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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1907)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE- F1UDAY, AUGUST 1C, 1007. Telephone) Ponglas 618 Reaches All Department. - Bargain Square, Casement, Friday Remnants of Mercerized Batiste, lengths from t to 10 yard. In dark and medium dark effects regular 16c materials, on sale Friday, at, per yard 5 Clearing Sale Prices oa Wash Goods ISo Madras, 10c; 25c ZephTr, Ginghams, on sale at, per yard. . . . 15 26c 30c Cheer Wash Fabrics, pn sale at, per yard . . 1Q Howard, Cor.. 16th teet Bee - 8 - 15 pit the perpetual . eliding scale. The minute telegraph companies made a pre tense of increasing wagea the rata on tele irimi was Increased and the public paid tha bill. The Western Union has a capital of t7,MO.XM and tha aotual profile laat year were $15,000,000, or ona-alxth of the capital stock. J'Btnee the earthquake and fir In Ban Franclace the Western t'nlon main office has been located In tha negro quarter of Wait Oakland and the superintendent's of fice is In Ban Franclaoo. It require thrae hours' tlma and ooata 10 oenta to make a trip between the two place. "It la not a queatlon Of souse of powar of tha officers of our organisation, it Is a queatlon of whether or not the commercial telegraphers of thla country have a real grievance. If they have, then In tha tiame of Justice, let us sret together and adjust theae grlevancea, but not In a manner In which tha Ban Franclaco strike was tat tled.'f Say Clewry Broke Faith. President Small Insist that Colonel Clowry haa violated both in spirit and let ter tha agreement accepted by him, which la on file In the office of commissioner of labor, and that the company voluntarily broke the agreement whloh ended the first Ban Franclaoo strike. "The salaries of employes snd the Serv ice te the public I ave buen sacrificed," aaya Mr. Small, 'to pay SO per cent dividends. It has become a common understanding that the public have no redress from the telegraph companies, and tha position the public finds Itself In is the precise condi tions of the telegraphers. The average wage ofl the commercial telegraphers Is leas than too per month, as shown by actual statistics. As) te Associate Free. "The letter of Melville E. Stone bewailing the hasty action of that association's tel egraphers In striking on a few hours' notice must sound like muslo In the ears of his operators. Why did not Mr. Stone tell the whole story T "It Is over two years since the same scale of wages was presented to the management of the Associated Press. They have had all of that time to consider It Their board of directors haa met at least Ave times since the schedule was presented. "When a committee of Ave Associated Press operators Arst presented the schedule to Stone September It, 1905, he theoret ically kicked them out and caused his board of directors to pass a resolution rescinding a previous resolution which granted a free typewriter and. a vacation to all Associated Preaa operators. It took the union men over a year to f oroe a restoration of the vacation privilege and a slight increase In wages. .. , "General Manager Stona exhausted his stock of generosity when, In reply to the publishers Uf papers taking that service on the eouthern circuit out of Washington, requesting that the wire open one hour earlier on Sunday night and offering to pay the operators for the extra time, he sal that the wire would open one hour earlier aa requested and that it would coat tha publishers nothing. "The Associated Press operators have been working one hour extra per week for several months and have received no extra compensation for It." New Device Installed. The telegraphers' strike situation In Omaha remains unchanged. At strike head quartera Thursday evening all waa peaceful. No new recruite Were reported to either side.' The striking operators expect to hold a meeting Sunday afternoon In Washington hall, at which there are to be several Im portant speakers. The Western Union reported the condi tion of work most satisfactory. There was no undelivered business and) there were clear wires to all cities. At 4:10 o'clock In the afternoon the Western Union opened a Wheatstone automatic wire from Chicago to Ban Franclaco. This is an instrument which sends meaaages wlthoot an operator and by meana of several repeaters, trans mits dispatches from Chicago to San Fran claco at the rate of 126 words a minute.' It was stated that this would materially lighten the business In the Omaha afflce. which haa had to sot as a relay atatlon for through messagea because no one could be secured In Chicago te operate the auto matic machine. NO CALL OW BROKER HEX NOW Bsaall Will Wilt Till Hi Gets to Chicago. President Oraul of the local union had expected Mr. Small to advise him whether or not to