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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1905)
TTIE OMAnA DAILY HEE: TUESDAY. JULY 2'. 1905. li i .a i IV NEWS OF INTF.RRST T mTTNr.TT Dm rls sells dmii tockert sells carpets. Plumt.lng and heating. Plxby A Bon. Drs,, Woodburv, dentists. 10 Pearl street. iflen'i In.prtved torlo lenses give satis faction. , V,-rk s. 211 Bo. -Main St. Tel. tiHJ. t a Vyr'ilnn-Rcrirr.ldt Undertaking Co., 2J 1, Viii(!wwri to Lunkley. Tel 139. I tfl n, 23 Main 8t., guarantees to do the ;. i M tint V1" repair work. Olve tiim trial. I V PLuella rl. Dean, tioinropalh, diseases I i of Oinen and children. Room J. Brown lltldg jr-i. M. A r a kr an4 tlurtiara M fa Vint It of I'rau,' ib., were married in thin city yesterday affrnnon. Justice Field perform ing the ceremony. An unholy gasoline stove In the flat at TW Went Broadway occupied by Frank Wheeler gave the Are department a run snout o'clock yesterday morning, but did little damage. Charlotte M. DeVol, lSfrt West Broadway, tins -received a telegram from lier Hon, Ciijorye '. Hniiih, the only Coupcil Hlults mi.n i -, tin. f...w i if t h v . in Fii M I Ilnnnlnt. ton, slating that lie was not Injured In me i explosion, j Jehri A. Hardy, aged 25 tf Eagle, Neb., ana binm Jensen or umana, ag-a in, ap- piled tor a marriage license yesterday af ternoon but were relused on account of the young Woiian not being of lawful age and not having her parents' consent. John L. Price was arrested last night on complaint of Mrs. W'eberg, a neighbor, who charged mm with malicious destruction of jroieity. price and Mrs. Weberg have re ceiAly had several rounds In the police and )ustre court each filing charges against the other. John Denny, colored, aged 1 years, died at a lute hour Monday night at his home, 1101 Seventh avenue. Deceased was a vet eran of the civil war. He la survived by bis wll and one daughter. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 6 o'clock from the residence and Interment will be In Fa'.r'ew cemetery. The funeral of the late John U. Aten will Dj held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the family residence, 4.14 Glen avenue. Hr;ir will be In Falrvlew cemetery. Mem bers f Abe Lincoln post. Grand Army of the K public, will meet at post hall at 2:20 p. m. to attend the funeral in a body and taki charge of the services at the cemetery. J. Miller, living on Avenue O in the west ern part of the city, was arrested last night chargtd with resisting Constable Baker of justice Uardtner'a court while In the execu tion of bis duty. The officer went to Mil ler's house to attach a sewing machine Xand Miller caught him by the throat, it is neged, and threw him down the steps of jfe porch. J. Walker,' a printer and manufactu rer nt runner stamps at iiarian, la., niea n the federal court here today a voluntary petition tn bankruptcy; scheduling liabili ties amounting to 11,511 M. Among his as sots he lists a legacy of $6,000 conditional on his surviving his father. 4,0W Insurance and His homestead valued at X,00 on which there Is a mortgage for 1411. The 16-year-old son of Le Drown, re siding near Manawa, was severely Injured yesterday morning while operating a disc harrow. The team hitched to a wagon which Tiie father was driving behind the harrow eame frightened and ran away, colliding Ith the harrow and throwing young irnnrn In front of the, machine. One of the ' dines ran over his loot nearly severing n and the vounc man received other injuries from the runaway team and wagon. passing over him. Clubhouse Cornerstone Laying;. The laying of the cornerstone of the new club house of the West Council Bluffs Improvement club and attendant exercises will be held Saturday. August 5. Congress man Walter I. .Smith will make the dedl catory address. Mr. Smith has taken much interest in the enterprise shown by the welt-enders and contributed liberally to- : wards the "building fund. T. Plumbing Co." Tel. o. Night. FWJ. .Bee Want Ada Produce Results. LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN e'A neiRI maraa. nBfc . J rCAfU. a Is'"""""" OSsMtV LT Attemdaarl If Deotred. RAILWAY TIME CARD trtlOfl STATION TENTH AND MARC Y. Union Faclna, Leave. Arrrra. irvenana Limited . . "l-ornia Exuresn ...a 40 am a :18 pm ...a 4:10 Dm a 1:30 am irnla A Oregon Ex.a 4:3) Dm a 6:10 pm U I'latte Local a 7:50 am a t:20 pin ant Mali a 7.60 am a : pm Colorado Special a 7:46 am a 7:44 am Koairice Local t i-Ut pin D l.ju pin , Wabash. , .St. Louis Express 6:30 pra 8:30 am 8t Louis Ixx'ul (from Council Bluffs) 1:15 am 10:30 pm Shenandoah Local (front Council Bluffs) 6:tt pm 1.10 pm 'Chicago, Rock Island Paclfle. 