THE WIL80N DISTILLING CO. Baltimore,' Md. ROLL OF: MONEY DISAPPEARS Liuooln Polioe Working on Case and Sensa tion ia Likely to Develop. LEGISLATIVE HALLS BEING DRESSED UP Governor 8Tf t Will Recommend Appropriation af $7B,0(M for Ne braska Representation nt St LouliT'Exposltlon. (From a Stuff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Dec. 19. (Special.) The mys terious disappearance of $1,020 from the Lincoln Safe Deposit and Truat company U occupying the attention of Ihe police. The money n the property of Mayor Wlnnett and ii placed In the depository during the month of November. It wai taken som time between that time and Decem ber t. The theft haa been kept quiet by all partlea concerned nntll today. Some time ago Mr. Wlnnett went Into the depository and aecured hit box from the attendant. He then went Into the pri vet apartment reaerTed for the customers and examined the contents. He relockcd the box and returned It to the attendant. In replacing; the contents In the box, how ever, be left the purse containing a $1,000 bill and two 110 bills lying on a shelf In the private rcom. He then left the bank. Later he thought of the purse and re turned to the apart menu to get It. The Mirth ia an almost in fallible eign of good health. A sick woman may force a smile or at times be moved to laugh ter. But when a woman ia bubbling over with mirth and merriment abe ia surely a well woman. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription haa made thousands of melancholy and mis erable woven cheerful and Happy, by curing the painful womanly diseases which undermine a wotuin'i health and strength. It establishes regularity and so does away with monthly misery. It dries debilitating drains and so cures the cause of much womanly weakness. It heaja inflammation and: ulceration, and cures the bearing -down pain a, which are auch a source of suffering to aick women. "I k ami pleasure In rceonimesdiBsj Dr. Tierce's Karaite Prescription for female weak aa. wnlea Mr. Susannah Permentrr. of Paula Store, ahelby Co-.Teaaa, I was troubled wub. bearing down (ami in ray bark and hips far ata year, and I wrota to iWtor Pierce for dvk. I tried him ' Favorite freacrintion ' and bottles cured me. 1 feel like a new per ton ad i thank Dr. Pierce fur my health. Life la a ardien to any one without health. I have told areat many of nay Inanda abont the great saedtcine 1 teak. Accept no substitute for " Favorite Prescrirtion." There ia nothing "Juat ai ROOd." Dr. Pierce'a Common Sense Medical ' Adviser is sent frtt on receipt of aumpa to pay expense of mailing only. Send a I one-cent elanipe for the paper covered book., or 31 stamp for the cloth bound. Addrcts Dr. &. V. fierce, Buflalo,W. V.' XL purse was gone. Tha matter waa reported to the manager and the latter by the records found that very few men had been In the private apartments since the mayor had left. These men, who It Is known were In the apartments, are among the most prominent In the city, and something sen sational Is liable to result. One of the men was put In the sweat box by the police today, but It Is thought nothing was learned. The matter haa been reported to the county attorney, but so far no arrests have been made and the police are unable to aay who has tho money. It waa In this depository that Dr. Far nam recently discovered that he was $1,600 wealthier than he supposed by finding that amount In his strong box, with no record of how It got there. Today Dr. Firnam said he had found that the $1,600 had been paid to him by a farmer and that .he had neglected to make a reccrd of It. Conference on Charities. A. W. Clark of Omaha waa In Lincoln today to attend a meeting of the committee to prepare a program for tha state confer ence of Charities and Corrections to be held here February 5 and (. The committee de voted some time to the discussion of legis lation In legard to wife abandonment. Rep resentative Kennedy of Omaha Is prepar ing a bill now to be presented at the next legislature to make wife abandonment a felony. Mr. Clark believes the legislature will pace the law, aa ,11 has been tried In many other states and haa resulted In much good. Brnsh I'p I.earlalat Ire Hall. ' The desks In the representative hall and the senate chamber have been brushed up, revarrrlshed and placed In ahape to receive the legislators. Cards with the names of the various legtalatore and the county each represents have been printed, and the sec retary of state has printed a map of ths counties and the names of the legislators. Everything around the state house Is being cleaned and put In shape, and there Is ev ery evidence that something Is going to occur. Many of the senators and repre sentative have called at the atate house and familiarised themselves with the halls, but very few of them care to talk about the needs of the state at the bands of th legislature. Favors Exposition Appropriation. It la now known positively that Governor Savage will recommend to the next legis lature the appropriation of $76,000 for the Nebraaka exhibit at th 8t Louis exposi tion. Governor Savage has refused re peatedly to