THE OMAIIA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY MAY 15. 1904.
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ANT1S WIN IN PRIMARIES
ennansuunal
Brturot ir Compile T.m All Exsept tls
Ocnotrj Praeim'U.
THESE WILL NOT trUSGk WE RESULT
Majority lor the Antl-Xaev tne Dole,
yatea aad Candidate ur TJele
" ' gates to tbe Rational
ventlon About eOO.
'The republlcsn primary election In IX af
lat count yesterday resulted In a victory
(or tbe antla aa against the regular or
ganlution, known aa the machine. A little
lest than 4,000 voteo were cast In Omaha
alone, which la leas than have been cast
in other hotly contested prim tries, but atlll
waa (air under the circumstances, the day
being very unpropltioua (or a large turn
out Tho antra margin In Omaha and
' South Omaha la about 400 and the country
precincts, which are not all beard from,
will not change thla materially.
In the three lower wards, the First, Sec
ond and Third, where the anus claimed
.they would be overwhelmed by the alleged
sinister Influences, they came out better
than usual, and In the upper wards where
they predicted their heaviest gains, they
did not get the vote they usually do.
Resort to Coarta.
The election waa hotly conteated through
out. In many wards excitement prevailed
at the polls and in South Omaha aome o( J
me anna louna it necessary to reson to
legal technicalities to prove their right to
vote. Mayor Koutaky challenged John H.
Van Dusen and F. A. Agnew, both of whom
were on tbe antl-delegatlon ticket and
others on the ground that they had not
voted tbe republican ticket at the previous
city election. The challenge waa upheld by
the Judges and Van Dusen came to Omaha,
procured a writ of mandamus from Judge
Sears of the district court to fore the
vote of himself and othera so challenged.
In the Third ward W, A, Messick, an antl,
secretary of the last city committee, tried
to rule, with a high band and waa check
mated on several occasions. In the Fourth
ward voting place in The Dee building,
considerable disturbance arose when It
came time to count the vote, the antls be
coming bverxealous of their rights, one In
particular becoming' so obtrusive' as to
' need the aid of a polloemanv to quell blm.
The antla proved to be well organised,
the Fontanclle club being the main factor
In their campaign. It was, In fact, the
central power which gava effect to the
anti'a efforts. It being a distinctly Mercer
affair, showed Its strength particularly In
the Seventh ward, the former borne o( the
ex-congressman and former Omahan. The
vote there waa large aa waa the margin.
Incidentally, Mercer hlmaetf was present
yesterday to vote, having Just arrived In
the morning from his eastern home barely
In time to exerclso the suffrage permitted
him In this city.
Ourdon W. Wattles for district delegate
to the national convention, made a strong
race, which Is attributed largely to hla
private campaign which was promoted with
particular Impetue by himself and friends.
Tha antls found the use of money In gen
erous sums a substantial means of support
Effect of Primaries.
According to the terms of tha primary
the delegates elected to tha state conven
tion will vota for tha candidates for na
tional delegates receiving the highest num
ber of votes, . bvt as there was but one
candidate for congress named on the ticket
and that 'on being Cornish, a so-called
machine num. the antls will not pretend to
abide by these terms In this relation, but
will call a separate contest for the choice
f a congressional candidate so as to try
for one from their own number.
The country vote Is not complete, but the
vote of Omaha and South Omaha stands:
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First ward...
Second ward..
Third ward...
Fourth ward.
Fifth ward ..
Sixth ward...
8venth ward.
Nlghth' ward
Ninth ward...
South Omaha,
Bcnsoh
Dundee
Pnuglss
Chicago.
Keel Omaha .,
Florenoe
Valley
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First ward 1321 17t 117 163 150( 168
Second wnrd 11.1 1X4 108 HW 154 128
Third ward 1 175 (A Ml 257 78
Fourth ward .... JKi Hi 346 846 XH
Fifth ward 2&1 J40 218 I'M 144) Ui
Sixth ward ..... 4M 191 34S IKS li7 4.'0
bv-ntb ward .. ti 7 H 81 107 838
Eighth word .... 240 It) 151 161 2x3
Ninth ward 2 ii k in I'M IU8
South Omaha .... 2'3 W 260 218 234 274
Benson H 2U 89 IS 19 48
Dundee ........... .86 83 85 84 33 8T
Douglas t 1 4 2 18
Chicago 18 1! 10 J 27
East Omaha .... 11 it t 4 14
Florenoe 84 84 SO 87 84 28
Valley 18 8 18 8 4 18
Union'. 3 14 8 18 18 1
Total TT3 TT,Zli WW U78 7.M
BUND FOR TWENTY YEARS
Light Breaks In oat the Total Dark
aeee of Pennsylvania
Wemns,
"Ae dawn of returning sight baa ooene to
Mr M. C. Kirk of Landsdale. Pa., after
twenty years of almost total blindness. Pay
by 0sy her vision grows clearer aa tha cur
tain, of darkness that haa for so long shut
her out from tbe outside world Is almost
miraculously drawn aside. The faoee of
her sons, whom she had not seen since
the were small children, were a surprlae
to bar, ' '
J have always looked upon you as little
boys and,now you are la a day grown Into
men," ahe fondly told them. Her grand
children, whom she had never teen until a
few days ago, although shs had coddled
them and listened to their childish prattle
slnoe they were babies, she gased upon
wllg delight and curiosity.
