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The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

"Tne First Battle, contain
ing Bryan's speeches in 1896
should be read by every one
who appreciates pure humor.
AS a laugh producer, Mark
Twain has never produced any,
thing in its class.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

The proudest boast of our
citizenship should bel am an
American. the next should be |
am a member Of the party that
has written Americas history
Tor the past fifty years.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

One of the editors of the Lin
coin Journal explains the at.
titude of the paper by saying
the democrats threatened tC
put in a democratic daily ii the
Journal wasn't good" Why
not the republicans put IN a
republican daily.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

The crop of tame hay was unus-
ually heavy in this state this year;
wheat is yielding heavier than was
expected; and now the recent rains
are bringing out the corn crop in
a marvellous fashion. 1908 will be
another big year for Nebraska.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04
II LOCAL LORE
Crowded off the regular Local Page.

Crowded off the regular Local Page.
Mrs. E. E. Scott attended the
picnic in Stella Friday.
Norman Sailor of Pony Creek
was in the city Saturday.
Scott Stump spent Sunday the
guest of relatives in Verdon.
Mrs. Homer Yoder and child
rem are visiting relatives here.
Major Keeling is numbered
among our sick ones this week.
Lost--A plain gold bracelet.
Leave information at this Office.
Ed. Burris of Peru spent Sun
day with his mother in this city.
Millinery opening at the Witt
rock millinery store Sept s and 9.
Ed Lippold came down from
Stella to visit relatives a few
days.
Rev. Johnson of Bethany filled
the pulpit at the Christian church
Sunday.
A number of our people are
taking in the sights at the state
fair this week.
Zeno Crook. a nephew of I'm
cle' Jack Crook, from Denver, is
visiting in this city.
Judge j. r. White left We'd
nesday for Lincoln where he will
take in the state fair.
N. B. Judd and wife left this
week for Wenona, ILL.,, to attend
a reunion of the Judd family.
Minnie Macomber arrived this
week from Coweta. l. r., to be-
gin school work in this county.
Mrs. Hattie Vandervort this
week moved into the house re-
Gently vacated by A. w. South
ard on Harlan street.
Jay Parsons and wife, Sherm
Byerly, G. D. Knapp, DR.. Griffith
and Hayden Bowers of Verdon
saw the ball game here Wednes-
day.
Norman SAMSON who makes
his home with N. B. Judd left
this week for Decatur, ILL.,. to at
tend school. Norman will finish
his course this year.
c.. Christopher and wife and
the Misses S. and E.. Engelbrecht
left for Chicago on Thurs
day after a pleasant visit with
Rev. and Mrs. OH. Engelbrecht.
Miss Dennis Landrigan and
Miss Agnes Rowland. both from
Alliance, Neb., who have been
spending few days with Mrs.
VIM. Landrigan, returned to their
home Wednesday.
w. c. Sloan came down from
Verdon Wednesday to bring the
ballots from his precinct. He
was accompanied by his wife and
two sons who visited Mrs. Sloan's
parents while Mr.. Sloan took in
the ball game.
Mrs. l. C. Maust and her neph-
ew, Leon Norris, returned Tues
day from Hardin, Mont, where
they have been visiting at the
home of the formers mother,
Mrs. B. F. Norris. Leon return
ed to attend school here this
year.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

