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4 HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. .lANTAKY 21. HIE PNEMONIA SEASON MORE DEATHS FROM PNETJ. MONIA THAN FROM TU BERCULOSIS. Pneumonia an Infectious Disease. !t Can Be Prevented A Remarkable Record. 1 fTromthe Ii Motnet Register and Leader.) "Why bus this season of the Tear becoma known m the pneumonia season? Why dur ing the closing week of the old ear wera . (her mora deaths in Chicago and New York from pneumonia than tuberculosis? Why are pneumonia and related bronchial trou ble beginning to take the place of tubercu losis a the dread scourge of city life? Simply . and solely because we are devoting too much Ingenuity and energy, to dodging the fresh end invigorating winter air that every twelve months refrigerate our latitude. It ii believed now that pneumonia Is an infectious disease, nod that in the citle where the death rale fa growing to rapid! it is communicatee! In the heated and crowded cere, A alrkal it to small, and the cold air is o chilling, that the American people are for getting how to walk. The old time red that burned the cheek of childhood does not visit k mature fare on an average of once in the twelve months, not even the red of a chilly and pinched nose. "We are getting afraid of the climate, and as a result, the climate Is taking ite revenge. The mere habit of turning np coat collars has killed thousands of people, and the fur boa ha a long list to its account, for no part of the human body becomes deljcate more quickly because of superfluous covering than the throat And yet we sre multiplying devices for tnrrring up more coat collars. It is not too early to recognise that this is all wrong, that our climate is here to stay, and that if we are going to live in it with com fort we must accommodate ourselves to it. It will pay to keep on good terms with, the climate' A great many have learned that pneumo nia may be avoided by taking Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy whenever they have a cold. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for colds and grip during the epidemics of the past few years, we have yet to learn of a single one having had pneumonia, which -should certainly con vince the moat skeptical of the value of that Ii reparation, its remarkable cures of colds ave made it a slaole article of trade and commerce throughout the United S'-ates and in many foreign countries. ilCOLl'S SPECIAL OFFER A Black or Blue Cheviot, ThibPt or Worsted Suit, with an oxtra pair, of Trousers or. tame of striped 25 material To reduce the stock and keep our large force of tailors active we will include an extra Pair of Trousers for the price of putt .alone. Suit and Extra Trousers 525 ti $45 iiii'er fiiin iii'i'i ' 'T"paal tVILLIAM JERBEMS SONS. eOWMl Soutb 16th St, fPV CUTS Your business needs the help of the artist and engraver. Illustrations are one way to larger profit! greater success. The superior quality of our work cost you no mora than the commonplace. IAKIK BROS. ENGRAVING CO. Bark Block, Omaha. If you bu t knew what harsh cathartics do, you'd always use Cascarets. Candy tablets, vegetable and mild. Yet just as effective as salts and calomel. Take one when you need it. Stop the trouble promptly. Never wait till night. t53 Veat-porket bos, 19 eenta-at dnigstorea. Each tablet o( lbs genuine ia marked C C C. FLORIDA RESORT. - Kvfisasat a. . r . HOTELS IPONCg BC LEON . . . St Auiriutina . ALCAZAR St. Auruatino OR MONO. . . Orano-nd-on-tho-Hulifax TMC aftCAKCRS Palm bench nOYAL POINCIANA . . . Vim iirach ROYAL PAHA . Miami THE COIONI AL. Nassau. Bal.amai.li. AtlONa KEY, MmiJesaouihef Viami. Baa been established an ide&l fishing camp, with evry eornfr.rt. ITMlt.CS NEARER CUBA. The now rail iu alone Fmr.rla keys U completed to KnirhtKry.cor.a"ctii.ff with stMsaahipa tut Havana tod Kay West. For Information rolatir to ticketa. kotol reservation, slootnerand rcrlrreara. I aceoanwdaooaa on ataamers, apply to FLORIDA EAST COAST I a aans si. n taa sirTM avg. ly. a. it. .y.um.!. u. WOMEN VISIT DYING OUTLAW Professed Sister and Old Friend Call on Murderer. LATTER S CONDniON MTJCH WORSE Mrs. fiene Jackson Insists ne I Mater of the Desperado, Whose Reel amt la "aid to Re