The Omaha
unday Bee
PART II.
EDITORIAL SECTION
PACES 1 TO 6.
A4vrttM la
THE OMAHA DEE
Best West
VOL. XXXVII NO. 20. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1908. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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GRAND WHITE CARNIVAL ON ALL WEEK lVIJSSaN.
NEW SPRING EMBROIDERIES
Thousands of yards Monday morning twenty special tables,
besides our regular embroidery counters filled full of fresh new
embroideries. The finest and most attractive patterns of this
season's embroideries at very surprising prices.
CORSET COVER EMBROIDERY
2,000 yards of 18-inch corset cover embroidery,
in fifty different styles, blind and eyelet com
binations. Every style is entirely fl P
new, regular price is 25c, sale price, J P .
leryard Hated
Edgings and Insertions to
mntcn, two to nine Inches
wide, with eyelet, solid or
medallion embroidery, all
fresh, new patterns Op
worth up to
Flouncing, all new designs,
blind and EngllHh eyelet effects,
embroidered on fine SwIhr
cloth, values up to $1.50,
Monday 'v
Sample lot of fine Batiste and Swiss
embroidered, all handsome -new de
signs, bands and edgings
from 2 to 10 Ins. wide,
worth to $1.25, Monday.,
lac, at.
Allover embroideries on sheet
materials, Including Batis
te; desirable new patterns,
blind and open work, suit
able for waistlngs, EQi
worth up to $2.50.. JJv
19c
Fine Swiss embroideries. In
sertions, edgings to match,
from two to twelve Inches
wide, all new, attractive
designs, worth up
to $2.00 yard, for.
29c
Swiss and Nainsook em
broideries, elegant destpiis,
very choice! patterns,
wide variety, values up to
lGc, genuine bargains
at
Embroidered! Robes Elaborate models, mostly the English
'i eyelets with full deep flounce. Also
combination effects of Val. lace and embroidery.
A large variety of styles to select from
3.95 to $35
Over one hundred newspring patterns of French
and German Valanciennes Jaces, insertions and
edgings to match values to 75c a dozen Q
yards; Monday, a dozen yards for C
Sheets Pillow Cases
All alias from 54 to 99 incbsa wldai
42x36 Inch I'lllow t'ases. good nml
Ity, Monday, each 9o
45x36 Inch Fine Pillow Cases, this
case Is made out of splendid quality
muslin, Monday, each Ho
(UxStO Inch Keiuly-madn Sheets, this
sifce Is most popular, very heavy
quality, these sheets are seamed,
Monday, each 53 o
SlxUO Inch very fine and heavy
Heady-made Sheets, this quality Is
exceptionally good, Monday, nt
each 63o
3i Inch Bleached Shrunk Indian
Head, genuine quality, no Imlfitlon,
fine for white suits or skirts, etc.,
Monday, yard 13Hc
36 Inch fine White Cambric for un
derwear of all kinds, elegant, fine
quality, worth almost double this
price. Monday, yard...j lOHo
Blankets One-Fourth Off
Fina White Wool Elanketa, 84.00 to
825 00 per pair, at 95 FES, CENT
DISCOUNT ON EACH.
Dress Goods acid Silks
At phenomlnal reductions. In many
instances Dress Goods marked less
than OWE-HALF OFF.
JANUARY SALEsUNDERMUSLINS
Notwithstanding large increase in price of cotton fabrics wo
give you undennuslins cheap
er than ever before. We fig
ured with manufacturers last
March and took advantage of market condi
tions and the manufacturers' dull season!
Never before could you select your season's
underwear from as complete a stock and at
such moderate prices.
Second Floor.
TAItLK No. 1 Corset
Covers and Drawers,
daintily trimmed in
lace, embroidery and
tucks, worth 3")C,
at ID?
