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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Small Fishing Tug
is Destroyed by
Fire in Lake Erie
Crew of Three Men Has Long Battle
with Ice and Wind Before
Reaching Shore.

Lorraine, o.. Dec 1s.-The fishing tug
Penelope of Cleveland burned this after
noon four miles off shore The crew of
three escaped, after a battle with ice floes
in the bitter cold which almost cost them
their lives
The boat, which belonged to A. II. Lang
ell of Cleveland, was bound for its winter
quarters at st. Clair, Mich. This afternoon
Captain Charles Inches discovered fire in
the woodwork above the engine room, and
in oily a few moments his position and that
Of the engineer and fireman became un-
tenable.
While they were endeavoring to cast
loose the larger of two yawls the yawl
caught fire. They were forced to take
refuge in the other a smaller one, where
there was barely room for the three, to
crawl into.
The sides of the tug were in flames be-
fore they launched their little craft. There
had been no time to don extra wraps and
the day was one of the coldest of the
winter. The men, their oars and then
boards were crusted with ice before they
had gone a mile. Two miles off shore ther
encountered shore ice too thin to beaI
their weight. but thick enough to impede
the progress of the boat. Through thii
they were compelled to break their way
stiffened by the penetrating wind.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Aged Man is
Burned to Death
Thomas v. Cooper, Former Collector
of Port of Philadelphia, Meets
Death in His Home.

MEDIA, Pa, Dec. l9.-Thomas Valentine
Cooper a member of the Pennsylvania leg
islature from Delaware county and form
erly collector of the port of Philadelphia,
was burned to death at his home here to-
day. While smoking cigar in the sitting
room OF his home he either fell asleep or
suffered a paralytic stroke. His bathrobe
became ignited and he was dead before the
flames were discovered by members of his
family.
The aged legislator was a sufferer from
insomnia and this tmorning he entered the
room occupied by one OF his nephews and
got cigar. Shortl yafterwards his daught-
er-in-law smelled smoke and awakened uer
husband. An alarm of fire was turned in,
but before the firemen arrived Mr.. Coop
er's body was found lying on a blazing
couch in the sitting room. 1t was badly
charred.
AS no outcry was heard, his family be-
lieve he suffered stroke Of paralysis be-
fore the cigar fell from his mouth. He was
"A years old.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
CORN SHOW IS DISNANTLED
Two Belated Investigators Drift in
Only to Be Disappointed.
wRECKERs NOW HOLD POSSESSION
FinerY and FIOssiness of Great Expo
sitiOn Rapidly VRnishes from
Sight, and Only Rough
Work Remains.

Two or three acres OF a chaos OF packing
cases-that is all that remains of the third
National Corn exposition.
From the ends of the country on Sunday
ceme Ward E. Neigh Of Walla Walla,
Wash, and j. E. Sckes Of Deerfleld, Mass,
to see the corn show yesterday. They were
welcomed in to see what remained by
Assistant general Manager Paisley.
The big exposition building resounds with
the noise of the packers and the army
which is engaged in tho destruction of the
dc dccorative fabric of the show. The workers
started when the gates closed at II o. clock
Saturday night and they will be busy for
two days and nights more removing the
exhibits and appliances of the late exposi-
tion.
About the exposition grounds yesterday
few of the officials fingered to see the
last sad rites Of the exposition which for
two weeks had been the scene of so much
gayety and activity.
The packing of the dainty models of the
government exhibit will take the experts in
charge five or six days. Each tiny wax
representation and moed must be tucked
away in its very own box or compartment.
The governments display win be shipped
back to the Department of Agriculture at
! Washington.
The remnants of many of the exhibits
have been given to charity. The needy Of
the city will get the benefit of many bushels
! Of grain and bits Of fuel.
A bleak, sad scene is presented by the
music hall, stripped of the flnery of decora-
tion in national flags which Gus REM of
k-Sar-Ben fame had designed The rough
work of the gaily illumined stalls and plat
forms is exposed and the glamor of the
big show has departed.
Most Of the exhibitors have left the city.
Yesterday Fred Palm and j. r, Overstreet
of Franklin, Ind. the winners Of the two
J foremost corn prizes in the world class
competition, left for their homes.
The dismanting of the exposition's tempo
rary structures will begin as soon as the
packing of the exhibits is completed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
IOWA BOARD SPECIFIES
RENTS FOR ARM0RlES
Maximum Allowed for Any Company
is $sOO-DeDuty Veterinarian
Amounted.
(From a Staff Correspondent


