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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
Trial Stopped l BE-,
to Wed Pair
Rev. J. W. Flock, District Court Jury
man, Beats Rev. Savidge
Out of Job.

Looking for a parson2" hopefully in
CURED A. L, Swickardf a juryman of a
stranger in the corridor of the court house.
Wen, we're calculating to get married, -
admitted Ira =. Lavely Of Coin. la, On
Mr.. Lavely's arm there hung timidly Miss
Tibbie B. Howard Of Shenandoah.
We've got a sky pilot on our jury" said
Swickard. Hell do a quick, neat job
for you"
Mr.. Swickard then signalled to Rev. ].
w Flock, who is serving with Swickard
on a case before Judge Kennedy. A bar
gain was struck. Laveley wanted the
dominic to go to his hotel, but Mr.. Flock
said he could not leave the court house.
SO the party marched upstairs to court
room No. l, and there the took
place, with Judges Kennedy, Sutton and
Day as witnesses. Mr.. Flook's fellow
Jurors also attended, as did bailiffs, deputy
sheriffs, reporters, clerks, j~anitors and the
ordinary hangers-on about a court house.
The jurymen were delighted because they
have been engaged for more thar two
weeks on one of the most tedious and long
drawn out cases which has ever been tried
in district court, There is a coincidence
in the fact that In the same court room the
day before there was to have been a we'd
ding by suggestion OF Judge Sutton, but
the law prevented the issuing OF a license
as the girl was under age,
Rev. Mr.. Flock is a retired clergyman
now living in Omaha. He was formerly at
Arlington,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
ROME MILLER CASE ON TRIAL
He Denies Selling Liquor After Eight
O'clock at Night,
ARGUMENT COMES OFF SATURDAY
Three A~nti-saIOOn Men Insist They
Bought and Drank Beer at h
Hotel ROme-Henshaw
chHe Goes over.

The arguments in the case of Rome
Miller, charged with violating the 8 o'clock
closing law will be heard Saturday morn
ing by Police. Judge Crawford, before whom
the case was tried Wednesday merning.
A motion Of John G, Wharton, representing
Mr.. Milher,l that the defendant be dis
charged and the case dismissed, on the
ground that there was no evidence to show
that Rome Miller sold the beer alleged to
have been bought by agents of the Anti
Saloon league, that he did not own or run
the Rome hotel or the Rome vineyard, or
that any OF the people employed there
were his servants, was oyerruled by Judge
Crawford.
There were four counts in the complaint
against Rome Miller, the dates on which
alleged sales Of intoxioants were made
being October g. 7 and Is, and November
2 on each occasion after the hour of s
o'clock in the evening. Attorney Wharton
contended from the start that the state
had failed to establish any evidence
directly connecting the accused with the
commission OF a crime. In his opening
statement Wharton objected to the trial
Of the case in police court and asked for
a trial by jury, He declared the law pro-
hibiting the accused a trial by jury was
Unconstitutional and requested the court
to defer Its ruling and hear the evidence
subject TO the objection.
Four witnesses testified on behalf OF the
Anu7Saloon league. Harry A. Stone, Fred
KaYan, Frank Erdman and c. A. Holyoke,
while the defendant was the only witness
sworn In his behalf. The plaintiffs said
they bought and drank beer at the Rome.
After listening to"the testimony, and re-
fusing to consider the motion for dis
missal, the court consented to adjourn the
arguments until Saturday, following the
regular session, Of police court, The court
did not intimate a decision would be made
at that time. 81
Mr.. Miller said his instructions to his
o~artenders were not to violate the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
Dealers Boost
Hard Goal Half
Dollar Per Ton
Anthracite Fuel Reaches $11, High
Mark for Last Four Years
Irregular Winter Raise"

Hard coal is higher in Omaha today than
1t has been at any time during the last
four years, the price having been raised.
Wednesday morning, from $10.50 to S1LOO a
ton. Coal dealers assert that the rise in
the price of coal is not caused by the
swttchmen's strike, but is simply the regu-
lar winter raise.
I'VE have kept the price at 5000 until
everyone has had an opportunity, to lay
In their winters supply and now we are
making the regular winter raise" said C.
w. Hull.
The highest point reached by hard coal
last winter was $10.50 a ton, and there It
was allowed to remain, not being reduced
during the summer as is usually the case.
The price stayed the same all summer
and now that the regular raise OF 50 cents
a ton IS put into effect 1t makes the price
higher than It has been for four years.
Soft coal was boosted some time ago.
The only concession the coal men made
this summer was in the extension of the
time when the coal might be paid for.
Instead Of reducing the price the dealers
allowed the consumer to lay in their WIN
ter's supply and then pay for it during the
winter.
The coal dealers found a reason for adj
vancing the price OF soft and ~semi-anthra-
cite some time ago when q few mines
down In Arkansas were closed for some
local cause or other.
Lumber Is also liable to take a raise,
assert some of the dealers. About 40 per
cent of the lumber for eastern Nebraska
comes from the north and northwest and
as the Hill lines are affected 1t is thought
the price Of lumber will be boosted up a
little, because Of the switchmen's strike.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
Now the Sad Story,

