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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 12, 1007. A Mil AFTER FORTY lEARb Jobs L Kennedy Ent-rtalilDf Caniio, J. K. Loran of Kw Zealand. 1 LATTER IN GOVERNMENT ELECTRIC SERVICE Declares Panlle Owirrtkli of Tele phone nnd Telegraph Lines Warka Well In Hla Conntry, hmt Mlsrht Not EUawhare. Janus K. Logan of Wellington, New Zealand, superintendent of the telegraph nJ telephone lines operated by the gov ernment of New Zealand, la In Omaha, vis iting hla cousin, John L. Kennedy, whom ba had not seen for forty-three years. Their lost meeting prior to the one Sat urday waa on the farm of Mr. Kennedy's , father In Scotland in 1SC4. In spite of the lapse of time each of thero recognised the ' other at once, owing to strong family re semblances. Mr. Logan is on his way home from an extensive trip through Europe and Amor, tea, where he has been Investigating tele phone service. On the Journey he vis ited most of the European capitals and many of the other larger cities. In thla Country he visited New York. Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Washington and a number of other eastern cities. He will leave Omaha for Chicago Thursday night and from there will go to Vancouver, where be sails for home the following Thursday. "We believe In government ownership of tcle.graph and teleptvme lines In. New Zea land," sold Mr. Logan Saturday morning, '"but of course, I could not answer for It In' other countries where conditions are different. We never knew anything else thero. Owing to the small population a private company could not afford to do what the government has done In the way of providing facilities for the smaller ocm munltlo. Our population Is lens than a million and we have about 1,400 telegraph and telephone offices. Pvery one of the offices Is a postofUce. but all poetofflces do not give telegraph or telephone service." Teletrrama Bent by Telephone-. "I believe New Zealand originated the plan of sending telegraph messages by tele phone. It was In 1878. Just after tho tele phone came Into service, the postmaster general came to my district and told me that Beaton, a member of Parliament, wanted a telepraph station located in a mall hamlet In his district. He asked me If I could devise a way to aooommrcdate him. I suggested that we might run a tele phone wire Into the hamlet and make It a telegraph station and transmit the messages by telephone. The Idea struck the postmas ter general aa a good one and It waa done. Aa far aa I know thla was the first Instance Of Its kind. "The telegraph and telephone are great features of our life. The government gives extended service to the remotest hamlets and provides the same service In these mail hamlets, except that the measages are transmitted by telephone Instead of telegraph. In addition to this service di rect communication can always be had with the central towns. The result Is that the great bulk of the telegraph offices are really telephone officer, In the remote districts the offices are placed In tores or In ranchmen's houses and the operators are paid by fees so ths cost to the government to mainly In the erection and maintenance of th Itnea, comparatively little being paid out In salaries. Ex changes are maintained In many of the mailer towns with connections for farmer s llnea In all direction. Charge for Telephone) Service. "Tho government charges flat rates for telephone ervloe. In the six larger towns ths charge Is 7. or about $35 a year, for business telephones, and 6. or S2K a year, for private resldenoea, with unlimited serv ice In the exchange. In all other places the charge Is 5 a year. Including service up to midnight. In these smaller exchanges pro Tlslon Is made before the exchange closes no that physicians can be called at any time. The telephone service la self-supporting and the telegraph practically so. "Our suffrage laws are very liberal. There Is no property qualification and women are given practically the same po litical rights as men. One result of woman suffrage Is that six of our electoral dis tricts are prohibition. If a simple majority were all that Is required to carry prohibi tion I have no doubt practically the whole country would go prohibition, but It re quires a three-fifths vote to carry no li cense. The saloons all close at 10 o'clock and are kept closed Sunday. The laws are very rigidly enforced." CASH