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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

The acknowledgements cars in
the New York subway have been sban-
doned because the refused to
~patronize them, No reason for their
refusal has been figured out, but in all
probability II is because"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04
Comparative Happiness.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

1t is estimated that 200, 1000 Americans will
buy autos during the coming year. But
that is not a circumstance to the number
who will continue to ride on street cars and
be happy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

Mark Twain has abandoned the role
of theatrical angel. AS the project
I'D not pay, be could see no humor in
1t. Mark is displaying sense as well
as nonsense in his old age.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04
JeffersOnian Simplicity in Georgia.


Governor Joe Brown of Georgia has
evidently started in to rival a former
noted chief executive of Indiana. Gov
ernor Brown has adopted blue jeans
as the sartorial standard and has ban
ished the ice cooler from the executive
once. In its stead he has required to
the old-fashioned water bucket and
the gourd dipper. Governor Brown is
he will develop during his term is un-
certain, but it would not be strange to
see a we'll digger at work on the state
house grounds any day and the old
oaken bucket, with its m~oss-covered
brim, ~supplanting the hydrant.
If 1t is Governor Browns purpose in
all things to revert to Je~ffersonian
simplicity, the news correspondents
have been woefully remiss is furnish
ing detailed information. They failed
to tell us whether the governor wore
knit g~allusses, cowhide boots and a
straw hat gone to seed, They also
failed to record whether the executive
bedchamber was equipped with a husk
mattress and an old roped bedstead
and such other luxuries as our fore
fathers used to enjoy. In the absence
of detailed information on these points
we refrain from passing judgment
whether G~eorgia's governor is the real
brand of Jeffersonian simplicity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

Former Sultan Abdul Hamid has
given the government of Turkey an
other check for 100000. How nice
it is to have 4 lemon like that to
squeeze whenever the treasury runs
low.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

The sugar trust prosecutions are
very disappointing to the democrats,
who have been clamoring loudly for
them. but hoping they would not ma
terialize. 4.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04
A Man with a Record.

Secretary Of Agriculture James Wilson
is an Inspiration TO old men. He has
served under three presidents, and all Of
them faithfully; but the remarkable fact
is he made his enviabls reputation after
his Goth birthday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

Another Texas nan has been
drowned in a bathtub, but IL those
Texans will persevere they will in time
learn how to use these modern-day APP
%pliances,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

The German kaiser has sworn to
maintain peace. with Gods help"
The fact that the kaiser recognizes the
need Of assistance would lead to sus-
picion that the situation is more seri-
Gus than generally supposed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

Cuba must be getting back to the
Spanish idea. A bill has been passed
legalizing cock fighting and the lottery
measure is we'll on the way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

The camping season Is on in full
blast and the man with a sure dande-
lion exterminator has given way to the
man with a mosquito bite cure.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

The car and the base ball umpire
appear to be in the same class-no-
body loves them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

any one Of them. Anything that looks
like an income tax looks good to Mr..
Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
DOrarily should have The Zee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

1t was just 1873 years ago that they
did the daring which we celebrate,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04
sTATEMHNr on CIRC1TLATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, SIS:
George 3. T1schuck. treasurer OF The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn. says that the actual number OF full
and complete copies Of The Daily, Morn
ing, Evening and Sunday Bee printed dur
ing the month of June. 1903, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

Keep sane and play safe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

cEOftSG -. IGSAE1OOht
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
to before me this LIST day of July, 1908.
(Seal) NJ. p, WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

Siss! Boom! All!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04

TT would never do to give women votes.
Just think what would happen then when
1t made women eligible to jury dutyl'
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
rar.n ON NOW win Conferees.

