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TIIK OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 11. 1908. ' Telephone) Douglas 6IS Reaches All Department , Dainty. Now Creations in Summer vWais1s Every woman In Omaha who is interested in pretty waists should see the Thompson, Belden & Co.' dis play. There are all kinds lingerie waists, net waists, silk waists and1 linen tailored waists, every one choice and new. See special display in our 16th street window. ! SPECIAL-About one - hundred mussed and- soiled waists on" sale Thursday at reduced prices. . BRYAN SAY BOOST.. LOBECK Scheme of Compensating, ' for Hii Fijht with John Johnson. CLANS . CALL TWO , HEETINQ3 CHr Comptroller fit- to KAaaa City to Show Xtrenath mfl Mayor Jim Skips Over. to. C'htcasro. : The New W. B. "Hip Subduing" Models. , ' W1H. provide the correct figure for prevailing modes! The scientific "construction of W. B. ;Corset has. never been bo ; thor oughly demonstrated as In the garments fitted over these ne models. If you want a good corset without a high price, you can't do better than'jry one of these. Prices $1.00 to $3.00 each. Gloves When buying silk gloves look for the best. We consider KayBor's and Fownes to be the best, and have a complete stock of the best numbers In all shades and lengths. 12 button length, In black, white and colors, per pair, $1.25, $1.60 and $1.76. 16 button length, In black, white and colors, per pair, $1.60, $1.76 and $2.00. 14- button length, very heaviest quality, In black or white, per pair, $2.60. 2-clasp Bilk gloves, In black, white and colors, per pair, 50c, 75c and $1.00. '... H ' lies 6-10-8 H Cy pension of the convention, f.nd It prob ably will have to Work all of that day and part of. that nlght tn order to be ready for Thursday. , "It Is quits certain, however, that the report will be handed to the convention Thursday mornlr.r In-that case the dele gates will b able to proceed with the nominations and should be able to complete iho work before adjournment on that day, thus carrying out the original program for the convention." The Ohio delegation. It ' was announced, will reach the city Sunday aid will be called Into caucus Mdhday afternoon. At that time Mr. Danghcrty will be proposed os a mehiber of the credentials committee and It Is also on the slate that Wade El lis, attorney general of the state, will be named as a member'. of the resolution com mittee. It had , beu expected that Mr. Ellis woUld reach Chicago today, bringing with him. a rough draft of the tentative platform. He lett 'Wasblngton last night, but stopped at Cblumbusj: where, accord ing to reports circulated here, he met Benator Hopkins of nilnoW. who yesterdny discussed the platform question with Speaker Cannon. It was Said bere today that Mr. Ellis and Benatdr Hopkins have been In comntmlcatlon regarding the plat form for sevsi'al'days. eeond Flare Gossip Ceases. There, was a' sudden, cessation of activity today regarding, the vice presidential sit uation. "Tlrta Was ir;efydue to the an nouncement made try Frank H. Hitchcock that the Taft forces would not take part In any campaign for the Second place on . .i.l... l.ai1nra Af MhA A IlleS the ticket. The leaders or 'tne - aiiies uiontad the attitude that It had not been customary fof the party to consider the vice presidency until after the first place on the irke has been filled and that there was no present reason to depart from this precedent.' What discussion was heard cen tered largely about Senator Dolllver of towa and Secretary Cortefyou. Ifayette fount, one of the delcgates-at-large from Iowa, said today that -the friends of Sen ator Dolllve's in his own state were not anxious to see him leave the ranks of the senators for the purpose c presiding over the senate, -He said further that he had received promises from some of the ener getic friends of the senatoKoutslde of Iowa to cease agitating his namQ as a candidate. The friends of Governor Chilld seemed to lay satlsffed with the results of their work 'hus far and there was no announcement .'orthcomlng from the headquarters estab lished yesterday Tor John Hays Hammond. An Indefinite rumor, which could not be confirmed, but which was none the less persistent? prevailed today to the effect that Clovernor Hughes would not permit hla name to go before the convention. This rumor, coupled with an Associated Press dispatch from New York In which Timothy Iv. Woodruff, chairman of the New York state central committee, expressed himself as believing that his state Is entitled to the second place on the ticket If Governor Hughes Is not given the first place, led to much discusalon as to whether or not the governor of New York oould not be In duced to accept ,the vice presidential nomi nation. The entire story, however, was In definite, and. rm)d not be substantiated In any quarter. 