For neither the sudden deprivation of her
sight nor the equally unexiected restora
tion thereof has there ever boen a plausible
rauae assigned by oecullate.
For half a score of years Mrs. Kirk lived
as In a dense fog. In which she could dis
tinguish night frnni day, but wss unable
to recognise either furrn of likeness of per
sons or Inanimate objects. Urailually tn
pell- of darkness lowered and fallowing an
unsuccessful ope-atl"n ebout ten years ago
she became totally blind.
Now eomes thl wonderful restoration of
sight end she Is sMe to read the news
papers and fllo Mpi'iih fa xlicwt
cluarly as of old. Eminent rreHHta
' have glvn attention te tY ose sir It Is
one of the pi't ivM-'kb'e on record and
entirely beyond their "!.
Mrs. Kirk hna pent for the nhntnrriohs
of her aon. Harry Kirk, who l "-'tl-more,
and another son In the Philippines
that ahe may see the likeness of them as
welt as tl the twe sons who are at hoi 4a
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LUCKY BALDWIN DIDN'T FLINCH
take tha Tarsi ef Card Waa
La a 4 Werth a Large
Fortune.
"That somewhat Icthyologlcal story in
the recent eablo news about the Missis
sippi colonel-promoter who succeeded In
batting 8325,000 out of the Monte Carlo
Institution of chance In two weeks' play
sounds pretty good, but It seems to me
that It took him a long t'me to get hold
of a little money like that," remarked
a member of Washington's Oldest Inhab
itants' association whose only prolonged
absence from the capital during alxty
years occurred when he Joined the "4'.ers
In California. "I once aaw that sprightly
young man Lucky Baldwin win 8200,000 In
considerably leaa than a minute, although
there were no cables or telegraphs at that
time to flash the news of the thing around
the world.
"That happened one night in September,
1S5. Baldwin owned several acres of One
land on the crest of what la now known as
Nob hill In San Francisco. This property
even at that time, on account of Its ob
vious future value for high-grade resi
dence purposes, waa worth easily 8200,000.
"Tom Vanbrugh, the proprietor of tha
El Porado, a big San Francisco gambling
club, owned faro banks all the length of
the slope as far ss It was then settled.
In addition to possessing a big gambling
club In the City of Mexico, and he was a
millionaire several times over, Vanbrugh
wanted Lucky Baldwin's parcel of Nob
hill ground, but Baldwin wouldn't even
talk about selling It Vanbrugh owned a
whole block on Lower Market street, on
Which Baldwin wanted in hnlM It waa
worth about the same amount aa Baldwin's
Nob hill ground. Vanbrugh had offered to
trade the Market street block for the
piece of Nob bill land, but Baldwin
wouldn't listen to him.
"That's tha way It stood between Bald
win and Vanbrugh on this night In Sep
tember, 1864, when Baldwin strolled, along
toward midnight. Into the El Porado
after having dined pretty cosily somewhere
or other. Vanbrugh was slttlna at a desk
In bis private room Just off the main
raro bank when Baldwin stepped In.
"'Hello, Tom, said Baldwin to Van
brugh. 'How are you feeling?'
"Still Nob hilly replied Vanbrugh.
When are you going to transfer the deed
of that piece of ground to me, anyway?'
" 'Tom,' replied Baldwin, 'I'm getting
tired of hearing you talk about that
ground. Come out here and get behind the
box,' and Lucky led the way Into the main
faro room. Vanbrugh seeing that there
woe going to be something doing char
acteristically Baldwlnesque, followed blm
with alacrity.
"The dealer at one of the no-limit tables
was Just shuffling the cards for another
boxful.
" Sit down there, Tom, and get busy,"
said Baldwin to Vanbrugh, pointing to the
dealer's chair.
"Vanbrugh motioned to the dealer, who
slid out of the chair. Vanbrugh slid Into
It
" If the ace loses, Tom,' Baldwin said,
without a trace of excitement, to Van
brugh, 'the Nob hill ground is yours. If
the a co wins the Market street block is
mine. How about that?'
"Vanbrugh nodded. He shuffled the
csrds, did the unusual courtesy in faro
bank of passing them over- to Baldwin to
cut Lucky could dut twenty-six cards as
well as any veteran faro-bank dealer and
slid the cards Into the box.
" With your permission, gentlemen, said
Vanbrugh to the other players around the
table whose play had bean Interrupted, and
they leaned back In their chairs to watch
tbe outcome.
