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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07

The white corpuscles in your
blood destroy the heterogeneous
that attack the red ~corpuscles and
the bodily tissues.
Ia this way they defend you.
But they are not in condition to
defend you, to fight for you, if you
are troubled with eruptions, scrofu-
la, eczema, catarrh, rheumatism,
that tired feeling, loss Of appetite,
nervousness or general debility
all of which are indications that
your blood is impure and impover-
ished and your system rundown.
1t is good to kill two birds with
n stone, whenever you can.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla and it
will cure any indication of impure
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
$50 Discount on ourEntire Stock
of Lace Curtains and Draperies

During this clearance we offer our enhre stock Imind you nothing re-
served, Il a discount of Q per- cent. Choose from this immense stock c . flint
mported n domestic ace Curtains and DrRpery Goods, Portierss, Sed SETS,
Curtain 1ruslias In fact nothing in our Drapsry department. is reserved. Dis
ounts will % deducted from everything. All odd pairs II lace curtains
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
honor MEMORY OF BALZAC
Friends of Genius Will Buy House in
Which He Worked.
WILL COLLECT RELICS OF AUTHOR
Musee BalEac to he Established in
Little Cottage Where He Hid
Himself from Creditors
and Worked to Death.

PARIS, Feb. 6. - Especially - Balzac's
friends are at last bestirring themselves
TO honor his memory by something more
than a statue. Already the house in which
the great author died has been swept away
to make room for modern requirements
A few years more and the house in which
he wrote his finest masterpieces and drank
the cup OF bitterness to the last dregs, will
have followed. This browning misfortune
has been sverted, thanks to the Initiative
of men like Paul Bourget, Jean Richepin
and Maurice Barrice, who have headed a
movement to buy the charming little cot
tage at Passy. where Balzac lived from
1928, and TO turn it into the Musee Bal
FAC (Balzac museumO.
The Musee Balzac does not yet contain
very many souvenirs of the great man,
but this is only a matter OF time, for be-
quests are sure to flow in now that there
is a place to receive them. In the authors
study are to be seen on the wall quaint
colored prints OF all the heroes and hero
ines whose fortunes he described; a sketch
Of Balzac by David dangers; a plaster
cast of Robins famous statuette of him
an original terra cost bust by Marquet de
Vasselot Che marble one is at the Comedie
Francaise); Balzac's inkpot in the form OF
a brass paddock; an insurance policy signed
by him-that is about all as yet.
But under the intelligent direction of the
Conservatism" M. de Royaumont, who is
an enthusiastic Balzacian. No. %, Rue Ray.
nouard. is certain to become a literary
shrine to which every cultured American
visitor in Paris will henceforth make a
! pilgrimage.
Hiding Place for Debtors.
1t was in the year 1912 that Honore d
Balzac, bankrupt. loaded with debts, hunte,
down by creditors, but still unbroken ii
spirit, discovered the little pavilion" II
the Rue Raynouard at Passy, then a merI
village. 1t was an ideal hiding place for
debtor. In the first place It was off tn
street, the entrance to Il being through
a house which, fronting on Rue Raynouard
was as valuable as a drawbridge to a. cas-
tie. This house being itself on the cres
OF the hill, the cottage had been built o.
a terrace laid out on the side of the hill
some fifteen to twenty feet below, so tina
access from the one TO the other was onl
possible down a double flight of stair
which opened on to a small paved court, o.
the opposite side or which stood the cot
tage in the form OF a T square. The lon
arm OF the rectangle facing the pave
court was occupied by the ENTRANCE hal
the housekeeper's room, the kitchen an
the dining room; the short arm looking o.
to the garden by BalZac's bedroom, tn
salon, the dressing room and, last OF a
and farthest away from duns and noisG
his study.
There was hoUever. one mora advantaz
which the ideal cottage contained; not tn
least, doubtless in the masters eyes. Clos
to the bedroom was a flight OF stairs lead
ing down some fifteen feet 20 a pave.
court, formed by the inner angle OF tn
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
SETTEES.

