TIIE OMAHA DAILY REE: FRIDAY. JULY 24. 1003.
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CHIEF city wtns
Hav moot Friot it.
Bndolph r. Swobodn, rubUo-Accountatt.
Cowman, m H l. Dougl a shoe, $3.o0.
a Bourk for Quality cigar, 1 B. 18th.
Blnahart, photographer. 18th & Firnam.
Jams O. Klnlr for county att'y. Adv.
EqultaM X.lf rollcles. ,ht draft at
maturity. H. I). Noely, manager. Omaha,
Bnrrtaa-Orandla Co., 1511 Howard fit.
One, electric flctures, elect rlo wiring and
repairs. Residence eloctrlo fan, 110.50.
Dlvorc for Hon-Snpport Cordelia W.
Sunder.n has been granted a decrc of di
vorce from h r husband, Herman Bundcan,
on the grounds of non-urport
Blarator Boy Qttt SmaU Damages
Glenn Clark, a boy who was injured by t lie
freight elevator In the I'axton block thla
prlng, recovered damage of fit Thursday
In cour.ty court against the Boston Oround
Rent Trust company.
Warrant for Alleged Doff Thief Deputy
Bhorlff Head went to Valparaiso Thursday
with a warrant from Justice of the Peace
Alsla.lt against Al Carper, who Is accused
of having stolen from Dentist Drlgg of
Valparaiso a valuable pit-terrier.
Tara aad Half for lairs The Rock Is
land railroad has decided to make a fare
and half round trip basis for slate fairs
thla fall.' This Information came to Drvia
lan Agent Rutherford of Omaha In a tele
gram from the Chicago office Thursday.
Suss for Dlvorc for Abase Mrs,
Augusta Zeech of 2939 Spring street Is
suing for divorce In Judge Kennedy's court
on the grounds that her husband, Frederick
ZH'ch, Iioh repeatedly abu.ted both her and
the, children. While she was working out
days to support' the family.
Bis Thousand Dollar Horns Jeff W.
Bedford has sold to H. C. Elllnghusen,
manager of the Karsh Grocery company,
lots 11 and 12, Uplands place, the considers,
tlori being 12,500. Mr. Elllnghusen pro
poses to build a $6,000 residence. The lots
are on the Florence boulevard west of
Miller park.
rands for Bswboy' Plcnlc-r-The news
boys' picnic will be held next Thursday
afternoon at Luke Manawa, and the com
mittee having the' fun In charge is making
a big hustlo for funds. The committee has
sent 160 letters to recognized friends of the
newsboys asking that funds be sent to
Rome Miller, treasurer of the picnic fund.
Quartet for Sod and Qua Club Robert
Cuscaden is organising a string quartet
nt tho Omaha Rod and Gun club. The
personnel of the club la Robert Cuscaden,
viola; Alfred Morris, cello; Walter Boren
son, first violin, and Ada Morris, second
violin. . The club will soon have some rare
treats from this aggregation of talent. The
first practice Was held Wednesday night
at Lazy lodge. .
Mrs. Flanuuar Oets Advancement Mrs.
Zora B. I'lummer, wife of Henry V. I'lum
mer, of ths tounty clerk's office, who has
been for several years demonstrator of
gas ranges In the People's store, has re
signed to demonstrate for the Union Gas
and Klectrlc company of Chicago and will
travel among the colored people of the
south. Mrs. Plummer la the only colored
graduate of the Armour Institute of Do
mestic Science In Chicago.
Petition for Bankruptcy The creditors
of Harry H. Woods, a lumber dealer and
contractor of Schuyler, have petitioned
the United States district court that
Woods may be declared a bankrupt. The
petitioning creditors are the Central Coal
and Coke Co. of Omaha, Eureka Elastic
Paint Company of Chicago, John Luckoff
of Canton, O., and Isaac K. Wilson, exe
cutor, of Canton, O. The aggregate claims
of the petitioners amount to about (3,600.
Burglars . ,Make Profitably Ttslt Bur
glars ih'ude a 'remunerative haul Wednesday
night wtien they entered the residence of
J. H. Brown, tl8 South Thirty-eighth ave
, nue, and secured Jewelry and sllverwarn
to an amount exceeding J2C0 In value. En
trance was gained by raising a window.
Included. !n the 'swag" were two watches,
a quantity of sliver cutlery and a diamond
sunburst pin. A description of the stolen
property was furnished the police.
