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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12

OF Nebraska will have more than half an
average corn crop
Firs Set 20 Cambridge Hotsl-Thinking
that the demolition Of the old Cambridge
hotel, Thirteenth and Capitol avenue, was
proceeding too slow, some incendiary at
tempted to set fire to the building early
Saturday morning. The blaze was extin
guished before it gained any Roadway. A
lighted match carelessly thrown among a
bunch Of papers in the residence of s. Z.
Glasgow, 24O South Twentieth street, about
7:30 Thursday night resulted in a loss OF
approximately 800 before the resulting
blaze was extlnguished.
Bidding on High ohool wing-Con.
tractors desiring to compete for the con-
struction Of the south wing to the high
school will be given until October I to
figure on the plans as furnished by Archi-
tect Latenser. AS the plans are intricate.
and also as a large sum will be expended
I'm the erection OF the wing, the mem
bers Of the building committee Of the
Board Of Education and the architect de-
cided that prospective bidders ought to be
given sufficient time in which to figure
on the specifications. 1t is the hope of the
board to get the excavation done and a
portion of the foundation built this fall
and the superstructure completed in time
for the opening Of school in September,
1903.
George ". Bazter's Funeral-Mrs. Bert
Miner has returned from Red Oak, Ia,
where she attended the funeral of George
w. Baxter. a former Omaha merchant.
Mr.. Bakers death was due TO anaemia,
from which he had suffered for two years.
The funeral services were held at the
home, 210 West Reed street, Red Oak, and
were conducted by Rev. G. w. Ladd Of
the Congregations church. Mr.. Baxter
was IS years old. In 1883 he moved to
Omaha, where he lived until 1902, when
he returned to Red Oak. He was married
in Omaha in 1899 to Miss Clara Landen-
schlanger. Mrs. Baxter, three brothers and
a sister, survive him. Besides Mrs. Miner,
Elliott Evans of Omaha also attended the
funeral
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
PICNIC PROMOTER TRAPPED
Man who Collects Money for Labor
Outing IL Exposed by
= Pal.

A fake" labor picnic scheme was un-
earthed by the police Thursday afternoon
in the arrest of NJ. ]. Conlan, who repre-
scented himself to be secretary and treas
urer of the Federated Trades of Railway
Employees and approached several large
business houses of the city soliciting dona-
lions for a picnic to be given by the organ
ization. Conlan's scheme would be to pre-
sent himself with a pseudo letter of intro
duction purporting to be signed by the
president, a member Of the executive coun-
Gil and Conlan himself. .Conlan would Sc
cure the services of two hoboes to sign
with him and he would then visit the vari-
GUS large wholesale houses Of the city and
solicit subscriptions and sell tickets. About
800 tickets were sold. The scheme was
given away by one of Conlan's new confed-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
RANCHER EASY FOR FAKER
Idaho Sheep Raiser Gives Ninety Dol
lars In Cash for Worthless
500 Check.

c. M. Holland, a sheep raiser Of Emmett,
Idaho, is loser to the extent of $40 as the
result Of a short acquaintance with a suave
gentleman at Union station Friday morn
ing.
Holland. who Is accompanied west by
his wife, stopped a few hours in Omaha
and at the depot was approached by a
stranger. During a few moments con-
versation Holland explained that he needed
help on his ranch and the stranger was
Immediately hired. The latter, however,
needed = few dollars and a short time to
straighten up his affairs here, so he told
Holland, and would Holland be so obliging
as to let him nave $50, taking as security
a check on the Bank of Hamilton of Van
couver, B. c., for 500, made payable to
f. d. Baker. Holland did so and was to
meet the stranger in an hour. but the latter
failed to put in An appearance in two
hours and Holland related his story to
the police, giving a good description Of the
confidence man,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
MAKING WASH CoLORS FAST
How 10 Prepare the Hot Salt SOIu-
ton for the Setting
Process,

With the proper treatment before the
first washing. wearing apparel made of any
wash material could keep It's original color
until worn to tatters. The idea that the
process Of setting the color must be gone
through with before a garment is worn Is
entirely sTTon77us, as even badly sOiled
garments may be put through the setting
process and then readily washed clean IN
the sOapy water. Fold the garment to a
small size and lay It in the bottom OF a
laundry crock or some other vessel which
will not rust. For a large garment dissolve
one pound OF salt in two quarts OF wafer
and pour scalding hot over the garment in
the vessel. Loosen up the folds so that the
salt solution may thoroughly penetrate and
leave it in the water for at least one hour,
Wiring the garment and wash the same as
usual. The same solution may be reheated
and used again for goods Of the same tones.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12

JTSU in these suits, if they like, and no harr
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12

ments Of every demand. They are
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12

crates, who signed the letter Of introduction
in good faith, but when Conlan came from
one place and gave him $3.50 for his share
tho a~ccomplice became frightened and
tipped" the affair to the police.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
upon their clothes.

