TTTE OMAITA DAILY DEE: MONDAY. DECEMDETk 12. 1WU.
COUNCIL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS CROWDED
Board of Education Will Oomider Mean of
Baliaring ths Congcstioi.
PROPOSAL TO REMODEL OLD HIGH SCHOOL
It la fr.ea! that This Will B Seati?
a Espeaelve mm tke Colrc
tloa ( a Xcw aa4 Modra
Balldln.
The question of relieving the crowded
condition at present exletlna; In aeveral of
the public achoola will be the principal mat
ter to be brought before the apecial meeting
of the Board of Education tomorrow nlfht
That the oonyeated condition of the Waah
Ington Arenue, Third Street, Pierce Street
and Madlaon Avenue bulldlnga muM be re
lieved la a fact onljr too well known to the
board.
To provide additional farllltlea In the dis
trict covered by these achoola It had been
aiirceated that the board utilize the old
high school building, now known aa the
IIIll school, and convert It Into a grade
school. In the first place. It would neces
sitate the grading of the lot on which the
building standa twenty to twenty-five feet,
which In Itself would be an expensive Item.
Then again, the old building Is antiquated
and does not come up to modern require
ments. It was constructed about thirty
year ago and It la estimated that the cost
of remodelling It would be In the neighbor
hood of $26,000. This aum. It Is contended,
would be sufficient to erect a new modern
school building of ample dimensions to re
lieve the congested, condition of the other
schools at present ao badly overcrowded.
The old high school building Is without
any of the modern Improvements and Ite
Interior arrangementa are such that It la
very doubtful that It could be remodeled so
aa to meet with tba Are regulations. The
jolsta, which are of Cottonwood, have long
since become warped and have to be braced
In almost every room in the building, and
beside thla there is a tier of four steps
from each room to the hall, which, In case
of fire, would make it extremely difficult
for the pupils to make their escape in any
kind of order and would in all probability
lead to a panlo at! the outset.
That something must be done to relieve
the congested condition of these several
schools la apparent to the board and the
question now before . the directors la
whether It would be cheaper to utilise the
site of the old high school and lower It
twenty or twenty-five feet and erect a new
building thereon, or purchase an entirely
new site In the district bounded by these
schools and thereon build a new building.
This la probably, as stated before, the most
Important matter to come before the board
at Its special meeting Tuesday night.
Whatever the decision of the board may
be in respect to this matter, the facts re
main the same, that to either utilise the
old high school site or to purchase a new
location and construct a new school on
either, the district will have to be asked to
vote bonds for the purpose, aa there are
not anywhere near sufficient funds in the
building fund of the district to erect a new
achoolhouae.
Another Important matter to be brought
up at this special meeting Is that of
raising the North Eighth street school.
The general opinion , Is that the building
ought to be raised at least five or six
feet above its present foundation, and this
would Involve an expenditure of -at least
$3,600 and possibly more. The floors of
the first story of this building are on a
level with the street and consequently the
basement Is considerably below. During
the heavy rains of last year the basement
of this building was Hooded for months
despite the fact that a steam pump was
kept at work night and day. As soon as
the water would be pumped out the base
ment would again be filled several feet
deep from seepage. This naturally placed
the school in a most unsanitary condi
tion, with the result that there was con
siderable sickness among the pupils. By
raising the building five or six feet this
defect, it Is believed, can be eliminated.
Tweatleth Avenue School Too gmall.
The Twentieth Avenue school, which a
few years ago was enlarged at consider
able expense, has also been found to be
Inadequate. The construction of the new
addition waa such as not to provide suf
ficient hallway and it is now proposed by
the committee on buildings to extend two
rooms on the west side of the building
fifteen of twenty feet ao aa to afford
sufficient space for the desired hallways.
Thla Improvement, it la figured, would en
tail an outlay of between $3,600 and $4,000.
The necessity of the Improvement In the
opinion of the committee demanda the ex
penditure. -
Blanche DuBola, Daniol J. Hurley, Clay
son sisters, Tuesday night, Dec, 13, 16 and
26 cents. Broadway church.
Rooms and cafe. Ogden hotel.
Purr base of Fire Hose.
