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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-08

Mr.. Sherman asks for an appropriation of
S1OS,OOO for the next biennium
Girls Industrial school.
Lena E. Ward. superintendent of the Ne
braska Industrial Home at Milford, esti-
mates the appropriation needed for this
institution for the coming biennium at
5000, divided as follows: General repairs,
81, 900; maintenance, $1,000 employees
wages, $1,000; salary of physician, $1,000;
salary of matron, 81. 200; salary of superin-
tendent, 5000. The per capita cost for the
biennium, based on maintenance, is $437. 65.
The number of adults in the home Decem-
Der /. 1906, was forty; the number of
adults and children in the home December
/, 1908, is fifty-one; the number admitted
during the biennium, sixty-six: number re-
turned to friends, forty-six; number mar
ried, five; number of adults cared for
each year, fifty-three; number of children
in the home December /, 1906, twenty-three
at the present time, twenty-three; number
born during the biennium, ~sixty-five; num-
Der died, ten.
The tornado that struck the Girls In
dustrial school caused damage that leads
to a recommendation for the appropriation
Of $4,000 for repairs and improvements.
This is included in the report OF Miss Nc
Mahon, superintendent of the institution.
She estimates that $685. 100 will be needed in
the next two years for improvements and
maintenance. There were fifty-eight girls
in the school at the time the report was
made
The superintendent details the work of
the home, where the girls are taught to do
all kinds of homework and are prepared
to enter homes as useful members.
Decrease in Veterans.
The population of the Soldiers home at
Milford December /, 1908, as shown by the
by Joseph Presson. comandant, is 1873.
There were received during the biennium
100; discharged and died, 1872; members De-
cember l. 1908, ISL. of which 14S are men
and 8 are women.
Colonel Presson an appro-
p~riation of $51 100 for the next biennium.
The report says:
mo part of the pension of the mem
bers is AIKEN. The pensions range in
amount from $40 to $50 a month. One OF
the nconsistencie we note is that some
who are entirely helpless receive SIP, while
others who are quite active receive $24 and
$50. 1t is quite gratifying, however, to OBJ
serve that those who are helpless and those
who receive meager pensions are more con-
tent and appreciate the blessings they re-
ceive, than those who get large pensions
and can go and come at will"
Colonel Presson says there will be no de-
ficiency at his institution this year and he
is especially pleased to report that the
physical condition of the heme is good.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-08

Mr.. Sherman asks for an appropriation of
sos, 600 for the next blennium.
nt.Isy TuduafrfaI SchOoI.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-08
Was the Clock Theres

