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( TIIE OltAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANTJABY 14, 1907. RIVER 10 CROSS. HUDSON Down Thoniand TmX or fs, Erineiii Water ts Stw York. GREAT 'TASK 13 WELL ADVANCED Eaalaeer Who Ar Hlldlagr Ilaae tqaeitart frnm the Cataklll Flad the Hadson Mighty Drrp, hat They're Qolas fader. NEW YORK. Jan: 11. (Special Corre spondence of The Bee,) Because no one ever ton!: the trouble to measure anS record the depth of the Hudson river, the engineer who have undertaken the Job of bringing the water of the Catsklll to New Tork City were put to considerable extra trouble. Mapping- out the course of an aqueduct which will deliver dally (TO.Oon.OOO gallons of water from a point ino miles awar wa a big- undertaking, but It was not expected that the crossing of the 'Hudson would be more than an In cident. . . , It turned out differently. Chief Engineer J. Waldo Smith and his aNslstants first went hunting- for some record of the depth of Ike Hudson to bedrock. Tbey found none. Mr. Smith snld ' he didn't believe the river -ha ever been measured. If It had there was no record that he could find. Of course It had been meoaured at the shores, and maybe - many persons had found 'out ' how far It was down to the muddy bottom, but what he wanted to know Was how far down the bedrock was. The plana called for crossing the river from etorm King to Breakneck mountain, the northern gateway of the Highlands. PLAN OP THE CONDUIT UNDER THE HUDSON RIVER, The engineers began to probe for the bed-1 rock! They went down some hundred feet and then called In the geologists. The geolo gists' assured them that the bedrock was down there somewhere If they only went deep enough. The Hudson, It was explained, had been eating Its way through the rock for some centuries, as geologic time Is reckoned. Contemporaneously with the making of the river the territory through whjch It ran had gradually subsided, possibly qft inch or two . a . century, thereby making the Hudson the extraordinary river It is. The ancient mouth, of. the river used to be somewhere out by Sandy Hook; what Is now Long Islarld sound Is but a trlbutsry. All thla being . so, aald the geologists, It was easy to see that the Hud sou was a mighty deep river. They didn't know why these was no record of the depth of the bedrock, but they were ready to assert thnt It wns there. '. The bed, aa a general thing,' sloped grad ually from aourca to mouth, burled under the mud and slime of centuries. Along through the highlands there waa no, fault In the ted rock; so If the engineers Just k"pt on going down they would find It. The engineers went at ' the measuring job again. It isn't,' an easy task probing through Ih'e 'muddy bed of an old river; your measuring Instrument soon geta stuck and you. think you've hit the rock when you haven't. Hut It can be done, and the engineer of the water board are doing It. At last re ports they had gone down 480 feet. Chief Hnglnter Smith suid they would go down 1,500 feet If necessary, but he expected they would find it at about 1.000 feet. The crosHlng from Storm Klrffc to Break neck, he said, was by all odds the most desirable on ' the river. When th depth of the bedrock waa ascertained then would come the planning of the method of cross ing. It had already been decided that a tunnel through the . rock waa the most feasible method. The crossing could be made In four ways. First, by a number of pipes laid on the surface of the muddy bottom. The trouble with this method was that It wouldn't be permanent. The pipes would require fre quent repairs and would often have to be renewed entlrelyt thereby partially Inter rupting the water supply of the elty. Alto gether It would be an Infernal nuisance. Second, a shield ' tunnel could be built through the clay and silt The construc tion of such- a tunnel would be expensive both In life and money. One had only to read the record of accidents in tunnels now building around the city to appreciate how dangerous the work was. ' The cost, too, had to be reckoned. Fur thermore, such a tunnel waa not practica ble. It couldn't be constructed . as tun nels for trafflo are built because of the In ternal pressure of the huge flow of water. Begin 'Taking Oaomulalon Today ,Ajid Your Cur Begin Today. Tit Co4 L,ivrt Oil Cawtosa "Par ErctUtm:" Is a Rich, Liquid Food, Powerful at a Nutrient and tissue-builder. (By tis ' sus-builder is meant anything that pro motes Growth and Repairs Watt.) 