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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

From the price of cattle and hogs
n might imagine that the middle
west feeds live stock on orchids.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

You women never keep posted on curar
rent events.''
why, yes we do. I've been reading ali
about the finding of the pole. But, John?T
well, what?"
How did the pole happen to be lost?'-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

The Tramp--Ah, mister, what would you
do If you felt like you didn't have a friend
in the world? t
The Rich Man-What would I do? Why.
I'd apply for a Job as base ball umpire, Of
course.-Chicago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Welcome Eagles. Make yourselves
at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

The Patrolman's Wife-Does your hus-
eat fruit in the morning2
The Roundsman's Wife-No; he's only on
duty in the evening.-Yonkers Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

We are still waiting for a decisive
report from Havelock as to whether
the state fair at Lincoln was a success.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
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did you tell that photographer you didn't
want your picture taken2"
Yes nswered the eminent but I'M
comely parsonage.
did he take offense?"
mo, he said he didn't blame me."-Wash-
iE'EtSa sEaHEfO AE4A &
Madison G. Peters was discussing the
question, "Will the coming man martyr" He.
instanced a certain type of bachelor.
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Daily average, 4l,aB9
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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
GENERAL GRANTS TOAST
TOfHIS FATHER AND LEE
Impressive Incident at Appo-
mattox Day Banquet

CHICAGO, April 1o.-An impressive
incident occurred at the AppomattoN
day banquet Of the Hamilton club late
last night. when General Frederick D.
Grant arose and called for standing,
silent toast to Grant and Lee"
There was begun at Appomattox,"
said General Grant, "the period of good
understanding between the north and
the south. I am glad to realize the
consummation of the wish of my dear
father. expressed for final time IN
the last few hours Of his life,. that
there would be ever an enduring peace
between the north and the south"
The room was hushed to absolute
stiffness while every one arose and
drank to the memory of the heroes of
the union and the confederacy Then.
when the banqueters had sat down
again, round after round of applause
broke out, while the tiny American fiag
waved everywhere
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
SAVED FROM DEATH
IN Wild STRUGGLE
Hospital Attendants Prevent
Mad Woman From Jumping
Out OF High Window

NEW YORK, April 1o-A thrilling
struggle to save a mad woman from
suicide occurred tonight OF. the ledge
OF the fifth story window Of the hos
pital for women. The woman, Mrs.
Nora Hickey % years old. was finally
saved from jumping to the street by
the pluck of a doctor and nurse and
the help of the fire department.
Mrs. Hickey became suddenly insane
tonight and thrust her feet through
the heavy plate glass window panes in
her ward. Through the Jagged holes
thus made she pushed her body, cut
ting herself frightfully, and crept to
the edge of the sill.
She was about to jump when DR..
Cranston Conklin and Nurse Mcdonald
caught her by the arms. The woman
was dangling in the air, resisting res
cue with insane fury. fire alarm
was turned in and ladders were run
UP and the woman carried to safety by
the firemen.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
HOLLAND EXPECTS
HEIR TO THRONE
Whole Nation Prepares to Cele-
brate the Event During
Next Week

THE HAGUE, April 10.-The birth
OF an heir to the throne of Holland is
confidently expected the coming week
and if all goes well the outburst of pop
ular enthusiasm will be such as seldom
has been witnessed among the placid
Dutch. There has been no royal birth
in The Netherlands since that of Queen
Wilhelmina herself. % years ago.
Thrice before. since the marriage Of
Little wilhelmina." as the Hollanders
affectionately call the queen, have the
hopes OF the country been raised, only
to be dashed
The constant fear OF the Dutch has
been that the house of Orange would
die out with childless sovereign,
and that Holland would pass under the
rule of a German prince. and would
thereby possibly become a German
vassal state. This partly accounts for
the extraordinary eagerness with which
the event is awaited in every town and
village in The Netherlands.
Representations on a gigantic scale
have been arranged. salute of 101
guns will be fired upon the announce
ment of the birth of prince and 81
for a princess.
The health of the queen has been
excellent. DIR. Kouwer. an eminent
gyneco1ogist. in addition to the queens
regular physicians, is in constant at
tendance. A suite of six rooms has
been prepared for the infant by the
queen herself, and in these have been
installed ancient cradles OF the house
of Nassau, of wonderful workmanship
ALL however. have been discarded in
favor of a homely wooden Dutch
cradle, which will be used ordinarily.
while on state occasions the baby will
occupy beautiful cradle which was
made at The Hague school of lace
work. where two score women In
structors and pupils worked many
months in producing the lace for this
cradle.
Two rooms are literally filed with
costly presents, which have been sent
for the royal baby from every city and
hamlet in The Netherlands
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
LIEUT.. POTTFR'S
MESSAGE MADE
DIVORCE PLEA
Wife Secures Decree and Gus
tody of Child After Liberal
Settlement by Contract
Nephew OF Bishop Who Mar
ried Society Girl Prefers Other
Company in East