At the meeting of the city council to
night the committee of the whole will
recommend that the contract for the fur
nishing of 1. 0(0 feet of fire hose for the
new engine house in the southern part of
the city be awarded to two firms, as fol
lows: 600 feet to the De Vol Hardware
company of this city on Its bid of 80 cent
per foot for "Tuxedo1 hose and for 600 feel
to the Eureka Hose company on ita bid ol
' W oents per foot for "Parngon" hose. Each
firm will be required to file a bond to
protect ita guarantee.
The dividing of the contract la understood
to bave been a compromise, as the alder
men were divided in their opinions aa to
the best hose. The committee was tc
have held a meeting Saturday afternoon
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BLUFFS.
at which this matter waa to have been
determined, but the aldermen failed tc
get together. They held a short session
yesterday morning, however, when the
question was settled.
Mate Aatl-Salooa !.
The foundation for the organisation of a
local branch of the Iowa Anti-Saloon league
waa laid In this city yesterday by a number
of prominent representatives of the asso
ciation who occupied the pulpits of sev
eral of the churches at both morning and
evening services. The addresses In general
covered the various phases of the work of
the league.
O. R. Mslone of Des Moines, ssslstant
state auperlntendent of the league, spoke
In the morning at St. John s English Lu
theran and In the evening at the First
Congregational church, giving In detail
the purposes of the league and Its methods
fit organliatlon. He explained that the
object of the Anti-Saloon league was to
secure a federation of all the Christian
churches and temperance forces. The
league Is organized In forty-three states,
the strongest organization being In Ohio.
It formerly had an organization In Iowa,
but It had been allowed to lapse and
was reorganized about one year ago. Its
work Included organization, agitation, legis
lation and law enforcement. "We are not
extremists, but adapt ourselves to condi
tions and public sentiment aa we And them.
We try to enforce the law through the
proper channels, but in the event of not
succeeding we take other steps to have
It enforced," he said.
Aa to the method of organization, he
said meetings were held In every church
In the country where addresses were made
by prominent representatives of the
league, after which a county convention
Is called and an executive committee for
the county named. This accomplished, the
plan of organization waa extended by ap
pointing a local committee In every town
ship and ward throughout the entire
county. Since the reorganization of the
league In this state twenty-three counties
have been organized and ten more are
ready to call conventions for the purpose
of organizing.
Preliminary steps towards effecting a
county organization will be taken this
morning at the meeting of the Council
BlufTs Pastors" association.
Other representative of the league who
spoke yesterday were Dr. I. N. McCash,
chancellor of Drake university; President
McCall and wife of Lincoln, Neb., league,
J. Mad Williams, editor of the official
organ of the association; John Houser of
Des Moines, state attorney for the league.
Dr. McCaah was the principal speaker at
the mass meeting held In the afternoon at
the Fifth Avenue Methodist church.
Borwlck, 211 S. Main, has received his
new stock of 1906 wall paper. Make your
selections early.
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 230; night, F667.
Mrs. Ala-ood Attempts Solelde.
In an attempt to carry out her threat
said to have been made Saturday- that she
J would take her life, Mrs. Clay Algood,
I whose four children were by order of
Judge Green of the district court placed
temporarily In the care of the Associated
Charities, last night swallowed n quantity
of lye with evident suicidal Intent. Mrs.
Algood's attempt to poison, herself was
made about 9 o'clock and the discovery wai
made shortly after by one of the neighbor
who notified the police and summoned a
physician. The usual remedies were
applied, but at a lata hour Mrs. Algood's
condition was said to be critical.
- Mrs. Algood refused to appear In court
Saturday when her children were taken
before the judge for not attending school
and from Investigation made by the
authorities. It la believed ahe Is not
altogether of sound mind and her case
was to have been examined Into by the
sanity commissioners. Mrs. Algood's
husband Is said to have deserted his
family and she has a hard time of it try
ing to provide for her children, and it Is
supposed that her troublea have caused her
to become more or less deranged mentally.
Mrs. Algood was taken to the Woman's
Christian Association hospital on order
from County Physician Rice.
Hartford entertainers, Broadway church,
Tuesday night.
Plumbing and hearing. Blxby tc Son.
MINOR MENTION.
Davis sells drugs.
Leffert's glasses fit.
Stockert sells carpets.
Domestic cooking, 83 No. Main at
Duncan sells the best school shoes.
