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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

ranged their drill manual to commo
mixed membership, and those composed
wholly of the gentler sex have provided
means to allow the women who belong to
emulate as far as they wish the military
ambitions of the men. At the recent Ne
braska state fair some emphasis was given
the existence Of these organizat ons by the
Offering OF handsome prizes for the best
drilled teams appearing in competition.
Many excellently equipped and appropr ately
costumed teams appeared and exemp'ifed
the drill m]aneuvers Of their respective or
ders to the edifcation Of a large crowd Of
spectators. Not the least interesting of
the exhibitions were those given by the
Royal Highlanders, in which women drilled
alongs de Of men, and by the Ladies' OF the
Maccabees, in which only women took part.
Some splendid pictures were secured by
The Bee photographer who was there.
Base bal affords an excellent medium for
separating people from their money in the
name of public enterprises during the sea-
son. Omaha has had several benefit games
during the summer, none more notable than
that in which the city council and the Board
OF Education members took part. In the
beginning the challenge emanated from the
school board, but the result was such that
the educators do not care to dwell on the
story. Quite a few dollars were turned over
to the Auditorium fund as one result of the
conflict, and the affair Will be considered "A
closed incident as soon as the participants
get over the aches and pains that follow
urdua Indulgence in the strenuous game
when not physically prepared. CCuncilmen
and educators alike are agreed that in the
future they can get their fill Of base ball
watching BIZ Rourke's hired men. Out at
Albion the real estate men and lawyers
worked off a lot Of their surplus enthusi-
asm by playing a game Of ball for the ben
eft Of the public library of that thrifty lit
tie Nebraska city. Much public interest was
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

You see, since we sent around word that
we were embarked in the prOfesh all the
fellows we know have DeCn tOut'ng for
business for us. NOthin' doin', though
till two weeks ago. Then Jim jenkins.
who was a classmate of mine at the Old
college, came around in a great state of
mind.
Brown, old man. said he, I've got
a client for you. He's a good friend Of
mine and he wants a lawyer. He has some
money, too. He came to me this afternoon
and told me he was in trouble. He didnl
say what it was, and | didn't ask him., but
l guess it's serious, for he looked bad
about it. l told him about you, and hes
coming to see you. Now, do your best for
him
DO my best? You bet I vowed | would
I invited Jenkins to lunch on the strength
Of it. l even thought of opening a bottle.
but I decided I'd let that wait till I heard
from his friend.
"Then l went back to the office and
waited. I wondered what it would be
and I thought sadly about the points | was
weak on and wondered II I could handle
his case to suit him.
"He didn't come around, and I feared
he mightn't. Me and my partner talked
it over, ard worried for fear he'd forge
us and employ somebody else.
1--WE wondered whether it was divorce
or a will, or a real estate dispute, and wha'
to do about II. We discussed II mOrning-
and sat up with 1t nights.
"Well, he came around today. and wha'
do you think it is?"
Everybody guessed and nobody hit it.
IT'S a SO dispute over a S12 plumber
bill" said the cheerful young lowyer. can.
I'm going to get that SO for my client OF
I'll take down my shingle. Now, does any.
body wonder why I'm happy? The law
the business to grow rich in. But only -,
round, boys. The firm can't stand mo-
on the present business basis"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

