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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 100. r X ft ! CLASH IN THE EXPRESS CASE rropect of Lirely Time in Court if aJ 1 ! WTft A - iommiMioner wiiiiami rersisii. ' THOMPSON INSISTS ON REFEREE Ctnretloa of License or o M" Be Voted on In LlocolnCnns palara Haa Been a Very Streaaons One. (From a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April .-8p clal.l-Attorney General Thompson and Hallway Commis sioner Wllllamii niny lock noma and have a Ootch of a time before the supreme court tomorrow. Tt all depends upon "whether Commissioner Williams follows up Ma protest to the appointment of a referee t take testimony' In the express cases. Mr. Thompaon will Ignore this action of the I commissioner and will not even as ine court to strike the protest from the records. Should the commissioner attempt to appear In court Mr. Thompaon will object. Judge Williams filed his protest when the deputy attorney general acting on tele graphic orders from tho attorney general, who was In Washington, In addition to ask ing for an Injunction against the express companlca also filed a moyop for the ap pointment of a referee. Judge Williams objected to a referee being appointed, bl llvlng the caae would be delayed by such action. Mr. Thompson's Idea wrs to get the testimony taken and presented to the court In advance of the express companies, which are pushing a case In the federal court. The ia.t- comes up for argument tomorrow. I'lsht la Over Prohibition. Lincoln will vote n the question of prohibition tomoirow and the contest prom ises to be tlose, with the result much in doubt. Both sides will have workers at the polls und a large vote probably will be cast. Both sides hnve carried on a house to house canvass and the entire town has ben rovered.wlth literature for and against the saloon. California. Companies Barred. Insurance Auditor pierce toduy decided to notify agents of companies organised under the laws of California that they must tease doing business1 in Nebraska. This action followed a refusnl of Com missioner Wolf of California to admit Ne braska companies. The action of Insur ance Auditor Pierce affocta thcKlreman's" Furtd of San Francisco, the Home Fire and Marine of San Franslsco and the Pacific Mutual of Los Angeles. Case Against Student Falls. Tho case against 'William T. Young, charged with-, breaking the city health ordinance, has been dismissed by Judge Frost. Young is tho university atudent who left the Isolation hospital liere last spring, where he had been confined with a tnlld caae of smallpox, without the con sent of th .physicians. He left the hos pital without the knowledge or consent of the nurse or city physician and came back to a rommlng houje In Lincoln. He gave as Ms reason that he was not sick and that he was neither fed nor cared for at the hospital.' The. case was dis missed because It was not shown that Young had been regularly committed to the hospital. """ ''- ; Monster Prohibition Parade. BKATIICJC Neb., April 6.-(Sfecla Tele gram.) A monstrous parade,, in favor, of prohibition, participated In by women and many children. Of the schools, waa held here, this afternoon. '. The procession was headed by'., the Queen; City band and , marched hiWB,,'Wi.fHnuIPJ!'. si reels , f f tl(eHly Banners' 'fat' ring vamjhV lfgnds as ,'rHaol Much v Is" '"Your Boy , Worth," "Vote As Mother Pays," "Vote As Vou Pray," etc., were 111 evidence... The fight, tomorrow on the question of wet or dry promises to be the most jxiltlng iu the history of Beat rice. ' Many Cases of Scarlet Fever. SMKLTON, Neb.. Apr! 6. (Speclal.)-B or eeviral weeks pant the local corps of Qhysleluns have been baffled with a disease mlilch part of the doctors have been call hig scarlet fever and others pronounced It German measles and the State Board of Health has been appealed to and yesterday ITS res ma win No ether medicine has been bo successful, in relieving the Buffering of women or received bo many gen uine testimonials as has Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound. In every (Jbmmunity you will find women who have been restored to health by Jytlia E. llnkham'g Veg. etable Compound.. Almost every ODe you meet haa either been bene fited by it, or has friends who have. In the Ilnkham Laboratory at Lynn,Mas3,anyworaananydaymay see the files containing over one mil lion one hundred thousand letten from ; women seeking health, and here jjre the letters in which they openly etate