Death from Natural Causes. The cor
oner's Jury Thursday morning returned a
verdict of "death from natural causes"
at tho Inquest held over the death of Peter
Rashiussen, who succumbed to heart fail
ure at the city asphalt repair yard at
Twelfth and Nicholas streets Tuesday af
ternoon. The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon from Washington hall under the
direction of tho Danish Brotherhood, of
which society tho deceased was a member.
Xirr for School Tan The Board of Edu
cation overlooked the next year's school
levy at the last meeting and there is now
a prospuct that a special meeting will have
to be called as the amount required to be
levied must be certified by the city coun
cil, which must certify tt In connection
with the municipal budget to the county
commissioners before that board makes
the annual levy. Tho council will discuss
the question next afternoon In committee
of the whole.
Ir4 Zngersol does Pre After several
postponements, the case of Fred Ingersol,
the saloonkeeper at 601 Bouth Thirteenth
street, who was charged with keeping a
disorderly house, came to trial In police
court Thursday morning and Ingersol was
discharged. Several weeks ago two women,
one of whom was under age, were alleged
to have been found drinking In the saloon
with male companions. Ingersol had sev
eral witnesses to testify as to the good
character of his place, and they succeeded
la oouvir-clug Judge Crawford.
Trooser Burglar I till Busy The burglar
whosq fancy leads him toward men's t rou
se r pockes exclusively Is still at large and
causing the police considerable worry by
his operations. . Early Thursday morning
he gained entrance to the residence of Pat
AlcCallget, at th's corner of Oak and Boule
vard streets, by raising a window. The
burglar crossed the dining room and going
directly to the bedroom, filched Mr. lie
Caliget's 'trouaera and shirt. Ths shirt was
found in the yard shortly after, but the
trousers and $10, which was In on of the
pockets, th burglar neglected to leave
behind, Iritu. - - ;c-
Muildlas; feramtta.
John Hempleman, 938 North Twenty.
Ixth, frame dwelling. $1,500; Kred Warsteat,
Thirty-fifth and . Olid, frame dwelling,
$1,W0; alias Nellie A. VanDuyn. Fourteenth
and Emmet,' frame dwelling, $2.tu0; Joseph
Btrukol. Eighth and Castellar, frame dwell
ing. $.'.60fi.. .''
Do yoa tell your good becue of their qu&Lty, or becAUM
tKey sur cheap? If you depend on the quality, no matter how
incero your aertion of quality may be, the Udt of it in
your printed matter will weaken your claim.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Exclusive Lighting Contracts De
clared Against State Law.
OFFICIAL OF OAS COMPANY TALES
Competition (iroiti Warm Over llty
Hall Contract Two Soldiers
Steal Canary Birds that
Are Mate.
William E. Davis of the Omaha Gas com
pany mnde a statement Wednesday concern
ing the klrm!.h which is on between the
company he represents and the Omaha
Electric I.ltcht and Fewer company to s
which of the two eorrpanlc Is to have the
privilege of furnishing light to the city
hall. He said: "When anybody tells you
that this corporation or any corporation Is
to put In fixtures and apparatus free you
should put It down as bosh. All we as a
company hope to srecre Is a fair treat
ment. The electric light company has de
clared that the contract between It and
the city gives It the exclusive right to
furnish the city with light, but a single
reading of that contract will show that
they have the right to futnlah all light
produced by an electric lamp or apparatus,
but not other means of lighting. An exclu
sive contract of this kind 'is against tho
state law. We believe w have as good a
right to supply the city hall with light as
has th electric light company.
"I notice that the latter xompnny has
listed certain lamps with ne emergency
gas Jet. That Is true of the bracket lamps
at the side of tho room only, but the
chandeliers have no such provision re
quired. We want to have fair treatment In
this matter, that Is all. In this direction
we expect to secure or maintain our rights
as need may be. I am sure the use of our
lighting so far In the city has been found
Cheaper, but that Is not necessarily In
point."
Musical Klepto.aanla.
John Novotny and Mlks O'Jondo, two
soldiers from Fort Crook developed a mu
sical kleptomania Wednesday of the avian
type. They stole five canary birds and
took them to Omaha, where they tried to
dispose of them. There they were traced
by tho South Omaha police and arrested
and returned to South Omaha. They had
killed one of the birds, which belonged to
Mrs. John Hodgson, 605 North Twenty
fourth street. Their theory seemed to be
that "A bird that can sing and won't sing
must be made to sing." The attempt to
compel the bird to sing failed, It being a
female and not capable of It, but the effort
was sr strenuous that ths bird gasped and
died in their hands.
