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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1907)
WRONGS VISIT, THE FAIR iWeather Threatening, but People Turn Out Jut the Same. SALINE WDHS COUNTY PRIZE Washington Takes Irrnnd finer, (p. ha. Third and Sarpr r'oarlh Prises Ar Awarded I . ( an Fralts. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. 4. (Siweial.) Immense throng visited the iitate fair and took par ticular Interest In viewing tVerythlng on the grounds and at the race track. Not a Ingle exhibit but what attracted a crowd .hiring; the entire day. The weather wan ireatenlng and cool but lts of town people were out. In the horticultural hall Marshall Brother! of Arlington received first premium oh Individual exhibit, Crete Nursery second and C. B. Camp of Cheny third. In the county Contest Saline won flrat. Washington second, Nemaha third and Sarpy fourth. To the fair frequenter the exhlmlts this year surpass any previous year, only the peaches beln shy. Consider ing the numerous times the crop was de stroyed, however, even this Is beyond ex pectations. In the Pawnee county agri cultural exhibit there Is a half dzn little green things which are labeled thus, "These are peacres." They are the last of what might have been a valuable crop. But In the horticultural hall the peaches loom up well. The various counties have new designs this year and the Improvement Is marked. Nebraska corn and grasses and wheat Show up well and some of the best colectlons come) fom that section of the state known foryears as the "Great American desert." Every engine on the ground was running full blast as were threshing machines and 11 other kinds of machinery which could run or Is Intended to run. The rearrange ment of the grounds and exhibits Is pleas ing and a flreat Improvement over tho grounds of former ytears. Among the vinMors today were Farmers Charlie Saunders, Ben Thomas and Rob?rt Clancy under the leadership of Colonel Lane, Jr., all of Omaha. The airship, which went up yesterday and landed near the State penitentiary. Is still there. The driver attempted several times to get back to the fair grounds, but owing to the wind It was Impossible, but he will got here In time for a flight to-morrow. Funeral of t)ewee. At a meeting of the Lancaster Bar as sociation at the Commercial club rooms this afternoon President H. It. Wilson was authorised to appoint committees to act as pall bearers and arrange for a memorial day for J. W. Deweese, who died yesterday. The following attorneys were appointed as honorary pall bearers: A. E. Harvey, C. O. Whedon. I C. Ildrr, W. J. Lamb, A. J. Sawyer and S. B. Pound. F. M. Hall, II. F. Tiose, S. J. Tuttle and A. C Blcketts were appointed on a com mittee to arrange for a memorial day be fore the district court and to prepare reso lutions In memory "of Mr. Deweese. C. S. Allen, F. H. Woods and A. W. Lane, were appointed aa a committee to prepare a floral offering. It was left to Mr. Wilson to decide whether the association should go- In m- body or Individually and he de elded that the latter plan would be the better.' New Postmaster at Bancroft. BANCROFT, Neb., Sept. 4. (Special.) Word, ias .been received here t that Con gressman' Boyd had recommended the ap- potntment of Edward II. Mack aa postmas ;tJoi Fa lilz -Hi ARE SALE- Will Close in a Few Days Now we have lots of odd and end lines to close out. .Our New .York buyer informs us to make room f of the big line of goods he has bought all new and v staple goods, . ' Watches, (warranted orCI ' cue year), at QC German Crochet Cotton, f? lBo kind, at, ball JC Germantown Zephyr, (no white), a skein... 2 Imported Ba-xony, (no . 7 1 black), a skein l2 German Knitting Yarn, -tP- a skein 0 Embroidery SilkB, C two skelna ".!..... JC Cardigan Jackets, our ova. make, $3, a,60 & Sweaters for Boys, 7 s C our own make I V Bweater Jackets for boys'T or girls, our own make J V Real Pearl Necklaces, 1 C n each Baby Knit Leglns, , a pair . . . .p.'