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    -Tltll -OMAilA:' DAILY - J1EE: TUESDAY, . PKCEMBKlt 31, 1007.
Tel. Douglas 618 Reaches All Departments.
Good Bye, 1907
On this last Jay of the olI yenr, wo wih to thnnk-mir-many
customers. ff the great increase in the volume of our
business, and ft) I'M he frrowinj? interest that has been accord
ed this store during the past year. The year just closed has
been the greatest in our history, and it is as certain as any
thing can be that, 1908 will be
A Very Happy New Year
and may prosperity be with you and yours. We also give
our promise to try and even better deserve your approval of
our merchandise and our methods during thayear 1908. We
congratulate aljUwho have enjoyed the past year's pros
perity. , '
This Store Will Be Closed i All Day Wednesday,' New
Year's Day.
Our Genuine January Clearing Sale Commences Thurs
day, Jan. 2d, at"$:00 A. M. v ;
This will be tie Greatest January Clearing Sale that we
have ever heldjji volume and variety of merchandise and
in money saving. Every department will tell of great
money saving opportunities.
sale will be vfi
The Great Coat Sale, Dress
Reductions. H;'..;-'
The Table tfijil Decorative
Muslin UndWwear, Knitted Underwear, Blankets, etc.
Be sure to xead our New Year's ad for more specific an-
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rountrifs of Europe- vcn before If was
fet here. ' .' ... . r . .
'" . ' Effect of lllili Finance.
"Secondly, the- conclusion cannot be
avoided that the revelations of Irregularity,
breaches of trust." stock Jobbing:,- over Is
sues of stock, violations of laws and lack
of rigid state or national supervision In
the management of some of our largest
Insurance oomfcarrlea,'. railroad .' companies,
traction companies and financial corpor
ations, shocked Investors and made them
withhold what little loanable capital re
mained available. Bitch disclosures had
much more effect probably, abroad than
they bad here, because, herewe were able
to make distinctions, while there at a re
mote distance, the revelations created dis
trust In our whole business fabric. -
"When therefore two-or three Institutions,
banks and trust companies,, supposed to be
solid, found their capital Impaired by
stock jobbing of. their officers, the public
were easily frightened ani .(he run upon
banks began.. Tho question, then became
aqfc one of loanable capital, but of actual
mpney to be used In the transaction of the
day, a very difforont question, though, of
course, closely related. . ,
"It would seem that our system of cur
rency Is not arranged so as to permit Us
volume ,to bo Increased temporarily " to
counteract the sudden drain of money by
. t,he hoarding In a, panic. It Is probable thai
fhe stringency Which Reached Its height on
that dark day1 'of October 24, might' In part
have been alleviated, 'had We had- a cur
rency which could automatically enlarge
Itself to meet the tremehdeoue demand of
a day or a wek or a month, while public
fc-nfldence was being restored. The national
administration, together with many of the
large capitalists of New York and else
where put their shoulders under the load
4nd by various devices of an unusual
character ljave-'brought -about the present
fond It Ion of gradually Increasing confidence.
'"The injurious comwiruerwes to follow
from this panic are not likely to) be so long
drawn out :or to result In sut-K disastrous
industrial depression -as-the panic of 1833
r the panlo of 087a. and this for tho reason
that the condition of the country makes It
so much . easier to . resume business
gradually, to accumulate capital and then
to renew, the, enterprises, which had to be
abandoned for. lack jof it.;, ,
t Reasons far' oalldanca.
"Tn the first place, we- have a solid cur
rency, with no utfrpstlon 'now of a de
parture from the gold standard. In 1893
the pressure1 for free silver1 was on and
the threat of national repudiation had
much to do with the delay In the return
to the prosperous times. Our government
finances now are In' excellent condition and
have a'larg surplus. Our farming com
munities In the west today 'are not under
.the weight of mortgagee and of debt which
.distressed them in Is and in 1S73. They
'are prosperous and" wealthy.
.. "Again the railroads,' Which make up a
largo part of the wealth of the country,
re on a much aollder foundation than they
were in IS! Then many of them had to
be taken Into hands of receivers and' im
mense amounts expended by means of re
ceivers' certificates, ' displacing and de
stroying the value bf vested securities in
order to put the roads In a safe and .'in
come earning condition. The railroads
today are in a hotter physical condition
that they have been in their history. But
few of them have .recently been built Into
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Goods and Silks afSweeping
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Linens, Towels, etc., at great r
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new territory, in which business has to be
croated by Introducing a new population.
