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Recommends
' ' Judge John W. Bixler,
formerly United States
i pircuityjudge, now United
States. District Judge, or
Kansas, endorses Peruna. '
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Pe-ru-na Testimonials.
" when any man' of 'wdrna'n, 'out 'of pure gratitude, write us a letter, com
menting upon the benefit he haa received from the us of Peruna, when he
doe this without any solicitation or remuneration of any aort, and furnishes
4 tie a recent photograph; so that hi Identity and responsibility In the matter la
i beyond 'question, then do we consider a
in. .purpose.
"Ws are-at the present time publishing many hundred of. testimonials. We
..give the pame and address in. full. of. each one of these people.
W'e have no uas for, .nor would we pUllsh for any sum of money, a fraudu
.4ent,tstlrno'ntaL..T0..o such, a thins; would-be "dishonorable frem a moral stand
point and' commercial suicide from a business standpoint
Tonic 'and Appectizer.
W. H.-Parsons--la ex-Btate Senator and
sro-Speclal Judge of' the Supreme Court' of
feaaa, also Bregadler Oereral In Confederate-Army.
Ina recent letter 'from 9ti H
St., N. 'W., Washington D. C, this promi
nent gentleman says: " t ' ' ;' '
i "Upon the recommendation of personal
frelend and many strong testimonials of
the f flcary of Peruna In the treatment of
the numerous symptoms of the grip, with
vhlfh' I have been affected for four months
past, I.av been induced to undergo a
treatment of this Justly celebrated formula.
"I 'feel a decided change for the better
after using It only one week. It Is espe
cially good In toning up the stomach, and
lias &' deemed effect on my appetite. I
therefore feel much encouraged that I am
on the road 'to 'complete restoration.
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Contributions on timely topics Invited.
Writ legibly on one side of the paper
, onlyv with nimt and. address appended.
Unused contributions . will not ba re
turned. Letters exceeding 300 W6fds will
,.be subject to beta cut down at the
.jdlacretlon.of .the editor. . Publication, of
views of correspondents does not com-
sVnlt The Bee to their endorsement'
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XIr. Bryaa'a' "Broad Statesmanship."
, 'OMAHA, April, 26,-To the Editor of The
Bee:' Roger C. Bulllvan's Illinois packed con
vention at Springfield the other day indulged
tfi freniled and fulliome eulogy of Mr.
Bfyan'e "broad ' statesmanship." For an
iS-karat Joke Vn Mr. Bryan himself, and
the ' 'democratic part, this beat Mark
Train at hi best.'
'(Soldwln Smith, the ' great scholar, and
friend - of labor,' of universal renown,' aatd
riot long ago that ' he oould ' never under
Yand -bow "a--pretty good' lecturer (Mr.
ryan ooMld" tain control of a great na
tional party In the United 'States with a
metaphor.'" Reference was "had. of course,
to the "cross of gold" speech In 18M, aided
ky a secret plot to seour the democratic
nomination tor the presidency, in that year
Ut . Mr. Bryan, and defeat hi Mlsseurl
rival, the real author of the 14 to l sllvsr
issue- which that gentleman-, and Senator
Jones- of Nevada had created and worked
into life, Mr,. Goldwln Smith evidently did
not .consider that, there was any kind of
statesmanship -io, the. metaphor,, which Mr,
Bryaa borrowed from a Massachusetts
congressman Jar use at Chicago in 1894. 1
. t'nder, my .own direct observation Mr.
Try.an'a "broad statesmanship" .haa con
sisted for-a doaen. years in nothing but
aociuUstlc .agitation, open war. on property
rights and an utter repudiation of . every
principle which, ever made the democratic,
putty strong. end great In the nation since
Mr. Jefferson, estsbllshed.it with hla own
election to the presidency in ltwl. It it be
objected that he never repudiated the. pro
tective tariff, the answer I that Tor more
than ten year he haa done worse he has
studiously' and bratenly deserted It
The whole burden of his platform and
speeches h'as'been, and still continue to be,
In open and "subtle' appeal, to the' pre
judice, always alive In the hearts of men,
of the poor against the rich. He has been
quoted aa having said In 1896 that no man
could honestly earn more than 13,000 a year,
and his' diatribe upon plutocrat have been
Incessant from the beginning until within
the last year.' For soma Teaaon or another
it would seem that my distinguished friend,
whose 'extraordinary talents and power
Vr the masses of our people 1 conceded,
lias talked himself into a dead silence about
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testimonial available for our advertls-
"My numerous friends In Texas, where
I have had the honor to command a bri
grad of her Veteran Cavalry, In a four
year war, may accept this voluntary testi
monial to the merit of Peruna from a sense
of obligation for It wonderful efficacy."
