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    THE OMAHA DAILY UEEi SUNDAY, J AN U All V 11. 1003
DYNAMITE WRECKS BUILDING
ROOSEVELT TO SEND MESSAGE i ENGINE MEN IN CONFERENCE
N IS NOT A RELEASE
I
Will Be Transmitted by Marconi Him
Nearot lotions for lltaher Wages
and
On Van ii Kil'el and Half a Doien
Are Injure!
Other Concessions Not t on.
rinded Tet.
Iowa Van Eoeiei Executive Cletntnry to
Go to Nebraska for Tr L
tXPLOSION IN PH'LADELPHIA SUBUR3
jltrMrnt Occur In
Filtration
Flant and Winn- of Ihc Wtati'i
llon.e of Correction la
Iladly lmifil,
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10. One mn was
killed, half a dozrn Injured and the women's
avlng of thp House cf Torrertlon pnrt lally
wrecked by the cxplodon cf several atlcka
of dynamite In No. 3 shaft of th new
filtration plifnt at Holmrnburg, a suburb, to
day. The dead man, who was a laborer, as
blown to pieced. The women's wl-s of the
House of Correction adjoins the shaft. The
women were at breakfast when, the ex
plosion occurred and when the building be
gan to shake there was a wild rush to get
ut, resulting In a panic.
The women were got out In saftey and
fjulckly escorted to another part of the
building. Eight hundred panes of glass In
the north wing of the building were broken
and the force c? the explosion was felt for
many miles.
The Injured were taken to a hospital after
having their wounds dresstd at the House
of Correction Infirmary.
SMALL VOLCANO IN UTAH
Trailer la Discovered by Prospector
In the Dome I'lnteaa, nr
Grand River.
SALT LAKE, Vtah, Jan. 10. A special to
the Tribune says that a small active vol
csnlc crater has been discovered by pros
pectors in the Dome plateau region, near
the Grand river, twenty miles north of
Moab. From the crater, which Is in tho
Solid sandstone formation of the Meia,
arises a column of steam that ran be seen
for miles. The appearance of the volcanic
nt Indicates that recently It had been
dormant for many years. Moab la In tho
extreme eastern part of tho state, not far
from the Colorado line.
self to Klna- Edward of
Knaland.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. President Roose.
velt today ronxented to prepare and have
trantmitted over his signature the first
formal message by wireless telegraphy
screw the Atlantic ocean.
The message will be directed to King
Edward VII of Great Britain and It Is ex
pected the king will respond In a suitable
menner by the same method of trans
atlantic communication.
Hon. John W. Grlgxs, former attorney
general, presented to the president Major
Flood Tage. the representative In this
country of Marconi, the Inventor of the
wireless system of telegraphy. Major
Tage requested the president formally to
open the public work of Cape Cod station
with a message to King Edward, and he
promised to do so.
It Is expected that the Cape Cod station
will be In working order In about ten
days, perhaps a little earlier. The presi
dent will deliver to Major Page the mes
sage to be transmitted and upon the ar
rival In this country of Marconi, who is
expected shortly, the Inventor personally
will transmit the message.
OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 10. The Marconi
Wireless Telegraph company of Canada hs.s
given notice of an application to Parlia
ment for an act of Incorporation to trans
act and do business all over British North
America, British tales, Europe and on the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans and on the
Islands and places near the same. Powers
also are asked for leasing or purchasing
existing telegraph, telephone or cable companies.
SHIPPING TRUST CALLS CASH
fajnes Demand for Fire Million from
Vndervrrltera to Vmy for
New Doats. ,
BURNS WOMAN AND BABY
Angry Knemr Throws Llarhted Lamp
on Bed of Man Francisco
.Mother.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10. Mrs. Mary
! Kline and her Infant child died In the city
emergency hospital today from the effects
of burns received last evening. Before dy
ing Mrs. Kline declared thst Mrs. Mary
Davis had come Into her room and thrown
a burning lamp upon the bed In which she
and her baby lay.
The tragedy was the climax of a feud of
long standing.
NEW YORK, Jsn 10. The International
Mercantile Marino company has Issued a
call for another 10 per cent, or $5,000,000
Cf the $50,000,000 for which the underwrit
ing syndicate holds Itself liable. Thin
money will be applied to the payment, of
extra tonnage on twelve new ships now
building.
The vessels range from 10.000 to 15,000
' tons, and, while designed chiefly for freight,
will also have ample accommodations for
saloon passengers and steerage passengers.
