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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Killed BY Internal Mechine.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-A package re.
ceived by Mrs. Grace Walker, also
known as Helen Taylor, in an up
town apartment house tonight explod-
ed and caused her death almost in
stantly. The mystery with which the
affair was clouded bsf1ed the police.
The woman was 81 years old, was
called to the vestibule of the apart
ment by . man who presented her
with good.sized package and then
hurried away. She carried the pack
age to her apartment and as she
placed 1t on q table it exploded with q
loud report.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Porters Compete With Railroad.

St. Paul, Feb. 1.-The arrest of sew
Great Northern porters on the north
Pacific coast reveals q huge graft
worked on the railroads and the
travelling public. Detectives. have
been watching operations of porters
for some time, it is said, with the re-
suit that during the past few years
hundreds of colored employees have
been discharged.
Porters are said to have deirauded
the western roads of more than 81, ,000,-
600 the past year. Their practice has
been to substitute their own liquors,
cigars and cigarettes for those of the
company. Passengers give their
orders to porters who easily can draw
from their private stock instead of
going to the dining car.
1t is said that porters have been so
daring that they have had hauled
whole cases of beer to the cars. A
bottle would cost q porter only about
8 cents, which they would sell at 20
cents.
The biggest part of the graft has
been In the sale of whiskey, howev or,
IL ia claimed. Porters go into .
saloon and buy for IS cents, or about
that, q quart bottle of poor whiskey.
From the quart they would be able to
give to passengers as especial stuff"
about 20 email portions at 20 cents
apiece. A quart bottle would thus net
q porter 93,l5.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
BRYAN ROASTS HARMON.
Aspirant For Presidential Nomina-
ton Severely Criticised. l.

ton Severely Criticised. l.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3l.-What is
considered as one of the worst checks
the Harmon boom has received came
out with red.hot denunciation of the
Ohio man by William Jennings Bryan
in the Commoner. He charged the
governor with failure to act upon
laws tha at were favorable to the peo-.
pie.
Bryan stated that so measures failed
to become laws in Ohio because Har.
mon did not sign within the period al
lowed by the constitution. Many Of
these, he claims, were OF the progress
sive order and passed by the legisla-
ture for the express benefit of the com.
mon people.
1t was charged that Harmon is not
a friend OF the people andlthat demo-
Gratis would make q great mistake In
his nomin alton. He derided the at.
tempts that are being made by the
managers of the Harmon campaign In
their efforts to make the people &C..
cept Harmon as q progressive demo-
crat.
That Harmon Ia not progressive
and that he never will be, is Bryan's
contention.
The effect of the article has not yet
been anticipated. Harmon's friends
will undoubtedly make attempts to ex-
plain the $50 measures" Bryan speaks
about. 1t is the opinion OF many,
however, that William J. has sealed
Harmon's chances for president.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Will Sink The Maine.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - General
Bixby, chief of engineers of the army,
brings from Hav ana the report that
unless unforeseen difficulties are ex-
perienced, all that is left of the old
bsttleship Maine will be aoated out of
Havana harbor by March l, and sunk
in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mex
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
TRIED STARVATION CURE.
Patient Died and Woman Doctor Con-
victed BY Jury.

SEATTLE, Feb. 4.-Mrs. Linda Bur-
field Hazz ard, the Seattle "starva alton
DOCTOR" was found guilty tonight of
manslaughter by jury in the Kitsap
county superior court at Port Orchard
for having caused the death by star
vation of Miss Carrie williamson, an
English heiress who underwent Mrs.
Hazards fasting treatment.
The penalty for manslaughter is an
indeterminate term in the penitentiary
of from l to 20 years. The court has
not set the day for passing sentence.
The jury was out more than 20
hours. It was learned that only one
formal ballot was taken, that upon
which the verdict of guilty was re.
turned.
Mrs. Linda Burfield Hazard was
arrested Aug. 5, 1911, on q charge oi
murder in the first degree, on an in.
formation filed in Kitsap county, the
complaining witness being Miss Dor.
othea Williamson, aged 81 years, who
alleged that her sister. Claire viii.
Hanson, aged 33. was starved tc
death by Mrs. Razzard. The viii
liamsons were English women ot
means, who were on tour around the
world and consulted Mrs. Hazard
concerning their health. Mrs. Hazard
soon had both women In her starva
tion sanisarium at Olalls, where, on q
diet of orange juice and asparagus
broth. Carrie died May 10, 1911, and
Dorothea was wasted to q skeleton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Packers Worked In Harmony.

