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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30

The report of the commissioner of corporations on the petroleum industry to President Roosevelt has just been made public. Through the evidence ob- tained the fact is arrived at that the Standard Oil trust through scandal lous railway discriminatiors" and oth- CT unlawful devices has secured and maintained an exclusive domination of the petroleum industry" The trust controls, it is said, not only the whole sale but also the retail trade in oil. There is nothing new ill this as for years the evidence has been in pos session of the department of justice, furnished by those who tried to conl- pete with the trust, says a Washing ton writer. The wonder IS that know ing the guilt of the trust there has been no attempt until lately to break up this unlawful combination and even now the criminal section of the antitrust law is ignored by the ad- ministration. One of the trust mag mates in jail would do more to break up this plundering of the people than all the fines they can be made to pay.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
HEARD IN PASSING.

The government expended S45.0O0 in attorneys fees to fight the Standard Oil monopoly up to date. You can guess how much it has cost the mon- ster for legal talent to refute tue charges made. -Middletowu Press.
 Every time. wheat makes new high record this frosty spring the stock market toboggans toward a new re- cord for low prices in securities. This is sad time for the speculative opti- mist and field day for the gentlemen long on pessimism.--New Britain Herald
 Statistics gathered in Japan illus trate the tremendous militant activity of the mikado's people. Japan is to- day maintaining an army of 100000 men and q navy approaching twice that engaged during the Russo-Jap- anese war. Surely this nation will bear watching.-New London Day.
 Seventy-five years or commendable work for the blind will be rounded out on June by the Perkins Institute for the Blind, Boston, and the anniversary will be appropriately observed. This institution has ministered to thousands and it still has 300 sightless persons under its roofs, besides scores who are receiving help constantly through its library and other mediums of help. Few institutions ,n New England have accomplished broader or more com mendable work and few are more de- serving of public and private support. -Ansonia Sentinel.
 Were the United States populated as densely as is Germany, which has 290 inhabitants per square mile, the population of this country would total about S00000,000. That means that there is considerable room for expan- sion yet. Southern New England has more density in population than Ger many as a whole, but the great bulk of the country is still very thinly set tied compared with some of the older nations. Bridgeport Standard.
 Pension Commissioner Warner re- ports that during April 3,616 civil war pensioners died, and that during the same month SS2 names were added to tuC pCAslOA lOii- uC tOSt VI pCuSttiiS to the nation has probably passed its maximum in spite of the new service pension act. which adds approximately $15,000,0O0 year to pension disburse- ments. Commissioner Warner express es the conviction that hereafter the de- pertinent will ask for smaller an- nual appropriation than it has hereto fore done. Death is steadily thinning the ranks of the veterans of the great civil conflict.
 AS the capitol investigation proceeds in Pennsylvania, the amazement of the public increases. It is found that the governors suite of eleven rooms cost the state more than s300,0O0, while the governors private office alone cost $46,551. One rug in the main reception room cost $2,609. De- signed woodwork in four rooms of the governors suite gave profit to the contractor of S7S,01S. and, indeed, much of the outlay seems to have gone to fatten his pockets, the sub-contract- ors getting ordinary prices for mater ials furnished and work done. The ! auditors will make their final report 1 within a few days, and then the | Pennsylvanians will know just what | the new building has cost.-Springfeld | Unien. tr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
EIr- a.l,-x.r in onsrn.

Firm Believer in osscns. A Philadelphia physicisn says that ft is luaposssbIs for anyone t1 sAz fco many ozionx-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Hot.Weather Refuoe,

Rev. E. W. Webber, a Maine minis ter, who was located for a while in a Georgia town as pastor of Universal ist church. occasionally relates this story: ...
 He was talking with William Dod- son, ex-president of the Georgia sem ate.
 T suppose you feel the heat greatly down here in the summer. don't you?" queried Mir. Webber of the southern man.
 Well. it does get pretty warm here sometimes" admitted MT. Dodson, but every time I feel too warm I think of the visit once made to Bos- ton. and it sends the cold shivers all over me."-Boston Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
WAR ON THE MOTH
HOW TO KEEP PEST FROM
 STORED CLOTHING.
Utmost Precautions Are Necessary Against This Enemy of the Housewlfe-Proper Way to
 Clean Oil Palntinqs.

