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Fhe Omaha . Daily Bee VOL. XXXVII XO. 1G2. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMRER 24, 1D07 TEN FAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CALL BY TAGCART Formal Crier for Assembling of Dem ocratic National Convention. MEETS Ef EEXVLR JULY 7 State and Territoriei tt Hare Usual Somber of De . H050E F02 HATclc JtAJT VV Oar Jim Member of Spec -V -mittee on ArTanment3 OF c- mST EfSTALLKEyr RraTtr CwnlMtt Sena g-tS.OOO ' French Lick en Contract ,Py f 1IH,HX for Coa- ta veatlsm Ebi FRENCH LICK. Ind-. Dec 2X Chair man Tnggrt of th democratic national commute today lasued a formal call for tha national convention. Tbc snnounce ment says: "Th democratic national eornrr.ltte baa appointed Tuesday. Jury ". 1. aa the time anal chosen Denver, Colo., aa the place for holding tba democrat! national conven tion. Each at a La la entitled to representa tion therein equal to doubi the number of It a senator and representatives In the congress af the" United State, and each territory. Ak4. District of Columbia. Hawaii and Porta Rloo ahall bare six de'.e galea. An democratic citisena of the Unite PLatea. irroapectlv of past ponti le al notations and difference, who ca.t unit wrltA aa In the effort for a pure, economical eonaUtuUonal government nra cordially Invited to join til In sending dele gate ta tba convention." Mr. Taggart also announced the follow ing apacial committee on arrangements for tha national convention: Roger ' H Bulllvan, Chicago; Jamea C Dahl lan. Omaha: Norman 8. Mack. Buf falo; R- at Johaao. Houaton; John T. MoGraw. Grafton, W. Va.; John M. Oe borne, Rawlins, Wya.; Clark Howell. At lanta, Ga. ' Dearer Send Cash. DENVER. Colo.. Deo. a Tha first In atallmcnt 03.W af tha $WO.00 fund pledged to tha ' democratic national com mute by tha Dearer Coarention leag-ue waa forwarded today to Chairman Trio ma 'Taggart at French Lick. Ind. Tha re mainder win ba paid In equal Installments on Jamiary . February 22 and March C STORY OF IIUTILATED LETTERS Black Silk M.11 That Weit Astray Waa la Punch ' at bnialu City. LEAD. a. D.. Dee. a Evidence af rob bery waa revealed har by the receipt of a number af envelope which had been opened and badly mutilated. Acroaa theae envelope were stamped: "Mutilated by pouch, robber. Tha letter were for warded from tha office af tha chief clerk of tha postal ear. toe la Omaha. " Poatofrlc " official at Omaha ha no trouble la ptainlnc why a few piece of Black. HIT rnJ matter ahould appear With tha atama "Mutilated by pouch rob ber. aa tha depot at Nebraska City waa broken Into it at Wednesday and mail aacks left In It robbed. In distributing tha mail for outgoing train tha Korthweatera aacks for tha Black Kills and the Missouri Pacific sack for" Kansas City .stand aide by aide. la tii Christmas rush a new distributor threw several letters for toe Black Hilla country into the Miasouri Pacific aacks. and Instead of throwing tha letter off to catch tha firet train back to Omaha, they were car Vied to .Nebraska City before they wer thrown off. They were in the sacks which were robbed at Nebraska City December 17. Aa far as tha Omaha official are con cerned they sea little mystery in the ap pearance of the letter at Lead, aa they re stamped "Nebraska City" and the rob bery there ia still fresh in the memory of poalofCc Inspectors. TYPEWRITER FIRM'S BONUS Resalaataa 'BTaaafartarar Dlatribat ' Maaey ta Eeleat Eatplayea at lllaa. ILION. N. T.. Dec IT The tenth half yearly bonus payment at tba Remington typewriter fv!ory ' Wykoff. Sea mans A Benedict. I lion. N. T-. took place todsy. Mat than (120.100 has now been distributed in this way to the most efficient of the em ploy as. who have been abl to retain their poattlonc for ten year and more. In the factory tall on thla occasion f-I.tsO In gold a distributed among TX selected, work ntea. including two thirty-year, thirteen twenty-fiva-year, forty twenty-year, eighty four fifteen-year and 1ST ten-year men. The rertlficatea and prise for good eug grstion adopted during the last six months ere awarded at the same time- FOR NATIONAL TRADES UNION Building Organlaatlan Will Confer In Han mt Praleetlaf Tkelr laterrat. NEW TORK. Dec- U Plans have been completed for the formation of a temporary organisation which will embrace all the building trades union a in the country In accordant with the proposal made at the last annual meeting of the American Fed i ration of Labor. A charter for the new i raacisaUon will be asked for at the next meeting of the executive council cf the federation, which will b held In New York January 54. A meeting to form a rt-rmanent organisation will be held Janu ary t. It is aaid the new federation will include l.