Appetite and Digestion Poor.
; Mr. Charles Schwelhs, Lexington, Texas,
writes: .
''I suffered from catarrh of the liver.
What I ate disagreed with me. I . was
weak and feverish. I slept very poorly, had
rush of blood to the head. I was very 'des
pondent, and took no p'yasure in anything.
My appetite was char! Aable, digestion poor.
"Tour medicine made me well again, for
which I express to you my heartfelt thanks.
I firmly believe that for all who suffer In
like manner It would have the same good
effect."
plutocrats. Perhaps that reason ma not
be wholly unconnected with hi recent
confeeslon that. In his Income for many
year as a political agitator and perennial
candidate for the presidency, he takes no
second rank In this part of the country as
a star plutocrat himself. Mr. Bryan I
evidently chewing such large boluses of
cotton 1n the matter of plutocrats as to
make him speechless upon a subject which
was once so interesting to him in public
discussion. " - " ' 1 '" '
Mr. Bryan on the money .question was al
ways untrained. Ignorant and foolish.' Men
who borrow economic thoughts from popu
lar leaders on vital question of concern to
the people. aJWayt stumble, fall and fall.
The bold attempt in lf to destroy the gold
standard, which made possible the conquest
of the union from rebellion; meant national
repudiation of all public and private debts.
It. never was meant to be, and never could
be, anything else. It was supported by
silver-producing barons ' in the mountain
state with the money which was used cor
ruptly In this and other states to buy the
people upon false pretenses into their own
ruin, and everybody, who has a grain of
sense now knows It. Was this "statesman
ship" broad or otherwise? Was this democ
racy? Not a whit more than was the early
attempt to repudiate the national obliga
tions ' during and after the civil war,
which had been exchanged for gold with
the creditors of the government by making
payment In depredated paper money called
greenbacks.
But I will not try to trace Mr. Roger C.
Sullivan' "broad statesmanship" upon the
long list of public questions on which Mr.
Bryan has "wired in and wired out" upon
such astonishing lines of leadership as to
fill his own following with wonder and
amasement. Mr. Taft recently pilloried
him on a cross of hi own erecting on the
Philippine question by showing that Mr.
Bryan's Utterly unaccountable conduct by
personal appeal on the floor of the United
State .senate fe mad a Philippine ques
tion possible by securing the confirmation
of the Treaty of Paris. ' He soon saw the
consequence of hi own act and. as he haa
since done n the question of railroad gov
ernment ownership, under storms of popu
lar indignation, he began to wabhle. He is
still wabbling in the mud and muddle of his
Own "broad statesmanship," which consists
simply of a series of expedients in the in
terest of a purely personal ambition to
reach the White Houee. He hqp from one
Issue (?) to-another, with an agility and
audacity all his own, like the toad in a
swamp leaping from bog to bog for fear
he will get his feet wet. The' last per
formance covered the last landing place In
populism, every article of whose creed he
ha adopted, the Initiative and referendum,
a direct blow at representative republican
government In this country. At this worst
of all assault upon constitutional and or
derly government the south groaned with
such a revolt that he again climbs down
and qut of it as the ostrich tries to hide
by sticking his head In the aand aa he
think himself In danger.
"Broad statesmanship," did you say at
Springfield, Roger, on Thursday last? And
are you the. same old democratic pirate
who, only last year, was denouncing Mr.
Bryan a a dishonest man, disastrous
failure as a democratic leader who was in
capable, and a a man who had dishonored
the democratic party? Are you the same
Roger C. Sullivan, or are" you, some other
fellow of the same brand who has stolen
his name? - GEORGE L. MILLER.
At Rlvervlaw Park.
