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The Omaha Bee PART II unday EDITORIAL SECTION PACES 1 TO 6. THE OMAHA DCC Best YJest VOL. XXXVIII NO. 4. SINGLK COPY FIVE CENTS. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUXIMJ. .ll'LY 12, IMS. SECOND WEEK OF GREATEST CLEARING SALE IN OMAHA OPENS MONDAY WITH STILL GREATER BARGAINS OUR GREAT JULY ARING SALE A Sensational White Goods Clearing All wM pattern and short length priced without any con sideration of former value. White WalstlngB. embroldprert, flfcnred, dotted, stripe and chpck effects. 16c to 30c goods, on bit; table, at, yard f) 36-lnch l.lnen ftnlsh SulttriK. best 25c quality, bleached and shrunk, at 15C 90-lnrh all l.lnen Suiting; for coats and suit. $1.60 quality gl.00 32-lnch Persian Lawn, sheer and cool for waists, 25c qusillty, at yard lQr All Tailorod Wash Suits This Is a upeclal for one day only Monday unrestricted choice of fine white, blue, pink, natural and leather shades. Coat Suits trimmed with folds, straps, or embroidery Insertions. Values to $12.60 choose any at lltF. IRISH MXKX SKIRTS A Cample line, many styles, pleated and gored models, all strictly tailored, worth $7.60 and J AC $10.00, clearing Monday. .1s7t) Even last week's bargains are eclipsed a series of phenomenal sales are scheduled for this that have never be fore been duplicated here. Monday the great wash goods purchase. Wednesday 700 dozen new shirt waists at lowest prices ever known; Dorothy Dodd shoe sale. Entire store sharing in greatest clearing sales in its history. Store Closes Tuesdays at 1 p. m. during July And August to give em pl-yes an enjoyable half holiday. Final Clearing Car Load Lot Wall Paper We have had a tremndous sale the last two weeks. For the next three diya, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the last lot, 10,000 rolls, will be offered at even less than last week's marvelously low price. We give you best 10c, 16c, 20c and 25c papers for jour best rooms -with borders to match, at, roll. 2c 11 11V FREE Any 1 6c Ladles' Home Journal Pat Urn, with fiommtr Quarterly 0 Style ook, at n Household Cottons Extra Specials Blrachod lYppcrol!. f 4 Shooting .stamlanl qunlity that ovorylxxly Iviiows; Monday, yard 19( !6-lnch blenched Clclden Rod Muslin, soft finish, extra heavy, worth 10c, tile price G'zC ,:i-lnch bleached X'i.c Muslin i 4 New line I'otton Blankets and Comforters for campers. Just unpaired. 55,000 Yards of Fresh New Wash Fabrics Bought at Tremendous Discount, on Sale Monday at Lowest Prices on Record ffllllllHTTI,.UWL1 Arnold's 25c Em broidered Swisses Thousands of yards of these won derfully fine fabrics, In scores of exquisite floral designs, white and colored grounds. On sale In o'ther stores In town at 25c and worth It, for, yd. Bennett's make another jrreat purchflse that will set this whole community ajjon with expectancy. Once more a jobbing houe turns to Itennett'n for an outlet (or Its surplus stock iW.tHM) yards of finest wash dress fabrics from Eastern wholesale house m sale Monday at less than half. .New goods never before unfolded. Counters heaped IiIrIi wltli tlieinj a procession of tables in the aisle feature the best bargain In summer niaterials ever displayed in this city. A sale that will live long as the the bar gain event of 190H. Satin Stripe Organdies Summer fabrics of daintiest kind, light as a zephyr, delicate floral and plain shades with satin stripes, never pret tier, 26c goods, our price, yard IU BUllll 0c Laurel Mills Swisses And Lace Strip Mulls SwImsps tiuv largo embroidered deaign and floral effect, the mulls are In black grounds with white dots; also white and light color ings. Goods that retail evcry- here at "25c a yard: now on dale at, yard e dots; also white 12ic Arnold's Hyacinth Batiste A delicate sheer cloth of very even finish, 32-Inch wide, hundreds of styles, any color, every yard m I erent 16c m I 0 Cotton Foulards As beautiful almost as the all silk, fine iu texture, beauti ful colorings, with newest silk patterns, positively best l2.")e iual-1 " 1 J1Z2C ESDBESBZK33K ities, at, yard Lawns and Batistes Two whole rarer of them, floral and dot dt-blgns, 32-lnch, all 10c fabrics, at, yard Three cases, light and rforlr Qtvlpn Fir foods. .Lawns clearing at Scotch 3Jc And fine French weaves ZiCPnyr handsome plaids and ri.wL.m. chocks, all 25c and 30c UlngnamS quality, sale price 95c Children's Shoes 61 pairs children's oxford ties, six 3 to 11, worth 76c to $1.25, clos ing out Monday 20t Children's tan barefoot sandals, all sizes up to 2, the $1.25 line, at 98 Dinner Ware Day in tho July Clearing Sale Heap the splendid savings this clearlng-iip sale makes ossible. Not likely you will get another audi opportunity. Monday's bar gains are by long odds the best we have advertised. 