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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
THIS IS BLIZZARD'S BIRTHDAY
Twenty Three Years Ago All Traffic
Was Tied Up.
SOME TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES
But One Mnn Perisbed In Omaha,
AIthoukh There was Grave Appre-
hcnsIon for the safety of
Many.

On this day twenty-three years ago
Omaha was visited by the fiercest blizzard
in its history and the memory OF that ter
rible experience will be recounted today in
many homes by old residents of the city.
The great storm had it's start about
o'ciock in the morning of January II, 1888,
and was 1 nthe midst of destructive fury
an hour later.
All day a terrible wind swept over the
city and tons OF snow fell in steady unend-
ing fashion. Early IN the day street and
cable cars were forced to cease their vain
attempts at progress through the heaped-up
frozen drifts that covered the tracks. 1t
was impossible to make any headway in
clearing the way with blows as the
fleecy white blanket became one of ice
as fast as 1t appeared on the ground.
Horses, tired and lame. and freezing to
the marrow fell helpless in their shafts,
while the equally tortured drivers vainly
urged and whipped them to go on.
After several hours not a soul was to be
seen on the drift-covered streets. All bust
ness was suspended The city by this time
was plunged into grief over many reports
that human lives had been lost. Scores of
persons we're rumored as having dissp-
peared and probably suffered a horrible
death by freezing.
A procession of sleighing parties in $50
sleighs and numbering about 800 persons,
which had left the day before for Council
Bluffs, was among the list OF the reported
lost 1t was thought for a time that all
who had composed the happy throng must
have perished on the attempted return
trip
Not until the next day-Friday-was any
thin gdefinite learned concerning the IA
talitles of the storm. The body OF Fred
Eller. a cigarmsker, was found frozen
solid under one Of the drifts at a down
town street corner. Sergeant Mostyn and
a patrolman discovered the body and took
1t to the morgue.
Several other deaths we're reported in
nearby towns about the state. The sleigh
in gparties turned up alive and well after
having escaped the storm by stopping at
shelters during it's fury.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Two More Girls Figure
in Case of Apostle
Of Absolute Life"
Frances Werner of Little Forks, S. D.,
Brings Suit for Royalties on Book
3 She Says She Inspired.

CHICAGO, Jan. n.-Folowing the ar
rest and attendant publicity concerning
the affairs of Evelyn Arthur See, self
svowed apostle of Absolute Life the
chief aim of which, according to his ex-
PLANTATION, was the foundation of new
and pure" race, action was begun in
municipal court here by a South Dakota
girl for royalties on a book which she
says she was inspired to write by Sees
teachings
The girl is Frances Larimer Werner Of
Little Forks. Her petition was denied by
Judge Walker. but she was permitted TO
take a nonsuit.
While See remained in jail and one of
the two girls arrested in his home with
him was held in the custody OF the ju-
venile court and while the other girl,
whom See had declared perfect" and
destined to become the mother OF the
perfect race" maintained the colony
quarters while out on bail, the police be-
gan search for another girl, Hazel Dan
ner, Il years old pupil of See until
her father took her 10 Lafayette. Ind. She
disappeared from Lafayette Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Women Fight to Get to
Hear Trial of Mrs. Schenck

WHEELING, ". Va, Jan. n.-This Is
the third day OF Mrs Laura Farnsworth
schenk's trial on the charge Of poisoning
her husband and the second day in which
testimony was taken.
The scenes yesterday morning and ag0in
In the afternoon, when women had 10 be
beaten back by the police, have shocked
the Judge. who Insists that order be kept
AS early as 8 o'clock four hours bef, re
the doors were thrown open, there was a
knot OF the curious assembled, and with
each passing minute II grew. until there
was fully 900 persons, with whom the
police struggled and pleaded and pulled
and hauled Many OF them. disappointed in
gaining admission C. the court house
brought lunches In baskets. boxes and in
paper packages.
The first witness for today was Dr.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12

