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4 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1D0G. SPRECHER IS FOR SHELDON Editor of IchuTlsr Frse Lance Supports Rtpoblioan Hornless. , WRITtS 0rN LETTER TO SHALLENBERGER - t v , . Democratic Kdltor Oeta Fall Reaao for Independent Kdltar'a Prefer eaee of Sheldon for the Governor's Chair. O'Donahos-Retlmond-Hormile ; Co. Sixteenth and Howard Sfrrati. . : Every day finds us nearer the end of our unpleasant ait-.- uatidn. The noise and confusion Is about over . and, most any day now our opening announce ment will gTeet you. While it will be an in formal and modest affair we will be there With the Goods It has now reached a matter of hours when we hope to meet you in our new quarters. Watch for Announcement STENSLAND HEADS GUILTY Bank WreoYsr Analeid ob Two Chirzes toon After tetchin? Chicn; GIVEN AN iNDcTtRMINATE SLNTENCE Prisoner la Taken to Jollet tad Be gins Ha Term, the Maslmam . of Which Ten Years. CHICAGO, Sept. M. Paul O. Stensland. ie whoa self-confssed embesaleinent oi f400.000 was due chiefly the collapse of the Milwaukee Avenue state bank, was given an Indeterminate sentence' In the peniten tiary within three hour after hie arrival In Chicago today from the east, and before another three hours had elapsed the con victed bank president had begun service of 'the aentence at Jollet. Stensland pleaded guilty on two Indict ments, one charging embesslement and the other charging violation of the atate bank Ink laws. A fine of L was Imposed on the latter charge, which waa baaed upon the acceptance of $60 In deposits after the bank was Insolvent. The sentences imposed, Which will operate conourrtntly, are from one to five and one to ten years, making the longest term the prisoner will be com pelled to serve not more than ten yearn. Crowd at Railway Station, Btensland's arrival In Chicago waa greeted by a crowd of several hundred persona wbo awaited the coming of. the Twentieth Cen tury limited, on which the prisoner and his captors were' passengers. To reach the cab which were to convey the party to the criminal court building It waa neces sary to wait for the police to clear a n m.m mm tn in rra m m tit ninn room by way of which the prisoner was conveyed to the street. The crowd was demonstrative, although offering no vio lence and the effect upon Stensland was noticeable. He became nervous and seem ingly apprehensive of bodily harm. Th drive to the criminal court building was accomplished without Incident. B tales At torney Healy , waa waiting In his private opflea for the arrival of Stensland and the prisoner was hurried, haggard and trembl ing between a double line of police Into Mr. Healy'a preaence. A conference lasting over an hour ensued between Stenaland. Healy. Assistant States Attorney Olson and Barbour and seversl attsches of the office. What Stensland mode known to the states attorney was not divulged. After the con ference Mr. Healy said: "Stensland made a full confession of everything connected with the affairs of the bank, tie has told us of hla own acts and of the acta of others. What he has revealed makes the bank affair leaa dark for himself." Prlaoner Plena1 Gnllty. The court proceedings which followed were conducted hurriedly. Silence fell over the court room as Stenaland faced the bar. Hla -form was shaking with emotion and he "kept" a handkerchief In his hand and frequently brushed away the tears that sprang to hla eyes. Judge Kersten, before whom the proceedings were conducted, ad dressed the prlaoner, whom lie had known for many years as a cltlsen and business man. He reviewed the case briefly and asked If Stensland had any defense to of fer. Upon receiving a negative reply, the court passed aentence and without further ceremony, Stenaland, sheriffs and the states attorneys filed out of the court room. Stensland was not accompanied by friend or attorney during the entire procedure. Stenaland was Joined by his daughter, Mrs. Inga Smdberg as he left the court room and after having had .dinner at a nearby restaurant, they, accompanied by Jailer Whitman and Deputy Sheriff Mc Mahon, were conveyed to the railroad sta tion, where a train waa taken for the penitentiary at Jollet. Before I o'clock all the routine necessary to commit the convicted man to a cell had been completed. Mrs. SandlSerg. who seem ingly was much moved by the evident dis tress of her father, fainted In the warden's reception room at the