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THE OMAHA DAILY ItEE: MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1002. s RCSn IN JOBBING DISTRICT Business in All Linei Keeps Up Its Record Breaking Gait UNFOUNDED REPORT FROM ST. JOSEPH Omaha Wholesale Grocers Deny thai They Hare Served Notice oa MUsoartan to Krrp Oat f Nebraska. Th week Just closed has been a record breaker In the wholesale district of Omaha in spit of the fact that It has been feature less as far as any particular Una Is con cerned. The volume of business, while probably not. so great as the preceding week, which was phenomenal, has been something never known In corresponding weeks of previous years. This condition Is reported in every Una of trsde and the country visitors who have come In to pur chase goods report a feeling of security on the psrt of farmers and residents of the tate generally which promises renewal or ders in a short time. From western Iowa and Nebraska as far west as Oxford buyers on the wboleeale market report the . condition of winter wheat, which Is now beginning to put on a coat of green, as better than was ex pected. The figures given out by the Omaha clesrlng bouse tell the story more elo quently than words, the clearings last week having been 11.765,245.51 In excess ot the ! clearings of the corresponding week last Tear. That these figures are not caused by any especial "boom" in business Is shown by the fact that there has been an excess for every day of the week and that the Increaae has been steady. Field la Fair and Free. During the week a story came from fit. Joseph that the grocers of thst city had refused to accede to a request from grocers of Omsha and Council Bluffs to keep out of Omaha territory. Not an Omaha Jobbing grocer could be found who would admit that such a request had been made nor that any such desire was felt. Paid one of the managers of an Omaha house: "Omaha has no reason to fear competi tion on the part of St. Joseph nor any other town. St. Joseph wss la the field when Omaha started. She hsd the advantage ot organisation and experience, but the grocery trade of Omaha has developed because ot her geographical position and the push ot the men who are doing the business. St. Joseph must admit that in some respects that city la at a disadvantage when com pared to Omaha. This Is shown stronger than words can make It by the fact that St. Joaepb Jobbers have opened houses In Omaha or have removed to this city. There ran be no fight of any significance for trade between the towns. Where conditions favor St. Joseph that town will thrive and where Omaha stands In a relatively better position it will succeed. The only limita tion to the field of business activity In any town Is the ability to sell the goods In open competition. We are selling In what was formerly recognized as St. Joseph territory; we are selling In what was once Chicago territory, and the competition will continue a the population Increases. The house that can sell the goods is the house that will succeed snd the town that has that house will receive benefits accordingly." Ho Receipts aad Prices, One ot the best evidences of the pros perous condition of the trade of Omaha la ahown by the reports from the South Omaha packing houses- published daily . - With the close of business last week the receipte of hogs for the current year to date were 627,042, or 09,691 In excess of the receipts for the same time last year. The hog mar het In spit of these larger receipts was higher than It has been at any time during the past alx years, and the highest point was reached Saturday, when the average price waa 16.314 per hundred pounds, an Increase of 514 cents over the correspond ing day last year, and an Increase of f 1.464 over the same day in 1900. Compared with 1899 the Increase was 12.714 per hundred. In cattle the receipts show a gain ot 35,583 since January 1, compared with the same term last year, and the prices are satis fsctory to the dealers. Coach Settled oa Her I.aaajs. "My daughter had a terrible cough which settled on her lungs," says N. Jackson ot Danville. 111. "We tried a great many remedies without relief, until we gave her Foley's Honey and Tar, which cured ber, Refuae substitutes. PENSIONS FOR WKSTERIK VETERANS War Sarvlvors Remembered by the General Government. WA8H1NOTON, March 21. (Special.) The following western pensions have been granted: Issue of March 7: Nebraska: Original John F. Burns Omaha, HZ: wlnalow w. Morse, Falrbur W: Edwin 8. Tnwle (special March 11, Fal City. 11. Increase. Restoration. Reissue Etc. Hiram Harris, Omaha, $1T; Joseph Barter, fccno. in; eamuei r, Williamson, Nebraska City, 68. Original Widows. Etc Flora Orate (special accrued March 10) Omaha, $H. Iowa: Orlalnal-Wllltam T. Wriarht. Ber wick- ; Buel W. Fellows, Montour. M. Increase. Restoration. Helniuie. Kte. Ren jamln F. Brown, Crawford villa, tit: En Wright, Oskaloooa, IU: Antoln LePalvre, Keokuk, 610; Archibald II. UaJrd. College Swlnae. 112: William D. Hall, Tipton. 