DIES MONIES, Dec. 19.-(Special.)- )-The
State Armory board concluded its work
today and fixed the armory rent for vari-
Gus places in the state. The entire amount
of annual rental Is about $50 900, which the
state pays for the drill halls of the Guards
men. The board also provided that all
armories should conform to certain stand
ards as to being freproOf, having large
halls and rooms for the social life of the
members. The maximum allowed for a
company armorv is $500 ana for a band
$500
The secretary of state today called atten-
ton to the fact that the foreign corpora
tions now have the right under state laws
to do all that is asked for them by the
Des Mones Commercial club in regard to
Incorporating separate companies under
the Iowa law.
Governor Carroll has appointed N. N.
Crawford of Waukon to be a deputy state
veterinarian. He is neGhew of the
junior senator from South Dakota.
Senator c. c. Dowell has announced his
with drawal from tho race for the repub-
lican nomination for congress in the
Seventh district and the field is left open
for Judge Prouty alone to oppose Captain
Hull. This was doEe without any confer
ences or agreements. so far as can be
ascertained and wholly in the interest of
simplifying the contest. Captain Hull is
expected home in day or two to fix up
lis fences.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Profit Taking Indicates that Situa-
ton is Largely Discounted.
MARKET IS UNDER CONTROL
Coterie of Powerful Capitalists
Largely Dominate the Exchange.
WATCHING SUPREME COURT
Pending Decisions of Standard OIL
and American Tobacco Cases
Cause Some Degree of
Apprehension.

NEW YORK, Dec 1o.--The stock market
asst week reflected the shifting influences
Il conflicting factors in the speculation by
rhc Irregular and rather narrow fluctua'
ions in the price movement. The year-end
requirements on the money market exer-
cised some constralnt on activity Scnti
ment was responsive still 10 favorable pros-'
rccts, but actual benefits accrued brought.
a reactionary tendency due to profit-takins
sales and revealed the extent to which
specuiation has already progressed in the
discounting of events calculated to increase
values.
The effect of the increase in dividend
rate on Reading was case in point. On
the other hand, the association of support
against the effects Of any unfavorable in
fluences was taken to prove that the con-
troll of the. market was stll strongly en-
tref ched in the hands of the coterie Of
pow erful capitalists which has been
credited with the direction of the specula-
tion for many months.
1t was with the probable future plans of
this element that speculative surmise and
conjecture concerned the mselves princi-
pally, as between a determination to push
the price advance further in the coming
year or an effort to distribute heavy hold.
lngs on the first favorable opportunity af-
| forded by an awakened general demand
| for stocks. The fact of enormous undis-
trbuted accumulations in the hands Of
! market organizations Is generally assumed,
An interruption to their plans for market
operations during the fall by the recall
Of foreign credits and the policy of tho
Bank Of England is inferred from the
known course Of events. Various con-
tirgencies that may serve as obstacles to
the completion of their plans are taken
! account of in the estimate Of the future
There is much discussion of the pending
supreme court decisions in the American
Tobacco and the Standard OH cases and
it is feared the uncertainty surrounding the
expected decisions may harm the stock
speculation and even in some degree regu
lar business activities.
The strength Of the foreign exchang,
market pointed to an outgo of gold direc
to London during the coming week
special demand is due to the payments t
be made t6 foreign holders of American
securities. The action Of the London mar
ket raises a new question, in addition
whether the effects Of the English polltl
cal crisis had been sufficiently allowed for
The possibility Of continued Withdrawals
of gold from New York in January IL
canvassed.
The labor problem is kept in view b!
the formulation of demands for increased
wages by railroad employees the declara
ton of war against the United States Stee
corporation by the Pittsburg labor confer
ence and by the general consideration o
the high cost of living. The purchases O
several Independent telephone lines by j
Pierpont Morgan kept alive the conviction
that extensive capital combinations wer
still being worked.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
BODY IS TAKEN no BRUSSELS
Corpse of King Leopold Removed to
Palace Amid Impressive
Scenes.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 19.-The body of King
Leopold was transferred from the pavilion
at Laeken to the palace at Brussels last
night by the torchlight of troopers acting
as guides. The hearse was covered with
crepe and drawn by eight horses with black
draperies 1t was surmounted with black
plUmes and bore the national coat-of-arms
and the coats-of-arms of the nine provinces
The car was surrounded by Leopolds
grooms and servants On either side rode
tn general officers, and the carriages
which followed contained Prince Albert and
The court digntaries.
AS the body was conveyed to the hearse
the batteries fired salvos and the bells
tolled An enormous crowd witnessed the
impressive scene. The cortege, preceded by
mounted gendarmes and a squadron Of
guides and followed by the officers Of the
general staff and the local authorities, left
Lacken at o'clock in the evening arrlv-
Ing at the palace at $780, Noncommissioned
OFFICERS OF the various corps bore the coffin,
on which was the royal crown, to a room
which had been transferred into a chapel
where the civil and military authorities
we're drawn up.
According to the Gazette Princess
Louises counsel has notified the principal
banks that she will oppose the payment
OF any deposits they have received in the
names Of Leopold or Baroness Vaughan and
has forbidden the executors OF Leopold :
VIII TO destroy any papers.
King Leopold IN his viii declared that
he possessed but 100000. which he left to
his children.
His majesty expressed the desire that
no autopsy be performed and said that
apart from my nephew Prince Albert
and the members OF my household / forbid
any one to attend my funeral My papers
shall be destroyed or handed 70 Prime,
Albert"
Baron Goffinet. who was private Fecre
tary TO King Leopold, has been appointed
executor of the will Of the late king
Albert the new king. Will take the nam,
OF Albert ].
Prince Albert is believed to have made
master stroke In sending the royal trail
60 the frontier 20 give royal welcome q
Princess Louise. Both Princess Louise an,
Princess stephanle are held in high affeo
tion BY the Belgian people, who con,dde
them The victims OF misfortune. The re
union OF the separated family is acoepte,
as good omen for the opening OF IN
relsn OF the already popular Alber'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
CAMPAIGN AGAINST DISEASE
National Legislation in Prospect Over
tuberculosis.
BAN ON INFECTED PRODUCTS
Dairy Herds of Nation to Come
Under Bureau of National
Inspection--Heads Give
Information.
(From a staff correspondont)

