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1 THE BEE: OMAITA: TIIUJfSDAT. ATOIL ' 15. 1909. 1 3 j t 4 Remedies are Needed f wo jerfect, which we are not, medicines would ot often be oad. Bot tine our system have he corn weakened, impaired aad broken dowa through Indiscretions, which bar ena from the early afe, thretitfh covntle-e fenerations, remedies r needed to aid Nature in correcting our inherited and otherwise ' acquired weak actio. To reach the teat o stomach , weakness and aomequent digestive trouble, there is aothin so ttod at Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Diicov- : err, a ffrveeria eotn pound, retracted I rem native medic inal roots sold for ver forty years with (rest satisfaction to all users. For Weak Stomach, BsHonsne, Liver Complaint, Pain in the Stomach after eating, Heartburn, Bad Breath, Belchin of food. Chronic Diarrhea and other Intestinal . Demofements, the , "Discovery" is time-proven and most efficient remedy. The genuine httm on tta outside wrapper the Si&nsiture You can't afford to accept secret nostrum as a substitute for this non-slco-holjc, medicio of inown comtomtion, not even though the urtfent dealer may " thereby make a little bi(jjer profit. Dr; Pierce's Pleasant Pallet regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and - bowels. Sujfar-coatnd, tiny granules, easy to take as candy. Iowa Boy Sent to'Jail for Smoking Pipe Officials at Galena, Kan., Arrest Son of Postmaster for Violating New Law. GALENA. Kan.. April 14.-Bccaus Aca ruins, 18 years old, son of the postmaster here, smoked pipe today he waa taken to Jnll. He a ill fme trial Thursday on the c'harge of violating the new Kansas law prohibiting: minor from smoking. Rnlns rnekiT. all rig-lit. He says so himself, hut declares his parents nave him permission tu smoke all he wanted to. He made the mlstske of not hiding behind the woodshed, however, during his smoke. He walked along the main street of tiie town puffing away, and was taken In charge by the polfre. " . ' The Gatcra authorities say the law which also, forbids selling tobacco to miners will be enforced .strictly. . . , SCANDAL INFRENCH NAVY Committee Finds Boilers for Rattle ships noatrht In Iftftft. that Had fcerer Been I'aed. TOVLON. April 14. The parliamentary committee of Invcjtigatlon. during the course of their tour of the dock yards today, unearthed a number of complete sets of boilers, which had Iain there since 1S9S. when they were bought to replace the wornout boilers aboard the cruiser, Cos niao. the former battleship, Richelieu, and the Admiral Du Ferre and other obsolete vessels. They were never even fitted Into position snd are now useless. The committee also discovered that all the guns on the coast defense ship. Ter rible, had been fitted with new apparatus, on the day It was struck out of service. . Tabor Defeats Tarklo. TABOR, la.. April 14.-8peclal.)-The Junior claas of Tatar college met the Junior cluss of Tarklo college at the latter place In a literary contest. Tabor was repre sented by Thomas J. McDanlel of Sidney, with an oration on "Civic Righteousness." Miss Elizabeth 8nun of Weston, with leading "The Chariot Race;" Miss Grace Clark, of Farrsgut. with an essay, "The Child Century," and Grover C. Aker of Blair, Neb., who upheld the affirmative of the question, "Resolved, That the federal congress should assume control of the life Insurance companies, constitutionality framed." The oration and debate were ach to count three points, the essay two lo!nts and the reading one. Tabor won the oration and essay, making the result five to four In favor of Tabor. Fort Dodge Vote for Mrhool. FORT DODGE, . la., April 14.-(Speclal T !:-.ram..-.U a spcelul election Fort Dodge men and women voted 138 majority, with !7S ttes cast, for issuing $30,000 bonds for the erection of a school house In the Oleson Land company's addition., a large suburb, grown up in the last four years. The building is to be called the llutlor school, after the president of the school bf old, and work will begin at once. lew Kevra otr. Vltl.lSCA-The Vllllsea High school has been placed upon the accredited list of the North Central Association of Colleges. BUFFALO CENTER On account or the Buffalo Center school being crowded to overflowing an election has been called to vote on a school district bond Issue of 8 V NATIONAL f BISCUIT Jxyi COMPAHY SW n V- f Iowa $,( with which to build a new