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POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES

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cheap bar fixtures; easy payments
Brunswick Bake Collendar. 407 s. 10th St
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09

GASOLINE engine and wood working
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Fence Mfg. Co., 2W N. 18th st.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09

FEW bargains in 2d-band soda fountains;
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09

ONE 6-inch Jenkins valve for sale. Apply
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09
NEW DWELLING

To Let. February LIST.
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09
PATENTS

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09

FOR SALE-A handsome bookcase ma
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-09
FOR RENT-FURNIsHED ROOMS

FOR RENT-Splendid Groom first floor
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The Washington times., 1907-11-12
JUDGE Lands
DECLINES TO SIT
DURING HEARINGS
Prisoner Has Array OF
Counsel and Backing
of Politicians.

CHICAGO, Nov. John r. Walsh,
railroad maeuate and millionaire, faced
The Federal court today To answer q
charge OF tie defaIcatiOn OF I50aGOo0
because of. former associations with une
banker, Judge lands, OF standard OH
fame. refused TO hear the case. and
Judge Anderson. of Indianapolis, pre-
sided ia his stead
Besides all the influence OF hiss great
wealth. the power of politicians VINO
claim TO- believe in his innocence and
others who are suspected OF having
prodtea bv his financial deals. walsh
has an array Of counsel. inc .lf.iiHs John
: atuler. ne 1c1glg SlardaSd OIL law
-.sr-- TuuGe Hyues, end o-Hare.
walsh crtsr-5 .he court ro.a, s.cClo-
oaaisd only bg Secretary kellogg. A
7norneut later his attorneys sNaTned
into the room. The Government lawyers
Iad. preceded them and secured the fIst
advantage in the ease. the victorious
liable, nearest tie judges bench. The
defending attorneys and the defendant
took tueir seats az the next table back
Judee Anderson entered the CONT
room at 1905 o'clock aad the famous
trial was oa. Al the opening of court
Attorney Miller said
"We enter jus trial coundeut or ac-
uuntaI. Mr.. Walsh has not. been glHity
q any violation OF the law We have
a good case. IT has been monumental
Injustice to subject Mr.. Walsh 90 this
ord, al"
pulSng tite calling of the veHiFe Judge
Anderson held "a long conference with
the attorneys of both sides concerning
the procedure of the case
The Government was represented by
District Attorney Edwin ". Sims As
siSJants Fletcher DubynS. Robert W.
Childs and Francis Hanchett
Five hundred veniTaTnen from the old
northern district OF Illinois. mostly re-
tired farmers and OUJ-of-tOWn business
men. were oH hand. and almost i'm
mediately the business OF drawing the
UIry WAS started.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
GAVE WIFE AWAY.
SHE'S BACK AGAIN..
SAYS SHE'LL STAY

NEW YORK Nov. 1.-When Wallace
Miller, OF NewbUrg. y Y. in respo5 yse
TO the urgent pleas OF his wife sold out
his household furniture to provide
money with which size could 20 TO Sait
lake city. where Charles Smith, an old
sweetheart. S. living il was thought the
hnIght of s-R-renrnciation had been
reached. Miller did not want her to gs.
but at length, convinced that she couI0
no longer 5S t.apPy az home, he con
serted.
Now Mrs. Miller. railing 10 hnd with
Smith the happiness she expected, has
asEs,5df for forgiveness, and her husband.
ia response 20 the pleadines OF their
little daughter, has sent word for her
~ come home
Stranger even than the Earle case
Was that Of this NeWburg couple. Fhey
had a con6ortsscle home and were
tnausnt b. be very happy, when sud-
weeks aEu that Mrs. KILLER had left
h1ane. Reluctantly the husband ad-
Yrsitted the tCLIh Of Tie report Hig
wife himself and Charles Smith had
Bush. n Y Before Mrs Miller was
sixteen years old she became engaged
10 Smith, who went West 10 carve his
fortune. He and the girl corresT,ontfed
the letters were intercepted, and she
believed her sweetheart dead. Two
years later she married Miller and tyrc
months later Smith appeared
sir and Mrs. Miller had. been married
for fifteen years before Mrs. Miller con-
feSsed to her husband that Ehs. retained
the old love rO- Smith and wanted 10
20 10 him The husband resisted her
appeals for five years, Then came the
Earle. case which the woman read
eagerlS and finally she became so per-
sisfent that Miller stripped the house
almost bare. sold the furniture and
gave her money - go. to Smith in salt
Lake. Her eighteen-ycar-old son ac-
CCtnpaBicd her.
Urls was three weeks age. Sae. had
hardly time to reach Salt Lake before
Miller received g telegram from her
saving: IF you wish to see me alive.
say can come home
po- this The. husband made no answer.
Letters followed. The woman wrote chat
SIC shad begun 10 regret her step before
she reached Salt Lake. The further she
went the more she became c6nvinced
of her mistake. and once these she
wanted to come home She haL seen
Smith but only for a moment and then
IN the presence OF her son.
Miller expressed confidence in his wife.
Hs says they will go to a new place
ard begin life all over.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
Men Pass Them Along
in Endless Chain to
Safety.
Passengers R e ain
F0rty-Eight Hours
On Wrecked Ship.