call out the men In the grain offices In Omaha, but Mr. Small said he lid not expect to give much advice until le reached Chicago. He told the local men More Bargains for .S'anwmpwmwwwwHit tfpuwps, wwswmwwiwi) ,ii m muwnmmn in Sff' iwi . Parasols Parasols Parasols All of our fine stock of Children's and Misses', Parasols divided into three lots for quitfk selling on Friday and Saturday sizes 14 to 18 inches 59c 69 c 98c Another big lot of those fine Washable Dresses, in jumper and suspender styles, for G to 14 years, on sale Friday and Saturday. Beautiful blue chambray suspender skirts, strict- f ly fast colors, 6 to 14 years .1 ) An elegant assortment of pretty colors and styles in the new jumper dresses, values up to $6.00, 6 to 14 A f years; for quick clearance Friday and Saturday ENSON 1315-1517 DOUOWfS WCCD Open Hatarday Evenlnjrs. it waa not necessary to keep pickets about the telegraph oflloes snd said no stronger force then vocal persuasion ought to be used to prevent union men from going back to work. ' Although It was I o'clock In the morning when Mr. Small reached Omaha, he waa met by flva Omaha operators who hsd stayed up alt night to greet him. He left at 8:18 for Chicago and expected to reach that city about $ o'clock Thursdsy afternoon. At. I, A. D. T. BOYS ARB AT WORK as ef Postal So Over to Wester - iroiow. s The last of the twenty-two messenger boys who struck Monday at the Western Union office went back to work Thursday morning. Only a email number of them re turned Wednesday, but all reported the next morning. The new boys were formerly employed by the Postal company.' The busi ness at tha Postal office Is light and al though Manager Williams has refused to take back any of the strikers he has enough to carry all the messages. Mine boys went out there, but not more than four are needed now. Mr. Williams refuses to grant any of tha demands of the strikers and says he prefers to hire new boys altogether If possible. "They have the strike fever now," he said Thursday morning, "and while they are In that mood they sure not good messengers. There are thousand of boys available at the old terms and a long.aa that Is the case I will hire them without making any concessions." Mr. Williams insists upon a straight rate of 2 cents a message with no guarantee, package charges to go to the messenger, out he refuses to aljow any drawing out of pay at Irregular times. The only demands which the Western Union boys were refused were the f-cent rate and no night work. They accepted the lVr-cent rate, which they already had, with one working night a week and a guarantee of $38 a month. They are allowed to draw on the first and the twentieth of every month, and their mothers. If depending upon them for support, csn draw, what is due at any time on application. They will not be asked to carry paokagea. The boys declare the only thing that keeps them from getting $50 a month is tha lack of a well organised union. It has been their intention to organise as soon as they are settKd again after this strike and a meeting , waa held In an Informal way Thursday to discuss the situation. There Is a strong union among the boys In Chi cago and It Is now out on strike. -' " Only one case of the use of violence has come to light. Tuesday night the pickets Of the messenger boys saw a boy come out of tha Postal office and a number of them accosted htm near the' Paxton hotel. He denied having any message, hut 1TheyUound a Postal envelope and, sheet in his pocket. The envelope was found to contain a West ern Union message. The message was taken from him and after being lectured by the atrlkers he went to the office, according to the stgry the leaders of the boys ; tell, snd drew his pay. ' t' ' WEATHER REPORTS ARB POORER Affected More by . Strike a It Progresses. .The weather bureau felt the effect of the telegraphers' strike more Thursday than at any time since the strike began. Many reports are missing from the east and no reports at all are received from 'the Cana dian provinces. The western and north western service Is also unsatisfactory and on tha whole matters are becoming worse as the strike continues. Over, at frmy headquarters, the general telegraphic, service Is very ' Incomplete. A tow scattering telegrams come In" occa sionally. However, the transmission of tel egrams out of Omaha la not so bad to the various military headquarters, ss the army ! has Its own operators at the different posts. Both the quartermaster and com missary departments uae the long dis tance telephone for the transaction of moat outside business. Tha adjutant general's office manages to keep the telephone and telegraph' line open betweeh Omaha and Forts niley and Leavenworth! as the gov ernment has Its own operators at these posts. . , , RAILWAY MEW SLOW . TO ACT The Operator Not Likely to Strike, Says Park. "The