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A. The OmahaI Daily Bee lilE OMAHA DEE Roe" to the homes la read by th women trils good for advertiser. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Hnln Ht nlgiit. For Jown Clotiily. For wont her report ('' vnto S VOL. XXXIX NO. 140. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, XOVKMBEU 20,, 1900 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO (TATS. INSURGENTS ARE ' GAIN1NGGK0UNI) Revolutionists in Nicaragua Are in Possession of All East Coast Except Greytown. THAT PLACE CLOSELY BESIEGED General Toledo's Army is Hemmed in by Land and Se,a. WIRES AGAIN FAIL TO WORK United States Unable to Communicate with Its Officials. EXECUTIONS NOT ED Ktate Department linn A V.. . Cnnucn and Grw Ikna Been Keaardrd an P onera of War. o - V - BULLETIN. WASHINGTON', Nov. 25. The aguan revolutionists are gaining gi " according to advices recelvd here . the eomimmdcr of the cruiser Iki Moines, now In Nlearaguan waters. The dispatch adds that American Interests are being protected and that the blockade by the rev olutionary forces Is effective. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25The State and Navy departments got I ntouch with Nicar agua, overnight through the gunboat Des Moines, which has been plying between l'ort Llmon on the Qulf cpast of Costa Rica and Ureytown, which la the aouthern port of Nicaragua, on the same coast. Captain Shipley, commander of the Des Moines, reported briefly on the conditions on the east coast of Nicaragua, which Is entirely In the possession of the Insurgent forces, with the exception of Greytown proper, where General Toledo of President Zelaya's army Is hemmed In by land and lea by the revolutionist!. The only American warship on the west coast of Nicaragua la tin; Vlcksburg, ly ing off Corinto. but no word has come from that ship In the lait two days, Inter rupted telegraphic communication being the only explanation offered. It has got to be a matter of common note that the telegraph falls In the' moat perfect weather, when the United States govern ment trtea to communicate with one of Its diplomatic or consular agents in time of revolution In Central America. That the explanation to be made by the Nlcaruguan government of the conditions under which the two Americans, Oroce and Cannon, were executed as forecasted In the news dispatches from Central Amer ica will be unsatisfactory to the state de partment Is probable. From any point the official view Is that the men were free from the charge of being spies and were entitled to be regarded as prisoners of war and therefore not subject to that penalty., Mojreoyer, If .thj- wurre captured In Costa Rica, aa reported, the act waa in clear violation of Costa Rlcan sovereign ity and may easily involve Costa Rica In war' with the Zelayan government if the American government turns to Costa Rica for redress. ' Flarhtln Near Blueflelds. MOBILE. Nov. 2i. Officers of the teamer Blueflelds arriving today from Tort Llmon, Costa Rt?a, say it was re ported at l'ort Union that fighting waa going on In the rear of alueflelda. As the Blueflolda was leaving, a large American cruiser was making Into Fort Llmon. Americans Captured la Battle. COLON, Nov. 25. It Is stated In reliable quarters here that Groce and Cannon, the Americans who were executed recently, were shot and buried by order of President Zelaya. They were with General Cham orro and were captured during a fight near Colorado Junction. Great indignation la felt here over the executions. (The captain of a boat who paid a visit to President Kstranda at Greytown yes terday says that General Chamorro'a block ade Is effective. A Heavy sea Is running, which he says prevents the escape of the Zola van forces. Greytown is devoid of provisions and the Zelayan troops are ex pected to capitulate shortly. Two hundred deserters from the government forces east of Rama Joined General Estrrada yester day. The men were In a famished condi tion. Since the announcement was made that the American government had recognized the revolutionists ethuslasm here has be come more Intense. Volunteers from the plantations and gold mines are eagerly of fering their services to Oeneral Estrada. British Cruiser at Blueflelds. COLON, Nov. 20. A wireless dispatch from Blueflelds, Nicaragua, dated Novem ber 24. received today, says: "'The British cruiser Scylla arrived here Sunday and leaves today. 