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J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS BANKERS
A. D. BRANDEIH.
PrrWdent.
H. HTGO BRANTJEIS.
Cashier.
JKO. L. KKXXEDT,
Vice President.
EMlIi BRAA'DKIS,
Secretary.
BE
Msnsgad by
Successful
Omaha
Business Men
HUSK BARKER IS HANGED
Webster County Doable Murderer For
feits life on Gallows.
GOVEBNOR DOES NOT INTERFERE
1 Barker Early I. oars Hope nnd Wrltn
Dnpondrnl Letter to Slater In
Inavale Impnmltf to
' the Cnd.
(From, a fltaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Nob.. .Jan. 1". (Special.)
Frank Barker, t rj Webster county double-
murderer, was' hn?ed in the state peni
tentiary th! afternoon. Tlie trap was
sprung t 2:&7 o'clock, and nine minutes
later he was dead. His execution occurred
ijuat three minutes before the time expired
In which he could legally lie hanged, the
mandate of the court having ordered the
warden to execute the man between the
hours of 11 o'clock and 3 o'clock. The ex
ecution was delayed until the last minute
tl-at Barker's attorney would have every
opportunity to secure a stay of execution,
el'her from the governor or from the
courts.
F.arker met death without a tremor; fie
wked . from.-Jh Viospltal between -.two
guards. 100 feet across the yard, through
the warehouse to the steps of the gallows,
up the stop, apparently without fear. In
a ahlsper the executioner asked him If he
bad anything to say and In at low voice he
replied, "no." The straps were adjusted, the
trap sprung and he Jpw had been vindi
cated before the sixty or seventy-five peo
ple present reall'ied that the executioner
was even ready to begin
Only one cltisen of WebBter county, where
the crime was committed, was present at
the execution. Charles Walters, a brother
ff sirs. Alice Barker, one of the condemned
Cuticura Ointment, the great
SklnCure,andCuticuraSoap,
prepared from it, have be
come tbeorld's Favourites
for preserving, purifying
and beautifying: the skin,
scalp, hair, and hands, for
eczemas, rashes, irritations,
and inflammations, for facial
blemishes, red, rough hands,
tender feet, .baby humours,
for sanative, antiseptic
cleansing, as well as for all
purposes of the toilet, bath,
and nursery.
SoXI thm.eamit tn woriit. Per"' ". .
rglwr IKUI a f:hrm. Corp.. Sol Prop Bo.
aarPMt-li. CutK-un ftuulni ee IM '
a
Cure hoarseness end' sore
throat caused by cold or cse
Of the VWCt. AcKli.tp'jf VnaftM.
!
man's victims. Barker's last roqiiest t
Wanlen Bremer was to refuse admittance
to any one from Webster county and his
wish was respected except in the case of
t lie relative and he was admitted according
to law. Fifteen citizens of the vicinity of
!ni ale nnd Red Cloud were at the peni
tentiary seeking admission, as were four
sheriffs, but they did not get Into the death
room, until after the execution.
"No evidence has been shown to me that
convinces me I should Interfere with the
process of the law and save Barker from
the gallows," said Governor Sheldon at the
end of the long-drawn-out conrere'nees be
tween him and Judge llamer and others
pleading for the condemned man. "It is my
Judgment Barker Is as sanfe as any persdn
under similar circumstances could be."
Judge Hamer, when he received the gov
ernor's ultimatum, raced frorn'tyie peniten
tiary back to town as fast as he could go
to seek a rehearing on the Insanity plea
before some district Judge.
Governor Visits Darker.
Gffwirnor Sheldon, with Attorney General
Thompson went to the penitentiary this
moining for the purpose of having a final
interview with Barker. The governor held
a Ions conversation with the prisoner, and
even then was not satisfied what to do.
Judge Hamer was at the prison and talked
with the governor again, showing him an
Ohio supreme court decision which held
that a person is Insane when he has an
uncontrollable' Impulse. ' Governor Sheldon
left the penitentiary undecided, and asked
the warden to delay the execution until
2:30 p. m., but on his return to the state
house, finally concluded not to grant
further reprieve.
