The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 138.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, NOVEMBER '26, 1907 TEN FAGES.
SIN(3LE COPY TWO CENTS.
DEAD LIE IN HEAPS
Thirteen Persons Lose Lives in Tene
ment Fire in New York.
30DIT3 FOUND ON TOP FLOOE
Some Burned to Death and Others
Suffocated.
"ROAR OF FLAMES DROWNS CRIES
Fire Spreads So Rapidly '
Escaped.
t Few
BLAZE STARTED FOR
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Friend
of Italians Wki
Foiled la Attempt to Rob Hmte '
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Keeper' Safe Set Fire r
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NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Thlrteen persons
lost thetr lives and several ethers were In
jured this morning In a, tenement nous,'
fre at One Hundred and Ninth street
and Becond avenue. The bodies were found
huddled together In rooms on the top floor
of the four-story building, where the tor
rorstrlcken people had been driven by the
flames which rushed up from the lower
floors. Thirteen hud succumbed before
they could reach windows which led to the
fire escapes. Borne had been enveloped In
tha flames and burned alive. Others,
overcome by smoke, were spared the
agonies of death In the flames.
That ths fatal flra was the work of In
cendiaries who sought revenge is the opin
ion of the police and firemen who made
the first hasty examination. Thren wtks
ago three Italians were caught In the act
of attempting to rob a safe In the saloon
of Gulseppe Cudano, on the groun.1 floor.
The safe contained over $2 0c0, which tho
saloon keepers' friends had withdrawn
from banks during the money panic.
The would-be robbers were arrested and
new are awaiting trial. The fire of today
started In Cudano's saloon and the police
believe that It may have been the work
of friends of the prisoners who took this
means of squaring ths account with Uie
aaloon keeper.
Warn In v Given Occupant.
Cudano discovered the fire when hewmt
down to open his place of business early
this morning. As he oporod the dior he
waa met by a rush of flnmes. Ho dashed
up the htalrs to the tenements above, cry
ing out for t.he occupants of the building
to run for their lives. When he reat bed
the rooms occupied by his own family he
burst In the door and. seizing his y:un?
on Domonlo In his arms, told Mrs. Cu
dano and oth r members of the fanll: to
follow. Cudano and the boy managed to
find their way down the stairs to the street,
but before the women could get through
the flames had cut eft the exit bv thai
avenue. It la supposed that Mrs. Cudano
and the other children sought safety in
the upper part of Uie building. -
Just what happened (n the burning
building before lbs Aire was checked never
will Tie knbW.' Bo qulrkly did tho flames
pread that almost before the firemen nv
rlved the whole building was a furnace
and It was Impossible for any one to enter.
Bran the cries of the agonized women and
children were drowned by the renr and
crackle of the fames, the hissing engines
and the frantlo, babbling crowd, which
pressed as closely as possible to the tire
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line. nui a mosie person wan Been 10
appear at any of the windows of the blaz-
Ing building with the exception of thos. i
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persons reached the fire escape a:id w;re
rescued. The reason for this was ex
plained when, after the flames had been
partially checked, firemen fought their way
through the smoke to the upper floors.
There they came on piles of dead, where
they had fallen victims to the rush of
flame and smok even before they had a
chance to attempt to save themselves. In
Off of the heaps the firemen found a
woman who had made one last desperate
effort to save the life of her baby even
when She knew that she herself was
doomed to a horrible death. She had
folded her arms tightly around the llttl
one and then huddled down close to the
floor, her own body protecting that of the
child. The mother's body was badly
burned. That of the child bore scarcely
a mark, but It was dead from suffocation.
On every side of the mother and child lay
the bodies of other victims.
DEPARTMENT STORE IN FI.AMBS
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narrow r.mpri,
CINCINNATI. Nov. 25. At leant one per
Boa u killed, and a large number were
Injured and heavy property loss caused by
4 fir which broke out this afternoon In
th . lx-tory retail dry goods house at
Twelfth and Main streets of the William
nndhort company, asretall dry goods
firm. Located In a crowded retail section,
th fir caused niuirti excitement, the
Knowledge that more than 100 employes and
an Indefinite number of customers were In
th building spreading throughout the city
In remarkably quick time. An electrician
bad been working In a show window,
and the flame are believed to have been
started during the noon hour from crossed
Wire. Shooting up the Inner walls, the fire
burst out furiously on the third floor and
within little mora than half an hour the
antlr building was ablase. Fifteen clerks
are usually on the third floor, and several
off the leaped from th window at once.
On saleswoman. Alberta Dussler, was so
badly Injured that she died within a short
time, whll other on that floor suffered
dangerously. Julia Hagedorn suffered a
fracture of th skulL
In th panicky crowd It was almost Im
possible to find those who had escaped,
and report of many dead were soon cur
rent, but It 1 believed that no other bodies
are In th building.
Th property loss 1 estimated anywhere
from I1W.0CO to t-50,000. At i o'clock th
flra w under control, but It wa Impossi
ble to Starch th biasing ruin for possible
Ttct Una.
PETTIBONE'S CASE COMES UP
Ca Cmtla Vatll TaeWay Owlag
to Atwut of Lea' la a- At-"
torar.