"Again, the balance of trade Is with us.
We were about to settle for the hundred
millions of gold that we withdrew from
Europe In order to meet the demand for
money in the markets In New York, by
the excess of our exports over our Imports
In the single month of October. All these
things point to the probability of a, restor
ation of confidence, and after a proper
liquidation and an Industrial depression of
some months, to a resumption of business
on a normal basis.
Share of the Banks, ,
"Modern business is conducted' on a sys
tem of credit, which In normal times In
creases the facility with which the work
of manufacture, production, and scale can
be carried on a thousand-fold beyond tlvc
limit of earlier days and enable a total
of many billions to rest on a very email
percentage of actual money passed. . Every
manufacturer, every merchant, under mod
ern conditions, dependent ion the successful
conduct of his business upon bank credits
extended at regular seasons. These
banks themselves In .turn acquire the
means of granting these credits! largely
from the money of their, depositors.! And
ih 'loaning Income - their-. deposit, the
banks rely on the improbability, jthat.-moru
than a certain part of .tha, deposits wlU, be
called for at any one tlmy, . . , .'.
"A lack, of public confidence, .ltj, the' banks
creates a common desire among depqsltois
to withdraw their money,.. The fright which
selxes the creditor the dopoaltor-and, leads
him to hoard his money spread like .wild
fire and Is as unreasoning and unreasona
ble as the spirit of a mob. A run on the
bank Issues. The banks .then, call tin 'their
debtors and the tremendous structure de
pending on credit Unjibles. Meantime, men
who properly count themselves, as million
aires, who are honest, . conservative,, solid
buslnes men, always responding to their
obligations, find themselves as helpless un
der such a financial cataclysm . as , they
would be in an earthquake. , .. ,n f ,
"Gradually reason resumes Its sway, but
the Injury to credit and , the blow which
has been struck at the, normal . business
progress has more or teas permanence.
Values have shrunk, plana for new and in
creased business enterprises must be- aban
doned ' and liquidation arid house-cleaning
take place. The business men, -who. have
had to stand the strain who have seen
their fondest hopes crushed,.' and Jiave- only
been able to come through 4he crisis with
the greatest effort and most substantial
financial loss, are naturally, sore and do
pressed. They believe, and generally they
are right, that this disaster hastconie upon
them without fault of theirs. -It is unjust
to them. No matter how. many symptoms
of the coming trouble there may have, been,
panics always come with a shock,- and a
tremendous surprise and disappointment.
And hardly Is the panic over but a fierce
discussion arises as to the causes of its
coming. With various motives editors and
publlo speakers rush to tbe front to fasten
upon some thing or some one th responsi
bility for what lias happened. It Is .entirely
naturxl that in the condition of , mind, in
which the suffering business msn are left
by the great strain and trial, such sugges
tions should receive marked attention and
that the more definitely ,Ui personality of
the scapegoat can . ba fixed, the more
domy
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pleasure It gives the victims of the catas
trophe. History of Knar Year.
"This mental attitude of the' business
community which I have described as
likely to be found after every financial
panlo Is clearly present today. Tho eco
nomical and political history of the last
foaf -years (rives It especial Importance,
hVVhuso' It, offers to certain elements In the
business amjt political community an ex
ceptional opportunity. Let mo Invite your
attention to that history. It is that of a
giant struggle' between Uie national ad
ministration J and certain powerful combi
nations In tho' flnantclal world. These
combinations, for lack of a better name,
are called nrusts.' They engaged in dif
ferent lines of manufacture and produc
tion, and, byassembling largo amounts of
capital Into one mass In a particular line
of business,' managed by artful and skill
fully devised, but illegal methods of
duress to exclude comptttlon and monop
olise the trade. They became the dicta
tors to the great railroads, however pow
erful, and through threatening the with
drawal of patronage secured unlawful and
discriminating rebates, greatly Increas
ing their frroflts and still more and com
pletely suppressing competition. Managed
with consplcUeus business ability, these
trusts went Into legitimate foreign trade
and largely Increased our country's ex
ports. The profits which they realised en
abled them t to engage in other enterprises
carried on by'-legitimate methods until the
hold whlch,"rttey acquired In the business
community ,,gavo them a position of van
tage, It semed hopeless to combat. The
basis of their original success and the
maintenance of their power was tha viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law and the
Interstate commerce law, and for a time
both laws were but dead letters upon the
statute books .of the fnlted States.