oShOl III ~ LAlf oIAH VI
Guanajuato, Old Mexico, who
has been spending the past two
years in this country. learning
American ways aud our language,
came in to see The Tribune force
yesterday.
J. B. Winkler, a real estate
man, and ]. H. Hopp a stockman,
both of Glenwood, Iowa, were
here this week, the latter think
ing of locating in our midst.
Geo. Keeling of Aurora, ILL.,,
visited his brother, Major Keel
ing, during the week, He was on
his way home from an extended
stay in Denver.
Mrs. Joe Parisk of Skidmore,
Mo-, and Mrs. Martha Gray of
Los Angeles, Cal, are in the
city visiting their sister, Mrs.
Sam. Prater.
Paul Schulenberg and Frank
Pecht are opening up a restau-
rant in the building formerly &C.
cupied by the Cummings millin-
cry store.
Rev. G. F. Reichel and wife,
Mrs. c. II. Snidow and Lucy
Lemon returned from the Baptist
association at Humboldt.
By request Miss Mccormick of
Arkansas will sing Nearer
Home at ST. Thomas church
Sunday morning.
H. E. Beaver and wife return
ed to their home in St. Joe after
a weeks visit with Sam Marts
and wife.
Mrs. Lena Stewart of Marys-
vile arrived in the city for a
visit to her parents, Coon Brecht
and wife.
Rev. Thomas Miller and wife
of Omaha are guests at the home
of his brother, Anderson Miller.
George Hossack returned Mon
day night from Harrington to at
tend the business college.
J. W. Hanson returned to his
home at Vesta, Nebr., after
spending two weeks here.
Mrs. Guy M. Lewis of Ken
drick, Idaho, will receive The
Tribune another year.
Mrs. p. H. Jussen and two
nephews spent a part of the week
in Lincoln at the fair.
Myrtle Mckenzie of Hastings
has accepted a position in the
telephone office here.
Ben. Reichers came home on
Tuesday to be present at his
sisters wedding.
Rev. G. L. Neide will make
his final mission trip to Tecum-
sch Sunday.
Edwin Ewing and James Ay ers
of Verdon were in the city Wed.
nesday.
Emma Grant leaves today for
Gorden, Nebr., to visit with rel
atiyes.
Fannie Miller spent a part of
last week with relatives in Table
Rock.
Mark Tefft of this city is in
Lincoln attending the fair.
Fred Brecht spent Monday in
Lincoln at the fair.
DR.. Geo. w. Reneker spent
Thursday at Troy.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

Governor Fort of New JERSEY
is holding the tort. His threat
to uphold the law was no idle
threat. .
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

The paramount issues of this
campaign are, shall the work and
accomplishments Of Theodore
Roosevelt be indorsed or re-
undated.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

We now know which of the
candidates for nomination have
reached the first base. Now for
the home run.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04
TWAS FAST BALL
=Contianed#fro First page

last play. Nc runs.
Foehlinger struck out; Sears
hit to left; Poteet flew out to
third; Foster was hitin the arm
by pitcher and took first; Heck
grounded to third and forced
Sears. No runs.
,. Souders flew out to Sears;
Frazier struck out; Caldwell
flew out to Heck. No runs.
Here is where Falls City
should have won. The first two
up made hits with none out, but
Kratzberg frightened up, which,
with some luck, kept a score
from being made. Schmelzel
hit to center; Cornell beat out
an intield hit, Schmelzel taking
second to the accompaniment of
the shrieks from the crowd; both
base runners moved up on a
passed ball and second and third
were occupied, with none out.
HeacOck hit to short, who field
ed Schmelzel out at home, Cor
nell taking third and Heacock
first; Kelsey fouled twice trying
to bunt, but Kratzberg was
keeping them shoulder high and
close in. On the third strike
Kelsey hit a line fly to center
that looked like the money but
the center fielder went back and
after Juggling the ball finally
squeezed it before it hit the
ground, the luckiest kind of d
catch. Foehlinger struck out.
No runs.
6. Slime out Heck to Heacock;
Bright struck out; Doyle struck
out. No runs.
Sears flew to short; Poteet
out third to first; Foster hit to
left; Heck flew out to center.
No runs.
Z. kratzberg put a Texas lea
guer over short; Paris hit to
Foehlinger, who threw Kratz.
berg out at second; Hale out
Heck to Heacock; Souder struck
out. No runs.
Schmelzel struck out; Cornell
hit a line drive over short; Hea,
cock struck out. Kelsey flew
out to center. No runs.
s.. Frazier out Foster to Hea.
cock; Caldwell struck out; Stine
flew out to Foster. Nc. runs.
Foehlinger struck out; Sears
struck out; Poteet out third tC
first. No runs.
9. Bright flew out to Kelsey:
Doyle out, Foehlinger to Hea.
cock; Kratzberg out, Heck to
Heacock. No runs.
Foster flew out to right field:
Heck hit to left center; Schmel.
eel struck out; Cornell out to
first, unassisted. No runs.
10. Paris walked and took
second on a wild pitch; Hale
struck out. SOuderS reached
first on an eXcusable error OF
Heacock's, Foster making a low
throw, Paris going to third;
Frazier hit a fly to Sears, Paris
scoring on the catch; Caldwell
hit to left; Slime hit to Foeh-
linger and reached first on a
high throw, Heacock making a
dandy stop; Bright hit to Foeh-
linger, who made an error, Cald-
well scoring; Doyle flew out to
Foster. Two runs on one hit.
Heacock flew out to second;
Kelsey out from pitcher to first;
Foehlinger flew out to third.
No runs.
Auburn. 40 OO0OOOOO2-2
Falls City. % &C
Hits-Auburn 5, Falls City 6.
Errors-Auburn /, Falls City 4.
Stolen bases-Foster 2, Hea-
cock, Cornell. Hit by pitcher,
Kratzberg 1. Bases on Balls
Kelsey 1. Struck out-Kratz,
berg z, Kelsey9 8. Double Plays
Foster to Heacock. Umpire,
George Segrist.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
"STAATS" BUILDING
is SOLD FOR $4,000
Comptroller Metz Dbposes of
Structure that City Paid ST.
65O,OOO to Acquire.

