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A Policy in the Woodmen & World
Absolute protection, at a level assessment rate,
for whole life period, which matures at age 70,
guaranteeing- old age disability amounting to ten
per cent of certificate annually, balance payable
at death, and grave marked by monument of the
value of $100, in addition to all unpaid benefits.
No man is so poor that he cannftt carry a policy guaranteeing all these
tilings. The State Deputy is in the city unci invited careful and con
scicntious comparison from those interested. A special rate is offered
to members written during May and June. Avail yourself of the opportunity now
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CROWN PIANOS
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ALLIANCE, NEBR.
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quality. Cash prices are the lowest in
the city.
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YOUNG PARMER A SUICIDE
Thought Home Folks His Encmleo, 80
Throws Self Into Skunk River.
Osknloosa, la., Juno 1. Ralph Cm
eon, agod thirty-live, a prominent
young fnrmor of Mahaska county, Is
thought to have drowned In tho Skunk
river near his homo. Tho man had
Veen suffering from montnl depression
and escaped from nttemlnntu of n prj
vnto snnttarlum In Dob Moines, whoro
ho wns taking treatment.
Cruzcn appeared nt his homo and
knocked for admittance. When the
door was opened ho saw several per
sons in the house Thinking them
enemies, ho fled to tho river hridge,
to which ho was tracked through tho
mud. Tho tracks showed whoro ho
had climbed over tho guard' rail and
stood up on tho girders. Careful
search and dragging of tho stream
thus far failed to roveal tho body. Tho
actions of a pet dog which followed
him to tho brldgo Indicate ho threw
himself Into the water.
SCHOOL TROUBLES IN BLUFFS
Superintendent Beverldge and Board
Split Over Selection of Teachers.
Council Bluffs, la., May 29. Serious
friction hns developed between Super
intendent of City Schools Professor
J. II. Boveridgc, only recently coming
from the supcrlntcndoncy of tho
schools of Missouri Valley to Council
Bluffs, mul members of tho school
board over tho selection of teachers,
Frank J. Capell, membor of tho teach
ers' commltteo, charging that liover
Idgo has adopted n systematic policy
of supplanting teachers living in Coun
cil Bluffs by teachers from nbroad.
Capell claims also that an undue pro
portion of theso now teachers nru
from Missouri Vnlloy. Ho says that
ho will bring tho matter to the atten
tion of tho school board at Its meet
ing Monday nfght. He says that but
one teacher of twenty appointed dur
ing tho school year was from this city,
and that a largo proportion wero
brought hero from Missouri Valley.
BEEF TRUST IN AGAR CASE
Des Moines Packers Allege It Profited
by Railroad Discrimination.
Des Moines, May 29. Testimony
tending to show, so tho plaintiff claims,
that it was the "beef trust" which
reaped tho reward of tho alleged dis
crimination against the Agar Packing
company was introduced in tho $350,
000 damago suit In Judge Howe's court.
The Swlit company for tho first
tjmo was dragged into tho cubo in tho
testimony of W, G. Agar, and tho at
torneys for the plaintiff claim that
this bit of ovldcnco will prove that
Des Moines was discriminated against
in favcr of the "beef trust."
NEW MALADY FATAL TO HOGS
Thirty Fall Dead In One Day on Farm
of John Wegener of Rlngsted.
Mason City, la., June 1. John Weg
ener's big herd of hogs nt IUngsted
have been practically annihilated. In
ono day ho lost thirty head and tho
disease does not resemble and Is not
thought to be cholera. Tho hogs havo
been feeding after cattle. Whllo eat
ing they would drop dead as If shot.
Ho Is having an examination mado of
some of tho carcasses In hopes of as
certaining the trouble.
IOWA MAN SHOT TO DEATH
Hold-Up Men Ordered Him From a
Train.
Hampton, Minn., Juno 1. Joseph R.
Rood of Newhall, la., was shot to
death In tho Great Western railroad
yards here bytwo men who attempted
to hold him up.
Joseph Rood and his orother, S. B.
Rood, wero riding on n freight train
when the holdup men ordered thorn
from the train. Joseph was slow In
complying and the robbers fired.
Bondsmen Win Case.