Night school at Western Iowa college.
Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl at
For rent, modern house. 723 Sixth ave.
Duncan does tha Deat repairing. 23 Main.
Picturee for glfta. Alexander's, 333 B'way.
Open evenings.
Nearly 150 students have enrolled In West
ern la. College since Sept. 1.
Missouri oak dry cord wood $6 cord deliv
ered. Wm. Welch. 16 N. Main st. Tel. V.
The December term of the superior court
will be convened today by Judge O. 11.
Scott
l.ou lbs. to the ton guaranteed. Morton
& Urtdensteln, the new firm. Prompt serv
ice, best coal and wood, lowest prices.
Yards, 14th avenue and Sth st. Tel. 182.
Judge S. J. Hanna of Boston, first reader
In the parent Christian church, will de
liver a lecture on Christian Science at the
New theater Tuesday evening, when ad
mlHsion will be free to the puollc.
The bonding company In which the Bank
of Treynor was insured against robbery
has presented bherllt Canning with lluu for
his work In capturing the robber, Karl
Karrer, and In recovering the stolen money.
John L. Merkel of this city, who Is with
the Billy Clifford "How He Won Her"
company, will be the guest of his parents
on Washington avenue this week while
the company appears at the Krug theater
In Omaha. Mr. Morkel, whose stage name
Is Howe, Is a member of the musical trio,
Howe, Walters and Ouno, which appears
with the company.
Junior Woodmen camp No. 2 has elected
these omcera: Senior guardian, K. I. 1AI
tletleld; junior guardian, C. 1,. Jones; vice
guardian, Marcus Petersen; junior secre
tary, J. Selby; Junior treasurer, R. L,.
Dunlsp; Junior guide, O. Hunt: Inner guard,
F. Selby; outer guard, A. Petersen; execu
tors, J. J. Stewart (three years); K. K.
Hart (one year), and O. Hunt (two years).
Tom Atherton, residing In a shack at
Thirty-seventh street and Broadway, was
arrested yesterday afternoon on an assault
and battery charge preferred against him
by a man named Brown. The Information
was filed In the court of Justice Ouren.
In default of ball Atherton was placed In
the county Jail. The assault Is said to
have been the result of a row between
Brown, Tom Atherton and the latter s
brother, David, and Ills wife.
Baptist Charch Dedicated at Perry.
PERRY, la.. Dec. ll.-(8peclal Telegram.)
The new Baptist church was dedicated to
day by Rev. H. O. Rowlands of the First
Baptist church of Davenport. Three ses
sions were held and the dedication serv
ices proper were at the close of the evening
service. The old church house had become
too small and in bad condition and the
old building waa pulled down, the lots sold
and new ones bought in a better location.
The new structure Is unique In design and
cost $7,600. All of this has been done with
out any pastor. The people are to be con
gratulated on the completion of this neat
and commodious church.
aowstorna at Perry.
PERRY. Ia.. Dec. 11. (Special Telegram.)
The first snowstorm of the season arrived
thla morning. About five Inches of the
beautiful fell after 10 o'clock. It ia damp
and has not drifted any ao far. The
, weather la mild. The snow will be a great
I help to fall grain and stock aa it waa
beginning to be very dry,
WOMEN ARE IN A MINORITY
Curat Shows tha Burner lex Outnumber!
the Gentler.
FEMALES FLOCK 10 THE CITIES
latereatlsc Stady la the Propsrtloa
of Ike Sexes la Isaaed by
the Nattoaal Ceaaas
Bareaa.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. A study in the
proportion of sexes in the United State
will be published by the Bureau of the
Census tomorrow.
The discussion and analysis appearing
In the bulletin were written by Prof. W.
F. Wlllcox of Cornell university, the ta
bles themselves, derived from the main
population reports of the twelfth census,
were prepared also under Prof. Wlllcox's
supervision.
Borne of the conclusions reached are of
much scientific and practical Importance,
and may thus be summarized:
Males Oataamher Females.
The whole population of continental
United States was first counted with dis
tinction of sex in 1830. During the seventy
years from 1S30 to 1900 the absolute excess
of males was greater at each census than
at any preceding census with one excep
tion, that of 1870, when the excess of male
was less than In 1830 and I860.