Barker Had Little Ilooe.
Barker passed a restless night. Me has
never been confined in the death cell, but
has been kept with the other prisoners,
as If he were not condemned to die. Yes
terday he appeared to give up hope and
last night he spent a good deal of the time ,
writing a letter to his sister. Miss Alice
Barker, at Inavale. In this he told her
that when a boy he far from realized that
he was to grow up to be a man who would
die on the gallows.
"God knows I was accountable for what
I did," he wrote, probably leaving out the
word "not," which, from the tenor of the
whole letter, he intended to Include.
After sleeping restlessly during the
night. Barker got up and called for the
newspapers In which he read the account
of his hearing last night before the gov
ernor. He lost all hope at once and had
little courage this morning frequently giv
ing expression of discouragement at the
prospect of Intervention by Governor Shel
don. Warden Beemer took Barker from his
cell and brought him up stairs at the peni
tentiary this morning and did not place
him under the conditions usual for a pris
oner under death sentence. After a bath
he ate his usual breakfast calling for noth
ing out of the ordinary.
A number of people from Red Cloud
were at. the penitentiary to attend the
execution, but none of them was arelatlve
of Barker. Among the number was Sheriff
O. D. Hedges of Webster .county and a
number of Webster county ) physicians.
Thirty people, were waiting In the peni
tentiary office and before the building dur
ing the morning.
was held before Judge Frost In September,
1907, and the Jury declared Barker sane.
His execution was fixed for January 17,
1908. Judge Hamer appealed to the su
preme court for a stay of execution, Jan
uary 8. The court Issued an ordor affirm
ing the decision of the lower court and he
was permitted to file a bill of exceptions
January 13. The court then reaffirmed
its order affirming the decision of Judge
Frost. January 15. Judge Hamer filed an
application with Governor Sheldon for a
reprlve for six months so that he could
prepare his case legally to ask for a
commutation of sentence. Argument was
made to the governor on that date and
letters from Judge C. B. Letton. M. B.
Reese and ex-Chief Justice Sedgwick were
submitted to the governor. Wliile the
Judges made no specific recommendation,
each at least intimated Barker was men
tally unbalanced. The case was again
argued January 16, Judge Hamer reading
at length from the record of the testimony
taken in the insanity proceedings and re
veiwlng the entire case.
During the trial. It was shown Barker
killed his brother and wife to "get posses
sion of their personal property as he
wanted to get married. He was engaged
to the daughter of Representative Renkel
of Webster county, a member, of the last
legislature.
COl'.VCIL BLUFFS MAX KILLED
Geo rare W. Robertson Thrown from
Automobile Near Fall City.
FAIAfl CTTT, Neb., Jan. 17. (Special.)
George W. Robertson, a traveling man
from Council Bluffs, was thrown from an
Automobile between here and Rulo thla
afternoon and instantly killed. He was
being driven from Rulo to Falls City by
B. Blakney. At a high rate of speed the
machine rounded a sharp corner and Mr.
Robertson was thrown out. He struck on
his head and death was almost Instantane
ous. He was traveling for the Westing
house Electric company and was making
tills part of his territory in an automobile.
Blakney was not Injured. The county
coroner has gone to Rulo to investigate the
accident.
fhareh Howe Honored Guest.
AUBURN. Neb., Jan. 17. (Speclak)-In a
paper received here yesterday by Hon.
II. R. Howe, the Daily Telegraph of Shef
field, England, the following is noted: "As
already announced, General Sir John
French will be the chief guest at the
Chamber of Commerce dinner, to be held
at Cuttlera hall on the 24th instant. Other
guesta will include Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart
Wort ley. M. P.. Sir Howard Vincent, M. P..
Mr. Tudor Walters, M. P., Sir William
Holland. M. P., the lord mayor (Alderman
H. P. Marsh), the master cutler (Mr. H. H.
Bedford), the 'bishop of Sheffield (Dr.
Quirk), Mr. J. Jj Hope nnd Major Church
Howe. United States consul of Manchester."
