TUB OMAHA -DAlIA--lJi-:i;lrWBINA:V;-ARI-"ltrl90r'?
notift : Ji4 -Hi five minutes I would
be 1 fa? ml frtioi.'
"I iktd him what ha would do If he did'
not get the $5,000 and lie- replied he would
Wow mgr brains out. I ' told him the es-
ploilon would kill him at the same time,
and Ha said he did not caVe. '
Drake Spare for Time.
''I told him he waa (r;tuijsr excited, an4
that he bad better waHtiaxound t lie block
and then come back 'str-tl- we would talk
the matter over. I tVtd to Walk out of
the door and he stopped-me and sa)d, 'leu
ran t set out of here on any such pre
tense.' My first Impression Was to grapple
with the man, but the thojftht entered my
head he might possibly Jhave an explosive
In th bottle, so I did not. try that. I tried
the axcheinft of talking t.lilm some Tmdre.
I tasked Mm If he did pot want to
hla wife, and then I ask3'. bltn' If he Was
not hungry, and If he would not .go 'to
breakfast with me. I told- - him. I
would buy his breakfast., and, then
If tifa'i '-Atfliif lvia ;' "true I would1
buy VtJffiOi-&tti3WV& '.' city. .
That seemed to melt him . considerably,
and, taking my hat, I started out of the
door and he followed me.
"Frank Hamilton came through(the office
and heard his. threat as he swung-'-the vial
ardund. so he' telephoned for the-police.. I
fwaji him to Ed Maurer's and ordered b
breakfast, and he seemed to lose all Inter
est' In thph moiey question when he had
soraetpl4 jift dr,.irti 'Mm. . Wtton the
police came he offered no resistance, but
went jKccsAtr. t JaJl.V
Mr. Drahir tfad that Ik thousand schemes
went through his head as ha sat and talked
to the .irf'r, .wh$ eehed ioaperato,- but
that, none of the schemes Included going
after the 15.000.
"No, ( did -..-not ithlnk.of producing the
money," ha said, reflectively, In response
to an Inquiry.
WorVr Tlamkrr In Roekford.
ROOKFORD, JU,. tanjh 10.-A man who
gave his name as James Fee, worked for a
Rockferdt firm s " plumber part of last
year, Jea.vlug.here In .October. He ,sald he
came here from Chfcsgo,' "
RECQR& AUJP RUM TO OMAHA
II. VS. Fredrlckson Averages Seventeen
.Miles Per.. Hoar from
! f Vhere.ae.
WAV . rfH
II. E. Fredrlckson, the local dealer who
piloted the American car from Omaha, to
Cheyenne In Its Journey around the world
In tho New ,1'ork to J'arls racs, made a
recorf'roh T fumth?y1nne to Omaha on
the return trip. Mr. Krcdrlckson left Chey
enne, according to credentials he had when
he arrived, at S a. m, Monday, and ar
rived In his garage In Omaha at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, making the trip In
thirty-three hours, allowing for an hour's
difference In time. This makes an average
of seventeen miles an hour. '
The trip was a lucky one In thnt Mr.
Fredrlckson did not have any tire trouble
going or coming. Stops were made only for
meals and gasoline, and the only time Mr.
Fredrlckson got any sleep was four houis
after 11 o'clock Monday night, when his
machinist drove the car. He awoke to find
the- cur standing still and the machinist
aslepttoo. i s. i
The'ttygre rVads jsj Vtrle.n'ie. clus
tered between' Waterloo and Omaha, where
thejhiiuk wiyivneacly, axle deep.- A number
of - auWiuoWhes'-wiBot to ' the nd- of thi
DofJlte road to meat Mr. Fredrlckson, and
. there jrarr guttata race, in between , th
traveler arid a' Rambler car fill id with
newspapermen.
B$K FROM - OLD 'MEXICO
GuJt-if Trmnt Road Met President
M)'jtltr.Tialt Pernta ": IT
'S t Interest.
p-' :.rll,iMroey and local represen
tative In Nebraska of the Orient railroad,
has returned from Mexico, where he es
corted party rnu, Omaha aod .Nebraska
points. 'The party consisted of O. C. (Red
Ick, J. E. George, W. II. Green, Edward
Haney', Ferdinand Hermann and P. C.:Cor
rigah fiW OmiliaTana J.-fcl. Sew ell, Chrls
topheritveJUrr and ,DrV Arts of HaaHngs.
