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Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
HEAVY HAUL BY MAIL ROBBERS
Pouch Containing Drafts and NegO-
table Paper to the Amount of
$4,000 IN Ripped Open.


DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2S.--A mail pouch
containing 100000 in negotiable paper and
an unknown amount of money was stolen
senger station at Wyandotte. Mich. some
time last night. The last mail for wy
andotte arrives at 1928 on the Michigan
Central. and owing to the lateness OF the
hour II is left In the station until morn
ing When the two mail sacks were thrown
from the train last night Night Operator
Richard threw the pouches under a seat
in the corner of the waiting room. He then
went to his home in Detroit. Today when
Mail Carrier John McCleary came to the
station for the mail sacks he missed one
About the same time George Bessy, a driver
OF an oil wagon, reported at the station that
pouch, ripped open and empty, was be-
hind an oil tank a short distance from the
station. A little later two employees OF
the j. b. Ford Alkali works found a num-
ber of checks and opened envelopes strewn
along the railroad track. Postmaster John
son Of Wyandotte was notified and went
at once to the scene. The trail of the thief
was marked along the railroad track by
strewn letters, checks and drafts. Most OF
the mail was intended for the j. b. Ford COM
pany, and force OF clerks were sent out to
collect the letters strewn along the track
The reason for this activity on the part OF
the j. B. Ford company was that ]. b. Ford,
tr, said he expected draft today from
New York for $4,000. The draft did not
come and IT Is believed that the robbers
took IT, with other valuable papers, from
the pouch
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
49,. 722. .Oe9 s25s. N9. lei

Totals ................. 49,, O99 S20S O2, i6l
The winter wheat yield in 1900 is believed
to be the greatest ever grown in any STAT,
in any year
Not all portions Of the state are adapted
to the best production Of wheat, and II is an
interesting fact that hfty-four OF the 105
counties had 80 per cent OF the wheat acre
age in 1899 and constitute practically the
wheat field OF Kansas. The area sown iu
the remaining ffty-one counties was less
than the acreage sown In the two counties
OF Sumner and Barton. II Is likewise OF In
terest to know that practically one-half
Of the wheat product for 1900 was harvested
in a block Of sixteen counties, comprising
the central third of the state.
Taking the years one with another corn Is
the king OF cultivated plants in Kansas. It
was not, however, the premier crop in 1900.
Grown In profuse luxuriance this grain pro-
claims itself the source of wealth and herald
OF opulence. 1t is at once the farmers
friend and handmaiden OF the stockmans
prosperity. Corn proves itself source of
greater wealth and profit in Kansas than
any other cultivated grain, and in years OF
specially favoring conditions its value has
often equaled the combined values OF all
other farm crops. Justly famed as many Of
the states wheat crops have been statistics
reveal that in the last quarter OF a century
the aggregate value Of the corn crop has
been very nearly double tina. of the com
bined crops Of winter and spring wheat,
and further that in but one year OF the
states history has the value of the wheat
crop approached in magnitude that Of the
same years corn. Great as have been the
yields Of corn in former years the most en-
thusiastic and insistent believer in Kansas
resources will not maintain that all por
tions Of the state are we'll adaped to its
successful production. The corn crops OF
the last thirty years have been grown
mainly in the eastern half OF the state. and
no one pretends that the western third Of
the state is especially or reliably corn
growing territory.
The corn crop OF the season Of 1900 was
4,523677 bushels, valued on the farms
where grown at S39,5S1, ,S35.
Value Of the Corn Crop.
The following table. complied from the
Official records Of the State Board OF Agri-
| culture. gives the annual product and value
Of corn for the last ten years. together with
| their totals:
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
GROVES WOMAN IN CHICAGO
Windy city Detectives watch the
Hnunts Of the Mistress OF the
Omaha Had Man.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.-tSpecial Telegram y
Love for Chicago woman, at present un-
der watch by a host OF central station de-
tectives, may prove the undoing of Pat
Grove tho despemdo wanted by the Omaha
police on tho charge that he is the kidnaper
of e. a, Cudahy's boy. In the belief that
Grove will be found in communication
sooner or later with his sweetheart hero
Peter Joyce, acting chief of detectives,
placed four detectives this afternoon on
duty near the well-known haunts OF the
woman with whom Grove has been infatu-
ated for years.
From the report in Joyce's possession to-
night he said he felt justified in announc-
ing some startling discoveries. 1t had been
proved beyond question during the days in
vestigations that the woman who, under the
name OF Nellie Divine. hired the house at
Omaha in which the Cudahy boy was i'm
prisoned pending the payment OF the s25.-
600 ransom, Is in Chicago. 1t is she whom
the detectives have under constant surveil-
lance. assured that through close espionage
OF her movements the arrest Of Grove and
the reward of s25 900 for his capture will be
secured.
According to Acting Chief Joyce the iden-
tihcation OF the Chicago woman as Nellie
Divine. with whom Grove has been allied
for years. is found TO he complete in every
detail. The woman accompiice Of Grove In
the successful kidnapping exploit at Omaha
had glass eye. SO has Groves Chicago
sweetheart, Joyce says. In quarrel over
the division of the spoils of a jewelry rob-
berry the Chicago friend Of Grove had one
eve gougcd out by another, woman. It Is
six years since this ARRAY took place and
the names OF the participants MIR. Joyce
would not disclose. But from other sources
IL was learned that the women were Nora
Heating and Lily Vail. the latter being the
supposed sweetheart of Grove, though hey
real name Is known to be other than Vail
That Groves woman accomplicc In the
Cudahy kidnapping should be found to have
reached Chicago is regarded In police circles
as afiordihg corroboration to Detective Ser
geant Storens claim that clews indicating
Groves recent presence in EnglewoOd have
been discovered. Among the later clue;
In Joyces possession are several threads
leading to the still more significant con-
eelusion that not only Grove, but also much
81 the $25,000 plunder from the Cudahy
kidnaping reached Chicago from Omaha
about the same time as Groves sweetheart
Criticism of the Omaha police for theiI
failure to request the arrest OF Grove II
found here was freely expressed by Lieu
tenant Joyce and his subordinates. In O
bunch OF kilograms received by the Chicago
detective department from Omaha. Chie
Donahue only requests the local men to fnt
Grove and not word asking for his arrest
can be found.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