OMAHA, April .-To he Editor of Ths
Bee: We would have one of the most
beautiful psrks In the west If proper care
were taken of It There swnii to be a
great lark of thoroughness oa the part of
our t park commissioners. Two year ago
Klvervlew park was far more - beautiful
than It la today. 1 remember one day
hearing two travelers remark aa thoy
stood on a hill as yon effler from the north
slds that the seen was on of entrancing
beauty. They we from California and
were comparing the ecsne with the pic
turesque hill near Los Angetoi, and they
seemed to . think thst our bt-autiful view
was far upertor. Be that as it may. now
ttiwe U a aeclded change. The beautiful
Invigorating Tonic.
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vour Peruna
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Invigorating
tonio, alio an
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remedy for
cough and
colds.
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Disordered Liver,"' Constipation. -Mr.
W. O. Clement, Assistant Manager
"Rome Georgian," Rome.-Qa.. writes: - "It
affords me pleasure to voluntarily testify
to the true merits 'of .your ..wonderful Fe.
runa.
'I have for sevefal'years, been suffering
from disordered liver and chronic cohstlph-l
tlon, for which I had 'tried a' great many
remedies, but none did me any good. My
whole system was so thoroughly overcome!
that I was easy to catch cold and andthe
consequence was that a chronto case of
catarrh was fast developing.
"I have been taking Peruna for six weeks
and am happy to say that It ha had the
desired effect. My liver is In good condi
tion, constipation disappeared, and I no
longer feel any of the eymptoms of catarrh.
"In truth I am now in better health and
feel stronger than I have for several year
and it Is all due to the wonderful effects
of Peruna."
Systemic Catarrh.
Mr. Moses F. Merrell, Route 8, Columbus,
Kansas, writes:
"The Improvement in my case has been
wonderful. My bowels are regular. as clock
work. I can now eat like other people and
my vltuals digest completely, I think I am
cured of systemic catarrh.
"It haa been a hard fight, but I came out
victor. Many thank for your kind counsel
and management."
silvery lake that daxzled so brilliantly In
the sun is almost empty, with stag
nant water, full of rank weeds, bricks,
ticks, stones, alive with frogs, llisards,
and slimy eels. The artesian well that
used to gush forth and force Its way to the
lake haa about stopped. There Isn't a 'drop
of drinking -water for the thlrstyv True,
there Is a classic pavilion, where drinks
may be liad for the money and where, the
people are not welcome utiles they buy
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something
Parks should bo. for the whole people,
high and low.." rich, and poor. Rivervlew
park Is not. It appears to me to be but
for the party who haa the concession. The
seat in the park are Inadequate and are
made of the poorest, material obtainable. It
la always littered with peanut shells,
sacks, old papers, cracker-Jack boxes and
other debrl.
Surely Omaha has only too few- parks
and It Is not asking too much of the com
missioners that they be at least kept-and
supplied with drinking water and seats.
CIVIS.'
DODGE ON VALUE OF REALTY
Estimates Cat-Off Lake Land at Ovrt
. Fear Uandred anal Fifty Dol-
lara Per Acre...
In testifying before the board of apprais
er . Saturday morning N. P. Dodge, Jr.,
placed a valuation of $33,600 on the seventy-
two acres of land at Cut-Off lake owned
by the United Real Estate and Trust com
pany. Mr. Dodge stated that only nine
acres of the seventy-two are dry, the other,
sixty-three acres being under water. A
valuation of $18,600 was placed , by hlru on
the twenty acres of dry land and the
twenty acres of land, under water belonging
to the Thomas Davis Real Estate company
and also wanted by the Park board for
park purposes. Dodge said he considered
all the other land contemplated for park
purposes In the region is worth $-00 an acre.
When the meeting of the Board of .Ap
praisers was called to order John W. Par
ish for the United company, the Kountae
Interests, and Isaac Congdon for the
Thomaa Davia company presented long
communications to the board In which they
held that the board Is not a legally con
stituted body and not appointed by due
authority, aa is also the Park board, and
clalmcd'that no appraisement of the lands
In the Cut-Off lake region could be made
because the board has not the money with
which to make the . purchase.' The com
munications were placed on file.