They secured admission to the Hodgson
photograph gallery through a companion
who had his photograph taken several days
ago and with whom they came to see the
finished photographs. While the manage
ment was not in the room they stole the
songsters and their mute mates and took
them to Omaha. The charge of petit lar
ceny has been lodged against them.
Magic t'lty Ooaalp.
For Rent room modern house. $18.00 per
n ontli. Phone 2112, South Omaha.
Jetter's Oold Too Beer deliver?d to any
part of the city. Telephone No. 8.
The run of live stock was not excessive
yesterday and prices advanced slightly.
Jerry Howard Is opening vigorous cam
palgn for the nomination as state repre
sentative. Mrs. Viola Davis of Los Angeles, Cal., Is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ji. P. Roggen
and family.
For quick returns list your real estate
with A. U Bcrgqulst St Son. Let us rent
your house.
South Omaha Is developing several" teams
of excellent tennis players, and a few Indi
vidual slurs.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Towl entertained Mr.
Roy Towl and daughter Dorothy last even
ing St dinner.
Heyman & Berry, seller of "quality"
meats, 24th and E, telephone 3i; 24th and
A, telephone 117.
.Many people of the city have taken up
their residence at the Bellevue Chautauqua
grounds during the present week.
The Campbell quartet is holding regular
practice meetings. In the near future they
will assist in special music at the church
services.
John J. Nightingale refused to become a
candidate for the state legislature, al
though it Is said his friends have urged
him to attempt It.
When In need of money call and get our
terms. Weekly or monthly payments.
Fldelty Chattel Loan company, 404 North
Twenty-fourth street.
The Fire and Police commissioners held
a special meeting Tuesday morning and
granted a llquwr license. It is not usual
for a saloon to open after the first three
month of the year are gone.
Birth reported: Charles Calto, 2S2 Soutb
Twentieth, boy; Thomas Koxlol, &U North
Twenty-seventh, girl: V. Kostoukv. Thlriv-
second and L, boy; Charles White, Ho8 E
girl; Henry Frisk. Thirty-third and IT, son;
Fabian Hegel, 4106 8, girl; Dennis McNeil,
Thirty-ninth and P, boy; James Mella,
Thirty-ninth and W, boy.
CHURCH CALLS REV. MR. HIGBEE
Aorth Presbyterians Make the Formal
Choice of Their Kew
Minister.
The absence of a majority of the mem
bers of the new North Presbyterian church
at the congregational meeting Wednesday
prevented the church from Incorporating
under the state laws. Tho organization
having been completed so far as the ecclesi
astical side Is concerned, it was necessary
that over holf of the members should be
present to lerallze the Intended flection of
a board of trustees, which comprises the
Incorporation, so that part of the business
was poetpcr.ed till next Wednesday even
ing. Rev. Melville V. Hlgbee wan chosen to
be called as pastor, and the yearly salary
was fixed at $2.0(0. He has been acting as
stated supply since the Knox and Second
churches united several weeks ago, and his
election was declared unanimous. The
written call la to be signed by the elders
of thj new church, the officers of tife
woman's society and the former trustees
ft the old Knox and S.jcoid churches. Rev.
Mr. Hlgbee was formerly pastor of the
Knox church.
This was the enly bt'atiusa 'transacted,
but the proposed bylaws, which will be
voted pn at the met ting next Wednesday,
were read. Rev. Daniel E. Jenkins of tho
Presbyterian Theological seminary acted
as moderator of tho nutting.
It is proposed to have rlne trustee and
six d-acons. At an Informal meeting of
the elders and the fern er trustees of the
united churches. hld recently, th follow
ing men were recommended for the office
of trus'ee: Ed McEachrcn, J. H. Hamil
ton, W. D. Crawford. George J. Bird. H.
J. Hughes, E. N. Noel. F. M. Hamllng,
E. B. Egan and E. W. I.amoreaux.
Th members of the session of the new
churrh aro tho men who were elders In th
two united churches and are as follow:
Dr. E. L, Alexander, August Wolters. W.
C. McLean. C. F. Robel. John Trench.
Harry Herzog, A. N. Eston, F. M. Ham
llng. J. H. Thelps, W. H. Anderson. A. A.
