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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

In San Francisco the motor fire patrol
is able to get to and extinguish a fire while
the speediest fire horse is still painting on
his way. Automobiles are used to haul
snow, beer, drygoods, bank boxes and to
cure consumption by rapid motion through
the air. No longer need the mining pros
pector wander YEARLY through arid wastes
in the west. He may seek his nuggets by
means of a motor car. No longer need a
presidential candidate risk bursting the rail
of an observation car with his eloquence.
He may speak from an automobile. No
longer need the flower grower urge his
horse through wintry dawns in the effort
TO get his blossoms early to the market.
He may arise later, get to the train earlier
In his automobile. and maintain, mean
while, the aspect OF a gentleman Of leisure
out for a morning spin.
Picnic parties vote the automobile a vast
improvement over a farm Wagon carpeted
with straw. Slowing away dishes is no
longer a task fraught with anger to
china. The automobile hamper has in it
every necessary for an al fresco luncheon.
strapped and clamped into an economy Of
space scarcely conceivable to the mind of
an average housewife. Motor cars have all
manner of little hidden cupboard contriv-
ances in which things may be slowed.
with tent and living necessities tucked
onto and under its mechanism, one may
move on TO new places and pleasures every
day-to fishing. boating, hunting and
climbing, with WIDE, free country contribut-
ing ever new sources OF enjoyment and Of
fering ever new attractions 10 the wan
derer afield. The luxurious traveller en-
lows life in a touring car, which may be
converted into bed chamber, boudoir, IL
brary, living room and lining room at Will.
Electric dome light, speaking tube. sta
tionary clock, elaborate toilet articles and
mirror, delude one into believing this motor
car a miniature hotel on wheels.-New York
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
MOTORS PUT TO GOOD USES
Machines of the HOnk Order locke
Up 10 Do Good in Many
Instances.

The average urban resident looks upon the
automobile merely as a convenience, more
rapid In motion Than the horse and less
likely to shy at strange objects. Such an
assumption is far from an adequate con-
ception Of the vehicle.
In Connecticut the owner Of a newspaper
sends his paper to press by automobile. He
backs the machine up near his presses, at
-taches the power and the news is chugged
out away beyond speed limit.
Needless persons laugh at farmers who
mortgage their farms to purchase automo-
biles. 1t is the farmer who has the laugh.
AT 4 o'clock in the morning-and mayhaps
at 2 or 8. for the milk inspector has a way
Of walking in at 4 o'clock and interfering
with m~ilking-the carburetor may be heard
at the dairy. One motor car connected with
six milking machines can milk twelve cows
at a time. Is there churning to be done?
The motor can do almost everything but
roll the butter. Perhaps the farmer takes
his milk TO the station in his machine and
then he gets back in time to saw the wood
for cooking He attaches a cir
cular wood saw to the motive power Of the
car and the result Is highly satisfactory.
This may even explain why so many
tramps frequent large cities. There are
now less opportunities h ever for them
to saw wood for a breakfast in suburban
places. The automobile fairly snorts at
their shiftlessness.
This snort, redolent Of disdain and gaso-
line, one hears often now at the haymow
In place OF the accustomed sneeze OF a
horse trying not 10 contract hay fever
while hosting fodder into the barn. No
longer need the patient animal at the far
end Of a pulley rope start upon a run, only
to be brought up short, under the impress
sion that he has made a false start, while
time Is given him to reflect upon the per-
versity Of mankind, and the farmer 70 IN
hitch hay from pulley and send the hoist
ing hook out for more. A motor car runs
out with the rope now, and lifts double the
quantity without straining 8 muscle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
DRAWN BY UNKNOWN RACE
Pictures of Cave Men Found in the
Black Hills.
TRACES OF EARLY INHABITANTS
Discoveries of Last Summer I'm an Un-
explored Region of wyoming
A Little Light on Its Pre-
historic inhabitants.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 96-Harlan /.
Smith. Archaeological OF the American
Museum OF Natural History, has returned
from a 452-mile wagon trip of recon
noissance in northeastern Wyoming, made
In the interests Of the museum. Besides
securing the first archaeologicsl specimens
ever brought from the region which extends
from the Black Hills TO the Big Horn
mountains in northeastern Wyoming, he
photographed among other things pre-
historic quarries, ancient pictures painted
on cave walls representing prehistoric cave
dwellers and sculptures cut on the cliffs
and sides of natural caves,
All of these were discovered by Mr.. Smiths
party and were unknown to the scientific
world until now. The results of the trip
viii be published by the museum IN its
ootavo anthropological papers, fully illus
trated. and this report will throw new light
on the prehistoric Americans.
The expedition was sent out 10 continue
the work which Mr.. Smith started for the
museum last year. when he made a three
months trip, crossing and recrossing tho
southern part Of Wyoming. The whole
work is a contribution by the museum
toward an investigation into the archae-
ology of a vast UNEMPLOYED region, includ-
ing the great plains, the barren lands and
the plateau region of America, regarding
which there is practically no archaeological
knowledge.
Locating Old Home sites.
wyoming is near the southern center of
this region and seemed TO be. the nucleus
from which the work might be started.
Mr.. Smiths task was TO look over the
field In order to locate sites where people
lived before white men visited the state
and which It would be profitable to eXca-
vate, incidentally securing as much in
formation as possible.
Among the general problems which
present themselves for solution may be
mentioned the following: When did the
region first come TO be inhabited9 What
was the natural culture OF the first inhabi-
tants? Were people living In the area
before the Introduction OF the horse, and
n 80. how did the coming OF this animal
affect their culture? Was there more than
one culture In the region either In various
parts OF during different periods OF time?
And II 50, where are the boundaries Of
these cultures and what are the charac-
teristics OF each culture?
Mr.. Smith secured the services OF Dan
Chalfant, an experienced cowboy. at Lusk.
With a team and a wagon, on the side
of which was dashed a five-gallon cask for
carrying water through the desert places
they made the trip with only one mishap
the breaking OF all the sPokes in one
wheel.
Starting from the Mine Bar ranch. at
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
INDIANA SLIPPING, THEY SAY
Republicans Are Alarmed Over the
Changing Conditions.
Confidential Reports say if Election
Were Now Il Would Be
$4,000 for Bryan.

