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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
McKibbiD hats
Put any head
a head ahead.
Lay Delegates to
National Congress
All Churches Are Invited to Send
Representatives to the
Convention.

Preparations are being made by the local
leaders In the Laymen's Missionary move
ment to send delegates to the national
congress, which will be held from Nay 70
in Chicago Special railroad rates Of one
fare and a half have been granted from all
parts Of the country and the gathering will
be one of the largest Of its kind ever held
in the United States.
All churches Of the city have not selected
their representatives as yet, but w. C..
Sunderland will go for the Baptists. while
Dean Beecher, Rev. T. j. Mackay and
Clement Chase will represent the Episcopal
church. Fifteen delegates from the synod
of Nebraska will be invited TO act as repre-
sentatives OF the Presbyterian church.
General Secretary j. Campbell White Of
the movement has sent out a eommunica-
tlon from Chicago in which he refers to
the congress as the most important thing
in American history this year"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Lineman Almost
Electrocuted
Saved by Safety Belt, He bangles
Thirty Feet in Mid
Air.

Shocked into inconsistencies by a pow
erful current, Alvin Herwick. a lineman,
dangled by his safety" belt thirty feet
above the street until rescued by fellow
woTkmen who saw him from block dis
tant Herwick was dangerously burned,
but will recover.
The lineman was working on a pole a,
the northwest corner Of Sixteenth and
Cunning streets when he became entangled
with a power circuit carrying 2.SOO volts
This is a pressure equal to that used al
ossining, N. r. for electrocution. Her
wick fell back from the sizzling wires tc
the end of the belt which attached him to
the poles. He was unconscious and close to
death.
Rescuers climbed the pole and lowered
him to the pavement Or. p. I. ConloI
and Dr. o. c. Bishop. police surgeons. ad
ministered emergency treatment. HeTwicl
was removed to clarkson Memorial hos
pitaL
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
FEW COUNTIES ARE SOAKED
BurllnRtOn's Northwest Line IL Wet
in Several Places by Sum
vi. days Rain

Nebraska did not ge; much rain Sunday
in spite Of the cloudy weather which pre-
vailed throughout the state. Burlington Of
ficiais report that there was only one towr
along the line that telegraphed to the gem
eral office that real wet rain drops had
fallen. Ravenna claimed good rain, but
other towns could report nothing better
than cloudy weather and threatened storms,
such as was experienced in Omaha.
The railroads say that the need OF rain
Il critical. ana that unless there Is some
precipitation before long the crops viii be
seriously injured. Whether there is a
good crop. half a ~rop or no crop at all of
winter wheat" said one of the Burlington
officials. depends upon whether or not We
get rain
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Reply 70 Father Judre.


OMAHA, April 9.-To the Editor Of The
Bee; The Rip Van Winkle Of Roman
Catholicism has awakened from his sleep
Of ages, and believing the present to be
the past cries in his delirium Of distorted
senses for vast armies and navies to en-
force upon the masses the ancient tyranny
OF the Vatican. Is it possible that Rev.
Mr.. Judge is dreaming of the Inquisition,
the fire and sword, the ancient weapons
OF the Vatican. 10 invoke their torture
against Colonel Roosevelt in coereing him
20 visit the pope against his will, when
Mr.. Judge declares that Catholics know
in their hearts that II the pope had a
powerful army and navy back Of him Mr..
Roosevelt and others would be more eau
tious before insulting him."
Can 1t, further. be possible that Mr..
Judge and his co-religionists are dreaming
Of the restoration of the temporal power
Of the pope of Rome, that in the words of
Bishop Mcintyre Has a blood-red record
that stains centuries of history"
Mr.. Editor. we should fervently thank
Almighty God that this powerful army
and navy" is but the Pigment of a very
distorted imagination OF one man, and
that its realization goes into the realm
OF impossibilities. Let me remind this
poor, deluded priest that the only powerful
armies and navies Of the world today are
the armies and navies of the laymen and
not to trifle with the guns, as they arc
loaded. J. BRAxToN GARLAND.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
STAYS SELF ON WlFE'S CRAVE
"
August shipporeit Ends Life in laurel
Hill Cemetery.
LEAVES NOTE TELLING OF GRIEF
Omaha Tailor Fires Two Bullets In
Heart end one In MOuth-Death
Ensues at Onee-Wife
Died In 1909.
LEAVES NOTE TELLING OF GRIEF

