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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13
SHOT BY DETECTIVE
Joseph A. Horseman Fatally
Wounded in Alexandria
Railway Yards.
DIES A FEW HOURS LATER
Said to Have Resisted When Put
Under Arrest.
CORONER SUMMONS JURY
Detective Reports the Tragedy to
Justice Burrell and Gives His
Version Of the Affair.
DIES A FEW HOURS LATER
CORONER SUMMONS JUR

Special Correspondence of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va. January Is. 1910
Joseph a. Horseman was shot shortly
before midnight last night in the Poto-
mac railroad yards by d. V. Howry. a
richmond detective. and died at o'clock
TINS morning. The shooting followed an al
legged attempt to enter the store of the
Potomac Supply Company. and after
1orseman is alleged to have pulled a pis-
tol on Howry
Horseman was hurried to the Alexan-
dr1a Hospital. Drs. KTpstein, Smith
ana Moore were summoned, and an in
vest1gation disclosed that the bullet had
penetrated the abdomen Just below the
stomach and cut the intestines i'm about
fifteen or eighteen places Horseman
was In dying condition. although he
was conscious. He did not know who
shot him. but he told Policeman Samp-
son who he thought shot him. An hour
afterward he lapsed into Inconsistencies
ana d1ed at i O'Clock this morning So
Tar as known, HOrSeman made no CO.
herent statement concerning the shoot
ing. u
Howry Reports the Shooting.
Detective Howry went to the home Of
Justice Isaac o. Burrell in Alexandria
county shortly before o'clock this MORN
ing and reported the occurrence He was
accompanied by Detective Lee, said to be
employed by the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad Company
ana also deputy sheriff in Alexandria
county At that time Horseman was not
ueao' ana justice Burrell turned Howry
over TO the custody of Detective Lee.
Howry left this morning with Lee for
the headquarters of the detective agency
IN Richmond, where he will make an Off
c1ai report of the shooting He will re-
turn here this afternoon
Justice Burrell said this morning that
HoWry had told him that when he ran
across fiorseman while making his rounds
ne acted as If he was endeayoriny 10
enter the Potomac Supply Companys
store. He ordered him to throw I'm his
hands and consider himself under arrest.
instead of doing SO, it is claimed, Horse
man whipped out a pistol in u defiant
attitude. AS he did SO Detective HCwry
1red and Horseman. with d groan, fell
to the ground.
Inquest by the Coroner.
Coroner Moore will hold a nost-mortem
examination today. and has summoned d
coroners jury to meet this af ernoon to
investigate the circumstances attending
the death of Horseman. The members
of the jury are Harry Kirk Samuel w.
Pitts. Courtney Acton. Leopold Ruben,
John II. Fisher and T. l.. Carter. After
viewing the body the jury will be ex-
cused by the coroner until the witnesses
can be assembled.
Horseman lived on South Alfred street
between Wilkes and Gibbon streets in
this city. Besides his wife seven chill
dren survive. In the city directory his
occupation is given as a fireman Imme-
diately after the jury views the body
and the post-mortem is held the remains
will be taken to his home and prepared
for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13
Remnant Sale Begin. Today.

All-wool suits and overcoats made to
order. SITS 1915 to S25 values. s. j.
Singer & Sons. No. ITO st. NV
Adyt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13
MANY WILL MOURN
MRS. HOLTZMAN'S DEATH
Member of Old District Family.
Was Known for Her Nu-
merous Charities.

