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V V THE OMAHA SUNDAY . BEE: JTLY 23. 1011. La 1 , AI FAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA !y Elected Principal of Hi;h School Looks Ground Oyer. CUMXIGS PLEASED AT OUTLOOK fleer-ill rvfltfon r'm tunrrm ' r' Mrnbrn ef flty . (irinraKiiU Kail trf lilrntMil Slate l-avt. i Vrtrt Ynk K Ctimmlnr. newly rlfrtri k principal of the Pouth Omaha Hleti school, rl arrlv-d In th c'tv lata Thursday night. .' rnimy he paid a visit to the members of tha school board and spent mmt of the if day In company with "urTlntendr.t N. M. r Oraham of the city school. Bi- Mr. Cummin announced that be was 'rwe.ll pleased with the educational outlook . for tha ensuing arhool year. Ha wilt await -iitf arrival of Mr Cummtngs and take rn char a of his new position tha first of i Aaa-ust. ' Before coming- to Smith Omaha Prof. Cummins-, had the pleasure of refusing the superintendent)' of two school depart- raenta In favor of the r-rinrtpal'htp of th local schools: One of the positions u la Wisconsin, where his friends wera partic ularly anxloua -to have him. and another la VFOrythe, Mont. f Cummlnri was very much 1m- I preened with the reception accorded hhn - br tha school board and the superintendent Ha declared that ha was well pleased with -! tha school situation here, but refused to "' dlecusa tha plan or policy that ha will follow. 'i Tha new principal coroes freh from the halls of Qhlcago university, whera ha won at his degree of A. B. and A. M. He has moreover completed two years of the three fj required by the university authorities as a preparation of his doctoe' dgree. He tx (ecu at'snme future time to return to the university for the completion of his tr-chnl- tcal work after which he will write his j thesis and apply for the degree of doctor i- uf philosophy Frnf. Cummln"t was born at the foot "w.of the White mountains In the state of -ft-New Haruprhlre thirty-three years ago. J Pine the age of ten he has made his own wjr In the world. ' Dlacwsa Recall Petition. Following the announcement that the re- . call petition was already In circulation, l! considerable, discussion of the matter oc- Fcurrea Friday. " J 'In the vicinity of the city hall no effort matter. Mayor Trainor. who had expressed 'himself early ln-he forenoon a indifferent to Uia, whole subject, was (n, conference iwita aeveral council men late In the after noon. ( The -mayor denied that there was a) thii.g extraordinary in the meeting. Ha aid', the councilnien present had just I dropped m." , V ; Presldint of the Council John Frenek declared that he did not care about the E matter except. In bo far aa tha endless Pu.nerrel would Injure tha city. I '?" Claims (fllait City. City Clerk - Frank Good announced Frl ydey evrti.ng hat all claims againFt the icity should ne'proscntrd for tbeaction of ' . . - i . I. ........ m.LI 'TH' maft- lie ciy cuuiivii ..in. , -. 'ug of the council will be the last held before Ihe opening of the new fiscal year. August L. The clerk l anxious mat an outstanding claims and Otbts Batnst the clty be presented to the council for the i Monday night meeting. Greek Has Paralysis. .' Nkk Rampoulos of Twenty-eighth and Q Streets' :t surTering a peculiar atta of gmrtlul paralysis as the reulf of a blow al lha. haad ....... Uocordihrf to a cantx)-tnan 01 tha wounded ferVek. Mctc wus struck on' tbe head by an unidentified party on the circus grounds Thursday night. The police could find no trace of an assailant and it was first thought the man had fallen in a fit of so in kind. Later there appeared a large bump on the back of the injured man's bead. Lt. A. JI. Koenig attended the case. KU In More Troable. Mike Kuxio, who waa released from Jail ursday on a charge of trying to sell a mortgaged horse, was rearrested Krioay morning after he had happily or unnappily consummated the deal and aold the animal. , Kuslo, who is a foreigner, dots not seera ij jrasp the significance of the law which I rohlbiis the sale of a mortt-d animal except by order, of court or 'llh the con. Vurrence of the owner and the mortgagee. iht will Interview Judge Callanan this morning. Cfenreh Sorrleoa. Dr. Hlslop will preach at the Sunday morning servk-e of the ' First Methodist church to be held in the Odd Fellow s ball. Sunday school at D.45 a. m. Preaching at II a, ta. Kpworth league, 7 p. m., at Biaaa' chapel. bt. Luke's lAitheran Church. Rev. 8. 