Frank L. Hupp, who was on the stand
when court adjourned yesterday. II was
during Dr. Hupp's direct examination yes
terday that Mrs. Schenk showed the first
agitation over any OF the testimony, when
the doctor tCld OF statements Of Mrs.
schenks that perhaps I would be better
satisfied II you would let him die"
DR. Frank Lemoyns Hupp was again
called when the uial was resumed Pros
ecutor Handlsn brought little from d.
Hupp I'm direct examination, but Attorney
o Brien for the defense kept the doctor
busy answering questions. Dr. Hupp sd-
mitted he had prescribed medicine Tor
Schenk which contained arsenic and the
water the man drank had a proportion OF
arsenic
The cross-eXamination was 20 show that
schenk had been poisoned BY the medicine
he had taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Bonilla' s Army is
Approaching Ceiba
Booming of Guns of the Hornet Causes
Great Excitement = Insurgents
Have Five Thousand Men.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. IA wireless
dispatch received this morning from Ceiba,
Honduras, states that great excitement
prevails in that city over the approach OF
General Manuel Bonilla's revolutionary
army and that the booming of the Hornets
guns can be heard. Business is suspended
throughout the city. according to the re-
port
The dispatch further states that Generals
Bonilla and Lee Christmas, with an army
of 5000 men, yesterday occupied Cuero So
lado. Juan Topaz Obispo and Colorado
all important points along the coast. Bon
lila is reported to be moving rapidly to-
ward Ceiba.
WASHINGTON, Jan 11.-An expedition
OF General Bonilla's force landed on the
northern coast Of Honduras near Truxillo
yesterday morning and communication be-
tween that port and Tegucigalpa, the cap
ital, has been interrupted. This informa-
ton was received by the State department
today In a dispatch from United States
Minister McCreery at Tegucigalpa.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Bandits Shoot
Druggist When He
Resists HOldup
Reuben Elton Near Death from
Wound Received in Drug Store at
Twenty-Fourth and Bristol.

Reuben Elton. shot down bv two bandits
in his drug store last night Is lying at the
point OF death from a revolver bullet
wound which severed an artery near the
car The bandits are uncaptured
The shooting took place at sis p. m. in
the Bristol Street pharmacy. Of which FL
ton is the proprietor, and which Is located
at Twenty-fourth and Bristol streets.
Mr.. Elton was behind the counter ana
alone In the store when the holdup men
appeared. The two men. both Young and
under q years. walked up to the counter
and one inquired IL Elton had a certain
kind Of pills
"tll see,' said Elton turning his back
and bending down.
when he raised his head again. two 70.
vovers stared him in the face
Drop that" commanded one Of the
footpads
Elton reioined by trying to knock the
gun out OF the hand OF the foremost ban
cit. a bullet from the foutpads gun shot
off the little finger OF Elton's right hand
second shot struck the druggist in front
OF the right car inflictlng peculiarly.
coursed wound. The bullet did not pene-
trate deeply but shot downward. severing
an artery and coming out on the side Of
the neck
The bandits Immediately turned and ran.
Elton followed them as far as the door.
The two men ran east They were seen to
run across the street by pedestrian named
James Connors. Mr.. Elton was able to give
the police a good description of the two
men and a drag net was at once thrown
out.
DR.. J.H. Vance, who IS attending Elton,
pronounced him in a precarious condition.
Elton was not taken to a hospital. but wa
removed to his rooms upstairs. He is 81
years of age and married.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Crusade is Started Against
the Small Boys With Rifles

Air rifles and all other rifles In the hands
of small boys must so. declares Mogey
Bernstein, chief probation officer. That
was the edict that went forth Wednesday
morning.
Bernstein means business, 50 he says
While there have been numerous complaints
against the youngster, the probation Of
ficers 80 far have limited their actions
20 the lad. Efforts have been made to
make the little fellows pass up the rifles
but they have turned a deaf ear to
Mogey's pleadings.
So Mogey is going after the parents
From now on the fathers and mothers will
be held responsible for accidents that may
result from rifles In the hands Of the
youngsters.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12

In all sections Of the city lads with
rifles make life miserable for the resi-
dents" declared the probation officer. The
lads are careless with the guns and many
serious accidents have been reported to
this office. Instead Of going after the
parents We have been trying 70 reach the
lads, but they won't be reached.
There Is but one thing TO do and that
Is to hold the parents accountable. In this
way We can prohibit the use Of the rifles
In young hands"
Boys must be careful II the probation
man catches them with a rifle In their
possession Il will be a visit to the Juvenile
court. and they viii have TO send for papa
20 set them out OF Mogey's clutches.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
FOrcible Protest
Against Poor Car
Service in Des MOines
Indignant Suburbanites Wreck In
terror of Car and Throw Seats
Into Des Moines River.