over their own signa tures that they were cared by Lydia K. Ilnkbam's Vegetable Compound. Lydia E. Tinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved many women from surgical operations. Lydia E. v I'inkham's Vegetable Compound is made from roots and herbs without drugs, and is whole some and harmless. The reason vhy Lydia E. rink ham's Vegetable Compound is so successful is because it contains in gredients which aot directly upon the feminine organism, restoring it to a healthy normal condition. -i Women who are suffering from those distressing ills peculiar to their sex should not lose Bight of these rcU or doubt the ability of Lydia E. llnkham's Vegetable Compound to restore tkd- FAC Doctor Wilson of the stale board came and together with all the doctor of the town and the village board of health visited a large number of cases In town and sur rounding country and each and every one was found to be that of scarlet fever, al though of a mild type, the patients In al most every case being up and around. After returning to town a consultation was held and It waa decided that In order to quickly stamp out the disease that every public meeting should be stopped for two weeks and also the public schools and no gather ings of any kind will be allowed in the next fourteen days. There Is muck com plaint as no one seems to fear the epidemic. earcb. for Lost Child. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. April - (Spe cial Telegram.) The fire department r.nd a hundred cltlxetis searched the city for five hours Saturday night for Vance Crlbbs. the 8-year-old aon of B. W. Crlbbs, foreman of the Union Pacific round house. The child wandered away early In the evening, and when his parents were un able to locate him the police were noti fied. The child was found at midnight In an outhouse a mile from his home. Ha evidently wandered away and, becoming lost, took refuge In the building against the cold. He was dressed only In a blouvo and trousers and was partially overcome by cold. Bottling; Hebron Water. HEBRON, Neb.. April .-(8peclaI.)-The Blue Valley Mineral Water company of Hebron has Incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000 The company has Incorpor ated for a period of ninety-nine years for the purpose of bottling and selling Blue Valley mineral water. All the shares were, readily sold to the citizens of He bron,' who are convinced of the medicinal powers of the water by recent experiments on treating local esses. Tmr company will begin business April 10. 190R. Arrangements are being made to se cure the WHIard mansion In the city park and convert the same into a sanitarium. Peaches, Net Damigel. TABLE ROCK, Neb., April 6. (Spe cial.) The peach trees In this locality are almost ready to break Into full bloom. The recent cold weather seems not to have Injured them, and If one-fourth of the buds blossom and nothing Intervenes, the outlook for peaches Is very promis ing. ' Bargrlara Overlook Moaey. BL'THERIAND, Neb., April 6.-Speclal Telegram.) Burglars last nla-ht entered thk office of the Iddlngs Lumber yards at this piace py prying open a window and ran sacked the building. The safe waa nnenerl but no money was secured though the rob ber overlooked $100 In checks. It la thought me worn was done by tramps. Blar Temperance Rally. ALLIANCE, Neb., April 6.Speclal Tele gramsBy far the most active ca mnnlirn that has ever been conducted In this city and one too In which men. women and children Joined hands In a common cause closed here tonight In a great temperance i any in ine opera noui:-. .Nebraska Newa Notes. OOLUMBUB-The farmers of Platte and Polk counties are going to have a bridge across the Platte at Duncan. It Is to be a toll bridge and will coat tri nno it win k. built by subscriptions. The manager of the Standard Bridge company takes (JO.tOO -twit in it COHTMBU8 These gentlemen will look hit i lie interests or me u nited Commer cial Travelers of America. Council nf r?ni. umbtls. as officers. C. W. Hfttertnn r .v Klrkpatrtck, F. W. Farrand, F. W. Kersen- orocK, jvi . Katnburn, M. D. Karr, Bam Pray, Frank Farrand and H. A. Frita were elected delegates to the grand council that meets at Norfolk. KENNaRD At a recent meeting of the Woodmen of AmeHm .1 I) t.puin Keiinard was chosen delegate to the state convention tu b held in Lincoln May a and . Mr. Kakln waa also Indorsed as a delegate to tho head camp meeting to be held In Peoria. 