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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17

nearby town, with It sailing in the air at
the end of a tether tied on the steering
post Of the automobile
we had no idea what the thing was. +"
said Mr.. Harmed. who came to Omaha
Monday, Looked like It might be a mes
sage from Mars or a chantecler hat from
where We saw 1t saillhs over the town
We got into my machine and started after
II when II first came in sight
THE instruments an- machinery in that
little basket were still going some when
we got hold Of IT, We stopped H. Afraid
the blamed thing might blow up"
The balloon captured near Anderson Ia
Is the second to have been heard from on
that side OF the Missouri river. one sent
up at Fort Omaha a few days before was
found near Shenandoah. The baIloo,
which hr Harmed found came to earth ar
1880 o'clock, two hours and a half after
the ascension at Fort Omaha, a distance ~
fifty miles away. The speed az which tho
balloon Travelled indicates that 1t reached
height Of several miles into the prevailing
west to east wind Of the third or upper
strata Of the atmosphere. The balloon was
shipped to Mount Weather, Va, according
to the directions it carried.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17

between the two houses having the same
number, which might at some future time
be availed for an intervening house In
which case another controversy would arisa
over the number question. They ARGUED
that II any change should be made. the
Whittakers' home should be numbered s9q
and all the residences east OF It. necessar-
lily should be remembered in sequence with
higher numerals. The Whitaker homo no.
cupies groung covering sixty-slx feet front
ago and, therefore by law is entitled n
assume number for each twenty-five feet
of frontage.
Miss Mccartney explained she was not
officially retained as counsel for the de-
PENDANTS, but was acting as a friend she
has figured prominently in Omaha as for
mer principal OF a public school the sec
rotary OF an educational institute ana "a
a leader in the local woman's suffrage
movement and charity work At one time
she WAS candidate for office in the CITY
educational department.
Miss Mccartney's activity in police co,.rt
Is the first case of a woman IN the role os
attorney in that court.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
BOOSTERS INVADE DAKOTA
Omaha Trade Excursionists Get Wei
come Everywhere.
AT YANKToN AND SIOUX CITY
Gate City Bells Ring Out Every
where--SIOux CityRns Unite to
Boom Missouri River
Markets.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, May 16.-(Special Tele-
gram)-Met at Lestervlle $. D., this
afternoon by Judge f. T. White mayor
of Yankton. elected on the commission
plan for five years, the omaha trade
boosters were escorted into the city famous
for it's cement, and taken uptown in auto
mobiles decorated with flags. Everywhere
flags were flying and badges of the Yank-
ton Commercial club babe the visitors well
come.
ssA. w. .gefferies for the omahans and
Judge White spoke from stand in the
main street. The reception at Yankton Is
typical of What the visitors are receiving
everywhere I'M South Dakota, where NEW
friends are being made for the market
and South Dakota's astonishing resources
are revealed to the Omahaus. All day
they have passed through an artesian belt,
between lakes of water full of fish and
by fields promising good crops well
as corncribs still full of 5O-cent grain.
AT Vermilion the University of South
Dakota welcomed the visitors. Elk Point,
one of the Oldest towns in the state, had
another ovation waiting.
While Sioux City is no mean city. II
was ringing in three minutes with Omaha
bells after the party arrived at 1850 this
evening, and marched to the Commercial
club rooms for an informal reception by
the SIOUX City Commercial club. The
friendliness of the two cities is said 70
demonstrate beyond a doubt the CO. opera
ton going on between them for NILSSON
river market supremacy.
Speaking at Tyndall Monday afternoon,
the crowd yelled for more from Jeffe is
when the whistles blew, and the train got
behind for a few minutes for the first
time.
Today's Route.
This IL the route of the trade excursion
for Tuesday, May 16, the party travelling
over the Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
and spending the evening in Scotland,
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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Woman Defends Old House
Number Before Police Bar

With a volume Of the city ordinances
and certain maps and other documents,
Miss Elizabeth f. Mccartney presented the
odd spectacle OF a woman attorney in police
court in defense of Or. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Whitaker, who live in a residence on
Pine street, the number of which has been
a mooted question for some time. They
were charged with refusing 10 replace the
number IL bears. which was admitted as
incorrect for one the city engineer had
designated.
Evidence in the hearing developed the
fact that tho Whitaker residence stands on
a lot which might with equal verify be
numbered s2s s25, SGT or S2s. Judge Crawford
IN the end dismissed the charge
II can't fine a person for refusing to use
house number. which may prove TO be
an improper one" he said
Deputies from the engineers office tes-
titled that tho number used by the Whit
takers now. s2i, legally belonged to the
house Immediately west OF il.
Miss Mccartney and the defendants con-
tended that there was an unoccupied space
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Halley's Comet
Changes Its Form
It's Nucleus is in Shape of Pointed
Crescent and Tail is Much
Longer.

