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Fhe OmahI Daily Bee. Largtt Circulation THE OMAHA BEE Best A". West Qoe) Into tho Homos THE OMAHA DEE Best & West ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, TUESDAY MOKXIXOJ DFXTEMBER 26, 1903-TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. DAY AT WHITE UOUSE President Spends Christmas Quietlj with ' Members of His Tamily. SPENDS BRIEF TIME IN OFFICE flo Attendi to Few Urg-ent Vatters and Gees for Horseback Ride. NO CABINET MEETINGS THIS WEEK Chief ExecntWe Expeots to liikf Ceaten a heal Holiday. DINNEh AT FAIRBANKS RESIDENCE Vice President and Wife Lea- for Indianapolis In the Evening Bnslness Generally Sus pended In Capital. PRESIDENT MORALES MISSING Head of Dominican Republic PI asp pears and People Are Excited at Capital. BAN DOMINGO. lice 25 -President Mor ales has left the rlty snd his destination Is unknown. Tho city and surrounding coun try Is quiet, hut considerable unrest and excitemH parture POPE fhmn st the unexpected de- i president IR ATI l.ATES C ARD1J Ala WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-Offlclal Wash ington celebrated Christmas by a general Suspension of government business. Only matters of urgent Importance were con sidered, no routine business being; taken tip. All of the government departments were cloned to the public, but some of the cabinet officers were at their desks for a time attending to Important mall and telegraphic advices. President Roosevelt appeared at his of fice for only a brief time Just Ions; enough In fact to dispose of a few matters of Im portance which demanded his attention. He did not attend church service, remain ing during tho morning hours with the members of his family. Intimate personal friends called at the White House In the morning hour; but for the most part no Visitors were received. During the morning there was a general gift giving at the White House. ' This ex change of presents wan confined practically to the members of the family. The presi dent's third son. Archie, as usual, had a Christmas tree in his own room and from that he distributed his gifts to the family and the ' household people. Mrs. Cowles, the president's sister, entertained the mem bers of the family with a gift-giving at her home. During the forenoon the president and Mrs. Roosevelt went for a long ride. A family dinner was given at the White House later in the day. Among the guests was Representative Nicholus Longworth, dance of Miss Roosevelt. Xo Cabinet Meetings This Week. The president has notified the members of Ms cabinet tliat during the present week there will be no regular meetings of the cabinet, lit will, take up during the week only matters of the moat urgent Impor tance and will receive no callers or vis itors unless their business Is imperative, It Is his purpose to make this truly a holiday week and he will spend as little time as possible lit the transaction of ruu tine business. The vice president and Mrs. Fairbanks entertained a party of frieuds at their home today, but It Is their purposo to spend tho , holiday . recess at their home In In dlanapollti. They ixpect to leave for In- rilanapolla .tonight. The members of the cabinet, after dispos ing jot such business In their departments as required Immediate attention, passed the day with their families and friends at their homes. Throughout the city generally business "was suspended and the day was very much like a Sunday In the national capital. Celebration In the Kavy. Admiral Dewey's Christmas greeting to the officers und men of the navy, bespeak Ing a united stand for the good of the country and the service, was communi cated today to tho officers and men aboard the vessels throughout the world, where ever they could be reached by telegraph. To the men of the navy along the At lantic coast there was also sent a Christ mas greeting by means of wireless teleg raphy, which Incidentally served as an elaborate and practical test of this auxil iary of the naval service. The wireless massages were sent by direction of Admiral Manney, chief of the bureau of equipment, and the results were most satisfactory to Mm. The messages containing the greet Ings were sent out last night from the wireless station at Washington navy yard and were relayed from place to place. Early responses came from the offices nearest Washington, but before midnight many of the stations had replied, Includ Ing New Orleans and Colon and San Juan, the Colon reply coming by way of Ruan- f inumn Only necessary work was done today on the ships everywhere. T.lh-rnl .hnr. laovnl hud ltarn fruntt it the officers and men. while the dinner nerved aboard whip wns under the usual custom characteristic of the Christmas sea son. On many of the vessels the captains Joined with officers In the wnrd room In t-i-lrbratlon of the day. Miles Relieved from Put), Rocretsry Toft hss granted . the appli cation of lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles. I". P. A., retired, for relief from further duty with the organised militia of Exp rest eep Concern O-ver Attempt t II Spanish Prelate. ROME ' c. 25 The pope today ex pressed eep concern over the attempt made la eht st Barcelona to stab Car dinal Sb r fsseanas y Pages, bishop of I'rgel, s was leaving the cathedral. His ho . discussed the lnrldent at length ' Cardinal Merry del Val, papal ecreta.. state, and with Cardinal Vlves y Tuto. bishop of Barcelona, who Is here. Later he sent a message to the cardinal congratulating him on his escape. The pope today received In private audi ence Harry Bt. Oeorge Tucker, president of the Jamestown fVa.) Exposition com pany, who Is In Rome with the object of Interesting the Italian government In the exposition. BARCELONA. Spain, Dec-. 