'THINK BANKER STuTe CASH
Police Hoi.". New York Financier on
Charare of Stealing; Client's
Money.
B08TON, Jan. 10. Edward J. Dunning of
Brooklyn, of the firm of Dunning Co.,
bankers, of this city, was arrested today
charged with the larceny of $23,000 from
Francis A. Brooks.
It Is said that while the warrant men-
toned only the one sum, the funds-of Mr.
lirooks' estate are Involved to the extent
of more than $100,000. The accused man
is prominent In Boston business circles
and he la recognized as being wealthy.
Meets with Painful Accident.
TUT AN, Neb., Jan. 10. (Special.) Met
Koerner, 14 years old. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Koerner of Yutan, while visiting
t the home of Christian Passow, near
Mead, had a painful accident. Iu passing
over the sugar beet field she fell and broke
her leg. Bhe Is still at the home of the
Passows, but will be brought to town today.
Engineers and firemen of the Fremont,
Elkhora Missouri Valley railroad have
not yet come to a conclusion with General
Superintendent Hughes regarding their de
mands for higher wages and other conces
sions. After a session of nearly an entire
week the three members of the adjustment
committee of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers and the three members of
the adjustment committee of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen have returned
to their homes for Sunday and will resume
the confe-ence with Superintendent Hughes
next Monday.
No session was held yesterday, as Mr.
Hughes was called out of the city to attend
a funeral. Good progress Is being made and
the engtnemen have already secured many
concessions. The work of the conference
la drawing to close, but It will take the
larger part of next week to conclude It.
Meanwhile the representatives of the con
ductors and brakemen must await that time
before they can get to Mr. Hughes on tbelr
own mission, which contemplates a raise of
wsges of $0 per cent. Similar demands are
being made by conductors and brakemen the
country over, and at the headquarters of the
Elkhorn grievance committee hers good
news Is being received as to success at
other railway headquarters.
RAID ON ROULETTE WHEELS
Chief Donahne'a Men Seise All
Mlnlatnrea In Local Cigar
Stores.
tho
GRANT RAILROAD CHARTER
Aathorltlea Give Right to Bnlld New
Line from Wichita Falls to
Malma.
GUTHRIE. Okl.. Jan. 10. A charter was
granted here today to the Wichita, Okla
homa & Northwestern railroad, capital
stock $2,000,000, to build from Wichita
Falls, Tex., northwest through the coun
ties of Manchia, Kiowa and Greer, Okla
homa, to Malma, Tex., a distance of 200
miles.
FIRE RECORD. :
Fire at Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOOA, Tenn.. Jan. 10. Firs In
a four-story brick building occupied by the
Chattanooga Buggy company caused a loss
of $20,000. As the building adjoined the
Read house there was much excitement, as
for a time It was feared that the flames
would reach the hotel. Coolness on th
part of the clerks and employes prevented
anyone being Injured. :
Tobacco Warehooss Destroyed.
BRISTOL, Tenn.. Jan. 10. Frank Win
ston's tobacco warehouse and B. Amboy's
produce store were burned here this morn
ing. At noon Mitchell A Powers' . hard
ware storage house was burning and the
fire was spreading.
Glneoso Plaat la Closed.
PEORIA. 111., Jan. 10. The plant of the
Peoria Glucose and sugar Kenning com
pany hh been closed for want of coal to
continue In operation and some 800 em
ployes are temporarily out or employment,
It Is stated by the management that every
effort will be made to secure the necessary
fuel for resumption by Monday, but It Is
extremely eloubttui, as inirty cars are re
quired dally.
Under orders from Chief Donshue the
police have seized all miniature roulette
wheels recently placed In cigar stores in
Omaha.
"The slot machines all may be rounded
up by the department," ssid the chief.
"They are practically a kindergarten for the
youth of the city and anyone can play
them.
"I know that a majority of the machines
aie being run on a cash basis, that Is, your
winnings are psid In cash and not In mer
chandise, as the placards on the machines
state.
"I am in favor of taking all the slot ma
chines, big and little. We thought we
had rid the city of the nuisance when we
took charge of the big machines, but now
have appeared the small counter devices.
We find that the most complaints come
from the cigar stores, the saloons having
obeyed our Instructions to the letter."
The chief said that one cigar dealer
whom he knew boasted that his machines
were netting him $200 In cash every week
that they were in operation.
WANTS DIVORCE SET ASIDE
Albert Mayhew, Jr., Says His Wife
Took Advantage of His
Absence.
