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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

a few score OF shillings a year. He needs
several cattle and a corn patch, and in
addition Only enough cash TO pay his
taxes, We tax each man E1 OF S.. a year.
This Includes the tax for one wife. II he
has more than that we make him pay 10
shlllinKs a year for each extra wife"
Il should think that would be a pre-
miIm on monogamy," said /.
when we fixed the tax we thought It
might be-" replied the administrator, but
It has not. The natives can make money
so easily that they can quickly earn the
10 shilllnss needed for every extra wife,
and the extra wives more than pay for
themselves in the work they do. The
man who has the most wives Is consid-
cred the richest, and he who has several
as a rule does little else than keep his
women up to their work"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
Society Leader Hits Merry widow.

Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston has taken
up the Audubon society's war against the
merry widow" hat.
This hat is the worst omnivorous crea-
ton that the milliners have yet given u.s.
she said at a recent dinner. THE number
Of things required to trim the hat is fright
ening. Its appetite, in fact, reminds me or
a police court episode.
"a detective was testifying in the case
Of a woman shoplifter whom he had ar
rested in her bedroom.
land, your honor he said, when I told
her the charge, she turned her back on me
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

healthy. We rode for hour through
swamps, where / was told that the con-
struction Of the road has cost a mans life
for every tie in the track. We were
shown one bridge where eight men were
eaten by crocodfes during Its building. We
now and then passed through swarms OF
locusts and our car windows had to be
covered with wire screens to keep out the
mosquitoes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

and swallowed a purse, six suits Of silk
underwear. a silver candlestick, a chatting
dish, and
"'RubbishI Are you crazyf' the magis-
trate interrupted
Excuse me. What 1 mean to say, your
honor exclaimed the detective, Is that she
swallowed the pawn tickets. Washington
Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

the land would support a vast lumber.
Indeed. II Is estimated that II the hay
were cut and the grass projected from
fires We could feed something like 10000
cattle In northern and southern Rhodesia
We are doing what we can to wipe out
the diseases and at present we are as free
from the various cattle pests as Is any
part OF your country. We quarantine
against all outside stock, finding that the
natives respect The laws. Indeed, we are
having more trouble from the whites than
from the natives. To show you how little
Of the available country Is used for stock
/ would say that we have only about 2OO,-
900 cattle In southern Rhodesia, when we
could support millions. We have 10000
goats and about 10000 sheep"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

I came to Salisbury from the indian
ocean by the Rhodesia railway. This be-
gins at Beira and after crossing Portu-
guese East Africa runs across Rhodesia
to Buluwayo, where it connects with the
main line Of the Cape to Cairo railroad.
The distance to Salisbury Is 374 miles and
It took US two days to make it on account
Of the recent floods of some of the rivers.
Our first 200 miles was through the Portu-
Ruese territories. These are low and un-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

What can you tell us about this MANI"
asked the district attorney.
WAL" he answered. swelling with i'm
portance, IL seen this Teller riding along
the road in the het of a hot day on a
pacing roam nag, and a-waving of a flag
and a-blowing of a horn; and l ak him
II that war u blue grass horse or a Chit
terling breed, and he said 1t war;
Harpcr's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
Great stock Country.

How about CattlcF
1T Is IN stock raising that the chief
possibilities for Rhodesia lie, This is a
natural stock country. In the days ~
Lobongula, the native kin OF the Mate
belos. these highlands swarmed with cat
tie and were Il not for the various pests
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
A Depew-DeVeridEe story.

Beveridge, then a new senator, had just
made his famous speech on the Philip
pines, which had been praised by the
press throughout the land. He sat down
beside Depew. saying: Senator, you have
heard me speak; you were a public speaker
before / was born. Now. please give me
the best advice you can as TO my fu-
ture."
Mr.. Depew complimented the Indiana SEN
ator on his fluency, brilhancy of expression
and care OF delivery and congratulated
him on his great success, but Mr.. Bev-
sridge protested.
That Is all very we'll. senator, he said,
but Il Is not what 1 want. l want your
candid advice as how best 10 perfect my
self as Il public speaker, and especially
as a debater In the senate"
We'll, my boy" replied MIR, Depew,
1.-THE only advice l have to give is this.
Speak seldom. Thoroughly master your
subject before you speak. Shun the
academic. Observe those few rules, and
with your fluency and fine delivery you
will make one OF the greatest debaters OF
this body
Senator Beveridge regarded the Older
man with an expression Of disapproval
and then replied; Senator Depew, 1 have
my faults, but, thank God, jealously Is no.
one OF them."-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

