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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
NEAR-RloT IN BARBER SHOP
Man Asks for an EEE shampoo ana
fs Invited 90 Leave N
Place.

Have you seen the man who asked for
an egg shampoog'
He was tall. well-proportioned and rather
handsome OF face. He was dressed well.
in fact. up-to-date, but there was nothing
about his clothing that suggested fabulous
wealth or e-xtravagant taste. Yet he asked
for an egg shampoo.
This man entered a downtown barber
shop, took his place in the first chair and
courteously asked. Egg shampoo, please"
There was nothing in his tone TO offer
offense or give the impression that he
wished to boast or lord It over anybody.
The barber who had him IN charge
stared for a minute into the strangers
face, then stepped to the rear Of the room
and summoned all his men around him
A muffled conversation followed. Frequent
chances at the strange man reclining in the
chair aroused suspicious of other custom
ers. Directly q row of heads, half sheared.
or be-lathered faces, were lifted and turned
toward the man who asked for an egg
shampoo.
''P-ist," the head barber attracted the
attention of an old patron in the next chair.
He jumped down and stepped back 20 the
conference. In a minute everybody took
his place. the barber at chair No. !, with
courage in his voice, addressed the strange
man.
MY friend, are you trying to kid some.
body?"
kid somebody" replied the stranger In
evident surprise and bewilderment, why.
no; why do you ask me THAR"
You asked for an egg shampoo, didn't
you?" reioined the barber.
Yes"
well, what's your gamer Out with II
II you have come in here to make a loi
Of monkeys Of us say so and don't be lying
there playing cute. This amt no poultry
farm nor government mint"
7 The man rose halfway from his chair
and looked the barber squarely in the
face.
Say, what's the NATTER" he inquired in
tones almost pitiful. Il know what this
is, this is a barber shop. ! knew thai wher
I came in and when I asked for an eEr
shampoo 1 knew Il. I know everything-er
that is I mean I am in my right mind.
want an egg"
AS IL by one motion every barber lifted
his razor and every customer his head al
that ominous word, egg" fell again from
the mans lips. Slowly the barber at chair
No. ! removed his towels from the stranger
and, bending down close to him, he re.
cuested in a tone so gentle;
my friend. would you mind il l didn-
give you any service?"
Bewildered. the man got out of the chair
and the shop.
"Egg shampoo, egg shampoo" barber No
l. kept murmuring to himself as he sa'
sprawled in a large chair NJ the rear Of
shop, hopping the perspiration from hi
brow. And 1 really believe he had tn,
price Of the egg, too" were his last fain'
words.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
STORY OF CORN GENEALoGY
Reproductive Powers of Prize Ears
Like the Mustard Seed-FfSures
Go Up Into Millions.

This is the story OF corn genealogy.
Nine bushels Of prize seed corn have just
been distributed from the office Of the Ma
tional Corn exposition for a buyer who de-
sired as many farmers as possible TO secure
seed from the prize ears Of 1905.
twenty-five thousand packages, each
containing twenty-five kernels Of corn,
have been sent out-625 900 kernels in all.
As this is the highest grade Of corn, 50
per cent Of the kernels will ~grow-562,OO0
Of them-and this fan s,22S bushels Of corn
will be harvested.
II all this corn, is used for seed after it is
sorted, there viii stil be enough to plant
Sc. 24O acres during the season Of 1910.
Now, when the grandchildren of the 1903
prize corn are harvested from the 5s,240
acres, there will be 4,739 300 bushels-all
from the well-bred corn which was eX-
hibited at the Omaha show last December.
When the experts get through sorting
this immense quantity of corn they will
find that have enough which tests high for
seed to plant 1856, $40 acres in corn, and
this will produce corn equivalent to great
grandchildren Of the IsOs prize corn. II the
season of 1911 is good no less than 1885. 974.-
400 bushels will be harvested-all starting
from the seed sent out from Omaha.
Thus by taking thought the farmers can
add cubic yards OF corn 20 their cribs. The
production in four generations is said by
experts TO be no impossibility. The seed
sent out from Omaha will doubtless cause
an increase in the production Of the corn
belt within two years which will be worth
thousands of dollars to farmers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
NEVER TOUCHED NE, SAYS jim
Dahlman Insists He Will Yet Skin the
Cat at Lincoln.
COUNTS ON HOUSE TO DO HIS WORK
Tanning, Too, Says Elective Excise
Board VIII Ultimately GO by
the Boards Sure as
You're Talkins.
%aVr

