Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 1, 1903, Page 5

RAG LAKE FOR DEAD WOMAN oo Renew Search for Mrs Kaight Upon D'ecovery of Fisherman. RAGMENT OF DRESS FOUND AT CUT OFF imeldent RHevives st In Case Whose Mystery Bafled Police Still Remains Beyor Publie Knowledge, A posse of police, accompanied by Tony [foote, who a few days ago discovered what believed to be the remnants of a an's dress while fishing fn Cut-Oft fe, yesterday prosecuted a diligent drag- @t search of the lake to ses If a body can o brought to the surface. Mr, Foote fished out a piece of & woman's kirt and throwing his line in again hooked 1 mecond plece, which he says bore evidence f having been in close contact with a / rtly decomposed body. Mr. Foote i in- ned, the police say, to be mysterious in ,:-m to the location of the exact spot éte he fished out the woman's skirt. The finding of the dress fragments, which re supposed to have wrapped the body of rs. 1della Rose Knight, revived interest n & murder mystery regarded by the police # the most perplexing they have had to leal with. Although the police were not ble to exact from the suspects in their tody any admission of guilt they con- ended that the clrcumstances disclosed the stalls of the unquestionable murder of g Kright by her husband, F. B. Knight. ¥ Story of Disapeparance. 7t will be remembered that Mrs. Knight missed by nelghbors About Apfil 20 of his year. Mrs. Knight had been ill and not strong enough to be out of bed nuch of the time. When the police visited ~Knight dwelling at 2% North Twen- eth street the doors were fastened and he husband was leaving thé place. He d that he was Knight and that fears bout the whereabouts of Mrs. Knight foolish, because she had been taken o & hospital. y Acvepting this statement as explanation he police returned to the station, but in- jiulry by the chief disclosed that Mrs, night was not at the hospital. Meantime night had vanished. Investigation by de. [ectives disclosed that a few evenings be- ore Knight and Mel Dusenberry, & hunch- ack teamster, drove from the Knight 1ling to the river bottoms, conveying in Dusenberry’s rattletrap wagon a trunk or Knight was known to have been infatu- ted with Jennie Dusenberry, a sister of teamster. After Knight's disappear- nee & letter came from him to the Dusen- p woman's mother, teflingy her that A Knight prepared a cup of poison for im and that he swjtched cups. “You now the rest,” read the letter. Police Suspect Knight, Mrs. Lucinda Dusenberry and her son were held at the police station many g and examined closely, The police 5 to-the bellef that Knight polsoned his fe, hauled her to the river bottoms and here either weighted the body and threw t into the river or buried it in the sands winds shifting the sand about make it fmpossible a few hours after digging to Il where the spade penetrated the bars. Knight was traced to Denver, where he visited Jennle Dusenberry. A few weeks 2g0 the police thought he had been seen in Des Moines. Jennie Dusenberry a few iths ago came to Omaha and married Nebraskan. ' “The police hope that the alleged discovery AMr; Foote will throw light upon the ht cuise and will ‘follow up the matter, wishing to relleve their own apprehensions ad well as those of Mr. Foote, Foote's reti- cence about his find is sald to te prompted by his fear of losing the $100 reward of- fered for the recovery ot Mrs. Knight's (body In event the body is found in Cut-Oft lake. nte: Identification would be impossible, ac- cofding to Captain Mostyn, who is aoting chief during the absence of Chiet Donahue. The officers made no tangible discoveries and some were 4n favor of abandoning the search altogether or procuring a com- plete outfit for prosecuting a systematic search. It is sald, however, that authority to do this will have to come from Chief Donahue, who s now out of the eity. BIG MEETING ELECTION EVE Republicans Will Gather in Washe republican mass meeting at hall Monday night promises to be one of the most enthusiastio ever held in the city. Senator Ji H. Millard will Invitations have been sent to inont speakers to make short talks lasting from ten to fifteen minutes and these siready have accepted: John P. Breen, H. C. Brome, G. W. DeLamatre, Byron G..Burbank, T. W. Blackburn, W, ey FREE TO EVERYONE. Read snd Learn How You May Pro. care It ' ‘The final Wi The question of why one man succeeds and another fails is & problem that has puszled philosophers for centuries. One nan attains riches and position, while his selghbor who started with seemingly the mme, and better opportunities, exists in poverty and obscurity. No man can win luccess who is suffering from an irritating ind nerve racking disease and the man who s the qualities of success within him vould be q 10 recognise this fact and wize the best remedy to eradicate the Touble. A person amMicted with a serious case of ‘emorrholds or piles'ls handicapped in the "ce for power and advancement, It is im- ro8sible ta concentrate the mental energles ¥hen this dreadful trouble is sapping the rital forces, To show how easily this suc- -u;“ h t.r:yln. trouble can be overcome, we publish the following letter f promi. fent Indians man: e “When 1 recelved the former letter and bookiet on ‘Plles, their nature, osuse and ture, I was In & critical condition, Ulcers to the number of seven had formed on the inside of the rectum, culminating in a lurge tumor on the outside, resémbiing fistula. 