Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 11, 1908, Page 3, Image 3
f ,fTrP mf AHA DAILY TVFTEt TT7EKDAY, ATTOFST -11. 190. '4 ( CM as ifr ! t ! J' I. LIVE STOCK VALUES FIXED Decrease of Over Million and Quarter from Xut Tear. LESS CATTLE IS THE COTLBTBT T1m. Caraarr mku4lM Take-si X' mm4 Owkt Merekaats Eawlaiai Reasea fav Dwnut la tka Valaatlaaw ( From a BtaT Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Aag. 1. (Special.) Tha total aasesewl value of all tba cattle ta Nebraska aa fixed by tha State Board of Equalisation la- f ls.m.L against aa assessment of rU.02i: in 107. Tha total assessed value of all tha horses In Nebraska ta Ill.ISi.e47. against I12.JSJ, 471 In 107. Tba daeraaM In tha aaaass ment of both horse and cattle la supposed to be due to the decree In number. The decrease In the number of cattle la sup pneed to b occasioned by the high price of oorn and feed stuff and tha high price of cattle, causing owners to sell. The figures on the number, however, are not yet available. The board Increased the assessment of horaea In seventeen counties aad de creased the aseesament in two counties. These were Hamilton, reduced 1 per cent, and Merrick 10 per cent. In the as sessment of cattle twenty-four counties were Increased and one county reduced Nuckolls 10 per cent. The assessment on horaea waa Increased a afollows: Banner. 1 per cent; Box Butts, 10; Cherry, Itcolfax, It: Deuel. 20; Dixon, IS; Douglas, 29; Fillmore, I; Franklin. IS; Grant. 10; Hooker. 25; John son. 10; McPherson. 7a; Nance, 10; Pleroe, S; Saline, 10; Thomas, 30. The assessment an cattle was Increased as follows: Buffalo, 10; Butler, 10; Cedar. 10; Colfax. 10; Custer. 10; Dakota, 10; Dawes, 10; Deuel. 10; Fillmore, 13; Frontier, 10: Hayes, 10; Hitchcock. 26; Hooker, It; Johasoa. 10; Keith. It; Knox. 10; Lincoln. II; McAarsoo, 26; Perkins, tO; Rock. 20; ftaUne, 10; Baundera. 10; Thayrv t; Thomas, It. Dealaa Mereaaata Carpet. Douglas county waa on the carpet before the Stat Board of Equalisation this aft eraoon to explain why Its assessment of merchandise was ' decreased when com pared with tha assessment of last year. The returns mads ta tha state board, compared with tha assessment last year, fall abort 2O0.OM. and when . compared with the re port ef the assessor last year fall short elss.WO. John . 1 Kennedy, representing- J. L. Brandets at Sona;. Mr. Byrne of Byrne Hammer, and William Hayden of Hayden Bros.; County Assessor Schrlver, County Clerk Haverly and County Commlaaloner Trainor composed the. delegation which answered the. call of the state board. Mr. Byrne. In hla explanation for the falling off. aaid it was due to the smaller stocks carried by the wholesale houses in Omaha compared with the stocks of last year. This shortage waa occasioned, he said, by a falling market, due to the lata depression. Out In' the smaller towna, he aaid, where the merchants depended on the farmers, the depreasion had not been felt and the country merchants had in most in stances kept up their stocks and new atorea had been started. His wholesale house, he said, sold goods, in Utah and Montana and other places - where miners end railroad men ware out of work mid where the de pression had been- felt. Consequently the large' bouses at Omaha had been harder hit, relatively, than the smaller stores by , the isnsmotal dspresston. Mr. 'Kennedy told tha board tba explanation at 'Mr. " Byrae he believed waa the correct solution of the question. Mr. Hayden said his store had been overaeeessed- la at year, and In this he was borne out by County Commissioner Trainor. Both he and Mr. Byrne bad turned In- their stocks this year at the same figures as fixed by the board last year. He la willing, he aaid. to aell the entire atock at wiiat It was assessed. The beard contemplated making a 25 per cent Increase In the merchandise of Doug las county, btU concluded to aak for an explanation before taking any action. The matter Is under consideration. R alias aa PoU Bowks. Secretary of State Junkin has written the fallowing letter In reply to an Inquiry about the number of poll books to be used: Answering your letter of the 8th Inst., copy of which IS hereto attachtd, will state that when the matter of se ecting poll bo ks for Uie