"Jsaldwln removed tha round-topped Pan
tftttj from bis head, and the cabbage leaf
whluh he always wore Inside of his hat In
hot weather fell to the floor Just as Van
brugh started to slide the cards out of the
box, Baldwin stooped to pick up the piece
of cabbage leaf and replace It In his hat
Before be -stood up erect again he was
the owner of Vanbrugh's Market street
block. The ace had come out on the right
side for Baldwin while he was stooplnz
oven.
" 'If your name Isn't a fit. Lucky, I'lj De
,' was all that Vanbrugh said, and on
the following morning he transferred the
Market street property to Baldwin."
Washington Post
OLD AGE STAMPEDFICTI0N
Bnraea or Tears Rest Lightly on
Those Whose Hearts Are
Youa.
The time was, and not so long ago, either,
when men of 65 and 70 regarded themselves,
and were regarded by others, -as having
reached that point when they should be
willing to retire from the activities of life.
Our conception of the man of 75 only a
few Vears ago waa that of a white-haired
patriarch, who found pleasure only In
reroinleoenoes, the sectarian weeklies,
checkers, domlnoa. and his grandchildren.
But the times have changed. The average
man of 78 today is neither bent, feeble nor
senile. He has not retired from the ac
tivities of llf, that he la aware of; nor
has he any idea of retiring. Much leaa la
he inclined to aurrender to the younger
people around him any of the responsibili
ties or pleasures of existence. He roads
the sporting columna, plays golf, roots for
his favorite base ball club and may per.
chance take a flyer on tbe races.
Moreover, he Is. If anything. Inclined to
be more attentive to the women than he
waa at 60, at 40 or at 80.
There la William Rosa, aged 78. for In
stance, a farmer of Chaplin, Conn., who
was supposed to be a retired and confirmed
bachelor. After living alone for uoarly half
a, century, after suffering a stroke of
paralysis, and after frequently disappoint
ing his relatives, who were looking for a
share in bis fortune of 8100,000, by refusing
to die, he fell In love with a young widow
snd marired ber. He is, In fact, only be
ginning life.
But this is hardly as forcible an illus
tration of tha changed conditions we have
been speaking of as the case of William
Rich, aged 80, of Greenwich, Conn., who.
though twice a widower, has Just eloped
with bis mother-in-law, "with all the ro
mance," It Is said, of a youth of 88.
This young old man's course, however It
msy serve to emphsalxe ths point that old
men are no longer as old as their years
would Indicate, cannot be wholly approved,
for It has complicated matters In his (am-,
lly. His present bride Is the grandmother
o( his three, ctildreo by his first wife. It
Is unnecessary to aay that they are some
what confused, both as regards their rela
tionship to their father and their (athor'a
'wife, who la their mother's Mather.
But thla Is a phase of tbe matter which
should be Clacuseed independently of the
nunrrlage Itself. The (net that etands out
iu bo:d relief is that at the uge of 80 Wll
Ham lilob was not otily susceptible to tbe
charms of wonufn, but, like the true lovor,
disregarded all obstacles, surmounted all
difficulties, and rise above all considera
tion, euvs the uuselflsh one of making hU
muther-ln-luw happy. Chlrugo Inter Ocean.
American skiaadroa Uvea sSast.
SAN JUAN. P. It.. May 14.-The United
Ctotrs squidron sal'.cd last nlyht for tho
Ifiinnr Inlands, tha Prooklvn for TenerlfT
end the Atlanta aud Marietta lor Lna
Paiouts.
Bee Want Ada l
ost Business.
THE YELLOW GOD
BY FRANK L.ILLII2 POLLOCK.
(Copyright. 1904, by Frank Lllllc Pollock.) away, (or little things are great in the
When Katmlroff went aboard the coast- east, and he was afraid of being s us
ing steamer at Constantinople he wnspected of Moslem prejudices. This night
pleased with almost everything. He was
pleased with himself for having obtained
his present mission the most important
which hod ever been entrusted to him dur
ing his twenty years of diplomatic life; he
was pleased with the Russian embassy at
the Porte for giving it to Mm. He was
furthermore gratified by the knowledge
that his daughter Irene was safe under
the wing of the ambassador's wife in Con
stantinople; and he was probably best
pleased of all that Howard was no longer
In the city.
Katmlroff did not like Howard. This was
partly due to his nationality, for Katmlroff
did not like Americans, though long ago,
while an attache at Washington, 'ie had
married an American wife. The poor lady,
perhaps, found unexpected features In
diplomatic life; at any rate, slie had now
been for ten years In pere I.aclmlse ceme
tery, above Paris, and her daughter, after
an exhaustive experience of French con
vent schools, had Joined her father in the
east
At first Katmlroff was Inclined to regard
his Russian-American daughter as an en
cumbrance, but when a conception of the
girl's really wonderful beauty penetrated
him he began to see In her a most efficient
tool for his advancement, and incidentally
for her own. They had spent two winters
In St Petersburg society since. Katmlroff
came of & good and rich family, and tho
family, If not now so rich, was as good as
ever. Blood royal he considered scarcely
beyond his daughter's reach, and tho bene
fit to himself of a powerful alliance Is be
yond need of statement He dreamed of a
lucrative governorship, of a rich court sine
cure. But in these calculations he forgot
Irene's semi-American ancestry, and he
was not then aware of Howard's existence.
