TFin OMATTA DAILY HEE: MONDAY. At'dTST 7. lWtt. -
Xelophoue 004.
A Correction
A letter received from Messrs. Tliomns Kllyiatrlck & Co.
Inform lis that In our statement which ripix-ared on Saturday,
July 20. In regard to parly closing, that the paragraph vrhiih
rparla, "That during thp year we sire our clerks an advantage
of 2iS hours' time more than any other store In our line," Is
Incorrect. Aa nearly as we can understand the matter, the ad
vantage we give our employee over theirs la In closing our store
every Saturday night at six o'clock. T?e make this statement
In fairness to Messrs Thomas Kllpatrlck & Co., as we never
knowingly state anything but exact facta.
JhOHPaON.PELDEN6.fQ
Y. M. C A. Building, Corn:r Sixteenth and Douglas Streets
INDIANS ASK AN ACCOUNTING
Hein of George Johnson of Pender Fils
Bnit Against Guardian.
MISMANAGEMENT OF ESTATE ALLEGED
Action Hald to De Flrat of
a Ximbcr that Will II
Drought br Omaha
Indiana.
PENDER, Neb.. Aug. . (8peeial.)-On
behalf of George Johnson and Ioulsa John
aon. next friend of Eva and John John
on. helrs-at-law of George Johnson, de
ceased, Hiram Chase and n. J. Millard
have brought suit against D. A. Kelso,
guardian of tho estate of said klns-at-law.
to cause him to make a report of the con
dition of the estates. The allegation of
the petition Is that the guardian of the
estate has taken absolute possession of the
property and has failed, neglected and re
fused to make full and complete report
as required by law; that tho reports which
have been filed are Indefinite and Incom
plete, not showing the amount of money
which has come Into the hands of the
guardian or how It has been expended.
These suits are said to bo the first of
a number which will be brought by heirs
of Omaha Indians against guardians who
are alleged to have been managing Indian
estates contrary to law.
Veteran In Feeble Health.
YORK, Neb., Aug. . (Special.) Colonel
B. Crabb of McCool Junction received last
week a marked copy of the Evening Jour
nal, a dally newspiper published at Wash
ington, la., dated July 20, 1906. and the
article to which Mr. Crabb's attention was
directed was the following:
Forty-four years ago today the second
company from this county left for the
great civil war. This company was known
as the Klrkwood Guards, afterwards Com
pany H. Seventh Iowa Infantry, which
served for four long years on the tented
field. The officers were; B. Crabb. cap
tain; W. P. Crawford, first lieutenant;
Oranvllle O. Bennett, second lieutenant. All
bre living, but the colonel Is very feeble.
Colonel Crabb ta one of Ihe early pio
neers of Lincoln, Neb., who materially
assisted In the growth and promotion of
Lincoln's Interests, and from there he
moved to York, where he was engaged In
the hotel business for many yfiars, and
la now a resident of McCool, proprietor
of the roller mills of that place, and for
the past six weeks has been confined to
his house and Is In a very feeble condi
tion. Ills many friends hope for hie re
covery. v
Accident to C larence Phillips.
- TECUMSEH, Neb.. Aug. . (Special.)
Particulars have been received In Tecum
seh of the nature of the accident which be
fell Clarence K. Phillips at his home In
San Bernardino, Cal., lately. Mr. Phillips
moved he family from Tecumseh to the
California city last fall and entered the
employ of the Santa Fe railroad. He was
working with the wrecking crew and was
assisting In the unloading of an old boiler
from a flat car when the accident happened.
In som- way Mr. Phillips was thrown
violently to his back, his elbow striking
the railroad Iron. The elbow was terribly
shattered, the cap being destroyed and the
bones so Injured that two particles had
to be removed. Mr. rhllllps was taken
to the hospital at Los Angeles at once,
and the surgeon there Is hopeful that he
can save the arm, though It will always
be stiff at best.
McCook Normal Notes.
McCOOK. Neb., Aug. 6 (Special.) The
MoCook Junior normal closed Its ninth
week with a total enrollment of 23(5. The
normal entertained a number of visitors
last week: President W. H. demons of
tha Fremont Norman school. Principal
Thomas of the Kearney State Normal
school. Principal J. W. Crabtree of the
Peru State Normal school. Principal J. O.
I.yne of the 'Juniata schools and other
leaser lights. This week Dr. J. A. Beattle
cf the Cotncr university faculty, Rev. L.
P. Ludden and others are to be here. Ex
aminations for state professional life cer
tificates were held on Frldsy and Satur
day. This week the regular Junior nor
mal examinations will be held.
Snake and Monkey Darn to Death.
SIDNEY. Neb., Aug. e (Special Tele
gram.) The Oasklll Carnival company met
with a aerlous accident a few miles weft
of Sidney today. The fourth car from the
engine, which was loaded with a large
Organ, a boaconstrlctor and a box of monk
eys, was discovered to be on fire and be
fore the fire was extinguished Its contents
were destroyed. Ixss, 12. Mo.
Heavy Rain at Beatrice.
BEATRICE, Neb.. Aug. 6. (Special Tele
gram.) A very heavy rain, hail and light
ning atorm visited this locality last night.
Nearly three Inches of water fell. So far
aa Warned no damage was done by the
hall, there being bo wind. The lightning
plated havoc with the different telegraph
offices. There was another downpour this
afternoon, when an inch of water fell.