111., In June. Blair was selected as the place for holding the next annual picnic or the association;-, HERMAN The hlah wind toflnv T- dried tho ground wonderfully and there win imvo iq oe more moisture heroro farm ers can do much nlowlnir. T hr, t an immense amount of liny In the country, but the farmers sav there In tin mftrliDl for It. A prairie fire destroyed over forty stacks of buy for the Nelson Morris lam ii a lew nuya ago. - ui.LMKi h Tneodore Frledhof and cnerni i arrig nave gone to Btoux: Falls, 8. D., where thev think thev lutvd fnim the person who broke Into Frledhofs store a couple of weeks ago, and secured a few thousand dollar's worth of silk. They re celvxed word that the' sheriff had captured f, ."i?" at Slc" Palls that had more than $1.W0 worth of silk In his possession, and It tallied pretty well, with the silk that was Biuiru iroin .rneanoi. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Qoalnt and Corloas Feat a res ( Life In Rapidly Growlna; State. News of the Road J. O. Houston takes the place of John Huber on the mail and stage route from Columbus to Madison. Columbus Journal In 1871. Instinct of the Auto One of Humbqldt's automobiles "went dead" out dn cemetery hill Sunday afternoon, all of which was quite appropriate, but the occupants of the car were slow to see the Joke. Humboldt Leader. War on the Merry Widow A pair of shoes haa spoiled manv a cnnH i,rmnn Times-Tribune. True enough, Mr. Editor, Likewise one of those t wo-atnrv hut In the pew Just ahead of you. This old sinner would go to church oftener If the women would remove the new tyle millinery that an occasional' allmrmn mav h hat the preacher. Old Subscriber In Beaver tuy Times-Tribune, Gotta Pa Mon Never ears that we have been In the newspaper business have so many of our subscribers tome forward with cash to settle their sub scriptions and set them ahead for a year or more as have during the last three weeks. Whether this Is owing to the new law, governing subscriptions, going Into ef feet the first of the month we know not neuner do we care. RushviUe Standard. Newest In ' Accldents-WIUard Mowrer met with a queer and rather distressing ac cident last week. While stooping down be side an oil pipe he accidentally turned on the flow. The side of hia. face being on the level with the end of the faucet the flow of gasoline atruck him fairly In the ear and before the stuff could be removed had eaten through the ear drum. Mr. , Mowrer says the sensation produced resembled more the pushing of a red hot iron Into his ear than anything else he could tmadne Bloomfield Monitor. Spring Sonnet In Prose-Now that spring Is here and we hear the sweet .melodies of tne lark pealing through the air, we see the robins hopping about In the yart old Mother Earth commencing to don another green drew, the buds on the trees com mencing to swell and burst, wa feel that tha time of year haa come when we should clean up all rubbish In and around the yard and make the place more attractive. This is done by getting behind our old garden rake and scratching together all overshoes, tomato cans, dead hens and rabbit hidethat hava accumulated during the winter montha. When aU this isdon we will feel lighter at heart and more at peace with ourselves and be conscious that we have dose a good deet-Madlson County Reporleo TAFT ON MK1NLEY (Continued from Second Page.) army and navy; not necessarily for war. but to prevent war, and to give more thought to patriotism and obedience to law and less thought to greed for wealth and Its display, loo much attention cannot be given by the government far the better ment or tne army, tne reasons lor wnicnj 1 refrain from atatlng here. I BAI.DRIGE3 OX SUPREMACY OB LAW Omaha Lawyer Pays Trlbate to Roose velt and Taft. In responding to the toast "The Su premacy of Law," H. H. Baldrlge paid high tribute to the administration which has been largely responsible for the great moral business awakening In the country during the years when Theodore Roose velt haa been president and assisted by such potential statesmen as the guest of honor at the banquet last evening. Secre tary of War William H. Taft. Mr. Bald rlge said. In part: This msgnlflcent demonstration here to night is not only a testimonial of the high regard In which this people hold our dis tinguished guest and the administration of which he has been such an Important part, but In a larger sense. It Is a tes timonial of the high approval In which they hold the great principles and policies of the republican party, of which he is such an illustrious exponent. As members of