that Senator Mitchell would be allowed
to appear before that body In the after
noon, but he did not know whether Con
gressman Hermann would or not.
The interest ot the grand Jury now
centers around the nature of the charges
which Senator Mitchell and Congressmsn
Hermann say have been preferred against
thsm. What these charges are, If any
have been made, will not be known until
after the session tomorrow afternoon.
If you fear Grip or Pneumonia, remember
the best remedy is Piso's Cure. . fee.
Frlok Bays Coal Land.
GREENSBURO. Pa., Deo. N. The pur-'
chase by the H. C. Frlck Coke eompmy
of 1.000 acres of Connellsvtlle coking coal
land has just been confirmed. The Frlck;
company is a subsidiary company of tha
United States Steel corporation and the
property bought la said to be ths lust piece
of coal land held by private Individuals
In the Connelltville region. The property
lies near Unlontown. Pa., and the price
paid Is said to be $1,000,000.
To far . CrtlJ I. ftmm naw
Taks Laxstlve Bromo Quinine Tablets.- All
druggists rerund the mane) If It fails to
cure. B. W. Orovea' signature h on each
box. tbc
Hot Springe, Ark., Reservation.
For Health and Pleasnrs Seekers.
, Radio-Active Waters, owned by U. B. gov.
rnment. Fine winter climate; fifteen
miles reservation drives; golf; ninety days
racing. . Hotels for all classes. Writs Bu
reau of Information. Hot slpriugs, Ark.,
for Illustrated book.
NORTHER BLOWING BRISKLY
(Continued from First Page.)
men assert that the cold wave will not
affect cattle, as they are In excellent con
dition and able to stand much cold.
Heavy Sleet at St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Dec. 26 -Rain which
began falling at St Joseph snd vicinity
early today, changed to a aleet storm late
this evening, covering the ground with
about half an Inch of lee. The tempera
ture began falling shortly after noon and
gradually crept downward till how It Is 6
degrees above sero.
Both the telegraph and telephone com
panies are greatly handicapped on account
of the sleet with many wires and poles be
ing down.
Storm In Knnsaa.
ABILENE, Kas., Dec. 25 Central Kan
sas Is covered with sleet and a high north
winds prevails. The temperature la fall
ing. Sleet and Snow In Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 26. A severe winter
storm prevails over Kansas tonight Much
sleet and snow have fallen with a rapid
fall In temperature. There will be little
suffering among stock, the farmers being
generally well prepared for winter.
Montana Una Coldest Point.
WA8HINOTON. Dec. 26.Reports to the
weather bureau show that the first decided
cold wave of the season Is spreading rapidly
southeastward over the east slope of the
Rocky mountains. The temperature this
morning Is below sero In the Dakotas, Mon
tana, western Wyoming, with a minimum
reading of SO degrees below at Havre, Mont.
The area of high pressure attending this
cold wave occupies the northeast Rocky
mountain slope and extends well southeast
ward Into Nebraska.
Electrical Storm In Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., Dec. 26.-A Star
special from South Btnd, lnd., says II
Is reported that a violent electrical storm
passed over Knox, Starke county, this
afternoon, damaging the court house and
a number of residences. A number ot per
sons were badly shocked. Communication
With the town is cut off.
WATCHES WERE TEMPTATION
Story of a Crook Whose Weakness
for Timepieces Wrrt Irre
sistible. "There's nothing tn stealing from a finan
cial standpoint. Suppose I steal a watch
that brings me 110. And suppose I get
pinched and get sent up for three years.
Ten dollars ! pretty small wages for three
years' work. Let's see. If I was honest
and worked I suppose I could get 12 a day
at my trade. That would be 900 days or
$1,800 I d earn."
Thus reasoned Lewis Meyer, known for
over fifty years to prison officials as "Dutch
Charlie," as he was admitted a few days
ago to the Missouri stata prison under sen
tence of three years for grand larceny, the
twelfth time he has been committed to the
prison where he has spent nearly forty
years of his life. Not that he holds a hor
ror of Imprisonment, for, as he says, "1
like It here. This prison is my home, for
I was brought up here. But yet yet, 1
would like to get another start and be
honest"
"But do you believe you could leave
watches alone?" he was asked.