11. Terlan. Pator Sunday school at : a. m. Morning service at 11 a. m. Subject 'of I sarmon, "The Vnliraited Grace of God JSt 1 l.n-tnue for Bin." . . I Lefler Memorial Church Sunday school. 3u a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. Evening tiervtce at . m. by pastor and - young people. W est Elde - Methodist Sunday school at J o.m. Preaching II I p. n. First BapttMl Church, Twenty-fifth and H Btreets. Rev. C. H. Ilsley, Pator :S a. m., Bible school at the church and Brown park mJsxion; 11 a. m . morning worship; 1:31) p. m , Bible school at the Bethel Bapt'st church: t p. m.. evening worship at the Bethel Baptist church. Forty-third and 1 streets. Divine services every Sunday evening at the Norwegian iMuish Lutheran church, corner of T and Twenty-ninth streets. In Kngliah language on the brat and third Jars: in Norwegian and Lanih on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. Maglo Clly Gouls. Mra, IVasy has returned from a visit to Nebraska City, where she sient Iter vaca tion. Mlaa Vivian A. Ferguson of Mason City Is the guest of Misses. Mary and ' Biumui J i or an. Miss Mabel Henry, who has been sojourn ing on the Pacific coast, will return about August L Miss Josephine Pavonda has gone to Lavld City to visit with friends for the next two or three week. M. A. Martin, one of Ihe oldest local letter carriers, has returned heme after a thirty-day leave of elu-ence. Following the I net rue 11 n of the school board. tipecLal Auditor VV. H. Nicholls be gan work on the books of Police JuiIk Callanan Friday afternoon. Ihe audi tor will he engaged on this work for some days and nlil nt be ready to announce the rr.u':ts of his work to the echool board for some time to come. Miss Anne Muri.n wl'l ieove In a wewk or two for Salt 3-aVe City, where sb ex pacta to spend t) e reel of her vacation. Mrs. T. H. Knsor .td daughter. Mr. Anton U ltt. jr.. unit tier son will leave today for the Knor much near Hot bprtnga. 8. 1 Tl i-y will remain absent troan town until alter hptember . AUTO VICTIM WANTS DAMAGES aaawel GlfcM. Waa Waa Man Dtwi 1-ast Mar, Files Salt Asalut .Walter Mala. Samuel Gibson, an old array man, brought suit against Walter Mots In district court yesterday for t?0 dsmagea. which he alio- to hav sustained In Injuria wbea Mots ran him down with his automobile on the first of last May. The aocldaet oceurred In front of Th Be budding, as .Olseoo was attempting to board a street jcar. Glbaoa was knocked down and dragged fby th machine for some little diataace. j He allege that hi left ankle wa made perBnaaenirr weak and that his nervous ) was greatly shockod. 1. New Department at University At a recent meeting of tha Board of Regents, having charge of the l"nivenlty of Nebraska and other associate educa tional enterprise, there was created a new department which Is called "Agriculture Extension." This department will have charge of the farmers' Institute work of tha slate and farm management division of tha agricultural collrge work, which were formerly under the separate supervi sion of Val Kryser and C. W. Pugsley. Tha new department, farm extension, permits t f a much wider and more comprehensive field of educational usefulness than could h been crowded Into the dJtles of directorate of farmers' lnctitutv or farm nianagement- The selection of Pruf. C. W. Pugsley as baad of tkia new department is at once a guarantee that it will not only be a live department, but that the extension work which has been a feature of great agricul tural need In Nebraska, will now be met, and with a responsible. Intelligent investi gation that will bring Nebraska s standing up to Its merited position as one of the foremost slates in production, educational enterprise and a determination to build its institutions to conform with lis develop ment and Deeds. Mr. Pugsley Is br no means a stranger in Nebraska; on the contrary, he has spent a dosen years or mora in tha state as student and Instructor In the university and college of agriculture. He is one of the best known and most highly appreciated farmers' In stitute lecturers that has ever traveled over the state, His earnest, plain presenta tion of his Institute lectures at one Im press his audience with tha