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HIE BEK: OMAHA, SATURDAY. APRIL 2.. 1D10.
Council Bluffs
R1VEK TO iiiVEK. ROUTE
Meeting to Determine Location of
Road is Held.
ALTERNATE COURSE IS CHOSEN
Henitred re r eons of Pot tami t tamle
County In trulnn anil Deep
Interest la Trim In
Project.
Th meeting held yesterday ti decide toe
route of the "river to river" road through
Pottawattamie county nettled upon the fol
lowing: . i
Primary rtoute-From Council Bluffs
long the Itock Island to Mlnden. tnence
east It Avm; thence to Atlantic.
Alternate Route Council lilutfn to Pony
Creek, thence to the Underwood farm;
thence east to a point three miles south
of Treynor; thence north to Treynor;
then re eaiit to Carson; from Carson two
route: U) Carson to Oakland; east to
trawls; north to Atlantic. (2) Carson to
Urlswold; north to L.ewls and thence to
Atlantic.
The meeting was attended by about 100
representative from the different,, towns
In the county, and the kecnost rivalry was
manifest between the advocates of the dif
ferent route suggested at the previous
mnetlng.
When the meeting failed to reach any de
cision at the morning session the matter
was referred to a committee consisting of
C. K. Bradley, Carson; O. O. Buck, Trey
nor; H. K. Forsyth. Orlnwold; Henry Free
Kin. Oakland; J. A. McWaid. Walnut; J.
T. Harris. Lewis; Ed Burke. Walnut; T.
P. Metcalf, H. A. Searle and C. R. Kan
tian, Jr., Council Bluffs, to report at the
afternoon session.
Chairman Weeks of Guthrie Center said
he expected to start with a party of auto
moblllsts from Davenport, the eastern
terminus of the road and c ome through to
Council Bluffs, picking up enthusiasts all
Along the road.' He said that by the time
he reached Council Bluff, after laying out
the route, he expected to be accompanied
by nearly 100 automobiles, and that the
gathering of the Glldden tour autolnta
would be nothing to the sensation, that he
would create when he struck Council Bluffs
with hi party.
PIGEON CREEK DITCH OHDERED
Ceeaty Supervisor) Pass Resolution
on Hosier Crock Matter.
The Board of County Supervisors yes
terday afternoon, after listening, to argu
ments for and against the proposition,
decided to establish the Pigeon Creek
drainage district and appointed County
Surveyor J. Harley Mayne constructing
engineer at a compensation of 14 a day.
The district la to be divided Into seven
sections. Sections 1 to 6, Inclusive, are
, to be 10,000 feet In length, while section 6
Is to be 1,100 feet long. Section 7, which
I known a the Potato creek lateral, will
be 1,000 leat In length.
The contract for the construction of the
.ditch la to be awarded June 9, on the
I morning of which day all bids must be
in the hands of the county auditor. The
(work of construction will have to be be
run by July 1 and the contract or con
tract completed by January 1 of next
Tear. ,
I In view of the many protests against
; the construction of the Honey creek ditch
along the route proposed the board . de
cided to refer the matter back to Engineer
I B. US. Spetman to make another survey
nd report.
. Engineer Spetman, It I understood, will
report In favor of a route for the lower
part of the ditch westward across the
bottom to the Missouri river Instead of
turning the ditch Into the Pigeon creek
dlteh.
The resolution adopted by the board was
as follows:
In the matter of the Honey creek ditch
the board, having that project under con
sideration, after the filing of claims for
damages, la of the opinion that the cost
of establishment and construction along
some of the line recommended by the
engineer may u so nign as to oe a
greater burden than should be born by
the lands benefited; but there Is so great
necessity for drainage and protection to
lands In the proposed district that the mat
ter la referred to 1, E. Spetman, as an
engineer, for further examination and re
port for drainage and levee Improvements
along some line or lines that will be less
expensive, provided a less expensive and
practical route can be found.
CITY'S
FINANCIAL
CONDITION
City Aadltor Make Report for Bod
of . Fiscal Year.