8 il5KAT DINNK.lt SKT Il.Ul (AINS Knell Set Consists of lOO pieces. $16 50 American Seml-Porrrlain din ner Set. green handed and Bold lined, clearing 910.00 $16.00 Decorated Austrian China lln ner Set; clearing tll.&O $17.00 French Cornet China I 'Inner 8et; clearing S13.60 $18.00 Knglisli Decorated and (Sold Lined Dinner Set. Clearing 114.60 $20.00 Hulcrburg China Dinner Set; clearing 1.00 $30 00 Austrian China roso and gold rot; clearing $33.60 $35.00 Austrian Onion Blue China Set: clearing $38.80 $4 7.50 French China Dinner Set. clearing $33.60 lipvlland and Austrian China Plates, Casseroles. Covered Dlshea, CTTop I'lates, Bakers. Covered Butters, etc., worth up to $.1.00; as long a they laet BBo llavlland and Austrian China Plates of all styles, Cups and Hauci rs, Hugars, and Creams, Fruits, etc;, worth to $1.50; while they last, choice 10o Summer Necessities in the Hardware Underprice Bath Sprays are a luxury these hot summer days; spec ial prices Monday: 8oc sprays, 69c; $1.00 sprays, 79c; $1.35 sprays $1.00 Water Cooler and Kilter Combined $3.65 SO-lh. Klour Cans, 85c size clearing at 51)J Rubber Hone, 60 ft. length, regular 12c, Monday's sale price, 10 Klfrin Lawn Sprinkler, 65c kind for 3J) Hand Saws, worth 7 6c, special 39c Hammock Hooks, pair 10c and 10 Green Stamps. Krult Jar Wrench, loc and 10 Green Stamps. Whetstone, 8c size, special 5 Hammocks, every kind and quality, 40 extra stamps with each, 98c upward. Croquet Sets, 6Sc up, 30 Stamps with each. Bathing Suits, men's and boys' g5 to $5.00 Second Week of Clearing Sale Furniture, Etc. Offers Greater Bargains Than Last Week Sanitary Couches Substantially built, stand ard size, clearing sale price $3.63 Felt Mattresnea- 45-lb., filled with pure white elastic felt, equal to any 16.00 Mattress, clearing at $8.89 Feather Pillows Art tick coverings, guaran teed all feathers: $3.00 kinds, pair $1.98 $2.50 kinds, pair $1.48 Indian Stool Like cut On sale . Monday. Golden oak and weathered oak; no telephone orders; come la f7rt person, Monday, special wUv Double Green Trading Stamps on all Furniture Purchase MOK SAY nva BFXCIAX. Genuine Boyal Wilton Sample Burs. 9x12 feet, handsome designs, $45.00 quality; clearing sale price Amsterdam Body Brussels Sample Ruga, 9x12 feet, $32.00 rugs, clearing at $18.78 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, room size, big variety of patterns, all $16.50 rugs, at $9.75 anford's Beau Vsan Bugs, $7x60, good door mats worth $2.85. at $1-98 LACS OUBTAIB CX.EAB1BQ Hottlnffnam Curtains, usually $2.75 and $3.00; clearing sale price, pair $1.69 Irish Point and Brussels B"et that always sell at $6.00 and $S.00; clearing at $4.38 Scotch Madras, 4f,x48 inch: choice entire stork war til to 1.75 a yard; Monday at, yard 69o Bennett's Big Grocery Bennett'a ExceUlor Flour, pack $Jl.flt) Bennett' Golden Coffee, pound pc Teas, assorted, pound tiHc Tea Sittings, pound ,Sc Glllett's Washing Crystal, doen packages Oatmeal and Graham Crackers, pound Large Raisins, per pound 12tc Batavla Fancy Salmon, can 22c 60c Queen Olives for 30c; 20c Plmola Olives . . . Allen's Boston Brown Bread 15c Llmburger Cheese, pound 2Ki Pure Fruit Jellies and Jams, per glass New York Cream Cheese, pound 20c Bayle's Pickles, per bottle 10c Hartley's Marmalade, jar 20c Rex Lye, three cans 25c STARCH KPKCIAIj Batavla Gloss Starch, 3-lb box 2c Batavla Gloss Starch, 1-1 b. box 8e Batavla Corn Starch, 1-1 b. box St and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and 60 Stamps 30 Stamps 30 Stamps 10 Stamps ISC 10c 20 Stamps 10 Stamps IRr. 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 12Hc 10 stamps 10 Starnfts 10 Stamps 10 Stamps 20 Stamps 5 Stamps 5 Stamps WHAT WE KSOWlBOUT EGGS Popular Idrai of the Kitchen Given a Hard Fall. SCIENCE GIVES COOK A TIP f;Trnmrnt Bulletin Telia of Kxperl nienta an Food TaJne of E(M and How to Prepare Them. A government bulletin complied by Ir. C. H. t.angworthy of the Department of Agrlcultura. 