prospects of trouble with, the rail way telegraphera Is very ' remote," says Superintendent Park Of the Union Pacific. I can't Imagine how they can be drawn Into this controversy. Ouf relations with the railroad ttlegraphers are exceedingly harmonloua and there aeems to be no pos sibility of them being drawn Into the strike Children & THORNE - 07. unless It becomes a universal movement throughout the United States, which I think Is Impossible." , . STRIKERS CLAIM SEW STRENGTH I'nloatsta laoastrloaalr l-ooklng- Oat for Their Fraeea. At strike headquarters It la reported that one more Western t'nlon man, Mr. Johnson, and one girl. Miss Moore, have joined the strikers. It Is Said also that two men who came from Colorado ' to Omaha aa strike breakers have been per suaded to join the ranks. Pickets have been stationed in the alloy In the rear of the Western Union office to see thst no nonunion men enter. Bl&slngham aV Boyc , grain brokers, dis charged a man Thursday morning because he would hot premise to stay with them If the union ordered him out. An hour later the firm reported It had hired a man In hla place. An operator In one of the grain offices tslked by wire with sn operator In Kan sas City early In the forenoon and the lat ter said the union' men would leave all grain eflicea In Kansas City which did not sign before night. The lengths to which the union will go to get ona man away from the telegraph companies Is shown by tha fact that the local officials wrote the traffic manager of the Erie Dispatch regarding the Omaha representative of theErle Dispatch, B. J. Drummond, who Insisted on working flights for the Western Union. President Crraul had word Thursday morning from the Erie's traffic manager that he had or dered Mr. Drummond to stay away from the Western Union and attend strictly to railroad business. OUTPUT OF PACKING HOUSES Decide Fall! Of la Market! of Hoars Noted at Paeklgr Centers. CINCINNATI. O.. Aug. 16. (Special Tele gram.) Price Current aaya: There la ahown a decided falling off In the marketing of hoga Total western packing waa 400,000, compared with 800,000 the preceding week and 446,000 last year. Since March 1 the total is li,515,0O0. against ll.e50.0C0 a year ago. Prominent placea compare as fol lows: 1007. 190S. Chicago 1790,000 ISH6.000 Kansas City .....l.m.Oa) l,530,0i South Omaha 1, 206,000 l,l),coo St. Louis g70,fl"0 7"0,000 St. Joseph ., 932.000 SftS.OOQ Indianapolis 74A(X 640,000 Milwaukee 6fVi,'X) 449,000 Cincinnati 287,n0 45.000 Ottumwa 291,000 i8,000 t'eoar Kapids ZS3,(XW 262.000 Sioux City 157,001) tflS.OOO St. Paul tao.ooe 43Ynnn Cleveland 255.000 246,000 WILLIAMS SELLS BLAIR PILOT Tons Oatormaan Bays Coarler d D. C. Van Deaaen Parchasea , Pilot Plaat. BLAIR. Neb., Au. 5. (Special.) Tom" Ostermann, editor of the. Democrat, today closed tha deal for the Courier plant, pay ing $2,000. The editor of the Courier, D. C. Van Deusen, In turn bought the Blair Pilot plant for I&.000. U A. Williams, editor of the Pilot, retiring from the newspaper field in Washington county. A sigh of re lief over the readjustment came from the people of Blair, who have been compelled to read of the troubles of three papers. There Is some talk of celebrating this event In a fit manner either by a big bon fire or barbecue as a fitting close of a re markable chapter of journalism In Wash ington county. It Is expected that har mony and good will will prevail. CRQW, ELECTED .. COMMANDER Paerlvaala'Caatla of Infantry Se- cares - leaeisg Position 1st Philippine Society. KANSAS CITT. Mo... Au. 1.1 tt. A. Crow of Connellsvllle. Pa., former of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteer In fantry, was today elected commander-in-chief of the Society of the Army of the Philippines. The meeting next rear will be at Galcsburg, III. Other officers were elected as follows: B. J. H. Farrell, Chicago, former major of tha First California volunteer Infantry, vice commander; Major General J. Frank lin Bell, first junior commander; Charles B. Lewis, Denver, former lieutenant of the Colorado infantry, paymaster general, and J. H. Fralne, Orafton, N. D., judge advo cate general. ITALIAN BECOMES MURDERER Michael De Train Kllla ' Sweetheart, Wooada' Her Coast sal Ends Own Life. CHICAGO, Aug. 15. Michael Da Train, an Italian, laat night shot and Instantly killed Alvtna Vulmann, seriously wounded her cousin. Alvtna Awald, and then killed him self. De Train and Miss Vultmann were said to have been engaged, but the girl had recently refused to marry him becausu of his wild conduct. The man "blamed the girl's cousin for his dismissal.' GOVERNOR FOLK AT ST. JOSEPH Ho Is Central Flan re at the Encamp ment of Mlaeoarl National Ganrd. ST. JOSEPH. Mo. Aug. 15.