TAIILK Xo. 2 Corset
Covers and Drawers,
made of good musllu
trimmed In lace, em
broidery and tucks,
worth 50c, at. -29
TABLE No. 3 Corset Covers and Drawers
made of fine'eambric and nainsook, daint
ily trimmed in lace, embroideries and
tucks, worth 75c, at 39c
Corsets
?r.no models il
Bilk brocade,
daintily t r i ra
in ud 111 lace and
baby ribbon,
high bust mid
long hip for
stout figures,
short hip and
high bust for
slender figures;
fa Corsets for
82.0S and
81.08
Hpcrtal In Knlx
Corsets Monday,
regular $ G . ." 0
values .$3.50
COAL
SO exlra stamps with
each ton Capitol Coal
Monday, per toa
S7.00 '
Simple Sacks, ,
30o
Coed lor Seat
Omaha, Donate,
B ensea 1 1 a r
race an Omaha
eeUverlct.
BENNETT'S DIG GROCERY
Speolal Z,Ut of the Flnaat, New, Freah Table Product.
Bennett's Capitol Coffee, vound pkg 28o
And Thirty Green Trading Stamps
Teas, assorted, pound . . 480
And Forty Green Trading; Stamps
Pride of Bennett's Flour, Back $1.50
And Fifty Green Trading Stamps
FOTATO BFECIAI.
Idaho vurbanka, very fancy, bushel 7Rc
peek 20c
rccaiiB, new, pound 20c
And Ten Green Trading (Stamps ,
Filberts, new, pound 20c
And Ten Green Trudlna Stamps
lilack Walnuts, pound 4c
Roasted Peanuts, quart Be
Kvaporated Raspberries, pound 40c
Valencia Hnlslns. pound 16c
And Ten Green Trading Stamps
flliie Horax Starch, 2 '4 lb. pkg 25c
And Ten Oreen Trailing Stamps
IHamond 8 Preserves, large jar 28c
And Thirty Green Trading Stamps I
Plamond C Soap, nine bars 25c
Tea Garden Marmalade, Jnr 20c
And Ten Green Trading Stamps
Tea Garden Pieserves, jar 30c
And Ten Green Trading Stamps
Silver Label Gelatine, pound pkg 35c
Three Star Salmon, large can 15c
Currants, donned, pound lnc
Raisins, cooking, pound 10c
Bennett's Capitol Extract, bottle 18c
And Twenty Green Trading Stamps
..Wonder. Wax. for washing, pkg .. 10c
And Ten Green Trading Stamps
Wiggle Stick Bluing, six atlcka 25c
And Ten Green Trading Stumps
1 - j
Special in Hardware Monday
BIO SALE OF FIRST QUALITY WHITE AXD
WHITE ENAMEL WARE.
Mixing Bowls, Pudding Pans, Pans for baking
dishes, etc., worth up to 40c, all go, each.lQ,
White, out and In, Sauce Pans, with cover 20?
And 30 Green Trading Stamps.
Special Prices on Beating Stoves or Gas Ranges
Furniture, Carpet and Rugs
MANY SAMPLE AND SURPLUS ITEMS IN FURNITURE
Extraordinary Sacrifice Prices
Wa received a car of Xrcn Beds, Itiat before Christmas,
t'at were not expected before March let. Besulti You can
buy Iron Beds cheap.
We price one at $3.69 that formerly sold for 93.40.
SPECIAL on a 4S-pounl pare Felt Mattress at 97.98.
Hocking Chirs of the better kind, bought for holiday
trade. Wo specialise a great number of them for Monday
selling at redactions varying; from SO to 50 per cent.
LACfe CURTAINS
Our stock of Lace Curtains
must be cut at least half its
present size before the 15th of
January.
Cost cuts no figure with our
prices during this sale.
