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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-08
ROBT. BROW WAS REAL BOOSTER
 .FOR COUNTY
Pioneer Citizen Had h. tereSts in 97 Mining
 Claims
(From Tuesdays Daily)

(frODl tuesday Oally)
 Through a transaction yesterday in the probate court in the estate of the late Robert Brow, an interesting statement became public in connee- tion with this mans affairs.
 As filed and recorded, the report of the appraisers, R. H. Burmister, F. G. Brecht and J. H. Robinson, the estate consists of 97 mining claims owned wholly or in part in this county by the deceased. No report was made by the above appraisers as to their valuation, from the fact, evidently, that it was impracticable to reach the ground of that large number of mines, and furthermore, as the valua- tion of such could not be found un- less personal examination was made, which was practically an impossible ity.
 This striking revelation of the pur- poses of MT. Brow in life, were best known to those who were associated with him in business pursuits, or who enjoyed his friendship in personal channels. He believed in mining more than in any other calling, and while he used his business house in the city as the avenue to build up the industries of the county, he was never known to turn down what to him seemed a desirable mine, or the making of one.
 In this principle he naturally drained his financial resources, and in all the long years he has assisted the development of his interests, he was staunch in his methods to also build up the country. He gave his money freely in that cause and while he expected to reap sooner or later the benefit of his investment, it is a pleasant chapter to recall in the life of this man that he was a builder and a citizen of the true and bona fide make.
 Other items in the estate are shown in the report of the appraisers, GOV ering valuations owned. In the ap- praisement of the Palace Hotel of his one-third interest, his stock in the Elks' building association, and stocks in numerous other interpretations aside from mining, the value is placed at the sum of $15,sSS.25.
 A few days before he passed away he executed deeds to other desirable property in the city which were given to his widow and his brother. Real estate was also deeded to his brother in South Dakota for interests in that state.
 Judge Hicks has ordered that mo- tice to creditors be published, and in due time the estate will be carried through the customary channels.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-08
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. G. The second Southern Commercial Con- gress, composed of representatives of all of the States of the South, was opened this morning in the large assembly room of the New Willard Hotel. The congress has for it's spe- cifc object a discussion of coloniza- tion, agriculture, manufacturing and good roads.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-08
GEORGE CRoCKER DEAD.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-George Crocker, son of the California pioneer and millionaire, died today of cancer after suffering for several years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Euclid Martin
Receiver for
Tolf Hanson
Bankruptcy Proceedings Instituted
in the Federal Court by
the Creditors.

The formal petition in bankruptcy in the
Tolf Hanson case was filed In the United
States district court Saturday morning.
The petitioning creditors are the Bruins
wick-Baike, Collender company, 81, 400 on
past due notes. bearing date Of February
Is, 1893; Sunderland Roofing and Supply
company, S2y6.J3; Burgess-Granden com
pany, SlS2.g0. and a Hospe company, $751;.
all the latter for merchandise.
The petition states that within four
months preceding the date of the petition
Tolf Hanson committed an act Of bank
ruptcy on July 5, 1909, by transferring Ger
tain Of his property to the Johnson Hard
ware company. to Milton Rogers company,
and to the Nebraska Cycle company,
thereby committing an act Of bankruptcy
with intent to prefer special creditors, to
the prejudice Of the complainants.
Immediately following the filing Of the
petition for bankruptcy in the Tolf Han
son matter an application was filed for the
appointment of a receiver by the creditors.
Judge w. IL. Munger thereupon appointed
Euclid Martin as such receiver, fixing his
bond at 5000, which was Immediately
given.
The order directs that the receiver shall
take possession of all the property Of Tolf
Hanson of every kind and tina he shall
keep open and continue in operation the
Calumet restaurant until the further orders
OF the court.
The question Of keeping open or closing
the Hanson cafe is left to the judgment Of
the receiver.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
HOW he SAVED HIS COIN
C%OnviviaI Drummer Nails His Pile
before Starting Out with
the HOyH.