1 Less Interest Manifested. A. B. Humphreys, the manager for Gov ernor Hughes arpcared at the committee room for the first time )ne the hearing of contests hegan. The general attendance however, was much smaller and the ap parent Interest much lees than at any preceding session of the committee. Gover nor Warmoth of Louisiana, was present and tilt unreconciled to the compromise which was reached yesterday In the contest from bts state. He expressed himself today In much the same manner as on yesterday, and apparently felt exceedingly bitter over the decision made yesterday by th na tional committee. Several conferences were held last night and today between Governor Warmoth and Walter Cohen, the leader of the "black and tan" faction, but so far nothing definite has come of them. The decision in the consolidated cases of the Eleventh and Twelfth Missouri die trlcts was In favor of the Taft dulegatlons and they were .ordered seated. Committee, man Scott of West Virginia offered a mo. tlon providing that both deleg-atlons from each district should be seated with half a vote each. This was defeated on a stand ing vote, 31 to 11. Committeeman Aiken of Missouri then offered a resolution seat Ing both Tali delegations and this was car ried without division. Contests Settled on Merits. After the decision In these casts had been declared Chairman New, In discussing the work of the committee with a number of newspaper men, said: "I know It hfs been charged that the Taft people on the committee have been riding rough-Shod over everything. I want to say, however, that all the contesta that have been settled by the national commit tee have been decided strictly on their merits and on the evidence presented, There has been no rough riding over any Body." After the Missouri contests had been settled North Carolina was called. Jn Lttils state there are contests over dele gates-at-large and from tne First to sixtn districts, Inclusive, and In the Eighth dis trlct. The contests In North Carolina were not consolidated, the delcgates-at-large being first taken up with thirty minutes nllowed to each side. Manager Frank H. Hitchcock of the Taft forces today made an Important declara tlon In relation to the vice-presidential situation. Mr. Hitchcock said: "On the question of the nomination of a vice-president, secretary lau ana ni managers have made no combinations or deals, they will not, hereafter, make any combinations or deals, and will not pus the candidacy of any particular man. W are simply ' working to secure the nomlna. tlon of Secretary Taft on the first ballfit nd when we have achieved that we will be highly satisfied. "The question of the selection of a vice presidential candidate Is for the national convention to decide and there. Is no thought In the Taft management of at tempting to Influence this decision. Sccre tary Taft has no Idea or Intention of bind lng the delegates who cast their votes for him for president to vote for any partlcu lar person for vice-president. The Taft people are not backing any candidate fi: vice-president and they will not do so here "If we succeed In nominating Secretary Tar., as I firmly believe we will, that I all tnat we can have a right to expect In the way of nominations and we will not at tempt to Influence the vote for candidate for vice president. Tho vice presidential race In all its phases Is, so far aa the Taft people are corteerned, an entirely open ques tlon and It will remain open so far as we are concerned." Will Bryan attempt to play to the Scan dinavians In compensation .for ,'hls fight lth Governoi Johnson of Minnesota by taking up the cudgel In behalf of Charles O. IjOb'eck of Omnha. city comptroller, who Is a candidate for governor of NebrssVa, In pposltton to National Committeeman pahl- man and two former candidates, ooorne Washington nerge and Ashton CEhallen- bergcr? When Bryan was In Omaha Ht the time the democratic state convention lust spring he held a long consultation with hn comptroller and sines then Lobeck has ourneyed twice to ' Lincoln and once to Bryan's home at Falrvlew. He also has made Junketing trips to many of the cities recently visited by the Peerless Leader on his speaking tours of the state and sup porters of the candidate point Out other Incidents which they say show conclusively that Bryan