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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, .AUGUST 2. .191Q. August .1 ! Young people's wear o! all kinds may be had here at greatly reduced prices. Girls' Dresses Re duced. Small Women's T ; T J J 31 Lresses ucuutcu. immiio 11 cat ivc- duced. C7WH s twssm 1518-1520 FABNAM STREET. - l.., 1 : r Today both prisoners appeared refreshed, fur (heir's the common experience of hunted ones. The agony of suspense over, they had fallen Into the deep sleeps that betoken physical exhaustion. i , . ' A eoon m the, arrest , wer made the local court authorities wer"". notified and Judge I'anet Angers arranged to hold court at 10:3" o'clock th, morning. The accused were held under the law pertaining to fugitives who are suspected of connection with crime and tlie court proceedings were arranged to be conducted expcdlously. They hoped that Crlppen and his typist can be sent back to London on the steamer Royal George, which will sail on Thurs day. However, under the fugitive offending act the prisoners have a right to remain fifteen days before thelf departure'. This period af folds them opportunity to seek release through habeas corpus proceedings. Crlppn alHo may exercise his right as an American cltixen to appeal to the American t consul here and so make sure his rights ate not Infringed. It Is doubtful if Crlp pen avails himself of either chance for delay. Throngs Gather About Jail. Early today throngs gathered outside the Jail In anticipation . of the appearance of the prisoners In court. Next to the accused the. object of the greatest public attention Is Inspector Dew. The latter wore an air this morning not noticeable before. The successful conclusion of his mission has put a new light In his face . .':',. . Nevertheless . v the t fcicotlaad. Yard man. knows that a great respohelBlllty still rests on him. His prisoners fiavet been caught, but they are yet to be safely guarded to London. It it gentrallf believed that Dew has failed to secure, the .hoped for con fession. While his immediate duty was to get his man, to have obtained a confession would have been a feather In the cap of any detective. . Just how much Crlppen knows of the case against him Is in doubt Whether he ha learned that the British authorities have been unable to Identify the dismem bered body found In the cellar of his Hill s' t-oop Crescent home as that of his actress wife is not known Without such Identifi cation, lawyers say, a conviction may be Impossible. '." - ' -m C artridges ' Thrown' ' Overboard. One circumstance only 'might give rise to belief that the fugitive realised the sus picions of his fellow passengers more than they believed. . ' f ' . Early yesterday morning, before the Mon Irose reached Father Point, one of the of ficers on the upper deck saw-a package of .revolver cartridge., thrown overboard.. He made ah-Investigation and found that, they came from the porthgle of Crlppen's cabin. It Is passible, lifcevir, that the dentist got rid of Ms. .ammunition only as a general precaution. feai'lug. that it might cause sus picion If fouiyl J.o hjsi cabin when the ship neared Its destination. ' " . From 'tikis. Incident, It Is supposed that Crlppen also had. a revolver, but as none a a found, in. bia stateroom when the of-ty-eis searched It, it' Is believed he threw t overboard. There are many today who believe Crlp pen was taken les by surprise than had Been planned. It is certain that his re sources for escape had dwindled until he us nearly helpless. He , had a railroad t.et for Detroit, but only $10 in his pock- ts. .Uiss Le Neve had not a pent Crlppen, however. Aid hwv. several jewels con ic a led on ,hls person. '-.... "i 1'. BLEW t HIWV J UP" WITH GAS tken Palled HIVAblB. Molar .and Ills ' I, eg !- 8 A West. 1 rner' lixnrtlene-. (' New York is 'iimti to Mpeci&lUrp In all sorts of things, and, (.lie visitor expects to find every form of human activity carried to lis highest development but a man from 'f the west was last week fairly as tounded when he found that city folk get their 'teeth, pulled by tooth-pulling special bits. I It reminded him of the' professors that used to come around t his home town with the piiln-klller and .the brass band ind perform In the public square. But after. 4lU liter wus a difference. "It was Just this way," he said. "I'd been along to meet Teddy and overstayed she rest of the boys. Then a molar started suiting up and i went to one of those sentlst chaps to get fixed up. " 'It's got to be pulled,' said be. "'Fire away,' says I, taking a grip on the chair. r -.'; . " 'Can't,' says he. 'You need gas, and you'll have to go' to a specialist if I gave you gas here, you might put your foot through a window. You never know what a man can do till lie's full of gas. " Full of whatf' 'says I. " 'Uas,' says h. .