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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
Gas In Wei ExpIoden.

CRESTON, Ia, Aug. 21.-CSpecial)-
Being blown twenty feet by the explosion
of gas in a well, having their hands and
faces badly scorched, their hair burned,
their clothes torn. being scratched and
badly bruised was the rather startling and
unpleasant accident that jbefell James
Keever and Jack Rhodes, employees Of Gault
Bros. elevator at Prescott. II seems that
the two boys were working about the ele-
vator In company with George Gault OF
this city. when something occurred TO the
engine. and in the investigation that fol-
lowed they CHANGED 10 look down a well
from which the water was pumped to feed
the engine. A good deal OF gas had col
lected and when a lantern was held in the
well ii exploded, hurting the two men some
distance. Keever escaped without any
serious burns. but Rhodes was not so fortu-
nate and was quite severely burned about
the head and shoulders, and was brought
to the Cottage hospital in this city for
treatment.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22

electoral vote of this state; therefore the
Peerless One is not leaving the situa-
ton In the hands of Sullivan, but is put
ting In the field lieutenants upon whose
loyalty he feels he can absolutely depend.
lie VIII make a determined personal cam
paign' trusting by his speeches and his
to change the tide which has
run so strongly against him In the past.
But democrats here do not anticipate he
VIII be successful, seeming to place more
effort in securing the election OF Steven
son that OF Bryan. If republicans be
asked to estimate the majority that Taft
VIII receive the figure runs all the way
between 60,COo and 10000.
JOHN CALLAN OLAUGHLIN.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
AFTANSWERSBRYAN
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lation and executive action?" he asked.
Secret rebates and unlawful discrlmina-
tons have been actually abolished. No
monopoly of business in any line is now
maintained by a secret reduction of freight
rates to it which is denied to competitors. -
Republicans Execute Peoples VIII.
He declared that the people awe ruled
through the republican party. l have no
hesitation in saying that not since the be-
ginning Of the government has any other
national administration done so much for
the cause OF labor by the enactment of
remedial legislation as Theodore Roosevelt
and the republican congresses elected and
sitting during his terms of office"
1T is true" he said. that additional leg
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
New York. West virginia, Indiana. Illinois,

New York, West Virginia, Indiana. Illinois,
Missouri and Kansas.
In the states l have visited | made It a
point to, seek out negro leaders and /
failed to find one of them who pro.
posed either to. vote for Bryan or TO
scratch Taft. They stated they had moth
ing to gain from democratic success; that
the republican party had given them their
freedom, and that they must vote for the
republican ticket in the hope that it's sue
cess wonld inure to their advantage.
There is little doubt that in this state the
entire colored vote will be given to Taft.
The democrats are making no effort to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
HUGHES MAN FOR TICKET
Conference at Oyster Bay Decides He
Must Be Candidate.
CONG. SHERMAN GIVES OUT NEWS
Believes Nothing Stands in way of
denomination of New York
GOvernor-President's Posi-
tiOn withheld.

NEW YORK, Aug. H.-An announcement
was made at republican national headquar-
tiers today by Representative James S.
Sherman republican candidate for vice
president, confirming the Associate Press
dispatch from oyster Bay that President
Roosevelt's conference with party leaders
at Sycamore Hill yesterday had developed
that political exigencies demand the re-
nomination OF Governor Hughes. Chair
man Hitchcock was present, when Mr..
Sherman stated the results Of the con-
ference and he assented to all the vice
presidential nominee said.
The statement made today unquestion-
ably will put an end to organized opposi-
ton to the candidacy of Governor Hughes
although It is possible that certain indi-
viduals will continue to voice protests.
With President Roosevelt, Mr.. Taft, Mr..
sherman, Mr.. Hitchcock, several New
York members OF congress and other state
leaders for Mr.. Hughes, it is not believed
possible that the fight against the re-
nomination Of Mr.. Hughes can gain any
Roadway. In fact, political leaders are now
predicting that no other name VIII De pre-
scented to the convention.
Trend Toward Hughes.
Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Hitchcock arrived
at republican headquarters today shortly
after II o'clock. No explanation was made
of the fact that yesterday after their re-
turn from oyster Bay they had not kept
an appointment with newspaper men. Mr..
hitchcock was asked for a statement con-
corning the conference at Oyster Bay, but
he said that he preferred that the an
nouncement should be made by Mr.. Sher-
man. without hesi'ahSg' "'' ohei"iah
said:
"Well. the consensus Of opinion among
those who gathered at oyster Bay to con-
fer with the president was favorable to the
denomination of Governor Hughes. 1t was
developed by the reports received that the
csndidacy of Mr.. Hughes is broader than
In New York state lines. The trend in
the state seemed to us TO be decidedly
toward giving Governor Hughes another
term"
Mr.. sherman would not say what Presi-
dent Roosevelt's views had been or what
he had said in regard to the Hughes matter
HuEhes Remains silent
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. Ex-Governor
Hughes returned from Oswego today but
refused TO commen or the announcement
of James S. Sherman, republican candi-
date for vice president, regarding his con-
ference with President Roosevelt at saga
more Hill yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
HORSES SHOT in BARN FIRE
Old settlers of Carroll County, Ia,
Lose ABinnls ia Livery
Blaze.

