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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12
LINCOLNS BIRTHDAY 70
BE CELEBRATED MONDAY
Exercises for Men and Boys to he
Held at the Third PTesby-
teriun Church.

Lncon's birthday anniversary exercises
vtn be held at the Third Presbyterian
church Twentieth and LeAvenworth streets.
Monday evening for men and boys
Arthur c. Hansen, president of the Third
Church Brotherhood, viii preside Follow
ing is the program
America, Audience.
PRAYER. A. d. ScheTmerhorn.
Piano solo. Leland Wykert
Essay, Lincoln Wellington Hostettor.
Essay, Lincoln" Carlos hughes
Mandolin and guitar selections, Messrs
j. r. Hughes and OVeTmyer
Essay, Lincoln, Wendell KersCher
Essay. Lincoln" Albert DeWaal
Vocal solo. Fred A. Dickson.
Address Lincoln" =, r, Ramsey, Phi. ID
Refreshments.
Pianist. 4. IA. Packard
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12

fixture and an attempted murder last fan
in that city Williams was arrested
Wednesday by Detectives Murphy and Van
Deusen at 2O24 North Fourteenth street.
lie has been working as a porter on a
dining car since he Jumped" his bond at
Chicago and came to Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12

should be- covered with clean bandages sat
uratsd with Euckeu's Arnica Salve. Heals
burns, wounds. sores, piles, sc. For sale by
Beatou Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12
Gives Certificate 1" Underwater.

- " NuStoAAhlg Apa s"N ~ h"ih oNNt Ahe
death certificate to the undertakers,' Dr.
Delaney Was asked,
Yes" he replied.
Then YOU depend on the undertaken IN
turning the report into the health officer"
yes" replied Dr. DELANEY,
But YOU do not know whether he turns
Them in and you do not know whether this
report has ever been turned into the health
commissioner"
NO, I do not replied Or Delaney.
My connection ended when I turned the
report over 20 Undertaker Gentleman."
An that 1 know is that DavitE died on
January II and that the body vas delivered
70 Gentleman either that evening or ths
next morning
Gentleman admits getting the body and
says he delivered Il TO the Creighton Medi-
ca school for dissection purposes.
Il got the body. on either the itth or
18th OF January and held It until January
e." said Gentleman 20 the reporter for
The Bee During that time / made in
auirles for his relatives, but could not find
them
"Ou January q / delivered the body to
the Creighton Medical school, after rad
wired J. W. Crabtree OF Lincoln, siperin-
tendCnt OF public instruction, What d'spOsi-
ton 20 make Of tho body. have his tele-
gram. instrueung me 10 give the body 10
.ryhe school ani did SO. D acted according
10 instructions"
Did you ten his sisters that the body
had been buried In Forest avn GENE
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Section 8 of this act; and in case of
such notice having been served upon
any railroad company, and ten days
having elapsed without the destruc-
ton of said noxious weeds, then it
shall be the duty of the road over
seer within whose district said right
of way or other lands may be upon
which said noxious weeds are grow
ing, to proceed to enter upon said
right of way or land as the case may
be, and destroy the noxious weeds
there growing, for such service he
shall be allowed one dollars and fifty
cents per day and the same shall be
paid out of the county fund, and tax
ed against such offending corporation
or corporations. The amount of
such tax shall be added by the coun-
" clerk to the railroad company or
corporation on the tax roll against
such company or corporation, and
collected as other taxes are collected
against such company.
Section Z. 1t shall be the duty of
the county clerk to enter upon the
tax list in separate column for that
purpose headed. ''F0r the destruc-
tion of noxious weeds" an amount
equal to the cost of such labor as a
tax against all lands not public high
ways upon which such noxious weeds
are destroyed.
Section If the owner or occu-
pant of such lands, or the overseer of
any highway, or the board of county
commissioners in any county of this
state shall fail to comply with any of
the requirements of this act, they
shall be guilty of a misdeameanor:
Provided if any county attorney shall
fail or refuse to prosecute then the
court in which the complaint was
brought or pending may appoint
some reputable practicing attorney
to conduct such prosecution, who
shall in such event receive the fees
provided for in such cases.
Section 9. The county attorney
shall be liable under his bond for any
failure to comply with the provisions
of this act.
Section 10. Notices to the owner
of the land provided to be given I'M
der the provisions of this act shall be
made in the same hammer as sum-
mons in the district court.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
Births and Deaths