25. The an archist who last night attempted to stab Cardinal Sal va tor Cassanas y Pages, bishop of TTrgel, as he was leaving the cathedral, committed suicide by taking poison soon after his arrest. D1Y LIKE ONE IN SPRING Chriitau the Mildest Omaha People Can Readily Bemember. NOTHING LIKE YULETIDE WEATHER All Par kr la Clear and Can Shines Brightly t'pon happy and Prosperous City. the Sn.TAW OP MOROCCO BALKS to Hla Majesty Refnses to Agree Holding; Conference at Madrid. TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. 25. The sultan of Morocco refuses to agree to the holding of tho International conference on Moroc can reforms at Madrid, Instead of at Al- geciras. Portuguese Cabinet Resigns. LISBON, Dec. 25 J. Luciano Castro, the premier, and the members of his cabinet tendered their resignations today. The resignations were accepted by King Charles, who requested his ministers to retain their portfolios until the new year. INSANE MAN AJHIGH SCHOOL Climbs 1p Outside Wall to Second Story and Is Captured Inside Rolldlna. The actions of an Insane colored man giv ing his name as Oeorge Mathews and his address as Atlanta, Oa., furnished amuse ment for a crowd of curious people at the high school building yesterday afternoon. The man was first discovered throwing stones and bricks ut the cannon on the school grounds, and continued the bombard ment until the school bell struck 1 o'clock. He then almndoned this line of attack and. as if caught with another Idea, attacked j tne Dunning in person, running up to tnu tone wall and In some manner managing to scale the perpendicular surface, digging his lingers Into the crevices and making his way to a sveond-story window, which he succeeded In opening and entering. At S o'clock Patrolman Murphy appeared and telephoned the station for assistance In se curing the man. Emergency Officer Ritin and Detective Mitchell responded In the wagon and the three soon located Mathews In the armory of the High School Cadets making an inspection of the rifles. Ha offered no resistance to the officers and explained to them tliat he had been sent from Lincoln by President Roosevelt to in spect the artillery and arms at the White House on Christmas day. that day being chosen as the soldiers would then be off duty and away. He was locked up on tho Insanity charge and proceeded to his cell quietly, giving the police or prisoners no trouble. No fairer Christmas day ever dawned on Omaha than that of WW. But for being the winter solstice one could easily Imagine It to be an Ideal day In spring or early autumn. There was Just sulllclent crispness In the clear morning air to sug gest the convenience of an overcoat, but there were venturesome ones who dis carded even that garment, and the day continued with unvarying temperature, with scarcely a breath of wind stirring. The sky . was cloudless for the greater part of the day; a few scattering fleecy onea appearing during the later afternoon. but brought with them no portent of a change from the mild 42-degree tempera ture that prevailed. Omaha people enjoyed the calmness of the day all the more when reflecting upon the severity of the weather of one year ago, when the billiard which ushered the old year out and the now one in, made Its advent. The day was aa quiet as It was beauti ful. A few belated Christmas shoppers were to be observed on the streets In the forenoon gathering up some overlooked remembrance. The stores were, however, about all closed and the day had a Sun day air. The hotels all served special Christmas feasts to their patrons, but there were fewer transients In the city than for many days. Most of the patrons of the hos telrles were the regular local boarders, though at two or three of the hotels spe cial dinner parties were entertained. It was In all respects a home Christmas, and most of Omaha dined at home and enjoyed the day In family gatherings. Expressmen Are Boar. The hardest worked people of the day were the drivers of the express companies' wagons and the various messenger ser vice boys who were delivering packages from belated trains or favors from local donors. " The street cars did but a light business during the morning except in carrying hordes of worshippers to the Catholic churches where Christmas services were observed. In the afternoon many took advantage of the fine weather for rides to Council Bluffs, Florence, Benson and South Omaha. The matinee performances at the thea ters were liberally patronised by both lo cal and out-of-town theater parties. At Fort Omaha the signal corps boys were entertained with a grand Christmas feast, as was the garrison at Fort Crook. Sev eral of the Department of Missouri offi cials went to Fort Crook to participate in the Christmas festivities there. In brief, the day In all Its appointments of fine weather was a fitting finale to the general prosperity, prevailing In Omaha. Its observance was in full keeping .with the spirit of good will that pervades all who good fortune It Is to be citizens of Omaha, und will be remembered as one of the happiest and most pleasing ever passed In this growing metropolis of the central west. CHRISTM J BLAZE IN GOTH A V, Christmas Trees Art Moved Out While ' Iremeu Flaht Flames . In Factory. NEW TOP.K. Dec. K.