Nottingham and Novelty Cur
tains, extra fine quality, sell
up to $4, 25 patterns, many
neat parlor effects, choice
of this lot, pair 91.93
Cable Net, Cluny and many
new novelties, In white ana
ecru, extra strong and neat
effects, sell up to $5; choice
of this lot 93.69
Brussels - Net,- Irish- Point,
Cluny, white or ecru, great
assortment, beautiful parlor
curtains, sell up to I 75:
choice of this lot 93.87
Heal Hand Made Arabian and
Cluny Curtains, made of ex
tra fine material, with the
very best workmanship; In
two lota.
Curtains that sell up to 18.00
pair $4.98
Curtains that sell up to $15 00
pair 97.97
All Bonne Femme Curtalna
tffust sell during this sale. All
on one table, marked at about
HALF FB.ICS.
Third Floor
CARPETS and RUGS
We are closing oat oar en
tire Una of Three-quarter
Carpets. Cost oats no figure
with oar selling prices.
Brussels Carpets, with stair
to match, at, yard 39o
High Grade Brussel Carpets,
many sell up to $1.10, some
with borders to match
choice, yard 69o
Wilton Velvet Carpets, splen
did quality and fast colors,
with borders to match, sells
for $1.25; choice, yard.. 79c
Rags! Regs! Rags!
200 strictly all wool faced
Smyrna Bugs, 80x60, sells
for $2. 60, while they last,
at 91.39
(0 Velvet Rugs, 8xTJ, floral
or conventional patterns, all
colors, worth $6.00; while
they last 93.69
Room Size Sample Rags
Axmtnster Rujrs, rSxlS, sella
for $26.00. .choice 918.76
Brussel Ruga, 9x12, sells for
$20.00, big variety, all colors
choice 913.79
Linens While Goods
The finest of linens the mills of
Europe have produced especially
low priced)
CRASH
Regular 9c
Crash, yard ,
Regular 12V4c
Crash, yard ,
Regular 14c
Crash, yard .
. 61c
Uic
TOWELS
Regular cent Regular
Towels. C-
eac h
Regular II rent
Towels, 71r
each 5v
each .
NAPKINS
cent
earr.":...19C
Regular 35 eent
Towels, OE.-,
TAIILK No. 4
Corset Cov
ers, Drawers,
and Short
Skirts made of
fine cambric
nainsook trim
mings are lace
e m b r o ldery
and tucks, at
4S
TABLE No. 8
Gowns, Corset
Covers, Short
Skirts, Drawers
and Chemise,
worth $1.25.
These are dain
ty garments of
cambric and
nulnsook: they
are handsomely
trimmed in em
broidery, lace
and hemstitch
ed tucks, at
GOf
TAl'.LK Xo. 0
Gowns, Cor
Bet Covers,
Drawers, Pet
ticoats, Short
Skirts and
Chemise, made
of fine nain
sook and cam
bric, trimmed
In dainty em
broidery and
lace, worth
$1.50, at
Regular $1.50
Napkins, dozen .
Regular $1.75
Napkins, dosen
Regular $2.75
Napkins, dozen
1 Regular $4.00
Napkins, dozen .
Regular $5.00
Napkins, dozen
1.00
1.25
2.00
3.00
4.00
TABLE DAMASK
Regular 40 cent Regular $1.00
29c
Damask,
yard . .
Regular 50 cent
yard"?"'. 39C
Regular 65 cent
lmmask, Stir1
WW
69c
yard.
Pattern Table
Regular $3.75 Pat
tern Table Cloths
Regular $3.50 Pat
tern Table Cloths
P.egular $4.75 Pat
tern Table Cloths
, Regular $fi.50 Pat
tern Table Cloths .
Regular $7.50 Pat
tern Table Cloths
Damask,
yard.
R e g u 1 a r $1.?.5
Damask, Q
yard OOW
Regular $1.60
Damask, 1
a. v v
yard.
Cloths
2.00
2.50
3.00
4.75
5.50
BIG BARGAINS IN
MATCH
$8.50 Set, skirt, drawers, corset
cover.and gown, four pieces for
$12.00 four piece sets, skirt, draw- "7 QP
ers, corset cover and gown, for. ... J
5.95
SPRING WAISTS!