'I Commander Bertram 8. Thesiger of the rulser made an official visit to Provisional President Estrada Tuesday." WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. The visit of the llrltish cruiser Scylla to Blueflelds, Nica ragua, and the oall of Its commander, Bertram 8! Thesiger, on Senor Estrada, the provisional president, Is not understood at the British embassy. Inquiry there to night met with the statement that no ad vices of the warship's call had been re ceived, and in the absence of such advices It Is conjectured that the vessel put In merely to discover whether British Inter ests were In Jeopardy. Engaged to Two; Kills Himself IoWa Man Commits Suicide Because of Threatened Breach of Promise Suit. VINTON, la., Nov. 25. (Special.) Har assed with threats of breach of promise suits, and fearing lest he would be prose cuted by two young women whom. It Is alleged, he had become engaged to, Alva Jewell, living five miles north of here, committed suicide soma time this after noon by shooting himself. His body was found In an outbuilding, and when dis covered was still warm. The you pa- man left the house In the morning, laying th&t he waa going rabbit hunting, ltfcau of his moroseneea during recent days, hn he did cot return for dinner the family started a search for htm. It Is said that Jewell had made love and been accepted by two young women L'rbana, both of whom, when they found their lover was bethrothed to another, hired Lawyer and threatened to sue. Train Burns, but All Passengers Declared Safe Three Trainmen Killed and Two Others Fatally Injured in -Spectacular Wreck. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 25 Three trainmen dead, two others believed to be fatally Injured, five out of six cars on a Great Northern passenger train destroyed by fire, but every passenger safe, Is the summing up of a wreck on the Northern Faclflc railroad, about a mile from Llnd, shortly after midnight, due to the collision between Great Northern Train No. 4 and a "helper" erlglne. The dead Include Engineer L. Reaman, Fireman Jacob Spangler and Pilot Tyler of the passenger train. The engineer and firemen on the "helper" engine are believed to be fatally hurt. The accident occurred either through misunderstanding or disregard of orders. The Great Northern passenger train from he coast was traveling over the Northern clflc track on account of floods and shouts on the Great Northern line, .was due In Llnd shortly after 1 o'clock -us morning. The "wild" engine started west, and no sooner had It left the station than the operator knew a terrible mistake had been made, but had no means of cor recting It. About a mile from Llnd the engine and the passenger came In collision. According to Engineer Rush, who had pulled the train to Prosper, but who was riding on the train from that point as a passenger, every passenger escaped except one, who was only slightly Injured. Court Prevents Third Marriage of Ohio Girl Mrs. Larcum, 19 Years Old, Divorced Monday, Planned Wedding for Thanksgiving. DEFIANCE, O., Nov. 26. Too much pub licity spoiled for the present the plans for the marriage of Mrs. Bessie Sheck-WU-llams-Larcum, aged 19, an Intended Thanksgiving event. The girl was divorced Monday in probate court from her second husband, Edward Larcum, and through a newspaper reporter confided to the publlo that she Intended to be married at once to Benjamin Hill, who had been a boarder at her parents' home and had advanced money to pay for the divorce proceedings. When Hill applied yesterday to the same court for a marriage license it waa re fused, and he was Informed that the for mal decree of divorce would be withheld while the court looked further Into th circumstances. The girl waa first married at the age of 1.6 to Percy,, WMriama.ef Cincinnati,' and after a divorce married Edward J. Larcum of Despler In January last. Hunter Killed Aiding Friend John Krenzer Tries to Pull William Gift Out of Mud with Gun Barrel. While holding the barrel of a gun In the hands of William Gift of 1554 North Seventeenth street, who was stuck In the mud In a slough near the Illinois. Central railroad tracks in East Omaha, John H. Krenxer of 1207 North Twenty-first street was shot through