BOU& Idaho, Nov. SS.-Tb trial of
Ooorg A. Pettlbon for alleged complicity
n th assassination of former Governor
atunbrg. wa called before Judge Fre
mont Wood of th district court this morn
ing. Owing to th absenc nf Attorney
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the de
fen and Jam H. Frawley, chief coun
aol tor th prosecution, who hav been at
tending th trial of Btv Adam at Rath
Arum, Idaho, th eat wa continued until
(narrow asarni&r. -
SUMMARY OF TUE BEE
Tuesday, Novrmbrr 2, 10O7.
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TEE WEATHER.
Forecast until 7 p. m. Tuesday:
For oinaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fa ir Tuesday.
For Nebraska and lown Fair Tuesday.
Temperature
at Omaha t
Hour. Deg.
6 a. m 42
6 a. m 41
7 a. m 42
8 a. m 40
a. m 42
10 a. m 44
11 a. m 48
12 m 52
1 p. m 64
2 p. m 55
3 p. m 66
DOMESTIC.
Insanity experts in Bradley trial testify
that she was Insane, in answer to the
long hypothetical question asked her.
Page 1
Thirteen die In tenement house fire in
New York. pg, i
Fire In dry goods store In Cincinnati at
noon hour cauees panic and one death eo
far is known. rage 1
Plurality of Judge Reese In state was
24,406 over Judge Lrfxunls. Page 3
... Urover Cleveland Is able to sit up and
his friends deny the seriousness of his
Illness.
.Pais 1
Attorney General Thompson rules that
the $100 coupon book of the Nebruska
Telephone company would in effect be a
ribate. Page 3
Pettlbone case comes up for trial at
Bolwe, but Is continued until today. Page 1
Alaaon City, la. .young man meets
death in atemptlng unsuccessfully to res
cue two girls from drowning. I'age 1
Cashier of Interborough bank arretted
and charged with forgery. Page 1
South Dakota federal patronage la de
cided on by Pei-.ators Klttredge and Gam
ble by drawing lots at the suggestion of
President Roosevelt. Page 1
Iowa Slate unlverr.lty supporters are
claiming that A:nes athletics deliberately
tried to- knock out Kirk, the Iowa star.
Page 6
Employes of Banker Walsh, whose
names were signed to' fictitious noles,
testify they never knew about the notes
or authorized the use of tl:lr names.
Paffe 1
Fteve Adams has been released on ball
lit Ilnthdrum. Page 1
Blunche Kerfoot supplies evidence winch
will leid to the prosocullin of Harry
Klelnschmldt, on a charge of murd :r if
Frank Carrows, of Chicago. Page 1
Prohihltlonl.NtB of New York are plan
ning a utate campaign. Fg 1
Ministers of New York are contes.,ng
order of school board, prohibiting the uae
of the nume Christ In o:igs In s.hool.
Sag 1
Secretary Tnft's train In Russia nar
rowly escaped wreck, switch being thrown
lit the nick if time. Z-ag 1
X.0CAX.
Nebraska's grain, hay and uotato cron
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Pago 1
Lumbermen and material dealers of
vtown .1 skAv egl.-latlon Alt CD ILI
Omaha will either organize an exchange
and employ a competent traffic, manager
to cope with railroads, or be Instrumental
InorganUing a new bureau of the Com
mercial club, to be devoted entirely to
transportation. Page 3
Blkhop of Omaha secures a bargain in
tho lots at Fifteenth and Leavenworth
atrects, fornuriy owned by Adolphuu Lin
ton, and cause of expensive litigation
between syndicates of London and Amer
ican owners. Pag B
Juvenile authorities take steps totop
practtceofboyssionlr.tf'ertdlers.and T AI
practice of boys stoning peddlers, and
Judge Kenneiiy gives first offenders a
lecture on the duty of coming American
citizens aa concerns thu'.r treatment of
foreigners. Pag B
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DRY NEW YORK THEIR SLOGAN
lrohlliltlonlsta Begin Campaign to
Flavht Lienor 'i rattle In Kra-
plre State.
NKW YORK, Nov. 28 Cheered by what
thry believed to be the beginning of the
greatest temperance revival the country has
ever seen, the prohibitionists of New York
state are planning a crusade to move tho
state Into the "dry" column. If Alabama
and Georgia can be turned to prohibition,
why not New York, they say. A state
ticket, will be put In the field and the cam
paign to elect a legislature which will pass
a prohibition luw next yar Is being
planned und will be actively carried out.
ANOTHER BANKER ARRESTED
Jal
e J. Graham of Interboroagh
Bank In Wall Street Charged
with Forgery.
NEW YORK. Nov. K.-Jamea J. Gra
ham, assistant cashier of th Interborough
bank In Wall street, was arrested today
and charged with the forgery of a check
tor S2.9U). James W. Daly, paying teller
of the bank, and Alfred Burrows, a de
positor, were also arrested on a charge of
complicity In the forgery.
Ball Player Sow la Polities, '
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Nov. -Addison C.
