The Omaha
Daily Bee.
THE BEE 13 DELIVERED
to more Omaha hornet than
all other papen combined.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nehraaka Fair.
For Iowa Fair.
VOI XLI-NO. 4.
OMAHA,' THURSDAY
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TAFT DENOUNCES
FRAUDS IN DIMS
Arraigns Certain JUattfctttrt'(.'.t.
Special Menage to Congr.
(or Dangrerous Dtceit
WASTS STATUTE STRENGTHENED
Would Amend Measure to Aroid Flood
of Injurious Nostrums.
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WEAKNESSES IN LAW INDICATED
Recent Decisions of Supreme Court
int Out Defects.
SATS ENFORCEMENT IS VIGOROUS
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, WABHTNOTON. Jun a. In a mtinfi
prtptnd'ln Ntw Tork and transmitted
through, the Whit Houm today to con
gress President Tail arraigned tb manu
facturer of what ha denounced 'dangerous
drug fraud,' and urged congress to amend
at this cession tha pur food and drug; law
to strengthen that act In vital polnta of
weakness recently pointed out by decision
of tha United Btataa supreme court 1
Praaldent ' Tart believes that unleea the
law la amended forthwith the country will
' aaals be flooded by "Injurious nostrums"
and "curt alls." which were common be
fore tha pur food law first was enacted.
Tha president's message In part follows.
' "To tha fianate and House of Representa
tives: Your attention I respectfully called
to tha necessity of passing at thti session
aa amendment to tha food and drum act
cf J una SO, Itn, which will supplement ex-
tallng law and prevent the ahlpment In
(v I Interstate and foreign oomraero and tha
manufacture and sals Within tha tarrltorlr
, and toe District of Columbia of worthies
nostrums labeled with . misstatements of
faot as to their physiological action mis-
tatontont) also and misleading even In
the knowledge of tboa who mak them.:
"On June SO, . MO, after aa agitation of
twenty year, ' tha food and drugs act
paused hy the fifty-ninth eongros received
. tha approval of tb president and became
law. ' ,''..:
"The law haa barn Vigorously enforced.
More than 1.000 oases have been prepared
for .criminal prcwcutloe. against tha ahlp
pore, of .'adulterated oc mlsbraaded fo xli
and (rug. . and eelsures bava been made
of mora than TO shipments of tuch article.
Mora than two-thirds of these cues have
bean begun since' March 4. 1SW. Of the
criminal - case mora than SOO have tertnl
natod favorably to the government. In
every 'esse to whloh 'the food seised was
deleterious to health It was destroyed.
Defect tav Law,
'The supreme oourt has held In a recent
decision (United Btataa against O. A. John
on, optolen May Sa, UW,) that tha food and
drug act doe not covsr the knowing falsa
taaellnirof abthus eawntrr wtf ot
of physlologtoar action, and that inquiry
,4... unasr thla salutory statute doea not by ita
terms extend la any case to tba lnertl-
oleaoy of medicine . to work tha. cures
olsJrnod for them on the labels. It follows
thai - without tar . of punishment under
tha law, Unscrupulous persons, knowing the
niedtdnea to have no curative or remedial
value for the diseases for which they Indi
cate them, may ship In Interstate com
merce redloln composed of substances
puses aslng any slight physiological action
and labeled aa cures for diseases which. In
tha present stats of aolsaoa, are recognised
aa Incurable."
' Mtssn to General Health.
"An evil which menaces . the general
health of the people, strikes .at the Ufa of
. the nation.
"TV ere are none so credulous as uf
ferere from disease. Tha need la Urgent
for legislation which will prevent the rais
ing cf In Is hopes of speedy cure of serious
ailments uy miasiaicinenia ox le-uie u to
worthies mixture In, which the alck wUl
1 rely, while their diseases progress un-
X checked.
"At tha time the food and drug act was
passed, thsre were current In commerce
literally thousands of dangerous frauds
labeled as cures for epilepsy, aura "cure
for esnsunip to J and all lung d aaasea, cures
for ail kidney, liver and malarial troubles,
ouraa for diabetes, cures for tumor and
cancer, ourea tor all form of heart disease
In Mot, cures for all the 111 known at the
present day.'