CARROLL, Ia, Aug. 2l.-Hedged by
flames OF a burning feed barn, fourteen
horses were shot down here yesterday sf-
ternoon to prevent their burning to death.
Seven other horses. half a dozen head OF
valuable stock intended for exhibition at
the Iowa state fair at Des Moines, and
between fifty and sixty carriages and bug
giles belonging to farmers OF Carroll county
were destroyed. The fire occurred during
the Carroll county old settlers picnic and
the barn vas fun of the picnickers' teams
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
Harvard Carnival Closes.

HARVARD, Neb., Aug. 2l.-(special)-
The street carnival closed It's amusements
about midnight last night, having been well
patronized by the surrounding towns ana
country. A good game of base ball was an
attraction each day, in which Harvard was
a party. The playing Tuesday was Harvard
against Gltner. in which Giltner won, s to
7 Wednesday a country team took a m
to fll in, the game being IL to 3 in favor
Of Harvard.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
ROLLING STOCK IN BAD ORDER
Canadian PRcinc I'm Trouble Through
Lack of shoomen to Attend
to Work.

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. a.-That the
Canadian Pacific railway rolling stock is
getting In bad condition owing to the alb
sence of machinists in the shops, was con-
sidered -evident today when II was an
nounced that three freight trains were
ditched on the Lethbridge, Alberta branch
yesterday. Much rolling stock was de-
stroyed. 1t is reported that $50 engines be-
tween Swift Current and Calgary have
been put out Of business since the strike
began.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
DEATH RECORD.
James II. Ogden.

HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. ~A.-Cspecisl Tel
esramD-After an illness OF two years, dur
ing which his condition grew steadily
worse, James Theodore Ogden an early
settler IN Hastings, died Of cancer at slo
this morning. Funeral services VIII be con-
Quoted i'm the Presbyterian church at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Ogden has
been a resident OF Hastings tWenty-three
years. During his early residence here he
was in the dry goods busines subsequently
he was secretary of the Young Mems
Christian association and later he aided
I'm the organization OF the Loyal Mystic
Legion. a fraternal insurance society of
which he was president for the last eight
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22

The board will meet tomorrow and begin
the work Of equalizing between the values
placed on railroad properties in the cities
and towns. That this will be a hard Job
is indicated by the great difference in the
minds of the assessors Of the values of the
different roads. When the board has equal
lied this value it will be necessary for It
also to equaIize the value Of lands and
buildings assessed locally and also to dis
tribute to each town its proportion of the
value of the franchise of the railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22

MACON SEES WAR SECRETARY
Governor of CUba Does Not Look for
Trouble when Cuba IL
ReIinquished.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-charles L,
MACON arrived here today and had an
extended conference with the secretary Of
war. Governor Magoon will visit the
president at oyster Bay next Tuesday and
expects to be back in Cuba by septem-
Der l.
The governor said he saw no likelihood
OF difficulty in turning over the islands to
the Cuban government.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22

The neighins and screaming OF the burning
and imprisoned animals was pitiful In the
extreme. Officers in desperation, shot
all the animals that could be reached
by bullets.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
Conrad.

