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Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23

Mrs. Lynburg, who resigned, and who, with
her husband, will take trip abroad this
summer
BOGAN-The death Of Mrs Almira p.
Stephens, aged 50, occurred yesterday at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. f. j. Cope
land. She was born at Smithheld, n. Y,
settled in Harrison county forty years ago
aud was the mother Of four children, w. n,
+. Il, Mis-. +. J. Copeland and Mrs. Foster
Francis. The funeral was held this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock from the local Methodist
Episcopal church. with interment at the
Logan cemetery.
CRESTON-The Elks lodge met at the new
lodge home and elected officers as follows:
Exalted ruler, W. II. Robb; esteemed lead
ing knight. +. J. Rogers; loyal knight, r.
c. Thompson; lecturing knight, James @.
Bull; secretary, DR.. J. w. Reynolds; treas
urer, Clarence Mcconnell; tiler, John Null
LEM trustee for long term, DR.. ]. w. Rey-
nolds; trustee for short term, G.. w. Fogg
delegate to grand lodge, d. w. Higbeei
alternate, r. H. Hanna.
LOGAN-Logan's city election occurs
Monday and a number Of candidates are In
the field. On the peoples ticket L. G
Brown and J. n. Albertson are running for
councilmen for the term of three years
and Charles Watson and DR.. David VIII
/ liams for the two-year term. The citizens
ticket is composed Of oscar Coffey and DR.
three-year terms, and F. d Stems and A.
J. Miller for the two-year terms.
! LOGAN-Frank B. Johnson died yester.
| day morning at the Ida Grove hospital
! He was for many years manager of the
| Green Bay Lumber Company's yards, and
| also manager Of Observation-Disclosures
/ company's department store at Logan and
| recently organized the Logan Lumber com
/ pany, which has hardly yet got into opera
| ton, He leaves a wife and daughter. The
| deceased was about 30 years old The
! funeral occurs today at Ida Grove.
! CEDAR FALLS-Miss Fannie r. Dickey
! who for four years has been music teacher
! in the Cedar Falls public schools, closed he
| work tonight and will tomorrow begin he
! duties at the Iowa State Normal school L
succeed Miss Clara V. Cressy of Sioul
! Falls, s. D., who has been obliged to return
| to her home on account of sickness. Mis-
! Dickey's place will be filled by Miss Alic,
! Cramer, who has been teacher of German
and English in the high school, and Mis-
| Vida Keene has been elected Miss Crameri
! SUCCESSOR.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
THOMAS PEACOCK BECOMES INSANE
OvervOrIk on a New Invention the
Cause.

OverwOrk on New Invention the
Cause.
Thomas Peacock, a machinist employed
by the Union Pacific and residing at IA
Perrin avenue became mentally deranged
yesterday morning and after hearing be
fore the commissioners of insanity, was or
dered committed to the state asylum at
Clarinda, where he was taken last evening
in care Of Deputy Sheriffs Woolman and
McCaffery Mr.. Peacock is AZ years of age,
married and has a family Ct several chill
dren,
Mr. Peacock's condition is attributed TO
overwork on a machinist's tool, which he
recently invented and which those in po-
sition to know say will ultimately be used
in all railroad machine shops.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Peacock went TO
the livery barn on East Broadway where
he keeps his horse and from there rode to
the police station on Bryant street. At po-
lice headquarters he inquired from Patrol
Driver Lorenzen how many dogs had been
shot by the police, but rode away again
without waiting for an answer. Shortly
after word was sent TO the police that
man on horseback was riding amuck on
Broadway near the Methodist church. Cap
tain O'Neill went to the scene and found
Peacock riding up and down the sidewalk
chasing a dog. A number of children and
other pedestrians narrowly escaped being
ridden over by the demented man. When
Captain O'Neill appeared Peacock dis
mounted and, handing the r<ins to the Off
Ger, told the latter TO get up and take a
ride and at the same time Peacock started
south on First street on run. The Off
Ger called to him to halt, otherwise he would
shoot. This had the desired effect and Pea
cock retraced his steps. AS he reached the
officer he struck him over the limbs with
cane, and when Captain O'Neill attempted
| to take hold of him struck him a swinging
blow in the mouth, badly cutting his lips.
After short but decisive struggle, which
! attracted a big crowd, Peacock was sub
dued and taken to police headquarters.
| From there he was taken to the sheriff 3
office in the court house and later before
the commissioners on insanity. Sheriff Can
ming is a personal friend Of the demented
man and Mrs Peacock, fearing when her
husband left the house that he was not in
his right mind, notified Mr. Canning to be
on the lookout for her husband
AS an expert machinist Mr.. Peacock stood
| high in the estimation of the officials Of the
! Union Pacific A few years ago he was
sent east by the railroad to supervise the
building of several large locomotives for
the Union Pacific at the Baldwin works
While thus employed he became temporarily
insane. supposedly from overwork, and he
was sent by the company to a sanitarium.
Mr.. Peacock has not been working In the
shops since the first of the month. He
recently began to show signs of mental
arrangement, attributed to his working
over his recent invention, which he fanciec
would bring him millions of dollars The
recent order of Chief of Police Richmond
to have all stray CANNES shot appeared tC
have made a deep impression on his mind
as after his arrest and while on his way
to the police station, he made continuou:
| reference TO 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
TRAIN BOYS IN STEEL WORK
bethlehem Mills TO Teach 1000 Youths
the Secrets of Steel
Making.