primary election waa taken up by tha attorney general and myself ws thought It waa our duly to make the provisions of the primary law as plain to the judges and clerks oi election as possible. So many Inquiries had come to both departments in regard td the tallying of votes we felt that j unless wa spec.fied a poll book for each part ythal a great many voting precincts would count the ballots voted by two par tics fir in,- candidate, provided the one name -p:ar J on both ballets, which would ! be contra: y to i::e prov gums of the pri- mary aw. Therefore, we recommended that the poll hooka be separated and of j different colore Printing establishments I told ua at the lime of making this order 1 that it wuld practically make no differ ent e in ttfet-wh4be the seoka were bound separe.ely or all under one cover. We sea ne' reason why a county clerk ear n nt order' ttta bnoka all bound 1 in one Volume If be rhoueea. keeping each party's pull eeperaa therein. Dieroswe at Pa tat af PIsteL. Puiwuhiir Itls roommate for mure than a mile, CalOoei Buhen Hurt, of Somcravllle, Kv this morning compelled the man to give-up a suit ef td Slavs belonging to the Kentucklan. The colonel then left the man. clad only In a white hat and a pair of shoes on the banks of Salt Creek. Colonel Hurt met the man at Grand Island and accompanied htm to- Lincoln. They secured a room at the Mint hotel. In tha morning Colonel Hurt discovered that his beet suit of oolthes had been stolen, along with CC?M FLAIIES Thm lrr?sovsKi Corn FlskM All Grocers, 10 cents - ua knstsemn sf r sit THX sew aa4 tsssaeied areeawa af asaaiac soassad cora tikes, kawww "Tha E C ro-s- aiaaws M. C CORM nke aea-fsjaxey " saar da) nary naked, bms Mf r sawrasL mxm assty. till i aa and sntaoas tha ay slaw asset nd oawa Aaaaa. Casta ad aiaea iMaJIka aliarj kked Ms pnrketbonk and watch. After securing the assistance of the police. th Kentockian discovered bla nummtta of tha night be fore. Just aa he wu attempting to board a train for Omaha. Tha policeman and Hurt pursued him. bat tha policeman abandoned tha chase. Hart overtook the man near Halt Creek and compelled him to diaroba at tha point of a pistol. JTERLWO 1 ARB VICTIMIZED traa Head Cashes revered Cheeks aad Deeanape. TECCM3EH. Neb.. Aag. 10. (Special Telegram.) Foor bualness firms of the town of Stsrllng were the victims of forged cheeks Saturday. Robert Caton. a stranger here, who bad been working for Callahan Brothers on their farm five miles north of Sterling for about six weeks, rode a 4-year-old bay mare of his employers to tba town mentioned Satur day afternoon. He had a check for tt given him by Callahan Brothers, which ha cashed. He then proceeded to forge four other checks for 125 each, making them out to himself and alfnlng Callahan Brothers' nama At tha store of Tour telor A Barber ba bought a bat and gave the check and received tha difference In money. Likewise he "ought goods at the saloon of Jugenhelmer A Mockenhaupt, at the stores of the Rafter Mercantile company and of C W. Stuve, securing a pair of shoes at the latter place. Later In the evening ha bought a lariat rope and a quantity of canned goods. Indicating that he expected to camp out. and mounted the horse and left town. The firms who were victimised and Callahan Brothers are offering 2100 reward for the arrest and conviction of Caton. The mars waa branded with 'an "OH" on the left shoulder. Caton is about SS years of age. County Attorney J. C Moore is In Sterling working on the case. Boy Drewaed la River. TETCAMAH. Neb.. Aug. ln.-OpeclaXV-Jay Webster. aged 18. aon of AJ Webster, a farmer living about fifteen miles north of tills place along tha river, waa drowned in the Missouri about t o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tonng Webstar, who has tired on the bank of the river all his life, wu sn ax pert swimmer, went In swimming with his clothes on, near the old ferry landing, at a point where the main current hits the bank with terrific force. He Jumped In and as soon aa the current struck him he went down and was never seen again. One of the neighbor's boys Jumped In after him and barely escaped with his life. About fifty people, wtio were spending Sunday at Lake Qulnnebaug, about two miles from where the