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Nebraska
REPUBLICANS OPEN CAMPAIGN !
Will Stait on Monday to Make
Speaking Tour of Btats.
STAR-SPANGLED BNHER DAY
AH Flaas on llonar Ordered
I p In Honor o f One II nnitrriltB
A nn lTTnrj of 'Writing
of Olpiirntril Srnit.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCuLN. Se; t. 12. ('peclal.i On lvi
ty the rppullh aim will Mart the cam
paign of Ift.l In hii ail.e ), Head
quarters will bo permanently opened In
the Llnilell hc-'.el and a 1 ile.wim.-nts
will be put t, work.
On that Oay i.I .ij t! RUlnmoMlp cam
paign will be Ini'.ucurnted starting Tilth a
trip through the First district. The sec
ond week will start fit Millard. covering
territory a fur west as Shlmy nr.d thrn
up to Dalton on Friday, puttm-t In that
t'ay and Saturday from HridRpport to
Gordon via Alliance. Ti e third wwk will
tart them olf at Valentine, down the
Northwestern line as far as Norfolk, flu-
Ishlng up Wednesday from that place to
A 1 1 . 1
R. U. Howoll. ranrlldat? for governor, i
will be the principal upeakcr. but will be
assisted by other state candidates and
the congressional candidates In the cls
tricts through which they pass.
LI slits on Mate llooae.
The plenslnir effect produced by ths
lights covering tiie dome of the state
house, durlnr fair week has eausod a ro-
.,... to i t ih. v.n..ri for ihrm
to be continued indefinitely. The lights
are owned by the Lincoln Commercial
club, but the juice Is furnished by the
plant at the penitentiary, so that If the
Commercial club will allow the lights '.a
remain it is likely thut the state board
may conclude to furnish the power to
keep them going.
Twltia In Taylor Family.
Railway Commissioner H. U. Taylor
and Mrs. Taylor are the parents of fine
twin boys. ,
Dlalns; Car AHraptlTe.
No attraction at the state fair drew
more attention than the Burlington din
ing car which hud been set on the groundj
near the auditorium as a part of the pure
food exhibit. Meals were served the same
aa on the road and tipping the waiters
was one of the privileges if one so desired.
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evidenced, by the fact that about jOi
. . . . , ,rl-
Mewls were aerved each day. According!
. . ., ., .
lu ruuu ,uillllllaioiii-i jiuiuiaii iv m-ii;ui
two purposea of giving people who ocslrid
., 1u.Ha. , . , .... I II, n (hoi .dPIn.l a I t lu '
... ... . . . , .!... . I nre Paased also resolutions of sympathy
iiiliig hall a chance to pet t without! . .
. . extended to B shop Bristol of
going down town and also had n tencency' . i.c-..
7 , . . . . ... , .,. .1 Omaha, who is reported verv II.
urn ake the d.nln halls serve bettor, At cven nR., pp 0
'Vc are more than pleased with the f' V'C? "-f"r of the Ne
rcccption ,iven the dining car." said Mr. " rf " !,"n P th.
J.armtn this morning i bt. T 1""'or,nncc1 ,f rel,"
I Instruction and religious training.
Anniversary Observed. ( Thfi app0intmenla for the coming year
Today was tho lWth an!vriury of the w, ot 1c ttnnoun,.ed unt., Monday mnrn.
writing of the song the Star .Spangled ; the conference deciding today to hold
liunner," acd as a connecjuence Secretary ; a M0;1day session,
of State Wait ordered c.i all flans up on j
the state house, ;n memory of the author, 1
l.'lDniHu Sii'.itk l.'al- ,
J..- Supreme toorf I Work. ... JrPW bUAhD COUNTS UP
"Vacation fcr the supreme couii was
over today and Tuesday the f.rtl iittln j fFrom ,rt Stsff Correspondent.)
will 16 held, opeiitni' w llh iour cuscs from 1 LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 12. (Special. )
Jio jhlaa ccunty, three on a motion tor ' According to Present Roberts, the state
ivhearing, Murray usainst Omaha Trans- fair Las been" more of a success than It
for company; Stale ex P I r.ngiith eguinst ; promised !n the middle of Uie week. No
Fanning, MeKennun asa.nst Omaha 61 j fair has ever been held undir more dls
t.'ouncll iH;f:s Street. Hall.vay company j courajjlns conditions than the one this
and the other nigumcnt in the caso of j week. With a prand display of every.
