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TITR OMAHA DAILY BEE.- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 190(5.. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Colonel 0. M. Hunt Gome Tonrari with City Hall Han. PROPOSES TO DONATE PROPERTY TO CITY AuHimrali en Candidates rropoe ay Democratic Cess salt tee Fsreed Limit Allowed bjr Law. Colonel C. M. Hunt ha come forward with new proposition by which to provide South Omaha with a site for the new city hall. He and a number of othera have been work-in with considerable seal on an offer of the northwest corner of Twenty fifth and N streets. It la proposed to ilonnte the site to the fclty, or nt least put It at a price much below the value of the property. He aald Inst night that most of the parties who had property adjoining or near the proposed site had been con sulted in the matter and that considerable progress had been made In that direction. A meeting of the varloua property owners will be held within a day or two for the purpose of getting together on a . plan. Many of the owners live In Omaha and It may be difficult to get them together. It Is likely that It will be accomplished, how ever. The property owners do not expect to be entirely without compensation, for they reason that the erection of the build ing will repay them In measure by reason of the Increased value of the surrounding property. They reason that with the site given to- the city it could erect a $70,000 building, which would be a credit to the city for years to come.- It Is further said that all the parties to the former contro versy will bo willing to give up their propositions, unless It be T. J, O'Nell. It may be he will still wish to sell his O street property to the city. It has been stated that the next time It la offered the proposition will be $19,0uO for two whole lots Democrats Talk.' of Assessments. On learning that the new democratic central committee of South Omaha waa do termlned to tax the candidates in a grad uated scale from councllmen to mayor, some of the wiser heads of the faith are wondering if the central committee la plan nlng a suicide of party interests. The rate of taxation was stated at the first meet ing of the committee as $50 each for the councllmen, (126 for the nty attorney, $100 for the city clerk and $160 for the mayor, treasurer and the tax commissioner.. This Is now staged by prominent parties who are close to the pulse of the party to have been too small and that a raise ia con tomplated. Their Ideas have gone soar Ing this time and they propose that the mayor shall put up $500 for the campaign fund. 'The iacf 'to 'If ''any ' of the principal onlrers should contribute such sums they would be disqualified for their offices by the law, which fixes the maximum of ex pence at $100. It to looked on as a curious bit of engineering on the part of the com mittee. How It will be able to get the ' money and assure the election of the can didates and at the same time leave them ifUBitucu im mk .i v u . . . ...... . . n i n.ii v. i , Thomas White will have to struggle with long and earnestly. The varloua candidates have begun to file ' their affidavits of expense In the recent campaign. W. P. Corrlgan spent 75 cents 'as a committeeman; Richard Devany spent $4; J. W. Clssna, councilman. $24; H. C. '.'Murphy, city attorney, $29; Mike Smith, councilman, $28.10; W. F. Kvans, $33; K.- R Leigh, city attorney, $36; J. H. Chadwlok, socialist, nothing. Report from Police. Coert. . P. J. King submit ted 'Ma report for the month of February whlcn shows that 141 . persons appeared before the court. Among these thirty-four were dismissed, fifty-six 'went to the city jail, six were scentenced 'to the county Jail, three were bound over to the district court. One fine was sua .pended and forty-one were paid. Pat Crowe Applies for License. Pat Crowe applied at the city clerk's . office for the transfer of a billiard license Jo himself. He expects to conduct a bit Hard and pool room In South Omaha. He Was rcJrrod to the city attorney. Made t'ltr Oosatp. Patrick Murphy of Des Molncs la visiting friends here, Mrs. H. ft: Flrharfy has returned from visit to Og.illala, Neb. pesk room, for rent In Bee office, city hall building. Bourn .umaha. Miss Edith Morean. daughter of J. J, Morgan, Is reported ill. R. M. RohrbouKh. Twenty-third and N streets, reports the birth of a