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Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
NEGRO WILL GET HIS RELEASE
Little Evidence Against Man Accused
of Assault at Des MOines-
Bluffs Contract.
CFrom a staff Correspondent.l }

DES MONIES, May 13.-(Special)-
Though there is seemingly no question in
the minds Of any but that Lamont Fred
erick who is in the county jail here is the
man who assaulted Mrs W. II. Risser,
there is every probability that he will be re-
leased because Mrs. Risser's testimony is
the only evidence against the negro. Mrs.
Riser has twice identified the man, once
at her home when he was arrested and
brought there by the police and once at the
county jail, where she picked him out of
company of nine negroes and then tainted
at the thought of the horrible assault the
man had made upon her.
When Frederick was first arrested there
was talk about town of a lynching and the
sheriff put an extra guard about the
county Jail, and about Fredericks cell
Today County Attorney DeGraff declared
that unless there was some additional evil
dence of some kind against Frederick he
would have to be released, as the evil
dence of Mrs. Riser alone would not be
sufficient to convict. The next day after
the crime for which Frederick was held
the Daily Capital of this city, contained
an editorial, warning the negroes of the
city that such assaults as that upon Mrs.
Risser would not be tolerated.
The State Board of Control today let the
contract for the erection of the cold stor-
age building for the School for the Deaf
at Council Bluffs to Enslow & Johnson of
Council Bluffs for 50, ,491. The legislative
appropriation was $780,
John Wipburn of Creston, Ia, and w. s.
Winburn of 759 Seventh street, in this city,
are in pursuit of their niece, Miss Florence
Hedges, a 17-year-old girl of St. Joseph,
Mo-, who is supposed to have come to
Des Moines intent on marrying Herbert
Johns, a soldier at Fort Des Moines. So
far the girl has succeeded in eluding her
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

The proposition Of the affiliation Of the
knights Of Columbus with the Federation
OF Catholic Societies which has been con-
siderably agitated, both for and against
during the last year, but which is now
being put to a vOCe before the various
state councils, was unanimously voted
down at the Tuesday afternoon session
Of the fourth annual convention of the
Nebraska state council, in the Board OF
Trade building. The convention adjourned
last evening.
Another feature of the afternoons ses-
zion outside of the election of officers
was the attitude Of the council unani-
mously favorng the raising of a $4,000
fund for the Catholic University of Wash
ington, d. c. The action of the state
council is in the nature of a recommenda-
tion to the local councils which are soon
to vote on raising the fund by a per capita
levy on the membership in the United
States. II four-fifths of the councils au-
thorize the levy the national board of di-
rectors will make the assessment in five
annual installments Of 100000 each.
At the afternoon session, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
c. ]. Smyth was reelected state deputy;
]. H. Schmidt of Omaha, state treasurer;
William Burke, Columbus state secre-
tary; Mr.. Riordan. Alliance, state warden;
w. b. Straub, Lincoln, state advocate;
Rev. w. L. Mcnamara, Alliance, state
chaplain.
AS delegates to the national convention
of the knights of Columbus which meets
in St. Louis during the first week of
August State Deputy c. ]. Smyth and
Past State Deputy T. j. Mahoney were
selected to represent the Nebraska council,
with w. B. Straub of Lincoln, and ]. F.
Matthews of Grand Island as alternates
On the first ballot, Omaha was selected
as the place to hold the next convention,
convening the second Tuesday in May,
1909.
At the evening session the meeting Of
the Omaha council was held, and under
the good of the order part of the pro-
ceedings the delegates were favored with
a number of impromptu speeches, follow
! ing which a social stag session was given
in honor of the delegates and presided over
by E. w. Simeral
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
webster City's school Faculty.