Sharp against Nutionul FidnLty und Cas- 1 thing and a good race program people
unity company. j In attendance would have been highly
State Fair Weddings. entertained. But with rain nearly every
Stulo fair week, as usual, wx the time mght' keeping the roads impassible for
for several weddings of eople who vis- j automobiles, the attendance was cut
itci the Jalr. the tollowing b-imj among drwn nidrably
tlie many who were granted licenses: J "' Heve If we had had good weather
William Tuii y, aged .'. Couiu lt bluffs, " uth Prevailed Friday." said RecreUry
r.nd Alice Gri.ily, aged ii-', troin the same Mellor this morning, "there would have
1 Krnk W. HaMii, wc4 0. and Anna S. T" wV' "'I'Vu HOW'V'r'
O'Neal, ased : botu of Omaha. ! w,th ,ne weather we had it was re-
Rolort 1.. Johnson of Harvard, ad markablc how many people came,-but it
S3, and Mollie il. Lucas of Omaha, is a erst it!nnnnn(nimni "
Josein K. Hopkins of Woodbine, la.,
aged 63, and Anna V. (Moles, aged 3S, of
tho same town.
Floyd C. Belolt, aed 24, Cedar Rap ds.
la., and Alice H. Hall, ag Ml . Lincoln.
Robert O. White, aged i7. Omaha, and
Martha C. Nelson, aged Council
lliuffs.
John J. Manlon, ased 4-, Havelock, and
Martha C. Fisher, aged 2$. Omaha. I
SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
RAISING BLUE GRASS SEED
STELLA, Neb., Sept. 12. Special.) The
threshing season is practically finished
ufarl a resume of the wheat and oats
ytlds is timely.
Erock. I- Nemaha county, estimates I
r.:- 001 bushels cf wheat remain In that U
callty to be marketed after 1 100,000 bush,
els have been delivered to the grain
buyers at that place. This yield comes
from a territory not more than six or
seven miles square Wheat around Brock j
th's year made from twenty.flve t' fifty
bushels to the acre, where the Hessian
fly did not work, and the averap yield
is close to thirty bushels. The Hessian
fly did not do a great deal of damage.
Big tractor plows have been brought to
Falls City to use for fall plowing. A new
Industry about Falls City this season was
the harvesting and export of blue grass
Berd for the f'rst time.
The canrln factory et Auburn has
been in operation for the first time In two
years, dry weather last year preventing.
Had Brighi's Disease
Ifuctor Said He Would Vie.
Briifht'a
Disease
excites fear In most
People. While
Brlght's Olsvas fol. I
lows neaiect of kid- '
ney trouble, it can
be checked in Us In
clplenry. For more j Rappard, the Dutch minister to Waih'ng
than S7 years "War- 1 ton. Mr. and Mrs. Buscch of St. Louis,
I er a Safe Kidney aBrt a WrKt par1y.
and Liver Remedy T ,
lias been recognized : , '
bv n.anv physicians jr'ngers In emergency cabins. Mln'ster
as a dp e n d a b I e 1 v,n ryke and Consul General L'stoe of
. II. U. si AKICS remedy. : j Rotterdam attended the sailing of 4 the
"I was taken with Brlght's Disease of steamer and Interested themuelves In se
ttle kidneys and went t a dottor'. He curing the comfort of the passengers,
anallzed my urine and said I could not 1
live. I bena.:i taling Warners fcafe
Kidney ar.d Liver Remedy nnd Warner's
Safe Nervine. In four months I was
cured." II. H. Sparks, Hydesville, Cat.
What Warnei' s Safe Kidney ami Liver
Remedy lias ilone for tills man It will
do for you. Sold by all druggists in 80e
and 11.10 sIum. Free sample and valu
able Information If you write Warner'a
Cafe Remedies Co., Dtpt 3&S, Roches
ter. N, Y.
Nebraska.
Banquet for T. R.
Held at Beatrice
From a
taff CoiTcs,ondmt.)
