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Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-18

Virginia swiss cheese and 10
stamps, b.........,........ 25c
Brick cheese and 10 stamps, 10. 2oo
Assorted pickles and 10 stamps,
DOlll6 ssss.ssss's s.s..... lOC
2-lb. pkg Benefits Capitol oats
and 10 stamps. s..,............l LOG
2-lb. pkg. Benefits Capitol wheat
=, and ana ~ Stamps ..,...;..';.;'.., 'lOe
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-18

$500 soft taffeta silk pettiooats in pretty
Persian patterns over light and dark grounds,
Saturday only, Sass each.
New eiderdown dressing BaqueH in red and
yray colors $3.50.
Flanneletts gowns in white, pink, blue and
an patterns; round neck styles with collars
sec.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-18
e1s.s eisss.%ss,aaS ss.sraes $13.75

National Student" clothes for youths and
young men--both suits and overcoats in a gener-
Gus selection of fabrics and styes--S75O TO $500
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-18

One lot of extra high grade suits con-
ssting of various materials, colorings and
styles--only one of each kind in the lot--reg-
ularly sold at $25. 90 to S35. 90, to clean up
the broken sizes, Saturday SO so. Free al
terationS this lot.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-18

day only at ...........
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
ALLEGED TO HAVE solOiBOOzE

On complaint OF Newton d. Perk-
ins n warrant was issued q day or
two ago for John Wright and Mrs.
d. L. Mccarthy, both OF Penrose. for
selling malt and spurious liquors
In violation OF the law. Mr.. Wright
is a druggist at Penrose and Mrs.
Mccarthy is the owner of the build
ing in which the business is con-
Quoted. The defendants came to town
Tuesday afternoon In response to the
summons served upon them and en-
ployed counsel to advise them in the
premises. AZ the instance OF their at
torney they availed themselves of the
ten days allowed by law in which
to decide whether to plead guilty or
to fight the case. The matter will
come up in county court for determi-
nation. Perkins alleged that he pur-
chased liquor from Mr.. Wright on
the 18th OF the current month.
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
FIRST MEETlnG OF YEAR
VERY PLEASANT ONE

The first meeting of the members
of the Canon City Progress club was
held at the home OF Miss Mary Whit
more. 5os Greenwood avenue. Monday
evening with twenty-one people pres
ent Response to roll call was given
by the recital of some current event
and was pleasing introduction to the
program. An outline of the years
work was given by Miss Anna NJ.
Hill. president OF the club. who re-
viewed the first one hundred and nf-
ty pages OF "The Heart of Midlo-
THAN" Following the more formal
features Of the occasion Miss Whit
more served dainty refreshments The
club adjourned to meet with Miss
Lucas at s1s Harrison avenue Mon
day evening. October soth.
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
GEORGE ROACH
LODGED in JAIL
COLORED MAN WITH A BAD REC
ORD is CHARGED WITH
sTABBING WOMAN.

George Beach. colored. was brought
to Canon City by Deputy Sheriff Ern-
est Fountain OF Portland Tuesday
afternoon and lodged in the county
Jail for attempted murder. Roach and
Maggie King. also colored, engaged
In a fight at Portland about dark
Monday evening and the woman was
SO severely stabbed and beaten that
she will probably die.
Roach and the King woman walk
ed from Pueblo to Portland on Mon
day and we're given notice by the au-
thorities there to leave the town.
which they promised to do. but,
later. began drinking at a saloon IN
the "jungles." near where the cutting
took place. The King woman was
stabbed seven times In the back. and
Il required II stitches 20 close the
wounds. Walter Turner. a colored
empIoye OF the Portland Cement
company interferred in the woman's
behalf and he received an ugly knife
wound In the right arm
Roach was placed under arrest
and locked up at Portland until
Tuesday afternoon pending prelim-
inary hearing on the charge OF as
sault with intent to kill. He is re-
garded as n bad citizen and is re-
ported to be wanted In Pueblo for
various petty offenses.
The King woman is a sister Of Bob
Earr.s. slayer OF Marshal Craig Of
Rocky Ford last July. and who has
bssa condemned to hang nsxt month.
Her aged fsfhsr. Joseph Haxria. Il
also serving a life sentence for par
tfcipation in the murder. A brother
Of the woman was recently sent to
the peniteatiary from Denver. max
ing three members OF the Harris fam
iIy now In the state prison. one OF
whom will doubtless hang next
month. She has been in trouble a
number OF times In Pueblo. II is said.
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
CRIME is like
SPRINGS HORROR
MAN, WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN
FOUND DEAD IN BED, HACK
ED BEYOND RECOGNITION.

