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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
THAMES BOATS TO BE SOLD
Socialist scheme OF LOndO County
COuncil 10 BE Tried a. Private
Enterprise.

LONDON. Sept. 26-(Special.)-After sew
eral months OF fruitless search, the Lon
don county council has at last discovered
someone who has promised to buy its
thirty passenger steamboats, which for
eighteen months Piled up and down the
Thames. Londoners used them 90 seldom
and the management was so bad that there
was a constantly growing deficit, and the
service was finally stopped and the boats
laid up to rot in the Surrey Commercial
docks. Now. should the present promising
negotiations 20 through without a hitch,
the service win be resumed under private
and, probably, more competent manage
ment.
The present intention is to sell the boats
to the new company for about SO, 900
apiece. The London taxpayers, less than
two years ago, paid something ike SIS, 900
apiece for the boats, and they are not
viewing with equanimity the loss of almost
$4,000 represented by the difference in the
two figures. But the boats in their present
condition are fast falling into decay and
II would not be long before they would be
tit for little better than the ~scrapheap.
Less than a month ago the council was
compelled to spend a considerable sum in
s~craping. Overhauling and renovsting them
In order that they might present a better
face TO possible purchasers.
The Thames service steamer was one
OF the pet schemes OF the proEresslYes. the
majority of whom have given evidence Of
decided socialistic leanings. The failure Of
the steamers to pay their way and the
enormous loss to the taxpayers was one Of
the reasons for the downfa OF the party
at the last local election and one of tn,
first actions OF the moderates upon com
ing into power was TO call off the service
The progreSsives have always insisted tina
in the course OF time the service. as It be
came better known. would develop into
money-maker or at least pay itr own way
but their opponents are not taking an!
ehAnosA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
ARMY OF ENGLISH BARMAIDS
Cousin of MarchiOness of ZetIand
Champions Cause of Women
In Saloons.

LONDON, Sept. 26.-(Special. )-One Of
the most talented and interesting Of the
women who are taking active part in the
Votes for Women campaign in England
at the present moment is the Countess
Markievicz. The countess is a
lively young and exceedingly pretty woman
who has made herself the acknowledged
leader and champion of the 100000 and
more barmaids, whose existence as such is
seriously threatened by would-be reform
ers. She has frequently taken the public
platform, both in England and in Ireland,
her native country, in their defense, and
being a capital speaker with a ready wit,
she is popular with her audience. 1t was
the countess who organized and was the
chief speaker at the big demonstration In
Trafalgar square recently on behalf of
the barmaids and as a protest against their
threatened wholesale dismissal.
The countess. among her other accom-
~plishments, numbers that OF being a good
whip. AS an ardent suffragette her con-
tribution to the campaign Of publicity,
which the women's societies have been
carrying on in England for some years, is
to drive a four-in-hand, the coach of which
is profusely decorated with banners about
the streets of the large cities. On the oc-
casion Of the big Albert Hail meeting she
piloted a four-in-hand through the maze
Of traffic that is constantly to be found in
the Strand. with a skill that excited the ad-
miration of even the bus drivers, a class
OF men who have a supeTlatiye opinion of
their own superiority in the handling Of
the reins. The countess also made her APP
pearance on the box of a coach at the
now famous by election in northwest Man
chester, where Winston Churchill lost his
seat in the House Of Commons, when he
presented himself for reelection.
Countess Markievicz is Irish by birth, be-
ing the daughter of the late Sir William
Henry Gore-Booth, Bart, of Lissadell,
Sligo. She is an artist and actress and
many other things rolled into one. 1t was
while she was studying art in Jalien's in
Paris that she met the Polish count, CAST
mir DUNN de M~arkievicz. with whom she
fell in love and whom she afterwards mar
ried. The countess's pictures have been
exhibited at the Paris salon and at the
Dublin academy. Her husband is also an
artist and, in addition, a playwright, and
1t was in one Of his plays that his talented
wife made her first appearance on the
stage.
Besides being a capital whip the countess
is a fine hOrsewoman, and for some years
was the only woman permitted to ride in
the point-to-point races Of the Sligo Har-
riers. She Is very popular in Irish society,
before her marriage living with the Mar
quis and Warehouses of Zetland, the lat.
ter being her cousin.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
The Story of q Medicine.

