Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. OVEMRER 2S. 1001.
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EIGHTEEN HEN" INDICIA)
Defendant Cinched so Various Phirg? bj
Federal Grand Jury.
MANY ARE UP f03 BOOTLEGGING
tonr of tae llrtlme Hfrrlir Their
ftratrarra H- Jaflsje Maaarr
Belaaj Arralsfaed After
I a dirt Jtrmt.
Elfthteen men nptHlnut whom Indictments
have been returned by the federal grand
Jury tbta terra were token to the federal
building Saturday afternoon under guard
of deputy United Stotea msrrhals and a
detail of police officers for arraignment be
fore Judge Munger to plead to their Indict
ment. William Heberllnif waa up for alleged
counterfeiting; Alfred U Onry, charged
with appropriating a letter addressed to a
party of similar name and taking there
from an express money order for HO. and
Albert Weiss, allaa Smith, charged with
stealing two packages from a mail box In
the Karbach block, each containing a piilr
of eyeglasses. These three were remanded
back to Jail on their plea of not guilty to
await trial.
Abner Gllstrap, Alonzo Bhaw, alias Feath
erlejji. and Frank Orr. charged with selling
liquor to Indians, pleaded guilty and were
remanded back to JhII to await sentence.
William K. Brown, R. P. FJlyson and
James Stark, soldiers of the Thirtieth
United States Infantry, pleaded guilty to
furnishing liquor to Indians. Upon motion
of District Attorney Baxter the cases
against the soldiers were dismissed and the
soldiers were turned over to the. military
authorities, a guard of which took them to
their station at Fork Crook.
tlneheal Ierns4 Ofrsie,
Joseph Adams pleaded guilty to boot
legging. This being his second offense he
was sentenced to pay a fine of 1100 and
costs of prosecution and to be confined in
the penitentiary at Sioux Falls, 8. D., for
thirteen months.
Isaac B. Walters and Peter Sharp pleaded
guilty to bootlegging and were sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 and costs of prosecu
tion and to confinement la the Sioux Falls
penitentiary for one year and one day each.
Christ Latrsen, Mike Mullen, Louis Btrayer
and L. E. Stephens pleaded guilty to boot
legging and were sentenced to pay a fine of
$100 and costs and to be confined In the
Douglas county Jail for sixty days each.
George W. Edmeson and Frank Holly
pleaded guilty to boot legging but this be
ing their first offense and from the fact
that they had already been In Jail five
months. Judge Munger suspended sentence
against them and permitted them to go free
with the admonition that should they ever
again commit an Infraction of the federal
laws In this Jurisdiction they would be
called Into court and sentenced for this
offense.
The penitentiary sentences were Imposed
upon those who were up before the court
for a second offense of like nature. District
Attorney Baxter announced he would vig
orously prosecute every offender who shall
be convicted of a repetition of the offense
of bootlegging.
Even the solemnity of a federal court is
not without Its droll features. In the ar
raignment of the prisoners Isaao Walters,
an old offender whom the federal officers
have been trying to catch for some years,
whe3 asked by Judge Munger where he
made his home Walters replied: "No
wherea, Judge, but under my hat." "Well,"
answered the Judge, "we will let you hang
your hat up at the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for a year."
Mike Mullen, another offender, leaned
coiuplert-'nly on t he bar' before the Judge
and obaorved:
"Now, I'll tell you how It Is, Colonel."
Judge Munger quietly remarked: "I am not
a colonel; 1 am only a plain private; now
go on with your story."
DINING CLUBJT0 BE FORMED
New Social Organisation Will Be
Laaarhed by Baslness Me a
WMkewt Delay.
Nearly 200 Invitations have been sent
out to probable charter members of the
new dining club which Is to te organised
at a meeting at the Her Grand hotel .Mon
day evering. The self-appointed commit
tee that has th matter In charge has
canvassed the situation thoroughly, going
into the history of organisations of a
similar character at Chicago, Kansas City
and St. Paul. The promotora have In mind
eight monthly dinners at which matters of i
vital Interest to Omaha will be discussed,
publlo questions of a nonpartisan order
considered and the promotion of sociability
and good fellowship promoted.
While In no manner an adjunct to
the Commercial club It is the Intention of
the promotora of the idea to have tho
monthly dinners in the rooms of that or
ganisation, and It Is expected it may. In
a measure, aid In extending .the member
ship and influence of the latter.
