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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06

have at least one crowded hour of glorious fe and
he is not be blamed but enved if he can keep dark
Care at arm's s length like this ~
In an interval Twemlow up to me just as
Mephistopheles claimed my partner for the next
dance
"Better than fogs and Pomp Court, eh, Tops"
eyes 1t was all right until that Mephistophees
person along. But as matter of fact, IN en-,
ioying it hugely" And, indeed, the dance music had
not only got into my feet, but into my head as well
"Do you that grls'' asked Twemlow suddenly
''That one-all in furry whte-Snow Queen-just
bending over the sleigh. There!-she' just off
again.
YES I see her. You we been monopolizing her all
the evening"
He sighed.
'well, want to talk to you about her tomorrow,
Top
And on the morrow he did. She passed him in the
hall-a vision of boundess YOUTH and health, and
beauty, with white jersey fitting close to the trim
figure a short skirt, CATERS, scarlet woolen cap,
and dark curls straying from under it, caressing
rosy cheek And as she passed him she gave him
look half roguish and half wistful When she had
passed Twemlow said:
'I IN going to leave Davos, Top-on her account.
We We been chums the last few daysshe is here with
brother, who has just got touch We've bob
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06

rACK TWEMLOW pulled cigarette out of his
case, lit it, lay back in his chair, sent ent. out ta
u silence than for any other reason: That 8
just how it is" felt literally unable to say
anything. A iumble of sensations struggled in my
mind-surprise, horror, grief-and could not give
expression to them g.. ILL.,.
1 was sitting dumb, face to face with my Oldest
friend 1--WE were at school together and were called
the same night in the Middle Temple, who had JUST
told me- with an amazing sang frotd, that he, twenty
seven years of age had not another two years to
live! He told it to at first SO codbloodedly that
l really thought he joking But soon saw that
he was not indulging in any grim jest, but was tell
ing the grim truth. And still his stoclsm amazed
me- When he had ended he said
''That just how it is; - and as didn t answer
he added: a,,
"a short run for my money, ism t it, old chapP'
''But-but,' 1 stammered, doctors often make
the most fearful blunders. -
upon in my case.'
'No, but | should consult specialist.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06


my mind passed the thought of the hid
eous mockery of it all. Did not such
stroke of fortune, coming at such
time, hold in it almost as much bitter
ness as Joy? He read my thoughts and
said:
"No nonsense, Top. You don t see
things philosophically. Under ordinary
circumstances, this would mean, at per
cent, only a beggarly four hundred a
year. But as it is l can live on my cap
ital, my boy! [ can live at the rate of
five thousand a year, and still have
enough left for frst-class funeral. - A
fit of coughing stopped his laughter,
An hour later, after | had dined, a
red Indian escorted grave lord chan
cellor on to the ice.
The scene was an enchantment, a
dream vision. Strings of manycolored
lanterns were mirrored in the ringing
ice; the fronts of the hotels all around
showed themselves outlined in lights;
the snow sparkled everywhere; music
hoated, like an essence of perfumei
sound, in the still and frosty air; a
multitude of couples, dressed in gay AMI
multi-c -colored costumes, wheeled and cir
cled on the ice; and above the scene
lowered the eternal mountains, their
SUBMITS caparisoned in what seemed
blue snow, lifting themselves up in the
velvety Alpine night. 1t was an intoAi-
cation to the senses. I lost myself in
the whirl of it, and forgot all about
Twemlow.
And l am sure he forgot all about
me, for 1 saw him dancing, again and
again, with the same girl, and he seemed
to be madly happy. overly, L
thought, "Twemlow is greater philos-
opher than I, after all. He mems to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06

