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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Heating New CapItoI.

PIERRE, S. d., Dec. 2-(special.)-The
heating plant at the new capitol has been
started, and the structure is now being
steam heated. There appears to be a ques-
ton whether the state or the contractor
is to stand the expenses Of heating, which
will be settled at a meeting of the capitol
commission next week. In the meantime
the state Is paying for the coal As the
heating of the new building viii make
about three months difference in the time
of its completion. and all parties concerned
desire to get the work finished as early
as possible, It is not likely that the ques-
ton Will be hard to adjust when the COM
mission and contractor meet TO talk IL
over,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Mayor Tries
Hand with Bow
Omaha's Executive Does Not Take
Prize at Fiddling Contest at
Nebraska City.

NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., Dec. 2.-(specia
Telegram.)-When Rome was burning,
Nero fIddIed. When the fiddlers Of three
states met here in a contest to decide
their ability, Mayor Dahlman Of Omaha
tried to play the Arkansas Traveller" The
city is still intact.
When Mayor Dahlman arrived at the
Overland theater tonight to hear the eff
forts OF various experts with the bow, he
was called to the stage and after a brief
jolly of the crowd, voices from the gal
lery demanded that he try his skill. He
told the l,2O0 people, who gathered, that his
father long ago tried to induce him to play
the violin, but he had neglected this part
OF his education sadly. The crowd In
sisted and he made a vain effort to pro-
duce the familiar tune.
Fiddlers from Percival, Hamburg, Ia, and
Minersvile, Julian, Dunbar, Weeping
Water, Union and Nebraska City in Ne
braska, twenty-four in all, ala their best
with old jigs. Charles w. Coles OF Ham
burg. Ia, drew a fine violin as a prize and
Mr.. Williams OF Peroiyal Ia, drew $40 In
money. Thirty-eight prizes in all were dis
tributed.
After the confess the Lincoln and
Omaha delegations were entertained At
Eagles hau by the Eagles and Elks. Dane
ing was enjoyed. Mayor Dahlman leading
the grand march.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Pierce Pleads
TechDicali
Oil King Cites Statute Of Limitations
and that Notary Who Took Aft
davit is Woman.

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 2.-After filing a
plea of immunity on the grounds that the
statute of limitations had operated against
the prosecution, attorneys for, H.. Clay
Pierce, head Of the Waters-Pierce OIL COM
pany, made a second important move late
today in their efforts to bring to quick
termination the trial Of their client on a
charge of false swearing. The second move
was the objection raised to the introduce
ton OF the affidavit on which the charge
is based.
TIL objection to the affidavit is based
on the grounds hat It was acknowledged
before Miss N. NJ. Nagel, who, on account
Of her sex, is incompetent to act as a
notary public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
CREsToN HAS FRUIT SHOW
Large Attendance and Good Addresses
by Growers.

BX NEOWGEka
CRESTON, Ia, Dec. 2.-(Special)-
Despite unfavorable weather conditions
here yesterday, the fruit and flower ex-
hibit Of the Horticultural association,
opened with a good attendance and a big
display. Twenty-three counties Of the
southwest part Of the state are represented
In this association, and many fruit growers
are represented n some have on display
as high as 1856 plates OF fruit. 2. ]. Sawyer,
a florist Of this city, has a magnificent
display of cut flowers and plants on ex-
hibition also.
Today's program consisted Of an address
on National Horticultural Congress-"
]. P. Hess, Council Bluffs; Farm Orchard
ing" E. B. Gay, Griswold; "Woman's
Horticulture Work" Miss Minnie Avery,
Council Bluffs; Spraying" e. P. spen-
Ger. Randolph and d. w. Laotsplech,
Woodbine; --latest Experiments in Spray
ing" Prof. s. A. Beach, Ames; Apples to
Eat and Apples to Sell" A.. T. Flekinger,
Council Bluffs; Lawn and Door Yard
Flowers" Miss Edith Betchei, Hamburg;
Hired Help in Horticultural Operations
and Work" discussion. Talks on Apples"
by A. Swort, Woodbine; Dr.. A. p. Han
ehett, Council Bluffs; M. Pugsley, Wood
bine; "Cut Flowers" E.. j. Sawyer,
Crestoni Best Sweet Apples for Home
Use" NJ. ]. Wragg, Des Moines.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
BODY FOUND NEAR HAYsTAoK
Hunter Comes Upon One, but There IL
No Clue TO Identity.

