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The Omaha : Daily Be VOL. XXXVII NO. 163. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOItNINO, ; DECEMBER 23, 1907 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. AT POUT OF SPAIN American Fleet Finishes First Stage of Voyage to 'Pacific. ELABORATE WELCOME FOR SHIPS Imposing ' Array of War Vessels Excites Admiration of People. EVANS CALLS " ON GOVERNOR Admiral' and Staff .J ''oraal Visit to GoTernme e. SHORE LEAVE GIVEN MEN Torpedo Boat Flotilla Lea on the Arrival of the VfMrln All Reported Well. " PORT OF SPAIN. Dec. 24.-Port of Spain Is fireparlnf to welcome the American fleet of battleships with hospitality and good fellowship. Daylight ahowed the warships anchored In four column formation about four miles from the wharf. The people crowded the water front to -view the Im posing array of white ships of war, enter tainment committees completed their final arrangements and the town rapidly took on Its best holiday attire. Numberless launches, , rowboats, small yachts and hsrbor craft of all sorts began putting out at an early hour to tane signi seers pver to the American vessels. They clustered and cruised about between the anchored warships, glistening In the sun light of a wsrirj, perfect day whllo the crowd voiced Its admiration. Arrangements are oelng made to send Into town a far, number of men who have been given shore leave. Rear Admiral Eve called on the gov ernor of TrlnldaaV Sir Henry Moore Jack son, this morning. ' A party of officers from the fleet are coming ashore this after noon. Tha warships this morning are tak ing coal from colliers. All on board the vessels are well. The tender Yankton arrived during the night, several hours later than the fleet. It was unable to keep up with the other vessels. While preparing to leave the harbor the destroyer Whipple's propeller fouled the anchor chain of tne clllier Fortuna, which delayed tha departure of the flotilla a sec ond time. The torpedo boats had returned here yesterday after having sailed Sunday, because of damage to the machinery of the Lawrence. Divers were sent down to clear the propeller. It Is expected that the flo tilla wilt said this afternoon. Fleet stopped (or Burial at Sea. - NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Special dispatches from Pert of Spain, Trinidad, announco tha arrival there of the Atlantic fleet on Its way to tha Pacific. The fleet Is said to have passed Into the Oulf of Para and anchored there In four columns, five miles off the town. According; to the dispatches, the only stop on tha trip from Hampton Roads to Port of Spain was a temporary -itcfjjrrnuant, of.,. -tb.4 Kentucky's ataarUMC gear. TlivV-aHwaay that the entire fleet topped engines for nine minutes Sunday and half masted their flags while ordinary Seaman Q. E. Pipes, who died of menin gitis aboard the Alabama, was burieU. The harbor of Port of Spain, while well protected, is. shallow for a long distance out from the besch and vessels of great draught 211k the battleships anchor a long way out. The fleet will remain In the harbor for several days and will coal there. Supplies will also be taken on board from the supply ship Culgoa and the re frigerator ship Glacier. ' Christmas Message Sent. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Admirkl Bvans has reported to the Navy' department the arrival of ahe battleship fleet at Trinidad yesterday. The admiral's dispatch was very brief, simply announcing the arrival at that place of the first and second squad rons of the fleet and the admiral's tender, the Yankton. In the absence of any word to the contrary the Inference at the Navy department, according to the navsl code, Is that all are well on board the vessels of the fleet. Secretary Metcalf today sent the follow lng Christmas greeting to the officers and man of the Atlantic battleship fleet and the torpedo destroyer flotilla: Evans. Port of Spain, Trinidad The de partment extends to you. officers and men under your command, the best wishes for a mrry Christmas. (Signed.) METCALF. This message will be read to the men tomorrow aboard ths various ships of the fleet and flotilla or will be posted in a conspicuous place where It may be readily seem by them. Over 14.000 officers and men are now at Port of Spain, so that the secretary's message will be a greeting to them all. The message was sent by -wire less telegraph via San Juan. SAILORS ENDURE HARDSHIPS Bark Wrecked Near Equator aad t'rew Lives for Tint on Unln habited lalaad. NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-With a tale of hardship and privation that adds another chapter to ths romance of the sea. Mate Donald Morrison, of the long lost bark Alexander Oubes, has arrived at his homo in Southampton, L. t.. In time for Christ mil. Ths bark was wrecked in the Pacific near the equator and the crew put off in two boats. One Of the boats In which was Mate Morrison, reached sn uninhabited Island, where he and nine others remained for five months until they were rescued by a sloop manned by sailors who had put off from the bark In the other boat and who finally reached the main land. Dur ing this time they lived on turtles and Its ards, and all the water they had was from a small brackish spring. MAN SINGS WHILE IN TRANCE tartans Condltioa of, Edward Bhea Who Has Been Asleep Over a Month. MONTCLAIRE, N. J., Dec. 24.