Looking backward This Day in Omaha T'aUV Twsatf Tea Voire Agj Im Elrtoriai Peg ck bums rHE Omaha Daily Bee WLATHZK FOEECAST. Snow; Warmer VOL. XL1-X0. 177. OMAHA AYEDXKiSDAY MOKXlXli, J AX VARY lit. 112-T KI.YK PAliKS. sixulk copy two cents. DEMOCRATS WILL GO TO MLTLHOKE Monument'City Captures National Convention of the Opposition Party on Second Ballot SI. I0UIS IS SECOND CHOICE Victors Pot Tin Certified Check for Hundred Thousand. CALL FOE DELEGATES ISSUED States May Select Delegates by Pri mary if They Wish. DATE IS SET FOE JUNE 25 ihla W Oae Wlt After Hcpiiblloea rimratiai Meets la t'klrai Stnln Will D Held is Bis Armory. WASHINGTON. Jan. .-The democratic national convention will be held 'n Uat timore, beginning Tuesday, Juna H. The ciioice was made late today bjr the dem ocratic national committee alter a spir ted context and after representatives of Jialumore. St. I.ouis, Chicago. Denver and New lurk had presented tria clam-a of those cities. Two ballot were token. On tbe first 1 allot Baltimore received 8 votus, St. l.uuls 13, Chicago. 3. Denver and New York 1. On tue second ballot Uultimoro received Z votis. ft. Louts and C'hl-i-ao 1. Thia vavo Ualtlmore a clear majority and the destarkm theu waa made unanimous. The committee adopted a call for dele gates embodying- the permissive plan of liriniartca and finally adjourned adoitly blore o'clock. Member of the comiuillca were late In assembling tms morning, due to the tut that the Jackson day banuuet kao continued until an early hour today. It was almost 4 o'clock this morning when William Jennings Hryan finished his ad dress and a later hour when the dinner guests quit the banquet hail. Date Selected First. The first business transacted was to de cide that the convention should be held June 25, one week after the republican national convention. At .this time the place of the convention had not been de termined. t!t. Louis was working ham to overcome the Baltimore lead. Charles F. Franklin of Licnvcr pre sented the Colorado city's bid for the t onventlon. Arguments In behalf of Chicago were presented by Fred V. I'pham of Chicago, assistant treasurer of the republican na tional committee, and J. Hamilton Lewis. Chicago, ID addition to defraying the ex penses of tbe convention, offered a con tribution of K,M to the democratic cam paign fund. Thia announcement increases Chicago's chances. O. F. Hershey spoke' for Rebert Craln. chairman of tne Baltimore committee, and called out a storm of cheer wnea he drew from Ola pocket a certified check for lluo.WD and laid it upon the table. K. F. Ooltra. fanner Governor David It. Francis, Kolla Wells and James B. tfmlth spoke for 6U Louis. Edward M. Tlerney spoke for New York City. As aoon a the New York bid was In the committee began balloting. Will Meet la Bl Armory. tlALTlMOME, Md., Jan. 9-The dem ocratic national convention will be held In the Fifth lleglment armory', Balti more's largest auditorium. The armory I an Imposing structure of granite and will feat comfortably more than 12.WJ0 per sons. There are two balconies and of necessity ay the erection of raised plat forms at either end of the building the seating capacity of the building can be increased to more than 30.0H0 persons. Kxpert say the acoustic properties can be made almost perfect for a hall of its size. BILL FOR DEPARTMENT STORE FOR FEDERAL CLERKS WASHINGTON. Jan. . -Representative Victor h. Berger, socialist, of Wisconsin. Introduced a bill today to appropriate Jl.lMi.WW for the establishment of govern ment owned department stores In Wash ington tor the benefit ot government clerks to be operated on the