The party went to Mexico via the Orient
Toad through Kansas and then went to
Ban AaVile.-f Several days were spent in
the eld(Clt of Mexico. A banquet was
given the' party1 and" they met President
Dlas. They took the Mexican Central north
andt Governor Jrfielof Chihuahua gave a
banJuA'ln' theil? honur! Gov. Creel Is
also ambassador from Mexico to the United
States. The party was taken across the
Blerra.Madri mountains to the Pacific
alone! on the Orient railroad. They visited
a ranj-h of 1,300,000 acres from which 40,000
head Of cattle are sold each year and which
tea 100.000 sheep., f U ; . .
nnaarlaad' Press Urlck display.
1
S'-- t;
. -of S i. !
?r.-' thi'i ou n& thlnfTB to
there is store where you can
- -a. ! ' iptj
wfuarv tirU-.
f. -W . V r.' -V' "
- I Just a Aw
sm -s
iNdW Suits Dresses and Wraps for
,4 Small Women
- iJsM'Tkii lurna hetv page
Cloak Section-7eacn day onnut new customer! to prorii oy tne money
(gavlng ikpabHunltle. offered In Junior SulU, Dreasea and Wraps
they V:V ,
T fSlxe S2
1 NVU lniier,e I)rMe, new Princess and Two-Ptece
utts?nVKlrt'tf Pahama and . Voiles, new Coats of CoTerts. Chev
iots aod. Si'K?- '., .
r &i , J Write for Spring Catalogue. ...
Jlj.-i VU. i
XIMOULD FEIGN 1SSAS1TY
Slayer, of father Leo Willing to Act
; Fart for Doctors.
HAD nXT WRATH OF CHUSCH
Claims lie Wna Baensantnnlceel De-
keen renlnT rsa
Protestant Ckerrli Forced
to Leave Conntry.
DF.NVEft. ' Colo., March 10. Wnen tho
trial of Gulseppe Alia, charged with the
murder oT Father lino HelhHcha, wka re
sumed at W o'clock today before Judga
Greeley - W." Whltford in the criminal
division of the district court, , the' ltralcn
tlona were that the stata would be able to
-present Its entire case, Inclndtrwi.tha testi
mony or t-inennv experts. -nor ",
close of tlie int and that the 1twmT'l
defense would be heard tomorrow. The
Jury Is composed of plain business mon, all
non-CatliolIc, who have declared under ex
amination that they are not oppoaed to
hanging and would not be Influenoed by
tha fact thnt the murdered man waa a
priest.
Alienists Wnten Him Closely.
.During the entire morning session eight
alienists watched Alia very closely. Alia
sat most of the day with downcast eyes,
but occasionally he would lodk at the Jury
or a witness and with blinking eyes he
would seem to be trying to make out what
waa going on.
August l Mattle, an Italian who acted
as interpreter during the Interview with
Alia held by Mr. SUdger and the several
alienists, testified that Alia at one time de
clared that If the physicians wished to
make him out'insane he was willing to act
the part. ,
. On cross-examination Mattle said Alia
told him he waa excommunicated from the
Catholic church because he had been seen
coming from a rrotestant church.
For that reason he could get no work
nor a place to live In Italy.
He therefore left for South America.
While there he waa told by a countryman
of his that his wife had been untrue to him
with a priest. He told these stories to
Mattle without any show of feeling. The
only time Alia showed any excitement,
Mattle said, waa when he told of the killing.
WHAT CAUIGi UtSAOACHB.
From October to May colds are, tha most
frequent cause of headache. - Laxative
Brome Quinine removes cause. J&. V.
Grovs on box. So.
SCHMLTZ ''WINS ON APPEAL
Iisrrne Court Finds that No Crime
Was Committed In Itentan
rant Cases.
SAN . FRANCISCO, Maroh 10. The state
supreme court today refused a rehearing
in tho case of former Mayor Eugene E.
Bchmlti, convicted of extortion from
French , restaurant proprietors and sent
enced to five years In the penitentiary.
The opinion Vs unanimous. This sustains
me acuuuon ot tne aisinci couri oi ap
peals, which decreed that the Judgment' and
order of the lower court were void, sus
tained the demurrer to the Indictment and
ordered the discharge of the defendant on
the ground that under the law no offense
had been committed.