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Arrive. 1 I Nebraska Lo, A Arts.-1 ater hl.awpm bll.JD pro St. Pant Minneapolis A V TVtn City Passenger.. .b 6.10 am b :! pm 1 6'ux City Paaarugvr ...a I dm pin all-) am 1 1 Oakland Local b 6.45 pm b :lc am A diuly, b dally except Sunday, d uaiiy Auajyt Saturday, daily axcejyt hluuuAy. FIT TTFFS WiCRHAMGEIS BIG CONTRACT Council Awards Him Eight Mitas of Eriok Sidewslk Work. BIDS ON CEMENT REFERRED TO ENGINEER K ember of Protests Filed on Doth ravins; and sidewalk Work Ordered by tho. Council Cut Dont Width of Park Avenue. H. A. Wlrkhnm secured the contract for about eight miles of brick sidewalk at the meeting of the city council last night by the more length of a single brick, so to speak. The advertisement for bids re quired bidders to file with the city clerk along with thMr bids a sample, brick. This the Bnrrts-Bcsley company and Nels Jensen, the other two bidders, failed to do, and the council declined to consider their bids. and awarded the contract to Wtckham, whose bid was as follows: Pour-foot walks, Jt2 cents cash, S cents certificates. Five-foot walks. 40 cents cash. 42 cents certificates. Six-foot walks, 46 cents cash. 47 cents certificates. To these figures one-half of a cent Is to be added In case property owners elect to retain old brick. The bids for cement walks were referred to the city engineer for tabulation. They were as follows: Wlckham Four-Inch cement. IS cents: five-Inch cement. 14V4 cents cash, with S per cent added for certificates. Marrls-Hesley ("ompanv Four-Inch ce- ment, 15 cents: five-Inch cement. 16 cents cash, with 5 per cent added for certificates. rveis Jensen hid 1.1.S cents, but did not state whether for cash or certificates, or whether for four or five-Inch cement. A number of new sidewalks, both brlok and cement, were ordered laid In different parts of the city, The contract for 1,000 feet of Taragon fire hose for the fire department was awarded to the P. C. DeVol compnny of this city on Its bid of 90 cents per foot. . Protests on Pavlns;. Protests against paving of certain streets and sidewalks In almost every part of the city were received. Some were considered. while others were consigned to the pigeon hole. Property owners on Qlen avenue i whose lota abut In the rear on Park ave nue filed a protest against the paring of the latter avenue from Pomona street to the park entrance on the grounds that the difference In the grade would make the Improvement absolutely of no benefit to their property. In their protest they state they will resist the assessment for such paving by all lawful means and If neces sary will resort to the courts. A number of residents In the southern part of the city appeared before the coun cil with the demand that the taking of dirt from the bank of Indian creek piled up by the 'recent dredging he prohibited. It was stated that a quantity had been hauled away under permission from Alderman Weaver. Mr. Weaver admitted giving one man leave to take twelve wagon loads. The city solicitor was Instructed to draft an ordinance prohibiting the carrying away of the dirt on the bank of the creek between Sixteenth avenue and the city limits. The IreqUest of the Interested property owners that the width of Park avenue be tween Pomona street and the park entranoe be reduced In width to twenty-four feet between the curbs Was concurred In. KDMIND8OX GIFT IS ACCEPTED Forty Thousand Dollars for Erection of Hospital. The Woman's Christian association, at its adjourned quarterly meeting yesterday aft ernoon, decided to accept the offer of J. D. EuTmundson of Des Moines, formerly of this city, to contribute the sum of $40,000 to enable the association to erect the new hospital which It has planned to do for several years. The money to be con tributed by Mr. Edmundson will be In the nature of a loan during his lifetime and at his demise It will revert to the associa tion as a beciuest. Mr. EdmUndson's generous offer carries some conditions with It, the principal one being that the new hospital shall be known as the "Jennie Edmundson Memorial hos pital." In memory of his first wife. While not making any choice as to' the site of the new building, Mr. Edmundson has Inti mated that he would prefer to see it erected on some site other than the present. The association has In view several loca tions and the three most favored are the Casady property on Washington avenue, the Haagg property on Fierce and Oak streets and the Clausen property on East Broadway, which extends through to Pierce street. A meeting of the directors of the association will lie held Wednesday to de termine the question of a site. If possible. One