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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
PETITION FOR BANKER MORSE
List Ia Being Circulated in Omaha to
Send to President Taft to Sc
cure a Pardon.

w. d. Jordan of Kansas City arrived in
the city Tuesday on visit to get sigma
lures to petition to President Taft asking
the unconditional pardon of Charles w.
Morse, the banker who is serving a peni-
Tertiary sentence for bank wrecking. Mr..
Jordan announced the movement behind the
petition purposes to get 100000 signers in
the interests Of Morse. Already 100000
names have been secured.
Eighteen thousand slgners were secured
in Kansas City, and according to Mr.. Jor.
dan. 1t is hoped to get an equal number in
Omaha.
Morse came to his downfall through fin
ancial operations with an ice trust, the
Standard OIL company and several banks
which were ruined in the climax His
case was submitted to the supreme court
more than once and was each time decided
against him.
The plea in his behalf AYERS the financiel
did not have an intent to accomplish the
bankrupting ends which transpired.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
EXPERIMENTS
CONDUCTED TN OMAHA
Laboratory for Asphalt Has Been
Located in This City for
SIX Months.


City Engineer Craig has returned from a
meeting in Chicago OF the executive COM
mittee of the officers OF the National AS
ISOLATION for the Standardizing of Paving
Specifications. MIR. Craig Is chairman OF
the committee on asphalt and for the last
six months Omaha has had one of the
laboratories for the experiments OF the ex-
perts in that sort OF material The associa-
ton was formed last February, when a
number OF city engineers and chairmen of
boards of public works got together and
decided that q standard form for each ma
terial should be adopted by common CEN
sent
After a years experimenting is over the
officials will meet again in January and
draw up their regulation specifications for
ali the material used. Since asphalt acts
very differently in different climates the
asphalt specifications will have several
forms, each of which will apply to the
climatic conditions in some part OF the
country.
The chairman Of the creosote COMMITTEES is
George w. Tillson, formerly city engineer
Of Omaha. now city engineer OF New York
City,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
More Boosters
for the King
Citizens from Minnesota Are Thor.
Oughly Impressed with the
Initiation.

B. F. HORNED of the HORNED Packing
company. Austin, Mimi, and H. j. Fair
banks of the same town, are visiting with
friends in Omaha They were taken to the
Den Monday evening and will take back to
Minnesota some particularly favorable re-
ports concerning the king and his court
THE fame of your Ak-Sar-Ben celebra-
ton has permeated to our state before
now" said Mr.. HORNED, but the second
hand account is nothing compared to the
reality. In common with other MInnesotans,
who have been awarded the button of Ak
Sar-Ben, we will consider ourselves boost
ers for the game, and Omaha need not be
surprised II In the future more and more
Gophers take an interest in your great
fall festival Judging by the taste we had
the thing must be fit to rank with the
best in the land"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
Young People
Are to Debate
Contestants in the W. c. I. U. Medal
Contest on the Subject Of
Temperance.

Two young people from Elk City, two
from Benson, one from Omaha and one
from South Omaha will speak in the gold
medal contest, which is part OF the pro-
gram Of the Douglas county convention
Of the Women's Christian Temperance
union to be held Thursday at South Omaha.
All OF the speakers. 1t is required, are win
ners OF silver medals, and. therefore, peers
so far as temperance honors are concerned.
The speakers are Miss May Mcguire and
Chester Grau of Elk City, Misses Mar.
guerite Searson and Merle Longacre OF
Benson. Harold Landeryou of Omaha and
Mabel Ingraham of South Omaha. The
program for the evening includes musical
numbers by Arthur Howe OF South Omaha,
Herman Mansfield of Elk City Miss Mil
dred Kellner of Omaha, Louis Berkeley OF
South Omaha, and a reading by Miss Doro-
thy ChRllis. Mrs. w A. Chsllis is in charge
OF the program which is held in the even
ing
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
Western Cattle
Bring Big Money
at South Omaha
Ranchmen. Get as Much for CRASHED
Stuff as Others Get for
Cornfed.

