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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Criminal Division
of District Court Has
Quite Busy Year
About the Same Number Of Cases Was
Handled Last Year as
Before.

Last year was just about as busy as the
Immediately preceding one, according to
report of criminal business, prepared by
County Attorney English. In 1910 there
were III convictions of crime as against
ITO In 1902 In 1910 there were sixteen &C
quittals. while in the year Just preceding
there were seventeen. In 1910 only forty
four criminal cases were nolled. that ls
dismissed, while in 1909 there were 1876. The
vast difference in the number Of nolles in
the two years is explained largely by the
dismissal OF ffty-eight cases Of selling to-
bacco TO minors in 1909. These and many
other criminal actions had to be dismissed
because of insufficiency Of evidence.
Mr. English's statement OF disposition Of
criminal cases during 1910 also giving the
number OF cases pending at the close of
the year. follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
BRGDSTREET REVIEWS YEAR
Period of Unrest Recounted, with a
Forecast Of the Future.
HIGH PRICES AS A BURDEN
Imports Break All Records and
Exports Of FoOdstuffs ran Off
Manufactured Products and
raw Cotton Increase.

Nineteen hundred and ten was, on the
whole. a disturbed and a rather disappoint-
ing period in American trade, finance and
industry. It was a year Of agitation Of
attempts to work out politico-ecOnomic
problems. Of declines in quotations Of Sc
curities. Of initiation and, later. of unset
Element and finally of weakness in many
commodity prices. of Industrial unrest and
curtaiment, Of repression in consumptive
demand. Of numerous strikes, OF political
overturn approaching the proportions Of
landslide and Of changes in long estab-
lished channels Of domestic and foreign
trade. withal, and in spite Of many draw
backs. but probably because OF the mo
mentum acquired in the previous year OF
tremendous activity, Of upbuIlding and Of
recuperation, IT was a period OF immense
agricultural effort. crowned with a not
able success. in some instances, as regards
quantity, and OF records outputs in many
lines of manufacture IL witnessed the
floating Of large new issues of securities
while at the same time II saw volume Of
financial liquidation which in other years
might have caused convulsion. II wit
messed a vast expansion OF banking trans
actions record totals Of loans and deposits
and close to record bank clearings, and vet
fewer failures than in either Of the two
preceding years. although the volume Of
failure damage was above the normal,
being exceeded only in years Of vital
streae
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Uncle Sam Spends
Two Million More
in This Section
Disbursements Through the Depart
ment Of the Missouri Greater
Than Ever Before.

owing to the addition last February Of
Hort D. A. Russell TO the paymasters dis
buIsements Of the Department Of the Mis-
souri,, soidierg pay through that depart
ment has reached during the year 1910
the enormous amount of $1,000 600 over 1900
The disbursements for the year just closed
aggregate 100000
There was q reduction in the enlisted
strength OF the department. due TO the re-
duction IN the strength Of the companies to
sixty men each. The infantry companies
at Fort Lesvenworth were decreased from
40 men each to sixty men, the cavalry
troops at Forts Leavenworth and Riley
were reduced from eighty to sixty men Der
company and the other organizations from
slxty-five TO sixty, making quite a large
saving IN the total pay OF the army and at
the same time reducing the mobile force
to s.6sa men. There are now 53l officers
enlisted in the department, At the same
time last year the number reached only
494.
There have been a number Of changes in
the personnel Of officers of the department
during the year Just ended Brigadier Gem
eral Charles Morton retired March Il and
was succeeded by Brigadier General Fred
erick a. Smith. Colonel William W. Gray
succeeded John M. Bannister as chief sur
geon; MAJOR NJ l.. Walker succeeded Ma
jor E. II. Schulz as chief engineer: Captain
James d. Taylor relieved Major w. F.
Biauvelt at Kansas City Major Blauvelt
going to Washington as post paymaster
In February a paymaster's office was es-
tablisbed at Cheyenne and Major M. X.
BarrOh was placed in charge. Major Bar
rolls appointment made the seventh pay
master for the department. other impor-
tant changes Of the last year were the ap-
pointment OF Major Harry c. Hale to sue
coed Major c. w. Kennedy as adjutant
general Of the department and OF Major
Omar Bundy to succeed Major James B.
Erwin as Inspector general Lieutenant
e. NJ. WRSson Of the Eleventh infantry is
now aid-de-camp for General Smith, and
as such is acting as chief ordnance Of
ficer.
1t was announced recently that Captain
William X. Jones is to be promoted Jan
uary 10 TO the rank of major. His place Is
to be taken by Captain Harry Hammond
who will return from service in the Phil
| ippines
The quartermaster's depot was rear.
ranged during the last year to make room
for stores of khaki clothing. food and
weapons for wartime. The commissary de-
partment has spent 100000 for food in the
last year, an Increase Of 100000 over 1909
Most OF the purchasing was done by the
| purchasing commissary Lieutenant Colonel
| F. F. Eastman. through Omaha jobbers
and wholesalers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Explodes
in Tunnel Hundred
Feet Under River
One Man Killed, One Fatally Hurt and
Eighteen Less Seriously Hurt
Near New York