Mayor Dahlman has returned.
Also. his braves are back home again.
For the mayor says that the elective eX-
else board clause in the city charter is far
from adoption; that he was not thrown
over the transom at Lincoln, and that his
contention for an appointive board will
finally prevail.
1--WE can't do a thing in the senate, but
the house is coming our way said Mr..
Darlman. I'VE want the Omaha and
South Omaha members to vote separately,
and II this is done we will have five to
four on the other side. Representatives
Boland. Stoecker, Connolly, Holmes and
Butt are with us, while Senators Ransom
and Howell and Representatives Thomas
and are against us. These are
the Omaha men bers, and II we can set
this division We have a majority. The
fellows out in the state 90 not care how it
goes, it is none of their funeral you know,
end they will vote with the home majority.
Therefore. l think we are in a fair way 10
win.
THE charter has not as yet been called
UP in the senate and we can do nothing
more until action is taken on II in the
upper house and the bill has been sent to
the lower house. When IL gets there we
will 60 down to Lincoln in force and I
think we will win"
Colonel Tanning. one OF the big chiefs
who composed the delegation OF Jimocrats
sent to the capitol, said he was not SO
sure that they would win out in their con-
tention for an appointive board, but that
they won on another proposition. This is
the giving to the mayor the right to APP
point and discharge the chiefs of the fire
Ind police departments.
I'VE have this sewed up tight" said
flaming. and the mayor will be given
some power, even though we do not sue
coed in passing the amendment providing
for an appointive fire and police board"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
DIVORCED MEN GIVE DINNER7
RumOr says They VIII and Matter
Really Was Hinted Al by
some

Rumor that divorced men of Omaha
would give a Inner to their friends be-
fore the Lenten season opens, has led the
keepers Of polite hotels and restaurants
to take an invoice Of their "centerpieces"
and equipment for serving unique dinners
and they are not found wanting. Anyone
OF half a dozen is prepared TO serve the
dinner. but a hasty glance over the blue
book and numerous telephone calls to
those who might be interested in the din
ner, nave failed TO disclose the identity Of
a divorced man who is willing to admit
getting up such an enterprise.
This explanation was offered by one who
was a guest at a recent north side dinner;
For years We have had a dinner party
at almost regular intervals at the home of
a very old and affable set. Recently a
score attended such a dinner and. looking
over the guests. we discovered that three
OF our number had secured divorces and
were present without their wives. As the
members OF the party taxi terms at enter
tanning the others. the suggestion was
made in a jest hat the divorced men would
have TO get together and give a party
some day at one Of the downtown hotels
a dinner by the divorced members of the
crowd. Whether the divorced members of
our little party will act on the suggestion
OF not is the question, or whether the sug-
gestion was seriously considered is not
known. II would certainly not be out Of
place for the divorced members to give a
dinner 10 their friends. Their wives will
doubtless be guests at numerous dinners
when they come TO Omaha, why should not
the men entertain and continue 10 be en-
tertRined."
One of the hotel men bidding for the
dinner said:
Yes, I have some very appropriate dec
o~rRtions for a divorced mans dinner.
Take a log cabin, such as is used to adver-
tise maple syrup; cut It in two and place
on the table as a centerpiece, or hang over
the table a bow Of white ribbon, just sew
cred by a sword, which will be suspended
above it. We have decorations which can
carry out most any kind OF a scheme"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
NEW WILL CASE IN COURT
Adjournment of Conner Matter Does
Not Leave Void.
WITNESS OBJECTS TO WHISPER
Mrs. matilda Davis, ms Prepayment,
Views with Suspicion Conference
between OPposine Lawyer
and Client

The echoes Of the adjourned Conno~ will
case had scarce died away in the county
court when another hotly contested will
came up before Judge Leslie. The
fight was a briefer one than over the Con-
nor estate. the last testament Of Mrs. Fred
erick L~essentine being admitted to probate.
The estate involved is not a large one,
being chiefly the homestead near Florence.
Mrs. Lcssentine left this to her sister. Mrs.
Davis, and her stepson. a minor
child. Her husband. Frederick Lessentine,
opposed the probating Of the will.
Mrs. Davis took the stand in her own be-
half.
is il not a fact that Mrs. L~essentine' $
mother" asked c. W. Halter for the re-
spondent, ''and your mother were not the
same?"
The witness snswere with another oues-
ton:
For how would she be my sister II my
dear mother was not the same as hersg'
Parents Married. Yes, indeed!
lis 1t not a fact" pursued the attorney,
that your father and mother were never
married"
They were married" replied the witness
with great and natural Indignation.
At this point the attorney and Lessentine
held a whispered conference, which the wit
ness viewed suspiciously.
''Oh, you needn't go whispering to each
other" she cried. I'm not up here 70 tell
anything but the truth and you can't put
up anything on me"
Testimony developed that Lessentine and
his wife had not lived together the last five
years OF her life except during the few
months preceding her death. 1t is claimed
that he has a dover right IN the homestead
no matter what the will provides. Mrs
Davis is named in the will as admlnistra-
trix. but after vigorous protests by the re-
Epondents Judge Leslie decided to appoint
an uninterested person.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
CASE UNDER WHITE SLAVE ACT
Omaha Woman Arrested for HarbOr-
ing Lillian DuPrey from
Gay Paree.