Jake" stetter Of Valentine, one Of the
heaviest individual shippers Of cattle in
that section, has just disposed of a ship
ment at South Omaha for good. stiff
price. 1T was almost too much" was the
surprising comment OF Mr. Stetter. THE
CRASHED killing cattle brought me really
more than l reckoned on, and some feeders
sold by myself and others brought a fine
price.
1T surprises me to have folks ask me II
pasture hasn't been short up In our part
OF the state, and they seem surprised when
tell them the best prices were on grass
fed cattle. That doesn't look like short
pasture. does it2 The rest OF the state and
country may be prosperous, and hope
they are, but we know that our section
Is getting rich and that everybody is com
Portable and happy. so what more do we
want?"
Nels Allabaugh OF Douglas, wyo., stay
ing at the Her Grand, had practically the
same story to tell II have no cattle In
now" said Mr.. Allabaugh. because 1 have
Just come from st. Louis, but very shortly
the stock yards will begin to receive
punches of grass-fed steers from wyoming
In fact, some are coming in all the time
In greater or less numbers. Lee Moore, one
or the greatest cattle raisers IN our state
win soon be here with a very large ship
ment OF stock He is but one of the men
who are giving evidence of their great
faith In the west by making heavy in
vestments in It's land as fast as he car
get hold OF It. All the old-timers, like
Moore who know the country and have
sensed its possibilities, are the men who
can be relied on to stay and increase theii
holdings because they are convinced nc
better territory Hes outdoors, and no better
market than Omaha can be found any.
where"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
SENATOR BURKETT TO
INTRODUCE ROOSEVELT
o. Invited BY the Local Committee
for BiH Meeting at the
AuditOFium.

Senator Burkett will introduce Theodore
Roosevelt TO the audience at the Audi
torium next Friday afternoon The senior
senator from Nebraska has been invited
by the local committee TO perform this
service and II is understood will accept.
The hour set for the Roosevelt speech IL
Z o'clock. and the doors Of the auditorium
will be open In 'ample time to permit those
who attend to get comfortably settled be-
fore the colonel arrives. There Will be no
reserved seats on the main floor, the only
reservations being on the stage for invited
guests from abroad and few in the boxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
SCHOOL DATE is UNDERSTOOD
students Are Given PIenty of Notice
that New Term begins ON
sixth OF September.

No pupil In the public schools OF Omaha
will have any excuse for not knowing this
year TIA. the opening day is Septemer 6.
In previous years the date for the opening
was never set untll the summer vacation
had begun and the length Of the recess was
uncertain.
A new rule was put into force last spring
which fixed the opening date Of the fall
term automatically. The school year be-
gins on the first Monday in September.
unless that day is the first second or third
day OF the month, when It begins on the
second Monday. The year lasts for thirty
eight weeks exclusive of vacations.
No new schools will be opened this fall
except the new wing OF the high school
building. The Forest school Is now com
pleted
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
BRIEF CITY NEWS
I lave roc; rFint i,

~ lave Root FEiut ~.
sIeetrio FSns-Burgess- efanden 90.
IA. Xour Printing 70 the Timss.
Best Dry Cleaning o. garments. Rwin
city Dye Works. 400 south Fifteenth.
oppsnhsim HairdreSssnE ParIoru move
2;G-i-S-s-240 City Me-, Bank Bldg Sept l..
or. W. y. Sister, Dontist, has offices
at so2-GO3 City National Bank Building'
In the Divorce court--ceiia Karbowski
has brought suit for divorce against vslen-
liine T. kYrDowski. saioonkeeper.
when Xsou Eavs Hidss, wooi or fur.
\ bring them to J. s. Smith q Co. Highest
Ap=ces, honest treatment, 1914 Jones St
Home Loans on lowest terms by Ne.
braska Savings and Loan association.
Prompt service. no commission. repaid
monthly. io6 Board of Trade building.
Short Court Term-on Tuesday, Sep
TENDER Q, district court will open for one
day, after which adjournment will be ta-
ken until the opening of the fall term,
October g.
suit Against the Union Paoifie--PeteI
Chirigotis. administrator of the estate OF
Anastacious ChirigotisN has filed suit
against the Union Pacific railroad com
pany for 10000 He claims Anastacious
was killed by a Union Pacific train ~
Green River, Wyo., on August 8, while EN-
ployed as Waterman.
Injunction Against Gradang-on petit
tion Of Barney Hughes . restraining order
was Issued Tuesday morning, preventing
the city OF South Omaha from grading or
Thirty-sixth between Y and Hamilton
n hughes claims the survey according Il
which the road was constructed was wronS
and that the road Is a part OF his property
Rain Delays Tennis-The rain OF sun
day night soaked the courts 80 thoroughly
that they we're stll to soft on Tuesda,
morning for the youth OF Omaha to begir
the Junior City tournament. Rain is hare
on the enthusiasm d the event, but Wed
nesday morning Il is expected that all vii
DO on hand to begin the playing. Because
of the delay It will be impossible to finisl
eap this week however.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
Shows for the
Kings Highway
An Animal Show is ALI that is Needed
to Make the Long List
Complete.

