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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Mr.. Green,s Wnterloo.

Mr.. Green had been paying 81 a week
for board; his appetite constantly increased.
Finally his landlady saw that she must
either sell out and quit or raise her
boardet7s rate. One day, after watching
him feverishly devouring plateful after
plateful, she plucked up courage and said:
Mr.. Green, l shall have to raise your
board to S."
Mr.. Green looked up with a start, then
in a tone of CONSERVATION. he said;
'Oh, Mrs. Small. don't. It's as much
as I can do now to eat four dollars
worth. "-woman's Home Companion.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

One day last March the mail steam
ship Msriposa was hailed somewhere Off
Tahiti by two half-naked Kanakas i'm a
canoe. For a moment the little craft rose
and fell with the swell under the lee OF
the big liner, a package containing a few
letters from Jack London's boat, the
Shark, and the manuscript of Martin
Eden" finished I'm an out-of-the-way nook
Of the South Pacific ocean, was tossed
up to the deck. Certainly a not unroman-
tic posting Of a great novel. 1t reached
San Francisco in due time and was
promptly sold by London's secretary to
the publishers Of the Pacific Monthly,
who announce the beginning Of the serial
in the September number
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
Current Literature

THE Post Girl' is a book Of merit and
charm with a delightful, dainty. alto
gether loveable girl, Pam, as the heroine.
Pam who by her tender heart and charms
wins the heart of the reader quite MS freely
as she does that of THE Spawcr. the
sohoolmaster Father Mostyn. even Ginger
and the little crippled lad. TT Spawer'
is the designation made by the quaint in
habitants Of Cliff Wrangham and CUbrig,
as one who rs charged unprotestins for
lights and fires, never lends a hand to the
washing of its own pots, and Ways town
prices for country butter This Is the
"Spawer," Maurice Wynne, q musician, fine
looking genial and witty, a really fine
young man, who is an easy victim to the
charms of the little Post girl. Ether Mcr-
tyn is a gentle hearted man OF delightful
humor, who has guarded and taught tine
little orphan TO the best of his kindly
ability. Altogether the book Is charming
The Post Girl is published by Tho
Century company.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

No one has been more Identified during
recent years with the "literaturc .or Opt
mism'' than Mrs. Sara a. Hubbard. In sew
eral delightful little books she has pre-
scented her uplifting and practical phllo-
sOphy in a simple and suggestive mancr.
Notably successful among these have been
"Catchwords OF. Cheer" and The Relislon
of Cheerfulness." Mrs. Hubbard has just
completed another little volume, entitled
THE Duty Of Being Beautiful" In this
book she argues for the oneness OF beauty
of character and happiness, and shows tho
striving after both to be innate in hu-
manity. A. c. McCIurg and company is
the publisher.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

InS LOnAes COhaihuouS Doubie Track
Railway In the World
under one management is the Grand
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Montreal and to Niagara Falls. The Grand
T~runk-Lehigh Valley double track route
via Niagara Falls reaches from Chicago to
New York.
Descriptive literature, timetables. etc,
will be mailed free on application to
George w. Vau&. A. G. p. & T. A. Grand
Trunk Railway System, 135 Adams ST.. Chi.
cago, III.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

1t IL a number Of Years since Richard
Harding Davis has written a novel Of New
York life, but in his new book. Vera. tho
Medium just published by Charles Serb
ner's Sons. he is back again in the home
town of Van Bibber, Travis and other
favoritcs OF his early stories. Tive char
acters OF this new book are unique. The
hero Is a district attorney, with many OF
the qualities of Mr.. Jerome and also VERY
like Van Bibber. Minnie Day, whose great
est ambition in life was 10 he known az
a "Broadwayard" is very likcablc, and
Vera bids fair to be one Of the most popu-
lar heroines Mr.. Davis has ever written
Of.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-23

All of the books reviewed here are on salI
IN Brandeis' book department.
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-19