penitentiary, as the last details of the Incarceration were being completed. Darlnar the A-Sar-Bea Festival The Bee will mall copies to any address In the United Statea without extra charge for postage. Send the friends at home a copy of The Bee dally. They will be Interested. BOISE CITIZEN IS MISSING J. C. Barney, Commander of Idaho Knights Templar, Mysterlonsly Disappears. SPOKANE, Waeh.. Sept. U.J. C. Bur ner of Bolae, Idaho. Right Eminent Com mander of the Knights Templar of Idaho, has mysteriously disappeared. He was last seen In Spokane, Monday morning. He was to Institute a commandery at Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, that night, but never reached that town nor can any trace of htm be found. Beside being; an emlnt-nt Mason he Is colonel in command of Idaho's National guard and a wealthy citizen of Boise. Ak-Sar-Ben Visiters Can have mall addressed to The Omaha Bee. We will see that It Is properly cared for. Open day and night. Willi's Nuve Is to love children, and no home can be completely happy without them, yet the ordeal through which the ex pectant mother must pass usually is so full of suffering, danger and fear that she looks forward to the critical hour with annrrtncirtn art A AraA Mother 8 friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and to prepares the svstem for the ordeal that she passes through T f the event safely and with but llik little suffering, as numbers If L have testified and said, "it . worth its weight in cold" ' li.or bottle of druggists. Book containing valuable information mailed free Ut BaUUCi 0 RtttJUTOR CO.. XtUaU. Ca. OCT'S Tier FT r. tl ere. Jfl s25 TO California Oregon Washington VIA Union , i Every day to October 11. 10. One-Way Colonist rates are la effect to San Praa claco. Lea Angelea and many other California points. To Forilaud. Tacorae, Seattle and many other Oregon and With Ingtoo points. Paoifi Inquire at oztt nont omn, IH4 raraam at Vaeae BoagUa aii. The editor of The Bee la In receipt of an open letter from John C. Sprecher of Bchuy ler, editor of the Free Lance of that place, and addressed to A. C. Bhallenbergsr, demo cratic nominee for governor. Mr. Sprecher In his opening paragraph tells Mi. Shallen berger that the letter Is sent to The IVe for the reason that It would vary likely not be published In the World-Herald. The writer deals at length with the political situation In Nebraska, anylng that he left party politics at Grand leland, where he withdrew from the populist convention, which waa being tried out by the bosf-e. who sought endorsement for a slate. He has since been a free lance In politics. The populist party Is desd, he says, nationally, and exists only In Nebraska as a pie coun ter affair. Mr. Sprecher declares himself a supporter of Roosevelt, and goes In ref erence to Nebraska affairs: "This yesr In Nebraska I am supporting In the Free Lane the nominees 1 am for personally and It happens to be the entire democratic ticket except governor and on that I am for George L. Sheldon because I prefer him to you. I know Sheldon and know that he Is made out of the right kind of stuff. I know what he stands for and have confidence In him to know that he cannot be awerved from his purpose. He stands for sn equitable and lust assessment of the corporations on a proper valuation as compared with' private property valua tion; he stands for the constitutional amendment and the railroad commission with legislative enactment to give them full power to regulate freight rates; he stands for elimination of the railroad pass and a proper reduction In passenger rates. That la good enough for me and know ing the man arid knowing that he Is clear of all corporation Influence. I am for him. Sheldon Is an ideal man for governor of Nebraska, the state of his birth; born and raised on a farm so that he Is In close sympathy with the people of this great agricultural state; educated In our common schools and our great state university; and with this, being a man of right Ideas and one who stands out squarely for what ho believes, makes him a candidate In whom people can have confidence. Influence of the Railroads. "I do not think I have formed any wrong Impression as to you or the situation as It Is in Nebraska this fall. 1 simply prefer Sheldon to you and It Is my privilege to do so and without having to explain. I am under no political obligation to support any particular candidates and am but ex ercising the right given