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THE OMATIA DAILY - HEE: SATURDAY, DECEMREft "81, 1904. Tl. K Industry ts the best to. ic tor pocket' book tnt Is " too thin, This Is teachrrs' convention Inventory with us. This means ing, for many lines have been specially reduced in price for these few days' Polling. ' All our Beautiful Cloth HOOD Coats, this week I28.r. tX) Coats, this week 1215.50. $j;.S0 Coatv this wotk 124.00. 127 SO Coats, this week $19 50. li.OO Costs, this week $17 80. 12100 Coats, this week f 16 80. 12000 Coats, this week 118.00. All of our fine Tailored $33.00, $10 00 and $15.00 Suits, $28 00. $27.60, $34.00 Suits, this week $20.h0. CHILDREN'S COATS. Our entire line of Children's Cloaks have been greatly redut el in price for Saturday's selling. $1800 Coats, Saturday $12.50. $12 50 Coats, Saturday $S.50. $1050 Coats, Saturday $7.73. $5.00 Coats, Bnturday $0.75. NECK All of our beautiful Neck Furs Saturday at special prices. Genuine Marten Scarfs, a good $16 value. Sable Wolf Scarfs, Mink Scarf. Saturday' special price, $12 each. I Blended Squirrel,' all beautiful, silky furs. Sable and Isabella Fox Scarfs. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF ROBE BLANKETS. Our $11.00 Robe Blankets, now $7.O0eseh. Our $6.00 Robe Blankets, now $1.25. Our $4.00 and $4.80 Robe Blankets, now $2.93 each. Our $3 25 Rob Blankets, how $2.25 ach. 7HOMP5 ON. Y.M. C A. Buildm. Conur The remainder of the Russians made o stubborn resistance. Four heavy guns, seven rapld-Crlns guns and two machine guns were captured, as well as thirty quick-firing guns which were stored in the fort. ; Fight ear 'KhsUhe Bridge. 8IAPANTA. via Mukden, Den. 30-Rus-elan artillery engaged In an action on De cember 29 against , the Japanese south of B'-akhe and near the railroad bridge, the firing continuing until 6 p. m. The bom bardment of the Japanese position was ef fective. The Japanese replied very slowly with shrapnel and with shlmonese shell and did little damage. Russians Abandon evr Town. LONDON, Dec. 31.-A dispatch from Cho Foo to the Dally Telegraph says: A me from Port Arthur statea that the ; senger Japanese have mounted eight guns, com manding positions north of the Etse fort, but they suffered heavy losses by the Run stan fire. Tifa, Russians have abandoned the new town, but the Japanese have been unnble to tiecupy It on account of fear that It 14 been mined. ' . THREE-CENT STREET CAR FARE Cleveland Company Will Ran Special Cnrs tor Low Rate Within Two-Mile Limit. CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. SO.-Presldent Horace E. Andrews cf the Cleveland Elec tric company signified today the willingness of his company to try an experiment in 3 cent fares for a distance of two miles from the center of the city on the line of that road. The 8-cent cars will run only the 3-cent fare distance. The regular 6-cent fare cars will go the regular ldstance. The experi ment la the first of Its kind In the country and is of special Interest In street car cir cle No transfers will be given for a l-cent fare. The trial la the outcome of the lecent local agitation over the settle mert oft ho street car question in this city and Is for the purpose of demonstrating the practicability of 3-oent fare. The trial Is conditional upon the consent and authorisation of It by the city council. Ollleapl on the Mend. RISING SUN, Ind Deo. 30. James Oll lesple, the defendant, took the stand today In the trial ef the charge against Jilm of murdering his twin slater, Elisabeth Gil lespie. Olllesple denied he had ever knocked Elisabeth down, that he had ever truck her down with a stick of wood, had ever scalded, her or. In any other way had ued violence toward her. He denied that he had fired the shot that killed her and denied that he was In front of the house that alzht. , Uncertain days these, can't tell what the weather will be to morrowhere are a few bargains about which there Is no doubt Boys' Suits and Overcoats Ag 4 1 16, At 5 00 S"!'' Overcoats and Ml Refers, excellent gar ments, of all broken lines that sold at $.60 to 13.60. A M OC 'Suits, Overcoats and Reefers, broken lines from our 16.00 and W 00 stock. At t? 4? To r,oa " Old Suits. Ml ifVSWJ Overcoats and Reefers, worth $4.00, $4.M and some worth $6.00 Included. Boys' St.. 76c Leather Army Leggings, .too Boys' 6oo Shirts and Blouses, at 85c I for. $1.00 BARGAINS IX VXDERWEAR. BXTHAORDIKAHY VALVE! I GIRLS' COATS. ATCRDAT