daughter. A roomer at Ttultt's lodging house re ported yesterday that aomeone had entered TWO OPEN LETTERS IMPORTANT TO MARRIED W0HBI lra. Mary Dtmmlok of Washington tells) How Lydle K. Pinkbam'a Vegetable) Compound Mad Uer Wall. It la with great pleasure we publish the following letters, aa they convinc ingly prove the claim we have so many times made in our column a that Mrs. if fc-vy. a - Mrs. Alary Pi in mi ck Mnkham.of Lynn, Mass., Is fully qnali Bed to (rive helpful ad vice to sick women. Ked Mrs. Iiitnmk'k'a letters. Uer Brut letter : . Dear Mrs. Pinkham ' I bare been a suff wef for the past eight Tears with a trouble which flint, onginatod frmo painful renoiU the pains were tricrurt atiug, a ith inflamiuatinu aud ulcbrationof the female orsana. The doctor say I muat have an (ierauon or I cause! live. I do not want to submit to an operation If I can ptiexibly avoid it. fleaae help ma." ilra. Alary Dimmick, Watftluugton. U. C Her aecoud letter; Dear Mrs. Pink ham : . Vou will remember my condition wben I last wrote you, and that the doctor said I must have an operation or I could not live. I pMvived your kind letter and followed your advice very carefully and am now entirely well. As mr case was so serious it seems a miracle that I aiu cured. I know that I owe not fitly mv health but my life to l.ydia K. Hukluui' Vegetable Compound and to your advu-tt. I can walk mile without an ache or a paia, and I wikh every tuff r ring- women would rea.1 this letter and realiia what you raa do for toxin, " Mrs. alary lHmroii k, 5wb. and East Capitpl tftrmtB, Waahliuftoti, D. C. low easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and how little it coat her a two-cent tamp. Yet bow valuable waa the reply! Aa Mrs. Dimmick says it saved her life. Mrs: Hukhara has on file thousands of juot such letters aa the above, and utters ailing wouen helpful adrlv. ."-.-, ,, . if - t s V' his apartnirnt snd tnkrn n suit of good j clothes and a pair of gold cuff buttons. There will be a meeting of the Hoard of Fire and Polios Commissioners tonight. Mr and Mrs. "William. Reed entertained tho Monday Night Whist club last evening.. Frank Wsrdle. James Elder and W. Jlnrt ere on the yolioe docket for small fines yesterday. Aurust K. Iyln:erg of the Fremont nouse reported the Ions of a coat and pair of shoes from nis room. Mr. and Mrs. Rrysnt Mcltride of Colum bia. 8. C, are the gursis of Ororae Mc- Hride, 6H Nona Mnrteentn street. A new room has been opened in the Central school to accommodate the over flow from the fifth grade of that school. The passing grade in the high school has been raised from 5S to 0 per cent. This will mean harder work on the part of the students. .letter's Oold Top Heer delivered to all parts of the city. Telephone No. 8. The following births weie reported yester day: John Wells. Twenty-third and W streets, boy; Ous Bvstrom, 3im v street, girl; C. C. Freeman, 2SI4 P. street, girl. Revival services will be conducted In the First ltantist church every evening of thU week with the exception of Satur day. A male quartet and a chorus will ea st in the services. The death of Emma Crakes, aged 20, oc curred last Saturday. March lu. She haa been a resident of the city for the Inst two years. The funeral was yesterday in Manilla, la., to wmcn place ine uoay was sent. Since the recent trouhle In the scnoois all the private keys have been furnished with a tng bearing the number mid these are recorded against the name of the pupil bearing the key. The scheme represents considerable work, but ' was considered necessary to safety. Among other engagement In Nebraska, Including Peru, and Norfolk. Mrs. Frnm.1 Carter has agreed to speak before the students of the lornl hixh school. II el tour In this state will be during the month of April. She comes from New York under the solicitation ol the Atnenian Lieoating society. , A burning coal shed called the depart ment out last night. This shed belonged to Oeorga McBiide at Nineteenth and M Streets. It stands on an alley tit the back of the lot. The family are much myetlhrd as to the origin of the fire, as the shed had not been In use for some time. The fire department soon had it under control and the loss wua slight. THOMAS CHARGES DISMISSED Broateh Holds Police Officers Hare Not Been Derelict of Their Doty. "This board finds that the charges have not been sustained and the cases against