Lamoreaux, R. A. McEarhron, J. H. fitokos,
t. W. Merrow, W. E. Flndley and Frank
Martin.
BOSTON GREEN IN HIS GRAVE
Pecnllar Old Man, Known as Police
Mascot, Laid Away with
Religions Form.
Boston Green, police mascot for many
years and well known public character. Is
burled. Tho funeral took place Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. John Albert Williams, pas
tor of the church of St. Philip the Deacon
performed the ceremonies in the Davis un
dertaking rooms, which were crowded with
friends, white and black, Jew and Gentile.
The black casket stood In one corner of
the room, surrounded by ferns. On top of
It was a floral design with the legend, "At
Rest."
A continuous stream or people called dur
ing the few hours Immediately preceding
the service to look on the face of the man
whom most of them had seen about th
streets of the Third ward for many years.
Most of these were colored people, though
there were also many white men. Under
the glass of the casket lid the face looked
quite natural, though the white collar and
cuffs and the black suit seemed exotic
Still, most of the visitor agreed with one
garishly dressed woman with a green cel
luloid bracelet on her fat arm who looked
Into the casket and declared, loudly, "It's
him, all right."
A motley crowd filled the room when Rev.
Mr. Williams began reading the service
Near the head of the coffin sat James
Tobes, an aged colored man who knew
Boston Green for twenty years. He leaned
heavily on his cane, with bowed head.
The minister explained that, while th
office of the dead Is refused to such as hav
not been baptized or who have led notor
iously wicked lives, still the church throw
Its mantle of charity over the past of any
man who Is not proven guilty beyond a
shadow of a doubt.
"Whatever may be believed against Bos
ton Green," he said, "he was honest and
true to his friends. I remember when I
came to Omaha twenty-one years ago I
was sent to a home In the west part of
the city where a parishioner was very sick.
I saw a man standing In the yard mumbling
to himself. I asked him If he wa the
head of that family.
" 'No, I ain't. My name' Boston Green,'
he replied.
"He asked me whether I wa a minister.
I told hlra I hoped to be.
" 'I thought so. You look like it,' he
said.
"I then asked hlra whither he wa a mem
ber of the church.
" 'No,' he said, 'i ain't. I ain't good
enough to belong to no church."
"I told him the churoh was not Intended
for good people, but for those who wanted
to be good. Then he said:
" 'I ain't no pretender. I I what I I.'
"And this wa striking characteristic
of Boston Green."
. The office of the dead was then said, the
same as Is said over the bodies of king
and emperor. The congregation passed be.
fore the bier and the casket wa placed la
the hearse and, accompanied by ' pall
bearer and minister, proceeded to Forest
Lawn cemetery, where burial was made.,
The pallbearers were H. Holllday, Lloyd
Oliver, Harry Burke, Carl Johnson, Wil
liam Kyles and Ike Burke,
FAREWELL TO CARL REITER
Dinner at Rome Given by landore
Zieglrr and Attended by Theater
and Newspaper Men.
Carl Reiter, retiring manager of th
Orpheum theater, who leave the first of
next week for Seattle to assume the man
agement of the Orpheum theaters In that
city, Spokane, Butte and Victoria, B. C,
was the honor guest Wednesday of a din
ner given by Isadora Ziegler at Hotel
Rome. The dinner was served In a new
dining room which Rome Miller, proprietor
of the hotel, opened for the first time last
night and chose to dedicate with this
function. It 1 an Interior room on the
office floor Immediately east of the lobby
and I moat artistic in appointment and
comfortable In location and equipment, be
ing so situated as to get ample ventilation
first hand. The room l so arranged as to
be commodious for a party of ten or fifty.
It is not named as yet, but Mr. Miller
thinks of calling It the Olive room.
The dinner was entirely Informal, with
no special toasts, but a most delightful
repertory of timely stories, many of them
being of the latest Relteresque variety.
The dinner a work of art In Its formation
and service, was set for 6 o'clock. At the
conclusion a silver loving cup, the gift
of the friends present, was presented to Mr.
Reiter by Colonel T. W. McCullough, who
bespoke the sentiment of all, expressing
sincere regrets at Mr. Reiter' departure,
but pleasure In the fact that his leaving
meant advancement. Mr. Reiter had been
In Omaha seven years as manager of th
Orpheum and Colonel McCullough ventured
to say that no man In any calling ever
came Into the city and remained for a
similar period and took away with him
more friendships of the substantial char
acter as Carl Reiter will take when he
goes to Seattle.
