THE OMAIIA DAILV BEK: TTTI'HSDAT, "Nf VV 2 1, 1000.
ATTACK COURT'S AUTHORITY
r-l
i:vn iv urmer rwv vnTVL'Ti"-
LMJ Ml llAUJl 1LI .tor of st
h" r ilcn aent for 1 number of insjf
an lompanm-
i Tor two or three day previous to his !.-
appearaneo ho had been drinking anil wia,
ElXtllJ Boadimw Say Suprtms Coort Cn- ' ""t denondent. ami It was rumored; Wid(JW Hl, B(9Q R,6ased frotn JaiJ, bat It
hv nmp Ihnt hn rrmv hav invm his 0WI1 , -
I
not Bevitw Ita Own Actions.
WOMAN BD.Y BURNED BY GASOLINE
31r. TrnnrU Suffer ?eserel- nnel llcr
llnxlinnit li tnjiirril In Trying In
Snic II In Wife Iriini
I ill' I n rn tin n,
Under Suryeillancs.
u
by ome that ho msy have taken hl own
life, but hln Intimate friends refuse to be
lieve thl. It Is also rumored that Mr.
tlinr tnlnhl ki'A l.r,t Khnpl In hi .11.
counts, but even should this prove true, he CORONER'S JURY WAITS
has enough Influential frlenls to see him
through any difficulty of this kind, whnh
Is not believed to exist. Mr. and Mr".
net havo always moved In the beet social
circles and his disappearance Is the talk of
the town.
FOR CHEMIST
Vnnljsls (if llrnil Mnn'n Mninneh I
liiroiiiili'lr WmniinS l.lberntlon
Him .No Mmilllcnin'r nn In llcr
(lit or Innocence.
iiiiakkmw rut miiiii nv ruts
VOItK. Neb.. Mav 21. f Sncclat.) The
Mt'Kvrs- of l.lni'nln steel Horrible ' fart ihn Mr. Mirf.i Pm.i hn hivn rp.
LINCOLN, May 23, iSpeclil.) Attorneys ,
for fbft nlaltiflffa In rrrnr In Ihe rahe rf
... - i mm ii in iirnnii i.inno. in..,i ,, in ,,i ,v, ,nr'i
William UT raxton cl al. against tne fctaic , oflANI) ISLAND Neb May 23 (Seeelat ) . . i. . J ' .
today filed brief In the rupretno court lr v Moto Vbr iZ n cf aI' jury has given rlH- to the erroneous opnlon
rnnr.min ,hn r,,,i.,rn nn .hn motion I,. . ' 1 J:!'.. .-I.." on ltlc "' , which Is quite general here, that she Willi
miuse uunii- m in i.incoin. was. crusne-i ....... t. n.. -i i ...... ....i.p
It
i. lUH.ki iri,it .hn ' Nnnnlnl Mfnrnml Qtantnfl. S.I VPar nf urn ..t. i ..t.i t. l,i.HKi tslm
hdoui a o riojk last evening. , W(W llbera(eil ellnCir because the report of died here last night. He was one of the - Kar nearer to the go.il of eery ambitious
is making the last rout) ne of .u ..i .... i . .i... j,.i 1 i.i, t,nrna,Ar in vnrv mnnu. h.im. 1 .... .. . . - -
Ihf. frnln n k. V,.. ,. .. . i. . ,u ' luv tutuil1" " HllillJtCIl II1U llfrtil man n unico. ...... ....... . , ....... slirinCr, mat 1 IIlipCri.1l pOllMlUllf. Ilflll
hVimnor. -n i u, , scau,;l? ' l?;'rfn Ctomach w as not consistent with the theory one of the pioneers of Nebraska. In ISIfl , mrAy ,,, tonight that Washington ha l
ppr." ""'J b0',y "ll8ih'" "h"'" ,hp of 'her guilt or because to further prosocutn he made the trip overland California. He- 1 rxc,,)0, Ugcf ,a entertainment of the
tho caso would drag In complications which , turning from there In the early hO s ho ( shrlnera and that Omaha members In at
tho coroner's Jury wished to suppreni. This I took up the land on which Mct'ool now j tendan coupon the meeting of the lmperl.il
view cf the situation Is entirely Incorrect, stands. Ills homo has been with his , COuni ll we-e highly plea.u-d with their visit
concerning the procedure on tho motion
of the attorney cencral for. a reheating of v,,n i ,v,. n.i,.. ...... ncvor be forma
., .ha. neither the ! ,V.i , " "J" . - "7.. " . . "'"' 1 of her husband
constitution nor tho statutes provide for i MrKVey was
a rohcarlns or review by the nuprcme conn
of Iti own Judgments. This Is the caso
wherein the stale seeks to recover from the
bondmen of ex-Stato Treasurer Hartley
the money ItK by tho sUto through his de
falcation. It was appealed from the dis
trict court of Douglas .outity by the plnin
tlffs In error
Adjutant Ocncral Harry today Issued tho
following orders covering changed In the
Nebraska National Guard:
The resignation of .Second Lieutenant
Ramtifl II. MeUlary, fompuny I., Second
regiment. Is accepted. The Commanding of
IItt of I'ompany ft. Second regiment, will
notify his command tit the llrst regular
meeting of the v.iranry existing In the of
fice of second lieutenant and shall proceed
to an election to fill the xacam y In n
cordnncc with section 21. Military Code of
atate.