'Vahlngton, tells a few things about egga, their food value and how to cook them, which dispones of pet theorWa of chefs of high and low degree. Among other statements drawn from ex periments are these: "Kaga la eggs" the world over, and par ticularly In hurry-up restaurants, inele gantly referred to as "dumpa." whore you get them In one of two conditions, soft, with an expressive adjective, or hard, with the same. It doean't make a particle of difference how you order them, nearly all the chefs along the Greay Way can serve them in only two styles and not alwaya to your liking at that. Two or three minutes, women and men cooks will tell you, la the time required to bill rggs- Thai's wrong, and the experts In the laboratory of the I'nlveraity of Illi nois have proved It. Over there they put the eg Into a pan of water that bad belled and then shut off the heat The pan was closely covered and the egg was al lowed to remain In the water six mlny. Ry that time It was soft boiled. Teats showed that when the egg waa put Into the water the temperature fell from 185 degrees F. to 170. If the egg remained In the water eight minutes It was medium cooked and the water temperature had fallen to lb.' degreis. If more time be al lowed the ettg may be hard cooked. The value of this process, more lengthy than the customary one, la found in the flavor imparted or rather retained In the egg. as compared with the egg that has received only a hasty dab Into any water i r coffee that chances to be hit at the m ment. food Velee Hlahrr Than Meet. Housewives ordinarily pass over the pages in good cook books that refer to eggs, and yet the many varied forms of preparation and the great value of the food and its cheapness, even when the price Is high, la a reaaon for giving the nul.- Ject close attention. The amount of nu tritive material which a given number of eggs will furnish is interesting. When ecga are fifteen cents a dosen, If ever they are that cheap, ten cent's worth will give one pound total food material containing .IS pound protein ar.d .OB pound fat. Ten tents' worth of beef at eight cents a pound, will give 1.25 pounds total food material, .24 pound protein and .16 pound fat. Many famiUea of moderate means buy fresh meat only once a day, for dinner, using for breakfast either baoon, drief beef, codfish or left-over meats; for luncheon or supper, bread and butter and tbe cold meat from the other meals, with, perhaps the addition of cake and fresh or preserved fruit. It Is a thrifty housekeeper who does this way, but she very often falls Into the error of excluding eggs, whereas it Is well known that for at least one meal and perhaps for two, ega could take the place ef meats, to the advantage of the foUl( phjslcally and financially. Eggs at twenty-five cents a dosen are cheaper than meat, not, of course, as vwne suppose, that the total amount of nutrients obtained Is equal, but because less money Is needed to furntah the meal. That is to Bay, the experts figure, that whereas 1.26 pounds of beefstake, ooatlngtwenty-flve cents, at twenty cents a pound, would be necesoary to serve five grown persons In many families five eggs, coetdng ten cents, at twenty-five cents a doien would serve the same number and satisfy them aa well. If the appetites demand two eggs each, doubling the cost. It still Is 30 per cent less than the steak. Many persons eat more than two egga at a meal, but the average Is two, and a chef In one of Kansas City's largest hotels says that one-half the orders he receives are for only one egg. When omelets, souffles, creamed eggs and other similar dishes are served In place of meat or fried, poached or boiled eggs less than one egg for eaoh person Is used, the chef saya. Row to Cnt Food Bills. In a teat made recently at Lake Erie college, Ohio, 115 women students com puted the relative cost of their meals. It required thirty-six pounds of beefsteak at seventeen cents a pound, or 16.12 to feed them, and fifteen pounds of eggs ten dozen at twenty-five cents a dozen, or 12.50. did the same good work and every one waa Ratlsfied and happy and good natured. Of course the 115 women couldn't be