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HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27 1507. IS THE RACE FOR CONGRESS Sereral Republican! Are Known to Be Willing to Accept. TOM BLACKBURN STARTS EARLY (iim Oat with Card, Letter i Prr nal Visit a Ilia Entrance of IB Content Klne Month Ahead. The projection of Tom Iliac kburn' con CTCMlcnal aspiration Into tha limelight has made the only polltloal gossip snide from national convention preliminaries, niackburn ha followed up hla postal card projectile with tha circulation. In person, of a document purporting; to expres the view of tho signer that he could be clouted If nominated, and to bind them to upport him a tha party nominee. In tills Mr. Plackbum ha been rewarded with nulte a few signature as well as with some rebuff. One man who refused his autograph said: "S "That paper conveys the Inference that everyone asked to sign would bolt the nominee unless he pledge himself In ad vanr In black and. white to stand by the ticket. I don't have to sign a paper to attest ' my party loyalty a a repub lican." Another manifestation of Mr. Black hum1 activity is In the form of a letter he has been sending to party workers asking them to- serve on a committee of lot to be made up of friend who are "With me heart and soul,"; to help him conduct hi canvass, but whose names are not to be divulged. Several In the Vsagaarl. That the fight for the congressional nomination Is not to be a one-man affair Is plain from th - frequency with which various ether names a fe being mentioned. A W. JeffcM haa been canvassing hla friends for opinion as to what hla chances would ba and so has- K. P. Dodge, Jr., and State Senator Charles I Saunders. "My fatheronce succeeded a man named Hitchcock In tha ' United States senate," declares Mr. Batwderf, "and I don't see why, under proper conditions, I could not do the same thJnT In the lower house of congress." ... . v ' A little "whlla ago It waa said that Blackburn '.' would not give way to his aspiration if Saunders wanted to get In the gamer But In spit of this Blackburn has shied Ms-Vcastor without waiting to hear from trT state senator. Another .candidate aald, to be nursing a congressional bee- la . district Judge A. 1 Sutton, who see In the vote he polled last fall passport for something higher. The friend of 'HewSird II. BaJdrlge are talking; of him a ' congressional possi bility and John- P'Breen I expected to repeat hla biennial performance of sub mitting hi name' for a, complimentary vote. On the dcmocratteValde It Is taken for granted that Congressman Hitchcock will run agair), although In the atmos phere of democratic disgust immediately succeeding the last election, tho disap pointed candidates and their friends were threatening vengeance on the congressman-editor and Mr. Hitchcock la said to have confessed to a willingness to get out of the way for someone else rather than to goto the front with a fire in hi rear. OLD PARTNERS NOW MAYORS Hank Simmon and Jim Dahlman On to Fame Alone the -v. Sam noate. "Hank" and Jim were talking over old time. "Hank" Is mayor of Manderson, S. D., and Jim la mayor of Omaha. Harry Simmons and James C. Dahlman were partner In business at Chadron for fifteen years when they decided to move. Hank cast his lot amongst the Indians of South Dakota. "I guess I had a harder time getting elected mayor of Manderson than you did In Omaha, Jim," said Hank. "You aee there were Just two of us white men living In the town and I wanted the other fellow to be mayor and he wanted me to be mayor. so wo had to have a campaign to see which would be mayor. I lost and am mayor and then the government made me postmaster too, so you see I have you klnned, Jim, I have fwo offices." "Bill, you remember that Carlisle Indian student you took to Europe with you, Jacob White Eye," asked Hank of Willium Mc Cune, as the western representative of Colonel Cody strolled up. "Oh, yes, that big, handsome Indian," replied McCune. "He la quite an athlete. Whenw' were in Paris a team of the Buffalo Bill show played a game of base ball with the American students of Purls and Jake pitched. We won all yiree jtmautm." PAY FOR COIWTY ROAD WORK Ten Thousand Dollar Will He Trans ferred from the firs- '' eral Fund. Contrary to the usual custom the county commlsaloners are thinking of transferring from the general fund to the road fund 110.000 In order to pay the current expense caused by the large amount of road work done this year. For several year the road fund ha had a balance In It at the close of the grading season and the commis sioner have been accustomed to transfer It to the general fund, but this year on account of the unusual amount of work Hrt BricaBrac and Electric Lamps . Some very choice pieces of Bronze, Bric-a-' Brae. Marble. Brass and Electric Lamrjs that we aw , , r w - - - - , are anxious to Bell before inventory, January 1. Vr liavfi marked them down reo-arrllpsa nf nsf !h ' 'wV Ilere 8 the best lKi''.'i''5) BrrnM Wood W ' V f ' 13 60 Brasa Umbrella Stand -811.50 Vs Ti'fl 1 J 126. BO- Jardiniere and Pedestal cinnn f 2-75 Russian pieces . . id.uu umoreua ciana $11.74 Hand Chiseled Vaae f 4 6.00 Bronze Art Lamp, with ' 153.00 Art Lamp, brasa shade, GoU Lam fin fin Rrnnva lriw?rls T .n m n " " w m tr v v j - . j v v Btn. adftU tidn," painted by Astl ; Italian Marbla... Hundreds of other handsome pieces, THAN HALF THICK. Orchard & Wilhelm 111. 