1 Suffered the most excruclating pain, could accept of my grateful thanks for B e 1ts use to any sufferer line. You may use my name if £ i zég" W. Slabaugh, J. H. Van Dusen, H. H. Baldrige, W. 8. Summers, C. W, Haller, W. F. Gurley, E. G. McGilton. General Charles F. Manderson writes: “T regret to say that I have an Important engagement for that evening that I eannot now forego. It compels me to decline your invitation to be present.” SAYS STICKNEY WILL WIN General Manager Treaholm of M. & 0. Commends Grain Market P! His Road’'s New Depot. “I think President Stickney will not en- counter any great trouble in establishing his grain terminals and gaining his point in view In Omaha,” sald General Manager Arthur W. Trenholm of the Minneapolis & Omaha, who was at the Union depot yesterday. ““He has the right idea about trying to locate elevators and mills where they can have the advantage of shipping over more than one road and at the same time save switching charges. Our road has now con- siderable land In Omaha which we would ofter freo sites to manufacturing con- cerns wanling to locate, but it is desirable that-they obtain a place where they may ship over more than one road, thus saving the switching charges. “It is the intention of our line to bulld a new freight depot in Omaha during the next year. We should have reached It this season, but on account of very heavy work on other parts of our road the project was abandoned untll next year, The present structure will be torn down and the new one will stand on the same location. It will be a brick bullding and may possibly be two stories high. The basement wiil be fitted up as a cold storage department and the entire building will be considerably larger than the one now in use. The track- age will likely be increased in the city limits and a remedy will be offered to do away with the freight congestion. This has not been definitely decided upon, however, and I do not give it as a sure thing. A great amount of work has been done out along the line this summer and that having all been cmplelo? for the year we have laid oft 50 to 800 men, which is following our usual custom. We are short on cam to move the shipments, not that we do not have enough cars, but it Is because they are sent away full and do not return quick enough.’ DRUGGISTS FORM COMPACT Agree Not te Cut Prices Unless it is Downtown drug steres that have been rivals In claiming to be the “only cut rate” pharmacy in the city will not cut and slash quite 8o freely in the future. For the pub- lic eye and for -their own gain they will lower ndard prices on standard wares whenever they see fit, but it will be done by agreement, and each will know what the other is doing. Heretofore when one drugglst advertised certain proprietary medicines at a cut figure it has been usual for competitors te #0 him 1 or 2 cents better. Retaliation al- ways took place and sometimes the ecaries were getting /rid of goods at less than they cost them—so0 they assert. Now with & community of interests un- derstanding affairs will be tranquil. Each store will have its turn and share in the cutting, but there will be no leaping at one another's throats and real knifing of prices as In the past. Maybe the public will not be any the wiser—at least it will be informed of reductions as heretofore, but unless the move is prearranged, no other druggist will go below the original reducer. DEBATE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Chicage High School Students Will Meet Here Friday. This question for the coming debate be- tween the Omaha and Chicago High schools has been selected: “Resolved, That municipalities should own and operate their street rallway sys- tems, The Omaha debaters are Joseph Swen- son, Richard Hunter and Ben Cherrington, the same team which was sent to Chicago last June. The Chicago team is composed of Charles Parks and two members of last year's team, Maurice Burr and Arthur Meyer. ™ ‘The fact that the same six debaters, with one exception, are to mget again, this time in Omaha, makes the contest doubly inter- esting. The committee in charge of the arrangements has provided a musical pro- gram, including a solo by Jules Lumbard and selections by the high school violin quartet. Prof. Fogg of the university will act as one of the judges and give a fifteen- minute speech on the value of debating and publle speaking. Superintendent Pearse will preside. The contest takes pl next Friday evening in the Kountse rial church. WOMAN IS LEFT DESTITUTE and Five Children, Awalt Return of Husband, ‘Whom They Lost, Acting Chlef Mostyn has a letter from Lincoln informing him that a woman and five children are in that city destitute, and that the woman, Mrs. Mary Blake, recently came from Obhlowa, Ia., and e¢laims to have & daughter 14 years