81 did. E."
"GThen | should consult another.
"What S the goodl Consider: Re-
iected by the insurance doctor, ex-
amined by another fellow, and then
passed on to a specialist That s pretty
decisive. No, l We gone through all the
stages-taken my case from one court
to another, and then appealed, so to
speak. Appeal ejected-sentence of
the court below confirmed with costs
three guineas. 1 CAM go on spending
my money in appeals to specialists
when I've only just enough in hand to
see me through l We reckoned up that
| have Just about eight hundred pounds
clear, for | II die like an honest man,
and pay all my debts to creditors be-
fore paying my debt to nature. Well,
with what is left after setting aside
small sum necessary for what l may
call my final undertaking, | propose to
have as good a time as seven or eight
pounds week-calculating two years
run for my money-will allow Well,
if one can live on seven pounds week,
one ought to be able to die on it com
fortably.o
| am almost ashamed to confess it,
but Twemlow s news made me sway in
my chair. And his levity appalled, me.
1t is all very well to admire a man for
taking his medicine without grimace,
but when a friend you really care for,
whose life and yours have run together,
tells you when the first flush of youth
is hardly over, and on an evening when
you have called to take him out to
festive dinner, that his little race is al
most run, and tells you with little more
concern than if he were announcing that
his landlady had given him a month S
notice-well, to a morbidly sensitive be-
ing like myself his levity only adds poig
tragedy. | felt myself going pale-pa
doomed man himself looked, and faltered
"Have you got any brandy about the |
"What for-to drink my health in?''
low, with laugh. He poured out lit
storing fluid into two glasses.
"Neat, I suppose for you9' he went
I nodded, and took a hasty gulp, al
solemnly:
eyes Despite all the doctors who e.
or theorized-I drink to your very goo'
dear old friend"
"Chin, chin!" said Twemlow, as the S
his glass
And then he added:
"Upon my word, old chap, you really I
all well. Better take walk round the
I dress"
'Dress! You re surely not going
party! I'd given it up, of course. "
"ENot going to Merrick S party?' &c
low, astonished. "My dear fellow, if al
right to enjoy himself, surely have! l
be merry at Merrick 81 -
And he was the life and soul of the pa
4 7 H. Ia Glrf
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
By III u G FL o W E N

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY CURTIS, BROWN & MAsslE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03

county. In the bottom fields the grain
has lodged but slightly and on the up
land 1t is far superior to the average.
Acknowledgement Weather OBJ
server Waxham reports the total rainfall
for the first half OF the year ending June
80, as 1l.31 inhces, as against $500 inches
for the same period last year. This is less
than the normal rainfall, which is 1911
inches. The rainfall for the month OF
June was az inches. Last year 1915 inches
fell during June.
NEBRASKA ~CITY-Judge II. d. Travis,
who has been holding a term Of the dis
trict court here this week., adjourned II
this morning, after hearing the divorce
case OF Oran S. Asa against Edith j. Asa,
He took the case under advisement. He
has been unwell for some time and will
go to the mountains to spend his vacation
and will hold a brief term of the court the
latter part of July on his return.
AUBURN-Miss Blanche Holmes and
Miss Allie Furlong met with a serious
accident THURSDAY night WniIe 4EI d "
some fireworks and ran away, throwing
the occupants to the ground, Miss Fur
two places besides other bruises. Miss
Holmes was thrown on her head and hurt
internally. When picked up she was
bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears.
FREMONT-The Fremont saloons did not
open until O'Clock this morning and to-
night closed promptly at g.. There was no
unusual crowd around the bars last night.
Some places win lose considerable trade,
while others say II Will make little differ
ence with them. Some employers are
heartily in favor of the law because II will
prevent their employees drinking before
they work and II they get drunk
the night before give them more time to
sober off.
MADISON-Mrs. Irene Simkins Of Nor
folk filed a petition in the district court
today praying for a divorce from her hus-
band, Ernest Simkins, who has already
! received some notoriety In connection with
, the disposition OF some mortgaged prop
erty. They were married April 21, 1903, just
seventy days past. She alleges in her
petition thai her husband frequented ques'
tionable resorts at Norfolk. She also
charges nonsupport and asks for divorce
and alimony.
GRAND ISLAND-The remains OF Mil
!O'Neill. the ranch employe, were sent tC
his former home at Chicago today. Two
brothers. one a member Of the Chicago DO
lice force and the other a blacksmith by
trade, arrived and Identified the remains
from a particular scar on the back OF on
hand. As the body had been In the watel
two days, exposed to the sun a part OF thu
time. and was badly bloated and decom
posed, this was the only means OF making
Identification.
NEBRASKA CITY-A telegram was re-
celved in this city last evening telling Of
the sudden death Of Charles M. Hicklin
at Denver, Colo. The deceased was borr
and reared In this city and was aged 4
years. He married the daughter OF thu
late George w. Hawke and moved L
Denver, where he was agent for a large
line OF gulf teamers and was one Of thu
leading men OF that city. His relatives
here left for that place last evening to at
tend the funeral, which takes place II
Denver Saturday afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Nebraska

prison. He had a hearing in the Justice
court Thursday and was released under a
500 bond. The arrest Of Bradley was
made at the request of Warden Smith.
Girl Dies of Heat.
While in New York City attending the
funeral of a near relative, Mrs. A. w
Gable was Thursday notified of the death
Of her 17-year-old daughter. Pearl. in this
city.
TIL death Of Pearl Gable is supposed
to have been due to epilepsy brought on
by the extreme heat. Shortly after $50
o'clock Thursday night her sister found
her lying on a couch in an unconscious
condition. She was unable to arouse her
and a physician was called. The doctor
arrived too late, and when he felt heI
pulse life was extinct.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Pioneer of Polk
Hangs Himself in
Neighbours Barn
S. F. Clark, Aged Resident of Silver
Creek, Ends Life-Was Men
tally Unbalanced.

