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TUB NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-"JOURNAL , FRIDAY , DECEMBER 31 , 3)09. ! ) FRIDAY FACTS. E. L. Olllmiu of Nlobraravns here. 1 * . 0. Halo of AtkliiHoii WIIH liorc. M. C. linzon returned from Madison. J. C. Engolmnn returned from 1'lorco. Jnck Koonlgstoln returned from JUndlson. 15. P. Woathorby wont to Omnlm on business. Miss Zola Slaughter of Dallas , 8. D. , was In Norfolk. Miss Luota Shaw , who has been vis iting friends at Uoadwood , has re turned to Norfolk. G. C. Tnckatt of Gregory was In the city Wednesday. J. K , Haaso returned from a busi ness trip to Madison. Former Congressman J. P. lloyd ot Nollgh was In the city. John Kublsta of Pierce county was in the city on business. Charles Nenow of Gordon will spend Christmas with the V. Ncnow family. George and Dorn Palm will spend Christmas with relatives at Hosklns. Misses Mabel Urockler and Nora Hans of Hattlo Creek were in the city. city.Carl Carl Lenz of Idaho will spend Christ inas here with his sister , Mrs. Paul Zutz. Uoss Tlndall has returned from the university to spend Christmas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Earl BlnKemnu will leave next Tuesday for points In lown to visit for a couple of weeks. Miss Bertha Pllgor has gone to Tecumseh - cumseh to visit with Hov. and Mrs. Robert and family during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. William Goblor , Mr. and Mrs. Gustavo Tows , Richard Tews , Charles Morton and Carl Splerlng were at Madison. Mr. and Mrs. Corl Jenkins of Madi son will spend Christmas here with their uncle and aunt , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Landers. Norfolk express wagons are loaded to their utmost capacities this week. The Norfolk Chess club have post poned all their meetings until after Now Years. The public library will be open from 1 to 5 p. in. Friday. It will bo closed Saturday. The local train from Madison of last night did not arrive hero until ' 2 o'clock this morning. A largo number of people enjoyed the dance at Marquardt hall last even- Ing. Howe's orchestra was secured for the event. The Red Cross stamps are for use throughout the holidays , and the Red Cross society , asks that the public use them up until New Years. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Keller of Fremont will spend Christmas here with the Carl Wilde family. Mr. Keller was at one tlmo head miller of the Norfolk mills , and Mrs. Keller was cashier of the beet sugar factory.- The making of repairs in machinery has been the cause of the frequent and nt times long continued Interruptions In the olcctrlc light and power service of late. The lights and power were off again last night for a time. The last week of the holiday shop ping is winding up nnd many mer chants report that they are enjoying "fl good trndo as could be expected , in fact , a much larger one than had been anticipated at the beginning of the two weeks before Christmas. Farmers .coining tp the city report the roads now In fairly good condition , the snow having been packed down and afford ed fine tracks for sleighing. Many of the buggies have lost their wheels and sledge runners have been put in their places. It is expected that the mer chants will bo very busy until the last hour before they close their doors Jtor Jllo Christmas holiday. A look behind the scenes at the lo cal postolUce Thursday showed every available table piled high with Christ mas packages. Every clerk in the office was on the run , stamping , sort ing , weighing and registering the pack ages which , wrapped in holly and Christmas paper , was going to the loved ones far and near. More regls' tered mall and more Christmas pack ages were handled at the local post- ofllce this season than the last Christ mas rush. Registered mall for for eign countries was heavy this season. Among the countries which received mail from Norfolk were England , South America , Italy , much went also to the Philippines and the Panama canal zone. The local postolllco will not bo closed Christmas. The regular PARTNER OF GLAVIS. Law Officer Shaw Declared to Have Dictated Attacks. Washington , Dec. 27. Any doubt that the whole force of'tho Taft nd ministration is to be put back of the Investigation on both Bides are demanding manding of the Pinchot-Bnlllnger con trovcrsy , has now been dispelled. The president is now anxious for a thor