realization that they are listening to a man of the farm, a man who has not only an accurate tech nical knowledge of the text from which he disoources, but has absorbed the senti ment of his Idea, received the real Inspira tion of his subj. ct ly coming in direct con tact with the farm. Farmer-born, farmer bred and farmer educated and trained under the most advantageous condition HUSBAND ACCUSED OF MURDER Consin Confesses Buying Gan with Which Mrs. Betttie Is Killed. CLOTHING BURNED BY FAMILY poa of Dead Wn Holds to Btory that 'Wife Is Msrderei br Uni dentified Man Accosted on Road. RlCHMO.VP, Va.. July II The muwing link in the chain of evidence wiilch detec tives have ln forging In the case, of Mrs. Henry Seattle. Jr., who was slain Tuesday night, five milta south of Richmond, while motoring with her husband, appeared to have been supplied today when Paul Seat tle, a cousin of Henry Clay BeatOe, Jr., made formaJ confession. The police declare he admitted that he bought for the husband and delivered to him last Tuesday the gun with which Mra. Bealtle waa killed. Both Henry and Paul Brattle were ar- rested.- sn t the former waa brought to the Richmond city- Jail, where he la held without bail. Paul Bealtle ell In n faint when arrested and later .writhed in con vulsions. He was ao violent-that he had it' be-JiandcuUed. and thus mauacled,-w s taken to the City kanao-Cor ndjcal treat ment. '.". . ' - . HnafcoaoY ItrwMilsm Cntaa "- ' - The accused husband took his arret coolly. He exhibited neither surprise nor emotion, but called for a cigarette and an afternoon paper. The coroner's Inquest proceeded today In Chesterfield county, but tonight was ad journed until tomorrow. The husband was the first witness heard today. The coroner's questions indicated his belief that Mra. Beattle waa killed In the road, where a large bloodstain was found, rather than in the automobile. In quiry for the clothing worn by Mrs. Beattle brought out the fait that It .had been burned by ber family. Beattle was on the stand for more than two hours and stuck to his original story that Mrs. Beattle' had been killed by an unidentified roan accosted on the road. Another witness waa Beulah Binford, the "woman In the case," who told of a former Intimacy with Henry Clay Beattle, Jr.. of the birth andAeath of -ohrtd of which Beattle was the father, and of the re Mimptlon of their relation after Mr. Beattle discovered that she waa to become a mother. , Somebody's Boy Lost; Nobody Claims Him Little Four-Year-Old Criei "Mamma" at Police Station, but She Soei Not Come. A bright, well dressed boy, 4 years old. la at the polio station apparently sban- doned. He- was picked up wandering about the alt-lea of a lu-oent store yesterday early In the' afternoon and kept until closing time In the belief that search would be made fur him. He was then taken to the police station, whera It was thought certain some one wuuld ask (or him before the nlgbf was over, but no on came. The little chap is a light blond, well dressed In tlu striped waist Buster brown suit.-, whits stockings and white top shoes, but h has not bean able to make even hi first name known, lit cried fur his "mamma", until h went to sleep in the matron's room at the city jail last night. -The littla lad will be adopted by E. 8. Crttchfield of 24 Templetoa avenue, if no one call for him. Critcbfietd applied at the police, station thla morning to aee tha boy and fell in love with him. Tha lost child will be turned over to Crltehfleld If th parent do not claim him soon. CENTRAL LABOR UNION , RE-ELECTS OLD OFFICERS B. H. BeteWewer Xiw Vie President, tint Others Art towtlnwed la Position. Th officers of the Central Labor union, with the exception of vice president, were re-elected at th election held at Labor tempi last night. O. E. Norman will continue a president. The new vice presi dent Is B. 1L Betebener, voted upon to succeed W. IL Matheeon. .: The other offi cers are John Poll an, recording secretary ; William B. Murray, financial secretary, and Robert Dunlgp, sergent-at-arms; trustee, J. J. Kerrigan. J. K. Wangberg and James Mulr. - A meeting' will be held at Labor temple Sunday to prepare plan for Labor day ce!ebratlona. ( It was announced that the, co-operative tore at C12 North Sixteenth street is near tnf completion. Persistent Advertising