Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMATIA DAILY - HEE: SATURDAY, DECEMREft "81, 1904.
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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.
NSON&THORNt
.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
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