school house. FOllT DODGE The Young Men's Chris tian association Junior basket hall team defeated Waterloo Juniors Saturday even ing at Waterloo by the close score of 18 to 16 in a contest for the Junior champion ship of the state. MASON CITY-Ftre early today partly destroyed th beautiful resldeno of R. Valentine of this city. Mr. Valentine Is a millionaire and his home Is one of the most beautiful in tho city. The loss Is esti mated at $11,000, partly insured. FORT DODGB The Saekelt Plsster Hoard company of this city has asked, In the federal court, that an Injum-tlon be drawn up restraining the Plymouth Gyp sum company from manufacturing plaster board, claiming Infringement on patents held by the plaintiffs. ORINNEI.K-At tha meeting of the Grin nell Association of Congregational Churches to be held here beginning Wednesday, Principal C. II. Horn and Prof. Alfred K. Koenlg of this city and Mr. William North of Des Moines will present themselves for examination and ordination as preachers. 81'THERL.A.ND The annual declamatory contest between the high schools of Hart ley and Sutherland was held here last night before an nudtrnre that packed the Metho dist church. The following were the win ners In the different classes: Dramatic, Grace O'Brien of Hartley; humorous, Ma belle Slick of Sutherland. WHITTEMORE Michael Willow, a depot caller for a local hotel, was seriously and perhaps fatally Injured today when cross ing the track of the Chicago, Milwaukee A 8t. Paul railroad. He was struck by a slow moving freight train. He received a bad scalp wound, had three ribs broken and It Is thought was Injured Internally. MARSHALJrOWN-Phillp Borchardt. a well known saloonlst of this city, was ar rested today by Deputy United States Mar shall Bidwell and taken to Des Moines on a charge of selling liquor to Indians. "Blinkey" Morgan, a well known local character, was taken out of Jail by Deputy Bidwell today and also taken to Des Moines to answer a similar charge In the federal court. SHANNON CITY-Two Shannon Citv High school girls. Misses Gertrude Bestor and Sadie Henry, were the successful con testants In the interstate oratorical con test between the high schools of southern Iowa and northern Mlsuourl. held at Sheri dan Friday night. Mias Bestor received first prise and Miss Henry second. The contestants were drilled by Mrs. W. H. Kobb of this city. FORT DODOK A new convent, costing several thousand dollars. Is under con templation for the properly In the Sacred Heart parish of the Fort Dodge Catholic church. It will accommodate the Sisters who are r.ow living In quarters constantly growing more cramped as the demand for more teachers In tho school Increases. The Sacred Heart school Is the latest of two thriving Catholic schools In this city. FORT DODGE The Federal Conmruction company of .Mat toon. J!!., has filed suit In the federal courts against Webster county and the Board of Supervisors, ask ing Judgment In the sum of $12,000, which It claims due as per cent of the total amount on drainage ditch No. . which the company built In the county. The plaintiffs claims that the defendants kept the engineer from approving the labor done under the contract. FORT DODGE The smallest class to be graduated in years from the Fort Dodge High school will he the 1909 class of nine teen members. The members of the class are: Florence AckerniHn, Clara Arthur, John Barton, Frank Cain. Bertha Carnes, Stella Ehersole, Neva Gates. Bdna Hlllman, Ralph Kershaw, lyeonora laraon. Brooks UvhiRston, l.awrenee Mason. Charles Me loy. Frank Mulroney, Frank Nelson, Au gusta Nordstrum, Robert Paterson, Rob erta Wadson and Maude Wall. THIRD FIRE DESTROYS ASYLUM Flft-ix Insane Patlenta Carried Oat or Bnrnlif Rolldlns; at Fort Supply. WOODWARD. Okl., April 14.-The third fire In a week at the Oklahoma state in sane asylum at Fort Supply, twenty-five miles northwest of here, last night de stroyed the main asylum hospital. No lives were lost, but it was necessary to carry out fifty-six of the fifty-nine patients In the building. Iowa BOARD OF CONTROL ON TRIP Members Will Make Careful Inspec tion of Stats Institutions. TJRYS FLAN THEIR CAMPAIGN Will Lose o Oppnrtaalty Darin Neat Tear to Wain Advantage Tax Levy fttaya ame. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, la.. April 14.