The report of City Auditor McAneney for
March the closing month of the fiscal year
show that while $450 of the total amount
appropriated out of the general fund for
the maintenance of the aeveral municipal
departments remained unexpended, there
was an 'aggregate overdraft of IS, 124. 31. The
city, however, had funds with which to
meet these overdraft In the three de
partment for whloh the appropriation for
the fiscal proved Insufficient A It hap
pened the revenue of the city for the fiscal
year exceeded the amount anticipated and
the city had a small balance with which to
tart the new year on April t The fol
lowing show the amount expended for
each department, the amount appropriated
and the amount either unexpended or over
drawn: Purpose. - Appropriation. Unused.
emeries, executive dept. .. coo
Polio and marshal's dept.. 23.2r0
Street and alleys 10.000
Fir department.,..; 26.5(H)
E.leotrlcal . department...,.., 2.000
Clyt hall department 1.600
Engineering department ,. 6.000
2.60
a m
4.01
177.66
.49
257.70
33.71
41.51
S.0M.71
1.123.01
Printing and supplies..,
City pound
Election
Emergencies
City hall
1,2"0
2.1100
l.fisO
two
Total general fund SS7,000 1 4M 00
Gross overdraft $.1,124 X1
Actual overdraft' 7,649.21
Trouble over Water Pipe.
B. B. Sears, living at S311 Avenue B, and
hi neighbor are at out over a water
service pipe, which ran through - Sears'
property. Sear aocordlng to a complaint
filed In the court o Justice Cooper saw
tit to turn off the water and cut the pipe,
which served four other residents of that
vicinity besides himself. The neighbor ob
jected to being thus deprived of their water
upply and had Bear arrested on a charge
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Council Bluffs
of m.-illclous injury to fixtures attached to
a building. He gave bond for his appear
ance before Jurtlce Cooper tomorrow. The
complaint was filed by Plato Kobb, on
of 8ars' neighbors, deprived of tils water
t upply.
WALK onillVtKCB LAID OVF.lt
Committee of AYb le Deters Aetlon en
M.-itter.
The city council, meeting as committee
of the whole yesterday afternoon, deferred
action on the amendment to the ordinance
regulating the use of public sidewalk for
the display and sale of merchandise. In
view of the fact that some of the councll
mrn favor repealing the original ordinance
granting the use of the sidewalks for this
purpose, it was deemed best to lay the
matter over until It can be taken from the
ccmmlttce of the whole and disposed of at
the next regular meeting.
The applications of J. J. Brown, D. A.
Helsler. Charles E. Taylor, Frank Zur
muehlen and James Coyle to be appointed
sidewalk Inspector were referred to the
city engineer, who was given authority to
appoint such of the applicants as he
deemed competent to fill the position and
then report back to the council.
Following the meeting Iri the council
chamber the councllmen "boarded" the
police patrol wagon and made a tour of
the city to investigate a number of mat
ters which had been referred to them and
which demanded personal Inspection.
Library Bntldlnai Accepted.
LAKE CITY, la, April 22. (Special.)
Th board of trustees of the new Lake
City Carnegie library buirdlng yesterday,
aftnr a thorough inspection formally ac
cepted the new library building. The
work of removing the books and equip
ment from the old building to the new was
begun at once and the building will be
ready for service Saturday. The total cost
of It was $1,867.23, besides the architect's
fern. It has been reported before that
the building had been accepted,' but this
did not take place until yesterday.
New Grandstand at Grlnnell.
GRINNELL, la., April 22. (Special. )-
Grlnnell's old grandstand, built In 1895 by
the graduating class In the summer fol
lowing commencement, has been torn down
to make way for a new and modern
structure. The fence which surrounds
Ward field was erected by the class of
1 R93 as a class memorial. This will prob
ably give way to a new fence, as It la
planned to thoroughly overhaul the equip
ment on the athletlo field despite the tra
ditional associations.
Lake Cltyan Married.
LAKH CITY, la., April 22.-(Speclal.)
At Norfolk, Neb., yesterday occurred the
marriage of Miss Nona McKlbben of this
city to Deane Simpson, who has been em
ployed here for several months. Miss Mc
Klbben has been bookkeeper and sten
ographer for the Lake City Electrical Ce
ment Machinery company for aome time.
After their wedding Journey they will be
at home In Boise, Ida.
Minister Heads College.
KSTHERVTLLB, la., April 22. (Special.)
Itev. Edward Campbell, who ha been
paator of the Presbyterian church here
for the last four years, this week handed
his resignation to the officials of. the
church. Rev. Mr. Campbell on May 2
leaves for Storm Lake, la.; where he has
accepted the presidency of Buena Vista
college, which is located at that place.
lovra New Nates.
' MASON CITY C. H. Atkinson of Webter
City was awarded the contract for bulging
the six-story First National bank building
for $175,000 on Wednesday. Work is to be
gin next Monday.