Sioux City. June 1. After a wonlt'n
trial in tho Unito-J States district
court, a verdict in favor of tho bonds
men was returned Jn tho case of Bort
vs. McCutcheon. Bort wns head' bank
er of tho Modern Woodmen of Amer
ica and deposited tho funds of the or
der In tho McCutcheon bank, which
failed. McCutcheon died andtho suit
was against thirty-eight prominent
citizens of Ida county, who wero on
his bond.
Drops Dead In Church.
Hastings. la.. Juno 1. Oscar Pick
ford, an old settler and a veteran of
tho civil war, dropped dead In tho
Methodist church here, Just after en
tering the church with other members
of tho local Grand Army post to par
ticipate In memorial services.
Wanders All Night; la Dead.
Muscatine, in., May 29. Andrew
Crocker, aged eighty-one, who lost his
way and wandered nil night In a
heavy rain, died from exposure. Ho
was found by a searching party lying
In a pool six miles from town.
23d Child Born to Dubuque Man.
Dubuque, May 29. Captain KImbel
a veteran rlvermnn, uged sovonty-flve,
resiojng in North Dubuque, became
tho father of his twenty-third child.
His prosont wife, his fourth, Is' nine
teen years old.
Waterloo Votes Bonds.
Waterloo, la., May 29. At the mu
nicipal election here tho proposition
to bond the city for $525,000 to pur
chase a water plant carried by 1,500
majority. More than 1,500 women
votod.
Captain Dick Talbot Dead.
Sioux City, June 1. Captain Dick
Talbot, former, goneral manager of
tho Sioux City, Homer and 'Southern
Railway company, and a veteran rjv
erma';. died at Crystal Lake,
NEBRASKA NEWS
Rifled Mall Sacks Found In
Attic of South Omaha School.
GLUE IS GIVE I BY TEACHER.
Engineer Mlckeljohn and Fireman
Prawl Identify Two of the Suspects
as Bandits Who Crawled Over Ten
der of Their Engine and Forced
Them to Stop Union Pacific Over
land Limited.
Omahn, May 29. Developments In
the running down of tho men who last
Saturday night held up and robbed tho
Overland Limited train on tho Union
Pacific railroad near tho Omaha city
limits had tliolr climax in tho discov
ery In tho nttlo of Brown Park school
In South Omaha of six lurgo nnd two
Bmall registered mall pouches, tho
contents of which had been rifled.
Mrs. Nora Freeman, ono of tho
teachers, noticed that a ladder used
for reaching tho nttio of tho building
nnd which Is usunlly suspended from
tho ceiling by n ropo, had been dis
placed and tho Janitors wero called.
Lanterns woro producod and two men
crawled Into the attic. Thoy wero as
tounded to find eight registered mull
sackH, two rain coats, a long top cont
and n pair of ovornllB. Tho postotneo
authorities wero notified and mado a
.hurried trip to tho school building.
An examination of tho contents or
tho packages showed that ovory letter
nnd packngo had boon torn opon and
tho contents of vnluo removed.
' In ouch enso the letters wero stuck
back Into tho onvelopos, tho robbers,
having satisfied themselves with re
moving money and other valuables.
There were sovcral Jewelry packages,
tho contents of which had boon taken
by tho robbers.
There is every Indication that tho
robbers took tho mafl pouches to tho
retreat near tho school Saturday night
and removed them to tho school house
attic Sunday night. Thoy woro secure
from detection In tho attic, which Is
dark, and were ablo to oxamlno tho
contests of the pouches at their leisure.
Think They Have Right Men.
The postofneo authorities aro fully
convinced that In tho arrest of Woods,
Gordon and Torgonson they havo se
cure tho right men. The chain of evi
dence nlrcady securod Js, In tho mlntla
of the police, sufficient to convict tho
nion, and Chief Brlggs believes ho will
bo ablo to secure a coi'slcn from
one of tho trio. Tho only regret Is
that the fourth man should ha-.o mado
his escape. Thoro were but two offi
cers to attempt four arrests and their
work wns made difficult, since tho
men kept scattered' out Instead of go
ing In n body to the point whoro tho
revolvers and other paraphernalia
wero hidden.
Search of Torgenson's room on Fif
teenth street furnished some vnluablo
Information. A photoeraph of tho three
men under arrest nnd another, man
and woman, taken nt a Denver photo
grnph gallery, furnished tho first au
thentic confirmation of where tho men
camo from.
