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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1903. JUST THE TI1IIIG FOR A COrY OK THE CHRISTMAS EDITION OF OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOr.1" I! A HANDSOME BINDING OP Some of the thing Mid about the book Irving, IWhellrr, author of "Eben Holden," Riverside, Conn.: ""Your little book stands for the beat things and 1 wish 'yon a million readers. I hare been charmed with the freshness and the spirit of it." John M. Harlan, Asaoclate Justice, United State Supreme Court: "Your little book, 'Of Such Is the Kingdom,' haa been read by me with mora than ordinary interest. Indeed, I have read It through twice. ' No one can read these stories from life without both Interest and profit, or without having a higher conception of hla duty to Qod and to hla fellowman." W.' J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.: "To thos who have read these stories they need ho praise; to those who have not read them, I commend them aa sooth lag. strengthening and Inspiring." David .. Brewer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court: ."It Is one of the' most enjoyable books we have lately seen. There is something about H which makes the strongest appeal to every sympathetic heart, to everyone who believes in his fellow men and the possibilities of a better life." Dr. George h. Miller, President Hu mane Society, Omaha, Neb.: "It Is a moving song of love in simplest prose. Its gentle music of the heart canno. fail in touching appeal and Inspiration. The Christmas edition of "Of Such Is the Kingdom" is now on Bale at the book department of the W. R. Bennett Company and at Thomas Kllpatrlck and Company. THIS BOOK "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM" In cloth binding, $1.00. In leather binding, $1,25. At Book Department of THE DENNETT COMPANY NO REPENTANCE FUR MURDER 'Adam-God'' Hopes to Lire to Kill a - ' Few More Policemen. 'ELIJAH . II" It "STILL AT LARGE Women Fanatlce Relate Story of Vaadertnj;s of Band aad Tell ' of Preparations Made for Resistance. KANSAS CITY. Dec. . "I am not going to at.' I am going to get well and live to kin a fiw Yhore policemen." That Is the assertion ' of Louis Pratt. self-styled "Adam-God," the religious fanatic who i lying In the General hospital here seriously wounded in a battle between hla followers and the police late yesterday. As a result of the fight Pratt's 13-year-old daughter Lulu and Policeman Albert O. Dalbow are d-ad . and two other policemen are In a critical condition. Janiei Sharp, known as "Elijah II" and who was the real head gf the little band or rellgiaue..ntauslata. la still , at large. Shortly after the shooting yesterday he walked into a saloon, laid down his re volver with the remark, "I am satlafled; i give up." As there were no police pres ent 'and no one seemed Inclined to take him Into custody, Bharp waited a moment, then picked up the weapon, reloaded It and walked out. Vt has not been seen since. "I've been in trouble before," was all Mr. Pratt would say, "and If I can be killed for righteousness' sake I shall be eternally happy." Mrs. Pratt, with two of her young daugh ters, spent last night In the matron's room "at police headquarters, but Mrs. Sharp, who fired two of the shots that struck Po liceman Michael Mullane was confined In the city Jail. At the hospital this morning it was said that Patrolman Mullane had small chance of recovery, but that Sergeant Patrick Clark's condition was sMghtly improved. A. J.. Belser. the bystander who was hit by a stray bullet, also is expected to get welt Mary Pratt, thl little Il-yeer-old slater There's no "dull season" with Nicoll. At the end of every busy season's trade we clean up the balance of the stock by a lib eral reduction in the price. $30 or $35 this week gives you choice of many handsome $38, $40 and $12 values. WILLIAM JERREMS SONS. JOtMI South 15th St. WS . Tt e commend The Beer Yoa like Cases 2 dozen C2 OA Large Bottles ?D,ZJ Cases 3 dozen ? OA Smalt DoUles O.ZJ Aa allowmnea of It SO will be mad dpoo return to us ( the esopty ease, sod all of to empty bouses la good order. Order will b taksn for Lnzua t (sss IJUs om lot at the follow la j-prices: $2.00 per doz. Urtje Bottles $1.35 er doz. Small Bottles Gladstone 1ros. , 1308.10 Douglas Stroet iTO.Al DOUGLAS as 1 A CHRISTMAS GIFT RED LEATHER. : TRICE, $1.25. for all that fa good and kind in human nature." Dr. I. K. Funk, of the great pub lishing house of Funk A Wagnalts Company, New York: "I have read It aloud to my family with