Alter receiving testimony all morning the
board adjourned at noon to meet gt 10
o'clock. Monday morning and complete the
taking of testimony as to the equitable
valuation of the Kduntxe snd Davis estates.
The annual meeting of the Park board
will be held Tuesday morning at 1 Oo'clock.
OMArIA BOY GOES TO BURMAH
nwtgkt L. Cramer la Appointed As
aayee and Cfesnltt In Brit- '
III Smelter.
Dwight'L. Cramer, son of Major J. E.
Cramer, superintendent cf malls in the
Omaha poatoffice, has been appointed as
ayer and chemist in a large smelter oper
ated by the British government at Man
dalay, Burmah. The appointment of Mr.
Cramer to this responsible position comes
through hi chance acquaintance of a year
or more ago with C. D. Clark, superintend
ent i.o the smelter In Burmah, who was in
Omsha at that time.- Mr. Clark is an
American and became Impressed with Mr.
Cramer's peculiar qualificatlona aa an as
ayer and chemist and promised to bear
him In mind whan the Burmah smelting
company should need ths services of an
asaayer and chemist.
Mr. Cramer la a graduate of the Omaha
High school and from tha University of
Nebraska 19uT, taking a special course In
mlnarology and chemistry. Bine then be
ha been engaged with the American
Smelting and RefirrinE. company In Omaha.
Ha la but II years of age. lis will leave
In a few days for tan Francisco, sailing
from there Msy for the orient
Ever Try Tha bee Want Ad Columns?
If not do ao. and act satisfactory ruuiu.
Electors and Election Officers Are In
v different About Showing: Up.
MAITT BOOTHS LACK FULL QUOTA
i Last rhaaee lallfy foe Votlasi
' 0 tho . Several Bead Pro post
tloaa on tea Fifth of
.May.
nsnaasaaaaasi
Few of the sixty-five registration booth
in Omaha opened ready for business Sat
urday morning with a full quota of Judge
and the police had to be called upon to
round up the delinquents. All morning
they came straggling In. some registra
tion booth running with but tare Judge
as late as the noon hour. The booths were
allowed to operate with two Judges, a ma
jority, but where only one Judge appeared
operations had to be suspended until an
other victim could be secured.
But little Interest was taken In the reg
istration by the voters and In the morning
a deputy city clerk made the. prophesy
that not more than ten would be registered
In any one district, while City Clerk Butler
believes 600 will cover the toUl registra
tion, -Electors who registered last fall were
not required or allowed to register Satur
day and newcomers to Omsha who had not
attained a residence by election time last
tall failed to ahow much Interest In the
forthcoming bond election and therefore
stayed away from the registration booths.
Citizens of Omaha who have moved Into
another precinct since last fall and who
have .lived in-Omaha a number of year
and become interested in matter of pub
lic moment seemed to be In the majority
at the . registration booths, a . these did
not want to. lose their right to vote on the
Issuance of the bonds, neither did they
want; to forfeit their right to vote In the
primaries next fall.
' The"election for which this registration
was-held will be on Tuesday, May 6, and
the., propositions to be voted upon will be
the Issuance of $1,000,000 court house bonds,
$50,000-paving intersection bonds and $S0,0C
park bonds. ' l
' Returns from theVeglstratlon will not be
made before Monday.
HANMER AT JOINT MEETING
National Play Groands Advocate
Chief Gnest at Dinner at
V. M. C. A.
Prominent persons representing various
organisation of the city were present
Saturday afternoon at the annual meeting
of the Omaha Play Grounds association.
The meeting wa held in conjunction with
a luncheon served at the Toung Men'
Christian association at which Lee F.
Hanmer of New Tork, leld secretary of
the Play Grounds Association of America,
was the guest of honor.
Following the luncheon and prior to the
address by Mr. Hanmer, officer for the
ensuing year were elected a follow:
President, Superintendent William David
son; first vice president, E. A. Benson:
second vice president, Mrs. E. A. Cudahy;
secretary, Charles R Foster; treasurer,
Luther Kountxe; board of director, Rev.
F. L. Loveland, Dean Beecher, Joseph
Cudahy, Dr. Glfford, T. J. Mahoney, George
F. West, Fred Nash, C. B. Williamson,
Charle E. Foster, Mr. Draper Smith,
Mr. Aruthur Brandel. Mr. H. H. Heller.