ex pected to et eggs every day Just to. save H.i2, but they could do It two or three times a week end get away with It. Much may be heard about the digesti bility of eggs. Most of the tests have shown that about three hours Is required to digest medium rooked eggs, as against three and one-half to four hours for meats. One person can safely eat eggs and an other tun't, and that's all there is to It. Hew to Tell (.nod Eggs. "Candling" Is the dealer's way of test ing eggs to determine their right to re main In good society. If you fear to trust this process a better way. approved by scientists, is to prepare a brine of two ounces of salt to one pint of water. A new-laid egg put Into this brine will at once sink to the bottom; an egg one day old will sink below the surfaie, but not to the bottom, while one three days old will swim Immersed in the liquid. If more than three days old, the egg will float, and if two weeks old well, grasp it firmly but gently between the thumb and fore finger, glide swiftly but carefully to the receptacle In the back yard reserved for discarded remnants of food, lift the lid silently and then. If you have anything to aay, break It gently. POWER APPEALS HIS CASE Former Sheriff Not Content with Actios of Coamty Beard aid Gim to C'oort. After compelling the county board to act on Ills claims for fees earned while he was sheriff, John Power has appealed to the district court from the action of the board In rejecting them. The suit la the out growth of a dispute between the board and Power over his right to other feea he has charged against the county. County Comptroller Solomon, after an examination of Sheriff Powers books, re ported he had overcollected from the county about l,!uO. which would about cancel his claim against the county. The board held up hia claims until he forced action by an order of the court and then rejected them. Hia appeal from thia ac tion filed Saturday morning In district court w ill be a test of the whole case. RATE RULING HITS OMAHA Interstate Commerce Commission De cision Disappoints Shippers. GIVES TWIN CITIES UPPER HAND Holds Minnesota Towns Entitled to Lower Tariffs Than Omaha, .bat Local Men Cannot See It that Way. Missouri river wholesalers of dry goods, boots and ahoes and other receiving freight from the east, which takes high class ratea, are much disappointed In the ruling of the Interstate Commerce commlsKlon, which holds that Minneapolis and St. Paul are entitled to a lower rate from the Atlantic seaboard than the Missouri river cities. "It simply means that the consumers in the territory about Omaha Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado and Iowa are not to have the advantage of as low freight rates on dry goods ami shoes as the people in Minnesota, northern Iowa, eastern South Dakota, the Black Hills country and North Dkota." was the comment of one of thoce who signed the complaint. The Omaha firms which appear as signers of the petition to reduoe the rates from the Atlantic seaboard to the Missouri river to the Twin City basis are: M. E. Smith & Co., Byrne A Hammer Dry Goods company. F. P. Klrkendall & Co., American Hand Sewed Shoe company, Hayward Shoe company, D. J. O'Brien company, Thomaa Kllpatrirk & Co., H. A Thompson and C. C. Bclden. Nebraska Clothing company, Browning King & Co., Iters; Clothing company, Miller. Stewart & Beaten, R K. Bruce Co., the Bennett company, Hayden Bros., M. Spiesberger & Son, J. L. Brandels & Sous. Volame of Baalness. The volume of Omaha business Involved In the case before the Interstate Commerce commission and known aa "Burnhmn. Hanna, Munger Dry Goods company against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway et al," is perhaps the most Im portant to Omaha of any case, which Mis souri river shippers have brought before the Interstate Commence cinimlsaion In recent years. According to advices received in Omaha Saturday the commission has held that the class rales from the Atlantic seaboard to the Missouri river cities are unreasonable and discriminatory aa compared to the ratea to St. Paul and Minneapolis, but the commission has also ruled that the rates to St. Paul and Minneapolis are controlled by water and Canadian railroad competition and may be lower than the rates to the Mlxsouri river. "That