of the directors stated last evening that in her opinion there would be no diffi culty In coming to an agreement In the matter of the site, as the association was anxious to commence work on the new hospital as soon as possible. It has not vet bua determined what will be ne with the ;neent hospital on Ninth street. Some of the members are In favor of disposing of the property If a satisfac tory price can be. obtained, while others favor converting It Into an old ladles' home. IA!U CO. STARTS NEXT WEEK Working; on Corn, but Tomatoes to Com Later. The Growers' Canning company, which Is composed largely of men interested In the Grape Growers' Shipping association of this city, will commence canning corn next week at Its new plant on Third street and Tmelfth avenue. For the present about fifty people wll be employed, but this num ber will be Increased iu the near future to 125 when the canning of tomatoes com mences. ' Indications are that this factory will become one of the leading Industries of Council. Bluffs. The Grape Glowers' Shipping association has every reason to expect that this will be the banner year In the history of the organization. Already the association has done upwards of $20,0U0 in berries of varl ous kinds and cherries and the prospects tor a heavy grope crop are said to be of the best. The association is this year han dling all its business from Its new wars houae on the tracks of the Great Western railroad 00 Ninth avenue, which afford much better shipping advantages than the association has heretofore enjoyed. Witness la Mlulis. The hearing In the replevin action In which Attorney Emll Bchurs aeeka to se cure possession of the watch and chain alleged -to have been stolen by Julio Car roll from 8. U. Rhodes in Omaha was set for yesterday before Justice Gardiner, but was con.iiued fur a week At the request of Sohu.'S. The testimony 0 John Carroll Is easential to Mr. Schurs' case, but Cairo '.I dug his way out of the city Jail. In an affidavit tn support of the motion for a con tinuance Bchurs stated thai he believed h could secure the testimony of Carroll within a few days. t AM. READY FOR THE BIO PARADE Divisions Ktnerted to Form Promptly t lx O'clock. The several divisions of the Industrial parade this evening will form at o'clock at the places already announced. Indica tions yesterday were that V'ere would bo at l"ast 800 wagons and floats in line. The Orocers' and Butchers' association an nounced yesterday that It Would have som thing novel In the way of advertising the annual plcnlo Thursday and that fruit would be distributed from a big wagon along the line of march. ' A prise consisting of a IS gold piece will be presented to the best appearing1 uni formed company and a similar prise for the best float In the parade. Tne Judges will be H. W. Binder, president of the Commer cial club. C. W. McDonald and W. B. Reed, secretary of the Commercial club. An excellent program of sports has been arranged for the picnic at Bennington on Thursday. It Is as follows: Fat men's race, 76 yards First prlre, one box Tom Keene cigars; second prise, $1 worth granulated sugar. Girls' race (under 14 years old) First prise, pair slippers; second prlie, pair soivaors; third prize, box candy; fourth prise, box candy. Hoys' race Hinder 14 years old) First prise, one pocketknlfe; second prixe, one pair suspenders; third prixe, one necktie; fourth prise, wne pair hose. Tug-of-war, Grocers vs. Butchers (as sociation members only) First prise, one box clears. N Vnlin lusllos' race KO VArrls (all con testants must be under 40 years old) First prise, one hand mirror; second prise, one bottle perfume; third prize, one box toilet soap; fourth prize, one box face cream. Men's race, loo yards (free for all) First prize, one f.1 hat; second prize, box claars third nrize. one Dloe. Wherlbsrrow race First prise, the wheelbarrow; second prise, one bushel potatoes. Three-legged race. 28 yards First prise, two boxes cigars; second prize, two pairs cuff buttons; third prise, two pairs men's hose. Nail driving contest (ladles only, first K .entries! First prize, one silk parasol second prise, one granite teapot; third prize, one powder puff; fourth prize, one box candv. Married ladles' ball throwing contest (first 26 entrlesi'-First prize, one corset; second prise, one Council Bluffs souvenir spoon; third prize, one tnimoie; nrlxe. one box stationery. Flag race, Butchers vs. Grocers (W feet to race, ten men to each team) First Drise. one case beer. Puttina the shot (salesmen only) First prize, one bottle wine; second prize, one box cigars; third prize, one bottle olives; fourth prize, one bowl. Indies' ears race. 25 