"The purpose of the administration of
Mr. Roosevelt was to make those men,
however, powerful and wealthy, to know
Jhat, tjie, laws, upon the' statute books were
living things and must be obeyed. It was
not proposed that the legitimate enter
prises that were carried on with the capi
tal of those men should be destroyed. It
was not proposed that the foreign trade
which Inured to the benefit of the whole
country should be struck down; but It was
determined that those who were making
the statutes a dead letter should be sub
ject to restrain by injunction processes and
punishment by Indictment not n matter
of revenge,' not to gratify the. exercise of
power, but to eradlqato systematic lawless
ness from, oun business , system. In . this
struggle the administration has been
greatly aided by the popular sympathy
awakened by revelations as to breaches of
trust by the managers of some of the great
insurance companies; by revelations as to
mismanagement of the internal affairs of
great railroad companies, by tho disclos
ure as to the enormous amount of rebates
extorted from the railroad companies by
theBe trusts; and by tbe conscienceless
stock Jobbing and over-issue of bonds and
stocks shown to have occurred In the man
agement of some of our great corporations.
People Rapport the Preslden.
s "There was a moral awakening among the
people and the bands of the administration
were held up. In the work which It was
doing. On the other hand the men and the
Interests which were the subject of attack
were not idle. They had their partisans,
guilty and Innocent. Tbe guilty, of course,
wished to defeat the administration by any
means. The Innocent were those who had
become involved with trust magnates in
legitimate business transactions and to
whom attitude of the administration seemed
one general opposition to the whole business
community. , t .. . ' '.. "
"One of the great manifestations,' Ym-ir
the monuments JnAhis'orW'nWfsfcr'w'is
the passage of thV railroad raPS' bllU '
met trie 'oppdsitlun 'tf 'fhany- of th -railroads,
not because tTtey -were In- ympatlry
with the trusts, for I think theyr Irt vnuray
respects', had' been - more- sinned -against
thah sinning, but because they resented
that close-control, that righl supervlsloa
which the public demanded in -view of the
possibilities which the dlsclosurea-zaa 't
their past transactions revealed. The fish
madn by the administration has .been.-
noteworthy one. And now, after victory has
been won, after there has beon. introduced
Into' the hearts of all -men, and . eepecluHy
of those leaders,, these trust .managers n,nd
financial opponents- of the administration,
the fear of the lawthe panic comes on.
The trust magnates solidly Intrenched, with
great financial resources, are. not the ones
who suffer the most of it. It Is the men
who have, had no such unlawful or fruitful
method of making money,.. the great body
of" business men and wage, .earners. This
is the feature of tho panic that arouses
one's deepest sympathy, and. regret.
"The agents and sympathizers and defend
ers of the trusts and others Innocent or mis
taken, now rush forward to place the blame
of the present conditions -upon the adminis
tration. They seek to use the, panic as an
argument - for giving up the. moral victory
which has been won. Apparently they
would take a retrograde step back to the
conditions which exUted five- and six and
ten years ago, when unhampered by statute
law, these trusts were building the finan
cial bulwarks behind which they are now
fighting. They rely upon the soreness and
the mental strain and suffering through
which all the honest business men of the
community had to pass as a golden op
portunity for driving home their attacks
upon the administration and for paralysing
the onward movement toward supremacy
pf the law.
Illegal Trusts Alone Attacked.