An animal show is all that is necessary
now to complete the list of major attractions
for Ak-sar-Ben's fall festival. Contracts
have been signed with all the other amuse-
ments necessary. or course. there yet re-
mains the engaging OF large number of
smaller attractions, but the main portion
Of the bill is about complete.
Secretary Penfold OF the board OF gov
ernors is contemplating a trip to St Paul
next week for the purpose Of engaging sew
eral other features. The Minnesota state
fair will open next week, followed by the
fair in Sioux City the week following.
Many of the attractions Of the Minnesota
fair will 60 from there to Sioux City and
will be in q position to take in Omaha with
out serious difficulty.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

John Robinson, once OF Omaha, but now
OF Norfolk. Neb., Is ia the city on business
and also 70 visit friends
Jabex Bronson OF the Gollnslky Jewelry
company has gone to the woods OF Wiseon-
sin for a two months vacation, passing
through ST. Joseph, Kansas City and ST.
e9ls. then 10 his destination, where he will
f9sa and hunt game. 81
Judge 10. 0oss. one OF the pioneer
settlers Of Bellevue and Sarpy county. was
operated upon AZ Clarkson hospital last
evening Tor the removal or cataract OF
the eve. The operation 20 all appearances
was a complete success and great hopes
are enterained that the Judge wiz REGAIN
his sight. stt
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births-Harold Evarts. 80O9 Dewey ave-
nue.. Girl; Emmett McCreary, 1916 Burt
.Eiri; Charles w. Cain, 2s65 Bristol, girl
John curry, Fortieth and Poppleton, boy;
HAIRY r.. Gardner, 22l2 Charles, boy; VIII
liam H. Guild. 21lB Pinkney girl; Claude
0Iandt F1fty-third and Boulevard avenue
girl; Paul Nicholson, 400 Franklin, girl
Charles Van Dusen. az Center. boy; Samue
Adler, S229 Harvey, boy; Corda z. Pittman
sli7 Caldwell. boy; Edward L. Yarton, 100
Mckinley, Benson. boy. IA.
Deaths--IgneKio Randazzo. 8Sl1 Jones, 81
years; Katie Johnson, S22 North Twenty
fourth, South Omaha, "a years; Edgar O.
Roberts, 1896 South Twenty-fifth, Is years,
Marie Sorenson, 1910 South Tenth. "a years,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sohwertley. Modale, la, q
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
CHURCH STARTS WITH NO DEBT
New Building at POnca, Neb., to he
Dedicated Sunday with All
Debts Paid OFF.

Highly elated over an achievement which
is said 10 be one OF the rare ones ever
accomplished by a church. the Presbyterian
church congregation at Ponca, Neb., plans
to dedicate the new church building Sunday.
The little flock Is able to say 1t is starting
out without q single debt
The Rev. j. Is. Cherry. Who was in Omaha
Tuesday, declared there would be no money
taken at the dedication services. Rev. Mr.
Alexander CorlEey OF Wayne is to deliver
the dedlcatoFy sermon.
The officials of the constructing company
complimehted the congregation on paying
for It's church before It was dedicated. an
rnouneing that such a feat was a remark
able exception.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
TO GIVE FARMING LECTURES
Prof. N. w. Campbell, Soil Culture
Expert, is to- Make Addresses in
Nebraska and wyoming.

Prof. H. w. Campbell, the culture ex-
pert, arranged to deliver a series OF lee
lures In western Nebraska and in Wyoming
on the topic Of scientific farming. The
lecture dates are:
Akron. Colo, Sept. 2; Arapahoe. Neb.,
Sept. 8; Benkleman. Neb., Sept. 8; Wray,
Colo. Sept. 10; Holyoke, Colo, Sept. III
Alliance. Nsb., Sept %; Upton, wyo.. Sept
"a; Moorcroft Wyo., Sept. IS; Sheridan
Wyo, Sept. q; Hardin, Wyo., Sept. 20.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31

Dysentery is q dangerous disease. but can
be cured. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy has been successfully
used in nine epidemlcs OF dysentery. 1t has
never been known to fail. 1t is equally val
liable for children and adults, and when re-
duced with water and sweetened. it is pleas
and to take. Sold by all dealers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
SCOTCH HONOR C0UNTRYMAN
visit Orpheum TheRter in a BODY and
VIII Give Banquet at the
Rome.

Scotchmen to the number Of about 200
persons will occupy the seats in the pit
Of the Orpheum theater Wednesday evening
In honor OF the act in which Peter Donald,
a fellow countryman OF theirs, Is 10 appear.
After the show the Scotch party will ad-
5ourn to banquet in the vineyard Of the
Rome hotel, where Mr.. Donald and his
wife are 70 be the guests of honor. Those
who will attend the party will purchase
their tickets before O'Clock In the after
noon.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
HYMENEAL
JOyee-Richards.