Charles NJ. Schwab, head Of the Bethe-
hem Steel company and other organiza-
lions, has evolved the scheme whereby
he hopes to train American boys to become
the worlds greatest makers of steel in all
branches. He offers an opportunity for
1900 boys to enter the great mills at Beth
lehem, Pa. If they will do as he says and
as he has done himself, he declares they
will be able not only to become mechanics,
but experts with a full knowledge Of the
highest development of the iron and steel
business.
THE Bethlehem Steel company intends
to compete with the world in all grades
Of work from armor-plate and cannon to
the finest Of tools, such as gauges that will
record the thousandth part of an inch"
said President Arch Johnston when asked
why the company was anxious to engage
so many apprentices. I'm heavier work
America has NJ equal but the German en-
pire in the manufacture of the finer ar
ticle has no equal.
1.-THE German superiority today is due to
the care of Emperor William, who has en-
couraged manufacturers. He also has been
the greatest personality the world over in
the training of boys in technical schools
Mr.. Schwab, the principal owner of the
Bethlehem Steel works, has been a close
student, as we'll as great admirer Of the
German system. He has devised a plan
whereby we think the German method will
be improved upon.
''If so many can be had, 5000 boys and
youths will be employed by the Bethlehem
Steel works TO be transformed into highly
trained, thoroughly skilled mechanics, ar
tisans and metal workers who will help
make this the leading steel plant on the
globe. Boys will get something for their
services. and as they advance their wages
will increase. Mr.. Schwab has designed
money prizes and sets of tools for those
showing the greatest efficiency at given
periods.
"A great technical school will also be in
stituted in connection with our plant. The
courses both in the school and in the fac
tory will include thorough instruction in
the rudments Of each trade, leading up
through every detail until the apprentice
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23

is turned out finished artist in his par.
ticuar line
Among the trades to be taught the fol.
lowing are the most interesting: Brass
molding. both bench and floor work; iron
holding, bench and floor work; the laying
of friedrich and manipulation Of fire clays
in the building up of furnaces. electric
wiring, care Of dynamos and batteries, cleo
trio motors and electric machines. steam
fitting In its most complicated forms, from
the smallest one-eighth pipe up to huge
sizes carrying hundreds of pounds pres
sure, tool making, comprising the making
Of the most infinite variety OF tools used
on the different machines throughout the
whole vast establishment as well as the
finest grades Of tools in all industries, arts
and sciences.
Two of the courses will be armor plate
and projectie making. The armor plate
makers will be taught the entire science,
from the molding Of ingots, heating, forging
and annealing. The company win also
officer a chance for it's bright boys to take
up draughting. New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23

Cocktail! Yes, sir" said bartender at
one of the principal hotels to a customer
who had preferred his request for that cell
ebrated drink. When he had finished mix
ing 1t and the customer who drank it was
gone he fell into a reminiscent mood.
Not long ago-only a few years ago, in
fact-we spent the first two or three hours
of the morning In mixing cocktails, Man
hattans, Martins, gin, Observation-Disclosures
you please But lately the cocktail seems
TO have lost ground. The great boxes Of
cracked ice with which every bar was
equipped in the morning hours have grown
smaller-not that there is not some call yet
for cocktails, but not anything like what
there was only a few years ago, and what
there is left mostly comes from the middle
aged or old man. The younger general =,
is getting wiser. 1t reads Of the evil effects
OF bitters, OF alcohol and OF drinking on an
empty stomach, and its members simply
abstain, because they figure out that they
viii be better in health and pocket by abb
staining. And that, in my judgment is
what's the matter with the cocktail -
Philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
TASTERS OF THE OLD DAYS
High-Keyed ThrOats Detect "A Leather
Headed Tack in Barrel
of Booze.