. . , .... .wJC it Plenty of other bargains. Come and look around. The largest and most complete line of Beads in the United States. Agents for Pictorial Review Patterns. JOS. F. BILZ 322 Couth 16th St. Omaha! Neb. 15 special hat sales. - men to assist dur ing the great sale of Crofut and Knapp Hats for men, which will be gin Saturday morning. Apply Thursday morning. Nebraska Clothing Co. ter at this place to succeed E. J. Burke, who has resigned to move on a homestead In Oklahoma. Mr. Mack Is a Bancroft boy; a graduate of the high school. Ho had the confidence and solid support of all the leading republicans here. At pres ent Mr. Mark l a mall clerk from Mis souri Valley and Chadron. running from Norfolk to Ixng Pine, but will resign at the end of this week and return to his duties as deputy postmaster, taking charge of the office with the beginning of the next quarter. SHl'MWAT CilGHT AD KSCAPF." V apposed Murderer Now Warronnded In Corn Field. BEATRICE. Neb., Sept. 4-(8peclal Tele gram.) R. Mead Shumway, the alleged slayer of Mrs. farah Martin, who was found murdered at her home near Adams, was arrested this morning at Seneca, Kan., but escaped from the town marshal as ha was being taken from a St. Joseph & Grand Island train. Reports received here are" to the effect that Shumway has taken refuge In a corn field, and the pursuing posse feels certain that he will be captured. Coroner Reed held an Inquest toda"y over the body of Mrs. Martin and the Jury held Shumway responsible for her death. Ol'TlI OMAHA MAN IS KILLED Walks in Front of Vnlon Parlfle Train at I.oekwood. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Sept. 4.Speclal Telegram.) A middle-aged man, believed to he w. Wesrevlrh. residing m South Omaha, was killed by a Union Pacific passenger train near Lockwood. He walked from beside the track Into the middle of the same Just before the train struck him. His body was badly mangled. It was brought here and Is being pel pending an effort to establish his identity.;;, '. . ... . .. ." Krbrstka Mews Notes. PLATTSMOITH-Bupt. J. W. Gamble ; ports an enrollment In the city schools of KFNNARD About 75 per cent of the quall'tled voters attended the primary elec tion here. . . TiF.ATKTCB-.Tohn Lent yesterday sold flftv-flve I ead of fat cattle to Charles Green which brought the highest market price. NEBRASKA CITY Bert Williamson and Mies Klla Garrean were married In this my last evenlriK by Judge Wilson and then re turned to tholr home at Bldney, la. PI.ATTSMOT'TH Jn the state tourna ment of the Katollcky Sokot society, Joe Kutnrs of Omaha received the first prlxe In the turning contest, a handsome gold medal. PIATTSMOT.'TH-Rev. J. B. Houlgate preached the funeral sermon of Charles lu Vroman Tuesday afternoon. Deceased was Ml years of age and had worked In the Bur lington shops for several years. BEATRICE Thomas Stubbs of Lincoln has taken charge of the Young Men s Christian association Glee club as director In place of Albert White, who was forced to give up his work here on account of 111 health. BEATRICR J. B. Smith, proprietor of the Jersey dairy at Beatrice, captured four first premiums, three second premium", two third premiums and four grand champion ship premiums at the state flair yesterday with his herd of Jersey cattle. BEATRICE Mrs. William Shaw, an old resident of the Adams vicinity, died yester day after a prolonged Illness, aged 66 years. She leaves no family except her husband. Mr and Mrs. Shaw located In northeastern Gape county In 18&7 where they have since resided. KENNARD School opened with the same corps of teachers aa last year with the ex ception of the Intermediate grade, where Miss Bessie Van Deusen of Omaha succeeds Miss Kristlna Bvoboda 6f Wilber. The gain In attendance Is 30 per cent over the first week of last year. ......- stockholders of the Beatrice Chautauqua association wm iifiu inoi ma" - rnngements were made to hold an aasem- . . . . . r,w ... haw Alvuitnr. w.ra Oiy in i "V a men ii.. v. . . v, . . . . . - -" elected. They are E. F. Wilt, R. Davis and 1T. U. A. U)VB. ill" ieiuniB mcitiu.1. ' " P. B. Sheldon. A. W.. Nlckell and R. R. Kyd. NEBRASKA CITY The farm house occu- Baby Drawn Leggings, "i tZ a pair SC Children's Underwear, 60c down to 19c, 10c and,., JC Refl Handkerchiefs, ' T 2c and Suspenders, a pair, 35c, C. 25c, 19c and ........ tC Neckwear, 25c, 21c. 19c,. 15c. 10c. 8c and aV. Safety Pins, best quality, a dozen Crochet Hooks, 5 hooks f ft in one, each w Hair Pins, .! q a package ,... v Baby SC Hose Ladles' Gauze Lisle llC tinea - naif - . - IvV 1 . W - H I ' " -------- Summer Veets, 10c, , 7V4c and . . . .' Winter Underpants, . iQt a pair .1 THE OMAHA The Story of a Medicine. Its name "Golden Medical Dlncorwrr was suggested by one of It most Import ant and valuable Ingredient Golden Seal root Nearly forty year ago, Dr. Tierce dis covered that he could, by the use of pure, triple-refined glycerine, aided by a cer tain degree of constantly maintained heat and with the aid of apparatus and appliances designed for that purpose, ex tract from our most valuable native me dicinal roots their curative properties much bettor than by the use of alcohol, so generally employed. So the now world famed "Golden Medical