Mrs. Stella Hamilton.
Mr. Hanmer of the association spoke
briefly, stating that he would rather apeak
at more length to the general public at the
mass meeting Sunday evening, than to talk
to thoae wno are already converted to the
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cause 01 tnepiay grouna. nsroia vam mem.
bers -of the association that' he could not
advise them as to the. method of conducting
the play ground, whether under the Park
board, the Board of Education, the city
council or what.
' "You must work out your own salvation,"
he said; He told what other dtle are do
ing In the movement and congratulated
those Interested in the work in Omaha on
what they have accomplished. Superin
tendent Davidson and Clement Chase also
gave short addresses. Rev. F. L. Loveland
offered the Invocation.
Organization represented were the city
rnnnnll ' nnrk twiard. schnnl hnsrit. resl
e8Ute chnse. Commercial club. Woman's
club, Social settlement, Social Service club.
Humane society. Young Men's Christian
association, Young Woman's Christian as
sociation and the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union. The court was represented
by Judges ' Kennedy, Sutton and Eetelle.
George F. West presided at the meeting
and. annual reports read show a balance
of $6.40 in the play ground fund.
'IRATES ASSAIL . THE SHIP
Irato Cwaora Threaten Destrnetion of
Dos Catcher as tt Sail Fast
V Them.
The sturdy privateer, "Dogcatcher," which
cruises over the street of Omaha dally cap
turing all dogs without tax tags, was sur
rounded at Thirtieth and Pratt streets Sat
urday by a large force of sympathisers with
the dogi which the privateer had captured.
In vain the Ethiopian crew of the vessel
spread all sail by beating the horse. In
vain they threatened their besieger with
the wrath of the government under which
they sail.
The crowd grew in numbers and In anger.
"Hang 'em to the yard arm, or the Jib
boom, or the foretopaail gallant mast, or
something like that," yelled the Infuriated
and outraged dog owner.
A member of the crew of the "Dog.
catcher leaped into the sea and , swam
ashore to a grocery etore, where there wa
a telephone, and called up the police sta
tlon. An officer dispelled the crowd and
the "Dogcatcher" continued it fell cruise.
But e'er the cry of rescue could be an
swered two member of the ship's crew,
Skipper Robert Fox and Gunner A. L.
Jackson, did a -little rescuing on their own
account. They encountered a stout-hearted
civilian, Mr. H. Zlotky, owner of a atora
at Thirtieth and Pratt, who had resolved
that come what may, ha would fain breast
the storm in defense of his dog. Thus he
did when. the twain from. the good ship's
decks hurled broadsides upon him, bio
upon blow, so he aveis, until he wot not of
the things that were going on.
And the rescuers when they came did
take the twain from the ship and likewise
the civilian unto the laws'., domalo
Klevei.th and Dodge street
DIVORCE DUE TO JEALOUSY
Wife Tetlla Her Hsibssd Even
. Objected - to Her Wearing; At
tractive isssrel.
The Insane jealousy of Fred Waller,
formerly of- the Waller Display company,
led him to object to his wife -wearing
veil, good clothes or ornament of any
kind, according to the evidence in her suit
for divorce, which was heard by Judge
Kennedy, -
Judge Kennedy granted her tha divorce
principally because his Jealousy led ' to
ebuslve language. Witnesses testified he
called her bad names frequently before
their children, friends and atrsngers.
Among Mrs. Waller's witnesses waa Mr.
Waller'e staler. Mrs., Leonard Oulnotte,
who wept aa she told her brother's cruel.
ties to hie wire,' She and a number of the
nmtmhhar tMtlrtd Mr. Waller had no
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ground for jealousy. Judge Kennedy gave
her the custody of the children, n equity
in their property and ordered Mr. Waller
to pay $30 a month for the support of tho
children for fifteen years.
MUNICIPAL SQUEEGEE AT WORK
Teat of av New Street Cleaning?
Machine Pronounced Bnc
- cessfnl.
A new 'era in street cleaning in 8t,Loul
was Inaugurated recently when the "squee
gee" purchased by. the street' department
was given a practical demonstration. 1
The test wa witnessed by city official
and a large number of real estate men,
business men and cltlsens.