glv out any advance informa tion In regard to his coming message or the recommendations that he will make, but this morning It waa stated by on who had heard It from the governor that auch would be his recommendation. Ia the meantime the governor Is peg ging away at the message and will havs It ready for the legislature by the time the legislature gets ready for It. He refused to glv out any Information concerning ths contents of th metsag at thia time. This refusal, he said, waa due t the fact that there waa constantly changing conditions and th message wss changing just aa con stantly. "Likely th morning th legisla ture meets there will be some changes la tha messsge, he said. "I raa't tell my self. I desire to get up a document that will please me, and until I get It In that shape I shall not divulge Its contact. I'd be a chump If I did " Portland Also Wants Exhibit. John H. Knapp, special commissioner of th Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition to be held at Portland. Or., May 1 t Octo ber tl, 106. was bar this morning and had a conference with Governor Savage. Mr. Knapp desired th governor to include la his recommendation to tha legislatur for an appropriation for th St. Louis ei posi tion a recommendation te include ia that 1 THE OMAHA DAILY w ui JU appropriation the Portland ax position. Mr. Knapp waa assured by Governor-Savage that he would do so. Later he saw Oovernor elect Mickey, who was passing through the city, and he, too, promised to recommend that Nebraska have an exhibit at Portland. The exhibit at Portland, said Mr. Knspp, would be no additional cost to the state. His plan ia to have the exhibit that Ne braska sends to St. Louis transferred to Portland at the close of the St. . Louis exposition. The railroads, he said, had agreed to ship the exhibit free of cost. Portland will furnish the buildings In which the exhibits will be placed unless the varioua state desire to have aeparate buildings. In that case each state will furnish its own building. The state of Oregon has appropriated $500,000; Portland, $500,000, and congreaa will be asked to appropriate $2,600,000 to pay the expenses of the exposition. Most of the states west of the Mississippi havo signified the intention to take part in th exposition. Governor Mickey was In Lincoln a short time this morning and left for York, and expects to return to Lincoln the first of the week. I Blveralty Brawn and Rrnln. The university team and the university seconds defeated the Young Men's Chris tina association and the high school teams in basket ball last night, the former win ning by a score of 18 to 25 and the later by a score of 18 to 26. Both games were red hot and snappy from start to finish. The State university students have be gun preparations for the Interstate de bates. The preliminary debatea will be held during the latter part of January. The Interstate debates will be between Nebraska-Colorado at Colorado Spring In March; Nebraska-Kansas at Lawrenc In April; Nebraska-Missouri at Lincoln prob ably early In May. These two questions have been decided upon for two of the de bates: Resolved, That as a general principle ths continuance of public service Industrie In the United States should be Insured by thn leaMslature compelling the arbitration of disputes between the companies and their employes. The other question decided upon Is: Resolved, That experience proves that the concentration of vast aggregations of rapltal In thr hands of single private manu facturing corporations Is Inimical to public welfare. Both questions will be debated In the pre liminary contest. It has not been decided with what state Nebraska will debate the latter question, but the first will be handled by Kanaas and Nebraska. The fourth annual meeting of the Inde pendent telephone companies' representa tives Is In session at th Lincoln hotel and will hold over until Saturday evening. It la expected that aeventy-flve members will b her before th meeting adjourns. Elevator Full of Grain. - MEMPHIS. Neb.. Me. 19. (Special.) Farmers In the vicinity of Memphis have been compelled to step shelling out their corn crop. Th capacity of Rallsback Bros.' and the Duff Orain company's eleva tor la limited by the supply now on band and the B. A M. agent hss been unable to secure freight cars to haul th crop to market. Telephone System for Hebron. HEBRON. Neb., Dec. 19. (Special.) At a special meeting of th city council held here a franchise was granted to C. M. Mc Neill of Beatrice, Neb., and W. G. Fran cis of Kansas City, Mo., to operate a tele phone system la Hebron. Dlaehara-e Confessed Mnrderer. BEATRICE. Neb., Dee. 19. (Special Tel egram.) Fred Old, the man who Impli cated himself snd Ephram Herrod in th murder uf David Jonas of Wyinpr, a 4 who BEE" SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1D02. Established 8823 n L 0.'' Ml I has been occupying quarters In the county jail since his arrest. Was discharged by Judge Lemon on motion, by the eounty at torney. Olds has gone to Wymore, his former home. The authorities believe his mind I unbalanced. REOPENING THE BAXTER CASE Attorney