.ov-" "The labels of many of these so-calleC
I ouris Indicated their uss for dlstases of
1 orOJdrsn. They were not only, utterly uso
' lea la the treatment of the dlaesss, but
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L, A- W LLSH. Local
Initiative Would
Invite Chaos and
Turmoil Without End
Secretary Xagel Makes Abort State
ment in Addreii at Brown Uni-
Yersity. Commencement.
. VlDENCK. R. 1.. June 21.-Charlee
"secretary of commerce and labor,
ty today made the recipient of tha honor
ary degree of doctor of laws from Brown
university.
There can be no time for promising
than this to have every man understand
your government and to take his place
somewhere In the column, be it In the
ranks or at the head," said Secretary
Nsgel In his address. In which he discussed
the proposed Arlsona constitution and
spoke of ths bill for popular election of
United States senators.
"Tha Initiative sounds plausible," said
Secretary Nagel. "The tasis of the sug
gestions Is that legislative bodies do not
respond to tha actual demands of the peo
ple. I think It rosy be said with perfect
safety that If there la a weakness In repre
sentative bodies today it la their too ready
response to superficial , popular demand.
The flood of suggestions for legislation
constitute nothing mora or leas than tha
effort to please apasmodlc popular feeling."
Secretary Nagel said the referendum had
been applied In some measure at all times.
Whenever fundamental principles are In
volved, constitutions, bond Issues of conse
quence, charters, or any questions which
go to the heart of a system," he pointed
out, "such questions' have been submitted
to popular vote. But the right in a small
percentage of votera to have submitted to
popular vote any measure adopted by a
representative body would in my Judgment
Invite chaos and turmoil without end.
garded by many as the most promising
"Tha recall," said tha secretary, "Is ro-
suggestlon." lie said that it was closely
related to ths syste mln. vogue where a
majority of officials are elected for terms
so short that If they had any ambition for
continued service they are to all Interests
and purposes subject to recall now.
"My Impression," he said. "Is that the
first effect of the recall, will be to dis
courage competent men, even mora than
now Is tha case, from consenting to serve
tba public." x
Concluding, Secretary Nagel said that the
direct primary applied to tha election of
United States senators had undoubted ad
vantage, chiefly In that It would relieve
tho legislature from the burden and tha
embarrassment of making selection and
would leave It free to devote Itself to the
mora Immediate purposes of atat legisla
tion, always assuming that this function
was still to be left to the legislature.
More Irregularities
m Day Picture Bill
Artist Says He Was Paid on March 22,
1804, and Voucher is Jated Jan
nary 18, 1904. .
. WASHINGTON, Juhe f tWAlbert Rosen
thal, tha painter , who created a sensation
reoenty by testifying before the house
state department ekpendlturea committee
that he received orily (TOO for a portrait of
former Secretary Pay, voucher for which
was for t2.4.'iO, appeared before the commit
tee again today. He said he received bis
money on March 22, 1904. The voucher tor
12,450 waa dated January IS, 1904, and
Thomas Morrison, disbursing clerk, of -the
State department, has testified that he paid
former Chief Clerk Michael tha full amount
on that date. Ira K. Moore of tba company
who furnished a I W frame for the Day
portrait, told the committee that his bill
was not . paid until . soma time In June,
1904.
Mr. Michael, now consul general at Cal
cutta, may be called upon to explain tha
delay In paying the bills and tell what be
knows about tha voucher.
Mr. Rosenthal identified a statement of
explanation attached to . the portrait
voucher, saying that ha had written It for
Mr. Denby, then chief clerk of the State
department. In 1906. when the discrepancy
between the amount authorised by tha
voucher and the amount paid waa discov
ered. He waa sure the. data February 29,
1908, written on the document waa correct.
Three Young Men
of Parkston Drown
Death Comes to Them in Jim River
at'Milltown When They Get
Into Deep Hole.
M1TCHELU 8, D., June C (Special Tel
egram.) Three young men were drowned
lata thla afternoon, tn tba Jim river at
Milltown, In ' Hutchinson county. Their 1
name are Joeeph, Adleman, Henry Zenh-,
fennlng and rrsnk NVa,--who resided at'
Farkstown. They were swimming at ths
dam near the big mlUTMsd getting Into a
hoi fifteen feet deep they were unable to
swim out. The three wnt down aa they
tried to help each other. ,
Their erica brought tha help of the Rus
sian jnen living mar there and the bodies
were recovered .within an hour. The ages
of the young men' were bet seen is and V0
years, and one of them was tn be married
shortly. Their bo(31 were taken to Faks
town this evening.
