THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: .TUNE 6. 1909. ? ft k . 1 Nebraska ' Nebraska i i FARMERS KICK ON RANCI1ERS Morrill Conntj Scttlen Say Crops Are i Being Destroyed. GOVERNOR ASKED TO INTERFERE Cane Aajnlnet Scharton for Morphine ta CooTlrts In Penitentiary la Cob-tinned. Selling State t (From a. Staff CormrpoTident.) LINCOLN,' Neb,, June 6. Homesteaders of Morrill county have appealed to Gov ernor ShallenberKer to save them from the ranchers whose cattle are destroying their crop. The governor received a let ter tills morning signed by M. E. Honey cutt and twenty-three other,, telling him that the cattle of one J. W. Boyle of Mitchell had been running at large and had destroyed the crops or were deatroy- ' In'g the crops of the homesteaders. The letter stated that Mr. Boyle had been notified by tbe homesteaders of the dam- ; age his cattle were doing and that he had merely laughed at the petition sent him by the aggrieved farmers. ( Borne of the cattle are branded O. P. and some of 'them P. O., said the letter, and they were very vicious, so much- so I that a man was not safe on foot away I from the house and it was dangerous for ; women and children to go out at alL , The homesteaders are trying to hold , down their claims until the government finished the irrigation ditch out in that . country, the letter said,' but this would i be impossible unless the state Interfered and enforced the herd law. The governor was out of the city when Si the letter came this morning, and it will be called to his attention immediately upon f - his return. ' Scharton Has an Alibi. The case of the state against George Scharton, charged with selling nineteen . bottles of morphine to August Miller, a ' trusty at the state penitentiary, was con tinued this afternoon for ten days by Jus tice Bocan, at the request of counsel for the defendant, who wanted more time In order to secure witnesses. Attorney Towle Informed the court that . he expected to furnish an alibi for his ' client. He declared that the defense would be able to show that Scharton was en i gaged In making a fence on the day that ' he was charged with having sold the pol on to Miller. - r County Attorney Tyrrell vigorously ob jected to giving the defense more time. During the discussion the county prosecu tor turned suddenly to Scharton. "If ' you were building fence on Sunday you were doing an unlawful act," said he, "and you are liable to get pinched for IN Tou can't work on Sunday unlens you have a right to. You are not an Adventlst, are you?" Scharton declared that his father and mother were,' and also his wife. .8dand.eC 'qH wm wm wm wm wm Lobbyists May Be Proaec-nted. Upon the return of Attorney General Thompson from Norfolk he will' look Into the matter of the failure of persons reg istered .as lobbyist to file their expense aoco'unts as provided by the anti-lobby law. Governor Shallenberger is also absent from the city, but at his office It was announced that he would also look into the law, and if the governor has to take the initiative, he; likely would do so. .) tonslll Still Lnld Up. "Railway Commissioner Cowgill is still se riouiy 111 with paralysis, though tie is able to mow about his room for short periods each dy. The commissioner ' is cheerful and' expects no bad results to follow 'his Illness, though his friends are apprehen- sive. The commissioner la 61 years old, though his friends had an idea he 'was about 45.: His father still lives, being a resident of Lincoln. Hock Pile Favored. Lincoln Is to have a rock pile. The police judge and the police have tired of hobos stopping over fo ra few days and getting board and room rent free while resting up h for a charge on some other community, so they have decided to put every living drunk and hobo to work pounding rock. ' Tbe rock pile will be established on Hay market square Monday morning. Colonels Ordered Out. Governor Shallenberger and his staff of colonels will leave Lincoln July I for Craw ford and Chadron, where they will spend July 4. The return trip will be made over the Northwestern some time during the following week. The trip from Lincoln to Crawford will be by way of Sidney over the Union Pacific and Burlington. Adju tant General Harttgan today mailed out letters to thirty-seven colonels, inviting theni to go with the chief executive. In the JLt of invitation was