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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
BOYS CAUGHT IN BURGLARY
Bonnie Thomas and Harry Williamson
Arrested While RObbing Sal
loon of Daniel Hedgren.

While robbing the saloon Of Daniel He'd
greu, 500 South 18th street, two boys, one
seventeen and the other eighteen years of
age. were arrested early this morning by
Detectives Van Dusen and Maloney. Emer-
gency officer Lahey and Patrolman Brown.
The boys succeeded in getting $40, some
change and a few stamps. Thomas recently
escaped from the Kearney reform school
and Williamson says he is from Chicago,
Thomas was shot slightly in the leg while
trying to make his getaway.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Our Letter Box

Contributions on timely topics invited.
Write legibly on one side OF the paper
only, with name and address appended.
Unused contributions Will not be re-
turned. Letters exceeding 800 words viii
be subject TO being cut down at the
discretion OF the editor. Publication 81
Views OF correspondents does not com
NIT h Bee TO their endorsement
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

The clerk then follows with a lot OF oa.a
Of value to anyone interested IN stats',es
From this mass OF figures the tolowlne
table, showing the actual amounts pro
duced by the levy since 1893 ana tne mo
OF property value in the city Is res'.
tng In the five years almost exactly
Ss ooooO has been added to the valuation
T,b,a ,s reckoned a conservative valuation
OF the city and speaks well for this market
town. The table follows;
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
WOOdmen Circle.

Alpha grove No. > at its last meeting
concluded plans for giving a series Of en-
as We'll as during the late summer. The
committee in charge OF, the work has
completed arrangements for the first OF
these. which Will be held August IL In
Baright's hall. Cards. dancing and re-
freshments viii comprise the chief fea-
lures of the program.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

The Yeomen picnic at Rfverview park
Saturday afternoon and evening was their
third annual Refreshments were served
Z o'clock John ID. DenisOn. IT., of Du-
buque. member OF the board OF dFectOrs
state officials talked A ball match
was played between Omaha and South
Omaha homesteads. resulting. Omaha. %;
South Side( 1; umpire, G. "A. Frtcke. Al
though a one-sided score, there was
spirited playing. Foreman's foot race
was won by Clarence Heath OF Saratoga
homestead. married women's foot race
was won by AIRS. Lempke. The young
women'E foot race was won by Miss Ma
mic Carter. Boys foot race was won by
Draper. Little girls foot race was won
by Miss Henderson Free-for-al mems
foot race was won BY George Nanderquist
There were other sports scheduled. but
owing 20 the lateness OF the hour they
wsra called Off
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Rrotherhood of Yeomen.

The Yeomen homesteads OF Omaha and
South Omaha held their third annual pic
mic Saturday afternoon and evening at
Riverview park. Various amusements
were provided. A number of the state
officers were present. The principal
speaker OF the day was John d. Denisou
OF Dubuque. Ia, member of the national
board of directors.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Lyric Theater Fine.

Continuous show, 7 to IL p. m. Vaudeville
every night this week. illustrated songs.
Beginning today. we will use Swanson's
picture reels only. II you enjoy good pic
lures. do not fail to see both performances.
Changes Sunday and Thursday.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Union Veternn. Union.

the annual picnic OF the Union Vet
park. Forty-fOurth and Leavenworth
streets, the afternoon and evening of Au-
gust 20. A program will be made up for
the amusement and entertainment of
patrons and a number of prominent speak
ers viii be on hand to discuss the issues
Of the day.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Waiting Nurses, Fair.

OMAHA, Aug. Ito the Editor of The
Bee: 1t is my pleasure to thank you for
your many advertisements of our Visiting
Nurses association fair. Our fair was a
great success and 1t was due in part to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

Lew Wallace court No. l2l initiated two
candidates at its last meeting and re-
ceised several applications. On Monday
night the court will meet at the home OF
Eighteenth street. on August 81 an open
meeting will be given in the hall Of the
lodge in the Continental block, Fifteenth
and Douglas streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Looks had.

Many an article you have which needs
repairing and REPEATING.
Kemper, Hemphill & Buckingham.
Owners Omaha Silver company. inc.
314 S. 1Sth St. All kinds plating.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Bruah Up.

Kemper. HemphiH & Buckingham.
Anything Of metal made good as new"
Owners Omaha Silver Co.. sl4 8. 18th st.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Ladies of the Grand Army.