(M) tr menibera. Aewaawd af Baatlegarlag. MITCHELL, 8. D-. Dec. B. Special. Him prohibition went into effect in A lex an -tit -a there haa been a close watch kept by the authorities for the first appearance of hoolWgmg whisky and beer. Two young "if a. It oy Austin and Charles LeOair. were discovered ia the act of supplying liquid refreshment to friends and they were traced under arrest by Deputy United State Marahal Petrte. who took th young men to Cbasnbertaln for a hearing before l l.e United State rommiaaioeer. Both boys wer .Sound over ta the term of federal i curt o. ' charge of aetltng liquor with out a government license. They both gav Itond fur their appearance. The Alexandria a u thorn lea ar aiau trying to discover the a horeaaodts of John Voaa. a German boy, wrfca had been working la th country all for a farmer. When tha boy quit be lsied th earn of his employer to three . ' aggregating AB, which h cashed Vt stare by baytng amaU article. SUMMARY OF THE BEE TiMtoy, Decern ber 2 4, lfMT. 1907 DECEMBER 1907 - t t "' I 2-3 4 5 6r7 8 0 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 !29 30 31 ? TX1 WliTgim. Forecast till 7 p.m. Tuesday. For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity "air and colder Tuesday, "or Nebraeks Tuesday fair. r Iowa Partly cloudy Tuesday; colder -sday. T'-nrTtt'jr at tmaha yesterday ri Hour. Ig. : I " Si i a. m s. m 7 a. m a- rn a. m W a. m- 11 a. m. 12 m 1 p. m 2 p. m S ! ... ... n ... a ... ... c "" 15 i . . 4 I p. m 4 p. m I p. m r. is x p. m r4l t D m... 37 d. m p. T0...1 3 XK2dXaTfTC. President Rooeevelt will remain in 1:1a attitude against permitting troopa to atay at Goldfleld. New Tork business men sre restive be cause so many western firms are send ing remittance in western exchanre. rag 1 Mm. Mary Baker G. Eddy has planned a charity for the benefit of the poor that will cost 11.000.000. "raga 1 gleet etorm In Illinois causes break in telegraphic communication. Fag 1 Kanaas City pool hall owner denied writ of habeaa corpus in teat of Sunday Uw. Fag 1 Step have been taken for the organ ization of a national association of men in the building trade. Pag 1 An accident to one of the torpedo boats in the flotilla that preceded the big fleet caused delay of a day. Pag 1 One hundred men flee for their lives in the Scboenburg mine at Balrd Station to escape fire. Page 1 Men in the Darr mine were praying when overcome by gas. Pag 1 Contractor Green and Gay nor have been refused an appeal to United State supreme court. Pag 1 The holiday period in California has been ended and business is again in nor mal channela. Pag 1 Testimony in the Power trial to show that someone else than Power was re sponsible for Goebel's death. Pag 1 Dynamite wrecks, fifty houses in Ot tawa. I1L , Pag 1 Secretary Taft pays a visit to his mother's grave at Cincinnati. Pag 1 A public retraction by W. R. Hearet of a story that W. R. Chanler was Impli cated with Raymond Hitchcock free him from criminal libel charge. Pag 1 The details of the agreement of tlx Shah of Persia are read to the assembly by tha president. Paga 1 TOXXOM. Chinese troops engage in mutiny. ; ....,., j - Pag 1 Express com panic doing business la Nebraska, will b compelled to submit full report showing interstate busi ness. Pan a Sheriff Toung of Pender has brought Olaf Olson and his two sons to Fremont for a consultation over the mystery of bis childSa disappearance. Paga 3 Defense In the Wallace murder trial introduces some strong testimony. Pag 3 Commercial aag Industrial. Live stock markets. Pag T Grain markets. Pag T Stocks and bonds. Paga T KOTKaUJITS OP OCXAJ- aTTSAMaaTXPa. rot- arrtre. Sail. KttW TOEtt rJ4oaU MTW TOR K trflii D luiiaT HEW TORK L.cana RETURN OF THE BATTLESHIPS Secretary Metealf ays Rente Voyage Bark to Atlantic la Xt Determined. af WASHINGTON. Dec 3 -"The program for the return of th battleship fleet is a matter that haa bten discussed among the officials cf th Navy department, but aa yet bo decision haa been reached, and will not be for some time to come" aaid Secre tary of the Navy Metcaif today. The secretary's remark was called out by a wireless message from the flagship Con necticut, atatlng that Admiral Evana had authorised the Aaaociated Press to say it la hie personal belief that the Navy depart ment's present Intention Is to have the battleship fleet return by wsy of the Sues canal next etimmer or fall. Aa the presi dent, through Secretary Lneb, previously had spoken to the same effect, it seems clear that Admiral Evans" statement was not suggested by sny definite move o far determined upon by those aupretne In au thority. In naval circle the opinion pre vails that almost the orly squadron com posed of such vessels as the voyage to the Pacific shall have demonstrated to be the "pick of the fleet" win be sent home through the Sue canal, while th re mainder will take the shorter route around the Horn. It is not likely, however, that all sixteen battleship will make th return voyage, aa the desirability of a atror.ger fleet tn the Pacific may be met by the re tertioa cf perhaps several of Adnural Evans' si lp in those waters. But. like Auuural Evana' belief as to tbe returning by way of the Su-. canal, the question of permanently reinforcing the Pacific aquadroa haa