News of Nebraska.
WEST POJNT-MIss Margaret Hall, late
frlnclpal of the West Point High school.
aa accepted a position in the Uncoln High
school for the next year.
WE8T POINT John Schmela has pur
chased, the buttter and egg business of
Whlnon and Kerrler In West Point. Mr.
Schmela Is a Weal Point young man and
very popular.
PA PILLION Henry Corj-, the hardware
man at Papllllon. was badly hurt Saturday
by tha falling of the windmill he was erect-
STEADY
NERVES
Far ao Hot Weather.
POSTUM
FOOD COFFEE
means Just that 1 1
Thara's m Rsatoa,
Bee, Aug. 5, 1005.
lng on the farm of Herman Llnderman.
His hip was put out of Joint and he was
injured Internally.
TECfMSEH The Model Roller Mills will
open for business In this city this week
alter lying Idle for several months. A
TKCVMSrtl-Roadmaster S. B. Rice, who
suffered two broken ribs and a sraip wound
In an accident to his motor car ten days
ago. Is now able to take up his work with
the Burlington. He Is still pretty stiff.
LUSH TON George Spel'man set fire to
some trash in his yard and his child,
Charley Spellman, a boy of 7 years, stood too
near. His clothing caught fire and waa
nearly burnt off before the fire was ex
tinguished. There is little hope for his re
covery. WK8T POINT The village of Bancroft,
In this county, will In two weeks vote on
the proposition of Issuing $20,0)0 In bonds
for the erection of a two-story brick school
on the present achoolhoure site. The pres
ent building Is a frame shack which la be
lieved to be a flretrap.
TABLE ROCK E M. Keeney, who re
cently traded for the Buerstetta stock of
goods here, has exchanged another quarter
of Merrick county land for a stock of
goods, or part of a stock, belonging to A.
B. Edee A Co. of Pawnee City, and will
add It to his Table Rock store,
difference between partners caused the mill
to be tied up pending a court decision. The
derision was reached and the mill became
the property of G. W. Wirt. That gen
tleman has secured the services of practi
cal mill men and the mill will go to work
on some of the excellent grain that Is com
ing to town, at once.
TECUMSEH Roscoe Davidson, who has
been working In the offices of the Burling
ton route In Omaha for several months,
was at his home this week the guest of
his parents, Judge and Mrs. 9. P. David
son. He will go to Sheridan. Wyo., where
he has been given the position of assistant
storekeeper of tho company.
TECUMSEH Mr. William Z. Henry of
Tecumseh, who has been traveling sales
man In this state for Marshal Field A Co..
of Chicago, for some time, will soon leave
the employ of that firm. He has associated
himself with one or two other gentlemen
and will buy the Branch & Miller stock of
goods In Lincoln and go Into the retail
line of business
TECUMSEH The Tecumseh standplpe,
which has stood for seventeen years,
sprung a small leak one day recently. This
caused all manner of comment as to the
probable state of decy or rust of the Iron.
Upon Investigation, however. It was found
to be perfectly good, the leak having
sprung In a Haw of the Iron. Workmen
sotm checked the flow of water.
TABLE ROCK At a recent meeting of
the stockholders of the Table Rock Tele
phone company the capital stock waa In
creased from 3.noo to llo.OOO. The company
expects to Increase Its rural lines quite n
tenslverr: About forty new rural telephones
will be Installed by September. The officers
elected were: President. Osher Schlatter;
vice president, Orln Shrauger; secretary and
manager, J. H. Brenner.
TECUMSEH William Qraff has resigned
as rural mail carrier on route No. 4 from
the Tecumseh office, his resignation to
take effect August 16. He will associate
himself with the Tecumseh Milling com
lunv. Mr. Graff has been In the mall ser
vice for seven years, making dally trips
from the Tecumseh office. Mr. Roy Wool-
sey will probably secure the Job, for he is
next on the eligible list of carriers nere.
FREMONT A. J. Simpson of Omaha yes
terday Identified a double rig and team of
horses which had been found at Hans
Johnson's farm west of this city, as one
which had been missing from. his place of
business for several days. In the carriage
were touna a numner oi uucgiar mm,
consisting of a saw. steel drills and chisels.
The steps back seat and dashboard were
missing. The rig had evidently been used
hv lon-vlar. And the homes had been driven
hard. Mr. Simpson drove them toack to
Omaha yesterday afternoon.
YORK Paul Stelnhucg. one of the pros
perous farmers of this county, living near
liradshaw, last fall, owing to a poor stand,
plowed up about seventy acres of altalfa
and put in fall wheat. He threshed this
wheat and the yield was about forty bush
els to the acre. Many farmers have con
tended that alfalfa took away the richness
of the soil. Mr. Stelnburg says that It en
ri..h the soil fullv aa well If not better
than clover. The wheat was sold fdr III JO
per acre. York county rarmere oeueve mis
Is a prettv good Income when taking Into
consideration that choice land can be
bought for from JM to $76 per acre.
LAND BUYERS ON THE MOVE
Two Parties Pass Through Omaha
Bandar Knroute to the
Dakotaa.
A. t Spearman, a banker of Spring
field, was at the Murray Sunday with a
bunch of land buyers headed for North
Dakota, where the party expecte to In
vest in farm lands. Some of the men
will make North Dakota their home, while
others will merely Invest as a speculation
The party consisted of M. W. Verdln. D.