WASHINGTON, Dec 49, (Special)-
Twenty five years ago the bureau of ami
NAL industry was first established with DR..
Salmon as it's first chief. A careful exam
nation of all the cattle in and around the
District of Columbia was made, with the
resultant discovery of hundreds of cases Of
pleuro- pneumonia among the herds which
supplied the milk to the inhabitants of
Washington. Those herds were slaughtered
by wholesale and apparently this vicinity
has been free of diseased cattle since. But
within the last few days the veterinarians
of the Department of Agriculture, in con
nection with the health authorities of the
district, have discovered that the milk sup
ply of Washington is tainted to a very large
extent caused by the presence of tubercu-
losis among the dairy cattle.
The census figures show that there are
in the District OF Columbia itself about
1900 dairy cows and it has been demon
strated that at least one-third of these are
afflicted with bovine tuberculosis to such
an extent that they are being slaughtered
by wholesale. The same condition is said
to exist on the farms of Maryland and Vlr-
ginia from which the milk supply of Wash
ington is largely drawn, and in consequence
there is a scare among the householders.
Vigorous efforts are being made to stamp
out the disease and to prevent the sale of
milk from infected cattle. The highest
medical authorities hold that bovine tuber-
culosis can be communicated to human be-
ings through the consumption of milk and
dairy products and that is especially true
in the case Of infants and small children.
Tuberculosis Hospital.
There has been recently opened in this
district well-equipped hospital for the sole
treatment Of patients suffering from the
white plague" and it is natural, therefore,
that the efforts to cure the disease should
be supplemented by rigorous preventative
measures. The tuberculosis germ makes
itself manifest in its early stage in the
udder of a milch COW and it is known that
the germ multiplies and spreads more rap
idly in the richer portion of the milk, par
ticularly in the butter fats AS butter Is
made by a simple mechanical process with
out the aid of heat, it naturally follows
that butter made from the produce of an
! infected COW is even more deleterous tc
health than the fresh milk.
i But butter may come from any portion
| Continued On Second Pagel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
PRACTICAL JOKER FOOLS COPS
Rabbit Butcher Wraps Up EHtrniIs OF
Victims and Sets Trap with
Baby shoes.