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-Further light
wac thrown on the use of the margin
system in the dressed beef business in
the trial today of the ten Chicago
packers charged with maintaining q
combin alton In restr Amt of trade,
Government Counsel ames M. Shee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Wheat Not Yet Threshed.

WINNIPEG, Feb. 1.-According to
official estimates made here 81, ,000, 900
bushels of what still remain in the
western part of Canada ready for
shipment. In addition there are said
to be 1900, 900 bushels yet to be thresh-
ed. Anxiety is expressed lest thous.
ands of bushels of grain be q total
10as
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
A Million Dollar Ranch.

Los ANGELES. Feb. 3.-Five hun
dred acres of the Cienega ranch, q
part of the holdings of the Lucky"
Baldwin estate, has been sold for
81, ,250.000 The sale is subject to the
approval of the probate court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Fuel Famine at Nome.

NOME, Alaska, Feb. 2.-The cham.
Der of commerce and the city council
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16
A Dangerous Wound


is rendered antisceptic by Bucklen's Ar
MICA salve, the healing wonder for sores
burns, piles, eczema and salt rheum. 25c.
For sal by Baton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

can give what he pleases. at any price
that he may wish to charge,
Promoter &c" Is the man who insists
on Your having the lot, who also insists
on your providing q substantial amount
of the cost of the house so that the
amount of your interest will not equal
the amount Of the payment, on the prin-
cipal each month, and so that you will
In this way make greater Roadway on
the principal. Having no desire to make
any more off the deal than a legitimate
amount Of interest, he does not care
who you get to build the house. as long
as the man Is financially RESPONSIBLE
and wifi do the work right for he must
always figure on the possibility OF the
house coming back on his hands. and
stands ready to advance the money as
demanded by the contractor during the
progress of the work He Is the man who
is really interested in seeing young peo-
pie and people In moderate circumstance
have homes OF their own, and will do
everything he can to help them get a
comfortable home on easy payments.
which they will always enjoy. II you
want home on the installment plan, do
business with promoter &C"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

members of the exchange who have not
seen the former failures.
The last week has revealed the record
price for Douglas street property. NJ
Fanger, prosperous merchant living in
Omaha and owning dry goods stores in
Plattsmouth and Missouri Valley, paid
s,o0O front foot for twenty-five feet Of
ground between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets. The property Is an addi-
ton to the thirty-three feet adjoining
on the east, which gives him a frontage
On Douglas street of. fifty-five feet for
a building he will plan later. The sale
of the property was negotiated by Birkett
e. Tebbins.
George G. Wallace, who has taken the
sale of the large body Of real estate re-
Gently acquired by Bellevue college, ad-
dressed an enthusiastic meeting Of the
Commercial club of Bellevue. Thursday
night. Mr.. Wallace spoke of the manner
in which he had become interested In
the Bellevue proposition, almost against
his will. The more he looked into the
matter, the more he had become con-
vinced that the time had come when
Bellevue is rapidly to take its place as
one of Omaha's most popular suburbs
He said that already he had had numer-
Gus communications from people regard
ing Bellevue. He said he found a popular
impression that clear titles could not be
obtained to Bellevue property, but that
he had looked into this and found this
impression unfounded.
The club passed resolutions Of cooper
alton with Mr.. Wallace in promoting the
interest Of the college and village. A
committee on publicity was appointed to
cooperate with similar one appointed
by the trustees of the college. A com
mittee was also appointed to wait upon
the village board in the interest of i'm
proved streets. B. R. Stouffer is the
president of the club and W. S. Shafer,
secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

