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TILE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. JULY 15, 1WI. SCHILLER DAY IN OMAHA Statue of German Poet Unveiled at Eiverviftw Park. THOUSANDS ATTEND CEREMONY f.lft of llrrraii Societies to t'lty Affrytnl tyrikrn Oersnnn pud Kngllsh I. end poet. tn the presence of members of the titv eounril, members of the Board or J'bi-k fommllonr and about .X resident of the three cltle, the Schiller monument wan unrolled with troponin ceremonies at Rlvervlew park STunday afternoon. The ceremony began at Washington hall. Where, the Oerman societies of the city sssemhled and marched In procession, headed by a platoon of "police, a band and Members of the city government In car riage. The procession moved east on Harney atreet to Sixteenth, north on Six teenth to Douglas, east on Douglas to Tenth and aouth on Tenth to Maaon, whore car were taken to Rlvervlew park. The marcher presented an Interesting appear ance when In line to the number of about 1,20". Included In the marchera were the membera of the gwahlan aoclety, tho Qmaha and South Omaha Ptattdeutsch o cletlea, the Landwehr aoclety, German Knights of Pythias, the Saxon, Swiss, Aus trian ami Hungarian snMetlns, the Brewers" Aid society, three, lodges of the' Sons of Hermann and the Society of St. Peter. When the. procession arrived at the park the marchers found that a large number of persons had preceded them and the temporary seats around the -speakers' stand, which had been erected for the occasion. were filled to overflowing with admirers of Schiller and friends of the societies who had come to pay respect to the Oerman poet. fttatar la t'n relied. Tha program opened with music by the hand, followed by a aong by a male chortls. Charles Epplen. master of cere moniea, made the first address. Ha spoke In Oerman, giving a brief history of the movement which resulted In the purchase of the statue and Its presentation to Omaha. Ho referred to the plantlhg of the linden tree, which stands In an en closure nsar the statue, and told of the love of the Germans for the linden and the reason for It being planted In honor of the poet'g memory. Aa Mr. Bpplen closed his remarks, at a signal, the cord which held the veil of the statue was cut and the face of the poet looked upon the crowd assembled to do honor to hia memory. The bronze statue, on a base of Maine granite, faces south. The poet Is repre. sented at two-thirds length. In his left hand he holds book, with the Index linger between Its, pages. In his right hand he holds a pen and seems to be tn , a contemplative mood. Aa the covering .fell a doxen youDg girls who encircled the pedestal cast flowers at its feet, while round It were raised the banners of the various societies. Interspersed with the red, white and blue of the I'nited States, fttato OlTrn to City Following Mr. Epplen, C. J. Ernst spoke Ih Englsh, telling of the planting of the linden tree and Its place In the hearts of Germans along with thaoak, the national tree of Germany. After paying tribute to tha mind and works of the Oerman poet, he closed by saying: It la to the memory of our Schiller, who Is also your Schiller, whose great mind left an Inheritance for all mankind, un limited by time or space, ' not measurable '"by dollars or billions of dollars, that we dedicate here today this additional me morial. To you, Mr. President and gentle men of the Park commission, to you Mr. Mayor and gentlemen of the city council, in behalf of the Germans of the twin cities of Omaha and South Omaha, I now pre sent this monument. To your care and Keeping we now deliver It, sincerely hoping sors tn oflice for generations to come will honor and protect It, in times or prosperity And adversity, In fair weather and foul, so that It may direct many to the great master mind of him whose memory yon linden tree stul this monument are Intended to per petuate. Acceptance by Hark Board. After a sxtng by the male quartet E. J. Cornish, on behalf of the city of Omaha and the Park board, accepted fhe monu ment, saying In part: Mr. Craig, the president of the Board of Park Commissioners, hss assigned to me the pleasant duty to formally receive, in behalf of the rlty of Omaha from the As sociated German Societies of Douglas County, this magnificent statue of Schiller, and give It a permanent home in River view rurk. akhtiler'a father, a the keeper of the es tate of 4he duke of Wurtemburg, per formed the dutlea of landscape gardener, lie. hrmself, was keenly alive to the beau tit uf nature and gave much study tn the 8rt, by which In a small park is repro Ucetl the seclusion, quiet, beauty and trandeur of native forests, mountain t reams and lakes. , The duty of your park oommlsaloners Is to follow the art of Schiller and reproduce In our parks a place where the wearied man may escape rrom the turmoil or city life. Its buildings, pavnments, noise and con f union and find th strength and In spiration which contact with nature alone aires This statue of Schiller, while Its location WJL'J.J., . .. .L.J IT.