'It Is the Intention of the Commercial
club to re-establish Its own catering de
partment and In doing so to raise Its
standard to a level with that of the
Omaha club. Work on the renovstlon and
refurnishing of the club rooms Is progress
ing rapidly, the large assembly parlors
being about out of the hands of the deco
rators. DROPS DEADJN RESTAURANT
La aortas Mas Disposes t m. Lsnrk
sad Dies Before Reaeblaa;
Deer.
J. C. Carpenter Is supposed to 'be the
name of a man who is lying dead at the
undertaking rooms of Bralley & Dorrance.
The dead man went Into Louie's restaurant,
11$ North Fifteen street., about 11 o'clock
last Sight and ordered a sandwich and
cup of coffee. He talked with the cook
while waiting for his lunch and wss ap
parently In ordinary health. After eating
be paid for the food and started for the
front door. . Before reaching It he fell to
the floor and became unconscious. As the
patrol wagon happened to be passing he
was at once sent to the city Jail. On ar
rival there Assistant City Physiclaa Leary
pronounced him dead of heart disease. Car
penter waa about at years old, as nearly
as could be Judged, and was a laborer. An
employment office receipt showed he had
blred out to go to Lincoln U work for a
railroad contractor yesterday, but for some
reason had not gone. A card In his pocket
bore the address of a Miss Carpenter, 1910
Dodge street. Such a person lives at that
number the neighbors say. but Coroner
Bralley failed last night to get any answer
ie Cf'i? knocking", and the relationship
of Miss Carpenter to the dead man. If any.
could not be learned.
t-i-.
Brown rL". " Charley
Brown, was arreted by officer A H
Jackson ahortly after ( o'cWk i.if;
n suspicion of being . purse en ach er A
woman who did not five her Mmf Zn
pained to the .filer thl '.5' I l
fag the corner of Twenty-fourth and
nam a bov answering ih. description of
r?a AhSdAlmJ'l"i 10 her purs,
but had failed. Young Hrown was pi k,d
up a few minutes afterwards, and as he
could give no explanation of hla presence
In the residence district, whjre he waa
picked up. except that lie waslooking for
work, he waa taken In. He said he "ami
from Fie mot) I tmly Yesterday, but the pw
rr lntt that he an-wrs perfertly to Ihe
dPirrlptlnn f n rure.sntr-her agilnt
whom they have revived several c m
!lstnts of late.
ROBBERS HOLD UP GROCERY
Victim Snnvra Fight Bad la Serloasly
Beatea y the HUkway
men.
II. M. Jensen, who keeps a grocery store
at Thirty-third and California streets, was
attacked by two masked rebbers In his
store a few minutes before t o'clock last
night. Despite two drawn revolvers In the
hands of the robbers, Jensen showed fight
and as a result was hit on the head with
a revolver and made to bleed freely. The
realstence met with delayed their work to
such sn extent that the heldup men had
to content themselves with taking a small
amount of cash they founl in the register
and Jensen saved a substantial sum of
money he had on his perron. His head
wss badly cut by the blow from the re
volver and he bled profusely, but he was
sble to keep his feet and tell the story of
the attempted robbery to Captain Mostyn
whi-n the patrol wagon arrived.
Mr. Jensen said the store had been full
of people all evening until about ten
minutes berore the robbers entered. He
thinks they had been watching his place
until they found him alone and then started
In to get hla day's receipts. As soon as
they opened the front door Jensen saw
they were masked, and, .being near the
front show case, he backed off until he
was behind the counter. Uttering an oath,
one of the men ordered Jensen to hand out
what money ha had and to be quick, about
It. The grocer waa cool enough to tem
porise, and then the same man angrily
ordered his comrade to shoot Jensen. In
stead of shooting, the second robber reached
over and as Jensen tried to dodge the
anticipated shot he was hit on the back of
the head with the barrel of the revolver,
a blow that momentarily made his head
reel, but did not knock, him down.
The leader, no doubt thinking his partner
bad put Jensen down and out and would
get what be had, turned his attention to
the cash register, which stands on a counter
on the other side of the store, and emptied
It of a small amount In silver. Then,
shouting to his companion to come on, the
man who had ordered the shooting f hat did
not come off led the way out of a convenient
back door Into, a vacant lot. As they left
a customer came In the front door and a
telephone message was at once . sent to
police headquarters. The patrol wagon was
quickly followed to the scene by the emerg
ency wagon, with Detectives Davis and
Mitchell, who at once set out to search the
neighborhood for traces of the thieves.