UN('n,X, ?.rt. t.- cre',al.)-The j
, ir srassive itjte central committee hss j
ireeeAed dofin'te Information with author- i
illy to aiinoi.tuc that t.'i I Hirl Theodore1
Roosevelt ll j eak .11 Ntbtarka, Tucs-
j ''. Septcmbt r 2
at IjiHulii In tiif!
Thu -I eech w.ll K
c:tv a'id'tortii.x tit s
u'rkk In tlie evtn'iu. O ving to the In
al llity of the cinim Uee to mem a ui- 1
able duditorlum at Omaha, then vl.l be :
ii meet us at that la e. Colon-i lljwf
Vilt will come to Nebraska from Mnnhat
t.in. Ivan., probably stopping at noon at
l.istiice aa the guest -'f a npfclni lunch- '
run to be arranged oy Senator Sackcit, i
; . -on.f. laiul cale lor gmerntr. ,
The re.eit.on committee, appointed by j
tlii' staic coniiiiittrc, is li.iuesieil t,i meet
the colonel at Hfu tT and wort him j
to Lincoln. The a.jati-jeinents at Lincoln
v. Ill be utKier Me die ".Ion of the Pro-
;a-i sve c.jr. of which county chairman,
W. C. Croiks Is president, and U B. Ful
ler, iCiTitary. tt Is probable that the
trees of the colonel will be given an
o.p lim.i.y to meet him at a 'i o'clock
Id in tr .11 ih 3 city.
"
LARGER MEMBERSHIP REPORT
BY NORTHWEST METHODISTS
ALLIANCE, Neb., fept. U -(Spec al
Telegram.) lilshop Henderson today
cave the attending nl- l. te a at tr.e Noith
weat Methodist confer nee unother of hli
helpful and Instru' tlve mi'mons. At the
itinera sIon the report of tiie examln-
Ing board was read and rlx najnes were
recommended for ordlnotlon, wh"rh will
be conferred tomorrow.
TV. 1L C.uest. M. C. Smith, Charles K.
Burch will he ordained deacona: C. V.
Towell and F.dward Motilil, eldcra. and O.
Palmer, normal.
The matter of extending the territory
of this conference by continuing the east
ern boundary line to the Colorado state
line, was referred to a committee which
will confer with a committee from the
Nebraska conference appointed for the
purpose. '
The report of the statistical secretary
shows an increase of fifteen Sunday
schools in this district with an Increase
of over 1,700 members, while the member
of the church Inureused over 1,200 and the
collections for all funds and benevolences
show increase. !n practically all charges.
. A, .
Resolutions extending the sympathy of
, .t , ,, . .. ,
the conference to the femllv of the late
I msiiui? mciniyre 01 UKiBiioma uy, wno
I WAX tn ha'tt nrHlicf4 at tVita AnttfarAnra
T J I 1. ..t a m.ii.
AFTER THE. WEEK OF RAIN
HORSESHOE AND CROQUET
RAGE AT WEEPING WATER
WKEPINO WATER, Neb., ept. 11
(Special.) Interest In the game of horse
shoes has become so great at thia place
that a fund has been taken up among
the enthusiasts to cover the expense of
Installing electric livhts at the grounds
to be able to play at night. The grounds,
which are adjacent to Main street, are
occupied by players and spectators at
practically every hour of the day. A
number of the farmers come In to play
the a-atne frenuentlv. The swn r nm.
qutt nag ai,c ,rn verv popular this eum-
mcr and electric lights have been Installed
at two different private grounds.
Hw OhloHB Bank.
OHfOWA. Neb.. Sept. 12 (Special.)
The Nebraska State bank Is the name -t
a new bank corporation, and Its manager
and cashier will be Carl H. Brlnkman,
formerly of the Beemer State bank of
Beemer. The corporation . will erect a'
modern building of brick.
HUNDPFn OP AMFRIHANS
ON NIEUW AMSTERDAM
ROTTERDAM. Sept. 1i.-(Vla Indon.)
About 1.'0 Americana sailed from here
for New York at 3 o'clock this morning
on the steamer Nieu Amsterdam. The
total passenger" lint aggregated about
ilSo. of whom "ul are in the rirst cabin,
jfii In the second and the remainder In
;thff steerage.
! Among the passengers are Mrs. Henry
Van Dyke, wife of the American minister
,'at the Hague, and a party composed of
'her daughter. Miss Catherine Van Dyke.
the Rev. Ten I us an Dyke, Mr. Van
Santroord, Merle Smith, Alexander R.