"I' have set,, forth what I believe to be
the real explanation, of the panic, Let us
examine the specifications of our op
ponents now made to show that the admin-
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It Is said that the policy of tho adminis
tration has been directed for the last four
years ownlrtnC nrganlred rjtpttal and that
It has thereby frightened Investors. 1 deny
It. The course of the administration has
been directed against such organised capi
tal" as was . violating" the statutes of the
Vnlted Ptates and no others. It had every
consideration and desire to assist organized
capital, which' was engaged Ih legitimate
business. It Is true' that the execution of
the policy mf the administration hss led to
the bringing to light of. public criticism of
the violation of the law by, lnfluentual and
powerful corporations and their prosecu
tion'. Through the Investigation of national
and state tribunals f,er' have been re
vealed, as I have already snld, breaches of
trust, stock Jobbings, fftr'lssue of stocks,
and mlsmanagcVnent li Homo of our largest
corporations. They have ' properly been
severely condemned by 11. Including the
president. Knowledge df these things
doubtless affected our credit lit Europe and
hastened 'ths panic; but those who are
morally responsible tor such a result are
the guilty manager, not'thnse whO'ln the
course of their ofBclaT duty : have made
known to the bustn'ess World' the facts and
commented on them.' " .' '
"It Is tald that (lie administration has
arraigned fhe whole business community
as dishonest. I deny It.' The president has
condemned the law-breakers. He has con
vinced those who tiave' unlawfully -cnmulaled
Vnormous p"owr and capitst,
that they sW not m'imune? He has put the
fear of the 1AT In tfirtr hearts. They have
been' acute enougli to attempt to protect
themselves by' giving" the' Impression that
his action ha'beeVi directed against the
whole buslnest 'community. If Is true that
the business nien'otWr communities, as a
whole, are honest and their 'methods are
sound The president ' ba never said
otherwise. Indeed, if fs chiefly In the Inter
est of the great body of honest business
men-that he has rrtade hi fight for law
ful business metliofls.-'
lnteret of iWitnltroads.
'.'Again, It Is said" that the rate bill for
which the administration, is rcsponsihlo
caused the present panic. Could anything
be more absurd? Th.object of the rate bill
was merely to' bring ', the railroads . under
closer supervision of ' tribunal .which
could act upon complatota of Individuals
suffering from. their injustice. The Imme
diate effiH-t of Its .passage was the volun
tary, reduction of rates.tr Subsequently un
der normal circumstances, justifying It, the
rates of the railways generally were In
creased. The continuance of the abuses of
the railway management .were made by the
rate bill much more difficult; but the rate
bill has not had the slightest effect upon
the- legitimate business earnings of the
railways. The utter hollowness In the cry
that the rate bill caused the panic Is seen
in tho fact that ythpj who now venture to
advance this, proposition rytve been for
more than a year contending .that the rate
bill was a humbug and. a fraud because It
.had no effect whateyer-J-because it had
Sfiven promise of. v.. reduction of rates and
no reduction of rates followed. Then state
legislation against .railroads is pointed to
as, a cause for shrinkage in the value, of
the .stocks and for. the, panic. Mr. Roose
velt and the national . administration are
not responsible for this, It was occasioned
by the same revelatlonaof lawlessness and
discrimination jo, railway. .management that
made the federal . rate bill a necessity. If
the .state, measures , have .been too drastic,
the cause of tht Ip'justice Is not , with the
national governmp nt.
."Instead of making, a. panic the national
policy of ending the, javjegsness of corpor
ations in interstate .commerce. Bnd 0f tak
ing ajvayyieir flower, oj Issuing, without
superVjjajp'n. stocks,,api hpnds, ,will produce
a charigg In their rapjqfnt'and.,rcflibye
fl. Most night D Abandoned?
..."The business menn the past have sym
pathised with the. effprt to eradicate from
the business system of this country the
Influence and control, of those who have
achieved success ,by Illegal methods."' Is all
this to be changed by the panic? Is It
proposed beeause.of.lt to repeal the rate
bill'.. Shall we dismiss the prosecutions for
violations of the ant j-t rust law? Bhall .we
permit and - encpursge rebates and dis
criminations by railways? Is this the con
dition of sanity to which we are Invited
to return? Shall we Join In the sneer1 at
the fight of the administration for honesty
and legality In business as a youthful at
tempt at an alleged moral regeneration of
our business system? .'o panic, fiffwever
severe, can make wrong right. No man
who sincerely believed the administration
right tn its measures to punish violations
of law, can now be turned from the earnest
support of that policy today. v
1 "I believe myself to ba as conservative
as any one within this company. I believe
that In connection with personal" liberty
the right of personal property is the basis
of all our material progress In the develop
ment of mankind, and that any change In
our social and political system which Im
pair the right of private property and ma
terially diminishes the motive for the ac
cumulation of capital by' the Individual, la
a blow at our 'whole civilization. But no
one can bo an observer of the operation of
the exercise of the right of property and
the accumulation of capital and Its use In
business by the Individual and the com
bination of capital' by the combination of
Individuals, without seeing that there are
certain limitations upon the methods In the
use of capital and file exercise of the
right of property that 'are indlspenslble to
prevent the absolute control of the whole
financial system of tile country to a small
oligarchy of Individuals.