that party we are assembled tonight to express our adherence to Its principles and our loyalty to him as Its coming leader. Never before In the history of the world has a country enjoyed such uniform and widespread happiness and prosperity as this country has enjoyed under the admin istration of the republican party. Never before had man achieved so much. Never before had he attained so much. Living in the best country of the world at the best time of all its history and under the most favorable conditions, created by tills party's policies, the opportunity has come in the last decade as never Derore lor tne acquisition of great wealth and the con trol of great interests. it was not a condition of the poor grow lna; poorer, and the rich growing richer. Th poor and the rich were both growing richer, and the genesis of tne multl-mii-llonalre and the captain of Industry became an every-day eventuality. As the people's money poured Into the great centera of wealth and came within the control and cower of certain self-constituted guardians of the people's property they began to consider every person s money as any per son's money who could get it. With them control was equivalent to ownership. They laid plans to secure the property of others to control it for tnemseives. xrusis, poois, syndicates became common Instruments, through which they filched from the peo ple Ill-gotten gain. The example and spirit of acquisition became contagious with the people and Diuntca tneir moral sensi bility. Bo great became the lust for pelf and power that ethics In business were rele gated to the traditions of the forgotten past and tne old-time virtues oi mo iamera wern dlscardded for modern business meth ods that were more conducive to growth in wealth than to growth In morals. Then Integrity became a sweet senti ment to prate about, but not a suitable rule to live by, and "honesty Is the best policy" a motto for a little boy's copy book, but an inconvenient and unservice able platitude In the business affairs of every-day life. The spirit of the times was, first get on, then get honor, then get honest. With a laxity of business morality came a positive disregard for law. Certain captains of industry thought that laws called for obedience from tho weak, the Inconsequential or tho common cltl-.n- hut tint for the wealthy, the power ful or the Influential. They were above and beyond the law. Tim,ir. DnrtRpvelt srrasned the 81tua i... h bn nrec-islnn he saw It: with indomitable courage he met It; with the full force of his personality he solved it. In the dark hours of the night It wss his voice of deliverance that rang out, heralding the coming day "like the mystic cry of Memnon o'er the twilight waters of the Nile announced the dawn of Egypt waking from her sleep." The people heard his voice and rejoiced; law breakers In high places heard It and trembled; congress heard It and passed his laws; officials heard It and enforced them. The majesty of the law had prevailed. Its supremacy had been vindicated. Corporate power and ui.B-nttian e-uliia no Ion aer furnish a cloak to hide a man's criminality. It is no longer considered respectatue to aisoney tne laws of our country. Wall street has. Indeed, hMn chflNteneri and Is renentant. i But there are those who say that this policy of the president is detrimental to the business Interests of the country and that he is responsible for our financial de pression. In one of Napoleon's great battles, when the fiercest of ihe fight was on, when his lines anDeared to be broken and disaster seemed imminent, one of his officers rushed breathlessly to the front and called out to a drummer boy: "Beat a retreat! Beat a retreat!" "Sir." said the boy, "I can't beat a retreat; I never learned how to beat a retreat, but I can play a inarch that will make the dead fall Into line." And he played his march, the troops rallied and regained the Important position they had lost. Some of our former party leaders pretend to fear our lines msy be broken. and thst business disaster will toiiow tne president's policies. They are calling upon William H. Taft to beat a retreat from the position the administrator haa taken, but he can't beat a retreat; he haa never learned how to beat a retreat, but he can play a march that will make the dead fall Into line and win the day In November next. Nor will the people retreat from the position they have taken. They stand to day for the enforcement of law. They stand as a bulwark, powerful and strong behind