SILVER CREEK. Neb., July 2.-(special
Telegram)-S. F.. Clark. aged go years, an
old resident of the Platte valley in Polk
county, committed suicide by hanging at
s o'clock this morning. He took a piece OF
rope from a hay fork in the barn Of c. E.
Wamsley. entered the hay loft of Mr..
Wamsley's barn, tied the rope to a rafter,
and strangled himself to death. The body
discovered shortly afterward by Mr..
Wamsley, who cut it down. but was un-
able to resuscitate the suicide. He had
been mentally unbalanced for some time
past, but was inoffensive and engaged in
farm work.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Nebraska
PATTERSON FILES HIS BOND
Secretary Of New Banking Board Goes
Through FOrmality.
REPORT
ASSESSORS
COUNTY
Earlier Returns Indicate Increase in
Assessment for the State Of
Nearly six Million
r.
Ialt Dollars.
orrom a Staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, July Especial Samuel
Patterson. secretary OF the State Banking
board under the tied up banking law, filed
his bond with the governor this morning.
He gave g surety bond for $4,000. which
has been duly filed away in the archives
of the executive office to await the final
decision OF the courts on the legality of
the new banking act.
Mr.. Patterson called on z. Royse, secre-
tary OF tina banking board under the good
old law, which connects him with the state
strong box but he did not insist upon TAX
ing possession OF the office because OF the
interferenes Of the federal courts. How
ever, he showed his good intentions in the
matter by filing his bond and calling.
Il has just come to Light that fully fifty
state banks intended TO become national
banks In the sNant the federal court had
failed to grant the temporary injunction
prayed for by the opponents OF the banking
Law.
oOsnty Assessors Report.
Reports from fifteen county assessors
have been received by the State Board Of
Assessment showing the valuation OF
all property In those counties. Including
the railroad property which was assessed
by the state board. the total assessment
OF those counties is s52.S SO. 6s4. against a
total assessment Of the same counties last
year OF 81. SIS. $50. or al increase OF $685., SIS,
In round numbers this, is an average in
crease In each county OF S69,5S s, which II
maintained throughout the state would
mean an increase in the total assessment
this year Of S.222s2. of which more than
Sl.OoO.OoO is on railroad property.
The above figures, however, are merely
the findings Of the county boards Of equal
iEation and they may be materially
changed by the State Board Of Equaliza-
ton. The following table shows the as
sessment Of property for the years 1905,
As fixed by the state board, and for 1909.
a. returned by the assessors:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
rQainS like ours make a loud noise.
Nebraska
405,150
Thomas ................. 4O5,15 457, 1858
lncrease-29h2 SIS.

Thomas ............... 4O5,l5 457, 1858
Totals ::"..."....S 61. sSS. $50 49, 42, Ss4
Applications for PardonS.
Applications have been made to Gov
ernor S~hallenberger for the pardon of
Charles H. Elliott and Jacob Frahm, both
serving a life term in the state peniten-
tiary. The applications were made under
the law which provides the governor may
issue two pardons on July 4 of life termers,
without publication of notices. Elliott was
sent up from Douglas county January 2S,
1897, for murder. At hat time he was
2e years old. Frahm was sent from Deuel.
county and was received at the prison
October %, 1894. He was Sc years Old
when admitted. In point Of service he is
the oldest person in the pen!tentiary.
Acting Chief Justice Barnes, Attorney
General Thompson, Warden Smith and
members Of the state prison board signed
the recommendation for executive Glenn
ency.
Junkin Collects Fees.
h office of Secretary Of State Junkin
was a money-maker last month for the
state. A total of SIS, 1872 rs was taken in.
OF this amount SIS, 49, 20 was for issuing
permits for corporations to do business
under the new occupation tax law. The
remainder Of the money was received as
follows: Filing articles Of Incorporation
Nsls.sS; notary commission, S1; motor We
hicles, sSes. rs; brands, ISL; certificates and
transcripts. 1925 80.
Refuses 10 Sign Voucher,
Labor COMMISSIONS Maupin is not salts
fled with the action of the State Printing
board In cutting down the claim OF Timothy
Sedgwick some $50 for the publication OF
the biennial report OF the bureau of labor.
SO he has refused to sign the voucher filed
by Mr.. sedgwick. though the members of
the Printing board have approved it. In
stead Mr., Maupin has put the matter up
10 governor shallenberger in the following
statement which he attached to the
voucher:
In my Judgment this account is not cor
Teet, lnasmuch as the contractor was de-
lnquent In delivery. he did not comnIv
win The law by submitting page proofs
ana ne has padded" the report unjustifi-
spiy[Whieh last statement is borne out
oy the tSet that the Printing board has
made a slight deduction. Being thus con-
Vlnced mat the account Is not correct. |
cannot, without stultifying myself, certify
70 ls correctness, and hereby decline to
DO so. Accordingly, this voucher is referred
TO his e~xcellency, Governor ShalIenberger
who Is the chief OF the bureau OF labor
and industrial statistics.
Educators TO Have Picnic.
One OF the greatest movements Of edu.
Gators the state has ever witnessed will oc.
cur tomorrow, when, dull care bound and
gagged and buried, the members Of IN,
faculty Of the State university, with som,
OF their friends, will leave Lincoln 10
Crete in a special train, TO spend the DAY
the guests Of Regent and Mrs. C.. B. An
derson. The picnic will be held four mile.
up the river and Mr.. Anderson will pro
vide special launches for the transportauor
OF his guests. The %picnickers will be di
vided into two divisions, one under com
mand Of Colonel A. A. Reed and the othei
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Nebraska News Notes.