linea of the commissary stores in the I'snama canal zone. The National Capital TUc Scaats. In r'3n at J r-. .. l.o rimer election committee .lucsoue'l lwtnu Hincs. Trust heari'igs -sver rcstr.uer! by ti.e ti:ittrst;ue Cwinmertv con.nuttvc. Kobert BonyiiKe of Co!trdo resigrutl from iHononiary com nit --stun. National monetary commiio;itj"i final report rcporud to lth liouw. Senator lvi-ont s,iok in sdviieacy of the bill to raises voiuntt-rr forces a u ring threatened or actual war- The House. Met at noon. interstate co.iireree committee- decided to hold immediate hearings on Panama canal legislation. Suuar trust inv.sticatinp committee heard Dr. Wiley on suar trusts. W.iya and means committee was urged tu recommend another date than l-eeem-ber Ul for reports umier coriwrattun tax law. Acounts committee filled the places of extra stenographers to house committee who struck because of reduced vV- lU-pre&t-ntative Hutni'hrey of AVafhine ton attacked democrat 8 for aban2..i; Controller Hay imiuiry. HroKstd visit to western reservations by commit ten on Interior derartment es pcndilurea denounced - In debate as a "junket."' Miscellaneous. Nrw Mexk-o's first members of eon. Rres. tleorgo Curry, republican, and 1. II. Ferguson, democrat, ere fworn In as member of the house amid gene.ou anii!..uye. New m?mbers of committee cbosert by tlw democratic caum Hatnrday were elected by the house, li.eliutiim Ian V. Hto-phens, Nebraska, accounts and Indian affairs. Senator Crawford Introduced a bill- to provide for the appointment by the 1' tilled 6tatea of members of an inter national commission to Investigate the yetKial In cxeaue of the cost of llvi: g. RICHESOX GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE Waiting Their Turn Confessed Murdtrer of Avis Linnell ( I Condemned to Die in Elec- j trie Chafr. ! DECLARES SSS GUILT IN COUBT! Changed Plea Accepted and Placed i on Records by Judge. CLEMENCY WILL BE REQUESTED I Attorneys Will Attempt to Make f.--i. T:r. t : 4 MINISIES APPEARS HOPELESS St. Louis Faces Water Famine; Brewery Closes ST. I.ol'IS, Jan. 9. August A. lluseh, vice president of the Atir.euKer-Uusch Brewing association, announced today that the Immense plant will be shut down until the clt? 's water supply Is In creased. In Its effort to aid the city official In saving water the brewery wIM thiow out of employment a large iiortlou of Its 6,000 employes. Thousands are out of work, a score of laundries have ceawd oieiations. a tleup of street cur traffic I threatened and the city a gas supply is menaced by the city'a water famine. As the day advanced the pressure Im proved, but water department officials said the situation was still critical and that the danger of a famine had not passed, Kverythlng deiends on the suc cess of efforts to keep the Intake tunnel clear of Ice and on the staiie of the water In the river. A gorge at tlrafton. 111., haa lowered the Mississippi levels so that there la only enougb water to keep two of the six pumps busy. ALTON, lit. Jaw. sV-Cakes k and slush blocked the Intake pipe ot the Al ton water worka aystem this morning and cut off 1he city'a water aupply com-pletely. Responses to (taeatioaa af Jadge Made la Kvea Tones Wllhiiit Ktldeace of Kmotloa by Vwrderer of Sweetkeart. HOs'Tt X. Jan. . With the appearance of a ms 1 who had abandoned all hope of Hie, lte. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson stood today at the bar of justice, declared his guilt of the premeditated murder of his former sweetheart. Hiss Avis Linnell an. without a tremor heard Judge Sanderson sentence lilm to death in the electric chair during tile week beginning May in. While di.pavlng remarkable stoicism the young Virginian appeared to those alio crowded the little court room as If he were conducting his own funeral. Vet as he walked out of the court room there was a trace of bis old-time Jauntl. neas that seemed to many to Indicate bis fight was not yet finished. To the half doien questions whicu Judge 1 Sanderson put to Kicheson as to whether he realised the full nature and effect of his acknowledgment uf guilt he answered Bar Against Joy Riding by High School Pupils LOB ANUKLEa, Jan. !. High school boys are forbidden to take high school girls automobile riding, and all high school fraternity and nororlty members are ordered expelled. 'in edicts issued today by J. II. Framis. auperlntendent of sc hools here, Superintendent Francis asserts that a practice of pleasure riding has developed whkh is bad for the students. Fraterni ties and sororities, he Bald, are being or ganized, deite m "honor system" under which pi:;lis bar themselves from mem bership in such organization;. The Weather Kor Nebraska: Increainjf cloudiness t. tin snow: not ?o cokl south portion. Tor Iowa: Increasina; cloudiness with i robHbly snow; rising temperature south jjuriton. IrMpcrstnrr at Omaha Yesterday, 6! 1 Tours. S u. m., Detf. a. m. 7 u. m ? a. m 9 a. in 10 a. m 11 a. in J-! :n 1 p. vex 2 p. m 1 p. m p. m 2 i- m Js A 7 p. m - $ p. m CewpnratlTe Laeal Rer4, i?i:. 1311. 1910. iw. Hlshest vesterdar S 1 24 lowest yesterday J rs 5 7 Mean temperature 3 i 15 V. lrcAipltatlon 06 . .00 T Temperature an J precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature JO i?rxtency mr the day , -t Total excess wineo March I 441 Normal precipitation T inch In tVleiKy for the day q p.Kn Tots I rainfall since March I.. ir.Su Inches leftc'ency since March 1 15.4inhs leficieney for cor. period li10..l4.71 inches Kxcess ftr cor. period 1P.... 5.16 Inches Hrrta fro as Rtatleae at T P. V. Sutimt and Stata Temp, rilsb- Rain- 01 nwiier. 1 p. m t'iieyrniic, clear 32 iNivej.port, citar i Denver, clear 4a Uf Moires, pt. cloudy. 3 lod.Te City, rlear 14 Ijtnder. eleal 32 Nrth Platte, cloudy s itimha, pt, cloudy 2 lueio. c:ear 4 .a. iijpid City, cloudy .49 m jit Lake City, pt- d'dy 42 44 .m Sante Ke. clear J 44 M F lie ride n. cloudy 5 s ,0 fttouj. C1y. clear 4 I SA Va lent tne. elear $ z .0v indicatea sera. L. A. WLL&I. Local Furecaster. Blackmailer Given One Year in Jail Iv..ii.8 CITY, Jan. .-laid I-ewls, a houne puintc-r, was he itenccd to a year in Jail and the payment of a f' fine here today fur au attempt made lait fall to blackmail W. S. Webb, vi'V president of the Missouri Savings bank lor $1,500. Lewis' wife, a former mankuriM, testi fied to Intimacy with Mr. VcTb In an effort to save her husband. Lewis was arrested after he had written Webb a threatening letter demanding 4M,' In return for his wife's affection!. Chief of Police Griffin chat actcritcd the whole affair as a "frumeup." j without the Ugh test emotion, always In the affirmative. Ulcht'son's counwl said after the pro-i-eeditigs thul an appeal for executive clemency would follow soon and that every effort would he made to obtain life Imprisonment Instead of death as the punishment. 