Ellsworth, Kan. Oct 1.-THE boz
dies of VIII Snowman, a chauffeur,
his wife and three small children
were discovered Monday in the Show
man home by a neighbor who chanc-
ed to call, and who entered the house
when no one responded to her
knocks. 1t is believed that they were
murdered as they slept Sunday night.
The features of all the victims
were battered beyond recognition by
the blows of an az, which the slayer
used. The youngest member of the
family, baby. had been beaten until
its head was severed from the body.
ALI three of the children were under
years OF age.
Although the crime was committed
last night, IT was not discovered until
s O'Clock this evening. The author
tiles have failed to find anything
pointing to a cause Of the crime, nor
clue to the guilty person
Visited Home Of Neighbor.
Last night all the members OF the
Snowman family visited at the home
of Mrs o. w Shook. a friend living
several blocks away. They left the
Shook home about . o'clock This was
the last time any of them were seen
alive
Mrs. Shook discovered the quin-
tuple killing. She called at the Show
man home a few minutes before 6
O'Clock. Her knock was unanswered.
30 she opened the door and walked
into the house, entsring the room IN
lx15ch 'rhs bodies of ths ilve v1ctisnI
lay.
She quickly gave the alarm II was
then nearly dark and the officers
were unable to fnd anything which
would furnish a clue to the slayer.
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
4 PRODUCTIVE LITTLE
RANCH ON ORCHARD. park

Thomas Wright, eighty-fve years
OF age. who owns beautiful little
two-acrc tract OF land at 7o7 Ohio
avenue. Orchard Park. has this year
sold seven hundred and nine boxes
OF apples from trees growing on one
acre. In addition he had about sew
enty-five boxes OF windfalls. which
he used in making cider and for
canning purposes. Last spring he
picked fifteen crates OF cherries and
has raised this year about one hum
dred chickens. Tho net sales OF pro-
duce from his place thus far this
season have been four hundred and
sixty-nve dollars. which IL. certainly.
very good for . man Of Mr.. wright's
advanced ags.
The trsss on Mr.. wright's place arc
fourtsen years az ss1 tor several
sseeoaA hays avssass1 uess sAAa sis
hss11so 49, = 49, > ysas
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
BAND RECOGNIZED BY
HI6N SCHOOL BOARD

The Juvenile band. which has been
practicing in the basement of the
court house for the last few months,
has become part OF the Canon City
high school and henceforth Is to be
known as the Cadet Band. At the be-
ginning Of this school year applica-
ton vas made to the school board
and to the faculty for such recog-
milton and last week the request was
granted The boys made their first
public appearance last Friday night.
when they headed a parade to the Art
Gallery, at the high school building.
and again at the football game SAT-
urday afternoon. Considering the age
OF the organization the Cadet Band
plays remarkably well. Band practice
will be conducted every Monday and
Thursday night
The aggregation is made up of the
following:
Cornet-Anderson. leader. Christie.
Atkinson. Burten. Trombone-Essert,
Wilson. Loomis. Rowcliffe. Alto
Thomas. Craig. G. Paxton. Irwin. Siss-
ma. Baritone-w. Paxton. Bass-Bot-
tenfield. worreil. clarinet-P. Jones
Snare drum-Jones. Bass drum-Mc-
Kinnen.
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19

W f. Reynolds received a message
on Monday from Panora. Iowa. saying
his mother was dead He left almost
Immediately on the Santa Fe for
that place to attend the funeral Mrs.
REYNOLDS formerly lived hero and had
many friends In this community. She
was member Of tho Methodist
church and highly esteemed BY all
who know her. Ehe leaves two sons
and dapshess. Ernest os this plses.
nnnis. = IN knhs Usy. asd MA
uAFrs>G - oo1voG>pn. Esana
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19

