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Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

NEW YORK, May H.-Frank H. Pistt,
son Of United States Senator Thomas c.
Platt, testifying today in the suit for di-
vorce brought against the senator by Mae
c. Wood, declared that he believed none
Of the letters introduced by Miss Wood as
evidence in her suit were true copies OF
those written by his father. He had eN-
amined carefully the original copies of let
ters written by the senator to Miss Wood
which were turned over to him by Aora-
ham Hummel upon payment OF $4,000 he
said, and there we're no such communica-
tions among them as the alleged copies
produced In court Mr.. Platt also testified
that none OF the letters received from
Hummel contained any reference to mar
riage between Senator Platt and Miss
Wood. He said that after reading the let
ters he personality destroyed them by
burning them in a crate in his office.
Frederick e. Hafely, president of the
stationery firm which sold the blank form
upon which the alleged certificate of mar
riage was prepared in deposition read in
court today, declared that that particular
blank form was not placed on sale until
February, 1892 three months after the
marriage of Miss Wood to Senator Platt
is alleged to have occurred.
PIatt's Son Makes Denial.
Mr.. Platt said that none Of the letters
contained any reference to marriage.
Miss Wood, who was present in court
asked permission personally to cross-ex-
anime Mr.. Platt Her request was refused
Miss Wood is a member OF the Nebraska
bar.
On cross-examination Mr.. Plat said
many of the letters from his father ia
Miss Wood were brief notes of invitation,
He was willing to pay $4,000 for their re-
turn, he said because his father was about
to be married to Mrs Janeway and he
and his father thought it would be best to
get rid of Miss Wood.
Lawrence Hills, a reporter for a New
York paper, testified that he met the plain.
tiff in the latter part Of October. 1903
when he went to the Manhattan hotel al
o'clock In the morning TO interview heI
regarding the marriage of Senator Plat
with Mrs. Janeway. Miss Wood, according
to the witness. said she had no interview
to give out and that she had no interest
in Senator Platt's ventures. Said she knew
Senator Platt and had the greatest respect
for him. Asked II she was going to sue
the senator for breach OF promise, she re-
iterated that she had no interest in the
senator.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
NAE WOODRUFF ARREST
Case Against Senator Plat Dismissed
by Court.
WOMAN CHARGED WITH PERJURY
Sudden Turn in Case After Much
Evidence Damaging 20 the
PIaintiH Had Been In
troduced.

NEW YORK. May n.-The complaint in
the wood-Platt divorce has been dismissed
and Mae C. Wood has been arrested and
held in 5000 on a charge Of perjury.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
FIFTY DEAD In WRECK
Train Bearing Belgian Pilgrims Tel
escoped at ContiCh.
ENRoUTE TO LOCAL SHRINE
Express Train Dashes Into Heavily
Laden Special on Siding.
HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED
All Cars Except One Were Crushed
Like EggshellS.
DEAD HORRIBLY MUTnATED
Catastrophe said 20 BE Due to Fall
a.
HUNDRED PERSONS
DEAD HORRIBLY MUTnI
Catastrophe said 20 BE Due to Fail
ure Of Switch signal TO work
Properiy--signaI Man
Arrested.

ANTwERP, May, A.--A railroad accident
OF unprecedented horror in the annals Of
belgian train disasters occurred at s:oe this
morning at Conttch, a station six miles
southeast of Antwerp, on the main line.
An express train from Antwerp to Brus-
sells crashed into a train loaded with Pill
grima on their way 10 a local shrine This
train was standing on a siding Several
of its cars were telescoped and shattered.
The total number OF dead is placed at
fifty and the wounded at over 100
Up TO O'Clock this afternoon thirty
eight dead and seventy-nine wounded had
been removed from the wreckage.
Rescuers from Contich were at once on
the scene and the labor OF succoring the
injured and removing the dead was con-
Quoted with all possible haste. Special
trains with doctors. priests and nurses were
sent to Contich from Antwerp and Brus-
sells.
The accident Is supposed to have been
due TO a misplaced switch.
The engineer and the fireman Of the ex-
press were killed.
Does Not stop Express.
The signal man at Contich saw that his
switch was not working just as the Ant
werp express came laundering down the
line. He leaped from the window of his
signal station and heroicaily ran down the
track toward the oncoming train, waving
red flag. His efforts, however, were too
late to avert the disaster.
Bodies Lose Human shape.
The collision occurred At 9;06 a. m, just
as the express from Antwerp TO Brussels
was entering the depot at Contich The
train loaded with pilgrims was bound for
Turnbout.
The work Of extracting the dead and
wounded from the debris appalled, even the
stoutest of the rescuers. Many of the
bodies had completely, lost all human shape
and were reduced to pulp, heads, arms and
legs having been ground off by the wheels
and scattered through the wreckage. Three
decspitated bodies were found twenty feet
from the wreck. The occupants OF the cars
were mostly workmen and peasants. The
wounded persons are being transferred
from Contieh TO Antwerp and Brussels aa
rapidly as possible.
Three OF the wounded already have died.
There are several women among the dead
A second class coach was overturned by
the force Of the impact. The bodies Of the
wounded were so pinned down by wreckaSC
that the rescuers had TO make use of axes
TO get the victims free.
The signal man has been arrested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