in supply as an explanation OF enhanced
prices is evidently unsupported py eco
norn,e facts The charges, SO frequenty
made by demagogues and other III III
formed persons, that the tariff, the trusts
ana the transportation companies are the
maleyolent agencies responsible for tne
increase In cost of living In this country
are knocked into cooked hat by the
easily provable fact that similar aa-
vances have taken place practically 'he
world over.
The fact seems 10 be that the wage
earners Of today, and all other people OF
modest incomes, demand more 1000 ana
fooa Of better quality and in greater
yorIetv than did those Of their kind sew
aral wears ago. The supply is greater
actually and relatively, but the increase
in suppIy has not kept pace with the
larger demand. Measured by their means
ths neople Of the world as whole occupy
a b,rber plane than they did a few years
aso, The condition is not undesirable
hut IT is necessarily more expensive
New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Effort to Be Made to Secure Change
Z, in Foreclosure Law. ..-
1000 A FRONT FOOT IS PAID
Douglas street Lot of Twenty-Five
Feet, is Bought by NJ. Fanger
for $22,0OO-will Erect
Building.

The legislative committee of the Real
Estate exchange has quite a difficult
problem before it in the framing of an
Intelligent and equitable foreclosure law
or an amendment to the present law
and the exchange proper, which is in
favor of change, has a difficult prob
lem If the bill is framed in getting favor
able action from the state legislature.
In the past legislatures have looked
with. disdain upon any change in the
present law. The opposition to its pas
sage comes from the rural districts,
which have been in the majority, and the
cities and larger towns have to be con-
tent with the action of the representa-
tives of those sections.
Time and again has the local exchange
endeavored to secure a more reasonable
foreclosure clause. 1t has appointed COM
mittees to look over the laws of other
states, practically all of whom hold out
more Justice to the real estate dealer and
property owner than our own, and pre-
sented these statistics in arguments with
out avail.
Missouri and other states which have a
greater city population than Nebraska
have laws better suited for the progress
of the realty business and at the same
time properly framed to make it i'm
possible for the unscrupulous man to
get something for nothing. In other
words they do not, as the Nebraska law
does, give to the man who is inclined
to be a little off color in scruples,
chance to hold and use property for a
period of nine months for nothing.
Owners of big buildings in the city
may consider themselves lucky that such
persons have not gotten hands on their
property and stuck with 1t under the
protection of our present law, for it is
Just matter of luck that they have
not.
Despite these unfruitful attempts in
the past the Real Estate exchange will
again endeavor to secure change in the
law. 1t was decided to do this at the
last meeting of the organization, princi-
.pally for the benefit of the younger
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

2S; Kansas City, N;tDenver, q; Salt Lake
City, SO; Los Angeles, 19; San Francisco.
l6; Oakland, 1870; Berkeley 1872; sacra-
mento, 81; San Diego, 112; Seattle, S5, and
Toronto, /. The twenty-nine cities in
which there were losses are not only
widely separated but were in most cases
the scene of tremendous activity In build
ing recently and are now enjoying a
slight reaction from which there is
nothing serious to be apprebendsd. as
conditions all over the country indicate
continuance of activity rather than a
let-up.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

.~-,~s, UYING furniture and homes
W l on the installment plan has
w enabled many young couple
Su-A to own comfortable home
sg-riN in few years. from the saw
ir Sssas inss Of small salary, who
would have had nothing but possibly the
furniture and rent receipts, had 1t not
been for the installment plan method of
securing a home.
There have sprung up. however, in
connection with this method OF obtain
ing a home, several evils which home
owners who contemplate obtaining a
home in this way should know about.
For convenience we will classify the diff
ferent kind of homebulding promoters
as "A" 'B" and &c" Promoter "A" IS
man who will induce you to buy from
him a lot on which he will build home
without telling you all Of the expenses
involved and require as security a right
of attorney, an assignment and any
other security that he can possibly claim
from you, informing you that YOU are to
pay certain amount which we will
state as SIS per month, to apply on tn"
cost of the house. In fine print In the
contract with him Is the further state
ment that You must pay in monthly in
stallments per cent of all the money In
volved, the taxes, insurance. water taxes.
and keep up all the repairs, all Of which
raises the monthly payment a consider
able amount, varying of course, accord
ing to the principal involved.
In addition to this, you find that you
have paid an exorbitant price for your
let, an exorbitant price for the house,
even If II were built right, and that the |
house has been so poorly built, everything |
being of the very cheapest and poorest |
that could possibly be put into 1t, and |
covered up temporarily with cheap paint |
and varnsh that the bill for repairs is |
continuous and large. The result Is, that
the cost of your home is great worry |
instead Of 9. pleasure and soon becomes
milestone that makes you wish that you |
had been contented to stay in the cozy
little flat
Promoter "B' IL a man who requires
that you own a lot. and sometimes IN |
addition to this you are required to pay |
a. certain amount of the principal to be |
borrowed this usually being about 10
per cent which would be $500 on loan
OF $1,000 Promoter %" viii tell you
that you have to pay per cent interest
in addition to certain amount on the
principal each month, which he will figure
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

