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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1906)
TTTE OMAHA' DAILY HKE: SUNDAY, MABCK AS, 190ft A' TtLSSVO H Economy Bazement Bargains for Monday. Fin Wash Petticoat, cut extra full and wide, ttpeclal price 9c each. Black Bilk, Fettlcoat. special price 4 50. sprint Coats, I la In Costs, House. Wrap per, and Separata Bklrts, all at bargain price Monday In Economy basement. Second Floor Cloak Department A magnificent assortment of choice Tail ored Suit at 13.50, tZ.00, 130.00 and WOO. Embroideries. Pin Swiss. Nainsook and Cambric Em broideries for every occasion. We make a specialty of choice embroideries In exclu sive designs. The line of fine French Beam and ribbon beading" I especially pretty. Roe our embroidered Inserting and medallions for trimming shirt wiilsts. Inquire about tha real handkerchief linen Inserting. We are showing a .large lino of very hand some batiste and Swiss all-overs for entire watsf. It Is well to select early before the assortment U broken. Ask to sea them. Price range from $1.00 to 15.00 a yard. Very, handsome embroidered robes or pertly made dresses, suitable for gradua tion, evening and dressy afternoon gowns at tit. 111. US. Ill, U0. IA60, $30 and esoh. Art Department. A new line of baby baskets Just received, all sites and styles, of best willow. Small toilet baskets from 6oc to $1.25. Hampers, $ VI and 17.50. Large Bassinette with canopy top, M. Toilet basket on a standard with drawer, $6.00. A large line of stamped linens In all tha new work. Hedebo, Shadow, Eyelet, Koman work, Oettertyl nat, Mountmelllck and Silk Embroidery. In center pieces, lunch cloths, shirt wstst. hat patterns, baby hoods, collar and cuff sets, corset cov ers and baby pillows. All of Our Spring Line of Sofa Pillows Are Now Here. Every new Idea In floral, conventional figures, Mountmelllck, shadow embroidery, eyelet, ribbon work, Oettertyl net and cross sttteh. Stamping dona to order In all kinds of fancy work. Embroidering and all kinds of fancy work done to order by the best expert that w could employ. Free lessons j In all kinds of fancy work by our expert. Miss SteenstruD, when materials are pur chased here. All stamped pillow top remaining from our fall and winter stock, Monday, 10c each. i Two Special Values in Cream Wash Silks Monday, lV2c and 88c Per Yard. 1 ' These pretty and practical wash , silks j Howard Cor. 16th St; record contained error which could be , mad the basis for a new trial. "I am not much surprised at th verdict," as id Mr. Fleharty, "and I aai not prepared to say whether I would have done th earns thin? r not.- We are up against a hard proposition as the .evidence tended to cor roborate - Nelson's story Instead of O'Hearn'. - We might have been able to secure a llf sentence if the public mind had not been so Inflamed. I think th shooting of Clarke and Flury had a good deal to do with the penalty." glahaagk Well Pleased. County Attorney Slabaugh appeared well satisfied with th result of his labors In th fHam caa when seen last evening after th verdict had been rendered. "As a public officer I cannot say much In connection, with th caa at this tlma, further than to state I believe th verdict ws a fair on under the evidence offered, and will meet with general satisfaction. Of that I feel assured." It required Just six ballots In th jury room before an agreement' was reached. There was no division among the jurors as to the guilt of th defendant. Th only division was over the penalty. On th first ballot nine stood for the death penalty and thre for a life sentence. . Then grad ually on by on th jurors who at first objected to hanging swung over with th majority and Anally on the sixth vot th verdict waa unanimous. . The verdict met the approbation of prac tically every body on the streets Saturday evening. The news was proclaimed to the multitudes through extras, which were bought up by th hundreds. Favorable comment was heard on all Sloes. The Bee telephone was ktpt busy answering ques tion a to th verdict and nearly every un who Inquired uttered exclamations of approval. Many compared th verdict and th jury with th verdict and jury In th . Crowe oas. '''.' Ibj the Jary's Utsii, Th case went to th jury at $:6S o'clock and th crowd waa se dens a passageway had to be cleared before th jurors could e escorted out of th court room by th bailiffs. O'Hearn was taken to the hr Iff flic to await tha decision. During th final proceedings he main tained th same stolid demeanor that he has