every American cltisen to exercise his right of franchise. Tou are not privileged to take me to task for not supporting you no more than you are to do so as to any other cltlsen who Is not for you; nor have you more privilege to do so than any of the other numerous candidates whom I do not support. "I have not been Influenced by what ycu term 'republican newspsper lies although aome of the statements concerning your nomination sound very reasonable. I have no charges to make because in political matters there ts little chance for proof and aside from the public record of an of ficial one has little substantial evidence to go upon. To charge the worst corporation tool In the state of being a 'railroad man' would be hard to substantiate If he saw fit to deny it. "In the democratic state convention the contest was between you and George W. Berge. and the main argument used against Berge was that he waa not a dem ocrat, but was a populist. Tou and 1 know, and every man at all posted In pub llc affairs knows, that the democratic party Is not clear of railroad Influence. I have no doubt but that It was In this lato democratic convention as It has been In democratic conventlona In the past. And what there was was certainly against Berge and consequently for you. I think the charge agalnat Berge not being a dem ocrat was raised by the element principally to prejudice delegates and defeat him. If Berge was good enough to head the demo cratic ticket for governor two years aero, when he made the great run he did. ho certainly was good enough to again do so, when he was not only the logical candi date, but It was rather his due, especially that the campaign laaues which has to be met are so squarely along the Issues lie raised two years ago. And I say this without being an especial advocate of Berge, simply a friend and admirer. With out charging you as a party to the deal, I believe Berge waa defeated and you nomi nated by the corporation influence which hid behind the cry of a democrat for the head of the ticket. While much of your support came, as you say, from your old congressional district and from the west ern counties, yet I still believe that the In fluerce that brought about the defeat of Berge was the corporations, who were op posed to him. Popnllsm Sot tho Reason. "Regardless of what was behind the cry. the fact that Berge was a populiat and not a democrat waa what caused his turning down, yet every populist Is expected to line up for you, and the same element that was making the cry Is the loudest in the demanda upon the populists. I am not a populist, so It does not touch me In any way. "I have for years considered the railroad pass the root of all evil, and I believe that Its use by the corporations has prevented practically no legislation against them and I in the behalf of the people. I have ever ! adhered to the Idea that the railroad pass I muat first be eliminated before there could be any hope' of legislation for the people along that line. I have had no hesitancy In denouncing the pass as a bribe, and I have denounced public officials and polit ical manipulators who used the samo. I have ever agreed exactly with my friend. Edgar Howard, of the Columbus Telegram on the railroad pass and Its damnable In fluences, and also agreed that a gentleman always returns favor for favor, and that be la a mighty mean man who will accept of a favor and not give one in return. The only difference between Edgar and myself on this la that he applies his logic to re publicans, while I think it applicable to democrats and republicans alike. "The railroads are in politics through tho medium of the paas; eliminate It and they are out of politics for good. "Some of those 'republican lies you refer to say that you have for years been a rail road pass user and been the recipient of many favors at the hands of the railroad companies, not alone when you were a L congressman, but during the years since. Now, as to tnla I do not know, but would like to. and will take your word for it. Tou oaa reply In the columns of the World-Herald and take the public Into your confidence as to any use you made of railroad passes. If you say you have never caed a pass, I will accept of your word and give you due credit and Join with you In referring to the statements aa 'repub lican lies.' "I will say to you that I have used none of these stories and did not Intend to, and had you not brought up the matter In your letter and