16.18 South Sixteenth ' . dona on the road the condition were re versed. I're of the road committee has prepared a resolution for the change and It has been submitted to the county attor ney for an opinion aa to the legality of the transfer. . .. Robert Smith, district clerk-elect, has sent a communication to the board, asking permission to employ such Txlp as may be needed In hi office. He points out that tha commissioner have taken the position that the district clerk Is responsible for all fees earned by the office and must make regular reportTo the board. In order to do this, the communication states, ft will be necessary to employ a number of clerks, but Just how many ft will be Im possible to say at present. The communi cation haa not been acted on yet. APPOINTEES 0F THE MAYOR Persons Named ny Chief Fxeeattve Affected by Ordinal nee Now t o to Jatne. Two ordinances affecting persons ap pointed by Mayor Dahlman to office are now before him for action. " One I the ordinance changing the status, of the as sistant gas commissioner, giving the mayor power to fill the office with' the approval Of the council. At present the gas com missioner appoint hi assistant, but the present Incumbent has presented Tils' resig nation, to become effective in January, and hi successor will be named by the mayor. Thl change Is not pleasing to the ga commissioner, who says he can only guarantee the work of the office when he haa full control of the employe. ' Un-i dor the new law he will bo given power to suspend or discharge the mayor ap pointee, but he will have nothing to say In regard to hi selection utiles given the privilege by the mayor. ' The other. ordinance 1 one abolishing the office of market master. At the council meeting the ordinance had nine votes in it favor, on more than enough to pass tho bill over the mayor' veto should he not approve the measure. Thursday morning the bill had not reached the mayor's desk and he refused to say what action he would take when they should be presented. AUTO HITS STREET CAR MAN ' Machine Delonlnaj to President Bar ton Injures One of tho Conductor. O. I. Morrow, a conductor on the Farnam street car line, was run Into by the auto mobile of Ouy Barton, president of the street railway, at 11:30 Thursday morning at Twentieth and Farnam streets. Thr machine was going at a fair rate of speed and Morrow waa knocked off hi feet. In falling he grabbed the front part of the running gear, held on to It and wa dragged some twenty yard before the machine waa (topped. By holding on to the machine he saved himself from being run over by the wheels and probably crushed. As It was he received some in juries about the shoulder which' Will lay him up for some .time. ' " Morrow had Just got off his car to go to dinner when the automobile struck him. The automobile was going west and was being "driven by Mr. Barton's chauffeur. Mr. Barton wa In the auto at the time and took Mr. Morrow to the latter' homo at 8416 Decatur street In the auto and sum moned medical aid. is Indian Land Sale. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D , Dec. 28. (Special.) The first kale of Inherited Indian land In the Rosebud Indian reservation to be held in 1908 will occur on February 10, when the United States Indian agenj at Rosebud agency will offer forty-six tracts of Indian, land for sale to the highest bidder under tho regulation of the Interior department. Practically all of the land to bo offered for sale in February I situated In Tripp and Meyer counties and is among trie most desirable In that part of the State. The sales of Inherited Indian land In that por tion of the Rosebud reservation situated in the two countlea during the year 1967 haa been very large, and thousands of acre have passed Into the hands of the white by purchase, and no doubt will within- the next few year prove a very profitable' in vestment. The last sale of the year re cently took place, when twenty-eight tract were offered and sold. Slonx Falls Comlo Opera. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 26. (Special.) The music lovers of 6ioux Falls are tak ing considerable Interest In the presenta tion on January and 7 of a comic opera, which was written by a South Dakotan in the person of Sioux K. Qrlgsby, a young attorney of Sioux Falls,, The author of the comic opera, waa born In South Da kota and is a son of Colonel Melvin Qrlgsby, a famous South Dakotan, who commanded a regiment of rouaii riders dur ing the Spanish-American war. The comic opera will be presented at the New .theater In this city. The music for the opera was wrtfUn by Jamos F. Baldwin of New York City, a musician of some renown. The comic opera will be presented under the immediate direction of the author ami George Herbert of New York City, who will act aa stage manager. Chinook Melt Snow. CHEYENEB, Wyo.. Dec. 28. (Special.) A Chinook wind prevailed In this section for twenty-four Tiours, and the enow, which has lain on the ranges for'several days, was melted' rapidly. This has Improved range stock conditions. The weather today was more like spring or fall than winter. Ortno Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new lax ative, stimulates, but does 'not Irritate. It is the best laxative. Guaranteed or your money back. For sale by all druggists. Place to mvest yur Christmas Box S0.00 Hammered Copper Tea Service five ... 'i817.50 Sl.OO -. $6.00 pond Illy shade 8111.00 verde green base 82O.00 .$57.50 v - v l , oiJa.uu aA4y, uiui iirau . r rTinrra t - ' jtior aa WoValUlVV . rk HALF PIUCK in most cases, LK&S ft ' sir 1 CITY MISSION TOTS HAPPY Fire Hundred Children Visited by Santa at the Auditorium. GREAT TREE GRAKD SUCCESS Story of What Mia Mnareo and Other Did for Them Told In tho Word of a Typical Tonnarter. Say, you oughtove been over at the Auditorium yesterday and seen Santy Claus. You know, he didn't have any time to come to the City Mission children on Christmas day and so Miss Magee, she got hire to come the day after. Say, he treated them fine. None of the other Sunday schools had a celebration to equal that of the City Mission. It w( held on tho big Mage of the Auditorium. The hour wa 10:10 in the morning, but a early as 8 o'clock there was a little airing of poorly clad children at the door and thl wa swelled to small army by the time the doors were opened. Then the little one were marshaled In the corridors of the balcony and finally marched to the para dise which had been prepared on the spa clous stage. Well, you Just oughtove seen Ittt was all lighted up with electric lights, millions of 'em, It seemed like. All around the sides were great big picture as big as a house. They were scenery 1 man said and after while the crowd got so big that they had to roll up the scenery so more people could stand and look In. There were more than BOO children and about 300' spectators. . And lots of ftrtc, pretty women hurried around among the children taking care of them and taking off their wraps. They weren't a bit stuck up and would Just as leave hold a poor little child what hasn't got no fine clothe on their lap a their own little boys and girls. Tree Waa a. Whopper. Well, the Christmas tree waa the biggest they could get alnywhere. Oh, but it was a whopper, and all fixed up with pretty things and teeny-weeny little electrio lights. They didn't light the tree till near the end, when Santy came. There wasn't any other Sunday school had music like the City Mission, either. First, there was a big orchestra, with fid dles and horns and things. It was the orchestra of tho Omaha Musical associa tion. There were about fifteen In this alone. Then there was the boys' choir of Trinity cathedral that sang anthems and things; and then there was a woman, one of the finest singers In Omaha Mrs. T. "J. Roger who aang a solo. Oh, there's noth ing small about the City Mission celebra tion. The program started after the place was crowded, and even back of the scenery people were standing on all kinds of things to see. Carl Wilson presided and Miss Alma Beckman load the singing. Tou oughtove heard the children sing those songs. They made the place ring. Then a class of about fifteen little girls went up on the platform and repeated a whole chapter out of the Bible. And then a big class of col ored girls went up and sang a nice piece; and then a little bit of a girl played n the piano and the boy sang, and the big or chestra played some fine pieces: and then Dean Beecher of Trinity cathedral spoke. He said he couldn't repeat a whole chap ter out of the Bible like those little girls did, but he repeated a verse that he knew, and told all the children to obey their parents. Jnst Praise for Mis Magee. Then p. H. WIthey he' one of tha teachers went ' Up In front and made a nice speech about how everybody appre ciates the' work Mies Magee la doing and when he was through he pulled a gold watch In a velvet case out of his pqeket and handed It to Miss Magee. Then every body applauded and Miss Magee got up to say something and the audience Just kept applauding so she couldn't talk. All you could hear was "If just what I wanted." And everybody kept clapping their hands and Anally Miss Magee got up again and said she'd been wishing for a watch all her life and never could seem to get ready to get one. It seemed like there were tear In her eyes. And then she Bat down ind everybody applauded and shouted. Well, then there wa more singing and finally the smallest children were put up