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TITE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. AFKTTj 26. 1009. AFFAIRS AT S013TI1 OMAHA Teamster Seriously Cruihed Under ' Wtfon Load of Dirt. SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Friends of t)r. and Mrs. W. J. MrCmnn Attend Fnnetlnn Kaffir to. .Have Entertainment , t . fnesdsy. l.fo IVOan. teamster working for O H. Gafford and a etMnger In Routh Omaha, wan seriously cruehed under a wagonload of dirt Saturday afternoon, while he wm trying to dump the same at Twenty-first and B streets. The ram wore grading a lot belonging to Hugh O'Neill and were dumping In a rather dangerous plate. The wagon whloh Dolan drove cajne too near th edge ' of the dump and upset. Polan" was caught "Oder the wagon and hi hips were crushed. It la thought he may have serious In.ernal Injuries. The Injured man wa attended by Dr. W. J. McCrsnn and- was sent to the Douglas rnunty hospital. Ha has no friends In the rlty who might take care of him. The bones of the htp werebroken. Anniversary of Dr. and Mr. MrOi n n A number of the warm friends of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. MrCrann met with them at the doctor's residence Friday evening. In celebration of the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of the pioneer physician. The celebration was a quiet one and character little or the family. Many kindly rcmem- branres were received. Some of the silver pieces and sets were elegant and nil were most appropriate and welcome. Fifteen children' tf the doctor's remarkable family were present.. Tha only touch of sadness was tl absence of the sixteenth, Mary, tha first daughter, who died some two years ago. " " Kanrles to flee- Goata. Prof, L. B. Stanley, which Is the stage name - of Fred Park's father. Is visiting with his son at the latter's home, til? North Twenty-fifth street. Stanley has a trovip' of trained animals , mostly goats, which be' is taking through from the Pa cific coast to exhibit during the summer season In the eastern states. These animals perform a remarkable variety of feats The South Omaha Eagles have engaged the professor to furnish an evening's enter talnmant at the meeting which Is to be held Tuesday, April 27. The professor Is a member of the order and readily con sented to put the goats through their stunt. The members of the Eagles are urged not to miss- this treat which surely Is one of the greatest fun producers going. Prof. Stanley, before he assumed his stage name and entered on tha vaudeville stage. was a well known' resident of South Om aha. ' 1 ' ' Idral Club Closes Season. The Ideal club closed their dancing sea son Friday evening with a ball at the Home Hotel when the following members and guests were present and had a very enjoyable time: Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mann, iSd. Maher, J O. Kelly, John Hughes, E M. Eckman, Theo. Tlllotson, Dr. R. E Bchindle. Ted Melvln, V. II. Mann. Harry Cote. H. F.Trumble. H. E. HUlegas. J. F. O'Leary;' Messrs. Antone Lott, John Doyle, W. A. Cox,' Jo Ones, Ralph Shotwell. Jo Tanner, Wm. Loveiy. Frank Tales, Harry Marling, Jay Aull; Misses Nell Eneor, Eu nice Ensor, Mayme Laughlln, May Lovely, Julia Wlllard, Helena Trimble, Clara Qllll gan, May Yates, Cora Laverty and Baumcr. Starting; Monday 'e will place on sale the following bargains In our gents' furnishing section: Men's hose, cents: they are perfectly seamless. come tn all sorts of shad, s and colors, are articles that retail tor 15 cents straight in furnishing goods stores. Men'a. hose, 12H cents; exact kind furnishers get 25 cents for; you will find a tremendous assortment to choose from. Men'a hose, 26 cents; they come In !ace stripe, lustre lisle, game lisle, fine tnaco yarns, etc.. In every Imaginable shade and pattern, large assortment; fur nishers get 50 cents for same kind. Men's pink and blue union suits, which would be extra good values at fl. sale price cents; all sixes from N to 46. S hawk nit hoae, 20 cents. ' "President suspenders, 38 cents. Men's suspenders, made of extra strong web, in neat as well as showy patterns, actual Sn-cent values, sale price 25 cents. Extra nobby four-ln-hand neckties that sell at furnishing goods stores for 60 cents, sale price 35 cents. Fancy si;k handkerchiefs, all sorts of new, up-to-date shades, suitable for ladles as well