-Hundreds of tene ment babies and their toy-laden Christmas trees were carried Into the street before daylight today during a fire which threat ened to obliterate several blocks of the city In the vicinity of Fifty-eighth street snd Eleventh avenue. A six-story factory building at 534 and im West Fifty-eighth Street wan completely destroyed with a loss of Iinri.mA With tenement houses on three sides and with the gas tanks of the Consolidated Gas company within reach of showers of sparks, the water pressure partially failed when the fire was hottest. Fire engines were hastily coupled together, pumping In pairs, snd hls device, together with the bold work of the firemen who advanced almost Into the zone of the flames in order to play on the fire with their weak streams, finally saved the hundreds of surrounding homes. The fire was first discovered when flames burst from the third story and belched completely across Fifty-eighth street with I a roar like a discharging cannon. When the fire department arrived and tried to put Its compressed air extension ladders to the sixth floor the ladders refused to extend. This delayed the firemen several minutes. Half an hour after the fire started, although It was still long before daylight, the rooms of Roosevelt hospital some distance away were lighted as If by daylight. There was great alarm among both patients and their attendants. Such crowds rushed out of the tene ment houses near the Are that the police from severs! stations were called out to handle them. At th height of the fire thousands of spectators momentarily for got the burning building In watching the struggle In the upper window of a tene. ment house In Fifty-eighth street. A man started climbing over the window sill, pre paring to drop to the street In his night clothes. Another man reached out to save him. The two fmight In the window above the sidewalk while the crowd below cleared a semicircle. A blanket picked up at has ard from bedding which other tenants were trying t- save was stretched directly under the window. It was not needed, however, for the half-crazed man was drawn back through his window by main strength. The firemen carried the hose from the coupled engines to the roofs of neighbor ing flat houses where they both poured water upon the factory fire and extin guished little blazes which continually started on the roofs all about them. The sun had risen before the last of the Christ mas trees was carried buck Into the tene ment houses and the danger was entlrelj over. One fireman was Injured by falling glass. After the fire was out Fire Chief Croker stated the loss might run up to $500,000. There were about a dozen girls at work In an adjoining building when the fire started. All of thera reached the street without difficulty. alRST 1ILDAL TO NEBRASKA Oeorge Faell Reoeivei Recognition of Bravery Under Act of Oongress. PRESIDENT COMMENDS THE RECIPIENT Medal Itself ot Yet Made, hot XotMU cation of Recognition of Bravery la Savins; Life of Child Comes aa Christmas Preaeat. GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. Dec. -(Spe-clal.) Mr. George Toell. the hero of the Powell, Neb., life saving Incident and re cently elected county clerk of this county, received as his choicest Christmas gift n letter from Edward A. Moscleef. secretary of the Interstate Commerce commission, and from President Roosevelt, advising him of the award to him of the first medal of honor given under the act of February 23, 195. The enclosures consisted of a recommen dation by the Interstate Commerce com mission committee Investigating the appli cation for a medal of honor made by Mr. John O'Dowd. secretary of Sunflower lodge No. 277. Brotherhooil of Locomotive Fire men, of Hanover, Kan., and a statement of the facts. This committee on awards, hav ing carefully considered all of the facts in connection with the case, unanimously agreed upon the recommendation that tho first medul of honor under the act be granted to Mr. Foell. The act Is for the "bestowing of bronze medals of honor upon persons who by extreme daring endanger their own lives In saving, or endeavoring to save, lives from any wreck, disaster or grave accident, or In preventing or endeav oring to prevent such wreck, disaster or grave accident, upon any railroad within the United States engaged III interstate commerce The statement of facts submitted by the committee of the Interstate Commerce com mission gives practically the same state ment of the facts of Fireman Poell's run nlng out alongside the engine, standing on the pilot, grabbing the child of Mr. Paul Ussary from in front of the advancing train, sweeping It off the track and out of harm, and himself slipping and being dragged a distnnce of 130 feet before the en gineer could bring the engine to a stop, forty feet of which was over a bridge. It related In detail how the brave fireman's leg was torn oft and of his other Injuries. The Incident occurred on the St. Joseph & Grand Island at Powell, Neb. Letter from President. The letter from the president, over his own signature, is