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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
CALLER TAKEN FOR BURGLAR
Policeman on Arrival Finds only
Male Friend of Family
Domestic.

II every evening caller, youthful lover
and occasional sutton were taken for a
burglar, the marriage license office would
probably experience a decided slump In its
business. But domestic servants might not
present such a problem as they do at
present. should their matrimonial inclina-
tons be dulled by having their evening
visitors mistaken for night providers and
threatened with arrest.
During a lull in police station activities
last night a telephone message from John
A. Fuller of 1115 South Thirty-second street
informed the desk sergeant that a burglar
was proving around his home, and In
response Officer Ed. Morgan was sent out
on the emergency motorcycle to lnvesti-
gate.
1t developed that the so-called burglar
and prowler was Hans Francis Hansen,
who was waiting in the neighborhood till
an acquaintance, Anna Sweedler, should
return to the house where she is employed
and should receive him. The young woman
is a domestic at the home of Mrs. Metz,
3l29 Pacific street, and she had just stepped
across the street before Hansen called.
When she returned her assertions with
those of Hansen convinced Office Morgan
that he was not needed, so he went back
to the police station, leaving the suspected
man to make his delayed call.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

spent by Mr.. Webster in revising the book.
Then he went to Hartford to publish The
First Part Of a Grammatical Institute Of
the English Language -
It was the first book Of the kind ever
published in this country and the sales
from it at one time were 100000 copies a
year. From this book he received one cent
a copy. Up to ls47 over 24,OOO.OOO copies had
been sold.
In 1907 he began his life work, the COM
plling Of the dictionary. In the first part
Of the century Mr.. Webster, for economical
reasons. removed to Amherst, where, It was
said. it was largely through his influence
that the college was finally founded. He
returned to New Haven to receive the de-
gree of III. d. from Yale in 1923. The fol-
lowing year he went to Europe to study for
the final preparation OF his dictionary. On
his return from abroad he settled perman-
emily in New Haven.
The first edition of his dictionary ap-
peared In 1928. In 1913 he finished the APP
pendiX and settled down to enjoy a long
contemplated rest. That same year he
died.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
Educational Notes.

Prof. Charles II. Judd. head of the de-
partment of physiology at Yale university
for several years. has rendered his %resigna-
ton TO take effect next June, when he will
become dean of the School OF Education at
the Chicago university.
Boston has a boy of 10 who has passed
the entrance examination to the Institute
or Technology, Is up In mathematics, ply
sizes and astronomy, could read and write
when he was 2 years old. is self-educated
and has spent only eleven months of his
life in school.
In a university students fight in Phila-
delphla siv were seriously injured, one so
much so that he may die. Between molly
coddling and fighting to a fatal finish
might repay college authorities and students
to find a happy medium.
The plans and specifications for the new
civil engineering building which is to be
erected on the Union, college campus have
just been completed by the architects and
the contract will be let by a special COM
mittee of the trustees. Of which George
f. Seward of New York is the chairman.
The new building will cost 100000.
The program for the induction into the
presidency Of Williams college, on October
4 of Prof. Harry A. Garfield, formerly Of
Princeton university, includes five events.
to Prof. Garfield, will be Rev. DR.. William
Grosvenor of New York, Rev. DIR. John
Zelie of Plainfield, N. j., and Hamilton w.
Mabie, editor of the Outlook. Invitations
have been accepted by seventy-nine college
presidents to be guests of the college.
Among the women announced to speak at
the annual conference of public education.
which takes place in Washington the last
part of September, and the first part of
October, is Miss Emma ]. Crause, who will
talk on the eyesight and the general health
of school children. She will be followed by
DR.. Rebecca Stoneroad on physical training
In schools. Miss Julia Richman on school
health in school districts, Mrs. Wilbur F.
Craft on Esperanto, Mrs. Ellen Spencer
Mussey on mental health in schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
IOWA COLLEGE, GRINNELL,
Dramatic Club Provides Treat for tn,
LEGAL People.

