THE BEE: OMAITA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1910. OMAHA BOWLERS NEAR TOP Huntington and Francisco Among Ten Leaden in Singlet. EIGHT OMAHAXS LEAD IN DOUBLES Kmhi Cttr Trent Still Head Off Others la the Fire Mea Errata I the Mid-West Toarney at t. Lea la. ST LOUIS, Jan. 24. (Special) Omaha haa taken a prominent place In the records of the Middle West Bowling tournament That city ha two men In the leaders for singles, M. R. (Dad) Huntington and O. O. Francisco, and eight In the ten lead ing teams t&r two-men events: Martin and 'iJrlnkwater, Nell and Blackney. Andereon and Zimmerman, Lily and Seyssler. No records were smashed In the five men events last night In the Middle West Bowling tournament, and It looks as If the J,B0B of the Brunsklck-Balke five of Kan sas City will take first money. Tonight's scores were: Duffy, St. Louis a.SfiT) Regal Shoos, St. Lout 1.713 1 Hex Cigar Company. Des Molne 2,"oli Mission. Des Molne 2.67il Bull Iurhama. Ues Moines 2.CT5 jue jnoincs, ues Monies Jlellrung ft Orlmm, St. Louis 2.419 Lyons, 8t. Loul 2.314 Fermlllac, St. Loul I.62M Budwelr, 8t. Louts 2.764 Blaokwell-Wlelandy, St. Louis 2.&5S Wool Soaps No. 1 St Louis 2.340 The first five games of a ten-game match of picked five men teams from St Louis and Kansas City were rolled this afternoon. Kansas City made 4,727 to the local team's 4,(32. The other five games will be rolled at Kansas City next Saturday night. Considerable money will change hands on the match, and It Is understood that the members of the winnlg team will divide a $1,000 purse. Toaraer Mark for Single. A new high mark was hung up In the ingles this afternoon by H. F. Sirrnans of St. Joseph, with (45, beattn? the mark of 633 made, the first day of Iho tourna ment by F, Sohulttheis of ti Louis. This was the big day. of the tourn -at, the alleys being in uso constantly irom S o'clock this niuiiiliig "until midnight to night. The visiting teams from Ht. Joseph, Topeka, Kansas City, Cciumbus, Nib., and Omaha practically completed their cards during the day. The - ten leaders In the singles today were: .. H. F. Siemens, St. Joseph 645 Oscar Roeder, Kansas City 628 V. A. Wolf, Topeka 617 C. W. Turner, Kansas City 614 O. O. Franclsoo, Omaha.... 596 M. It Huntington, Omaha... 688 O. O. Tolman. St. Joseph .'. 675 Otto Krelg, St Louis 568 A. B. Soott, Kansas City 664 I. Sarnum, Topeka 666 The leading ten in the two-men events were: C. R. Drain and J.' Kay, St Joseph.'... 1,213 Martin, and Drlnkwater, Omaha 1,171 T. Nell and J. Blackney. Omaha 1.170 Farley and Roeter, Kansas City 1,164 Anderson and Zimmerman, Omaha... 1,158 tipellman and Sheppard, Kansas City. 1.188 Spellinan and Gorman, Kansas City... 1,159 Lilly And Seyasler, Omaha 1,156 Haitian and Turner, Kamai City.... 1,129 II. Wolf and I. Barnum, Topeka 1,127 WITH THE BOWLERS. Schedule tor the Week. ' OMAHA LEAGUE. (Francisco Alleys). Tuesday, January 25 8torx ' Triumphs against McCord-Brady's Advos. Wednesday. January 26 No game. Thursday,- January 28 Omaha Bedding company against Jtionpe company. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE. (Keyt Alleys.) Tuesday, January 25 Brodegaard Crowns against St James. Wednesday, January 26 Loch's Willow Springs against O'Brien's Monte Chrlstos. Thursday, January 37 Dretbus Candy company against Olendales. BOOSTERS' LEAGUE. (Francisco Alleys). Tuesday, January 25 Cream City against Touaem's Colts. Wednesday, January 26 No game. Thursday, January 27 Peoples Store against Union Pacifies. Friday, January 28 West Sides against Cudahys. ' METROPOLITAN LEAGUE. ' -.. (Keyt Alleys.) i Tuesday, 1 January 25 Beaelln's Mixer against Weat Sides. Wednesday, January 26 Dally News against Hollys. Thursday, January 27 Bungalows against nusmes Acorns. Friday, January, 28 Loyal Hotel Jew el era against Hollys. MERCANTILE LEAGUE. (Francisco Alloy.) Kamos. Tuesday , January 25 Equitable Life against On the Square. Wednesday, January 28 Rangers against Capitol Holler. Thursday, January 27 Gate City against Carpenter Paper company. Friday, January 2) Midland Paint and Glass company against Omaha Gaa com pany. , y Saturday waa one of the busiest daya on the Omaha alleys sine bowling first came into vogue, Evsry alley In town waa going ail afternoon and evening. Ratekln's 'Spavins were trimmed by Schmlt's Colts by the small total of 26 fitns. Clark of the Signal corps was high n every game, with a nice total of 615 for the series, t Roesslng Is the on best bet among the southpaws in tfie