FOR THE UNIVERSITY (Continued from Third Page.) Fllnor Lever, vice president, and Fannie Willis, secretary. OXFORD Recent rains and snows have put the soil In excellent condition. Corn planting has been greatly delayed, but small grain Is looking fine. WEST POINT George P. Hoy. who waa seriously Injured by being dragged by his team under a disc harrow and whose llfo waa despaired of. Is now nearly recovered. BEATRICE O. P. Savage sustained a broken leg and severe bruises about his body by the breaking of a scaffold today while shingling his barn. He fell sixteen feet. PAVID CITY M. M. Meyeenburg this Week purchased the N-acre tract of land about three miles southeast of David City fioin Arthur IUchurdson, paying for same per acre. DAVID CLTY-Rev. C.-L. Heskett. who has been pastor of the Baptist church for the last two years, has tendered his resig nation as pastor of that church to take effect June a. S RED CLOUD S. n. Carpenter, an old soldier and ex-postmaster at Inavale. waa buried at this place today. The Ancient Order of I'nlted Workmen lodge had charge or mo runenu. NORTH PLATTE Engineer Aurust Morton while standing on the drive rods oiling Ms engine at Orantt Island Tuendsv slipped and fell on hla left arm. fracturing . I. . 1. . 1 .. . ' , 11 W UUIM BUVT, W I in V. BCHUYLKR The new drinking fountain has been erected on the corner of Main street. It Is used by people, horses and dugs, there being three places from which Ilia water continually flows. OXFORD Mies Abbte N. Longacre of Crawford, Neh has been elected assistant prtnclal of the Oxrord High school, and Miss Flora Woods of Lincoln as teacher of the first intermediate department. BEATRICE C. E. Temple, who has been employed as science teacher In the Beat rice HlKh school the last year, has ac cepted the position of teacher of botany in the Lincoln High school next year. WfcST lMINT-Jaaper Itilllips, working on the farm of Louts OatsemeW, bad hie collar bone broken and received severe flesh wounds as the result of a runuvir He waa taken to an Omaha hospital for treatment. OXTORD-Ned McCue, for a long while past the (oral manager of the Nfcboaska j irfxiune company, lias resigned htm po sition to accept ons of Increased respon sibility in Omaha He is succeeded bore iy Allen It. tug. BEATRICE The State Bank of OdelL rocemlv organised, opened for bustaees yesterday. The tn is rapltallaed for ;u,wn, ana ine omcers are A. O. Burkett, president; Ernest Loemker, vice presaWut a-i. l. ai'uuiri, caanier. nmktm i latte The Presbyterian con gregation of Ibis city, at a meeting Wd , ' iiiir,uT rvvtiiiiK, aeciaea 19 bang a re cuureh which la to coat not mm iU llT.trO. It la hoped now that the bulling 111 be completed yet this year. Wtsr POINT The volunteer fir dapart nii.t met In delegate oonvootton acd elected the following otneors: JVe obief, L. K. Malctiow; ewretary, Joavok ktaan; treaa urer. u. L Nelbury. Thie km ikm ,ia eucoMnlve election tendered Mr. Mak.hu w as chief. ICHUTLER The Board of Education taxied J. A. Peuca prssiueul aiid W. (thonka secretary. All teachers who had not resigned were again elerted. Mr. Amnt, former county superintendent of Iwxlge county, was chosen superintendent for the coming year. COH'MBl'B Peveral homes In Columbus are adorned with large rei placards that read ' Smallpox." The laat two to be so adorned are the homes of IJ laul on West Fourteenth street and Fred Novell on Heventeenth street, near the Third ward sohool house. DAVID CITY A bull team has been organized here and will go to I Jn wood to play their first game net Sunday after noon. Mr. Tremble of Mllford has been secured to do the pitching for the season, ami the boys are determined to make a record this sear. BCHCYLHitH. B. McCloskey, architect and contractor, of Fremont, was here this week and laid the plans of the new city hall before the city council and Mayor Roth aark. First Intentions were to erect a 17,0(0 building, but it has now been decided to raise the sum to 110.000. DAVID CITY The David City High school will meet the Seward High school In Joint debate at the opera house Tuesday evening. May 21. Seward will have the affirmative and David City the negative on the question, "Resolved. That the Army Canteen Should be Re-established." BEATRICB In the district court yester day the appeal case of S. D Klllen against J. H. Sparks, the bridge man, was set for hearing next Tuesday morning. The case In question