The real contest is now on for the
perfection of the tariff law. The bill
went into conference on Friday. and
II the temper that is being display
ed by the Republican conferees of the
two houses is an accurate index Of
their intentions, neither will yield.
This, however, is the usual display of
rfgidity that always characterizes a
conference committee on important
differences between the two houses.
There is no doubt as to where TIE
president stands. When the house
bill passed that body he declared it
met the pledges of the party. The in
creases made in the senate have star
tied him at times, although he has al
lowed no public utterance concerning
them to escape his lips.
The brief debate in the house on
the question of sending the bill to con-
ference showed a bitter spirit against
the senate increases, although few of
the alleged ''iniquities" were specified.
Mr.. Mann, of Illinois, a regular"
was the most outspokAl of any Of the
Republicans He declared that if the
conference adopted the senate in
creases on wood pulp over the house
rate he would vote against the confer
ence report.
The placing of a dutY'on the raw
materials, which the house had voted
free, has caused a strong feeling in
the latter body, and there will be in
sistense that oil. coal, hides and iron
ore be put back to where the house
voted them. These were all made free
by the house, except coal. which was
to be free from countries that i'm
posed no duties on American coal
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
BRIDE STOLEN
ON WEDDING EVE
Lured From Home and Carried
OF Into Woods.
MOTIVE IS NOT KNOWN

Young Woman Was Left Lying Beside
a Roadway Three Miles From Her
Home-Posse Is Searching For Two
Men.
Washington, Pa, July Ito be
bound, gagged and carried away from
her home few hours before her wed
ding day and left lying beside a road
way three miles away, was the ex-
perience of Miss Sadie Forsythe, of
Roscoe, who is to marry William
Early. Miss Forsythe is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Forsythe, prom
lnent residents of Roscoe, Washington
county.
The young woman said that about 5
o'clock in the morning she was awak-
ened by some person under her win
dow making a noise and calling:
Sadie, come down here. Early
wants to see you"
She hurriedly put on her clothing
and went downstairs. AS she stepped
to the porch she was seized and blind
folded. She struggled with her captor,
but he was too strong for her. A gag
was placed in her mouth and she was
carried out to the road, where a buggy
was waiting She heard another man
whisper: Hurry, Bill; there will be
some one coming"
The horse was whipped up and she
again began to struggle to gain her
freedom. One of the men held her,
while the other bound her with a rope.
Miss Forsythe says that at this juno
ture she lost consciousness and knew
nothing more until she awoke at 8
o'clock in the afternoon in a lonely
spot near a road three miles from her
home
When the disappearance of the
bride-to-be was discovered by her par
ents they instituted a search. After
discovery the relation of her story
caused great indignation. and the par
ty which had ben searching for her
Increased and went on a hunt for the
unknown men.
On account of being blindfolded the
young woman says she does not be-
lieve she could identify the two men.
Her fiance, William Early. is among
the searchers.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
JOHN D. GIVES
S1O,OOO,OOO
Oil King Increases Donation to
General Education Board.
TOTAL IS NOW S52,OOO,OOO

He Also Released the Board From the
Obligation to Hold In Perpetuity
the Funds, and If In the Future the
Purpose of the Foundation Becomes
Remote the Principal May Be Dis.
tributed.
John d. Rockefeller has increased
his donations to the General Educa-
ton Board by an additional gift Of
$lO,OOO,0O0, and also released the
board from the obligation to hold in
perpetuity the funds contributed bv
him. The gift announced by Freder-
lex T. Gates, the chairman of the
board, brings Mr.. Rockefeller's dona-
lions to the general education board
to S52,000,000. 1t was contributed, &C
cording to the statement made by
Chairman Gates, because the income
of the present fund available to appro-
priatiOn had been exhausted and a
larger income to meet educational
needs of great Importance had be-
come necessary.
Mr.. ROckefeller's action in empow-
ering the board and its successors to
distribute the principal of funds con-
tributed by him upon the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the members was
said to have been taken in consider
alton of the possibility, now remote,
that at some future time the object
and purpose of the Rockefeller foun-
dation might become obsolete. Unde
the original conditions imposed, the
fund would have had to continue in
petpetuity. irrespective of whether a
public demand for it's continuance ex-
listed or not.
Since the receipt of it's foundation
for higher education in 1905 the gen.
eral education board has subscribed
to the colleges of this country $685.
500. The colleges to which these sub
scriptiOns have been made are to
raise supplemental sums amounting
to $14,037 500. When these agreements
have been completed, the total addi-
ton to collegiate endowment in this
country, through the agency of the
board and the friends of the colleges,
will be S17.975,000.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
Dodaes one Wreck; Causes Another.

