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Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
MANY BODIES FOUND IN HEAP
Rescuers at Darr Mines RedOuble En-
erRy-GeneraI Funeral Is
Held Today.

JACOBS CREEK, Pa, Dec. 24-searching
parties at the Darr mine today reached
entry No 27 where they found seventy-four
bodies in a heap. With the forty-six bodies
which have already been brought to the
surface the total number recovered to date
is 100 The bodies found in No. q entry
have not been seen except by members OF
the searching party, but 1t is said they are
not as badly mutilated as some OF the
bodies previously recovered. Today was
funeral day at the mine. Twelve identified
bodies were taken from the temporary
morgue and placed In line along the
tracks Of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie rail-
road The last ceremonies were conducted
in the open with hundreds OF friends, rela-
tives, and sight-seers as spectators. The
resultant scenes were extremely pathetic.
quite a number OF the spectators have rela-
tIves or friends in the mine and their grief
was pitiful. Following the services the
bodies were placed on a train and taken
to Connellsville, Pa, for burial.
The work OF searching the mines is pro-
crossing more smoothly today.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
DISTRUST OF SHAH SHOWN
Persian Ruler Has Not Succeeded in
Convincing Subjects He is
in Earnest.

TEHERAN, Dec. A.-Twenty-four hours
reflection seems to have convinced that
faction of the Persian public which favors
the constitutionalists that 1t is better to
keep their powder dry until the shah,s
promises of reform are converted into
acts. The utter lack Of confidence was
evidenced this morning in the bazaars,
where the shops that were reopened yes
terday had their shutters up again today,
Small armed crowds are reassembling in
the public squares but up to the present
time there has been no aggression, One OF
fhe CHIEF legal advisers of Parliament
was shot at by some soldiers last evening
but he was not hurC
Ed Dowleh. who. in accordance with the
"shah's koren oath" was yesterday ban
ished and ordered TO leave Teherah, re-
fused to go and took refuge at the Dutch
legation. Nasir- FL -Mulk the former pre-.
mier who was exiled recently, left Enzel
for Europe today.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
PRICE OF BEER MAY GO UP
Head of Big Brewery Declares Scar
city of Harley il Likely 20
Affect supply.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2A-"One thousand
saloons will have locked their doors and
gone out Of business IN this city by May 1
next" said Adam Ortseifen, president of
the McAvoy Brewing company, during a
talk last night on the scarcity OF barley,
which is seriously Gripping the large brew
cries and the malt houses and may mean
a probable raise IN the price per barrel of
beer within a few weeks.
Perhaps one-third of the breweries, the
largest ones, in this city do their own malt
ing. The smaller ones bury of the malt
houses. Both breweries and malsters for
several weeks have been bidding almost TO
the point of wiping out the margin of profit
in order to get the few carloads of barley
that arrive in this market each day.
Beer now is selling at from $3.50 to 81 a
barrel. according to quality. The quality
depends upon many conditions, but chiefly
on the mailing expense, In which barley
figures the chief factor.
1--WE are not making a dollar under the
present conditions" said Mr. Ortseifen.
"As business man can foresee only an
increase in the price. AS for the other
brewers do not see how they either can
avoid raise.
1T is a fact well known to the trade
that hundreds Of the smaller saloons are
not making much II any money now, and
1 predict that 1000 saloons will have closed
their doors and gone out of business by May
/ next"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
NEW VIEW OF LAND LAW
Judge Lewis ouashes Indictments
Against Lumbermen in Colorado.
MAY MAKE DEALS
Agreements Made After Application IL
Filed Under Timber and stone
Act Held to BE LeEal---GOV-
eminent VIII Appeal.