AT ISIS DOIGLAS IT. NSONÞt .Bee. Dec 30, IV. OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT week. It is also hc week before a great paving to you when buy . Coats reduced In price. Itt.flO Coats, this week $12.00, tl60 Coats, this week 112.00: t15.no Coat a, this week 110.50. $11.00 Coats, thin week $9.75. $12 50 Coats, this week $9.26. $10 00 Coat, this week I7.'60. Suits at Reduced Pricts. $2 50. $23.50, $25.00 Suits, this week $17.50. $18.00 Suits, this week $1860. $6.75 Coats, $0.00 Coats. $6 00 Coats, $7.60 Coats, Saturday t S. Saturday $4.00. Saturday $3.75. Saturday $6.00. FURS. Our $3.00 Robe Blankets, now $2.00 eauh. Our $2.76 Robe Blankets, now 11.88 each. Our $2.60 Robe Blankets, now 1.79 each. Our $2.00 Robe. Blankets, now $1.29 eaon. Our $1.26 Robe Blanket, now 89c each. FfcLD ElN Sixteenth and Douglas Street. HERMAN ISUNDER FIRE Federal Grand Jary Ksamlaes Em. ployes of Land Office Darin HI Administration. PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 3D.-l( Is prob able that the members of the federal grand Jury will be given a rest for a few days during the first of the coming wek. F. J. Henrey, who aa deputy district attorney la conducting the examination of the wit nesses before the Jury, la compelled to go to San Francisco to argue art important cuse on appeal In the superior' court and must be In San Francisco January 8. When the jury convenes tomorrow the question I of a recess will be discussed and probably I the jurors will decide to take a brief res- Plt8 from the ork. The examination today leads to the be lief that the case of Blnger Hermann Is directly before the jury. The first wit ness called was Senator Charles Hilton of Wheeler county, who was In the Jury room for some little time. Following Hilton, Dis trict Attorney Hall waa called. He waa followed by W. J. Burns,' a eecret service man. ' ' ' Christopher Muller, who waa a messenger under the administration of Mr. Hermann, waa the next witness called, and he re mained with the Jury for some time. He waa followed by Elliot Hough, a clerk In the public lands division of the general land office. Mr. Hough waa also, in ex tended conference with the Jury. S. A. D. Puter, convicted of conspiracy in the re cent criminal proceedings, was the last wit ness ot the day. There are a great many witnesses yet to be called by the govern ment and It is thought that the work of the jury will not be completed for several weeks. Dr. W. H. Davis, S. B. Ormsby and George Sorenson today appeared with 'their bonds of $4,000 each. , FUNERAL OF JOHN F. LALLY Obsequies Held Orer Remain of Hall Carries Who Die Suddenly ' Tuesday Evenlngr. The funeral of John F. Lally of 411 North Twenty-fifth street, the mall carrier who died suddenly Tuesday evening, was held Friday. Interment was at Bfc Mary's cem etery. Mass. was said at 10 a. m. at St. John's Collegiate church. Twenty-sixth and California streets, and was largely at tended. Mr. Lally waa well known both as a popular carrier and a man of genial char acteristics. The funeral was largely at tended, the deceased being a member of the Catholic Order ot Foresters, Modern Woodmen of America, Ancient Order of Hlberians and the local association of mall carriers, representative of which or. sanitation were at the funeral. A dance to have been given this evening by the Cathollo Order of 'Foresters has been postponed. At a meeting of the County Democracy Thursday evening a resolution of sorrow was passed and a committee ap pointed to attend the funeral. THOMAS NOT CERTAIN NOW Clvlo Federation I ladeetaed. He Says, What to Do Neat in It Crnsade. In regard to the exploded charges filed by Elmer E. Thomas on behalf of the Clvlo Federation against Chief of Police Dona hue, which charges were dismissed by the Are and police commissioners Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Thomas said he could not say at this time whether the Civic Federa tion would or would not present th charges to the governor. "A meeting of the Clvlo Federation ex ecutive committee m expected in a few days and until that meeting it Is Imposstbl to say Just what action Will be taken In re gard to taking the charges to Lincoln. Ths federation had such an Idea In view when the charges wer prepared, but whether that Idea will be carried out remains for ths executive committee to determine at th coming meeting." Mr. Thomas said he did not know what action the committee 'would tak In th premises. Resxret at Laity's Death. , Th executive commute of the county aemocracy last evenlns met vviung met ana ..pasxed suitable resolutions oa the death f Ji uck muy and appointed a committee to rep. I -V I! I iS IIK"IISHI''1 m (lie , Obsequies. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Lawrenc Shinrock of MO North Twenty, fifth street, an employe ot Thomas Durkln's electrical works at Twenty-aevanth snd Cuming streets, sustnlited a compound frac. tur of th right ankle by falling sixteen feel from a broken scaffold at the Omaha Kacn.uet building at Fifteenth and Harney streets. Th Injured young man Is a son of S. P. Shinrock, manager of th Olenco mills, and live at the horn of his parents, where he la being attended by lit. i. C. Davis. CONGRESS CAN END COMBINE Bach Opiiion it Eipresmd at Mtetiig of Econmiitt in Chicig. . DIVORCE MANUFACTURE AND HAULING Edward B. Witney Declares Congress Has Power I nder the Confuta tion to Prohibit Several Forms ot "Trusts. . CHICAGO. Dec SO.-Edward B. Whitney of New York declared today before the American Political Science and Economic association that congress has the power to put an ehd to the tnlted States Steel corporation, th "Anthracite Coal Pool" and similar corporations. In a paper upon (Jovtrnmental Interfer- nce wltn Industrial Combinations," he as serted that a law forbidding a company en- i gaged In interstate commerce to engago 1 In a productive industry would prohibit such "agglomerations,". Ills paper was read before a Joint session j ui in iwu associations ana. was iuiiuwcu by a discussion. In which Prof. t. W. Jenks of Cornell and E. F. Prusslng of Chicago took the lead. Mr. ' Whitney de clared In part: Congics. has entire jurisdiction over In terstate commerce ami can i lure tore Im- puxe any conditions not special. y prohib ited by the constitution upon iu, poiatioiis engiKing in iutrr-stiitc cumnu-rct . It has the siime broad power to exclude stale cor poutlloiiH I rum tnterstute iuiiime.ee ex cept upon Its own terms which a slate his to exciude tinm Its teintory a corporation of anutlu-r state. Its terms may include restrictions upon th membership of the corporation so us to prevent its being controlled by any outside corporation, anu it may declare tnat no tompuny engaged In interstate transporta tion can be engHged in any productive! ln dustry, either directly or indirectly, by lease, stock ownership, bond ownership or otherwise, thus breaking up such uan'oni- I eratlons as the I'nited Htat.s Hteei corpo rations or the members of the so--tailed anthracite coui property. Can Impose Condition. It can impui conditions by mc.ms of a llcens.', aa vuggi xted by ( onuiiiSMoner Oar held, up to tin- point wh'io the companies would regard ll preieruhlr to retire from interstate commerce ailogt tlier, each fac tory selling to jobbersi ut its own doors. The device of a seilinif onipany uttaclied to each -industrial controller by it through stock ownership wotnd i-rove Insufficient. The demand for publicity Hhould be granted under rroper regulations to every corporation great ennVgh te constitute a political issue. If such a corporation can not be successful under conditions of pub licity, then It should dissolve Into smaller bodies, but by publicity is not meant the kind Intended by the law eltalillshitig the bureau of cor; orations at Washington. It may be more dajigcrou to the public to have the necrels of grent ' corporations shared betwen their dlrelcors and a dim lnant political organization than- to have them confined to the director nlone. Effective restriction by graduated taxa tion would raiae constitutional "questlcs not vet fullv settled. WnnrcM can prima bly supplement any state nntl-trut legls- Intlon hv exr hid ns from Interstate com merce anv article made In violatlm thereof, The scheme of a rational corporation is subject to serious criticism as over central ising and overburdening the governmental vtem at Washington, and it is also of very doubtful constitutionality. Congress has no direct Dower to charter industrial corporations to he located In states and It Is very doubtful whether It can obtain the same resmlt through either of the Indirect methods which have been suggested Regulation of pools and railways by the government was the subject discussed at the Joint session.' Mr. C forge B. Foster, ex-minister of finance, Toronto, Canada, discussed he im perial preference as