Garfield circle No. IL will meet Friday
evening in Baright's hall, Nineteenth and
Farnam streets, at S o'clock sharp. The
members OF this circle have been re-
quested TO attend the funeral OF Mrs.
Maggie Woods today at 2 p. m. from her
late residence, 2002 Farnam street.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
End of Long Wait.

The successful flight made by Wilbur
Wright with his a%eroplane today puts an
end to the long anxious wait in America
and Europe to see What the Wright broth
ers were capable of accomplishing. In
Europe the mysterious wrights" have
been an absorbing problem for aviation en-
thusiasts and they have interested the rep
re~sentatives of various governments. The
long postponement of a public exhibition OF
what the Americans had to show the world
aroused the liveliest comment and from
some quarters a touch of skepticism. a
Paris newspaper only last night referring to
the bluff Wright Brothers. OF whom every
body has been talking for many years. but
as yet have not made good" Nevertheless
the silent Wright prepared long. patiently
and carefully for the great occasion when
he was to dispel these doubts and uphold
the name of America.
Though disabled as the result of an ex-
plosion OF a tub Wright labored steadily.
He put his machine together In a shed on
a field just outside Lemans. sleeping by
night beside the invention. Weather condi-
lions for the test were splendid. The sky
was blue and without a cloud and a gent,
northwest breeze was blowing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Food and Germs.

NEW YORK, Aug. $40 the Editor Of
Tho Bee: In your esteemed issue OF July
% 1 was interested in reading your rea-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

pavement on his head. The body was re-
moved to Brewers undertaking parlors.
The man was unmarried.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

1t was shortly before 8 o'clock this after
noon when the ~aeroplane, which is the
same as that used in the United States, was
brought out OF its shed and mounted on q
small single-wheeled chariot, which in turn
was resting on a single rail on the ground.
After a preliminary test Of the apparatus,
Mr.. Wright declared all was ready and
took a position beside the motor. By means
of a falling weight rugged on a beam erected
on the ground and connecting with cords
running to 1t, the chariot was started run
ming over the rail and the a~eroplane, thus
having been given a forward motion, sud-
denly left the chariot and assembled like a
bird to a height of about forty feet. Then
it swerved and turned it's course and sailed
up the field.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
WRIGHT MAKES GOOD FLIGHT
Aeroplane Travels at Rate Of Nearly
Mile a Minute.
TRAVELS TWO COMPLETE CIRCLES
Operator Then Lands Gracefully at
chosen spot without Injury to
Maehine-French Crowd
Enthusiastic

BEMANs, France. Aug. 9.-WIbur
Wright Of Dayton. o., made a flight vari-
ously estimated at from two and a half to
three and one-half kilometers (217 miles)
with his aeroplane here this afternoon in
two minutes and five seconds. Through
out the flight Mr.. Wright had perfect con-
troll Of the machine
No attempt was made for a distance
record. the only object Of the flight being
to try out the aeroplane. While flying
through the air Wright demonstrated, OF
so it appeared to the spectators, that he was
absolute master OF the airship, first soaring,
then shooting gracefully downward and then
mounting again at will. until, finally, after
completing two circles, he came down
easily to earth.
The performance was greeted with a
burst Of cheers from a small number Of
people invited to view the experiment.
Wright was warmly congratulated by all,
including a few French ~aeronauts, two
Russian army officers and a number OF
other experts. who styled the flight a
wonderful exhibition Of aviation
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

Advertise in The Beet goes into the
homes of those you are trying to reach.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Result of Habit

FOR - OF the finest double
store grocery and market on South Side;
excellent location and high class trade,
sickness compells me to leave state. Big
bargain for spot cash buyer. Address
B24, Bee.
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The JAPANESE way
DIRECT and SIMPLE
Rules for a Mass Meeting to
Protest Against Higher
Taxes.
From the New York Sun.