Storing Winter cIothlng.-Protec tion is much more than half accom- piished when a garment is brushed free from dust, stains, spots and any soil removed and every seam and fold scanned closely for deposit of moth eggs. If it can be made sure that none of the latter are in the garment It Is easy and cheap to keep them out. Immediately on finishing the cleaning and inspection treatment, slip the gar. ment into a bag made of calico or muslin that will hold 1t easily and that has not the slightest break or tear. Close the opening by running the ends together on the sewing ma chine. and lay away in a trunk or on shelf as preferred. Dip cloth in turpentine and drop it in the bag with the clothes, and always go over the chest shelves. or the trunk, or the bureau drawer in which this bagged clothing has been packed away, with a brush dipped in turpentine. Moths won't eat cotton or linen, and if they are carefully kept out of the garment until it is in the bag, they are out for the summer.
 To Clean oil Paintings.-Remove each painting from it's frame and wipe off all dust with a soft, damp cloth. Examine the canvas for fly specks, and moisten all such with a few drops of clear water. If they do not soften, apply stale beer in the same way. Before attempting a renovation. find out what is the matter with the picture. If the colors are faded and are to be refreshed. proceed as fol- lows: Having removed all fly specks take soft sponge, moIsten it in tepid water. and holding the painting at an angle. wash its face. If you find that during this operation the surface Is at all sticky. you will have solved the secret of the pictures dull appearance and will know that 1t has been coated with sugar. white of eggs. gum arabic, or isinglass. processes common among artists before vanishing. This glaze must be removed by sponging with water. and the painting then allowed to dry thoroughly. after which it will be ready for vanishing. This Is done with clean. soft fat bTistle brush and French retouehing vzrnish, both of which may be procured from a first class dealer in artists supplies. Do not use stiff coarse brush. as It will leaTe lines. and do not experiment with furniture vaTnlsh. Place the can vas fat HpOn the table. between yo1r- self s1d the light. ard drau the brush straight across its face from side to side, taking care neither to leave any unTsrnisheS srots nor to 60 over the same places rors than once. as ths double layer of TarnEsh would show when dry. The ea7vzs should nov bs Kept free from dust tn fhe varnish ix hard. when it nzy bsrsturnsd to ths franc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30

"very few of the friends Of Arch
 bishop Ireland know that he was a
 chaplain during the civil war" A
 friend of the well known prelate tells
 the following story about him: Il have known Archbishop Ireland for maHy years and he told me of an incldt nt which ! do not believe many persons know Of. for think it has never been published. The archbishop then a chaplain, had been serving in the south and was taken seriously iiI. so ill. ill., deed. that he was ordered by the dOc- tors to the general hospital at Visks- burg. He was sent on board a bat bound for that point and was so weak that he could hardly talk lie asked his nurse for a glass of water which had been prohibited by tie doctor. The nurse repeated the request to tie physician on boauf the i.o1t and the latter. after examining the eslPIsiH bade the nurse give him anything hs wanted. for said the daetor. .hs will not be alive when we reach yicks- burg and we might ss well give him whatever he desires iu fb- few remaIn- ing moments of his life But the chaplain. who was afteTuard to be- sone one of the strongest powers ia
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
NEW TOUCH IN CONSERVATION.
sIlk and Muslin Used by the Leading
 Toilette Fashions.