NEW YORK. NOV. 12.-The story
of the thrilling midnight rescue
from death at sea of 200 little
babies, with their frantic mothers,
and several hundred others, cast
away on the Russian steamship Lit
uania, of the Swedish coast. was
told today by Purser Jens JoFgen-
sen. Of the wrecked liner, who ar
rived in New York on board the
scandinavian liner United States.
The Lituania, Of the Russian-East
Austrian Hne, running from Libau
to New York, sailed Monday, October
%. with crew of 105 men and
passenger list Of 726. The majority
were women. coming to the United
States TO Join their husbands.
With them they had 200 Russian
babies. When of the Swedish coast
the great vessel reeled under a
terrible shock She had run be-
tween two gzeat rocks, and hole
eleven feet. across had been torn ia
her port bow In less than Eve sec
onds she had thirteen feet of water
in her forward compartments.
The officers, including Jorgensen,
rushed below. Before they could
reach the steerage it was flooded
and they actually saw little babies
floating about in the water nearly
waist high. JorgcIsen and the men
formed line, and the babies were
passed along in an endless chain.
All babies were rescued
Then only did the officers of the
steamship permit the men to look
to the safety of the adults
The wireless operator commUBi-
Gated with Copenhagen. and forty
eight hours iater Two sea-goine tugs
zoos the passengers OF @ perHoas
lash In 1be heavy sea.
The passengers, babies ana al.
were taken to Copenhagen, and
after a delay of seven days brought
here on the United States.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
Memorial Commission
Agrees Unanimously to
Recommend That
Trees Shall Go.
Though Advisory Body,
Official Committee Not
Likely to Ignore It,

Gen. Ulysses 5. Grants memory
win be honored by a statue in the
Botanic Garden. as originally
planned by the statue committee.
The ancient and historic Critten.
den peace tree and others which
new occupy the site selected by the
committee must fall under the
woodman's AK.
This was announced to-day by the
Grant Memorial Commission, which
has beer acting as an advisory com
=uittee 10 the original statue com.
mittee.
The last meeting 10 decide whether
the Botanic Garden site should be aban-
d0ned because Of sentiment for the trees
was held tEis morning, and the members
% the commission agreed 10 a man that
L. 5Assld not. Although tho commission
is merely aH advisory body, there seems
40 likelihood OF the statue committee
Ignoring its suggestions
For several weeks the question Of
saving the trees has been debated
pro and con in washington. and many
10 spirited argument, but the commits
sion believes the original SITE. near the
CapisoL is the best, and advises that
the work Of clearing the ground for the
pedestal Of the statue be commenced
fDrthvvith.-
Strenuous protest was heard from
many organizations and prominsnt per-
sons when il was announced that these
would be chopped down 90 make way
Tor the monument to one Of the country s
greatest men Capt r. II. Poole. who
was iu charge OF the public buildings
aud grounds Of the city, stayed the aand
of the workmea until the question Of
removing the trees had been sstJled.
Many other sites were suggested. and
the Botanic Garden spot was ulaligned
as a 'slimy morass unit for a statue 20
General Grant" Interference with the
plans Of the statue was not refished by
thc committee appointed TO have the
bronze sculppured and a suitable site
chosen Prorinent men IN Congress,
including Speaker Cannon. put IN a
word for the trees. Others joined forces
with him.
Many suggested other spots In the
Botanic Garden, but Ihe statue com
nittee held tenacious1E to the oEiginal
site President Roosevelt ana Secretary
TAR. rne latter O. member OF th- sla,as
.gmr. i-t.s. ia 5ro.-te1 MA, i'- raafI-..
nay1ag assumed surh proportions,
SHOULD st least receive the consideration
a an advisory committee.
Tie GraRt meslerial commission was
appointed. -It-cousixtede Of II. VI. Shrady
tsse sculptor; f. p. casey. who was as
sociated witch Mr.. Shradyi Charles Nc
Kim. Frederick Law Comsted, the
famous landscape gardener, aui Gen &.
NJ. Dodge. president OF the comm issiou-
Their ureptr1g today was secret. but al
its conclusion announcement was made
that the original size would be used.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
OFFERED
IN POWERS TRIAL,
BUT IS 0TERRULED

