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Sunday Bee dvrtl In ravs Ecn;;r PACES 1 TO t THE odjAHA DCn Best IK. West VOL. .XXXVII NO. 2fi. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1907 SIX SECTIONS FORTY-EIGHT TAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Omaha HE UNION IN IRELAND Political Factions Plan to Present United Front in Parliament. REDMOND TO BE THE LEADER Limited Platform to Be Made on Which All Can Stand. MOVEMENT FOR HOME RULE Measure Will Be Pushed, but Other Reformi Will Be Kept in View. IRISH DOCTORS ARE ON STRIKE roaklutUi at Ca.rrlPk-oa.lalr Raise Pee mi I, oral Official Mar Import Nonunion Doctors from England. . - HLIl'.IN, Dec. H. (Special.) The topic of the hour in Irish political circle Just now il the propct of political unity, which Is believed to be brighter than It has been at any time for the last two or three rear. The first move In the preaent negotiation! waa made by William O'Brien, who haa been out of the party fold for aome time, and who declared publicly that ha waa willing to meet Mr. Redmond and Mr. Dillon In a conference to discuss a plan of union. It at no suggested that Mr. Hoaly, who haa been running a little party of hla own, and Sir Thomaa Esmond and Mr. Dolan, who were excommunicated be cause they subscribed to the Sinn Fein heresy, sltould be Invited. To this Mr. Redmond has replied that he Is willing to go Into such a conference, and he adds that ho has reason to hope that It will be held, and that the Irish party will preaent an absolutely united front at the next sessiqn of Parliament. The negotiations have given rise to the usual crop of rumors about ths terms of agreement, and almost every newspaper In Ireland has published Its own plan of a settlement. None of these are correct, for no plan has been even sketched out yet, but I am In a position to state that all the factions are agreed on two or three clauses which must form part of the peace treaty. One of these Is the continued leadership of Mr. Redmond, for there Is no man In the party of, equal skill as a parliamentarian, or who Is fitted to conduct the delicate ne gotiations with the English politicians which must 'be undertaken by the Irish leader. Will PrMt Homo Hole' The second Is that a genuine home rule bill shall be pressed forward at the next session, and If the liberal government can not be Induced to take It p. It will be In troduced and managed by the Irish party themselves. . Another plank In the new platform Is that while every effort must be made to obtain genuine and complete home rule, the party must not lose sight of the need of Immediate legislation to remedy ths economic and sovlal evils which prevail In Ireland, and must be prepared A accept and anprmrt any reasonable meas ure of rrtetHmriSrW' offered by either of J the Kngllsh parties, and that It must also do all In Its power to encourage and sup port the Industrial revival movement In aufurated by the Sinn Felnersv I am also, able' t state that the credit for .the restoration of unity In t! Irish party, tf It U restored, is due to the strength gained by the Burn Fein movement and the . defection to It, of men like Sir Thomas Esmond. There can be little doubt that some, of the Irish leaders had been ao long at Weatmlnster ' and had become so engroaaed In parliamentary affairs that they had lost touch with the progress of events and of opinion at home. The sudden growth of Sinn Fein and lta threat to swallow the party brought them to their sense and In. dueed them to devote more attention to what was going on at home than they had done for years. Cattle Drive fnjast. ' One immediate result of the reunion will probahly be the abandonment of the policy of cattle scattering which has already been' condemned by many of the most thoughtful men In the party, and In Irish life. Only a few days ago the Most Rev. Dr. Healy. archbishop of Tuara. at mass In the cathedral, denounced the cattle drives as unjust -and Immoral, and lamentable folly. They were directed, he said, against a class of men who were as good irishmen as the cattle driver themselves, and only served as a weapon to strengthen the de. mand of the enemies of Ireland for the revival of coercion. One of the most fsmous boycotts of re .cent year ha Just ended In victory for the boyretters. A family named Brady nve years age teok five evicted farms In county Ieltrlm. Since the day they' took ttie farms they have been rigidly boy cotted. They have been guarded rrtght and flay by a force ef pelloemen who lived on the farm and they have been compelled to get their supplies fron as far away as nny miles, several times when they were bringing heme their supplies their carts have been overturned and the feod de stroyed. A few days ago they gave up the nght and surrendered their-farms to the estate commissioner for division among the people. The occasion wss celebrated by bonfires all over the county. Strike of the Doctors. A remarkable situation which can only be described a a strike of the doctors has . arisen at Carrlck-on-Suir, because of the recent decision of the local guardians to Reduce the scale of fees paid to the med ial officers at the workhouse and publl" dispensary. The doctors refused to accept this reduction, but went a step further and, on tho theory thst ' the guardians were acting as the elected representatives of all the people.