Tennessee has gone dry'-you wouldn't
have thought it of her. would your" a rep
resentative from that glorious old common
wealth remarked sadly. but it's a fact;
you can't buy whisky anywhere in the
state,
But, after ALL maybe IL isn't such
hardship" he continued with attempt
at cheerfulness. whisky isn't what It
used to be-folks are in such a hurry these
days that they will take anything and gulp
II down Wasn't that way when 1 was a
young fellow.
81 remember that on one occasion a
dealer in Memphis had got sample bar
rel, and invited the mayor and the city
Judge to try it and give expert opinions on
it's quality. The mayor picked up his gltvv,
and slipped It, smacking his lips. -
"'Ah! That's pretty good, but-er-thNNS
seems to be a slight taste of iron about
it-what do you think, Judge?' he said.
1.-THE judge allowed the amber fluid to
fow smoothly down his throat.
"'Well, Colonel he said, I can't detect
iron, but the odor Of leather is unmis-
taxable
They argued for a while, and then the
dealer had the contents of the barrel care
fully strained, with the result that they
found that, in some way, a leather-headed
upholsterers tack had gotten into the bar
rel They certainly demanded good whisky
in those days" the representative cUu-
cluded.-Harpers Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
FUNDS FoR THE BROADWAY PAVING
Carnival Fund Formally Dedicated
for the Purpose.

for the Purpose.
whereas, The members Of the Street Fair
and Carnival company and the members OF
the Council Bluffs Commercial club realize
the imperative necessity Of having the paw
ing Of West Broadway completed this year.
and .-.s.-.. D.,
that end should meet with the encourage
ment and elicit the aid of every CITIZEN
Resolved. That the trustees of the fund OF
$4,000 known as the carnival fund" do
nate that sum to the city Of Council Bluns
when the pavement Of broadway from the
east line Of Twentieth street to the west
line Of Ferry addition is completed ana ac-
cepted by the city council, on condition
said paving is completed during the year
1907.
The above resolution was unanimously
adopted at a meeting yesterday afternoon
Of the officers and members of the Street
Fair and Carnival company and the execu-
tive committee OF the Commercial club
This money had been promised to the city
10 assist in defraying the cost of paving
West Broadway, but formal action was
deemed necessary and the meeting for this
purpose was held yesterday afternoon at
the Commercial club rooms.
It is figured that the cost of paving and
curbing Broadway from Twentieth street
to the approach to the motor companys
bridge will be about $1,000, Of which the
abutting property can probably be assessed
for not to exceed $4,000 This will leave
deficiency of $4,000 to be assumed by the
city It is expected to make up this amount
as follows:
From general Improvement fund for -.
From general Improvement fund for
196s 10000
BY sale of 1O2 lots owned by city on
Broadway, purchasers agreeing to
/ Full for having
and curbing .....e................. 10000
Vai company. 1000
Proceeds Of street fair and carnival
this 4iVOO
Total .|oo'VJO
This will leave $1,000 which the city will
have to raise by other means Councilman
Maloney Of the special committee having
this matter in charge is sanguine that this
amount can be raised. The transfer COM
panies doing hauling between Council Bluffs
and Omaha have slgnihed their willingness
to contribute and one yesterday notified Mr..
Maloney that It would subscribe 500 and
possibly more The brewing companies in
Omaha, which haul heavy loads between
the two cities, It is expected, will be glad
| to assist, as the paving of Broadway will
mean much to them. liberal subscription
is also looked for from the street railway
company as the improvement of the main
| thoroughfare between the two cities I'M
douhtedly would materially increase the
bridge tolls. In the event of the city council
passing and enforcing a wide tire ordinance
there is little doubt but that the Board
of Supervisors would make a generous APP
preparation out of the county road fund
towards the paving OF this thoroughfare ~
at least as much of the fund as is lev--j
within the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
GRAND JURY MAKES FINAL REPORT
Eight indictments, Only Four of
which Are Made Public.