-.. Is In Itself a departure from his teachings, will hrlng his Influence to the assistance of the lark board In preventing the merry-go-rounds, switchback and noisy amuse nienis, which sre foreign to the purpose of parka. and divert attention from the beauties of nature. 1 know of no place where It can be Imagined that the spirit of Schiller would love to linger more than In the park that vou have selected. Th statu Is a fitting memorial to the beloved poet of Germany, and also to the public splrltertness of the members of the German societies of Doug las county. A genius belongs to no country, no race and no age, but to all humanity and to all time. Spiritual Insight and truth, la not patriotic or limited to one language. K f,ier natrlnttsm everywhere and helps to cement the universal brotherhood of man. To the Influence of Schlllar upon German thought may he attributed In lars-e part th fact that Germans have easily assimilated with our institutions and taken a leading part In bringing about a realisation of our nohlest purposes. ir I were asked to name wi writer who hu heat voiced American democracy and the spirit Of our Institutions, I would . say Ralph WsJdo Emerson. Next to him I ahould hesitate long oernre giving precedence to anyone over Sunnier, ours Is, or should be, the land of the free. Schiller s writings nreatne me very epirn of freedom. Our Institutions are bahod upon Individual manhqod and universal brotherhood. Militarism still fetters the old woria and threatena us. Schiller Against Militarism. Mediaeval feudalism, with Its continued war. produced the lord ana the serr, the chieftain and the "food, for powder" the worship or rorce, the gradation .or rank, contempt of commerce and. of labor and disregard of human rights. The lit erature of the world contains rTbthlr.g that points out more graphically the eviU of militarism than Schiller's Wollenslein dramas. The licentiousness and lawless ness of the camp, the evil and uncon trolled passions engendered, the appalling OPIE READ STOPS IN OMAHA Novelist Landi Memory of His Friend, Edward Roiewater. ON WAY TO WAHOO CHAUTAUQUA Hais Summer Assemblies Are Doing Important Work and Incidentally Tells gome Darky Stories from Old Kentucky. waste created, are brought Into the pic ture of the splendor and power of "."alien stein tn such manner that, while our Imagination Is ablaae with his glory, c acquiesce In his overthrow and leatn tl):it the triumphs of peace are greater than the triumph of war. In the growth from militarism to In dustrialism the greatest good to the greatest number has become a rule of action. I'nder militarism the merchant, the craftsman, the laborer was despised. The warrior alone received consideration from his chief. With us labor la dignified. The welfare of the toller la the care of the state. Schiller expressed our national purpose In these lines: "To freemen labor Is renown: Who works brings blessings and com mands, Kings glory In th orb and crown Be ours the glory of the hands." Bertha and Rudenx abandoning tha splen dours of the Austrian court to cast their lot with their fellow citizens Is a forceful example to our oountrymen who are ex changing wealth for title, and seeking a position In European society, where even if they are received, are despised. The Illustrations I have given sustain my statement that Schiller belongs to the world, and Is In the class with Homer, Plato, Virgil, Dante. Roueeau, Goethe, Ib sen and Tolstoi, who belong to America even more than to their native lands. Where civilization Is most advanced, where freedom Is moee aecure, where brotherly love most prevails, where Christian virtues are most highly prlxed, there Is the natural, fitting and everlasting home of Schiller. May this statue Inspire us and our chil dren to higher Ideals and nobler purpose. Vou have planted It upon this eminence. surounded by the oak and linden, which he loved ao well. It overlooks the Missouri river, wild, rugged, grand, with a grand eur of Its own. The nreclnltous bluff. tht hound the view encloses the richest val ley upon earth, upon whtoh should grow a