ough and merciless probing as nnj member of the administration. A motive much deeper than willing ness to do justice to Secretary Dal linger is ascribed to President Tafl by senators , representatives and ethers ors active in politics. Men who arc in a position to know the sentiments of Mr. Taft declare that he has nt lasl become convinced of the truth of whal his friends have been telling him foi many weeks of what he has hithertc laughed at that there lies behind the attack on Mr. Dnllingor a more or less dellnitoly organized movement to dls credit the Tnft administration , os poclally by spreading the Impresslor that the so-called "Roosevelt policies' are in unfriendly hands ; that Mr Balilngor was made the target only or the theory that ho offered for tin president the most vulnerable polni In the administration. Because ho was loath to believe thai euch a propaganda was under way Mr. Taft opposed every suggestloi from Mr. Balilngor or his friends thai attacks upon the land ofllco Uoulc bo mot with a determination to roach and expose those responsible for them. Though slow to como to a docls * slon , It Is known that Mr. Taft Is now inclined to bellovo that the criticisms that have cropped out In many wide ly separated localities are a part of a deliberate determination to make trouble , wlilch amounts practically tea a conspiracy. The channel for a congressional In quiry being thus opened , the selection of the proper tribunal to hear the evi dence for and against both Mr. Dal- linger nnd Chief Forester Plnchot be comes a very Important question. At tention Is now being 'given to this subject. Republican leaders In the senate have practically agreed that Senator Nelson , chairman of the committee on public lands , should bo nt the head of the probing body. A Joint committee of the senate and house la not favored because it would bo cumbersome , nnd a special com mittee Is opposed because It is fear ed that there would bo precipitated a scramble to have placed thereon men who arc prejudiced either for or against one ot the principals In the controversy. It Is considered likely , therefore , that the Decision , if the senate determines the selection , will fall upon the senate committee on public lands. This committee Is made up of mon who understand the public lands question in all Its phases , and the republican members Include ad herents of both of the parties to the controversy. It is pretty well understood that the Investigation will reveal the strange fact that the government has been paying for private attacks against one of its own high officials. It is also to bo shown that certain pub lished tirades against the qame official have been inspired largely by one of the government bureaus. Direct evidence that A. C. SImw , assistant law officer of the bureau of forestry , dictated a greater part of the now famous Glavls charges against Secretary Dallingor , and that an ex pense occount incurred in the steno graphic work In connection therewith was turned In to the government , Is reliably reported to bo in the hands of President Taft. There is also on hand some convinc ing evidence that the same official of the forestry bureau took sundry trips across the country at government ex pense , expressly to aid Glavls In con cocting plans to discomfit the secre tary of the Interior , and that more than one official of the bureau connived * nived in supplying the contents of highly Important government docu ments to an illustrated magazine. It Is understood that a Chicago wo man , In the person of a clever short hand writer , has furnished some bits of Informations which will make Inter esting diversion in the Investigation which congress will start after the holidays. She has told that "a man" was with Special Agent Glavis in Chicago cage while the latter was at her office , and that "said person did most of the dictating of the Important-appearing document which was there devised. " The stenographer has been shown a photograph of Law Officer Shaw , and has reported that he Is "the man. " She has also divulged the fact that the typewriting bill ns about $51 , which the man supposed to bp Mr. Shaw paid. The statement as to the size of the bill is taken to be correct , in view of the fact that a voucher for $51 , and. specifying "stenographic work , " was turned In at the proper office by Glavls , and the government paid It. Various other vouchers , which men