Abraham ,Ruef, who was Jointly Indicted
with Bchmlti, plead guilty, and his sent
enoe.ls now .pending. Today's decision of
the supreme cojrt also applies to him. It
s believed- that flcltmitx Immediately Mill
'apply for release from the county Jal and
Ruef may" do likewise. The prosecution
proposes to bring to trial at onoe some of
the many charges preferred against them,
The court sustained the appellate court In
Its decision that the Indictment upon which
SchmltS . was convicted was defective In
that It did riot aver that SchnUta Was mayor,
that Ruef, his co-defendant, was a political
bona practically fn control of the city, that
as such they were In a position to exercise
power and . undue influence over the police
commissioners and that It did not show
tlyit Schraltc resorted to unlawful means In
threatening to leave liquor Uoense with
held.
The decision practically nullifies Ruefs
plea of guilty, invalidates the remaining
four extortion Indictments against tha for
mer mayor and Ruef and will enable
Schmlts to gain his liberty on ball after
eight months' confinement In the county
JalL
Counsel for Bchmlti announced tonight
that steps would be taken, tomorrow morn
ing for the former mayor's release.
' "The decision demonstrates," said ex
Mayor Schmlts, "that the highest court In
rmfnti new.
One two
May he f0i-
wear, isn't It relirf to . know that
get ITST what you want, at a fair,
rf-4 1
Just Ready to Bp Seen
of the Spring Fashion Book In the
to 88 Bust.)
i l
the state believes what I have always
claimed, that I waa unlawfully removed
from office and railroaded to prison."
HUGHES VIEWS SOCIAL EXHIBIT
Govern of New York Prs Trlkate
East "Id Settlement
"t Work. , . 1
NEW YORK. March .-Oovernor Charles
!. Hughes evinced hla Interest In social
settlement work today by appearing at the
American museum of Natural History,
where an exhibit on the congestion of pop-,
ulatlon In New Tork will be held for the
next two weeks. The opening session . of:
the conference was held tofllghk and .be
sides Governor Hughes there were' present
Masslglla, consul general of Itary, a num
ber Of officials and many settIeotnt work
ers. The work of the conference la to ex
press In a graphlo way by means of an
exhibit, the causes, conditions arid evils of
the massing of peopleln New York City,
and to find, If possible, by what methods
tho congestion may be remedied.
Previous to his appearance at the con
ference Governor Hughes was the guest at
dinner at the "Neighboring House,' a
headquarters for the settlement work3rt
on the upper east aide, where settlement
work was explained to him and a tour of
the district made.
Speaking of this visit and what he had
seen. Governor Hughes said: ' .
I have been paying an all-too-short visit
to the most instructive commentary upon
conditions In the city of New York that I.
have ever seen. It Is from one point of
view the saddest sight and from another
point of view the most encouraging spec
tacle that It has been my duty to see of
late. I must say that 1 come to you feel
ing oppressed and depressed, by the facta
that ore there made so clear by the sta
tistics, the charts and the models that are
so eloquent of the wretchedness and mis
ery which are Incident o our progress.
And yet, on tho other hand, It Is most en
couraging because these exhibits have been
brought together. It Is another testimonial
to the splendid quality oj our cltlsenahlp
which la represented In those who, aside
from the cares of everyday life,, thought
fully consider the needs of the commun
ity."
CHARGE AGAINST S. N. D. NORTH
Director of Censns la Accused et
OlTlnsT Ont Fnlso Ftarwres on
rrlceo of Paper.
NEW TORK, March 10. Chargea of offi
cial derollctlon are made against S. N." P.
North, director of the census. In a letter
which has been sent to President Roosevelt
by Herman Rldder, president of the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers', association.
Mr. Bidder charges that In a letter written
to Representative Dalsell on 'the subject
of news print prices for a period of fifteen
years Director North gave a series of
false and misleading figures.;' He charges
that, the director failed to exercise dili
gence In peeking for Information, and that
he used worthless and secondary sources
of Information.
That letter has been used on the floor
of congress as an 'official publication,' "
says Mr. Rldder in his communication to
ths president," and It was declared by
Chairman Payne Qf the ways and means
committee to be- 'as accurate as oaif be '
"I charge that the director of the census
has Issued, In that letter, a series of false
and misleading figures, and that, whether
Intentional or not, he has served the pur-
posepf a. grqup of combinations which are
aiming to aaa per annum to mt
burdens of printers and publishers."
He points out that In, plrector North'i
letter there Is a lapse of three years for
the period from January 1, 1897, to January
1, 1900, when paper dropped to $32 a ton,
or $18 less than the present asking price,
Mr. Rldder says that in those three years
thirty mills were merged Into the Inter
national Paper company. The letter says
also that the "lowest price appearing any'
where In that extraordinary compilation
of the director of the census is $6 per ton
In excess of tho lowest price paper has
been sold In Now York," and that "no
books of any large paper manufacturer will
show such prices as are credited by Direc
tor North." j
TO VISIT PRESTON TODAY
Colorado Official Will Look Over
Mysterloaaa Stranarer with
Many Ballet Wounds.