accident occurred, went over and helped drag the river, but up to a lata hour last night the body had not been recovered. Many predict-- It never will come op, as when the clothes get filled with sand tt will ba Impossible for It to float. "tawx Cawaty I. aad All Takes, HEMINGFORD. Neb., Aug. 10. Special.) Practically every section of land In Sioux county Is now filed and haa a bona fide resident on It. Before the Kink aid law wa? passed this land was all the range of a few cattle companies. The sntrymen are raising splendid crops of all kinds on the land, which has slmtlnr soil to eastern Nebraska, and relinquishments are hard to buy at any price. A few entrymen who were fnltsd States soldiers have been able to prove up. Next June there will be many who have held their lands five years and can then prove up and get title from tha government. The settlers are now agitating for a dl vlslon of Sioux 'county, with the county seat at the new Inland town of Curly. A hair section of land two 'and a half' mll's west of town has sold for 13 per acre. This same land sold for 13 per acre four years ago. Steams Plerwa far Ftsttesa Lssd. TEKAMAH. Neb.. Aug. NX 3pecial. A steam plow bought In Omaha br D. H. Holiday la being unloaded at the depot this morning, and Is already under con tract to plow V acres of drainage bottom land for Senator J. P. Latta. Since the completion of the big dralnatre ditch by Burt county lest year, the drained landa have produced from thtrrr to forty five bushels of whiter wheat per acre, and several thousand acres of this land will be broken up and sown to winter wheat thia fall. Lieutenant Governor Hopewell has also ordered snother steam plow from Omaha to. plow his own drained lands, and It is expected next week. Kirk af Hare "eHeoe. TEKAMAH. Neb.. Aug. M.-9rec1ar James J. Plpher, rural mail carrier on mute No. S from this place, was kicked by a horse last night, cutting his risht j cheek from his mouth to his ear; also bruising his breast and shoulders In sev eral places. JuM how ths accident occurred Is not known, as he Is stlM unconscious, but from the way the horses stand In the barn, one i facing east and one west. It Is thought that ons kicked him In und.r the other, causing the bruises on his shoulder. Salt Over leksol tlte. BEATRICE. Neb.. Aug. 10. Special.) Walter and Daniel F. Llttlefleld of Mains today brought suit against the school district of Beatrice for posaes aion of a part of lots seven and eight, block twenty. Just west of the new high school site snd ask damages In the sum of 1500. They allege the school district occupied the east part of lot eight un lawfully, tearing down the fence and dam aging the property . They aeek to enjoin tiie defendants from Interfering with such property. Bsstlfcglag Ckarg ta Aaewer. BEATRICE. Neb.. Aug. 10. iSpeclal Telegram.) Elmer Duncan was arrested st the rtomlng house of Mra Brown at 307 Ella street on a charge of bootlegxlng and lodged la Jail. Seven pints of whisky were found in his room. His caae was set fur healing tt I p. a tomorrow and In default of 11.004 ha was remanded to Jail. fkaeek Caraentsaa Laid. SHELBY, Neb.. Aug. 14. Special The cornerstone of the neer United Breth ren church of Shelby was laid yesterday afternoon. Dr.. William E. Schell. president of Tork college, officiating. ekruka Jfewa Xeew. PLATTSMOUTH Miss Mary E. Foster. coantv lunerlBteBJent announces that the i annual t'aes county teachers Inatllute wn ot neia in cimwooa .usisi u 10 zz. The teaching corps is excepnonslly strong, which Insures thorough and alle last ruc tion The Instructors will be Prof J. A- Beat tie, Lincoln: Mra. Sarah Brtndley, Columbus; Prof. Fred M- Hunter, Ajih- lana. . PLATTSMOtTH County Superintend ' ent Miss Mary F. Foster has completed her annual report to the slate euperln teTHlnt. which show, tetal e-ceift- of 5I1; total eapendltures. I11U.34s .iO; , ha.unce oa hand, 1 17.704 Id. There are r thlrteea tearhere la the county holding 1 first grade certificates, eighteen second ' and three third; wraten mal- and 15 i female teecher. Beside the public ectiools there ta the Weeping Water academy, the ft John's school. Plttmiui(i; the Or- snaa Lutheran. Murdoch; Evangelical , Lutheran. LuuisrUle. j BLOOMF1ELD An Important