Eight indictments, Only Four of
which Are Made Public.
The district court grand jury completed
its deliberations yesterday and after re-
porting eight indictments adjourned until
May G. OF the eight indictments only four
were made public, the defendants named
in the others not being under arrest
Three indictments are against Roy Green,
who is at present in the tolls i'm Omaha.
Green is charged with the theft of two
overcoats, each valued at SIS, from the
store Of the John Beno company, bne on
February l and the other on the following
day The third indictment charges him
with breaking and entering the store. His
bonds are placed at $500 under each in
dictment. The indictments also set forth
that Green, under the name of Frank
Brown, has been convicted three times OF
| larceny within the state Of Iowa, each
time in Sioux City, and during the month
Of April, 1906
One indictment is against c. H. johnson
| on the charge OF cheating by false pre-
| lenses. During the month of February
this year, Johnson stopped at the Metro,
! pOlitan hotel on Broadway, and II Is
| charged that by representing himself &c
be stock and horse raiser and having
! funds in a bank in South Omaha and the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
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Buy your seeds in bulk. All new fresh
goods Peas all kinds, per quart 2c'
beans all kinds, per quart, &c; sweet corn
per quart, 25c; onion sets, per quart, l2Rc
parsnips, per ounce, 1Oc; tomatoes, all kinds
per ounce, 8Oc beets all kinds, per ounce,
1Oc; onions, per ounce, 3Oci turnips, per
ounce, 1Oc; cucumbers, all kinds, per ounce,
1Oc; parsley. per ounce Ice; celery, per
ounce, soc; radishes, per ounce lOc; melons,
per ounce, 1Oc; T1ansmississippi lawn grass
seed, per pound, 25c; fancy cleaned blue
grass, per pound, 2Oc; extra fancy white
clover, per pound, 25c. ]. Zoller Mer. Co.,
phone 800, lOO-lO2-lO6 Broadway.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Office, Pearls IS.
MINOR MENTION.

Davis. drugs.
Stockert sells carpets.
Fine enRravinRs at Leferts.
I'd Rogers Tony Faust beer.
See schmidt's elegant new photos.
Plumbing and heating, BiXby Son.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director, phone 81.
Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. SS9.
watch repairing. o. Mauthe, 2S West
Broadway. --....
GOODS AT HICKS.
Easter novelties and post cards. Z, Il
Alexander. 1873 B'way.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs Edward OKeefe,
ZlO Sixth avenue, girl
Latest styles and patterns in wall paper
II. Berwick. III South Main.
Excelsior Masonic lodge will meet tonight
for work in the second degree
DIAMONDS AS AN INVESTMENT.
TALK TO LEFFERT ABOUT IT.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
10 John j. Clark and Margaret Henderson,
both aged q and both from Omaha
BUDwEIsER BOTTLED BEER Is
AND CAFES. L. ROsENFBLDT &C.. Agts.
illinois nut coal, delivered 1910 per ton;
spadTs CRATE, $50 per ton william Welsh,
II North Main street Tel 18 Yard Eighth
street and Eleventh avenue. Tel. 81.
MRS. J. F. CLARK, SUCCESSOR 70
MRS. Hustler, Is NOW READY 10
SHOW ALL THE LATEST CREATIONS
IN FINE SPRING MILLINERY III
BROADWAY.
Come In and let us show our spring stock
OF carpets, rugs, lnOleum, oil cloth, window
shades lace curtains, ranges ana gasoline
stoves We have one Of the largest stocks
OF house furnishings in the city. d. w.
Keller 1903 South Main.
Cora May Johnson flied in the district
court yesterday original notice of divorce
from Phillip Frank johnson and for $1,000
almony and the custody Of their two minor
children. The grounds on which she VIII
base her ap dication are not set forth IN
the notice.
President b. L. Winchell Of the Rock
Island and party Of officials, in special
train, spent short time yesterday morn
ing in the city inspecting the local term
mails Besides President Winchell the party
included Vice President II. U. Nudge, Sec
ond Vice President ~ D. Biddle, General
Manager Il. .. Melcher and General Super
intendent H. s. Gable.
Congressman Walter I. Smith addressed
the pupils Of the high school yesterday
morning at assembly. He gave them an in
terestng description Of the manner In
which the senate and lower house trans
acted their business and the methods by
which It is handled from day to day
Charles w. Tuleys gave a vocal selection
which was followed by songs by the stu
dents.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23

Governor Says Constitution made
nunAn Rnn Madam nnnhInnn.