-(Special.) The State Board of Control has gone on Its semi-annual visit to the state Institu tions of Iowa under Its management. Tha members will, probably, be gone for two weeks as they will visit the penitentiary, the Insane hospitals, the schools for unfor tunates, etc. At the penitentiaries the mem bers of this board will encounter the mem bers of the Stale Board of Parole, who are giving hearings to the 101 men charged with crime rho must have their time of release fixed by the board. It Is quite likely that the board will make thorough Investigation of the help at the Institutions this time because of the claims made by the committee of the house In the recent legislature that pati ents 'had been treated cruelly by attend ants. The board, under the law, must at these visits to the Institutions ' hear all complaints of Inmates of the Institutions. This includes insane Inmates as wall as others and it was at these Institutions the house committee claimed cruelty ex isted; they will undoubtedly give careful hearing to all complaints and exert extra diligence to discover If there be any at tendant who '. is not conducting himself properly. Como to Practice Law. State Senator Cosson, who fathered the radical liquor enforcement laws, that passed the recent legislature, is planning to enter the general practice of law. Just before beginning his term aa member he was an assistant tu Attorney General Myers and stepped from that office right Into the senatorial chair. He has for some time been making Des Moines his home. He now proposes to enter general practice, but has not definitely decided whether It will be In Des Moines. Audubon or some other place. Dry Are to Orayanlae. There will be a meeting of the allied temperance organizations In Des Moines tomorrow, for the purpose of perfecting the "dry" organization, opening state head quarters and outlining the campaign for the coming year to defeat the legislators who voted with the "wets" so they will not return and try to get the passage next year at the general election of the proposition to hold a constitutional con vention. Hamilton Urged to Ran. An additional name Is now added to the many mentioned as possible candidates for governor at the next election. In view of the temperance agitation It Is urged by some that John J. Hamilton of Des Moines, who ran last election and received a large complimentary vote, will be a strong can didate for the office of chief executive. To Fix Tas. Levy. The executive council of the state will meet In the course of a few days to fix the state tax levy.. WhlU the legislature made Increased burdens uon the treasury It Is expected there will be no Increase In the ante of the tax levy because of tha greatly Increased value of proowty during the last year. Allison Memorial Fund. The Allison Memorial fund Is rapidly In creasing and with the J1O.OO0 appropriated by the state It Is now anticipated a fine memorial shaft can be erected. ' Iowa Men la Marble. Acting Curator Harlan or tho State His torical building has made a suggestion that there be formed a society for the purpose of raising funds with which to purchase life-sized statues of Iowa's really great men to place In the corridor niches of the new State Historical building. He urges that this would be a fine way of honoring the memory of former Iowa men. The sculptorshlp should be such, he urges, as would bear the criticism of the most scrutinizing who visit the new Iowa build ing. Children Have Taberealoal. An Investigation conducted by the De Molne Tubercular association has resulted In the discovery that six out of every ten children are Infected with tuberculosis. The maJorKy of the cases are Incipient, but In many the disease has progressed far. The association Is considering estab Even the young folks can remember when all soda crackers were bought from an open box or barrel. At that time they were only used because there was nothing better. But now the perfected soda crackers lishing a children's toboroular camp this summer. It Is proposed c isolate Infected children to prevent further spread of tha disease. Members Make Run for Home During Lull 1 1 1 Members of House, Having Little on Hand, Look to Private Interests. tFrom a Staff Correpondent.) WASHINGTON. April 14. (Special Tele gram.) Pending consideration of the tariff bill by the senate, a considerable number of members of the house have availed themselves of a temporary lull In congres sional business to obtain leaves of absence either to make a run home or to seek relaxation