Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1903, Page 7

THE OMAHA D DEAD IN HIS OFFICE CHAIR “Bot” Johmm: Tase cn Overioss of Landzoum. PROBABLY DID NOT INTEND SUICIDE Was Not of Morose Disposition His Priends Have No Remson 1o Bellere He Intended to Kl Mimself W. R. Johoson, & bookkoeper @raughtsman for C. . Fanning contegetor, was found doad in his office, 521 Bee ding, yosterday morning. He wa eitting as though asieep in an arm chair with his feet on the offiee table. On the table was & four-ounce hot lsudanum with contents hall gone. Life had been extinot for meveral hours when Johnson was @Giscovered by Joceph P. Butler, su- perintendent for Mr. Fannine Butler summoned Dr. W. C. Maxwell, who has D office on the same floor of the Bee build- ing, and Coroner Braile The body was removed to the Brailey & and le of Dorrance morgue, and the coromer, after investigating the circumstances, decided that an inguest was not necessary. All the facts discovered led to the conclusion that | Johnson had either taken the drug te Quiet his perves or with suicidal intent The former supposition is thought to be the correct one Johnsor was not a man ©f morose or melancholy dieposition and had no troubles of especial note. He had not been home for two weeks and came to the office Sunday evening. walking up the | #tairs. This was the last seen of him by friends and scquaintances. Johnson Jeaves a wite, who is & daughter of Jamer T. Alien, & well known early citizen, and three sons and one deughter, the latter 4 years old. The sons are Robert E., who is married and works at Union Pacific headguarters, and Donald A and Ralph B, who are employed at the Omaha National bank and live with “their | matber and little sister family home, 522 street. The decensed wes born at Kent county, Maryland, in 1853 and came 10 Omaba in 1872 He was employed a long time as traveling selesman for ciger and lquor houses and about ten yeers ago became the confidential agent of Hugh Murphy in the paving business. He had been with C. E. Fanning for & year &nd & Balf, was well informed on paving and con- struction matters and w well known sbout the city as “Bob” Johnson. Funeral arrangements have not boen made Blanche, at the North Twenty-sixth Millington, Many Mad Men in Prossia. BERLIN, Feb. 22—The Pru tical office reports that therc are insane patients in the 279 aeylume of Prus- ™ Peacemaker Gets Worst of It When the evening police reljef started out under Sergeant Gibbone vesterday evening they found Dora Wootan of 114 North Elev- enth street lying unconscious on the side. walk in front of 14 North Eleventh street, and another woman, who gave her name as Daley Monday and place of residence as 114 Dodge street, wailing unrestrainedly by her side. The woman was carried into the police station and the doctors called Dora soon recovered and explal that Daiey of the first day had been having an - tic quarrel with a colored man and he (Dore) had stepped in between 1o make . She was put down and out by & Plow on her Jaw’ Daiey escaped with bump on the forehead. LOCAL BREVITIES. Ofiver H. Parr has been nted divorce from Anna M. by Judge Duy. Defendsut_ Was mccused of extreme Crueity. L“m.'um-n:.h petitions for dwururwm George, alleging cruelty and non-suj 3 y were married in Topeka, Kan., Bep- tem 2 1. W. J. Haines of 702 North Seventeenth street was urrested Jast night and held a3 a_fugitive from justice pending the arrival of an officer from Council Bluffs, who took the scross the river. He is wanted there to stand trial for obtaining money under false pretences. Joe and John Youvrek were arrested Monday m;mno:mlh\'\ lzr(:-m D:mn:rlv charged with permitting minors .o visi: their peolrooms at 615 Socath Sixteenth street. It is alleged thet their poolrooms were the hemdquarters for the mextet o° iads who recently confessed to robbing R. C Lee's barn of a large quantity of house- hold roods Jcom F. Cassedy has brought suit in @is- trici court aguinst Sunderland Brothers company for $3,000 personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained Junuary 19 last, when he was sgueezed between the roof of the scules and the back of the seat of the wagon in bis charge. He is a teamster al the compuny was cerciess in hot providing him with & wagon low enough to admit of his Ariving under the scale covering without