DEs MONIES, Jan. f1.--Passengers on a
downtown Urbandale suburban car, indig-
nant at the poor service stopped the vehicle
on the Des Moines river bridge, upset the
stove, tore all the seats loose and threw
them in the river and broke the windows
They then quit the wrecked car and per-
mitted the crew. to take II to the shops.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Mrs. Stella E. James
is Granted Divorce
Wife Of Son of Bandit is Given Gus.
tody Of -Four Children and
Alimony.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jan. 1l.-Steila p
James was granted a divorce from Jesse
E. James. son OF Jesse James the fapous
bandit in the circuit court here last
night. James made no effort to contest
the suit. Mrs. James was given the custody
Of their four children and 500 a month
al'mony. Mrs. James testified that she
and her husband had separated three times
since their marriage. eleven years ago.
She said the last separation had lasted
six months and that It was impossible for
them to be reeonciled.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
RAILROAD DAY AT LAND SHOW

Special Program for Employees of the
Transportation systems.
A program OF special interest to employees
OF the railroads will mark Tuesday jan
uary "a at the Omaha land show as Trans
portation day. A special committee in
charge OF the railroad interests OF that day
has been named by the management Of the
Continued on Second Page)
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
MURPHY AGAINST SHEPPARD
Boss Says His Organization 4,
Opposing Him, and He
Has To.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1l.-Charles F. Muir
ply, leader OF Tammany hall departing
today for Albany, made his first public
statement with reference TO the United
States senatorial contest Mr.. Murphy
said:
The organization is against Edward NJ
Sheppard for senator and have 70 be-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Perkins for EquitabI. hoard.

Perkins for Equitable Board.
NEW YORK. Jan. u.-George W. Per-
kins, former member OF the banking house
OF J. p. Morgan & Co. has been chosen
by MT Morgan, Il was reported today as
one OF the three trustees for the Equita BILE
Life Assurance society, Should Mr.. Per-
klns become a trustee, he will fiji the
position made vacant by the late Grover
Cleveland. Mr.. Cleveland received 81, 900
year as trustee
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Ii your c 90 k
leaves, don't try to
stop her.

It is easier to get another through
The Bee.
Bee Want Ads get reliable SER
wants
Good positions
Desirable tenants
Bee Want Ads will sell any useless
article about the house.
They will sell it quickly
Call Tyler 1000, the want
ad Dept.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
OUR MAGAZINE FEATURES

wit, hunsor. fiction and couaIs
picture---the hest ot entertatn-
utent. instructton. amusement
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Nebraska Snow
For Iowa Fair and cold
For weather report see page 2.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12
Proceedings in Congress.

Two set speeches we're delivered in the
senate today. senator Ganlnger spoke In
support OF his bill providing for an ocean
mail subsidy 20 ports IN South America
No vote was taken. The other speech was
by senator Newlands. in advocacy OF
permanent tariff commission with oompre-
hensive powers.
The entire session Of the house was de-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-12

Continued on Fourth Page)
The evening world., 1911-08-04
Ry E: Phillips Oppenheim.
EY

II save you" Pauline sobbed. Oh!
Bertrand. I am sorry / am very. very
sorry"
lie looked at her In slow surprise.
That In kind OF you." he said. 1T IL
kind Of you to care. You know now
What sort of "A creature | am. You
know that he was right-this man, |
m~ean-when he warned you against me.
when he told you that ! was some
thing rotten, something not worth your
notice. Glv mo the revolver again.
Rochester thrust It in his pocket,
shaking his head.
MY young friend, I think not" he
said. Listen. / hay no more to say
about the past. | am prepared to ac-
cept my share of the responsibility OF
II. You are still young, There is still
time for you TO weave fresh dreams, 10
live a new life. Make another start. Mo-
Don't be afraid that I'm going to oner
YOU my help. There was a curse upon
that. But nevertheless. make your start.
II isn't ! who wish II. IT is-Pauline.'
Saton looked at her wonder1ngly.
'She doesn't care" he said. "She
knows now that ! am really a chaTlatan,
And | needn't have bcen," he added
! with a sudden fury. TT was only thai
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ga
E8