on the platform and the whole audience began singing "Christmas Bella." Every body was singing and all of a sudden there came the sound of a bugle from up close to the celling. Everybody looked up, and what do you think It was? Santa Claus. Yes, sir, there he stood on a platform away high up. In hi red suit all trimmed with fur and his . white whiskers. And when the children saw him you oughtove heard them clap their hands, and then the boy cheeked, and finally when It had quieted down a little they all hollered for him to come down. He ad "All right," and then the orchestra started up a pretty tune and Santy came down the ladder. He stopped half way down and blew his horn and all the children clapped so you couldn't hear the orchestra playing. Down came Santy and danced out into the place In front of the platform. What a merry old fellow he wa. . Santy Give Oat Presents. When the light were 'lighted on the tree and finally when everybody had stopped clapping, 8anty said he wa ready to dis tribute the present and candy and nut and peanut and orange. He pronounced oranges like o-RAN-gee. It, waa too funny. Well, then all the good women got busy and tielped Santy. He'd call out whose class he wanted to oome forward and then they'd come and the ladle would lug out the big package and undo them and Santy would call out the name and hand out the presents. 1 He gave present to more than 600 children and a bag of candy and nut and a big orange. They weren't any skinny bag, either. They weighed a pound apiece. And most of the little girls got a dress pattern and stockings, and then there were lota of mitten and cap and all kind of thing given out. VThere waa a separate package for every one of the (00 ahlldren for each one had written a letter to Santy and told Just what they wanted for Christmas and had his letter at the mission to be sent to the North pole all in a bunch. There were all kinds of toy. The girl got a doll and the boy got skate and sleds and all sorts of things. After they got their presents, the children left and roost of them opened their pack age a quick aa they got outside the build ing; and Santy had brought everyone Just what ha wanted. Oh, but it "'as a grand time. SEVERE FAMINE IN TURKEY Report to Mission Board Reveal Merlons Condition In Interior ) Cltloa. PrtaTfiV nn. it. The American Board of Comnilaaloner for Foreign Miasfon ha received advice from the Interior of Turkey showing unusually severe famine condition. Bread Is double it price and other necessities are four or Ave time higher than fifteen year ago. Tha Brit ish consul at Bltlls report that several hundred person In the Moush plain and BuUrlk districts probably will starvo dur Ing the winter unless relieved soou. CAPTAINS VISIT GOVERNOR ICxeentlve of Trloldnd lalnnd Knler taln American Xnvnl Officer t I.nnrheon. PORT Or SPAIN. Peff. M.-The captains of the American battleship and their staffs weer entertained at luncheon today by Sir Henry Moore Jackson, the gov ernor of Trinidad, and later were the guests of the governor at the horse races. The weather wa Ideal and the race course waa thronped with officers and men of the fleet, together wtln a holiday crowd from the city. ' The American horses carried off the honors, being the winner In nearly all the races, and the visitor gave them selves over to applauding these victories in an appropriate manner. Owing to the fact that the ships will have finished coaling by tomorrow noon, thousands of the blilejacket will be given shore leave. Most of them undoubtedly will find their way to the race track, where the contests have been more than ordi narily exciting. The tender Yankton of the auxiliary dlvli slon, having taken on supplies today, will leave for Rio de Janeiro tomorrow In ad vance of the fleet. The collier Marcellu which arrived , here December "18 from League Island navy yard, will start on Its return trip tomorrow. , SICK WOMAN MOVED BY FORCE Cnleaa-o Police Batter Down Door la Order to Take Her to Hospital. CHICAGO. Dec W.-Report that a woman, so III that her life was In Jeopardy, was being held against her will and de prived of proper medical attention at her home, as the result of a conspiracy, caused the police to break Into the home last night and forcibly remove the sufferer. The woman was Mis Anna Nolan and the re port of her detention wa accompanied by a statement to the police that she was posessed of property valued at HO, (XX). She 1 65 year of age. ' Coincident with her removal, M. B. Brown, S3 year old. who declare he 1 the oldest practicing lawyer In Chicago; A. F. Kelley, a real estate broker, and Mr. Ruth Laughlin were arrested a those who were alleged to have detalnd her. When a policeman sought entrance to the house he was barred out and was com pelled to batter down the door. He found the sick woman in bed. She made no ob jection to being removed to a hospital, al though Brown is aald to have protested. CATHOLIC 0RDERJN NEBRASKA Provincial Decide to Extend Mission Activities to tho Lincoln Diocese. LOWEL.I Mass., Dec. 26.