Reliable confidential reports received
from Republican sources in Indiana the
past week show the political conditions In
that state TO be unfavorable TO the Re
publicans-
The State ticket IS declared 10 be much
weaker than the natiouaL In fact. the
declaration is made that If the election
were held now. the Democratic ticket
would prevail by plurality of 25.ooo-
Some Of Senator Hemenway's friends
have been hearing very discowaging news
from the managers Of his campaign
He VIII have the advantage OF a ma
jority Of the hoId-over seniors. but even
the lead may be swept away and a Dem
ocrat elected to the United States Senate
if Republican conditions do not begin to
improve soon
Bryan is admittedly stronger in the
State than ever before. but the main
source Of the Republican uneasiness is
the fight over local option and the devel-
opment of Republican graft in local Of
fees
The state is to be given some heroic
treatment by the Republican managers
soon
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
ROGKEFELLERS ONCE BARONS
Oil King a Descendant Of Noble
Race IN France.
DIR. Lewis Traces Family History
Back for Many Centuries
Reunion at Albany.

Albany. sept 3-JoEn D Rockefeller
who has aceumuIst-d one Of the great
est. If not the greatest individual fortune
ia the worlds history. IS the descendant
Of noble race. according % an an
n7unce@eat made az the annual reunion
o. The R0csefeI-er family here to-day
Tac announcement was made IL re-
port by Aaron r. Lewis. who last year
was commissioned by the Rockefeller
Family Association 90 trace the family
HISTORY in Europe.
Dr. Lewis asserts that IN his researches
he found that the family OF which John
D. Rockefeller is a member is # noble
lineage.
lie also reported that several members
Of the family at one time held the tile
Of baron in Southern France
Among those present lc the reunion
was samuel J. Rockefeller. aged eighty
two. who came from Tombstone, Ariz-
These officers were elected
President. William Rockefeller. sun
bury. Pa. vice presidents. David RoCke-
felleT. Wyucote. Pa, and Samuel l.
Rockefeller. Tombstone. Ariz-i secretary.
DR.. H o. Rockefeller. Brooklyn. assist
ant secretary. W c. Rockefeller. New
York City treasurer. Miss Edith Eocke-
f5IIer. Geruaatouu. y y historian. Dr.
z. c.. Rockef=Iler. Brooklyn, uecro3ogisJ,
Airs. Elizabeth T. WiuEold. Albany.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04