increasing pleasure and edification. It should have a place In every family library and should be read whenever shadows thicken." E. Benjamin Andrews, Chancellor Nebraaka State University. Lincoln, Neb. "When I read a chapter In 'Of Such Is the Kingdom' I said: 'Here is a Jewel.' Reading on and on I changed to 'Here Is a whole casket of Jewels.' The book la rich with fine thought and tender and elevating sentiment. It will have a host of readers, none of whom will give It up till he has read It through." Gen. Charles F. Mandcrnon, Omaha, Neb.: "Your sweet book, 'Of Such Is the Kingdom,' came to me like a bless ing and has filled my home with last ing perfume. The first chapter won me; and my wife and I, In Joint bond age, have remained your willing and contented captives." Congressman Champ Clark, Bowling Green, Mo.: "It Is not only a delight ful book, but wholesome, and ought to do a world of good. I wish that every father and mother in the land had a copy." of the dead girl, displayed the same re markable coolness shown by her elders, when questioned by the police. She did not cry when told of her sister's death. "She died for her God," was the child's answer. . Wserls(( of the Band. Mrs. Melissa Sharp, a slender woman of middle age, whose statement was taken by another officer, detailed the occurrences leading up to yesterday's fight and then told of the wanderings of the band. "I was born In Mountain Grove, Mo., thirty-seven years ago on a farm," sad Mrs. Sharp. "I married Sharp, a farmer. twenty years ago and we wont to Arkan sas. Later we went to Oklahoma and took up a claim. We had no religion then at all. About six years ago my husband came home one night and said he did "not think we were living right. lie had had a reve lation of the faith of God. Wo began to read the Bible and a week later I got the revelation. Then we both repented for two weeks, weeping and mourning not because we wanted to, but because we could not help It. The spirit of God came to us the same as It came to Adam, to David and to Christ. We then sold our farm and gave the money away to people who needed it and started out to preach. "Since then we have traveled through Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Illi nois. Then we went north to Minnesota, and last summer we spent In Cans-da in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. We lived on gifts made by converts and by small sums offered us by whoever cared to. One man who found the light sold all his property and put 17,000 In. We kept all the money In a common fund. Houseboat Dam Missouri. "About last August when we came back from Canada we built a houseboat and started down the Missouri from a place In Montana near White Earth." Chief of Police Ahem announced today that yesterday's bloody affair would mark an end to street meetings In Kansas C.ty and ordered his men to allow no more speakers to address crowds on public thor oughfares. Des Molnea to Play Fort Dodge. DES MOINES, la., Deo. . (Special.) The Young Men's Christian association basket ball team will play its first samu of the season next Friday night with the Fort Dodge team at Fort Dodge. Coach Hackett has not yet selected his team for the gam?, but It Is practically certain, that Hy ana end Swisher will be on the team. Kohn and Clarke of last yoar's team are both In the city, but neiiher haa been practicing regularly. Gymnasium for Schoyler. INDIANOLA. Ia, Dec. (Special.) Simpson college will have a new gymna sium, according to Indications shown by the number of subscriptions made and the Interest displayed by students, faculty, alumni and townspeople here. The busi ness men are backing the movement loy ally and a considerable fund has already been ra sed. Next year will probably sue the beginning of the construction of tlis new bu.iding, wmcn is badly neeuea here. Iowa Valla Captain. IOWA FALLS. Ia., Dec. . (SpoclaL ) Glen McCienahan, whose strong right log (Ikl much to help the local high school foot bull team win lis many victories this sea son, has bfwn elected captain of the high school team for next season. This young man developed wonderful klck.ng powers ana as a punter figured prominently In many n me team s games this year, Slosson Challenges attoa. NEW YORK. Dec. . Announcement Is made here that Ueorge F. Slosson haa challenged George Sutton, the champion billiard player for a world's championship IS 1 balk line contest, fiuo points up, to be played In accordance with championship rules. He has deposited I2o0 as a prelim inary forfeit. lashed with m Rasor, wounded with a