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A poor foreign musician was <loggpa
ly wrestling with his trombone outside
B village inn. He knew that "The Lost
Chord” was somewhere In that instru- [
ment, but the latter seemed loath to
part with it. At length the landlord
bppeared at the door. The poor musi
cian bowed and. dolling his cap, said:
"Musig hath Jarms,” and smiled. The
(innkeeper smiled also and kindly.
‘"Well, not always.” he said. "But try
that tune outside that red brick house
bnd I’ll give you sixpence.” Three
minutes later the trombonist was back
lagain, mud bespattered and forlorn.
"You vos right,” hi said, slowly and
(Badly, “musig hath Jarms not always— ,
*10. A mad vellow out of dat house
came, und me mit a brigg he knocked
idown—yes. He not like that tune— ,
mo, no,” and he rubbed the back of
(his head. "I thought he wouldn’t,"
(Bald the landlord. "He’s Just done a
(month's hard labor for stealing a
•clothesline from a back garden.”
i "In my Bohemian days it was my
fortune—or misfortune, as the caso
may be—to meet often and to know
well tho American bard, Walt Whit
man,” writes William Winter. “It is
(Bcarcely necessary to say that he did
Biot impress me as anything other than
•what he was, a commonplace, uncouth
land sometimes obnoxiously coarse writ
er, trying to be original by using a
formless ntylq, and celebrating the pro
letarians who muke tho world almost
Uninhabitable by their vulgarity. With
reference to me, Walt's views were ex- |
pressed in a sentence that, doubtless,
he Intended as the perfection of con
temptuous indifference. ‘Willie,’ be
Bald, ‘is a young Longfellow.’ ”
An idea of what the Panama canal
construction means to one industry In
(tills country may be gleaned from tho
fact that almost a million tons of ce
ment will be used In the gigantic work.
Shipments have already begun In
steamers owned by the government
which will carry about 8,00u tons at a
itrlp. It Is estimated that it will take
bbout four years to deliver tho 4,SOU
COO barrels of cement contracted for at
the present rate of shipment. The gov
ernment will profit by using its own
Vessels instead of chartered ships, as
there will be no charges for demur- |
tago in ease loading or unloading is
delayed by storniH.
This Is a story told by a commercial l
traveler after a trip through southern !
Canada: "Being Impatient to get out
of a sleepy little town I hurried to j
the station. After a while an object !
elowly emerged from the distance and
•lunk up alongside. I boarded the soli
tary coach, and, after a tedious wait,
the engine began to gasp feebly, tho old
coach creaked a little, but the train did
not move. I was abbut to get out to
•ee what was the matter when tho
forward door of tho coach was sud
denly (lung open and a head popped
In. 'Hey, you,’ said the engineer, leer
ing at roe, ‘climb off till 1 get a start,
will ye?’"
There Is a wave of fear In some
tarts of Scotland that the spread of
the temperance movement will eausa
a marked decrease In the consump
tion of Scotch whisky, with corre
sponding loss to all who aro Interested
In Its production. "Dynamltards," as
naphtha drinkers are called, have reap
J(eared In Edinburg. This "naphtha"
s a milky colored compound of great
“staying power," and Is composed of
alcohol mixed with 1-10 of Its bulk ot
methyl alcohol and 3-8 of 1 per cent
of petroleum, with as little water added
as taste calls for. It kills quickly.
Tho first successful towing of canal
bouts by automobiles was accomplished 1
on Sunday on the Lehigh canal. Owing
to the liability of the towline to snap |
In the effort to start, George B. Plum- i
mer, a Camden automobile expert,
equipped a seven-ton motor truck of
46 horsepower with spiral springs. Six
barges with 800 tons of cargo were
taken from Allentown to Bethlehem
In an hour. Present lock capacity and
speed limitations considered, it is es
timated that automobiles compared
with mules will handle double the num
ber of boats In half the time.
It will bo a great satisfaction to
those who are fighting for tho preserv
ation of tho Adirondack forests to learn
that tho flrst two of tho oil-burning
locomotives to be used have proved
■ignal successes. The only complaint
against them is based upon tho rapid
ity with which oil makes steam, but
this Is hardly a serious difficulty. Lf
this reform can reduce the number of
fires by 30 per cent, as is expected. It
will prove tho most effective means yet
dovised to prevent the devastation of
tho north woods by flames.