DENVER, Dec. 4-In the United States
district court here today Judge r. e. Lewis
granted the motion to quash the indict-
ments against e. M. Riggs, president, and
Charles d. McPhee and J. J. McGinnlty
directors OF the New Mexico lumber com
pany and Charles H. Freeman and w. w.
Nossman of Durango. charging them with
conspiracy to defraud the government Of
timber lands in Archulet county, Colo. The
order to Quesh was based upon the ground
thSt no brime under the federal statutes
was shown. The court also quashed for
the same reason the indictments against
A. r Sullenberger, president of the Pagosa
Lumber company and others in connection
with the operations Of that company.
The decision of Judge Lewis is based, as
to the nam point in the cases, upon the
allegations in the indictment to the effect
that they charge no tamperiHg with or
agreement with entrymen prior to the APP
plication Of the entryman for lands 1t is
based on the further proposition that the
making of agreements by or with the en-
trymen after application is made by him Is
lawful under the timber and stone act
BY these two proposition, one following
the other the court reaches the conclusion
that the charge against the indicted men
does not reveal a conspiracy to acquire
land by method volatile of the timber
and stone act provisions. 1t shows, how
ever, that the court recognizes the illegal
ity and criminality of dealing with pros
pective entrymen prior to application by
them to file on lands, inasmuch as the
statute is express and explicit in condem-
nation of such practices.
Judge Lewis intimated that the indict-
ments in the coal land cases found by the
grand jury last summer would also be
quashed.
The cases will be carried by the govern
ment to the supreme court Of the United
States All of the indictments were drawn
by Oliver E. Pagan, assistant attorney gen
| eral of the United states.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
MEMPHIS BANK CLOSES DOORS
one of Oldest Institutions in Ten
nessee Forced 90 suspend
business.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. 2t-"This bank
is closed by order OF the chancery court,
Il. L. McHenry has been appointed re-
ceiver"
The above notice was posted on the doors
of the Memphis Savings bank, one OF the
oldest institutions in tile state. at opening
time today II is understood that the off,
GERS were before Chancellor II. Heiskell
late last night and applied for receiver.
No reason for the suspension has set been
given out.
q. w. McRae, a we'll known local capi-
talist is president and e. l. Menager
cashier. The bank carries deposits Of over
81 ,5OOOOO.
Several weeks ago statement was pub
lished that the bank had been heavily
loaded with paper OF a certain concern
upon which II could not realize. This set
many rumors afioat and the bank inserted
the following explanation in ,the daily
papers:
"A mlsapprehension seems to exist in re-
gard TO a supposed loss made by this bank.
The facts are that an unpaid maturity was
Immediately made good to the bank by GER
tain Of It's officers and directors, and the
bank sustained no loss whatever. The
claim was bought at it's face value by said
officers and directors ana Is tnelr prop
erty. Whatever is realized from it will be-
long to them"
President s. p Read Of the Memphis
Clearing House association said today that
the suspension Of the Memphis Savings
bank would not affect any other institu-
ton in the city. Mr.. Read said he felt
certain that all deposItors in the Memphis
Savings bank would be paid in full
statement Of the condition OF the sus-
pended bank was made public on Decem-
Der II as follows:
Resources-Loans and discounts S1,O31 O56;
| overdrafts, secured, 2S,677; stocks and
| bonds SS2g, $40; real estate, S17,2S1; cash and
sight exchange, S236, ,982
Liabilities-Capital stock. 500, 100; sur
| plus and undivided profits, H2,654; bills
| payable, SIS, ,000; cashiers checks 1881
| deposits $l,531, $40.
Later statement was issued by the di-
rectors of the Memphis Savings bank an
nouncing that the institution was solvent
and that creditors would not lose a cent
The statement adds that because of the
financial stringency it was deemed wise tc
close the bank, ask for a receiver and liqui-
date It's affairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
MOHLER COESTO THE COAST
Report that General Manager of Union
Pacific is to Be Promoted.
TO REBUILD HARTMAN LINES
General superintendent Park to BE
come General Manager and
w. A. whitney General
superintendent.

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 24.-The Deseret
News today prints the following. The
News has seml-ofiicial authority for an
nouncing that f. E. Calvin of the Southern
Pacific is to so TO New Orleans about
January 1; that A. l. Mohler vice presi-
dent and general manager of the Union
Pacific will go to San Francisco as general
manager of the Hartman coast lines to
succeed Mr.. Calvin; that ID. l. Park, now
general superintendent of the Union Pacific
at Omaha will sit at Mr.. Mohler's desk in
Omaha and that w. A. whitney now SUI
perintendent Of the Wyoming division of
the Union Pacific at Cheyenne will succeed
Mr.. Park.
w. H. Bancroft, vice president and gem
eral manager of the Oregon Short Line,
will undoubtedly continue to I'LL that i'm
portant position. Those In a position to
know say the Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific between Omaha and San Francisco
have been brought UP to satisfactory con-
ditions and those men who accomplished
the seemingly impossibility are now to try
their genius on systems now as tangled
as the Pacihcs were once.
Vice President and General Manager A.
L. Mohler of the Union Pacific is, in Chi
cago with members Of his family to spend
NhIlslfuaS' L. M OTT' dSBlsthnI TO MT
Mohler, said that nothing had been heard
of the contemplated changes in the officials
of the Hartman lines at the headquarters
| in Omaha.
81 know nothing about it," was the com
ment Of w. L. Park, superintendent of the
Union Pacific, when advised by telephone
of the report.
THAT is to say, there is nothing to the
report?"
IT know nothing about 1t at all
You neither deny nor confirm it7'
well, that is, know nothing about the
report
Nothing was said of it. then. before Mr.
Mohler left the city7"
'I don't know thing of it,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
LABOR LEADERS WILL FIGHT
Claim that Buck Boycott Decision
Relieves Them of COnsti-
'tutiOnal Rights.