from legislative duties. Representative James P. Latta of Teke mah left for home yesterday. Walter T. Smith of Council Bluffs left tonight for home, having some legal busi ness requiring Immediate attention. William D. Jamleson of Shenandoah, la,, who defeated Colonel "Pete" Hepburn, left last night for home, to be absent about ten day, s. Representative Eben W. Martin of Dead wood. 8. D.. has gone home to look after his fences and to make a decision whether he will be a candidate against Gambia for United States senator. Banker in Trouble Known in Nebraska Evidence in Prosecution at Abilene, Texas, Shows Payment of Large Sums During Trial. ABILENE. Tex., April 14.-(Special Tele gram.) In United States district court at this place John A. Wlsherd and T. F. Baker are on trial for alleged violation Df the United States banking laws. The Indictment charges that Baker, as cashier of the First National bank of Snyder, Tex., misapplied $60,000 of Its funds, and that Wlsherd aided and abetted In this misap plication. Arguments were concluded to night and the case go to the ury Wednes day. Monday morning, thirty minutes before the opening of court, John A. Wlsherd's attorney. Judge George E. Miller, paid to President Johnson of the First National bank of Snyder $48,000, which fact United States Attorney Atwell drew from Witness Johnson on tha stand. The testimony from time to time disclosed that defendant Wlsh erd was in Nebraska and had given a mort gage to cover large amounts of property to J. S. Bllby. POSSIBLE LIBEL SUIT AGAINST THE OUTLOOK New Jersey , Socialists Mar Take Legal Kxoeptlons to Article by Mr. Roosevelt. NEWARK, N. J., April 14. Secretary W. B. Killingbeck of the atate committee of the socialist party stated today that at a meeting of the state organization steps had been taken to secure legal advice for the purpose of bringing. If possible, legal ac tion ugalnst the Outlook Publishing com pany of New Tork for an article regarding the socialist movement and party by ex President Roosevelt. A resolution was adopted at a meeting held on Saturday, referring the matter to the national com mittee with a view to formulating suitable procedure. Mr. Killingbeck said that the objection was not. to the political character of the artlce, but to reflections it contained upon members of the socialist party. WOULD PROTECT OSAGE RANGE Conrt Asked to Enjoin Texas Raaen mea front Using; It for Pnstnrnsjre. FORT WORTH. Tex., April K-Die-patches from Pawhaaka, Osage Nation, Oklahoma, say the county attorney in the district court there has asked for an in junction restraining Texas stockmen from bringing their herds to the Osage Nation for pasturage or other purposes. If the Injunction Is granted It will stop the movement of over 1,000,000 head of cattle each season from this atate and slop an immense loss to the ranchmen. It is al leged that in moving the herds to the Osage nation cattle ticks and diseases are brought into that section. The Texaa cattlemen expect to contest the case. in their moisture and dust proof packages are a staple 3-times-a-day food. The fact that nearly half a million packages are eaten every day in the year shows the popular appreciation of National-Biscuit-Goodness TRUL OF CAPTAIN flMNS Attorneys Decide to Rely Solely on Insanity as Defense. CASE COMXS UP MONDAY Wife" aad Mother May Testily for the Procotlen Ulg Stork Brokerage Flraa Fall. NEW TORK. 'April 14. Conference held today In the offices of John F. Mclntyre. counsel for Captain Peter C. Halns, Jr., In which the latter'a parents, General Halns and Mrs. Haines, their son, Major John R. Halns and several witnesses par ticipated, resulted In a decision to rely solely on insanity aa a defenie In the trial of Captain Halns for the murder of Wil liam E. Annls. The trial will begin Monday In Flushing. t I., where Thornton Jenkins Halne was recently acquitted of connection with the shooting and It Is expected will last about three weeka. The defense will call between forty and forty-five witnesses. Mr. Mclntyre Is con sidering seriously dispensing with medical experts to combat the testimony of alien ists who will be called by District Attor ney DeWitt. It Is the tentative plan of the defense to leave for the judgment of the Jury the mental condition of Cap tain Halns. immediately preceding the shooting. Tha killing in all Ita aspects, it Is aatd. will be admitted, but Captain Halna will be described aa a sufferer nearly all hla life from emotional Insanity. District Attorney DeWitt said tonight: "If needed by the prosecution both Mrs. Halns and her mother, Mrs. IJbby. wilt appear at the trial of Captain Halns and testify." Stock Brokerage Firm Fall. 