A big British doctor finds that tho '
parts of tho body In which cancer
starts, such ns the lower Up, liver, etc.,
are highly electric and radio-active. A
piece of the lower lip, if laid on a photo ;
film, darkens it tho same as does ra- !
«llum, but if a piece of tiie lung--—can
cer seldom comes in the lung—is put
on tho photo film, nothing happens. So
tho doctor argues that highly electric
flesh Is the main secret of cancer. ■
Woman’s flesh Is more electric than
man’s; cancer is commoner in women.
Browntail and gypsy moths are
icausing great damage in various parts
•of New England. People at last have
(learned that if they would preserve
•their shade and forest trees they must
•fight tho moths, and official moth do- I
latroyers aro coming to be regular of
ficeholders. The little things have be
come such a post that municipal and
state machinery Is working with that i
’of the federal government in (he ef
fort to stop their onward march.
| A woman who recently applied to tho 1
{Lambeth guardians for relief suid that I
(for tho last three months she and her |
I*ve children had lived rent free by
“spuatting" in the rooms of empty
.houses in JLambeth there are many
*uch houses which have reverted to the
duchy of Cornwall, and people arc per
mitted to occupy the places until the
premises are demolished.
That tiie war on tuberculosis pays
immediate dividends In human life Is
proved by a report of Dr. Bosley, health
commissioner of Baltimore. " lt, the
monthly health bulletin for July it Is
Chown that the number of death’s from
tuberculosis ooouring in the city was
82. as compared with 122 for the same
; month of last year.
| There are hard times ahead for Chl
cago s public school “frats" and sororl
I ties. The president of the beard of
education, despite the fact that he has
I a son and a daughter who have be
longed to them, dtdares that he has r.o
use for them, and the new suporintvn
derit of schools. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young,
{ is strong in her opposition.
Professor Korn, of Munich, has cstab
I llslied stations of distance photography
i at Berlin, Munich. Paris, Loudon fop.
i «nhagen and Stockholm. II. believes It
•will soon be possible to take pictures at
i •distance, not only of Individuals but
groups m a semes
1
STATE EXPENSES
PAID BY FOLLMER,
SUES TO RECOVER
Defended and Won Case for
Nebraska and Advanced At
torney’s Retainers.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug, 24.—Former Land
Commissioner Follmer has brought suit
against the state of Nebraska for $1,500,
under an act of the last legislature
authorizing him to take the long
pending claim he has to the courts for
adjudication.
The suit will open up an old contro
versy that agitated ISoyd county for a
number of years and Involved the title
of a number of settlers to some 1.G00
acres of land in that county. The state
claimed the land belonged to it and
that the title to It Hhould be confirmed
in it. The squatters tried to get the
general government to give them title,
hut falling, applied to the state legis
lature for the right to take the matter
into the courts This was done, and
the attorney general, believing that in
equity the settlers ought to have the
land, refused to defend the suits. Land
Commissioner Follmer declined to fol
low ibis course, and employed attor
neys, who won the case for the state,
lie had to pay these attorneys $1,500
out of hla own pock %. The claim for
reimbursement lias been before six dif
ferent legislatures. Once it was passed,
but the governor vetoed it. The last
legislature passed it up to the courts.
Follmer claims that the state benefit
led to the extent of $122,000 worth of
land by hla action.
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FAWCETT WINS JUDGESHIP.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 24.—Complete re
turns from 67 of the 01 counties of
Nebraska Indicate that Jacob Fawcett,
of Omaha, has won the third republi
can Judgeship nomination over F. C.
Hamer, of Kearney, In Tuesday’s pri
maries. The figures on the 67 coun
ties follow: Fawcett, 14,543; Hamer.
13,871. Fawcett’s lead, 672. Flfty
plglit other scattered precincts bring
Fawcett's lead to about 800. It is
doubtful whether Hamer can overcome
this.
TWO CELESTIALS
ARE JAILED FOR
MURDER OF WOMAN
New York, Aug. 24.—When Bow Kum,
the Chinese woman murdered in Pell
street here Sunday last, married Chin
Ling In San Francisco and (led with
him to Chicago she signed her death
warrant, according to Chin Ling’s story
which the police say has been borne
out by their investigations, leading
them to arrest two Chinese, one of
whom had been named by Chin Ling
as having threatened his life and that
of Ills bride.