111. Original Widows. Etc. Delsna Warrlner Iihc i accrued March 10). Cedar Fa is. IS minor of Benjamin H. Williams, Marshall- tow n, fie. South Dakota: Original Olof J. Johnson, Presho, 68. Increase, Restoration, Reissue, Etc. James Morrison, Desmet, (12 : John U Elrhholts. Blunt. I: Newell H. Hopkins (special March 11), Yankton, H. Coughs of Ghildrjm y Take a neighbor's advice and give sugar, leman, molasses, vinegar, or the following: ' " I recommend and prescriba Ayer Cherry Pectoral for colds, night cough, sever coughs, and tor all tr.roat ana J. tt. Ma, H Ss. LIBRARY AND WOMAN'S CLUB Reseat Reaolnllon A boat the Perora tion of the C hildren's Room Ksplalned. The following letter, which explains itself, bas been sent to the editor of the World-Herald with a request for Its pub lication: OMAHA, March 13. To the Editor of the World-Herald: It had been my Intention to Ignore the misrepresentations Injected Into your reports of the action of the library board with reference to the con tributions by a section of the Woman's club toward the decorstion of the children's room In the public library building, but s your rerslstence In repetition might make fatso Impressions permanent I will ask to be allowed to present, a few correction. In all the publicity over this affair to me Is ascribed the sole credit for the deter mination of the library board to exercise a direct supervision over the decorative work In the children's room. This would be de cidedly complimentary to me were it not so uncomplimentary to the other members of the board, all of them older than myself and men of mature Judgment and tried business capacity. It Is true that I Intro duced the resolution In question, but only ts chairman of the executive committee, which had previously discussed the matter at a fully attended meeting and unani mously Instructed me to report as I did. The only discretion I used was In offering It as a resolution Instead of as a committee report. In the board meeting the resolu tion was again fully discussed and passed wlthout a dissenting voice, yet with due BppicuiauuD oi me iaci mat Dusy-noaiee would try to make the women believe It to be an affront to tbelr unselfish seat. So far as I am concerned I believe thit under the circumstsnces the board took the anly proper course It simply declared that responsibility for the management and contents of the library rests upon the board, that Its powers and responsibility should not be sublet except subject to Its ratification and the rule applied to its clubwomen la precisely the same as that applied to alt other Meads of the library wno nave donations to offer. The board very recently refused to receive a stuffed buffslo tendered by the park board, but the park commissioners failed to discover any Insult In the refusal. The clubwomen seem to have overlooked the fact that the library board may have piana ior the children's room with which meir inaepenaent work might conflict. While not claiming any special credit I be lieve the suggestion of the nreaanf rhit dren's room as a separate department rama from me, and that I had more to do with ita establishment than any other member of the board. We have to look ahead to the further development of this department and naturally require seme unity of purpose In the arrangement of the shelves and the use of floor space for tables, racks, etc., to wnicn any plan Tor decoration must con form. My record as a member of the iihr.ew board Is a source of pride to me because I am conscious of having discharged the duties at all times In the exclusive Interest oi me institution and Its patrons. When therefore, you attempt to ascribe covert aims ana personal malice, to my actions in ine ooara you entirely overshcot the mark. At the time I Introduced my resolu tion, I had no knowledge that the women had ordered a cast of Diana and therefore could have had no objection to their selec tion of the figure. While I had beard that they were contemplating the presentation of a piece of statuary, I had no Information that they had decided on the venerable Diana. I had however learned that the money to pay for this gift was to be raised by selling tickets to a series of lectures and I Objected to having the library placed in tne position or a charity object by hav ing the public solicited to bu"y tickets to a benefit for the Omaha Public Library. a to Mrs. Keysor, the head of the art department I have always entertained for her none but the kindliest feelings and the intimation that I was trying to put an ob struction in her way to the presidency of the club, must have been as surprising to her as it was to me as I was quite un aware even that she was aspiring to the position. I studied under Mrs. Keysor when I attended the High school and from my own personal association and knowledge of her abilities do not hesitate to say that no more representative or better qualified president could be found In the club's mem bership. The Omaha Publlo library haa always done all It could to promote the work ot the Woman's club by extending to its mem bers every privilege granted to the most favored patron and the club women have not been slow to take advantage of its fa cilities. I feel sure they will continue to use and appreciate the library whether or not they have exclusive guardianship over the children room decorations. Respect fully, VICTOR ROSEWATER. Raw or Inflamed Lanti Yield rapidly to th wonderful curative and healing qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar. It prevents pneumonia and consump tion from a hard cold settled on the lungs. Thirteenth Cavalry. - An Inquiry reached The Bee from some one at Albion. Neb., whose address has bean lost, asking for the location of the Thirteenth cavalry, U. 8. A. Headquarters and Troops I, K. L. and M are at Fort Meade. 