Oumbert, known to all old tim follower
of base ball, may be th first mayor of
Greater Pittsburg. Uumbert during th
time he was a ball player pitched fur the
Boston, Chicago and Pittsburg clubs. Since
he retired from base ball ten years ago he
has been prominent In polities here. He
I now sheriff of Allegheny county.
Baaaer Year for Skyaerapera.
NEW YORK. Nov. a.-Th year 1W7
has been a banner year for skyscrapers in
New York. The records of the building
department show that between January 1
and October si iheee were flfty-on permit
Usued for building more than ten. tunes
high. In th same period of 1, there were
fjty-eight permit Usued for each buildings.
WOMAN'S HIND IN QUESTION
Insanity Experts Testify as to Her
Probable Condition.
LETTERS FROM WASTE BASKET
Detectives Dig I'p Scrap Which,
Pieced Together, Show She Con
templated Troable with
Senator Brown.
WASHINGTON,' Nov. 26. When the trial
ot Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, charged with
the murder of former United States Sen
ator Arthur it. Brown, was resumed today
a number of Insanity .experts were In
court. It was believed that the hearing of
evidenco would be concluded this week.
Th arguments will begin next week and
the Ind cations now are that the case will
go to the Jury not later than December 5.
Mrs. Bradley came Into court very quietly,
appearing depressed and paler than usual.
She took a seat behind her lawyers with
eyes cast down. At times she closed her
eyes, black rings around them, showing
plainly, and remained for several minutes
as if in a stupor. Occasionally she caught
her breath quickly a If on the verge of
tainting. She was . attired In the dark
gown she has worn smce the beginning of
her trial, with, a fur collar thrown care
lessly over her shoulders. She talked to
on of he; lawyers and bent forward when
he spoko as if she heard with difficulty.
Tho audience Included many women, all
si, owing Intense eagerness.
Scraps from Waste Baaket.
Detective Charles Mullen, the first wit
ness, was asked "to Identify scraps of torn
letters found In a. waste basket In Mrs.
rir.idny's room at the hotel where the
Kiiooting took place. One of these referred
to other letters written by the prisoner.
"Will you kindly keep these." she wrote,
"I have written you? I may need them,
and In case there is need for defense of
any rashness publish them. Mrs. Lufton,
& South Second street, or Mrs. Cary could
see that they were published."
Everett U Phillips, a policeman In charge
of the Bertillon records of the police- de
partment, said that It was he who had
parted together the scraps of paper found
in the waste pupcr basket. He Identified
all th.f letter which he said had been
handeJ lilr. by the police property clerk.
Dr. Wilfred L. Barton, sanity, expert,
called by the defense, said he had made a
specialty of neurology and Is now a mem
ber of the medical faculty of Georgetown
university. During the last few years he
conducted a private sanitarium In this city
for the treatment of nervous and mental
diseases, but was never connected with
any hospital for the cure of Insanity.
Witness Qualified to Answer.
He had been house physician for Co
lunibiu hospital for women In this city
and had officiated In 1,000 confinement cases
.here and had observed the connection be
tween sepsis and nervous diseases. Sepsis,
In females especially, he considered aa
i logely ' connected with nervous diseases.
Ho had' been so strongly Impressed by
that connection that he had looked up the
literature on the subject very extensively.
W hen he began to give "the result of his
efforts Into this subject counsel for the
dt fttue objected and he was Instructed by
Jutlge Stafford to confino his testimony to
his own experience.
He declared that the direct connection is
found In persons who have a predisposi
tion to Insanity and whose organization is
grrerally regarded ns unstable, and the
constant assaults which are made on tho
central nervous system by the continual
i iemii oi-i.www r.. n.nn
resorption of septic material In the sexual
organs of the febale, were sufficient to
supply the necessary mental stress or
strain to bring about a dnrangement of
tho mind.
"Is that regarded as a causation of In
sanity?" .
"Without any question."
"Without any doubt?"
"Without any doubt," wns the reply.
The witness also declared that heredity
is one of the necesFary factors In the de
velopment of Insanity.
Asked regarding the effect of frequen'
preenancles and abortions on the nervous
system, the witness said they had-a tre
mendous effect and often produced Insan
ity. "It is generally accepted that r'peate.l
miscarriage tends to produce nervous
troubles and to Induce Insanity," he added.
The long hypothetical question prepared
by the defense wns then read to th wit
ness. There were three questions, whlrh
were only propounded after Judge Powers
had presented a complete analysis of the
case, bringing out essentially the points
indicative of mental unsoundness on the
part of the defendant. The questions wet
as follows:
1. Assuming all these facts to be true,
what do you say as to whether or not at
the time the fatal shot was fired the pa
tient understood the nature of her aet.
was able to choose and distinguish right
from wrong and was able to control her
self to choose the right and avoid the
wrong?
t. Assuming all these fact to be true.
what do you av as to whether, when th
fatal shot wss fired, the patient was men
tally responslbe for what she did
3. Assuming all these facts to be true,
what do you say as to whether, when the
fatal shot was fired, the patient was sane
or insane?
During. the reading Mr. Bradley closed
her eye and bowed her head, breathing
heavily at times, as If suffering deep emo
tion. She perceptibly grew more pale, and
as the reading of the question referred to
her close relations with the late Senator
Brown and his declaration of love for her,
she raised her handkerchief to her eyes.