Suspecting q case OF murder or infanti.
eide, NJ Dauzzo called up the police sta
tlon Sunday morning and told OF a mys-
tcrious package lying at the foot OF a
flight Of stairs at Twcnty-fourth and
PiePce streets, near by which was a pair
OF baby shoes, Humane Officer Woodbridge
responded and upon investigating found
that someone was evidently trying to joke
with the police.
The bloody package contained the entralls
ana skins Of several rabbits all neatly
done up in the blood stained package, ana
with a pair Of baby shoes placed near by
10 attract attention
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Clay Center Wins Debate,

HARVARD, Neb., Dec. 19-(Special)-
Stokes opera house was wei filled last
night for the interhigh school debate be-
tween Clay Center and Harvard schools.
The subject discussed was Resolved, That
the second clause of the secoRd section
Of the Fourteenth amendment to the con-
stituton of the United States should be
repealed" This clause, 1t Will be recalled,
grants the right of suffrage to the negro.
The affirmative was taken by Clay Cen
ter and discussed by Wilbur Lewis, Charles
Epperson and Wayne Zumwalt, while the
negative was taken by Harvard, with Earl
North, stephan Whisenand and Ivan Cad
dis. The decision was in favor Of Clay
Center. The judges were Superintendent
). H. Thompson OF Hastings, Prof. NJ NJ.
Fogg of the university at Lincoln and
Superintendent e. Cllppinger of Sutton.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
The want ad pages
are particularly in
teresting to Christ
mas shoppers

Before you start out on your
shopping tour look over the
classification "Christmas
Hints" on the first want ad.
page. There you will find a
large number of Omaha mer-
chants, who are offering sug-
gestions of things, which they
have, which are appropriate
for Christmas presents. Many
little things, out of the ordi-
nary, are mentioned there.
Have you read the want ads, yet.
today|
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Three Hundred
Negroes Arrested
East. st. Louis Officials Trying to
Identify Man Who Shot Two
Carmen.

EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill. Dec, 1O,-Three
hundred negroes. each answering in some
particular the description Of the highway
man who shot and killed Motorman Eugene
Goudey and perhaps fatally wounded Con-
ductor NJ. p. OBrien on a street car last
night are being held at police headquarters
tonight efforts are being made to identify
one of them as the highwayman
The negroes were caught by posses. The
man who Is wanted obtained $40 from
O'Bren by cutting out his pockets and
taking the money changer. The car. after
the negro left 1t, ran uncontrolled for four
miles into the center of East st. Louis.
Rewards OF $500 from the mems EN-.
ployers and $500 from the Street Car men E
union have been offered for the negro s
sIrest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
CASE HAS NOT BEEN MADE
Evidence Presented Not Strong
Enough to Justify Removals.
HE SAYS OFFICERS ARE LAX
light O'clock Law Was Not Enforced
as it Should Be.
MATTER HELD IN ABEYANCE
Governor Says that Any Further
Failure tO Vindicate Majesty of
the Law win Not he
Tolerated.
HE SAYS OFFICERS ARE LAX
latter HELD IN ABEYANCE

LINCOLN, Dec. 19-Govcrnor Shallen-
berger this evening ennounced his findings
I'm tho complaint filed against Mayor Dahl
man and the members Of the Board of Fire
and Police commissioners OF Omaha, charg-
Ing non enforcement of the o'clock closing
law Tho govcrr or says it is the opinion
Of the attorney general and himself that
case has not been made against the offl-
cials which would justify him in beginning
proceedings to oust them from office. AT
the same time he announces the matter
is held in abeyanco and any laXity in law
enforcement in the future viii result in
expulsion under the power conferred upon
Kim by tho statutes. Governor Shallen-
berger says:
"The early closing law for saloons was
not enforced by the police or Omaha as il
should have been. A number Of excuses
are offered but the fact remains that the
vindication OF the law by ason of recent
convictions has come, not because Of the
activity of those charged and paid for
the enforcement of the law in that city,
but by reason of volunteer detectives and
| private citizens earnest In upholding the
majesty of the law in that city. This
cannot longer be permitted to obtain in
| Nebraska. l am empowered and II is mado
my duty under the constitution to see
/ that the laws Of the state shall be enforced
end l am going to do It IL l have to use
every power granted me under the statute
and constitution.
The early closing law was very unpop-
ular In Omaha, and it was hoped by many
citizens Of that city to have it declared
unconstitutional or to defeat the enforce
ment of its penalty or in some way have
( 1t nullified. Therefore, 1 am inclined to
exercise some clemency in consideration Of
lax enforcement heretofore, but now that
the law has been vindcated In every
point, l shall insist upon lis strict OBJ
servnnce the same as any other statute.
Though a daso may have beeD as to
the responsibility OF the chief OF police
in this matter shall withhold Judgment
and action in this case upon his express
promise to enforce the law fearlessly and
without favor in the future. If the other
Omaha officials In Omaha shall learn a les
son from the action Of the courts that the
laws must lie unhesitatingly enforced and
obeyed then the purpose Of this action
will have been accomplished. If they do
not learn the lesson now, they must not
complain If action of custer is authorized
at the first appearance Of laxity of en-.
forcement in the future"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20

