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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
DENVER'S SEMI : CENTENNIAL
FiRtIeth Anniversary of Founding Of
City Quietly Observed
Ina City.

DENVER. Colo, Nov. 1.-THE fiftieth
anniversary of the founding OF the city OF
Denver was quietly celebrated today. An
artillery salute was fired on the capitol
grounds and tonight a banquet will be
held, at which "reminiscences will be ex-
changed by eight former mayors, seven
teen pioneers of '5s and several hundred
other early corners w. H.. II. Larimer OF
Kansas City, who helped stake out the
first claim taken here and was the first
treasurer Of the city. will be a special
guest OF honor. He is the only surviving
member OF the first administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18

years old, who had resided in Kansas City
since infancy, died last night at his home.
His father, Edmund O'Flaherty, was one
Of the surveyors who assisted in laying out
the early boundaries of Kansas CITY, and
the son held the Jackson county office
from 1888 to 1896.
william =. McKinnOn.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. I1.-William $.
McKinnon, state treasurer, died at his
home in Ashtabula, o., early today. Nc
Kinnon was So years of age. He had been
in i'll health for more than a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
DEATH RECORD
Chris wiegert.

Chris Weigert, g. years of age. a resident
Of Leigh, Neb., died at 4 o'clock Tuesday
morning at the Wise Memorial hospital
OF stomach trouble. The body is held at
the Dodder undertaking rooms and will be
sent this afternoon to Leigh, where the
funeral will be held.
Mrs. Sarah A. Pine.
Mrs. Sarah A Pine, aged 46, died Monday
night, heart failure being the cause. Her
husband Is a Missouri Pacific engineer, and
they lived at 24lO Charles street. The fun
eral arrangements will not be made until
a daughter arrives from California.
Frank }. O'FIaherty.
KANSAS CITY. Nov, 17.-Frank j.
O'F1aherty, a former county surveyor. SO
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18

HURON, S. D., Nov. 1Z-(Special)-Gov-
ernor Crawford Is devoting his attention
this week to visiting state institutions. He
will Civ particular attention to those
where now buildings and extensive i'm
provements nave been made during his
administration. The trip is made for the
purpose OF ascertaining from personal ex-
animation the conditions and needs of the
various state institutions so that he can
lntelligently make recommendations to the
incoming legislature upon these particular
points.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
BRYAN NOT YET SATISFIED
Quoted as Saying that He May Again
BE Candidate for the
Presidency.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. IA special
dispatch from San Antonio, Tex, says:
IF the party so demands and conditions
arise to warrant It / will be a candidate
for the presidency -four years hence said
William ]. Bryan as he started on a duck
hunt today.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
Marshal paw. Has Scrap.

RAWLINS. Wyo., Nov. 1~7,-(Special)-
The Rawlins Journal is authority for the
statement that United States Marshal Lou
G.. Davis may be prosecuted on a criminal
information for an assault made a few
days ago on Vernon w. Sabin. editor Of
the Saratoga Observer. Immediately after
the assault, which is alleged to have re-
suited in serious injury to Sabin, Davis
was fined s. by a Saratoga Justice of the
peace. The assault is said to have been
caused by troubles arising during the re-
cent campaign in this county.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
ESCAPES PATROLMAN.
Supposed Chicken Thief Runs and or
 Hccr is Injured.

After being captured hy the police man and marched nearly g mile to the police station 6 supposed chicken thief broke away from Policeman Edward Turbcrt at the very door of the How ard avenue police station early ycster. day morning, giving the patrolman a fight and chase, in which he was well bruised up.
 The man walked along without pro- test until the station house steps were reached. Then he swung on the off cer and broke away. Turbert dropped the bag and gave chase pulling his re- yolyer The man scaled the fence leading down onto the Derby railroad tracks and Turbcrt followed blazing away with his revolver and ordering the fugitive to stop. The man dashed up tho tracks, however, and following in the dark, Turbert stumbled over a tic and was thrown heavily, wrenchlng .his knee and cutting his hand. A squad of cops had rushed out from the sta tlon at the sound of the shots and they found Turbert on the tracks. Tho man had disappeared and made good his es- cape.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
Great Variety in Issues Without Ap-
 parent Reason.