8. D. : A. C. O and H are at Fort Asslnnlboln. Mont.; B and 1 at Fort Robinson, Neb., and B and F at Fort Keogn, Mont. Faaeral ot Jade Noah Davis. ALBION. N. Y., March 2J The funeral Of Judge Noah Davla was held today from the Presbyterian cnurcn. The services were conducted by Kev. F. W. Lewis, aealated by Rev. F. 8. Dunham of the Episcopal cnurcn. tsunu waa at sat. Jiioion. rung aflections.- IL ovno, M.D., New Cumberland, Pa. J. C AYER CO. LawatL Mas. ALL WELLS DON'T END WELL Some Spouting Wealth, Others Swallow It at Beaumont. INCIDENTS OF THE CRAZE FOR GUSHERS What the Tesa Oil Field Has Pro daced la Ten Months The Flald Generally I sed as Fnel. Of all the wonderful stories that have com out of the Beaumont (Texas) on region, relates the New Vork Herald, none can comnare with the bald tacts In the ess of D. R. Beatty. He leseed a patch of land for 810. It sold within a few weeks for 11,000,000. Somehow the publlo has come to believe there Is more froth than substance I Inthe talk of oil and that about a bubble a mighty turmoil has been raised. There was froth and there is substance. The volume of froth can be measured only by the dura tion of the crate that makes Beaumont the Mecca of tens of thousands of fortune hunters. The substsnce to measured by hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil that are shipped each month, by the multitude ot manufac turing establishments which depend upon Beaumont oil for their fuel, by the hun dreds of locomotives that use oil Instead of cosl and by the seemingly ceaseless flow of wealth from the wells In the proven field. It is leas than a year alnce the first car of oil was sent from the Beaumont station; It la little more than a year since the first gusher "came In." From March 3, 1901, the date of the Initial shipment, to January 10. 1902, the railroad statistics show, 10.301 cars, containing 1.633.202 brrl of oil. were shipped. And, In addition. It Is estl- I mated iuu.uuu Darreis were ueea in Beau mont and Its vicinity, that there were 2.500,- 000 barrels in the storage tanks on January 10 last and that 1,000,000 barrels were wanted before the various gushers could be capped Or controlled. It Is contended by many of the Beau mont men that the scepticism about the new oil field Is due to old established oil concerns, who see In the Texas guahers rivalry that threatens their supremacy. More baneful, however, have been the dot- ens of swindles launched by unscrupulous man ai Vx-i aaai I v t ti a avnUamnnt Ita Cttaa, I "" Beaumont region an opportunity to sell snares in companies tnat never ownea an acre of land and never will produce a gallon ul I Beaumont Is still an overcrowded, bolster- ous town, with more raucous-voiced en- thusisasts to the square inch perhaps than any omer piace on eartn. Kvery tram brings a lot of newcomers, but the mad scenes of last March, April end May, when all the passenger trains were run in three, four or five sections, and every man, woman and child was Inoculated with a Mulberry Sellers viru, are no longer to be witnessed. Order, system and business regularity have taken the place of a wild effort to grab anything in alght and trust to luck as to the outcome. The proved district the land out of which th oil cushes Is less than 400 acrea. There ar many problem for the Beaumont oil men to solve and there la much missionary work for them to do before they can market all the oil they bring forth. There Is much of romance and not a little of tragedy In the tale of Beaumont. It all the remarkable Incidents were to be narrated many volume would have to be written. Veteran oil men say the excite- ment in the Pennsylvania field year, .go waa mild by comparison. Men who went to Beaumont simply to see what was going on and to verify the reports that they had heard of the excite- sent there men who went as they would go to a theater or a bull tight or a wild west show were caught In the whirl and acted like the others. They bought any- thing they could get with the money they possessed and were ready to sell or mort- gage everything they had in the world In order to get more oil. In the train that left Beaumont most of the men complained of headache and ot a nervousness similar to that which follows intoxicatlon. This was but the reaction from the overworking of the nervous sys - tem. Extravagant prices were paid for every- inmg. iwo negroes wno uvea in