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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAKHI 2.?, 1007. 9 11V A s i j f A 1 1 r ft OUR 0PEI1 ACCOUIIT CHARGE SYSTEM A f U IS creating lots of favorable talk among the people herein y 1 Omaha, and of course, that's exactly what we want. X T an uuuijj limits uuiticuuy in me way oi sening Y Rcady-to- Wear Clothing for Men, Women and Children on Credit. V we want yoif to know about it and the only way to do is to call and se for YOURSELF. No last season's goods here everything is brand new and is priced plainly in figures that will stand comparison. Step in and have a talk with our credit manager -we want you to meet him personally. Ladies' Easter Suits Special for to-morrow only, Ladles' tailor-made Eton ft ifl nil suits, regular 115 values. rSlll llll pedal price WlUUU o Ladies' Walking Skirts A In four different atyle, and in II thl spring's newest Jabries, -S F" if (I old elsewhere for S8.50, ISil 1111 II our price to-mirrow WWw o o Easter Millinery A Don't wait until the last minute, . i tm urn io Duy your new spring nat we are oner- In? regular 15. 00 value in f Pfl fl wered and tailored ISai aft 1 1 effects at UW,UU row and let us show you how nicely we can fit him In a suit for In order to at this new our price ouly Formerly Miller, n fa wart o ERROR IN LIST OF CUSS JPar Dapsrtwnt Mast Take Other Steps is Probing Brownsrllls Affair. PROPERTY BOOKS TO BE SENT TO CAPITAL Ballets of tbe New Springfield tildes Can He I'sed Only In Manser and Schmtta Rifles. WA8I1INQTON. March 22. Secretary Tail today transmitted to the senate com Bait tee on military affairs a report o( Brigadier Oeneral Crozler. chief of ordnance, with reference to numbers of the (tuns assigned to the negro soldiers of Companies U, C and D of the Twenty- fifth lnfnntry on the night of August 13 last when lirownsvllle was "shot up. It appears from the letter of General Crosier that on the face of the lists of guns as forwarded by the officers of the companies there were certain errors, aris ing probably from mistakes In transcribing from the property books of the companies. The effect of this is to raise a doubt whether two of the guns, held by expert examination at the Springfield arsenal of shells picked up in streets of Brownsville to have been used In the affray, were In arm chests of Company B, under lock and key and not issued to soldiers as indicated by the former report sent . to the com mittee by the ordnance company of the army. In his letters transmitting Oeneral Crosier s supplementary report. Secretary A 1 1 Open II Until I 10 fJd o op.m. ft 5. t Taft says; ' will be observed that this does not , .v ' In the slightest the conclusion of 4! f'tlit shells and made further tests printcneia arsenal, as 10 me nuni A guns from which the cartridge o cVv'arged. The lists of the gun ' ) assigned to the men were not PLASTER hat a fine aiomatlc odor because It's made of the choicest materials it cures because It's nude of the ruht material. Just smell one, that's all you havt to do to compare It with all other plasters. IMIMIIIt Allteeft Plitn, have bes In um lor 6o Thty sic lh original and genuis. poroui siaxcrs Mad of abaolui.ly lbs Bursal asd WmI matatlala. and Guaranteed uadsr tks Purs Fsod sod Drut. Act, Juss So, Ifrud. SsrtalN. 3. Drandroth's Pills A Lax mint W Blotd TnU Escb pDI contains ooe rrmto of solid en tacl ot satMpaiills, whwa, wuh otssr valuable vgetbW prod acta, Biaka it a biuod pattnar ot esccllcat character. f ar Censttaattsa. IstabllehaO I7a f o Men's Clothing for Easter Men's Spring QuitsNew ar rivals every day. VVs will offer for Saturday a a special inducement our A f A f" O regular 110.50 Men's Suits J)fc,0U Boys9 Suits Bring your boy to our store to-mor- O S3.00 Men's Hats encourage Saturday night trade store, we will sell men's bats In either soft or siitr snape trial cannoi do bouarht elsewhere under 12.50, rfa fl n n v Sl.00 from 7 until 10 p. m- Beaton's Location. sent to Lieutenant Hawkins and were never In his possession. This matter only affects the qutwtlon of the custody of those guns and the names of the enlisted men of the company to wsorn they were as signed, if to any of them. Property Dnoki to Come. In ord?r to remove the possibility of error, Secretary Tart nus ordered tne property toooks of all three companies sent to the War department and has notified the senate committee that the books will arrive In a day