Zenhfcnnlng was fmyloyed by the fuller
ton Lumber company.
LONG HAUL CASE ARGUED
Railroads Heek tm Alien that Higher
' t'harae for Shorter llaal Is
All Itlrht.
CHICAGO, June II. Attorneys for westr
ern railroads today hrguetl before Henry
Thurl:i. !eclaJ rxumlner lor the Inter
atste CommerfO' commlrnlrin to show why
they hould pot' I).- allowed tu maintain
their present dtKcreiicea In freight rata
for ling and sliwrt h"l, ntirreln the long
hauls are cheaper. Ihe. rtitts Involved are
on fcialn. coal, lumber and live stock.
The railroads dh-rctly, r-ncrrncd are the
Chicago & Northwtrrr..ihr t.'liK'sgo. Bur
lington ft Wulncy, the t,1ilrsgo. M'lwauke
a ?t. Paul, the "hliano Hock Island
pacific, th Minneapolis A St Louis and
ths loan Central.
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DECISION AGAINST
l'OWMll TRUST
Government Wins Its Suit to Dissolte
Big- Combination Dealing in
Explosives. .'
OPINION BY JUDGE LANSING
Finding1 Handed Down at Wiltninf
ton, Del., lite in Afternoon.
COMBINATION MUST DISSOLVE
Twenty-Eight of Forty-Three Defend
ants Found Guilty.
OTHER FIFTEEN ARE INNOCENT
Part of Defendant . orporatloas Ar
Not Party to Combination In Re
straint of Trade Salt Filed
Poor Wears Afro.
WILMINGTON. Pel.. June 21 -The fed
ersl government won Its suit to dissolve
the alleged powder trust In a decision
handed down, here late this afternoon by
Judge Lannln In the United States cir
cuit court for the district of Delaware.
The suit was Instituted In 1907 under the
Sherman anti-trust act against forty-three
corporate and individual defendants. The
court dismissed the petition aa to fifteen
defendants and held thnt the other twenty
elKht were Ip a cemblnstlon to restrain
Interstate commerce and that the combina
tion be dissolved. , .
H4V15MKVBR DKKEND9 THIST9
"Reasonable Combinations." ' -
WASHINGTON, June 8t-Elaboratlng
his defense on trusts and the combinations
of sugar companies. - Horace ' Havemeyer,
son of ths late H. O. Havemeyer. organ
iser of tha so-called "sugar trust" ' today
continued his testimony before the house
sugar committee.
Tha witness limited his approval, how
ever, to "reasonable combinations." Ha
declared that combinations were reason
able when they took In small companies
that wore liable to go Into . bankruptcy.
He classed the National Sugar Refining
company In which ha la seeking In the
courts to eetabllsh his control as "reason
able."
Mr. ' Havemeyer expressed a belief that
tha consumer of sugar had benefited by
tha creation of tha combinations because
the producing cost had been reduced.
Tha price of sugar Is governed by the
law of supply and demand," . declared Mr.
Havemeyer.
England ' I the cheapest place In tha
world In Which sugar may be purchased,
tha witness said.
"Why Is that; because of free trade?"
inquired Representative Fordney.
"Wall, I don't knowI haven't made a
study . of that," remarked the young
millionaire.'
Representative -Malby ' went through the
list of refining eempanlee taken Into the
'Tfrrt trust" -In JSST and asked. Mr. Have
moyer to estimate- tha value- of the -original
plants. The witness smilingly replied
that at the time of the merger ha waa
one year, old and liad no personal knowl
edge of the values; neither waa he able
to form accurate estimation from Informa
tion lately acquired. -
Mr. Havemeyer repeated that he con
sidered reasonable combinations a good
thing.
"I think the Interstate Commerce com
mission exercises . a very fatherly care
over the railroads," he said. "Other big
corporations might be regulated In some
similar way." ,
Charles B. Warren of Detroit, president
and general 'counsel of the Michigan
Sugar Refining compan) of Saginaw,
Mich., waa the next witness.
Mr. Warren told the committee that the
M'chlgan Bugar Refining company, a beet
augar Industry, opersted six sugar factories
Bay City, Peninsula, Alma, Saginaw
Valley, Bebewang and Sanilac refineries.