Dropping over the rail near the east
end Of the Aqueduct Bridge a few min
u5es after midnight. a man whose identity
is not known ended his life in the Po-
tomac River.
The body was dragged from the river
at O'Clock this morning By the crew Of
the harbor police boat It IS that Of a
white man. but a detailed description
could not be obtained until il was landed
on shore 10 be removed 10 the morgue.
a crowd on the bridge watched the men
at work. and reported The finding OF the
body 10 the police at headquarters by tel
ephone.
He climbed over the railing and. with
out hesitation. dropped OF. The harbor
police boat was summoned by the sew
enth precinct
Three passers-by witnessed the suicide,
and their reports - the police coincide
Two were Frank Repp and John Flem-
ming. soldiers Of Battery D. Coast Artn-
Iery. and A V. Almsted. Of Washington.
Mr. AImsted's Version.
7 had Just gotten of a suburban car
and was crossing the bridge with a com
panion. when, looking ahead. I saw a
dark forl. probably fifty feet distant,
climb over the rail and disappear" said
AIr. Almsted- 4 was too far away 70
hear the splash. and as people frequently
throw bundles over the railing into the
river 7 thought nothing Of the occurrence
As drew nearer / saw the crowd con
gregatiuE. but stiu did not think anyJhing
unusual had happened until I saw a DO
liceman pick Up q battered straw hat
The police obtained a boat in an anaz-
iugly short time. and We all leaned over
the railing watching shem search ths
waters. but they found 10 trace OF The
victim.
Policeman S.einbraker. OF the Seventh
precinct. was tH a patrol box about g
yards from the scene. when he heard
cries that a man was IN rhs ~iver
Rushing out upon the bridge. he sew q
crowd gathering and Immediately turned
in a summons for the harbor police boat
Not a sign of the body could be seen
On account Of the swiftEess OF the eur
rent under the bridge at the point vr=-s
the man Jumped over. The police had
difficulty in working
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
NURSERY IN CHURCH.
Syracuse Pastor Provides Toys,
Cribs, and n Maid.

Syracuse. N Y, sept &-The only
church nursery in the United states viii
be opened here for babies On Sunday next,
when the Centenary Methodist Episcopal
Church. reconstructed during the summer,
holds its first service. There viii be a
maid in charge. blocks. books OF rhyme,
and a variety Of toys provided Rev. E.
L. Waldorf. the pastor, said:
Crying babies viii raise voiL IS without
the usual effect at a service The walls
of the room viii be sound proof. Lula
hies viii be sung, and no one will be
disturbed Mothers may leave the chill
dren in a coy crib or cuddied up on a
couch with deep corners and occupy rock
ing chairs. just outside the double doors
at the rear Of the balcony. So long as
the babies are quiet they may stay with
their mothers"
When plans for the reconstruction OF
the church were being considered sug-
gesuon for nursery was made Its
adoption came unanimously. Mothers and
fathers liked the idea, and 1t figured in
the architects instructions. Parents
with babies were fearful that their young
sters might annoy people and they did
not bring them 20 church and stayed
home themselves. said 8Ir- Waldorf He
hopes by the new idea 10 have a larger
congregation.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
LEAVES MILLIONS TO CHARITY.
VIII of Frederick Cooper Hewitt
Wade Public at OsvveEO.

Oswego. y y Sept 2.-By the VIII OF
Frederick Cooper Hewitt. who died on
Sunday last. a number Of institutions get
substantial bequests- The estate is val
ued at S5000.010. Among the more i'm
portant beQuests are the following
Two million dollars TO New York Post
graduate Medical School and Hospital
Sl.500.5l0 10 Metropolitan Museum of Art
$4,000 70 Yale University, Sl6oe00 10
SheIteriug Arms Society. New York:
S201o13 10 Little Missionary Day Nursery
New York, and 10000 70 Free Industrial
School for Crippled Children. New York
Mr. Hewitt also left $4,000 10 Neither
wood N. j. Fresh Air Home. S1e.so0 10
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
20 Animals. and $4,000 TO the Coburn
Free Library, Of Oswego.
Mrs. Frederic H. Elwocd. OF Rochester.
is left s10l000, and Mrs Josephine Allen.
Of New York, $4,000 Other relatives and
friends are left various amounts.
NJ Hewitt was a bachelor. about sixty
nine years old at the time Of his death.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
ROBERTS is RESTING EASILY
Condition Had Changed for the
Better Last Night.
Police Now Tracing n Boat Seen at
Inlet Wharf shortly After
the Shooting

