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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09
FROM ELECTRICIANS BOOK

Wireless communications have been
successfully carried on from a special
train on the Lake Shore railroad to
! Cleveland and Chicago, while running
at full speed
| It is expected that in the early
future electricity will supersede steam
on all the railroads Of Germany. It
Twill take nearly S135,0000OO to replace
all the steam locomotives with cleo.
tries.
A great dam is to be erected across
the Colorado river at Marble Falls,
Texas. When completed this dam
Twill give more than 10000 horse
Ipower which will be used to operate
a large cotton mill and other indust-
ries.
The largest electric power station
| in the world will shortly be erected
within fourteen miles Of Johannes
burg under the terms of a contract
officially announced, by which the
Victoria Falls Power Company will
supply electric power to practically all
the mines in that great group.
England is now in direct telegraphic
communication with India, a distance
of :, 374 miles.
The largest storage battery in the
world has been installed at the Six.
teenth Street Station Of the New
York Edison company. The $50 cells
have capacity Of $4,000 amperes for
one hour at 120 volts. It will be used
only in emergencies.
A device has been perfected. driven
by a tiny General Electric motor, for
stoves and ranges in hotels
and restaurants,
Nearly 800 miles of line for power |
transmission purposes is to be put I'D |
by the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power
Commission in order to supply var
ious towns and cities in Ontario with
electricity generated at Niagara Falls.
About million pounds of aluminium
wire will be used. The line will con-
sist of three cables supported on tow.
ers spaced $50 feet apart.
A wireless telephone is to be used
along the coast as a fog signal. 1t
has been tried and found to work well
under heavy weather conditions.
A wireless plant will be installed
on the top of the tower of the city
hall of Philadelphia, 500 feet above
he street.
The tides of the bay of Fundy will
'e harnessed for electric power.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

Stockbridge, Mass, and the motor is
still preserved in the cellar of the
Field house az souvenir
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09
TEXAN ACCUSED OF MURDER

TNLIANAPoLIS Ind, April g.
The authorities of Vigo county
this State. purpose to leave no stone
unturned in their efforts to bring Syl.
vester Burnham, wealthy and re-
speoted land owner Of Texas, back to
Indiana to answer a charge Of pecul-
iarly atrocious murder committed at
Sandford, Vigo county, thirty-two
years ago. Notwithstanding the fact
that the murder was almost forgotten
and that many Of those connected
With the case as witnesses or other
wise have long since passed away, the
legal authorities believe they can
weave a chain of evidence about the
wealthy Texan that will result in his
conviction if he is brought back to
trial Requisition papers have been
obtained from Governor Marshall Of
INDIANA and an officer has gone after
Burnham.
The murder with which Burnham
Is charged was committed on the
night Of October 80, 1877. The victim
was Rosa Tritt, a pretty young miss,
granddaughter of a wealthy farmer
with whom she made her home. In
the employ Of the farmer was lab.
orer whom the police allege is the
man now known as Sylvester Burn
ham. The Iaborer became infatuated
With the young girl. The latter, en-
gagged to another man, refused to re-
ceive his attentions, and her refusal
angered the laborer. The girl com
planned to her grandfather, but her
complaints were not sufficient to cause
Burnham's discharge
On the Sunday morning preceding
the murder Rosa's sweetheart drove
out from Terra Haute and spent Sun
day and Sunday night at the Tritt
home. His presence further enraged
the laborer, it is charged, and when he
watched the lovers good-by kiss the
next morning he is said to have gone
into passion and later to have told |
Rosa that he would be avenged. That |
morning the Tritt family began clean
ing house and by night the carpets
were all taken up and laid in great
rolls to be replaced next day. That
night Rosa went as usual to her room
on the second floor where she slep:
alone. The laborer occupied room
on the ground floor. The grandpar-
ents also slept on the ground floor.
According to the evidence gathered
Immediately after the crime, the la
borer is believed to have stolen to the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

