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unday Bee "ART OV ADVERTISE IN THE OMAHA BEE DESr IN TILE WEST NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO H VOL. XXXVIII NO. 2!. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, UKW FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. IRISH TRADE GROWS SUMMARY OF THE BEE YUAN S1IAI KAI OUT J FLEET TO AID ITALY .kHt.. Sunday, January IftOft. Emerald Isle Taking; Rank Among Commercial Countries. Grand Councillor of Chines Shorn of All His Powl President Formally Tenders Use of Battleships to Stricken Nation. '909 JANUARY 1909 SUN MON TUE WtO THU TR SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2526 2728 2930 FOURTH PLACE AMONG NATIONS RESULT OF MANCHU JEALOUSY TWO SUPPLY SHIPS ON TIIE WAY In Proportion to Population Thi Now Holds True. FOREIGN TRADE ON THE INCREASE Rheumatism in Leg Alleged as Cause for Dismissal. Congress Will Be Asked to Appro priate Half Million. DIPLOMATS ARE THUNDERSTRUCK QUICK ACTION IS NECESSARY The Omaha r mot Home Bank Deposits Make More Favorable Showing. NEW NAVAL DOCKYARD AT DERRY Donaral OalrnirUn Diva Before Receiving Ilia Old-Afte Pension Shortage of Water la Derry. DUBLIN, Jan. 2. (Special.) It Is gratifying to be able to report that busi ness conditions In Ireland are Improving so rapidly that It Is now taking its piate among tlio great commercial nattona of tiie world. Statistics have just boc:n Is sued by the Department of Agriculture, which In Irolunct performs the iunctlons of a general ministry of commerce, show ing that Ireland now ranks fourth among the nation In the volume of trade In proportion to Us papulation. Ilullind, Belgium and Switzerland are the only countries which exoeed it. In the two ears. from 1004 to 1906 Ireland's total exports and Imports grew from $510,000,000 to $580,000,000 and the export of eggs alone went up by 1 1,000. 000. The export of poultry from 1M04 to 1807 Increased by SI, 100,000 and the export of pork products by more than 16,000,000. Trade Picking ll. While Its foreign trade la growing, trade at borne Is also flourishing in spite of the bad times. A return which has just been Issued shows that the deposits and cash balances In joint stock banks on June SO last were $252,hO.OOO. which is the highest on record and $12,645,000 In exoess of. the figure a year belore. The figure In 1888 was 1151,550.000. A great deal of this prosperity, of courBe, Is due to the industrial revival movement and to the policy of Irish public authori ties of purchasing, wherever possible, goods made in Ireland. , , It Is significant of the new conditions in Ireland that men of all parties are worklnz together In the movement for the industrial and commercial regenera tion nf the country. For instance! the duke of Abercorn and his son, the mar- quia of Hatni)ton. ore, associated, with the nationalist members of Parliament, from Donegal to perry,, In an .effort to Induce the Admiralty to establish a naval oock yard on the Foyle. A dockyard Is needed either on the north of I eland or th ' Scottish coast, and the' Admiralty was con sidering the Kbyte" when ft suadrily SecUled that th-fcal aaa--loo shallow for 1U i miroosea. Investigation revealed that remarkable mistake had been mudo on the Admiralty charts. Tho depth of water at Perry was marked a from eight to nine foet, whereas it is eighteen feet at low water. It Is hoped. noW that this mi.tiim has been ' tlrsc6verecV that the Admiralty will decide to ' go to Dcr:y which has offered it a' splendid site at a very low rental. A iced Pensioner Dies. A few week aito I mentioned the cas;? of Charles Kelly of lnvcr, County Donegal ho nrmllod for and was granted an old age pension at the remarkable; age of 111. Mr. Kelly has not lived to draw lit pension, lie died last week In the house in wntcli he was born and to a day or two before his death ho retained his wonJcfful heilth and activity. Four days bef.iie his death he was engaged drawing turf from the bog ti his noma for his winter fuci, and on the day before that he walked five mllei to mass at Frosses chapel. He was a mod erate smoker all his life and, though tem perate In the ufo of Intoxicants, was not a teetotaller. Ireland has Just lost another remarkable centenarian In the person of James O'Sullt voo of Dungourney, County Cork, who was 100 years old. He appeared a frw