the police officers are therefore dismissed. The above statement was the result of the hearing of the charges made by timer E. Thomas, attorney for the Civic Federa. Hon, against Captain Dunn and Sergeant Hayes before the Board of Fire and Po lice Commissioners at the meeting Monday night. The above pases and the hearing on charges of violating the Sunday closing law against Mrs. V. L. Burke, whose saloon is at Tenth and Davenport streets, were the principal, matters of business to come before the board at last night's meeting and the action taken In each case wus unfavorable to the prosecution. The charges against Captain Dunn and Sergeant Hayes stated in effect the ofM cers had failed to make arrests In cases where, saloons were alleged to have been open for business on Sunday, March 4, after information had been given. Evl I ) . . I 1 a . TV. show the following saloons were open at a certain time: Adolph Brandes, Twelfth and Douglas streets; Frank Bcrupa, 201 South Ninth street, tfnd Mrs. Burke. Tenth and Davenport streets. R. Moulton was called and swore he purchased drink at the Scrupa place and a Mr. Erigelky swors he was in the Burke saloon from 4:30 to 6:30 p. m. with about twenty-flve others and that liquor was sold freely. He also said he saw officers go to the doors and try them, and finding them locked, leave the place. Reports of sever, officers and detectives were submitted and read, - In which they gave accounts of going to the saloons In question and finding them locked, all but ne with the curtains open. Sergeant Dempsey and Detective Dunn in their report stated they visited the Burke saloon and although they found the doors locked, thought they heard voices within. Much time was taken up In objections. the board being unwilling to Uxten to test! mony which merely went to show the saloons to be open and not proving the officers to have been derelict in their duties. Attorney J. W. Parish was present in the interest of Mrs. Burks and objected to much of the testimony offered by Mr. Engelky. The specific charge against Cap tain Dunn was that he had practically re fused to send out ofllcers to make arrests when Mr. Thomas called at the station with the complainants. Captain Dunn showed he had not refused but said he had no men In the station at the time to send out and that he left word with the police operator to have the sergeants call him up for in structions when they should report. He said he advised Mr. Thomas to take the usual action of filing complaints with the prose cutor. The charge against Sergeant Hayes was ha had failed to arrest the proprietor of the Brandes place after Mr. Thomas had met him on the street and asked him to do so. The sergeant swore he went to the saloon as requested, but found the doors locked and no one Inside so far as he could see. It waa, therefore, decided by the board that the charges themselves as pertaining to tha officials had not been sustained and the cases were ordered dismissed. The case against Mrs. W. L. Burke on charges of violating the Sunday closing law was then called and began with the reading of an opinion from City Attorney Breen, In which he stated the board is not a competent tribunal to try sucn a case and Inflict punishment or revoke a license on the strength of the testimony. Citations were made to support the opinion. The board, therefore, made the ruling that It wold refuse to hear 'the case. Mr. Thomas took exception and said he wanted the tes timony to go on record. It was arranged to have the board refuse to place the tes timony on record, when Mr. Thomas gave notice of appeal to the district court and demanded a copy of the proceedings to be furnished at his own expense. The only other business of importance transacted by the board was the renewal of the Waso of the fire station premises at Eighteenth and Harney streets for another year at the new rate, $3,150. TWO IN JAIL FOR WIFE-BEATING Job. a Mcllaaald. Wis Haa Faced same Charge Before. One of Them. Two men we'-e arrested and locked up at the police station because overindulgence in liquor had caused them to treat their fami lies in a prohibited manner. John McDon ald, Fourteenth and Howard streets, came home Intoxicated and proceeded to chase his wife and children out of the houbo. Patrolman Reldy attended to his case and McDonald was locked up charged with be ing drunk and abusing his