the heart by the acci dental discharge of the gun. Krenzer Is 17 years of age. He and his younger brother. Tommy K renter, aged 13; William Gift and Leonard Neauman were out hunting. They left their homes at 10 o'clock in the morning and were on their way back. While wading through the slough Gift Gift got stuck In the mud. He asked for assistance, which waa offered by John Krenier. Krenaer could not quite reach Gift, so held out the end of his gun barrel that Krenzer might )pull him out. Krenzer took hold and began pulling, when the gun waa accidentally discharged. The shot struck Krenzer In the heart. He died Instantly and fell In his tracks. Gift, who was holding the muzzle of the gun, was mora than horrified. With ex treme exertion he got out of the mud and helped carry his victim to dry land. The Krenzer boys are well known in Omaha. Their father, John B. Krenzer, has been employed as a mechanto In the Union Paciflo shops for a number of years. Gift lives with his parents at 1564 North Seventeenth street and the other youth, Leonard Neauman, lives at 1560 North Seventeenth street. The body was turned over to the coroner of Council Bluffs. Krenser'a parents were completely grief-stricken when they learned of the sudden death of their son. SPEECH GONE TWO MONTHS Operation Heatores Power to Talk to Mia Who Waa Injured la Flakt. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25.-HIB tongue unfet tered after a two-months silence, Monroe Frits talked as cheerfully as a child in telling today for the first time of the as sault which, resulting In a skull fracture, had robbed hltn of speech. In a road house near East St. Louis, Prlti waa struck with a billiard cue by a man w ho was angry because he had acted as a peacemaker In a fight. There was no witness to the encounter and his friends, finding him unable to tell them anything about the occurence were at a loss to ac oount for his injury. A trephining operation was performed at the city hospital here which at once re lieved the pressure on the brain and re stored the ower of speech. DE ARM0ND FIRE COMES FROM DEFECTIVE WIRE BUTLER, Mo.. Nov. t5.-It Is now be lieved the fire which caused the death of Congressman David A. De Armond and his (-year-old grandson, David A. De Armond, Jr., last Tuesday, started in the attic of the De Armond borne and as caused by defective electric wiring. At first It seemed probable that the fire originated in the room In which the congressman and the little boy were sleeping; MINE IS SEALED TO CHECK FIRE Council of Experts at Cherry, 111., Determines Upon This Course After Long Discussion. COAL PILLARS ARE BURNING It May Be Several Weeks Before Shaft Can Be Reopened. WATER FAILS TO REACH FIRE Officials Find that Its Only Effect is to Fill Lower Level. NO MORE BODIES ARE FOUND Generally Conceded that No Chance of I.lvlnsc Men Belna- la the t. Panl Mine Nun Exists. CHERRY. IV.., Nov. 2K.-Detalls of a meeting held here early today between the entire state mining board, Battalion Chief McDonald of the Chicago fire department and W. W. Taylor, general suuperintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company's mines, were made known this afternoon. Battalion Chief McDonald, after an In spection of the work being accomplished by his men who had been throwing water In the east bottom of the mine for more than a week, advised thn state mine in spectors end the representatives of the coal company that the water being thrown Into the mine was not reaching the fire and that he saw no use of throwing in any more water, as It was merely filling up the third vein. Bodies of the known dead In that vein are already Inaccessible owing to the quantity of water already thrown Into the mine and to increase this amount of water, McDonald said, would delay recovery of bodies Indifelnltely. Mr. Williams of the Urbana rescue sta tion, who had been keeping careful note of the gasei formed In the mine, reported that the fire had extended to the coal pillars and was forming dangerous gases and making It perilous for rescuers to continue at work. After considerable discussion and a care ful going over of all phases of the situa tion It was unanimously agreed by the meeting that the only thing that would make possible ultimate recovery of the bodies in the mine was to seal up both the main shaft