The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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VOL. XXXVI -NO. 7.
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST
5,
1906.
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WHITE CHINA SALE
Monday we place on sale 2,000 pieces of "White China Plates and Cups and Saucers, suitable for deco- fl A
rating, values 25o each your choice, any piece, each , . . lUl
A discount of 25 per cent on all "White China Bales in our regular Decorating China hundreds of new pieces
received the past week Pin Trays, Nut Bowls, Hat Pin Holders, Salt and Peppers, Sugar Shakers
Jugs, Vases, etc., eto '. All at a. Discount of 25 Per Cent
During this sale a special discount of 15 per cent on our famous WHITE MARQUIS Dinner "Ware Pattern
(open stock or in sets).
The Blue Lingano
Dinner Ware
NEW SHIPMENT OF CO
LONIAL TUMBLERS
AND JUGS.
The prettiest Tumbler we
have ever shown;
Monday, a dozen,
Colonial Jugs, at each
I 45c, 60c, 75c and
55c
1.00
This is as pretty a blue
as we ever saw, good ware
and handsome shape; on sale
Monday, $13.75 for 100
piece sets, or 10 per cent off
on open stock.
Your Eyes!
Bring them to our opti
cian, he'll test 'em without
cost and sell perfect-fitting
glasses that'll relieve , eye
strain and save you money.
Prescriptions
The right place for having
your prescriptions properly
filled. Accuracy in filling,
purity of ingredients,
promptness, right prices.
S. E. Cor. Main Floor.
WOODENW ARE
Clamp Sleeve Boards, 35 C
And Twenty Green Trading Stamps. '
Six large Eolls Toilet Paper, 2 5 C
And Ten Green Trading Stamps.
7x9i4 Mirror, neat gilted frame, reduced QA
to.. IOC
And Ten Green Trading Stamps.
Vegetable Slicer, , : J
flnwial
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Specials in
Hardware
Just a few Screen Doors left, painted green
2-10x7 and 2-8x7, special 60c
Natural finished Door, fancy, regular 11.50,
size 2-6x6-6 special $1.00
1 quart Tin Tomato Cans, per dozen. . .88c
Sealing Wax Strings, per dozen 8c
Fruit Jar Funnels for filling fruit Jar. .Be
Automatic Dust Pans no stooping. . . .25o
And Twenty Green Trading Stamps.
Extra good Clothes Line 20c
And Twenty Green Trading Stamps.
Extra quality Dover Egg Beater lOo
Ten Green Trading Stamps with each.
Universal Food Chopper, 1.38, $1.08, 6o
Forty Green Trading Stamps with each.
Nicely Japanned Bread Boxes, 73c, 63c, 5So
Forty Green Trading Stamps with each.
Nicely Japanned Flour Can. 75o
Forty Green Trading Stamps with each.
PAINT! PAINT! PAINT!
See Bennett's before buying your Paint. Doublb
Stamps Monday. '
Art VeJues Monday
PYROGRAPHY IS NOW EVERYBODY'S HOBBY.
BEGINNER'S OUTFIT SPECIAL
1 Outfit, 1 Glove and 'Kerchief Box,
1 bottle shellac, 2 practice panels,
1 frame and handsome illustrated
catalogue a $4.50 value regu-
( larly, Monday only
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PICTURE FRAMING.
Remember this is our leading
specialty.
BeivncttV
Big Grocery
A partial list of the good
things offered, always fresh.
HONET SrECIAU.
Large Jar Pure Honpy 25C
And thirty green trading stumps.
Shoes at Prices Below
Them A11.W.7.
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Misses' and children's pat
ent colt Gibson Ties, Afta
$2.00 value, at oOh
Ladies low heel patent colt Gibson -fl 1Q
Ties, $2.00 value, at Il8
Dorothy Dodd Russia calf Oxfords ft AA
and Gibson Ties,.$3.00 value, at.... y V
Mens Russia calf shoes, $3.50 value, g
Infants' vici kid shoes and slippers, Iftp
75c value, at TW
Bennett's Capi
tol Baking
Powder,
pound can
24c
And 20 green
trading etamps.
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RIU6 POOT
IUPR OLIVE SPECIAL.
CjUifornla Ripe Olive.
bottlo
And ten gTeen trading stamps
Diamond "B" Salmon,
per can
And ten greon trading stamps.
Red Cross Cream,
largo can
And ten green trading stamps.
Blood of Grape Juice,
pint bottle
And ten green trading stamps.