turnc-i- aown caoins ana woo woraea ior i.ou a oay . . . . . . . , a V . ; :. wno leu nm room uurmg in ooom wunoui his overcoat returned only to discover that a thief had stolen it. In one of th pockets lne overcoat oe naa leu i,uuu. his i, .vuua " . "" - - - replied that the coat and the thousand dot- lara could go to thunder. If he went both- ering aooui 11 oe prooaoiy wouia ios viv.vuu on one ot ni. on aai m to meanum. Some men who wanted to atart a bank paid $10,000 for the privilege of using a pica- yune barber ahop. A dry gooda dealer, wnoso sioro waa a verj auiau nuair, $10,000 cash for giving up his short lease, Cash A Luckel paid $160 per month for the use of an 1x10 platform In front of the ramanacaia ro.uj the platform brought $80 a month. But that'. In the town proper. Land that could be bought a few year. m . at t tinn ruul act, lur r mu v.. - - - . m "v v rmmm. It is to a man who waa looked upon as a crank" that th discovery of oil In th Beaumont dletrlct la du. His nam M Higgins. He had for five or six years been talking about th prospects of striking oil at Spindle Top. People grew tired of listen ing to him. His talk was considered the vaporing of an overwrought mind. That there wa. oil in aoutheast Texaa wa. con ceded, tor a refinery had been built at Sour lake. In Hardin county, and trace of oil had been discovered In many place. In addition, atorie had been told by eeafarlng BOU,M " ' r fuel and heating pur men of an oil pool lathe gulf, about fifteen PO"8- mil.. .oi.tk.Mt of Rablna Pass. I It Is In extending the market for the oil But the refinery at Sour Lake burned be- for any proof of th worth or utility of th oil ther had been obtained. The men who had Invested lost all. lust as had those whn were hefora them in that field. Oil waa there, bevood a doubt, but. althouch many holea were drilled, a big vein never was tanned. Conservative men smiled at Hlggins' talk of oil on Splndl Top. If oil waa to be found anrwher. they contended. Baur Lake was the place. The outcrop- ninn there wer unmistakable. Rivulets of oil flowed Into Pin Island Bayou, at Sour Lake, and sooner or later oil would be struck there In paying quantities. It wa. absurd to talk about oil on Spindle Top, But there waa on man who listened to what Hlggina said and who had faith In hia theory. That man was George W. Carroll, president of the Beaumont Lumber com pany and one of the wealthiest residents of the city. He furnished a part ot the money with which Hlgglns went to work to hunt for oil. On the knoll called Splndl Top, Higgias. In a crude, old-fashioned way. sank a well to a depth of 450 or (00 feet. Then he encountered qulch.nd and eoull proceed no further. Thr was such a -ii k ,k 1.H ' " to try again near by. One mor they struck quicksand after getting evidence of oil. Hlggina had no more money and Mr. Car roll was tired. So the work was abandoned. aad ths vjaeacres, who had smiled before, I now laughed and Joked about the "folly" of Hlgglns and Carroll. There was a man who didn't think Hlg glns Carroll had failed. His came was Lucas. He got a lease to a email patch of ground and sank a well 600 feet. Then he, too, had to abandon It on account of the treacherous quicksand. But he had ob tained better evidence of oil thaa had Hlg glns, and, although he had little money, he waa of undaunted spirit and supreme faith. He went to Pittsburg and laid bis proposi tion before many oil men. On every side he was repulsed until he met Messrs. Ouffey Galley. They listened patiently and promised to Investlgste. Their Investigation confirmed all that Lu cas bad asserted, and they agreed to fur nish the capital, with which Lucas could obtain the moot Improved drilling machln- ery and sink a well 1,000 or more feet. Mr. I , . - . Lucas made a contract with Hamill Bros of corslcana, who, with rotary drills, sank many of the wells In that field. They be- Sn operations on the Lucas tract, went through the qulckssnd and then they struck what Is claimed to be the greatest vein of oil the world haa ever known. In a night Beaumont went crazy. Woman Launched "Boom." To the Influence of hia wife may be aecribed the advent of Charles L. Wallis Into the oil business. Mr. Wallis I a son of the senior member of the firm of Wallis, Landes V Co. of Oalveston, Tex., one of the wealthiest concerns In the southwest Like hia father, the younger Mr. Wallis la a conservative buslnesa man. He was con tent to manage his department In bla fath er's firm, and when-the news of the dis covery ot oil at Beaumont spread, and men, women and children In Oalveston talked of nothing but oil, and the chances to make a fortune, hia blood didn't circulate any , w ... ' V". v" , .ome other penon tj take tn flt But the oil fever wssn't confined to the streets. It got Into the homes. The wives and mothers talked oil in the parlors and the negro women talked oil In the kitchens. No fever Is so virulent or contagious as oil fever. Mrs. Wallis caught it. She talked oil at breakfast, luncheon and dinner, and she suggested that her husband buy some Stock. Me. TV 1 1 IaM ha, vnnmt , V. . comp,nle, organiz(Ki w, fly.by-nlrht at- f.lr, th. fflpt, . .tM ..... ,.,., advantae. . ,v mefJt an(, lhe credul of the wl . ... ' ' I ne wouldn t buy oil share with confederate mon.T. Mrf WtUls hsa ,.rejlt mpect for the business Judgment of Mr. Walll and the fever anhaMjwl tnr m Hn. I hearing how some woman friend had bouaht stock at IS or 20 centa a ,hP. sold for a great deal more, it returned I Once more she broached the subject of buy- I ing stock and once more her husband gave that good, eound advice, but by this time the fever bad taken too atrong a hold to be thrown oft by almpl arcument. Ialn could make no Impression against the fact that her friend Mrs. So-and-So had made money. Finally Mrs. Wallis said to her husband: "1 have 12.600 of mv own mnn.. I never will be satisfied unless I Invest Now be a good boy and tell me what is best to buy." Lack? Deal. Unable to move hia wife from her resolu tlon Mr- vVallls Invested her $2,600. He ex erciseo me utmost care. Within a month OT two the stock which h bought for hi wlfe worth 625,000 and Mr. Wallis, who nM started to make Investigations to safe wrd bla wife a money, had caught the tever. too. He la today the head of one of I - largest. If not tha largrtit. oil com Pnl" ' ne Beaumont district, and ships thousand, of barrel, of oil. It Is true he n" maa . peat deal ot money, but this Is I rar instance. Those who lost outnumber " WBo gained Driller a luck" is what they call the ex. I perlence of W. B. Sharp. In 1893 be sank a we" 0B epindle Top. He aot down Eoo feet. I Then hia money and his credit gave out. He I couldn t get asslstaace from any one in I Beaumont. When he left. In dlsaust. he I didn't have enough money to buy a postage I stamp to writ to his wlf and tell of his I failure. Th morning after the Lucas strike I he returned to Beaumont. As emDlov for I Ouffey Galley he sank a well within 100 reet or tne on he had abandoned years be- "re ana he "brought In" one of th grest- 1 gusher la the field. He organised the iriners- company and now la wealth. I It la estimated $2,000,000 was spent In mur monma in advertising Beaumont nil I . . . . companies, come or the concerns which ad- : " "aa me least merit. duu,. ui in companies were swindles, pure and simple. Th conditions In Beaumont of- fered opportunities for the wicked such as art rareiy aeea. i - - - apouiors in toe district Coal la practically no lonser used In .n..h east Texas. Before th discover nr nil . i mmi cost nearly 9 a ton In Houston Transportation char sea k. it. I bama, Indian Territory and tha pnn..i vanla or West Vlra-inla mlnea ma, if Aim. I cult for manufacturer concema t m.. i id competition of factories more favorably situated. Now the manufacturing plants ot most of the cities In the southern half of Texas Us on. jonn RymershofTer, president of the Texaa Star Flour mills, la authnnt. for the statement thst It enat hia M.JOO t. m.k. th. a,.i...,V. 7.,m' I . . i.iiiui necessary t introduce oil In place of coal, i bhu .Mfi luv amvina in laaa man w. I ... muuma paia ror th Chang. I Th Southern Pacific system uses oil for motiv power, Instead of coal, on se. erai divisions of the road. So does tha Atchison, Topeka A Santa F oa its Gulf line, known a th Gulf, Colorado A Santa Fe road. Other railroad, are following suit. Oil Piped to Coasai . As far aa the Texas and Louisiana ter- rltory la concerned. oll la supreme. In om " ' oil win ne piped to the rn toe isxas ana Louisiana confine tnt "e thoughtful men In th Beaumont dlatrlct find the most difficulty. They are turning tbelr attention to th sea. If oil " brought into us on steamships the de- "nd will be limited only by the aupply. now la usea on some steamships plying l0D th wast coast ot South America, the supply being drawn from the oil wells of I reru. I it la argued by oil men that oil can be stowed in tne tanae now used by steam- I ships for water ballast and can be pumped I to the engine room aa required. This would " away with the necessity for bunker I room tor coal and would add hundreds of tons of cargo apace to a vessel's carrying capacity. The one great obstacle to this nroDosltlon la that it will not he feaaihla until oil stations ar eatahllahal a that steamships could get supplies of oil as readily as now thsv set their coal. Whether this can be accomplished the future alona will tell. Meanwhile tha wella In the "nrnvan" diatrlrta are e.ttln. Into atronz handa. The Standard Oil rnmnanv It la aeoer.ll believed, has large inter, ta. Th Hogg-Sw.yn. syndicat and th Hlggina company hav large capital and ara backed bv men of areat wealth. The I .. . . . .. smaller fry are being forced ou gradually but surely. There is much oil prospecting at other place In Texas thaa In the vicinity Beaumont. Occasionally reports corns otlAitell, professor of Greek In Kalamiioo "strike" wncr. but to tar these hav academy for tbe last twelve years, died not borne Investigation, and Beaumont has the field to itself. Amusements. At the Crelghtoa-Orpheam. One of the best bills of the season opened a week'a engagement at the Crelghton