Lee Morrison. clerk at the Strath-
more hotel. has returned to his post
OF duty from the Wet Mountain val
ley where he went during the last
week in September to recuperate
from his Illness He was there dur
ing the big rainfall OF two weeks ago
and brought back with him some
photographs OF the flooded portions
of the valley. which convey an ex-
celleat .tes OF the immense volume
OF water which swept down the sides
of the sangre de Christie range. In
undating all OF the lower lands. For
weak or ten days Mr.. Morrison was
maroonsd on . ranch by the accd'
NJ. lacrrlsea sainsd ssvsatees
pounds b Avslraupols asrlns ~
'ewun1y 1avu = ~ eullne H
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19

something like 1880 acres in the
park on the south side of the river.
The bill of Waldo. Dawson &
Stump for legal services rendered In
connection with the trial of the Ar
kansas river Qualification case in the
district court was presented, APPROX
ed and ordered paid. The bill amounts
to two hundred and fifty dollars. APP
plicafion was made by another res
ident of Orchard park for water from
the water main recently extended
from. North Ninth street to that su-
burb. The petition was referred to the
water superintendent for determine
ton.
Billiard and pool licenses were
granted to the Strathmore Hotel
company, D. H. Supperstein, Bryner
Brothers and 70 the Canon Cigar COM
pany on the approval of their bonds
by the city attorney and the license
committee. The mayor was instruct
ed by the resolution to request the
Denver G Rio Grande Railroad COM
pany to remove the telegraph poles
on the south side of Water street.
between Eighth and Eleventh streets,
from their present alignment so as
to conform with the street line.
The matter of opening the alley
between Eighth and Ninth streets
and between Macon and Greenwood
avenues was referred to the city at
torney with instructions to take the
necessary legal steps to have the al
ley opened. Proof of publication Of
the ordinance conveying hotel privi-
Ieges to Messrs- Kelsey and Street OK
New York City for the proposed cleo
tric railroad company was presented
and ordered placed on file.
The matter of purchasing a strip
OF land adjoining South Fourth street,
between River street and the Santa
Fs railroad station. for the widening
Of he roadway vas referred TO the
strsss s>szlsy sad- brs4ks eqsnn,ttss
to take up with the owners for arbi.
tration and adjustment On motion
the street, alley and bridge COMMITTEES
was Instructed to have the city en-
gineer prepare plans and specifca-
lions for tiling the Hydraulic ditch al
the Fourth street crossing II the
work can be economically and salts
factorily done the ditch will be tiled
at other street crossings
An ordinance was adopted conferr-
ing certain rights and privileges up
on the people of orchard park using
water from the city main recently ex-
tended to that neighborhood- The or
dinance confirms the agreement pre-
viousiy entered into between tbs
council and the water consumers oi
Orchard park. Following some Other
business, all of a minor character
the council adjourned.
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
PORTLAND CEMENT
COMPANY DEFENDANT
LOST HIS RIGHT ARM WHILE IN
THE EMPLOY OF THE COM
PANY LAST YEAR.
II IL Reported that Denver People
WI Ask Governor to Commute
Death Sentence TO Life
imprisonment

A8@Es-o'e----@
Geo. King. the self-confessed muir
derer OF Peter Jackson. an aged and
inoffensive Ebert county ranchman.
who Is under sentence 10 be hung by
the warden Of the penitentiary here
sometime next week. Is plaintif in
a suit in the Fremont county district
court against the Colorado Portland
Cement company for damages in the
cum OF twenty-five thousand dollars.
King is only twenty years Of age and
proceedings we're Instituted by Mrs.
Julia King. his mother. as next Of
ktn.
while working a movable" tripper
In Gs plant OF the defendant COM
pany. BY which he was employed.
Klng had the misfortune to get his
righf srn caught IN the machinery
IN vuch way as to fnjure II 20 SER
iousiy a. TO necessitate its amputa-
ton near the shoulder. The accident
took place on November tenth OF last
year and suit was begun against the
company by his mother a few veeks
later: the Law arm of Richardson G
Williams of Denver being retained
By her TO prosecute the case.
Soon after proceeding were inst-
tuted Messrs. Goudy a Twi,cheii of
Denver. attorneys for the defendant.
MED q motion in the district court
here on December card. 1910 to
quash the summons. but II was de-
nicd by Judge Lee Champion. who
was on the bench. and the case order
cd placed on the docket Trial was
set for the 2srd OF June OF this year.
but a. neither side were ready for
bearing. 1t was continued by agree
ment until the November term OF
court. when It will come up for some
i3rt OF final disposition. Should
King be hung in the meantime. as
there is every prospect that he viii
Unless he Is reprieved by Governor
shafroth. or Is granted stay OF ex-
ecution by the supreme court. suit
Will be continued by his mother. Al
though the hanging OF King will to
some extent discredit the case IL
need not, necessarily, end IT,
II is reported from Denver that n
number Of people In that city have
Interested themselves In Kings be-
half. believing he Is the victim Of un-
fortunate social circumstances, and
Governor shafroth will be asked to
commute his punishment 10 life Inn
prisonment. Chaplain Blake OF the
penitentiary says that King seems to
regard his approaching fate with the
utmost stoicism and Indifference: ap-
psrentiy having no fear OF the hang
mans moose. He Is fine looking
xung fellow and for several weeks
past has been an occupant of the
death cell.
Sheriff Esser received a letter a
few days ago from John King of Fort
Worth. Texas. half brother OF the
condemned man. asking tho nature
OF the crime for which tho prisoner
was to be hung. He stated that he
had only recently learned that his
,brothsr was in the penitsntiary and
IVES anxious to know what he had
lsaes 70 b ssnt there. rhs istssr
~ rslsrre1 4 shs VAsees ~ =
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
WAS DISCOVERED
BY THE WATCHMAM
MAN FLEES WHEN wATCHMAN
DISCOVERS HIN IN GULLY
BENEATH THE BRIDGE.
Experts Declare There Was Enough
Of the Explosive to Have Blown
the Train to Atoms.
(By United Press.)