F. Artnes, A. L. Jorman, J. S. Bundy,
George Leaders, Henry Leaders, Charles
Dishing and L. Ackerman. All of the
men were registered from Springfield.
Thomas H. Ayres of the Gas Belt Land
company of Pierre, 8. D., waa at the Mer
chants Sunday preparing to take a bunch
of land Myers to South Dakota. "Our
country's settling up rapidly," said Mr.
Ayres, "and most of the Investors are
coming from Nebraska and Illinois. For
the last three years we have had splendid
crops, but nothing like the crop of this
year. In fact, all over Dakota the crops
are magnificent. I notloe, too, that Ne
braska has a bumper crop. All along the
road I noticed prosperity in the fields."
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
George E. Gradon of Albion la at the
Merchants. .
Jack D. Clark of Grand Island waa a
Sunday guest at the Merchants.
J. A. McLaughlin, wife and child, Mrs
J. Slorv and Gertrude Sasledo of Butte.
Neb., were registered at the Merchants
Sunday.
Jacob Nicholson of Fremont is at the
Merchants.
Joseph Rosier, Jr., of Fullerton is at the
Iter urana.
R. S. Campbell, a grain man of Llnooln
is at the Her Grand.
F. C. Follett of Hastings la at tha Her
Grand.
Charles Hathaway of Tekamah la at the
Iler Grand.
F. W. Woods, wife and eon of Spencer
stopped at the Her Sunday.
Anton Waa&lko of Lynch la at tha Mur
rar.
O. N. McDougal of Nellgh Is at tha Mil
lard.
W. H. Baker of Grand Island la at the
Millard.
W. W. Hobba and wife are at the Dellone
from Central City.
B. 8. Abel of Central City la at tha Del
lone.
Arthur D: Brandeis left for New York
Sunday evening.
Miss Helen Meyer of Chicago Is In Omah
on a visit to her cousin. Miss Helen Furtii
William Lock wood, a hotel proprietor,
newspaper publisher and heavy land owner
of Pipestone county. Minnesota, la In
Omaha for a day or two on his way to
Western Nebraska after a bunch of horses.
Mr. Lock wood was for several seasons
chairman tt Ihe temperance committee of
the Minnesota house of representatives and
gained a atate wide reputation as a, diplo
uiai oi a ni a eraer.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
ho mas, Murderer of Mrs. Geeter, Ioiiiti
Es Loved Her.
WOMAN REFUSED TO LEAVE HER FAMILY
mom Gates, an Honored Plnnf r In
Nebraska and Ranker at oath
Omaha, Dlca at Arc of
Seventy-Sis.
"I shot her because I loved her," was
the statement made by John K. Thomas
to Chief Brlgrs and Captain 8hlelds while
these two officers were taking the negro
the county Jail Saturday night after
e had killed Mrs. Edmond Geeter. Oolng
n with his talk, Thomas asserted that
was ao Infatuated with Mrs. Geeter
that he wanted her to leave her husband
nd two children and go away with him.
When she refused on Saturday night he
fired four bullets Into her body which
caused death.
Thomas further stated that he saw
Brlggs and Shields head him off when he
waa headed for Sarpy Mills and doubled
on his tracks and started north through
he fields near the Burlington tracks.
When near L street he lay in a bunch
f weeds for about twenty minutes and,
for fear of being located, he atarted to
hange from one weed patch to another,
w-hen he was pounced on by Gus Hughes,
Officers Morton, Tangeman and Todd.
The remains of Mrs. Geeter are at
Brewer'e morgue. Coroner Bralley made
n Investigation Sundny and announced
that he would hold an inquest at 2 o'clock
thla afternoon. The police have located
half dosen witnesses and want a few
more before the Inquest comes off.
The mother of Mrs. Geeter. who lives at
Clark'a, Neb., has been notified and is ex
pected to arrive today.
When Mrs. Geeter died and the coroner
waa notified, the husband of the woman
refused to permit the coroner to have the
body, but he gave In when told that he
would be arrested If ' he persisted in his
refusal.
Pioneer Passes A way.
Amos Gates died at his home near Gll-
lore at 6 o'clock Sunday morning. The
funeral will be held on Tuesday forenoon
at 10 o'clock at Union church, Rev. C. W.
Savage of Omaha officiating. Interment
111 be at Bailey cemetery. The deceased
ad been a resident of Nebraska for fifty
years, and many of the old-timers In the
tate will be surprised to learn of his
rath.
Mr. Gates was born at West Jefferson,
., on September 5, 1829, and was educated
at the West Jefferson academy. He mar
ried Samantha Arnett In 1RT2, and moved
to Muscatine, la., where he remained for
three years, moving to Sarpy county in
1855. Six times Mr. Gates was elected to
he state legislature and was was a mem
ber of the legislature when Nebraska waa
dmltted to the union.
Of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Gates, seven are living. They are Mrs.
Mary E. Ullry, Anna E. Gladhill. Maggie
B. Trumble, J. M. Gates, Charles E. Gates.
Ruth M. Danlell, all of Sarpy county, and
E. C. Gatea of South Omaha.
For years past the deceased has been
heavy stockholder In and one of the
directors of the Packers National bank.
Of late years Mr. Gates has been troubled
a great deal with rheumatism and hla
death la attributed to the frequent severe
attacks.
Katchama Gettlnar Better.