Governor Says Constitution made
quRte for Modern Problems.
IOWA CITY, Ia, March 22-(Special
Telegram.) 80 Before introducing Justice
Emil McClain of the Iowa supreme court,
the final speaker in the celebration Of the
fftieth anniversary OF the adoption Of the
Iowa constitution, Governor Albert Cum
Minis declared that the national consttu-
tion was inadequate TO deal with the in
dustrial problems of the day.
Justice McClain, who followed him, took
issue with the governor, declaring the con-
stitution was still a satisfactory instru-
meut Of government
The banquet, which concluded the cele-
bration, was addressed by Governor Cum
minis, Congressman Albert F. Dawson OF
this district, Robert Lucas, grandson OF
Iowas first territorial governor; Reuben
Goldthwaite, superintendent Of the Missouri
Historical society; Mayor Durham. only
survivor OF the constitutional convention
of 1854 Hon. J. Scott Richmond, only sur
vivor OF the constitutional convention OF
1876; Hon. J. II. Peters, one OF the two
surviving members Of the constitutional
convention of 1857 and Prof. Eugene VAN
baugh of Harvard university.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
DIR. TENNEY HAS ANOTHER CALL
First Church of sioux City n Rival of
First Church of Omaha,

First Church Of sioux City n Rival of
First Church of Omaha.
SIOUX CITY, March Especial both
the First Congregational church and the
Maytiower Congregational church, the only
two Congregational churches in Sioux City,
have issued calls 10 pastors. The First
church has invited Rev. Dr. W. L. Tenney
of Chicago, western secretary Of the Amer
lean Missionary association, and he has
consented 10 occupy the pulpit on Faster
Sunday. The First Congregational church
Of Omaha also has extended a call to DIT.
Tenney. For eight years DIT Tenney was
pastor Of the First Congregational church
at North Adams Mass.
The Mayfower church has called Rev.
A. A. Tanner Of Alton, H., formerly OF
Waterloo, Ia.
Rev. DR., J. W. Frizzen resigned his pas
torate at the First Congregational church
several months ago after a sensational ser
mon, I'm which he attacked members Of the
congregation for failing to support him. He
is now In Texas. Rev /. n, Pierce has
rendered his resignation as pastor OF the
Mayfiower church because OF IN health. He
goes 70 PTimghar, Ia.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23
swITCHMAN CRUSHED BY THE CARS
Caught While Riding on side of Car
Being Switched.


Being Switched.
Harry Morehouse, switchman, was killed
early Friday morning in the Union Pacific
transfer yards in Council Bluffs by being
caught between two freight cars at Y.
MorchOuse died I'm few minutes after the
accident. He was crushed from the hips down
and left arm broken at the shoulder He is
survived by a wife and child, who left Thurs
day evening TO visit relatives in Boone. Ia,
which was the former home of Morehouse.
At the time OF the accident MJrehouse
was swinging on the ladder Of a box car
which was making a switch at Y. At the
Y Warehouses; body struck a car on the
other track, the two cars being close to-
l gether as the switched car passed. The
injured man was hurried to the Northwest
ern depot on an engine, but died before
/ the arrival Of an ambulance.
! HMOrehouse had been in the employ of the
| Union Pacific since last November and re-
! sided at 1922 Sixth avenue. He was "a years
/ OF age. His wife and other relatives ar
/ rived during the afternoon and returned
/ last evening to Boone, taking the body
4 with them. The victim OF the accident was
/ nephew Of William Morehouse of Omaha
/ n former well known passenger conductor
on the Union Pacific.
! Coroner Treynor stated last evening that
( no inquest would be held.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23

Saturday specials IN hardware depart
ment: Large japanned foot tub. SOC; 5-quart
granite stew PAN 13c; 1O-quart granite
water pail, s9c; good dustpan,i &c; good
garden rake, 1ac good steel shovel or
spade 43c; good wood frame wringer, H.69.
See our line Of washing machines. J. Zol-
Ter Mer Co., 1OO-1o2-lO6 Broadway. Phone