race or men, prosperous, independent and free fit companions for the soul of Schiller. There was a song by a woman's quartet and then Dr. R. 8. Lueke delivered th principal address of the day. He spoke In Oerman. He began by relating the history of the birth' and early life of the poet; hla studies at school and a brief account of his principal works. He then paid a tribute to the character of the man, saying that In all of his studies of writings of Schiller he was Impressed with the honesty of the man, hia love of absolute truth and hla painstaking care to see that nothing but true ideas and sentiments were given place In, his work. The speaker declared that Schiller wasnor llko a meteor In Oerman literature, but was like a fixed star whose light Is a beacon to all student and lovers of German literature, Th singing of the Star Spangled Banner by a male quartet closed the formal pro gram. A band concert followed; but was ln- and trusting that you and your sueces- I terrupted by the rain, which began to fall just a the last song ended. Oplo Read, the novelist, was In Omaha for a short while Saturdsy, stopping at the Paxton. "I am out chautauqulng. Going out to Wahoo to talk to the Chautauqua there," said Mr. Read. "Just came from Indiana, and was down visiting my old home. Don't know a thing to say that would Interest you. By the way, I see that my old and very dear friend Mr. Rosewater has died since I was last here. He waa a great man. and like all great newspaper men, he was misunderstood. But he wa one of the best of them. You people out here will know more of his value to the west as the years go on. He died In the harness and was one of the best men that ever came out of the west. I knew him well, and never knew a more honest man. "Sneaking of chautauquas, they are get ting their best development In your west ern country, while the Idea origin ited In the east. They are great educatois. and will only succeed when you keep the vaude ville out of them. Iowa has more chau tauquas than any other state. Illinois has a lot of them, and some of the best of them are here tn Nebraska. "Tea, I am doing a little writing now and then, and some occasional newspaper work. Cant quit, and don't know that I want lo. About my only recreation la golf and my old' pipe- I've tried all sorts of tobacco, but then I am not advertising any particu lar brand. I've done the best I could by the Toboeco trust. Tried them all. Tells Some Darky Storlea. "By the way, I ran across an awful pretty poem down In Kentucky the other day. It was down near Owcnnboro. I met an old darkey there I used to know when I was a boy, and he was an old man then. He got to telling me about his old "massa." Th old darkey was M years old. He told me that he had just come back from hi old master's grave, putting blooms on It. He described him as one of the best men that ever lived or died. "He's burled up on the hill yandiT,' said he, 'and when the flowers come I alwaya go up there and put blooms on hi dar old grave. But I'se getting a little old and forgetful now and so I'se afraid mebbe sometimes I'll forget to take the blooms up dar. Bo I just done gone planted a dogwood tree at th" head of his grave and one at his feet. Dey Is growin' nice and bloomhV. Dey will never forget to drap de bloom on his grave, and I'se feelln' kind o' content now.' "The darkeys of the old regime are dying off now. Those old fellows are the soul of poetry and devotion to those they love. They are near to nature, and I love to run across them. I met another of them down there that I had known yVars and years ago. I asked him If he remembered me. 'No, sah, I kalnt reach way back Into the cockle of my mem'ry and fetch you out yet,' said he. I told him who I was. 'God bress yo', deah soul Mass'r Ople, I used to carry you round on my shoulders when yo' wai a weeny baby.' It was o, and til old eye filled with a warmth of gratitude an,d love to recall the old years. That was a long time ago, I'm fifty-four now myself, but he must have been. In his nineties."- ' Mr. Read 1 showing lome traces of gray tn his copious growth of hair, and his hands are so bronzed that he calls them his kid gloves; LIVELY CONTEST IN SIGHT (Continued from First Page.) Us vO Our water comes from wells 1400 Qr XO UbbSbMIbisZ Our water feet deep. Our barley is in our business selected selected from the by a partner best that is grown. Most of our hops are Bohemian. Our yeast mother cell. is produced forever from 'Tis a yeast that no one can the same duplicate. That is why Schlitz beer is good. But we skill, more spend more on purity money than on any - more time, more other cost of our brewing. Ask for the Brewery Bottling. , Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz, To avoid being imposed upon, see that the fork or crown is branded . "Tlie Beer rhat . IVi a d e M i I wa u Re That Schlitz why beer is good for you. Phone Douglas 91S Schlitz Brewing Co. of Neb. 719 So. oth St., Omaha 1 e.