and the air shaft and keep them sealed Until the cutting off of the air smothred the fire. The shafts were thereupon sealed. Ilattjr with Fire. After more than 150 bodies had been discovered in the mine, early yesterday ef forts . to carry them to the surface were abandoned while a battle was begun to check a fire which again threatened the nialri shaft. ' Testerday flames from fire In the second vein, 310 feet below the surface, had swept fifty-1 feet up the main shaft. Then the fire was forced back. Mine Manager Taylor declared that the destruction of the main shaft is at all times Imminent, and with It will go the only possibility of removing bodies. That no men survive In the mine now Is generally conceded, even by the most optimistic. The only part of the mine as yet unex plored and in which living men possibly could be found Is the east working of the second vein, at the entrance to which the fire Is burning fiercely. Twice rescuing parties that have ventured past the fire area have been temporarily cut off by these flames and rescued with difficulty. No further attempt to venture into It will be made until the fire Is extinguished, which may be a work of days. May Amend Mining? Laws. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 2-t -As a result of the mine fire at Cherry, Governor De neen may Incorporate in his call for a spe cial session of the legislature, to be held In December, a request that the state min ing laws be amanded to provide that fire proof mine shafts be built In all mines. The tentative plan would call for shafts built of concrete and steel Instead of tim ber, and the removal of all mine stables from underground to the surface. Governor Deneen today told a delegation of officers of the State Federation of La bor and of the United Mine Workers of America that he would submit their de mands for greater safety in mines to the newly appointed State Mining commission. He added that If the commission could formulate specific amendments to the min ing laws that would be desirable, he would Incorporate the recommendations In his call for the special session of the legisla ture. Cruiser Ready to Sail for the South Four Hundred Marines Prepared to Go to Nicaragua on Short ' Notice. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25. With Its hold stored with provisions and ammunition the United States cruiser Prairie lies at the Philadelphia navy yard today ready to sail for Panama or Nicaragua. Four hun dred marines who were to be carried by the cruiser to Caribbean waters are await ing the signal to start. Several weeks ago orders were received at the navy yard from the Navy depart ment at Washington to have the Prairie ready to transport marines to the Isthmus of Panama in December. After the Nlcar aguan Incident, in which two Americans were shot, orders were received from Washington to advance the sailing time and the cruiser probably will leave on Saturday. Meanwhile preparations are being made at the navy yard for a review of sailors and marines by Secretary of the Navy Meyer. The secretary will arrive here to morrow and the review will be held In the afternoon. The marine band will come from Washington to take part In the re view. Lea- Broken In Twelve Flares. IANKTON, Nov. 25. (Special.) Charles Jackson, whose home is at Hydro, Okla., and who travels for thi Enid Nursery com pany, Oklahoma, Is in the hospital here with his right leg fractured In twelve places, the result of a bad fall on an Icy walk. Jackson la over 50 years of age and the physicians consider his ce a very serious one Indeed. Lltte hope Is eiuer talned of the patient ever using the limb lain. From the Minneapolis Journal: UlHl- clty IN DEB tome on ave he- len's Former Viceroy of India Attacked Ting in Sudden Illness. i mr. ilnst iny, LORD ASHBOURNE IN HIS Pi'0""" leva- s In Noted Union 1st . Make Attack Jdjj Budget and Defends Right trorn Lords to Withhold Their "as i . Consent. 