weeks iigo In the chancery court In Dublin as the plaintiff In a luoJ settlement case, and gave evidence so clearly and acutely on hlM own behalf that ho was complimented by the Judge on his extraordinary men tality. A remarkable state of affaire In Derry lias been revealed by a typhoid outbreak In that city. The epidemic has been traced to Infected milk, but It has also been dis covered by the sanitary authorities that a large part of the city has been without water, sometimes for three or four days at a time, on several occasions since October last. The bank of one of the reservoirs which supply the city burst In a storm early In that month and has Dot yet been repaired. This basin contained 12.O30.OiO gallons of water, and not only was this lost, but another basin lower down, con taining SC.OOO.OOO gallons, was so fouled by the washed down deposit that It had to be closed, and apparently no steps were taken to clean It and restore It to use. The cor poratl n Is now hurrying the work of clean. Ing it and repairing tho other and is spurred on by threats of damage suits by the vlc t'.tns of the epidemic. Helen of Terror In Ireland. The Hrltlsh government, now that Par liament Is about to rise. Is instituting a rrtgu of terror In Ireland. They have taken a leaf out r-f the book of the Indian administration and are trying to musxle the press. The first action has been taken against Mr. Farrell. M. P. of Longford, proprietor and editor of the Ixingford ''leader." Ho has been summoned before the high court to show cause why he should not be committed to gaol for pub lishing certain resolutions passed at a meeting of the local branch of the United Irish letrgue, and also for publishing err tain speeches made at public meeting with reference to land grabbing. In the meantime the good old British game of Jury packing has been revived At the trial of a number of cattle driver? at Limerick a few days ago the crown solicitor deliberately challenged every Jury man who was a Protestant and a unionist and the result, of course, was that all th accused persons were convicted. The Jur ufttrwards complimented the Jurymen on their "courage and Independence" in find lug a verdict of guilty against their felloe; countrymen, whose offense was an effort to Indue a British board to break up thr gratis lands, which It was appointed to do A . serious outbreak of typhoid f ever bat occurred on' Lough Kerg Island, when I Continued on Fourth, Page.) TatS WEATEIS. For Omaha. Council muffs and Vlncnlty Fair Sunday. For Nebraska Fair Sunday. For lows '"iv cloudy Sunday. Hour. i-cg. 5 a. m js 6 a. ni 29 7 a. m.... f a. m.... fl a. m.... in a. m.... 11 a . m ... . 12 m 1 p. m. 2 p. m 4t 3 p. in. . Bp m!!!.'!!"!!!!!! 40 P. m 38 4 p. m. i p. m. 36 SOXXBTIC. Gregory county towns in a contest for the land office which is to be moved ftom Mitchell, 8. U Congressional delegation divided on the question. I, Pag 1 Congress will appropriate ISOd.Ouj for relief of the sufferers from the Italian earthquake. Faze 1 A man was engaged In stealing a coffin factory In Memphis, Tenn., when de tected by the owners. I, Fage 1 The defense In the trial of Mrs. Kro ami Mrs. Keisel has put forward the p!oa that the shooting of Captain Krb was caused by accident in a scuffle to save Mrs. Kib from further Indignities Imposed by her husband. I. Fairs 4 The wife of a night rider, after hexing given perjured testimony on the witness stand, admits the falsehood und ..uUea a correction in the Union City trial. I, Fags 4 I'rcsldent-elect Taft denies he has given any attention to the appointment of the diplomatic force. 'x. Xage 1 The Missouri, Kansas & Texas ru'lror.d has completed an agreement with Its em ployes under the Krdmiyi uct. I, Fag 1 People of Georgia as for a chief ex ecutive that Is fond of 'posjum. I, Fays 4 roEicN. King Victor has teh graphed hl.s thanks for the kindly offices of Franc In the Italian earthquake. I, lagm 3 Yuan Shal Kai has been degraded by the, Chinese authorities, and in this f-etlon ull foreigners lose a valued friend, the act being called a disgrace by diplomats. Z, Fags 1 iiimiiu in iasi tatting us piuce among i tho commercial nutions In proportion to Its population. ' X, Fags 1 XtXBKASXA. A' bridge worker in Hall county was Instanly killed by the fall of a idle driver de'rVIck'. x. Fag 3 Oovernor Shallenbergor , will live with