H MANY LIVES LOST IN FIRE Until Debris is Cleared Away Exact Number of Deaths Will Not Be Known THERE ARE MANY SCENES OF HORROR Blaze, Starting Prom Unknown Source, Destroys the Dewey Motel, Guests Trapped. Property Damage $185,000. Omtiliti. At least u Hcoro of men ami womentunny of the former from boiiu) or the best families In IIiIh pure of tho country, und many of the latter from Omalia'H outcast cIiihh, aro bcliuved to liao purtshcil In a llro early Friday morning that destroyed the Dewey hotel, Thirteenth and Farnam, and damaged adjoining buslnehs property, viitiillltiK a pecuniary loss of ap proximately $185,000. At thin tlmo It Ih known positively that threo persons two men and one woman aro dead. Their bodies now are at a coroner's undertaking rooms uwuitlng ImiueHtH. No less than Hoven of tlio men and women rea died wero Injured, Homo seriously, and one man, whom frlcndH hellevo did not die, Ih reported mitring. The Known Dead. Charles Cummlngs, bartender at the Henshaw. Unknown man, about 50 years old. Mrs. Alice Bonnevue, sister of Mrs. C. E. Wllklns, wife of the proprietor of the hotel. A man named Beverly, who worked at the Cole oyster house. The Injured: Mrs. C. E. Wllklns, serious burns and mental collapse. Miss Llda Nelson, chambermaid, broken leg and burns. Grace Lee, 104 South Eleventh 6treet, minor burns. Izzle Stlpps, mailer, at hospital with bruises. Iota Jennings, 838 North Nine teenth street, burned about face and body. Clara Newman, 838 North Nine teenth street, slightly burned. Mark Henenway, Ewlng, Neb., hands cut by glass. Robert Olived, fireman, foot hurt by flying hose. Grace Burton, 822 Spring street, condition serious. Just what can Rod tlio blazo never will bo known. It 1b not far wrong, howevor, to Bay that It originated in tbo fumaco room In tlio basement of tlio hotel. TIHr plant Btipplled heat for tlio entire building, Including tlio buBlncsR houses on tlio ground floor. Tlio blazo was first Been by nn A. D. T. watchman, who was making Ills rounds. Thin was about 1:15 o'clock, bo far as can bo determined. At that tlmo tlio flumes appeared to ho eating their way through tlio whole structure. Tlioro canio n big puff llko a muffled explosion, then death and ruin. Policemen on their way to head quarters a fow minutes hoforo mid night, saw BparkB Issuing from tlio chimney of tho hotel, llouso attaches woro warned that a tiro might exist, but after an examination It Is de clared no flames wero discovered. riremen, led by Chief Charles A. Salter, battled desperately against overwhelming odds to stay tho flamos. Handicapped by almost zero woather, many for a tlmo fcaiod tho blazo might get beyond their control and sweep tlio entire block that lies in tho shadow of tho W. O. V. building. How ever, a few hours, after daylight tho flames wero under control. Tho appalling loss of life Is due principally, It Is said, to tlw fact thai tho hotel was a llro trap, and second ly to tho fact that the suffocating nniuko made It almost Imposslhlo for tho guests to Hud their way to tho two llro exits. , Working feverishly, but with a system that accomplished wonders, mono than 100 laborers aro employed In tho Ice-bound ruins of tho Dewey liotol, clearing away tho tons of bilck and mortar, charred timber and twist d metal supports In a frantic effort to roach tho acoro of nioro of bodies bolloved to bo burled tliero. Flickering electric llghtB on uncer tain strings und supplied with an un- cortaln amount of current shod a Khastly glow over tho ruins of tho burned structure Friday night. Tho great mass of debris, glozod with Ico, threw off lridoacont shafts of light that Borved to light tho wholo with tlio varlod colors of tlio rainbow. It Tosonibled an aurora boreal Is. Dosplto tho .manner In which tho piaco was cleared, howovor, but ono ol tho bodies of tho missing men and women woro recovered. And when thoy aro located, it 1b almost cortaln thoy will ho frozon solidly In tho wa ter that fills tho hotel basement al most to overflowing. First Warning of Fire. It was a fow minutes boforo mid night Thursday night when