T7IF, OSiATI.V DAILY BER: FRIDAY. 'ATRIL 29. 1004. Jf For a Few Weeks Only Every user of Quaker Oats has an equal chance to secure part of this $10,000.00. There are no restrictions no conditions. SEE COUPONS NOW : PACKAGES x o.oos mi i OF WINNERS IN LAST CONTEST Tia Industrious Vote Huitlnri Who Will Go to. the St. Louis Exposition. ONLY HALF FORMtR B.G TEN SUCCEED (lark Homes l.nliirr, but Two Alone Leap (Ivrr the Wood rile Cold Hurifr Also Kreeses Out a amber. The lni-t of The Hees series of contests for sixty trips to tho St. 1-uuis Exjio.-sitioii closed at 6 o'clock p. in. yesterday, brlng- lUK oui muir rt iiumaieB miu iiiuiu mv;ivw workers Ijy far tliun any Hint preceded. It In for this it'Hxon the greater honor to each of the HUceessful contestant. As TirAflli'tAil the Htfr Tun were tmdlv Hhnken up so much that only five succeeded In rerauinlng-. The dark horses also were in evidence, but only two of the seven man aged to cross the lucky line, the rest of the damage tieinx done by the storage vote, which proved too mid for three of the orlKlnal Sipper ten. The vote at the t lose was: Arthur R. Roim, Omaha. . . . . . lO.MItil coriesjiondlno; secretary, Mrs. KIlZHjieth (Jueln of Beatrice; recording secretary, Mrs. Hrewer of He Witt; treasurer, Mrs. Holiensee of Hebron. The convention was well attended and the program, which con.'lFtPd of brief addresses by members of the society, followed by discussions, was of special Interest to those In attendance. convention met here mid nominated CSeors:e W. Bhrock of York county, without any opposition. W'tM M.sstia B.r.Mt o.iVIl) r.t((! lien t'herrinatou, Omaha Marlon 13. Urailr, olanihn. . , . James Heck man, Htl S, IKiil.-. .. Helen W. Woodward, Omaha.. Helen Spencer, Omaha . . , ; Josephine Stafford, Omaba.... IVellle JefTers, David City J. W. Bruce, Omaha. B.iMlrt harlea tang, Omaha Kate McVlttiti, Omaha Myron Wilson, Columbus , Ituhy Forbes, Omaha Kloience Welch, Wayne, Neb.. 1,. K. Hall, Omaha Antoinette Melx. Omaha J. J. lit iuerlkson, Omuha ,. Mrs. Cit'oiKe Johnson, Omaha . Amelia NvHard, Omaha (iruce Moxham, Omaha "W. B. lally, Omaha )n Hhaielt, Omaha Fred Khotwell, Houth Omaha .. Mrs. Nellie Kecd, South Omaha 1. Welmer. . Omaha Jtulda Swansnn, Vol k. Neb Mrs. lAtzio I'ruse, Omaha .... Kdlih Hounhton Kel Oak, Ia... (ileilll Nichols, rapilllou Kvh StHiih, Omnha J. I,, l-appart. Omaha Will Tanner,' Omaha Jtoy Moore, 8outh Omaha I'ranclH Murks, Omaha Ulan. ho Kerinedv, Omuha Kftlier Simon, 'Omaha Anna Riley, Omaha 4,112 3.4 ia 3,112 .'t.nlti 2.4:11 2.W7 1,7: 3 l..fi! l.L'W l.Ult 72!t 6. .2 23) IM 116 .( 2 M M 21 10 9 8 3 1 1 1 Home Missionaries Meet. BEATRICE, Neb., April 28. (Special ) The Peatrlca district convention of the Woman's Home Missionary society closed Its two days' session hers last evening y the election of the following offUers: president, Mrs. Young of Hebron; vice resident. Mrs. Lottie Mills of DeWItt; BKAIMONT IS filVE TWO 1 EARS Represented Himself as Kmnlore of Omnha llnnae t'onvlrtfd at Basnet. BASSET, Neb., April 2R. (Special.)-The spring term of the district court for Rock county. Judge Harrington presiding, ad journed here this morning at 8 o'clock. The only matter of public importance was the case of t"ecll I. Beaumont, who was tried on the charge of obtaining the endorsement of a bank check by false pretense. At 1 o'clock this morning the Jury returned a verdict of guilty, fixing the value ob tained at S4T). On the INth of January last Beaumont came to the town of Newport, In this county, mid falsely represented himself to John Henderson, a liveryman, as being In the employ of the Omaha Wholesale Gro cery company, and after making arrange ments with Henderson for three teams, to be used In canvassing the county by himself and two other men whom he said were coming from Omaha to work with him, he presented to Henderson a check drawn on the Brown County bank, which he claimed was for his expenses, which check Henderson endorsed for him, en abling Beaumont to get the same cashed at a local bank. Beaumont left pn the first train and was caught the next after noon at Chadron. Beaumont claims to have been a rough rider In 'the Spanlnh Amerlcan war, and he shows that he has traveled extensively In the southwestern rart of the I'nlted States and among the South Pacific Islands. He says his true name Is Walter de Hugo Cuming, and that his father was an employe In the War de partment at Washington for a number of yea r. He was sentenced by Judge Harrington this morning to a term of two years In the state penitentiary. INDIAN START FOR RXPOSITIO.N Oa Hundred and Seventy. Five Leave Rushvllle. Rl'SHVILLE, Neb.. April 28. (Special Telegram.) One hundred and seventy-flvs Indians left this evening