The Vital Statistics Law compell-
ing the registration of all births and
deaths in Kansas, passed by the last
legislature, went into active opera
tfon today upon the shipment of the
registration blanks by the State
Board of Health to the four hundred
and seventy-eight registrars of the
State. The law went into effect July
1st but the fact that the State Print
er has been crowded with work, has
delayed the printing of the blanks.
The law specifies that registrations
certified on blanks other than those
furnished by the State are not legal.
Registrations are paid for from the
general fund of the county and there
is no expense TO the householder, the
attending physician or midwife or to
the undertaken. The fee is twenty
five cents.
A total of four hundred and
seventy-eight local registrars have
been appointed by w. j. V. Deacon,
the State Registrar. This comprises
the City Clerks of every incorporated
city in Kansas. Each one is also
given such territory contiguous to
the city as is assigned to him by the
State Board of Health. For probably
three hundred years civilization has
tried TO devise some method of get
ting a complete and perfect record of
deaths. The solution of the problem
has been found in requiring a burial
permit to be taken out before any
disposition is made of the body. The
granting of the permit is contingent
upon the reporting of the death to
the proper officials. This is the key
note of the law. The undertaken has
ample opportunity to get the facts
concerning the death, from the rela-
tives ond other detailed information
and he is required to gather it. The
physician, of course, makes the medi-
cal report of the death.
There are three first class import
ant reasons among others, why deaths
should be recorded. Named in the
increasing order of their Importance
they are:-To keep track of the move
ment of the population, or what is
known as the Topographic value; the
sanitary value, which teaches where
the plague spots are and gives oppor-
tunity for the installation of preven-
tive measures; in the legal value, i'm
portance attaches itself to the infor-
nation in cases of Inheritance by
descent, in insurance matters and in
the detection of criminal practice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

For Sale-Several hundred bushels
of good pure seed wheat. Four miles
east of Wa-Keeney. 7. J. Rhoden. 20
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Wanted-Girl for general house
work. Apply at American House. "a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
THIS IS CERTAIN
The Proof That Wa-keeney Readers
Cannot Deny

What could furnish stronger evil
dence of the efficiency of any remedy
than the test of time? Thousands of
people testify that Doan's Kidney
Pills cure permanently.
Home endorsements should prove
undoubtedly the merit of this RENE
dy. Years ago your friends and
neighbors testified to the relief they
had derived from the use of Doan's
Kidney Pills. They now confirm
their testimonials. They say time
has completed the test.
J. FL. Poffenberger, Main street,
Wa-Keeney, Kans., says: my back
ached a great deal and the secretions
from my kidneys annoyed me by pass
ing irregularly. After several RENE
dies had failed to, help me, procur-
ed Doan's Kidney Pills from Gibson's
drug store and they brought the
most satisfactory results. l have
told several of my neighbors of the
merits of this preparation. State
ment given April Is, 1909
NO TROUBLE SINCE
On July I, 1910, Mr.. Poffenberger
said: 81 have had no need of a kid
ney medicine for some time. Doan's
Kinney Pills did their work well and
are deserving of my reimbursement
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, New
York. sole agent for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's- and
take no other.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Under the provisions of a change
made in the law last winter, the
board of county commissioners may
put prisoners confined in the county
jail who refuse to pay fines to work
on the streets, roads, county farm or
any other public work. We are in
formed that there are boot-leggers
now in jail serving out sentences
who have the money to pay fines but
who are claiming they will not pay
up. The county may collect the
money by working these men on the
roads, or selling their labor to the
city. 1t ought to be done, and the
day law breaker completes his Jail
sentence and refuses to pay his fine,
he should be safely shackled and put
to work on his fine. Heretofore it
has been the custom to board a
prisoner until it became an old story,
then turn him loose = Newton
Ledger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
Want Column