GENEVA, n. Y, May 16-Excelent oh-
servations of Halley's comet were taken
this morning by Prof. William r. Brooks,
director of Smith observatory, who reported
the comets tail stretching out in a broad
band across the heavens to a length of
more than IS degrees. The nucleus, Prof.
Brooks said, was very bright. being easily
visible with the naked eye long after all
the stars except Venus had disappeared.
DR.. Brooks said that the comet viewed
through the telescope, showed the same re-
markable changes in form that were noted
three days ago. Its shape this morning
was that of a pointed crescent, with the
nucleus on the extreme front and much
larger than noted at any previous obseIva
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Kentucky Liquor
Law is Valid
Supreme Court of United States Up
holds the State License
Tax Statute.

WASHINGTON, May l6.-The statute of
Kentucky passed March co. 1908, levying a
license tax on liquors was declared to be
constitutional today by the supreme court
of the United States. The court also held
the law applicable to double stamped
spirits"
Holding that the federal courts have
Jurisdiction over perjury committed in
naturalization proceedings in state courts,
the United States supreme court affirmed
the judgment of the federal courts in Cali
fornia, which sentenced Gustave Hollmbren
to pay fine and to Imprisonment for
three years on a charge of perjury.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Oil and Tobacco
Cases Will Be
Reargued in Fall
Supreme Court Sets November IA as
Date for Rehearing-MOrse
Application Denied.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE supreme
court of the United States today fixed
November IA as the date for the rehearing
of the tobacco and Standard Oil cases.
Charles w. Morse was today denied the
filing Of an application for writ of habeas
corpus by the supreme court of the United
States.
The supreme court of the United States
today failed to announce a decision in the
corporation taY, cases.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
PRISON FOR OHIO BANKER
L. G. walker, President of Defunct
Cleveland Concern, Given
Five Yenrs.

CLEVELAND, o., May 16.--U. G. Walker.
former president of the defunct South
Cleveland Banking company, was sentenced
to five years in the Ohio state penitentl-
airy today. Walker was found guilty of
perjury for making false statements TO the
state bank examiner The financial con-
dition of the bank, which failed for more
than S.Oo0,OOo, was discovered after the fall
ure of the Werner company, an Akron
printing concern, which had borrowed
heavily from the bank. Walker will appeal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Finds it Hard
to Marry Often
Iowa Man, Divorced, Tries Two States
in Effort to Get License for
Next Match.

Isaac L, Kirby OF Spencer, Ia, got rid
Of his first wife a month ago, or else, she
got rid of him. Anyhow. the two were di-
vorced.
Mr.. Kirby desired to wed Miss Nellie IL.
Goddard, and finding the Iowa law hostile
to 80 prompt remarrlage, he came to
Omaha. Monday, he discovered on apply
ing for a marrige license, that the Ne
braska statute also helps 10 make the
course OF true love rugged. when true love
Is running its second race.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Nebraska Grain
Elevator Act Void
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in
Case Against Missouri
Pacific.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-The supreme
court today refused a rehearing of the 'ele-
vator case" of the state of Nebraska
agains 1.-THE Missouri Pacific Railway COM
pany. The court recently held that the grain
elevator law Of that state as originally
enacted was unconstitutional because, in
requiring the railroads OF the state to build
switches to elevators along their right Of
way, it took private property without COM
pensaton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Light Rains Check
the Forest Fires
Towns of Walker and Bemidi,
Mimi, and State. Hospital Are
No Longer in Danger.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, May IA telephone
message from Walker, MINI, today con-
veyed the information that The forest fires
which threatened that town and the State
tuberculosis hospital near there had been
checked by a light rain and that the dan
ger was temporarily passed. The same re-
ports came from Benidjl.
1t is cloudy there and the prospects for n
heavy fall of rain were promising.
Light rain appear to have been general
in northern Minnesota during the night.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
ConviCtS Killed
;. Trying Escape
Thirty-Four Inmates of Alabama
Prison Dead Through Fire Set
to Burn Stockade.

cENTERVlLLE, Ala, May l6-A long
distance telephone message says that
Girty-four convcts were burned to deatr
aud another was shot and killed while try
ing 20 escape from a stockade at Lucille
today. The stockade was set on fire bv
q convict aud wild dash for liberty Is
thouEht@o have been planned
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
Raise for Lake
Shore Trainmen
and Conductors
Arbitrator Award Them Same Rate
of Increase Granted Men on
Baltimore & Ohio.