- they have determined to raise their scale of fee for general practice to a point that seems almost pro hibitive They began by fixing their Tates ror workhouse and dlspenaary work at JXIi-etiii t.a.76 a week, respectively. In private practice they refuse to accept less hun lit 50 and mileage for a day consul tation, or 115.78 and mileage for consulta- lon at night, while their midwifery charce a ill be liL!i. The guardian have so fsr taken no action, but they threaten to break the strike by Importing nounlon doctors from England. It la doubtful, however. If ny can be found, for the rules of the pro fession are very strict on this aide of the Atlantic, and the medical men have more han once succeeded In bringing local eu- naritiea to terms. The Ormonde Hunt, which la one of the argest hunts In Ireland, has been dls- nded for the season because of the df crmlned opposition to It displayed by the eople of the Dunkerrln and Bhlnrone dls- .rlcts. , Tne opposition arises from the fart :hat two or three notorious landgrabbers were among the membership, and the local orancn or me I'nited Irt&h league served (Continued en Second rage,) SUMMARY OF THE BEE Bandar, Drrriufcrr IB, ltOT. 1007 DECEMBER 1907 U HON TVS t0 HM SAT I 2 3 4 5 6, 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ' T 1 THI WSITKSK. Forecast till 7 p. m. Bunday: FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLVFFB AND VICINITY Snow Sunday, allghtly colder. run in r.ui ASK.A cunday. generally fair. FOR IOWA-Bnow Sunday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. b a. m 31 S a. m 31 7 a. m SO S a. m SO 9 a. m 30 It a. m 30 11 a. m , St 12 m , S2 1 p. m 23 i p. m 33 3 p. m S3 4 p. m 33 5 p. m 33 6 p. m 33 7 p. m 33 ' DOMESTIC. Know and aleet storm extending from Chicago to Atlantic seaboard Interferes with train and wire service. - Storm In eastern Colorado made It necessary to order out snow plows and trains are obliged to take siding. ' I, rag 1 Governor Cummin denies he evor said he would never be a candidate for United State senator X, Pag 1 Testimony In the Walsh trial n. veals that money was used by Walsh when the books showed It went somewhere vise. Total of S21 bodies ha been taken from the Monongah mines. X, Bag Tobacco grower and buyers are likely to come to an agreement at HopklncvlIW, Ky. X, Pag a The Colorado State bank of Durango has closed It doors. X, rag Peace for Central America seem, as sured by the conference now closed at Washington. Seven treaties will be signed. X, rag 1 Automobile at Minneapolis caught on fender of engine and carried a short dis tance 'without Injury to oocupanta. X, rage 8 Kemp V. Blgelow pleads guilty to bend ing an Infernal machine to prominent men in Denver. ' X. rag 1 Faciflo armada Is all In readiness for the .Inspection of the president and the departure on Monday morning. X, Pag 1 Negotiation are under way at Goldfleld for the change Of the wage scale, to the satisfaction of mine owners. X, rag 1 Kidnaper of the little Chicago girl, re cently recovered, formerly lived at Hub bel. Neb. X. Pag 1 . Bark ' Edmund Phtnny . wrecked near Bandy Hook and crew saved with' diffi culty. X, Pag X Sever storm rages over entire lake region, with snow general throughout tho wrantryT" - X, Par X Postmaster general Issues new order. effective upon all postmaster, for de livery of mall addressed to Santa Claus. X. rag X BTBBBASZA. Harrison Clarke's body I displayed for publto view In Lincoln to the scandal of the stat officials. X, Pag- S pomBiov. . Irish political factions are about to unit on legislative program whloh will enable them to present a united front In Parliament. X, Pag X 8even-masted schooner Thomas W, Law aon wrecked off Sol 11 y Islands and most of crew drowned. X, Pag X , Robber near Tlfll ditch mall train and engage In battle with guard unsuccess fully over the wreckage. X, Pag 1 X.OOAX. Banker of Omaha deny 'statement of eastern pre that they have been hoard Ing their fund. ' XX, Pag 8 Inspection of children In the school of Omaha a mean of preventing disease advocated by Health Commissioner Con nell and Superintendent Davidson. - TX, Pag t Sixty women from Arcade are fined In police court and twenty additional war rants of arrest are issued. X, Pag 8 OOanaXJLCXAX. AITS XVDVBTBXAX. Live atock marketa. TX, Pag 8 Oraln marketa. TX, Pag 8 Stocks and bonds.' TX, Pag 8 BTrxsnra abd bxax. estatb. Omaha builders report more and more use for cement; one of the newest houses I fin lulled in rough cement. XX, Tag t Opinion among real estate dealers Is to the effect that the price of lota In Omaha Is not going lower. XX, Pag 8 xcoms a-xcTxozr. In the Home Section of this number will be found Buster Brown; The Busy Be' Own Page; Mrs. Santa Claus at Christmas Parties; New Railway Across