$3.50 Mahogany Settee $3.50
$500 Mahogany Settee. $500
$4,000 Solid Mahogany Settee. $3.50
SLABS Golden Oak Settee. . .S11.6O
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
Wool Fiber Rugs

In this sale we offer for clearance
ninety-three wool fiber rugs, beauti-
full oriental designs. matches any
color scheme, medallion and small
figures, suitable for any room in
the home.
Wool Fiber rug, size 7-6X10-6,
for 49,. 4. 800. ..SH.OO
Wool Fiber rug, size 6x9 $3.50
Wool Fiber rug, size S-3x1O-6,
for $1,000
Wool Fiber rug, size 9X12.$11.OO
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
Inlaid Linole u m

The kind thai the color goes
through to the back and does not
wear off.
90c Inlaid linoleum, per square
yard .OSC
$3.50 Inlaid linoleum, per SO.
YARD .OoC
$1.75 Imported Inlaid Linoleum,
per square yard .$1.35
$1.35 Inlaid Linoleum, per 50.
yard .SDc
$1.65 Inlaid Linoleum, per So.
yard .$1.15
PRINTED LINOLEUM
CSC Linoleums, twenty rolls,
slightly damaged, per square
yaTQ ..SOC
zoe Linoleum, thirty rolls, all
perfect, per square yard. .35c
zoe Linoleum, twenty-eight rolls,
per square yard sec
75c Linoleum, eighteen rolls, per
square yard .40c
85c Linoleum, 12-ft. wide, twen-
ty-eight rolls, per 50. yd. SOC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
Miller,Stewar
e. BeatOn s s. ;!i1 &
SOME IN FURNITURE
SOME BARGAINS IN FURNITURE
ROCKERS.

$17.75 Mahogany Rocker. . .S1I.40
$1,000 Solid Mahogany Rocker
Ior lO.O
$1,000 Mahogany Rocker. .$11.OO
1925 Mahogany Rocker. 49,. $3.50
DRESSERS.
800 Mahogany Dresser. $500
$4,000 Mahogany Dresser. : $4,000
$4,000 Golden Oak Dresser. $4,000
$4,000 Curly Birch Dresser. $500
ODD PIECES of FURNITURE
$4,000 Mahogany Davenport, leather
upholstered $4,000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
EVERY DEPARTMENT CROWDED WITH
THE BEST EXHIBITS EVER OFFERED
Crowds Fill Spacious Oown and EVERYWHERE the Rattle
of Tambourine Blended With the Bakes
Whir of Machinery Tomorrow is the Great Day When
Dan Patch Races Against Time

With the easy rythm Of we'll ad-
1usted machine, which from the regu-
larity of its motion conveys at once
the impression of all parts in fine
working order, the great North Dakota
state fair got under motion this morn
Ing at 10 o'clock. With the firing
of his goose gun at 10 o'clock DIR. H.
NJ. Wheeler of Grand Forks officially
opened the fair which will doubtless
go down in history as the greatest
that has ever been held in North Da-
kota. When the gun was fired from
in front of the secretary's Office in
the grand stand the flags were raised
on the various buildings and the fair
was on.
Opening with rain shower of no
mean proportions and followed by
sunshine and warm weather, the first
day is breaking all records. The peo-
pie started to the grounds early and
all day long there was a continual
pilgrimage from down town to the
fair. AS the hour for the opening of
the afternoon races approached, the
crowds increased in size, rapidly fill
ing up the immense grounds. The
stands in front of the judges fort were
filled early in the afternoon for the
opening of the races, while the sale
of tickets for tne week is surpassing-
ly large.
Altogether the spontaneity with
which the fair swung into motion
was bewildering. Viewed from points
of vantage during the afternoon, with
the extensive stands we'll filled, the
races and free attractions in progress,
the sweep of the Midway and the main
roads lined with humanity; it's dis
cordant clangor of organs and drums
and tamborines the myriads of tents
everywhere, some of them gaily strip
ed, flags swapping from every build
ing. hands playing, machinery in op-
GRAFTON. and. the crowds moving from
place to place, it was hard to believe
that the fair had been in progress only
q few hours.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
STRIKERS WILL -
RETURN At THE
FORMER SCALE
Standard Steel Car Company's
Workers Voted to Break
) the Strike
M;XEEs'S ROCKS Plant GOT
FIFTY ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Trouble ut Butler Was Over the Back
Rent Charge for Company Houses
During u Time When the Plant Was
Closed Down.