-(Bpeclal Tel egramsVery Rev. Father Falon Oml, provincial of the Order of the Late Fathers of Mary Immaculate, has decided to ex tend the mission activities of hi order to Nebraska and will establish mission head quarter at McCook, for the diocese of Lincoln. Father William J. Klrwin ha been appointed pastor of St. Fatriok'a parish, McCook, and " superior of all the outlying missions, of which there are about twenty towns ' In the district. His assistants will be Father Alfred J. Pa quette. Father Alfred J. Slrola and Father Charles Audtbert, with Brother Sol In as, who will live in McCook. GOULD R0ADUSES STOCK Disbursement of - Onil-Annanl plvl - dead Made An Papo Instead of Oaab. NEW YORK. Dec. 28. The director of the Missouri Paclflo today declared a semi annual dividend of 2H per cent, payable in the company' Btock. George Gould gave out the following statement: "Although the surplus, actual and esti mated, for the last six months of thta year amply warranted the payment of dividends at the regular rate, tho management felt that under the present financial and busi ness conditions it would be In Judicious to weaken the company by disbursing cash." The Wells-Fargo Express company direc tors directed the regular-semi-annual divi dend of 6 per cent. PENALTY FOR MINING FRAUDS Lost Spanish Bullion Minea Promoter Hnt SnOer for Their Act. DENVER, Dec. 26. Promoters mining engineers and other persons convicted of using the malls with Intent to defraud in connection with the sale of stock' of the Lost Spanish, Bullion Mines company were sentenced by Judge R. E. Lewis In the United States -district court here today, as follows: - George 8. Dubois, Lee Dubois and C. L. Blackwell, thirty day in Jail and 11.000 fine each; W. H. Wilson, W. B. Cameron, A. E. Keables and Arthur Lawrence, fif teen days' Imprisonment and 1500 fine each; Arthur Levan and E. W. Sebben, $100 fine and osts, amounting to $200; R. C. Hunt and Danton Plnkus, $00 fine and $150 costs. HYMENEAL Branch-La rsen. War D. Branch and Miss Olivia Larsen were married Christmas morning at the home of the bride parents, Mr. and Mr. O. C. Larsen, rtl South Fifteenth atreet, by Rev. Walter H. Reynolds, pastor of the Castellar Street Presbyterian church. They will reside at 620 South Twentieth street. Lanen-Shaf fer. Mis Ines Shaffer, daughter of Frank Shaffer, and Charle W. Laren were mar ried by Rev. Charle W. Savldge, at . 7 o'clock Chrlstmaa evening at tha home of the bride' parent, 36 Burdetta atreet. Perklne-Peteraea. Miss Annie Petersen, daughter of Martin Peterson, and James Pe'rkln were married by Rev. Charle W. Bavidge at 8:90 p. ra.. at the residence of the bride' parents, Thirty-seventh and Gold. Christmas eve ning. MusaroTO-Dcnton. Mis Bessie Denton, daughter of Eugene Denton, and Charles E. Musgrove were married by Charle W. Bavidge at 3 p. to.. Christmas day at the residence of the bride's parents,' 2918 Meredith avenue. Pnblle Speaker Interrupted. Public speakers are frequently inter rupted by people coughing. Thl would not hppen if Foley Honey and Tar were taken, a It cure cough and cold and prevent pneumonia and consumption. The genuine contains no opiate nd I In a yellow package. For sale by all druggists. i'uurrh Dedicate Mew Altar. ' YANKTON, 8. D., Doc. M.-(Speclal.)-Christmas passed quietly at this point, the main feature of Interest being the dedica tion of the magnificent new high altar at Sacred Heart church, which wa the gift qI a generous donor, whose name remained a secret until the o'clock mas, when, before a crowded church. Rev. Lawrence Link announced theV'v Daniel Mc Devltt, a grocer of thla city. The altar, which cot $1.0u0, 1 of a whit composition, with very fine high relief of the Laat Supper and other sacramental subject. Blx masse were said during the day, the rt gular pastor being assisted by a number of outside clergy. TROUBLE IN COUNTY BOARD Ure Declares Trtinor'i Motive in Pre senting? Resolution is to Get Even. TRALROK'S RESOLUTION LOST Bid for Tuberculosis Ward her Iff - Elect Bralley Oct the County Jail Feedlna- Ton. traet. The county board yesterday afternoon defeated Tralnor' resolution to discharge Hiram Avery, foreman of the gang that ha been doing road work, and hla force, after Insinuations had been made by two members of the board regarding the good faith of the mover. Mr. Tralnor de clared his object waa to cut down expense. He said since the ground had froten he did not think It necessary to keep the road gang employed any more. Chairman Ure of;ho road committee de clared Tralnor' motive waaJT?r'"get even, and said Avery and his men were not on a salary, but were paid only for the work they did. He denounced a false a state ment attributed to -Tralnor by a local paper that the resolution would lay oft ten men and four teama Ho sald4ie wanted to do some work dur ing the winter and wanted to employ Avery and