Jerkson. Th radl.sl decline in the condition of the man hn killed Officer Smith and wnundod Selective Iievereese and the ar rival tn Omaha of his sinter are the latest features of the Jackaon-Curtaln case. A nuerr thing Is that the, woman Insists her nam is 'Mrs. Jackaon and she la a slater of the desperado, who, the police of several cities now say, la named Jackson. Ifuarh Jackson, the outlaw, la In worse condition today than at any previous time flnce the shooting last Thursday. This statement was given out by I)r. , A. IV Condon, the attending physician, this after noon. Jackson Is weaker today and Is suf fering from the severe attack of pneu monia whtrh develoil Monday night and was diagnosed Tuesday. His pulse lias aone up alarmlng-ty and now averages shout j;tn, while his temperature also In dicates that his condition la worse.. Since Tuesday night he has been delirious and la frequently given opiate to" quiet 'him. For the first time since he was wounded Detective Derereese was given solid food today. His gradual Improvement still con tinues snd there Is no marked change In his condition, except for the better. Ylalt In Sick Room. Mrs. Gene Jakaon, who -says she Is a sister of lfujrh Jsckson. alias Jack Curtain, the desperado, arrived in. Omaha Wednes day morning at i:30 o'clock from New Or leans. After seelna; Captain Favaga of the, detective fone and later Chief of Tollce Donahue alio went to the Omaha General hospital In company with Police Matron Gibbons and another woman, who is said to be a close friend of the Jflcksons. They spent over half an hour In the room where the wounded man was. It waa a tearful meeting that took place among? the. three. Mrs. ' Jackaon and her friend, whose name was not divulged but who Is said to be Mrs.: Barry of floux City, were , the only persons, other than Matron Gibbons and the nurses, allowed in the room during the visit'. Even Police Officer Wheeler and McDonald, who keep constant watch over the .prisoner during the day. heeded the request of Mrs. Jack son and retired In the hajl .while she re mained with her brother. .The door was closed and a black screen was placed around the head of the bed, So that no outsider except Mrs. Gibbon could witness the touching scene, during which even the hardened murderer and en-convict shed tears. Kays lie la Sorry. "I'm sorry the affair happened," mur mured Hugh Jackson, between convul sive sobs and cough occasioned by the pneumonia he is suffering from. "I hope I won't have to answer for the killing of the policeman." While he talked to the women of his life since his sister saw him last, some years ago, Mrs. Jackson sat at the side of the bed holding his right hand and frequently caressing his forehead. The other woman sat on the other side of the bed and held his left hand. Both cried ncarky all the time and th ? wounded r.sn also shed tears, but showod a faint smile. He seemed glad to see tho women and . caused Jhem to. linger much longer than' the hospital au thorities thought was best. When they left the hospital, they went to the parish housn of .the church .of 8ti Mary Magdalene, Nineteenth and Dodge streets, Hnd asked for tiie priest In rharge. When told that he was not there they said they wanted him t) go to the hospital and see Hugh Jackson. It Is not known whether the priest was called' dt the request of Jackson. Dr. Condon, who Is attending the outlaw, was also visited by the' Woman, who left the company of Matron Gibbons at the church. They then went to the Paxtun and the Jackson woman registered as "Mrs. M. F. Jackson. Rawltas, Wyo." The other woman did not register. They de clined to be interviewed today and gave out no lnformitlon concerning their com ing to Omaha. UNIQUE NATURAL MONUMENT; By rrralilent's Proclaiiml ion Freaks In Mono I'erpetaate. an Army ontrer'a Mentor?. President Ruose veil - .lias... just Issued a proclamation creating the V (leelrr national monument In Colorado to commemorate tiie name of a brave army officrr.and to save from vandalism a marvelous',' collection of nature freaks situated 11, but ft t In the air In Colorado, almost at the,, crest of the continental divide. It Isn't every army of ficer whose memory . Isr kept fresh by a monument two miles inari air