as gents, 45-cent values, sal ' price 26 cents. And a good many slm'Usr artlrjes. We believe we have enough of 'these goods.' even If we do have a big run on them, to last until Saturday t.leht. Nebraska Shoe and Clothing House, Ccrner 3H) and N Sts.. South Omaha. , . Made City Gossip. We will take a turkey dinner at the Burton Sunday. It's the beet place tn town. The Bartenders' union Is called to meet this afternoon at Barton's hall, Twentieth and 4 streets, It Is reported that Peter Lenagh la se riously 111 at his home at .Thlny-nlnth and I. streets. A new high record for hogs was reached yesterday afternoon. Several loud if the best grades brought 17.30. The, meeting of the American Federation of Labor scheduled for Rex hall this after noon has besn postponed for a week. The Ladles' auxlltery of the Ancient Or der of Hibernians 'will meet Tuesd.sy evening at Odd Wallows' hall. Twenty fourth and N streets. Acre Tracts for Rent 10 and 15 acres soul h' of Good I.tii'k addition, near JtUh 8i. road; pood land; easv terms. George A Co., lflul Far nam Si., touglas 7W. John Woodward, who has been suffering from pneumonia for some weeks, has re covered so far as to be removed to his hone again from the South omalia hos pital. The South Omaha Alumni association will meet at. the high school building Monday evening to make . arrangements for com mencement. "The poilunk Limited," a farce -omedy by the Christian t'hurch society, will be given for the -benefit of the church build ing fund Friday, April 30. ' K. M. Scott, the switchman who waa hurt Friday evening in the routli Omaha srdM. was sent to his home In Ht. Joseph yesterday aftHrnoon. It will be some time before torn recovers. The Tuesday Night lub gave a surprise party lor ur. ano .Mrs. eorge tieadle Fit day evening.' A pleasant evening was socnt tn the new home, 81? North Twentieth street. . Cards and music were enJord. K3S 2B9 Piano Tuning S2.00 Chas. L Fish 1914 Burdetti St. Pfcont W. 1265 food roR Weaa and nervous maa who find their inn insir power tJ and youthful igor mjFB VbTC work and youtl - - sons s rssuu sr ovsr . & w . - . . . work or mental exertion should take OKAY'S NfcKVIC FOOD PILLS. Tney will inaae you eat and alsep and be a maa again. II Boat a boxes .B0 by mail. rSBMAsT fc MeCOsniablV SlOO CO. Cor. ltk and Dodge fcUrset, OWL DkUO CusIAKT, Cor. kttk aad aVeraaF Bta Osaaka. BTss. Wkt ywni stay Oel4 Meaal Clear V nnrs It la Wnshfcnrn-Cr-.sr'a Gold MedsJ ritu. TnU la lasnsurtaat. Woman's Work Aetlrlstsa ef ta Orgwaiied Bogles Ale tke X.lnss of Tf eertaklf of Oomeera to WosaesV The Woman's club will hold Its annual meeting Monday afternoon and adjourn until next October. A meeting of the executive board will be held at 1:30 and the club meeting will begin at 1 o'clock Instead of 2.30 as usual. Reports will be made of the chairmen of committees and depart ment leaders. At 1:30 Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens and Mias Anna Gordon, president and vice rtrslnVnt of the National Women's Christian Temperance union, will address the club. An Invitation has been extended to the Women's Christian Temperance union of the city, school teachers and all Interested In the temperance cause. This week will cloee the cluh year. The current topics department will hold a luncheon In tfte assembly room of the Young Women's Christian association Tuesday, which will be followed by a program of readings given by Mrs. W. A. Challls. The last meeting of the musical depart ment of the Woman's club, will take place Thursday afternoon at 2:15, The program under the direction of . Mrs. , Edith L, Wagoner will be devoted to ensemble music and will Include a string trio, eight hand piano numbers, songs with obllgato and choruses by the Girl's Glee cluh Of the high school. The program will be followed by a tea. The Art department closed Us year Wednesday with the election of the follow ing officers: Mrs. W. W. Origer, leader; Miss S. R, Davis, assistant leader; Miss Mary Summer, second assistant leader; Mrs. O. C. Bonner, secretary, and Mrs. W. H. Hancock, treasurer and representa tive on the directory. The department each year give a picture to some organisation and this year It presented the beautiful landscape "Harvest Time," by the German landscape painter Rudlsuhll, to the Young Women's Christian association. The picture was presented Thursday