gun, or pierced by a rusty nail. Hucklen's Arnica Salve heals the wound. Guaranteed. So. For ale by Beaton Drug Co. All tha world loves a bargain. Yoa can find bargains by watching the "Want Ad Pages" of Tha Bee. . trade marks, when prop erly designed and used add a producing power to your advertising. -Our suggestion! are free. Our quotations , cost you nothing. SAXES BIOS. LNCIAVING CO. ' BX.OCK. I, I NATIONAL LEAGUE MEETING Flag for 1908 it Formally Awarded to Chicago Club. ALL OFFICERS ABE RE-ELECTED President Falllam la Hla Repot Makes Xiattl of RweamrsfM tloaa Which Will Be Cow sldered Today. NEW TORK, Dec. Formal awarding of the championship of 1908 to the Chicago club, re-election of Its present officers and directors and the reading of the annual report of Us president, Harry C. PulHam, were the matters that occupied the Na tional League of Professional Base Ball clubs for tho greater part of the session yesterday at tho Waldorf-Astoria, whare club owners met-o open their annual meeting. Interest centers In the recommendations made by President Pulllam In his report, one of which was regarded as of consid erable Importance, as If It were adopted It would. It Is believed, hate the effect of preventing many disputes and misunder standings over the playing off of post poned games. Mr. Pulltam's recommenda tion on this point was, that the fixing of dates for playing off postponed games be made arbitrary by rule. Instead of aa now, at the discretion of the home club. Thus, under the new rule a postponed game would have to be played off on the first day of the next art-its between the two clubs, on the grounds where the postpone ment occurred. Change la Groaad Rale. The president's report also suggested that the ground rules of the world's champion ship series be adopted aa the official ground rules of the National league, so that the foul line should be 235 feet In length and the ro pod-off space back of the foul line twenty-five feet away from that line throughout Us length. Statistics of the president's report showed that there had been ninety-four removals from games, sixteen suspensions and eight f tries Imposed as penalties on various teams during the last season, divided as follows: Boston Twenty-one removals, three sus pensions and rne fine. Brooklyn Five removals and two suspen sions. Cincinnati Three removals and two sus pensions. Vrtcago Ton removals at.d three suspen sions. New Tork Twenty-two removals, three auxpenslon and one fine. Philadelphia Eighteen removals, four fcuspx nsli ns and one fine. Pittsburg Six removals, one suspension and two fines. St. Louis Nine removals and one fine. The recommendations presented In Presi dent Pulltam's report will be taken up to morrow morning. The election of officers and directors, which was by unanimous vote, resulted as follows: President Harry C. Pulllam. Secretary-Treasurer John A. Heydler. Board of Directors Barney Dreyfuss, Charles H. Ebbetta. Aueimt Hnminn. Charles W. Murphy and George II. Dovey. - Would Shorten Drafting Season. An Important piece of work performed was tho acceptance of the national com mission's recommendation that the period of the drafting season ofr major leagues should be curtailed to extend only from September 1 to 15 of each year, Instead ofas now to October 1. If, as Is expected. the American league in its meeting tomor row accepts the same recommendation, . It will then become a part of the national agreement . and the Eastern league-American association combination will have gained ona of the points for which It is contending before the national commission. National Contmlaalest Meets Today. The league agreed to take a recess until t o'clock tomorrow. At the same time the American league meeting will be in ses sion In the Hotel Wolcott. Preceding these two meetings will come an adjourned session of the national commission, which is scheduled to open at 10 o'clock tomorrow at President Pulliam's office In Uie St. James building. The National league clubs were repre sented at today's meeting by George B. Dovey for Boston, Charles H. Ebbetts, Henry W. Medlcus and Charles 11. Eb betts. Jr., for Brooklyn, Charles W. Murphy for Chicago, August Hermann and Max Fleishman for Cincinnati, William J. 8hettslelne, D. L. Reeves, E. Hyncman, Andrew Stevenson and James Potter for Philadelphia, Barney Dreyfus for Pittsburg and M. Stanley Robinson for St, Louis. New Tork was not represented. HOPE TO CHANGE THfci RILES Base Ball Men seeking- to Prevent Repetition of Troable. NEW YORK, Dec. .