Comptroller Metz sold for the city
the Stats Zeitung Building on Tryon
row to-day. 1t brought 5000. He tried
to sell 1t a few weeks ago, but could
only get a bid OF s., 800, and as he had
been offered 5000 for 1t at private sale.
he withdrew II.
He heard syndicate had been made
up OF house wreCkers to get the build
ing at their own price. and he adver-
t!sed in Boston, Philadelphia and other
places, bringing wreckers from those
places to compete.
Morris Sacks, a scrap iron dealer.
OF Maiden lane, bought the building.
with a great deal of machinery, in
Guiding dynamos, engines and elevators.
II Is said II will cost about $500 to
remove the structure. The wreciSers
have ninety days within which TO re-
move the landmark.
The city bought the Stats zeitung
Building and site last summer for s.
$50 900 The site was needed for the
bridge terminal and loop It is intended
to build on the land acquired in the
immediate vicinity Of the Manhattan
terminal. A skyscraper municipal build
ing is to be erected which will In part
be for city offices
The evening world., 1908-02-20
cupid HUNTERS"
OF COUNTRY ARE
RULED BY A TRUST
Secret Service After Officials,
Means to Wipe Out All
Marriage Bureaus.

CHICAGO. Feb. "a gigantic matri
monial trust embracing all cupid
hunter agencies. similar to the Marian
GREY Searchlght Club of Elgin, was
unearthed In the Fedora! Grand Jury
room Yesterday.
Information leaked out that evidence
had been secured positively proving
that the hundreds OF "Soul-mate'
bureaus operated in every section OF
the country were controlled by n Chi
cago and n New York man and posi-
bly, two other men.
Secret Service men. headed by COL
Stuart and Walter S. Mayer. Chief
Post Office Inspector of New York.
were called as witnesses before the
Grand Jury and gave valuable tesu-
mony in regard to the matrimonial
trust.
The Government attorneys expect to
break UP traffic in marriages" in one
swoop by the arrest and conviction OF
the officials of the combination. Secret
Service men. given the lead by infor-
nation secured III the Marian Grey
trial. have shown all matrimonial
agencies in the country use the same
testimonial as sent out by Miss Grey.
as well as the same stock pictures.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
SAVES BOY ONLY
TO DIE HIMSELF
O'Rourke Carries Lad from
GaS-Filled Room, Then
SuccumbS.

An investigation is being made to-day
of the death OF Richard O'Rourke. care
taker OF the Cassayuna Club. No. lS,
West Nlnety-seventh street, who rescued
Francis Lawson. a sixteen -year-old boy
of No, 1874 West Ninety-seventh street
from death by gas. only to die himself
from the effects.
While neither case was reported to the
police or Coroner, 1t is said the boy
attempted suicide. He In . son OF
Mrs. Sophia Lawson. and was . victim
OF overstudy.
Monday he attempted to buy rope n
a nearby store. saying some thing about
Killing himself. Later his mother and
Sister found the hall filed with gas
and the boys door locked.
O'Rourke was called in. broke tho door
and was almost overcome before he
could shut or the gas and carry out
the boy. He returned home. was ap-
parent!y recovering. but on Tuesday
was found dead in his bed by his wife
rhe boy has recovered.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
BEST METHOD OF
REDUCING FAT
WINS PRIZE