Iowa College Dramatic club was in
strumental in giving the students of
Iowa college and the citizens of Grin
nell an evening of pleasure long to be
remembered. on Friday evening, Sep
tSmber 25, under its direction, Donald
Robertson and his company of players
from Chicago presented Millions mask,
"Comus." The environment for the pro-
duction was ideal-a stage of green turf
with a natural background of trees and
shrubbery, a clear starry sky overhead
and soft, green grass underneath. The
lines of the play were read with fine
power and discriminating taste. The
music furnished by the orchestra of the
school of music gave an added charm
to the effect Of the whole.
The academy udents spent a delight
rul evening at the home of the principal
OF the academy, Prof. c. H. Horn, on Fri
day, October 2.
The foot ball game between the East
Des Moines High school team and the
Iowa college team resulted in an easy
victory for the college team. The score
was 81 TO o.
On Friday evening, October 2, Mrs.
Elizabeth c. Shaw, matron of the Mary
Grinnell Mears cottage, was at home 10
the faculty, students and friends of Iowa
college. The evening was spent in pleas
ant conversation. interspersed with en-
joyable musical numbers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
THE FOOL IN THE FOREST
Some Day There VIII BE No More
Giant RedvOOds I'm Cali
fornia.

Something more than mere sentimental
ism will move the Californian to rejoice
that '"The Mother of the Forest of the
Calaveras grove OF big trees still stands
in columna majesty with its stalwart fam
lily of great, girthed, russet-mailed, emer-
ald-plumed giants. For a time 1t was
feared that these trees were fated to perish
from the earth; that the flames creeping
out from a sheep herder's pot-boiling camp
fire or the embers OF a fool campers
bacon-frying contrivance would destroy
the only living survival of the age beyond
"the dawn of history" Happily this dis
aster was averted, and only the bald and
ragged crest Of THE Mother was
soorched; only another scar added to those
already inflicted by time and the hand Of
God. -..
Better. far better. that these age-defy-
ing mOnarchs should perish by the silver
ing stroke OF the thunderbolt than that they
should waste TO oinders and ashes in the
ignoble flame Of a fire kindled by a sla-
vonian goatherd or a groeer's clerk OBJ
truding his puny presence upon Nature in
her solitude.
When Abraham fed his flocks on the
soant pasture of Ur. in the land of the
Chaldees, the giant redwoods Of California
were vigorous shoots not yet barked to
record their age In annular growth. though
centuries had elapsed since their seed had
thawed from the cold embrace of the ice
drift; while the armies of Sesostris were
devastating the world from Ethiopia to the
Indus the last of the post-Pliocene mAsto-
dons may nave rubbed his gigantic tusks
against the rough bark of the Father OF
the Forest" now PROSTATE and dry rotted
in the CRlaverAs grove.
Dynasties founded to outlast the memory
Of man have passed TO oblivion since the
seed Of the sequOia winged its flight on
the northwest wind, to find its final rest
ing place on the slope OF the California
Sierra; racial types have changed to fit
their shifting environment ana mingled 20
produce q hundred new phases Of human
ity since our redwOods began to grow.
So old are the everything redwOods OF
the Sierran forests that they have out
lived the use of m The centuries
have eaten their hearts and they are no
longer timber; they have ceased to be APP
praised in the lumber market; they are in
terrogation marks and exclamation points
on the pages OF the Book OF Time.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORK
Problem of 0verwork in Schools
Attracting Attention.
DISTRESS IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS
Thousands of children Underfed and
Many BreakfastIess-A Noah Web
ster MISUNDERSTANDING
of Various Colleges.

The question Of reducing the hours of
school work is beginning to receive consid-
Grafton in the United States. and generally
in competition with overcrowded schools. In
Germany, Austria, France and Russia the
question is a distressing and burning one.
In the first named country, reports the
Chicago R~ecord-Herald, suicides of school
children have been increasing at an alarm
ing rate. One professor has investigated
over 1000 cases of child suicide, and he
finds that over 90 per cent are due to *
cessive strain and failure to pass exami-
nations.
A Vienna physician has made a similar
Investigation, and reports that in many
middle-class and well-to-do families chill
dren are driven to despair and self-destruc-
ton by the demands on their minds and
their industry. II their certificates indicate
backwardness the parents are angry and
harsh toward them, and compel them to
do a great deal of extra work in the even
ing.
In Russia about 600 school children com
mitted suicide last year, and the same
forcing system" is held to be responsible
for most of these tragic cases.
The problem of overtaxation of the bodies
and brains of the school children has been
treated even in novels and plays, especially
In Germany. 1t is more complex than may
appear at first sight. The time spent In the
schoolroom is one element. The studying Of
lessons" at home is another. The lack Of
facilities for play and recreation is a third.
Light. ventilation, the kind of desks and
benches or chairs used in the schools fur
nish another element. The demand OF the
age is for efficiency ana t~horoughness in
education. Complaints are heard from many
directions that the graduates of the pri-
mary and high schools are deplorably ig-
norant even Of the fundamental studies.
The tendency everywhere is to more and
better education. In view of this tendency
the matter of school hygiene is growing In
importance, and that of overwork in the
largest sense of the term. which includes
the age at which children should be sent
to kindergarten or schoo1, will demand in
creasing attention. Journals of medicine
and hygiene, as we'll as educational peri
odicals, are watching the European develop
ments in this field with great interest and
applying them to the American situation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
NOAH WEBSTER ANNIVERSARY.
Tribute TO Maker of Spelling BOOI
and Dictionary.