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Beneficial Results arc Obtained after the First Dote. TWs ere. two ilin I pi. b lt-os. Bottles 1 the Formula U printed in 7 humasgts oa sack. Ozomulsion Laboratories M Peart cUrect, New York. ' This would necessitate a tunnel of excep tional strength. A third scheme suggested til to build a bridge front mountain to mountain. Such a bridge would have to be 140 feet high. This would be all right, as far as getting the water acrors Is concerned, for the aqueduct Is some hundred feet above the river, anyway. But the cost of keeping such a bridge In repair would be great. Therefore It was decided that a tunnel through the bedrock of the river was the best way to solve the problem. It was the cheapest, Mr. Smith said, but, more than that. It would be everlasting. The rock was solid granite on both sides of the river, which would Insure permanency. All thla seems very wonderful to the lay mind. The aqueduct Is to go through Storm King at a height of 460 feet above the river and take up Its course at only a slightly lets height on the opposite face of Breakneck. Between the two there must be a dip of some 1.600 feet. Mr. Smith had to smile when the un scientific reporter expressed his Incredulity that such a thing could be done. Ha called attention to what the reporter learned In his schoolboy days, but had forgotten,-that water finds Its own level and does run up hill when It Is so Inclined. The present aqueduct crosses under th Harlem at a depth of S00 or 400 feet, and 1,000 feet or more extra dldn'f make th least difference In th world . This Is what will happen' when the aque duct strikes the Hudson: Coming down from th Catskllls through . tube seven teen and a half feet across and seventeen feet high the mighty underground atream will shoot through a vertical tube to 1,000 feet or ao below the surface of the Hud son, cross the river through a short hori sontal section, force Its way up another vertical tub and then on to New Tork through the main tube again. The ac companying Illustration give an Idea of the course the aqueduct will take. J . alsamyJ "'wj'l OVTCMCSt PROPOSED SOURCE OF NEW YORK'S NEW WAT Kit SUPPLY IN THE CATS- KILLS AND COURSE OF THE NalW AQUEDUCT. Mr. Smith wa talking over the1 tunnel plans with a - mining engineer from the west and asked bim if he didn't think It waa a pretty big Job. Child's play, replied the westerner, or words to that effect. Ypu've no timbering . to do, he went on, Just keep on boring, through the apek long enough and the Job's done. Nevertheless, the task Isn't the work of a month or so. Tunnel boring through olid granite coals money and takea time. Some time and money will be aaved by making the boring In this huge siphon smaller In diameter than the remainder of the aqueduct and by makiug It round. The remainder of the tunnel la arched in shape. This work of crossing the Hudson Netua to be tremndous, but It Is really only a mall part of a gigantic undertaking. The preliminary work has been well advanced and contracts for certain section of the masonry will soon b ready to advertise for bids. The first section to be built Is a stretch of eleven miles between Peeksklll and Croton. Most of th work to data has been don on th Esopus and other neigh boring water sheds. . Here Is to be constructed a lake twelve miles long and from one to four miles wide. It will be known as the Ashokan reservoir. The water will be confined by a masonry dam 2 feet high and by a string of dyke. To keep this lake full an area of 1.000 square mile in the eastern part of the Catskllls will be drained. Four streams, the Schoharie, th Esoput. the Rondout and.Catsklll creek carry the water from fourteen aepargt water sheds. Small aqueducts will be constructed to help to collect the water for this mammoth reser voir. . . , . . t The aqueduct from Ashokan will be eighty mile long. It will starhat an ele vation of 610 ftst and slope gradually to an elevation of SCO feet. That will' bring th watr to New York 170 feet above the level f existing water system, Insuring adequate pressure. The system will be Independent of the Croton system. One curious part of th plans Is that th new aquduct will pass under th Croton reservoir In a deep tunnel. No pumping stations will be required. Wherever possible th aqueduct will b constructed along th aurface, but at sev eral points siphons srmjlar to the one under the Hudson, though on a smaller scale, will have to be buljt. Hills will be pierced by tunnel and some valleys will be crossed on embankment. Th terminal reservoir will be back of Yonker near th city Una Th storage reaervolr will be at Kensleo and will cover nearly t.SOO acres. It will have a capacity of fl.ooo ftlu.ono gallon and wli have Its own filtration plant. . The planning of this great water system has used up about all the enslnerlng talent 4 not otherwise engaged In making over Kw Tork. Chief 'Engineer Smith ha under htm more than too engineers. THey are scattered over the line of th system from the Catskllls to this city and a large force la kept busy at the offices of the commission at 209 Broadway. It's by far the busiest of the city offices. Mr. Smith talked to th 8un reporter from behind a small mountain of blue prints. From First Assistant Albert K. Fllnn, at the office In New Tork, out to Carlton Davis, who Is on the Job at Asho kan, every one Is busy. Mr. Smith Is proud of his force. He seys he has the finest body of young men he ever saw. . This new water system will be completed when It Is completed, and that Is about aa near as bns can estimate the time when the city will get the benefit. One thing Is certain. New Tork will be more than ready for the water when It does come. The aeheme was begun none too soon. All the boroughs will share the output. The height at which the water will enter the city will not only make distribution easy, but will Insure getting water up to the top of th skyscrapers. A trunk system will cross under Hell Gate to Queens borough. Then It will wander through Brooklyn and dive under the Narrows to bring wet Joy to the people of Btaten Island. Staten laland Is getting pretty drv already, owing to th fallur of efforts to get a temporary supply from New Jersey, which opined that It could use all the water It had. All this water I going to cost the city something. It has been figured that It will take at least $162,000,000 to foot the bill, but $200,000,000 Is probably nearer the mark. The undertaking will be financed by the Issue of 4 per cent water supply bonds. Experts figure that the System will pay for Itself In twenty .years. PETIT JURYF0R LINCOLN Federal Court Panel Drawn for Term to Begin Twenty-Second of Month. The federal petit Jury for the Lincoln term of the United State and district court was drawn Saturday afternoon by District Clerk Hoyt and Jury Commissioner Tllden. The Jury Is ordered to report at Lincoln January 22. Omaha Is represented on the Jury by Dr. R. D. Harris, retired, and by O. K. Scofleld, merchant, living at S16 South Twenty-alxth street. There are forty Jurymen on the panel. Of this number eighteen are farmer, one a pho tographer, seven merchants, one real es tate dealer, one law student, one grain dealer, one stock buyer, one stenographer, one lumber dealer, two with no occupation given, one miller and one editor. Follow ing I the list of Juror in detail: Victor Anderson, Minden, farmer; John Burge, Ulysses, farmer; James E. Brown, Stanton, farmer; Frank M. Brink, Ponra, farmer; Samuel Coffman, Genoa, farmer; William H. Campbell, Clark, photographer; Oscar Carlson, Axtell, farmer; Oeorge E. Chllcote, Tork, merchant; Herman Dlers, Gresham, merchant; William B. Eastham, Broken Bow, real estate; John Fee. Beat rice, farmer; H, K. Franta, Havelock, banker; Oeorge W. Frissen, Henderson, banker; Leonard Flansburg, Lincoln, law student: William Gilbert, Strang, farmer; J. A. Gilbert. Waco, grain dealer; Dr. R. D. Harris, Omaha, retired; Thomas Hammond, Nelson. tock buyer; William P. Hager. Tork, farmer; Charles Hobbs, Falrbury. I stenographer; Frank M. Hugnes, ocnuyier, grocer; Jame Jack, Rochester, Implement dealer; Sam Johnson, Avoca, farmer; Henry Kersten. Wlsner, farmer: A. King, Teka- mah, farmer; Gus Linn, Klmbell, lumber dealer; Isaao Murphy, Stanton, farmer; J. A. Miller, Arlington; Erneat