Mr. Reiter asknowledged th manifesta
tions of friendship with native grace and
assured his friends that his leaving wa
not all happy to him.
Besides Mr. Reiter and Mr. Ziegler those
present were: W. P. Byrne, treasurer of
the Orpheum; Edward J. Monaghan, busi
ness manager of Boyd' theater; Ralph
Hayward, of the same theater; E. L
Johnson, manager of the Burwood theater;
Sands F. Woodbridge, assistant managing
editor of the World-Herald; Colonel T. W.
McCullough and J. B. Wootan, managing
editor and city editor, respectively, of Th
Bee.
After the dinner th party went to tb
Burwood as guests of Mr. Johnson.
RANGE CATTLE POUR EAST
Ifandrsda of Cars Fall Aro Cos
from tho Wyoming;
Plains.
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Range cattle still continue to pour off
th western ranges to the eastern markeU
and the movement 1 exceptionally heavy
to the Mlsaourl river. The Burlington alone
ha had over 400 car from the range of
Wyoming, and now ha order for 300 more
car for this week. The range are better
than they hav been for a number of years,
and, a a consequence, the range is in
much better shape. The early business was
a holdover business from Isst year, when
the shipment wa stopped because of the
financial troubles and because of th low
prices. large droves of cattle which were
headed for th market last fall wr re
turned to tb ranges, and they were th
first to be sent out this yesr. Th same
conditions exist west of Denver as In
Wyoming, snd ths oonsequenc Is a bvy
run of cattlo Is expectsd.
PLANS LAID FOR CHARTER
Committee Meets to Discusi Changes
that Are Needed.
MANY CLUBS SOD DELEGATES
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Marry Elmman Attend with List of
Saggeatlons and la Given Place
la Ilodf Many Ideas
Presented.
Paving troubles are to ho no more, hard
earned tax money is to be hoarded and
conserved and all the woes that the mu
nicipality of Omaha Is heir to are to be
eradicated herewith If the plans of the
charter revision committee all ran out.
The preliminary meetli.g was held In the
city council chamber Wednesday evening
and about twenty-five delegates were pres
ent President Malone of the Federation of
Improvement Clubs took the chlr and W.
H. Green was elected permanent presi
dent. M. F. Funkhouser was choen as
vice president, and J. G. Kuhr.s as secre
tary. A credentials committee consisting
of Messrs. Funkhouser, Patterson and Ma
lone received the registration of the dele
gates a follows: From the Rent Estate
exchange, 6. F. Harrison, J. W. Robblns
and "D. C. Tattcrson; Commerelnl club.
J. A. Sunderland. F. E. Sanborn and H. W.
Tales; Federation of Improvement Clubs,
F. W. Fitch. J. W. Malone, Anton Inda.
8. Arlon Lewi and Fred W. Hoyer; South
west Improvement club, W. H. Green, John
G. Kuhna. F. Haarman and Fred Schamel;
Central Labor union, H. S. Jewell and H.
C. Jaack; Omaha View Improvement club,
A. N. Tost; Hanscom Park club, G. J.
Kleffner; city council, Millard F. Funk
houser and Harry Burnam.
Harry Zlmman of the city council ap
peared and on being asked to address the
meeting made a number of cuggestlons
from a printed list which so met with the
views of tho committee aa a whole that
he wa voted a member of the committee
to act a expert on the matter of city pro
cedure and charters.
Amendments Proposed.
Among the amendments to the present
system which he proposed were; To have
the people vote directly on the granting
and modifying of all franchises; to raise
the salary of the mayor to $5,000, the salary
of the city attorney to $1 000 and to In
crease the pay of ths attorney's assistants;
making the city prosecutor a regular mem
ber of the staff, receiving a higher re
muneration than he doe at present when
hi dutlea constat only of prosecuting
police court complaints. Mr. Zlmman also
wanted the paving within nbout a mile
of the city hall to be entirely within tho
Jurisdiction of the city council, without re
gard to the protests of property owners,
and the paving outside of that limit to be
subject to the property owner only by
protest. He would have the mayor and
council appoint the city clei'k, the city at
torney, members of the Fire and Police
board and the park commissioners.