-Wlth practically all tho prominent base ball men of the country In this city today In connection with the annual meetings of the two big leagues, there was promise that many of the langles growing out of the last sea son's play would be straightened out be fore nightfall. It was not only the pro moters who bad deep Interest in the meet ings, but scores of players as well were concerned over what might be accom plished by the two bodies. It was re garded aa not unlikely that considerable attention would be devoted to an attempt to re viae soma of tha regulations in aucb a way that there may be no repetition of the unpleasantness which developed be tween tha New York and Chicago National league clubs In the closing days of the season, growing out of tha so-called "Merkle Incident." It was believed, also, that an etfort would bo made to do away with the extremely sharp plates that play, ars use aa spikes and which have resulted In many serious Injuries. Tha directors of tha National league got their meeting under way yesterday and much detail work had been cleared away before they reassembled today. The first session of the American league directors waa ached uled for today. FOOT BALL ULECTIOJN POSTPONED erne of Teasa In Arrears for Board aad Cannot Vote. LINCOLN. Dec. . (Special Failure on me lart or a tew Iiitinoers of the Ne braska foot ball team to pay their training table board bills for this tail has caused the postponement of the election of a cap tain for the lw eleven to next Wednes day. The election was originally scheduled for this afternoon, but last evening wncn the manager cf the training table reported that six or seven Cornhuskers still owed for board It was decided to put off the meeting another week. In order to give the delinquent men a chance to pay up their accounts, t'nleaa a Nebraska fool bail player pays his training table board In full he la not awarded an "N ' and la not permitted to vote for a leader for the team during tha succeeding season. The election will be heid next Tuesday whether all tha accounts have been settled or not. Inasmuch as there Is a warm fight on between Frum and Collins for tha captaincy of nut year's team It la not likely, though, that any player will be In arrears by tha time for the meeting. Both of the candidates will want to have their full strength in tha election and will un doubtedly see that none of their supporters la deprived of his vote for failure to pay up his training table bill. A little axtra effort on tne part of the leading eandi. dales In past years has resulted In getting trlr supporters to settle ail bills and th same methods that were successful In past seasons can be used with tha same effect U Is year. A meeting of tha athletic board will be held tomorrow afternoon to take up the matter cf changing the system of athletic control in tha university and of making recommendations to the Board of Regents to allow that body to act on tha proposals at Its meeting Frldsv In OmsT-.a. It Is understood that the change which will be discussed and proposed by the athletic board is one of the moat sweeping that has ever come up - t'ornnusker athletics. Members of the athletic board refuse to discuss the proposed ehange until the re gents have taken action upon It. The first Intercollegiate basket ball game of the season will be held In the university armory Saturday evening between the Cnrnhusker and Cotner teams. The Ne braska five has been rounding Into form during the last ten days and Is expected to have an easy time In defeating Cotner. I'D veterans of last season's fast quintet will lie n the lineup of the Cornhuskers. It Is probable t.iat several of the strong candidates fr the three open positions ex the team will be given tryouta In the game with Cotner. ETE.XTS O THE HV.IIQ TRACK! Rahla Graada Wins Fenrth Race at Emeryville la Close Finish. OAKLAND, Dec . Thomas II. Williams won to iat.es in a row at emery vine to day. Bellwether and Rubla Uranda carry ing hie colors to victory. The fourth race, won by Rubla Uranda, resulted In one of the best flnisnes of tna season, six horses being heads and noses apart. The winner Just got up In time to beat Bon Homme. The surprise of the day was the victory of Prince Nap at odds of 20 to 1. May Amelia was bid up from SM to 11.300 by Frank W elr, who secured her. St. Francis was bid up from 1600 to 3su) by Oeorge Read, but waa retained. Summaries: First race, six furlongs, selling: Prince Nap (1C, Scovllle. 