Gullrk, and the Rev. Howard C. Robins
Othera aboard are W. Z. F. C. Van
DATE SET FOR AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF LABOR MEET,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-The Ameri
can Federation of Labor today called its
thirty-fourth convention to meet In Phila
delphia begianlng November .
Bee Want Ads Are the Bst Business
Boosters.
Germans Lose Heavily in Two Days9
Fight; Allies' Pursuit Not Spirited
tCpp right. 19M. Press Publishing Co.)
Br i:ni i:. i:m:ri,
SWf.' Correspondent of the New York
World with lei man Ar.-.iv I leadnuart. ra.
FROM TIM. HLAIajl'AHIKTlS (.'F
TIIK OliKMAN A U.M V (H Maeslrlch
and 'lhe Hajuei. tci.i. ll.-iS;e.nl t'alle
sram to New Yoik World and Omaha
Hec. 1 t rlmi Joachlma. tin- ycuua'l wn
of the l:alsri. has been sei uiisly woanded
In the thigh. He was hit by xhtapnel
wl lie sirv;na as ordnance officer In
liinvc von ituelpiv'a army.
The tiernmns 0i e lei!is heavily attacKeil
em :erl. fron Paris, letv.;n :he Mfin.
and .Mont rati all. Thy have been drlvoi
t atliy back dur ic; the last two days
WIRELESS OPERATOR LOYAL
German at Apia Kcfuaci Ten Thou
tand to Divntgc Secret
HAD 1IIDDEII COSTLY APPARATUS
When tli-HUk Troops from New
f.entnnd t ome Tliey Find liov
eminent Funds Also
Hafely Secreted.
HONOLULU. T. 11.. Sent. l.-The 1
. .1 ... . ... . v. 1 :
altuated Apia, the capital of Herman
Samoa,
was occupied without the firing
of a shot on Aom;t 2.1 by l.&iO New Zea
land troopers, carried th!th?r on board
the Union Steamship company's liners
Tahiti and Wl!lth:c. convoyed by the
battle cruiser Australia, the battleship
Camrerdown, the antluuated crulaer
Champion and two torprdo boats of the I
British navy. The Tahiti and Willochre
were on the run from San Francisco to
Australasia.
Governor Schults and 100 other govern
mnt officials and functionaries were
made prisoners of war and taken to the
FIJI Islands. Frederick Heinix. operator
of the newly Installed wireless station,
refused an offer of $10,000 to tell where
he had hidden the powerful apparatus of
which tire station had been stripppd after
It was learned ,that war had been de
clared. All government and private
funds had been carried to safety at Pago
Pago, American Samoa.
News has already riached here that the
Union Steamship company's vessel Ma
ktira, formerly on the Vancouver-Sydney
run, has been requisitioned for transport
service. '
Tho Oceanic Steamship company's liner
Ventura, which arrived here today with
the partlculara of the occupation of tier
man Samoa, which had been previously
reported by cable via London, also
brought word that a Japanese cruiser is
hovering about Pago Pago, probably on
the lookout for the elusive ticrman
cruiser Nurnburg as well as for prizes.
At the last census the Island of Upolu
had a population of IP.Mi!. of whom 310
were whites. Kobcrt Louis Htevennon
lied and Is buried there at Valiima.
German Fleet Seen
in the Baltic Sea
LONDON, Jpt. 12. A Copenhagen dis
patch to the Times says It Is reported
from Sandhamm, Sweden, a town twen-
ty-nine miles northeast
cn..l,l.nlr.
ti .-..ii
that a German ffeet. consisting of twenty-nine
vessels, has been sighted between
Gotska Sandoen Island in the Baltic and
Kopparatenarne, nine miies norm.
The Swedish newspaper report that a
tremendous cannonading has been heard
on the line between Gotska Sandden Is
land and Nymo.
Plan of March of Dual
Armies Found on Body j:
, 1
PETROGRAD, Sept. 12. (Vla London.)
A detailed plan of the proposed march
of Austro-German armies through Rus
sia to Perm, on the extreme eastern bor
der of European Russia, and about 700
miles east of Petragrad, has been found
on lho body of a commander of Austrian
cavalry, who was killed at Grodek, In
Ooiioia.