Dots and dashes, ticked from Colo
rado Springs to New York city. bore
the 1aeonic message to Mrs. Mary
Louise Potter, daughter of DR.. w. r.
McNutt, that her husband. Lieutenant
Ashton Howard Potteg of Colorado
Springs. nephew of the late Bishop
Potter of New York. did not wish to
see her nor their little daughter
again. The natural consequence Of
the ehilly dots and dashes came yes
terday in Judge Graham's court, when
Mrs. Potter was granted a divorce
from the former army officer
The yellow telegram blank figured
only by proxy in the case yesterday.
because the New York Office could not
supply the copy of the message which
it was intended to offer as an eviden-
tiary exhibit Both Mrs. Potter and
her father, Dr. McNutt. testified to
the character OF the missive which was
as vitriolic as the battery which sped
the busy dots and dashes on their un-
happy mission.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
SAYS EGAN WILL NOT
BE TAFT'S SECRETARY
General Edwards Declares There
Is No Truth in Report
TS,.e;oI D;,ooich 10 The Call


WASHINGTON, April 1o.-so far as
can be ascertained here. there is no
trutl, in the rumor that Martin Egan is
to become secretary to the president.
General Clarence Edwards, who is a
close friend of both the president and
Egan, said tonight that he felt, sure
there was nothing in the report. He
said tina. President Taft esteemed Egan
very highly and intimated that Egan
would be we'll cared for il he desired a
government position here or in the Phil
irpines.
But President Taft is equally at
tached to Secretary Carpenter and has
no intention OF making change, ac-
cordinE to General Edwarda
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
DOG SAVES FAMILY
AND DIES IN FLAMES
Canine Cremated After Per=
forming Heroic Work

JACKSON, Mich, April 10.-The fam
lily dog saved the lives early today of
Joseph sinkbinder, his wife and their
two children, when their home three
miles south of this city was burned.
BY persistent barking the animal
aroused Mr.. and Mrs sinkbinder, who
saved the children and themselves The
dog was crematsd
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
ILL HEALTH CAUSES
ARTIST TO END LIFE
John WoIst Commits Suicide by
Drinking Carbolic Acid

Los ANGELES, April 10.-John
wolst at one time prosperous artist
in New. York, who came to this city
several years ago on account of i'll
health, committed suicide today by
drinking carbolicl acid shortly after
coming here he painted famous can
vas bearing the Madonna head OF Mrs.
Jack Gardner OF Boston. or late he
has been i'll and Respondent
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
CASTRO FORCED
TO LEAVE ISLE
OF MARTINIQUE
Former Dictator Refuses to
Obey Order and Is ForcibIy
Taken to Steamer
Complains of Illness, but Physi-
clans Declare Physical
Condition Good

FORT DE FRANCE, April 1O.--Cip-
riano Castro, former president of>ven-
ezuela, was expelled tonight from the
island of Martinique by the French
government. He protested to the last
against his expulsion, but his protests
French line steamship Versailles,
bound for st. Nazaire.
Official notice was served on Castro
this morning OF the decision of the
French government that he must leave
the island within nine hours from the
receipt of such notice, and that the
commissary of police at Fort de France
had been charged with the execution
of the order
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
SUNDAY, APRIL IL. 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

1ESTERDAX-C1ear; west wind; maximum
temperature 81, minimum 4s.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fasr; brisk north
west wind, diminishing in velocity. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Products" on DutiabIe List

Whatever may have been in the
minds OF the members. the fact re-
mains that the bill as sent 10 the SEN
ate puts petroleum. crude or refined,
absolutely on the free list all right,
but the innumersb BILE products" Of Pc
troleum come within the dutiabIe list
at good round rates That's what the
Standard oil company wanted.
It matters nothing to that corpora
ton whether crude or refined oil
which Il controls abroad as well as
here-is put upon the free list so long
as its products are dutiable and the
more than 600 by-products found on
sale in every grocery and drug store
in the United states can demand trib-
ute from the American consumer.
How this remarkable situation was
brought about is yet to be fully ex-
planned.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Father Corroborates Wife

Doctor McNutt was then put on the
stand and testified that his daughter
was living with him and that the child
was also in his household. He stated
that he had seen the terse telegram
that Potter had sent from Colorado
Springs to his wife while she was in
New York.
The decree was then entered.
The child Of the couple is named
Mary Louise after the mother and is
now years Of age.
Potter was in the United States army
when he married Miss McNutt, who
was a prominent society girl here. In
1904 the lieutenant resigned from the
service and is now living at Colorado
Springs. His army record was spec
taculars
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Products of Petroleum Remain
Subject to Twenty Per Cent
Ad VaIorem Duty
Free Crude Oil and Tax Upon
Other Substances Derived
TherefrOm Please Trust
Three Hundred Articles in Com
mon Use Affected by Change
at Last Moment
[Speoioi Dispatch TO The Cali