Bchepp's Cocoanut, pound
package
And ten green trading stamps.
BRICK CHEESH SPECIAL.
Brick Cheese, per
pound ----
Gelatine, package
Corn Starch, pound
package
Shrimps,
can -
Durkee's Salad Dressing,
bottle i.
Anderson's Tomato Soup,
Corn, two-pound
can ... ..........,..
Tomatoes, two-pound
can
Diamond "C" Soap,
ten bars .
Fresh Country Butter,
tier nntind
And ten green trading stamps.
SPECIAL
Spanish Sholled Peanuts,
pint ...,,.- .....,
New Potatoes,
peck
BENNETT'S CANDIES.
Swt Eating Chocolate, 6-cent
package (or
Two (or 6c.
10c
22c
10c
25c
25c
10c
...5c
.. 4c
9c
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CUPID FOOLS TWO YOUTHS
Loim Ob InW Xttrlmonj Ij Daoeptioa
Another by BctoItr.
BOTH NOW ASKED TO BE RELIEVED
James F. MeBJakoa Bays Wife's
Brotners 1114 Pistol OTcr Ulaa
Wall the Ceremooy
Wu Performed.
Alleging he was married under duress,
against bis will and over his protests,
James F. McMahon, who says be eomes of
a good family In Chicago, has begun suit
In district court for a divorce from Mar
garet McMahon. According to the story he
tells In bis petition he had kept company
with his future wife several months and
then, owing to an Investigation he made
concerning her character, he told ber oil
was off between them.
He was only n years old at this time.
May U, 1903. at Chicago, he says, the broth
ers of the young woman secured a license
and a minister and forced him by threats
to go through the form of a marriage cere
mony, though he protested all the time he
. did not want to marry her. He says he
was prevented from resisting through fear
of bodily Injury and scandal to his family.
He declares he has never lived with her.
tie left the place where the ceremony, was
performed with the minister and has had
nothing to do with his wife since. He
wants, the marriage annulled.
Case of Deoeptioa.
Because his wife told him she was W
years old. when In reality she was tX Is
on of the reasons advanced by Joseph
Cooper why he should be granted a divorce
from Berthana. They were married at
Rockwell. la, when he was It years old.
He says a short time after the marriage it
became painfully apparent that the mar
liag was a mistake and hla wife had been
guilty of fraud and misrepresentation In
the preliminary steps of the contractual
relation. Her statement to him about her
age Is declared to be one. of these misrep
resentations. . After their marriage, he says, she de
veloped a hatred against him which was
O intense that when he was operated on
for appendicitis she expressed to their
neighbors a fervent wish that he would not
recover. He wants the custody of their
minor child.
Josle Works has begun suit for divorce
from Abraham Works, declaring he abused
her and called her bad names, eh asks
for her maiden name, Josle Brown.
Margaret Hale wants a divorce from L.u
clen Hale, declaring he has abused and
mistreated her. She wants the court to
enjoin him from interfering with her or
disposing of their ' property until the case
Is decided. '
Kvalyn Film asks for a divorce from
George H. Film. The petition . was with
drawn 'from the bills by her' attorneys.
Fam am streets to theparkr one race being
for the older boys and the other for the
younger. Prizes win be oiierea ror tne
winners of the races. Count Crelghton,
Ouy C. Barton, Mayor Dahlman and many
merchants have contributed liberally to the
success of the picnic. An Interesting pro
gram of sports will be held at the park.
The annual picnic of the newsies is a great
event la their little Uvea
IMPLEMENT DEALERS COMING
Nebraska andHveatern Iowa Retail
Men Will Hold CosTta.
tloa la Omaha.
The Nebraska and Western Iowa Retail
Implement Dealers' association will hold
Us annual convention in Omaha November
13, 14 and 16. This has been decided by a
meeting of the executive committee of the
association.
The date for the convention Is nearly two
months earlier than usual, the executive
committee having made the Innovation at
the request of many retailers and many
Jobbers as well, on the ground that an early
convention will be better for both. The
retailers always kill two birds with one
stone by selecting their stock of spring
goods when they come to Omaha for the
convention. It is thought they will order
their goods earlier if the convention Is
held In November, and this will give the
Jobbers a better idea of bow much goods
they want from the factories and at the
same time allow them to make early ship
ments in the spring. Last spring, and in
fact every spring for years, the Jobbers
have found difficulty In getting enough
cars In March and April, whereaa If they
ha4 been enabled to ship half the ordered
foods a month or two earlier neither they
nor the retailers would have suffered so
great an Inconvenience.