yards First prize, one pair kid gloves; second prise, one pair cuff buttons; third prize, one iaay s coi' lar; fourth prize, one box candy. Climbing greased pole $2 cash. Ladles' nle eating content (first 15 en tries) First prize, one sofa pillow; second prize, one butcher knife; third prize, one bottle perfume; fourth prize, one oox stationery; fifth prixe, one box toilet sori. Hitting the mule (ladles only, first 15 entries) First prize, twenty-five bars sonp; second prise, two cans peaches; third prize, one bottle olives; fourth prize, one bottle pickles. Potato race (gardeners only) First prize, .buggy whip; second prize, one-half dosen bushels baskets; Sthlrd prize, one hoe. . .... Hopping race (ClerKS ana o,envery meni First prize, one pocKeianiie; nr ze. one shirt: tnira prize, mrw cm rlze, one shirt; third prize, r,.,.. Pack race, 25 yards First prize, one umbrella; second prize, one straw n.M; third prize, one-half dozen handkerchiefs. Ugliest man on the grounds (entries 10c each) First prize, one pair -socks and champion belt. TnOlBLB OVER DITCH OVERCOME Hirrlson witr Board srrres quired Notices, Re- That there will be no further difficulty in establishing the Pottawattamie-Harrison county drainage ditches when the boards of supervisors of the two counties meet in Joint session In this city on August 1 was the opinion expressed last evening by Henry C. Brandcs, chairman of the Pottawatta mie county board. Mr. Brandes spent yes terday at Missouri Valley looking Into the matter. He found that the Harrison county people had been hard at work and had mat ters now In such shape that there would be little or no legal obstacle to the establish ment of the drainage district. At the last Joint meeting of the boards complaint was made that alU of the per sons Interested In the proposed dttchea had not been served with the required no tices, this being alleged to be especially the case in Harrison county. On this ac count 4he boards decided to postpone action until August 1 so that In the meantime these notices could be served. Mr. Brandes was given .to understand yesterday In Mis souri Valley that all the requirements had now been carried out and all the proper no tices served. As far as Is known every in terested person in Pottawattamie county has been served with the proper notices and now that the supreme court has up held the drainage law. It Is believed there will be no further hitch In the proceedings, although it la probable that there will be some litigation over the amount of damages allowed some of the property owners through whose lands the ditches will be constructed. ' InTestlaratlna Bridget Fire. John C. Bridget, who was arrested at & late hour Sunday night in connection with the fire Saturday evening at the residence occupied by him and his family on West Broadway, Is being held at the city Jail pending Investigation. While no rormaj charge has yet been filed against him, he Is suspected of having set fire to the dwell ing In order to obtain the tl.OOO Insurance which he had on his furniture and per sonal effects. Orie of the boxes removed from the house Just prior to the fire has been examined by the police and was found to be packed with dishes, miscellaneous household Uten alls and clothing. Both Bridget and wife assert that the box was packed prepara tory to the family's going camping at Lake Manawa. So far tho police have been un able to secure any trace of the large chest which was seen In Bridget's wagon at the outset of thefire and which disappeared while the firemen were working on the flames. Bridget and his wife aeny any knowledge of the chest, but Chief Nichol son and other members of the fire depart ment say they saw It when they first reached the house, but missed It after they got the flames under control. Mrs. Brid get is a dressmaker and It Is supposed that the box contained silks, laces and other dress materials belonging to her custom ers. Neighbors have Informed the authori ties that they saw Bridget removing goods from the house during Saturday afternoon. s.so 'hat tl.ey saw hlin about tne house shortly before the fire and they dispute his statement that he was at Lake Manawa. The family was found Sunday living In a tent which bad been pitched In the yard back of , the bouse. v Marrluae Licenses. Licenses to wed have becuxssucd to the following: Name and residence. , Age. Carl D. UnwiAan, Fremont. Neb a Marrella H Records, Fremont, Neb U Adolph Venek. Prague. Neb W 1 Barbara Mraa, Prague, Neb Pa ale Averted. In case of constipation, peritonitis, ete , panic Is averted lv curing yourself nltn Dr. King's New Ufa Pills. 