one to Colonel Charles Fanning and Colonel Kuncl of the same place, of whom most every one has keard. -' Cronnae Memorial by Bnr. Setvloea out of respect to the memory of the late Governor Crounse will be held In the consultation room of the supreme court Monday afternoon June 7. In addi tion to the report of the committee ap pointed by tie bar '.o draft resolutions other members of thrv bsr will speak. Painters irm the Pen. The report of Warden Smith of the state penitentiary for the month of May shows that thirty-three convicts were received during the month and eleven discharged. An even doten prisoners were punished for some Infraction of tne rules, ranging from the stealing of a pair of shoes to fighting and escaping. Luring the month I1M.23 was paid Into the cash fund. Con vlcts were employed in the broom factory as follows: Full tank 220; three-fourths task. 1; one-half task, II; one-fourth tank, L Beginning Monday, fifty additional con victs will be employed In the factory. Dr. Borslsm in Lincoln. Pr. Francis Borglum, from 1900 to 1902 police surgeon of, Omaha, with his family. moved to Lincoln today and has opened an office. After leaving Omaha Dr. Borg lum lived at Sprague a number of years, and for the last eighteen months .he has Nebraska STUDENTS VISIT ARBOR LODGE Delegation from State Vnlverslty Entertained by Nebraska City People. NEBRASKA CTTT, Neb., June 6.Rpe clal.) Members of the faculty and a large number of the students of the Nebraska state university came to this city on special train ever the Burlington road this morning and were met at the depot by a large delegation of citlins In carriages, automobiles and vehicles of all kinds and given a ride over the city, after which they were taken to Arbor Lodge, the home of Joy Morton, eldest son of the late J. Ster ling Morton, and they were his guests while here. A luncheon was served at the home for the guests and they wereJ shown over the old home place, where originated the Idea and put Into executlop Arbor day. The home and grounds are the finest In the west, and the guests found something to entertain and Interest them all of the time they were there. The green houses, the dense pine forest, the orchards and places of that kind were something new to most, if not all, of those who are residents of this state. They came as Mr Morton's guests. RELICS OF JNDIAN FIGHTS Canister Shot at Redskins from Steamboats Plowed l'p by Farmer. NEBRASKA CITY. NetJ., June 6. (Spe cial.) Men plowing on the John M. Liv ingston farm, south of .the city yesterday, plowed up a number of Iron canister shot. They are like those used during the civil war, being round Iron shot, measuring from three to four inches In circumference and showed they had been In the ground for some time. It Is thought they were fired from steamboats at Indians In the early days and gradually washed down from the bluffs- until they reached the point where they were plowed up. They found twenty of these Iron shot In the vicinity of where the first one was plowed up. EIGHTH GRADERS GET DIPLOMAS Graduation- Exereleee of Otoe Connty 'Sehools at Nebraska City. NEBRASKA CITT, Neb., June fc (Spe cial.) The first annual eighth grade graduating exercises of the Otoe county publio schools took place at the Overland theater in this city this afternoon. There were over 200 graduates from all parts of the county. It was the first time exercises of this nature had ever been undertaken In this county and it was a decided success. The musla was furnished by the orchestra from the Institute for the Blind. Rev. W. W. Barnes delivered the invocation. Presi dent J. W. Crabtree of the state normal school at Peru, delivered a very able ad dress, followed by Chancellor Avery of the University of Nebraska. The class ad dress was made by Governor A. C. Shallen berger. The diplomas were presented by State Superintendent E. C. Bishop. The theater was Inadequate to, accommodate the crowd that was present to witness the exercises. Superintendent R. C. King was assisted in the affair by City Superintend ent G. E. Martin. During the stay of the students In the city they were entertained by the oltiaena tn general Gaffe Connty Grndnnten. BEATRICE. Neb., June fc (Special.) The eighth grade graduating exercises were held at the Paddock theater Saturday afternoon, when 186 students from various schools tn the