-(Long Dis tant Telephone.) Governor Folk la the big figure today at the encampment of the Missouri Natlonkl guard. Governor Folk will revlow the troops this afternoon. In the I mornins- ha was riven sn sutomoblle ride about the city and early In the afternoon a reception waa held for him at ona of the clubs. DEATH RECORD. John B. Loll. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) John B. Lull died at his home In this city last evening of old age.' He was bora In New Tork June 25. ISIS, and In ISM came to this city, where he haa made hla home almost continuously since then. He waa a bricklayer and contractor, building the Methodlat church here In 1865-t and the First Presbyterian church. When Ne braska City waa being platted he, with othera, laid out South Nebraska City, In opposition with others, and there waa a race to Omaha to aee who should first file their plats. He, with his wife and Judge Holly, left here In a two-seated rig aqd drove to Omaha, beating the other party but a few minutes. He wss tha first mayor of South Nebraska City. Ha also did considerable contract work In Denver. 'Mr. Lull waa the oldeat Odd Fellow In tha state, having been a member In good stand ing .. for tbe laat alxty-four yeara His wife died several years sgo. ss also did his son, and he leaves a daughter, with whom he lived. He ss a member of tbe Presbyterian church. Joseph Joachim. BERLIN, Aug - IS. Joseph Joachim, the celebrated violinist and conductor, died to day of asthma. - HYMENEAL Katoo-Croaeey. Wirt D. Pton. train dispatcher of ths Northwestern railroad at Chadroa. and Miss Eleanor A. Crepsey of Cedar Rapids. Ia., were married at tha Paxton b,otl Thurs day at noon. George C CockrelU justice of (the peace, performing the ceremony. OVERLAND IS PEACEMAKER Union raciflo, Says Park, Settles Colo rado & Southern Strike. MEN RETURN WITHOUT PREJUDICE All Matters Will Bo Take t o by Railroads Affected , at Dearer Diriig imrly Part of Neat Week. "Through the mediation of the t'nlon Pa cific the strike on the Colorsdo Southern railroad, which has been on tor two weeks. Was settled by the men returning to work at ? a. ra. Wedensoiy on the same basis as prevailed before the strike." said W, L. Park, general superintendent of the Union Pacific, who haa been in tha west for a couple of weeks! '"The men returned to work without,. prejudice and . the whole matter will be taken up between all rail roads In the t-oent yard - differential at Denver on August 20. "E. H. Morrlsaey. grand master of the Brotherhood ot Railway. Trainmen, re mains In Denver personally te conduct the negotiations for his organisation. The strike In Colorado and In Wyoming snd New Mexico Wss being very eeverely felt by the business Interests, particularly In Denver snd vicinity. "It Is generally conceded the Colorado A Southern had the beat of the situation, as It had manned all switch engines snd was moving all passenger trains and a large number of freight tralne "The explosion at Boulder, which resulted In the death of five persons snd In the injury of twenty-five or thirty others had a depressing effect on the entire state. Hie rltlsene feeling a repetition Of the Cripple Creek troubles were Imminent snd were considerably alarmed. Mr. Morrisaey very much deplorvd this Incident and was very much Impressed with the condition of the labor atmosphere In Colorado under such circumstances. The liability of Irrespon slble individuals committing overt sets Is a very serious matter." ' EVENTFUL TOUR OF EUROPE Mr. and Mr. Snnaoel Boraa Have Varied Experiences While Abroad.'.' "No ststuray in the halls of fame and art In all Europe looka as' fine to an American as the old Goddess of Liberty In New Turk harbor,", said Samuel Burns, who has just returned from a summer in England and on the continent,' ., Mrs. ; Burns ls still abroad. . n . . "The weather over there haa been back ward, as It was here." said Mr. Burns. "In Ireland they - are actually facing a famine because the danjp. weather caused .the potatoes to rot In the ground and there will be only a fraction of a crop. The old spirit of unreast Is still In Ireland, the old chafing under the .yoke of England. There Is dlssrtlsfactlon against England and the demand for ' home rule. If Russia were filled with men like you find In Ire land It would be a republic in a short time. "We saw Kipg Edward and Queen Alex andra at the cornerstone laying of a col lege at Colwyn. Wales. The king, tn spite of alt he IS said to have lone In the course of his life, seems to be still In his prime though he Is nearly - 70 yeara old. The queen, who must be SO,' doesn't look more than SO. The English people worship them. Never have such popular pair occupied the throne. They respected Victoria for her sterling qualities. They, love the present king for his democracy? ' The people re- fit of. the queen, there, .it ran:. . , 'Saaon and Norman and Dane are we, '' But all of us DanfS Ih'ur welcome to thee.' Saw Denmark's