The Chinese arrested yesterday were
Chu Wall, a laundryman, and Lou
Tong, both living In Pell street.
In making them prisoners the police
based their action on Chin Ling’s story
that Lou Tong was the girl’s admirer
In San Francisco, but that he had
practically abandoned her there and
then Chin Ling had found her and
married her, and that Lou Tong after
wards demanded the girl of him, and
to escape him the two fled to Chicago,
and when Lou Tong followed them
there continued their flight to New
York, where the persistent Lou Tong?
soon appeared and, according to Chin
Ling, threatened that if Chin Ling did
not give up his bride both Ling and
the girl would be murdered.
RIVER STEAMER ON
FIRE AND TWO
ARE BADLY HURT
Peoria, 111., Aug. 24.—The steamer
Fred Swain, Captain Verne Swain in
.ommand, of tile Peoria and La Salle
Packet company, leaving the port of
Peoria for La Salle at 3 o’clock tills aft-'
rnotm witli 25 passengers and a crew
>f 15 aboard, caught lire off the Avery
Manufacturing company plant in
Averyville at 3:20 o'clock and was
burned to the water’s edge after being
piloted Into four feet of water amidst
ii growth of small willow trees oppo
site tlie Peoria Strawboard plant about
[>00 yards above where the fire orig
inated.
No lives were lost, and but two peo
ple were Injured, one seriously. The in
jured:
Joseph Casrlder, Paducah, Ky„ en
gineer, seriously burned about the face
mid body.
Charles Reicliberger, Peoria, 111., right
arm broken.
The loss is estimated at $35,000, $30,000
ct which is on the vessel. Several of
tlm passengers lost all of their personal
belongings.
WAITER IS CAUGHT
IN BURGLARY ACT
Pittsburg, Pa„ Aug. 34.—Discovered
perched on the second story of a win
dow ledge of the banking tiouse of
Louis Moeser N Co., Smithfiold street,
shortly after 11:30 last night, a man
giving his name to the police as Charles
Mell and his occupation as a waiter at
the fashionable Union club, was shot
down by Special Officer Moreno, and
after a sensational chase through the
downtown streets was brought to bay
in an alley.
According to the police Mell was
caught in the act of forcing an ou
tran,o to the banking house and laid
already taken out several bars cover
ing a rear window. The first shot
tired by tile officer struck Moll in the
forearm, and, loosening his hold upon
the window ledge, Mell tumbled Into
a court, but before the officer could
scale the intervening fence the sup
posed burglar had darted through an
alley.
Cor a mile Mell ran through down
town streets, ihe officer following, tir
ing his pistol at Intervals. When on
UK' water front Mell suddenly turned
into an alley, and after a sharp strag
gle with his pursuer was captured.
FAIRBANKS IN CHINA.
Pelting. Aug. M.-Charles \V. Fair
banks. lormer vice president of the
Unit'd States, arrived hero today on
bis way around the world.
POLICE WANT MOTORS.
Washington. Aug. 34. otor vehicles
will r, place the horse drawn lire en
gine trucks hospital ambulances and
police i alril wagons in Washington, if
th > iffort of local officials of the Dis
tr’it of Columbia is successful before
i eagres:’.
SANTIAGO--A terrible railway dis
aster occurred yesterday when two
trains cum'.' together in a collision 30
milts north of Santiago. Many per
sons were killed or injure i, [loth trains
wi re completely'destroyed. The mone
tary lota will teach 1130.000.
YOUNG CUDAHY
DENIES FRACTURE
OF ENGAGEMENT
Kidnaper Crowe’s Victim Still
a Chum of Beautiful Cali
fornia Heiress.
Omaha, Neb , Aug. 23.—"There is nt
broken engagement and that is the
straight of it," said Edward I. Cudahy,
son of Michael Cudahy, the millionaire
packer of Chicago. Young Cudahy, who
lives in Omaha and lias a position in
the packing house of his uncle, Edward
A. Cudaliy, was to have married, on
August 21, Miss Nora Brewer, a beauti
ful San Francisco heiress. The de
tails of the affair were all arranged,
but the invitations were recalled and
no new date has been set for the cere
mony.
"I have Just returned from San
Francisco and am accompanied by my
sister, Miss Mary,” said Cudahy. "X
will remain in Omaha several days and
then we will go on to Mackinac, where
the folks ore spending the summer.