county received their diplomas, which were presented by Anna V. Day, county superintendent New Farmers Elevator. CENTRAL. CITT, June 8. (Special.) The Merrick County Farmers' Co-Oper- atlve association has awarded a contract for a large elevator to the Hampton Ele vator company. It will be located on the Union Pacific right-of-way, and will have a capacity of 18,000 bushels. It ts expected that It will be completed In about sixty days. No Harm 1 If you call for the second helping of Post Toast ies We':.iMwav. VeBnMMMB ,1 UP" H I fV-iaasp .ami r S3 'a & and cream. There ia a wonderful, captivating flavor which the skill of the Postum Go. has put into their newest product L from White Corn. Take home a pkg. "The T.ste Lingers" Sold by Grocers. Popular pkg., 10c. Large Family size, 15c. Made by Tostum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Eight Boys Now on Way to State Keep Juvenile Dine Novel Reader and Car Robber, at Norfolk All y Captured. NORFOLK, Neb., June B.-Flve of the Norfolk boy bandits, who had fled from the city, were captured at Chadron, 400 miles west of here, where they had broken Into a Northwestern merchandise car, and this afternoon they were sentenced to the State Industrial school at eKarney until they become 21 years old. They pleaded guilty at Chadron. The boys stole high cowboy boots from the mercantile car, and wearing these on the streets of Chadron, were easily apprehended. They were anegea also to have broken into a car at Gordon. Neb., since leaving here. The boys sent to the industrial school are: Vie Little, 15, whose mqther operates a boarding house; two sons, 14 and 15, of W. A. Emery, a prominent Norfolk lumber dealer; Ouy Storms, aged about 13; Chester Housp, about IS. Two little Chase boys are In Jail at Madison await ing a similar sentence, and Emery Ben nett, a one-legred youth of 80, Is in Jail awaiting district court, when he may be sent to the penitentiary. This makes eight boys now on their way to prison. The two Chase boys confessed a few days ago. a fsorinwcstern detective, working up the case, said twenty merchandise cars have been robbed in Norfolk during the last year. Buys Libations x Instead of License Nebraska City Man Arrested in Saloon, Bride-to-Be is Complainant. NEBRASKA CITT, Neb,, June 5.-(Spe- clal.) J. a. Watkins, who has been making this city his home for some time, was arrested last evening on the complaint of Miss Sophronla McDaniels. She charges that he proposed marriage to her and she gave him money with which to go up town and secure a marriage license, and after his departure she found that she was minus a gold watch and ring. She secured his ar rest after finding him in a saloon having a good time instead of going after the preacher and the license. Watkins claims to be a chiropodist. BEATRICE HAS RECORD CLASS Forty-Five Seniors Receive Diplomas and Listen to Addreaa by Dr. Loveland. BEATRICE, Nb., June S (Special.) One of the largest classes in the history of the Beatrice High school was gradu ated last evening at the Paddock opera house" before a large audience. The class numbered forty-five members. The saluta tory was delivered by Joy Retnhart, the valedictory by George Brother. A vooal solo was rendered by Miss Ethel Fuller and selections by Centenary Male quar tet. Dr. Frank L. Loveland of Omaha4 gave the address to the class, his subject being "The Art W Seeing Things." The central thought of the address played throughout on the necessity of seeing and hearing always those things which the ordinary man does not see or hear. His address was a masterful and eloquent one. , At the close of the graduating exercises the members of the class held an Informal reception in Le Poldevin hall and organ ised an '09 alumni association by the elec tion ef these officers: John Rlddell, pres ident; Clara Greenwood, secretary. After the meeting the class gathered on the high school campus and burned the rec ords kept the last four years. LITERARY CEXTER BROKE! UP Ranchman Steve Mnlone nnd Stater to Live In Ireland. CENTRAL CTTT, June B. Steve Malone and sister. Miss Nannie Malone, are stop ping here on their way from Logan county to Ireland, where they expect to spend the rest of their days. When Miss Malone left Ireland tn 1876 to attend the Centen nial exposition in Philadelphia, she had a round trip ticket good for one year. But she never