family. He Is an old offender on this charge, having frequently ben restrained from further beating his wife by confinement lu the city jail. Patrick Haley was raugli at Tat-nty-nlnth and Leavenworth streets by Patrol man Smith while pursuing his wife. The family had bee umovlug during the after noon and Haley, Deconuug angered over some trifling matter, tfruve the members of the family from the house. He was locked up charged with being drunk and disorderly, as his wlfs declined to appear In police court against her husband. McDonald was sentenced ten days. wh'l llv- was discharged In poller (.uuil 'I n.' 1 WORLD-WIDE MEETING HERE Inter-Conference Missionary Convention to Eiiun Workers from All Directions. TO BE HLLD IN OMAHA IN APRIL Methodists Arc Bnslly Caaaaed tat Preparations to Entertala Uri( Kimber of Delegates Kx eected at that Time. The Inter-conference Missionary conven tion of the Methodist church is scheduled for Omaha at the First Methodist church April 2-4 and the prospects are 1.2U0 acrred Ited delegates will be here. This Is one of a number of such conventions being held In this country under the auspices of the mis sionary society. The Methodist church spends $1.60f,000 every year on Its mission ary work at home and abroad and these conventions are to stimulate Interest in this world-wide work. Delegates to the convention will be lay men and ministers, Epworth League presi dents, Sunday school superintendents and other lay workers from the charges In the state of Nebraska and the Des Moines con ference In Iowa. This field represents a constituency of over 100,000 Methodists and Omaha will be the center at which they will gather. The toplo of the convention will be; "A View of the World-Wide Field and How to Make Plain its Significance to the Home Church," Those atttendlng the convention nil hear workers from nearly all the mis sion lipids. . Bishop Vincent, Spellmeyer and Wilson have signified their intention of attending. Bishop Hartsell of Africa, who has Jum lately returned from his field of labor, will give several addresses. Dr. Gatnewcll, who waa at the selge of Peking, will be here, also Dr. Wright uf Rome, Dr. Silencer of Japan, Dr. Beebe of Nanking, China, Rev. W. C. Swearer of Seoul, Corea, the celebrated linguist. Dr. Luering of Sing apore, Dr. J. L. McLaughlin of Manila, O. Milton Fowles of Porto Rico and Dr. Julius Sfnlth of India. Besides these there will be many well known workers from the home field. Dr. Frank Mason North of New York will speak of the city problems. Edacatlonal Exhibit. An educational exhibit will be one of the chief attractions1 of the convention. This exhibit wilt be under Executive Secretary Gamewell and his assistants and will be in the parlors of the church, open day and evening. The convention will be self-enter-talnlng. Arrangements have been made for delegates at hotels, private houses and boarding houses. A special one and one third rate on the railroads plus 26 cents on the certificate plan, has been secured, the delegates to pay full fare when buying tickets and then secure rebates. Rev. J. Randolph Smith is secretary of the executive committee and Is busy preparing for the reception of the delegates. Persons desiring to serve as delegates are expected to forward to Dr. Smith their credential cards and to help defray local expenses. Delegates will be met at the trains by com mittees of young people from the various churches. The local committee consists of Dr. William Oorst chairman, Dr. Clyde Clay Cissell secretary, and Dr. B. Combie Smith, Rev. James B. Priest, E. E. Hos man,' W. D. Stambaugh, Mrs. Frances E. Porter, Mrs. R. D. Ennls. They have ar ranged for pestofflce and check room facil ities. . A REAL -KINGJN AMERICA Man of Great Ambitious, Backed by I'nllmlted Means, Conld Do 1 .' . I! ThlBKS. I . j What about these sons of the rich, these princes of the money aristocracy? How n.uch chance Is there that one of them will develop the genus of the founder of his line, and instead of squandering million will accumulate tens of millions; Instead of living in useless luxury on his Inc imo will prove himself a force in the Industrial and financial world, a man able to tlht and conquer like his father or grand' father? Extraordinary happenings are always tin expected, yet once in a century or no, like the advent of a mighty conquerer or re former, they do come to