girls room some time during the
night and cut her throat with razor
When the body was found the next
! day it showed also a deep cash in the
left side, thought to have been inflict.
I ed in struggle, After the murder
had been committed the body was left
in roll Of carpet in the room.
AS second chapter of the crime,
! 1t is charged, the murderer set FIRE to
the dwelling in an effort to conceal
the murder, Mr. and Mrs. Tritt
barely escaped with their lives. In
the smouldering roll of carpet next
day was found the multilated body of
the young girl, and a search was be-
gun Immediately for the murderer.
The only trace found OF the laborer
was his trunk, which was discovered
hidden in a nearby pile of straw,
where he is thought to have placed /
before ascending to the girls room.
Neighbors reported that they saw
the man in the vicinity two or three
times after that, but no positive clew
could be found which would lead to
his whereabouts.
For more than thirty years the
police officers and sheriffs of Terre
Haute and Of Vigo county followed
meager clews to run down the muir
derer, but always without success.
Not until week or two ago did the
authorities learn anything definite in
regard to the man they have sought
for so many years. Then Captain
Armstrong of the Terre Haute police
stumbled accidently upon a clew
which led to the man alleged TO be
Burnham being located in Texas. An
old time resident of Vigo county. who
lived in the vicinity Of the Tritt farm
and who remembered all of the details
Of the crime, is said to have recogniz-
ed Burnham on recent visit to Tex
as as the laborer who had been en-
ployed by Tritt and who had disap-
peared at the time of the murder.
According to facts that have devel-
oped during the present investigation
Of the case, the laborer had enlisted
IN the United States navy after he
eft Vigo county and had served in
the navy FIVE years. After his dis |
;harge from the service he went to
Texas, where he took up a section of |
and, and later added to this until |
ie owned large strip Of territory |
ind accumulated considerable wealth
IS ranch owner He is said now to
lave family I'D to te respected
itizen and devout member Of the
hurch.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

cut from the Dupont Powder Works
tract near Santa Cruz, is over 80
inches in circumference at the stump,
almost Us feet in height, and is only
AZ years Of age. These dimensions
indicate a growth Of over ~ inch in
diameter per year and an annual
growth OF 2 7.l0 feet in height,
Trees of an even more rapid growth
were seen in the Big River country
of Mendocino county California
where redwood sprouts over 80 inches
in diameter on the stump and l25 to
100 feet in height were found grow
ing on land cut over 40 to As years
ago. Redwood sprouts thus rival in
their rate Of growth the much lauded
eucalyptus
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

Few people realize the rapidity oi
growth Of the coast redwood trees Of
California. Because some of the large
trees OF this family are a thousand
years or more in age, often attaining
a size where they are larger than any
other tree, excepting the famous Big
Trees, redwood has the reputation of
being a very slow growing tree. As
matter Of fact, redwood sprouts
growing from stumps Of older trees
are among the most rapid growing Of
our native trees.
@To illustrate this point, the United
States Forest Service will exhibit at
the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition
in Seattle this summer, sections from
a young redwood sprout, together
with explanatory diagrams showing
its rate Of growth in diameter, height
and volume. This tree, which was
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09
WILLIN

A ocrtain newly elected Western
1'nfrcS man me, p society bud Il
Washington "a hi, hrst reception.
DO you ike BaIsac'" ,he quericl.
Wal, ! aeyer played it, drawled
the Westerner. But I'm willin' 10
take hand" -i.ippincott's.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe
guard against serious results from
spring colds, which inhamc the lungs
and develop into pneumonia. Avoid
counterfeits by insisting upon having
the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar,
which contains no harmful drugs
Owl Drug Store, T. +. Laurin.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

or territory will be allotted an addi,.
ional sergeant. This will give the
State OF New York "a non ncommis.
stoned officers for instruction pur.
poses AMI the State OF Pennsylvania
nine
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Only Two Days
Until Easter
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Our stock Of fine Oxfords Is replete with the
most fashionable styles ever shown. Our
$3.50 designs are beauties and going fast.
Don't fall to see them, even II you don't
intend buying now.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
BIRTHS AMI DEATHS.

Births-R. A. Jenkins, 400 Bancroft street,
boy; Herman Pugleke, 1916 Oak street. boy;
James @. Nicklin, FIfty-sixth street and
WoolWorth avenue, boy; Bernard Palm
Quist. 4122 Hamilton street, boy; James
Ganuy, 4102 North Twenty-eighth street,
ooy; Harry Bowen, 68 South Twenty-sixth
avenue, boy; Alfred Foley, &A Davenport
street, girl.
D~eaths-Sophia H.. Barton, %22 Farnam
street, 81 years; Oscar B.. Southwell, 2409
Chicago street, AZ years; Louis Harris
F'ortieth street and Poppleton avenue, 3s
years; Irma Croy Woods, 1906 Ohio street.
3 months; Charles l.. Embree, 29i2 North
Twenty-sixth street. II years; Sophelia j.
Matthews, 1904 Miami street, 8 months
John Benford. Thirty-sixth and Cunning
streets, Z days.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
Notice

