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f a si r i! The Chief C. D. HALE, rubllslicr RED CLOUD . NEBRASKA SHOULD 01 WRES POSTMASTER GENERAL FAVORS GOVERNMENT CONTROL. EMPIRE FOUNDED ON A ROCK Claims of Stability Made for Chinese Empire. Abdication Practically Decided Upon After Maine Relics. Washington. Acquisition of the telegtaph lines of the United Slates by the goveininrnt, and tlielr opera tion as a part of the postnl service will he recommended to congress In u short time by Postmaster (ieneral Hitchcock. Thin announcement tteenud to greatly agitato olllclal Washington. The while house ap parently was especially an.xloiis to discover the win reahoiitH of the post master general and efforts were inside to recall the announcement. When Mr. Hitchcock, who had been In New Yoik, returned, he went at onco to his apartments and refused to boo liny one. Abdication About Decided Upon. l'eklng, Jan. 13. The abdication of tho throne hat; been practically de cided upon and tlie retirement to Jnliol will take, place Immediately. A prolonged meeting of the principal members of tho i;overntnent this af ternoon partly arranged tho detail? (or tho abdication. This Week the Turning Point. Knuklug.- The close of the fourth month since Its outbreak brines the Chinese revolution to another turning jiolnt. Tho com I iik week probably will decide whether order Is to bo restored or hostilities are to reopen nfter n six weeks' armistice. In the latter event tho bloodshed and reign of terror will probably far exceed any provloiiH record. Many Seek Maine Relics. Washington. To dispose In an or derly manner of the many applica tions that are being made for relics of tho old battleship Maine, soon to bo removed from Havana harbor, n board consisting of Lieutenant Col onel Edward Ilurd, corps of engineers, United States army, and Commander Menard II. Leigh, United States navy, has been appointed to recolvo and pas in a preliminary way upon all requests. Preach In Missouri Democratic Ranks. St. Iiuls. Tho breach between the fotces of Speaker Champ Clark and former Governor Joseph W. Folk, who are striving for tho Missouri delega tion at tho democratic national con vention has been widened by tho democratic state committee selecting February 1!0 as the date for holding .tbe stato com ration at .loplin Tho Folk adherents fought for a dato in tSlarcb for holding the convention. Nebraska Man Out on Ball. Milwaukee, Wis.- John F. Howell, the Denver mining stock salesman and former Lincoln, Nob., resident, arrest rd here for perjury In connection with the death In his rooms of Mrs. Ida H. Nelson of Lincoln, has been leleased on bail which was furnished by his company, after bo had consulted with Its attorney, who came hero from tho west to InveMlbgjto the case. Hall was reduced from $:!,000 to $1,000. Troops Leave Manila. Mnnlla Tho United States trans port lxigan has left this port with a battalion of Infantry and other troops on board for China. Tho troops, after they have disembarked, aro to bo cm ployed in guai ding a section of the Poking railroad from Tang-Shan to anchov against the possible attack of either Imperialists or republican troopH. Dallas, Tex. Three deaths and three new cases within tho last tvven-ity-four hours summarized the menlii; Cltls situation herj Sunday. Physicians assert tho outlook Is bright for an early suppression of the epidemic. Bank Robbers Frustratedi Shawnee, Okla Two men entered the Dalo Stato bank at Dale, Okla., Friday, and at the point of revolvers demanded that the cawhler turn over the bank's funds. While he was reaching Into a drawer for the $17 0io therein, Vlco-Ptesldent Patten, who was In the rear of the building, and who had overheard the demands of tho men, began shooting at the rob bers, who ran from the building and escaped. Many Democrats Will Be There. Fargo, N. D Prominent democrats of tho United States will bo present at the "get together" meeting whleu Jh to bo held hero this week, mong those who havo signified their Inten tion of being present are William J. Hryan, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, Governor Edwin L. Norrls of Montann and Governor John Burko of North Dakota. The latter It has been enld Is an aspirant for tho position of vleo-p'-eMilont upon tho democratic , ticket if Governor Harmon Is nomln- tiled 10 HE 10 JEHOL PRINCES SEEK SAFETY FOR EM PEROR OF CHINA. WILL LINE UP FOR THE TREATY Suggested Retreat at Jehol for Chinese Emperor Senator Brown Says Opponents of Treaty