Tor one week free when he started his
meetings there year ago.
His Own Flock Objects to Men
Further than that, he knows 1t was
the members o. his own congregation
who objected to the unemployed men
sitting near them in their services.
For there was seldom any member of
the w. C. T. u. in the meetings at all.
and If so they sat in the gallery and
not down where the men were.
When the Rev. Mr.. Parham had
spoken slightingly of the w. c. 7. u.
and had said that he was going to give
up the use of the hall in spite of the
offer of the use of it still another week.
because he did not like the conditions
course of action taken by myself with
regard to the use of the hall, when he
turned the lights out on me and so
eopticon lecture.
Another thing, when there were SO
many men congregated about the
building waiting to get the food and
money offered them by the Rev. Mr..
Farham 1t made 1t quite unpleasant for
the working women who live in this
Temperance temple as a home, since
they had to come up the steps through
crowds of men each evening when they
returned from work Indeed, when
-old group of men at TIE doors about
cur position, they agreed with me it
was hard for the women to come
through a crowd of men that way to
their fooms.
81 took the course of action; not the
w. c. T. u, remember
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-19
GIRL FATALLY
INJURED BY
STREET CAR
VICTIM STEPS IN FRONT OF
SPEEDING [ COACH
HAD PASSED EVENING VISITING
HER MOTHER
Young Woman Is Knocked uncon-
scious, and physicians Say There
is No Hope of Saving
Her Life

Emma Desser, aged sixteen years,
whose parents live at SOLO Compton
avenue, was struck and fatally injured
by an inbound West Ninth street car
of the Los Angeles railway at the in
tersection of Albany street last night.
Miss Desser was employed as nurse
in the family of A. Goldbaum, 1924
West Ninth street. She was on her re-
turn to her employers house from a
visit to her mother when she met with
the accident.
Miss Desser was a passenger on a
west bound car and at Albany she
alighted, intending to walk to the
Goldbaum home, but few doors
away. She passed to the rear of the
car and stepped directly in front of an
inbound car, which was running at a
high rate of speed.
The motorman in charge of the car
made every effort to stop, but it was
too late and, despite the fact that the
wheels were locked by the emergency
brake, thy slid along the rails.
The girl was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition and hurried to the
California hospital in an automobile,
where Doctors S. J. Quint and Joseph
b. Tanner attended her.
1t was found she was suffering from
a fracture of the skull at the base OF
the brain and also of the right tenn
poral bone For the latter injury
trephinig was resorted to and a NUM-
Der of pieces of bone which had been
driven into the brain were removed.
The girls injuries. according to the
surgeons, are necessarily fatal, but 1t
is believed she will live for at least
twenty-four hours. She did not re-
gain consciousness after the operation.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-19
LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
CONNECTICUT


NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 1s.-In a
statement issued by the New YORK,
New Have & Hartford road the process
of development of the new service in
the electric zone of the New York .di-
vision is described. The service by cleo
trio locomotives between Stamford and
fJew York has not been interrupted,
although some slight changes In the To-
comotives has been necessary. The
statement further says that the cleo
trical equipment in the power houses
Is now ample to give service at full ca
pacity and the changes now in pro-
gress.
DANBURY-Frank Hayes, the 12-
vear-old SON of Edward Hayes, a New
York music teacher, was drowned in
Oil Mill pond. He was skating with
some children on a place where the Ice
was thin and broke through, his body
being carried under the thick ice. 1t
was recovered in an hour.
AVON--Fifty of the townspeople
gathered at the Avon hotel as guests of
the proprietor George Helm, who gave
his annual oyster supper from 8 to Il
O'Clock. This is the second year that
the supper has ben given by Mr.. Helm
as means Of showing his friendliness
and good win to his neighbors and en-
tertainment was provided which made
the evening pass very pleasantly. Pre-
vious to the dinner whist was played
and during the evening there was both
vocal and instrumental music by the
Misses Marie j., Lillian A. and sIrene
A. Kline Of Hartford. Mrs. Helm as
sisted her husband In receiving.
HARTFORD-Non damages of
5000 were awarded by the jury in the
CRANKY whitecapping case in the SUI
perior court. Willis E. Griffin, who was
whipped and otherwise painfully and
forcibly propelled across into Massa-
chusetts In February, 1906, sued Sheriff
Charles Allshouses and many others for
$4,000 damages.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-19
WISCONSIN