ESTHERVILLE Nearly $80,000 worth of
building will be erected here this sum
mer for which contracts have already been
let. By fall no doubt at least $100,000 worth
will have bsen erected. Ustherville is not
dead yet ,
MARSHALLTOWN Ori Friday. June 10,
the Marshalltown HlKh school will graduate
a class of forty-eight young people. The
number of those who will graduate Is
the same as last year. Thirty-three are
girls and fifteen are boys.
MARSHALLTOWN Fred S. Williams, a
very well known young man, and the
son of one of the old and prominent
families, died at his home late Wednesday
afternoon of acute dilation of the heart.
He had been sick for a' week.
TOLEDO Judge and Mr. . George R.
Struble today celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of their wedding. Judge Struble
la one of the pioneer lawyer of the state
and the dean of the Tama county bar. He
waa Judge of the seventeenth Judicial dis
trict court for two years.
MASON CITY -At a Joint meeting of the
Mitchell and Webster City association of
Congregational churches, held here Wed
nesday, the plan to merge the two assoc
iations was unanimously rejected by the
Webster City association. The Mitchell as
sociation favored the plan.
LOGAN The court house officials are
now moving from the old court house
building to the temporary structure
erected on the court house block. Though
the Improvised structure does not present
an ideal architectural appearan&e, yet If it
properly protects, the records it will answer
fully the purpose for which It Is Intended.
CRESTON Jim Jlnniaa, a Greek interpre
ter for a gang of laborers, working on the
Burlington near McPherson, waa arrested
and brought to this plac yesterday charged
by federal authorities with tampering with
the United States mall by forging the name
of one of his gang to a registered letter ad
dressed to him and containing money.
LA MONI William Smith, manager of the
elevator here shot and killed himself In
the Farmers' bank Wednesday afternoon
when he was Informed that he had with
drawn all the money he had in the bank.
Upon stepping in the bank he asked the
cashier about his acoounts and when In
formed his deposits were all withdrawn, he
picked up the bank'a revolver and emp
tied its content Into hi brain.
TABOR Prof. H. F. Volkmann for the
last four year superintendent of the
Tabor publlo schools has accepted the
superlntendency of the schools at Adel. la.,
with a salary of $1,300 per year and is to
have In addition thereto a certain per cent
of the tuition monies. The School board of
Tabor has elected Prof. O. Hammersly, the
present superintendent at l.emais, la., tor
the coming year at a salary of $1,000 psr
year.
LOGAN Notwithstanding the storm and
oold of Saturday and Sunday which seems
to have so thoroughly killed the fruit
crop of the season here, save the black
berry and late grapes and her and there
late varieties of apples, the gardens es
caped in many instances without serious
damages. The frost put a crimp on corn
that was up. killing It down to ths surraoe
of the ground, but not below, and the last
few days of warm weather la bringing th
corn up in a new growth.
CREHTON Last evening the wedding of
Miss Myra Wilson to Fred Ide, both of
this city, took pace at the Presbyterian
church, in the presence of a large number
of invited guests. Rev. James Linn, pastor
or mat cnurcn. or which the bride is a
member, officiated, assisted by Rev. Frank
Hanacom of the Congregational church, the
room's pastor. The groom la the youngest
son of Representative George Ide. and Is
one of the nromlnent young business men of
the cltv. The brlite Is the eldest daughter
oi a. Latimer Wilson.
AUPUBON The school board has elected
th following corps of teachers for the
ensuing year: Harry P. Smith, superin
tendent; V. W. Johansn. principal high
school: Isa Llshthall. assistant nrlnolnal:
FVHh Lisle, assistant principal: Caralln
ncn'cnu, assistant principal; Mabel Keith.
eintn grade; Mary Iavls, seventh grade
F'la Hurd. slith grade: Pqtlenee Ellett
fifth grade: Alma I). Rarl fourth trrmAa
Coleen M. Pattersen. third grade: Marie
v oire, recona grade: Reran Reds, first
rraae; Maude MoAlllxter. kindergarten
Laralne Guy, musto and drawing.
Children' pumps and oxforda In th lat
st styles and In all leatheis. Price $1
to $2. We would like to show you these.
Duncan Shoe Co., 22 8. Main St
FIGHTS TRAFFIC COMBINE
Senator Camming of lows, Voice
Disapproval of Rate Agreements. ,
DEFENDS THE ANTI-TKUST LAW
Say It' Bad Bust to Stand
Agressions at One Railroad
Wlthoat Fact a Ten or
Twenty.
WASHINGTON, April 22,-Trafflo agree
ments consumed the entire time given by
the senate today to the railroad bill and
thoy were under consideration when the
senate adjourned. Senator Cummins held
the floor throughout. He spoke against
the section permitting such agreement
and against the Crawford substitute for It.