the position their president ha taken. With him they demand that laws should be enforced to protect the weak from the aggression of the strong and no aggregation of capital or men should be permitted to defy the law with Impunity TUTS IJf BUSY DAY IN CITY neeelved at Coanell Blnffa Early aad Kept Moving. Uncovering his big, strong head, show ing the splendid white forehead, his clear blue eyes shining steadily and the good natured, humorous mouth showing that It could not control tho national smile, Wil liam Howard Taft, secretary of war, said as he opened the door of his state room at Council Bluffs yesterday morning to greet the Omaha reception committee: "Well, well; It's quite homelike to see you all. Sorry to keep you waiting for a alnfflA minute Then the handshaking began. Almost every man was called by his name when the secretary greeted the committee. The first was ex-Senator J. H. Millard ' and then "Congressman Kennedy," as Mr. Taft called John L. Kennedy; then he turned to General John C. Cowln and put his arm around the generate shoulders In that "half-hug, h1f'-slap', sort of way which has "disarmed antagonism In many an American political breast. Others of the committee, many of whom the secretary had already met and others whom he knew well, were Victor Rosewater, Preal dent Isadora Zlegler of the McKinley club. Robert Cowell, John L. Webster and Harry 8. Byrne, chairman of the reception com ndttee. " Mr. Taft Is the guest of Omaha until today at noon, when he goes to Council Bluffs. The Rock Island train waa on time. It was just 8:10 o'clock when It pulled Into the depot at Council Bluffs. The secretary of war was dreaaingMn his state room In one end of a regular Pullman car. Other members of his party were up and dressed. Frank Crawford, who came out from Chi cago on the same train, assisted W. W. Mlschler, private secretary to Mr. Taft, and Major B. B. Ray of the United Bttes army and who haa charge of the trip. In the preliminary greetings to the Omahans Others traveling In the party were news paper writers and photographers. Secretary Taft never looked brighter "or younger during the decade since he passed the forty-year mark than when he opened Die state room door. It never aeemed more true of his flax-blue eyes that they were "as the soul of a man looking out of the eyes of a boy." "I am, glad to get. to Omaha," he said as he took the nearest seat, "and I appre ciate what you are doing far me and what you Intend to do. I had a strenuous time In Chicago for two days and needed the good sleep a blch I gut on tWL :raln last night I slept as sound aa I ever slept In my rife and feel my Vry best. But sleep Is needed after some of the enthusiastic en tertainment which they put mo through for two daya In Chicago." 'Asked about President Roosevelt, tontrr- tary Taft said: "He la feeling fine Just as good as he ever felt In his life. He will be right where he Is now when con gress adjourn same Theodore Roosevelt." Looking out of the window the secretary of war passed the Joke which thousands do about the Missouri river: "Has It al ways been Just where It let" President Isadora Zlegler pinned a huge buckeye, with a red ribbon through It, In the secretary's buttonhole, saying that the Ohio ctub wished him to wear It. "Will wear anything from Ohio," saM "Banto" Taft, uttering one of the famous Gorgan tuan laughs and caressing the old buckeye. Then the train pulled Into Union station. where the full reception committee of the McKinley club and Ohio club, with General Morton, commanding the Department of the Missouri, In full uniform, beside the esger public, which gave sest to the reception and many cheers for the resn who was taken from a Judge's robe In Ohio to build a nation In Asia, and la now being booked to the White Hose. General ManderSon and Captain H. E. Palmer and General Morton were the first to greet the secretary at the depot. Then the staff shook hands .with the highest officer In the army, the president alone excepted. Along the line of the reception committee Mr. Taft passed, shaking hands with those who stood four or five deep, and. reached out their arms to greet him. From ' the top of a baggage truck a boy in overalls reached his arm over the crowd and the big secretary reached up to grasp the boy by the hand. Then he stopped at the en gine and shook the hand which held the throttle of the locomotive which brought the train In "on time." When Secretary Taft met M. L. Learned some one said, "Learned is one of