end Lobeck are In closest har mony. One of thesa Is the fact that Lobeck as not been drawn Into the .15,000 slush und controversy In any way, Bryan and Brother-in-Law Tommy Allen both putting the blanio onto Dahlmnn. Now Lobeck has gone to. Kansas City. He left unexpectedly Tuesday evening. His upporters look wise, but will not, say why he has gone, though they acknowledge there Is a meeting there of prominent democrats nr.d the Intimation Is that the Ity comptroller has been summoned by western leaders to talk over the situation. need and Walsh Call It. James Reed, former mayor of Kansas City and one of the delegates-at-lnrge to he national convention, and Frank V Walsh, prominent attorney of Kansas City and at one .time a candidate for supreme udge of Missouri, have called the meeting of the clans, It Is understood, and Lobeck will be afked to show what strength he can muster In the state, and also If his Candidacy for governor of a state will In any way offset the disappointment among the people of his nationality In the event Johnson Is defeated for the presidential nomination. Lobeck prides himself on hla natonality and Is known by his friends as the "smiling Swede." Mayor Dahlman also left the city quit unexpectedly Tuesday evening, the mayor's objective point being Chicago. The motive for his Journey Is not generally known, but city officials say they believe that Taggart and other leaders of the faithful re to have a meeting there for the purpose of discussing the political situation. The mayor did not take the 115,000 with him. In accordance with Bryan's expressed deter mination that the money must be returned to New York, for he says that the "whole transaction is a closed Incident." Ig. Dunn la left behind to busy himself In the preparation of his speech nomlnat Ing Bryan at the ratification In Denver. Dunn says he has not wrtten any part of his speech as yet, but that he has an out line made and has decided what he will say. The delegate-at-large from Nebraska scorns the Idea that Mrs. Ruth Bryan Lea vltt will make the nominating speech and shows an order from a newspaper syndl cate for 325 copies of his address as proo that he Is the man who Is to nominate the quadrennial candidate, Bl ante than during last year's flood, when reat damage was done In this locality. Many families at Elwood. Kan., opposite St. Joseph, are moving out. NKW ORLEANS. La., June 10. -A special from Grand Cane. La., says that news reached there that the Red river had broken through the levee near Westdale, sub merging 26,Ono acres of growing crops and rownlng much stock. Westdale Is In Red river parish about forty miles southeast of Shreveport. Rlstnsi at Leavenworth. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., June lo.-The Missouri river here Is rising rapidly today. Already It has spread over the bottoms nd In Platte county, across from Leaven worth, heavy damage has been done to arms. Much Inconvenience was caused In Leavenworth today by the breaking of the eadlng gas main at a result of the flood. Nearly at', residents In -two-thirds of the Ity are without. gxs for lighting or cook ing purposes. In the business district the ewspapers experienced difficulty In oper tlng their linotypes and other builnrss uffered. Borer Hirer Overflows. LOGAN, la., June .. 10. (Special.) The Borer river hat been out of Itt banks dur ing the ten days past completely eubmerg- ng the low lands of the valley from Denl- ton to the mouth of the river. Ori all such lands, but II tie hope It entertained for corn, wheat and other crops. This means a great loss for the farmers for a distance of fifty miles along the river. NEW FACTOR IN FLOOD (Continued from First Page.) OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT WITH TT YT TTYv T1 j). iL. mmm .as. ml Soes aimers -5 THE LARGEST Commercial State Bank IN NEBRASKA The Brandels Building CONVENIENT RANKING HOURS 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Saturdays 9 P. M. S . s 1 ' WOMEM COLLECT IS BROKE BOW Thought to n the game Onea t'nder Arrest In Chicago. BROKEN BOW, Neb., June 10.