NEWSBOYS AT KRUG PARK
Llttl rellowe Will U14 Their As
aval Ucl Heat Week
Oae Day.
The newsboys of the cttx wtU have their
annual ptcnlo at Krug park next Thursday.
The newsies will knock osT wwk after the
morning paper aav ba mold. The picnic
will be In charge of Jo Carroll. Tony
Coetello and Mogy Bernstein, who hav
charg of the street sale for the local
newspaper. r
Oae of the features of the occasion will
h tw McycJe race from Fifteenth and
ASPHALT ON FARNAM STREET
Bid for Xw Pavlag Will Be Asked
ky th City Coaacll
Taaeeay.
Bids will be received by the city council
Tuesday night for the new asphalt pave
ment on Farnara street, which is to re
place the granite blocks from Thirteenth
to Eighteenth street. The stone removed
is to be sold to the highest bidder and pro
posals may be submitted In connection
with the paving bids or separately. Plans
made by the engineer for the paving are
for sixteen feet of asphalt on each aide
of the street car tracks, with six-foot gut
ters of Sioux Falls granite, or the kind
with which the thoroughfare Is now paved.
Th stone will remain between the street
car tracks, with four courses of brick on
the outlde of th rails. Under th whole
will be Ave Inches of concrete. Th Inter
sections will com flush with th cross
walks and th corner depressions and
sswer inlets will be retained with th addi
tion of side inlet, similar to those on
North Blxteenth street, to Insure taking
oft storm water. The general plan waa
specified by the petition and the engineer
had little to devise except working out the
details. Provided there are no unlooked
for delays, th Job should be don early
in October.
the Ohio State university at Columbus and
will take the place of Miss Loss, who
goes to the University of Chicago to do
graduate work.
Miss Mary E. Covert, a graduate of
Bellevue in the class of 1906 and who has
been secretary to the president for - the
past year, has been elected teacher of
physics and mathematics In the college.
CLOUDS SPOIL THE ECLIPSE
Dark iky Prevents Father Riga; aod
Students from Seeing; th
Phenomenon.
Father Rlgge, the astronomer at Crelgh
ton university, Is not at all pleased with
the package dealt him by the weather man
Saturday morning. The good professor and
a number of earnest student had risen at
1:30 to catch a glimpse of the total eclipse
of the moon, only to find the sky over
clouded and no moon In sight. At the best
they would have had only thirteen minutes
of observation, for the eclipse began at
6:10 and the moon set at 6:23, but they were
cheated out of this. Over the western part
of the continent and the Paclflo ocean the
eclipse was visible If clear weather - pre
vailed. At Omaha there waa no sign of It
because of the cloud.
"There was nothing particularly notable
about the eclipse, anyway," said Father
Rlgge, but he did not deny that he would
liked to have had a glimpse of It Just the
same. If only for th benefit of th students.
A partial eclipse of the sun Is due August
19, but It will be risible only In the ex
treme northwest, so far as th United
State Is concerned.
TWO CHANGES AT BELLEVUE
Mr. Mary Pater Palrneld aaa Mle
Mary E. Covert Meaaher
of th Faaalty.
Dr. Wadsworth, president of Bellevue col
lege, has announced the selection of Mr.
Mary Peter Fairfield, a cousin of R. C.
Peters of this city, as teacher of French
and German inta college, she U from
KEROSENE IN HIGH BALLS
Strang; Coaeootloa Which Only Will
Quench the Thirst Of Board,
tag lions Domestic
Miss Pauline Puckstetn, 19 years of age,
a domesti6 at the Utopia, 1721 Davenport
street. Is being oared for by the police
matron. The young woman Is addicted to
the use of kerosene and was taken In cus
tody Friday evening by Detective Drummy,
lest she might end her life by an excessive
use of the Standard OH product.
Miss Ducksteln came to Omaha four
weeks ago from her home at Burlington,
la., and during the last week became pos
sessed with a strange desire to drink all
the kerosene at the Utopia. Friday even
ing she was taken 111 and became unman
ageable. Her people have been notified.
"This world Is not good enough for me."
declared the girl Saturday morning when
questioned by a police captain.
"All I want Is kerosene and I want the
real stuff, the kind Rockefeller sells.
Pleas get me a gallon of kerosene and a
quart of whisky and I will be happy. I
like to drink it In high balls." ,
The police have been unable to learn
how the woman got her mania for, kero
sene.