WASHINGTON, Dec. A.-Attorneys for
the American Federation OF Labor today
filed objections against the scope of the
temporary injunction of the district court
prohibiting the boycotting of the Buck
Stove and Range company OF st. Louis
They move that the order be amended. A
hearing on this motion probably will be
held January 3. Counsel for the defense
desire to have the injunction run until the
further order of the court instead of until
the final decree. Other objections are
stated to be that 1t may be construed to
enjoin the defendants from uniting together
to agree to patronize plaintiffs products;
It might be construed to prevent the de-
PENDANTS and their associates from saying
to others that they had united and COM
bined to patroniEe the products of plain
tin; it might be construed TO enjoin the de-
fendants from announcing to others that
they had united and combined not to deal
with others who should deal with plaintiff
or purchase It's products; It abridges free
dom Of speech OF all the defendants, which
is protected by the first amendment to the
constitution OF the United States; It
abridges freedom OF the press Of all the
defendants which is protected by the first
amendment to the constitution OF the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
WATTLEs TO SUCCEED BARTON
Vice President VIII Head Omaha and
Council Blu6h street Railway
and bridge Company.

At the coming meeting OF the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Railway and Bridge
company Gurdon w. Wattles will be elected
president to succeed Guy c. Barton, who
will retire on account of poor health. This
matter has been adjusted to the complete
satisfaction Of Mr., Barton. who has been
unable to attend TO the duties OF the office
for a long time, Mr.. Wattles, as vice presi-
dent, having acted as the chief executive
officer OF the system. II is likely that Gen
eral Manager Smith will be made vice
president and general manager. No other
change of importance win be made I'm the
stan Of the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
George Krug and Family in WASH
ingtOn to Spend the
Holidays.
(From a stan Correspondent.)

tfTOm a Slan COTTeSpOnOenl.D
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-(Special Tele-
gram. )-Mr. George Krug of Omaha and
his son Edmund. who has charge of the
real estate business of the Anheuser- Busch
Brewing association in st. Louis, arrived
In Washington today as guests of Mr..
Morton Brown, son-in-law of Mr. Krug.
to spend the Christmas holidays. Mr..
Krug's younger son. Oscar, is a student at
Georgetown university and is residing with
his sister. Mrs. Brown.
With the exceptions Of Congressman Nor
ris It Il understood the Nebraska deIega-
tion in the house, as we'll as Senator's Bur
kett and Brown. win spend their Christ
mas holidays in Washington. They will
remain I'm Washington throughout the holi-
day recess preparing for the real serious
business of the session, which reconvenes
January s.
Applications to organize national banks
approved: The Bonham National bank of
Fairbury, Neb., with $4,000 capital. by
Luther Bonham, 1. Bonham, A. d. Acker-
man, H. Y. McCloslIey. A. c. Wheeler, E.
r. Bee and William Robinson; the First
National bank of Cincinnati, Ia, with $25,
900 capital, by N. A. Robertson, Lola Rob
ertson, Guy C. Robertson, Jane Leseney
and ]. " Leseney. The comptroller of the
currency has approved the conversion of
the First Savings bank of Story City, Ia,
into the First National bank of Story City
with s25,OOO capital
Postmasters appointed Nebraska-Ed-
holm, Butler county, Joseph w. Vrana,
vice T. NJ. Howie. resigned. Iowa-St. An
thony, Marshall county. John S. Hickson,
vice H. d. Buck, resigned.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK
six Persons Badly injured ny Unusual
Railroad wreck in Col
orado.