confession had been made, returned to the
city, were arrested, tried and convicted on
evidence which could not be questioned,
in spite of the continued protestations on
the part Of the client that he alone was
guilty of the deed. 1t was proven con
clusively that he had nothing to do with
it, and only knew that a murder had been
committed when a wild cry of murder
had been started on the street.
Not long ago a bright young lawyer,
whose progress was due to the celebrity with
which he disposed Of cases PLACID in his
hands, approached one of the famous lead
ers Of the bar in New York with a prop
osItion to be admitted into partnership.
ooh yes, | have heard of you" said the
great legal light. you won that suit Of -
against heavy odds, and from retainer to
final fee were occupied les. than five weeks.
Such expedition is most reprehensible. Why,
young man, that case would have occupied
any experienced lawyer at least two years.
I am not prepared to admit into partner
ship one who does not understand the most
important word in the legal vocabulary
Delay"
The cheerful member of a firm of young
lawyers who hired an office in a down tow
building about a month ago and have been
waiting for business ever since. relates
the New York Sun, collected half a dozen OF
his nearest friends the other day and
herded them in a bureau of liquid refresh
ment.
IT'S on me-" he explained, but dom
go higher than beer. There's nothing in
it but the Joke"
1t was not difficult to persuade him to ex.
plain, because ii was a story he evidentl,
had to share with somebody or explode.
We've got our first case" said he
We've been sitting up nights, thinkinl
what it would be, and now we've got it
and it's a lulu, No; don't have another yet
Wait till I tell you.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

in the next congress.
One OF the official acts OF the grand lodge
Of Elks at its recent session was to forbid
the holding OF street fairs or outdoor car
nivals by subordinate lodges Of the order
after this year. 1t is certain that the dele
gates who voted to adopt that resolution
cid not know the pleasure Of a fair hald in
bosky dells of Bayliss park, or they would
have thought a long time before voting to
deprive their Council Bluffs bret hren Of
the pleasure OF a repetition OF the event
recently closed. Bayl'ss park and the ad-
jacent streets afford an ideal place for a
street fair, and the Council Bluffs Elks
had provided for the entertainment OF all
who came that way. Free shows and shows
that were not free had sway, and other
amusements were arrayed in plenty. One
Of the features Of the fair was the iall
and Justice court, through which all had
to pass. No man of any prominence was
allowed to visit the fair without beng
hauled before the bar of his honor, the
Elks' magistrate, where the punishment
was cut to At the crime. This feature Of
the fair was productive OF a great deal
OF merriment, even the victims seeming to
appreciate the fun they afforded. That
the fair was an overwhelming success is
attested by the pictures taken one day dur
ing its sway by a Bee photographer.
Secret societies have gone in heavily for
the military feature, particularly since the
Spanish-American war came to such a sud
den close that the appetite for drill awak-
ened in the thousands OF young Americans
was not gratihed. Fraternal insurance So
cieties have nearly all added a drill corps
OF some sort to their other features, this
being intended to make the order more at
%tractive to the younger members Those
that admit both men and women have ar
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

wcred the questions put to him in a clear,
direct manner. Among them was the
query as to whether he surely swung his
lantern across the road when he saw the
train coming, to which he replied:
Deed l did, sab"
The railroad company won the suit and
air. Daniel took occasion later to compli-
mcnt his witness on his excellent testi-
mony. The old fellow was profuse in
thanks, but before they parted blunt,y
said:
'Lordy, Marse John, l sho' was skeered
when dat lawyer gin to ak me bout de
lantern. | was afeard he was goin' to AK
II 1t was lit or not, cause de oil in 1t done
give out some time before de axdent."
Hon. John u. Long, former secretary e
he navy, occasionally tells to a few Of his
friends the story of his first law case. This
was up in Maine, in his native town OF
Buckheld. where he hung out his modest
sign on the LIST OF March, 1862.
The first day that I began my practice"
says Mr.. Long. "a tremendous snowstorm
came up and ratified the brand new sign
until / thought it would blow away. In
the midst Of the gale two of my old neigh
bors came in TO fix up a quarrel of long
standing. Both were good friends of mine,
| didn't like to have them air their petty
troubles In court, so ! told them to settle
the matter quietly, and advised them as to
methods,
They talked the matter over, and at last
amiably agreed, and the trouble was salts
faCtorily adjusted.
Just as they went out of the door into
the face OF the bitter gale one turned back
"I think we ought to give Johnny some,
thing fer his trouble" said he.
with these words he pulled 25 cents
out Of a long leathern purse and handed
II to me-"
The little sign, John d. Longs Law
p OAice." still hangs where II was originally
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