-',- "80 oft 1 went WW -man who called him self a 'dental specialist,.' which I reckon Is jut tooth-puller 'written fine. 1 rang the bell and a colored brother opened the door, tiay, they did put On style hi that house. If old Injun Bill, who pulled two molars for me out In Dakota, with all the bunch standing round to sea me squirm, had been along, he'd have turned green with envy. "The colored man showed me to a room where he'd corralled halt a doion men and women, all looking kind of solemn and sad. On or two were ulaklng a bluff at reading the "Yitagaslnes, but most were just plain scared. Boos a young woman puts her head In at the door and hollers, 'Next!' anj one poor devjl braces himself up, tries to smile a bit, and steps out "Then an Impressive looking woman come In, looks over the bunch with her eyeglasses, and bays out loud so every one could hear: " ' " M'v an appointment "Then she look a It the fellow ought to tumble ever himself, but It didn't Impress htm worth a cent. " 'Bit right here.' lie id, and the young womnn come back and holler: Next!' i' vell, I was IikXI' that time, and ah rushed me Into another room. There a nice looking girl was working a typewriter htii'tthe wasn't talking, and 1 naturally Bl down alongside. trfier. tilts was so aloe aud soclUUi v 1 bad, f sk P4 teeth Specials Boys Clothing Re duced. Boys' Wash Suits Reduced. Hats and Furnish ings Reduced. VTWR herself, and she was Just g6lng to tell m the moset terrible things she had been through when another door opened and once more It was 'next!' "Say, It wasn't a little bit encouraging to see a great big, husky man led out by a little bit of a nurse, all white about the gills and with a handkerchief to his mouth. I do believe if It hadn't been for those awful things that typewriter girl had gone through I'd have had another engagement. But I went In all right and then wasn't I smoothed down fine. "Two men all In white and a nurse all In white In a room all white, and they pre tended they didn't know a thing about what I'd called to tee them for. They Just asked me gently to open my mouth and quietly closed the window, slipped a tube In. my mouth, tipped me back In the chair, and It was all over. Tell you, honest I didn't know a thing about It till I found them bowing me out ' . " 'Mind you rest thoroughly before you leave.' the head -tooth-puller was aaylng. 'Three dollars, please,!, and to the lady out side, 'You'll be all right In a minute, Next!" ... "As I came out I found that typewriter girl telling the same thing to the man who was to come after me, and another, man Just coming In from the big room, .ready for his turn. By the time I got my hat there were three fresh persons playing wlta) the magazines and another Just ar riving. ... .. ; ' '.. "They said It was 'the off season, too. I reckon when they're 'real busy they have a line all down the' street. But what would old Injun Bill have said to .those three plunks? He only charged two bits." New York Times. LOVE PELLETS FROM A GUN Strenuous Wooing of Winsome La Causes irnaaual Palplt- ' tloa. "Do you love me Stella? No?" Bang, bang! "Will you marry me, Stella? Nor Bang, bang, bang! , "Will you ever love me or marry me, Stella? Nor' Bang, bang, bang, continued ad infinitum. Wooing a winsome but unwilling rtnalden with lead, pills, propelled in fantaaflc faah ion toward her pedal extremities by a . 32- callber cemetery : filler, while .the trigger play "Won't you be my little .turtle dove?" Is the latest way of how not to propose ifi Pittsburg. . ' ' , . ,'' , Haying digested the bove, If you. want more details, ask Paul Kurkoskl, Who is aged 21 years and lives at 1722 Pena avenil. And, It further evidence la needed that the plan nelthar effective nor enjoyable, caU dtella Ostrowska, a pretty 17-year.old Poln lsh girl, or her mother, .Mrs. Kate. Ostrow- aka of so Bpiing alley. ., i',- .1 4; Paul appeared In police court befor Mag istrate Noble Matthew.. Testimony offered showed that when.lt comes to, novelty and originality this young Pollshraaa baa all the , wooer ancient . and modern looking like selling plater In a stake event 1 Paul, it seemed, Joved other jpalUen laJr In the Spring alley .section, but Btella wa the apple of hi eye. But according to the evidence, he had, a most peculiar way. of letting her know ot the feeling which were botUed up within, hi bosom. Moat, fre quently the outpouring of hi love wa ac companied by a fusillade of lead puis. , Paul would stand In the street anu.wlU until Stella passed In company with some other man and then he would atari shoot-' iiig at her dainty little feet - "Dance and show you love me, dearie,'.' he would sweetly chant and then the trig ger would fail on the baas pedal again, ac cording to the girl and her mother. , Stella, uuder suoh conditions, never re fused to dance, but it Is nowhere on record that her contortion were an evidence of her undying love for Paul. And then It was testified that on other occasions Paul's love message were wafted to Stella' ear under different conditions. He would appear just outside her window late at night and as a sort of lullaby aend bullets through the windows of his Juliet's room. At other times he would bring two revolver