The following mcmberH of ompany A.
f-'econd regiment, ate honorably dlsclinrgeil
from the nervlce of the Mate: Sergeant u
Ji. Downing. .Musician Allen I-.. I'.uswnrin
I'loneer of rlirnUn.
MTOOti Jf.NTTION. Neb, May
Omaha Man Takes Another Step Toward
the Sbrineri' Ohlef Office.
DtS MOINES IS TO HAVE A TEMPLE
John KHgtrall. for thirty c.,r, m t,V VP UK Till? IIU'll 1)01'
Josephs ratholi . hur h a lUjiUVJ IUIj 11 1U It Uiui
Kdina. Mo rather l-ltageraid was a resi
dent of Omaha In the early das of the city
and was an Intimate friend of Ht. Rev.
Hlshop O'Oorman during his administra
tion as vicar apclollc of Omaha. Ills death
was the result of an apoplectic stroke whleh
he sustained several cars ago, ant from
which he never fully recovered.
Popular rlirnlin rnriner.
WEST POINT, Neb.. May 23. I Special. 1
Jilllufi Wendt. nn old and well known
farmer living three miles cast of tht city,
died last night at the age of 63 year.". Ills
complaint was a complication rf dlenes,
which confined blm to his bed for the last
fifteen wcekr. He leaves a wife nnd five
children. Funeral will bo held Thursday
under the auspices of the German Evan
gelical church.
t m lit-r I tt I Council Hriinl tin lrner
of the llunl.c,ii' for I'rUllcue to
lXiilillxli nn IIiihIk of
Their linn.
Kelley, Sti
ger & Co.
23.
WASHINGTON, May 23 -(Special T.Me
grain.) Itepresentatlves of Tangier temple,
ncrrcdltul to the Imperial council of tho
Mystic Shrine, are making merry tonight
over the adNancement of their brother. 11. C.
Akin, frcm the place of assistant rabban to
hlpa. Ho was taken to tho depot and mod
leal attention at once given, but he died In
two hours. His wife had been telegraphed
for and arrive 1 at 1.30 this morning. Tho
remains will be sent to Lincoln this even
ing. MrEvey was it young man about 35
years of ago.
I'rlvate I.enord Hale. Private Hen J. l.aUue,
PrUate Ouy I). Kriune, I'rlvate Thomas A.
I'lckrel anil I'rlvate (Ms A. Iloblnson.
Wiiimi it Trrrllily llnrneil.
Shortly before 11 oclock this morning
Mm. J. W. 1'ranrlH wan lighting a gaiollne
move In her homo at 211 1 South Fourteenth
street, when It exploded, throwing tho blaz
ing oil over her nnd the room. Tho woman
was Immediately n mass of flames, her cloth
ing burning fiercely. Three little children
were standing msir her at tho time, but
none of them wero Ignited. She ran scream
ing to tho door, calling "Save my children,"
nnd a neighbor ran over nnd took the children
from the house.
Meanwhlln Mr. Francle, who was sleeping
In another room, was awakened by the com
motion and ran half dressed to aid his wife.
Sho was by this time terribly burned, as
her clothing was fully ablaze and the gaso
line was burning on her hands and face and
tiare arms. Tho husband seized a bed quilt
nnd wrapped It around his wife, extinguish
ing tho flro In her clothing and burning hlm-
nelf badly nbout tho hands, faco and arms
while so doing.
ny this time tho fire department had ar
rived and tho Are In tho house was soon
extinguished. Tho two Injured ones were
cared for and physicians called. The suf
ferings of tho woman wore terrible. As soon
as mcllcal aid arrived sho was placed under
the influence of chloroform and kept so for
many hours while her Injuries wero dressed
Mr. Francis was only burned about the
face and hands and will not ho conflnel long.
Tho physician consider that at present his
wife has n fair chance to live.
O. W. McKvey, a Hurllngton brnkeman
who lives In Lincoln, was killed In the ynrds
nt Grand Island last night. He was attempt
Ing to make a coupling between two freight
cars and was caught by tho bumpera. which
k ilzed him by the hips. He was badly crushed,
tiut lived three hours at St. Francis' hospital,
whom he was carried. McEvey was con
rclous till a few minutes before his death.
The accident occurred nt 7'30 nnd Mrs. Mc
Evey was sent for nt Lincoln. She arrived
Just after his death at 11:15. McEvey was
a Mason nnd carried considerably Insurance.
CHdct I'lnim Defenlnl.
