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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
DIES IN CHICAGO
County Commissioner Goes Soon After
Word of Hope Comes.
SPECIALIST SAID HE WOULD LIVE
Mrs. Kennard Writes Letter of Cheer
and t. Scarcely Read BE-
fore She TeIegraphs He
f. Dead.

Milton J. Kennard, former chairman of
the Board of County Commissioners and
member for the First district for
the present term died suddenly this morn
ing in a Chicago hospital. Death came
Immediately after a announcement by the
specialist in charge that Mr.. Kennard's
malady was durable and less serious than
at first supposed.
A telegram from Mrs. Kennard, contain
ing word of her husbands death, came to
E. j. Woods, a family friend a few min
utes after a letter she had written, which
told j~oyfully Of the physicians declaration
that Mr.. Kennard's life could be saved.
Only a few hours previously to this Mr..
Kennard's friends had been arranging de-
tails of a campaign to re-elect him to the
county board, where his service had been
of noteworthy efficiency.
At the office Of the county clerk word
had been received Of his intention to run
: again and it was said that his filing for
the primary nomination would be received
before the day was ove:,
The new of his death caused more than
usual regret in court house circles, where
he had not an enemy, although he was a
man Of vigorous and pronounced activity.
Mr.. Kennard was born in Indiana, near
hnlghtstOWni and would have been 81 in
August. He came to Omaha in 1873 and
engaged in the real estate and insurance
business, which he prosecuted successfully
until he was elected county commissioner
He has just been completing his second
term in that office and was chairman of
the board for the first two years.
Mrs. Kennard had accompanied him
alone to Chicago and will bring the body
back on the Rock Island. Nervous exhaus-
ton and anemia caused death. Thursday
the specialist made the usual tests on
Mr.. Kennard and agreed to take charge of
the case, declaring that it was his rule
to accept nc one in which there was not
a good chance of effecting a cure.
Mr.. Kennard's Omaha residence was at
1920 Woolworth avenue. In recent time
since his illness had rendered him unable
to walk except with difficulty, he had
been driving down town regularly and his
horse and buggy were a familiar sight.
In politics MI. Kennard was a stanch
republican and a loyal, unselfish worker
in behalf Of the party. Members Of the
Board of County Commissioners were gem
timely shocked and grieved at word of his
death. A special meeting will be called
promptly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
Many Soldiers
Coming Here
for Ak Sar-B Ben
Fall Festivities Will Be Graced by
the Presence Of Large Number
Of Troops.

Ak-sar-Ben made a hit with the army,
and the military of the United States Will
be represented in Omaha at the coming
carnival by the largest force Of soldiers
ever assembled In eastern Nebraska.
Twenty troops OF cavalry, one regiment
Of infantry, a light battery Of artillery, an
old-fashioned pack train, the signal corps
and other features of military display will
be presented.
Two squadrons OF the Second cavalry
viii come from Des Moines, one squadron
from Fort Meade, one from Fort Riley and
one from Fort Leavenworth. The light
battery will come from Fort Riley and the
infantry will come from Forts Crook and
L~eavenworth. The signal corps will come
from Fort Omaha. Preparations for the
movement are now being arranged.
The trooper Of the Second cavalry were
20 we'll pleased with their treatment In
Omaha last fall they are very anxious to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
What Classifiers
Did to Omaha is
Still Untold
News Will Be Broken Gently, Yet
Guild Says it is Not
All Bad.
Break Il gently.

~ ~
What the Western Classification commit
tee did for-or to-the shippers is yet a
secret, locked in the bosoms of the mem
bers. That the shippers have profited in
some ways by the session is probable,
however.
Commissioner Guild Of the Omaha Com
mercial club, returning from Charlevolx,
where the meeting was held, declares that
the joint session there of the classification
committee and the National Industrial
Traffic league will prove of benefit to the
commercial interests of the west. Men
like himself attending the league meeting
appeared before the classiriers in behalf
Of specific points and by concentrating fire
in given direction hope that the railroads
will prove to have been affected.
Both the league and the committee con-
sidered some hundreds of subjects. Among
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
Suit Over Three
Dollars of Dancing
Chambers Sues Girl, Who Ayers She
Did Not Get Her Moneys
Worth.