is just where the ruling fails to give us what we are entitled to," said one of the Omaha shippers signing the peti tion. "We are entitled to the same rate as to the Twin Cities, because the distance to Omaha is about the same aa to St. Paul and Minneapolis and the larger volume of business cornea to the Missouri river from the east. If the railroads can make money hauling dry goods In the sjnall volume from the Atlantic seaboard to the Twin Cities they can make money by hauling the much larger business and greater ton nage to the Missouri river cities. What we ask la that consumers Id central Ne braska and Omaha trade territory be given the advantage of the aame rates aa the consumers In North Dakota and tbe Black Hills merchants who buy from Twin City houses." . Better Tlmea Anead. Some of the petitioners feel that the stop has been taken in the right direction and something better may be secured later. Tbe oommisslw has ruled that the through rates to the Missouri river cities are un reasonably high. How much the rates will be reduced the shippers have been unable to learn, as the official report of the ruling has not been received. The differential against Omaha dealers on shipments taking the first-class rate from the Atlantic seaboard la 32 cents per hun dred pounds, while the differential against Omaha on shipments taking third-class rates is 17 cents. Dry goods and shoes are shipped largely In these two classes. unconfirmed report from one of the sas City houses Interested says the commission has decided to reduce the first class rate to Missouri river cities 8 cents and the third-class 6 cents. This would give St. Paul and Minneapolis rates on the two classes 24 cents and 11 cents cheaper than the rates to Omaha. "We should have at the very least half of the differential under uch a ruling," said a petitioner. "That would be little enough and might be what the commission calls 'reasonably lower to St. Paul than to the Mlssnur river." The first-class rate should be the same, of course, but under the ruling It should be cut 16 cents and tho third-class rate 84 cents." Kas NO SUCCESSOR YET TO DAVIS Appointment of Coroner la Again De ferred by the Board of County Commissioners. For the second time tbe election of a coroner to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harry B. Davis was postponed by the county board Saturday. The lobby of the commissioners' room was filled with friends of applicants before the board con vened. Then Chairman Ker.nard announced the board had decided not to appoint until the next meeting. G. H. Brewer of South Omaha, Robley D. Harris and O. S. Hulse filed for the place Saturday. The applica tion of Mr. Hulso was accompanied by a letter of endorsement from Mrs. Davis and a long petition hepded by Sheriff Brailey. In the letter It was stated Ir. euse of Mr. Bulge's appointment the proceeds of the office until the fall election would go to Mrs. Davis. Otlier of the applicants have made the same proposition to the members of the board. The board's ap pointment is good only until after election, but it Is sought after by prospective can didates at the fall election, who consider It a point in their favor to be already In I .HI... ITEN HEATS UP HIS OVENS Biscuit Company Turns on the Steam Preparatory to Baklns; Blarnlts. Fires were started Saturdsy morning in the ovens of the Iten Biscuit company, Twelfth and Jones streets, and they will be kept burning t f almost a month before the plant opena (or tbe manufacture of crackers and biscuits. "It is necessary to keep the fires up for sometime before the factory opens," said O. II. Barmettler, secretary of the com pany. "We started the fires early to be sure and have them In good shape by the time we are ready to bake." The company has already opened its warehouse in Omaha asid is shipping goods from Clinton to supply lha trade until the new factory of . CITY LOSES HYDRANT CASE Stuck for Over Hundred Thousand Dollars for Water Rentals. WATER BOARD WILL APPEAL Trial Lasts for Thirteen Days, bnt Judge Manger Finds It Possible to Decide Issue Immediately. The city of Omaha will have to pay tho hydrant rentals In the suit Juat finished in the I'nlted States circuit court, according to the d -clslon handed down by Judge T. C. Mui-.ger Saturday morning. The