Many of the Juror observed her closely,
but she appeared to be oblivious to every
thing about her.
Counsel for the government objected to
having Mr. Bradley referred to in a part
of the question a the patient" and In In
stance concerning her confinement In
sisted that th word "person" should be
used in all such case.
Turing the morning Representative Scott
of Kansas sat on 'the right of Judge Staf
ford. Judge Power read the long document
with great deliberation. The ordeal was
evidently very trying on Mra Bradley.
The hypothetical question was atlll being
read when at 12 M the luncheon recess wa
taken.
Dr. Bartoa Say She Waa laaaae.
Court reoonvened at 1:35 o'clock. Dr.
Barton again took the stand and th read
ing of tha hypothetical question wa re
sumed. The reading of the hypothetical question
was concluded at t o'clock. Dr. Barton de
clared that after hearing It he concluded
that Mr. Bradley wa Insane at th tlin
she committed the act. Her particular ali
ment he said, was puerpural Insanity.
Dr. Barton said on cross-examination
that a confused condition of mind, caused
by septic Infections wa not necessarily In
sanity. Regarding Mra Bradley making
(Continued oa Paga Two.)
WALSH MAKES SEVERAL POINTS
McLean's (Explanation of Reports to
Clearing lloase Are E.
rlm'ert.
CHICAGO. Nov. The cross-examination
of Frederick; W. Mol-ean. former
cashier of the Chicago National bank, gave
the attorneys for John R. Walsh, on trial
charged with misapplying funds of the
Institution, an opportunity to score several
points today. The most Important cam
when the explanation by Mclean of reports
to the Clearing House association was ex
cluded by the court on the ground that the
former cashier had not personally made
out these documents. Tho objections by
the defense came after McLean had testi
fied that Walsh had directed him to treat
the numerous memorandum notes of the
bank as direct loam.' to the parties whose
names were signed to them In the bank
reports sent to the clearing house and to
the comptroller of the currency. Walsh's
attorneys argued that as McLean had not
made out the report In question himself
his testimony regarding them was Incom
petent and this view was upheld by Judge
Anderson.
Vnder cross-examination McLean ad
mitted that the bank examiners were fa
miliar with the memorandum notes and
knew the collateral on which they were
based. He also admitted that he did not
turn over cashier's checks to Walsh per
sonally, but gave them, to the banker's
private bookkeeper, B. B. McKay. The
questioning of McLean was here suspended
temporarily and McKay called to the
stand. Nothing material developed from
his answers before adjournment was taken.
Previous to McLean's appearance today
several men whose names were signed to
memorandum notes testified that such sig
natures were unauthorized by them.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS WOMAN
Mra.' MIW M. Smlth'o Storr
proved Following- Her Sen
sational Death.
nia-
NEW YORK. Nov. 25. The mystery
which surround Mr. Nik M. Smith, who
on Saturday killed her husband, set fire to
her hoirle In New Rochelle and then com
mitted suicide, is no nesrer solution as
time passes. In fact. It steadily Increases.
Far twenty years the woman claimed that
she was Grace Bulkelty, a daughter, of
the late Lieutenant Governor William H.
Bulkeley of Connecticut, and all her friends
believed her story. She even went so far
as to tell them that she had been married
to David Van Shank, who afterward died.
The real Grace Bulkeley Is alive, s Is her
husband, David Van Shaak.
Walter C. Med'hurst, Mrs. 8mlth' first
husband, say that ho married her In 18M
and that she then told him that she was
Grace Bulkeley.
"She was the most beautiful girl I ever
saw." he said. "I do not think that she
was more than 17 years old and had been
In the city for some time. After we were
married and went to live In Eighth avenue
near Fifty-seventh street, she told me the
story of her life. She said that she was
the daughter of Lieutenant Governor W;
H. Bulkeley of Hartford and that she had
fallen In love with a New York traveling
man, who Induced her to run away with
him. They , came to New York and wired
her father that tijy were married. The
Bulkeleys promptly disowned her, adopted
a cousin from the large Bulkeley family
In Connecticut and proceeded to forget
that she ever lived. The cousin had the
same name aa herself."
In 1892 Medhurst divorced his young wife
aud he promptly lost trace of her.
WOMAN SUPPLIES EVIDENCE
Berkeley Police .Think Frank Bellow
Was Victim of Harry
Klelnarhmldt.
BERKELEY, Cal., Nov. 23. Blanche Ker
foot has told the authorities of Alameda
county a sensational story of her experi
ence with Harry Klelnschmldt, the Uni
versity of California student who is In cus
tody In Oaklund awaiting the action of Dis
trict Attorney Everett J. Brown to prose
cute him for the murder of Frank Bellows.
To Chief of Police Vollmer of Berkeley, and
Deputy District Atttorney Philip M. Carey
the girl has unfolded a narrative which In
the opinion .of those who are Investigating
the circumstances of young Bellow' deuth,
supplies strong evidence that the young
Chlcagoan was murdered.