In this fight three Cossack regiments
completely overwhelmed nine Hungarian
reglmenta of cavalry. Two of these Hun
garian organliatlons were virtually
wiped out, only thirty men surviving.
British Nobleman Spy;
' Residence is Raided
LONDON. Sept. 12.-A pretentioua resi
dence, within sight of Windsor castle,
waa raided today by the police, who cap
tured a quantity of German correspond
ence. The occupant of the house, a Ger
man, waa arrested and is now held In a
detention camp of German prisoners.
The prisoner, whose name la not made
public. Is said to have moved in the best
circW-a of Windsor and to have enter
tained members of the royal family.
IRON CROSSES CONFERRED
ON WARRIORS BY KAISER
BERLIN. Pept. 12. (Via Ixmdon.) Em
peror William has conferred 196 iron
crosses for distinguished services In the
field. Eighty-six of them went to mem
bers of the Fiftv-thitd regiment and 110
to the Klghly-th.rd regiment, garrisoned
at Cassel. - Among the recipients are
Count Helim'th Von Mnltke, cluer or
staff, and Malm- Von Wtnterfeldt, for-
mer military attache to the Germun lefra-
tion In Paris, and twenty-one other of-
fleers.
BURBANK MAKES HOME IN
OMAHA AFTER WEDNESDAY
After Wednesday William R. Burbauk I Inent member of the Odd Fellow lodge,
will live and maintain permanent offices II is survived by his wife, two daugh
In Omaha, according to a letter to Gurdon ters and one son. Funeral services were
W. Wattles. Mr. Burbank Is president held st Eagle Friday afternoon, and the
and managing direc tor of tlie hotel oper- j remains laid to rest In the cemetery near
sting company which his leased the new , that city.
Kontenelle hotel. Mr. Wattles is presi
dent of the company ownlnj the building.
Y. M. C. A. WILL KEEP LIST
OF R0CMS FOR TEACHERS
Tha Young Men's Christian association
Is to operate a rooming bureau during
the teat hers' association meeting thia full.
Arrangements for this were made by the
publicity bureau. Tha list of rooms to be
scheduled with the Young Men's Chris
tian association for this occasion will In
clude those of approved hotels.
f'Khtlnaj and haxe lost fifty nuns and
thousand of men. The enemy ilhl not
pursue them outside the none of their tth
eneniy sl fiKhtltift (tiound.
The tlerman positions In Lorraine and
the Vosnea temalit vracllcally the snme
as they have been duilna" the last fort
nUht. The- liermans have benun offen
sive, operations aanln west of Verdun.
The J student who shot Kasputm.
the Husslan "Wonder Monk." confessor
of the caj. baa been shot for bis offense,
according- to repcris reachlns; here.
The lody of Prince Krnest of Paxony.
son of Prince Frederick of that st.-vte. Is
rojHTted to hnve been brounht bark from
the front, lie Is said to have been killed
tear Nnncy.
t
GERMANS DRIYEN
FARTHER TO NORTH
(Continued from Pane One.)
I Hritish 01'ti. ial report was the HrttlHU
Icavalrv reached tVat line today, between
Solsrons and Flsmcs. and that a number
of prisoner were captured.
H Is believed that General Sir John
French, who won a reputation as one of
the greatest cavalry leaders In the South
African war. will cIluK to the heels of
this retvcatlnK arm just as Ion as bis
nidit rtiitl titirftR
can stand the strain
it
ton. ha he will bp ',",
"-e from uio 1 ,,M " " " ...
not yet been nenro 01 w
tent .luring this war. and winch I cic
IteJ with bclna the e.piul of any in the
world
general l.erman Hetreat. .
The French official report rciei i ..
ret'reiiv nt as a general retreat, and from
the rate at which the nermann ..--cling
It would seem ti "'h, ulthoush
military experts are of the opinion mey
may make a stand or a counter-offensive
when the reinforcements which have been
sent from Ifelgluin teach them.
It is believed that portions of the Ger
man army wh eh Is falling back on Kev
iKiiy is almost certain, to put up a harJ
fight in the forest of Argonne. where the
military men expected Ucneral Joffre. the
French commander-in-chief, to make his
defence at the outaet, and which affords
some splendid positions against attack.