NEW YORK. Dec. 3i.--Ons man was
killed, another fatally injured and elgh-
teen were less seriously hurt by an OK
plosion OF dynamite IN a tunnel 100 feet
below the surface of the East river early
today. The accident occurred just after
the midnight force Of ground hogs" had
begun work in the tube which Is "a carry
gas mains from Brooklyn 70 Manhs ttan.
Several blasts had been set off during the
night and apparently one had huns fire.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

1908 A noticeable feature OF the record
is the comparatively small number Of
failures. 13.6S7. as compared with 12.sO7 in
1909 and 1000 in 1903 The Increased labili-
ties were therefore due TO the larger size
of the individual defaults. In the follow
Ing table failure returns for the last two
years are compared by quarters, figures
for the last few days Of December being
estimated:
Failures by Quarters for Year 1910.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Federal Court Gets
in More Money and
Spends Much Less
Showing Made by the United States
Marshal's Office During the
Last Year.

The expenses Of the federal court for
the year 1910 were S7.392.s2 less than the
expenses OF the preceding year, while the
earnings for the past year amounted to
an increase Of S2s245S over 1909. There were
only fifteen civil cases tried which Is
five less than the year before. There were
thirty-seven petitions in voluntary bank
ruptcy and six petitions in involuntar,
bankruptcy tried in the past year.
The receipts and disbursements OF the
United States marshal's office during the
year 1910 were as follows:
FeeS earned .......'.s.s....s.s. .ss..ssN tUlb'Jo
Amount collected and paid TO
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Black Hand Bomb
Wrecks Tenement
One Man Killed, Woman and Child
Dangerously Hurt by Explosion
at Paterson, N. ].

PATERSON. n. J., Dec. Si.-One man
dead and two women and a child danger
ously injured is the toll OF the latest Black
Hand outrage, which took place here early
today, An explosion, followed by a fire
wrecked a double tenement on scoley
street. The bomb was exploded under a
stairway
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
More Estates Are
PrObated This Year
More Guardianship Matters Are Also
Disposed Of in the County
Court.

Steady increase in the business II the
Douglas county court Is shown by compar-
alive figures for 1910 and 1909 and in some
cases for 1908. furnished by clyde Sun1-
blad. chief clerk in the count court ot-
flee
The figures showing the cases disposed
of In probate guardianship, civil ard
adoption divisions of the court follow.
1917 iNoa i1a'
Estates probated ................4sv .,2 3A
Guardianship matters disposed
OF observation-disclosures Ia ~
Civil cases disposed of. ........ 1903 2it ...
civil cases disposed OF. county
Judge acting as a justice Of
the peace ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Id o..
Adoption matters disposed Of 81 Il IS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Large Outputs.

Industry was irregularly active. periods
Of record production alternating with cur
taiment and short time such as have not
been witnessed since 19O3-O4 The excess
Of pig-iron production, resulting in record
output as a whole was largely In the
earlier months Of the year. while the sum
mer and fall showed many furnaces
banked. decreases In orders on hand, and
mill operations scaled down one-third to
one-half Production OF pig-iron is 81 per
cent larger than the record total OF 1903,
and irOn-ore shipments are "a per cent
larger Anthracite coal shipments ran a.
per cent better than 1893 but are S.5 per
cent below the 1907 record. Lake COM
merce shows a 10 per cent gain in ton
mage. hut competition has greatly reduced
profits here as elsewhere. High prices OF
raw material and inability TO get costs
back out OF raw cotton caused mill cur
tailment. in the spring and summer, Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
All Humors