-fam.Qu&vi BROAD HISDH TIIK WORLD'S NEED Dr. Cooler Discourses on the Value of latellectani Development. "Kvery business man should have a prac tical course In reading entirely outatde hi business. He may think h has no time for It. but he must do It, or It will mean mental suicide." This was the advice given by Rev. J. W. Conley at the First Baptist church yester day morning In a sermon from the text, ".Man shall not live by bread alone.' He declared every man should devote a part of his time regularly to mental, moral and aesthetlo culture. "There Is very much danger," he said, "of one-sldedness In life. The text Is a warning against 'narrowness In living. God has a plan. for life and He Is trying to hrlng everyone up to the level of that plan. It shojild be our purpose to fill up every part of our being. Many people are living narrow, distressingly defective lives, falling absolutely to come up to the plan that Ood has made. "To live by bread alone la to leave the sentimental out of our Jives. I use the word sentimental in Its true and high sense. tTTCXAX. HOTIOB TO THB LADIES "" " """" " I hon lit I fill n nri 1 rt urti r!n tr Thara 1 .vl. a. Or OMAHA , ............. ..... ....... , A r.. m..tr,H B- a l,o,.,-. 1 " ! y.-nu.iuu ui me urauiuui ana Toilet Requisites Is to take place In this rBnd ,n n,,ur' Oo1 d0M not reveal cltv at Sherman MoConnell Dru Co.. ?ln''" "lone "' '' productive li.th and Dodae St a 'and Owl riru. fn . fields covered with crops, but also In the Win and Harney Sle., from July 15 to grandeur of the mountains. Why I It August , which la being given for the th,t America la producing no great poets purpose tt teaching the ladies of this city today? It is because we are too buay not the democratic way of doing things," and proceeds: In Its wisdom the state committee has determined to forbid the holding of a state convention, In which might be seated duly accredited delegates from every county, thus giving the humblest democrat a voice In the party councils. Rut lnstend of a state convention, the committee has invited cer tain democrats from each county to meet with the state committee next Tuesday night and perform the very work which the Telegram desired a Btate convention to perrorm. Democrats have loved Bryan most when he was pleading that we get the democratic Joins the main line about one, mile west of : Odejl and ,' It will when the present work Is finished double the nialn line and Join It at the Odell depot. Sixty-six pound steel is being laid between Crete and Wyhiore In pla,c.e of the fifty-pound material. All switches are being replaced with new ones, and sidings are being over hauled. The old track was too light for the heavy equipment used. Complication In Settling: F.state. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. July 14 -(Special.) Another turn has been taken In the estate of Lucy and Delia Lloyd. These two women were daughter of Thomas Lloyd, who disappeared a number of year ago from his home In Wyoming precinct. Delia and Lucy remained on the home farm, hiring men to do the farm work and organisation back to the people,- and give i they looked after the home. They rented the people larger voice In party councils, j a portion of the residence. About a year ago Delia murdered her sister Lucy, and remained In the house with the body ail hut here we rind the democratic Mt.fe rum mittee seeking to take the outlining of party policy away from the massea of dem ocrats and seeking to have that outline I made by a few party leaders, called to Lin coln on a certain day by the committee. 1 it is enouKh at present to say that the state committee hss made a mistake. If I Bryan has been right In asking that the democratic party be brought back clnaxr to the people, then It follows that the state committee Is wrong in trying to remove the NVbraska organization further from the masses of democrats. New Depot for Humboldt. ngo today this vicinity was mowed smooth as a street by a hailstorm, and orchards and smooth-barked tree were killed. Junior Normul iirnle. VALENTINIC, Neb., July M.-(Specla1.)