LAWNS, LINENS AND LINGERIE
Fine Lawn Waists, trimmed In dainty lace, em
broidery and pin tucks, worth $1.50. at. .Q8J
Lingerie Waists, elaborately trimmed in dainty
lace and embroidery, worth $2.60, for SI. 48
Lingerie Waists, of all-oor embroidery, 'finished
with dainty lace, worth $3.00, for. .. .81.08
Tailored Linen Waist at $2.05, fa.SO and $ 8.08
Suits. Coats and Furs at Half Price
All Teilor-Made Suita, at...- 50' OFF
All Winter Coats, at ....50 FF
All Sjdrts, at 33 OFF
All Furs, at 50 OFF
15C Patterns of Your Own Cheice FREE ttith Ladies' Home Journal Winter Qua.rterly 2Qc 19Q8 DIARIES, All Kemaining Lots, ET.ry Style, Some Plain, Others with Valuable Statistics at HALF PRICE j
HNE FURS CROWING SCARCER
Dealers See One Confutation in the
Hard Times.
TRADE HAS CHANCE TO CATCH UP
t
With n Lraarned Drmind Thr Say
the umber of Animals Mar la
crra and I'rlcca Drop to
Thalr Old Levari.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4. "Fura. Ilka every
thing else, have (rone up in prlre In the last
few years," aald the buyer for a Fifth
avenue furrier. "The cause la chiefly the
recent prosperity of our country. Sules
hava been ao heavy that we could hardly
meet ths demand. So many anlmala were
killed for their sklna that they have had
BO chance to multiply. Conequently every
kind of fur-bearing animal haa become
career.
. "Two years ago the number of almost
very kind of fur-bearing; , animal ra tight
was nearly twice as great dur'f.g the
last year. In 1907 the whole Alaska seal
catch was only 14.000. Fifteen or twenty
yeara ago there were 20,om cauirht a year.
"Denjilte the decreostd demand this win
ter become of financial conditions, sealskin
coats next year will be more expensive, for
none of the seal catch of 1907 will be ready
for market by that time.
"These skins are usually sold to the trade
on December 16 of each year in time to
prepare them for the next year, but the
sul has been postponed thla year. If we
do not get them now unt'l March these
sklna cannot be dyed and dressed until the
latter part of August, and that will be too
late- for the following season. Seal will
therefore be less plentiful and the price will
go up.
C'oata That Coat Furtanea.
"Fifteen yeara ago a full length sealskin
coat could be had tor $SU or S60D. . The
same coat today would coat from $900 to
$1,400. A three-quarter length coat would
cost from $700 to 1.2"X. according to the
quality of the fur used.
"Sealskin Is very popular. It wears well
and looks well, and Is equally as suitable
for ordinary as for dress wear. However,
It la not as fashionable as some of the
other furs.
' lior tin se who csn afford it. of course,
Russian sable is the fur of all furs for
c"t. It is the most expensive we have
and a short coat of twenty-four inches will
cost from $1,000 to $30,000. It takes fifty
sable skins to make a coat of thla length.
A full length coat will coat In proportion.
The'advance In the price In five yeara has
been 10 or 30 per cent.
"There la no fur or fabric so remarkable
for Us beauty of color and texture. It is
valuable as It la dark In color. There are
many grades of these skins an- some of
them bring comparatively low prices, al
though they are extremely beautiful.
"Ilia costliest Russian sable la very dark.
The lighter skins are colored so skillfully
that only an expert could detect the lm
stur. These sklna, however, fade rapidly
and lose their hue. The best Russian sable
skins cost $ii00 apiece and we have even paid
as high as $900 a nkin. It-takes from twenty
to thirty skins for a long coat. A very fine
able coat can cost a fortune.