or two. He says It will probably be poaHlble from them to correct the errors apparent on the lists as pointed out In Oeneral Crozler'a supplementary report. Oeneral Croiler's report gives In detail the numerous errors made in telegraphing the numbers of guns to Washington and explains the manner In which such mis takes could be made. Another report from the ordnance bureau of the army was sent to the committee by Secretary Taft, which shows that the am munition for the new Springfield rifle can not be used In any other guns except the Mauser and'Schmltx, either the calibre or the fact that the Sprlnfleld ammunition uses a flanged case excluding all other arms. The type of Mauser, which Is adapted to the Springfield ammunition Is said to be used in Argentina, Peru, Bel glum and Turkey and the Schmlts gun has only three lands instead of four, which the new Springfield rifle has and the bullets consequently would be differently marked. Seoretary Taft notified the committee that should It desire further expert evidence on this subject General Crosier and his as sistants In the Bureau of Ordnance are at the disposition of the committee. Lieutenant on Stand. When the committee convened today Sen ator Fojraker called to the stand Lieutenant Hawkins and began an examination of the witness concerning the reports of tests made at the Srrlngfleld arsenal of the car tridge shells found In the streets of Brownsville. Curing the sitting of the committee a request was received from Secretary of War Taft for the return of the three bullets taken from walls of houses In Brownsville and submitted to the committee as an exhibit of the report of Assistant General Purdy. The War de partment desires to have these bullets analysed In order to determine. If possi ble, whether army guns were used In dis charging them, and if so the numbers of such guns. In view of this request the committee decided to postpone the exam ination of expert wit finesses and to sd Joum until Monday, as It Is expected off! cers of the Twenty-fifth regiment will have arrived from Port Sam Houston by that time.' FUNERAL OF ALDRICH, POET Body Lie a In Cemetery Rear Those of Others Who Have Written. BOSTON, March ?r t'nostentatlon, ai the poet himself had wished, but Impres slvely memorable of the life and work of the author, were the funeral services today for Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. who died Tues day afternoon at his home In this city. B.ev. Paul Revere Frothlngham, pastor of the Arlington Street church, conducted the service. At the conclusion of the aerv Ices the poem which Mr. Aldrlch wrote for the one hundredth anniversary of the poet Longfellow, and which wae the last work of Mr. Aldrlch, was read. In ft he spoke of death aa follows: They do not die who leave their thought Imprinted on some deathless p&gs. Themselves may pass; the spoil they wrought Endures on earth from age to age. With this reading the services ended. The body of the poet was conveyed to Mount Auburn cemetery In Cambridge, where It was Interred not far from the rest ing place of Holmes, I o well. Longfellow and others w be have won fame la liter, turn, A CHANGE ON CANAL ZONE Municipal QovemmfEts Will Fe Abolished ob Order of FmideoU COMMISSION TAKES CHARGE CF TOWNS Marh Money Will Re Saved tr Inno ratten and Ioeal Regulations Will Re Rrnnaht lata Harmony. WASHINGTON, March 22. -Changes In the local government In the canal tone which will abolish all the municipal gov ernments now In existence and result In tha harmonising of various parts of the tone will become effective April 1. Presi dent Roosevelt has signed executive orders providing for wholesale changes and Rich ard Rogers, general counsel for the Isth mian Canal commission, will go to the cnnal tone with Secretary Taft and remain there for some time to assist In reorganis ing the government. All the municipal councils, all the may ors and other municipal officers will be done awiy with and the Ave municipal governments in the canal time will be re placed by four administrative districts which would be under direction of the canal commissioners. These districts will bn known as Ancon, Lmperader, Gorgnna and Cristobal. Under the old organization the five municipal governments were under control of officers named by the commis sion' and not elected by the people. Conse quently the abolition of the municipalities will not In any way limit the voice of the people In their