hi men to doUhe work as needed. Bruning sided with Tralnor and Kennard with lTre. When It came to a vote Bruning and Tralnor voted for the resolution and Kennard, Ure and Solomon against It. Solomon, In. explaining hi vote, said he had been told by certain person about the time the resolution Waa Introduced that "they would get HI Avery's alp." Both Bruning and Tralnor took exception to what they termed the Insinuation contained In the remark. The Ure resolution to discharge Mr.. Mc Orath a assistant at the county store and give the position to Dr. Frederick Renner at $50 a month did not receive a second. It went over until the next meeting. Brun ing' resolution appointing J. C. Lynch county plumber at $90 a month from Janu ary 1 until April 1 wa passed unanimously. The tuberculosis ward at the county hos pital authorised by a vote of the county at the last election seem likely to- be a re ality. The board authorised the county clerk to advertise for bid for the con struction of the ward, the bids to be opened at noon January U. Bids for furnishing the county with bridge lumber end piling will be opened at the same time. , The board formally let the contract 1 for feeding county Jail prisoner to Sheriff elect Bralley under his bid, which was the lowest one submitted. Two meal a day at H cent a meal were authorised for ordinary prisoner. Three meals will be furnished to juvenile and insane prisoners at 12H cents a meal. 8hertff-elect Bralley also submitted- a communication to the board announcing his appointment of W. A. Foster a chief deputy and asking that he be allowed an otflce force consisting of one bookkeeper, one stenographer, four field deputies, one head jailer,, four assistant Jailers and one matron. BLOODY RECORD IN TENNESSEE Holiday 'Week Prolific in Trasfedlea, Several -of Which Are Family Affair. KNOKVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 6.-Chrlstma we:k in the eastern section of Tennessee ha been an unusually bloody one. At Newpqrt. Tenn., Robert Knowles, a spe cial policeman, tried, to arrest William Allen for drunkenness. Knowles shot Allen through the body. Allen lived two hour. Near Del Rio, Tenn., Isaac Murray and Lake Norton, brothers-in-law, ahot each other to death, using pistols and shot guns. Norton, It 1 said, while drunk went to Murray' 'house and created a disturb ance. Near Straban, Al West, who had re turned from Missouri to visit his wife, who has been living with her parents near that place, called Tier from church and emptied his pistol in her body. She can not live. Jealousy wa the cause. Wright la still at large. At Isabella, Polk county, John Hall, It Is charged, shot and killed hla brother-n-law, William Crowder. A woman Is mixed up In the case. Luther Wallace, aged 20,, shot and killed Lee Eldrldge, a prominent man of Holston Valley, using a shotgun. Wallace had broken into the postofflco' at Harris, Tenn., thl morning. A warrant wa placed In the hands of Deputy Sheriff White, who deputised Eldrldge to assist in making the arrest. . Wallace surprised the two men and after killing Eldrldge made his escape. INFERNAL MACHINE DEADLY Tests Show PacUaae ant Through Erie Foatofflce Charged with Hlah Explosive. ERIE. Pa., Dec. 16. Chief of Police Wagner made a test today of the content of the bottle found In the Infernal machine mailed to Archie Carr, 2208 Cherry street, thl city, at the South Erie sub-postofnee yesterday. He poured two drop of the white liquid on a piece of wood and taking It to the open air, touched a match to the fluid. When the blase reached the tuff a sheet of flame at least four fest high shot Into the air, proving the solu tion to be a dangerous one. The bottle Is being carefully guarded and will be "ex amined by a chemist tomorrow. Postal authorities refused to make any state ment today, simply saying that Inspector are at work on the case. Carr Is employed a delivery man in a local department store and I in poor cir cumstances. He is married and ha three children. Carr say he ha not the faintest idea as to who mailed the package and that so far aa he know he haa not an enemy in the world. FIRE RECORD. Block Destroyed In 'Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28-Flre de stroyed aearly the entire block bounded by Mission, Jessie, First and Second streets early this morning. Several factories and stores were burned out and the loss will amount t more than $200,000. Most of the buildings 'destroyed were only temporary affairs, so that the loss was principally In stocks carried by the firms Involved. The Revere Rubber company suffered heavily and It will prove a total loss. The factory of Mangum and other dealers In tile and mantles wa destroyed with the stock. Wooden A Little. Implement dealers, lost building arid stock and so did the Eccles Smith company and Justian, Cairo & Co., both hardware concerns. Quick work by the fire department saved a large section of the factory district which at one time wa