A dispatch was received yesterday by the
police from Sheriff C. L. Hackeley of
Brighton, Colo., stating that he will arrive
In Omaha this afternoon for the purpose of
Investigating the case of J. B. Preston, who,
is lying wounded In St. Joseph's hospital,
and Is suspected to have fired ' the shots
which killed Night Marshal James D. Ellis
In Brighton, Colo., last Friday morning,
Sheriff Hackeley had Intended to arrive
yesterday, but was delayed.
Chief Donahue believes the sheriff will
bring with him man to Identify Preston
The man who can do this ts the livery
barn keeper In Denver from whom the
three burglars, of whom Prston Is believed
to be one, hired a buggy to drlveTrom Den
ver to Brighton.
Dr. Schleler reports Preston to be gaining
steadily and his prospects for recovery are
now good.
ARRANGING FOR TAFT BANQUET
McKlaley Cluh Takes Vn tho Task
nt Its Rearnlar Monthly '
Meeting.
Listening to reports from the chairman
of the banquet committee and ths chair
men of the various subcommittees, tha
McKlnley club at a meeting at the Chesa
peake last evening furthered the perfect
ing of plana for the reception to Secre
tary Taft on April a and Instructed the
club president, 'Isidore Zlegler, to appoint
a Committee to receive the delegates and
visitors to the meeting. Thirty club mem
bers attended the banquet
Judge Irving F. Baxter, J. 3. Boucher,
Charles S. Huntington and Frank A.
Furay delivered addresses, the tenor of
them being to give the next president a
rousing reception and a hearty greeting
oa the occasion of his visit to Omaha.
A vote et thanks was alao tendered Gen
eral Cowln and H- II. Baldrldge for their
efforts in securing the visit of Mr. Taft.
Commercial Travelers' Offleoro.
SIOUXFALLS. 8. D.. March 10. g;ecial.)
At the annual business meeting vt tho
members of Sioux Falls council of ths
United Commercial Travelers of America,
which has just been held, the following
officers were sleeted for the coming year:
Past councillor. George BUUnga; . sealor
councilor, A. J. Pettlnglll; junior councillor,
J. E- Nilssoni conductor, Jack Koeder;
secretary-treasurer. D. C. Bicker; rage, J.
Oreeble; sentinel. J.'B. Cloudaa, The lo al
council Is ona of ths strongest in ths
northwest and Is constantly Increasing In
tneiuberahlp. and Influence.
' Crnlser Ynnkton Beporta.
WASHINGTON. .March 10. -The cruiser
Tankton reported to the Navy department
by wireless early today that she would ar
rive at Acapulco tomorrow night. The
Yankton was ' detached from ' Admiral
Evans fleet to go to Indefatigable Island
for an American seaman named Jeffs. Ths
dispatch" did not say whether or not Jeffs
tU M rescued - J M
NIGHT RIDERS RUN WILD
Numerous Instances of Violence
Throughout Tobacco District
SON, OF HtIZE3t FATALLY SHOT
Is Negroes Root at Birmingham,
rty., and; Many Whipped To
, baceo Tnken from Store
' honseAt Brooksrllle.
CLARKSVILLE. Tcnn.. March lO.-Near
Woodford, about fifteen miles from this
city. Drown Bennett, a young man, the
son of an association tobacco prlser, was
found early today In the public road In a
dying condition, with a bullet hole through
Ms head." Ner Bennett were two dead
horses, and three TmpTr' fcbotguns. It Is
believed (hat young Iennctt ,'was a night
rider and was shot down by parties whom
he and his gang had attacked, and that his
comrades In their haste to get away had
left him dying on the scene of the fight.
An Investigation Is being made.
Contents of Warehouse Earned.
BROOKSYI LLE, Ky- March 10. Fifty
or more night riders came Into town early
today In bugglea and on horseback and be
fore they left. 18,000 pounds of, tobacco be
longing to Robert Btentoh, one ot the
wealthiest planters In this section, had
been burned. Themenwere heavily armed
with shotguns and , revolvers. A number
of the men weht ioi ther local exchange of
the Bracken County Telephone T company
and kept guard over the operator, Miss
Holton, so that no word could be sent for
assistance. ' ' '" i
The men attemeted. no violence nor did
they destroy the warehouse, .but took the
tobacco outside xnd. sat It on tire. After
seeing that it was ,All destroyed, they de
parted as quietly" as they came.