Discovery," for the cure of weak stomach, Indigestion, or dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and kindred derangements was first made, as It ever sins has bVn, without a particle of alcohol In Its maife-up. A glance VajajhfJuU list of Its Ingredi ents, printed CnTverv bottle-wrapper, will show that It Is loade from the most valuable medicinal rcfound growing in our American torpi-J ;n mese in- redient hsve received the .runpysTTfl- ors'TTient from th" leannm medira pert. lcayhVr.1 mill Tr7li,ra nn t7i. JL- lei u fllflltftl Who, reri.m' Uflltffll)'i rer..n.".piwl them c h" Yfr very A liiUobook ' these endorsements ti. TTTJ been compiled by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., and will be mailed free to any one ssklns same by postal card, or letter addreweo to the IHKtor as above. From theso endorsements, copied from standard medical books of all the differ ent schools of practice. It will ho found that the Ingredients composing the "Gold, en Medical Discovery " are advised not only for the cure of tfie above mentioned diseases, but alo for the cure ef all ca tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections, accom pained with catarrhal discharges, hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or hang-on-coucrhs. and all those wasting affections whicn, If not promptly and firoperly treated are liable to terminate n consumption. Take Dr. Pierce's Di1 covery In time and persevere In Its use until you give It a fair trial and It Is not likely to disappoint. Too much must not oe expected of It. It will not perform miracles. It will not cure consumption In Its advanced stnees. No medicine will. It will cure the affections that lead up to oontULDtion. if Uiken in time. ' - - JXS Tied by Honry Grovenberi?, a short distance west of town, was dpstroypd by tiro yester day. The building belonged to Arbor ldB and was partially Insured, making the loss about $1,010. This Is the second time Mr. Orovcnbi-rg has been burned out within a year, and a short time before the first tire his wife died suddenly of heart failure. NEBRASKA CITY For the first time In many months Nebraska City had a bur glary. Tuesday morning when Johnson Bros, opened their grocery store they dis covered that the cash register bad been forced open. The thief gained admittance by cutting the wire netting around the tran som. He sectored about $40. Thieves also visited the office of the Otoe Iumtpr com pany and attempted to open the safe with a crow bar. They pulled out all the private fapers In the drawers, but got no money, t was evidently the work of local talent. NEBRASKA PITT About a month ago the Nebraska City Steam laundry was de stroyed by fire, and recently a settlement was made with the Insurance companies. Now come James and Bertha F. Richard son, who claim to be one-fourth owners of me laundry stock, and allege the other owners had placed a mortgage upon the plant In which they took no part nor re ceived any benefit. They ask that a re ceiver be appotnted and the other stock holders be enjoined from making any pur chase of machinery or refitting the building without consulting them. As it was the only laundry In the city the other having been "swallowed" by It It leaves Nebraska City in bad shape for laundry work. Qalclc Shine Shoe Polish is the best for ladles, men's and children's hoes, oils and polishes and Is water-proof. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Qaalnt and Carious Features of Lit la a Itapldlr Growing State. All the Uame, Anyway The latest -fad with the girls Is the Tedfly bear shirt waist.- W-haven't seen them and don't know whether they get their name because of an extra number of bear places In them or whether they are made to stand a treat amount of hugging without showing- Its ef fect. Aurora Sun. In Schuyler A fellow was selling a num ber of small articles on the street on Fri day and did a few slelght-of-hand tricks to get the "rubes" up to him. He. wanted to borrow a pocket handkerchief and tried a dozen before he found anybody who had one, and then had to get one of a boy. It was a democratic crowd entirely and the article Is never used, as the coat sleeve Is handler and easier. Schuyler Free Lance. Go Carefully Young man, don't fuss with your wlfs because she can't cook; you didn't, marry the cook; you married the cook's accomplished and beautiful young daughter and you wouldn't trade right now If you had a chance. More than this, you would be mighty sore In twenty years from now If some son-of-a-gun came around your place and tried to steal the "cook." Tour wife probably knows as