Mike Katchama, who Is supposed to have
been thrown from the L street viaduct Sat
urday night and waa expected to die be
fore Sunday morning. Is still ' living and
Dr. Koutsky now expects that ho will re
cover. When Dr. Koutsky left the hospital
ounaay afternoon he said that when Katch
ama came out of his stupor he asked for
something to drink and for food. ;
The police are still Investigating the caaa
and assert that at least'one witness can be
produced to show that the man was thrown
over the viaduct to the tracks below. Blood
stalna are found on the footwalk, the rail
ing and on the ground below the bridge
where Katchama was found. The blood
most likely came from several wounds on
Katchama'a body, which were caused by
the breaking of a window during the fight
outside of Rozcwlcke's saloon.
Carnival Grounds Opened.'
Sunday a portion of the fencing surround
ing the carnival grounds was taken down
and the streets closed temporarily are now
open. The Parker Amusement company got
away early Sunday morning for Fremont.
A great deal of refuse was left on tha
grounds and it is expected that Mayor
itoutsky will put some of the street force
to work' today cleaning up. Work Is to
start at once removing the fencing. While
the Workmen Carnival club did not make
much money, the exact amount will not be
known until the bills are audited.
I'nlon Padde Station.
General Manager Mohler of the I'nlon
Pacific has had blue prints prepared show
ing the slxe of the passenger station to bo
erected In South Omaha. Since the com.
pany has completed the deal for the pur
chase of the triangle plans for the building
will now be made. It is reported In South
Omaha that work is to start soon On the
building of thla station and the rearrange
ment of tracks in the yards.
Look for Injunction Today.
This evening is the date set for the open
ing of bids by the city council for the
paving of Twenty-fourth street from A to
Q street. As previously stated in the
press an Injunction Is to be served that
will put a atop to the letting of contracts
until there is a hearing In the district
court. Councilman Adkins said last even
ing that he expected that the injunction
would be served today and City Attorney
Lambert haa been notified that -the pro
ceedings will be started thla forenoon.
Aside from some sidewalk matters there
Is little to be done tonight and tha meet
ing may be a short one.
May Elect Janitors.
There la a possibility that when the
Board of Education meets tonight in reg
ular monthly session the question of elect
ing Janitors will come up. The public
schools open on September 6 and Janitors
re generally elected a few weeks before
the opening. Teachers are to be assigned
before long, but Superintendent McLean
will hardly complete hla list of assignments
before tha middle of the month or pos-"
slbU: later.
Maarle City Goeelp.
The few prisoners sent to the street rang
are engaged in cutting weeds these days.
Rev. Dr. Gorst conducted services at the
First Methodist Episcopal church last
evening.
Work will be resumed today In an at
tempt lo open the Railroad avenue sani
tary aeVer.
South Omaha waa unusually quiet Sun
day, but there was enough doing Satur
day night to last for a few days.
Mrs. Catherine Parks,' mother of George
Parks, has returned from Chicago, where
she spent several weeks visiting friends.
Mrs. Myles K. Welsh and daughters,
Margaret and Catherine, returned Sunday
from Rockford, 111 , where they visited fur
a week.
The police commissioners ars to meet on
Tuesday evening and there la a posalblllty
of the election of a police officer to fill a
vacancy.
Property owners are protesting against
laying cinder sidewalk in aome localities
and a number of ordinancea ordering cinder
walks have been laid away in pigeon
holes.
Thirty-Two Uarled la Rulaa,
CALEDONIA. Ont.. Aug. .Thirty-two
people were buried In the debris of two
buildings which were wrecked by the ex
plosion of gas todays The wreckage did
not catch Are and the work of rescue was
done by lantern light. Twenty of the peo
ple burled were In the employ of the Bell
Telephone ngenrv. Four were fatslly In
jured. Thev are: A. E. Jones. George
Murrnv. Gerard Delnchrols of Toronto, a
surveyor, and Thomas Draper, a clerk.
EIGHT DIE OF FEVER
(Continued from First Tsge.)
cere who have had experience dealing with
yellow fever epidemics.
One- Death In New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. .1 One man died of
yellow fever at the New York detention
hospital at quarantine today, making the
third case of yellow tever discovered on
ships entering New York this summer.
"This is the first time In five years."
said Health Officer Doty, "that New York
has been threatened by more than one yel
low fever case In a summer. William B.
Smith, a pantryman, taken off the steamer
Advance, from Colon, last Thursday with
nine other suspects, died today with an
acute case of yellow fever. Seven other
member of the party are still under In
spection, but I am positive that they are
not suffering from yellow fever. The
other two yellow fever patients came early
In the summer."
Not one of these fever cases. Dr. Doty
said, has come from the fever districts of
the United States. Panama has supplied
them all and thla Is the first time since
158", according to the official health records
at the port of New York that the fever
cases from Panama have been either
threatening or numerous.
"Pantryman Smith," said Ir. Doty today,
"Is only the third case out of fully 2P0
suspects who have been taken off from
ships here. His death today, which came
so suddenly that we could not even learn
where his family Is, proves that the ther
mometer is not only a safeguard against
yellow fever entering New York, but al
most a perfect protection."
Death Comes Suddenly.
Up to last night Smith had apparently as
good a chance of life as any of the 397
other fever suspects, who have spent a
few days at quarantine, laughing at fever
suspicion, and gone away In perfect health.