Two Suspects Identified.
Fred Torgonsen and W. D. Woods
were Identified by Engineer Mlckel
john and Fireman Prawl as tho men
who crawled over tho tender of their
cngtno last Saturday night and forced
them to stop tho Union Pacific Over
land LImJted.
Engineer Mlckeljohn waB especially
sure of Torgonsen, because of BovernI
peculiarities in his physical makeup.
Ho also declared ho was equally sure
about Woods. Several school children
also Identified nil the prisoners ns tho
men who they had Been In tho vicinity
of the Brown Park school on Monday
night.
The police found In the school houso
attic near the mail pouches a small
souvenir mirror, on tho reverse sldo
of which was a picture of the Spokane
union station. This leads the postof
'flee people to believe tho same men
might havo held up the Northern Pa
cific train near that city.
A warrant wns Issued by the United
States court against all three men
and they wero arraigned beforo Com
missioner Anderson this morning on
a chnrgo of robbing tho mails. Bonds
wero fixed at $25,000 and tho hearing
set for June 2.
The Union Pacific rajlroad offered
a reward of $5,000 each for the rob
bers the night the holdup occurred,
and H Is a matter of interesting specu
lation as to how this reward will bo
divided In the event of tho men under
arrest being convicted. Three small
boys, none of them over eight years,
were tho first to give the police tho
cluo whjch led to tho arrest of Thurs
day night. Chief Brlggs and two a'o
tectives mado tho capture and will
sharo In tho reward.
Three Arrc&tcd as Bank Robbers.
Alliance, Neb., May 31. Three men
wero arrested suspected of being tho
men who robbed the Cairo State bank
of $G,300 two weeks ago. They gave
tho names of "Doc" Hoss, E. II. Per
kins and Bort Axtell, but denied
knowledgo of tho robbery. None of
them had a large amount of money.
Thoy have boon taken to Grand Isl
and for a hearing.
Funeral of Kennedys.
Beaver City, Nob., May 28. Tho fu
neral of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kennedy,
who wero both terribly burnod and
died Tuesday, was held today at Mc
Cook, where they formerly resided.
SUPPLIED DOPE TO CONVICTS
Trusty Caught Smuggling Morphlno
Into Penitentiary.
Lincoln, Mny 31. August Mullor, a
convict in tho stnto penitentiary,
caught by Warden Smith smuggling in
morphine, mado nftldnvll that ho had
received tho dopo from Gcorgo Schar
ton, an ex-convlct of Lincoln. County
Attorney Tyrrell hns sworn to a com
plnlnt ngntnst tho last named. Nine
teen ounces of morphlno wero taken
from Muller.
Mullor was n trusty under tho Into
Warden Boomer and tho latter told
Warden Smith thnt ho was rollnblo In
every way. For Bomo timo Mullor
had boon In charge of tho hog barn,
in whjch ho Blopt, enjoying practical
freedom.
Warden Smith beenmo suspicious
eomo days njo and seurchod Mullor
for dopo, but found none. Then the
warden sot a trap for his man nnd
dlscovorod whoro ho had hid eleven
ounces of tho poison in tho barn. Mul
ler was then thrown In tho dungeon,
with tho statement that ho would re
main thoro until ho told at whnt drug
storo ho got tho dope. For sqvoral
days tho man refused to divulge tho
information, but finally ho mado his
affidavit, implicating Scliarton.
According to tho Information ro
colved by tho warden, Muller would
sneak out of tho barn at night and
moot tho ex-convlct on tho railroad
track and pay him for tho poison nt
tho rato of 35 cents an ounco. Ho
would then bring It to tho prison and
retail It to tho others occasionally.
Frank L. DInsmore, who 1b stoward
of tho hospital, wns said to havo
bought flvo ouueos from him at tho
into of $1 an ounco. In turn Dlnsmoro
retailed tho dopo at tho rato of from
$3 to $5 an ounce.
TAYLOR TRIAL NEAR END .
Defense Introduces Depositions Tend
ing to Lighten Onus of Crime.
MInden, Neb., Mny 31. Tho Bert M.