Orpheum yesterday. There ts not a bad act in the eight and several which might be called headllners. Old favorites furnish a large share ot the amusement and are well received. Milton and Doll I Nobles, whose years before the public have In no wise dimmed their popularity or diminished their ability to please, have a really clever comedy sketch, which waa greatly relished yesterday. It Is clean In every eense and decldely funny. Melville and Stetson, who also seem to have arrested time, give an entirely new act with all their wonted dash. These are without Question the celeverest team in vaudeville. Vera King and Susie Fisher sine. Miss Fisher has a remark ably heavy voice for a woman and gives "Beyond the Gates ot Paradise" and "An chored" with much expression. Miss King s monologue and "coon" songs were well re ceived. Knight brothers are good come dlane. Banks and Winona Winters msde a hit with their sketch, Miss Winters' sweet voice completely captivating the audience. No more capable acrobats were ever seen in Omaha, and their horlsontal bar act has the merit of novelty, as well as excel lence. New pictures from the klnodrome Include the launching of the German em peror's yacht. Meteor, ahowlng Miss Roose velt, Preeldent Roosevelt, Prince Henry and the entire party of distinguished people there assembled. At the Boyd. Surrounded by a company of Industrious supporters, Dave Lewis as Hans Nix pre- i(mted "The Telephone Girl" to good I audi ences Sunday afternoon and night at Boyd's theater, and will play a final engagement there tonight. Easily the roost striking feature of the present production Is the per sistent way in which it Uvea up to the first standard. The usual and expected thing In the life of a musical comedy Is its "passing," and the time Is generally short. Not so with "The Telephone Girl," however. Though Dave Lewis Is not Louis Mn" "or e wl" slo,n' he nevrtne iess a capable man In the abortive part, and furnishes In a satisfactory manner eleven- tenths of the real humor In the play, which . - . . he is supposes to ao. Others of the principal characters are different from those who were with this Pl the last time it showed here, two veara Ul. Arthur Conrad IS UOW Bnui fles. and dances better than his predecea- sor. beside singing Just fairly. Pearle Hlght ts a new Estelle, the telephone girl, and her departure from vaudeville for this purpose was warranted, ior sne is pieasmg in the new role. Anna Conrad as Mrs. Pultaway carries th strong musical hit In her handling of the "Rip Van winkle" song All the other oldtlme favorites, "It's Up to You, Babe," "I Know Them All" and "The Belle of the Telephone" were plainly satisfactory. Marion Hyde as Clementine, captain of the telephone girls, la the life of the stage in several skittish portions. Costuming 1 varied considerably, and is good Mtaco's Troeadero. "The Broadway Burlesquera" at the Troeadero pleased two good sized audiences yesterday with an excellent program or burlesque and vaudeville. The opening number, called "The Bull Pen." contain a great deal ot original humor, which Is made still more comical by able comedians. Edna Earl Is a pleasing vocalist, singing several " artistic manner Mayer and PJi " ?ntuZ musical act: 'he ....... .r.t, .. and en.ate : .. . .v ....... h. ln renartee that drew them an encore; the McDade trio made a hit with their balancing and alack wire act; the Jesses won applause In an original sketch. The performance nnniiMa with the burlesque, "A Real Hot Time," which is a hodge-podge of nonsense, hilarity, song and peclaltles. "The Broad way Burlesquers" remain tne entire ween. Performance are also given every after noon. I APPROVE THE WILCOX VERDICT People ol Elisabeth City Applaad th Decision that He Killed Nellie Cropsey. dc-tw rirv N. P.. March 2a. I faljlKA J aw . - - -w The verdict that young Wilcox was guilty the murder of Miss Nellie cropsey seems . meet popular approval, though It was not considered probable early yesterday that the iurv would so report. District Attorney " ,d yeBterday ne never looked for any verdict other than murder in the aec ond degree. Lawyer Aydlett for the defense win enter an appeal on behalf of the prisoner. He will seek to set aside tne veraict on tne ground that It was not consistent with the evidence brought out in the trial. There is little prospect of tne prisoners paying the death penalty on the date aet by Judge Jones. Aa the supreme court uoes not uwi till next September, it is more man proo able that It will be twelve months before the case is disposed of fipally. ...r-sniro nc MAWIWft MAPQ WtftniW ur itmm.iv. ...r,. w n..ntn of War Charts Drive Gob- rat Heaneaala t a Shoot Himself, BRUSSELS. March JJ. General Henne- quln, director ot the Military Cartograph- leal society, has commuted suicide by shooting with a rifle. DEATH RECORD. Prof. F. Oaborae Ward. SAN FRANCISCO. March 1$. Prof. F. Osborne Ward, an emiaent hlstorlsn and linguist, died at Yuma, Art... March 10, after a Unaerinc nines. Fror. warns greatest work was his "History or tne Roman People from the