For Rent-Rooms. Apply to Mrs.
Nora SNYDER. %
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
Russian Thistles
(Chapter $50, laws of 1se


Section 1. Every person and every
corporation shall destroy, on all lands
which he or it may own or occupy,
all weeds of the kind known as Rus
sian thistle and Canada thistle, at
such time as the board of county
commissioners may direct and notice
shall be published in one or more
county papers for a time not less
than three weeks before the time
fixed upon for the destruction of nox-
ious weeds.
Section 2 1t shall be the duty of
the county commissioners to fix the
time for the destruction of all such
noxious weeds, and to provide for the
destruction in such a manner as to
prevent their bearing seed.
Section g. Every overseer of high
way of every township or county shall
also at the same time in like man
ner, destroy all such noxious weeds,
either on highways of his road dis
trict, railroad right of ways or on
any unoccupied land therein, upon
which the owner or lessee thereof
shall neglect or refuse so to do; and
for such service overseers of high
ways or persons employed by shall re-
ceive as compensation the sum of one
dollar and fifty cents per day, or
three dollars per day for man and
team to be paid out of the general
county funds: Provided the limita-
ton of time, as provided in para
graph 5506 of section 80, laws of 1889,
in relation to road overseers, shall
not apply to the provisions of this
act.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of
the overseers of highways to pres
ent to the board of county commits
sioners an itemized account, verified
under oath, showing description of
each piece of land upon which nox-
ious weeds have been destroyed, in
accordance with the provisions of
this act and the amounts of the
charge for such service, by seperate
items, and said amount shall become
a lien against the lands so described
except in case of the destruction of
noXiouS weeds on the public high
ways. The amount of cost of the
destruction of such noxious weeds
as so certified shall be placed upon
the next tax list in a separate col
umn, headed, For the destruction
of noxious weeds" as a tax against
the land upon which such noxious
weeds were destroyed, subject to all
the penalties thereof, and the entry
of such tax upon the list shall be
conclusive evidence of the liability of
the land to such tax.
Section 5. sit shall be the duty of
all overseers of highways 10 certify
to the county Clerk in an itimized ac-
count, verified by oath, the amount
of labor performed in destroying
such noXious weeds on all lands not
public highway, on or before the
fifteenth day of September in each
year.
Section 6. Any railroad company
which shall be notified by any road
overseer or township trustee, in
writing through its agent, section
foreman or road master, that the
noxious weeds referred TO in this act
are growing upon the said company's
right of way or other lands Which
writing shall designate the location
of said growing weeds, then the said
company shall destroy the same,
and failure so TO do shall subject said
company to the penalties imposed by
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

ceived the query: ''Can you tell me
what the weather will be next
month?'' In reply he wrote: cit is
my belief that the weather next
month will be like your subscrip-
tion.' The inquirer wondered for an
hour what the editor was driving at
when he happened to think of the
word unsettled He went in the
next day and squared his account.
Colby Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

A healthy man is king in his own
happy slave. Burdock Blood Bitters
builds up sound health-keeps you
well.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Subscribe for the World; largest
circulation in the county. Only one
dollar a year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

DR.. r. o. Rhodes cures Piles in one
week. Read his adv in this paper See
what cured patients say about treatment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
For Sale or Trade

Model F Buick automobile in good
shape; new tires, run less than 1000
miles. G. D. Yetter, Ogallah, Kans.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

For Sale-Wind mill and 40-foot
tower in good shape. Inquire at this
Office. 22-tf
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Strayed-From my farm Tuesday,
July %, one black hog. Rudolph
Horak
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
PAYS BIG DIVIDEND
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Re-
turns 3S4 Per Cent.