Holer. "We alsu saw the 'king and queen 'of Denmark in Paris,' We were In the house of Parliament In London and heard the Celebrated speech of Premier Balfour on the Irish question, ' a speech which Is said to have rivalled the most famous speeches pf Gladstone. . . . "In Paris ws met old' friends. On the Boulevard dea Itallenk- ws came face to face with Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock. In Paria we also met Mr. and Mrs. C. ' N. Diets. "A funny Incident occurred while we were waiting for a train lp the ststion la Liver pool. I noticed three men who were point ing to me snd talking rapidly. I called my wife's attention' to them. We were much ; puesled to know what waa the matter. Finally one of the men came over to me. T .beg your pardon,' be said, 'but I have a -bet- of f up that' qu are Blondln, the tight rope walker. Tou are. are you not?; 1 was compelled! to tell him that he had lost his bet.;' . G00LD ADMITS TRUNK CRIME Eagllshma Arrested at Marseilles Co f eases Mnrder of Worn, MARSEILLES, Aug., U.-By the confes sion of Vera St, Ledger Goold that he was the murderer of Emma Ievln at Monte Carlo,' the "trunk mystery" baa been cleared up. Goold In his confession to the examin ing irtagletrate coolly related all the de tails of the crime. . He elohe had slain the woman, he declared, and it was he who cut up her body, although his wife had helped him pack it away In their baggage. After M. hl tuwri dona thev both agreed to ! Journey to Marseille, where they planned to caat the body Into the sea. Mra. Goold. whose first name Is Violet, also confessed, her part In the crime. She aald her husband had promised to give Emma Levin the sum of H00 for a certain reason, but she demanded W0 more, which ahe wanted to give to a man friend. To thla Mr. Goold objected, his wife says, whereupon Emms Levin sbused him. Referring to what happened next, Goold says In -his confession: "I had been drinking and. becoming an gry, I aalsed a hunting knife and burled It In Emma's back. She fell dead. The next day I dismembered the body with a saw and a knife and placed the torso In a trunk and tha head and legs In a valise. I only stabbed the woman ono. The other wounds on hsr body must have been caused by shaking, around la the trunk." cieA said thev carried off Emma Lovin s teweis. not for their value, but In order to prevent their discovery In his apartment Tramp Asaaalta Girl. rumt ra CITY la Aur U. (Soeclal.l The U-year-old daughter of J. A. Trem bly, a farmer living about nine miles north west of. the city, was assaulted by a tramp, PERFECT HOT WEATHER FOOD for Body and Brato Grape:Nuls There's a Reason" but her scresms brought s nclshbnr farmer and the fiend escaped to a cornfield. The sheriff was notified and organised a poase and surrounded the man In the field, but he escaped In the darkness. Ite Inquired the road and asked for food St a farmer's house nearby the next morning, but ae the people at that he use were unaware of ths aaaault the authorities were not notified. ITALIANS AREJN A FERMENT hootlaar Affray Likely to Co a a AU Klda of Troable la Dea JMoloes. (From a Staff Correspondent) DBS MOINES, Aug1 15.-8peclal.) Fears of the Italian Black Hand society, with visions of stilettos and daggers, has com pletely upset the Italian colony of this city end the police rear that If Ottavla Laprovl tera is apprehended by some of his Italian neighbors there will be a lynching or a throat cutting or something of that kind. Monday Laprovttera shot Artlllo Screlv Ino. Last night Screlvlno died at the Merry hospital In this city and the Italian colony Is up In arms. There sre dire threats and mtitterlngs snd Laprovltera Is still at large. Laprovltera's friends claim he made use of the unwritten law and that hie wife's honor wss Involved. Friends of Screlvlno claim that he did not Insult the wife of his as sailant. J-ast night at the Mercy hospital a big crowd of Italians assembled around the bedside of the dying Screlvlno and .heard his dying words In the Italian tongue. To day a score or more of Italians have quit thelA work and are scouring the city In the hope of finding I-aprovltera. Many Italians have contributed to a fund to capture him. They have written to their friends In Chi cago to look out for him there. Wo Id Adjast Schertales. N. 8. Ketohum. state railroad commis sioner, returned today from Fayette county, where he tried to get two railroads to ad just their train schedules so that one-fourth of the people of Fayette county can get to the county seat. People residing In the southeastern quarter of the county must take the Milwaukee at Fayette or Arling ton to Donnan Junction and from there take the Rock Island to West t?nlon. the county seat But the Rock Island pulls out of Donnan Junction a few minutes before the Milwaukee pulls In and they must then wait half a day