M @'Joker' in the oil schedule was
discovered today. Everybody
supposed there was a joker concealed
somewhere about that particular item.
but its peculiar identity was not dis
cernible until several experts got busy
after the text Of the measure came
from the printing Office this morning.
An effort VIII be made Monday to have
the house correct its mistake.
On Friday the Standard oil trust was
supposedly "cinched" by a yea and nay
vote in which the representatives of
the people thought they were placing
petroleum and its products on the free
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Affair Creates Sensation

The governor of Martinique and the
public prosecutor refused an extension
Of time and about o'clock the COM
missary Of police, accompanied by a
large force of gendarmes, proceeded to
the hotel where Castro was stopping
to remove him. forcibly If necessary,
to the steamer. The affair created a
great sensation and long before the
police made their appearance at the
hotel crowds had gathered
Castro lockedl himself in his room in
company with his brother Carmelio and
his secretary and for time refused to
reply TO the summons of the police
official. 1t became necessary for the
police and gendarmes to take rigid
measures to hold in check the crowds
that had by this time become riotous
outside of the hotel
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Payne Prevented change

There was much confusion in the
last hours OF the bill, and no one knew
exactly the meaning of Payne's motion.
The speaker called attention to the
multiplicity OF amendments and said:
As near as the chair has been able
To ascertain. the amendment striking
out the proviso TO paragraph 657 on
page l5s leaves oil and its products on
the free list
Burleson Of Texas insisted that in
order TO accomplish what the amend
ment sought TO do the words -'and the
products thereon should be inserted.
There is no such proposition before
The house" replied Payne. Petroleum
is on the free list.
The speaker then declared the ques-
tion TO be on striking out the pro-
.viso That proviso merely related to
the countervailing duty. and the Payne
motion prevailed by s22 to ~.
Speaker Stops Inquiry
After IL was ali over, the vote re-
cspitulsted and announced, Cooper of
Wisconsin, arising to a parliamentary
inouiry asked this significant ques-
ton:
Was there not an amendment Of
fered by the gentleman from New York
which. in specific terms. put petroleum
and its products on the free ist2
90 not understand that the words and
Ste products are in any amendment
>
The amendments are disposed of
that were reported to the house." re-
piled the speaker, as he brought down
his gavel and ordered the bill to be
engrossed and read the third time.
Committee Action Changed
Thus it happened that no matter
what construction may have been put
upon the statement made in debate, as
q cold statement of fact the oyerwhelm-
ing action OF the house in committee
OF the whole in putting oil and its
products Oh the dutiable list at / per
cent was set aside and oil. crude and
refined. made free. with liberal duty
on the products OF petroleum.
Section 8 OF the Payne bill is what
IS known an tariff legislation as the
basket clause intended to take care
OF anything and everything that may
have been overlooked. It provides that
there shall be levied, etc, on .all arti-
cles manufactured, in whole or in part.
rot provided for in this act. duty of
20 per cent ad vaIoren.r
Twenty Per Cent for Trust
The only product of petroleum emu
merated anywhere in the bin is paraf-
fine. Every other byproduct is omitted
by name and is, therefore. subject to
20 per cent duty. II 20 per cent is
not enough duty for the Standard oil
products. they might come in under
the third paragraph Of the chemical
sssedule which fixes a duty of % per
ceh- upon distilled, expressed and rem
dered oils. all chemical compounds and
all greases not specially provided.
There are upward Of 900 OF these
products Of petroleum; some of them
are commonly known, being gasoline,
Conffnusd On PaEe IS, Column
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
No Contest by Husband

Aside from the testimony regarding
the separation of the couple there was
little to the proceedings. Attorney
Maxwell McNutt conducted his sisters
case and asked the necessary ques-
tions. Frank C. Drew of the firm of
Campbell, Metson. Drew, Oatman &
Mckenzie appeared for the defendant.
Potter filed an answer, but made no
contest. The custody of the child was
awarded to the mother The property
settlement was made out of court and
neither attorney would discuss it's
terms Potter is wealthy, and Mrs.
Potter testified that she had no inde-
pendent means. Potter. it is believed,
made a liberal settlement Tor the sup
port Of the minor child. Potter's father
was Howard Potter. an English banker.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
SPORTS
MARINE

Army transport sheridan gets wireless through
navy gauntlet and viii be in port Tuesday
night Page 40
LABOR
The musicians union, has suspended many
members PaEe %
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
In Healthy Condition