CORPSE OF BABY UNCLAIMED
Body of latest Held by Caaertakar
for Instruction to
B a rial.
Undertaker Harry B. Davis Is In some
thing qf a dilemma as to what to do with
th body of a t-months-old baby that died
Friday night at th Salvation Army Rescue
bom at Twenty-fourth and Spauldtng
streat. Mr. Davis applied to the county
commissioners for permission to bury th
Infant at th county's expens. but re
ported he waa turned down by the county
officials. The baby's mother is said to live
somewhere In Iowa 8h gave her nam
her as May tuinaardb
SHEELEY JUVENILES AT BAT
YonncBten from Boathwoitera Put of City
Hito Ianiac ik Court.
THIRTEEN OF THESE BOYS SHOW UP
Per Clark, Whose Son Robbed
Cash Drawer. Draw Vindi
cation from Jndg
Estell.
Saturday morning was Bheeley day In
Juvenile court, thirteen of the youth of
that suburb being up before Judge Sutton
charged with throwing rocks at Union Pa
cific freight and passenger trains.
After listening to some of the complain
ants Judge Sutton lined up the boys In
front of him and asked them If they ever
threw rocks at trains.
"No, sir, never," was th response from
thirteen throats.
'Did you ever see anybody else throw
at th trains?"
Th same chorus of V'noes" cam from
th thirteen youths.
Judge Sutton then gave the boys a se
vere talking to, pointing out that some
one might be seriously Injured by the mis
siles. He then appointed each and every
one of them an assistant to the Juvenile
court to help break up the practice. Each
of the boys promised he would report to
the court if any of his companions threw
rocks any more. They were then dis
charged.
George W. Clark, father of llttl Ernest
Clark, th t-year-old boy caught robbing
th till in a grocery store a few days ago.
drew a vindication from Judge Estelle.
The boy declared after he was arrested
his father, had told him to rob the store
and had taken the money from him. ' Clark
was arrested charged . with aiding a delin
quent, but denied his guilt. At his request
the probation officers wrote to L. D. Rich
ards and C. D.' Marr, both prominent busi
ness men of Fremont, where Clark form
erly, lived, and In reply both said so far as
they knew Clark was honest, though he
was badly In debt. Judge Estelle said he
thought under the circumstances he would
let the boy go back to bis father until
further orders at least.
William Bryan Loekett and Conrad Clay
Locke tt, who were declared to be neglected
by their father and stepmother, were be
fore the court, but were given over to the
custody of their father, who aaid he would
take them to Missouri to relatives who
would care for them. Th boys said their
principal article of diet was cold pancakes
with white gravy. Sometimes they de
clared their stepmother would put a candle
in the gravy so they couldn't eat It.
state, wages are higher than ever and
still we need .thousands of more men in
the trades and to handle tho crops. Cali
fornia is surely prosperous.
"Fifty new steel structures, eight
stories or more high, are now in the con
tractors' hands or else the contracts are
about to be let. Nearly all the old stodl
structures on which there was salvags
are being rapidly rebuilt." '
never entered Into a combine of which he
did not get control. In the De Beers ha
was up against the Rothschilds, and tho
highest praise that can be paid ' to his
formidable genius Is that they were forced
to play second fiddle to him In South
African affairs.
'FRISCO GOING TO THE FRONT
Stricken City Is Hupldly Overcoming
Difficulties of th Knrth.
uak and Fir.
"San Francisco is enjoying a splendid
boom after th earthquake," said William
Hayes, a prominent banker of that city,
who passed through Omaha on his way
east Saturday. "W are now claiming
a population of 120,000 and this is dally
increasing. Over 4,000 temporary businoss
structures hav been built sine th Are,
and th bank clearings for July this year
were 116,000,000 more than they were In
July last year and as also greater than
th next five largest coast cities. Sun
Francisco la enjoying th largest amount
of Inbound freight In its history and tli
terry ravel Is 10 per cent heavier than
It. waa ief or th fir. Th crops In Call
fornla ax th best la th history, of Uia
ONLY FEW KNEWBEIT BY SIGHT
Millionaire Was Quiet, Unobtrusive
and Fond of Riding;, Golf and
Good Pictures.
"If my photograph were put on exhibi
tion In the most crowded street In, Lon
don, not a dosen people would recognlxe
It."
Such was said to hav been th remark
of Alfred Beit, the diamond king, reputed
power behind the Rhodes throne and rich
est man in the world, concerning himself.