shown sine th beginning. While County Attorney Slabaugh was making bis final argument Mrs. O'Hearn, the defend ant's wife, leaned her head on the table and sobbed violently. She remained In this position softer th Jury had gone out. O'Hearn' mother sat with her faos burled In her hands during the entire afternoon session. Plea for th Oeteae. Mr. Fleharty In bis argument laid it tens on the testimony Indicating O'Hearn and his associates wort under th Influeno of liquor whea they committed lb robbery. He declared the defendant waa a victim uf circumstances and laid th blara Tor th entire transaction t Dr. Humphreys' Seventy seven breaksup Colds and o)jfo) . At Druggists. S cents each, or mailed. , ltoctor's Uok mailed fre. Humphreys' Homeo. Medlctn Co.7"0r M."iium end John Streets. New Toi k. 1 NS'i.' Z?? 1? tMrwiL J Our Great March. White Goods SeJe Begins Monday Morn ing at 8 'Clock. PERSIAN LAW.V SAIJ5. All 15c 30-lnch rerntan Lawn 10c a yard. All 20c 30 -Inch Persian Lawn 15c a yard. All 25c 30-Inch Persian Lawn, lie a yard. All SOc 30-lnrh Persian Lawns 20c a yard.' All 4 5c 30-Inch Persian Lawns 29c a yard. AH SOc 48-Inch Persian Lawns 35o a yard. ' INDIA LIXON BALE. All 12 He 30-Inch India Llnons 0o a yard. All 16 2-3c 30-Inch India Llnons 9c a yard. All ISc 32-Inch India Llnons 10c a yard. All 20c 22-Inch India Llnons 14c a yard. All 25c 3fi-lnch India Llnons 18c a yard. All SOc 36-Inch India Llnons 20c a yard. , All 33c 36-inch India Llnons 23c a yard. All 50c S 6-inch India Llnons 35c a yard. ' LONO CLOTH RALE. AH 250 Imperial Long Cloth, 12 He quality, 7c a yard. All 350 Imperial Long Cloth, 16c quality, 9o a yard. AH 400 Imperial Long Cloth. 16 2-3c quality, 10c a yard. AH 500 Imperial Long Cloth. 18c quality, 12c a yard. PKRLIXE LAWN RALE. All 50c 40-lnch Perllne Lawns In this sale 35c a yard. All 15c 40-lnch French Batiste In this sale 10c per yard. PLAIN XAINSCJOK SALK. AH 20c 36-Inch Plain Nainsook, 16c a yard. AH 26c 3C-tnch Plain Nainsook 16 2-3c a yard. FRENCH FIQVE8. . AH 25c White Corded Piques 17c a yard. All 35c White Corded Ptquea 25c a yard. AH 76c French piques 60c a yard. LACE STRIPED LAWNS. All 12 He Lace Striped Lawns 8 He per yard. MERCERIZED SOFT MULLS FOR LINGERIE WAISTS. All 30c 40-inch Mercerized Mull 20c a yard. All 35c 40-lnch Mercerized Mull 26c a yard. WHITE WA1STING. AH SOc 28-Inch White Walstlng 25c a yard. All 35c 29-lnch White Walstlng 26c a yard. AH 25c 28-inch White Walstlng 18c a yard.. WHITE PANAMA SUITING. All 15c White Panama Suiting 10c a yard. WHITE LINEN SUITINGS, SHEER AND MEDIUM WEIC.nT. All 30c White Linen Suiting 19c a yard. All 60c White Linen. Suiting SOc a yard. All 65c White Linen Suiting 43c a yard. All 40c White Linen Suiting 29c a yard. All 60c White Linen Suiting 39c a yard. AH 60c White Sheer Linen 33c a yard. WHITE REPP SUITING. AH 25c White Repp Suiting 19c a yard. All 25c White Poplin Suiting jxn.rijn n .n jj c- from Japan are more attractive than ever. Soft, cool and dainty, they are prime fav orites for the new white suit. Owr reg ular S-lnch quality, that usually sella at M.2S. but at Monday's special price, Wc a yard Is simply beautiful; close, firm, fine, drapes beautifully and win meet every re quirement when It cornea to hard wear. Auk to see It. Another handsome quality at lTV-c a yard. NOTE. By all means ask' to aea tha W inch . silk, -examine It, note, the .extra fine quality and finish. Nelson as being ' the mor experienced criminal. He closed with a plea for com passion and mercy, asking It In behalf, not only or the defendant, but his widowed mother and young wife. Mr. English declared O'Hearn had been made the scapegoat by Nelson, whom he designated as a designing criminal. He dis credited th testimony of Bonney, whd waa in the saloon at th time of the shooting, and laid considerable stress on th testi mony of Jo Warren that Nelson had tried to Induce him to turn state's evi dence. Nelson, he said, had given th $2 calibre revolver to O'Hearn In order to turn suspicion from himself and then had gotten rid of the 38 calibre revolver by giving it to Warren. The next day he said he went out to O'Hearn' hous to se that th gun waa disposed of and found It had ben given to Mrs. O'Hearn' father. He also declared the cause of th crime was drink and pointed out that th law takes th position a man . might be so drunk as to be unable to form an attempt to rob. At the close he reiterated his plea for clemency. During the pit-as of the defendant's at torney handkerchief wer frequently used. Th wlf and mother of th defend ant sat near him and several times wer convulsed with soba. Other women In the crowd had their handkerchief to their eyea-duiing tho affecting part of th pleas. 