-The curi ous trance-like stats in which Edward 8 hp ha remained for more than a month has taken on a new pliaae. He now fre- qui fitly sings, although he remains uncon sclous. Before ths trance came on he was known as a vocalist of some ability, bu friend who have heard hlin slug during Ms trance 'say that his voice possesses mors sweetness and that he alngs with mora expression than hs did before. While hi singing would lesd one to believe that the songs he sings had been diligently practiced; none of his friends have heard Mm sing any of them before, ' Shea 1 fed artificially and. While he takes llnl nourishment is remains in good physlesl condition. SUMMARY OF TlIE BEE Wednesday, Derember JIS, lOT. 1007 DECEMBER 1007 ua toa rot wto " T I 2-3 4 5 6(m7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 T $ X TBI WS1TKIK, Forecast till ? p. m. Wetlncsdnv: FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BUFFS AND VICINITY Fair Wedncsdsyi colder Wed nesday afternoon. FK NEBRASKA Partly cloudy and colder Wednesday. FOR JOWA Partly cloudy Wednesday: warmer In east portion, colder In west por llmi Wednesday. Temperature a Omaha I Hour. Deg. 5 a. m 28 6 a. m Z 7 a. m 2 8 a. m '... K a. m M 10 a. m 30 11 a. m S3 U m 3 1 d. m 40 1 p. m !.. 43 n. m 45 DOstZSTXO. Arrival of the American fleet at Port of Spain Is made gala day. Pa; The Memphl Savings bank closed Its doors yesterday. Pas 1 Hundred and twenty thousand persons will be fed by the Salvation Army today In New York. ag 1 Rivers near Pittsburg are nearing flood staiie because of melting snow. Pag 1 Funerals of victims of mine disaster are pathetic sights. Page 1 Masked men hold up saloon In Chicago, Faff 1 Labor leaders at Washington claim the Buck boycott decision takes away their Inalienable rights. ' Page 1 Tests will be made of the Kansas City Sunday law, the first step being taken already. Fag's 1 Judge Lewis of Denver has quashed indictments against men accused of land frauds. Fags 1 The price of beer Is likely to go higher, owing to the scarcity of'barley. Fag's a Sister of Mercy at Milwaukee hospital is shot by an Insane man. Pag Arguments are concluded In tho typo- thetae case at Cincinnati. Page a KEBKASXA. Jury at Grand .Island finds Walluge guilty of murder In the second degree, Faffs 3 Attorney General Thompson Is much pleased at the decision of the United States supreme court granting the state permission to file a petition In the rail road case. Fag-a Farmers near Rosalie are to make careful search of their premises for the missing daughter of Olaf Olson. In the vicinity of the Olson home little credenco Is given the theory of murder. Faffa a POBXXGZf. Pope Plus greets his cardinal at Rome. , . i Fags 1 Long- --continued draught tar India causes short p7UhOhgbf WhcVi Fag's 1 X.OCAX. Jobbers' and 'Manufacturers',- associa tion of OmahA .reports ' that- fall trade during merchants' meeting was seven and a half per-cent greater' than during the record breaking spring meeting rf 1907. The 1908 merchants'! excursions will be gin January, IS and close April 1. Fag's 6 Teddy bears did not 'prove popular at Omaha toy shops as compared with the old fashioned doll, babies, and sales women predict that the race will soon be extinct. Women learned thej "bundle Habit this year. Pars 8 City Prosecutor Daniel aays no more arrests will be made for violations of the Sunday law until the district court in terprets the meaning of "common labor," while Mayor Dahlman has a secret scheme for a new crusade. . Foas 10 Christinas day In Omaha finds the' men, women and children In all strata of life happy and most of them prosperous. Those who have are giving freely to those who have not. The program for th day- Far 1 comczBciAx aits urourrmiAih Live stock markets. Fagw 7 Grain markets. Page T Stocks and bonds. Fag's T MOVEMENT OF OCHAH STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. NEW YORK.. NEW YORK.. ROTTERDAM .La Bretagn. -Zelkn4 ... Etlhonlt. ... Prince Irent. --St. Louli. . . . Pttrtrl. HHKMEN .... CHERBOl'RO PLYMOI'TH . BARCELONA LEGHORN ... Manud Cslvo. .Calabrl ATTEMPT TO BRING PEACE Actios President Mahoney. of West ern Federation Making; Ff fort at Goldaeld. GOLDFIELD. Nev., Dec. 24. If a com promise of any nature Is possible at this late day between the Mine Owner' asso ciation and the Weste rn Federation of Miners It will be brought about through the efforts of Acting President Mshoney of the Western Federation. Night and day since his arrival here on Sunday last, Mr. Mahoney has been working on a proposi tion to bring about peac with honor to the federation. Thus far Mr. Mahoney's efforts have been confined to conferences with the executive board of the local miners' union, but today la ready to confer with tho mine owners. The privilege has however, been denied him thus far. It Is Intimated that the first conference will be held on , Thursday. Captain Cox, the gqv ernors personsi representative left for Reno this morning. He will see Oovernor Sparks before his return. The mines and mills are being worked today as usual with sdoui iw men at work. No more strike breakers are expected before the end of the week. SALVATION ARMY DINNERS Many Thansand Christmas Feasts Will He nistrlbatod la Mew ' York. NEW YORK, Dec. H.