more than $500 100000 bushels at the
present time. That is. population hav-
ing increased approximately ~ per cent,
wheat supply has increased 80 per cent.
The corn supply, very large percentage
of which comes from the soil of this
country is greater than 1t was ten years
ago by an average Of nearly 80 per cent,
The gain in oats has bean only little
less than that In corn. 1t appears that
while the average total world production
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16
BETTER LIVING IN THE WORLD
AprtcuItursI Production Keeping
Pace with the Increase in
Population.

From statements made In an official
publication of the Department Of Agri-
culture there is reason to believe that
agricultural production throughout the
world has In recent years increased more
rapidly than population. If this is true,
as 1t appears to be, price enhancement
cannot be charged to relative decline In
supply.
The report deals in detail with num-
ber of the more important crops. 1t
states that the estimate Of increase in
the total population of the world Is about
l per cent year. 1t shows that twenty
years ago the average wheat crop Of the
world was 2471, 900 bushels a year, as
compared with an average Of little
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

There were gains in forty-three cities
and losses in twenty-nine cities, and 1t Is
rarely that it is so easy to reconcile the
losses as it is at the present time. The
gains. are so numerous! and so interest
ing that it is worth while to take a
glance at the table. Chicago leads the
large cities in gains, the increase exceed
ing the same month year ago by 1l9
per. cent; New York shows an increase
of 50 per cent; Boston, 81; Detroit, is;
Cleveland, u; Toledo AZ; Rochester, II;
Pittsburgh, 2; indianapolis, Il; Louisville,
81; Columbus. O.. 49, St. Louis 2; Omaha,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

of the five great staples, wheat. corn
rye, oats and barley. for the five year
period 1869 was 1o,707 .OoO 900 bushels, the
average for the five years 1so5-oo was
13. 437. 100000. a gain of considerably more
than 25 per cent. while population in
creased approximately 10 per cent. A
similar condition appears In the produc-
ton of rice, sugar, potatoes, tobacco,
fiaxseed and cotton.
The argument Of a per capita decrease
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16
Mr. CLAUSEN'S BOOK
1.-THE Art, Science ana Sentiment
Of Homsbuildins."

Thirty chaptsrs, 800 illnstrasions.
It covers wide range of subjects
costing from S2,o0o to Sao, 900, let
Ing contracts, choosing materials,
proper assign Of ..n entrance s ,s;rS WIN,
edition. Fsrioe, postpaid, $500.
Address, Arthur O. Clausen,
Architect, ll36-37-3e Lumber Ex-
change. Minneapolis Minnesota.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

JYING furniture and homes
on the installment plan has
enabled many young couple
to own a comfortable home
In a few years. from the saw
insS of a small salary, who
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

out TOR you, but he seldom mentions the
fact before the deal is closed. that you
will also be required to pay taxes, in
surance, water tax, and keep up the re-
pairs, all of which amounts to consider
able. Promoter "B" also insists on
building the house and while he may
build it a little better than promoter
a." he has the advantage on you and
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