GEORGETOWN, by, Nov. 12-Wheu
The Jrial of Caleb Powers ysLs resumed
here this moraing the Common wealth,
ing that many of the absent witnesses
which caused the postpohemcnt yester-
DAY. were present though Attorney o
Il. FRANKLIN. chief counsel for the prose
Ct8Iou. promptly answered ready.
The defense at once fled tn court A
pisa OF abatement. containing the par
don given Powers by GeV " =. Tag
Tor. after tle commission OF the alleged
crime. This was tuERsd over 10 the
attorneys for the Commonwealth. who
retired to. examine and confer about
IT, Arthur Goebel, brother of the dead
Senator was present at the hearing this
morning Powers CAME INTO court look
ing more cheerful and confident even
than yesterday. A small crowd IS at
tcnding tht trial. and but little interest
Is manifested.
Judge Morris oveTTufed the motion OF
the defense 70 file the plan and pardon
after a vigorous objection Of the prose
cution, the court holding that the val
idity OF the pardon WAS not within
the Jurisdiction of She court. as the court
OF appeals had already passed upon that
phase OF the question
The defense, however. secured a point
IN obtaining permission TO make avowal
of the pardon thus getting that dOcu-
ment in the records over the emphatic
objection of the prosecution, which was
allowed to give exceptions. Consider
able argument was had on this point.
when the ayOwaI with the proof viii
be fled
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
THE WEATHER REPORT.

There are some signs of a disturbance
nsar eastern FlUrida, and this. with the
high area tn the norJhwaTd, viii cause
unsettled weather, with rains. or SHOWS
tonight and Wednesday iu ne middle
and south Atlantic States From the
lower Lake region southWesIWaTd the
weather viii be generally fair tonight
ausi Wednesday
II will be colder tonlsht in the south
Atlantic and east Calf States with
heavy frost OF freezing temperature in
t.fs iuttpr district
The, winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light 20 fresh n0rtherly; D.;
on tie south Atlantic coast fresh
uortketly; on the east Cult coast fresh
north 10 northeast, and on the lower
Lakes lRyhC 20 fresh and variable
Steamers departing today for Euro
mean posts wiz have light to fresh
northerly winds with unsettled weather.
possibly OCCASIONAL SHOW or rain 10 the
Grand Banks.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
NAN STAYS SELF
IN STREET CAB,
WAS TENNESSEEAN

George W. EWeH. of Deer Lodf @.
Madison county, Tenn, cosr,mitted sta-
eide in a Pennsylvania railroad CAB at
TenJh street and Pennsylvania avenue
shortly after > o'clock this afternoon by
shooting aimself through the head with
a 3S-Culibrc revolver.
EweH arrived at the Sixth street sta
ton froHl Baltimore about O'Clock lie
ordered the driver to take him TO a
secondhand store where he could pur-
chase a revolver. He obtained the
weapoH at 9c5 u street northwest, glvins,
the name of JoAn' Jones, Madison coun-
ty, Tenu. Just before shooting hir.Iseif
he stopped the cab and said to the
driver
-'Tu pay you what I owe you now"
In his pocket was d certificate show
ing that he had been released from
Johns Hopkins Hospital In Baltimore.
this morning. There was also the fol-
lowing note:
In case OF my death at any time.
there Is an insurance policy in my suit
case for S13S in the metropolitan. when
VIII bury me ehesPly-here at this
place
Please have Doctors certificate OF
my death mailed 10 my wife Mrs
George W. EWeH, Deer Lodge. Morgan
county. Tenn as soon as possible
send my love to Mrs. Ewer and my
daughter. Mary Francis EweH seven
years old. These two are more than
life Itself 10 me-"
OH the back of the note was written
send everything TO baby"
4 Ae body was taken to -Ihe #morgue
and Mrs. Ewell was notified by tele-
graph. After viewing the remains.
Coroner hewitt gave a certificate of
death by suicide.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
FLYER WRECKED,
FIVE ARE INJURED