pass. And if there should arise In this land a man of 30 or 40 who, starting with two or three billions (owned or controlled by him) should be great enough to brush aside the trammels of indolence and temptation, great enough to see that never In modern times has there been offered to a man, not even to Na poleon, so stupendous a chance ns this to wield absolute despotic power, great enough Anally to use his two or three billlu.is to its full potentiality, then well, there would surely be interesting history made m that man's lifetime! We have had )ur iron kings, railroad kings, copper klnts. sugar kings and others, but there is one kind of king we have not had yet. A real ku g? Yes, for how long, pray, would this rooub llo stand against the aggressions of kuch a man, a great-minded despot without con science of bounds to his ambition, one In comparison to whom our Rockefellers and Carnegles would seem like blundering be glnners? Already our millionaire majui.tes have begun to buy our courts and ir.gigla tures, to corrupt our cities, to debauch tha public conscience; he would finish thj work and do it thoroughly, he would maka the laws, own the newspapers, subsidize churches and colleges, mould public ouin VtAU' tvtrjr lie." Vyj-j y Lowmy's V j Chocolate Bonbons j jfl are the most delii iou and the 11 g I mokt perfect conf action made, I I Every sealed package is war- I 1 I I ranted to be in prima condition I I I I or money refunded. 1 I I f One thing peculiar ie Lawsey 1 I I fl candles M that thy can bceaua 1 1 II Ircoly; luay am pare sad whole- II B Another Is that the Lew My W k eecasjM are tuU weJjai. ii I X The WALTER M. LOWNEY CO. I I - OSTON. MASS. J I ViaV''a Ion, direct the machinery of Justice, ton trol the Induatrles, tha banks, the insu rance companies, the conditions of labor, regulate sspply and demand, fix prices, absorb profits, centralise everything, be verythlng. Why nott Even as things are. as the world any king more powerful than J. P. Morgan or John D. Rockefo'lerT Remember how Europe crli.ged to Mr. Morgan at his last visit, 'wh emperors seeking his favor and princes waiting it his oor. A real king? Why, we practically ave two of them already! Cleveland Mof- fett In Success. ROGERS' STUNNING WARDROBE chedale of a Itarsl OOlcer's Clothes t'oasatned la a Fire at Yokohama. Collections are slow In Washington. Last week the senate considered a bill to pay E. B. Rogers, pay director In the navy, $1,000 for personal property lost by him In a fire which destroyed the. Windsor hotel, Yoko hama, February $, 1SW5. The hotel was his office and home. Mr. Rogers, then an as sistant paymaster, escaped from the hotel with his wife and his life, the clothes they had on and his watch, which happened to bo In his waistcoat pocket. He was obliged to abandon the cash box, payroll and a few things which he had hastily got together. He carried or dragged his wife the length of the building, creeping on his hands and knees. A board of Investigation held him blameless as to the loss of government property. His personal losses he asks the congress to provide for. Here is his list of uniform equipment, clothing and outfit, burned at a time which he neatly decrlbes as "on the night of February 7, 18S8, at about 4 'o'clock a. m.": Special full dress coat $ 68 00 JO. 00 58.00 12.00 00.00 $4.00 84.00 10.00 14.00 42.00 120.00 48.00 17.60 1800 2 50 64.00 1000 16.50 4.50 $.50 10.00 11.00 4.00 $.50 1.00 18.00 21.00 6.00 6.00 25.00 8.00 40.00 1400 5 00 10.00 special run aress pants Full dress ooat Full dress vest Frock coat Two pairs uniform blue pants Ulue clotn blouse Blue cloth vest (undress)..,. Blue cloth pants Blue serge blouse suit Eight white blouse suits Overcoat Two caps Chapeau Chapt-au case -. Kpnulets (Htarkey) Three pairs shoulder straps Full dress belt and Case I'ndress belt Helmet One dress sword One undress sword ..: Sword knot Twenty pairs white gloves Leggings One uniform suit case Fourteen shirts Twonty-four collars Fourteen pairs cuffs Four pairs shoes, eto Sixteen pairs socks Twelve suits underclothes, heavy and lignt Handkerchiefs Neckties Nightshirts and pa la mas Blankets, 'sheets, pillow slips, nap kins and towels (outfit for sea) 85 00 Professional books 12 00 Trunks f7.00 Desk, bookcase, table, chairs 1o0nn Civilian clothes 3&1.60 Total $1,386.60 The secretary of the navy approved the bill and the committee