Will Soon Be for It. l'eklng. Tho Maticbu princes of tho Imperial clan met Thursday and re solved to ndviso the tlirunu to retire Immediately to Jehol, about 120 mile lo tho northwest of Poking, where the j members of tho Imperial family have usually gone during tho summer. Tho decision of the princes has aroused apprehension of n possible transfer of the Chinese capital to Nan king, which would open up a wide Held for foreign adenturo In north orn China. It Is hoped that In event of the downfall of the Imperial gov ernment the foreign powers Interest- i-d In maintaining the Integrity of China will point out that the transfer nf the capital to Nanking will be j Inimical to f'hlna's Interest, and tho general situation become moro dis turbed. Tho patriotic fund being raised among the Manchu princes to carry on the campaign to suppress the rebellion has reached S.'O.OOO tnels (approximately $.ir,noo). It Is stated n authoritative circles that Dr. Wu Ting I'ang, minister of justice In tho republican cabinet, has telegraphed Premier Yuan Shi Kal proposing an extension of tho armistice for twelve Jays. Says Resolution Clears Situation. Wnshinglon Speaking of tho reso lution Introduced by Senator Lodge In reference to the proposed arbitration treaties now pending, Senator Brown nays: "Public sentiment has forced tho senators, headed by Ixidgo of Massa chusetts, who opposed tho peace trea ties, to Invent a soft place for them to light. Tho Invention consists of a few sentences added to the ratification resolution which In no senso or In no way chnnges or modlllcH tho treaty as negotiated by the president. The en tiro treaty Is left In tho ianguago as negotiated and It will no doubt bo ratified without serious opposition from tho Ixidgo coterlo. Tho lodgo Xesolutlon Is merely omplanatory, and has greatly clarified tho whole situa tion." Elections Favorable to Socialists. Hnrlln. Tho expected swing to wards socialism In the relchstag elec tions held throughout tho empire, has been realized, but early returns, to the surprise of most persons, showed that It was accomplished far moro at the expense of the radicals and liberals than of tho centerists nnd conserva tives. Tho members elected includo four conservatives, thirty-nine center Ists, two liberals, no radicals, thirty eight socialists and one Dane. Germany Excited Over Election. Berlin. Germany Is on the evo of tho most portcntlous parliamentary ' election ever held nince the establish- ment of the empire lu 1S70. It Is not surprising, therefore, that the whole country Is In a state of ferment tpiifV unusual with Germans, who take poll- tics ami elections cooly ami ilellbor- atcly. as a matter of fact, and are not given must to election demonstra- t'on8- Risk Lives for Big Wages. New York. Two hundred and fifty desperate men, warned lu advance that their lives would be lu constant dan ger. Friday accepted the tempting wages offered and entered the skele ton of the Kqultnblo Life building, In nn effort to brace up the tottering walls and dear a path toward tho Im- mense vaults that contain $L000,000,. 000 In securities. Sink Seven Turkish Gunboats. Homo. The first Important naval battle lu Turko-Itallan war oc curred lu Ked sea on January 7, wltb the result that an Italian cruiser squadron sank seven Turkish gun boats nfter a hlinrp conflict. A large number of Turkish seamen wont down with their ships, Retrenchment Delays Census Work. Washington. The discharge of 1,100 cleiks from tho census office because of lack of funds has so crippled the thirteenth decennial census work, ac cording to a report from Director l)u rands to Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel. that It will be inipos- slblo to complete a number of Impor tant subjects by June I!0, the dato set by law for tho publication of tho re- suits. Ambassador to France Resigns. Paris. Robert Bacon, ambassador of tho United States at Paris, confirms his resignation, Ambassador Bacon snld ho wished his friends to know that thero were no ulterior motives for his resignation. Ho had been for sev enteen years a member of the board of overseers, and could not, ho snld. decllno tho honor of becoming a fol- i low of Harvard, to which ho has been chosen to take tho place of the lato Judge Lowell, and which he consid ered to bo the host single influence I for good In America. HATS OFF TO THE RISING SUN r I W '4m J3 W Wr Jit tCopyrluht. 