Taylor trial is slowly dragging to a
close
Tho depositions of Drs. S. J. Jones
nnd J. A. Martin, temporarily In Aus
tria, who attended Pearl Taylor In her
last sickness, wero rend. Dr. Martin
deposed that from an examination of
Pcnrl Taylor ho wan inclined to bo
lleve that no criminal assault had boen
committed. Dr. Jones also deposod
that ho had found no lnjurloa Indicat
ing that crjmo. Tho testimony of tho
physicians was somowhat adverse to
tho theory of tho state.
Evidence was Introduced by tho de
fenBo tending to show that Taylor was
under the Influence of liquor tho night
before. Tho prosecution introduced
testimony beforo closing tho case
tending to show that Taylor had ex
pressed himself to tho effect that ho
would havo his revenge agnlnst Doug
las Taylor, his father-in-law, for not
permitting him to marry Eliza, anoth
er of tho girls. Douglas Taylor testi
fied that ho ncvor know thnt Bort Tay
lor had desired any of his other girls
as n wife.
Bert Taylor sits stolidly, taking ap
parently less Interest In tho caso than
any of tho spectators. Tho court room
Is crowdod to the utmost, peoplo com
ing from nil directions.
SEN8ATION AT AGENCY
Chief Clerk Benjamin, Who Was Dis
charged, Asks Investigation.
Pender, Nob., May 31. Chief Clork
Benjamin for J. M. Comons, super
intendent at tho Omaha agency, has
been discharged. It is claimed' that
Mr. Benjamin, In safeguarding tho
list of names of Indians who are ap
plying for patents, wnB recently hold
up at tho point of a gun by somo land
sopkers, who forcibly entered tho of
fice and then his bedroom, demanding
the list of names. Benjamin's friends
claim It was upon certain misrepre
sentations by the land "grabbers" that
ho was discharged, and ho has de
manded an investigation.
MRS. MAY ION ARRESTED
Family Mlxup of Silver Creek Couple
Straightened Out by Denver Police.
Denver, May 31. Sirs. May Ion of
Silver Creek, Nob., was arrestod by
a federal officer on tho chorgo of us
ing tho malls to dofrnud, Her hus
band' enmo hero from Silver Creek,
Neb., and said sho had written him
falsehoods to get money from him.
Sho said they had quarreled over an
other woman and she had left hjm.
Tho Inspector released her with a
warning about misusing tho malls.
Secretaries Pick Three.
Lincoln, May 28. Tho state honrd
of secretaries of tho state board of
health recommended' for state health
Inspector the following physicians:
W. II. Wilson, present health inspect
or; F. B. Richtor and S. C. Grimes, nil
of Lincoln. Tho governor mny select
tho health Inspector from those recom
mended or he mny ask the board to
make further Indorsements.
Lincoln Man Held as Smuggler.
Chicago. May 31. W. H. Clark, a
railroad brakeman residing at Lincoln,
Nob., is under arrest hero as ono of
tho alleged' loaders in a band of smug
glers who havo boen bringing Chinese
surreptitiously into tho United States
rom Mexico.
Cyclone Near Lexington.
I-exIngton, Neb., May 3L Reports
reached this city that a cyelono had
dono considerable damago to tho coun
try about twolvo miles southwest of
here. No loss of life hns been re
ported. Upholds Capital Punishment.
Sprlngfiold, 111., Mny 31. The bill
abolishing capital punishment in Illi
nois was defeated In the senate.'
ZEPPELIN BREAKS RECORDS
Covers Four Hundred and Fifty-Six
Miles Without Landing.
Ilorlln, Mny 31. Count Zeppelin,
whoso romnrkahlo performances In hlu
(ItBt airship brought unbounded hon
ors to tho Invontor, bus accomplished
tho most striking feat In his career.
He guided his Zoppolin II. from Fried
rlclishnfon to Ullterfleld, a distance of
moro thnu 450 miles, without landing.
Tho Journey lasted nearly tventy-two
hours nnd so inr as known Count Zop-1
pclln is still In the air on tho return
Journey to Frledrlchshnfon. Ho has
nlroady beaten alt records for dlrlgl-,
bio balloons, with tho opportunity of
greatly improving the performnncd.
Count Zeppelin, who personally was
in chnrgo of the nlrshlp and whoso
hand was on the tiller during tho
greater pnrt of tho Journey, had not
allowed a word to bo mado public
rotative to his intention to undertake
a record trip. Ho nnnounccd he In
tended to take n favorable opportunity
to proceed to Borlin In tho Zeppelin
II:, which wns built to roplaco tho ono
destroyed near Echtcrdlugen.