and has been hung In the reception, room. A few changes were made In the chair men oj committees for the entertainment of the National Women's Christian Tem perance union convention next October at the conference Of the local committees with Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon, Friday evening. The complete list now stands: Finance, the Rev. F. L. Loveland; en tertainment, Mrs. Louis E. Borsheim; so cial functions, Mrs. Edward Johnson; pul pit supplies, the Rev. B. F. Fellman; speakers In. public schools, the Rev. Mary G. Andrews; decorations, E. E. Thomas; reception at stations, Mrs. Draper Smith; fraternal greetings, Mrs. I. S. Leavitt; press, Mrs. C. J. Roberts; Information bureau, Mrs. George Ttlden; pages and ushers, Mrs. Clara E. Burbank; printing, Harry Stone; public comfort, Mrs. George Co veil; demonstration, Mrs. Margaret Park; badges, Mrs. D. C. John. s April 10, after an Illness of over a year. Mrs. Charles D. Hamill, president pf the Needlework Guild of America, died at her home in Chicago. Mrs. Hamill had served as president of the guild for the last ten years, besides doing much other charitable work In Chicago. Announcement of her death has been sent to all the branches of the guild wILji the request that each mane aaamonai errorts l ma year to in crease Its membership as a memorial to her. Omaha Women's Christian Temperance union will hold Its regular educational meeting Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. B. Bryant, 625 North Forty first street. Bank Swindled by Forgery of Telegrams Crooks Get Money from Des Moinei House by Signing Omaha Bank Signature. A 1600 bank swindle was executed in Des Moines Saturday by means of a forged telegram purporting to come from the United States National bank of Omaha. The Omaha police have been advised of the operations by Chief of Detectives Ed Johnson of Des Moines and are acting with the Iowa officers in efforts to arrest the crooks. Friday night a Western Union telegram signed by George L. Bryant aad sent from Omaha to Clarence A. King was received In Des Moines by a man answering to the latter name. It read: "I will wire you $500 tomorrow, care Citlxens bank." Saturday morning the Citlxens bank re ceived a message over the Western Union reading: "Pay Clarence A. King o00. Will waive identification." The telegram was dated Omaha ami signed "V. S. National." Supposing that both telegrams were gen uine, the Citlxens bank paid the designated 1600 to the man who represented himself as King, and soon afterward found that It had been victimized. The same two men, one in Des Moines and the other In Omaha, tried to work the same game on the Des Moines National bank, but failed. A description of the man known as King has been furnished the Omaha police and all detectives and patrolmen are working on the case In the hope that he may come here to divide the profits of the bunco game. Efforts to obtain a description of the man known as Bryant, who sent the telegram from here, have ao far been fu tile. He used the Western Union for the two telegrams intended for swindling the citizens bank and the Postal service for the two telegrams for use on the other bank. The telegrams were handed to mes sengers at the doors of the United States National and the Omaha National banks, but the messenger boys who received them there cannot give the slightest description of the man who sent the messages. Heats) from Blood Poison was prevented by G. W. Cloyd. Plunk, Mo., who healed his dangerous wound with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 5v. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Pointed Paragraphs. It'a better to mend your ways before you go broke. t If a man ever speaks the truth it's when he is angry. Prohalily the ocean Is treacherous because it la run or craft. Most men expect their wives to be reitfc-ioua tor the whole famllv. Some brands of charity seem to bear the earmarxa or selfishness. In your version of the story the other leuow maaes a poor sr.owing. The man who always pays cash down U never called upon to pay up. Don't kick a man today because he Is down. You may ! down tomorrow. The searchlight of truth has caused many a man to try to hide behind hla own sliadow. It's a hame the way some young widows break ini the game again and don't give ine girls a chance. Tlis man who tells a lie and