“Talk Is All Bosh.”
"There has been a good deal said
about my engagement to Miss Brewer
and a report has been widely circulated
that it has been broken off. This talk
is all bosh. Miss Brewer and myself
are the very best kind of chums. There
Is not a particle of friction between us
or between our families.
"I was sick in San Francisco. I had
an attack of la grippe, brought on by
the beastly climate, and right now I
am Mr from being a well man.
"The reports that appeared in the
papers caused Miss Brewer and my
self much annoyance. It was an af
fair of our own and nothing that con
cerned the public. You may say for
me that there is not a word of truth
in any of the stories. When I go to
California again X shall ; ive due and
ample notice, as it is apparent that the
public has a deep Interest in my move
ments.”
Is “Indefinitely Postponed."
A number of Omaha people had
made all arrangements to attend the
wedding and the postponement came
as something of a shock, the only In
formation being contained in a telej
gram to an intimate friend of the Cud
ahy family, simply saying:
"Wedding indefinitely postponed.
Notify friends.”
Miss Brewer is described as a beau
tiful girl and higtjly accomplished. She
belongs to one of the first families on
the coast and has close to a million in
her own right.
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4 MILITARY AUTO TO 4
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4 New York, Aug. 23.—A mill- 4
4 tary automobile, with Malcom 4
4 E. Parrott, of the National 4
4 guard of New York, at the 4
4 wheel, left New York for San 4
4 Francisco today bearing dis- 4
4 patches for General Webster, 4
4 commanding the department of 4
4 the West. 4
4 The trip will cover 3,693 miles. 4
4 On Its success, it Is said, will 4
4 largely depend the .establish- 4
4 ment of a regular automobile 4
4 service for the army. 4
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TWO LOSE LIVES ON
NEW AUTO SPEEDWAY
Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 23,—Two
lives were lost at the opening of the
new Indianapolis motor speedway yes
terday. William A. Bourque, driver of
the Knox car in the 250-mile race, and
Harry Holcomb, his mechanician, were
killed by crashing into a fence.
Two records were broken. Barney
Oldfield, driving a high power Benz,
covered a mile in 43 1-0 seconds, break
ing Denial's mark of 51 seconds, and
Louis Chevrolet, In a Buick, made 10
miles in 8:56 4-10, cutting Oldfield’s
time of 9:12 3-5. Both of these are
American track marks. Kobert Bur
man won tho 250-mile race, the feature
of the day. It was this contest that
cost Bourque and Holcomb their lives.
The winner's time was 4:38:57 4-10;
slow because of the many accidents
that marred the race. The Stoddard
Dayton (Clements) was second in
4:46:01 S-10, and the National (Merse)
finished third in 4:52:37 7-10. Another
National was the only other car of 10
starters to finish.
Changes Are Ordered.
The death of the two men caused
tho American Automobile association
to issue an ultimatum to tho owners
of the track that certain changes must
bo made by tomorrow or sanction for
the remaining events will bo with
drawn. Tho American Automobile as
sociation demands that the track bo
freed from its many dangerous ruts
and that every inch of it be thorough!c
oiled and tarred. Today only a short
portion in fi'ont of the grandstand was
oiled, and tho dust on the other parts
is blamed for tlie collapse of two driv
ers in the I.mg race—Louis Chevrolet
and Fred Kills—who were blinded oy
tho dense white mist that covered the
major portion of tho track.
Tho first day of the races at tho big
track had bid fair to bo an unqualified
success, when a pall was cast nv< r
tho crowd of 12.000 spectators by the
sudden deatli of Bourque and Hol
comb.
The bodies of Bourque and Holcomb
"ere taken cast todav. Bourque lived
in Springfield, Mass., while Holcomb's
home was in Grandville, Mass.
JAPAN AND CHINA
ARE AT PEACE NOW
OVER MUKDEN ROAD
'1 okio, Aug. 23.—The memorandum
signed at Mukden, Manchuria, August
ly, by representatives of the Japanese
and Chinese governments practically
closes tile Antung-.Mukden controversy.
According to the terms of this un
derstanding, China agrees to afford
Japan every assistance in the recon
struction of the Antung-Mukden rail
read, and withdraws all her objections.
An official communication issued to
the powers this afternoon details the
progress of the negotiations since
August 6.
