Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 5, 1903, Page 7

i‘ Rival of Ha'te [ X —_— THE OMAHA DAILY BE BATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1903. FAMOUS MARINE CRAVEYARD aod 8able Islsad o Theusatl Miles Inland. / —— MISSOURI RIVER WAS A REPUTATION More Than Two Humdred Steamboats Repose in Its Bed—Pathetic Lament of a Western Navi “You may talk of Hatters Sraveyard,” a marine sald an old steamboat man, nd talk of the big wrécks that ornamsat the Newfoundland banks and the Cornish ooast, but I'll back the Missourl river agninst any of them. Take the stretch between St. Joe and St. Louts, for instance. It's not very long and it's not very wide, and yet the bones of more than 20 steam- boats line it. “All of them went down, too, in a short Space of time, for it's been.a long while mow since the steamboat trads of the river fell, ltke that of the Missiseippl, before the rallwap. All in all, the river trade didn't last much more than a quarter of a eentury, but In that time there were more Wrecks than you could count. Steamers went aground on the sand bars, they eol- MNded with snage, they ran into one an- other, they ran ashore, they broke thelr backs and they blew up. There whs newsa of another wreck Rimogt every day, and things were booming in the recovery of bodies. The old boats used to slam bang up and down, as if every second counted—and it did, too. ‘They swung around the curves and plunged Into the bad stretches like demons, and the old-time pllots didn't eare @ hang whether they reached their wharves @ went to smash. Not n “There {s not a single steamboat on the ‘whoale stretch of river that even plays at mavigating it. Ity evolution has been com- #’ah, The Indlan with his canoe, the ench voyageur with his pirogue, the American fur trader with his keel bdat, the megnificent passenger steamer—each In turn has gone up and down, but today, on what was once the commercial high- way of the west, there now remains only the original navigator, the lttls blue winged teal. “And yet there {s much of history stil| clinging to the old river. Fifty years sgo tully sixty boats were regularly employed in the carrying trade between St. Louls and St. Joseph, and fully as many more made Irregular trips to Omaha and Sloux City and Fort Benton, the head of navi- gation. At that time no rallroad had been bult west of the Missidsippl, and the en- tire commerce of the y mountain re- &1on was transported over the Missouri. The problem of navigation of the. river had been solved in 1819 by Bt. Louls men, Colonel Rector and others, and thereafter the way was open. “The first boat to ascend the river was & government steamer, the Waestern Engi- ¢ meer, which was built expressly to ter- ¥orise the. Indlans. She was a stern- ‘wheeler, seventy-five feet long, with a 13-foot beam, and drew nineteen Inches of water. On her bow was the escape pipe, made in imitation of & huge serpent, with its mouth open and tongue painted med. « The steam escaped through the mouth at “Antervals, making a noise like the dying groans of a great sea monster. The noise could be heard tor miles, and the Indians ‘who would venture to the river bank to gaze upon it fled in terror, convinced that the Manttoy had shown himself in a new form. ‘“T'welve ‘years later Improvements made f1i the boats enabled them to navigate the upper waters. Plerre Chouteau, head of the American Fur Trading company, was the first man to navigate beyond the lowa frontier. In 1881 he built the Yellowstone, #nd In May of that year passed the mouth of the. Niobrara, in northern Nebraska, and finally landed at the mouth of Milk wiver, In South Rakota. “In the following year other bogts were launched by this company. One each. year was sent to ‘the headwaters, and life on borrd was strenuous. Indlans loitered on the river banks to takeia shot at the boat, and each night it had to be anchored In wmidstream to avold surprises. Fuel was scarge, and while half the crew went into | the Woods to- cut timber the remainder #tond guard with muske! In the Golden Era. *“The next era of the river was its golden one. With the establishment of military Posts In the northwest the tide of emigra- tlon set In. The year 1848 saw the end of fur trade on the upper Missourl. The carrylng boats were replaced by stern- Wheelers with a single engine, which car- Ti~d all supplies from civilization. “By 185 the advance in bullding the ®oats had been such that they became pal- aces. Staterooms, cabin rooms and dining saloons were Introduced. Travel by boat me one of the pleasures of life. ‘The * Missourl river boats were not'a whit be- “hind those on the Mississippl, and much the same scenes were witnessed