sticks to It may think It Is as good as the truth, but ha never really believes It. Chicago News. Btt aaiit ads are business boosters. BREEN TO THE SOUTUblDERS Warm Talk Made to the , Ward Voter. Second NO PROHIBITION FOR THIS MAN Repahllraa Candidate for Mayor Say Me Will Do More for Personal Liberty Tha Merely Brag: I and Blnstrr. John Paul Itreen denounces the story In the World-Herald to the effect that he ad vocated prohibition In Iowa back In 1882, as false, and the man who wrote It either is dishonest or a fool. This occurred at a meeting held at the -hall at Eighteenth and Vinton streets, at which Mr. Breen, H. B. Zlmman and many of the candidates talked. Mr. Brcen took up the World-Herald charge and denounced the statements as false. The bill .providing for the submis sion of a prohibitory amendment In Iowa he said was passed by the legislature of WNkjind the amendment was ratified and went Into effect In Ji'ne, 1882. The pro hibition fight waa over and the law was In effect he said before he began hla race for register of deeds In Webster county to which the World-Herald referred. Mr. Breen said he had never advocated prohibition and had never made a speech In favor of prohibition, but on the other hand he had voted against the amendment when submitted In Iowa. His brother he said hsd never been his law partner, and In fact was never a lawyer, tha World Herald notwithstanding. Matter of Personal Liberty. The republican candidate for mayor as sured the audience, that he believed the mayor of a city like Omaha should be a man who reel I Bed this condition and who waa broad enough to understand how to handle the questions which were bound to come up. He believed In amusements and as mayor of the city he would have the same respect for the liberty of others that he has now. He told the people It was up to them to safeguard their personal liberties by calling to their aid men of power who did more than blow and bluster, for, be said, the man who struts around blowing and bluffing about personal liberty Is not the kind of man who will save ' them when the big fight comes. He called attention to the fact that one who had stood by them and had helped to safeguard their liberties was now asleep on the hillside, and that man, he said, was not V blusterer. He belonged to the class of men, he said, who Is always on hand In the big fight, and It Is that class, he said, who do the big fighting for the people. Democratic. Pledges, . Mr. Zlmman called attention to the pledges of the democrats three years ago and their pledges at this time. He told them how Mayor Jim's backbone had gone back on him when he was told to take the screens out of saloons and he said It had been this way all through the three years he had been In office. Governor Bhallen berger, he said, had 'lied to the people of Omaha and South Omaha and the state, for he had taken his beer at a meeting of Germans during the campaign and had led the people to believe he saw no objections to this practice, and yet ho had signed tbe 8 o'clock closing law. It would not be possible for the saloon keepers to violate the daylight saloon law, no matter how many premises Mayor Dahl man made, because If the mayor did per mit Its violation he would be removed from office under the Sacke' law by Governor Shallenberger. The only remedy, he said, Is for the peo ple of Omaha to elect republicans to office and two years from now tbe party may secure the repeal of the law. SUMMING UP AT MESSINA Losses In Life and Money Calculated by aa Americaa Corre spondent. In casting the balance sheet of Messina, the chief loss, speaking merely In terms of economics. Is that of human life. How many are dead we shall never know ex actly, but the materials for a tolerable esti mate are already at hand la the condition of the ruins, the rough statistics of the escaped, and the Impressions of the cooler observers n the first hours and days of the cataltrophe. One who, like Captain de Angells. counted the dead and living In the villages toward the Faro, visiting; also the ruins of the city, Is In a position to make a pretty close estimate. In the commune of Messina he believes 80,000 souls have perished, or considerable more than half the population, which was roughly ISO. 000. My reckoning was made on the conviction that two-thirds of the Inhabitants of the city proper, containing 