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FIFTY-NINE DEAD AT MOBILE
rmrt to Bnildinei nd hipping. About
TiTt Villion TolUn.
ENORMOUS LOSSES Af OTHER POINTS
Twntyrlv re Dead ot Pensacola
nnd ls at Folate Along Mississippi
one 4 Maar Boats Atf
Mrfrhrd.
BIRMINGHAM. All., S'pt. 29-Mubll It
till cut oft from th outside world. Dls
patche Just reaching here by mull, which
left Mobile at 1:30 a. ni., Saturday, say
that tha city will suffer' A loa of t5.000.ono
ill damme to buildings, steamboats, ship
ping, rallsoad and commercial house The
famou shell mad Is gone and probably will
not be rebuilt. Fifty-nine men are known
to have lost their lives at points near the
city, the loa being heaviest at Coden.
Following is a corrected list of the deed
near Mobile:
At Coden:
MRS. KLOSKEY.
MRS. Pl'SIE CREVALT .ERE.
MR AND MRS. WERNETH
MISS I'NA WERNKTH, body not recov
ered. At Bclancourt:
MRS. TI'RNKR.
MISS M'RAE.
MISS WIM'OX.
MR CLARK.
MRS. CLARK AND TWO CHILDREN,
aged 1 and 1 vears.
MRS CLARK'S MOTHER-IN-LAW.
MAJOR 8TVENS.
THREE ALEXANDER CHILDREN.
MRS HAZEN AND TWO CHILDREN.
HID THOMAS.
TWO CHILDREN, MABEL AND LP
THER COX.
MISS ANNIK WATTS, school teacher.
I.LLA WILCOX.
At Kipling: '
PAYHON MORGAN (colored)..
At I Mchampa:
OLLIK IK) N LIN. brother of Phaetone
Donlln. tux collector, and two children.
DICK WARRICK' 8 WIFE (colored).
At Bayou La. Ret re:
TWO BOHEMIANS (unknown).
At Heron Bay:
TWENTY DROWNED, no names could
be ascertained. I
At Rons Conr:
MRS. FRANK ALEXANDER.
MISS MARY ALEXANDER.
. MISS J. ALEXANDER.
MRS. COOPER AND SON.
Tweatf Dead at Pensneoln.
PENSACOLA. Fla . Sept. S.-The vat
neas of the destruction wrought by the hur
ricane of Thursday morning is now being
realised. Twenty-five persons are known to
have been drowned. They are:
QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT OVER
ZANDER. MRS. EVA F. PRENTICE AND BABY.
PRIVATE JORDAN.
AN ARTILLERYMAN, name not given.
EDWARD HI GHES.
NEGRO MAN AND WIFE, names not
given. t
MR8. LEB8TAN GONZALES.
GEORGE GONZALES
MRS. T. F. MATTHEWS AND TWO
SMALL CHILDREN.
THREE SEAMEN from a British steamer
at the quarantine hospitn), names not
given.
ATTENDANTS COLLIER AND ROSS
of the quurantlne hospital.'
TWO GREEKS at Baartnd.
GEORGE MORAN. WIFE AND DAUGH
TER. A FISHERMAN, name not given
Only four bodies have been recovered,
those of Mrs. Prentice. George Morganand
daughter and George Oontales.
Searching parties arc tearing away the
debris strewn along tha , beach and, al
though several bodies have been aeen, the,
workers have as yet bean unable to reach
them.
Looters followed In the waka of the hur
ricane and fifteen extra policemen ara on
guard. Calls for charity hav been mode
(0 assist the poor And everything possible
to relive tha 1000 homeless Is being dona.
Santa Rosa quarantine station, across tha
bay from tha city, has been demolished.
There went eight seamen In ' tha hospital
from a British steamer. The hospital
building was carried away, the eight men
clinging to tha roof. Flva were washed up
upon thla side after a night of terror on the
bay, and the other three were drowned
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lh l'Uce lo Dur a. New Organ
with twa flumes. The fnlted Stat ansr
antlns station has been destroyed.
Damage ta Fort.
Enotmotis damage to both life snd prop
erty waa dona at several of the army forts
and naval ststlons along the gulf coast
by the recent hurries ne..