Entire Ton 'Shot Vp."
PADUCAH.Ky, March I0.-One hundred
masked night riders rode Into the town
of Birmingham,- Marshall county, late last
night, shot six negroes, one of them. It Is
believed, fatally,' and "whipped five others.
Tha riders took possession of tha town and
shot Into negro' rsb'ins' In the place. In
one Of these, John Scruggs, his wife and
three children, and, a granddaughter, were
struck by- bullets.1 'Scruggs ts probably
fatally wounded. , Ths, . riders then took
five other negroes to the banks of the
Tennessee, whers Ahey whipped them.
After warning; , about twenty-fWe. other
negroes to leave the place, the masked
men rode away. The raid followed a warn
ing of two weeks ago to all negroes' to
leave Birmingham.
The 2-year-old daughter of Scruggs died
from wounds received by bullets from, the
night riders' guns.
Two other members of the family are not
expected to recover.
HENDERSON, Ky March 10. W. Brad-
ahaw.'a farmer living on the edge of this
city, this morning found a note at his
doors warning him against employing
negroes. It was signed "The Thirty-five.
The not was accompanied by a ' bundle
Of Switches, a match and some cartridges,
DIRECTOR NORTH HAS1 REPLY
He Asserts, Jtrtrrs. , CoaaltlnJivrd of
were rsrauaed with Authority
Arphem,
-1
WASHINGTON, March 10. Director 8.
N. D. North of the census bureau today.
made the flellW(1gstsmeht In reply to
the charce,sd stnet hU , yester
day by Hermann Kidder, of New' York, of
furnishing JtiM&Ofng: figures as to the cost
of print. Daoer'. t ;,
Last November Representative Dalzell
called upon the director o( the census and
asked for prices of newspaper for each year
since U90. I. replied that tha census office
did not compile prices of any kind. He
asked .me If 'there.' waa no way In which I
could obtain these prices for htm, and I re
plied that I woyld -try ty do , I there
upon wrote to C. W. Kantoul, of New York,
who was the expert who prepsredi the spe
cial report on paper and pulp for the
iwe:ttn censu. ,
Mr. Rantoul sent "me a statement com
Pd from the Tegular quotations from the
Paper Trade Journal with the statement
mat inose were the rigures at -which news
paper paper In ordinary quantities was -sold
on the open market during these years. I
transmitted the figures to Mr. Dalsell In
a letter dated December t, lW7,'tn--whlch I
Informed him that they were compiled from
the list published In the Paper Trade Jour
nal. I had no reason to helinva hn that
the figures were correctly copied) nor havil
I any doubt that they Were.
It Is the business of the census office to
furnish information. When Information la
asked for that cannot be supplied from the
official filed, we obtain It from the best
available aource and state the authority. I
had no knowledge of the use Mr. Dalsell
tnUnded to make of these figures, but It
wuuiu nave maae no auierence had he In
formed me. . ..
My conduct 1n the maiter Was absolutely
purposeless. There Is nothing more to be
uia buuui it.
HUNTER B0NEJ0F CONTENTION
Republicans of Oklahoma Will Hold
State Convention Wednesday '
Mnch Feeling.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl.. March 10,-Ds'S'
gates for the state republican convention
which meets tomorrow to select four dele
gates to the national republican conven
tion at Chicago arrived in numbers today,
The state cer.tj-al committee meets this
afternoon. Much Interest centers ' In the
probable . -action ot Charles E. - Hunter;
chairman of the state central committee,
Mr. Hunter was a "rough rider" and also
clerk of the federal district court for the
western half of Oklahoma. Much feeling
developed during the recent campaign when
It was charged that the "rough- riders"
had been made too' prominent and that a
federal officeholder should not at the same
time act as chairman.' Strong pressure has
been brought to cause Mr. Hunter to re
sign.
DENVER GRATIFIES TAGGART
Chairman of Democratic Committee
Says Delea-atea Will Be Cared
for In Eseentlonal Way.
CHICAGO, March 10. Members ot the
deir.ocratlo national committee, having lr
charge ths arrangements for the national
convention at Denver - met here today to
consider details. Chairman Taggart said:
"It Is my opinion that the convention will
meet amid tho most pleasant surround
Ings of any national convention ever held
la this country."