Howard appeared In Turkey the next
summer, engaged in selling sewing ma
chines snd small electric devices to the
Moslem for a Philadelphia firm. He was
introduced to the Katmlroff a by the Ameri
can consul general, and appeared a gentle
man. He was 30, good looking, and spoke
French well. The Russian diplomat guile
lessly took the viper to his bosom. A
little later he permitted him to ride with
Miss Irene up the hill road toward Oalata,
attended by a gorgeous consular dragoman,
and he was without suspicion till In the
autumn the bomb burst under his very
nose. Katmlroff himself came near burst
ing, and he did not waste many words on
the presumptuous American. Irene, weep
ing, told Howard that she would never
marry any other man, which was the
effact of her American blood, but she
said that her first duty was obedience to
her fathrr, and this was the Russian blood.
Howard said he owed no duties of obed
ience to anybody.
Howard thereupon disappeared from the
Golden Horn, and 11 was understood that
he had gone up the Black sea to sell sew
ing machines and electric bells In Odessa
and Varna. Shortly afterward came Kat
mlroff's appointment to his delicate mis
sion. He did not attach much importance
to Irene's protestations, and he was satis
fied with the tangible fact of Howard's
absence, so that he felt free to devote an
untroubled mind to his errand, which, In
deed, was of a sort to demand exclusive
mental concentration. ,
Katmlroff knew well that his whole fu
ture career was staked on his present suc
cess and, above all, on the deadly secrecy
that must enshroud his doings. It is ss
good as Known, to be sure, that Russia
Is holding hands with the Toung Turks'
revolutionary, party and the Macedonian
malcontents, but this Is not the same thing
as official proof, much less of such a
compact aa Katmlroff was authorised to
engineer. The Russian felt as if he carried
dynamite, but he was used to explosive
secrets, and he slept none the less sweetly
In his narrow stateroom while the steamer
wallowed up the coast toward Mldla.
Late the next afternoon he was landed
at that port. Mldla Is an ancient Greek
settlement which has degenerated Into a
third-rate watering place for Constanti
nople. It was not the reason Just then, and
tho town was dusty and empty, but avoid
ing the principal streets, Katmlroff went to
a little hostelry on the outskirts, where a
room had bcon reserved for him. Here he
ertabllshed himself, had his meals served
In his room, and waited for tho men who
were to meet him.
Theso personages were mostly accustomed
to perform their vlsltjng by night the later
tho better and Katmlroff sat up and dosed
tilt the cocks crowed, but no one appeared.
Ho then slept for a few hours, breakfasted,
and prepared to pass a very long day.
He did not like to show himself on the
streets and from his window there was
nothing to entertain him nothing but a
long, stony road, deep In dust, bordered by
high whte wails with the tops of olive
tiees showing above them. No one passed.
The sun poured down hotly. .
Inside the room there was still less of
interest. Tha hotel was of the lower aort,
and the chamber was furnished with spar
tan simplicity. The only object In any de
gree unusual or superfluous was a statuette,
a sort of graven Image, about half life size,
which Btood on a shelf near the table and
Just between the two windows. Katmlroff
had been too eagerly expectant the night
before to notice Its existence, but now, be
ing bored, he examined it with some atten
tion. It seemed to be really an antique, made
from a sort of terra cotta clay of a shiny
yellow. The color gave It a singularly Chi
nese appearance, which was intensified by
its remarkable ugliness. It represented a
human figure squatting somewhut In the
attitude of a Buddha, with a small body
and an enormous head. The eyes were
wrinkled Into mere silts with laughter,
while the mouth wns wide and round like a
tragic mnslc The upper half of the face
wns comedy, the lower was frosen horror,
and the oomblnatlnn set sensitive nerves on
edge. Undoubtedly it waa one of the "little
gods" that are atlll dug up In considerable
numbers along the Aegean, the work of late
Qreek worshipers. Usually they are de
stroyed in holy horror by the ldol-hatlng
Turks as soon as they Sppenr above
ground, but this onn must have fallen into
more appreciative hands.
Katmlroff had never seen so perfect a
specimen. He lifted It, and found It
lighter than he would have expeoted. It
might be hollow, for the open mouth
showed a deep, dark throat extending
Indefinitely downward. Tbe head was
bald; the ears large and misshapen; be
tween the wrinkled eyelids there aeemed
Just a glimmer of malevolent eyes. Ths
ugllncsa of the thing was abnormal; It
begun to act upon Katmlroff with a sort
of fascination. He had nothing to read,
and as lie lounged about the room, smok
ing Innumerable cigarettes, or looked from
the window, be found himself glancing
aside lnvoluiitsrlly to meet the open
roouMiud gase still fixed upon him.