Albert Mayhew, jr., of Waterloo has filed
In district court a petition to have set aside
a decree of divorce granted his wife. Myrtle
Mayhew, by Judge Dickinson October 8 on
the ground of drunkenness. He flies an affi
davit in which hs charges that Myrtle took
advantage of his absence In Oklahoma with
bis father, a sufferer with rheumatism, to
railroad through her petition and the court
proceedings. He relates also that he didn't
know what was happening until Myrtle had
gone to Council Bluffs and there married
Paul Rohwer, a clerk in the Wilson store.
They have two children and Albert wishes
these. He is said to have ths Waterloo
hotel and other property and Rohwer to
have only his wages.
PUTS PREACHER Tn JAIL
Advertisement for Copyists Lands
, Ohio Man in Serloas
Tronble.
COLUMBUS, O.. . Jan. 10. Rev. B. E.
Harker, principal of the Otterbeln Business
university, Is In Jail here, having been ar
rested on charge of fraudulent use of the
malls. He advertised for copyists to do
work st home aad required a deposit of $1
from each.
BABY'S
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COMFORT
FORIRRlTATIONS,CHAFINGS,ITCHINGS,
Rashes, Heat; Perspiration, Lameness, and Soreness no
other application so soothing, cooling, and healing as a
bath with Cuticura Soap, followed by gentle anoint
ings with Cuticura, the Great Skin Cure. It means instant
relief for skin-tortured babies and rest for tired mothers.
No amount of persuasion can induce mothers who have once used
these great skin pmifiers and beautifiers to use any others for pre
serving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands
of infants and children. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate
emollient properties derived from CUTICURA, the great skin cure,
with the purest of cleansing ingredients, and the most refreshing of
flower odours. Together they form the only speedy, economical,
and infallible cure of itching, scaly, and crusted humours, rashes,
and irritations of the skin, scalp, and hair from infancy' to age.
Guaranteed absolutely pure.
Sold throughout the world. British Depot : F. Nkwbbry & Sons, tj Charterhouse Sq.,
London, . C. Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation, Sole Props., Boston, U. S. A.
IOWA BRICKMAKERS ORGANIZE A UNION
Indications Arc That Mew Wha
Robbed gnlltran at Hamilton Are
reople Orcaprlas; Pro in I -
(Fiom a Staff Correspondent.)
DK3 MOINES, Jan. 10. (Special.) Gov
ernor Cummins this morning received a
telegram signed by the county attorney and
the sheriff of Jefferson county, Iowa, asking
for a pardon for a prisoner In the county
Jail. It Is an unusual thing to ask a pardon
by telegraph and expect a reply In the
affirmative by wire, but this esse has some
peculiar phases. J. P. Wilson to In Jail In
Fairfield serving time on conviction of lar
ceny. He has about forty days yet to serve
In the jail. In the meantime It has been
discovered that he was one of a pair of
thieves who committed burglary In Hamil
ton county. Neb. Wilson's pal turned
state's evidence and gave the whole thing
away, and Wilson has been Indicted. The
telegram ststed that 6berlff Klumb, from
Nebraska, was In Fairfield and bad Identi
fied his man and wanted to take him to
Nebraska by return train. The Fairfield
authorities were willing to have him give
up the remainder of the fortjr days' sen
tence In view of the prospect "of a longer
service In Nebraska, but to do this It would
be necessary to have him released at once.
The telegram stated that Judge Sloan, who
sentenced Wilson, would Join In the recom
mendation of pardon. The senders asked
announcement of the pardon by wire and
that the papers be forwarded to Fairfield
Immediately. There was nothing on file to
show that the Nebraska man has a requisi
tion, but this evening Governor Cummins
received word that Wilson agrees to ac
company the sheriff to Nebraska for trial,
and be will be pardoned.
Brlckmakers Are Organising.
A state meeting of representatives of the
brlckmakers' union was held here today
snd a temporary organization perfected of
a district association. The towns and cities
In the association are Council Bluffs, Sioux
City, Des Moines. Lehigh. Kalo, Fort Dodge,
Marshalltown, Boone and Mason City.
George Hodge of Chicago, general secre
tary of the union, was present to organize.
The association will be affiliated with the
State Federation bt Labor. The local
workers in the brlckmaking Mislness in the
state have been well organized locally and
nearly all in the state have become Inter
ested tn the matter. The officers are: Pres
ident, 8. B. Stevenson, Des Moines; vice
president, M. Cronln, Boone; recording sec
retary, H. L. Goodrich, Lehigh; secretary
and treasurer, J. Hedberg.