not progress! beyond the ; ftisrtliutnn Mm r. A it m (tn,l lUlMmhiitii. . T , . . ! hinge, upon developments of the next six . mon ' ROOSEVELT STREET TRIPLETS! Knnnaa City, Kan., Mother Pell- Ont Theory at President to the Letter. KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Dec. 2X-la Roose velt Place, a street in Kansas City. Kan . last night, tripleta were born to Mr. and Mr. Martin Curry. Th babiea, a girl and two boys, and the mother are doing well. Curry is a laboring man. Special Train far Waal brewers, CHETENNE. Wyo, Dec 21. (SpecuX) The Wyoming Wool Grow era associa tion has chartered a special train cf tw Pullman sleep r. a coach aad a baggage car to mak tha trip to the national coa veatioa at Helena. Th train wl.l east the woolgrower S2.00. and win leave Laramie at th clue of th atat cacv veatipa on January 11. Many of the gov ern meat official and other who will ad drea both tha state and national meet ing will go la th special trails law NEW TORE MEN GET RESTLESS Interior Customers Are Sending' West- era Exchange. CUSTOM STAETS DTJB.KQ FLUERY Reenlt Menns Smaller Deposit with Kaatrrw Baaka auad la Caaatag Baalaesa Mea Caaalder able Alara. N KW TORK. Dec 21 The Journal of Commerce thla morning aara tl at commis sion houses and other wholesale distrib uters of New Tork are becoming restiv under what they consider tha distinct ab sence of appreciation by their interior cua tomer. During the recent panic when It waa Impoeaibie for these customer to pur- chase New Tork exchange, the wholesale trade here ehowed every possible cooaid- rat ion. going aa far as to accept checks on their customers' local bank In settle ment of accounts and thea holding such checks until collections wer possible. It iniwiri that their avstem hsving one found a footing has grown much m favor ... . . . among the Interior dealers and out of town checks are. it Is understood, formic g a much greater proportion of the remit tances to New Tork' than has been the case, for year. - 111 Deautad Sew York Eaekaage. The contracta made by New Tork mer chants usually specifically call for payment In New Tork exchange, and there is a dis tinct disposition ob the part of the larger class of merchants to compel a full recog nition cf this requirement. Any waiting of this provision possesses a distinct interest for New Tork banks. In that the country institutions have less incentive to keep funds on deposit her so long ss their cus tomers are not buying New Tork exchange, and this. In turn, encourages hoarding cf unnecessary balances throughout the south and west by banks there located. New Tork banks are of the opinion that a con certed action by New Tork merchants to demaad New Tork exchange will do mora to compel the out-of-town banks to tame- diately discontinue their boarding tactics than anything else. The interior banks, it is knows, are averse to acting upon the suggestions, or even pressure, that might be brought by New Tork banks. Several large bouses, the paper continues, will hereafter refuse to credit out-of-town checks until they have beeen collected. OUTLOOK IN NEW ENGLAND Waal, Cotton auad ke Indaatrie Do Nat Expert Prolonged Detressles, BOSTON. Dec IX The opening of the last full week of th year Ond conserva tism prominent in all New England in dustries, but there ta no feeling of help lessness apparent anywhere and the gen eral sentiment appears to b that trade wia partially recover during IKS. though a full revival is not looked for until after tha presidential election. As this city Is tha center of the wool, hide, leather boot and shoe and shoe ma chlaery trade of the United States and nearly a hand red cot tea and woolen saiJl bar their bead cfSon la Boston, th com mercial situation In the country at large ia usually accurately reflected here. New England banks stood the financial strain better than institution In other sections, only three banks being compelled to close Of these, one hss resumed and a second ks making arrangements to do so. It Is generally admitted that the financial out look Is brightening. A a natural outcome of the financial disturbances. New England induatrlea are heirs conducted cautiously and a policy of curtailment and reduction of expenses has been adopted In practically all branches of trade. Many manufacturer regard It advls able to restrict the output In order to declaration provides, first, that Saad Ed prevent a slump In prices and a great j Duwle and the intriguing priests be ban surplus of In the spring. Curtail- tahed and the persons responsible for re ment is general among New England cent disorders be punished; second, that woolen mill, many of which are running Ala Ed-Doyleh and his brother be allowed but four days a week. It is estimated j to return to Persia; third, that J infantry- that 50.00 hands are affected In the woolen trade by the short time. The ma chine shops, chair factories and ahoe fac toriea have also been restricting the out put, but the shoe factories sre gradually going oa full