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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
INNOCENCE is UNRELIABLE
Does Not Always Save the ccuHe
from Giving Himself
Away.

Detectives talk a lot about peoples ac-
tons ~betraying guilt, said the man i'm the
smoking car, but 1 am here to say that
a sensitive person who knows he is sus-
pected or may be suspected Of some crime,
not only may act in a very guilty manner,
but even may feel as II he had committed
the crime in question.
lone time when 1 was a terribly un
sophisticated country lad a man came to our
home to board while he looked for timber
in the vicinity. The mans name was
Thompson, and he wanted the sort Of wood
tina would make spokes and rims for a
wheel factory in Portsmouth. He was a
sociable, likable sort, gentle in his man.
ners and entertaining in his speech. When
he had been with us a week he said ne
had enough timber located to make a car
load and he would go to Hamden Junction
and meet his men who were coming to cut
the trees. SO he started walking up the
railroad track.
That was the last we ever saw OF
Thompson. To us it was as II the earth
had opened and swallowed him.
Now, of course. there might nave beer
a thousand and one reasons why he die
not return. He might AVE been taken i'll
He might nave had orders from his house
to go to some more promising field. II.
might have lost his job. The list could
wild-eyed, imaginative boy, not one pro
safe reason occurred TO account for tn,
disappearance of Thompson. Thompson
| told myself. had been killed. no doubt.
From brooding over the thing I begai
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31

good people of Quincy to hear who was
elected president that a relay of horses and
riders were selected to bring the news.
They started from Washington, one set to
Baltimore, another from Baltimore to Phila-
delphia, another to New York and the next
to Boston, and when the horse and rider
arrived at Quincy it happened to be Sum
day and the good people were at church,
and while the church services were going
on the horses hoofs made so much noise
with its gathering that 1t made a large
number of the townspeople shout, whats
the matter?'
THE courier bringing the news Of Mr..
Adams election had urged his horse with
so much speed that the sweat and foam
were rolling off the horses back, and the
courier arrived at the old church door and
hurried up the steps and then down the
broad aisle and shouted in stentorian tones:
John Quincy Adams is elected president
OF the United States Prayer and praise
were discontinued and congratulations were
offered to one another that the good town
of Quincy had been honored by having an
other president of the United States, and
among the number who heard the report of
the courier and whose heart was brim full
of joy was the venerable John Adams, ex-
president of the United States and father
of John Quincy Adams. Mr.. John Adams
was SO years old, and his heart was full Of
joy to think that his little son, now grown
to mans estate, yes, little Johnny was
elected president.
Among the presidents that the country
has had, for purity of life and sweetness of
character he was not excelled; he was great
in his goodness and good in his greatness.
1T was the church home of his father
and mother. If he were living he would be
about l1 years old. He has been dead
many years, He often repeated to me this
little story Of the courier walking up the
broad aisle and announcing that John
Quincy Adams was elected president, and
told me of that large number who were
in the church and saw the courier and wit
messed the scenes of that historic incident"
Boston Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
sUFFRAGIsTs HAVE BIG PARADE
Crowd IL Addressed by Rev. Anna
Howard shaw.

BOONE, Ia. Oct. ~SO.-(Special Telegram)
The suffrage convention ended tonight
with a monster mass meeting. Rev. Anna
Howard Shaw, national president, deliv-
cred an address. jSuffragettes from Lon
don were featured here, participating in
the parade today and the meeting tonight
and Young Mems Christian association re-
ception yesterday. The parade. several
blocks long, starred at noon, headed by a
band, stopped at the main corner of town,
where Miss Shaw mounted the seat Of an
automobile and delivered an address to sew
eral thousand people. 1t was one of the
greatest events OF this kind held in the
United states by the suffragists. Des
Moines gets the next meeting. The lead
ing officers follow: President, Miss Eleanor
e. Gordon, Des Moines; vice president,
Mrs. Julia Clark Hallam. Sioux City; cor
responding secretary, Dr.. Nina Wilson
Dewey, Des Moines; recording secretary.
Miss Minnie Liettel. Corydon; treasurer.
Miss Mary A. Emsley Adams, Mason CITY:
auditors, Mrs. NealS Corydon; Mrs. Riker.
Boone; member N. A. w. S. a, Mrs. Mary
]. Coggeshall. Des Nome
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
SECRETARY ROOT IN TOLEDO
objection of Bryan VIII Mean Labor
II Not Its own Master"

