Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-07-28
nOhIESTIC-


Judge Wood instructed the jury in tho
Haywood case that If there was a pos 81
bility under the evidence to find for tne
defendant that should he the verdict
Five alternative verdicts were, however,
permissible I, Page /
President Finley Of the Southern rail
way was arrested and Immediately re
leased by the federal court at Asheville
In the railroad controversy I, Page l
Steamer Frontenac carrying fifty pas
sCnEers, was burned on Cayuga lake, New
York, though no fatalities are reported.
]. Page 1
Strike situation in the north is quiet.
the strikers at Duluth voting not to 20
back to work on refusal Of the steel cor
poration to deal with the union. /, Page
Senator Pettus of Alabama is believed
to he dying at Hot Springs, N. c.
I, Page
President Roosevelt sends letter to Ad-
miral Brownson congratulating the men
Of the Georgia for the way they returned
to work after the recent accident
I, Page
Question Is raised as to the legality Of
the grand jury that brought in many in
dictments in San Francisco. 7, Page
FOREIGN.
Sentence is passed on some of the riot
ers who massacred Jews at Bialystok last
June /, Fage
Reports from Central America indicate
that war between Nicaragua and Salvador
is imminent. l. Page j
Great Britain will present to The Hague
peace conference the English-American
treaty of 1871 embodying ideas on treat
ment of belligerent ships in neutral ports.
I, Page l
NEBRASKA.
! Last of assessors file reports and show
a total assessment Of $32S.7OO, ,337.29, an
! increase of s15,64O,O ,OS6.27 over last year.
| Some assessors are careless in compiling
| the crop reports. InNease in winter
wheat and decrease in corn acreage is
! shown. l. Page
| John n. Baldwin general solicitor of
| Union Pacific, explains that his road made
| 5OO-mile book at cents mile for Kan
sas to offset the statutory 2-cent passen-
| ger fare. !, Page
city engineer notes that paving of
streets has reached maximum for the
| year, but he Is not satisfied yet with
progress II, Page 6
| County commissioners have spirited dis
cussion over request of Ure for power
! to discharge certain road contractors
! whose work he reports as inferior.
I, Page 8
Sherman Smith, republican leader OF
Minnesota, says men Of all parties in that
state want Governor Johnson, democrat
for president. II, Page IL
REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING.
! An Omaha man has put pioneers room
I'm his home, finishing it in the style of
century ago. H. 1oSSe
| Opening of Twenty fourth street as a
| cross-town thoroughfare has awakened
much discussion among real estate men,
II, Page 2
HOME SECTION
! In the Home Section Of this number will
| he found Buster Brown; the Busy Bees
| Own Page; Two Sealed and Sacred Cities
of Europe; Great Mediterranean Citadel of
England; What Woman Is Doing for the
! World; Summer Scarfs and Wells; Eng
.onds Downfall at Tennis; In the Field Of
Electricity; Fluffy RufiesSg Six Pages
MAGAZINE sEoTIor.
| In the Magazine Section Of this numocr
will be found a short sketch OF Captain
| Reginald F. Nicholson, L. s. N, who is TO
command the Nebraska when that vessel
goes into commission on August l, to-
gether with a detailed description Of the
ship itself; Cinder Cone New National
Monument; FAMOUS Old Statue Of George
! Washington; Base Ball and Its Hold on
the Public Heart; Uncle Sans Mail Car
riers Picked Force; Chat About Plays
and Players; Musical Note and Comment;
Notes on Music in Europe; Advertisements
Worked Into Plays; Wild Hogs as Pets:
Stories Told of Prominent People, Some
Curious Capers of Cupid. Six Pages
MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS