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i . CK K. a l'-WrC'V EWir J'MtlM&$ " awT"a. i y i ir r w s a v - ww a k tv- u x i v rvwr .t i - j a w 1 1 1 1 r m mi j mw m v w r iv ' i V5aBI. if r tail imimti tmm - - e - - cboxs & u r "sw- yy .Ar- w m - fi'ifni iiiuin - y -"7 ' 1 . y 5 rum i ii I WASHINGTON APPLES GROW TO PERFECTION AT 0 LA1E biii; 2 BP ir V An Ochlare Apple Orchard Will Make you Independent In tho Famous Valloyford Winter Applo District. Form a Partnership with Nature by buying an Ochlare Apple Orchard Tract, and the dollars will pour into your pockets. Apple Orchards at Ochlare Net the Grower $250 to $1,000 an Acre An nually, the production depending upon the age of the orchard. Ochlare is situated 20 miles southeast of Spokane, Washington, on an Electric Interurban line, with nine trains a day from Spokane stopping at the station, which is situated in the center of our project. Every orchard tract is situated close to this electric interurban line. We set he land to fruit trees of your selection, care for them for four years, bringing them into bearing, pay the taxes and sell you the land on easy terms. Washington apple lands are increasing in value -every year, as their profitableness becomes recognized. Come and see us or write for booklet, prices and terms. Ochlare Orchards Company Suite 424 N. Y. Life Bldg., Omaha fOHN H. HARTE, President. 3ENRY 0. HARTE, Vice-President. ALBERT S. MAXWELL, Secretary. L. L. JOHNSON, Treasurer. JOHN P. CUMVTINGS, Manager. SBULS J GOEBEL lASESJFF RECORD Governor of Kentucky Iisuei Pardons to Taylor and Finley. GIVES SEASONS FOE ACTION EsteatlT hm H Hu Brad Everr Word af Record of Trials aad Believes Maa Ara Not i Galltr. FRANKFORT. Ky., "April U. Governor WlUaon, at .o'clock rtila evening cleared the Kentucky court racordi of all charge growing oat of the murder In January, 1900, of Senator William Goebel, who wan de clared to have been elected governor, ex cept thoie hanging over atae'a evidence Wltnese - In the alleged conspiracy, by granting pardons before trial to former Governor W. 8. Taylor and former Secre tary of State Charles Finley. who have been fugitives In the state of Indiana for nine years; to John Powers, brother of Caleb Towers, who Is believed to be In Honduras: to Holland Whlttaker of Butler county, John Davis of Louisville and Zach Steels of Bell county,, under Indictment and who did not fie the state. Those over . whom Indictments are left hanging - ar --Wharton Qolden of Kno county, now In Colorado; Frank Cecil of Bell county, 'how a railroad detective In St. Uouls, and William . H. Cnlton, . of Owsley county, said to have died In. the wst a few month ago. These cases, with tb possible exception of Cecil, will be dls- inUsed. leaving Henry K. Youtsey, now serving a Ufa sentence In the state peni tentiary, the only person to suffer for the taking off of Goebel. Reiterating the belief, he expressed some months ago, when he granted pardons to Caleb Fowers and James B. Howard that no one but Toutsey had part In the mur der and that It was not a conspiracy, Gov ernor Wlllson ssys that he believes It a "sacred duty which I must no longer delay to carry this belief Into effect." Statenaeat ly Governor. In extending clemency In the Taylor case, the governor, after reviewing the guber natorial election of 1899 and the contest instituted before the legislature by Senator : William Goebel. says: i "For years It seemed as If there would never be an end of the political use of the Goebel murder to keep up hatred and con tention. In the campaign of 1907 It was again brought up as It had been In every campaign since 1899, by speeches, by which it was claimed that the democratic nomi ne for governor would not pardon Taylor, Power and others and that the republican nominee would pardon them If elected. "I made no answrr to these speeches until I cam to the home of Powers In the j mountains, where I told the people, his frlend, that I would not prejudge theso cases; that I would not promise anybody either to pardon or not pardon these men, but that If the cases ever came before me I would take them up officially and deride them on their merits, and that I was as anxious for the conviction and punishment of every person guilty of the murder of Wllllsm Goebel as anyone in Kentuoky. "When tho Powers and Howard applica tions for pardon were presented a. public hearing was had and the whole history and course of the prosecution were thoroughly discussed and I became familiar with the whole case, ) "After that hearing the whole, record of all of the trials was faithfully read and after giving these caaoe the most Impartial consideration which the earnest wish and purposo to decide rightly could give them I reached the firm and earnest belief that Powt-rs and Howard were not guilty and lrsued the pardons. 'The study of these records cont'tralned me to bi-lieve. to the exclusion of a doubt that Howard did not fire the shot which killed Goebel. "The only evidence In si: thn fniir Hoi. of Powers and three trials of Howard by which thn prosecution In any way at tempted to connect Governor Taylor with tin; murder was the testimony as to his writing to get Howard to come to Frank fort to kill Goebel and tending to show that Howard on the request In that letter did come to Frankfort, entered Into the plot and committed the murder. "But Howard did not kill Goebel and Governor Taylor coulj i ol be guilty of getting Howard to do what he did not do. "From the fair and impartial study of the reports of all the trials and from my knowledge of the. conditions of these times I believe that Governor William 8. Taylor had no guilty knowledge of the murder of William Goebel and that he never would have been indicted but lor political excite ment and passion." Strong Healthy Women tl woessB is strong and healthy in wosaialy way, moth erhood mesas to hor but littls sulcriot. Tho troubls lie in tho Isot thai tho maoy woraca suffer iron weakness and discos ol tho distinotiyfosBinioo orgaoisos and ar suUilted tor bi other hood. This eaa bo rcmsdisd. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription , Cure tho weaknesses asd disorder of woaaoa. It not dirootly oat tho daliooto nod important orgaaa ooaoeroed ia motherhood, a&aaiag thorn healthy, strong, vigorous, virile oad r 4 JF "Favorito f roseriptioo banish tho Indisposition ol tho poriod of expos taacy aad sssk baby' advent easy and almost painless. It ouiokeas aad vitalises tho feminino rga), ad iaouro haalthy and robust baby. Thousand of women hav testified to it aaanroloo sasrirs. It Mtktm Wtk Wima Strong. U Make Skk Women Well. Honost draiJitt do not offer substitnt, and ur the as upon you " just good." Aoospt no secret nostras in plso of (hi un tcrtt remedy. It oontsin not a drop of nloohoJ and not grain of habit-torming or injurious rt. 1 port glyoori extract of bcsliaf, nativ Amsricaa roots. FLORIDA TAKES LONG STEP TOWARD PROHIBITION Senate BIII for ote on Constlta. . tloaaj Amendment Passed by Hobs BS to 18. TAL.IMHASgBE. Fla,. April 24.-F1orida today took a lorg atep toward slate-wide prohibition when the: house by a vote of 6i to 16 adopted the Mc Mullen joint resolu tion providing for. submission to vcte of the people Qf a coustltutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale, exchange and barter of all intoxicating liquors and beverage. The senate had yesterday adopted.. 24 to 7. the resolution. The antl-prohilltionlsls fought hard for five hours on the floor of the house today, and finally Speaker Ferris of Jacksonville left the chair and pleaded unavallingly for looal option .aud. (sr the carrying out of that ' portion of the put form upon which Governor Gilchrist was elected. The measure now goes buck to the senate for concur rd-ce In two amendments of minor Importaiu. The bill provides for submitting the question of state-wide pro hibition to the voters of Florida, in 1910. DON'S REVIEW OF TRADE FaitE -in Future More Pronounced Than Satisfaction with Present. IRON AND STEEL ARE ACTIVE Dakota to Advertise. PIERRE. . l. April 24. (Special Tele gram.) Member of the executive . and financial commute of the State Federa tion of ' Commercial Club ar holding a meeting with Governor Vessy her this evening to attempt to fornuiUu a plan for raising funds to advertise the state. such action Doing desired on account of "the failure of the legislature to provld or n Immigration department. General Belief that Revival of Business Mill Be Rapid After the Tariff Bill la Passed. NEW YORK, April U.-Il. G. Dun & Co.' Weekly Review of trado will say tomorrow: Faith In the future la more pronounced than sallfcfuction with immediate conditions, and there Is no more noteworthy feature of the trade outlook than tho steadily i growing commence mat witn the tantr discussion out of the way and with the year's prlnclpjl crops (insured, the prog ress toward a full prosperity will be rapid. This coupled with the knowledge that abundant money and big gold output are favorable to expansion. Inuplres courage. The tact that lower prices me stimulating a more active demand for Iron and steel products, alxo aids In this development. Iron and steel conditions reflect a broader demand In some divisions, notably in pig Iron. Current business is of aood volume. but competition Is keen and further price reductions are reported on certain grades. I With some Improvement In the volume of I Inquiries and with raw cotton at a high level, prices have h"ld In the primary j cotton gcHiiis market, although just at I ire.se nt the export trade has ttgain fallen off to sr.all proportions. About 1,000 bales of Standard drills has bren sold to India and smill orders for the Red Hea and Africa have been placed. A better market is in evidence on coaise yarn goods, which have been quiet for some time and the bug. trade Is Inquiring for considerable 0 uar Hi. v of heavy and print cloth yarns. Bleached goods are firmer sud the gingham market shows some evidence of Improve ment, higher grades of staple and dress ginghams being well sold up with a distinct upward tendency in prkes. In the woolen goods division pt'sctlcally all clothing salesmen are now on the raid and con siderable duplicate business is already re ported. A fair demand Is noted on wool goods and on worsted stocks, many line are. sold up. while others are sharply ad vanced in nice. In the hiJe market pronounced strengt h fia developed, in all lii.es and active buy ing lias been in progress throughout the week. . While , there hive bven no further sales of unusual sise in the leather market, there la a ateauy d mand from small buyers and the market on the whole shows an Improvement . over . last month. Prices sre firm, owing to the rapidly advancing hide market H ADSTREKT'S ItEVIKW OF THADB IrrenalsrHy still Lead I a a; Fratare In Business and Industry, NEW V:k. Aprt'i 24. Hrad streets to murroev wHl : Trade conditions are without much change and Irregularity la