The Charles E. Williamson company
has just issued map of Omaha. 1t is
we'll suited for office use, especially for
real estate men. An original idea is used
to good advantage in an index Of streets
on the margin opposite the line of the
streets. A separate outline of the build
ing and hotel section of Omaha is printed
on the sheet which is of glazed trans
parent paper to be tackled upon the wall
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16
Remarkable Building Activity

Building Is remarkably acive in all
sections of the country, operations being
far ahead of the corresponding period
year ago. Official reports from seventy
two leading cities to Construction New
show that permits were taken out
Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-16

May for 25,270 buildings Involving a total
investment of sSS5l2,oo5 as compared With
2S,4O2 buildings sggregating in cost sTS,
>l,6S for the same month year ago.
L increase of 1867 buildings and sl4 9ao,-
i. The figures N detail are as follows:
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-24

Trespass notice printed on muslin
OF. on paper for sale. at this Office.
Now is the time to post trespass
notices when gunners with dog and
gun are wont to trespass on private
property. Buy trespass notice at
The Capital Office.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-24
LiLllHIII1 1RIyyEI
RIflTBBIPS y
AM
oEDS
MUCH BEAUTY IN sHRUBBERY
Recommended for Planting Between
Trees Where LuxurIant Effect
10 Eesired.

Shrubs as well as trees have Q
place in the Identification of the city
streets. In the suburbs and outlying
sections OF the city one often sees
masses Of shrubbery In the parkways
along the residence streets. / feel
certain that every one WIN agree that
this sort OF Identification ought TO be
encouraged in every possible way.
Planted between the trees, Towering
and other shrubs add much to the Ap-
pearance of a street Such treatment
Of our parkways need not be confined
to any particular section Of the city.
Still. shrubbery is more becoming In
streets which have wide parkways and
naturally will thrive best and make
the finest showing in sections where
most appreciated and best cared for.
Wherever such planting Is done in
the residence sections of the city,
along streets where a large number of
people pass daily. it should be con-
fined TO the low-growing varieties, no
higher than three or four feet. The
high-growing shrubs form dense thick
cts along the parkway which AFFORD
lurking places for hold-up men and
thugs. The high-growing shrubs also
have tendency to droop over on
the sidewalks, often causing incon-
venience to pedestrians.
Such shrubs as the Thunberg bar
berries, Japan ounce, snowberries,
rugosa roses. matrimony vines and the
various Wild roses make perfect
masses when left to grow in their nat
ural form. They should be planted
about two and one-half feet apart, de-
pending upon the size of the individ-
ual bushes The plants should be
placed irregularly in masses, and no
four bushes should stand in a straight
row.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-24

Compared With the Yam, Irish Potato
10 Called insIpld, Almost
TasteIess Bulb.

The golden yam, says the Washing
ton Post, that Celebrates the sun and
the soil into q sugar which makes sac
charine seem sour. was set apart by
our first parents as the overload Of all
tubers. The history Of it's Irish rival
may be definitely traced to the foster
care Of Raleigh. II spread into Ian
cashire. fits path through the low
countries may be followed az clearly
as the march Of the army worm. But
the gsnealogy Of the yam Is lost In the
morning mists Of antiquity. Il is sup
posed to be identical with the man
drake for which the Orient peoples
dug as for hidden treasure. Beyond
all peradventure It was the yam to
which the Spanish gave what after
ward became the generic name ''bata-
ta," modified into our own collective
potato" Its purple flowers were hail
ed as the harbingers Of natures rich
est largssse. while Humboldt was still
doubling whether nature originally
had anything to do with the creation
OF the Irish potato. 1t is the succu-
lent root to which loving illusions are
made by the great dramatist, who
would have condemned the Mermaid
as tavern IL he had been offered the
tasteless bulb exploited by Master
Raleigh.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-24
School Garden Work.

II we are to interest the child In
the world about him We must begin
early in his life to teach him the
things that touch his life. He will
see plants every day of his life and at
every step he viii find them more
necessary, more interesting than the
mere words he learned in the school
house. 1t is neither the words or
the knowledge of plants that we are
after, but the best and highest devel-
opment, both mental and physical. OF
every child who attends school. This
high standard cannot be attained
through that alone which may be
learned within schoolhouse.