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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1908)
tite omaita daily bee. Saturday, march 28. ioos. 3 r Have You Seenfllie "Merry Maiden?" (Cttnlc Spring IV2Ilfiin2Fy The 'Mr.RRV MAIDEN" HAT is the companion of the "MKRRV WIDOW" and is as nonntlful and taaty citation as art In millinery has ever produced. 1 Saturday we will display a full line of the "Merry Maiden" Hallor. which are trimmed in all m the latest style trimmings, the popular colors and champagne, burnt, blue, brown, black and If If mere shades. Price for Saturday selling $6.76, and rw We are also showing dozens of the "Merry Widow" Sailors in all the new and pretty combinations of coloring. Spring's Latest IVfllllnery F"asliIons Are hre, all the latest creations in beautiful millinery form. The style centers of both Europe and America. Exclusive dress hats for beauty, style and becomingness.. They ore unequaled. Sat urday $8.75 810.00 and $12.50 Hundreds of "Smart" Street lints, styles shown for the first time, on sale Saturday at $4.50 MEIKLM, "The Millinery Man" ISO 8 Douglas ANSWER IN EXPRESS CASES Attorney General Denies Charges Made by Companies. COMMISSION'S POWER ATTACKED nnrllngton Road Insists it Haa So Aathorlty to Ordrr a Conarrt tnm Track Laid at York. Pianos10IEPPiclures A. Hospe Co., 1513 Douglas St. The fire next door at the Jewel Theater filled our three floors with smoke 'which created damages fully covered by Insurance, al though the smoke was thick, thera la none of it now, on the Immense stock of Pianos, Piano Players. Organs, Musical Instruments, Pict ures, Frames, Pyrography and Sheet Music which were exposed and which is now placed on sale at smoke sale prices. Pianos Selling at $74, $88, $93, $139, $159. $169. $189. $199 and up. : . Elgh Grade Pianos, Medlnm Grades and Cheaper Comprising the World's Best Pianos Ml'KICAI. IXHTROIKNTN which include Gibson Mandolins, Washburn Mandolins and Guitars, Durton Guitars, Courtols and I-yon & Healy Hand Instruments, Violins, Drums, Harps at smoke sale pikes -saving you dollars on every instrument. .NHEI.T MUSIC 12V4c for popular music and other music at smoke snle prices of from one-fourth to one-half lower than can be purchased regularly. The smoke on the Framed Tictures was only on the glass which has been rarefully cleaned, and you will be able to buy fine new art i.icturen at prices which are loss than coat to produce same 111) framed pictures for $0.70. $7.50 water colors at 95, $10 etchings $7, $15 engravings $10. $3 Pictures for $2- A lot of framed pic tures at "19 29 and up. FIItlXG PKNS for burning wood for decorative purposes, 38S Wood articles from 2 up. AHTIST MATKHIAIiS At ' big discount Tube Paints 3, China Pfllnting Colors, 15S Water Color Boxes, containing 28 col ors. 15 down to Water Color Boxes for 1O0- Piano HtoolH.Benches, Srarfs from $1,10 "P- Tne big sale la on, don't delay. A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Douglas Street OODLES OF WOE IN WALTMLL V Government 'Secret . Agent Gets Evi dence of Sale of Liquor. PEOMINENT CITIZENS ABE FIUED Lending; Doctor anil Member of Town Board IHrad Guilt? to Traffic Town Lot May U Forfeited. WALTIIIIX. Neb., March 27. (Special.) J. K. Flandtrs, a stranger, arrived here about ten duys ago and represented him self as a real estate man Interested In pur chasing land on the (Omaha Indian reser vation. He viewed considerable land, but became interested In purchasing liquor from the local drug stores, Where he be-i-ume popular as a good fellow. He had no trouble In getting a good supply and today disclosed himself as a secret service man from the Department of the Interior, lie Issued complaints against both of the local druggists', who pleaded guilty and both were fined 100 and costs. Later In the day another party was arrested and lined for a similar charge. The disclosure came as a complete sur prise to. everyone In town. The deeds of the townslte property here provide that If any Uquoj- Is sold on the premises con veyed the rums shall be forfeited to the original owner and this provision was first required by the Department of the Interior before the deeds were approved, and It has . I. ....... . 1. .. . Kd a lit lif.Tlt lul at DeCUIIlC Miunil 111.. Ilia Washington do not propose to allow this restriction to become a dead letter. The party In charge of the prosecution, who la Known by the name of J. E. Flanders, has accepted the pleas of guilty In the cases thus far, but will give no promises of Immunity, and It la understood that In the event the liquor traffic Is continued several cases will be Instituted to forfeit some of the property in this place. The prosecutions have caused consider able excitement and It Is feared others will follow. The action taken In this instance Is somewhat out of the ordinary, as It Is usually the case that some worthless tramp Is arrested and fined, but In the Instances In question one prominent doctor and one member of the town board was arrested. It has also been reported from good au thority