getting scraped off his weat BABY'S FUTURE Something for Mothers to Think About. Lives of Suffering and Sorrow Averted And Happiness and Prosperity sl b CuticuraSoap, Ointment and Pills When All Else Fails. Zvery child born into the world with an inberited or carly aevelopea tep- depcy to distressing, disfiguring ho- mou i of the skin, scalp und bloed, be- comer fu object of the most tender so- Wcitude, not only bhecause of its sufer- Mag, but because of the dreadful fear that the disfiguration is to be lifelong snd mar its future huppiness sud pros- perity. Hence it becomes the duty of ‘mothers of such afflicted children to ac- quaint themselves with the best, the and wost eflective treatme avnilable, viz., The Cuticurs Trestment. Warm baths with Cuticurs Soap to cleanse the skiu und sealp of crusts avd seales, gentie applicatione of Cuticure Olutment, to allay iwching, irritatic and ivflammation, und soothe wud heal, and mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, 1o cool the blood inthe scverer cases, are 21l thut enu be uesived “ur the sileviation of the suffering of skin tor- vured intants and (hildreu, :ud the com- fort of wory Oul purents. Milliors of women use Cutiours Sosp, assisted by Cuticura Ointment. for pre- serving. purifying und beautifving the lkln.nfnr cleunsing the scalp of oruste. soales and dundrufl, xnd the stopping of talling hair, for softening. whitening und soothing red, rouzt: and sore hands, for buby rushes, itchings and chafings, in the form of washes for annoying trritations and inflammations, »od for Jsny Sapative. s c purposes -H‘ readily suggest ves. e paving | i ||| WOMAR I H | 1 There 1 » wimibs dro of talk o O Wom- An's club Jue a° pressms abou! A oErtaln Temclution trrught befrre the chid mot lone !U?- provifiing for (he refustating of ald members wWilhom el paying s sevond | Imitmiion fes gmd (. (he paymen: of §° | ¥il endide all new members caming into { the yeu o hold membersh'y untl | of the yemr 18031800 It 1 e object o | the membership commitiee to increase the membership of the club, which is &t pres- €n: Jower then Ii has been fo- some time end this resolution was offered for this purpose. While there is little objection | to exienfing these privileges. there is vig- | | orous shjection to the establishment of such | & precedent, some claiming that such a course wowld be undignified and would & | tract trom the infimence of the club. On | the other hand, the membership committee and @ good many others, feel that it ie an injustioe 10 those women who have once beld membership to ask them to again pay the initiation fee just becuuse thelr mem- bership was allowed to lepse, expecially us | many of these women hsve good excuses | for allowing thelr membership to lapsr, | ruch as removal or sbsence from the cit or the failure to understand the time limit | when they might repew. There are also | macy energetic, enthusiastic club women | whose home dutiee bave made it impossible | | for them to work continuously and who bave not come back into the club again be- cause of their being required to again pay » becween this and the last of the | the close | WAR OFFICE iS ATTACRED/CoAL WlGES__iRE WEIGHED‘ Oxcervativa Joim Liberals m Oeusur British Army Minister. DECLARE HAY IS STILL CHI'F BULWARK Ridirule Broderick's crease Scheme to In- Ferces by 00,000 at a Cost of Fifty Mil. lien Dollmrs Lan LOXDON, Feb The criticlem of ths | British War office culminated in the House of Commons tofiay in & motion for & vote of censure againsi War Secretary Brodrick. The motion was in the shape of av smendment to the address in reply to speech from the throme, regretting the faci thai the “orgsntmtion of the army was Dot suited to the needs of the empire and thai no proportionaie Emin in strength or effiriency uad resulied from the recent incresse of military expenditures” Gevernment Forces Revolt | The motior was J@entical with & smens- ment moved by Henry Campbell-Ban- Derman, the liberal leader. when Mr Brodrick introduced Lkis army reform scheme in 1901 Todzy, however, the vote of censure wus proposed by Mr. Becketi an influential conservative, who was sup- ported by a considerable section of revoli- ing unionista. In introducing the motion Mr. | Geclared that Mr. Brodrick had dej | the initiation fee One thing, however, upon which al the