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The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
.]NA MAY IS MARRIED
..1sEss BECOMES BRIDE OF
YOUNG MILLIONAIRE.
-. n American Girl, Who for Years
s,s Been Idol of London Theater-
Goers, from Back Row
of Chorus.

rordou.-Edna May, the American
.--sss was married the other day
7. rre registry Office at Windsor to
,.,.- LeaisOhn, son of Adoiph Levi
-rr of New York, in the presence of
tar relatives and intimate friends.
NJ honeymoon viii be passed in a
-,.o-frg tour on the cOntinent
rfra May, now Mrs. Oscar Levi
..- has probably been the most
.e.7.au0ul and wriUJen-about young
nan Who ever won her way from
=. hack row Of the chorus to the
--Hg1r of popularity on two con-
.,--s Tt was about 1897 that a slip
Ia zf.I came TO New York and ap-
.rs5 r5 George Lederer for a position
-ra Casino chorus. No one knew
~ She had no backing and no back
She came from Syracuse, where
10 had been born probably II years
..7ra Her name was Petite, and
l- father. Edgar c. Petite, was a let
~ carrier. She was winsome and de-
--a and after the manager had
-a5 her voice he put her on the
rafting list" which meant that she
,,-5 attend all the rehearsals, study
m on all the music and then, posi-
s,v get a position at $12 a week in
he back row of the chorus. In a
Paw weeks she secured the position at
Ra hack Of the stage. After a lot
more hard work and waiting she was
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
MeIodrama AfIoat.

An extraordinary state of things has
been brought to light at Dunkirk on
board the Italian three masted ship
Venetia, which arrived from Chilli. She
had on board a crew of mixed nation
alities, among them being many Ger
mans and Italians, who got on badly
together, and the police found on
board an Italian who had been for IS
days heavily ironed in such a way that
he could scarcely change his position.
He now seems half dazed and scarcely
able to answer questions coherently.
His own statement, so far as it can
be grasped, is that after an alteration
he took refuge in the captains cabin,
and that the Germans, taking arms.
forced the captain to deliver him up
to them.-LOndOn Globe.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
RUNS OSTRICH RANCH
MRS. PEARSON MAKES BUSINESS
OF RAISING BIG BIRDS.
Has Just Started First Farm in Cuba
-Feathered Animals Just Big,
Healthy Idiots, She
SAYS

New York.-Mrs. Katherine Pear
son Of Phoenix Ariz, and Havana,
Cuba, ,isnot only the ostrich queen of the
western hemisphere, but of the world
at large. Her ostrich farm near Phoe-
nix is the largest breeding ranch in
America, and the farm near Havana
on which she has just settled 40
birds is the first of its kind in Cuba.
She owns more birds than any other
woman ostrich farmer on the face of
the earth.
ITO begin at the beginning of my
+ experience with Ostriches l must tell
you that my husband first bought
farm and a few birds near Jackson
vile, Fla" said Mrs. Pearson when
talking to a reporter. Mr.. Pearson
was the manager of the theater on
Union square known as Keith's.
Shortly after our marriage he e
veloped consumption and we had to
90 south for his health After few
years. the climate not having proved
beneficial, he decided to go to PhOe-
nix. We sold out in Florida and
started breeding ostriches on the PhOe-
nix farm with 250 birds.
My husband was becoming more
feeble every day. l tried to do my
duty, and as a result learned all the
ins and outs in breeding birds and
selling feathers
Since my husbands death 1 have
increased the Phoenix flock to $50
breeders and the acreage to 1000,
making it the largest breeding farm
in America On the Havana farm
there are at present only p acres and
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
ONCE RICH HOMELESS
EX-MAYOR OF NEW YORK TOWN
is EVICTED.
Jeremiah Casey of Edgewater, N. y,
Loses Fortune in Litigation-Rise
and Fall Due to His Inven-
tive Genius.