~WNJNN ~II~ ~ Y NNNT OUNoCu FNTIULTICTs
New YorF July 1.-THE prevention
of one wreck was the cause of another,
in which fifteen trolley car passengers
were injured. on the Williamsburg
bridge over the East river. The motor
man of a crowded car was running at
full speed toward Williamsburg, wher
he put his brakes on hard to avoid
hitting a car ahead. His car was struck
from behind by another car, both were
derailed and fifteen persons were Sc
verely injured.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
Fatally stricken In Church.

Wilmington, Del, July 12.-Former
State Senator James M. Shakespeare,
a prominent Republican, was stricken
with apoplexy in the Red Clay NJ. E.
church, near Marshallton, where he
was attending the services. He died
soon afterward in the parsonage.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14

Delay in taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy if you have backache, kidney
or bladder trouble, fastens the disease
upon you and makes a cure more diff
cult. Commence taking Foley's Kid
ney Remedy today and you will soon
be we'll. Why risk serious malady !?
Sold by w. R. Keys & Co., Clayton;
all druggi SITS, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
Mother kIlIed. Boz seeks peath.

Toledo, o., July 12-Wild with grief
because his mother, Mrs. Robert Gey-
er, was struck and killed by an auto
mobile, Russell Geyer, fourteen years
old. lay down on railroad track near
his home, but was rescued before the
arrival of a train.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.


PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR steady;
winter low grades, S. o. 5.25; winter
clear, S5.75@ 6.25; city mills, fancy.
RYE FLOUR steady, at $47O@4SO
WHEAT firm; new, No. 2 red.
$1171k.
CORN quiet; No. white, local, 801s
OATS firm; No. 2 white, clipped,
58h059c.; lower grades, 571Rc.
HAY firm; timothy, large bales, per
ton, $3.50.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 100
16hc.; old ROSTERS, 10hc. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 16c.; old roost-
ers, lie.
BUTTER steady; extra creamery,
28c. per Id. .
EGGS steady; selected, rs a 2Sc.;
nearby, 231&c.; western, 23Ac.
POTATOES steady; new, per bar
rel, $1@2.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE steady; choice, $6S5Q710;
prime, $6.60@6.80.
SHEEP steady; prime wethers, $50
lambs Ub s5@s; veal calves, $S6S.5O.9
HOGS active; prime heavies, $3.50
@835; mediums, $808.15; heavy
Workers, $790@S.10; light Workers.,
$760Q7.80; pigs, s74O9750; roughs,
s6.5047.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
Girls Kidnapped by Their Mother.

Girls Kidnapped by Their Mother.
Pottsville, Pa, July IL. - A novel
kidnapping took place here, when Mrs.
Aaron Keskee. of Brooklyn, N. Y, cap
tured her two little daughters, who
were living with their father here, and
took them along on a train to New
York before the father knew of the
occurrence.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
convlcts Help Farmers Save Wheat

ConVIcts Hep FARMERS Save Wheat.
Jefferson City, Mo, July 12.-Con-
victs from the Missouri state peniten
tiary were put at work in the Gallo
way bottoms to help the farmers save
their wheat from the advancing wa
tiers of the Missouri river. Most of the
grain was rescued.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
BONUS FOR MINE WORKERS
One Per Cent Over Basis to Be Added
For July.

Shenandoah, Pa. July 12.-Statisti-
clan Neill, of Washington, has notified
the anthracite coal operators and mine
workers that. according to the price of
coal at tidewater, the mine workers
wages would be l per cent above the
basis for the month of July.
Smyrna times., 1909-07-14
NEW HALF MOON STARTSOVE
Reproduction Of Hudson's Ship Comes
Aboard Riquer Vessel.

Rotterdam, July 12-The Half Moon,
a reproduction of Hendrix Hudson's
ship, which first sailed up the Hudson
river, was dispatched from here on
board the Holland-American steamer
Soestdyk. for New York. The Soestdyk
will arrive July %, and the Half Moon
will be unloaded at the Brooklyn navy
yard
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Try This In November.