'County Attorney Slabaugh In his argu ment declared more sympathy Is due the family of the murdered man than to'tha friends. "Ton ' may shed tear for the guilty man," he said, "but glv in th sympathy for the thoussnds who will be murdered before the end of th year because of maudlin sympathy for th criminal. Xelaoa Commeaded for ' Aid. He commended Nelson for assisting la th prosecution of the case, while O'Hearn was standing pat and refusing to talk. He appealed to th Jury to do Its part In th enforcement of th law, so that It might b saf for law abiding cllliens to walk th streets at night. H asked th Jury to return a verdict of guilty with the death penalty attached. The county attorney cJosed at 3:0, and Judge Sutton at once began th radlni of his Instructions. II directed th Jury that a verdict of guilty must b returned If they find that either Nelson or O'Heam fired th shot while Intending to .per petrate a robbery. If not satisfied as to th Intent to rob a verdict of not guilty ahould b returned. He Inatmcted that Nelson's testimony must b carefully con sidered, especially If it wer found that he expected leniency for testifying. Neither the testimony of Nelson or O'Hearn could be disregarded simply because of their connection with th case. Drunkenness, while not an excuse for crime, may be considered as to whethei or not th de fendant was In condition to form at In tent to rob. Th reading of the instruction occupied fifteen minutes and they wer listened to with deep Interest by th crowd. Jary That Tried th Case. These are the jurors that returned the verdict: Louis Alhrecht. 13J3 South Fourth street; clerk in hide Mom. J. O. Aylesworth. Forty-second and T streets. Bouih Omaha: live stock. M. J. Ghrehan, North Twenty-eighth street, South Omaha; engineer Block Yards tomiany, Harry Vos, lift Souta Twenty-ninth street; paper hanger. James H. Ferris, F lorence; poultry raiser. ('. Farrell, l'jit burdette atreet; retail grocer. . . M. lonuincK. s'orty-lghtl sna rratl strrots; palmer and paper hanger. A. t'. Rapp, 2w B irec, Buula Omaha; foreman Armour A Co. l'heo.us Kuitger. Ut South Thirty-fourth street. South Omaha; laborer. .u feieraon. 1 California street; weK'hman ctty library. Into tkhultx, 3"is W street, (moth Omaha; 19c a yard. -- -- -- - - -- .-inrLrxJXji.i $1.00 Beautiful Silk and Wool Crepe de Chine Monday 59c Per. Yard. Extraordinary value. In one of the very finest and daintiest fabrics shown this sea son and It Is of Parisian creation. In other words," rich, fine and elegant. As this Is to be a white season, we assure you that -a visit to this department Mon day will settle the question of the new spring gown. If It Is to be white. Light, dainty and graceful for the soft clinging laborer. ' Qeorge Butter. Gibson; contractor.. Throughout the trial the Jury was kept closely guarded day and night. In the day time at the courthouse and at night in rooms at the Drexel hotel. They took their meals at a table especially reserved for them. The watch yra. maintained so closely that they did not have even an Intimation of the recent attempt at lynching until afte-' they had been discharged by Judge. Suti, ,1 and had had a chance to buy some newspapers. "We're going to read up on the case," aid one of th Jurors as he came out of a newsstand with a bundle of papers under his arms. "Did you hear anything about th mob Thursday night?" he wasasked. "Not a thing. All I know about tt I Just read In th paper." Paper were given to the jurors, but everything relating to th case or kindred crimes was clipped out. The jury was In charge of Bailiffs Kirkendahl and Fields. tory f th Crime. Th crime for which Jay O'Hearn must bang was committed shortly after 11 o'clock on the night of January 20, while he and three accomplices, Raymond Nelson, Leo Angus ana joeepn warren, wer noioing up th saloon of Nola Lausten at Twenty-first and Cuming street. O'Hearn and Nelson went into th saloon leaving Angus and Warren on guard outside. Beside Laustan, who was ear charge, the only man In th place when they entered waa Henry Bon ney, wlu) was drinking a glass of ber at the bain O'Hearn and Nelson walked up to the bar and called for three glae of beer, saying a third man would be In In a minute. O'Heam was standing next to Bonney and Nelson beyond him. A Lau. ten placed the three glasses of beer on the bar he was