Sadie Berlin of Omaha, two-stepped and
waltzed until she was in debt to the
Chambers Dancing academy for 50. Then
she quit and now the manager of the
dancing academy is trying to get a judg-
ment in Judge Bachman's justice court
for the So.
The suit has been brought against Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Berlin, parents of Miss
Sadie. The suit was started in Judge Alt
stadt's court, but Miss Sadie said she did
not like Little Bismarck" and a change
of venue was taken to Judge Bachman's
court.
Miss Sadie says she did not get her
moneys worth at the dancing academy
and she does not want to pay the 50
claimed by the dancing master.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
Mail Package
Looks Suspicious
Bundle of Magazines Received by Al
legged Bandit Held by Police
for Inspection.

Suspicion that a scheme OF smuggling
letters and other communications into the
county Jail for the Overland Limited
holdup suspects without the knowledge Of
the authorities, has been aroused by the
receipt of an express package from Spo-
kane, addressed TO d. W. Woods, who
was at first thought to be the leader Of
the gang.
The package was opened and thoroughly
examined by the jailers and is still held by
them.
Nothing but sixteen old magazines, some
of them dated back as far as 1903, was
found in the package, which was done
up in ordinary brown paper and merely
Inscribed with the name of the consignee
and the place Of shipment.
But it has been suggested that perhaps
certain crude scrawls on various parts and
pages OF the unbound volumes may have
a significance to the prisoners. 1t has
not yet been decided to let them have the
magazines.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
MERRYMAN Bellies HIS NAME
Oklahoma Cattleman Listens to Sc
ducInE Voice of "COn" Man and
Grows SOrrOwful.

A pair of high stock yards boots, a soft
black hat and the complexion and general
demeanor Of a stockman helped to swindle
C. C. Merryman of Alva, Okl., out of SIS
in South Omaha, while he was here on
business. Being met by the genial stranger
who proposed a little business deal but
had not enough money, Merryman merrily
handed over the necessary coin and that
was the last he saw of his new friend.
The police Of the two cities are now looking
for the confidence artist.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17

get back and the news that they are to
come was more than welcomed by the men.
1t is the intention of the military authori-
ties to give the people the best possible
display of the several branches of the
service under the most attractive condi-
tions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17

these and of particular local interest were
the proposed penalization on shipmnts of
less than carload lots which have been i'm
properly marked. and the notification OF
the consignor when shipments are refused
or uncalled for by the ~consignee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
omaha, Neb., May 81, 1908.

Authoritarian Doctors,
42s Range Bldg, Omaha, Neb..
Dear Sirs-For the past two years l
have been troubled with paralysis. 1t
showed first in my right hand and
later affected my entire left side. 1
tried several local doctors, but wac
unable 10 get relief-they didn't seem
to know just where the trouble lay.
I nave been taking the Austro-Amer-
lear treatment for about six weeks,
and am glad to say that l am a hum
dred per cent better. and feel that l
will be entirely cured.
ROBERT NJ. WEIGH,
1921 Franklin St
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17

Villisca, Ia, May 10, 1909.
Theodore Milen, NJ. D., Omaha, Neb.:
Dear Sir-Since taking the Austro-
and working every day. Ny epIleptic
attacks have stopped. Very truly,
VI 'BosIIIA FTTaMaN g r
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
An American King

is the great king Of cures, DR.. Kings New
Discovery, the quick, safe, sure cough and
cold remedy. SOC and Sl,OO. Sold by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17

improvement in me. You remember
when l came to you how crippled up
! was-I could not even write a let
ter; my arms were so bad. / had to
step both feet on one step n / wanted
to go upstairs and my body was much
enlarged from dropsy, yes, and the
muscles of my head were swollen
from pain. l remember you told me |
was In bad condition and could not
expect the medicine to do me much
good for two or three months; well,
you have done more for me than you
agreed to. 1t is just seven weeks
since | began to doctor with you
The pain has left my head and / can
remember so much better. This week
l helped to do the ironing for six Of
us, and l can go up and downstairs
like other folks-in fact, l do not
limp at all, and the dropsy has gone
so l can put my clothes on neat as
they should be. / must tell you l
asked a policeman on the street to
direct me to another doctor. 1 guess
he misunderstood me. for he sent me
to you, I really believe God intended
It that way. Another thing like
about you, you take Just as much in
terest In my case as in those hat can
afford to pay you more. May many
sufferers find their way to you.
MRS. e. n. FRANASCO,
GAG No. 37th Ave.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
broken BOW. Neb.. July /, 1908.