The Brlgtan army haa become very ac
tive again, and, according to official re
ports received tonight, is advancing from
the forts around Antwerp. It apparently
has divided Into sections and his re
occupied both Aerschot and MiUlnes,
where there have been si many engage
ments during the past few weeks.
NEW POSTMASTERS NAMED
BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. (Special Tel
egram.) Postmasters appointed In Ne
braska: Dubois, Pawnee county, Guy H. Hoyd,
vice John Hncld; Kagle. Cass county, Ray
mond H. Watson, vice O. W. Peterson;
Kauffmun, Kimball county, Hryda Coons,
vice C. H. Kauftinan. resigned; Murray,
Caaa county, William S. Smith, vice A. 1
Baler; Raymond, Lancaster county, Mat
tie Stevenson, vice Z. Stevenson, resigned;
Armour, Pawnee county, Hoy R. Cravens,
HumriM. Hlchardson county. John A. Mar
tin; Lorton, Otoe county, Joel Kalon; Mur-
dock, Cass county, r.mma navis; winara.
Case county. William T. Hlchardson;
Pieston. Richardson county, jonn i.
1 Slully ; Wabash, Cosh county, Lcroy titan-
1 lev
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luv.it ii'BUiinaicil ni,iM,T ,
Karilng, Shelby county, Frederick W.
WilwerdiiiK. vice John Ford; Klkhorn,
Mrelby county, Walter Oregorson, vice J.
Peterson; Kllston, Kinggoiu couniy.
Walter g. White, vice John Walter, re
signed; Fort Des Moines, Polk county.
Jack U Meyer, vice It. K. Jakway, re
signed; Grimes, Polk county, Ruth B.
Wctier, vice T. H. Friar; Jolley, Calhoun
county, Mlnne R. Koeppen, vice C. A.
Steele, resigned; Luth, Uoono county.
May Kenser. vice J. T. Gtldea, resigned;
Orrllla. Warren county, Katlierlno V.
Roekfellow, vice J. H. llocKtellow; Pan
ama, Shelby county. Mary McAllister,
vice IS. McAllister; Persia. Harrison
ountv. (leuvue A. Moss, vice Llbhle
Ivens; Pilot Mound, Boone county. Charles
K. Durrell, vice W. J". Linn, resigned;
Piano, Appanoose county, Adam Wales,
vice Minnie K. Smith; Prole, Warren
county, Hesca A. Trimble, vice K. M.
Iturkhead; Promise City, Wayne county,
Joseph P. Gates, vice V. C. Stonebreoker;
Mnlngona. Donne county, Isabel Brlcker,
vice Donald McLeod; Scarvllle. Winne
bago county, Theodore T. Folken, vice
T. 3. Folken: Terrlll. Dickinson county.
Margaret Nefiger, vice H. R. Shaffer, re
signed: Thornton. erro. uordo county,
Cora B. Alberty, vice Asa Bailey, de
ceased: Urhana, Benton county, J. Dean
Bureell, vice T. J. Haines: Wlota, Cass
county, Thomas L. .M alone, vlca M. IT.
Btults; Ashton, Osceola county, Edward
(iaster: Botna. Shelby county. Ellen W.
Ramsey; Columbia, Marlon county, George
W. May; t'orley, Shelby county, t.'aivin 1
lee; Defiance, Shelby -county, William M.
Young: Dunkeyton. BiacKhawK county
r: v?;
Herbert W. Brant: Granger. . Dallas
Nellie A- Vail; Ilh.- Shelby
lllard S. Branson: :Klranv Or w-
frrd countv. Charles S. B'lllnga; lucas,
Lucas county, Thomas E. Hall: St Bene
dict, Kossuth county, John M. Wltte; Sex
ton, Kossuth county. Charles A. Little
Tllonka. Kossuth county, Leo F. Wolfe;
Ulmer. Sar county. Cady K. Barnes; Wol
den, Hancock county, John H. Bodo.
DEATH RECORD.
lamorl O. C'nrkraa..
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. 12. -(Special)
At h'm home in this city, occurred the
death of Samuel G. Cochran, aged Si
I years, who was one v of the pioneer busi
ness men of Sioux Falls. He had resided
l,n 8iu F" fr a p"lod ot "bout thlrtr
time was engaged In business, retiring
only about seven years ago. He is sur
vived by one sister and four nephewa.