hy execu tive profhtmatlon. Few rtf thew are blessed with such lasting fame as Will be passed down to posterity with the 'name of Cap tain George M. Wheeler, 'clip's of engineers, for there are few such pn9er!ands on the continent as is included' In the : 300 acres taken by the president's order. Canyons and pinnacles, peaks and butles, caves and figures strangely resembling men and beasts, are scattered 'over the area In the greatest profusion and make a never tiring museum for the tvuvlat. All the for mations were cut by the-action of the water on soft stone and-aotter earth, and the work of erosion (s will aotng on. Cap tain Wheeler was one of h Yirst engineer officers to visit that region, and between the years IStiJ and 1S7S "he traversed the territory very thoroughly "and 'made a great many surveys of the coumry. He per formed the work that Is now being dona by the geological survey, anT SS the land was filled with hostile Indians there Is no dlscouting the brand of courage he must have possessed to stick at the Job. The new storehouse of nature freaks will be taken care of by the national govern nient of the future' like the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the Big Trees, eom of the Cliff Uwellera' homes and other marvels In the west that are likely to become the irey of vandal unless guarded by the law, The creation ot a monument by prcaldentlal proclamation is merely tn legal perform anee that must be gme through with to bring the object under the government's protection. The Wheeler monument does not really belong to 'the government any rn'ire than It did before the president Issued the proclamation, for it was already In the Rio Grande national forest, which Is under national control. But those who commit acts of vandalism within Its bound arles or remove portions of lie formations will bo subject ti heavy penalties. According to the report bf V. C. Spencer, a foreat supervisor, who -recently, explored the locality, th.i ground is believed to have been traversed by the . Ill-fated expedition of John C. Fremont. liaatr ia believed t'j have overtaken "the Pathfinder" In the Immediate neighborhood of the monument for skeletona of mules, bits of hanwsa and pieces of camp equipage found about the ancient trails are thought to.hsve belonged to him. The tweet eervio ef(Mal believe that aa soon as a wagun voad is. ut1t from Hot Springs hotel, at Waamv Wheat Gar, some tea miles distant, the place wiil be much visited by tourists. The Denver Rio Grande Is the nearest railroad, and Wagon Wheel Gap the nation you le.tve when you visit, the monument. New Tork Tribune. AIRSHIP TO CROSS THE OCEAN Prospective taitt with Giant War Craft that Will Carry llandred Mra. An aerial warahlp TOO feet over all and 0 feet beam, ahle to carry ino men and an armament of arnns and ammunition, ami food and fuel enough for a trip across the Atlantic, Ja to be built at once In the Nixon yards at an estimated cost of U.OOn.OO by the Aerial Navigation Company of Amer ica, now In proceas of organisation In New York, according to Mr. Fennington "Air ship" Pennington, as Mr. Tewls Nixon calls him. This may look something like mllltsry domination of the air, but there Is another aerial weapon under way that may make It useless. It Is the discovery of Mark An thony and la nothing less than a dirigible sir torpedo, steered and controlled by wire less electricity for a distance of from ten to twenty miles. Mr. Anthony Is sn eleetrlcsl engineer of this city, who begsn to study and experi ment with the wireless control of airship three years sgo. Ha has discovered, he says, that an air ship can be controlled perfectly by wire leas electricity, and his system has now been perfected to a point where a balloon twenty-two feet long, with a capacity for fVK) cubic feet of gas, Is moved ' about through the air entirely at the will of the operator, who remains on the around and merely manipulates an electrical keyboard. So positive are the . Inventor and his friends that a great discovery has been made thst they are now having a large balloon built and sre arranging to give official tests before government officials st Washington. Mr. Anthony and several witnesses de clare he has demonstrated a perfect