ATLANTIC, Ia, Aus, A.-ospecial)-Hes-
terday at noon George Conrad, one of the
pioneers Of this county, died having lived
In the county since 1854, when he came here
and located at Grove City, where in 1850
he opened a small grocery store, and In
1858 came to Atlantic on its founding and
started a like store. He was also one OF
the pioneer stage drivers in this part OF
the country. Mr.. Conrad leaves, besides
his wife and two sons, five brothers and
sisters.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22

BY using the various departments Of The
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at least expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22

capture 1t. Perhaps the best indication of
what the negroes will do is furnished by
the attitude of the 1000 odd colored voters
In the district of Representative Roden-
berg, which lies in the extreme southern
part of the state. Every one of these men
has assured Mr.. Rodenberg that he will
vote for Taft. They seem to have forgot
ten the irritation which the Brownsville
affair first aroused.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-22
bryan Diatrusts sullivan.

1t has been said by the democrats that
Illinois furnishes a battle ground whereon
their chances for victory are excellent.
Mr., Bryan realizes he will need the large
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29

"He was a plowin' ten or fifteen yoke
of cattle If l recollect right, but he
didn't go to Heaven till he took his
mind off the cattle. Didn't take none
of his oxen with him. hut he took wis
dom with him, and good book is the
mouthpiece of wisdom. How old are
you Brother Stoveall?"
I'm eighty odd
"Gettin' along putty well. And now,
lookin back over your life, what have
you enjoyed the most?"
We'll. it don't seem to me now that
I've ever enjoyed anything since l was
boy. 1t has been a scuffle for ME to
live and to take care of what little l
had raked together. l have had to
watch man all the time to keep him
from Robin me-"
But he could only rob you of mate
rial things. If you'd been wiser you
would have laid up somethin' he
couldn't rob you of, and you could
have set down by your fire at night
and dreamed over it without any fear.
You have known all along that they
were goin' to blow the horn for you
some day. 1t has always been GER
tain that you had to go, and thea who
is goin' to take care of the things you
have raked together? Come to think
about it, l don't believe ever heard
you laugh right good"
Il haven't had anything to laugh
about the old man replied.
And nobody else that was always
afraid that he might be robbed while
hp RtJt hnn
robbed out of mighty few pennies;
ever since l can remember you have
been able to go to sale and buy what
you wanted, and yet of all the men l
know. Stoveall, your life has been the
biggest failure"
"Jucklin, / could buy and sell you
three times in a day, with the price
doubled every time 1 bought you
back"
'Oh, you mean my land and my
| house. Yes. l reckon you could, but
you never saw money enough to buy
me. In lookin' through advertisements
! for bargains did you ever find happi-
ness for sale? No sir. for there amt
no bankrupt stocks of happiness. oh.
used to think along your line.
didn't think that I'D ever be happy till
| owned all the land adjoinin my
| farm, and | was miserable because I
saw no chance of gettin' it. Every day
or so Id see a hearse goin' down the
road, haulin' some old fellow to the
graveyard, and one day it came on
me all Of sudden that l had TO go
along there. too. Then l lowed that
ought to get as much happiness out
of the world as possible, and l was
1 thinkin' about it one day while l was
in town, and l says to the county
jedge. says |, 'Jedge. is there any way
/ for man turned forty-five to be hap
py? He asked me If could read, and
told him could make out my name
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29
Walk 245O MILES
BIGGEST WEST TO EAST WALK
EVER ACCOMPLISHED.
Win Fifteen Hundred Dollars.

Over mount aims and through snow,
through wet, slush and mud, freezing
at times, and oppressed by heat at
others, William Jackson and r. 7. Hay,
two sturdy Scotchmen. walked every
mile of the way from Seattle to Chi
cago, just arriving within a few hours
of the time limit, thereby winning a
purse of Fifteen Hundred Dollars given
by the Seattle Athletic Club, for ac-
complishing this feat within the pre-
scribed time.
Jackson and Hay left Seattle with
but Five Dollars in money, were
obliged to earn their way as they
went and leave no unpaid bills, and
complete the journey in ninety days.
An interesting incident in connec-
ton with the walk. was that each of
the contestants wore a pair of the
well-known Mayer shoes. that neither
ripped nor lost a stitch during the en-
tire trip of 2450 miles-the hardest test
any shoes could be put to-speaking
volumes for the extraordinary wearing
qualities of the shoes manufactured by
the F. Mayer Boot G Shoe Co., Mil
waukee.
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29

