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THE BEE: OMAHA, EIUDAY, AUGUST 12, 1010. ind of the 'Five Hour RIDAV 3 'lToerustie- From to 11 a. m. and from 2 to p. m. , ?Ia w2 tloa lata thief only, we will ll ,... . hi P 7 tlm-" t V CBILDBCM'I Will DBIIIEI ' SV-. -tV. .hT i V of time" to R ht t0 , mlnute n ,,. nd coN ," h Kr 3 p f o craMinats fcrin(rilVeii than the price of the uncut . 1 ' in attending material. What l the use of spending , ff? g Ih'tM salss hour In making dresses or employing geir wht a means 'to 'lose dressmakers when you're spared all the values W mean ?o lose. woIrv nd fxvnPt and aVe much more r J valuea uv , by taking advantage of thl sale? Borne vou rntseo. of thPMe are former of them were l.s, z.Z6 and iz.ou. .- Niraest French, Russian and Highland bloomer stylan. Choice of over a hundred colors alee 1 to I only. . BID AT to U a. k I to I r. K. 'm row OWN ITMt 15J8-1620 FARNAM STREET certain manufacturers of. India rubber, with other Items, and It la true also that I am a stockholder and director In the InternatlonaPRubbor company; but none of the other statements' referred to con tain a single element of ruth. I should be glad, to think that In, theae statements Senator Ilrlstow had been cruelly Imposed upon by some designing peraon, as I do not like to believe that any senator could by guilty of deliberately manfaotured statements so false In every particular. Neither the Intercontinental Kubber com pany nor I nor" lany member of my family has ever . had any pecuniary Internet as to whether 'th rates on manufacturers of rubber i.wer 38, 33 or j 900 per cent, or whether er.uae' rubber, was on the free or the dtitiabiciitt. -;';v"' ' . V , , . . C AYAO fc A IN li 6, ST REN CI h v? (Coname4rpm First Page.) - " him had 'nolbcen 'long in my mind. ., In fact,. I" reached no decision until I got up yesterday mprnlng.- The paper said that Gaynor waa, going to aall for a vacation. That ' made' ma ' ahgry-rto think that lie should have a VHcatiutl In Europe, while I Old ndt nvn have' a -chance to. work, much ; less! get a vacation. So I hurried over the Twenty-third street ferry and In quired my way to the Kaiser . Wllhelm. "My wrotigs had proved more than 1 thought 1 could bear. Over and over I sized up nut bareVeUUoniln Jlfe and contrasted It With that of some men of Mayor Gay nor, who had wronged me in particular. At.' length Idetermlned to seek the revenge, which I concluded should be justly mine. I was not'drank,as"tias been intimated. "Had I heard of President Mclvlnley a asaBinati'oo,.'.bf course and I beletve astavsknalon Is sometimes light M 'fiad carried 'V gurV for nine yeats. ' feared the enemies I had made by wiitfng loktrs when I wyj-jng Jto;.J-erorm,.;iUle do4t department SOUTH DAKOTA ' OFFICIALS -5 T OCONFERJON COAL LANDS Vofrruor lmd jflt aterlto Talk With C lnliu JIder', oat President Taft'a lltecen Ajepji. t . . .. i Z.'-h ' ' ' . ' -PIERRB, JH. J AUe fi.i-(8peolal Tele gram.) riveting will- be held at Huron tomorrow, wllUri'Svill be attended by Sen ators Crawford and Gamble, Congressman Martin and Governor Vessey, ho will con fer Willi the representatives of the claim holders in the Lemmon land district who are affectedly Uia.rscenf rfer of Presl dent Taft setting aside about 200 townships in that district ; s."coal 'land subject to homestead entry. While the government of flclals who have change :o tl)ls work are all absent from Washington,- the committee will not go to that city at present, but will outline semei.mode of procedure In regard to the situation wt't) , h0D 01 lecuring reuet. Sheriff Moses of Butte county was here today and secured a requlaltion on the governor of Iowa, for Harry McLaln, wanted in that county, oh a charge of horse ' rustling. McL&in la underarrest at Bloux City and being held for the Dakota officers. WENDLING IS REFRACTORY Attoraey Advise illut Not to Leave , and II Restate, Bat la Over- OLNEY, IiBv f'Ang. lL-JbafpK A. vWend ling, charged, with . the murder of Alma Kellner In Loulsvllle, became a refractory prisoner here today and objected to Chief of Detectives'. Carney . of Louisville taking him from 'thW'Saltimor 4k Ohfo train. In a struggle Wend ling kicked a reporter for a Louisville paper, who Is. following the alleged slayer. - The prisoner was handcuffed to Carney at the