1U. SHOW OPPOSITION TO TREATY Detective Burns Is Complimented for Rendering a Service to Hlb Coun try Opposition to Arbitra tion Treaty. Indianapolis, lnd. Complimented by tho federal court for luulng "rendered a great service to his country," Wil liam J, Hums, the detective, has been released from the charge of having kidnaped John J. McNamara, tho con fessed dynamiter. All the charges In the Indictments against Hums for hav ing captured the labor leader in In dianapolis laiit April and taking him to California for trial were held to be mill and void. "if I or this court had had anything to do with the arrest of Mr. Hums in this Instance, I should certainly now tender him an apology," said Federal Judge A. H. Anderson in dismissing the Indictments brought by tho county grand Jury under which tho detective had been held in 110,000 ball. Democrats Oppose Ratification. Washington. Tho Iodgo amend ment to tho resolution for ratification of tho arbitration treaties with Great Britain nnd Franco haB stirred unex pected opposition from democratic sen ators. It Is favored, however, by three fourths of tho republican senators who accept It as a happy compromise of all differences. Nebraska Man Killed at St. Joseph. St. Joseph, Mo. Tho body of Leo Foster of Lincoln, Neb,, a Burlington brakeman, was found, horribly muti lated in tho ditch besldo the railroad tracks near St. Joseph Thursday morn ing, after the authorities had been led to make an Investigation following the arrest of William Thomas, a negro, who was exhibiting a piece of tho dead man's skull on tho downtown streets. Foster was brakcniim on train No. 109, which left at midnight for Omaha, and It was not until two hours later that tho conductor discovered that he had disappeared from the train. He wired back, but Foster could not be found. To Discuss Reclamation Law. Washington. A conference of tho , .whnisku delegation will probably bo I'jcld within the next ten days to out line n program of amendments to o- Istlng reclamation service law as It nf feotn Nebraska. Water users In the western part of tho stato want the term of pa incut extended to twenty years The delegation will probably unite in favor of this. Governor Appoints N. P. Hansen. Lincoln. Neb Nela P. Hansen of I i,lncon wa Thursday appointed dep- uty state food commissioner by Gov ernor Aldilch to take tho place niado vacant by the death of W. It. Jackson. Nebraska Sheriff Killed by Train. Grand Island. Neb. James Dimkel, of Grand Island, sheriff of Hall county, and piesldent of the Nebraska Sheriffs' association, was stiuck and liibtantly killed by I'nlon Pacific train No, 17. Tho accident occurred at Chapman, Chicago. Pat Crowe, kidnapper, evangelist, promoter for a sanitarium for inebriates, and police character, has mndo his appearance lu court here again. Thlh time his brother wished him t-ent to tho county hos pital, lie was suffering from expos ure. Crowe Ideutlflid himself as an "author" savin. ho was woking on a Virwit.- MMtniii.li h.i liiiil Iw.oti "1... nit. l....i f.,w... . it'Mihn .- ...... .I.-.-,, titiu n r i from Chicago some time ago, by a municipal Judge, he was sent to 'tho hospital. y, Wants Government Department Stores Washington. Representative Victor 'I Beiger, socialist, of Wls-consin has Introduced a bill to appropriate $1,000,- 000 for tho establishment of govern- ment owned department stores in Washington for tho benefit of govern ment clerks, to be operated on tho lines of the commissary stores in tho Panama canal 'one, Coldest Place In Cou.ntry. Duluth, Minn. Cook. Minn., with a record of ."0 below s-ero, wn the cold est plain lo " country Wedno'dav i MILLIONS SAVED FROM VAULTS Contents of Vaults In Burned Build. Ing Are Believed Safe May Amount to a Billion of Dollars. Senttle, Wash. The council has passed a resolution calling for tho cre ation of a municipal bank and trust department to handle the city's money. Tho resolution Instructs tho mayor to appoint a committee of the members to draw up plans for the city's hank. Tho city carries balances in Seattle banks ranging from $4,000,000 to $5, 000,000, which draws 'J per cent Inter est. Tho resolution proposes to have these funds handled by the municipal bank, which will have power to re celvo and manage savings deposits, buy and sell city utility bonds of Se attlo and other cities, loan surplus funds on city utility and local Im provement bonds, establish a clearing house with Independent banks that nre now kept under the domination of larger banks, transact such other business ns will enable the city to build and operate utilities unhampered