used It. Not until recently did she turn her thoughts back to her native land with the Intention of returning there. Both she and her brother have a classical education, and their ranch home in Logan county has been the literary center In those parts. Miss Malone was associated with Miss Anna Parnell, wife of the fam ous Irish leader. In the land league troubles years ago. Mr. Malone, who has' been In this country nearly fifty years ago served through the war of the rebel lion, being wounded several times, cap tured, and distinguished himself for bravery for which he was commissioned three times and given a medal for bravery. They are visiting' here with Dr. J. Elsie Logan, who will accompany them to New Tork in the capacity of friend and at tendant. MRS. IOXB RETCRXS TO HOME Wanted Her Baby, bnt After Getting the Child Retnrned. CENTRAL CITT, June 6. (Special.) Un able to endure separation from her baby, Mrs. Beulah May Ion, who has already figured in a number of interesting es capades within the last two weeks, re turned to Sliver Creek in quest of it. She made her appearance Thursday and had a stormy interview with her husband. She departed that evening, taking the child a two-year-old girl, with her, with the evident Intention of returning to Denver. But she left the train at Kearney, and took the next one back to Silver, arriving there Friday, There was another scene and the woman had several fainting spells, a condition from which she has not yet recovered. Boosters Clnb for Arlington. LEXINGTON, Neb.. June 6. (Special Telegram.) The commercial club of this city met last evening In its new club rooms for the purpose of organisation. The mem bership consists of forty business and pro fessional men of the city. One thousand dollars paid In le the capital on hand. The club adopted as Its name 'The Civic Betterment club," Its purpose being to boost and beautify the city. W. H. An drews was .elected president. Dr. A. E. Wade secretary, and E. M. Tarbell treasurer. tirndeatea at Alliance. ALLIANCE, Neb, June 5. (Special Tele gram.) At the commencement exercises of the Alliance High school held last eieclng fi;rmsiif-rs or hotf.ls, clubs and rkstavrants. as well, as priva t r. homf.s. IK WILHELM South Sixteenth Street. - . Special, showing this week of furniture for bed rooms. An unusual display of pretty pieces in Colonial and Antique designs in genuine mahogany, very moderately priced. We are also showing new pat terns in Circassian walnut, Toona or natural mahojjany, bird's-eye maple, curly birch and some very unique arts and crafts designs. LUU'U Special Bed Values Another shipment of there popular four post beds received, in genuine mnhog nny, dull finish. Thoroughly construct ed, in either three-quarter or full size. Regular selling value $30.00; special, each t ..$35.00 j Mission Bed Room Suite ivovcr vi wuu wciiy, L'tniii i iv-il tlviMJtll, j finish Early English or golden. Priced very special for: Full size Bed $9.00 Dresser $15.75 Chiffonier $13.75 Summer Furniture --- ' Our showing this season is an unusually large one, consisting of the newest conceptions of furniture for summer use, sun rooms, verandas and lawns. The display is worth your inspection whether or not you anticipate a purchase. Prices TOO Qi-VnoKl I IrtTTT iivuu uunuu uimiik nrvc uiuau auuu;. im ported direct, substantially made, very com fortable; special, each $8.50 Refrigerators The Herrick needs no special inducements; with over 1,500 in use in Omaha and vicinity is pretty good evidence of its sterling qualities. The Herrick maintains constantly a dry cold air circulation, and insures the preservation of pro visions. , In spruce lined they range from $14.00 Up. Enamel interior $20.00 Up. Large size, enameled with nonrustable wire shelves $30.50 Up. c (jumauicc uu ueiiita xveii igtitit tut o. RUGS 8-3x10-6 Brussels Rug (like cut) is the best of the three qualities of Brussels, made by the Alex. Smith & Sons Carpet Manufacturers. Designs and coloring similar to our best Body Brussels. Sells reg ularly from $16.00 to $18.00, for $11.05 3x6 Manhattan Axminster Rugs, made of heavy wool yarns, new color ings, both in oriental and floral designs. A rug that we especially recommend for hard wear. Reduced Monday from $4.50 to. . .