2bc. For sals by Sherman MeCohnttl rttf Co. FROM IOWA PLEA IS SALIFICATION Kiniiter 8y it ii Impoisible for Him to lommit Aoti Allegsd. BELIEVE HOLDUP MEN ARE IN TOILS Llahtalas; gtrlklns; .Telephone Wire Held Responsible for Explosion W hich Killed V"1""1 Miners. (From a Staff Correspondent.) t DEB MOINES, July 24.-(Speclal ) Rev, W. R. Shane of Kansas City, who Is seek ing through habeas corpus proceedings to secure possession of his little girl, given him In like proceedings In Kansas City, testified today tn the district court that he had been sanctified for twenty-five years and that It -was therefore Impossible for htm to sin, and Impossible for him to be guilty of the grave charges made against him by the little girl In her testimony Sat urday. The testimony was admitted, the weight and credibility to be a matter for the Jury to decide. Other witnesses told of the minister's good character, but he failed to show In any way any Improper conduct on the part of the child's mother, Police Make Catch. Th police department la confident that in the arrest of two men they have cap lured those guilty of the greater num ber of bold hold-ups that have buen prac ticed in this city in the past few days. D M. Kalian of XO. East Sixth street was held up but fought his assailants and In the tight bit the finger of one of the men. A man with a badly bruised finger and showing teeth marks was arrested today by the police, with another man who was with him. Kahan was relieved of about 125. The police have also made a large number of other arrests on suspicion merely, and the city Jail Is full to over flowing. Minister Is Unnkrnpt Rev. James Harrison of Oskaloosa today filed a petition In voluntary bankruptcy In the United States district court, giving his liabilities as $7,686.49 and his assets library worth 1100. a monthly pension of $75, clothing. $o0, and old sermons on which no value is placed. All are claimed to be exempt. To Boone Next Year, President H. Tolk fJf the lnterurban railroad announced today that the ex tension of the Woodward line to Perry and Boone would not bo made till next year, but that cars would be operated to Boone some time next year. Telephone la Responsible, A telephone is believed to have been re sponsible for the explosion of dynamite that killed five miners of the'est River side mine last week. The sha"iy where the dynamite and powder was stored was used also as a tool house and place for the miners to change their clothes, and there was a telephone in it. Thar the lightning struck the telephone wire and on It en tered the building seems likely, as nearly every telephone In that section of the city was burned out by the same bolt of light ning. Wall Street Men Here. H. S. Brown of No. 7; Wall street. New Tork, and several other men who have been here some days with hui, left today with the statement that theytvlll return In a week. Mr. Brown ha bean, to -the state house Inquiring as to the coal supply of the state and especially! Polk county. He has been to numerous "business men In quiring as to the business outlook, and while he will not talk for publication In any of the newspapers, there are rumors that he will buy up the street railway system, that he Is getting ready to back a big lnterurban system here and that he Is Interested In the coal problem on a big shipping basis. He has promised to give out the story on his return. Will Be Burled Here. John Brockman, accompanying the re mains of his brother, Cllve Brockman, who was killed in the Bennington disaster, started from California this morning for this city, .according to Information re ceived here. The body of Brockman Is expected to reach this olty Thursday, and In that case the funeral will be held the day following. ' John Brockman, the brother, was at Fresno when the disaster happened and left at once for San Diego. SEARCHING FOR KIDNAPER Takes Flfteen-Year-OId Omaha Girl with Whom He Pell in Love. SIOUX CITY. Ia., July 24. (Special Tele gram.) Tho police are looking for Her bert Pelton. aged 26, charges with kid naping Hallle Brown, aged less than 16 years, a daughter of W. O. Brown, 1309 South Twenty-sixth street, Omaha. Pel ton boarded with the Browns and fell In love with the gin. Then ne moved to Sioux City. Last week he returned to Omaha, got the girl, came to Sioux City and went to Cherokee. Brown telephoned the details to Sioux City and threatened vengeance on Pelton. Experts Take Vacation. LOGAN. Ia.. July 24. 