HASTINGS-Mrs. Mary Anderson, aged
so, died last night. The funeral will be
held Sunday afternoon.
BEATRICE-John Scheve yesterday be-
gan cutting his wheat crop. He reports
that wheat on his farm will not fall below
twenty-five bushels to the acre.
FREMONT-There is already a good
sized bunch OF horses at the race track
being worked out for the summer meet,
which will be held here July 20, n and %.
The rains OF last week kept them in a
part Of the time. but some Of the pros
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
BOLT BURNS AN OMAHA BOY
Young Man Visiting in Nebraska City
Has Narrow Escape from
LIGHTNING,

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Juy ~2.-(Special
Telegram)-During a heavy thunder storm
mere yesterday afternoon the family of
Judge Maylon Leidigh had a narrow es-
cape, as lightning struck a tree in front
Of their home and a nephew, by the name
Of Mcfarland OF Omaha, who was sitting
in the window had his back badly burned.
Lightning struck several other houses, but
aside from being shocked, no one was in
jured. An inch and one-third of water fell
during the storm in forty minutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
The Weather.

WASHINGTON, July Forecast Of the
weather for Saturday and Sunday:
For Neb~raska-Partly cloudy and cooler
Saturday; Sunday, showers
For Iowa and Missouri-Partly cloudy
and cooler Saturday; Sunday, fair.
For South Dakota-Partly cloudy and
cooler Saturday; Sunday, showers.
For Kansss-Fair Saturday and Sunday.
For Kansas-Fair.
For Colorado and Wyoming-Showers
and cooler.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Nebraska

under of Brigadier General Jas
per L. McBrien. Upon arrival in Cretc
one division will proceed to the picnic
grounds and the other will be escorted
over town in automobiles and through
Doane college grounds, stopping on the way
at the home of Senator and Mrs, Ander-
son for refreshments. The second divis-
ion will take the trip over town in the
evening. Both divisions will eat lunch to-
gether at the picnic grounds.
horticultural Society Program.
Following is the program of the summer
meeting of the Nebraska State Horti-
cultural society, to be held in Beatrice, July
p and %:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21-1:S0 P. m
Rev. j. e. Davis.
A. II. Kidd.
Response .,..."."::"":."""".".."...
c, S. Harrison.
Governor A. c. shallenberGer
Ed Williams, Grand island.
500 F. NJ,
Centenary Male Quartet. ~
Parks in villages and Small Gowns.
a. d. McCandless, Wymore,
The Evergreen
y D EdIIlSOn5 10TH.
THURSDAY. JULY $3.50 x. M
Automobile ride about the city, through
the German nurseries and to the green
houses of Dole Floral company.
1880 p. M.
Reports OF District Directors.
Roses for Outdoor Planting ..........,,
V. ". Westgate. Lincoln.
Horticulture in Our Public Schools.
Superintendent e. c. Bishop, Lincoln.
question Box
job for Miss MuIdOOn.
Miss NJ. Muldoon has been appointed
stenographer by A. ". Johnson, state fire
warden. Miss Muldoon is from Omaha and
was employed in the senate last winter as
a stenographer.
Live stock Pavilion.
The State Fair board will buy the piles
and drive them in order to nave a solid
foundation for its new live stock pavilion.
The price asked for the piles by the con-
tractors was more than the board thought
IT could afford to pay, so it secured them
at a cheaper rate by doing its own buy
ing.
Raise for Traction Men.
The traction company today increased
the pay Of the new men in the service
cents an hour and the old men / cent ar
hour. This is the result OF several con.
terences OF the officials Of the road and
the employees. The new rate Of pay, II II
said, will increase the payroll some 500
per annum
Merchant Pays Fine.
Ludwig Korcek, the merchant, was con
.victed on both counts of keeping liquoi
for sale and disposing OF IL without a Ii
cense by Judge Riser Thursday afternoon
the maximum fine Of slOO on each count be
ing imposed.
Harry Bradley Cited.
Harry Bradley. a former member Of tn
local police fore and until recently
guard at the state penitentiary, has beef
summoned TO appear In Judge Bacon
court July 7 TO answer to the charge o
seAang morphine TO men at the stat
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday:
Local Record.