New YOrk-At one time affluent,
Jeremiah Casey, formerly mayor OF
Edgewater, on the Palisades, the 9th.
er day was elected from the home he
had bought three years ago and all
the possessions he had left in the
world were set out in the street. His
wife was so shocked by this latest bit
ter experience that she collapsed and
had to be placed in a doctors care.
Casey's later years have been full Of
hard luck and litigation. About all
the money he once possessed has been
spent in lawsuits.
His prosperity and adversely are
due almost entirely to his inventive
genius. Several years ago he invented
a mailing machine. The device could
take the requisite amount of timber,
after it had been sawed to the proper
length, and make a box of it as good,
if not better, than one made by a car
penteT. A company was organized TO
build the machines and put them in
operation. Casey asserts he was not
treated. properly by the concern. At
any rate he lost his interest in the
patent and in the company as we'll
That started a long line of legal pro-
ceedings which dragged through many
courts and took mach money. Casey
collected the records of these trials
and several hundred pages of scrap
books were needed to hold them
Back in the days when he was pros
porous he bought the old Bayard Cut
ting homestead on the Palisades, Op-
posite One Hundred and Tenth street,
and went there to live with his family
Instead of being a haven of rest, the
place proved TO be another source of
legal difficulties. He said he had good
reason to believe he had paid for
more land than he found specified in
the deed More lawsuits were started.
Then his taxes. TO his mind, were too
high for the property, and he refused
to pay the assessment. Threat of a
sale OF the land for taxes brought an
adjustment, but the property had only
just begun to give trouble There was
a mortgage on it. This, in the course
of time, was forecIOsed and the prop
erty was sold at auction Dr. NJ. S.
Ayres became the owner of the Casey
home. The doctor took no steps to
oust Casey. and it seemed as if IN
kind fate had decided to give a short
respite TO the former mayor.
\ short time ago. however, DR..
Ayers sold the homestead to a manu-
featuring concern. DESTROYS of build
ing a new plant, the company asked
Casey to get out He refused, assert
ing he had a right paramount to
theirs. They did not think so, and
constables elected Casey.
Nellie Casey, daughter of the one
time mayor, was a schoolmate Of
Grace George. and is now a member
of Miss Georges company.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
COST OF sHRINERs' WRECK.
Southern Pacific Railroad viii Pay
Out About $1,190,0o0.

San Franciseo.-Accident insurance
policies, 100000. Regular life poll
cies. $4,000. Railroad damage set
Elements (estimated), 100000. Dam
age to train, etc, 100000. Total.
$1.18O,OOO.
These figures represent the finan-
cial phase of the recent terrible wreck
of the Shriners' train at Honda.
north of Santa Barbara, in which 80
men and women were killed and 16
badly injured. Inquiries by the rail
road officials indicate that many of
the Shriners who were killed had ac-
cident policies, which contained the
usual specifications that the amount
be doubled in case of death in a train
wreck. One company will have to pay
accident losses amounting to about
$175,000, and another company about
$4,000.
1t has been ascertained that prac-
tically all the Shriners who were
killed had left insurance policies in
varying amounts in about six or seven
companies. The total of these poll
cies approximate $4,000.
The Southern Pacific under the law
of this state has no defense against
claims for damages by those injured
and the relatives of those killed. The
company has effected some settle
ments and will settle all the cases as
quickly as possible. One of the rail-
road officials expressed the opinion
that the company would get off by set
ting in the aggregate for $780, 900. s.
Under the law of this state, save in
the case of cOntribuJOry negligence, a
railroad company practically insures
the life of a passenger holding a
ticket he has paid for.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

years ago by reciting at a dinner a
German dialet poem entitled "Hoch
der Kaiser" in which Emperor VIII
helm was ridiculed as considering
himself the most important man on
earth
Admiral Goodrich is one of the best
known officers of the navy, and has
held more important positions. per
haps, than any other officer in the
service. He has the distinction of
being the officer who directed the first
shot in the engagements around San
tiago de Cuba, and he also fought the
last naval engagement of the war
with Spain. that in front of Manzan-
lilo. He was appointed to Annapolis
from Connecticut in December, 1861.
Rear Admiral Coghlan declares if
he had mis- life to go over again he
would Teanter the United States navy;
that it is the finest organization of its
kind in the world, and that it holds
out greater inducements to the young
men Of this country than does the
navy of any other nation.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

the post Of commissioner of internal
revenue, to become effective on De-
cember / Mr. Wight has a number Of
important business matters which he
wants to adjust and settle prior TO
taking up the duties of the Office.
Pending his assumption of the work
q commissioner ad interim has been
appointed by the president.
Col. Wight is a product df Maine.
Born in South PanObscot, at IS he en-
tered a dry goods store in RockIand
as a clerk, and many II ere now recall
what a green cOuntgy youth he was.
His employers sent him to Oil City,
Pa, to manage a branch store. He
became a traTeliHg salesman for q
-four concern and eventually drifted TO
New Orleans. There h. founded a big
supply house in the reconstruction
days and invested heavily in vessels
and timber lands amassing a large
fortune He has been a prominent
figure in Louisiana Republican poll
tics for years ana is the states na.
tiOnal committeeman.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
Relief Carving of Ancient Greek Ship.