much about being a good housewife as you know about being a good husband, and In twenty years from now she will have you beat a mile. Nebraska Democrat. Turn About A party of Humboldt women who had been at the ball game two weeks ago were coming back up town when our nine passed them. The women jollied the boys as they went by about being beaten two straight games, when the players stopped the raillery. "Bargain day crowd; they all go to the ball gome on ladles' free Jay." The women forgot to Jolly the de fei.i.'d players any more and got busy look'ng Into the shop windows. Johnson Oi'unty Journal, Nature Fake Dr. T. Butler removed a broken hatpin from Ernest Ruby Tuesday. It was Imbedded In the region of the stomach, and how It came there Is a mys tery. It measured nearly three and one half Inches and was extracted from the point. Mr. Ruby says that a few months ago he fell upon the floor and felt a sharp pain. It Is probable that the broken pin entered his back at that time and worked Its way through his body without serious results. Arapahoe Mirror. A Wreck In the Office You have heard about the deacon's one-horse shay and you remember that It went all to pieces. Well, so did our big job press on Monday. Those who, were working around this block thought that there was an earthquake coming. A roller flew off and Into the mechanism of the press and the end came rapidly. It Is only a little matter of a few hundred dollars, but such trivial Items do not amount to anything with a coun try printer. The expense may defer the purchasing of our contemplated automobile for a few more years. Do not try to bs sorry for us as It only makes us feel worse to have you mention It. Ord Journal. Arrow ctsrtca mm ausm am Collar M ctsiT isch, roa MTV lsHl rafcasTT Caw Va Ml (ImM bins DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AFFAIRS AT SOUItl OMAHA Primary Election Passes Off Quietly With Good Vote. SWIFT PIC1TIC AT BEMHTGTON Employes at Tackla Hoas F.ajoy Oatlas; aa Large Xaatner ( Prises Are Awarded Magic City Gossip. The primary election In South Omaha was quiet throughout the day, but a larger vote was cast than was anticipated. The repub licans polled 8S6 votes, the democrats 7T1 and the socialists 10, a total of 1,(76. This Is nearly 400 larger than the primary vote last year. Some evidence of the activity of the candidates was apparent. Judge A. L Sutton was present at various polling places during the afternoon. Naturally ha was a strong candidate In South Omaha. The total vote last year was 79 republican, while the democrats were proportionally much less than that. The Increase of ninety-nine votes In South Omaha In the republican ranks Is due to the activity of local candidates and to a perceptible In crease of Interest In republican policies. It Is predicted that the democratic land slide of last year will be shown to be obliterated at the November election. Swift Plrnle at Bennington. A topic which will be discussed for weeks among the employes of Swift and Company was furnished by the big annual picnic to Bennington Monday. In the first place fully 150 more than the management ex pected showed up at train time at the Union depot. All the working commltteo, the arrangement, dancing, athletic, pur chasing and prize committees had done their work so well that nothing more was to be asked. Everyone entered with great zest Into all features of the entertainment. Something entirely unusual was the snap and energy with which the numerous con tests were pulled off. In the voting contest for the prettiest woman Miss Anna Q. Malone won the compliment by a good majority. The homeliest man turned out to be Thomas C. Smith, the original "Cannon" Smith of Robinson's circus. He was the first man who was ever fired from a cannon. This apparently accounted for some of the eccentricities of his counte nance which won him the title of the homely man. Miss Malone received a souvenir spoon with the word "Benning ton" engraved on it. Smith got a French mirror to remind htm of the source of his prominence. In the game of base ball the team from the plant soaked the office force so hard that they are still sore from their pounding. The score was 16 to 0, a whrrl wind walk from start to finish. The office force declare the victory was due to an "Imported" and a "nameless wonder" for a first baseman. 