Captain Mack Cunningham. signal corps,
is relieved from duty at Fort Omaha to
take effect at such time as will enable
him to comply with this order, not later
than June 90 and will proceed 20 Fort
Gibbon, Alaska, for duty pertaining to the
Alaskan military telegraph system. Telev-
who will proceed 10 Fort Omaha for duty.
The application OF l. r. Ewart, F. r..
Schroeder, r. c. Schroeder. S. Z. Peck and
Gertrude Bvart to organize the First Ma
tional bank OF Eustis. Neb.. with $1,000
capital has been approved BY the comp
troller OF the currency.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

The divorce suit of N God against
Senator Platt was dismissed by the court
yesterday and the plaintiff was sent TO
the Tombs accused of perjury Page /
President of the Pittsburg conference
accused Of seeking union with the regular
Methodist church in meeting of the for
mer body. Page /
Missouri river is seeking new channel
at Sioux City. Pagb i
Oregon express train goes in ditch at
Pineo,a, killing four Page 1
Senator Burrows. who is to be tenn
porary chairman Of the republican con-
vention, pays a visit to President Roose-
welt. Rage 2
Big steel bridge over New York, New
Haven & Hartford tracks blown up with
dynamite. Page i
Bolt Of lightning at Nebraska city
knocks man out of his bed. Page
A small tornado in Kansas killed one
person. Page i
Mrs, Morasoh found guilty at Kansas
City of sending box of poisoned candy
and sentenced to life term. Page
Subsidy for ocean mails is included In
the postoffice appropriation bill. Page
Sheriff Smutzer at La Porte continues
his search for bodies on the Guinness
farm Page 1
Robert C. p, Holmes meets with
strange death in Chicago, with robbery
evidently the purpose of the crime
Page
American fleet reaches Beninsham,
Wash. and divides for various northern
ports. Page
RoREIaN.
Fifty pilgrims to a Belgian shrine were
killed and 100 were injured in a railroad
accident near Antwerp. Page
NEBRASKA.
Grand Jury of Seward county indicts
Utica men accused of participating in the
assault upon Evangelist Miller March 81.
Page 9
! Nebraska Railway commission seeks
ruling of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission on charges for small weight ship
ments of goods. Page
Grand Army, Women's Relief corps and
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
elect officers and adjourn to meet next
year in York. Page
Railroad tax men appear before the
State Board of Assessment and ask for
reduction of valuation on the strength Of
decreased earnings. Page 3
CoAGnGERCTAL AND INDUsrRLAL.
| Tlya atoox mn rlrata RaRa y
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
Friday, May AZ. 1908.
TIE wEATHBR.
THE WEATHER.

FORECAsT-FoR OMAHA, COUNCIL
BLUFFS AND VICINITY-Fair Friday;
cooler.
FORECAST FOR NEBRAsKA--Generall
fair, Friday.
FoRECAsr FOR 1owA-Friday fair.
Temperature at Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

New York-Lusitania, SH miles east of
Sandy Hook at p M; will dock at 1880
a, m. Friday.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

House and sena
postoffice bill. inc
sidy.
Methodists cont
bishops. electlng DR.
York and DR.. Nuelso,
ond ballot.
Evangelism the need
keynote OF the speeci
Henry Roberts, the re
the Presbyterian churC
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
NEBRASKA.