con trol of the balloon at a distance of more than ten miles, and that with the balloon I'M fret In the sir. near Newark, be has placed his wireless apparatus on the top of a skyscraper In Manhattan and for nearly sn hour caused the balloon to perform all sorts of evolutions as easily as If a man were actually sitting In the frame and guiding Its movements. Concerning the aerial warship to be con structed In his yards Mr. Iwls Nixon said: "The ship will cost something more than U.OOO.OUO. When completed It will probably weigh 140 tons. It has been most carefully thought out In every detail by Mr. Fen nlngton 'Airship' Pennington. "We have been working every day on the design for the ship. 1 have been asked to act as consulting engineer. "Thurlow Weed Barnes, who has been known In connection with Chinese railway dperatlons. Is mentioned as the presdent. "There is no reason to doubt the success of this ship. All of the principles Involved In lis construction have already been tested and found feasible. Of course, It will In volve a gas envelope. "This envelope will be of silk, or of the new type of linen that has been found to be practical for this purpose, and It will be Inclosed In one of steel or aluminum. In fact, we decided upon aluminum at to day's conference as the lightest and best for this purpose." New Tork Telegrsph. . i i A Total Eclipse, of the functions of stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels Is quickly disposed of with Electric Bitters. 50c. For sale by Beaton Dru.g Co. ' " ' ' M'KEEN PLANT IS DOUBLED -,( Removal of Factors' to iew Quarters Permit Tnrnlnsr Out Twice aa Many -Motor -Cars. The present output of the McKeen Motor Car company is four completed cars a month, and now that the company Is in stalled tn its new quarters, plans are being made to double the plant and thus Increase the output In like ratio. Besides motor cars the company Is now ready to manufac ture switching locomotives for manufac- uring and industrial plants, gasoline en gines and air compressors, and also fifty- five-foot passenger motor cars with a seal ing capacity of seventy-five persons, with or without smoking compartment; fifty five foot combination passenger and bag gage motor car, with a seating capacity f fifty-six people; seventy-foot combina tion passenger, baggage and mail motor car, with a seating capacity of sixty-nine people, or 106 people It the baggage and mail compartments are eliminated; a fifty-five-foot freight motor car for express and light freight business and thirty-one-foot mail and express trailers. These cars are In great demand all ovqr the country, especially Tor branch line and uburban service, a i OWES HER LIFE TO Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Vienna. W. Va.- "I feel that I owa the last ten years of my life to Lydia ,,,., -i , I, . ..i i K. Pinkham's V ege- table Compound. EleTen years ago I was a walking shadow. I had been under the doctor's earebutgotnorelief. My husband per su'aded me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com poundand it worked like a charm. It re lieved all my pains and misery. 1 advise all suffering women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. Emma Wheaton, Vienna. W. Va. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harm ful drugs, and to-day holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases of any similar medi cine in the country, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on Ale in the Pinkham laboratory at Lvnn. Mass., from women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints, inflammation, ul-' ceration.displai'ements, fibroid tumors. Irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every such suffering woman owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial ' If you would like social adTio about your rase writ a confiden tial letter to Mra. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mas. Her advice) la free), and always helpful AFFAIRS AT S0UTI1 OMAHA Union Stock Yards Company Com pletes Its New Hone Barn. BUILDING A MODEL OF ITS KIND Ernest Atteberr, si Sarpr Cnmmir Ysas Mmm, Instantly Killed hr the Oveta rat star ot Hie Wen Dad Fall for Painter. The I'nton Stock Tarda compsnr hsa re cently completed a new horse barn for the housing of the compsny'e animals. It Is a building remodeled from the old mule barn and modernlied In every particular. It Is said to be the best barn In South Omaha. It shelters about sixty bead of horses. The sanitation la of the best. The horsea are well provided with fresh water ami roomy stalls. Said Mr. Walters. "This Improvement Is In line with all the Improvements which Mr. Buckingham has ordered. We have not made extensive Improvements, but such aa have been made have been the most suhetantlal possible. It has been noticeable from the start that the yards under his management have been run economically and with a view to the best possible ser vice." Ileavy Hoc Receipts. The South Omaha market received ll.nno hogs yesterdsy. The price, however, kept slowly creeping up, on an active maiket. It Is noticabla that on mild days the sales proceed more slowly, because the traders parley so much longer when not stung by the frost. The short receipts In Chicago account for the advance of price In South Omaha. The top reached $6.36, and the bulk went from $8 00 to J1.20 per KX. Several lots went as high as $6.2S to $4.30. The re ceipts of sheep and cattle were not large and the prices were about steady on the average. Welsh-Condon Wedding. The wedding of Stephen J. Welsh to Margaret E. Condon was celebrated Tues day morning at St. Bridget's Catholio church at Twenty-sixth and E streets. John McCann acted in the role of best man and Miss Jessie Condon, sister of to the bride, wss bridesmaid. Father O'Cnl lahan performed the ceremony and said mass. The march was played by Miss Maud Murphy. After the ceremony the bride and groom departed on a short trip to Chlesgo. They will make their home either In Omaha or South Omaha, which they have not yet announced to their friends. A number of guests were present at the ceremony. Both the young people have been residents- of South Omaha sev eral years. Wonnded Man Recovers. Dan Miller, who was shot through the abdomen New Year's night by Alexander Donovltch, Is able to be out on the streets. He visited the city jail yesterday and seemed almost completely recovered. His case turned out very fortunately according to the physicians. Hla Intestines were badly lacerated by the bullet. No hope was held out for him for many days. After a week he rallied very quickly. The police have not been able to discover any trace of Donovltch. The recovery of Miller will probably be the end of the case, for It is unusual for the Austrlans to appeal to the courts unless, the Injuries are fatal. Killed br Overturned W(os. Ernest A ttebery whis accidentally Killed yesterday at 2 p. m. on the road near Gil more, by the overturning of his wagon. He was about 26 years old and lived In the country.(-Whiie driving in a lumber wagon he mft a. team hauling a load of hay. He gave too much or the road in passing and his own wagon overturned on the grade. He jumped In an effort to save himself and fell below the wagon, which fell on him, crushing him to death almost Instantly. The coroner of Sarpy county was called and decided that an Inquest was unneces sary as the cause of the death and .he circumstances were obvious. The body was taken in charge by U. H. Brewer of South Omaha and will be sent to Hopkins, Mo., where the young man's parents live. Attc bery had an older brother in Sarpy county, with whom he lived, whose name Is Joseph S. Attebery. Painter Has Bad Kali. James Hlldebrand, a painter working on the Q street 'viaduct, fell through the joists of the sidewalk Tuesday morning. The distance fo the ground waa about fif teen feet. The fall rendered him uncon scious for nearly an hour. He waa taken to the Q street pharmacy and attended there by Dr. Chaloupka. When he had re covered consciousness it was found that his Injuries were slight. His shoulder waa bruised and bis side received some contus ions. The doctor allowed him to go to his home, nf-ar Twenty-fourth and Vinton, un attended. The place where he fell through waa about 100 feet east of the west terminus of the viaduct. At the t:ce where he fell off the floor of the walk had not been laid. Old Resident Dead. Andrew Allen, aged 73 years, 23 North Twenty-fifth street, died Tuesday at 6 p. m. He