They can romp and play to their heart
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
REP655R 55RCHARGED
With. EXT0RT|0N
Waman Says He Wanted Ten
Dollars to Keep Her
Name Out

Minot. N. D.. Sept. 10. B. Granum,
representative of the Minot Daily Re-
porter, was arrested Saturday after
noon on charge of extortion, pre-
ferred by Mrs. Nellie Markham, mother
Of Adelafne Markham, with whom G..
L. Knapp was charged with running
away from Northfleld, MINI.
Granum is charged with attempting
to get $1) out of Mrs. Markham in
return for not publishing her name in
the Minot Reporter and the city papers
that he corresponded for. Mr.. Clark,
publisher of the Reporter, heard on
the streets that one of his men had
tried to extort money and he promptly
began an investigation. Z
Mrs. Markham says that Granum
approached her and said that unless
she gave him $40 he would publish
her name in connection with the story.
Mr. Granum made the following state
ment:
Mrs. Markham told me that she
was willing to give anything If her
name was kept out of the papers. 1
told her that as far as l. was con-
cerned did not want anything. but l
said that might make arrangements
with the other local papers, and did
not know whether they wanted any
money or not"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
WAS J! HORRIBLE
SLASHEO BY HIS
COMPANIONS
Twenty Stitches Required to
Close Wound in Victims
Neck
ROBBERY WAS THE ULTIMATE
OBJECT OF THE AssAss|Ms
The Men Were Sleeping in a Haystack
Together-victim Revived After Be.
ing Left for Dead and Crawled to
The City.

Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. Frank
Clements. thresher, was robbed and
almost slashed to death Saturday ev-
ening by two companions, who have
made their escape. The victim of the
dastardly attack is in Mercy hospital
where, upon being brought in, it was
found necessary to take some twenty
odd stitches to close up a gaping ra-
zor wound in the neck. Clements had
been in the city Saturday evening
with the two men and at about 10
O'Clock they went out of the city to
a hay stack where they intended
sleeping during the night. On arriv-
ing there, the two companions at
tackled Clements, took his money and
clothes and cut his neck In a horri-
BILE manner, leaving him for dead
He later revived land managed TO get
into town, where the facts we're soon
learned by the officials. The fellows
secured only $36.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
T0[sT0YS QUIET
ANNIVERSARY
Birthday Will be Marked By
no Public Demonstrations
or Exercises

Yasanya Poliana, Sept. lowing
to the authors own wishes, the atti-
tude of a part of the Orthodox Rus
celebration of Count Tolstoi's eight
ieth birthday anniversary, September
9, has lost almost entirely it's orig
inally contemplated Importance and
scope. No progress has been made
with the projected fund for the pub
lication of a jubilee edition of Toll
stoi's works and the purchase of the
Tolstoi estates for the peasantry; the
proposed international pilgrimage to
Yasanya Poliana has long since been
abandoned, and instead of any CEN
trail observance of the day at Yasan-
aye Poliana public services have
been arranged in the principal cities
of Russia in addition to many munich
palities and public organizations have
appropriated funds for schools, lib
raries and similar institutions that
bear the name of Russias cerebrated
writer. There will be no formal OBJ
servance of the event at Yasnaya
Poliana even the presentation of
congratulations by deputation OF the
peasants of the ndghborhood having
been discouraged, and the family OF
Tolstoi have made known his wishes
that there be no intrusion on his
privacy on his birthday.
Tolstoi, in spite of his advanced
age. is in good general health, though
he has recently been confined to his
room from varicose enlargement OF
the veins of the leg. brought on by
an impairment plunge in a cold stream.
This has not intreferred with his
literary work nor given rise to spe-
cial anxiety, his physician explain
ing that it was passing malady.
The correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press found him sitting in his
studio, propped up in a large arm
chair, writing table with orderly
piles of manuscript before him. The
magnificent head, with it's flowing
wealth OF beard and hair, made
familiar by engraving and portrait.
marked his years, but his eyes are
clear and bright. and the firm, steady
voice gave no hint of age. Around
him the study walls were hung with
photographs, many portraits of his
fame's contemporary Russian writer's
and portraits OF Russian peasant
scenes by the yodng painter Orloff,
photographs of Henry George, Ernest
Crosby and William ]. Bryan, the only
foreign faces seen, hanging prom
inently before him.
Tolstoi eagerly explained the ma
ture of his present work, re-editing
and enlargement of his Course Of
Reading a compilation of sayings Of
great philosophers, and writer's, an
cient and modern, combined with his
own reflections to form a more de-
tailed and intimate account Of his
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
TWO TRIALS FOR
HAMS BROTHERS
Not Probable That Peter G.
Hains Third will Act as
a Witness