Meyer, Oak, mljler; . Jamea Mttfoney, . Pender,., retired farmer; Peter Nelson, Davey, Implement dealer; Harley Nettleton. Benedict, farmer: Omar Paap. Berlin, farmer; F. J. Pratt Plum Creek, editor; Joseph Ramsey, Fllley, farmer; Charles Rodin, Clarks; S. D. Ross, Grand Island, banker; O. K. Scofleld, Omaha, merchant; Fred H. Schults, Stan ton, merchant; Roy Whitney, Springfield, farmer. PIONEERS fLAN BIG SOCIAL Appoint Committees, but Defer Selec tion of Time and Place of Function, The committee of, arrangement for th first annual social of the Douglas County Pioneer association met Saturday at 1:30 p. m. The reports of the different mem bers of the committee on the selection of a location for the social and propositions of the different caterers to furnish tup plies were submitted and discussed. The committee empowered Chairman Yoat to contract with the caterers Mrs. John F. Brlggs waa appointed a .chairman of th commute on program,, ah to select the remainder of the committee. Mrs. Brlggs made these selections:- B. E. B. Kennedy, Joseph Redman,' A. N. Yost and Mrs, Alice Quann. . - Mrs. A. Sorenson and Mrs. Haney were appointed as the reception committee to enlarge Ha membership at their discretion Mrs. Sorenson wa also appointed chair man of the committee on music. Men- dames Haney, Quann and Sorenson and Messrs. Redman, Lockner, Feenan and Yost were appointed a committee to select two young women each to wait on the tables. ' The reception committee and those In charge of the tablea are requested to re port at 1 p. m. on the afternoon of the social at th hall of the association. The location of the hall for the social has not yet abeen decided upon, nor has the exact date of the sociai. that being left to the next regular meeting of the association early In February Provision will be made for 800 or 400 people at the social. There being no further business before It the committee then adjourned until 1:M p. m. Thursday, February 14. HORSE AND MAN EXHAUSTED Officer Samneleon Comes ( Beseae a4 Takes Charge f Both. I the Himself hardly able to walk or even stand because of drink and his old horse In much the same predicament because of th slippery pavements, and weak from fre quent falls, Fred Angeston, 19S0 South Forty-ninth street, and hi suffering ani mal were reacueoT by Police Sergeant Bam uelson from a possible night out door un able to reach shelter, Saturday nlgrrf. Sev eral reports were sent In to the polio sta tion during the evening from different lo cations In the north part of the city, stat ing a drunken man driving a horse and light wagon was having a serious time, falling out of th vehicle at time and be ing unable to get back unaided. It wa alsi said th horse wa falling frequently and was getting weak "from exertion. Samuelson. went out to ,fnd the wander ers and at none of th points from which th reports had come could he find th pair, but after long search he wa success ful. He found th report to have been true, and It la likely but for hi appear ance the man would have dropped Into a drunken stupor, whll th horse would have fallen from shear eahauatlon, and both possibly have f rosea to death, unless some chance passerby In that sparsely settled section should happen along. Samuelson had the hora kd to a bara and took Angeatoa with bun to JalL INCIDENT OF PIONEER DATS Becollectioas of Chats of Vn's Thieves from Missouri to Omaha. TRACKED BY IMPRINTS OF HEW SHOES "" Th t'sslar, the Ketarn Jearaey and Reception at Home Death of the Leader of th Merry Chase. Above the mist of time and the haxe of romance enveloping the story of pioneer day looms the figures of horse and mule as helpmates of the pathfinders. Posses sion of one or more were prime essentials In obtaining a livelihood. They were let ter of credit for the newcomer, giving him an Immediate standing In village or camp. Ownership made him a person worth while. Constituting the sole means of conveyance, the passenger locomotive aa well as mall carrier, freighter and cultivator, horns and mute were aa good as gold and readily ex changeable for coin or dust at a high figure. The great value of the animals and their Imports nee In the scheme of progress caused them In many caaes to be prised aa highly as human life. Theft