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Prior Uti a Small Army at Work on
Y Oooi Fellowship Dinner.
sVett-kine courses in all
Problem of rlnt l.nrae t nnronrs
of Mtmktri and Friends Rrlnar
Solve Uy Commercial
(lab Steward.
Whu cooking of chickens and hams,
b'-lhni. of eggs aid steaming of other tn
... ..minis for many- dishes to be served
t the good fellowship dinner of the Com
mercial club Tuesday evening began In
the club kitchen Saturday evening, both
guest tickets and those for members went
above par and the market closed stiff,
with the, guests' tlrkela at a premium.
Seven hundred and six buslnese mm al
ready hava places at the tables and all
acceptances of members mut be In by
noon Monday.
What tha menu will be Is something of
a mystery. The committee would not an
nounce It, and all that Is known now Is
that thesa dishes will be served:
Prandals eggs, alfalfa honey from Kear
ney and Skyrock water from the Rocky
mountains.
But there are ninety-six other courses
In tha gastronomlcal repertoire which the
club proposes to srrve, besides the speak
ing and other entertainment which la be
ing planned-1 planned, but nut revealed.
"This banquet will be significant of the
new Commercial club spirit." says G. II.
Haverstlck, chairman of the committee,
whose statements are seconded by Will K.
Reed, acting chairman of the tntertaln
ment committee. "In originality the ban
quet will be a aurprlse to some of the old
i and stoical members of the club, 1'nlque
no name for It."
' E: H. Pryor. steward at the Commercial
club, began boiling hams early Saturday
afternoon, and the telephones in the Com
mercial club were kept busy thereafter.
Tba odor of these South Omaha Premium
hams floated out over the Bkyscrapers and
reached the offices of Commercial club
members. They got busy and were too
impatient to wait f r the mails to take
:heir acceptances.
That chicken aalad, chicken spaghetti,
or something with chicken in it, la to be
f rved la now beyond a doubt, as it Is said
ft will require a force of cooks from Sun
lay morning until Tuesday afternoon to
took tha chickens necessary. 1
It la the first Commercial club function
to be held outside the Commercial club
ooms, but the club Is assuming such pro
portions that the old rooms on the fifth
floor of the Board of Trade building are
loo small for auyh dinners, and the com
mittees say this is not the last dinner this
teason, either.
Though tickets are being sold for tl. this
dues not represent the price of the dinner,
as It Is a home products affair and wagon
loads 'of the best things sold by. Omaha
houses have been' volunteered for, the din
ner. . These are Riven to the club, and, II
would not buy over four courses, say
lothlng at-Jt tile ninety-nine scheduled
lor the event. , ,
The speaking will be limited In quan
tity, but not In quality. The speakers will
not be announced, but will be abated at a
table directly In front of the band stand.
What will be put on In the band stand' is
likewise a mystery'. It is described as
fully as shocking aa some of the Ak-Sar-Hen'den
performances Some one person
Is to be here from the putslde. Who It Is
also unannounceable. It Is known Elbert
Hubbard is In vaudeville. Farmer Burns
lives In Omaha, Kooeevelt: and Plnchot are
lite ting somewhere In the east. Uncle Joe
Gannon Is too busy 'to accept such engage
nents and Richard Carle Is on the Pacific
toast.
BIG WOMAN SAYS LITTLE
r MAN THREATENED HER LIFE
Mrs. F.lvla Myers. Welhlit JIKI
Pounds, Prefers t'liarcee Against
- Job a Walker, TO Years Old.
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John Walker, confined In Lihby prison
during the civil war, Is defendant In pro
ceedings before the Board of Insanity
Commissioners in which Mrs. Elvia Myers
la the complaining witness.
. Walker is TO years, short and spare. Mrs.
Myers weighs at least MO pounds and phys
ically appears well able to cope with
Walker if necessary. Mrs. Myers charges
lhat Walker many times threatened her
life. . ' . .'
" atari's the time he has threatened my
life," said Mrs. Myers, "and chased nfe
witb a shovel or a knife until I had to
run into my house."
Her house la at Fourteenth and Burdette,
next door to Walker's.
Th witness was asked how many dogs
Ibef kept and she first swore she didn't
inw. Later she admitted that she did
tnoV.
"Did you not swear a few minutes ago
to tail the truth?" demanded Mr. Smith.
"attire, I swore." said Mrs. Myers.
"Well, were you thinking of your oa'.h
when you eald you did not know how
many dogs you had?"
, "Not exactly," aald the witness, "but I
Sldu't think It any of your, business."