WEBSTER CITY, Ia, May l3.-(SpeciaL)
The Board Of Education has elected the
teaching corps for the ensuing year. Prof.
Ford, who has been superintendent for
eight years. was reelected. Quite fight
was made upon him, but he won out, the
three new members being for him and the
two old ones opposed. The high school
faculty is as follows: Superintendent, l.
H. Ford, salary 500 per month; principal,
Rose Baker, salary 800 per month; Latin,
Irene NJ. Campbell. salary S75 per month;
history, Alta Green. salary so per month;
science, H. N. Staples, salary $50 per month;
English and German, Elizabeth Mickleson,
salary SIS per month; music and drawing,
Mona Williams, salary $50 per month. There
are twenty-three grade teachers, whose sal
aries range from $45 to S55 per month.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

He went-Last week in our wanderings
we stopped at the home of John Frey.
We noticed a mischievous chuckle on the
boys faces all afternoon and wondered
what was working them, but later found
cut when they asked me point blank to
go with them to a charivari Gollyl
told them l did not krow how to act at
such a gathering-hadn't been to one for
forty years. Wei, they thought it was
time 1 witnessed a real old timer and a
modern one combined-Dennlson Bluffs
Items, Albion Argus.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
IOwans TO Phi Beta Kappa.

IOWA CITY, Ia, May 1S-(special THE
following have ben elected 10 membership
in Phi Beta Kappa, the honorary fraternity
in the colleges Of liberal arts among Amer
ican institutions: Ruth Gallaher, Arling-
ton, Ia; Fred Harvey, Anamosa, Ia; Jen-
ME NJ. Kennedy, Iowa Falls, Ia; Ina
Knerr. Allerton, Ia; Florence j. Lynch,
Sioux City, Ia; Louis Marolf. Wilton, Ia;
Frank NJ. Meyers, Beaman. Ia; Walter
Meyers, West Branch, Ia; Inez Palmer,
Spencer Ia; Hazel Sweet, jefferson, s. D. 4;
Mabel Tovey, Des Moines, Ia; Alice Vasla,
Saude, Ia; Helen Vogt Iowa City, Ia.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
MAG0oN GOES TO PANAMA
Governor of Cuba VIII Spend Two
Weeks in Isthmus at Request
of Secretary Taft.

HAVANA. May 13.-Governor Magoon to-
night announced that he had received a
dispatch from Secretary Taft on Saturday,
inviting him in the name of the Panama
commission and the people to go into the
isthmus to settle disputes that had arisen.
Governor Magoon sent Secretary TAFT a
telegram that he would give two weeks
beginning June l. to the consideration Of
these questions AS yet Governor Magoon
has not specified whom he will appoint
governor ad interim, but presumably It
will he Major General Barry.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY WATER
Children Have Narrow Escape from
Being washed Into Sewer.


Although Indian creek did not leave its
banks during heavy rain storm Tuesday
evening surface wa,er did considerable
damage in different parts Of the city. owing
to the sewers being Inadequate to carry off
the vast volume of water.
On South Main street between the tracks
Of the Burlington and those Of the Great
Western the water poured over the side
walks and into the cellars of the abutting
buildings. At this point in places the
water was two and three feet deep near
the curb.
Two little girls whose names could not
be learned, had narrow escape from being
sucked into the large manhole near the
Burlington depot with their mother they
started to board a street car, and in step
ping from the sidewalk the children
stepped into a sewer opening where the
water was up to their chins. Bystanders
quickly pulled them from their perilous
position but not before the little ones were
wet to the skin.
The water from the hill streets poured
onto Broadway near First street in tor
rents, flowing over the sidewalks and
into the cellars on the business houses on
the north side.
From the Illinois Central tracks to Ninth
street Broadway was a veritable river
and cellars on both sides were flooded.
While the water rose up to the floors of
the several bridges. Indian creek luckily
did not overflow
While the street car traffic between
Council Bluffs and Omaha was interfered
with more or less the motors succeeded
in making their way through the water
which was up TO the steps. A bad wash
out on the Wabash road about ten miles
east of the city was reported.
1t was reported that the rev concrete
bridge over Indian creek at Frank street
had been damaged, but the extent of the
damage could not be learned last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
ASKS DIVISION OF DIOCESE
Bishop Morrison Says it is Too Large
at Present.