on them. ““In place of the rich plantation owner, Teady for fleecing, the gamblers that in- fested the boats had as their prey fhe fur trader and the frelghter of the plains, mon who made their thousands a month. Poker ‘was the only game played, and mahy big gsames were played. There weré tragedies, too, dark and bloody deeds. Those were days when to call & man a lar meant n fight with guns, and to Intimate that he was a cheat fnvited immediate assassina- tion. Many of these bodts cost from $50,- 1000 to §70,000, princely sums for the time. “The pllot was In those days the auto- erat of the river—the big man on every Boat. He recelved large wages, sometimes &8s much as §1.000 or §1.500 a month, and B3 spent' it ke a thoroughbred. The first fabor union organized west of the Missis- #lpp! was that of the pifots of this wiver, and as no man could Jearn the river with- out long and careful tuteluge the pllots were well able to dictate their own wagss. Plloting " In ‘the Mississippl was & sclence, and the skilful man was one of wonderful memeory of localities. He had fo' know the river thoroughly, he had to know it by night as well as by day. Snaggs, bars, rocks and sunken- wrecks were a continual menace, but. despite all of his precaution he would lose a boat. Between 1510 and 15% more than 30 boats wers sunk."—New Yofk Herald THE ILLUSTRATED BEE FINE WORDS BUTTER NO PARSNIPS,”” but when fine words are backed up by good butter, the parsnips taste all the bettor. This Is another of the rea- sons why The I[llustrated Bee is so good, It furnishes, so to speak. the pargnips, the butter and the fine words each week. In its columns only the best Is found. Nothing unworthy is ever given a chance; fits illustrations are made from photographs, taken es- pecially for its use; its articles are Wwritten specially for its columns, and it Is edited with as much care a8 is bestowed on any of the high grade magazines, for the sole and only reason that its parsnips shall be served with the dressing of good butter, accompanied by the sauce of courteous words. It is a pleasure to be able to offer puch a dish each week to the readers. OUNCIL BLUFFS HAD AN UNPLEAS- ANT EXPERIENCE with a torren- tial rain, or, rather, with the re- sults, A Bee staff photographer paddled about on a raft through the submerged section of the city and secured some excellent pictures, showing bhow the cellars were pumped out, how the people went about in boatd and high-water boots, and other inctdentsthat make a good record of the flood. A page of these pictures will be found in The Illustrated Bee on Sunday. TATE FAIRS AREALWAYS INTEREST. ING. and that of Iowa is particu- larly so, Lhst week a staff pho- tographer spenty several days at Des Molnes and secured some ex- cellent pictures of groups that, while they are not to be classed among the exhibits, are much bet- ter to look at than the things that were gotten up especlally to be shown. Several of these will be foupd in- The Illustrated Bee on Sunday, HOW THE TROLLEY HELPS CIVILIZA- TION” is the caption of & speoial article that deals with the growth and efficiency of the Interurban trolley or electric line gervice of the United States. It is llgstrated from photographs made in different parts of the ¢country, and is of more than usual interest and value just at this time. RUSSIA's READINESS FOR WAR s told by Fraok G. Carpenter's Jetter this week, the navy of the czar being Ms topic. Mr. Carpen- ter gives a detailed account of the strength of the Russian navy, its construction, equipment, and the .like, and tells something of how Japan is fixed in the same line. 11 Instrations show some of the: typ- ical Russlan vessels. S THER FEATURE ARTICLES include one by Dr. Washington Glndden on “What a City Should Be,” in the Municipal League series; “Britain's Peacemaker,” a blographical sketch of the earl of Dudley; one on how sailors humble the captain when oc- caston demands; another on “Real Love Letters from the Tropics;” the regular Woman's Department; an- other installment of the Richard Voss serial, “The Weary Kings;" the regular departments. short stories, personal gossip und chatty comment, besides a number of in- teresting independent pictures. 