TOLEDO, o., oct. SO.-Secretary Of state
Elhu Root arrived here this evening at 7
o'clock. He came Unexpectedly and en-
tered the Body house unheralded. Whlle
he was signing his name on the hotel reg
lister he was recognized by a group OF re-
publicans in the lobby and was surrounded
in a minute, but asked to be excused for
an hour to get a much needed rest.
Scarcely able to make himself heard at
first because of hoarseness, Mr.. Root soon
warmed to his task and said he guessed
the people of Ohio and the country at large
had no mind to repeat the mistake of 1892,
when Cleveland was elected.
He reviewed briefly the Ohio situation
and took up question after question of gov
eminent policy.
II read in a paper a statement that labor
is having the fight of its life, and IL Bryan
fails OF election, the cause of labor will be
lost" said Mr.. Root. Labor is having
the fight of its life" he declared, "a fight
to keep from having its vote controlled by
another. The election of Bryan will mean
labor is not its own master. The question
with labor is whether 1t is to maintain its
own mastership or be dominated by its
leaders. We are just recovering from the
Wall street panic of last fall and no one
Is more interested in that recovery than
labor. The election of Bryan will stop the
trend toward prosperity. The election Of
Taft will bring the full tide of prosperity,
and the factory doors will again swing open
to labor.
THE questionable catchline of Bryan-is,
Shall the people ruler There are some
people who believe that because Bryan
does not rule the people do not rule. There
is plainly of room for discussion"
The secretary left at Ii o'clock tonight
for New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
The Explanation.

spot cash isn't so scarce as spotless
cash.
Money talks, but it never gives itself
away.
The luck that seems to come easiest
is hard luck.
Any man who can make money can
make friends.
Love is blind, and self-love Is posi-
lively incurable.
A man descends from his ancestors and
still may rise above them.
The male flirt never asks a girl to
marry him till he's sure she won't.
If every man has his price lots OF them
should be on the bargain counter.
When an old maid makes a goose OF
herself IT merely proves that she is no
chicken.
If a man could only endure his own
troubles as easily as he thinks ne could
endure other peoples this would be a
happier world-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31

to be uneasy. Had anybody seen Thomp-
son after he left our house? As adroitly
as 1 could 1 inquired of ~neighbors, trying
as we'll as possible to fix for them the
exact morning he left. None had seen
him. Some would look at me in a pecu-
liar way when 1 questioned them, and
now I know 1 showed in my face the actual
uneasiness 1 felt.
Then fearing that they might suspect
me of guilty knowledge of Thompson's
taking off, 1 would try to invent a
plausible excuse and would bungle the
story badly. For weeks and even months
l spent much of my time trying to dig up
evidence in proof that we hadn't disposed
OF Thompson, and 1 never succeeded. !
would lie awake nights with cold perspira-
ton on me, realizing that II we were &C
cused of destroying the timber buyer we
couldn't prove our innocence.
ut was but a short step from the reali-
cation of my helplessness in the matter to
an actual feeling of guilt. I began to won
der why we did it. And once 1 scared my
mother nearly to death by hurting out,
from the fullnesJ of my monomania' 1
wish we hadn't killed Thompson
81 felt like a criminal afterward as I
wore out an old pair of brown trousers
and a white shirt which Thompson had
left upstairs. And it was years before the
dread Of accusation left me.
"Since then nobody has ever been able
to impress me with the Importance of any
body's demeanor under accusation, or OF
the validity of a feeling of guilt BETRAYED
by the accused. The g%uiltiest actions and
the worst-haunted feelings may come with
a conscience absolutely clear. The accused
may feel the general tide of accusation
and grow to sympathize with it to the eX-
tent OF almost, If not actually, contessins
a crime he never even dreamed of commit
ting.
And how 1 wish, even yet, that l knew
what became OF Thompson!'-Chicago
News.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
PoInted Pararrnnh..