-(Spe- clal.) In an Omaha dally of June , a Chicago dispatch stated that the police of that city were Investigating an alleged syndicate of alms gatharers. who have collected large sums for charities, whose existence is doubted and that a Mrs. B, A. Wilson, representing herself as a trustee of the House of Hope, Omaha, was hir ing numerous solicitors and giving them 40 per cent commission. A party giving that name traveled this part of the oountry several weeks ago, and from her own ad mission, gathered in a tidy sum of money. Mrs. Wilson came to Broken Bow Bun- day, May 94. She was accompanied by another woman, who gave the name of N. 3. Kunock, both women registered from Chicago, but were apparently collecting for a charitable . Institution at Grand Island. They dressed alike and on the arm of each was a ribbon on which was printed: "Home for the Aged." They said it was their intention to stay several days; but during Monday forenoon, Mrs. Wilson received a telephone message from Omaha, which appeared to make her ex tremely nervous. She said her mother was very 111 and they would have to leave on the first eastbound train. Thl did not prevent the women, however, from doing a rushing business about town before the train left, and when they settled their hotel bill each seemed to be pretty well loaded down with silver. After trying to get the hotel manager to donate their bill In the cause of charity, they tried to make rates, saying there would be a big bunch of girls up here In the near future and they wanted to keep them all together. Half I'rice Millinery Hale Sator day at the Peoples Store. Saturday we will place on sale hundreds of Ladles' Fine Hats for Immediate and mid-summer wear. Lot Includes Merry Widows, Bailors and elaborately trimmed pattern hats no two alike, All just one half of price on ticket. Everything markrd In plain figures. Cash or credit. ' Opera Waist Sale at Brandels. Thoueands of these famous waists will go on sale Saturday at great bargains. See the windows. J. L. BRAKDEIS A SONS. When soup and gravy are smooth and rich and delightfully flavored, you may rest assured they wercJhickencd with mrd(issiF(W!ini9Q Two o( America's most famous cooks, Janet M. Hill and Alice Cary Waternun, say that KingsforJ's Oswego Corn Starch is invaluable for improving the delicacy t and palatability of the finest dishes. It , stands first, highest, best; the most f uniformly excellent corn starch on ' the market. Read what these two i- cooks say in ' -'-. Original Bedpes aaa Caokla'i sVIss Sent fie W tcuesL t' '" preterm,. o mid fackages,' JOc. ;j, U T.m'?m$ 'sea. iwrij.' - rifV4 SIMit fSWUT. I Sixty -six B Years M Superiority. either by trestle or on higher ground, and they were practically out of danger. To stop these the water must rise several feet and this appeared unlikely. All train scrv Ice. however, was demoralized and but few trains In any direction were running on time. When the crest of the flood has bee reached, it Is predicted, it will not have covered more than a-part of the west en of the main railway yards and will then quickly recede, causing- no damage. Stock Yards I'nder Water. At the stock yards business was nearly at a standstill. One quarter of the pens on the Missouri side were under water tha stood from one to six feet deep. This flooded district covered fifty acres of th 200 acres set aside for pens. On the Kan sas side a third of the quarantine division was under water. The Stock exchange building also suffered much Inconvenience water seeping into the basement, which Is lower than the street, and forcing the stock agents and railway officers to move their furniture to upper floors. Kugena Rust, general manager of the Stock Yards .company. Insisted that they were continu ing to do business and would be able to take care of the situation, notwithstanding arrivals were light and the packing housesJ wer buying but little butcher stuff. The principal trouble In the present flood has been'lsld at the door of the Missouri Pacific and I'nlon Pacific, whose bridges spanning the Kaw acted as dams, that caused the water to spread over territory otherwise safe. The Missouri Pacific bridge caused much trouble In the pre vious floods and the Union Pacific struc ture, which bad swept away In 1!W1, was replaced at the same height as before. All of Harlem, which is a hamlet In the bottoms of the Mlnsourl across from Kan sas City, Mo., Is from one to six feet un der water, The last family there was driven away 'this morning and row boats are the only means of getting from place to place. At Armourdale and Argentine also boats are being used freely. . None of tho exciting scenes of other local floods Is apparent this. time, for the reason that the people generally wero prepared. Then, also, the current Is not strong and but little drift Is brought from the west, aa on other occasions. There Is no real distress and Indications are that by the last of this week even the lowest points will have Uen drained and the last of the refugees will have re-entered their homert. Water Palllna; at Topeka. TOJ'SKA. Kan., Jvt.e K. The government ea'-jr gauge: tn the Kaw river at this poirt registered 35 feet at S o'clock, which Is a f'jll of two feet since tho waters began to reo-'de. Thu is at the rate of an Inch an hO'ir and m'.'