of the animals waa a high crime and wa punished with th rude, but effective specific of rope or gun. or both. Yet so readily were they convertible In money that scores of des perate characters followed the risky busi ness of horse lifting along the pioneer highways, and , many a tragic adventure waa enacted In their pursuit and capture. Two Market Town. In Its Infancy Omaha and Council Bluff were quite a market for animals of ques tionable ownership. Horses were brought from the east and mules from Missouri. From the latter state quite a business was marked up and carried on so boldly that the authorities decided to get busy. One of the many expeditions sent In pursuit of mule thieves to Omaha and beyond started from Lock port, now Kansas City, In the summer of 1858, and was In command of Thomas Mars, who died at his home in Berrien Springs, Mich, last Friday. There were five men in the party, all mounted and properly armed. A bunch of four mules had disappeared and about the same time three men were missed from their haunts. The pursuers struck the trail above St. Joseph and followed' ft along the Missouri valley until' It was lost on the well worn road below Council Bluffs. Somewhere In that vicinity one of the mules was dis posed of and driven Inland. "We reached Council Bluffs," said Mr. Mars, In relat ing the adventure to1 the , writer, "without any definite Idea as to the direction the thieves had taken. We did not get a trace of the party In Council Bluffs, as they had skirted the town and crossed the river to Omaha. We were only two days behind them, though we did not know It at . tho time. On the way to the river we dis covered on the moist soil of the road the Imprint of new mule shoes, and as one of the stolen animals had been shod recently we felt confident we were on the right trail." Capture and Subsequent Events. The pursuers pressed on with greater en ergy, stopping In Omaha only long enough to feed and water their animals and re plenish their saddle-bags. Some twenty miles weat of Omaha, near what was then known as Elk City, , they came upon th thieves, who surrendered without reslst- ence. . "One of the three.;' aald Mr. Mars, "was an Itinerant preacher, and he was only craven In the party. - Before we hud decided on m course of actlonyihe preacher offered to give evidence ainat his fellow." ! Pursuers and captive started homeward on the west side of the river, in order to avoid possible legal complication at Omaha or Council Bluffs. Near Nebraska City the preacher escaped during" a night camp. The remaining pair reached Missouri. Some distance from home," related Mr. Mars, "we were metj by a reception com mittee, which, finding us weary and hun gry, gave ua refreshments and took charge of the prisoners. We did not see them again. They did not reach town. Local tradition had it that, the formalities of a trial were dispensed with. One thing we were sure off the pair we brought back did not resume business." Typical Frantlerlsman. Mr. Mar was a splendid type of Ameri can frontiersman, strbng, rugged, forceful, quick to see and act,- aa clean and straight in life ao the forest pines of Southern Michigan where the greater part of his life was spent. ' His parents settled In that section In 1831 when he was a babe of two years and he grew to manhood there. The western fever took him to Missouri In the fifties.1 When ' the civil war came on hi strong union sympathies made him an un desirable resident.1 Several times he was urged to leave the country, but did not move until tho raiders burned his saw mill. Returning to his old home near Benton Harbor he engaged tn farming and fruit raising and continued It almost to the end of his 78 years. He wa repeatedly elected a member of the Michigan legislature. served a term as state railroad commis sioner, president of the state grange and was counsellor, confidant and executor for most of the rural families in St. Joseph county. Mrs. Mara who died four years ago, waa a near relative of Dr. O. 8. Wood Of Omaha. COUNTY CONTRACTS ARE LET Ice Bids Are All of Them Rejected Oa Groand Thnt They Are Too High. The board let the annual contracts for th furnishing of -fnost of the supplies, but rejected all bids fur supplying ice, aa they were considered too