Anna Richards OF this city and Mr..
James W. Joyce OF Atlantic, Ia. were
married Monday evening at o'clock at
2ll7 Dodge street. at the residence Of Mrs
Flora Hoffman. A company OF invited
guests was present Mr.. and Mrs. Joyce
win make their home at Atlantic. la. Rev
Charles w. Saudge officiated.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31
chnnra af MIND.

ST. Minneapolis Limited.
The Northwestern Line"
Now leaves Omaha s;SS D. m, instead Of
= p. m. t1
SATURDAYS HIS .. m.)
Earlier Arrival az
The Twin Cities
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31

by Group coughs or colds are instantly re-
lieved and quickly cured with Dr. Kings
New Discovery. SOC and S1.OO For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
SCHEDULE OF THE COMET.
When and Where 1t Can be Seen
to Best Advantage

The comet is still far away but
is family visible with a good opera
glass in the west after sunset and is
rapidly growing brighter. 1t will
probably be visible to the hacked
eye by the middle of April, but it
will then be in the morning sky and
one must look for it in the east about
two hours before sunrise. On May
IA the comet will pass directly be-
tween the earth and the sun and will
be only 13,000,O 900 miles from the
earth. This will be it's closest ap-
preach to the earth and after this
date the comet will move rapidly
away from the earth and sun and
will soon be lost to view. On account
of it's rapid motion it will be seen
in the west again in the evening from
May 20 until the early part Of June,
when it will fade rapidly as it has
tens onward along it's outward path.
For some days before and after
May IS, if the representations of
astronomers are correct, the comet
will be a magnificent object. Its
head is already over 10000 miles
in diameter and it's tail is more than
5000, 900 miles, in length and con
stantly growing. Without doubt the
brilliant tail will extend fully one
third the distance from the horizon
to the zenith during its close ap-
proach to the earth, and the earth
may be enveloped in the tail as it
sweeps past us on the 18th of May,
But as a comets tail is exceedingly
fimsy, being nothing more than tiny
particles of gas or flecks of dust, its
visit to us will cause us no incon-
venience.
On April 4 the comet may be seen
in the morning in the east 1t will
rise at about 5 o'clock.
On April 16 it will rise at 4 a. m.
On April "a it rises at $50 a. m.
On May IA it rises at 3 a. m.
After May 20 it will be seen in
the west after sunset.
On May 20 it sets at 7.45 p. m.
On May 25 it sets at 1890 p. m.
On May 80 it sets at 10 p. m.
After the 1st of June the comet
will be faint and will soon disappear
from sight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
BRIBERY SCANDAL
MONEY USED TO SHAPE INSUR-
ANCE LEGISLATION.
Investigation Shows that German
Companies and National Fire Tn

COMPANIES and National Fire I'm
derwriters Worked Together.
The fire insurance inquiry started
in New York City last week, bids
| fair to assume national Importance.
| The testimony adduced shows that
| foreign companies made their boasts
| that they were spending money free
ly in Albany, N. Y, to assure passage
of the Grady reinsurance bill. Wit
nesses also told that oven $4,000
was expended in the West to secure
the passage of favorable and to block
unfavorable legislation.
The most far reaching piece OF
evidence yet produced was the fact
| that Emmett Rhodes received $lO,-
600 in 1903 to be used in securing
| the repeal Of the stamp tax act, pass.
| ed by Congress during the Spanish
| American war. 1t is declared an
investigation will be asked to show
when and upon whom this cash was
| used.
Concerning the Grady bill passed
| by the New York Legislature, E. H. A.
| Correa, vice president of the Home
Insurance company, told that two
| German reinsurance companies made
open statements to the effect that
they were seeking to dominate things
at Albany. They were the Munich
Reinsurance company and the Prus-
STA Reinsurance company. The Mum
ich company made no bones about
spending its money for the passage
emoq 10 slse4oId eql el!dsep 'MeI
e HIS S! IHq eqL '906I w Ieed9I 81!
lueA9Id o. pue 'tO6L w IIEq eql 10
companies.
The largest cash payment yet men
toned in the inquiry was quoted
by Col. A. Fl. Wray, manager of the
| Commercial Union Assurance COM
pany, limited, of London. Gel. Wray
is a member of the National Board
| Of Fire Underwriters. lie stated that
$4,000 had been paid in the West
90 establish and keep up a system
for controlling Legislation that il
might be favorable to insurance COM
panies.
The National Board of Fire Under
writer's was touched TO- $4,000 in
1903, according to the testimony by
Mr. Correa, a member oi the board
Emmet Rhoades secured this money,
for service rendered in connection
with the repeal of the stamp tax
| The law in question wa passed by
| Congress at the time Of the Spanish
American war, requiring a tax,
among other things, uIon fire n
surance policies. How the money
was used is not known. '
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
Opposed to Progress.