FROM Ile New YORK ouu.
The Japanese governing idea has some
dimes a directness of application which is
only equalled by it's simplicity. The same
spirit which m a Japanese citizen to
build the front door of his house so low
that a possible burglar could not get
through 1t with a bundle Of plumber on his
back leads the japanese official to specify
IN an emergency just what shall constitute
a crime. so that the unruly may know
when he transgresses.
a short time ago Il new holiday, consti-
tuition day, was decreed in Japan, with the
idea that the common people could pad
along all together to some park and hold
exercises in slori1lcation of the event
which made Japan nominallN a free gov
ernment. But the restless politicians of
Toxic. ever on the alert tc stir up trouble,
planned a monster mass meeting in Hibiya
park to protest against the alarming in
crease in taxation, instead of to give ban
zais for a constitution.
The police authorities remembered the
three days of street fighting that followed
the announcement of The Portsmouth
peace treaty IN the fail of 1905. on that
occasion all the uproar was started by the
barring of the gates to Hibiya park by
police order, and within three hours the
house of the home minister. across the
street. was burned, and people were being
cut down in the broad avenue facing tho
park by the swords of the mounted gend.
armes.
With all these circumstances in MIND
the police authorities posted the follow.
ing notice in prominent places about the
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as conscious of a new tenderness, OF
a mysterious compassion within her
longing for expression. She noticed
for the first time how tired. how weak
her father was when he came from
work; she ~shuddered at the poverty
of her mothers clothes. at the dirt and
squalor of the younger children. MIN
gled with her relief at leaving it, she
looked with sadness on her home, with
its implanted boards. its dirty floors,
rough and cracked; its windows
stuffed with old hats and rags. Three
months before she had known nothing
but this; now Frank a given her
more THAI She had dared to hope for;
more than she had dreamed of, and
realized was foolish dreaming-he had
illu1nined her life and filled it With
happiness from beginning to end. She
felt humbled, daZzled by this great
light shining in her sky.
Now only one week remained. The
clothes We're finished and on exhibition.
The whole Robbins family was in a
flutter of nervousness of Importance,
of delight. at the approach of this UNI
usual ceremony. Only Sally noticed
that Silke seemed i'll at e~ase-worried.
irritated by some cause she knew moth
ing of. One night when the family had
gone to bed and they were sitting to-
gether on the steps. she noticed sharp
and irrelevant replies, and quite abrupt
ly, as if she wished to have done with
the suspense at once. she said:
Frank, own up; don you wish you
was out OF ito"
He locked up: "Out of WHAT"
You know what. Somehow-maybe
I'm MISREPRESENTATION you don't seem
the same And then in a low voice,
the truth, and yet dreaded it, she
asked.
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Assistant Postmaster General
and His Private Secretary
Never Get Their
Wires Crossed.

Washington, Special: Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General DeGraw is
a veteran telegraph operator. His all
terego, Private Secretary Allen, is an
other. They have a little private tele-
graph line rugged between Mr.. Aliens
outer and Mr.. DeGraw's inner office,
which is credited with being the short
est operating line in the world, and
also one of the most useful.
The other day a senator sat talking
to Mr.. Allen when q large man with
slouch hat, fierce moustache and a de-
into the conversation.
I'm the postmaster at Blankville,
Tex" he began. They sent an in
spector down to go through my office
the other day. thought If there was
against me, I'd Just come up here and
see the u that has the nerve to claim
that Office is off color. See?"
Mr.. Allen saw. The senator went
out in a moment, and Allen talked to
the fierce visitor about the weather,
while ticking on the little telegraph
line. The double-Jointed conversation
went something like this:
To the visitor: lawfully glad to see
you. It's mighty good of you to come
in while you're in town"
Cllck- cllck -cllCk. postmaster from
Blankville, Tex, here; mad; get papers
in his case and look it up before / let
him IN"
To the visitor: Mr.. DeGraw is busy
right now, but he'll be able to see YOU
In a mute. Fine weather we're hav-
ing
M visitor explained with some vol
utility that he didn't propose to have
any inspector shedding mud on his off,
cial record. and that down in his coun-
try they We're mighty particular about
their honnah. Allen licked along a
synopsis of the discourse, while his
chief sent out for the papers, looked
them over, discovered that the report
was altogether creditable to the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05
N'IHt0 NlAly 1tT 1E hLEA(vD HAVE AllyLD HEs
tRYht1 HAD NOT THE byNMN ora TuHEap muvlSE NMv REALITY.