threatened. , COLDS CAUB HEADACHK, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE remove the cause. Used the world over to Cur a Cold In One Day. E. W. Grove' lgnatur on box. 25c. Americana Plead for Hnulaaa. NEW YORK. Dec. 28. Prominent Ameri can have united In a cable petition to Premier Btolypln of Russia, urging leniency In the rase of Nicholas Tchaikovsky and Mme. Catherine Breshkovskaya, recently arrested in St. Petersburg fur alleged com plicity In the revolutionary movement. The petition I headed with the name of ex Mayor Low of New York, Mayor Busse f Chicago, Bishop Oreer, Mark Twain, Oeorgn Foster Pes body and Morgan J. O'Brien. It I hYillar to that recently for warded to Faron Rosen, the Russian am bassador at Washington. IMPORTANT PAPERS FOUND Taken from Lieutenant Pike Whew t'apturod by Mexican in ISO. MEXICO. CITY, Deo. . What Is con sidered a very Important historical dis covery ha resulted from the efforts of Dr. Herbert E. Belton. the American his torian, who Is' her engaged In research work under the auspices of the Carnegie institute of Washington. The discovery consists In the unearthing In thl city cf elghtoert of twenty-one document taken from the person of Lieutenant Zebulon N. Pike of the United State army by Span ish soldier In 180$, when he a a cap tured while making hla famous trip up the Arkansas and Missouri rivers, visit ing the Osage and Comanohe Indians, at the Instance of General James Wilkinson, then governor of Louisiana. The where about of the other three document can not be learned. BA Important I the dis covery considered In the TJnlted States that Secretary Root haa Just wired Dr. Belton his congratulations. TRIO OF PITTSBURG TRAGEDIES Two Marders and One Snlcid tho Record of tho Smoky City. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 28.-A murder, a suicide and a stabbing affray In which ne man wa probably fatally and an other badly injured are Included in the Christmas crime In this city. Robert White, a negro, aged 41 years, was shot and killed tonight by his brother-in-law, George Pritchardt at the latter's home. White alleged to have struck his wire and Prltchard Interfered. In the melee which followed. White was shot. Michael Maloney and Leo Strotton got Into a fight with two Italians. Maloney wei probably fatally stabbed, while Stratton wa badly cut. The Italian es caped. Henry Horneff shot and killed himself tonight in the presence of hi wife. He had been out of work and was despond ent over the fact. LITTLE DOING IN POWERS CASE Defense Expect to Close It Testi mony Today and Stnte Com mence It Rebottnl. GEORGETOWN. Ky., Dec. 2. -Christ mas day In the Caleb Powers trial was dull, the morning being taken up with the testimony of W. R. Day, ex-state treasurer, and the reading of the depoal tion of Charle Flnley, followed by the former testimony of the late 0.'neral Dan R. Collier. The defense expects to close tomorrow, and it I said the com mon wealth. Is prepared to go on with !t rebuttal testimony. It I also said that Henry Toutsey will be brought back to contradict Power testimony. Judge Jere R. Morton of Lexington, formerly counsel In the Power cane, tes tlfled that he was In the court of appeal room when the shot wa fired that killed Goebel. NEGROES LEAVE HENRIETTA Black In Oklahoma Town Given Notice to Leave Within Forty "Eight Hour. MUSKOGEE. OW(, . ec. 2tj.-Negroe are rapidly leaving Henrietta, where the lynching of James Garden, a negro, oc curred yesterday, following the murder of Albert Bates, a prominent white business man. Tho black were given notice to get out of the town within forty-eight hour. A second attack was made on tho jail early this morning by a mob of citl sen who sought a one-eyed negro named Bill Smith, charged with inciting Garden to commit th crime. Sheriff W. P. Rob ertson spirited the man away from the mob and took him to Okmulgee. Jim Johnson, a negro who gave Oarden a rifle, wa also taken to Okmulgee. Bnrllncton. Delay Bulldlngr. THERMOPOLI8, Wyo.. Deo. ' 2. (Bpe clal.) It Is announced that the Burlington will not build Into Thermopoli thi year a th company, agreed to do, and there is considerable unrest here aa a result. Bev eral meetings have been held, and an ef fort is to be made to annul the . contract between the town and the railroad company. Mayor Kinney and others have subscribed .$b00 each to a fund which will be offered a a bonus to th railroad that will build Into Thermopoli during !. Robber ft'la-ht Police. LOS ANGELES, Deo. 20. The looting of a small department store In Whittler. a sunuro or mis cuy. m meu 01 an Bunr mobile into which the plunder was loaded, tho discovery of the robbers, a swift pur suit by the police in a secimd machine and a running fight With revolvers for miles over the country roads and the final es cape of two robber unharmed in the darkness were the features of a thrilling affair occurring here yesterday. One or more of the officers' bullets had penetrated th. fnlihrn A I it I IfTIO 1)1 1 A and several others had grased It. Fireman Dead In Wreck. ASHTABULA. O., Dec. 26.