his secretary until his Inauguration. X, Pag 3' Twenty-five head of cattle were driven away from a Seward county farmer's land last week and the thjeves are not dis covered. X, Fnge 3 The Jury In the Chamberlain case failed toagree and tho court discharged them at Auburn. X, Page 3 XiOCs.1..' Omaha to entertain many conventions during the present year. X, Page S Tower on the city hall said by xcvpral architects to be unsafe. X, Fag Building makes a good start for the new year with $75,000 in permits on tho first business day. X, Page 6 Sam Blythe, the Washington corre-' spondent, votes Will Hayward of Ne braska the handsomest man In public life. X, Page S Gossip of plays, players and playhouses. XX, Page 3 Latest news among the real estate n.en and builders. XX, Page 10 Doings of Omaha society people during the lust week. XX, Fags 9 COMMEBCIAX. AND XSTDUSTBIAX.. Live stoc k murkets. XX, Fag 9 Grain markets. XI. Page Stocks and bonds. II, Fag t COMIO BECTIOK. Buster and Tlge the means of ruining a large vase and giving uncle a great scare. Page devoted to the Utile flks. How the sphere of woman Is widening. Christmas calendar of Fluffy Ruffles. Four Pages XAX.F-TOHX BSCTXOST. Pawnee county, a paradise of beautiful farms and prosperous towns. Offlceseek ers do not Infest Washington i.s In the days of old. First of a series of letters from Frank Carpenter on the new orient. Poultry and dog show illustrated. How Franklin's kite opened a limitless field. Pour Pages JIOTEMEITI OF OCEAJT gTS AMBKI78. Port. Arrfvad. sailed. NEW YORK Cwlrlc NAPLtS Resin d'lull. UUASCRIW Sicilian. HALIFAX Cart bairn Ian. HUSTON Lutaalrlas. COFFIN FACTORY THIEF LATEST Man In Memphis starts to Hase Build ing; to Cironad I nation n to O truer. MEM Fill 8, Tenn., Jan. 2.-The police of tills city are searching for a man who was partially successful In an attempt to steal a coffin factory. The factory, which had temporarily suspended operations, was a substantial brick structure located In an outlaying and thinly populated section of Memphis. Yesterday it was reported to one of the owners that the building was being rased and investigation developed that under th direction of a man who ap peared on the seen several days ago, a force of workmen have been engaged in demolishing the structure. Th work had reached the stage where the rafters were being removed and next would r.av been the making away wltli the machinery. When the police arrived the master of operations bad disappeared leaving the workmen unpaid. BIG CATTLE STEAL AT UTICA Twenty-rtv Head Takes and Ofllee-ro t'aaaot Kim 4 Tract of Tneaa. BITWARD. Neb.. Jan. 2. (Sjo lai Tele gram.) Twenty-five bead of eotUa were stolen Wednesday night from M. Loreii, who irrea near I lka, in Beward county. Mr. ZjotcU was away from hntna at tJst tima. Tn work was daa so cWrvrty that no trace of toe cattlo bos yet baaa found by th officers. Ilk Reactionary Step Causes Surprise Among Foreign Representatives. YUAN FRIEND OF FOREIGNERS He Is Regarded aa Greatest Chinaman Since LI Hons; Chang? Act Will Cripple Chlnesv Credit Abroad. PEKING. Jan. 2. An edier issued today dismisses from office Yuan 8hl Kai, grand 'councillor and coinmandor-ln-chlef of the forces. The reason given for this action Is that he has rheumatism of the leg. The edict orders Yuan Bill Kai to vacate all his offices and to return to his home, adding: "Thus our clemency toward him is mani fested." A second elict appoints Na Tung comp troller of customs and ex-governor of Peking, grand chanclllor, presumably In Yuan did Kal's place. The members of the diplomatic corps at Peking are well nigh thunderstruck at the sudden dismissal of Yuan 8U Kai. The step Is believed to bo the outcome of a Mauchu jilo;. era there aro Indications that the Japanese representatives alone had any Irknng of what was on foot. Two hours after the foreign ministers became cognisant of the edict of dismissal, the American, German and British min isters were. In conference at the British legation. The dlplo.nils were still In con clave this evening, and it consequently will be Impossible to learn tonight what course the leading powers will take In this s'lrpris'ni; tie v.ir rmeril China's Good Xante at Stake. The home governments Will act only after an Interchange of Ideas, but there is reason to believe tonight that Prince Ching, president of the board