by private corporation Influence nnd put the finances of Seattle on a sound and buslness-llko basis. Contents of Vaults Thought Safe. New York. Moro than f.'O.OOO.OOO In stocks and bonds was recovered from one of the smaller vaults in the burned Equitable Life Assurance soci ety building Wedncfcday, but it prob ably will bo a week, perhaps longer, beforo the grent vaults of tho society and the Mercantile Safo Deposit com pany give up their half billion or moro In securities. Further examination of tho gaunt, ice-shrouded building, swept on Tuesday by lire, showed moro conclusively that tho vaults aro still Intact. Tho opinion of those who made the Inspection an opinion rein forced by tho revelation that the smaller vaults bad kept their treasuro safo Is that their contents will suf fer little, if at all. Bad Fire at Lincoln. Lincoln. Neb. Five llro alarms turned lu within two hours during the early morning here, caused the fire men moie vvorktthan they have had for many' months past. The largest fire vva that at the Western Ghibs & Paint company, the total loss upon which was JS0.00O. The building was completely gutted. Some Nebrnskans Are Among Them. New Yuri; Otlicers of the directors of tho Wertz Family Association of America at tho end of n three-days meeting hero havo voted to join tho German association of the family and send two delegates to Hamburg, Ger many, this spring to aid in prosecut ing the family's suit against tho Ger man government. Socialists to Gather at York. Lincoln -Word has been given out at tho state headquarters of the so cialist party that tho state convention of that party would bo held nt York, February 2l. and that at that time the state platform would bo adopted and plans for the coming campaign would bo carefully gone over nnd discussed. Many III From Ptomaine Poisoning Leavenworth, Kan Moro than lfiO veterans of tho National Soldiers' homo near this city aro seriously 111 of ptomnlno poisoning, resulting from eating hash served to them at a reg ular meal Vedn silay. A number of the men nro dangerously 111 and are , In the hosnital Nearlv LHOO men wer 1...1.... ... ...i i.. .i... .I,.. i .. t iiimiili Ht'M' in lull fiiiniiLj rnnin nun beforo the meal was over several of them fell ft oia their chairs to tho floor. ' Warmer In Texas. Delhnrt. Ton. IIopo for tho lives of I thousands of starving cattle on the ranges is now held out by a sudden rise In temperature to 40 nbovo zero, This is the first thaw in tho Texaa Panhnndlo for three weeks. Bank Robber Under Arrest. Chicago. Frank Hollow-ay, under arrest here, has confessed that ho was concerned In two hank robberies one at Panama nnd one at New Westminister. B. C In which ?l."i0,i)'0i was stol"i teiMrioML SUNMTSOIOOL Lesson Or Hot. William Kran I) I).. IMrrctnr lllblo Coarse Muodr Ulblo lnsllluiu, Cblcanu. LESSON FOR JANUARY 21 THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. LESSON THXT-I.tik.' 2:l-20. MHMuitY vnii8i;s-io, 11. ciOl.on.N Ti:.T "For unto you Is horn tills day In the city of Duvlil a Havlor, which Is Christ tho Loid," Luko S-M. Almost twenty centuries ago, in nn obscure village in Palestine, an event occurred which lias had moro in flucnco upon the history of the human rnco than any other event since tltno began. A chlldd was born not an unusual event surely. He was no child of distinguished parents, nor n prospective ruler of a world's empiro. Ho vas born in n stable, nnd cradled in a manger. And yet around that lowly crib and humble birth, the life, thoughts, nnd lovo of millions havo from that day to this been centered. During theso two thousand years many noble births have been regis tered, but none no great as this. Km perors, monarchs, and mighty men luivo lived and died, anil arc forgot ten; nations have risen and waned; but the birth of the Christ child Is more influential in this day than on tho first birthday of our ago twenty centuries ago. The announcement of Christ's birth was made by angels. What more fit ting accompaniment could there be to micii nn august event! How inter ested angels nro In tho welfare of mankind! How gladly they told tho Christinas story to a handful of poor shepherds! How free from pride they were! They were not content that ono of their number should tell tho story they all broke out in that great Christmas anthem. Do we believe In nngels any more? Wo used to. Wo used to sing "thero are nngols hovering round." If wo believe tho Bible, wo still believe in tho ministry of angels. Onward wo go for still wo