The witness declared that she had a
little puppy of which Walker aeemed fond
and In si neighborly way had "Intended to
give It to him, but not after he got so
ornery mean."
HEARD IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES
travelers from Dlffereat Sections
Tell of Coirdltlone Exlatlng;
' Thye.
"Out In our part of the state last winter
a as the lungt-at one since the country was
nettled." said A. M. Modisett of Sheridan
. avunty. who Is at the Merchants hotel. Mr.
fodisett Is a bank president at Rushville
and knew "Mayor Jhn" when the latter
was cow puncher and sheriff in Daw es
county. Referring to iH.litics. Mr. Modlsett
said. "Our county goes republican in state
and national elections, but for county of
fices we vote for men and not party."
M. Mumaw, a traveling man. who Uvea
on Templeton street, waa meeting aome of
the fraternity at the Paxtoo-last night. Mr.
Mumaw haa been traveling for thirty-two
jeais aud haa lived In Omaha thirty-one
rH. e"paklng of hla recent trip through
the I'ahotas he said. "Frost la still In the
Kiou id, hut spring Is earlier than usual
and ou cu n look for a rise In the Missouri
Y'ver earlier this year."
Among the visitors In Omaha la C. K.
Cull, tt Happy. Tex., formerly of Brltt
"!)'.' Nb- "Railroad building and the
1 - i i ! development of the resources of
, ie being pushed now aa never be-
i .. r.o Mi - t un- "The wheat crop
i ul" be Immense and will average
I i f veil bushel;
' , '. h t i reel Ion "
els to the acre, In the
, ';" Thornton, a t fetleman from Lei
I ' "t'vpi.ie- at the Merchanla wait-
' Monday of three car.
.-air' ' glit at Green River,
't.'yu,.' t. shipped here. H
!d,-"I h Jlng and selling tat
tle tor er and they are the highest
'rfc. tola year that 1 have ever known."
J. F. Prltchard. farmer and stockman
from Watson, Mo., Is registered at t
Merchants, lie and his brother, O. E
rntchard, have a ranch at Prltchard.
Blaine county. Pressing of Missouri he
said. "There haa been no downfall of
moisture since the winter snows. Rnring
wheat snil glass aie doing flrht rate, but
lota of th fall wheat has been killed "
Prof. Owen P. 'Stewart, principal of the
achools of sterling, waa a guest at (TTe
Merchants yesterday.
Million Dollars
for Boats for
the Missouri
Kansas City Completes Raising Fund
for Line on Lower Section
of Kiver.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. March K Kansas
City's tl.0O0.0u0 fund, raised by public sub
scription to maintain a line of freight boats
on the Missouri river between here and St.
Louis, became a reality this afternoon.
In fact, the solicitors reported the aum
promised to be $30,000 in excess of that
amount.
The use of this stream as a highway for
transporting Its freight at a rate lower than
that charged by the rallwa.ts has ben agi
tated by Kansas City merchants for two
years. When the full amount was secured
today, a big demonstration was held at
the boat line headquarters and this mes
sage was ordered telegraphed to Senator
Theodore H. Burton:
I wish to remind you of your piomlfe
to Kansas City made In December, 1306,
of a government appropriation for the
Missouri river. If Kansas City would use
the river. Have now more than $1,000,000
for boats. We will put trie best type of
boats on the river and plentv of them.
LAWRENCE M. JONES.
President of the Missouri Valley Improve
ment Association.
PROGRAM OUT FOR SOUTH
DAKOTA RIVER CONGRESS
Plans for Improvement of the lllls
soari Will Re Dlsraases at
Pierre This Week.
PIERRE. S. P., March 26 (Special.) The
program for the Missouri river meeting at
this city Wednesday and Thursday of next
week has been practically arranged, and
premises the delegates who attend some
Interesting matters In relation to river
navigation and Its possibilities. The prin
cipal speakers from outside of the state
who will address the convention will be
John L. Mathews of St. Louis, secretary
treasurer of the Missouri River Navigation
company of that city, who will deliver an
Illustrated address with stereoptlcon pic
tures on the subject of the Internal water
ways of Europe and America. The same
speaker will also talk upon the subjects of
internal waterways and terminal facilities.
Will A. Campbell of Omaha, secretary
treasurer of the Missouri River Naviga
tion congress, will talk on the' adject of
tiafflo survey of the Missouri river and
comparative water and rail rates on freight.
ASKS. DIVORCE FROM
HER CONTRACT HUSBAND
Mr. Charlotte Thomaus of Kansas City
-Wants Separation from Man
Absent Twenty-Seren Yeare.