embodied In the Can adian tariff, contending that preferential co-operation would arouse attention, widen knowledge, Increase commtinlty-of-lnterest and reinforce- ties of loyalty and tend to complete unity between Britain and her colonies. Preferential treatment, he said, cuts across reciprocity, th two being largely Incompatible, the former combined with protective polices being too strong for th latter. v Prof. Adam Shortt of Queen's university, Kingston, Canada, read a paper entitled "Preferential Trade Betweeu Canada and Britain." Me said in part: Any system by which Britain and Canada miKht attempt to tie themselves up to a mutually preferential trade Is open to very serious objections. The colonies have no possible compensation to oner Britain lor the revolution . in its foreign trade and shipping, which the adoption of a protect ive policy in their interest would involve. On the other hand", Canada is a country undergoing rapid expansion, wntcn already has Involved Important changes in its economic conditions. -With all the varied possibilities of its Internal development and future trade relations, It would be very unwlfe to tie Itself up by hard and fast commercial treaties with any country whatever. Entire fiscal freedom Is abso lutely essential to Its effective expanlon, and free trade in capital is more Important to It than either free trade or preferential trade In goods. Prof. A. W. Flux of MeGIU university. Montreal, Canada, devoted himself to the question, "Do Reciprocal Preferential Tariffs Tend Toward Free Trader'-He said, amor.y other things: Waiting for reciprocity has deferred rather than hastened movements toward freedom of commerce. Kecent reciprocity treaties of the United States do not In crease hopefulness of the outlook for ad vance by this road. In protectionist com munities a preferential tariff tends to have as its most conspicuous feature an eleva tion of tariff rates to countries not ad mitted to preferential treatment, rather than a reduction of rates to a preteired nation. Little confidence seems Justified at the present time in the reciprocity prin ciple as a means of effecting general tariff reductions. Taxation of Railroads. Prof. Henry C. Adams of th University ot Michigan spoke of "Tendencies In the Law of Taxation of Railways. He said In part: The problem presents Itsolf to the legis lator and the tax assessor to arrive at a true measure of the surplus vaiue, mean ing by surplus value a value of the busi ness as a going concern in excess of tiia Inventory value, of its physical elements. The analysis or. mis surplus vaiue snows It to arise from the franchise, considered as the right to be and to act as a corpo ration, the Douesslon of local traffic wh ch Is superior to competition, the pos ession ot other trahic which by virtue oi connections and established contract and agreement is superior to competition, the peculiar ad vantage enjoyed by railways traceable to the economies rendered possible on accjunt of the Increased density of traffic. The general conclusion of this analysis is that thi e surplus value of railway property rests upon the pi ossesslun. of a differential gain differential when compared with properties other than railway properties (whose balance sheets are subject to com petitive Influence) or differential when a railway with dense traffic 1 compared with a railway with spar e traffic. This sur- fdus value is monopolize in Its character n the sense that all unusual advantages which cannot he dissipated by competition are monopolistic. Law JHost Re Modlded. The surplus value Is nccu lar to railways and other similar Industries. It cannot Sermanently exist for manufacturing ln ustrles. The trend In the law of railway taxation rests upon tne necessity of applying a different principle of taxation to the surplus value of railways from that which is aj plied to the value of the physical elements which underlie It or to the value of prop erty In general which Is exposed to com petition. When caes which involve the analysis of this surplus value com to the consideration ot the courts the courts will be obliged, In applying established prin ciples of Justice and equity to ths newly disclosed facts, to acknowledge a dl Te encs in the social and Industrial charac er of the physical and nonphysloal values of ail way properties, and It lies at least within the possibilities of th case that th ulti mata analysis of this nnnphysicil or surplus value will result In the declaration of a quasi-public property corresponding roughly to th current conception of a quasl-publlo industry. Should this concep tion b entertained by the courts it woulj result In a radical modification ot the established fiscal system. Hon. Carroll D. Wright told about the plans for th proposed economic history of the United States projected by ths Carnegie Institute at Washington. 