is one wherein Mr. Klllen appealed claims amounting io about 112,000 for work done In Oage county by Mr. Sparks BEATRICE Sunday schools of Gaga county will hold a convention at the Bap tist church In this city next Monday after noon and evening. Prof. H. M Steidley of Lincoln, field aecretary for the state and Miss Mamie Haines, state superinten dent of primary work, will be here to conduct the meeting. WEST POINT In spite of the continued cool weather and froety nights the farm era are busily engaged In planting corn, ground Is in good condition to receive the seed with the exception of surface dryness. Rain and warm weather are badlv needed throughout. Fruit trees are blossoming with little apparent signs of damage. BEATRICE The program at the Mary Young Men's Christian association dedi catory exercises laat night consisted of a gymnasium exhibition by the Lincoln as sociation team In charge of George Plnneo. It was the finest entertainment of the kind ever given In Beatrice. Saturday night a home talent play, "The Oymnlcal," waa presented BEATRICE Mayor Reed yesterday served notice upon the proprietors of cigar stores, billiard and pool halls, that slot machines, playing cards and games of chance will not be permitted In their places of business. The order carries with It. that loitering or loafing In these pieces Is aleo forbidden. The mayor announces that the law will be enforced to the letter In cases of violation. NORTH PLATTE-An application waa filed In the county court Wednesday by Elisabeth Ehlers for a writ of habeas cor pus for her 8-year-old son, who is detained at the home of Henry Khiers. The allega tions are to the effect that the Ehler house Is a one-room dugout and that eleven peo ple live therein, and that conditions are had generally, and she asks that her son be restored to her. NORTH PLATTE A new bank will goon be opened at Brady, the stockholders of which will be Messrs, West, Byron, Voss, Eurson and Holzmark of Gothenburg: Wli HanL,fcea.ttJr nd Eoward Murphy of Brady; r." , i'"lcr. UI " cuv- the capital took of the Institution will be UQ.OuO. It Is said that Mr. Trotter will accept tho position of cashier, and If this be so, he will resign as county superintendent of this county. WEST Pfl!NTn t -m . . ware dealer of Wet Point, has been granted a patent upon what promises to be a moet valuable Invention. It Is an ap pliance designed to be plaoed on the Inrtde or kerosene and gasoline car whereby the L a n'n'cany and electro-chemtcally DUrintfi and all nas. ,,.!.. ' .i,u Ut51Rlf3TllUal ITmt- ou. wig uu pc-urea TKCTTMBTTTT A- ti .... billiard and pool halls is now before-the city council the Instrument being ready for the third reading, and It Is understood the Cminf.fl Htttn.l. . . . , -- ---- lur mo issuance Of the llren.A. and . --- -- vfiiuim. i o neaa off this action the preachers of the city 7hl rnimnii iVJ" " Pt ?n asking . ne oral nance or ;rant the proposed llcensea NORTH PLATTE-Yesterday afternoon L,MPatriSk ' church occurred the con K10", l.a..".' elhty-e.ght. of Nnr h PiJ,.. ' "''5. we resiaents of ji VI . A" """rmBiion wag under churn .u. " " at u beautiful and7rnpre:;.Bve. nTahop'scanneli TLFyS y f ather Wolf of Grand Island and Father Daly of Kearney. OX FORD The city council in special ses- n'"J"J".C?.m.p!e5d !! organlxatuTn of the ,,,w ,,,r, x nomas u. Norman la now mavor n.,K.- " ""imu is w w X """" iiaimuon cierg and il" F: youna- treasurer. Saloon licenses '""T? to w- H- Branen and if"?" Relmsmlth at ,2D0 per annum. A ref.o?, y?1?1 .ol,tJ"JPrt of numerous :rr :r , urmru a license in the neighboring miirlcipality. NEBRASKA ITY E. A. Duff, adminla trator of the ou e 11 " P-ld th. county reaaurer tK- or 13,600, the Inheritance tax due. Threa appraisers were appointed to report the rv.. j, j . -iu inn penalties. Mr. t2-'.dJ!'l.?.5ep.te.l"ber.,"t' but "1. es- M -p t upon laat month. ?T DVff wa" one of tne 1 of the Duff Grain company and left an e.i estimated at HOOlOOO. " "Ute DAVin rirv t- . , j . - t nui Doarq met tLiEZZfTHl!!! thl! and hired The Mla. Adj.aidrsu.lor-roo'm. ward; Miss Ruth Duncan, rooms S Wnd 4 - : i a iT u,lm ronaerson, rooms t and S South ward; Miss Zulu Reynolds rooms I in.i . !,. u 1 j . .v"":.'1;?""". room K r,.i "" "i" Mua Bean. iinn scnooi Mas Llxzln Ray. who has been superintendent for the and win n1tr ender"J his resignation and will not teach next year. Prof Clem met and Miss Woods, who taught