as follows: My Dear Mr. Foell: You have been awarded a medal of honor provided under tne act or congress approved r etmiary 1905. Tou have, by extreme daring, en dangering; and almost losing your own life. saved the life of a child at the cost of j crippling yourself permanently. The n I closed statement of facts sets forth what NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Pnlr Tuesday aad Wednesday. Trmprrttorf at Omaha Yesterday! CIVIL WAR IN MOSCOW Hoar, It a. A a. m T a. ra 8 a. m a. m 10 a. m 11 a- m IS m.. . Pea. . si RO So ftft 41 Hear. 1 p. m 2 p. m a p. m 4 p. m ft p. m A p. m T p. m R p. m p. m . . a . a Pear. 4ft 4T 4H 4 40 4 4J 41 TRAIN STRIKES STREET CAR One Man Killed and Three Injured In tirade Crossing Accident In East St. I.ouls. EAST ST. LOUIS, Dec. 55 One man was killed and three Injured In an accident In the railroad yards today, caused by a freight train backing into a street car. The dead: JOHN DAUGHERTT, St. Iouls. Iniured: H. C. Ptema. Virginia City, Nev., ankles sprained and bruised. F. E. Hathaway, East St. I.ouis. bruises and lacerations. George Walters. East St. Louis, cuts and bruises. The street car was badly damaged. The street car crew declare that there were no lights on the rear of the freight and that they had no warning of Its approach. WORK ON WALSH'S RAILROAD Construction on Indianapolis Di vision Suspended and Men Trans ferred to Chicago Division. yo PICNIC FOR THE POLlt EMA Holiday Jubilation Means Extra Work, for the nioecoat. There was not quite as much of the peace on earth and good will among men in that portion of the earth's surface Included in the limits of the city of Omaha on Christ mas day as that day of all Uuys demands. It is not surprising, of course, that there should be an unusual amount of petty law lessness at holiday time, aa every man with a tendency toward - dissipation, and even many without such tendency, ceases all re straint and takes occasion to go out with his friends for what he terms a "good time," which means the taking Into the system of more of the liquid that cheers than will al low him to observe the laws of the land. with the result that he Is fortunate If he does not spend a portion of the Christmas season behind the bars of the police sta tion, where he Is given an opportunity to sober up and later donate a few dollars into the coffers of the city's treasury. This is the annual program for which the police are on the lookout and make speclul prep arations. , But it Is not the plain, happy "drunk" that gives tho real trouble: he Is merely put away where he can do no harm to anyone for a few hours. The one most to be feared and watched for Is the one with the vicious nature, who uses tho day and time as an cxcuks for riotous action, who not only drinks to excess, but engages in UNIQUE CHRISTMAS BANQUET Foil Drees Affair on Board New l.oa Anareles Limited Train. OUDEN. Utah, Dec. S5.-The forty east ern newspaper men who are returning home after their ride on the initial run of the new Los Angeles limited train were entertained In a noval way tonight at a Christmas banquet given on the train by the I'nlon Pacific officials after the train left Salt Lake. Speeches were made by Alfred Darlow. adverttulng sgent of the Union Pacific, A. C. Thomas of the Asko- Camaltiei Estimated at Fite Thousand Dead and fourteen Thousand Wounded. FIGHTING RESUMED MONDAY MORNING Oilj Decisive Besnh of lattle is Inereaie of Bitterness Between Contestants. MANY MORE BARRICADES ERECTED Brerj Time Ooe is Destroyed Two or Three Others Appear in Mew Plaoss. The summary dismissal of Judge Baxter from the office of United States district PEOPLE MOWED D0N BY MACHINE GUNS attorney by ordT of the president was INVESTIGATION WILL GO ON Government to Continue Delvlna lato Land Frauds, Despite Judge Raster's Removal. the theme of general comment about the federal building Christmas day. Judge Bax ter was not at his office during the morn ing. It was learned, however, that he had received the telegraphlo order from the president directing his removal, but Judge Baxter declined to discuss the mat ter further than has already appeared In print. A member of the aecret service force. who Is now investigating the land fraud matters in Nebraska, said: "The removal of Marshal Mathews and Judge Baxter will not have any effect upon the In vestigations now being carried on by this department. We shall proceed with the work of gathering evidence to present to the grand Jury In May, and the deeper we delve Into the matter the dirtier It he- comes. I do not know Just where It will end, but there will be a rattling of drv bones when the grand Jury meets In Mar, compared with whfch former Investigations are not a circumstance. The ramifications of the land seizures and the sharp methods by which the lands hsve been appropri ated by the cattle barons Is something of which the public hss not the slightest conception now. It Is far reaching and la liable to hit some people now In high places. In brief, the Investigations have gone so far now that It Is not possible that the cattle barons can bring influence enough to stop the proceedings." Grape and Cnnlster Are Mercilessly t eed Against Insurgents IH-unkea, Cossacks Armed with Ussm Chaxge Down. Streets. . LONDON, Deo M The correspondent of the Dally Telegraph at St. Petersburg, in a dispatch dated at :46 