Tlje pantryman was discovered Thursday
among a row of Advance sailors lined up
for medical examination. He was louder
than the others at the examination, and
when Dr. Doty, laughingly removed the
thermometer from him, with an Indicated
temperature nf 102 he made the test a
second time to be sure there was no error,
so healthy did Smith appear. Taken to
the detention hospital at Swinburne Island,
Smith retained his chaffing good nature
until Friday morning. Then he gave In
and admlttedsthat since about last Monday
he had been feeling 111. Up to Saturday
night, under the mosqulto-proof netting
where each of the fever suspects Is
Isolated Dr. Doty says that Smith was
apparently as well off as any of the other
men from the Advance, who had only
slight attacks of malarial fever. Late
Saturday evening Smith grew suddenly
worse. This mornlng he could no longer
speak and before noon, he died.
Body Will ne Cremated.
The program with the yellow fever dead
Is cremation, and this will be carried out
with' Smith's nody on Monday. The steam
ship company which employed him will be
asked to look up the pantryman's rela
tives.
There are at quarantine nineteen other
persons who were taken off ships becausa
their temperatures was higher than the
lowest degree set for the danger signal for
yellow fever suspects used In examining
ocan travellers who enter New York.
Only two of these persons are from
New Orleans. All except one of the others
are from Panama dlstrlcta. Dr. Doty saya
that the two from New Orleans will be
releaaed within another day and that there
is not the least danger that any of the
suspects have been suffering from anything
worse than malarial fever.
At the hospital on Swinburne island
where only those patients actually suffering
with some sort of fever are taken, there
are still sixteen men, all members of
ships' crew. Three of them are from the
Seguranca, six from the Avona and seven
from the Advance.
"The death of Smith today," Dr. Doty
said, "I regard merejjr as an isolated case,
which haa not in the least Jeopardised the
safety of other persons at quarantine.
At Hoffman island, the detention station
for persons who are not actually ill, but
who are under suspicion, all the suspects
were released today, two from the Elpaso,
from New Orleans, and one from the
steamer Llgonlar, from Port Arthur, Tex.
Illinois Lines Drawn Tlarhter. (
CAIRO, 111.. Aug. 6-Dr. W. H. Galland
of Chicago arrived here today and Joined
the force of health officers, making the
number of inspectors now seven besides
Dr. Egan, secretary of the State Board of
Health, and his assistant, Dr. Palmer.
Dr. Knewlta will arrive tomorrow from
Frleberg, 111, and Dr. Lovewell will go to
Thebes to protect that point. A large
number of Inspectors are required to make
a thorough Inspection at Cairo, aa over
a doten passenger trains and a number
of boats enter Illinois from the south
every twenty-four hours. If Dr. Egan
finds his present force of inspectors insuf
ficient he will Increase the number to
meet the demand. There was a big rush
for health certificates today. Dr. Egan
has as yet received no reply from the
atate health boards of Missouri and Ken
tucky. He sought their co-operation In
making the quarantine against the yellow
fever district effective. There haa been
some objection on the part of the people
of the adjoining states to the Illinois in
spectors going through the trains outside
of Illinois. So far the objection has not
been strenuous, but If it becomes so the
tralna will be inspected as they cross the
river and should a fever patient or suspl
clou case be found they will be aent back
across the river. -
A car load of bananas received yesterday
from New Orleans was ordered destroyed
by Acting Mayor Wood. Mosquitoes were
found in the car.
RUTH BRYAN A FEVER REFUGEE
Mr. and Mrs. William II. Leavllt of
Hew Orleans Among; Arrivals
la St. Loot.
St. Louis papers note the fact that among
the refugeea from New Orleans who have
arrived in St. Louis within the past few
days are Mr. and Mra. William H. Leavltt.
Mrs. Leavltt waa formerly Ruth Bryan,
the oldest daughter of William J. Bryan
of Lincoln. The Leavltts deny that they
left Louisiana because of the yellow fever
scare.
Shaw Goes ta Virginia.
WASHINGTON. Aug. Secretary Shaw
left tonight for Roanoke, Va., fo deliver
an address Tuesday before the republican
state convention.
la Desperate Straits
are many, who could be cured by Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
60c and 11 00. For sale by Sherman at Mo-
Connell Drug Co.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The funeral of George W. Brown, the
aged Janitor of the First National bank
building, who died suddenly of heart
trouble Friday noon, was held yesterday
afternoon from the family resioenre. 3ii
Charles street. Members of the Odd Fel
lows conducted the service. The burial waa
at iO(el Uwu ctuieicry.
ELECTRIC CONTROL SOLVED
Multiple Unit Flin Makes' Use of Man
Motors Practicable.
ADAPTED TO THE, USE OF RAILROADS
System Now I'nlversallr In tee on
the Vnderaroand, Klevaled and
Sabarhan l.lnra of Klec
trlc Roada.
One of the problems the electric en
gineers had to solve was the sppllcation of
power In such way as to secure its maxi
mum efficiency without unduly Increasing
the weight of the motor. This has been
solved and Frank J. Spregue, the emi
nent electrician, tells how he did it In sn
rtlcle on the "Electric Railway" In the
August Century. Mr. Sprague says:
Pondering over the elevated railway train
problem one day. the thought suddenly
flashed upon me. Why not apply the same
principle to train operation? That Is, make
train unit by the combination of a num
ber of Individual cars, each complete In
all respects, and provide for operating
them all simultaneously from any master
witch on any car. This Idea, sketched on
scrap of paper, marked the complete
birth of thla new method, then named and
now nearly everywhere known as the
"multiple-unit system." Its great possi
bilities Instantly absorbed my interest, as
I saw the opening of a new epoch In elec
tric railway operation. Here wns a way
o give a train of any length all the char
acteristics of a single car, with every fa
cility of operation which could be de
manded by the most exacting condttlona of
service and capacity.