One of the most novel methods OF pre-
venting the cXtravagant spending OF
money in moments of conviviality was
that tried by a travelling man the other
day in a Denver hotel. on arriving In
the city, the drummer, who for the pur-
poses of this narrative shall be name
less, anticipating an evening of hilaTity,
gave his purse to the clerk, accompanied
by written instruction to the effect that
the possessions were only to be deliv-
cred to a certain citizen Of Denver, a
friend Of the drummer, on application for
the same. Even the owner himself was
not to be permitted to touch the money.
1t was TO be given to the Denver man
and TO no one else. Having thus insured
his property, the commercial traveller
sailed forth to Join a few friends around
the corner. He evidently had a good
time, for a few hours later he arrived
In the lobby in the most convivial or
moods, accompanied By some cheerful
looking friends, and demanded his
pocketbook. 1t was his turn to "set 'em
up he explained and he wanted some
additional money. To his unutterable
surprise, the clerk refused to deliver the
property. The drummer entreated, swore,
caioled, threatened and finally cried
outright, and begged for his pocketbook'
All in vain, for the clerk remained true
20 his trust and refused TO yield up the
money. The next day the Denver friend
arrived and was given possession of the
pocketbook. Moral: A pocketbook in the
bush is worth two In the hand-sometimes.
denver Republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
WING Blows at
a Stiff Rate
hirty- Eight Miles an Hour from
the North for a Little While
Last Night.

The maximum velocity of the wind at
Friday night was thirty-eight miles
per hour at 9:44. The wind came from the
north, and while there was a perceptible
fall in temperature, the record shows that
during the prevalence of the windstorm
the mercury only reached g. at 1O:45. The
minimum temperature during the last
twenty-four hours was 66 at 7 o'clock Sat
urday morning.
The windstorm, which came up about 9
o'clock, was accompanied with consider
able thunder and lightning, bringing with
It a O.22 of an inch rain. The storm was
local, being severest in and about Omaha,
though Blair reports a rainfall Of 0.92 of
an inch.
The local outlook is for fair today.
The lowest temperature recorded for the
last twenty-four hours was 46 at Calgary
and IS at Edmonton, with temperatures
running from SO at Yuma, Ariz., so at Gal
weston, rs at Philadelphia and with average
temperatures of "a and 70 in the Missouri
valley points.
The wind at Sioux City reached a We
locity OF twenty-eight miles an hour, with
a minimum temperature of Ga. Similar tenn
peratures are reported from North Platte,
Valentine and Pueblo. while Denver and
Colorado points run from 90 to 81. Con-
cordia, KAN reports a rainfall of 1874
inches and st. Louis 90 of an inch.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Morris Wants a
House in Omaha
Vaudeville Trust Buster Eager to Get
a Theater Here at
Once.

w. II. Seeley, vice president of the Nor
ris Amusement company, left for San
Francisco Saturday afternoon, declaring
that he would be back in two weeks to
close on one of three options for a theater
site. one of these options is on the Mil
lard property at Sixteenth and Jackson,
but 1t is a bigger lot than Seeley says he
wants. The other options, he declined to
disclose.
The local Morris theater project is in a
vague state, but OF the desire of this
vaudeville circuit to get into Omaha there
is no doubt.
1--WE hope to have a theateT In operation
here early in November" said Mr.. Seeley,
and in two weeks when 1 return here we
shall make some definite arrangements.
Probably we shall buy a lot and build a
theater ourselves, though we have a prop
osition from local capital based on a
thirty-year lease. 1t will be more satisfac-
tory to us to own our own building. The
Morris circuit needs Omaha and 1t will pay
in every way to establish a house here"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Haller Chosen
President of
Library Board
He Succeeds Lewis S. Reed Who is
Absent in Europe-Miss Tobitt
Reelected Librarian.

F. L. HaTler Is the now president Of the
Omaha Library board, elected Friday night
to succeed Lewis 8. Reed. president OF
the board for eighteen years. Mr.. Reed is
now in Europe and expects to be absent a
year and for this reason the board took
his advice to elect some other in his place.
A resolution was passed congratulating
Mr.. Reed on his long service on the board
and the good work. and regretting his pro-
longed absence from the city. He has been
a director in the library ever since it was
started and was a charter member Of the
old subscription library.
George F. West was elected vice presi-
dent after Harry p. Deuel. had refused
election to the sixth consecutive term.
A. d. Fetterman was elected secretary aud
Miss Edith Tobitt reelected librarian.
The board insisted that Mr.. Halter retain
the Craftsmanship OF the book committee
and he appointed H. p. Deuel., Lucien
Stephens and Austin J.. Collett as mem
bers with him. Member West, L. j.
TePoel and Fetterman were appointed on
the executive committee; Members T. F..
Ringwalt. TePoel and Deuel. on the judi
ciary committee, n Members Stephens
Ringwalt and Collett on the museum COM
mittee.
A communication was received from
Robert F. Glider offering to loan the
library his collection of relics Of pre-
historic man, relics an found within the
confines Of the state of Nebraska. The
board voted thanks to Mr.. Glider for his
offer and a committee will endeavor to
find a suitable room in the building for the
collection.
The board also accepted the offer Of Mrs.
William Morris to loan the library a
valuable Shakespeariana.
Bills amounting to RS,377.Ol were ordered
paid.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Money for
Aberdeen Man
Spanish Officials Will Return 81, 200
Sent by Morgan N. Jones to
Madrid Swindlers.