More testimony as to the clock on the
corner Of Sixteenth and Farnam streets
which p. b. Myers said he looked at when
he saw DR.. Rustin and Mrs. Rice leave
the corner was offered by w. w. Umstead,
manager of the Western Union Telegraph
company's Omaha office. He said the
clock was taken down September l for
repairs and was put up again the next
day. Similar evidence was given by E. r.
Wigs. an employee of the company.
Latham Davis went on the stand to tes-
tify that DR.. Rustin knew of the suicidal
tendencies of Charles Davis several days
before the shooting. Thursday before DR..
Rustin's death he said DR.. Rustin talked
10 him about his brother.
I'VE will have to look out for Charley"
he said. HE is going to do it,"
He said DR.. Rustin told him he had given
Charley some powders to make him sleep
and Charley had taken all of them az once.
Tuesday afternoon he testified he was
in Dr. Rustin's office to consult him and
ne saw there a man with a black suit and
dark hat, who looked like a laboring man.
He looked like the man Mrs. Archer
said she saw out on FOrtieth street." he
said.
He said he thinks he saw Mrs. Rice in
the office and that DIT. Rustin appeared
anxious TO get rid of him. In reply to a
question from Mr. English. he said he did
not testify about this conversation at the
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the day the couple were delayed in
Detroit. From the head porter I
learned that on that day, in the after
noon, a tall man wearing light suit
and fur cap had summoned him to
aid in opening trunk, explaining he
wanted to change clothes, and had
lost the key to the trunk. Pendleton,
the porter, had given him a hammer
and cold chisel, which were returned
a little later. Everett, however, had
not changed clothes, and this fact
was remarked by the porter. After
disappearing from the hotel short
time, Everett had returned and Or
dered the trunk sent to Chicago.
At the office. of the United States
Express Company found clerk who
had received the package sent by &C.
A. Hayward" He remembered the
man who left it as a tall man, wear
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the clerk Then from the baggage
master l learned that on the day in
question the baggage checks from No.
1900 to No. 1000 were used between
Detroit and Chicago, and that any
piece of baggage bearing any of thu
intermediate numbers could not have
been checked east of Detroit. The
check given by Everett to Miss Shot
we'll at Chicago in exchange for what
he said was the wrong one was No.
1902.
From Detroit the trail plainly led
to New York and | lost no time in
reaching that city. From the first the
case had not appeared to me in the
| light of ordinary larceny, although
that was the technical charge l was
endeavoring to establish. Everett was
an Englishman of education and good
| address and cool under circumstances
| which would arouse to indignation or
breakdown many men, but / did not
believe him to be professional
thief
There was no doubt of his business
/
J. Stiles Armour and Gen. Roddy, the
latter president of the railroad the
securities Of which had been stolen
He had been general in the confed
crate army from Alabama and was g
man of high standing In Washing
ton he was something of lobbyist
and was interested in government
contracts. At the time of which
am writing he was abroad Gen. Rod
dy and Frank w Brooks were init
mate business associates and persona
friends.
Brooks New York offices were al
744 Broadway, where he was in tine
real estate, insurance and loan bust
ness. He was known in New YorI
as a IMAM about town" and a promo
ter. It was to his New York address!
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a pass for both himself and for me,
asked him why he was buying a
ticket. He said his arrangement with
the railroad forced him to buy a ticket
but that the amount was related to
him afterWard. He then checked the
trunk and gave me the check"
At the fremont house Miss Shot
well paid her bill, had her baggage
loaded on the carriage, and told the
hotel employees she was going to Mo-
bile. Instead We drove to the Briggs
house, where she secured rooms. She
was to remain at the hotel in order to
be within call when needed.
The case seemed to call for quick
action. | did not believe, as did my
fair client, that the trunk had been
broken open at the fremont house.
From what Miss Shotwell had told
me, J. Stiles Armour and Frank w.
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Hon. George w. Honey. Nationssl
Chaplain U. v. o., ex-Chaplaill FOnrth
Wisconsin Cavalry, ex- Treasurer State
OF Wisconsin,, and acknowledgements
General State Of Texas G. "A. r.. Wl.atgsa
from 17o0 First St., N. e., Washington.
d. c., as follows: 2 ss,s's
Il cannot too highly recommend vcrr
preparation for the relief n e.afaf,,I,,sl
troubles IN their various forms. some
members Of my own family have nsstl
it with most gratifying results. wien
other remedies failed, Psruna proved
most efIcacfOns and / cheerfrlll Is $3.50.
~ to lis curative excellence.
Mr.. Fred Il. Hebard. for. ,,i,se. vre.s,.a s
Leading photographer of Kansas Iitvs
Mo-, located at the northeast corner ~
18th and Grand AYES, cheerfnllv gives
the following testimony: Tits nrs,vas,
fact that Peruna will cure ca frrrE ssgSd
"a grippe, and as q tonic II hrs II, sssy,sssL
druggists have tried To make 1ae t;sIye
something else just as good. lbssf Per-.
ma IS good enough for me.
Pe-ru-na IN Tablet For.n
For two years DIR. Hart,a. !, "a 80
assistants have incessantsv laba 's,ss aa u,
create Peruna in tablet form.
strenuous abors have inst hes !, .,s
with success. People who r,lssos. ~. y,
liquid medicines can now se,.,y,.ss ps,. s.
ma tablets, which renrasagst IS. - 81 s. 5
medlclnal ingredients Of Peruna. -
I
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all knowledge or to have 1t proved On
them later. But why had they al
lowed the empty bond envelope to re-
main in one of the packages! 10
this day l cannot explain why this
was done except ON the theory that IL
was an oversight. If it were not IL
was a decidedly stupid piece OF ntsi-
ness on their part.
The Brooks case came up before
Justice Bowling, who was proml-
nent member of the Tammany organl-
cation. Bowling and Boss" tweed
were close personal and pol1Eacal
friends. Kelso and Bowling were
closely associated as members OF the
same political organization, ana
Brooks attorneys were influential IN
court and police circles. 1t was Tor
these reasons that | had taken the
case to the grand jury, SO that II
were allowed to die natural deatn
in the city court-as many cases ID
which defendants are influential are
allowed to do in all cities-the state
| courts would still have jurisdiction.
During all this time Miss ShotWell
had maintained consistently proper
attitude for a person who had been
robbed and who wished to see the
| thief punished.
| In 1875 | received a letter from New
York, written in behalf of John D
Townsend, prominent attorney OF
that city. The New York state assem-
bly, had some time before appointed
a committee, known as the committee
on crime and the management Of the
district attorneys Office, for the pur
pose of investigating certain alleged
Irregularities in the administration
of the office of district attorney under
| Benjamin K. Phelps. am not ia
miliar with the details of the charges
made against Mr. Phelps, but among
them was the general one that Ger
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had left the papers with Chief kelso,
l was invited into private office.
Taking three packages of papers from
his safe Kelso said:
These were left in my care by
former Judge Cardozo and Mr.. Far
rell, attorneys for client whose iden-
tity they do not care to make public
nor to inform you of at this time.
They have requested me to be present
when you examine them
With this he handed me the pack
ages and / began the examination
Cardozo and Farrell, to whom | had
been introduced, were in the room.
The first two packages contained little
! but Miss Shotwell's private CORE
spondence, and 1 found nothing in
them that l thought would be of any
; service to me in the case in hand.
Among the papers composing the third
package | found a legal envelope,
! empty, bearing the inscription: From
( P. D. Roddy to c. F. Shotweil; Selma
{. and Gulf Railroad bonds, $4,000"
| quietly put this envelope into my
pocket. Another envelope, which had
evidently contained some sort of an
agreement between Gen. Roddy and
Miss Shotweli, was in the package
and | pocketed that. Finishing the
search l returned the packages to
| Kelso.
was mystified by the presentation
of the three packages of papers be-
longing to Miss Shotwel1. There was
little doubt that Brooks was the mys-
terious client Attorneys Cardozo and
Farrell declined to name. | could I'M
derstand why the papers were present
ed, as the men who had conspired to
get possession of the Shotwell bonds
and other private papers, argued, had
learned of the work done in Detroit
and of the closing Of the net around
Everett and Brooks. Realizing this
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ozHEJ Aczcv Be REzG19ACEo "DEHzHNOED
LCoGE CHRDoZ