A severe cold that may develop Into
pneumonia over night, can be eured quickly
by taking Foley's Honey and Tar. It will
curs the most obstinate racking cough and
strengthen your lungs. Ths genuine Is In
a yellow package. For sals by all drug
gists. --.,''' '
Choleo of Camps for tinnrd.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. March 10.-(Spe-
cial.)-Dow Aldrtch of this city, major of
ths South Dakota national guard. Is lo l-
ccipt of a letter from Adjutant General C,
It Englesby containing the Information
that the South Dakota national guard wlU
be given tho chotp of two national encamp
meats this summer. The state encampment
will be held on the premanent rronnda of
the guard at Watertowd In July. Ths na
tional encampments' which a the 'Booth
Dakota guard has the 'option of attending
this summer ar those of Tort Russell
Wye.; in August." at Fort fctl.v If an
in September. - The rflffer.'ht rdmpanV-s 6t
tha guard may select th hatiobal encamp-
tnent .which they. wish to attend.,-and the
letter received f by the -adjutant .general
rom the War . department, at Washington
Instructs tho officers of the South Dakota
guard lo ascertain which encampment will
be the choice of the guard of the 'stAte.
CRAWFORD KENNEDY.. PATTtiOT
ftonee Represents Kama ProHnei He
- Did! forVlalne Twenf y-Klght
Tears Asro.
' Crawford Kennedy of Albion reached
Omaha .Tuesday as one of ths advance
ghard of the republican state convention.
Mr. Kennedy Is a delegate from Midland
precinct, Boone county, which he repre
sented In the republican state convention
twehty-elght years ago. The convention
that year was held In Columbus and Mr.
Kennedy, traveled forty-five miles overland
to attend it and slept In a haymow. The
party leaders In his tounty were for Grant
for president, but Mr. Kennedy was for
Blaine. Though he was only a young man
and had been- In the precinct a short time,
he made a canvass among the fanners, se
cured a place on the delegation and helped
send a Blaine delegation to the national
convention. .
FIRE RECORD
Firemen Hurt in New York Blase.
.NEW YORK. March 10. A score of fire
men were injured, several of them seriously,
hundreds of persons were driven from
their . homes nr.d many buildings wero
threatsned by a fire early today which
destroyed ths six-story brick building at
38 West Eighteenth street. The big Eleil
Cooper department store was seriously
threatened at one time. The fire also cot
into the adjoining building at .'-3fl West
Eighteenth street, and before It waa
checked had caused a total loss of $300,0X1.
A back draft, which blew- out averv win
dow In the burning building and scattered
a shower of broken glass, was respen Ibis
for the Injuries ot so many firemen, Some
of the men were so severely cut by ih
flying glass that they are In a serious con
dition. With the free draught furnished
by open windows, the flames spread
rapidly through the building and within a
few minutes several nearby buildings were
threatened. Several persons In a tour-
story boarding house, adjoining the burning
building, escaped with considerable dif
ficulty. Window frames In the Siegel
Cooper store caught fire several times, but
the flames were extinguished before any
serious damage was done.
Orphans' Homo I.aandry.
BLOOM INGTON, III., March lO.-The
laundry building of the Soldiers' Orphans'
home here waa destroyed by fire today.
Ths structure was close to ths main build
ing, sheltering 800 boys and girls. All were
taken out safely. Loss, $10,000.
Three patients lost their lives. Two of
these were old men, whose names are not
known, who died from fright. Edward
Kern, who had just undergone an op
eration, .died Boon After being taken from
the burning building.
It was only by the most strenuous work
that' the aged people were saved. The
nurses and attendanta '. formed brigades
and carried most of 'the old people from
the building, as many of them, on ac
count of their extreme age and their
minds, being dulled, refused to leave their
rooms. But one building waa burned.
The fire was caused by a defective chim
ney. ' :-'
School at Napoleon.
TOLEDO, O., March 10. Ths school build
ing at Napoleon, O., ths largest of the kind
in the- state, was destroyed this morn ng-.
Lobs' $110,000 'Nobody-was injured;
A repetition of the Collinwood horror was
possibly ; averted by only a quarter 'of an
hour In,1 the time of the starting of the
fire, as the children were on their way to
school, and some were playing In the yard
when It was discovered At 8 o'clock, when
the children should have been In their
seats, the main part of the building was a
mass of flames. ,
-Eight hundred pupils were enrolled In
the school. . The big building had fifty-
four rooms, including two large play rooms
and two onglne rooms. It waa recently re
built and was formally opened last April.
Almshouse Destroyed.