PITTSBURG. Nov. 12.-Ope hundred
passengers narrowly escaped death. Eve
were seriously injured. ana the CAicag0-
New York eIghteen-gOur special tEatn
was wrecked In g hessd-Ou collision with
a stationary freight train near Larimer.
twenty miles west Of mere, early today
The operator moved the wrong lever on
the nterlocking switch system. and the
flyer dashed into the caboose, disabling
and derailing the engine. and. uurnins
the freight ears into "a mass OF broken
wood. Traffc WIS delayed Tor several
hours
The sleeping passengers were hurled
from their berths. and two raeu and
three women were severely bruised.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
HARRY LANGH0RNE DEAD;
BROTHER OF MRS. ASTOR

RICHMOND. Va. Nov. l2.-Harry
Langhorne. one. OF the most prominent
farmers in AIbeu;arIe. died today at
AIirodor. the home OF his father. G. d.
I.anghorne, aged thirty. He was the
youngest brother Of Mrs. Waldorf Astor
and MIS-. Charles Dana Gibson.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
DeLaWare in Line
For Third Term. -
Alice in Capital

Delaware dropped into the third term
column this morning. Former Senator
Alice called upon the President to tell
him that the Republicans Of his State
wanted him to run again, and expected
80 see him succeed himself
What did the President sayT' the
Senator was asked.
Il do not feel at liberty to tell" he
replied with smile. II feel that have
a perfect right to say that told him
the Republicans Of Delaware wanted.
CONTINUED on Third Pagel
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
IT'SC0LDl
RUSH FOR FURS!
FIRST SNOW TODAY

BriIg on your fugs, your foot-wariu-
ers. and your tens of CoaI
Have done with the low-quarter shos
and the. gcssamer stocking
Tae snow is here And there's more
coming.
Ii put ia its initial eDReaFance I'm ti4is
part OF the country at ~ O'Clock tEis
morning. It came only IN tins smallest
uuantiues, and at irregular Intervals
baJ it was the real thing
Thfs afternoon and tonight, accord
ing 10 the Hmitless eye or the weather
f6Tes.l srer. there VIII be muFe snow
aud cold rain. lt will be ths same w.ts'
nrettv much all through the East and
parts OF the South. Winter Is here
for keeDs The snow and the cold
weather are on The carpet In all pro8-
ability. according to the weather man.
there will be SHOW tOIorroW
rs good-by TO the peeiSt-bOe waist
The doctors saw it's time for iC TO go.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
LEWIS MORRIs. POET. pEAp.

LONDON, Nov. EST Lewis Morris.
tee poet died today. He was an OK
ford man and besides writing much
verse. produced several creditable prose
volumes and practiced- as a barrister
He was born in Wales seventy-fOur
years ago, and was knighted IN 1885.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
ATTORNEY POWERS
CONSULTS WOMAN
DURING MORNING
Wax Grown, Victim 5 Son.
10 Be Prominent Actor
in the Drama.

Realizing FUZZY the import of the great
battle which is to begin tomorrow when
Mrs. Annie n. Bradley is 10 he placed
on trial charged with the murder OF
former Senator Brown of Utah in thls
city lasJ December. botH prosecution
aUu defense are puU,inE in tle. day. qJneu-
ly familiarizIng themselves with final
ds ;ails OF the mass q tesurnoay 10 De
offered.
Judge orland W. Powers who was
brought East to assist Wells. Hoover
y Wells m The defense. sDeIH COnSid-
crAble ume with. Mrs. Bradley this
nloHuiBg at the District jail, and went
over with his client che finer points
o. the dramatic story OF the hove BE-
tween man and woman aHlo ils terrible
sequa, which is 10 b. gradually UNFOLD
ed at the trial
Lonely Day for Mrs. Bradley.
with the exception Of the visit OF
JUdge Powers, the day viii hoM forth
EoJhing bat loneliness for Mrs. Bradley
who, having narved herself yesterday Ca
facn the ordeal was somewhat disiip-
p0inted that q two days. adiournment
was taken.
Attorney George Hoover, Of the de-
fense. is spending the day in reviewing
certain portions Of the testimony To be
offered and vii. this afternoon probably
hold q. hnal conference with some. Of the
witnesses fFom salt Lake. OF whom i've
have been summoned for the defense,
Prosecutors Do Little.
District Attorney Baker was unable to
put any time upon the case today. OWNS
TO his presence at the home and funeral I
Of the late Justice McComas, Attorney
Harvey Given. who viii be active in the
prosecution. VIII this Afternoon OF early
tomorrow morning hold a conference
with several salt Lake CHy witnesses
who arrived in Washington yesterday
afternoon.
Among these is Max Brown. son OF the
dead Senator. who. in addition to being
a witness ia the case, will attend the
trial for the purpose of watching its
every feature and assisting in any way
possible.
Has No Choice in Jurors
Mrs. Bradley is>auite content to leave
entirely to her counsel the selection of
the twelve men upon whom IS TO depend
her fate There is no disposition on her
part TO dominate In this matter. indeed
(Continued on Second Page3
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
FAVORTTE SON
is WILD TALK.
SAYS VREELAHD
New York Politicians in
Conference at White
House With the
President.