tilgh. The bids ran from 35 to 40 cents per 100 pounds, and for filling the county hospital icehouse II per ton. The bid were accompanied by a pro vision that these price were not to apply In case of a short crop. The board will ad vertise for new bida The contract for printing, stationery, lithographing and blanks are divided among a number of bidders, the Omaha Printing company and the Klopp-Barilett company being low on the greatest number of Items. The latter, company offered, in case the entire bid waa given to it. to make a contract at the low price lr. any of the bida on the different items, but the board rejected the offer, holding It would not be fair to the smaller bidders who had helped pull price down. Other contracts were awarded a follows: Cement, sewer pipe, sand and brick to Sunderland Bros, com pany; lumber, to the H. F. Cady Lumber 1 comfny piling, to the Chicago Lumber company; meat for county hospital and De tention school, to A. Thomsen; groceries, for the courthouse, Detention school, county hospital and county store, to Wetnsteln 4 Greenberg and Johnson Bros; bread, to Z. K. Keeder at 2V cents per loaf of on pound; prescription, to Haines Drug com pany at le cent each; groceries and meats for the county store, to Allen Bros., J. p. Mallender and Bommeri Bros.; drugs, to Myers-Dillon company and Sherman m Mc Donnell company. The 4oard selected John L Hobbs a member of the Soldier' Relief commission. County Assessor Reed was granted permis sion t appoint fifty deputy assessor to maJt th 1807 assessment All goods sold at Hubermann's Jewelry Btor Quaranud a to Prlc and quality. Compiles with all requlrrnwnts of c 'Fresh Roasted Coffee? bbWU jjbW vwna i I r m a m. a ' l VVaa, mj l a b. Mother didn't use fresh roasted coffee, she had Arbuckles.' The way to get a good cup of coffee that tantes like Coffee with all the delicious flavor and aroma intact, is to buy a package of the old original Arbuckle' ARIOSA Coffee, and grind it as you want to use it, first warming it a little to develop- the flavor and make the- grinding easy. Coffee loses its identity as Coffee after being ground or exposed to the air and is easily coniarninated by handling. LETTERS FROM BEE READERS V. F. HarrinctoiTe'ls Wherein He Eiffers fion Omaha Jacks inians. JUDGE HASTINGS DISCUSSES LILLIE PARDCN W ilbur F. Bryant Scoffs at the Anti Lobby I,tv and Inslnnatea that Some Legislators Do Pro test Too Much. Contributions on timely topics are Invltad from readers of The Bee. Communications should be written legibly on one side of the paper only and accompanied by the name and address of the writer. The name will not be used if the writer asks that it be withheld. I'nused com munications will not he returned. Correspondents are advised to limit their letters to 300 wqrds or they will be subject to being cut down to that limit at the dlseretlon of the editor. Publications of views of cor respondents must not be taken to commit The Bee to their endorse ment. Ilarrlnaton Not n Jackaonlan, O'NEIL, Neb., Jan. 11. To the Editor of The Bee: Ih your Issue of yesterday you publish In your editorial columns the following par agraph: One of the guests prominently In evidence at tho Jackaonlan feast was M. F. Har rington, president of. the recently organ ised Public Ownership of Railroads league. Either the Invitation to Harry Brom as vice president of the lea&ue miscarried or he neglected to send the usual letter of re grets. I am satisfied that the editor of The Bee beltevel It to be true that I attended the Jackaonlan banquet. But it Is not true. I was Invited by several of Its member to attend but declined to do so, although I waa In Omaha at the time on professional business. I assumed that the speaker at the banquet, who were assigned political subjects, really represented , the political sentiment of the manager of that organ ization. The speakers so assigned were Hon. L. T. Oenung of Iowa, Hon. O. M. Hitchcock of Omaha and Hon. Warren Swltzler of Omaha. I am not at all In harmony with the political Ideas of these gentlemen. I differ with them Just as much as I do with the editor of The Bee, and perhaps even more. These gentlemen all stand for mossback democracy. They want no progress. They want to go back to the old rut. They are all