Tribute TO Maker of Spelling Book
and Dictionary.
Yale university and New Haven will cele-
brate this month the 15Oth university Of
the birth of Noah Webster, author of the
spelling book and dictionary.
The Webster homestead Is still standing
at New Haven. and the window where
Noah Webster sat for upward of forty
years while he compiled and rewrote his
dictionary overlooks part OF Yale college.
DlagonRlly across the street from the win
dow is the old Grove street cemetery where
he was buried. He was born October l6,
1858.
In his youth he had many troubles, like
many another author. He brought up a
family OF eight on the proceeds OF his
spelling book. In after years he never tired
Of telling how his father started him out in
the world to make his fortune with IS OF
Continental money in his pocket, amount
ing In reality to barely 81 IN currency.
During his career n Yale. from which he
was g~radultsd in i77S, Web tier failed to dis
tinguish himself from his other classmates.
After graduating he taught school and
studied law. In 1883 he met in Washington
the Rev. DR.. S. S. Smith. afterward pres
dent OF Princeton college. and mentioned
to him his plan Of bringing out a spelling
book which he had already partly prepared
for publication. Dr. Smith encouraged him
in his plan and the following winter was
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
ILL-FED SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Distressing and Pitiful Conditions
Revealed in Chicago,

DISTRESSING and Pitiful Conditions
Revealed in Chicago.
A report of a committee of three members
OF tho Chicago Board of Education reveals
a shocking and distressing condition of
poverty among the school children of that
city. 1t is assorted that 5000 children fire.
quently are sent to school breakfastless and
that 10000 other children habitually are
hungry as the result of receiving insult
ficient food,
The report is the result of an extensive
investigation brought about through a reso-
luton introduced before the Board Of Edu-
cation last May by Trustee Mode ].
spiegel. calling for the working out of
remedies for the relief Of school children
who are hampered by Indulgence.
In the Course of the Investigation the
child study department examined O.O7O
specific cases and the truant officers thor
oughly canvassed the poorer school dis
tricts OF the city. From the examinations
or subnormal children made by the child
study department the conclusion is reached
that So per cent are sufferers from mall
nutrition and insufficient feeding.
Some OF the conditions cited in the report
are:
Hundreds Of mothers often go to bed
hungry themselves in order that their
children may have something to eat next
morning. This self-denial is habituaI hero
Ism in several districts OF the poor. Fathers
out of work have been found who were
regular beneficiaries OF the free lunch
counters in saloons. while their families
went hungry.
hildr nave been found on South Water
street faint with hunger. begging for dead
fowl In the crates or for decayed fruit.
They have been seen feasting on remnants
of food from garbage boxes in alleys and
In a few instances clutching at crusts OF
bread thrown away by other children al
school.
Most of the underfed children come from
homes that arc deficient in ventilation and
sanitation. Many live in damp, il-smelline
Easements.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
GRAND ISLAND COLLEGE.
Flnttering Prospects of College
shown by Enrolment,