for St. Louis, where they will take part In the Indian and Wild West congress. They were In charge of Colonel Cummins and J. F. Assay, and are a fine representative body of people. Including men, women and children. J A lli FAILS TO HOI.IJ THE THIKVES Captured with Plunder, bnt Ho .Not Stay l.ona In I'rlson. M'COOK. Neb., April 28. (Special Tele gram.) (Jeorge M. Rurchardt and Harry Raymond were arrested here lust 'light and lodged In the city Jail, charged with robbing the store of C. L. Pe (iroff & Co. Goods to the amount of Jlrtrt were round on their persons. They had sold some articles and have mora In hiding. Some time between 9 and 11 o'clock this morn ing both broke out of the Jail and up to thla hour are still at liberty. They evi dently belong to an organized gang of burglars. It Is thought they left town on a freight. One Is tall, the other short. au Sbreek for Senator. FAIRMONT, Neb., April 28. (Special.) -The twenty-fourth district senatorial RAIDERS SLAUGHTER SHEEP Report from Laramie that Rnnsie War Haa Broken Out In Wyoming. LARAMIE. Wyo., April 28. (Special.) Cyrus Ingleburnen, foreman on the Stevens & Maxwell ranches, twenty miles south of Laramie, reports that fifteen masked raid ers visited the sheep camp last night, bound and gagged the herders and camp movers and then slaughtered over 300 sheep. Two sheep wagons were burned to the ground. The herders were warned that If they reported the matter they would he killed. Great excitement exists nmong the sheepmen here, for this Is the first raid upon sheep committed In this section In many years. The slaughtered sheep were on land leased by Stevens & Max well. The herders recognized some of the men and arrests will follow. RAWLINS. Wyo., April 28.-(Speclal.)-The sheep shearers who recently partici pated In a strike for an Increase of pay at the Miller. Daley, Rievera and other pens In tnls vicinity, have nearly all left for other sections. They say they will declare the Rawlins pens unfair and ad vertise them as such throughout the coun try. The flock masters and shearing pen operators are not worrying about the mat ter, for they say the shearers entered Into a contract to shear fpr 7 cents per head and they knew the conditions before coming here. BALDRIDCE IS TO PRESIDE Selected to Wield OstjI ti Temporary Cbairmti of Republican Contention RAILROAD ASSESSMENT WORRIES BOARD Revrilderlna Mass af Klaares from Which to Die Oat the Valuation to Be Placed Ipon the Cor poratloa Property. (From a Staff Correspondent ) LINCOLN. April 28 (Special.) The ex ecutive committee of the republican state committee this afternoon selected It. If. Baldridge of Omaha temporary chairman; A. B. Allen, secretary to Governor Mickey, temporary secretary, and (lark Robinson of Fairmont, temporary S'rgeant-at-arms of the republican state convention to be held In Lincoln, May 18. The offlcerj named were the unanimous choce of Ihe committee. Byron Clark of Flattsmouth was represented by proxy, and E. G. Titus of Holdrege was absent. The other num bers of the committee were present. They are: Victor Rosewater of Omaha. Hugh McCarger of Crete, Thomas Chllvers of IMerce. and Charles A. Rohl ison of Kear ney. Chairman Lindsay of tue state com mittee presided, and and Secretary Aden acted as secretary. Bothered with Railroad Values. The State Board of Equalization will meet Monday to begin work on the assessment of railroad property and before that ''me li l! earnestly desired, by at leust one me.r. bcr of the board, that some one will tlgttie out and publish a good, reasonable, and Just way to determine the value of a fran chise. The plan wanted is one that wll! hold waer and that will stand the test of the court. The board has been literally covered up with figures showing the valuation of railroad property, the bridges, the build ings, the grounds, the rolling Block and everything else except the cost of the steel and Iron used In the tracks, though the time this material has leen In use Is given, and though the board members have not yet In formal session looked at these figures. Individually they have teen enough to bewilder them. The members have everything that any one could want to And out the true value of the roads bnd whether they have too much Information remains to be seen after the assessment Is made. The board members are not given to talking very much, but one -member has thrown out the suggestion that the tax payers should have patience and wait until the board meets. The fact that the as sessments are so much higher than form ally, this member said, does not necessar ily follow that the taaes of the Individual will be materially raised for the simple fact the levy will be lower. It la re quired that Just so much money be raised to pay the expenses of the state and with such an Increased assessment roll It stands to reason that a lower levy will follow, therefore the man who has In times past paid his share of the taxes will not bo unduly burdened with the new law. It Is the corporation and the Individual that haa heretofore escaped, as a board metniier believes, that will be the one hit and n.