(By United Press.)
Santa Barbara, Oct 17.-Sheriff
Stewart, after investigating for
twenty-four hours the finding Of
50 sticks Of dynamite under the
bridge near here, over which
President Taft's train passed,
later said, Il don't believe there
was any plot to dynamite Taft's
train. he dynamiters, II they had
wanted to get tie President would
not have allowed q lone Mexican
Waterman 10 put them to flight
Secret service men are stin in.
vestieating.
Santa Barbara. Cal Oct 17.-What 10
pronounced by Sheriff Nat Stewart OF
Santa Barbara county and w. y.
Wines OF San Francisco. special
agent for the Southern Pacific rail-
r1ad. % k3se besa "a aklIberats -
tempt to dynamite an sco-foot bridge
twenty-five miles north of here. over
which President Taft's special train
passed early Monday. was frustrated
by the vigilance of a Mexican bridge
watchman at 1:so o'clock this morn
ing.
Sheriff Stewart and Wines returned
from the scene tonight and reported
the evidence OF the plot was complefe
Although the suspect has disap-
peared. the officers say they have GER
tain ciews. and already have several
men on the case. Secret service men
have been summoned from San Fran
cisco and win be placed on the hunt
1t is certain that the man has net
yet left the mountains, and a close
watch Is being kept on all passes
Wafehman Shoots . Man.
The bridge which It was planned
to wreck is a fine structure 500 feet
long. About midnight the Mexican
waichman was passing over the
bridge on his regular rounds. When
about half way across. he noticed the
dim outline OF a man in the gully
beneath the bridge. He called the
man. who Immediately drew his pis-
toi and fired several shots. but all
went wild He then made an invest-
cation and. finding a package of dy.
Mantle, at once notified the sherin's
Office here by telephone The sheriff
notified the railroad officers and
wines. who who was on the presi-
dents special. was ordered to get OF
the train at Santa Barbara and make
an Investigation
When the officers arrived at Capt
tan. they were taken to the spot by
the watchman. Inside bix-like sec
don OF the steel pier. twenty-one
sticks on dynamite were found. The
explosive was entirely hidden from
view except that fuse ten fet long
hung out
In similar position at the next
pier. eighteen sticks OF dynamite
we're found. with fuse attached. Both
of these piers were about the middle
Of the bridge.
Further Investigation disclosed two
sticks Of dynamite lying to one side
Of the bridge. evidently At the spot
uAsrs the nan bad bssn Arranging
~ aynanses ~ atlaehius ne Fuss.
n oGloogs ~ ~ 1ynam'(s
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21