Is survived by his wife and four chil dren, three boys and a married daughter, Mrs. John Kresse. The funeral will be held Thursday at 1:30 a. m. from the residence to St. Agnes' church. The burial will be In St. Mary's cemetery. The Ancient Order of Hibernians will meet this evening to arrange to attend the funeral in a body. Mr. Allen waa an old resident of South Omaha, having been In the city for twenty four years. He was a cellar boss at the Cudahy Packing company for twenty-two years. He had been sick for the laat six months or more. Made City Goaalp. The Woodmen of the World gave a dance last evening at Masonic hall. Mary Staronek caused the arrest of Frank Kraniaski yesterday evening for disturbing the peace and threatening his wife. The South Omaha Smile club gave a nance laat nigm at tiusmng s nail. The New Century Card club will give a party and dance at Masonic hall. The class ot 1908 of the South Omaha High school will hold an Important meeting at the high school building Thursday even ing. Dr. W. J. McCrann has returned from Fremont, where he was called In consulta tion in the Illness of Mrs. Carey of that city. The Willing Workers of the Christian church will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Clifton, 15oa North Twenty-fourth street. Margaret Wood, the Infant daughter of John Wood. Twenty-aecnnd and W atreets. died Tueaday morning. The funeral will be held today at a. m. The Interment la in Laurel Hill cemetery. PNEUMONIA FATAL TO KREBS Man Pronslnent In Cndahr Company Dies at Home en Georala Ave nne Tharsdas- Afternoon. Pneumonia, following typhoid. Is res. ponslble for the death yesterday afternoon of W. H. Krebs, at his home. 151 (reorgla avenue. Mr. Krebs, who wss 30 years of age, had been with the Cudahy company for sixteen years and was long a highly esteemed department manager. He leavea a wife and two daughters. Alma nd Kllen. bealdes parents and a brother and sister in Watertown. Wis. Funeral arrange menla will be announced later. j TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL ! ALWAYS BUY THE GENUINE, 1 i : - v' ) ;n I V 1 j' . nssjnssssam' IT CLEANSES THE SYSTEM GEKTLY YET PROMPTLY" ACTS NATURALLY AND BENEFICIALLY ON THE KIDNEYS. LIVER AND BOWELS : ASSISTS IN OVERCOMING CONSTIPATION. PERMANENTLY . DISPELS COLDS AND HEADACHES! A REMEDY APPROVED BY PHYSICIANS BECAUSE OF KNOWN COMPONENT PARTS AND KNOWN BENEFICIAL EFFECTS. FOR SALE BY ALL LOADING DRUGGISTS ONES1ZE ON LY, REG U LAR PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE MATHER CHOSEN PRESIDENT Bock Island Man Placed at Head of Westinghouse Corporation. TAGGAET MUST PAY DAMAGES Prrsa Agent Given Jadament of a2,SOO Aaalnat Democratic Leader for False Ira prtsonment. NEW TORK, Jan. 20. Another stride In the readjustment of the affairs of the West Inghouse Electric and Manufacturing com pany was made today, when Robert Mather, chairman of the Rock Island company, was elected president of the board of directors, succeeding E. C. Covers. Charles A. Smith, for yeara the company's attorney, was elected a vice president. His successor as secretary was not chosen. Nesl Rantoul resigned from the board ot directors. Mr. Terry, In speaking of the selection of Mr. Mather as president, said that the dlrectcrs considered this a fortunate step because of Mr. Mather's long railroad ex perience, which would be an aid in the Westinghouse company In the work of elec trifying railroads. Mr. Terry said he be lieved Mr. Mather would continue as presi dent of the Rock Island. Mr. Mather was born in Salt Iake City in 1S69. He was graduated from Knox col lege In 1882 and moved to Chicago, where he worked In the treasurer's office of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. Admitted to the Illinois bar In 1SS6, he be came secretary as a local attorney and as general attorney, and general counsel for the Rock Island road. In 1904 he was elected president of the company. He Is also a vice president of the St. Louis & Ban Franclaeo Railroad company and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois company. Tagrsart Mnst Pay Damaars. Thomas Taggart. one-time chairman of the national democratic committee, took the stand In his own defense today In sn ac tion brought In the