Chance to Teat Plan.
After two abortive attempts to get the
privilege to demonstrate the advantages of
the system at my own expense on the
Manhattan road In New York, an unex
pected opportunity suddenly arose in the
spring of 1897, when I was requested to
act as the consulting engineer of the South
Side Elevated railway of Chicago. A brief
Inspection of the layout showed a field
ripe for multiple-unit application, which
I briefly explained to Sargent and Lhndy,
the engineers, and to Mr. Clark, of the
General Electric company, fortunately all
old friends. I hastily drew up a report,
the main feature of which was an argu
ment In favor of the abandonment of loco
motive cars, and the adoption of Indl-
Idual equipment under common control-
In short, the multtiile-unlt system. As an
earnest of my confidence, I supplemented
the report by an offer to undertake tho
equipment of the general plnn outlined,
hlch met with the endorsement of the en
gineers. This was followed by a visit to
Chicago; but the contract was not con
cluded until after I left for Europe, and
then only after a very bitter fight with
varlf us companies, and under most onerous
conditions, supplemented by a JIW.OOO bond
for performance.
Among other things, I was immediately
to begin work on the entire equipment,
and to have six cars ready for operation
in two months, on a standard track sup
plied by me, the manner of making the
test to he presrrlbed by the officers ana
engineers of the road, and to be to their
satisfaction. Should the test be not con
cluded by the dste set, or be unsatisfac
tory, the contract could be canceled. Sat
isfactory further tests could be called for
elsewhere, and the remaining equipments
were to be completed by specified dates.
As sc on as the power house and road were
ready there was to be another test of not
less than twenty equipments under Service
conditions for a period of not less than ten
days. Should these equipments ptove un
satisfactory, the right remained- to cancel
the contract and to require waiver of all
claims against the company.
Practicability Demonstrated.
T did not return to New York until about
the middle of June, ao that most of mv
Instructions for the trial equipments were
by cable, and the actual preparation was
made within thirty days, despite a whole
sale strike of the machinists employed in
the shops of the new Sprague Electric
company, which aoon took over the con
tract.
On Julv 18. 1897. two cars were put into
operation on the tracks of the General
Electric company at Schenectany, ana on
the 2fith. the half century anniversary of
Prof. Farmer's test of a model electric
railway at Dover. N. H., my 10-year-old
son operated a six-car train in the pres
ence of the officers and engineers of the
South Bide Elevated road at Schenectady.
In November a test train of Ave cars
was put In operation In Chicago, and on
Aoril 20 following twenty cars, seventeen
of which (one In flames) were taken off
during the day because of defective
rheostats; but with the last three-cnr train
I had the satisfaction of pushing a steam
train around a curve. Three months later.
a year after tne ecneneciaoy ieai, loco
motives had been entirely abandoned, and
the whole 120 cars were In operation, the
local work being largely supervised by my
assistant, Frank H. Shepard.
The systen, with sundry changes in de.
tall, has now been universally adopted for
electric train operation on underground.
elevated and suburban roads, and the
largest present enterprise In substitution
of steam operation, the electrification of
the New York terminals and a portion of
Its main line, is likewise dependent upon
It. """here not only the suburban cars, but
the great locomotives supplied by the Gen
eral Electric company, of 2,200 horse-power
capacity, and weighing 100 tons, are to ha
controlled on the multiple-unit plan, so
that two or even three locomotives, repre
senting an aggregate of several thousand
horse-power, under simultaneous control.
can be put at the head of any train whlcn
may be made up.
CAPT. EVAN FJrJOWELL DEAD
Former Proprietor of tha Atlanta
Constitution Passes Away After
Three Week' Illness.
ATLANTA, Ga.p ' Aug. . Captain Evan
P. Howell, long prominently identified with
southern Journalism, died at noon today
after an illness of three weeks brought on
by a carbuncle complicated with diabetes.
Captain Howell waa born December 1,
1818, In Milton county, Georgia. He wa a
gallant confederate toldler, entering the ser
vice as a member of the First Georgia
regiment, later commanding Howell's bat
tery of artillery during practically the
whole of the war. After the surrender he
settled in Atlanta, taking up the practice
of law. ,
In 187 he bought a controlling interest in
the Atlanta Constitution with Henry W.
Grady , and William A. Hemphill. He re
talned control of this newspaper until 1S97
when he retired and since then has not
been In active business.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
It'a a funny thln7 that no one ever saw
a girl out driving "with a one-armed man.
A woman thlnka she ha a good appetite
when he wants to eat corn on the cob
and vanilla lc cream with hot chocolate
sauce.
The man who invented pianos for chil
dren to practice on over your hesd In a
flat must get deeper Into purgatory every
vear he stays there.
It makes a woman awful proud of her
good Influence to think that her husband
ha goa to the race and lust and then tq
And out he was only playing per and
won.
When a man sits at a girl's feet under a
tree and plays a bsnjo to her she thinks
that Is the way they would go on doing
after they were married and had seven
children. New York Press.