1'pon what ground the c tltion will lw hniied has not yet been dt-cided. Some wrll known attorneys remarked toulgl.t that Judgs Sanderson's action In acieptiiiK the plea and ordering it spread U)rou the iccajds of the court might have an echo in the supreme court on the ground that a jury alone could airept such a plea. 4haaaes Ills Plea, As Jticheson wan called to the bar Clerk Manning said: "Clarence V. T. Iticlieson. this liulirt ment churKeo you with murder In the flint iS'gr i1. On November 12 yon pleaded not guilty to it. lo you desire to re tract that prear "Yes, ir." replied Kkheson. "What say you to the indictment?" the clerk fcaked. Guilty," was the reply, without a 1 hai.afl In toue. . v , v . "The only peualty provided by law," Judge Sanderson said, "fur murder In the flrxt degree. Is death, llava you pUaled guilty to murder In the first degreo after due consideration and with the full knowledge and understanding of the na ture u'ud effect of i'eh a plea?" es, sir. "Is the plea made by you freely and voluntarily? (he Judi;e continued. e. sir." 'lld jou consult ctiunsel with refer ence to the nature of the offense and the Mca?" "e. sir." After the dhttrlet attorney had rend Illchesou'H ronfiinlon which was made a part of the record. Judge Sanderson asked: "Clarence V. T. lUcheson, have you anything to say why sentence of death should nut be passed iion you?" The young man apparently swallowed a hard lump in his throat, but without even a shadow across his fuce he re plied: "No, sir, nothing further than I have stated.' Itoa-tb Penalty Pronounced. Hi sing In hid mat Judge Sanderson pronotinc: the dtath penalty, ending with the word: "and may Jod, in his , v. f - ' ' s - s . . s s , J r, s .IS. .-. sa- m . f 1 ' f S r S 'sSSSSS S J - 1 - . ; zym: irrr. 1 . : ,, ''"?&. v., Frir t : . ., ''-;-mymw 1 1 tvsr ". u 1 i -l t - j, ',' ''.' P Krttm the St. Louis (Ihibe-Iemucrat. t PULP QUESTION UP TO COURT President Taft Sendi Menage Re garding Demand from Europe. FAVORED ATIOR CLAUSE ISSUE Wood front A II I eaalrles Kieept laaada Will ol He Admltled r'ree I alll After Derlsloa Is Made. Hints at Sensational Developments in the Morrow Murder Case PHONE MERGER RATIFIED I WASHINGTON, Jan. i.-ln a mesaKe j tn the I mum uf reprem-ntHtlveit loony j President Taft aoitiunee-l that thU j t-riiuit lit woulil tefuc to mi in It fri-e whmI pulp mid paper from any nation oth r than Cauudu until Ihe proier courts Intvt decided the o,uentlou ruined by wvi-r.il Kuropt-an KovermnentH tinder tiic favored nation clauses of tlielr treutles. A 'Ivr I he pMdwagu of t he u uudi.i 11 reciprocity Mil by which wood pulp and j-air f rum t 'a nuda vn e admit ted f ree Into thi! Tnlted Male. lx lutoieai. cointrieq dnmindi-d that their wood pulp and print paper ttlho le udmlttcd free. Th prenident fays that the uu. tton of law now lafd t an le beitt-r eu nidertd In a court of Inw tl.au by execu tive coiislructlon. und cniliiiul : "I -have, therefore, din cted that the refusal of the Treasury dt-partuient Piad mil wimkJ pulp und p;ipr uiiihr the Joint 'ffeiH uf tli ;ttiadi:iii lprovlt .,! It... fU !.'! Il.lt,, 111 , lUllS.M lf 111! Infinite f-'oodne!, have mercy upon your j XMti wth ttthf.r fWlnlrU ahall Mund as the attitude uf th govetiimeni pind tug the consideration of the iwu tpit Mmns alM.ve htulel before the tribunaU regu larly iipKlnt-l by law fur the cinsdia- t'MU'AOO, Juv. .-WHh the pielimt- j uaiy hearing of lrn. It me H. Morrow. at-ciiMI by the police of killing her hits band. Charles It. Mnrm. schednled In j be rea uincd today before Mhih lpal Jtutge I Kak e. It wan nitnored lhat the deve)(.p j nienis ot the dtiy mlaht he the moid tn 'teieitlhiK rime the Woman x nrivft. Mis, Morrow declared cterday that 1 (-lie would P'Mtlfy lu her nun behalf, de tlHiinK Hint bin lould easily prove h-: , inuoi nce, . Another Niii v hail It Hint luiiei tor Clancy w&h piepiird i show that Mor row was killi tl hi a dm I. At cor)tiig to lhl story. It whs mimI tin- plh e would atit nipt to p.