It struck him that a day spent In the
unrelieved ' society of this monstrosity
might drive a man Insane. He preserved
his reason, however, but not bis nervous
equilibrium, which was further disturbed
by the ominous non-sxilval of bis ex
pected confederetts. When night (ell and
candles were brought, the presence of tha
yellow divinity bud beuo.iie ao obnoxious
that he was obliged to turn his back
to It He did not like to order It Ukn
he waited as fruitlessly as the night be
fore, and at 3 o'clock In the morning he
threw himself, dressed, upon the bed,
Irritated by the perilous delay and half
sickened by the number of cigarette be
had feverishly consumed.
When he awoke next morning his eye
fell at once with a fatal fascination upon
the shelf between the windows, and ha
sat up with a Jerk. The night before the
yellow god had stood looking across tbe
room, at right angles to the bed. Now It
was turned half about, so that Its wink
ing eyes and staring mouth faced full at
hia pillow.
Like moat Russians, Katmlroff had a
deep atreak of superstition, and this
phenomenon gave him what he would
have called a "frisson." The door had
been locked; the windows were ten feet
above the ground. He got up and In
spected the statue, but Its enigmatical
face continued to leer lifelessly at his
perplexity.
Katmlroff was annoyed at his own nrr.
vousness, but he was unable to overcome
It Purlng the forenoon he veiled the deity
with a sheet from the bed, but this pro
duced so ghastly on effect that he took it
off again. He sat down resolutely and
tried to think with ,the assistance of to
bacco. Every five minutes he went to the
window nnd looked at the dusty road and
the olive trees, though he did not really
expect any one by daylight. And as often
as he resumed his seat an Irresistible fas
cination forced him to glance hurriedly at
the yellow Image, to see If it had moved
again. But it remained motionless.
Once he stepped back hurriedly from the
window, thinking he saw a (ace he knew.
But no one came to seek him, and tho do
lay became hourly more Incomprehensible
and dangerous. At dark he was still wait
ing; he had meditated to llttlo effect; the
floor was strewn with cigarette ends, and
the yellow god gazed through a blue mist.
He resolved to wait no longer than that
one night He did not know fvhat might
be happening at the capital. But at 11
o'clock his anxiety ended. The expected
envoys arrived.
They had come far, which accounted for
the delay, and they were still dusty from
the saddle. They numbered three, and the
Impromptu council lasted till the gray
dawn. Then they went away, leaving Kat
mlroff Jubilant
He could not sleep, even when the busi
ness was ended. He had succeeded, and
the success was glorious. RusHla rewards
her agents well, and he saw rich advance
ment for himself and a great marriage for
Irene. His over-excited bruin could seo no
limit to the possibilities. He forgot the
yellow god entirely, and there were plenty
of gilded vIhIoiis to fill up the time till the
house awoke and l hey brought him his
black coffee.
Then he escaped from the stifling cham
ber Into, the fresh air. Concealment was
not quite so essential now. A boat would
leave for Constantinople at noon, and after
a short walk he returned to the Inn to
pack his valise. As be approached his
door he heard a strange noise Inside.
Considerably annoyed, he opened. A
young man, an Occidental, was sitting at
the table with his back to the door, but
Katmlroff scarcely noticed him, for the
yellow god, as It stood on the shelf, was
(peaking, and the voice was bis own
voice,
Katmlroff stood paralyzed, and the hair
rose on bla scalp. His consternation was
scarcely Increased by observing that the
voice was repeating the words be had
spoken to the Macedonian envoys tbe night
before, nor by recognizing that the young
man sitting before the Image with pencil
and paper was Howard, whom he had
supposed In Odessa.
Katmlroff's panic did not last many
seconds after the first shock. He had
heard the like before; he recognized the
far-awny, telephonic voice of an Ameri
can taJklng machine, such as hs had seon
in Paris. Howard rose, meeting his eye,
and for somo moments neither man spoke,
while the machine chattered shrill words
which several monarcha of Europe would
have given much to bear.
Then Katmlroff started suddenly for
ward, his face hardening grimly. Howard
touched some Invisible spring on the
Image, and the flow of speech stopped
short, with a dull click. Almost with the
sams motion he brushed aside the papers
on tbe table and uncovered a revolver.
Katmlroff stopped ss short as the ma
chine. He wes unarmed.
"I didn't expect to see you here," he
said In a voice not perfectly under con
trol. "You seom to have found it amus
ing, however. May I ask what you In
tend doing with that Interesting Idol?"
"Interesting?" said Howard, lightly. "Tt
didn't Interest me greatly. I'm an Ameri
can, you know, and my country doesn't
take much Interest in the Balkan question.
I'd been thinking of presenting it to tho
British ambassador."
Katmlroff shivered slightly.