-The Valentino Junior state normal held It annual picnic at Perry Falls, about ten miles east of here, yesterday. There were about 125 In attendance and the weather was all that could be desired. night. The tenant discovered what she had done and notified the officers, who placed Delia under' arrest, but It was soon seen She was Insane and ahe was taken to th asylum at Lincoln. Here he refused to psrtake of any nourishment and died ten days later. Their cousin. O. J. Standley of Peru was appointed administrator, and now he asks that a f.ntl settlement he made, and another relative has asked that HI'M BOLDT, Neb., July 14. (Special.) j Thomas Lloyd be declared officially dead. The Burlington Railway company Is start- i When this Is done the property will be how to use G. Burnham's celebrated toilet requisites In the privacy of their own homes With equally as good auccess as If they had visited hi celebrated beautify ing parku at ',U-72 Btate street, Chicago, where lie eniplo) upward of twu hundred peple for demonstrations alone, In our bread getting. It do not say this la true, but there la In thl country a lack of appreciation of the beautiful. "There ought to be more appreciation of the beautiful In the home. The American people ought also to learn more of the uplift and Inspiration of the beautiful In K. Burnham I tha largest toilet and ! art. Then, too, the beautiful in the manner hair good manufacturer tn tho world, do- j should be more appreciated, those little lng upwards of million and a half dol lars' worth of buaincs per annum, nd employ In hi wholesale and retail over four hundred people. Hie demonstrator create a sensation among the adle wherever they gs for the simple reason that they demonstrate and prove to the ladle that E. Burnham' Toilet Requi.Iiee will do all that Is claimed for them. Tliey guarantee to take any lady, re gardteas of her complexion, and Improve her looks from 15 to loo per cent. If you are at all skeptical on this point It la to your' Interest to call at Sherman Me Connell Drug Co., 16th and Dodge atreet. Owl Drug Co., ICth end Harney streets, and see this demonstrator .for yourself, who I direct from Chicago. Sh Is not irk the ordinary demonstrn ror who have been vl.ltlng our city, who merely tell u what they can do. but will tak any lady with freckles, moth patches, discolored skin, pimples or blackhead, and remove them, and will clear her fare, putting U Into a youthful, healthy condi tion. Thl demonstration la given privately so the ladles need have no fear of having made public anything that la .done for them. They also have a booklet which la fully Illustrated, i-How to Be Beaut If ul.'rhlch Is the koy to the use of these celebrated toilet article. These booklets will be given out aa well aa sample, free, dur ing hex slay la this city. Ten are all in vited to cal lng work at the local urds. where exten slve Improvements and changes are to be made. It Is generally understood that the plans Include a new depot, to be erected on the present site of Power Bros.' ele vator, Just across the street from the depot now In use.. Depot facilities have for year been Inadequate to the business of this station. A mass meeting of the cltlxens occurred at the Commercial club session, when a committee consisting of C. M. Linn. A. -A. Tanner and H. E. Boyd was appointed to consult with the railroad officials re garding the maintenance of separate pas senger and freight depots, the plan being divided among the heirs. ' Body of Anderson Pound. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. July 14.-(Spe-clul.) George Bruhl, a breakman on a Burlington train carrying material for the riprap work now being done of the east side of the Missouri river, northeast of Plattsmouth, disoovered the body of A. J. Anderson, a pile driver foreman, who lost his life last Monday while at work near Gibson, four mile aouth of Omaha, near the bank Sunday. The body was removed from the river and brought to this city In the afternoon and burled In Oak Hill cem- acts that enrich our lire. Life I not made up of heroic thlnga. Those who are I bent on scattering seeds of kindness are j the ones that ar going to make the irlj better. "Many men bo mt there la very little sentiment In them. They ought to be ashamed to confess It. Th life that does the moat good la the one filled with the sentiment of friendship, beauty, love. These eterv. Deceased had been working for the to use the new structure for passenger , Burlington for many years, and was well business and turn the one fiw In use over ! favorably known her. So far a to the freight traffic. This plan will likely known na only relative living waa a mother be followed If urrangi ments are not al- j m Sweden. ready too far advanced. The company has also purchased land for additional trackage I Auburn Gets Fourth Saloon. In the yard here and for a station and I AUBVRN, Neb., July 14 .