last year tli J!,0t .Xl9 application, thus ouj high ve.?l.W'" haX?,a nrw aet of teachers next BREWING COMPANY -CONTESTS Defense of St. I.onla Concern Is That of All Companies In. volved. TOPEKA. Kan.. May 11. The .t.t. 4reme court probably will hand down a Decision today in the case of the Anheuser Buch Brewing company of St. Louis, which fought the application of Attorney General Jackson for the appointment of a receiver for the 'concern's property In the tata In the arguments, which were not finished until late last night, the attorney for the ' Anheuaer-Dusch company con tended that the court lacked Jurisdiction. The rule of law, he asserted. Is that a re ceiver may be appointed to conserve the property, of the corporation for the benefit of creditors and shareholders: a receiver could only be appointed on a proceeding Instituted after a Judgment' had been ren dered. The defendant company says It has respected the court's order to stop doing business in the state, but It is op posed to the appointment of a receiver and asks permission to remove Its property. The Anheuser-Busch defence Is accepted as the defenae In the cases of all the for eign brewery companies for whose prop erty within Kansas the state supreme court recently named receivers. The re ceivers have already seized much of this property and are now on a tour of the atate attaching more of It wherever found ' Oonld Moves to Kearney- KEARNEY. Neb.. May ll.-(8pectal Tele gram. -enator E. D. Gould of Wolbach, who has been largely Interested in cattle feeding for some time at Buda, will soon make Kearney hla home and make hla permanent headquarters here. A residence and an office location has been secured In the city 'on Central avenue aa the largest feeding business carried on by Senator Gould requires a gixd slaed office force to look after It. Feeding yards are now oper ated at Buda. where over 0 steers are on feed, and other yards will be put In at Rlverdale, Amherst. Odessa and other nearby points. EARLY LIFE OF C. U. MOYER Old Friends and latiyi Deeply Inter ested in Idaho TriaL STORY OF CHICAGO ARREST IS DENOUNCED Western Federation of Minors Presi dent Kntlve of Boone t'omnty, Where Family Is Promi nent nnd Heaneeted. ItOONE, la.. May 11. (Special.) Charles Henry Moyer, or known to Boone friends as "Charlie" Moyer, was born In Boone county thirty-seven years ago. The parents were living In a small Boone county town called Quincy. The family remained at Qulncy for two years and then removed to a farm of 1M0 acres on the Boone-Story line, 100 a ores being' located In Story county and eighty In Boone county. Here the father, a sturdy Dutch pioneer, built for himself a home and here the family lived for many years. At the age of I years Charles Moyer was left motherless. He was the youngest of even children and the others tenderly cared for him during his early life. Mrs. Wlllard Foster of this city, wife of ex Sheriff Foster, cared for him and looked after Mm and he has often remarked that Mrs. Foster was his second mother. Shortly before the mother's death the family removed to the farm mentioned above, located one and a half miles south west of Ontario. The mother was subject ! to lung trouble and the Inroads caused by numerous attacks of this sickness resulted fatally for her when the youngest child was but 2 yearn of ago. She was burled In the old cemetery at Ontario, and here, four teen yeara ago. was burled her husband. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Moyer, were pioneers In the strictest sense of the word, coming to this county from Linn 1 county, Iowa. Previous to their residence j In Linn county they lived In Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and were among the strong Dutch residents of this vicinity. To Mr. and Mrs. Moyer were brrn seven chil dren, four of whom are now living. The father was a carpenter nnd left the farm to be worked by the children. He devoted his time exclusively to this work ana many of the old landmarks of Boone and Story counties stand as monuments to the rigid honesty and perseverance of this pioneer. At Qulncy he erected the famous church, famous not only In Boone county and vicin ity, but throughout this part of the coun try. In the erection of this structure Mr. Moyer used enough of the beet walnut timber to stock an ordinary furniture house of the present day with the very finest of house furnishings,. I Family of