on naval affairs recom mended that It be passed. In 1903 a bill to pay Postmaster Tolfree $4,000 for losses in the same fire became a law. Last week ths senate was less accommodating. Mr. M al io ry thought it an extraordinary procedure to reimburse Mr.. Rogers for effects lost In a hotel fire. Ths, vice president said, with his usual quick perception of essential facts: "That the fire occurred In a hotel Is ob vious from the face of the report." Mr. Baoon wanted whoever reported ths bill to give some explanation on the sub ject Mr. Blackburn, who reported the bill, was absent. So the hill went Over, retain ing Its place. ;' Mr. Rogers may - deem himself unfairly treated when he compares the senate's crit ical inspection of his bill with Its good na ture to Tolfree. But Mr. Rogers has only himself to blame. Can the Hon. Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn explain to the senate why he affronted Its dignity and the dignity of the English tongue by permitting blue pants" and special full dress "pants" and blue cloth "pants" to be hung upon the record? "Civilian clothes" were not In cluded in the bill. : Will the senate stand for "pants"? Moreover, will it approve the luxury of pajamas? Are not nightshirts good enough for the plain people? New York Sun. WAYS OF BRAIN WORKERS No Rales of Diet Will Apply Rack Indlvleaal m Rale Veto Himself. Lives of great men usually remind us that we cannot make our lives sublime by following their rules about diet, drink, work and sleep. Gladstone's rule about chewing his food with many bites before swallowing It was excellent sense, a good rulj for every one. But Thomas Edison, being interviewed the other day about his habits, advocated more work as a cure for overwork and little food and not much sleep as highly beneficial. Digestion easily becomes a tax on vitality, and remarkable benefits sometimes come from cutting down the rations of an ailing person. Moreover, a change of employment Is restful. But tha faculty will hardly back Mr. Edison In advocating less sleep for the majority of mankind, or In prescribing harder work aa a cure for overwork. Mark Twain con fesses that he has lately cured himself of Indigestion by substituting three or four frugal meals a day for one big one. Think of this keeping up, and so well up, these many years on one meal a day! When you run the very small eaters to . earth you usually find that they are pretty steady and generous consumers of tobacco. Uncle Mark smokes a lot. Mr. Edison smokes. Horace Fletcher, the English prophet of little to eat and chew It very fine, is a fairly constant smoker. Mark . Twain is not conscious of taking any exercise, and when he has somelhl'uj Important to do he stays abed until it is done. Any beginner who followed this rtgimtn of Mr. Edison would come punctually to grief. The truth Is a seasoned mind-worker of mature years is apt to be one of the toughest things that nature's laboratory produces. He Is apt to be In considerable measure poison-proof at least he has learned, usually, what he can do, and what he, cannot do, with al cohol, tobacco, coffee and tea. And he haa usually learned not to burden his body with j an unnecessary amount of food, or else his habits of digestion are so perfected that nothing Jolts them. An average first night foot bail player is a baby in the im portant kinds of hardiness compared with a thoroughly seaeonud lawyer or writer. IJarper's Weekly. Gssrslsg the rnulle Uyeslaht. There is a controversy In England be tween the doctors and opticians,- who have been tnereaaing their sclentlfla equip ment and prescribing at a much lower price than the oculists, while general prac titioners, as a rule, know little about optics and the prescription -of glaases. It Is a curious thing that there has been no organ ised crusade by the profession against allowing the public to select its own spec tacles from the exposed stock, as has been the practice ever since glaases came Into use in the seventeenth century, though this is obviously more injurious. But now that the opticians have undertaken to prescribe the doctors want thai forbidden by act of Parliament, leaving the public free as be fore to choose its own spectacle The, op ticians have prepared -a counter bill pro viding for opticians' diplomas to 4m awarded by a central council of the whole trade. BOiingheld Republican.' ... t , a . To