and then hi seranade would be that famous song, "Sleep. Ultle' Baby of Mine." played very much fortissimo., The lov meaages of Paul caused uch heart palpitation for Stella that sleep was out of the question; but he persisted, so that finally It was necessary to call the police; Pittsburg Chronicle. SMALL CITIES GROWING Sixty Mill Croe the TrrentyFlT Tkoaaan Mar it This" -Year. WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-Th thirteenth census Is developing an unexpectedly large growth of the smaller cities ot the country and it Is now believed by the census offi cials that sixty place will be added to the list containing a oonulailon of ivftio more. The last census showed 11 of such cities. Of the new cltlea crossing, the K,0M niai k .fully two-third will be found In the middle west and far west DEATH RECORD tlaah Ckudrook. , ; V SEWARD, Neb., Aug. 1. 8pecla Tele gram.) Hugh Chadrock, a well-known .clti sen of th county, died at t a. m. today at a Lincoln hospital from catarrh of the stomach. He wa an extensive land owner and was engaged In th automobile- busi ness here. He leaves a widow and op son Hlchar4 Conway. SEWARD. Neb., Aug. L-8pecUl' Tel tram.) Richard Conway, ' aged N years. died at his bom her yesterday. ' He wa an old settler of tnl county, having com her from Ireland many year ago." ' H leaves a widow, three daughter and. two una ' Koarfnl Jlassairr ot deadly microbe occur when throat and lung dlKeea ar treated with -pn) King' New Dlkcovery. Wo and fl.Mk For sal by tteaton Drug Co, TRIPLE MURDER IN SAN DIEGO Discharged Fireman Turns in Alarm and Firel on Crew. OlfE DEAD, TWO BADLY WOUNDED Apparently Insaa Man Then Goes to HI Homo and Beat HI Wife and Baby to , Death. BtLLETIX. ' SAN DIEOO. Cal. Aug. l.-After killing three persona. Including hi wife and child, Bert 8. Durham, a discharged employ or th local fir department ended a man hunt that began at 1 o'clock thin morning by shooting himself through the head. Burham. who had been hunted relentlessly for hours, dodged his pursuers, leaving them without a clue; boarded a car In the residence section of th city and rode quietly to Plata, In th center ot the busi ness district -wher h put a bullet Into hi brain. H recovered conclounes la ter. but th coroner1 physician ay h will di. .... SAN DIEOO. CaL. Aug. I. Bert 8. Dur ham, a former dty fireman, In a fit of re venge, early today turned In a false alarm of fire, and when former fellow workmen responded he fired a volley of shot at them, killing on and probably fatally In juring two others. Durham then ran to hi home and with a piece of steel wrapped In a handkerchief, beat hi wife and baby about their head a they lay asleep, kill ing both. , ' Fearing th erased nan might make an assault upon his parents, police Chief Wil son yesterday placed a guard' about th house. A guard wa also placed about Dur ham' home on D street to prevent th murderer from returning and firing on those attending the bodies ot his wife and child. Durham esoaped. It 1 believed he will end hi own lit at th first oppor tunity. Several month ago Durham wa dis charged from the fire department for In subordination. He was sold to be quarrel some. His dismisal Is said to have preyed upon him mind until he concocted a plan tor obtaining revenge. After midnight he turned In a false alarm of fire In a dark and distant quarter pf the city and lay In ambush awaiting th re sponse ot the fire oompany. Upon thatr arrival, heopened fira with a revolver. ' At the first shot Driver Don Grant fell to the ground dead, with a bullet hole through his head. At the second shot Guy Elliott fell with a bullet In his stomach. Peter Sampsell was shot through the lungs. Two more shot were fired at the mem ber of the crew, but they -went wild. At tills Instant, Assistant Fire Chief Snedecer drove up. Covering the assistant chief and the member of the fire company with his revolver, Durham made his escape. - As h diaappered In the darkness, he called back to the men, "Tell my Wife I am going to commit suicide." Within a. tew minute th police were notified and a score of officer In automo bile were on the scene searching for Dur ham. ,'.- When they went to hi horn the second tragedy was dlscdvered. Durham had locked th door ot hi home after him. , No trace wa found of the triple mur derer. ' C. r . n' ; . V .4 At St. Joseph's hospital, it was sold that Sampsell will die . and .that there way be ome hope fo Elliot hut .. jitu.