1 In the horseshoe throwing contest R. O. Hasklns and W. H. Nichols won over seven other teams, receiving a gold horseshoe stick pin each. In the foot races Edith Brown won the little girls' race, and got an umbrella, John McFarland won the boys' race, securing a foot ball. Paulina Faulkner won the misses' race for a gold ring. . Walter Knobb won the boys' race for a pocket knife. Miss L. E. Ripley won the stenographers' race and a pair of gloves. Capt. P. H. Shields won the fat men's race for fine Premium ham. The lean men's race was decided In favor ot L. B. Whltmore, the , award Premium bacon. The free for all for men was won by T. McMullen, the: prize,. being a clothes brush. The womon'a race was won by Gertrude Ells worth, aa; onyx hat pin being the prize. - Miss Ada Mills captured the girls' sack race and a prise book. Arwood Richard son won the men's sack race and a sliver match safe. Sandstrom won the standing jump, securing a box of soap. Harry Clark and Gilbert Alton won the three-legged race. In target events, J. D. Ringer won by breaking' twenty-one blue rocks out of a possible twenty-five. He had never shot a blue rock before. The prize was a Vox of cigars. In the croquet contest, Mrs, A. N. Cailln and Miss Kittle Grace won, 'with a prlzo of a croquet set. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kough won the prize dancing contest. Stuart Lawrence wo the flour contest by fishing for a piece of money In a sack of flour, using his face only. In the tug of war the plant won against the office and the prizes were cigars. In the stenographers vs. the married women the latter won the plentiful supply of candy for the prize. Dancing with tho aid of a fine orchestra was a chief attraction In tho afternoon. Horses Flro a Barn. William Reld's stables burned last night at 7 o'clock and only prompt action on the part of the owner saved his horses. The origin of the fire Is unknown, but It Is suspected a match had been dropped in the stall and the horses tramped on It, causing the bedding to take fire. The horses became frightened and one came near being burned. Mr. Reld' burned his hands severely In trying to save his team. The fire department arrived promptly and soon had the fire out. The loss was esti mated at ISO. One of the horses was dis abled from the severe burns, but will not be permanently Injured. Reld had to have medical treatment. Man Beaten by Thuars. Joe Volsa received a severe beating at the hands of unknown thugs Monday night In Brown park. He was found at 1 p. m. suffering from a broken Jaw and a broken shoulder. He was brought to the police station, where the city physician dressed his Injuries. The Jaw was frac tured In two places, while the fracture of the shoulder was a simple one. After his wounds were dressed he was removed to the South Omaha hospital, where he Is still In a serious condition. He can only take liquid food. It Is thought the Intention was to rob the man, and some of his money was gone, together with his watch and a ring. He was unable to de scribe the assailants nor the place where he met them. Vaudeville at Coantrr Clah. The vaudeville performance at the South Omaha Country club last night was at tended by the largest evening crowd that has visited the club this year. The nine liners of the program were given by home talent, but proved very attractive. The first number was a vocal solo by Miss Adell Davis, whose reputation as a vocalist Is firmly established. A musical specialty by C. W. McDanlel was received with ap preciation. "Carry Nation," represented by J. D. Ringer, was a splendid caricature, down te the hatchet. After a characteristic speech, the proverbial hatchet was pro duced and all the furniture was demolished. The harp solo by Miss Eileen McCrann was appreciated, as all the work of tier skillful fingers command. Bruce McCul lough, aa "Billy West the Minstrel," brought down the house. . -One of the best features of the evening was the Imitation of the French dancing girl by W. W. Fisher. When In Lincoln take the White Line cars llrect to -the state fair grounds from Uth and O. Ta Mark I'snbrcllns. Mark your umbrella with your full name and address. Borrowers will take no pleas ure In Us possessslon. Take artists' white tube paint and put It en blotting paper te SEPTEMBER 5, 1007. remove the oil. Transfer It to a palette; thin a little with turpentine, and apply with a steel pen. LETTERS FROM BEE READERS Rev. John Williams Comments on Recent English Legislative Enactment. Contributions en timely tsplos Invited. Write legibly on one side ot the paper only, with name and address appended. On request names will not be printed. I'nused contributions will not be re turned. Letters exceeding JU0 words will be subject to being cut down at the discretion of the editor. Publica tion of views of correspondents does not commit The Bee to their