SAN FRANCISCO, March lO.-One of the
buildings of the city and county alms
house was burned this morning. In it when
the fire broks out were 200 persons, mostly
patients recently removed from the city
and county, hospitals. So far as known, all
were removed In safety, though five are
reported to have been Injured. .The alms
house is located near the Lake Honda
reservoir of the Spring Valley Water com
pany. Elsht Firemen Injured. ,
PITTSBURG, Pa.. March 10. Eight firs-
men were Injured and the business section
of Wllklnsburg, an adjoining suburb.
damaged to the extent of $12&,000 by fire
today. Assistance was sent from th's city.
New Town on Missouri River.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March 10,-(Bpe-
clal.) Seveial Gregory county men have
completed preparations for establishing a
new town on the Missouri river In that
county. The new town will be named Day,
bearing the same name as the present post-
office of that name which It will supplant.
The new town Is expected to become a plactf
of importance. The renewed activity along
the line of Missouri river navigation will
aid in bringing the new town to the fore
front of the smaller towns along the "Big
Muddy." Great quantities - of stock and
other products of the farms of Gregory
Aunty will be shipped from the new town
By the line ot steamboats which Vlll ply
this season between Sioux City and Pierre,
and considerable freight for ths other new
towns In Gregory county la expected to be
handled there. Day ts eighteen miles from
the nearest town. - ,
Farmer Escapes Snow Denth.
HURON, S. D., March W.-tSpeclal.)
Borne excitement was occasioned Saturday
night by the report that Mr. Cummingi, a
farmer residing south from the city, had
started to town In a heavy farm wagon
and had been lost In the tnows'-orm.
Searching parties from Mr. Cummlngs'
neighborhood and several men from this
city Instituted search, which was kept up
nearly all night, they getting no trace ot
the missing man. ' The telephone wat
brought Into service, but without avail.
Sunday morning, while a larger searching
party was being organised, Mr. Cummlngs
was reported to be safely houred at a farm
home where tnere was no telephone, and
later he came to ths city, much to the
relief of his family snd frlenJs.
Maron City tsleetlnn.
HURON, S. D., March 10. (Special.)
Ths city election will occur April 1, but
up to this time little interest Is manifest
In ths coming event. Nell McKay will suc
ceed himself as mayor. There are two
Candidates for city cleric and two for
assessor. There ts likely to be small con
tention for aldermen In the various waids.
Immigrants Kllllnc l' Farms.
Hl'HON, 8. P., March 10. (Special.)
More than toe carloads of immigrants wlUi
their movaMss have passed this town dur
lng the teat few days to take up their resl
dene, oa farms north and west. .
l Letter Threaten!; Death. ,
i ST. LOCJS March W.EUward L. Loyett,
S florist, turned over to the police a letter
sa tisd receVvtsd 'threathtn doath unless
Ike surrendered -3u. .1'Ule .'Jsttltne nacund
teller OI ins sinu rsceivcu uj ioeu.
SYSTEMATIC SAVING
"Savings come chlfly as the result of avoiding Wasteful
Spending."
1 , .t - a-. .
-i Any one who. carefully looXa.after their expenditures will '
soon find a way of saving money. .
Savers of money want the safest place and largest raying
Interest for their savings.
The Omaha Loan & Building Association
with its twenty-five years' experience offers these advantages
and has always paid 6 per cent to its patrons. It you want to .
know more ask for its "First Thousand" booklet.
Office, 8. K. Cor. 10th
O. W. LOOMIS, Pres.
W. II. ADAIR,
I
1
IT IS SAFE AND IT PAYS
to invest money with The Conservative Savings & Loan Associa
tion, 1614 Harnry street, Omaha.
This Association has been sixteen years in business has
handled over $13,000,000 without the loss of a penny to anyone
has never paid a less dividend than 6 per annum, and in this
way disbursed among its members $550,000 In dividends.
It is under state control loanB money only on negolatable
notes secured by first mortgages on houses; in addition to which
money is further secured by its reserve and undivided profit ac
count of $83,000.
We Invite Investment from any point and allow dividends
from the date of the receipt of each investment.
Present resources, $2,740,000.
The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass'n
1614 UUZT ST., OXIXi. VrBKAEXA.
GEO. F. G1LMOKE, President. PAUL W. Kt'IIXS, Sco'yTreas.
SWEDE FIRES INTO CASTLE
Man, Apparently Insane, Tries to Kill
( King Haakon of Norway.