la the Road to Blj Return. PROF. C W. and circumstances of Improved methods and up-to-date management, introduces Mr. Pugsley to the new position which baa by the wiffdom of Nebraska's Board of Regenta been created for the man. for the state and for the conservation of the agri cultural educatloi.il resources of our BRIEF CITY NEWS Bav moot Print It. Electrlo Paos Snrgess-Orandro. Stoklnaoa for district Judge. dv. lor Cowmty Clerk, Prank Dewey. Adv &oy A. Stains. Pxinter. Try him. D.IKt, FlaJMtt Brings Biut tl. J. l'lnkett, a colored attorney, swore out a complaint of aasault against Kugene Thomas in county court Saturday charging Thomas with striking him with a sandbag and with hi fist. Pinkett ahowed the signs of a recent afray. Cook Attempts Suicide Forona D. Duterua, second cook on t'nlnn Pacific issenger train No. 3, attempted to commit suicide yesterday afternoon at the depot by slashing his throat with a raxor. Duterua' wife left him several day ago taking with her his savings of $130. Worry over this is thought to be the cause for his 6ed. Jtailway Club Affair Adjudicated Hugh C. Robertson, anointed receiver for the Omaha Railway club on May 22. filed hi final report In district court- Saturday. It showed his disbursements to. have been S7U.70, the total, assets of the club to. be tl.03i.i. and the total of the verified claim againt the club to be. 1,4.J0. AH the per sonal pr4Mrtr ,f the dub he-eoM,o, .tha Unlversltl club for SSQ6. He aaktf 13 for bis services. ... Asks Xabaaa Corpus Writ Morris Pa ovay. Jut .filed -a petition for. a rU-. f habeas corpus in district court. Paasovoy w arrested five days ago by O. Gorman, an officer from Wisconsin, on an executive warrant charging embexxlement and Is now being held at the police station on the charge of being a fugitive from Justice. Passovoy says that he has been a resident of Omaha for the last three years, and while at the same time denying any guilt. pleads the statute of limitations. Pour Salts for Selayea Bnipments Four suits filed against one defendant in s single day was the record reached in county court Saturday by a prominent Omaha attorney. The suit are all against the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad company on shipments of cattle alleged to have-been delayed to the owner's disad vantage. The shipments, however, were made at as many different times and from as many different point. The amount of the suits range from ISO to SjOO. The plain tiff -are-Henry 'Pchaefer, Han Wllklna, David O. Corner and Robert A. Laurie. King Will Appoint as Many Liberal Peers as Needed Monarch's Promise Makes it Possible to Force Bill Through the Souse of Lords. LONDON, July C-Tha constitutional rrevolutJon tonight appears to be an accom plished fact. Premier Asqulth dispelled all clouds to day by communicating Informally to Mr. Balfour, leader of the opposition in th House of Commons, th substance of an announcement w hich h will make in that house on Monday. . His tetter, which Mr. Eslfour, communicated -to tha meeting of th lords this afternoon wa a follows: "Dear Mr. Balfour: I think It is courte ous and right., before any public decisions are announced, to let you know how w regard the present situation. When th parliament bill. In tha form of which it has now assumed, returns to th House of Commons w shall be compelled to ask that house to disagree with the lord' amendment In the clccumstance should th necessity arise tha government will ad vise the king to exercise his prerogative to secure the passing lnt(law of tha bill In substantially th ame form In which It left the Houa of Commons and his majesty has been pleased to signify that he will consider it his duty to accept and act upon that advice."" Big Rattler Found on Nation Center Exact Spot Located in Tangled Under brush en Farm Eight Miles North east of Blooming-ton, Ind. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. July fA-In tan gled underbrush on th farm of William L. alueier, eight miles northeast of here, the exact renter of population cf the United ftate was located late today, but the only Inhabitant of the Immediate neighborhood waa a large rattlesnake, which slid out of th butties and wa killed by one of the party headl by Prof. V. A. Cogshall of Indiana university, who discovered th pot. It will b distinguished by a tab!?t. Prof. Cogshall located tha ."hub of the country" by finding the longitude by 'ob servation of the star last night and th latitude by the sun today. of Nebraska t(f : PUGSLEY. people. The Nebraska School of Agriculture, under ean Burnett'a wise and careful supervision and direction. Is broadening its sphere of usefulness along most practical lines. Fad and fancies play a small part in tha work of this institution. Boston Detective Arrests Man, but Evidence is Awry I A sleuth there was and he made a race (But not aa all sleuths do) For some clothes of gray and a black suitcase; (The police, they called it a wild good chase) But tlie Meuth declared he'd followed each trace 'Rut not se all sleuths do). Had he seen as he sat down to write The Vampire, the comedy of errors at the police station last night, following the arrest cf a well-known treveTlng salesman by a man who claimed to be a det"ctive for the Pinkerton I'etective agency, Mr. Kip llns; mljfht have Rone off In some such strain a the foregoing. , This sleuth, B. W. Hayes, who fays be is an operative for tha Boston agency, arrested A H. Lowe, traveling salesman for th Bradley Knitting company of Delevan, Wis., as I -owe was leaving the city last night and declared at the police station that the man .' mas wanted In Boston forforgery. TV mcetlne " Nbrask Rural IJf Haye could show no credentials when eommiMiOD held Friday before a hand asked for thern by Captain Dempsey, de- u ,laJ coamJr ciuz.ns In the oon darlng that he had given them to Lowe to ; " ," " .A ,h Hotei nme. the had- gain his confidence.' This tale .and the statement of Low came so far from Jibing that the salesman was) 'released. Hayes declared txjwe answered to a "T" In. .AoscrlifeJon of tha forger, '-with " HI gray suit of clothes and black suitcase, ar-d "everything,'.' and arerred that Be had followed every trace of Lowe since seven teen monfhs ago, when the forgeiie were committed. Lowe's name,- ' according to Hayes, is J. B. Uoulton. and all Lowa's sample goods, which he kept at the Rome hotel, are merely for the purpose of cov ering up his real Identity. The Torgerle, Haye said, aggregate $lo0.' ' . Lowe proved to the satisfaction of " th police thaV he had never ' been In tVTs consln. Th police aay that Hayes may" be a detective, but they feel assured h cap tured tha wrong man. Defense of Sleuths on Trial for Blackmail ERIE. Pa.. July a. The defense today I drw aside th curtain in tha trial of CHI- bert B. Perkln of Pittbur and Charles Franklin of Philadelphia, detectives who sre charged with sending Wack" hand let ters to Charle H. Strong of this city, and disclosed a sensational Una of questioning. Black hand letter recently sent to Judge CrUwell of'Vonago county. Sheriff Wil liam of tha same county and -to' General Charle Miller of Franklin. Pa., millionaire , oil man. wera mentioned by counsel -representing th defendants. ' A few week ago Thomas J. Dempsey, manager of a detoctrv agency, at Frank lin, Pa., who maintain office in this city, waa arrested, charged with sending a black band letter to' General Miller- demanding 2t,0UO. The alleged evidence against Demp y, it 1 -lL . was secured by Perktna. William O. Pangelly of Columbus, O.. a handwriting expert, wa on th atand, when, during cross examination. Attorney Thompson for the defense asked him if he had not reported to Dr. Wood of Pitts burg that blsck hand letters received by Judge Criswell, Sheriff William jid Gen eral Miller wrers . not similar, to letters in the Strong case and If he did not aay that in hi opinion th same person wrote ail the letter. " - ' Mr. PanKelly aald th letters were brought to him by Dr. Wood, who said an other expert who waa working on them, who nama.h would not mention, could not-continue because of hi eyesight. After a nasty examination, he said, he re ported to Dr. Wood that b thought th letter from Venango county were written by the same ptraoa who wrote the Strong letter. Upon making a thorough examina tion, he said, he came to the conclusion that the letters were not similar. . Auto Runs Over Dog Twice-He Still Lives Canine Seems to Suffer little from Being Under the Wheels of . Hachine. . . A small brown dog, probably named Bucephalua had An adyentur on Farnam street Friday which will possibly Inter fere slightly with