1 8 peela 1 . ) T. B. Meyers of Onawa and Adolph Murray of Little Bloux. expert accountants, who have since May 1 been checking up the cxiuks f the several county officers of Harrison I county, have suspended work for a short vacation. They have gone through all the offices except the treasurer's, where their work is not yet complete. Their corn pen 1 satlon Is $10 per day nd they are working unaer a contract with the County Board of Supervisors to- check up the books for the two years Just past. Paving , Company Sues City. MARSH ALLTOWN, Ia.. July 24 -(8peclal Telegram.) The Barber Asphalt Paving company has brought suit against this city ( for 130.ro for the paving of North First and Second avenues, which the city re fused to accept as not being up to con tract. Bryan Speaks at Mason City. MASON CITY. Ia., July I4.-Wllllam Jen nings Bryan opened the Clear Lake Chau tauqua toduy with a lecture. Twenty-five hundred people heard tilin. Governor La Follette speaks Saturday. Council Bluffs Heal Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee July 24 by the Title Ouarajity and ; Trust company of Council Bluffs: . p T. Maytum to Patrick Quinlfn, lot ! . block 21. Bayliss and Palmera I aciu, w a I 4U0 join Anderson and wile to I . (. Reese, lots 1, I, 3. block 15, Beni- ley, w n C. A. Matthlensen to Uriah McLean, lot 8. block 4. bentli y. w d 250 125 I Frank R. Children to William H. Ayresm, lots 6 and 6, block L, Curtis A Ramsey s add., w d 2.400 George A L.ltcht'.eld, asHignee, to Verona J. luilette, lot i, Ju Id's park add., a d 1 The Council Bluffs Real Estate and . Impr-uement minaiiy lo Martin Hir kl, nut lot 11, Turley's add., w d 66 E. A. Drake to A. M. Ingersoll, swli neH b-744, w d 2,gi0 Seven transfers, total... . 17,7s) Ue Want Ads Roosters. ars ths Best Business CNE .THOUSAND SHEEP SHOT Oregon Miners Destroy Animals They ay Were Trespassing on Their Property. BAKER CITT, Ore.. July It -One thous- snd head of sheep, the property of Lux Miller of San Francisco, were shot In the Granite mining district of eastern Grant county yesterday. Slurp owners had been warned to keep oft eertnln mining property because of damage to the water supply and to the forage the miners wanted for their horses. The herders persisted and the miners destroyed a large part of the band. DEATH RECORD Mrs. Evans Ilolbrook. ONAWA. la.. July 14. (Special.) A tele gram from Chicago last evening announced the death of Mrs. Evans Ilolbrook there yesterday afternoon. She was the young est daughter of Judge Addlsnn Oliver, and was born and grew to womanhood In Onuwa She was a graduate of Wellesly and was married to Evans Ilolbrook of Onawa at the horr.e of her sister, Mrs. F. M. Pelletier, In Sioux City not quite threi years ago. She leaves two children, the youngest one a daughter only 10 days old. The remains, accompanied by Mr. Hoi brook, Judge Oliver and Mrs. Pelletier, will arrive In Onawa tomorrow morning. and the funeral services will be conducted at the residence of Judge Addison Oliver In Onawa Tuesday afternoon with Inter ment In the Onawa cemetery. Joseph J. Rakinn. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. July 24 Joseph J. Eaklns, formerly managing ed itor of the New York Evening World, aged 40 years, died here from consump tion at 10:30 last night. Mr. Eaklns was born In Louisville, Ky., and en tered newspaper work there with the Courier-Journal. Mr. Eaklns went to New York about twenty years ago as assistant sporting editor of the World and advanced through the sporting editorship to the managing editorship, which he held up to the breakdown which caused him to coma to thla city a month ago. His wife was with him at the time ot his death. William 11. Summers. HOLYOKE. Colo.. July 24.-(Speclal.) William H. Summers, one of the fore most ranchmen of this county, died of typhoid fever after an Illness of three weeks. He came to this county tn April, 1!03, from Memphis, Mo. Hu was an en- ergetlc young man, as well as an ex emplary citizen. He owned one of the best equipped horse ranches In this part of the state and had a beautiful country home. He 'leaves a wife, father and brother. He was born thirty-three years ago In Hancock county, Illinois. Hasel Knodell. After Just one week of sickness from spinal meningltes Miss Hazel Knodell, the 17-year-old daughter of Mrsand Mrs. Henry Knodell, died at the home of her parents, 1026 South Eighteenth street, shortly before 7 o'clock Sunduy morning. The funeral was held from the Third Tresbyterlan churoh Twentieth and Leavenworth streets, at 2:30 p. m. Monday. Interment at Forest Lawn cemetery. O. J. Smith. EVANSTON, Wyo.. July 24. (Special.) O. J. Smith, a pioneer of this section, and for many years a conductor on the Union Pacific railway, is dead at his home here, Deceased was one of the Brst members of the Order of Railway Conductors in the United States. He was past 75 years of age. Grant Allberry. BLAIR. Neb., July 24. (Speclal.)