time. He refused to leave the train when his attorney, J. H, Clements spoke to him. Wendllng was put In an auto mobile, which went southeast along the Illinois Central tracks. " Carney told the station agent that he probably would take an Illinois Central train into Kentucky. He wanted the time of his arrival In Louis ville kept secret t '. Clements, who caught 'the train In St. Louis, after Carney had put his prisoner aboard early today, rode in the same car with Wendllng. As soon as Carney told Wendllng to leave the car , Clement ad vised his client in an undertone and a struggle ensued. Carney,; Colunel John II. Whalen ' and two newspaper men pushed Wendllng through the door of the car and to the station platform. 'The automobile was .engaged by Carney 'r 'telegraph. Clements did not leave the train here. ARMOUR MAN IS INDICTED Thomas O. Lee, of Dressed Deef De partment Churned with Perjury ! at Chleaaro. CHICAGO. Aug. ll.-Thonfta 3. Lee of the draeaed beet alea t department of Armour A Co Fas today Indicted on the charge of pel Jury by the federal grand Jury which ' Is Investigating ' alleged working agreements among , the big packers. A bench warrant a Itiaued for his arrest. It la alleged that'-Le itiade'faine state ments to the Jury In denying that he had attended meetings whore output waa.dlf cussed and prlcn fljted. aBd, in 04nying that it Jack Barry more Cle-ta Uwtir, NEW YORK., Aug. 11 'Jack" Parry, more, the actoiv and Mis Kaiherlne Corre Harris,- daughter of MJney Harris, a well fcnown lawyer, this afternooa oUialua-J a vrrlag license. ..... . ... . - . .- . ... t . r ss-. 11. Mo'V - r 9 August Mil 4 S Sales $1.60 goods, but moat rcortra J' TUOSE" ENTITLED- "TO VOTE City and County Attorneys Hand Sown Rulings on Subiect. f FOIOt WAYS FOR : QUALIFYING For Those Who Are Not Uegrlstered There Are Four Kxenaea Which ' Will Be Accepted Taea- dar -MoralnK .- Vpters who are not properly-registered for the primary election, or.; ho.ha,y for some reason changed their - voting place will have to bring two witnesses t Vherclty clerk and he. sworn n,oiV.th jflpttkip$ of primary day If they expect to cast" balibt Ah opinion in which '-'the 'cKyittorne'y "and the county attorney - ooncuK -was delivered to City Clork Butler. Thursday , marnlng,' in which the process was esoribed by which votes could be cast -by , four- tlanSes of un registered voters ;-thoe wh6. have never voted-before, those Who nave nioyed frOhi their registered preolnct to -another, those who have come Into the city shiee October 24, 1309, last registration day, and .those who for soma other reason failed to register.' ' A man-Is eligible, to vote in a precinct where he lives provided he. has lived, there ten days, in the county -forty days and In the state six months. But if he is not reg istered for any of the above four reasons he must appear before the city clerk on the morning of primary with two freeholders from the precinct in which ne wants to vote and if they have lived there a year they can testify to his right of silffrage. No other sort of a transfer will be accepted and ' all unregistered Voters will have to comply with these rules. OFFICIALS-WILL CONFER , WITH HOMESTEADERS South Dakota Congressmen and Gov ernor Will Meet Men Effected by r;, .." Withdrawn! Order. PTT.RrtR R n A.iir 11 -lio,. -.. f'ord and .Gambia, Congte8tnari MartiiV nd Governor Vessey will -meet.-at,- Huron', to morrow witn representative of h Tg erklns County homeateadere who -re?Hf febted by the late coal land withdrawal order of President Taft ' Theyexoect to outline some action to ' be taken 'as soon as the government officials are back in Washing, ton. . ' '' t ?i NEW WITNESS : N iRICE'' CASE abpoena Iaaoed for; Client of Cleve, ' land Lawyer Who- Karlr Reached Been of Murder. CLEVELAND, Aug. U.