- Mr. Durham, according to the neighbors. had been- afraid ot ber husbapd tor aoirfe time, and recently aenWa warning to Chief Wilson. She also is said to have taken re- volvers away fronvJDurham on two differ ent occasion. - PERILS OF THE HOBBLE SKIRT Traarle Humiliation ot an Amatear Leader of Chloaaro Fash ions. .. Halsted street, the longest city thorough fare In the world, and the fashionable high way of Chicago, ha seen Its first hobble skirt It welcomed the advent of the new skirt with cheers, and the Halsted street small boy turned out en masse to serve as a fitting escort to the latest of Dam Fashion's whims. Therefore, when Miss Reba Goldstein, the belle of Twelfth street, turned into the main thorougufar wearing the latest ' of fashion's fancies, she was welcomed In true HaUted street style. Mis Goldstein . Is the leader of Twelfth and Halsted street styles. She Is the pat tern' criterion and the Betty Vincent of her district. Miss GoldBteln leads; other follow. . . . , . M1M 'Goldstein had no sooner appeared on the Boulevard d Halsted than little 8-year-old Ignats . Dublnsky abandoned his posi tion of keeping file from his father's fruit stand and ran . shrieking Into th street: "Say, fellers, pipe the sack race!" The fair follower of fashion had not pro gressed down the street more than half a block before she was the center ot a cheer ing mob of urchins. Miss Goldstein wa at first pleased by th attention she was attracting, but when the gist of the remarks came to her above the clamor of the mob, she wa embarrassed. She attempted to seek safety lu flight but owing tq the skirt, she could not flee. She could do nothing but toddle. "Push r over and see If she .kin git up," shrieked the juvenile student ot style. Miss Goldstein started to cross the street to seek safety, but a car was approaching so rapidly that she was about to be run down unless . fate Interferred. Fate did. Policeman John Dolan, seeing her danger and realising her Inability to run, picked her up In his strong arms and carried her to safety. Miss Goldstein -was reduced to tears when Sol Rubetsky 1 shoved hi push-cart through the crowd that surrounded her, and, like a Lochlnvar, loaded her in and bore her away to her home and to safety, Chicago Journal. STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED Officials and Vnton Leader on Grand Trunk Hold Prolonged Conference with Minister of Labor. MONTREAL, Aug. l.-Th belief that some sort ot a settlement of th Grand Trunk strike is near Is prevalent her to night. Negotiation, however, are stilt In. progress. Vice President Hugh of the Grand Trunk,. President Garretson of th conductor and President Lee of the trainmen held a pro longed conference with Minister of Labor King today. None of the conferee would discus th progress mad. New of disorder at Niagara Falls, Ont, reached here tonight Several Grand Trunk trains there were atoned, but no one was in jured. Troop wer ordered to the cen and arrived at U o'clock tonight. While en route, both at Hamilton and t Mr rlllton (tone wer thrown at th soldier on th train. Doctor Snot by Dosaeated Mis, RICHMOND, Ind.. Aug. 1. Dr Harrison W. Oabel, a widely known physician of CentervtlL this county, was shot and fatally wounded today. Oeorg Dun lap, a civil war veteran, who Is said to hav suffered niantal illusions recently, 1 la Jail, charged Woman's Work AMTH1 : off ta Orgamlsav . odl Along th Xdao of V. Ttaklag ( Ceseera 10 Women. Mr. C. M. Schlndell. corresDondlna sec rotary or the 'Nebraska' Federation ot Women's clubs, has 'Jtist' returned from a visit at Hagerstown, Md. Speaking of the club Interest In that part of. the country, the western clubwoman said that she wa urprleed to find It o slight. "Th women had their reading club and those fo" 'social purpose, but the study club sed to have Very little in terest for them.- There was comparatively little expression "of the elub spirit so promi nent among our womohs' In Hagerstown, for Instance, there Was not even a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo lution. It Is a town bf 15,900 an several of It women are ' daughters, but were affiliated with the Baltimore chapter." , Mr. Schlndell. who- attended the bien nial of the- general federation at Cincin nati, want from there to Washington, D. C, -where her daughter, Louise, was grad mated from Chevy Chase. She was ac companied by bar daughter, in the visit In Maryland. They Js .visited' In York, Pa. New York and the homeward -trip Included top at -Niagara. , rail. - Detroit and Chicago.- .. . Mrs. Orletta 8. -Chittenden. Instructor in kindergarten method tfl the Omaha school, ha gone to Bayvlew, Mich, for a three week' visit v ; ...'-.. -, " Mln Hattla Pickard, a teacher In the Omaha schools, has gone to Menominee, Wl., to take a special 'course In domestic science. Th Kentucky Federation . of Women's Clubs, which held Its nesting shortly after tho biennial of the-General Federation, or May 25, has already, put Its year book Into the hand of it members. A copy has been received by Nebraska's ..president, Mrs. Frederick Cole. . Of vwhen the year book should b .Issued there are two opinions; some .hold that It Issued early In . the cal endar year it does aervloe In linking the two club years; others, and the Kentucky plan is of this agreement feel that the year book should be issued as soon after the state meeting as possible, thus putting Into the hands ot the, members as early as possible the roll of new executives. Miss Miry B, May, of Peacedale,, R. I., and Miss Alloa Cook, pt Oskaloosa,.,!., .re? celved the degree of bachelor of divinity