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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-01
As WaG Poor Guesser.

He was a new conductor and anx. iouS |" expedite matters When ha SAW woniun holding d two dollar bit in her hand hc a;. ,,enSed wi;h the customary exhoriatio,i tp gay aer fare and began to count out change There had been drain on his pockets Throughout the trip. and he was obliged to interview half the passen gers in the car before he finally s.. cured the desired small coin. Final,s the transaction was completed. and the conductor returned to the woman
 'Fare:" he said
 The woman fished nickel from her pocketbook Then she looked at the two dollar bill.
 "Dear mel" she said How careless 1 am! l forgot l had that money in my hand. Somebody might have stolen It.
 ''Chump" growled the conductor.
 The woman thought he meant her but he didn't. He was cursing his own stupidity.-New York Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-01
Tornado and
 Hail Insurance

est companies, with assets of over $31 100000, are writing hail in con- nection witk tornado insurance. Let us write !ou policy at once. The rates are very low.
 The seorm season has hardly be- gun and yet the losses so far have exceeded any previous year in the history of our state. The wise will profit by the experience of others Be wise and insure with us.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Order for Joint
Through Rates
Via Portland
Interstate Commerce Commission De-
cides Gateway Must Be Opened
Hill Lines to Appeal.

WASHINGTON. May IA decision
was handed down today by the In
t~erstate Comm cree commission in what
has come to be known as the Port
lane gateway case, in which contention of
the travelling public for through routes and
Joint rates from eastern points via Port
land. ore, is sustained. The roads which
were defendants In the proceeding are re-
quired by order Of the commission to es-
tablish before July 1, 1909, through routes
and Joint rates, via Portland, and to main
tain them for at least two years.
BY the terms Of the decision, which IL
highly important to the travelling public
and to the western and northwestern rail-
roads. the Northern Pacific, the Union Pa
cific lines and the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway are ordered to join in the sale
Of through passenger tickets between Seat
tie and other points in the Pacific north
west and eastern destinations via Port
land. Ore, and to accord through facilities
like the checking of baggage, over this
route.
The commission holds that the right OF g
railroad TO control its traffic by the max
ing Of arrangements for through routes
and Joint rates for the handling Of both
passenger and freight business IS a thine
of value to the railway, WHICH should b
protected insofar as 1t can be done with.
out infringing upon the rights Of the pub
lie, but that these railroads are public
servants and It is their first duty TO ac'
cord to the public proper facilities.
1t is understood authOritatively that 1t Is
the Intention of the Northern Pacific, ir
connection, perhaps, with other roads, tc
carry the case into the courts with a view
to obtaining an injunction to prevent the
commission from putting its order into
effect. Should such an injunction bt
granted 1t would prevent the enforcement
OF the order during the period of thG
Alaska-Yucon-Pacifi exposition at Seat
tie, as it is estimated that it would require
many months for the courts finally t.
determine the case on Its merits.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
CORNELIUS P. SHEA
is UNDER ARREST
Former Leader of Transfers Charged
with stabbInS Woman I'm
Now York.

NEW YORK, May 22.-cornelius p. Shea,
who the police say came to this city from
Chicago several months ago to assist in
the direction Of the local teamsters' strike,
was arrested tonight. charged with stab
bling a women named Alice Shaw at his
home in West Thirteenth street. Thu
woman was stabbed in a dozen places. and
both she and Shea were covered with
blood.
The woman was taken to st. Vlneent's
hospital. Shea declined 20 make any state
ment. The woman is in a critical cordi-
ton.
CHICAGO. May 2l.-Alice Walsh, the girl
whom Cornelius p. Shea. former presi-
dent OF the international Brotherhood OF
Transfers. is reported TO have killed in
New York tonight. was ormerly a wait
ress in a Fifth avenue restaurant mere.
She was 10 years old when Shea met her.
He was then the car Of the teamSters
and was leading the great teamsters'
strike. which shook the business OF this
city for weeks.
In May. 1908, the Walsh girl tried to
kill herself by taking poison. The reason
she gave at the time was that the labor
leader had refused to marry her.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Big Dry Goods
Combine Formed
New York Wholesalers \ Organize
Company with Capital Stock
of Fifty-0ns Millions.