of foreign affairs, will be waited upon tomorrow by a strong diplomatic combination, such as the British, German and American repre sentatives here. , There Is nothing to indicate that the dis missal of Yuan Shi Kai means danger to foielgners. but the good name of China's management of the crisis following the de mise of the emperor and the dowager em- I press and the appointment of a successor lias been swept away by this vindictive net, which will astonish and arouse the outside world, .cripple China's credit and prevent the withdrawal . of foreign troops probably for five years. Yuan Shi Kal's feelings as yet are un known and the legations are anxiously awaiting a wlue-to the throne's future course of action. ' Little Surprise at Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Though the news of the downfall of Yuan Shi Kai was not entirely unexpected In official circles here, It was received with regret, for the State department has a keen recollection of the great services rendered by Yuan Shi Kai to every Christian nation In securing com munlcatlon hy secret means with the lega tloners besieged In the compound at Pek Ing during the famous Boxer uprising. At that time Yuan Shi Kai was taotal of Shanghai and did not hesitate to use all of his great power to secure news from the compound which gave the first assur ance to the outside world that the diplo mats, their families and attaches were holding their own within the legation pre cincts. It was this information wldch Yuan Shi Kai conveyed through tho American consul general at Shanghai to Mr. Hay that encouraged the European govern ments to go with America In the remark able allied march to Peking. vresulting In the lltieration of the lcgatloncr ' Ynan Friend to Foreigner. For some Mm there Is reason to sus that Yuan awfd Kat was not closely In touch with the new administration In China. Thero had been charges affecting his offi cial IntegTlty. .but these ha'V ' ' :o naught so long empress, Tsl,.'r lted confident, was clothed of autocratic relations as wi . r- ..el vVAvU uegree 'tttt ninu s external e luto IJ Hung Chang. It was. Yuan who organised the modern Chinese army; dropped out the spearmen and the bowmen and the hearers of stink pots and the makers of loud noises and sub stituted well drilled, khaki-clad soldiers, educated by European officers. During the Boxer uprising, with his well trained troops, Yuan was almost the only viceroy In China able to extend protection to for eign life and property, and In his later posi tion, with extended powers, he had planned to make the Chinese national army a force to be reckoned with by any nation. Due to Mauchu Jealousy. Yuan Shal Kal's office corresponds to that of premier of England and the action of the Chinese government is considered in official circles In Washington as little short of revolutionary. The excuse given in the press dispatches for Yuan's dis missal is regarded as a flimsy one and ridiculous in character. Yuan's displace ment Is attributed to Manchu jealousy, as he had a great many enemies among the Manchus. He also had great Influence with the late empress dowager. Yuan was generally1 looked upon and regarded as the head man In Chinese affairs, the regent prince, Prince Chun, being looked upon as a figurehead. Na-Tung, his successor, has been In the Foreign office a groat many years and Is regarded as on apla man, but not pf such progressive and advanced Ideas as Yuan. He has never been out of China exoept on unimportant commissions to Japan. He is a Manchu and about 66 years of age. Minister Rockhlll at Peking has tele graphed the State department confirming the press reports concerning the dismissal of Yuan Bhai Kai. but making no com ment on tlie matter except to refer to it as "an expected dlsgToce." SEWARD BANKER BUYS LAND H. J. Joa pa f Ft rat National Inter, fated la Soutkera Ter rttory. SEWARD. Nebs. Jan. t cSroii Tl- gram.) . J. Jonea. president of Uk First Nattuoai bank of Seward today returned from Mexluo. whe be bacama tnterentod m a tract af kUX acres of Merit an uuhL It la sold thai EL El gnu II of Lincoln la as sociated with him In th deaf LET MR, ROOSEVELT BETV ARE OF NATURE FAKERS From the Chicago Dally Ncwa. FIGHT FOR A LAND OFFICE t naaasan Gregory County Towns in Contest for One to Be Moved from Mitchell. CONGRESSMEN TAKING SIDES Gamble and Hall Said 