Louis Kindling, a wealthy Milwaukee
cigar manufacturer, who is the Inventor
of the apparatus and hi business as
sociate, Jamea TT Bannon, were on hand
also..
The demonstration, " which was pro
nounced a success from every' point of
view by Street Commissioner Travllla,
was given on Chestnut street, between
Tenth and Twelfth streets, and on Cen
ter street, between Market street (and
Clark avenue.
Each of these streets was chosen ber
ceuse of Its construction. Chestnut street
being of bltullthlo composition and Cen
ter street of brick, of eaoji of which there
kre a number downtown. The "squee
gee" la designed principally for the thor
ough cleansing of asphalt and bltullthlc,
wood block and vitrified brick streets. (
On Chestnut street the results noted
with a single sprinkling were especially
good. Dr. H. Wheeler Bond, health com
missioner, saw the "squeegee" passing
the Sanitary office and Immediately be
came interested in the operation. After
an examination of the part of the atreet
cleaned and an inspection of the me
chanical operation of the "squeegee," he
pronounced It a long-felt want in the
matter of sanitation.
The accumulation of slime noticeable
on street with a smooth surface after
being washed oft with the ordinary type
of flushing machine was entirely absent
along the entire stretch of street pave
ment from Tenth to Twelfth streets. This
1 left the street clean, and within five
minutes after the cleansing operation the
street was Virtually ' free from moisture.
With other methods the flushed streets
usually remain wet and slippery for more
thaa air hour. The danger in this is In
the fact that automobiles and rubber-shod
horses are endangered.
Center street after the "squeegee" had
passed over It waa clean as water and a
good scrubbing could make It An ad
vantage of the new method over the old
shown here waa the manner in which
the dirt was piled near the curbing with
out being swept into the sewer openings
In a muddy flood.
. "The results accomplished with this
simple device are truly wonderful,"
Street Commissioner Travllla remarked.
"It seem odd that such a device was
not thought of a long time ago, and it
certainly marka a new chapter In street
cleaning and provides a valuable means
of sanitation. Others may be installed."
As explained by Mr. Kindling. the
"squeegee" operates on the principle of
the rotary street sweeper, being a com.
blned'sweeper and sprinkler.
"It Is operated by one man," he says,
"and one machine will clean 10,000 to
40,000 square yards of pavement a day.
The consumption of water Is extremely
small for the result obtained. There
I virtually no waste, every drop being
caught up by a rubber roll a It washes
the pavement. v -
"The rubber roll, which consist more
strictly speaking of a steel roll' covered
with twenty-four rubber blades, seven
fnet long, are guaranteed to withstand
wear and tear for 4S0 days.
"The machine Itself consist of an up
right cylindrical ateel tank of 400 gallons
capacity. It 1 mounted on four wheels
and In appearance Is much the same a
tha ordinary type of street sprinkler.
Four sprinkler are placed between tho
front and rear wheel and are -operated
with valve from he driver' ' eat.
Geared to the left rear wheel la the rub
ber roll." St. Loul Times. . .
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MAD RUN AFTER WILD TRAIN
Cancht by n Locomotive After a
Haaardona Down-Grade
Chase, ,
Word comes from Coppervllle, near Percy,
N. II., of the narrow escape from a colli
sion between a runaway string . of loaded
freight cars moving at terrlf lo . speed and
the Portland-Montreal express, which left
here at ? p. m., with 200 passengers aboard.
After missing the passenger train by leas
than half a minute, the freight cars, run
ning down grade for eighteen miles, jnost
of the way at. an elghtyrmlle-an-hour. cllpr
were xaught .by a, locomotive after one of
the most hazardous' chases ever recorded.
At 11 o'clock, 'Just as tha , last car of, the
Night Flyer on the Grand Trunk, bound for
Montreal, had passed ' Coppervllle station,
a wild train of twenty cars loaded with
pulpwood and without a locomotive which
had broken loose on a siding two miles
away shot into the main line. ' It missed
only a few yards the rear end of the pas
senger train bound north, and gathering
speed every minute,-plunged along toward
Portland.