DOVER, Del. May 22-The United Dry
goods company Of New York, with a cap
ital Of 100000. was Incorporated here
today.
NEW YORK. May 2l-John Claflin Of
this city is NJ the head Of the United Dry
goods company Of New York, Incorporated
today in Delaware. He is the president OF
the H. b. Claflin company. the largest
wholesale drygoods house in New York
city, and Of the Associated Merchants
company. a 81, $4,000 concern. hitherto the
largest drygoods organization In the world,
which was financed by J. p, Morgan &
Co. In 1901.
Mr.. Ciaflin would say nothing regarding
the aims and purposes Of the new com.
pany. A statement would be forthcom-
Ing within a few days, he said,
The New York incorpcrstors are clerks
in me office of the law firm of Gould &
Wilkie.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
is hereby given that sealed bids will be
received by the Board of Commissioner
Of the South Dakota State Soldiers Home
at Hot Springs, South Dakota, at the office
OF the commandment of said home on OF
before the first day of June, 1909. at
2 o'clock In the afternoon, for the erection
of a stone and brick smokestack for the
State Soldiers Home, according to plans
and Specifications prepared by Joseph
Swartz. architect. Sioux Falls, 8. d.
For the furnishings and settings Of three
new boilers and high pressure work for
the South Dakota State Soldiers Home at
Hot Springs. South Dakota, according 10
plans and Specifications prepared. by Ben
Cowler, chief engineer. BIDS will be re-
ceived for steel slack according to specifl-
cations separately. Bids can be made in
lump sum for the whole amount OF the
work except for the brick or steel smoke
stack. which must be a separate bid. All
bids must be accompanied by a certified
check equal to 10 per cent OF the amount
of the bid. The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids. Plans and
specifications can be seen and examined
at this office Of the c~ommandant or at
the office of The Omaha Bee. Omaha,
Neb,; Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Ia
Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Sioux Falls,
s. ID. Dated this Tth day Of May, 1909. by
order Of the Board Of Commissioners: J.
B. GEDDIR. Commandment M1ldlSt
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Raymond Bamiord
for West Point
Omaha Boy Selected for Appointment
by Senator Burkett, with
Two Alternates.
(From a staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 22-(special Tele-
grant, - Senator Burkett has recon-
mended &r appointment to a cadet
ship at West Point Raymond j,
Bamford of Omaha and as a~lternates
Charles E. Bottenfield of Nelson and Earl
R.. Spalding Of G~othenburg. The ex-
animation is to be held at Fort Logan,
Colo, the second Tuesday in January, 1910.
Bamford is a student in Creighton college
at Omaha, his father being connected with
the Union Pacific, and is vouched for by
many leading citizens as q very energetic
young man and we'll qualified. Spaldins
is at present a student In the State uni
versity at Lincoln, while young Botten
field is a high school graduate and is at
present teaching school In Nuckolls county.
The big dam on Belle Fourche irrigation
project, South Dakota, now contains ap-
proximately 100000 cubic yards of ma
terial. When completed this dam will be
one of the largest earth embankment in
the world, and will contain about 100000
cubic yards OF material. Charles ].
Blanchard, statistician OF reclamation
service, who is now visiting the project,
states that 1t presents a most imposing
scene. Eleven trains of ten cars each
loaded with dirt are constantly In view,
AS earth is dumped on top of the embank
ment it is ~sprinkled and rolled with heavy
rollers. The dam is now seventy feet high
and $500 feet long.
Fred K. Nelson of Omaha, who has for
a number of years been connected with
the State department. has been transferred
to the general land office as special agent
with headquarters at Spokane. Mr.. Mel
son was secretary OF the Nebraska State
association and has been succeeded by
F. E Edgerton, secretary to Senator
Norris Brown, to fill out the ~unexpireo
term. Mr.. Nelson was a foot ball coach
Of George Washington university and
made a signal success with the foot bal
squad.
Representative John A. Mcguire Of the
First district was among the principa.
speakers today at the second annual ma.
tional good roads convention at Baltimore
Edward p. Smith of Omaha. attorney foI
the miners of Nebraska interested ir
the bleached flour ruling Of Department
Of Agriculture, arrived in Washington
this morning and had a conference with
the attorney general through arrangement
made by Senator Brown.
Josiah Coe, president OF the First Ma.
tional bank of WoodbIne. Harrison county
and wife are expected in Washington to.
morrow to visit their daughter, Mrs. F. z
Edgerton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Rancher Burns
His Hands Off
R. G. Mcintosh of Seattle Takes
Heroic Method to Rid Himself of
Supposed Evil Spirits.

SEATTLE, Wash. May ar. C. Nc
lntosh, aged Al, a rancher, was found in
his log cabin today with his hands and
arms so severely burned as to require am
putation and it is feared he will die. Nc
Intosh said he had read in the Bible Of
evil spirits and concluded these had been
speaking 10 him.
To rid himself Of them he put both arms
into the fire. He says it was a slow wood
fire in a kitchen stove and he held his
arms there for a long time.
Following the ordeal he sat and gazed
at bis hands and arms for hours and felt
a great peace come over him. Then he
was satisfied that he had done right.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Cook a Suicide
by Jumping
Into River
Ed Walden of Sioux Falls Ends
Debauch by a Leap Into
Big Sioux.