$3.25 Rugs for Porches and Summer Homes The Ideal Rug, made from a double twisted heavy German fibre. A rug that is noted for its durability. Designs and coloring are repro duction of Antique Persian Rugs. 4x7 Ideal Ruir for $8.00 5-9x8-3 Ideal Rug for. . . .812.25 $15.40 8-3x11-6 Ideal liug tor. :.$Z3.UU Porch Swing The Alamo (like illustration) made of heavy belting, fit ted with comforiuble denim covered pad; complete with ropes; special, ea, $13.50 Other Porch Swings, com plete with ropes, hung up from $5.75 4 If 6-3x9-10 Ideal Rug for. CREX GRASS RUGS Made from Wisconsin wire grass, very durable, colorings are in red, blue and green; very appro priate for rorches: ! x a. asa a. j-i yd t ttj j- mm V 3x6 Crex Grass Rug $1.5U yxi-' rex urass k ug s.VD 4x7 Crex Grass Rug : $3.00 6x9 Crex Grass Rug ...... .'. $4.75 8x10 Crex Grass Rug $7.50 .$3.00 1-6x3 Crex Grass Rug ...... ;. . 35c 1- 10x3-9 Crex Grass Rug ............ .50c 2x4 Crex Grass Rug 65c 2- 6x5 Crex Grass Rug . . .$1.00 Bissell's Gold Medal Carpet Sweeper, like cut, for We will send one out on one week's trial; if not satisfactory it can be, returned. Complete new line of trunks, traveling bags, and suit cases, in the Basement. Special Drapery Values $1.75 White English Net Curtains with braid applique 89 J2.75 White Novelty Net Curtains with fancy edge and braid, spe cial, per pair $1.49 $3.25 Two-tone Scotch Net cur tains in new beautiful designs. These curtains are made from Egyptian yarn, special, per Pair $1.95 $3.00 Imported Madras Curtains for summer curtains and bed rooms; washable; come in two colors, ecru and white, our own importation, at a saving of 20, with a still further reduction we offer them, at, per pair. gj, 95 $5.5.0 Colored Madras Curtains, la t- P tool i light summer colors, special, per lalr $3.75 $5 Embroidered Swiss Imported Curtains, all new styles, also Grenadine Curtains, special per Patr $3.75 $8.75 Brussels Lace Curtains a curtain that you will always find in style, all in white on a French Net, special, per pair. . . .$6.35 Some very attractive reduced prices on single pairs of curtains. 1 pair $14.60 Cluny Curtains, per Pair $7.25 1 pair $15.00 Duchess Curtains. per pair $7.50 1 pair $4.25 red and black Cur ' tains, per pair. ....... .$1.89 1 pair $6.50 Tambour Curtains. Per pair $3.25 1 pair $17.50 2-tone Curtains, per At the end of a busy spring season we find a large number of odd pairs of lace curtains which we will place on sale Monday morning at special prices. day, per pair $2.95 $6.50 mercerized Portieres, some with border, others fringe top and bottom, one and two pair of pair $8.95 1 pair $9.75 Brussels Curtains per pair $4.89 1 pair $8.75 Brussels Curtains per pair $4.38 1 pair $9.25 Brussels Curtains per pair $4.65 110 single portieres in heavy mer cerized; sold as high as $7.60 pair. We have just 110 of them with 90 on sale, Monday, at, each $1.98 85 single portieres, some with border, others with fringe top and bottom; all colors; your choice while they last; special Monday, each $1.45 $6.00 bordered Portieres In greens, k reds, all the newest kind of hangings, there are only one and two pair of a kind, special Mon- a kind, special Monday, per Pr $3.75 $8.00 bordered Portlerer in good colors, reds, greens, browns, others with fringe, top and bot tom; special Monday, pr.$4.50 $6.50 Bagdad Couch Covers or Portieres. They are the real im ported Bagdad, 5 stripe, special, each $2.75 For Our June Bride Our Brlc-a-Brac department of fers unusual selections In Japanese bronze, art In . brass, vases, cut glass, English Colport China. We iellver them in beautiful black :overed boxes. Strike a Match and light a burner on a Detroit Jewel Gas Range, in doing so you can produce the most heat possible to be obtained on any gas range made, and at the same time consuming the small est amount of gas possible. Detroit Jewel Gas Ranges are in a class by themselves are made better, stronger, heav ier, and more durable, at prices not higher than others. Detroit Jewel Gas Ranges are made in any style practicable. We are Omaha agents for Detroit Jewel Gas Ranges. Prices $9.00 to $G5.00. Have you visited our Stove tvrtd Kitchen Ware Department in the Basement. in the Pholln opera house the following students were graduuted, all of whom are members of well known families here: Cecil- Smith. 