Msjor General James F. Wade, command
log the Atlantic division, reported to the
War department that all civilian wei
killed at Fort Morgan, Ala., and one en
Hated .man la missing. The damage to the
post Is estimated st tW.nno. Chief Quar
termaster Modgson at Atlanta reported to
Quartermaster General Humphrey the nine
facts, adding that the fort was completely
Inundated.
'Authority wss telegraphed to Captain
Thomas B. Pwyer. commandant of Fort
Morgan, to make such repairs as are neces
sary In the present emergency. In addi
tion Quartermaster 'General Humphrey hus
ordered to that post L. H. Doten, civil en
gineer attached to the quartermaster's de
partment, and Sedley W. Chapln, civil en
gineer and superintendent of construction
at Fort Hamilton, to direct the work of re
pair. J
Captain Lawrence S. Miller, commandant
of Fort Barrancas, Fla., reports that three,
enlisted men are nilsvlng from that post,
that Fort McRae was almost totally de
stroyed and that Fort Plckena suffered se
verely. Vessels Can Be Raised.
The naval tugs I'ncas and Hercules from
this city and tha Osceola from Key West
have been ordered by the Navy depart
ment to proceed to the naval station at
Pensacola. Fla., to render such assistance
as may be possible. Rear Admiral Wash
ington L. Cappa, chief naval constructor,
has been ordered to go to Pensacola to In
vestigate tha damage and report to tha de
partment. Rear Admiral Capps said to
flay tbat all of the vessels sunk at Pensa
cola probably can be raised and repaired,
but that the work will require much time
and money.
Superintendent Kimball of the life sav
Ing service today received telegrams from
Senator Mullory and Superintendent
Broadbent. stating that the Santa Rosalia
life saving station near Pensacola, Fla.,
had been destroyed and the crew 1 with
out money or clothes. On receipt of this
disputed Superintendent Kimball immedi
ately wired. Superintendent Broadbent to
find quarter for himself and men and that
Superintendent Hutchlngs at Qalveston
had been ordered to Pensacola at once to
pay off tha Santa Rosalia crew and to do
whatever els was necessary for the com
fort of tha men. ..
Report f Commander Blrkurll.
The following telegram was received at
the Navy department from tha command
ant of the Pensacola navy yard, detailing
the great damage suffered by the govern
ment In the recent storm:
PENSACOLA, Sept. .-Secretary of War:
Machlas at moorings In bnsln. Wsban
Sunk at wharf. Coal barge No. 1. Accomac
and Vixen high on beach at west end of
yard. Gloucester on beach outside of yard
west. Wooden dry dock destroyed. CosI
almost gone. Permanent wharf destroyed.
Piles standing on the old coal wharf and
the steel dry dock wharf and ah-imunltl)n
wharf damaged. Also Undone sunk. Barge
ashore. Broken up target raritfe. ' House
destroyed. The Isla de Luson floe ting In
basin, but leaking. Steel dry dock appar
ently undamaged. Havy wreckdge in
yard. Trees uprooted. Wlreles top gallant
masts gone. All 'electrical wires wrecked.
Power plant damaged and not working.
Buildings generally damaged by wind. One
house uninhabited. Water damage to mn
chlnery on ground floor. No live lost In
navy yard. (Signed) - BICK.NELL.
Tha. military secretary has. received the
following telegram from Captain Dwyer,
oommandlng at Fort Morgan, at the en
trance of Mobila harbor, dated yesterday:
Tha post has been swept by a terrific
storm, the entire post having been under
water.' Every building In the post Is seri
ously damaged and some hava been de
stroyed completely, including the pumping
station, which furnished the water sup
ply ; ordnance storehouse, quarterinastr
storehouse, two primary ststlons. with In
struments; ths quartermaster's dock and
the main water tank. It Is thought possi
ble to. have water transported from Mo
bil temporarily after the storm subsides.
Request authority for necesssry emergency
repairs Request Inspector b sent to as-
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Damage Along Mississippi and.
NEW ORLEANS. 8pt. 3. Six person
dorwned, eight gnod-slsed sailing vessels
wrecked, about thirty smsller vessels sunk
or ashor and property damage of more
than tl.mn.noo wss the result of th hurri
cane' In tha Mlsslisslppi sound. Th full
extent of the dlssster there became known
todpay when Ship island, Cat and Horn
Islands were heard from. They had been
completely submerged, according to th re
ports jif tugs sent out from the' mainland
I th Islands to Investigate.