"The combination of capital is Just as
essential to the progress as tho assembling
of the parts of a machine; and hence, cor
porations, however large are Instruments
of progress. Hut when tht-y seek to use
the mere size or amount of the capital
which they control to monopolize the busi
ness In which they are engaged and to sup
pi vss' competition by. methods akin to' du
ress, they should be restrained by law.
Met for Government Ownership.
"Again I am earnestlyopposcd to the gov
ernment 'ownership of the .Interstate rail
ways that are tbe arterial system of tbls
country. These railways should continue
to be managed by- private corporations.
Government ownership -of railways means
state socialism, an Increase In -the power
of the. central government that would be
dangerous. .It would b a long step, away
from-the Individualism which It la neces
sary to retain In order to make, real pro
gress. Iiut no one could deXend a railway
system In which the lawful discriminations
by secret rebates and otherwise were prac
tically without limit In the Interest or the
trusts and against thtv ordinary shippers.
These abuses can only be reached and
ended by closely regulating the railways
and putting them, under, the tribunal which
can Insist upon. publicity oj business and
in cases of complaint can direct the remedy
for wrong, . . .
. If the abuses of monopoly, and discrimi
nation cannot be r-stralued If the concen
tration of power madu. possible by such
abuse continues and increases , and It la
made manifest that under tlio system of
lidlvidu.'isn and . private property the
tyranny and oppression cf an oligarchy of
wealthy cannot be avoided, then socialism
Mill triumph and tha institution of private
prvpsriy will perish. ; .- .
"The admtnlslrl'n !" ,beA thus far
sucressful u. showing that .dangers' from
.indtvjUuklism can be effectively regulated
and that, abiM-a In t)e exercises of private
property can be restrained. Thus a great
conservative victory has been won and
the coming, of socialism has been stayed.
Qsmtloa "ow Presented.
"The question which you have ultimately
to meet 1 not whether we shall return to
a condition of unregulated railways . and
unregulated trusts, but Is 1s Whether we
shall maintain a strict system of regulation
of railways and trusts or whether we should
turn the country over to advocstea of gov
ernment ownership and socialism. Any ons
who seeks a retrograde step from the policy
of the administration on the theory that It
w-ould be a real step toward conservatism,
is blind to every political sign of the times.
"If one attempt to fix tba centef'of the
conservatism of the country, he Is likely
to fix It In New England. If he Is seeking
the community where appeals to righteous
ness and justice awaken a response he will
fiud It In New England. Hence, It Is that I
have ventured at this time and under the
circumstances I have described to discuss
tho political aspects of this panic, and to
appeal to you whether democrats or re
publicans, not to allow an acute condition
Involving pecuniary loss and mental strain,
serious as it Is, to lead you from a broad.
Impartial, just and patriotic view of the
situation."
"In the widespread catasttrophe I have the
deepest sympathy with the great body of
business men and wage earners who I know
are honest and who have to bear the
brunt of. It and I feel the greatest solici
tude and anrflety for their recovery. Hut I
urge them not to allow their resentment
at conditions to be made a weapon sgalnst
tne public weal."
TROUP UPHOLDS SUNDAY LAW
(Continued from First Page.)
nounced Judge Troup said many occupa
tions, like running street cars or getting
out newspapers, had come to be consid
ered almost necessities by the peoplo of
the community. The argument that the
law would Interfere with these, he said,
should be addressed to the legislature and
not to the courts.
If Final, the Waaron for' All.
"If Judge Troup's decision is- final and
City Prosecutor Daniel is going to enforce
the Sunday labor law as Interpreted By
the court Monday morning." said Chief
Donahue, "I don"t see but that the police
will have to treat Sunday violators the
same as any other violators, and Instead
of simply taking their names and report
ing them to tho city prosecutor, Just arrest
them as fast as we catch them break
ing the law and send them to the station
In the wagon."
RECEIVER FOR STEEL COMPANY
Application Made fjr Appointment of
One for Passaic Company , .
of Pateraoa.
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. SO.-Appllcatlon
was made this afternonn for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Passaic Bteel
company of Paterson, N. J. The application
was made by Joseph O'Prlen ahd Michael
Martin of Scranton, Pa., who-hold $5,000 of
the $2,500,000 of the company's 6 per cent
gold bunds Issued In October, 1902. They
charge that interest on the bonds was not
paid in October. 1906. April, 1907, and
October, 1907, and that the company ! In
arrears to the city of Paterson' for. taxes
to the amount of $45,000. '
The Passaic Steel company was organized
under the laws of New Jersey and has an
authorized capital of $0,000,009. "
Cpunsel for other bondholders have asked
for a. postponement of the case to permit
a reorganization -committee' of bondholders
to perfect' tlterr" plans. ""!".