hear them singing; Angels sing on, your faithful watches keoping. Sing us sweet fragments of the song above. Tho announcement wns niado to n email band of shepherds. No angelic host went to the Sanhedrin, or to tho palaco of Herod and broke tho newa of tho birth of tho Christ child. Is thero not a lesson here? Docs not God havo special regard for tho low ly nnd tho humble? Hath not God chosen tho weak things to confound tho mighty? If nngols were willing to preach to a few farmers, should tho prenchcr bo ashamed of ministering to n small and hum'blo people, or tho Sunday school teacher to n small class? The scholars of the land wero also notified of Christ's birth. Tho Scrip ture docs not say "not any wise men are called," but "not many." It Is a mistake to say that religion Is good enough for women, nnd children, but not for strong, brainy men. Tho braincst men of tho ages have been Christian men. Thnt the birth of Christ was mys terious and miraculous need not dis turb us. How Christ's body was pre pared, how tho divino and human could become one who can tell? Wa do not even understand our own birth, let alone His. If ever anything of a miraculous naturo should tako plnco, when should it bo if not now when tho King of all laws is coming Into the world? Let us bo careful lest In denying tho virgin birth, wo chal lenge tho purity of tho Virgin's life. Tho birth of Christ was the coming . of God to and In man, not that God had never como to man before, for ho had. But ho had como only ns a so journer. In Christ ho came to abldo. His namo is "Immanucl, God with us." Whatever clso tho incarnation may mean, it certainly means that God took our naturo and became na one of us ho canio unto his own. Tho birth of Christ brings to ua good tidings of great joy. If tho an gels sang, should not wo? Ho enmo to bavo not angels, but men. Tho first note of this angelic song Is n note of gladness, and song has character ized Christianity. Tills birth in Bethlehem shows God's attttudo toward men. God has good will toward men. Ho Is not tho hard, Kovero judge that men so often wrong ly plcturo him to bo. Sinner, you linvo eurfed God, hut ho has not cursed you back; you havo lifted your hands against him, but he lias not destroyed you. IIo has thoughts of kindness, and of lovo toward you. If vou havo wrong thoughts of God, let i hem die uwny in tho music of thnt first Christian anthem, "good will to ward men." Tho Christian story brings to us nlso a Savior. Jesus Christ was bofn with rcferenco to sin. Ho was tho only man that over was born with reference to that great fact. Other uvil men wero teachers and reform- rs ho alone could savo men from heir sins. His namo sliall bo called osiih and ho shall savo his peoplo rom their sins. This Is good tidings f great Joy to a Bin-stricken world. ' Christ tho Lord ennnot snvo you rom your sins, no ono clso can. Ho is a jwrsonnl Savior unto you l:o wns born; ho is n mighty Savior ho Is Christ, tho Anointed. BAKING POWDER H SEE hnvr ranch hter it H niakea the baking LH SEE how much more unl H form iu quality H SEE how pure how good H SEE how economical and HH SEE that you get Calumet wjl At your 1 Orooap'm V, (ALUMEf KET BAKING POWy vCHlCAGOy TAKING CHANCES OTHERWISE. Hoax Ho is exceedingly ill, but h Is still holding his own. Joax Ho has to. Thero are two doctors with him all tho time. Looking Upward. (In 1!9!) "Mario, bring out the acroambulntor, and take baby up for an airing." Judge. High Aim. "Let us endeavor so to live that when wo come to dlo oven tho under taker will bo sorry." Mark Twain. Some peoplo get so accustomed to looking on the bright sldo that they can't see tho other side at all. Tell the dealer you want a Lewis' Single Binder htnught 5c cigar. The fellow who Is out for the dust doesn't nlvvays dean up a fortune. Nebraska Directory HEART DISEASES I limit my practice to Heait and GicuUtory ailmenti. Thirty year experience ought to mean much to such patients. Experimenting and neglect is costly and bad. Write J. S. LE0N1IARDT, M. D.. Heart Specialist 1726 N Street Lincoln. Nebraska AUCTIONEER Aiictlonci-rs nro not all nllkn. humo nro much bev tcrtlmn ailiorn. 'liie better lliu itiii'tluut'i-r ttio laruer yoiiri-luTk. 'riinbebtaelllns Kirico cost you no mora titan tli (i poorest. Tbere'i iiroilt.Mciirlty iiml satisfac tion In ilulnti buMnpsa wltb Z.H. IIUANNON. LloBUck ml Ural !! lurlloorr. It Vftr. Klrl(ilf , L1HOLS, AU. GREEN GABLES Tbe Dr. Benj. F. 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