time again, as that industry shows more improvement than most of th others. Hundreds of establishments will take advantage of the holiday week and clos in part or entirely. Nearly all will re- sume work next week. While a gradual Improvement Is looked for In 10. It is estimated that frtyn 200.000 to 250.000 employes of New Eng land Industries will be on a short time basis during the first part of the year. This number will be an increase of about 125.000 over the number affected !st week, due to the arrangement now being made by cotton manufacturer to curtail the output 25 per cent .from Christmas until March 1. HUNDRED MEN FLEE FOR LIVES Harrow Encase of Workmen Srhoenherc Coal Mine Re aalt af Fire. la PITTSBURG. Pa.. Dec 3. That 100 men narrowly escaped cremation in a fire in the Schoenberg Coal mine at Balrd station, thirty miles from here yesterday became known today. The fire ignited from elec tric sparka, it nr believed, and the HO men had to flee for their live Today th mine to to flood1- dary In George Case Dlaaarreed. 1ITTTHFI I. 3 r Tw - , ,a,;.i , There were so man', criminal raaea on f . , . ., . . . . county that Judge Smith was forced to ad- journ court without giving any attention to f tjM( numermj, etvfl c hu.h were ready fortrtaL The case of "Buf- l;S; flZZ": waa arrested Just as be waa leaving the country for good- George is about th last of th cattle rustlers on the reservation who have given the settlers over there so much trouble for the past fifteen year. The Jury disagreed in its verdict and George made an application for a change of venue to orn other county on the ground that he could not secure aa Impartial trial Judge Smith stated that he would undoubt edly transfer the case to Hanson county on account of the term eomins- eai-rter in fthe year than any other county In th cir cuit. Clarence Colvtn, on cf th George gang. waa convicted on th charge of bora stealing, but will aak for a sew trial oa th ground that new evidence has been aacured that will tend toward giving him hat liberty. Owing to the otht-r term , of court to be held in hi district Judg Smith could gtv but tw week t Lymaxt county. Tha civil caeca will be tried at the next of court. NEW ORLEANS BANK SOUND ClearlasT How Eiaalsei State atlwaal - Rewaeat at Direricn. NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 3. At a late hour tonight- the Nw Orleana Clearing House ' association Issued an announce ment that a conamMtee from re-at organisa tion, which had mad a thorough examina tion of the resource and llabilitle of the 3tate National bank of this cKr. had found the bank absolutely solvent -and that the few Orlean Clearing House saoociatioa would render the bank any aianc It nv.ght need. The examtnsUpfi wss made at the re quest of tba wmcers of the State National, who said that they arishe-i the condition of. their Institution officially . passed .upon. Tha State National has a capital stock paid In of fca.ee. surplus fund of 17n.n0. snd undivided profits amounting to 14. mi. SX Ita last statement was Issued at the close of busiaeaa December a. when It was stated that outside or tha amounts sub ject to the check of other national and state banks there were liabilities to foreign banks amounting-1 SnT-MO. The bank is ana of tha oldest institu tions of Its kind In tha city, being a suc cessor to the Louisiana Stat bank, founded In Wis. NEW VORK. Dec St. Following the resignation last night of William . Adler. a president of the aiate National bank of New Orleans, the examination by a clear ing house commit tea of the bank's resource and liabilities, and the announcement that it was absolutely solvent and that th New Orleana Clearing House association will render It any aasistaaoa It may need, the wholesale grocery firsn of Adler A Co.. toaday Issued a statement that the firm had met with financial difficulties. WUliam Adler left for Near Tork several days ago with the hope of straightening out tha financial difficulties of Ma firm. Owing to the condition ef tha Adler firm It was deemed advisable that Mr. Adler resign a president of the bank. Pending the election of a successor, the other officers of the baak requested that the clearing house association paas officially on the resourcea and liabilities of tha Institution. The prompt announcement of tha result of this es u,, ha prevented tha confidence of depositor from being impaired- HEARSTS RETRACTION GOES Clearance af W. A, Chandler Serve ta BrlnsT Aboat Dasaalaaal at Criminal Case. NEW TORK. Dec JX The publication today of a retraction of statements made in th New Tork American and Evening Journal la October connecting William Astor Chanler with the case of Raymond Hitchcock, may result ia th abandonment of the criminal libel proceedings instituted by Mr. Chanler against W. R. Hearst. Mr. Chanler"ti attorney aaid today: The retraction is so thorough and so complete a vindication of my cltent I do not believe Mr.