Pittsburg, July 20-The strike sit
nation at both the Pressed Steel Car
company's plant at McKes's Rocks and
lhe Standard Steel Car company plant
at Butler was quiet today. At the
McKee's Rocks plant it was reported
that several additional men had re-
burned to work. Among the men said
10 have gone to work today were fifty
electrical employees, who are wiring
the new Hudson river tunnel cars. 1t
vas reported that they had only six
more cars to wire to complete the
order. The strikers held another large
meeting this morning for the purpose
of effecting a permanent union or
ganization.
The strikers at the Standard Steel
Car company plant ratified the plan
to return to work for the former scale
Of wages, provided the company would
reduce the rate of hack rent payments
from twenty to ten per cent.
According to the strikers the COM
pany charged them rent during sew
eral months that the plant was clos
I'd down. In some instances this
amounted to $1OO with an average of
$50. Nearly one thousand men occu-
pied the company houses and it is said
that the company has been subtract
Ing each pay day fro inthe wages of
such employees a sum equal to twenty
nfr cent
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
PROBING CAUSE
OF FATAL SHOT
Inquiry Into Cause of Death of
Lieut.. James N. Sutton
Progressing

Annapolis. Md, July 20.-The sec
ond days session OF the naval court of
inquiry, which is sitting to Investigate
the cause Of the death Of Lieut.. James
N. Sutton, U. S. NJ. G. Of Portland,
Ore, who either shot himself or was
shot by all unknown person in q
quarrel with brother officers on the
night of October 12. 1907, opened to-
day with Lieut.. Robert Z. Adams, U.
s. NJ. c., still on the witness stand.
Adams was the officer who fought
with Sutton and testified yesterday
that Sutton killed himself when he
thought he had shot Lieut. Roelker,
another officer of the marines who
was concerned in the brawl. Henry
E. Davis, the counsel for Sutton's
mother, in the present hearing, con-
tinued his examination OF Adams.
Adams was allowed counsel at this
inquiry by special permission of tho
war department. Other young officers
OF the marines who were with Sutton
on the night he met his death, includ-
ing Lieuts. Bevin and Osterman, are
barred from the court room until they
are called to testify
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
WAS PARDoNED
Man Who Refused to Be Whitfield OF
His Saddle Is Free.

Washington. July 2O.-.I won't al
low any d man to .whittle me Off
my saddle" is the remark attributed
to c. l.. Addington, after fusillade
of shots on the Arkansas Indian ter
ritory border in the late nineties and
today Addington was pardoned after
serving sentence of more than q
dozen years OF Imprisonment follow
ing that shooting affair.
He was charged with the murder of
Oscar Hodges In Red River county,
Choctaw nation, Indian territory. and
was sentence dto be hanged on Sept.
4, 1897. President Mckinley COM
muted his sentence to Imprisonment
for life and today President Taft, act
ing on the recommendation OF Attor-
ney General Wickersham, Judge
Bryant of the trial court, and United
States District Attorney Taliaferro
commuted the sentence so that it will
expire Immediately. The evidence
showed that Hodges had threatened
to cut Addington 'off his horse" and
there was no evidence of motive for
the murder.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20

With the heavy clouds that hung as
a mantle over the earth this morning,
the first arrivals at the grounds had
little to feel cheerful over, but as the
day advanced and the sun came out,
shining down upon the wonderful
scene, the outlook became brighter and
brighter until the noon hour arrived
when everything was moving along
in splendid shape.
Almost all the exhibits were in
place when the fair gates swung open.
In point of number and size they far
excel any that have ever been placed
at the fair before. The brilliant elec-
trical displays, great cotton signs
painted with vivid colors. and the or
nate designs of the booths. some of
the mcanopied and all of them fes-
tooned with vari-colored bunting,
gave the interior of the buildings a
most inviting appearance.
The greater part of the live stock
arrived yesterday but this morning
additions were made to the string of
fancy exhibits in the various barns.
Every barn has been filled to capacity,
the management finding it necessary
to make extra provisions for the large
herds that came in. The western por-
ton of the grounds where the cattle,
horses, poultry, swine and sheep hold
forth, has been visited by hundreds
today and the expressions of wonder
ment heard on all hands is evidence
of the completeness OF the displays.
The band concerts OF the Grand
Forks Military hand and the Sioux In
dian band throughout the morning
and afternoon were Of the best. To-
morrow these bands will receive the
addition of the Lisbon Regimental
band and the Kline Amusement band,
both organizations being of the very
best The East Grand Forks band will
also be here Wednesday.
The attractions that were offered
this afternoon were better than ever
before. Every act is clean cut and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20