old in Omaha. The woman says she was told by her husband to go to Lincoin when he left her two weeks ago and he would meet her there, The husband has falled to show up and the Lincoln authorities want the chief to try and locate him in this ecity. The woman's daughter reslding here is a Miss Francls Blake, and is rooming In some house on Howard street. The mother was unable to give the exact number of her daughter's residence. RYAN AND RHODES TO MEET Philadelphia Man and Omahan Are Matehed to Spar in This Oity, Arrangements have been perfected for a boxing contest at Washington hall, on No- vember §, between “Tommy”' Ryan of Phil- adelphia and “Billy" Rhodes of Omaha, For the preliminaties & number of events have been booked, including these, each of which will be at six rounds: Mustain against Haley, McAllister against Jensen, Krusco against Bell. It is expected that the match between the two principals will be a fine exhibition of boxing. The negotiations have been under ‘way for some time and were only consum- mated this morning. The contests are scheduled to begin sharply at 8:30. SLOW_TO TAKE OUT PERMITS ome Bullders Must Be Forced to Pay for Privilege ¢ refused to take out permits. For the past month be has been dealing with several now t TH WOMAN OF ROYAL ANCESTRY M. Mary O'Gorman, Oousin of Fremch President and Napeleon's Friend. SHE MAKES PROTESTS AT THE CITY HALL" Complains to B Seeks to Ruin an Excel- lent Barnm. The cousin of Marshal MacMahon, second president of France, and the well-beloved friends of the third Napoleon, had a com- plaint coming against the bullding depart- ment Friday. Mrs. Mary O'Gorman, who always pays her $1,90 city taxes the first of any woman, is the cousin. So she says. Mrs. O'Gorman spent yesterday in the city hall waiting for Building Inspector Withnell. Unsuspectingly he entered the office noon and the cousin of Marshal MacMeahon/ entertained him with tales of her former husband, the late Mathew A. Carroll, at one time captain of the Queen's Lite Guards in the tight little isle. After checking up European history from the time that MacMahon saved the day for Napoleon III at Magenta through the reign ot Queen Victoria and down to the period when Mrs. O'Gorman claims to have been defrauded out of 160 acres of valuable city property, due the late honmorable Captain Carroll, Inspector Withnell escaped. This was about 1 o'clock in the.afternoon. Saturday morning he was seen on the streets, having kept under cover In the interim. \ Mrs, O'Gorman, however, was concerned more about what she calls a barn at 2110 Nicholas street than the deceased Mac- Mahon. The Advisory board has declared the barn, also, deceased, and ordered It removed before the torce that Sir Thomas Newton discovered reduces it to the earth from which it sprun, Nigger in the Woodplle, “Why,” said she, “the barn is a good barn an’ shure Of cud hold a dance on th' second flure without danger to ayther the occipants or th' structure. It's there out in th' prasarle three blocks from aany house and dofn' no one harm. “Ah! Of know why I'm called here to de- find me rights. 'Tis this way. There was & mane, nasthy r a stealin th' barn panel be panel, an' inch be inch, an' I ca-aught the nagur at his thricks. I chased him up heyant the Kellom school, an' he niver had th' nerve to come back. But I found his timmyhawk—an' it was a good timmyhawk, too, wurth a dollar. Now the nagur is afther revenge and he thries to pull down me innocent little barn.” The bullding department has a picture of that barn—it Is the worst ploture in a big collection of structures that have forgotten why they were built, and the bullding department says the barn must go to the scrap heap, Mrs. Mary O'Gorman notwith- standing. It has not been used for years. STICKNEY MAKES SUGGESTION Proposes Some Changes in the Sched- ule of Entertalnment Millers’ Delegation. The Commercial club entertainment com- mittes has received word from President Btickney as to the program here of the Minneapolis millers. He favors the electric cars for a tour of the city, as they are more rap)d than the carriages. and favors the making of acquaintances and genera) conversation. He does not particularly care to have these men visit the land which he has purchased for the grain tracks, but rather desires a general inspection of the ¢ity and a noon meeting with the bankers, grain men and other business men at the Commerclal club. A luncheon will be served there, and Mr. Stickney will make & talk of some length, the party not rising perhaps until about 3 o'clock. As the Min- neapolis men do not depart until after 7 o'clock, it s probable that a dinner will be given at the Iler Grand with carriages waliting to convey the visitors to the depot. LOCATE SOME STOLEN WIRE Fisherman Finds Batch Near Gibson and Cohen May Be Released from Custody, Two colls of copper wire were discovered Friday night by a fisherman named James West near Gibson and just below the round house at that place. The wire is supposed to be that which was stolen from the power house of the electric light company last Sunday night, when the night