endorse ment. Deceased Wife's Sisters. OMAHA. Sept. 1. To the Editor of The Bee: Allow ine to correct, or at least to amend, the statements made by you In your article on this subject. In the first. place, the prohibition against a man marry ing his deceased wife's sister did not first appear In the statute ot Henry VIII. If It had there could have been no reasonable ground of quarrel between Henry and Pope Clement VII. Such marriages were pro hibited ages before, by the Roman canon law, which law was adopted by the Church of England, and was in full force In Eng land. The law was based, not upon an English statute, or even upon an ecclesi astical canon, but upon the divine law as written In the book of Leviticus xvlll, 16. The prohibition there. It Is true, Is against the marriage of a woman to a deceased husband's brother. But the rule of Inter pretation of the prohibited degrees always has been that when the prohibition Is ex pressly made against marriage In a certain degree It applies to both sexes, although It may specify but ono. If a woman may not marry her deceased husband's brother, then, by parity of reasoning, a man may not marry his deceased wife's sister. That was the law of the Church of England ages before Henry VIII came to the throne. It Is the law ot the Church of England yet. notwithstanding the recent change In the civil law. It was, it is the law of the Roman Catholic church or churches. But the trouble with King Henry arose from the fact timt the pope of Rome claimed and exercised the right to dispense with the Levltical law In the matter. Pope Julius MI granted Henry a dispensation to marry his deceased brother Arthur's wife, Catharine of Arragon, not under the Le vltical dispensation, but contrary to It, Subsequently Henry professed to have conscientious scruples about the lawfulness of his marriage and sought a divorce. The history of Rome's dallying with the ques tion Is too well known to be taken up here. One Meal Meat High, Teaches the People about Better Food for Less Money One pound -"of Grape-Nuts contains more nourishment-that the system will absorb than ten pounds of meat. An experiment was tried by a man who found that by leaving off meat altogether at breakfast and lunch, and taking in its place four heaping teaspoonlfuls of Grape-Nuts with cream, he began to gain flesh and strength and before the full pound package was gone had gained four pounds in weight, whereas he had been losing on his meat diet. . v A gentleman in Baltimore writes: "I was a steady meat eater three times a day for sev eral years. For a long time I steadily ran down, was miserable, and everything I ate caused dis tress. I fell away from 185 pounds to 150. - Somebody told me that if I would change my diet, and take Grape-Nuts food at two meals in the day, I would improve. I made tho experiment and in less than two weeks began to improve very rapidly. I discovered that a few teaspoon fuls of Grape-Nuts with cream would furnish more nourishment than quantities of meat. My improvement lias continued until now I weigh 195 pounds, which is a gain of about' 45 pounds in five months and I feel in magnificent condition." V Grape-Nuts is a crisp, dainty, delicious food, made of selected parts of wheat and. barley, and scientifically treated in manufacture by moisture, time and heat-nature's way to slowly and perfectly develop the diastase from the, grain and transform the starch into a form of sugar in the most perfect manner. The small particles of phosphate of potash found in the certain parts of the cereals are re tained, and these elements vitalize and nourish the brain and nerve centers throughout the body; Grape-Nuts is a condensed food, and about .four teaspoonfuls with cream is sufficient for the cereal part of a meal. It requires no cooking or preparation of any kind, and is ready .for immediate use and suited to the laborer, athlete, brain-worker, epicure and invalid. Trv for breakfast, lunch or sunner some Fruit, dish of Grape-Nuts with cream, a soft-cooked Egg, Postum. You'll feel well-fed, have energy plus, ana "There's a Reason" What Henry did do was to have enacted by statute what was before the canon law of the realm. This statute was recognized by Edward VI. repealed by gueen Mary and re-enacted by gueen Elizabeth. The effect ot this law, however, was not to render such marriages absolutely1 void, ab Initio, but voidable simply If action was brought during the lifetime of the parties. The act of William IV, to which you re ferred, only strengthened the existing law. It rendered marriage with a deceased brother'a wife, or with a