New York, Dec D., There was OK traordinary variety in the issues dealt in on the stock exchange to-day and very little news to account for tho newly revived interest in them Transactions were made in 2 large number of securities that have not appeared on the tape before in months past and only a few times in the course of a years activities. Oth- CTS which customarily occupy a place in the background were rushed for ward to the conspicuous forefront of the market, The consequence was a very long list of different securities of which sales were made and some sensational price changes when com pared with preceding quotations, There was spending retreat into comparative obscurity of many of the stocks which have furnished the staple for speculative activity for many months. The former leaders in the market were quiet in tone. In some respects such a market may he accepted as a reflection of a broaden ing tendency in the interest felt The high grade standard stocks which are the more representative of general a speculative advance, and it is not unusual for lower grade less repre- sentative stocks to be brought into ad- juStmont to the rise in hclated movement in stocks of which any val. ue Is problcmatical the inference is drawn by tho placticcd, market oper, ator that A movement is al preaching lis culmination. There were appear. ancos to suggest such conclusion ir to-days market. but there was less readiness to accept it owing to thr number of times of late when sUcr signs have failed. To-day's market in fact was remarkably free iron pressure or from hostile attempts tc reverse the prevailing tendency r spite of the admittedly suspicious ap. pearancc of the movement. There was a fairly effective demonstration h the trunk group including the coalers during the day. This was the onll nota ble exception to the predomin
 anco of the low grade stocks in thr days dealings Repetition of rumor
 of an active share in directing tn, affairs of New York Central by F. II
 Hartman was an influence on thi
 group The advance in the Western Union dividend was a favorable fac 1 tor
 Foreign exchange rates here recoy
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

cred strongly to near the gold export level While the closing tone was ir- regular from selling to take profits, most of the days advances were re- taincd,
 Bonds were firm, Total sales par value $L6S2,0OO.
 t. $, ls coupon declined 1-2 per cent, on call
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

During the forenoon, 96,000 shares Of Union Pacific were sold in upwards of sixty separate transactions, with out the price going above 1S3 IA or below 1S2 St4. Tuesday, over SO0OO shares of the same stock changed hands, between 1S2 and 1S2 S-4, with a return of the price to 1S2 1-4, after all that amount had changed hands thus resulting in an advance of only 14 point All this went to confirm last weeks belief. in well-informed quarters, that inside interests, prob ably with a view to distributing their Union Pacific stock, had placed standing bids and standing offers in the hands of brokers, at prices 1-2 point apart,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
WALL STREET NOTES Cheap Speoialties Hold First Place, With "Actives" Tenn porarily Stagnant. WESTERN UNION DIVIDEND
 ---------- Distributing of Union Pacific Evident Freight Rate Raise Post
 ponement

From the moment of the opening It was evident that the cheap special
 ties" held first place on the program.
 Opening prices of Union Pacific and
 United States Steel for instance, were
 practically unchanged from Tuesday 8 closing, and of important stocks the only initial changes of consequence were rise of 1-2 point on the first transaction In Great Northern, 3-4 in Reading common and second pre- 5erred, and 1-2 in Reading first pre- ferred But American Hide and
 Leather preferred was bid up 1-S on the first sale, Chesapeake and Ohio, Iowa Central preferred. and Mercantile Marine preferred 1-2 each, Central Leather S-S, Wisconsin Cen tral preferred 1-S. This was followed by active bidding up of these minor stocks. About ten minutes after the opening the tape reported successive ly sales of Mercantile Marine. Denver and Rio Cirande, Wabash, Kansas City Southern. Colorado Southern. Cobra do Fuel Bethlehem Steel, Iowa Cen tral, Tennessee Copper, Peterborough Metropolitan. and St. Louis South western-all this without single in tervening transaction In any of the usually active shares, Although the total volume of business done on the Stock Exchange was by no means up to recent high levels, much greater variety of stocks than usual was dealt in. There was little pretence of any news" or "rumor" regarding the mis- cellaneous stocks dealt in; they ap- peared to be bid up on general princi- ples. This always happens at given stage of prolonged bull movement
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

Chicago advices quoted Vicc-Presi- dent Brown of the New York Central as saying that the movement to ad- vance Eastern freight rates had been postponed sixty days or more, be- cause of the inability of traffic off, cisls to inform themselves fully on the schedules, and that as business is i'm proving It may not be necessary to advance rates at all.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
STOCK EXCHANGE HOLIDAY,