One of the quaint conceits, of the new fashions is the combination of silk and muslin. In one such model cream-colored batiste is used over a foundation of blue silk. This forms the skirt proper. At the bottom there is flounce of silk which pre- cisely matches the shade brought out by the cream batiste over the blue, and 1t is attached to the skirt with serpentine lace insertion which shows the silk underneath. More of the in- sertion outlines the princesse front panel. The top of tho bodice is tucked finely, is cut away In y-shape. with chemisette of the blue silk. em- broidered in a pretty forget-me-not de sign. inserted. A narrow crush girdle of blue silk, raised in the back and meeting the panel in front, finishes as pretty a costume as one could hope to see of summers evening. Foulard is receiving much of it's old-time at tention. and. although there is not an extensive showing of new designs in the silk itself. it is claiming distinc- ton to a considerable degree through some original modes of construction. One effective design has a straight skirt gathered closely atsthe waist line, which is raised in the back and is bordered at the bottom with a six inch band of plain black satin. The foulard is black dotted with white. There is also a narrow stitched band which extends from the hem each side of the center front. up under meath the girdle. up over the shoulders of the bodice. and down again to the hem In the back The bodice is pinafore worn over a Ehite net guimpe. with the sleeves outlined by stitched band of the plain satin Across the front are tvo silk frogs and tvo others decorate the shoulders
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Life a Childish Pleasure.

A wealthy woman with diamonds up to her knuckles was telling of man she knew who was going abroad on a cattle steamer.
 He is going for his health," she said. He is very delicate, but he is so poor. Why should a man who has no health endsavor to preserve the It. tie he has? With no money to make life agreeable and so little life left in his body. why should he keep on wanting to live?"
 One of her listening friends who is not particularly encountered with this worlds goods, spoke up. q suppose he takes g sort of childish pleasure in it. Most of us do"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30

A curious search has just been con cluded by an English lawyer in Wasll- ington that ended in the cemetery of the government insane asylum at Saint EIizabeth's across the eastern branch of the Potomac. The lawyer was here trying to locate the heir to a fortune of $6.0o0.000 left by wealthy manufacturer in England. The legal heir would have been one John Cook, a nephew of the dead man. A long search in this country indicated that he had come to Washington and the lawyer fully expected to find him here. After considerable trouble he found that Cook had gone down in the world and finally after being arrested as a vagrant on the street, had been committed to the government asylum as an insane pauper. No one knew anything about him, and after finger ing at the asylum for while he died and was buried at public expense in the little cemetery attached to the in- stitution. At this very time the for tune of S6,OOO.OOO was awaiting him in England. There was no record Of any other heirs to the money except c sister of the dead man who IS now a permanent inmate of an insane asy- lum in Norfolk, Va. Some of the mon- ey was set aside to pay her expenses in that institution and the remainder of the immense sum will revert 10 the British crown for lack of an owner.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Pcet In Traininc.

Did you beat the carpet, dear?"
 T did" replied the poet
 And the stoyepipe-haye you taken it 6o1n7'
 T have"
 That's dear! Now go and dig in the garden for exercise. and then you may go to your garFe; and write love songs for groceriss."-Atlants Coasti- tuition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30

the Catholic church of Amerlca, sur prised the physicians. He was alive when he reached yicksburg and aston- ished every one by his remarkable vitality. He was a very sick man for weeks, but he recovered"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Tomry's Discovery.

A little city boy out in the suburbs for the first time remarked as he looked ont of the window in the morn ing and saw numbsTlsss dsndellous on the lawn:
 ~Oh. mamma. just look-the grass is al covered with iTecklss!"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
Preserves uez. ;, p;ss,v,-

On board British bsttIeship of the Mediterranean feet a tin oi preserved meat vas recently koisted oa a beam and eoTe7ed with labels. -Rats.- Dogs A Chinese Conpound-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
H. po.snr Laok n

T hope you viii excuse ny edrios- ity.- said the greyhound to the darhssund. but can y0a really alt dovn1-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-30
psrk ou.I.oL f,- n.-...

The simple fife needs simple food. Brsad-and-outtsr days are returning. and there will be fewer calls for the eoctors-AueTiczz Medicins.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21