"Well, I don't know. Ninety-one yeart
Is pretty old to get out and starve when
you haven't any money or friends., A watch
will always get me a good clean home here.
and, besides, I tove a good watoh. I know
how to build one, and I Just can't' help
stealing one whenever I see It lying around.
Every time I get out of here I say to my
self I'll never steal another watch, and I
mean It, too. But when I get hungry and
there lies a watch my fingers go toward It
and I pull avf y and try not to see It. The
Angers go back and close over It and as
soon as I get the feel of It I oan't let go.
Stealing is a disease which I can no more
control than if It were rheumatism or any
chronic ailment."
Seventy years ago Meyer's mother started
with him from Germany to America to
give her son a start In Ufa. She was burled
at sea and he landed In New Orleans with
11,800 In gold. "I had Just finished my ap
prenticeship as a Jeweler and watchmaker,"
he says, "and intended looking for work
ur.tll I learned enough English to open a
little shop. But first I would have a good
time. I met another young fellow who
could speak German, and he Introduced me
to his pals. We spent the money, every
dollar of It, and when It was all gone they
taught me to steal. That was their busi
ness. "Now, I suppose If I'd never met thoss
follows I'd have gone to work as a watch
maker and lived a' peaceful sort of life and
perhaps got rich. I'd have had a wife and
children, maybe, but I would never have
known the thrill of stealing. I've heard of
the feeling gamblers have, or that sports
men get out of shooting, but It's nothing
like the thing that goes through you when
you get your fingers on a good watoh and
there's the owner not three feet away and
may turn around any second and catch
you. But It's a bad trade with all its ex
citement. What good Is wealth to a thief?
A man risks years of his life In making
big hauls and then he spends It all In keep
ing hid. Pretty soon he blows It all In,
and when he comes out the police are
watching for him. He starts out to find
a new plant and perhaps he gets pinched.
I honestly believe that no matter how much
a man steals, or how successful In thievery
he Is, big or little, he Is far worse off than
the poorest honest man alive.
"When I am out of prison I always get
a hankering for the country, and I start
off to tramp It I never have any trouble
getting along out In the country. People
don't suspect me out there, and I really
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try to be on the square. Of course, when
I get hungry I steal a little grub. But I
go on my way enjoying life until 1 run
across a watch, and then I go all to pieces.
It's In here." tapping his forehead with his
clawlike finger, "and It s been there ever
since I stole that first watch In New Or
leans. That's what brought me here this
time that and the modern chances against
us. I was pssslng a farm house that looked
pretty comfortable, and I thought I'd work
an old con for a night's lodging and sup
per. My clothes were dusty, but pretty
good like an old. close-fl'ted farmer, and
when the farmer came to the door I pre
tended that 1 had heard he wanted to sell
his farm. He Invited me In to supper,
after which we sat and talked farm until
o'clock. Of course. 1 was undecided
about buying until I got the farmer want
ing to sell and believing me with a bank
full of money. Then I said I must he
going, but the farmer Insisted I should
stay ail night so he could show me all
over the place next dsy.
"Now, that was all I stopped at the place
for, but when he pulled out a fine watch,
wound It up and placed It on the parlor
table as he said good night I nearly spol'ed
the whole thing right there. I lay awake
nearly all night thinking shout that wsteh
and about 4 o'clock I got up easy and
went In to take a look at It. There It was,
ticking along as comfortably as ever you
see a watch. I took It to a window and
saw It was worth about 110 to me In sny
falr-slsed town. Then I crept back, got
my shoes and sneaked. It looked easy
but farmers are getting too scientific for
us. When I ambled Into town the sheriff
says: 'Hello, here you are at last. Kind
of late, ain't you? Must be a slow walker.
" 'Was you expecting me?' I ssked.
"Oh, yes; they telephoned over that you
might be along. Now, let me have that
watch!" Well. I gave It to him. I hadn't
figured on that telephone. I never could
beat a telephone. It's things like that that
beats us old crooks. And, then to rub It
In, how many chances there sre against
a thief nowadays, he locks me up and
comes back pretty soon and says: 'You're
"Dutch Charlie," eh?' He'd gone In and
looked over his old stock of gallery pic
tures, and, of course, he had me.