the Nubian Desert; Christendom' Most Gigantic 8anta Claus; Iowa College Glee Club on Its An nual Teur; Music's Part in Religious Wor ship; Curious Capers of Cupid; About Plays and Players; Musical Note and Com nient; Comfort In Motor Coats for Winter Wear; What the Women Folks Are Do ing; Fluffy Ruffles. right Par MA0 AZOTE BXOTXOV, In the Magazine Section of thi number will ha feund a ahort biography of Wll liam Morrison, a .Sturdy Pioneer; Pioneer Steam Voyages From New York to ban Francisco; Milan Famous for Its Appe tite; Gossip of Noted People; New Styles of Christmas Presents; Inside Great City Stores at Christmas Time; Men Who Built and. Managed the Great Xransmlnslsdippl and International Exposition; Swirling Stream of Shoppers on Streets During De cember Days; Characters From Creighton University Class Play; Opera of Undress; Curiosities Found In Early Christian Cem eteries. Bight Page HOTIMEITS Or OCSAJT TXAMSXirS, Port. Arrive. Sailed. UVtMPlWI, Cadrlc iii ;t'SSTWN...C)rW Baltic. SOI' 1H AMrTUN. Asnallc KAPLIta Houts Albert... (if-MIA Mollka OtSKA ridmonu LI H AL GUkSUOW Florida Saratov. . suuiao. STEAMER ASTORIA OVERDUE Anchor Mao Boat Fall to Beach New York aa Sckedale Time. NEW TORK. Dec H.-The Anchor line ateamer Astoria, which was due t arrive here Tuesday, lias not yet been reported. The steamer left Olasgow November SO. The Astoria Is a slow boat, but seldom ex ceeds nine days on the trip across .the At lantic. On this trip It has fifty cabin pas sengers and tuO In tho steerage. 111 SCUOONER WRECKED Thomas W. Lp sv-onii Turtle in Gale '. iy Islands. EIGHT AEK ARE DROWNED C and Two Sailors Are Only Known Survivors. CRAFT DISABLED BY STORM Lights Disappear Soon After Signals of Distress Are Seen. . LARGEST VESSEL OF ITS CLASS It Had a Cargo Capacity of 8,100 Tons sal Carried Six Engine , to Handle Ralls sad Aarkan, H1GHTOWN, Scllly Islands, Dec. H. The American seven-masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson, the largest vessel of lta class ever launched, was wrecked In Broad sound during a fierce gale last night. The captain waa rescued from a rock and two sailor were picked up by boatmen. Bo far as known these three men are the only survivors. The schooner turned turtle and Is now floating bottom up. Three dead bodies have been found off Annnt island, an un inhabited lalet of the Scllly group. One sur vivor, who was landed at St. Agnes by the St. Agnes' lifeboat. Is only partly con scious at this writing. The schooner turned turtle and Is now floating bottom up. Three dead bodle have been found off Annet Island, an unin habited Islet of the Scllly group. The ole survivor, who had been landed at BU Agne by the 6t. Agne lifeboat I only partly conscious at this writing. Signals of distress were heard at the Bishop Rock lighthouse at 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon. The lifeboats at once ut out and found the Thomas W. Lawson anchored In a dangerous position Just north of Gunner Rock. Great seas were running and the lifeboats, although they stood by for several hours, were unable to render assistance. At the request of the captain of the Lawson the St. Mary' lifeboat, tho masts of which had been broken off In attempting to rescue the crew of the schooner, put back with the purpose of telegraphing for a tug to come to the assistance of the Law son. The St. Agnes lifeboat was left stand ing by. A little later, however, this life boat had to leave, a ono of It crew wa dying of exposure, while the other were almost completely exhausted. Boat' Light Missed. At about ten minute before S this morn ing the lookout at the St. Agnes and Bishop' Rock llghthouaea and the coast guards missed the light of the Lawson at the same time. and when a lifeboat re turned to ths . seen oil floating on the wave Indicated the disaster. A few mln. ute later the Jifeni.s; found the Lawson. bottom -up, Searching In the vicinity : th. St.. Agnes' Ilghtboat picked up a solitary survivor, Oeorge Allen of London, anJ found three dead bodle oft Annet 'Island. The eur vlvor and tho dead were brought back to Bt. . Agne - , . The gale I still blowing fiercely and the seas are running high. A doctor from St. Mary'a has gone out In a lifeboat to render assistance to other possible survivor. Among the drowned I W. C. Hicks, a Scllly pilot, -who managed to scramble on board the lawson during one of the at tempt of the St. Agne lifeboat to help the lllfated ahlp. . The search up to noon failed, to discover any further survivors, and It now seem to be eatabllahed that Allen 1 the only member of the crew who did not lose his life. The number of drowned Is said to be eighteen. Allen was seriously Injured and the doctor In attendance Is doubtful If he will live out the day. Story of Sarvlvar. . From scrap of Information that have been obtained from the semt-consclous man. It seems that the Thomas W. Lawson encountered prolonged bad weather and lost all It boat on ths trip out from Phil adelphia. It lighted the Scllly Islands .yes terday afternoon, and, finding Itself In a dangerous