standing beside his wifes grave in Laurel
Hul cemetery August shipporeit, an Omaha
tailor. shot and Instantly killed himself
Two bullets he fired through the heart
and another through the mouth That he
could have fired all three shots is re-
markable considering their location.
shipporeit was crazed with grief over
the loss OF his wife. who was buried In
Lourel HIN June II, 1906 The suicide left
IN the inside pocket Of his coat note
which read
Il worry myself TO death, and my mind
is giving away think Il best TO end 1t
all ard join my dear wife. Goodbye.
AUGUST sHIPPOREIT."
> postcript adds: Please let Mr.. Dan
Juckniess help Ida, my daughter, to man
age the affairs. Goodbye"
Leaves Insurance orders.
on the reverse side Of the sheet was
found the following please notify Mr..
Charles Unit clerk Of the woodman Of
the World. Alpha camp No. /. l hereby
give my oldest daughter Ida full power Of
attorney 70 sign anything in any matter
Of the other four children"
The suicide lived at 1868 South Fifteenth
street. Omaha, and had his place of busi-
ness at III South Fourteenth street. He
is survived by five children.
He arrived in South Omaha about lO:S0
a. m, and went at once to the cemetery.
He stopped 10 talk with John sauter, the
manager Of the cemetery. with whom he
was very well acquainted. He seemed sane.
When he started through the &c netery
he intlmated that he had business on the
west side Of the city and his action did not
arouse suspicion on the part of the man
sger. He went into the cemetery and
sought out the lonely grave of his wife.
for whom he had never ceased to grieve,
and there endured the infliction Of the
three desperate wounds.
shipporeit was neatly dressed in a busi-
ness suit. In the bosom Of his shirt were
found two bullet holes made by a 22-calibre
revolver. Two round spots of blood showed
that each bullet had pierced his breast
over the collar the blood from the wound
in his mouth had flowed,
The body was discovered by the sextor
Of the cemetery when entering to look aftei
a funeral to be held Monday afternoon
Bernard ]. Larken the coroner's deputy
was called and took charge. An tnques
will probably be held as the suicide car
ried insurance.
heavy burden is thrust on the frai
shoulders Of the young daughter, Ida, whit
will have to bear the responsibility o.
four smaller children all alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
GRoCER'S CLERK IS ARRESTED
A. w. Fenner Held at City Jail on
Charge by the Bonding

A. W. Fenner. grocery clerk employed
by Hayden Brothers, Is held at the city
Jail pending action by the Fidelity and
Casualty company, by which he was
bonded. Formal charge has not been filed
against Mr., Fenner, On the docket at the
police station hold for bonding company .
is written after his name.
At Hayden Brothers 1t was said that the
clerk is charged with Irregularities, and
was turned over to the bonding company.
He was arrested at the store Fenner has
a wife and family. The amount involved
has not been ascertained.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
BEAL GOES TO FOWL COMPANY
Former County Surveyor Becomes
Connected with Prominent En-
gineering Firm.

Herman Beal, former county surveyor
has been employed by the Towl Engineer
ing company of Omaha Mr. Beal was
formerly city engineer OF South Omaha.
The Towl company has been awarded
the contract for the engineering work in
connection with the new S6o-acre tract re-
Gently acquired ~ 49, 'mridge Country
club OF Kansas City. No. RMN IA
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Butler Talks of
Banquet in Sewer
Assistant Gas Commissioner Asserts
Dahlmanites Have Tired of
ordinary ThiuCa

The DahIman aem0oracy is arranging for
a banquet to be given soma time next Sat-
urday. In a sewer.
This is to be a bizarre function" said
Joe Butler OF the entertainment committee.
I'VE have tired Of having a feed and a
flow OF oratory in a banquet hall used by
everybody Hence we have picked the end
OF the Fort street sewer in which TO pull
off this one. II we should decide to have
any liquids, which very much doubt, we
will probably arrange to have the city
engineer put in a clean drain along the
sides Of the sewer. for the walters might
find II difficult TO navigate the sioping
sides of the big concrete ditch"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
McCord High Man
on Assessors Slip
Puts Personal Property In at Twenty,
Four Thousand Dollars and
Rates Autos High.

w H. McCord bears off hon9rs to date
in the office of the county assessor. Mr.
McCords return. of $4,000 worth OF per-
sonal property Is the largest yet received.
and his estimate of $500 as the value Of
his two motor cars Is believed by the
county assessor TO be the closest to the
truth Of automobile returns handed in.
The assessor desires to call attention to
the fact that the four interrogatories on
the reverse side of the schedules must be
filled out before the return is sworn to.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
C0LORED SoUATTER HERMIT
TAKEN ON MISSOURI CHARGE
Has Been Living In = Hut at East
Omaha for several Months
Past.