'Th'i Hudson bay sable, which Is an
American product, Is much Inferior In color
and quantity of fur, but is extremely popu
lar. A 21-inch coat In the best quality will
cost about $5,000. This fur. though very
handsome Is much lighter In color than the
Russian,
Mink. Alao Kx pensive.
"Mink ranks next In popularity. The
largest and finest skins come from Labra
dor and northern Canada. These are a durk
brown In hue, dense; short and fine. Further
south the fur Is of a lighter hue and not so
valuable. This animal Is also becoming
scarce and the price has Increased ma
terially In the last five years. A mink coat
of twenty-two inches will cost from $700 to
$1,100, according to the quality of the fur.
A long or three-quarter coat can be had
from $1,800 to $2,600. The body of the ani
mal la ver slender and about twelve to
fifteen Inches In length.
"Chinchilla is fashionable and wtll con
tinue to be so. A coat of chinchilla will
cost from $1,000 to $3,000. The finest chin
chilla Is a delicate gray In color. This fur
Is especially popular for coat linings and
collars.
"One of the most fashionable furs of the
day Is moire Persian, which hus a watered
silk effect. It Is especially suitable for
elderly ladles: It is a species of baby lamb
and is more expensive than broadtail Per
slun, but the latter has a heavier fur. The
moire Persian or baby lamb Is supposed
to be the fur of the animal prematurely
born, the parent animal's life being sacri
ficed for this purpose.
A three-quarter loat vt this fur will cost
from $500 up, according to the quality, the
best about J0. A fifty-Inch garment will
cost In the neighborhood of $i',100.
"The l'erlun sheep Is In color black,
brown ai.it sometimes white, and the fur
of the lamb Is very beautiful, being closely
curled. I or use all these skins are dyed
a beautiful black and this can only be prop
erly done In Germany. Broadtail la the
best wearing. It Is as durable as seal.
Style for the Winter.
"The prevailing fashion in coata la the
three-quarter length or the full length.
The skirl la full and tha sleevea are large
at the ehouldVr, the regular 4at sleeves.
The loos fitting coat ia the most fashion
ablo with a slight fitting around the tilpa
to give shape.
"Jackets or short coats are almost un
salable. The forty-inch coat Is taking the
place of all small coats, even Etons.
. "The fashionable fjr lining for cloth
coats is mink, chinchilla and squirrel or
brown cony.
"Men'a coata have a lining of mink, musk
rat, brown cony or French dyed muskrat,
with a collar of Russian sable, sea otter,
mink or beaver. They runge in price from
$136 to $1,300.
"There wae a time when otter waa faah
lonable for coata for both men and women,
but It haa been found to be too heavy and
la not used at all now except for trimming.
It ia also expensive.
"White cony hi a very fashionable fur
:.jt collars, stolea and muffa and ia Inex
pensive.
"Dyed lynx it the fashionable fur of the
year In black for stoles and muffs and col
lars. This fur is alao growing very scarce
and the price Is rising. A set will cost from
$60 to $1 according to the length of the
stole.
"Black marten and browp fox are staple
furs, but are not much worn. Lynx, or
mink, or silver Alaska fox, take their place,
but any kind of fox wears poorly; the hair
Is too fine for durability."
"Bllver fox, so much worn la9t year and
so highly prized, is not much sought this
year because of an Imitation now' on the
market which can be had for $75 for a
boa. The rame In silver fox would v cost
$1,X. For one skin alone the price Is
$W0. It does not wear well, however; the
hair ia very fine and delicate and breaks
off."
BEAUTY SPOTS OF 'FRISCO
Trees, Rhroba nnd Flowers Appear In
I'urka of the Burned
District.
Day 'by day the beauty apots In San
Francisco's burned district are Increasing.
The first rains have clothed the hills with
verdure, and with the passing of the
refugees the parks are beginning to take
on something of their old appearance. The
first to le put In shape after the fire was
I'nlon square. In the very heart of the
civic center. Fortunately the valuable row
of palms on Post street was left untouched
by the flames, as were some of the pretty
ornamental shrubs and trees. Gradually
the grounds have been reclaimed until
today the excellent condition of the grass,
flowers and shrubs makes It a delightful
resting place.