tion journeys taken by Mr. Shaw and especially a Journey to Seattle and re turn , have also been paid , it is said , by the proper financial officers of the government. It is reported * hat these trips were made expressly to aid "DIXIE" IS FIRST A3 WAR SONG. "Yankee Doodle" Comee Second as Popular Patriotic Air. Washington , Dec. 27. Eminent mils' icnl authority proclaims "Dixie" the most popular patriotic song in Ameri ca. "Yankee Doodle" comes next In public favor. Such is the verdict of O. G. T. Son- neck , chief of the division of music of the library of congress , who has just Issued from the government press an exhaustive report on four famous ( Vmerlcan musical compositions. "Yankee Doodle , " ho says , though no longer a national song , is still a national air and second only to "Dlxlo" In the popularity contest. The origin nnd evolution of "Yankee Doodle , " "Star Spangled Banner , " Hall Columbia , " nnd "America" are treated In full detail In Mr. Sonneck's volume , and facsimiles of the original manuscripts are given. Daniel Decatur Emmett died In pov erty at Mount Vernon , O. , three years ago. He had written rueny songs in his day. His greatest were "Dixie" and "Old Dan Tucker. " Ho received $500 for "Dixie" nnd $100 for "Old Dan Tucker. " Charles K. Harris made $50.000 from "After the Ball" The contrast Is a striking one. In 1859 Emmett was singing with Dan Bryant's negro minstrels on low er Broadway In New York. The show had been dragging , and Bryant thought he saw disaster ahead. One Saturday he told Emmett that ho must have anew now negro "walk around" by Monday night. It was a rainy Sunday and Emmett shut himself up in a room with his violin. When ho came out he brought "Dixie" with him. It caught on Instantly , and all New York was whistling it within a week. Its adaption nearly t\u > years later as a war song of the south was an ac- cldent. Mrs. John Wood was appear Ing at the New Orolans Varieties theater tor In "Pocahontas. " On account of the approaching war a zouavo drill was Introduced into the show. The or chestra leudor triad ovur Kovoral airs for the march and Dually hit upon "Dlxlo. " The war cloud burst the next week nnd from Now Orleans "Dlxlo" spread over all the south. In the north Fanny J. Crosby , the hymn writer , wrote u song for "Dlxlo" which was strongly union In sentiment , but the other side had pre-empted the air. The history of "Yankee Doodle" Is described by Mr. Sonneck as "A per fect maze of conlllctlng stories , " and countless additions to and variations from the original. As many as fourteen variations ol "Tho Star Spangled Banner" arc noted accompanied by a gradual process o ( polishing and modification. The year in which "America" was first sung in public is given as 1832 , but the exact place and the date wore not definitely ascertained. "Hall Columbia" is strictly a pro duct of the United States in both words and music , In contradistinction to "America" nnd "Tho Star Spangled Banner , " both of which partly origi nated In England. Trial Flight January 10. David Smith of Deverro , Neb. , In ventor of a flying machine now being made in Norfolk , says ho is ready now to state that his machine will bo a suc cess and that his first trial trip in Norfolk will take place January 10. "The reason why I say my machine will fly , " said Mr. Smith , "is simply that It has already proved a success , Sometime ago I built a wooden model of this same Identical machine nnd In the trial flight it left the ground and proved satisfactory. "I have decided to make the first trial of my tlrst model of light steel tube machine In Norfolk January 10. The machine is very nearly completed now except the wing. After the tilnl flight I will be ready to guarantee the people of Norfolk that inside of two months I will be ready to have finished a number of machines that I can guar antee will fly. I expect , If everything turns out right , to build all my ma chines in Norfolk , provided I am treat ed right. I am well known in Madi son county. The money I am spending on this machine has been earned by me here and in other Nebraska coun ties. I have shucked corn all over Madison county. " Smith says that , although he is a North Carolinian by birth , he has lived for many years in Nebraska and will give this state credit for all his in ventions. He believes he will convince those people here who hold no faith in Ills venture that they are