Earliest Tim to Constantln." on which he labored thirty- eight years. He traveled thousands of miles, visited many of the world's famous libraries snd went, over the world a first histories. He made himself a master of ethnology and archaeology and in 1888 wa associated with Charles Darwin la solving problems on which be wa at work. For twenty yeara be waa translator for ths federal bureau of labor. Hia best known book ts "The Ancient Lowly." Recently he hsd been engaged In arranging vast amounts of material be bad gathered for the use of his literary exeeutor. Aldea) Spear NEWTON, Mass.. Match 23. Newa wa received her today of th death last even ln l Pasaaena, vai., or aioen epeare president ot the Alden Speare Sons com I P0 f Boston. Mr. Speare we. a director of a number ot railroad companies, among them tbe Mexicsn Central, the Atchison Topeka A Banta Fe. th Atlantic A Pacific the St. Louis San Franciaco and the Connecticut Psssumpsic. II wa for ' ' . , .7 Board ot Trad at Washington and rcntly I A n.a . W. h. hwfir i . - A,,ru of KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 23. Pet h G Crescent made Boys' Clothes of Harden Bros. here today of grip, aged 60 yeare. Prof. AxtelL who was a graduate of Brown uni versity, from which he held the degree of master of arts, was president of Leland university at New Orleans from 1878 to 1S82. and president of Central college at Pella, la., In 1881 and 1900. Char Is D. Sower. PHILADELPHIA, March JJ.-Charla H Sower, president of th Christopher Bower company, publisher of school books, died today of angina pectoris, aged 61. Mr. Sower waa a member of a famous family of publishers, the first of whom, Christopher Sower, Issued the first Bible to be pub lished in Amertoa in th German language. The publishing bouse was established in 1731. J. II. Loom I a. CHETBNNE. Wyo.. March 28. (Special.) J. H. Loom Is, assistant cashier of the First National bank, died suddenly today at hi room In th Cheyenne club of pneu monia. Mr. Loom! bad been at hia place at the cashier' window every banking day for many years. Yesterday morning he went to bla room and complained of feeling bad. Death came shortly after noon. Aaroa French. PITTSBURG, March 24. Aaron French, aged 79. died at hia home, thla city, shortly after midnight, of paralysis. Mr. French was president ot the American Steel Wire company and was elected president of the American Steel Spring combine, recently formed In New York. R. V. Rwepsea. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 13. R. V. Swepsen, one ot Knoxvllle's wealthiest cltlxens, died here today. He owned the Richmond street car system during the civil war. His estate Is valued at $1,000,000. Former Prime Minister. BUDA PEST, March 28, M. Koloman de Tlsza, former Hungarian prime minister and leader ot the liberal party, died here this morning. He waa born In 18S0. UPSETTING HI! DIGNITY. Hot Cola Fetches tha Brave, Also a Prolonged gpree. "I waa connected with the Sioux Indian reservation for three or four years," said a story-teller to a Detroit Free Press man, "and of eourao I bad every chance to atudy Lo as he la. Some of the young buck, were ready to laugh at a good thing, but the old chleta atuck out for dignity In a way to make you look aolemn. "One of the big chief was named Buffalo Hunter, and: In his day be had lifted plenty of white scalps. If others could forget what he had been, he couldn't. He'd sit around tne post iraaer a store ror rour hours at a time without even fetching a grunt, and If nybody rubhed elbows with blm he tried to freexe hi. very soul with a glare. "After a time I made up my mind to give the old fellow's dignity a test. Hs always arrived at a certain hour, attended by a small retinue, and one day, wbsn I aught eight of him coming over the ridge mile away, I dropped a silver quarter Into the stove. It was good and hot lying on the floor near the door when Buffalo pulled up his pony and dismounted. He get down with the dignity of an emperor, and without a look around him he entered the store. That quarter caught hia eagle eye In a Jiffy, and he didn't consider It beneath his dignity to stoop and pick It up. Well, tbe way he let go of that red- hot coin again," laughed th Joker, "wa worth going a mil to aee. He Jumped clear off the floor at the aame time and the yells he uttered come to me In my sleep some times and raise me out of bed. There were half a doxen ot us In the plot and ready to guffaw, and when old Buffalo realised the situation he knew that his dignity waa lost torsver. He glared around for a minute with murder In hia eyes, and then he bustled out doors, leaped upon hia pony and made a bee-line for a saloon at th edge of the res ervation. I don't know how much whisky he soaked up, but two hours latsr be re turned to tbe store with a first-class Jag on. A buck on each aide waa holding him on hia pony, and he wa staging and weeping by turns. We all went out to greet him and Inquire about hia health, and after trying to wink at each Individual In turn he path etically exclaimed: " 'Some dam maa make soma