That he was the owner of S.OOO acres
of land In South Dakota, Ohio and Texas
was revealed when his will was opened In
the probate court, following his death, to
ascertain hie wishes regarding bis burial,
Veteran Knarlaeer Dead,
j AVOCA, Neh., S -pt. 12.-(SpeclaD
I Amos B. Hedley, aged 7 years, a veteran
i railroad engineer. Is dead at hia home In
K.sgle, eighteen miles west of here, Lled
ley pulled ono of the first engines on the
Missouri Pacific between LJncoln and
and had been In the service for
more than thirty years. He was a prom-
Mrs. William Kins?.
ALLIANCE. Neb.. Sept. 12.-(Fpecial
Telegram.) Mrs. William King of Alli
ance, died after an op-.-ratlun and eeveral
weeka illness In the Hot Springs. S. D.
hospital thia morning. Her body waa
brought to Alllsnee this morning, where
the funeral will be held Tuesday. She
leaves a husband adu grown up family.
Dr. Klasi's New Life Pills.
For constipation, torptd liver, sallow
complexion. Their frequent use will
strengthen and add tone to your system.
AH druggists. Advertisement
, .
Young Men's Clothes with the
right "style kick" at
Suits and Top Coats with that
"livo wire" look, for fellows who
do thirjgs. Not a dead number in
the whole lot they are anxious
to put you in the "good dressers' "
class, that's why the prices are
so. low.
OMAHA'S LARGEST STORET for MEN AND DOYS
' 1 11 1 " " ' t'1 1 '" ' - i"i-" .11 u'ij :' 1 . Tr'--: . ' l I
Bill of Lading Tax
Scaring Democrats,
Who Reef Their Sails
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, 1 . C. Sept 12 (Spe
cial Telegram.) Chairman Underwood of
the wayn and means committee, frankly
stated today that be was up a stump In
relation to a tax on bills of lading. Notice
was sent nut thin morning from th office
of the ways and mrans committee asking
all members to attend a meeting ou Mon
day morning, but so Insistent were demo
crats that to levy a tax on freight bills
would mean tho loss of at least fifty
democratic seats that Chairman Under
wood pulled back hia request for a full
committee meeting of the ways and
moans committee and decided t!a the
subject of a tax on fre'ght bills of lad
ing should once more be presented to
tho president and If the latter should
decide that this tax be levied another
call would be Issued for a meeting of
the full committee.
Congressman sioun and other republi
can members of tho committee look upon
the contemplated tax on freight leceltps
as one of the moat Iniquitous that was
ever proposed by a palitical party. If
ever a market basket was taxed, this
tax would be Its completcst representa
tive and the states of Nebraska and Kan
sas would be the hardest hit.
Tha democrats, appreciating the scr
lousnesa of le situation, have called a
halt, until the president indicates directly
hia desirea.
UNION OF CONFERENCES
BIG QUESTION IN. IOWA
ATTjANTIC; la., Sept 12.-(Specll Tele
gram.) At today's business session of the
lies Moines conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church Andred J. Nelson,
Claude R. Cook, Vern Andrew, John Sim
mers. Sidney H. Morris and David II
Cowery were admitted to the conference
on trial.
The question of the union of the Des
Moines and the Iowa 'conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church was hotly
debated at the session this afternoon and
later it was decided to postpone the de
cision until next year.
Those Interested In Simpson college are
much opposed to the merging of the con
ferences before, the relationship of Simp
son college and Iowa Wesleyan are satis
nv vWJC vr!is iwYr S jm. .v
Along the River of Doubt
there aro multitudes In perplexity at to the cau of their headaches, biliousness, sleeplessness,
heart flutter, nervousness, etc. Ills that constantly Interfere with personal comfort and success.
There are others who have learned that coffee with Its drug, caffeine Is very often the
cause of these troubles, and that a sure, easy way to escape such discomforts Is to quit coffee and
use
POSTUM
V
a pure delightful food-drink made entirely of wheat and a bit of molasses. It Is absolutely free'
from the coffee drug, raff Hue, or any other harmful or comfort-destroying Ingredient.
postum. now comes In two forms.
Regular root urn must be well boiled, 15c and 2 60 packages.