1'aul Taylor, Louis Allen; Henry Krajlcek, Clare Mewhlrter, Winnie Betebenner, Nellie O'Donnell, Nettle Na tion, Mlnelle Highland, Helen Hroome, Lillian Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Mabel Carey. The class exercises were very successful, displaying a depth to the knowledge these men and women of the future are in pos session of. flirmU Ntw. Notes. KEARNEY Mr. nnd Mr. II. N. Russell of the Kearney Military academy left Kearnoy, Friday, fur New York, from which place they will sill for England op the eteuincr. Oceanic. C H Wanstall nf tha same school accompanied them. Frof. RuBsell will return the hitter pait of July, while the others will remain lor.Ker KEARNEY Mr. and Mr. T. Hermanon will leave Kearney on the 15th of June for a trip through Germany. Norway, Sweden and Denmark, expecting to slay four months. NEBRASKA CITY The closing; exercises of the 1st. Barnabas riHterx' school took place yesterday afternoon and wa largxiy attended. This is the first vesr of the sisters' School in this cltv and next year they expect to have their own building and a larger school. KEARNEY Registration at the normal will begin Monday. June V, cUseea will be organized tin Tuesday, the day tollowins. The correspondence haa been unusually heavy and a lart;e number f teachers are expected here this summer. NEBRASKA CITY The funeral of ex City Treasurer C E. t-'ohnunte will take place Sunday afternoon and Kv. J. A. Ensor will preach the funeral sermon. The Knlehts of Pythias will have charge of the funeral and services. KEARNEY Mr. K. Dunne, the aged father or Mrs. Walter Nye, died at her noma In this e.lty. Thursday evening. Tho body will he shipped to Creston, la., where services will bo held Sunday. BEATRICE The grand Jurv, which has been In session here, this week, adjourned yesterday to Monday morning at 9:80 o'clock. More than seventy witnesses have been examined, and over W subpoenas have been issued. It will likely take the Jury the greater part of next week to com plete its work, PRINCES FIGHT TO DEATH One Strikes Other In Fare and Stabbed Fatally on Spot, Is TIFLIS, June 5. A fatal encounter be tween the representatives of two princely houses occurred at a formal dinner given at Tlflis last night Prince Bsgratlon, a descendant of Prince Peter Bagration, the Russian general who served with distinc tion tn the Napoleonic wars, considering himself Insulted by a remark made by Prince Eristoff, struck the latter In the face. Prince Eristoff drew the long dag ger, always worn by Caucasians, and killed Prince Bagration on the spot. m Telephone I'a Irons Protest. ANSLEY. Neb., June S.4Speclal -Residents of this city rose In rebellion yester day vhen they learned that the Central Nebieka Telephone company bad peti UoaJM tho Board of Railway Commis sioner for permission to raise rates at Ansley and In the neighborhood. A mass meeting was held and a com mittee, Including Dr. E. A. Hanna, Dr. W. H. Young and Daniel Haggln, was named to urge the commissioners to In vestigate the situation. Crack Match Sunday. A most Interesting match shoot has been arrmxed for Sunday afternoon at Town send's park, at' the eat end of the Douglas slreet bridge, when Charles Thorpe ol Geneva and Fred Gilbert, the crack pro fessional of Pplrtr Lake, will snoot Ayles worth and Townsend. These shooters re turned Friday evenina: from West Hide. Ja., where a hg shoot was held and Gilbert was high pun among tho professionals and Townsend among the amatturs. The Weather. FOR NEBRASKA Partly cloudy Sunday, not much change in temperature. FOR lOWAl'nsettled. wJth probable showers Sunday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: H'ur. Deg. t a. in (,; 5 a. m , a 7 a. m 69 8 a. m 71 a. m 74 10 a. m..., 77 H a. m l 12 m M 1 p. m M 2 p. m K-i 1 p. in st 4 p. m ., !9 p. m Kt 6 p. m k7 7 p. m hi 'FRISCO ORDER HELD VOIC Onster Motc by Oklahoma Official 17 Stopped by Sapreme t'onrt. GUTHRIE, Okl., June S The order o the secretary of state of Oklahoma, issue several months ago, revoking the charter of the St. Louis & San Francisco Hallway company, because it did not comply with the laws of the state, was declared voll here today by federal Judge Cotteral, wb restrained that official from lnterferlni with the business of the company. Th' revocation rested upon the fact that thi railway was domiciled In another stat than Oklahoma In violation of a law pas.-ed by the last legislature. MIND WORKS CLEAR Or POSTUM Read In pkgs "There' a Reason" The Road to Wellville"