supreme court by Reed Carradine, a former press sgent for the committee, who charges that Taggart cauaed him" to be "unlawfully Imprisoned" on September 12, 1906. Carradine teatified that Mr. Taggart, after introducing him to a bank cashier, had him taken Into custody by a detective until he proved that a check cashed for him was good." The Jury returned a verdict in Tavor of Carradine for 2,W. Jail far Bnrket Shop Men. James B. Kellogg, who was convicted in the state and federal courts In connection with the operations of the alleged bucket shop firm of K. 8. Desn eV Co., must serve the term of Imprisonment Imposed by tho state court, according to a decision handed down today by Justice Blanchard. Kellogg was sentenced to serve seven and a half yeara and pay a fine of 500. Three Bnrned to Death. Three persona, a woman and her two Children, were burned to death late today In a residence fire on Bergen street, Brook lyn. The blaze was quickly subdued snd it waa supposed everybody in the building had escaped. When the ruins were searched however the bodies of Mrs. Maria Dial and her two children, a boy of 4 years and a girl of years, were found. Terra Cotta Combine I'nder Fire. The Atlantic Terra Cotta company, a $3,000,000 corporation with officea In this city, will be inveatlgated by the govern ment on charges that it is a monopoly operating In restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. This an nouncement was made today. The bonks and other papers of the company have been surrendered to District Attorney Stimson. Hatters Expert ftettleaneat. John A. Moffitt. prealdent of the I'nited Hatters ot North America, the 15,000 mem bers of which are now on strike because the hat manufacturers discontinued the use of the union label. In a atstement at Orange, N. J., today said he was ready to make an effort to arbitrate the esiating difficulty. He said be did not believe the trouble would last long. I Chlaeao Envoys Sail for Bremen. Tang flhalo Tt, the apecial Chinese envoy to thla country, with his entourage, sailed on the steamer Prins Frlederich Wllhelm today for Bremen enroute to China. Minis ter Wu Ting-fang waa here to bid Mr. Tang and ethers of Uie Imperial Chinese party fare sit f0 a - - :rr sT vi nm fit AS MJ NOTED AND NAMELESS TRAMP Chalks "A No. 1" on Gnlde Posts and Cars as fie Mikes or -Rldre Alone A clean-cut, wide-awake, athletic-looking man something more than 40 years old waa sitting one day In the private office, of the late A. J. Cassatt, the great sallroad president, talking to him easily and passing Jokes. The clerks all marveled that Mr. Cassatt had so much time to spend1 In mere visiting, but still he paid no heed to the chief clerk who was nervously changing feet. Just outside the open door. "Who is he?" asked a filing clerk. "A tramp," answered the chief clerk with out taking his eyes off the clock. The filing clerk gasped, but he nearly fainted a moment later when the president cordially bade the vigorous, wide-awake man good-bye. But the railroad official did; not call him by name no one does that. The tramp is the most celebrated one in the world, and is on intimate terms with more railroad presidents than most of us ever saw. He Is a railroad wanderer, cele brated the" world around: every hobo In our great migrating population sees every dsy blazes of his trail, yet no one knows his name. It is a queer hobby, this writing, cutting and chiseling of one's name all over the world, on bridge abutments, box car tops snd on lone handcar sheda when it really Isn't one's name. In biff, correct letters he carves "A No. 1," hedging it In with short, thick arrow, with the date underneath. It is on Brooklyn bridge snd on slattern sta lions on the cactus plains of Arizona. He travels all alone, and all alone whittles his pseudonym-symbol on a water tank, or on an engine house and calls It contentment. For twenty-four years A No. 1 has been doing nothing but traveling hoboing. His observation chair Is the trucks of the lim ited. He keeps a mile book with the exact number of miles he travels" each day, and between what points. More, he has letters from chiefs of police, railroad officials and from mayors to substantiate his statements. Neurologists tell of a strange disease called wanderlust. A No. 1 has the most aggra vated rase known. His father Is a Sun Francisco banker, but rather than brldg disgrace on him the son early adopted the name of A No. 1. I'p till November 1 he had traveled 487,789 miles at a total expense of 17. 