position, dropped both anchors, the captain hoping that the weather would moderate. The captain thought It wis to send back on of the lifeboats that came out to se cure the assistance of a steam tug. The St. , Agnes boat continued to stand by the J training Kiiugnor unm tnf exnausiea con dition of the crew made It absolutely neces sary to seek the shelter of a harbor. The vessel was battered by the waves, finally tiynlng over. Allen says that when ho last saw them, the captain and mnte of the Lawson and the pilot were lashed to the rigging. RESCUERS WORK AT SANDY HOOk Bark Ednaaad Phlnney Driven Aakoro In Snowstorm. NEW TORK. Deo. It The bark Edmund Phlnney wa driven ashore on the east side of Bandy Hook In a heavy snowstorm at 10 a. m. today. The Bandy Hook llfesaving crew went to the assistance of Its crew. The Phlnney was bound from Jacksonville for Perth Am boy. The task of saving the live of the. crew of the Phlnney Was extremely hasardous, owing to the blinding snowstorm and ter rific seas which were breaking on the beach. It was Impossible for the life savers to launch a boat through such a sea and they prepared at once to shoot "a life line over the bark and bring the crew ashore in a breeches buoy, Aa the bark lay only about 100 feet from the beach there wa a good chance of saving the sailors In that way. " v ' The llfeaavers made several unsuccessful attempts to shoot the life Una to the bark, but owing to the gale the Lyle gun would not throw the line so far as the wrecked vessel Two tugs tried to reach the bark, but failed, and the llfeaavers then tried to reach the vessel In their pwer lifeboat. Ten or twelve men are In the rigging of the Phlnney, watrhlng the efforts of ths llfesavers. A wrecking tug vowing life asaat was compelled by tha heavy seaa to turn back be for reaching the scene of th wreck. The two craft returned to th shelter of the book. Th wind wa than blowing sixty miles an hour and th snow had turned to rain. The foremast of the Phlnney haa been carried away. A number of men caa be seen In a group ' near th stem of th vessel. The life severe are again endeav oring to get a line to the bark. It Is reported that another vessel has (Continued on Second Pa , KIDNAPERS LIVED AT HUBBEL W. S. niratfngham, Held at Cnlesvaro, Came to Nebraska . f rasa Mlssoarl. CHICAGO, . Deo. 14. State Attorney Healy today announced that the case against W. S. Birmingham and his wife, the kidnaper of Lillian Wulff, will be pushed aa rapidly a possible. Kidnaping a child under the age of U year I pun ishable in this stat by a term In th peni tentiary of from on year to life, and the police department ha already signified it tntentlon of asking that tha penalty in the cases uf both kidnapers be for th maxi mum. Birmingham today gave more particular regarding his life than he ha don here tofore. He declared that he was born in Piedmont, Mo., and later lived In Hubbeil, Neb. He declared that he waa married, to his wife In Kansas City In 1901, but docs not know whether or not she was ever divorced from her first husband. - He declared that In m they kidnaped Ellla Kates in Kansas City and that the girl Is now In a retreat In Dubuque, la. He said the Kates girl lived st Third and Gil lis streets In Kansas City. His wife ha a alster, he said, a Mrs. Porter, living on f-ynolds avenue in Kansas City. KANSAS CITT, Mo., Dec. 14.-There is no police record here of the kidnaping of Ella Kates, as far as can b learned, as related by Birmingham In, Chicago, and tho police say they have no knowledge of tha affair. Third and Oillls .streets, where the girl Is said to have lived. Is a poor district near the river. Inhabited prin cipally by foreigners. Late In the day Birmingham and his wife ere held .to the criminal court In bonds of $16,000 each. DURANGO BANK SUSPENDS Colorado Instltatloa Obliged to Closo 'Pending: Reorganisation Hope of Resumption. DURANGO, Colo., Dec. 14. The Colorado State bank of this city suspended business today pending reorganisation. It holds de posit of 1600.000 and It capital I 176.000. The official of the bank Issued a atate- tnent In which they assert that the assets are entirely unimpaired and that the bank will be able to pay Its depositor aa well a it stockholders In full. Th statement further aay that the cause leading to the suspension are the uneasiness In the mind of the depositors caused by the fact that Ellis Hampton, B. N. Freeman and Frank Eldrtdge, director of th bank. have been Indicted for alleged land fraud In Archuleta county. The statement say that these Indictments are entirely un founded. The bank recently sold a third Interest In the Mantesum Water and Land com pany. Payment for this wa to have been made in cash In full this fall. The finan cial flurry haa rendered It Impossible for the purchaser to pay more than SO per cent of the amount due and this ha im paired tho cash reserve of th bank. An examination of the book of tha bank la being made by Charle K. Herr, i. W. Walter and O. 8. 