government, but will make it possible for the commission to give the administrative districts ordinances and regulations which are In complete harmony. Town Governments I'nsatlafartnry, The municipal governments were found to be wholly unsatlsfactury after a com plete test and all canal officers are con vinced that the new plan will be far more satisfactory. It will result In the abolition of the bureau of municipalities on tho Isthmus which costs alnut I13.0O a year and will cut off about 112.000 In salaries In the municipal office, making a saving of about 13.000. Many of the efficient munici pal officers will be retained in various offices under the form of government. Mr. Rogers will not go to Cuba ar.d Porto Rico with Secretary Taft's party, but will remain In Panama for some time look ing after changes In the government. It Is estimated that the total saving to the United States under the reorganised gov ernment tone will be about $100.0il0. Fur thermore, there will be a centralization and unification of the governments of the various sections which was impossible when five councils and five sets of municipal officers were endeavoring to enact and en force ordinances which were widely ut variance In the different municipalities. Onethnla Snceeeds Stevens. WASHINGTON. March -Secretary Taft today announced that Lieutenant Colonel Goethals would succeed Mr. Stevens as chairman of tho Isthmian Canal commis sion and engineer In charge of the canal work, on April 1. When Colonel Goethals becomes chairman by promotion from the grade of commissioner ' there will be a vacancy In the commission, which will be filled by the appointment of former Sen ator Joseph C. S.. Hlarkburn of Ken tucky. As chairman. Colonel Goethals will receive a salary of 115,000 annually; Majors Calllard and Elbert and Civil Engineer Bosseau, 114,000 each, and Dr. Gorgas, Jackson Smith and Mr. Blackburn, 10,0u0 eac'h. HEIR IS F0UND IN SWEDEN Old Woman Must Prove Herself Daoghter of Feoentrlo Lara Lnndstrom, YANKTON, B. D., March 22.-A romantic story Is connected with a probnte cse now nearlng Its end In this county. LArs Lnnd strom, an eccentric farmer of Mission Hill, living all alone on his fine farm, was com mitted to State Hospital for the Insane for medical treatment, and there died, about two years ago. His estate was probated and found to be worth $8,000, but no heirs could be found. Notice of the case In local papers brought hosts of claimants, most of them absurd. The Swedish consul at St. Paul appointed B. C. Krickson of Elk Point to represent the heirs, and It Is be lieved an old woman of 90 years, living In Sweden, will get the money, which, through legal expenses, has shrunk to about $n,ono. She will get this sum provided she can prove she was recognized as a daughter nf T.nndRtrom. who married the sirl's mother after the girl was born. It Is said this can easily be done. MAYOH IS SLIOtiBD IN POOL ItOOM I Business Men Assaulted While Trying to Quell n Disturbance. ELK POINT, 8. D.. March K. (Special.) While trying to quell a disturbance In a local pool hall last night Mayor W. V. Main was assaulted and seriously beaten. Other prominent business men who accom panied him received similar treatment. Two arrests have been made and more will probably follow. The assault upon the mayor has caused great excitement. The mayor has been actively promoting the raids on these pool halls and gam bling dens. 1 Nebraska Man Buys Newspaper. BIOUX FALLS, S. D.. March H.-(Bpe-clal.) C. E. Sanders, a Nebraska news paper man, has purchased an Interest In the News, a weekly newspaper published at Oarretson, situated northeast of Sioux Falls. For some time the News has been conducted by J. O. Sanders, formerly con nected with an Aberdeen dally newspaper as city editor, who since purchasing the News has given It his personal attention. The purchaser of an interest In the plant Is his brother, and In future the paper will be conducted by the brothers under the firm name of Bandera Brothers. Two Fires Near Pierre. PIERRE. S. D., March 22 (Special Tele gram.) Fire last evening did damage to the amount of about S5.000 at Midland, burning the hardware store of Schrader & Koll and several smaller buildings. The No mitter what the death cer tificate says, the fundamental cause of one-half the deaths re corded is constipation. Cure yourself of the habit by eating daily WHEAT FLAKE CELERY which- is made from the whole grain of the wheat