New York, Sept. 7.-District HAttor-
ney Darrin of Queens county said that
he probably would ask for separate
trials for Capt. Peter c. Hains, Jr., and
Lis brother, T. Jenkin; Hains.
AS the penal code does not now
'eSognize an accessory before the fact
but classes him as a principal the
district attorney had intended t1 ha. q
the pair fri .d together.
He Is now convinced, ne says, that
there will be two distinct defenses and
two sets of evidence, and that it will
be advisable to try the captain first
and then T. Jenkins Hains, who, the
district attorney will contend, aided
his brother in the murder, even 70 the
point of keeping off interference at the
point of a revolver.
Mr.. Darrin also said that he would
present the cases of the two men
separately to the special grand jury.
Regarding the announcement of
Joseph A. Shay of counsel for the de-
fense that seven-year-old Peter G..
Hains, third, might be witness for
his father, the district attorney said
that while he did not believe the de-
tense would "resort to such tactics to
tempt was made to put the boy On
the stand he would oppose it.
The boy was too young to under
rim held
Mrs. Hains is Angry.
Boston. Sept. Mrs. Claudia L.
Hams of Winthrop has conferred with
her attorney, Frederick l.. Norton, re-
garding legal plan for getting the
custody of her three children, now ut
Fort Hancock, N. ].
She is angered by the suggestion of
Lawyer Mcintyre, her husband g
counsel, that seven-year-old Peter G..
Hains, third, be used as witness for
the defense in the murder case.
Mrs. Hains has asked for her chill
dren, but was refused. as was her
mother, Mrs. Charles Libbey.
Mrs. Hains is in such nervous
condition that she remarked to her
lawyer:
II feel as if 1 would not live
through this trial."
He tried to comfort her-but she
continued:
81 only want to live for my chill
dren." %e
What Darrin Says. u
New York. Sept. Ito try to prove
that Captain Peter G. Hams had
planned the murder of William E.
Annis for several weeks, District At
torney Darrin of Queens county yes
terday quoted T. Jenkins Hams. He
held that jenkins assertion that he
had tried for weeks to dissuade the
captain from shooting Annis was Am
pie proof that the brothers had dis
cussed the affair In advance. Darrin
added he would do his utmost to con-
vict both brothers Of murder in the
first degree.
After the shooting on the noat Of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07

served half a hundred meal tickets
on aibbing restaurants and Is prepar-
ed to house anyone. Only 1000 were
given beds in private homes and ho-
tells last night as most Of Chisholm's e
population was too excited to seek
place to rest.
There are MANY destitute persons.
especially among the mining class.
Many men who were rated as we'll to
do, are without funds to buy meal
today. In most instances these mis-
fortunes are only temporary as many
sytll soon receive their insurance mon
~ However, some merchants lost
:vthing they had except the clothes
& tr backs and there will be much
suN N and financial embarrass.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
MANITOBA TOWN
DESTROYED BY
CONFEDERATION
The Loss Will Reach One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars at
BUILDINGS BURNED INCLUDE
The BANK ANO P0ST0FF|CE
Three Large Retail Stores, q Fine
Business Block and Hotel Are the
Other Victims of the Relentless
Flames.