Relief Carving of Ancient Greek Ship.
who had beautified it, Before the
Danes began their work only u Of
these signatures had been found. but
the Danish explorers have added "A
names of men, several of whom made
regulations that still survive.
The most curious discovery of all is
described and pictured in the last
report Of the society. While the party
were excavating along the face of an
ancient wall built some 200 years be-
fore the Christian era, they came to
the edge of a carving in the rock.
They followed it eagerly for days
before they knew certainly what it
represented. Finally they brought
the whole carving into view and it
proved to be representation in re-
lief of the stern of an ancient Gre
clan vessel.
A plaster cast made from it is now
in the museum at Copenhagen and ex-
perts who have seen either the orig
inal at LindOs or the cast at Copen-
hagen say that it is a faithful repre-
sentation of an ancient ship. The
relief is in no respect embellished for
decorative effect, but is a reproduc-
tion, perhaps on a slightly smaller
scale, of the stern of a Greek vessel
of the Hellenic epoch.
Some of the coins of that time
show reliefs of vessels and a consid-
cradle number of representations of
ships have been discovered. The
largest is now in the PalazZO Spada
and the resemblance between il and
the relief found at LindOs is very
striking. The relief, however, has far
more detail, and it was a splendidly
executed piece of work.
On the side of the ship an inscrip-
tiOn was cut into the stone showing
that the relief was not meant merely
as an ornament 1t was hewn out of
the rock to form the base of a statue
in bronze in honor of HagesandrOs.
The statue has not been found, but
the remains of an iron fence erected
in front of the relief were unearthed.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
Left Her Doc with the Police.

The guard room at police headquar-
ters is becoming the lettering place
for dogs. says the Springfield Union.
A handsome collie followed four
women down street last evening and
as they Just couldn't take time TO
take him back home" they brought
MIN into police headquarters and
asked that he be taken home by a
policeman. One of the women, who
lives in State street. owns the dog,
and she explained that she was on
her way TO a whist party and couldn't
go back home with the dog because
she might miss "a couple Of hands Of
whist at the party.
The dog remained in the quarters
till the woman came after it late last
night.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
NEW USE FOR EIFFEL TOWER.
Wireless Messages Sent from There
Over Long Distance.

Paris.-Recent experiments with
wireless telegraph installation on the
Eiffel tower gave extraordinary evi-
dence of the great distances covered
by the HerZian waves. The operators
at the tower were sending a message
to Port Vendres, 700 kilometers away,
and found to their amazement that the
same message was received at Bier
ia, LAPS kilometers away. This is the
more remarkable when it is remem-
bered that the Eiffel tower is by no
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
Member o. sher~sn,s Staff Dead

MCUlBEi " NiFCi F.tS Stf SNaIE Dead
Dr. Dana " HartshOrn. 80 years
old, Of Cincinnati. former dean Of the
Pulte Homeopathic Medical college
who was major surgeon on General
Sherman's stan during the civil war.
has just died. il Is said he was the
last survivias member of General
Sherman's stat
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
Young Chicks Just Hatched Out.