clever. while the artists are among the
most celebrated in the ranks of vau-
deville.
This evenings program will be a big
one. All of the great free acts are to
be given, while the stage coach hold
up and the seige of Fort Abercrombie
will be put on for the first time. These
two events are numbers that are cer-
tain to keep the crowds interested. as
they are the most spectacular that
have ever been attempted in North
Dakota
Wednesday will be a big day. Dan
Patch and Minor Heir, in their race
for the championship of the world will
be one of the attractions and it will
attract to Grand Forks the greatest
crowd that has ever been gathered
here.
The other numbers on the program
are also of the sensational kind and
will go towards making up one Of
the biggest days the state has ever
seen.
A battalion of the North Dakota ma
tional guard compos Il of the CON-
panies of Grafton IIillsboro, Fargo
and Wahpeton arrived here today
and they at once went into camp. The
camp will be located on the fair
grounds just north of the race track,
where space has been provided. Gov
ernor John Burke of North Dakota
will arrive here this evening, the ba-
tallion coming as his escort.
One company of the guard will re-
main in the city during the entire
week as guards at the fair grounds.
The company will maintain a watch
day and night.
The judging in the different depart
ments started this afternoon and to-
morrow morning it will be on in ev-
cry section of every department. The
Judges selected for the work are thor
oughly competent in their various
lines and are certain to give satis-
faction to all concerned.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
DIFFICULTY IN
SECURING VOTES
FOR NEW PROGRAM
Serious Differences Developed
in the Conference on the
Important Schedules
PRESIDENT aNO LEADERS
MUST MAP OUT COURSE
Free Raw Materials the Bone Of Con.
tention aud the Conference Adjourn.
cd Until Tomorrow i'm Order That
the Conierees Might Investigate

Washington, July 20.-The difficulty
experienced by the leaders of the
house and senate in getting sufficient
votes to carry through the modified
form of the presidents free raw ma
terial program was augmented today
through the development of serious
differences in the conference room
over a large number of the import
ant schedules that have not been dis
posed of by the conferees. The con-
ference has given it's attention almost
entirely to the dutiable list, leaving
it to the leaders of both houses ano
the president to determine the course
of action with regard to the free raw
material controversy. The confer
ence committee adjourned until to-
morrow in order that the conferees
might have more time to look into
the questions involved in the consid-
GRAFTON of the schedules that are yet
unsettled. Wide difference OF opinion
We're encounterede in today's delibera-
tions and little progress was made,
although several minor paragraphs
Wer" disposed o.
The fact that Chairman Payne: was
not at the white house conference,
which was participated in by Senator
.Aldrich and Speaker Cannon this aft
ernoon, was the subject OF comment
but it was declared that this omis-
sion signified that Mr.. Payne was
working in thorough accord with
president and did not need to be call
ed in.
The progressive Republicans of the
senate, who have fought for down.
ward revision throughout the tariff
deliberations, were scheduled to meet
in conference today to discuss q plan
of action with reference to the con-
ference report when it is submitted
to the senate. 1t was expected that
they would issue q statement at the
conclusion Of the meeting at which
it had been planned to discus the
presidents recent statement of the
tariff situation That portion of the
presidents declaration which referred
to downward revision of the tariff as
he interpreted the Republican plat
form pledge was to be subject for spe-
cial consideration at a meeting which
was to be attended by Senators Dol
liver, Cummins, Bristow, LaFollette,
Clapp and number of others.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
CALHOUN ON TRIAL
Second Attempt to Convict Him for
Bribe Giving.

San Francisco, July Fitzpatrick
Calhoun, president of the United rail-
roads, is again on trial here on a
charge of offering bribe to public
official to gain privilege for his cor
poration. Half day had been de-
voted to Interrogation of prospective
jurors when the first panel of twenty
five citizens was exhausted without
any being chosen, and an adjournment
taken until Wednesday.
Except for the absence Of three or
four notable principals and the pres
ence Of District Attorney w. H. Lang
don as chief prosecutor, the proceed
ings differed little from the ealy stages
of the first trial, which lasted five
months and resulted In a disagreement
just four weeks ago. Assistant District
Attorney Heney. it is expected, will
assume charge of the case when he
returns from his trip to Alaska.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
ELEPHANT|AS|S
VICTIM DEAD
Gained 300 Pounds in Five
Days-Total Weight 700
Pounds

Philadelphia. July 20.-The victim
OF "elephantiasis one of the rarest
diseases known to science. Mrs. Della
Spencer, 48 years old, of 218 South
Jessup street. died yesterday after.
noon in the Pennsylvania hospital, her
weight as the result OF the nlalad;
being zoe pounds.
Mrs. Spencer was the heaviest pa
tient ever treated at the hospital.
"Elephantiasis" kills its victims by
making them so immense that the pa
tient can no longer support the avoir-
dupois and dies. Tho skin becomea
tough and hardens. and resemblea
very much that of an elephant. Hence
the name of the disease.
Mrs. Spencer was attacked by the
disease on March 5. At that time her
weight was that of G. normal woman.
i30 pounds. She began gaining in
weight slowly at first, but steadily.
until at the time of her admittance at
the hospital last Monday she weighed
600 pounds.
In her home the woman was abso-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
NORTH D0TASS GREATEST STATE FAIR OPENED IN GRAND FORKS TODAY WITH
RECORD BREAKING EXHIBITS RACES RACES AND CROWDS DAN PATCH AND MINOR HEIR
,pless. Planks had to be
ry her from one side of the