berry. M IO cents a package. for aU by all Ortcort An Exceptional Glove DealS JX 0 THOMAS K1LPATRICII town has no fire protection and a number of small buildings were torn down to pre vent the spread of the fire. A large barn on the Koch ranch, south of llarrold. was burned Inst night and with it six head of horses and a number of cattle, causing a loss of several thousand dollars to the owner. Moron to Ilnve Gna Plant. HURON, S. D., Mnrch 22-(fpecinl. The Huron Gas company has closed a contract with Chicago parties for the putting in of a gas plant In this city, the plant to be used for lighting and heating purposes. A fran chise was granted by the city council some weeks ago and It Is thousht the plant will be In operation by. midsummer or early fall. It will be one of the largest and beat. In this section. PEASANTS BURN A TOWN Vienna Hears that Trouble In Itou- mania Has Beached an Acute Stage. VIENNA, March 22. According to tho news received today In Hudupest from Mol davia the peasant movement In Koumanla is spreading. The town of Dorogol has been sacked and burned by the peasants. The Inhabitants were compelled to flee for their Uvea , At Cucutenl, where many Hungarians live, a light occurred between the Hun garian and Roumanian inhabitants. Ftour Hungarians are reported killed and forty wounded. Fourteen peasants were killed In a col lision with troops at Belgestl, while In Fokshanu the people ore in revolt against the authorities. The village of Sullce was destroyed by peasant rioters. The fate of the Inhabitants is not known. BUDAPEST, Roumanla, March 22. The agrarian revolt which at first was centered around Botoeahnl, has now spread over practically the whole of Moldavia. A serious encounter between troops and raiders occurred at Blegestl, In the district of Bacau. The peasants attacked the troois who opened fire and routed the enemy, killing fourteen of them. In the district of Vasull alone yesterday twenty peasants were killed and scores were wounded. The movement Is really more agrarian than antl-semltlc. The peasants In revolt against me great larm.ng xrun wn.ci leaned null Ul lilts lllia'iin 1H.IIU lit AiiJiiia.v la. The absentee landlords, who control the trust, happen to be Jews, and most of their estates already have been sacked. WIRELESS TELEPHONE WORK Americans Are Present at Test Made by Connt Arce at Berlin. BERLIN, March 22. Count Arco, in his wireless telephone experiments, has suc ceeded In obtaining distinct exchanges of words In a tolerably natural voice, at a distance of two miles, by using poles thirty feet high. Rear Admiral Manny, who was a delegate of the United States to the International conference on wireless telegraphy at Berlin, and Lieutenant Commander Howard, United States navy, the United naval at tache here, were present at a serl"s of private exhibitions of the wireless tele phone apporatus and have been able to talk with each other at a distance some what less than three miles. But the best practical results are attained at two miles or under with thirty-foot poles. RUSSIAN DEMOCRATS WIN Governor Joins Them In an KfTort to Form Fsiulue Relief Com mission. ST. PETERSBURG, March 22. After a long debate today in the lower house if Parliament on the formation of the famine relief commission as proposed by the con stitutional democrats Premier Stoljpin announced that the government fully Joined in the proposition and would give full assistance to the work of the com mission. M. Stolypln'a speech was con ciliatory. He admitted the government made many mistakes. The premier's announcement was tho first approval by the government of the policy of the constitutional democratic party. The proposition was carrnsd unrn imously. ABSINTHE ISUNDER THE BAN France May Prohibit Manufacture, Sale and Importation of This Heverave. PARIS, March 22 The committee on hygiene of tie Chamber of D.