20 to ll won. Berryessa (112, Rettig, 15 to 1) second, Paladinl (11, Miller, t to 1) third. Time: 1:17. Lord Rosslngton, Yellowstone, Calla, Km and Em, St. Joe, Banposa. Royal N, Good Cheer and Merry-Go-Hound finished as named. Second race, six furlongs, selling: St. Francis (112, Mentry, to 6; won. Bucolic (109, Keogh, to 5) second, Plaueible (HK, Gilbert, 8o to 1) third. Time: 1:14. Celeres. Standover, Curriculum, Metlakatia, Ellerd, Phil lgoo and Myrtle Knight finished as named. Third race, one mile and seventy yards, selling: Bellwether (106, Gilbert, 7 to S) won. Import lit. Upton, 7 to 1) second, Billy Pullman (Kj6, Oeogh, 7 to 1) third. Time: l:4Mi. Deutschland, J. C. Core and Log lstllla finished as named. Fourth race, six and a half furlongs, purse: Rubla Granda (IDS, Gilbert, 7 to a) won, Bon Homme (U. Lee, 9 to 2) second. Madman (lit, Walsh, 11 to 6) third. Time: 1:21,. Twilight Queen. Anna Daley, Work box and Little Jack ran as named. Fifth race, one mile and a sixteenth, sell ing: May Amelia (14. E. Sullivan, 3 to 1) won, Raleigh (I, Butler, X to 1) second, Spring Ban 103, Walsh, 7 to 1 Jhlrd. Time: 1:64. Urchan, Bravoure, May L N, Bill Curtis and Royal Red finished as named. Sixth race, five and a halt furlongs, purse: Warden (107, Lee, 5 to 1) won, Toll Box (110, Butler. 4 to 1) second. Bishop W (101, Walsh, Sou to 1) third. Time: 1:01. Rosevale, Palo Alto, Strike Out, Salnvoke, Judge Cronln and Meddling Hannah fin ished as named. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dec. . Santa Anita summaries: First race, selling six furlongs: Gloria (110, Powers, 4 to 6) won. Airs (110. Shilling, 9 to 2 second, Ieo Beach ll8, Schlesslnger, 30 to 7) third. Time: 1:12H. Columbia Girl, Janeta, Vlvlant' and Bribery also ran. Second race, one mile, purse: Domlnus Arvl il 10. Powers, 2- to 7) won, Edwin T. Fryer (110, Shilling, 9 to 1 second. Husky (108, H. Miller, 9 to 1) third. Time: 1:44. Harry Scott, W. H. Carrey and Alma Du Four also ran. Third race, fljn and a half furlongs, sell ing: San Nicolas (Its. Shilling. 7 to 1 won. Mary F. (110, Powers, 4 to 5) second, Korosilany (106. Burns, tol) third. Time: 1:0614. Free Knight, The Bear, Toller, Bob Rsgon, Billy Mayham, Turn away. Progress, Tim O'Toole and Friar of Elgin also ran. Fourth rare, seven furlongs Pasadena handicap: Molesey (110. Yorke, 40 to 1) won. Llsaro (105, Shilling, 6 to 6) semnd. Qpmmell (10R, Harris, 9 to 1) third. Time: 1:25. Sir Edward, Green Seal, Gabu and Pedro also ran. Fifth race, mile and thre-slxtenths, selling: Henry O. (97, Harris, 15 to 1) won, Sam Bernard (102, Clark. 3 to 1) second. Bucket Brigade (101. Martin. 8 to 1) third. Time: 2:0ii. Orcagna Mike Jordan, Mer rill. Flavlgny, Knight of Ivanhoe, Cork hill, Uncle Henry and Senator Beckham also ran. Sixth race, six furlongs, nurse: Joe Madden (110. Schilling, 6 to 5) won, Fair Annie (1", Archibald, 16 to 1) second. Home Crest (115, Powers. 9 to 10) third. Time; Sharpdale, Sorrowful and J. F. Crowley also ran. HAVANA, Dec. 9. Racing waa resumed at Aimenaares park tixlny, there being no meeting Monday. Summaries: First race, six furlorura, won by Trey or spaaes; tsen uoiiDle, Second; Momentum, third. Time: 1-.14H. ' ' Second race, five and a half furlongs: Won by Ustaclon; Roseburg II, second; Catherine Caramel, third. Time: 1:09. Third race, six furlongs: Won by Chief riayes; riaurax, second ; jiawKsrngnt, third. Time: 1:14. Fourth race, seven furlongs: Won by Rexall; Alder, second; Charley Lusk, third. Time: 1:29. Fifth race, mile and a furlong: Won by Washakie; Rose F., second; Kenova, third. rime: l:s. WITH TUB BOWLERS. Tha Poatofflce team did things to the Luxus team last night on the Metropolitan alleys. Uncle Bam s boys won three atraight gamea and Old War Horse Camp had high single game of 225. with high total of 5S4. .arp was high for the Luxus team witn txJ lor totals. Last night w the finish of the city tournament. The score: LUXUS. 1st, 2d. 174 186 157 143 172 3d. Total. Blngle 1S1 177 53: Brunke 151 Wiison 15") Waleni 2o5 Zarp 13 134 159 179 2US 470 4 6lr 5u3 Totals 870 831 POSTOFFICE. 1st. 2d. 857 1558 3d. Total. Camp ... Lough ... McKae . Baehr .. Stape ... 15 164 14 150 223 169 173 157 169 ISO 190 ot4 12 619 200 551 169 4MS 159 52 Totals 906 848 900 2.704 Dick Schneider and hla Mixers beat Charley Unman s Stars two games out of tnree on the basement alleys last night. The Stars played a good game and got more pins, but dl' not get them at the right time. Csptnli. On man was high man with 556 for totals!, while Jasper got the most of the Mixers pins, having a total of 1M. The score: BEdELIN'S MIXER 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. Schneider, W. F 150 138 168 466 Schneider, K. A. 150 180 166 46 Jasper 172 lwi l'JS 536 Totals 472 4M 633 1.4SS ORTMAN STARS. 