At Berlin,, five miles away, a big' mogul
engine with steam up happened to be on a
siding. The operator at Coppervllle, wired:
"Look put, runaway freight coming."
The last click of the message had hardly
been received when the runaway going at
a mile and a half a minute, rushed parft
the Berlin station. The engineer and fire
man were in the cab of the mogul. They
knew the train, was a runaway before the
telegraph, operator could tell them.
The big enaine snorted and' trembled as
'the throttle was pulled, wide open and ll
! fairly rose from the rails as it struck the
main track.'
For ten miles south of Berlin, It Is all
down grade. Then there is a, gentle three
mile uphll stretch until Shelbourne, at the
top of the rise 1 reached, where the steep
down grade begins again.
The only hope of the purauers was to
catch the freight before )t reached the
heights at Shelbourne.
Fast as the runaway went, the' big loco
motive, Impelled by steam as well a
gravity, . went faater, but the gcln w,aa
tantlllzlngly slow. Several times the run
away waa sighted through the darkness on
straight stretches of track, but when the
wild freight cars was reached, the foot of
the three mile up grade It still had half
a mile lead.
The tremendous ' momentum scarcely
seemed to lessen at first, but tho mogul
pushed doggedly up the hill. As the
freight's speed began to lessen the mogul
gained more rapidly. When the pilot was
100 yards from the last car of the freight
the fireman crawled out in front ready
to make the coupling.
From 100 yards the freight's lead dwindled
to fifty then to ton, and at last, when
the runaway was starting down hill again
the fireman hitched the engine on and atg-
j naled (or the engineer to put- the air
brakes on the wheels. '
One hundred yards further along the train
was stopped, and a wreck and maybe a
collision had been averted. Boston Tran
script. OMAHA MEN ARE UBIQUITOUS
Co Where Yon Will Ton Can Find
Them, Says Mr. K. M. B.
O'Llnn.
"You cannot get away from Omaha peo
ple, no matter how far you travel, and If
you meet an Omaha business man he- 1
making a sale of goods."
This was the experience of Mrs. F. M- V.
O'Llnn, an attorney of Chadron. who was
In Omaha Saturday on her way home after
two months on the Pacific coast. She
spent a few days at Dayton, Ore., situated
close to Portland, visiting the family of
O. B. Rippey, formerly of Alnsworth, Web.,
who is in the mercantile baslnesa.iher.
As sha stepped from the train aha met
Henry Glaxler, formerly of Chadron, but
now representing M. E Smith V Co. in
the western territory. He had Just sold
Mr. Rippey a $1,000 bill of goods., '
"It looks aa if Omaha were in 'It," said
Mrs. O'Llnn. "Mr. Glazier told me he was'
doing a nice business in the west."
Mrs. O'Llnn went west for the health of
her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Smith, and was
pleased' at' the Improvement ths coast ,c'J
niate effected "
PLEDGE TO GET OFF THE EARTH
Prb-mlso Is Made by Man, Who Saya
. He Will Go U in a; '.
Balloon. , , ,A
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Thoma Persell, a well known character
In police court, promised literally to '."get
off the earth" if the police judge would
discharge hir.;,.. It la a common plea ol
vagrant to, promise to. "set out of ftwn,V
but, very rarely . an. .offender, seek mercy
by promising to get off the very planow,
Those who listened to Thomas wonde.re.d.
Did the man mean .to .commit , suicide, , to
float away ..from the -tcruet , worm -,. wmcu
has used hfm so poidly? Or was his reason,
perhaps, .UjUrring? .-. . . ,
Neither conjecture wrfs correct.- Thema
Intends literally to "get off the earth.",
"I'm getting my balloon fixed up for the
summer," he explained to the court. . "And
I'll, start put doing the street fairs and
things soon." , .' .','.
Thomas is an. aeronaut and his season 'Is
Just opening. .. . Y.. ... '
- House Demands Cotton Report.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The house, to
day adopted, 217 to 18,'the Burleson resolu
tion requiring the secretary of Comrrifrcp
and Iibor to transmit to the Jirfuse" at
once the report of the 'commissioners ff
corporation on the cause of the fluctuations
in the price- of cotton. . . 1 . ,'.
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