-iSpedaU-At a passing track midway between here and 1 special meeting of the city council yesterday l Table Rock. The last move is tolessen the train order business at this station and clogging of traffic near the junction. morning a license to sell liquors was granted to Floyd Osenhauuh of thia city. The remonstrators did not make any ob jections to the grsntlng of this license, as letrrl Warrant a Failure. they hsve previously done to every re- ARAPAHOE. Neb.. July 14.-(9ne lal Tel -T quest for license that ha come up with the exception of those of TU Bailey and H. L. Workman. These were the only two egram.) The saloon war broke out here In are the moat practical thlnga of life, not new spot last evening. On a warrant th one that merely get bread. I lseued by Judge Richard of the dry city "To llv by bread alone Is to leave, the official and worn to by their candidate culture of the mind out. Mind I th might- i for treasurer, a search was made cn the teat force next to Ood In the universe, and two soft drink emporiums, now being run If man la to us It he .must train It. A bT our ex-saloon men, and several bottles which were filed for license man haa no right to hav a poorly de- , strawberry pop confiscated. Owing to veloped mind. It la a mistake that so no intoxicating liquors being found, the arys are accusing the deputy sheriff or standing In with the wet. The hMllard that had saloons In the town up to about a month ago, when another was opened and the one granted today will give Au burn four .saloons, out of twelve petitions many of our boy are leaving the broader field of education for th purely technical department. It la said the ttem Is coaling , n"' h've N,h Vne UP un1' Hoenee to be followed in all probability with In numerable arrests. when the only broadly educated people In the world will be women. One may ac cumulate money and dies worth millions, but If he hss not had a vision of Intel lectual power what haa he accomplished? "To live bg bread alone, A leVVe out of Uf high Ideals, the thlnga ttyU.,are worth living for. Those are the thing that lift ue up and give ua character and strength to atand th storm. To live by bread alone le to live without religion. It la to leave God out. It I to exist without the com forting cor.sclousneas of the soul that God has forgiven. It la to lire without prayer, anal tha anan who. haa Iearae4 ter pray ha not known the beet In life." W y more Railroad JTe. WTMORE, Neb.. July PI (Special ) Tho Burlington will put In a regulation elding, namely, 4003 feet, between Table Rock and Humboldt, and will nam the locality there Sherman. New elding will be put la at Dawson. Humboldt and Preston. Double track la being laid on the Bur lington between Fortescue and Napier. Mo. Forteeoue will be made a night oflice. Oradera are at work at Odell preparing for Ike extension of the Concordia branch of the Burlington. At preient this branch severe Btorm at Xchnrler. SCm'YI.KR. Neb., July 14 (Special Tel egram.) A heavy electric and windstorm struck Schuyler and vicinity last night. but little damage was done. The grain In thla section Is nearly all bar vested, ao but very-llttl was affected by Nhe wind. The total amount of ralnfull was one and a half Inches. Nebraska Notes. BLT'E HILL C. F. Ound of this city be gan the trectlon of a building south of the First National bunk this week. WVMORK The week old girl baby of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Archer dli d shortly after noon today. The Infant weighed but two pounds at birth. WYM ORB Norman Dlxon. the 14-year-old son of Simon 8. Dixon, living five miles weRt of the city, died at noon today, shortly after an operation for appendicitis. The boy was the youngest of three sons. BLVE HILL The first new wheat was marketed here Friday by J. Ooll and J Stabenow. It was sold to the Farmers' Grain company for T2 cents and tested sixty-two poundB to the bushel, and a yield of over twenty bushels to the acre. The grain la of an excellent quality. HUMBOLDT Adam Shirk, an aged Gor man pioneer resldunt of this county, died al his home several miles southwest of the city quite suddenly, and funeral serv ices were held today at Bern, Kan, across the line from his farm. The sermon wa preached by Rev. Bower, pastor of the Bern church. HI'M BOLDT The cornerstone of the new German Methodist church of this city ws laid with