00. On the streets ho wears a 40 suit snd a 12 shirt. How does he get the money? Easy enough. He has developed a profes sion all of his own. When short of money he gathers a crowd around him on a street corner, gets a peck of potatoes, draws out a queer shaped knife and In three minutes he has your likeness rarved on a potato and you pay him a quarter for the tuber. There It is IS an hour. He has been around the world seven tunes and can speak alx languages besides the hobo Jargon. He WLmvfA l La, fmM HrMUu4wtaliaBj ear a 11 mi ay eqaaj ao vr. awu s nam- i v I Hon?. It crrsn ajntok aad peraaaaoat 1 folios' ia grip a wall a eoaahs d 'aide. - It SBAko weak tana etrosf. XUfe hj, A. Kfs$ALr raJ.ca.K. iwll CIl wNi f ?iaf sw aaiae, Hmg la tb (tim." HI I EU II H I afM W S EFFECTS; has turned down many good vaudeville of fers Just to enrry out life's ambition to hobo 1,000, ono miles, snd the chsnces are good thnt he will. Ha Is at 11 this very minute, hut whether In Kansas. Kalamasoo or Kamchatka the Iord only knows Hu man Ilfe. GEMS THAT FOOL EXPERTS Sapphires and Rnhlea Turned Ont from t'roelhle of, French Alchemist. "Not five out of a hundred jcwflers in New Tork rould detect a manufattuiel ruby," said a gem expert the othfr dy. "The imitation Is so perfect that I think It hardly proper to rublish tlv fa. I. I mUi.t lead some fcwlndler to buy the Frem h made stones at 40 cents a isiat and seil them at the price of tiie genuine, wh'cli is upward of $15 a carat wbolaaie. A ll.ie ruby Is more valuable than a di-mond tf the same weight. So is a - sapphire, for that matter." Rubies and sapphires sre choniii ally of similar composition; both being varieties of the mineral corundum, bjt the maniifictur of sapphires to ecu! the. Renuhie ston l a later achievement than tl.o production of rubles. At his lsboiatoiy st Hoiilogne-sur-S.'ine a modern alchemist named M. I-iun Paris transmutes inrrt powders Into spark ling gems and bears up ou.tntiti.-s of sap phires greater than a thousind mincis coi.l I diR from th bowels of the earth, The constituents of the jewels to be cre ated, which are aluminum and cx.de color lug, are weighed very vrcclsely 011 gla s Inclosed scales, for an error of a mil lgram in the proportions would give dcfe.tve re sults. The mixed powder Is potired in a cupel, which Is then placed In an oil burn ing oven. A temperature of 1,7(0 degie's la maintained for several hours. When the cupel Is taken from the oven Its conlents are dumped into a cup and thence empllu.1 through a funnel Into a sort of flower pot with a perforated rover. The pot is placed over the Jet of an oxyliydrjgen bloaplpe, with a temperature of 1,500 degrees. The tube of the oxyhydrogen apparatus 1 pro tected with many layers of sheet Iron, and this final process is carefully observed toy expert workmen. Slowly the. IqueTjlig powder falls In the shape ot drops upon the Intense flame, and in place cf a mere chemical mixture app'ara a sirphl e, splen didly blue and translucent. The sapphire, natural or artific ial. I a very hard atono. Kven if fashion dot lines to adept the laboratory arli'le, imp-riant commercial uses can be found for ii, as in forming tips for rock-boring drills the tap phlre drill is equal to the diamond clilil and on the artificial basis costs Infinitely less. New York Tribune. BlggT, Better, Buaier That s what ad vertising In The Bee doea for your business. . J If If DR. BELL'S Pine-Tar-Honey Contalna two of the eld-tlme soewheld temedUs for COUUHfl and COLDS, Pur PrJ-Tar and Par Honey. With thMo are soUatifloally eenbiaed several other lagredlents of known value ia th trtonat of COUUUB. W UUoa ike tckae whet 1 lata bottle. WHY DO THE PEOPLE USE OVER 8 ,000.000 BOTTLES ANNUALLY? Barf Is Om sf the Masy Wrm er f tht sl woaoa or riaisc. Afur th emrteana of a Mr aoli wWcfe nana near -vr.nUia Into f uoiiuiuoio I hovo toa tmtvi wtt om onnt kottia of voor Dr. aii'a PlD lu-lutr. 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