Mrs. Marie Antoinette HOFFMAN, who
died at her residence, :s24u School street
northwest. at $40 o'clock last night
will be buried from ST. Patrick Church
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock Rev
Father Michigan of the assistant clergy
of the parish will conduct the requiem
mass The interment will be in the fam
lily plot at Congressional cemetery.
Mrs. HoltZman, who was the widow of
r. 0. HOFFMAN, for many years one OF
the most prominent real estate men OF
the National Capital, was member of
the Simms family. which is one of the
Oldest in Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13

The body of Mrs. Alice Anderson, who
died in this city, was inferred at Fred
erick, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13

Miss Margaret Jarvis Stoakley daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stoakley,
was married to Thomas Edward Hallett
at Cape Charles, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13

Miss Margaret Mitchell Foster. daueh-
ter Of Capt. j. w. Foster of Leesburg
Va. was married to Thomas Francis
Green of Richmond, Va. in Leesburg
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF SALE OF IRRIGATION DIS
trict bonds-To all whom it may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that the Board of
Directors Of the Kimball Irrigation District
has declared its intention to sell and Will
sell the entire issue of the bonds of said
district heretofore authorized TO be issued
by said board and by the electors of said
and Fifty Thousand $3.50 900 Dollars or any
part OF said issue, al the office Of said
hoard on the corner of First and Chestnut
Streets in Kimball County of kimball and
State of Nebraska on Saturday, May IA,
1870 at the hour OF 1900 o'clock noon. Sealed
proposals Will be received by the board at
Its said office for the purchase of said
bonds until the day and hour named above,
at which time the said board will open
the proposals and award the purchase OF
the bonds to the highest responsible bidder
the right to reject any and all bids. No
bonds can be sold by said board at less
than ninety-five $50 per cent OF their
face value. The said bonds are payable
In from ten to twenty years and bear six
per cent interest, payable semi-annually
both interest and principal being payable
from assessments levied upon all the real
estate in said district All bids must be
accompanied by certified check, payable to
for not less than two (29s) per cent of the
amount of the bid, said check to be re-
tained by the district as liquidated damages
In case the bid which said check accoTii-
panies shall be accepted by the board and
the bidder shall refuse or fall to carry out
his bid. BY order of tbs Board of Directors.
THE KIMBALL IRRIGATION DISTRICT,
by l. s. Walker, President. Attest: Fred
r. Morgan. Secretary. A2ld At
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
"Why Do Married Men Flirt7"
Their Latest Tabloid Sketch.
ED. 6RlNhAC1

man with nerve enough to give out a glad
smile and keep a perambulator moving at
the same time"
|, Certainly no girl in her right senses
would encourage the attentions OF a man
she knows to be married." Father an
nounces with indignation.
"a lobster tastes just as sweet when the
check is paid by married man as it does
when a young and foolish youth separates
himself from the cush,' replies Son. III
anybody gets stung on the flirting game
It's hubby"
1T is difficult for me to believe that our
young women are so mercenary as that"
Father declares.
What do they care for mere money!
queries Son. They don't have to earn it.
I've never seen skirt yet spill any tears
when a Harlem flat benedict peeled off
half months rent to pay for feed in a
Broadway restaurant. Hubby himself won't
make as much fuss over buying a spread
for a foolish typewriter lady as he will
over mess Of chuck steak and onions
for the family. He'll kick like a Georgia
mule about a 2-cent raise In the price of
bacon that he buys for wifey and smile
like a steel trust millionaire at a 10 cent
boost in French Ice cream that a fllrtatlous
maiden orders to top off 81 meal
why do married men flirt anyway"
interrogates Father.
Because wifey would rather have a new
pair of shoes than a whole flock of GOO
goo eyes" retorts Son. "Once chap gets
the habit he won't stop flirting when he's
married, unless the lady of the house hangs
binders on his lamps"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Brightside and His Boy
BL LAFAYETTE PARKS.