appropriate cerenuinle. the exer cises being opened by Rev. John 8. Vogel of Clatonla. who laid the stone (Inscribed with lm-llio:, dates of the old and new church), and was followed by an address from Rev. J. J Stelnlnger of Lincoln, pre siding elder. The pastor, Rev. H. A. H henwald, read a history of the church written In the Germun language, and Rev. Stelnlnger gave the sume document In English. The new church Is to lie of frame and will be erected at a proposed cost of t&.OK), and will be a thoroughly modern structure. AIN8WORT11 The farmers atviut A'ns worth shipped twenty-one csrlouds of fat cattle to market. They were all corn-fed. YORK The city council voted Saturday evening to Invest $6o0 In hitching poeta to be placed around I lie square. Wr.ST PmST The asHeasmcnt of all property, real and persnnul. In Cuming county Is now complete for the year 1907. The total wealth of the ciunty 1s assessed l at mfw Jt.i. neuig an increase over the year IP Of 13!.S5. W KPT Ioi'T Henry Brockman and Mls M;irtha Rathert were married at St. L'ul- Jan., on Sunday at the home of the lamrts of the bride. V EST rniNT A mammoth street fair and tarnlval Is billed to occur In West Iolnt during five day of next week, be ginning on the lfith. FREMONT Mr. M.Vtte A. Bhephard died yesterday at the residence of her mother. Mrs. Mary Marshall, at the age of SS years. For several years she had been In the employ of the Postal Teb arsph com pany and bad charre of Ita Lincoln offl". Later she was transferred to Chicago. The runeral will tie held this anernoon from the family residence, comer of Tenth street and Park avenue. , WEST POINT-A mass meeting was held In West Point to consider the advlmtillltv of extending aid tn eitaMtsh a alioe fac tory In the city. The Recent Shoe citi parvv sent a represented'- and the mstter was favoraMy eonsldered by the cl)lan. A committee of prominent men ap pointed to further cons'dr the mstter and mall i 1""' rtKtq Tor " t -PI' t,.-tii work. The Coach shop haa been clean 'd and ten men are working there, while the others are working In the yards, blx stalls of the paint shop have been torn away, but the office, stock room and others will sixm be ready for the rexular work, as will the pattern . shop, the machine anl boiler shops. Two of the boilers are out of business temporarily. PLATTSMOl'TH The damage by fire to the general merchandlne stock of E. A. Wurl was adjusted Saturday and the In surance companies will pay him the sum of $7,500. FLATT8 MOt'TH Henry H. Holllster, who was the Burlington baggageman here for twenty years, passed away at his home in Lincoln. He Is survived by one brother, Bradford H.. of Lincoln,, and one daughter, Mrs. Alia Harrison, of this city. PLATTSMOl'TH The body of Heury H. Holllster was brought to this city from Lincoln Sunday and laid to reat beside his wife in Oak Hill cemetery. THE ADVANTAGES OF AGE tmnni Other Things Your Life Insurance Payments Steadily Decree... Increasing age brings many advantages to offset the lost glories and Joy of youth. The acquired experience which comes only with years, the knowledge 6f the right and how to profit by It. and other beieflta of advancing age. come readily to mind. A thla I an utilitarian era. why not add to the Hat the practical fact that the longer a man Uvea whose life Is Insured the less it cost him to keep up his policies. In creasing age cuts down the cost of Insur ance by reason of Increased dividend, until. In the later yeare of life, the pay ments become merely nominal. Indeed, there are cases In which the annual divi dend has grown to be greater than tlu regular premium payment, and the policy holder not only get hi yearly Insurance for nothing, hut has the excess of the dividend applied to Increasing the total amount of hla Ineuranoe. A gentleman write to an Insurance publication, that on one of his old policies his annual premium is tVG.W. while hi dividends amount to nearly lion. Of course, this is an unusual Instance, but opprnxlmatlnns to It are plen-4 tlful with all the regular companies. Burelv the Insured may smile at the ravages of time when he remembers that the cost of maintaining his moat Inesti mable worldlv poe(.slons hla life pollclea grows smaller year by TPr- Burnett's x-tract of TanllU la the standard evfrry where. At beBt grocer. ECHOES FROM THE ANTE-ROOM txatinn of Letter Carriers reported nt the last meeting of the branch Pnturrt.iy "In the Continental block. The festivities will be held Saturday. Jury 20.