Ns name-"Golden Medical Discoverys
was suggested by m Of its most import
ant and valuable ingredients - Golden
Seal root
Nearly forty years ago., DR.. Pierce dis
covered that he could, by the use Of pure,
triple-rehned glycerine, aided by a GER
tain degree of constantly maintained
heat and with the aid Of apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose, ak
tract from our most valuable native me-
dlclnal roots their curative properties
much better than by the use of alcohol,
so generally employed. So the nov world
famed "Gosden Medical Discovery" for
the cure Of weak stomach, indigestion. or
dyspepsia. torpid liver, or biliousneSs and
kindred arrangements was hrst mad as
IL ever since has bSen, without . partlclS
Of alcohol Il It's maRS.uP.
ents, printed 81 eXeN bottle-wrGpper,
will show that Il Is Rsde from the most
valuable medicinal roN&s\onnd growing
gradients have receiYed the UropgesEe1
66TSkment from The Leading MEDICAL e&s
perS. HAAchera NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Medfc1 Who ncommendt them aS1be very
SesT remedies for the diseases Tor Which
SGoIden neutrality-suspicious.
ElTtle 6ooE OF these endorsemenE ha9
DNOn OOuiHllN4 ~ IL ANN -
Buffalo, N. Y, and will be mailed free to
any one asking same by postal card, or
letter addressed 10 the Doctor as above
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books OF all the differ
ent schools Of practice, 1t win be found
that the ingredients composing the sGold.
en-. Medical Discovery are advised NOS
only for the cure Of the above mentioned
diseases, but also for the cure Of all ca
tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
accompanied with catarrhal discharges,
hoArseness, sore throat lingering, or
hAn~g-on-coughs, and all those wasting
affections which, II not promptly and
properly treated are liable 70 terminals
In consumption. Take Or. Pierce's Dis
covery In time and persevere in It's use
until you give ID a fair trial and IL Is not
likely to dIsappoiat. Too much must nos
Be expected OF IT, II will not perform
miracles. II VII not cure consumption
In Its advanced stages No medicine will.
1t Wtu cure the affections that lead " -
co0AQ2D1aA.0 aahA ~ tAnG
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

shores. though at one time she was a pretty
constant guest Of the late Queen Vic
toria. She has broken completely with her
father, the king OF the Belgians, since his
morganatic marriage. Owing TO the
fascos the different members Of her fam
lily have made Of their matrimonial affairs
she has developed into = confirmed old
maid. She is very unconventional and is
said TO have taken a great fancy to her
future American host.
O'Brien visits LondOn.
On his way to Toxic Thomas J. O'Brien,
the new American ambassador TO Japan,
took the opportunity Of renewing his ac-
quaintance in London. Although his visit
was In the lead OF the season he never
the less made good use OF his time and
did" the sights with the enthusiasm of a
tourist. People who met him say he has
all the fervor Of an Irishman and the
energy and enterprise of an American, and
that the government which has selected
him for his new post put the RICH man
In the right place.
He paid a visit to Lord strathcona al
Knebworth and also to the Reds at wrest
Park. While in town he went to a thestel
sometimes twice q day and in all his spare
moments shopped necessarily. He also
found time to perfect himself In the Jap.
anese language, taking lessons at easy
intervals from a gentleman who was de.
puted by the japanese legation in Lon.
don to call upon him for that purpose
London fascinated him so during his visit
that he said when the American govern.
ment had no further use for his services
he would take up his abode here.
Lardy Suffolk cares nothing for society
with a big s. Her own relations, to whom
she is devoted, and a few intimate friends
are about all she ever cares to entertain
She has taken a lease OF Redcastle for tn,
autumn and with her there is her mother
Mrs. Letter. who does not propose to rem
any place In Scotland this year. All Lore
Curzon's little girls are also her guest
and their father makes flying visits nortl
when he gets the time. Lady Suffolk haI
been seriously Ill, but is now happily bet
ter. Her friends say she has a constitution
as frail as that Of her sister, the late Lad,
Curzon, and that she will always have t
be very careful. Not long ago Lady Suf
folk remarked to an intimate, Mary
death knocked all the ambition out o
mother and me-"
Since that date It has been observed tina
Mrs. Letter never settles for long in an,
one place. She is always on the move
Her stay with her daughter will be brief
LADY MARY
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

A similar case happened a week or two
ago at Wilma, where there are large bar
racks. Attached to one OF the battalions
General Bykowski. an old officer who
lived In a villa surrounded by a pine wood
on the outskirts OF the the town. One
night Al about 3 o'clock a policeman who
was on duty near the villa heard the sound
Of breaking glass. Fetching a oomrade
they examined h house, but found It
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

Fortunate are the underweights, accord
10 the insurance Investigations. Nor
tality is lowest among persons 8 per cent
below standard weight. because they suffer
less from heart disease. paralysis. apoplexy
and Bright's disease. Pneumonia and tuber-
culosis Rfflict most severely the under
weights. Select your favorite diseases and
diet aecOrdingy.-BOston Transcript
The sun., 1908-12-26
gANTAl IN a WRETCHED ls0lgE
Hospital Call for starVinG Family A.
swered By COStumed 81. Nick. .