watchman was held up by Charles Cartwright and a fellow who gave his hame to the police as “Bill Balley.” The watchman says he was held up with a shotgun by Balley, and he belleves that Cartwright stole the wire at that time. Cartwright and Balley are both In jail, and Morris Cohen, a junk dealer who was supposed to have bought some wire from the men, has been apprehended. There ap- pears to be no case against the junk man, the police say, now that the lost wire has been found. Complaint will be filed against Cartwright and Bailey. NIGHT SCHOOLS WELL FILLED Better Attendance Than Last Year Because of Vigilance of Truanat Ofcer. Enrollment reports for the first week of night school show that the membersship has doubled over that for the first week last year. At the Kellom school 11 students reported and t the Comenlus 104, & total of 245, against a total of 123 last year. Active work by the truant officer is held accountable for the marked increase. No additional teachers have been assigned, but it is not unlikely that one or more assistants may be provided if the attendance is main- tained. SAYS CATS EAT HIS PIGEONS South r Makes Complaint Ag: Felines, but Gets T ate Redress, Fred Bohoening of 017 Bouth Fifteenth street wants the police to protect him trom cats. He is & pigeon fancier and claims his neighbors' cats are living high on pigeon meat which comes from his rookery. He alleges that all that is left of & pigeon after one of these ravenous felines gets his claws on it Is & small bunch of feathers. There being no city law against the free and un- limited action of a hungry cat, Acting Chief Mostyn, to whom Schoening com- plained, could do ne better than to promise to look into the matter. BAXTER NOT WITH THE KATY Denies Report and Says He and Wite Will Go Bast, Then West, The report which has been in ¢irculation to the effect that Robert W. Baxter, who recently resigned the superintendency of the Nebraska division of the Union Pa- cific, v to become connected with the “Katy" s unfounded, says Mr. Baxter, who has just returned from & visit to Bt Louls and declares his trip bad oo OMAHA DAILY BEE: BUNDAY, significance whatsver in the way of a po- sition. Mr. Haxter sald: “The story is untrue and comes as a sur- prise to me. Myself and wife will go to New York possibly by Monday, and from there we expect to return and without mak- ing any stop in Omaha g0 on to the coast, where an extended stay likely will be made.” CONSERVATIVE MEN PREVAIL Domin, Things in Organizat New Association, Says Eueclld Martin, Who Attended, President Euclid Martin of the Omaha Business Men's assoclation is back from Chicago, where a new business men's league was formed. he said, “the organization of the National Industrial Association of America will not affect, at least for the present, our Omaha organization. We selected a name, elected officers, provided for a means of revenus and adopted resolutions setting forth the important principles of the asso- eclation. No regulations of second rate im- portance were considered and we did not a thing I had expected would be done— tempt to bring the various assoclations to any standard. ‘The fight over the name involves a principle. A portion of the organization wanted to fight the union and another portion wished to or ise for de- fense and with a view to harmonizing and taking in members of other organisations, trade associations, such as the master plumbers, ete. A large majority was Strongly inclined to concillation, and I was surprised, for I bad looked for more radical men. There will be another meeting in February, when the constitution and by- laws will be revised and smoothed down, but this meeting cannot change the resolu- tions adopted. The executive committee is to be selected from men recommended by the state delegations, and I had the honor of being recommended by our party. ‘“The national assoclation was formed with the idea of legislation which our as- sociation here has not considered, The trade unlons have been working for the enactment of laws which they considered would be for th advantage, and have #0 far been unopposed, but now the assocl- ation will enter this fleld. Eventually we will, T think, organize compactly, with national, state and eity groups and with uniform local organizations. “I was chairman of the committee on resolutions and we just completed our work at 6 lock yesterday. From Omaha T. J. Mahoney, president of our assoclation, E. E. Bruce and W. H. McCord of the executive commitee, Secretary B. B. Branch and myself attended.” FOREIGN COMPANIES OBJECT Fire Insurance Comcerns from Other States Complain Against New Revenue Law, Woreign fire insurance companies doing business in Nebraska are inclined to dis- pute provisions of the new revenue law re= lating to them, and have inti. ted that they will carry thelr contention into court. They claim that they are discriminated against in favor of home companies of the state by the law permitting certain deduc- tions from the gross premiums upon which the state companies are taxed, but does not provide likewise for the foreign concerns. The 1908 assessment