The university cadet battalion returns!
quietly and In good order from their camp
at neatrlce early thin morning. The bojR
disbanded and sought their homes without
offering any molestation either to the po
lice or the city In general. Heyond a great
deal of yelling nothing occurred
to caitso Lincoln to remember their return
ThU was contrary to the expectations of the
jiollce here anil very different from what the
boys had planned. At Heatrlce many boxes
of blank shells were stolen from the qtiar
trrmaster's department and every cadet was
vrovldeil with u suitable number. The In
tontton was to give Chief of I'nllco lloagland
n powder screnado on nrrlvlng In Lincoln
nnd to whip the policemen If they objected
Commandant Drown nipped all such plots In
the bud. He beard of the Bchcme nnd Just
before lcavlnr; Hcntrlco with the battalion
tho companies were lined up nt attention
and every rllle taken nway from tho men
Then tho cadets were searched for shells
nnd quantities of these were removed from
their pockets. So when they arrived In Lin
coin there was nothing left for tho students
to do but go to bed, and this they did.
Ilnrtnril lllitli School Clonea,
HARVARD, Neb., May 23. (Special.)
Sunday evening Ucv. Rogers nf the Congre
gational church preached the baccalaurratj
sermon before tho graduating class of Har
vard High school, his theme being the im
portance of using well the education ac
quired. I.ant evening the graduating exer
cises were held at Stokes' opera house,
where a largo nudlenco greeted William
Hnwley Smith, tho class having delivered
their orations nt their fvhoolroom on Thurs
day last before tho friends of tho clst-s and
tho general public who cared to avail them
selves of the rpportunlty to attend. Mr.
Smith presented his lecture of "New Prob
lems Defore the American People," showing
how they could best be solved through the
public school system, the lecture being
Mrs. Frost's release from Jail has abso
lutely no significance touching her guilt
or Innocence. It docs not mean that the
c.isn will be dropped. It doesn't purport
daughter. Mrs. C. H. Stark.
ell received and bringing out many new
thought. Mlhs Carrlo Hudlong was di
rector of the chorus, with Mrs. Kate Har
bour asflstlng as pianist, while Deputy
'ounty Clerk V. J. Perry, a former student
In tho schools, was director of the orchestra.
The following were the graduates: Nellie
Splccr. Alice J. 'McCormlck, Mary R. Hume,
Emma llanlon, l.ula Flshback. Hugh 1.
Fell and Troy Ellcr.
MMIHAMvA
.MAX
iiisaim'i:aiis
Prominent llnxlueK Mnn nf W more
l.enven Tiittii Mj HleriollNl? .
WY.MORE. Neb.. May 2.1. (Special ) Jop
lters, one of the leading business mi
here, dropped out of tdght Monday morning,
tho last seen of him being at fi o'clrck thut
morning. Every railroad man running out
of t tin city knows Dyers and it is not thought
rojslble that he could have left town on
liny train. Mycin has long been a promlnei'i
worker In the democratic paity and Is at
present, a member and secretary of the
robool board, and has held many city offices.
Ileforn Its failure he was cashier of the
nank of Wymore and l at proont manager
of a largo lumber yard hole. Ho Is aLo
to the oiis'a of Almas.
TliotiinnM. liolilen. I 1)rs Mo" 08 Shriller who are here urging
vt-nmctn riTV ' Veh Mnv "t upon the council the Import'illce of creating
.h'i:. m ,,,. Jr. i a temple In that city were gratilled by the
a change of mind cn tho part of the Jury ', n. nU ,n,w l0llnv w..r council granting their request
. . .. I.. ... I. . V. I . nn n 1 ' 1 ' ' " ' ........ "
Illness of consumption. He was bom In
this county. A widow and one child survive
him.
or any of its members. On this point
George W. Pct,t, foreman, sajs:
"Tho coroner's Jury Is simply waiting for
further Information from the chemist. Tho
caso before us htands now as It has stood
ever slnco we began our Investigations. So
far a I know, there has been no recent
chango of opinion with any of the Jurors.
Mrs. Frost Is today regarded by the Jury In
tho Mine light as before her release was
ordered. That fact has no significance
as to tho Jury's opinion."
The order under which the woman wai re
locked rends as follows:
I'ormer I'rrlilent losrn l'nlvrrH.
Dos Mollies
and Omaha have an understanding as to th;
territory to be worked In Iowa, Cjuncll
llluffs and the .nearby vicinity helm appor
tioned to Omaha. Tho Om.iha delcgitlon
will leave tomorrow, many of the members
"To W. It. Knapp, M. D Coroner of York
County. Nebraska: We, tho under-'lgncd Tne eddlng of George Harrett of Granite
Ore., nnd Mlra Tlllle Pfelffcr nf this city oc
TORONTO. Ont.. May 23.- Rev. Dr. Alex- i tolng lo New York be'ore returning home.
andcr Hums, late principal of Hamll o i ! Congiessman Mondell of Wyoming re
Wesleyan college nnd at one time prrslden' 1 ported favorably Senator TlUmnn't, bill, ap
of the Iowa Wesleynn university an I of ' plying a ortlon of the proceeds if tha
Simpson collefio, Iowa, died here last night. ' sale of public Inn Is to the endowment,
i nuniiort and maintenance of MhonM or
HYMFNFAI I departments of mining r.nd metallurgy
I in tho several states anil territories
itnrreti-l'feiner. ! In connection with colleges for tho benefit
Will Shoe More Children for Less
Money Than Any Shoe
Store in Omaha.