NEW YORK, May 16.--The trainmen and
conductors OF the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad and Michigan Central
have been granted wage Increases Identical
with the Baltimore & Ohio awarded by the
arbitrators, p. II. Morrissey and T. E.
Clark The announcement was made by
a. b. Garretson, president Of the Railway
Conductors, today.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17

All Scramble for the Bells.
GEDDES, 5. D., May 16-(Special Tele-
the brightest OF skies, the
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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
s.. Joseph Churcher pe.ecrnted.

81. Joseph Churches Desecrated.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, May 16I-Vandals or
thieves have been doing considerable dam
age TO Roman Catholic churches here
within the last week, and last night ST
Joseph's cathedral was entered The mite
box for the poor was smashed and the CON
tents taken. At the church OF the Immacu-
late Conception a costly art window was
destroyed
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
DEGOS ARE UP IN The AIR
On Anxious Seat as to What Mr..
Bryan Will Say,
PEEvISHNEss Is VERY APPARENT
Both Jacks and Jims Are Keeping
Quiet AS 20 Ihe Situation
Smaller Hall Used. for mr..
Bryan's visit.

Peevishness is very apparent among most
of the local democrats leaders touching the
meeting to be held tuesday evening at
Washington hail, VIII h Mr.. Bryan is to
address on the existing. political situation in
Nebraska.
From Mayor Dahln-n and Boss Flynn
clean down the line ..he oId-time Bryan
boosters and cronies are keeping the soft
pedal on the consultations they hold and
the expressions they give voice to.
The turbulent Jat u 1taAs. with rare ex-
ceptions, are keeping 9nst as quiet the
Dahlman men. SOME of7the Jacks are I'm
derstood to be quietly urging the Bryan
program as the correct one for the party,
but their influence along this line in Doug
las county is not expected to upset any
preconceved notions of the democratic
rank and file-and these preconceived and
unaltered notions are soidly opposed, APP
parently, to the Bryan idea of committing
the state organization to second place, be-
hind the strident prohibitionists.
Some of the Jims are taking solace from
the fact that Bryans new managers in
Omaha did not dare to risk opening the
Auditorium for the Tuesday nights gather
ing. Time was when no other gathering
place would have been considered capacious
address, There was chill feeling abroad,
though, that gave the meeting managers
pause about hiring the Auditorium. A
small crowd will fill Washington hall so
there will not be a very noticeable vacuum.
whereas the larger building shows vacancy
to a freezing degree IL it is not pretty well
jammed
Who VIII Meet BTynn.
Considerable curiosity is now aroused as
to the personnel of the party that will
meet Mr. Bryan and entertain or consult
with him after he has sung his peace song
to the Tuesday morning function at the
Auditorium. Mayor Dalhman will very
likely call on him during the day. or the
Lincoln prophet may find it convenient to
call on the mayor, Beyond an exchange
of personal courtesies, 1t is a cinch the
public will not witness the real talk to be
exchanged by the mayor and the demo-
cratic control. Mayor Dahlman has made
himself understood on the liquor question
so plainly that there seems nothing more
to be said, and the line of cleavage be-
| tween the two on this subject is so clearly
defined no bridge will cover it,
There are certain contingencies pending
that the two can very wisely discuss, aside
from the liquor question. Governor Shall
lenberger and Mr.. Bryan have never been
warm in the mutual admiration line, while
the exact contrary is true of the spiritual
control" man and the mayor Then, who
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onductors and w G. Lee,
he Brotherhood of Railway
e the following statement:
of the arbitrator in the
: d Michigan Southern and
cases gives the same rates
1e Baltimore & Ohio, thus
= on those two properties
- lines on which settle
been made, the terms
| the same as the New
r put the deferred pay
lis, enc New York harbor rate
. proVlnce of Ontarin ON the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17

1t establis, enc New York harbor rate |
across the province of ontario on the
Michigan Central from Detroit to Buffalo" !
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
WEATHER FORECAST

For Nebraska Fair.
For lowa--Rain and colder.
For weather report see page ..
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17

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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17

Judge Latshaw thanked each OF the
jurors individually and then they hurried
home. And they were glad to go, for It s
just five weeks ago today that the trial
started.
An hour after the verdict was reached.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-17
The OMAHA BEE

goes 10 the homes--is read by the
women-sclls goods for advertisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
WITH CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE
List OF Players Retained for the 1910
Season.