Harry Klelnschmldt, was arrested on Fri
day last on suspicion of being conneoted
with the death of Frank Bellows, a friend
of his. who was found dead In Llnwood
park, near CJaremont on the 27th of July.
Both men are said to have been engaged to
Miss Kerfoot, who finally dismissed Klein
schmidt. having promised to marry his
rival. In her statement to tho police she
now avers that Klelnschmldt attacked and
tried to polsen her. The case, which prom
ises to be highly sensational, will come up
before the grand Jury on Friday next.
FIGHT BAN ONCHRIST'S NAME
New York t'leraymem I'p In Arm
Agalnat School Board's New
Order.
NEW YORK. Nov. 25. Score of clergy
men In New York are up In arms against
the order of the Board of Education pro
viding that the words, "Christ" and
"Christmas," must not appear In the
hymns and songs sung In the public schools
and that there must be no Christ mas cele
bratlon of any kind. The subject was dls
cussed In many pulpits yesleiday and It Is
said that an effort will be at once made to
Induce the board to rescind Its action In
the matter. It this is unsuccessful It Is
possible that the matter will be taken Into
the courts, many claiming that the board
has no legal right to Issue such an order.
LEAVES NAVY FOR THE STAGE
Son of Captalu MrCrea of
Georgia Healgua to Join
boras.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Henry I. McCrea,
son of Captain Henry McCrea, one of the
best known of American naval officers
now In command of the battleship Georgia
has resigned from the navy. In which he
held a commission of paymaster, to go on
the stage. Mr. McCrea has recently been
attached to the cruiser Philadelphia. He
will Join a musical comedy cqnpany now
playing In New York aa a member of the
chorus and says he hope to be able to
work up to a position of consequence In the
theatrical profession.
Theband Will feooa Tell Story.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -Paul G. Thebaud
the buy who was shot in his father's
bouse at White Plains by John Rlorlln,.a
butli-r, who afterwards killed himself, had
so far recovered that it is believed the
coroner will b able to Interrogate him by
tomorrow. It Is expected that the boy
will be able to ltav hi bed la a week or
two.
OFFICES ON TOSS OF COIN
Senators Kittredgo and Gamble Agree
This Way on Patronge.
GAMBLE PROVES GOOD GAMBLER
Draw District Attorney nad Rereaae
Collector- Klttredae Geta Bank
Examiner and Treasury
Auditor.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 2S.-The
White house was the scene of a lottery
drawing today In which the federal patron
age of South Dakota was disposed of. Ap
plicant for a Urge number of federal of
fices were unappolnted In tho state, due to
tho fact that Senators Klttredge and Gam
bia had been unable to agree on candi
dates. The senators met In the president's
office today by appointment to agree. If
possible, en a distribution, but found
themselves as far apart as ever. The pres
ident proposed that they draw lots. The
senators agreed, and, the position of bank
examiner being the play In Immediate dis
pute, the president tossed up a coin, say
ing that heads meant Klttredge should
win and tails that Senator Gamble should
name the man. The money fell heads up
and the nomination was thus awarded to
Mr. Klttredge. Both appearing satisfied
with thl method of disposing of the prob
lem, the president suggested that all va
cancies be filled similarly. Accordingly the
names of the various offices were written
on slips of paper. The two senators then
proceeded o the drawings, with the reault
that Senator Gamble was awarded the fol
lowing offices: Vnlted States district at
torney, collector of Internal revenue, reg
ister at the land offices at Aberdeen and
Chamberlain, and receivers at the land of
fices at Rapid City, Pierre, Huron and
Aberdeen, and Indian agent at Lower Brule
agency. In addition to the office of na
tional bank exemlner, Senator Klttredge
drew the following: Assayer of the mint
at Deadwood, register at Mitchell, Rapid
City, Pierre and Huron, receivers nt Mit
chell and Chamberlain, Indian agents at
Crow Creek agency and the auditorshlp
for the Treasury department.
Each senator reserved the right to op
pose Confirmation by the senate of a per
son nominated at tho Instance of the other.
THAW READY FOR TRIAL
Ill Attorney Say He Ha
Not
Agreed to a Postpone
ment. NEW YORK, Nov. 2T.. It Is expected
that when the Thaw case Is called today
District Attroney Jerome will move for
a postponement until after the holidays,
because of the difficulty of securing a Jury
now. Martin W. Littleton, counsel for
Thaw, said today that he had not agreed
to a postponement, also that he did not
Intend to ask for a change of venue.
It Is generally believed that despite any
idea of Justification which Thaw may en
tertuln his present lawyer will confine
themselves to making out a case of legal
Insanity. Thl may. be "motional" or
hereditary, both of these phase of th
matter having been sTpna .isto at llta .first.
trial.. ....
District Attorney Jerome and Franc! P.
Uarvan, his first assistant, again will have
charge of the prosecution,' but Thaw hai
mad an important change of attorneys,
Replacing Mr. Delmas as chief counsel will
be Martin W. Littleton of Brooklyn. Mr.
Littleton- Is known as a capable lawyer
and brilliant orator. At the democratic na
tional convention of 1904 he nominated
Alton B. Parker for the presidency. Mr.