82,400 people, had perished, and of these three-quarters In stantaneously or through slow exhaustion deep in the ruins. The first shock of tha earthquake, I believe, either killed or trapped no less than 60,000 people In the ciiy. in the outlaying district, where tha houses are lower, the deaths from subse quent exposure and famine perhaps ex ceeded those caused immediately by the shock. Reggio. across the straits, had an urban population of a ,000. The whole commune. a large one. had 44,0 inhabitant Here help came slowly; there were no unshaken prosperous towns near by to give aid and asylum, and the tidal wars drowned man v. The dead at Regglo (the commune) will naraiy be less than 30,000. We must add the dead In Sicily outside the commune of Messina, and in Calabria those who per- isnea outside of Regglo. How many these were is a mere guess. But I think M,0U Is not an excessive estimate. In .these out laying districts, with dearth of food, water and surgical aid. the death rate among me refugees was appallmg. If we sav that in the entire field of destruction UO.000 men. woman and children perished, we shall not be very far from the facta, and. i minx, wen wtthln them. The Mattlno of Naples, wnlch is uncom monly well Informed in this case, writes We may reckon as destroyed the houses of Sno.000 inhabitants In the province of Regglo, and of 26O.CO0 in that of Messina." 4i lumreua w qusjiny mese figures in a favorable sense, but roughly they give the measure of the work that must, be done Nearly eno.OOO people must be housed In this region. The Mattlno, basing its figures on official valuations, estimates the value of the destroyed houses on the tax roll at ilR.mn.om. including the little houses not taxed, and the cost of rebuilding tha public structures, the construction bill In sight cannot be less than t3t.000.000. Evidently this is a wide guess. Public building is notoriously expensive in Italy, while It Is doubtful if private owners will be In haste to rebuild. But something like S3O.O0O.0tj6 may represent the loss In real estate. But recent emigration from these regions makes me suspect that the figures are based on a census of eight years ago. The true fig. urea must be somewhat smaller. Frank J Mather. Jr., In New Tork Post Foley's Honey snd 1 ar Is a safeguard against serious results from spring colds. which Inflame the lungs and develop Into pneumonia. Avoid counterfeits by Insisting upon having the genuine Foley's Hoosy and Tar, which contains ao harmful drugs Bold by all drugglaia. Our LrCtter Box OratrltoHea. cm Ttsasly ), Vst, Xxossataf Twe Xnsrs4 worts. Ass Xavtksa froca wax ssssrs. Tke Raeasrerfest. To the Editor of The Bee. Tour refer ence to the 1910 Northwest Baengerfest would make it appear that some one of Its sponsors hsd conditioned the success of that festival, aa dependent upon the num ber of hours during which beer ran be obtained. I wish to stste most emphati cally that no such Intimation has been made by anyone of those who have con scientiously and with sincere regret advo cated the abandonment of the festival on account of the right o'clock closing law, and I cannot comprehend why such a pre posterous idea should be lent color by commenting upon It editorially. The bl-ennlal Baengerfesis are Important musical events, promoted exclusively by the members of German singing societies and their friends. Two thousand male voices were to take part in the grand chorus at Omaha, and at least forty thous and visitors from out of town, Germans necessarily predominating, were expected to attend. It Is well known that besides his Inborn love for music, the German has also ' an intense feeling for personal liberty and a quick resentment of its abridgements. As to real temperance and moderation, how ever, and which means the temperate en joyment of all of God's gifts, Germans need not shun comparison with the many other races of which this nation Is com posed, whether domiciled here for ten gen erations or one. To make such a festival successful, so cially, musically . and financially all the surrounding conditions must be perfectly favorable. A city asking for such a meet ing Its citlxens - and Institutions must be liberal and .broad-gauged. An 8 o'clock closing law, or any other unreasonable restrictions are naturally abhorrent to the average German, even though he may be personally