Moyer. He erected the home In which the family resided for many years and the house la tlll atandlna- on the old farm, the hewed logs looking the same as they did the day the house was finished. It Is now occupiea by John Cooper a son of Charles Cooper. After the death of his first wife William Moyer married "Aunt Sally" Houser, mother of Jacob Houser, whose grand daughter was In after years to become the bride of Charles Moyer. Mrs. Moyer, the second wife, died many years ago ana he again was married to Mrs. McConkey, who aurvlves him and now resides In Boone. Of the family of children. Charles H. has attained the highest station In life, the head of that powerful organisation, the Western Federation of Miners. The children, In the order of their birth low: Victoria, married Henry Fullerton, years ago. , . vim,, in nmmt b wnnivf or fol dtnd Sac v 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 i . . i "u "i . . .- - . county for ten years; now dead. His son. Karl, at present is tiepuir '- Alice, now Mrs. Wlllard Foster of Boone. George W., now of Mercede county, Cali fornia. P F. Moyer of Boone. Mrs. Charles Crnne of Des Moines. Charles Henry, now In Bols City, Idaho, awiitttng trial. S. F. Moyer p ex-chlef of police of Boone nnd Is now employed as motorman on the Boone Suburban car line. Mr. Moyer during his boyhood wa not healthy. Hla lungs were never strong and early In life asthma took a hold on him and soMhoroughly did It root Itself In his system that relatives always feared that It would ultimately result In his death. Hit father, seeing that the lad was sickly, never Insisted that he do much of the farm work.' The boy waa allowed to, read or spend the time about the home as he saw fit. During these years he was a great reader and was always rending whatever he could get especially news or stories of the western country. During his early life he was afflicted with eye trouble and for two years was nearly blind. At times, when he felt as though he could atand no longer to go without reading, he would slip to one comer of the room and crawl under the table, and there In the half darkness he would pore over hla books or western articles. Waa n Cowboy. x He entered the employ of Clark Luther at the age of U years, riding his pony In going about hla work. Relng rather weak from his early sickness and never having done hard labor, his first work in the battle of life u not one of great phys ical exertion. Moyer seemed to take well with this work and after quitting the em ploy of Mr. Luther, and when 15 years of age, started working for Fred Mills, wan at that time lived a ahort distance north of Boone. Hla work was herding cows, many families from this county and neigh boring ones turning their cattle over to Moyer at the start of spring and having them returned In the fall, Moyer taking them up to northwestern Iowa, above Sioux City, where they were kept grazing during the summer months. However, his health did not Improve greatly, the asthma continuing by him. On the advice of physleans he left Boone. Upon leaving Boone, Mr. Moyer went first to Wyoming, then Into the Dakotas and for some time roamed over the northwest, aa cowboy, atudylng the country and people. Ho was merely a lad at this time between 16 and 18 years of age. but evinced Interest In things which generally occupy tiie time and minds of older persons. Tir ing, for the time being, of this life he went to Chicago, to see something of th city and- to see what opportunities were offered there for a young man Before going to Chicago he met a man by the nameof 8am Williams, who ac companied him to that city. Williams was the son of a titled Engllah woman, who had made a runaway match and the family took up the name of Williams. Together the boys Journeyed to Chicago and there Moyer aecured employment aa night clerk In the Palmer house. Here he became acquainted with a woman who had charge of one of the departments of th hotel and he treated him as her own son. This, he often afterwards spoke of. with pleasant memories. While In that city he learned to whistle and going back to the west, people up and down the western etat re membered him "Whistling Charlie." many who were year In learning to call hltn by any other nam. Retnrn to the West. Moyer evidently did not Ilk th city and within a hort Urn returned to th western country. Hce he began mining and con tinued It for manv yean. Hla first mining