Infants' $1.00 Shoes 50c.
Children's $1.50 Shoes 75c.
One Dollar Goes as Far as Two.
50c
75c
York I'll r mem Complnln.
WAfco. Neb.. May 23. (Special.) The as
sessors of the different townships In York
county held a meeting nnd agreed to ralso
tho valuation on farm lands of ork county
20 per cent, to which the farmers, owing to
prosperous times and largo crops nt remun
erative prices, did not seriously object. Hut
when tho York county farmers learned that
tho populist board of transportation did not
ralso the valuation of railroad property over
the amount of vnluatlon made by tho repub
licans several years ago they are now c m
plalnlng that vnluatlon on their property has
been raised and that of railroad property,
which has Increased In value, remains tho
samo as years before.
I'lnn for Mrmorlnl Tiny.
FREMONT. Neb., May 23. (Special.)
Tho Grand Army nnd other patriotic socle
ties are making special preparations for the
observance of Memorial day. Tho services
will be hold nt tho opera house. The memo
rial sermon will be preached on Sunday,
May 27, by Rev. T. L. Ketman of tho Bap
tist church. On Memorial day the veterans
and other patriotic societies will decorate
the graves of their dead at Ridge cemetery
and in the afternoon tho memorial address
will bo delivered by Rev. L. Kuhns of
Omaha In Love's opera bouse.. An unusual
Interest Is being taken in the preparations
for the exercises this year.
Jurors who wore summoned by you on th."
27th day of April. 1000, to hold an Inquest
uron tho body of Charles W. Frost, say that
we havo examined u large number of wit
nesses and caused an autopsy to be held, al
which a portion of the body was remove!
and plared In tho hands of a competent
chtmlht for chemical examination and nnily
sis. Tho chemist has not vet submitted a
complete analjsls of tho parts of tho body
bo placed with him. and for that reason the
Jury la unablo lo lomplote Its work and reach
a dnllct nt the present time, and It will be
necebsary to adjourn the Inquo't tint 1 th'
final report and analysis Is completed and
submitted by the said chemist to tho Jur.
anil as several days may elapse beforo that
time, we therefore request that you, rs cor
oner, Instruct Mr. J. H. Alllcrbach, cans ah c.
who has In his custoly Mrs. Mnrgaict K.od,
to rolrnse her and give her her llbeity until
further finding of the Jury. Georgo W. To t,
W. K. Williams. Charles A. McCloud, El
ward H. Woods, Georgo W. Shreck, Georgo
E. Chllcote."
Mrs. Frost was arrested May 1 under tho
supposition that only about ten days would
be required by the ehc-mlst In which to com
plete his analysis of tho .tomaeh. but tho
lattor says he has been confronted by many
unusual difficulties which delayed the work.
The chances are now that he will not flnlth
the Job before May W. In tho moantl.-vo
Mrs. Frost Is under constant surveillance
day nnd night, and any attempt on her part
to leave town would certainly end In h r
Immediate arrcnt.
A final report of the Jury may be looked
for not later than June 1. It Is now nctrly
a month slnco Charles W. Frost died, sup
posedly of strychnine poisoning.
llr. Well Comlltloii Serious.
flBATKlOB. .vel., stay rSpe'clal Tele
gram.) Tho condition of Dr. O. O. Wells
changed for the worso this afternoon nnd
ho will probably not survive the nljht.
FP.EMONT, Neb., May 23. (Special.) of agriculture nnd mccnanlcni arts, i no nin
npprOpnniCS $ni,!nll lUI wnr IIIPl Jim "e
eurrel at high noon to lay at the resilience
of tho bride's brother-in-law. George Wolz,
The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. II.
Huss of tho Congregational church, iisl.ilc.1
then $1,000 additional yearly until $15,000 la
reached.
! The sundry civil bill, which was reported
to the founte today, makes nn appropriation
of $2."0,ono for the Missouri River lommls
by Rev. N. Chestnut of the PrNbyterlan , slon, to lie ppent on river worn irom me
church, In tho presence of a few Invite 1 mouth to Sioux City; It gles $7o.ro0 for
guests. After the ceremony a wedding din- i the military fort nt Fort Meade. S. 1).. nnd
ner was served. Mr. Harrett Is a fnrni"r 1 JTH.nno for improvements nt Fort D. A. RU3
resident of Fremont and s now superln- Uell. Wyo.
tendent of a mining compa In Oregon, j 1'o.tinaster Crow Is i-eoklng to have the
The bride has always resided here and Is 1 force In bis olllce increased, for the reason
very popular. J that the business hn grown to surh propor
tions mat tne preicni inrce. aitnniign nigniy
PnMernon-Tn lor.