ordered to throw up his hands but apparently thinking a jok was being perpetrated upon him he did not comply. A TOOTHSOME SALADS. fresavt Health aad Please Palate. A lover of good living write from Chicago: "The favorite salads In my family," he says, "are prepared with Grape-Nuts, ac cording to your recipes. We regard them as unapproachable. We are also fond of Urape-Nuts with cream a a breakfnst food, and use It dally. "I was a great sufferer fur years," he continues, "from stomach trouble, which gave rise to peinful headache, and I was at last completely prostrated and bedridden with ulceration of th stomach and bowels. I suffered untold agonies while doctors wer trying to cur niy aliments with medi cines. "I could retain nothing ou my stomach but an occasional sip of cold water, or a teaspoonfMl of ollv oil, and at last even the could not be ktpt down. Th doctor then gave m up said there was no hop for m. "In this strait any good angel Induced me to try Orape-Nuta food, and It may sound ludlcrious to say of th Initial experiment that the sensation waa simply "heavenly," but nothing milder than that will express It. "My recovery was rapid, and In a very few day I was up and about, and In a few . weeks waa a perfectly well maa again. And It was all th work of th Urape-Nuta food, for, as I bav said, th doctor . had ceased to glv m medicine, onsldarmg my caa hopeless. "Sine then Grape-Nut ha been, and always shall b a stapl axtlcl of diet with us." Nam given by Poatunt C., Battle Creek. Mich. Thr' a raou. Read th UtU book. 'Th Road to. WaUvsIl." la. pkaa... . tte. March 1. 1. effects; Monday.' Rev a yard. NOT& On account of the great sale this cloth wllkhavc, we can All no mall or telephone orders. Special Lace Curtain Opportunity. During this season's selling there have accumulated small lots of Curtains, In Styles that we cannot duplicate. We will close them out . at the following great price reductions: . le 'White Nottingham Lace Curtains, at J9e a pair. " 0o White Lac Curtains, at 6c a pair. $1 00 Whit I-ace Curtains, at 69c a pair. O.X 'White Lac. Curtains, at T7o a pair. 1100 Whit Lac Curtains, at Wo a pair. $1-60 White Lace Curtains, at $1.19 a pair. 14.60 Battenberg Lace Curtains, at $13 a pair. $4.50 Bobbtnet Curtains, wltti lace trim ming, at ri.m a pair. $3.50 Imitation Cluny Curtains, at tl.M a pair. $3.00 Real Cluny Lace Curtains, at $1.7 a pair. $3.60 Nottingham Lace Curtains, at ft.TS a pair. , $6.09 Madras Net Curtains, with corded trimming, at $2.98 a pair. Curtain Extension Rods, complete with metal ends and brackets, at 6c each. Leather Goods. Carriage Bafts, made of good quality Imitation seal leather, covered riveted frame, spring catch, gun metal and gilt trimmings, fitted wtth coin purse. Price $t. each. Carriage Bag, black imitation sea lion leather, covered frame, gun and gilt trim mings, leather lining, spring catch, fitted with coin purse, S inches long, $1.60 and JIM each. Baga, baby grain walrus, black and brown, leather lined, gun and gilt trim mings; price $2.50 each. An Economy Basement Cham bray Special. Chamhraysi In plain colors of light blue, dark blue, green, gray, tan, brown and pink, go on sal Monday at 6c per yard. We leave It to you to determine the value. Inexpensive Exclusive Millin- ery, Second Floor. A nuteabl display of new and exquisite designs at $5.00, $?.6o and $10.00, By cen tralising our efforts to model closely the Paris hats as well as to produce original Thompson, Belden . Co. styles at a mod erate price, we show a superior variety of beautiful shapes at these three prices. Ladies' Gloves. We have Just received a large shipment of Valllers special 14-Inch black and suede Mousquetalre Gloves, at $3.60 a pair. 16-Inch Mousquetaire. Trcrousse Suede Gloves, In pink, light blue, champagne, tan, brown, green, red and blfick and white, at $3.00 a pair, . Howard Cor. 16th St. shot answered his refusal, and he backed to th north and of th bar, where he stood for a minute, when he pitched forward dead. : . - In the meantime Nelson had gone be hind the bar and rilled the cash register of $1S.TO. Then - the two ran out of the saloon and went away as rapidly as possi ble. Of these facts there was no dispute. - The only question in dispute at th trial waa whether O'Hearn or Nelson fired the fatal shot. Each accused the other on the witness stand. Bonney's testimony was that the man standing next to him with a short overcoat on did the shooting and the other man went behind the bar and rifled the cash register. He also said