opposed to the gov ernment ownership of railroads. They be lleve In the existing system. I have It from Mr. Hitchcock personally, on the very day that we formed th league that he as opposed to public ownership of railroads and feared the "centralized power" there of and regarded the power that would be placed In the hands of the administration as "dangerous." As he regards this power I a "dangerous," of course we must figure him as one f our stalwart enemies. The Other two gentlemen evidently are of like opinion. The public ownership of railroads Is going to break up party lines a no other question hus broken them up since the republic waa formed. In that new align ment, the oratora at the Jackaonlan club will naturally be found In whatever party stands for the system of Rockefeller, Hill, Ilarrlnian, Ryan and Morgan. The rest of us will be found In another party. Where th Jackaonlan club generally will be when this division arrives, I cannot foretell. If they were forced to take a stand on the question today the member of the Jackaonlan club would fight aa badly as the famous Kllkenney cats. Influential In that club are thoae who stand for the existing system. But there are also In that club many courageous, honest. Intel ligent men who are not afraid to take the people's side on th railroad question. Yours truly, M. F. HARRINGTON. Hastlnaa on the Pnrdon. DAVID CITY. Neb., Jan. ll.-To the Editor of The Bee: What do I thmk about Mickey's action In pardoning Mrs. Lillle? Well, what I really think about Mickey and his exercising of the pardoning power, not only In this case, but In many others, would not look well In print. It would be more emphatic than elegant. He com mitted many Infamous acts In his exercls of the pardoning power, but that wa the most Infamous of all. There ia no excuse or Justification whatever for It. Hi at tempted excuae for It Is so without merit that It brands him, In th minds of all right thinking people, as either a fool or a knave. In my Judgment, a man who so abuses the authority placed in his hand by the people Is a greater enemy of and more dangerous to organised society than any criminal he pardons. Bucii acts a hi brings public officers Into disrespect. Peo ple lose confidence In them. It bring about a disrespect and disregard of the law, and If those placed In office and given the supreme power In such matters violate the spirit of the authority why should not th ordinary fellow think he can? 8uch acts breed anarchy. The man Invested with authority who does such things Is as much an anarchist a the man who carries a red flag In on hand and a bomb In th other for the destruction cf organised gov ernment. HI unlimited exerclaing of th pardoning power is a disgrac to our great state. Every man who voted to help place him In power shares, to a certain extent, the disgrace with him. To that extent we who voted (or bim must blush for shame, for he csn't. In th Lillle matter he says that he read the evidence and considered some new evi dence, and that he had some doubt, a to her guilt. Now, any one who knows any thing about th evidence taken In that caa knows that ther waa about 1,600 typewritten page of It, and that It would be a physical Impossibility for a man to read It In th time that h gave to th J consideration or the matter f her par- the National rur Krxxl Law, Guarantor No. 2041, filed at Washington. bah! Sdd sanr ia pack. Mwadit. Ssli lor 37 W The U trim lot ' frme old firm. mm don. let alone analysing and weighing It. Twelve aa Kod men a could be found In this county heard the evidence as It came from the lips of the witnesses, saw the witnesses on the stand, noted their con duct and demeanor, and, under Instruc tions from the court, found that the evl-, dence proved her guilty of the crime charged beyond reasonable doubt. The trial court sustained that verdict, and I want to say right here that If any person ever had a fair and Impartial trial It was Mrs. Lillle. All that has been said ahput Judge Good being unfair In the trial of that case la absolutely false. When there was any doubt about the admission of any evidence that doubt was resolved In her favor by Judge Good. It will not do to try to excuse the disgraceful act of Mickey by maligning and abusing Judge Good. The