EAU CLAIRE. Wis, Feb. 18.-The
Northwestern Wisconsin Bible Teach
ers' association met at the First Con-
gragational church. The annual BAN
quet was served in the parlors of the
church in the evening.
FORT ATKINSON-At the annual
meeting Of the Oakland Fire Insurance
company the following officers were
elected. President, A. F. Olson. Sec
rotary, John w. Porter; treasurer, L.
H. Crump; board of directors, G. Eu-
gene Ward; Otto Krippner, Henry
Latsch, J. B. Millard and Benjamin
Crump.
FOND DU LAC-James B. PinlSham,
former resident of this city, and for
the last four years connected with the
Chicago Evening Post as advertising
manager, has become advertising mani
ager of the New York Tribune.
Arrangements have been made by
st. Peters Lutheran congregation for
it's golden anniversary, August is next.
GREEN BAY-At the annual meet
ing of the stockholders Of the Green
Bay Cornice and Corrugating company
the following directors were reelected:
Jonn Engel, George Schober, August
[3utflBSIltI, lfetiiNt <Aa6 o1N A'ShoeA1Ss
and Louis Schober.
JANESVILLE-Patr Connors. a
resident of this city, is at the Mercy
hospital as the result of being struck
by a passenger train.
ENOSHA--Assistant City Engineer
LOUIS Ferry and Andrew Johnson, a
Chicago diver, had a narrow escape
from death when they went out in a
tug to make an investigation of the
intake. The skiff in which johnson and
Ferry We're rowing was struck by a
wave and filled with water. The two
men were rescued by the crew of the
tug
Frank Thelke, formerly a well known
man of Kenosha, caused sensation at
the village of Banney when he stripped
off his clothing and insisted on being
permitted to leap in front of train.
The man was captured and locked up
MADISON-State Banking Commits
sioner M. c. Bergh has approved an
amendment filed by the Union Com
mercial Savings bank of Superior, in
creasing it's capital stock from $4,000
to $4,000; one by the Bank of Cam
eron, increasing its capitol from $4,000
to $4,000.
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MINNESOTA

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Feb. is. =
Augusta Fahrm. the young woman who
was arrested a few weeks ago. charged
with elnbezzling several thousand dol
lars from a steamship agency by which
she was employed. pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to sixteen months in the
state prison.
ST PAUL--There is q station on the
Northwestern railroad at State Line,
wis, the depot being built on the
boundary line between Wisconsin and
Michigan, a white stripe down the side
of the building showing the division.
The station stood mostly on Badger
soil, and the town has been credited to
Wisconsin. Since the passage of the
wisconsin eight-hour law the company
has moved the depot into Michigan.
The postoffice designated as State Line,
Wis. is not IN Wisconsin, and the
gent-operator, baggageman, express
agent. postmaster has 70 put in more
than eight hours service.
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WASHINGTON

WENATCHEE, WASH, Feb. 1S.--The
school board of this city has expressed
it's intention to build,a new high school
this summer if possible, and 1t is to be
a credit to the city for some years to
come The plans, as outlined, Will call
for a building to cost from $4,000 to
$780, 00 Last spring the school board
submitted the proposition to the peo-
pie and a site was acquired.
TACOMA--No word has yet been re-
ceived of the whereabouts of Harry
r. Liston, missing agent of the Puyal-
lup Indian reservation, who has been
absent since January 6. Col J. j. An
derson, Tacoma. attorney and bosom
friend of Liston, believes he has COM
mitted suicide during a spell of tenn
porary insanity
SPOKANE-Col. w. M. Redpath, pio-
neer of Spokane and millionaire mining
man, announces that he will be can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor at the coming primary
election. His platform calls for an
honest, economical administration. Rid
path is one of the best known men in
Eastern Washington.
NORTH YAKIMA-Horatio Daniels,
Who stole a ride on the cowcatcher of
freight locomotive from Ellensburg
to this city, was unfortunate enough to
be on a cowcatcher that caught a cow.
The animal stood on the track around
a turn and landed in the young mans
lap, breaking the bones of one of his
hands and injuring him internally.
Then the COW rolled off and pitched
headlong into the ditch. Daniels stuck
to the cowcatcher until the train pulled
into the yards here. He is in the hos
pital now,
PORT TOWNSEND--After having
been a closed town since last July, the
lid was given it's first tilt when the
newly elected council, holding it's Sec
ond. meeting since it's installation.
heard the reading of an ordinance re-
pealing the previous measure which
provided for the closing of all saloons
between midnight and a. m. The or
dinance, as presented. bears the in
dorsement of the police, revenue and
l. ense committee and created much
surprise, as 1t was not believed steps
to return to the old order would be in
augurated until spring at the earliest
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-19