It will be remembered that Hon. Church
Howe waa consul to Sheffield some years
ago and was very popular with the large
commercial Interests there. The fact that
he Is one of the chief guests at a gathering
of some of the most eminent men of Eng
land at a dinner of this character, where
no foreign guests are being entertained,
goes to show his popularity there.
KILLED BROTHER FOR PROPERTY
Barker's Crime " Cold-Blooded Murder
to Secure Personal Gain.
LINCOLN. Jap. IS. (Rpeclal.) Frank
Barker was convicted of the nurder
of his brother, Daniel Barker, and
his sister-in-law. Mrs. Daniel Barker, on
the night of February 1, 1904. The Barkers
lived on a farm a few mile from Inavale
In Weheter county. Upon reaching home
Frank Backer shot his brother who opened
the door for him and then went to the
room where Mrs. Barker slept and shot
her. He then carried the bodies to a cow
shed on the premises and burled them la a
shallow grave In this shed. Neighbors
missed the Barkers and upon being ques
tioned. Frank Barker said they had sold
out and moved away. A search revealed
the bodies of his victims four days after
the murder-and Barker was arrested. He was
convicted and sentenced to be hanged by
the district court of Webater county. May
It. 1904. and his execution was fixed for
September 2, 1904. The case was appealed
to the supreme court which affirmed the
decision oi it.e lower court and the date of
execution was fixed for June IS, 1906, the
court having granted a suspension of
sentence pending the hearing of appeal.
June 11, 1906. Judge Hamer, who had
not been in the trial In the lower court,
but who appealed the caee for Barker,
started Insanity proceedings in the dis
trict court of Lancaster county. Judge
Holmes refused to summon a Jury and the
cast again went to the supreme court.
which reversed the ruling; of the lower
court. At this stage of the proceedings
Governor Mickey gave Barker a reprieve
for two years, fixing the -date of, his
execution for June 1. . 1J07. ,
No further steps were taken by the at
torneys for Barker until June 12. 190T,
when insanity proceedings were agin
started before Judge Holajp-s. , District
Judi?e Kicwt took the ,cH,e, luesrever, and
summoned Jury, which disagreed, the
ivte tailing against .' A Koad tria;
rnrnishlflj Bargains
Manhattan, "tar a
thee well known
shirts, fa ant t? r.tf
r!d 1.75
It.soand 1 If,
grades for. .
cxld Iota II to I
grades, stiff Trt
e u;
15c
bosom. . . ,
tto Wool
Hose. pair.
I pair for BSe
OK Far Cent Bieevunt
M on all Bath ami
T-ounslnff Robea
AH lo and TRc Neck
wear, except plain
Unck of rrr
whites OOC
3 for il.00.
Never Beore
did on of our sales mat with $u?
success as has attended our
liats&C&pai
Greatly
Reduced
Brnken linen of 11
12 iO and 1109 stiff
and soft hats, till
shapes and colors,
l.ea.
Broken line $1.10
oft hatafor t9o.
All cap worth u
to Tie, for 4 Bo.
All capa worth up
to 12.00, for fl.00.
11 Semi-Annual Half Price Sal
Iast Saturday was the most remarkable day of our business career never before did the rush start so eariy and con
tinue no persistently. Frorn 7:30 A. M. until 9:.'?0 P. M. we were simply unable to care for all who came many went away
empty handed, not dissatisfied, just disappointed, but realizing that bargains such as ours were well worth striving for
most of them returned this week and were well repaid for their trouble.
NEVER DEFORE DID WE START THE SECOND WEEK WITH SUCH ASSORTMENTS
as await you now never before did we have eo many broken lots and never before were we so determined to cJean them up.
If you are as determined to save half your elothes money as we are to sacrifice half the prioe come here Saturday and
we'll both be benefited.