'STfv (6 be LONDON, Nov. 25. Although thlr the fourth day of the budget debat; the absence of Lord Curzon, who b a sudden indisposition waa to havi 1 tli'ued the unionist attack upon the TQ measure, detracted somewhat from tt ular Interest, there waa little falling the attendance when the House of met this afternoon. Ittyed The benches again were crowded peers, members of the House of Co were gathered about the throne, am esses, diplomats and . other dialing persons filled the galleries. i The extension of the time for deba-Spe- glve opportunity for mora of the lords to be heard and many maiden speeches will be made. Lord Revelstoke, who has been a member of the second chamber for twelve yetrs, made his first speech In the House of Lords this week. Lord Ashbourne, who has been a mem ber of several unionist cabinets, took Lord Curzon's place In reopening the debate, and while many were disappointed at the failure of the former , viceroy of India to speak, the visitors heard an orator almost equally notable. tv Lords nad Hie tory. Lord Ashbourne cdntinded there waa no authority on constitutional history that dis puted the right of the lords to act accord ing to their discretion 1n accepting the budget. This year's budget, by presenting a va riety of bills within its covers, Bought for the first time In the history of the budgets to go far beyond the scope of providing revenue to meet the annual expenditures, he said. He declared the government had performed an unconstitutional act hi tacking on the budget bill a measure for the taxa tion of undeveloped land. Against the licensing clauses, which, after the rejection of the licensing bill, appeared here In a worse form, he also held was obvious tack ing. He added that evidences of the unrest caused by the budget bill were everywhere. Consols had dripped, he said, and untold millions of capital had been driven abroad. Of what use, he asked, was the House of Lords, if, when the time for action came, It could not act?" Lord Balfour of Burleigh, a unionist free trader and member of the former unionist cabinet, after attacking the budget, ad mitted, that while the lords had never In so many words surrendered their right of interference, usage had established that the House of Commons waa supreme in matters of finance. Mrs. Roosevelt is Back from Europe Accompanied by Miss Ethel She Goes at Once to Oyster Bay. NEW YORK. Nov. 2o.-Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter. Miss Ethel, returned today from Europe. Mrs. Roose velt's step-daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson and Collector of the Port William Loeb, Jr., met the travelers at the pier. They will go from here to the Roosevelt residence at Oyster Bay. H undreds Trapped in Japanese Mine Heavy Loss of Life Feared as Re sult of Explosion in a Coal Shaft. TOKIO. Nov. 2.1 Heavy loss of life is feared as the result of an explosion today in a ccal mine at Onoura, Eukoko province. Fifteen men are known to have perished, while 22S miners are entombed in the workings. OIL OPERATORS WANT RELIEF Ask Modification of Lease with In diana, Owlna- to Decrease in Price. PAWNEE, Okl.. Nov. 25. Oil operator of Osage, Washington and Tulsa counties at a conference here yesterday with the government Indian commissioner de manded amendments to the leasing regula tions of the Interior department, which will remove th condition that requires that they pay $1 an acre annually on leased lands not developed. The operators asked for permanent -relief from paying royalties to the Indians on the basis of 41 cents a barrel for oil, because they asserted the market price for oil had been reduced to 35 cent a barrel. Keep an Eye on ILp.Jov with Gov. Stub bs Kansas Executive and Railroad Vice President Will Go Over Line Together. TOPEKA, Nov. 25. Governor Stubbs and Vice President C. F. Clarke of the Missouri Pacific effected a compromise today with reference to the Improvements in the Central Branch after an exciting and heated discussion. The governor will not ask for a receiver if the company makes the following Improven-.entu: The Missouri Pacific to spend 175.000 In the Central branch, in 1910 and lay 100 miles of new eighty-five pound rails and 140 miles of teck ballast. Governor Stubbs and Mr. Clarke will go over the line next week to agree on the Improvements. The governor Is a practical railroad builder himself and he can determine with some certainty the real condition of the road by the personal Inspection. DRINK QUESTION PERSONAL, DECLARES BOY MINISTER Ftev. Leonard W, nyder Points Out Kills Himself "Goodby," He Cries to Roommate and Leaps from Third-Story Window. CHICAGO, Nov. 25. Eluding Ms room mate and shouting a frantic "goodbye," William J. McCormlck, II years old, a student at the Moody r. Biblical Institute here Jumped from a third story window of the institute dormitory today and died while being taken to a hospital. Strange actions on the young man's part for some days had been noticed, and his room mate, J. L. Osborne, had been asked by the school authorities to watch him. McCormlck reltred late and Osborne seeing his asleep, layed down beside him, only to be awakened by the shouted farewell as the student plunged from the window to his death. Close Guard for Cook's Records Secretary Lonsdale Sails for Copen hagen with Bulky Package of Documents. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. AnotTier chapter In the North pole controversy was begun today with the departure of the data and reports which Dr. Frederick A. Cook com piled In the arctic, for Denmark, where they will be submitted to the University of Copenhagen as proof of Dr. Cook's assertion that he reached the north pole on April 21, 1308. The records were taken abroad by Walter Lonsdale, private secretary of the explorer, who sailed on the steamship United States for Copenhagen. The documents bulked large and Mr. Lonsdale said that he would keep them under careful guard until they were placed In the hands of Dr. Torp, rector of the Copenhagen university. The records and reports contain about 30,000 words and the university authorities probably will be several weeks going over them. CHILE THREATENS BOYCOTT May Refuse to Buy American Goods Unless Alsop Claim Is With, drawn. SANTIAGO, Chile. Nov. 25.-The attitude of the United States government In the matter of the Alsop claim held by the United States against Chile Is producing an effect upon the business of the country. Chilean buyers are cancelling orders for American products pending a. decision In the case. IQUIQUE, Chile, Nov. 35 The popular feeling here Is that the Alsop claim of the United States against Chile Is unjust. A public meeting will be held probably on Saturday at which It will be proposed to boycott American products unless the United States desists from pressing the claim. Berwyn Aviator Takes Wife; Quits Airship for Fireside BROKEN BOW, NVb,, Nov. 25. (Special.) Prof. Ulrich Sorenson, of atroplane fame, whose remarkable drop through the air of 150 feet will be remembered, has given up aerial navigation and, after Thanksgiving, will settle on earth for an Indefinite per iod and become a humble tiller of the soli. The cause of this change became ap parent at the court house yesterday, when the professor was caught red-banded In the act of taking out a marriage license for himself and Miss Cora Talbot of Beiwyn. The wedding ceremony waa quietly per formed at the residence of the bride's people on Thanksgiving morning and tha yom.g couple will take a short DINNER BIG AFFAIR oth Turkey, 'Possum and Pie on the Menu. how '-AMERICAN SERVICES HELD Dr. the lildent, Vice President and Other "theflgnlarle Attend Special Kxer- harnd elses at St. Patrick's wheiJ Cntholie Church, astrd Neb fore the ASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Preside t Taft his family had a genuine Thnnka- honti ig dinner today. In addition to the or linmoth turkey which had been sent to cret White House by Horace Vose of Wes , R. I., and the fifty-pound mince pie by the bakers of New York City e was a twenty-slx-pound "billy 'pos- ," said to be the largest and plumpest trapped In the Georgia woods, on Mat! liable at the White House dining room. the president's family except Robert, Jon) Is at school at New Haven, dined him. i wil Miei n a i ITI..-1..-I..I-- - I this1 morning in St. Patrick's Roman Catho lic church was attended by Presidi-nt Taft, Vice President Sherman and several m m bers of the cabinet. Cardinal GlbbonB and Mgr. Falconlo. apostolic delegate to the, United States, were present. The members of the cabinet spent the day quietly here. x Throughout the city the day Is being ob served in the customary way. All the de partments of the government, the banks and practically all of the stores in the city r, closet., k Dinner for Former Prisoner. That Captain Joseph F. Shlpp, former sheriff of Chattanooga, and his compan ions, who are serving Jail sentences In flicted by the supreme court of the United States for contempt of that high tribunal, have a legion of friends In their Tennessee home was attested today. These friends saw to It that the former sheriff and his fellow Tcnnessfenns w.re provided with a turkey dinner of lavish proportions. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. 25. Salva tion Army workers today found the wife and children of Henry H. Padgett In desti tute circumstances. Padgett Is one of the codefendants with Captain Shlpp, now con fined In the District of Columbia Jail on a contempt erarge. Mrs. Padgptt and her children were dependent for a limited Thanksgiving dinner on the bounty of a nearby grocery and the Salvation Army has started a fund to keep the faintly in tread until the husband completes his sen tence. . Frankfurters Is Old Tom's. ST. LOUI8, Nov. 25. Frankfurters and sauerkraut accompanied by boiled cabbage and potatoes defeated turkey and cran berry sauce in a referendum vote at the St. Louis workhouse today. As. a conse quence the toothsome American bird waa not in evidence at dinner. In contrast to the workhouse was the quarantine station. Here an average of twenty-five pounds of turkey was served to each Inmate, there being only one of them Mong Wing, a leper. He la the only leper In this part of the world and there fore perforce dined alone. He had also the usual "trimmings" and some celery, which he had planted and cultivated him self. ' The 700 insane asylum patients ate spring lamb. Half Million Turkeys In Gotham. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-More than DO0.OX) Thanksgiving turkeys were sizzling today in the ovens of as many homes, while hotels, restaurants and charitable Institu tions were packed with holiday diners. The Salvation Army announced through Colonel William A. Mclntyre that It was looking for a hall full of "gentlemen who have not only stepped off the water wagon, but have lost all hope of regaining a seat thereon." The Bowery mission chose todiy to open Its regular 1 o'clock-ln-the-mornlng wlmer bread line and gave a dinner to1.000 waifs of the Bowery and Chinatown. The Astor estate gave a dinner to 600 newslos. Many brokerage and banking houses sent out breakfasts to the poor. trip before settling on their farm near Berwyn. As the aviator carefully placed the llcens" inside of his coat pocket, he remarked: "Yes, I'm going to quit exploring the a!r, fer a time, at least. It wouldn't be square to the little glii If I didn't cut It out and take to something on a safer basis. Under stand, I don't mean to fay I am through with It for good; If J could afford to put the right kind of a motor In my machin I would undoubtedly take another whirl at the game, as the danger In that case would be reduced to a rustilmum. Hut good motors, such as 1 ant, cost money, and It will probably be some time before I am able thoroughly to equly an aeroplane ou my own lines." DAY OF GENUINE JOHN OMAHA Thanksgiving- Finds People Healthy and Happy and is Observed with Real Spirit. SPRING-LIKE WEATHER 13 A HELP Through Bright Sky and Warm Air Nature Bestows Smile. INDOOR AND OUT THE FESTIVAL 13 Devout Give Thanks in Religious Observance of the Day. VIGOROUS YOUTH RUNS AND PLAYS I'.ven the Pork on the lllock nnd l'nt Poultry ren to Give Forth Freshness of the Cheer ful Ke-nNtMi, It was a day of genuine thanksgiving In Omaha. And buy commerce paused to ob serve It. The we ather spring-Ilk In Its balmy, clear atmosphere toned the spirits to a htph key and the Great Human Fam ily, or that portion of It In this city, partook of festal feasts and engaged In devout worship and participated In out-of-door exorcise with a vim nnd vigor characteris tic of a henlthy. happy people. That aspect of Thanksgiving day from which the name Itself is derived, was not Ignored In Omaha, many churches holding services of praise and gratltudn and these services were particularly Im pressive among those denominations to whom the day means much In an historical way. But there was opportunity for all who felt like observing the day In other than a gastronomies.! wny, so to act. One sermon with pnrtlculnr reference to the history and meaning of Thankselvlnit day was delivered by Rev. L. O. Halrd, pastor of St. Mary's Avenue Congrega tional church, who occupied the pulpit at Grace Lutheran church, where one of sev eral union services of the day was hid. "As Christmas