BOYERTOWN, Pa, Feb. is. = The
Oldest woman in this section, Mrs.
Margaretta Fegley, SO years old, died
suddenly at the home of her son of
apoplexy. Isaac Butcher, rs years old,
another aged resident of this town,
died OF heart failure.
MONOCACY--Quarre over the
ownership of a grain drill, Franklin
and Samuel Miller, brothers, got in,o
a fracas in which,, it is alleged, Mrs.
Samuel Miller took hand Franklin
then, it is alleged, threw his sister-in-
law into a mill race, where she received
a thorough drenching. Franklin, who
pleaded guilty to assault and battery,
was fined $40 and costs.
NEW TRIPOLT-The orchard of WILL
liam c. Blose, consisting of thirty or
more apple trees, which began to fail
in bearing crops, partly due to San
Jose scale, will be Gu. down. The lum-
Der will be cut into suitable sizes to
make tool handles.
HOSENSACK Ice is now nine
inches thick at the dams here and at
Palm. AT Green Lane 1t is about the
same thickness, and harvesting is
expected to begin within few days.
WILKES-BARRE - A searching
party which went into the Glen Lyon
colliery of the Susquehanna Coal COM
pany last night to search for 16-year-
cid John Hoffman, who had not re-
turned from work, found his body sew
eral hours later. There was no mark
OF injury upon 1t and Coroner Dodson
has ordered an inquest to determine
the cause of death.
BETHLEHEM--Mr Ellen M. Will
iians the oldest resident of Slatington,
sc years.
PHOENIXVILLE The nineteenth
anniversary of the founding of the
Governor Andrew G.. Curtin camp.
Sons of Veterans, of this place was
observed by an entertainment given
in the local Grand Army hall. Several
hundred persons attended.
LEBANON-To satisfy an execution
of $500 Sheriff Gehart will on February
20 sell the Reinoehlsville Methodist
Episcopal church edifice in North Leb-
anon township. The execution credi
tor is George II. Krall, executor of the
estate of the late Caroline Runkel Of
this city.
EASTON-Frank Smith, who stabbed
his young wife to death on January 5
last and then tried to kill himself. has
been transferred from the hospital to
the county prison and committed ON a
charge of murder
MT. JOY-Announcemen Is made of
the marriage of Miss Edna Diller,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w
Downey of Lititz, to John L. Hasier OF
Warwick.
PHOENIXVILLE-M Emma En-
body of this place was seized with heart
failure and died in carriage while be-
ing hurried to q doctors office.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-19
JOIN FORCES
ON REBATES
FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICERS
UNITE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LAWLER
AFTER RAILROADS
Companies Consent to Books Being
Inspected Without Use of Conn
missions Power to
Compel Them

Perplexity marks the visages of the
members of the railroad commission,
who do not know what the attorne5
general will next map out for them to
do in connection with the investigation
CT the alleged railroad rebate cases,
which, it is believed, will include the
Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe and the
Salt Lake route.
United States District Attorney Os-
car Lawler and Raymond Benja-
min, assistant state attorney general,
will combine forces in bringing to
terms whatever road may be recalci-
trant in this respect.
This is evidenced from the fact that
the deputy attorney general was clos
eted with Mr.. Lawler for a long time
III the latters office yesterday morn
ing.
The entire situation was discussed
carefully by the two, and the district
attorne is ready to give to the rail-
road commissioners any information
that he has on the subject of rebates
and railroads.
District Attorney Lawler, explained
that he would be willing to receive any
information the commission may have
with regard to this subject.
Roads Submit to Injunction
Deputy Attorney General Benjamin
said that the roads mentioned had been
willing to have their books inspected
without the powers of the commission
being invoked to compel them to do so.
active inspection will be started Inn
mediately," said Attorney General Ben
jamin.
Many cases of open and fragrant vic
,ations of the law relating to rebates
within the confines of the state of Cali
fornia are said to have been discov-
cred by the United States district at
torney while he was gathering data for
the rebate case against the Santa Fe.
The deputy attorney general will
begin his investigation of the rebating
by the two roads having head offices in
Los Angeles at the Santa Fe office
probably today. He was busy yesterday
preparing his accountant and stem
cgrapher for the work which will be
done, as matter of convenience to
all, at the Santa Fe offices. Just. how
long 1t will take will depend largely
on what is found in checking the ship
pers' accounts. Further than this MOTH
ing was done by the attorney generals
office yesterday.
Col. Loveland of the commission has
returned to San Francisco and Chair
man Irwin will return to Marysville
today. Theodore Summerland, the
Los Angeles member of the commits
sion, will remain here and will keep in
consultation with Mr. Benjamin dur
ing the progress, of the examination of
the books OF the Santa Fe and Salt
Lake roads.
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MISSISSIPPI