that a deputy marshal or field of ficer will be stationed on the Indian reser vatlon In this locality to take Immediate action In the case of future bootlegging and there has been considerable specul tlon as to the appointee. It Is known that several indictments be fore the federal grand Jury will follow, as the secret service official Is starling: for Omaha to appear before the grand Jury at Its next sitting. Warrants will be Issued for several mem bers of the OimWia tribe and it is rumored that no offenders against whom evidence wll be found will be exempt. CLUB WOMES IN EVIDENCE Large Attendance at the Third Dis trict Annual Convention. PROGRAM AN INTERESTING ONE Banquet Is Tendered the Visitors In the Evtnlns nmher of Notable Addresses Delivered by V, Members. NELJGH, Neb., March 27. (Special Tele gram.) The session of the Federated Women's clubs of the Third congressional district convened here yesterday. The Interest In the movement was manifest by a large attendance, almost double what was anticipated. The afternoon session began at 3 o'clock and was largely confined to written busi ness. It was called to orcjer by the dis trict vice president, Mrs. Augusta Ehr hardt of Stanton. Following the Invocation was a duet by Messrs. M. B. Huffman and O. A. Scllery. The address of welcome was by Mrs. Maynie Cleaver and the response by the state president, Mrs. H. L,. Keefe. Report of the district vice president of the state committee, followed by a paper by Mrs. J. E. Id. Cary of Bancroft on "What a Woman Can Do as Member of a School Board." completed the program. At 8:30 a banquet was given the guests by the Nellgh club women. The hall was handsomely decorated and draped and there was a profusion of cut flowers and with the handsomely arranged tables pre sented A most pleasing effect. The evi nlng sescl-jn tegan with a selection by the orchestra, followed by the Invocation by Rev. Mr. Brooks and a bass solo by Mr. M. L. McCullough. Mrs. F. H. Cole of Omaha was unable to be present on account of sickness and the subject "ethics In pub- llo schools, was taken up by her next friend, Mrs. Johnston of Omaha. It was a description of the most advanced methods of kindergarten Instruction and the speaker urged her audience and the women clubs to the more general adoption of klndergar ten methods In the public schools. Follow, was a cornet solo by O. B. Buckingham Mrs. Harriet MacMurphy gave a history of the effective methods adopted by represen tatlve women to procure the passage of the national and Nebraska pure food laws and considerable time was occupied In explain Ing the more Important provisions. A vocal duet by Mrs. Charles Mellck and Mr. Mc Cullough preceded the address -of Mrs. J, Carnes of Lincoln on "civil service," this was a masterful effort for the continuance of the merit system In public life and closed with an Inspiring plea to women to give a helping hand and a kindly word to the un fortunate inmates of our state Institutions. The evening program closed with a vocal solo, "Waiting," and encore by Mrs. J. B. Davis. Peculiar Accident at Beatrice. BEATRICE. Neb., March 27.-(Speclal Telegram ) Ouy Bcroggln of the brass de partment of the Dempster mills was se verely Injured In a peculiar manner today. He was engaged In throwing blank cart ridges into the furnace when a loaded cartridge near where he was standing ba came heated and exploded. The ball struck him In the right shoulder Inflicting a serious wound. vAnnouncements, wedding stationery and calling cards, blank booH and magazine binding. 'Phone Doug. 1604 A. I. Root, Inc. Gnard Company Iteora-anlsed. BEATRICE. Neb., March 27.-(Spec1al Telegram.) Company C, Nebraska National Guard, of this city, recently mustered out, was reorganized here tonight, twenty-six members enlisting. Assistant Adjutant General Major Phelps was present and ad dressed the new organization.. The officers chosen are: Captain. A. H. Holllngworth; first lieutenant, Charles L. Brewster; sec ond lieutenant, B. F. Nichols. The com pany will be mustered In tomorrow night. Llllle Convicted of Robbery. BEATRICE, Neb.. March 27. (Spedal Telegram.) James I.lllie, charged with rob bing Thomas Martin on the highway, near Rockford, Neb., more than a year ago, of $70. was found guilty tonight by a Jury In the district court. Ullle was arrested recently In Seattle, Wash., and brought back to Beatrice. The trial of the case has consumed three days. sr 0' (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 27.