Washington, December 13.-RaiIroads
stock juggling exemplified by the tail
wagging the dog in the case of Bes-
semer & Lake Erie, eight and one-half
miles long, and the Pittsburg, Besse-
mer & Lake Erie, more than 200 miles
long, was discussed at today's session
of the house Steel trust investigating
committee. The short line road is
owned absolutely by the United States
Steel corporation, which also owns 81
per cent Of the stock Of the longer
road. F. c. Baird, general freight
agent of the Short line was a witness.
Chairman StaI;lcy brought out that the
shorter roads rental of the logger one
Noted the latter stockholders about 8
Fer cent 4 year Irofit, wIllie the short
er road paid annual dividends of 334
per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
.swTLD BILL PAROLED.
Montana sheep-KiIler No Favorite
With other Prisoners.

An whad a yuh think O. that? The
most vicious of all the inmates But
the information comes from good au-
thority that the manager of the new
poultry yards over west of the prison
has vouched for his good behavior and
will take him as a helper in raising
chickens. Will he make good? 1t is
sincerely hoped that he will, and while
it is against our policy to rap any man,
vet one cannot fail to notice the feel
ing of relief, the relaxing of that
tenseness that has pervaded the prison
for SO long, for Bill had 'em all buff
faloed.
wild Bill was brought here from
Montana several years ago on the
charge of wanton sheep killing. He
came without requisition papers, and
before his sentence to life imprison-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
UNCLE SANS VAST PARKS.
System Now So Extensive as to Re
quire a Separate Bureau.


The government has established 10
national parks and % national mon
uments, or small areas, the former
comprising more than 100000 acres.
The parks created by congressional
action which are entitled to rank as
national institutions are the Yellow
stone in wyoming, Montana, and
Idaho; the Yosemite, the Sequoia, and
the General Grant, in California; the
Mount Rainier, in Washington; the
Crater Lake. in Oregon; the Glacier,
in Montana, and the Mesa Verde, in
Colorado, which is a smile strip for
the protection of some of the most
interesting ruins on the continent. The
Grand Canyon of the Colorado probab-
" will be added. Smaller, but some of
them as beautiful, if not as extensive,
are the Wind Cave, in South Dakota;
Sullys Hill, inNorth Dakota; Platt, in
Oklahoma; the Casa Grande Ruin, in
Arizona and the Hot Springs reserva-
ton, in Arkansas.
The Wind Cave national park pre-
sents as its chief attraction a cave
which has been explored to an approx
innate depth of 500 feet and miles
in length, made up of many miles OF
galleries branching and reticulating
along the joint planes of limestone,
with numerous chambers of consider
able size, one below the other, and
containing varicolored rocks and for
nations of many shapes and designs
Some of the smaller parks are relative
" unimpOrtant, and may be coded to
the States which contain them. The
remainder, however, are of interna-
tional interest. and attract visitors
from all over the world, yet even the
greatest of these parks, the Yellow
stone, was visited by less than 10000
persons in 1910 They are under the
jurisdiction of three different depart
ments of the Federal government,
without any definite head, and, except
in the Yellowstone, the government
has no jurisdiction to punish offenses
in violation of its regulations. Mining
privileges exist in some of the parks,
and. according to the Interior depart
ment, the tendency is to abuse them in
order to secure rights which ultimately
must be bought out by the govern
ment.
The American Civic Association fav-
ors the establishment of bureau of
national parks for three reasons. First,
to bring together uniformity of law
and administration for the present
helter-sk elter conditions. Second, be-
cause such a bureau, cOmpetently OIL
cered and provided with funds with
which to attain expert advice, could in
sure development of useful properties
and avoid a great waste of money upon
others. The government has, of course,
the technical surveys of the geological
survey, the land Office, etc. but the ad-
vocates of a bureau believe it should
command also the services of skilled
landscape architects under whose di-
rectfonS the natural beauties of the
parks may be properly displayed and
brought to their highest development
The Department Of the Interior has
jurisdiction over some of the largest
of the parks, and their affairs are adj
ministered practically by the chief
clerk. washington correspondence
Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
HE ATTACKS HEARST
Senator Percy Rises to a Point of Per-
sOnaI Privilege.