-More than 130.009 people will eat Christmas dinners in New York tomorrow furnished by the Salvation army. The dinners ara beting put up In basket for famlllea of fiva sod six and will be distributed on Curlslmss morning. Each basket will contain a S-pound chkken In addition to vegetables, coffee, tea and bread, as well as plum pudding. In add! lion to in gn at c ur simas dinner, the Salvation army is coll-tlng money for its regular relief work and lOO.OuO appeals sent to New York through the malls faav brought more than tll.009 into ths coffsr OI me army. orr If NEW VIEW ;0F LAND LAW Judge Lewis Anathet Indictments Against Lumbermen in Colorado. ENTRTMEN MAT. MAKE DEALS Agreements Made After Application Is Filed fader Timber aad Stoae Aet Held to Be I-caral Gov ernnrent Will Appeal. DENVER, Dec 84. In the United States district court here today Judge R. E. Lewis granted the motion to quash the Indict ments against E. M. Rlggs, president, and Charles D. McPhee and J. J. McGlnnlty, directors of ths New Mexico 1 lumber com pany and Charles H. Freeman and W. W. Nossman of Durango, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the government of timber lands In Archulet county, Colp. The order to quash was based upon the ground th,t no erlme under the federal statute was shown. The court also quashed for the same reason the indictments against A. T. Sullenberger, president of the Pago Lumber company and others In connection with the operations of that company. The decision of Judge Lewis is based, as to the mam polht In the cases, upon the allegations In the Indictment to the effect that they charge no tampering with or agreement with entrymen prior to the ap plication of the entryman for lands. It Is based on the further proposition that the makliig of ngreementsby or with the en trymen after application la made by him Is lawful under the timber and stone act. By these two proposition, one following the other, the court reaches the conclusion that the charge against the Indicted men does not reveal a conspiracy to acquire land by a method violative of the timber and stone sot provisions. It shows, how ever, that the court recognises the Illegal ity and criminality of dealing witli pros pectlve entrymen prior to application by them to file on lands. Inasmuch as the statute IS express and explicit In condem nation of such practices. v Judge Lewis intimated that the Indict ments In the coal land cases found by the grand Jury last summer would also be quashed. The cases will be carried by the govern ment to the supreme court of the United States. All of the Indictments were drawn by Oliver E. Pagan, assistant attorney gen eral of the United States. ' DISTRUST OF SHAH SHOWN Persian Ruler Has Not Succeeded In Convincing; "objects He Is In Earnest. TEHERAN, Dec. 24. Twenty-four hours' reflection seems to have convlnoed that faction of the Persian public which favors tho constitutionalists that It Is better to keep their powder dry until the shah's promises of . reform are converted Into act. The utter lack of confidence was evidenced this morning In the basaars, where the shops that were reopened yes terday had their shutter up again today. Small armed crowds are reassembling tn the public squares, but up to me present tune there has been no aggression. One of i.he -.chief' ;iogal . advisers "of jParJIaTneUt was shot at by some soldiers last evening, tout he waa not hurl. Ed Dowleh, who. In accordance with the hah' koren oath" was yesterday ban ished and ordered to leave Teherafi, re fused to go and took refuge at the Dutch legation. Nasir-El-Mulk, the former pr mler, who was exiled recently, left Ensell for Europe today. - POPE GREETS HIS CARDINALS Pontiff Present at Sacred Collea-e for Exchange of Christmas Salu tations. ROME, Dec. 24. The pope was present at the aacred college today for the ex change of Christmas greetings with the cardinals. No addresses were made, but the pontiff conversed familiarly with each cardinal on such topics as modernism and the revision of the Vulgate. With Cardinal Gaspterri he spoke at some length ort ths codification of the canon law. WHEAT PROSPECT. NOT GOOD breath 1 Prolona-ed Duration Caases Diminution in Planting; la India. LAHORE, India, Dec. 24. There has been a remarkable diminution In wheat planting In the Punjab because of the prolonged drouth. The area has shrunk from 9,000,000 to 6.000,000 acres. Many of ths permanent canals are running short, while the Irriga tion ditches are quite dry. FIRE ON BOARD THE MINNESOTA American Steamer aad Cargo ' Dam aged by Flames In Harbor at Koba. t KOBE, Japau, Dec. 24. Firs has broken out on board the' American steamer Min nesota, Captain Austin, In this harbor. Both tha vessel and It cargo were dam aged. The Minneapolis I from Seattle for Hong Kong via Yokohama. Canadian Parian Wreck. FERNIE. B. C. Deo. 24.