SIOUX FALLS, s.. D.. May 2~2.-(Special
Telegram .)-Pedestrians who were crossing
the Eighth street bridge, in the heart of
the business district. at about 1880 o'clock
tonight were alarmed by seeing a man
mount TO the railing of the bridge and
Jump to his death In the Big Sioux river.
The suicide was Ed Walden, aged % or
"a, who kas been employed as a cook in
local restaurants. He had been drinking
heavily during the last few days and was
intoxicated at the time he made the mad
leap into the river at a point directly
above a dam, over which the body is be
lieved' to have been carried.
Search is being made by the police for
the body. but at midnight 1t had not been
recovered. and likely will not be before
tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
jap strikers Leave Plantations.

HONOLULU, May 2.-Obeylng the or
ders Of the employers to quit the sugar
plantations OF return to work on Saturday.
the striking japanese plantation hands are
leaving the places where they have been
employed and pouring into this city.
The leaders Of the strike at the Honolulu
plantation have prepared plans for a march
of the strikers. the procession to be headed
by a band and the men to carry japanese
and American flags. These will be Joined
by the men from the oahu plantation and
the whole procession will proceed to this
city tomorrow afternoon. It Is estimated
that there will be from 5000 to 1900 strikers
in line.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
FIREMEN'S STRIKE SERIOUS
Traffic on Georgia Central Railroad is
Practically Tied Up.
MEN DRIVEN FROM ENGINES
United states Postal inspectors Are
Ordered 4 o Union Point to Pro-
tect Mails-Strike on
Great Lakes.