Littleton 1 a southern man, having been
born In Tennessee JuBt thirty-five year
ago. He 1 what is generally termed a
self-made man, having educated himself.
He began the practice of law In 1KM1 and
moving to Dallas, Tex., served there for
a term as assistant prosecuting attorney.
Later he removed to Brooklyn and at once
became a prominent figure In politics and
at the bar. For four year he waa assist
ant district attorney of Kings county, and
under the first McClellan administration
in Greater New York wa president of
Brooklyn borough.
Just who will be associated with Mr. Lit
tleton may not be definitely known until
the day the trial begins. At present Daniel
O'Reilly and A. Ruasell Peabody are tha
only member of the former array of coun
sel credited with being in Thaw' service,
A definite decision a to the matter of
placing Mrs. Thaw upon the stand may
not be arrived at until the trial 1 well
under way. Without her testimony there
would be difficulty In making out a case of
emotional Insanity a defense which would
have to be relied upon to gain Thaw ab
solute freedom. If medical or hereditary
Insanity be the plan of the defense the
best Thaw can hope for la an Indefinite
commitment to the State Hospital for th
Criminal Insane at Matteawan.
FARMERS OPPOSE RAISING LAKE
Insist Plan of River Improvement
Woold Flood Valuable Farm
Land.
PIERRE, 8. D., Nv. 25. (Special Tele
gram.) A party of officials and farmers
of Hamlin county are In the cltr tor
hearing tomorrow before State Engineer
Lea to protest against the proposed use
of Lake Poinsett for a storage reservoir
in the proposed Sioux river Improvement.
They say to Increase the level of the lake
three feet as proposed would flood about
5,000 acres of farm and hay land for them
and they are opposed to the move.
DEATH IN EFFORT TO RESCUE
Hum City, la., Yonna; Man Drowned
While Trylnc to Sara
Two Girl.
CHICAGO. Nov. 25.-A dispatch to th
Record-Herald from Mason City, la., says
Ella Swift, aged 14, Merle Mettler, aged 14
and Frank Hartfelled, 18, were drowned in
Little Creek last night. The girls were
skating together, when the Ice broke and
they went beneath. Frank Hartfelled at
tempted their rescue, but was unsuccess
ful. The bodies of the two girls were re
covered and searchers are now dragging
the river for that of Hartfelled.
CLEVELAND ABLE TO BE UP
Friends of Former President Declare
Report of Illness Were Mach
Exaggerated.
PRINCETON. N. J., :iov. 25. It was de
clared at the residence of Grover Cleveland
today that tha report of his illness was ex
aggerated and that he had been suffering
only from an attack of Indigestion from
which he had completely recovered thl
morning. Dr. Carnochan, after visiting Mr
Cleveland today, stated that he waa up and
about, ahowlng no signs of yesterday' at
tack.
CREIGHTON SECURES STREET
1 nlvei-sltr to Have l.arrer Athletic
4 leld, bat Keep - n llond i Open
Between California and Bnrt.
Crelghton university gets that rnrt of
Twenty-fifth avenue between California
and Burt streets nnd the alley Just wesr
of that tract, accordion to the decision
f the council In committee of the whole
meeting Monday afternoon. Tlur. was
some objection to tha movement, but this
was withdrawn after Father Dowiing, on
behalf of the university, "promised that
n open roadway would be maintained
along the street at all times. It is the
Intention of the university to make an
athletlo field west of the avenue and the
field may be extended to Twenty-sixth
treet.
At the same meeting the report of ap
praisers for the opening of Twenty-fourth
treet wa approved, thus the second step
in opening that street between Cass street
and tho alley south of Burt was taken.
The total damages assessed waa S26.Mrl.60,
of which only 12,694.50 must be paid by
the city, leaving S22.S70 to' be raised by
assessment on persons benefited by tho
change.
In connection with the vacation of
Twenty-fifth avenue Councilman Zlmman
declared that ho hoped to hear no further
reports from the city attorney anent the
right of the council to vacate streets and
alleys. He asserted that every member
of the council knew, such action to he
illegal, but that It had been done when
ever the city would be gainer thereby and
would no doubt continue a In the past,
regardless of the opinion of the legal de
partment. Mr. Zinimnn also called up his ordinance
to banish "street fakirs" by declaring Il
legal all selling or offering for sale on
the streets of any compound, patent medi
cine, novelty, patent article or Jewelry or
to exhibit any machine, apparatus, ap
pliance or device of whatever nature for
the trial or test of skill, strength or en
durance; and to charge a lloenae of $10
a day for selling or exhibiting on private
property abutting any street. The right
of the mayor to issue permits In such cases
Is limited to persons who are In need of
assistance and ho Is required to keep a
record of all such permits which shall be
open to Inspection. Speaking for his mo
tion to havo the measure approved Mr.
Zlmman said that he had taken the mat
ter up with the mayor and that tho mayor
had admitted he had been too lnx In
Issuing permits, but he would strictly en-
forco the pending ordinance if he were
not required to make report to the council
of permits Issued. Mr. Funkhouser, In
favoring tho motion, declared he desired
to protect the mayor from Imposition. Mr.