'Bayl, a committee of depositors, and they hava ..reported . that so far as their examination extend they find the bank m splendid condition. - It is expected that th bank will resuma opera tions In a short time. .. .. ... MOTOR CAUGHT -BY FENDER Hnaavrdou Experience of Two Minne apolis Men Strack ky Paa sea gar Train, MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. it. Sitting In their automobile and carried for fifty yard on the cowcatcher ef a passenger engine, every Instant expecting to be ground be neath the wheels of the train, waa the harrowing experience of S. J. Hewson, president of the Menominee Hydraulic Press Prick company, and Frank Peck, uper latendent of the Menominee branch of the company. In Minneapolis last night. They escaped, however, without a bruise. The two were returning from St. Paul. When they approached the Oak street crossing of the Great Northern, Mr. Hew son, who was driving, saw no signals In dicating the approach tt a train, and after slowing up a moment and nettlier1 seeing or hearing anything started across the track at full speed. When the track, wa reached he saw the passenger train almost upon him. . Instead of trying to pass directly In front of the engine, he, with remarkable presence of mind, circled th machine. The automobile was caught "upon the fender and carried soma diets nee with the two men In It As the train was running at the rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour It was brought to a stop quickly. The automobila waa partially wrecked. WYMAN STAYSAT ST. LOUIS Postmaster General Announces tkat Department Retalaa Men Wka Do Datr. ( WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. - Postmaster Wyman of St. Louis will succeed himself. Charges had been preferred sgalnst Wy man, but Investigation of them failed to show that they could be sustained. At ths conclusion of a conference with the presi dent today Postmaster General Meyer an nounced that Wyman would be reappointed, his new term beginning next Monday. Poatmaater General Meyer makea It clear that the reappointment of Wyman Is In accordance wlfh the policy Introduced two years ago and now firmly established of re taining In office postmasters who are per forming their duties satisfactorily. BLOW TO TICKET. SCALPING Jndge Koklsaat Enter Final Decree In Case Against Broker la Conpons. CHICAGO, Dec. 14. Judge Kohlsaat In the United States circuit court today en tered the final decree In the suit of sixteen railroads against fifty-two ticket scalpers In accordance with the recent decision of the United States supreme court holding that the business ef railroad ticket scalp ing Is Illegal. The litigation waa begun In Chicago three years ago, and the case was taken on appeal to the supreme court by the ticket scalpers. Th entering of the decree is declared by the railroad attorneys to be a deathblow to the ticket scalping business. PLOW COMPANY WILL RESUME Two Floats at Itarlae, Wis., to Begin Operation After Being Closed Montk. RACINE. Wis.. Dec. 14. As evidence that the financial situation here Is Improving, the Case Plow company ha announced that It will resume work at It plant Men day morning, employing J0 men and run pti.g ten hours a day. The plant ha been closed for four weeks. The Mltchell-Lewls Wagon company will start lta pleat 8 week later, mjtlvylng LXW mat TRAFFIC IS TIED UP Snow and Sleet Storm Interferes with Trains and TelegTams. NEWS FROM EAST IS DELATED Western Union Has Only One Wire from Chicago to New York. SNOWPLOWS ORDERED OUT Trains in Eastern Colorado and West ern Nebraska Take Siding-. GALE ALONG ATLANTIC COAST Bark Edmand D. rhlnny - Driven Ask ore at Sandy Hook Wareklps at Norfolk Ride Ont Storm la Safety. CHICAGO, Dec. 14. Snow began falling here lata Friday night and continued nearly all day today, causing delay of traffic on surface and elevated lines and on railroads. Th weather bureau reported that five Inchea of snow had fallen' In the downtown district and between six ' and seven Inches In the southern section of the city. The storm Is of wide extent, spread ing over the greater part of the country from the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic eoaat In .many localities east of Chicago the snow today turned to rain, and later to sleet, causing the breaking of many wires. Snownlow Sent Ont. DENVER, Dec. 14. While the eun was shining In Denver all day today, a bllssard was raging In eastern Colorado and west ern Kansas and Nebraska. The railroads are having difficulty in moving trains, and some of the lines hava' ordered tralna to take sidings. A general cessation of traf fic will occur east of Denver unless the big storm stops within a few hours. . . Reports received by railroads In Denver said that the atorm was moving In the di rection of Denver. Bnowplows were sent out by the railroads and much trouble la anticipated. The worst effect of the storm are being felt 100 mile east of this city. TERRIFIC STORM OVER ERIE Steam Toaj Lose Tow and Come lata Port wltk Oao Man Mlaalaa-. . SANDUSKY, O., Dec 14. With It rud der gone, the tug Lett of Cleveland limped Into this port today. During the night th tug lost the dredge, Detroit No. 1 off Cedar Point and one man, Samuel Simp son of Cleveland, wa drowned. A terrlflo storm Is raging on Lake Erie. RACINE, W!a., Deo. 14.