This reduction of the excess of male
between 1880 and 1870 by about 300,000 waa
doubtless due to the deaths In the civil
war and the diminished lmnwgratlon dur
ing the decade.
The greatest relative excess of males was
In 1890, when In each 10,000 people there
were 242 more males than females.
By 1900 this excess had decreased to 21i
In 10,000, less than the relative excess In
1830 and 1860, but greater than that at each
other census.
In continental United States there are
1,638.321 more males than females, or about
2 In each 100 people.
Probably In the population of the world
as a whole, and certainly in that half of
it which has been counted with distinction
of sex, there are several millions mora
males than females.
In continental United States, however,
the relative excess of males Is greater
than the average for all countries.
Europe has an excess of females; every
other continent, so far as known, has an
excess of males.
Women Bearec In Wyoming;.
Tha divisions of continental United
States with the smallest proportion of
males are the District of Columbia (47.4 per
cent), Massachusetts (48.7 per cent), and
Rhode Island (49.1 per cent;) those with the
largest are Wyoming (62.9 per cent), and
Montana (61.6 per cent).
As a rule sparsely settled regions have
an excess of males and densely settled re
gions an excess of females.
Between 1890 and 1900 the divergence
among the several states in this respect de
creased and the proportion of males and of
females In different sections became more
nearly equal.
In 1880 about one-fourth and In 1900 less
than one-sixth of the American counties
had an excess of females.
American cities as a rule have more fe
males than males. In the 1,861 cities, each
having In 1900 at least 2,600 Inhabitants,
there were 201,969 more females than males,
and this notwithstanding the many west
ern cities which contained more males than
females and the enormous number of for
eign born In the country, five-ninths of
them male- and a large proportion of them
living In the cities.
This tendency of American cities to de
velop a population having a majority of
femalea had Increased since 1890 when, in
the 1,490 cities, each having at least 2,600
Inhabitants, there were 6,929 more males
than females.
Cities Fall of Females.
While the excess of 6,929 males In Amer
ican cities In 1890 became an excess of 210,
959 females In American cities In 1900, the
excess of 1,619,659 males In country dis
tricts In 1890 became an excess of 1,840,280
males In 1900. t
Or, expressing the facta fn ratios, of each
1,000 Inhabitants of such cities In 1890, 600
were males and In 1900, 497 were males; of
each 1,000 Inhabitants living outside these
cities In 1890, 619 were males and In 1900,
630 were males. The difference thus in the
number of males or of females between an
average thousand of city and of country
population In 1890 was nineteen and In 1900,
twenty-three.
This conclusion ia not materially modified
when a more accurate method Is employed
and a comparison made between the fig
ures In 1890 and 1900 for tha same list of
cities, namely, all which had at least 2,600
Inhabitants at each date. ,
A marked and Increasing dissociation of
the sexes between city and country like
that in the United States has been noted
also in the leading countries of western
Europe.
On the other hand, there la a large ex
cess of males In the principal cities of Rus
sia and India, and In Hongkong and Ma
nila. This excess of females In the cities of
western r.urope and eastern United States
Is probably due mainly to the greater op
portunity for women to find employment
In those cltlea and to their migration city
ward In consequence.
But even among children under S years
or age. a slight difference appears between
cities having at least 26,000 inhabitants and
the rest of the country. In such cities there
are 60S males to each 1,000 children; outside
of them there are 606 males to each 1,000
children.
These figures support but do not prove
the thory that the proportion of male
children at birth' Is slightly less in cities
than in country districts. ,
Womn IJve Longer Thaa Men.
Notwithstanding the great excess of males
In the total population of the United
States, there are two periods of life at
which the reported number of females Is
greater. One, extending from about 83
years of age to the end of life, U probably
due mainly to the longer average life of
woman; the other, from 16 to 25, la prob
ably apparent rather than real, and due
mainly to the greater number of women
who claim, erroneously, to, belong to this
age period.
Among the negroes there are a few more
femalea than males; among the Indians, a
few more males than femalea The marked
excess of males among whites and Mongoli
an! la doubtless due to the influence of im
migration. Among the Chinese said to have been
born in the United States, nearly three
fourths are male, an Incredible proportion,
which Is probably due to the false return
of several thousand Immigrant Chlneeo as
native In the effort to elude the provisions
of the exclusion laws.