-TWO freight trains met In a collision near MoLeod on the Crows Nest Pass branch of the Ca nadian Pacific railway yesterday. Brake man F. Ormsbe was killed and Fireman C. Von Wald and Engineer McKlnnon fa tally injured. Cain bemoans his fate Sentenced to Imprisonment for Life, Ha Says rasa Is Sworn Away. DE8 MOINES, la.. Deo. 24.-J. C. Cain, convicted of murdering C, H. Morris, a wealthy mine owner, because the latter attempted to drive him out of an illegal liquor business at one of his mining camps, was sentenced to life Imprisonment at Fort Madison today. "My life has been sworn away," declared Cain to the court after aentence had been Imposed. "I had no chance against the array of witnesses who cared nothing for the truth and only to get men In prison." GOVERNMENT RESTS ITS CASE Iroaaautloa af John R. Walsh Ad journed Over Christmas V'a til Thursday. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Tho government to day formally rested Us case In the prose cution of John R. Walsh, who la accused of misapplying funds of the Chicago Na tional bank. Judgs A. B. Anderson, before whom tha cas is being heard adjourned court Until Thursday, MEMPHIS BANK CLOSES DOORS One of Oldest Institutions In Ten nessee Forced to Suspend Business. MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 24. "This bank s closed by order of the chancery court. E. L. McHenry has been appointed re ceiver." , . The above notfte was posted on the doors of ths Memphis Sarin bank, one of the oldest institutions In the state, at opening time today. It Is understood that the offi cers were before Chsncellor H. Helskell late last night and applied for a receiver. No reason for the suspension has yet been given out O. W. McRae, a well known local capi talist, is pret!dent and E. I Menager cashier. The bank carrVs deposits of over ll,600.0fl. ' ' ' Several weeks ago a statement wss pub lished that the bank had" been' heavily kaded with paper of a certain concern upon which it could not realise. This set many rumor afloat and the bank Inserted the following exrlanallon- In itbe dally papers: 'A misapprehension seem to exist In re gard to a supposed ton made by this bank. The facts are that an unpaid -maturity was Immediately made good to the bank by cer- . . . .. M I . 1 . V. . lain oi us omcers ana aireciurs, mm me bank sustained no. loss whatever. The claim was bought at It face value by said officers and directors and Is their prop erty. .Whatever Is realised from it will be long to them." President S. P. Read of the Memphis Clearing House association said today that the suspension of tha Memphis Savings bank would not affect any other institu tion in the city. Mr. Read said ho felt certain that all depositors In the Memphis Savings bank would be paid in full. A statement of the condition of the sus pended bank was made public on Decem ber 11. as follows: , Resources Loans and discounts, S1.031,0T8: overdrafts, secured, 128,677; stocks and bonds, SN29.370; resl estate, 17.281; cash and sight exchange, IXKJ.IWS!. Liabilities capital stocK. iaH,iii: sur nlus and undivided profits. 172.654: bllli payable, fc.V.ii'.; cashiers' checks, $5,537; deposits. Sl.631.049. Later a statement was Issued by the dl rectors of the Memphis Savings bank an nounclng that tha Institution was solvent and that creditor would riot' lose a cent, The statement adds that because of the financial stringency It was deemed wise to close the bank, ask for a receiver and liqui date Its affairs. PRICE OF BEER MAY GO UP Head of Blfr Brewery Hectares Scar city of Barley is Likely to Affect Supply. , CHICAGO, Dec 24. "One thousand saloons will have locked their doors and gone out of business 'in this city by May 1 next," said Adam Ortselfen, president of the McAvoy Brewing company, during a talk last night on-tho scarcity of barley, which Is seriously crippling the large brew eries and the malt houses and may mean a probable raise In the price per barrel of beer within a few weeks. . Perhaps one-third of the breweries, the largest ones. In thl city do their own malt lng1.. The smaller one buy of .the malt house. Both breweries and malster for several weeks .have.bfei bidding almost to the point wiping- outhe margin of profit tn order to gret Lba few carloads of barley that arrive. In this market -each day. Beer now 1s selling at from- $4.50 to $7 a barrel, according to quality. The quality depends upon many conditions, but chiefly on the malting expense, In which barley figures the chief factor. "We are not unaklng a dollar under the present .conditions," said Mr. Ortselfen, "A a business man I can foresee only an Increase In the price. As for the other brewers I do not see how they either can avoid a raise. "It Is a fact well known to the tradi that hundreds of the smaller saloons a'rj not making much If any money now, and I predict that 1,000 saloons will, have closed their doors and gone out of business by May 1 next." LABOR LEADERS WILL FIGHT Claim that Bock Boycott Decision Relieves Them of Constl 'tutlonal nights. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. AttoVneys for the American Federation of Labor today filed objections against the scope of the I temporary injunction of tha district court prohibiting the boycotting of the Buck Stove and Range company of St. Louis, They move that the order be amended. hearing on this motion probably will be held January $. Counsel for the defense desire to have the Injunction run until the further order of the court Instead of until the flnal decree. Otner objections are stated to be that It may be construed to enjoin the defendant from uniting together to agree to patronise plaintiff' products it might be construed to prevent the de fendants and their associates from saying to other that they had united and com bined to patronise the product of plain tiff; it might be construed f.o enjoin the de fendant from announcing to other that they had united and combined not to deal with other who should deal with plaintiff or purchase Its produots; It abridge free dom of speech of all ths defendants, which la protects'! by the first amendment to the constitution of the United States; abrldgea freedom of the press of all th defendant, which Is protected by the firs amendment to the constitution of the United States. GRAND TRUNK PENSION PLAN system sain to Me stoat Liberal a: Aay ow In Force to Be Instituted. PORTLAND, Me.. Dee. 24. The Grand Trunk railroad, which has It eastern term inus in this city, will put Into effect on January 1 a pension system claimed to be the most comprehensive and one of th most generous In the country, embracing every employ of the railroad In th- United States and Canada. The rallroa will finance all the details of the scheme, not levying any assessment on the em ployes. As a nucleus with which to support the plan the company lis set apart $300,000, the Interest of which, with $75,000 addl tlonal If necessary each year, will be turned over to supporting the terms of th- plan. Under the new rule a compulsory retiring Is fixed at , while any employs who has served th company for fifteen years or more will be entitled to a pension on graduated scale. A minimum pension ha been fixed at $Jt0, while there is no max Imum. In addition to this provision is made for employes who have been disabled In th company' servloe and for men dismissed without cause under (5 but have not served over fifteen ysara. M011LER GOES' TO ME COAST Report that General Manager of Union Pacific is to Be Promoted. TO REBUILD HARRLMAN LINES General Haperla teadeut Park to Be. come Genrrnl Maaaarer and W. A. Whltaer General Superintendent. SALT LAKE CITY, Deo. 21 The Deseret New today prints the following. The News has semi-official authority for an nouncing that E. E. Calvin of the Southern Pacific is to so to New Orleans about January 1; that A. L. Mohler. vice presi dent and general manager of the Union Pacific will go to San Francisco as general manager of the Harrlman coast lines to succeed Mr. Calvltt; that D. L. Park. nw general superintendent of the Union Pacific at Omaha will sit at Mr. Mohler' desk In Omaha and that W. A, WMtney, now su perintendent of the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific at Cheyenne will succeed Mr. Park. W. H. Bancroft, vice president and gen eral manager of the Oregon Short Line, will undoubtedly continue to fill that Im portant position. Those In a position to know say the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific between Omaha and San Francisco have -been brought up to satisfactory con ditions and those men wbo accomplished the seemingly impossibility are now to try their genius on systems now as tangled as the Pacifies ere once. Vice President and General Manager A! L. Mohler of the Union Pacific ia in Chi cago with members of his family to spend Christmas. T. M. Orr. assistant to Mr, Mohler, said that nothing had been heard of the contemplated changes In the officials of the Harrlman lines at the headquarters In Omaha. "I know nothing about It," was the com ment of W. L. Park, superintendent of the Union Pacific, when advised by telephone of the report.-' "That 1 to say, there Is nothing to the report?" "I know nothing about It at all." "You neither deny nor confirm It?" "Well, that Is, I know nothing about the report" Nothing was said of It, then, before' Mr. Mohler left the cltyT" "I- don't know a thing of It." WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL George Krusr and . Family In Wash ington to Spend the Holidays. (From a 8ta(T Correspondent.) - WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. (Special Tele gram.) Mr. George Krug of Omaha and his son Edmund, who has charge of the real estate business of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing association in St. Louis, arrive in Washington today as guests of Mr. Morton Brown, son-in-law of Mr. Krug. to spend the Christmas holidays. Mr. Krugs yonnger son, Oscar, Is a student at Georgetown university and I residing with his sister, Mrs. Brown.