abstemious. Will he feel like spending , his holiday In a city or stale where the perfidy of political tricksters has planted Ullberallty and intolerance, plants which will speedily take root and be full grown :by the summer of 1910? Our visitors must be entertained after 8 p. m., as well aa before. Shall we ask the Women's Christian Temperance union or the drug stores to help us do so? Present Indications are that the prohibi tionists 'will elect our police commissioners unless trie progressive element can . units on four clean and liberal-minded men, but it Is almost too much to hope that enough of the other oandldates will have suffl clent patriotism to withdraw from the race and thus prevent, a scattering ef the liberal vote and the election of Elmer Thomas appointees. . . We know beforehand what their dogma will be. - With such prospects, who will subscribe to the guarantee , fund? And Jlfi.OOO U entirely Insufficient. An Important . source of revenue to all previous festivals has been a picnic given i In connection with them. How many would attend an loe cream and soda "go to bed at 8 o'clock" picnic. I tor one am certainly opposed to contracting even a dollar's worth of Indebtedness until a tangible guarantee fund. 61 at least t2o,000 ls plainly In sight. pne of the objects of the Commercial cljub In promoting the. event, besides tha money it is expected to bring to this city, Is to advertise, iDmaha, Every on of the 40,000 or more. "expected visitors are to spread the news of this great and hospi table city amongst, their friends at noma. What a splendid (?) advertisement for us will be the news ef the only large city In the union, whe.ee the people, cannot be trusted after . m. to control their ap petites, I have, returned from New Tork, Philadelphia, Washington and Cincinnati, and everywhere;., the Nebraska 8 o'clock closing law is. the subject of most un enviable notoriety. I believe th less we parade our affliction and disgrace before German singers and their friends and ad mlrers the less we shall suffer, but to cast a slur upon them by insinuating mat tney cannot obtain enough beer before Inn Is an insult to a. people who have furnished many of the best elements of this nation. A, L. METER. Qaestlen from a Voter. OMAHA. April M.-To the Editor of The Bee: I went to register at the first district of the Third ward. When I first entered I was sworn and the following questions were asked me: "Where do you liver1 told, him "How long hare you lived there?" I told htm about one and one-third told him. "How Ion have you lived state and county T" I told him almost two years. ' Then he asked me my name. I told him. Then he asked me. "With what party do you affiliate?'' This question I re fused to answer, for he may as well ask me who I was going to vote for, Dahlman or Breen. This I thought was nons of hla business. Blnoe the 4ast legislature paased a law prohibiting the register from aaklng your party affiliations. Now on election day will I bs challenged according to law and stopped from voting? WILL MANN BONNER. Answer Tou are. noot required to state your party affiliation and cannot be pre vented from voting for refusing to do so. Under the present law. If you wish to vote at a primary election yoit must have de clared at a previous registration your party affiliation In order t be permitted to vote at the primary of that party. This was made the law In order to prevent one party from Interfering with the nominations of another. The "open primary" bill passed by the last legislature will not become an operative law until after July 1, next, and so has no fores at present. It permits any voter to take part in the primary of any party, and will permit republicans to dic tate democratic nominations and vice versa. But no voter Is required to announce his political affiliations unless' he chooses to, and such refusal Is not basis for chal lenge. saloaa License. BANCROFT. Neb., April E.