his digestion for a day or two. A big touiiag car. eliding down ! Farnam near Seventeenth, caught him by tb tall aa it went aloag. Very angry and humiliated by the Indignity. Bucephahia turned and snapped. Aa a consequence he fell under tha back wheel ef tb car.i The driver hearing him yelp, atopped the car when It stood directly upon th dog's body. Then It moved on a few fnche and th dog arose. To the amaaement of the passersby h. waa. not a corpse but UU aa angry dog. Every single separate hair upon hi back stood up and he growled combatively. In a moment ha decided not to attack this bug enemy sad turning, went like a streak of lightning down the street. r Loyalty to the Nebraska and Iowa In rrtusirur to aoil to DEALERS mnj of onr larfre stork of pianos at the jrrrwtly reducrd prices sow prevail ing has been heartily endorsed by piano buyers t tiro tig lKot these states. During the past sis (6) dejrs vrs have sold 127 pianos, 78 of which were purchased by out of town customers. When we received notice that it would be necessary for us to remove SOO pianos from our building so that the west wall of our store, room would be kept intact during the excavation for the Woodman of the World's new building:, whrrn when completed will adjoin our, this notice placed us In the most trying position a we realized exactly what it meant to dispose of so large a number of instruinenta within 80 days, but our officers grssped the situatjon at once and derided to advertise these pianos and player pianos at prices heretofore unheard of. Their Judgement has proven to have been correct, and we nre now positively certain that before the evpira. Uon of SO days the 3O0 Instruments will have been sold. Please read the following partial list of bargains till remaining and ask yourself the question, era 1 afford to let this great opportunity of purchasing a piano go by without at least personal Investigation? During our 52 years' of piano business we have never before been placed In a position wheeby we were forced to sell such a large number of pianos In so comparatively short a time, the reason for this we have fully explained in this advertisement. REMEMBER, TERMS ARE MADE TO BVIT YOUR CVXYEXFEXCE. Schiller Upright, slightly used cost $225. A rare bargain for nome parly buyer. CRQ Sale price only yDO Hcspe Upright, good condition cost $200. Sale C0Q price only y JO RtiBsell Upright, waa $27$; now $90 Bradford Upright, slight- C1 1 A ly used, was $250, now. I I W Light & Son Upright, In good con dition, was $275, now $118 Erbe Upright, worth $276, Q-j 07 a splendid bargain at. . .V Out-of-town inquiries will receive prompt attention during this sale. Write orwlre for full particu lars. V1e will pay R. R, fare to all purchasers from any point in Nebraska or Iowa, Schmoller & Tvlueller Piano Co. THK OLD LIST AND BEST MAXO HOUSE IX THE VTST n 1311-1313 Farnam St. TAX PROBLEiUALKED OYER 2ayor Dahlman Tells Rural Life Board About Omaha's Needs. CHANGED CHARTER NECESSITY Members Gwests of Eieritlrt ' m 1 1 1 ee of Commercial lab and Day Spent l.Uteninr to Son- grstlons and Comments. uuartera of the commission, was brought to a close with the discussion of the educa tion of the rural youth and maid. The sub ject brought out many interesting facts about the condition the country youngster cope with and these were discussed at length by the members of the commission and tha few citizens' who took interest enough In tha doings of the commission to pay close attention to the speakers. Besides -the members of the commission nd a few citizens, Mayor J. C. Dahlman of Omaha gave aa interesting illustration of the taxation problem in Omaha. . He. pointed out how the larger property owners dodged their taxes and bow the roorer property owner was compelled to carry the. greater part of the burden of the city's expense, lie comfilained against Omaha' charter, which, he sail allowed ihe city to spend each year only a certain small sum. and pointed out bow, in the case of ttie sewerage system, the city would bav to wait ten years, at the risk of health and property, before enough money could be gotten together to pay for it. ' "And the money to be spent for the people come from th taxes paid by them, and yet they are compelled to go without necessities be cause of an Inadequate charter from th sate