Mrs Sarah Greenfelder, a widow Of six
weeks. and her eight small children were
found 10 be stsrving and suffering greatly
from exposure early yesterday morning
iT their wretohedly furnished home at
268 Maujer street. Williamsburg. Their
condition became known through q tele-
phone me ssase seat to st Catherins'B
Hospital, near by. Ivy woman. who sald
that several members Of the family were
very H.
When the messoge wss received in the
hosrital DIR. Driscoll was lmpersonatlng
Santa Claus in the chldrens ward. He
kept on with bis fun making and distribu>
tiCn OF Pifts while Dts. McAleer and
McMohon went TO the Greenfelder home
In the ambulance.
There was neither fire ror fuel in the
rooms occupied by the family and all the
children lay OF. rags. Their emaciated
appearance was proof that thev had been
in want and vhe swo doctors alter admins
teIing medical treatment to Mrs. Gresn-
fielder and two Of her children sent word
Of the sad condition of affairs TO the hos
pital. DR.. Driscoll. who was still In his
Santa Claus costume seized an arnful
OF provisions and other eatables which
had been sent to the hospital and also some
toyh and rushed to the Greenfelder
home. Other persons who were made
cognzant of the family's destitute condi-
tion assisted them.
Mrs. Greenfelder stated that her hus-
band died of consumption last mt nth and
after that In order to keep her family alive
one piece OF furniture after another was
sold. The oldest child is IS. Another
baby is expected in the family soon.
The sun., 1908-12-26
BANK BOOKS FOR Pees EoYs.
I. A. Halls GIFT Announced at His
Dinner to Children In Paterson.

PATERSON, N. j.. Dec. 25.-More than
800 newshoys enjoyed Christmas dinner
given by Park Commissioner /. A. Hall
this afternoon. This custom Mr. Hall
established ten years ago.
Illness prevented his attendance to.
day. but he sent greetings to the boys
through the Rev. D. Stuart Hamilton,
rector OF st. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Hall did more He sent q liberal
inducement to the boys to begin accounts
in one Of the local banks. A card was
given to each boy and he was told to
present 1t at the bank. He win receive
For it a bank book containing the record
of deposit made by Mr.. Han.
DR.. Hamilton explained to the boys the
advantage Of saving their dimes instead
of spending them In cheap shows. He
announced that no boy would be ad-
mitted to the next Christmas dinner un-
less he could produce q bank booiI, and
that three prizes would be awarded to
the three boys having the largest amounts
on deposit.
Mayor Mcbride, one Of the invited
guests. talked in fatherly way to the
boys and was loudly cheered.
Another, feature OF the Christmas here
was the distribution Of 1000 gifts among
the poor children. The gifts were pur-
chased by citizens who had organized Q
Santa Claus society. The distribution
took place at the home OF Mrs. Emma
johnson on Hamburg avenue.
The sun., 1908-12-26
ORANGE AND CUCUMBER IN ONE.
An Interesting Combination OF Fruit
and Vegetable Produced.

WORCESTER. Mass. Dec. 25.-An orange
cucumber or cucumber orange. as the
name has not yet been decided. is freak
combinat ton raised by Howard 8. Hill.
a cucumber grower OF Gardner. which he
is cultivating as a new dish to tickle the
palate of exacting diners.
The new fruit or vegetable resulted from
an experiment made several weeks ago
by Mr.. Hill. At that time an orange tree
was in full bloom in his cucumber hot
house at the same time that tine blossom
of the cucumber vines first appeared.
Mr.. Hill transferred the pollen from the
orange blossoms to several cucumber
flowers.
The first appearance Of the fruit was the
same as that OF an ordinary infant cuoum-
ber, but as the fruit grew. the result OF the
inoculetion became apparent. The Gu
cumber, instead Of lengthening out. re-
manned round like an orange. with the
orange bloom scar. but the skin was that
OF cucumber. with the same corruptions.
When ripened the new product assumed
bright orange color and from distance
appeared the same as an orange.
With the seeds from the best specimens
Mr.. Hill is growing q number of vines
and thinks that the new fruit will become
established and prove a favorite. as the
taste of the orange and cucumber blend
in an excellent manner and make pleas
ing combination.
The sun., 1908-12-26
WIFE IS HELD FOR MURDER
CHILD BRINGS STORY OF CRIME
TO THE POLICE.