at the seventy-sixth anniversary of Hartford Theological Seminary,, " Mies, Elisabeth "'efllta'tof . Mlddletown, Conn., won the Walkley prize this year at Wesleyan university. " The Walkley piixe is given for excellence in psychology and Is among the most sought for honors at the university. Four other women in the grad uating class carried off prises and honors. By Vote of the trustees, women students will hereafter be excluded trbm Wesleyan. Miss Elisabeth Thomson" ot Kansas City, Mo., recently made an application .to the secretary of state to have her name filed as a candidate' for state-superintendent of public schools on the- Socialist -ticket. Her. application ' has been--r.efused because the state -Constitution' pcoylde that, th -super- nt6ndht of public, aohocdn shall be "a male. resident' ot the-state.. not Jess than 24 years bld."i .....' ,,t y.ntff X-' .' ! ':; rt&tibt tv'-aitl'ill'll! ":tr t' ..w (,The members Ot. IheNew, ,pra club,, of New.v6rlelns have qeclared' ,tbelr. Intention of keeping u.p Jhelr 'fjg'htk'?or .woman suf frage a ' welt a ..Tor the appolntmerit of women ' members of oafda'oT managers of educational' and' charitable' Institutions', in spite ot the 'action of the legislature of Louisiana! ' ''Senatolf'aeWedarf' recently" In-' traduced a bill allowing" women to' be mem-1 bers of ' educational and -Charitable '-boards and' It whs promptly defeated by a large majority: ' The New 'Era club In 'Louisiana began atonce to forrmilata plans for a new campaign! In the" interest of equal suffrage. ROOSEVELT TO PENNSYLVANIA Knnior that Colonel la to Make Foar Day' Visit to Keystone ' ' 8e . NEW YORK,1 Aug. l.-A great dectl of myatery was roads at Colonel Roosevelt' office' as to the1 exact cause ot his visit to this city 'today, his .usual, day for coming here being Tuesday.' Early in the after noon a report was spread that he was to leav New York today for a four days' tour In Pennsylvania, the cut-pose of which was not disclosed. Colonel Roosevelt made ev ery effort to keep secret his plans for a few day and refused to say a word as to what he would do. 1 Yankton Coaaty Crop Are Good. YANKTON, Aug. I.r-Special) The flrt fruit ot th crop of 1910 are reaching this city to furnish first threshing figures, and completely dispel' the . Idea that Yankton county was' In the dry belt. Oat are show ing up well and are running from thirty two to near forty bushels' per acre, with the best fields to hear" from. Threshing, iwhlch frequently' follows quickly upon the mittlng of the grain,' will be general the Drat week In August -and wheat and oats, rye and barley are In' the sheaves or In slack ready for the threshers. Everywhere comes reports that small grain Is better than was hoped for and most farmer re port much better yield than last year. Montreal and Qaebee. -A verlUbl edition d lux among rail road pamphlets ha been issued by th Grand Trunk Railway System to proclaim amongst tourist, th glories ot th cities of Montreal and Quebec, Th prochur I beautifully printed and generally arranged in the artlstie tyl of earlier days, when th ornamentation of a voium wa re garded a an Important lnoldent to It rep resentation or . reading matter. It give an Interesting description of the two most Interesting cities In, Canada, with many illustrations from photograph. Sent free to any addres. Apply to H. O. Elliott, 17 Merchant Loan t Trust Building, Chi cago, Pastor Installed at Yankton. YANKTON. Aug'l. (Special) Rev. Jer Ing Thompson, Just called to Trinity Luth eran church here, was Installed Sunday morning. Rev. P. Relnersten of Elk Point officiating. Th church wa packed by member of th congregation and outsider, wh gathered to greet the new minister, the third to arrive In Yankton within the year, th Methodist Episcopal church and Episcopal church also having new ministers during tbe last few months. MILWAUKEE. Aug. 1. Knights of Pythias, uniform rank and supreme lodge from th United Skate and Canada, ar in Milwaukee for the biennial convention be ginning today and running through th week. Tweiv tnousana atiignt, uniiormea ranks, ar camped' here In tants. Persistent Advertising i the Road to Big Return.. . ."."' '' , . BgOTBaCSBTM OF bCBAsT STKAaUXXM. Port. ArrWs. ailed. NKW TOKK rmntm..m. ...... HH.YHXAD..,..Crl. rl.Tin'TH nWs4. ...-'.. LI VtltfOOt.. ..' j -wautu LM Mmausk.. IOWA DELEGATES GA10ER Republicans f.Hawkeye Stat Lay Plant for Convention. J. P. DOLLTVXR P0R CHAIRMAN Senator Cnmmlns Will, Be Temporary Officer and Progressive Plan to Pat Ills t'olleaaae la After Illm. , (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES, Aug. l.