The garden of the mint, over on Mission
and Fifth streets; the green grass plots
about the Jamea Lick statue in front of
the city hall; the velvety lawn around the
hall of records; the pretty garden of the
synagogue on Sutter street these are other
beauty spots that brighten the uspect of
the bustling downtown district.
South of Market Btreet little haa been
done to beautify tba city. Everyone has
been too enwrapped n the colossal task of
rebuilding the practical necessities of a
great city the wholesale houses, the manu
facturing plants, the warehouses. It will
be some time before South park looks as
inviting as It did before the Are. In the
"6oa and early. '09s It was the social center
of Sun Francisco. Its neat little walks
and green lawn, bordered with eucalyptus
trees, later proved a godsend to this uon
gested section, and since the fire It has
been covered, with refugee buildings, which
are soon to give way to lawns and flowers
again. San Francisco Chronicle.
INCUBATOR BABY' IS ISSUE
Federal Court Drellues Jurisdiction
and Mother of Child Relates
Possession.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Jan. 4.-In a decision
handed down today Judge Pollock of the
Vnlled States circuit court announced that
his court had no Jurisdiction In the "In
cubator baby" case. This leaves the child
In charge of Mrs. Charlotte E. Bleakley,
tae mother. Mrs. Jamea Barolay, who was
given the child by adoption papers at the
St. Louis World's fair, will appeal to the
Vnlted States federal court.
THREE FOX HUNTS WEEKLY
This is the Plan of the Roman Hunt
Club for Winter.
NEW MASTER TO ADD NEW LIFE
Count Catnpello la a Dashing; Cavalry
Omcer from the Military
Hiding; School at Tor dt
(lulnto.
ROME, Jan. 4. During the Roman aea
son, which began in December, when the
noble families return from their vlllegia
ture, the diplomats get back from their
summer leaves of absence and foreign
visitors take up their winter quarters In
the Eternal City, the hunt club holds its
meet outs'de the gates three times a
week. There one is sure of finding his
friends, even If they happen to be on
lookers Instead of hunters'of the wily fox.
This year added life has been put into
the club by the election of a new master
In the place of Marcliese Roccaglovane,
who occupied the post for more than ten
years. The new M. F. H., Count Campello,
a dashing cavalry officer, wus long con
nected with the military riding school at
Tor di Quinto, Just outside of Rome, and
enters upon his task with enthusiasm.
To the casual visitor in Rome, as well as
to the resident, -"It la a delightful diversion
to drive out on a sunny winter morning to
the meeting place and see hounds and
hunters start off. The scene Is a 'vast
stretch of the Roman Campugnn, batl.ed
In winter sunshine, dotted here and there
Willi ruins of ancient monuments, walls
and acqueducts, with the blue Alban hills
as u backsround.
In the center of the field Is a maps of
color cavalry ofTicera In their bright uni
fornia, the master and whippers-ln In their
red coats, diplomats and their wives, mem
bers of the Roman nobility and the royal
household, and foreign and Italian sports
men. A crowd of onlookers in automobiles
and carriages surround the Meld.
Orssanixeri In 14 2.
Mony are under the Impri ssion that the
Roman Hunt club was founded after Rome
became the capltol of united Italy, but this
Is a mistake, as its origin g es back lo
1842. Ten years later the Anonymous So
ciety of Fox Hunters was formed, a title
which at the suggestion of the cardinal
secretary of stale was changed to Roman
Fox Hunting club.
The sport entirely supplurited boar hunt
ing, became fashionable and wns fullowid
with enthuslaistii. but unfortunately two
years later the whole pack of hounds died
fioin rabies. As a result the hunteis lost
all Interest In the spun, especially as
farmers had been making demands for
compensation for the damage supvos.1 to
have been caused by t'.se hunters.