Broken Bow. Neb.. July /, 1909.
To the Austro-Amertcan Doctors,
Omaha, Neb.:
Gentlsmen-1 feel just fine and
think that / am on the road to full
recovery. At present am working as
hard as I eve have-you know this
Is the busy time on the farm. Now I
think II advisable for me TO continue
the treatment for one month more so
as to make sure OF a permanent cure.
So please send me some more medi-
cine. Yours most respectfully,
c. e. BIGGERSTAFF.
Broken Bow, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17

opened a tailor shop at 1603h Lea
venworth, and am back to work
again. l will be glad to have you
refer anyone to me who is in doubt
as to the merit of your treatment.
Yours truly, H WECKSESSER,
1603h Leavenworth st.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17

Omaha, Neb., May %, 1909.
Austro-American Doctors,
42S Range Bldg, Omaha, Neb.:
Dear Doctors-God bless you! 1
have been thinking for the past few
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
Old Methods Discarded by the Doctors
The New Method Specialists

The wuoAmeh" Doctors use the New Method treating all of their cases This consists in To-
ang and removing the ua rather than treating the effect. You will readily see that TIL is the logical
way treat chronic ailments No crude drugs are ued-on the pNNa khods Teu vawngs success of
thea suoAmeha Doctors in treating and curing all cases which hey ampL has eedn umeuush maUs
However the act that the uoAme Doctors are permanently located in Oman and have been curing
many cases where all other methodist treatment failed to make the people slow to experiment With other
methods The people now that the uoAmT6a Doctors cur all asses which they accept Following are
few letters, picked at random, from people whoh aveb enb benefited by our new method of treatment
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17
Omaha. Neb., June eth. 1909.

42S Range Bldg, Omaha, Neb.:
Dear Sirs-It gives me pleasure to
tell you how much my condition has
improved since / nav been treating
with you. Only those who nave suf-
fered with 1t know the terrible pain
and sickness that goes with ulcera-
ton OF the stomach. For three years
life was n burden to mel was un-
able to eat scarcely anything and
was continually harassed with
vomiting spells, throwing up blood,
matter. etc. / tried a number of doc
tors. and gaining no relief, finally
had to sell out my tailor shop in
South Omaha and quit business, as l
was unable TO do even the lightest
work. l have been taking the Aus
tro-American treatment a little over
two months now, and my improve
ment is wonderful. l have gained
in weight, am feeling fine, ave
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-17

DIR. THEODORE MILEN
DR.. Milen, the physician in
charge, is an eminent diagnosti-
clan of 80 years experience in ner-
vous and chronic diseases. He sees
all patients personally and outlines
their treatment, asking no ques-
lions at all Of the patient.
days that I should write to you, tell
ing you how much better l was.
Every one who saw me before l be-
gan to doctor with you, and sees me
now, remarks about the wonderful
Evening star., 1909-09-12

to nurse than most adults. Now. over
here is little one who has spinal men
ingitis She lies strapped to this board
all the time. day and night, and she never
complains"
The child was on board that curved
sharply down at the head, leaving her
eyes much lower than her chin.
1T is a wonderful lesson to any one to
see such a case as this day after day.
It would drive many an adult mad to lie
like that. We have so many cases where
children have to lie strapped down all
the time, and they are almost always just
as patient as they can be-"
Up in the ward called the baby ward"
there was a concerted wall that was har-
rowing, yet the nurse, fair young girl.
was exhibiting a countenance serene and
a capable manner. Each tiny mite re-
ceived its share of attention impartially.
''This little fellow" she said, is about
ready to go home. He's the flower of
the flock, he is The baby alluded to
was lying on his stomach, kicking up his
heels and laughing. He is such q lot
of company and so good. The baby over
near the door is dying, poor little thing
He is kept alive by artificial means. 1t
Is merely a question Of hours. There is a
baby in that bed there, the one who Is
now crying; that child was sent home
ABOUT Two weeks ago, StTONS dhd "C's
and now 1t Is In worse state than ever.
1t is nothing in the world but careless
ness and ignorance that brings three
fourths of these babies here. We don't
give them medicine unless they are very
III, but we regulate their diet and see
that they are clean and cared for. Some
parents send their children here because
they are too lazy to take care OF them;
there is no doubt of that. Yes, have
seen some pathetic sights when the babies
die, but they generally die at night and
are laid out when the parents arrive
She took up the next infant with the
gentle touch of a mother and carried IT
from the ward to the little nursery ad-
Joining. The babe that had been Justify
crying had gone to sleep and another had
taken up the tune where he left on; the
..fower of the flock was Growing con-
tentedly, and the little one SO soon to
return to it's God was gasping family as
the visitor left the ward.
A pretty nurse took the visitor through
Emergency Hospital. We have some
awfully hnrd cases brought in here
she said, especially at night. This hos
ptal is SO situated that we get most OF
the delirium tremens patients. You'd
be surprised at the number that come
here in a night. This is Kelly pad
(and she indicated a pad much resem-
Evening star., 1909-09-12
THE OLDEST LOVE LETTER.
Written in Clay Four Thousand
Years Ago-Women's Rights.