As an ngrceablo surprise to their many
friends comes tho announcement of the mar
riago of M. I. Patterson and Mrs. May Tay
lor yestorday afternoon by Rev. T. J. Mae
kay at 112 South Twenty-fourth street. Mr.
Patterson Is a well known hay commission
emclcnt. Is still Inadequate to perform the
work required. Senator Thurston will take
up the question of Increase with Assistant
ro.itmaster General Heath.
A. Mandelberg of Omaha Is In the city.
Comptroller Dawes today made public the
report of the rrndltlnn of the national bank'i
.IiiiIkc 'nnien Apirnlem.
TEKAMAII. Neb.. May 23. (Special.)
Tho county Judge has appointed the follow
ing men to act an appraisers in tho con
demnation proceedings of the proposed
Omnha Northern through Hurt county: W.
E. Chase. George F. Smith. J. W. McMul
lln, Andrew Heckman, O. A. Darling, Wil
liam Miller. Condemnation begins on the
24th. In this county there Is little to con-
domn, as the right of way has been agreed
upon by mot of tho property owners.
To Celrlirnlr Ilreorntlon liny.
CLARKS, Neb.. May 23. (Special.)
Decoration day will bo appropriately ob
served nt this place. The Grand Army of
tho Republic and citizens havo united and
completed arrangements. Hon. O. A. Ab
bott of Grand Island Is to deliver the ora
tion. Rev. G. H. Warren of the Methodist
Episcopal church will preach the Memorial
day sermon to Thornburg Post No. 27.
Grand Army of the Republic.
merchant of this city, and the bride claims i of Iowa, exclusive of Dos Moines, at tin
a host of friends who Join In ongratu'atlnns. crsP 0f business April 2ti. compared with
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson left for a tilp oast ( ,(, previous statement mndo In February,
and will be at home upon their return at tho Tnf) mobt noteworthy feature Is tho material
gain In Individual deposits. This Item now
iiggregates $l3,3IS.rt.M, against in.OTfi. 1 Pft in
February. The volume of loans nnd dis
counts has Inci eased from $13. 020. 53,1 in Feb
runry to $ l3.7!i(!.iiS4. Present gold holdings
aggregate $1,751. Hit, a gnln of about $110,000
since February. The average lescrvc is
30.0.1 per cent, against 2il 07 In February.
Rrcs Roe was today iippolntcil postmaster
above address.
Ilnrtinnn-l.cfTe.
CRETE, Neb., May 23. (Special.) M. S.
Hartman and Miss Jeeslc Leffcl were mar
riot hero this evening at S o'clock at fin
homo of the bride's mother. The foremen
was pet formed by Rev. Pearson of Grace
Methodist Episcopal cjiurch of this c!t,
The groom is cashier for the Hiirllnclon nt j nl OV(,rton 1)atttnn cunty, N-0h . vice .1.
Creite. while the bride Is the only daupntT
of Mrs. Hrucc Leffel. They will make their
future home In Crete.
Drniiiernllc Convention Unit.
BEATRICE, Nob.. May 23. (Special Tele
gram.) The democrat'c committee met
horo today and decided to hold their c nvin
tlon June 22.
( iiiiiiiiciieeinenl nt Kenimril.
KENNARD. Nob.. Mny 23. (Special.)
Last evening occurred tho fifth nn
nual commencement exercises of tho Ken
nard High school. There were thrco grad
uatesMisses Allle Mae Canhman. Laura
Eleanor Japp and Ida Relic Stewart. Tho
Kcnnard Cornet band furnished the music
for the occasion. Dr. Shepherd of Nebraska
City delivered n fine lecture, taking for his
subject, "Under n Hat."
Fill In in Kletntor Slinft.
NEHRASKA CITY. May 23. (Special.)
Otto Hlschcf, a merchant of this city, suf
fered a i-cvcre fracture of his anklo today
by an nccldcntal fall to the bottom of a
freight elevator shaft In bis place of busi
ness. The distance was ten feet and gave
Mr. Hlschi f a severe shaking up asldo from
tho Injury to the ankle.
FIRE RECORD.
ClilenK" Apartment Miiiino.
CHICAGO, Mny 23. A flro which startet
In tho four-story Jackson apartment build
ing. Twenty-ninth street and Calumet ave
nue, at 12:30 thin afternoon, almost des
troyed the building Inside cf forty-five
minutes. It Is stated by the polho that
every person in the building escaped.
The .Inckson apartment building contained
nearly 200 apartments and covered a block
on Twenty-ninth street between South Park
and Calumet nvenues. It was fully occupied.
Tho explosion it a natural gas stove on the
second floor started the tire, which spread
with remarkable rapidity and although a'l
tho flro apparatus In tho district was cnlled
out, the building, at 1:25 p. m appeared to
bo a total loss.