Mrs. Lucian Daubray Of Il2h South Ninth
street was arrested Thursday by United
States Deputy Marshals Proctor and Nc
CaIlum on a complaint sworn out by the
immigration authorizes charging her with
harboring an alien woman for IMMORAL
purposes. She was bound over to the
United States district court in 5000. She
has not yet given bail. Her hearing was
before United States Commissioner Ander-
son.
The specific charge under which she was
arrested was for harboring Lillian Du-
Prey. a French woman. who was arrested
several months ago by the federal authori-
ties under the white slave act. The DuPrey
woman was held in Jail in Omaha for sew
eral weeks and was finally taken 10 Chi
cago as one OF the principal witnesses
against one OF the leading importers OF
immoral women and it was through her
evidence that the importer was finally
convicted. The DuPrey woman was also
deported only a few weeks ago.
other arrests are likely to follow from
the arrest Of the Daubray woman Thurs
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
LINCOLN TROPHIES IN OMAHA
Many Exhibits Are Preserved in the
Byron Reed Collection at
PubItc Library.

The public library has some Lincoln
souvenirs In the Byron Reed collection,
which are on exhibit anytime from now
until the twelfth Of February.
There are two copies Of the New YORK
Herald of April Is and Il. 1865, also a
copy Of the Nebrsskan Of April IA. 1865, the
first periodical published in Nebraska, and
issued weekly, containing the story OF the
assassination.
A poster Of April 20, 1855. sent out by the
War department at Washington. offering
q reward for the murderer Of Lincoln.
There are also some buttons of no money
value. but very interesting, brought out BY
the 'rwideawakes," the Constitution and
Union Forever. the Lincoln and Hamlin
parties.
There are many original Lincoln sigma
lures. an old copy Of the proclamation of
emancipation, printed at the time Of the
original proclamation. There are also three
Lincoln medals issued in this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
BIG PIECE OF LAND SOLD
Five Hundred and sixty Acres of
Creighton Property for seventy
Thousand Dollars.

Five hundred and sixty acres Of the
Creighton land west Of Benson and ad-
joining keystone Park changed hands
Thursday, through the agency Of the d. V.
sholes company, for $4,000.
Leonard Everett of Council Bluffs bought
400 acres OF the tract for $4,000 and will
hold il as an investment. 1t is not Unlikely
that IL will be divided into acreage tracts
at no PARKWAY future time and sold 10
those who wish small farms. the keystone
Park tract being almost al sold.
Hans Otte, who has been a tenant on
a 16O-acre tract for several years, bought
the land Thursday for $4,000, being just
SIS per acre, The tract secured by Mr.
Otte is one of the finest in the county, be-
ing on a paved road ana having building
sites which are marvels OF beauty, over
looking as they do not only Benson and the
city Of Omaha, but miles and miles of
green intricate country beyond-the best
farms about Irvington and Benson.
Mr.. Everett owns more than $500 acres
Of land in Douglas county within five or
six miles of the court house.
The Sholes agency has sold more than
$4,000 worth of Douglas county and
Omaha city property during the first month
Of 1903.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
BONDS OF EIGHT SUKDERED
Sixteen Men and Women WhOse Do
nestle Life IL Unhappy Set
at Liberty.