- With tile exceotton-of Congressman Nor- rlaltt'te Understood th "Nebraska delega tion in the house, as well as Senator Bur kett and Brown, will spend their Christ mas holidays in Washington. They - will remain In Washington throughout the holi day reoess preparing for the real serious business of the session, which reconvene January 6. - Applications to organise national banks approved: The Bonham National bank of Fairbury, Neb., with $50,000 capital, by Luther Bonham, I. Bonham, A. D. Acker- man, H. Y. McCloskey. A. C. Wheeler. E. R. Bee and William fftoblnson; the First National bank of Cincinnati, la., with $26,- 000 capital, by N. A. Robertson, Lola Rob ertson, Guy C. Robertson, ,Jane Leseney and J. V. Leseney. The comptroller of the currency has approved the conversion of tho First Savings bank of Story City, la.. Into the First National bank of Story City with $26,000 capital. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Ed- holm, Butler county, Joseph W. Vrana, vice T. M. Howie, resigned. .'Iowa St. An thony, Marshall county, John S. Hlckson, vice H. D. Buck, resigned. MANY BODIES FOUND IN HEAP Rescuers at Darr Mlnea Redouble En- Cray General Funeral Is Held Today. JACOBS CREEK, Pa., Dec. 24. Searching parties at the Darr mine today reached entry No. 27 where ther found seventy-four bodies in a heap. With the forty-six bodies which have already been brought to the surface the total number recovered to date is 120. The bodies found In No. 27 entry have not been seen except by member of the searching party, but It la said they are not as badly mutilated as some of the bodies previously recovered. Today was funeral day at tha mine. Twelve Identified bodies were taken from the temporary morgue and placed In a line along tha tracks of the Pittsburg Lake Erie rail road. Th last ceremonies were conducted In th open with hundreds of friends, rela tlves. and slzht-seera a pectators. The resultant scene 4ere extremely pathetic. Quite a number of the spectators have rela tives or friend In the mine and their grief wa pitiful. Following the ervlce the bodies were placed on a train and taken to Connellsvllle, Pa., for burial. Th work of searching tho mines Is pro gressing more smoothly today. t SISTER OF MERCY MURDERED Insane Men Whd Had Been Patient at Hospital Kills Former Nurae. MILWAUKEE. Dec. 24. Sister Theresa, a nurse at 8t. Mary's hospital, was today shot and killed by Guatav Wlrth, who Is believed to be Insane. The assassin was captured sfter being chased several blocks. Wlrth was operated upon at the hospital a year ago. He called there today and urmn seeln- 8lster Theresa began a fusil lade, firing four shots into her body.- Sis ter Theresa died In a few minutes. Wlrth said the hospital officials had tried to poison him. MRS. L0NGW0RTH IS STRONGER Dnagbter af President Able to Move About aad Will Boon Go to Home. WASHINGTON,- Dec. 24.-Mra. Longworth has so fsr recovered from the effects of th operation for appendicitis which she underwent December 11 that she will leave th White Huse Thursday for her own residence. For several days Mr. LoBgwarth ha been able to go about her room, hut as yet ha not been ut of dear. FUNERAL OF FRANK CARPENTER Service Will Be Held la Calvary Baptist Church Thursday After noon nt Two O'clock. Funeral services of I. Frank Carpenter will be held at the Calvary Baptist church. Twinty-flfth and Hamilton streets, Thurs day afternoon at 9 o'clock. iRev. E. R. Curry, pastor of the church, will have charge and will be assisted by the Haptlst ministers of the city. Rev. J. W. Conley of the First church, Rev. B. H. McDonald of Emanuel church and Rev. B. F. Fell mun of Grace church. Eight active an6T"slxteen honorary pall bearers have been selected. The active 1-allbearers will be WXB, Wright, J. H. Dumont, O. W. Ryan, 6. O. Burbank, A. T. Klopp. G. W. Noble, William Stull and A. C. Busk. Honorary pallbearers will be C M. Wil- helm, J. A. Sunderland, F. B. Johnson, Samuel Rees, Ward Burgess, W. H. Mc Cord, G. W. Clabauch, Warren Bwetsler, C. C. Beldcn, C. II. Pickens, Rome Miller, J. H. Millard, 11. O.' Strelght. J. B. Baum, William E. Rhoades and B. . F. Marshall. W. O. Shane will have charge of the ush ers at the church. Interment will be In Forest Lawn cemetery. Members of tho Commercial club will meet at the club rooms Thursday at 1 p. m. and attend the funeral In a body. The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company will provide special cars to take tho members of the club to Twenty-fourth and Hamilton streets. Mr. Carpenter was an active member of the Commercial club and an ex-presldcnt. Ho served during the year iaof and, was a member of the present board of directors. Until the spring of 1907 he was a member of tho executive committee of tho club, resigning tecaute of fxic