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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1909)
mttn nxtutk iaii tirv, Tl'l?IV MATinr R 1000 5 END OF SIXTIETH CONGRESS A Great Purchase o! $25, $30 and $35 Spring Suits on sale at I wa;iiiiinniMirtiiii,niiiiii m .Ti.ri,ni.,ri.ii.n;,.i,-Tiir m i, ,.i n m ttti jp.iriiauwagiwvjMiwjMCTmww.Hiiiii TiiinTTiiiimimiei" l Pension Bill, Last of Big Supply Measures, Passes Both Houses. SPECIAL SESSION OF SENATE After Readln of Proclamation Vie President Sherman Calls Body Order and Adjonrnmrnt Is Taken I ntll Today i i: 04t 1 4 ' 4 6 This is a Sale That Needs No Introduction. Every Garment is fully able to speak for itself Thare ars about ln Full In the lot.- Including &i sample ults all In the very Intent styles made scrordlng to that hiKh standard of excellence which we always demand of our manufac turer. TVS TAXLOBBD STTTT tHOW on the figure to the left In made of a fine gray all-wool worsted In several new spring weaves. The coati are from 8 to 42 lnrhe In length, rollnrlee style, trimmad nicely with Bengallne silk and lined with B"ldlng satin. Tne skirts are a new spring model, $25. 130 and 7 Cf St values, at $ll-JV Deautiful, Stylish Oengaline Silk and French Serge Dresses Where will you find at o low a price such really IA AZ tonning costumes? Valuea $25.00, at X.OHQ, SUCinTL X.OTES UO WlJPTjrO TBAI2. Of courae they are mad to produce the hlplews effect, and nave the high Empire back. The lace yokes and trlmmlnga are fine In quality, and of various dainty patterns. The sleeves are either full length or three-quarter, with a deep cuff completing it ut the wrtst, and tipped with dainty frills. Boms or tne White. picture Saturday wrtst, and tipped with dainty frills. ' Boms J fk fm is colors In the lot are Catawba, Hone, IP! ft U e. Blue and Black. All usual sizes. The I ! ire tells the whole Mory. VWi $9150 $12.50 and $15.00 Skirts 200 Skirts at $5.00 Owing to the wonderful sale we bad. last Saturday, w e have secured 200 skirU from one of the leading skirt manufacturers of New York City, a Bamole lot for less than 60c on the dollar. These (PC (f) skirts are actually worth from $9.60 to $15. Your c holce, Saturday, only kfJ'uu Mail Oriers Filled Till Wednesday Open Till O F IVf HI I SI1UMWAY DIES, FOR CRIME (Continued from Third Page.) waged from now on until after election. BEATRICE The gold watch which was tolen from Miss Sarah Mouer more than a week ago was returned to nor by mall. As yet no clue to the thief has been ob tained, and the officers are of he opinion that the person who took the watch feared he would bo detected and concluded to send It back to the owner. A gold ring and $6 In change taken at the same lime have not been returned. BEATRICE The ' directors of the Bea trice City Base Ball league met last nlglit and elected B. ' K. Drunimond, president, and Harry Doll. secretry. a committee comprising Morris Freshman and Harry Doll was appointed ti draft bylaws and coiuititutton. A number of teams have, ap plied for membership In the league, nnd prospects are blight for a successful sea son. UKATHICK Hen Klsher and Kvan Rob. erts of Barneblwn were bound over to the district court yatiterday In bonds of VU each on the charge of robbing 8. W. Mc CVy. editor of the tkkelo Eagle of $7 In cash. The robbery Is alleged to have oc. cured In a barn at Harneston recently where McCoy claims ha met the young men. n pa Til ICE John Thlmtn and Miss Fully rentier, duughter of Mr. and Mrs William I'enner. promine this county, were mar ttrnnAll at the home of I rlne miles wet of Beatrice. Kev. John I'enner officiating. The young couple will make their Ivine on a farm six miles went of Beatrice. T.-ir. n'k'Vnui k shooting along the rialte river and oilier streams and lagoons united In marriage by Rev. R. A. Schell at the bride's home at 8:30 Thursday night. The bride U a daughter of John C. Froser, after whom the town of l'rosser, near here, was named. HASTINGS An effort to secure the revocation of five saloon licenses was matio In the ctty council Wednesday evening. A motion to this end was declared out oT order bv Mayor M;les, who bused hia rul ing on the tact that litigation for the clos ing of the sulmins la still pending determgia tlon In the, courts. The supreme court oas declared that the licenses are Invalid, but It has declined to issue Immediate man dates. Mr. Allyn. who offered the motion to revoke, thought the council had a right to revoke aa oon licenses without cause, provided tho unused portion of the license money was returned. The city attorney declared that the council had no bucu authority. ST. PAI'L One of the oldest pioneer noinen of the county, Mrs. Carl V. Peter sen, departed this life at the home of her sou near imnnenrog last luesuay ai m ripe old age