New York, Dee, 9.--The New York Stock Exchange win be closed on Sat wday December 26, tho day after Christmas, The governors to-day yot- ed to hold no session of the exchange on that day in compliance with the request submitted In largely signed petition of the members.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

The 12,92O 000-bale estimate by the government yesterday. on the cotton crop, caused violent rise in cotton, but produced no commotion on the Stock Exchange.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

London was busy with the first day Of it's fortnightly settlement. and was not a factor in the early trading in this market Trading for the new ac- count, however, began in London yes terday, stocks so bought carrying un- til December 30, The contango. or the carry over, on American stocks was per cent The bull account. however, was said to be lighter than was expected
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

Return to cash dividends by the Western Union, after a rather futile experiment with quarterly dividends of 1-2 per cent. in scrip, was some thing of surprise, and the stock ran up 2 points on 1t, though losing part of this later.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

Soms brokers warned their custo- mers against the possible sharp ad- vance in money between now and the end Of the year as a result of tho Panama bond issue, the Brazilian cof- fee loan, and the necessary calling of loans in preparation for the first of January disbursements, There was also some talk of the possibility of gold exports.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prince G Whitoly. members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York office 52 yroadway. ana i6 Center street, New 1iaven. Conn.
 New Haven, Dec g, 1908
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
TaE COTTON MARKET.

Reported over private wire Of Hayden Stone X Co, members of New York and Boston Stock and New York Cot ton Exchanges. New Haven branch 33 Center street
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
NEW YORK sTorw MARKET.

Reported over prlvatc wires of Prince & Whitely. members or the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges, New York office, 52 Broadway, and l5 Cpnter strc"' Ney iiAyen
 NpW Yorg Dan tooS
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

The bookings of the Allis- Chalmers company in October were 70 per cent. greater than they were in September, and that the November business show ed continued and further steady in crease In orders,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
MIscelInnrnnn Stnck..
Nnilroud Stocks.
Railroad bonds.

Berkshire stRy5s.due 1882 100 Bos. N. ' Airline is, 1856 97 10l Bridgeport 1rac 5s 1923 l05 Bristol Tramway i1as.l945 9S Cons. Ky. X L. llss stamp 100A 10l Cons. Ky. l95i..,,.....,,, 9lta 923, Cons Ky. Is. l95G,.... 93 Cons Ry. dcbs., lg3b ... 30 D, & N 4s 1955,....,. 96la Harlem & F. C. is. l9l1.. 9Sb
 do. 4s, l95I ....,....., 9S l0l HoaSatonlc 4s, l9l0.... 9S
 do. Is, l93i,,..,,.,.., lli Mer Comp. 5s, ia23 l03 Meridcn St. js. due 1921 l0iia Naugatuck Is, l964.... 9S Northampton 6s, l9o9. l0OA N H. Center 5s, l933... lOj NH.&Derby 1st 5Sduel9IS l06a N. II. & w. II 5s. l9l2... l0li4 \. II, Street 5s, l9li,. l0lh N- New Lon St 5s. 1923. l0i
 M, x. II. conv. 3hs 1856 9S 99 N. N,, x. H. & IT. 6s, 1918 l33ia i3ii!
 do. 3 ias, l96i .......,. S4 S6h x. Y. X x. r. Is. f9i5... 9S lOll, Nor'ch St Ky 5s, 1923 I04
 Prov. Security As l95i.... S4ia S6 Shore Line Alas lJl0..,. 100a N. Y. & N. r., 4s. l945,,. 97 l0l Wor & ct, East 4iss, l943 l0l lO2h
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10

Reported over pIiyale wires of Horn. blower < Weeks, Hembers ot tho New York and bostpn stock EA' ghq0vuu
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
NeM Ynrk. nec. 2.
LOCAL svotN ouor,TIoNs.

Corrected daily by Klm0 iclY, Root & Co.,. Investment Brokers. ,82 Orange
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
uOsTON sTOrh WtNKrr,

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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-10
Miscellaneous Bonds.
STOCK MARKET REVIEW.

'Ex-rights.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE
GIRL FROM SUICIDE
She Jumps From Bridge Into
River and Conductor
Gets Her Out.