The fire was kept within tho Jackson
building, which, however, was practically
gutted. The loss Is estimated at $75,000,
fully Insured.
A scikxi'ifh: hrkakfast.
Rightly selected food will cure more than
half tho diseases. Try a scientific and
healthy breakfast: Fruit of some kind, pre
ferably cooked: n dish of Grape-Nuts with
:ream. two boft-boiled eggs. Put two eggs
lu r tin pint cup of boiling water, cover and
let off for nine minutes. Whites will then
be the consistency of cream and most fusllj
fllgekted. One sllco of bread with butter,
tup of Post u ni Cereal Food Coffee.
On that hreakfan you can work like a
horse and bo perfectly nourished until noon.
Your nervous troubles, heart palpitation,
stomach and bowel troubles, kidney com
plaints and various . other disorders will
gradually disappear and firm, solid health
will set in.
Why? You have prqbably been living on
poorly selected focd, that is food that does
not contain the required elements the body
needs. That sort of food, and coffee, Is the
direct or Indirect cause of more than half
tho Ills the human body acquires.
Grape-Nuts Is n perfectly cooked fn-d and
both that Hnd the Postum Food Coffee con
tain lino mlcroscoplr particles of phokphate
of potssh obtained In a natural way from the
grains of the Held and by scientific food ex
perts Incorporated Into food and drink. That
plement Joins with the albumen in food to
mako grny matter, which Is tho lining of the
brnln cells and the nerve centers all over
the human body.
A roan cr woman thus fed Is scientifically
fed nd rapidly grows In vigor and vital
ity, and becomes capable of conducting suc
cessfully tho affairs of life. To produce a
rerfect body and a monoy making brain tho
body must have the rlsht kind of food and
tho expert food specialist knows how to
make It. That Is Grape-Nuts nnd Postum
Cereal Food Coffee, produced at the pure
food factories of the Pootum Cereal Co., Ltd.,
at Iiatf Creek, Mich.
Itepiilillenn Committer- Cnllril,
PLATTRMOl'TII. Neb., May 23. (Special.)
George L. Farley, chairman, has Issued a
call for the republican central committee
of Cats county to meet In Weoplng Water
Saturday afternoon, June 2, to elect a sec
retary, a treasurer nnd to trarsact Mich
other busdncsii as may come before tho com
mittee. Tnrni'l I'rnellee Ordered.
NORTH PLATTE. Not).. May 23. (Spe
cial.) Cnmrnny n. Second leslmcnt, Ne
braska Natlcnal Guard, has received orders
to begin target practke at once. The tar
gets nre now In process of construction nnd
tho company will begin practice as soon as
they are finished and a tupply of ammuni
tion Is received.
I'osnlrr I'nllK on Mnriihs.
nFATRlCE. Nob.. May 23. (Special Tele
gram.) AttLtney G. A. Murphy was called
to Lincoln this afternoon br Governor
Poyr.ter to consult with him In regard to
the Ling Injunction proceedings, which
como up for hearing In tho district court
Friday.
.Illne In Pennn) Is nnln.
IIA.ELTON, Pa.. May 23. A Are broke
out last night in No. 2 slope of C. Pardeo
&. Co.'s mine nt Lattlmcr and Is still rnglug.
Tho pumphnusn was destroyed and the
pumps damaged beyond repair. The em1
plcyes succeeded In making their escape.
A large force of men Is engaged In ex
tinguishing the flames.
Ilni-ii nt Cortliiiiil.
CORTLAND. Neb., May 23. (Special.)
The large barn belonging to Dell West was
destroyed by fire Inst evening nbout 11:30.
A valuablo stallion belonging to Dick Oil
man and a quantity of cats and torn wero
burned. Tho causo of Iho lire Is unknown.
The lots Is covered by Insurance.
Ohio lliiKtsy CnmiiniiJ .
C.ALL10N. O.. May 23. Flro today de
stroyed the crating department of the Cen
tral Ohio Huggy company, the Capitol hotel
and i-everal stores and residences. Liss,
$100,000; insuran-e, $70,000.
IIiimIiickn Portion of Tim n.
RENO, Nov., May 23. special to the
Gazette sas that the business portion of
Lakevlew, Ore., has been dostroyc-d by fire.
Lakcvlew has a population cf 700.
"I had stomach troublo twenty years and
gave up hope of being cured till I began to
uso Kodol Dyspepsia. Curev It has dono mn
so much good I call It thenavcr of my life,"
writes W. It. .Vllktiison, Albany, Tonn. It
digests what you cat.
TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST
To tie nenrrnlly l-'nlr Frlilny 'Will lie
Warmer Shon er In I'rn
trnl Invrn.
WASHINGTON. May 23. Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
For Nebraska Generally fair Thursday
nnd Friday; warmer Thursday, variable!
winds.
For Iowa Partly cloudy Thursday, with
showers In eastern nnd central portions;
Friday fair, varlblo winds.
For South Dakota Generally fair Thurs
day and Friday; variable winds.