-i other. In the meantime there Is little question but the railroad assessment will be Increased, and the board wants a way to And the value of a franchise. nr. The Chief of Healers. Old sores, ulcers, pile, ttstula and like stubborn maladies soon yield to Bucklen's Arnica Salve, or no pay. 26c. For sal by Kuhn Co. Vessel la Still Aarround. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., April 2.-The English steamer, which went ashore Thurs day on the Rrlgantine Mionln, Is still hard aground. Tugs pulled at It at high tide todav mid succeeded In moving It about lno feet. Another attempt will be made to float the vessel ut the nest hlsh tide. ' T: The State Board of Equalization has fol lowed the counsel of Attorney General Prout and will not assess life insurance policies that have a cash surrender value and in all likelihood will disregard the counsel of the attorney general In the mat ter of assessing securities deposited by fraternal companies and decide not to as sess these. Of the board members It Is understood that Governor Mickey, Auditor Weston and Secretary of State Marsh are not In favor of assessing the fraternal se curities and will so vote when Members Mortensen and Follmer return to Lincoln and a board meeting Is called. It Is not known how these 'latter two stand In the matter. Traction Company Valuation. The" Lincoln Traction company today made Its return of taxable property to the county assessor. The total la (1,065,000, which is the par value of Its stock. This amount Is made up of tangible property, l9.108; real estate, 62.7uO; franchise and capital stock, $33,000. A number of business men filed their re turns, among them being these: Mayer Bros., $97,512; Fitzgerald Dry Goods com pany, $112,260; Lincoln Hardware company, $61,234; Griswold Seed company, $10,647; Harpham Bros., $84.60; Cooper & Cole Bros., $40,000; H. B. Lau company, $114,151. Coldea Weddlna Anniversary. Mr. and lies. J. A. Llpplncott will cele brate their golden wedding anniversary next Monday at the home of their sons, Charles 8. and Harry S. Lippincott, at East Orange, N. J. Fifty years ago, on May 2. 1864, at Wooster, O., they were married. To them have been born two OLDEST MAN IN THE WORLD Mr. Stephen Jolce, of Waco, Texas, has made an affidavit that he is 148 years of age. He is still in possession of all of his faculties. He says that DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY has been his only medicine and has kept him VIGOROUS AT 148 YEARS OF AGE. This is the most marvelous case on record, and has puzzled a great man leading physicians who have visited Mr. Joke in behalf of science. The doctors admit that there is no doubt but DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY pos sesses some peculiar medicinal properties that kill all disease germs and prevent decay of the tissues and prolong life far beyond the Bib ical allowance of threescore and ten. Waco, Texas. February 1, 1904 8tephen Jolce, who appeared personallv be fore W. L. Tucker, Tax Collector of McLennan Countv. after being duiv sworn, said he was 148 years of age. He Is u well-known ritiTn ut 3 Mann St., Knst Waco. The representative of tho News drove to "I'ni le Ptev's" residence, where for forty years ho has been a law giver nud a profit to his people. "I wns born." he said to the reporter, "on the eastern shore of the Ches apeake, near the Maryland line, nud whs well acquainted with the vassals of Baron Thomas Fairfax when he ruled that region. When the Hist Colonial Con gress met at Philadelphia, 1 was there on a visit to mv parents, being then n stout young man, accustomed to active life on both sea and laud. While I have always been a temperance man, nevertheless, I tlnd with advancing years that a stimulant such ns Paul recommended to Tlmothv to be good for m'v stomach and to prevent the innrmatles of old ace, and I always use Diiffv's PurS- Malt hlskey, which I find serves ns a superb tonic and general renovator x For diet 1 prefer pork, but can eat a little beef and digest It when 1 take a lltxle Duffy a Pure Malt Whiskey after each meal." Here the old man went to his cupboard and brought out n bottle of Duffv's Pure Mult Whiskey and a teacup. "Pome people," he continued, "put herb's in their stimulant, t take mine In' half a glass of milk or water. I take no other medicine.' He then