DAVENPORT, Ia, May 13.-(specal Tele-
egram. )-Bshop Theodore Nevin Morrison
of the Episcopal diocese Of Iowa has issued
a letter stating that at the diocesan con-
vention at Keokuk May 10 he will ask con-
sideration of the division of the diocese of
Iowa or appointment of a coadjutor bishop.
Bishop Morrison has been in poor health
for the last year, but states that the dio-
cese is too large for bishop in the best of
health to do justice to the work. Before his
elevation to the episcOpate Bishop Morri-
son was rector of the Church of the Epi-
phany, in Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

BEATRICE. Neb., May 13.-(Special Tele-
gram)-The city council this evening de-
cided on block thirty-siN, opposite the
high school as the location for the city
park. James Charles died several years
ago leaving $1,000 for the purchase of a
park and this block is decided upon.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

The Boy Wins-Yesterday a boy sat on
the railroad bridge at the washout, west
of town, trying to fish. He had a string
of seventeen bull-heads, when Uncle "Bill'
Harman came along and tried to teach
him the true way to catch 'em. His first
attempt resulted in breaking a hook, but
the next was more fruitful of results,
as he pulled out an old boot filled with
mud and other stuff which weighed eight
pounds and seventeen ounces There Is
nothing like knowing how.-Beaver City
Times Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
COUNCIL BLUFFS
Office Is Scott Street Both Phones 4S.

was found in the bed Of Indian creek near
the Illinois Central passenger depot. The
vandsls had evidently tried but failed TO
break It. 1t is supposed that the thieves
expected to find some money sealed in the
stone, but the box containing coins and
other articles had been removed after the
exercises Sunday afternoon and the van
dals consequently got nothing for their
trouble
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
FOUR PRISONERS BREAK JAIL
Take Advantage of JaiIer Being mt
His supper.

Four prisoners in the county jail took
advantage of heavy storm Tuesday evening
to make their escape. The four prisoners
who succeeded in evading the vigilance or
Jaller Gallup were William Howard, who
was serving a nine months sentence for
breaking into the saloon of Ed Murphy
on South Main street last September; Wal
ter Gumm, the negro assistant dog-catcher'
charged with murderous assault on c. F.
Grell, and the two youpg lads, Richard
Dempsey and George Davis, charged with
breaking into and robbing the Stroude bar
ber shop on South Main street. Gumm
Dempsey and Davis were awaiting the ac-
tion of the grand jury now in session.
The escape was effected, as on former
occasions, through one of the rear win
dows. to reach which the prisoners had to
gain admission to the outer corridor Ad-
mission to the outer corridor was effected
by prying apart the bars which separate
the inner from the outer corridor on the
first floor. Exactly how this was accom-
plished neither Sheriff Canning nor Jailer
Gallup had been able to ascertain last
night One bar on the outer window was
sawed through and the bar then bent back,
leaving an opening of about ten inches,
through which the four prisoners crawled
to liberty. 1t is possible that the bar Of
the outer window may have been sawed
by a confederate on the outside. but Sheriff
Canning is OF the opinion that it was done
from the inside and that probably the men
who escaped had been working on 1t for
two or three days.
The men made their escape shortly be-
fore o'clock, about the time Jaler Gallup
and his family were finishing their supper.
. T,f Cal had Iaft hui 20
after finishing supper when his wife heard
loud rappng at the main door leading
into the lower corridor. on investigating
she was told that four prisoners had just
made their escape by a rear window. Mrs.
Gallup ran TO the front door and called her
husband. who had gone but a short dis
tarce Jailer Gallup at once placed the
remaining prisoners in the cells in the cyl
inder and then notified Sheriff Canning
and the police department.
From the prisoners who remained II
was learned that the negro, Gumm, stood
sentry at the door OF the corridor. armed
with a razor, while his three companions
crawled through the window and ther
threatened to carve any Of them who might
follow him. made his getaway, AS soor
as the negro had crawled through the win,
dow the other prisoners gave the alarm
Z by pounding on the door.
All of the sheriffs force and severa
members OF the police force at opce started
In pursuit OF the escaped men, but up L
a late hour last night had failed TO re
capture any OF them. Deputy Sheriff
Groneweg, who was In buggy. met will
an accident on Eighth avenue while il
pursuit Of the escaped men. His hors
stepped into a washout in the road an,
had TO be dug out. The accident forcet
Mr.. GToneweg to abandon the chase.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
ReaI Entate Transfers.