of nearly 78 years, and was burled today. Deceased with her husband settled on Prairie creek In Hall county about forty years ago, anil later became one of the earliest settlers In Howard county. - COLVMBUS F. J. Cooken came to town and looked a little too long at the wine when It was red. He called at the res taurant of Gus Lueke and presented a cheek on the First National bank signed by C. A. Blsson. In favor of F. .1. Cooken, which la alleged to be a forgery. COl.l'MBl'8 The plumbing firm of A. lent Mennonltes of I I'uaaell & Son has bought out the busi rled vesterdav af- I ni)a of B- u- Compton, and again there is the bride s parents. I but one firm of plumbers at Columbus. COM. M BIS There were forty tune transfers of real estate filed In the county clerk's office for tho week ending March :'. and the amount of money that changed hands, or Its equivalent, was $281. 310.7a. That was the best week for years. In the vicinity was never better and big' HARVARD W bile employed this niorn ,f name are nisde every day. One Ing in repairing the Burlington windmill Farty of hunter, brought In 20 ducks In a wi" days' shoot. Many sportsmen from dlff rent parts of tne state are here en joying the line shooting. K WARN K V The I'nlon Valley Telephone ronip- nv has Incorporated here with a capi tal slne'k of Id.iH) snd will build farmers' linea through Center and Thornton town Kns and probably connect wilh the Kenney Independent line. Buffalo county possesses one of. If not the largest, lndo pendent rural tel. phone system In the suite and the lines are all practically owned by Uitt fanners themselves. KEARNEY The new Implement ware house of Patters-n & Wlngnnls on the I'nion Pacific rtht.u(.wuy is Hearing completion and will be one of the lurgest between Omaha and Denver, being fifty feet wide wilh a total length of :Md feet and a ltti fiol basement under the same and ap proximately twenty-five feet In height. KKARNEY The shipment of hogs to Pa e lf!c coast pidnts from this vicinity Is again under way apd many car loads of Buffalo c.untv porkers are In thla way sent to the far east. Duriiig ths summer and fall sea si n as lilgh as a tralnlnad a Week Is no uncommon shipment from this peilnt. HASTINCiS Berend E3. Bstternian and Kdna h. Proaser. both of tilenvllle, wets .. . -rrrrr- at the depot the gin pole fell, striking John Swanson. one of the workmen, on the head, hadly crushing the skull. The Injury la serious ami recovery doubtful. Ilia linnle Is at Friend, Neb. F HELTON The funeral of the late Ouurge Melaner was held from the lata home of the deceased Thursday at 2 p. nt. and was largely attended by trlenJa from many parts of the state. Rev. F. A. Mitchell of Oklahoma, a former pastor of the Shelton Presbyterian church and a warm personal friend of Mr. Melsner, preached the sermon, and the Kheltun lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, assisted by Masons from surrounding towns, had charge of the services. (IRANI) ISLAND Harold Nyhoe yes terday, through his attorney, V. H. Thompson, withdrew the motion for a jicw trial filed In the district court and his appeal from tha decision of the Jury, which found him guilty of robbery Iroir the person, the holding up of an age Ulan named Theiler. and threw himse upon the clemency of the court. JuiU Hanna sentenced him to six years In ti -penitentiary at Lincoln. ORAND ISLAN1 The city council h determined that there shall be aa lit! delay in the matter of paving as postTV and has received the petition of I patfers and passed the ordinance creating tlie paving district. Thirty days are now given under the charter for the property owners to get together and devlde on ihe kind of paving doalred. Their failure to agree upon the kind wanted In that time will put the matter up to the council to decide and to ask for bids. firand Island tilrl Disappears. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March 6-(Spe-clal.) The police department Is Investigat ing the disappearance of Miss Irene Sonic, who left tho city Sunday ostensibly to visit with her grandmother at York. It has been ascertained that she hag not arrived at York, but took a westbound train In stead. .It is suspected by the mother and friends of the girl that she had Joined thj company of theatrical men who recently put on a vaudeville act nt the Mlchclson theater here. It Is stated that while here the stranger offered the girl $60 per week If she would Join hlm.y The man' name is not known here, but he Is believed to have his home at Lexington, Mo., and wire inquiry has been made at that place. PATRICK DECLARES LIFE TERM IS WORSE THAN DEATH CHAIR !New York Murderer Makes Sensa tional Appeal Inr Death or Liberty. NEW YORK, March 6. Albert T. Patrick. who was convicted of the murder of Wil Ham Marsh Rice, made a