The following narrative without excite
nent or the use of unnecessary
words:
Il ana Carlotta Frances Shotwell I
am % years old and a native of New
Jersey. / spend most of my time in
New York and Washington, but travel
a good deal, as my business affairs
require. l arrived in Chicago this
morning from New York. and was on
my way to Mobile, Ala, where | had
business in connection with some
bonds Of the Selma and Gulf Railroad
which I own. On my arrival here
registered at the fremont house and
had my luggage sent to that hotel.
a few hours after reached the city
/ had occasion to open my trunk, and
found that the lock had been broken.
On examination of the contents
found a package containing bonds of
the Selma and Gulf Railroad to the
amount Of $4,000, together with 9TH
err valuable private papers and CORE
spondence, had been stolen"
did you travel from New York
alone?", asked.
'tNo,' she answered. Il was &C.
companied by a gentleman named
George A. Everett.
What do you know of this MANI"
very little While living at the
Grand Central hotel in New York, |
was introduced to him by ]. Stiles Ar
mour, a gentleman who is interested
with me in business venture. This
SVas about two weeks ago. Mr.. Ever
att was stopping at the same hotel
and one day Mr.. Armour mentioned to
him in my presence that | was going
south on business Mr.. Everett said
that he was going to Chicago, about
the same time to see his wife and chill
dren. who lived theEe, and that If
cared to go south by way of Chicago
he would get me passes towering my
entire trip. His offer seemed to me
not so extraordinary, in view of the
fact that he was a close personal
friend of one of my business associ'
ates, and seemed to be able to secure
railroad passes for the asking. l &C
cepted his Offer and We reached Chi
cago together"
"Was he in your company all the
time en- route?"
Gle had berth in the same Pull
man and was in my sight most of the
time. At Niagara Falls he informed
me that Frank w, Brooks, who is al
so a member of the company | spoke
of. had asked him to call on bust
ness acquaintance at Detroit. We
reached Detroit too late to make Tia
Chicago train connection, and we were
forced to wait there from 1:3O to 5:3'
in the afternoon. These four hours
Mr.. Everett spent in the city, while
remained in the train"
"Did you check your own baggage
in New York;
mo; Mr.. Everett checked my truni
for me. At the station saw him bu1
a ticket. and, as he claimed to have
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white, spongy metal in the midst Of
the copper. When the latter is dis
solved out the dried residue is a bril-
liant, spongy mass of nearly pure
chromium in the form of interlaced FL
aments or crystalites grouped like
snowfiakes or moss leaves. The small
amount of boron present may be driv-
en- off by heating. The spongy ohro-
MUM is attacked more easily than
the ordinary metal, does not oxiiize
in air, but in fiaIne burns like finder
CLOVIS very brightly in oxygen and is
attacked by hydroehlofic and sulphur.
ic acid, but not By nitfie acid.
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blanche to get up the best dinner he
knew how to cook.
And champagne! Champagne didn't
flow; it came in a cloudburst The
host made brief speech, telling how
the mining industry of the west was
fiourishing, and limiting delicately at
his own tremendous success. Then
other speakers got up and talked
along the same line, closing by brief
congratulations to the host upon his
fortune. When every one was fairly
well piekle5s he cost rose again and
made a spread-eagle speech. Finally,
as though overcome by the good fel.
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check, if he had done so, should call
for any particular confusion on his
part when he made the exchange.
some explanation.
That night asked for the services
of two policemen, one of whom | sta
toned at the rear of the Twenty-sec-
ond street house, which Miss Shot
well said was Everett's home, and the
other in front, with orders to hold
anyone seen leaving the place. At
| one o'clock in the morning l climbed
the stairs to the fiat over the store
My knock was answered by a man of
whom I inquired if Everett were at
| home.
you are friend?" he asked.
"An acquaintance | answered.
He admitted me, and, pointing tc
another door, said Everett was asleer
| in the room designated. | knocked
and Everett responded, asking what
was wanted. Pushing my way into
the room, I told him who l was anG
that he must consider himself under
arrest.
After the arrest | went to the
Briggs house and asked to see Miss
! Shotwell Owing to the hour, abou
three in the morning, there was some
| parleying on the part of the clerk
but at last succeeded in havins
word sent to her, and she met me il
| the parlor.
81 have arrested George A. Everett
| | informed her, and it will be neces
sary' for you to appear in police cour
this morning at nine o'clock.
What" she exclaimed. You hev'
arrested Mr.. Everett"
Proceeding at once to the Detroi
! baggage-room of the Michigan Contra
road and to the baggage-rooms of 9th
er roads from New York, found tina
on the day Everett and Miss Shotwel
passed through Detroit no trunk ha
been opened at the railroad stations
Then | began a search of the hote
registers. After failing to find wha
| I was looking for at several at las
found the name, George A. Everett
on the register of the Cass house O
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This Man Knows ! Good Thing.