These transfers were reported to The
Bee May -, by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company Of Council Bluffs:
Thomas Brock to Ezra B. Winans,
neA OF S and part nwh Of 26-75-4O,
W d. Sis OOO
Ernest A, West and wife 10 Mary
4. and s. w. Underwood nb seL
nwL of 5-0-n, W d.........I..... 1,75O
Catherine Berger and wife to Nellie
b, William NJ. and George b.
Green, nwIs neA of 1904. w d.. Loo
Henry F. Rohlng to Rose l. Clark,
lot Is in block 4 in Sackett's add. to
Council Bluffs, Ia, W d............. SIS
Hedwig Beate Moline ct al. to n. ].
lsafon, all Of blocks S5 and 90 in
Railroad add to Council Bluffs Ia,
IL. F. Gould TO Samuel Payne, lot
in block II in Squires add. TO
Council Bluffs, Ia. d............ S0C
Mary l.. Everett to Andrew Peterson
lots and in block 70 in Burns
add. 10 Council Bluffs. Ia, W d.. III
n. j. Lafon to F. ]. Day, all OF blocks
81 and 50 In Railroad add. TO Council
Bluffs, Ia, W d...,........., ........
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
proye. Not 10 ne Taylor.

BEATRICE, Neb., May l3.-(special Tele-
gram.) .)-sheriff Trude today received a
summons from Ellis that man resembling
Taylor the Minden murderer, was at that
point He went over and saw the man
but he proved not TO be the one wanted
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

Health Omcers Galore.

The Board of Health has appointed DIR.
c II. Bower as health officer. This gives
the city three health officers. DR.. Tubbs
Is city physician, Dr. Bower, health officer
OF the Board OF Health and DR.. N. ]. Rice,
city health officer to attend all cases Of
smallpox and other contagious diseases
under his contract with the city. In addi-
ton to the three physicians James Macrae
is health officer attached 70 the police
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

To Charley's Health--Charley West of
the Iowa Flats had the misfortune to step
on a nail the other day. We hope nothing
serious will develop as big, straightfor-
ward Charley is a general favorite. he
being a man whose word is his bond. We
wish there were more like him.-Pratt Cor
respondent, Mitchell Index.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

Closed Book-Speakins Of trouble, there
are our friends Attorney Bell. and DR..
Nicholson. They both have house cleaning
stunts on their hands. or did have recently.
OF course we sympathized with him
as best we could, and the only reason we
do not say what We said is because We
do not wish their wives to find out what
we said. We know they won't tell.-St
Paul Republican,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

The Place--Is there any town in Nebraska
where peace and harmony prevail
amongst all its inhabitants? Yes, dear;
yours is very near it. He walked four
blocks to his office, lit his pipe and COM
menced to read the Pioneer fables when
it suddenly occurred to him that the ceme-
terry was only few rods north of his little
town.-Arapahoe Pioneer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA

department. whose duty Is to tack up
quarantine notices, fumigate quarantned
premises, etc, and Peter Smith, former
councilman, who is sanitary officer" at
tached TO the police department. Mr.
Smiths duties are TO see that alleys, back
yards and other places are kept clean.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
Arrests for steaIing Cornerstone.

Jim HaslSins, John Meyers and Harry,
better known as Dutch" Hall were ar
rested yesterday on the charge OF having
stolen the cornerstone OF the Pentecostal
missions new building in course of con-
struction at the corner OF Broadway and
Fifteenth. Sunday night The arrests were
made by Detective Weir. who filed an in
formation N the superior court against the
;hIee men. Judge Snyder placed their bail
AZ $50 each and later In the day Meyers
succeeded in furnishing a bond and secur-
ng his release. The preliminary hearing is
Get for this morning. but probably viii be
continued 10 permit the grand jury. which
y now in session. to act I'm the case.
The stone. which had been badly defaced,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
What,s Wrona, Yonr nre.t

II you go on allowing your eyes TO smart
and ache and annoy you may never be able
to make them strong again. Neither can
we. Don't procrastinate-cau and have
them properly examined while there is yet
time. DR.. w. w. Magarrell, optometrist
10 Pearl street. Factory on premises.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

BEATRICE, Neb., May l3.-(special Tele-
gram.)-H. Z. Garrett, for the last three
years principal of the Beatrice High school
was elected superintendent of the Ash
land, Neb. schools today.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
severe HniIatnrm

WEBSTER CITY, Ia, May 1s.-Cspec4aI
Telegram.)-A terrific storm and hail, wind
and rain struck this city tonight. An
inch OF water fell and hailstones as large
as hickory nuts snd walnuts were plenti-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
Counterfeit Dollars

buy trouble but a genuine quarter buys
DR.. Kings New Life Pills: for constipation,
malaria and jaundice. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14

ful. No damage was done to the crops
as they are not far enough advanced, but
windows and skylishts over the city were
broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY
Quaint and Curious Features of Life
in a Rapidly Growing
State.