club women are agreed is th club’s lack of members and its conseguent | | fnencial condition does not warrant its do- | | ing anything that ie undignified or trivia | There is an emergency fund in the bank &nd the membership dues are sufficient 10 pay all running expenses and as the club | has ever been resourceful—there is always | the “bemefit”” by avhich funds for philan- thropic or other extra work may be ob- ined. of | the | | The following committees have be=n mp- pointed to attend to the legislative work in which the Omahe Woman's cludb is in- terested, that is now before the s'1ite legis- leture | The Juveniie Court Law—Mmes. George Tilden, C. 8. Lobingier snd Lottie Towle, of South Omaha The Library Commissiop—Mre: Smith and Mrs. E. G. McGilton The Pure Food Law--Mrs. MacMurphy | and Dr. Millen. | | | it will be the province of these com- mittees to keep in touch with and premote be work for these various bilis There were eight women at the meeting of the political and social science depart- ment yesterday afternoon nd in the ab- sence of Mrs. C. 8. Lobingier the depart | ment leader, who is in Washington rep resenting the local chapter Dmughters of | the American Revolution at the continental | congress, Mrs. H. A. Wagner, formerly as- | stant leader, presided. A report was to | have been given by Mrs. E. M. Adams of the recent meeting of the Sta.e Board of Charities and Corrections, but her inability | {10 be present deprived the faithful few of | this pleasure and left a paper on “Our | { Working Children in Iilinois,” by Mrs. Van | | Der Heart, chairman of the industrial com- | mittee of the Illinois federation, the only | | feature of the progrcm. This paper was | read by Mrs. Wagner and was followed by & general Qiscussion. The French class has practically demor- : the Woman's ‘club for thé time being, at_least, and fortunste indeed i the de- partment leader who can get sufficient vm-ur-luwlurlukmuy-ub—‘ Ject for even o brief program. Departments | that count their membership by scores | count their attendance by half dozens now- | | adays, while the smaller departments re | !npt counting theirs at all, that is, some of them are mot. The worst of it is that Do- body seems to feel that she has neglected | a Quty, 50 far as the club is concerned. and | | the sole regret of the majority seems to be | that the French department’s program | ceme o early in the yea-—before they | bad mastered French sufficiently to &p- | | preciate it. It has been suggested that that Gepartment give another program later on | #5 & substitute for any department whose | Qiversion from its regular line may make | it incopvenient to present & program. | | | The regular meeting of the Women's | Christians Temperance union will be held | |at 8 o'clock Wednesdsy afternoon in the pariors of the Young Women's Chris- | tian assoctation. | The February meeting of the Woman's |Club of Qe Rallway Mail Service of | | Omaha ané Council Bluffs will be beld on | | Wednesday afternoon st the home of Mrs. Carl Bgge, 4002 Hamilton street. Mre. Fredrick Hugh Cole, president of of the Omaha Woman's club, has extended & general invitation to all members of the | club, members of the Tuesdsy Morning Musicale and all teachers snd students of music interested to atiend a reception &t her home, 1630 Spepcer street, this after- noon from 2 untll 3 o'clock, 1o meet Mrs. Willigm Spencer Crosby, who will present her mecond Wagner lecture recital under the suspices of the Woman's club, this even- | ing st the First Congregational church. | It was first announced that the Teorption would be held in the morning, but it was | luter postponed until the afternoom. The departigent meetings to have been beld at that bour will be postponed JOHNS HOPKINS' ANNIVERSARY | Big Gatheriag in Hoenor of Umiversity's Twenty-Sev. enth Birthday. BALTIMORE, Md. Peb. 23 —Johns Hop- | kins University commemoratea the Twey ty-seventh anniversary of ite founding by one of fhe largest gathering of students &Dd guests ever present Among the guesis were Frederick Hu- ton Gettman, Untversity of Virginia, Ben- jamin Leroy Weller, A. B. Universit: of | Kancas, 1897, Henry Neville Sanders, A. B Trinity University, Toronto, 1884; Daniel Naylor Shoemuker, A. B. Eartham college LU During the year a gift of 5.000 was re- | ceived from Dr. and Mrs. Herter