heavy work he had done In connection with the erection of tho new warehouse of the Carpenter Paper company. Mr. Carpenter was also a member of the Onikha Grain exchange'and the transporta tion committee of that organisation. TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK Six Persons Badly Injured by Unnsnnl Railroad Wreck In Col orado. DENVER. Dec. H. The baggage car and first coach of train. No. 25, north bound on the Colorado Southern railroad, which left Denver at 10 o'clock this mornfiig, was blown from the track and overturned In the ditch a quarter of a mile north of Marshall, a coal camp ten miles south of Boulder, about noon today. Six persons were seriously Injured and a number of others slightly hurt. The seriously Injured are: J. C Garrett, ex-lustice of the peace. Long Mount, Colo., and a prominent Elk, both legs broken and internal Injuries; proiianly ratal. Fred Kelly, Fort Collins, Colo. Robert Sharp, Fort Collins. M. C Lesser, Ixmgmont, Colo. Jackson M. Grelner, conductor, Denver. Charles Chiles, baggageman, Denver. A gale has" been blowing over northern Colorado throughout the day, the wind at times attaining a velocity of from forty five to sixty miles an hour, and has cause much damage by blowing down small farm buildings, trees, telegraph poles, etc. A large plate glass window wa blown In at the Daniel and Fisher department store in.thla.dtir. - . .' - ' PUBLISHERS' CASE ARGUED Controversy Between Pressmen and Members of Typothetae tteachee Final Stage. CINCINNATI,0., Dec. 24. Arguments In the case of the United Typothetae of America, which seek to secure from the United States courts a permanent Injunc tion against the officials of the Interna tional Pressmen's union encouraging or in citing a -strike In support of demands for an elglU-hour day prior to January 1, 1909, were finished today. Attorneys for the typothetae, the employ ing printers' association, argued that contract had been entered into with the pressmen's union for the inauguration of the eight-hour work-day on 'January 19, 190. to hasten contravention of that con tract. Attorneya for the prosecution main tain, that the contract offered had never been regularly ratified by the convention of the union covering the points men tioned. While brought in the name of the United Typothetae, the suit Is really that of certain New York, Massachusetts, Chi cago and St, Louis publishers, who are members of the typothetae, and those concerns are also complainants in the ap plications for injunction. A temporary in junction pending the hearing was granted several weeks ago. KANSAS CITY SUNDAY TEST Sapreme Court Issues Preliminary' Rule In Prohibition In Case of Judge Fort. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.." Dec. 24.-The supreme court today Issued a preliminary rule In prohibition against Judge J. L. Fort to prohibit him from trying the theater manager In Kansas City on Indictment charging them with conducting their thea ters on Sunday. The case was set for hear ing In the supreme court on January 20, 1908. It will determine the constitutionality of the second division of Jackson county criminal court and also the legality of the grand Jury selected 'by Judge Wallace, which returred tha Indictments, and will have an Important effect on the Sunday closing crusade in Kansas City. WATTLES TO SUCCEED BARTON Vice President Will Head Omaha and Canncll Bluffs street Railway and Bridge Company. At the coming meeting of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway and Bridge company Gurdon W. Wattles will be elected president to succeed Guy C. Barton, who will retire on account of poor health. This matter has been adjusted to the complete satisfaction of Mr, Barton, who haa been unable te attend to the duties of the office for a long time. Mr. Wattles, as vice presi dent, having acted as the chief executive officer of t.'ie system. It Is likely that Gen eral Manager Smith will be made vice president and general manager. No other change of Importance will be made In the stalf of the company. MITCHELL RECOVERS SLOWLY President, of lalted Kline 'Workers Better, bat t'aahlo to Leave Boom. INDIANAPOLIS, Dac. 24.-The condition of John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, la improving, but he Is still unable to leave his room. It I his wish to g to Excelsior Springs, Mo., as aoen a ablr CHRISTMAS IN 01IAUA Old Santa Claus Find the City Happy and Prosperous. EVERYBODY READY AND WAITING Good Christmas Dinner for the Poor Add to the Cheer. ENTERTAINMENTS AT CHURCHES Yonngsters Will Observe the Day with Song- and Musia. HAPPY DAY FOR COUNTY CHARGES Men, Women and Children In AH Strataa of i.lfe Will Cele brate Grandest of All Festivals. Christmas Day Program. SnUrtalnmsnt In most of th ehnrchs by th Sunday school in th evening. Entertainment by Salvation Army chil dren In th ball. 1711 Davenport, p. m. Entertainment In all hospital. Christmas dinner at th various char-, itabl institutions. Party, morning, afternoon and vsnlnf, at Institute for Saf and Bomb. pedal dinner at county