At each of the last six censuses there has
been an excess of males among native while
population ranging, at each census except
that of 1870, from" 250,000 to 750,000. These
figures are probably swollen by an inde
terminate amount as a result of tha return
of a certain number of foreign born as na
tive. In 1i0. among the 13,367.147 peraona attend
ing school, m In each l.Ouo were male and
501 female; In 1S90. In tha aame claaa, 610
per 1.0U were mala and 490 female.
Among Us whites attending school there
la still a slight excess of males; among the
Indiana and Mongolians, a very marked ex
cess of males. The slight excess of females
In the total population reported In 19"0 as
attending school is due to a very decided
excess of females among the negro school
attendants.
More Girls la the ftrhoola.
In all races In all parts of the country
there has been a decided Incresse since 18WJ
In the proportion of females among per
sons attending school. This Increase is due
mainly to the Increase In the proportion of
young women among persons at least K.
years of age attending school, the Increase
at this age period being nearly five times as
great as at any other and more than three
times as great as the average Increase for
all ages.
In 1890, among each 1.000 persons at least
15 years of age attending school, 628 were
male; in 1900 only 490 were male.
No Important change took place In the
large cities. The change for the whole
country was due to a rapid decrease outside
of the oltes in the proportion of young men
among the persons at least 15 years of age
attending school, the figures ror the country
districts approaching rapidly the proportion
found In cities In 19O0 and 1890.
When the school attendants of a specified
class are compared with the total populu.
tlon of the same age and class, a noticeable
contrast between the negro and foreign
born white population appears, the per cent
of female negroes attending school at each
age being larger than that of male negroes,
and the per cent of female foreign born
whites attending school at each age smaller
than that of male foreign born whites.
Even for the age period 10 to 11 there has
been, during the last decade, a slight de.
crease In the proportion of males attending
school to male population, somewhat more
than counterbalanced by an Increase In the
proportion of females attending school to
female population.
Death Rate Higher for Males.
The death rate of males In the registra
tion area of the United States In l!m was
19 per 1.000 and that of females IBS rer
1,000, the former having a death rule
higher by about one-sventh than the lat
ter. In the 346 registration cities the death
rate of males was 20 and that of females
17.2 per 1,000, the mala rate exceeding the
female by one-sixth. In the rest of the
registration area the male death rate was
15.8 and that of the females 15 per 1.000,
the male rate exceeding the femtle by
one-nineteenth.
The difference In the death rate of the
sexes Is apparently least between the ages
of 6 to 14 and greatest at the youngest
and oldest ages.
Life tables for Massachusetts, England,
Prussia and Norway confirm these con
clusions and make them precise. They In
dicate that male children under 3 years of
age have uniformly a higher death rate
than female children.
There Is a period between 6 and 21 years
of age In which the death rate of females
Is slightly higher than that of males. Ac
cording to the Massachusetts life table thi
period covers seventeen years, 5 to 21; ac
cording to the Norwegian life table, eleven
years, 6 to 15; according to the Trussian
life table, nine years, 7 to 16, and accord
ing to the English life table, tight years,
14 to 21.
According to all the life tables the death
rate of women between 20 and 30 years of
age. at which age i probably four-fifths of
the chlldblrths occur, waa less than that
of males.
FIRE RECORD.
Business Block at Hochealer.
ROCHESTER, N. ,". Uc. Jl.-The Roby
building. Main street and Klizabeth street,
waa destroyed by fire entailing a loss of
about $400,000, this . niornlng. The build
ing which was valued at IW.000 waa practi
cally destroyed. The , Van , BerKh Silver
Plate company, loses $MO.oo. with nn in
surance of $160,009. - The Hayden Fur
niture company lost $56,000; " Insured. '
Notes from Creaton.
CRESTON, Ia.. Dee. ' 11. (Speclal.)-Mrs.
R. P. Spare, who has resided about eight
miles south of this city In Clrant townahjp,
died suddenly at the family homo about a
o'clock Friday evening. Mrs. ' Spare had
Just been assisted by her husband to a
chair in the kitchen, when ahe gave n pe
culiar noise and expired almost liustajitly.