-To the Ed itor of The Bee: Please decide tke follow ing question: In a wet town, where no ordi nance has been passed limiting the num ber of saloons, A says the board can Issue one, -two or three licenses, Just as It thinks best. B says the board is obliged to issue licenses to all applicants, providing all have compiled with the law and are proper per sons to run a saloon under the Slocumb law. Which is right? A READER OF THE BEE. Answer Under the 81ocumb law, the city council or village board has the power to fix the number of licenses that may be granted to saloons, to limit the number and the territory, to assess the amount of license fee. save that it shall not be less than tha amount prescribed by law for the different classes of communities, and to fix the hours for doing business, save that the saloons may not be legally kept open between the hours of 1 and 4 o'clock a. m. on week days or at any ttms on Sundays. The so-called day-light law passed by the las( legislature takes away from the village boards or city councils no power granted by the Blocumb law. but fins the time a saloon may legally be kept open at from T o'clock a. in. to I I o'clock p. ni. The local authorltiea may I restrict these hours still further U they J choose. RIDER TALKS OFCRAND AERIE State President of Eaglei Predict! Largest Contention Yet Held. SIX DAYS LIKE M'KINLEY DAY Ira-es Omaha Bnslness Men to CSet Bnsy and Assist the General and Finance Committees In Their Work. "Letters now being received. five months ahead of the time set for the grand aerie convention. Indicate that what we have been claiming all along Is true." said John J. Ryder, state president of the Eagles. We are to have here In Omaha the geographical center, as It Is known to 11 members of the order now, the larg est snd greatest gathering of the members of one single order ever held anywhere. That is saying a good deal, and I would not say It were It not that 1 have seen four national conventions of the order, and othera who have seen grand aerie meetings agree with me. We aro In re- celpt of requests for Information touch ing the coming convention and also for cuts of officers and scenes In and about Omaha. These requests come from publications located as far east as Mass achusetts, as far west as Anacortos and from New Orleans and Nome and SeatU and Victoria. B. C. Omaha business men and all Interested In making Omaha eligible to enter the lists for large conventions must wake up to the big Job ahead of the committees on finance, entertainment, parade and drills and other features. The finance committee, especially, should be gener ously treated as soon as the chairman, Robert , Bacon, ' sends his subcommittee around, to see our business men. . At this time last year Seattle had $20,000 In hand and as much more promised as might be needed. Here Is the first real test tn convention' entertainment that Omaha has had to meet,-and ' If .we treattha thou sands of visitors In good shape - they will become walking advertisements for our city and our state , Hotels tin It Reserving. - "At this time, I am told, some of the larger hotels have practically had to cease making' reaervatlons for tho convention, but whether they have' or not It Is a sure thing that every available bed' that, can be listed will be needed to care for our guests next September.. Think ef six days something like. McKlnley day at. the. time of the exposition, "-and that, will about de scribe the multitudes we will draw here If we go about the work In the right, way. Issue our programs In good time, and ad vertise the gathering as we should. We ought to have two full regiments of unl. formed men In line from the Nebraska aeries alone, and right' now we have a challenge from a picked team of twenty- two men at Seattle to drill against any other teams In this country for 11,000 a side in addition to the regular prlxes always ffered." W. R. Bennett, chairman of the committee on promotion and publicity,. Is answering all requests so far as he can, but the gen eral committee has not yet got far enough along with Its arrangements to begin ad vertising In earnest. The canvassing com mittees have about made up their lists and will soon begin their work. Announcement will be made when they are ready to start on their rounds. The annual field day for all New Eng land Eagles Is to be held at Fltohburg, Mass., on June 28, and the Omaha commit tee has it In mind to send a representative to that gathering with advertising matter. Word comes also that "Omaha" clubs are forming In many cities. New Orleans being the latest to give notice of such a club. Quick Action for Tour Money Tou get that by using The Bee advertising columns. .... - 1 r i m mi nawis ii i urn " - Ham .O" jrz n -i '"if,. ill Owi Some Real