p. nv, December io. says: At an early hour this morning the casualties at Moscow were estimated at s.oiii) killed and 14.mj wounded, with the fighting still proceeding. The Inhabitants of Moscow have been forbidden to leave their dwellings after t o'cl(K-k in the evening. It Is impossible to move about the city In consequence of the number of stray bullets. Many Innocent persons have been accidentally killed. A scarcity of pro visions is threatened. The same correspondent, telegraphing at 10:3tt p. m.. says: Your Moscow corre spondent's telegrams have not been ac cepted itcctruse all private messages wars refused this afternoon. It is learned, however, that cannon firing Is now proceeding In various parts of the city where, tonight, very near the railroad stations, the barricades erected by the revolutionaries are being desperately defended. The Kursky terminus at Moscow la being FATALITIES IN LOUISVILLE, KY. "'"rr laden wllh The emperor Is engaged dally In review- Careless Handling of Firearms and Explosives Results In Death of Three Persons. you did. No man could have shown greater coolness, greater skill and daring, or more heroic indifference to his own safety. It Is not in my power to make you any material amends for the crippling injuries you re ceived when, in saving tne lire or a neip. less child, you so nearly lost your own. But I trust that the medal will at least txi proof to you that your countrymen realize what you have done and yours Is the satisfac tion of feeling that you have performed a deed which will serve aa an Inspiration to very Anslctui whe hears or reuds of U. and which lifts by Just so much the stand ard of the cltzenship of which we are so proud. With earnettt hopes for your welfare, be lieve me, sincerely yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. That It Is the first medal given under this act Is shown by the following letter to Mr. Poell by the secretary of the Interstate Commerce commission : Dear Mr. Poell: By direction of the pres ident, the commission is transmitting here with a letter which he has written you. In forming you that you have been awarded a LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 25. Three fatal ities and an unusual number of minor ac cidents resulted from Louisville's noisy celebration of Christmas. Theresa House man, an 8-year-old girl, was killed by George Doll, 12 years old. The girl's death resulted from the unsuspected pres ence of a ball cartridge among a number of blanks, which the Doll boy, si neighbor was fired from a rifle. George Irving Harper, a boy of H, met death in an unusual manner. While Har per was tamping a charge In a small cannon with a broomstick another boy exploded a fire cracker over the touch hole, setting oft the cannon. The broom stick was driven through Harper's neck, killing htm instantly. Ella Barrett, a negro girl, was killed by a stray shot from the revolver of a negro who was celsbratlng the day. elated Press; Will J. Davis, the Chicago theatrical man, and E. L. Lomux. general I medal uf honor under the act of congress naKsens-er aot f th. r'in, t,,.i.i . approved February 23, ia. togetner witn a pabsenger agent of the Union Pacific. atatement of facts upon which the award The banquet aboard the train had all was made, the features of a formal dinner, evening I fan add nothing to the words of eom- dress belnir worn hv 11 r..r, ,u mendation which are expressed In the pres- oress Del worn by all present, and the tnrnt fJ lBtt. ., wm only take this oppor- functlon Is said to be unique in the annalH J tunlty to express my admiration for your of railroad service. j hemic action and my satisfaction at the Christmas day was spent on the train I S"0,1"6 that U htt" rec,ve1 p,lbl,c ri'c' whirling over the death valley at a rate 1 rbe medal awarded yu Is the first one of fifty miles an hour and. despite three granted upder the law. The design for same hours of delay due to Joint trackage in h,lH Jen "''"-,,' ""d '7 "".i" S'",'. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. ,'i.The Board of Prison Inspectors tonight irave I quarrels, sou t-wrni-w uaiiKfruwn wrtipoii i fiy m uvpniur r oik R !ctter to Southern California, the train easily ar rived at Salt "Lake this afternoon eight minutes ahead of time, making the run of 789 miles In twenty-six hours. At Salt Lake a few of the party left the train for stopovers and a number will go to Denver, but the majority will ride Into Chicago Wednesday morning. The train will reach Omaha Tuesday night, where the Nebraskana will leave the party. PRISON BOARD ANSWERS FOLK Establish CI II service System, Say It Has Hern Ignorrr by Authorities. bat a Of mi nieted snd struck at the mint It will he sent to vnu with the button provided by the law to be worn In Us stead. The presi dent's letter Is sent you In advance of the medal itself In ordr that the knowledge that your heroism hss received public rec ognition may contribute somewhat to the i joy of the holldnv season. Verv sincerely yours, r.uuAnu a. muir.i.r.i. Secretary. The many friends of Mr. Poell among railroad circles and others are but little less pleased than himself at his recognition. Mr. Poell was elected county clerk on the democratic ticket by a majority of 274 vote" in a county estimated to be normanlly re publican by over too. and will soon take his office. SHIPWRECK OFF Unidentified