which will not allow them to spend th money they own," said the mayor. The meeting closed after the present sys tem of municipal, state and county taxa tion had been thoroughly discussed. Sev eral suggestion and idea were advanced which were thought would better the pres ent law, but when they were threshed out they were all found to be wanting. C nests ( Casnaaeretal Clab. Th member of the commission war th guest of the executive committee of the Commercial club at luncheon yester day afternoon, after which the tax prob lem wa discussed at length before an en thusiastic crowd of business men and mem ber of the club. The discussion wa not finished then, and was adjourned until th session after dinner in the Hotel Rome, where the thread was again taken up. Following the talk on taxation, the ques tion of co-operative grain elevators in ru ral communities and co-operative educa tional Institute came up tor dlcusion. In remarking about the rural school of th old style. T. 11. Tibbies compared th scholar of today with one of forty or fifty years ago. He said that the modern scholar cluttered up his brain with a lot of use less learning, and practical knowledge wa almost entirely neglected. He said that Instead of the rural schools changing to be like the modern college, they should get a little of the "old school spirit" Infused Into them, and then the growing genera tion would be a more conservative and level-headed lot of business men and women. On account of engagement elsewhere Commissioners L. L. Lawson of Clark. Dr. C, K. Beasty of th. University of Ne braku and Dr. George Condra were unable V) atteno tha meeting. Engineer Johnson Hurt in M. P. Wreck Freight Train Goes in Ditch Near Portal and Omaha Man is . Severely Scalded. SPRINGFIELD. Neb.. July C (Special. Telegram.) Engineer. Han Johnson of Omaha wa badly scalded In th wreck of a freight train, two mile south of Portal, on the Missouri Pacific railroad yesterday. The engine turned over when the rails spread. Th southbound passenger was delayed several hour, lo one els was seriously hurt, but several of tb car were wrecked. Engineer Johnson waa brought to Omaha at T o'clock Friday and waa taken Im mediately to PC Joseph' hospital. He will recover, hi injuries being painful but not dangerous. Arlon Upright, waa rented tor a short time, was $175, now $135 Straus & Sons Upright, rented for a while, was $276, sow , $145 J. C. Fischer Upright, nearly t, nearly $165 new, was $350. a (nap at Seven Steger Pianos, were used in colleges, were $400, 1 QO your choice of them for-V ISO Nine Steger Pianos, been used . only for demonstra- 40C tions, were $376, choice jsC09 Phones: New Government in Haiti Now Assured : After Bitter Fight Captain Diimukei of Gunboat Petrel Reports Insurgents Are Already Practically Victorious. WASHINGTON, July 12. President Simon of Haiti appear doomed to follow Presi dent Diax of Mexico, and to give way to another revolutionary government, accord ing to advices reaching Washington. In the opinion of Captain Dismuke of the gunboat Petrel, watching th operation of the revolutionist at Gonaives, the lat ter already practically are victorious and all the important towns, except Uie capital, are in their possession. President Simon ha been obliged to abandon hi campaign in the south and to withdraw his army hastily to the capital, where he arrived, a sick man, and is con fined to his bed. It 1 expected that there will be desperate fighting and Captain Dismuke reported that th revolutionary J- troopa were marching toward the capital from St. Marc, which they captured with out much resistance. Captain Dismuke reported that the Inter, est of Americans' at Gonaives were not endangered by the revolutionary occupa tion of the city, where the population ap peared to be in full sympathy with the movement Biscuit Company is Branching Out Iten Concern Will Establish a Plant in Oklahoma, According to 0. H. Bannettler. The Iten Biscuit company, which main tains big plants both In Omaha and Clinton, la., ha decided to locate another plant in Oklahoma City, according to Otto H. Bar mettler, secretary of the concern. It Is understood that J. J. Iten. president of the company; will go to Oklahoma City to es tablish headquarters there. Impure Drinking Water Is the direct cause of typhoid, malaria, dysentery, diarrhoea, cholera morbus, and ail the other fatal hot weather complaint. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is prescribed by doctors as snr preventive and care. If you are going to the seashore or countryside for your Rummer vaca tion TAKE A BOTTLE OF 'DUFFY'S" WITH YOU. Most summer hotels and rural dwellings depend for their drinking water upon "the old well." A wealth of romance hag been weaved around the well In both song and story, but modern medical science has shown that, nine timet out of ten, "the old well' is a breeding place for count less typhoid germs and other virulent bacilli. The cause for thla la readily under stood by the fact that the sewage from the outhouses and waste matter from the kitchen permeate their way through the ground to the well. The same la true, and in a larger way, with the streams from which the Tillages, -towns and cities draw their supplies, and it behooves every one to be careful with hit drinking water, especially at this time of the year, when so much Is used. Keep the system In such good con dition that these germs will be unable to obtain a foothold. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey STANDARD OF PUKITV AXD EXCELLENCE SINCE I860 as a tonic stimulant and body bulldsr la one of the greatest strength givers known to science. By Its building and healing properties It assists in re storing tissues la a gradual, healthy, natural manner. Aa a nerve tonte It baa no equal. ' It cures dyspepsia and biliousness, aid digestion, brings rest ful sleep, stimulates the blood. Invigorates the brain and aaslsts In freeing the entire system from the dread germs of malaria and low fevers. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey la the only whiskey that was taxed by the Government as a medicine during the Spanish-American war. Bold in SEALED BOTTLES ONLY by druggists, grocers and deslers, or direct, 1.00 a Urge bottle. The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochester, N. Y. People o: Five of those Beautiful Art style Steger Pianos, slightly Aflj used, were $450, now..sC0w Knabe Upright, fine con I ditlon, cost $375, now.. $255 Stelnway Upright, cost $600. Th'a is the biggest bargain ever of fered by any piano CQOC houso. Sale price guwv 87 NEW Celebrated Hand Made Schmoller & Mueller IManos, in all woods, recently brought In from our branch houses, will be sold during this sale regardless of cost. Douglas 1625; Ind., A-1625 Old Fiddlers to Mix at Musicians' Picnic at Courtland Beach Effort to Be Made to Raise Funds for the National Convention Here Next Year. Th Omaha Muxicians' association Is ar ranging for a monster picnic to be given at Courtland beach Thursday, August 30. The object of the picnic Is to rae a fund for the entertainment of the delegates to the seenteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Musicians, which is to be held in Omaha in May, 1912. The principal feature of the picnic will be music, all the available member of tlie asaodation being pressed Into ervtoe on that d4y. 'A concert band of firty pieces, two concert orchestra of fifteen pieces each,- a dance orchestra of twelve pieces and two amall burlesque bands will dis pense oodles of music for the picnickers throughout the entire day. Other special events,' added to the regular features of Courtland beach, will be an old fiddlers' contest, a contest for the most popular candidate at the coming county election, a contest for the most popular woman on the grounds, a base ball game and numerous other games and races, vary ing from a potato race to a boat race, for all of which suitable prises hi cash and merchandise will be given. FORMER MAIL CARRIER DEAD Era est F. Tyler, Who Worked Oat of Osaafca Pest office for Eleven Years, Dire la Ohio. Word ha been received here of the death of truest F. Tyler at Cleveland, O., on July t. For eleven year he waa employed as a mail carrier in Omaha, and also served eleven year In the same capacity- In Co lumbus, O., prior to coming to this city. He became afflicted her about two years ago. when be returned to hi native town. ,- He wa born In Columbu on October S, 161. H wa married in this city on July 15, 1308, to Mra Ida H. Burns, who sur vives blm, together with his parents, eight brothers and two sister . BE SBIE TO PIT k BOT TLE II T03I SATCHEL