There IS no pronounced 'favorite
son movement anywhere, and there
win be none until the President an
nounCeS positively that he will not
run again, said Representative Vree-
land after Che first Of the long
heraldej conferences over New
York poiUcS was held g me W6ife
5ouse tins mori8-.
Representative V-eeIsuo. Z. r.
FancheT, amt n v V. Franchot,
three of the most pronounced
Roosevelt Republicans of Nep
York. called at the White House
this morning.. Fhey are known 10
be working tooth and toenaiI
against the Hughes Danger but
after talking privately with me
Chief Executive for half-hUur,
they announced their conversation
had not been political; that Fan
cher and Franchot are interested
in oil lands in Indian Territory,
and that they had come to Wash
ington TO confer with the President
about the property.
Stronger Than Hughes.
III Ike President is nominated. IL is
the general belief that he viii be elect
ed" said Mr.. Vreelaud. ''Ag between
Roosevelt and Hughes. the people would
undoubtedly vote fOT Roosevelt As he
tween Hughes and any other maR they
would vote for Hughes.
TINS far neither Governor Hughes
nor any of ms intimate friends have
made amy move that can be construed
into an effort 10 capture delegates
The governor evidently intends to nuin-
tain the attitude he has maintained AL
along, that OF not seeking anything"
Nh Vreeland was asked if II we're a
fact that tormer Representative WaCs-
wbrth had PegaiBed control OF ms dis
tricl and WOuld be returned To Con-
gress -'en a Roosevelt ticket"
Il hope Mr. WadsWorth Will come
back to Congress- replied Mr.. Vree-
land. and from the accounts ] see an
the papers, that may be likely. L would
aIsc like "a see Wadsworth taking OF
has hat and waving IL for Roosevelt"
The Washington times., 1907-11-12

HARPERs FERRY. ". Va. Nov. a.
Potomac cloudy and SheGlandoah clear,
The Washington times., 1907-11-12

Envelopes That Talk-tbe Kind Every
Business House should have Phone for
samples and prices. Globe Ptg. Co.. 18th
& X nw.-AdY
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
Prosecutors Do Little.
Has No Choice in Jurors.

Mrs. Bradley is>Guite content to leave
entirely TO her counsel the selection OF
the twelve men upon whom IS to depend
her fate. There is no disposition on her
part TO dominate In this matter. indeed
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The Washington times., 1907-11-12

Unsettled weather tonight
and Wednesday. Rain
or snow.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12

FFDE TARLE
Arizona republican., 1907-01-21

alike to him and he did not appreciate
that in all probability every tree nc
trimmed will die. Even If it does not
its particular beauty as an ash tree
has been destroyed
The STARTER is iERE-There is
no reason now why the legislature
may not proceed nj once. George H.
Kelly arrived in town last night He
is the Jump spark which has ignited
the storage batteries and high ten
sion magnetos Of the legislatures since
1890.
JANlToRS ARE REAOY-The jan
itors at the capitol are all ready for
the proper entertainment Of the .eSis-
Iatiye bunch during the next sixty
davs. +. W. Fickas who holds the
KEYS on The council chamber thinks ne
has the model legislative chamber o.
the world. II isn't the largest but
there is lots of room for the dozen
men who will occupy il, together with
the numerous attaches. The other
end of the building is under the pro-
fessional care Of Fred Gardener. He
was assigned To the house because II
was a larger room and he is about 100
pounds the larger man. Then too II
is a democratic house and may be-
come unruly sometime and Il good jan
itor viii DE needed TO sit upon IT, All
he rooms have been cleaned 10 the
last speck on the windows. the carpets
cleaned and the furniture wiped up.
he committee rooms dressed so neatly
it will make work in them seem like
"a half holiday Altogether the cham
bcrs looks so we'll il seems most too
bad TO litter them UP with the natural
debris that accumulates around the
rorum Of the people.