1f you are not now a subscriber you should leave your order with your newsdealer today. THE ILLUSTRATED L SURVIVES ~ DOUBLE California Woman, Struck on by Bullet, Leaps from Third- Story Wi INJURY ead LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4—Mrs. Grifith J. Grifith, wite of Colonel Grifith' J. Grimth, one of Los Angele's park commissioners and owner of the large Los Fellz ranch, lies at the California hospital in a serious condition as the result of a bullet wound in her forehead. Mrs. Griffith leaped out of the third-story window of & hotel at Santa Monica. She fell & distance of fifteen feet onto anda, from whence she crawled into a see- ond-story window. There was & bullet wéund 4l her forhead just above the right tes Colonel Grimth says that in pack- ing their trunks last night his wite picked up & revolver and accidentally discharged it. The bullet struck her in the forehead and, he says, she rushed to the window and leaped out. In & Olass Alome. No other pllis on earth can equal Dr. King's New Lite Pills for stomach, lver and kidneys. No cure, no pay. %¢. For sale by Kuhn & Co. TWO GIRLS BURNED TO DEATH Kerosene Can Explodes and Their ) Clothing 1s Soaked with of1, TOPRKA, Xan, BSept. 4—Sarah and Gladys Hogan, Gaughters of Samuel Hogan, & Jefterson county farmer, fifteen miles mnortheast of Topeka, were burned to death last evening. s The elder girl, aged 16 had the younger in her arms and was lghting the fire ‘when the kerosene can exploded, scatter- ing the flames over the children and burn- ing them fatally. Rate of Asscssment Approved. Y., Sept. 4.—~The method upreme of the An- Tnited ‘orkmen in in- assessment upon ‘its rsed llhllr:flonll 3t B necgmanry t criticisgd at meeti Buffalo. The -5 & UNCLE SAM AS A PUBLISHER ge and Varied Stook of Papers Issued by the Government. STAFF OF EDITORS EQUALLY EXTENSIVE Facts About the Different Publica- tlons, How They Are Compilel, Edited and Clreulated-Pub. e Interests Subserved. Your Uncle Sam is somethink of an edi- tor and publisher. Like many: another who goes into the business, hé Is tnable to figurs a profit, but he persists, and all the time is getting our dally ai kly papers and monthly magasines, dnd send- Ing them to a regular list of readers in the remotest parts of this and other coun- tries. Reference is not made to the Cone gressional Record, that invaluable, fauch abused and over-exploited means of teil- ing those who care to wade through its hundreds of pages what the repressntatives of the people are saying, except where what they say has been carefully édited out for home consumption. - THe Whole fleld covered by the ordinary dally paper and the magasine is covered by thé gov- ernment. Politics, business, weatier, in- ternational and domestic tradi and social movements, inventions, changes in federal places, new policles by the government and of the executive and administrative de- partments, changes in personnel and the myriad of other things, which the dally press is wont to believe it monopolizes, are taithtully and accurately covered by the great publishing concern of Uncle Sam. His force is organized much As is the force of the dally paper. He has his corps of editors, his assistants, his tech- nical or editorial writers, his telegraph cdi- tors, his occasional country contributor and hundreds of telegraphic corresporidents. Thero are the same malling room scenes and the same enterprise to get the very latest news into the weekly or dally pub~ llcations and catch the fast malls out ‘ot Washington. Your Uncle Sam has even emulated the‘example set by syndicates and other enterprising editors and pub- lishers and has established branch pub- lishing houses in different cities. There he caters to local taste and needs and has a local clientele, Dailies and Weekld: The thin done right. The publica- tions referred to are not hand press or letter press circulars distributed in franked envelopes. There are dally publications in connection with the Postoffice depart- ment, the Department of Commeroe and Labor—inherited from the State depart- ment—and the Agricultural départment. There are weekly publications in connec- tion with every department. There are monthly publications In connection with the Agricuitural, Interior, Navy, War and Postoffice departments. Of the dally issues the ona having the largest circulation is the “Dally Weather Map.” That dally, passed .with indif- ference by most people of small interests, is eagerly awaited by the broker and financier and the mariner and thousands of other people whose business is affected by weather conditions, by rising and fall- ing temperature, or by shifting winds. The “news” it gives s secured from every part of the country, and its telegraphic service Is second to none. About 2,20 speclal cor- respondents seo that the very latest infor- mation s sent by telegraph right up to the hour of going to press. Branch pub- lishing houses have been established in the larger cities, where local conditions are covered for local consumption, but each of the dally tssues covers the wide national feld as well. It has the largest clrcula- tion of & government daily in Washington, reaching about 3,000, and ‘In Chicago about 2,000, St. Louis 1,500 and the smaller citles In proportion. Entering Into the same genera! fleld to a certain extent Is the “Snow and ice Bul- letin," issued daily by the Navy depart- ment, for which the demand Is greatest at the ports of the country, but which ls eagerly sought by the operating depart- ments of the big rallroad systems. The Agricultural department, which expends about $1,00,000 every year on Printing bills alone, 1s much taken with the weekly newspaper fleld. Its most popular publi- cation is “The Crop Reporter.” This {s not only sought by the rural resident, but its contents are mercilessly “cribbed” by spe- clal correspondents located here, who ad- vise financlers and brokers' agents of its contents the moment the first copy comes from the presses. On the information it contains fortunes are made and lost, and the precautions taken to 'prevent any of its news being obtalned before the coples corhe from the presses exceed those of any metropolitan publication. The .circu- lation at this time is 100,000, and the copy never leaves the editors’ hands , until 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the day of is- sue. The first copy is thrown from the presses at the Government Prinling office twenty minutes later, while two hours later the big trucks are trundiing the first thousands of coples over to the mailing rooms. This weekly has the advantage of an organized corps of , numbering 20,00. Its salaries $1,200 per annum, the latter paifl to some state correspondents who have charge of forwarding the -collated Infol country correspondents. The weekly ls represented In every county In the United States. Not satisfied with covering the field generally and thus serving special information to all interests, the depart- ment has a geason publication, “The Weekly Crop Bulletin,” issued during the summer, which contains usual sum- mary of crop and weather conditions auna in addition telegraphic Information from every crop-raising state In the union’et conditions at the hour of going to press. Postal Intormation. The dally publications lssued by the Post- ofice department contaln Informatlon ot principal interest to the thousands of postal emplo but the circulation is by no means confined to them. Rallroad oMcials, private publishers, real estate agents, sup- ply houses und scores of people in all softe of callings wait each day to get the issues of the Postofice Bulletin. In It they find reports of the changes In rallway routes, of the assignment of clerks, of the appoint- ment or retirement of postmasters or other officials, of the restoration or abelishment of star routes and of rural free delivery routes, and of the extension of free de- Uvery to citles. The ‘“editoriale usually written by the postmaster himself, Mr. Henry C. Payne. They are g the form of new regulations or orders, or calling attention to abuses which he wants corrected, and which not only convey in- formation, but because of the oficial char- acter of the publication are notices to those involved that the mandate must be obeyed. The Stats department used to run a daily, but now Mr. Cortelyou lssues it from his departmeat. It nas the involved and un- expressive title of Advance Sheets of the Consular Reports, and If it were as dull as its name it would néver be read at ell. But it is really the most gossipy of the government publications. Only last week it gave the information that the supremacy of the Missourl mule was threatened by the development of a new animal In Africa which was & cross be- tween & sebra and & South African horse. Then it contains all sorts of foreign gossip. The reporters and correspondenis for this dally are the United States consuls, They are a conservative set of writers. Whea they wasni t0 have snything published for which they deo not wish to accept respon- sibility they “erib” it ou of a forelgn newspaper and publish It without com« mbnt. There Is supposed to be an editorial policy govern!ng this daily—a policy that will accord with the views of the ad- ministration. Like other dailles once in & while, it gets its policy on creoked, This was the case recently when a contributor sent In and had published an article whioh seemed to show that the protective tariff policy was a trust Incubator. The fault lay in the way the matter was edited In this case, as a few words of explanation a8 to the forelgn system desoribed would have pulled the article inte line. Quite apart from the commercial and political articles are the unique discoveries of for- elgners and the tales of mechanioal ap- pliances which are expected to work won- ders In foreign lands. Dry, but Useful. The Treasury department has a