-j-utles ha reported In favor of the total piohlbltton of the distillation. Importation, traffic In and sale of abahuhe. The commission pro po.tes that the. manufacture of abklntha hall cease in one year .ind afier twu years Uf sal become U'.c-U. NE week ago wc were asked to make an offer on a large Glove Stockto liquidate an Importer's account. Wc made a bidMhc gloves are ours. Arriving on top of our already large stock wc have concluded to give the public the full bencfitand at the prices set for Saturday's selling the proceeds should all be in the money drawer by closing time. Two lengths in genuine high grade lamb vtans, white and blackball sizes Quality sold everywhere at S3.25 to S3.50 on sale Saturday at S1.98 a pair. Quality sold everywhere at S3.50 to S3.75 on sale Saturday at S2.59 a pair. A new pair for every pair which will show a defect in fitting. At same time elbow length silk finished lisle, sold last season at S 1.25, at 59c. And a beautiful fine lisle, sold last season at $2.00, will go at 98c a pair. NOTE PLEASEA marked are sold usually at bargain sales. more than six pairs to a customer J. RALPH BURTON IS FREE Former Kansas Senator Leaves Jail at Ironton for Abilene. SIGNED STATEMENT GIVEN TO PUBLIC Proclaiming; Innocence, He Nays He Will Devote Life to Work for People with Tonitae nil Pen. TRONTON, Mo March 23. Joseph Ralph Burton, who until his conviction In the federal court was I'nited Stales senator from Knnsas, was this morning released from the county Jail here, having com pleted his sentence of six months Imposed when he was found guilty of violating a federal statute by appearing before a gov ernmental department as the raid repre sentative of an alleged "get-rlch-qulck" concern of St. Ixiuls. Burton entered the Jail ut Ironton October 22, IS. His re lease toduy Is due to the law which pro vides for a deduction from a sentence for good behavior. Burton's sentence also In cluded a fine of $1,500, and the statute un der which he was convicted debars him from ever holding an Office of trust nr re muneration under the federal government. The fine, which has not been paid, wjll be held over him as a civil Judgment. SlKned Statement. v. I'pnn leaving the Jail Burton gave out the following signed statement: This Is the (Irst Blgncd .statement I have made for publication since the day I was indicted. The Impression has gone out that I propose to live for revenge. This Is a mistake. I have no such purpose. The wronirs done to me are the wrong of others. Vengeance Is thought to be noble only by the Ignoble. "Vengeance Is mine, sayeth the lrd." Is the philosophy to which I have always sunBcrlned in tne past and to which I shall adhere In the future. I am a thousand times more solicitous that I shall not wrong another than 1 am con cerried about the wrongs others have done or may do to me. In saying this, however I do not pretend to have more than two checks. Nor do I think that It Is wrong to retmloB hypocrisy. I return to my home at Abilene, hrlmfull of life and hone. Onlv my body has been In Jail. My mind has been at all times free, sustained with the knowledge that I am Innocent. I shall tnke up my life's work with "malice toward none nnd with chanty for all. Will Edit Newspaper. With tn and tongue I shall stand for policies and principles that I believe will make for the general good, and oppose such as I think are bad. It Is bad policies that make bad men and bad governmenta Easter Styles Are Here CREDIT TO ALL We desire to announce our Annual Spring Opening Exhibition which opens tomorrow (Saturday). The Exhibition will give our friends as well as the public an op 6tore. Women's Suits Women's Coats Men's Suits Boys Suits - difference in the quality to what Don't miss the chance. Not while true policies make good men and good government. My fight shall be against measures rather than against men. 1 shall have chnrge of a newspaper, unless there Is a fraud order Issued nqalnst It before I can arrange for Us publication. It will reflect my Ideas. It la to be one of the agencies In the work I hope to do. I shall talk when I am not writing, and shall write when I am not talking. The history of my case, already prepored, will appear In serltil form, first. In tho paper. The story will not lie senatlonal; It will be truthful. Interwoven with the hlstorv, and a neces sary part of It, will be a discussion of cer tain conditions In our legislative, adminis trative and Judicial government that, I think, have escaped the attention of the average cltlzan. I will not now go further Into my case nor my plans and purposes. The rlrst statement will be made on Saturday even ing to my home people; then there will be more to follow. (Signed) J. R. Bl'RTON. Accompanied by Mrs. Burton and his niece, Miss Dorothy Mitchell, Burton de parted for St. Louis, enroute to Abilene Kan. ' FATAL ACCIDENT AT DETROIT Mlrhlican Central Train Strikes Street Car, Injuring; K.leven Per anna. Two Fatally. DETROIT. March 22. Two people were fatally injured and nine