LIMIT OF COURT INJUNCTION
Kaaaae Jndae Derllnea to Interfere
with ihe llray of a
Jackass. "
No power on earth can prevent a Jack
ass from braying. This court Is powerless
to afford relief In this case, and the in
junction Is dissolved. " said Judpte Dana in
dismissing a suit brought by the postmis
tress of Richland, Kan., against the own
rrs of a number of Jarkiisses to prevent
thflr braving. Tlbbetts A Hots own a
livery stable In Richland, and It Is the
next-door neighbor to the postofflre, and
she has been sorely annoyed during the
day and night by the rancorous braying of
the discontented lacks in the livery barn.
Whenever she sought to while away the
tedious hours by sinking softly to herself,
the Jacks would break In and agitate the
atmosphere with their distracting noise.
At night, when she raised her windows to
get n breath of fresh air. her ears would
be benumbed by the hee-haw of the Jacks.
Sho appealed to the owners of the stable
to suppress the anlmuls, but they politely
Informed her that to bray wns the chief
(Vllght and function of a Jarknss, and they
could not prevent It. Furthermore, the
nature of their business precluded sending
tho offending animsls away for the night.
Finally she appealed to the court and se
cured from a Judge In Shawnee county a
temporary injunction ngalnst Messrs. Tlb
betts Hots. Then she gave flnnl warning
to them that the noise must cease. They
Immediately took the case before Judge
Dana, and the case was argued. It wns
one of the most unique hearings In the his
tory of Kansas even, which Is the author
and scene of many unique things.
In their reply to the Injunction Messrs.
Tlbbetts A Hotx set up thnt the courts and,
In fart, all human machinery, stood abso:
lutely powerless to prevent the braying of
a Jackass. They rlted Instances where
various expedients hod been tried, such as
dynamite, murzllng. solitary confinement,
etc., but all efTorts had proved futile. It
wns nhly argued before the court thnt a
Missouri and Kansas Jack, or mule, was a
unique feature In the ryes of the world, and
entitled to consideration. It wns shown
that pages of comic weeklies nre devoted
to this peculiar animal and his predilection
for braying and kicking. These had been
peculiarities of tho Jncknss from the be
ginning of the world and would be so to
the end thereof.
While they regretted that any of their
property should prove annoying to tho
postmistress of Richland, for which womnn
they had profound esteem, they could not
prevent their Jacks hee-hawing, nor could
they cripple their own business by dispos
ing of the animals, "and your petitioners
will ever pray, etc."
Judge Dana pondered at some length
over the esse and finally announced that
he would dissolve the Injunction. "It Is
apparent to any student of animal nature,"
he said, "that human agencies nre helpless
to prevent the braying of a Jackass. It Is
his nature, and the court can afford no re
lief. Let the order dismissing this case be
entered." St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
FALL CARNIVAL TO BE HUMMER
George West Says Name of Show Can
not Be Announced Yet, but It
Will Do Great.
George West, a member of the committee
having the matter In charge, says that no
announcement can yet be made as to the
name or character of the carnival feature
of the coming Ak-Sar-Ben show. "You
can aay, though," said Mr. West, "that
negotiations are under way and the com
mittee Is willing to take the responsibility
of announcing at this time that the car
nival feature this fall will be better In
every way than any we have had up to
thla time. It will be a hummer in all its
parts."
NEW LOCATION FOR HOSPITAL
Executive Committee of Wise Memo
rial Likely to I'tlllae Down
Town Property,
The executive committee of the Wise
Memorial Hospital association met yester
day afternoon and talked over plans for
the new hospital. While no decisive action
was taken in the matter, it is understood
that the new honpltal building will be
erected on the new site now ownel by the
association at Twenty-fourth and Harney
streets. The Madison hotel proposition la
now believed to be dropped from considera
tion. If Ton Would Bo Popular.
Be unselfish.
Be generous.
Be a good listener.
Never worry or whine.
Study the art of pleasing.
Always be ready to lend a hand.
Be kind and polite to everybody.
Be self-confident, but not conceited.
Never monopollxe the conversation, f
Take a genuine Interest In other people.
Always look on the bright side of things.
Take pains to remember name and faces.
Never criticise or aay unkind thing of
others.
Look for the good In others, not for their
faults.
Forgive and forget Injuries, but never
forget benefits.
Cultivate health, and thus radiate
strength and courage.
Rejoice as genuinely In another' uc-
css as in your own. '
Always be considerate of the rights and
feelings of others.
Have a good time, but never let fun de
generate Into license.
Have a kind word and a cheery, encour
aging inlle for everyone.
Learn to control yourself under the most
trying circumstances.
Be respectful to women, and chlvalrou
in your attltud towsrd them.
Meet trouble like a man, and cheerfully
endure what you can't our.
Believe In the brotherhood of man, and
recognize no class distinctions.
Be ambitious and energetic, but never
benefit yourself at the expense of another.
O. S. Marden in Success.
A Shocking; Confession.
rtenedlct Is a New Haven man who ha
heen eluht time the father of a bouncing
bounder. In the outskirts of the univer
sity city Is a little town among the hills
named Frosoert. and last year four of the
children were sent there for the summer.
One day Benedict and his wife enter
tained at dinner a new acquaintance. Prof.
B. The professor Is a bachelor, and, like
many scholarly men, rather 111 at ease In
society.
"What a fine little family of children you
have." he began wl'.h an admiring glance
at the four stay-at-homes.