long face.
The actions of a dumb man speak louder
than his words.
II takes a truthful man to tell a lie bie
enough TO attract attention.
Any man is I'm favor of reform-if allowed
TO select the starting point.
Some men kick because they don't Get
Justice and some because they do.
IL Is easy to become popular. all vou
nave TO do Is let people impose on YOU.
some girls are given away in marriage
ana some others throw themselves away.
A farmer naturally wants the earth i'm
mis- business. for without il he couldn't do
a thing. y"
A boy never looks in a mirror to see II
his face Is clean after washing IL. he looks
az the dirt on the ~toWelLChicarn NaWs
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31

ufacture Of liquors in the state and for
the purpose Of encouraging the immigra-
ton TO the state Of foreigners. He con-
tends that foreigners do not come here
and that they are needed on the farms
Of the state. He contends that Iowa
farms are being ~depopulated and That
the only way to keep w the farming
supremacy Of the state is by repeating
the entire prohibitory law. The matter
is not an issue in the campaign.
At the assembly of the State university
Yesterday II developed that there were
fully 500 Taft men to about fifty demo-
Gratis. sThe assembly was turned into
a political meeting and r. Otteson OF
Davenport spoke for Taft and H. H..
Smith for Bryan. President Mclean
urged all the students to go home and
vote
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
CORrELYoU sPEAKs IN NEW YORK
Secretary Addresses Mass Meeting in
Murray HIN LYceum.

Secretary Addresses Mass Meeting in
Murray Hill Lyceum.
NEW YORK. Oct. N-George B. Cor
telyou, secretary of the treasury. addressed
a large and enthusiastic mass meeting at
the Murray Hill Lyceum tonight, making a
plea for the election of William H. Taft
and the entire republican ticket.
Mr.. Cortelyou said, in part:
The. one overshadowing issue at this
time Is which of two candidates, standing
as each does, as the representative of a
the work Of government, especially that
having to do with the regulation of great
corporate enterprises; which will be the
builder on sure foundations; which a CON
structive force; which more likely to rally
around him the elements that will make
ms admlnistration a success. whether it be
man or black man, with rich or poor, with
high or low? Granting sincerity OF purpose
and worthiness Of motive to each, is not a
candidate whose life has been given to solv-
ing great problems, and to large admins
trative accomplishments, more likely TO deal
forcefully and successfully with the mani
fold questions of government than one
who, however lofty his aims, however at
t~ractive his personality, has given no evil
dence of either capacity or training for
OF what value would Mr.. Bryan's de-
post guarantee plan have been last fall
when nearly every bank in the country sus-
pended cash payments, in part at least?' A
guarantee fund for all the national banks
In the United States, computed on the Ok
Ia 6Mm basis OF per cent OF d. deposits S 2 LIS
There are several banks here in the City
Of New York which carry deposits of over
w SSy:SSV'O 0S q, sa Sn ooO VINE az ds6 1saKs r naTlns m oPe
than a dozen. Thus a single large failure
might wipe out the entire guaranty fund.
so many other Of his schemes, does not
guarantee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
Hia safetY NnINe.

Morse had perfected his telegraphie AL
phabet.
THE dots are all right, % said his friends
but why do you have so many long
dashes2'
Those dashes." he responded. represent
the language / used while l was Struggling
with the pesky thing, and / had 10 employ
and worked 'em up into the alphabet.
Which explanation clears up a long stand
ms mysteTy.-ChicaGo Tribute.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31

mains OF that useful and beautiful wilder
ness, which it has long since become sound
state policy to preserve.
Il ought to add that 1 believe every
thing possible is now being done by the
men in the service of the railroads to pre-
vent the spread of the fires, and that the
responsible officials Of the various COM
panies will do all in their power to assist
the commission in finding proper remedies
for the future. NEW York Commercial.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31

MARSHALLTOwN, Ia, oct. 5O.-Consul
General Thsckera OF Berlin cab!ed mere
today that the widow and daughter OF the
late Consul General Mcfarland sailed on
the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria today en-
route for this city with Mr.. McFarland's
ashes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
Thief Robs Travelling Man.

TECUMsEH, Neb., Oct. 9O.-(special)-A
ing the Geographical Publishing company
books and other v~aluables, the property of
A. @. Arnold, a travelling man represent
cravenette overcoat. containing orders.
Of Chicago. was stolen from a local hotel
YESTERDAY. Mr.. Arnold is badly handicapped
in his work and will have to return to
chicago to r~e-eauip himself for the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
,AcTs FoR sIcK WoMEN

For thirty years lydia E. Pink
sn's Vegetable Compound, made
ON roots and herbs, has been the
tandard remedy for female ills.
lndhas positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
llSplacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
Ion, Irregularities, periodic pains,
Packache. Why don't you try itf
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women TO write her for advice.
she has guided thousands to
SSealth. Address, Lynn MaSss
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31