amounts payable by the city are J"7,603.i and $38,23.79, or a total of I115.S67.67. Thefee Include only the two cases involv ing tho hydrant rentals for the last six months of 1004 and the first six months of 1905. Four other cases are still pending for corresponding amounts and which are to bo heard on amended petitions Involving new Issues, according to the attorneys for the Water board. In the cases Just de cided the attorneys for the Water board have given rotlce of appeal. The cases had been on trial for thirteen days and Thursday evening the attorneys for the water company filed a motion th.it the court direct the Jury to return a ver dict for the water company. The argu ment on the motion to instruct occupied all day Friday and Judge Munger In a lengthy decision Saturday morning sus tained the motion. F.Msence of the Decision. The essential features of Judge Munger's decision were that under the original con tract between the water company and the city the water company was not confined In the construction of Its plant to the municipal boundaries of the city of Omaha. He held further that the evidence did not show a material depression In the water pressure produced by the plant of the water company; that water had been fur nished to the city of South Omaha for seventeen years prior to the beginning of this litigation and that the city had been receiving Its supply of water through the water company for twenty-one years be fore there had been arv complaint of a violation of the contract. Judge Munger also held that the city had not required the water company to add or lake away from Its plant under the original contract nor were there any sub stantial conditions so implied and that the city had contended that It was not until January I, 1905. it had Indicated Its deter mination to default in lts hydrant rentals or would pay them only at the end of a lawsuit. Prior to this time the city, he held, had ordered In numerous hydrants, the reasons whereof being obvious. In conclusion Judge Munger said: "The case Is rot different from other cases cited elsewhere in this decision, and the Jury la Instructed to find a Terdict for the plaintiff In each cause of action." arresting has started un the main lines and the other branches. The recent heavy rains affected a small strip of country running through Scrlbner, West Point, David City and Seward, where the crops on the lowlands were damaged about 20 per cent. The crops reported as damaged were a small per cent of the whole and the damage waa not as bad as anticipated. The crop acreage west of Long Pine ha.s increased materially because of the largo Influx of new settlers. . LOCAL CORN BEATS CHICAGO Price Are Higher on the Omaha Market Than In the YVIndr City. Corn brought more mcney on the Omaha market Saturday morning than in Chicago for the first time In the blstoiy of the Omaha market, according to giain dealers. On the floor of the exchange J. B. Swear engen sold eight carloads to the Trans mlsslssippl Grain company for 75 cents per bushel. It was No. 8 corn and a few min utes afer the sale waa closed Mr. Swcar engen was offered TtiVt cents for s.OOO bush els. The highest price on the Chicago market Saturday for corn of equal grade was 74 centt, the Chicago range being 71'74 cents, while the Omaha market was 75 cents, wit!, the 'AM cents offered for coin wnlch the seller could not supply. At the fame time the cash prices were showing the Omaha market 1 cent higher than Chicago July options were from 'vuVj, a cent higher than In Chicago and the Chi cago market dosed H rent lower than the Omaha market. The Omaha market opened at 72 cents the Chicago maikct at 74V cents. The highest bid In Omaha was the same as In Chicago at 76 cents. 