business 1 change took place here i'attirday when ' W W. Wella of Omaha and Pre Kalar A Kalar ef t.'ils place purchased the "Cor ner Drug Store" heretofore re4. by the Corner Drug Store cun.pany and managed by Chart Tcke. The new firm Ioua poeaession Monday morning. TSlTMSEH-Mrs. Flora Black, a pioneer ' -titer ef th s county, died at ber home in VjaprUi Creek nraciout thia morning. She had been Vk trot a short time. Her eg" was lis year. Mrs. Black leve a rarru.y f grown children, ber hushend having died several years ago. The funeral axiange ments have not yet been made. BLCxjMFli.L Harry Kranse. the 1S-year-oid aon of A. 1 Kranse of oi this city. who fell from a tao- ry building in Billings. Mont., last summer while em ployed on aame as a dumhi. as a result of which ' he haa been partially paralysed, died Saturday in a hospital in Kirksviiie. Ma, where he was aent for treatment. The remains will ba brought hero for burial. SHELTON Two Inches of water f 11 here last night and filled ditches and low places level full. Tina is the iml good rain during the last week and placea ail corn out of the question of snort crop and trie yield thla season promises to eclipse any season in many years past. The oats crop has ail been harvested and many farmers haVe threshed and the qual ity Is excellent and the yield as high as fifty bushels the acre. Potatoes are the best In many years. HEMINUFURD B C. Fenuer, his Son. B. L. t enner. W. A. B sseil and three hay hand. were ail poteone-l by eating pressed chicken Uiet had been left loo long In tne hot aun. Prompt medical attention brought them through, but they were very sick for a couple of days. RED CLOUD Saturday the beautiful bronse fountain was presented to the city by the ladles of the Woman's Chrlxtlan Temperance union. Immediately after. Mrs. Armor, state president of the Georgia Woman a Christian Temperance union. gave Dry- her lecture, "How Oeorgla Went The large tent was packed and many had to stand. Dr. Matt Hugtiea lectured to a large crowd In tha evening. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY tkaalat aad Carlsas Featarea at Life tat a Haaldly brswiai Stats. Fees Up Dr. Ted Soma one must have been sick up north Sunday evening, aa we saw Dr. Ted going In that direction in a white topped buggy. What does that mean. Ted? Hutchinson Items In Chappell Regis ter. Not Ter, Bat Soon Miss Laura Harkness or Mrs. John Hardin of Alma, which It Is we are unable to tell, was bi our city Wednesday. John has got us guessing, but anyway we wish to extend our hearti est congratulations and If not married our congratulations win ba held orer till tha happy event happens. Ragaa Journal. Called the Editor About the meanest Joke that haa been played on anyone we know of around here happeaed to ye editor this morning (and on press day, toot, when Sheriff Babb called us down to the press room snd there "Introduced" as to a full grown scythe of ths "Father Time" species, and told us that "people living In glass houses should never take a bath." We cut the weeds. Have you dona as much? Ful lertoir Post. Spongars, Take Warning Seven Stanton women, four east side, three west side, are requested to quit at once imposing on their neighbors by using their telephones. If you mufft use the telephone go to the public station and you are welcome. If you waa't quit using your neighbor's 'phone wa will ask you through tha Star ton papers to quit, giving your full names. Perhaps next week ths public will know the worst spongers. Staotoa Telepaone Co. Stanton Register. Excitement at Ohiowa A team of mules. a load of sand, a muddy ditch, two angry men with a blacksnake whip and loud voices, two hysterical wor.cn and the ab sence) of the marshal, cams very near causing a civil uprising hers Monday. Tba mules finally quletod the disturbances by pulling the heavy load through the muddy ditch. If the marshal could have been found somebody's day's wages would have undoubtedly been apea la paying a fine Ohiowa Ohlowan. ' NO HELP FOR AGED LEPER Mrs. Geseral Ward well Mast Stay Rest af Life la Teniae tome, Aruwsa. WASH'NOTON, A ig. 10. Though virtually a part of t e United State, the leper colony on Isola.eil Mok-kal cannet lotruit its death-marked population from thte