Ziniman said that men now selling chest
nuts on the streets told a policeman that
they were operating under a permit from
the license Inspector's office; that he had
ascertained this by requesting Officer Flsk
to learn If the men had a license. License
Inspector Waggoner said that no permits
had ever been issued from his office. . The
ordinance was recommended for passage.
Councilman Bridges' ordinance requiring
all city officials to report absence from the
city and appointive officer to obtain per
mission from the council before leaving
the city, was placed on file. Th author
said h desired to make the penalty more
eevere. .
M. A. Dlsbrow dc Co. received permission
to place a viaduct over an alley between
Nicholas and Izard street to connect two
factory buildings.
The claim of $500 preferred by appraisers
of land for the Northwestern boulevard
wa referred to the park board for a third
time, with request that It Instruct tho
council as to It desires.
EVEN THE WORM WILL SQUIRM
Elaaprratrd
Subscriber Write Con
a Peculiarity of the
Carrier.
cernlng
Sometimes the circulation department has
Its troubles. Usually It can saw thorn off
onto the editorial room or the press room
and it has even been known to stick the
composing room once or twice, when the
malls were missed, but here's one It can't
get away from. It Is on the circulation
department solely, and for that reason it
Is given publicity, in order to show that
the editorial room has only the most kindly
feelings for the force that geta the papers
to the reader after all the other of the
organization have done their part. It Is
a letter from a subscriber:
Kindly promote, kill or bury alive the
young ruttln who Is supposed to leave
The Morning Bee at
We have a large porch (built especially
to catch papers!, yet he scorns It. He
apparently stunds a block or so away and
tries to see how far he can throw the
paper from the house and yet have It light
on the premises. Unfortunately, we have
a large lot.
The Sunday paper Is his Joy supreme.
Heie is his chance to get even with
nig toarer wno doesn t have to get up
until breakfHSt Is called, and then, natu
rally, wants his paper the first thing. He
win leave tne paper he will be fined If he
falls but Just watch him do It. Serenely
he lays It down, loosens up It various
pages, and then walk slowly away, while
he watches not only the seven sacred
sephyrs of heaven dally with It. but the
seventy-seven NeDrasKa gales What th
don't do to It Is a pity. This morning he
struck a new stunt. He rolled It un an
tightly that when he bent It in two places
It tore two rows of holes clear through
the paper. Opened out, It is more suitable
as a summer ornament around the chande
lier of a German beer merchant than as
a paper 10 oe read, on . he is a genl'is
mat. pirate is; Dut when he reaches his
legitimate conclusion I will surely make It
my business to attend hi funeral to see
that he is safely planted.
RATE OF THIRTY DOLLARS DAY
interest Irelgbton Lea-atee Will
Hare to Pay Into tho
County Treasury,
Interest at the rate of almost $30 a dav
will be taxed up against the Crelghton
legatees when the final settlement of the
estate Is completed and the Inheritance
tax paid Into the county treasurer. Th
law provides the Inheritance shall draw In
terest at the rate of 7 per cent from the
date of the death of the grantor.
Count Crelghton died February T, and
tne interest from that date until the
present time amounts to almost $8,000, o
$7S a month. None of the beneficlarle
has paid the tax so far and the Interest I
being added dally to the amount all will
have to pay.
The law provides any legatee may pav
what he estimates hi sliar of the tax
will be at any time after the death of thf
grantor. No Interest can he charged on
tho amount thus paid. The Crelghton
beneficiaries have not so far paid any
thing Into court. The large share of th
Interest will be paid by Crelghton unlver
slty. Its amount to date will be almost
$4.01)0.
Hatornas Hill A In Crank.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26. A rear-end col
llalon of two subway train In the Hroni
today caused the death of Joseph Meyer,
a moiormaii, ana is uenevea 10 bav lu
Jurea several passengera
NEBRASKA'S BIG CHOI1
Two Hundred Million Dollars is Con
servative Estvaiate of Value.
ONLY GRAIN, HAY AND P0TAT0E3
Corn Crop Alone is Worth $90,000,.
000 at Present Prices.
YIELD SMALLER, VALUES GREATER
More Alfalfa and Winter Wheat Than
Last Year, Less Corn.
GOOD PRICES FOR EVERYTHING
Fabolona Fortune Will Be Increased.
by Production ot I.lv Stock,
Dairy Prodncta and
Poultry.
Grain men of Omaha have been astonished
at the low estimate made by careless
dealers and an unreliable newspaper, M
to the value of the Nebraska grain, som
placing It as low a $12,000,100. Careful
figure have been compiled by J. H. Hamil
ton and other members of the Grain ex
change, showing th value to be fromv
100 to 110 per tent more than the estlmat
Of $3.',000.00.
When the estimate of yield by counties
was made public by the Union PaclflO
Railroad company Monday, showing an In
crease In the production of winter wheat.
rye, millet, alfalfa and all kinds of hay,
all of which are more valuable than last
year, the estimates nf the grain men were
verified and the $92,000,0(0 looked more Ilk
$JO0,0O0,0O0. -
The estimated production of winter wheat
In the state aa shown by The Pee' atatls-
lclan Is 4.586,23 bushels and No. S hard
worth 92 to H3Vs cent per bushel; S.-
OG4.120 bushel of this Is spring wheat.
which Is said to be waltinr for the market
at from 91 to 624 cent per bushel; M.8O6.4O0
bushels of oats have been grown In Ne
braska during the last seaaon and thy
are worth 40 to 48 cents per bushel on
the Omaha market at the present time.