-TjKe. inquest Into the murder of William L. Rice, millionaire attorney, ' who was found " dylhj hear his home last Friday, today resulted in the discovery of a new wjtneas,. vrho- may be uie io give important testimony,, He Is ""in riarmess orownr -041l ;or Klce s, witnesses said Brown was present Just after Rice's body was picked up.,. A tub poena for Brown wag lasujed, - Private detectives employed by" the family have discarded all ideas u to Rie' death and are now working on lia supposition mat na wa Kinea by ehloken, thieves, probably foreigners, whom he met and attempted to prevent from carrying away tnelr booty, ... , . . . EARL OF EDGEM0NT. IS DEAD - f-' . v-v j: , -74-'., In Burly- Life He Was a. f lremas and Caretaker of Chelsea . ' Town Hall. LONDON, Aug. 11-EarI Arthur Perclval, eighth earl or Edgemont, died today. He was born In IS56.' Before succeeding to the tltlo of earl of Edgemont he was In such imanciai swans mat tor several years he earned his living as a member of Lciidon fire brigade. He was the caretaker of the Chelsea town halt when the death of a distant cousin gave him the earldom. In 1881 he married Kate, the daughter of Warwick Howell of South Carolina. , CHARLTON CASE GOES OVER Italian Vice Counsel Files Piufm a Hearing la Postponed Until September 20. ; NEW YOBK, Aug. It-A move waa made today In behalf of the IUUan government In the' case of Porter Charlton who con fessed to having murdered his wife at Lake Como. Italy,, and "i being held In Jersey City awaiting jthidltlon proceed Ings.. The hearing set for todajr went over by agreement until .Septejivtoer 0, but the Italian vice consul in' NeW York appeared before Supreme Consult: 'Justice! Blair in Jersey City and filed th dasaler' In Charl ton's case. V?7 ? k "3 ? 47 vnm r I f ni 1 JAMES WHITCOMEt... RILEY JIL Hooaler I'oet Is Sufferta from Paral ysis Which Has HvaeheO, Criti cal Btaae, - t ;f' INDIANAPOLIS, Aug,. HVJaJiea iVhlt comb Rllny, the loosler -dlaiefet poet, Is seriously 111 at his home (n tnltf ctvj Mr. Riley, who is said to be suffering a mild form of paralysis, has not been able v to leave his home for several weeks, but his condition has not been regarded , critical until recently. - . ) . - - DES MOINES CHIEF ACCUSED Oeoree Yeae-er Charred with Non Enforcement of State Lawi. SOCIAL EVIL AND LIQUOR SALES (harces Filed with City Coancll by Antl-Haloon I.eaaue Commis sioner Hoirt Next Target for Workers. (From a Sfaff Correspondent.) DKS MOINES, Aug. 11. (Special Tele gram.) Sensational charges were filed this afternoon with the city council asking for the Immediate removal of George Yeuger, chief of police, because of his failure to enforce the laws of the state. The peti tion was filed by W. C. Barber, superinten dent of the Iowa Antl-8aloon league, 'on behalf of the league and a number of citl sens. . The complaint asserts that houses of ill fame are being operated in the city with the knowledge of the chief of police, and that Intoxicating liquors are sold there and elsewhere with his knowledge. It Is also said gambling houses are permitted and liquor laws are not enforced rigidly. The pkui Is to cause his removal by the city council and unless a change In the policy is made from a wide open to a closed town, than to go Into the courts and ask the removal of Commissioner Bowe, Who Is In charge of this department. Rxpreaa Kate Fight. The Iowa Manufacturers' association Is preparing to Join the merchants association of New York and other bodies In a general movement to compel a reduction of express rates throughout the country. The secre tary of the association. George Wrightman, la engaged in preparing a case to go before the state railroad commission and have this mutter tested. New Intraurban Project. A conference was 'held here today of per sons Interested In a projected line of Inter- urban railway north and south through the state, connecting Marshalltown ajid Albia, and connecting Newton wrth the Des Moines system. Promotion work la to be gin at once. Hoosevelt on Program. Theodore Boosevelt is on the program for the Iowa State Teachers' association meet ing for the evening of Friday, November next. In this city. The subject of his address is not given and he will be asked to choose his own topic As this is the only large gathering of educators he has agreed to address, he will have opportunity for discussing educational problems very fully. Others on the program, Just an nounced today are: P. P. Claxton, Knox- vtlle, Tenn.; W. F. Webster, Minneapolis; O. J. Kern, Rockford, 111.; Ida Bender, Buffalo, and G. W. Conn, Woodstock, 111. Iowa Board Not Supported. - In reply to criticism of the Iowa State Board of Health today, Secretary Sumner of the State Board of Health stated that the chief trouble is that the Iowa Doara has no money with which to do