Now comes the unhappy part Of the
story. They came to America and settled
In New York The elangor Of the metrop-
oils Jared on the ears OF Marthe. She
missed the soft and courteous accents Of
her native land, she missed the perfume
OF the flowers and soft warmth OF a south
ern sun. Instead there were the strident
tones Of busting. impatient New Workers;
Instead OF flowers and grass, there were
only asphalt streets, and the skyscrapers
made a sorry substitute for the majestic
Pyrenean mountains in which she had
grown up.
Whether she fled back to France OF not
Is unknown. but at all events she deserted
Exupere Berbesque. He Is now plaintiff
for divorce on the ground OF dosertion In
tie district court OF Douglas county.
II Is nOugh TO make weep In their
graves the lords OF Este and the counts OF
Toulouse and other noble patrons Of old
tournaments OF love.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
EVEN JAPAN HAS HEARD
Inquiry About Meyer Safety Guard
from Engineers in Far
Away Osaka.

Fame of the Meyer Safety Guard oom-
pany's device for preventing street car ao-
cidents has reached to far away japan
and President Meyer is in receipts OF the
following letter Of inquiry from the land
OF Nippon;
Tetsudo Komusho. Minami g. Murakami,
Consulting Engineer Office, Kitahama,
Osaka, Japan, Nov. II. 19-O9.-Gentlemen:
May we trouble you TO get your pamphlets,
catalogues, etc, with full discussion and
data which we can easily understand, 10
adopt I'm our design, and to approve you as
the excellent manufacturer for our client
or undertaken.
Please write your agent IN Japan, and
We Will be glad to inoulr about paTticu-
lars hereafter. Yours cordially,
X. ITO, M. A., Manager.
The local company is at a loss to know
how word OF its invention reached Japan,
though, perhaps, the Nipponese learned Of
It when their representatives were In
recently.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
FIDDLERS IN MIGHTY MEET
Mayor Jim to Attend 0ld-Time Con-
test at Nebraska City.
NO TIME LIMIT PLACED ON JoUsT
Competitors May Weave and TangIe
Magic Strains at Their own
Sweet VOlItiOn-Musio
Versus art"

There were things doing at Nebraska
City last evening" and the cold gray dawn
OF a foggy morning on another day will
likewise shower its shivers on an old-time
stunt that is TO be pulled off there. Mayor
Dahlman Of Omaha Is to be one great at
traction at the town made handsome by
Bill Hayward; but the grand piece de re-
s~istance, to which everybody and his sister
is expected to surrender, is a ontest Of
professional fiddlers.
This is not a violin contest" said Mayor
Dahlman, before leaving for Nebraska
City. "Violins are played by heavy-haired,
lissome artists, with corrugated brows and
acrobatlc fingers. FiddIes are played by
men with music of the immortal gods
wrapped round their heart strings. They
also have perpetual motion in each pedal,
with rhythmic swing and hypnotic the
dancers.
Il am Informed there is to be one fiddler
present from Missouri who is a direct de-
oenda of the fiddler that started things
when Moses was attacked by ennui. More
than two score country fiddlers, from the
farthest crossroads OF arkansas to the
swamp cabins Of Tennessee. are entered
for the joust. The money prizes are very
liberal, and the time of trying out will
not be limited. Thus a man will have a
chance TO strike his stride before the
close, and ! am anticipating a better time
than / have had since the time 1 pulled
off a dance Of cowpunchers and Indian
reservation school ma'ams out near Belle
Fourche, many a year ago. Those punchers
simply would not let go after they got a
wrap-hitch on the c~otillion fever, and at
Nebraska City encores will be the order,
with 10 hook within a mile"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

subway HondA Defaulted.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Chicago Sub
way company has defaulted on the interest
on its Slz,OOO,OOO bonds due today,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
Discount Dates of Public Service Conn
Panies is Cause Of UnavOid-
able Delay,