of real and personal property by Tax Commissioner Fleming and his twenty-seven deputies has been practically finished, with the exception of the jobbing interests and that class sup- posed to hold the highest amount of per- #onal property per capita In the city. These persons have not sent In their schedules, and the commissionre will proceed to urge the matter next week. The bulk of the fleld work h: been done, however, and only about half the assessing force will be used next week. The next two weeks will be consumed getting the assessment rolls in shape for the Board of Review. THINKS. VICTIM LIVES HERE Resident of Jacksonville, I nois, Has e Man He Belleves Came from Omaha. ) John @. Reynolds of Jacksonville, 111, be- lleves he has an insane man from Omaha. He writes the chief of police that a man about 40 years old, § feet 3 inches tall and welghing nearly 140 pounds, {s being held by him in the House of Detention for the insane at that place. The insane man has glogsy black hair, he writes, but fails to explain why he belleves he came from Omaha. —_— Admits Steall Grips. Charles Longreen, who has no particular vocation, embarked in the grip stealing business was rounded up with a short turn by the police. He had two grips, which he admits he stole, but does not re- member where he got them, Pressure will be brought to bear to help ou s deficient memory when he gets into the “sweat box.” One of the grips Longreen had was filled with unwashe laundry and was labeled ‘John Fox;" other contained a new suit of clothes and a pair of rubber boots. Longreen, when arrested, was headed for & pawnshop to dispose of his prizes. r——ey THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People Know Hew Useful it fs in Preserving Health and Beauty, Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realise its value when taken into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the better; it Is net & drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and im- purities always present in the stomach and Intestines and carries them eut of the system. Charcoal swestens the breath after smok- ing, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and improves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe carthartic. . It absorbs the Injurfous gases which col- lect in the stomach and bowels; It disin- fects the mouth and throat from the polson of eatarrh. All druggists sell gharcoal in one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money is in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenge they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form, or, rather, In the form of large, pleasant tasting loszenges, the charcoal belng mixed with honey. The dally use of these losenges will soon tell In & much improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it 1s, that no possible harm can result from thelr continued use, but, on the con- NOVEMBER 1, 1903. SELL UNDER REVENUE LAW County Treagurer Will Gonduct Tax Sales According to Its Provisions. WILL NOT ACCEPT THE TAX SALE ACTS Elsnsser Belleves County Commi ers Wil Order Sale 1« Next Year Under the Much iInterest 1s manifested relative to the tax sale which Is to be held Wednesday under the supervision of County Treasurer Elsasser. The sale this year will be conducted under the new revenue law, which is identical Wwith the sale held In prqvious years with the exception of the interest, which used to be 20 per cent, but under the new revenue law is only 15 per cent. Mr. Elsatser was restrained from selling under the Mickey act, which is house roll No. 48, by an action recently brought in the district court by the city attorney and others. Mr. Elsasser announces that he never intended selling any property under this act, as he had conferred with the county attorney, and it was declded not to sell under that act unless the county trea urer was mandamused to do sd. This was also the suggestion offered by the deputy attorney general of the state, with whom Mr. Elsasser conferred. The opinion is held by Mr. Elsasser that the county commissioners, upon whom it devolves, will order the 1904 sale to be under the “scavenger” act, which the commissiont ers would have adopted had it been possible to get the books ready to file suit. And it is the full intention of the commissioners to adopt that plan for the next year's sale. The Mickey law is separate and distinet from the general revenue law or the enger” aet. What S wer Act Doen. The “scavenger” act provides that “all city and county taxes are to be compiled into one place by the county treasurer, which will combine state, county and mu- nicipal taxes, Interest and advertising in- cluded, on or beiore the st Way of July. The county treasurer shall also file with the district clerlyof the county in which the lands are located a petition as pro- vided for by this law, and these shall be docketed with the district clerk as a sult in equity and judgment will be then ren- dered by the court upon these numerous cases as a unit. After the judgment pro- vision is made for a regular sale the first Wednesday in November, at which the