Three-Masted Schooner Goes Down In Twelve Fathoms of Water. NORFOLK. Vs., Dec. io. Wllh all Its headgear torn away and Its topsails set. an unidentified three-masted schooner hus sunk in twelve fathoms of water six and one-half miles northeast of Winter Quarter lightship und directly in the path of coast wise navigation. This information Is con talned In a report mado here by Captain Charles James of the Merchants' and Min ers' steamship Juniata, which passed the wreck yesterday. According to Captain James the schooner Is evidently the victim of a collision. Only Us topmasts above the cross tiers are out of water, and the ap pearance of Its topsails Indicates that the disaster occurred nut long before the Juni ata passed. No sign of wreckage, however, was seen and there was nothing above water to reveal the Identity of the schooner. The fate of Its Crew Is not known here which he uses recklessly, and deals death INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Dec. 15. In com- or Injury to those around htm', and also the pliance with orders from headquarters at thief the pickpocket and shoplifter, who Chicago, construction work on the Indian- , ply their trades with increased vigor, Jost spolls division of the Southern Indiana . ling among the crowds in the stores and railroad, one of John R. Walsh's enter- ; snatching what they can from the unwary. MnsCdChusetis and the necessaiy orders to j prises, has been suspended and over 0 These are the onea who are In evidence at that efTecl will be Issued tomorrow. ; men are without employment. Rtmultane- j Christmas time as a menace to the publi.-. Since January 1 List General Miles has J ously with th suspension of work on the 1 and a source of great trouble to tho police, served as mllltury adviser snd Inspector I Indlsnapolis division extra men were j The season of 1W has not been an un- genersl on the staff of Governor Iiouglas of Massachusetts. Par do u for Lleateuaal McDonald. Because of the prisoner's good military re.topd, Ihe president has Issued a pardon in til case of Paul 11. McDonald, formerly first llentenant. Tenth infantry. While, serving with hie regiment at Fort Lawton. Wash., Mcpnnald was convicted by court martial about a year ago of the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses and was sentenced to be dis missed from the army and to two years' confinement In I lis mllltury prison at Fort Jrf'avenwort!,. Kan. rushed to the Chtoro division, where the usual one for this class, although not a construction of 1e line from Terre Haute, day hss passed or a ween during which Ind , to Chicago Heights will be rislied to completion. LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLODES Two Members of Train Crew Are Injured When Meant . Breaks Keatralnt. T'ATITTjsriV V .1 . Dee. 25. A railroad tion. The bosrd denies that it Is re- 1 locomotive was partially blown to rleces sponsible, because it hss no voice in the and two members of the train crew were seiecuon or ine men wno are to manage i.adlv Injured here today by the explosion! say that of the enxlne's boiler. Charles d Barr of did establish a system of civil ser- stroudshurg. Ps , I fireman, and Conductor them criticising their report to him on the penitentiary and In which the gov ernor charged this board with nelng re sponsible fo rthe conduct of the Instil y- BODIES OF MURDERED Remains of Americana Slain Robbers In Mexico Enrouto Home. EL PASO. Tex.. Dee. . The bodies of Robert Rutherford and C. W. McMurrsy, who were murdered on the night of De cember 37 near Diaz. Mexico, reached here tonight. Mrs. Rutherford and Miss Anna Rutherford of Philadelphia, wife and sister Ing at Tsarkoe-Slo the regiments of the St. Petersburg district. The spirit of the troops Is decidedly loyal. Bitterness Between Antagonists. From fragmentary accounts received from Moscow I gather that the civil war has brought no decisive action, but only a thickening of the blood oloud. an intensi fying of the horrors and an increase of the prevailing bitterness. The driving force behind both the troops and the rebels Is no longer that of en thusiasm or of any human Impulse. It is the force of superhuman hate and hsnoe the deeds reported are not the acts of pa triots, soldiers or otherwise, but the enor mities of madmen. It Is Impossible to understand how any emotion, even of the extremes of despair or hate, can Impart such foolhardy cour age as some of the rebels display. 1 For every barricade destroyed Sunday two or three appeared . Jn other places. . Orders were given by the revolutionists to shoot only when there was good hops of bringing a man down, but otherwise NORFOLK t0 Ure out tne trop" unt" thy ,o"1 f" ttence. In the meantime. In their houses. the bulk of the population cowers In the Innermost seculison of kitchens and cellars. trembling at every boom of the cannon or the explosion of a bomb. Troops Kemaln Loyal. The most surprising thing of all la the loyally of the troops, which nobody here anticipated. Talking with an Intelligent group of St. Petersburg revolutionists, 1 was Informed that, while they believed the strike would be victorious, they fully realized they were staking everything upon the Issue and that failure would set back their cause for several years. They said they were devoting their ef. forts to shaking the foundations of Rus sian finance in full confidence that, ones the existing regime was overthrown, they could as quickly build another and that foreign nations would be as ready to ad vance money to a democratlo republic aa to ttie autocrauy. They emphatically denied that they were Inciting the peas antry to commit agrarian outrages, de claring that these outrages were the work of the socialists, but they did not deny their advocacy of the distribution of the crown lands among the peasants. In con clusion they declared that In the event of the failure of their cause they would have recourse to terrorism, choosing their vio tinis from all classes of society. Butchery by Machine Unas. BT. PETERSBURG, Deo. 26.