-Speclal.) Attor ney General Thompson again asked the supreme court to grant a temporary In junction restraining the express companies doing business In Nebraska from charging a greater rate than Is provided for In the Sibley act passed by the last legislature. The request was made In a reply to the answer to the cross petition of the de fendant companies. The attorney general admits that In resisting the application of the companies filed In the federal court at Omaha for an Injunction against the rail way commission and the attorney general from enforcing the Sibley act he did make a showing In the federal court, but denies that he and the commissioners represented to the federal court that they had no In tention of enforcing or attempting to en force the schedule of charges fixed In that act, but did represent that their purpose for bringing the suit In the state supreme court was to enforce the Sibley law In an orderly and Judicial manner. He relates that on July 8, 1907. prior to the filing of the Injunction suit by the com panies In the federal court, the state of Nebraska, by Its attorney general, filed an application In the state supreme court for an Injunction against the companies. He alleges that the companies pay to the rail roads B7H per cent of the gross receipts for transporting goods and pays unreasonable salaries, and says railroad officers are stockholders In express companies. He also alleges that the companies pay to agents 10 per cent of gross receipts, and If the Sib loy act were enforced It would automatically reduce the operating expenses of the com panics. Ho alleges that exorbitant rates are now charged by the companies. As to the meeting of officers and attorneys of the companies, alleged to have been held for the purpose of agreeing upon the enforce ment of the Sibley act, he says he knows nothing, bvt he alleges it to be a fact that the companies have up to the present time wilfully and contumaciously refused to en force the act. The supreme court will meet April 7, at which time It will consider the showing made by the companies, In which It is alleged they would have loBt money If th Sibley act had been enforced and consider the application of the state for a temporary Injunction and the appointment of a referee. Power of Railway Commission. W. A. Dilworth, attorney for the Bur Ilngton road, has filed brkfs with the 1 ail way commission, which has under con slderatlon a request from the Commercial club of York to require the Burlington end the Northwestern roads to construct a transfer switch and maintain track scales ut Ydrk. Mr. Dilworth assorts that the board has no power to order a transfer switch because the act of the legislature conferring power upon the commission does not specifically grant, such power. He al leges that such a switch means an addi tional duty and service by the railroads which must be provided for by specific authority from the legislature, that the constitutional amendment does not govern the comTli'slon. Ho argues that the act of the legislature authorizing the commis sion to "regulate the' service" of a railroad does not mean the Imposing of new duties upon a road such as the construction of a transfer switch would Impose. It Ib al leged by Mr. Dilworth that the track scales' act. Introduced In the senate by Ashton of Hull, is unconstitutional be cause as presented to the governor and signed by him It was not the Identical bill as amended and passed by both houses. It Is instead the bill as originally Intro duced in the senate and rejected by that body. State After I.cc Grler. The attorney general has filed a motion for a rehearing in the case of Lee Grler of Omaha, who was charged with embez zling fines collected by him as clerk of the police court. The supreme court re cently reversed the caso and the state asks for a rehearing, alleging that at no time was It claimed the prosecution was prema ture or that Grler had further time In which to place the money In the school fund. The stato alleges that the Indict ment under which he was tried was proper In form. Students Suspended. Eight students, two , of them young women, were peremptorily suspended jfrom Wesley an university on Thursday afternoon by Curator Moore, who "1s also treasurer of the Institution, because they did not heed his orders to vacate a tennis court on the college campus. The students thus barred from their work In the university are Earl Kendall. Ellery Files, Cecil Kels ter, M. V. Knopp, Vernon Dunleavy. Roy Swlnp. Mattie Currier and one other young woman. The tennis players claim that they got permission last fall from the Wesleyan faculty to use a part of the campus for a court. 'Splendid Time for "Nifty" Overgarments $10 up 1 THE BEST REASON Having Just what you want nt the price you want to pay and the greatest line ot Fashionable Bprlng Clothes in Omaha to chooso from are both good reasons for asking your patronage we've many more good reasons but probably the best among them is that we are Just as eager to give you what you want as you are to get it that means a whole lot to men who don't want to be "talked out" of their clothes notions. Beautifully Tailored Suits Fashionable fabrics are not enough thia spring there are so many "kinks of fashion" in the new models that ordinary tailoring methods are helpless. It takes a master-workman to build a suit that is right this spring. ' Ours are all made by men who know and practice fine tailoring yet our prices are no more than most stores charge for the commonplace kind $10 to $35 CHILDREN'S SPRING - SUITS You'll be surprised when you bring your boy to this store for the first time. So much style-effect and so much price-moderation are not often found in the same store. n-i Mr i mil W HI .50 YOU'LL LIKE OUR HATS lyv $2 X-"7 '.Z): r And lots of and up WW .1 I The words of approval bestowed upon our hats are very gratify ing to us they come mostly from men who are "style-wise". We have everything that's right, from staple blocks for conservative men to the most extreme styles for young fellows. ' STETSONS $3.50 UP CROFUT & KNAPP $3 UP YOUMANS , , $5.00 KNAPPFELT DELUXE $6 ones down to , $1.50 other good ' As a matter of fact, there are only four houses, at the present time, under quaran tine, and the disease Is In a very mild form at that. COTNER MAN SECURES' FIRST Honors in Prohibition Contest Given I.lneoln Speaker. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March -(Special.) The Nebraska Intercollegiate prohi bition oratorical contest took place In this city Thursday. Delegations, from the va rious colleges participating were present to support their speakers. The contest waa opened by It. O. Ehlerj, representing Grand Island college, subject "Prohibition a Civic Problem;" followed by E. E. Jackson of Doane college, Crete, on "The Trend To ward Prohibition;" Eugene Ulshop of York college, "The Spirit of Justice;" P. V. Bal lenger of Orleans seminary on "The Prob lem of the Hour;" Ford Ellis of Cotner university, 1-lncoln, on "The Liquor Traf fica Crime;" M. W. Perry of Nebraska Central college on "America's Opportunity," and W. B. Knapp of Wesleyan university, "The Master Apostle of Abstinence." The judges awarded first honors to Mr. Ellis of Cotner, second to Mr. Knapp of Wes leyan, third to York and fourth to Doane. The winner will represent Nebraska at the Interstate prohibition contest to be held at Waco, Tex. The association today elected O. T. Bwahson of Doane president and Miss Gertrude Wambacher of Orleans secretary. ment. A large chorus choir conducted by Mr. Clifton Powers Is an attractive feature. Largo audiences crowd the building each night. It Is expected the meetings will con tinue until Easter. MOTHER KILLS DO Y AND SELF Throve Child In Front of Train and Jumps In Herself. HOLDREGE. Neb., March 27. (3peclal Telegram.) Burlington express train No. 12, east bound, ran1 over and killed Mrs. Matilda Nelson of this city, and her son, a lad 9 years old, about four miles west of Holdrogo this morning. It was a case of deliberate murder and suicide upon the part of the mother. As the train approached them the engineer blew his whistle and they got off the track. When the train reached them the mother caught the boy, who struggled to get away, and threw him in front of the engine and then Jumped herself. Both were killed In stantly. The back of the boy's head was smarmed in and there Is a scar on his fore head, but the mother was so badly mari- gled and torn to pieces that nothing can be done with her body but gather up the pieces and put them In a box for burial. The husband and a daughter went to California last Sunday night to visit his mother, who is almost 90 years old. The family has been In straightened circum stances, and the opinion Is that she was worried until she was mentally unbalanced and, taking the little boy, went out to de liberately take her own life and his, too. Wymore Wins Det-ate. BEATRICE, Neb., March 27. (Special Telegram.) In debate here tonight between the Wymore and Beatrice high schools on the navy question the decision was given to Wymore by a vote of 2 to 1, Wymore was represented by Sidney Wheeler, Mont Morton and Mark Ilargraves and Beatrice by Clifford Butler. Clifford Phillips and Walter Vasey. Wymore upheld the nega tive. The Judges were Prof. Marcellus of Crete, Prof. II. W. Caldwell of the Uni versity of Nebraska and Mr. Sparks of Lln- (Contlnued on Fourth Page.) 4 IF YOU PAY LESS for a piano than we ask, the chances are thayou may regret it within a year. IF; YOU PAY MORE for a piano than we ask, it would be unnecessary. QUALITY and PRICE are the two best salesmen a house cani(have and when they agree the prospective buyer does not have to assume the risk that otherwise would present itself. The following list of well kr.own makes may ba seen on our floors, and represent a quality that have received the stamp of approval from tens of thousands of satisfied pur chasers Chlckerint Sons. (Boston) America's oldest and most re nowned Piano. Everett, Ivors (Q. Pond, Packard, Starr, Kurtz man, Sterling, Kohler H Campbell, Harvard, Richmond, Hunt ington, Mendelssohn and others. Every make a household name sold on easy payments if desired. Tis Eennetfi Cuniapaiiy WOMAN TIlltASllEB A KWIER Hooker County Widow Takes Law Into Her Own Hands, MULLEN, Neb., March 27. (Special.) Wednesday evening Mrs. Mary Shearer, a widow residing five miles west of town, met O. F. Hamilton In "Bob" McBrlde's pool hall here and administered to the man of law a sound thrashing. Hamilton Is a lawyer who waa hung in effigy from the bandstand In tho public square a little over a year ago for certain irregularities in his practice, for which he was later disbarred from pleading before the land department. The trouble Wednesduy night was occa sioned by the attorney's alleged attempt to get possession of Mrs. Shearer's team on the strength of an old mortgage which, It is claimed, has been satlsfk-d. ' the note being destroyed. Tt'o Cause for Alarm. BROKEN BOW. Neb., March 27.