your delegates." "I certainly ought to embrace him," re plied Mr. Taft, with 'a twinkle of his eyes which showed the "odd little creases and wrinkles at the corners." Surrounded by members of his party Mr. Taft walked down tVie long line, kept In order by a score of officers and de tectives which Chief Donahue had detailed to meet the train, through the Union sta tion to the automobiles waiting at the lower north entrance. Hundreds of women were in the lines, regardless of the early hour and hand kerchiefs and glovea were waved to greet the secretary. Five powerful Franklin automobiles, fur.r nlshed by the local agent, took the party and .receptloncommittee to the Hotel Rome, running north to Farnam street, west to Bixteenth and south to the hotel. All along the streets men and women on the walks and In upper windows recognized the big secretary of war and greeted him. In the first automobile, driven by Quy Smith, rode Mr. Taft, Major B. B. Ray, U. 8. A. ; General Charles F. Manderson and Harry 8. Brynechalrman of the re ception committee. President Zlegler loaded the other automobiles with mem bers of the reception committee, and Gen eral Morton with Secretary Mischler. Arriving at the Hotel Rome Secretary Taft was interrupted by almost a dozen photographers and willingly stepped to the position required for a picture with mem mers of the local committees, then flopped to discuss the program of the day. Hore is was decided that Mr. Taft would have to use the whole morning to take care of his official and private business, some mall already having arrived. The secretary promised General Morton that he would visit Fort Omaha at, 830 this morning and will go from there to Fort Crook ay ' ttutomob". He' lajd he would take the time Tuesday to ' "look over the fort thoroughly." Rome Miller, who Is to be the host of the secretary of war until noon Tuesday, escorted him to his rooms on the parlor floor of the new Hotel Rome. Once inside "the elegant apartments the secretary showed his appreciation of the nice things of life by walking straight to the center table where Mr. Miller had placed a large bunch of carnations. The secretary lifted the pitcher of Ice water and turned half a glass of water Into the vase and prepared to make himself at home. It Is a home like, club room sort of an apartment which was assigned to the great American states man, i Secretary Taft had breakfast alone In the public dining room, promising to turn himself over to the committee Just at noon. It was o'clock before his simple meal waa served, just fifty minutes after the train stopped In Council Bluffs and Indicated In a small way, how much can be crowded in a single nour when a man Is to be en who is aoouc to be shown the highest earthly honor by being elected jreiucni ot tne united States of America LUNCHEON AT THE OMAHA CLUB Governor Saetdoa and Prom It. en Workers Meet the Secretary. The first social meeting given for Sec reiary lan was the luncheon at the Omaha club at noon, when t the governor of the state, chairman of the reception committee, convention delegates aim speaKers, were guests of Arthur C Smith, Victor Rosewater and Myron L Learned. Senators Brown and Burkett, Allen W. Field, delea-atea-at-lar im- trlct Delegates Williams and Gammlll were unaoie to- attend. Those at the luncheon were; Secretary of War Taft. Byrne""" receptlon committee. Harry C. Delegates-at-Large Governor 8heldon, Lincoln. Senator Brown, Washington. Secretary's personal aide. Major Ray Victor Rosewater, Omaha. District Delegates J. H. Arends. Syracuse. Benator Burkett, Washington. A. C. Smith, Omaha. M. L. learned. Omaha. W. N. Huse, Norfolk. F. P. Voter, Laurel. T. E. Williams, Aurora. Samuel Rinaker, Beatrice. A. W. Sterne. Grand Island. , J. C. Gammlll, Stockville. W. A. George, Broken Bow. 0. O. Synder, O'Neill. Speakers W. A. White, Emporia, Kan. 1. Zlegler, Omaha. H. H. Baldrlge. Omaha. J. C. Cowln. Omaha.. Frank Crawford. Omaha. State Chairman William Hayward. Nebraska City. National Committeemen Charles H. Morrill. Lincoln. R. B. Schneider, Fremont. Escorted by Myron L. Learned, Secre tary Taft walked at the head at th n...i. to the beautiful banquet room of the Omaha emu. wnicn waa decorated for the o casloiu The table waa in tha ihin. n large dumb bell and waa adorned with iaca roses and lilies. " ' SHAKES HAND WITH THOUSANDS Secretary Taft Haa Word far Every on la Lea a Line. "I have come (00 miles to shake your nana, aald one gray-haired veteran aa he marched In the line