Winnipeg, Man., Sept IA large
portion of the business section of Al
tona. town in southern Manitoba
near the international boundary, was
destroyed by fire at an early hour
this morning. The general stores of
Yeoger, Freesen and Coblentz, three
of the largest retail stores in south
ern Manitoba, were destroyed as were
the branch of the Bank of Montreal,
the Western Canada Land company's
block, the Commercial hotel and the
pOstOf1ce. The loss will reach SlOO 900.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
AIR FLIGHT RECORD.

Paris, Sept. Leon Delagrange.
president of Aviation club of France,
today beat his worlds aeroplane rec
ord made yesterday. He circlei the
field at lsay eighteen times Mt an
average height of thirteen feet ard re-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
JOBS AFFLICTION
Lamentations May Have Caused Bry.
ansa TrOuh1ps

Chicago, Sept. 27-On the eve Of a
speaking tour of three weeks, begin
ming here today, VIM. ]. Bryan became
the victim of boils. These plebian af-
fictions developed over night on the
trip here from Lincoln, Neb., and
when the candidate, gravely smiling,
stepped from the Rock Island train
this morning, a handkerchief protect
ed the back Of his neck from contact
with his collar.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07

philosophy than has before appeared.
Two volumes, earlier printed. have
been rewritten and the third is near
completion. Tolstoi spoke with the
greatest affection of his work, 1.-THE
Benjamin of My Labors," evidently
the closest to his heart of all his
books. regretting that no English
translation Of the arlier volumes had
appeared
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
NOTED GATHERING
International Rucharistic Congress to
Meet in London This Year.

London, Sept. For the first time
since it's inception the International
Eucharistic congress of the Roman
Catholic church is to be held this
year in London. In the person of Car
dinal Vincent Vannuteli the occasion
will bring to London the first papal
legate who has set foot in England
since the days of Cardinal Pole, "'rhe
Cardinal of England" And again,
apart from the papal legate. there
will be eight other cardinals in Lon
don at the same time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
COSTLY EXPLOSION
Gasoline Fire Destroyed Eighty Auto.
mobiles in Garage.

Boston, Sept. IA gasoline ex-
plosisn in the basement of the Tay-
-lor-Palmer garage, three-story
structure in tho back bay early today
practically ruined nearly eighty auto
mobiles and wrecked the interior of
the building, causing loss estimated
at 100000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
JAPs SAVE SAILORS
Prevents Russians from Executing
Seal POachers for StOning Guard.

freventS Russians from Executing
Seal POachers for StOning Guard.
St. Petersburg. Sept. Most peo-
pie agree with Tolstoi that the afro
cious system of field cdurt-martials
which ohttins In Russia is a disgrace
to Christianity, but nobody ever
|adreafnt 5that this system would expose
the car to even an indirect rebuke
from any foreign power. 1t has, how
ever, and what makes the rebuke most
crushing is, the fact that it comes from
of all places in the world-heathen
Japan!
Violence is Resented.
Some weeks ago Japanese steamer
called the Miye Maru was seized by
the Russians off the coast of KAN
chatka on the charge of illicit sealing.
Its crew of thirty-six men were i'm
prisoned at Nikolaevsk and when an
order arrived to send them on to
Vladivostok they were marched to the
harbor. Now. the Russian police
regulations require prisoners to walk
in the middle of the street, but the
Japanese wanted to walk on the side
path, owing probably to the fact that
in wet weather the streets of Niko-
laevsk are almost impossible. The
Russian soldiers indicated to the pris-
oners that they MUST walk in the mid
die of the road. The Japanese could
not understand them and finally the
Russians resorted to blows and vio-
lence. Eight out of the thirty.six
Japanese showed their resentment at
this cruel and cowardly treatment by
throwing stones at the soldiers, eleven
of whom were more or less bruised.
One Of the Japanese was wounded and
the rest were quickly overpowered by
the guards, who~1ooked on the row as
30 little serious that they did not sum-
mon assistance or fire shot. Before
evening, however, these eight Jap
anese were sentenced by a court mar
tial to be hanged inside of twenty-four
hours.
K0mura to the Rescue.
Such is the law of the orthodox
christian. czar, but 1t is too brutal,
apparently, for the mere pagan mika-
do, whose government instantly wired
to Baron KOmura, then the ambassa-
dor in London. and soon to be the
Japanese minister of foreign affairs,
instructing him to proceed instantly
to st. Petersburg, Baron Motono being
at present absent in Japan, and give
the Russians to understand that these
eight Japanese must not be hanged.
Baron Komura had decided to return
home by sea, not SO much for the sake
of his health, which is far from good,
as in order to avaid giving rise to any
unpleasant incidents enroute through
Russia, where the army and the
bureaucrats cannot forget that he is
responsible both for the war and for
the humiliating peace which brought
It to an end, but, in view of this order,
he had to arrange to return by Siberia
80 as to prevent his visit to st. Peters,
burg from giving rise to .any excite
ment which It might be afterward
hard to allay. In short, he acted with
the secrecy and tact which distin.i
guished him at Portsmouth, N. H.
Coming, unannounced, to the Russian
capital. he hired q small room at Q
fCon$iur.Ai ~ noH.> as
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
CUMM1Ns' STAND
Will Abide by the Decision at
Primaries.