"Pittsburg wives have formed a club to
get their husbands to wear wedding rings
as a preventive for flirting" begins Bright
side, as he pereeives his preeocious Off
spring at the window. wigwagging to 6
maiden across the street.
II love my WIFE, but oh, you peacher
mot exclaims Son, peering down the ave
nue. after the disappearing object Of hi!
signals. nd
81 see no objection to admiring beautiful
women-at distance" continues Father
"but to try to scrape acquaintance with
them, for either single or married men, is
wrong"
Il bar the married ginks myself" ap-
proves Son, because they usually try to
cop off everything with class"
'If wives made their homes more at.
tractive perhaps the men would stay there
instead of in the streets" Father suggests
THE dame hasn't been born yet who car
make a Harlem flat look like a moving pic,
ture of Broadway with a bunch of little
glad eyes on their way" asserts Son
Home was never like even one side of the
Great White Way I've never seen mar.
ried man who wouldn't start, to rubber
when the big parade begins"
Then l heartily approve of the plan to
make such men wear wedding rings "
Father announces
You could hang rings on their fingers
and bells on their toes till they looked like
show window in a Sixth avenue pawn
shop but you couldn't put a crimp in the
game" says Son.
Il presume the plan is designed more to
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

to give up any coin and that indiscretion
cost him his job.
An old citizen who was robbed OF $500 on
an IL" train admits to being a retired
printer, thereby destroying at one fell
swoop two rockrooted beliefs "a that a
member of the art preservative ever had
money enough to retire and (2) that he
ever had $500 at one time.
President Taft has ordered an immediate
scientific study OF the tariff Hardly think
it's time for another upward revision.
The handwriting is on the wall all right,
and Senators Aldrich and Hale have SEEM
ingly deciphered it and decided to scoot,
A plscard in the window OF Ninth ave-
nue. store, reads;
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
new YORK STOCKS AND BONDS
Rise in Call Loan Rate Follows Steel
Dividend Increase.
ACTIVE FORENOON IN MARKET
Bear Party Makes Much OF Current
Reports of subaIdinE Demand for
steel Products-FOreIEn
Exchange strong.
ACTIVE FORENOON IN MARKET

NEW YORK, April 27.-The stock mar
ket put IN an active forenoon in efforts te
appraise the significance OF tho Increase in
me Onlted states Steel dividend yesterday.
Without having come to definite con.
elusions on that point a rise In the call
loan rate diverted attention to new ele-
There. was no consensus Of opinion on
the lnterences to be drawn from the
tho increase in the dividend sale
Tho bull party in the speculation an
sWered the contention that the quarters
citing that the successive months OF tho
quarter showed progressive Increase in
eornings, the March earnings rsing tn a
oT9Fq f91 any March in the historY Che
The bear party made much OF the cur
rent reports of subsiding demand for steel
PRODUCTS, the talk OF accumulating stocks
and falling demand for iron. The hear
party had asserted its determlnationN he.
forehand to sell the stock I'm the event OF
the dividend being raised. on the ground
that the action would exhaust the avplinhls
helpful factors towards advancing the
was attributed TO liquidation seeking to
take advantage OF the favorable effect OF
the dividend action. This Inference hurt
the stock and, In fact, the whole market.
The action Of the banks in selling loans
aggravated the selling pressure on tho mar.
ket. The shipment Of gold by todayI
steamer brought the weeks outgo tONsi4.
| 100000. Subtreasury operations alsoVart
taking funds from the banks with the
subsidence OF the monthly pension pay.
| mentS, the gain Of that institution for the
| week having already risen to ST. 444.OoO. This
| total Of nearly Si6.O00O00 withdrawn from
| the banks compares with a surplus reserve
| on Saturday OF but slightly over Sis, 900 on
| on the average statement and consider.
! ably less than that by the actual state.
/ ment.
The foreign exchange market showed
persistent strength, in spite of the large
exports Of gold and Of an easier tone to.
! day in the private discount rate In Lon.
a., h. ali ,F 81. ,lrs
! in the New York market and the carry.
| over rate on American stocks for thS
| London stock market settlement was ad.
vanced from 5la to per cent
Tho fall in prices Of wheat and cotton
relieved anxiety over crop damage TO soma
| extent and helped to lower the morning
| in prices. This did not avail however.
against the selling pressure which closed
| the market weak and at declines OF from
to points for the principal active stocks,
Bonds were irregular. Total sales PAL
value, S2l3,O00. United States 2s reg.
istered declined s per cent on call.
Number of sales and principal quotations
on stocks were as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
The 0nlooker