We shall be there in a moment. Paul
me- he said. 1T Is only a fancy OF
NINE. Perhaps he IS not here after all.
out at n rate we shall know"
She said nothing. She seemed to be
bracing herself for that last effort. Now
they could see the bare rocky outline OF
the summit Of the hill. A few steps
more and they would pass through the
gate. And then the sound came. the
sound which somehow they had dreaded.
sharp and crisp through the twilight
air came the report Of a revolver. They
even fancied that they heard a little
moan come travelling down the hill
side.
Rochester stopped short.
I'VE are too late he said. Pauline,
you had better stay here. ! will go on
and find him."
She shook her head.
IT am coming she said. TT 10 my
fault!-it Is my faultV'
He held out his hand.
Pauline" he said. at may not be n
Mt sight for you. SIT here. ~ you car
do any good, ] will call you"
She brushed him aside and began "a
run. With her slight start she outdis-
tanced him. n when he scrambled W
The evening world., 1911-08-04
Greatest Sun1mer
NoOel of the Yea,

to the top. she was already on her
knees. kneeling down over the crouch
Ing form.
III Is not dead she cried. quick!
Tell me whore the wound Is"
Rochester stopped down on the other
side, n Saton opened his eyes slowly.
Il am a bungler, as usual he said.
Rochester opened his coat carefully.
lie has shot himself in the shoulder"
he said to Pauline. 1T Is not serious"
Saton pointed to the rock.
Lift me up a llttle," he said. II want
to sit there. with my back to It. Care
fully!"
Rochester did as he was bid. Then
he took his handkerchief and tried "a
stanch the blood.
II don't know why you came" Saton
f~altered--'you especially" he added 10
Rochester. Haven't you had al, the
triumph you wanted' Couldn't you
have left me alone 20 spend this last
hour my own way? wanted to learn
how to die without fear or m regret.
Here I can do II. because 1t Is easier
here to realize that failure such as
mine Is death"
I'VE came TO try and save you" said
Rochester quietly.
The evening world., 1911-08-04
A Woman War Spy.

THE Souvenir Francois has placed
n tablet on a house at Blevres
to commemorate Nine. Juliotte
Dodu. There was Il large assembly, as
was fitting for the occasion. inasmuch
as tho lady played an important part
at the time of the war with Germany.
She had charge OF the telegraph office
at Pithiyiers. n hid the machines
during the day. pretending they had
been seized. At night she brought
them out and succeeded in tapping the
wires over which the German com
munications were passing, The In
formation thus received she communi-
Gated to Gen. d'Aurelle de Paladin es
She was discovered brought before q
court-martiai and sentenced 20 death
The Kaiser's father. though not ap
proving Nine, Dodu's act. could no
help admirlng her patriotism, ant
through his representations she wa
pardonsd.-London Globe.
The evening world., 1911-08-04
The Anchor That HOl DIS.
BY Cora M. w. Greenleaf.