MADRID, July 31.-The Spanish swindling
agencies which have fleeced the innocent
Of all parts of the world for many years
with stories of buried treasure, legacies,
etc, continue to find victims in the United
States. The latest is Morgan N. Jones Of
Aberdeen, s. d., who will learn for the
first time through this Associated Press
dispatch that the 81, 200 he sent in the form
of a draft on the Credit Lyonnais fortu-
nately did not fall into the hands Of the
swindlers, but will be returned to him by
the Spanish authorities in due course Of
time.
A decoy letter signed c. Burrel Lopez
informed Jones that a relation had died
in a Spanish prison, leaving a daughter in
a Spanish convent. A large fortune had
been found concealed in his baggage and
the mans dying request was that the rela-
tive in South Dakota would give his
daughter a home and take over the man
agement Of his fortune-only there were
death charges amounting to $1,000 and UNI
less these were Immediately paid the gov
eminent would confiscate the dead mans
money. So Jones of Aberdeen got together
the cash and mailed the draft.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01

M$tSBS of Nebraska. He came to this
&4A2S state in 1863 with the intention
Of locating in Omaha, but went on to Ash
land and staid there a few days and then
located in Lincoln. At the state capital
he practiced law for two and a half years.
About this time the prospective city of
Kearney was being advertised somewhat
extensively, so Hamer and his young wife
proceeded there. Kearney has been the
home Of the judge for more than thirty
seven years, during which time he has
actively engaged in the practice of law
except the time he was district judge.
Judge Hamer was born in Ohio on a
farm, and at the age of 10 years his par
ents' moved to Indiana. There young
Hamer grew TO manhoo and secured his
education, He graduated from the Indian
apolis law school and then bought a farm
and manufactured lumber, continuing his
law studies at the same time, and then he
came west.
Shortly after his arrival in Kearney
Judge Hamer formed a partnership with
Alexander II. Conner, later a state senator
from the Buffalo county district, and who
was also a member of the constitutional
convention. Governor Dawes appointed
Hamer as district judge in December, 1888.
and he was thereafter twice elected TO the
anne office, Upon retiring from the bench
he entered the firm Of Hamer. Sinclair &
Brown, the Junior member Of the firm.
Norris Brown, now United States senator.
Judge Hamer has specialized In the law
banks and irrigation, though he has also
made a reputation as a criminal lawyer,
having been on one side or the other in
many OF the most important criminal cases
tried in the state. One Of the celebrated
early cases which the fudge tried was that
Of the state against Olive, in which the
Judge defended. Olive was accused Of
murder and the legislature appropriated
10000 to prosecute the case, and also
enacted what was intended as a special act
providing that the accused might be in
dicted and tried in any county I'm the
state. Judge Hamer proved that the men
Olive was accused of numbering were
thought by the people OF Custer county,
where the crime was committed, to be
cattle thieves, and that they had killed
olives brother, AS a defense, however,
the Judge contended that the trial must
occur in Custer county, and that the legis-
lature had no right 20 pass the act per
hitting an indictment and trial elsewhere.
In this he was upheld, and the people Of
Custer county afterwards refused TO prose-
cute, Olive against the state. II Neb. 1.
Judge Hamer was the attorney for the
plaintiff In the celebrated case Of Craw-
ford company against Hathaway, an irri-
cation case, which he won after the SUI
preme court had twice decided against
him. In this case the decision finally rem
dered recognized irrigation and the APP
preparation Of water as a property right,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
COSTLY GEMS TO SHINE HERE
Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Jewels
Will Be Shown.
JEWELLERS READY FOR BIG SHOW
National Association VIII Put In Its
Appearance nm Time with n
Wonderful Display by
Many Big Firms.