.i ink fie walur back from the North Topeka houses and streets Into th regular channel by lata this after noon. In front of the fire station on Oor don street, wheie a depth of four feet pre vailed Monday, this forenoon only a foot flowed. Citizens are returning to their homes and almost normal business condi tions will be resumed Thursday. The I'nlon Pacific is moving back Into the depot, but its trains ara still out of commission. Uusiness men say their onlyJuss will be the lota of business and moving expenses. None of their goods are destroyed, aa was the case during the flood of 19u3. The forecast Is for showers over this territory, but no rain has fallen In Topeka for twenty-four hours. lilaa at St. Joseph. tjT. JoSKPH, M'.. Jumi 10. The Missouri river continues to rls here and Is now four inches above danger lioe. This la s higher STOCKME.V GATHER AT ALLIANCE Governor Sheldon and 'Senator Bnr- kett . ta gpeak. ALLIANCE, Neb., June-10. (Special Tele gram.) With the range country In the best condition It has been in many years and the farmers . of this section enjoying prosperity that ,1s unprecedented, the Ne braska Stock Growers', association, which WIU,, be held,, here -tomorrow and Friday promises to be the, most successful of the twelve that have gone before. The city Is gaily decorated tonight and an elegant pro. gram has been arranged for the stockmen. Governor Sheldon and Senator Burkett are two of the representative visitors, and great preparations are being made to see that they, are entertained. The South Omaha commission men will arrive In the morning In two special cars. The business meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon, after which the citizens will see to It that nothing Is left undone in the way of a royal welcome to all visitors. City Savings Bank 16th and Douglas Streets. will assist you with your savings account. Any amount will start one. This can be increased or diminished at your convenience. Your deposits will earn ity interest. The savings bank is arranged to help you get started. "We respectfully solicit your account. Oldest, largest and strongest Savings Bank in Nebraska. PRATT CASE WILL END TODAY Sensational Divorce Trial Closes with Spicy Argument. SEEVANT3 TESTIFY FOR COLONEL Cook and Housemaid Say He Always Treated Mrs. Pratt "Awfnl Kind" Was Verr Clean la Habits. ine ena or tne frait divorce case was in sight yesterday afternoon when court ad Journed for the day. All the evidence was completed shortly after S o'clock and Judge Vlnsonhaler, for Mrs. Pratt, and H. W. Magee, tor Colonel Pratt, had made their arguments to the court. Today General Cowin, for the defendant, and H. C. Brome, for Mrs. Pratt, will close the arguments and the case will be submitted to the court Colonel Pratt did not go on the stand, and this fact materially shortened the trial The cross-examination of Mrs. Cox, the former servant In the Pratt home, de veloped the fact that the champagne dln ner given by Mrs. Pratt in the absence of Colonel Pratt was given by Jerome Magee, grandson of Colonel Pratt, for Sir Horace Plunkett, rfs. Cox did nof'remember the president at Chicago, Governor Hughes' candidacy ought not to be permitted to stand In the way of New York state getting the vice presidency. If Governor Hughes' friends, he said, Should Insist on the gov ernor's name going before the convention there would be no objection, provided It was understood that It would be merely a state waived npne of Its rights to the sec ond place by presenting the governor's name. ' SIGNATURE TO DEED DENIED Man Whose Name la Slarned Says Writ ing; la that of Another Person. Asserting he never signed a deed convey ing his property to Mary A. Nutoff and that tho deed must have been signed by someone Impersonating him, Frank Vlcek has appealed to the district court to cancel the deed and quiet the title to his home in him. The property is located In Kountze's Fourth Supplemental addition, and Vlcek says he bought it more than ten years ago and has lived there since. He Is 60 years old and a Bohemian, unable to read or understand the English lan guage. May 13 a deed purporting to be signed by him was filed with the register of deeds conveying the property to the de fendant. Tha signature was acknowledged before P. C. Caldwell, but Vlcek says he never signed It or acknowledged