Hunter Comes Upon One, but There IL
No Clue to Identity.
Roy Kadel, a young farmer OF York town
hip while hunting Tuesday afternoon near
the town Of Minden, made the discovery
OF the decomposed body of a man lying by
the side OF a haystack. The body was d.
vested Of all clothing with the exception
OF a shirt and suit Of underwear, and the
closest search failed to reveal any other
clothing in the immediate vicinity. The
body was completely covered with hay, and
this fact, taken in conjunction with the
absence OF clothing, leads to the belief that
the body may have been placed there. The
advanced state OF decomposition indicated
that the man had been dead for at least
thirty days. An examination OF the body
failed to show any marks OF violence.
Justice Of the Peace Minnehan and Under
taker Stuhr took charge Of the body and
during the evening 1t wss Inferred. The
authorities are Investigating. but up to last
evening no clue 20 the Identity Of the dead
man had been obtained.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Piece Of Meteorite
eighs Nearly Ton
Two Large Fragments of Heavenly
Visitor Found Near Dyers-
vile, Ia.

DYERSVILLE, Ia, Dec. 2.-(Special.)-
Two big fragments Of the meteorite, which,
when screeching through the sky over this
section of the state Monday night, and
while near here, exploded with a loud
crash. have been found One section, a
foot In diameter, was found imbedded In
the ground a mile west Of here, and the
other piece, an immense formation weigh
ing about a ton, has been located near Man
chester. AS the large piece struck the
ground houses nearby were shaken. People
both here and in Manchester and Dubuque
saw the meteorite, and many heard the
explosion when It split asunder, Those who
did not see the flying red-hot missile, but
who heard the sound of the explosion,
thought dynamite had been set off close by.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
The Council bluffs ofnoo Of h
Omaha bee f. - rs Scott street.
Both phones "a

Davis drugs.
Diamond blayina the best vaudevns.
CORRIoANS. undertakerB. Phone las
For rent, modern house. 736 sth avenue.
NIGHT SCHOOL al Puryear's college.
Majestic ranges, r. c. DeVol Hdw. CO.
woodring Undertaking company. Tel. $50.
Lewis cutler, funeral director! Phone a.
FAUST BEER AT ROGERS BUFFET.
Baird & Boiand. undertakers. Phone ia
Expert plano running, Hospe. Phone "a.
When you want reliable want ad adver-
tiglng. use The Bee.
Diamonds OF All sizes, at right prices
Enough said. Lefferts.
Council Bluffs lodge of Elk will meet In
regular session Friday evening,
Up-to-dato Art Department and Picture
Framing. Berwick. III South Main street
Furnished large front room and alcove.
modern, near Grand hotel. 20" Omaha
Bee, Council Bluffs.
Winter term Western Iowa college opens
Monday, November %. Send for catalog.
Attend the best school.
Place your orders at once for Christmas
g.. e. Alexander. SS5 Broadway.
Marie, the Sh-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. &. 'cton, 1913 Tenth avenue,
died yesterdt n diphtheria- The tu-
neral, which. .rivate, was held yes
terday afternO,. Iuerment being In Fair
view cemetery.
Mrs. Lucy Beach filled suit yesterday for
divorce from Oscar Beach, to whom she
was married February 8, 1907, and from
whom she separated September Is, last, on
account, az she alleges, Of his cruel and
inhuman treatment, which endangered her
life.
The preliminary hearing OF Floyd Green,
charged with the embezzlement Of 500
from his employers, Wallace & Grout, pro-
pnetors OF the Buff City laundry, was
day until next Tuesday. Green secured
his release on a cash bond In the sum of
500.
Eli Green. indicted on a charge Of dis
posing Of mortgaged property, is under
arrest in Des Moines and will be brought
back to Council Bluffs today by Deputy
Sheriff Woolman. Green Is said to have
chased on the lnstallment plan from a
local dealer before ne had paid the amount
due on the machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
NEGRO MAKES POOR GETAWAY
Man Seen Under Suspicious Circum-
stances Quickly Followed.


Man Seen Under Suspicious Circum-
stances Quickly Followed.
Charles p. Wyatt Of Kansas City. a
representative OF the firm which handles
the loading and unloading of coal for the
Milwaukee railroad placed his overcoat
and grip in the office at the coal chutes
yesterday afternoon while he went to at
tend to some business In the yards. Sam
Willis, a negro who had been working at
the chutes, but had been discharged
earlier I'm the day spied the coat and grip
and as soon as Mr.. Wyatt's back was
turned made off with them. Some of the
men engaged in handling the coal saw
the negro leave the office carrying the
grip and wearing the overcoat and noti-
fled Mr.. Wyatt, who at once started in
pursuit of the thief and also in search Of
q policeman. Patrolman Allen happened to
see Willis enter a pawnshop on Broadway
with the grip and cave without 1t, so he
decided to gather the negro in for investi-
cation. He had no sooner placed the fellow
under arrest than Mr.. Wyatt appeared
on the scene. Willis was made to discard
the oyercoat which he was still wearing
and return to the pawnbroker the S1.50
which he had obtained on the grip and its
contents. A charge of grand larceny was
booked against Willis at police head
quarters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
RenI Ertnte rrnnafern.