"Ain't YOU tired of me?'
Perhaps he realized then how much
she depended on him. His mood
changed. became tender, her lover once
more. He held her in his arms for Il
long time. and then. when she had done
into her eyes said. half playfully. half
tenderly, i'm a manner more effective
than u protest, NOW, lady, haven't you
been a -oose. chg"
Then, lapsing into seriousness he told
her what really was the matter. His
employer wished to take d new terri
tory. He must report the next day to
the state agent. But he wouldn't be
gone long-only a few days; then he'd
return and they'd be very happy. 1t
was the thought of leaving, even for a
few days. that worried him. You see,
some other fellow might co,ne along
while I'm gone. You can never tell, =
he added.
She laughed over the absurdi,y. and
once more assured of his devotion. and
fearful lest her distrust might have
hurt him, she oub her tenderness.
They took their farewell under the
friendly cover of darkness. she clinging
TO him, caressing him, begging him to
return soon, reminding him ccaselessly
to write every day. The next morning
he was gone.
He did write. BY the next mail she
got a great, bullying. misspelled letter
full of the p%latitudes of letter writ
ers." telling her of new plans and
promising speedy return.
The fruit peddler. emboldened by his
absence, once more fingered at the
house, and Sally, with feminine Curl
asity, made him bring the mail from
the postcf1ce. But after two trips the
peddler returned enpty-handed. and
when after a week he returned without
a letter, and still no lover appeared.
nor any news of him, and the wedding
had to be postponed. the neighbors
guessed the truth-theo old, old story of
the forsaken bride. They said it was
to be expected.
There was something in the way
Sally took it-perhaps the pride Of q
former generation of gentle folk, or
may be her superb faith in her lover
which kept off the curious and spared
her many questions. She put away her
wedding clothes, making a ceremony of
1t. as it were-the funeral OF her only
omance She brought them out
until five years later, when, despairing
of her lovers return. and feeling that
he was dead (she never let herself be-
lieve anything else), she altered them
for a practical use and married the
fruit peddler.
Her beauty quickly faded. At 80 she
is old yellow, stoop-shouldered, a user
OF u the mother Of ill-kept chill
dren. She never finds time to regret.
only sometimes at night. when she
can't sleep, when the house is still but
the breathing Of the children and her
husbands snoring, then she recalls
her youth. And 1t is not Silke she re-
calls-it is the memory Of what he
stood fora rainbow of omanc which
came suddenly and as suddenly faded
n disappeared in her gray. clouded
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05
One on the Professor.
the Boston Herald.

az 'rSS 1 oAA
The scholarly William E. Byerly, pro-
fessor of mathematics at Harvard, was
once asked by a student how to develop
a retentive memory. The professor an
swered that ordinary mental exercise
was sufficient to secure q good memory,
whereat the student asked if he might
test the mental capacity of his instruc-
tor. Professor Byerly agreed, and the
student asked him to listen to and re-
member several varied items for a test.
He began:
One quart of whisky"
"Um!' said the professor.
Six pounds of sugar. a pint OF sour
milk. three onions. half a gallon of mo-
lasses, and W. raw eggs
UNI said the professor.
Two green apples. 26 peanuts, one
and Il half cucumbers, and tour mince
pies"
Unit" said the professor.
"A package of starch. CT cakes OF
yeast, n the kin of seven bananas.
Got that DOWN."
Yes" answered the DR.. Byerly.
How does 1t taste?" asked the stu
don't
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and said nice things to her and looked
at her with such soft eyes. And then
h gave up argument and followed the
Law of nature; there could be no harm
in one SC noble and good.
Naturally, when a month had passed
and Silke still fingered, people began TO
wonder; and when they saw the young
people so much together and gossip
had il that when he was off soliciting
orders they exchanged notes-thcn
people understood. II hope Sally will
marry that fellow" they said. She
couldn't be worse off, anyway"
And sure enough, one night. when
the two had returned from church. SAL
lN called her mother to her room and
whispered something in her ear.
Whether Mrs. Robbins doubted her
ears and wished to examine the face
before her for some sign of leNity, or
whether h was wonderstruck and did
it unconsciouSly-at any rate h
turned up the light and gazed curfously
moon her child Then she said.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05