wrong. On January 10 , when he will make his flight , they will change their minds , he says. says.Mr. Mr. Smith went to Deverre Wednes day evening to spend Christmas with nls parents. He took a few parts of his machine with him to show his friends. I MONDAY MENTION. Harold Clark visited friends at Mad ison. Herbert Wichman was at Stanton Sunday. Mrs. C. Rasley spent Sunday nt Stanton. James Larrabee spent Sunday at Stanton. E. P. Weatherby went to Omaha on business. Adolph Moldenhauer spent Sunday at Stanton. C. W. Hutton of Crawford was in the city on business. Dr. C. J , Vorgoa nnd A. Buchholz wont to Madison today. S. R. MoFarland spent Christmas with his parents at Madison. Miss Margaret Tinning spent Christ mas i\t Wlsner with relatives. William Zutz of GregoVy is in the city visiting with relatives. ' Fred Haase of Battle Creek spent Christmas here with relatives. F. B. Minor Is at Corning , la. , spend ing the holidays with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dudley spent Christmas with relatives at Omaha. Mlsu Minnie Braasch has gene to Pilger to spend the holidays with friends. Cleo. Lederer returned from Pierce county , where he spent Christmas with relatives. Gottlieb Bennlng of Battle Creek was In the city spending Christmas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Delaney are in the city visiting with the W. A. Wit zlgman family. Harold S. Gow , cashier of the Flrsl National bank of Gregory , S. D. , spenl Christmas with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gow. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Mayer and fam lly are at Lincoln spending the boll days with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Haley and Mist Alvlna Miller spent Christmas wltl : relatives at Pierce. George Drees , who has been vlsitinf with his parents at Gregory , S. D. has returned to Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Cole and daughter tor of Stanton spent Christmas wltl Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cole. Mr. and Mrs. Miller Mather cnim up from Grand Island Friday to spenc Christmas with relatives. Elmer Hardy is back from Ames , la. to spend the holidays with his parents Mr. nnd Mrs. H. E. Hardy. D. F. O'Brien has gene to Omalu after spending Christmas with his pa rents , Mr. and Mrs. M. O'Brien. Mr. nnd Mrs. Garfleld Mather , whc spent Christmas with relatives , re turned to their homo in Wayne. Mrs. S. Temple and daughter , Mlsi Belle Temple of Wayne , spent Christ mas with the C. C. Gow family. Clyde Hayes , who has been hero vis Itlng with his parents , Mr. nnd Mrs. C S. Hayes , has returned to Omaha , Miss Ammetta Schloto returnee from Plorco. Her father has Just rent cd his farm to James Llngenfelder am will remove to Tllden. Mr. nnd Mrs. R. L. Spaydo of St Joe , Mo. , and Miss Marie Spaydo 01 Sioux City spent Christmas with the W. J. Stadolmnn family. I Charles and Donald Bridge have re turned from the military academy ol Indiana to spend the holidays with their father , C. S. Bridgo. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Keller , who , have been hero spending Christmas with the Carl Wlldo family , have returned > turned to their homo at Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powers ot Chad ron , who have been here spending Christmas with their relatives , have gone to G.nnlm for n visit with friends G. F. Durlnnd nnd family , C. Dor nard and family and Richard Wooil nnd family , all of Plalnvlew , were In the city spending Christmas with rol atlves. W. M. ftalnbolt , who has boon here spending Christmas with his parents Mr. nnd Mrs. N. A. Ralnbolt , has re turned to Omaha. Mrs. Ratnbolt and children returned to Omaha Monday , Mr. nnd Mrs. Ray Hartford and little tlo daughter , who wore here to spend Christmas with Mr. nnd Mrs. C. E Hartford , returned to their homo al Wayne , accompanied by Miss Gladys Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bucholz and family spent Christmas at the N. A , Rainbolt home. Mr. Bucholz and his son Fritz returned to Omaha Sunday and Mrs. Bucholz and her son Ardor will remain here the remainder of the week. j Mr. and Mrs. George Hodson enter tnincd Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long , Mr ' and Mrs. Charles Durham and Mr. and ' Mrs. Cooper and family on Christmas day. I Ben Gross of Gross , Nob. , passed through here Sunday on his way tc Omaha with sheep. Mr. and Mrs. John Hlnzo spent Christmas In Omaha with Mr. Hln/.o't mother. Bill Kell went to Pierce Saturday. Miss Rebecca Duggan returned tc her school near Plalnvlew Sunday , af ter spending Christmas with her pa- ' rents. Miss Margaret Hamilton has re turned to her school near Plalnview , after spending Christmas at home. Mr. nnd Mrs. Claude Benedict nnd Miss Hattlo Benedict have returned to their homes near Pierce , after spending Christmas at the homo ol Pat Grotty. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Pippin enter tained Mr. and Mrs. John Williams , Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Williams at Christmas dinner. Misses Margaret and Leona Case are here from Omaha to spend a few days with their parents. W. B. Alton went to Omaha on No. 8 last night to attend the funeral of the late S. A. Teal. The same old number of neckties formed Christmas gifts this year. Floyd Hull has opened a sultorium In the Stoeber building on South Fourth street. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fleming are at Wausa , where they attended the fu neral of Mrs. Fleming's brother , who died at Reno , Nev. , last week. The annual meeting of the North Nebraska Live Stock Owners associa tion will be held in Norfolk Thursday , according to II. E. Mason of Meadow Grove , who passed through the city. W. G. Covert , son of J. M. Covert , has gone to Burlington , la. , to accept a position with the Crittenden & East man furniture company , for whom ho will travel in this territory , with head quarters at Norfolk. Orders have been received by the officers of Company D , local national guard company , from Washington to start1 the gallery target practice. This practice will bo continued here all win ter and will bo taken up Immediately at the armory. Some of the best skating of the sea- S&rt was enjoyed by a largo number of Norfolk people yesterday. The river , which Is solidly frozen , affords fine skating. Skaters , however , should be ware of air holes , which have resulted 111 mfttty a drowning on the Northfork. December 27 , and still the farmer reports that half his crop of corn Is still on the stalk. No damage will bo done to the corn from the high snow drifts unless it thaws and wet weather sets in. Now , however , according to some of the farmers who como here , chances are that the corn will not bo picked until spring. Mrs. P. T. Blrchard. formerly of Norfolk , died at the family home In Omaha at 8:30 : o'clock Monday morn- Ing. The funeral will be held Tues day afternoon at 3 o'clock and the remains - mains taken to Marslmlltown , la. , for burial. This information is conveyed to C. S. Bridge of this city in , a tele gram received Monday afternoon. Mrs. Marie Buckles of Cherry , 111. formerly of Norfolk , whoso son IE among the 200 dead miners In the St Paul mine , has written Norfolk friends that she will bo unable to reach Nor folk until after February 1. The bodies of the entombed miners , Mrs. Buckles says , will not bo removed from the mine until after thut date. It Is stat ed at Cherry , Mrs. Buckles says , thai the condition of the bodies will be such that recognition will bo impos sible. Omaha Bee : James Wlnspoar , C ( years of age , died at his homo. 2311 Nortti Twenty-eighth street , Wednes day at C:30 : p. m. of apoplexy. Ho bo cnmo 111 shortly before noon. Mrs Wlnspear and a daughter , who resides in Norfolk , survive him. The daughter tor arrived In Omaha Wednesdaj night. Mr. Wlnspear had In yean past been active In politics ns a repub lican. IIo was once a member of the legislature nnd served ns chairman ol the committee of public works anc ! street commissioner during W. J Broatch's administration ns mayor Ho was identified with the Broatch fac tlon in politics for many years. Mr Wlnspear was born in Buffalo in 184 ! nnd attended Lyma college. Ho en listed In the union army in 18G1 as t member of Battery I , First New Yorh artillery , and became second lleuten ant Ho came to Omaha In 1867 and was married In 1869. Gregory County Land Mix-up. Bone-tool , S. D. , Doc. 27. Special to The News : Considerable excitement Is evident In this part of the county over the many quit claim deeds that have been placed on record against Rome of the best farms In the county. It scorns that n follow from the east side of the rlvor discovered a plan whereby ho could acquire an equity In some of the best farms In Gregory county , and the result of