11 said about seventy-flv men were employed on the his tory and th prospect was that In another year there would be double that number er.gaged In original research. i Open or Closed Shop. Mr. Henry S eager of Columbia university, N. Y.. discussed "The Open or Closed Shop." He said in pert: The conviction is growing that workmen, like capitalists, must be controlled, if the public Interest Is not to suffer. Labor or ganisations , are admirable; labor monop olies are pernicious. To foster the one and to oppose the ether, the law must inter vene to Ins st that the ruies and po.lcles pf organizations shall not limit membership In sn unreasonable way. It Is not the closed shop so much as the closed union that has Justified the open shop crusade. The open shop Is, to be sure, one means for opposing the closed union, but Its In troduction In certain trades means retro gression rather thai prpgrem. In auch tradea a better plan srould be to sttack the closed union directly through the methods of legal regulation of union rule, while accepting the union shop as a convenient device for securing compliance with the rovl.lons of a collective bargain and "n- ir train shop forcing discipline wlihrn a tn rou an ! a system of self-government on the part i of the workmen rather than through the in ! terference of the foremen snd bosses repre senting the employer. A union shop In a ; trade li which membership In the unions j Is freely open to all competent men is , neither monopolistic nor un-American. On I the contrary it Is a long step towards both industrial liberty and industrial peace. OPENS ALL BALLOT BOXES (Continued from First Page.) gresaonal contest Induced Congressman John F. Shafroth to resign in favor of Robert W. Bonynge, thus reducing the number ef democratic members to twenty. Uovernor Peabody has neglected to call a special cleition to fllj the vacancy caused by Senator Buckley's death, although the constitution contains a mandatory pro vision tor such action. Through subseque nt decisions ot the su preme court and state board "f canvassers the standing- of the parties in the senate has been changed until it now consists of nineteen republicans and fifteen det.tocrats. with on vacancy. The republicans gained two senators in this.cHy by th rejection of the entire vote of five precincts. In which frauds were shown under order of the su preme court, no attempt being made to sift and count the legal ballots. , . In Pueblo the official canvass showed the change reported vote- In one precinct by which McCarthy, republican, obtain, d a majority of four votes over Martin, demo crat, who had been reported electej. Finally cbntests were made before the state canvassing board against Senator-elect Ward of Boulder and Senator -elect Eeshoar of Las Animas county, and the board threw out sufficient returns to overcome the mat Joritles for these candidates and swardeJ the certificates of election to the republican contestants. The supreme court refused to Issue a mandamus requiring, the board to accept the returns as received and forbade the lower courts to take any action in the matter. ..... Adams' Brother to Go. The last senator to be unseated. It Is enld will be W. H. Adams of Alamosa Conejas county, a brother of governor-elect Adimi, Senator Adams' plurality was about 2,000, or three times the total vote of his oppo nent. . One of the first acts of the legislature, it is reported, may be the adoption of the memorial to the United States senate ask ing for the expulsion of Senator Teller on the ground that his election was ac complished by means of gro-s frauds at the polls in this city two years ago. Sonator Teller Is now enroute to Washington, car rying with him the record of the contempt cases before the supreme court here, also the necessary papers to sue out a Writ of error and apply for a supersedes befor the United States supreme court in behalf of the Imprisoned election officers who were convicted by the1 state supreme court of contempt.