Neither City Treasurer Furay nor Comp
troller Lobeck have received returns on
occupation taxes. December l was the date
set for the returns, but the discount dates
of the telephone, electric light and gas
companies are the 10th and goth. For tlAI
reason the city officials cannot figure out
how the companies can possibly make re-
turns on the first of the month for the
previous months business.
Wednesday afternoon an official of the
street car company telephoned that tho
company will endeavor to make it's return
by December 8 for the first quarters tax.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
SoMERS NOMINAL PLAINTIFF
Has No Real Interest I'm the Suit to
Dust Police Board, Says
the Defense. Nn

The suit to declare vacant the offices Of
the Board of Fire and Police Commission
ers was resumed In county court for a
short time Wednesday morning and then
went over until Friday. Decision by Judge
Leslie is pending on a motion by the de-
fendants to dismiss the case. Attorney
w. w. Giller argued for this motion on
the ground that Andrew b. SOmers is only
a nominal plaintiff, has no real interest in
the outcome and Is not a contestant for
the office. The attorneys will submit briefs
before Friday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
- $50 Home Furniture Company @&A1 mDa
v=&a~szo $z S$s@Ta@ S oath and L sts. South omsha T~>:~ $3.50 $%$=&$Sz55o

but to close the bar and cease the sale Of
liquor before s o'clock at night, and not
begin again before 7 o'clock in the morn
ing. He positively denied having any per-
sons employed" in thee vineyard In his
employ. s''"'
The fourth postponement in the O'Brien
liquor case was consented to by Judge
Crawford, because of the absence of his
attorney, Tom Lee. The case goes over
until next Tuesday, as does also that of
P. H. Philbin Of the Schlitz hotel.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

the First Methodist will have their INNINGS
The bazaar is a wonderful affair to the
masculine eye and one has It on the author
lty OF a well-informed girl friend that many
OF the doilies and antimacassars are lust.
too cute for Words The basket DISPLAY
Is particularly noteworthy.
A mere mar stood by the elevators and
planned how to get to the editorial rooms
of The Bee.
II get through" said he, "one would
have to be a combination Of millionaire
and Rocky mountain goat. Guess I'm the
goat, all right"
Diamohds-FRENzER-l5th and Dodge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
QUAKE DESTROYS VILLAGES
No Lives Lost, However, In TremOr
that shakes Aziatie
turkey

CONsTANTINoPLE, Dec. i.-Aeeord.ng
TO an official dispatch received here today
from Bitlis. Asiatic Turkey. several small
villages in that vicinity have been de
stroyed by an earthquake. No lives are
reported 10 a been lost
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
NOTE IN LOVES SONG
Exupere BerbesqGe Carols a Sweet
Chanson, Winning His Mate.
BUT THAT WAS IN SUNNY FRANCE
Come the Young Lovers to Swift
l America and Now He sues Her
s. Sos for "a Vulgar Decree
ft' Ht.HgE of Divorce.

If one had captured a girl in a Provencal
tournament Of love by gayly caroling a
sweet chanson, one might reasonably ex-
pect the girl to stick. If one in the soft
est accents Of Lingua Franca has thus
wooed and won a maid from other trouba-
dours, one might hope she would Cleave to
him forever. But, alas for romance and
the poetic customs Of the land OF the
jongleurl
1t seems that there is no difference from
the case OF the girl besought in less poetic
and romantic fashion. Even in this case
they did not live happily ever after and
that desired consummation must be con-
sidered a Pigment OF the story books.
One lovely spring day in the year of
grace 1898 Exupere Berbesque of the viii
lage Of ~Sarancolin, department of Haute-
Pyrenees, France, hied himself to Lourdes.
where is the famous Grotto and Shrine.
For Exupere Berbesque was a devout son
of the church n would pay his annual
pilgrimage to that shrine, where so many
have ought surcease of woe. He himself
had no g~rievous troubles, nor did he wish
to be cured Of any ailment. But ne went as
a matter of annual devotion. Perhaps it is
to be feared that his mind wandered a
little from thoughts Of the Blessed Virgin.
who there, the story goes, appeared in
hallowed apparitiOn to Bernadotte Sou
birius in the year 1855.
DRrk-Haired Beauty.
For M. Berbesque had caught sight Of a
dark haired girl whose eyes OF melting
blackness, whose piqpant smile and whose
hssome figure combined to enslave him.
He learned that her name was Marthe.
There followed a courtship fervent as IL
was short. For in the land where Richard
Occur de Leon himself sang as a troubador
they do not waste time in making love.
Came the day when the annual tournament
OF love was to be held. Marthe was named
queen. Exupere Berbesque appeared and
there was no other whose singing could
vie with his; no other whose verses were
half so d~elicately wrought. He won her.
They were married In the village OF
Sarrancolin and when the cure had fin
ished there was the civil eremony by the
mayor Of the reimbursement as requited
by French law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
NO RETURNS ON NEW TAX