Ben McCann, a negro hermit living In a
hut al East Omaha, was arrested Mon
day morning 20 be taken 70 Jacksonville,
No. 10 answer TO a charge Of grand
larceny.
The hermit had been living in the river
bottoms as a squatter for several months.
He lived with a dog for a companion and
gained a livelihood by fishing IN the river.
The arrest was made by Detectives
Mitchell and Sullivan.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

George stone, crack outfielder or the -
hIs way 10 loln his teammates IN 81. Louis
stone was in q happy frame Of mine, be
cause the club, he says, has receded IRON
10 nosition In his salary. Last year hs
Sot II OOO and for this season. N was an
bounced that he would set 81, 500. stone hai
been staying out a. Coleridge. Neb,, M
nome, and holding out Tor the higher tisaf'
with apparent success
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Monday morning. Roy had ben i'll for some
time, and 1t is supposed death was directly
due to his ailment. Coroner Crosby an
nounced there would be no inquest but that
post mortem investigation would be
made.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Our Letter box

Contributions en- Timely subjects,
Not BEoeediAG rive Hundred words,
Are xhVited from Our Rsaaera
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
DEATH RECORD.


NEW YORK. April Hilary A. Lang
don, one OF the best known survivors Of the
old-time school Of American actors, died
yesterday at the Actors Fund Home here.
L.angdon, born in Philadelphia in 1897,
PLAYED for years as star under his own
management. He also appeared in the
companies Of many OF the leading stars.
including those Of Edwin Forrest, Edwin
Booth, Lawrence Barrett. Mary Anderson
an w. ]. Florence. He retired in 1850 after
a stage career OF slxty-seven years.
H.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

Persistent advertising is the road to Bls
Returna
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
CharIea E. Roy.

Charles e. Roy, a negro, As years old
dropped dead in a room at his home, 1916
Nicholas street. shortly after midnight
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Marriage Licenses.

the tOllowlnE marriage licenses were
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

THE SWIFT sPEcTIc CO., ATLANTA. GA
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02

French Organdies and Chiffon Novelties.
Imported and Domestic Dimities.
French, American and Scotch Ginghams.
including the famous Andersons Zephyrs
French, Irish and Scotch Linens,
French. English and American
Madras Lawns, Batistes.
Percales, Mulls. Swisses
Silk Mixed Novelties.
ASSIGNMENTS ARE
the finest and largest we have yet shown,
which means a great deal in view OF our
reputation for large stocks and varieties.
AS OPENING SPECIALS
Fine Scotch Zephyrs
IN marvellous asst OF plain and Corded
Checks. Corded Cluster stripes. Fancy
Plaids AMI Novelty Combination
Stripes and blocks-32 inches wide ~
Instead or ID. Observation-Disclosures. .1S
Fine Zephyr Ginghams
Great range OF plain and variegated
stripes; also Scotch and Fancy n3<
Plaids-worth i2ia cts............. ~
Silk Chiffonettes
Black Cream and every new shade -
extra nrIn, silky Iuaiity-worth 90. .ly
Mercerized Sateens
Large variety OF styles for 1910 -,
Instead or IL cts................... III
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
OLIVE OIL AND WINE.

The ancient Romans had a saying TO the
effect that long life and pleasant one
depended on the free use of two fluids
olive oil without and wine within. daily
all-over massage with olive Oil and swal-
lowing a teaspoonful of the pure oil three
times a day work wonders, says physi-
clan who is an authority on the subject
and who has just been experimenting with
the treatment The Italian women owe
their good complexions 10 the fact that
olive oil is so naucn a part OF their menus.
Too much oil must not be put on the face,
though II pIumps out the flesh. but unless
used in the greatest moderation, it will
make the skin OF the face look, in time.
dark and greasy. Even on the body the
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
NOW WORK IN TOWNS.