j employment was In the famous Homestead Mine In Lead City, S. D. Her tt remained for aome time, when he was made the 1 president of the mlneie' union, which was organised there. This la the Urst step to mmm to Having obtained the -sole agency for the celebrated 44 TT V T Y 1KNA 'the World's best" WE ARE FORCED, in order to make room on our floors for this superb line, TO FORGE A SALE of about 100 high-grade Pianos. . In this great money-saving FORCED PIANO SALE WE GUARANTEE A SAVING FROM $75 TO $175. All the Pianos offered in this sale are 1907 designs of the best grades, and have only been on our floors for a short time. THIS GREAT FORCED PIANO SALE offers wonderfully LOW PRICES on thoroughly worthy goods. These cut prices will only prevail until we sell enough of our present stock to get the needed room for our "Knabe" shipments. A SUPERB COLLECTION OF PIANOS Very special prices will be made on the following lines (with one exception "The Knabe" and that is one price the world over.) Sohmer, Chickering, Kranklin, Wegman, Estey, Smith and Barnes, Schaffcr, Price and Teeple and Bailey. These names, with the great Knabe, comprise our list, and we feel sure tlint no other Nebraska house can duplicate this splendid array of meritorious pianos. No other firm will make the price so low, even on the inferior instruments that some of them carry. Ell PHONE DOUGLAS 2600 mmmSSmS the career, which 'has made Mr. Moyer known the world over. He was afterwards made delegato to the V estern Federation of Miners in Denver and tlicn organlier and ultimately nl dent of the federation. He has been elected to this office time after time and Is th. Idol cf the western mlnera. Scene were enacted at the last two times when he wan rc-tleited which brought tears to the eyes of every nilnervpresent. The rules of ti.e federation are that no one shall be elected tj office who Is not present In ptrjo.i Howivei, two years ago when Moyer wns In the bull pen at Tellurlde he was re elected by acclamation, as he was a ycur agf when he was In. jail In Boise City, Ida. At tl.e last meeting his picture waa placed In the president's chair and was greeted wlti cheers. His Msrrlase, Mrs. Fred Payne of this city, a slster- ln-luw of President Moyer, her sister being the wlfd of the noted leader, tells the following story of the courtship and mar riage o) Mr. Moier and Miss Bertha HoiiHer. The marriage resulted In rather a peculiar mixture of relationships. Miss Homer was the granddaughter of Mrs. Moyer, the second wife of Moyer's father. Mi's Houser. who was a school teacher, during the summer of her sixteenth year spent her vacation with her grandmother on the beautiful farm home on the Boone Story line. The farm was a delightful place for a vacation visit, a great lawn sweeping from the, house, with beautiful trees and shrubs. Charles Moyer had been weit a number of years and was home making his father a visit at the time Miss HouMnr was visiting her grandmother. Mr. Moyer was attracted to the pretty, refined young woman and ehe at once loved the quiet, unassuming but forceful young man, who had seen so much of the world and who, despite his usual silence, was so well Informed on so many subjects that a visit with him waa a dellfeht and the meet ings littween the two became more fre quent with the passing dayf. After Moyer returned to the west a correspondence waa started and in four years he returned to w.'. her. The marriage took place In Fibruary, but Mrs. Moyer wished to con tinue teaching until the close of her term of school and so the groom returned with out her to Spearfish, S. D., where he was overseer of a large ranch owned by Peter J. Retlly. It was In May of the same year, 1890, that she joined her hutband In their new home and has faithfully stood by him through his success and also through the trials and tribulation which have fallen to h'.s lot Man of Wonderful Nerve. Moyer has always been known as man of wonderful nerve and at times mi horns when a youngster he would often display a will of hla own. He was studious and a deep thinker and often would sit and be lost In the deepest thought, aa though try ing to solve some perplexing problem. All of a sudden he would brighten up and start whistling like a songbird, happy in the success of his silent meditation. His bash fulness was the Joke of his friends and neighborhood and he was a youth who preferred to be alone. He was during his active business life always known for his small charities and the lowliest "newxle" generally found some way to "work" the great labor leader for a coin of some de nomination. He Is a man of forgiving dis position and often injuries have been for- I given with the statement that "It was not them, but the power behind them." Mrs Payne tells of a little Incident which occdrred In Denver which showed the pop ularity of Moyer among the newsboys and those who had come In closer contact with htm. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer and Mrs. Payne were at one of the large theaters of that city one evening. The gallery was crowded with newsboys, the guests of the Btar that evening. Shortly nfter Mr. Moyer entered he was spied by one of the youngsters who Irrepresslbly cried cut: "What Is the matter with Moyer." Instantly scores of boys took up the yell and Moyer became the cynosure of all eyes, much to the dis comfiture of the man who so dreaded the limelight of notoriety and publicity. How the manllnesi of the man Impresses strangers la told even of those who are prel udlted against him. When he was In prison In Cripple Creek, Colo., a wealthy woman from Chicago was touring the west and called at Cripple Creek. This woman hud come down from Denver to see him. having been told that he was one of the Bights of Colorado. The cell door was opened, and this woman stood and looked In upon htm, lorgnette at eye. She aald: "I have been told that you were one of the sights, so I came to see you." Mr. Moyer gently replied "I am willing any one ahuuld look at me who wishes to do so. I a-n sorry I am In the center of the stage. I But I cannot help myself." The woman was so liiipremMd by his gsntleiuaaly manner, 323X1 f YTs TT W AY DEN and appearance, that she apologised sev eral times, expressing herself aa covered with shame, and saying she would never aga'n be guilty of such an act "I did not think you were such a man aa you are. 1 thought of you as a sort of wild beast. I am sure some mistake has been made and you are not guilty of the things of which you are accused." Visits Boon Relatives. Two weeks before he was arrested and taken out of Colorado for the murder of Governor Steunenberg he visited his brother, 8. F. Moyer of Boone, and his sister, Mrs. Wlllard Foster. While here he renewed old acquaintances and spent several days In Boone. He was suffering a great deal from asthma and waa then In a critical condi tion from the ravages of the .disease. A local newspaper man In Interviewing him at that time waa Impressed with the won derful sincerity of the man. "We are right and we wU win our fight with the aid of that Justice which the constitution guaran tees to every American cltlsen. We will show the people of thla country that the Western Federation of Miners Is not the barbarous organization that they have been led to believe." This was said with an evident Impulse from the man's heart. Relatives In Boone characterize the, pen itentiary stories sent out yesterday as groundless and without foundation. S. F. Moyer, brother of Charles, said that as far as he knew his brother waa never mixed up In any scrape In Chicago and never was In the penitentiary at Jollet. Mrs. Fred Payne, a slnter-ln-Iaw and also a granddaughter of Charles Moyer's stepmother said last even ing that she waa positive that the Chicago Journal was in error. Her brother wns In the Dakotas at the time mentioned as hav ing been spent in the penitentiary. Boone friends are watching the scene of the battle with much interest for all liked Charlie Moyer and his relatives here en Joy the confidence and respect of the com munity. All want to nee him have a fair trial and If Innocent acquitted of the aw ful charge hanging over him. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Quaint and Cnrlona Fentnrea of Life In a Rapidly GrowlnaT Btnte. Strawberry growers ay the cmt will not be hort Probably a new point has been fixed for the bottom of the boxes. Chicago speculators started out Baturdnr an though they thought th American Society of Equity had "made good" on Ita dollar wheat program. A bee Inspector has been appointed at Kearney, but It Is not expected he will be able to curtail the supply of "honey" from the glucose factories. Hastings Is to be congratulated on trying a murder caae with possible phases of dementia Americana without throwing the neighborhood Into hysterics. Thellck