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Dodge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02

is painless, compared with the weak, lame
back kidney trouble causes. Electric Bit
ters Is the remedy. SOC. For sale BY Rsaton
Drug 4
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
SELLING CONTINUES
AND WEAKENS WHEAT
Pressure in July Option Also Ex-
tends to the More Deferred
Futures.

CHICAGO. June SELLING OF July
wheat was again feature OF trading, tle
situation in the pit being similar OF that
OF the previous session with the eNceP-
ton that the deferred futures share To-
day weakness OF the nearby month. MOO
crate 1rmness was manifested AT the
start owing 10 covering by shorts. VINO
were actuatcd by talk of rust IN the
wheat fields of southern Illinois, me
market however. turned weak owing 10
the pressure OF the July option which de.
clined more than 1c from the high polnt
of the day Crop advices generally We're
Of more optimistic character than here
toforc.
A heavy tone prevailed at the close and
prices were only a tride above the lowest
point of the day.
The corn market was strong and prices
again advanced to new high marks. July
selling up TO T3sc and September TO 'Oc
At the close prices were shade 10 &c
higher July at 73G7Ssc and September
at 64bm6dsc.
Decided Improvement In the demand by
shippers for the cash grain had
strengthening influence on the oats mar
ket sentiment in the pit, being bultsh
all day. An advance Of lc to SC in the
price OF barley also had a bullish effect.
The market closed strong, with prices up
bGtc.
Provisions We're strong nearly all day.
September pork advanced TO S20.07f. AT
the close prices were unchanged TO loG
12ic higher.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
Cotton Letter .

lanes A. Pollock & Co, bankers and
brokers. furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday AFTER
noon.
Logan Cotton Letter-New York-A
very stubborn resistance was offered to
rather bearish condition report by the
government The crop condition was
given at 81 4. which is about II per cent
better than last year. about 10 points
better than the year before, and only 81
points under 1906. This report was ex-
pccted at from ~ 10 so. The acreage was
0OO last year. 20. 060 900 the year before
and 32,Oi9. 600 in 1906.
The public. however. seems disposed TO
disregard the figures for the moment and
arc strong in their faith that the cotton
crop Is not as promising as last year, de-
agriculture. Texas Is given | point bet
ter than last year. which most people
from Texas seriously question, Tho crop
in that state Is in a dangerous condition
and some OF II not yet planted, hence
condition report from that state is q mere
under last year. which is also seriously
questioned. but a long portion of damage
I'm Mississippi has occurred since May
25 The acreage, II will be noted, is the
smallest for the past four years. during
which time we have raised two crops OF
thirteen and a half million and one crop
OF eleven and half million. Logically
the condition figured from the government
would indicate report around Il, 200. 600.
II might he expected that Europe will re-
fleet a weakness that could be easily
overcome by Americans holding the mar
ket up by its boot straps until such n
time as The true state Of affairs would
become so pronouncedly public as to be
unms stakgble, a fact that is not far dis
| tant.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
Bradstreet S Review.

NEW YORK, June i.-Bradstrect's to-
morrow will say:
The business situate presents many
favorable features. hDt there Is still an
while less is heard Of the influence Of
tarln changes on future trade. there is
still apparent disposition TO await the
outcome Of present legislative action and
4 clearer view as to possible crop Yields.
The activity In iron and steel Is still a
finished lines Is claimed TO have sur
passed the like month Of any previous
year. and to have been superior in ton
mage pla ced TO any month for two years
past. There are reports. however Of
piling up OF stocks o., pig Iron at some
ports from manufacturing branches of
that trade and OF silks and cottons arc
Of considerable activity. Lea ther prices
are strong, rejecting The. strength OF
hides. but shoes, while being ordered
more freely, are not selling so heavily foI
fall as expected.
Business failures In the United States
for the week ending with June were
19l, against 206 last week. 225 IN the like
week of 1908, l55 In l9o7, 1G2 in 1906. and
week in Canada number @6, which COM
pares with % last week and 32 last year
Wheat dncludnG lour) exports from
the United States and Canada for tho
week ending June aggregate 2J2S l9G
bushels, against &,lS2,S09 last week and
forty nine weeks ending June this year
exports are l63.02i@26 bushels. against
l95 250.7 720 bushels in the corresponding
period last year
bushels. against Ss.s22 last week and
2S6, ,@3S IN 1908. For the forty-pino weeks
ending June 3. corn exports are 26 976, ,39l
bushels, against f5.oo1.i2i last year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
DUNG Trade Review.

