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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Democrats Have
More Influence
Than Ever Before
Bryan Says His Party Has Been
Dominant Force in National
Life for Twelve Years.

COLUMBUS. O., May 1s.-Under the aus
pices of the jefferson club last night, a
banquet nv 1900 men and women was sd-
dressed by william Jennings Bryan. his
subject WAS ''watchmen. What Of the
Night?'
Governor Harmon was present. Mr..
Bryan declared that never in the history
of the world had a political party exercised
a greater influence on national affairs than
had the democratic party during the twelve
years since his first nomination.
I'm defeat he said, "the democratic
party has been the dominant force IN the
nation" The presidency was the greatest
office to which a man could strive, but
he preferred defeat rather than election
at the hands of the forces which supported
Taft"
Referring to the last organization. Mr..
Bryan declared the republican national
committee spent 81, 100000, as against $500.
900 by the democrats, while the local cam
paign funds of the democrats were also
much smaller than those Of their opponents.
In some states, he said, the number of pa
pers f~avoring the republican candidate was
six to one for the democrats. In addition.
he said, all the federal officeholders and
all the trusts and BANKERS were against
him. And yet" said Mr.. Bryan, "a
change of seventy-five votes would have
given us the electoral college"
Eighteen years ago. said the speaker,
the people in general had no conception
Of the possibilities of evil and the great
menace OF private monopoly. Now they are
better educated. Only recently. the coun-
try witnessed the spectacle of a great trust
taking the president by the throat and COM
polling him to acdulese in its absorption
Of its most active competitor"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Jap Inventor
Makes Safe and
Free Alrshlp
Man from Mikado's Realm Prepares
to Startle World with New
Flying Machine.

TOXIC, May 16-without any flourish
of trumpets Japan has made considerable
strides in the matter of airship building,
and while the utmost secrecy is main
tanned, there is reason to believe that an
inventor Of some repute has recently
patented improvements that are calculated
to startle aeroists all over the world. Mr..
Yamada was some time ago entrusted by
the commander in chief with the work of
the investigation of airships for use for
the army. The fact that he had made inn
provements on what he had invented dur
ing the Ruseo-Japanese war leaked out
when the improvements were patented a
few days ago. The latest Improvement has
been patented under the name Of The
safe and free air ship"
Mr.. Yamada has also patented an air
ship destroyer. Experiments. 1t is under
stood, are to be conducted this summer at
a point in the interior some distance from
Rikio and a few prominent people have
been invited TO witness the tests.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Iowa

mercial clubs. supervisors and others the
progressive farmers. member OF COM
work may be successfully accomplished
with hands down. much to the credit Of
the county and especially to the ad-
vantage Of the farmer. who uses the pub
Of individuals.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Iowa
HARLAN OR VAN HOUTEN
State Library Board Has Not Agreed
on Curator Yet.
GOVERNOR TO NAME THE MAN
smaIlness of Cow Culture Glass az
state Agricultural College il
n Surprise to Prof.
Bliss.
lion a staff Correspondent.l

OFrOm a staff Correspondent
DES MONIES. la, May ls.-Cspecial -
Another meeting Of the State Library
board has been held without the selec.
ton Of curator for the historical depart
ment being made. The board will hold
another meeting about June l. 1t is said
that the differences regarding he appoint
ment of curator have finally been disposed
of by leaving the appointment in the hands
Of Governor Carroll Ii is believed he will
soon make the appointment. The place is
said to be COINS to either f. r. Harlan or
George II. Van Houten o. Taylor county.
Cow Culture Class small.
Prof. Bliss of the husbandry department
Of the State Agricultural college at Ames
was disappointed here yesterday when he
came to organize a cow culture class.
But two or three dairymen put in an APP
pearance at the city library. where he was
to hold the meeting. Undaunted. he gave
his message to these men and says he will
return later in the season when the dairy
men are not so busy and interest them in
the new movement for better Iowa cows.
Plans for Balloon Test.
Elaborate plans are being made for the
United States army maneuvers here in
September. at which time there will be a
governmental test Of dirigible balloons and
''AtD ANNfAN NiAeAAA oAs NV NAAAbSNo
will be held from the state fair grounds
where the maneuvers are to be held. The
air ships will compete with the record of
Roy knsbenshue. who when here a few
years ago drove his airship from the fair
grounds a mile east, circled the golden
dome of the state capitol, alighted on the
green before the building, arose. circled
the dome again and returned to his balloon
tent at the fair grounds. This Is probably
the course that will be used for short
distance and control tests of the machine
Insurance school.
The insurance school which has been or
ganized here to educate free Of charge
young men who desire to go into the So
~liciting of insurance is making a success,
II interesting large numbers counts as sue
cess. Saturday over forty-five young men
attended. The school was organized by a
local insurance company, but no mention
is made of any particular company during
the discussion and no restriction is made
to those desiring to hear the lectures.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