4o Favor Grearory and Klttredgre and Martin Are Lined I'p In Favor of Locating; It at Dallas. "WASHINGTON, Jan. I. (Special Tele gram.) The commissioner ot t'i general land of f ice has In , contamplatfnu the re moval of tho lad .lflce kt Mitchell, 8. D., to some pulnt in Uregortf county and to . . l i i i.....t transfer the business now being conducted at Mitchell to officials of the land offlc at Chamberlain. The recent cpenlng to wh'te settlement of Indian lands In Tripp county and prior to that large areas opened In Gregory county, make It almost Imperative for the prompt transaction of land office business that a registrar and receiver be located at some point near the Indian country In Gr gory and Tripp counties which Is about to be. settled upon by whites. In brl'-f it has b cn practically determined to remove the Mit chell office to Gregory county, but Just which town in Gregory county Is to be se lected Is the bone of contention. Five towns In Gregory county have entered Into com petition for the land office, namely: Fair fax. Bonesteel, Hurke, Gregory and Dallas. The delegations from these South Dakota towns have had their Innings with Commis sioner Fred D.nnctt and he now has tho various propositions under advisement and will shortly take the matter up with Secre tary of the Interior Garfield. It was loarnpd at the general land office tody thnt the contest for the new land office has narrowed down tJ two t iwns Gregory and Pallas. Both of thes towns have adherent or boomers In Washington today and each la working hard for their respective towns. This morning Representative Philo Hall accompanied the following gentlemen from Gregory to the land office, where they had an extended Interview w.th Mr. Dennett: Joy M. Hackler, cashier of tho Gregory State bank; Fred Huston, postmaster at Gregory, and Windsor Doherty, attorney at law. Senator Gamble and Congressman Halt are assisting the Gregory boomers, While Senator Klttredge and Representative Martin are said to favor the location ot the new land office at Dallas. The Dallas boomers consist of J. D. Keller, C. M. Rose, O. P. Chambers and G. A. Jeffer. Indian -rlntendent Transferred. 9. A. M. Young, superintendent of the Indian School at Chumb'iialn, S. D., was today transferred to take charge of the Indian school at North Yakima, Wash., to succeed J. Lynch, resigned. Ntn Hanks Authorised. The application of John Stewart, Frank D. Jackson, Ernest A. Jackson, Frank Jack son and Graydon B. Jackson to organize the First National bank of Dallas, 8. D., with 123,000 capital has been approved by the comptroller of the currency. The following hanks have been authorized to begin business: The Whitbeck National of Chamberlain, 8. D., with tuO.000 capital; William M. ITatt, president; N. W. Egles ton, vice president; A. C. Whitbeck, cash ier. The National Bank of Bloomfield, Bloomfield, la., with SoS.OoO capital; Henry C. Taylor, president; S. 8. Handley, vice president; S. F. McConnell. cashier. The City National bank of Council Bluffs, la., with flW.OCO capital; T. G. Turner, president; Oscar Keellne and J. G. Wadsworth, vice presidents; Charles R. Hannan, Jr., cash ier. Postal Appointments Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska El wood, route 2, Inar Anderson, carrier; Ar thur Anderson, substitute; McLean, route 1, Douglas E. Marsh, carrier; F. E.' Marsh, substitute; Wausa, route i, Elmer C. Peter son, carrier; J. E. Peterson, substitute. South Dakota Beresford. route 5. Wilbur C. fk-roggt, carrier; Frederick P. Sarey, substitute; Brltton. route 1 Robert E. Smith, carrfr-r; John J. Wells, substitute. Past Assistant Surgeon L. W. Bishop Is detached from duty at the navy recruiting notion at Omaha and ordered to duty on the Hancock. Assistant Surgeon A H. Robnett Is detached from duty tn Cuba and m prcreu iU t,le cjmaua rucruiun sLutiun fur dut. BRIDGE WORKER MEETS DEATH Coontles of Hall and Merrick Have) Dispute Over Jurisdiction Over Body. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Jan. 2.