From Current Literature.
A love letter 1900 years old has lately
been discovered in Chaldea. The lady to
whom 1t was addressed lived in Sippara.
the biblical Sepharvani. Her beloved was
q resident of Babylon.
In contrast to the position which women
hold at the present day in the orient.
they possessed in antiquity a great de-
gree Of freedom. In many respects the
oriental woman of antiquity was graced
with as much privilege as is the modern
European woman. Particularly in Chal-
dea she could participate In trade, ma
npulate her own property. be a witness
before court. and be the guardian of her
own children. OF the position OF women
in Egypt we know less. but doubtless it
was much higher than that of the present
Mohammedan women. In one respect.
however, it seems that custom has been
changed very slightly, for marriage was
essentially an affair of trade between the
parents of the bridegroom and those Of
the bride. This is ascertained from the
legal code Of Hammurabi. King of Baby
lon, B. c. 900. The future husband paid
the price of the bride and her father pro-
vided her dover and trousseau. Under
these circumstances there was no such
courtship as precedes marriage in accord
ance with occidental ideas. Still, one may
believe that many love letter on papy-
rus or clay passed secretly between the
hands of the bridal pair during the inter-
val OF their engagement.
The newly discovered letter Is written In
clay and probably dates from 200 B. c.
Though somewhat formal, the reader can
feel the tenderness that lies hidden be-
tween it's lines. 1t reads:
ITO the lady, Kasbuya 0ittle ewe) says
Gimil Marduk (the favorite of Morodach)
this: May the Sun God of Marduk afford
you eternal life. l write wishing that 1
may know how your health is. Oh. send
me a message about it. / live in Babylon
and have not seen you, and for this rea-
son I am very anxious. Send me q mes
sage that will tell me when you will come
to me, SO that I may be happy. Come in
Marchesvan. May you live long for my
sake?'
Evening star., 1909-09-12

stand out Ike tails on the different sides
Of his head.
The vi. or the last part OF the name, is
that which distinguishes him from the
other children of the same generation of
the imperial family. According to prece-
dent and the unwritten law of the coun-
try the emperors should run in one long
uninterrupted succession from father to
son. If there are no sons, the children
of other princes are adopted to take their
places. and this is the case with Pu vi.
kwang Su had no children. so just before
dying the great empress dowager sent
out an edict that Pu vi should be regard
ed as the adopted son of Kwang Su and
heir to the throne. This was done. not
withstanding Prince Chun, little Pu Yrs
father, who was the brother of the en-
peror, kwang Su, was still living, and
that in any other country he would have
been Kwang Su's successor. The baby
Evening star., 1909-09-12

cases in free wards OF the city hospitals.
An additional charge of 20 cents Is made
for ''redressings" in the two hospitals
designed for emergency work. and ~
cents is charged for prescriptions.
1t was suggested to one OF the nurses
that 1t was something OF a mystery to
the nninitiated what becomes OF the
nurses turned out each year from the va
rious training hospitals.
II an sure cannot tell" she replied.
''but there Is always a great demand for
nurses outside. and II a private patient
In hospital has no nurse engaged and
asks to have one recommended that hos
pital will secure the place for one Of its
graduates. Many OF us get good engage
ments In this way. oh, yes, lots of them
marry-some OF them very well-but that
is not the first thought OF the nurse, as
1t Is the greatest aim OF the average
woman. Our ambition Is to make good
nurses. to succeed in which We must
learn to fight death without thought or
self. We must sink our own personality
in our cases That's the secret OF a
nurse"
Evening star., 1909-09-12