Thousands upon thousands of fam
lilies who have not been regular eaters
of Quaker Scotch Oats will begin on
the first day of November and eat
Quaker Scotch Oats once or twice
every day for thirty days Of this
month; the result in good health and
more strength and vigor will mean
that every other month in the year
will find them doing the same thing.
Try it! Serve Quaker Scotch Oats
plentifully and frequently for the thirty
days of November and leave on cor
responding amount of meat and greasy
foods. You'll get more health, more
vigor and strength than you ever got
in thirty days of any other kind OF
eating.
While you are trying this see that
the children get full share.
The best food for them. Quaker
Scotch Oats is also packed in hermet
ically sealed tins for hot climates;
keeps indefinitely.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

THE postoffice department in Wash
j ington has Just solved a problem
that of several years standing. and
which for long time they feared they
neved would be able to solve Since
as tar back as August. 1904, at regu-
lar intervals. the Boston postmaster
has been sending with his consignment
of dead letters to the dead letter office
a number of small envelopes. all ad-
dressed with a lead pencil in the same
handwriting to the same person.
street and number In Boston. with no
postage paid upon them.
When in time it became necessary
TO open these letters at the dead let
ter once each was found to contain
81 bill, wrapped in scrap OF brown
paper or old newspaper, without the
least sign or mark by which the sen
der might be identified.
The number of these letters sem
to the dead letter Office having reached
14s. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral De Graw concluded to send ou
his inspectors to run down the mys
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

WASHINGTON. = Having satisfied
w himself regarding the technique
of flying machines when he visited
Wilbur Wright ia College Park. Nd.
and piled him with all sorts Of ques-
tons. DIR. WI Ting Fang. Chinese min
tster to the United States. turned bis
attention to spiritualism and took his
first plunge into the mysteries of the
spirit world. He attended a meeting
Of the Temple League of Spiritualists,
where he was informed by medium
that half a dozen spirits lowered by
his side.
From the time the human interro-
cation mark" as DIR. WI has become
known here, entered the hall. accom-
panied by WI Chang. an attache of
the Chinese legation, and took seat
directly in front of the speakers
platform, he was all open-eyed atten.
ton. Notwithstanding his flowing pur
pie robes, the minister was not recog
snized by the haif-hundred attendants
but was the center of curiosity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

nURING the last fiscal year more
~ fish and. fish eggs were distributed
by the bureau of fisheries of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor in
Washington than ever before in its
history. For the first time the total
of fish and eggs distributed passed
the three billion mark. The exact
number was ,117.301.525.
Last year the total amount of the
distribution was 2,S71, 456, $50, and al
though Commissioner George M.
Bowers suggested early in the year
that he hoped to pass the three bi.
lion mark, small hope was entertained
that he would be able To do it.
In addition to the increased distribu-
ton, careful estimate has shown
that the cost of distribution has been
reduced to about $152 million of fish
and eggs distributed, which is lower
average cost than has ever before
been attained The cost during the
previous fiscal year was $16025. II
1907 1t was $172.2S. 1906 s216S0.
When the bureau was established
in 1904, the cost of distribution wa
S403.51 a million. while In 1897, thu
year before Commissioner Bower
took charge Of the work. the annua
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Woman's Mouth Was Speakeasy Till

man were gathered In, together with
a lot of evidence in the shape Of
whisky and beer.
Annie Humans Jaw was swollen
enormously. Lieut.. Fathers asked her
what was the matter.
Gum boil" was her laconic reply.
"Ahem,' said the lieutenant Then
he began to massage Armies face
Out came a dime.
ANY more?" he asked. and Annie
shook her head.
The lieutenant gave the face a
pinch. Out came two quarters,
marked money. Another massage, and
Annie disgorged five nickels-
More pinching. more money. until
about 81 were In the lieutenant's
hands. Telling about 1t in court AS
sistant Corporation Counsel Pugh had
the nerve to say to Judge Aukun
that the woman was forced to cough
up!
Annie and George Tubman were dis
missed, and Charles Norman was Fell
for further examination
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
The Steady Man.