county treasurer is authorized to sell to the highest cash bidder such certificat of tax sale issued to the state, county or any municipality under this act.” Relative to the injunction which was brought by the city attorney and others to restrain County Treasurer Elsasser from selling under the Mickey act, it fs sald to be quite certain that County Attorney English will allow the Injunction to be made a permanent order, thereby relieving Mr. Elsasser frum a sult in mandamus. The application for an injunction will be argued before Judge Day. LOCAL BREVITIES H. 8. McDonald, John Harpin, James Cuthill and C. W.' Bishop have departed for Stilwell for a duck shoot. A decree of divorce was made in the case of James E. Coddington against Emma F, Coddington on the grounds of desertion. Barney ~Kimmerling was held before Judge Estelle to answer to the charge of petty larceny. The prisoner pleaded gullty. t was charged that he entered the room of yome womien at Thirteenth and Douglas and stole some jewelry, including a necl lace. Kimmeriirig was given a thirty day: Sentence In ‘the county Jall. Sportsmen noted Frida first regular ‘flight” of 4 The ducks were seen going south in large numbers. This is & good time for the man with the gun and a number of hunting parties will be formed to take advanta, of the annual migration and flocking of the ducks. The office of the superintendent of mails is being transferred from the south end of the first floor of the postoffice building the new northwest wing, where it will permanently located for the future. meanwhile ‘there wilk be a g cleaning and rearrangement of the first floor south wing for postoffice purposes. Arguments in the writ of manadamus issued by Judge Slabaugh against the mayor, chief of poilce and Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, demanding that they should show cause why they should not effect the arrest of J. H. McDonald and others, who were alleged to have been identifled’ with gambling dev at the Diamond saloon. were to have “een heard befoxe Ju Estelle Saturday morning. The matter ferred until Monday, night that the ucks had The following cases were transfer: ‘rom the Nebraska® state aistrict court:m!o‘ the }Jnlled BStates cireyit court Friday eve: ng: Under the rules of the United States fod- eral court the ten days' limit for filing cases for the November term of court ex: ires Friday evening in thirty-one law, hirteen equity cases four or five bankruptcy cases. The November term of the federal courts, elrcult and district, will convene af the postoffice building in this city at 9 o'cloc a. m., Monday November §. The fede: fl.na’ jury will be impanelled at 2 p. m. i Do tmpaneiied at'd o Wedselss, wi mpan @ m. n November 1. i From Gage county district court: Wil llam Scahil administrator of the estate of John C. Boahill, against the Union Pa- cific Rallroad company, damages $,000. Buit is brought to recover for the death of Joh C. Scahill, caused by a collision on de fendant company’s road while the decease was In its employ &s a locomotive fireman, The accident occurred January 1908, From Gage county distriet court; D! Hender “against the Union Basifie el road company, damages $0,00. Sult I for damages sustained to plaintiff while in the employ of defendant company us s loco- motive engineer in collision at Harper, Wyo., wherein he was caught between hig engine and tracks and suffered the loss of his right leg and foot.” The accident oo- curred January 11, 1908 From Dougl Mary county district court th Union E. Finney, adminisirator, agains Pacific Raliroad company, dam: $25,00. ~ The suit is for d {o plainff tn the injury husband, Bylvester H. Finney, while in the employ of defendant company as & locomo- tive engineer in Pottawaftamie county, Iowa, in May, I He was injured in & collision April 2, 108, and died of his in- juries May 2, 186, Railway Notes and Fersonals, D. O. Ives, general freight agent of the B. & M, has returned from a tri Den- vér on Business for the company. Rutherford, general agent of the has returned from a trip out J. 0. Philligpl. aselstant general freight agent of the Missouri Pacific, has returned from a short business trip to Bt. Paul. ol traveling = passenger agent of the Northwestern, is home from a trip over the Nebraska and Wyoming divi- sion. . J. L. Marens is appointed commercial agint of the Cotton Belt at Ki vice Payne, resigned. tective November 1. L. J. Waekerle has been appointed gen. eral foreman of the bridge and bulldin department of the Missourl Pacific inste of J. E. Fetherston. George W. Holdrege, general manager of the Burlington, has returned from a visit to friends In Denver, where he went, com- blaing business with pleasure. Montmorency, _assistant eral trelght agent of the B &M onte from & two weeks' vacation trip, which he spent $u the Tndian reservations Runting’ game. The Hunting party Killed deer (o the: imit w, but a o the {™1f}a and the smalier Lo [ be g 4ha The" smalier ' owns Sans and the Joint agency plan ix not see one bear during encam, here. aystem Laland 1 a1l the prise consoli age: effect a saving of lcs ranta ud- ‘and Furniture Rugs Curtains $2.25 quarter sawed oak dining finely Angshed, for, each. ARM CHAIR— You Can Buy Monday chair, with wide back and Solld ouk, high spindle back, solid Arm Chalr—the .5 kind— & good office or library chalr—for SETTEES— Library or M?Uml Hall Settees—in guarter-sawed oak or mahogany—carved backs—worth §17.00-for. DRESSER— La Solld Oak Dresser—base 45 Inches long—French plate ml:l!o'r 24x20—nicely carved—worth $14.00—for... . 