1st. i 2d. 3d. Total. Ortman 1M 177 192 565 GriffelO 16 153 169 Jl Laird 176 130 146 4dl Totals 647 400 49 1,503 The Falstaff's got their bumps from the Siors Triumpns, last night on the Asso ciation alleys, the latter tuning two out of three games, although the tlrst game was a sort of a donation, Jordan winning tn last game for the Falstaffs by striking out. Klanck. who just recently won the city championship waa in hard luck, draw ing all kinds of splits. Tnis breaks tne tie between the Falstatfa and the Metx Brothers, and the k aiataffs are alipping d( wn a cog. The score: STORZ TRIUMPHS. 1sl 2d. 3d. Total. Fritscher 135 is6 2ol 622 Seaman 154 203 It t-'J Zinrara 14 170 .v 674 Francisco 190 156 170 616 Anderson M 191 651 Totals M 691 917 2.655 LEMFS FALSTAFFS. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. Cogswell Klanck Walrath Jordan berg 1-39 171 169 , 172 159 121 175 2-'l 17 176 164 6o4 460 619 6a6 612 176 192 2u6 Total 41 set 973 1(80 The Union Pacific's must have thougnt they were on tne Overland Limited tha way they went aftel the West ifcdes last night on tha Association alleys, by taking ail three gamea While there were no high scores made, tha Union Pacifies Just nosed out each game Tonight Swift agamsl Moloney's Tailora The score: UNION PAC1FIC8. 1st. id. Matthes lit 171 T.uiDlin 176 11 3d. Total. 174 49 153 6u9 lis) 44s Coleman Totals 136 loa 4t 458 WEST SIDES. 1st. 2d. 176 13 .......... 162 143 .C 1.44C 3d. Total. 127 41 188 4U 1U 167 Rice Be haa Harned Totals .... .... Its) Ut ,X ttf 467 tut Boa Want Ada Produce Results, The great city and state by attending .The National Core Exposition Opening Day, Wednesday, December 9 "The most important agricultural event in the interest of our grain crops that the United States has ever known." Make it a success from the start Musical Program In Exposl- -lion Auditorium Afternoon 2:30 Concert by Oeo. Oreen and his -and aa follows: March High School Cadets Bousa Medley Selection School Uays. .Edwards lance A Rural Festival Losey Walts A Golden Sunset Hall Patrol The Guard Mount Ellenberg Automobiles and carriages will go to Jackson street entrance. Evening Band Concert At 7:00 p. m. there will he a hand concert by Geo. Green and his band. Pro gram as follows: March Rival Rovers Alexander Overture Poet and Peasant tupi Walts Tha Wedding of the Winds. Hall Intermesxo Little Klnkles Hindis Selection Southern Plantation Mel odies Conterno Ontario Society Concert At 8 p. m. the Oratorio society'a concert will Include selections from the "Hla watha's Wedding Feast", and from Haydn's "Autumn Season." Ira I). Penni man, director, furnishes the following Srogram: horus Joyful the Liquor Flows, Haydn The Society. Part Song Come, Gentle Spring. .Haydn Four women and four men. Chorus Banquet scene from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Coleridge-Taylor . The Society Solo Chorus Two excerps from the Wed ding Feast Coleridge-Taylor (a) The Beggar's Dance of Pau Puk Keewls. b) lagoo, the Boastful Story Teller. Quartette Goodnight, Goodnight. Be loved Pinautf Mixed Voices. Chorus The hunting song from The Seasons Haydn The Society. A reception will be tendered the officers and directors of the Xational Corn Exposi tion on the first floor of this auditorium. To show the appreciation which is due them, every citizen of Omaha and Nebraska should attend this reception and show those who have given their means, thouht and time in making the National Corn Exposition a success. Fiftv cents admits you all the building and exhibits. Children 25 cnts. Every part of the exposition is thoroughly heated tO installed. IVfaln Entrancc-15th and lfWT-n-ru-.ru -ii- ...--............. .......... CAbTRO HAS OLIVE BRANlh President of Venezuela Willing to Ap pease Nations. BUT HIS SHIPS ABE IN DANGER skoald They Come la Range of the Ovns on Vessels of Aether laada Troable la Likely to Ensue. THE HAGUE, Deo. . The Netherlands government apparently has not yet decided upon an exact course of procedure against Venesuela, but It la Intimated here today that the patrol of tha Venesuelan coast by the three Dutch warships which began last Wednesday may develop Into mora active measures In the event of any Venesuelan warships attempting to make an exit from port. Should any of President Castro's ships find themselves on the high seas within range of the guna of the Dutch vessels, there Is a strong probability that they would be arrested and taken Into a Dutch port. The International law on this subject is now being carefully considered by Holland. Comes to Settle qnarrels. SANTANDEH, Bpaln, Dec. .