country. It la thla fact that makes it impossible for icovernmeiit officials to comply with the re quest of the territorial authorities of Ari se na for the speedy deportation of aged Mrs. General Ward well, whom the terrible diaeaae haa claimed for its victim. According to Dr. H. D. Gadding, assist ant surgeon general of the Public Health and Marine Hospital service, tha leper set tlement at Molokal la strictly a territorial enterprise. There exists neither law nor precedent to warrant ths removal of a leper from any state or territory, however, to tha settlement and Dr. Geddinga voices ths sentiment and opinion of the bureau that tha Haaai.an health authorities would nut approve such a move. Mrs. Wardwell'a case is an unusually pa thetic one. Doomed in her declining years to Lve an outcast from society and to en dura a living d ath her mind has given way ana she has gone violently mad. Clesely quarantined In a lonely spot In Tombstone, her isolation la made doubly secure for she is kept shackled to her bedpost. To make the caae more aad. If possible, her feeble husband, who Is ai years old. la very weak aa the result of an operation for cancer and tuiauM u minister to the needs of his aif-kted mats. With a devotion that challenges the ad miration of aU mankind this nobis old man Insists on remaining with his wife until they are 1'nally parted by death. It la hardly likely that they will ever leave Tombstone. Mrs. Wardwell has a brother named Albert Cola, now serving a term of six years In a penitentiary in Ariaona. Governor Klbby, ta aaid. will be petitioned to pardon him in order that ha may car fur the afflicted pair. Advertise In The Bee; it goes Into the homes of ths best peuple. KING WILL SEE MEW RULERS KaglUk Mtsairk ta Take Aaaaal Trig, ta Marleabad After octal Seasaau LONDON. Aug. 10. King Edward will leave tomorrow afternoon on his annual -!lt to Maiienbad. where he will rest after his long and arduous social duties during one of ths most strenuous seasons London my t"en ay U1 unionised bod es has wltntassed In years. Exceptional inter- of "npl',y of Louisville at meetings to be eat la taken in ths trip. In which King Ed- held 011 wk- Higher rates or the pros ward will meet Emperor William at Cron- Brt" of lo'r - are said to ba iLj berg. Pruasia, Tuesday, and Emperor Fran- i alternatives suggested by the employes of els Joseph at Ischl. Austria, Wednesday. oa tha way Xn his favosits watering place. To the 'QUEEN'S TASTE" Oe--wW JL L VsUliaa's Toasties The Taste JJngm" Two stars, l(r and 15c Made by Poet u in Cereal Company. Limited Ball.. Creaa, Mich. H 3? ACTION ON RATE INCREASE Interrtate Crrraznerca Commission Expected to Decide Soon. TO SAT W1IETHEII SEASONABLE tress stedaeiavaT Wasrea aad Eight rer Ceat Raise Is WASHIXGTt. Aag. 10. During the next month or six weeks it is proposed that the Interstate Commerce commission will decide upon the reason sbleness of the pro posed freight rate Increase In Alabama, Georgia. Tennessee. Florida and poriona of South and North Carolina In the South ern territory aad In Texaa In tha South western territory. The complaint of the Georgia ahippers already haa been fled with tha commission and tha railroads have been given twenty days In which to reply to tha charges. The commission's decision will affect the proposed charges throughout tba southeast ern territory. Ths complaint of the Texas railroad commlaaion probably will be filed tomorrow and Chairman Kxiapp has been given assurances that an Inquiry and de ciisl-on In tha case will be expedited aa rapidly aa a compliance with tha lav will permit. Railroads handling tha traffic In Arkansas gave notice soma tune ago of a proposed increase of rates, but failing to comply with ths law by giving a satisfactory state ment of connecting linea participating in tha rata and the notice was returned to them and has not sine been heard from, last af Tltal 1 assort. The proposed Increase of rates of south ern stales embrace practically ail lncrea a proposed throughout the country. The de cision of these cases will have an Import ant bearing upon rates generally as tha questions to be determined in respect to southern states are largely the same aa may be urged as tha basia of increase else where. It is aaid