'NEW TORK, April IS. The Stock brokerage firm of Ennls Sk Stoppanl, one of the largest operators on the Consoli dated exchange and having branches in various cities of the United States and Canada, today waa placed in the hands of a receiver en the application of three creditors, demanding an aggregate cf $5,145 In unpaid claims. Counsel for these creditors, in their petition to the United States district court, alleged thst the liabilities of the firm would amount to $1,600,000 and the assets $400,000. Lindsay Russell was appointed receiver and a few minutes later Treadwell Cleve land filed a paper In court showing thst tha firm had assigned to him last night. Mr. Cleveland, however, retired In favor of Mr. Russell and the latter assumed control of the firm's offices. One of the allegations In the bankruptcy petition was that the firm had failed to meet its margin obligations on the Chi cago Board of Trade. Treadwell Cleve land said that the causes of the suspen sion were unexpected demsnds made by out-of-town customers in the last few daya, resulting in the heavy withdrawal of accounts. No official statement wis made by the firm or the receiver, but stories were current that the house had suffered extenalvely through tha rise In wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade. A meeting of the credltora has been called for tomorrow by attorneys repre sentlng $100,000 In claims. fekahert's Reslaraatloa Accepted. The Theatrical Managers' association, at a meeting today, accepted the resignation of the firm of Sam 8. and Lee Shubert, who drew from the association last week because they were not allowed votes In proportion to the number of their play houses. A., committee . was appointed to draw up a statement In answer to tha Bhuberta. President Charlea Burrmam, In address ing: the meeting, said that the question of proportionate adjustment waa gone into very thoroughly at the time oj the forma tion of the association and that the one member, one vote Idea was favored since the start. - In a statement issued tonight, the .Theater Managers' association announced that four weeka ago Messrs. Shubert made certain complaints against a morning paper in regard to the alleged treatment of themselves and were informed that the association, as a body, could not take cog nisance of matters of that kind. Jacob 8hubert then remarked, according to the statement, that If the . members would not withdraw their patronage from tha paper they aaw no use of the associa tion and would withdraw and form one of their own. A committee was then appointed, which heard both aides. It reported that It had been unable to bring about an amicable understanding and that It was Impracti cable to pursue the Inquiry further. Mlu Caroline Haldobro Dead. Miss Caroline Holman Huldobro, the well known lecturer and writer on South Ameri- S lgjg" l-sjr 2T For Malting Fudge and Tally get Mm A pure, fine-flavored syrup that makes the finest kind of candy. la lee, u, mm Me tlaa at aU A iok of toeinj ana cift-r-makfnf rtclpts itnt free en rtqutfi. CORN riODUCTS I DINING CO NcwYara i can subjects, died here today of heart disease. She waa 4$ years old and the daughter of Mrs. Marian Holman of Boa- ton, widow of a United Stttea conaular agent who wasjn Valparatao, Chile, when Miss Holman was born. She chose tha name Huldebro as a baptismal name. Stock Growers Want Tariff Put on Hides Convention of Association of Western South Dakota Goes on Record in This Way. RAPID CITT. S. D.. April 14.