nigh indispensable. These are alfalfa
(medcago sative) and sorghum. the chief
variety OF which for forage and grain Is
Kaffir corn. one OF the many non SAGE chsrine
sorghum.
Fruit especially apples, peaches, grapes
and berries, of high quality are largely
grown in Kansas. and some OF the largest
commercial apple orchards in existence are
found here, the products OF which are sought
eagerly by distant packers and exporters for
the domestic and foreign markets. Next to
her higher order of citizenship, 1t is how
ever, upon agriculture proper and live stock
husbandry that Kansas bases her claims to
pre-emnence and future wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
WILL dig UP OVENS TREASURE
ConGdant of Hanged Murderer starts
for Iowa to Unearth the
Buried Money.

MATTOON. H., Dec. 2s.-George Niece.
the cellmate and confdant OF John owens
the murderer hanged az Paris, December
2l, has been released from jail and started
for Iowa to recover $500 buried treasure,
portion of Owens booty from various
robberies. He declares Owens gave him
complete description Of the hiding place
The authorities believe the money Is hidden
In Kossuth county, where double murder
occurred September 3. Oficials here identi-
fed picture Of Owens as the likeness OF
one of the men seen there when the murder
was committed.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
FEATURES OF KANSAS FARMS
What the sunfower Agriculturists offer to
Increase the Worlds Wealth.
WHEAT TAKES A LEADING PLACE IN LIST
Small Grain Heads on Corn nnd All
Lines Contribute to swell - Total
That IL Most Gratifying
to Jayhawkers.

Wheat raising receives a large measure of
attention in Kansas. Most Of the wheat area
Is devoted to the hard winter wheat from
seed originating In southern Russia, the
area harvested in 1900 being 4,26S. 704 acres,
while the number Of acres Of spring wheat
was only 1Oe,s a little iess than one for
tieth Of the winter wheat. the spring wheat
district being almost entirely Ia the north
ern or more particularly the northwestern
counties.
The following table gives the annual prod
uct and value Of wheat twinter and spring.
for the last ten years, together with the
total yield and value for ten wears:
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
Savings Bank. Meet All Dem.uS.