by experts who have unofficially calculated the percentage of tha Increase in compart aon with the old rata, that the proposed Increases on claaa rates from St. Louis to common points in Texaa is be tween 7 and t per cent. Aa there haa been do inorease In rates from St. Louis and Chicago. Boston. Nsw Tork and other points in the middle west and east, the percentage of increase between, Texas com mon points and these sections la leas than 7 per cent. Xt la stated that tha Increase from tha 8L Louis and tha other Ohio river crossings -to Atlanta. Ga, average leas than tha Increase from St. Loula to Texas points. Waarea Have Beea Kept Cp. The railroads will. It is expected, urge, among other reasons for Increasing their rates, that they have been prevented from reducing wage, and they will point to the decision to that affect by Chairman Knapp of the Interstate ; Commerce commission, and Commlaaloner Nell of the bureau of labor, sitting as a board of arbitration In reference to the wage of employes of tho Southern Railroad. ' They will point to a reduction of their Interstate passenger rev enue by ths reduction of rates from S to 2 cents a mile In Virginia and from I to IH cents a mile lnother southern states. It Is expected that specific instances of In crease in both wages and cost of material since the old rates went into effect will be alleged and that on some branch lines do ing an Interstate business there have bean reductions on frelg faics by t a r T snact metu. -.'enKi ' ' Both to tha case oY the complaint of the Georgia shippers and tne State Railroad commission of Texa there will be a stren uous effort 'to prevent an Increase of rata of which notice has 'been given. All repre sentations, whether of the railroads or of the complainants, will be scrutinized very carefully so that the facts will ba fully es tablished. A sea ta ReMevelt. President Roosevelt has been appealed to by Senator Culberson of Texaa in an effort to restrain the railroads from putting the new rates Into effect .In that stats and Mr. Roosevelt baa referred the matter to the attorney general In the meantime the Texaa and the Oklahoma ataie railroad commlaaiona will flie separata complain ta with the Interstate Commerce commission tomorrow. Following several conferences between Senator Culberson and Chairman Allison May field of the Texas Railroad commission, Mr. Pollard, assistant attorney general of Texas, advised with Chairman Knapp and Commissioner Clements of the Interstate Commerce commission. Senator Culberson forwarded a telegram to President Roose velt at Oyster Bay on Friday stating that the hearing In the Texas caae before the commission would probably not begin earlier than September L and In the mean time the Increased ratea would doubtless be put Into operation and great injustice result to the shippers. He therefore calls the matter to the attention of the presi dent with the view that the attorney gen eral shall be directed to take Immediate"! steps to enforce the anti-trust laws of con gress by such civil and criminal seined lea aa may be proper. Referred ta Atteraey Ge serai. The following in reply has been received by 8enator Culberson from Acting Secre tary Foater at Oyster Bay: "By direction of tha president, your tele gram waa sent to the attorney general, who Is considering the whole matter." In discussing ths matter tonight Judge Knapp said: "If In the course of the coming hearing the commlaaion should have rAon to believe that the Sherman anti-trust law haa been violated it may with propriety refer the natter to the attorney general. If the at orney general should request the c-'rnmlaeion to make an Investigation the commlaaion will do all In Its power to aid the Department of Jus tice. This will not. however. Interfere with the hearing with the complaints of the shippers." Kasaleye Are Aremaed. LOriSVILLE. Aug. 10. -Action looking to- ! w,r'1 lmmed!ete raising of freight ratos ! tJ1 rnAa- While shippers' organisations ail over ma Ltuua states are righting the railroads to prevent a further Increase ha freight rates, the railroads have combated j the move by appealing t- their employes. ! who number countless thuosanda through out the United States ' One circular sent out by one of ths roads