for another train to ride a short distance. It takes two days to go twenty miles snd back. Revive Salt Agalast Standard Oil. The Standard Oil company In the district court of Polk county today endeavored to have an old suit against It killed. The Crys tal Oil company waa organised In this city some years sgo, but clslmed It was driven out of business by the Standard bribing Its employes snd It started suit. The suit wss not pressed snd the 'other day an attempt wss made to revive It. Today Judge Miller heard the motion of the Standard Oil com pany to strike out the amended petition on tho ground that In the lapse of six yeara all records were lost The court reserved Its ruling. Porter for Congress. Claude R. Porter of Centervllle, who was the democratic candidate for governor laat year, but earlier In the campaign was talked of aa the democratic candidate for congress against Congressman Hepburn, Is again being talked of by democrats ss tha opponent to Hepburn. There is mention In the same connection of Tom Maxwell of Creston and of E. J. Sankey of Leon. Aa Many Teachers aa Schools, "v John F. Rlggs, state superintendent, de clared today that there will be as many teachers In the state September 1 as there are schools and the big cry of shortage of teachers., will have to cease. Tn a short time Information will be gathered from the records of the office to show Just how msny trschers there, sre. Vnder the new law a teacher can teach In any county by recording her certificate' there. This It Is believed wilt facilitate matters' considera bly, because where a county has too many teachers the surplus can be sent to another county without their having to pass an examination again. Iowa Notes. CRESTON M. B. Zollars, an old resi dent of this locality, died Tueaday morning at Cottage hospital, In this city, from a complication of diseases, his death being brought on by an operation for appendi citis. GLBNWOOD The Chautauqua now In aesslon at Glenwood la a pleasing success so fsr. The attendance -has been good and Is dally Increasing. The program has been very satisfactory, being one of the strongest presented at any Iowa assembly. CRESTON Robbers . effected entrance Into the home of D. Davenport Monday night and secured about $50 In loose change about the house and In Jewelry. Entrance waa effected through a door that was easily forced and the bed rooms of tha family visited arid their clothing ransacked. CRESTON Mrs. Nor. Heflln.for the third time within a year has filed an application for divorce from her husband, alleging that he Is habitually Intoxicated and that life with htm is unsafe, as he haa threatened her on many occasions. The suits prior to this one were all filed for the same reason and were withdrawn on the promise of the defendant to mend his ways. His promises have never .been carried out though, and this time Mrs. Hefitn will not withdraw her ault at hia request . SEYMOUR Mrs.' LeRoy -Ware, wife of the cashier of the Farmers' and Drovers' State bank of Seymour, la., has thrown down the gauntlet to her husband's ac cusers In the statement that she will send five other men to the penitentiary If her huaband' la convicted of the crime for which he la now under five Indictments. Who the live men are and the exact way in which they are Implicated, Mrs. Ware refuses to divulge, but In an Interview ahe has given out the statement and says she will stand by It CRESTON-Sneak thlevea did a rushing business Sunday evening at tha little town of Hebron, north of here. Presiding Elder Hoenshelt of the Methodist church was holding quarterly meeting at tha church and the business portion of town was full of teams. Here It waa that the thieves did their work. Everv buggy in tha vi cinity wss stripped of Its contents. Women's Jackets, lap . robes, whips and everything of value was taken, not even one buggy being alighted. At first It wss thought to be a practical Joke, but aa none of the Stolen articles have shown up yet It Is supposed that they ware taken for "keeps.' CRESTON Frank Roae, an engineer era'l ployed by the Clarlnda Packing plant In thla city, waa terribly burned Tn connec tion with his duties Tuesdsy. He was en gaged in clearing out the ashes from under the boiler when the arch fell upon him and the hose with which he waa wetting down the ashes waa turned full blast Into them, causing a cloud of steum and cinders to be forced against his chest and arms, scalding him and terribly Injuring him. He manged to crawl out and waa Immediately taken to hia home, where it waa found that nearly all of the skin on his arms and cheat had peeled oft. It is thought he will re cover, but it may be necessary to graft new skin on. LIGHTNING KILLS MILITIAMAN Serge Major Miller of St. Loots Waa Killed at St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Aug. 16.