EN-

Organic disturbances of the femin-
Inc system act like q firebrand on
the nerves of women, often driving
them fairly frantic.
A nervous, irritable woman is a
source OF misery not only to herself,
but to all those who come under her
influence, That such conditions can
Be entirely overcome by taking
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
LYDIA E PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

rs proven Dy the IOIIOWlng letters.
Mrs. Mary Wood, of Christiana,
Tenn, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
Il had, the worst form of female
troubles and my nerves were all torn
20 pieces sometimes / suffered so much
that IL seemed as though l could not live.
~ began to take Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and now I
zee like a different person. Your medi-
cine y worth its weight in gold, and I
cannot say enough for your advice"
Mrs. Wallace Wilson, Thompson
Vile, Conn, writes TO Mrs. Pinkham /:
II was all run down, nervous, and
could not rest nights. Doctors failed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to perfect
health"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-09
An Astonishing Afrship.

In these days of dirigible balloons,
airships and aeroplanes the following
account of an airship taken from the
London Post for Dec. %, 1903, is of in
terest:
Father Bartholomew Laurent says
that he has found out an invention by
the help Of which one may more speed
lily travel through the air than any
other way, either by land or sea, SO
that one may go 200 miles in twenty
four hours"
The airship which was to accomplish
this astonishing feat had at the top
sails wherewith the air is to be d.
vided, which turn as they are direct
ed" There was rudder to direct the
vessels course, and the body was
formed at both ends scollopwlse. In
the cavity Of each is pair of bellows,
which must be blown when there is no
wind"
Two loadstones, some large amber
beads and various other items all had
some mysterious part to play In this
attempt to traverse the air.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-09

CHICAGO, July S-Like a breeze
from a western whirl wind Capt. A,
arrived in Chicago yesterday, He
is out for exhibits, concessions, state
buildings and any other odds and ends
he may lind around that will add to
the attractiveness of the Alaska.Yu-
konPacihc Exposition,
The exposition is 10 be hefd in
Seattle next summer, and according
to Capt Lewis the sublime beauties
OF the woodland, lake and mountain
which surround the buildings make
such things as Streets OF Cairo, ma.
chinery exhibits and roller coasters
almost superiluous
I'VE have many OF our most inn
portant buildings ready for the ex-
hibition now sir. said the captain
Think OF it, the manufacturers build.
ing. the fire departments building an
absolute novelty by the way the Cal.
iiornia state building and others are
complete a year before the date set
for the opening
I'VE are going to have an immense
Eskimo village and thousands of dol
lars will be spent demonstrating in a
natural creek the placer mine that has
made so many western millionaires.
Then we will have unique riding de-
vice, the Hip flip"
THE government has appropriated
100000 for the exposition. The
Arctic Brotherhood and the business
mems associations OF Alaska have
contributed 100000 | don't know
what Chicago is going to do but as
Seattle bought Sll,000,0OO worth
OF goods from Chicago last year, !
think she will do something"
Then the captain launched into a
glowing statistical account OF the
thousands OF dollars that could be
made from fruit raised on vacant
lot in the State OF Washington in one
year.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-09
BINGER HERMANN'S TRIAL.
Probably Will Take Place in October
Under Direction of Heney.

PORTLAND, July 8.-Binger Her
mann, ex-Congressman and ex-Com-
missioner of the General Land Office
will be tried in Portland in October.
Hermann will be prosecuted by
Francis Joseph Heney in person.
Although there are persistent re-
ports that Hermann's case will never
come to trial, the government officials
at the Federal building assert that
these reports are without foundation.
For several weeks past negotiations
have been in progress looking to the
trial of Binger Hermann. The evil
dence, documentary, to be introduced
in the case, is in the keeping OF
Thomas B. Neuhausen, special in
spector of the Interior Department.
This evidence has been boxed up Tor
more than three years. AS soon as
the date of the trial is determined
Neuhausen will have to open the
boxes of evidence and arrange it for
the use of the prosecution. The task
OF tabulating and indexing the docu-
ments for Heney will begin during
the latter part of this month or in
August.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-09