of New | York for the establishment of & cheir in | meticine | At the vonclusion of the meeting the | large sudience rome ond sang the ar Spangled Banner.” The annus! banguet of | the alumni association wae heid tonight in New Carrolitor hotel { Incldent of the War. ! | FALLS CITY Neb. Feh. 14—To the i of The Bee: Duriug which battle War ws @ lttle child foumd upon the battiefield between th WO Con- i | tending armies® SUBSCRIBER { Answer—The episode referred to is more or less apocryphal in nature. No definite location for its urrence can be glven, but it was made the basis of & poem which | | was generally published & {-w yesrs ago. | In that the | ing of an in two cavalry regiment other southern. The regiment lifts the child w0 hi the southern colonel saluted rad e skirm: i=h was off. he norihern | mgainst | when be said the |on the | Hague | today i | resentative | of the senate today as there was Do quorum sxddiebow 1 plorebly neglecied the greatest opportunity ever given 1o & minister, and had produced a defended beatedly if not convincingly the schemes for which he was responsible He ridiculed the suggestion that Great Britain could depend on its citizen army which he described as a “mob of volun- teers,” and pleaded to be given time carry out his army corps scheme, as result of which “the army for the first time in living memory is above its supposed full very strength in every branch, uxcepi the in- fantry." Mr. Broderick made, it is generally ad- mitied, & better defense of hie army scheme than had been expected, but what- ever may be the result of tomorrow's divi- sion, the debate revealed that the temper of the country will almost inevitably com- pel the government to modify its plans. In brief, the nation is mot prepared to spend $150,000,000 annually on the army $100,000,000, as at present. Mr Broderick argued that it would take $150.- 00€,000 t6 get an extra 60,000 men. His op- ponents reply thet there s no need for such a large army &t the risk of starving he navy. " ! Must Rely on Navy, | Sir BEdward Grey put the case pointedly | country could only af- ford to give up & certain number of men to the profession of arms and that the army end mavy must be takea together He could not imagine any wer on land re- quiring such & large army. Such a war in America, he continued, was unthinkable, | while & Buropean war would most probably | be decided on the ses, &nd for home de- | fense great reliance could be placed on the | volunteers—the moral being thst the navy | and pot the army was the pillar of the | empire. Great interest is taken in the guestion The government organs admit, as Qid Mr. | Broderick himself, - the possibiliey ~of a | modification of the government's plans. CASTRO'S SHIPS RETURNED| Germans Ha bont | Over to Vemeruelan Au- | therities. | PUERTO CABELLO, Feb. 23.—The Venez- uelan gunboat Restauradqr, which was cap- tured by the Germens, was handed over | by them to the Venezuelun authorities here today. ! At 11 this morning Commander Chalbaud of this port, sccompenied by an inter- preter and the German Commodore Schoedera, went on board Restaurador which is now lying in this harbor, in order to effect the delivery of the ship to Venez- uela. At 11:30 the Germar flag was low- ered, the German cruiser Vinets firing & salute as the colors were brought down | At 2 this afternoon Restaurador hoisted the Venezuelan flag and was then turned | over to Commander Chalbaud. Vinets im- | mediately afterward steamed out of port. | WASHINGTON, Peb. 25.—After & lengthy | conference todey with high officials of the Washington government, Mr. | Bowen announced that be would call | Italian and British ambassador and the German smbassador tomorrow, | and inform them be was ready to proceed with the @rafing of the protocols pro- | vided for, the procedure to be followed in | referring Lo preferential guestions to The 1f the creditor mstions wish to arrange for the settlement of their claims, they will have to show more anxiety than they have in the past few weeks. Regarding the request of Germany that Venesuela pay to it the £5.500 before March 15, which was the limit of time agreed upon in the protocol, it be question w thy friendliest spirit with Mr the German minister here Dot made in the nature of a demand Mr Bowen informed the German minister when the reguest