is as follows: 1t Is earnestly haped that you will let the public know thai you are a large por tion of the public, and things affecting rail' ! roads largely affect yon aa an employe Remember that you have your brains) and muse la Invested in the railroad and that i you go to -he pay oar each month and dra out your dividends la proportion ta tha ea I lent that tho company prospers. DEATH RECORD. St rm. T. L. Da v tea. rnCA, Neb.. Au- la- (Special Tele gram.) Mra. T. L. Daviaa. wife of a lumber dealer of this city, died very sud denly thia attontsoa ef neiy ilgla of tha Fresh from the million dollar sunlit bakery the best that money and experience could build baked in white tile, Top Floor ovens. Ha-Ha Snaps A crisp, dainty wafer, with a pleasant, gingery tang a delicious, appetizing cookie good with any drink, hot or cold. One suggests another and you never tire of 'cm. You can be certain that Ha-Ha Snaps are always pure and wholesome a triple-scaled, moisture-proof package keeps them free from all exposure. You will never be content with the ordinary ginger snap sold in bulk, after you once become acquainted with the goodness of Ha-Ha Snaps. Try them now. At your grocer's 5c, JjOp SENILES - Omaha, Neb. f heart. She had "t"n sick only two weeks, but had not been considered In a danger ous condition until thla morning. She was 47 years of age and was a prominent lodge and society woman, being a member of the Degree of Honor and Eastern Star ledgee. She was also a prominent church worker In the Presbyterian church. She leaves a husband and two' children. The funeral will probably be held Tuesday afternoon. GREAT FUNCTION IN VATICAN FUtk AaalTeraary af Csnaarlea af Pos Plas Celekratea at ROM15. Aug. 10. The fifth anniversary of the' coronation of Pore Plus was especially celebrated at the Vatican yesterday. The great function occurred "In the 31s tlne chapel m the presence of the pontiff, the sacred colK-ge. the" papal court, patri arrhs. archbiahopa. biahope, gunermla of religious orders and members of the diplo matic corps, the Roman aristocracy and the Knights of Malta. Montlgiior Fernaly. archbishop of New Tork. sst neit to the pope, acting as as sistant to the papal throne. The mass waa celebrated by Cardinal Merry Wei Val and the responses were sung by the famous Slstlne choir. Cardinal Gibbons, being the oldest cardinal priest, assisted Cardinal Merry del Val and offered the Incense to the pore. Bishops Foley of Detroit. O'Onnell of Washington and Fataer Doyle of Wash ington were preaeni at the ceremony. Cardinal Merry del Val leaves tomorrow for Castel Gandolfo In a motor car. Archbishop Farley expects to leave on Thursday for Swltxerland. afterwarda going to Vienna, and returning to Rome on Sep tember 18. He will sail from Naples for New Tork on September IS, having aban doned the Idea of going to Londou for the congress. TURKS ARE ANXIOUS TO DlEi1"" m ath"r r",p,a' u- upon '"mln- Dtsewrsl r re val Is Aaaaaar Advisers af 9altaa. Wka Seek ta Casasalt Saleiae. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 10. Discord reigns among the former ministers and palace officials detained at the Ministry of War. Mondough Pasha, former minister of the interior. Is at loggerheads with Tah stn Pasha, the sultan's former secretary, who reproached him with not having adopted his advice three months ago to solicit the sultan to grant amnesty to poli tical prisoners. The secretary, who is suf fering from melancholia, repliea that It ! were better to have died than U ailaeas the present state of affairs. Zekhl Pasha, who was recently dismissed .i. V-rTTvy et..k aa Inspector of military achools. Is also reported to be a prisoner at the Ministry of War, half demented and cortantly re questing a revolver with which to end his life. To this requrjit tha reply Is made that hj must live and render the nation an ac counting for his doings. He has contributed SS.'XO toward a fund to purchase two cruis ers to be named after the heroes of the revolution. Considerable Importance at taches to the presence at the diplomatic reception of the sultan last Saturday, which doubtless wu intended in Impress the Idea that the sultan is now acting as a constitu tional monarch. PROMISE AID FOR LIBERIA Geraasy aad