Atlantic City. y. J.. Sept 3.-Charles
B Roberts. who was shot by a u1ysteri-
Gus asssnant on the Boardwalk over a
week ago. is somewhat improved in his
condition tonight and surgeons at the
City Hospital are again hoping that his
life may be saved.
according TO hospital bulletins. both
his pulse and temperature have dropped
10 nearly normal and the man is rest
ing easily Preparations made by the Do
lice this afternoon 10 secure an ante
mortem statement when Roberts was re-
ported sinking have been withdrawn for
the night. and the entire case has been
shelved until morning
Detectives visited the inlet this after
noon on q clew furnished by one Of the
boatmen in that district. who claimed
70 have seen q good-sized launch leave the
inlet wharf within twenty minutes after
the shooting
The ofcers could get no trace Of the
boat Police place little credence in the
stOry. OF the escape OF the .assailant by
water.
Detective Wilson. who went from his
city to follow up the Baltimore end Of the
mystery. stated tonight that the first
obstacles placed in his way in that city
followed the return Of Col Sherlock
swan, brother-in-law of Ms Williams.
and head OF the Baltimore police board
Before that time the Baltimore police
made every effort TO assist the local man
in his search for clews, and Wilson
claims thar his investigation that elimi-
mated Williams from connection with the
case was practically finished before that
time.
Police made a statement tonight that
they have issued no warrants. and that
arrests might not be made for DAYS.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
Mrs. Martha de Biilier Passes away
GrufaE ~ Table

Mrs. Martha de Biilier Passes away
Seated at Table.
New York. Sept. 3-AIrs. Martha De
Buier. wife Of William De BiIier, a
broker. connected with Marshall, Spader
& Co. Of q Broadway. was found dead
this afternoon sitting at the dining-room
table IN the De BIIIer apartments. at ia
Eighty-ffth street. by her husband Mrs
De BuIer appeared wen when 1Ir. DE
BuIier left the house in the morning He
called up early in the afternoon. and
getting no reply hurried home Coroner
D0oley was told that Mrs De BuIer had
been treated for heart trouble He or
dered an autopsy made tomorrow. Mrs
De BlIier was thirty years old. She and
her husband came 30 this city recently
from Kentucky.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
In Toilette to Take stump.
DRINK NECESSITY IN NORTH.
Climatic Law Bars Attempt t
Eradicate It.

Dublin. Sept @--At to-day's session Of
the British Association. Prof Ridgeway
asseverated that no attempt to eradicate
the tendency TO imbi5e alcohol in north
e-n Iautudes could succeed because Of
the climatic law
Prof. Ridsway raised a warning that
the tendency Of present day legislation Is
toward q reduction OF the middle class
element Of society Children Of working
men and women were educated al the
cost OF the state; free meals were given
To them; probably some Of them would
be clothed al the expense OF the tax
payers.
The taxes entailed by this system so
burdened the middle class that they
postponed marriage and shrank from
bringing Up families. with the result that
their numbers were falling
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
he Is STILL ALIVE.
Man who Dreamed He Would Die in
Seventy-twO Days Doesn't.

Frankfort. Ind. Sept. S.-Dreams do not
always come true, and John E. Bossaun,
Of this city, who some time ago dreamed
that he had only seventy-two days TO live,
is stiI alive. The seventy-two days were
Up yesterday. The last few hours Of the
time he was supposed TO live were tedious
in passing. and the members Of his fam
ily were fearful that the nervous strain
would be such that he would collapse at
the last moment. suffer a relapse and
pass away, but tf-eir fears were ground
less.
Several days after the dream Bossaum
consulted with Rev. Edwin Doyle. pastor
Of the Baptist church. who advised him
10 take the dream as a warning Accord
ingly he united with the Baptist Church
and vas baptized Mr.. BossaUn arranged
all his business affairs some weeks ago.
with a view OF having everything in
readiness If death came, and expressed
himself as being willing 10 20.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
DYNAMITE IN CHIMNEY.
ExPIodes when Fire Is Started, and
Four Persons Are Injured.

Hazieton. Pa. Sept Some person
last night lowered dynamite on a string
down the chimney Of the home Of John
Silock. al Laurel Hill, with the intention
Of blowing up Slock, his wife. and ten
children.
When the Shocks and their eldest chill
dren, John and Susan. got up to-day and
the kitchen fire was started the dynamite
exploded, seriously injUrins Mrs. Snock
and her son John. and demoIishing the
stove and everything else in the room.
Silock and the girl were badly lacar-
ated. An adjoining dwelling was partially
wrecked
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
NEW F0Op LAW PLANNED.
Laws Of the states VIII Be Made
Uniform.

Harrisburg. Pa. sept "A conference
OF dairy and food commissioners Of vari-
Gus states. named % draft a Uniform
food law. has been called 70 meet in
Chicago in November. and it is expected
70 complete bills which VIII be presented
in various state legislatures with the
object Of harmonizing differences which
exist in the laws governing the sale OF
all foods and drinks.
The committee is composed Of Z. Z.
Ia6d. North Dakota. NJ A Sc0veu. Ken
lucky A G.. Bird. Michigan, Jamez Pear
son. New York James F0isr. PennsyI-
vs1ia- r. II. Allen. Kentucky. and Dr.
~ b Bigelow. OF Washington
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
THREATEN BREAD RIOTS.
Unemployed WorISTnen of Glasgow
Make Rush for Council Chamber.