sensational ap peal to the appellate division in Brooklyn today to free him from Imprisonment foj llfo-or send him to the e'ectrlc chair. He declared that imprisonment for life was u greater punishment than the death penalty. Patrick declared that under the law "he who uses legal process to commit a crlmi la no leas guilty of the crime," and that accordingly all the state officers and tho Judge at his trial were guilty of murder in the first degree. "The mere failure to commit the crime on me makes this attempted murder," said Patrick. Mayhray an Old Hanger. CASPER, Wyo., March fi. (Bpcclal.) ". M. Maybray, arrested at Little Rock for lleged complicity In gtgantio sporting vlndles. Is well known to Casper old oera, haying ridden the range In this ilnlty for several years In the later s. At that time he was known as port Maybray, and was considered an -around good fellow. WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Sixtieth congress came to an end at noon today and It glided Into the Sixty-first so easy that no change wag noticeable. The final act, though unofficial Insofar as the houso was concerned, took place In the senate chamber, where both houses witnessed tlia Incoming of the new ad ministration. - The senate will meet at noon tomorrow to consider President Taft's nomlnstlons. hut the house will not convene again until the beginning of the extra session of con gress, to be called for the lfith Inst. The senate met at t-iO a. m., but the proceedings were confined to the mogt format, work, mainly adoption of the re port of the conferees on the pension ap propriation bill, the last of the gireat supply measures, which the house alse passed within one hour of adjournment, and the appointment of two or three com missions In accordance with recent con gressional enactments. Vice President Fairbanks delivered an address In response to resolutions thanking him for his con duct of thrf office. Immediately after ad journment of the Bljtieth congress the proclamation of the president, calling the senate In extraordinary session to consider presidential appointments was read at the direction of the new vice president, Mr. Sherman. Adjournment of Hons TUterlv lnekinv In all the stirring In cidents usually marking he closing of congress, the house at 11:5H o'clock was declared by Speaker Cannon to be ad journed without day. Having reconvened at 10 o'clock In the morning, trje two hours wera spent In cleaning up confer ence reports and passing a few bills of no great public Interest. Speaker Cannon received a unanimous vote of thanks, which he acknowledged ami Id loud applause. The special committee appointed to wait upon the president, as la the custom, re ported that he had no further communi cations to make. The speaker wished the members peace, health and prosperity, and the house adjourned, tha members marching over to the senate. During the sessions Chairman Tawney of the appropriations committee In the house declared that the expenditures of the government had at no time except In war increased as rspidly as during the last eight years, primarily caused by pop ular and executive demands upon con gress for approprlatlone for the exercise of rights and functions belonging exclu sively to the states and the abnormal and unnecessary war expenditures in time of peace. Appropriations during the last eight years, including the fiscal year 1910, he said, were equal to $7,007,839,183, and he declared that at the end of the present fiscal year there would be a deficit of $150,000,000. He severely criticised the executive branch for submitting estimates of expenditures for In excess of esti mates of receipts. He placed the appro priations of the expiring administration at $1,014,014,298. Senator Culberson submitted a statement covering the last seven years, stating that the Increase, of appropriations for. 1910 shows an Increase over these for 1903 of over $328,000,000, or about 61 per cent and that the treasury's estimated expedltures for 1910 exceed 1902 by over $375.OW),0O0, an Increase of 63 per cent In eight years. Speaker Cannon's Address. In the failure of Minority Leader Cl9rk to present the usual resolutions to the tetlring speaker, Mr. Payne, the majority loader, presented them and Mr. Cannon in reply alluded to Mr. Clark's attitude, with out mentioning It specifically, and anld: After alT Is said and deno in the af fairs of parties of men, what is needed In the public service is virile men; men who favor policies that they believe In and have the courage of their convictions. Whether It be the majority or the minority, a,nd a minority virile nnd patriotic Is as necessary as Is a majority in a government cf the people, strong men In public life, as well as In private life, strike above the belt and tell the truth. As