The Idea of Increasing the number of ap
pointive offices will meet with some opposi
tion In the committee, as H. C. Jnacks of
the Central Labor union had made some
remark before Mr. Zlmman' talk advanc
ing the view that the offices which are
at present appointive, ought all to be made
elective so that all city officials will be
chosen In regular election by the vote of
the people.
Yatea Complains of Streets.
H. W. Yates polnUd out the chief com
plaint of the taxpayer, against the present
system la th fact that although taxes are
high the fund are sor1 administered by law
that the streets are tept In poor condition,
a state far worse, according to Mr. Yates,
than In any other city of Omaha's size.
He complained also of the fact that under
the present assessing laws property 1
very frequently taxed more than It Is worth
to pay for paving adjoining it and thereby5
confiscated. ,
A committee on rules was appointed con
sisting of Harry Zlmman, D. C. Patterson
and F. W. Fitch, and It was decided on
a motion by Mr. Patterson that the charter
will be taken up section by section at the
next meeting, which will be held la th
same place next Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock.
All improvement clubs or other organiza
tions which desire to send delegates must
have them present with their credentials
at this meeting, as no new men will be
taken upon the committee after that. All
citizens of the city are entitled, however,
to appear before the committee and take
part In all the discussions, the limit being
placed only upon the voting.
FUNERAL OF FRED BANNER
Minister Hopes Shocking Kxample
May Have Good Influence on
Vonngfstnd Old.
The funeral of Fred Banner was held
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock In South
Omaha. A large crowd was In at
tendance at the home of Daniel Ban
ner, the father of th young man,
where the services were held. Many of tho
men were from the South Omaha Llvo
Stock exchange and came out of respect to
Daniel Banner. Mrs. Banner, his wife, has
been prominent In all religious circles, and
numerous friends In these organizations
were present. Altogether there were very
few who seemed to be there out of curi
osity. The ceremony was brief and was con
ducted by Rev. H. H. Millard and Rev.
George Van Winkle. The service was In
troduced by a solo, sung by Miss Laura
Petersen. Rev. Mr. Millard preached a
sermon at many points touching In Its
allusions to the regard of parents for the
safety of their children. He deplored the
sudden ending of so strong a young man
in the first energy of his manhood, but
said if the sudden shocx could by any
means waken the cities of Omaha and
South Omaha to the necessity of preserv
ing the moral Integrity of the citizens,
whether young men or young women, then
the grief so bitter In the present case would
havs some redeeming consolations.
At the close of the sermon. Miss Laura
Petersen and Miss Gladys Van Sant sang
the duet, "Sometime We'll Understand."
Walter Dawson, A. F. Markey, Clyde Van
Sant, Fred Hill, John Colvln and Charles
Fernland acted aa pallbearers.
The burial was In Laurel Hill cemetery.
Only relatives living In and very near South
Omaha were present. The rest of the large
number wore friends and citizens of South
Omaha.
Ex-Mayor Thomas Hoctor, speaking casu
a!ly of the case, saluV "Such an end as
this should serve aa a solemn warning to
the people of the city that th moral of
the youth are being seriously neglected. I
regret to see, as I have ba-n compelled to
see, so many otherwise admirable young
men growing up with absolutely no re
spect for womanhood. Thl I a bitter,
fatal mistake. It penalties are more poi
sonous and far-reaching than drink or
other kindred evils."
The Hnbonle Plasm
destroys fewer lives than stomach, liver
and kidney diseases, for which Electric
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Mr, nryaa and Xevr York,
ITICA. N. Y., July To The Editor
of The Bee I have been taking some drp
soundings of the political situation of up-the-state
New York. Mr. Bryan stands
about the same chance of carrying It In
November as he would of being slrucit
by lightning In a cyclone cellar In Jan
uary. On Wednesday I met the vice president
elect. James Schoolcraft Sherman. I am
charged by him with personal mes
sages to Governor Sheldon and Mr. Victor
Rosewater, which will be delivered In
due time. I find him In fine form, physi
cally and mentally. Expecting to see a
pallid and trembling invalid, had I not
known of his sickness ho would have sug
gested to tne a half-trained lightweight
prlie fighter, so full of healthful color
was his face, and so vigorous was he in
mind and activity. The cordiality with
which I was received by Mr. Sherman
was so emphatic in every way that I
venture to make a note of it His nom
ination as companion on the ticket with
Mr. Taft was so entirely wise In every
respect that I can not say all I would
like to say in praise of It. He Is not
merely a great leader in the republican
party with more than twenty yeara of
training In the public service In congress
behind him, but he Is an able man. a
practical man of business, and a very
strong and wise man In all large affairs.