wes conveyed to him that having signed the peace protocol he was no longer concerned with the mat- ter, and that if Germany wished the money the appeal must be mad: through its rep- Carscas. This will be done German minister arrives there PALMA OPPOSES SUGAR TAX Cnban C was said taken up in Bowen by and that it was when the President Feels it in Not enfent 1o Put on lm- post st Present. FAYANA, Feb There was no session and there will not be & regular session to- moerrow Senator Bustaments, chairman of the committee on the reciprocity treaty says U reciprocity treaty will be taken up on Monday It is semi-official snnounced and both Presiden: Roosevelt and President Palma will be gratified if the tresty is ratified here first. It is thought its ratification by the Cuber senate would give & stimulus 1o the Teciprocity tresty in the Unitsd | . senate President Palms is considering the va- | rious ohjections made to the provisions of the soldiers’ pay losn bill. He is in- clined to regard the levying of & tax on SUgAT 25 Dol convenient at this mement, and be is informed thut the tax on metches will not yield more than one-fifih of the revenue claimed for 3t under the bill There | have beed 3 pumber of American inguiries relative 10 the band isFue In respanse ©n requests made by Ameri- cans the Leasury has ruled tha! automo- biles shall b admitied withow paying Guty fer tour months, ob thelr owners fur nishing & bend Beckett | scheme which wae not only unsound in principle. but wae serious in practice and enormously costly Major Zay, conservative; Sir Charies | Dilke, advanced radical, and others have | Spoken in denunciation of the War office He said be welcomed a direct attack and Jeint Seale Committee Appointed 1o Arrange Pay of Iline Miners SPRINGFIELD. conference of the nois and the I sociation convened Commissioner Hermar erators presiding Operators thie af National President John Mit of the United Mine Workers part be Froceedings The United Mine Workers st ed th names of their scale committee, which | to arrange & working agreement for th ensuing year with the operators’ commit The entire sescion of the joint confer- | ence was marked by & seeming desire om | the part of both sides to avold a wrangle The scale committee will meet tomor row John Mitchell deliversd an address to an sudience of W people in re hall of the capitol building tonight President Mitchell was given a rousing re- ception and @welt on the present condition of labor organizations of all classes iu the | country and the gradual drift toward dus- trial equality | He referred to of boys he employment and girls in the anthraciie regions l\m!; spoke of the pertial success orgunized | labor's efforts to do awsy with it had met. | Owing to the absence of Governor Yates, | | Lieutenant Governor Northcott made the | address of welcome. Others who spoke | were: National Secretary-Treasurer W. B. | Wilson of the United Mine Workers and David Ross, secreiary of the state bureau | of lsbor. |GARMENT WAR AT LAST ENDED Special Order People Lose Uniom and Will Resume Their Work. CHICAGO the Special Order Feb. 28—The struggle o© lothing Makers againet amaigamation witt the United Garment Workers of America, which has been de- | moralizing the manufacturing clothing trade in Chicago and other cities for more than | six weeks, and which, it is estimated, hae | cost upward of $1,000,000, was ended today. | Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer jean Federation of Labor, succeeded in | bringing the Specinl Order Clothing Makers to & conference participated in by repre- sentatives of clothing trades and officers of the Chicago Federation of Labor snd Amer- | ican Federation of Labor | An amendment providing for the amalga- mation of the special order makers with the garment workers was framed and signe 1 and on Thursdey morning the 4,500 special order makers who have been locked ou 14 the shops since the trouble begun w sume work. The Special Order Clothing makers lose their national organizstion and a special aistrict council It was tho latter which tbey hoped to preserve in this fight | They were, however, given direct con- trol of their branch of the clothing trade. | and are to be accorded the sgme rights and privileges as garment workers as any other | union now affilisted with tkat body | o re- WABASH STRIKE VOTE SLOW | of Railr | m Not Expected | Decisio: wey's Ultimat TH! Endof Week. | ST. LOUIE, Mo.. Feb. 28.