,v y 'DEATtf RECORD.
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"' Mrs. Hasan It. Atklas
Mrs. Susan R. AtltltlS died at the resi
dence of hfr daughter,, Mrs. Frank P.
Could, '503 Park avenue, at , 9:30 Sunday
night at ' the age of 80. She will be burled
at Forest .Lawn cemetery Tuesday after
noon, the services being herd at the resi
dence at 2 o'clock. Grandsons will act as
pallbearers. Mrs. Atkins had resided In
Nebraska . for forty years, most of the
time In Omaha. She was. born In Brad
ford, Pa., and went front there to Michi
gan, and thence to Hlnlr. Her husband Is
dead and her body will rest beside his.
She' has made her home with her daugh
ter In Omaha for years. Beside Mrs. Oould
she Is survived by these chjldrert:- Mrs.
Viola Hutton, Calhoun; Mrs. William Grif
fith, Jackson, Mich.; Corliss Atkins, now
In New Mexico.
Arthur G. glanwood. .
BOSTON, De,. 30. Arthur O. Stanwood,
assistant treasurer of the Chicago, Burling
ton & Qulncy railroad system, died at his
home here today.
thief Justice J. D. Cassldy ,
MADISON. Wis., Dec! 30. Chief Ju'stlco
J. B. Cassldy, of . the state supreme' court
died here early today..
piles cure'd nr s to i days.
PAZO Ointment Is guaranteed to cure anv
case, of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Plies In 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c.
Beer Poured Into Sewer.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok!., "Dec. 30.
Twenty-three hundred barrels of beer,
valued, at $17,50ii, belonging to the New
State brewery, was today poured into the
sewers of this city by I'nlted States In
ternal Revenue. Collector Charles Howard.
The brew was completed after Oklahoma
became a , atate. The state authorities
would not " permit Its sale and shipment
from the stats.
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE,
From Oct. to May colds are te most frequent
.cause of .headache. Laxative Bromo Qui
nine removes cause. E. W. Orove on box. 25o
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QUAINT OLD IIEIDLEBEIJt, ..JtEJ COZ
IEST COKNER IX THE WEST. TIIE ,
GKEEN JIOOM, NOTHING KI ilER I N iTHE
MISSISSIITI VALLEY. "THK VoilILL
ROOM FOR GENTLEMEN IS THE MODEL
OF BKAUTVANI) COMFOliT... .TAKE A.'
NIGHT OFF WITH US. AND .YOUlWlLL'
HAVE SOMETHING TO- REIEM BER .'
MUSIC BY TEIDLE ORCJETRA.'
THE PHILBItl-MURPIIYf .HOTEL CO.
pnopRmtorts
SISTER ;.0F :: KAISER
(Continued;' frorft Flrsl rage.)"".'
his appearance.- but said he, was In the
habit of using rnetltrur salts.
He explained tha notorious handkerchief
Incident by' declarwitr that owing toMhe
jealousy of his wife he refrained for sev
eral wfks "from Visiting fcu Eulnburg's
house, although ' his house was In the
building. .",','
After a'scene Willi' his wife one day he
picked up a handkerchief belonging to 7.u
Kulenburg and kissed It in an affectionate
manner' to" see whether or not this would
provokw an outbreak bf Jealousy from the
countess. ' ''
Dr. Magnus 'inrsehfield, Who, at the last
trial, swore that Voir Moltke wss ab
normal, was severely cross -examined to
day and withdraw, his previous state
ments. ' j
The taking ft evidence then came to an
end and the case' was adjourned. The
final pleadings wilt be heard tomorrow
and Judgment- probably will be rendered
on Thursday.
DENVER JUDGE CLEARS MANY
F.ntlre Work-of Grand J wry on Coal
.d Frauds Rendered
V . Valueless. ,
DENVER. Dec. SO.-Judge R. E. Lewis
of the feflsrai court today 'quashed all In
dictments and sustained nil the demurrers
In coal land fraud cases thereby releasing
about fifty prominent defendants from
prosecution. Recently he gnashed tha Indictments-
for a41eged '.timber frauds and
today's actirtn bring: .to naught the work
of the special trandjury called last May,
Among the defendants who escape prosecu
tion are 8. W. .Keitel and fourteen other of
St. Ixiuls, -comprialnj; the Yampa Conl com
pany; CharlesUSi Hurrof Durangn,, Robert
Forrester, Salt- Lfik City;. Benjamin .F.