Men's f 7.50
Suits
fop
3.75
Men's 910.00
Rulta and
Overcoat
5?00
Men' $12.00
Huite ud
(Here oat
6.00
Men' 9 15.00
Halts and
Overrents
for ,
7.50
Men's $18.00
Holts and
Overcoats
' foi
9.00
Men's $20.00
Suits and
OTercoats
foi
10.00
Men's $22.50
Suits and
Ovrrroats
11.25
Men's $23.00
Rait and
Overcoats
12.50
Men's $30.00
Suits and
Overcoats
15.00
Children's Clothes
$3.00 Suits for 91.50
f 3.50 Bults and Overcoats
for Sl.7'5
$4.00 Suits and Overcoats
tor $2.00
$4.50 Suit and Overcoats
for .- 32.25
$6.00 Suits and Overcoats
for $2.50
$6.00 Suits and Overcoats
for 83.00
$7 Suits and Overcoats. $3.50
$8 Suits and Overcoats. $4. OO
Droken Lots of
Boys' Clothes Half Price
Many a youngster in Omaha is today wearing a really
fine suit or overcoat that cost his parents but a trifle
thanks to our half-price sale. 4 ,
Young Mert Clothes
$7.50 Suits and Overcoats
for 83.75
$8.60 Suits and Overcoats
for 84.25
$10.00 Suits and Overcoats
5.00
$12.00 Suits and Overcoats
for 80.00
$16.00 Suits ud Overcoats'
or " 87.50
$18.00 Silts and Overcoats
for 89.00
$20.00 Overcoats for $10.00
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Z2C
OBatoa.
saWslali
How can you hope to get
dry, clean coal from
dealers who store their
coal under the open sky.
All our coal Is under
cover, our coal sheds
are two acres large, full
of coal.
PER
TON.
Ozark Grate, $9.00
Anthracite coal from Arkansas. Many have used this
coal many years and find it lasts as well as Pennsylvania
Anthracite. Especially satisfactory in furnaces and large
heating stoves. " "
Economy
Lump
Nut
SELLING IT
20 YEARS
WITH
SUCCESS.
Telephones:
ell D. 252
1 Ind. A. 1251
PER
TON.
Jackson Hiill, $9.00
This is the original high grade Ohio coal which success
fully crowded Rock Springs out of thousands of homes.
There are good and bad Oliio coals, but we guarantee oun
to be the original and highest grade.
Youghioghcny
..Coke..
$8.50 PER TON
Fresh, bright, clean . screened
Eclipse Nut $5
Sales are rapidly increasing. Good for
the price.
Wo"
yondefrfiaini
Main Office: 1608 Harnoy St.
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On
NORTH YARD:
24th & Belt Llci R. R.
SOUTH YARfl
20th ind HIckon Sts
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which will be still further lneraesed. While
them are a good inany LaFollette and
Hughes men here. thTaft men outnumber
the combined opposition. Speaker Cannon
has a few supporters.
Taft C'lob at Fremont.
FREMONT. Neb.. Jan. 17. (Special.) A
.Taft club was organized at the county
court room last evening, with E. R. Gur-
ney. president; Henry Holscher. vice presi
dent; S. F. Btlies, secretary, and R. B.
Schneider, treasurer. Lists have been cir
culated and over 150 signatures obtained,
BANISHED
Coffss rinaily Had to Oo.
The way some persons cling to coffee
even after they know It Is doing them
harm, la a pussier. But it la an easy mat
ter to give It up for good, when Postum
Food Coffee la properly made and used
inatead.
A gtrl wrttaa: "Mother had been suffer
ing with nervous headaches for seven
weary yeara, but kept drinking coffee.
"One day I aaked her why she did not
give up coffee aa a cousin of mine had
doae who had taken - to Postum. But
Mother waa such a slave to coffee, she
thought it would be terrible to give it up.
"Finally, one day. she made the change
to Postum, and quickly her headaches dis
appeared. One morning whlla she waa
drinking Postum so freely and wth such
relish, I asked for a taste
"That started me on Postum and I now
drink it more freely than I did coffee,
which never cornea into our house now.
"A gtrl friend of mine, one day, saw
me drinking Postum and asked If it waa
coffee. I told her it waa Postum and gave
hsr some to take home, but forgot to tell
her how to, make it.
"The next day ahe aald she did not see
how I could drink Postum. I found she
had made it like ordinary coffee. So I told
her how 1o make It right and gave her a
cupful I made, after boiling it fifteen
minutes. She said ahe never drank any
coffee that taated as good, and now coffee
is baniahed from both our homes." Name
given by Poatum Co., ilia Creek. Mich.
ltea.1 the little bouk. "The Road to Well
J vtlle," in pkgs. "There's Reason."