Sam Mor vIb and M. V. Ityan, policemen, passed tho Dowoy on their way to pollco lurndquartors. Sparks woro Hying from tho chimney at tho roar of tho houbo, and tlio officers told Josso D. Nold, manager, of this fact. Au Investigation In tho fumaco room failed to rovoal any llro. Then Nold turned tho houso over to Oar rot E. Vellot, night clork, and wont to bod. Preparations for removing tho bodies woro completed rapidly under tho guidance of Charles A. Salter, lire chief. Tho gaunt walls of tho burn ing building that menaced tho lives of ovory llreman wero town down'nnd tills mass of brick and mortar was le moved llrsl of all. Raze the Tottering Wall. Chains attached to heavy ropes, tho latt,er bolng operated by means of blocks and tackles, wero attached to tho walls, and then a hundred or moro men supplied tho power nocos sary to razo thorn. With a roar that could bo heard for blocks, the shaky plies of brick fell Into tho streets, sending tho curious scattering In all directions. Hy pulling tho walls outward tho work of recovering missing bodies was greatly facilitated. Tho debris already covering tho victims of. the holocaust Is many feet thick and held solidly together by tho Ice. To have tumbled tho walls Inward would have Borved only to Increase tho firemen's work. W. K. Caldwell, a soldier at Fort Omaha, was struck In tho faco by a brick. His upper lip was severely cut. Ho was a volunteer nldlng city em ployes In razing tho walls. Tho oxuet number of lives lost In tho tiro still Is problematical. Llko all tho other hotels In tho city tho Dewey was well filled with visitors, many of them from towns several miles from horo. Tho house register Is bolloved to havo been destroyed, but oven Its recovery, It Is declared, would not aid matters materially. Among tho first pieces of known property to bo removed from the ruins was a trunk belonging to Charloy Cummins, tho dead bartender. Loss Estimated at $185,000. Tho estimated loss In tho tiro Is $185,000, tho larger sharo of this be ing confined to tho hotel. Tho Haphael-Pred Clothing company, which occupied tho first Hour, placed Its loss at $50,000, partially covered by Insurance. Representatives of John D. Crolgh- ton declined to placo a valuation on tho property, hut others Interested said tho building and Its furnishings wore worth about JIISO.OOO. Tho Hlller Liquor company, locnted at 1300 Farnam street, sustained ?(. 000 loss, largely from water. Most of this Is covered with insurance. Tho Adams Rxprcsu company, 1307 Far nam, suffered about $150 dam ago. A Story of the Fire. Tho most graphic story of tho con ditions In tho hotel lb' told by Mark Hemenway of ISwhig, Neb.: "My room was on the third floor," said llonionway. "I awoko to 11 ml tho room filled with smoke, anil hoard shouts In tho corridors. I put on a fow clothes nud opened tho door into tho hallway. 'A cloud 'of Hinoko seem ed to 1111. tho room Immediately. "Tho Hinoko was hot and acrid. 1, could not seo tho walls. 1 ran down tho hallways, and found tho stairs. "I wont down tomo stairs, I do not know where they wero, and found an exit. I do not know where it was. Tho exit was locked tight and I could not break down tho door. "I finally got to tho front wall and ran Into a window. It was closed. 1 Jammed my bared hand through tho pane, and broko out tho glass, and dropped from tho window to tho llro escape. Dundee Man Rescues Many. J. J. Fay, a broker, residing at Dun dee, corroborates tho story of Hemen way that tho door of tho hotel was locked. Ho was passing tho hotel when tho flro broko out and at onco started In tho work of rescue. With tho aid of another man ho broke In tho doors at tho Thliteenth streot on tranco. Vellot was reading u now simper lit tho llttlo olllco at tho head of tlm stairs loading to tho hotel floor from tho Thirteenth street eutrunco about 4:45 o'clock when u puff of wind swirled a donso cloud of smoko Into tho room. Ho was almost sufforcated boforo ho could arouso Nold. "For God's sako got up and awaken somo of tho people." Vollot cried to Nold, us ho pounded frantically on tho lattor'a