supreme court examined the record upon which her conviction waa based, said that she had had a fair and Impartial trial, that there was no preju dicial error In the record, and that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the ver dict and affirmed the Judgment and sen tence of the lower court. And now this man Mickey sets himself up aa superior to the twelve men who heard the evidence, to the trial Judge, and to the supreme court ot this state and says that they were all wrong. Great Is Mickey. We hope there will be no other like him. What the new evidence offered before him was I am not advised. It waa wholly ex-parte hearing, based upon affidavits, one of the poorest procedure Imaginable for the ascertainment of the truth. If she had newly discovered evidence which would have entitled her tp a new trial the courts were open to her, and If the evidence had been sufficient she would have been granted a new trial. The state would have had an opportunity to have examined her witnesses and the truth would have been ascertained whether the alleged newly discovered evidence wa sufficient to give her a new trial. Mickey, Instead of relegating her to th court to obtain a new trial, took the responsibility uppn INDIA AND CEYLON ' Tea Comes in packages with the name TKTLKV on each. This name Is cynonomous with TEA PURITY as millions of tea drinkers will testify. McCORD-BRADY CO., Wholesale Agents, Omaha. eave Want ads today The following branch stations will receive your Wasl 'Ufa for TIIE BEE'S popular classified columns: Albach, W. C, 40th and Farnam. -Beranek, S. A., 1401 8. Hth St. Becht' Pharmacy, 720 8. Hth 8t Benson Pharmacy, Benson, Neb. Caughlln, C. K, th and Pie roe St. Clifton Hill Pharmacy, lilS Military Xr Conte, J. B , list Ave and Farnam. Crlssey Pharmacy, ttth and Lake. , Carmak, Emll, 12I S. llth St. Fast man pharmacy, 404S Hamilton, fcliler. P. H, 202 Leavenworth. 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Everybody reads BEE .Want Ads and they bring quick results. Bee Office. STSjlS Arbuclles was the first roasted pack aged coffee. The pores of each coffee berry are sealed after roasting with fresh eggt and granulated sugar to hold the goodness in and make the coffee settle clear and quickly; an actual appli cation by machinery, of "Mother's" methods as patented by this firm. hsU lor th rnaa m nratocaaa, mulling aa praaj yen aomi bSs casbtsea mim at J W W irttl yon to dnak. sad mim raa mammj Watas, U cof m. U yaa dnbe waat aqmb, wiiw Is ARBUCKLE BROS, New York Cay. himself not to give her a new trial but an absolute pardon. The action I an out rae and should be condemned by all de cent people. It also seems that the present warden of the state penitentiary Is too active for the benefit of geyid government In hi effots to obtain pardons for criminal under his charge. The present governor should appoint some one else In his place who will perform the duties Imposed upon him by law and not spend his time n deavorlng tfi obtain pardon for crimin als under hla charge. Let us-pray. L, 8. HASTINGS. CHECKS DID NOT LOOK GOOD A a Consequence Joseph A. LaSTertf' I Lodged in the City Jail. With the charge pf forgery opposite his name on the pollc blotter, Joseph A. Laf ferty, who said he halls from, Orange, N. J., occupies a cell at the city Jail. Ac cording to ' th evidence of the police, LafTerty attempted to get money In an easier way than 'working fpr It, by first providing himself with a number of blank i hecks. Several of these he filled out for $20, signed by different persons, the name of Peter Bolan, a treet railway timer, and Patrick Johnaon, with Hayden Bros., b lng used on two. LafTerty then went to Hayden Bros.' store and offered the Bolan check In pay ment tor some articles he ordered. When questioned as to the man whose name was attached to the check, LafTerty became uncertain and said he had some mor checks in hi pocket, one from a man whom tho salesman would probably know. H then presented the Johnson paper. LafTerty being somewhat Intoxicated and otherwise acting trangely, Johnapn was shown ths check, and denied having given any to th man of plenty checks. Detectives Drummy and Maloney were then summoned from the police tatlon and LafTerty placed under arreL , , " your ooo