and olty Jail. Special service at many of th oharohM. Special masss tn Catholic ehttroh. Amusements. Bass ball at Dlstx park, a p. nr. Boyd', William OoUlsr la Caught in th main," metis and vsalnr. Orphsnm, vauAsvUls, matins and even ing. Auditorium, roller skating. Krug-, "Busy Xaay, tb Waanma Kan," matins and svsnlng-. v Moving plot art at ethsr theater. Great Day la at Hand. i Christmas, ths great day of good will. Is at hand. The preparation which hav been under way for so many week ar about to culminate In the great and mani fold Joys of the day when gift are given and received and everybody delight In seeing others happy. - Among those who are not rich In thl world' goods and, who lack even the ne cessities the day will be one to be remera- -bered, for those who ara able have obeyed the Christmas Injunction to help the needy and to give to tlm poor. The Salvation Army has been gathering funds for week at the street corners. At 3 o'clock Tues day several hundred baskets containing th material for a substantial Christmas din ner were given to deserving poor ab the barracks. 1711 Davenport street. Wednes day evening an entertainment will be given at the hall. Children will go through scarf and tambourine drills, the band will play and Staff Captain Storey will speak. Tho big Christmas tre entertainment for the children will be given Friday evening In the hall. Provision has been made to entertain 360 children, and each will re ceive a gift and candy, fruit and nut. All tUls wlU-be non In pK o efts' Tttf ' that the collection received 'fpm lh treet corner tht year are barely one- ' third of the amount received last year. City Mission Children. The big affair for the City Mission chil dren take place Thursday morning on the stage- of the Auditorium. The sick are going to 'be well taken care of. At the various hospltala those in charge have made kindly preparation for the shut-Ins to partake of the aplrit and all the hospital there will be entertain ments in the afternoon - or evening at which all of the patients who can walk or crawl or be carried, will be present. Preparations are being made at Clark son hospital for a real Christmas celebra tion, beginning at t o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when carol services will be celebrated by Dean Beecher of Trinity cathedral and the choir boy. Following the services a large Christmas tree will be placed In the children's ward and bags of candy and gifts will be distributed to each person In the hospital. The various charitable Institutions have preparations afoot for a big celebration of the day. In thla plan they have been helped by charitably Inclined Individuals and organizations. At th Rescue home there will be a Christmas dinner for the twenty-two. inmates. The Elk' lodge sent twenty pounds of chicken for this dinner. At the Detention Home. The children of the Detention home will have a big time. There Is, to be a tree, for which the children themselves have made the decorations. This is to be lighted early in the morning and in th afternoon at 4 o'clock ther will be an entertainment with Christmas songs and stories. Tha Women's Christian Temperance union will give each child a sack of candy and a handkerchief, beside a toy for each. The Knights of Columbus furnished the toys and candy and tree for St. James' Orphanage at Benson. The Elk supplied turkeys for the dinner. The children will have their entertainment Wednesday even ing and will preseht a Christmas play on that occasion. At the Child Saving Institution there will be an entertainment at 3:30 In the afternoon, for which two big tress hav been trimmed. There will also bs similar entertain ments at the Creche and a special dinner at the Old People' home. The newsboys had their celebration Tues day noon In the Vineyard of th Rom hotel. For the Deaf and Dumb. There will be a Christmas tree entertain ment at the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb Wednesday morning, a party for the little folks of the institution In the afternoon and a party for th big folks In the evening. The unfortunate In the Vtty and county Jails will be made happy with good things to cat fuinlKhed With lavish hand by the authorities and wttU glfta sent In by in dividual and organisations. At the c-ounly ja.lt there will ti a big feast. Including roast goose with all the trimmings, to say nothing of coffee with cream and sugar In It. The guests there have to drink; their Rto "straight" usually. Th church celebrations will b every where large aid elaborate. , The choirs have been preparing the muslo tor Weeks and the Sunday school children have been learning their "pieces." In sem of the churches there will be early morning serv ices. This is particularly true of th Epis copal churches. At All Saints there will be. services at 7:30 and 10:3 Christmas morning. At the latter service th choir will render a -number of Christmas carjli prepared for I he occasion. At tha church ef St. Philip the Deacon th Christmas services wer ushered lu with A mid night mass Tuesday night