-Chanler will feel It is necessary further to press the proceed ings. The acanowledgement of error and the personal regret expressed by Mr. Hearst in todsys retraction leave little to be gained by urgiag the matter before the grand Jury. Hugo Voecks. brother of Elsie Vocck. la whose -behalf charges were brought against Raymond Hltcaoock. the comedian, pleaded guilty to aa,ln4etment alleging ex tortion today and wiaa'.acBtenped tomor row. Voecks U -accused of obtaining n.Os) from Hitchcock for keeping quiet concern ing the charge against th actor. SHAH'S AGREEMENT GIVEN President of Perelaa Aaaemhly Rend Details of Deelnrntlan Received Pram Rater. TEHERAN. Dec IX The president of the assembly today announced the details of the declaration submitted to the assem bly yesterday by th shah. In which th istter accepted the demands made upon him by the constitutional leadera. Thia men be placed before the buildings; fourth, that all troopa, including the Cossack brigade, which has been an , Independent command, be placed under the command of the ministry of war: and, fifth, that the Russian officers of the Cossack brigade shall only Instruct the men. not command them aa hitherto. All the shop were re-opened today. LORD KELVINJN THE ABBEY FamM British Scientist Bnrled To day Clea t Sir Inane Xewtea. LONDON, Dec. 3. Under the ahadow or the monument to Sir Isaac Newton and j rinse o the choir in Westminister Abbey. ; th ot u,rd Kelvin, the noted Engliah ! art-mist mho died December IT. waa buried at noon today in the presence cf a great gathering of scientists repreentir.g Ameri-cs-a. continental and British societies. Many of those present were clad In their academic robes snd wore their decoralioca Th scene was solemn and Impressive. A dozen clergymen were associated In reading the simple service. EDITOR HARDENJROKEN DOWN This 1 Prevailing Lntrewlsa In Fa stens Trial Xew la P regress at Berlla. BERLIN. Dec. 2X The Harden - Von Moltke suit was resumed today. Prince Zu Eulenburg and Frau von Moltk, divorced wife of Count Kuno von Moltke. wer re examined. While it I impossible to obtain authentic news of the proceedings, the Im pression is strong today that Harden haa practically broken down. 'FRISCO BUSINESS RESUMES Period of Holiday End nnd Bank Res a me Dealing- In Wester State. BAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2X-The-period of legal holidays declared by Governor Gillette to meet the recent financial stringency hav ing expired at midnight last Saturday, all of the leading bank tranaaeted business as usual today. Normal condition pre vailed and there waa no run nor crush of people anywhere. Many deposit were mad and the withdrawal of funds did not exceed the amount customary to the day's business. Clearing house certificate con tinued to circulate, but wba coin was re quirvJ it was readily obtainable. The prin cipal bankers unite ia deciarizig that tba firtaacsal trouble, which tor a time fnmid son inconvenience, ia a thing of the past. ' Milk Men Give Bswsda. CHICAGO. Dec. 22 The men Indicted for alleged eo ft piracy la connn-tloa with th advane ia the prst of milk today gav lx bo&da each for Uutir aiwraun for J. F. CARPENTER KILLS SELF Secretary of Carpenter Paper Company Ends Life With a EeTolrer. IIlffESS CAUSE OF THE ACT Had Been Confined to HI Roosa far Week nnd Prowiona to That Hnd Been na n Trln for Hla Health. J. Frank Carpenter, secretary of . the Carpenter Paper company, committed sui cide about i last evening at his resi dence. jTtal aPrker street. The family wer seated at the dinner table at the time and Mr. Carpenter was lone In his room, where he wss confined by Illness. He returned a week ago from a trip taken wtlh the object of benefiting hla health, but In this It proved disappoint ing and sine hi return he has been con fined to fi!a room. While alone he secured a revolver and shot himself through the bead, being dead when the members of the family w"h- beard tha shot reached the room. No reacn for the act could be suggested except sickness and a nervous breakdown producing Insomnia, due to overwork and too close application to business without enough recreation. Th firm of which he Is secretary Is one of the largest in the paper justness la th entire west, having branches m several western cities. GREEN AND GAYNOR BARRED United State genres Csmrt Refaee to Accept Jortsdletlaw In Case af Contractor. WASHINGTON. Dec IX The supreme court of the United State today denied th writs of certeriorl bringing to that court the cases of Benjamin Green and John F. Gay nor. who are under sentence to oay a fine of XTTS.Te) and to undergo terms of im prisonment of four year each on th charges of etnbesxlement and conspiracy in connection with Captain Oberlin M. Carter's scheme to defraud the Catted State in connection with harbor Improve ments at Savannah. Ga. ACCIDENT TO TORPEDO BOAT Plrat Fleet Obliged t Tarn Back at Trial da 4 ta Order ta Make Reaalra. PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. Dec JX Tn American torpedo boat Flotilla, which left yesterday morning at o'clock for Rio Janeiro on its way to the Pacific returned here today because of an accident to the machinery of. the Lawrence. The damage Is not serious aavd It ia estimated that th repair can be made In one day. ' Tba supply ship Arethus baa gone on to Para. ' ' Tha batUeshSa fleet ras not ret been sighted. WILL TEST THE SUNDAY LAW Kanaaa City Pool Hall Proprietor Dealed Writ of Habeas Cere as. . KANSA8 CITY. Dec 2i-W!'