business, ilka boards in other states. The fact is that the Iowa board has been very poorly supported by the state, and it Is doing all the work it can within the appropriation. A report from the paralysis in northern Iowa IS not expected this week, but a commission Is at work on the epidemic, a new ques tion has been raised by the assertion that the eDldenrto 18 something antirely new, or at least ; very different fruin" anything be fore known. . , , Bryan Wtll Come Into Iowa It was learned here today that the demo- e'rata have'a promise from W; J. Bryan that WpU the liquor plank pf,.thelr. state plat form, Ie will come Into jowa ana speaa. ia behalf ofClaiide Porter.; for governor," but will not do so until late in the campaign. Bryan Is a personal admirer of Mr. Farter and came to the state four years ago to HelD 'him when the'eampaigh was In charge of the democrats who had assisted the rail roads 'in: their rump convention at Chi oago to discredit the Roosevelt policies.' Former State Senator Weds. License was Issued today for the marriage of Senator James J. Crossley of Mauison county to Miss Cherry Hyde of this city Ihis Is the . culmination . ot . A legislative romance commencing several years - ago. Shortly after the session of three years ago, senator Crossley resigned and went to Alaska, where he had been appointed an assistant United States attorney. His wife Secured a divorce on the ground of deser tion and he has now returned to wed his former committee clerk. Senator Crossley was the author of the original primary elec tion law. More Rate Salts Are Coming;. t The railroad commission met today for tne purpose of receiving a delegation of business, men .representing the river cities of Iowa, but ' the latter failed to come. Their intent Is to have the commission father a suit before the Interstate Com merce commission on their behalf for revision of the rail rates. The recent suit brought on behalf of Pes Moines shippers affects only the Interior Iowa points. NowJ the shippers oi tne boraer cities aesire similar suit to affect them. They have combined and will have their ' Interests brought In one suit before the commission and expect to have It all heard at one time. IOWA GUARD OFF FOR SPARTA Flftr-Slith , Regiment Leaves Mnson City for Maneuvers. MASON CITT. Ia., Aug. ll.-(Speclal.) At 6 ,0'clock this morning the Fifty-sixth regiment,. Iowa National Guards, consist ing of companies front. Mason City, Ida Grove, Webster City, Carroll, Sheldon, Fort Dodge, Boone, Emmetsburg, - Iowa. City, Charles City and two from. Sioux City Colonel W. T. Chantland commanding, left this city , for Sparta, Wis., where they -will go Into encampment for a week. They expect to arrive there this , forenoon. Company E, . Fifty-third regiment, of Charles City, and Company I, Fifty-fourth regiment, of Iowa City, accompanied the Fifty-sixth regiment. Colonel Chantland made the following ap pointments prior to his departure: Quarter master, S. P. Smith, vice Hamilton. Robert B. Cantlln of Boone takes vacancy caused by promotion of Smith,1 and Weir Jepson of Sioux City was made battalion sergeant major to fill vacancy,. The ap pointments are considered good. '. I v II AM G 9 niJIULF IX CELL Herman Behuman," Arrested on Seri ous Cherere, Commit a Sulrlde. , " STORM LAKE, Ia.. Aug. 11. (Special.) A tragedy, which has ruined two homes, re sulted in one suicide and Involves prom inent people, of this county, was enacted near Spirit Lake and In Fonda yesterday and today. The Infatuation of an old man for his 16-year-old niece, which resulted In . -i,,,. oVr Mn rn,4 miinai ii . ... I... ' lorincr, ... vU.......wcu .u.i..v.c, ... .. ,-... r,t ih mirAv v w-w . J Yesterday William Schuman filed charge ajalnat his brother. Herman Schu - roan, the former oeing ine ratner or the girl. Schuman and the girl disappeared shortly before the complaint was lodged, but they were arrested near Spirit Lake by Deputy Sheriff Cole. The girl was taken home to her father, but Schuman was placed In Jail at Fonda to await a train, and while in his cell lie committed suicide by hanging himself with his belt. Fatal Occidents, at Mason City Man i Dragged 1 Half Mile bv Run away Team Little Girl Im , paled- on Fork Handle. MASON CITT. la!". Aug. ll-(Speclal Telegram.) John Power, a teamster, waa killed