suggested that t)M Influenced , .i UrU&a, "Stated Kindly Regard this as a Personal Invitation to be Present at this Opening. by them, I should not have referred to them at all. I have been convinced ever since the campaign opened that the corpo rations were fighting Sheldon and preferred you. . Between tho Two Men. "As to whether Senator Sheldon has been guilty of using a railroad pass in the past, I do not know. If he has he is a sub ject of, censure for it. I believe that he ha been clear of It of late and denounces It as an evil. ' " " "Aa to Mr. Sheldon being a farmer and you a banker, that, does not Influence me In the least, because I do not consider that a man's honest occupation should cut any figure. I do not think a farmer any better nor any more honeat than a banker or a lawyer or a merchant or one In any other honorable calling, nor do I think him any- worse. The talk about the 'honest farmer' Is buncombe, aa my legis lative 'experience "taught me,'- because 1 I found sbme of tHeworst crodks In publlo life who were those ao-called 'honest farmers' who' were very cheap. I have never been prejudiced for or against any claas, not even among lawyers, where one finds so much treachery. And I am not prejudiced against a man of means, so he came by It honorably, and in fact think It to his credit, because a man successful In private life is certally the better man for publlo service. I care not for a man's oc cupation In life nor the amount of money he is worth nor not worth, for a 'man' a man for a' that.' " Mr. Sprecher devotes some of his space to discussing the merits of the candidates below governor on the state ticket, the platforms of the two parties and the con gressional and legislative tickets In hla district. He says he Is supporting most of the democratic nominees and concludes hla letter thus: When you come to Schuyler you will have a big crowd out to hear you. I am ad vertising your meeting and will do all I can to get you a houseful and I know that Vou will entertain them as you are capable, our letter reads well; you certainly do me full credit and more and I have no par ticular tight to make on you, but I am for Sheldon. JOHN C. 8PRBCHER. KERN SHOWS UP AUTHORITY (Continued from Third Page.) was hurt. Spreading rails caused the ao- cident. TEKAMAH The funeral of B. E. Dill, who committed auiclde Sunday, was held yesterday at the home of the deceased. A Urge crowd from this place waa in at tendance. FALLS CITY Mr. A. G. Shallenberger, democratlo candidate for governor, made a political speech st the court nous In Kails City Tuesday evening. The crowd In at tendance waa not large. BEATRICE Diphtheria, cauaed the death of a child In the family of Carl Shank to day An outbreak of the dlstase ia feared in west Beatrice and many children are being kept from school. CHADRON Rt. Rsv. James J. Keane, D. D., bishop of Cheyenne. Wyo., delivered an eloquent and Instructive lecture at the Chadron opera house Sunday evening to a large and attentive audience. BEATRICE W. B. McCoy, who has been employed In Wolbach's Clothing store for the last four years, has resigned his position and will locate in wymore, having secured a similar poaltlnn at that place. PLATTSMOUTH A football team, to be known as the Plattsmouth Amauura, will play Ita lirat game oaturday with the high acliool team, i'hey have arranged games with the Omaha, Nebraska, City a.td Ulen wood (la.) teams. FALLS CITY The remains of Joseph Davibscn, wno died Monday, bepiember tt. at Exceislor bpriiiss, were brought u Falls City Tueauay mailt. The funeral will Im held from uis residence, south of Falls City, "inursutiy afternoon. FLATTSMOUTii V llllam Deles Dernier and others tirougtit suit in the district court tu collect irom Canle Carroll the sum 01 taou attorneys' lues. Auer being out ali nlgnt me jury brought in a veruicv In favor oi the deiendant. DAVID CITY-Miae Elisabeth Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Harris, was united In marriage to Mr. George A. Young on Wednesday evening at the home of tne bride In this city. Kev. C. L. Heakelt, pastor of the Baptist church, otflclallug. WEST POINT The West Point News, edited by William H.' Weekea, who moved the paper from Bancroft, has suspended publication through lack of paircnutfe. 