-1:10 p. m. Direct telegraphic communication with Moscow was severed last night, but the government succeeded In restoring com munication by a roundabout route this morning. AH reports agree that the fight. MEN . by of one of the victim, accompanied the bodies. Thsy will leave for Philadelphia yesterday, which continued until mid- tomorrow, night, assumed the nature of a butchery Mrs. Rutherford suied tonight that she by tn maohlne guns of the artillery, grap was unable to aid the Mexican authorities and canister being employed mercilessly the Institution. they vice examination for applicants r.ir posi tions st the penitlentiary, hut this hsd not been compiled with, for half of the PARDON FOR OHIO CONVICTS Governor Herrlck Releases Two Men Who were Sentenced for life. ase or more or mow cnararters whs not ! m, whom the Inspectors have aked to nabbed by the officers and placed behind I he discharged for incompetency were a p. the bars. Those who figure among the panted by the present administration pnrering eienieni sie rtnr oy any means always of the professional class. Some of them may perhaps never before have CHRISTMAS DA V IN SEW 1URK and stolen even as much ss a pin. but the piles and piles of pretty things at the depart ment stores which their pocket hooks linve been too slim to Bet for them honesilv COI.UMHlf. . L-ec .-liovernor ri-r- I v. proved to much of a temptation ru g gTsntea two . nnsirnas paroons, rat rl k Moran. serving a life sentence from Generous Outpouring of Public Private Charily la Gotham. i NEW YORK. Dec. 25 Christmas day In New York was marked by the customary suspension of business and the usual family reunions and generous outpouring of public and private charity. Fully 2n,ono poor per sona partook of the bountiful Christmas far provided In all lb rlty hospitals and asylums. In missions and other benevolent I institutions supported by private charity and at the annual distribution of dinners ; by the Salvation army and the Volunteers of America. At the Orand Central Palace the distribu tion of Christmas dinner baskets by the Palvatlon army began early In the morn ing and continued until the needs of nearly t.ouo families had been relieved. In ad dition to this, numerous bundles of cloth ing for children and adults were distributed. At the Bowery mission more than 2.0UO Cuyshoga county for murder In the second degree, and Marvin Kuhns, serving a life i sentence from Seneca county for murder in the second degree, were the lucky men. j Both had the recommendation of the board of nvtnarer. the warden and the offldala of the penitentiary. Moran and Kuhns left the Institution together. ' I ninrr- IIIIDOAV C Till rv nran snd in an unlucky moment, seeing no one ! JWUUL, munnni r. IULCI UCHU looking. thet have taken something, only UNION PACIFIC CHANGES suddenly to find themselves asked to "step this way." and Inter have a policeman tak them to the ststion. They may be members of refpected families-a well known mother, perhaps, who tearfully and shamefaced, sends for her husband at his place of business to come to the station and help secure her release. Fortunately for them, neither the police nor the news- Mable of Butler, N. J., were terribly scalded. De Barr is expected to die. The train, which was s freight on the Susquehanna railroad, came to a sudden stop when near this city. Something hsd gone wrong with the engine and the entire They charge that this Indicates tlist crew gathered around the locomotive to iv patronage has been used to pay political certain what the trouble waa. The engl debts. i rieer remained in the cab while the others They call upon the governor again to ' stood on the tracks. In the midst of the have appointments made without re ference examination the boiler exploded. The force to politics. ; f the explosion was apparently all down ward, for the engineer was uninjured while the men on the ground were thrown down under a rush of scalding steam and the lower parts of the engine were wrecked. Xestor of Chicago Bench Pusses Away at SaaKarlom In Kenosha, Wisconsin. Mfral Promotions . Are Made Freight Department. Rnrroa Going to DtsiA. In MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dee. 23.