Tha stockholders of each refinery, he
said,, had turned their stock over to rep
resentatives of a -committee of business
wen, who effected the organisation of the
new company. In August, 1906, he added,
the firm waa capitalised at 162,690. In
October of the same year, the articles of
Incorporation were amended and tha com
pany authorised to Issue 18,080,908 In pre
ferred ' - stock and 17,600,600 In common
stock. Of this about IH.OOv.OOv had been
issued.
Negotiations conducted by Henry O.
Havemeyer and tha American Sugar Re
flnlnc company to acquire the Mich
igan companies were described In detail.
' In 1908 , the ' holdings for Havemeyer
amounted to 271.840 shares.
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Chartte Tall. Seated Mia Charles Anderson (Mrs. Taft' a Sister). Mr. Taft, Th president. A an I Delia Torry. Mr. Henry
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TAFT at yale Commencement
President Makes Short Address at
Graduating Exercises.
OIL AND 1 TOBACCO DECISIONS
Bxeeatlve Says They Lay Down Line
of Distinction, 'J Nit Dlfflcalt
Kollowi
NEW HAVEN, June 21. The ZIOth com
mencement was. held at ' Yale university
today when diplomas were . awarded to
SOT men who had completed courses. Presi
dent William H. Taft Joined the member.
of the corporation, of which he Is 'fel
low. . Among honorary degrees conferred
were:
Master of Arts Walter McCllntock,
known for hlu lectures on the Blackfoot
Indians, into -which tribe he haa been
adopted; Miss Mabel Boardman, of the Na
tional Red Cross society.
Doctor of Letters John Mulr, naturalist
of Cliifornla.
Doctor of Laws Joseph Rucker Lamar,
associate Justice of the' supreme court of
the United States; George Edgar Vincent,
Yale, '86, president of the Minnesota uni
versity. The alumni dinner was held in the me
morial hall. President Hadley presided, at
hla right hand, Praaldent Taft .
The speakera were President Taft,
Charles P. Howland, '81, former President
Timothy JJwIght, of the university;' Presi
dent .Vincent of the University of Minne
sota and Justice Lamar. . .
President Taft declared that tha decision
of the United Statea supreme court In tba
Standard OH and American Tobacco cases
have pointed a clear road over which tha
honest business' man can travel In safety.
It was the first public reference the praal
dent haa made to these decisions. ,
"I believe these decisions,'" said the
president, "have done and will continue to
do great good to all the business of th
country and that they have laid down
line of distinction that It 1 not difficult
for honest business men to follow."
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"'lilt ' I ' - ' ' i iirl
Handcuff Queen
Had Bunch of Keys
Concealed in Hands
Break of Tank, on Stage Discomfits
Woman of Mystery and Nearly -'
,', Drowns Orchestra. ; :
-yyUv " ii Hrf-if
BAN MAtEO;'Cal.,-run n-"-TwY thous
and gallons of water, released" b? a break
In a tank on the stage of a local theater
last nlKht nearly drowned the memUers
of tba orchestra and discomfited a hand
cuffed queen who had been mystifying
audlencea by the apparently easy manner
In which she freed herself from steel
shackles. .
An she waa making her customary pose
before entering the tank In which she was
to release herself, there. waa a crash and
the glass front gave way. The handcuff
queen was- swept " toff -her feet by the
deluge and Just before she fainted ' aha
flung her manacled hahda In. the air and
from them hurled Into th audience ths
bunch of key. V .
Governor Miller
; ' ; Given Promotion
Head of Battle Mountain Sanitarium
' fs Made Inspector General of -"Soldiers'
Home. . ., . .
, HOT SPRINGS, S. D.. June 21. (Special
Telegram.) Governor Miller of the .Battle
Mountain sanitarium today received order
relieving him from oommand of that Insti
tution, , tha order to take effect on August
1. Governor Miller, who has been in com
mand of, the sanitarium for the last two
years and five months, has been appointed
Inspector general and chief surgeon of all
the national homes and sanitariums. He
wtU.be succeeded at the Battle Mountain
sanitarium by Captain J. A. Mattlaon, first
assistant surgeon ef th Mount Branch
, sanitarium.
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I ROOT TALKS OH RECIPROCITY
New York Senator Says Bill is in
Interest of All Classes.