In a runaway, accident last night Dumpboards were on his wason and when his team was frightened these Jarred loose, in falling through,' Iris feet caught and he was dragged fully a halt mile. Ills body was dragged fully half a mile. His body was frightfully mangled. , lie lived less than an hour after he was picked up. Eva, -year-oid daughter of Ole Ever- son of v Lake . Mill' In. sliding down from load of hay struck, the handle of a pitchfork that wa. stuck in the ground, it pierced her abdomen eight inches and caused death wjthln a 'fw minutes. BIG REWARD ON SLAYER'S HEAD Nubarrlptlona eut In at Mason City for Thousand Dollar Fund to Get Murderer of Henry Lucas. MASON CITY, " la.,' Aug. 11. (Special Telegram.) Private subscriptions are com ing! in fast for the1 fund of 11,000 to be given to the one apprehending the murderer of Henry Lucas, killed 'here oh the night of July 16. The fund win be raised to at least J1.000. Boy InJnred While Driving;. - LOGAN, la., Aug ll.-(Special.) In diving to the . bottom of the Boyer river near Logan yesterday afternoon, . Everett Card, 16 years of age, Btruck on the bottom of the stream and, after, .coming up -and going down three times, was . taken, out by his companions - nearly . drowned and also paralysed from tie shoulders down. Medi cal attendance was summoned At once and. which he has recovered from the effects of being almost drowned, he is still unable to use his lower limbs... Iowa News Notes. MARSHALLTOWN A telegram received here announces - the marriage at Vega, Tex. Wednesday, of KuRenu B. Blnford of this city and Miss Katherlne Cabot of Hereford. Tex. -Mr. r.lnford is tne only son of Mr. and Mrs... Thaddeus Blnford, prominent In social circles. MARSHALLTOWN J. W. Breen, as signee of the claim of Miles . Kelleher, n former Iowa Central engineer, has brought suit for 125,000 against the Jowa central for Injuries Kelleher received when' the side rod of his engine-..broke and crashed through the cab. Label Problem Before Printers President' of Bookbinders' Union Threatens to Withdraw from Trades Alliance. MINEAPOL1S, Minn., Aug. 11. Selecting the place of meeting for the 19U convention was one of -the important matters to come before the International Typographical union convention today. San Francisco and Salt Lake are the leading contestants. Differences ' of ' opinion soon' developed over the ownershlp.cot . the allied trades label, when that matter was brought be fore the convention and. a threat of with drawal from the allied printing trades al liance was mad byl President docking of the bookbinders urdM-an equal organiza tion represehtatloiioajntthe Jfllnt conference board and an equal' jowqershlp of -the allied trades label - was.' granted, .-by the Inter national Typographical -.union,, ... :. Banks,- Horse v and Mules Raised -..... '- t - County Assessor Shriver Has Receired Instructions . .. from . the State- Board. County Assessor Bhrlver received Instruc tions from tho State Board of Equalization Thursday morning'' td raise assessments on Douglis county' banks to Include the total value of all loans, and to Increase the assessmerts on horses 10 per cent, and on mules 30 per cent. ' This will add to the total value of taxable property In Douglas county ' tne amount of $1,300,404. The , in crease on banks will be $1,201,630, on horses $$5,230, and on mules $13,SS4. Silent Speakers Respond to Toasis Banquet of Worlds' Congress of the Deaf is Held at Colorado Springs. COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 1L Dele gates to the ninth convention of the Na tlonal Association for the Deaf and Blind and the third world's congress for the deaf, who are In session here, spent the day at a plcnlo In South Cheyenne canon A silent banquet was held this evening at a local hotel at which "speakers" of Inter national reputation among the daat re sponded to toasts. WOMAN SHOUTS ASSAILANT (Continued from First Page.) in the area were the only evidences of the shooting. elsrhbors Defend Man. Mrs. Fuller, speaking of the affair, said that she could not credit the story the woman told of the shooting. "Why, Hedy who is a married man with one child. boy of S, has lived here for years. He -urn! his wife live a quiet and Inoffensive life. The don't Dhntdle with anyone." This seesAed to be the prevailing