-Ppeclal' Tele gram.) Delegate to th republican state convention gathered In the city In large numbers today and Informal conferences wer .the order, of th day. . The conven tion committee of the state committee ar ranged the detailed program for the district caucuses whlcti will be held to select com mitteemen at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. - Th convention will be called at 11 o'clock. Senator A. B. Cummins will be temporary chairman and Will speak for about an hour. At S o'clock the afternoon session will be gin and the resolutions report will be dis posed of befor th nomination are mado for Judges and superintendent ' A boom wad started among delegates from northern Iowa for Senator Dollh-er for per manent chairman and it Is likely he will be chosen. The progressives are earliest on the ground and are Concerned with the writing of the platform, but both factions will hold various conferences. Disease la Dr Moines. . The first case of Infantile paralysis In Des Moines was discovered today. A 6-year-old boy In University Place was found to be suffering from It. He lives at Hamp ton .and has been here on a visit for six weeks. HOME OF THE COFFEE KING One Hoed la the Field Where Now He Cirovt Elarht Million Tree. The home of the coffee king Is back among the- rich coffee lands of Brazil, where according to a writer In the Book keeper, "the blood red earth colors every thing it touches with a reddish hue. ''His plantation, the Monte Algere, is S09 miles due west of Rio Janeiro, but one must travel twice that distance on a round about Journey to reach It. I rode with the coffee ktng for hours and hours through a continuous succession of coffee trees, with no end lit Bight. . "When one considers that there are from 250 to 30Q trees to each acre he will readily believe .that on the thirty-two plantations owned by this one man there are more thaa 8,000,000 trees. ."His name, FranclBco Schmidt, Indicates his German origin. A halt century ago his parents came to Brazil a poor emigrants and settled in the coffee regions of the state of Sao Paulo,' Braxil. The youthful Francisco, who wa then 'only 10 year of age, began work by hoeing the coffee trees, which was about the only work he could do. lie 1 now the owner of lands upon which he hoed coffee when a boy. . "A coffee field Is a beautiful sight when the trees are in bloom In pctober, but this beauty is evanescent. The petals soon drop off, ahd then the green berries began to appear In thick clusters, which require months to mature. , "At last their color changes to a cherry red, and they are. ready for the pickers. This is the busy season 'and the coffee piatffattoris"are"ksceneif ' 6f 'great activity'; thousands '-of "pickers'' flock to the 'coffee fields.'-' THer 'cherries' Vheit' picked ' are sacked and run through pulping machines, after which they are spread upon great paved yard for drying. "Here they are turned and turned, for. days and weeks; no artificial system of dry ing equals that of the sun, which seems to give th "beans' the desired flavor. They are now run through cleaning machines, sorted and sacked and are sent by train to th shipping ports. 'The production of the Schmidt fasendas for last year amounted to 2&0.000 sacks of 133 pounds each, a total of more than 33,000,- 000 pound of green coffee. This would fur- nlsh a cup of coffee to every man, woman and child In the United States and Canada for one week. 'It requires more than 130 acre ot drying yards, either nlade of brick paving 01- of beaten earth,- to dry this great production of coffee, and fourteen mills run by steam or water power to do the work of the other porcesses. There are 66,000 acres In the en tire estate, although all ot It Is not under coffee cultivation. "There ar twenty-two railroad stations on the lands ot these various plantations besides a number ot other sidings. HE WAS A FAMOUS ROBBER Maarerfnl Crook Holnd Eighty Year) and Pamr Array In Peace. Langdon W. Moore, who ha just died at the age of M, in a quiet New Hampshire community, where he was much respected even by those who knew his record, was on ot th great master thieve of the United States when In his prime. He oper ated In the era When few sensational bank robberies were committed by men behind the counter. In on Instance he got away with as much money and securities as Coleman, and h was able by "compromise" to avoid prosecution.. First and last before he wa lodged in the state prison, where he served sixteen years, he must have stolen hundred ot thousands ot dollars, usually by adroitness without violence. At last the law caught him. as It catches the clevereet of rogues, but It had a long combat of wits with him, for Moore was one of those crim inals of whom It could be truly said that his powers it applied to . honest callings would have gained him prominence. Ordin arily criminals are not markedly intellectual men, but Moore was exceptional In having more than mere cunning In his makeup. fl PcrJcoi OrcaMast Food No lack (A builaing up element In this food It will be relished and enjoyed. The best food for growing children. Not a tingle element contained in the blood of the human body, but is found in this food. 98 of it is digestible and a source of energy; often better than meat; certainly more delicious and economical. Quickly and conveniently prepared. Every child will like it. Ask your Grocer. Ills rareer would make an Interesting sub ject