The final examination of the physi-
clans this evening seemed to indicate
that the former president is in quite
as healthy a condition as when he left
France March 26
At $50 o'clock a force of gendarmes
went to Castros room and he was
placed on a mattress. He refused to
put on his clothes and was carried on
a stretcher to the steamer, a distance
of more than mile A thousand or
more of the population had assembled
by this time and great sympathy was
expressed for the former president.
He complained of great suffering and
every movement of the stretcher
seemed to give him further pain. He
has prepared a protest, which will be
sent to the French government to-
morrow.
Castro's brother will remain here for
the present, but it is thought he will
join Sonora Castro at La Guaira If she
is permitted to land at that port
The United States cruiser North
Carolina arrived here at o'clock this
afternoon and is still in the roadsted.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Denounces French Government

The former president rallied against
the French government and the local
authorities. denouncing them for fore
ing upon him the alternative of depor-
tation or imprisonment for six months.
He declared that he would not bulge
and that 1t would be necessary to take
him on board : the steamer on a
stfetcher
This the commissary of police, who
finally entered Castro's room, with an
escort of gendarmes. prepared to do.
but Castro's lawyer took steps to find
the chief justice, and at the very last
moment the governor and public pros
ecutor decided to have another medical
examination.
Accordingly medical commission
proceeded with the examination in
order to establish definitely if Castro,s
health were such that he couldemake
the voyage. The consultation of the
physicians lasted more than half an
hour, and they agreed that the life of
the former president would not be
jeopardized by his removal to the
steamer and the return voyage across
the ocean
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Affinity Not Mentioned

In the discreet proceedings there
was no mention of Mrs. Grace Good.
year Depew of Colorado Springs, the
divorcee who is said to have been
nominated by Potter for the position
of the second Mrs. Potter. Mrs. Depew,
in this involved comedy of nepotism,
is the divorced wife of Ganson Depew
of Buffalo. nephew of Chauncey M.
Depew. Her father is r. H. Goodyear,
a millionaire lumberman of Buffalo.
But the court was not called upon to
speculate on the futures in the tangle,
nor on what brides and grooms will
be ready for judicial April (1910) de-
livery upon the maturity of the inter-
locutory decree granted yesterday.
Colorado Springs is probably specu-
lating, however, on year wide mar
gins in husbands.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Twenty Per Cent for Trust

oontinusd On PaEe IS, Column 5
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Wife Avoided Paris

MIS-. 1OLLGI tOOh tIc SlduQ llESt yes
terday. She was attired in a gray
tailor suit matched with q gray Me-
phisto hat and she carried a purple
parasol, matched with the narrow pur-
pie ribbon that completed her costume
about the throat.
She told Judge Graham that her
name was Mary Louise Potter, that
she lived at 2429 jackson street and
was married in Yokohama. Japan
November 2, 1900. She had been sepa-
rated from her husband since June,
1907
Can you state under what circum-
stances your husbands left your
asked Maxwell McNutt.
Yes. replied the plaintiff in low
tone. 4I left st. Moritz. Switzerland
September 2s, 1906, to visit Paris
How did you come to go to Paris?''
sIt was at Mr.. Potter's suggestion,
his wish. subsequently 1 did not see
him. He came to Paris in April, 1907,
but left without letting me know he
was in Paris. He knew where / was
staying in Paris. He came to America
and went to Colorado Springs L have
not seen him since"
Have you any, means of support?'
Attorney McNutt asked.
No." replied the witness.
Have the property rights been ad-
justed?,,'
YES, by contract"
Judge Graham asked few questions
to bring out the full extent OF the
separation between the couple. Attor-
ney Drew said he had no questions to
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
EDITORIAL

The United Railroads In gumshces. Page IS
Cinchtng the chocolate manufacturers Page IS
Santa Barbara and its salvation. Page IS
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
FOREIGN

Italian warships declared slow and faulty by
newspaper published in Rome. Page rs
Striking button makers at Mern, France.
wreck factories and destroy residences of en-
ployers. Page ~
Castro elected from Fort de France by order
Of French government. Pare ~
Holland expects birth of heir to throne within
week and whole nation prepares to celebrate
the OCCASION Page IL
Roosevelt denies that he was interviewed bv
French correspondent while at Naples Page IA
F. Marion crawfcrd's death leaves his great
est work incomplete. Page es
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
COAST
EASTERN

California Representatives say ST
are protected in Payne tsriff bill.
Joker in oil schedule Of Payne tsri
petroleum products subject to duty.
Insane woman prevented from j.
fifth story of hospital after thr
gle.
Senator Bailey scores Taft in spec
bill. !.
Missouri railroads refuse to COZ
rates and prepare 10 resist injunction
Record in governments suit to dil
ard oil company Of New Jersey cont
600 words.
President Taft and family will 81
the summer in Massachusetts,.
Indictments against Governor, Has
others Quashed on technicality.