-Grant Allberry died at the home of his parents In this city. He was born in Blair, August 8. "1875 and has been employed as printer almost continuously here for four teen years In the Pilot office. If you have anything to trade, advertise it In the For Exchange column of The Bee want ad page. . . Wallace Itoi for Airline. ' NEW YORK, July 24 A report that John F. Wallace, formerly chief engineer or the Panama canal, was to become president of the Seaboard Air Lino was denied today by Chairman James A. Blair of the Seaboard's executive committee. ISM'S iire Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties, allavs nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelintrs, and so prepares the system tor tne ordeal that she passes through the event safely and with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and said, "it is worth its weight in gold." $x.oo per bottle of druggists. Book containing valuable information mailed free. BRADHELD REGULATOR CO., AttaoU, G. 10TH ANNUAL PICNIC mmh DISTRICT LOG nOLLir.G At Plattsmouth, August 2nd For this occasion the Burlington will run special trains to Plattsmouth leaving the Burlington Station", 10th and Mason Streets, at 8:30 a. m. and 9:00 a. m. August 2nd. Special returning will leave Plattsmouth at 8:00 p. m. This will be a gala day, and all good Woodmen and -Royal Neighbors should make it a point to attend and bring their friends. ; mm MORE LAND FENCERS ARE DP its sTebruk. Cattlemen (hargti with Illegallj Incloitg Territory, - WENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES IN ALL District Attorney Raster Records This as Most Flagrant Cos nd Is Determined In Ills Plana of Proaecntlon. Information was filed In the United States district court Monday morning against H. Reed on the grounds that he had Ille gally fenced t.000 acres Jt land, and against Adam Miller. Clarence M. Miller, Charles Miller and William O. Miller for fencing 18.0H0 acres of public lands Included In tho nlted States forest reservations In Mt- Pherson county. Capiases were ordered Is sued for the arrest of the accused parties and they will be taken before the United States commissioner at North Platte for arraignment. The cases against these parties have been worked up since the conviction of the Krause brothers of Sheridan county under the direction of United States District At torney Baxter and Bpeclal Assistant At torney Rush by Special Land Agents De- Frees, Chambers and Dixon. Tho appropriation of the public domain by Reed and the Millers Is materially dif ferent from that of the Krauses and the Bartlett Richards cases, from the fact that the lands appropriated by Reed and the Millers Is land not subject to entry and Is part of the land upon which the na tional government Is making Its forest and timber growing experiments. The offense Is consequently regarded as more flagrant than that of the Krause brothers. Criminal proceedings are to be Instituted against the accused parties at once. But Bealnnlna. Says Baxter. District Attorney Baxter said: "This is but the beginning of the cases against the cattlemen for repeated viola tlons of the order of the Department of Justice to take down their fences. We shall prosecute these cases to the fullest extent of the power given us by the gov ernment." The investigations of the special agents now in the neia nave aeveiopea tne iact that the cattlemen have defiantly Ignored the orders of the government for the re moval of their fences. The first Intention of the government to proceed against the violators of the order by civil process has been abandoned and criminal action will be Instituted. In order to expedite mat ters the violators of the order, and all who are maintaining Illegal fences, will be ar rested and taken before United States com mlssloners for their prellmanry hearing, and If the evidence warrants, they will be bound over directly to the United States district court, without waiting for the te dious process of a grand Jury Investiga tion, PROBING COMMITTEE NAMED Members of New York Legislature to Investigate Life Insurance Companies Announced. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.. July 24.-Speaker Nixon of the assembly announced the ap pointment ot the following committee to Investigate Jointly with a like committee of the senate the life insurance of the state: Rogers of Broom county, Coxe of Erie, Temple of Schnectady, Prentiss of New York and McKeown of Kings. ALBANY. N. Y., July 24. Messrs. Rogers, Coxe, Prentiss and Temple are republicans and lawyers, Mr. McKeown Is a democrat and the only layman. 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