The neighborhood sale, held at an
old homestead, brings out the impor-
tance and the force of the man who
has been thrifty and who has ready
money at command. 1t is a sad pic
ture-the passing of the farm, the dis
integration of a family, the blighting
of a thousand memories that cluster
about a hearthstone. At such time
the squeaky voice of ready money be
comes thunderous in tone, awing the
modest aspiration of neighbor who
looks toward the purchase of yoke
of cattle, wagon, colt; and when
ready money seems determined the
promissory notes of the modest fall
back into tameness and silence. But
ready money does not care to acquire
everything at a neighborhood sale.
Being material it looks to material
things, and its estimate of the spir-
itual is but shallow. so. when at the
Groggin sale Linn Jucklin outbid
Stoveall, and become possessed of a
pile of old books heaped on the floor,
some of his friends marveled that he
should have run the risk of exciting
the opposition of the wealthiest man
in the community.
"Oh, knew that he didn't want
en-" said Lin as he climbed to a seat
upon the rail fence. low but esti-
native throne of observation. In his
house they would be just so much
rubbish. They don't talk to him, and
when a book don't speak to a man it
is the dumbest thing in the world. 1t
can't make as much noise as a pig,
for pig squeals; quieter than duck,
for a duck quacks-it simply takes its
place along with the brickbat or the
old shoesole that curls up in the sun
But when a book even whispers to a
man it tells him the sweetest of Sc
crets. 1t tells him that he amt a
blamed fool, and this is a mighty i'm
portant piece of news. Whenever | see
an old book / think of Abe Lincoln.
He gathered corn for two days, keep
in up the down row, for life of
Washington, and you men that have
bumped yourselves all day behind a
wagon know what that means. He
was lendin' his body to the work of
openin' up his soul. 1t came hard,
that book did; it meant backache, for
it took Lincoln long time to reach
down to the ground, but it meant
more than If he had been workin' for
hundred dollars day. Don't under
stand me to say that every man that
thinks so much of a book will be
great; he may never be able to go to
a sale such as this and buy yoke OF
steers, but in the long run 1t will be
worth more to him than all the steers
that Old Elisha was plowin' when
the call came for him to go up
But the prophet was handlin' OF
steers instead OF books" remarked
Stovsall. who had come walking slow
ly tc Join Lim's audience.
Yes. that's fact" Linn replied.
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29

might be got at, Uncle John mad a
similar experience when he was
boy. His uncle went up to Maine
from Boston to visit and your Uncle
John made some flippant remark that
caused him to say that the disrespect
of modern children remember that
1t is always modern times to the man
who is speaking even when you get
back to the days of Rehoboam)-h
said that the disrespect of modern
children was something awful. Why,
when he was boy, children were
brought up to be silent-utterly for
getting that his father fiogsed him for
disrespect, way back before Warren
fell at Bunker Hill, and while he was
flogging him he deplored the evil
days on which they had fallen. 1t
had been xo different when he was
a boy Chile.en then were always re-
spectful.
In fact this remark translated into
different languages goes back to the
time of Adam and he. for manifest
reasons, could not make it.
But he is the only one who could
MT and didn't.
Copyright. by James Pott G Coz
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29

ers boast of different things" she went
on, but almost all but myself boast
about something in their children. and
for my part l think the children in
this place are very ordinary. Greg
ory carries himself very much better
than most children. because l insist
ed upon his going in to New York to
take dancing lessons when he was not
eight, but the average boy of to-day
is awfully souchy. And yet heard
Mrs. Harrison talking about her son
Arthur being as straight as an In
dian, and that he got it from his ia
ther. Fancy, that understood little
John Harrison
And Mrs. Winslow says that Bar
bara sews remarkably well for a
girl of ten. and she is always showing
me the last thing she has done. Why,
Ethel sewed well naturally l never
taught her stitch, but she does all
my towel hemming now. But never
would think of boasting of it.
And the other day | happened to
say that Gregory has quite a correct
ear. and that now that his voice has
changed he sang better than any Of
the boys in the choir. and that was
enough for Mrs. Demock. She began,
and she talked and talked about the
beauty of Clements voice, and said
that he took after her. Absolute con-
ceit, and yet she never imagined for
moment that ] noticed it. Now. with
Gregory, his singing comes perfectly
natural, because l have always sung.
and in fact when l was girl used
to be always asked to sing in COM
pany but when | married / gave
it up"
When l remembered that to my un-
prejudiced eyes Gregory was good
natured hobbledehoy and Ethel kind
hearted but hopelessly commonplace
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29