"I am greatly interested in antiquities,"
he said. "I'll buy It from you at you. own
price that Is, If It is yours, as I suppose."
"It Is mine," said Howard. "Or, rather,
It Is yours. Such tricks aren't considered
very fair In the west, and you will relieve
my conscience if you will aocept It."
"You are too good," replied Katmlroff,
"But If I might ask for a llttlo explana
tion of Its Its workings?"
"Why, tt was especially made for the
work of a spyr In a certain palace not far
away. Then, after nil, It was left on
my hinds. It has a peculiarly long cylinder,
and a spring that runs twenty-four hours
with one winding, like a clock. I've been
In this town for two weeks. I saw you
when you came ashore from the boat: I
guessed that something was up, and your
landlord had this yellow devil Introduced
Into your room for me. My servant Is a
Greek nnd an expert burglar. The machine
stood close to the window, and he wound It
for me every night by the aid of a ladder."
"Tou are a wonderful people," said Kat
mlroff. "All my life I have been unjust
to the United States."
"It's a mean business," answered Howard.
"You'll be doing me a favor to take tha
thing off my hands by way of a little re
turn," he went on, an uncontrollable smile
spreading over bis face, "merely a father-in-law's
blessing"
"You hsve It," returned Katmlroff
promptly. "It's cheap st the price, as you
business people say."
But the words came with an effort
TREES AS SNOW BARRIERS
Great Weetrra Adopts Morel Plan c.f
Keeplaw Track Clear la
Wlater.
CHICAGO, May 14 The Chicago Great
Western Hallway company bus adopted a
novel plan of protoctlag Ita right-of-way
from drifting snows, which ao frequently
Impede train oerutlon. The company has
secured several thousand evergreen trees
from sn Iowa nursery end will plant thera
thickly along the right-of-way of the com
pany. The trees will take the place of
the hoard snow breaks, which are con.
tlnuHll)' gutting out of place, need almost
constant repair and frequent replacing at
considerable expena
Remarkable Piano
No shrewd buyer will think of investing a dollar in a piano without first making a
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field, will hereafter sell the highest grade pianos manufactured either for cash or on
$5.00 monthly payments.
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Beautiful New Rosewood Case, Upright $138
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Used Upright Tianos $45, $72, $84 and up
Good Organs and. Square Tianos $15, $25, $35 and up
Instruments rented, moved, stored, tuned and repaired Lowest prices. We nre
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Schmoller & Mueller,
Manufacturers of High Grade rianos.
13J3 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
BRANCH STORES 136 South 11th St.,
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Street Eailway (oLy Double TWc Line
on Thirteenth Street.
EXTENDS TO THE SARPY COUNTY LINE
Deflay In Pavlnar Railroad Avenue
Holds V the Construction of
the Extension on that
Thoroughfare.
Property owners In the eastern portion
of the city nre greatly gratified at the
prospect of a double track being laid on
South Thirteenth street so as to connect
with the Missouri avenue ear line. The
expectation la that when thla South Thir
teenth atreet car line re completed there
will be a double track along the Missouri
avenue line clear to the Sarpy county line.
Material for the building of the line on
South Thirteenth street has arrived and
work is expected to commence In a few
days. The delay In constructing the prom
ised line along Missouri avenue, L street
and through to Albright wilt be on ac
count of the sale of the bonds for the
Railroad avenue improvement district In
rase the paving of Railroad avenue goes
through the street car company will build
double tracks and run the Walnut Hill
cars right through to the county line. Even
If this Is not done this year the Thirteenth
street line Is to be extended and those
desiring; to get to Omaha from the eastern
portion of the city can do so by connecting
with the present Missouri avenue line at
Thirteenth street and Missouri avenue.
Howe Takes Taxea.
Testerdky City Treasurer E. I Howe
waa notified by County Treaaurer Fink
that he would permit taxes under the
scavenger law to be paid here until further
notice. This, of course, refers only to de
linquent South Omaha taxes and la dona
only for the accommodation of the tax
payers here who may find It Inconvenient
to go to Omaha. Receipt booka for thla
purpose are being printed. These receipts
are to be made out In triplicate. The orig
inal goes to the taxpayer, the city treas
urer keeps one and the one left In the
book goes to tho county treasurer,
Dnsy Laying; Walks.
Property owners are getting busy laying
prrmnncnt walks and those engaged In
this line of business find that they have
all they can do to keep up with their con
tracts. Where the city has ordered per
manent walks thirty days Is given prop
erty owners to do the work. If not done
at the expiration of thla time the city con
tractor will do the work and the coat will
be charged agoinBt the property. Vitrified
brick is being used mostly, but In some
cases artificial stone walks are being put
down.
Arreat Jail Breaker.