Booster league. He ha a une aeuvry and control and should be a very 'good bowler after this eyar'a ex perience. Colonel Baehr is miking a runaway race In the' PDstofflce league. He has been in the lead since the start of the season and la holding on, practically without any com petition. It look like' the Omaha boys couldn't tand the long ride to St. Louis. Their core In the five-men event were away off. while in the double and single they went like scared rabbits. A good sleep in a real bed helps a whole lot. Sprague hs' finally consented to quit using that croquet ball and has started practicing kith U. O.'s doped feilow. Frank Conrad waa disappointed In not being able to go to the Midwest with the rest ot the sharks. It's a very good Idea to speak up before It's too late. Frank would have been a" great help to some of the teams. ' Dan Butler still ha that crook in his arm. Weights might help some, Dan. Harry Prlmeau will shoot anohor on tha city hall team aud for a finisher I'rimeau can't ! real. Considerable Improvement ha been no ticeable in the. scores of the Mercantile league. The baby leaguers are coming to the front President Bob Grnt of the Mercantlles Is tbe busiest of them all. Talk about a sign painter Just gase at that fancy chalk work on the big board next to their alleys. Mike Coffey ha the hook bail down fine and will us it In his league games here after.. Look out. Booster. Voas, Fugerberg, La'.ey and Nellie Sut ton are all in a heao. now. With the aid ot Nettle, : Sutton ought to pa the fel low in another week. Kalnes has returned from Boston with glowing accounts of how he trimmed all the best of them in Beantown, Belter itart getting them in Omaha now and then e win believe hint. Anderson ha dropped below hi 200 av erage by one pin. Another week and he will probably reach the double century One Cough AJk ytvT Jod mkeai Agtr't Ourr Ptc atop their cough with Ayer's Cherry Pec fee. Vbt.yTk.''Jl!tbu. torsi. Sold for aevenry year. How If As aWJVo. "WW tfoa 1 0".yr;: long again. Omaha might to boast of one 200 shooter at least. J. Melum of the Boosters Is the same Chap thnt played ball with the Benson Ksgles last summer and finished up with the West Hides at Chicago. Walt until we h-ar what Ondenseh wager and Klaurk gotT That's the talk at Keyt's Just now. The Carman fund Ir. close to 117 now. Even Bill Schneider had to ante last week. It's so seldom Hill has to dig that It was really worih mentioning. Bob Enroll Is too busy to bowl. ' Ole Johnson Is looking for a Job on the police force and the first fellow he'll nab will be Stick Cain. Pay, Ben Hull, how about M. V.T That's where Ben got his reputation as a bowler; picked up seventy-one pins In the last game. MEW RBADY TO MAKE HHEDl'LRS Joint Committee at Plttsbara; for Thla Par pose. PITSBL'RG, Jan. 24 Thomas J. Lynch, president of the National league; Cnarli' 11. Ebbetts, president ot the Brooklyn club, and Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburg club, today held a conference preliminary to the meeting here tomorrow of the Joint schedule committee. The com mittee includes. In addition to the three named, President Ban Johnson of the American league, Charles W. Somers of Cleveland and J. Farrell of New York. In today's talk among the throe National league men, Barney Dreyfus sought to convince Ebbetts that the public does not want a 108-game schedule. Whether Eb betts was convinced he would not say. If the two leagues do not encounter any serious obstacles, the stmnrlute meeting can be completed In one day, but if the National adheres to the long sc'.ieeule, there will be complications that will delay the work. The schedule committee do not make pub lic the result of their work, aa each Is re quired to report back to Its own league next month, and the schedules are not In force until each league cast six or more vote for their adoption. The Boston club Is on the warpath, ac cording to reports from tne east, and Presi dent John Dovey and Manager Fred Lake may both come here to fight for Its sched ule right. As Director John P. Harris Is already on the ground, the three should be able to hold their own against Messrs. Eb betts, Lynch and Dreyfuss. The Ht. Louis Nationals are also reported to be complaining against the practice of making a large number or conflicting dates at St. Louis on Sundays. President Koblson Is of the opinion that there never was any good excuse for this at any time and abso lutely none now that Detroit is playing Sunday base ball. The rules committee will also be In session here, but It is not expected that the meet ing will mnke any change of importance In the rules. President Ebbetts of the Brooklyn club en Id later tonight that he had not changed his mind about the 168-game schedule. "The funs want it." he said, "and they ought to have it." President Ban Johnson arrived today. He eald he hoped to see the National league agree on the ' 154-game season, as the Americans would do. Benjamin Shlbe of the Philadelphia Americans and Fred Lake of the Boston Nationals were late arrivals tonight. DANGEROUS WOKIC WIND Aeroplane Endanger Live of Spec tator at San Dlearo. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Jan. 24.-C. F. Walsh a San Diego aviator, when giving an exhi bition (light in a monoplane of his own construction today, completely wrecked nis macnine ana enaangerea tne lives ot i score of spectators. Walsh's machine, flying low and un steady, struck a fence. Several spectator were nun oy iiying pieces or tne mono plane. Walsh was not Injured. Charles K. Hamilton, an aviator associ ated with Glenn H. Curtlss, made several flights, despite the heavy wind. On one flight with a passenger he came down with a bump that broke two ribs of the machine. Hamilton made a ten-mile cross-country flight and ascended to height of 500 feet. Class for Prospective Coaches. IOWA CITY, la., Jan. 24. (Special.) Track Coach Jerry Delaney will start a novel class tomorrow In the University of Iowa, when he will give 'any undergraduate a chance to join a squad of prospective coaches of track teams. ' Many of the present members 'of the athletic' squads In the university Intend to combine the coaching of athletic ..teams wltn teaching or scnool alter they gradu ate. In order to aid the efficiency of these men ueianey ha decided to start this new class. Seniors and faculty men are those who are wanted and the varsity ana ireenmen irscg men are excluded. JOSEPH A. GRAHAM IS DEAD Well . Known Newspaper Writer Posse AtrmT at Home la Maryland. BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 24. (Special Tel egram.) Joseph A. Graham, one of the most widely known newspaper men in the country, died at Salisbury, Md., this morn ing of a complication of diseases. He had been In ill health for some time and several months ago was compelled to give up ac tive work. He was at one time on The Omaha Bee, going to that paper from the Publlo Ledger In Philadelphia. . He leaves five son, one of whom at one time was comptroller of the state of Maryland. He also served as an editor on the Kansas City Times. St. Loul Republic and the Hartford Courant. Mr. Graham wa employed on The Bee aa an editorial writer during a part of last year. In September he suffered from, a stroke of partial paralysis, from the effects of which he never recovered. A medicine need not be disagreeable to be effective. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is pleasant to take and always cures. DEATH RECORD. Rita Emery. Ellas Emery died at Fourteenth and Cap itol avenue Saturday night. He was born in Clrclevllle, O., February 26, 1826. He came to Omaha in 1861 and was a member of the territorial legislature In the early (COs. He engaged In the real estate business till 184, when he retired from that occupation and devoted his time to horticulture. In which he took a great Interest. He made a special study of the rose and wrote a number of treatises on that flower that attracted attention throughout the coun try. He was also the author of numerous works on horticultural subjects. Mr. Emery wa one of the founder and a charter member of the Omaha Philo sophical aoclety. He leave three sons, Charles J. of Omaha and Solon and Ella of Cheyenne, Wyo. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 a. m. at the chapel of Cole & McKay. In terment at Prospect Hill, Mr. Harriet M. Ladlagtoa. Word has been received of the death In Savannah, Ga., on January 22 of Mrs.. Har riet Marvin Ludlngton, wife of Major Gen eral Marshall I. Luddlngton, U. 8. A., re tired. General Ludlngton waa stationed In Omaha as chief quartermaster from 1876 to 1883 and Mr. Ludlngton Is moat pleas antly remembered by many of the older residents. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery, Washington, D. C. Robert Peeaan. Robert Feenan, 608 South Thirteenth street, died Saturday night. He leave a widow. Mr. Feenan had conducted a news stand here for several year. Th funeral will be held from St. Phllomena' church at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Burial will be In Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Perlstent Advertising la th road to Big Return. A cough, Just a little cough. It msy not amount to much. Or, it msy amount to everything! Some keep coughing until the lung tissues are erioutly Inlurcd. Other have you known it? JIM RASE WILL BE 0, R. Big First Baieman Not So Badly Hurt as Reported. WILL NOT LOSE SIGHT OF HIS EYE 'Itest He'll Retsrs as Good s He Left Von," Barney Drey fas Write to Pa Roarke. ' PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 23. W. A. Rourke, President Omaha Base, nail Club: Trou may rest assured Jim Kane will report to you in the spring In as good condition as he lert you last rail. He had a pretty bad in- Jury In the basket ball game, but his eye Is not lost and he will soon be in normal shape. BARNEY DREYFUSS. That message was received yesterday and threw the Smoke House Into a riot of Joy. Pa Rourke, be It sold, did not believe Kane was hurt as seriously as reports Indicated, but to satisfy himself and the Omaha ad mirers of the big first baseman, he sent a message to Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburg world champions, asking for accurate Information, and this is the result. There was gloom In the camp of Omaha when the news first came last week that Kane was hurt playing basket ball and might lose the sight of one eye. In which event he would never play professional base ball again. Now that this informa tion Is found to have been wrong, there Is more Joy than there wa gloom. Kane made a great record at first and In every other department of the game for Omaha last year and became a prime favorite, al though he worked his way to popularity against a prejudice that unjustly set in against him when he first came here from the Pirates. He developed vastly during the season, became the best pinch, hitter on the team, stole bases with the best and was up to every trick and turn, always taking long chances that sometimes cost him errors. But above afl he is not a rec ord ballplayer. Warm Battle for Warships Architects of United States Conduct One to Get Work of Construc- ' tion ia This Country. BOSTON, Jan. 24. Borne details of the success of American naval architects in winning away from the most famous for eign firms the contracts for the two Dread noughts to be bought by the Argentine Re public were given tonight by Officials of the Qulncy plant, which haa the contract for both ships and has sublet one to the company at Camden, N. J. The Argentine government stipulated that one of these ships should be built in the yards of some other company than that of the contractor. The award of this contract is declared to be the outcome of perhaps the sharpest and most prolonged competition ever made for a big warship contract the foremost foreign builders having failed to equal the American prices. Twenty-five builders of England, France, Italy and Germany took part in the competition. Nearly 90 per cent of the $22,000,000 to be paid for the building of two Dreadnaughts In American shipyards will go for labor and only 10 per cent for materials. Six Battleships Make Speed Records American Vessels at Guantanamo Go at Face in Excess of Designed Speed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Six battleships of the Amerloan fleet at Guantanamo, In command of Rear Admiral Schroeder, ex ceeded the designed speed during full power steaming trials the last week. They Included the Connecticut, Minnesota, Kan sas, New Hampshire, Idaho and Missis sippi. The Information came in a wireless dispatch, undated, to Secretary Meyer to day and excited favorable comment among the naval officers. The dispatch says that the Connecticut exceeded designed speed by more than one knot and the Minnesota, Kansas and New Hampshire by more than three-quarters of a knot yesterday. In full power trials today the Idaho and Missis sippi exceeded designed speed, but alt of ficial reports 'have not been received. Other features of the work, showing the activity of the crews, are summed up by the commanding officers. A number of seamen and a battalion of marines en camped ashore for a fortnight for small arm target practice and drill. More than 4,000 men wh6 cannot swim are being in structed. Aviation to Be 1 Actual Sport Flans on Foot to Establish Circuit and to Have Scheduled Con tests of Aeroplanes. IjOS ANGELES, Jan. 24. A national avi ation circuit, somewhat on the order ot the big base ball organizations, may be the result of a conference at St. Louis next month between Cortlandt Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, and representatives of several large eastern cities that are seeking the coming Inter national events. Mere flying machine ex hibitions will be sent into oblivion and actual contests will take their places. If Mr. Bishop's plans materialise largo guar antees will be discontinued. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE TO DISCUSS LIVE TOPICS Convention Will Be Held UeainnlnB 'Today in National Capital. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-With a pro gram which covers practically every im portant proposition pending before congress the National Board of Trade tomorrow will begin a two days' session in this cky, this being Its fortieth annual meeting. The business sessions will be followed with a banquet to be attended by President Taft, Secretaries Meyer, Wilson and Nagcl and prominent representatives of tha diplomatic eorps stationed here. Th National Board of Trade is tha out growth of a commercial convention which met In Detroit in 1906, and now represents all sections of the United States. For the last seventeen yeara it has met annually In the national capital. It has caused much legislation on the statute books and It was first to advocate a policy for the conserva tion of natural resources by the federal government. I Children like Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy and It la prompt In effect as well as pleasant to take. Blc Loss Not Mettled. PARIS. Jan. Jt It was stated by a hiirh authority here today that no settlement has yet beeu reached regarding tha Hankuw-Bse I'buan railroad loan ut tV,- Our Letter Box Contribution oa Timely Subject, Wot edlnf Two Haadred Werda, Are Invited from Oar Beedera, The Knallsh Elections. OMAHA, Jan. 22. To the Editor of The Bee: Whenever a man undertake to In form everybody concerning everythlnu It I Inevitable that he will trip up many times. Mr. Frederlo Hasklns, of course, does. Let me correct an error of hi which occurs In his article in this evening's Bee. In It he makes the assertion that the Church ot England is seeking to control the public schools. Nothing could be much farther from the truth. The contention of English churchmen is that religious educa tion In the public schools should be abso lutely fair and impartial. They maintain that every child shall be taught the re ligion of Its parents, whether the child be Christian or ,Jew; whether the child be of church parents or of nonconformist Fur. ther, they Insist that the child shall be taught this by teachers who really believe what they are teaching. The late Parliament was overwhelmingly nonconformist, and It has sought steadily to enforce a system of religious education which was odious to churchmen and which It called undenominational. It failed In Its purpose to do this, although it formulated four education bills with this object In view. One of Its bills passed in the lower house, but it waa so obviously unfair that the House of Lords rejected it. The other three bills were withdrawn by the govern ment Itself on account of the determined resistance of lay churchmen and the clergy. The archbishop of Canterbury and a ma jority of the bishops entered Into a com promise on the education question with the nonconformist minister of education; but the moment the terms of the compromise became known It was absolutely repudiated by the leading churchmen of England. Tha bishops sulked and the bill was withdrawn. The purpose of the ministry was to as sault the Church of England In the re ligious teaching Of the young. It stood ready to make concessions to the Jews and to an extent, to Roman Catholics; but it was relentless to Anglicans. The present election turned as much on the education question as upon tariff re form or the budget As the elections are swinging the hold of the nonconformists on the education question is gone. They are already In a hopeless minority and can only hold office by the grace of the Irish nationalists, who are going to give their support only In return for such legislation as they Bhall demand for Ireland. The liberals, as such, have no love for the Irish, except as they may be able to use them for their own purposes; and the na, tionallsts have as little love for the lib eral as they have for the unionists. If the liberals are willing to accept office by a coalition with tha nationalists, the latter will turn when' out of