of the reception which waa neia at tne Hotel Rome from 2:30 to yesterday afternoon. "I bave voted for every republican president since Fremont ana i nope to vote for you. Secretary Taft showed he was most r sourcerul from the many witty replies he made and for the apt response he bad for all. Although over LOGO persons passed wrougn. tne una tan samu. f" WUWMWM . l.WUimjIlU IWIl'liaUlMWJIMaajSMlJl litest! he Ta, sr 1 WvCfi HI yM,cvei l tjM imi ra !ont, " getting the name of each man or woman and calling them by name. "Klerstead?" asked the secretary as Will- lam Klerstead was presented. "Any rela tion to my friend, the former chief o police of Cincinnati?" "Tes, a cousin," replied Mr. Klerstead. The court officials of tho federal court. members of the Internal revenue office, mall carriers andthe Colored Ll'coln club, with members of the Colored Minis terial Alliance, were some of the organiza tions which went by In a body. "Tes, I have read many of your decis ions," he told Judge W. H. Munger, and then added, "I envy you what you are do ing now." Among the promlent people who passed through the line were many 'out-of-town people who had come to the banquet. Lieu tenant Governor Hopewell, J. Warren Kelfer, Jr., of Nuckolls county, Seth Bul lock, United States Marshall from Dead wood; W. T. Canada, chief of the Union Pacific secret service. "How do you do, my dear?" said the secretary to a little tot aa she passed through the line. "What did you say your name was?" ' You are no relation . to Gentyal Crowder, are you?" asked the secretary as the man of that name was Introduced. When a man was Introdnuced by the name of Mr. 8toutman, the secretary aald. Y6u and I have something In common." "I was not going to vote for Taft, but you look so good natured I have con cluded to change my mind," remarked one aged man aa he passed the secretary. A man was Introduced by the name of Tafft. The man making the Introduction pronounced It Taft and Tefft and the sec retary shook hands. As they were trying to strike up a relationship the other told the secretary he spelled his name , "Tefft." when Secretary Taft remarked, "Oh, well. you are too fashionable In your spelling for me." A child waa carried through the line by Its mother and the secretary pinched the cheek of the .little one and said: "How Is the little girl?" The crowd tried to Joly the 'secretary Into thinking ot was aboy, but the mother Insisted that the secretary had guessed right. How to Tell Whether Coffee is causing your Troubles It seems easy to leave off drinking coffee and note the results. But you say "I can't get along without coffee' so the dreary days follow one another, the same old pains and aches slowjy grow ing a little worse. Do you dare think of the road ahead, if that downward tendency keeps on, and why shouldn't it unless you change the daily habit? '' Suppose today you assert your right to crush habit and start a new and healthful life. It's easy to quit coffee and' take on Which is made of clean, whole wheat, and contains no GAF FEINE- the drug in coffee that causes so much trouble. - MORE THAN EVER Znoreaaed Capacity for Mental Labor Blnoe Leaving Off Coffee. Many former coffee drinkers who hava mental work to perform, day after day, have found a better capacliy and grrater ZZ'T fee. An Ills, woman writes: endurance stead of coffee. "I had drank coffee for about twenty years and finally had what the d'ictor called "coffee heart." I waa nervous tnu extremely ui "iiiwiiur 11 , nau iiluu mental or physical strength left, had kid- ney trouble and constipation. "The first noticeable benefit derived from the change from coffee to Postuni waa the'natuial action of the kidneys and bowels. In two weeks my heart Si! was greatly Improved and my nc steady. "Then I became , Ibss despondent, and the desire to be active again, showed proof of renewed physical and mental strength. . "I am steadily gaining In physical strength and brain power. I formerly did mental work and had to give It up o.i account of coffee, but since using Post urn I am doing bard mental labor with less fattlgue than ever before." "There's a Reason." Name given by Poetum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book. "The i tat, i y; lift itmBp The secretary makes no felt when he shakes hands, but gives Ills whole hand ap parently not fearing a contest of grips with any who might come along. Some Omaha newspaper men called' pon Secretary Taft at the close of the formal public reception and were cordially