FOR SALE-New Holsman automobile,
surrey. A bargain. Address Y 203, care
Bee. 2)-M259 I
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EDUCATIONAL
FLORISTS

HESS & sWoBoDA, las Farnam st.
$3.50
L. HENDERSON, 1913 Farnam. Tel. D. 1868
(5)-6o2
]. H.. BATH, 1923 Harvey. Tel. Doug. 5000
(5)-6Q
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL

PROFITABLE positions open in the auto
mobile field, echnical instructions on bott
steam and gasoline engines; students paid
for repair work. Address Omaha Schoo
of Automobile Engineering, 241S Leaven'
worth st. 500
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to sell latest improved
blackberry and burbank berry plants;
grow In any back yard, anywhere; prices
right; commission good. Send for partlc-
ulars and photos and begin taking orders.
Address r. NJ. Boynton. Los Angeles, Cal.
G)-M94 1Sx
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03

inO HOWARD St, Mo. Filter. Is days trin-
K-SOg
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03

EIGHT secondhand Ramblers at your
own prices. Rambler Automobile com
pany. N44 Farnam ST. 0)-sSO MIS-
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A GOOD ONE
BUSINESS CHANCES

WANTED-Registered druggist with means
TO start a drug store in thriving, pros
porous town: thickly settled country;
German, Bohemian and Scandinavian ma
tionalities represented. For particulars
call on or write F. A. Killion, secretary
of the LestervilIe Commercial club, Les
fervUIe- D.. 4)-M11T M3
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03

d. o. BARNELL, Paxton Blk. Tel. Red MI.
QO-6A2
PATENTS THAT PROTECT-Three books
for investors mailed on receipt Of SC post
age. r. 8. and A. y. Lacey, rooms 1881
Pacific Bldg, Washington. ID. c.. Estao-
iished 1869 dO-6G
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
BUSINESS CHANCES
EnnflnnnH

REAL ESTATE MEN-Do you want to
get in touch with good live land firm
for coming seasons business? Largest
references exchanged. Modem Land and
Loan Co, Huron, s. d.
U-Ms3 .
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A few lines placed in THE BEE
Want Columns will undoubt-
edly secure what you want
LOST AND FOUND

UPHOLSTERING-Tel Webster 1906: Ind.
B-272l. 1912 n. 24th ST. J. Hanson.
QG)-M207 Mch4
LOST--Saturday nisht; a mink mutt: suit
able reward II returned to Pass 81. Mary's
Ave. Tel. Doug. 70. u2)-iS0 5
LADIES' gold watch and chain; name In
case. Reward. Tel. Webster 21Sa.
uN-22a 2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03

LYMAN-Dwisht Huston, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter @. Lyman, aged s
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
AUTOMOBILES

AUTOMOBILE painting and carriage repair
work; dead storage. VIM. Pfieffer Car
EANS Co Sth 4 Leavenworth. Red Ss22
IQ-Mi5I NJ
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03