-Psenger train No. 228 on the JefTerson and rranklln branch of the Lak Shore road collided with a light engine two miles north of Franklin, Pa., today. The passenger train was derailed and both) engines wer demol lhed. Fireman William J. Daly wa killed. Conductor William Miles and Engineer I. H. C. Tombe and T. E. Evan were In jured. Many passenger were Blightry hurt. Mother Trie to Bad Life. who on ChriHtma morning wa found prostrate on the grave of her boy, whose tSAv au round in an abandoned cistern a week ago, i found to have swallowed poison in an errori 10 commit, suiciae. rny. slclans attending the woman stated today that she would recover. "I care to live no longer," declared Mr. Clark, "since my boy haa gone." Farmer In Fatal Quarrel. JEFFERSON CITY; Mo., Dec. 25. Jesse Ufitegrafe and Bam William, farm er living near Hickory Hill, fourteen miles from Jefferson City, became in volved in a quarrel last night and Upte grafe killed William with, a shovel. Upte- frafe Is under arrest. The coroner Is nvestlgatlng the killing. t LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS Th first of another year I drawing near. For various reasons there will b change In th agency force of th dif ferent companies. Th Midwest Life of Lincoln haa Just placed upon th market Bon-partloipatlng policies drawn along th 11 ih. Vnrk ftUnilird forma and the recommendation of th commit tee of fifteen. The provision or tn policies are fair and liberal, and th rate ara a low aa tho of any other com pany. In non-participating policies there ar no estimate of any kind. Everything la guaranteed. A policyholder know at the time be make hi application Just what hi Insurance will coat him. Th right man can get an exclusive contract for a term of year for Omaha and Doug la county. Call or writ for sample policies and agents' contract. THE MIDWEST LIFE 1007 O Street. Lincoln, NaU DEATH OUT OF MONEY WRECK Ernest i. ted man of Xew York Throw lllmaelf Before "uh wnr Train. NEW YORK. Dec. J KrneM O. Pted man, vice president and a director of the J. C. Lyon Operating company, for which receivers were appointed, committed' snl cid today by Jumping In front of a sub way train at th Fourteenth street sta tion. The fatality precipitated a panic among the hundreda-ef watting passen ger. Wonnen became hysterical nnd It was with difficulty that the crowd was controlled by the aubway police. A valuation of over $7, 000.000 in placed upon the real estate owned by the I.votia company, which Include offtoe building, apartment house and hotel. It I nald that prevlou to the recent depression every office In th corporation building t 238 Fifth avenue waa rented. Last week all were vacated. . Mr. Stedman wa also president of tho American Cushion Elbow company. DEATH HECORP. Leopold Vllanek. riTTSBURO. Dec. W.-Lcopold VIlsHik, millionaire banker "and brewer, droppel dead of heart falure at his home today. Sptnner Will Curtail Production. BOSTON, Dec. Sb. At a meeting of cotton manufacturer of the leading spinners' cen ter of New England held here today It was announced that treasurer and managers representing moro than 70 per cent have agreed to curtail production to an amount equal to V per cent of tha entire produc tion. ON ALL 'PERFUMES v in fancy packages for balance of week. We don't want to carry them over. BEATON DRUG CO. 15th and Farnam Sts. P. S. We want the cash and you need the Perfume. PA ROURKE'S BABZ BAZ.Zj XBA.SQUAXTEB9 aVXIj XjEABIlTGr MAUDS -CIGARS- BOX XBASE A SPECIALTY Sit 80. 13th Street. AMUSEMENT. Boyd's Theater TONIGHT. Frl., 8at., Mat. Baturday DEWOLF HOPPER In tb Famous Oontlo Opera, HAPPYLAND With KABGUSBXTB CLAM and Company of TS. Popla Sunday Night at 8:16 The World' Renowned Violinist. Ill XUBEI.IK. Monday Tuesday TIM KT7BPKT. J Jaa 1-0 Hsw Tsar's Matin, TBIWPBAX 7ABIWILL TOUB Capacity Basis Ererywhsr Tilt CLANSMAN Company of 75, rcfbhTf3W Douglas n94. " TAUnSTIl 1 . S-V rt ri-m w T T. T. T! ntTtlne Bally 8il8 ETery Wight 8:1.1 TBXS VtEEB A Night Witn ine roeis, Cliarleue A Charlene. iiooe le Haven Hex tet, Geo. Austin Moore, Si in on A Gard ener, BartholnT Cockatoo, Christie Uua and The Klnodrome. rrlcs J.0o, 890, BOO. Seats for Xmao Mat. and live, on sale. KRUGr T H EATER Vrlnai 15-88-60-780, Tonight, Trtday and Saturday Th Orat THE WAT OF THE TRANSGRESSOR . WITH T. Wond.rful Acting Z.andr Dojs. BOSS MXI.vn.LE, in SIS KOFKXJrS." ""V t . , T THIRD ANNUAL POULTRY ABO PET STOCK SHOW orvzar it tbb Trl-City Poultry Association . AT TBB ' ' . ' Omaha Auditorium Xto. SO, '07, ffaa. 4, 08. Oroatest llMttoa " of Poultry, rigson'. WUd Fowl, Boa and Cat i,,r Ma la tb Mlaaouxl TaUy. Th show will be open every i. from a. m. uatU-lOiaO s. m. ABMISSIOB dalt, 8 So. Children, IBo. Special reduced rat ticket may b cur by oaklng your local batcher or grer. AUDITORIUM ROLLER RINK Grand Masquerade on Friday IB x a u u . t