I.oenl lleeonl.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA. May iJliiciai rcinrii m n-m-
C. Chamberlain, resigned: nlso John F. tahr
nt Almoral Station, Delaware county. In.
NOT THE RAILROAD'S LAND
I'll si nee Comity, Aelirnkn, mill nmc
Kiiiiku Settler' Property Ail-
sertlxeil for Sole.
1 ATCHISON, Kan.. Mny 23. It has been
discovered that IS.ooo acres of land In Atchi
son. Hrown. Jackton and Marshall counties,
Kansas, and In Pawnee county, Nebraska,
recently advertised for sale at miction at
the court house In Atchison by the receiv
ers of tho eentrnl branch of the Union Pa
cific railroad, ate claimed by private Indi
viduals. They did not know the title to
their property could be questioned until It
w.us advertised for sale.
It Is believed that when Oliver W Mink
and Thomas P. Wilson were appointed re
ceivers of the Central branch they found the
records of a lot of Central branch land. nnd.
supposing It still beb nged to the company,
advertised It for sale.
I lleiii'M Sfiiniliiril OH Clime.
pe'rature'nnd "jireclpltation compared wlt'i cnllrt ',0'1( arguments' In the contempt pro-
the corresponding naj
years:
1000. ISSv 1V)7.
75 fil ffi 71
5') .12 r, 5-.
fii .VI 71 fil
, 'I' .00 .00 .in)
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
Average temperature .
PreelnltiLtlnn
Record of temperature and precipitation
nt Omaha for the day and since March 1.
10(10: . !
Normal for the d.iv I
Kxcohs for the day
Excess since March 1.. "
Normal rnlnfnll for the day 1; m-h ,
Detlrlomy for the day Ulnrli
Total since March 1 i.lOlmhe i
Detlcleiiey since March 1 .......... '' ''" "
Deficiency for cor. perm i .iw... i ".'".
Excess for cor. period, tvra oilmen
Itritort from Slntlnim nt 8 p. in.
ceedliu;s brought by former Attornes Gen
eral Monnett against the Standard Oil i mn
piiny of Ohio and Jnhn I Rockefeller ,ni I
other nllleers of the eorporntlon. alleging
ncilicompll.inee with the order Issued by
this court ordering the Standard Oil enm
pnnv of Oblo one of the constituent com
;ar!ei .if lie tr,.t In wlthdi.itv from It
nnd t ea-e re. ognltlon of the trustees In
the iran.i.i ir ii
TATTONB AND STATO
OF WEATM&R.
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Omaha, cloudy
North Platte, clear
Salt Luke Clly. clear..
Cheyenne, cle.ir
Rapid City, clear
Huron, partly cloudy..
Willlston, clear
Chicago, ruining
St. Louis, cleur
St. Paul, elnudv
Davenport, rloudy ....
Helena, cloudy
K'ansns Cltv, cloudy...
I tavre clear . .
Hisniank. clear . .
f inhesion, clear
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Tencliern for (irnnil Intnnit,
GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. May 23. (Special 1
At a rocr.it meeting cf the school h-urd
Superintendent II. J. Harr was unanimous:)-re-olectcd
cn tho llrst ballot for a term of
three years. The teachers were all rctalnel
with the exception of three or four.
T indicates trn e of pieelpitation
I- A ELS II.
IO. a I H'orerast ol. lal
IM IIIll.V VKtiin'AIII.K.
Acts aa a Tonic and Stops Hair from Falling
Out. Cures Dandruff Brittle Hair, Itch
ing and all Scalp Troublos.
Guaranteed to Cure
When nil other remedies have jailed
or money refunded
Sold everywhere. Safe, Sure. Reliable,
Treatise on Hair nnd Scalp troubles free.
A. It. IIIIEMI'.n cn - Chlent?o.
For Sule by
SliTm.m A Mi' miiii-ll Drug Co.,
Mei-Illnii Drug i'o .
'I rilile Siiiilieil liy
M Moil eit ll.nr Haza.ir
A I I inlelaiiit
I C I ! atilhi'H I rii t o
"nni TiTit rr "i nrnt rwnr i
(ipni'Tn Schools Close.
GENEVA, Neb.. May 23. (Spsolal. ) Tho
schools hero clue this week. Last nt ;ht
tho Juniors gavo an entertainment. Tonight
William Hawley Smith lectures and tomor
row night Is commencement. There a; a
seven graduates.
It n I n Fulls ill Pierce.
PIERCE, Neb.. May 23. (Special Tele
gram.) A heavy shower of rain fell here
this afternoon. It Is Just what was needed
and small grain and tardea truck are much
refreshed.
DEATH RECORD.
Itexlilrnt of Pierce.
PIERCE, Neb.. May 23. o-perial. Nor
man Durfee died at his home u Iho south
eastern part of tiwn yesierd.iv afternoon
nt about 3 o'cb ck. He Buffered C.vn par-
aljtlc ttrokes about fiur weeks mo whllo
In town nnd had to be carried heme. Ho
fanned a number of years In Pieivo county
and In tho year 1S03 ho moved to town
and engaged In buying hogs with L'ptan
brothers. Ho established x wide reputation
for honesty In his dealing" with the farmers
and built im a largo ami flourishing busi
ness. He leaves a wife and three children.