The first prize of a house and lot for tn
best fat producer has been won by Mrs.
Maggie Provis. of Michigan. with this ~
ceipt: II ounce Marmoa- u ounce Fluid
Extract Cascara Aromatic and 31s ounces
syrup Simplex. The proper quantity to take
Is teaspoonful after meals and at bed.
time These simple ingredients oan be OBJ
tained OF any druggist and mixed at home.
The rules of this unique and practical
contest were for contestants to send In
their fat-rsducing plans to the paper for
publication. Subscribers were then asked
to test these methods and describe the re-
suits. The contestant whose plan gave ths
best effects was adJudged the winner.
Mrs. Provis's receipt ran far ahead Of All
others in the number OF fat readers whe
tried 1t and also outdistanced them In the
satisfactory character OF the results OBJ
tanned.
1t was found that unlike all other inter
nal remedies for supertiuous fat 1t did no<
disturb the stomach or cause wrinkles. but
brought about quick uniform reduction
OF tho extra fat wherever most abundant
without rendering other and normal parts
of the body too thin. No other method
approached 1t in the amount OF fat 1t could
take off. either, many subscribers reporting
reduction OF ms much as n pound n day.
All agreed that the state Of the health
generally was greatly improved BY taking
1t for three or four weeks. and In no case
was exercising or dieting required to help
1t get the right kind OF results
Mrs. Proviss simple plan did not score .
single failure, but many OF the people who
tried her reoeipt pointed out in their letters
that the Narmola the druggists sell in
sealed u ounce packages, which can be
two ingredients at home. brought thu
quickest results.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
DUCHESS D'UZES
LEAVES SUDDENLY
Sister-in-Law of the Former Miss
Shonts Summoned to Paris by
Illness of Her Son.

The Duchess dues. sister-in-law OF
the Due de Chaulnes. and Prince Galit-
zin, his uncle. who came 10 New York
to attend the do ChaulnesShonts we'd
ding, sailed for France to-day on the
liner La Bretagne. The plans OF the
Duchess called for stay in New York
until next Saturday. but disquieting ad-
vices concerning her son. who Is III
In Paris, prompted her to hasten her
return.
The Due and Duchess de Chaulnes
Mrs. Shonts. Marguerite Shonts, Baron
de la Bouiliere, the best man at the
wedding, and Baron Cande. accom-
panied the Duchess Dues to the pier,
Raron de la Bouilliere and Baron Cande
are having such a good time In New
York that they cannot tear themselves
away.
loved her brief visit immensely and
will return to New York at the first
opportunity. She Il anxious to see ali
OF the United States.
The Due and Duchess dc Chaulnes will
not sail until about tho middle Of
NAECh~
The evening world., 1908-02-20
melisande's Bair Scene
Rivals Balcony Scene
In Romeo and Juliet
(From "Pelleds and Melisande. -

(From "Pe1leas and Melisande.")
PELLEAS-l cannot reach thy hand
with my lips.
MELISANDE-l cannot lean out
further. am at the point
OF falling. OH OH MY
hair is falling down the tower!
(Her tresSeS faH suddenly
orer her head. as she is lean.
ING out so, and stream orer
PelledS)
PELLEAS-Ohl Oh, What is ii?
Thy hair, thy hair is fall
ing down to me! All thv
locks, Melisande, all thy locks have
fallen down the tower,
hold them in my hands; hold them
in my mouth. hold them
in my arms; put them about my
neck. | will not open my
hands again tonight.
MELlSANDE-Let me go! Let me
90! Thou wilt make me
PELLEAS-No, no. no; |
have never seen such hair as thine.
MeliSandel See, see. see: il
comes from SO high and yet it
floods me to the heart
And yet it floods ME to the knees,
And it is sweet. sweet as
if it fell from heaven /
see the sky no longer through thy
locks. Thou seest, thou seest;
! can no longer hold them
with both hands; there are some on
the houghs of the willow.
They are alive like birds in my hands,
and they love me. They
love me more than thoul
MELlSANDE-Let me go: let me
go' Some one might
come
The evening world., 1908-02-20
SUBWAY SUICIDE
ANNOUNCED HIS
!. INTENDED PLUNGE
Charles B. Williams Gave
b. Mysterious Warning to
II Train1naster.
HAD MEMO. OF RACES.
Slip of Paper Aids Identifica-
ton of Desperate Sui
eide at Station.