the? Oe'rmaiis' of America; ' - YOU Germans Have cut a bigfigure in the populating and upbuilding of America. There are over twelve mil lions of you here, and vou have done things and done them mighty well. Combined, you are a tremendous energy and a tremendous power. You ars thinkers and workers, and you are a peace-loving, home-lovmghome-making people, with clean ideals and honest purposes. This is why you have cut so big a figure in America. M For March which is still on sale, tells you all about yourselves and your great record in this new world. In education, in finance, in trade, in the professions, in music and art, and in the great business enterprises of the country you have made yourselves felt, not only nere at home, but the world over. The Germans in America is the third in our Great Series of ' Race Articles. The first, in the January Munsey, was . on The Jews in America. The second, on The Scotch. The fourth. The Irish, then The English, The French, The Dutch, The Canadians, The Welsh, The Scandinavians, The Spaniards, The Italians, and finally The Americans in America. There Is No Better Magazine At Any Price The March number of Munsey's Magazine is the best we have ever brought out. If the price were fifty cents instead of ten we couldn t well have made it better. Indeed, in the quality and readableness of its articles, the cleverness of its stories and the beauty of its presswork, with illustrations in black and white and in color, it outclasses all other March Magazines. On a'l news stands, at 10 cents, or from the publisher. By the year, $ 1 .00. FRANK A. MUNSEY, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York THE NERVE OF THE MAN Massachusetts Man Seeks a Wife and Tells Candidates to Call for Inspection. Thomas Fairbanks or Attieboro, Mass., Is having- 'an Interesting time.' Unlike most men' who to wife huntlnc, he has arranged it so that ths candidates tor his hand' and heart come to him. Of course.' he haa worked through the newspapers, ' those great agents of publicity. He published his wants and also his photograph to the world, and replies are pouring in by every mail. There seems to be no type of the natural women to whom this would-be husband objects. But there must be about the candidate none of that art which con cealsor falls to conceal art. "I wish," he says, "you'd make it plain that no bleached blondes need apply. I want my bride to be perfectly natural, and those who use peroxide in an effort to make a gilded dome of their headpiece need have no hope that they'll be given consideration." There Is no objection whatever to the blonde per sobut only peroxide as why should 'there be? The blondes have aa good a chance In this race as fie brunettes. Which, of course, is aa It should be. Naturally, Mr. Fairbanks has had many Interesting letters. One writer says that shs loved him an soon as she saw his "photo in the paper," and that she is con sumed with great fear lest she should lose him. Though she does not care for farm life, she says that she "could live any place looking Into those dear eyes- of yours." Another aspirant Infornis Mr. Fairbanks that she. too, Is "lonesome," and adds that ths man is probably wise In making his "wants known, although it la a little out of the usual." This woman Is a newspaper woaker, "well educated, refined and sympa thetic In nature, five feet three Inches, and of medium complexion." The third appli cant, . whatever else she msy bo, is cer tainly not well educated. "I have." she writes, "seen your ad for wive In Post." and she "thot" she "wood write." "I am," she continues, "a woman of .thirty year, 128 pouns, tall, with dirk eyes and fair hair." This sus-gests the man of old time who was "stabbed with a white wench's black eye." We know, also, that there are "daggers In men's smiles." But the woman continues: "I am a wldo and has two children, the small Is 11 year. I am no bad habits and a good housekeeper. I thank you will be the right mar for me that I have ben looking fur. I have a good home. And I wull like a good husband. J lived on a farm when my husband he lived." But surely had spelling Is no disqualifica tion. Once everyone speft had!'