- A committee on sports has lieen appointed with instruc tions to get busy. A locnl conl firm an nounced it wojild give a ton of coal to he voted to the homeliest farrier' oh the grounds. A number of cntrlea Hie an nounced. The committee also repotted the Commercial club and the Real Estate ex change had promised to co-nperate In the effort to bring the national convention of letter carriers to Onaha In 1910. Omaha Seymour camp No. 1, held Its usual big meeting lant Thursday. Sov ereign Phil Miller, who fon the Inst year has been active in th organisation depart ment In Iowa, was preeent. as was Sover eign 1 organ, who has been visiting various drill teams throughout the country. Sov ereign Delxirlmler was also present and told of aome of his recent experience In Florida. Next Thursday evening will be another big night. Ivy camp No. 2 will hold Its annual' plc- North Omaha lodge No. lf.9 will glva an excursion on the steamer Susan, Thurs day evening, to which' members and their families sre Invited. The decree teams of No. ISO and No.' 17 will Indulge in a base ball game Sunday afternoon. fonfaL -PATENTS that PROTECT nr 3 mM tor I-, anailejd rwelpi r r-ti. iubu HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS Hed Men Preparing: atreet rrulm as Part of Pro-rruiu. Pro- trope Drstroyea sr Wenawka. NEHAWKA, Neb.. July 14 (Special.) This county was visited by an Immense rainstorm thl forenoon. Over a large strip of country south of town great quan tities of hall a mixed with the rain On the north aide of houses It wa piled three feet deep. The corn and uncut small grain in the track, of ttie.hall was al-ooet completely ruined a were garden and all fruit prospecla. Just twenty-four years ment will v riven bv the cltfmene looking to its estahlinhment and ma'otenance. FRKUONT-There was a heavv shower here last nieht. the nrerp't"on n-ng nee,H an Inch. Tt wa. one nf those show ers that came tn sn"ta sn tcremont ap pred be about the renter. FREVOVTTI Cnwmerlal Huh has force of men and team a work on road ln-nrnvementa southeast of tM rty In Flfhc.m tneh1n e r',nn-M l.n wlt tn. read supervisor, of teat town. Mr FMr teM iiW. and several mt m.-Mne end . for" of men are putting the Omaha roed nn fpe sn.ne. PI JTWUoi'TU-Tli.' wor of r""iv'rV f e n-wr r"" v.e. frnn the tir1'nrnn nrn nAm bwee rjn fcoa-rr...tp r.Mv 'irng te-e 1it T- turn, table h been repaired and utilised fr temporary Not alnce the establishment of the Im proved Order of Red Men In the "tat t as there been so much enthuslaam In Its tapld growth aa at the present time. Yah-Nun-Dah-bls. No. i. end Omaha tribe No 18 are working In unison In making elabo rate arrangements for a reception and en. tertalnment of the great chiefs, warriors, braves and scout of the following named tribe In and near Omaha: Th" M,,Bn Lusa. Tecumsehs. Mlssourls, Oneldas, Pawnees. Wsshakles, Iroquois and the Pot tawattamiea of Council Bluffs. Thee tilt will come In their war paint, costumes and pnraphernalle. not for a council or r tnt for neace and good fellowship. They ar'luvlted to take part m a monster parade and assist their brother In these hunting ground to exemplify the work In the adoption of V new member. ATter th parade and Initiation of the new mem bers there will be a corn and venlaon spread. The applicants alresdy accepted as eligible for membership in thla WU class sre authorised to Invite their paleface friends to participate In the festivities. Branca No- Letter Carrier. The picnic committee of the local organ- r.(.ieV.LIkft V,' lag I m t- j rt MX a SO n.rvou mew OOfl Idr.bg And thalr power te NAPVflG ork and youthful vigor BrVeS jone aa a re.ult of over work or mental exertion shoud take GHAY'S KERVK FOOD TILS. They will snake you eat and sleep and be a man again, tl Bos I S begea M.60 y Hall. cAjr MoOBirx.& rmtwo oo, Curn.r 16th ana Doag St. OWL BIQO OOBtrAsTT, Or. lta Mt Kataer St, tuiaka. Van. J&4 tbt m TKVm Hotel Kxipper lltb and McOee, KANSAS CITY, M0. la tke Slapping District. Wear all the Theatre. , oo beaatlfnl aoini. 10O prlvato hatka. Hot aad cold water in all room a. Bpacloua lSbby, parlors. Telephone la every room. ateeutaXul Oaf. Perfeot Oaialaa, $1 to $2.50 Per Day European Plan. KBPPER-BEXSO HOTEICO. r. A. MIsOl, atfg. iumhki orma o un wokxqaw x"m.J MANITOU for passenger service exclusively, inak.a three trips weekly to Cbarloyolo, Barbua prUga, Bay Ttw, lreto.key and Mack, laae l"d, eonneetlon with all nieaio.h l.lnua for Lake Superior, Eastern end Can., llan points. Inquire about our week-end trip peclallv arranged for bitslne.a and l-refaoalonal Men. LEATI1 CHICAGO AS TOLLOWIi on. 11:10 a. m. W.tiMo fri. tilOp.' flit I 0tkS. Math and I. ftsUr , toi