Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-25

ing mass of flames when F4remen Edward
Rose and Frank Witern called q thirty
five-foot ladder to the fire and reached the
Il ird floor, then climbing through flames
aid smoke to the roof, succeeded in rescu.
ing four unconscious men, carrying them
DOWN one by one along the perilous route.
In point Of daring the rescuers have seldom
been surpassed in the annals of the New
York fire department.
The four men believed to have burned to
death were on one Of the floors of the
building when the fire was at it's worst.
Loss estimated $4,000.
Big Hats I'm Church Scored.
Amy lady who decorates herself I'm a way
to shut off the view of those sitting be-
hind her commits a theta theft not toll
Grated in the theater and a theft which
Christian consideration ought to render i'm
possible in the sanctuary"
The wave OF protest against the Merry
Widow" and other large sized women's
headgear having reached the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian church. the Rev. DIR.
Charles II. Parkhurst so declared himself
yesterday In a short prelude to the regular
morning sermon. The terse rebuke, re-
minder and suggestion, said DR.. Parkhurst
by way of Introduction, was not prompted
by the general fitness of things, but by
very determined complaints made by
members Of this congregation"
A numbec of generously proportioned hats
were seen to come off after the minister's
statement and It is predicted that more
will be removed on Sundays to come. Pro-
tests against large hats have been made In
several OF New York's prominent churches.
Passengers Destroy TaxIcab.
The ruins of the axicab destroyed by fire,
lying on the roadside on the outskirts OF
Irvington-On-Hudson. north of the city
today tell the last chapter of a wild ride
that started In New York's tenderloin early
Sunday morning, Five mysterious. though
well dressed passengers climbed into the
vehicle shortly after midnight, and after
whizzing about until day began to break,
ordered the chauffeur to descend from the
seat when the machine slowed down in a
deserted vicinity in the Bronx.
There. according TO the chauffeur's
story. they set upon him. beat and kicked
him. then fled with the cab, leaving him
bruised and alone in the gray dawn. The
machine whizzed ~northward and was not
found until after T. had been abandoned
and set on fire. The police are searching
for the five strangers.
Presbyterian Ministers
In a resolution adopted today the Presby-
terlsn Ministers association of this city
expressed disagreement with President
Roosevelt's statement IN a recent letter
that refusal to vote for a candidate for
high office because he Is a Roman Catholic
Is narrow, unwarranted blgotry." the min
listers endorsed the letter sent recently by
the New York Lutheran ministers TO the
president dissenting from his view OF the
matter.
WabASh Bond salt.
After listening to arguments In a suit
In equity brought by James POLITE. a
stakeholder. to have declared illegal an
issue OF refundins mortgage bonds author
lied by the directors In the Wabash Rail
road company in 1906, Judge Ray in the
United States circuit court today reserved
decision. The amount OF this blanket mort
gage was $500. 100000.
The suits we're directed against the wa.