perhaps the greatest land and development
syndicate In the world. II compares with
tho Dutch company, which owned Java,
ana with the East India company, which
had 10 much 10 do with making Hindustan
a British possession. II ia far greater than
the Hudson Bay company was at the height
OF It's power, and prospectively it's riches
are beyond tho dreams OF avarice. The
company owns and controls the vast terri
tories IN this part Of Africa which were
acquired by Cecil Rhodes when he made
his great expedition from Kimberley north
ward. lie conquered some OF the tribes
and made treaties with others, and at the
end had added to the British empire a prln-
cipality greater than France and Ger
many combined. II comprised altogether
almost $4,000 square miles, going north
ward to tho Congo Free Slate and Lake
Ta%nganyika.
Mr.. Rhodes was granted by tho English
crown the right to govern and develop this
property. and he organized the British
South Africa company for that purpose. 1t
was started with n capital OF 100000 along
about 1890. and by 1904 It's capital had been
Increased TO 1900 900. All OF this money
has been spent on the property. Several
thousand miles OF railroads have been
built, numerous towns established. many
farms sold and developed. and gold mines
opened, out OF which Si5, Co., 900 or $4,000, OC
have been taken. So far no dividends have
been paid. but tho company has recently
been meeting It's expenses, and at the las,
meeting OF the stockholders II was decided
To Issue 100000 additional Gi shares. Thi,
viii bring In $40, ,OCO. and this new money
will probably make the syndicate pay biz
dividends.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
The Old Saying Reversed.

The family of Justice Day of the United
States supreme court is a great lover or
dogs. Every member has his own partlcu-
lar pet, and as the family is comparatively
large the house is more or less oVerrun
with animals. One day a friend Of the
justice said to him:
well, 1 have heard the old saying that
every dog has his day, but 1 never expected
the time to come when every Day would
have his dog."-Philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

refectory.'
Then where said my friend, do all the
cigar and cigarette stubs come from that
l see about me?'
"'From gentlemen who didn't ask about
the law the monk replied mildly.
ington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

IS KATE A. M'HUGH, as
sistant principal OF the High
school: Miss Mary A. Fitch,
principal OF the Central school,
and Mrs. Cora s. Anderson,
teacher Of the seventh grade
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
Indian chief as school director.

QuAnah Parker. one time bloodthirsty Co
manchs chief. was recently elected head OF
a district school board in Oklahoma, and
his son. a graduate Of Carlisle school, was
appointed teacher. Quanah Parker's
mother was q white woman. taken prisoner
when q child by the present chiefs father.
The child grew to w~omanhood among the
COmanches, then a wild. wandering. blood
thirsty tribe. roaming the plains Of Texas.
The chief made her his squaw and she bore
him the son, ouanah Parker. Not long
after she went back TO her white people,
but the Indian life had gained too strong
a hold upon her to remain. and she re-
turned to her tepee and her chief, the
father OF her son. She lived with the tribe
untn her death.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
l'George laughed.

"'Go on he said, you don't reason
right. ~Look-a-here, II this steam diggin'
would give work to 500 men with shovels,
why not get 5000 men with teaspoons for
the job?' "-Philadelphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
Expert Testimony.

MOUNTAINEER intimated that
he knew u great deal about a
moonshiner on trial in a Kdn-
lucky court, and thereby got
free transportation to Louis
VILE to testify for the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
The Value of training.

Police Commissioners Bingham OF New
York was praisinB the police work OF the
ten Belgian watchdogs that. recently I'm
ported at a cost Of but $40 apiece, have re-
duced the burglaries In the neighbOrhood
they patrol from ten to two a month.
They work WELL" said the commissioner,
because they are we'll trained. Training
you know, is everything"
1.-TWO physicians were discussing, he
said, "a certain pretty nurse"
Was she u trained nurse?" said the
first physician.
"'She must rave BEEN replied the
other. She hadn't been in the hospital
"a week before she was engaged to the
richest patient New York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