bodcluunbor door. "There's a flro tu tho building. BRIEF NEWS OP NEBRASKA July 12 to 20 aro date3 announced for the Beatrice Chautauqua. F. 1). Wlllatt and son will build and operate un Ico plant In Albion. About twelve Inches of biiow has fallen at Geneva during tho past week. A Htiffi agist club has been organized ut Nehawku with a roster of (slxty threo. Tho Y. M. C. A. state convention will bo held at Lincoln, March 13 to 1G. Bmullpox has broken out among tho prisoners In the dago county J.ill nt Beatrice. Six wolves were killed on n roundi up that covered sixteen square miles near Adams. Adam Column, a Jeweler nt Dlllcr, was found dend of heart disease In kit placo of business. Farmers near that place havo or ganized tho Wymore Hlovator, Lum her and Coal company. Chief of Pollre William Otten ol North Platte had his wrist broken while attempting td crank an auto. Walter TIce, living near Fairmont, who had his left arm badly mangled In a corn shelter, died from his In juries. J. Frank Cadmnn, one of the oldest citizens of Lincoln, fell dead while shoveling snow from the walk In front of his home. The Hi st auto delivery truck ever Installed at West 1'olnt was put In use last week by tho proprietors of a de partment store. Mrs. Jennie Wlldman celebrated tho ninety-fifth nnnlversary of her birth last week. She Is tho oldest woman In York county. A miniature "Tom Thumb" wedding was glvon by little people of Fair bury last week. The little folks ars under ten years of ago. William Danton, 75 years old, died Sunday afternoon nt his home nt Lin coln from where, ono week before, his wlfo, Mrs. Mary Ann Dalton, was burled. Word has been received nt Ne braska City or the death of William Kssor at Orient. Wash., where ho went to purchnso laud. Mr. Ksscr had been a resident of Nebraska for mnny years. Seniors at the Ohlowa high school will not hnvo to present their senior orations before n public gathering this year, as In former years. A written treatlso approved by the Instructors will suffice. Clnrenco Mickey, a nephew ol former Clovornpr Mickey, accidentally shot and killed himself while hunting rabbits near Osceola. A chargo o! buckshot entered ils left breast and bo died Instantly. Ixiuls Janek, near Garrison, saw a largo wolf eating the carcass of a call that had been dragged out by a straw stack. Janek walked up behind th Btack , then stepped out within twenty foot of tho wolf and shot it. Senator R. E. Placet: of Saunders county Is confined nt his hotel at Lin coln by a severe case of pneumonia. Ho was taken 111 Wednesday morning following n, hurried trip which ho mndo to Minneapolis during the week end recess. Tests of seed corn In tho labora tory of the agricultural department of tho normal nt Peru show that not all corn Is lit for seed. Many of tho tests ran from 40 to 70 per cent good, some testing 9S per cent strong, corn from tho hill land testing best. Without having over experienced nn Illness of any nature before In tho nlncty.four years ot hor life, Mrs. Anna LInd was taken 111 with a severe cold last week and died at the homo of her daughter, Mrs. R. R Hoden, Collego Vlow, Sunday morning. James Olon, a lad fifteen years ot age, of Callaway, holds the record as a successful trapper among the boys. During the winter, besides attending school, ho luv? trapped "012 muskruts, two skunks, threo civet cats, two weasels, threo rabbits and two wild ducks. Arnold Martin of Table Rock has nccopted tho position of county dem onstrator for Thurston county, with headquarters at Walt hill. Six hundred people living In tho vicinity of Rower, six miles noith ot Falrbury, held n big wolf hunt Thurs day and covered a territory nearly six miles Bquaro. FIo largo praliio wolves wero shot. Tho mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Leslie Close from her homo at Puwneo City has caused the olllcors tliero and her relatives and friends a great deal of worry and still tho jinystcry does not clear. Tho bond Issuo for $1000 electric light and $fi,000 for wnter woiks ex- tonslon nt Hlldreth was voted on and cnrrieu, oj tu la mm o