These transfers were reported to The Bee
December / by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company Of Council Bluffs:
Sarah NJ. Simpson and husband to w.
]. Frohardt, lot 16 in. Stubs addi-
ton TO Council Bluffs. W. d.........E l. l5O
Agnes c. Brown and husband to A,
A.. Clark, lot 5 in block 9, in Hyatt's
subdivision In Council Bluffs, W. d.. 1000
II. II. Ashton, single, to Grace +.
van Swearingen, lot IL In block IA,
Beers subdivision in Council Bluffs.
". d. .:"".""."."..".-.",.. go
Charles A. Beno and wife 70 George
Allen, swh mex and wa SEX mex
S0-76-44, W., d, ...,.-..t....a...... GOO
Thomas G. Green and wife TO Charles
A. Beno, swh neA and VIA SEA nwh
ss-7e-t4, 9, 6 d. e.. 5000
Harding, ma SEA and mex swk
l5-74-S9, q. G. q. ......4- HA.,,,... 500
Hattie T.. Staliard, single TO Edison
Rich, swM swh S-1e-A4; ~ sea
Sl-76-44 W. d...~,ss ..a,..,., 5000
NJ 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
BEATTY GETS ELECTRIC sHOCIE
Blair Man Is barely Saved from
Death

BLAIR, Neb., Dec. 2-(special TeIe-
gram.)-What might have been a fatal acct
dent happened TO f. s.. Beatty, a bridge
contractor, this afternoon when the wires
Of the Independent Telephone company
came In contact with the electric light COM
pany's wires and set fire to the residence
Of James Maher. The telephone wire
parted. one end falling 10 the ground. Mr..
Beatty picked II up and received the full
shock OF the electric eompany's main wire,
and when separated from the wire was to
all appearances dead. DR.. Fees reached
the injured man In a few minutes. and he
was finally revived after being unoon-
seious for nearly three hours. His hand Is
severely burned and may be permanently
injured. In many places In the city the
telephone wires are strung on the electric
wire poles, which Is considered dangerous.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Total, seven tranafers .


Council Bluffs council No. l6l5, Knights
of Columbus, elected these Officers Tor the
ensuing year last night: Grand knight, p.
J, MeBride; deputy. srand knight, G. J.
Carey chancellor, pr. w r. Hombaoh
recorder, Thomas NJ. Delaney; financial
secretary. B. II. s~pitznagle; treasurer, HUI
bert L. FINLEY; advocate. ]. j. Lehman;
warden, @. w, McCauley; inside guard. J.
V. Ingoldsbyi outside guard. Thomas Kelly;
trustee, J. w. Clogston.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Iowa Notes.

HAMPTON-Five druggists OF his city
and other towns OF Franklin county were
indicted by the grand Jury, which reported
yesterday, for selling intoxicating liquors
contrary to law. Those indicted were Harry
Arthur, r.. NJ. Funk and John ]. Marshall
OF this city; c. A. Aageson OF Coulter. and
John Relihan OF Latimer. Relihan pleaded
guilty and was fined $500 and costs today.
The others will contest their cases.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by the prolonged alb
senoe OF his e-year-old daughter, whom he
had sent for the mail which had been left
by the rural carrier, b. J. Ritland. a well
known farmer of near McCallsburg, found
the child lying face downward in the
muddy road. AS he approached her she
apparently made an effort TO arise. When
the father picked the girl up she was dead.
The child had never been strong md IN
addition was a victim Of epilepsy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
MarshaIItown Defeats Franchise.

MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Dec. 2.-(spe-
oia,.)-In one OF the most bitter municipal
elections this city has ever passed through,
" hitch was held Monday, the people by
a vote Of LAS TO 67 refused 10 grant to
Darling & Schroeder OF Chicago, cleo
trieity, gas and street railway franchises
to run twenty-five years. The principal
reason the franchises were defeated was
because there was a we'll defined belief
that Darling & Schroeder were, in fact.
Jones g. Hovey, owners OF the present
franchises for these utilities. The lattsr's
franchises expire in eight years. The
campaign was marked by personalities and
bitter determinations. Mayor Ingiedue and
a majority OF the city council favored the
franchises.
No sooner was the election over thai
+. G. Pierce, former mayor and secretary
OF the Iowa League OF MUNICIPALITIES.
began 70 circulate a petition asking for a
special election to vote on municipal
ownership.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Council Bluffs

by II. c. Lewis, a wealthy farmer nv!i
near Council Bluffs, and payable to J. W.
Bailey. for the sum Of tS8 In Colorado he
said ne secured $40. The paper was drawn
upon the First National mi here.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03

Charles PettijOhn tried to cash one check
too many here yesterday and when John
Beno q Co. turned him down and caused
his arrest he confessed to his previous Of
lenses, committed in Colorado Springs. He
tried TO pass a check alleged to be drawn
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03

the governor OF Iowa for Henry Dean and
Walsh, who are both wanted In Ham
lin county op a charge of burglary Both
men are being held in Sioux City for the
Dakota officers as soon as the proper
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Pardons Reoommended.

PIERRE. S. D.. Dec. ~a-Cspeclal Tele-
gram THE State Pardon board In a meet
ing this evening recommended pardons for
Frank Fitzpatrick Of Sphinx county, SEN
fenced for a statutory offense; Charles
Venting. from FAN River. on a robbery
charge; Frank Matte JOusky OF Stanley.
grand larceny, and James Moylen OF sphinx
county. on a forgery charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
DanReroua surEerY

abdominal region IL prevented by thu
use OF Dr, Kings New Life Pills, the PAIN
less purifiers. &c For sale BY Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
Reaui.itions aranted.

PIERRE. s. d., Dec. 2.-CspecialGGov-
ernor Vessey has granted acquisitions on
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03

Bee Want Ads Are shs Best Business
Boosters.
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Bad Man.

Thomas Nelson Page was talking
in the smoking room of the Amerika
about the old-fashioned bad men Of
the West.
They are extinct now" said Mr..
Page, and 7 am sorry. They were,
you know, so picturesque. remem-
Der a western trip"
He laughed heartily.
I'VE were all seated in the bar
room Of Tin Can or Dead Cur-some
such town. I was the only tenderfoot
present. Every man about me bris-
tied with guns and knives like an en-
ragged porcupine. If I refused to
drink, l was given to understand I
would be turned into a human pin
cushion or worse.
well, as l slipped a friendly glass
Of something resembling wood alco-
hol, a very bad man, indeed, rode on
a ~prancing mustang right. into the
barroom. He drew up and had a
drink. Then, spying me. he said:
"'Whar ye from, stranger?'
Richmond said l.
mot good old Richmond, Va.?' he
exclaimed.
YES said I; do you know it?'
"'Know it?' he shouted. Know
it? Best Jail I ever was n.'"-Wash-
irgton Star.
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Divorce in America and
EnSland.
By BRITANNICUS.

Within the last few years the Eng
lish law of divorce and separation has
been denounced by judge after judge.
The President of the Divorce Court
himse1 declared, in 1906, that it was
"fui. of inconsistencies, anomalies
and inequalities amounting almost to
absurdities," and that it Encouraged
immortality and produced deplorable
results" A few months ago the same
high authority asserted that "in di-
vorce court procedure there is now
one law for the rich and another for
the poor" and two or three days
later one of the justices in the Court
of Appeal pronounced it to be "the
serious reproach of our existing di-
vorce laws that the relief they grant
is practically out of the reach of the
working classes in this country by
reason of expense and the absence Of
local courts empowered to grant it,"
To obtain a divorce in England costs
at the very least $500 and a year Of
time, and London is the only city in
the country where the trial can be
held and the decree granted. That
in itself is an obvious and formidable
defect of procedure. 1t mean that
the great majority of those who are
entitled to the relief of a divorce are
financially unable to attain it. But
that is a technical shortcoming slight
in comparison with the o~ne-sidedness
and injustice of the law itself. In
ENGLAND a husband can divorce his
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
Former Slaves Love For Old Home

Former Slaves Love For Old Home.
Nevin Johnson has sold his farm
near Southern Pines to B. Won Hert
and will go to Sanford, where he has
bought another place. A bit of pathos
develops in this sale. Old Uncle
Abram, a colored man who had been
a slave on the plantation, stayed with
the place after the v~icissitudes of the
war and lived to see death claim the
older generations and the farm pass
into the younger hands. Mr.. John
son offered to take the aged negro
along to Sanford, but he said it was
too far from home, and he will live
with a relative near by and wait the
inevitable call which is not far away.
For nearly half a century this old
man has been loyal and devoted to
family of his old master, even though
war broke all ties of ownership
Charlotte Observer.
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No Hindrance to Vibration.