greeted by Mr. Taft In his apartments. To the sug gestion; that they would like to have a little advance political Information Secretary Taft said:- , "I must reserve my political talk until tonight. But I am glad to meet you. The formation of press clubs Is an excellent thing. I have been royally treated by the press clubs. They have a great one In Chi cago, it must have 800 members or more now." One of tho reporters suggested that Ohio was onco the mother of presidents. Secre tary Taft responded, "It may again, become apparent." ' Just prior to the general reception In the Hotel Rome lobby, a large delegation of the United Commercial Travelers Taft league waa entertained at a special recep tion In Secretary Taft's room. Tho ubiquit ous photographer was present and caught a snap shot of tho group. The presence of Secretary Taft In Omaha yesterday was the cause of sixty-five new members being added to the league. HOW BIG BAMJl'ET WAS SF.IIVED Steward E. W. Pryor of Commercial Clnb Uses New and Novel Ideas. Never has a large banquet in Omaha been served In such a novel way and with such promptness as the McKinley club banquet last evening, given In honor of Secretary Taft. As far as the banquet serving was con cerned, -It was In entire charge of E. W. Pryor, steward of the Commercial club of Omaha, who worked out the details and table decorations. The ferns were placed In the center at Mr. PryoKssuggestion; the fine paper napkins, folded In the shape of gunboats, with their little flags on the ends, were arranged by the steward, while the service by eighty waiters was entirely In his hands. Mr. Pryor determined to serve the guests a hot dinner and that, everyone should se cure everything on the menu served indi vidually. To do this 6,000 wedding cake r . POSTUM Is not only free from the barrel coffee poison, but contains the natural p.sphate of U ( 1 : . . i iTi . , jjyiaau iuuuu ni a pari which is included in j , . lOOQ QrlnK. d drink. It builds up broken ce!ls' anc no one needs' this more than the chronic coffee drinker. Ten days' freedom from coffee will show "There's for Postam J ' I I " ' T Tit f "If'Tlli'TIH-lTTTT 'iirr'Hi ' l'i1'''-il1iiwiiawlliasBtaia..iisiisi irm-g.nai t.ur9 $ 1 rirniHnmMiii hi win inn i r. l boxes were manufactured by an Omaha firm, The caviar required round boxes," four and a half Inches In diameter. When, the guests were seated they found the first courso waiting, removing the flowered cov ers of the boxes to learn that they con tained the caviar, on toast, which had been kept In a huge Ice chest. Then tho 1,200 cups of mock turtl were placed on the table, almost at tha same time. Another little box appeared. This time It was long and narrow an contained the wafers to go with the mock turtle. Almost the moment the soup wat gone the three meals, olives and frull salad were served, and still another wed ding cake box, Just the shape of a sand wich, was, served with the practical part ol the, meal. The Nesselrodo pudding ap peared in company with a box whlct looked like a quarter of a pound of choco late drops, which In reality contained th fancy cakes. Cigars and coffee were placet! before the guests with equal ease and Jusl one hour and fifteen minuses aftee-.J.he guests were seaated they were smoking and listening to the toastmaster. On the stage of the auditorium a com plete kitchen was fitted up, with six largi? gas ranges and four refrigerating boxes, for keeping the things warm and cold. Every tray of meat was prepared during tho day and kept fresh either in Ice or by keeping; white, damp chocse cloths over them. When the waiters marched from the room and back again, a head waiter was n tho lead and another marched at the rear, keeping the serving machinery work ing as automatically as a clock and every move was made with precision, Tho speakers' table was furnished with the finest of linen and solid silver! making it at once the most extravagant tahle'ever furnished In the Auditorium. All the floor space was used for the tables, and it was the first time that a political banquet In Omaha ever needed every avallnble place In the big. arena. Mr. Pryor said "the wedding box Idea came to me at 2 o'clock one morning While I was thinking how to serve 1,204 guests. Individually, probably as they have never been served before. I will buy a man a suit of clothes who can find a better way to serve such a banquet." oi me vvnrai oerry making this famous r. - down brain and nerve a Reason1 ft UM t-m WaUlvlll." tm wmm.