AUGUSTA. Ca, May 22.-The firemen's
strike on the Georgia Central railroad is
becoming serious. White Fireman Sloan
was forcibly elected from a train at
Thompson, forty miles out, tonight The
passengers and mail laid over there until
midnight and missed all connections.
a freight train loaded with perishable
goods IL sldetracked at LAtbonia. Three
firemen have been sent to It and all have
failed the ompany and the armed guards
have been arrested for carrying weapons
concealed.
The Picayune train, due here at s:S
a. M, IS still tied up at Camack. Three
trains are sidetreoked at bearing. A mixed
train, two through freights and two local
freights are tied up at U%nionpcint.
United States postal inspectors have
reached there tn protect the mails. One
through freight train is tied up at Thorn
son..
At Thomson today an angry crowd Ierked
the armed guard from an engine, beat him
and ordered him back to Augusta. There
Is no train moving on the Athens branch.
The sheriff Of McDuf6e county and the
mayor OF Unionpoint admit that they can
not preserve order.
Strike on Great Lakes.
CLEVELAND. o., May I.-william f.,
Yates, national president OF the Marine
Engineers benevolent association, issued a
reply here today in answer to a statement
by William Livingstone, president Of the
Lake Carriers association, regarding the
marine strike on the Great Lakes. Mr..
Yates assertions are briefly as follows:
1. The open shop policy OF the Lake
Carriers association is not only to give
employment to the men who do not belong
to unions, but also to force union men to
renounce all allegiance to their organiza-
tons.
! ment on Lake Carrier association vessels
for all employees except engineers are so
worded that no urton man can sign one
Of them and consistently retain his union
vessels and forced at the risk of employ
ment to sign affidavits renouncing al
legiance to all labor unions.
for the benefit OF the men and is not OPP
tional with the individual.
4. The statement that the strike Is not
affecting m Is untrue, Many ships
are tied up.
8. The wages paid marine workers on the
great lakes are lower than those paid to
any marine men in the world with the ex-
ception OF Chinese and japanese seamen.
The individual contracts used last year re-
duced materially the amount of wages
paid.
feet is found in that foreigners are being
employed on boats and engineers are being
brought from. the coasts by armed de-
tectives.
In closing Mr.. Yates says he believes the
strike will end in q victory for the en-
gineers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Fire in Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Seven-Story Gilbert Block Destroyed,
Causing Loss of Four Hun
bred Thousand.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, May 22.-The
Gilbert block. seven storleF high, contain
ing the Ira NJ. Smith department store and
scores OF office suites, was practically de-
stroyed by fire early today. The loss is
estimated at $4,000. The south wall Of
the structure fell, crushing beneath it two
frame residences. Half a score OF people,
awakened Just in time. were rescued from
the houses by the police n firemen. AZ
2:l5 O'Clock the fire had been gotten under
control
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Anna Parta TO John sturms, ST.. IN
divided one-half lot Z, block IL, I'd
Addition to Mount Douglas ....".& l
SOB s. block 8. Koun II Piace....or... ZOO
Frank Mach and wife to Frank
svoboda and wife, north 80 It. lot %.
3, block T. Kountze bth............ SS
Clara Peterson to G. +. Christensen.
part lot 2, block S. Brookline 800. !
G. F. Christensen and wife TO 8. Il,
Louis Mendelssohn and wife to J. L.
Haley, i42. Seymour Park ..,....... 400
Provident Real Estate Co. to ID. V.
sholes Co, part blocks 2 and 3
Ralph Place 5000
National Land Co. to same. lots /, 2,
g. 4, block 2. Ralph Place ............ 1850
Same to same, part blocks 2 and 3,
Alvin Caughey and wife to Edward
Price, lot 9, block 155. South Omaha. $500
Magdelena Rosters to s. Elizabeth
Rosters. lot 8, block 1854. OMAHA. !
A. T. Elmer, referee, to E. l. Cain.
lots 8 and 10. block 5, Forest HILL. 2,0e6
Jane B. Shields and husband to D. F.
Graddy's 400
NJ. w. Fairfield and husband to Mary
N. White, lot 3, block 2.
Frank Thompson, executor, to Hugh
McGanrey, lots 10. IL. IT, block TO- ,,oo
Heqieks uo..i;... pncv l""
lot 10, block %, Kountze PLACE., $500
w. w. McCreary to Rose H. Hamii-
ton lot 5. block 4. Marysville .....,.. !
II, II. Bailey and wife to Mollie NJ.
Mitchell and husband, lot la, block
81, Halsyon Heights .............. 800
Frank r. Klebba and wife to Sarah
Moskovitz, lot 26, block 1, Avondale
Park alOO
William Zitzman and wife to w. ".
Umsted, sh lot 6. Persons SUBJ. 5000
S. d. Bangs and wife to John Red
welskl, lot Z, block II, Summit Add
same 70 Anton Redwelski, lot 6,
block II, Summit Addition ............ 275
Same to Adam Matula, lot 4, block IT.
Sun NIT Addition .........,......... 800
Charles w. Conkling and wife to w.
a. Meyer, part lot /, George
Forbes sub. 80
Sarah Teahon and husband TO Alma
Spearman, lots Q and 10, block 2,
Upton Place 60
h, s. Peterson and wife to Thomas
McGovern, VIZ lot 3, block 10, Reeds
ISL low
Kenwood Realty CO. to Mary E.
Wilson, lot z36, Kenwood Addition. 70
Adelia A. Whitney to Frank Bon
gardt, lots 81 and 80. block /,
Saunders & Himebaugh's Addition
to Walnut Hill ............... 1900
Frances NJ. Ure to II. c. Madison,
lots Q and 4. block 7, Central Park. 300
Total a ,E5
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
MAY COLLECT BIG BOND
Government Has Chance TO Get
$4,000 from Greene and
GaynOr Surety.

NEW YORK. May IA decision handed
down today by the United States court
Of appeals, affirming a ruling of Judge
Hough, probably means that. after one
Of the most stubbornly contested suits on
record, the government will be able to OBJ
tain the forfeiture OF the 5000 ball in the
cases Of Greene and Gaynor, the two men
convicted seven years ago Of fraud in gov
eminent harbor contracts.
Today's decision was in the suit OF the
government against the estate OF jaime:
D., Leary, who was on the bond Of Ben
jsmin d. Greene. and sustained judgment
in favor Of the government by Judge
Hough. The circuit court Of appeals ir
todsy's decision held that the bend wal
legally forfeited when Greene failed &c
appeal In court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
d NOTICES.

We wish TO express our heartfelt thanks
for sympathy shown US during the illness
and death or our beloved sister,
MISSES M'MlLLAN.
We wish to express our sincere thanks 20
our many friends and neighbors Tor ths
Kindness shown during the sickness ana
death OF our wife and mother; also for the
many beautiful floral tributes, including
those from Machinists' Union No, 81,
Omaha Landwehr Verein and Southwest
Improvement club.
FRED w. ZOTZMANN. SIR.
AUG. j. ZOTZMANN.
FRED w. ZOTZMANN, JR.
MRS. CARL c. WITT.
Attention members OF Alpha camp No. l.
Woodmen of the World. The funeral OF
Sovereign Patrick Lynch will take place
from the family residence, ~ Mason
street. Monday morning. May "a inst, al
$50 a M. Sovereigns of other camps and
CHAS. UNFIT, Clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
CROWD AT MIGHT RIDER CASE
supreme Court ROOm ThrOnEed when
Arguments for Six Condemned
Men Are Heard.