All of the managers in the Central
Kansas league filed reserve lists of
players with the national commission
last fall. Manhattan and Salina made
the largest reservations, Abilene and
Clay Center the smallest. Following
is list of the players retained for
the 1910 season:
Junction City,. Armstrong, John
Galheinee, G.. H. Jepson, John Doher-
ty. Thos. Campbell, Hugh Mckenzie,
Scott Hunt. Thos. Dugan, j. F. VIVA
len, H. d. O'Neil. e. p. Masters. Joe
Van and c. M. Gill.
Be1oit-A M. Albright. c. L john
son, T. e. Cox. F. D. Mead. C. w.
Howell, G. c. Gundlach, George N.
Gibbs.
Salina-Clarence Swift. Claude Hem
dirk. Carl Lien. Arthur Fury. E. c.
Quigley, Lot Leonard. John Mise. F.
Green, Mr.. Kemp, Fred Hutchinson,
Al Strong, Sam Kreps, Terrell Pulliam,
p. J: Williford. Earl o. Toole. Geo.
Scan1on, Means. suspended5 Wieman,
suspended.
Abilene-R. F. Wilson. Gilbert Brit
Bechtold, H. E. BARLEY. r. L. Monroe,
L. E. Ehrgott, Ora Williams.
Ellsworth-Fred J. Parm, Dee Poin-
dexter, A. L. Fulwider. Elmer Brooks,
Carl White. Frank Delberts. Carl
Lewis, Herbert Sommers. Geo. SeigIe,
J. r. Mckee. J. K. Armstrong. c. c.
Earthman, Lewis Woods, Winger sus-
pended.
Clay Center-R. E. Al1ingham, Glen
Brooks. Paul Stokesberry, Ray john
son. Harley Grubbs, Arthur Day, Will
bur Strong, Geo. Davis. r. L. Parks,
Ward Clemmons
Minneapolis-Chas. Harris, H. H.
Harlan, B. F. Young. L. c. ThraiIkill,
w. Lewis. Robt. Gibson, Mack Os-
borne. George Bear, Stewart Jennings.
J. Garrison. H. Austeuhaven Phil
Gault
Manhattan-Earle E. Bryant, Fred
Haag. Virgil Moss, Ernest Wilson.
Charles Feagin, Mart Barnes Perry
Myers, Roy Parker suspended, Oscar
j. Coe. Joe Oswalt. Frank Coe Dean
| Burton. Mark Shul1. ]. B. Stewart.
Joe Bond suspended, Percy LaRock
suspended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
Fighting Dick Receives Many
Offers for Matches.
VIII Meet Phil Brock at Mem
phis Next Week.
NEW ORLEANS is NEXT
Given Opportunity of Meeting
Redmond Hayes Winner.
Battling Nelson to Fight Eddie
Lang Tonight.

Kansas City, Jan. 22.--Before leaving
this city last night for Memphis, where
he will fight Phil Brock next Friday
might before Tommy Ryan's club.
Fighting Dick Hyland, through his
manager. Billy Mccartney. practically
agreed to meet the winner of the
Hayes Redmond bout In New Orleans
February 5.
Mccartney received a telegram from
the matchmaker of the Royal Athletic
club of New Orleans, offering him a
guaranteed sum and a privilege of per
cent for ten-round bout with Red
unond or Hayes. Mccartney said he
would probably accept. unless he
cinches some eastern engagement for
February 8. The Royal club in New
Orleans is the one which gives ten
round bouts. AS Redmond is expect
ed to be the winner. Hyland would be
fighting a good boy if he accepts this
date. Redmond is a conner, and Hayes
will also put up q grand battle for ten
rounds.
Mccartney has had several offers for
his fighter in Pittsburg. Boston, and
philadelphia The game is not very
wide awake In Philadelphia right now,
but very good in Boston. where Matty
Baldwin is the chief attraction. Hyland
is offered the winner Of the Moran
Baldwin fight the first part of February.
and If Mccartney thinks that bout Will
draw better than the one In New or
leans, he may accept it in preference
to the others. In Pittsburg he is want
ed to fight several good eastern light
weights and may accept date there
about the middle of February. Hyland
is as popular lightweight as there is
in the country despite his recent de-
feat at the hands of Thompson, and
McCarney Is finding no trouble in keep
ing him busy.
Hyland has been training in this city
for three weeks and is in excellent
shape Tor the Brock engagement. He
should win from Brock in the ten
round battle. He will train a week in
Memphis before the fight.
Hyland, Mccartney and Cas- Welsh
left last night for Memphis. They will
witness the Battling Nelson-Eddie Lang
battle tonight. This should be an easy
one for the Durable Dane, as Lang is
by no means in the championship class,
although a good boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
Fifteen KILLED.
Premature Explosion of Nitroglycerine
in Tunnel.