with the corralllng OF a considerable
portion of this community on the Polo
grounds for the next few days the taking
of the census will now be commenced in
earnest.
The ailing grandmother is now passed
as an excuse. Latest is that no work can
be done because the typewriter's busted
and can't fixed, because the repairer has
gone to the ball game
There's a new leader up in Monroe
county and you needn't send him any 81 900
checks either.
Legislator received a Black hand letter
demanding money. What a ridiculous
thing. Only one legislator was ever known
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

warn young and unsuspecting girls" sur
misses Father. Married men of that type
ought to be compelled to wear a uniform.
ring can be hidden too easily"
'Ttll take more than a five dollar we'd
ding ring to throw a scare into New York s
bright eyed DANES" asserts Son. Moth
ing less than a gocart with a pair OF twins
will make tiny Tottie Coughdrop beat it
from a married man. That's where the
Brooklyn wives put one over on Pttsburg.
They let hubby push along the kids No
body has ever seen a Bride City married
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Oklahoma.

FOR SALE-SO-acre addition to Henry
eta, Okl., cheap. henryetJa is on the
main line OF Frisco ana Missouri, okla
homa " Gulf railroads; II coal mnes
operating with montnIy payroll os SSo O0J
Unlimited supply OF natural gas a. cents
per lOVO for manufacturing purposes. New
oil fleids now being opened up, The best
OF farming land and plenty OF oak timber
This musC be sold qu.ck as option runs
out and price viii De raised. Address
Henryetta Investment Co., Henryetta, Okl
$4,000 BUYS 40 acres OF fine oil land in
the COdys Bluff oil field, near Nawaha,
ok. This property has six wells on IL in
operation now; title clear. If you want a
safe investment and a good income for life,
now is your time Write the Stilwell
Land CO., Stilwel. Okl,
100 ACRES IN cultivation; 40 acres pas
turei 3-roOm house; stable granary; well
with good water; windmill; good SOIL 3
miles OF Hunter; $500; Sl,5O0 down, time on
balance. Bargains In farms and school
leases. circulars free. A. j, Haskins. Hun
ter, Okl.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, April 27.-MONEY-On call
firm, higher, 2hd4 per cent; ruling rate.
315 per cent; closing bid "a per cent; offered
at 31s per cent. Time loans firm; 60 days,
3& per cent; ninety days, 324a4 per cent;
six months, 46D4h per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-4A95
per cent.
advance, with actual business in bankers
bills at $4.S4500l4. 1850 for sixty-day bills and
at NSs for demand; commercial bills, $4.S4d
4S4Ia
SILvER-Bar, 54bc; Mexican dollars, 44c.
BONDS-Government easy; railroad ir-
regular.
Closing quotations on bonds were as
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
New Mexico.

FARM LANDS IN NEW MEXICO-Im-
proved ana unImproved farm and orchard
lands, with WAGER for irrigation, IN best
part OF New Mexico; large or small tracts
10 suit purchaser at very low prices; mar
kets are the best and lands very prOduc-
i've; splendid opportunities for industrious
colonies; we have large tracts OF land for
farming and stock raising at prices from
y to 20 per acre; splendid climate,
healthy and invigorating. Write for full
Information to Geddls, Moffett ~ Co..
kanla Fe, ~ NJ
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

tho samisen and the gong. Don't savvy
the two middle ones, Sound like some OF
those things Colonel Roosevelt was chevy
ing through the tall grass in Africa Hope
they won't give out any sounds liable to
result in disturbance Of the entente
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Missouri,

SOUTH suburban acres for investments.
We offer some extra good things out south
this week; 10 acres near Waldo, 5000; 81
acres, Dodson, 7-room house, barn, poultry
houses along three railroads valuable
switch and garden land, $4,000; Is acres,
on Dodson electric fine building tract,
forest trees at station, $4,000; 200 acres,
2la miles south city limits, very choice for
plating, $500 an acre; lO0-acre farm
Wornal road, SIS 900; 2 acres house and
barn, $lG6O; % cheaper farms; also and
10-acre tracts, on payments; anything you
want in suburban at lowest prices See us
before buying. South Suburban Land Co.
Martin City Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
bank C5earinEs,