rather dary, but valuable publication called “Treasury Decisions,” aithough this is a misnom It contains special Informa- tion of all sorts of particular Interest to importers and exporters, tobacco and whisky manufacturers, oleomargarine pro- ducers and lawyers and federal officials It not only gives the decisions of the cus- toma and Internal revenue officers, but it recites at length the opinions of courts where they have & bearing on treasury matters. It needs the addition of a de- partment covering the thrilling exploits of revenue agents chasing moonshiners in the Tennessse and Georgla mountains to liven it up and popularize it. Chilly in its name, but useful io a degree not surpassed by any other perfodical of the government 1s the “Snow and Ice Bulletin."” This. is lssued only in season. It 1s but one of the périodicals edited by Commander Southerland of the navy and issued by, the hydrographic office. Then there are “The Monthly Pilot Chart,” “The Hydrographic Bulletin” and the “Weekly Notice to Mariners.” They are really in- teresting publications. They give the cur- rent news of the .oceans. There is & “Monthly Pilot Chart" for the North At- lantic ocean, as well as the North Pacific, and each is distinct and has a different list of readers. There is no dry information in any page of these publication They tell of wrecks at sea. Of course, many an interesting article of thrilling detail is omitted, but, more to the point, the exact lattitude and longltude of the floating derelict that resulted from the wreck is given. There Is accurate and sclentific news as to the wind velocity and the passage of storms. The travels of icebergs are given with minute detail. The shifting of sands and the discovery of shoals, the condition of lights and lighthouses, are all faithfully reported, with a review of all changes that may have occurred since the date of the last Issue. Not a mariner now leaves a port of the United States without the last copy of the hydrographic publications on bourd. Limited Free Liat. In the field of the magazines, the Patent Office Gazette stands pre-eminent among the government periodicals, and even the private magazine publisher might get some pointers in the way of excellent mechanical production. It Is the one publication which has a bona fide subscription list and whose free list 18 not out of all proportion to the paid list. An act of congress placed its subscription price at $ per annum, or 10 cents & copy. The free list is restricted to members of congress, a limited number of government officlals, and libraries which have a stated number of volumes, in addl- tion to the goverhment reports, on their shelves. The pages are {llustrated, every one, and between the lines and in the dry style which is insisted upon In this maga- gine the hopes and ambitions and the trials and labor of years and the expenditure of much gray matter can be read. The paper on which it is printed Is of the best qual- ity. The pages are photo-lithographed, and the most mipute portion of a trade mark or a drawing s brought out clearly. None of the theorles of inventors is permitted to reach the pages of the Gazette except in the form in which the government requir: that the applicant shall follow the words | “I claim' of the application blank. J. W. Babson Is the editor of the Gasette, and during his twenty-five years' connection with it has seen it grow from a form look- {ng most like & popular song sheet to the present. elogant coples, with their average e Sam is something of an editor and publisher. In support of the claim, Just glance at this list: Weekly Crop Re- porter, Daily Weather Map, Monthly ‘Weather Review, Weekly Snow and Ice Bulletin, Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, Treasury Decisions, Daily Consular Reports, the Patent Office Ga- sette, Public Health Reports, Monthly Pllot Chart, Weekly Hydrographic Bulle- tin, Weekly Notice to Mariners and the Postal Bulletin.--Washington Post. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S QUEUE. It Hid a Luxuriant Sult of Stralght and Very Dark Halr, ‘The Father of his Country concealed a luxuriant suit of hair beneath his queue wig. Many now wish the old fashion were In vogue, to conceal thinned halr or bald- ness. Yet no one need have thin halr nor be bald, if he cure the dandruff that causes both. Dandruff cannot be cured by scour- ing the scalp, because it Is & germ disea and the gePm has to be killed. Newbro' Herpicide kills the dandruft germ—no other halr preparation will. “Destroy. the cause, you remove the effect.”” There's no cure for dandruff but to kill the germ. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich, Sherman & McConnell Drug Co., special agents. COTTON MILLS SHUT DOWN Seventeen Corporations of Fall River Will Lay Off Thirteen TI sand Employ. FALL RIVER, Mass,, Sept. 4.—Seventeen cotton manufacturing corporations of Fall River will shut down entirely tomorrow un- tl September 14. throwing out of work nearly 13,000 hands operating 1,800,000 spindles. The curtallment next week is the most extensive of any here since the cot- ton situation became unfavorable to mill owners. This extensive stoppage of ma- chinery will take more than $100,000 out of circulation through the loss of wages. Entries for Tri-City Handicap. NEW YORK, Sept. {.—~Following the the entries and weights for the Twin Cliy handicap one mlle and a quarter to be [un at Bheepshead Bay, Monday, Septem- or 7: McChesney, Waterboy, Hermis. 123: Ad vance Gua 124; Blues, 125; Gunfire, 1204 Major Dangerficld, 119, Goldsmith, 3 Colonel Bill, 116: Africander, Agregor, 114; Golden ) ne, Francesco, 112; b § Roehampton, The Picket, 110 Rockwalter. 109: Injunction, , Igniter, 108; “Whorler, Bantos 107 Steyedore, 107: Yellow: o , 108; Gray Friar, Goid Van, His BEminence, 100; Eugenia Bunch, #; Calve, Tom Kenny, Red Knight, Mindora, % Proper. Onatas. Disadvantage, ¥1: Ser- gzl’\l. i Merry Acrobat, W Condon, ; Toboggan, Buttons, #8; Sheriff Bel Thorneycroft, 92, The Carmelite, N tive, 0. Adlos, 8 augnaw Sa DENVER, Sept. Aet: . 4.—Robert B. Bell, Peter McCourt and Horace Phelps have filed in- corporation papers for the Bell sanitariim for consumptive actors. ' The papers em. power the association to acqujre land and raiss money for the purpose of catablishing such a sanitarium. The assoclation is no capitalized, The directorate for the first year consists of Robert E. Bell, Peter ) G R e 7 TROOPS FOR CRIPPLE (REEK| A STORE WITH A PRlNClPLE Governor Peabody Decides to Send Boldiers to Gold Mines. MINE OWNERS ASK FOR PROTECTION Sherift Says Militia is Not Necessary, but Governor Decides te Send Troops After Investigating the Situation. — DENVER, Colo, Sept. d—Governor Pea- body decided today at noon, after recelving the report of the committes which he sent to Cripple Creek to investigate strike con- ditisns thers, to dispatch troops to the gold camp. Orders were issued by Adjutant Bell to the First regiment of Infantry, company H, of the Second regiment of infantry, the First squadron of cavalry, consisting of troops B, D and C, battery A, and the sig- nal corps and medical corps of the Na- tional Guard to proceed to Cripple Creek forthwith. Brigadier General John Chase will be, In command of the force, which wiil number about 1,00 men. Troops were asked .for by the Mine Own- ers' association, but Sheriff Robertson of Teller county sald that he saw no neces- sity for calling out the militia. No violence has been reported at Cripple Creek since Tuesday night, when one non- union carpenter and a justice “were assaulted by unknown person President Charles H. Moyer of the West- ern Federation of Miners addressed a let- ter to Governor Peabody today in which he declares that the conditions In the Cripple Creek district were not such as to warrant the calling out of troops. He de- clares that such an set by the governor at this tfme 1s a violation of the law un- der which the executlve 1s empowered to call out troops. President Moyer says that the members of the federation in the Crip- ple Creek district will help to maintain order. OMclals Make Statements. Governor Peabody made the following statement regarding his action in calling out the troop 1 have tried to mct with 1 gentlemen who went to Cripple Creek at my request o investigate conditions ad- vised mo that the situation was such that troops ought to be ordered out. Sherlff Robertson has maintained the po- sition that_he took when the mattér was first suggested, and he did not join in the Tequest. for troope. 1 had hoped that the necessity for calling out troops would avolded, and final action was delayed as long as was consistent with the ‘proper protection of the lives and property of the people in the Cripple Creek district, judg- fug from reports of conditions there. The report of the governor's commission tollows: Having visited Cripple Creek and Victor, and after careful inquiry among represent- ative citizens and property owners, includ- ing the mayors of Cripple Creek and Vic- tor, we are of the opinion that the livcs of citizens of tho district are in imminent raderce. The danger and property and personal rights | are in jeopardy. Prompt action is impera- tively demanded by the above people to protect~he lives and property of the citi- zens. We find that a reign of terror exisis in the distriét which should be relleved at once. We do not believe that