Estate The desire to own real estate is uni versal. As an investment it's preferable to stocks, bonds and business proposi tions. You can sell at a profit any time. Real estate values increase rapidly. In a few years your investment may be worth double the amount paid. The cime to buy is now. Don't think that all the best properties have been taken. , Spend a few minutes with Bee Want ads. See the many bargains in city and sub urban real estate, Farm Lands, Factory Sites. Bee Want ads show you the best bargains. Read them now. RAPID GROWTH OF OMAHA SURPRISE TO OLD-TIMER Deteetlve Fisher ef Sarmmente) Pays Visit to (Itr In Mhlrh He Formerly Lived. F-errent H. M. Riddle and Detective Max P. Fisher of the Sacramento, Cl., police spent yesterday In. Omaha enroute home from St. txuls. where they went to secure the person of Floyd D. Carter, wanted In Sacramento, for murdering his wife. While In the city Carter Was placed In the police station for safekeeping. Detective Fisher was formerly a resident of Omaha but left here twenty-five years ago to make his home In the west. He stated last night that since he had left here the city has grown so much he was unable to recognise any of the landmarks he knew when he lived here. He made a trip yesterday through the wholesale sec tion and says he could scarcely believe his eyes, the growth of the city having been so rapid and Substantial. We often wonder how snv nerson can Ks persuaded Into' taking anything but Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung trouble. , Do not be fooled Into accepting "own make" or other substitutes: Tha genuine contains no harmful drugs and Is In a yellow package. Sold by all druggists. The Unclor Knew. Patrick O'Rourke. n Irishman hsd fh misfortune one day of falling from the sec- min eiory 01 n nouse just being completed. Mike Flaherty, the foreman, saw him fall and Immediately called an ambulance, which In due rourse of time arrived. The surgeon gave one glance toward Tat's still rorm iiwi sata. ."He s dead. ' I "at, who- was Just coming to. heard him. and, rising to a sitting posture, replied. "You're a liar! I ain't!'' Mike was stand ing close by, and took hold of Pat gentlv. saying. "Iy down Pat! The doctor knows better." Judge. .. , THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE vi'.'-.'.'-vTb Take Advantagc'of THE LOW ONE WAY COLONIST RATE to -Z3 APRIL 30. 1909 IS THE LAST DAY THIS RATE IS IN EFFECT To Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and many other points in the Northwest. Train Service and Equipment is the Best That Money, Can Buy, via ; . ; , ... , UNION PACIFIC ELECTRIC AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNALS MAKE IT THE SAFE ROAD TO TRAVEL. Ask About the Alaska-Yukon, Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wash, I INQUIRE OK CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1324 FARXAM ST. Thones Bell, loug. 1828 and Ind. ' A3231. ' J -u THEFT OF MARKET REPORTS Clerer Scheme Discovered by lofa & Bryan, the Victim!. WIRES SNEAKED INTO PLANT Ksnert Telearapher Henl . Here by Ontsldv Parties inspected f tha Work. Janitor (Hvea.lt All Away. When market quotations ceased 'coming In yesterday afternoon a force of carpenters txrame busy In the office of the: firm ef Logan A Bryan In the Board of" Trade building at Sixteenth and F.irnam streeta. Yhe carpenters were changing the location of the big blackboard on which fluctuations In prices are chalked tip aa they occur. The reason for thl change Involves the story of the discovery of a big market re port theft. While the scene) of the whnlraale quota tion stealing Is In Omaha, nnd the discov ery of the mode of operating was made here, full details have, only reached Omaha following the return1 to' Chicago from Omaha f Ben Bryan, Junior member of the firm of Logan Bryan and one of the best known men, if the Chicago Board of Trade. For some time the firm of Logan Bryan has believed Its quotations and mar ket tips were being stolen. Burketshops In Omaha, Kansas City. St. Ituls. Denver and a score or more of small country towns have been utilising the quotations snd mar ket gossip whlclt has bertt emanating from the local office of the firm; This led Brjan to start an Investigation. An expert telegrapher who Came to Omaha a little wjille. ago, Js suspected, WEEK ion Washington and Idaho a "-1 L 1 f ....:.