Declaring his intention to denouce any
legislation which nullified the anti-trust
law as this provision did, ho said the ulti
mate purpose of the legislation was to
allow the railroads to fix tholr own ratee
'without first submitting them to the Inter
state Commerce commission. Without the
establishment of rate any traffic agree
ment must be vague and shadowy and of
little effect.
It was difficult enough for the common
people to stand against the aggressions
of on railroad; to stand against those
of ten or twenty or thirty would b more
difficult still, he said. It th rate were
not to be approved in advance by the com
mission, then there would be no substi
tute for the anti-trust act, and that, he
said, waa the difference between th Craw
ford amendment and his own.
It was not true, as had been stated, that
President Roosevelt had advised the un
conditional repeal of the anti-truat law,
he said, nor that the Interstate Commerce
commission had done so.
The question at Issue, he said, "la, shall
the agreed rate of th railroad companies
go Into effect without the approval of the
commission?"
Mr. Aldrich Interrupted. He asserted
that under th term of th amendment the
i a tee might be specified If an agreement
went into effect as did Individual rates
and did not go Into effect by reason of the
contract
Approval of Agreement.
Mr. Crawford said thds wa not his un
derstanding, but that hi opinion waa that
th provision would require approval of
th agreement before th rates took, ef
fect Mr. Aldrich said that by none of the
propositions of th bill could a rate , be
fixed by an agreement, because all of the
rate must be subject to th control which
the commission ha over other rates.
"You propone by indirection to give the
commission the right indefinitely to suspend
rates to suspend them forever It so de
sired." Replying, Mr. Cummins laid his com
plaint was against th permission to the
railroads to enter into agreements that
may become efectlve without the previous
approval of the commission. In such agree
ments he argued, there was no opportunity
for th Individual Initiative. The two
classes of rates could not be placed on
the earn level and h urged that If the
anti-trust law waa to be repealed a better
remedy must be found than that provided
by the bill as it stood.
Mr. Elkln declared Mr. Cummins' con
tention for approval of rates In advance
to be Impracticable absurd.
H said that from 8,000 to 10.000 people
were now employed by . the railroad com
panies In establishing rates and asserted
that the Interstate Commerce Commission
must have a great force of experts In
order to carry out Mr. Cummins' ides,
"I am not ready to stand here and
destroy the entire freight traffic struoture
of the railroads," he said, "and I do not be
lieve that the people demand that we
should do so."
H said be did not want th anti-trust
law repealed, but he did dealre to assist
In relieving the executive officials of the
embarrassment they find themselves under
In enforcing the law.
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IMPORT BEEF TO COMPETE
WITH HIGH MEAT PRICES
tenator Joamstom of Alabama Informs
Senate mt Movement nt
New York.
WASHINGTON, April 22. Senator John
ston of Alabama today Informed th sen
ate that a movement for the importation
of Australian beef had been Inaugurated
In New York as a means of meeting trust
price on fresh meats. He said It had been
found that the foreign meat could be sold
at a rate of cents a pound less than the
domestio product.
Th statement waa mad In connection
with a speech in opposition to the Lodge
resolution appropriating $05,000 for th ex
tension of the "coat of living" inquiry so
as to gather retail figures. Speaklnc of the
political situation, Mr. Johnston said the
republican senators should feel greater
concern as to whether they could live at
all than as to how mucht It would cost to
live.
POSTMASTERS AND "CARRIERS
Names wf Those Selected to Take Vf
Postal Work la Varylnat
Capacities.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, D. a, April 29. (Special
Telegram.) Rural carriers were appointed
today as follows:
Nebraska Bloomington, route S, Louis E.
Marsh, carrier; Etta Marsh, substitute,
Deshler, route t, Charlie F. Logsdon, car
rier; no substitute. Hubbard, rout t, Ge
neva E. .Wllsey, earrleri no substitute.
Stanton, rout 4, John S. Hancock, carrier;
no substitute.
South Dakota Huron, route 1 William
T. Sprague, carrier; no substitute. .
Postmaster appointed: Nebraska
Charleston, Tork county, Lou Ha(emeister,
vice F. Hagemeister, resigned.
Iowa Arthur, Ida county, George M.
Creaey, vie N. M. Boyer, resigned; Au
gusta, Des Moines county, Charles Fre
burg. vice W. Fischer, deceased; Harvard,
Wayne county, Maggie McKse, vice H. A.
Waugh, married.