All the loas of life and the greater part
of th wreckage occurred at thk eastern
end of the sound, about fifty miles away
from Mobile. The worst catastrophe was
at Horn Inland, where Light Keeper John
son, with his wife and daughter, were
swept Into the gulf with their lighthouse
and drowned. - One negro waa drowned
when the schooner Daisy of New Orleans
went ashore on Horn Island. During the
storm two bodies were seen floating In
Pascsgoula bay, but were not recovered.
Psscagoula lighthouse wss partly demol
ished. The assistant keeper, Gaston
Pertevsnt, saved his wife and two chil
dren at the height of the storm by lower
ing them Into a launch with ropes. He
then climbed safely Into the launch him
self. The head keeper was rescued In
the open bay. where he was drifting in a
mall boat without osrs.
The federal quarantine station at Ship
Island was badly crippled, the isolation
ship and Dr. Moticrue's residence being
the only building on the Island to escape
damage.
Three men were In the Klondike building
on Ship Island, which was demolished and
they wer swept out to sea. The shift
In the wind cam when they were a half
mile off shore and swept them back safely
to land. The bark Baumen with a charge
of dumber and the Norwegian bark. Anna,
with t2O,0iiO worth of lumber, were blown
upon Horn Island and left lying on the
beach. Their crewa were saved by tug
boats which put out from the mainland.
On Ship Island four vessels were wrecked,
the ship Hercules and barks Nuemburg,
Hagdalena and Sagda. A report from
Meridian. Miss., today, says that Blloxl,
one of the towns on the sound was reported
destroyed. New Orleans lias hsd communi
cation by rail with Blloxl all day and
no serious damage wss done there. Outside
of shipping destroyed the main property
loss to the sound cities occurred about
Pensacola. Fifteen lumber mills located
there reported many of their buildings and
machinery rased to the ground. Large
quantities of pine timber virtually were
destroyed.
Attempts by the Louisville & Nashville
road to run wires were without success.
Western Union. Cumberland Telephone and
Postsl Telegraph wires all went down at
thla point.
Hourly the accounts of the magnitude of
Thursday's storm In Mlnstsalppl became
mor serious today, as the Interrupted
telegraphic communication with that state
waa resumed In every direction. Town after
town in the Interior wired her that build
ings had been blown down, lives endangered
and crops blown flat In the fields.
Wrecks Along; Coast.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. -Hourly th
accounts of the magnitude of Thursday's
storm In Mississippi became more serious
today, as th Interrupted telegraphic com
munication with that state was resumed In
every, direction, 'Town after town in the
interior wired here that buildings had been
blown down, lives . endangered and -crops
blown flat la th Held.
Simultaneously there arrived an enumer
ation of an almost unbrokn line of wreck
age of shipping on the gulf coast in the
direction of Mobile. However, all reports
of this situation ended abruplty at a point
about fifty miles west of Mobil. In ad
dition to the shipping washed ashor op
th mainland, first reports came in todsy
of vessels wrecked or stranded on the
chain of Islands out In the gulf which form
ths Mississippi sound. .
Th little, news which arrived from the
Mississippi river delta added to .the prop
erty damag reported there, but, although
tha lower end of the delta had been sub
merged as far as th eye could reach, and,
although ateamers coming up the river re
ported that they passed floating household
goods, no loss of life ' was reported. It
may be several days before the details ar
teamed about the fishing and oyster coun
try In th low delta lands, which are
Isolated even from quarantine and Pilot
town, th only place on th lower river
having telegraphic communications with
this city.
Fart St. Pklllv Damaged
- Damages of 110,000 at Fort Bt. Philip, lo
cated about sixty miles below her on th
Mississippi liver, wer reported todsy by
Incoming steamer. A portion ef th levee,
rected to protect th fort against Just
uch tldss, la reported to bava broken and
allowed th magaslne to flood. New quar
ter under process of erection wer also
reported swept away.
Many of th Mississippi reports express
apprehension about th rural negro popula
tion, earing their little cabins hav been
blown down by scores. All report thus
far received agree that damag to the cot
ton crop will be th most serious result of
the storm In Mississippi. These reports
ar by no means comprehensive, but they
ar well scattered and they agree upon 30
to J8 per cent estimat of th loss.