The men who say ''let things
alone, they're good enough for u.s.
stand in the way of progress in the
town in which they live. They want
things to continue in the same old
way that sufficed fifty years ago. We
knew a man who was opposed to the
electric lighting or any other sys-
tenn of lighting the streets of the
town in which he lived, because, so
he said, he could take a stable Ian
tern with him when he wanted to
go down town. That man did not
live in this city, but we have some
here who would pass for his twin
brother.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
RAFT TELLS OF DISASTER.
The Mute Evidence of Loss of Lum-
Der Schooner.

A raft 80 feet long, wave-swept,
and with only a broken mast from
which fluttered a torn fragment of a
sailors shirt, was passed at sea by
the German steamer Scharzfels,
which arrived at Philadelphia from
Calcutta Friday.
The mute evidence of a possible
disaster was encountered by the
ScharZfels March II in latitude 37.44
north, longitude 45.37 west. The
raft had been substantially construct
ed, presumably by the crew of an
abandoned lumber schooner; but the
vessel on which the raft had been
built was nowhere to be seen.
The following day the Schorzfels
passed a brown painted wooden dere-
lict with keel above water. II
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
INSANELY JEALOUS.
Carpenter Tries to Wipe Out His
Whole Family.

Enraged because his wife had gone
to the theatre Friday night with her
brother, taking the children of the
family with her, Alfred Mitchell, a
carpenter, Saturday shot and prob
ably fatally wounded her, seriously
wounded their 1~2-year-old son, and
sevn-year-old daughter then shot
himself in the head dying instantly
at New Orleans, La.
Mitchell lived on the GENTLY
road, several miles from New Or
leans. When he returned home on
Friday night and found that his
brother-in-law, Conrad Falk, had
taken his family to the theatre, he
leoaded a double barreled shotgun
and waited for them. When they re-
turned, he fired two shots at Falk,
who ran down the road and escaped.
After heaping abuse upon his wife
and children he went to bed but was
in a bad humor. When he arose
Saturday morning he commenced a
quarrel with his wife which culmi-
mated in the shooting.
The wounded woman and children
were brought to a hospital in New
Orleans. Mrs. Mitchell received a
load of shot in the abdomen and her
condition is critical. The daughter
is badly wounded in the shoulders
and breast and may not live. The
boy will probably recoer. Mitchell
reloaded the gun after shooting his
wife and children, and placing the
muzzle against his forehead blew off
he top of his head. #
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
BLACK HAND IN KENTUCKY?
Incendiary Fire Causing Hearvy Loss
Credited to Italians.

Fire, supposed to have been OF
incendiary origin, early Friday at
Morgansfleld, KY, destroyed proper,
ty to the value of 100000 in the
business section of that place.
The fire was discovered in the
Green River Department store, which
was destroyed, together with the fol-
lowing buildings: Masonic Temple,
the opera house, the new Baptist
church and parsonage; John Conway
& Co.. vehicles and groceries; the
Bank of Union county, the Nathan
Dyer company, dry goods, and a
number of offices in that building.
The Green River department store
claims to have received several
threatening letters lately from the
black hand. Il
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30

Wanted-To place Imperial Self
heating Flat Iron in every home In
South Carolina. Safe, practical,
inexpensive. Heats itself for 1.2
cent per hour. Regulated to any
desired temperature. Ask for book
let. Agents wanted. J.. c. Will
lis, Sales Agent, McColl, S. c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30

last.-A number Of slightly used $as
High Grade Organs for only $3.50.
These organs appear nearly new and
are warranted to last a long lifetime.
Terms of sale given on application.
Write for catalogue, stating terms de-
sired. This is an opportunity in a
life time to possess a fine organ at
about cost. Answer quick, for such
bargainst do not last long. Address,:
bargains do not last long. Address:
MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Colum.
bia, S. C.-Pianos and Organs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
Give Him q Hand.

"See here, you busy farmer" says
Capt. Chas. Petty, who conducts the
agricultural department of the Spar
tanburg Journal, IF you have a
neighbor that is down with grip and
not able to work, push things at
home and go and give him a day or
two of your best work. 1t will do
him a world of good and be your
eternal gain"