TARIFF ON FOOD NOT NEEDED
Speaker Bays There Haa Been Decided
' Btevnlsloa or Feeling;. Ani -
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WAiSHINGTON, June 21. Senator Root
of New York, formally opened the Cana
dian reciprocity debate in the senate today.
He announced that he favored the agree
ment and defended President Taffs course
tn negotiating it. declaring that In no way
had ha exceeded his authority. Mr. Root
also spoke In favor of his amendment to
the wood pulp and paper provision of the
bill, to which President Taft Is opposed on
the ground that It might Jeopardise the
entire agreement.
He insisted that the president had fol
lowed the practice ordinarily followed by
the diplomatic and executive officers of
the government In giving assurance to
other governments' that certain tnings
would or would not be done.
"This Is tn no sense a treaty. It Is one
of those Informal temporary errangements
made between executives of two govern
ments for the effective conduct of negotla
tlons in regard to internal affairs.
1 think the farmers of the country are
unduly apprehensive. I believe this re
ciprocity agreement will be for the best
and permanent Interest of our country."
The Senator made a direct reply to repub
lean senators who had Intimated that the
passage of the measure would be followed
by reprisals that might result In the pulling
down of the protective tariff system.
"When those men and their cons;itutenta
view the subject later, calmly, in the Inter
est of tha whole country," said Mr. Root,
"they will forget their revenges and vote
In accordance with their principle."
C'hanae In Sentiment.
Senator Root aald no one could be blind
to the change of sentiment In the country
upon th tariff question.
"There la not the least possibility, unless
there Is another revolution, of sentiment,"
said Senator Root, "that the people will
ever permit their cost of living to be In
creased by duties on their ordinary food
stuffs when- tho consumption equal th
limit of their ordinary production In this
country.''
Senator Bailey asked why the tariff
should bs retsined on clothing If removed
from food products.
Senator Iloat anrwered that food was the
greater, necessity.'.
' "But clothing Is as essential as' food
persisted Mr. Bailey. "If we go without
food we starve; If we go without clothing
wa freeze."
"JNot, now, interjected Mr. Root, mop
ping hla brow, amid laughter.
w en, - insisted Mr. Bailey, "If w go
without clothing now we are arrested snd
sent o jail. There Is no law compelling
anyone to eat, but there If a law compel
ling him to go clothed.
Senator Root said the protection on in
dustry and manufacturing had been at ths
base of the protective system. '
YORK ; GETS A POSTAL BANK
Nebraska Towaj mo( Fifty Now
Depositories Named by Post
. maater General Hitchcock.
WASHINGTON, June 21,-Poatmaster
Genera Hitchcock today named fifty pos
tal savings depositories, making the num
ber to date SOU. Among the newly desig
nated offices which will reeefve deposit
July ii are: Iowa Kalis. Storm Lake, la.
York, Neb.) Webster, 8. D. -
Klliu Parade In lions City.
SIOT'X CITT, la.. June tl. A parade In
which :C4 Elk marched waa th big fea
ture cf today at tha state convention of
Iowa Eika. This afternoon a momter Bo
hemian lunch will be rsrved at North Rlv
crtltis. Georg Reddlck of lew City and
Bart Kslts of Iowa City ar In th race
for slat president.
CORN CROP SURE
TO BE AJJUMPER
Railroad Reports Show ths Best Pros
pect in Many Tears in
Nebraska. .
IS FREE FROM WEEDS
Hot Weather of Recent Date Just the
Thing- for It.
WINTER WHEAT DOING WELL
Eighty-Fire Per Cent Crop on Four
Million Acres.
BAD IN SOME SECTIONS
Potatoes la Some Parts of the Stat
Drying; Pastarea Are Also ' la
.Need of More Rain to
Save 'Them,
Raised In spirit by the heavy rains of
last week, the Nehraska farmer today la
talking big crop and th biggest harvests
In history. Corn cam through without
a scratch and the, damage to winter wheat
and spring gralna wilt be variable.
Burlington and . Northwestern crop re
ports for the st st for the" last week
ehow a good growth In th big lono.ono
acre crop of winter wheat and Indicate
that In a week or ten days the farmera
will begin harveatlng. ' An RB per cent crop
Is expected in the' eastern part of the
state within a radius of sixty mile of
Omaha and from TO to, 76 per cent for W0
mllea west of her.