'ihe sailor and hla assistant have Acoupied po sitions In the ofllce of the Cuming County Leinocrat. EDO AH The marriage of Mr. Charles W. McKlnley of Kansas City and Miss Verta Eulngton of this city occurred this morning at T o'clock at the home of the brUie e mother, Mrs. E. L. Edlngton, by AN OLD and WKL1V TRIED KKMJCDT. - roM ovsa s.j-ty ysass. htm. a, vnuowi aooTmuo STatrr, ku sms iw mm aiXl i k Eams bjr aUlloa w stomas ir uu cMiuacK walLi tbstsv INO, Wild PKKIBCT SkC4.s.ss. IT SUvlTUal UM CHILD. SOFTKNS Us OtlM. A1XATS sU tAlMi CVKKS WIND COUU, ass Is tas east Ilr (s( lu..M.HoSA. ssts he imttimt la mt put u wri su siu ssS ask Ur MIU. WlMsLOWS oOOTHIXQ SYRCF the Rev. t. E. Humphrey, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. BEATRICE The divorce suit Instituted recently by Christiana Hohl, against John Hohl has been compromised, settled and dismissed In the district court. Mr. and Mrs. Hohl have lived for many years near Odell, and will continue, to reside on the old homestead near that place. PLATT8MO UTH A pretty wedding In the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Peterson In this city at 7:30 o'clock this evening united in marriage their daughter. MJhs May Peterson, and Edmond L. Splea, a machinist for the Burlington In Alliance, Canon H. B. Burgess officiating. OSCEOLA The Polk county fair opened the 26th and continues through the 27th. Indications are strong for a good fair. The feature will take place Thuisday. It will be a race between the Stromsburg and the York horse, the two horses that created such a sensation at the state fair. WEST POINT-Anton Rubin, a well known pioneer farmer, who homestead d land In the '60s near West Point, has died, and was interred under Lutheran auspices yesterday. He leaves a family of grown sons and daughters, who, with his aged widow, survive him. The deceased was held In great esteem by the entire com munity. BEATRICE V. R. Johnson for the last few months, agent for the Adams Express company at this point, yssterday resigned his position to enter the employ of the Scully interests In charge of J. Ed. !. Fisher of this city. He Is succeeded by Frank W. O'Relley, formerly cashier for the Adams Express company at South Omaha. BA88ETT P. H. Davis, county clerk of Rock county, haa been suffering from an attack of appendicitis for the post two' weeks, and last night It waa found neces sary to perform an operation. A surseon from a Chicago medical college happened to be at Long Pine on business and he was called and performed the operation, as sisted by local doctors. EDGAR Mr. George Adklns, the B. & M. telegraph operator here, and Miss Stella Story, daughter of Mrs. M. Story of this city, left by this morning's train for Nel son, where they will be united in marriage, after which they will depart for a short tour In Kansaa to visit the relatives or the groom. They will then return to Edgar where they expect to make their future home. OAKLAND Two thousand head of sheep, belonging to R. A. Templeton of Tekamah, were unloaded at the Burlington stock yards here Monday afternoon and will be driven from here acroas the country to Mr. Templeton'a ranch north of Tekamah. Mr. Temepleton stsrted from Wyoming with 6,000 head of sheep, but Inst all but f.ono In a wreck on the Burlington near Alliance. WEST POINT The semi-annual convo cation of the priests of the West Point deanery took place here yesterday under the presidency of Rt. Rev. Richard Dcan nell, blahop of Omaha. Numerous priests of the district were in attendance and many matters of ecclesiastical Importance were discussed and acted upon. During the convocation a solemn requiem hlgn maas was celebrated for the benefit of the deceased priests of the deanery. LEXINGTON Frank Kalley. the man who created so much exoitement in this city last Sunday afternoon by getting drunk and driving his family out of their house at the point of a revolver and hold ing a crowd of men at bay by pointing the gun at them from an upper window, waa brought before the board of insanity last evening and pleaded guilty to the charge of being a dipsomaniac, and waa sentenced to the asylum ai Lincoln aa such. TECUMSEH Owing to the slight sickness of Senator E. J. Burkett, - detaining him from filing hla appointment at Cook, this county, last evening, Hon. Norrls Brown, republican candidate for United States senator and Prof. J. L. McBrlen, republi can candidate for superintendent of publlo Instruction, filled the date. Both gentle men spoke and each succeeded In pleasing the audience,. A good eised crowd was in attendance and all went home well pleased with the addresses. . BEATRICE