OF late years. however. the Rangers have
had little 10 do at hunting cattle thieves
and other robbers. They have been kept
busy with a different kind of law violators.
Their duties, instead OF being confined 20
The ranch territory and along the Mexican
border. nov take them into the larger
towns and mere populous counties, where
usey seek TO enforce the law against gam
bling and other evils. They are especially
vigorous in breaking up dives and prevent
ing the sale Of nquor in local option dis
uicts.
1t is said by many persons that the day
or the Rangers usefulness is over and that
the men are now used 10 perform the
functions that properly belong to the
Sheriff and other local peace officers.
II was during the quarter of a century
following the close of the Civil War that
the Rangers were utilized most effectually
in the effort TO rid tie state of the lawless
element. The force numbered in those
days from sixty to one hundred mounted
men. AT present the force numbers forty
men. In most instances the Ranger is
product of Texas or the Southwest Occa-
sionally a recruit is had from the North or
East but IL is an invariable rule that the
man who enters the service must be OF
good moral character and dead shot He
must also know how to ride like Co.
manche and be possessed Of wonderful
power of endurance
The daring deeds OF the Rangers were of
almost everyday occurrence in the early
days. They roved the unbroken wilderness
1T will and were e law unto themselves
The reports which the captains of the
respective companies made TO the adju-
tant generals department were almost
without exception brief and TO the point
In the archives of the department are
many Of these short stories of great human
trials and tragedies.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
TOLD OF SONS DEATH.

Many of the reports tell OF battles with
Indians and long chases after the willy
redskins Captain II. j. Richarz, COM
rnanding Company z Of the Frontier Bat
TALON, made a brief report to the adju-
tant general in December. 1870, which con-
tains z mere mention OF the killing OF his
son, also a Ranger, by Indians. He says:
During the night. of December my
guide, whom l had sent toward Eaele
Pass road to meet spy, returning 10 my
camp, informed me that another band OF
Indians had appeared near my post az
Fort Inge in overwhelming numbers, had
attacked two Of my Rangers at the Blanco
River, sixteen miles east OF Fort lnge, ana
had killed them: The names of the dead
Rangers are Walter Richarz (my son) and
ToEeph Riff. Another band. the Kicka-
poos. had been seen near IValde' riding
in the direction of the Frio River.
The grass is getting worse every day
and as the tribes, protected by the Mex
leans. have a secure base or operation OF
ing my movements, having distinctly ana
formally notified me that they had deter
mined TO drive me fTom tne eoI3S place !, ana 10
not reasonable TO be expected that / can
always successfully operate in every
s-red sayages with thirty-eight privates.
II IL was not for this cursed interna-
tJonai law, know very well what 10 do
70 clean out these bloody sayages on the
other side Of the Rio Grande
The law which prohibited armed forces
from crossing the Rio Grande was not OBJ
served by many Of the oidtime Rangers.
captatn G. l. Neviu and his men found
the international border stream no barrier
when In close pursuit OF Indians or out
laws In the early part OF 1881 Indians
killed 2 stage driver and passenger in
ouitmau Canyon Captain Nevill and nine
men took the trail Of the redskins and
followed them into the mountains of
MEXICO. keeping close on the rail for
twenty days through 6 wild and unin-
habited region, finally overtakins the Ind
ians killing six of them and recovering
sixteen etolen horses and mules.
Before railroads were built into the ter
r4tory between San Antonio ard the Rio
Grande that region, more than two hundred
niles long by three hundred miles broad,
was the base OF operation OF many des-
perate bands OF Mexican thieves and SNUG
zlers. Captain l. II. McNelly and his
company OF Rangers were the flying squad
ron that Eubdued the lawiessness IN that
Dig scope OF country. They undertook and
accomplished tasks that seemed unsur-
rnountable TO the state authorities at Aus
ftn-
Captain McNelly mastered the situation
by conducting plan Of campaign that
struck terror TO the heart OF the border
outlaws. He and his men were on the
go constantly. They entered the field in
the middle 70s and kept up constant
sunuExiers for several Year,. II was in
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02