Are impure matters which the skin.
liver. Kidneys and other organs cannot
take care OF without help.
Pimplea. bOils. eczema and other
4ruptions. loss OF appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns. fits OF indiges-
ton. dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them. They are
removed By
Hoods SaPsaparilla
In usual liquid form or 10 ehocolated
tablets known a Barsataba. 100 doses 81
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

Contraction and disappointment char
acterized the stock market In 1910 In
this respect affairs presented a strong
contrast to the perhaps too rapid advance
ment i'm 1909. In a word, lowered prices
signalized the operations OF 1910 While
rumors Of insovencies were plentiful
enough early in the year, the twelve
months passed with comparatively few
failures or corporation receiverships, though
the Columbus & Hooking Coal and Iron
pool. which collapsed on January 49, car
RED down three stock exchange houses
and Fisk & Robinson went into bankruptcy
on February l. Throughout most OF the
year the market, so far as the volume
goes. vas inane. public interest was very
light and as a whole the professional
element found It difficult TO procure funds
10 engineer prolonged bullish operations,
as the banks saw tit to husband their re-
sources or to lend for short periods only.
Withal. rates for loans ruled relatively
low. save al the very outset Of the year,
when call money advanced 20 p per cent,
promptly recedlng. however. Early M
January stock prices ruled high, but there
after declines which were halted by tenn
porary rallies. This condition continued
until the latter part Of July. In the
meantime every upward movement pro-
duced more or less liquidation, the net re-
suit Of the seven months period having
been declines Of from 20 to 30 points. The
remainder OF the year witnessed some re-
covery 10 to II points on various stocks
but In the early autumn certain securities
touched low points for the twelve months
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09

Pressed for an explanation. Verdesi
admitted tina, he had attended Modern
list meetings and was on friendly terms
with the leaders: he also gave sensa-
tional account Of the language used by
the Modernists in attacking the authority
Of the church.
Father Bricareli. after rcproving him
for having had anything TO do with these
people. insisted upou Verdests doing his
duty as loyal priest and denouncing
those who were disloyal Nerdesi signed
statement. according 10 his own infor-
nation. in which certain priests-Ern-
este Bonaiuii, Nicola Turelei Mario
Rossi. Ottorino Coppa and others-were
accused of Modernist propaganda This
deposition. il was proved. upon which
the church authorities acted. suspcnding
the accused priests, WAS not made In
any way as confession. 1t was proved
that Verdesi. in fact. had for some time
gone for confession To another priest
and finally that perdes was cognizant
OF the use TO which the deposition would
be put and indorsed the proposition.
Verdesl repented again The cause of
his second repen tance was his failure TO
obtain promotion and an assignment TO
duty In the Vatican.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
zolNV (HsW A7zxA<oI c1@& EaR EA$ASI WAVeH
"~6 KEPT @oR IERkoo/e7Ls' EXHGkIHG-

claims ownership OF the nests III the To-
Cality where 1t anciently dwelt-though
there are some clans which are poor and
own no eagles. The Tobacco clan asserts
proprieto etorship over all nests in tho crags
near the deserted pueblo OF Awatobi.
The Rain Cloud clan claims the nests in
the Moki buttes as far east as the Ilol-
brook road; and the eagle property of
the Lizard clan begins at Bitahutci. on
the same road; extending eastward TO
the ruined pueblo of Knitiel.
When the Hopi want an eagle for
plucking, they either take a fledglng
from a nest or trap one of the adult
birds They kill it. by crushing its breast
bone. great care being taken not 10 shed
a drop OF its blood-because TO do so
would mortally offend the Ancient Of
Eagles. AS Il further means Of propitl-
ati0g the divinity, the carcass OF the
bird Is buried in a special place. known
as the eagle cemetery just outside
the town, and every year the boys and
girls Of the tribe go there To make offer
lngs Of bows and arrows and dolls. Arti-
fiCisl eagles eggs. also, are carved out
OF wood. painted white with spots 10 imi-
tate the real article. and placed in
shrines With symbolic prayers in the
form of feathers ted to them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09

obtaining them from northern Mexico
through the medium of barter.
The Zuni of New Mexico. who are OF
The same people as the Hopi. keep eagles
In cages for pluckng. the feathers being
worn in ceremonial dances. But the Hopl
depend for their supplies of such feathers
upon wild eagles. whose nests arc clan
property AS is well known. the huge
nests OF the eagles are occupied by those
birds year after year for an indefinite
period Thus II has come about that
each clan among the Uopi claims eX
elusive rights In certain nests and any
body who kills an eagle not his own
within fifty miles OF the pueblo Of WalDi
is robber.
The nests in question are in the neigh
borhood of various ruined and now de-
serted settlements, formerly occupied by
the clans. which have come together
within historic times III Waipi--a nat
urally strong and defcnshie place. on a
mesa-lor mutual protection and defense
against the msrauding Navajo and
Apache. Accordingly, each clan still
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
Honest Medicines Versus Fakes