-me that when the flrt wit necM h found Morrow dead on the por h of his hoiiN- he 1 jiitehed a 4l-HHtr m otver in hU hurftl. Near hlni luv 11 alilH'i r.voKtij I Tilt iit', lh-y declare, Ik the piou-llv ,,f j Mrs. Mnirou. Ailililig to the police I theory, M01 low was ht b" wnm' one tdi rvec'whh a wen putt than him-w-lf. Ile was Hh.it thi-otiKh Hi.- lit-Hii, the arifiie. I while in Hp- kit. Io n nf hl home, und wan j shot the wt i ii.l Utiif after falltim on th' ' pir li. Stockholders of Lincoln Telephone Compsny Hold Meeting. FBANK WOOLS IS RE-ELECTED f'oaatr Jadae l.mli ut Heal Wlllon I'aMMtr Overrates lleeUlim af ' tlltttuey (Teaeral as ta I hi lady uf swe irs Bunds, EQUITABLE LIFE BUILDING MENS iBig Marble Structure in Heart of Sew York Financial District Destroyed by Fire. 1 LOSS IS TEN MILLION D0LLASS Four Men Killed by Jumping and Other Bodies Are Under Debris. i BUSINESS IS NEARLY SUSPENDED i Operations of Stock Exchange and Clearing House Hindered. KOUNTZE BEOS. BURNED OUT r'.aslera llaaae of Oasaha , Dearer Klrm Had l earl era la BalUlaa Hii4rea ml Mlllliaa af Keearlllea !all la Be Sate. NEW YORK, Jan. .-The treat marble nine-story bulldins of the Equitable Life Assurance society at VX Broadway, the home nf the mercantile Trust comiany, ie Kqultable Trust company, the bank ing house of Kountae Bros., the Mer eantlle tale lepojit company and th llarrlman lines, was destroyed early today by fire. Four men lost thetr lives by leaping from the roof and the proerty lose Is conservatively esti mated at IO.,io. .Millions uf dollais In cash and securi ties are hxked In the vaults ot the As surance society and the banking and trust c-mianles. but are not believed tu be affected bv the flames. y William (llhllu. president ot the Mercan tile h(e Ifeposll company, was Im prisoned with three other employes lu Ihe vaults and was rescued after the fire men had sawed through several two-tnch stiel bars. One man Is believed lu have lost Ills life lu the vaults. The fire was In the heart ot the finan cial district and the flames were fought from the tops ot towering sky scrapers, business whs brought almost to a com plete standstill among banking anil brokerage houses, house employes could nut reach the scene ot their dally ac tivities. Financial firms stopped business In rare tor the ttiomen. Most uf the vital records of the Equit able Life Assurance society were kept In the branch offices of the society In the listen bullillnft, several blocks from the mala offices. Millions and millions ot dollars In se curities and cash were eared for In the lminrn.se vaults of the Kqultaule company and In the vaults of the Trust and Kafu Delt companh'S. but It is not believed that the heat of the fire can penetrate the sates and that there will be no loss from Ihla source. The heaviest loss besides that of the oullillnt! waa caused by the destructlou of InViranfe and railroad records. Within twa hours after the fire broke out, at 'cUak.tb . bulldlajL .was a. (Continued on Fourth Page.) soul Klcheson's appoaraiKe in court today ) differed little from that at the time of i his arraignment, but hit? face wa iaie I and there wen; noticeable lines on either . side of his fuce. Ills words were evenly ; modulated, althouKh at time so low that Judje BaiioVrson had to request him repeat what he said. Throughout the procceoliiRs hU liamu grlpictl the wooden rail before him. '."liLorimer Begins His Story by Denying Charges of Bribery tinn of kuIi pi 'Htlomv Milligan Farmer Kills Family and Self ; WASHINGTON. Jin. S- S.-nal.r I.01. 111 r took the nilne,-N Ma ml in hi; (two .h ft ii.