the man who did the shooting covered him with his revolver as he (Bonney) started to leave the saloon after th shooting. O'Hearn admitted In his testimony that It was he who covered Bonney, but he says he did It while Nelson waa covering Laus ten. Bonney testified neither one of them paid any attention to him until after the hot was fired and this .was Corroborated by Nelson. Ben Persinger also tee titled to looking In at th saloon door and seeing O'Hearn standing In front of th bar with a gun in his hand and Nelson behind the bar rifling the'reglstar. After th Harder. Th four "pais" met after the murder, according to a previous ngreement, at Washington hall, , where, according to a statement signed by Angus anf the testi mony of Nelson, Angus asked' O'Hrarn: "Did you shoot the barkeeper?" "8hut up," answered O'Hearn; "yes, I smoked him." The revolver with which the shooting waa don was also a link lu the chain of evidence which entangled O'Hearn. Th bullet was a 3-callber, and a .12 caliber revolver waa found in the possession of Ralph Oray, O'Hearn father-in-law, td whom tt was given by Mrs. O'Hearn the morning after th shooting and after O'Hearn had been arrested. O'Hearn' ad mitted It was th gun that killed Lauslea, bat aaid It waa In the hands of Nelson when th shot was fired. Nelson tiivd. An gus purchased It at Council Bluffs the day of th murder, but, according to Nelson, It was given by Angus to O'Hearn when th quartet met that night. O'Hearn at tempted to show It was In the poseession of Nelson. He said after the four had met Nelson asked him to trade guns, aa he had a St and he preferred a 32. He said Nelson kept th gun until they started to run away from Lausten's saloon, when they traded back, Nelson saying he was going to stay In Omaha and he did not want to b caught with a $2 gun on him. O'Hearn' overcoat also Implicated him in the shoot. Ing. He wore a short, light coat, which waa identified by several of th witness who saw him. Bonney said the man who did the shooting wore a short overcoat, but he thought It waa black. Arrt f th Marderers. Angus was ai rested that night at Wash ington hall for another often and It was through statement ctiid from him that th other arrests wer mad on Sunday. O'Hearn waa arrested about I o'clock Sun day morning. Warren abwut 11 o'clock and Nelson- at 4 o'clock. Nelson waa th first to make deflnit statements placing th responsibility for th shooting, but th confession of th other pointed strongly to O'Hearn. I'P to wttbln a few days of th trial It waa generally conceded that O'Hearn waa rasponalbl ror th shooting, hut then Nelson frlaada learned aa at tempt would be mad to faatea th shoot ing him. H waa thai only on of th four who took tha aland for tb stat. Jo Warrea teeUAed for th defendant, but hi avldenc waa aot conclusive aa t any of th main fact la th . O Hwti steadfastly refused to make any ststc ment until he Trent on th wltnen stand. Ireaaens Tleaee for Prisoners. Th four murderers have had a stren uous time since their arrest. A few days after they were placed In Jail they were removed to Lincoln because It was feared friends of the murdered man. might mob the jail and attempt to lynch them. Again Thursday night a mob Dent on securing them and the murders of Street Car Con ductor Flury assaulted the Jail, but the prisoner hnd been spirited away and wer concealed In different buildings. Warren Is the oldest of the four, his age being 21; O'Hearn is ?1, Angus Is and Nel son IS. The trial waa begun last Monday and closed at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It has been attended by crowds which liave packed the court room from early morning until after the evening adjournment. In hi testimony Nelson also admitted that the four had held up the Ik-kerman drug store, at Twenty-fourth and A streets. South Omaha, before golntr to tha I-austen saloon, and the Htntements of the, others admitted this, but all evidence nn this point was stricken out by Judge Sutton. While in the drug store O'Hearn, accord ing to Nelson's testimony, took two shots at the clerk, but missed him. COMPASIO. IIK4R TIIK t HHDICT Xelaow, Anaaa. Clark. Wain aad ttlaaa Greatly Pertajrhed. LINCOLN, March 1". (Special Telegram.) The live alleged bandits were tonight told of the result of the O'Hearn trial. Nelson excitedly demanded If the Jurors were out long. When Informed of the number of ballots he almost collapsed. Angus was stolid and betrayed his excitement by grasping the bars of his cell. Wain and Clark, the colored men accused