the civil au- {horitles are able fo cope with the situs- tion. » This report 1s signed by John Chase, brigadier. general; N. C. Miler, attorney general, and Tom E. McClelland, assistant attorney general. . droops Leave for Cripple Creek. A part of the troops, in charge of Adju- tant General Bell, left Denver over the Denver & Rio Grande for Cripple Creek at 4 o'clock. It was the intention to take the Cripple Creek Short Line from Colo- rado Springs to Cripple Creek, but at the former place Genergl Bell was informed that about thirty strikers left Cripple Creek soon after it was iearned that the troops were coming by the Short Line. They followed the line of that road and, al- though they were ostensibly on a fishing trip, it was feared that they Intended to blow up the track or otherwise interfere with the progress of the troops. and the plans were changed and the soldiers for- warded over the Midland Terminal road. They expected to reach Cripple Creek at 11 o'clock At 10 o'clock Governor Peabody recelved & message from General Bell at Colorado Springs that he had been delayed by change In trangportation plans saying that he had been s&dvised by Lieutenant ‘Whann, commanding the Cripple Creek militia com- pany, that the conditions were becoming very threatening and was urged to hasten the movement of the troops. Commissioners Denounée Governor, CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Sept. 4~The board of commissloners of Teller county today adopted resolutions denouncing the action of Governor Peabody in sending .| troops to the Cripple Creek district. The resolutions declare that there is no need for troops here and that thelir presence will @0 more harm than good. The bellef is expressed that the investigation made by the governor's commission was not made in good faith, Sherift Robertson this after- noon made public a statement in which he protests against the ‘governor's action, declaring it a usurpation of authority and a violation of the law. Tieup Practically Complete, TELLURIDE, Colo., Sept. 4~A commis- sary and lodging house for 1dlé miners and miil men in this district, was opened by the Western Federation of Miners. The num- ber of men already thrown out of work in consequence of the mill men's strike is about 1,000, The Federal Labor union, which works in harmony with the Miners' union, today called out the cooks and waiters at the Smuggler-Union mines, and in consequence nearly 500 miners working in these proper- ties will be forced to stop work. The Miners' union would not call out these men because Of an agreement between them and the company made two years ago. The Federal unlon's action makes {he tie-up in this county practically complets. N em————— Announe t of the Theaters. This afternoon and evening will be last opportunities for seeing “The Beines of Pllsen” at the Boyd. It realizes all that has been sald of it. “Florodora,” with its catchy music and pretty stags pictures, presented by & company 100 strong, with Isadore Rush in the lead, comes next. Its engagement begins on Sunday evening and continues until after Wednesday, with special Labor day matines on Monday and the regular Wednesday matinee Seats are now on sal FORMER OFFICERS INDICTED 4 Jury Returns Bills t Ome Time State Auditor and Clerk. DENVER, Sept 4-The special grand jury today reported indictments against Charles W. Grouter, tormerly state auditor, and W, Cary Munsell, his chief clerk. Mun- sell s accused of embezzling $5.00 of flat tax_money and the ex-auditor.is charged witl making no effort to collect this or to turn over other flat tax money which he collected. Therq are nineteen counts In the indictments. What we Gript Pneumonia often, but never when Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption is used. It cures colds and grip. e, §.00 For sale by Kuba & Ce L] We Have Always Believed that a Business Insti- tution of Any Kind Was Just as Good or Just as Bad ; Its P as Those Who Controlled olicy. This is nof a “one man’s store,” it is not a store that caters to any one class of people. store that is confined to of merchandise. It is a It is not a any one particular class store that caters for the trade of any man or woman who wants to buy . good merchandise at a reasonable price; a store that has business enough to keep buyers in the market all the time who do nothing but buy mer- chandise; a store that can go into the opem market and buy any make of goods that is worth buying; but we prefer our own name on every dollar’s worth of merchandise that we sell, believing that our rep- utation for dealing square is good enough to guar- antee it. . “‘This store had its b the great tommon people, right printiples. If it hi which