of the corn planter may drown the memories of the snow shovel, but even the most optimistic can be excused If ho has doubt as to the fruit harvest. Nebraska farmers are eccused of putting potatoes In egg ases and chcntlng buyers. If summer Is as coy aa spring they msy find they have cheated themselves. " "Tough Luck" But ymi don't know really tough luck unless you've been with out coal for a month, hoping that each day's suit would banish the need, and shivering all' the while. Noi folk News. When Car Meets Hound Postmaster Cook ran over one of Jim Wild's mnny hounds Inst FTldsy with disaster to both hound and auto. The hound died, the arle of the auto was bent and Wen was badly cared, for he lost control of the machine and almost ran Into a telephone pole. Blair Courier. Handicap for the Bug Ay hare man ay den greene bugs fon Texas baen coming up to Kansas on Rork Eyland raleroad. Ay tal hem Murphy Oraln company gat fon car veet fon Langdon, Kansas, and et teck Rock Eyland raleroad forty-four days to breng hem en to Kansas Seeta. so ef greene bug baen coming fon Texas on Rock Ey land raleroad Ay gat no frald for scare; da ant a gone to gat hare before harvest na ho. Knute Knutesen In Aurora flun. Confusing Names A lady here was sent box of house plants from Illinois and found, five days later, that they had been carried to Paldock In Merrick county. Slis ! hastily sent a letter to the depot agent j tUi but th letter was atoppvd by the BY TIE 'TOAD -1 -rs-T3 - ....,,. . . irrnj Jr.. - . -.J :J:i I ' i 4 t I - "c .. . -i-em.r.;. 1.1 i S'i -v'-. ifllIRRiflS R DOUGLAS STREET ENTRANCE Lynch postmaster, who returned It to this Paddock. It was started again and aaiu stopped at Lynch, although the mall carrier told him better, and was sent back here. It was started for the third time, having taken six days' travel between Pnddock and Lynch. Paddock Correspondent Atkin son Graphic. ATCHISON WINS ONE POINT Interstate Commerce Commission De eldes Railroads Discriminate An-nlnat Kansas Town. WASHINGTON, May ll.-The Interstate Commerce commission rendered a decision today in the case of the city council of Atchison, Kan., against tho Missouri Pa cific, Burlington and Santa Fe railroads. It appeared that the carriers grant certain allowances or free service In the elevation, transfer, mixing, cleaning and other hand ling of grain at Kansas City, Mo., Argon tine, Leavenworth and Kansas City, Kan., which are withheld by them at Atchison, at which point they have established the same rates as those In force at these other cities. The commission In an opinion by Com missioner Clark holds that such practice Is unlawful and that thee arricrs should not furnish at Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City, Leavenworth or Argentine, Kan., elevator allowances or other free service in connec tion with shipment of grain which are not furnished at Atchison. Mitchell Is Imnrovlnsr. SPRINO VALLEY, 111.. May ll.-The phy- u , P i " .a.,,te"ur;ce on President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers s.iy. the patient is gaining strength every day' It is expected that recovery will be slow, but all danger seems past. COId In Pennsylvnnln. PrrTSBfRO. Miy ll.-Sinee yesterday at noon the temperature In western Pennsyl vania dropped from 63 deRrees to S2 This Is the coldest day in May since U.TB ' AV d j--W' rtrc! st Ir J i I v ! 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It Is Impossible, however, to get definite' reports on their doings, though It la sail they" "are" discussing a program ' for a 111'iinni.nnitii . Kw.i...l. ..... T .,.. .. 1 1 V. - "I' luiuuEjlluu, JVUDDin BIIU 11 n 11 U- j ...,. ,b ui tne fuuey 10 ue luuoweu oy tne social democrats In the lower house of the Russian Parliament. They are also plan nlng to hold annual meetings, like the trades union congress. Most of the dele gates represent the professions, with Jews predominating. Pole and Ietts come next In number and some of them are reputed to be ex-Siberians. There are several women among the delegates. John I,. Sullivan at White Honae. WASHINGTON, May ll.-John L. Sulli van, the pugullst, saw the president again today by appointment in behalf of a pardon of John L. Lennon, his nephew, who Is serving a sentence at Governors Island for desertion from the marine corps. He mado an earnest pica, but the presi dent made no promise. 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