Mother T0ok Boy to Room and Showed
Father's Bedy-Had Been In the
Asylum and Had Talked OF Hus-
Samuel McCredie, a decorator who
lived with his family at 513 West Forty
eighth street. was found dead at his home
last night. The police believe that he
was killed by his wife. who has been under
treatment for insanity for the last three
years. The wife and four children are
held by the police pending an investiga-
tion which is in charge Of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Theodore H. Ward.
The three younger children had been
away from home since early in the after
noon at a nearby church. When they
returned they did not 60 up to the fiat
but stopped to play in the street. Willie,
ten-year-old boy. started upstairs about
$50 and on one Of the landings he met
his mother She stopped him and said,
willie. would you like to see nice gas
stove?"
He said that he would You won't be
afraid?" asked his mother.
He thought he wouldn't be and the
mother led him into the fiat. Thee the
boy saw. the body OF his father lying in a
pool Of blood and saw blood stains on
the walls He ran out Of the room and
started down the stairs. At the foot ho
met his sister Jennie, year youn ,e-.
and told her that his mother had killed
Forty-seventh street station. rt
Jennie went into the room Of the jan
itress, Mrs. Newman, and told her what
she had heard Mrs. Newman hurried
out TO Tenth, avenue. and Forty-eighth
street, where she found Policeman Elroy
Quick. With him she returned to the
house and went up TO the Mercedes
rooms. ~ -l -
Willie told Acting Captain Kelly his
story and the captain went over at once
with three plain clothes men. They found
Mira. McCredie in the room with her hus-.
band'e body just as Quick and Mrs. New
man arrived. She first insisted that her
husband committed suicide.
When the police examined the body
they found two stab wounds In the face
and thtee more in the neck just below
the chin. Then they questioned the
woman further. She said that she had
been shopping in the afternoon and had
returned at 4 O'Clock to find her husband
lying ON the couch with several cuts on
his face. -what did you do theni' abe
was asked, Il pulled him on the couch
and on to the fioor.'
The policemen asked her why she hadn't
sent for q doctor and she said that she
didn't think he was badly hurt and had
waited until some OF the children came In
1t was learned that Mrs, McCredie
three years ago had disappeared and
later was arrested by the jersey City
police for boarding a moving freight train
10 that city. Her husband went to her
and at his instigation she was committed
to. tho ward's island hospital. From
there she was released four months ago.
She had talked Of late Of her husbands
desire to kill her children.
The sun., 1908-12-26
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER DYING.
Outco OF an Attempted EStortIon and
aStFeet Fight In Brooklyn.

The death yesterday in the Long Islam d
College Hospital Of Salvatore Amero.
an Italian baker and alleged Black Hand
man Of 1871 Columbia street. Brooklyn.
who was shot on December ~ while try
ing to extort money from fellow baker,
brou ght out the fact that Peter Crooby
OF a Union street. who shot Amero, ia
also at the point OF death as a result OF
their encounter.
Crooby is one Of the wealthy members
Of the Brooklyn Italian colony. He has
a large business. On the night OF De-
oember IL Salvatore Amero and his
brother Ferdinand met Crooby in front
Of l4e Sackett street and. according 10
Crooby. demanded money which they
said Crooby owed them. Crooby denied
the debt and turned 10 walk away when
Ferdinand grabbed him from behind
and pinioned his arms while Salvatore
stabbed him, The Ameros then fed.
Crooby staggered against newsstand,
drew a revolver and shot the fleeing men.
Ferdinand was hit In the thigh and Sal
yatore wss struck in the back. the bullet
coming out Of his chest He has been In
the hospital ever since.
As soon as the police. were notified
Of the death yesterday they looked up
on bail pending the outcome OF his
yictim's Injuries and was undergoing
treatment for his own injuries at home.
The police found that he was suffering
from pneumonia superinduced by the
stab wound. He was removed TO the
Long Island College Hospital, where IL
Is said that he also win probably die.
The sun., 1908-12-26
GOT WHAT THEY SOUGHT.
College students shipped as CattIemen
for Experience and Had 1t.