On th Mississippi gulf cosst. In addi
tion to th twenty-five small schooners
reported wrecked last night. Ship and Cat
Islands, In Mississippi sound, hava flv
wrecked barks on thslr shores. Thar is
doubt about th namea of these wrecks,
which wer Imperfectly made out. The in
formation was brought to New Orleans by
launch via Lak Pontchartraln. Th bark
Number- and Hercules are reported as
total wrecks. The Norwegian bark Man
dellna (or Mandalay) Is full of water and
a Norwegian bark, name made out as
Bigrav, was partly dismantled. An Amer
ican bark, nam given as Florlue, was
ashore and pounding to pieces.
Storm Cats Levee.
In th Mississippi river delta th damage
to Fort Si. Philip was reported by tw
pilots, who made a trip up th river Im
mediately after th storm. They said that
back water from th gulf covered tha land
in th vicinity of th fort for a distance
of flv miles along ths river. At a point
seventy-thre miles down th river they
an Id ths hurricane tide opened a hoi In
th Mississippi river levee and It was not
until late Thursday afternoon that the gulf
water stopped flowing through this break.
The pilots also saw fisherman's lugger
boata lying on the land high out of water.
They reported that the wind had carried
several over-head claterns Into th Missis
sippi and driven them across th river,
leaving them stranded on ths opposite shore
front their owners. Th pilots also brought
complaint from orange growers that about
M per cent of th orange wer blown from
th tree.
Totbs Ar Demolished.
MERIDIAN. Miss.. Sept. Information
from Mobil by train thla morning brought
th report that Coden, Ala., and Bayou
La Batr hav been wiped off th map and
that but on hous. th Julius horns. Is
left standing at Coden.
Among th dead ar some of th moat
prominent peopl of th tat. Including
th wlf and youngest daughter of But
Senator . MORa of Washington county,
Major D. J. Steven. Olive Werneth, wlf
and youngest daughter and H. O. Turner,
a leading lumberman.
Th entire west ahor below Mobila Is
reported completely devastated. Twenty-
mor were reported a known to tiav per
ished. Many bodies of negroes ar In
cluded In this report and th survivor of
th race are terror-stricken and helpless.
The whites of th vicinity ss well as
msny from Mobil r reported as haWng
heavily armed themselves and patrolling as
much of the devsstnted territory as possi
ble. In order to protect th victim and
their property and to compel th uninjured
and terrified negroes to assist In the work
of. sslvag.
Train from Mlle.
T. LOUIS, Sept. J.-Th first train
over th Mobil V Ohio road from Mobil
arrived this morning, having left Mobil
at 1:30 yesterday morning, after having
been delayed there for thlrty-alx hours,
tatemeat by Cadartor.
C. 8. Clayton, the" Pullman conductor of
the train, who also pasaed through the
Mobile storm, made the following state
ment: "The damage to Mobile cannot yet
told. When the train pulled out of Mobil
yesterday morning the water was sweeping
Into the city from the gulf and the wind
was still blowing hard. For four blocks
north x from the water front the water
stood from four to six feet deep In the
buildings and the damage to the contents
will be great. T am sure the loss of life
has been exsggerated. I understand that
one white man was drowned on the first
floor of the Southern hotel while trying to
escape from th flooded building. Three
negroes wer drowned on the outskirts
while trying to save live stwk. A negro
baby was killed by felling debris It wss
reported "that ten or fifteen people Inst their
lives when Ave boats' on the bay front
wer wrecked and sunk. The pier of th
Mobile Ohio road was b!ovn to
pieces. Chtlst's Episcopal church was
badly damaged. The Cnwthorne and Bien.
ville hotels were damaged to a grent ex
tent. Bienvlllle park is a mass of f.tllen
trees. The force of the hurricane unroofnd
houses generally over the city and uprooted
trees, and all the while rslii poured In a
torrent. 1
Storm Gnea iorth.
"For lno miles north of Mobile the storm
did much damage, carylng off roofs and de
stroying cotton snd corrt slong the route.
At Citronvllle. Ala., two houre were blown
down and It is said tht one or two per
sons were killed. '
"We had several passenger out of Mo
bile that bad been In the hurricane at Mont
gomery, Ala., ami they say that the dam
age there is very large. The Pullman car
that they were on whs attached to a train
on the Louisville A Nashville railroad that
wss held near Montgomery for eighteen
hours. Everything was as dry as could
be at !:S0 a. m. Thursdsy at Montgomery,
and at 8:30 a. m. the passengers on th
train. Including the Pullman passengers
that were on my train, had to wade from
the train in water up to their arms, and
some of them narrowly escaped drowning.