his plan came to light when some few weeks ago a number of quit claim deeds were recorded with the register of deeds at Fairfax. The plan of this now supposed graft Is this : Several ol the original entry mon who made proof on their homesteads In Gregory county sold them to persons who re quired nn abstract showing clear title in the land nnd now when they come to transfer the land they find n quit claim deed given by the same person that gave them the warranty deed , to this grafter that procured the quit claim deed under the guise of clear ing up the title. A great number ol the land owners In the county have been worried over the nets of this supposed grafter and in many cases it Is believed that the quit claim deed is n cloud on the title of their farm. There are some Instances whore the land is sold under contract with the agreement to furnish clear title , that may bo held up for some tlmo until they are made familiar with the facts , I that It is no cloud on the title to their land , but no doubt there will bo botli civil and criminal litigation over the , supposed title as the citizens of the county are Ired at the action of such n bold graft. THREE TRAINMEN KILLED. Engineer , Fireman and Brakeman Are Killed on B. & O. Seymour , 1ml. , Dec. 27. Three m-jn wore killed In a collision between two freight trains r.-j the Baltimore , Ohio and Southwestern railroad today at Starksville. The dead : F. M. Walls , engineer. Fireman Henbane. Flnlay Leo. brakeman. Sleighing Never Better. Not for many years had Norfolk en joyed a better Christmas than this 'one. ' Roads were in shape for travel by sleigh all over the country nnd many visits were exchanged by friends l nnd relatives. Many out-of-town visit ors were in the city , nnd students from schools nnd colleges came homo to oat Christmas dinners. One Norfolk man made the trip from Norfolk to Battle Creek and | thence to Pierce with a sleigh , nnd says never In ten 'years has the sleighIng - Ing been better. The roads which are frequently traveled made the best sleighing. Some drifts were reached , but not large enough to hinder traffic. The merchants enjoyed a fine trade and the close of business Saturday found the toy counters almost bereft ! of their former burden of various ar ticles. Good as the trade was , It did not , In a number of instances , reach the expectation of the merchants , ow ing to bad roads and late husking. At I the same time they are quite satis fied with the Christmas week's trade. Thursday , it is said , was the greatest day of the week for the shoppers , who , filled the stores to their utmost ca pacity on that day. Friday also had Its crowd , but not In such large pro portions as that of Thursday. Satur day morning was n dull and welcome morning for the tired clerks who , after a weary week's work , were ready to ra.st work aside and enjoy Christmas. Resolutions of Condolence , | At the regular meeting of North Ne braska court No. 9 , T. B. H. , the fol lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted : Whereas , Death has removed from our midst Brother Adolph H. Brauchle , therefore , bo it I Resolved , first , That in the death of Brother Adolph H. Brauchlo wo are sorely bereaved , for we found in him an honored and conscientious member. | Second , That in recognition of his life and work In our order we suitably ] I drape the charter or our court for a period of thirty days. Third , That wo tender to the be reaved family our heartfelt and tender sympathy In their bereavement. Fourth , That these resolutions be spread upon the records of our court and that copies of the same be sent to the family and bo published In The Dally News. Matlo A. Suitor , Lo Roy Lackey , E. A. Amnrlne , Committee. THEY RESPECTED THIS STEAMER It Sailed Into Panama With Million Tons of Dynamite. Washington , Dec. 28. u'hen the steamer Phyllis recently arrived fit the Panama canal zone , her cargo Is said to have received oven more re spectful attention than that of the steamer that shortly before arrived In Colon loaded to the rail with American congressmen. The Phyllis had aboird 1,032,000 pounds of dynamite. A portion was placed on a lighter for shipment to Port Bollo. The re mainder was loaded on a train of seventeen cars to bo taken to various points along the line. ANDREW CARNEGIE HURTS KNEE * Steel King Slips on Icy Spot While Walking In Park. Now York , Dec. 28. Andrew1 Carne gie stepped