Of not sufficient extent to control the situa-
ton in a satisfactory manner There has
been no injury to Americans so far as the
reports show.
The Marietta will stop at Ceiba- Hon
duras. and take aboard Consul Drew Lin
ard at that place, who will proceed to Blue
fields to assist Vice Consul Clancy in his
efforts to obtain full Information touching
the actual damages TO American interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
FOLKS URGES LOCAL CONTROL
New Yorker Holds This to BE Most
Effective in white Plague
Fight,

WASHINGTON, May 16-The National
Association for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis brought its meeting TO a
close today. Homer Folks OF New York
in a paper said that the most effective
work. to control tuberculosis which can be
done by organizations is to follow the ex-
ample of the national association in form
ing local organizations or committees to
take the responsibility OF securing county
and municipal control Of the disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
More Carnegie Money.

CEDAR RAPIRs. Ia, May 1s.-Ground
was broken yesterday on the campus of
Coe college, of this city, for the new sci
ence hall, donated by Andrew Carnegie and
friends Of the college. The entire day was
given over to the ceremonies, a musical
and literary program in the morning and a
Jubilee In the afternoon. Tie structure,
which is to cost SIS, 600. will be three stories
in height and will be similar in appear-
ance to the main building.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Dean Currier Dying.

IOWA CITY, Ia. May 16.-(speeiar Tele-
gram.)-Dean Amos y. Currier, for forty
years a membe of the University Of Iowa
faculty and once acting president. is at the
point of death from pneumonia and attend
ing physicians tonight state ne cannot live.
State High School Inspector Forest c,
Ensign announced today that ne will not
accept the presidency of Buena Vista col
lege at Storm Lake. Ia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

These transfers were reported to The Bee
May Is by the Pottawattsmie County Alb
stract company OF Council Bluffs:
w. s. Cooper and wife to William H..
Williams. lot 10, Ross place in Council
kluItS, W. ........... .S3o
William A. Breninger and wife to First
National bank OF Council Bluffs, lot 3.
block IS, Ferry add. to Council Bluffs,
W. d. ..!..!..! 80
--
Total .$Ii5
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

II you want to feel wei. look we'll and
be well. take Foley's Kidney Remedy. 1t
tones up the kidneys and bladder, purifies
the blood and restores health and strength
Pleasant to AXE and contains no harmful
drugs. Why not today7 For sale
by all druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
TEN DOLLARS AND BABES BODY
Contents of Suitcase Found in
WOmen's waiting Room in
New York.

JAMESTOWN. n. w, May ls.-A suit
case which was left in the women's waiting
room at the Erie station here a week or
more ago, and which had remained without
a claimant, was opened today by the sta
tionmaster and found to contain the partly
decomposed remains OF a 3 or 4 days old
baby. The body was well dressed and a
80 bill was pinned TO the clothing.
Kemper, Hemphill & Buckingham.
All Kinds OF Plating.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
weeds ana Graz. Growing Fast.

We rave the hardware to keep them
down. Lawn mowers. s2.19 to S13: grass
catcher, &C: Climax lawn weeder, sec; dan
delion spud. 15c; etc. Also ovens, Soc to 81:
gasoline stoves. 50 To s12; oil stoves, IS to
sl5; steel hoe. 19c; garden rake. 19c to 75c;
steel spading fork, .59ci steel spades, So;
hammocks, Sl.25 to s.; garden hose. foot,
&c; hose reel, 79c; adjustable window
screens, 2ec; screen doors. 7sc; pumps, all
kinds. UP fpom usO; step ladders. z9c to 50;
the one-minute wash machine. SO Qet us
send you one On triaD. We will save you
money on groceries, meats, feed. hardware.
Observation-Disclosures and pumps. J. Zoller
Mercantile CO., 1OO-1O2-1O4-lO6 Broadway.
Phones 800.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
sunday Not COMING.