Yesterday Chief Brlggs and Detective
Elsfelder arrested James Garfield, colored,
who escaped from the Jail at Manhattan,
Kan., recently. The negro Is wanted there
for shooting with Intent to kill and was
awaiting a trial when he managed to es
cape. An officer from Kansas is expected
here today with requisition papers. The
police here have no details of the crime
which Garfield la reported lo have com
mitted, they having arreated him on a tele
graphic description.
Meade City Gossip.
F. C. Dennett of Chicago Is In the city
looking sfter his property Interests.
F. Sulllvnn, Thirty-eighth and L streets,
reports the birth of a son.
A daughter has been born to Mr. and
Mrs. h. ii. Ruff, Mi North Twentieth
ureet.
George McBrlde returned yesterday from
Bouth Dakota and will remain here for a
few days.
Mrs. K. A. Cushing and children of Graf
ton. Neb., are In the city the guests of
Mrs. George McBrlde.
Chief Brlggs was called upon yesterday
to shoot a slek horse which was laying in a
vacant lot near the city hall building.
Frank Madura, one of the well known
business men here, has been sppolnted to a
position In the county treasurer's ofllce.
The Ladles' Aid society of the First Pres
byterian church will meet with Mrs. Lyon,
112 North Fifteenth street, on Wednesday
afternoon, Muy Is.
YOUNG MAN KILLS HISBR0THER
Careless? Folate Revolver He
Didn't Know Was Loaded
at Hint.
VIaIa, Bmranann hnV fit Id Snd residing
at Benson, was accidetitly shot and killed
by hla brother Conrad at their home Friday
iv.nn.,1 Hwun.on. who la is) years
old. waa playing with his brother and In a
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spirit of pluyfulness poinioa a
revolver at him, not knowing the gun waa
loaded. Ho laughingly pulled the trigger
snd shot Victor through tbe heart, killing
him almost Instantly. The unexpected dis
cbarge of the weapon for a moment stupe
lied him and on the smoke lifting he waa
horriiltd to find hla younger brother lying
on the lloor and the blood from tha woupd
flJKlng over the carpet. KunningJ i
n.luli hnr1! hmmn ha excitedly told of the
accident, but by tha time ths nejgbbors ar
rived the boy had died. The boya were
alone In the house, their mother, the only
other member of the family, being away In
Bouth Omaha, . It was soma hour sfter
the death of her aon that aha came home
and learned ths news. Tha shock was too
much for her. Sinking In a chair she
sobbed wildly and It was some time before
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THE GREATEST GAME ON THE MARKET
The rival of Pit and Flinch and other 60c games, and yet It Is given
absolutely free with each 5c package of Chase's Chewing Gum, recognised
wherever sold as the purest, cleanest and healthiest gum which money and
brains can produce.
SAVE THE WRAPPERS
RAZEU9 IS FOR SALE Elf ANY QVAirTITY BY
Hyers-Dllloa DrnaT Oak.
Bntler A Miller
Megeath Stationery Co.
The Bennett Co.
JOBBERS!
Allen Bros. Co-Asfcoav 1B "Paaarnt Man" B. B. Brooo.
Jno. Woedwarfl Oev Tho Oawdy Men," Oooaoll Bluffs.
she could be quieted down. Conrad Swan
son was even In a worse condition than bis
mother. When be came to realise the full
extent of the accident he gave way entirely
and had to be taken to hia bed,
Conrad drives a wagon for a grocery
firm. Coroner Bralley was summoned and
arrived In Benson late last night, when ha
took charge of the remains. He has not
yet fixed the date of the Inquest. Tha deed
boy was very popular In Benson and In
company with his' brother helped to sup
port his widowed mother.
Bo great was the grief of the elder
brother last night that he could not give a
proper account of the shooting, but tt Is
supposed thst he did not Intend to pull the
trigger at all, merely Intending to point the
gun at his brother. The two are said to
i have been possessed of more than brotherly
love for each other, making the shooting
the sadder for the living brother.
HEATING FOOD WITHOUT FIRE
Soldiers' Rations Wlnrmed by Prep
aration of Lime Which Generates
Heat When Moistened.
The United States government while ex
ercising great care In equipping Its army
has been equally aa considerate In sup
plying tts most modern foodstuffs for its
consumption. The serious problem to be
contended with Is the furnishing of ma
terials that have large nutritive conatltu
enta and at tho same time can be con
veniently carried. Commissary General
Weston a few days ago said tnat one 'of
the best concentrated rations yet.iound.ls
a mixture of fresh beef andfreshvege
tables; a food that la healthful'and palata
ble, and which can be auppl'lfid to the
troopa wherever they go. Thla pie pa ra
tion Is put up In hermetically aealed cana
which preserves Its freshness for an In
definite period. Only the best parts of the
animal are used, and the vegetables com
pounded are onions and potatoes. Experi
ments are now being made with this new
food, and so far It has been found very
satisfactory.
The War department has recently been
making somo experiments with self-heated
canned gooAs whloh are a new Invention.