OF the country would warrant the coming
OF American colonists.
1 wish / could show this capital of
Rhodesia- II you could lift It w and
drop it down in the United states 1t
would not be out of place. Indeed it
would look much like some Of our best
southern towns OF 5000 population, ex-
cept that these buildings are finer, more
artistic and more substantially built. The
material used is chiefly stone and bricks,
the roofs being made of galvanized IRON.
The residences are bungalows, with vide
verandas running about them and witch
low, overhanging roofs. Every nome mas
a garden about it filled with the flowers
and plants of both the tropical and tenn
perate zones. There are roses and MORN
ing glories, as well as flowers which
would grow we'll in Florida or Cuba.
The business blocks are chiefly of stone.
There are many large stores with well
displayed windows and stocks of goods
which would be considered excellent in
any of our cities OF three times this size.
One can buy anything he needs and many
American things are sold. 1 see our
canned goods and American ]cottons
among the articles in the windows, and
outside the farm implement stores are
plows from Moline, Ill, and reapers and
mowers from Chicago and Springfield, v.
Town Of Clubs ind Race Tracks.
1 find Salisbury much alive. 1t is a
modern town. of fun, clubs, public amuse-
ments and high prices. 1t has its social
swim and II has it's cricket grounds, golf
fields and tennis courts. The high fences
of the latter are covered with morning
glories, and the balls are thrown back by
hedges of green leaves spotted with flow
ers of bright blue. The little city has a
library without the aid Of Mr.. Carnegie.
1t has three banks and a chamber OF
mines. 1t has a hospital, a half dozen
churches and a newspaper which comes
out every week.
Everything in the town is high-priced.
1 took a ride in a jinriksha drawn by a
negro and the charge was 81 cents in gold.
1 could have had the same service in
Shanghai, China, with a pig-tailed coolie
as my horse, for 8 cents in silver. l went
out in an automobile for a day last week
and the charge was $50 therefor. l took
a glass of mineral water this morning. IL
contained one-half pin and l had to pay
81 cents for it. The man who sat next TO
me at dinner was charged GO cents for a
Scotch highball. A cup of tea at a rails
road station costs 25 cents, and all other
things are about the same proportion. My
motel rate mere Is $f'Si d udy, anu '"9
hungry eyes OF the walters are always
asking for fees. 1 usually buy photo
graphs wherever 1 go in addition to my
own, which 1 have developed by the io-
cal photographer. The price here for
making Sx10 copies is S1.25, and when L
asked the photographer this afternoon to
make me a rate of $40 per dozen he
hemmed and hawed and said he couldn't
really afford TO print them at that.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

ALtsBURY, Rhodcsia. - Especial
Correspondence OF Tho BeeJ -
within the last few weeks the
British South Africa company
has increased its capital to
ll5.OOO.O 600. Thla comnanY Is
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
SEVERAL DIE IN
RIOTS IN ROME
FATAL CLASHES BETWEEN PEo.
PIE AND TRooPs--ANAR-
cHIsTS ARRESTED.
STRIKE WAS SUCCESSFUL
Government Takes Energetic Meas
ures to Reetore Order and Whole
Garrison Is Kept in Readiness
for Demonstration.

Rome, April "A general strike
has been proclaimed as a protest
against the killing OF several people i'm
the disorders ON the streets here yes
terday, when troops fired on and
killed three rioters and wounded 10
others, four Of whom were mortally
injured
The strike so far has not been very
successful, especially in the center Of
the city Most of the shops are open,
although shutters have been put up as
a protection against possible riots.
The government has taken energet-
ic measures to restore order and the
whole garrison Is kept in readiness
Several demonstrations have been
formed throughout the day, but these
were rapidly broken up by the troops
who with fixed bavouets charged upon
the disturbers and forced them to dis
persa Seventy anarchists who had
gathered at their headquarters were
surrounded by troops and taken into
custody
BY noon the movement had become
more general Drivers of the mail
wagons refused 10 continue and were
at once replaced by soldiers. The
wagons are being escorted BY cavalry
one Of The men injured yesterday died
today,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCI
ENLIST.