.!:am Ryle, proprietor of a pool hall here, recently Indicted by the grand Jury for operating hi place in violation of the Missouri Sun day observance law and who was con structively sent to Jail when he refused to furnish bond for appearance for hearing, waa today denied a writ of habeaa corpus by the court of appeals. Mr. Ryle will now appeal to the state supreme court. It la a test esse. STAY IN WATERS-PIERCE CASE Snnreme Ceart Will Take Time ta Dctermlae Whether ta Great Appeal. WASHINGTON, Dec. "3 At the Instance of counsel for the Waters-Pierce Oil com pany, the supreme court of th United States issued an order for a atay of pro ceedings in the suit jetween the state of Texas and the oil company until the court can decide whether it will grant the com pany a request for a writ of certiorari bringing the suit to that court for review. Lid for Rald City. RAPID CITT. a D-. Dec. -Spec!aD-Beginning tomorrow tbe lid will be clamped down tight in Rapid City. It seems a pe tition was presented to the city council i several weeks ago, requesting that the law governing the observance of the Sabbath day be strictly enforced. Mayor Emrick replied that state laws should be enforced by state officials and not by city officials. The matter waa called to the attention of Attorney General Clark, who came here last Wednesday and conferred with the mayor and State Attorney Wood. The re sult is a warning has been given that all who violate the Sunday closing law will be proaecutd. As the statutes define Sabbath breaking as covering public sports, public traffic, servile labor, trades, manufactures and mechanical employment, the outcome Is looked for with interest by all. Sonth Dakota Ceainereial CI ass. SIOUX FALLS. & D.. Dec. 2X (Special). Alt tt.e Commercial club in South Dakota are being urged by George T. Biackman of thla city, secretary of the Federation of Commercial Club of South Dakota, to send for three to five delegates to the annual meeting of the federation, which will be held at Plerrr on Tuesday, January 21. Thia meeting ri". be the second annual one held by th federation, the first convention having been held at Rapid City about a year ago. The meeting of th federation will be an important one. There are so many thing that can be done for tbe good of South Dakota by such an organisation as the fed eration that every community which ha no commercial club should Immediately or ganise one and elect delegate to the Pierre meeting. toafereac nt Cher en a agency. PIERRE. 8. D. Dee. 2X Special. t The Indians of the Cheyenne river reservation will hold a general council at White Horse on January to discuss matters which will be of interest to the members of th tribe. The council set as an advisory board for tha Sioux and has been looking after their business Interests for several years. Th presiding officer of th general council la Jamea Crowfeather, who will bo ha charge of Urn prncaodlngg ef th f WISCONSIN. MAN GETS TITLE With It Com ea I-ar Pna-tane- f Knglaa Wnnt Ad Daw CHICAGO. Dec. "3. An advertisement In a Chicago newspaper, haa. It Is alleged. brought an inheritance of more than a million dollars with a title of nobility, to George William Northedge. a farmer of Marinette, Wis., hereafter to be known as r George , Wiltlara Northey-Northedge, He is sole heir to an estate valued at H, l.aJ In Montreal and one of seventy-five heir to a larger fortune in Eng'.and- Sir George never has been In England, but his wife waa a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, leaving that position be cause her family desired to fore on her aa undesired marriage. Coming to America, she met Northedge and was married to him without suspecting that thereby sh was winning a position In Engliah society. An advertisement Inciting for Informa tion as to the whereabouts of a son of Colonel William Northedge. United States AmerV-a. waa the means of locating him. all unaware of his owa trne position. Read ing the paper ta hi Wisconsin home, he recogniied the name of his father. In quiry soon disclosed to him the wealth waiting him. George William Northedge was born In Canada and Is 64 year old. Both he and hi father served in the union army in th civil war and both wer wounded. With an attorney Northedge will go to Montreal ooa to adjust an estate there. Than b win go on to England and pick up tha rest of bis fortune. But neither fortune nor title will lur Northalg from America. When Inter viewed at, his home he said b would stick to Wisconsin and tnract all his money there. TALLMADGES ARE NOT GUILTY Decision In Land Fraad Cases Cans of Rejoicing to Family af - R OS WELL. N. M.. Dec 3. When the verdict of --not guilty In the case of F. L. and B. H- Tailmadg of Chicago, tried on the charge of conspiracy to defraud th government of valuable public lands, was announced in court here Saturday night Mrs. E. R. Tallmadge, th wif of a brother of th two defendants, wept copi ously for Joy. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Tall madge. both of whom had been In attend ance in court throughout the trial, were presented to th Jurymen In the sheriff's office after the adjournment of court and cordially thanked them for their verdict. After the verdict was returned United State Attorney D. J. Leahy gave notica that the case agslnst Walter Haina would be dismissed. The taking of testimony for th government in the Tallmadge case con sumed thirteen day and the defense sub mitted the case on the evidence of tha government without putting a aingla wit ness on the stand. MEN PRAYING WHEN OVERCOME Position Dead Miner tn Dan? Slap Revest This Condition ' nt Death. JACOBS CREEK. P-. Dec 21 Six moire bod lea wer taken from tbe Darr mine thia moruiAg. making a total t. data of thirty-tilt' Many ethers har been, lo cated. 'By tonight the number Is expected to be close to a hundred. Tbe condition of the six brought out to day was good. Others to be brought later. It is said, practicaily ar blown to pieces. Rescuers state that a number of the men were found on their, knees showing that they were praying when the black damp caused death. Tbe unidentified dead mere placed In a large tent near the mine today and from a. m. to I p. m. daily friends and relative will be allowed to view the bodies In the hope that some will be recognixed. A MILLION NOW FOR CHARITY Mr. Mary Baker G. Eddy Intends to Establish Large Institu tion for Poor. BOSTON, Mui, Dec. -A Christian Science Institution, to cost at least ll.fOO.ao and to be devoted especially to helping the poor. Is the latest project of the Christian Science movement- The Christian Science Weekly Sentinel publlahes todsy correspondence between Mary Baker G. Eddy and the editor of the denominational publications. In which Mrs. Eddy wrote: I desire to commence Immediately lo found a Christian Science institution for the special benefit of the poor and the general good of all mankind. Tbe found ing and endowment of thia institution Wl.l cost at least nu.'X0. Th editor is at Concord. Mrs. Eddy hav ing summoned him there to give him detail of th project. SLEET ST0RIN ILLINOIS Telegraphic Cemmaalcutlen with East . early Cat OaT by W In ter Condition. CHICAGO. Dec 3. -A severe sleet storm which set tn last night has badly deroorahsed telegraphic communication in ! all directions. Early today it was lmpos- Bible to reach St Lou la from Chicago, save by way of Omaha and Kanaas City, j Peoria and Bloornington were both out of the world as far aa reaching them by wire was concerned. All wires to the north wer working badly, and In the east is was d facult to make a wire work through from Chicago to New Tork. moat of them I being cut and dispatches relayed at Pitts burg. The weather bureau predicted that the storm would continue the greater part of the day and night in the middle west. SWORD FISH FIGHTS FOR LIFE til fern ia Fisher Esnertenee Oeeaa an Hns Strennaas Landing Big lonster. SAN DIBOO. CaL, Dec 2X-Lorecxo H. Zoglettl, a fisherman, had a terrible ad venture with a sworlflsh yesterday while trolling outside the bay. Zoglettl had hooked the fish and waa drawing It to th boat, when the fish drove Its sword through the gunwale. Zoglettl then attacked th Vh with a hatchet and finally stunned It. During the fight tbe fiseherrran a right hand waa so badly injured that he will probably lose th us of It, Th fish was eleven feet long axd weighed C3 pound. DYNAMITE WRECKS HOUSES Fifty Thonannd Dollar Laos Caeaed by Explosion at Oasawa, lllaola. OTTAWA. ' 111.. Dec 2X Aa a result of an rxptoaloa ef a Quantity of dynamtt her today upward of a doxen bouse were wracked and glass waa shattered In fifty home. Several persona were In .fired, but woo fatally. TV loan exceeds SoO.oiml The dynamite wag t tended for us ta small quaaOUa ti tvag PRESIDENT .IS FIRil Executive Refute to Modify Order fcj Troopi to Leare Goldleli, STATE MUST TAKE FTEST ACTIOS Aid Cannot Be Extended Until It EeMorces Art Exhausted. FIGHT AGADTST FI2LEATI03 Senator Kixoa Says Miners' 0rgixv tion Will Serer Be BecogTuxed, C0UET CEDES, SOW mXtTIlVl American Federal iealst Con tin new t Print -tame f Rnngw Caws pony In Deal Pat sals List Despite InJwncttaa. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. -The appaals t President Roosevelt Xo have federal troops remain In Goldfleld Is. In th opinion of Whit House officials. Indicative of a de sire on the part of the sending thetn to rety solely on the national government for protection. Tbe position the prwstdent ha taken in the matter Is that the stats ef Nevada should exhaust every mean within lta power to control the situation and that federal Interference should h supplemental only to the efforts being mad by th state. Nothing in the appeaU so far received Ind k-a le that any step whatever are being taken by tbe state. Until this la shown to th president. It was stated at tha Whlta House today, hla order ef Saturday with drawing the troop oa December 31 will not be changed. After a consultation with Prwrtdant Roosevelt today Senator Nixon of Nevada expressed it as bis opinion that th presi dent could not very well modify hi order directing the withdrawal of th troops, Th question of having :.he stat talt soma active part In protecting th Interest at Goldfleld, th senator said, is under activ consideration. Just what would b th re sult or what measure are being consid ered. It said.' It would be L-n possible to disc as. "One thing Is certain." he as serted, "and that Is that th Western Fed eration of Miners will not b known In Goldfleld when thia trouble ha concluded. .Fifty Men nt Werk. GOLD FIELD. Nev.. Dec. ZX With fifty men at work underground the Mohawk mine waa started up this morning after being shut down for over three week. The Consolidated mill and the Nevada Gold field Reduction works ar running. Sheriff Ingall added a lares number of deputies to his force today, the men being paid by the Mine Owner association tci act as guards and patrolmen.' The Mine Owners association asserts that during the week a Urge number of strike breakers will be brought In. Very few af th strikers ha v returned to work. Order Became CaTectlea. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec U. Th temporary injunction granted by Justice Gouid of tbe supreme court ot th Dis trict fit Columbia last Wednesday rTr' 1 ' th Americas Federation of Labor at tha Instance of the Buck ftov Aim. Ztanga company of St. Louis, became efferthr today. By the - terms of th undertaking tha Buck company and a surety company undertake to make good to tha defend ar.ta all damage by them suffered or Inequitably suing out the Injunction. Until the final hearing th federation Is restrained from publishing tha nam of the Buck company on the "unfair" cr we donSt patronise lists and from en forcing any boycott sgalnst tha corn party or against any third person because th latter falls to discontinue purchasing tha product of th company. s Notwithstanding the fact that th le st raining order now is in full fore and effect, the January number of th Fed eratlonist. the official organ of the Am erican Federation of Labor, issued today, prints the name of the company la th -We Don't Patronise" list. No comment whatever Is made lc the Journal upon the court's ruling. CINCINNATI. Dec. -j he greatest tyranny on earth Is th tyranny of aa unsanctlfled labor union." declared Rev. Dr. ejnninr. head of the Western Book Concern of the Methodist Episcopal church. -In some placea." aaid Dr. Jenninga, "ther Is a belief oo the part of the working-men that the church Is prejudiced against him. This Is not so. This Idea originated largely from the hoars mouth ings of anarchistic- sgitator and from those who spend Jl.Ott) a year In saloons snd not a cent In the church. Hardly any thing more than such rr i sconce pt Son can be expected from thns e who hold their meetings on Sundays In aaloona or back of saloons "The wage question ! been crowded to the limit." Dr.' Jenninga declared. "If this thing keeps on much further the breaking point will certainly bo reached. "Why, brethren. I could tell you thing that have happened right here In this book concern within I he past fifteen months that would open your eyes. The Saturday nights work ia not half so hard oa tha workmgman as his Sunday night carous ing. I tell you now that things ar being crowded too hard In this country. There has got to be a limit. "If the workinman does Dot go to church It ti because the worklr.gman does not want to go to church. I do not see that he goea to church any more when h get hi Saturday half holiday for recreation than he doea when he haa to work all day Saturday. It is the whUky biil that tha workingman paya that la his ruination. FOOT BALL MEN ARE HEROES Medical Stadeafa on St. Lewi Sqaad Save Live of Trainmen Cnaght la Wreck. SEATTLE. Wash., Ic. 3 St, Louis university foot ball ath'ete mad heroea of themselves before daylight this morning near Brocket Station, on the Canadian Pa cific, when they arrived on tbefr way to the coast, twenty minutes after a headoa collision between two freight train Tito engine ere a and trainmen wer under the debria. some of themscM-d frightfully by escaping ateam. Medical student members of th team set to work to rescue the victims snd ma. terially aided, though working against escaping steam, in saving life and ttmb. Trey operated on three of th crushed trainmen. Brakrman Orrrtsbee waa crushed to death and Fireman Chris Von W1d and G McKinnen were so bally Injured that they rr.ay die. Tha Wreck waa caused by the faO jr of th caerator at Brocket I daUrwr ardssn, lis afterirtrd Beds v