"So, you can see that bad as It always
has been as a trade, stealing Is getting
worse and worse all the time." Chicago
Tribune.
DRUGGIST'S HARD LUCK STORY
All Kinds of People Disturb Ills
Mentnl Poise with Knorks
nnd Kirks.
The bright and glittering foreground of
the average druggist's life has also, It ap
pears, Its deep and dismal background of
dally gloom.
rou naven t any Idea," remarked a
highly Intelligent pharmacist behind the
counter of a handsome little shop, "how
many persons, besides myself, try to run
this little drug store. All day long and
far Into the night, the druggist Is at the
mercy of all the people who come and go
and have barrels of advice to throw away.
We keep postage stamps, purely for accom
modation, and many of my customers act
as if I ought to be arrested because I
happen ever to be out of stamps. I have
even had complaints presented because I
don't take every Identical newspaper
printed In the city, night and morning, for
my neighborhood loungers to read. Men
tell me what cigars and soaps I ought to
keep and what prices I ought to ask; how
early I ought to be here; how much time I
ought to take at noon, and how late I
ought to stay at night. Doctors, ss a rule.
are the most persistent advisers; every doc
tor thinks he knows exactly how to run a
drug store. Some of the doctors act as
If the chemist ought to go home with
each prescription customer and sit by his
bed while he takes the dose.
"And the thick-headed or careless cunto
mer is another long chapter. Last night a
big fat man with a croaky voice waddled
in here and said: 'I can't gargle with this
stuff.'
" 'What's the matter?" I asked.
"'It's too thick," he said, 'no. man on
earth could gargle with a gargle like
this."
" 'Did you read the directions?"
"The fat man turned the little Jar of
paste in his hand and read slowly aloud:
'Dissolve one teaspoonful In pint of water
and use os gargle."
" 'Oh," he croaked, "that's different."
" 'Quite different," I said. 'Suppose you
go home and try again."
"That's only a sample," concluded the
drug man, "but our life Is full of diverting
encounters, too; we see many Interesting
and intelligent people, day by day, and
they atone for the stupid ones and the
meddlers," Philadelphia North American
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SctimoIIer & Mo8.hr Make
a Cash Offer for
5 DAYS ONLY
From Tuesday Morning,
Dec. 27, Until Saturday
Night.
PIANOS
AT FACTORY COST,
OUR FIRE 10SS T SICUX CUT
Mario It nwessary to raise money
we can borrow, but why do tbls
with over 2k fln l'lauos on our
floors all paid for. We decided
that it was
Better to Sell at Cost than
Borrow.
These beautiful I'ianoa are from
the most celebrated factories. l'l
auos. whose rertutution has stood
the Infallible test of time. LOOK
AT THK NAMKS, "STKGKR &
SONS," widely advertised as the
largest exclusive piano plant in the
world; "Emerson." th-2 famous
ItoHtou -make over K00.000 Bold
established In 1S4D; the "Hard
man," New York's favorite; over
8
ti) years on the market: "Mo
rbull," the artrstie piano; "A. 11.
Chase," "tftMj. fcteck, "Vose" and
many others whose names are
familiar to almost everyone from
coast to coast
ONE-HALF FARE EXCURSION RATES
TO OMAHA THIS WEEK.
Out-of-town buyers should not
fall to take tirivuutage of this
opportunity. It may never come
nKuin. If you cannot come to our
store, telegraph or telephone for
full particulars ut our expense.
THE TIME IS SHOUT. Ex'
tended time payments may be se
cured by payulng a small advance
over cost Address,
SChlOLLER
& MUELLER
i
Omaha's Greatest Piano Mouse,
, 1313 Farnam St.,
Tel. 1625 Omaha
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RwhI A ShHW. John end B'-rthn OleeiseJ
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PRICKS 10c, 26c, Boo.
Yale Glee, Banjo and
Mandolin Clubs ...
Boyd's Theater, Wednesday Even
in, December 28.
Tickets on sale at Boyd's Theater at rag
ular to ollice rates. j
SW1 Tn THEATER
IV IV U VIpricet I5-25-50-75J
TONICHT 8:15-
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AFTER MIDNIGHT
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