ST. LOUIS, March Although she haa
not heard from her "contract husband" In
twenty-seven years, Mrs. Charlotte Thomas,
known to her frlnda as Charlotte Judd,
petitioned the circuit court today to dis
solve her marriage to Ambrose Thbmaa
and declare the contract void.
Mrs. Thomas, who is 19 years old, signed
the marriage contract In 1877.
Her petition alleges she learned in 1S83
Thomas had one or more wlvea living
when she signed the contract. From the
day of her discovery until now she said
she had not heard from him'.
CRETE GETS NATIONAL BANK1
romp trailer of Carrencr Approrea
Application Made to Organise
Instltatlon In that City.
From a Start" Correspondent.)
' WASHINGTON. March 26. (Special Tele
gram) The application of C. W. Week
bach, H. 8. Fuller, S. D. Park and M. O.
Johnson to organise the City National bank
of Crete, Neb., with 126.000 capiUI, haa beer
approved by tho comptroller of the cur
rency." Rural carriers appointed are as follows:
Iowa Brooklyn, route I. Perry 8. Frunk,
carrier; Minnie V. Brunk, substitute. Derby
route 1, Elmer L. Rash, carrier; no sub
stitute. Exlra, route 2, Andrew L. Jensen,
carrier; no substitute; route 3, James A.
Hicks, carrier; Clarence Hicks, substitute.
Greenfield, route 1, .lames M. Taw, car
rier; no substitute. New Providence, route
1. Kenneth Greene, carrier; no . substitute.
Perry, route S, Henry R. Cross, carrier;
Estella Cross, substitute. Prairie City,
route 2, Jerry C. boldwln, carrier; Clark
R. Baldwin, aubatitute. flearsboro. route 2.
Ora A. Huston, carrier; Timothy P. Hheehv,
substitute. Wlnthrop. route 4. Leonard W.
CiHylord. carrier: no substitute.
South Oakota Frankfort, route 1, Charles
F. Shepherd, carrier; no substitute.
Or. G. R. Adams of Yankton. 8. D., as
sistant superintendent of the state hospi
tal of the Insane, who haa been to New
York with a patient from bis institution to
be deported, Is in Washington enroute
home.
LOOKING FOR MAN IN CASE
Police of Maaslllon, Ohio, Contlnae
InTestlsratlon of Catharine
Mana.
CANTON. O. March 26.-Although scout
ing the story of Catherlna Hani, aged 16.
who la held on a charge of murdering her
19-year-old sister, Elisabeth, by admin
istering strychnine, that there la a man in
the case, the police of Maasillon are seeking
among the girl prisoner's friends In Maa
sillon ami Philadelphia for a clew. Cath
erine saya a man, whoae name she refuses
to make known, gave her some capsules
to give to Elisabeth.
WALTER F. DAVID IS WINNER
William Jewell College Undent Will
Reareseat Mlaaoarl at later
state Contest la Omaha.
LIBERTY, Mo.. Marcii . Walter F.
David of William Jewell college of Liberty
won the annual Missouri Intercollegiate
oratorical conteat here, and it waa decided
last night that he will represent Missouri
In the Interstate ronteet at Omaha to May.
Miss Agnes Sllsby of Drury college, who
tied with Isadora Samuels of Park college
In the first contest, took second place.
FIFTIETH VICTIM IS DEAD '
I.. M. Wallln of Watkisra, fi. D.. In.
Jarea la Wreak, Dies In Mar
ahalltowa Hospital.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia.. March M.-The
death Hat resulting from the wreck of the
Rock Island Twin City express near Green
Mauntain last Monday waa Increased to
fifty whan L. M W4III11 of Washburn. N.
U.. died la a Uospitai tier this mornlag.
Master Miker
Making Bricks
While in Prison
Chief of Mabray Gang1 Assigned to
Task at the Leavenworth
Kilns.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. March .-(Ppe-clal.)
John C." Mabray. master miker and
chief mogul of the big store swindling
syndicate is now known In the federal
penitentiary at Ieavenworth. Kan,, towhlch
place he was taken last Tuesday to serve
the term of two years to which he waa
sentenced by Judge Smith McPherson In
the I'nlted States district court In Council
Bluffs at No. T6. He has been assigned
to work in the brick kiln.
Hsrry Forbes, the ersjwhlle champion
bantkmweight publllst will be known aa
No. tW72 and he haa been assigned to work
In the kitchen preparing the meals for the
other prisoners. His brother, Clareni-e
Forbes, who also followed the profession cat
a publllst will be known as No. J71 and he
has been assigned to work In the east cell
wing. His duties will be to keep this por
tion of the establishment clean.