8.50 RUGS AND CURTAINS—- If you want Rugs, we will save you fully 15 per cent on your purchase. The largest line of up-to-date Room Size Rugs in the oity. ORIENTAL RUGS— For_two days we will give you a of Orlental Rugs. CURTAINS~— _ We will place on sale 100 pairs fine Brussels and Arab Cur- tains—worth $.00—for—per pair.. 25 per cent discount on our full line .28 Baker Furniture Co. 1315-17=19 Farnam Street. HOAR TALKS ON THE ISSUES chusetis A Polit- Senator from M. People of that State ical Questions. WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 8l.—Repub- leans held a mass meeting tonight in Mechanics’ hall, the principal speaker from out of the state being Secretary of the Treasury Leslle M. Shaw, while other speakers included Senator George F. Hoar, who was chafrman of the meeting; Her- bert Parker, attorney general of Massa- chusetts; ex-Congressman Joseph M. Walker of Worcester, and ex-Representa- tiva Charles T. Tatman, who spoke to the young men of the republican party. Senator Hoar declared that “the demo- cratic campaign in Massachusetts is not a struggle alone or chiefly for the state gov- ernment of Massachusetts, but s & strug. gle for position in the great national battle of 1004, “Did the democratic party,” the senator asked, “in its whole career ever redress a grievance? It has created a good many. It has defended a good many, it defended slaver: It created the civil war. ““The republican party paid the debt when the democrats would repudiate it, it kept the faith when the democracy would have broken it. It retgins sound money when democracy was for flat money. It made gold and silver the standard of value when democracy was for rags, it kept the gold standard the standard of the world when democracy was for free silver. It main- tained the protective system and achieved the manufacturing {ndependence of the country when the democracy was for free trade.” " Speaking of the trusts, sald: BSenator Hoar republic_shall not be toc The millionaire stand as equals the law. The orney general, under the direction of the president, has already accomplished much to curb the of President Roosevelt, Becretary Shaw said in part: I have learned to bolleve in the political campaign. Politics s not a squabble for office, it is not strife between parties and men, but_between policies and_principles. 1 seidom mention names of candidates ln 1l my camj n, Ave mnever men- lul;nedyl Mpn:u'("l‘( (‘. chief of the countr; more than once or twice. knows am trying to put these questions above puufim{m up to the standard of states manship. s You tan be just as good statesmen at X Washin, and why not § Goking "too much to our young men study these they mi nieres an issue. The id you see anythl O "o 180 (hat ‘they could: use in rm or 19007 Do you know what the next issue will be? No, an neither does any- one. n_1900 the populists or| ized as sin- oelflly as ever did any! The crats cast about for & the issue of the popul Mr. Shaw said that there was great eagerness to wipe out the trusts in some other states, but when it came home the peaple of each community wanted the trust in thelr locality saved. SIR HENRY DURAND I;LEASED Ambassador at Madrid Glad to Get sfer to Post at Wa ington, MADRID, Oct. $L—8ir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador to Spain, who was recently appointed British am- bassador to the United States, was inter- viewed today by & correspondent of the Assoclated Press at the British embassy here. Concerning his appointment to Wash- ington, Sir Henry sald: T confess it wi nd that uestions that re been somewhat & surprise, though certainly a pleasant one. I had no intimation of it unt! received an inquiry office, asking If I would jed In the affirmative. [ erl have lo d A0 oaly Known L0 me by reputation now R ;r;"va: ;ot to aoquaint myself with Ameri- can pien and American affairs. W‘zn asked what line of policy he would follow, the ambassador answered: That is difficult to answer, owing to my unaequaintance with the country, but nat- urallk shall follow the lines laid down by the torelgn office and British Interests. egarding the difficulties of my new M ht aken they will not t Madrid, the “Uiitea. Sta twean the Uni ain are most cordial, there being no seri- ous litigation pending between the two Anglo-8axon nations and T am personally convinced that Great Britain will use every endeavor to prevent causes of friction an evident by the submission of Alaska ouestions to arbitration. The polit- ical horizon being therefore cloudless, I imagine my part at Washington will be social rather than dinlom T confess that 1 leave here with resret. The woelety Is charming and 1 have made many mncere friendships, 1 came to Madrid somewhat prejudiced by what 1 had heard of Spanisb-pride and Castillian haughti- ness, but 1 have neen with my own eyes that this was pure fiction. There are no nk_or more courtenus people | 01 My official relations ha agreeable. Spain is wisely devoting her chlef attention to financial reorganisation. The auestions of the army and navy and for- oign relations will come sfterwards. The last named i& much simvlified by the ran- prochament between ¥France snd G-eat Britain #nd the seeming understanding betwesn those powers and northern Africa and Mediterranean. This is livelv ta fa Spain with bot me —m;: [ I SEVERE STORMS IN ITALY Lightning Strikes the Hunting Lodge of King, Setting it on ¥ ROME, Oct. ?21L.