Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 100.
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CLASH IN THE EXPRESS CASE
rropect of Lirely Time in Court if
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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.
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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
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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
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POSTUM
Is not only free from the barrel coffee
poison, but contains the natural p.sphate of
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which is included in
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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
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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."
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