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JURY OUT IN GRAFT SCANDAL
Men rail to Retnrn Verdict After
Twenty-roar Hear' Delib
eration. PITTSBUIRO, April 22. Ater deliberating
over the ease of Councilman A. V. Blmon
for twenty-four hour, th Jury bad failed
to reach a verdlot when court adjourned
for the day and they were locked up for
th night Blmon la th second of the ln
dloted oounollmen to b put on trial for
bribery.
There wer many reports of a disagree
ment when oourt convened this morning
and early In the day a note was snt to
Judges Fraser and Cohen. The not It was
learned asked for dismissal a th Jury was
unable to agree, but th request was
denied.
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City Physician Tubbs says many children
In school are backward with their studies
because of unsuspected eye trouble. Is
your child In this situation T Find out W
xamln ayes free. Leffrt'a
No Punishment
F'or Person Who
Loots Treasury
Law Prescribe No Penalty for Men
in Federal Offices, Declares
Assistant Secretary.
. WASHINGTON, April 22 The astonish
ing statement was made by Charles Nor
ton, assistant secretary of the treasury,
before the house committee on expendi
tures in the Treusury department today that
there waa at present no law on the statute
books by which a subordinate In any of the
various sub-treasuries of the United States
could be punished for making away with
public funds. A man might loot the treas
ury of as much as he liked, or could got
away with It and no law exists by which
he could be punished, Mr. Norton said. If
two or more employes engaged In. an ern
beszlement they might be punished for
conspiracy, but that was all.
Th further Information was elicited that
the bonding system of treasurers and as
sistant treasurers In' the United States and
their various subordinates was obsolete
and Inadequate.
Subordinates In the Treasury department
handling millions in money dally, were re
quired to furnish no bond, excepting In
some cases where assistant treasurers re
quired regardless of the law In the case.
This and much other similar Informa
tion was elicited from Mr. Morton during
the hearing today on the question of
whether the committee on expenditures In
the Treasury department should undertake
an Investigation of the $01,000 shortage In
the aubtreasury at St. Louis and other
places, and Incidentally Inquire Into the
accounting system of the United States
treasury.
After listening to statements by Mr. Nor
ton and Representatives Shackelford and
Barthuldt of Mlrsourl the committee ad
journed without deciding whether an in
vestigation would be held or not. Both of
the Missouri congressmen urged the com
mittee to undertake a speedy inquiry into
the St. Louis shortage In order that Justice
might be don.
Many Filings
in South Dakota
Last Week Brings Sash to Get
Places on Stat$ Primary
Ticket,
PIERRE, 8. D., April 22. (Special.) A
this is the last week for the filing of peti
tion for nominations to the different state
offices, the list has been filling fast the
last two days. Last evening the names of
Judges E. G. Smith and J. H. McCoy were
filed as candidates to succeed themselves
on the supreme bench, and that of Judge
L. T. Boucher to succeed himself as Judge
of the Sixth circuit
Today stalwart petitions filed were those
of J. W. Parmley, lieutenant governor; H.
B. Anderson, auditor; A. II. Seymour, su
perintendent of Instruction; T. E. Price, at
torney general; W. Gv Smith, railroad com
missioner; K. a. Foster, state land commis
sioner. Progressive petitions filed were those of
Frank M. Byrne, lieutenant governor; W.
E, . Benedict rrallroad commissioner; C. Q.
Lawrence, superintendent of instruction; F.
F. Brlnker, state land commissioner.
DAKOTA SUPREME COURT
TAKES PROGRESSIVES' CASE
Bench Will Hasten Decision on
Legmllty of Petitions by ten
rresslonal Applicants.
PIERRE, S. D April 22. (Special Tele
gram.) The arguments In the congressional
district case were completed late this even
ing and summed up In the contention on
the part of the attorneys for .Schroder that
the term "legislature" when used In t"
national constitution means only the mem
ber of the houses whose actions are not
subject to veto by th governor, review by
the courts or submission to the people.
The opposition position Is that the word
means legislative power in any manner as
provided by the state constitution and as
such is the proper procedure to Invoke the
referendum of the congressional district
bill. The court will hasten the decision and
may announce Its decision tomorrow.
DYING HUSBAND TRIES
TO CLEAR WIFE'S NAME
Leader of Deadwood Colored Resi
dents Shot by Woman Begs
for Her Release.