New Postmaster Installed.
John McKsy, ths new postmaster for Des
Moines, received hs commission this morn
ing and ts now' the postmaster of Des
Moines, to succeed Dr. Schooler, who has
held the office a little over four years.
The pension offlos has not yet been turned
over to ths new agent, R. P. Clarkson. and
It Is expected the change will not be made
until late In the month. A-gent Sperry Is
trying to close up all the unfinished busi
ness and finds there are many warrants out
which have never been presented for pay
ment. He desires to get this matter ad
Justed before hs goes out of office.
After the Hamilton Robbers.
Since ths identity of the man in Jail at
Knoxvllle tv connection with the robbery
of Sullivan at Hamilton has been estab-
iisnca ana it is known that be is none
other than Frank Beard bt Creston, the In
vestigation Is going farther and the officers
believe they are on the: trail 0f the right
men. It 1, now common rumor that one
of the men Implicated In the robbery Is a
former federal officeholder having a deputy
ship, and that he and other prominent res
Idents of the state will be arrested ac
cused of the crime. As yet no Indictments
have been found, but the Marion county
officials are confident that when they get to
the bottom of the transaction they will find
prominent persons implicated.
It Is learned tonight that a warrant has
been placed In the hands of the sheriff of
Marlon county at Knoxvllle for the arrest
of William Richards for connection with
the robbery of Sullivan at Hamilton.
Richards lives in Hamilton, but until re
cently he was a deputy United States
marshal. It Is now believed he planned
the robbery and got the Creston men into
It with him. He cannot be found.
Richards resigned as deputy marshal be
cause be asserted there was not enough
business to make a living. Ue had been In
the service many years and was stationed
at Council Bluffs. Since resigning It was
announced he had been employed by the
Stats Sheriffs' association to run down Ed
Carnes, the murderer of Sheriff Strain of
Monona county.
Counterfeiter. I nder Arrest.
The officials here believe that two count
erfeltera under arrest In Cedar Rapids are
a part of an important gang operating tn
Iowa. Thero have been complaints of
counterfeiting In several places of the state.
Ed Hagenberger and George Burke have
been arrested. The former came there from
Davenport, but Burke claims that he came
to Cedar Rapids from Omaha. He admits
having passed a number of counterfeit
coins. Burke claims that he worked In a
cereal mill In Omaha, but had not been
there many months, having formerly lived
In Chicago. i
FEMALE THUGS HOLD UP MAN
He Offers Resistance and One of Them
Shoots, Inflicting; a Serloas
Wonnd.
DENVER, Jan. 10. Three women at
tempted to hold up a man at Nineteenth and
Lawrence streets about 3 o'clock this morn
Ing, and when he resisted one of the women
shot blm, the bullet entering the cheek and
passing out through the back of the head,
The would-be holdups were captured and
gave the names of May Kelly, Delia How
ard and May Summers. The police are
looking up their records.
The man who was shot regained con
sciousness soon after bis wound was
dressed. He Is W. C. Thompson, a waiter.
His wound Is not regarded as serious.
DEEDS HIS PROPERTY AWAY
Ken of Lata C. P. Hantlnajton
Tnrns Over Rent Estate
to His Relatives.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jsn. 10. Wtllard Hunt
Inaton. one of the nephews of the late
Collis P. Huntington and a brother of
Henry E. Huntington, bas deeded away
practically all his real estate to bia brother
and the widow of C. P. Huntington.
The deeds givs title to fifty blocks and
lots tn San Francisco and 8.000 acres of
the San Babel ranch In Ban Luis Obispo.
The nominal eonalderatloa was II and the
transfer ts subject to a mortgags for tlT.
614 executed May IT. Wt. ts C. P. Hunt
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offers this week are
within your reach!
icoll's January Clean-up
Sale
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T TUNDREDS of shrewd mid economical buyers
JsL JL have availed themselves duritio the nnst week
of this tempting opportu
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made to order at the most
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loring. E want you to see th e
fabrics.
E want you
to feel of
their good qual
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compare our
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Trousers
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Suits
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from fabrics easily worth one
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TS Nicoll's way of cleaning up
the odds and ends-remnants,
etc., quickly, at the end of each
busy season.
YOU'LL choose from a bountiful assortment here; not a few ordinary patterns
rlv a thousand choice Fall and
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IF we fail in any of the details of first-class tailoring be the price $18 or
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sfTlVINsS nur whole nttention to makimz carments to order-and striving to
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ng your permaaent