Fifty pilgrims to a Belgian shrine were
killed and 100 were injured in a railroad
accident near Antwerp. Page J
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22

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Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-22
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

or OCEAN BTEAMsHIPs,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
a TREACHEROUS TROUBLE

The headaches aud dizzy feelings
that trouble 80 many persons. are
O,tcn out symptoms Of kidney com
laint
K'TAs diseases are very treacher-
Gus. fhcy come on silently, gain
ground rapidly. and cause thousands
of deaths that could have been pre-
vented jy tr atment in the beginning.
nature gives early warnings OF
every disease. II you would but note
and heed them. Backache. twinges
Of pain when STOPPING or lifting, head
aches. faint spells and urinary dis
orders are among the first warnings
Of Kidney trouble.
II these signals are unheeded there
comes steady. dun. heavy aching
IN the back and loins. a noticeable
weakness and Ioss OF flesh. rheumatic
aJtaChs. weakening OF the sight ir-
regular heart action, languor attacks
OF gravel irregular passages OF the
kidney socretions. sediment. painful
scalding sensation. dropsical bloating.
etc.
But there Is no need 10 suffer long
noan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
troubles. This remedy has made a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
PLAN BIG TIME AT TULSA
WHEN STATE DEMOCRATIC CON
VeNrlON MEETS SEPT IA
TORCHLlGHT PROCESSION

TW a u,H. u. . n....n.
s h.ua prepared ur .. U. H...
dum.r'uIr convention p .. r.d
ho.. ou September d. Tue occasion
vu. br 'ao formal o.vI. o. ru.
state umpun wd ue uuurr1n
OF .ho Bryan u E.n. nominations
Governor IlI.kuU ou deliver h.
keynote speech of rH. smnu.u .uI
addresses will bc ..HI g,m Senate.
Gore C.uera-emu urtpnYou ru
ton 1nI purr Wud .nr,.. 30 ua.
tiuual uwau'l
The convention will Doe held iu tine
open. the big Chauauqua TENT beng
hold here for that purpose. It is am
immense ten, and viii seat thous
ands lu the evening speaking will bc
heard from the balconies OF the Rob.
iusou and Brady hotels. and s'hc.
prominent places In the town. gr'aa's
merchants and democrats are giving
tbcrallN to the fund and sufficient
money has already been raised to
deimy all expenses. The convention
will end with torchlight procession
and fireworks display at night Prize,
will be- offered to the visiting town
or community having In line the larg
est number of men
The committee IN charge Of the Gel
obrltion and convention is as fol.
lows: National Committeeman Tate
Brady. stat Committeeman G.. y
Wright Harry Campbell and II. T..
Curran. chairman and secretary of
the Tulsa county democratic central
committee, y. \ Robinson and !.
Burr Gibbons. president and secre.
tlry Of the Bryan democratic club
of Tulsa, II II. Cline. J. Y. Brand.
Col. Gist G. w Rogers and c. j.
Meachum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
IS MYSTERY STILL
klNGFlSHER ORAYMAN WHO IN.
HERITED WEALTH DISAPPEAR
ED-OAUGHTER IN JAIL.

Kingtishcr Okla, Aug 2G-No
news has been heard from -. f. Wild
man. the Kingfishcr draymau who roe
Gently disappeared after It was re-
ported that he had fallen heir to $i.
100000 Marshal Brown is in receipt
OF letter from the authorities OF
Wichita stating that Wlldmans
youngest daughter is In custody there
pending the finding of her father
Wildman is the drayman who re-.
Gently, it is said, inherited 100000
from a western relative after twenty
years litigation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27

pure roots and hero. that have a di-
rect action on the kidneys. It was
the secret 76 years ago OF an old
Quaker lady It was given 20 the
public Dy James Doan a druggist,
and Is now known and recommended
the whole world over.
Home cures prove the value OF
Doan's Kidney Pills to our readers.
Ardmore Prcof.
Mrs. Martha Ousley, living at 6l5
A ST., \. W, Ardmore. Oklahoma.
says: Il suffered a great deal for
over two years from pains through the
small OF my back and lolns. did
not know the exact cause OF my troub-
le but believed that it was due TO a
deronged condition of my kidneys. |
doctorcd but failed to improve, and
when | finally heard Of Doans Kidney
Pills, and procured them at W. h.
Frames drug store. They won't at
once TO the seat of my trouble, and
after using them a few days 1 noticed
a great improvement in my condition
Since then, have been absolutely
free from kidney trouble IN any form
form,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27

IT have used Chambrriain's Cole
Cholera ana Diarrhooa Remedy since
&C. was first introduced to the public
iu 1872, and have never found one
in tauco whore cure was not speed
i.y effected by its use. | have been
e commercial traveller for eighteen
years, and never start ont on a trip
without This, my faithful friend "
says H. s. Nichols of Oaklan: Ind.
Ter When man has useu a remedy
for thir.y-iiye years ne knows its value
and Is competent TO speak oi H.. For
sale by +. j. Ramsey aud Hoffman
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
FIGHTING THE KATY
CHANGING RAILROAD TERMINUS
TO WAGNER ARoUsEs IRE
or wUsKoGEE FOLKS.


Mu.h"to' Okla. aug -G.-A merry
$3.50. e ou between Nuslogee shin.
.rr. aud t.. KATY a.,.,al b,c,ps,
u.. ,I,.. ,.,,,,, ,.,.. u....,...
r....,. 5,...,.. ..,....
mann.
" '''''-'.' ''' wears '' N's'
'".'' ''''''' Ewing 'h' people of
N'"No-'" 1000 iuImn'.ou OF what was
going on ol chance to protest The
row o. the more bitter basIuss clis
ford g.. Jackson is general ,If,rp.y
.or .no Katy Boz Oklahoma and also
ur...drrf off n. Commercial elm, os
NJ. kue.u
For mau. years NlusEoeso V,s
auovu as , "klfy town" yh. k,.,
$50. ,.. only railroad E.-, unfr six
Nuurs ago 10 eot blocks oI rroru3
from tNa .... p.I. allowed d., ,..yp.
and a,.p s.r..ts closed and favored
300 every VaN Tu. road did two mill.
'Iuu dollars worth of business ,f fbfs
nuuf annually Dr. was the host lin.
FOB Kansas Dur ST. Louis and r,vos
Sow tho city prolo-os to rof,li3fs
b, withdrawing IFS business from the
Klt, and dIrrrting u over IDo otber
roads Auauecmcnts have been
made with the Midland Valley 10
bring freight u less than car load
lots direct tu Nu-koreo with tho
Same dispatch that ear load lots bay.
hitherto been delivered similar ar.
raugomcut has been made with IN,
Frisco for tine delivery of freight
from Kansas CITY to Nustoeee in
loss than car load lots. The Frisco
has been asked by fine Commercial
club and the request backed II, nv
a threat from the corporation commits
sion. to put ON a new through train
from Muskogcc to 81 Louis with ST
Louis pullmaus. leaving Nlpskogee
al o'clock iu the afternoon and max.
ing 81. Louis AT 7 O'CLOCK next morn
ing This would take most Of the 81.
Louis passenger business awav from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
How to Avoid Appe ndrcitis.

Most victims Of appendicitis are
those who are habltually constipated
FoIey's Orino Laxative cures chronic
constipation by stimulating the liver
and bowels and restores the natural
action Of the bowels. Foley's Orino
Laxative does not nauseate or gripe
and is mild and pleasant to take. Re-
fuse substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27

Mrs. Chas. T.. smith OF West Frank.
lin. Maine, says: 81 like good things
and have adopted Or Kings New Lie
Pills as our family laxative medicine.
because they are good and do their
work witnou, making a luss about it,"
These painless purifiers sold at W. B.
Frames drug store 25c
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
Pension Veteran Typos.

Chicago, III. Aug. 2G-Veteran
printers will be benefited today By
the old age pensions to be paid
by the International Typographical
Union II is understood that nearly
a score of Chicago printers will re-.
cciye pensions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27

And many other painful and
distressing ailments from
which most mothers suffer,
can be avoided by using
Mothers Friend. This rem
Cdy is a God send to expect
ant mothers, carrying them
" No woman who uses
incident to birth; for it rohs
tn tiF. pC p,,tbsr ,.,I ,t,.fJ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27

No one is immune from kidney trou.
Bile. 50 iust remember that Folcy's
Kidney Remedy viii stop the irrcgu-
lariucs and cure any case Of kidney or
bladder trouble that IS not beyond
the reach Of medicine. Sold by all
druggists DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27

leaving her in a condition
more favorable to speedy re-
coyery. The child is also
healthy, strong and good
paturel our book containing yaIua.
l'"'u' vi bic information vii. be- sent
fryv by wuung 20
BRADF1ELD REGULATOR co.
Atlanta. Ca.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
RISING
BREsAS,' Z

through The crilitaI ordeal with safely
Mothers Friend need fear the suffering
the ordeal of its dread and iuSurcS safety
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
INOORSt GOEIHAL S WORK
over 100000 Cubic Yards ~ Olrt Es.
oavated During Wirter.Arr'y Of
Men at Work-HcaItn Of
Employees Reoog0