HATTIESBURG Miss, Feb 49,
News reached Hattiesburg of the rob-
binC and firing of the general store of
the Brooklyn Mercantile company.
twelve miles south of this city, on the
Gulf & Ship Island railroad. The store,
together with several adjoining build
ings, was totally destroyed. The loss
will amount to about $4,000
Observation-Disclosures Agent W. L.
Pryor of the department of agriculture,
who was detailed to do special work
here for the postoffice department, has
begun his duties and will gather data
to show the stability of the financial
outlook for this city. The citizens feel
satisfied with the outcome.
NATCHEZ = Mrs. Emily Yznaga.
mother of the dowager duchess of Man
chester and Of Lady Lister Kaye OF
England, died here on her way to her
estate. Lake ST. John. Concordia
parish, La. aged IS. She was the
widow of Fernando Yznaga, a native
of Cuba, and mother of the late Fer
nando Yznago. jr.. who married Miss
Vanderbilt of New York.
BAY ST. LOUIS-Pasqual Lutzzi gave
out the announcement that he would
enter the field of politics, and, accord
ingly, is a candidate for seat in the
council from the Third wafp now rep
resented by r. c. Engman, who was
recently appointed by the mayor and
who is not candidate for election
Mrs. Adam Torch and daughters and
Adam Lorch jr.. came out from New
Orleans and will spend few days at
their summer villa.
Misses Eugene and Carmelite Spot
orno entertained at an informal euchre
complimentary to their guests, Misses
Alice and Marie Gremiilion, on the eve
of their departure for their home at
Marksville, La.
BILOXI-J. C. Undertake, Mrs.
Hobby, Mr. and Mrs. Gabbert and
daughter of Senatobia, Miss, and Mr..
and Mrs. Troxwell composed party
from the Breslow who spent several
hours sightseeing in Ocean Springs.
Mrs. William Rudolf and children
and Mrs Dslly have gone to Pine Bluff,
Ark.
Mrs. A. e. Richards left for short
visit in Gulfport.
Mrs. r. Sigerson left for a short visit
to New Orleans.
r. M. Davis and Capt. NJ. B. Spotts-
wood went over to Scranton on busi-
ness.
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COLORADO

TRINIDAD. Colo, Feb. 1S.-A dog
belonging to Pasquel Vasquez, Mex
lean, and cat, the property of Mrs.
Angelo Guerra, an italian, precipitated
O race war at Delague, which had
reached dangerous proportions when
quelled by the arrival of the officers
Mrs Guerra accused Mrs. Vasquez of
encouraging her children to set the dog
ON her cat, and hot words caused the
women to mix in a hair pulling con-
test, in which the children Of the two
two families soon reached the scene,
the Mexicans and Italians took sides
with their respective countrymen, and
it is hard telling how far the fight
would have been carried but for the
interference of the police.
GREELEY-Mrs. Eliza Miller, wife of
George II. Miller. was found dead in
the yard OF her home by her husband.
In falling she had apparently struck her
head against timber. making an ugly
cash. but Coroner Macy and the physi-
cians decided that death was due to
epilepsy, with which she had suffered
for years. She was 60 years old, born
in England, and had lived here quar-
ter Of a century.
EA1ON-- dtaIupd cnrteNeS,ou years
old and resident here for years. was
kicked by a mule and bis right hip
bone was shattered, ancfhe may not
recover.
FLORENCE--One of the largest irri-
cation schemes ever completed in this
section will be completed within the
next few weeks. when water will be
turned into the huge system OF the
Beaver Land and Irrigation company.
at the head of the Arkansas valley.
acres,