President Taft IS recent message sug-
gesting an amendment to the Pure
Food and Drugs law in its relation to
Prepared Medicines, does not refer to
such standard medicines as Foley Is
Honey and Tar Compound and Foley
Kidney Pills, both of which are true
medicines carefully compounded of in
gradients whose medicinal qualities are
recognized by the medical profession
itself as the best known remedial
agents for the diseases they are intend
ed to counteract. For over three de
csdes Foley's Honey and Tar Com.
pound has been a standard remedy for
coughs, colds and affections of the
throat. chest and lungs for children
and for grown persons, and it retains
today its preeminence above ali other
preparations of rs kind. Foley Kidney
Pills are equally effective and meri
'orious. For sale by Schramm. johnson
drugs, five stores
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09

are benevolent. while others are quite
the reverse Each species OF animal has
It's ancient. which is a divinity, But
most formidable of all the animal gods
Is the ancient OF eagles and even the
feather of an eagle is necessarily thing
of exalted magic.
Thus eagle down is worn by the tribal
priests TO indicate the possession of gu
pernatural power and a control OF the
mysteries. 1t renders the wearer alert
and swift and makes him invisible to
enemies and invulnerable TO arrow or
tomahawk. Soft, floating or waving
down is symbolic of ghosts and CHASTITY
doings.
An eagles feather stripped of its barbs
nearly to the black tip and then broken
so that the tip may wave and flutter In
the wind. indicates that the wearer IS
courageous and successful scout-that
is to say. one who discovers many hos
tile tepees. the smoke -blackened tops of
which are represented by the black tip.
Ordinarily such a feather is worn up
right on the crown OF the head but II
has the same significance when attached
to the name or tail Of a horse.
Feathers hanging pendent mean wounds g
received in battles. Little wads of
feather-down stuck along the shaft OF a
feather indicate the number of shots left
when the enemy represented by the
feather was killed. Often feathers are
attached to the dress. but as a rule they
are worn on the head. being fastened very
securely by a special and rather In
genious device to the hair.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
Turkey Feathers

When Captain John Smith. hero Of the
somewhat apocryphal Pocahontas story
tthoueh he certainly did marry the lady)
paid his historic visit 10 Virginia he
found the Indians keeping eagles in
cages for the sake of their feathers
which they plucked al Intervals. These
savages cut the skins OF various birds
into strips and wove them into blankets
Also they had turkey robes. which as
described by the distinguished yoyager
were made OF turkey feathers tied in
knots TO form a network. out Of which
beautifully patterned cloaka Were fash
ioned.
The Hopi tor MokD Indians OF Ari-
zona at the present day keep turkeys
mainly for their feathers. which they use
In the manufacture OF prayer sticks
while the albumen Of the eggs is en-
poyed for the glazing Of ceremonial
masks. They highly prize parrot feath-
ers for the ornamentatton OF such masks
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
FIRST CFfANTECLER An INDIA N
BY RENE BAcHE-