Billy Sunday, the base ball evangelist
whose sensational methods of conducting
revival meetings have given him much
notoriety, viii not be invited to come to
Council Bluffs, as had been contemplated
by the pastors OF several of the churches.
Sunday, according to Rev. James VI. VIII
iams. pastor of Broadway Methodist
church, absolutely will not consider a call
when the local pastors are not unanimous.
The Council Bluffs, pastors, it has de-
veloped, were not unanimous about inviting
Sunday to come here.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Council Bluffs
WIRE FENCE SAVED SlUPFEL
President Of Auditorium Company
Had Close Call for Life.
STORM WATER UPsETs HIS WAGON
Lond Of supplies wss Lost in the
Torrent Friday NiEht-sunday
IL Not to he Brought
90 the City.

i.asCne Stupfel, a prominent farmer and
pr-si.tnt Of the Council Bluffs Auditorium
company. had an exciting time OF 1t while
driving to his home, a few miles east OF
the city, during the heavy storm Friday
night. He had just crossed the bridge over
Mosquito creek when the roadway was
transformed into a veritable torrent, the
water raging over two feet deep. A big
log carried along by the force of the water
struck the wagon and the next thing Mr..
Stupfel knew ne was f~loundering about in
the torrent. while his wagon was upside
down and the horses were struggling 10
keep their feet. a wire fence saved Mir.
Stupfel from being washed into the creek,
and the team, after some trouble. succeeded
In reaching dry land. The wagon load
of supplies which Mr.. Stupfel was taking
home was lost in the flood.
Pony creek was reported to have gone
over It's banks about five miles southwest
of the city and a considerable area Of
land lately planted with corn was said to
be under water.
The heavy rain did not do much damage
in the city. Some Of the hill streets were
more or less badly washed and several cul-
verts we're reported washed out. For a
while II looked as II Easements in the vi
cinity Of First street would be flooded
! from the water which poured I'm a perfect
torrent down First street, but the storm
sewers did good work. Indian creek be-
haved Itself and at no time was there any
danger Of its pverflowing it's banks.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Transit sad Levels Repaired

The Wurn Optical Co. nave added to
their lens grinding shop the services Of
a man who is an expert on repairing ana
adjusting all kinds OF surveyors. engin-
GERS and field Instruments. We would
like a trial 81 your repair work
Right on the : W. Corner leth and
FaTnam Sta Tel poug ass3.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

Your complexion as well
as your temper is rendered
miserable by a disordered
liver. By taking Chamber
Iain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets you can improve
both. They cleanse and in
vigorate the stomach and
improve the digestion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
~DisRracefuI Conduct

of liver and bowels. in refusing to act, Is
quickly remedied with Dr.. Kings New
Life Pills. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug
Co,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention

h Council Bluffs office Of the
Omaha BEE II ct IS Scott Street.
Both Phones -.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
The w leather.
emperature at omaha yesterday.
; Local Record.

OFFICE OF WEATHER BUREAU,
yoMAHA, May 16.-official record OF tenn
literature and precipitation, compared with
The corresponding day Of the last three
years: lS9. lSH. 1871. lSJo.
Maximum temperature. .. % s. IS y
Minimum temperature o %
Mean temperature ........ 81 20 50 y
Precipitation ..re.......'' 10 -" 10 y"
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March !,
and compared with the last two years:
NoruaI temperature e
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
real E.tnte Tr.n.fer.,

Dr. w. W. MagarelI, optometrist, moved
to 2Os-2Os City National bank building.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

Bee Want Ads stimulate trade moves.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

Kemper. Hemphill & Buckingham.
All Kinds OF Plating.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

Coupon or Registered interchangeable Bonds. =
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17

Authorized 'So'oOo'Ooo
Outstanding (now Offered) ...,.....,,.,... 100000
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Letter from Georgia.