Advertisements for the want ad
OIumns will he taken until NJ m. for
the eveninE edition and until o p. m
for the morning and Sunday editions.
Cash msst accompany all orders Ter
want ads and NO advertisement VIII
he accepted for lens than 10 cents Tor
first insertion.
Rates apply 10 either The Daily or
sunday Bee.
Always count six words 20 = line
Combinations of initials OF numbers
count a. one word.
CASH RATES ron WANT ADS.
REGULAR CLASSIFICATION - One
Insertion, per line, 10 cents. Two or
more consecutive insertions, per lire,
y cents. Each insertion made on ODE
days, 10 cents per line. $50 per
line per month ~exceptinG that
FURNISHED ROOM ADS,
when accompanied By cash, the rate
viii bet One Insertion, = cents per
nney three OF six consecutive laser
tions, q cents per line each iRsertioaJ
seven or more consecutive insertions,
. cents per line each inserttOns %
cents per line per mcnth.
want ads for The Bee may be left
at any of the druG stores
one IL your 'tcoFner druEgiHt"-they
are ali branch Omces for h Bee and
your nd will be inserted Just as
promptly and on the same rates as al
tbesmain once in The Bee Building,
seventeentb and FaFnam streets'
AlbAch, w, c., 4Oth and Farnam.
Beranek. s. A, 1903 S. 18th St.
Becht Pharmacy, 40 s. 10th 81.
Benson Pharmacy, Benson, Neb.
Bemis Park Pharmacy, 33d and cunning
Blake's Pharmacy, 1915 Sherman Ave
Coughlin, c. r., 9th and Pierce sts.
Clifton Hill Pharmacy, 2213 Military ave
Conte, j. b., 31st Ave. and Farnam 81
Crissey Pharmacy, 24th and Lake sts'
Cermak, Emil, 12O4-6 s. 18th ST.
Ehlers, B. H., 2S02 L~eavenworth st.
Foster a. Arnold, 2s N. 18th 81.
Freytag. j. hn j., 1914 N. Path 81.
Florence Drug Co, Florence. Neo.
Goldman Pharmacy, 10Th and Lake su'
Greenough, G. A., 1884 s. 10th st.
Hayden. William c., 800 Farnam st
Hanscom Park Pharmacy, l4u 8. 2stn CT
Hoist, John, ga n. 18th st.
Huff, A. L., 2924 Leavenworth st.
King, II. g., z3SS Farnam st.
kountze Place Pharmacy, 2O1 N Ath 81
Lathrop, Charles p, 1874 N; S4tn 81
Patrick Drug Co., 1902 N. ath st.
peyton. L. E., gath and L~eavenworth SITS.
Saratoga Drug Co., Path st. and Ames ave;
schaefer's Cut Price Drug Co.. 18th and
Chicago SITS.
Schaefer, August, 20S1 N. 18th st.
schmidt, J. H., 9lth and Cunning SITS.
Walnut Hill Pharmacy, 4Oth and GINNING
Walton Pharmacy, 10th and Grace sts'
Worth, o. H, 10Th and Hamilton SITS.
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DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICES


ERMNMhHN1
ANDERSON-Joseph, March l, 1903, age rs
years 8 months - days. He is survived
by his wife, Loretto and brother, Peter
Anderson.
Funeral notice later.
HESS-Henry c., March |. 1909. Aged 10
years. Beloved son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Hess, 5416 North Twenty-fourth street.
Funeral will be held from family resi-
dence, Wednesday, March 3, at 2:30 p. m.
lnterment Forest Lawn cemetery. Funeral
private.
LYMAN-Dwisht Huston, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter G.. Lyman, aged S
months.
Funeral from the residence, 4204 William
street Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
lnterment at Prospect Hill cemetery.
PESHAk-Russell, age 2 years.
Funeral from residence, 632 South Twenty
seventh street Tuesday, 2 p. m. Interment
Forest Lawn cemetery.
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HELP W%ANTED-MALE
Agents, sOIicitsra and sAIesmel

Agents, sOIicitora and saIesmeA.
AGENTS WANTED-Household necessity;
sample free. Won Berner Speciality Co,
Dept. @, u. S. Yards, Chicago.
G)-M757 Mchllx
WANrBD-Advertising solicitors for good
medium. Men or women of good appear
ance. Apply after 10 a. m. 29 ~. Y, Life.
O)-MS67 8
WANTED-Managers in every state 10
place our capital stock and Insurance.
Midland Life Insurance Company. st. Paul,
MINI (9-M25S AK
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BARTER AND EXCHANGE

400 ACRES In Boyd county, Neb. good
soil; some improvements; will trade for
smaller farm. Address, Box 30, Brlstow.
Eab. 3)-MlsI 2Sx
TRADES-For quick deals list with US.
8. E. wait & Co, e7 Bee Bids. Omaha
(3)-M982 MIS-
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MEDICAL

FREE MEDICAL and surgical treatment
AZ Creighton Medical college, 14th and
Davenport Sts.; special attention paid to
confinement cases; all treatment super
vised by college professors. Phone Dcug-
las 1857. Calls answered. day or night.
u3)-l23
BEST nerve brace for men, "Gray's Nerve
Food Pills, 81 a box, postpaid. Sherman
& Mcconnell Drug Co, Omaha. QS)-6l9
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
LIVE STOCK FOR SALE
Horses and VehtcIes.