T. R. Calvert of the Price Installment houas of Lincoln visited Beat rice today and swore out complaints against L. P. Monlux and George Mora, wh were fined the other day for peddling goods without a lioense. The men are In the em ploy of the company and are charged with making out bogus contracts, disposing of the goods at half price and pocketing the money. They left this place for St. Paul, Minn., and an officer will be sent there to arrest the men If they can be apprehended. AUBURN The Nemaha County fair opened up yesterday with a good attend ance. The exhibits are now all in and It la one of the best exhibitions ever dis played In the county. The display of fruit, vegetables and all kinds of cereals la espe cially fine. The exhibition - of live stock and poultry Is probably better than bas been exhibited by any other fair In the state this year. This ts School day at the fair, and the largest crowd Is In attend ance now that has ever been on the ground during the twenty-one previous annual ex hibitions. BEATRICE At the regular meeting of the city council last night the claim of H. L. Gardner for building sewers In sewer district No. t, amounting to 13 30 61, wao allowed. The claim has been held up for several months by the council upon recom mendation of the city engineer that the work was not done according to contract. Mr. Gardner recently repaired the sewer In controversy, and by this means secured the payment of the claim. In an exhaustive report Architect Grant pronounced the exits to the Paddock opera house entirely Inadequate, and suggested the reopening of the exit on Court street In addition to those now in use. The committee followed this with the recommendation that such changes be made at once. An ordinance slightly changing the boundary of the First ward was passed. A bid for the construction of sanitary sewers in the northeast part of town was submitted by H. C. Gardner of Lincoln. He offers to do the work for Important to Oat-of-Town Visitors to Ak.tar-Ben. Read next Sunday's Bee. It contains announcements and advertisements of BIG SALES at the leadlns; stores In Omaha next week. Great bargains planned by nmafisi msransnts rnr all wno nav noma r to the King. Many other things it win pa you to know, In next Sunday s Bee. Order a copy NOW. We pay the postage. THIS OMAHA BEE. Prosperity Strike Fonees. The Anchor Manufacturing company hsvs Increased their business this year mors than 10 per cent, ores any year since its estab lishment In Omaha, nine years ago! They have Just added new machinery and have more than doubled their former capacity la the manufacture of Iron and wire fenc ing and are today offering the largest and most complete line of lawn and cemetery fences made in the west. They have Just opened new show rooms at 107 North Seventeenth street, and are showing a line of goods that are real dreams of artlstlo beauty. Strike Coaforoneo Bnde. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. . At the office of General Manager Henry Miller of the Wabash railroad It was ststed this morn ing that the conference with the striking bollermakera, machinists and blacksmiths would probably not be continued today, owing to the fact that General Manager Miller had to give hla attention to other matters. No statement could he secured concerning the present status of the con ference, but it Is believed a proposition haa been submitted for consideration by the strikers. NEXT SUNDAY'S BEE Ak-Bar-Ben number. Bend copies to your out-of-town friends. We pay the postage. Government Bnys Silver. WASHINGTON, Sept 2t.-The director of the mint today purchased 200,000 ounces of line silver at tt.7f cents, to be delivered at the Denver (Colo.) mint rmm a ssiiia Let's all pull together A special invitation from every Omaha business house, in Omaha's representative newspaper, will convince the people outside of Omaha that there will be something doing" Ak-Sar-Ben week. The Ak-Sar-Ben Number of The Bee, Sunday, Sep tember 30, will eclipse all former Ak-Sar-Ben numbers. Get in line let everybody know that we are all alive. Telephone to Douglas 238 and we will have a representative call. This number will be a great advertisement for Omaha and a great opportunity for every Omaha business house. This is one of the times for Omaha business men to pull together. Kindly let us have your copy early. Our advertising de partment will assist in preparing your copy, if desired. Telephone to Douglas 238 i