DEADWOOD, S. D., April 22. (Special
Telegram.) In an antemortera statement
Jerry Todd, long recognised as the leader
of the colored resident of this city, ao
cusd hi wife, Jeanatte, of shooting him
because he threatened to turn her out of
the house. Todd died at the hospital to
day after making an effort to clear the
woman by begging the state's attorney not
to prosecute her. He had been married
only four months, his first wife dying less
than a year ago. The woman will be
charged with murder.
UNION SAYS FIGHT TO GO ON
Leaders at Homestake Mine Say They
Have Not Given ITp
StrngsKle.
LEAD, S. D., April 22. (Special.) What
effect will the election Just past have on
the struggle between th Homestake and
the Western Federation of Miners? This
question is Interesting people all aroun
the Black Hills and statements have been
freely road that th victory of th citi
zens' ticket toward which the Homeatak
bent every energy, will so discourage th
federation that It will cease to carry on
an aggressive fight and the opposition to
th company will gradually fall off. This
I denied by the union leaders, who de
clare that the fight will be continued and
that th federation ha plenty of money to
continue feeding those of the locked out
former employe of th Homeatak who
ear to remain here. Of the single men
there is no question but what the most of
them will leave now, union leader them
selves admitting that they endeavored to
hold them only until after the election,
when they believed that the union ticket
would be -victorious. The Homestake' ma
jority was approximately 212 all the way
down the ticket and this will be sufficient
to prevent contests.
Of th married men and men with
families, those who can are expected by
both sides to leave town now, as there Is
no longer an Incentive to remain and th
federation by maintaining a smaller num
ber of men here will not be under so
heavy a financial strain. The vote showed
a trlfl over $00 alraUnt union votes and
of this number fully half are expected to
leave here now and possibly more. Their
going will leave more rooms And houses
for the new-comers, w'io have byn hard
pressed for accommodat o.is in the crowded
city, where the populaliun Just previous
to election was figured at around 12,000.
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Young Farmer
in Charivari
Party Killed
Henry Swanson, living; Near Eer
trand, Falls Bead from Shot
Fired by One of Party.
HOlJRE3E, Neb., April 22. (Bpeclal
Telegi am.) Late last night shortly after
the marriage of 11. C. Llndtstena to the
daughter of Victor Nordenstam at the
bride's home, several miles north of Bert
rand, Henry Swanson, who, in company
with about forty other young men of the
neighborhood, waa charivaring the newly
married couple, was shot In the abdomen
with a gun discharged by on of his party.
The young man fell immediately, dying In
less than fifteen minutes without regaining
consciousness. There were only two guns
In the crowd, both shotguns, but in whose
hands they were at the time of the acci
dent no one seems to know. The members
of the charivari party seem to be unani
mous In th opinion that the shooting waa
partly accidental, but no one has so far
ventured to tell who were the owners of
th guns nor any of the details preceding
the shooting.
The victim waa a young farmer, close
to 20 years old, who has been working on
a farm near Llndenstam's on which he
has been living alone for some time. A
father and slater living at Cortland, Kan.,
are his only surviving relatives.
Nebraska School .
of Forestry Next
asannnnsnnaa
Senator Burkett Said to Have
Measure to Create One at
;"' Home of . Morton.
.-. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON,' April 22. (Special Tele
gram.) Senator Burkett, it Is rumored, will
introduce a bill tomorrow creating a school
of forestry in Nebraska and locating it on
th Morton estate near Nebraska City and
naming the Institution in honor of J. Ster
ling Morton, former secretary of agricul
ture. Demand for President Taft's presenoe
throughout the country at meetings at old
soldiers' homes, state fairs, political soc
ieties and dedications of monuments of il
lustrous dead, Is becoming so numerous
that the president, with all his vitality and
with all his desire to meet and mingle with
the people, is doubtful whether he will be
able to accept the many invitations ex
tended. The president realises that com
munities nave a call upon him and he ex
pects to spend a busy summer and fall
travelling, but it is a physical impossibil
ity for him to reach all aections and conse
quently he has commenced to figure out an
itinerary whloh will encompass the largest
number of placea desiring his presenoe with
the least travel.
Senators Brown and Burkett who pre:,
sen ted an invitation to the president yes
terday on behalf of the Farmers National
convention, to speak at Lincoln on the oc
casion of the annual meeting of that organ
isation October ( to 11 were informed today
by personal letter that the president would
be glad to accept th invitation if con
ditions were such that he could arrange
his itinerary accordingly. He stated that
until congress adjourns. It would be Im
possible to make any arrangements for the
summer and fall, but that he would bear
In' 'mind the Invitation of the Farmers'
National convention and comply with their
invitation If possible.