Th damage to the south hy the hurricane
and tidal wave cannot be told jvt nt all. ao
great Is It, ss I learned, freni all parts of
the south. The damage alone to the cotton
crop will 'be - several millions of dollars
aside from the damage to the sttrnrcane
and corn crop. All along th' line to Cor
inth, Miss.-, effects of the storm could be
seen in th destruction of the cotton nnd
corn."
COLORED LOVERS FALL OUT
Woman Waats Man Arrested and
Jadge (Jives Roth Ten
Day In, Jail.
Babe Roach, colored, who lives at 115
North Eleventh street, was the principal
In a spectacular light Friday afternoon,
which landed her in the city Jail. Friday
afternoon Tommy 6mith, who lives at
th Roach hone, went to the police station
and requested the police to arrest her
former friend, Babe Roach, on the charge
of threatening her life, for Tommy Smith
is one of the gentler sex, notwithstanding
her name. She became abusive In the
station and was locked up, but waa soon
released on ball. When-she returned home
and Bab Roach ' found out what was
brewing the Roach woman, who Is a buxom
damsel, chased Tommy . Smith Injo th
street and beat her up, tearing half the
clothe off her back In the proceedings.
Babe Roaoh told th police Judge, " 'Deed,
Judge, I was fighting fair," but the Judge,
having not qualified as a referee, presented
each of the belligerents with a sentence
of ten days In the county Jail.
MISS KELLEY VISITS OMAHA
Secretary' of National Consumers'
Leals Will Speak Here
Eighth of October.
Mrs.' Florence Kelley, secretary of th
National Consumers' league, will spend
Monday, October , in Omaha and will
speak at ths First Congregational church
at 1:30 p. m. Instead of the evening, aa
formerly announced. Th hour ha been
changed owing to an evening meeting that
will requlr th attendance of many Inter
ested In the work of the league. Superin
tendent Davidson has arranged for alt
principals Interested to leave ther school
In time to hear Mrs. Kelley.
Mr. .Kelley will be guest of honor at a
luncheon to be given at noon Monday by
the Social Bervlce club at th First Pres
byterian church. Preparation is being mad
for about 300 rovers, invitations having been
extended to local candidates for the legis
lature, the Judges and others Interested In
th Juvenile court work, besides th mem
bers of the club. Mrs. Kelley and others
will speak at that time. t
SIX . CHILDREN IN PLIGHT
In Hands of Parents I'nflt ns Gaar
dlaaa. According to
Ellison.
Superintendent Ellison of the Nebraska
Humana society applied Saturday morning
to Judge Sutton for the custody of six
children of th family of Ernest Custer. 12H
South Fourth street, til contention of the
Humane society officer being that the par
ents ar not proper guardians for th
children.
Mr. Ellison said Mrs. Custer sent two of
her girls, 8 and I years of nge, to a saloon
Friday for whisky. Mr. Ellison's Investi
gation showsd that the mott.er of 'th chil
dren was entertaining riotous company
Friday. Theslx children the Humane so
ciety is trying to remove from their prevent
surroundings are: Bertha, 12; Tootsy. J;
Freda. ; Elisabeth, 4; twins, t months of
are. Th aeventh child Is a girl of 14 and
regularly employed.
ANHEUSER ALONE FOR PLACE
Claims to Be Only Candidate for
Chairman Democratic Ceaaty
Committee.
F. W. Anhueser. defeated candidate for
legislature nomination, claims to h the
first and only candidate for chairman of
tha democratic county committee. He also
claim to hav th support of Dahlman and
antl-Dahlman democrats. Th candidates
meet soon to select a chairman.
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ROOSEVELT DIN ES WITH CREW
Pmidaut PtTi Unexpected Honor to
Jackie oa Battleship Missouri.
EXECUTIVE WITNESSES TARGET PRACTICE
Later He Has HI Photograph
I 1-tcn I K t lnlA,ia, flan
Crew High Scores
Med.
BARNSTABLE,' Mass., Sept. 39. Presi
dent Roosevelt viaited the North Atlantic
fleet off Cape Cod today and left with
enthusiastic praise for the officers and
crews of the fleet. The crew of the battle
ship Missouri, on which the president spent
the day, cheered themselves hoarse as he
left the ship at 1:30, for they hud had an
honor paid them which no other crew in
the navy had ever received. The president
and his guests sat down to dinner with
the Jackie. This feature of the trip was
a surprise both to the officers and Mie
men.