flxcrf up his midday dose, and. replacing the bottle In the old cup board, SHld, "I was born under the reiun of George II. but he died before 1 can remember, and the first King I heard much talk about was George III. I worked for some of the Revolutionary soldiers, and 1 used to hear them talk lots Htiout Oeorge III and his tyranny. My young mistress sang 'The Star Spangled Man ner when It wns firt set to music, and I was near enough to hear the can nonading of Fort Mcllenry. It was about the time when the city of Washing ton was burned thut people begnn to call me old man Steve." To combat the forces of disease and preserve vlarorona old aae, on ntnst feed and nonrlah the vital spark with Dnffy's Pare Malt Whiskey, the trne elixir of life. There are nearly 4.0(10 men and women In America who have passed the" cen tury mark, rind nearly every one of them owes, not onlv his or her long life, but health, happiness and buoyancy of spirits to this great medicine. . J" r r,""1y m show such an army of living witnesses to Its health giving, life prolonging properties. CAITIOV-Whrn yon ask for ln(Ty's Pore Malt Whiskey be snre yon a-et the aennlne. I nscrnpnlona dealers, mindful of the excel. Iirr,' "i.";'" '"'"". r to sell cheap Imitations and mnlt whiskey aobstltntea. which arc pnt on the market for protlt "nH. "hir!,. ,"r 'rom ""' . re positively harmfnl. pore Malt Whiskey which contain, medicinal, health-art. In.- on. II. Hoffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Is sold In sealeri h.KI.. ..a. . In balk.. ,ook for the trademark, the "Old Chemist.- oa the label. !!?.-.. . "V"'" ,he "r ,he cork roke. Beware of re. sons and two daughters, i nd all will be present at the anniversary. Woodmen to Balld. The Modern Woodmen lodges of Lincoln are to have a home of their own, to cost probably $25,OCO, and that Just us soon as the building can be selected. Recently a committee from the several lodges was appointed to Investigate property with a view to purchasing, and last night at a meeting of the lodges this committee re ported that It had received several propo sitions, but the right one had not yet been made. Another meeting will be held Tues day night, when the committee expects to have a more definite report. Chance Examination System. State Superintendent Fowler and Deputy McBrlen have gone to Sidney to attend the Western Nebraska Educational associa tion, which begins Its session on Friday morning. Both will deliver addresses. In the matter of furnishing questions to county superintendents, with which io test the knowledge In educational lines of the county teachers. Superintendent Fowler Is changing things. For'the next examina tions at least the county superintendent In each of the counties will furnish his own questions, It having been the custom here tofore for the state superintendent to dig up the questions. The plan now proposed is said to be better because the county superintendent knows better what to ask his own teachers, being more familiar with the line of work, and besides It will save the county superintendent lots of trouble in looking up the answers to the questions sent out by the state superin tendent. The people of Hardy. In Nuckolls county, re to have a new telephone system, and the Incorporators filed articles of Incorpora tion with the secretary of state today. The capital stock Is $10,000. The Welsbach Street Lighting company of Chicago also got Into the state today by filing a copy of Its articles of Incor poration. The capital stock of the com pany is $1,000,000. bury was chosen chairman and C. F. Baker of Crete, secretary of the conven tion. Reports were submitted and com mittees for the year appointed, after which the convention proceeded to elect a dele gate to the national convention, which convenes at St. l,ouls In June. ' There were four candidates In the field, and Mrs. E H. Wilber of this city was elected on the twenty-fifth ballot, the contest being a spirited one. Mrs. Nettle Wonder of Wymore was chosen as alternate. The convention adjourned at 6:30 p. m. 8THAKGER IIAMUS SELF 1ST CELL Knlcbts and I.adlea of ftrrarlty Meet. BEATRICE. ,ob., April M (8peclal.) The district convention of the Knights and Ladies of Security was held in this city yesterday. The district Includes the coun ties of Jefferson, Gage, Thayer, Saline and York, and delegates from each county were In attendance. Mr. Grlfflu of Falr- I.ocked p While Intoxicated and Is fiend When Sext Seen. BEATRICE, Neb., April 28. (Special Tele gram.) A stranger who was lodged In the city Jail this afternoon In an Intoxicated condition committed suicide by hanging himself In the middle cell some time be tween the hours of 4 and 6 o'clock. Ho. committed the act by