trappers. fur traders and prospectors.
After leaving Kamloops they went up
the North Thompson river, and by the
trail made during the Klondike excitement.
from Little Fort to the Hundred Mile house
and 10 Horse lake. Here they took guides,
but they did not prove satisfactory and
were discharged.
Crossing from Horse lake to Kanim lake
they followed the valley to Macood lake
and down Macood river to the Clearwater
following the west banks of that river and
the Clearwater ana Cedar lakes. crossing
Hemloek creek at the northern extremity,
then descending the lakes and rivers on the
east side again, taking the MAcood and
Kanim Lakes valley and on to the Hun
dred Mile house
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Jack Frost is
Toning Down
Hint of More Agreeable Weather is
Contained in Returns from the
Weather Man.

The backbone of the frigid weather that
has prevailed for some time past is be-
lieved to have been broken yesterday when
the thermometer began to raise at 10
O'Clock and continued to rise during the
entire day The thermometer reached the
mirimum at 9 o'clock Sunday morning,
when 1t registered 6 degrees below zero
The minimum temperature on the same
date year ago was 26 degrees above and
the maximum was 80.
The temperate ture continued to rise until
between 2 and o'clock, when the ther-
mometer attained the lofty height of S
degrees above zero. The sun began to go
down at that hour and the thermometer
began falling and registered above al
o'clock, having fallen two degrees in
four hours.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20

with forty-six members" said Major Con
ter. THE prize we played for was q fine
set of gold mounted stag horns. We had
played ia games when the horns were
destroyed by fire in March 1868. The
prize gone the club disbanded. The last
game was played March 10, 1869.
IF ! remember rightly, Mr. Dougherty
and were champions. When Mark Twain
played thel last game with us he was be-
ginning 20 be considered a great humorist,
but hate 20 tell the truth bluntly, a
mighty poor euchre player.
However, he has mad forty-flve years
In which TO practice, ana II may be that
he can beat both Mr.. Dougherty and me
now"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Mark Twain Challenged
to Finish Game of EuChrc

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1S-Maior Charles
Gonter Of 1927 Page boulevard has issued
a challenge 10 Samuel Clemens mark
Twain and Matthias Dougherty-the only
two surviving members OF the ST. Louis
Euchre club-tc play off at his home
Christmas day a match game OF euchre
that started in 1865 and continued four
consecutive years. The challenge includes
an invitation to dinner,
No acceptance has been received from
Mr.. Clemens, but Major GOnter expects
him to come or offer a good excuse for
not doing so. Mr. Dougherty, a retired
merchant. lives at Ssls West Pine bouIe-
ward
''ThA Euchrs club was ORGANIZED In 1866
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
Yale Athlete Makes Long
Trip Through Canada Woods

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. ls.-Vernon
Howe OF Minneapolis. former Yale athlete.
who entered the British Columbia wilder
ness with companion, Jack Cunningham
OF kamloops, B. C. three months ago. and
for whom deep anxiety was felt. emerged
safely from the woods Thursday afternoon.
when he arrived at the Hundred Mile
house, cariboo, and dispatched the tels-
gram received by his father today.
The two men set out TO inspect the tim
Der lands. in which Howes father is in
terested.
Finding their guides and packers worth
less, the two men made their way alone
for three months through a rough and
almost unknown country. which has been
penetrated only BY Indians and a few
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20

Mayor Dahlman was apprisedJ of the
action of the governor Sunday evening.
He had no comment to osser until he has
had chance to reae the governors state
ment, further than to intimate that he had
Of the case.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
THE OMAHA BEE

a clean. reliable newspaper that Is
admitted to each and every home.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-12-20
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Nebraska-Gensrally fair,
For Iowa--FGir
For weather report see page ?.