AS a Hot One-A. and A. took in the
time at South Branch last week. A. has
got the team that can get over the road
-Closter Contents, Madison County Re
porter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
c. ]. SMYTH HEADS k. OF c.
Omaha Attorney Elected State Deputy
of Nebraska Council.
NEXT MEETING TO BE IN OMAHA
Council Favors Local Bodies Endorse
ment of Endowment Fund of
100000 for National
Catholic University.

state Deputy-o j. smyth, Omaha.
ssoretary-Mark Burke, Columbus.
Treasursr-J. H. Schmidt, Omaha.
warden-w. y. Reardon, Alliance.
Delegates TO the National Convention
o. J. smyth, and T. ]. Mahonoy Of
Omaha; alternates, ". e. straub, Lincoln,
and John Mathews, Grand Island.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-10-07
a FLORIDA wEDNEs DAY MORNING. OCTOBER Z, 1908
Where Republican
Funds Come From.

The republicans in this campaign
holdly assert that no funds have been
solicited from the corporations, trusts
and monopohes of the country for
ahe purpose of procuring Tafts cleo
sion. The intmation is given out from
rhe headquarters of the card index
system that this great business inVen-
zion Is not used merely as an annex
10 Treasurer Sheldon's fat-frying de-
nartment-in fact, it does not exist at
all. The grand old party" has be-
come the party OF the people Never
would a dollar be taken that had the
saiut of corporate connection upon it
Dh, no. Not the republicans! Their
funds come from the people. not to
mention federal ofhceholders-
In this connection it is interesting
10 review some of the past history OF
che party so suddenly become para
Son of political virtue and staunch
advocate OF the great common people.
When Governor Hughes was can
.xiidate against w. r. Hearst for gov
ernor of New York in 1906 he was pro-
claimed an honest man and friend
of the people. He was opposed TO the
-'interests," and 10 Illegal trusts, and
TO predatory wealth in all its forms
And he was elected.
The same George r. Sheldon who
now manages the exchequer Of the
republican national committee, was
then treasurer of the New York state
committee and raised the funds to
euinance Hughess great fight for 1.-The
common people And here is the
list of common people" who contribu-
ted OF their small means to procure
the election of an honest governor:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-10-07
vox POPULI
The DUST QUESTION.

The question of dust as referred to
{; in Saturdays Pensacola Journal. is
of vital interest 10 all the people OF
the city, and should seriously be con
sidered by the officials.
Dust impregnated with various
forms of disease germs are found
upon the STREETS, some the most fatal
known to medical science.
And it is generally known by the
average person of all localities. Yet
can't see how the authorities in power
can so lightly deal with such an i'm
Portant matter. 1t is true it costs
something to remedy this. Yet l know
of no one expenditure that will do
more good for all the people than
sprinklinS the streets with water, es-
pecially now that the city owns the
water works.
Tarragona street needs this as much
as any street in the city. Indeed. the
hauling and walking equals any street
Yet, on account of dust, augmented
by the railroad engine, together with
the dirty black smoke from the en-
CINE, has caused many merchants to
close up business on this street. and
the homes of many vacated and de-
preciated on account OF this dust and
black smoke
learn there is an ordinance requiring
the railroad authorities to use coke
on their local engines, minimizing loss
| of property by sparks from the en-
gines, and depOsing stores and homes
| by the black smoke from the engines
| There is no reason this should exist
today. Twenty-Five years ago, it might
have been tolerated, but now the town
has grown to city and the stree,
| built up. and. the people along the
thoroughfare with long suffering and
endurance, have reached that point OF
rebellion where something must be
done or war will be declared.
! You cannot find town in the west
with half the population of Pensacola
where dust is injurious that you dc
not find the water sprinklers at wort
some of those towns only siv or sever
years old. Yet here we have a beau
| tiful city by the sea, two hundrer
years old, and occasionally a little
sprinkling done.
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