- at Z:V thi-s ufl- ritmiit. "IMd u tier pjy aoi' iiitiiy r anv thhis: liiliit to aiiib'xlv for iir t-U.- 11.-1. '1 Atf.Ol.rV H.ilH ESCAPED PRISONER IS NEARLY FKUZtN lO DEATH I'LATTK, S. L., Jan. 9 -iSpeeial ) j Makintr Iti-- escape from the local jail : when the temperature was considerably 'below sero, and narrowly eft aping befnt I froxen to death, wm the experience of ! Ilobcrt Spotted Kaglc, a mixed blood 'Si-tux Indian, who is in chaige uf Sheriff Ulffle while awaiting trial at the next term of Ktatc circuit iurt on the charice of obtamincr imnwy under fdl pn tenses. ptTrini; the nhxht he in ome mar.ner got Dr. Harry E. Webster ! Will Plead Guilty : STKUI-IXG, 111, Jan. :..-J.,hn KrwJn, 'chief couiiM! for Ir. Harry Klgin N 1 !ter, confined 111 the OrI ; county jail for ti e murder of Hensie Kent Welter, ! announced this afternoon tint W lifter I would a-p; -car in cticuit couit Friday (Th- woman was Hora' M--..nd wife and ll VM.I.Ic.AX, Neb. J:ni. . Some tl'l.t between li"UH Slid t o 'lo:k this eviiiiii: ter lloiv, a midiJIeajsed retired fiirnit-r mn here kill d hi wife itnd tbvir three-vear-old child and then took hl own life. The bodies were found by the otlH-r five children t-f Itor.- on their re turn fmin aehottl. The ife and In by had ben plain with a hatchet, und (.or had lo-eminly rui bin throat with a laxor. I did hot ' j Mr. I.ortoe 1 tit tlo.i. 1 .,! nif. nip, of brlh. 1; II Ml ll!)--W or I.01 1- I to o,le kftOH ltlu- Eight Steel Molders Meet Horrible Death Kioiii a Stiifr CorrefiNii.dt nt. MNCliLX. Jitn. '.--(Special Telegium.) -The iinuiial ineetlnK of toe rxliM-kholdem of the I. in ;lii TelrplKinv roiiipany wim in lil hIuv und the purchase of the It-1 1 Urn lu the .outh IMatte country and the fale of the Independent properly in the north I'hitte Wiin ratified. The meeting wiiw adjourn il to the home of I'reuld -nt 1'i.ink ll. W.hmI-, mm a too III tu rum., i.i Hi tirfi.w ot ihe company. In addition to 1 Mill vhiK the pure bane ami t.tl the follou Ink directors Were . I. . t- .t 1- iunk II. Wooum. S. II. Iliirn. film. Joseph iiniiiMt-r, .Murk .M. WotMlr. C J. HUN, S. Ii.' Mjir, Clmih s Htuart 11 ml t'oirtinwlorr Heaver ot York. fi-.einor Ahhtch ii!d that he had no lap ni nt to mako at plf.-ent retturdlliK 1 in- in"iK''t' und h veto of tin- merger htll iMUtxi-d l Ihe IttM b Hlnliiluic, but l 'uit be inlk'h! huvf tunet hiiiK to give out noon. ;-iroi Al'liicli this iifteiuotin nave u let i'1-llMfi lit lh ' ex- titlve tnausltin tu the 101 111 bet f of tli- Mutt Historical usho chuioii .mrt of tli l'lotit en" uftH-iatlon. ltre 4.-Meral OtrrraleJ, ('. J. UwtJ-, eounty judge of lUd Wil low toimiy, liit rnndered an oplntim lu wliU-li lit- oveiiult" ihe uttoruey gcneml. Tne I. tip i k-i- an of'tnlon 1 1 Mhii h he rn Id tbil tht loiiiiiy c! rk whs the ru( foillnu ftf tin- bond- of th- cituuty uch "or und hin ttrpiltb , JudKc Ist-u l.s de 1 UriK that iiui:nuh In- t requited by l.iU to par nil the bond h In tiic 11 t'ttiMi t tin- came ;ind infoitnetl ih iinty eh-rk. In doing tut b twy that fh- roltuif f thai oTIieiiit 1- imt cttmuioti hm anl Ihrrt forv not law tu i:d Wil io.. co'iutr. WILEY ADVISES PEOPLE TO EAT YELLOW SUGAR WASHINGTON, Jan. -lr. II. W. Wiley, the Koveramrnt food guardian, la gelling t lit 11 skinned. He admltled It to duy to the house committee which la trying to tlx the responsibility for last summer's hlah prices of sugar. Chair man llsnlwl.'k was trying to lead Dr. Wiley from the ath of a protective tariff Into tbe tariff for revenue only channel. "I have been lambasted so much for my opinions that I am getting thin aklaned," said Mr. Wiley. Ir. Wiley showed the committee