When the Missouri left the target ground
and returned to its anchorage and the
first mess call was sounded on a marine's
trumpet, the notes had not ceased echo
ing throughout the fleet when the presi
dent called Admiral Evans to his srde and
ssid that he and his guests would take
dinner with the sailors. The necessary
orders wer Issued and the sailor Jumped
to their feet in surprise when they saw
President Roosevelt walk on the after
gundeck and take his place at a table where
he and his guests had the same mess that
was being served to the sailors at . the
surrounding tables.
President Refuses Kapkln.
One of the men observing that there
were no napkins at the president's table,
rushed to the ward room to procure the
necessary table linen. When he returned
the president thanked him, but said he was
"dining with th boys" today and would
have no privileges which they did not
enjoy. The sailors, pleased with the presi
dents sctlon, took no further steps until at
the conclusion of the dinner when they
sent to the president's table a box of
cigar which ' had been obtained by sub
scription from th navy canteen.
President Roosevelt left for Oyster Bay
this afternoon after he had received a
long dispatch from Secretary Taft, dealing
with th situation in Cub.
Th president arrived at the entrance
of Cape Cod bay at about 9 o'clock this
morning. Rear Admiral Evans left the
flagship Main shortly afterward and went
to the president' yacht, accompanied by
Congressman C. Lovering. At o'clock
the president boarded the Missouri. ' Af
his request the usual presidential salute
of twenty-one guns was omitted.
The moment the presidential party ar
rived on the Missouri the champion of the
North Atlantic, fleet started , out to the
target grounds. On th way the president
visited the various parts of the ship. In
spected th turrets, ward rooms, etc.
' Tnrsret Practice Begin.
Firing at the targets, anchored 1.8H0 yards
away, was begun almost immediately.
While the six-inch guns;were being fired
the president stood behind the gun crew
and watched through a strong gl;ts the
admirable marksmanship displayed.- Every
shot fired found the target, not a miss being
recorded.
When the ship turned and went back over
the course President Roosevelt went to the
forward turret, where the big twelve-Inch
guns were being prepared. During the
firing of these guns he did not remain in
the turret, the mechanism having been ex
plained to him earlier in the day.
When the ship returned to Its anchorage
a newspaper photographer asked the presi
dent to pose for a picture, and the presi
dent Immediately gave his consent on con.
dltion that bis picture should be taken with
the victorious gun crew.
After the regular practice began, n order
to show th president the value of the team
work in training, trials were held from
the turrets and six-Inch guns, the maneu
vers being the same as In actual firing,
except that dummy charges were used In
stead of powder. This whs followed by
target practice at 1.6S0 yards with six-inch
guns and twelve-Inch turret guns, the
speed of the ship being ten knots and the
slse of the targets 17x30 feet.
Scores of Highest Crews.
Th following score were made:
Th forward turret, in charge of Lieu
tenant T. Lw Johnson, fired eight shots,
making eight hits. In one run across the
range at the rate of 2.28 hits pr turret per
minute. The trainer was itenjamin Hare,
Iranian; the right gun pointer was W.
Uibbons, boatswain's mate; left pointer
Charles Blanc-hard, boatswain's mate, and
L. K. Boer, turret captain.
The lx-lnch guns wre fired by three
pointers each pointer firing eight shots
and making eight hits. The first six-inch
gun pointer made hits per gun per
minute, the second pointer made 9.1 hits
prr gun per minute and the last pointer
made 9.4 hits per gun per minute.
FATHER AND SON ARE WANTED
Two Men posed to Be la Omaha,
Says Letter from Woman
in Denver.
Chief of Police Donahue has received an
urgent letter from Mrs. Williams of ii4
Blake street. Denver, requesting the as-
Established in
KANSAS CITY. SALT LAKE CITY.
ststance of the police In finding Otla Mason
and Frank Muson, father and son, who are
believed to have formerly resided In Omaha.
Mason and his son came to Omaha from
Red Oak, la., and worked for some time aa
papcrhaugers. Mis. Williams enclosed a
pathetic letter, which she wished given
to Mr. Mason. In case he was found, stat
ing that his mother had died recently and
left his sisters In poor circumstances.
SHELDON AND BROWN ON ISSUE
(Continued from Third Page.)