Flnttering Prospects of College
shown by Enrolment.
This college opened September s with an
enrolment in all departments of about 300
students. Several new teachers of ripe ex-
perlence have identified their interests with
those Of the Institution. Those attending col
lege come, not only from Nebraska, but a
fair proportion from Wyoming. Colorado.
South Dakota and Wisconsin.
A reception was given to the new MEM
beers OF the faculty and the new students
by those who had been on the ground the
previous years. In the absence of Presi-
dent Sutherland, DIR, Beyl gave the address
OF welcome in behalf OF the faculty. Miss
Mamie Hogue gave a cordial welcome to
the new students. Prof. Tiff made a fitting
response to these words of welcome. Prof.
Venner presided.
Two courses Of lectures have been pro-
vided. One course is OF a somewhat popu-
lar cast and includes two lectures and two
musicales. The second course will be given
by the faculty and will be along the lines
OF investigation which they have pursued
in their departments.
The prospects for foot ball are better than
Usual. There are sons strong men on the
team 1t is thought that they win give a
good account Of themselves the present
year,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
KEARNEY STATE NORMAL.
Demand for Teachers Exceeds the
Schools supply,

Miss Withers Of Lincoln, state secretary
or the Young Women's Christian assoeia-
tion for colleges, is visiting the Kearney
normal She addressed a large and en-
thusiastic meeting in the chapel.
DR.. Thomas expresses himself AS bisbIv
pleased with the plaE to hold The state
Teachers association in November. He be-
lt"ves that when boards of education ana
teachers become fully adjusted to the new,
order the association ought TO be attended
by 1900 people. The State Normal will give
a vacation and il is expected a large num-
Der will attend from here.
The call for teachers Is stil coming in.
but the normal has exhausted its supply
Miss Agnes Carrig. who takes up her work
In the Fairbrry schools, was the last 10 20.
More than fifty students who had planned
courses in the Normal for the present wear
have been sent out to supply the shortage
In the western counties. The Normal has
received calls for principals and superin-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

tendents far beyond fits ability to supply.
Many Of the undergraduates have taken
principalships for the present year and re-
port a successful opening.
The electric fixtures are in place in the
Normal and the building was Illuminated
for the first time during the reception to
the new students Friday evening. The new
fixtures add greatly to the appearance Of
the building.
The Normal has graduated seventy stu
dents from It's higher courses during each
Of the last two years. The senior class this
year is the largest we have had at the
opening. The Junior class numbers about
eighty. The teachers training class num-
bers forty. The freshman and sophomore
classes are both well represented.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
FIRE DESTROYS AUTOMOBILE
Back Flash from Engine Causes
Complete Wreck of the
h

The back firing of the engine in Jake
schlanck's four-cylinder automobile set
fire to the car and destroyed everything
about 1t except the metal parts and the
front wheels in Miller park between 3
and 4 o'clock Saturday morning. The auto
mobile was used for hire and when not
working, stood at Sixteenth and Howard
streets. Chauffeur Maitland, Mrs. Matt
land and two other persons were riding
in the car when it caught fire. Although
the gasoline tank was full, It did not ex-
plode, the gasoline merely burning up.
1t is said that the car was recently in
sured for it's fun vabue
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
saved His Boys Life,

my S-year-old boy was badly con-
stipated, had a high fever and was in an
awful condition. 1 gave him two doses OF
Foley's Orino Laxative and the next morn
ing the fever was gone and he was en-
tirely well. Foley's orino Laxative saved
his life A. Wolkush. Cashier, Wis. Sold
by all druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
womsn Interrupt PolItloa1 speakers

A well-dressed woman Interrupted a polit-
ical speaker recently by continually
coughing. II she had taken Foley's Honey
and Tar It would have cured her cough
quickly and expelled the cold from her
system. The genuine Foley's Honey and
Tar contains no opiates and IL in a yellow
druggists
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05
A Total Eclipse

of the functions Of stomach, liver. kidneys
and bowels, is quickly disposed of with
Electric Bitters. 5Oc. Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-05

Dr.. Ross. Dsnust. as Barker Block
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-13
Proposals For Furnishing Lumber to
the City For the Year 1909

Cairo, H., Dec, 5th, 1908
Sealed proposals addressed to the
City Council of the City Of Cairo, HI
nois, will be received at the office oil
the City Comptroller mp to O'Clock
p. m. Thursday. December 3ist, 1908,
for supplying to the City of Cairo,
Illinois all lumber needed for public
use during the year 1909.
Bids must state the price for each
kind Of lumber, white oak, cypress,
white or yellow pine, and are to be
delivered TO any part OF the city az
may be ordered.
A bond IN the sum of five hundred
t5OO) dollars with approved security
must accompany each bid.
The City Council reserves the right
o reject any and all bids.
ERNEST WORKMAN.
City Comptroller.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-13
Stocks y Bonds Cereals
DOWNWARD TREND STRONG AT CLOSE
of Prices in Yesterdays Stock Mar
ket Offset BY Spotty Show
of Strength.