Hastings Kducatur Resigns.
HASTINGS, Neb.. Jan. 17.-(Speclal )
Superintendent 'j. D. French of the Hast
ings schools has give nnotice of resigning
at the end of the school year, and at its
next meeting on February 3 the Board of
Education will consider the election of a
successor. Mr. French served six years aa
principal of the high school and the last
nine years as superintendent. Among the
candidates for the position are: Prof. J.
Sparks, who la in charge of teachers' exam
inations for the state department of public
Instruction; Superintendent Caviness, Fair
bun'; Trof. S. E. Clark, principal Hasflngs
Hiuh school; Prof. G. U Rouse, Stato
Normal college at Peru; Superintendent E.
J. Bodwell, Norfolk; superintendent V. W.
Stoner, York; Superintendent A. H. Slaley.
Superior; Superintendent J. O. Iyne, Cul-
bertson. and Superintendent R. V. Mortti,
Red Cloud.
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COM TO OUR STORE Mr
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Or for that matter, any other day, and we will convince you absolutely that the price-reductions we advertise are
real cuts from actual prices and are not reductions from prices marke.d up to suit the occasion. Nowhere elan can
you find suck an assortment of high grade instruments at such lorn- prices. In fact over 150 pianos, such as Stela
way, Steger, Emeraon, Mcl'hall, A. B. Chaae, and twenty other well known makes are cut
One-Half From Regular Price
Owing to a fortunate purchase from a manufacturer hard pressed for ready cash who accepted our offer for laeaa
instruments ridiculously low but full of meaning to you. '
One Dollar a Week
Don't delay act immediately to
$250 UPRIGHT
Beatrice PloneeV Asphyxiated.
BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) Harrison 8. Cook, one of the earli
est settlers of Beatrice, was overcome by
fumes of gas in. his bathroom here tonight
and died soon after being found by mem
bers of his family. Mr. Cook, who was 77
years old, waa a mewiber of the Nebraska
Association which founded Beatrice fifty
years ago. and had resided here continu
ously. He leaves a widow and two daugh-'
tors.
ew Postniaater S.rprl.ed Them.
OXFORD. Neb., Jan. 17. 8peclal.)-The
appointment of El P. Relchardt aa post
master of this place, announced today, was
something of a aurprlse. for while he was
tlio only applicant for the office, it waa
known that the present lncumbenfa term
does not expire for some weeks. Postmaster
Iashbrook. however, had tendered hla
resignation to the department some time
ago, a facti apparently not generally known.
ehraak News Notes.
PLATTSMOl'TH Judge H. D. Travis and
eon have returned from the Bryan banquet
in Uncotn.
BEATRICE Dr. C. A. T.nve, one of the
leading physicians of Beatrice, is seriously
ill of typhoid fever.
BEATRICE The quarter section of land
In Sherman township owned by Andrew
Ke-r was sold yesterday to John Pollock
for J10.0UO. '
BEATRICE The Farmers' Elevator com
pany has been paying W cents for corn,
and yesterday the other elevator sprung
the price to 61 cents.
COL.I'MBl'8 Harrison LeRoy Stlres and
Mls Gertrude Bertha Chapln were mar
ried at the Grace Episcopal church on
January IS by Rev. Dr. Arthur J. West
cot t.
H I'MBOI.DT V. Holan of Narka.' Kan..
and MIms Rosa Horalrk of tills city were
united in nt.rrl.vi. .t the l.ume of the
W2
A Rosewood case In first-class order at
a big bargain, such as we are seldom
able to offer J65
Will bring one of tiie.se pianos Into your home,
secure euch bargains as these:
$300 UPRIGHT !
Beautifully finished in Mahngaty, in ex
cellent tune, and will be better appreci
ated when you see it and note fi- -I R
that the price now is fXXt
These are onlv samples of many like bargains on our floors. Come and
examine satisfy yourself then you will buy. If you cannot oome write for our
handsome Illustrated catalogue No. 32.