it cannot conscient! customers and guarantee munity that a trade was tomer was satisfied, and verified by being adopted tions. It is understoo a lower range of prices departinent in our store is to show you. profitable one. Highest instructing how we shall for comfort and pleasure. irth among the masses—- and has reached its mag- nitude in & few years because it did business on ad done business on prin- ciples partly right and partly wrong it might have required thirty or forty years to reach its present magnitude—if it had reached it at all. This is an honest store, a store with a heart in it that beats for the masses. that never allows merchandise to enter its doors It is an honest store iously offer to its army of quality in every respect. It i a store which first took the stand in this com- not a trade until the cus- the strength of its motto “Satisfaction or your money back” has been amply by various other institu- d all over this western country that every day in the year on an average you can buy goods throughout this great store at than elsewhere. Every ready with new fall goods We extend to every man, woman and child a cordial invitation to visit our store We'll do our best to make your visit a pleasant and prudence in directing and best: gerve you, sound or- ganization and broad daylight methods ave yours aon’t DROWNS TO AVOID A MOB| | d Negro, Accused of As-| & Woman, ©nds Life in Kansas River. SA8 CITY, Sept. 4—An unidentified negro caught in the act of strangling Mrs Margaret Gerahn, a white woman, in her home at Armourdale, Kan.. thls afternoon, oscaped to the Kansas river, where he drowned himselt rather than run the chances of being lynched, a crowd having chased him to the bank of the stream. The woman Wi seriously hurt but will re- cover. Mrs. Gerahn is a widow 4 years of age. Her husband, who was & packing house employe, and son were drowned In the great June flood and she lived slone, The negro, aged ¥, called at the house about noon and, entering stealthily, Jocked himselt In. He surprised Mrs, Gerahn at her work and demanded her moneys When she in- sisted that there was none about the house the negro threatened to kill Mrs. Gerahn, and seizing her by the throat began chok- ing her. She became unconscious and he locked her in a closet. When she had re- vived he dragged her from the closet and upen persistent refusal to tell him where she kept her money, the negro re- miss THE MAIN CHANCE peatedly choked her. Neighboring women broke into the houso after Mrs. Gerahn had been in the power of the negro for three hours and found him standing over the prostrate woman, sinking his fingers into het throat. The negro hurried from the house and ran to the Kansas river two blocks distant, where he.hired a boat and ordered the owner to row quickly to the Missouri shore. When the boat had reached midstream a crowd of excited men and boys had gathered at the bank and ghouted to the owner of the boat to return to shore He started to do so, when the negro stood up In the boat and with the remark “I have lived too long to die at the end of & rope,” dived into the water. He drowned betore people could reach him and his body disappeared. Woman Worked by Peddler. A woman llving at Thirty-sixth and Chi- oago called at the police station yesterday afternoon and reported that she had bought a bottle of stove polish from a peddler which proved to be a poor grade of gaso- line with a little graphite in it. She and some of her neighbors patronized the ped- dler, paying him 2% cents per bottle for the faks goods, He represented to his patrons that the polish wus newly made and would not work so well If it was opaned at once as If it was kept for about thirty days The woman, who refused to give her name sald the peddier was a stayer and couls not be shaken off except by making a pur- chase. HINO w0 PRODUCES SHINOLA, THF BE 7 1d you shi shoes with W S preperatida which 14 Inferior ¥ SHINOLA Buy only the best—the one which instead of RN T 23 b ed blac! Itis (he for men's, women's 00 Shines 8! > 3 .'plL,- ool be PP o 00, ) rr-ervuL leather cracking ) the best polish to calf, B ad eher smaosth leathers, but it 1s aiso P red especially for use on htr.l‘dlkul wm-ml coll W cathers. riect, modern tent and enamel ad all smooth paste shoe polish and chiidren’s shoes. for & Dime. bax et all deaters 10c. Shinols dauber ol 5o ed ol ‘pleasure to shoe \llk‘;n. "l’:-fll“ sent postpaid on receipt Reshester, B Y. $hisola Dauber asd Polisher by mall, 30¢ postpald THE KEELEY CURE Cor. 19th and Leaveaworth Streets. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Norphine or other Drug Ade dictions. Tobacco and Ci; rette Habit. All communl W R Burns . Manager