Belt was a quiet, unobtrusive-like man,
well balanced and well groomed. Polite
and courteous to all who came Into con
tact with him. he was reticent to a de
gree, and never spoke of his own enter
prises. He had traveled extensively and
read much, but cared little about impart
ing Information to others.
He did not look like a millionaire, and
was always very plainly dressed. His mild
vole and sunny-tempered optimism belted
the real character of the man.
- His eyes were peculiarly those of a
dreamer large, soft nut-brown eyes that
shone out of his clear-cut face.
Belt war a ready giver to charity and
made annual donations to many hospitals.
He quite recently gave 1500,000 to Hamburg
university and founded a professorship of
colonial history at Oxford university. He
is said to have placed his purse at the dis
posal of the grand rabbi of France when
funds were needed for the Dreyfus cam
paign. : lie was fond of riding, of golf and of
good pictures. His collection of Louis XVI
furniture was considered one of the finest
In Europe, and on the rare occasions he
entertained he did so In a princely man
ner. At a ball In South Africa several
years ago he presented each of his 800
women guests a large diamond as a
souvenir of the occasion.
He died a bachelor, although It was at
one time reported that he was about to
marry Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg. Like many
other great men, he was too absorbed In
the realisation of his ambition to devote
any time to domestic affairs, and, al
though kind-hearted, he earned the reputa
tion of being a woman-hater.
Leas than forty years ago the first dia
mond waa picked up In South Africa. Belt
was at the time a student at Heidelberg,
for his father, who had amassed a goodly
fortune, was determined his son should
have the education ha himself had so
sorely lucked.
From college he went Into a Hamburg
bank as clerk, and at 21 was taken Into
his father's firm. Demands for credit
were pouring in from Bouth Africa, and
old Belt sent his son to the newly discov
ered diamond fields. He had a free hand
and plenty of money. Credit be gave to
all who were willing to work.
Oil was content to taka diamonds in
payment, and bought first the precious
stones, then the mines themselves. He
met Cecil Rhodes, and with Barnato en
tered Into fierce competition. Prices of
diamonds were hardly remunerative. lie
formed the combine now known as th
De Beers, and the shares he held then.
worth 6, are now standing over 60;
With his associates he extracted over
nine tons of diamonds from the mines,
and later his wealth enabled him to con
trol th gold output, too.
lis had th "gift of th grab," and
HEAVY TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Exchange of Sixty-Five Thousand
Dollars County Monty Authorised
by Resolution Before Board.
Th county commissioner have before
them a resolution authorizing a transfer
of oyer $65,000 from several funds to the
general fund. The matter was taken up
at a meeting of the committee of the whole
Saturday morning, but was postponed until
next. Friday morning, when another meet
ing will be held. The resolution proposes
to take about $30,000 from the road fund
and $40,000 from the bridge fund and the
balance from the Douglas addition Judg
ment, the Insane, the insane Judgment and
th hospital Judgment funds. If this Is
done It will enable the commissioners to
allow several thousands worth of claims
that have been hanging fire for some time.
At the meeting Friday the commissioners
also wilt take up the controversy with the
sheriff on the feeding of prisoners.
At Saturday's meeting Commissioner
Kennard waa authorised to buy a cow for
the detention school. The milk for the
Institution costs about $15 a month, and
It is believed that It would be economy to
secure the cow. The lease on the building
occupied by the detention school has been
extended a year.
BIG HARVEST AND FEW HANDS
Northwest Sendi Down Orj for Von Help
- to Garner Grain.
tmunM '
OMAHA RESPONDS TO THE APPEAL
Employment Agents Here Sending;
Two Hundred Men Dnily Into
the Fields of Dakota
and Minnesota,
CHINAMAN FALLS OFF BOAT
Leo Guy Make Sign that Suggest He
1 Tired of This Weary
World.
Leo Guy, Chinaman, fell from an ex
cursion steamer Friday evening and waa
rescued by Policeman Lickert. It was be
lieved Ouy wanted to end his life, as ha
has been acting strangely for several weeks.
May 6 he was severely assaulted by assail
ants who were never apprehended. The
Celestial has been In Omaha many years.
Omaha employment agonclcs are doing a
rushing business these days, sending har
vest hands Into Minnesota and the Dukotas,
where an extraordinary wheat crop 1
ready to bo garnered. The harvests In
Kansas, Iowa and western Nebraska ais
about finished and the migratory hand
that did the work are now collecting around
Omaha and the other large cities for ship
ment to the more northerly states. Wage
from $2.60 a day to $3, with board and rail
road fare paid, are held up aa Inducements,
for the farmers with the wheat in tli
fields need labor badly and at once.