- v ' An application tor : a writ of habeas corpus will aUo be mad In behalf ot the prisoners. " 4 ' , Warrants hav been Issued from the su preme court for eight more persons in election contempt cases. It ih understood that these arrests 'When made will bring at least three more such cases before the supreme cojirt. The affidavits filed with the court upon which the new cases are to be brought contain In general the same charges as made In cases hitherto prose 6uted. A general violation of the court's injunction through ballot box stuffing, re peating and Intimidation upon the part of the democratio election officials la charged. The hearing of th contempt cases will bs resumed next Tuesday. Grant Petition of Adams. Chief Justice Gabbert today announced the decision of the supreme court to grant the petition of Alva Adams for the opening of all the ballot bqxes used in Denver at the late election and a full Investigation. of all frauds. Adams', object In filing the pe tition waa to secure a legal determination of the question whether he or James II. Peabody Is entitled to fill the office of gov ernor for the next two years. Democrats Object to Expense. . Attorneys for Adams tonight notified At torney Herrey, representing the republicans, that they would ask the supreme court to morrow to modify Its order concerning the opening of the ballot boxes In Denver under, the supervision of, a referee. They will request that another arrange ment for paying the expenses of the in vestigation be made. The court, having no fund at is disposal for meeting the ex penses, directed that the two political parties divide it equally. The democrats object to this and will request that the court find another way for paying the cost of the Investigation. The republicans, who y they are only too willing to follow the suggestions of the court, preteud to see in the announcement of the democrats' at torneys a wish to avail themselves of a loop hole through which to escape the In vestigation they suggest themselves. DEFENSE WILL BE INSANITY Attorney foe Mrs. Chadwlck Shows His Hand to a Certain Extent. CLEVELAND, Dec. SO.-Bertillon meas urements were taken ot Mrs. Chadwlck to day by a government secret service expert. The purpose of the system Is the identifica tion of criminal When Madame Dever was arrested In Lucas county fifteen years ago she was subjected to th measurements and those records are on file. The present measurements of Mrs. Chadwlck will be compared with the Dever record. Dr. C. J. Aldrlth, th alienist, again called at the county Jail to see Mrs. Chad wlck today, but upon instructions Issued by United States Marshal Chandler he was re fused admittance. Dr. Aldrlth stated that he was making a study of Mrs. Chadwlck upon the request of her counsel, J. P. Dawley. Several other matters developed in th Chadwlck case today that seem to Indlcat Insanity as her almost certain Una of de fense. It was learned that Dr. 11. C. Ey man, superintendent of th Masslllon state hospital for the Insane, mad an examina tion of th woman last Tuesday. Dr. Ey man's visit was kept secret at th tlm. He Is on of th ablest and best known practical alienists and specialists In In sanity In Ohio. A Guaranted Tur for Pile. Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding piles. Your druggist will refund money If , PAZO OINTMENT falls to our yen sa to J4 daya. Wo. . : , . . 1 BOTH SIDES. CHARGE FRAID Boms Uglj Detelopmeiu in the Episcopal Church ContrsTarfy. BISHOP'S FRIENDS ALLEGE DECEPTION Partisans of Dr. Irvine asy Men Who tla-ned Presentment Are Being; Forced to Withdraw Karnes by Intimidation. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 30.-lTcrbert Noble, of New York, one of th leading figures In the controversy between(Plshop Talbot and Dr. I. N. W. Irvine, said today that In- j timldation had been practiced In getting, the Huntingdon signers to withdraw from the presentment. He sold: ' I The friends of Bishop Talbot had an ' agent at work, and we know who this agent Is"; Wc have had detectives on the case and tomorrow we will make a state ment and disclose all the facts to the pub lic. We know this agent has dons hisi best to break the power of the presentment and the repudiations are the result. Kven If the Huntingdon signers do Insist upon re pudiating the presentment. It will not In validate the Instrument, which even then would have more signers than are nces- sary. Those In .conference