-Tbe French steamer Guadeloupe with President Castro of Venesuela on board, came In here today. It was learned that President Castro wll. continue on board the steamer to Bordeaux and travel thence overland to Berlin. President Castro has coma to Europe with the intention of settling all Venesuela s International Quarrels. Tha general health of the president Is good. , BERUN, Dec. .-Dr. Israel, tha Berlin physician who, according to report. Is to perform an operation on President Castro of Venesuela, Is still In this city. Ha has no Intention of going to Bordeaux. He has been Informed that President Castro Is coming to Berlin, arriving probably tha end of thla week. DAVIS CASE IIU THE JURY (Continued from Tlrst Page.) or Jury carried her handkerchief to her eyes, but she did not break down. Mr. English continued, declaring Dr. Rustln ex ercised a controlling interest on the mind of Mrs. Rice, because she had affection for him. This, ba declared, was the reason she kept her story secret at first. Mr. English launched several Javellna of sarcasm at the three witnesses, Frank E. Bdlyards. who testified ha saw Mra Rice at Fortieth and Farnam at 1:10 o'clock; Mra Etta Allen, who said she saw her a. Sixteenth and Farnam at 4 o'clock In the morning, and Dr. J. E. Mathews, who tes tified to meeting a man he supposed was the one seen by Dr. Lord and other wlt nesaea and declared It was not Charles E. Davla. Mr. English declared they were "providential" wltneaaea, dropping down as from above Just at the close of tha trial. "There's a trio for you." ha shouted; "a trinity." Time They Started West. Ij, ir spent considerable time discuss ing tha time Dr. Rusiin and Cbarlua E. Davis left Sixteenth and Farnam. declaring whatever the evidence at the downtown end may have been the undisputed testi mony of two wltnessea was that they saw Dr. Rustln at Fortieth and Farnam at 11:30. "Why did Davla go out on Farnam atreet that night If ha had no agreement with Dr. Rustln? From tha evidence pre sented to you you are Justified in conclud ing that they met out there that night." He pointed to tha two cigar stumps and the two morphine tablets as evidence Davis had been on. Dr. Bust ins' front porch that morning Vs. English closed bis argument with a exposition opens today Sfiriw vnnr lnvnlrv rn vnur Some of the things worth seeing: 100,000 oars of corn in competition for prizes which will bring one lot of 10 ears $2,500 in prizes. Prize ears of corn worth $250 or more each. An exhibit which shows the results of years of study and experimenting by the Government Experiment sta tions and agricultural colleges. The $10,000 govern ment denatured alcohol still. The moving picture show, showing the best methods of raising crops. The alfalfa palace and the alfalfa and grass exhibits. The finest exhibit of agricultural machinery since the St. Louis "World's Fair. Machinery in operation making breakfast foods. These are only a few of the things well worth seeing. to everything, including the concerts, moving picture show end plea to the Jury to spare no one on account uf his wealth or position and to punish no one unless they believed him guilty. The instructions of Judge Sears were listened to with Interest by the Jurors, irsny-of them leaning forward in thelt seats to catch every word. The court dis cussed the various kinds of murder, the nature of a conspiracy and the legal mean ing of malice. He Instructed the Jurors to pay no attention to the fact that the defendant did not go cn tha witness stand. He said they ahould give due weight to circumstantial evidence and should, draw such Inferences from the circumstances as a reasonable man would draw. He read two Instructions offered by the befense. One of them was In effect that tha fact that one witness testified Dr. Rustln told her there was an agreement between himself and Davis is nut suffi cient in itself to prove that such an agree ment existed. . Tha other was In effect that tha circum stances shown by the evidence must ex clude all other reasonable theories of how Dr. Rustln came to his death, except that claimed by the state. Uarley Beoree Mra. Rice. Mrs. Abble Rice, chief witness for tha state In tha Davla murder trial, waa scored unmercifully by Attorney W. F. Qurley .n hla address to tha Jury Wadneaday morn.ng In behajt of Davis. Mr. Ourley declared tha only evidence upon which any prosecu tion of his olient could be busod was the siory of Mrs. R.ca and at no material polm, he said, waa she tortoborated. Mr. Ouriey began hla aigument Immedi ately after court convened at 3:45 o'cl-c' Le.ora a large aulene that fll.ed the couit loom and ajrged mio tne bar .n.loau.e. 