The main dining hall OF the Rome hotel
Is being made over into a huge showroom.
to display the t2.0OO.OOO worth Of diamonds
and other jewelry that are coming into
Omaha next Monday with the delegates to
the fourth annual convention Of the Ma
tional Jewelers. association. An extra set
OF safes Is being set up in the hotel and
special detectives will be on hand to
guard the treasure.
The delegates accredited from local asso-
Citations will number AIS and the other Wis
itors will be numerous enough to bring at
least 1000 strangers into the city. The
local jewelers. under the management OF r.
L. Combs, president, and a. Mandelberg,
secretary and treasurer, are engaged now
in renting display space In the exhibition
room and thirty big manufacturing and
designing companies have offered to bring
their choicest goods. Thursday night this
dazzling array Of precious stones, gold,
silver, china and glass will be open to a
favored portion of the public. Five thou
sand invitations will be sent out.
Some of the Exhibitors.
The exhibitors include Elgin Watch com
psny, Rockford Watch company, Oneida
Community, Rockford Silver Plate com
pany. Powers q Meyer, White, Vile &
Warner, Robert Ingersoll & Bro. John b.
Ash, Austin g. Stone, Winthrop Manufac-
turing company. Jurgens q Anderson Co,
J. r. Wood & Sons, South Bend Watch
company, w. A. Picard, Dueber- Hampden
Watch company, Star Watch company.
Omega Watch company, Waltham Watch
company, Waltham Neurological school,
Burnley. & Tyrell, r. w. Wallace & Sons,
Towle Manufacturing company, X. Stoeffer
China company. Alvin Manufacturing COM
pany and the Watson l.. Newell company.
Souvenir Program out.
The fine souvenir program that has been
issued for the convention gives an outline
OF the entertainment that viii be given
the delegates by the Omaha jewelers., one
feature that has been unexpected is a
musicale for the visitors wives to be held
at the Young women's Christian associa-
ton Wednesday afternoon. 1t will be fol-
lowed by an automobile ride about the city
for which machines have been offered by
the Omaha Automobile club.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Pointed Paragraphs.

II a girl really means What she says she
looks 1t,
The best compilations do not attract the
most attention.
Some engagements end happily and some
end I'm marriage.
At some stage of the game every man
poses as his own hero.
TiInG waits for no man, but the musical
conductor can beat II.
Gambling has taught many a young man
how he couldn't make money.
The has-been is entitled TO a lot more
sympathy than the never-was.
There Is one good thing about a dog; he
doesn't pretend to be anything else.
When a woman gets really sick she be-
gins 10 wonder II she will look good i'm a
halo.
The mere fact that a man doesn't call
YOU a liar is no reason that he doesn't
think you are one,
When a spinster marries a man who Is
already bald, she doesn't get all that she
is entitled to.
When Il Is time for a middle-aged man
10 take a vacation he wonder where he
will go and what he'll do after he gets
there.-Chicago News
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
MIsceIaneous Announcements

Bethany Branch First Baptist, 1868
Leavenworth street, Sunday school at 8.
Calvary Baptist Branch. Thirty-fourth
and Seward. Bible School Sunday at
First Baptist Curch, Twenty-ninth and
Harvey. Services at 1890. Sermon by Rev.
p. II. Mcdowell Sunday School at noon.
Second Church OF Christ, Scientist, Nine
teenth and FarnRm, Lyric Theater-Sun-
day school at 9:45; service at II, subject
OF lesson sermon Love"
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Twenty
fifth and Farnam, Chambers Building
Sunday school at 9;45; Sunday services at
II, subject OF lesson sermon, Love"
Plymouth congregational, corner Twen-
tieth and Spencer. John p. Clyde, minis
ter. Morning worship at 1880, Theme:
1900.
First Presbyterian. Corner Seventeenth
and Dodge-Preaching at 1880 by Rev.
Larimore C.. Denise of New Kensington,
Pa. formerly Of Omaha. Sabbath school
at u.
The Friends. o. M. Frazer. Pastor. Resi-
dence, 1924 Ruggles-Meeting for worship at
Baright hall, Nineteenth and Farnam at
IL. The meetings are open for all. You
will be made welcome.
McCabe Methodist Episcopal. Farnam
and Fortieth, Rev. J. Narver Gortner, Pas.
tor-No preaching service in the morning
Sunday school at 10; Epworth league at 7
First Christian, Twenty-sixth and
Harvey, J. NJ. Kersey, pastor. Services as
/ follows: Preaching at 1890 and s, Bible
school at noon. Young Peoples meeting
at Z. Good music and short sermon. Come
Lowe Avenue Presbyterian, Corner For,
tleth and Nicholas. Rev. Nathaniel McGif
fin. d. d, Misunderstanding worship a
1880. pastor breaches. Sunday school al
70. Christian Endeavor at $50. No even.
ing service.
First Congregational, Eighteenth and
Davenport, Rev. F. 7. Rouse, pastor
1880 a. m. sermon by Rev. W. w. Glst
; ID. D.. Of Cedar Falls, la. Miss Foley viii
sing. Martin Bush, organist. Y. p. S. c
f. 6:45 y. m.
Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal. cor.
ner OF Twenty-ninth and Woolworth. r
Scott Hyde, pastor. Morning worship Al
| 1920. Preaching by the pastor. Epwortt
! Wilcox. superintendent.
Grace Baptist, Tenth and Arbor. Rev
b. +. Felllnan, Pastur-l0.l5, address by
Sunday school al Fourth and Cedar; S
evening services conducted by the pastor
followed by the communion.
Trinity Methodist, Twenty-first and Bin.
ney. DR.. John A. Spyker, Pastor-In ths
morning at 1880 the pastor will preach
union services In this church at g., The
speaker TO be announced; sabbath schoo.
at noon; league meeting at Z,
Seventh Day Adventist, North Twenty
NTH, between Cunning and Indiana-Or
sunday al s, instead OF the regular preach
ing service, the young people OF the church
will give a specially prepared temperance
program, The other regular appointments
will stand during the week Next satur-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Son of Packer
is Badly Hurt
Phillip Swift Loses Control of Auto
mobile-0ne Of His Legs
Broken.