-(Speclal Telegram.) Henry Uclmer, 30 years of age, was Instantly killed while working with a gang of five men building a bridge on the Doi'dor line between Merrick and Hall counties, the pile driver derrick falling and crushing his skull. A physician was at once sent for, but life was extinct when he arrived, the accident occurring six miles east of the city. When Coroner Sutherland of Hall county was notified he held that the accident occurred-in--Merrick county and declined to act. When the sheriff of Merrick cwwAt was notified he held that the aeu'' nj oc- curred In Hall county and likewise u' lined In npt. The horiv was tlnallv ri mvnd to act. The body was finally rei loved without the usual official order to Bonder mann's morgue In this city. The rather unusual Incident of a dispute In authority also occurred In tho finding of a skeleton In the Platte, four or five years ago. The bridge work In this case was done by Hall county under a Joint agreement, the body being on the Merrick side of the road when picked up. FAMOUS RUSSIAN PRIEST DIES Father John of Cronstadt Passes Away at St. Petersburg Last Days Under Cloud. T. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2.-Father John of Cronstadt Is dead. The noted priest fot Bomo tlmo had been suffering from chronic dropsy and Intestinal complaints, and the end, though sudden, was not unexpected Father John was born November 30, IS'.'J. As a priest In the Andrew church at Cron stadt, where his zeal and devotion drew about him hosts of followers and attracted the attention of the emperor, who con stantly befriended him. A pilgrimage ol the present empress to the shrine of St. Scraphln, which, among pious Russians was believed to have been responsible fot the birth of the desired heir to thethrono, was undertaken on Fathor John's advice. The late years of Father John's Ufa were clouded by tho 111 repute of the sect ot Johnltes, which was exploited by an un scrupulous and Immoral group of men and women to their great financial advantage Tho priest's eyes were opened to this only last summer, when he anathematized the false leaders. DECISION FOR SOUTHERN LINE Atlanta, Iltrmlnaham fc Atlai Bonds Underwritten by II. W. Poor In Default. tlo ATLANTA. Go., Jan. 2. Judge Don Par dee of the United States circuit court to day appointed President H. M. Atkinson and vice president P. 8. Arkwrlght, receiv ers for the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlan tic railroad. BOSTON. Mass., Jan. 2. Holders of bonds In tho Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railroad In this city were notified today of the appointment of receivers of the road. Interest on the bonds was defaulted yes terday. The company, which was Incorpor ated In Georgia In 1905, controls several transportation companies in the south and also steamboat lines from Brunswick, Ga., to New York. The capital Is S35.0o0,00O and about . t8.V73,Ono of an authorized issue of 10,000,000 In bonds are outstanding. The bonds were underwritten by H. W. Poor & Co., the Boston and New York firm which assigned last week. INSANE MAN PLAYS "DEVIL" Laborer at Spokane Appears la C'hurrh to Put Billy "unday Out of Business. SPOKANE. Wash., Jan. 2. Stark naked and apparently Insane, Frank Mays, a strapping laborer, 26 years old, last night attempted to mount the pulpit In the Billy Sunday tabernacle to deliver an exhorta tion to the assembled early comers on "Th Pevll." Mays was prevented from carrytDg out his purpose by ushers with whom be fought for several minutes like a tiger. Wrapped in a blanket ho was taken to the city Jail, bound hand and foot. At the station Mays declared lie had dis robed to prove that be was an angel from God. Still manacled, the laborer was locked icq m a trnna- T1 wh. tv , squirmed out of the blanket and shouted that h was tha devil coma to nut Bill I Sunday out of buaia LOBBYISTS ARE IN EVIDENCE Legislators to Have Plenty of Help in Organizing the House. MEMBERS BEGINNING TO COME IN N. P. McDonald of Kearney Named as Member of the Normal Hoard for Full Term and D. W. Hayes for Short Term. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) UNCOIL, Jan-. 