England the main timbers being cut from the
nearby forest while the outer sheathing of North
Carolina pine was hewn into blocks to resemble
stone.
There were about a dozen bedrooms, all of
them small and doubtless they were rather
crowded at Christmas time--some of the people.
very likely. doubling up" All of the rooms had
low ceilings; there was no paper on the walls;
water pipes of all kinds were conspicuous by
their absence; no furnace heated the mansion
(there were no stoves, indeed), and the only il
Illumination in the evening was furnished by cam
dies Yet. as things went in those days. this was
luxurious establishment
The Christmas dinner was at o'clock in the
banquet hail." and probably twenty-five or thirty
people sat down to the repast The table
covered with snowy damask cloth, and there
were fine linen napkins-both being luxuries rath-
er exceptional In those days. But this by NO
means all There was handsome service OF
pure silver, most Of which had belonged to the
widow Custis when she married Mr.. Washington.
and also there was big display Of cut glass even
more precious Most remarkable of ALL however.
there were real silver forks--a rarity indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen ate with their knives IN
those days In way that would now be consid-
cred shocking. IT was matter almost OF neces-
sity, inasmuch as the forks they used, which had
only three tines. did not very we'll for some
purposes, such as the carrying of peas to the
mouth for example. II is painful to think Of the
Father OF His Country at his Christmas dinner
putting bis knife into the mouth, but there is no
doubt that he did so, Another oddity. as now
adays It would be considered, was the arrange
ment of the table, upon which all the dishes to
be served. including even the puddihgs and pies.
we're placed at once No wonder that in those
times festive board was said to "groan" beneath
the weight of the viands!
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
BAR PACKERS FROM BRITAIN
Indicted Chicago Firms Are Excluded
From Bidding for Army and
Navy Meat Contracts.

London.-The British government
has decided to exclude all the Amer
ican meat packers, against whom
prosecutions have been instituted in
the United States, from rendering con:
tracts for the supply of meat to the
British army and navy, pending the
settlement Of the suits.
The agents in the British isles of
the prominent American meat packers
who, until now, have obtained large
government contracts, have received
the following notification from the
war Office:
Pending the ultimate result of the
legal proceedings in the United States
against certain meat-packing firms. 1t
has been decided by the British gov.
ernment that none Of the firms In.
volved shall be invited to tender for
army supplies"
The decision of the government is
due to the opposition of labor and ad.
vanced radical members of parliament
to the American trusts.
Chicago.-An official of Armour &
Co. said here that the action of the
British government in denying Amer.
lean packers the privilege Of bidding
for army supplies, while not unex.
pected, is the most serious blow which
thus far has been directed against
the packers as a result Of the prose.
cution in the federal courts.
He declined to express what the f.
nancial loss to his concern would be
as a result of the action of the British
government. but said the contract for
meat supplies for the British army
amounted to about 100000 pounds a
year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
MQShHHG7ON At ElNlnTN N76>nN
MnIW NHNUW

AS a matter of course at the Christmas dinner
Gas on other oecasions) the table was waited upon
by slaves who did duty as house servants Two
were allotted to each guest that quite num-
Der were required. All of the eatables had to be
fetched considerable distance, the kitchen being
detached from the mansion, with which 1t was
connected by a covered way.
At the houses of the great Virginia families at
that period it customary for the slavesto wait
on the table in their ordinary plantation garb.
But at Mount Vernon many things we're on
scale of exceptional luxury. and the negroes who
performed such service clad In Washing
tons own livery of red, white and gold, which
was handsome and striking
One may suppose, then, that the conversation at
the Christmas dinner was more than ordinarily
entertaining AS a matter of course, everybody
was hungry: for, according to the custom OF
those days. there were only two mealG-breakfast,
which was early and dinner. The necessity for
supper was removed by a great prolongaton Of
the dinner, at which each person was expected to
eat all that he or she possibly could In fact. 1t
was the duty of the hostess gently to persuade
her guests to gorge themselves to repletion while
the host made 1t his business to press wine and
other drlnkables upon the men to an extent which
in these times would be considered most i'm
prudent
The ladies, however drank little nothing.
So far as they we're concerned, the prohibition Of
stimulants was much more strict than 1t is today
Ia rather curious thing, when it is considered
how copiously the men imbibed.s AS for the lat
ter, II on occasions gentleman took too much.
the matter was politely ignored--such acci.
dent. 1t was considered being more or less likely
to happen to anybody But 1t should be under
stood that the really hard drinking was done,
not while the ladies were present. but after their
doDa rf1V from fha oh
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21

This 1t is, which moves us to strive
to make children happy at Christmas.
They may be like those who foat
along with the river. knowing nothing
of its lovely source high up in the
everlasting hills. But even If they do
not know why most of us do want to-
make it merry time for children
1t is emphatically the children's fes-
tival. No one ever regrets It who goes
out of the way to help some little
ones to be happy at Christmas. They
are the special friends of the Christ
mas child, and it is, we'll to be able to
entertain the kings friends. IL not the
king himself
1t does the world good to open its
heart and take in the seasons greet
ing. Business goes on all the happier,