Early In tho morning tho peoplo of
Trouchtllngen, a small city In central
Bavaria, wero awakened by tho nolso
of tho propollors of the craft which
waB passing slowly. At this placo tho
count dropped out a card divulging
his Intention to proceed' furthor north.
This was tho first occasion ho had
Journeyed over Bnvarla and his ar
rival an hour and a half Inter nt Nu
romburg caused tho greatest Burprlso
to thousands of pleasure Hookers, who
woro preparing for a holiday excur
sion. Tho ship maneuvered over tho
city and then a card was thrown out,
stating that a greater amount of water
uud benzine hud been used than was
expected and that the craft would do
se nd to the Burfaco of Lnko Dutzen
tolch to replenish tho water supply.
This, however, was not carried out.
Couut Ze'ppolln continued his crulso
onward without Interruption In u di
rect Hno towards Berlin, passing over
sovoral towns at a low altltudo, amid
tho cheers of the populneo. When ho
reached tho frontiers of Saxony tho
airship was headed straight for Lelp
sic. Tolograms received there Indi
cated' that tho Count would mako a
landing, and tho cntlro population
waited for sovornl hours In tho streets
and open spaces to greet him. Instead
or landing, tho count put his craft
through a sorlea of maneuvers for a
half hour, coming at times compara
tively closo to tho tops of the build
ings. He then wont on, crossing Halle
to Blttorflold, No time wus wasted
there and to everybody's surprise, tho
airship, describing u great ctrclo,
turned nguln and sailed to the south.
HEINZE DEFIES THE COURT
He Refuses to Produce the Copper
Books.
Now York, May 29. Tho books of
tho United Copper company woro not
producod beroro the federal grand jury
desplto Judge Lacombe's order for
their production. Several of tho di
rectors told tho court that F. Augustus
Hcluzo had refused to give up tho
books on, the ground that ho was un
der Indictment.
Judge Lncombo did not declare the
directors in contempt, directing them
to open tho vaults in Holnze's offlco
beforo Tuesday next and produco tho
books If thoy could possibly locato
them anywhoro.
Director William J. Curtis stated to
Judgo Lncombo that a special meeting
of tho board of directors had been
called to select a new president of tho
United Copper company.
Secretary and Treasurer Gtfford, it
Is ulloged, has fled to Europo and will
be deposed from his position with tha
company.
PROGRESS ON TARIFF BILL
Senate Begins Week With Discussion
of Rate en Lemons.
Washington, May 31. Progress on
the tariff bill Is being mado steadily
between speeches, and whllo tho lead
ers aro unable to predict tho end, they
feel that the time Is gradually ap
proaching, and they now predict that
the work will bo disposed of in tlmo
to permit congress to finally adjouru
early in July. The outlook for tho
presont week Is for mnny speeches
and for slow progress on the sched
ules. Tho probability of night sessions
Is not so great us It was a week ago.
The work of the week began with a
01scusion of tho rato on lemons, nnd
after the agricultural schedule Js dis
posed of the cotton and woolen ached
ules will receive attention. Much
tlmo will be given to each.
TWO BOYS SHOOT UP CHISAGO
One Man Is Killed and a Policeman
Badly Wounded.
Chicago, May 31. One man was
Eliot and killed and a policeman was
badly wounded us tho result of tha
pranks of Emert Holwlson, twenty
two years old, and Peter Dumont, nine
teen years old. The boys, who wero
arrested, according to tho police, con
fessed to having driven In a buggy
through the streets on a shooting es
capade. Policeman Hcran, who pur
sued them, was shot, but not fatally.
After they had oscaped, another po
liceman, by mistake, shot and killed
Joseph Menard, who was In a buggy
and who wns mistaken for one of tho
boys.
Roosevelt Delays Departure.
Nairobi, British East Africa, May, 31.
Former President Roosevelt attend
ed church here and In tlie afternoon
visited the Catholic mission. Mr.
Roosovelt has dolayed his departure
for Kljabo, forty-four mllos north ,ot
Nairobi, until June 3 because many of
the skins of animals shot by his party,
have not yet been packed.