how; sugar Is tested by the polariacope. Ha urged iicuple to eat more common yellow; sugar and praised beet sugar. SALT LAKE MAN FINDS THE BEE GOOD COMPANION Urtuinhig from a two years' trip abroad, ('. Hrown of Halt Lake City und Ogden haa been visiting with Tom Coleman of the Midland Glaaa and Paint company, and tells of his pleasant fur prlHc in finding The Hee at a bookseller' lu Sheffield. Kngland. " The particular number." he says, "at tracted my attention evpcctally because it contained an tllufftrated description of ogden tauon with reproduction of pho tographic views, which were as familiar a my own home. I bought the copy, and carried It along with me. and havo It lu mv luggage now. having shown It. and K'ti nt the praises of The Bee, to many people In many lands." 0 iovl of the cll In whkh he had been I 'placed and headed for the Miseouii river, with the apparent intention of making hi jway to a remote portion of the Ho?ebud , reservation. When hia escape waa dis I covered tn the morning he was trailed many miles through the enow and. after ! many hours' iean h. wan discovered in a straw stack, where he, being very thinl clad. h&U taken refuse from Uk coid, and vvhere he was found in a stupor. ; from whkh he woukl not have emerged had be not b discovered by the of fl ews. His feet were badly froxen and ht was Dearly dead from exposure. morning and enter a i of guilty to murdr ami wil 1th row hiinFt if on the : mercy of the court. 1 CHICAOH, Jn. .-I)r. Harry Elgin ; -baler, in jail at Oregon. 111., chargc-d with the tnutder of hu w ife, dec.aci tbe tory whih conne tn his iwme with ' the murdt r f Mrs. F. K. Mixe in lC I a- absurd, acjordlnR to detectives who returned here today after questioning j i: elalmetl they lived uphupplly together. Town offltfiH hae taken charge f tie home awaiting the arrival of th' coronei ond sheriff. I l.i Cl.l. i;-.-l II Tul UK. I i.iriv. .ia-;. . S. --l'.ig;it t'l lootjil'is 1,0 t a borill; 'dt iith and el. v-n olii'T Wt-it- t i.-ii.-l v ii.juiej t..t- bv 1 he bnriiio: of .1 win mould i"t the g",MOin lit I'.ndl .-i:n! TERRITORIAL PIONEERS HOLD ANNUAL SESSION est. 34 (all. .1 . .' PHILPOTT ANNOUNCES THE I RIRTH nP A SflN TliF5n&Y Kimmel Case Goes to Trial February 6 ST. LUUS, Jan. 9. Tiie Kimm I rase J will g to trial a third time February . ; In the 1'nited States district ourt. judg j Lyer wt that date today. 1 nltke. two other trialn that !.ae le. n j h!d, the titan who say.- be if ijeorge A. ! K lnim-J. but who U alb-gel in reality to be A- J White, will b- in crt;t. George t'- lUnkin of the IH.-t Na tional bsok at Mies. Mich.. I- the plain- ' tiff. W- eks to collect from an luu-- a nee company InMirame on the life Kimmel, the premiums on which i k- pt up by the bank. iig"iih in-. While psHlilli' liM'tdl Into . , in;iieillrii; fiooi it n rind tli' I'I'-n y llM W tt Mi- th- mool.i ll, au d an ! t.nonilMK x- r.ouhl n-meial. ettvelo i d in the iiia-.4 FIVE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH IN MINNESOTA :i;AlNKIil, Minn. Jn. ''.-Kne dren of lrit.n ''atiile vn-re birritd tu d-uth and 3tt: . f . rioiolv boro d fe ;t fin- w hi' h t"itro etl tbe arhle reSMknct u Moir.