The man who throw himself in from,
platform of the Seventy second street
station last night was identified to.
DAY as Charles B. Williams. OF No. 8;
East Ono Hundred and Twentv-second
street. The Identification was made by
his brother Frederick.
When the body was picked up from
the tracks all that was found in the
suicides pockets was a slip OF paper or
which was written the names of two
horses-"Lord Stanhope" and Helen
Kidder'-and the addresses. No. 2756
Eighth avenue, and No. 70 West One
Hundred and Twenty-iifth street. No
one at these addresses knew the dead
man.
The subway trainmen made a good
deal OF a mystery about the suicide.
1t was reported 10 the police that the
trainmaster at Ninety-siXth street had
received word in some way that an at
tempt a suicide would be made at his
station. and was keeping sharp ,ook-
out for such an attempt when word
came clicking over the wire that a
man had been ground TO death at
Eeveuty-second street
just how the tralnmaster received
Buch warning has not been explained.
James Murray. n boy. No. 81 Second
avenue. saw the man lettering abou:
che steps Of the station for half an
hour before he killed himself When
an expires train vas heard approarn-
ing rhe man walked to the north end
OF the station and threw himself onto
the tracks. Motorman Charles Hatha-
way had no opportunity to avoid the
fatality.
As the suicides body was cut to
gibbons his kinsman had difficulty in
esta bl!shinE an Identification. After
he had seen the hat and the clothing
he was sure that the dead man was
his brother.
WILLIAMS was forty years old and a
oookkeeper. He had been out OF work
FOR .,r Iuoutns and living with his
Ester at No - East one Hundred and
Twenty-second street. The sister said
fo-dai tnHt ne nad become despondent
over his inability TO get work and had
frequently talked of ending his life
health began TO break down. He would
go downtown every dav hunting for
work. return Ing more tired than when
he had nmnloym"rt. He talked con-
stantly of the. hard times and at last
bsSan 10 d"Mh. he would ever be
d. Charles Hathaway. mote rman Of the
train that ran over the suicide. was
held in s2oDo bail bv Coroner Harbur-
ger on n charge % hon eide
The evening world., 1908-02-20
NOT NICE, SHE SAYS,
TO Be CALLED A CAT
Blonde Mrs. Mcintosh Says
Brunette Mrs. Shive Applied
Other Epithets.

Magistrate House, in Harlem Court
to-day. was unable 10 determine the
merits of complain made by Mrs.
Jam - Mcintosh. OF No. 3lS5 Broadway,
against Mrs. John Shive. who lives
acrJss the court at No. 3l57. He ad.
journed the case and told his probation
ary officer to investigate 1t Is likely
that many of the persons living In the
five-story apartment may be called a.
witnesses
Mrs. Shive Is a widow and lives o.
the fourth floor. Her windows look
down into those Of Mrs. Mcintosh on
the third floor. Mrs. Mcintosh declared
that tho widow had called her mos
quito" cat" "bleached blond" 'Ei-
raffe." painted image" and other
names from an apparently l'mitless
repetoire. She also stated that Mrs.
Shive shook rugs and carpets into hcr
windows and over her laundry. running
her lingerie, Complaint No set forth
that Mrs. Mcintosh was forced to in
stall colored windows to prevent Mrs.
Sh!ve from peeping into her rooms,
Mrs. Mcintosh has radiant blonde
hair She dresses splendidiy, and is
thirty. The defendant Is about the
same age and Is brunette. As Mrs.
Mcintosh concluded her complaint she
turned to Magistrate House and said:
And, Judge. don't l look like nat
ural tow-head?"
Mrs. Shive denied al the charges She
said that she did shake her rugs, but
was forced to do so OF necessity. She
said she never spoke to Mrs. Mcintosh,
and would not know her from a crow.
She said that two OF her dead husband :
friends boarded in her apartment and
that they could vouch for the truthful
ness OF her statements.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
Where Mary Garden Got
That Free Feet Four Uig