It waa not until 18&4. when ti.e duke of
Grasloll waa elected pruldent. vlth I'rtnce
Column as vice preildent ai'-'l Prince
Napoleon Charles Ronaparte aa one of the
directors of the club, that fox hunting
again became the fashion.
Under Count Campello the Uub will as-
Bume more than ever an English aspect,
and In ordor that everything should be
managed Just like an English hunt the new
muBter has brought from England an Eng
lish whipper-in, who will succeed old Dom
enlco Morlconl? a familiar figure at every
meet, who now has ben pensioned.
Of course to the ardent huntsman It Is a
little trying that the meet, for the con
venience of the spectators, should be held
so near Rome, where sport Is not so good.
Many members of tho Roman nobility are
devoted to fox hunting, not only the men
but also their wives, who are capital riders,
never refusing even the highest Jumps. It
was while out hunting last year that the
Princess Teano, one of the most beautiful
women In Roman society, was thrown and
for the rest of the season was under the
doctor's caro owing to a wound on 1 her
face which threatened to mar Its beautiful
contour. As a rule, accidents are very
rar; as the Romans are good and careful
riders.
The king, although a member of the
club, never follows the hounds. It Is con
sidered to risky for him to Join In a sport
which Is open to any one who wished to
drive out to the meet. Resides, his pres
ence would necessitate the attendance of an
army of secret service men, who would be
very 111 at ease in a saddle.
Ills father was an ardent fox hunter
and would often Join unostentatiously In a
run. Since his tragic death the present
system of surrounding the king by police
has been Instituted and his movements are
kept secret. Hence the sovereign has to
refrain from fox hunting.
WATER RATES GET SLASHED
Vew Competition for Frelh Bull,
ness Between Boston nnd
Sen York.
BOSTON', Jan. 4.-A second all water
freight routo between Boston and New
York began operations today, with the sail
ing this afternoon of the new 4.000 toi"
steamship Bunker Hill, of the Nw Eng
land and Steamship company's line. There
will be three sailings weekly, on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, from each city.
The new company was organized after a
series of conferences between leading Bos
ton merchants and officials of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford railroad
company, the marine department of which,
the New England Steamship company con
trols the three vessels which will be used
In the s-rvice. Besides the Bunker Hill,
the steamships Old Colony and Massva-
I chusetts l ave been ut.-'gred to c-utry out
ttie seneauia.
The new company recently announced a
cut In freight rates of a per cent, which
was followed by an equal reduction by
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NAVY AS HEALTH RESORT
Death Rate Very Low Last Year on
Our Warships.
WOMEN ARE NEEDED AS NURSES
Interesting; Facta from Snrareon Gen
eral Rlxey'e Annual neporl
Bad Effects of Cruising; In
Troplo Seas.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Much Interesting
Information In regard to the navy Is found
In the recent annual report of Surgeon
General Rlxey.
With an average strength, Including the
marine corps, about 42,000, both afloat and
ashore, the total number of deaths In the
navy for the year waa 241; a ratio of 6.66
per thousand.
It Is natural that a picked class of men
under constant surveillance should make a
better record than the heterogeneous popu
lation of a city. But the contrast between
a rate of 5.66 In the navy and a rate of
from 10 to 35, or even higher, In the cities
Is a good showing for the former.
Of these 241 deaths only 144 were from
disee.se. The remaining jilnety-sev'en were
from Injury, Including poisons.
The largest number of deaths from any
one cause was thirty-one from drowning.
Tuberculosis of the lungs comes next, with
twentyflve deaths. There were sixteen
from pneumonia, fifteen from gunshot
wounds, foru-teen from typhoid fever, four
teen from meningitis and ten from bums.
The remainder were scattering.
A rather surprising fact Is that 907 appli
cants for enlistment were rejected on ac
count of color blindness. This made a color
blind rate of over twenty-eight per thou
sand of all applicants. One in every fifteen
of those rejected was color blind.