The deceased haa been a sufTerer from
Blight's disease for a number of years. She
la survived by a husband and seven chil
dren. A most Interesting meeting was held at
the high school Friday at which time the
statue of Mr. O. E. French, auperlntendent
of public Instruction, which was made and
given to the high school by Iowa'a sculptor.
Mr. Sherry Fry of Creston, was unveiled.
Mr. Fry haa signified hla intention of mak
ing a buat statue of all the superintendents
who have preceded Mr. French and all who
may come after him during Mr. Fry's time.
The bust is about two feet high and will
occupy a place of honor on the walls of tho
assembly room.
Mrs. W. A. Murdock haa been In Creston
the last few days for the purpose of organ
izing an auxiliary of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. The society was
formed Friday evening and was afterward;)
banqueted at the home of Mrs. Frank Hcf
lln. Mrs. Murdock was elected grand pres
ident The horpe sale of Ed Anxpach. which has
been conducted In this city the lust two
days, came to a close Saturday afternoon
after about 300 head of horses had been dis
posed of.
BOWLING CONTEST AT COLlMBls
North Bend Defeated by Narrow
Marsln of Thirteen Points.
COLUMBUS, Neb., Dee. 11. (Special.)
For the second time this season North
Bend met defeat at the hands of the local
bowling team In this city. They came
down strong last evening with a team
heavily reinforced with some Schuyler
bowlers, and while they put up a good
hard game, they lost by the narrow margin
of thirteen pins. It was like this:
COLUMBUS.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total
Kavanaugh 1.1 174 174 619
Way 147 180 151 478
Fnuble 1 148 158 4W
Drake 141 164 138 4.C1
Oregorlus 116 156 1&4 4.3
Totals 770 80G 776 Ti
NORTH BEND.
, M. 3d. Total.
Kummel 146 130 lu9 445
Dolan 146 . 140 -190
Haber 164 148 140 452
Pruynn 156 216 166 E37
Britten ... 136 136 142 414
Totala 748 834 756 2,88
. In me, at feerular pay pny even
ing W. J. Gregorius made a score of 289
and carried away several dollars worth of
old rrlse offers which bad been standing
up for some time. He made ten atralKht
strikes from the klckoff, and In the elev
enth frame made a spare and nine plnB.
Thla is the recora for the new alleys
George Hagel, manager of the Columbus
team, says that the Omaha champs will be
here December 19, and, while they may
win the match, yet nothing will be tendered
them on a silver plate. They will have a
game on their hands.
Two Basket Ball Games,
The Crescents defeated the Straight-tips
by a score of 16 to 14 and the High School
Independents defeated the Thurston Rifles
by a score of 24 to 13 at basket ball at
the Young Men's Christian association
Saturday evening. The respective line-ups
were:
Crescents.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt
L. Wilson
Position. Stralaht-T'ps.
Forward Willi.. m
Forward Rasmuaseu
t
E. Wilson
PJerro ! !R. Guard.'.
Kill
McConnhk
Thurston
Rifles.
Dunn
McCarthy
High School
Independents.
J Clark
E. Clark
Cooper
Walsh
Lindsay
...Forward...
...Forward...
C.
Churchill
,.L. Guard baehr
,..R. Guard Anderson
IN HIE FOUR HUNDRED CLASS
Tabulated Lilt of Prises Awarded Ne
braska Frodacti at 8t. Louie.
STATE HEADQUARTERS CLOSE SATURDAY
Commission Will Establish a Tem
porary Office la Omaha Thla Week
School Exhibit Loaned to
State Maseam.
ST. IXt"I3. Dec. 11 (Special.) An In
teresting compilation of the awards In all
departments where Nebraska exhibited It
resources at the recent World's fair hns
Just been made by Secretary H. O. Shedd.
The State Commission Installed and main
tained exhibits in the departments of agri
culture, horticulture, dairying, education
and mining, as well as provided for n
proper showing In live stock and poultry.
In all of these departments the state was
wonderfully successful, carrying off hun
dreds of prizes nnd taking first rank
among the states exhibiting at the exiosl
tlon. The following shows t;:e awards by de
pa ttmc tits:
f irand
Prize. Cold. Silver. Bronze. Total.
Oenernl 2 ... ... ... 2
Agriculture
drains 6 94 (W lofi 29?