It, and State Sunday School Meeting-. FREMONT, Neb., June 10. (Special.) Belated traina and rainy weather are keep-lr-g a good many people away from the state Sunday school -convention. There are about 500 present. Sherman county has the largest delegation so far outside of Dodg4. Brief memorial services were held at thy Congregational church for Miss Mamie' Haines of Lincoln, who was one of the strongest and most devoted Sunday school workers in the state. At the Congrega tional church the subjects discussed were In regard to the smaller children. Among those taking part were: Mrs. McCloud of York. Mrs. P. 8. Deltrlck of Lincoln and Miss Stoker of Dunbar. The principal ad dress was by Mrs. Antionette Lamoreaux of Erwglewood, on "The Child Christian." The officers of the 'different county teach ers' association met at the Methodist Epis copal church. L. B. Allbrlght of Webster presided. The value and results of organi zation! were the principal subjects discussed At the Methodist church an Interesting program was carried out. The financial question was one of the topics discussed. Among the speakers one the importance of district Sunday school work were: J. C. Martin of Central City and J. T. Carson of O'Neill. Prof. E. M. Avery of Pawnee City spoke on "The Value of House to House Visitation." A general session was held at the Congre gational church last evening. President George C. Wallace presided and Rev. Aqullla Lucas, general Sunday school mis sionary for South America, spoke. him. PANAMA MAN WEDS IN OMAHA John Haaran of Colon Marries Anna Sapp of Hedrlck, Iowa. Mlsa John Hagan, a civil engineer In the em ploy of the government on the Panama canal work, and Miss Anna Sapp of Hed rlck, la., were married Wednesday 'at noon at the home of Dr. A. N. Hagan, brother of the groom, at IK)1 North Twenty-fourth street. South Omaha. Rev. George Van Winkle of the First Baptist church. South Omaha, officiated. They left at once for Colon, where Mr. Hagan will resume his work on the car.al. The bride and groom were both born and raised In Keokuk county, towa. Mr. Hagan for four years has been In the canal gone on government work. VISITORS' DAY At Cadets' Eneaidvmtzi at Blair. Special tran Webster street station 10 a. m. Thursday, June 11, via "The North western Line," returning 7:30 same even ing. Special program and drills. Ample shade. Only tl.00 round trip. Everybody Invited. Tickets at city offices, 1401-03 Far nam street, or Webster Street station. Last Effort for Bllllk. CHICAGO, June 10. Notice was served on States Attorney Healey today that an appli cation for a writ of haheae corpus In be half of Herman Rillik, the condemned murderer, will be filed tomorrow. , BANKERS MEET IN LINCOLN tat Association Votes to Hold Next Convention at the Capital City. Lincoln was decided upon as the place for the holding of the annual meeting of the Nebraska State Bankers' association at a meeting of the executive committee In Omaha Wednesday morning. The exec utive committee Is the working committee of the association and reports were re ceived from (the officers, but no action taken. The members were entertained at lunch at the Omaha club by the Omaha members of the committee. The meeting will be held at Lincoln, probably th last week In September The members of the committee who wer present were Frank McGiverln of Fremont, H- 8. Freeman of Lincoln, L. J. Dunn of Lincoln, T. M. Davis of Beaver City, Charles K. Hart of Prosser, C. E. Burnham of Norfolk, H. A, Wlggenhurn of Ashland. J. P. A. Black of Hastings and C. f JrfoGrew. C. T. Kounts and W. B Hughe of Omaha. lont Veteran la Parade. CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia.. June ID. -The fea ture of the state Grand Army encampment today was the parade, a majority of t.hj 1.500 veterans registered being In line. Cool weather made the day Ideal. Power aa 1'ntversltr President. SAN FRANCISCO. June 10-Power aa conferred yesterday on President Henjamln Wheeler of th I Hl emit y of California, at a ivie't!nir of the board of unlvtrfity. ; gents whereby if he-should choose. . could order the wholesala.vacr'rtton, quaranttn or disniixsal for reason of hratllH ur nl tatlon f every stm'.ent at th Institution and 'iiM- would be no ilel HEW YORKF.RII BKGI.N TO WORRY Talak Vice Prealdeary Saoald Cobb la that Dlreetloa. NEW YORK, June 10 Timothy L. Wood ruff, chairman of the slat republican rommlttee. said today that, In view of th certainty that Taft would be nominated for fact that the titled Irishman was there, he thinks someone has been impersonating but she fixed th time