1882 that Captain McNelly and about thirty
Of his men had a battle with Mexican
smugglers which is still prominent In the
annals OF the lower border 4 band of
Idexicans crossed into Texas and stole
herd of cattle from the ranch of Richard
King and headed the animals for the Rio
Grande
Captain McNelly was quickly informed,
and he and his men took up the trail. They
arrived at the crossing OF the Rio Grande
few hours behind the thieves and stolen
cattle. Braving the dangers that they
knew awaited them on the other side.
they swan their horses across and made
an advance upon the town of San Miguel,
in Mexico, in which place the thieves had
taken refuge under protection of the MeXi-
can authorities. Their advance was
pulsed and a fight took place. in which
twenty-nine MexicanS were killed. After
much parleying, the stolen cattle We're
turned over TO the Rangers and driven
back to the ranch of Mr.. King.
Time after time Captain McNelIy and his
men raided camps Of border outlaws, kill
ing all who offered resistance. Many men,
bers of the Ranger force were killed IN
their work Of ridding the frontier OF the
lawless element.
OF the latter-day Rangers, none has
greater reputation Tor bravery tnan zap
tain John r Hughes. who entered the SER
vice twenty-five years ago and is In COM
mand Of one of the four companies which
compose the state force. He had many
single handed encounters with bad men in
the early days and has score or more OF
notches on his gun. all of which were
put there in the performance Of his duty.
1t is said of him that he was never known
TO show the slightest trace of excitement.
He is low voiced, quiet and unassumng.
He is a devout church member and pos
sessed of a comfortable fortune in lands
from the little border town Of Ysleta 10
Amarillo. He says that he hated TO make
the transfer because it made it necessary
for him to give UP his Sunday school work
at YsIeta- He had been superintendent of
the Sunday school there for several years.
One OF Captain Hughess most noted ex-
ploits was the killing Of F1orencio Carrasco,
& notorious bandit of the upper Rio Grande
border. Hughes was on q trip alone into
a remote part OF the Big Bend region,
which was at that time a veritable nest OF
criminals. He was hunting for Desidario
Duran, a Mexican outlaw, who was wanted
for murder and other crimes. He sur
prised Duran in a little ''jacaP' and took
him captive. He took the prisoner to
Jim Windham's store, situated on the
Texas bank of the Rio Grande, and chained
him TO a post pending a start back to
Of
New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
DARING ACT OF HUGHES.

While at the store Hughes overheard
Mexican remark that FTorencio Carrasco
was camped down in a little strip of tim
Der that bordered the river. Hughes had
been looking for Carrasco for some time
and he decided that the opportune moment
had come to capture him. He mounted his
horse and rode straight to Carrasco's
camp The outlaw was surrounded by a
half dozen members of his band. Hughes
called 10 them, demanding their surrender.
The Mexicans started for the brush. firing
at Hughes they ran CaTrasco stood
his ground for a moment, attempting to
draw his gun. Captain Hughes got in the
first shot, killing the man instantly.
The news of the killing kuickly spread
TO the little settlement the other side
of the river, and the Medcans began MAX
ing preparations for a raid on Windham's
store with the view Of killing Hughes. AS
soon as IL was dark Captain Hughes got
his prisoner, Duran. upon a horse, and,
mounting his own, started for the nearest
railroad point, one hundred miles distant.
He conveyed his prisoner by a roundabout
trail and landed him in jail at Alpine.
Captain HUI hes was with Captain Frank
Jones, another Ranger commander, who
had many thrilling experiences upon tho
Rio Grande border. when the latter was
killed in fight with Mexican outlaws be-
low San Elizario. The Rangers were on a
hunt for Servio Olguin and his uncle, An
tonic Olguin, who were widely known as
thieves and murderers. They trailed the
Olguins across the old river bed and into
a Mexican village and found the outlaws
In an Old adobe building.
When the Rangers rode up to the place
the Olguins fired on them. Captain Jones
was killed soon after the battle began,
but lived long enough TO raise himself upon
his elbow and wound one of the outlaws. It
was found that a number of friends OF
the OIguins were in the building and were
aiding In the fight. The Rangers finally
forced the surrender of the Mexicans,
twenty-five in all. Both the O1guins were
severely wounded.
In 1854 Captain Hughes made a chase OF
more than three thousand miles after Il
band of horse thieves. He took up tho
trail near Austin and followed it out
through West Texas, up into the pan
handle and down through New Mexico. To
a point near Silver City, where he capt
ured two of the outlaws and placed them
In jail
The thrilling exploits of Captain Hughes
and threescore other men who have served
in the Ranger service would I'll several
volumes.