office, unless they obtain what they will demand In the form of Irish home rule. Mr. Asqulth is not a Gladstone and he is not at all likely to swing the entire liberal strength for home rule. He will hardly hold office for six months as things are going. England Itself is evidently going against him, and his hold on public office will be more than precarloUB If he has to depend upon the grace of the nationalists to keep him In it. The unionist may be a little better off, but not much. ' If the liberals go out, the unionists will take office, dissolve the present Parliament and appeal to the coun try with muoh better hope of success in winning a clear majority than they , have In the present electfon. Manifestly., the ,'beral war cry against the House Qf Lordshaa failed in England, and the Scotch are not so eager for "down ing the lords," tftodgh mainly liberal. JOHN WILLIAMS. f . -T West, the. Place for Immigrants Jacob Schiff Advises His Countrymen to Go Where Struggle is Not So Keen. NEW YORK. Jan. 24.-Jacob H. Schiff, the banker, told his fellow countrymen to night that their moet Important problem Is "how to turn the tide of Jewish immi gration from the Atlantic seaboard to the great hinterland of the United States be yond the Mississippi." Mr. Schiff was speaking before the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid society. "It is for you to see that these future citizens go out from tho great eastern cities to that spacious western country where the Btruggle for existence is not so keen," he said. ' . I COLDER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THIS REGION WEDNESDAY Weather Birms Predicts War. Middle of Week Coining from West. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Cold weather will not visit the eastern half of the United States durlbg the next three days, cccordlnir to the weather bureau. It was prophesied ' tonight that the disturbance, row approaching he Pacific coast, will advance to the Rockies by Tuesday morn ing, and on Tuesday and Wednesday will make Its way across the plains and central valley states, reaching the Atlantic sea board about Thursday. It will b preceded by rising temperature and rain In the southern and snow or rain In the northern states. Colder weather will reach the plains and central valley states about Wednesday and tha Atlantic states Thurs day or Friday. WILL CURE RHEUMATISM. You can easily understand how Hill's Pills work In curing liheumatlsm and the other troubles that come from the same cause, that la from URIC ACID IN THE BL000. Tou can't cure rheumatism from the outside, by liniments or heat although these may stop the pain. As well try to stop the gnawing of on empty stom ach by tightening up your belt. Rheumatism comes from a fluke-like deposit of the urlo acid, in the muscles and at the joints. 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Break away from the tyranny of the landlord and own your own home. : - Absolutely Pure Rye Whiskey Of The Highest Quality. Sold By All First-Class Bars, Clubs and Cafes. CLARKE BROS. & CO. Much Work for Federal Officers Labor Delegates from Several Unions Await Knapp and Neill at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 24. With the un derstanding that Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce commission and La bor Commissioner Nelll will arrive In this city from Washington early this week, rep resentatives of slxilabor bodies are in this city to present their grievances. The latest body to arrive Is a committee rcpresantlng telegraphers In the employ of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pa cific railroad (Cincinnati Southern). Others already here are telegraphers of the Big Four and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern and representatives of the engine men, fire men and conductors of both the Big Four Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. GIFFORD PINCH0T CHOSEN FOR DRLIOT'S PLACE Late Forester Will Be President of National Conservation Com lulsslon. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. The election of Glfford Plnchot to succeed Dr. Charles W. Eliot as president of the National Con servation association was announced to night. Dr. Eliot, at whose suggestion Mr. Plnchot was elected, retains the honorary presidency. Mr. Plnchot takes active charge of the association tomorrow, the headquarters of which will be la Wash ington. Two weeks ago Dr. Eliot wrote to the executive committee of the association ex pressing his opinion that Mr. Plnchot as the recognized head of the conservation movement should take the active leader ship of the association. He wrote Mr. Plnchot a personal letter suggesting that he accept the presidency. At Dr. Eliot's direction a meeting of the executive com mittee of the association was held and Mr. Plnchot's election followed. The Na tional Conservation association was formed last July, at a meeting with Dr. Eliot In Cambridge, Mass., with the purpose of helping, through a large individual mem bershlp, to put into practical effect the I conservation principles declared by the cun yference of governors at the White House In May. 1908. The association was formally launched last October, slnee which time, under Dr. Eliot's personal direction, It has secured a membership extending generally over the country. It Is announced that an active campaign to extend the' membership Into every state will be carried on. Deadwood Crlatlaal Court. DEADWOOD, 8. D., Jan. 24 8pecial.) It la probable that the aotlve trials of criminal cases for the February Una ot MILWAUKEE 7w COMPANY, WHOLESALE DEALERS, 802 Douglaa St Cor. 8th, Phono Pong-. 6003. : - BOTTLED IN BOND - 100 PROOF. ALWAYS ASK FOR IT. DISTILLERS. the circuit court will commence here early In February. 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It vas a typical German domestlo scene, the empress doing needle work while taking part in the talk and the emperor himself passed around tho sandwiches and other light supper dishes. TRAIN ROBBERS ESCAPE Posses Retnrn to St. Loals Without Effecting Ceptere of the Baadlte. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 24-Two hundred deputies scoured Ht. Louis county today for the men who held up a Missouri Pacific train near Eureka,' Mo., Friday night, but the posses returned to this city tonight emptyhanded. The clue given the officers last night by a girl, supposed to be a sweet heart of one of the robbers, proved to be false. The supposed rendezvous was sur rounded early this morning, but no trace of tha bandits was found. The safest medicines are those which leave the system in the best con dition after their use. This Is one of the principal virtues we claim for B. B. 8. 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It strengthens the circulation and adds nourishing properties to the blood and greatly assists in the cure of any blood disease. 6. 8. 8. cures Rheumatism, Catarrh, Bores and Ulcers, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison and all Like diseases, because It purifies the circulation. 8. 8. 8. may be taken by young or old with absolute safety, and with the assurance that It will cure all diseases and disorders due to an Impure or poisoned blood supply, even reaobing down and removing hereditary taints. tJook oa the blood and any medical advloe free to all who write. TUB SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., JLUTTA. Ola Thursday is Home Day PEORLV. ILL. Million-Dollar Gift Refused Charitable Institutions of New York City Decline Money Bather Than Federate. ' NEW TORK. Jan. 24. A gift of tl.OOB.ftOO has been refused by the six leading Jewish charltablo Institutions of New York City. The conditions of the gift, which formed a part of the will of the late Lewis A. Heln schetmer, a partner In the firm of Kuhn. Loeb & Co., stipulated that the beneficiaries form a federation for collection and dis tribution of the funds. They refused to consolidate. Persistent Advertising Is the road to Big Returns. Sincere to Meet at Albla. ' CRESTON, la., Jan. 24. (Special.) The Iowa Elsteddford association recently elected the new board of directors, who are J. T. Clarkeon, J. R. Price, Fred Lam bert, Fred TownBend and Fay Edwards of Albla; W. J. Evans, W. L. Phillips and J. W. Lewis of Hlteman, and R. T. Rhy of Ottumwa, Tho next place of meeting will be at Albla, and the date haa been changed from the usual time of Thanks giving day to two days In September, the exact date not yet set. The event will be held In the large auditorium at tha Albla city park and a more extensive pro gram Is being arranged than haa ever be fore been given. The directors have made the announcement that a $754 piano will be given to the largest and best church choir prewemt at that time and tho sum of 11,000 will be the main prise, for which contests will be held, and the same amount will be given In smaller purses for differ ent entries. All amateur singers In tha world will be eligible for competition. PURELY VEQETAE