Hahira, Ca, June Isl saw in
your issue of the oath where you had
received your first cotton bloom. l
wish I had thought of it earlier, tor
I could have sent you one on the 3Oth
of May.
Our crops are fine. All of our cot
ton will average three feet high, and
corn is fine. 1 think I will get hfty
bushels of corn to the acre.
love to read your paper, as was
raised in your county. 1t brings
some things back to my memory, but
u have been in Georgia for num-
Der of years, so l call this State
home. / think Southwest Georgia is
the best place I ever saw. We have
been very dry for long time, but
now we are having plenty of rain.
Our town is growing all Ghe time.
w. D. MCMILLAN.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
WHAT IN HELLA MAKA DE ICHA
Italian Laborers Routed by Red Bugs
Near Savannah.

Having their first interview with
red bugs, and ignorant as to the
habits of the miserable little insect,
some 40 or so Italian laborers from
New York, constructing a saWmilf
near Mcintosh, declared they were
infected with a new plague.
The sawmill is being constructed
by Buffalo firm. The Italians were
sent to cut down timber and while
they were doing so the little bug got
in it's work. AS soon as the Italians
saw themselves breaking out IN
bum ps they held a council OF war
and a strike was imminent, the 1tal-,
ians believing they had been brought.
to country to suffer from new ana
much dreaded plague. ~
With much arm shaking and vocif-
erous outbursts of pigeon English
and real Italian, the laborers de-
manded of their employer, "Whata
in de hella it was that itcha and itcha
and then maka da sore." A seasoned
woodsman, with burst of laughter.
said red bugs and explained how fat
meat was good for them. Every moth
er's son among the dago colony made
a rush for his tent and after much
use of grease routed the red bugs.
Peace reigns at the camp noW.-Sa-
vannah Morning News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
Snake Feasts on Fine Laces.

Greenwood, June 2S.-Here is a
snake story to match that tale of. the
cooter sent out from here last week.
MIR. w. J. Wells, OF this place,
vouches for the snake story, the de-
tails of which are furnished by Mr..
Pope Riddlehuber. Mrs. Walter Rid
dlehuber, who lives about four miles
east of town, had occasion to open a
drawer which had not been opened
for some time. To her surprise and
astonishment she found highland
moccasin of tremendous size coiled
up in the drawer.
How long the snake had been In
there is not known. He was there
and had been there some time. 1t
seems that he could not get out and
being attacked by the pangs of hum
ger he proceeded to devour what was
around him in the way OF laces and
ribbons and had laid away consider
able amount Of such things. In fact,
Mr.. w. J. Wells, who happened along
about that time, helped kill the snake
and saw that about four yards of lace
was removed from his snakeship's.
mouth. .
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
Tillman Votes for Free Wood.

Washington, June 26.-The lum-
Der question came up in the senate
again to-day, and Senator Tillman
got the opportunity to vote for free
lumber amendment which made no
exceptions whatever. Senator JEFF
Davis, of Arkansas, offered the
amendment and Senator Tillman
voted for it. Scarcely any interest
was taken in it, Senator Davis hav-
ing hard time getting the required
one-ffth of those present to ask for a
roll call.
The senate seems to consider that
the fight and the vote on the question
of free lumber was settled when the
McCumber. amendment was acted on.
Outside of Tillman's vote there was
no change in the vote of any senators
present from the way they voted be-
fore on the McCumber amendment,
which left certain hard woods with a
duty of so cents thousand.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
Negro Wounds PursuerS.

Adrian, Ca, June 29.-Fighting in
swamp with a cheap, small calibre
pistol, Robert jenkins, a negro &C
cused of murder, to-day held at bay a
sheriff's posse until he had wounded
two of them and then exclaiming,
Lord, have mercy on my soul!" he
dropped dead, riddled with rifle and
pistol balls.
jenkins last week shot and killed
George Howarth, farmer, and fatal
ly wounded Mrs. Howarth. He was
tracked to the swamp early to-day.
The wounded possemen were not Sc
riously hurt.
They are W. S. Clements, who was
shot in the foot, and Y. L. Hall, who
was struck in the thigh by pistol
ball. Both live at Adrian. Practical
ly every man in the posse sent lead
into Jenkins body. Mrs. HoWarth,
though her case is almost hopeless,
has surprised the attending physl-
clans by her vitality. 1t is stated
that jenkins was found as the result
of his efforts to obtain food from the
home of a negro who refused to aid
him and sounded the alarm as soon
as Jenkins left the house. The wife
of Jenkins is in the Jail here and con-
siderable excitement has been caused
by the assertion that she planned a
double murder and ordered her hus-
band to shoot Mrs. Howarth first. -
The negros first shot dropped Mrs.
HOwarth.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
William Rudd Killed.