"0N THE supreme court OF California,
h81 according to the Argonaut q San
k Francisco. It Is not uncommon t.
VQ&hpI see a learned Justices shoes en-
~ the desk while court is in session,
II is one of the trite anecdotes az the Cal
Ifornia bar that Justice Mcfarland, sit
ting with his feet on n level with his head
one day, fell over backward; whereupon
Chief Justice Beatty remarked aloud that
his learned brother had certainly reversed
himself In a most astounding manner.
%
In a suit relating to brewery property an
eminent and very dignifed counselor was
one day reading to the court some manu-
scrIpt afndaylts which were not over legible
and by mistake read the word mash as
''wash," Counsel on the other SIDE, who
was small Of stature and polite In manner,
but keen I'm intellect and fr~cqu0ntly sar-
castle, was Immediately on his feet, and
with a somewhat irritating Difference OF
manner, begging his opponents pardon. etc
asked the liberty to suggest that the word
which the eminent counselor read wash
was really mash" Somewhat Melted, tfe
counselor thus corrected thanked him II
the information, and added that he was mo-
himself very familiar with terms used II
the brewery business. as n had never spcnI
much Of his time in a place Of that kind
care We to understand, then" said his op
ponent in his suavest manner, that tn
eminent counselor wishes us to infer tia
his early days were spent in a lnundryY'
Senator Daniel OF Virginia was AT on
time counsel for a small southern rail-
road. reports the New York Times Al
point on the line where It crossed n prom
Inent highway they had an old negr
watching, whose duties consisted In warn
ing travellers OF the approach OF trains
one night a farmers wagon was strucl
causing a bad accident. The railroad com
pany was, OF course, sued for iamage'
and at the trial the old darby was III
chief witness for his employers. He ans
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

CARRIE SHERWOOD OF PLATTSMOUTH,
A YOUNG MANDOLIN VIRTUOSO.
evoked by the affair, and the game was
made memorable by the preparations on
either side and by neutral parties for its
successful contamination. Quite a hand
some sum of money was secured for the
library and an excellent topic of converse
ton afforded, one which will likely last for
a long time.
Miss Nellie Sherwood Of Plattsmouth
has attracted much local attention by
her musical accomplishments, the vio-
lin being her ~favorite instrument, although
she plays well on the piano. Her young
sister, Carrie, is quite a finished performer
on the mandolin.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14
THE ILLUSTRATED ZEE.

forceful, fluent speaker, and a vigorous
campaigner, and his friends are confident
of his election to represent the big Sixth
in the next congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

- state, having continued longer on
the district bench than any judge ever
elected in Nebraska. He Is a native OF West
Virginia. having been born in Monangahela
county Of that state. His boyhood days were
spent in Pennsylvania and Illinois. He was
graduated from the law school OF the Uni
versity Of Michigan in 1876, and soon after
began the practice OF his profession in Ne
braska. when O'Neill was located he made
his home there and has never changed II.
In 1887 he was elected to the district bench,
serving thirteen years. He was a member
OF the state senate during the session OF
1888, and was chairman Of the Judiciary
committee of that body. In 1896 Judge
Kinkaid was one Of the republican candi-
dates for a contingent position on the SUI
preme bench OF the state, but the consti-
tutional amendment increasing the mum
Der OF supreme judges failed to carry.
In 1900 he was a candidate for congress in
the Sixth district and his nomination by
the republicans in the present campaign is
in recognition OF the inroads he made on
the fus'on vote two years ago. He Is a
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14
Pen and Picture Pointers

T@OSES ?. KINKAID republican
MI nominee for congress from the
- sixth Nebraska district. is one of
ISSS2Yt the best known jurists in the
ntnin hnrInr continued lnnpnr on
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14