2. (Special.) The pres ence of a lobby here assisting In the or ganization of the house has given rise to the query, "Who Is paying the expones?" From the home of Bowman of Nuckolls, thero ere four or five men whose time must be -.tiable and they are working for Bowman. Dan Stephens la here "looking on" and it costs money to look on In any game In IJneoln. And there are others who are Just "looking on," among them Herd man of Omaha, and their board and lodg ing costs something. The ray of the speaker Is the sime as that of members, tr a day, which, with economical living about sends a member homo without losing much money. It Is reported a big bunch of "friends" of the various candidates will be here between now and Monday working for their favorites. This query Is Interesting at this time, be cause iho lobby law does not apply to per sons who dip In on the organization, so no registration Ib required of the present lobby. The nrrlval of a bunch of members of the house today and tonight Increased tho Interest In the speakership fight and gave the candidates something to do besides talk to each other. The Douglas delegation, save Stoecker find Holmes, who are al ready on tho ground, will reach here to morrow morning and, according to Mr. Stoecker, there will be something doing from then on. "I am already elected speaker," said Stoecker. "With my nine votes from Doug las county and those members who have been Impressed with my letters, no one can beat me." Stoecker Is the only candidate who Is absolutely sure of election and for the sake of the others he will put side boards on his band wagon between now and Monday. Taylor of Caster Strong;. There was one development during the day and that was the growing strength of Taylor of Custer county. He has demon strated that he Is as quick aa chain light ning and as smooth aa a piece of glass In handling organization affairs. He has one great, big hurdle, however, to overcome before he can rally enough strength to come under the wire. He Is for county op tion, and It looks as though Mr. Bryan's legislature does not wish to be organized along those lines. Like Henry of Holt, Taylor says he does not Intend to raise any big row over this question and he fails to see Its importance in the matter of the selection of a speaker. "I believe my chances Improve each hour." said Clark of Richardson. "I have received a great deal of encouragement since coming to Lincoln and I feel reason ably certain of being chosen. The contest Is a good natured affair, though spirited, and I am well satisfied with Its progress. One of the great uncertainties is the number of members who are favorable to the enactment of a county option law. Thoso who claim to know say the anti county option crowd outnumber those who favor It, but If they could get a word favorable fram Mr. Bryan, the county op tion fight, Insofar as It affects the orgsnl zatton, Is won. But Mr. Bryan has yet to sneak It. His literature Is being used by the other side. Graf of Cuming county time lntoday and announced that he was not a candidate for speaker, so that lifts the veil a lltllo bit. Lewis A. Beltser of Osceola Is running for eergeant-at-arm (house or senate not designated) on this platform, which he hus printed on bis cards: "Thlrty-slx years residence In Nebraska; three years' service In the civil war; twenty-two years In re form movement of fusion forces; sergeant-at-arma of legislature; stand for an economical, legislative Ld short session." There la no question but what the appeal boa made quit a hit with th members, but thers 1 on plank In the platform which some of tha members want ex- iCondnuad oa Fourth Fui) Money May Be Used to Charter Ships and Buy Food in Europe. LARGE SUBSCRIPTIONS MADE Orrr Ilnndred Thonsand Dollars Already Forwarded by Telearaph Through the lied Cross Service. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-rrf s ilent Roose velt tonight announced that he has sent two supply sh ps with :ko,000 wortii of sup plies to Iialy, that he w.ll ak congress f r additional aid ami that lie has offered th use cf the battleship flo; t to Italy. The announcement Is made In a tcicgr.nn niade public at tlio While IIuuw, which h ) sent to Patrick F. McGowan, chairman of tho American ltal'an general nil f com mittee. New York City. The tel. gram fol lows: "I earnestly wUh success to the Ainerlc n Italian grnt-ral relic f committee In Its grout mass meeting at Madison Square Garden. It Is if cour. o not possible for mo to attend In person. I am doing everything that can be done to get aid to the suffering, and on account cf the extreme urgency of the casi havo sent two supply ships with t-'l"0.0a worth of f md and provisions w ithout wait ing for tho authority if congress, be ng c.m-fid'-nt that congress will ai pnve my nc!lon I shall also ask congress for additional eld and throughout the coming week will keep In the closest