Glasgow, Sept 3.-Four hundred unem-
ploycd wOrkmen secretly assembled this
afternoon. rushed to the municipal build
ings. and almost sot into the council
hau. where the weekly meeting was pro
ceeGins-
The officials; seeing their approach.
locked the chamber doors just in time
10 prevent the mob from entering. The
unemployed held the members Of the
council prisoners. kicking the massive
oak doors til the police, who had been
telephoned for. arrived and eventually
dispersed the crowd.
The unemployed this evening issued a
manifesto threatening d recurrence Of the
bread riots, and declaring that 6o.Ga0 men
and women and 10000 children were cry
ins for bread in a city Of plenty.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
CARNEGIE TO GIVE MILLIONS.
Iron King Plans to Make Technical
school Greatest in World.

Pitts5urg. sept. SIN q recent confer
ence held al Sli5o Castle. Andrew Car
nerie made arrangements for the com
at PittsburS on a colossal scale He
plans TO make It the greatest school in
the world II is said that Mr. Carnegie
had authorized the expenditure Of So
10000 more
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
PLAGUE ON DECLINE.
Sanitary Measure Kidding LuzOn of
Cholera.

Manila, Sept 3-Gov- Gen smith has
gone 10 the northern part OF the Island
Of LuzOn 70 make a personal inspection
Of the districts infected with cholera. and
10 urge the native officials IL such dis
uicts TO lend their aid in the carrying
out Of various sanitary measures, incIud-
ing a general cleaning up Of the towns
The number Of new cases Of the bubonic
plague reported IS declining steadily. and
il is now believed that its spread has
been conquered A few cases Of the dis
ease have appeared in Manila. coming
chiefly from northern provinces. but the
local health officers have been successful
in preventing the plague from gaining a
fOoth0ld here
There is a marked decline in the num-
Der Of deaths due TO cholera. and in the
total number Of new cases reported
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
OIL TRUST HAS HEARING.
Competition with HiSEen Brothers
Chief subject of Discussion.

New York. Sept 5.-The method Of COM
petition between the Standard oil Com
pany and the Hisgen Brothers. the inde-
pendent concern OF Albany, was the chief
subject Of discussion and testimony at the
hearing in the custom house to-day. be
fore Special ExamiRer Ferris. in the case
Of the government against the Standard
Oil for violation OF the antitrust law.
Several grocers from upstate were ex-
auined by Attorneys Frank B. kellogg
for the government. and Moritz Rosen-
thai. for the Standard Oil Mr. Rosen-
thai tried 10 show that the Standard cid
not cut prices 20 win customers from the
Hiseens. and Nj Kellogg sought 20 prove
otherwise.
The hearing will be resumed tomorrow
1t was said that the Independence
Leagues candidate for the Presidency
might be a witness in a day or so.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
sCHwAB GOES TO BETHLEHEM.
steel Trust Man VIII Devote Entire
Time to Big Wills.

New York sept 5--Chsrles II Schvab.
president Of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora
tion. in order 10 devote his entire time
and attention % the development Of the
Bethlehem steel Company. is 20 leave
New York and viii hereafter make his
residence in Bethlehem. Pa. where the
works are located
The Offices which ne now occupies. At
III Broadway, VII be abandoned. and the
entire New York end Of the business viii
be centralized al 100 Broadway. where
the present New York Offices Of the
Bethlehem Steel Company are situated
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
Prof. RniIer Acc.nt.

ithaca. ~ Y, Sept. 3-Liberty HYDE
Bailey. director Of the New York State
College Of Agriculture at Cornell Univer-
sity, has reconsidered his determination
not TO accept the position Of chairman Of
the farmers Uplift commission. recently
appointed by President Roosevelt He an
nounced this morning that he had ac-
canfad The nIaca
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
Cannon snIutes No More

New London. Sept , - Morning and
evening salutes from the big cannon at
Fort Tr1mbuIl were not heard for four
days. and inquiries revealed the fact that
the faithful gun has been put out Of COM
mission through the loss Of its breech
block The Fort TrumbuD cannon had a
steel breech Jock. weighing about six
pounds. which was evidently removed
with wrenches.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
WEST VIRGINIA
FIGHT To co ON
SWiSheP and ScherP Factions
Stand Their Ground.
no COMPROMISE MADE
Big Guns of Party Seek to Guard
National Ticket.
NO COMPROMISE MADE

Get Assurances tha- Rivals VIII
Not Endanger the Chances of Taft
and Sherman-May Agree Upon a
Common Electoral Ticket - sub
committee TO Report Its Position
On Wednesday Next