1'he lowest bid in Chicago was 74' cents, while the lowtst In Omaha was 7JH cns. The Omaha market closed at 75 cents and the Chicago market at 744 cents. Aa corn from both msrket Is moving south and the freight rates of the two markets equalized, the Omahu market was legitimately higher than the Chicago market. S. R. RUSIIJN DURANGO TRLAJ Omaha Federal Attorney Will Help for the Government. CHARGE NOW IS C0NSPIRAC fecond Trlnl of Maaon and Vender weld, Who Were Accused of the Murder of Joseph Walker. AVERAGE CRCP FOR CORN Result Looked For Along Northwest ern Is Ordinary Weather Keeps I p. Corn is doing fine along the Northwest ern and with average weather from this time on should mature and yield an av erage crop. The Northwestern report for the current week show that about 7t per cent of the wheat crop on the South Platte lines has been harvested and that VICTIM OF FRIENDS FREE Chicago Lawyer Who Drlnka Ah alathe Gets Out After Two Months In Jail. After spending two months In tho county jail, the victim. It Is asserted by ills friends I of an ab.xliithe spree, Walter Wright, a Chicago lawyer with high references, has been liberated and the case against him charging forgery has been dismissed by County Attorney ttngltsh. Wright came to Omaha in hard luck and began soliciting for the sale of slot machines for a local firm. It Is charged he passed a bad check on his butcher for a small amount and he was arretted alwiut two months ago. Ills friends have since made up the amount of the cheek. They assert he had been drinking absinthe and was not responsible whert he passed the chex-k. He assert! he received the cluck as payment on a machine and passed It un without knowing It was bad. Wright furnished the court with a list of names of more or less prominent Chi cago lawyers and buslueas men, who he said would testify as to his good character.' Among his references was a letter from ex Senator "Billy" Mason saying he waa sur prised to hear of his trouble and If he wits not unusually busy he would come to Omaha himself to help him out of It. Advertise In The Bee; it goes into tbe heme wf the beet peoplr Assistant Attorney General 3. R. RusTl left for Denver Saturday afternoon to as sist in the prosecution of William Maaon and Joseph Vanderweld of Durango, Colo., und-r Indictment for "conspiracy against a citizen" in violation of sections Wue-t l nlled States levlsed statutes. The accuMed men are the same who were tried In the Colorado state courts for the Sixth district in April on the charge ef killing Joaeph Walker of the United States secret service In November, 1907, while he waa Investigating some matters pertaining to alleged coal land frauds. Walker waa killed near a coul shatt while he and two a-Hoi iates were investigating the coal drifts In the xhafl to asccitalr. lr t'i dirts were on public lands. His two companions were down in the shaft and after the killing of Walker the rope ladder with which they descended tho shaft was cut by Walker's murderers and they were left Imprisoned In the shaft, but were released shortly thereafter upon the discovery of Walker's dead body. There were no witnesses to ths killing of Walker. Vanderweid and Mason asser ed that Walker had shot at them and they lirid on him In self-defense. At the ptellminary hearing of the case the accused men were placed under 110,000 bonds, which were promptly furnished. When the rase was brought to trial In the state courts both men were acquitted after a brief hearing. The government waa never satisfied with the trial of the case and the two men were Immediately rearrested by the gov ernment on the charge of conspiracy, against a citizen, on the theory that a man's life cannot be twtoe put in jeopardy, In a case of murder. The attorneys for Vanderweid and Mason have entered a plea -of bar to a retrial on tho theory that their clients' lives are again placed In Jeopardy for aa offense of which they have been acquitted. The government has brought an indict ment against tho acruBed on the theory of conspiracy and they will be tried on that charge and may be held amenable yet for the killing of Walker as a result of tne conspiracy whereby a citizen and officer lost Ms life at their hands while In the discharge of his duty. The murdered man was well known tn Omaha, having been engaged with the set ret service force In the Investigation of the Nebraska Innd fraud cases two or mote years ago. RELATIVE CFKERN IN OMAHA gecond Cook at Commercial Club la Cousin of Vice Presiden t's! Nominee. Thomas X in, cook at the Commercial club, says he is a flt.it coualn of John W. Kern of Indiana, nntnmaled Friday by ths den oc ratio party ss the candidate for vice president. The Omalian spent two months last sum mer in Howard county, Indiana, where the Kerns lived, and his father was sjstsrSC t the county for several terms.