They come In double-Jacket cans, the
space between the two jackets being occu
pied by unslacked lime. All that has ito
be done to heat these Is to punch a hole
In the bottom at the proper place and pour
In a little water. An Intense beat Is gen
erated Immediately, and within a few mo
ments the contents are ready to serve.
Tills process Is especially adapted for
heating coffee. Candy Is another material
not supplied as a regular ration, but Is
furnished to the soldiers at cost. Certain
things are found not to be absolutely
requisite as necessaries, but. nevertheless
are deemed essential for the comfort of
the men.
Another difficulty snoountered by this de
partment has been the supplying of ration
satisfactory for emergency purposes, for
the use of soldiers who have been detaohed
from their commands. Under such circum
stances they are obliged to carry with
them In their haversacks their supply of
food. A ration which has been finally de
cided upon for this purpose has the form
of a sort of cartridge packnd In boxes and
weighing a trifle over a pound. Each one
of these boxes contains enough food for a
day, which Is divided up In oiled paper.
These packets contain a yellowish meallke
stuff which can be converted Into soup.
This preparation Is composed of two parts
parched , wheat and one-third evaporated
beef. Eggs concentrated by evaporation
are also now being used In snOrmous quan
tities. Chicago Chronicle.
The Bee Want Ads are tne Best Business
Boosters.
MUklnao Mine Shots Down.
NORWAY, Mich., Muy 14 The Poretto
mine shut down today, throwing about HiiO
men out of employment. Other mlns are
clrwlng and miners are looking for de
4reelon on the range.
Bargains! 1
Established 1839.
Telephone 1625.
la.; 408 Fourth St., Sioux City, la.
1
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Courtney's Groeery
Bell's Drag Btoro
Jno. J. Wetnsr
And miX leading? stealers.
DOG DAYS IN POLICE COURT
Thrss Unnly Oaninsi Figure in Suits Be-
- far Judge Bsrka. ' '
IGNATIUS JEHOVAH DUNN ALSO L00MT UP
Apooaura mm Leading- Oonnael for De
fendants, Cauarared with laapoalngT
on Old RoTer Capital Pna
lahment for Two Dogs. .
These are dog days In the police court,!
and, while Police Judge Berka has ex
pressed himself in favor of having a Juve
nile court apart from the regular police.
court, it Is not known Just what hia views
are regarding an animal court, where all
cases In which animals are Involved may
be heard.
Three dogs figured lit yeaterday's ses
sion of polloe court. One of the canines
has been shot, another may continue its
days in the land, providing its owner keeps
It tied up, and the third dog will be shot.
Morris and Kate Burt of Thirtieth and
Nebraska streets, charged with cruelty to
animals on complaint of John A. Avery of
304 North Thirtieth street, were arraigned
on this charge and represented by Ignatius
Jehovah Dunn, Morris Burt was dis
charged, while his wife waa fined $15 and
costs. An appeal was taken to the district
court.
It was alleged that while the Avery dog
was visiting at tha Burt home Mrs. Burt
Inflicted such injuries on the animal that"
It was necessary to shoot It. Mrs, Burt
entered a denial of Injuring the dog, fur
ther than whipping It with some brush.
Ponred Coal Oil on Rover.
One of the many witnesses, Joe Easly
of 2824 Fort Omaha avenue, testified that
Mrs. Burt had told Mrs. Avery that sho
(Mra Burt) hod poured coal oil over
Easly's dog and set It on fire,
"Did the dog burn up?" asked Ignatius
Jehovah Dunn.
"All but Ita tail," replied the witness.
But the foots of the case, as recited by
Mra. Avery, were that the dog extinguished
the flames with his caudel appendage.
John Doe, real tame said to be unknown,
was brought Into court on a charge of
having a vicious dog. The dog was suid to
have bit a little boy at the Union hotel.
Mr. Doe's three daughters were In court
and when the possibility of the dog being
shot was mentioned they cried. They said
they had raised the dog from a puppy
and played with It for three yeara. . It
was a kind and gentle dog, they declared,
and even a baby could take anything out
of Its mouth without fear. It was on fur.
ther Investigation found that the dog had
not bit the plaintiff's child to any ex
tent, so tha Judge dismissed the case on
the understanding that the dog be kept
tied and keep the peace hereafter.
On complaint of Mike Oorhman of 721
South Seventeenth street the dog belonging
to J. D. Behrens, Twenty-fourth and
Bpragua streets, haa been ordered shot. It
was charged that the dog bit the son of
the complainant
BRAKEMAN'S 'LEG IS MANGLED
George Snyder of MeCoelc Knocked
Down and Seriously Injured by
BorllnaTton Trata.
M'COOK. Neb., May li-Bieclal Tele.
gram.) Brakeman Oeotgo R. Bnyd r of this
city was run over by the cars in tha Kur.
Ilngton yards early this morning and his
left leg was badly crushed and lacerated.
Ills condition Is serious.
He was assisting In making up freight
train No. 77 and was knocked down by the
slack of the train while cutting In the air,