Mr.. w. T. Cunningham of Lane. Tenn.
writes us on Aug. s, 1908, as follows:
Il am nearly out of Johnson's TOMS
and would rather 8 times be without any
other medicine / handle than Johnson
Tonic. Send 2 dozen by express.
"a few days ago I sold customer who
was in very bad fix and when / recon-
1nended it he said he would buy It il
would promise to give him back the money
if it did not give satisfaction.
II told him to come right ahead and L
would surely give him back the money. /
saw him about a week later, skin was &
better color, able to work and didn't want
his money either.
"Mr. ]. B, Pitts, customer Of mine,
won't use anything else for Malarial dis
eases"
This is one Of thousands Of similar tes-
timcnials we have received from store
keepers, and we appreciate them because
it is the storekeeper who sells many diff
fernt remedies for chills and fever who
is most competent to Judge what remedy
is the best. Every bottle Of Johnson's
Chill and Fever Tonic is sold under guar
antee. 25e and Soc per bottle. johnson
Chill & Fever Tonic Co., Savannah, Ga.
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loWship of the occasion, he declared
: that he couldn't see so many of the
proper sort outside the breastworks.
I'm going to take you boys in, every
one of you, right on the ground door!"
he shouted. "You shall have what
shares you want at the figure they
cost me, and before a single share is
offered to the public He had previ-
ously told of the surprising richness
of his mine The subscription list
was passed, and practically every one
present subscribed. Thousands of
shares in the aggregate were disposed
of. The proposition certainly did look
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zen. RO00y was caIleQ 10 testify
He related the alleged facts concern
ing the appropriation by the defend
ant of the valuables in question.
rs this woman your wife," asked
the lawyer.
"She is not" answered the general,
finally.
During the recital there was deep
silence in the courtroom, and when
Miss Shotwell was called to testify
in her own behalf the interest grew
intense.
81 took the opera glasses and SOW
ereigns," she said in a voice strained
but we'll under control, because
was his legal wife and considered l
had right to them"
"As Gen. Roddy said, first met him
in 1867. He apparently fell in love
with me at first sight and began to
pay me ardent attention. He told me
he had been married and had chill
dren, but that he was divorced from
his wife, who was living in Havana.
In confirmation of the assertion con
corning the divorce he showed me
what purported to be an order OF
court granting decree Of divorce.
believed him free to marry again.
"a year after our first meeting he
persuaded me to come to New York
and marry him. He drew up an
agreement which we both signed and
which, he said, constituted a Legal
civil marriage under the laws of New
York. He proposed that the religious
ceremony be delayed while until
certain matters then pending were
adjusted. We lived in irst-class no
tells, and he always introduced me, re
! ferred to me and treated me as his
wife. He supported me in comfort
but not extravagantly. / had con
siderable money which ! had inherit
ed from my father, and / assisted hin
in business enterprises which made
him a great deal of money"
Thus after years of mystery thu
Roddy-Shotwel case simmered dowI
to question of veracity between thu
| principals.
Copyright, 1905, by Marion G. scheit1in.
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1T WAS NEW TO GOTHAMITES