DENVER, Dec. A.--The baggage car and
first coach of train No. Is, north bound on
the Colorado Southern railroad, which left
Denver at 10 o'clock this morning, was
blown from the track and overturned in
the ditch a quarter of a mile north of
Marshall, a coal camp ten miles south
of Boulder, about noon today. Six persons
were seriously injured and a number of
others slightly hurt. The seriously injured
are:
]. G. Garrett, ex-justice of the peace,
Long Mount, Colo, and prominent Elk.
both legs broken and internal injuries;
probably fatal
Fred Kelly, Fort Collins Colo.
Robert Sharp, Fort Collins.
NJ. G.. Lesser, Longmont, Colo.
Jackson M. Grener, conductor, Denver.
Charles Chiles baggageman, Denver.
gale has been blowing over northern
Colorado throughout the day, the wind at
times attaining velocity of from forty
five to sixty miles an hour, and has cause
much damage by blowing down small farm
buildings, trees, telegraph poles. etc. A
large plate glass window was blown in at
the Daniels and Fisher department store
in this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
MAN SINGS WHILE IN TRANCE
Curious Condition of Edward shea,
who Has Been Asleep over
a Month.

MoNTCLAIRE, n. j., Dec, 24.-The curl
Gus trance-like state in which Edward
Shea has remained for more than a month
has taken on a new phase. He now fire.
quently sings, sltho0gh he remains uncon-
scious. Before the trance came on he was
known ~ q vocalist OF some ability, but
friends who have heard him sing during
his trance say that his voice possesses
more sweetness and that he sings with
more expression than he did before. While
his singing would lead one to believe tina,
the songs he sings had been diligently
pracuced, none OF his friends have heard
him sing any OF them before Shea is
fed artiheially and. while he takes lille
nourishmsnt. Ae remains in soOd physical
condition.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
SALVATION ARMY DINNERS
Many Thousand Christmas Feasts win
be distributed In New
York.

NEW YORK, Dec, A-More than 100 600
people will eat Christmas dinners in New
York tomorrow furnished by the Salvation
army. The dinners are betting put up in
baskets for families OF ive and six and
will be distributed on Christmas morning,
Each basket will contain b-pOund chicken
in addition TO vegetables, coffee, tea and
bread as well as plum pudding, In addi-
tion to It's great Christmas dinner. the
Salvation army Is eolleoting money for its
regular relief work and 10000 appeals sent
10 New York through the mails have
brought more than AS0oe into the Golfers
OF the army.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
sAILoRs ENDURE HARDsHIPS
BARK Wrecked Near Equator and
Crew Lives for Time on Unin-
habitsd Island.

NEW YORK. Dec 24-with a tale of
hardship and privation that adds another
chapter to the romance Of the sea, Mate
Donald Morrison. OF the long lost bark
Alexander Oubes. has arrived at his home
in Southampton. L. l.. In time for Christ
mas. The bark was wrecked in the Pacific
near the equator and the crew put OF in
two boats One OF the boats in which
was Mate Morrison. reached an uninhsbited
island. where he and nine others remained
for 1--WE months until they were rescued by
a sloop manned by sailors who had put
of from the bark IN the other boat and
who finally reached the main land. Dur
ing this time they lived on turtles and liz
ards, and all the water they had was from
a small brackish spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
KANSAS CITY SUNDAY TEST
supreme Court Issues Preliminary
Rule in Prohibition In Case
of Judge Fort.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Dec. 24.-The
supreme court today issued a preliminary
rule in prohibition against Judge j. l.. Fort
to prohibit him from trying the theater
managers in Kansas City on indictments
charging them with conducting their thea
ters on Sunday. The case was set for hear
ing in the supreme court on January 20,
1908. It will determine the constitutionality
of the second division Of Jackson county
criminal court and also the legality OF the
grand jury selected by Judge Wallace,
which returned the indictments, and will
have an important effect on the Sunday
closing crusade in Kansas City.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
FUNERAL OF FRANK cARPENTER
Services VIII he Held I'm Calvary
Baptist Church ThursdRy After
noon at Two O'clock.