Is the feast of the nativity of Christ." said Dr. Balrd, "and as the Fourth of July Is tho birthday celebration of the American nation, so Thanksgiving day Is tho birthday holiday of Ptirltunlsm. I am here to say some words concerning Puritanism and the Puritan. So with All Great Events. "Just as at the birth of Christ, thera were the wise men who rejoiced and tho people who wondered and the Herod who scoffed, so It has been with other great events and facts at their Inception and nfterwards. "It has become the fashion to lndulgs In' much easy abuse of the Puritan. To call a thing 'puritanical' Is to damn It; to call a statuto r blue law1 Is to kill it. And all this abuse, nil this unfounded criticism la entirely unjustifiable. "I do not want. to return to witch hang ingsthere never were any witch burning in New England. Nor do 1 wish to return to the Intolerance which exiled Roger Wil liams; nor to the fake blue laws which are much talked of, hut most of which as ex ampled wero never In any atatute book. "These references ns commonly mude are the exaggerations of carlcuture. And what basis they have In face were tlis excesses necessary to a primal state. It la true that their ways wiie rigorous, but their hearts were stupendous. The easy going critic seated In his armchair under ai electric light in a steam heated flat seems to forget tho drapery of these rugged men was cut from the cloth of their day. "Do you Judge a school by Its dunces or by Ita wlwe pupils? "Do you rate men at tlielr best or their worst! averages? Shall we discount Peter after Pentecost because he had lied once and sworn once?" AniilylUfa Popular (hnrget. Dr. Haird then went on to analyze many of the popular charpea against the Puri tans In New England. He referred to witch burning, now well known by tho educated never to have occurred in Amer ica. "There were all told thirty-one executions for witchcraft in New England," a d re, "and this was but In the fury of the de lusion which swept acrosB from the old world. Prior to tin; M sachuset' ou Lr at there were SO.OUO put to death 111 England, 73.000 In Germany, 100.GK) In Fianc;-all for the time cause. "Do you ever hear anything about witch craft In England? Do you ever hear about It In Germany? In France? "Four years later we see In New Eng- land the whole community Join In u publlo .expression of humility and penitence." I Seated with Rev. Mr. Ualrd before tha sermon were Rev. W. E. Todd of the Third I Presbyterian church, M. L. M.-llok of th'j church In which the services were held, Dr. Ball of the Parkvale Congregational and W. S. Fulion of the Westminster Presbyterian. Members of the Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal church al o took part In the service. Its Influence the Sine Qua Nun of Modern ivlllaatlon. Union Tnanksgllng cervices were held by tho Fust Chtistiun, Kountxe Momorla". and first Baptlht churchts at tho First Baptist church, Twenty-ninth und Harney streets. Rev. J. M. Kersey of the First Christian preached the sei mon. Rev. J. V. Conley of First Baptist 'lead tho scripture lesson from the l(Wd i'F.alm, and prayer was led by Rev. J. E. Iliimmon of KounUe MoMioiial. "The essential feature of our Tranka Klvings on this day Is that we live in the civilisation of Appomattox, lather than that of Troy." said Dr. Kersey. "Achll'es, victorious over Hector, dragged the dead Lody of his conquered foe thrice around the valls of Troy. Gi ant, S OuO years later, tave to the conquered Lee the benediction of a (iirlMlau civilization to go and re habltute their devastated homes and Ji)in with the victors In effacing the vestlge.i of war for the glorification of a Christian clvlllzutlou and the betterment of human ity. "It ts f r such possll illtles that we should be thankful. We should be further tlmnU. ful that the church Is not losing Its grip on (lod's world, whatever Iconoclasts may claim. The church of ld has a stronger hold on humanity tiday tlmn ever before. Today MM Mi) t'hii-tlans are worshiping the tru God. In the n iietctnth ctrnury more piople brcame Chilstlars than la all the preceding centuries since the (Joxp,-i of Jesus Christ was given to the world. "We Hiould be thankful for thv rr.at prosperity of our brautiful boms city of Omaha. We should be thankful for the Bible, the thlof book of all Hi wurlU,