NEW YORK, July 5.-Loulse Ker-
ger. beautiful girl Of nineteen. at
tempted suicide today by jumping from
a crowded trolley car as II was speed
ING over the bridge spanning the river
al HackeESacks y J. James DOYLE.
the conductor, saw the girl leap. and.
taking his life IN his hands. 5Umped
into the darkened waters below. and
after a desperate struggle brought the
unconscious girl 10 the river bank
where. aided by several passengers. she
was taken ashore, and in a dying con
dluon brought 10 the HackensacE hos
pitaL
Deceived a year ago by a man with
whom she had fallen desperately in
child, fed from the home Of her par
enJs, in Palisade Park. and left the
child on the doorstep Of a neigh Dor S
house where II was found the next
morning. A scandal followed. and the
father and brothers OF the gfrI went
IN search OF the man. who Il was found
was married and lived in L,eonia. and
was supposed TO be employed as a trav-
cling salesman for big New York
commission house.
Since the outbreak OF the scandal
Miss KsrgeT, who had always been
highly respected. has been respondent
ana bTOOded 10 such an extent that
she became temporarily deranged- She
spent most OF her time in Seclusion.
avoiding her former friends and con-
panions-
Miss Kerger boarded the car near
Pdlisade Park during the heavy rain
storm. and, taking q seat in the rear.
hid herself from observation When
the car nearad the span she left her
seat. and, jumping from the car hurled
hersels over the side OF the bridge
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Woman Kills TGDins and Self
To SAGE Her Husbands Name
Mother Holds Two Babies in Bathtub Until They Drown
and Then Inhales Gas-Leaves Letters Ex-
planning Crime.

NEW YORK. July 25.-Investigation
by the police into the triple tragedy at
the home Of Mrs. Maud F. DoucetJe. at
Y Norfolk street. Newark, when the
woman drowned her eleven-day-old
twin daughters in a washtub and end
ed her cwn existence by inhaIing Hlumi-
mating gas. revealed one of the most
unusual cases that have ever confront
ed the Newark detectives.
Although it was generally supposed
that the awful deed was that Of an in
sane woman, despite a well-writ-en note
that Mrs Doucette left, generating
her husband. Thomas Doucette, OF all
blame for her act. It was learned from
Mrs. Mary A Durnan. a nurse, who had
attended Mrs. Doucette, that Tire triple
sacrifice was carefully planned in ex-
piation of crime the unfortunate wife
had committed against her husband and
the houne. Mrs. DOucette's DJte. adj
dressed to the general public. read:
"Crazed With Grief"
q have walked the floor day and
night. ! am crazed with grief, but I
want the world 10 know that my dea-
husband is IN no way responsible for
this act. I have suffered fortunes.
hope God Will have mercy on me and let
me die cannot see-my brain IS
dreadful am leaving q happy hons
and husband, Two dear children. dear
mother. brothers, and sister, bsS this
was more than 1 could bear 10 have him
know what has really happened 10 me
"Oh, Il is dreadful. but I have sqcri-
need my lie for -heiT good name. I
braced up so my husband would rest,
as he IS worn out, so he would not
detect my act Oh, IL is dreadful Some
thing in my life I do not understand
Ny hCaC is dreadful
This note, with a letter addressed 10
the grief stricken husband. and which he
refused 10 make public. were TIE only
clues upon which the detectives could
work until Mrs Durnall was found and
related what she had heard from the lips
OF the anxious mother The nurse told OF
the show Of anxiety and peculiar re-
marks Of Mrs DoUcette from the time
the twins were born until the day be-
fore the death OF the woman and chill
dren. Mrs. Durnalls attention 10 AIRS.
DouCette's peculiar actions was first at
tracted the day the babies wen bonn
Almost the first words from her,
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
CA. MEYER NAMED
ENGINEERS HEAD
His Association One of the
Unique Bodies of
Washington.