GREAT AUCTION SALE OF HORSES.
At 70. w. Anspach's stables at the stock
yards, South Omaha, Thursday and FRI
day, March 4 and 8 over 200 horses OF
all classes will be sold at this sale-sOme
OF the best that money can buy. Auction
at 10 a. m, Thursday. QD-230 3
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
PERSONAL

DRs. EGGERS. private confinement home.
1916 Martha st. Tel. Douglas $50
QS)-NT24S M6x
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WANTED-Collector and adjuster for pub
fishing house. Age % 10 80 years. Must
be a worker, Best references and bond
required. Experience not necessary. We
teach you the business. Single man
preferred. Salary, $50 per week and rail-
road fare. Answering give full ~particu-
lars. Address f 81, care of Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-03
AUTOMOBILES

FOR sALE-An electric automobile. S5 less
each day until sold. Colt Auto. Co, Na
FErnam 81. Cess Mch4x
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-03-19

took in the simple order Of the room
lingering with a light tinge OF disap
proval upon the violin case in the cor
ner and with a deeper shade of ques
tion upon the jewel on the others fin
ger. a pigeon blood ruby in a setting
c%uriously twisted of the two initial lei
tiers OF his name. There came to Ill
mind for IN instant a whisper of early
probabilities and witnesses which he
had heard
81 looked In TO tell you a bit of
news" said the bishop. I've Just come
from David Stires. He has a letter
from Van Lennap, the great eye sur
geon of Vienna. He ~disagrees with the
rest OF them. Thinks Jessica's case
may not be hopeless"
The cloud that Hugh's call had left
on Harry's countenance lifted.
"Thank Godl" be said. Twill she go
to hlmP
The bishop looked at him %curiously.
for the exclamation seemed to hold
more than q conventional relief.
HE is to be In America next month
He will come here then to examine and
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-03-19

With a sigh of relief he stepped
through the wide French window into
the garden. The strain over, he longed
for the solitude of his study. But Da.
vid Stires had asked him to remain fol
a final word. since bride and groom
were to leave on IN early evening
train; the old man was to accompany
them a part of the journey. and 1.-THE
Stires place. was to be closed for ali
indefinite period.
1t was not long before the sound OF
gay voices and of carriage wheels
came around the corner of the house
for the reception was to be curtailed
One by one he heard the carriages roll
down the graveled driveway. A last
chime of voices talking together-Har
ry could distinguish Hugh's voice o
and at length quiet told him the last
of the guests were gone.
The east room was empty save fol
servants who were gathering some OF
the cut flowers for themselves. He
stood aimlessly for a few moments
looking about him. A white carnatior
lay at the foot of the dais, fallen from
Jessica's shower bouquet He picked
this up, a~bstractedly smelled its per
fume and drew the stem through bis
buttonhole. He heard voices in the Ii
brary, and. opening the door. he en-
tered.
In the room sat old David Stires IL
his wheel chair opposite his SON III
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-03-19
"Wfu she 90 to ham 2"

perhaps to operate. Poor childl 1t will
be a terrible thing for her If this last
hope fails her. too. especially now,
when she and Hugh are to make a
match of it."
Harry's face vas turned away, or the
bishop would have seen it suddenly
startled. ITO make a match Of itp' To
hide the flush he felt staining his
cheek Harry bent to close the safe. A
something hat had darkled in some
obscure depth of his being whose exist
ence he had not guessed was throbbing
now to a painful resentment Jessica
was to marry Hughi
"a handsome fellow-Hughp' said
the bishop. HE seems to have return
ed with a new heart-a brand Dlucked
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-03-19

brow was a livid pallor. His eyes lift
ed to Harry's for an instant, then re
turned In a kind of fascination to a
slip of paper on the desk, on which his
fathers forefinger rested, like a nail
transflxlng an animate infamy.
"Sanderson." said the old mar In a
low, hoarse. unnatural voice. "come in
and shut the door. God forgive us,
I've have married Jessica to a common
thief! Hugh. my SON.. my only child.
whom | have forgiven beyond all reck-
oning, has forged my name to a draft
for $4,000"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-03-19

was deadly pale,
and his fierce
eyes blazed like
fire in finder
And what a
Hughl Not the
INDECENT s. gay
prodigal Harry
had known In
the past nor the
flushed brfd e.
groom Oh q nan
hour agol 1t was
a cringing, q
Hugh
with a sinking
dread in the
face. a trembling
of the hands. a
tense expecta
ton In the pos
ture The thin