with Mr. Noble wer j J. Frederick Jenkenson and Agnew Mc- j Bride, two of the Philadelphia signers or the presentment, and Kev. W. B. Uodlne, who Is chairman of the Inquiry board which i will hear the case at Reading next month, i Tho conference lasted well Into this even ing and at Its conclusion Mr. Noble sals . there waa nothing to give out, as the mat- I ters discussed would not Interest the pub- j lie. W. A. Wilson, another Philadelphia signer, tonight confirmed the statement made by Huntingdon signers that they j signed a blank sheet of paper, but added i that all the presenters attached their ! names to the original paper. The signatures , to the blank paper, he said, were for the ! purpose of mnklng another copy of the j presentment if one was found necesstiry. Opinion is still divided as to whether the I board of Inquiry, owing to a new canon going Into effect on January 1, will have the right to take up the ense. It is now ( believed that nothing will be done until thi hoard meets on January 10, while the mem bers of that body will themselves decide the question. Bishop Refuse to Tnlk. Bishop Tulbot held a conference today at Sunbury, Pa., with Colonel C. M. Clement, who Is an attorney and close to the bishop through all the trouble he has hud with Dr. Irvine. Colonel Clement was secretary of the Central Pennsylvania dloce.-e until it. was recently divided. He Is now secre tary of the Hurrtsburg diocese, which is ) the name of the Jurlsd.ction curved out of the Central Pennsylvania diocese. After the conference Bishop Talbot would not talk. All that Colonel Clement would say : was: "At present I have nothing to say, I but may be able to give out a statement a little later." Dr. Irvine held a conference with Mr. Noble and Hartweli P. Heath of New York, Mr. Noble's partner, which lasted until after midnight, when Dr. Irvine was in formed that the Huntingdon signers persist in declaring that they did not knowingly sign a petition against Bishop Talbot he made the following statement: led go Ined. natures were obtained. 1 certainly misrep resented no feature of the case to any one. I sent the presentment through the mails to W. S. Miller of Huntingdon to obtain the signatures of those perrons In the c.ty will ing to sign a presentment. I have, the ut most faith Lo the honesty, straightforward ness and uprightness of Mr. Mlihr and T do not think that he used any dishonorable means to secure the signatures of those men whose names appear upon the pre sentment. Charge of Deceptlom Made. HUNTINGDON, Pa,, Dec. 30. There Is no abatement here In the intereHt In the controversy between Dr. Irvine, tho de posed rector of St. John's church, and Bishop Talbot of the Central Pennsylvania diocese. Kepeclal Interest was taken In the statement of some of the local pre senters that they had unwittingly signed the presentment. James Denithorne, one of the men whose name Is on the presentment, came out with a statement today In which he says: When th subject of a review of the case waa first broacnea to me it was in the shape of a nicely worded letter from Dr. Irvine to Mr. Miller. The letter asked that a review of the controversy be peti tioned for with the Idea of an amicable set tlement of the differences Dei ween misiiou Talbot and Dr. Irvine. For the sake of the church Mr. Lrfingdon and myself thought It would be beat to have the case reviewed. Mrs. Elliott appeared pleased when she learned that some of the Huntingdon sign ers had repudiated the presentment. She said: I knew there was something; wrong about the proceedings and I do not tlilnK tncy uiu huve much difficulty In finding the source of the troubles. I thought it strange that John Uingdon wouia uppear as a presenter of charges against the bishop who confirmed him only last spring and horn n nitriainea ui iu uuiu mm table. Harry T. Petrlken, mayoi of this city and one of the witnesses called to tne Reading inquiry, was the attorney for Dr. Irvine In the church and civil trials here, says he dots not see how the inquiry can proceed if the names of any of the signers are repudiated. But that repudiation must be made in a format siaiemenv 10 mo vuu u. hhuhi otherwise the presentment will hold and the court have Jurisdiction. There la some thing Strang about the -entire proceea- Startling Reductions in Ladies' Suits Not much to say the prices speak for themselves. These Suits are all this season's Style and we guarantee satisfac tion or money back. Sale will be tomorrow and continue all Lnargc anyming AH $12 Suits, at this : 18 . 