FRANCE NAMES DELEGATE.
Paris, Aug., 23.—Jean Gaston DarbouX,
permanent secretary of the academy
of sciences and member of the insti
tute. has been elected the official rep
resentative of France at tlie Hudson
r ulton celebration to bo held shortly
at New York. He will sail with the
r reach battleships, which probably will
leave September 5.
TOKIO—Mayor Ozaki. of Tokio. has
'ffi red 20.000 cherry trees as a gift to
President Taft to plant in the new
,'ark on the tanks of the Potomac riv
* r at Washingti
ARMED STRIKERS
FIRE ON TROOPS
More That 500 Shots Dis
charged by Steel Workers
at Car Plant.
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4 WOMAN LEADS AN 4
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4 Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 21.—Short- 4
4 ly after noon alleged strike sym- 4
4 pathlzers opened fire upon the 4
4 steamer P. M. Pfeil, which was 4
4 bringing 50 imported men across 4
4 the Ohio river to the mill. Sev- 4
4 eral thousand strikers were lined 4
4 along the river bank, and each 4
4 volley was discharged at the' 4
4 command of an unknown foreign 4
4 woman who carried a baby. 4
4 Over 100 shots were directed at 4
4 the steamer. No one was in- 4
4 jured, although many of the bul- 4
4 lets struck the boat. 4
4 When the steamer reached the 4
4 shore a squad of state, eonstab- 4
4 ulary rode into the crowd, scat- 4
4 tering men, women and children 4
4 in all directions, slightly injur- 4
4 ing a number of persons. 4
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Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 21.—Mounted and
using their hickory riot clubs, members
of the Pennsylvania state constabulary
were today keeping strikers on the
move in the Pressed Steel Car company
strike zone at McKees Rocks.
It is estimated that 500 shots were
fired last night and early today by
strikers and sympathizers, who had
gathered on the O’Donovan bridge near
the works. During the firing the troop
ers and other police remained inside
the mill, orders having been issued to
take no action unless the strikers at
tempted an entrance to the plant.
Troops Seize Bridge.
The constabulary was out on the
street this afternoon, however, com
pelling the strikers to keep moving.
Troopers took possession of the O’Don
ovan bridge, and efforts of the strikers
to penetrate at any point were pre
vented.
Strike leaders today explained the
shooting and disorder by saying the
workmen were being held in the mills
against their wishes. The shooting,
they say, was for the purpose of bring
ing the constabulary from the plant
to the bridge and give the new men
an opportunity to escape.
YOUNG OFFENDERS
HELD FOR BURGLARY
Dakota City, Nab., Aug. 21.—For
burglarizing the store of Evans &
Johnson at South Sioux City Sunday
night and taking money, tools, pipes
and lunch goods to the extent of about
$12, Tracy McGill, of Aurora, 111., and
Fred Moonan, of Chicago, two young
chaps, only 17 years old, were held in
Judge Stinson’s court yesterday for a
heatring Saturday. They also burglar
ized the Burlington depot at Homer
Monday night.
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WINS NOMINATION
FOR HUSBAND’S PLACE
Wayne, Neb., Aug. 21.—In the only
contest in Wayne county over which
there was any doubt at Tuesday’s
primaries, Mrs. Elsie Littell won the
republican ncmination for county su
perintendent, defeating C. H. Bright.
Charlotte M. White is the democratic
nominee.
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4 ACROSS HIS KNEE 4
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4 Winside, Neb., Aug. 21.—Be- 4
4 cause his wife aroused his dis- 4
4 pleasure, Ed Krause, a farmer, 4
4 living near here, took her across 4
4 his knee and gave her a good 4
4 paddling with a piece of fiat 4
4 board. He was not arrested. 4
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PENDER OFFICIAL GETS
DRAYLOAD OF LIQUOR
Pender, Neb., Aug. 21.—The business
places of William C. Meyer and John
W. Breneman were raided under search
warrants yesterday afternoon and a
drayload of liquors taken from each
place. Drunken men have been nu
merous on the streets lately, although
the saloons were closed last spring,
and suspicion pointed strongly to these
parties. Last week two detectives came
here and soon cleared the matter up,
one of them even tending bar for
Breneman one day. Both parties
furnished bail for their appearance and
were released.