sentl ment of the people living in the two houses. Hedy's wife also works. She Is a waitress on North Fifteenth street. Hedy refused to tell who shot him. The wife was later on told of the occur rence by the neighbors and went to the hospital. . Mrs. Fuller stated that the Motta had only been living In the rooms four days. New Hlah School for Aberdeen .nocnL.cc., n- v., Aug. . lopeciai.j Tno Aberdeen school board has let the con tract for plans for the new 3126.000 hlah school hullillnr t.i ih firm i.f Pitinn - ---------- " . " " - i miner, a. ciuiccis. oi unicsKO. i ne areni- - I tect. are to have general cn.rge of . the ! work, subletting the contracts for the d:f- fore at clauses of work connected with the construction of the building. t'hlcavo Woman Hurt at Slaaltou. COLORADO apRINOH, Colo.. Aug.' 11. Mrs. John Moot of Chicago wss thrown fioni a liorue and aertoualy injured at Manltou IdJ-l nlnht. when the horse took fright at a parsing automobile. Mra. Muore fell on the afreet car tracka. She waa un conscious for aaveral hours. Three of her ribs were bruk1 IJiSDRANCtlNSOUlllDAROTA Nearly Million Dollars Collected from Policy Holders Last Tear, FIRE PREMIUMS LARGEST ITEM Million and Three-quarters Paid for Proteetloa Aaalnat Flrea Amount IngT to Seven Hundred - Thousand. PIERRE, S. V., Aug. U.-(Speclal.)-The figures of the preliminary report of the commissioner of Insurance for the business of the different companies doing business in the state in 1909 shows tnat the people of the state paid out for all classes of In surance, that year S4,S49.9ti5.47. This cost was distributed among the different classes of companies In the following amounts: Old line life. fl,4t.F4.2 Assessment and fraternal life.... M3.031.U Fire Insuranoe 1.7M.67 8 48 Miscellaneous 613,782.61 According to the annual statements filed with the department their cost of securing and conducting this business for the year was $1,377,116.31, . of which the largest amount was spent by the oid line life com panies. The amount distributed by the companies of various kinds were: Old line life S679.68fi.33 Assessment and fraternal life 7.44 57 Fire Insurance (19,076.10 Miscellaneous 102,750.31 Payment of Losses, While the old line life companies paid out the greatest Smount in expenses for the year, they did not keep up with the other companies In the amount tney paid In losses, the total amount paid out for this Item by all the companies reaching 1,696, 363.90. This was distributed among the dif ferent companies as follows: Old line life ....$230,921.70 Assessment and fraternal life.,. 2l,4h8.M Fire insurance , 679,9S7.12 Miscellaneous , 53,967.20 Total receipts and expenditures were: Total received by companies $4,849,956.47 Total paid, exp. and losses 3,064,281.21 Balance , $1,785,675.26 The factor of dividends returned to the policyholders by old line life companies Is an Item which It Is not possible to secure from the reports which are filed with the department, and while this is an item of considerable importance In life Insurance business, It cannot be given. The annual report of the state fire, mar shal, which is In the hands or the printer, will show the following detajls of fires and losses sustained In the state for the year. There were 600 fires reported, with damages as follows: Total damage to buildings... $333,849.17 total carnage to contents..... iii.H'AM Total loss $707,991.71 About four-fifths of this loss was returned to the owners of the property through pay ments by the fire companies which were carrying risks on the property. Causes of Flrea. The principal number of fires, as shown by the report, were from a few causes. The largest single number from, any one cause was 49, which were charged to sparks from locomotives, with a loss aggregating $02,060.15. The other causes given for the heaviest losses were: Children with matches 42 Prairie fires u Uas and gasoline , ;,., 34 Kerosene ; 10 Only seven fires were reported for the year as distinctly Incendiary, as against eighteen for the previous year. Iri the seven Incendiary fires proceedings In criminal court w.ers brought, and in eaoh prosecu tion a' conviction was secured, .resulting fn inree en wuws iu me penitentiary ana one to the reform ftahool. The ' report con- tarns many valuable suggestions In regard to fires which if followed by the public would largely deorease the annual fire waste of the state. OLDEST HOMESTEADER .'IN SOUlH DAKOTA Dad" rUi-harde Proves l bu Claim ; , at Meade County at Age of , - ' Seventy-Eight. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug, 'TL-CSpeclal.) Without doubt- the oldest homesteader in South. Dakota and adjoining states Is "Dad' Kichards, who la spending a . brief vacation with his son, W. J. Richards, at White Lake. ' He is nearly 78 years of age and reoently proved up on a homestead 1n the White Owl country, In Meade county, after resid ing on the land continuously for a period of more than two years. The farm to which ne thus secured title ' is worthly nearly $2,600, which proves that claim life also. Is profitable to him. So far as known no -other man of. his years has had the grit to endure the hard ships, of claim life alone as he has done while perfecting title to his land. Since returning to eastern South Dakota he has stated that he found some pleasure In claim life, notwithstanding the inconveniences and discomfort'' which he frequently ex perienced. The old man also has announced that he Is too old to do much else than "hold down" a claim and that he is planning on going to Montana In the near future, where he can. make entry on an additional 160 acres and secure title to It from the gov ernment after residing upon It for. the period required by law. ,. ' Meets Horrible Death. COLOMB, S. D Aug. 1. (Speclal.) kJrneet ' Droegmiller of Wagner, S. D., a member uf the pldw gang of J. i. Donovan, met Instant death In a frightful manner iaat Tuesday near Colome, when he acci dentally tell from the rear of the engine oeneath the heavy breaking plows behind, twelve plows and the front wheel of a neavy gas tank passed over him; crush ing out his life and badly mangling his uody. An examination of the victim's ef iccts revealed only his name and address, tie as about 27 years of age and had, so ne had told the other members of the crews, no. relatives living. HYMENEAL Stout-Austin. UTICA, Neb., Aug. 1L (Special.) Prof. H. G. Stout and Miss Cora E. Austin were married at 11 a. m. today at the home of William F. Purlnton near Vtlca. Dr. Wil liam E. Schell, president of York college, officiated. Some forty guests witnessed the ceremony. The contracting parties afe graduates of York college and members of the Nebraska corps of teachers. They left for Omaha on the afternoon train. They will real do at Sumner, where Mr. Stout Is principal of the publio schools. x Heniplnw-DuuKherty. Mrs. Carrie Daugherty and Mr. Harry Hemplng of Florence were married Wednes- ,'dy evening t 7 o clock at the People s ,v...h R1& North ElKhteenth street. Kev. i""w" ... . . Ch.rles W Bavldg. of tlng. They were accompanied by Mra. Ida M. Lltten and Mrs. J.- P. Brown or Florence and Muss S. Btrnlce Baughart of Maquokuo. I a. Mrtke and I.ot-koal In Brcwi, BREMEN. A"S. U.-Tho strike and counter lockout In the shipbuilding industry Is spreading. Tb Vulsan and other yards locktd out 6,000 men to.'aj. The Weher Khliitiuildlna worka has clxmlsaed (0 per cent of its employes and 1.000 olhors have 1 given legal noUoe of their intention to quitL work. Orders Issued for Oflicers of Regular Army Changes Are Effective for Officers in Many of the Reg-i-. meats. . (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (Special Tele gram.) First Lieutenant Arthur Folllon, Fourteenth cavalry, will report to Briga dier General Tasker II. Kllss for duty as aide-de-camp on his staff. The following named officers are detailed to enter the next class at the mounted servelce school. Fort Riley: first Lieutenants CasDer W. Cola. Ninth cavalry; Ben Lear, Jr., Fifteenth cavalry; rrsna tveuer, first cavalry; William 8. Martin, Fourth ravatrv: Hexman Butler. Hlxth cavalry; Walter 8. Stsrglll. Second field artillery; Albert L. Hall. Third field artillery; George H. Paine, Fifth field ar tillery; Leroy P. Collins. Fourth field artillery; Waldo C. Potter, First field armicry; Herbert I- Mann. Twelfth cav alry. Second Lieutenants Thomas F. Van Natta. Jr., Mlghth cavalry; Ephrlam F. Umham, Tenth cavalry; Louis A. O'Don nell. Tenth cavalry: Hayden W. Wstrner. Third cavalry; Clark P. Chandler, Eleventh cavalry. The following assignments to regiments of officers are only promoted