CHICAGO, July 3O,-Philip Swift, eldest
son of Edward T. Swift Of the packing
firm Of Swift and Co, was seriously in
jured in an automobile accident at Lake
Geneva today. One of his legs was broken
and he sustained a number of severe cuts
and bruises about his face and body.
Swing and Mason Starring, sons of the
president of the Northwestern Elevated
Railroad of Chicago, were in the auto
mobile with Swift, but they escaped with
slight injuries. Young Swift was driving
the car at a high rate Of speed. and when
rounding a curve he lost control. The
machine dashed into a telegraph pole and
turned over, burying Swift under it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Murder Suspect
is Wrong Man
Roy L. Griswold, Arrested in Colo
RADIO, is Not Illinois
Slayer.

DENVER, Colo, July 31.-Roy L. Girls
void is not the man wanted for the muir
der of Peter Wedlitz at Beelville, Ill, last
November. II was decided today.
Sheriff Charles Cashel of st. Clair
county, Illinois, arrived at Georgetown,
where Griswold has been under arrest for
the last three days, and declared posi-
lively that he was not Sidney Baker, the
photographer suspected in connection with
the case. Griswold was released.
Grisw old had established an almost per-
fact alibi, accounting for his movements
when he first reached Denver to the day of
his arrest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
Cannon
for Tariff Bill
Speaker Denies That He Intends to
Oppose Adoption of
Report.

WASHINGTON, July SL-Expressing him
self as Of the opinion that the United
States was on the eve of the most pros
porous era it had ever enjoyed, Speaker
Cannon last night, in an authorized state
ment, declared that he was in favor Of
and would support and vote for the con-
ference report on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Cannon's utterances were called forth
as a denial of a report that he was indiffer-
ent as to the fate of the conference report,
II am in favor of and shall upport and
vote for the conference report" said
Speaker Cannon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01

The mems meeting at the Young Mems
Christian association Sunday afternoon at
4 will be addressed by Bert Wilcox.
The ~penmanship class, which has con-
tinued during the year, will close the eight
weeks summer term next Wednesday even
ing. The fall term of the educational de-
partment will open September 10 with a
great variety Of courses, general and tech
nical, to offer.
At the Young Mems Christian association
Outing park last Saturday the base ball
game resulted in n victory for the team
from the Union Pacific headquarters, score,
IL to 13. The Young Mems Christian associ-
alton base ball team plays the team from
the Cudahy Packing company Saturday aft
ernoon. The management of the outing
park extends a cordial invitation to
churches and Sunday schools for the hold
Ing Of picnic parties. No charge for the
grounds Ia made. A number Of Sunday
schools have already awaited themselves Of
this privilege. The camp Is a delightful,
well-cOnvenienced picnic resort.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01
From Left tO RIrht,

The Lake Shore railroad is spending from
50, 900, 0O to 1000, 900 to change by degrees
the running of its trains from the left-hand
track to the right. Most American rail-
ways have from the first arranged turn
outs and sidings, and afterward double
tracks, so that trains kept to the right,
because wagon had done so before. In
England for the same reason trains keep
to the left. Some British colonies follow
the English, some the American custom.
The rest of the world, with local eXcep-
lions, does mainly as we do.-New York
World.