Should President-elect Taft be called
hence by accident during his term his
constitutional successor In the Whll
House would lnnplre Instant confidence In
the world of business as his equal In
courage and capacity for administration
and In aggressive loyalty to the great
party In which he has sustained a powtr-
rui leadership in New York and congress
for many years.
I visited the fine offices of the Syracuse
Herald a few days ago, that I might stand
on the site of the old residence of Dr.
Hiram Hoyt, with whom I began the study
of medicine nearly sixty years ago. I lived
In that home when I was about 19. The
Herald Is an able democratic paper, boldly
and openly against Mr. Bryan and all his
works, and as Independent as the Fourth
of July under the editorial control of
Messrs Howe and Glenn. Mr. Howe says
"It Is a walkaway in New York for Taft
and Sherman." I notice that a democratic
peculator In New York City ha been
offering to wager $10,0fX) against $5,000 that
Taft will carry this state and be elected.
A very eminent republican said to me that
he did not think Mr. Bryan Intended to
make a serious contest in New York,
which Is already lost to him beyond all
doubt. But "Fingy" Connors will gabble,
the universal Mack will scream and even
Pat McCarren of Brooklyn and Kings
county appears to be pulling his own back
hair for Mr. Bryan. Watch the ballot
below the Bronx and the republican ava
lanche up the state in November and ee
what It all means as a matter of fact.
Mr. Bryan hopes are as bright and
beaming as ever In the presence of defeat
They now rest on Ohio and the middle
west. Ohio will swamp him with not les
than 80,000 majority, Michigan by a corre
sponding vote and Illinois by "76,000 but
who was It that said that Iowa would go
for Bryan? If this Is true, Vermont I
already lost to Taft and Sherman. "What
fools these mortals be!"
A to the play for the labor vote,
Oompera will lead the socialistic element
to cut Its own throat by waging blind war
on railroad and other corporations which
can alone give It employment at good pay,
while the wiser men, locomotive engineers
and the like, more Intelligent and wisely
conservative in contending for the better
good of themselves and their brethren, will
vote for Taft and Sherman. The majority
will vote the republican ticket In New
York and the east.
The negro vote will vote as usual, even In
Ohio, with Senator Foraker warm ap
proval, a my Information Is.
Hundreds of thousands of the Cleveland
democracy In New York and other states
can never, and will never, vote for Mr.
Bryan.
Business Is clearly reviving In New York.
I see no sign nor do I hear any complaint
III regard to It In such large Industrial cen
ter as Syracuse and Utlca. The question
with business men must be one of confi
dence and credit, primarily. Mr. Hearst
and Tom Watson say that Mr. Bryan Is
a hypocrite. Insincere and so unstable In
character as to change his so-called "dem
ocratic principles." which my priceless
friend Metcalfe has been mouthing so long
In the Commoner, "every four years." Both
repudiate Mr. Bryan. The Hearst defection
will not be limited In Its influence to New
York by any mean. It will take powerful
root Snd raise the very devil with Mr.
Bryan In Chicago and Illinois from which
Indiana Is only a short remove.
Mr. Bryan Is already a beaten man.
"Three times and out."
GEORGE L. MILLER.
Pleasant Ways for Sauiiner Days.
Grand Trunk-Lehigh Valley, double track
route, Chicago to New York via Niagara
Falls; Grand Trunk-Central Vermont-Boston
& Maine route from Chicago to Boston
snd the Grand Trunk Railway System to
Mcntreal, Quebec and Portland. Double
track from Chicago to Montreal.
For particulars of special low round trip
fures. descriptive literature, etc., apply to
Oeo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. Se t. A., 135 Adams
St.. Chicago.
Anto Joarney In Rain.
NEW YORK, July IS.-WlIllam H. Taft
arrived at Jersey City this afternoon on
hly way to 0ter Bay. He started for New
York Immediately on the 1:45 p. m., ferry.
Mr. Taft reached New York on time and
at once entered an automobile and started
across the city for the Thirty-fourth street
ferry for Long Island City.
Just as Mr. Taft entered h a automobile
for the trip across the city, a heavy
thunderstorm broke and the automobile'
trip waa in a downpour of rain.
Kearney Military Academy
i norougn instruction, military
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