c.W con m.ttec appo.u . April
b.. President Roosevelt ......p..
conditions Zoo the can n. was
made public today boy . .I.u.
The report. which WI. .u. over
ro tho president OH Az. 3d. 1uaN
iudorsn. 'Ho admiuist. .. ur Col
Goyhis. chairman Of .uu CON.
mission
As Jo tbc amount OF .... dime. tu.
report says
This year over Uuu and
half cubic yards were .,.a,ated i'm
the winter months, tho 0., season. "a
million yards approxima.t prugql T.,
q square mile foot d... TO pr..
pare thus immense mas ur rauu..'
io' tons Of dynamite nrr. used pcr
month an average OF ., toms per
work day.
To make the dirt Il, .o This extent
thirt,-two 95.ton steam .uoy,l-. mir
ty-sevcu 7o.tou, ten Aston aud twenty.
four others la all t03 steam shovrl-
We're in constant use. Five hundred
5O-lon steel flatcars, $500 lO.ton wood
frame flat cars. l.159 American and
$50 French dump cars and 311 misccl
lau"uus cars. total of iIiG cars.
ana GO American and lbs French 10
comotiyes moved this mass to the
dumps"
OF the number of men employed on
the canal, the report says
"Cn April 80. 1908. 2GII> men were
actually at work for the jsthmus ca.
nal commission and 900 at work
for the Panama road. total of 50.
1913 of which number there were 5.S3l
blacks, S3l gold employees and 27.3G3
silver employees The gold employees
are those paid in gold. nearly AN of
whom are Americans on the clerical
force ana skilled mechanics. The sil.
Yer employees are those paid in sil.
yer and are r .rly all foreigners.
mainly umsNlled laborers''
The commission cp,ls attention 10
the enormous expense for supervision
under the present system. four super.
intendents and fourteen supervisors
being employed az au aggregate sal.
AIRY Of $4,000 per annum, whereas
one competent and experienced man
should be sufficient 70 superutend
the whole work general supcrvi-
sion Of the wage scale IS also recon.
mendod. The cighthour law is care.
fully observed, the report says
On the subject of compensation Of
men injured while at work, the com
mission recommend that iu case Of
personal injury the injured man be
given 90 pension for the rest of his
life; in case of fatal injury to mar.
ried man, an allowance of go per cent
of the mans salary is recommended
for The widow auI and five years OF
half pay to the dependent relatives
of an unmarried man.
/ Three features of The present ad.
miuistration are strongly Indorsed Ds
/ the commission
/ First-'rhe recognition by the gov.
/ erumeut that the housing, feeding and
health Of its employees bear a vital
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27
Removal Of Restrictions Blanks.

he Ardmorete has in stock the
new forms OF petitions for the Re.
moyal OF Restrictions. Mail orders
uromntlv fiuel
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-27

DeWItt's Little Eariy Bisers. safe,
easy, pleasant, sure, little liver pills.
Sold hv w ~ Frame
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-01
PRAISE FOR HIS NERVE.
congressman Congratulated Walsace
on His Record Speeches.

congressman Congratulated Wallace
on His Record Speeches.
The staid old Congressional Record
has never been looked upon as par
ticularly humofous publication, but the
issue which came out the other day
contains an excellent illustration Of
the jokes that sometimes creep in IN.
der the 1sleaye to print" rule, says a
Washington special dispatch to the
New York Times.
Dec. 10 one minute of time was al.
lotted to Representative Wallace Of
Arkansas, and he managed to get three
long speeches in the Record which the
house never heard.
At the end of the first speech, as 1t
appears in the Record, is the observa-
ton Prolonged applause at the end
Of the second speech the note is Loud
applause and at the end of the third
speech the modest announcement is
made that there was Sustained ap.
planse.'
AS a matter of fact there was no ap-
plause whatever when Mr.. Wallace
completed his one minute talk. II
cannot be denied, however. that the
Arkansan member has been warmly
congratulated on his nerve.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-01
Sour
>tOrrAa ch

No appetite, loss OF strength nervous
ness. headache, constipation. bad breath.
general debility. sour risings. and catarrh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves indigestion. This new discov-
cry represents the natural juices Of diges-
sson as they exist in healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing.
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
shs mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball. Of Rayenswood, w. Va. says
was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Kcaol cured mo and We axe now using It in milk
fpsbaby."
Kodol Digests what You Eat.
Bottles only Relieves indigestion. sour stomach.
belching of gas, etc.
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