Eight DEGREES OF divorce and two new Pc
ut0ns is the record for Thursday morning
in the district court Of Douglas county.
This is pretty close TO the highest mark in
local annals Of domestic infelicity as far
as DEGREES are concerned.
One case, that Of Henry Wrage against
Anna Wrage, who come from Milford. was
contested and the decree given Mrs. Wrage,
who was the original defendant. The new
cases are those OF Catherine McCabe. who
seeks a divorce from John McCabe, ana OF
Mary Lynch who asks her freedom from
John Lynch. Mrs. Lynch has been mar
ried and divorced once before.
The DEGREES handed down ara as follows:
Tillie Huber from Allen Huber.
Anna Wrage from Henry Wrage.
Jessys Collamyer from william Couamysr
Katherine B~reitenstsin from George Brui-
tenstein.
Joe L. Stiles from B. stiles.
Sylvia Dwyer from George Dwyer.
Charles w. Anderson from Pearl Anaer-
son
Ellen Keller from James A Keller.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
HousehoId Remedies

which Rave stood the test Of time deserve
a place in the medicine chest Of every
family. Mothers are today administering
to their children the remedies their grand
mothers used.
For thirty years. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots and
herbs, has been curing the women Of this
country from the worst form of female
ills. and merit alone could have stood such
attest OF time an won such an enviabIe
record.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
BRYAN NEVER NOW The CRY
New slogan I'm south Dakota where
Peerless Leader once Held
the whip Hand.
,rvan never. moi Bryan forever. >

Bryan never, not Bryan forever
This lie the statement of c c. Fletcher
OF Aberdeen, S. D.. formerly candidate for
congress from South Dakota, chairman at
one time of the democratic state COMMITTEE
and leader until now of the radical ele-
ment of the party in that state. Mr..
Fletcher spent Thursday at the Paxton,
leaving in the afternoon for California.
II have always leaned toward the Bryan
viewpoint rather than the Clevelandism.
but South Dakota will never stand for
Bryan again. He was strong, but he has
lost that strength, and it is up to US TO
nominate Governor johnson or some other
man four years from now IL we want to
stand any show of winning out
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
All Physicians

Must prescribe some Of the In
gradients that are contained IN
Moods earsaparilla for all trou-
bles Of the blood, stomach, KID
neys and liver.
They include sarsapariIla, ~vtillingia,
yellow dock, gentisn, wild cherry bark,
mandrake, dandehon, juniper berries,
pipsissewR, etc.
The combination and proportions are
our own formula and give power TO cure
beyond the reach of any other prescrip-
ton or substitute. That's why il 10
wise TO get Hoods and only Hoods.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
HINRIcHS OUT FOR MEMBERS
Trades Chhirmanships with JudsOn
n VIII GO After More
Recruits.

E. A Hinrichs. who last year headed the
entertainment committee Of the CONNER
eisl club OF oma has exchanged chair
mAnships with f. W. Judson. head OF the
membership committee and Mr.. Hinrichs
viii work with a good team to bring the
membership OF the club up to Loo.
Mr.. Hinriehs started out at once and
before his Craftsmanship had much more
than been confirmed by the executive com
mittee, secured a member. Those who will
work with him are Joe Barker. W. L
Burgess, Albert Calm. Eugene DuvaIl. ".
c. Houston, ]. A. c. Kennedy. O.. D. Kip
iinger. f. T. swobe. H. A Turkey. ]. D..
Weaver.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05

C.. r Kluger. the Jeweler. 1850 Virgins
avenue. Indianapolis. Ind, writes: Il was
so weak from kidney trouble that I could
hardly walk a hundred feet. -Four bottles
OF Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared mS
complexion, cured my backache and the
irregularities disappeared. and I can now
attend to business every DAY. and recon-
mend Foley's Kidney Remedy TO all Euf-
ferers. as it cured me after the doctors
and other remedies had failed" Sold by
all druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
Road. violate Fever Quarantine.

DANVILLE. Ill. Feb. 4.-Suits were filed
by the government today against four
railroads charging shipment OF cattle eX-
posed to the Texas fever" despite quRran-
tine to the Chicago stock yards. Eighteen
counts are preferred against the Mobile a.
Ohio, and two each against the st. Louis
& san Francisco, Louisville & Nashville,
and Illinois Central
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05

follows the first dose of Dr. Kings New
Life Pills, the painless regulators that
strengthen you. Guaranteed. 25c. For
sale by Beaten Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05
BundInE

z. F Kemp, 1923 >Erskine street. frame
dwelling $3.50; B. J. Hill. Thirty-sixth
and Ames avenues, alteration and add
ton 10 dwelling, $3.50.
Evening journal., 1909-02-05
PROSECUTE JANER
In BALTIMORE