—Members of the Wabash and the irainmen's committee are engaged in getting the poll on the demand for an increase over the en‘ire system 1t is mot expected that the result will be | known before the latter part of this week STEVENS JOINS ROCK ‘ ISLAND | Rumor Names New Vice Presidest in Charge of Line's Construc- tion Plans. CHICAGO, Feb. 23.—There is & well au- sthenticated report today that John F. Stevens, formerly general manager of the Great Northern, has been eppointed vice president of the Rock Island and pleced in charge of construction and operation An official of the Rock Jeland seid that Mr. Stevens would be in the employ of the company from March 1, but refused to say in whet capacity, He is Dow inspecting the Rock Island lines, traveling in a pri- vate car with Genmeral Manager Goodnow WABASH DECIDES ON L LINE Ramsey Refuscs Toledo Request 10, yojian; ball st the French opera house Pierce the Town with | A@miral Schley, Genersl Wheeler, Miss | « Thesel. Alice Roosevelt and Miss Root were the | giony palls 6 D., Feb. 23.—(Special) | m Life out of the games which they pla the efforts which development which ess when grown en a laxative them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the acts, should be such as physicians would sanc which ¥ and the enjoy- they make, comes the is s0 essential to their is needed the remedy which is internal organs tion, because its re known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from y. The one remedy which physici ans and parents, nd recommend and which the little ones enjoy, se ¢ pentle action and its beneficial effects, is— f Figs—and for the same reason it is the only laxat be nsed by fathers and mothe Syrup of Fige is the only remedy which acts gently. aturuily without g effectnally, w he use of t the children shor svsten from time cathartics and modern imitat whict be so carefully guarded grow t them medicines, when medicines are not needed, and wh ive which should . pleasantly and ping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the producing that constipated habit which results ions, and against 1If you would have them manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give en nature needs assistance in the way of a laxative, give them only the simple, pleasant and geutle—Syrup of Figs. Its qua ¥ is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the ve principles of plants with pieasant aromatic syrups and juices, but our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of the little ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulons deal- ers sometimes offer to increase their profits bought anywhere of all rel to remember, the full name of The genuine article may be vle druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Pleass the Company — CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.— is printed on the front of every pack- age. In order to get its beneficial effects it is al- wuys necessary to buy the genuine only. r Q FIVEN p | of Agra, Kan, W. H. Oftwin of Winona, SCHLEY IS CIVEN CUP | iemer = sisir. sioux ciey: 7. 1. Owm- e srdeen; E. L. Wendall, pastor rch, Centerville, 8. 0.; J. W. 1 Belvidere, 11 The inj Mardi Famous Admiral is Honored Du S ed were taken to Dedfield, where Gras Festivitios. they received sttention by physicians from Huron, Ashton, Northville snd Redfield. KING ENTERS HIS LOYAL NEW ORLEANS A Those sble to continue their journey reached here this afterncon. The remains of the dead man were sent to his home. RANCHMAN FOUND MURDERED c Military Made and Naval Commanders are Dukes and Miss in for Mu Roowe- n velt Comes led 1o Door and Starts to Indian Ageney with an Unidenti- fied Party. Kuightly Faver. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23—Rex made his triumphal entry into New Orleans todey &nd the Krewe of Protus presented their PIERRE, S. D., Feb, 25.