Miss Alice Redman VIII entertain the
X. X. X. club Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Kirschbraun will give d
large whist party Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Walter wilkins win be hostess this
week at the meeting OF the Friday club,
The Thurston Rides will give stag din
ner Wednesday evening at their armory,
The Monday bridge club will be enter
tanned Monday by Mrs. Warren Rogers
The Visiting Nurses association will
give a dance az Chambers Tuesday evening
Mrs. ", A. Shropshire will be hostess
Thursday At the meeting OF the Park Side
luncheon club,
The Jewel Card club will be entertained
Thursday afternoon at the home OF Miss
Anna Humpert.
Miss Margaret Guthrie, who Is a senior
AZ Brownwell hall. will give e luncheon
Saturday for fourteen Of the other seniors
Mr.. and Mrs swaTtzlGnder and Mr.. D
! c. Redick viii entertain a bridge party
Wednesday evening IN honor OF Mis-
Marion Hughes.
Mss Florence Lewis win give a tea
| tuesday afternoon In honor OF Mrs. WI
| liam Karnes OF Kansas City, who is 9
| guest al her home.
Mrs. Francis Brogan will give a dinnei
at the Country club Tuesday evening II
honor Of MrA william Karnes OF Kansas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21
weddings and arrangements.


Mr. and Mrs. William Bushman announce
the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Lillian, to Mr.. Alexander Leonard Stuart
of Walnut, Ia. The wedding win take place
in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Matthews have
announced the engagement of their sister,
Miss Pearl Miller. to Mr.. John Smith. The
wedding will be solemnized next Wednes-
day afternoon at All Saints church.
One Of the early spring weddings, beauti-
full in its simplicity, was that Of Miss Ber-
nadine Johnson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John A. johnson, and Mr.. William j,
Monaghan, which was solemnized Saturday
evening at s o'clock at the home of the
brides parents 2SO9 Capitol avenue. Father
Bronsgeest oficiated. Pink and white were
the colors used in decorating the rooms
Tulips were used in the parlor and pink
and white sweet peas in the dining room
The ceremony was performed in the living
room before the bay window, which was
banked with palms Mrs. W. e. Johnson
sang Faithful and True" from Lohengrin
as the party entered. Mrs. d. Z. McCulley
was matron Of honor and was gowned in
pink crepe de chene and carried white car
nations. Miss Lily Rose, as maid Of honor
wore becoming gown OF pale green
radium silk, and carried white carnations
The bride was a picture OF daintiness in q
gown Of Persian lawn made huny with
ruffies and quantities of German val lace
as trimmings Mr. John O'Keefe was bes
man. An informal reception followed the
ceremony, when about eighty guests were
present, Mr.. and Mrs. Monaghan will re-
side at 27O Capitol avenue.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21
QUEEN NATALIE GETS Cash
ROumanian Court Awards Estate to
Mother of Late King OF
servin.

BELGRADE, April 2O.-Cspecial.) lex
Queen Natalie, mother OF the late king OF
servla has inherited a fortune Of 100000
by a decision Of the Bucharest court, which
has given her the possession Of the obreno-
Witch estates in ROumania.
BY this decree DR.. Petronievitch, the
late kings secretary, Is rehabilitated and
entitled 10 claim compensation from the
servian government for wrongful imprison-
ment. It will be remembered that he was
accused by the revolutionary cabinet Of
having Illegally disposed Of part OF the
revenues OF the estate at King Alexander
bidding and was condemned TO two years
imprisonment
The Roumaian courts have now affirmed
that the land In question was the personal
property OF the king and that the king was
perfectly justified in directing his secre-
tary 70 employ the revenues for his ma
jesty's private use.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21

Of DR.. and Mrs. +. G. Sparkling for the
summer, during their absence in Canada.
Mrs. Alice Kalers OF Chicago, who has
been at the Omaha General hospital the
last two months, has returned to her home
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Clarke, who are
the guests OF Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Clarke
expected to leave several days ago for
their home, but were detained by the ILL
ness OF their little daughter.
Mrs. William r. Bowen has purchased
the home now occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond WEIGH at 2O6 South Thirty-fifth
avenue. She will take possession of It as
soon as Mr.. and Mrs. WEIGH can find an
other house.
The house which has recently been va
Gated by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cudahy has
been bought by Mr. Charles McMenemy.
Mr.. and Mrs. McMenemy have recently
moved here from Blair and will move into
their new home May /.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21
How To Get Plump