ADELLEAs EFT MELlsANDE" was
r first produced in Paris In April,
1902. Mary Garden was the
original impersonator OF the heroine.
outside of Paris until last night the
opera has been presented only an Frank
Tort and Brussels. and Mary Garden
was always the heroine. Nobody else
has portrayed her. The American prima
donna has declared the part seems to
belong 10 me-
Maeterlinck in the drama and Debussy
in the opera had insisted upon the
wonderful red gold hair which the eltn
maiden Wore. and Mary Garden would
not c1nsent to any wig OF shreds and
patches. Consequently, a search was
made for natural hair like Mellsande's.
After six months OF fruitless endeavor
N Germany Switzerland and southern
France. girl was found in a hamlet
near St. Malo. Brittany. who had this
requisite natural locks.
For 1,50O francs. 1t Is said. she con-
sented to give UP the treasure. With
that dot she was married and made
happy and her hair was the golden
treasure with which Pelleas was en-
meshed at the Manhattan Opera-House
last night.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
"S1egtt1ed' WeN Sung
at The Men0bohtan.

-HE seasons first performance OF
wagner's "Siegfried" was las.
1 nights Offering at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House. Despite vile weather
and the premier OF "Pelleas and Mel
isande" at the rival house, more than
average audience had turned out. and
most of It remained to the end OF the
long evening. The production was de-
cidedly creditable, Mahler conducting
with authority and rare Interpretation.
Curtain calls were many. and merited.
Burgstaller's Siegfried, though marred
repeatedly by hoarseness, was well
up to the big tenor's vigorous. robust
standard II he does not wholly bring
out the buoyant, effervescent youth
fulness of the role. he at least lends TO
1t a strength and fervor that are thor
oughly convincing. The part is ono or
Burustallers best. not only from vocal
standpoint but usually and histriondc-
ally as we'll.
There is a minor detail OF stage
management which in this later day
of ever-increasing operate realism
could be vastly improved on. That is
the battle between Fafner and Sieg-
fried. A quarter century ago the spec
tacle of the fur-clad youth rhythmeu-
cally slapping with his sword the
papier- -mache scales OF an asthmatic
property dragon may have been all
satisfying. To the Perfect Wagner
lite" it NAV still appeal. But to the
average spectator the combat verges
perilously close to the ludicrous. 1t
would seem that n more impressive.
less machine-like stage straggle might
be evolved
Reiss IL probably the best Mime this
country has ever known. His art is
without fault and stands upon a dra-
matte plane all its own. Last night he
in no way lessened the fiawless picture
of the shambling. crafty dwarf which
he has taught New Workers to recog-
nize as a masterpiece.
Won Rooy was n sonorous. dignified
Wanderer. and rose to exceptional
heights in his third act scene with
F,rda. The Alberich OF Goritz and
B.ass's Fafner were thoroughly well
done.
Nine. Fremstadt, as Brunnhilde
Though always wholly the woman"
and never the fallen ''goddess'D. gave
a strong. satisfying portrayal OF the
brief emotional part. She was in good
iov to the eye. Nine. Kirkbv-L Lunn was
hrda' Miss Alten's Forest BirdS ~
role in which Lille Lehman. by tbe
way. made her operate debut more
ber1 was tunefu and suficientiy
s.harsaI
The evening world., 1908-02-20
TAFT BACK IN WASHINGTON:
OFF AGAIN IN DAY OR TWO,

WASHINGTON, Feb, 2o-secretary
OF War Taft, who for the past twelve
days has been on a tour through the
West, North and East. reached here
4o-day In time to appear before the
morning session OF the House Commit
toe on Insular Affairs. canal con-
ference engaged the attention OF the
Secretary later in the day at the White
House. The accumulation of official
matters was then considered by Mr..
Taft at his residence.
The Secretary has an engagement to
deliver an address at Buffalo n. Y.
SATURDAY night and will leave Wash
ingto1 Friday night or Saturday morn
ing to be gone until Sunday night.