-(Special Tel egram.) The seventeenth annual meeting of the Western South Dakota Stock Grow, ers' association was held here today. The following offtcera were re-elected: , 8. A. Dawson, Pine Ridge, president. A. L.. Taddlcon, Bella Fourche, vice presi dent. Frank M. Stewart, Buffalo Gap, secre tary and treaaurer. The secretary's report showed the asso ciation to be In a flourishing condition. A resolution was passed condemning the ac tion of congress In placing hides on the free list. The executive committee, with the exception of two members. Is tha same as last year. A later meeting of the ex ecutive committee will decide the place of meeting for next year and arrange the spring roundup. The celebration in connection with the meeting was largely attended. The weather, which was close to freeslng, with snow flurries all day, made It disagreeable. The railroads were well represented. Footpad Holds Up J. H. Green in Store Enters While He is Alone, Cleans Out Cash Register and Lifts Watch 1 and Change Green's pharmacy, conducted by J. H. Green, at the corner of Park avenue and Pacific street, was held up at 11:10 o'clock Monday night by a white man who entered while there was no one In the atore, but Mr. Greac. , lie pi.duced a gun and re lieved the cash rertster of $.10. Hs also vent throilgh the pockets of the proprietor, taking his watch and . a small sum of ncnty. A good description of the man has been furnished the police. FIREMEN CAUGHT IN COLLAPSE One Killed aad Two Fatally lajared. by Falllac Wall Darlac Fire. PITTSBURG, April 14.-One fireman was killed, two fatally Injured and several oth ers slightly hurt today when a waU col lapsed during a fire at the pottery pUnt of the Sherwood Brothers company at New Brighton, Pa., below this city. The dead man is George Hartman and the fatally Injured are Benjamin Carr and Charles Felt. The fire started In the min eral department of the worka and spread rapidly. The dead and injured men were fighting the blaze from the rear when sud denly the wall fell in. burying them. The property loss is Jl.'.OOO. Sold only in Moisture Proof Packages (35 JEFFERSON DEMOCRATS DINE National Club Has Banquet in Honor of Birthday of Founder. HABMAN AND MARSHALL SPEAK Principal Addresses Are by Gov eraors of Ohio aad Indiana, Who Denoaaee Protection Bryan Seads Regret. NEW YORK, April li-Denunclation o the princtple of protection and of the tarltt legislation now pending In congress formed the keynote of the addresses at tho annual dinner of the National Democratic club tonight at the Hotel Savoy in celebration of the 166th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. There were present s number of democratic notables from other states. Including Judson Harmon, governor of Ohio; Thomas R. Marshall, governor of Indiana, and George F. Chamberlain, United States senator from Oregon, a well as local party leaders. A portrait of Jefferson hung over with American flags, dominated the guest table, at which sat Governors Harmon and Mar shall, Senator Chamberlain, State Senator Grady, John Fox, the club's president; Rlchsrd Croker, Alton B. Parker, Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany halls for mer 8upreme Court Justices Morgan, J. O'Brien and D. Cady Herrick. lsemhere at six longitudinal tables sst 400 of the elect of the democrstlo party, among them Supreme Court Justices O'Gor- man. Guy, Dugro. Platzek. Truax, Herman Ridder, Senator Patrick R. MoGarren, John Mitchell and Francis Burton Harrison. Mayor McClellan, Governor Johnson of Minnesota, William Jennings Bryan, Gov. ernor Swanson 1 of Virginia, Governor Burke of South Dakota, President Wood row Wilson of Princeton, Champ Clark, Senator Culberson of Texas. Representative Rainey of Illinois and August Belmont sent regrets. Chamberlain en Primaries. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, who wai down on the program .to respond tit. the toast, "The Democracy 'e-f the Paelllfl Slope," made an impassioned address in defense of the direct primary principle ot nominations. - 'The convention system again and again has been proven to be a corrupt and un representative system of government," lie said. "The people of the Pacific slope have awakened to a realization of thin and from now on he people of that sec- tlon Intend to have a voice In the man agement of their affairs, both local and federal." Introduced by John Fox. president of the National Democratic clubs, ns one ot the moat potent forces for good in the "Buckeye state." Governor Harmon aroused the enthusiasm of his hearers py declaring that every rltlzen of the nation waa entitled to 100 cents of good overn ment for every dollar paid by him in taxa tion. Much In the same strain Governor Mar. shall of Indiana assailed the good faith of the lawmakers at Washlngtonln their, to him, transparent effort to cloud the Issue of protectionism.. Connterfrlt Dollars buy trouble, but a genuine quarter buys Dr. Kings New Life Pills: for eoni,.'. lion, maiana and Jaundice. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. J? J Xt?JLL- '.VI i T