Will Ask to Have Sentence nnd flea of Gallty Set Aside.' GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dee. 19. (Spe cial.) No further steps were taken today in the matter of O. A. Baxter, secured of th premeditated murder of his 4-months'-old baby boy. Induced to plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter after the positive and Incriminating evidence given against him before the coroner's Inquest by his wife and sentenced to the oenitentlary for ten years. But tomorrow the attorneya for the old man will file a motion In the court to set aside the verdict and reopen the case. And there can be no question of the acquittal of the man, though he came so near going to Lincoln, possibly to spend ell the remainder of his days In prison. He la nearly 70 yeara of age. Graft Doe not Work. BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 19. (Special Tele egram.) 4 smooth grafter visited this city today. He registered at the Paddock hotel as W. S. Bowman of Kansas City and de posited $800 In the safe with the clerk. He later purchased a pair of $5 shoes at the Chicago aboe store and the footwear was paid for at the hotel office, according to the stranger's instructions. He called at the hotel after the goods hail been de livered and returned the shoes to the store, saying that he was dissatisfied with them. He received the $5 paid by the bote) clork and also bis valuable package, but In at tempting to Jump out of town without set tling his board bill or paying for the shoea, he was caught at the depot by an officer and made ; to square his accounts. He left town en route for Lincoln this, evening. Go to Testify In Mirier rase. ASHLAND, Neb., Dee. 19. (Special.) Dr. A. S. von Mansfclde of this city, his son, Charles H. von Mansfelde of Omaha and Nelson Sheffer have Been called to Alede, 111., to testify in the case In which Miss Tona Dunlap la charged with giving poisoned candy to Miss Allle Dool of that place and causing her death. Dr. Mansfelde and hla son are expert witnesses for th defense. . Miss Dunlap visited relatives in Ashland last winter only a short time be fore the alleged poisoning oeourred. Her aunt, Mlsa Emma Helmle of Ashland, haa been In Aledo some time in her 1 behalf. Miss Helmle will testify that she told her niece that atrychnlne Is a remedy for corna. Telephone Exehanare Abont Ready. . FREMONT. Neb.. Dec. 19. (Special.) The Independent Telephone company has a big force of men at work and a lot of wires and cables strung ready for use. It Is now putting In the 'phones and the exchange will open for business on Saturday, though it 'will be a month before the work ia com pleted. A line ia being put up to Jamas town and Leavitt. Ready for Ice Harvest. MEMPHIS. Neb., Deo. 19. (Special.) Armour A Co. haa a foree of men at work on its lake afthia place removing the snow, Tha company will begin harvesting th 1c crop next week. The Ice Is now eight Inches thick and of good quality. ' Old Ice on Hand. ASHLAND. Neb.. Dec. 19 Bn.l.l l No Ice Will be a-athered at H.lr.'. I.. house here this winter, as th crop gath ers laat winter haa not txi used. (EL That's All! NORFOLK MAN IS PARDONED Released by Governor Isragt Hespense te Letter front HI Little Daughter. In LINCOLN. Dec. .19. Governor Savage to day gave Daisy Lawrence, aged 10 years, of Norfolk a Christmas present In the shape of a pardon for her father, who Is serving a three years' sentence in the atate peniten tiary for erabezxlement. The pardon was granted in response to a pitiful letter from the little girl. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Snow la Eastern Kebrssks and Iowa, bnt Fnlr In East San dnr. WASHINGTON, Deo. 19. Forecast: For Nebraska Snow In east, fair In th west portion Saturday; Sunday, fair. For Iowa Rain or snow Saturday, colder In west portion; Sunday, fair and colder In east portion. For Kansas Generally fair Saturday, colder in east portion; Sunday, fair. For Mlsssourl Rain Saturday In east, fair and colder In west portion; Sunday colder in east portion. For Montana Fair Saturday, except rain or snow In extreme northwest portion; 8unday, fair In eaat, rain or snow In north west portion. For Colorado and Wyoming Fair Satur day and- Sunday. For Uprth Dakota Fair Saturday, warmer In northwest portion; Sundsy, fair. For Illinois Rain Saturday, brisk to high south winds near the lake; Sunday, fair and colder. . For South Dakota Snow In east, fair In west portion Saturday; Sunday, fair. Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA. Dec. 1 Official record of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three years: 1901. 1901. 1900. 1899. Maximum temperature.... 42 t U 29 , Minimum temperature.... 26 11 it 10 Mean temperature 347 29 14 I Precipitation It .00 .00 .09 Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and since March 1, 1902: Normal temperature , 26 Excess for the day a Total excess since March 1 199 Normal precipitation 03 inch Excesa for the day 13 Inch Total rainfall since March 1 10.04 Inches Deficiency since March 1 71 inch j Deficiency for cor. period 1901.... I.TI Inches ivucivm; lui vur. jmtiuu, ivuu vt incn Report from Statteaa at T P. M. -at! 3 . c : 3 CONDITION OF THE WEATHER, Omaha, raining Valentine, cloudy North Platte, cloudy Cheyenne anoalng Salt Lake City, cloudy.... Rapid City, cloudy Huron, cloudy Wllliston, e'ear Chicago, raining St. IjouIc, raining St. Paul, cloudy I'avenport, raining Kansas City, raining Havre, clear Helena, clear IMirrvarck. clear Oalveaton, part cloudy SI 4X .! 