on nn icy spot while walkIng - Ing around the reservoir In Central park and suffered a painful injury to his left knee. He was unable to bo present at n dinner at his homo last night which ho gave to Governor Hughes , President Butler of Columbia university and others , and ho was al so unable to attend the meeting of the American Historical association Smokeless Until sclencs discovered a way to construct the Automatic Smokeless Device , and make It completely dependable , all oil heaters had one common great fault smoke. With the advent of the Automatic Smokeless Device , and Its " * - PERFECTION Oil Heater ( Equipped with mok lM D vlo | the smoke problem was successfully solved. The Perfection Oil Heater Is th nly heater equipped with this Automatic Smokeless Device which inturei a itcady , fullIowing heit with the wick turned up it high at it will go , without a ihrcd of ( moke. Reverit'tht motion , turn the wick down there'i no odor. The smokelesi device automatically locki and prevents ( ho upward movement of the wick beyond the proper exposure. That ii the secret. This splendid result givci leadership to th < Perfection. You may now have all the heat you want when you want it and where you want it without the annoyance of smoke or odor. Brass font holds 4 quarts of oil , which permits a glowing heat for 9 hour * , Brass wick tube damper top cool handle. Cleaned in a minute. The Perfection is beautifully finished in Nickel or Japan. Er rjr Dealer Everywhere. If Not At Youri , Write for Deicrlptlrt Circuit * to th Ncareit Agency of the STANDARD OIL COMPANY ( Incorporate * ) and American Kconomic association al Carnegie hall. At the Carnegie homo it was said that the condition was not serious , but ( hat ho had remained In his room In care of physicians. PHILADELPHIA STILL TIED UP. Food Supply Becomes Lower , Prices Go Higher Following Storm. Philadelphia , Dec. 28. With food products becoming scarcer and their 1 > rice higher , with ptreet railway traf fic uncertain and slow and with many railroad trains arriving late , Philadel phia is still busy raising the blockade caused by the great Christmas snow storm. Only 25 per cent of the dally milk supply reached the city yesterday and wholesale dealers estimated that to day's supply will he 25 per cent below normal. Eggs , vegetables and other food products are scarcer than they were yesterday and prices have gone up all around. DR. COOK LIED DELIBERATELY. Copenhagen University Is ThlnkJng of Showing Him Up. jenhagen , Dec. 28. The special committee of Copenhagen university which investigated Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar records is now consider ing whether or not it will publish a second report , giving further details of Its work. If the committee should 'decide ' to do so , it will Issue the re port about the middle of January. A member of the committee said that some of the details of Cook's nar- Iratlve of his expedition were fabrlcnt- 'ed ' and his papers showed that he had I used calculations furnished by Cap- l tain Loose. The second report he ad ded , would present evidence , to that effp" ' ; . THE HUNT .FOR A CHAMPION. Through a Land of Bandits for a King Wrestler. There is a fortune In store for the wrestler who can defeat Prank Gotch. Nobody knows this better than the promoters of Europe and America. Every man over interested in the Grneco-Roman or catch-as-catch-can game from Beluchistan to Elsmero's Land is searching for and trying to discover this valuable asset In the wrestling game. The champions of Europe have come over In hordes , and we have a champion for almost every square mile in Europe and a few in Asia to boot , but still Gotch reigns supreme , giving one of the new comers a match now and then nnd tossing them with ridiculous case. PINCHOT DELIVERS SPEECH. Says Forestry Service Is Attacked by Predatory Wealth. New York , Dec. 27. Gifford Pln chot , chief forester of the United States , declared in a speech here to day before a number of prominent pub lishers at the University club that spe cial Interests have made repeated at tacks upon the forest service and 1 these attacks have Increased in vio- 1 lenco just In proportion as the service has offered effective opposition to predatory wealth. FIRE ON BIG STEAMER. Pan'Is ' Averted , However , by Keep- .19 Fact From Passengers. Li.erpool , Dec. 28. ' Flro was dis covered in the hold of 'tho White Star liner