same thing had never been worked
before.
The host of the occasion, a we'll
known promoter, issued invitations to
about 60 of his friends ito celebrate
his recent good fortune" They were
permitted to understand that the pro
moter had recently made barrel of
money and wasn't averse to loosening
\ few hoops. The principal dining
room of the club was engaged for the
occasion and the chef was given carte
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that the package sent by &C. A. Hay
ward" was forwarded from Detroit.
l had been in New York but day
when l received the following mes
sage from General Superintendent
Washburn in Chicago:
"Ke1so will give you papers; see
him at once"
Kelso was the chief of the New
York police department, and about the
same time l received the message
from Washburn l received a personal
note from Superintendent Kelso at my
hotel In it he said there had been
left at his Office some papers for me
to look over, and if would call there
| might find something bearing On the
Shotwell bond robbery. In answer to
these messages I called at police
headquarters. After some delays, due
to the absence of the lawyers who
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TIE 90 NO UEU 80
that she was to tell her story
to me and that l would have
charge of the matter from that
time. Left to ourselves and in an
sWef to look of inquiry from me, the
young woman Immediately plunged
into her story in an unusually intelli-
gent and businesslike way, relating
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Promoters Champagne Dinner
Western Style Made a Stir.

The champagne dinner is an old de-
vice of the stock salesman in the
west. but it seems to have been some
what overlooked hereabouts, says q
New York dispatch to the Cincinnati
Times-Star. At any rate, one dinner
given in one of the exclusive clubs
mn town has made SO much stir in
brokerage circles that you'd think the
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Profft IN rnltatlor ,lewelrY..

There are some large profits MAIDS
on goods sold in New York city, but
the greatest percentage goes to-
the retailers OF jewelry that has fnnita-
ton precious stones in, its compost
ton. The profit is often 1900 times
as much as the goods cost. To get
$40 for what costs 40 cents Is quite
usual
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good. and even yet the subscribing
guests are well pleased with the stu
alton, but it is an odd fact that not
one of them can tell anything CO.
herent of the mine. And you annoy
any Of them frightfully by indiscreet
queries.
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Had HEARD THEM.
Man and Beast AEfke

Only those who have suffered the
agony Of eye Affections can appreciate
the blessing to humanity In Dr. Mitch
ellis famous Eye Salve. Introduced In
this region as far back as 1S49 it III,
found to-day In all wen regulated
homes hereabouts. Not a1one the eyes
of man but those of the dumb animals
have enjoyed its comforts. Mitchell'a
Eye Salve. Sold everywhere. Price 25c.