BosrcE. Dec 25.-The steamship Lam
castrian arrived here to-day from Liver
pool thirty-six hours overdue because
of the tremendous gales encountered all
the way across the Atlantic. The big
vessel was roughly handled by storms a
week ago last night and on Sunday.
About A. NJ. on December II an
unusually high sea curled over her bows.
tearing of the fore hatch and nearly
flooding the forecastle. The water
swept into the cattle pen bunkers and
almost drowned two college students
who went across as cattlemcn for the
experience and were on the return voyage.
They were Carl W. Troutman OF Cleve-
land. q student at Western Reserve Uni
versity. and j. II. Southern Of Oberlin
College.
They were asleep in their hunks when
the shock of the big sea striking the
steamer reused them suddenly. In a
few seconds a mass OF water came tum-
bling into their compartment and vir-
tually foated them from their beds.
Considerably startled. they were making
ready to swim when the flood receded
nearly as quickly as 1t came, having
drained Off through the scuppers.
Last Sunday the waves crashed aboard
the steamship several times, tearing of
seven ventilators, carrying away one
lifeboat and smashing another consid-
erably.
The sun., 1908-12-26
PRECOCIOUS JOHNNY UPLEGER.
Fifteen Years Old and Accused or Rob.
berries Amounting to $50 900.

MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich. Dec. 25.-Rosy
checked Johnny Upleger. is years old, Is
under arrest charged with post ONCE rob-
berry Of checks. certificates Of deposit and
money orders amounting TO at least $50 900.
The youngster has confessed. giving as
a reason for his thefts bis desire to collect
coins and stamps, intending to use the
money to purchase curios. his, room at
home was tight Of miscellaneo us articles.
No sooner had the confession been
drawn from Upleger that he had looted
the post office lock boxes rented by
banks. first quietly learning the combi-
nations at the banks themselves, than he
unhesitatingly told OF having robbed sew
eral residences. He further admitted
having stolen a bank check book and
filed out three checks for large amounts,
which he said he cashed. 5"'
II was while he was cashing the last
of these checks at the Citizens Savings
Bank that he was suspected.
On account OF his youth IL is not be-
lieved the Federal authorities will proceed
against him. '''v
The sun., 1908-12-26
CRUIsE or A DESERTED CRAFT.
A Three.sIaster, Abandoned BY Her
Crew, Wrecked on Handk erchief shoai,

Crew, Wrecked on Handk erchief shoal,
WooD's HOLE. Mass. Dec. 25.-The
three masted schooner Harry Messer.
bound from Baltimore for Boston with
5000 tons of coal in her hold. punched
hole in herself by hitting Pollock Rip
Shoal last evening, and after being aban-
doned by her crew foated again and
spent the remainder Of the night drift
ing about with riding lights burning,
only to fetch up on Handkerchief Shoal.
where she sank late this afternoon.
The schooner was held up by the gales
early this week and Capt Pierce. whose
home is at Dennis, had the anchor put
down in the leo OF Cape Cod near that town.
Yesterday afternoon sail was made
and the schooner began working her way
up over the shoals. but about 8 O'Clock
last night she went ashore on Pollock
Rip. grounding so hard that she imme-
diately began 10 leak. The crew went
at the pumps but finding that they
could not make haadway against the
water Capt Pierce ordered all hands into
their boat and the craft was abandoned.
The sailors rowed to the Shovelful light
ship, where they spent the night
- Meantime the Messer foated with the
rising tide and drifted past the lightship
unobserved. although there were lam
terms In her rigging. The schooner
was tossed about this way and that by
the currents and eventually brought
Up on the Handkerchief. where she stuck
solidly.
This morning at daybreak the Monomoy
Point life savers saw the vessel on the
ehoal and put out in their lifeboats. As
they proceeded distress signals were
noticed flying from the Shovelful light
ship. They boarded the Messer and
were joined there later by the crew OF
the grounded vessel. All hands went
20 work in an effort to Goat the schooner,
but she was go full OF water that the
salvors felt she would sink il got ofI.
60 they went ashore. AT high tide her
decks were submerged and there is no
doubt she will prove a total loss.
The Messer was built at Bath twenty
eight years ago and with her cargo was
valued at t45, 1000. Her registered tonnage
was 627 and her crew numbered eight
men,