While the corn crop la estimated at 1S0,
8S9.(H10 bushels, as against 223,947,000 lat
year, corn Is werth from 49 to 61 cent per
bushel.
Yield and Valaea.
The following Is the estimate on all Ne
braska crop, as compared with actual
production last year:
Product. 190ft BU.
1907 Bu.
Wheat 49,97.3iiO
4i,6W,82S
Corn ra.947.OH0
180.859. 200
Oats 79,bii.,t17
Barley J.lHi.WO
Ryo I.t.0h0
Potatoes 8,St5,930
Alfalfa i 1,lli2,ti9S
bM,(..4"0
2.K29.SO0
1.819.990
7.952.720
l.aiO.Oon
2, 158,000
Wild hay l,!i,lW
Tons.
On this' table the value of these farm
product for the two years 1 as follow
Product.
190. 1907.
...$ 33.8M.924 $ 44.6!9,R7
... Rl.KW.ilHO 90,4jy,l00
... 23,872.955 24,878,4X8
... 1,593,9U0 2,2it 444
948.048 l,27a.9HJ
... 11.00t).au. . 13,2H.OOU
li,!Si.9o0 21.5wl.C00
... 4,422,900 6,51.904
Wheal
Corn
Oats
Barley
Kye
ilfajfa.
Wild hay
Potatoes
Total... $175,72,7 $203,72,30
This doe not Include the value of th
live stock, butter, eggs, poultry and other
dairy and farm products, all of which show
an Increased value of the record-breaking
totals of last year. It doe, how oyer, go
a long way toward explaining the con tin.
ued and Increasing prosperity and develop
ment of Omaha, the Market Town.
Douglas county alone produced $1,309,000
worth of corn and It averaged forty-flv
bushels to the acre. Winter wheat show
an average of twenty-flve bushel to th
acre, but only 720 acre were planted.
The yield of tho various crop I shown In
the compiled statement of the Union Pacific
Railroad company, a follows, for 1907:
Yield Total
per Acre. Yield.
!6 bu. lS.nnt
17 bu. 284l
bu. 732.0
20 bu. 9.804
26 hu. 10.8Of
46 bu. 2,6H.5t
160 bu. 833. iri
t ton i,m
I ton t,ix
t ton 4,651
i'ton 'i68V
S ton 21
Winter wheat 7?
Spring wheat 1697
Oats 20,918
Rye 490
Parley 4H
Corn 68.191
IrKh potatoes 2,221
Millet 1,612
Alfalfa 1,616
Timothy 2,tM
( lover .4Z4
Wild hay 6,5a8
Sugar beet I
TAFT AGAIN HAS AN ESCAPE
Switch on Russian Railway Throw a
In Nick of Time to Pro
rent Wreck.
KRASNOYARSK, Siberia, Nov. t5.-lt
wss learned here today that the train on
which Secretary Taft and hi party ara
traveling over the transsibertan railroad
from Vladivostok to Moscow had a nar
row escape from being wrecked yesterday
at Chita. A twitch In front of th Taft
train became open when It should hav
been shut, but an employ discovered thta
on mlnut before th train cam along,
closed the switch and kept It on th propei
rails. Had tha train been thrown onto th
siding It would have crashed Into a number
of freight cars.
STORY FALSEAYS FRANCO
Premier of Portugal Denies Rnmoi
Crown rrlnee Una Been Ban
ished front Portugal.
LONDON. Nov. 26 -Th Dally Mall print
a telegram from Premier Franco of Portus
gal denying absolutely th rumor of thf
banishment of Crown Prlnc Louis and of
disaffection In the navy.
New Judge Desired la Gas.
LANDER, Wyo., Nov. 26. (SpeolaJ.)-
D. A. Presto, attorney for Ben Sheldon If.
the contest case of Bheldon against Klnx
ball Involving th office of county clerk
and recorder, to which Ralph Kimball wag
elected over Ben Sheldon last fall by 4
majority of twenty-four votes, ha gives
notloe of an application for a change r
Judge to hear tha caaa In place of th
presiding Judge, Hon. C. E. Carpsnter. It
Is understoon that Judge Carpenter Is
quite willing for some other Judg to heat
he case and the application will undoubt
edly be granted when made. The case hag
been hanging fire for nearly a year, giving
rise to the suspicion that th contestant
ha not been very anxious to try th caaa.
Volunteer Firemen' Ball.
LANDER, Wyo., Nov. 26. t Special.)-.
The Lander Volunteer Fir department,
which 1 the etrongest vsluntoer organi
tatlon of It clb In the Hate, Is t
five It tenth annual ball on Thanksgiving
night. Th department, which I com
posed of nearly all the business men of
th town, ha made a great reoord for
efficiency In th year since it was first
organised, the cltlxen Raving alwayt
teen very liberal In contributing t iafl
support,
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