The Washington branch OF the Ma
tionaI Association Of Steam Engineers
recently has elected Charles 4. Meyer,
chief engineer of the shoreham Hotel,
president,
This organization. which comprises in
its membership practically every steam
engineer in the Government departments
and many Of the private establishments
OF the city. while but little known is
one Of the progressive and most mi
que organizations 10 Washington.
The 12O members Of this organization
meet weekly TO study the principles Of
advanced engineering. and 10 learn more
OF the duties Of their profession.
A few years ago the stationary eRgi-
neer's duties were confined 70 the man
agement aad operation of engines and
boilers. At the present tine the in1ri-
cate mechanical equipment of a modern
office building or hotel owes its success
largely to the intelligence Of the operat-
ing engineer.
Opposed to Strikes.
The association discountenances
strikes, holding that labor. like every
commodity, IL governed by supply and
demand. Every member has the right
TO dispose Of his services for whatever
COMPENSATION he chooses. The associa-
ton also breaches the doctrine OF the
elevation of the engineer through the
medium Of education.
These principles, according TO state
uents made by members Of the Organi-
ZatfOn. have been adhered 10 from the
beginning. with the result that from an
humble start in lsSZ, there are al this
time over 400 subordinate associations,
with a total mem Dership Of over 5000.
The engineers are interested in secur-
ing the passage OF laws which compel
an engineer 10 give evidence Of his mt
ness 10 act as such. These laws, called
the engineers license laws. have been
enacted IN several States and many
cities ana the engineers predict that
Ike reforms VIII in the near future be
III force throughout the country.
Help to Trade.
The National Association Of Station
airy Engineers is continually urging the
passage Of such laws The association
owns a monthly magazine which all
members receive free Of charge
Systematic discussion on the leading
questions Of interest 10 engineers is car
rled on in everN subordinate association
under the direction Of the national edu-
cauouaI committee, supplemented by
the instructor or educational commit
tee OF the local body.
The local branch OF the organization
Is known as Washington No ]. NATIONAL
Association of Steam Engineers. Be
sides President Meyer. the officers are
George +. Relu, Treasury Department,
corresponding secretary: William =.
Long, recording secretary, ana John
Fleming, treasurer
The Washington times., 1908-07-25

Mrs. DCrnaH said. were as to whether
there were any marks on the babies.
She asked me this several times, and
toic her there were not- Several times
then she asked me II I thought the
youngsters were going TO live. and when
1 told her they appeared 10 be healthy
she burst out crying. every time I went
10 see her she would ask me If the
babies would live. She made me think
she was anxious that they should die.
but ] never thought she would have the
heart 70 do away with them
Il called al the house Wednesday
afternoon and Mrs. Doucette was n the
same excited condition, and insisted that
1 undresS the babies and let her see for
herself as to whether there were any
marks on them. Again she asked me II
l thought the babies would live. and
when / replied they would and tried 20
comfort her she burst into tears, crying,
! never thought such a thing would
come into my life on. my poor nus
band II would break his heart and
destroy our home That is all she said
10 me, and / have been ever since trying
10 determine just what preyed on the
poor woman's mind 50"
Negro Has Disappeared
With this information the detectives
learned tndt ClaFies Jones a negro,
with whom Mrs Doucette became ac-
Quainted more than a year ago, and
who had been visiting the DOucette
home in the absence Of the husband.
has disappeared. He was a feIiow-em-
plOye Of DOuceUte-
The double murder and suicide were
so carefully planned by Mrs DOUcette
that all was done in the kitchen OF
their home while the husband and two
other children were asleep in adjOin-
ing rooms The tragedy was discovered
before Mrs Doucette had breathed her
last. but she died in an ambulance on
the way 10 the hospital without regain
Ing her senses
The desperate mother deliberately
held her twin babies In the tub filed
with water until their lives were snuff
ed out. and then. with a gas tube,
which she adjusted about her neck with
string, Mrs, Doucstte killed herself.
II was DOuCette who first discovered
the crime. and he ran IN a frenzy 10
summon aid As a realization Of the
enOrmlty OF his wife's deed dawned
upon him, he became like a mailman,
and was taken 10 the Second precinct
police -ta-ion and placed under guard
OF policeman. IL was feared that he
would attempt his own Me
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
GIRL ENDS LIFE
UNDER 81" TRAIN
Love Affairs and Quarrel Said to
Figure in New York
Suicide.

NEW YORK, July 5.-Clutching a
last letter to her friends, Bertha Neil
niger twenty years old. CT Isl West
Ninety-ninth street, committed suicide
yesterday, by jumping in front Of a
Third avenue elevated train at the Nine
ty-ninth street station. She was instant
" killed. Love affairs are said 10 have
led up 10 the act A dozen persons on
the platform, and those crowded in the
first car witnessed the girls act.
Miss Neilinger came from Roumania
six months ago because Of a quarrel
with her sutton. Believing that he would
hear Of it she accepted the company os
several young men, TO arouse the
Jealousy Of her $ veetheart. She hoped
for a reconciliation through this means.