he ranks nrst In Hhpoftahee' &c
has under him a country larger tnah
Europe. and his subjects are one-fourth
of mankind. They worship him as
heavens own son, and from now on
the oldest and highest officials Will re-
main on their knees in his presence. he
is so holy that the house in which he
was born has been given up ny MS
parents. and according to custom 1t can
be used only as a temple hereafter
Little Pu VI is too sacred for his own
mother to have charge of him. He has
been taken away from her. and given
over to the care of the new empress
dowager, that is, to the wife of Kwang
Su. who died last November. His real
mother cannot enter the palace except
by permission and the only way sho
car see her own baby is by calling upon
the dowager and asking to have him
brought into her presence. IL the
dowazer consents the eunuchs will carry
the message to the imperial nurses and
they will trot in Pu VI.
u
I am told that his majesty cried much
uuon his accession. He was then three
years old, as the Chinese reckon such
things. He was only two years by our
accounting, and like most Manchu chill
dren of that age, was still being nursed
bv his mother. When they tore MN
away he howled like young satyr, ana
the eunuchs and other palace oWcials
we're in despair. They published no
tice asking for twenty-five Manchu wet
nurses These were straightway orought
to the palace They were examined as
TO their age, beauty and health py the
imperial physicians, and as result tne
emperor's cries were soon drowned III
milk.
But let me tell you how little Pu II
comes to be ruler of this great Chinese
empire. I call him Pu VI. although since
his accession. his name has been changed
to the more dignified imperial title, Hsuan
Tung. But Pu VI is more baby like, and
II brings us closer to the little one as he
Is. 1t is the name he received from his
parents. 1t was his milk name given just
a month after birth. Before that he was
known as 1.-The little one' and as ''baby''
or darling" At the age of one month
his head was shaved and he was known
as Pu VI The hair has since grown and
II is now braided in four long plaits which
Evening star., 1909-09-12

bling a life-preserver having a small
square pillow in the center). When a
man is brought in who has to have a
cash sewh up they lay him on this table,
place his head on the pad and sew up MS
wound right off.
Eve have strong room. regular
celk where the disorderly patients, al
coholic, you know, are confined. They
are put in a straitjacket first, so
that they cannot hurt themselves, and
then they are put in there until the
treatment has time to take effect. We
don't have many cases, except accidents,
alcoholics and epileptics. We have a
good many of those. who are stricken
while in the business section and rushed
here for treatment. We do not keep
children here: they are taken to the
Children's Hospital, usually.
'Yes, I think nursing is very fascinat-
ing work, and / intend to devote myself
to it. Get married? Well, I know that
an awful lot of nurses get married. but
haven't let that idea interfere with me.
I see enough of the sort of men women
I might once have had. We see some
pathetic scenes between husbands that
are no good and neglected and abused
wives and children. This experience in
emergency WOTk Is lHuiSpeHSdDle IOT a
nurse, and I find it very interesting as
we'll. But I shall not be sorry to get
back to the Childrens Hospital. where
belong
Up at Providence, a softly stepping
and speaking sister is in charge of each
ward. They always have time for q
gentle word. no matter how busy they
may be.
I'VE see some very peculiar things
said one of the nurses. really some
of the funniest things, as we'll as some
OF the saddest. Here Is little girl who
only thinks she is sick. Don't you just
think SOP"
The child laughed and said she had
been sick, but was now better. And the
nurse patted her head and readjusted
the bed coverings in the way that only
a nurse or mother can.
''Oh, here is grandmother cried the
nurse in affected astonishment as an old
woman came up, who had a little twit-
tering way with her. like a dear little
when grown old. GRANDMOTHER is our
pet. Aren't you, grandmother, dear?"
She put both arms around the sweet
old creature, and the grandmother" was
as delighted as a child-for she was only
that, anyway.
Grandmother. here is some one to see
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account. This mans name is Il Lien
Ying, or, as he is sometimes called, II
Tsiau-Li or "Cobbler liz because he IS
the son of a cobbler of Tung CHOW, ABOUT
fourteen miles from Peking. Ii was
taken into the palace as a boy, and
grew up under the empress dowager.
He was in charge of her toilet and per-
sonal wants. and later on became her
business manager He invested her
money in pawnshops and in loans at
high rates of interest, and organized
system by which millions of dollars came
into the palace. Toward the last ne
was placed in charge of all OF the serv-
ants and at the great dowager's death
was the head of her imperial household.
understand that he holds the same
position today. and that the new EN-.
press dowager has made him the chieI
of the eunuchs.
But before 1 go farther let me tell
you something about the new empress
dowager, the woman whom Pu " from