Congressman Kiokaid today recommended
the reappointment of William E. Morgan
as postmaster at Oreeley.
Young Farmer
Has Disappeared
Neighbors Crag River Near Doniphan
Until They Find He Had Mort
, gaged His Property.
ORAND ISLAND, Neb., April 22. (Spe
cial Telegram.) All day and until darkness
stopped the work this evening, neighbors
of young Park Woods, a farmer resid
ing about fifteen mile southeast of this
city and six miles west of Doniphan, have
been dredging th Platte river to mako
certain Whether h has ' been drowned.
Though the liver 1 not extraordinarily high
th efforts have been In vain. Woods dis
appeared from his home yesterday. When
he did not return as usual Mrs. Woods,
Who Is taking the town census and returned
about supper time, became alarmed and
notified th neigh bora Some of his cloth
ing, a gun and six empty shells wr found
on a bank. It was supposed that b had
shot some game, that It had fallen Into the
river and that he had gone In after It
and was drowned. When later It was found
that yesterday morning he had mortgaged
a horse and buggy for $100 and had bought
some new clothing, and no trace of cloth
ing or money could be found, doubt entered
the mtnda of neighbor, and th belief Is
growing that he has taken sudden leava
He bore a good reputation and lived hap
pily with his wife, to whom be had been
married but three years.
LADIES. ATTENTION! Our special
demonstration of Cht-Namel I now In
progress, th greatest floor finish. A spe
cial representative from th factory will
demonstrate all week. Be sure and come
and learn how to make old f.oors new.
P. C L Vol Hard war company.
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Rail Complaint
Begets Wondrous
Rhetorical Flight
Farson and Attorney Indulge in
. Ferrid Imagery Oyer Thedford
Train Service.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April 21-(SpeXial.)-The Bur
lington railroad has answered the com
plaint of Rev. Mr. R Roberts and others of
Thdford for better train service. Th
answer was written by General Counsel
James E. Kelby, who delayed until he had
been reminded of his duty by the com
mission. The complaint declares that the facilities
for westbound trafio from Thedford are
worthless as It takes thirteen hours to go
thirty miles. t Then Rev. Mr. Roberts and
the others set forth this flight of Imagina
tion: "Imagino a young lady, unattended, being
compelled to go to a point west of Seneca,
Thomas county, Nebraska. She would get
on the stub train at Thedford, train No.
39 at 8:63 p. m., which train terminates at
Seneca. There she would be compelled to
sit In the little dingy station trainmen's
waiting room for thirteen or more hours
waiting for paasenger train No. 43 at 9:33
the following morning.
"The hotel accommoJatlons are Inadequate
In every way to supply the demand, no
sidewalks or street lights, and ahe might
get lost in trying to find the hotel or be
crippled for life. Possibly worse luck
might befall her. Strangers have been com
pelled to beg accommodation at private
residences many times. We characterize this
condition of things as Indecent, Indelicate
and Immoral; having a tendency to de
grade womanhood. It Is worse than the
old-time stage coach."
In answer to that part of the complaint
Mr. Kelby says:
"To close this answer without reference
to the suppositious Goddess of Femininity
pictured In the complaint would be to re
fuse to take advantage of the facilities
offered thereby. The conception Is a pic
ture beautiful even In Imagery and Illus
trates the extremes to which persons seek
ing an excuse upon which to hang a rep
resentation are often driven. The extreme
illustration of the young lady beautiful,
unattended, moving with flying colors In
the direction of or west of Seneca shows
Strawberries to Sell by
the Quart on the Street
Sunday Dinner Mean.
Clear Vegetable Soup. Salt Wafers.
Beef Flank Steak. Cream and Meat Gravy.
Mashed Potatoes. Spinach.
Combination Salad.
Rhubarb Pie. Coffee.
A little lemon Juice and a piece of butter
the size of a walnut will add materially
to the flavor of rhubarb, whether prepared
for sauce or pie filling. The butter la
especially desirable for the filling. The
sliced rhubarb should be put on to cook
with Just enough water to keep it from
sticking, and when Its Juice begins to
come out add the sugar. Do not let It cook
long enough to take on the .taste of pre
serve. , .
Strawberries will sell on''the street today
and tomorrow in Quart boxes for the first
time this spring. Two carloads camo in
this morning and sold wholesale for $3.59
a case of twenty-four quarts. The berries
come from the south and are of good qual
ity. The first shipment of California cher
ries reached the local market this week,
They were of the purple Gulgne variety
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Actual $35.00 values Q3 f"C
yours Saturday V I 1 1 f O
Cash or Credit toy
Terms: $4.00 cash; $1.00 weekly.