SCIIMOLLER & MUELLER PIAIIO CO.
1311-1313 Tarnam Street. OMAHA SstabUahod ISiT,
Branch Stores! Mouth Omaha, Oonnoll Bluffs, Xiiaoola, suoax City.
J
groom's son-in-law, Joseph Holecliek, In
Humboldt township.
OSCEOLA The funeral of B. H. Byers
was held from the family residence Friday
morning. Mr. Byers. with his family, has
lived within three milts of Osceola far the
last twenty-five years.
BEATRICE Mrs. John Oltnghouw was
called to Miles, la., yesterday by the death
of her father. Henry Menneke, who was
90 yeara of age. He had been a reildent
of that place for sixty years.
PERU Dr. H. B. Ward, dean of tho Col
lege of Medicine of the University or' Ne
braska, will lecture In the Normal chapel
January 23. Hi.i aubjevt will be, "Animals
and Their Relation to Disease."
PA PILLION The chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners, A. Blencr.l, Is
quarantined at his home, his eon being
down with smallpox, which Is very preva
lent In the west end of the county.
TBfl'MSEH-Orson Anderson, who lives
In the Crab Orchard neighborhood, lost
all the fingers of his left hand except the
I it tit) one. He was feeding a rornaheller
and gut his hand into the cog wheels.
BEATRICE Miss Stella Day, until re
cently a resident of Beatrice, waa marr ed
lust evening at Manhattan, Kan., to Etrill
Redmon. Mr. and Mrs. RedmoiL will
make their home on a farm near Alma,
Kan.
BEATRICE Dr. W. M. Thomaa of Pltk
rell yesterday received announcement of
the death of his father. Dr. J. W. Thom-is,
which occurred at Weeping Water. Nb
Iteceased had lived there since Uw7, end
was t& years of age.
AUBURN Ex-District Judge W. H Kelll
gar of this city has again resumed his law
practice. This week the partnership for
merly existing between Kolltgar an J. Fer-
neau was again resumed, with Ed Ferneau
as the junior partner.
TBCUMSBH E. M. Flanagan of Tecum
seh has entered the employ of the Canton
Bridge company and will represent that
concern In this territory. Ills headquarters
will be lul Omaha and he will move his
family to that city next month.
BEATRICE A. H. Bode, an agent of
the United States bureau of immigration
and naturalisation, Is In the city examin
ing the records of District Clerk Uueln
and collecting data concerning the clilsens
who are American by adoption.
BEATRICE Vesper chapter No. . Order
Eastern Star, held a largely attended meet
ing luxt night, which was addressed by
Mrs. Ellen Dolison, worthy grand matron
of Nebraska. Several candidates were in
itiated, after which a banquet waa held.
PEHII Mr. Jay Morgan, an officer of
Mm Youna- Men's Christian association of
thla rilare. waa elected a member of the
executive committee of the Students' Volun
teer Movement aseo-atlon at me annual
slate convention, held In Lincoln January
and 11.
AUBURN The stockholdere of the First
National bank of this city held their regu
lar annual meeting Thursday of this week.
All the old director were elected and the
old executive officers and working foro
of the bank retained, disport ehew that
the bank la In the muet flourishing condi
tion of It. history.
8TROM8B1IRO The Mission church has
decided to give the "panic" a farewell re
ception by selling the old parsonage next
Saturday at public auction, having It.
moved off the ground It bow occupies and
erecting a new modern residence for their
pastor this spring.
AUBURN The Missouri Pacific road at
this place Is cutting down its forces. The
freight business is light and the yard
forces of mechanics, roundhouse men, etc .
is being reduced. The working hours have
been cut from ten to eight hours, with a
corresponding decrease in wages.
PLATTSMOUTH-In Justice Archers
court a man giving his name as Clark and
claiming Pittsburg, Pa., as his home, wss
bound over to the district court on the
charge of having rohlted the house of A.
Slander, a farmer residing near Louisville.
while the family were away from home.
HASTINGS The Adams county Board
of Supervisors has made an estimate of
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