tearing a strip front the bed clothing and attaching one end of It to the top of the cell und after placing the other about his neck Jumped from the bunk on which he was standing. The body was found at 6 o'clock by Officer Will Hall. Nothing was found on the man's person to identify him. In his pocket was found $6.10. An envelope with a return card bear ing the name of C. M. Alexander of Oeneva, Neb., was also found on his person. Tho dead man Is between 45 and 60 years of age, of small stature, sandy complexion, with sandy mustache. The remains were turned over to the undertaker to await Identifica tion. The coroner will probably hold an In quest tomorrow. Boy's Death Dne to Accident, FREMONT, Neb., April .-(8peclaU The funeral of Basil Rupln, the boy who was accidentally killed by the discharge of a rifle at the Orphans' Home, east of this city, Tuesday, was held this after noon from Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. C. Norden officiating. Sheriff Bauman, acting as coroner, held an Inquest at the home yesterday afternoon and It appeared from the evidence-that the boy had per mission from Rev.i A. Leutheasuer, super intendent of the home, to shoot pigeons, which were becoming so numerous as to be a nuisance, and for that purpose bor rowed the gun from W. A. Cobb. While he was watching for a shot 0-year-old Peter Slssaklan took hold .f the butt of the gun and It was accidentally dis charged, the bullet striking Mm in the eye. Basil was the oldest "innate of the home and cssiuted In taking care of the younger boys. Slssaklan speaks neither English nor German except a few words, and Is almost prostrate over ihe affair." The coroner's Jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. .' TVenraaka Kewa otea. PAWNEE CITY. April 28-The high school orchestra will give an entertainment May 11. PAWNEE CITY, April 'a.-A parlv of business men are at Lake Blgelow on a llphlng trip. PAP1LLION, April 2R. The Law and Or der league has elected the. following offl-. cers: President, Fred Trumbul; secretary, G. If. Graham; treasurer, Ethel Empey. BEATRICE. April 28. The democratic county central committee met here yester day and fixed Friday, May 20. as the date for holding the county convention and May 18 the primaries. PAWNEE CITY. April 2R.-The track meet of the local high school will be held April 2a to May 6. BEATRICE. April 28. Miss Ellen Rob erts of Barneston, a woman about 40 vears of hrc, was adjudged Insane by the Board of Infinity Commissioners and ordered taken to the asylum. PAPILIJON. April 28-rrof. Graham of the pHpllflon school has accepted a posi tion as principal of the Arlington schools. His place will be rilled here at the next meeting of the School bos r it, Mr. Graham has given the bent of satisfaction here. BEATRICE, April 18. Lawrence Rel miuid, a boy 14 years of age and a son of Mr. und Mrs. W. O. Relmund, who rewide a few miles west of this city, was taken to the reform school ut Kearney yesterday by Sheriff Trude on a charge of incor rigibility. OSCEOLA. April 28. The greatest won der of the twentieth centurv in Polk county is the amount of properly that is lieing found In "Little Polk" that has never been assessed before. Our people are "coughing up" more diamonds than ever. Osceola precinct has two assessors, L. K. McGaw for the country part, and W. A. Cornish for the village. One of them called on a farmer a few days ago, and they sup posed they had got it all. and the assessor asked the gentleman to raise his hsnd toward heaven and be sworn. The hand went up a little ways, when a halt was made, and the man had forgotten $fi0 he. hud In a certain bank; that was put down, and then the hand went up part wava again and stopped. . "Yes, there Is so much In another bank." numlng It, and, to mako a long story short, the gentleman's hand was partly raised for lour times on re membering money In different banks, but the fourth time the hand went up for keeps. r' asssnaanasBBBina fvt- ' - ,- - nr Tram i im "nrr r inMr,-ir' TT1T7' . r 4 i ,i i j r s- r iii m "" ''' iar af a -r-i'i aiMi-iw"i"i '.i at i n t m raaairilaii'i ai .iaW .at -'j n A Cordial Invitation to Every Sick and Ailing Working Girl. ft ia to these girls that Mrs. Plnkham holds out a helping hand, and extends a cordial Invitation to correspond with her. Her long record of success In treating woman's ills makes her letters of advice of untold value to every ailing working girl, and from her wide experience and skill she quickly points the way to health. Her ad vice la free, aud all letters are held by her in the strictest confidence. Address Mrs. Pinkham Lynn, Mass. Don't put off writing her until your health is wrecked. 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