WaakfasTtaa Aheiwt te Take Cp Matter ta Tkla Esd. EERLIN, Aug. 10. Tha Foreign office has exchanged, or la about to exchange, viewa with the State depart nvnt at Washington regarding Libera, based on the representa tlona made to the German and American governments by the speclsl delegation from Liberia, consisting of Mesara. Glhson. Dor sen and Dunbar, whlrh recently visited Washington and Berlin. The envoya ap pealed to the United States to guarantee the Independence of Liberia against ag gressions by other powers, to negotiate for Liberia arbitration treaties with Great Britain. France and Germany; to subsidise a steamship line between the t'nlted Slates and Liberia; to send a small number of officials to the African republic to adviae with and reorganise its administration. Becretaryof State Root appears to hsve rerjlied aymcathetiirally to the envoya, but to have pointed out the difficulty. Indeed, the Impossibility of the United Siat-s tsking Liberia under Ha protection, nor could any promise he made by the secre tary concerning a steamship line to Liberia. The secretary said, however, that the t'nlted Statee was disposed to assist LI- lion, a SUTiaoie way COUIU UB Urnm up lor It to do so. The Liberian envoya then cane her to conault with offlciala par ticularly respecting an lnterratlonal agree ment that might prevent the French Ivory coast colonists from Infringing upon Ll berisn territory, and Great Britain, which ilao Is Liberia's neighbor In Sierra Leone, from threstening the little republic. The conduct of British agenta In ad ministering the customs receipts In the Interest of tae bondholders appears to have caused much dissatisfaction and Libera asked Germany for aid. Owing to there being a considerable German trade with IJberia, the Foreign office listened favor ably to the representations of the envoys snd haa formulated tentative proposals- for communication to Washington. I J HBuaM-csostrfC8- BRITAIN AS AMERICA'S ALLY .tew Zealaad Papera Leek I p Tkla I Blast Astsrsl A salast East. CHRiSTS CHURCH, N. Z.. Aug. 10. The newspapers here cordially welcome tha arrival In New Zealand waters of tha American Atlantic i fleet. Tha Christ" a Church Press, in an article on tfcs fleet's visit, declared thst the conclusion of tha Anglo-Jupanese alliance was "only a tem poral y expedient" to secure peace, and pro fesses to see In the future a struggle for mastery In the Pacific, in which the United aiaics and Great Britain will be natural allies against the far eastern forces. AUCKLAND N. Z-. Aug. ..-Cloudy weather greeted the landing today of Ad miral 8 perry, commander-in-chief of tha United States fleet, and his officers to re ceive official welcome In Australian waters at the hands of Premier Sir George JosepU Ward on behaif of the government. Tha landing was made at the newly erected quay at the foot of Queen street, tha city's principal thoroughfare, at the shore end of which an eiabocaleiy decorated stand had been erected for the reception. Grouped about the prime minister were tho members uf the cabinet and representatives of tha various town, borough aii town districts of the dominion- Immense crowds thronged the street and verandas and roofs of houses adjoining were masses of humanity. Unbounded enthusiasm prevailed. In hla address sir Josoph eulogised President Rooaevelt as representing the beat traditions of the common civilisation. He then pre sented to Admiral 8 perry for President Roosevelt, a decorated gold and silver album, suitably Inscribed, as a souvenir of the vlsat of the Amorican fleet to New Zeaiand. To Dissolve the I' a lea of stoma, h, liver and kidney troubles and cure biliousness and malaria, take Electric Bitters. Guaranteed. Sue Beaton Drug Co. GENERAL BOOTH MAY GO BLIND Leader af eel-ratlea trasy ta asTartag) frees Cats rafts la Be Ik Eyes. LONDON. Aug. la An officer of the Sal vailon Army eonfirma the report that haa been current for some time that General William Booth is Buffering from cataracts on both eyes. "The general haa not taken to wearing gl ns" aaid ha officer today, "and he ran S' a better without them, but he cannot read anything but large type aad he haa to hold that close to hla eyaa.' 4 S 4 I S. "t- I W J I aflllvV Gold MedalFldiA tftW . f ; i