TUG BOAT MAY BE
LOST IN WATERS
OF PACIFIC OCEAN
Washington, Aug. 21.—A tug boat
which the Rayano River company or
dered for Seattle some time ago, to be
used in towing shipments of native
lumber, is thought to he lost, accord
ing to the Isthmian Canal Record of
August. 11, us the boat was then sev
eral weeks overdue.
The last heard from the vessel was
shortly before it left San Franoisco
to start south under* its own. steam.
Inquiries at the office of the commis
sioner in Washington throws no light
on the whereabouts of the vessel, al
though it is said that even had she
arrived at the isthmus during the last
, week notice would not necessarily have
i been sent to Washington.
WATERWAYS BOARD IS
RECEIVED IN BERLIN
_
Berlin. Aug. 21.—The members of the
National Waterways commission, who
arrived in Berlin from New York two
1 days ago. were given a reception at
noon today by the American Assoeia
. tion of Commerce, in the association’s
I rooms.
j. Consul General and Mrs. Thackar
then entertained the commissioners at
luncheon, after which the visitors em
barked in a government launch and
went the length of the Teltow cabal
| and part of the Havel.
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; DAIRYMEN MAKE CITY
LIVE WITHOUT MILK
I Lorain. Ohio, Aug. 21—The milk men
i of Lorain today put into effect their
| threatened boycott of tlie city, as a
; result of the city council’s severe milk
I regulations, and almost the entire pop
ulation of 30.000 ate breakfast without
. cream or milk.
1 The dairymen say they are unable to
| comply with the terms of the city’s
j ordinance compelling them to buy milk
i only from farmers whose cows have
| been put through the tuberculin test.
The city is expected to take lecral ac
tion.
CONSUL HOWE IS
LIKELY TO BECOME
MEXICAN MINISTER
Nebraska Diplomat Slated to
Succeed D. E. Thompson at
Mexican Capital.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—"Within 25
years English will be spoxen quite as
generally in Italy as it is in New York,”
declares Church Howe, consul of the
United States at Manchester, England,
formerly at Palermo, Sicily. Mr. Howe
is home now on a three months’ vaca
tion. “Why? Because of the number
of Italians who have come to America,
made their little pile and gone back
home to play the nabob. In Italy the
most a laboring man can earn is about
20 cents a day. Here he gets $2 a day,
and, living on the old basis of home
comfort, it doesn’t take long to acquire
enough money to be listed as well to
do at home. Hundreds of Italians who
have come to America return home
\vith $2,000 or $3,000, get a 99-year
lease on a five-acre piece of ground
and stock it with fruit trees and
goats. He can live happily ever after
and pose the rest of his life as a lord
of the manor.
“When he goes back he can talk
enough English to make himself un
derstood and, of course, his children
talk it much better. An American
traveling in Italy will find thousands
of these returned emigres, who greet
him as a long lost brother from the
United States. English is going to be
the universal language some day.
Everywhere on the continent business
necessity has made its use quite gen
eral.”
Mr. Howe is very likely to be named
ambassador to Mexico to succeed D.
E. Thompson, of Lincoln. Mr. Howe
has served the necessary apprentice
ship in the consular service, and has
been recommended for promotion by
the Nebraska delegation in congress.
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4 EXCESSIVE HEAT 4
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4 Madison, Neb., Aug. 20.—Wal- 4
4 ter Grossier, a young man, 4
4 while working in bis father's 4
4 field near here, wras stricken 4
4 blind from the effects of the ex- 4
4 cessive heat. He wandered 4
4 about In a cornfield all day try- 4
4 ing to find his way to the house 4
4 before being found. 4
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CANDIDATES BEAR
THE SAME NAME
Tekamah, Neb., Aug. 20.—As the re
sult of yesterday's primary election,
two Burt county schoolma’ams of the
same name are pitted against each
other for superintendent. Miss Nettie
C. Nelson is the republican candidate,
and Miss Ada C. Nelson, present in
cumbent, is the democratic nominee.
BOY’S NlCK BROKEN;
SISTER IS INJURED
Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 20.—Glenn Tied
gen, 5 years old, son of Rudolph Tied
gen, a Madison county farmer, was
killed yesterday in falling off a thresh
ing water wagon, breaking his neck.
His sister, Modine, aged 9, was badly
bruised. The wagon went on a side
hill, throwing the children off.