deceased wife's sister, absolutely void, and the Issue ot such marriages Ulegetimate. without further civil action. The recent act of Parliament repeals that Drovislon so far at all events, as marriage with a deceased wife's sister Is concerned. Whether it legalises the marriage with a deceased husband's brother the press reports do not say. But the canon law ot the Church of Eng land remains In force In the church Itself. As In the case of divorced persons, no priest will be obliged, under the law, to marry a man to his deceased wife's sister, though sny priest may do so without fear of either ecclesiastical or civil punish ment. The vast majority of the clergy of the Church ot England will refuse to solemnize such marriages In spite of civil dispensation. Church of England people generally will have nothing to do with them. The old traditions will hold them to prevent their having anything to do with marriages which the divine law for bids. JOIIN WILLIAMS. Etradleatlag Liquor Evil. NORTH PLATTE. Neb., Sept. 2,-To the Editor of The Bee: I see In your report of the eleventh International congress at Stockholm against alcoholism. In your Is sue of Sunday, September 1, there is much food for thought. I think the best and most effectual way to stop an evil is to go right to Its rowt'an- chop it off. All temper ance society . eftuxts and all arguments for moderate use are and will be Ineffectual until the manufacture Is stopped. Now, we are told that Jesus turned water Into wine when the supply played out at a marriage feast at Gallllee, and that the brand was much better than that supplied by the father-in-law. Well, then, If Jesus turned water Into wine It would be no great task for him to turn all the wine, beer, whisky and' other stimulants Into water. Let all good Christians pray ho do so and foreVer close the avenues of crime, degre dation, slum life and shame to our civili zation. Imagine a "drouth" to go Into a saloon of a morning and ask for a drink, and pour one out and find It water. I trust all persons given to prayer will remember this request and. although Jesus has been dead for nigh 2,000 years, He has our In some nice crisp Toast, One Read MThe Road to WailvllU" in pks. terests at heart. Iet Him think and take note of our liquor traffic. A. R. AftAMSON. Brass Finisher. Vnlon rarlflo fehops. WESTERNERS ARE TENDERFEET Uet Skinned When They Go East, Says a California Man. "Well, we westerners are certainly the tenderfeet when we get Into the east," said J. B. Herman of the Olympla club, San Francisco, who passed through Omahn Wednesday morning returning from New York. "I've Just been 'done' on a real es tate deal which makes this Impression stronger than ever In my mind. But I always realized the fact and when I went down from the Paclflo coast Into New York I always try to carry my own satchel and don't make the acquaintance of any strangers. . " "Yea, we're metropolitan out on the coast, all right, but there Is something Shout those New Yorkers that makes them so tremendously sharp that It scares you Just to know you are dealing with them. The New Yorkers have handled the dollar so long that they are experts. Just as the clothing man Is an expert In his line. Now, when the ordinary man goes Into a clothing store the proprietor can swindlo him if he wants to. The Same Is true whei we tenderfeet venture Into New York with money In our pockets. They take It" In a gentlemanly way, but they take It Jdst as effectually and a good deal more safely than the western train robbers. In fact. It seems to me that the only chance we have to get our moihy back Is to- lay for those sharks when they come west over our railroads and, like the highwaymen of old. In our mountain strongholds, hold them up and tnke away from them what they have taken from us." Christian Endeavor Convention, WATERLOO. Ia Sept. 4.-Speclal.) The annual state convention of the. Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor convened In this city today and the at tendance of delegates and visitors Is un usually large. Tho official program opened this evening with a service of song at 7.15 andat 8 o'clock the addresses of welcome were given by the ministers. Rev. It. W. Rehard and Attorney B. F. Swisher on behalf of the city. Rev. C. It. Stauffacher gave the wclcomo for the entertaining societies. Rev. C. F. Ensign of Cedar Rapids gave the response, which was fol lowed by an address by W. A. Schwlnley of Shenandoah, the state president, whi spoke on "First Things First." Tho Water loo young people then gave a reception. eriny and a cup of well-made Know. for P SBMBt