BALTIMORE. Dec 27-The effect OF the
embarrassment of the Old Town bank, for
which a receiver was appointed ate yester-
day, was felt I'm all the savings banks of
the city today Throngs of depositors were
lined UP before the doors.
The demands In all cases were promptly
compiled with. BY noon the crowds that
had surrounded the banks in tho early
morning hours had been accommodated and
left and thereafter the banks took on ap-
parently their everyday business appear
n
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
NoRMANs DRIVEN FROM HOME
Fire ROuts Them Out of Bed and
Destroys House and
Contents.

Fire at 2:30 this morning destroyed the
home Of william Norman at 422s Douglas
street and all Its contents. A vacant house
adjoining was also destroyed. It is not
known how the fire caught, as the Norman
family was aroused by the flames and
barely had time to escape from the burning
house.
Mrs. Norman owned the property. Its
value could not be learned at the late
hour I'.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

alleged that Goodrich would be satisfied
to permit 1t 70 pass out OF his possession
~ the Omaha police would deposit 800 with
Pacific Junction justice OF the peace,
guarantying Its safe return after II had
been Identified In Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

FAYETTEVILLE, w. Va, Dec 2S-
Twenty-Five negroes who had been arrested
at Star and held for the grand jury FOR
having attempted to lynch Esquire Work
man at that place on Christmas night were
placed In jail here today. Esquire Work
man arrested negro on Christmas day
for disorderly conduct In an attempt by
some negroes to rescue the prisoner one
of them was killed and that night a mob OF
negroes tried to lynch Workman. The ar
rISlH followed
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
Graduates Are Disheartened.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2S.-The last day S
National Federation of Graduate clubs was
devoted principally to a discussion of the
OF disbanding the organization
Numerous delegates were of the opinion
that the federation had outlived its use-
fulness and that total disorga nization would
be better than the half-hearted zeal ey-
hibited during the present convention. No
action was taken on the subject. however.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
FIRE RECORD.
College suffers

SPRlNGFlELD, o., Dec. 2s.-Hamma Di-
vinity hall. en- the Wittenburg college
grounds. burned to the ground tonight It
was occupied by the theological seminary
and was the gift of DR.. NJ. A. HANNA OF
washington ID. G.. The loss on the build
ing will be about $4,000. covered >by in
surance. Tho building contained recita-
tion rooms and was the dormitory of the
students.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
Cattle CIub Ofncered.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. Dec. 2S.-The
American Devon Cattle club, composed of
Jerseys, Guernseys and Brown Swiss cat
tie, in annual session here today elected
Baker, Beaver Dam, Wis vice president,
jeremiah Banker, upsonvile Pa; secre-
tary-treasurer, l.. p Sisson, Newark. o.
a member OF the executive committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

High wayman Gets Little.

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Dec. ga lone high
wayman held up the Hot Springs Junction
stage near Hot Springs Junction last even
Ing. securing about $50 from the private
express box. II is reported that an Inn
portant consignment of gold dust from a
mine near Hot Springs formed part of the
booty. The bandit conducted operations
stage driver hurried on to Hot Springs
Junction. where a posse was organized and
is now on the trail of the robber.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
Ex-COnytct on the ROaI Rack

ST. JOSEPH. Dec. 2s.-A special to the
Daily, News Tss from nKio DsKiHlb Mo, says:
tally wounded Robert Martin and John
McCfee at u dance near DeKalb last mid
night Martin is dead and McGee cannot
live. May was recently released from the
Missouri penitentary, where he served a
term with his uncle. for the murder OF a
borhood He has not been apprehended,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
NEW EMPEROR APPOINTED
Shanghai Advices State That Empress
Dowager Has Deposed Kwang su'
HfTttN-YEAR-olO BOY NOW CHIEF RULER
Reform Party Has Bcen NotiHcd That
Its Assistance viii Tie Needed
when Late Monarch Reaches
His Capital.