'pless. Planks had to be
Z iry her from one side of the
beo> 4he other. She had not the
strength to move the great burden
herself. nor was it possible for her
husband to do so without the aid Of
joists.
When the woman was taken to the
hospital 1t required eight men to car
ry her from the ambulance to the re-
ceiving ward. Her condition at the
medical institution rapidly became
worse. and in five days Mrs. Spencer
took on 300 pounds of flesh.
Had to Use Derrick.
At the hospital the attendants had
to improvise miniature derrick, IN
order to raise the woman from tho
bed to turn her over. When the life
less form of the woman was removed
from the ward every orderly on day
duty assisted in carrying the body.
The physicians at the hospital state
that Mrs. Spencers case is one of the
strangest with which they ever came
in contact. Only q few cases of such
a pronounced type have been record
ed. There is absolutely no cure for
the disease and 1t is seldom that any
relief is found for the afflicted one.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
ELLA G|NGLES
WAS ACQUITTED
Jury Also. Exonerated Miss
Agnes Barrett of Attempted
White Slavery

Chicago, July 2O.-The jury in the
Ella Gingles' case returned verdict
Of not guilty last night, and at the
If improper conduct.
"The Ella Gingles case is absolute
ly closed as far as this office is con-
rerned," said States Attorney Way
man today, speaking of the two-edged
verdict. II shall not charge Miss
Gingles with perjury" continued Mr..
Wayman, although the jury did go
out of its way to brand her story of
the assaults in the Wellington hotel
as false. II Ella tries to bring addi-
tional charges against Miss Barrette
shall gently but firmly tell Miss
Gingles to keep out of my Office"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20


DAN PATCH AND EAST GRAND FORKS DAY
0-0pening of the State Fair grounds.
1030-Opening Amusement company
Merry Midway.
1100-Concer by
Judging commences in all departments
12O0-Concer by Lisbon Regimental band.
1:00-Joint band Sioux, Lisbon
Forks bands in front Of grandstand
2:00-Big program n o
grandsand. The
Race for Worlds Championship between Dan
Patch 155 and Minor Heir. 1884,
225 pace (East Forks sake)
Purse $780,
28 trot Purse $780,
urong dash $780,
mile dash,
7:00-Carnival on Merry Midway opens
8:00-Grand program and start Of
lay race in grandstand
9:0o-sensational stage coach robbery.
9:3o-sege Of f. Abercrombie the
greatest military attempted the northwest
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
MU1|LATED BODY
OF WOMAN FOUND.
Husband Held on the Charge
of Murder and Son as a
Witness

Pittsburg. July 20.-The mutilated
body OF Mrs. Mary Saloman, aged 40
years, was found beside a lonely road
near Clarion, Pa, last evening with
her head beaten as though by rock.
CORY Saloman, her husband, is being
held pending the coroner's investiga.
tion and 13-year-old son is in
custody as witness.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
BRONZE BUST Of
JAMES J. HILL
Will be Unveiled at Seattle Ex-
position on Minnesota Day,
August 8.

New York. July 20-The bronze
bust of James ]. Hill has been COM
pleted in Brooklyn and will be
shipped at once to the Seattle exposi-
ton, where it will be unveiled on
August 3, Minnesota day. The bust
is said to be the largest of It's kind
In the world, weighing 100 pounds,
and cost $4,000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
WRIGHTs FLEW
Another Successful Flight at Fort
Myer Late Yesterday.

Washington, July 20.-Orville
Wright made another successful
flight in his aeroplane at Fort N1yer
late yesterday, remaining in the air
for twenty-five minutes and twenty
two seconds, taking the rounds OF the
parade grounds twenty-five and one
half times. He landed without mis-
haH
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-20
USED THIRD DEGREE
Hanged Negro to Tree Until He
Confessed.

Paris, Tenn. July 20.-Hanging
Frank Duncan. negro to tree until
blood ran from his lips, posse in
pursuit of Albert Lawson, the negro
who fatally shot Sheriff Compton here
yesterday. forced Duncan to confess
having aided Lawson to escape by
sfearing a fixture of ceyenne pepper
and onions on Lawson's feet, to throw
the bloodhounds off the track. Dun
can and his brother who helped in
the artifice are in jail