for psychologist, for h was born In a little town In New Hampshire, one truly rural, and grew up to manhood surrounded by plain, honest farmer folk. Boston Tran RED BLOOD AND FIDDLESTICKS Presence of Women n Discords Note for Rosins: Kan at Iteno. To the thousand of male boxing fan present In Reno, there was Just one dis cordant note. This was the presence of women. Members of the female sex might have better occupied their time as mothers, wives and sisters thsn by Journeying to Reno to wallow about the training camps, gaping at scantily clad boxers and ylpplng out their shrill shrieks fn the arena. Some of these women hid behind the excuse that It was the "good, red blood" In them that made them desirous of seeing the battle. Red fiddlesticks! It was simply a nruseatlng display of feminine curiosity, backed up and encouraged by men who accompanied them and lacked authority to keep them away. There was always a crowd of white women at Johnson's camp every day he boxed, and nine out of ten of these women Insisted upon being presented to the black, I saw several women tske their young daughters along with ; them when they forced the introduction. It was disgusting. It was to escape this swarm of female sightseers that Jeff refused to box publicly at Reno. Finally he was persuaded to do so, and out of th 2,000 present at Moana Springs that day, one-fourth were women and children. Reno 1 as moral as any city normally and the Jeffries-Johnson affair did not Increase the disorder to any marked degree. Many women, wera present with brothers, husbands and fathers. Think of gentler sex and their fanatic following of It.. But many forgot that they were of the every Incident bearing upon the fight un exed them. . I can't tell how many women were pres ent In the arena to witness the downfall of Jeffries, but the numbers ran into the hundreds. Most ot them were scattered about among the men, but for the benefit of those who wished to be exclusive and were willing to pay the price, a. row of boxes was built at the., back of and ten feet above the top seats of the arena, and curtains wer strung across the front. The "exclusive" idea was a Joke, Th curtain were thrown back and, whereaa the women on the benches might have partially lost themselves in the crowd, those in the boxes were the' center of all the people In the arena who cared to gaze toward them. , I will give you a single example ot how some of the women -in the arena behaved. The lady was large, a little on the Amaion order, clad In automobile togs, and sat In one of the (50 seate within a few rows of the ring. She wa accompanied presumably by her husband, singularly clad and equally husky. During the greater part of the battle this woman shrieked out encouragement to Johnson, such as, "Go It, you smoke!" "Oh, you dinge!". etc., and when the knockout came she rushed from her seat, up over the reporters' tables, and pulling herself up so that she leaned over the ropes, shrieked and yelled at those in the ring like a Piute Indian. Not very edifying, and though th hus band didn't seem to mind the exhibition, there may have been a son or daughter at home who would not be overly pleased if the moving-picture men caught their mother during her wretched performance. Leslie's Weekly. " " ' ' . EWANCjPATlON OF ; THE "JEGQ Pittsburg; Biases a Trail Array from tlie Cold Storage , , Article'. " ' - ' ''' Whp says that no wisdom' has ever come out of PlttHburg?. The dispatches are now carrying from that city the news of a solu tion of on pf the $reat problems of this ago "How to , get away from the cold storage egg." And the aqlver of this problem, which ha vexed so, , inuny. housewives, and so many .boarding-house patrons, and even so many theatrical gentlemen, I no other than ono of the. despised Pittsburg millionaires one of those men whom the Carnegie melon made rich overnight-Alexander K. Pea cook. We heartily .recommend Mr. Pea cock's solution to alt that car to try it. It seems that Mr. Peacock found a cold storage egg on his plate at breakfast one morning. And. right next to It ther was another one, Which even the adjacent por tion of luscious Chicago ham could not re deem. Then Mr. Peacock waxed peevish, and finally he waxed -wroth.' and several other things. The cold-storage eggs were taken off faster than they had come on. "if i can't get eggs fresner than this," he growled, "I will grow my own." No sooner said than done. He telephoned to a real estate man. "I want a farm." he said. "I want a farm that will . grow chickens, a lot ot chickens, and eggs. It seems the only way one' can get a fresh egg In Pittsburg is to have his own farm." And he got the farm. It cost SS0.0O0. And now they are working night and day putting up a chicken coop on that farm that will make that filO.WO grow a lot more. It is to be' as fine as the famous Busae hencoop at Fox Lake.' It 1 to have electric light, tile floors, the finest incubator and all the comfort of home, except possibly shower baths and a piano. It some one discovers that chickens lay better to music a graphophone will be installed. At any rate, within a week or two, Mr. Peacock will no longer be a Slav to th cold-storage egg. Thus w are emancipated from the chain of modern industry. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Attempt at lutelde. - .v BEATRICE, Neb., . Aug. l-.PDevlal TolovriLm. I Mrs. John Dunts of tills city attempted suicide last evening by swal lowing carbolic acid. A physician suc ceeded in saving her life! Domestic trouble Is assigned as the cause. t"7 hwPkLvi WlUtR tOIfiPiSHuiiPlALNS' Lead Concern of Omaha Objects t Freight on Coke. ALLEGES INJUSTICE ,BY ROADS Snpervlln Architect at Washington Opens Bids on Sites for (invrrn mrnt Itallilluw In Five , title In Iowa. (From a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON, Aug l.-(8perlal Tele-gram.)-The Carter White Load company of Eas t Omaha today filed a Complaint ag'lnst tlie Norfolk & Western; Cleveland. Cincinnati ci,ir ii.lnols tenliai, iittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago ' ... u vnicugo, Milwaukee St. faul railway companies, alleging unjut viiniKl-Q in Blllunirnta nf mb. tr, the Pocahontas district In West 'Virglna ' 10 wmaiiB. .... Rural -carriers appointed are as follows: Ncbrnska-Stratton. route 1. V M it,.a . currier; no substitute. , South ,lkota-8hcrman, route ,1.. Lydw Larson, carrier; Minnie l.krmm .'i.h... . fiank ,v. Irson of Kagle Grove, has been appointed veterinary ; Inspector in connection with the Bureau of Animal -Industry located at Chicago. .';;' W. O. Baxter of Galva and I Hitch-. . cock of Cedar Rapids, la.f have been p--pointed forest assistants In the foreat aor--. vlce. ....... 1 - ..,.(' Bid on Iowa Site, i-. '." Bids were opened today" at the .' super-" vising architect's office for sites lh Ah4 ' five Iowa cites,' where congress at rhTlrtt Besslrm authorized the purchase of Wa- uons ror new public buildings.' Following are the bids: . . ' - ' "' Washington,'' rtii.too authorised for site." else of lot-desired 110x140: H. M. Smith. " northeast eornir Marlon and Jefferson streets. 132xJIC W,00t; H. M. feicber. north- V.corn,'r ,owa avenue- and Third street, 97xl. M.IM0; Mar.Mi W. Halley. sbUtliast punier - main street- and Bmitli Avelnue U, loxtat, B,JS?6; ,1-ohn Uoode, southeast cor-. iier( avenue and street not numedl. 1.12x132. fio.wn-, C. ,'C. . Long, southeast corner" f North AlArlkH Avnun fbi,..( ..... ... 132X132, 7,DU0...'. - - . . . Charles City, $10,000 authorised- for. site, sise 14xH0: Grace Episcopal church- ocl ety, southwest corner Kelly and Jacknrm streets, 132X1K. 18,71; Mrs. MarKaret Lang-staff,- southeast corner Wlsoonslh 'and Kelly, streets, U2xm, $9.75; Kotatt of J. W-Smltli, northeast corner Mala and. Ft r- guson streets, 132x182. 0,ixx. 1 Grlnneli; $1,000' authorised rhr site, '.sis ' 120x136: -Clark, Coutts -ft. Barer; outhwrst -corner Broad and. Fifth avenues, 4x9o. 8,o0u; II. L. Bliss, soutnwest corner Broad, and Second" avenues. leOxlWS, iS.oiio,- O. rt'.V Clifton, northeast cemer Main and Fifth avenues, -. eooU'Hv 9,f)0; M. . C- Cappron, southwest corner Commercial .and .Broad avenu, 80xifi0, HO.OtiO, '- . "limb-Ufa ' K flitA n Al , A -1 . .1.. 12(xlS7: 'Henry 'L' Urban, nortneast eorner Main and. .Maple streets, 120x120.. to.uHO; James W. Kills, southeast, corner West i Pleasant' and South Second, streets. D3xl2, $4,800;- K. M. Ballengee, location not given, KlxUl, 12.800; Mrs. Lenora V. Boyd and Mrs. Ada Wherry,-northwest corner .J am. end Main streets, 120x120, 3,u0; same parties, same ' location. 120xl!rl, US.OOO; 1 ftowman ft ietsey, southeast- corner - Niagara and ' West Piatt Streets, .1112x89, and . Mary, ,C. Shaw, et al., northeast corner Second and Pleasant streets, lOSxlM, $3,900.' ' Perry,, site and btiildng authorised not to exceed cost . for both $fi0,000,ete . of Jot; 120x lid: Michael Heck, northwest corner .First avenue ind Warlord street, 100X140.' $3,D0ti; F. B. Wood, northwest corner1 Willis ave nue -and an. unnamed street. .60x140,. S4,ooo; . H. C. Lout and Frank L. Lann. southwet corner Third avenue and Warford sirlT??, 125X140, ' $7,500. ' ' - ' ' -.--i .-'. A FOR NEBRASKA Partly cloudv. FOR IOWA Unsettled. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: . Hour. 1 . Unrved Evorywhitr , John Says:- ' i 'way la an Imita tion f my TWO ft BVBT3SK' to . elg-ar pretty . oool ; la th summer timet . . Well, the lmltatloa 1 a vn.0' KB4f Com la Ut's laugh over this together." Central Cigar Store 521 So. 16th (Sc., ; ....t,nMi j arinnrv TOftsinirt Kinll. nutJ l.A VIA Mvi B.th.. Tl.o..U lxi. ioil. fU kiwer, I-r.,lLrnux. 14. AMUEME!f Tf. Roliablo Dentistry" Tail's Dental Rooms KRUG Theater qjSS Tonight at glSO. "... . "The Sheriff of Sandy Fork'! Thursday atkra aVomaao : -'riesT." . - inw .y 7 a, m r..; it Wm a a. m ; jj j7-"7 9 a. m. v.. ........... SO ' .Ai jgJi? 10 a. -m ;..!(.. ..'Mi j ' AV5rP 11 a. m. ........ ...... i 81 'Wr3bP 32 m..., ..j. ;....! ) !S:S:::::::::''::Sa: itO ' 9 P- m..........,....:91 " VGP 7 p. m. ........ r. M M nil!