tu ii, ii-tiiii'i;- tlvely. Grippe, lnfluon7a nnd pneumonia nre becoming real epidemics In West ,Polnt, lnrgo numbers of iiersuns, espe cially thoso of advanced age, being victims. Llttlo lloulnh Van Camp, tho four- year-old Wymoro child who was al leged to be tho victim of abuso at the hands of her stepmother, has boon ndnpoted by her aunt, Mrs I'enrl Hicks ot Wymore. Bonkelmnn Is wrapped in tho big gest snow of tho season. It Is about six Inches on the level. Prof. J, Zwlckcr, leader of the Falr bury concert band and orlhcstra, has resigned his position and leaves for Chlcngo, 111., to tako a doslrablo post lion with another baud. Tho master plumbers ot Nebraska, In convention ut Fremont, endorsed by unanimous voto tho bill now pond ring In tho legislature providing for a board of oxamlnors for journeymen plumbers and for local regulation nnd Inspection In towna of over 1,590 population. BOARD OF L UNIVERSITY REMOVAL BILL IS FINALLY DEFEATED. IN THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET The Work Being Done In Both Houses by the Lawmakers of Nebraska. ' a In executive session tho state sen ato Wednesday formally received the message fioni Governor Morehead an nouncing tho appointment of Henry Gerdes of Falls City, C. H. Gregg of Kearney and Charles Graft of Ran-, croft ns members of tho state board of control soon to oomo Into existence.' In accordanco with a pre-dctermlncd plan, agreed upon nt a republican caucus, Kemp of Nance moved that JAMES PEARSON of Moorefleld, Representative from Frontier and Gosper Counties, Elected Temporary Speaker of the House, January 7, and Chairman Committee on Public Printing. a committoo of fivo members bo ap pointed to Investigate the character ;uid competency of tho appointees and to report their findings back to tho senate before notion on confirmation Is taken. The forenoon of March G was" set as tho date for hearing tho report of tho committee. Considera tion of tho committee's report will bo In executive session. Kill BUI for University Removal. Tho question ot university removal took up tho tlmo ot tho houso Thurs day from 2 p. m. until uftcr G o'clock. Members refused to tako a recess un til a decision had been reached. This llnnlly came after four hours of argu ment and resulted In tho killing of the removal bill by the majority of 68 to 29. The question of appropriating one-half of ono mill for six years for tho extension of tho present campus was then voted upon and carried by a vote of SO to 18, Losey of Dodgo and Brett of Cheyenne being absent. Tho extension bill wont through with out tho provision of a donation from tho city of Lincoln of 5100,000, that matter being left to tho Judgment of tho city after tho hill Is passed. See Necessity for Speed. Members of tho Nebraska legisla ture were brought to a realization during tho past week that practically half of tho session has already gone, with only a small proportion of tho pending bills acted upon. Friday was tho thirty-first duy In tho house and tho thirtieth In tho senate. Tho mem Tiers recolvo pay for only sixty days, but some of them usually stay and work for a week longer before tho wlndup comes. Tho necessity for speeding up Is becoming apparent, es pecially In the houso, If tho legislature Is to accomplish all that has been ex pected of It. Talk ot a sifting com mittee for each branch has already boon heard, nlthough tho rulo In tho past has been to reserve its appoint ment until after tho fortieth day. Against Capital Punishment. By a vote ot 50 to 30 tho houso went on record in committee of tho wholo In favor of nbollshflg capital punish ment and also recommended a bill calling for tho Infliction ot tho death penalty by electrocution rather than by hanging. Tho abolition bill will como up for third reading ahead of tho electrocution proposition and If tho former cnrrles tho lattor will bo killed, very probably. For Employment of Convicts. Among tho measures passed by the sonato waB tho Dodgo bill providing for employment of convicts of tho atato prison In making clothing and furniture for other Institutions