The navy has only one hospital ship, tho
Relief. Even that was adapted from other
purposes. A navy noeda both hospital and
ambulance ahipa, especially, according 'o
the surgeon general's view, the former. He
would like nn appropriation of $3,000000 for
the construction of two.
The question of the enployment of woman
nurses in naval hospitals waa submitted, to
tho last congress, but the members did not
see it In the same light as the medical
bureau does.
It Is urged that not only are women bet
ter fitted for nursing than men are, but
also tha( In time of war their services are
absolutely necesvary. In that event the
male nurses would be needed at sea and
the hospitals would have to call in women.
Not only are the women actually needed
now, but If taken Into the hospitals at
present they would become accustomed to
the administration of naval hospitals and
would form "an organized nucleus, capable
of easy expansion" If the need should
arise.
The navy( Is happy In having made a
start toward a sanitarium for lta tuber
culosis cases. The army haa had one for
a long time at Fort Bayard, but the navy
had pleaded la vain until last October.
when the New Fort Lyon property waa sat
apart for Its use.
This was un abandoned military reserva
tlon In Colorado. The rnxvy gets about 671
acres with the old buildings and hopes to
make It over Into a model sanitarium. .
Taking the navies of England, Germany
and the United States and comparing the
ratio of tuberculosis In each, we- find that
Germany has the lowest rate, England a
higher one and this country a still higher -one
about twice thut In the German navy.
The system of fingerprint . Identification
la now used in the navy. Every man en
listing since January 1, 1907, has had hla
fingerprint taken by the medical exam
lnera The value of fingerprints aa a means of
Identification depends on the clearness and
correct location of the prints. Therefore
the sys'.em of taking them In taught In the
United States Naval Medical school.
The shoes furnished the men "constitute
the really serious defect" In their clothing.
"Very few men can wear them with com
fort." They are . "a source of Incessant
trouble." The new shoe adopted by -the
army and the . Marine i Corps "."might ' be
copied with profit."
Torpedo flotillas are not adequately sup
piled with medical attendants. "Under
present conditions cases of sickness or at
Injury, no matter how great, .must ' watt
until trained medical attention, can,' be
brought from another veasel of tba flotilla.'
In bud weather the delay la sometimes twej
days. I .
"As there Is sometimes a wardroom cook."
a wardroom steward and a mess attendant
on each vessel for serving two, or at most
three, officers, It would seem that the mesa
attondunt might be dispensed with,", and
a hospital apprentice, f Irst-claaa, subeti
tilted. -
From the point of view of health, abjpa
have done loo much cruising In tropical
climates. Surgeon E. 8. Bogert says that
the physical effect laa lessening of energy
and endurance.
"It Is not unusual to meet officers and
men of the navy who have not experienced
cold weather for five, ill or evn seven
years. As our country Is In the temperate
sone It Is within the bounds of probability
that In the event of war our ships would
have to In handled and ' fought In cold
weather.
"What could be expected under these)
conditions with a personnel which had
received all lta training and experience In
hot weather? Could the personnel of our
navy physically withstand the rlgora of a
winter campaign at sea such aa the Jap
anese experienced In the recent war with
Russia?"
The same opinion seems to be held by
Meun ai inspector il. u. Beyer, who aaya:
"The RuKslans entering the sea of Japan
had behind them a fatiguing crulae of at
leust six months In tropical waters, to
which by nature they were not accustomed
and from which the Japanese very wisely
did not give them time to recover.
"The Japanese, on the other hand, had
lived in Hn ideal climate for four months
without steaming, with Just sufficient drill
to kep their men fit and on a diet per
fectly fresh and wholesome."
Hmall Mnwrr Ashore.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Jan. l-The
Bariiefc'al life savers report a small steamer
ashoie off Barnegat. The vessvl U Mid la
be In nu danger.