Funeral services witl bo held Thursday
forenoon at 10 o'clock In tho Congregational
j church, conducted by Rev. A. G. liranue.
I Misnn A. Ilnnim,
1 OSt EO LA. Neb.. May 23. (Special.) Mrs,
I Susan A. Dawson died here today. Sho wns
I 75 years old. The funeral services were held
at be home of ex-Senator M. A. Mills In
North Osceola. The sermon wjs preached
by Rev. J. W. Swan, pattor of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
lies, John Fltruciitlil.
Word was received in this city yester
day of the death in St, Louts recently of
for Infants and Children.
Tho Kind You Havo Always Doiitflil has liorno tho slsna
turo ofChaH. II. I'Mctchfr, and has been matin under his
licr.sonal surer-vision lor over JJO years. Allow no ono
to deeelvo Von In this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
"Just-us-tfoxl" arc hut Hxperimeiit, and enduiiKor tho
health of CUldre.n Experience against Experiment.
The Kind Ton Have Always Bought
Bears tho Signature of
i
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TMl Ck NTIUR COMflNV, Tf MUPI1V ST NUT, NftV VOMM CtTV
" r IT '
Inf.'ints' Shoes, black or tati, sizes 2
to fl, regular $1.00 shoos, on
sale for
95c
95c
Children's Shoes spring heel sizes
fi to S tan or black always were
$125 and $1.50 go for
Same as above only larger sizes Si
to 1 1 regular $1. 50 and $1. 75 O C
shoes on the table for
Misses' $1.75 and $2.00 Shoes
sizes Hi to 2
for
Odd sizes of ladies' $2.00 and
$2.50 shoes
A fow more of those children's $1.00
oxford ties and strap slippers
for
You Can't Afford to Miss Such
Bargains.
Kelley, Stiger & Co.
Farnam and 15th Streets.
25c
WHY?
When ready to iinrolume n PIANO
looU fnrther tlinn IIMOI.I.HH .fc
Ml ICI.l.l'U'f ss nrerooniN. TIII2 liAlMJ-
it ami Moyr rosii'i.rri; of their
Llml In the n.N'I IUIl WIT. W hrro
enn he m-eii (he ss-nrlil'n crcnlcit
liliino, the .
STEINWAY
I
and the beautiful toned A B rllASR, VOSH. BTKCSKR. U.MHKSilN. PAl'liARD.
IVEHS & J'OND and n dozen other standard makes, IioiikIU under such favor
ible coudltloiiH thut they can be sold for less than any denier In the city enu
buy them for. Note our barsnlii list for thu comliiK week and como early so
s to obtain n choice or selection.
1 Mnrshnll & Tnver Square ('.land . J41 Tine rhlekcrlnp I'prlKht tm
1 .M.'Kwfii I'prlKlit. worth Jli.l. for. 512.) Ileailllful Veer Itros I'priixht .K2:
1 nearlv new Vose. In Kan IJomln- 3 new Kiiniple I'prlphts. of eastern
ko miiboRnny $-75 miiiuifiu lure, J13S. $150 nnd Jliii
Vose, In Rood condition
We are stale aRC'itx for the SlII.I' fM.A VI N't IMAMM.AS Thev pl:iv nny
piano nn) one tnn piny them Von are . nidt.illy Invited tn .all and enmlne
We rent new ph"io- tunr. ninvi . slorr u'ul e. hnnpn pliinni. One venr
rent allowed If purchased. $5.00 MONTH NY l'A V.Mli.NTS Ai''lilTED. Tele
phone, lb'T'j.
SGHMOLLER & MUELLER
The Old Reliable P'ano House.
1313 Farnam St., Omaha. 337 Broadway, Go. Bluffs
13
TXfl 1 8LJT T- sr
1
B Aromatic
Mild 14
The 10c Oagar that Always Satisfies
LITTLE BEN MIR A JEWEL FOR 5c,
p-V'V'V'Vtk'''sV&'VVVsVsis
Good Neinhbors
ii an Inili'x nf .inir own ri'Sici'iiilillty. Vou nro Jinlned by
the iniiiiiilll.v Jini loi'i liy the llolKlllioilloiid yoll Ilvo Ill-illlil
by tlu 1 1 u lid I li in wliii h your nllleo Is lm-ntoil.
The Bee Building
is tin1 bout olllrp ludKhbol'li'ioil in ( Mint hn I'lrsl cn.s poo
pli' like DiHt iliiss iiflyliliiii-h to s;i imtliliiK of a liiniiluss
ollbc.
'J'lint li the Kind it will unv in il-si ri to show vmi
THE BEE nilllDlNfi,
17lh mill I'a r nn in Sin,
R. C. PETERS & CO.
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