—(Special Tele- grem )—Last night B4 Hunter, an Indiam, | BorBeous pugeant toui.bt in the presence .y ing on Cherry creek, about seventy-five of perhaps the largest multitude ever | el Cont o here, came in and reported sathered in the streets of this city Guring | ype murder of his brother-in-law, August the Mardi Gras. The weather condi'ions|pis aetior known as “Kid” Rich all over were fixwioss. the rauge country. The report is to the Aside from the homage paid the king | esec: that late Priday evening somecne the feature of the afternoon parsde was|ruioed oo the door of Rich's house and the popular demonstration in'honor of Ad- miral Schley and General Wheeler, both of whom had been created dukes of the realm for the occasion. They Pode Dear |.gn Bich went out and after s short the head of the procession; through s0lid | conference with the stramger came back mnsses of shouting men and past crowded | gno ponot T L TSl ny Wead, the chiet gelleries of applauding women of the Indian police, wanted to see him At the conclusion of the parade ot Cherey Croek agency st Se ‘wolld 9. when the door was opened by James Cav- ansugh. & relative of Rich, the party stepped back in the darkness and asked for Seliiay, WoasguEied 2y Mo e | The two left together and Rich was found SO S Sty WP, . by en Indian sbout an hour later lying in by She Contissntal guned, 16 Sete the road about two miles from home, shot esque costumes of the revolution e e armory of the command, Where | exknowa Schley Pleasure club, City ornes o i more presented the admiral wit beau- South Dakots Man Arrested. tiful Joving cup, besring an engruving of | gURON s R the fagship Brooklyn. The sdmiral made | xeven Shoup was arrested | » felicitous acknowledgment o the §Ift. 1por by George . Kerr, sherit of Tonight Protus rode through sircets €00~ | Beagle county. on & telegram from Sber- gested with people at the head of &3 BD- ' 4¢ yapbher, of Woonsocket. Shoup i usuelly magnificent pugeant. The subject | pyreeq with opersting very sucoesstully choren was Rider Haggard's novel “Cleo- & confidence game on & number of Sanborn county people, and with having procured goods and money by false pretenses. He patra,” and the thrilling story of the Egy tian queen was illustrated in twenty Ta- Glantly beautitul floats. The decorations |\ ™ Loy {0 Woonsocket on Ssturday by of clubs, business houses. hotels and Pri- | gye s wepber, to aweit the sitting of the vate residences were on ap extensive and court for Senborn in this elreuit elaborate scale. i { maae Following the parade Protus was host &t |, courty. Shoup his home city at intervals the past two years or more t distinguished guests and the Lighest —Just st the beginning of the advance in | bonors were paid them. Miss Roosevelt | e yrice of South Dakota farm land, Jacob TOLEDO, O, Feb. 25—Joseph RAWACY. | vy egpecially singled out for knightly | jonnuon of Howard, was fortunate enough | sr., president of the Wabash, in a letter | g0 i - ee quarter seet | line 10 be constructed through the heart o | represented in the attendance, which 1o | o0 50 gy gere. He was recently uffered | the city is 10 be elevated and Dot & tup- | jpcjuged many guests from abroad snd the | g n e Yor the land, but declined to nel. office be battleship Texns &nd 1he o)) jt pi that figure, as the land is now | The chamber of commerce hud asked that | prench cruiser Tage oot 6 Jomé BE0 on. e, Sine She s | a tunnel be comstructed. Work ol | Artesizn Well. | IOWA MAN IS A VICTIM | proft of over $5,000 on bis investment Governor Grants a Pard THIEF TELLS FAKE STORY @ives Himself Up to the Police Officers in Denver SAYS HE HAS STOLEN VALUABLE GEMS Instead Proves Only Petty Dinmond Thief, the Amount of Hisx Pik fering Amountin Three Hundred Dollars. DENVER, Feb. 23—A young man giving his name as Fred 1. Fox walked into the police station just before 1 o'clock this morning and said he wanted to sur- render. He told Captain Lee that he was wanted in Detroit for the theft of $22,500 worth of diamonds. Fox sald he worked for Charles Rice, wholesale and retall jeweler, and oftea made large purchases of goods for him. About six weeks ago he went to the firm of Horace W. Steere and got possession of diamonds valued at the amount given by him. L He left the city and went to Kansas City, where he disposed of the dismonds . for $17,000. He came to Denver, he says, a month ago and had $14,500 when he reached bere. He says be still has the money and will use it in trying to get out of the trauble The police have telographed the suthori- ties in Detrolt asking if Fox is wanted there. DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 25.