Mr. Jensen describes the men as being
tall and slim, both about Ave feet ten or
eleven Inches in height, wearing dark
clothes and without overcoats. As the
upper part of their faces' 'were covered he
could not describe their features, but feels
sure both were young men. That they are
novices at the holdup game seems certain
or Jensen probably would not be alle to
tell the tale. The robber who was ordered
to shoot, after hitting Jensen with his
gun, did not attempt to search him, did
not even ask him to give up what he had
In his pockets, but stood Irresolute, waiting
orders from his companion. An old hand
in the game of thieving would, the police
say, have dangerously wounded, if he had
not killed, the grocer when he was down
If he started to search him and Jensen had
offered resistance, as he says he surely
would liave done. The police are of the
opinion that when the robbers are rounded
up they will turn out to be two of the
young men who compose various gangs
of cigarette smoking Idlers who Infest cer
tain parts of the city and who are con
nected with respectable honipa to a suffi
cient degree to. escape, a chnrgaof vagrancy.
On the way back from the scene of the
holdup Captain Mostyn forcibly. Illustrated
the insufficiency of the number of police
men to properly patrol the territory em
braced In the city limits. The Jensen store
and a good many others In the outlying
portions. Is away off thb beat of any regu
lar officer, the nearest patrolman being at
Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets. It is
comparatively easy, CaptAlr. Mostyn points
out, for any lawless man or boy to perpe
trate such a crime a that at the Jenwn
store without much danger of being Inter
rupted In his work or of being caught after
ward. OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
An automobile hears Is the latest In the
line of adapting the gasoline motor to ev
ery day ub.
They have a queer way of looking at the
game laws up In Maine. A half-breed
guide recet.tly said: "Kill man, too bad;
kUl cow moose, pay $6oo." .
The general tendency On Transatlantic
liners has been to make travel more ex
pensive for the rich and cheaper for the
poor. One of the Bremen steamers has a
suite of rooms costing J.'.OCO a puasage.
Mr. aril Mra. J. S. Jennings are to ob
serve 'er golden wedding on Thanksgiv
ing da. at their home at Stamford, Conn.
Their daughter will oelebrate her silver
wedding at the same time and their grand
daughter will be married. . .
Launceston, England, has an eccentric
town clock. The other day at 11 a. m. it
struck twenty-four times. At 4 p. m. it did
better, with 100 times, and at 5 p. m. It
waa breaking the record, and had atruck
continuously for fifteen minutes when a
mob of infuriated ciUsers took It In hand
and stopped It.
An articl-j in the London Daily Tele
graph ahowa that at the end of July, ism,
J,214 persons were receiving Indoor and
outdoor relief In England and Wales, rep
resenting a. for every 1,ui0 Inhabitants,
an Increase of M.S3II, compared with the
same time In 1W3. ..
The Spaniards met with the potato In
Peru, where it had long baen cultivated
by the natives, but It was well-nigh a hun
dred years before It was taken over to
Europe, in lbx7 we hear of Us being In
troduced into Spain, while in the previous
year Sir Walter Raleigh began to cultivate
It in Ireland from used which waa taken
over from North Carolina.
Tha University of Washington la Investi
gating the discovery testllied to by dosens
of miners that a live-toad was found on
October 10 in the . coal mines -at Newton,
six miles from Seattle, In a solid stratum
of coal 800 feet, below the surface. . It was
curried to the surface, and lived several
hours. U Is said to have been, of unusual
sise.
The death la announced at Samarkand,
Turkoman, of the Mullah Mahomet Raxur
koff the oldest man In tha. world. There
Is said to have been ample proof that he
waa born in 17SI. He had been bald fur
seventy years. For fifty years he had
taken little nourishment, except koumiss,
but he was always an . inveterate smoker.
In spite of the Increase in the uumtxr
of raliroad trains throughout Germany the
number of accidents which happened dur
ing the year Una wan considerably smaller
than In previous years. The casualties
were about forty per cent less than last
year, or about lOuu. - Railroad official In
that country are taught to value liven
even at the cost of running a train behind
the schedule,
In cleaning the front of a bank building
In Piccadilly. I-ondon, the workmen dlxcov
ered a pigeon's nest constructed entirely
of hairpma. of which there were many
hundreds, plaited and matted together into
a solid whole. ' The neat was oval In shape
about eight inches across In its widest
purl and six and u half Indies in Its nar
rowest. Every description of hairpin had
been used In building it. v " naQ
ss spBaasaaasawBaaxaasasasaasaaaawsssBBsaB.
Rebaeel la Catered Resort.