IDEALS. mind pictures. my sours
greatest wealth.
1 Deep hid from the world with its
scoflng ana Jeers.
We picture them fondly and whisper BY
stealth
or the dreams that sustain us midst
dlscord and tears.
When fell disappointment ~withhokts
from our grasp
h fruits of our efforts. our striving
and toll.
H~alf-dazed. ~empty-handed. we turn With
gasp
To the realm OF Ideals. which the
world cannot spoil.
Which the world annot spoil. cannot
tarnlsh nor mar.
Our God-given knowledge. our visions
and dreams
or Perfection made real-how we reach
for the star
Correcting the dlstance) and bask In
Its beams,
Gods reallt!es-ours! II we're faithful
and true
To ideals that He lovingly plants IN
each breast.
They are sure OF fulalment for me and
for you. :
II we DO our own part and trust Tun
with the resi-
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cursed taste for luxury which seemed
somehow or other 90 creep into my
blood, which made me go dependent upon
money, Naudhelm vas right, Maud
helm was right II only I had stayed
WIN him! II only ] had believed In
him.
1t IL not too late" she whispered,
STOPPING ow over HIM. BE "A man,
"ertrand. Take up your work where
you loft It, and ave done with the
other things. This slipping away over
tho edge, slipping into Eternity. IL the
trick Of towards. For my sake. Der
trand,"
lie half closed his eyes. Rochester
was busy SIN with his shoulder, and
the pain made him faint.
"Go Jack to N~audhelm." she whis-
pered. start life from the very bottom
rung, II he Will have It 80. Don't be
afraid OF failure. Keep your hands
tight upon tho ladder. and your eyes
turned toward Heaven. OH You can
climD II you viii, Bertrand. You can
climb. l am sure. Don't look down.
Don't pause. BE satisfied with nothing
less than the great things. For my
sake. Bertrand! My thoughts viii fol-
low you. Ny heart will DO with you,
Promlsel"
II promise" he murmured,
His head sank back. lie was hall
unconscious.
I'VE will stay with him for a mo-
ment," Rochester whispered. AS soon
as he comes TO. l Will carry him down
TO the car"
In a moment or two ne opened his
eyes. His lips moved, but he was halt
delirlous.
Anything but failurel" he mutterad
to himself with a little roan 'Deltl,
llf you villa touch OF the finger. a
stroke too far to seward. Oh! death
is easy enough! Death Is easy, and
failure Is hard"
Her lips touched his forehead.
Don't believe II. dear she whis.
pered. There is no real failure II only
the spirit IL brave. The dead thing,
are there TO help you climb, They are
rungs In the ladder, bouldsrs for your
feet"
He leaned a little forward. II seemed
as though he recognized something
familiar among the treetops. or down
In the mist-clad valleys.
"Naudhelm!" he cried hoarsely. 80
shall 30 to Naudheiml"
The evening world., 1911-08-04
Copyright, 1910 and 1911. by ntu,, Brown 4 Co,
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Bertrand saton has been befriended In earlier
nays by a cynical Engllslnnan named Rochester.
saton meets Lois Champneys, Ioche'ter's ward,
VINO Is loved by Capt. Nandermcre. but who finds
herSli oddly attracted to saton, This annoys
Rochester, who vaguely dislikcs Saton. Rochester,
annoyance increases when Pauline Marrabel. a
young widow whom he himself sdmires, Is also
attracted 10 Bertrand. Saton is a student of &C.
cultism and il the pgotege Of an old woman known
a, Madame" WHO runs a chain Of fortune telling
studios. Violet. the girl In charge Of one Of
these places, Is in love with Bertrand. A black
mail scheme IL a side feature u the business.
l~tochester demonstrates In vain with Pauline for
LIKING SatOn.s COmlanIOnship 90 much, then comes
10 an open clash with Saton on the subject. SatOn
shoots and dangerously wounds Rochester. LOIS
alone knows he ommitte the crime. Saton tines
10 convince her that his crime was sxcuSable and
BY a sat OF ny pnotism succeeds. Rochester orders
saton to- leave Lots and Pauline alone in the
future. hut the whole party meet at the house
OF the Duchess Of Ampthill. who is deeply utter
ested in saton. saton, at the Duchess request.
trle' psychic. experiments on Pauline. The latter,
Ia a hypnotic state, describes the attempted muir
later, arrows his love for Pauline. She rejects him.
Saton IL warned that the police are watching las
fortune telling establishment. lie decides u NAVY
Lois, but finds his strange influence over her Is
waning. Mean time u detective visits one Of the
fortune telling establishments In search of ei-
denee. Violet, Tilted by Saton. seeks revenge by
telling everything. Lois becomes engaged to Van
dermere. Rochester c~onfronts Saton with proof u
his Matchmaking schemes,
The evening world., 1911-08-04
The Moving Finger

Rochester moved toward her. but she
thrust him aside.
You are a brute!" she d~eclared-"a
brute!'
She staggered across the room toward
the door by which Saton had departed.
Before she could reach II, however. they
heard the crunching OF wheels as his
car swept by the front on Its way
down the avenue.
Rochester pushed open the black gate
which led from the road into the plan
tation at the back of the hill. and they
passed through and commenced the last
short climb. No word passed between
them. The silence OF the evening was
broken only by the faint sobbing Of the
wind in the treetops and the breaking
of dried twigs under their feet. They
were both listening i~ntently-they
scarcely knew for what. The far-away
rumble Of a train, the barking OF . dog,
the scurrying of q rabbit across the
path-these sounds came and passed
nothing else.
They neared the edge OF the planta-
ton. There was a short climb now
and a gray stone wall. Rochester
passed his arm through his companions
Her breath was coming In little sobs.