dam money hot, and take my dam character away, aad now I go on a dam spre every day In the week.' He wa as good as his word. He was drunk nearly all the time for th next six months, and In his mellowness he would even play at tag and leap-frog with the boys. Then he tumbled oa bis pony one nlaht and broke hia neck, and sometimes, when the rain comes down and tbe wind moans around tbe gable I feel that hia guardian angel will hold me responsible for hia taking off." How It Happened. Chicago Post: 'Tv got a good story hara." remarked tbe reporter, "II I couia only tell It about aom great man." Put It on Geora Washington," saia in Tha Mechanic that la In need of a sboe that will atand the food, hard wear hia ahoea are sure to receive can find nothing In Omaha that will equal onr box calf double welt aole shoe at $2.50-Ife an eaay aavlnj of $1 on every pair for the aame quality anywhere else All we ask for thla shoe la a trial If you're not satisfied bring' them back and get your money We know their value and are willing to guarantee them this way. Drexel Shoe Co,, aaaha'a Cp-ta-dat aha Mass. 141 VAIMIAM ITkllT. TTT T0' tin are to be had in Omaha only Sunday editor promptly, "and rush It up. I need aome copy." . And after the paper waa out the Sunday editor was found tearing his hair. "Great Scott!" he cried, "why didn't the Infernal fool tell m that It was a atory about a man and his diverting children?" 8HOOTING AT RANDOM, How a Wassaehasetts Rearlment 'Won Distinction. Gen. Nelson A. Miles tells a good story of a Massachusetts regiment which waa un der his command In tha Spanish-American war. Tha incident occurred Jnst after the skirmish at Guanlca, following the landing of the Puerto Rican expedition. As a Spanish attack was momentarily expected the strain on the nerves of the volunteers, who were Just out of a discipline camp, was extreme. For hours they lay along the brink of the hill listening to the noise ot th forest and awaiting the expected at tack. Presently a man at the extreme end of the line could stsnd the strain of the ctlence no longer, and raising his rifle he biased away Into the darkness. This was a signal for the whole company, and Instantly every man waa shooting Into the darknesa. The sound of the firing reached General Mllee'a tent; orderlies mounted and hast ened to the front. The entire army waa aroused and arranged for action. General Miles and hi staff started for the scene ot the fight. Out on the firing line there waa a mo ment of confusion; then the officers suc ceeded In stopping the shooting and began a hurried search for the man who atarted It. Presently they located him down at the end of the line, whore a private named Parkinson wss stationed. Striding up to the author of the midnight alarm the in dignant officer shouted: "Parkinson, what In thunder were you shooting at?" "Ob," replied Parkinson, with apologetlo drawl. "I waa Just shooting at random." "And ever after that," says General Miles, when he tells the story, "the Sixth Massa chusetts was known aa the 'Randoms.' " WHEN EYES GROW TIRED. Fatlatn ot the Mascle aad the Way to Relieve It. People speak about their ayes being tired, meaning that the retina, or seeing portion, of th eye Is fatigued, but such Is not the case, as the retina hardly ever geta tired. The fatigue Is In the Inner and outer muscles attached to the eyeball and th muscles of accommodation which surround th lens of the eye, saya the Detroit Free Prese. When a near object Is to be looked at this muscle relaxea and allow, the lena to thicken, increasing Its refractive power. The Inner and outer muscles are used In covering the eye on the object to be looked . the Inner one being especially used WDra . near object Is looked at. It is la tha three muscle, mentioned that tha fa- tia-ue is felt, and relief la eecured tempo- 1 r.riiv bv closlna the eyes or aailna at far- ai8tant object. The usual indication of strain Is a red- ness of the rim of the eyelid, betokening a congested state of the Inner surface, ac companied by some pain. Sometimes thla wearnlness Indicate the need of glassea rightly adapted to the person and In other cases the true remedy Is to massage the eye and Ita aurroundlngs, so far as may be, with th hand In cold water. Sure to Happen. Chicago Tribune: The hlgh-browed reso lute young man with the slim neck and lanky hair had driven the rabbit into a hollow log. He plugged up the opening where the ani mal had gone In. Then he sat down on a atump, gun In band, near tbe other end ot th log and watched Intently. "What ar you doing T asked the un thinking, as they strolled along. 1 am waiting," ha said, with a maniacal gleam In hia eye, "for the Inevitable out. come!" Group. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a certai cure for croup and has never been known to fail. Given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, it will prevent the attack. It is the sole dependence of many thousands of mothers and never disappoints them. Price 25 cents. Large size, 60 cents. 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