Oats, barley, rye and other spring grain
are reported wiped out. On farms west of
Lincoln, Ravenna and Grand Island. Bmall
crops will be harvested In th castsrn
part of the state. , v. ;
Potatoes have been much damaged and
crops will be light at th most. Pasture
and meadows are very dry and In need of
rain In spit of last week's precipitation.
rTun seems to os the only crop Deainea
corn that cam through nicely. ' (Strawber
ries wore cut short and other email fruit
will not ba aa large a might have been
expectod but ' cherries wvra more than
plentiful and th appl and peach prospect
is good . .
Range grass on ths Chertdan, Alllano
and Sterling divisions of ths Burlington la
dry and will need rain soon.
But damage to other crops la far out
weighed by the good done th corn. Tho
abnormally high temperature ' encouraged
a growth far In advance of the uaual stse
at this time of. year and tha dry weather
haa allowed th farmer to keep It very
clean of weeds and graaa. Cultivation this
year 1 really no problem and with ad
ditional rain In the coming week tha corn
ought to be the finest crop In th country.
WHEAT HARVEST ' VNDBR WAY
Dry,
Hot Weather Brings It
Two
Week Ahead of Tlaae. .
CLAY CENTER, ' Nab., Jun 1. Spe
cial). Th harvesting of what In- tht ,
county Is now In full blast.. Th harvest
li -aOeai wt -ri 'fcarllrT'- Ulan- wvwr J
krtw' before tiwlnf to tha dry weather ;
which' hmfpfeVallftd" ln.v this iPuttnty stnc .
spring. Wheat Is ' reported 1 to b fairly
well filled, and It I estimated , that It
will average from twelve to fifteen bua4
per - acre. Tho oats crop 1 an entire
failure. A rain would not help It. Th
corn Is looking fine, and will be able to
stand this weather for at least two weeks.
The pastures are dried up.
GENEVA, June 21. Dry weather con.
tinues. There has been no rain for two
weeks. No crops seem to be suffering
severely . except potatoes.
EDITORIAL CLUB IN
SAN FRANCISCO HELD. UP
Theneana . Dollara Taken from Flva
Men Play la Card Early Weaaee
dar Moraine;.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 2l.-At th comV
mand "hand up" five men playing card
at the so-called Editorial club early this
morning looked up to find themselves cov
ered by revolver In the hand of two
masked men who stood In tha doorway.
'Cut out tha comedy," .aald one of the
players as ha pressed his cards tight
against, his shirt front,' "this Is aerlous."
'You bet It aerlous," replied one of th
masked men. 'Put up your hands or we'll
blow your heada off." ' '.
F. C. Brlggs, on of th players, was slow
to comply and he waa stunned and ort
ously hurt, by a blow on tha bead . from
the butt of a revolver. Th robber then
relieved their victims of money and valu
ables totaling mora than S1.000, locked tba
card players Into two cloaeta, cut tba tele
phone wire and escaped.
WOMAN COMMTS SUICIDE
Mrs. Rose Braekwaa of Letcher, S.
Dies from Poison Takes gov
oral Day A go.
D.,
MITCHELL, S. t . Jun tl (Special).
Mr. Rose Bruckman of Letchsr died thla
morning aa the result of aa attempt at
ulctde, which occurred few day ago.
She haa been conducting a millinery es
tablishment at Letcher, and shs got Into
financial trouble. Mr. . ilruckman gava
her little daughter a doss of poison first
to put her out of the way. and she then
took tha poison herself and then shot
herself through the stomauh.' Men paaa
Ing by ths house nnd not seeing the wo
man around attempted to go In when they
were met at th door by the little girl
who had partly recovered from the poison,
and told of the attempted suicide. Efforts
to restore tha woman were fruitless and
she died this morning. Ths body will be
taken buck to Wisconsin for Interment.
Base Ball Tickets.
Bound trip tickets to Lake '
Mnnawa.
Quart bricks of Dalzell's
ice creum. ' ' - -
Boxes of O'Brien's Candy,
All given sway fre to thoao w feu
find thlr name in tba want ads
Road tha want ads every day,
your nam will appear sometime
way be more tbaa once.
No puttie to solve nor subscrip
tions to get Just 'read tb want
ada.
Turn to the want ad pa sea-no.
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