Freeman -of Eturangj?, George Coe Franklin
or Durango.
The government .attorneys gave, notice
that they wluVtake-.the case to the fulled
States Court nf Appeal. .
BLUE - BECOMES LESS AZURE
3S e tt York's Sander. I. Id Leaking aad
.People Kn,toy Themselves
,, V .Onto : More. , .
NEW YORK, Deo., 30. New, York's Bun
days are beginningN to. resume their usual
tint after three-more or less ."blue" Sab
baths. Scores!' of r proprietors ..-of moving
picture shows w be had gone ty the troubla
to ' secure Injunctions against, .the. police
conducted their, places of business much
as umial yesterday, except for the fact that
"barknrs" were removed from., the side
walk. All ef llw vaudeville theaters were
open, although the Mils -presented had
been considerably", changed In order to
bring thera.'under a somewhat strained In
tcrpretatlort of the ruling allowing "Sacred
or educational"". -eitertalnmcnts. There
were greatrerbwds-at the concerts at the
two opera 'houses and the uptown cafes
and restaurant ' were better patronized
than on the preceding two Sundays.
HEAVY, EARTHQUAKE TREMOR
Instruments at Washington Indicate
Severe" ghoek l.astln for
' Tns'Ilssra.
WASHINGTON, "Dec: 0.-A Very heavy
earthq&akewMr 'recorded "on the .. Instru
ments at the coast -and 'geodetic survey ob
servatory at Chnltonham, Md., this morn
ing. It commenced at thirty-two minute,
thirty seconds past midnight and lasted two
hears. 'The maslniuta -'displacement'1 was
Jriztyifour miUimeleB. t'.r ti , , t. ,u
The- veathflf hure,tad-: Issued Uie following-
bulletin:, ri. -v. ...
- A distant -eartkquakeiof; : considerable In
tensity was recorded by, the seismographs
at the weather' bureau this morning; com
mencing aFlZ-aff a."ni (ni1 lasted for over
one hour, i'iie first preliminary tremors
continued, for four minutes and flfi.v-fl.ve
seconds and the strongest fnotlon occurred
ftt 12:45 ; m.'i at 'which tlme the actual
movement of the ground at Washington
was about fly millimeter.
: FIRE RECORD.
I'.: -. l'. -
Tenf' Th'ouslidd Los 'at Edarav.
EDGAR," - NeW Ifcnfc SO (Special.) Tills
morning MM was discovered In -a large
store, building owned by- William Buxton of
Hastings' atid 6ce.npled by J. W. J. Boomer
as a store', room for farm implements and
wagons; c carriages and automobiles. The
building and all Its contents were entirely
destroyed. iTha -los on the building will
be about S2.O0O; Insured -for $1,000. The loss
on the contents will ;be about ItO.ono, Insur
ance J&000. - Nothing laknoWn as -to how
the. fire originated. ,
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Now Now
Open January lot,?
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TIM MURPHY ' ,;
AsslHffrt by MISS DOROTHY BHKIl
ROD and a C'apalilo Cutnpany. r.
Tonlglit "Two MimV and H Olrl."
Tuesday "A Corner In Cnlfen.'.':
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NEW YEARS MA TIN Eli. ',
I0OUC'
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE-
Matins Bally 8:15 . JSvsry pifbt 8:15
THIS WS11K Berr.ac's .HifrsiV ami
"Maud." Linton & LHWrenoel MaUito.HHll.
Macy & Co., Gfn. VA Ijrvliip. ''1 111.
Johnny Wllllnms. Joe La; iKU-ut, Anna
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Tuesday Til IC .aStAHlf ;
MM. W. W. TDBMta; prsssnU
Mme. Olga Samardff
CONOBKT P!AWIHT-f-v v..
7XK8T BAPT1BT . OHXCR-;
Tnnrsday ETsnlng-, JTan. a
SKATS $1.50 and II 00. OiVi-akla,
Pi hmollor and M-Ueller ll(H.f f kce.'
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Tbs show will' ba oary'.if.ay
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