45 birds 1t is only an experiment,
and I do not think it wise to get
more birds until after these have
proved the healthfulness of the eli
mate
while in Arizona and Florida we
never lost a grown bird except
through accident,
"Ostriches mate when they are
about three and One-half years old,
and, like pigeons, remain together, en-
tirely faithful, until they die. At
least I have been told that they mate
for life, and so far as l know it is
true, though, as l said before, never
knew one to die a natural death. In
case of an accident I have known the
widowed bird to accept a second
mate, but not until after several
years.
"They usually lay two nests of eggs
of from u to IA each, and you can
count on getting an increase of from
a pair of good breeders in a good
season to hatch every egg and raise
every chick.
The ostrich is as senseless an ami
nal as exists. So far as I am able
TO judge they are absolutely and en-
tirely without brains.
'You can teach them nothing, and
it makes no difference how long you
feed them or how kind you are, they
never even get to recognize you.
They know their mate, and that is,
believe, as far as their power of recog-
milton goes.
'WhiIe I have heard tie men on the
farm say they didn't have sense
enough to follow a leader, 1 have no.
ticed that if a bird in one pen began
to run, pretty soon every bird on the
farm was running-for no apparent
reason, just running. When they are
in full feather they make a pretty
sight in running, as they hold out their
wings, and so show the beautiful
plumes underneath
They do take pride in their plum
age When they are first plucked
they become very suIky and seem to
wish to hide themselves. If plucked
bird is turned with the unplucked,
they fall on him tooth and NAIL and
the poor fellow is made to suffer for
his loss.
"Ostriches are plucked every eight
months I use the work plucked
though the feathers are seldom pulled.
When ripe they are cut, and later
when the old quiIls have become per-
fectly dry they are drawn from the
sockets by means Of Eair Of tweez-
ers. This is not the slightest bit pain
ful to the birds, and there is no blood
drawn.
"A healthy ostrich. and / never
saw a grown bird that was not
healthy, viii yield from $50 to $50
worth of feathers a year As year
old birds are now selling in Arizona
for 800 apiece fer the South African
breed, and $50 more for Nubians, you
can judge the yearly profits on a pair
Of good breeders
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

promoted to the second row and then
received $l5 a week
Then came her opportunity. Mr..
Lederer put The Belle of New York"
s ol the stage, and Miss May was cast
.oT the supposedly secondary part Of
.le Salvation Army Maid. But from
he rising of the curtain the demure
l.Ie maid in the poke bonnet became
s 17 star of the play. The musical
comedy ran for months, and Edna
4 lay continued to increase her popu-
lriJy.
While both she and the comedy
Eere at the height of popular favor
s Ar. Lederer decided to transplant
both to London. And in the English
2U-aI her success was even greater
ban in New York. Her pictures APP
ared in all the shop windows; jew
Is and flowers were tossed to her
the stage; a South African mining
upany presented her with shares
bat were worth $4,000 in real
-mey; the prince of Wales was in
oiuced to her; her engagement was
1E0rted to half the British peerage;
be wrote a book that was published
/ -i she was constantly seen in COM
amy with dukes, duchesses and men,
egs of the lesser nobility. The cable
BANS declared that she was un-
E0..eJ by all the attentions showered
her and that she remained sweet,
mure and winsOme, which won her
I many admirers among the women
A among the men.
Shortly after her first success she
married to Fred Titus, a bicycle
DE-. but their life was not happy
.--ar and after a few years she
divorce in this city. Titusglater
-a- uu the stage and married again.
The little sOugsUess, nOtwithstand-
- aer popularity among the John
..s Kept her name singularIy free
'- scandal. In 1902, however, the
.- told that she had been named
q eorespondent by Countess De la
.a" m her petition for divorce, but
-- charge was Indignantly denied
-- vas never proved.
-aE times she was reported en-
'. TO young Cavendish, heir pre-
U"a 20 the duhedOm of Devon
ELe.e was no doubt of the
..-ol %. young CaJendish, but
-- ever came of the rumOrs OF
.-..--
a--o.s Of engagements to many
.t Prominence both in England
. mis- country We're matter for COS
..u time TO time. but each was
IraE denied. These rumors
served TO keep the little Amari-
.-" aa. oyeu called the ''Aiadon-
..-..-. prominently be-
. .-..c.-a IU1li,, and her
...a 50 q week 70
.- .g~eaj -ta-s sL- has
.@. 0 princess j2 London ard
fashionable suburbs.
Hiss May has returned To America
.s'a- times. but her greatest popu-
,@ has been on the other side"
oscar Lewisohn is about % years
d graduate of Harvard, and
.'N'7a TO be very wealthy.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
A FIND IN ANCIENT RHODES.
Rock Carved in Relief of a Greek Ship
Discovered by Danish Explorers.