viates the necessity of the performer
resting the little finger of his playing
hand on the head of the banjo, thus
~deadening the sound to some extent.
The contrivance is a strip of flexible
metal, which is fastened across the
head Of the instrument, resting on
the metal sides. The performer rests
his little finger on this strip, and the
difference in the quality Ct sound is
very apparent, even to the ear of the
inexperienced. In all instruments
which depend on the vibrations of a
drumhead or sounding board for their
tones the PORT of paramount import
ance is that this vibration shall not
be subject to any touch which shall
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wife if he is able to prove to the salts
faction of a Judge and jury that she
misconducted herself on a single oc-
casion. No such privilege belongs
to the wife. An English wife cannot
divorce her husband even though he
is living in open adultery. She Is
obliged, in order to free herself, to
prove that he has been guilty not only
of unfaithfulness, but also of cruelty,
or else that he has wilfully deserted
her for not less than two years. All
the redress she is able to obtain for
the infidelity of her husband unac-
companied by cruelty or desertion Is a
separation order from a magistrate
North American Review.
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well to keep ia mind al exceedingly
simple ice-creeper, designed by a Chi
cage man and shown in the illustra-
ton below. To those men who dis
like to wear overshoes to prevent
slipping on icy pavements, this little
attachment will prove useful. 1t is
formed of spring wire, bent to clamp
on the heel. The ends of the wire
terminate in prongs, which slightly
project below the ground when in po-
sition on the shoe. Equipped with
these i~ce-creepers, the wearer need
have no fear of slipping OF ~ice-coated
pavements. In addition, he car carry
them in his pocket when not needed,
to be quickly adjusted on the shoe
when required.--Washington Star.
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Stately Trees.

Everyone who admires the stately
trees Of the old New England towns
and who does not?-will be graft
fed to know that tree planting fs be-
ing carried on systematically on the
Massachusetts roads. The report OF
q. W. Breed, forester Of the State
Highway Commission, shows that
during the year ending November 80,
1908, 1884 new trees were planted
and 744 old trees were replaced.
During the preceding five years, 49,.
113 trees had been distributed among
ffty-fve towns. The cost in 1908 OF
new trees averaged $1.29 each, and
the average cost Of maintenance was
twenty cents per tree.-Scientihc
American.
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graver at the mint, though 1t takes q
strong magnifying glass to find 1t;
our gold quarter and half eagles bear
three initials of Bella l.. Pratt. the
artist who designed them; the $40
gold pieces issued from 1S49 to 1907
bore the initials Of their designer.
~. B. L." and the original Indian
head cents bore the L." of the same
designer.
1t is. an excellent custom, and Mr..
Brenner's "V. D. B." should be left
alone. If Secretary MacVeagh wants
something to play with, let him tackle
the puzzles in the new tarif.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
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Uplift Due to Good Roads.

A community having good roads
will have also better schools and
churches than n having poor roads,
the reason for which is not far to
seek. Good roads will exert these
and other beneficent influences even
more strongly when the motorcar
comes into general S among the
country. people, as assuredly it will.
Already the motorcar has become al
most a common sight on farms in
Kansas. The statement was made a
short time ago that fully one-third
the motorcars in that State r owned
by people who live in the country
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A Diminishing Audience.

II hope" said the captain, address
ing the passengers on a small coaster,
that we all twenty-five will have a
pleasant trip" The soup then APP.
peared. 81 trust, too, that we-er-
t~wenty-four will reach port bene-
flied by the voyage, and, as I look
upon you-er-twenty-two smiling faces
I am sure this group of-er-seventeen
will be a happy family. VIII all Of
you-er-thirteen I see at the table Join.
in drinking a health to our COM
ing trip? We seven, that. is, three
we'll, you and I, my dear sir-here,
steward, clear away these dishes."-
Bohemian. 90
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Edible Collars.

Governor Stubs brother owns a
number of valuable dogs. Recently
he directed the old colored man who
works for him to go downstairs and
buy some dog collars.
Remember" was the Injunction
given the colored man, remember to
get good ones. Get the right kind
The colored man faithfully carried
out orders and purchased what he be-
lieved were good collars. When he
got home some one asked him, "Well,
did you get the c~ollars?"
"Yassah," he replied. .
What kind did you get?"
"Ah got de ~digestible kind" And
he produced a number of adjustable
collars.-Kansas City Journal.