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 7-Gov.
Cummins today issued a statement to
the "stand-patters" opposition ele-
ment declaring that If he is elected
for the short term and is not the
choice Of the Republicans at the No
vember primaries, he Will resign and
take the stump for the successful
candidate. ,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
STRIKERS WON

Winnipeg. Sept. THE Canadian
Pacific railroad has decided to take
the mechanics on ST ike back to work
this week in their old positions on
the wage scale agreed upon by the
majority Of the conciliation board.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
SENATOR KN0X'S
NARROW ESCAPE
He and Wife Slightly Hurt in
Auto Wreck-Son Serious
ly Injured

London. Sept. IA news agency
dispatch received here today from
Geneva says that Senator Philander
c. Knox of Pennsylvania and Mrs.
Knox were slightly hurt and their
son seriously injured in motor acct
dent. While passing another automo-
bile tire burst and the cars collided,
that occupied by the Knox family be-
ing ditched.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
FLEET AT SUEZ

Advance Guard Has Reached Head Of
- Red Sea.
Suez, Sept. 1.-THE battleships
Maine and Alabama. the advance
guard of the American fleet on the
voyage around the world, arrived here
yesterday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07

tcontinu,i on page s.)
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The WEATHER

NORTH DAKOTA - GENERALLY
FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
WARNER IN WEST PORTION To
NIGHT.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-04-27
LIrcHFIELD.
Republicans Elect Convention Dele
gates and Keep Old Committee.

Litchfeld Me, April 26.-(SpeciaD
A Republican caucus was held at
the Town house Friday afternoon, be-
ing called to order by Chaplin Lydston
chairman of the town committee Af-
ter reading the call Frank Adams was
chosen chairman of the caucus and T..
Nj. Lapham secretary.
The following delegates and alter
mates We're chosen to the State con-
vention to be held at Portland April
80: f. n. Adams and G.. Roberts; al
ternates, II. w. Maxwell and Chaplin
Lydston.
TO the District convention to be held
at Waterville. April 30: J. a. Chase
and Frank f. Lane: alternates. l.. f.
Dennison and G. H. Palmer,
The town committee who have serv-
ed the past two years We're retained
for the next two years. as follows:
Chaplin Lydston, f. NJ. Lapham. j.
Elmer Purngton. A. ID. Bartlett, +. w.
Libby. A. r. Bucklin. Geo. E. Ring, f..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-04-27

Portland, Me, April 26.-The Repub-
lican State convention to be held in
this city next Thursday afternoon is
expected to follow a custom of many
years standing and not instruct the
four delegates-at-l to vote for any
candidate at the national convention.
This rule has only been broken when
Maine man was likely to be named
before the national convention or when
the President was to be re-nOmina ted.
There is, however, a tacit under
standing that Names first choice is
William II. Taft and that as long as
his name Is before the convention the
Maine delegation will support him. If
resolutions are adopted by the conven-
tion they will probably be favorable
to Taft. Hughes resolutions may be
offered though little Hughes senti-
mfnt has been manifested.
1t is practically agreed that the dele
gateS at large will be Col. Thomas p.
Shaw oi' Portland. Edward p Kicker
of Poland. Former Gov. John +. Hill
of Augusta and Judge Charles j
Dunn OF Orono. Six candidates for
electors of President and Vic" Presi-
dent of the United States viii also be
elect At