New York Dec 12,-The few
spots of positive strength in the
stock market today were not suffi
cient to Offset the effect of the gen,
eral disposition to reduce commit
mcnta, There was a discussion of
the beneficial effect on railroad earn
ines to follow the proposed advances
IN freight rates, but prices did not
respond except in the case of New
FORK Central, which rose vigorously
in the face of the prevailing down
ward tendency The greatest selling
pressure centered on the metal group
especially American Smelling Ru-
nlors of unsatisfactory earnings by
that company were coupled with re-
ports of the waning demand for cop
per and the expectation of renewed
decline in prices of silver. already
near the lowest price on record. The
immediate outlook in the money mar.
ket was the principal topic for con
sideratiOn.
The operation Of forces Of deple.
ton of banking supplies was seen to
be still in force, indicating CON
tlnuance of the decrease i'm banking
reserves Time money rates were
hrmer, an advance in the sixty day
rae followed the earlier rise in thir-
~ day rate. Near the close there
was a strong rally in the market.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-13

The presidential apartments in the
new Washington station occupy the
eastern end of this marble master
piece, extending the fun width OF the
building. At the southeast corner
of the building is the main entrance
10 the suite-a arched carriage por.
tai OF simple but imposing architec-
ture The character Of the institution
is indicated unlJ by sculpture over the
doorway ren esenting the seal Of the
United States, surrounded by flags
II preferred entrance or egress may
be had on the east front where several
doors open from the apartments 10 a
corridor or portico spacious enough
to permit half dozen carriages to BE-
drawn up before IT,
Tho main entrance opens W on a
vestibulc. and this communicates with
the main reception room. from which
latter also open most OF the doors on
the east front This reception room
is an impressive. high -ceilingcd apart
ment, almost a. large as the historic
east room at the White House. and
very suggestive Of that salon In its
general dimensions. There Is a mosaic
noor and the fresco ornamentation
and other decorations. which are very
elaborate present blue and gold as
the predominating tiuts.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-13
ATTRACTS MEN OF WEALTH.
MiIIionaires Constantly Making
Homes at Washington.

Fifteen Washington families were
recently estimated to represent 81 600
900 900 Of wealth Perhaps the est
mate was high, but it Is certain that
dlu .ng a social season diligent diner
out can meet in Washington more uf
the eXponents of great accumulations
than anywhere else in the world In
the first place, there Is more democ-
racy In Washington, and In the see
ond place there is probably nowhere
that more of this kind OF bonanza
society shows itself Only recently.
for Instance, a man went TO Washing
ton bought IA beautiful building Site In
the northwestern section of the city
and proceeded to erect a palatial resi-.
dence without taking ADVICE or counsel
of anybody, It presently became
known that this man was none other
than Henry C. Perkins, the South Al
rican mnd-millionaire. argonaut OF
California and the Rand.
Mr. Perkins IL rated as one Of the
wealthiest men of the world He is
associated with the house OF Roths.
child and has great mining interests
in Africa and the United States New
York Herald
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-13
Proposals For City PRINTING.

Cairo. H. Dec. 5th. 1908.
Sealed proposals addressed TO tn.
City Council Of the City Of Cairo
will be- received at the Office Of m,
City Comptroller up 10 ; O'Clock p. m
Thursday. December 31st. 1908. fol
doing The city printing for the year
1893.
All bids must include the publish.
ur in some daily newspaper Of all the
proceedings Of the CITY Council. al
rdinances. governing the city Of
Cairo. al official notices 81 whateye-
sind required to be Published by the
avs anil ordinances 81 the CITY q
Cairo and an other official notices ra
quirei by The Cts Council or County
Court.
The type 10 o. used is 20 b. what
is known as spoint type.
s bond in the sum Of two hundred
f20ol Dollars with approved security
must accompany each bid.
The City Council reserves the right
20 reject any and al bids
ERNEST WORKMAN.
City Comptroller.