-HE ingenious M, Rostand would
probably be surprised to learn
that tho scheme OF his newest
III play "ChantecIer." was lacking
In originality. Full twenty years
ago the HopI Indians, at Walpi.
brought out a ceremonial play altogether
similar which was produced in large
circular room, known as "ktva'' un-
derground. DR.. ]. Walker Fewkes. who
ues present as a spectator, says that
at least frIeen different species or birds
were represented by actors wearing
feather costumes and masks OF leather
and cloth with wooden beaks. The
feathers were stuck upon the bodies of
the performers with the help OF pine
pitch Each actor initiated the cry OF
the bird whose part he took. and Mapped
his wings at intervals IN realistic man"
ner. On this subterranean stage strutted
the cock and hen. the turkey, the eagle
two kinds of hawks. the snipe. the road
runner, the owl and, last but not least
important the humming bird-a cum
ming little boy most beautifully arrayed
In plumes of brilliant colors.
Feather talk has furnished an inter-
esting subject OF study to the government
bureau of ethnology, whose recent re-
searches In this line have shed a flood of
light upon a problem hitherto regarded
as very puzSling.
Among our American Indians no GUS
tom is quite SO general as the wearing
OF feathers. But why should this be
so? Most people imagine that they are
worn merely for decorative purposes. yet
this Is by no means true. They are sym
bols. In every instance they mean some
thing. and their meanings vary with the
way In which they are worn.
Thus. for example. q feather standing
upright on the crown OF the head signi-
files that the wearer has captured an
enemy In battle. There may be several
such feathers. one for each captive thus
secured.
A feather worn on the crown. but in
clined at an angle toward the right,
means that the wearer has taken a scalp.
II. however. 1t is notched by the removal
of o portion of its bsrbs midway In the
shaft, II signifies a killing,
A feather set low on the head, incltn-
ing toward the left. means that the
wearer IS a 1eader-that he has achieved
power and control through prowess In
battle or in marauding expeditions.
In discussing this question. it should
be understood to begin with that. from
the Indians standpoint Of view. the most
wonderful phenomenon In nature is
flight. It is not only mysterious, but
a manifestation obviously supernatural.
Hence, It follows that anything relating
to q bird is. In q sense, magical; and the
feather, which symbolizes flight, is the
concrete expression Of power.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
STORY Of APOSTATE
PRIEST IS REFUTED
Pope Sets Seal of Approval on
Father Bricarelli's Course in
Dealing With Verdesi.
Special Cable to The Tribune.

SpSEldl IdDlS 10 L ne lTiDuUe'
ROME, July s.--Among the audiences
granted recently by the Pope. was one
given to Father Carlo Brlcarelli. whose
suit against Verdesi. an ex-priest. has
been the talk OF Rome. The pontiff con-
graduated this Jesuit on the result of
the trial.
The case OF Father Bricarelli against
the apostate priest. Augusta Verdesi. for
defamation. has been brought to close,
The accused had claimed that while In
the confessional he told Father Bri
carelli that there were some priests who
questioned some Catholic doctrines. that
and that as consequence every man
whose name was mentioned was either
suspended or transferred from this city.
The evidence showed that Mr.. Verdesi
The trial. with the ablest lawyers on
each side. lasted two weeks. would
be tedious task TO review the strange
things that came ND in the examination
OF witnesses. And II was also consider red
strange TO hear the public minister. in
his speech appeal for justice in favor
imprisonment. s3S francs fine and the
damages and expenses of the suit.
Verdesi began his religious career as
a. ssnedictine 81 student, d Iiring hi o., OF this
ily With Protestants. He repented and
returned TO the Benedictines who how
ever not long afterwards advised his
removal. since he showed no aptitude for
monastic life.
He was then admitted 10 the Roman
seminary and finally ordained a priest.
Father Bricarelli who had befriended
him throughout. was for Some time his
confessor. and remained his friend aftor
1907. the year in which Verdesf, removed
some distance from Rome, ceased 10
come To him for confession.
On one occasion In 1905. when Verdesi
was paying friendly visit TO Bricarelli
their conversation fell on the Modernisl
movement. and Verdesi betrayed SO
rs'ich knowledge Of what was actually
'tne on among the Modernis,s that
I,rieaie.lI "a suspicl0ns were aroused.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
TINY GIRL OF FIVE
YEARS RESCUES SISTER

Special Cable 10 The Tribune.
PARIS. July S.-Ncws of rescue by
tiny girl Is reported from Auvergnc
Margaret Maingaugc. the fve-y ar-old
daughter OF a farmer. was playing with
her sister Geuevieve. when the latter fell
into A brook.
She cried for help and Margaret sue
ceeaed In pulling her out OF the water
after a struggle.
The mother and ncighbors were anna zed
on hearing Of the marvellous presence OF
mind and energy displayed by this child
Of five.
The authorities viii probably recon-
mend that n medal for courage be given
the little heroine.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09

IN the course of the repair work re-
Gently done at Cliff palace, in the Mesa
Verde National park (Colo.), numerous
eagle bones We're found in The heaps OF
refuse at the back OF the cave. In the
rear Of that remarkable prehistoric struc-
ture II seems altogether probs BILE that
here was an ancient eagle cemetery.
The occupants OF Cliff palace. who were
The ancestors OF the modern UOpi In