Bessie Smith, a negress of bad repute
tlon. is held at the city Jail on the charge
of atealing $70 and a ilwik for $l.uou frum
a white man of advanced years who u
held as a complaining witness under tha
name of R. W. Tripp. The latter confesses
to having apent Friday night In a rea irt
with the Smith woman and when he arose
Saturday morning he missel his nuney
and the check. Ilia dusky partner denies
stealing the money or the check, but as
she in known to the police as a thief of
the dyed-in-the-wool Drand they believe
she rubbed the warm-blooded but very un
wise Mr. Tripp. Once before she wis ar
rested for stealing MA from a visitor, but
the theft could not be proved and ahe was
simply ordered out of town. tlie siieakad
back recently and bas fallen Into bar old
habits.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Coronsr'i Jury Decides Chris II. Eff
Committed Suicide.
CARBILIC ACID IS THE CAUSE
Aatepay le Performed sad Physicians
Came game (oaeleslna He
gardlsg Death sad Its
Caaae.
A coroner's Jury decided Saturday aft
ernoon that Chris M. Raff committed sui
cide by taking carbolic acid. At the time
Dr. Sapp was called there was nothing to
show that Raft had committed suicide ex
cept a slight odor of csrbollc acid. Cor
oner Bralley caused an autopsy to be per
formed and the decision of the physlclsns
was that death had -been caused by drink
ing carbolla acid. When placed on the
witness star.d at the Inquest Mrs. Raff tes
tified that her husband had not been work
ing for a week, but was expected to re
turn to hla duties as government Inspector
at the yards yesterday morning. He re
tired In apparently good health end arose
about a. in. and went to the bathroom.
Within a short time he returned tf bed
and was soon taken violently sick. Dr.
Sapp was called, but found Raff dead when
he reached the house. In a search about
the house a teacup which had contained
carbolic acid was found. Testimony went
to show that for some time past Raff has
been despondent and that he was badly In
debt. It Is presumed that the melancholy
disposition he had displayed of late was
caused by the demands for money made
upon him and which demands he was un
able to meet.
The deceased waa a member of the Mod
ern Brotherhood of America and also of
ths Red Men. . Arrangement for the fu
neral have not been made, but will most
likely be completed today.
Armour Kmnlorea Promoted.
I Since the opening of the Armour plant
In Sioux City a Slumber of men from the
house here have been promoted and sent
there. Today three heads of departments
will leave for Sioux City with the expec
tation of remaining there permanently. H.
C. Pohlxnn goes to the new plant aa chief
bookkeeper, F. A. Meyers will be head
stockkeeper and W. H. Barnell will take
the position of manager of the dressed
beef department. In addition to the men
mentioned, quite a number of skilled men
will go to take positions In various de
partments. The places made vacant by the transfers
from South Omaha to Sioux City will be
filled by promotions. Official appointments
have not been made, but theae are ex
pected Monday.
raring I'nder New Law.
Ap ordinance Is to bo Introduced In the
rlty council Monday night for the grading
snd paving of Missouri avenue from Thir
teenth street to Twenty-fourth stree:. It
Is asserted by City Attorney Lambert that
under the existing laws the city mny order
the paving done and charge one-third of
tho cost to property owners, while the bal
ance Is paid by the city at large After
tho passage of the ordinance by the clt
council the necessary advertising will tske
two weeks. It seems to le the Intention
of the city officials to get the contracts
for this paving ready . during the winter
and have the work start as early as pos
sible In the spring.
Anniversary Services Today.
Today will be observed at the First
Methodist Episcopal church aa anniversary
day. Charter members of the church will
be Invited to seats on the rostrum and
are expected to take part In the program
to ,be rendered. There Is to be secla:
music, both vocal and instrumental, at all
of the day's services. Rev. D. K. Ttndall,
the pastor, will pt each an anniversary ser
mon, and there la to be an old-fashioned
love feast at the close of the sermon.
All members of Uie church and congrega
tion are extends 1 a cordial Invitation to
attend the services today.
Departments Making Estimate.!.
City Clerk Gillin is sending out notice,' tc
the heads of all city departments calling
for an estimate of the supplies needed
next year. This Is In compliance with one
of the sections of the charter. All of the
stationery and supplies of various kinds
must he estimated in order that the finance
committee of the council may know about
what to expect In tht line of expenditures.
These estimates are to be made and filed
with the city clerk within ten days. )
Magle City Gossip.
Coal J. B. Watklns St Co. Tel. SL
Two So. Cm. houses for rent. See rental
want ad. column.