COMMISSION GRANTS
ROUND TRIP RATES
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—Merchants’
rates of one and one-half fare for
round trips w’ere yesterday applied for
to the state railway commission by the
Northwestern and approved.
This Is the entering wedge for rates
on all lines which Uncoiit wholesalers
have been demanding for some time,
in order to be on an equal footing with
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Joseph and
Chicago.
WILL HELP MAKE
RAILROAD VALUATION
Idncoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—The state
railroad commission has announced
two appointments of assistants to aid
in making a physical valuation of the
railroads of Nebraska, a work which
is expected to be begun in person with
in a few weeks. XJp to the present
time the chief engineer and his as
sistants have been making out blanks
and getting other paraphernalia in
shape.
The two new aj>pointees are J. L.
Biddlecom, of Havelock, and Eugene
E. Reed, of Holdrege. Mr. Biddlecom
is to be statistician in the mechanical
department, while Mr. Reed will act
as right of way agent in the work, ap
praising that portion of the road’s
property. The salaries paid are $150
a month and expenses. Both appoint
ments are subject to approval by Gov
ernor Shallenberger.
RETURNS OF PRIMARY
COME IN SLOWLY
I Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—Incomplete re
turns which are coming in slowly because
of the size of the new primary ballot,
indicate the nomination by the Nebraska
republicans yesterday of S. H. Sedgwock,
of York, and J. B. Barnes, of Norfolk, for
two of the three supreme court judges.
Barnes is already on the bench.
The third place lies between Jacob Faw
cett, of Omaha, an incumbent, and F. G.
Hamer, of Kearney, Neb. This result will
not be known until much more complete
returns are received.
The third place on the supreme bench
for which candidates were nominated is
now held by J. R. Dean, of Broken Bow.
He was one of the three democrats nomi
nated yesterday without opposition, the
other two being J. J. Sullivan, of Omaha,
and B. F. Good, of Wahoo.
POISONED FISH KILL.
Menominee, Mich., Aug. 20—Mary Ellen
Lenery, o years old, is dead of ptomaine
poisoning. The child, while playing about
the yard of her home, found an open can
containing some spoiled sardines that hat}
been thrown away, and ate a couple ol
the fish.
LISBON—A strong earth shock was
felt here yesterday. There has been nc
casualties and no damages have been
reported.
BOOTLEGGER FORFEITS BAIL
AND EVADES TRIAL
Pierce. Neb., Aug. 20.—Bert Miller
who was arrested here last week foi
bootlegging, has jumped his bail and
left town in his automobile. His bond
of $100, furnished by his mother, was
declared forfeited.
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CONGRESSMAN LATTA WILL
SPEAK AT MARTINSBURG
Ponca, Neb., Apg. 20.—The Dixor
county old settlers’ picnic will be held
at Martinsburg on August 31. Con
gressman Latta will deliver the ad
dress.
MORGAN SYNDICATE S
PURCHASER^OF ROAD
It Bids in Great Western at St.
Paul for $12,000,000 and
Will Operate It.
St. Paul., Minn.. Aug. 24.—The Chi
cago-Great Western railroad was sold
today by Special Master Albert R.
Moore, representing the United States
court, and the receiver, to a syndicate
formed by J, Pierpont Morgan, for
$12,000,000.
Mr. Morgan was the only bidder.
His certified cheek for $500,000, as re
quired by the court, was the only one
deposited yesterday. Allis S. W.
Stevens and G. H. Gardner, of New
York, represented Mr. Morgan.
The proceedings were a perfunctory
transfer of the road by the receiver
to the new company, headed by Sam
uel M. Felton as president.
INCUBATOR BABY IS
STOLEN FROM MOTHER
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 24.—Marion
Bleakley, the St. Louis World’s Fair
incubator baby, who was the cause of
litigation extended over several years, * - -
was kidnaped in a sensational manner
from the home of her mother at 1027
Garfield ave. at 10 o’clock this morn
ing.
The little girl, who is five years old,
[ has been carefully guarded in Topeka,
and has been constantly attended.
This morning a woman appeared in the
neighborhood, ostensibly selling soap.
She visited Mrs. Bieakeiey’s house. A
half hour later, a buggy in which two
men and the same woman, appeared
in front of tne house and the kidnap
ing followed.
Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley, who was
awarded the child by the federal courts
two years ago, lived with her mother.
She worked as a stenographer.
Kidnaper Fires Shot.