Instant Postum a soluble powder. Made In the cup with hot water. No boiling required.
SOc and 50c tins. '
Both kinds are delicious, and the co&t per cup Is about the same.
Grocers everywhere sell POSTUM
is
FECK
"-Home of Quality Clothes'
factorily adjusted. Should the conferences
be merged In one It will mean that there
are two colleges under the auspices of one
conference. This evening the banquet of
the ministers' wives was held.
Tonight at the Methodist church was
held the anniversaries of the educational
and home missionary societies. Tho ap
pointments will be made Monday.
Troops of Servia N
Still on Offensive
LONDON, Sept. 12. In a dispatch from
Petrograd the correspondent of the Reuter
Telegram company announces that the
troops of 8rvla are continuing their of
fensive operations against the Austrlans
with great success. German soldiers are
at present In the Orodek district of the
Austrian theater of war. (Orodek Is about
sixteen miles west of Iemberg.)
The operations of the Russian troops on
the two wings In the rear of the western
Austrian army, tha correspondent contin
ues, are favorable to the Russian arms.
Near Rawa Ruska (thirty-two miles to
the west of I e in berg the turning move
ment against the Austrian flank Is pro
ceeding successfully.
SOFIA THINKS TURKEY
WILL NOT FIGHT RUSSIA
PETROG A R D, Sept I Word comes
from Sofia that. Influenced by the recent
Russian victories, Turkey will not risk
an adventure against Russia.
Russians returning from Vienna say the'
Impression that the Austrian reveres
mean the Investment of the capital domi
nates the spirit of the people. After tho
capture by the Russians of Lemberg. the
rapltol of Gallclo, an extraordinary coun
cil wus called. Count Berchtold, minister
of foreign affaire, presided.
The shipment of gold to Turkey by way
ot Rumania continues.
CROWN PRINCE TAKES STAND
AT FORTS WEST OF VERDUN
LONDON, Sept. 11. Telegraphing from
Copenhagen the correspondent of Reu
ter's says dispatches received there from
Berlin announce the general headquar
ters of the German crown prince have
been established In a fortified position to
the westward of Verdun. Parts of the
crown prince's army has attacked forts
south of Verdun, which since yesterday
have been bombarded by heavy artillery
by the Germans.
1 AU2
Allis Wins College
v6olf and Almost
Makes a Record
CJARDEN CITY. N. Y., Sept. 13.-I1
winning the Individual championship of
the Intercollegiate gulf association on tha
Garden City Gxilf club links today, Ed
ward P. Allla, I. I. L. of Mai wau kee and
captain of the Harvard team, came within
one stroke of the amateur record of 71
for the course made by 'si'lilck" Evans of
Chicago a year ago.
Allla had hia opponent, I M. Washburn,
a Princeton student, who comes from
Philadelphia, 10 down In the morning
round of W holes which he made In 73
strokes to 87 by Washburn. Allla put up
a splendid game, quite worthy of his
reputation aa amateur state champion of
Wisconsin, while Washburn played Indif
ferently and putted poorly.
FRENCH PRISONERS GIVE
CASH TO GERMAN RED CROSS :-
COPENHAGEN. Via London. Sept 13.
A message front Berlin states that French
war prisoners at Stuttgart,- In gratitude
for their excellent treatment. hav auh
aerlbed to the German Red Cross funds.
The commander-in-chief. It Is said, haa
decided that tha amount subscribed shall
be used for the benefit of the French
wounded at Stuttgart
HYMENEAL
nanlelnon-Farajeraon.
I t aroiine M. Forgerson and Carl El
Danlelson. both of Omaha, wer married
by Rev. Charles W. Bavldge at his study
Saturday afternoon at o'clock. They
were accompanied by Mary Krest and
Arthur E. Moore.
Plan Line Kxtenalon.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Sept. 12 (Special.)
It la announced from an official source
that the South Dakota Central Railway
Company, whose headquarters are lit
Sioux Falls, will at once start the work
of grading for Its new extension north
ward from Wstertown. It la expected,
that sixteen miles of the new extension
will be grudttd yet this fall, a grading
outfit now being en routs to the scene;
of the new extension. It is believed the
company plans ultimately to have Its
Sioux FaUs-Watertown line extonded to
Fargo, N. D.