20 22 " M 23 gs 33 40 . 60 The asms redaction also applies to Jackets and Mlllloary.-Dou'l mis g'aaolo. 1 ftOCCNDco. m fADNAM 6TOEETS. OMAHA. (THE PEOPLES' FIRNITIRE AND CARPET CO.I "DVII.DER OP 111'PV IIOMKS." CASH OR CREDIT CLEARING SALE MEN'S CLOTHING We place on sale Saturday all our Men's All Wool Suits that sold for $5, $6 and 7 at All our men's fine all singleordoublo oreasiea mai som for $7.50, )f8 and 9, 1L We have all pizes; come and get a bargain Men's Fur Coats at Cut Prices. EASY PAYMENTS A SWEEPING JAXIWUY CLEARANCE III LADIES' SUIT DEPT. Winter stjlcH pacrifired to make room for advance shipments ! t it fiU 1 YOUR lngs and I am not qualified to express an opinion until I learn more of the facts." Authority "t Commission Questioned. BOSTON, Dec. SO. Charles Q. Saunders of this city, one of the leading authorities on canon law cf the Episcopal church, is of the opinion that proceetlings Instituted under the old laws would be uncnnonlcnl after January 1, the day the new canons adopted at the triennial convention In Boston last October become effective. In his opinion Mr. Saunders Is In apparent agreement with Rev. Dr. Johr Fulton, a canonical authority of Philadelphia,"" who realised the point that proceedings brought under the old canons ngalnst Right Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of Central Penn sylvania, In the Interest of Rev. I. N. W. Irvine, a deposed clergyman, will be Illegal after tomorrow. DEATH RECORD. Helnrlch-Penner. BEATRICE. Neb.. (Dec. 30. (Speclal.) Helnrlch Penner, an old resident of Gage county, who had lived on his homesteud west of the city for the last twenty-five years, died suddenly yesterday morning at his home of heart failure. The deceased was a native of Prussia and was 68 years of age. He leaves a widow, three sons and six daughters. The funeral will be held next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from ths Mennonlte church, northwest of Beat' rice. Mrs. C. Schnorr. SEWARD, Neb., Dec. SO. (Special. ) Mrs C. Schnorr, aged 60 years, died at 1 o'clock Thursday, December 29, at the family home, one mile east of Pleasantdale. The funeral service will be held at the home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. To Cure a Told In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Qulnlnn Tablets. All druggists refund the monej If It falls to cure. E. W. droves' signature Is on each box. Sc. Ttryan to Rpenk at Galena. OAI.RNA. 111.. Dec. SO. William J. Bryan has accepted an Invitation from the Oiant mrthrtRV association to mane ine annum address at the obwrvance of Oeneral U. H. Grant's birthday here on April 17 next yuu uuy. 10.49 12.08 14.89 13.48 17.49 19.60 23.98 27.89 39.00 Ladles and til Misses this Sal. Every reduction Is 1508 Dodge CE3I Win' I kindsomi 52 loci belt Oircoit In black or faocf 8.75 wool 50 mks '4.50 Ladies' Coats season Bold as high that in 12-50 aa $25, at I Ladies' Suits-p length jackets, latest styles, IC flO $25 values at Ill,ww Ladies' Walking and Dress Skirts this sea sou's newest designs, values as high as $15.00, Q.50 All Waists and Millin ery at half price. Big Bargains in Furs CREDIT IS GOOD. EXERCISE YOUR SKIN keep up its activity and aid its natural changes, not by pexy . sive Turkish baths, but by HAND SAPOLIO, the only soap that liberates the activities of the pores without working chem ical changes. Costs but a trifle. AHUEHEXTf. Auditorium Roller Skating Rink Opens Saturday Night, December 31st ' Music by DimmickV Band ADMISSION TEN CENTS. THIS ERNEST GAMBLE Recital Party First M. E. Church JANCAIIY 2, AT 8 P. M. MR. ERXEST GAMBLE, Th Eminent Basso, -. MISS VEItNA I. PAGE, Violinist. MR. EDWI SIIOIERT, Pianist. Tlrkets. with reserved seats. Hospo's MuhIc Store. CHARLES Q. HANFORD Matlure !) CAEsAR IE BAZA. Ms;bt OTIIKI.l.O. BL'NDAV, MONDAY, Tl'ESDAY - MATX HL'NDAY ANU MONDAY . CHARLES HAWfRtY JN the r'avorita Comedy Drama A MEMM4GK FROM MAHR. ' SEATS ON BALK. . CREIGHTON Phone m. M0OFRN VAUnHMlLE JOIH T. KEI.I.Y An A Bid FKATTHE MATINF.ie TODAY 2:15 NOTE The rurtala Will Rise at Hil Sharp TOMGHT. Prices 10c, tie. tOc. KRUG, THEATER Prices 15-25-50-753 MATIEK TODAY- All. SEATS Sic. UAM.K4Y V. Tunlsht :!6-The Rural CIhssIo THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA Bunday-MAHON & MA BON. Special ilatiu Hututajr. Wc, at f ft