-(Spe-clal.) Wild rumors have been going over Custer county regarding smallpox at Broken Bow. The report has been sent broadcast that there were dozens and even hundreds of cases here. An Omaha dally of Thurs day ttated that there were twenty-one coses of the disease here, and so far, three deaths had resulted from it. The following state ment speaks for Itself: If there are no further developments, the quarantine as against public gatherings will be raised on Saturday morning. W. R. PKNNINOTO.N, W. A. GfcXHOE. Health Officer. Mayor. Two new cases developed last week and on Saturday night the city marshal deemed It wse to suspend public gatherings for a short time. Consequently, no church serv ices were held Sunday, nor have any public gatherings occurred this eek. The school board also thought It a wise precaution that all pupils attending public school should be vaccinated and issued an order to that effect. It being understood, how ever, that those vaccinated within the re quired time need not comply with the rule. Blar mane Holt In Hall. GRAND' ISLAND, Neb., Barcli 27. (Special. ) One of the largest. If not tho largest damage suits ever filed In the dis trict court for this county, growing out of the Injury or death of a railroad employe, was filed today. Mrs. Maggie Marsh, ad ministratrix of the estate of August Sea man Marsh, Is the plaintiff, represented by HarrUon & Prince, attorneys, and the I'nlon Pacific and Brewster W. Crlbb tho defendants. The plaintiff asks for $15,0o0 on account of the death of her husband, which Is alleged to have been caused from the fatal Injuries received as a result of the negligence of the company and of Brewster Crlbb, its agent, who had charge of the roundhouse at the time the accident occurred. In the petition the finding, In part, of the coroner's Jury Is set forth as follows: "That the said Augustus W. Marsh came to his death on the evening of February 19, 190S, from injuries received while on duty at the Union Pacific rail road company's roundhouse pn the morning of the previous day. We furthermore be lieve that the leaving of a brakerod In the ash pan In the area between the engines where the accident occurred to have been the act of grons carelessness and negligence on the part of the Union Pacific Rail road company." Farm Klres in Furnas County. BEAVER CITY. Neb.. March 27.-(Spec!al Telegram.) The large modern farmhouse of Phillip Bcheer, who lives ten miles south of Beaver City, was burned with Its entire contents this morning. Loss I'i.riO'J; Insur ance, Jl,St)0. In the Phoenix and German Mutual. One of the children went to a closet which was filled with clothing and bedding and struck a match. A half hour later the building was discovered In flames. Mrs. Bcheer and daughter were the only members of the family at home and they escaped with what they were wearing The farmhouse and outbuildings of Harry Hass and Arthur Khoper, two miles west, were threatened with destruction by fire last night at midnight. The embers from burned straw stacks were carried by a gale which sprung up in the night and hay stacks were set on fire. The houses and barn were saved with great difficulty. RESTFUL SLEEP Ilia- Verdict for Slander. MIND EN, Neb.. March 27. (Special.) District court adjourned after a week and a half session today. Elma Bloomfleld re covered t-1,SflO from Henry Plnn for slander ous statements made of and concerning her character. The case will be appealed. James Smith was found guilty of grand larceny and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Itevlral at lloldrrae. HOLDREGE. Neb., March 27. (Special.) A great union evangelistic campaign is in progress In this city. A big tabernacle seating nearly ?,6uu has been built especially for the meetings. Rev. Mi'.ford H. Lyon, the Illinois evangelist. Is leading the move. 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If you wish to keep young, strong and vigorous and have on your checks the glow of perfect health.-take Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey regularly, accord ing to directions. It tones and strengthens the heart action and purifies the entire system. It is recognized at a medicine everywhere. CAUTION' -Wlieii you at-k your liuRtfl. grocrr or dealer for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey be sure you get the genuine. ' It's the only absolute pure medicinal malt whkt-y and is sold iu Malcd bottles only; never In bulk. Price 91.00. Lock for the trade-mark, the "Old ClionilM," on the lalnl, and make sure tho seal over the cork Is unbroken. Write lr. ( urran, consult In,; phyak-ian, fur free copy of Illustrated lut-tlkal booklet and free advice. DuXXy Mult Whiskey Co., Rochester, N. V. , . s v - , 1