LONDON, Dec. 29.-"Private advices from
the province OF Shan 81 say" wires the
Shanghai correspondent Of the STANDARD,
that while the court was sojourning at
Tai Yuen Flu the empress dowager secretly
appointed a new emperor with the title
Tung Hsu. He Is l5-year-o boy who
was taken to Sian Flu in the imperial yell
low chair. This explains the permission
given to Emperor Kwang Su to return to
Pekin.
Emperor Kwang Su has notified the re-
form party that he is returning to the cap
ital and will need their assistance"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
SulCide NJ RAn0

RENO. New. Dec. 2s-lieutenant Gordon
Freeman. late of the First Nevada cav.
airy that did service I'm the Philippines
committed suicide by blowing the top OF
his head saS,sn1s on Win IN a, Winchester rfle He
a native OF Missouri, aged 80 years
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

SPOkANE. Wash., Dec. |-SIx Jnpanese
section laborers on the Great Northera
train near Culbank Mont, last night. The
bodies have been taken to Kapispel.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
w,lbelmina's wedding Dny.

NEW YORK. Dec. 29-The Holland so
ciety of New York received cableeram
from The Hague today saying that Queen
Wilhelmina's marriage has been set for
September I.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
strike In Aycrted,

WILK KESBARRE, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The
threatened strike of the employees Of the
Wilkesbarre & Wyoming Valley Electric
railway will not take place, the company
and the men,, after several conferences,
arrangement In which each side made con-
cessions.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
Lynched for Alleged Barn Burning.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 2-George
Fuller, a negro was lynched last night
near Marion, Perry county. He was
charged with burning the barn of Dennis
Cummings, of whom he had been q tenant
While Fuller was being taken to Marion
a body of masked men took hlm from the
had bad reputation and was more than
opca n convict
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
piles Cured Without the I<,,sc.

Your druggist will refund your money IL
PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure ringworm,
letter. old ulcers and sores, pimples and
blackheads on the face and all skin dis
eases. so cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

ST PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 2s-An evening
paper says: The Brainerd & Northern MIN
nesota railway will shortly be Incorporated
I'm the Northern Pacific system II the pres
ent plans of the latter company do not mis-
carry. About 20 per cent OF the Brainerd
& Northern stock is now held by the North
panies are working as separate lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
Fine Team for President Mckinley.

AKRON. o.. Dec 2s-A team of fine
coach horses, purchased for President Nc
Kinley by an agent, were shipped from
Fairlawn Summit county, today. They
were perfectly matched bays, with black
and weighing 1850 pounds each. The
horses We're sired by Morgan stallion
Bay Highland. first dam by the imported
coach horse, Ensign, and second by Erie
Abdallah.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

Quarrel over Matter OF Precedence.
BERLIN. Dec 2S.-An official denial has
been issued here % the report issued from
Pekin published in a New York paper, that
differences have arisen between Field
Marshal Count Won Waldersec ard Dr.
Mumm Won Schwartensten. the German
minister at Pekin, on u question of prece-
dence.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
DiyidenJ on wnbanb Rand

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s-The board of al
rectors Of the Wabash railroad met today
and declared a dividend OF 50 on the de-
benture "A" securities. No action was
taken on the debenture "B' bonds
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

TO CURE a COLD IN OSs DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II :. fnils to
cure. f. W. Groves signature o on each
tox o5c
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

COLUMBUS, o.. Dec. 2S-The National
Roofers association is In secret session
IN this city discussing the prices. The ses-
sions will continue for two days.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
"A BPIqht Little BOu

Would be sure Of welcome in almost
any home. But what a welcome he
would have IN home where the hope
OF children had been extinguished.
What welcome this particular "bright
little boy" did have in such home,
may be judged by the closing paragraph
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
CHARGES LOW

Medicines sent everywhere free from gaze
or breakage ready for use.
Office hours: Il. m. to Q Z. m. Sundays
a. m. TO y m. T.. .: Box '66: Office
and Douglas SITS. OMAHA. NEB.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29
''COLD DS"

Railways Ready Relief cures anI rre-
vents Coughs, Colds. Sore Throat. laiuen-
"a. Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Swelling OF tho
Joints, Lumbago, Infammati ton, Rh"unla.
ism, Neuralgia. Headache. Toothachc,
Asthma. Difficult Breat thing.
Railways Ready Relief is a sure cure for
every Pain, Sprain, Bruises, Pains IN tho
Back, Chest or Limbs, IL was the first and
Is the only Pain Remedy that instantly
stops the most cxcruciating pains. allays
Inflammation and cures congestio'is,
other glands or organs, by one application.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