Striuhel lying unconscious, bleeding from
ninny cuts and bruises on the face and
body. The bottle contained tiitro-glycerln.
He was removed to a hospital in Sedalia,
and later to St. Louis, snd report has U
that he has a very slight chance of re
covery. BEATRICE-Rawlins' Woman's Relief
corps held s largely attended meeting
yesterday and disposed of considerable
business. Two new members were elected
and reports of committees sunibitted. An
Invitation was extended to the corps and
post at Wymor to meet with the local
corps on Thursday, October 11.
PLATTSMOl'TH The Plattsmouth Tele
phone company completed the work on
the large towers near Gibson yesterday, and
the wires connecting -the South Omaha ex
change with the Independent company s ex
change in Council Bluffs were strung acrm
the river Friday, thus securing telephone
communication with lOO.Ono telephones In
Iowa. i
CLAY CENTER A Wn belonging to J
P. Schroder, a farmer living three miles
esst of this cltv. cauaht nre flatiirrl;iv
morning. Six horses were burned, together
with a large amount of grain, farm ma
chinery, buggies, etc. The can' of the tire.
I not known. The loan is .bout tl.DDj, part y
covered -by insurance.
VORK-i-Tho business men of "York, 'in
consideration of the services of tlilef of
Police Jonas Brewer, have nurchnsed snd
given him a tailor-made blue broadcloth
chief's suit, helmet hat, policeman's club
and overcoat. The chief is probab'y the
largest policeman In' the I'niteU States,
weighing nearly 400 pounds and standing
about, seven feet in height.
BEATRICE T. H. Busuewm. the' fsrmer
who assaulted his wife yesterday at their
home northeast of Pickrell while under
the Influence of liquor, was given a hearing
before the insanity board last evening on
sn inebriacy charge. At the close of the
hearing he was adjudged sn Inebriate and
ordered committed to the asylum. He waa
taken to Lincoln Saturday -morning by
Sheriff Trude. ' ' ' -
DAVID CITY-Severa! land deals of con
slderable Importance have been closed by
local parties in thla community. Ben Monl
sel sold his quarter, north of town, to
B. Schlents, for ll.6"i and In return bought
240 acres of W. A. Foxe s farm, southeast
of town, for a consideration of 30,5rtO. John
Danaher purchased the Jake Demouth 160
act farm for M4.000.
BEATRICE The annual reception to the
new city teachers was held last evening
by their associate at tht home of Miss
Ann Day. A banquet was held snd toasts
were responded to by many about the ban
quet board. Hup i luluniicn t C. A. Ful
mer was toastmaster. There were about
sixty guests present, Including members
of th Board of Education.
AINSWORTH The Brown county fair
has been a success from start to finish.
The farmer placed on exhibition much
fine registered atock and poultry. The
farm produce waa immense. The running
and trotting races each day were spirited.
On Friday, the closing day. there were
over LOuO people on the ground.
YORK J. V. Hyder has sold his stock
of hardware to A. E. Grant of. Albany,
N. Y. "Tink" Hyder Is on of York's pio
neer business men. and a veteran fireman,
who has taken part in every Are tourna
ment held in the state, and who developed
and trained many York teams which won
the state championship time after time.
His many friends regret to lesrn that owing
to the state of his health Mr. Hyder con.
templates moving to California.
DAVID CITY-Mr. and Mrs. Nick Haatert
received a message from their daughter,
of Alton, la., announcing the sad news that
Nick Hasten, jr., who has been visiting
theie since about August .1, was drowned
on Sunday evening in a small stream, while
he. In company with a young (rlend, were
In swimming. The body waa not found
until Thursday evening about 6 o'clock.
As the body was not in condition to be
shipped, the remains were laid to rest at
Alton, la. The family all left here Friday
to attend the funeral.
WAHOO The third annual meeting of
the Thirty-first Diuirlct Rebekah assem-
I bly was held In this city this week In the In-
1 J i . 1 M . . .1 , ..-11 T'
ut'fjviiunii wi urr ui mm rrnuna nail. i n
following wer th officer elected for th
issuing year: Miss Helen Jacobs. Wahoo,
president; Verdlt Doilge, North Bend, vice
president; Carrie NilT. Wahoo. secretary;
Mrs. Marshall. Arlington, treasurer; Mr.
Tansuila, Fremont, warden. The prise
banner for the secret work contest was
won by Mrs. MacFruch of Wahoo. The
next meeting Is to b held In North Bend
next year.