'i.e attorney spoke altb so much fo.ee a d energy he waa obt.ged to .sk the c-urt iur a recess about the m.ddle of tne session, he completed tha last word to be said to ti.e Jury in behalf of Charles S. Davis at ii:o0 and court imnieoUtely adjourned until after lunch. "Theoretically," said Mr. Ourley, after a brief Introduction, "the charge of murder in tha first degree Includes the charge oi murder In the second degree and man slaughter. But practically there la only one theory In thla case, murder In the flrsi degree. Charles E. Davla la either guilty of murder In the first degree or he Is In nocent." Only Aceaser Is Thla Womaa. Mr. Ouriey said tha onl witness who testified to any plan by wnlch Davla was to kill Dr. Rustln was Abbia Rica and that outside of her testimony there was not a straw upon which to base the theory that Davla killed Dr. Rustln. He declared Davla came back to Omaha rrora Excelsior Springs without subpoena and went im mediately to the chief of police and told the story related on tha witness stand at the coroner's lnqueat. "I say that Abble Rica la not corroborated on a single fact that points directly or In directly to tha guilt of Churles E. Davis." Ha declared It a auspicious circumstance that Mra Rica did not tell her story until after aha had been accused of being guilty herself. "But she could not get away from the fact," ha said, "that for more than a month she had been consenting to commit the crime and had four times tried to commit It." Hs then took up tha situation aa to Dr. Rustln's Insurance and declared the fact ha bad allowed f3S, of tncontestlble In surance to lapse showed he did not have himself killed to save $28,000 worth of con testlble policies. He said Dr. Rustln had furnished Abble Rica with money and had paid tier hotel bills, hence It could not be claimed he had no money with which to pay up hla premiums. Ha aald when Mra. Rice saw the two men at Fortieth and Farnam streets and made no attempt to stop tha murder she says she knew was about to be committed she forfeited all right to ba believed by Jury of good men. v "God Forbid It," Ho Exclaims. "Qod forbid,' he shouted, "that tha ver dict of thla Jury could be such as to fur nish a precedent that a man can ba con big furnaces having been Howard .., .r victed on the unsupported testimony of a woman of this kind, whose denial ia the only evidence she did not commit tho crime herself." "If a woman should come into your ahop or office and tell you a horrible crime had been committed, but first she wanted . you to know that she waa a woman who had used deceit every day of her life and that aha didn't know about the crime her self, but a man whose mistress she had been had told her and that man waa a common drunkard who used deoedt at every opportunity, what credence would you give her. And yet that la Juet what you have here. "Even If her atory la true and Dr. Rustln told her what she soys he did and If Dr. Rustln talked to Davis about killing him the evidence shows Davis waa at Fortieth and Farnam streets three or four hours before the killing. What was there to pre vent Ms taking his life then If he wanted to do Itt It was not necessary for him to kill a man against whom ho felt no anger or malice. "Even If, as the state's theory seems to be. Dr. Rustln plied Davis with drugs to make him sick so ha could be bent to hla will, you gentlemen know If ha waa so weak, he could not resist tha Influence of Dr. Rustln there was no legal or moral guilt. If Davia wanted to die ha would have turned tha revolver on himself after he had shot Dr. Rustln." Turning to the evidence of Mra Etta Allen that she saw Mrs. Rice at Sixteenth and Farnam atreeta at 4 o'clock the morn Ing of tha murder, Mr. Ourley declared she waa at least aa much to be believed aa Mra. Rice, Miss Oleason or Stella Jones. If her testimony was true, he declared,- It showed an alltrt had been manufactured to cover up the tracks of Abble Rica for some reason. A "Want Ad" In The Bee stops many "long-felt wants." If Santa Claus decides to come down your chim ney "Won't it be nice if his pack is filled with gifts from this store T Ladies Buy him a Suit, Raincoat or Overcoat. Sold up to $30, at . $15.00 Reasons Small lots and 6tocks we wish to close. 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