We'd like to write little rhyme
about the steady man, who keeps on
pegging all the time and does the
best he can; the man who early goes
to work and doesn't get home till late;
nor ever, try to shirk in order to be
great. There are some fellows who
will try to do their business tricks
and have a finger in the pie of city
politics; they try to put on lots OF
style and play heavy role, and in
a little bit O. while you find them in
hole! like the man of steady pace
his system / admire; he has no wild
desire to place more irons in the fire!
Los Angeles Express.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
DR.. WI Seeks Light on Spirit World

When Mrs. Hennen, regarded as
frst-ciass medium by the spiritualists.
took the floor and asked whether any
one was present who had never re-
ceived a message from the spirit
world. DIR. WI signified that he was
such. The medium declared that she
saw standing by the Chinese minis
ter's side a woman of his country with
two children. She said she had not
been given their names, but described
them to him and remarked that If dur
ing the evening the names were given
her by the spirit she would make them
known to him.
While she gave spirit messages,
names and descriptions of spirits to
persons in the room DIR. WI watched
ard listened with the keenest atten-
ton. To his companion another me-
dunn gave long reading" informing
Mr. Chang he was going away shortly,
but would return.
DR.. WI returned a few nights later
and had private sitting" during
which he was told that the spirit OF
william Mckinley, martyred presi
dent of the United States. urged him
to use his efforts for peace. The
spirit of the Chinese ENJOYS mother
also talked to him.
why is it | cannot see the spirits ?
was Dr. Wu's question. The mediums
explanation has not been made public
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Uncle Sam Plants Fish by Billion

output was 56S ,042 and the cost
was s397.76 a million.
Ten years ago the number OF appli-
cations for the stocking of rivers and
streams with fish of various kinds was
less than 1000. During the last fiscal
year, the applications increased to
nearly 1000 and the bureau respond
ed by planting fish in nearly that
number of rivers, streams. lakes aud
ponds.
OF the entire amount planted. SO
per cent. was for market fisheries,
only two per cent being for the use
of sporfsmen.
In summing up the conditions foi
the fiscal year, Commissioner Bowers
has come face to face with the con
tingency that in the near future the
Pacific coast may be called upon to
restock the Potomac river and its
tributaries with shad. Only a few
years ago shad were taken from the
Potomac and planted In the Sacra
mento river, where they are now more
plentiful than on the Atlantic coast
The commissioner Is having pre-
pared maps showing the extent t
which nets are planted along the Pc
tomac and its tributaries for catching
the shad as they return from the sal
water of the Chesapeake Bay to tn
fresh water in which they spawn s.
great has been the onslaught on tn
fish as they attempt to reach thei
spawning ground, that in spite Of a
the efforts of the bureau to plan
eggs, the catch is constantly decrea'
ing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20

= IEUT. FATHER of the Washing
u ton police gave away one OF the
secrets of the third degree" when he
told Judge Aukan how he extracted
about two dollars In small change
from the mouth of a colored woman
who pretended that she had a gum
boil
Policemen Russell. Looper and Har'
ney had made raid on a house on
G street southwest that was thought
10 be a ..speak-easy." or. In legal
terms. an unlicensed bar.
The police sent into the house two
or three people with marked coins
When the raid was made George Tub
man. Annie Tubman and Charles Nor
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-11-20
Solve Post Office Department Mystery

terry. for mystery he felt there must
be.
After a long search the postofice In
spectors found that the name upon
the envelope and the addresses were
correct for the years 1904 to 1907
The man named upon the envelope
had finally been discharged, and Is
now an object of charity. The pro
prietor of the hat establishment
where the man used to work stated
to the postoffice inspectors that the
man had formerly worked for him.
and that he had in the past received q
number of anonymous letters Then
the inspectors started out to chase the
old man down. finally finding him. and
when they told him that $146 were In
the custody of the dead letter Office
for him he was overjoyed-
The old gentleman was somewha
dubious about taking the money, q.
he said that there was not anybody OF
earth who owed him anything. TheI
he made an exception to this state
ment by saying that a great man,
years ago he had made a silk hat 70
man who had promised to pay 70
it, but never had. and he thought yer,
likely that this man was trying to &c
even with his conscience by sendin
this small sum every month.
The $146 helped to put the old ma
on his feet and get him out of tn
poorhouse.