Cor. f.. Church and Baker Streets.
Services Sunday. 1920 a. m.
Subject. "unreallty."
Text: For All flesh is as grass,
and all the glory of man as the
flower Of grass. The grass wither-
eth and the flower therof falleth
away. But the word of the Lord
cndureth forever. And this is the
word which by the gospel is preach
ed unto You" Peter 24:25.
Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting, 1880 p. m.
All are welcome 10 these services.
Sunday school for children at 3.
a. m.
The Readlng Room is open daily
except Sunday, from to 4 p. m.
All Christian Science Literature on
sale, also on the table for all who may
desire TO read.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
FROM A NEWS GATHERER

Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Ban.
uerlan's condition remains un-
chan ged and he has neither lost nor
gained strength.
goodly proportion of the detec
we force of New York City is busy
helping the United States secret ser
vice bureau locate all aliens in the
city WHO may be found undesirable
and who may be deported.
The Lackawanna Steel Co. will put
1000 men TO work ON Monday next
Half of them will be skilled steel
makers and the remainder laborers
The company will then have a total
force of $500 men at work.
Daniel r. Delaney of Brooklyn,
cas- sc for the law firm OF Henry T..
Go. " Co. of New York was arrested
a. '.1r aindale, Sullivan county, n.
y. U.'y. lie Is charged with taking
.n f the firms funds.
patch to the Chicago Tribune
rom Hsnford, Ind, says: Charles
Fisher, aged II, dropped dead Friday
in the street He was addicted to the
cigarette habit and had one in his
mouth when he dropped dead.
A special cablegram from Nome,
Alaska says the great 42O-mile dog
race from Nome to Candle and re
turn started Friday Thousands of
dollars have been wagered on the out.
come. A general holiday was de-
clared and thousands of people crowd
ed the streets. There were ten en-
tries.
Fire which started in the mill at
Corning a. Co.'S distillery, Peoria, H.,
was still raging at $3.50 o'clock and in
dications were that the entire plant
including the, two immense bonded
warehouses, elevator. cattle yards and
storehouses, would be entirely wiped
out. The damage SO far Is placed at
between SI5O,OOO and $l00000O.
Romance permeates the atmos-
phere in the neighborhood at Brook
lyn where Mrs d. f. Maloney, a bride
Of few months, is making prepara-
tiOns TO sail on Monday for Hong
Kong, China, where she will join her
husband Until a week ago Mrs. Ma
loney's friends and relatives did not
even suspect that she had embarked
on the sea of matrimOny.
Michigan holds second place In the
production Of beet sugar IN the United
States, according TO statistics collect
ed by the National Farmer, a publica-
ton Of Bay City. Mich Sixteen fac
tories were operated in Michigan in
1907. producing l6S 100000 pounds of
sugar or $4,000 tons, falling short Of
the product Of the preceding year 90
900 pounds, due TO unfayorable eli.
matte conditions early last year.
L. H. Gerry, Jr manager OF the
Helena Power Transmission Co Of
Helena, Mont, on Friday announced
that material has been ordered for
the construction Of the second larg-
est dam in the world This will be
known as the third dam on the Mis-
suuH river, 80 miles from Helena
When completed it will not only irri-
gate thousands of acres OF land in
that section but will furnish power for
plants in Helena, Butte and Anacon-
da.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
CUTS OFF LEG TO
SAVE MANS LIFE
FIVE MEN INJURED IN A Missou
RI RAILROAD COLLISION -
OHIO WOMAN HEROINE.
STEAM CAUSE OF DEATHS
Minister, With Du' Knife, Cuts Oh
Limb to Ward OFT Oeath--stock-
man Takes Drink, the First
in Five Years.

St Louis, april Alive men were
injured, three seriClsly, 'u a rear and
collision Friday at Sp ,ah Lakn +.
miles north of st Louis H-twe'u q
freight train and LIrliLa .In passen
ger train.
The seriously injured are A. j. Nc.
Kittrick, Bruokileld, Mo-, leg cut o,f;
X. l.. Ledforl. stoclSmau, Hannibal
Mo, internally injured, and Charles
Mackeson, fireman Of the passenger
train, internal injuries.
j, A. McI&ittrick, s,ockman OF
Brookfield was pinioned under the
wreckage by his left leg, which was
nearly crushed off at the knee. Scald.
ing steam from the. damaged passen.
ger locomotive was euvaloping aim
and to save McKittricks lie thn Rev.
r. c. Allen, of Grove G0e Pa, cut
of the leg with 4 poCh.E Huiie.
With the scalding steam pouring
upon him. McKlttrick pulled out h.
knife and handing II 10 Rev Allen.
who with others was trying TO ursg
the pinioned man loose nom the
wreckage, comm led he minister to
cut off the crushed reg and save him
from being scaldeI tU i-ath.
Mrs Emma Renne., '1ed nurse
from Cincinnati, a pass-na pressed
a bottle of whisky to N.,trick's
lips an told him to drink.
'Tll ,ry a little of II sHi Kit
trick, but | haven tuu. -pp
of the stuff in Ave 1rs TU an
from the engine Increased mo H. n
tity. "Cut OF thai . ran .r
here and die" shouted ucKi'
Heroically the Rev Mr.. Allen l.saU
cutting at the 'naHons. The knife 81
dun and McNurck suffered inten
agony. "ThIw Il away and get an
AK he finally cried But Mr. Allen
desperately continued and n q few
minutes had severed The tondDls and
McKittrick was carried into a car,
Mrs. Renner, tn nurse, with her
veil stanched the flow OF blood and
then gave McKittrick morphine and
strychnine to ease the pain and slim
ulate heart action. Later he was
brought to st. Louis hospital.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
Confirms Friendly Feeling.