Greenwood, June William G..
Rudd, a travelling salesman for the
Company, was killed
to-day in an automobile, which was
struck by the Seaboard vestibuled
train at Salak, four miles west OF
here. One of the eyewitnesses, Mrs.
Malone, saw Mr.. Rudd stop the auto
mobile as he saw the train on the
crossing. He jumped out, but on the
wrong side, in front of the moving
train, which first struck the automo-
bile and threw the automobile on
Rudd. He was picked up and carried
to Abbeville, but died on the way. He
was brought back on the next train.
He leaves a widow, who was Miss
Sarah Cothran, of prominent fam
lily by that name. No children sur
vive him. He was fine young man
and we'll thought of in this COM
munity
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
A. L. Royster Drowned.

~ Columbia, S. c., June 2S.-Arthur
L. Royster, chief clerk to Superin-
tendent H. A. Williams, of the Co.
slumbia division of the Southern rail-
way, and one Of the most popular
young men of Columbia, as we'll as
one of the most capable and prom
Using young railroad men OF the
State, met death by drowning, while
out swimming and bathing in the
Columbia canal this morning at 10
O'Clock.
The drowning occurred about one
mile up the canal from this city.
With Mr.. Royster were several of his
friends. They were using small row.
boats. They had left boat on the
eastern bank of the canal, tied in the
underbrush, and Mr.. Royster, who
was an excellent swimmer, was
swimming to it to bring it to the
Congaree side, leaving his friends on
the western bank o. the Congare7.
When within few strokes OF the
boat, his companions saw Royster go
down, then rise and cry out and sink
again. At first they thought that he
was pranking them, until he went
down the last time. A search was
immediately commenced for the
body, and doctors were rushed to the
scene in automobiles. The canal is
being dragged with nets and at late
hour to-day the body had not yet
been recovered.
Mr.. Royster was a native of Ok
ford, n. e., and came here about
four years ago, with Mr.. Williams, as
his private secretary. He after
wards became chief clerk.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
lin THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

The second regiment of State mill
tia is in camp this week at Ridge
wood park, near Columbia, and the
encampment will last ten days.
The Confederate veterans had a
great time at the State reunion in
Chester last week. Spartanburg
was selected as the place of meeting
for next year.
Branchville has organized mill
tary company, to be known as the
Branchville Guards, and Mr.. E. c..
Hunter, formerly of Bamberg, has
been elected captain.
Anderson county led the State In
the matter of cotton production. The
number of bales raised in that coun-
ty, last year, according to the gov
ernment report, was 65,182.
The South Carolina Dental Associ-
alton is holding its annual meeting at
Glenn Springs this week. Among
the applicants for license to practice
dentistry, who appeared before the
examining board, weresthree negroes.
Col. John C. Haskell, of Columbia,
SUFFERED q SLIOkS VI dpOpASAy -AcsoS
week, and died last Saturday. Col.
Haskell made gallant Confederate
soldier, and was for many years prom
inent in the politics of the State, be-
ing the leader Of the house of repre-
sentatives while he was member.
The State Epworth League, which
met in St. George last week, decided
to meet in Newberry next year. w.
M. Howard, of Spartanburg, succeeds
Mr.. N. M. Salley as president. Mr.
W. D. Roberts, who formerly taught
in the Carlisle Fitting School IN
Bamberg, was elected third vice
president. s&
There was a collision in Columbia
last Saturday night between a trot-
ley car and a freight train of the At
lantic Coast Line. The accident hap
pened at crossing. The motorman
and a white man named Sam Drawdy
were seriously hurt, while several
passengers sustained, minor injuries.
All the wounded are doing well, and
no fatalities will result.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-01
MIR. Samuel Byrd Dead.

. Branchville, June 2S.-Mr. Sam
.uel Byrd, one of the Oldest citizens
of this community, died this after
noon after lingering illness, in his
73rd year. He was gallant Con-
federate soldier, and served through
the entire war. He had accumulated
considerable property. He left no
children, but many relatives and
friends. He was consistent mem
Der of the Methodist church and he
was a man of Christian character.
During his life he held many public
Offices in the county and was town.
ship commissioner at the time of his
death. He will be buried tomorrow
afternoon at the Byrd cemetery.