Funeral services of ]. Frank Carpenter
will he held at the Calvary Baptist church,
Twenty-ffth and Hamilton streets, Thurs
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Rev. Il. r.
Curry, pastor of the church, will have
charge and viii be assisted by the Baptist
ministers OF the city. Rev ]. w. Conley
OF the First church. Rev r. II. Mcdonald
of Emanuel church and Rev. B. F. Fell
man Of Grace church.
Eight active and sixteen honorary pail
bearers have been selected, The active
pallbearers will be W., s, Wright, ]. II.
Dumont, G. w. Ryan, q. G. Burbank. A.
T. Kiopp. g. w. Noble, William stull and
A. c. Busk.
Honorary pallbearers will be c. NJ. Will
helm, ]. A. Sunderland, F. b. Johnson,
Samuel Rees, Ward Burgess, w. II. Nc
Cord, G. w. Clabaugh, Warren swetzler.
c. c. Belden, c. II. Pickens, Rome Miller,
]. H. Millard, II. G. Streight, ]. E. Baum,
William E. Rhoades ana b. F. Marshall.
w o. Shane will have charge OF the ush-
ers at the church. Interment will be in
Forest Lawn cemetery.
Members of the Commercial club will
meet at the club rooms Thursday at ! p,
m. and attend the funeral in body. The
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway
company will provide special cars to take
the members of the club to Twenty-fourth
and Hamilton streets.
Mr. Carpenter was an active member OF
the Commercial club and an ex-president
He served during the year 1901 and was a
member of the present board Of directors
Until the spring OF 1907 he was member
of the executive committee of the club
resigning because of the heavy work he
had done in connection with the erection
of the new warehouse of the Carpenter
Paper company.
Mr.. Carpenter was also member of the
Omaha Grain exchange and the transporta-
tion committee OF that organization.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
POPE eREETS HIS CARDINALS
POntiR Present at Sacred College for
Exchange of Christmas sRIu-
tatiOns.

ROME, Dec. A.-The pope was present
at the sacred college today for the ex-
change of Christmas greetings with the
cardinals. No addresses were made. but
the fpontiff conversed familiarly with each
cardinal on such topics as modernism and
the revision Of the Vulgate. With Cardinal
Gaspterri he spoke at some length on the
codification of the canon law.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
CAIN BEMOANS HIS FATE
Sentenced to imprisonment for Life
He Says Case IL sworn
Away.

DIES MONIES, Ia. Dec. al. @. Cain,
convicted OF numbering C, II. Morris, a
wealthy mine owner. because the latter
attempted to drive him out of an illegal
liquor business at one of his mining camps,
was sentenced 20 life Imprisonment at Fort
Madison today. My life has been sworn
away" declared Cain to the court after
sentence had been imposed. II had no
chance against the array OF witnesses who
cared nothing for the truth and only to get
men IN prison"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
SISTER OF MERCY MURDERED
Insane Man who Had Been Patient at
Hospital Kills Former
Nurse.

MILWAUKEE,. Dec. A.-slster Theresa,
a nurse at st. Mary's hospital. was today
shot and killed by Gustav Wirth, who Is
believed to be insane. The assassin was
captured after being chased several blocks.
Wirth was operated upon at the hospital
a year ago. He called there today and
upon seeing Sister Theresa began fusil-
lade firing four shots into her body. Sis
ter Theresa died In a few minutes. Wirth
said the hospital officials had tried to
poison him.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
Good Christmas Dinners for the Poor
Add to the Cheer.
ENTERTAINMENTS AT CHURCHES
Youngsters Will Observe the Day with
Song and Music.
HAPPY DAY FOB COUNTY CHARGES
Men, Women and ChiIdren in All
strataa of Life win Cele-
brate GraRdest of All
Festivals.


Entertainments In most Of the churches
by the Sunday schools In the evening.
Entertainment By salvation Army chill
drsn in the hall, l71l Davenport, Q p. m.
Entertainments in all hospitals.
table institutions.
Party, morning, afternoon and evening,
at Institute for Deaf and Dumb,
Special dinners at county and oity jails.
Special services - many Of the churches.
Special masses In Catholic churches.
Amusementa.
Base ball at Dietz park, p. m.
Boyd's, william Collier in "oaught In
the Rain" matinee and svening.
orpheum, vaudeville, matinee and even-
ing.
Auditorium, roller skating.
Krug, Busy IHxy, the Mazuma Man."
matinee and evening.
Moving pictures ~ other theaters.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-25
MRS. LONeW0RTH is STRONGER
Daughter of President Able TO Move
About and VIII soon Go
10 Home.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-Mrs. Longworth
has so far recovered from the effects OF
the operation for appendicitis which she
underwent December II that she will
leave the White House Thursday for her
own residence. For several days Mrs
LOngwoFth has been able TO go about her
room. but ~ yet has not been cut Of
dO0rs.