others, all girls, were mora or less seriously hurt today, when a south bound Fourteenth avenue street car was struck at the Fourteenth avenue crossing by a Michigan Central railway train. The fatally Injured: James C. Bmlth, aged 66 years, 118 Mo Ornw avenue. Miss Charlotte Martin, Mason City, Mich. There were twenty-two passengers on the car, a majority of them girls, on their way to business. The car stopped at tho rail road crossing and the conductor ran ahead as usual, but apparently did not see the approaching train. The view up the track Is somewhat obscured by nearby buildings Just after the car passed under the gates and out on the crossing the gateman sighted the approaching train and lowered his gate, but the car was already on the track. Engineer Smith of the train says that he did not see the street car until within seventy-flve feet of It. He Instantly applied the brakes, but the distance was too short to stop the train. It struck tho car which had stopped, In the middle, splitting it In two and throwing the wreckage fifty feet away against a trolly pole. A few of the passengers sighted the oncoming train JuBt before the collision occurred and tried to escape through the rear door. There was not time enough, however, and they were hurled Into a heap among the wreckage. Smith was talcen portunity to learn just what is correct in Spring Styles for Men. Women and Children We cordially invite every reader of this paper to be present and we ask you to take particular notice of the fact that while we give generous credit our prices for the newest fashions are as low as any cash S10.00 to S30.00 S7.00 to $30.00 S7.00 to $20.00 $2.00 to $5.00 GENESEE SHOES FOR MEN The Best S3.50 Shoe on the Market today. MEMTER Cx 1508 DODGE ST. STORE OPEN WEDNESDAY EVENING I L CO. DC from the wreck with his skull fractured and other injuries about his head, which will prove fatal. Miss Martin was severely hurt Internally. Illinois Man Knda Life. C11TCAOO. March 22 Ixiuls Chaldeeott secretary and treasurer of the National 'hide compnnv. committed suicide today . by shooting himself through the head. He had for some time been suffering from ner- ous debility. Cnaldecott recently came- here from Sycamore, 111. 0RECAST CF THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy In Nebraska, Iowa nnd South Dakota Today nnd Tomorrow. WASHINGTON. March 22 Forecast of the weather for Saturday and Sunday: For Nebraska and South Dakota Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday. For Iowa and Missouri Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday; variable winds. For Knnsas Fair and continued warm Saturday and Sunday. For Colorado Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday; showers In west portion Sunday. For Wyoming Fair Saturday and Sunday. Local llernril. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA, March 22 Official record of tem perature and precipitation compared wnn the corresponding, day of the last thre years: 1C"7. 19"6 l!". lWt. Maximum temperature.... 6 26 64 61 Minimum temperature. ... Ml 15 44 3d Mean temperature D!' 20 M 41 preclpltutlon w i i .u Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1 and comparison with the lart two years: Normal itemperature 89 Excess for the day 20 Total excess since March 1 124 Normal precipitation men Deficiency for the dai Oft inch Total precipitation sir . ?e March 1... JJ4 Inch Deficiency slnre March l w incn Excess for cor. period In I 34 Inch Deficiency for cor. period in 1305 2 Inch Reports from Stations nt T P. M. Station and State Temp. Max. Rain f Weather. 7 p. m. Temp. full. Bismarck, cloudy 56 68 T Cheyenne, cloudy 68 Kl .W Chicago, clear 64 72 .n Imvenport, cloudy 6 Tl .'W Denver, cloudy... 62 7) . Havre, clear 4ii 46 .00 Helena, clear 40 4 T Huron, part cloudy 54 2 .00 Kansas City, clear 84 rt .00 North Platte, cloudy 62 66 . Omaha, cloudy 63 CS .00 Rapid City, cloudy 62 M .00 St. Ixula, clear 80 8 .00 St Paul, cloudy 62 56 .00 Suit Ike City, cloudy 63 fc4 T Valentine, cloudy 6S 61 .o Wllllston, cloudy............. it U .M T indicates trace of precipitation. L A. WETlt Local Forecaster. 7 ft MAIL ORDERS Ho matter "in what town you live you can buy Men's and Youth's Suits, Topcoats, Raincoats; and Trousen by Mail on easy payments direct from our factory. State what garments you want and whether tot Man or Youth, and we will send you samples, prices and terms, Addrass MENTER & ROSENBLOOM CO. Mm