one member of this house, and under the tongue of good report and evil report, I have performed y duty as a representative and speaker to the best of my Judgment without regard to personal consequences to me. 1 thank the members of the house for their co operation, approve! or criticism, when ap proval or criticism Is not fulsom on the one hand or captious on the other, for tlK mere purpose of praise or the mere pup pose of condemnation. ' I wish you health and prosperity Inoi- vldually. Some of you are not members of the Incoming congress. You Join the great body of cltisenshlp In private life; you will perform your duties there as well, no doubt. You may return again. I can look In the faces of many of you who depart fn.m public life on both sides of the house. with sorrow, and not with Joy at your de parture. May peace, health and prosperity attend your footsteps." The speaker's remarks brought general applause. WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES A bad back .turns every twenty-four hours Into one dull round of pain and misery you are lame In the morning, nagged all day by a dull, throbbing backache, can't rest in tha evening or sleep well at night. It hurts to bend over, straighten up, get up from a hair, or lift even a light weight. Any sudden'twlst, turn or awkward move ment send a tearing twlnga of pain through the weajt spot. Backache la really kidney-ache. Tha kidneys ara In ths small of tha back, and any pain there Is enough cause to suspect your kldnsys. If tha urins is discolored, contains sandy sediment, or passes too fre quently, then you have double proof. Keep tha kidneys well aud tha kidneys will keep you well. Well kidneys filter tha blood and keep It purs. Diseased kidneys only partly purify the blood. Neglect weak kidneys and you Invite urlo acid poison ing. gTavel, atone In the kidneys, rheuma tism, heart trouble, diabetes. Brlght's dis ease, and a long list of other serious dis orders now recognised aa having their causa In kidney weakness. At the first sign of backachs or urinary disorders, give the kidneys quick help, pot with plaaurs, liniments, nor any other out- It is a Warning that the Kidneys are Sick and Need Help. RY VRE S A RY 1 (ANY STRAIGHTEN UP side applications, but with a special kidney medicine. The simnlear . ,., errecnv r.mf.H for sick kidneys 1. IJo.n's Kidney nMs. If mere is weakness, congestion. Inflamma tion or soreness, Poan' Kidney puis quicaiy reueva It. They gently stlmulata ii.uo iiU sirrnginen sick kidneys, drive away oacaacne. rneumatlo pain and dim "v rrauiaie ine urine, and restore a perrect filtering of tha blood ucsi oi ail, mis rener Is prihanent. OMAHA TROOP. O A. Earl, 10114 South Eleventh street umana, Neb., says: -"I can ssy that Doan's Kidney Pills a splendid kidney remedy. About eight or nine years ago I had an attack of lum bago and my back he. sms so lama that It maa impoasinia ror me to stoop. Do whs I would, I seemed unable to find relief Finally my attention was called jto Doan-. Kidney Pills and I began their use. Thev so completely drova tha trouble from mv system that I hava not been bothered since. 1 nava previously given a testl monlal for publication telling of my exoer lence with Doan's Kidney Pills and now after a lapse of years. I willingly confirm 11 1 nv ever saia aoout tha remedy.' We Announce Ihe New Spring Styles The "authoritative" styles for spring and summer 1900 are now on display at this store and we are showing them with not a little pride, because they represent the advanced style knowledge of the "House of Kuppenheimer," "llirsh AVickwire," "Society," "Stein Block," Adler, etc. Clothes makers who count with the think-a-bit man who knows that to look above the average usually is to succeed above the average. The cut, fit, quality and fin ishing of our clothes are beyond criticism. There is not a common tone in our whole huge assortment not one you would not be proud to wear. Now is the best time for making the selection. . Suits. $10 to S40 Top Coats. $10 to $35 4 New Hats For Spring How about a new soft hat for the spring season? They are going to be more popular than ever before. We've styles and shapes appropriate for the conservative man or the 6mart young dresser. A Great Variety of Shades; A Great Variety of Styles; A Great Variety of Prices $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, 93.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00, $0.00 and $8.00 Our mirrors are truthful, and we'll be pleased to show you. . ,... m iaU.Jba.. New Shirts, Gloves, Neckwear, Hosiery, etc. Every thing new for man's spring adorn ment. Our acknowledged style superiority can be judged from our window displays. mwi '"" ' Damage to Wires Blocks Return of Capital Visitors Storm Depredations Require En gineers on Eastern Roads to Run Trains by Sight. ROOMMATE OF JAY GOULD KILLS SELF AT ST. LOUIS Pri-nvlnn Student Fonnd Head foltow- Ing Loss of Kortsse b Ills Father. 