Mr. and Mra. Bruce McCuIloch are spend
ing Sunday in Lincoln with friends.
Hard coal. See Howland Lumber Co., 438
Noi-th Twenty-fourth street. 'Phone 7.
Mrs. N. M. Graham has been called to
Alma, Neb., by the death of a relative. '
A son was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Moore, Thirty-third and I streets.
Try 'Gooden's antiseptic barber shop for
first-class work. Under Melcher's drug
store.
The King's Daughters of the Presbyterian
church are plunning to give a dlimer tarly
in December.
Paving blocks are being laid on Railroad
avenue just' as fast as a double force of
men can do the work.
Charles Winkler, Elghtee th and Harri
son - streets, announces the birth of a
daughter at his home. -
The grading of J street west of Twenty
fourth streer. and the tilling of i street went
of Twenty-jtxth Is progressing rapidly.
Street Commissioner Troutan i.tlll keeps
his ruud machine at work rounding up un
paved streis in the district east of Twenty
tourth street. .
Mrs. F. M. Benedict and Mrs. Bechtel
will entertain the Ladles of the Muccabees
at the home of Mrs. Bechtel, 2D1& C street,
on Wednesday afternoon.
Richard Eden, formerly of South Omaha,
but now located at Petersburg, Neb., Is
here .for a few days the gueet of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. King, Twenty-fifth and M
aireets.
Mr. and Mrs. Price Gibson of Seattle,
Wash.; Mrs. J. J. Weston and daughter of
Logan, la., and Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Hey
man of Carroll, la., are the guests of Mrs.
K. A. Glbuon. Twenty-eighth und G streets.
FATAL END OF LOVERS QUARREL
Vvsif Man Shoots Himself la Chest
While la Yard of Ills
, Sweetheart.
Frank Beojtek. jr., residing with his par
ents at 2SC South Nineteenth street, shot
himself family last night at $:15 while In
the back yard of the house occupied by
Jacob Dokulll at 1210 Blaine street. He was
attended shortly after by . Assistant City
Physician McPherson and was taken to St.
Joseph's hospital In the police ambulance.
Dr. MrPlierson found that the bullet had
entered the left breast just above the
heart, and expressed the opinion that it
may have g rased that organ. Svojtek had,
not regained consciousness at a late hour
last night and it is feared ha bas no chance
for recovery.
Young Svojtek hud until very recently
be:n keeping company with Annie Dokulll,
daughter of the man Id wboaa yard he shot j
eu. .v tiuMunuersiauuiug ruw uvorw
them, not of a very serious character, bo a.
ever, and the young man brooded ovt jt
until he had ' magnified It to propose 10ns
that he thought precluded a recunc1 Ration.
Leaving his own home last evenly after
aupper, he walled around town . untu tie
thought the Dokulll family v (n bed
when he entered their yard -.j fired the
ehot that will very likely ,. fe. Mls
Dukulll waa prostrated wr., WM tM
what br) sweetheart had, oa.
CM AHA SUBURBS
Tom McOuIre snd Henry Thomas spent
Thursday at Millard.
Mrs. O. Gifts has as her guest her sister.
Miss Hattie Esmey of Klkhorn.
Miss L. A. Smith of Plattsmouth spent
few days last week In Benson.
P. H. Cooghlln of Port.moiith, la., spent
Sunday with friends in Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rvan entertained
out of town relatives last Sunday.
Miss Alta Thomas came home from
Council Bluffs to spend Thanksgiving.
George Snell came home last week to
spenl Thsnksglvlng day with his family.
Miss C Johnson of this place chaperoned
g theater party In Omaha last Saturday.
Ed Gllmore of this place and Miss May
f-hofield of Omaha were married last Mon
day. Mrs. James Walsh received a visit from
her sister, Mrs. Dlerson of -Eikhoin. lust
week.
Mrs. Chris Johnsoa of Bryan street en
tertained friends of Omaha and Florence
last week.
Miss Hllma Filing, teaching at laurel,
Keh., was In Benson last Tuesday visiting
with friends.
Miss Whlteby of Omnha visited Saturday
and Sunday at the home Of Rev. Mr. Lclily
of this place.
William and Maurice Moran returned
from Calhoun Friday, after a visit there
with relatives.
J. N. Horton of this place spent a couple
of days last week repairing the Thomas
home in Omaha.
The Bensjn public schools will open up
Monday morning after having vacation
since Wednesday.