of tho Flury murder, were much peturbed and Digs waa also excited. Guards told th pris oner the . news, but hone of them would discuss the Information. JIVKMI.K FAILS TO SHOW VP leauit'trr Arrested for Attending Trial Oat of Pocket. Fred O'Hearn, the 15-year-old boy taken Into custody Thursday by Probation Officer Bernstein because he Insisted on attending the O'Hearn murder trial, did not show up for hearing Saturday morning and an effort will be made to find him. Notwith standing trie similarity of name, tho boy Is not related to tho defendant, but was attracted to the hearing by morbid curiosity. When found he will be charged with dellnqency and taken to the detention home. DEATH RECORD. William R. Ryder. KANSAS CITY March IT. William B. Ryder, active In Missouri politics since tlw civil war, whs found dead in a rooming house In Walnut street here yesterday. He had been 111 for many years. When found he had evidently been dead for sev eral hours. The body at first wss not Identified. Ryder was the author of the Missouri law Imposing a tax on beer and had declared he was the original ex pounder of the eight-hour law. Well Known Hetel Man. SHENANDOAH, la.. March IT. (Special Telegram.) W. W. Wagner, one of the best known hotel men lu the west, died suddenly here this evening. He went up to his room early In the evening and a couple of hours later his wife went up and found him dead. Heart failure waa th cause. He was about hi years of age. and had been In the , hotel .business here and at Tekamah, Neb. Iemnel t. Pfil. LOOAN. Ia., March 17. (Special.) Lemuel J. Paul, a well known Logan man, died of heart failure In Council Bluffs Thursday right. The funeral occurs Sunday morning from th Methodist Episcopal church at 11 o'clock. The deceased was born June 24, 1842. at South Bristol, N. T. He wss a member of the Grand Army of the Re public. Mr. Kophla Koch. MILLARD, Neb., March 17. (Special.) Mrs. Sophia Koch of this place died at Emerson Saturday. She was visiting with her son. This one and three other sons survive her. She was 72 years old and lived here a number of year. gam net Hay Kaaffmana. WASHINGTON, March 17.-The late Samuel Hay Kauftman. president of th Evening Star Newspaper Publishing com pany, was buried here todsy. Karanrl O. Howe. NEW YORK, March 17. Samuel O. Howe, treasurer of the Chicago A Northwestern Railway company, died of heart failure to day on a train. . j Frait Comee Oat of Ruandhonaea. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. March 17. (Special.) The Union Pacific has had a large num ber of cara of oranges and other Califor nia perishable freight tied up in round houses along the line, owing to the ex tremely cold weather of the past few days, but now that the weather 1 moderating the fruit will bo started on Its way. ' gwlss Da Apnrev.. PARIS, Murch 17. Official advices stww that Swltxerland has not been consulted and doee not approve of the Austro-German plan of placing a Swiss commander over the Franco-SpanlHli police In Morocco. I GIVEN AWAY in our VERSE CONTEST RHYMSTERS GET BUSY! WHAT WK WANT Bright, inappy verse la rnyroe, telling of th euperlor Merita of our "Kryptok" and "Toriacua" lenaea. Theae veraee ara to ba used In newspaper and atraat car adrtlalng. First Priie, $30. Second Prize, $25. Third Prize, $20. Fourth Prize $15. Fifth Prize, $10. W want you 4o try for one of the prliee. You do not need the ability ot Longfellow or Poe to win In thla eonteat. Almoet anyona can write a vera eufflclently catehy and irapreastve to make good advertis ing. Why now you? CONDITIONS Th contest 1 fre to all. Contest cUe April II. 1, and announcement af lrt winner will be mad a soon after that data aa polbl. Verses to ba 'ellgsbl for a prW must not b mor than ten line In length. They may b hort a th wrttr chooses. As many verse may be written a desired, but each must he complete In Itself. TORISCUS '0? THEY CURVE AROUND THE EYE Ordinary Lens In use. Columbian Optical Company 211 South Sixteenth Street, Omaha. Neb. SORE PAY FOR POSTAL CLERKS Inwraas Kde in Appropriation. Bill to Provide for This Item. MORE HELP IN THE SMALLER OFFICES tharlr E. Twang of Nebraska llty Presaeled to Posit lew f Fw rent an In th Uovernment Print ing Office. (From a Staff Cot respondent.) WASHINGTON, March 17. (Special Tele-grsm.V-Representative Kennedy has been lRborlng with the members of the commu te on po'tofflce and postmads in an en deavor to secure the Increase of pay for postal clerks. Thl Is In reality th pet project with Postmster Palmer of Omaha, who