| demonstration gathered in volume.
Every effort on the part OF Chairman
/ Bell to bring quiet was unavailing. He
could have battered his desk to pieces
+, and no one would have heard the
noise. Ten minutes, half hour flew
by and still there was no signs that
the delegates and spectators had
tired. The half hour grew into an
hour, and still the clamor kept up,
The marchers bearing banners pa.
raded around the hall, bands played
and hats and coats were thrown into
the air in the wildness OF the dele
gates they show their favor toward
the Nebraskan. After one hour and
27 minutes of unchecked JOY and re-
vel on the part OF Bryan's friends
Chairman Bell finally secured order
and shortly after the adjournment
until tonight Ayes 3S7, nays OILS. The
announcement bought great cheer
ing. the majority report then adopt
ed the viva-voce vote. In a few
minutes the convention adjourned un-
til tomorrow morning.
The committee on resolutions and
the subcommittee appointed to con-
sider the various specific planks Ia
bored all day and late into the
night on the platform.
Denouncing what the committee
termed Roosevelt's Perturbation OF
his dynasty" the injunction subcom-
mittee, Messrs. Williams, Parker and
Sullivan labored all day in constant
conference with labor leaders and it
lis expected the resolution will not be
completed until tomorrow. A sub
committee recommended the adoption
OF comprehensive tariff plank includ-
ing provision for free print paper, free
wood pulp, lumber, logs, etc, and
general .rivision of tariff on import
duties, especially in articles compel
ing with the American manufactures,
as are sold abroad cheaper than at
home. The peamble Nebraska plat
form was accepted for platform at the
present convention, so close is COM
mittee and subcommittee adhering to
the Bryan policy, that one member
facetiously declared that it stood
10 to /" on all propositions, Judge
! Parker being the odd member. There
was a sharp controversity between
Parker and Senator Pettigrew on the
subject OF courts, Parker favoring
the announcement of party's conn
dence in the federal courts which was
opposed by Pettigrew. Compromise
leaving the subject untouched. Wom-
an suffrage will probably be ignored.
Robert D. Inman of Oregon pre-
sented a strong plank exclusion OF
Oriental fiber, also one for increasing
the coast defense. A number of
planks in the Nebraska platform ac-
cepted, are practically as they ap-
pered in that document.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-09

tance. COS feet; description, 10 section
line between sections % and 80
Course, n. deg 04 min f. dis
tancc. l0lS feet description, follow.
ing sectional line 10 place OF begin
ming containing l44+ acres.
Also in section 80, beginning at the
same initial point;
Course. S, 7j deg, 80 min, W.; dis
tance, l42S feet description, follow
ing low water line
Course, 5, 50 deg. 50 min. W.; dis.
tance, 440 feet; description, following
low water line.
Course, S, 81 deg II min, W; dis
tance, oS0 feet; description, following
low water line.
Course, N. 80 deg. "a min. T.; dis
tauce, il5l feet; description, follow
ing low water line.
Course. S ~ deg 20 min. E.; dis.
tance, 1910 feet; description, to sec.
ton line.
Course, N | deg. 04 min. f.; dis
tance, l0lS feet description, folloYk
ing line between sections 20 and 500
the point Of beginning, containing
$50 acres
Applications and bids should be adj
dressed to G, G. Brown, Clerk State
Land Board, Salem, Oregon, and
marked Application and bid to pur-
chase tide lands"
G. G. BROWN,
Clerk State Land Board.
Dated this 9th day Of Iune, 1908,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-09
Force Of Habit.

A Boston psychologist was recently
reminded Of the story Of the Russian
jailer who, changing his occupation,
found the chief interest Of his leisure
moments in catching birds, putting
them in cages and selling them to the
highest bidder.
The scientist, having to attend a
series of lectures in large public hall,
struck up acquaintance with the jani-
tor of the building and soon noted In
him a suggestive bent Of mind. The
man seemed fond Of counting the peo-
pie and would occasionally report the
exact number present. 1--WE have 11b
here tonight" he would say, or "Just
POI all told" or, when the hall was
crowded, 81 make it 370." There was
problem in all this but it took some
time for the psychologist to solve 1t.
A bit of friendly, familiar talk, con-
tinually renewed. did the business, for
it brought out the fact that the janitor
had spent many Of the previous years
of his life as warden In an eastern
prison. With rife on shoulder from
some inclosing wall the man had count
ed his convicts until the habit became
ingrained. In the recesses of his brain
the lecture hall took the shape Of a
jail yard. and the audience were his
prisoners. He counted because he
wished to know If all were there. .-Bos-
ton Herald.