ROYAL PAIK ABSENT AT THE TIME
Attack Mnde with Rifle, with Which
Man Waa roaring Ballets Into
the Structure Caught
at Once.
CHRISTIANIA, March 10. A Swede, ap
parently Insane, fusilladed the royal castle
with, a rifle here today. He fired at least
a down shots,, several ot which crashed
through the windows and embedded them
selves in the Interior walls of the castle.
The man was promptly seised by the po
lice and disarmed. At the police station
he declared . that It was his .intention to
kill King Haakon. He still had forty or
fifty cartridges In his pockets. King
Ha ale oh arid Queen'Maud were absent from
the'' castle;" " - ' '
King Haakon and Queen Maud were not
Tn the castle at the time of the shooting,
having recently moved to the royal resi
dence at Voxenkollern.
None of the palace officials or servants
was Injured;
The name ot the 8wede is Johannes Gren.
He has lived here for several years and
followed the trade Vf a blacksmith. His
grievance appears to be that King Haakon
received too large a salary from the public
funds, and to the police he declared that
the king had no right to be in this country.
It Is said that" Oren spent several years
In an asylum In Denmark.
To tha Mannsrers and Employes of tho
Bennett Company, Tast and
Present.
On the eve of severing my connection
with The Bennett company, after six years
at the head of the advertising department,
I desire to extend my heartiest thanks to
you for the great cordiality and generous
co-operation which have all along charac
terised relations between the advertising1
department and other branches of the Ben
nett service. Whether or not I elect to re
main tn Omaha this newspaper will keep
you Informed of my movements, and If lit
any time you feel I can be of any service
to you, do not hesitate to call upon me.
3014 Miami St. "WILLIAM KENNEDY.
NEW $300
PIANOS
FOR RENT
SHIPPED ANYWHERE
AT $3 PER MONTH
OHa YXAS'S KZaTT AXLOWJD
on rtmoxiii raxes ,
Instruments Tuned, Moved and Stored
Schmoller & Mueller
Piano Company
1311-1313 TAMTAM SjTSXET.
Telephone Douglas 1688.
Tailoring That
Satisiies
OUR SPECIAL
S25,00
Arc Above Par.
Better Investigate.
Spring Styles Now Keady.
Oerzog Tailoring
Company
T " Hoter Loyal Bldg.
. D. H BECKf Manager.
and Dodge Streets.
, O. M. NATT1XGKU, Socjr.
Asst, Secy.
C3S3
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TOILET WATERS
AT BEATON'S
11.00 Plver's Vegetal, (La Trl
rele, Aturea, Kloramye) 75
$1.00 Dabrook's Toilet Water
(Violet or Rose) Wednesday
only -50
75c William's Toilet Woter.
6 oz. size, Rose, Violet or
Lilac, Wed. only . . . ,i .39
75c 4711 Toilet Water, Violet
Rose or Lilac, Wednesday
only ..m.39
Beaton Drug Co.
15th snd Farnam
Manufactures of Beaton's Cold Cream
ISo, 8Bo and 4oo Jars
No Parrot-Like
Repetitions
Here no Spring Buttings like those
of last Spring (becausn eur deter
mined clearance sales quickly wiped
out our former seasonable stocks)
no patterns thst were to be. seen
anywhere last year, for this sea
son's stock exhibits our gathering
of six months careful scrutiny ot the
best that the best Importers' showed
us and the pick, of hlcu- our
special London buyer sent us.
Why not let us .show, you fojn of
prlne- Bolts to Order (SB to 960
MacCarthy-WHson
Tailoring Co. n
804-300 SOUTH 16TH ST.
Near Southwest Corner 10th
and Farnam Sis.
Call Usu
by 'Phono
Whenever you want some
thing, call 'Phone Douglas .,
23S and i make It 'known
through a Bee Want Ad. ' -
AUVIEHBllTa
i2i . flctc3on phq
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
Matinee Daily 2: IS. Every Night 8:1
THIS WEEK Emi-lre City Quar
tette, Agnes Mabr ft Co.. Jules and
Ella Garrison; Jas. H. Cullen, Block
son & Burns, Kroneinan Bros., Banks
Breazeale Duo, and the Knodromo,
1'ltlCEti IOC. 23C AND 60C.
THIS
WlU The Cutnedy That's PiU-
eatea io jy
TOO MUCK'JOMBTnoST.
toy Vs hliHin oiilta. '' '
ZjAuas rial m taaii covmukm.
Vials., Tu , Thura : Mit and hnuiiay.
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Tke Ores Melodramatic ,: ' ,,;! i
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