Miss Kthel Morgsn has been selected as
pianist by Mr. Delmore Cheney,- a vocal
teacher of Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chllds entertained
last Thursday and Friday their daughter
and family of Omaha.
A number of the young people of this
place wept to Irvlngton Thursday to attend
the Thanksgiving ball.
Miss Edna Snell had ns a guest nt ber
home Miss Lucille Dickson of Houston,
Tex., during last week
Martin Jorgeson has returned home. He
has been employed for some time as op
erator in Humboldt, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hull entertained
friends from Omaha and this place nt
dinner one day last k.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Grove gave a Thanks
giving dinner at their home to about
twenty-five friends nnd relatives.
The rummage sale held In Omaha bv the
women of the Methodist church closed the
week Saturday with good success.
Miss Alice Culbrrtson and Miss Ray
Fuller, teachers of this place, went to
Omaha Wednesday to attend a wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Parmer nnd family
went to Omaha laat Wednesday to attend
the Gregg-Whltlock wedding reception.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds and family of
Cou-.cll HlufTs were guests at the home of
Mr. and Mra. Ed E. Hoffman on last Thurs
day. Mrs. A. C. Pelrson of Clinton avenue en
tertained a number of young women at her
home Friday for the purpose of organizing
a club.
I. E. Kellog, conductor on the Benson
motor, whose parents live here, was as
saulted on the car last week, but was not
seriously injured.
Mr. and Mra. 8peel:e' went to Gretna
last Thursday morning to spend Thanks
giving day with relatives. They will re
turn to Benson today.'
The Ladles' Aid society will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Herman Hawkins. A lo-cent lunch will be
served after the business ses9lor.
The 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Rahm of Omaha died last Thursday
of scarlet fever. The little one was a niece
of Mrs. William Moran of Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyons arrived In Benson
last Wednesday, after spending a year in
the south for the benefit of their health.
They are guests at the home of Mrs. H. C.
Barnes. , i
Services will be held today at the Meth
odist church at 10:48 a.' m. and 7:30 p. in.
Kpworth league at t:30, at which service
Miss DeGraf will sing.-,. The evening topic
by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Leldy, will be "The
King with the Heart of a Man and the
Man with the Heart of a King."
A fancy'baxar, under- the auspices of the
"Ever Faithful Bsnd" will be given at the
town hall on Thursday Snd Friday even
ings. Decembe- 1 and & for -the benefit of
the Methodis. Episcopal Sunday school. A
program will be given erVch evening nnd all
kinds of fancy articles" miry be purchased.
Everyons ia lnvled to"attend.
The excavating for (the Erection of a
Catholic chapel was begun on Clinton av
enue laat week. The building will be 32x75
feet In dimensions. Horton & Moran are
the contractors and they will complete it
by May 1. The chapel will be known as
the H:.. Bernard's church.-- The board will
consist of Bishop Htannell, Vicar General
August ' Colunert. Father Harrington, B.
H. Post, and Joseph McGulre as secretary.
Floreaee.
Miss Blanche Taylor was the guest of
Council Bluffs friends Friday and Saturday.
John Shipley of Basset t. Neb., was here
this week, the guest of D. V. Shipley and
family.
Mr. G. Munsey of Lincoln was the euest
of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Bergstresser over
Sunday.
Miss Alice Page of Sioux City. Ia.. Is
the guest of Mrs. E. D. Bergstresser for a
few days.
Mr. nnd Mrs. August Albion of Omaha
spent Sunday here, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Paulty of Tabor, la., are
here a few days, the guestj of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Anderson.
Miss Edith Chrlstensen of Crete, Neb.,
Is spending a few days here, the guest
of Miss Anna Carlson. ' ,
Miss Edna Price returned Friday from
Johnson county, where she was visiting
her father a few days.
A. Holdredge of Riverton, Neb., was
here the Mrst of the week visiting with the
family of W. A. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Nelson spent Thanks
giving day in Omaha, the guests -of Mr.
Nelson's sister, Mrs. Cook.
Miss Sofa Anderson spent a couple of
days this week the guest of the family
of Carl Feldhusen at Calhoun, Neb.
Rev. D. B. McLaughlin and family left
Monday for Florence. 8. C, where he will
visit hla parenta and remain until after
Christmas. ,
A. C. Ellick was here this week looking
after some legal matters connected Willi
tbe purchase of the Omaha Water com
pany a plant. ...
Mrs. W. R. Wall..' daughter Ruth and
Miss Edna Price spent t lie last week visa
ing relatives in Johnson county, Nebraska,
returning home Friday night.