IN THE supreme court OF California,
according to the Argonaut q San
Francisco, 1t Is not uncommon t.
III see a learned Justices shoes en-
the desk while court Is in session,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-08
The Recent Rains

have already. begun to have a marked eff
feet among land buyers Everybody for
while said: Wait, / wont buy till | see
whether it rains or not. But during the
past ten days l have received quite a lot
of inquiries for farms.
One wants a good 240 to 800 acres farm.
Another writes for an so or Co. third
wants an so just to rent out. Another
wants a strictly good 100. Will pay it's
value, and SO the inquiries come
have lately listed quite lot of farms,
but want a lot more. We want to arrange
with some one in every neighborhood with
In 30 miles of Ottumwa, to look up and list
farms for us Experience not necessary,
just so you are acquainted with the farm
ers. Write for terms Our trade last year
was excellent, but we are determined to
double it this season. Through the large
membership in our association, numbering
some $50 members, we are prepared to suit
any one with anything, anywhere. If you
want to speculate in land this year, my
advice would be to get move on YOU y
now that the drouth is broken
Office phone 444. NORRIS WILLIAMS,
Res. phone 424. Baker Bldg.
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politics when he began talking about
trusts, and worked himself up to fever
heat during the discussion of this
question. which he declares will be the
paramount" issue in 1904. This
question of money has been the great
issue all of the time" he said. Free
silver and imperialism are but two diff
ferent phases of it. / cannot see why
you newspaper men bark back to sill
yer every time you talk to a democrat.
The platform specifically declared in
1900 that silver was not the issue, but
that imperialism was the great ques-
tion with which the country had to
deal. That was a phase of the big
question of monopolies or trusts, with
which the people of the United States
nave to deal now. 1t is question as
to whether the whole country is to be
dominated by few capitalists, social
ed captains of industry. It is ques-
ton as to whether the money of the
whole United States IS to be handled
by few men like ]. P. Morgan.
What is the Fowler bill, now before
congress, but scheme to turn over
all the money to the banks? 1t is done
to help the interests of trusts. | tell
you that this matter is one which can
not be treated lightly. Look. at the
beef trust. There you have it brought
home to you. However, that trust is
not as big one as are some of the
others in the country which affect the
people in more roundabout way. The
fact is that when the beef trust got
control of beef the price was raised
Immediately and the people came at
once to a realization of their danger.
They do not stop to think, however,
| that the steel trust is much more dan
gerous although it works through diff
ferent channels. 1t raises the price Of
steel rails and of the steel used in
| making machinery. Then the COM
| modities made with this machinery in
crease in price. 1t costs more to ship
them over the railroads when the price
of steel rails is higher, then they go
| through the hands Of two or three
dealers and when you go to the store
to buy a can of salmon or a can OF
peaches you wonder why the price is
higher, without seeing that the direct
cause is the steel trust"
Will Return to OttumWa.
| Mr.. Walsh announces his intention
of returning to 0ttumwa in a short
time to stay. He says he does not like
st. Louis and would never make his
home there permanently. Il expect to
live and die in Ottumwa," was his ans
wer to question as to whether he
would remove to the Missouri metrop-
oils. He reports that he has been sue
cessful in the insurance business in ST.
Louis and likes the work. For the
present, he says. he is out of politics
entirely but expects to be back into
the game as soon as the campaign re-
opens.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-08
AIRED LETTER EVENT.
Meeting Of Sovereign Grand Lod d
/. O. o. F. at Des MONIES.
GOV. CUMMINS TO MAKE ADDRESS
Arrangements for the Entertainment
OF Distinguishes Guests Are Already
Being Made in Capital city-Many
Ottumwans Will Attend Convention.