touch with congress tint through the State department with Italy, at that everything possible to be done by the United States may be done. "Furthermore, I have cabled the Italian government proffering the services of nny or all of the battleship fleet, If such can be of use in this rii-is. "THEODORIi ROOSEVELT." Mesas ae to 4 on a reas. President Roosevelt was engaged tonight In preparing tho message which will bo presented to congress when It convenes Monday. A large amount of data on prece dents and generally regarding the aid that Is being rushed from various quarters to southern Italy and the means of getting succor to. tho victims hud been prepared for the president and was considered care fully by hlra. Tho data prepared by the president showed that In tho Mont Peleo catastrophe the government appropriated $200,000 for the relief of the sufferers. A committee of dis tinguished citizens was designated to visit the scene and disburse the money. A simi lar plan appealed very strongly to tho presi dent, certain modifications being suggested, such as the selection of Americans now In Italy or delegation of tho American ambas sador or agents of the American Red Cross to attend tho disbursement of the money. The question which the president first sought to dctcrmluo wits, whether aid given In this way woul dnot reach the sufferers sooner than by means of the naval supply ships now on tho Atlantic, but many days sail from Sicily and southern Italy. Money Is Pouring; In. Suffering Italy continues to occupy the thoughts of most of the citizens and offi cials here. Aroused to a full consciousness of the appalling disaster which swallowed up so many lives tho one aim Is to get relief to tho stricken people as speedily as possible. Money Is pouring Into tho offices of the American National Red Cross and Is being telegraphed abroad as fust as received. The New York Red Cross his telegraphed JSO.noo to tho National Red Cross: f.10,000 has been telegraphed from Ban Francisco; Chicago telegraphed I12.00U; the governor of Massachusetts has In formed th National Red tYoss that SfiO.OUO was to be sent to the Italian Red Cross from the Bay state; $100,000 has been cabled by tho National Red Cross to the Italian society. Over $3,000 was subscribed locally today, $500 of which came from the plate printers of tho Bureau of Kngravlng and Printing and carrying with It a promise of $1,(00 more. nicknell Will xt no. The suggestion that Krncst H. Blcknell, national director of tho American Red Cross, bo sent to Italy to co-operate with the Italian Red Cross has been abandoned as unnecessary and Mr. Blcknell has been Instructed to continue his trip to San Fran cisco. Mr. Grlscom today cabled that no names of American citizens killed or Injured by the earthquake had yet reached hlin. Thanks for American generosity Is ex pressed tn a telegram received by the pres ident today from President Masslglia of tha Italian committee at New York City. The president has directed the State de partment to ascertain from the Italian gov ernment at what ports It would be most beneficial for the battleships of th Ameri can fleet to stop on reaching Italian waters. These battleships contain med:cal sjp;Hes and clothing that will be of great value among the sufferers and the object of tho Inquiry of tho president Is practically tj permit tho Italian government to name the ports where the vessels shall go on thc-lr errand of mercy. DEAN NAMEDSUPR,EME JUDGE Governor Announces the Successor to Sullivan, Who Re algned. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. -(Special Telegram. V Late tonight Governor Sheldon appointed J. R. Dean of rBoken Bow as Judge of the supreme court for the one year term. This Is the position which was tendered to Judge Sullivan, who accepted and sub sequently declined. Judge Holcomb of Broken Bow was also prominently men tioned for the place. Dean was one of the first mm mentioned for the position after Sullivan declined. SHALLENBERGER TO LINCOLN fiovernor-Flrrt Will Live nllh Sre retur I utll Ilia In auguration. LINCOLN, Jan. 2.- iS,.ecial Tel'-grain.) Governor-eU-c-t A. '. fchiili.-nbergi-r Is ex pected to reach Lincoln this afternoon to reiuolii until i.is Inauguration, January 7. He will slay with his secretary, W. J. Furs, until that time. Mr. Furae has bought him a home at 121 atovlh Twaut. first air ,