of tho Btato. Tho Giaco bill, requiring that railroads glvo transportation both ways for shipper of live stock, do Bplto tho fmct that thoy may havo shipped only ono car of stock, was ap proved by tho senate with tho pro vision that the oxactmont should uot pertain to hog shipments. Much Work Before Them. Nlnoty-ono bills havo boon passed by tho sonnto nnd sent to tho lower leglslutlvo houso, whllo only thirty evcu measures hnvo survived tho lat tor body and boon transmitted to tho senato. Tho percentage In tho smaller body, thorcfore, Is considerably In ox 'cess ot tho number of measures noted upon by tho larger and more unwieldy tody. A total of 467 bills in tho sen ato and 872 in tho houso constitutes tho labor which the bodies faced whon tlio barrlor was thrown up against the further introduction ot bills 0 IEEEEEEEEEEEEeW. B Dr. Hartman's Plain My plain talk to young men In my last nrtlclo certainly brought out mnny responses from young men. I tnko this means of answering them briefly, for tho benefit of other young men who did not write mo. Ono writer Buys: "I wna greatly Interested In your talk to young men. , I wish I waB strong and well ns you describe your self to be. I am going to begin nt onco and follow your advice and take caro of myself as I ought to. I will quit the uso of nil stimulants, tea nnd coffee, go to bed early. I will take tho cold water towel bath every morn ing. I want to live to be old und UBoful, llko you. And I Bhnll also keep Peruna at hand, In cuso of Blight ailments ns they may arise. I thank Shipping Fever Bl'OIIN MKDICAI. CO., CheiiilM mill POLYGLOT. "How many foreign languages can Jones talk." "Well, ho says ho understands ev erything his baby Bays." She Knew. Her Father What are tho man's business prospectn? young Daughter I don't know that, pa. All I know is that he means business. Sea-food. 'What's daughter doing?" "Making Bhrlmp salad." "I didn't know wo had any shrimp In tho house." "We haven't, but there Is ono going 1o call on hor thla veiling." Houston Post. Left Its Curse. "There aro not mnny girls these days named Bedella." "No. I'm afraid It will be a long -mo yet beforo that blamed song Is forgotten." t Taking a Lesser Chance. ', A government Inspector wns con ducting an oral examination for ma rine engineers. Said one: "If you had tested your gaugo cocks,, had looked at your water glass and! had found no water In tho boiler, what would you do?" Cftmo tho answor, swift and true "I would Jump overboard." Pa's Explanation. "Why did Diogenes go around with a lantern, pa?" "I -supposo the auto-, mobllo law required It." Tiinnlrutiist will n-'limtl moiiuy If l'A.O OlNT-l Mr.Nl' fails tu run. any run- nt Itclilnir, lillnd. it -u .tTft t-t iv n nri t l niVfl llai-dumorerutruUlDU riios inoio iiuajs me In somo clrcleB men uro llko pianos If square they uro considered old fashioned. 3 Ggg Bowels Get Weak As Age Advances The First Necessity is to Keep the Dowels Gently Open With a Mild Laxative Tonic Healthy old ago Is bo absolutely de pendent upon tho condition of tho bowola that groat caro Bhould bo taken to boo that they net regularly. Tho fact is that as ago advances tho stomach muscles become weak and Inactlvo nnd tho llvor does not store up tho JuIcob that aro necessary to prompt digestion. Somo help can bo obtained by eat ing easily digested foodB and by plenty of exercise, but this latter Is Irksome to most elderly people. Ono thing Ib certain, that u Btato of con stipation should always uo avoiaea aa it Is dangcrouB to llfo undaiealth. Tho beBt plan 1b to tako a mild laxatlvo us often ub Is deemed necqssnry. But with equal certainty It la auggosted that cathartics, purgatives, imyBica, Baits and pills bo avoided, aB they do but temporary good und aro bo harsh us to bo n ahock to a dollcato system. A much better plan, nnd ono that thousands of elderly people are follow tner Is to take a uontlo laxatlvotonlc llko Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which acts ub nearly llko nature ub Ib possible. In fact, the tendency of this remedy Is to 'Strengthen tho stomach und bowel