officers: Cavalry, Captain Porsry Cullen and First Lieutenant Walter II. Rodney, Third cav alry; Captain Harris Pendleton, Jr., Twen ty-fourth Infantry; First Lieutenant Wil liam F, Robinson, Jr., Eighteenth Infantry. Major Gordon G. Helner, coast artillery corps, acting Inspector general. Is relieved from duty In the office of the Inspector general and will proceed to Governor's Island, New York, and report to the com manding general. Department of the East, for duty as assistant to- the Inspector gen eral of that department. Leaves of ' Absence First Lieutenant Richard N. Campbell, coast artillery corps, four months;-Captain Michael J. Lenlhan, general staff, four months. New Carriers. . Clifford R. Smith has been rural carrier at Humboldt, Ia. Gustav Linnewah has been .appointed appointed postmaster at Calumet, O'Brien Iowa, vice T. Rehder, resigned. county, Man Drowned tn Spirit Lake, M'ARSHALLTOWN. Ia., Aug, ll.-8pe-cial.) Otto Rubee, eldest son of Fred M. Rubee of this city, was drowned In Spirit lake yesterday, according to a telegram which reached the parents here. Rubee, whose home Is in Sioux City, where he had charge of Graceland cemetery, was upset out of a sailboat when It upset in a squall. The funeral will be held In Geneva. The Weather For Nebraska-Unsettled. For Iowa Generally fair. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hours. 5 a. m 6 a. m 7 a. m 8 a. m - 9 a, m 10 a. m 11 a. m 12 ni 1 p. m 2 p. m I p. I" 4 p. m 6 p. m 6 p. m 7 p. m Dear ... n ... 70 ... 9 ... 72 ... 76 ... 79 ... 80 ... 81 ... 84 ... 85 ... 8 ... 86 ... S6 ... 84 ... 80 Loral Record. f T7-C-T t:. r- 17. Tirf WlPiTUPO nTTirATT tlMAHA, Aug. 1L Official record of tem perature And precipitation compared wiui the. corresponding period of the last three years: ,1910. 1309. 1908. im. Maximum temperature..;. .86 96 74 84 Minimum 'temperature....' 68 75 66 64 Hiitiiiu u isa win yvi as. vvaa w v w Mean temperature 78 85 70 Precipitation ....00 .00 .08 74 T Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and compared with the last two yearst Normal temperature 76 Excess for the day....,,, , 2 Total excess since March 1 651 Normal precipitation 12 Inch Deficiency for the day 12 inch Total rainfall since March 1..'.. 6.28 Inches Deficiency since March 1 14.38 Inches Deficiency for cor.perlod,190.... 1.06 Inches Kxcd8s for cor, perlod,lDuS 04 Inch Reports front Stations at T P. M. . Station and State Temp. Max, Rain of Weather. '7 p. m. Temp. tall. T Indicates trace of precipitation. Cheyenne, cloudy Davenport, clear............ Denver, clear 28 86 .00 82 88 .00 1-2 83 .00 82 1 86 .00 82 86 .00 80 88 . 00 82 88 .00 83 86 .00 82 86 .00 84 88 .00 64 84 .18 68 78 . 88 92 . 00 84 88 . 00 82 88 .00 Des Moines, clear Dodge City, clear Lander, cloudy... North Flatte, cloudy Omaha, clear................ pueblo, cloudy.:........;.... Rapid City, part cloudy... alt Lake City, cloudy..... Santa Fe, cloudy,,,...,.... Sheridan, cloudy Hioux ICty, clear Valentine, part cloudy..... L. .A- WpLSH, Local Forecast. MOUNTAINS During Change of Life, says Mrs. Chas. Barclay Granltevf He, Vt "I was passing through the Change of life and suffered from nervousness andother annoying symptoms, and I can truly say that LydlaE.Plnkliarn'g Vegetable Com pound has proved worth mountains of gold to me, as It restored my health nnrl at.rpnirt.h. T jijjl never forget to tell my friends what LydIaE.Pinkham'i Vegetable Compound has done for ma during this trying period. 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KOUI1 XBTSEFZV9ZVT CXBOUIT Vreaents ALL STAR VAUDEVILLE eats en Bale Monday, Mali Orders Mow. Aug. 22. Prippq' Matinee 15c, BSe and Me. -1UW"' Evening 160, BSe, fiOo aad TSo. Both Vltoaes Douglas 1041 1 lad, A.1M1., BASE BALL. Omahev. vs. Topektx Vinton Street Park August 11-12-13-14 Friday, August 12, Ladies' Day. ' GAMES CALLED AT 8:48. Special car teaves ICth and Faroam . at 3:30. .. Krug Theater KIOBTI ISO, SUo, 80s MATUrJBBi loo ana sse Tonight. Si30. Matinee Bataroay, SiM LA BELLE MARIE : rHDAT JIM TH1 WXSTBaUTU UOATLESt m avrooeei Clyde BlUettl starry "rii Marias VAUDE rictuieai Big siil O w a n Illustrated VILLE Songs Haw vtetarei San. and Tom. av Come any time vauaevius nan, 1 1 aad Sfeurs. . t; ; -it ' Aug. SS aad week The aeaatj Vraaf. J fAJ j (hi I 1 t s X i 'i i 4 ! i A