-A a result ef today's atorm the ateamer Wisconsin broke even hawaers while attempting to ti up at tt dock and waa compelled to anchor in th harbor. The swell lifted the steamer so hls-h thst it was caua-ht nn a eluitar nt Tplk and av portion of lta bull waa badly smashed. . ROBBERS DITCH MAIL TRAIN Gaard and Bandlta Battle Over tha Wreckage Till Latter Are Re pnlsed at Tlfll. TIFLI3, Tranacaucaala, Dec. 14. A band of alxty robbers attacked and derailed the mall train running between Tlfll and Baku last night near the : station 1 of Salakhtu. The train waa carrying a large sum of money.. The train guard repulsed tha ban dits, after a fight In which many passen gers and soldiers were wounded. The ban dits finally retreated, leaving four dead behind them. The attack wa daringly conceived and carried out. Thirty yard of track on a down grade has been torn up and tha train, running at full speed, plunged Its way over the ties. Both locomotives and most of tha cars were ditched. The robbers, who were in hiding near by, Immediately came out and advanced on the train guard and passenger. They threw eight bomb and opened a heavy fire on the confused trav elers. The train guard rallied quickly and returned this fire from behind the mass of wreckage. They . held their ground tenac iously until the robber were driven off, carrying their wounded. A hospital train haa brought a number of tha wounded passengers and guards to Tlflls. Troops are In pursuit of the rob ber. NEGOTIATIONS AT GOLDFIELD American Federation and Mine Own era Coming to Terms Mlae Situation Sam. GOLDFIELD, Nev., Dec. 14. Secretary Erb of the Qoldfleld Mine Owners' asso ciation, announced jesterday after a meet ing of the executive committee of the asso ciation that a resolution had been passed suspending the wage scale of the associa tion recently attempted, for ten days, at the request of the American Federation of Labor. During the ten days a committee of th American Federation and the asso ciation will perfect a new wage scale, which will be satisfactory to the American Federation. Thia arrangement will also affect the employee of tha Nevada-California Power company who walked out Thursday, and under the new agreement these employes will return to work today, thus removing the Imminent possibility of shutting down of the plant of the Power company, which furnishes all of the power to the mines and tha lights and power for the city of Gold Held. The new arrangement affects th car penters and engineer In the mlnea, and those men who are not affiliated with the Western Federation of Miners, will resume work In the mines today. NO MORE BODIES LOCATED Total Discovered a Moaongak Mlaes Now is Three Haadre-d and Twenty-Two. MONONGAH. W. Va.. Dec. 14 -No bodies have been found In mines Noa. f and S of the Fairmont Coal company since last night, when the total reached S22. ThJ legislative commltt on mine Investigation will sit here next Tuesday with the attor ney general of tho state. Fifteenth lnfnntry Retnrna. BAN 'FRANCISCO, Cal.. Dec. 14.-The army transport Sherman, Captain Bru- Julere, which arrived late Thuraay night, ocked at th transport wharf yeaterduy. Th transport brought home the Fifteenth Infantry, which left here on thn Bhorman in November, lsufi. and during Its two years duty la the Philippines wus siatiened In Mindanao. The regiment niU g from her to tort DougLaa, Utaa, MAY REOPEN COMMERCE BANK Comptroller RMgeley Aare-eehle Plans that Carry Snbetantlal Chan are In Official,' to WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Comptroller Ridgely stated today that at a confer ence w ith Senator Warner and O. H. Dean if Kansaa City this morning he told them he waa In thorough sympathy with the efforts to bring about the reopening of the National Bank of Cofimerce of Kan ana City at. as early a date as possible, provided that the capital of the batik should be completely restored and largely Increased; that the bank be provided with ample cah . means at Its reopening to meet all demands; and that, further, there should be such a reorganization of di rectors and officers of the bunk that the new board and officers should be free from all responsibility for the suspension of the old bank and should not only In spire, but command such confidence both in Kansaa City and throughout the west that there would be no doubt of tho suc cess of the reorganised bank. Mr, Ridgely also ststed thst he had been authorised to visit Kansas City to confer with the people Interested In the bank there to consider plans for Its reorganisa tion, and stated that he would be entirely willing to do this as soon as the condition of the bank was definitely determined and some actual and practical plan of reorganisation was ready for considera tion. Mr: Ridgely said that Mr. Dean had not offered htm th presidency of the National Bank f Commerce and had no authority to do ao. PEACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA Some Prospect Now that Negotiations to This End Will Be. Saccrssf nl. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 14-The Central American peace conference prac tically concluded lta labor today, when It was announced that the delegates had agreed upon, and were ready, to sign seven treaties. The most Important step toward the preservation of peace In Central Amer ica consisted in the agreement of the treaty establishing a permanent court. The other treaties will be: One of extradition; one for establish ment of a Central American pedagogical In stitution and for the establishment of an International Central American bureau sim ilar to the Bureau of American Republics at Washington; a financial convention; a treaty for the establishment of better com munication between tha countries, and a general treaty of peace and amity. On Friday the delegates wll formally sign these trestle. In tha afternoon of th same day the conference will be dissolved and on Satur day night the delegates will glv a dinner to th secretary of state, the cabinet and other. s TRYING TO PROVE A TRUST Assistant Attorney General of Mls . sonrf Contlnnea Effort la In- anranee Investigation. ' ' " i ST. LOUIg, Dec. 14.-When the Investi gation into tha alleged trust of Insurance companies. doing business In Missouri was resumed today Assistant' Attorney General Ferris continued his efforts to show that th sixty-seven , Insurance companies are In an agreement to fix and control rates. While admitting that aa a general prop osition they have adhered to the Water worth rate. ' wltneaaea for the Inaurance companies assert that they have cut th rate frequently, when competition neces sitated - such- aotlom The "Waterworth rate" which appear to figure aa the key note of the state's case. Is a book of esti mates compiled by Jamea A. Waterworth of St. Louis In reference to the value of property, the risk Involved and the insur ance rate that should apply. The Insur ance agenta say that they have nothing to do with It ownership er publication, and It was Compiled for the guidance of only those who wish to use It. WISCONSIN WANTS INSPECTORS Representatives of Snperler Elevators Make Plea Before Minnesota Commission ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 14.-Wlsconsln now wants Minnesota Inspection for Its wheat and small gralna, and that after twice "kicking" out Inspectora at Superior who were placed there by the Minnesota commission. Representatives of Superior elevator con cerns appeared today before the State Rail way and Warehouse commission, bringing from the Wisconsin commission an arree ment to confine their Inspection to coarse grains In and out of Superior, and to weigh all grains, Including wheat. In and out of the same port. In return those who re-qu-st it are to have Minnesota inspection Uir wheat and fisx. Compliance would necessitate the placing of Inspectors by the commission at Su perior. No action was taken, as the com missioners said they first desired to be sure of good falih on the part of the Wis consin officials. EDITOR WINS IN LIBEL SUIT Attorney W. A. Hnynea Lose Damage Case Against Anita, la., News- paper Man, ATLANTIC, la., Dec. 11 (Special Tele gram.) The jury In the libel suit of At torney W, A. Haynes sgalnst Bam Myers, editor of the Anita Tribune, returned a verdict for the defendant at noon today after being out since last night. The suit was for 13,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by the publication of an article In the Tribune. It was the longest suit ever tried In the district court for this county. It took three weeks. Eight attorneys were engaged In It and all made speeches. One of the attorneys, C. A. Meredith, speke continu ously for eight hour. Another suit in which 1 Dr. Larrabee Is the plaintiff Is pending against the defendant. It Is said this will be dismissed. LINCOLN WOMAN DIES ON WAY km, Harry Benolt Expires nt Chicago on Way to Beside of Her Daaahter. CHICAGO. Dee. 14. Mrs. Harry Benolt of Unco In was taken suddenly 111 last night shortly after her arrival In Chicago to see her daughter, Mrs. Hattl Miller, who Is HI In St. Anthony's hospital. The mother died as a police ambulance was rushing her to that Institution. Mrs. Benolt boarded an elevated train In order to reach the hospital. She became 111 at Hern ave nue and was carried Into the station by the train guards, who called the ambu lance. The body Is new at the hospllal. and the daughter, who has not been In formed of her mother's death, probably will ba operated upon today, LID GOES ON TODAY First Attempt to Be Made TowaiS Complete Sunday Closing, :.. ALL LINES OF ACTIVITY AFFECTET) Names of Persons Violating Law Wii Be Jotted Down. GENERAL TEST WILL THEN COJIJ City Divided Into Six Farts anj Police Apportioned. MUCH INQUIRY-' OVER DETAIL People Keep Officers Bssy Asking ' How Fnr They May Go aat Not Be tanght la the Act. For hour Saturday th police captains handed out advice over the talephonoa to those anxious Inquirer i whd desired to know what they could do Bunday