Wear the snappiest styles.
OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT.
Don't bother about the money.
Saturday we place on sale
the biggest scsoop in ladies'
and misses' suits in years;
SUITS purchased from the
dissolution sale of Al Gold
stein & Co., of New York
City. By attending this
sale you will save fully
from 33Vs to 50 per cent on
the cost of your new suit.
Latest styles, newest ma
terials, all sizes and colors.
Well worth every cent of
$35.00. All you need to
pay is
P AY-THE-EASY-WA Y . .
Boys'
Combination
Suits
With 2 pairs
of k n i o k e r
bocker pants
and cap to
match ; actual
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how strained and hollow Is tlie drmaii.t ' ,
additional service at Thidford. Then-
no settlements of Importance bei
Seneca and Alliance exctpt Whitman, ?
even granting this, if the aforesaid sti.t ,t
beautiful, unattended buxnm female .r
phantom were to go to Whitman, or A.n
ance or beyond, she would have Of ie
so desired) Seneca on No. 41 at 1 a. tn.
Instead of darting lto and remaining la
somnolence until t.SS a. in. the m u morn
ing. "The fact that the phantom beautiful,
the creation of Imsgery, would re'-uin
from S;M p. m. until t.zs a. m. the f..l..
ing morning In a dum little station -tr.i.n.
men's walling room -effectually dnslroy
the effect of the language of the complaint
that It Is a dingy sia.lon and lrninrdl.it. ,y
brings it Into view as a place of magnifi
cent retreat.
"Your honorable bo.ly will hardly say
that It Is the duty of a r.Vhoud to provide
frequent and unprofitable ti.itn service
through a locality which w.r.iUl be Intended
as an asylum for unutt, miod young
women."
Mr. Kelby says the camt la!nt u not
against train service, but Ik ninied ji the
fair city of "Seneca, amons the hills, mid
he resents the charges asalnsi tn M l,i r
city. He also expressed hlx regret ; ,,u
Seneca has no public parka, eleUrl.- l.hi
sidewalks, hotel and places of lmu; f..:
the benefit of Thedford.
For his negiect to file the answer uvii
his attention had been called to it by ti n
commission, Mr. Kelby makes this ar"liJv:
"The undersigned, ever remembering t tin
beautiful declaration, "To err Is human,
and to forgive Is divine," conscious of ii.s
own error, and of the power of f.'rxive
ness, and the desire to forgive on the pan
of yotir honorable body, clothed In an. ie it
sack cloth, begrimed with n-shes and
stained with 'dust, penitential mood. an(
with mien and voice to match, respectfully
shows and represents unto your honorable
body that. In reference to said complaint,
unintentionally and Inadvertently, he mis
laid the same and neglected to uiske an
swer thereto as by law and neurtesy he
was required so to do; and hereby tendon
this his apology to your honorable body
and said thirty-two Inhabitants of Thed
ford and vicinity for his said neglect, and
craves the pardon of all."
New Draa for Huron College.
HURON, S. D April 22 (Special.) Prof.
Edwin Dukes for several years superin
tendent of schools at Independence, la.,
has accepted the position of dean of Htiroli
college and will locate In this city some
tlmo in June. Mr. Dukes was formerly
superintendent of the public schools of till I
city and has a wide reputation as an edu
cator. and sold to one of the local dealers for
$10 for the case. A few more boxes have
been sent in, but they are selling at no
fixed price and are going as luxurlcn.
Bananas continue high and scarce, sell
ing at 44 cents a pound. No decrease Is
expected in this price for some time. Grape
fruit Is getting higher and poorer, and an
other week will finish the present crop, but
the California crop will be In within the
month.
New potatoes sold at wholesale today for
$3 a hamper of about a bushel each. Old
potatoes continue at 25 cents a bushel
wholesale. . i
The. beBti package- creamery butter sells
from 34 to 87 cents a pound, and eggs from
23 to 26 cents a dosen.
'The cold weather has advanced the price
of green stuff a few cents, but has not
reduced the variety. Excepting green corn
and a very few of the midsummer things,
practically the full variety Is available
now.
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We Want to Show the Men of Omaha
TOMORROW
THE BIGGEST SUIT VALUES
' They Ever Saw.
We cannot impress upon the men of
Omaha and vicinity too strongly the im
portance of taking advantage of this
wonderful sale. It's not a line of suits
you'd expect to see ordinarily at this
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STREETS. OMAHA.
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