—Iustesd of belng wanted in this city for the theft of $22500 worth of diemonds, s he told the Denver police, Fred J. Fox will be brought back here on & warrant charging bim with stealing a lttle over $300. At the office of H. W. Steere, the dis- patch saylug Fox had stolen $22,500 was laughed at. He secured only four diamond rings velued at a little over $300. Ome of these he pawned before lesving town. The police will send sn officer to Denver. GALVESTON SHUTS SEAS OUT Starts Momster Wall to Hender Frew Flood Disaster lmpos- wible. GALVESTON, Feb. 28.—The cornerstone of the $126,000 ses wall was laid todmy with imposing ceremonies snd a parade of citizens and marines and officers from the United States battleships st anchor in the barbor here. The work on the wall has progressed sa istactorily since its beginning last October. The wall will be three miles in length und give absolute protection to the city, even from & stage of water equal to the great SIOUX FALLS, 8 D., Feb 23— (8pecial ) | A. Bopp. & Banker of Hawkeye, Jowa, PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. 23.—(Special Tele»‘llld disastrous iidal wave of 1800 —Work has been resumed on the drilling i Killed in Wreek om gram )—Governor Herreid today, on rec-| The funds for its construction were ruised of an artesian well at Humboldt, this D, R 0 ommendation of the State Board of Par- i by popular subscription to & bond issue, county. The well is designed to furnish dons. grapted & pardon to Frank Griepen- | most of the money being subscribed by water for domestic and fire protaction pur- throg of Brookings, who was sentenced on |local men. The city bas been exempted poses. Work on the well was commenced | ABERDEEN D., Feb —(Speciel | 3 charge of criminal sssault and who had | from state taxes for a period of eighteen last August. but bad to be suspended ow- | Telegram )—A bad wreck occurred on the | gerved about two years. yoars. ing to the fact that ihe @rill struck gran- | Northwestern morning near Athol, § ite and the machine was not large emough | 1. The southbe Chicago passenge to @rill throngh it The machine which 'train is 1 the ditch. A. Bopp, & er of bas now commenced the work of complei~ | Hawkeye, la., was killed and several per- | ing the well is of much grester capacity snd Do trouble is antictpated in drilling through the graniie The prospects for securing & frsi-class well are regarded as excellent Give Your Face a Chance. COKE SHAVING FOAM For Easy Shaving Beats any soap, leaves no chance for contagion. You'll like it, and Barbers will apply it for the asking |QAll dealers sell it in | 25 Cent | Collapsible Tubes. I A. R, Bremer Co., Chicago. I sons injured, including Charles E. Crowe - o Saburel; Sodlieg Drertn . Youhcemmly do not e s e e now bfw generally dis- to care for the wounded passengers The k: ticulars are difficult! to olain self, or you would stop cpughing. No one can read or rest in the same house with you. HURON £ Feb . porth this morning to be wreck on the two miles porth of Athel afternoon Investigation | k wes caused by the break- | rail as the engine broke fro returne shows tb ng of & The smoker baggage car we must tell you about &nd with the passenger coach turped com pletely over Fred A. Bopp, wice X'hr—\ dent of the bamk at Hawkeye, la. was | D (he roar car and was (hrown across the 9 almos antly. There were eight other | passengers in the car, (wo being wom All were more or less red. They are: | f Oc B. Ori mbia, member h of representatives from Brown county, in- red iv bead and back Kelley of Aberdeen, injured in | Conductor Hagen of Huron, face and bead cu H. Lariboe of orge Ohicago, hip in- | jurea and sboulder bruised cu 2 Lillie Balstad of Calendar, la., head cut better advice. side bruised - Milla Murrsy of De Kalb, Ifl, injured Last fall I contracted s severe cold in left wide and leg Charles Orow of Aberdeer back ‘niured Those less severely b of all I could do. relieved. 1 am now perfectly well.” besd cut and t are Rev. H. Ebvy | I then tried Ayer Can’t stop it? Then ™~ Cherry Pectoral ' No medicine like it for stopping coughs, heal- | | ing sore lungs, quieting inflammation in the | § bronchial tubes, and preventing serious lung T. F. Leughlin, Aberdecn. hand snd = | | troubles. Ask your doctor if he could give z.e. O which continued spite and was quickly )i on my Miss Emma Miller, Fort Snelling, Minn.