Frank P. Brown ia building an addition
to hia livery barn on the south side for
the purpose of handling feed and grain on
a larger scale than heretofore.
Mrs. Waldecber -of Tekamah was here a
couple of days this week visiting her
mother, Mis. Mary Pliant. She returned
to her home Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Backus of Bonesteel
S. D., have been here the last few days
visiting friends. Mr. Backus has returned
home, Mrs. Backus remaining a, few days.
Miss Bertie Wilson returned Monday from
Basnet t, Neb., where she went a few days
ago to conform to the homestea1 laws
sue having a claim of M0 acres near lias
sett. Arthur McSweeney, who he. been at
Rnssett, Neb., the last two months as-
f l8t'"S .,Ja"pr 8mUh .and rnest Wilson
In building nouses on their different home
steads, arrived home Moniay,
Rosa Rebekah lodge No. 138.' Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, eufr-rtalned V num
ber of visitors from th-, umalia lodges at
their last meeting. thv.,eClt8,on belng tne
Installation of the o.f er o( the ai8trlct
in this vicinity.
The Ladles' Aid Bflety of the Presby
terian church gave a social and entertain
ment at the city hall Wednesday night.
which was a access socially and finan
cially, the mory to the church for
running exper
The Florer Lumber and Coal company
has rebuilt ,U orilc and sheds, which were
destroyed f,y fire October 80. They have
installed fc hew safe also, their old one
having en aestroyed by being blown iy
burglar g mme few weeks ago.
The grading la nearly finished on Bluff
", which finishes the Job for the pres-Bt-
E. D. Vsncourt of Omaha has his
'(, of men at work putting down the
JTaadam on Main street, which will be
'4ished in a couple of weeks more.
Lulos Plant and wife Wt Tuesday after
noon tor riangor, aie., wnere tney expect
to apeud the winter with a sister of Mr.
Plant. Arrangements will be made for the
return of the sister with Mr. and Mrs
Plant In the spring, and ahe will make her
future borne here.
Emslie 4k Co. of Omaha have their men
at work excavating and putting down the
pipe for sewer district fio. 1 in Florence.
They have been favored with fine weather
for the laat two weeka. They have the
main line in and are now working on the
laterals. They expect to have their work
entirely completed by December IS.
The firemen of hose company No. 1 of the
Florence fire department gave their annual
review and dance at WaiTa fe&u. ti -
f night. The hall was crowded by the fire
men and their friends. Certificates or seven
years' service were delivered to Jsmes C.
Kindred, the present president, and to 'NV.
R. Wall, the present secretsry of the com
pany. This was the fifteenth annuel re
view, the company having been organised
In 18S9.
West Ambler.
Mrs. M. J. Whltelock of Ashland Is the
guest of her brother, J. E. Aughe. and wife
this week.
The Syas families had a reunion and din
ner at the home of Charles Syas on
'i'hankseivlng.
Mrs. T. 8mlth snd daughter. Nellie, from
Cut-Off I-ake. were the guests of her
mother, Mrs. Maestrlck, on Friday.
Mrs. Nelson Tratt entertained her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, snd sister.
Mrs. Hoffman, at dinner Thsnksglvlng day.
Mrs. K. Hoffman and little daughter ar
rived from Norfolk on Tuesday for a visit
to her parenta. Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Hend
erson. eGores Cunningham, wife and two child
ren, were guests at O. Mcllvalne's the first
of the week snd made the acquaintance
of their new nephew.
Mra Bert Onntt had as Thanksgiving
guests at dinner her mother, Mrs. Carbury,
and two' aunts. Mesdrfmea Hickman and
Perkins, and families.
The young people and others Interested
In music In West Omana met at Mr. Bew
er s on Friday night to organise a class in
vocal music. Place of meeting and time
will lie announced later.
Miss Mae Syaa wss the guest of ber
frl.-nd, Mrs. Clayton Mann, near Fort
Omaha, from Monday until Tuesday, and
was accompanied home by Mrs. Mann and
two rhll.lren, who visited here until
Thanksgiving, when she was joined by Mr.
Mann, who returned home with his family
Thursday evening.
Dnadee.
Mrs. W. T. Robinson !s visiting In St.
Louis at rresent.
A daughter was born on Wednesday to
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hamilton.
Mr. William Colfax was the guest of his
sister. Mrs. W. S. Selby. last week.
Mr and Mrs. S. R. Rush entertained the
Dundee Curd club Saturday evening.
The Dundee Woman's cluh will meet on
Wednesday of this week with Mrs. W. S.