etill The leading feature in business and Industrial lines. Kenults of 4 spring business are as a while disappoint ing, i nerx is. However, more doing In wbaUaal line for next fall and wuuer and the tone In this branch Is fairly opti mistic. There Is considerably more activity !n the pig Iron markets and the volume of business doing in iron and steel Is heavier. A large part of this, however, appears to be at the expense of prices, because struc tural material is apparently at the bottom, wire prices have been cut and a number of other lines show the effect of the desire of manufacturers to get business. The coal trade It quiet, bituminous being dull, though anthracite feels some effect of the usu.il April reduction in prices. Coke pro duction reflects reduced furnace capacity In weak prices and further falling off In production. In the leading textile Indus tries there Is little change to note. Cotton goods ara reported firm, with most woolen goods strong and raw wool prices harden ing. Fnrelgn wools are In Increased sale and eastern buyers are reported contract ing more freely for western clips. There is a better tone In the leather market where prices are firmer, both for the finished product and for hides. Manufacturers are certainly buying more freely, though they report little Increase in orders. Eastern shop shipments are -i per cent larger than a year ago, hut still behind 1907. Building active the country over. Business failures In the I'nlted States for the wtf'k ending April 22 were 247, against 2il last week, 254 In the like week of !, 157 In 1907, 177 In 1 and 1M in 1K05. In Canada the week's failures number 36, against 27 last week and 36 In the like week In im Wheat. Including flour, exports from th United States and Canada for the week ending April 22 aggregate 1.6M 778 bushels, a,uiiiiHt 1.475.50; bushels last week and 2.417, Oiti h os lie la lids week last year. For the forty-three weeks ending April 22 this yesr the exports are 151.4t.348 bushels, against 17( 79i.f.!tj bushels in the corresponding per iod last year. Corn exports for the week are 1.0V) bushels, against 798.800 bushels last week and 371.84" In If. For the forty three weeks ending April 22 corn exports are 27.04D.71i bushels, against 43.(116,403 bush els last year. W. J. CONNELL GETS A FINE Jsdge Rattoa Imposes sflo Assessment ou Lawyer for Contempt of ronrt. A fine of $10 for contempt of court was imposed upon W. J. Connell by Judge Sut ton In district court yeeterdsy afternoon. The fine was paid. The imposition of the fine followed an argument over a question winch the at torney Insisted on asking a witness In the damage suit of Knima Seller against the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail way company. The question was with re gard to a bruise sustained by the plain tiff, a child of S years, In falling off a street car, the witness being th father of the child. Peter F. Collier Dies Suddenly New York Publisher Expires Sud denly of Apoplexy at Riding Club. NEW YORK. April 24.-Peter F. Collier, founder and publisher of Collier' Weekly, died suddenly tonight of appoplexy at the Riding club. Mr. Collier Illness came on suddenly and he died before a physician arrived. Peter F. Collier was the founder, chief owner and editor of Collier's Weekly. In this he was associated with his only son, Robert J. Collier, who with the widow survive him. Born In Ireland In 1S49 he arrived In this country when a young man and settled In Cincinnati, where he was educated. He cam to New York more than thirty year ago, where he stsrteJ the publishing house and amfted a large fortune In the sub crlptlon book business and by publishing periodicals. Mr. Collier was an enthusiast on outdoor sports, being an expert jolo player and almost daily was In the "saddle. He had many fine raddle lioraes and was a member of many hunting and riding clubs. NATIONS PRAISE AVON BARD Anniversary of Shakespeare's Birth Is Observed with Ceremony at Btratfortl-on-At on. 8TRATFORD-ON-AVON. April :4.-Th 343th anniversary of the; blrtH'nf Wllllan Shakespeare was celebrated here today ou an elaborate scsle. The city was deco rated and It was crowded with visitors. One of the principal features of the cere monies was the unfurling Of forty-one na tional flags, representing the countries which especially admire Shakespeare. Whitelaw Ileid, the American ambassador, unfurled the Stars and Stripes. There was a floral procession to the -ctRireh, In w hich all the delegations took part, each carrying garlands and wreaths whk'rt were subse quently placed upon the tomb of the port. Mr. Reid laid on the tomhr a wreath sent by the Players' club of New York. Bigger. Better, Busier That's what ad vertising in The Roe dies for your business. K Frightful Esperieuee with biliousness, malaria and constipation Is quickly overcome by taking Dr. King's New Iifo Pills. 26c'. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. North wrstern Wine from Indiana. CHICAGO, April 24. The Northwestern Vnlverslty base ball team defeated the Lnl veislty of Indians team at Evanston today by a score of i to L Jacobson, pitchsr for tnu Northwestern, did Dot allow th Uooaier team a bit. J 1 Is made by the Goodrich Co. All seamless tube, livery foot warranted. ' LAWM Triton, Torrent, Cascade, Whirlpool and Artesian are all big sellers. IHI O Goodrich Hose has no competitor, either in price or quality. Jas. Morton & Son Co. 1151 Dodge Street Exclusive Agents. Hard wars and Tosla. E