OFFICE OF HI WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, July 2-Official record OF tenn
perature and precipitation, compared with
the corresponding period of the last three
years: 1903. 1908. 1907. 1906.
Maximum temperature. "a 81 81 Il
Minimum temperature. n So 66 60
Mean temperature. ....... "a IS rs co
precipitation ........."..., 20 Do 10 II
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March L
and compared with the last two years:
Normal temperature. rs
Excess Tor the 3
Total deficiency since March .22l
Normal precipitation. .............. .I5 inch
Deficiency for the day ......... .15 inch
Total rainfall since March l. 1903 .133 inches
Deficiency since March 1.,...... "a inch
Deficiency for cor, period. 1907. 10 inches
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Harry Bradley cited.

Harry Bradley. a former member Of the
local police fore and until recently a
guard at the state penitentiary, has been
summoned TO appear In Judge Bacon's
court July 7 to answer to the charge Of
seAAng morphine TO men at the state
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Merchant Pays Fine.

Ludwig Korcek, the merchant, was con-
victed on both counts of keeping liquor
for sale and disposing OF it without a IL
cense by Judge Riser Thursday afternoon,
the maximum fine Of slOO on each count be-
ing imposed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Raise for Traction Men.

The traction company today increased
the pay of the new men in the service 2
cents an hour and the old men / cent an
hour, This is the result OF several con-
terences OF the officials Of the road and
the employees. The new rate Of pay, it is
said, will increase the payroll some $500
per annum.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03

Children's and
Boys Suits, all
StyleS-all with
KniCkerb
$3.50 Suits for $1.25
$3.50 Suits for $1.75
$500 Suits for $500
$500 Suits for $3.50
5000 Suits for $500
$3.50 Suits for 1918
$500 Suits for $500
$500 Suits for $3.50
$1,000 Suits for $500
$11.OO Suits for $3.50
$1,000 Suits for $500
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03

The State Fair board will buy the piles
and drive them in order TO nave a solid
foundation for its new live stock pavilion.
The price asked for the piles by the con-
tractors was more than the board thought
It could afford to pay, so 1t secured them
at a cheaper rate by doing its own buy
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Job for Miss MuIdOOn.

Miss NJ, Muldoon has been appointed
stenographer by A. ". Johnson, state fire
warden. Miss Muldoon is from Omaha and
was employed in the senate last winter as
a stenographer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03

HUMBOLDT-Wheat is rapidly ripening
In this section and with no destructive
rains or hailstorms farmers look for a
satisfactory harvest. work on which has
already started in some sections OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
Reports from stations at 7 p. N.

I. a. WELSH Local Forecaster.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-14

A woman seldom appreciates a
husband until she becomes widow.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-14
Marrying I'm Haste.

AS an instance OF the marrying
In haste" principle that obtains in
some American cities. an English
lady who visited Chicago relates how
her maid. who accompanied her.
quickly became imbued with the de-
sire to become Mrs. Somebody.
One morning she appeared before
her mistress and, with glowing eyes.
announced that she had named the
day and would become a wife at the
end of the week.
Are You going back home them
the lady asked.
"Oh, no ma'am; it's an American
gentleman. replied the maid.
But" demonstrated her mistress.
we've only been here a fortnight"
That's no matter. He wants the
wedding to be on Saturday"
well. can't you get him to post
pone the marriage Just a little till ]
can get another maid?"
well. ma'am, I'd like TO oblige
you, but, ye see. don't feel well
enough acquainted to ask him TO do
that. "-Tit-Bits.