because a waiter from the Omaha club, who assisted, dropped a bottle of champagne on the toe of one of the women who was helping In tha kitchen. Judge Vlnsonhaler opened the case with a brief argument on the law Involved. He was followed by H. W. Magee, Colonel Pratt's son-in-law, who began his address by referring to a trip he had made to Ne braska forty years ago. He said he had Indulged In a buffalo hunt on the western plains and the party had killed 1,000 buffalo one afternoon. "And now to think," he continued, "forty years later I am here to try a dirty divorce suit." Mr. Magee declared the colonel's farm at Bennington was really the bone of conten tion In the suit nd he referred to Colonel Pratt as in exemplification of the adage, "There Is no fool like an old fool." "Tha colonel," he said, "has grown old, bent, toothless and decrepit, and when In 1903 he married this plaintiff It was a great surprise to his friends. But It was a greater surprise when she went on the stand and braxenly said she married the old man for his wealth and for what his wealth would bring." Servant Favor Colonel, Servants In the Pratt home gave evidence In favor of Colonel Pratt Wednesday morn ing In the divorce hearing before Judge Kennedy. They were Tilda Bergstrom, the cook, and Mrs. Sophie Anderson Cox, who was second girl before Mrs. Pratt broke up housekeeping. Both were called to show that amicable relations existed between Colonel and Mrs. Pratt and that Colonel Pratt treated Mrs. Pratt and the children kindly and to refute the evidence of Mrs, Pratt as to the colonel's actions. Miss Bergstrom said Colonel Pratt al ways spoke kindly to Mrs. Pratt and the children. When Mr. Pratt' boy cam home during the summer of 1906 (he said Colonel Pratt shook hands with them and said: ' "Hello, boys, I'm very glad to see you." She said she never heard him swear. Mrs. Pratt, she said, sometimes, was very nice to the colonel and sometimes she was very short and cool toward him. She said the colonel provided plenty of everything for the home. While the colonel took a drink now and then, she said, she never saw him under th Influence of liquor. "Did you ever ee the colonel running around the house In hi night clothes?1 General Cowln asked. "Only once when he cum downstairs about 6 o'clock on morning to get the paper. He went right back upstairs." Colonel Neat and Clean. She said ha wa very neat and clean at the table and in hi room, it was brought out In her evidence that a man had called on th servant to get them to bring suit against Colonel Pratt for the wages due thorn, but they refused, saying they wer tur they could get the money from the colonel office. Mis Bergstrom said Mrs, Pratt began packing th colonel clothes early In January. Tha suit wa not filed until March. Mrs. Cox, who was Miss Sophia Ander son when she worked at the Pratt home, aid both Mrs, Pratt and th colonel wer very kind to the servants. Blie ald Colonel Pratt treated Mr. Pratt "awful kind" and seemed to be very fond of her. She said h never heard the colonel swear nor speak a cress word to Mrs. Pratt. Willi V . kjj Modem Woodmen of America 0FFICIM. TRAIN TO THE National Convention Peoria, III. Pullman standard and tourist alanine cars with standard coaches from Lin coln and Omaha. Leaving Lincoln 6.1 S P.M. Leaving Onmha 8:15 P. M. On SUNDAY, JUNE 14th. Arriving Peoria 12;30 noon, Monday, June 15th. , Stopping at Rock Island three hours to visit "headquarters." Rtrip i $14.25 from LINCOLN fare 1 $11.95 from OMAHA Carrying stop-over privileges at Rock Island in one or both directions. Re turn limit June 25th. Head Consul Talbot and party will accompany this train. For further particulars and reserva tions, address, F. II. BARNES, C. T. A Lincoln, Neb., or , i F. P. RUTHERFORD, D. P. A., Omaha, Neb. at. SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH . Delicate enough for the softest ikin, nd yet efficacious In removing any stain. Keeps the skin in perfect condition. In the bath gives all th( desirable after-effects of a Turkist bath. It should be oa every wash stand. ALL. 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MOTlMCr SUOTUBM la, Omaha U.rmau SraefcioMep ., Aus.tcphon OoiMrU ' ' Hour and a half pr.rim, cum , -f Cr any tint; stay a Ions a you Lk--"v Chllidjuijc. a. KEtUG PAR.K, AftHi .,i.(i and .renin concert by thi DXXM OOVOIST BAWD and rnrs's 6BBATXB OMAHA BAMD. HIM, Lrdta rillnKli, Hi,rano Vniallst CAJPB LVXDS, a Kastauraas "worth w tails." x( mlk.lon. Afternoons, 10c; evenings ik'" Season Tickets, gentleman and Udy, J BUartoa iTttBU ataa'ar.