ing | went into town in the same car
with his mother and father and ! had
quite a chat with Mrs. Bingham, who
is very different from Mrs. Worthing.
Our subject was children, and con-
fessed to her that | was clean dis
couraged about my boy Harry; that
ii did seem as if all my talking and
advice and splendid example since he
was born had been thrown away on
him, and that he seemed more thought
less and hopeless every day.
why, I'm perfectly astonished to
hear you say So" she said. Il was
telling Mr.. Bingham only last night
that if there was manly, we'll
brought-up boy in the place it was
your Iy.,rry, acd he agreed with me
Dear me, if you had such a chap rs
Tom to bring up you might well
despair. l sometimes wonder wheth
er We'll ever get any credit for hav-
ing tried to bring him up in the way
he should GO
"Why, Mrs. Bingham, surely you are
Joking" said |. You son Tom is the
one boy in town that | think is
credit to his parents. He always lifts
his cap when he meets me; the other
day saw him helping the washerwom-
an over bad place on the icy pave
ment. and know that he is a great IA
vorite with the other boys-and girls.
too. l don't believe you know your
boy Tom at all"
And then it came over me like
thunder clap: do / know my boy
Harry? Does he show off his best
points at home?"
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29

/ II it was printed in a sheriff's sale.
Then he said: Well, read good books
and think about 'em. Don't read the
things that will stimulate you to ar
gufy, but the things that will feed
your mind without raisin' its bristles.
Some books are full of the sweet un-
selfishness of the human heart. Read
them. Some make the fancy play like
you have seen the lightnin' of an.
evenin' on a low-hangin' cloud far over
in the west. Read them. Don't read
the vicious ones any more than you'd
keep close company with a vicious
man. Do this and you'll find the world
openin' up toward the past and
brightenin toward the future. One
man is really stronger than another
for what he knows and not for what
he's got. We know he can't take his
material things with him. but no man
knows that he can't take the spir-
itual things. Solomon was the wisest
man. it is said, but i believe he would
! have been little wiser If he hadn't
| been quite so rich. He wouldn't have
been mixed up with SO many women,
and right there is where he proved he
want any wiser than some of the rest
| of us.
well, thought over what the coun-
slow at first, for hadn't been well
schooled. and the more read the
bigger my farm seemed to grow. and
now I've got more than ten million
acres under cultivation. Laws
massy, what a chance you youngsters
have. Instead of bein' happy only in
the latter end of your life you can be
gin now don't mean that you should
neglect any work that you may have
to do, or that you shouldn't want to
Z, make money, but do mean that you
ought to lay up an estate that can't
become bankrupt. l am a givin' you
old talk, it is true, but it is the old
principles that touch man the most.
for they have always had bearin on
his life Don't understand me to
mean. boys. that you should become
bookish. but jest to mix your readin
in along with your life. 1t will keep
you from breakin' yourself down try
in to keep up with some man that can
make money easier than you can, and
he will always be there. jest little
in front of you Love your feller-man,
for he's all right in the long run. He's
got more sympathy than hate. Some
body may tell you that human nature
is all selfish. but don't you believe 1t.
Well" he added, getting down off the
fence, Il must box up my gold now
and cart it home. Coin my way,
Brother Stoveall?"
Yes. Jucklin, but you are no COM
pany for me"
II reckon that's right" Limuel re-
piled. Il know 1t must be right, for
| haven't got anything you want"
Copyright. by Opie Read)
The Springfield herald., 1908-05-29
Grand Army Statistics.

. Fort Collins, Colo.-A statement of
the relief work and financial standing
of the G. A. R., which held Its en-
campment here last week, has been
prepared, showing the total number
of posts in the Department of Colorado
and Wyoming to be forty-five; num-
ber of posts members. s,39S; posts
having over 100 members, seven: !:
amount of cash in general fund, s19O.51
total receipts for the year, $2,44G.19;
amount in relief fund. s52.15; cash ex-
pended for relief. s1.122; relief
other than money. amounting to
81 1,545.69: total relief, S2.66S.07. George
G. Mead No. of Denver. is the banner
post in the department in relief work,
having expended s225.20 in cash and
$15750 in relief other than cash.