8T. IM'TS. Mo.. March 6. Carlos Ksplnosa of I.lma. Peru, was found dead here today In a gas filled room following the receipt of letters and telegrams telling of the loss of his father's fortune in (south America. Esplnnsa, who was years old and lived at 4tUl Washington boulevard, was formerly a student at Columbia uni versity where ths Peruvian government Is said to have paid his tuition. At college Esplnosa waa a roommate of Jay Uould and a member of the Delta Bpsllon fraternity. He came to St. Ixiuia several months ago as a draftsman for ths Missouri Pacifio railroad, the position, it la said, having been obtained for him by Uould. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 6.-WhlJ the railroad condition today la greatly Im proved over the practical tie-up of yester day, some lines are still seriously affected. Marching elubs from his city which took part in yesterday's laauguratlou came straggling into the city today, after having been on trains from six to twelve hours In their Journey from tha capltil. Ths West Point cadets who left Washing ton last evening arlvsd hsra in time for breakfast. Later they left for West Point. The John E- Reyburn club which left Washington at 5 o'clock lust night reached the city at S o'clock this morning. During the day the engineers ran their trains by sight, but when durkness settled over the mass of tangled wires and crippled poles they had to feel their wsy. A special train with miles of wire and scores of men left early today for Havre De Orace and the telegraph companies ara using every effort to get a wire through to Baltimore, which city has been practically Isolated for thirty-six hours. GERMANS PLEASED WITH TAFT Foreign Officials Believe He Will Aid In Cementing Ties Between the Two Countries. BERLIN, March 6. Ths German foreign office views William H. Tefl's assumption of the duties of president of the United Slates as likely to lead to still closer friendly relations between America and Germany and calls attention to the pro grexs made In this direction during the ad ministration of President Roosevelt. The peaceful tone of President Taft's Inaugural address has created a most fsvorable Im pression In government circles and the ministry of the interior Is awaiting tariff revision with the keenest interest. There Is, however, considerable anxiety among German exporters over a possible disturb ance of commerce under the agreement reached with tha S. N. D. North commis sion.. The newspapers allude to the orderly ascent of Mr. Taft to the constitutional rulershlp of 100.000 000 people and tha ret Ire -ent of Mr. Roosevelt to privste Ufa as an Impressive polltncal spectacle. Brooks Vetoes Low Far Bill. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March t.-(Bpeclal.) The chief subject of public comment In Cheyenne today was the action of Gov ernor Bryant B. Brooks In vetoing the Bwlnher act, which" was Intended to com pel Wyoming railroads to grant to Wyom Ingltes making Interstate trips the bene fit of an equalisation of the Wyoming rata and lower rates which might pre vail In neighboring states penetrated by such railroads. Ths governor slates that he vetoed tha bill because ha believed It was technically not In accordance with the federal laws. Be Wr: Ads sre business booster, BOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS Sold by gil Wars, rrta S HnU. FoTia-Miiuau Co.. Buffalo, N.Y.. Proprietor. THREATENS ENEMY WITH FORK Mexican Indian. Anxious to Call on Ulrlt Finally Lands Himself In City Locknn. A large fork In the hands of a Mexi can Indian looked like a rather formid able proposition to William Henry, when Joe eUlvrr. a husky, dark-skinned son jtt the land of the topas. rushed si him with that weapon upon boing caught kleklng;ln the door of Henry's house. Stiver was arrested and disarmed by Officer Corrlgan, who took him to the police sta titui and charged him with assault and battery. The man says that he was merely calling on a girl whom h was determined to see, In spit of ths fact that she had locked ths door and would not let him in. Ha lives at lit Jackson street . Slid. . is a - " V ' """"""" Mm m OLDEST IN YEARS HIGHEST IN HONORS MOST WIDELY USED A good housekeeper says: "All the early years of my life were spent in the tropics of India; and in the many English and American home with which I was familiar Baker's : Cocoa was almoft universallv used. Since coming to this country I have experimented with other makes, but have . put them 11 aside for Baker's, which seems so much more acceptable." Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. .uMUh4 1760 Dorchester, Macs. x v psddlar by trad