—Distressing accounts have been received from the entire penin- sula of the effects of extremely tempestuous weather. In the north and south great quantities of rain have fallen, causing fioods and accompanied by heavy light- ning and high winds. Severe storms at Sea are reported, but no lives are known to have been lost. The thunderbolts have caused ceveral extensive fires. One thun- derbolt fell on the royal hunting lodge at Ban Rossore, where King Victor Emman- uel and Queen Helena now are. A fire re- sulted which assumed such alarming pro- portions that the fire brigade from Plsa, the nearest to S8an Rossore, was called out. The sqyvereigns took a great interest In the work of extinguishing the fire. SBeveral snap shots of the fire scenes were taken by the queen DENVER, Oct. 30.—~The storm which be- gun with rain about'6 o'clock last ‘ening, changed in:the night to snow . . was neral over almost the entire ttate, de- laying raflroad tramic considerably. In the mountains snow fell heavily. The weather is not very cold, but a cutiing wind was the most disagreeable feature of the storm. SITUATION MORE = WARLIKE London Hears Report that Japanese LONDON, Oct. 81.—The Morning Post says today that it understands that Japan is by no means prepared to acquiesce in the suggestion that it give Russia a fre hand in Manchuria in exchange for a Japa- nese free hand in Corea. Japan contends, says the Morning Post, that the two ques- tions are entirely separate, that Corean in- dependence already has been secured by convention and that as Manchuria was re- stored to China by Japan at the instigation uropean powers, it naturally cannot nt to its occupation by Russia. ‘The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Kobe quotes tihe Hoschi S8himan of Tokio to the effect that the diplomatic corps of the Japanese capital have no hope of a peaceful settlement of the pending difficul- tles. Even Baron Shibusawa, at a meeting of the Bankers' union, advocated war, al- though the interest of the bankers Is loglc- ally in the direction of peace. CLOCK KINDLES THE FIRE Automatic Device Which is Classed as & Blessing to the Early R An automatic fire kindler, the operation of which is regulated by an ordinary alarm clock, will doubtless appeal to every person whose duties include getting up early to start the fire in the kitchen stove. ‘With this new contrivance installed in a house it is necessary, upon retiring, simply to assemble the fuel in the stove or any fireplace, connect an attachment to the clock and set the latter at any required hour. When the alarm sounds a fulminate is ignited, which, communicating with an inflammable substance in the stove, range, furnace or grate, immediately siarts the fire. By the time the householder or serv- snt is up the fire ls burning briskly and the water bollin It is claimed that these new devices may be 80 set that they will start fires whenever wanted and thus have a home thoroughly heated before the occupants stir from their beds. From the back of the clock used in connection with the automatic fire kindler extends a shaft, on which s mounted & ro- tary friction disk or pulley, the periphery of which is rallled or otherwise designed to create friction when rotated in contact with a relatively stationary member. By the cperation of a pivotal arm, & lug and spring and other attachments in comnection with the rotary disk this entire external mechanism Is set in motion when the alarm 1s released Instantly a fuse, with an easily ignitable fulminate at its end and held in place in slot opening against the friction wheel, is set al The flame, properly confined within the metallic slot, travels instantly over the inflammable strand, which is sat- urated with a free-burning ingredient. The clock may be set on a nearby shelf or on the back of the stove or & furnace pro- Jection. As even @ small and cheap alarm clotk may be utilized and as the tube-in- cased fire strand may be ‘ely controlled, that part of the problem is very simple. Moreover, any kind of kindithg substance ordinarily used may be utilized. The fuse may be employed merely to ignite paper under the regulation kindling wood fire, with coal or cordwood on tep. la such cases the action is similar to that of a match or, rather, of several matches lighted imultaneously and burning longer than erdinary malches.—Saturday Evening Post,