From 100 to 300 men are being shipped
out of Omaha doily for the harvest fields.
but employment agency managers say they
can take car of all likely to apply, and
then some. Omaha every year furnishes a
respectable quota of hands, who go out
for a few weeks, allured by the high wages
and the generous treatment accorded dur
ing the period to the much-demanded labor.
These local residents are now making
ready to go north.
The local agents do not think the labor
situation is anything nearly as critical a
dispatches from Minneapolis seem to indi
cate. They say the demand, the wage
paid and the supply of hands Is running
about th same as past years, with soma
Increase due to the larger acreage and
bumper crops. They do not anticipate a
labor. famine or anything of that sort, but
aa most of their information is gained
from the railroads, they are hardly la
close touch with the genuine conditions.
Sunday Park Band Music.
George Green has prepared a program
with all sorts of themes for Sunday after
noon at lianscom park. He exerted an
effort to nmke this thn banner program
of th season. The crowds have been In
creasing each Sunday at those park con
certs and are growing In favor:
PART I.
March Imperial Edward Sousa
(a) Benlta A Mexican Intermezzo
Hoffman
(o) I Don't Know Where I'm Going,
but I'm on My Way Hron
Medley 1863 Old-Timer (by request). .Calvin
Cornet Solo Dearie, by Dr. A. D. Laird
Kumincr
PART IL
Homorf of Donnybrook (Irish Over
ture ; Voltl
Overture Bohemian Girl H.ilt
Barrr-d Fantasia In the Cathdrul. . . .Klmg
Musician Strike (Comic Tat-Too
Falirbach
PART III.
Walts The Jolly Dutchman Bennett
Funeral March of a Marlonet (Comic)
Uounod
The Whistler and His Dog 1'ryor
(a) I-oudrr Buck New Ittner
(b) Th Peacemaker Russia, Japan and
America Alford
National Air
The program for the concert by Hunter's
band in Klvervlew park Sunday afternoon
Is as follows:
March liohensollem Ruhm Unrath
Overture Tenipelwelh Killer Mela
Intennesso The Feather Queen Grey
Valse U'lne, Woman and Song Straus
Piccolo Solo Selected
Mr. Artn Wehl.
Selection from "Faust" Gounod
Cupid's Pleadings Voelker
Overture on Popular Songs Berger
Gavotte In a Minul . Hummel
. Vaiso Pttsthor Lauuei
NEWS FOR THE ARMY.
Sergeant Relchardt has Just returned
from a two months' furluuvh at Hot
Springs, Ark., where ho had gone in tli
interest oi nis wiles neaitn.
Only nine young men were accented aa
applicants for enlistment in the United
Suites army at the Omaha, recruiting su.
lion auring me monin ot July, itwo.
This involves the transfer of Seraeant
Ernefct A. Itelchardt of tho Oiuulia re
cruiting parly for several years put from
tne cavalry to Uia liilauitry branch ot lu
service.
Applicants for enlistment are now re
ceived for only the artillery, cavalry, en
gineers ana nospitui urancp.es or tin, serv
ice at the Omaha station. No infuulry
men are being enlisted here only in tho
most exceptional cases.
The new recruiting rules to require that
ull recruiting parties must be ot the In
fantry branch of the service and whre
oilier brandies of the service are repre
sented on the recruiting party force, they
must be transferred to the lnlantry branch,
Thero has been a radical change in tli
methods of recruiting fur the army during
the past few months. Recruits are nut
enlisted directly at the recruiting stations
under the new order of things, but are
merely accepted as "applicant for eiillul
merit. If they pass the pielindnary ex
aminations here as to age and physical
Qualihi utions. which are determined by th
recruiting officers, then tire upptlcant 1
rated as an "applicant for enlistment'' and
Is furnished transportation to Jefferkuri
Barracks, Mo., where he Is again examined
as to ins physical qualifications, and then
be becomes a recruit, if accepted, and la
sworn Into the service. No oath is ad
ministered to him at the recruiting station,
lie is simply pluced on his honor until h
is formerly enllnted as a recruit at Jefter
on barracks. He la sure of Ids transpor
tation to that point, but shouid he con
clude to back out before presenting him
self at the recruiting rendezvous at Jef
ferson Barracks, there la nothing to pi e
vent him doing so and he la Unuiuiie froul
arrest a a deserter.
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