Washington, December Ex-senator
Percy of Mississippi rose to a question
of personal privilege in the senate yes
terday and delivered a scathing denun-
{ citation Of an article relating to his
-9ection published in the November
number OF a magazine. He also bit
terly attacked VIM. r. Hearst. who,
he said, owned the magazine, and in
spired the article, and former Cover
nor Vardaman. nominated by the Mis-
sissippi Democrat primary to succeed
Percv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13

been to the barber for many months,
and his face is covered with long hair,
while from beneath heavy eyebrows
two fiery eyes look with intense hat
red on those who come near him, and
if careless one ventures too close his
heavy upper lip is menacingly raised
showing a fine array of well-formed
teeth, for "Bill' certainly has an ex-
cellent set of dining room furniture.
Will he make good? For the sake
of all concerned, we hope so. But the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13

From that time on "Bil'' became
actually snappy, and one day he fierce
ly rushed Babe a white inmate
("Bill'' is a full-blood), who came out
of the fifteen minute struggle looking
like man with a committed sentence
all down and out. Since then "BilI'
has been confined in chains, and visit
ors are seldom taken down the corri-
dor where he is confined, for his hatred
of morbid curiosity seekers seems to
be without bounds. bill" has not even
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13

ment was confined in the Portland Jail
for some time, where he made many
friends. During the first months of his
Incarceration here he made no display
of temper and seemed to get along
with everybody, but after year or
two his confinement began to grow
irksome and he gradually became surly
and sour tempered. The climax came
when he refused. 1at-footed. to walk
the Dull ring and received the usual
punishment melted out for that offense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13

paroIing of such inmates gives some
of the newspapers and other knockers
in whom the milk of human kindness
has soured on their stomachs a fine
chance to rap. and while you arc
knocking, knock hard, for IL is in the
breed for one coyote to rap another.
and at the best poor old "Bill" is
naught but a coyote barking to the
call of the wild.-From Lend
Hand" published by Convicts in the
Oregon State Penitentiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
WALDRON IS SEEN
A Neighbor Woman Saw Him Wan
dering AimlessIy.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 13-The first
clew to the whereabouts of Juror Wal
dron since his disappearance Sunday
night was brought to attorneys in the
case late today. Mrs. Reidy Werby.
who lives near the Waldron home in
the outskirts of the city, said she saw
Waldron wandering aimlessly about
her field late yesterday. She did not
follow him and did not know in what
direction he departed. His actions
suggested that he might be mentally
unbalanced, she said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
HOST OF WITNESSES
Attending Grand Jury Investigation of
Dynamite Conspiracy.

Los Angeles, Dec. 13.-The corridors of
the federal building were thronged with
prospective witnesses today when the
United States grand jury resumed it's in
vestigation of the dynamite conspiracy
which involves the Mcnamara brothers
Oscar Lawlor and Detective McLaren
entered the chamber carrying suit cases
which were said to have been among the
baggage of ]. B. Mcnamara, t'Schmtdty''
and Caplan seized at the Ferry building
San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
A PAGE DAILY IN COLORS

The State journal is now printing
what are generally considered the
best features. best cartoons and best
comic pages available. including the
ini1llitabIe NIcCutcIeon. the irresist-
ibIc Mutt and JeR, the bright, witty
and popular Daffydils, the funny Gold
berg, the wholesome and ''side burst
ing Lena undt Loui, and the enjoy
able SambO, etc, and the very best,
let any woman read it and see. House.
hold Department by Marion HarIand,
famous for her work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13
TRIES TO ROB CHURCH
Hungry Man Son of Wealthy Parents
Caught in Act.

Chicago, December 1S.-Hungry, and
without further means of keeping his
small room in a State street lodging
house, Richard Dean, who said his
father was a wealthy resident of Phil
adelphia, broke into St. Michaels
Roman Catholic church early today in
an effort to rob the altar
- Rev. Michael KEN one of the pas
Tors was aroused by the barking of a
de- in the church and discovered him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-13

If any provision had been made for
Shuster's protection as an American
citizen