22 S4i .00 22 i .no 241 It! .40 22 2 .(.2 K 41 T 2: 211 T ti 1X1 .00 ' 4 .M 441 6" .02 321 321 .01 H 44 T 481 .04 341 .00 221 .0 24 .0 M 1 .00 .00 T Zero T indicates fce of precipitation. K A. WET."H. .Local Forecast GmctaX BAD BLIZZARD IN WYOMING Etorm Bald to th Wont Which Has Viiited State in Fifteen Tears. RAILROAD BLOCKADE IS ANTICIPATED Several Metres Reported Lost and Two Mall Carrier Also Reported Lost Drop la Tesaperatnr Weald lajnre Stock. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Dec. 19. (8peclal Telegram.) Probably the worst bltsxard that has visited southeastern Wyoming, western Nebraaka and northern Colorado In fifteen years Is In progress. Snow began falling at midnight and the atorra Increased In fury today, being accompanied by a high wind that piled the snow In high banks and tilled the railroad cuta. At noon business was practically auspended In the city and It la feared owing to the Inability of the dealers to deliver coal there will be much suffering. Reports from the country Indicate that the bllxzard extend from Rawlins aa far oast as North Platte, north to Casper and south to Denver. The railroads are run ning rotarlea and wedge plow and large gangs of shovelers are at work, but It ap pears that a blockade must surely occur unless the storm abate. Several stages are reported lost In the storm en the Laramie plain and two mall carriers are believed to have been lost north of Cheyenne. There have been ne loeaes of stock aa yet, but should the temperature take a sud den drop the worst la feared. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 19. A cold rain pre vails all ever Kansas tonight and baa been la progress for the last six hour. Th temperature ia much higher than at any time for a week and the snow, which cov ered the ground to a depth of five Inches, Is rapidly melting. The ground baa not been froien to any extent and winter wheat Is In One condition. Workmen Have Narrow Escape. HOOPER. Neb., Dee. II. (Special.) Th bridge over the Elkhorn river, about five miles east of Hooper, Is closed te travel on account of an accident which occurred thla afternoon and the workmen narrowly escaped being killed. Builder Frank Wal lace was engsged In putting In a new needle beam on one span, and by the breaking of a bolt the entire spaa fell dowa Into the river. Mr. Wallace received a bad gash on the head, but It la not thought will result In serloua Injury. He went home to Fremont today. A farmer coming to town waa just about te drive over the place that waa being repaired when the aectloa dropped out. The bridge will not be open for travel for aoma time, until new material can be placed. Children Help the Poor. FREMONT. Neb.. Deo. 19. (Special.) The pupils in the publlo schools yesterday took up a collection for the .poor of the city, amounting te ever $40. One-half of thl. waa given to th Charity elub and ono half to th Women's Relief corn, to be used by them In their discretion. The do nations were almost entirely In small amounts and a good many children gave their nickel and pennies to help thos la need. Rlarht a ike Bpot Where rheumatism pains rub Bucklea'a Aralca Salve, the great healer. 'Twill work wonder. Stop pain, or a pay. tte. For sale by Kuba AC. NEW TRIAL ISTRIFLE LATE Acensed Minnesota Man Wonld Have Anotber Chance If Fnneral Had Rot Been Held. ST. PAUL. Dec. 19. The supreme court banded down a decision today granting new trials to Irwin A. Gardner and John Fitch ette, In tho police corruption cases. Gardner was convicted of bribery and his attorneya contended that aa he was a wit ness before the grsnd Jury his evidence before that body could not be used against htm. They also urged that evidence show ing other offenses than that charged in the Indictment were admitted. The upper court admitted these contentions. It will now be necessary to reindict Gard ner, as all other indictments against him have been polled. The new trial for Fltch ette, who was eonvlcted of extorting money for an appointment to the police force, cornea late. The funeral waa held last Tuesday. FLEEING HORSES HURT BISHOP Sloax Fall Prelate Sustain Intcrnnl Injnrlee from Runaway at Hnron. HURON, 8. D., Dec. 19. The Rt. Rev. W. H. Hare of Sioux Falls, of the Episcopal church. Is under a physician's care as the result of Injuries received In a runaway. No bonea are broken, but he la Injured In ternally, the nature and aeverity of which have not been fully determined. ' Delicious DrinK.s and Dainty Dishes ARK MADE FROM. BAKER'S BREAKFAST COCOA ABSOLUTELY PURE Vseaualsd for 8moothas,Ieliccy,M Flavor Eumia the package yo receive aad auk sure thai U bears ear trade nrk. 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