BENEDICT York county farmeia are
drilling in thousands of acres of winter
wheat. The estimated acreage la about So
per rent of th cultivated laud In York
county. Farniera coming from a-aatem
atates, Iowa and Illinois, rtcotuiixn the
great advantage York county f aimers have
over them. They admit that the soil Is
richer and more productive and that York
county farmers can ralae Just as largo, if
not larger, crops of corn snd then raisi
from twenty-five to fifty-five bushels of
wheat to the acre, besides alfalfa, tie great
hay crop, tbat cannot be raised In eastern
states.
WEST POINT Twenty member of the
West Point Woman's club attended the first
I meeting of th year at the home of Mr.
J. t . ciuon. iiuoisuons iruni irvnig s
sketches were given in response to roll call,
after which the following program was
riven: Readings from "Alhanibra," Mrs.
Jessie Krauae; rending, "The Wife." Mr.
H. 8. S iiiimers: lrvh.g's "Legends," Mm.
H. L. Wells; reailliijs from "Hrauebrldtjtj
Hall," Mrs. William fitucfer. Mrs. Louine
Kruuse waa elected to represent the club
at th meeting of the State Federation of
I Women's Clubs at Kearney nt week. Th
club m et 'rtul-r 9 at th home of
Mr. W. U Smith.
Very Low Malta to tho West.
Tb Chicago Great WUro railway will
ell ticket to point In Alberta. British
Columbia. Idaho, Montana, Oregou and
Washington at about one-half of th usual
far. Tickets on sale daily August XI to
October St. Inclusive. Get lull tnioriuatlua
from H- H. Churchill, gensi--agent, lilt
Fa mara St., Omaha. Nab. i
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KENNEDY RIGHT MAN TO KEEP
Spirit of Meeting; Held by Congress
man's Committee, Which I
Knthnslnstlc.
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Congressman John L. Kennedy' cam
paign committee met yesterday afternoon
in room 648 of The Bee building to
talk over the furtherance of Mr. Ken
nedy's candidacy. A goodly representa
tion from the fiocond Congressional dis
trict responded to the call.
Chairman Adams called the meeting tc.
order and called on various members of
the committee for expressions of th
outlook In their respective districts.
John C. Wharton reminded his asso
ciates that Mr. Kennedy had dono better
than the usual congressman during a
first term by being heard several times
on the floor of congress and had mado
a record of which his constituent may
well be proud. Arthur C. rfmlth urgod
the importance of keeping in congress
a man who had had some experience and
who would be of much greater value
to his district If returned. Mr. Smith
showed wherein those states which got
the best things at Washington were
ststes that' sent ' good -metf to congress
and kept them there so long as- they served
their district well.- Chairman Adam
said the republicans- have a aood- ticket.
ror this campaign and said tnere. nevert
'o ...... ,.. ., ....- , ,UL,,v ni rijr
was closer to. the .people than uow. v He,
therefore. - urged that republicans take
advantage of their -present opportunities.
Mr; Kennedy bolng -one of. the opportune
tie. , . , .,j .iV; - -V-S '
i Aj W. Jeffries. William AUatadt rid'!
others made short talks. Mr. Kennedy
committee will work as a whole, ratheff
than 'through an e'xeeutlye committee
The next meeting will be next Saturday!
morning at 10 o'clock. .
HOARDS OF MISERS FOUND
Tobias Oetkln and Danarhter of Beth.,,
alto. 111, Had ftfl.OOO Con
cealed In the Attic.
BETHALTO. III., Hept. 29 The death!
yesterday of Miss Annie Oetkln revealed
the location of $16,000, which had been
hidden away for ten years, of which ,
$10,000 had been accumulated by her
father, Thomaa Oetkln, a miser, who died
ten years ago. Before she died Miss s
Oetkln revealed to her brother that she ',
had placed the money in an old trunk In '
the garret and during the ten years had
added 16,000 to it. The old trunk waa
found today and contained $16,000 In gold '
coins. '
Do Your Meals Fit?
Do Yon Feel Snag and Comfortable
Aronnd Toor Waist Lino After
Hearty Meal!
'' Did your last meal taste deliclously good
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You need something In your stomach t
supply the gastric Juice which Is scanty
nd to give power to th weak gaatrlo
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flv bodies hav bees received and thirty
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