For n Cold In the Head.
LAXATIVE BRoMO- -QUININE TABLETS.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

condition attending it, her return to
health Is signalized by the birth Of her
first child. "Favorite Prescription" makes
weak women strong, sick women we'll
"I cannot tell half that DR.. Pierce's medicine
has done for me- writes Mrs, T. a. .Ragan: oi
Norris, Watauga Co. N &. an will do all that
der Childbirth easy. II has given me bright
little hoy, and would not have had him had II
not been for your wonderful medicine. I can
not say too much in praise Of II I think It is
worth It's weight In gold thank God for my
life, and DR.. Pierce for my health"
pleasant Pellets" clear the com.
plexion.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-29

OF his mothers
letter, given be.
low. There is no
room for th c
W h ole letter,
which recounts a
story of fifteen
years of suffering
and a perfect cure
by the use OF
rthree bottles OF
DIR. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription,
two bottles OF
Golden Medical
Discovery and
some of the Pei.
lets. ;"
In many in
stances childless.
ness Is the result
of conditions
which are durable.
1t has often hap
pened that when
"Favorite Pre-.
scription " has
cured a woman OF
female weakness
and the nervous
l.a. n.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-21

Its bedbug flavor makes it no very de-
sirable morsel to insectivorous birds,
and the fungous diseases to which it is
subject require a wet season for their
propagation in the field, and in a wet
season the chinch bug is not very dam
gerous. In normal seasons, therefore,
all the natural conditions are quite IA
vorable to the chinch bug in cultivated
fields, and the farmer must mainly rely
upon his own efforts for protection.
One of the best remedies in the
world for the chinch bug is to clean
up. If infested lands be burned off
and all the rubbish gathered and
burned in early spring much will have
been accomplished. All the rubbish ac-
cumulating along the fences and head
lands should be cleaned: uncultivated
prairie lands adjoining fields should be
burned off early; corn stalks should be
broken down and burned in the spring
following a chinch bug year, as it will
destroy millions Of the insects that
have hibernated between the leaves
and the stalks. Wherever, by reason
of the previons presence of the chinch
bug, another visitation is probable, no
pains should be spared to thoroughly
clean up and destroy all the stubble,
corn stalks, dead grass, fence row rub
bish and the like possible, and it
work, of course, but it is the work that
will pay where there is any reason to
anticipate the chinch bug visitation.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-21

Several boys in Chicago improved the
stilt season with an exciting game
which they call "stilt fighting" Nearly
every afternoon they gather in an open
lot, and the stilt contests attracted no
little attention. Each boy has pair of
stout stills, with the steps about eigh-
teen inches above the ground. Two OF
the boys are chosen as leaders or cap
tains and they pick out their men, TAX
ing turns in making the selections.
Then the sides separate and line up as
in playing pullaway or any Of the old
games. At a word of command from
the umpire they advance on each other,
walking steadily on their stilts. When
they get up close together they jostle
and push one another in the endeavor
to throw the soldiers Of the other side
from their stills without tipping over
any of the soldiers on their own side.
The moment a man falls the umpire
calls time, the man who is down goes
over to the side of the enemy, and the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-21
Honesty on the Farm.

AS a rule the farmer is honest. Some
are so eager to get rich that they are
not very honest with themselves, and
it is hardly to be expected they will be
with anybody else. In discussing this
topic, a writer in the Homestead right
ly concludes that farmer can be the
most dishonest man in the world, if he
desires to be. All the good of every
thing can be put in the top Of the heap
if he is inclined, and there is room in
so many places to be dishonest, but as
a class they are not dishonest. The
best man in every special line likes to
make his packages good in quantity
and appearance. He will and should
put few of the best in the top Of the
package, but all in the package should
be merchantable. 1t is the honest far
mer that prospers. The dishonest may
prosper for a time, but he will lose the
respect of his neighbors and friends
and sometimes even that of his own
household. The dishonest farmer Is
trusted by nobody, and everybody will
soon learn of his tricky ways, and even
If he should feel like doing the square
thing at any time, he will be watched.
Get good name and keep it. 1t is
worth everything to a man.-Barnum's
Midland Farmer.