OMAHA Apru 2I.-T3aE(I clearings for TO-
dSy were S277O.2l7z4 tao3 for the CORE
spondinE date last year were H'BAlSS2
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
WE BAKE OUR OWN PIES
AND
LAY OUR OWN EGGS

BY the free breakfast table OF our slres!
whatever that was-well soon be entirely
independent Of all trusts
Speaking of bogus works of art, dis
tinguished Frenchman says there are more
Turner's and Rembrandts I'm the world
than the painters could have turned our
in 200 years Aye, but suppose the old
masters have kept on painting just to pass
away the time since they went hence7
May account for the discovery OF so many
gems in old garrets and other strange
places
While in Washington Colonel Bryan met
President Taft, Speaker Cannon and In
surgent Murdock. The colonel like some
others, is scattering his bets pretty we'll
too.
Not to be entirely outdCne by Mr.. JEFF
fries. who. according TO his press agent
is hiring as trainers all the known fight
ers on the habHable as well as the unin-
hsbitable globe Mr.. Johnson has attached
TO his retinue the brother OF the champion
hammer thrower Of the world.
See we are going TO have some OF the mu-
sic Of Japan. embracing the flute. the kolo,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
REAL ESTATE
FARM AND uAlvCss Lana ron SALE
.XAs RANCHES FOR TRADE.


TEXAS RANCHES FOR TRADE.
Is UOO-acre ranch in NacoEdoches county ;
80 per cent tiliable; price per acre $40
4OOOO-acre ranch in Val Verde county;
fine stock rauCh; price per acre, y.
G.aoo-acre ranch In Roberts county; this
is one of the finest small ranch propost-
tions in Texas, land selling around It at so
per acre, price per acre, $3.50.
l0O00-acre ranch at bargain at SO per
acre.
1900 acres in Dlmmit county; price per
acre, $3.50.
for rental property. Farms and ranches OF
al kinds In Texas and Oklahoma to trade
for income properties or stocks Of merchan-
disc. }. +. Cody. Oklahoma city Okl
COME to Edna. county seat OF jackson
county, the best coast country In Texas
excellent deep, rich soil, fine water; healthy
climate good schools and fine people;
abundance OF rainfall; plenty Of timber; no
cactus; no marsh; the hay Will pay for the
land after the first payment Is made. 2,0OC
acres Of hog wallow land 1913 acres black
smooth prairie; il3 acres, 800 acres. SSi
acres 64O acres, 500 acres, 2,670 acres; all
fine prairie; high and we'll drained al
faifa, corn and cotton; land from f22.5O Ia
$50 per acre for the cream; years time al
s per cent, one-fourth cash. For maps
and full information address, Scott &
Pierce Junction City, Kan; Edna Tex, OF
2Ol Hicks Bldg, San Antonio, Tex.
BUY TEXAS LAND DIRECT FROM
OWNER. COOL SUMMERS, WARM
WINTERS, GULF BREEzES
Will sell you as fine black land as there
is I'm Illinois and more productive for 81;
per acre, unimproved, in Jackson county
Texas.
No agents commissions no red tape, buy
your own ticket, come direct, buy direc
and save intermediate mems commissions
Tracts in sizes and terms to suit pur'
chaser.
S. @. DRUSHEL. Eona, Texas
FOR SALE OR ExCHANGE-Fine Cen
tral Texas farm. Andrew Miller r. r, 3
German, Tex
BARGAIN-S,OOO acres Black Valley land
in the rain belt near Uvalde. From the
owner for Sl2 per acre Address c. o
Byrd Uvade Texas
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
NsbrasEA-
A BARGAIN IN GOOD UNIMPRovED
I,ANn

l have five quarters of good unim-
proved grass land in north central Ne.
braska VIII sell either one or all on
a basis of 100000 per quarter
Terms, / 8 per cent cash and 20 per
cent sixty days; balance, three years
interest, per cent. Write Y 328
care Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
south Dakota.