Fishkill Landing, N. Y, Jan. 22.-F'if-
teen men. three of them Americans.
have been killed by premature ex-
plosion Of nytroglycerine in tunnel
which is to form q. part Of the great
aqueduct which will carry water from
the Ashokan dam in the Catskills TO
New York city Five were terribly
mutilated, but were so near the mouth
of the tunnel that they were rescued
alive. The other fifteen were found be-
meath a mass of rocks and debris, lit
orally hammered by the force Of the
explosion into bleeding mass Of heads,
limbs and torsos.
1t is believed that one of the work
men, carrying torch, tipped and fell,
igniting fuse and setting off a series
Of charges of nitroglycerine.
The squad of twenty men who were
involved in the accident. having drilled
holes and placed the explosive, were
leaving the excavation when the explo-
sion occurred. A hundred laborers
rushed to the tunnels mouth, and af-
ter dragging forth the injured set 70
work clearing away the rock and earth
to get at the dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
1sBELn SIGNS A NEW PITCHER
Addition Is Heinie X. Elder of Mar
shall, Mimi.

Wichita. Kan, Jan. 22.-Another adj
dition was made to the 1910 pitching
staff of the Wichita ball club TINS
morning. when Frank Isbel signed
Heinie K. Elder of Marshall. Mimi. Ell
der was recommended to Isbell by L. X
Davis, who was an old schoomate Oh
"Issy'' many years ago.
If size and weight count for anyth1ng
Elder should be a valuable addition 20
the local club. He weighs 21O pounds
and is so elongated that he looks rs
If he might have slipped from a ouno!e
of Iaths To be exact. his he1gnt is
six feet and two inches. He is a right
handler with good speed and control
With the visible material beginning TO
line up rapidly for the opening of the
season. and a promise of good weather
shortly to make possible the extensive
improvements he Is planning TO make
on the diamond. Manager Isbell Is
putting In all his spare time at pres
ent trying to locate another lnneloer,
preferably a shortstop, Of big league
caliber. Although he has not as yet
any particular man in sight, he has
several in mind, any one of which
would prove most acceptable add1-
ton to the Jobbers this season, and
Mr. Isbell feels confident of landing
one of these before the time to report
rolls around.
Pat Bohannon, combination finger
and utility man of last years Denver
team. has visions of added figures on
his pay check this season and has con-
veyed a fragment Of his dream to Man
ager Isbeu. Just what effect such a
dream will have is not definitely known
as yet, but it might be safe to guess
that Mr. Isbell can find time to walt a
little for Mr. Bohannon to wake up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22

souri, athletic board said today: Muir
ply is well recommended by Walter
Camp of Yale and was a star halfbacl
last fall. Our search for q coach for
next year has narrowed down to four
men, and Murphy is one of these" The
Yale man will have the backing of DR..
Hetherington, in all probability.
Though not officially announced, it
is generally understood here that the
other three men under consideration
are graduates of Princeton, namely Phil
King of Wisconsin fame, Brown, who
coached at Colgate last year, and
Booth. who spent one year at Nebraska
The athletic authorities here expect to
know within week the name of Mis-
sourPs new football coach.
An attempt will be made by the Mis-
souri, athletic board to change the date
of the Ames- football game for next
fall. in order that the Tigers may clash
with the Cornhuskers on that date at
Lincoln. This decision was reached to-
day as result of letter from the Ne
braska officers, who are unable at pres
ent to see any date for Missouri, except
the one which Ames- has secured. The
student body, as well as the athletic
authorities here. are anxious to ar
range game with Nebraska.