Rio Janeiro, April 4.-The mayor
Of Rio de Janeiro In his annual mess
age gives expression to the gratifica-
tion caused by the visit of the Ameri-
can fleet The mayor says that the
national and municipal authorities
joined in extending a warmly enthu-
81 tic welcome 20 the vessels and
'n officers and men, and in arrang-
& in their honor those public cele-
brations which confirmed once more
the friendship and political solidarity
existing between Brazil and the Unit.
ed States.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
VIII Not Try Il AaaIn.

Wooster, o.. April 4.--Joseph Gar
ret, Pennsylvania baggage master, at
tempted to separate two actors OF a
stranded comedy company who were
fighting because the wife of one de-
clared the other man had insulted
her. The wife, big, tall and red
haired sailed in and dealt Garret Il
number of blows over the head when
he handled her husband roughly Gar
ret was forced to choke the woman
before she gave up.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
Applied for Adjournment.

London, April 4. - The action of
Prince Victor of Thurn and Taxis of
Austria to restrain Josephine Moffit,
an American woman, from alleging
that she is the princes wife and that
he fed from America to avoid his
creditors, came up in Justice War
rington's court Friday. Counsel for
Miss Moffit applied for a sufficient
adjournment TO secure evidence from
America, but refused TO give an un-
dertaking not to republish the state
ments complained Of pending the
hearing The justice granted an ad-
journment of one week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
Found Starving in Shed.

Cleveland, April 4-IIenry Shaffer
Of Cleveland was found half starved
and i'll in shed in Washington, Ind.
Friday Shalfer went to Indiana to
find work. He was taken sick shortly
afterward He had no friends, and his
money running out, ne crept into
shed and lay there. He soon became
so i'll that he could not let any one
know Of his condition By accident
he was discovered He was aided by
the township trustees.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
Cd EnnIleh sehool Rurne.

London, April 4.-There was much
alarm here tonight over report that
the famous Harrow school az Harrow
on-the-Hill, ten miles northwest of
London, was on FIRE The outbreak,
however, was limited to that portion
Of the institution known as Somervllla
house, which Nas burned down. This
house accommodated 40 boys All the
students We're assembled IN the
speech room for lecture when the
fire broke out and no one was in
jured
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
Must Be Naturalized.

Cleveland. April 4,-The announce
ment of three railroad companies that
they will hire no more men unless
they are citizens of the United States
or expect to become so soon, has
filled County Clerk Salen's Office for
the last four days with employees after
naturalization papers. The Pennsyl-
vania and Lake. Shore have sent out
positive orders to this effect.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
Hood carrIes Away Loae.

Cincinnati, April with stage
Of 54.3 the abandonment Of the Grand
Central passenger station was AN
nounced Friday afternoon, several of
the roads transferring terminal bust
ness to Eighth street and others to
the Fourth street station of the Ches-
apeake a Ohio. The high water pre-
vented large boats passing under the
bridges and the high wind and con.
sequent rough water interrered with
attempts tos ave some Of the thou
sands of logs that had been carried
away from up-riyer points.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
What Had He Been raklnn2

Findlay. o.. April A. b. Manches-
ter, one of the most reliable citizens
here, says he saw an airship Friday
night battling with a stiff northwest
wind IL was In view for one hour.
He SAYS there was enough light
thrown out TO make visible the out
line of the passenger carriage He,
thought il might carry a half dozen
passengers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04
-Four Trees Are Barred.

Cleveland April 4,-The city for.
estry department has placed the viii.
,ow the poplar. the ash and the soft
maple tree under the ban. Permits
will not be granted for the planting
Of these trees in the streets, and many
applications already have been turned
down. The principal rea.on Is that
The trees attract insect pests.