Thin people may eat a good al, but
they do not digest what they ems. They
starve themselves lean hv not nssiuii1t-
ing enough Of the flesh protncu'g clc-
ments Of their food The cells ~ their
bodily tissues are used up faster tnan
they can be rebuilt--.uI SO there IS no
gain in weight
Oriental physicians have rtercomA this
sluggish condition OF Inc system 10y the
use Of a simple root found only In Asia.
It's extract puts flesh Nn the ntnnest
physique by Stimulating digestion aud in
tecting into tho blood Just tie clsWents
OF food which build ussus.
The root has been recently imported by
the Sultana Remedy Company who pre-
pare the extract II Is very pleasant to
take and In absolutely harmless duly pro-
tected by the Pure FO1d Law u - sold
at all first class drug stores fnr : bot
tie II your druggist does not keen it,,
write the Sultana Remedy go, Baltimore
Building, Chicago, for Faces on Flesh ="
1t will interest anybody desiring TO put on
more flesh.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21
Come mud GO Gnssin.

Mr. and Mrs storz have returned from
Excelsior Springs
MI NJ. F. Funkhouser has returned from
a trip 10 California.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Butler are visiting
relatives in Tennessee.
Mrs. Campbell Fair is the guest Of
Mrs George e. Pritchett.
Mr. and Mrs F. II. Davis have returned
from brief stay IN Chicago.
Mrs. William L. Yetter has returned from
an extensive visit in California.
Mr. and Mrs. Bidwell returned Satur-
day morning from visit in California
Mrs. c. d. Scott and Mr.. Leroy Scott
have returned from a visit in California
Mrs. William L. Holman of New York
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Morris
Levy.
Miss Louise Peck has returned from Lin
coin, where she has been the guest of
friends.
Mr. J. Bryant Bushnell of Minneapolis is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hawver
for a few days
Miss Daisy Lemon of San Diego Cal.
is the guest of her cousins, the Misses
Withheld at 42O South goth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon Wattles arrived
home Friday morning from California,
where luey nave spent several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs e. NJ. Morsman, who have
been spending several months in Cali
fornia, returned home Saturday evening
Mrs. S. S. Beeman of Chicago, v no has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Catherine
Powell for a few days has returned home
Miss Louise Ruhl, who has been the guest
of Miss Henrietta Rees for the last ten
days, has returned to her home in Kansas
City.
Mrs Frederick c. Hill of St. Louis,
who has been spending several days with
Mrs. c. NJ. Wilhelm, has returned to her
home.
Mrs Alfred NJ. Longwen and sors, AL
fred, James and Daniel, will leave satur-
day for Rapid City, S. D., where they will
reside temporarily.
Mrs. John L. Webster and Miss Flora
Webster arrived in New York Friday
where they will visit for short time be-
fore returning to Omaha.
Miss Lorraine Comstock will leave Tues
day for Denver. where she will be the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Leavitt. Mrs.
Leavtt was Miss Ruth BRYAN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Barrows Of Hastings
spent several days of last week in Omaha,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Barrows.
Miss Helen Eastman OF Chicago is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Charles T. Kountze
Mrs. Albert French and children Of the
Philippine Islands, formerly of Omaha.
are the guests of Mrs. Frank Rudolph,
where they will remain until fall when
they will again return to their home.
Mrs. S. c. Kends, 541 South Twenty
fourth avenue, is for the present in Cleve-
land, o., that she might attend the mar
riage of her sister, Miss Evelyn Fromson
to Mr. John Kurland which will be SOL
emnized May 10.
Rev w. b. Slaughter, pastor of st. Johns
church of Chicago, has been spending sew
eraI days the last week in Omaha. the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hawver
having been called here by the serious ill
ness of Major Brad Slaughter. Rev. w. B.
Slaughter was formerly of Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21

Mrs. II. l.. keefe, president OF the State
Federation, Will be a guest OF the conven-
ton. The next day, Wednesday April "a,
the Third district opens It's annual con-
vCntion at Stanton, continuing through
Thursday, With some Of the largest and
most enthusiastic clubs OF the state, the
Third district always has an interesting
and helpful gathering. Mrs. Keefe Will
be a guest at stanton also. completing the
round Of all the district meetings OF the
state. Previous 70 her election to the state
presidency Mrs. Keefe was vice president
OF the Third district and was succeeded
by Mrs. W. T. Reed Of Madison.