-v, a mall Pmn .went-ibree miles .M of here, lust night. A t'-legram from Molxviy Mo., last night b ought word that a i"t tiad 'been (born to Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Phil pott of Francita. Tex., who ar visiting at Mobcrty. The meaeace said both mother and son were doing finely but . dkl not gtve any word as to the. "old j man's" condition. l!n. Fhilpott was con ! nected with the iiec for many years. From a Staff Correspondent, L1XUIN, Neb., Jan. 9. iriecial Tele-gram- The Territorial Pioneers' anwctn tlou elected the following officer?: Presi dent. J. H- Culver of Mi I ford; first vice president. Marshal UeCamp, Clearwater, second vlc-Tr president, C. A. Beach. Lin coln. John I. Webster delivered tle annual address tint, afternoon and called atten tion to ):e great value of the historical data collected by the Idtorhal iock-ty and kept on file hi the library. Th 1 " evening the rneetfni: wound up with aj WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-Apparcntly In banqut-t at which Chan.-ellor Avery of! an effort to protct the sugar rerming the un'.ver-ity presided aa toastmater and ' industry of Cuba a bill was introduced responses were made by Governor ; in C.e Cub in aeiate yesterday, prohjhlt Aldrtr h, John I- Webster of Omaha. ' ing tl.e exportation of twiaar cane in any Francis ur .fic!ie. Hterop Henry j. Ti- xorm. aecoramg io aovicef reeved at r,,, Thi i ibe fim than hen and J. A. Jenkins j the State department today, j Faiiharrdk for thr wtt kj i Wilson for Economy ana Uo-operacion llJhXInN. N J, Jan. -The tn I New J. rae l t.ilatorf ctinirneii totlai'. 'e-vernor We tlrow Wliton M-nt bis flrM i annual iueiHi- to the e Mature Tht. j message i. alt most . clni ely vi it Ii teoi,omv arid th'- fii aip'ty ,,f t o-oidilul-i :im and Hiniplifvin Ihe Iate government. . Th- republicans bale a majority of one ( hi ihe M-rtate and a go4t aotklng ma j toniv m Ho l.oun. ' Senator J"bn 1. FritH e was elected ( president of the ernai and Assembbtnan ) 1 ln-maf F. McCran was made speaker of ti.e bouse. The pindm- f the sen j at- carries with It the acttvs governor -I iMp in imt uf a vacancy n th office. ! The repoitHcana already hare laid out a program of progresntve 'ck! slat Ion. The demotratie plan Is j-iinilar. UNITED STATES WILL SEND BATTALION TO CHINA WASHINGTON. Jan. . A battalion ot Infantry, conalstlnK of 'J men. will be -eir by the t nlted States to China la le'ii keep open railway communication ii- twecn lvkina and the sea. This (urea W nil tl:al la required. In the opinion ot Minister t'alhuun. after consultation with oliier diplomatic officers In Peking. I lid. is were cabled to General Bell at Jlanll.i late today to embark Immediately trooiw for Chin Wang Tao, China. Tinv are to act under the direction ot AmciVan Minister t'alhoun. iCUBA MAY PROHIBIT 1 EXPORT OF SUGAR CANE FabllMT KMtll SlMlss. ( KNTKKVIM.K. S. I. , Jan. ' -The M-.irch fr Int. Id Hahllerg. the Iav count i' farm' r, whi n teriouI- di?:ip paxed a wek r..ittiiu'd nln , b'lt Wltliout 'ieee.. Tkas Will e I'KMIAKT. Tt-s.. J..II. Ili.t of th"-hi-,ds t-f fita the rnnges a l;.-M out t d u riM- fn the tenic r.i!i; .4 Bllle. -..p f..r vim: rattle on day by a and- e Ii t, Htf the Ttxaj; SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LOWER RATE ON LUMBER WASIHNiToN. Ja.t. 3. -The orders of! the InterMate t'ojnm'T;- t-ommitudon re- -toiin and leduciiig the rates on lum I Ui- from the north wm-iern elates to Ihe i MisMMppi vatky and eaKt to what they ! were befttr Nov'inUr T. were ap-j prov-d rfiid upheld today ov the supreme ' t.uit of the Frit" 1 .Stat!. The I ulted j tnts i ircuit cmrt for Minnesota had ' tenoii.d enf re?nwiit of ttc orders. a I Boxes of O'Brien's Candy and Dalzell's Ice Cream Bncki Given away each day la tbe want ads to those fiodigg tbelr oacies. Read the want ads each day, it you don't get a prize you will probably find some tiling advertised tbat appeals to you. Each day these prlxea ar effered. no puules to soira ne subscriptions to get netting bnt finding your name. It wlu appear some time.