when her early In the present session upon business In connection with the af fairs of the Omaha office set the ball roll ing for Increased pny for postal clerks. Postmaster Palmer asserrs thst clerks In his postofflee sre not receiving sufficient compensation and la also aware that the same condition exist In every large post- offlc throughout the I'nlted States. Representative Kennedy ha had many conference with Representative Jesse Overstreet, chairman of the committee on pnstofftcen and postmads, during the last few weeks and in the main has Scored hi point. It 1 understood that the sum of $500,000 will be added to the postofflee ap propriation bill' on a plan 'of giving 6.onu clerks $100 each per annum over the amount they are now receiving. The prop osition is. so far as can be lenrned. to dls trlbute the additional $59,000 appropriation for clerks In this wise; Fifty per cent of the $700 list to be promoted to $910, 10 per cent of $809 list to- be promoted to $W. 10 per cent of $900 list to be pro moted to $1,000 and S per cent of ll.ion list to tie promoted to the $1,200 list. More Clerks for Lower Classes. This apportionment applies only to the first and second class postofflces of th rotintry. In addition to this It Is probable the postofflee committee will agree to. an appropriation of $1,100.0110 for the employ ment of new clerks In lower grades. These promotions. It Is said, should the bill pass, will contain a proviso empowering local postmasters to make recommendations ns to who shall be promoted. The postofflee appropriation bill covering these points will, It Is thought, be reported to the house eurly next week. In the face of a deficit It has been the disposition of the present congress to keep all appropria tion down to the lowest notch, but there now seems to be but little doubt that the amounts outlined above will get through the legislative mill and be enacted Into law. Nebraska Man Promoted. Nebraska, and particularly Nebraska City, was honored todsy by the selection of Charles E. Toung as foreman of the pub lic printing In the big government piintery, to sucoeed Oscar J. Rlcketts, resigned. Nearly twenty year ago Charles Toung was appointed to a position In the govern ment printing office by the lat Senator Churles A. Van Wyck. 8. P. Rounds was then government printer. Young was out of the printing office for a short time dur ing the term of Benedict, who was govern ment printer during the Cleveland admin istration, hut after two month' absence was back again In his old position as fore man of the night force, which he has held continuously until his promotion today. With Young's selection as successor to Mr. Rlcketts, Nebraska has two Important places In the government prlntery. Charles E, Young, foreman of printing, and John R. Berg, foreman of the Congressional Record, and both from Nebraska City. Minor Matter at Capital. Miss Ella Mae Brown of Omahi, who has been guest of Represents tlv ( and Mrs. Kennedy, leaves tomorrow for Janesvllle, Wis., to visit Mis Blanche Sweeney, who ia well known In society circles of Omaha. Alpha Morgan of Broken Bow, Neb., has been admitted to practice before the In terior department. South Dakota rural routes ordered es tsblished May 1: Avon, Bon Homme county, route 1, 2 and 3, population 1.13, Z&2 houses; Scotland, Bon Homme county, route 1, 2 and S. population l.loo. 27S houses; Springfield, Bon Homm county, route 1 population 41!, 102 houses;. Tabor, Bon Ilomm county, route a, population $, ! houses; Tripp, Hutchinson countyrout 3, population $40, S6 houses. Rural carrier appointed! low Stat Center, route 2, Wilbur A. Carpenter car rier, Nathan H. Phelp substltut. South Dakota, Montrose, route 4, Joe J. Baumley carrier, George Baumley substitute. Edwin B. Messerly has been appointed postmaster at Benson, Black Hawk county. Ia., vice Lee Canfleld, resigned. Uowle Goes to Mexico. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mrch 17. John Alexander Dowle of Zlon City, 111., left Port Antonio last night tor Mexico by way of Santiago, Cuba. He ha almost recov ered from his attack of paralysis. FoMor-Hnat. LONDON, March U. Pay Director Joseph Foster, V. 8. A., retired, wa married here today to Mis Josephine Hunt, a school mistress of Gravesend,' Kent. 00 m. cs-oica. Contestant may elot for subjects . either rryptak'" r Torlscus" lenses, or both. The merit of competing verse will be considered solely from a standpoint of good advertising snd competitors must accept our Judgment a t their availability. Versa for competition mutt b addresses to Ad. Dept., Columbian Optical Co., Omaha, and self addressed t.mpd envelop enclosed t Insure their return Id cc no piii I warded there. Toriscu Lens In use, That Tired Feeling That cornea to you evory rprinn it sign that yotir blood in wanting In vitality, j"8t as pirnplei and othwr crop tiorjg are aigns that it is impure. One) of the great facta of experience and obeervation is that Hood's Saraa parilla ala art reniovei That Tired Feel ing, gives new life and new courage. , Today boy and begin to taVe - Hood's Sarsaparilla In liquid of tablet form. 100 Poaea f 1. RYAN RESOLUTION SET ASIDE Miners' Officials Say it Was Repealed by Adoption of Scale Committee. NEGOTIATIONS WILL NOW PROCEED Indication that There Will Ho m .nmber ot IMatrtct iettl ments Within Pew . weeks. INDIANAPOLIS. March 17. It can X' stnted authoritatively that tho officials, if the t'nlted Mine Workers of America hSv decided to allow thn Ryan resolution to oe eliminated from consideration and Will art upon the assumption, tnat the adoption if the report of the scale committee has virtually repealed the resolution, which pre vented one district from signing an agree ment with the operators until all district. had come to an agreement. The i-ryott of the scale committee was; Resolved. That we hesrtlly endorse the policy and action of President Mitchell lu this matter and do now hold ourselves In readiness to meet our employers for thi purpose of endeavoring to effect a satis factory settlement of wage questions. All resolutions in the convention today which endeavored to affect action on thn scale or the Rynu resolution were quietly sent to the resolutions committee without, comment. This position of the miners' lenders with reference to the Ryan resolu tion will enable the operator and miners to deal by districts. If there. Is a failure to make an agreement for th entire bi tuminous field. Mr. F. L. Robbln and s other operators who favor signing by dis tricts, even It an advance' In wages In given, are greatly pleased over th posi tion taken by the leaders, of the mine workers. The convention of the United Mine Work eta voted $o,00D for th legal defense of C. II. Meyer. W. D. Haywood and Petti bone, officer of the. Western Federation of Miners who are under Indictment in Idaho charged with conspiracy. FIRE RECORD. Holt Coontr Farm Honae Bnrn. O'NEILL. Neb.. March 17.-Speclal.)-John Fallon and family, living a few mile north of town, were the victims of n serious loss when their house and house hold belongings were consumed by tire, th Inmate of tho house barely escaplnx with their lives. The fire had got undi r such headway that 11 Was Ini possible to save anything and all the frightened and aroused sleepers could do was to get mit In their night clothes. At the risk of being burned, however, Mr. Fallon secured a picture of his mother before he left the burning building. Th boy upstairs undertook to go down the statrwruy, but found it all ablase and leaped from a window to save their lives. ' The fir I supposed to have originated from a box nf ashes that stood in a shed adjoining' the kitchen. Chicago Knrtorles. CHICAGO, March 17.-Th Brdley build ing occupied by small manufacturing con cerns was dstroyed by fir today. Loss, $100,000. Company Granta Half of Demand. PITTSBURG. March 17. An advance in wagee of 1 cent per hour has been grsnted the employes of the Pittsburg Rallwav company, operating all the traction lines in Pittsburg and Allegheny. Recently the men made a demand for an Increas of 1 cents an hour and the action of th com pany Is regarded as a compromise. CNIONTOWN. Pa.. March 17. Mis Msry McKittrlck. believed to be the oldest person In western Pennsylvania, today cele brated her 108th birthday. SPECIALS IN CLEANING AND PRESSING EVERY TUESDAY EVERT TITESDAT w will clean and press any Kind ar ladles' klrt. far OUC EVERT TUESDAY we'win 'olean and pre men overcoats QQ work and thoroughly press and clean rTtrj garment. Sixteenth Street Dye Works m . jo ft. ui. c... tm u Toriicui" Lens are made for any wearer of glass glasses, son iu perlor to any omr ren. eyes. Owing to their deep eurve they can he set closer to the eye than the tld form without touching the lashes, thus giving an enlarged field of vision and doing away with "seeing the edges " which is so annoying to many persons. The lens Is equally distant front the eye In looking at any angle, and vision la Just ss ood when look- lna tniougn m " Kryptok" lenses can also be made In th -Tortacus- shape