muscles una so train mom to act naturally again, when medicines of nil kindo enn usually bo dispensed with. Thin Is tho opinion of many people of different ages, among them Mr. O. P. Miller, Dnroda, Mich., who writes: "I am 80 yeure old and havo been constipated for many years. Since reeetvlnir vour saiunlo bottlo I havo procured two 50c bottles and find that WHY INCUBATOR CHICKS DIE Talk to Young Men you In tho name of thousands of oth er young men, like myself." To this letter I replied: My Dear Roy: I cannot tell you how much good your letter has dono me. To know that I nm arousing tho young men In matters of right living fills me with grutltude nnd en thusiasm. I want to holp ou n mo any tlmo you wish nnd I will con sider your letter strictly confidential nnd give you prompt reply. Follow tho advice I gave In my nrtlclo. When ever you hnvo occasion to consult mo further do not hesltnte. Let ub bo friends. If you will bo obedient to me as a Bon ought to bo I will bo faithful and true to you nB a father ought to be. Yours sincerely, S. 1). Hartmnn. M. D., Columbus, Ohio. Peruna Is for Bale at all drug stores,' Intlueiin, pinkeye, cplootlu, distemper nnd nil nosn and throat dlittM" run-d, and all oilier?, no mutter how ''exposed," kept ftomliKvliig nnv of tlirso iIImmih'S with HrnilNVS I.IUU'O tm TKlPi:it CUIti:. Tliri'o to civ decs often euro a cac. Ono r0 cunt ImUI) gu.trnnii'uil to do fo. Rest, thing for brood limrr. Auti on tho IiIImmI. ftOu nnd t n bottle, til nnd fjlladoeti bottle. UniL'tflMs nnd liuniu's Mums. Distributors Af.L WllOI.KPAI.K Dltl'dOISTS. lliieUirlolot;lln, (ioslirn, I ml., U.S.A. Onto It. niobbs Sklnnum is trying to pro mote n new mining company. Did you fall for It? Slobbs No; I tumbled. Anyway, the man who follows your advice always bus some ono to blame If ho falls. W PWKHUS tiacKacne Kneumausm Kidneys and Bladder Contains No Habit Forming Drugs Your Liver Is Clogged Up That's Why You're Tired-Out of Sorts Have No Appetite. CARTER'S LITTLE. LIVER PILLS "will put you right in a few clays. They do. their duty. CurcCon-i Rtin.itinn. I I3iliousnes3,IndigestionandSickIIcadacha SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE, Genuine must bear Signature Gtt a Canadian Homt In Western Canada's Free Homestead Area THE PROVINCE OF Manitoba tins several Now Homo Moudlnn Districts that n fiord ruro opportunity agricultural laud 1'KEi:. For Grain Growing and Cattle Raising llilsprorlncolianno superior ami in iiriititnhliwii?rlriiltiirtiMtmsun tinrinikoii imtIikI ot ovora quarter l'orfort. diirmtn! eood markets: rnl1wfiva.fitivillll-tlt!tl(ll tllOTOrT livbt. nntl Koclul coudltlous must ueslrublu. Vncnnt land! adjacent to Frco IlnmrMrads uiny bo portlmsod mid aW In tlm older districts lands enn uo pougni uv ruasuu' utile price. For further particulars wrlto to W. V. BENNETT, Boo Building, Omaha, Neb. Canadian nnTerntnent'AKcnts, or nililri'is HiKHTliiH'inlriit of liuiiilKrutlou, Ottuv.i,l'l. it Ib tho best remedy I over used and doeB just what you claim for it to tho very letter. I can not recommend it too highly." A bottlo can bo bought of'any drug gist ut fifty cents or ono dollar. Peo plo usunlly buy the fifty cent slzo first, nnd then, having convinced themselves of its niorlts they buy tho dollar size, which Is more economical. Itosults are always guaranteed or money will bo refunded. Any elderly person can fol low tlicso suggestions with safety and tho nssurunco of good rosultB. If no member of your family has ever used Syrup Pepsin and you would llko to mnko a porsonal trial of It bo foro buying It In tho regular wuy of a druggist, Bend your address a postal will do to Dr. W. D. Caldwell, 203 Washlncton St.. Montlcello, 111., nnd a I froo Bamplo bottlo will bo mailed you. Write for book mtvlm; younc clilrkB. (lend us ameH 0(7 iricruin inav 110 inciiiuinn ihiu tivt - - '. .r - . . . . " - . i: .-. . book free. UaUallUeiaooy i;o.,uiCKWcu,uiua. JL ASflnT fi jmm UARTERS jmntwffimg tt v MMST RIVER .MUsHHM MDII1C J JKyL' i" i &kuJ?&&&z B 1 srscz; SeSSu f! 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