Clarence Class of Chicago, who will be
known as No :. has been assigned to
work in the laundry.
E. Leach of Montrose. Ia., will be known
aa No. 6.973 and has been assigned to work
in the tailor shop. His partner, T. 8. Rob
inson of Farmlngton, la., will be known as
No. 6.979 and haa been assigned to work In
the carpenter ahop.
O .M. Marsh, alias "Ole" Marshall, and
his pal, Bert R. Shores, the two Seattle
wrestlers, will be known, respectively as
Nos. 6.9M and 6.D81 and both have been
assigned to work at making brick.
L.eon Losler, the former foot racer, will
be know n as No. 6.974 and In aocondance
with hla request has been assigned to the
paint shop. Losler Is somewhat of an artist
and his work will be congenial.-
Ed McCoy, the Salt Lake pugilist and
cell mate of John C. Mabray, will be known
as No. 0975, and will work in the stone
shop. Thia employment will, It la expected
! keep his muscles In trim, and he will bo
probably in excellent training when his
i term of two years expires.
Willard Powell, the horse owner and
Jockey, will be known as No. 6978. and
will. Ilka Ed Leach, wield a needle and
thimble In the tailor shop.
E. K. Morris, the negro, pugilist, will be
known as No. W76. and haa been assigned
to work In the kitchen, where he will' be
engaged In keeping the culinary- utensils
bright and shiny.
This assignment, Major n. W. Mc
Claughry, warden of the penitentiary, says
Is subject to change at any time In the
case of any Individual as he may be found
better adapted to something else than the
work at present assigned to.
"Our aim la," said Major McClaughry
"is finally to locate each man in the em
ployment that he eeems best adapted to,
because it will be better for him to follow
something that Is In line with his taste
or habtta and previous training."
Aide of Petrosino
is Fatally Shot
Special Officer Believed to Be Vic
tim of Vengeance of the
Black Hand.
NEW YORK, March 28.-Another of Lieu
tenant Petrosino s former aides was ' per
haps fatally wounded today, a victim. It
la believed, of Black Hand vengeance. He
Waa .Thomas Maresca, a youth who had
been employed on the confidential squad
iraintalned by Petrosino up to the time
the latter left for a visit abroad and waa
assassinated.
Maresca had ben shot once before, and
had quit the regular force's work at his
father's urgent request and become a spe
cial officer.
It was while following a burglarly clew
obtained following the riot recently of let
ters In connection with premeditated crimes
of a Black Hand nature that he was shot
today by an Italian near St. George, Staten
Island. His assailant was arrested.
Coal Miners
. Yield a Point!
Convention Anthorizei Separate Ne-'
gotiations with Operators of In
diana and Pennsylvania.
CINCINNATI, March 2S.-Led by the
pleading of President T. L. Lewis. Vice
President McCullough and President-elect
Walker' of the Illinois miners, the Inter,
slate convention of the L'nlted Mine Work
ers of North America today abrogated the
action taken at the recent Indianapolis con
ventlon and Instructed Its representatives
on the Joint scale committee to negotiate
with Indiana and Pennsylvania operators
separately for a fresh wage contract to go
Into effect April 1.
The action Is regarded as almost revolu
tionary by certain factions In the union,
these men declaring that It means the dis
solution of the central competitive field
Joint conference as an organisation and
the substitution of state and district po Lie
for national and concerted action.
Sheepmen in
Fatal Shootina
J. B. Bradley, Prominent Flock
master, Seriously Wounded and
Herder Killed in Wyoming-.
LANDER, Wyo.. March 25 (Special Teie.
gram.) J. B. Bradley, a prominent sheep
man of Bhoshoni, who Is running his sheep
in the vicinity or Black Mountain, In Fre
mont county, got Into an altercation with
his herder last evening. In which the herder
waa ahot to death and Bradley was wojn.'al
In two places. Bradley was brought in
from Stagners In an automobile laat even
ing and la at the Fremont' hotel.
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE OVER
Ceatral Labor I nlon of Philadelphia
Will tall It Off This
Afternoon.
PHILADELPHIA. March J6.-The general
eympathetlo atrike here la a thing of the
past The various unions which quit work
out of sympathy with the striking carmen
are preparing to resume work Monday, It
was announced today. A meeting of the
Central Labor union will be held tomorrow
at which tho eympathetlo atrike will be
formally called off. Many union workers
have returned to work.
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