"Yes, Indeed," replied Benedict proudly,
"and we hava four more In ProspVc?."
The professor blushed his astonishment.
Llpplncott's Magaxlne.
Western Military
Academy VpaS!''
DIPLOMACY AVERTS A STRIKE
Delegation of lincVn Telephone Linemen
Goei Home Satitfijd.
MANAGER THOMPSON CAME WITH THEM
Conference Held nlth General Mn
ager Vance Use In Omaha Results
In aa Amicable djuatmeat
of Tronble.
What threatened to be n strike of linemen
employed bv the Nebraska Telephone com
pany nt Uncoln wns nipped In the bud
Sunday morning at a conference held lit
Omaha with General Mannaer H. Vanca
Ine; N. W. Thompson, manager at Un
coln. and a half dosen aggrieved workmen,
the pnrtlel;ants The men were after an
Inrrense of nay, but whether ther got it
or not Mr. Unr did not say. though ho
did say at the conclusion of the confer
ence that the men were going back to
Lincoln perfectly satisfied and Jhat thera
Is no danger of a strike.
Manager Thompson of Uncoln headed
the delegation of workmen and accom
panied them to the office of Mr. !-nc. Ha
said there wns only a little question of
wnges to be settled and it would be dona
without any trouble.
The Nebraska Telephone company Is do
ing a vast amount of Improvement In Un
coln Just at this time and will have It
hands full to get the work finished before
fall, consequently a strike of workmen
Just at this time would be a serious propo
sition. Lost year the linemen went on a
strike after first passing a resolution ex
pressing their regard for Manager Thomp
son, but that strike, like the present one,
was settled without hard feeling and with
little trouble.
Neither General Manager I Ann nor IiO
cal Manager Thompson would discuss th
strike which was settled today except to
say that the workmen merely asked for
more pay nnd that they returned to Lin
coln satisfied.
Special Sunday llalra to Great West
ern Pnrk, Mnnnlnar, Iowa.
Only one fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale every Sunday to and Including
Sunday, September 17. For further infor
mation apply to S. D. Parkhurst, general
agent, 1512 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb.
StruKftrle for Teamsters' Leadership.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. . There will be
a lively struggle for leadership In the third
nnnusl convention or the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, which will bit
oened by Mayor Weaver tomorrow In Odd
Fellows' Temple. The fight will be between
Secretary-Treasurer Edward Turley of In-
dlnnnpolls and Cornelius Shea of Boston,
president or the executive committee, who
managed the teamsters' recent disastrous
strike In Chicago. Shea's leadership In' that
strike caused much adverse criticism among
western members.
Two Ways
Have you noticed a dlflrulty In breathing
short quick breath when you are walk
ing, going up stairs, singing, or are angry
and excited? You may not think what
this means, but doctors will tell you it
means weak heart action.
Take Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure at once,
It will strengthen and build up the weak
ened nerves and muscles of the heart, and
make you strong and henlthy.
This Is one wav the right way.
Neglect It a little while, and you will then
notice Fluttering. Palpitation. Dlxxlness,
Fainting Spells, Pain In region of heart,
side nnd shoulders, Stomach and Kidney
troubles. This Is serious.
It is the other way the wrong way.
Dr. Miles Heart Cure
Is a safe, sure remedy, and Is curing Heart
Dlsense right along, as thousands will
testlfj'.
"I had enlargement of the heart. Tha
doctors snld I could live but a short time.
I took Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure, which
restored me to perfect health."
A. M. BASSETT, Wellington, Ohio.
The first bottle will benefit, If not, tha
druggist will return your money.
Green Poison
KILLS RED RIGS,
KILLS fOCKHOACHEl
KILLS ANTS,
KILLS MICROBES,
KILLS ALL 1KCT,
Klll h- r,.. t.. . n..l-
HAS NO ODOR!
Does Not Burn or Explode.
"GREEN POIfjN" Is easily applied
with brush or feather. A 23-cent bottle ot
"finEUN PfllKnV" fn.m vnur riniBirlat
will kill A million huff
AMlKEMESiTS.
BASE BALL
VINTON ST. PARK
Omaha vs. Denver,
August 6-7-8-9.
Monday, August 7, Ladies' Day.
Games Called at 3:45.
CAMP MEETING!
The Seventh Day Advrntlst of Nebraska
are to hold their Thirtieth Annual Con
ference and Camp Meeting In
Omaha, Aug. 10 to 20
LOCATION
A beautlf jl grove adjoining Rlvervlew
Park. Entrance to grounds corner Eighth
and Bancroft streets. Two blocks from ter
minus of Farnam street car line.
T'iree Public Services Each Dsy.
Able Speakers from Abroad.
Good Music. Thrilling Themes.
Timely Topic.
Admlslon Free. Public invited.
First Public Service, Thursday evening,
August 10.
J
Alamito Dairy Farm Milk
in. Bottles txt
GAe CALUMET
SCHOOLS AU (OLLKIiKH.
m WENTWORTH
J&T MILITARY ACADEMY
T. Olawl and larsm I. ki.l.u. W.
ft 0 v t i.l..ro., ato. ,
fTth year New fireproof buildings. Modorr
equipment Iellhiful locution. Ndinbfc.
limited. Strong faculty. Trorouatt mili
tary and acdmlo davartmauk Local
reference.
CoL Albert M. Jaakaoa, A.JA, Ftaslaaat