NEW YORK, June 4.-R, C, Dun e
Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade tomorrow
VIII say:
Every test by which trade conditions
are determined records Improvement. In
the iron and steel trade the progress
made is indeed extraordinary and again
docs this branch of industry give signal
proof OF its power rapidly To recuporatc
ont OF tic depths OF depression In
creased orders. expanding production.
high prices and wages. in some lines
records approaching even the high figures
before the panic-such are the reports
that now come from the trade every
week The effects OF the late crisis are
stiIl TO be seen In the large commercial
defaults. although this seems a passing
condition. as the aggregate of those In
May was the smallest of any month Of
this year
The primary dry goods market is firm
er In the WOODEN division attention is
concentrated on the improving of goods
for the coming season.
in the hides market the advance has
ceased for the present, and trade is now
quiet as compared with the activity early
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
BUSINESS IS QUIET
ON PRODUCE MARKET
Dealers, However, Are Looking
for Much Better Things
Today.

Business was rather quiet on the local
produce market Friday. but dealers are
In hopes that things Will brighten up to-
day. A consignment OF California fruit
and vegetables was received from the
Golden state. included in which was a
quantity Of strawberries, oranges. ban
anas. new potatoes, cabbage and other
carly garden truck.
The best demand Thursday was fol
strawberries. the fruit being very penti-
full. Dealers offered the fruit at two
boxes for 25 cents, and good California
cherries could be obtained a low as IL
cents pound. better variety com
manded 20 cents pound. Rsspberries
fetched Is and 90 cents a box.
The market is now pretty well supplied
with new potatoes. and the dealers eX-
pect a big demand for the vegetable to-
day. Old potatoes are very scarce, and
Of very poor quality. although they
command 30 cents a peck.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-05
POWERFUL FORCES
BUSY IN MARKET
ManipulatOrs With Unlimited
Capital Handle Stocks as
They Please.
BOOSTING PREVAILS AND
THE BEARS ARE IGNORED
Expansion of Loans and Activ-
ity in Convertible Bond Is
sues Are Features.

NEW YORK. June f.-Powertul forces
obviously were al work in the speculation
in stocks today, the volume OF transact
tors and the size OF the individual op-
arations showing the uses OF the most
abundant resources such as are COM
manded only by speculative capital of
the United States magnitude.
The example yesterday OF what could
be done in the case of Southern Pacific
brought the specula tive elemen, TO Wall
street In troops today. Its first efforts
were directed to the stocks most direct
iy interested by the Southern Pacific
movement yesterday, but IL ranged up
and down the list at will
II was significant of enthusiasm of the
speculative sentiment that no depressing
effect was produced by the weak tone Of
United states Steel. which sold below
session Not since May II has 1t hap
pened before that United States Steel
failed to sell higher every day than on
the day before; This continuous ad-
vance in United States Steel has been
the backbone OF the whole market dur
ing that period.
of private settlement overngh, of a
short interest alleged 10 amount TO 4, 600
shares. at price considerably above
any Yet touched by United States Steel
in the market
In the preliminary burst OF the days
speculation there We're wide openings In
southern racine, Union Pacific and At
cnlson Besides the expected exchange
OF Southern Pacific preferred for COM
mon stock there figured in the decision a
supposed treaty of comfy among the
railroads in that group, The Northern
Pacific Union Pacific agreement. the I'm
don Pacific influence In Atchsou and the
reported inclusion OF ST, Paul on behalf
OF its Pacific extension. were pointed
out as conilrmatorN facts. This and
the Atchison bond issues were offered
as eNplana tions for the eager buying OF
those securities.
Rond fotaJtons and the inCrca sed spec
u!atire activity have involved expansion
OF loans but foreign money markets have
continued TO place funds here \ sharp
rise In the London discount rate today
might not he disconnected with this pro-
cess The great activity in the convert
lple issues was the feature OF the bond
market. The tone was strong Total
sales, par value, $40. 900.
I nited States bonds were unchanged