odd Fellows everywhere will be in
terested to know that the preliminary
arrangements are already being made
for the meeting of the sovereign grand
lodge of the United States, which will
be held in Des Moines, September Is
to 20 inclusive. Every Odd Fellow in
Iowa feels pride in the fact that this
state is to entertain the national soy
ereign grand lodge, and although that
lodge itself includes only about 800
members, its meetings are of much in
terest TO all Odd Fellows, and the at
tendance at the meeting in September
from Ottumwa and other cities in the
state will be very large.
The Odd Fellows of Des Moines are
making arrangements to entertain the
members of the sovereign grand lodge
better than they have ever been enter
tanned at any annual convention in
past years, and the capital city will
look its best when the distinguished
guests are within its gates A parade
will be arranged, in which it is expect
led that 10000 people will participate.
The address of welcome is to be deliv-
cred by Governor A. B. Cummins, and
Mayor Brenton, as well as several men
prominent in fraternal circles,wi also
make speeches. Entertainments of all
kinds will be arranged for the visiting
Odd Fellows, and everything possible
will be done to make the convention a
stellar event for the whole state.
The following is a preliminary
sketch Of the program as arranged to
date:
Demonstration of Odd Fellows in
honor of Sovereign Grand Lodge I. o.
o. F.; 100000 people expected; 10000
in parade.
Public reception; addresses by the
governor, the mayor and fraternal Off
GERS; response by grand sire and 9th
ers.
Degree contests every day and night,
prizes $4,000.
Patriarch's Militant prize drills;
prizes $4,000.
Reception by the Iowa Rebekahs.
Grand decoration of chivalry in pub.
|Iic.
Dress parades inspection and review
of patriarchs militant
March of nations. Great band con-
certs.
Sovereign grand lodge sessions.
Iowa grand lodge sessions.
Reception by patriarchs militant and
ladies militant of Iowa.
Past grand representative reunion.
Entertainments by lodges, camps and
cantons.
Trolley rides to University Place,
Highland Park, Greenwood Park,
Union Park Ingersoll Park.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-08
CROP REPORT.
Prospect Good for Apples But Poor for
Small Fruits,


J. R. Sage, director of the Iowa eli
mate and crop service, says that the
indications are that there will be a
good crop of apples, plums and cher.
ries but the condition of small fruits is
below normal. In his report for the
week ending yesterday, received by
the Courier this morning, Mr.. Sage
says:
The past week was warmer than u.s.
ual, the daily excess of temperature
ranging from six to seven degrees.
The rainfall was unequally distribut-
ed, the heavier amounts being report.
ed at stations in the northern and cen
trail sections; but generally the mois-
ture has been sufficient to promote
termination of seed and vigorous
growth of grass, grain and garden
truck. Except where farming opera
tions were delayed by heavy rainfall,
the work of preparing ground and
planting corn has been in progress. In
portions of the southern section con-
siderable part of the corn has been
planted, and termination in early
planted fields has been satisfactory.
The pastures and meadows show very
marked improvement, and the general
crop outlook is now quite promising.
Reports received by the secretary of
the horticultural society indicate good
prospects for apples, plums and cher
ries, but the condition of small fruit is
below normal.
Farm animals are generally healthy,
and the spring pig crop is better than
the average in recent years.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PEOPLES PULPIT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cushing Was From Iowa.

Congressman Cushman from the
state of Washington, who startled the
members OF the house of representa-
tives a few days ago by his oratory
and sarcasm, is also a product of Iowa
soil. He spent his boyhood days on a
farm, with his uncle, Thomas Newell,
over in Louisa county, near the little
town of Fredonia. The. Newells were
among the pioneers of that county,
known and respected by all. Cushman
is also related to Hon. John F. Lacey.
He took Greeley's advice, left the farm
in old Louisa and went west to seek
fortune and fame, and has secured
both. During the past fifteen years
he has been frequent visitor at the
home of his relatives in Iowa. ID
Xxx.
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Exceptional Values ii
RIBBON.

We have today received large as
sortment of plain and fancy all silk
Ribbon and guarantee to show you the
best quality of Ribbons ever offered
at 1oc per yard, USUALLY sold for 2Oc.)
Fine Neckwear, you can buy here at
little prices, the goods are all new, up
to date, soc values, CSC and 24c.
Help your suit, new pair of Trou-
sers will make your coat and vest look
better and the cost here is very little.
HE FAIR m Hn