JACKSON, Tenn, May 22.--The supreme
court room was again filled TO overlooking
today by those anxious TO hear the argu-
ment in the cases OF the eight night riders.
six OF whom were sentenced to death at
Union City some months since. Attorney
General Gates did not conclude his argl-
ment until after the noon hour Ex-Con-
gresham Rice A. Pierce. for the defense.
followed him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
wolf bounty Fund snort.

PIERRE. s. D., May 2.-(special)-Up TO
the present the wolf bounty claims have
reached $40. 4ss, There Is always a rush OF
claims on this fund during June, when
cubs are being caught and slaughtered for
the bounty, and the indications are that the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

street. slehS boy; K. n. Kuhn, g5a5 HsmebSGsS
avenue. girl; Edgar c. Little, 25S9 Himh-
baugh avenue, girl; Frank Hiser. 2503 North
Fourteenth street. boy; Knute Knudson,
Ninth and Locust streets. girl; Logan l..
Gray. 2222 Paul street. girl; S. p. Comstock,
202 South Thirty-fouTth street. boy; Rob
Desths.catherine c. ClasOn. sGS Patrick
avenue, ~
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

holders OF certificates will get about the
same as for last year, approximately sew
enty-flve cents on the dollar, the total
fund being $4,000 out Of which all claims
must be paid pro-rata.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

be admitted 20 membership in the Order
of Railway Conductors, according 10 the
decision today OF the grand division IN
~favoring a pension plan was adopted. rs
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
STOVE REPAIRS

NEW furnaces; hot water and hot air COM
b~ination heating. z and 4~hole laundry
hot water heaters, mantle CRATES, gas
stoves repaired, water fronts ana flower
vases, Omaha Stove Repair Works. 1906
1908 Douglas 81. Phones Ind. ASSET. Bell
Douglas go. -SJb
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Conduetora Make ChanRe.

BOSTON, May 22-conductors OF electric
trains on roads where steam and electricity
are intermingled as power will henceforth
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
q T Ann DEATHS.

Quick Action for Your ~Aioney-You get
that by using The Bee advertising columns.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICES.

LYNCH-Patrick j.. aged 81 years. at the
81. Elizabeth hospital at Lincoln, Neb,
Funeral Monday, May "A, at s:@ {; m,
from the family residence at 2SJ1 Mason
Interment Holy Sepulchre cemetery,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

Bigger. Better. Busier-That's what ad-
vertising In The Bee does for your
business
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS regarding a good
farm for sale; not particular about looa"
ton; wish to hear from owner only VINO
will sell direct TO buyer; give price, de-
scription and state when possession can
be had. Address L. Darbyshire. Box 1901
n Rochester. N. Y. (23)-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
WANTED-TO BUY

BEST price paid for secondhand furniture.
carpets. clothes and shoes. Tel. Doug. SIL
CH)-S37
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
LIoENs

The following marriage license nave
been granted;
Name and Residence. Asse,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

C8l-SN
BEST price paid for 2d-hand furniture.
carpets, stoves. clothing. shoes. Tel. Doug.
64Ol. C5-23S
STANDARD upright pianos. Phone Web
ster 3726. (6)-M65
BEST prices paid for 2d-hand furpiture,
clothes. shoes. etc. Tel Douglas 426a
(6)-Sn May %
WANTED-To buy small-sized refrigeratoTi
must be cheap. Tel. ASH or address J
100. care Rec. C25)-29l Elk
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
OCEAN STEAMERS

ulk0uuC Twin oCfUW aus 1AptoaS otoametss
Naval ofhcers IN command, wireless telegraphy,
submarine safety bell signal system
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
WANTED-TO RENT

WE are getting inquiries for well located
houses. Must have sole agency. Nowata
Land & Lot Co., suite GA N. Y. Lie
Bldg. Phone Red 1899 Omaha, Neb.
Open evenings.
FOUR young men desire two large rooms
in private family; must be first class
references. Address A 5SS, care Bee
(26)-M565 ok
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

MANIFESTATIONS
FAMILY washing wanted: ali work guar
anteed. Call w. 4I2 GD-Ml4z "a
GOOD, all around man cook wants POSI-
ton in hotel. Box $50. Avoca. la,
(2D-M307 25x
SALESMAN Of highest ability and char
acter and approved habits desires con,
nectlon with well established house, VIII
treyel anywhere. References the best. II.
GD-426 23N
WHEN Won reply TO advertisements which
appear in these Want Ad. columns kindly
menuion the fact that you saw their ad-
vertlasement in The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
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