when the. department Is to enforce the Sunday clo lug law. To sum up the advlca of th cap tains it was: "Do as you please as you do In regard td obeying every olher law." Citizens attempted to get bills of excep tion through, but the captains who did not want to advise anyone, simply told thos who had special reasons, that th "just and beneficent luw Is no respector of persons;" Grocers wanted to keep open a aide door, others entered the plea that they sold milk to a large number of people and felt th should supply their customer on Sunday as well as any other day. "I am now supplying milk to families where there are many sick babies," tale phoned a north side grocer. ' "How many sick babies did you say jretS were feeding?" ssked Captain Moatyn. "Sixteen," replied the anxious) shot) keeper. ' Feed the Babies. "Well, you feed those sixteen babie thole milk Bunday morning, but remember that sick babies do not need cigars, sardine or brick cheese and If we catch you selling anything but milk for the sick babies, yon come down"' replied the captain Signs appeared In many -of the tbbacca tore and at the news-stands early Saturday-morning. They said: "Closed tomor row take something along now." Others) said: "No place to go except to church and home." One hotel bar ha "Nothing to eat, nothing to drink and also nothing to do. In Omaha tomorrow do tt now." , Hackmen were , told by the police thay must not appear on' tha street Sunday nor at th regular standa, while tha bag gageman - who attempt to move a trunk or haul anything across th city will bo marked for slaughter with tha street car conductors, newsboys, mixer of fla-furleg at the drug stores, newspaper reporters and other. Whether the sheriff offloo will tain ) hand and grab th officers of the police de partment, wno anva. patroi wagon ana walk their beat, was a matter of con Jecture all day Saturday and It waa lit" tlmated around headqufrtera that tb8 Jalla may be full of policemen before Sun day .evening. . TTncle Isn't Men May Work On. On class of workmen th police, brara aa they are supposed to be, and really ar will not molest. That Is your Uncle Sam uel's mall men. The Screen wagon men will haul th) mall to and from the trains as they were wont to do In the halyoon day before th wave of reform struck the city amidships. The clerks will sort the mall and distribute It, rendering unto Peter the mall that la Peter'a and unto Paul that -snail that la Paul's. Other clerks will hand the mall out at the windows and other clerka will do the things pertaining to their office that they are paid for doing and they will snap their finger In the bluecoat'a face. With the assurance of one who knows where ha is "at." ia an offense that no self-respecting police man would be guilty of. . - -A plan waa adopted by Mayor Dahlman and Chief of Police Donahue of having tha city divided Into six districts and policemen apportioned toAake namea of person they deem to be violator of the law, but not to make arrest. There will be a sort of cast- Ing of lota and picking the winner tha morning after to decide on tha victim for prosecution In the wholesale test to ba made of the law. NEW ORDER FOR SANTA CLAUS Letter of Children Tbrenak Mall Will. He Sent to III Agent. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.-In past years" many communications have been received by the Postomce department requesting delivery of so-called 'Santa Claua letters' to philanthropic societies and other la various parts of the country, but th ra quest have always been denied. Th de partment, taking the stand that letter of Importance would be classed with "Santa, Claua letters'' through error, that It would be exposing to private parties confidential correspondence that the letters might con tain valuable enclosures, and that such a practice would not be in keeping with th principle of th sanctity of the malls. Now, however, l'ost master General Meyer has adopted a more liboral attitude toward the children, as Indicated by his action ofr today in Issuing an order to postmasters all over the country (to whom letters full of trust and pleading are coming In such numbers ' from the little ones) to let tb people of their cities know through th newspapers ti.at mall addressed to Santa Claus will be delivered to any responsible parties who will undertake to act as Santa Claus' agents In the matter. CUMMINS CORRECTS ERROR Declares Never ha Id Weald at Ms) Time Ba Candidate for Senate. ' - DES MOINES, Dec. 14. -Governor A. B. Cummins, who is at New London, la, gave; a statement over the long distance tele phone this afternoon, in which h admitted saying two years sgo that he was not at that time a candidate fir the :oslt1on held by United States Senator Allison. "I meant Just what I said," said the guvernor. "I was not a candidate for senuror at the time. I was running for governor. I quali fied my statement sufficiently to make It well undei ood that I iiad no idea of never running the serste." Cummins' enemies claim that th letter made public by Dolllver should oaua tb governor t withdraw J