Celtic last Wednesday when the vessel was four days out from New York. The liner arrived here safely yesterday. The flro was still burning , but its presence was known to none of the 200 passengers. Immediately upon arrival the work of discharging the cargo in an effort to reach promptly - ly the origin of the blaze was begun. The work was continued today. A RING MADE HIM MILLIONS. New York's Cotton Klna Began with a Pawn Ticket. New York , Dec. 28. From a pawn ticket to. mlllons'ln less than two years is the story In brief of 13. G. Scales , one of the most daring and successful operators of the century In the cotton market. "Dan" Scully , meteoric ami spectacu lar as was his career , was lured to his destruction by that will o' the wisp fatal to so many , "cornering" the mar ket , but "Dig Gene" Scales , baptized Eugene , has steered clear of that pro position. His bank role today Is close to the live million dollar mark , if not beyond It. The greater portion of It was made this year. Scales and his associates , W. P. Drown , James A. Patten , the Chicago wheat operator , who has almost dou bled In cotton the millions ho made In wheat last spring , and Frank Hayno of New Orleans the "big four" of the New York cotton market compris ing the most powerful bull clique the country has over seen , have made about fifteen million dollars this year. Cotton , In the more active months , is now selling at sixteen cents n pound , the highest price since the Scully days and double the price of a year ago. Of these four men , Scales Is the most picturesque , ns well as most daring , in his operations. Ho is the leader of the cotton game. In the frequent conferences of the "big four" his Is the last word. Tlmo and again in the last three months , when cotton touched new high records and this was followed by heavy liquidations , his associates became somewhat alarmed. But Scales' advlco to "sit fast , hold tight anil don't rock the boat" prevailed , wltl' thr result that the four have nlmofit botu submerged in the golden flood that has swept swiftly upon them. Two years ago Scales hit Now York penniless. Ills sole asset was a diamond mend ring. IIo pawned It for $250 and drifted Into Wall street. He start ed at once and has won from the start. MORE LETTERS IN BROKAW CASE Another Day of Worry for Mrs. Bro- kaw's Husband Is Promised. New York , Dec. 28. With the re sumption today of the hearing in the suit for separation nnd alimony brought by Mary Blair Brokaw against W. Gould Brokaw , which Is being tried at Mincola , L. I. , there was promise of the Introduction of more letters and dispatches from the defendant such as yesterday proved an evident source of embarrassment to Mr. Broknw. In yesterday's installment of this correspondence reproaches , threats , ac cusations and expressions of affection were intermingled. The defendant also was noticeably worried by the production of telegraphic messages which he was obliged to acknowledge showed that ho had permitted his ser vants to keep Mrs. Brokaw under es pionage. Ho explained these , however , by de claring his entire procedure In this particular was inspired by his solici tude for his wife's health. How's Thla ? Vfr o.Ter One Hundred Dollars re- war : .or nny case of Catarrh that cannot - not be cured by IlnU'a Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHUNKY * Co. , Toledo. O. \Ve , the undersigned , have known F. J. Cheney for the Inst IB yearn , and ho- Hove him perfectly honorable In nil business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by his firm. Waldlnff , Klnnan & Marvin , Wholesale nnitfBlHts , Toledo. O. Hall'H Catarrli Cure Is taken Intur- nnlly , actlnff dlrcotly upon the blood' nnd mucous surfaces of the Rystein. Testimonials sent free. Price , 7C c. per bottle Sold by all DrupTKlstH. Take Hall's Family Pills for conntl- tmtlnn "strada fr.anks Red Cross. v > .shlngton , Dec. 28. A telegram from the revolutionary party of Nic aragua was received by the American Red Cross society , thanking the so ciety for its work in relieving the dis tress of the government army cap tured near Ramn and now quartered In Bluoflelds. Three Children Cremated. Pratt , Kan. , Dec. 28. Mrs. Henry Blanton left her homo and wont across the alley with a neighbor. When she next looked at the house It was a mass of ( lames and her three children wore- being burned to death. Help did not como In tlma to save them.