New York.--The Royal Academy Of
Sciences and Letters at Copenhagen
is reaping a rich reward from the eX-
pedition 1t sent in 1902 to Lindos, a
small town on the south coast Of
Rhodes, once a great island home Of
Greek culture in the Aegean sea- Since
the Danes began to dig deep into its
soil they have unearthed The larger
part of its beautiful Acropolis, fine
temple and ancient stairway of re
markable workmanship and an enor-
nous amount of statuettes, vases and
other antiquities.
The Acropolis of Lindos was espe-
cially rich in the signatures of artists
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
ADMIRAL -o-rLAN RETIREs.
Officer Who ro--ft with Dewey at
Manila Le4.-s Service.

New York.-Rear Admiral Joseph B.
Coghlan has retired from the service
and the command OF the Brooklyn
navy yard. He was succeeded by
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich. Ad.
miral Coghlan's time OF service ex-
pired several months ago, but owing to
important work in hand he was re-
quested to remain at the yard for a
time longer He viii live in New
York for the present.
Admiral COghlan was with Dewey
in the battle Of Manila bay and has
a splendid naval record. He is noted
also as an after dinner speaker. He
acquired a rather dubious fame a few
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29
PEARL WIGHT ACCEPTS POST.
New Orleans Banker to Become Com
missioner of Internal Revenue.

WashingtOn.-Pearl Wight of New
Orleans, the Republican national COM
mitteeman of Louisiana, has accepted
The Washington bee., 1907-06-29

means a perfect station for lOng-dis-
tance work, and that the receiving in
strument at Bizerta was supposed to
be capable Of receiving only the waves
from a comparatively short distance.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-31

Fir lumber In new or repair work $tl.m per NJ.
OAK lumber in new or repair work 900 per NJ
Red ceder Pie, new or repair work 80 per ia Il.
OAK pile, new or repair worS go per lin f..
Tearing out old lumber $3.50 per NJ.
Placing old lumber Sl+.OI per NJ.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-31
For Sale

My ranch, 8 miles south of
Broken Bow, Nebraska, consist
ing of 1880 acres. About $50
acres in cultivation, 65 acres in
fall wheat, Is acres in rye, z
acres alfalfa, balance in pasture
and hay; frame buildings; 3 wells
with wind mills, gasoline engine.
All fenced and cross fenced, with
20 acres in hay pasture. This
ranch is stocked with about $50
head of cattle, horses and full
set of implements for farming,
which will be sold with the ranch
if purchaser wants it. One third
cash, balance on easy terms. If
this ranch is not sold by the 18th
of February, 1907, it will be for
rent, Gail good soil. also have
for sale $50 acres IL miles south
west of Broken Bow, about 100
acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and hay land, we'll and
wind mill house and sod barn;
100 acres 6 miles west of Broken
Bow, 80 acres in CIVILIZATIONS; and
other lands west of Galloway.
Call on or address Geo. Willing,
Broken Bow, Nebraska, dealer in
hardware, furniture, stoves,
White sewing machines, harness,
Dunlap and Racine bugies and
spring Wagons, best Balm
wagons, Gliddin barb wires and
fencing; can save you money on
housekeeping outfit.
1926 GEO. WILLING.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-31
Official Proceedings
OF the Board of Supervisors
of the County Of Custer,
State of Nebraska.
Broken Bow, Nebraska,
Jan. Dist. 1905.


Persuanl to adjournment of
January Ia, 1907, the County
board Of Supervisors met at the
court house and were called to
order by the chairman.
All members present.
Minutes of January IA, 1907,
were read and approved.
The forenoon was spent in
committee work and at IL o'clock
recess was taken till 1870 p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board re assembled at 100 p
m. and lie bridge bids for 1907
were opened by the clerk before
the general board aud upon mo-
ton they were referred to the
bridge committee.
The bridge committe reported
as follows:
We your committee to whom
was referred the bridge bids for
the year 1907 respectfully report
as follows:
Bids were filed by the follow
ing companies:
Western Bridge and Construc-
ton Company.
Pile bridges sup.rstructure
only.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-31
Canton Bridge Co.
Pile bridges Superstructure.
D. A. Vansant.

Caps and sway braces Ia place. per ,hous-
and board measure. ................... -
Piling per lin. # in place. ..,.............
Repair work fir lumber per Nj. ............ -
Tearing out old lumber per M............. 4
Placing old lunl her ner M -. ............ Il