Curtis.
Miss Ella Marshall Is at home from th
Peru Normal school for the Thanksgiving
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs J. H. Parrotte are making
a visit in different towns in Illinois and
will remain some time In Chicago before
returning home.
The choir of the Dundee Presbyterian
church held a bazar Friday evening at '
Dundee hall, wheh fancy articles and re- .
frrshments were sold at booths presided '
over by young women In crstume. A nuisi- j
cal program wns given during the evenlnc. i
Miss Louise Van Gieson rend red som I
vocal polos, accompanied by Prof. Frank .
Newlean. Mr. Ward Palmrr and the young
men s quartet of this village sang several
numbers and Miss Ella Ferron recited a
number of selections to nn appreciative ,
audience. A large sum for the new organ j
was taken In during the evening. j
INCREASING VALUE OF CORN
Scientific Farmers In Iowa Boasting;
tbe Business In Systematic
Way.
Iowa Is ono of the great corn states In
the torn belt. Tho value of the corn crop
exceeds the value of nil othe. crops com
bined by $14,000,000. The furmers think,
talk and work corn; the buslnesa of the
state Is depressed or buoyant with the corn
crop; the railroads are "hard hit" when
the corn crop fulls below the normal figure,
and when the corn crop Is good the far
mers buy organs nnd top bugglev. The su-
Mficrlntendeiit of the Rock Island railroad
hud been hearing a good deal from the
Corn Dealers' association, from the agri
cultural experiment etatlons' from -P. G.
Holden, "professor of agronomy" In the
Slate Agricultural college, about the bad
farming In the state and Its wastefulness,
and he decided to tench the farmers of
Iowa their own business at the railroad's
expense.
A special train wns made up, consisting of
experiment cars, of a living car for Ihe
staff of agricultural sharps, and another
car as an audlene! chamber, which the
farmers at the various stations were to hi
Invited to enter for the purpose of hearing
the talks of the "professors of agronomy."
The aid of the Grain Dealers' association
was enlisted; the Grange and Patrons of
Husbandry officers were notified to havo
their farmers at the stations "as per
rehodule of the corn special." and the first
ambulatory agricultural college set out on
a 400-mil5 tour through fifteen counties
of the state. Fifty stops each allowing for
a twenty-mlnuts talk and examination of
the train, were arranged, and the farmers
flocked to the corn special.
They there learned that of the 1,200
samples of eeed tested by the Agricultural
college, 18 per cent of the sed was dead,
and that 19 per cent was of deficient vital
ity. The farmers of Iowa had been In tho
habit of planting seed of which only 63
per cent was fit. for the purpose, which
meant that Iowa, with 9,000,000 acrs
planted to corn, was raising only a 6.000,000
acre crop.
Many Intelligent farmers. It seemed, who
had learned to select and test seed at the
agricultural colleges and experiment sta
tions, were in the habit of raising from
sixty to seventy bushels an acre on an
average, but the stati average was only
thirty-three bushels an acre. It was plain,
therefor, that If the farmers would only
select their seed, and the varieties of seed,
with a little Intelligence, and preserve
their seed eorn so that It would retain Its
vitality, It would be entirely practicable
to raise. If not sixty or seventy bushels
an acre throughout the state, at least fifty
bushels an acre. The gain on 8.000,000 acres
by an Increase In the average from thirty
three bushels to fifty bushels would mean,
as a simple matter of arithmetic, an In
crease of the crop by the tremendous tot.il
of 153,000 0"0 bushels each year.
In other words, a "professor of agron
omy" convinced the people of Iowa that
they might make about $50,000,000 a year
additional If they would only wake up
and select their seed corn. Another rail
road then ran a corn special with Ita
teachers, lecturers and laboratory; the
grain dealers' societies entered Into the
campaign with (est; farmers now troop
by thje. thousands during the winter months
to the State Agricultural college and learn
the secret; the people talk, think and dream
of corn, and a professor of agronomy or
some such Impracticable scientific "critter"
promises to make Iowa grow two ears of
corn where only one grew before. Phila
delphia Ledger.
Horse Sale at New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. During the week
649 horses were sold for a total of 1336,120
at the Old Glory sale at Madison Hquare
garden, the average being ID1H. No high
prices were registered today, the best
figure being $1,100. which was nald by D. G.
MclHnaid of 1'ittsburg for Easter, s bay
gelding consigned by H. C. I-ongstreet of
Marlboro, N. J. The MS head sold during
the day brought only t316.
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