Today the child was left with a
young man of the neighborhood. A
buggy, in which there were two men
and a woman, drove up before the
house. One of the men gpt out and
entered the house where the child was
playing. As he ran toward her the
boy interfered, and the kidnaper shot
at him, hut missed. He then knocked
the boy down with his revolver, car
ried the child to the buggy and drove
off. The police were immediately noti
fied and a large posse is now in persult.
Child's Stormy Life.
Marion Bleakeley, the kidnaped child,
| has had a stormy career. She was
born in a hospital in St. Louis, and was
placed in one of the incubators shown
at the exposition. While there she
was formally adopted by Mrs. James
C. Barclay, of Moline, Ills. Mrs. Bleak
ley signed a release, but she afterward
sued to recover the child, and was
successful, in the Illinois courts. She
brought the little girl to Kansas, and
she was kidnaped from the mother in
Montgomery county, but later was re
covered.
The fight for the possession of the
baby was fought through the state
courts, and the supreme co> t flnally
atvarded the cuslody to Mrs. Bleakley.
Mrs. Barclay then instituted a suit in
the federal court for the possession of
the child, but was again defeated.
Boy Gives Chase.
The young man who was in charge
of the child today was Clarence Belk
nap, of Jackson, Tenn, a cousin of Mrs.
Bleakley and who is visiting at her
home. After he had been struck down
he recovered sufficiently to follow the
buggy, and caught on the rear of the
vehicle, but was beaten off. The kid
| napers lashed their horses to a gallop,
and drove west on Tenth ave, and it is
supposed headed for some small sta
tion west of Topeka, where they ex
pect to board a westbound train.
The buggy in which the kidnapers
escaped was found at 1 o’clock to
day in the street at Fifth and Fillmore
streets, two miles from where the child
was stolen. It had been abandoned.
It was hired from a local livery.
MRS. THAW SAYS
HARRY IS ABUSED
Matteav.an, N. Y., Aug. 24.—Mrs.
Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry
K. Thaw, today made public a state
ment criticising the treatment accorded
to her son in the Matteawan state hos
pital for the criminal insane, since his
return to that institution by order of
Justice Mills.
Mrs. Thaw said not only that the com
forts accorded to her son when he was
first sent to the asylum, wore not re
stored after his return, but that he
had been denied privileges he enjoyed
for IS months, while in the asylum. Dr.
Lamb the superintendent of the hos
pital, Mrs. Thaw said, when asked the
reason for the discontinuance of privil
eges to Thaw, answered that, what had
been done for him was not appreciated.
Deprived of Medicine.
Mrs. Thaw says:
"Even the privilege is denied me of
giving my son the whites of eggs and
orange juice prescribed for him by his
own and my physician, and which,
heretofore, I have given each afternoon
when I made my visit.
“For the first time in these 18 months
they have denied him the privilege of
playing the piano.
"He is still locked up in the bare
cell, which I described in court, at 8
o’clock, although other patients, some
of whom do not work, are allowed to re
main up till i> o’clock.
Starved All Day.
“Yesterday my son had nothing what
ever to eat from this a. m. to 5:45 p.
m., because a lawyer came to see him
at the noon dinner hour. Even the
keepers wished to get him something
to eat, but Dr. Baker gave special or
ders that they should give him nothing
during this 1l’i hours of starvation.
“We inquired of Dr. Lamb the rea
son of the privations. He answered
that what had been done was not ap
preciated much when we went to
court."
WILL HIRE AMERICANS.
Rt. Petersburg, Aug. 24.—As a re
sult of the submarine competitions
held here in July, the admiralty has
decided to order a submarine of the
Holland model. The boat will be built
1 at the Nevsky works under American
supervision.
BIG APPLE CROP.
Spokane, Wash.. Aug. 24.—Thirty
five million barrel:, or 12,000,000 bar
rels more than i;. 1908, is the esti
mated apple crop of the t'nited States
and Canada this season, according to
Ren H. Rice, secretary-manager of the
second national apple show in Spo
kane, November 15 to 20. who added,
in giving out the foregoing:
"While the quality of th" product
east of the Mississippi river is not ns
good as last year, the crop will be
much larger and probably n: >r ■ profit
able. The yield in the states wi st of
the Mississippi is lighter tha t in l.TS,.
but the fruit is of <i bett -r grade.”
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