SOUTH DAKOTA LAAND-The rush IL on
for Stanley county land; several new lines
Of railroad now building In this county
buy now and double your money In the
LtNt Two years. Choice lands selling at
from Sl2 to SIS per acre. For maps and In
formation write t. Felland Realty Co., 6n
Palace Bldg, Minneapolis. MInn.
TALK ABOUT YOUR SNAPS!
Here Is one that has got them all faded;
l60 acres OF prairie land two miles from
Troy, Grant county, South Dakota. This
is rolling land, but the best Of soil. IL Is
worth $4,000. but for a short time l offer
It for 1880, $500 cash and the balance In
five years at per cent. IL you want a
snap, get out TO see this quick. Address
Thomas r. stevens, Troy, S. ID.
FOR SALE-Four relinquishments, 3
miles from II. II. town; good water. j. c.
Necker. Creston, g. ID.
FOR SALE-By owner. leo acres unim-
proved land. miles from town For price
and terms write J. IL. Quirk, Hlghmore.
s. ID.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

OFFICE CONSTRUCTING QUARTER
master, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, April
20, 1910 Sealed proposals, In triplicate, sub
ject to the usual conditions will be received
1910, and then opened in the presence of at
tending bidders, for construction plumb
Ing, heating, wiring and fixtures of the
following buildings Two sets field Off
GERS quarters. two double sets company
officers quarters, three four-set officers
of proposal furnished on application to this
office. Plans and specifications may be
seen here, also in offices Chief Quarter
masters at Omaha, Denver and st. Paul;
Depot Quartermaster, st. Louis, and
Quartermaster's office, Searritt Arcade,
serves the right to accept or reject any or
all proposals. Proposals should be enclosed
In sealed envelopes, endorsed Proposals
for Public Buildings" and addressed to
Captain VIM ID. Davis, Quartermaster, Y.
S. A., Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
PROPOSALS FOR CAVALRY, ARTIII-
lery and Saddle Horses: Office of the
Quartermaster, Kansas City, Mo, March
80. 1910. Sealed proposals, in triplicate,
will be received at this office until II
o'clock A. NJ, April 30. 1910, and then opened
in the presence OF attending bidders for
| furn shing $50 Cavalry Horses, 165 Artil-
| lery Horses and 25 Saddle Horses for
Mountain Batteries, for delivery at Kansas
City? No, or other prominent railroad
points. The United States reserves the
any part thereof. Blank forms and all
! information can be hadh upon application
! to this office. Envelopes containing pro-
! posals to be marked Proposals for
Horses" and addressed to Capita n Kirby
! Walker. Quartermaster." A-1-2-4-5-28-29
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Minnesota.

FOR SALE-Vermillon Lake, north Of
Duluth elegant SO-acre site on shore at
Joyce's Landing, west end of lake Rail
road station five miles, "A snap. Louis NJ
Osborn Virginia, Mimi
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28
Virginia.

WHY REMAIN where the climatic con-
ditions are so much against you, when you
can purchase the richest land at lowest
prices, in the county of Manatee? ten
acre farm here viii net as much as 100
acres in the north Delightful climate, no
drouths, convenient markets, abundant
labor good schools. Goods shipped from
this county are sold at highest prices in
northern markets. Establish a fruit and
vegetable farm here and become indepen-
dent. Write for booklet j. w. White, gem
eral industrial agent, s. A. L. Railway,
Norfolk Va.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

VACANT school land YET on the plains OF
Texas for settlers; good land good water,
in country that raises corn and hogs;
fees SIS a section, half down, balance when
settler is on land Address I. W. Hague,
Sligo Tex,
FOR SALE -Eighty-acre, improved. farm;
three miles from Eagle Lake; so per acre;
s. acres ready for harvesting OF truck
crop Other choice bargains. J. Pehoushek,
Eagle Lake. Texas,