OAAASNB oild gu ISdOY lOT aHsI
All, There, Postmaster.
suddenly the door from the inner Of.
nee opened and the assistant postmaa-
Ter general stepped out. He looked first
a. A'ien, men casually toward the Wis.
ltor. instantly his face lighted up.
Why, isn't this Postmaster DeJnnea
or Blankville," he demanded. .Coma
right in: nope you haven beer walt
ing why didn't you tell Mr.. Allen to
De1ones comes ~, let him right into
my room. No
BY the way. Mr.. DeJones, I've lust
lately over the last report of
!ne inspector on your Office. and want
TO congratulate you. 1t shows one Of
the best records in the south. Wish We
had more officials like you But come
inside Ao
The irate postmaster was completely
nabbergasted. How on earth did ma
Graw know who he was? He HADN'T
been IN Washington but once before in
his life. and that was when he was a
candidate for the job. three years ago.
Mr.. DeGraW modestly admitted that
some peoples faces. anyhow. He re-
lnembered Mr.. DeJones perfectly.
In five minutes that postmaster was
on his way back to Texas, convinced
on earth.
Visitor Wise to Game.
There is another story about thi.
private telegraph line, whose truth has
never been admitted by either of the
principals, but 1t is widely accepted. It
related to a call by a postmaster who
was determined to see Mr.. DeGraw at
a time when 1t was impossible. He was
perslstent. and Allen, according to the
STORY. licked off a message wanting 20
know what to do with the nuisance.
Choke him off," clicked back tho
little machine. ~
Acts like a stayer.' retorted Allen.
cant see him; you'll have to get
Mr.. Allen was wondering WHAT to do.
hen the visitor reached into hts
pocket. drew out a knife and. leaning
over toward Aliens desk, began tap.
ping on the metal inkstand. Alien
pricked up his ears and heard the Wis
ltor click out. In the finest Morse code.
oh. rats; don't give me that ram"
He was an operator, too: and the.
story AYERS that he got inside in less
than one minute.
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city on the day that the mass meeting
was to he held:
No arms shall be carried by those who
offend the meeting.
No kerosene OF! or matches shall be car
ried.
No electric car shall be burnt.
The diet buildings shall not be DESTROYED
by fire.
No members of the diet who supported
the tax Increase bills shall be assaulted.
Happily the police prohibitions specify
ing what should constitute something
more than a nuisance had their effect
There was no riot,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05

New York, Special: John D. Rookie
Teller, leading the two children of his
daughter, Mrs. Mccormick, by the
hand, walked last Sunday from his
home, No. 4 West FiftN-fourth St, to
the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, at
Forty-sixth street, where he Joined
Mrs. Rockefeller, who was already in
the family pew. A private detective
followed Mr.. Rockefeller very closely
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05
ALWAYS the Same
From the Frankfort Wit,

FROM the Frankfort Witzblatt.
Professor Coming home from his
club holding up triumphantly his UNI
brella 10 his wife)-You, see, my dear
Alma, how stupid are all the anecdotes
about our Observation-Disclosures; you see.
! haven't forgotten by umbrella"
Mrs. Professor-But, my dear, YOU
didn't take your umbrella with you:i
you left it at home.
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and kept all but intimate friends at o
distance. A special patrolman was at
the church. He and the detective es-
corted MIR. Rockefeller home after tho
service.
Although he said he was feeling very
we'll, general comment was made on all
sides because of Mr.. Rockefeller's
changed appearance. He looks at least
ten years older than when he last APP
peared at the church in the fall.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05

French engineers have lately made
successful tests OF wireless telegraphy
between the lofty observatories on the
,Chamounix. 1t had Deer feared thar
the absence of moisture in the frozen
surface might interfere with the earth
connection, but no such trouble was
experienced. The only difficulty arose
when the alternating current dynamos
OF the electric light system in Cha
fmounix were at work. At such times
the wireless messages could not be sent
nor received.
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A Tragedy.

Tragedy.
This is the short, sweet, sorrowful tale
f Jessica jenkins Jones; ~
She planted a packet Of seeds with prid.
While her dog looked on with his head OF
the side W
And thought. She's bury1ng bones"
When Jessioa left. he dug like mad
In search of the luscious bones.
So Jessica's garden it doesn't grow
And Jessica's dog is cross, and so,
Is Jessica Jenkins Jones.
Doris Webb in May st. Nicholas.
Served Her Right.
A certain young girl in East Lyn
Tried writing like Elinor Glyn;
After taking one look
Mommer burnt up the book
And Pepper he spanked her like syn
-Lippincott's.
Plan your work. then work your plan
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Served Her Right.

Plan your work. then work our plan
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-05

1t often happens that the emperor
does not bother to announce his COM
Ing. Sometimes he drives up and
marches straight into the chancellor's
room, brushing aside the obseuutous
t1unkeys and Others who would show
him the way.