-Durlng a violent thunderstorm, while at brigade headquarters arranging for the review of the Missouri National guard by Governor Polk this morning, Sergeant Major Miller of Battery A. St. Louis, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Privates Thomas and Ulrlch ware severely shocked. CAPT. C. . FOX TO COMMAND Will Bo Chief OSaeer of Cralaer sooth Dakota oa It Trl to tho Paelae. WASHINGTON, Aug. IS.-Csptaln C. B. Fox Is to command the crulaer South Da kota, which, with the California, Tennesaee and Washington, will comprise . the new crulaer squadron Intended for ths Pacific, coast MOORE COME TO NEBRASKA Federal Authorities Bring Him on Charg-e of Perjury. MADE TWO HOMESTEAD ENTRIES Only Twelve Daya Apart, Latter at O'Neill, Henre Anthorttle Will Pas Prooeeotloa ia tho Co arts. BlOrX FALLS, S. D., Aug. lB.-(8peclal.) As he stepped Irom the doors of the Sioux Falls p.nl'entlary after serving a term for horse stealing, Bennett R. Moore was rearrested by the tlnlted States authorities of South Dakota on Instruc tions from the federal authorities of Ne braska, where Moore Is wanted on" an In dictment charging him with perjury. Moore has been surrendered to the l'nted States authorities of Nebraska. The In dictment returned against the prisoner by tha federal court In Nebraska, a copy of which was sent to the federal authorities here, chs jtes that Moore committed per jury on July a. ISM, before the officers of the United SUtes land office at O'Neill, Neb. The alleged perlury consists of swearing In sn affidavit after he had made application 'for the entry of a homestead In the O'Neill district, that he had never before made an entry under the home- I stead law. when the facts are alleged by the government to be that on July . IftH, he made entry of a homestead In the Rapid City (S. D.) land district. As the entry and the attempted entry of another homestesd were made In the same month and year, and only twelve days apart, Moors must havs gone to O'Neill soon after making ths entry In western South Dakota. ' Moore waa confined In one of the rooms of the Jail here which has a window open ing towsrd the rear of, the building. While he was standing near the window It waa discovered that he waa In eonversatlon with some one outside, and Deputy Sheriff Harry Hlrsch made an Investigation. Walk ing around the building the deputy sheriff found a stranger, who gave hie nam as A. W. Nelson, talking to the prisoner. Nelson waa arrested snd searched by the officers, but no saws or other Jail breaking appliances were found tn his possession. However, he admitted that he knew Moore. (I Nelson wss taken before Judge Dickey of the local court on the charge of vagrancy and was sentenced to pay a fine of tlO. In default of the payment of the fine he has been lodged la Jail te serve a term of tea days. . WOODMEN H0LD BIG PICNIC Two Thoaiand People' Are Present at the Logrolling at Beaalaftoa Tharsday. Modern Woodmen of America to the num ber of about 1,000, with a number of friends and political aspirants, returned to Omaha from the picnic at Bennington Thursdsy night,' tired but happy. The special train left In the morning and when the program opened the thousand people from the city had been Joined by an equal number from the various camps In the counties Of Douglas, Washington, Cass and Sarpy, which comprise thla dis trict log rolling association. . The program opened with a parade of camps followed by speaking tn ths grove, where addresses were delivered by the mayor of Bennington, C. H. T. Rlepen, president of the association: T. H. Corns pf Des Moines. Ia., and Mrs. Kats Reming ton of the (Royal Neighbor.-.-Alter .4he speaking the. usual picnic, races and con tests took place and In addition drill con tests. B. & M. camp No. Stf won the first prise In the senior class and Magnolia camp No. 1833 first prise la the Junior class. In the individual contest the first prize was won by John Kllllan of Omaha camp, second prise, by James Shields of Beeclt camp. , At the business meeting of the association following the picnic Mr. Thomas of Beech camp waa ;electfd ' president, Mrs. Ida Knight of Irvlngton, first vice president, Peter Olson of Omaha, second vice presi dent; Mrs. Laura Schrum of Golden Rod camp, Royal Neighbors, third vice presi dent; N. J. Marvin, secretary; Mrs. Kate Remington, treaaurer. TRAGEDY IN SAN DIEGO Tora and Blood-Stain Garments of Womaa Fennd eu aaata Fo Dock. ... SAN DIEGO, Cel.. Aug. 16. The 'finding of portiona of a woman's clothing, torn and bloodstained, on the outer end of the Santa Fe docks laat night and a wisp of woman's hatr lying nearby full of blood, caused be lief that a tragedy had been, committed. A woman's garter and a black leather purse waa found. In the latter was a note reading: Dear May Meet ma tonight, old place, at g p. m. It you do not, I will fix him and you both. Believe me, I am In dead earnest Bo let my little sweetheart come. B. A line of blood spots led from the place where there had evidently been a struggle to tbe edge of tho wharf, snd this led to the suspicion that a woman had been mur dered and the body thrown Into the water. The authorities are investigating. PRIMARIES IN SAN FRANCISCO Heaablleaa Lea Whleh pporta Graft Proaoeatloa Coatrols Coareatloa. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. W.-Th primary election In this city resulted in a sweeping victory for the republican league Or Ryan ticket, which etood for earnest support of the ' bribery graft prosecution and the present mayor and Board of Supervisors. The opposing faction, led by Postmaster Flake, made a sorry showing; electing not more then nineteen delegates to the party eonventlon, which will consist of 14S mem bers. The result was a notable triumph for ths reform element. ' The regular democratic or McNsbe ticket waa victorious and will control the nom inating convention by a large' majority. The Vhetegrapaes NOTHING Will Civ- More Satisfaction OR CONTINUE MORE LAST ING PLEASURE THAN GOOD PICTURES OF TOUR CHIL DREN. If not 'good they are only euggestlons that 6auae . con stant regret Let us make them and you'll be sure of per petual pleasure. . HBVN-fj FOR HIGH QUALITY a-ir fo. lata t malts Blosk. . ' m The representatives of the better element of the union labor party cast a majority of their votes In favor of McCarthy and the 8c limit a organisation. The element op posed to bribery graft prosecution will control the labor convention, but whether or not ex-Mayor Schmlts's friends will go so far aa to renominate him Is a problema tical. The victory of the Ryan republl cans means but one thing political sup port of the bribery grsft prosecution and In all likelihood, the nomination of District, Attorney Langdon. who. It la previously understood, will be backed by McNabe also. HOPE NOW F0RNEW MEXICO President Rooaevelt Believes Mew Governor Will Stralsthtea Thlaga Oat There. ' - OTSTER BAT. Aug. IS.-Ormahy Mc Harg, an aaalstant United States attorney . general, who haa been conducting Inves tigations for the Department of - Justice In New Mexico, was at luncheon guest, of President Roosevelt today. After discuss ing with the president these Investigations. Mr. McHarg announced that the president was very dealt ous of having them contin ued, snd thst his confidence In Governor Curry, the newly spnolnted executive -of the territory, wss such that he believes the federal and territorial officers could work together and strslghten out the tsngled condition of affairs In New Mexico. POPULATION OF KANSAS GROWS State Board of Agrlealtaro Flgaree tho Aggregate to Bo i,esi,ssi. MBamB TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. IS. (Long DIatanca Telephone.) The State Board of Agrlcul- ture has lasued a statement ahowing the population of the state of Kansas to be l.fcl.tn. a gain cl S9.000 over 1808. Right la Nebraska. During the five weeks ending June 22, the Mutual Ufa' Insurance company of New York paid four death claims In this state, ftmnimtins- tn t27.49. The amount paid to beneficiaries waa SlS.190.13 In excess of ths amount to the company by the Insured. Making Prices Dance We are banging away at Tegn lar prices right and left bere now during this . Pre-Inventory Sale which because of the fact' that our stock of. Fall Suitings will Boon arrive Is offering to make to meas ure Fine Domestic Suitings worth up up to $50, for 825 Fine Imported Suitings worth, to $40. for .. $30 M.cCAHTFlY-WILSON TAILORING CO. Phone Doug. 1808. S04-30S 8. 18th St. Near 8. W. Cor. ISth and Kariism eta. ,.r , . . ... . ',- r' '"?! 7 ALMOND MEAL Almond Meal cleanses, softens and whitens the skin, is far superior to soap, as it contains no alkali and will therefore, not parch the most delicate skin. We have several makes, all of which we guarantee pure. . Hudnut's Almond Meal 1-4 pound bottles 25 Palmer's Almond Meal 1-4 pound cans Beckman's Almond Meal I t pound cans 202 Almond Meal, Swlnton's .T 1-4 pound bans ............. .203 BEATON DRUG CO: Fifteenth and Farnara . Home of accuracy in compounding tt St ana S-Horee Evonora For SULKY, 6AN8 and DISC PLOWS Ask Your Dealer for "Holder" Eveners, or Write Ui HEIDER RFQ. CO., Mfra ef aU alaos St Cream Ladders. Cta. Dept. a. - CARROLL, IOWA. AMUSEMEIfTL. VINTON ST. PARK Omaha vs. Denver AUGUST 14, IB, 1. IT. j Friday, Aug. 16th,' Ladies' Day. ' Games Called 8:48. 4 KRUG PARK Ouu.ha'a Polite ISesort . Todsy and tonight , ranrr omxATzm omasa baud. 100 DIG FEATURES ' Admlssion-Afternoon, 10c; Evening.' zStt- Sunday: FLYING BIRDELLfl "3. KRUG 7 TOVIOKT Silt THE TOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. I; TWBAY. TYl ITatAaT TWIST g BUSINESS MEN A Will find our Noon Day Lunch Most Satisfactory - fe CALUMET , a BASE