-Judge Mur ray F. Tuley of Chicago died at the Pen- noyer sanitarium in Kenosha this aXter I noon, lie went to the sanitarium on Oc- ! trtl-tA.. SI aiiff.Hn. fnit,, n r- r. . . ..L. ; paper, are anxious to publish their sh.me j caW(l ' overworU. CHICAGO. Dec. 25 -Judge' Murray Floyd Tuley. the nestor of the Chicago bench, (Cuutlnued on Second Page.) to their friends, and many an act of petit larceny committed by a wife and i mother thus Is never known by any others than the husband and those "behind the i scenes." Each Christmas season brings Its ' fresh haul of these amsteur thieves, snd Announcement is made of several changes ., of prof Canals. The police have recovered much stolen property within the last week and have a number of the guilty ones auaitlng trial. Christmas day itself waa one of consider able activity at the Omaha police station. During the twenty-four hours forty-five i arrests were made,- i anting from rtlaln merly assistant to Assistant General Freight , drunks to men charged with cutting with Agent Curat. Is to be soliciting sgent (or Omaha. 1 (Continued on Second Pass t who are Investigating the murdur of the two Americans, with any Information save her own belief that robbery was the sole motive for the attack on Finstad'a home. against the Ill-armed Insurgents. Atrocious tales are told of the Cossack who, plied with vodka until drunk, fired down the streets, sometimes oharglng wltli lances. The Insurgent displayed great stubbornness In holding barricades, even advancing In a mass to the slaughter. At the same time bombs were thrown from the windows of houses near the barricades occupied by the revolutionaries. The artil lery waa summoned and battel ed th houses to pieces. MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 25. As the re- Tha plan of the Insurgents, It Is stated. suit of the promiscuous firing of their re- Is to hold the outskirts and gradually en- volvers by a party of negroes noisily cele- I close the troops In the center of the city. SHOT BY CHRISTMAS REVELERS Prominent Memphis Attorney Killed on Sidewalk In Front of Ills Home. QUARREL OVER GAME OF CARDS Two Italians Hilled und One Seri ously Injured In Gun Fight at Mlneola. I,. 1. at the Union Pacific headquarters in the ' freight department. J. F. Barron, formerly general agent for the company at Council Bluffs. Is promoted to he agent at Denver? Charles W. Axtell. soliciting freight agent for Omaha, is to take Mr. Barron's place st Council Bluffs, and E. U. Clay, for- MINEOLA. L. I.. Dec. 25 After a Christ mas eve card game one Italian was today found dead in the house of Angelo Oinigllo here and another a short distance aay one of 1 mortally wounded. The latter had crawled In the ; a few hundred fet from the card table west. He was elected to the circuit bench I and fainted. The police say that Gtnlgllo, or l-cxn county in li.s ana had served con. ' Roceo Tappor and Philip Nari quarreled: injured and many t.aiy sr.RKey up by a tinually since that time. Judge Tuley had j over a card game last night and charge tsll-end collision on Ihe Alabama Vlcks the record of fewer reversals of his do-' that Ginlgllo shot the othr two men. Tap-' burg rad at Chunkey. Miss., tonight. wnose oeam occurred, toaay. waa the most widely known Jurists brstlng Christinas, Frank Poston, one of the most prominent attorneys of this city. was shot and fatally wounded tonight. Mr. Poston was standing on the sidewalk In the vicinity of his home when the party of negroes appeared, and was struck by a bullet from the revolver of one of the party. He died from the effects of hi wound shortly after midnight. FATAL COLLISION IN SOUTH Two Men Killed and Three Hadly Iniured at (hanker, Mississippi. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec ;'-Informa-tion reaches this city f rom -fTrydlan, Mia., that to men were Vlled. tviee badly V' lke court than any clslons by the supreme other circuit Judge. Judge Tuley was born in Louisville. Ky.. In 1K7. He was a veteran of the Mexican war, serving ss lirat lieutenant of the Fifth Illinois Infantry, and In 187 served a attorney general of New Mevl.., The body will be brought to Chicago for buruU. por was found In the house with a bull-t 1 through bis heart and Nari waa shot twice Moements of Orran Vessels Dee. 2S. in the back. He crawled from the hi. use to . At Ixiudon Arriveii: Macheon, from Ta a street car track before fainting. A pa... , ' Tr.e-A rri V VuvonTrcm, V&W Ing motornian saw him soon after dny- j York, via Naples and Flume, break. He was then taken to a hopattal At South mu iiluii Arrived I .a Plata but refured. when revived, to tel, how the , 'Dov -Vrriv ed from X,. quarrel started I York, for Atitweip. aud proceeded. leaders announce that an army of Xiyi is concentrated at OrechcitTsueff, northeast of Moscow, and will soon be ready to march to the city's assistance. The latest report Is that both sides were exhausted at midnight, when firing practically ceased. The street, were In absolute darkness save for searchlights In the towers of Blvouaa behind barrlcadea Hallway Strike la Poland Ends. WARSAW, Russian Poland, Dec. 25. lCin p. m. The strike of the posl snd the telegraph employes here Is at an end. The strikers have accepted the conditions of the government. The telegraphers re sumed work today. The military governor has Issued an or der prohibiting the street sales of news papers, the singing of revolutionary Bongs, the holding of meetings and the organizing of proces.lons Persons mho violate the order are subject to Imprisonment for three months each and to a fine of S1.50O. The railroad men today resolved to re sume work unless their comrades la St. Petersburg should Join in the strike. French Cruisers for Baltic BREST, France. Lei-. 25. Tb cruiser Catsini ha. heen ordered to proceed to the Baltic Wednsdy next, caltlag a.