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
BALrIMORE.. Nd, FEB. 5-xWorked up
as they have not been in many years, the
police authorities OF this city are more
determined to-day TO- hold in custody
Joseph NJ Jauer the New Yorker, who
WAS Yesterday presented by the Grand
Jury on the charge Of crlminally ASSAULT
ing rtue il-year-old Catherine Loerch,
ct Brooklyn. n. ". who says Janer
brought her from her home to Baltimore
Monday night. Not only will any attempt
to take Janer to New York be strenuously
combatted. but the Marylend authorities
will make evory effort to keep the little
girl here as the star witness against the
man Meanwhile the Grand Judy, within
few hours, is confidently expected TO
take further action IN the case, IN the
form Of an indictment.
The accused man IS in the city jail, a
nervous wreck and little Catherine Is in
the gentle care OF the Good sisters at the
House o. the Good Shepherd.
Marshal Farnan said to-day that little
Catherine shall not go back TO New York,
nor shall Jancr be turned over 90 the New
York police. n he can prevent Il by prose-
cutins the more serious charge, which is
esilskeu to have been committed in Balh-
moret
Evening journal., 1909-02-05

OFF FMARRIAGEBAN
Body Votes to Change Rule
on Members Mating "Out
Of Meeting"

In decided to propose to the Fhiladel-
phia yearly meeting of Friends (Or-
thodox branch) change In the disci-
pline of the meeting that win make IL
possible for mem bers to marry nom
members without being guilty OF a
breach of the rules, Abingdon Quarter
~ Meeting, at its session in German
town yesterday, probably took the most
radical action adopted by any meet
ing of Frinds in many years.
Probably never since the yearly
meeting was organized, more than 200
years ago, has It been possible for a
member Of the society to marry a per-
son not of the Quaker faith without
being dealt with in som eway by the
meeting Until recent years the Friend
who married "out of meeting was
promptly disowned. More recently,
however. it has been customary for
monthly meeting to compromise in the
matter by simply appointing COM
mittee to visit the Friend breaking
the rule. giving the member the priv
ilege Of remaining in the society II
he so desired.
1t was made plain in the discussion
that the change was desired simply by
way of recognizing the fact that many
Friends are marrying members Of
other sects. It was stated that OF 6s
marriages of members OF the quarterly
meeting in a certain period two thirds
were with members. Those who
spoke on the question made il verv
plain that there was no change what
ever in objection OF Friends to mixed
marriages.
Evening journal., 1909-02-05
GEORGIA'S CAPTAIN
IS ACQUITTED


BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
GIBRALTAR. Feb 5-Captain Ed.
ward F. oualtrough OF the battleship
Georgia, acquitted by courtmartiaI OF
the charge of being drunk at a dinner
given by Minister Gummere in Tangier.
as exclusively announced by the
United Press. was to-day the recipient
OF many congratuiatory messages.
The findings of the courtmartial have
not yet been officially announced. but
Il is known that the trial quickly
reached the verdict after hearing the
captains explanation of his physical
condition On the night in question.
Admiral Sperry. it is expected will ap
prove the verdict before the fleet sails.
The tenor OF most Of the messages
received that while that was to be re.
gretted that the captain had TO under.
20 courtmartial. he was to be con.
eratulated on having such an enviable
naval record in his long naval career
and that the public would heartily ap,
rrove Of his acauittal
Evening journal., 1909-02-05
ASKS PROTECTION
FOR MISSIONARIES

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. 5-The
Rev. S. H. Chester. d. D.. of Nash
Vile, representing the Missionary De.
partment Of the Southern Presbyterian
Church. called upon Secretary Bacon
to-day to request that the State De-
partment. through Consul General w.
W. Handley. at Boema. investigate the
circumstances Of the trial of the
American missionaries, who are
charged with libel by the authorities
of the Congo Free State. in connection
with their reports on the conditions OF
the natives.
The reports OF the missionaries al
legged that the labor law imposed upon
the natives. the Bakuba tribe, has been
reduced 90 a condition of famine. ana
that the men. who are obliged 10 turn
ia certain amounts of rubber or ivory.
each year. have so little time TO devote
to crop raising. that they are unable
to sustain themselves and their fami.
lies. Included in the reports were
r'ctrres of natives In chains. who fail.
ed TO comply with the demands Of the
AOVea anincnt
Evening journal., 1909-02-05
Clubs Seek Peace.

VIENNA. Feb. 5.--A message from
Tabriz says today that the political
clubs which have been managing the
rebellion have asked Ain Ed Dowleh,
the Royalist Commander to send rep
resentatives to Tabriz to negotiate for
peace.
No details are announced. but it is
inferred that the position OF the rebels
is not as strong as their recent posi-
tive announcements have indicated
Seevral recent clashes are said to have
gone against the rebels.