-. Once It was bad form to spell correctly It indi cated the achoolmaster or peseieue rather than the gentleman. The "dirk eyea" In this case should more than compensate for the dame orthography. But the prize letter we have eaVd to the last Here Is the wav the woman celebrates herself: "I am 2S years of age, strong and fat good . looking. I have dark brown, wavy hair, very even teeth, like a row of pearls and form, that, would break any man's heart. I weigh 125 pounds and am of a loving disposition. Am a resident of Bark Bay and would like to meet you at your convenience." Why should Mr. Fairbanks seek further? The woman with "dirk eyes" Is all well enough, but she hardly seems to be in the same class with one who is "strong, fat and good looking." and who has "very even teeth, like a row of pearls, and form that would break any man's heart," Bursty ths quest should cease with .this daughter of the gods. Whether the gentleman Is worthy of such a prize we do not know, for we have not seen his portrait, or read his autobiography. But Into that question we do not care to enter at this time. ' We simply suggest that the entries be closed. Indianapolis News. Baakers' BUI Killed, ALBANY, N. Y . March U.-The aMm bly today "laid aside ' tha senate bill au thorising the investment of savings banks and trunt funds in bonds of merged rail roads. This la regarded as practically a feat for the bill, which is nld to refer eaperlally to the "hli'o a Alton nieiver ud wM. k was fM-rrd by the slate savings I nka' ft)ft.Oft.latiun. f unsey's Magazine. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE Hemarkable Case In Which the Fore man of the .lary Saved the Aoeased Han. An instance comes to mind, one of the most extraordinary in the history of out legul system, the account of wuicn we owu to the man who tried and presided over tllu trial. Xxrd Chief Justice lyer. This was a "clear case" of murder. Tha victim had been found stabbed to death in a field wood, by his side the pitchfork with which the deed hud been done. The man who owued the fork w;as arrested, and tha blood-stained suit he wore was found hid den in a mattress. Short of testimony from anyone who had seen the crime actually committed, there was not a link missing from the chain of evidence agaliibt the prisoner. It was lu vain that he pleaded not guilty; everything was so conclusively clear against hiin. A verdict of guilty was expected Immediately from the Jury, but the foreman apked that as the life of a fellow creature waa at stake the jury might be allowed to retire. The Judge did not understand why they should do so In so slmpl a case; still, the jury had its wish. It did not return. The court adjourned for lunch; the Jury did not come back In the afternoon, and in spite of several anxious . Inquiries from the bench it had not made up its mind when the court rose for the day there was one man holding out. The jury was locked up for the night, and In the morn ing was brought into court to return a verdict of not guilty. This was a poser, and the Judge dismissed the jury, saying: "The blood of the deceased lies at your door." Private Inquiry by the judge elicited the fact that the foreman, a man of unblem ished reputation and of considerable es tate, had been the cause of the verdict, which ths rest had been starved Into ac. ccptlng. The Judge sent for this gentle man, and in his private room begged him to explain the mystery of his obduracy' and the amazing finding of his fellows, first pledging himself to presrve Inviolate any confidence which the other might repose in him. Then the foreman told htm how ha himself had met the victim for whose mur der the prisoner had been tried, how this man had aought to take advantage of his official position and exact unjust tithes, how they had quarreled and fought, how the mae- had attempted to kill him with a fork, and how he (the foreman of the Jury! had killed hla antarrnnlst with his own pitchfork, then fled. The prisoner, coming along, had found the man dying, and In en deavoring to succor him had got blood upon his clothes, and In his confusion had taken the dead man's fork and left his own. In Its place. Tills was why the fore man had held out. and why the prisoner escaped. Ixmdon Phronlrle. niahnp U'C'eaarll Arrives. j BOSTON. March M. Most Itev. William I 11 .-t'...nnA11 MAn.l., .. ...... I.. ... Jk 4... I archbishop of linston. arrived here today on the steamer Komanlc from Naples. BrtiieBaby5 We will suppose that your baby ia havinf a little difficulty with his food. 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