Vegetables.. S 17 1 21
Ilonev 6 ... 6
Pitirv 1 ... ... 1
llotttculture.. 1 irt :1 17 49
F orloulture 1 1 ... 2
K.lurution .... 1 9 4 5 19
Mining 1 2 3
Individuals .... 5 6
Totals....;, m 129
Premiums. 1st. 21.
l ive stock lt 12
Poultry 1 :t
Specials
m 1!!1 400
lith to
3d. 4th. r.lh. loth. Tot.
21 11 15 .. 69
7 4 3 S 27
8
Totals 11 15 IS 15 IS 9 104
Grand total 5o4
Nebraska Exhibit Close.
The Nebraska exhibit closed Its head
quarters at the Louisiana Purchase ex
position Saturday. December 10. Such ex
hibit mnterlnl as could not bo used for
future exhibit purposes has been sold, und
all material that can be used ha been
packed and shipped to Lincoln to be turned
over to the Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings for safo keeping.
The negatives and films of the moving
pictures of scenes of Nebraska, which at
tracted so much attention during the ex
position season, will be Included In this
shipment to the Commissioner of Public
Lands and Buildings, and in all likelihood
will be used either at the Portland expo
sition', should the state make an appro
priation for participation there, or at the
Nebraska State fulr. The mounted steer,
"Challenger," which occupied so prominent
a place In tho Nebraska pavilion, hns been
crated and will be shipped to the State
university at Lincoln and occupy a center
of tho University Agricultural museum.
The consensus of opinion among Ne
hraskans Is that the state commission
acted wisely In not attempting to erect and
maintain a state building at the expo
sition in view of Its limited resources, that
Its moving picture! and other exhibits ad
vertised the state In a way that no state
building could possibly do. It Is known
to tl;.Me who have been. In charge of the
Nebi.iska exhibits that hundreds of per
sons have been Induced to go to Nebraska
for settlement or Investment. The Ne
braska commission has In its files several
hundred letters from prominent Nebraskans
and well known citizens of the United
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ly be a great deal more to duplicate the f I
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our new Saturday Bee.
It contains 18 pages of special magazine features, including
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pages, and is a big seller everywhere on Saturday afternoon, when
l he fanners are in town.
We will send any boy the. first 10 COPIES FREE.
A few week ago we sent Bernla McCafferty, O'Neill,
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Omaha. Nebraska.
States, as well as many distinguished for
eigners, heartily commending the state's
showing at the exposition.
Nebraska Employes Retara Home.
Most of the persons In charge of the Ne
braska exhibits returned to Nebraska last
week. Secretary Shedd will arrive at
Omaha with the books and papers of the
commission on Monday or Tuesday, and
the temporary office of the commission will
be established In the offlce of G. W. Wat
tles, president of the commission, at tho
Union National bank. Superintendent
James Walsh, K. M. Pollard and E. H.
Barbour have practically finished their
work and returned home. William James,
assistant superintendent of agriculture. Is
still In St. Louis, while K. G. Hills of the
agricultural department will In all proba
bility remuln In St. Louis permanently. Dur
ing the latter part of the exposition season
Mr. Hills was married to a young woman
of Clayton, Mo., a sulr.irb of St. Ixiuls.
Of the Nebraskans who have been con
nected with the exposition company, John
A. Wakefield, chlrf of concessions, will
leave shortly for Portland, where he Is to
take up his duties as director of conces
sions and ndmlsKlons for the Lewis & Clark
exposition. Mr. Witkefhld will take with
him a number of the trained clerks from
the concession department of the present
exposition. F. W. Taylor, chief of agricul
ture, will be occupied for some months
yet In terminating the affairs of his de
partment, after which he will Join his
family, who are now In Berlin, Germany,
and In all probability spend the coming
summer In Europe.
The restaurant of Frlt Mueller, known
as the FulstRff, Is about the only one now
operating on the exposition grounds. Mr.
Mueller states that he was unusually suc
cessful In his concessions.
It Is claimed that the concessions In
which various Omaha parties were Inter
ested were not successful. Now that tha
fair Is over, it would seem that the pre
diction of Skip Dundy a year ago, that the
Pike would not pay even fair dividends,
has been realized.
Secretary H. O. Shedd of the Nebraska
commission entertnlned the superintend
ents and attendants who have been in
charge of the various exhibits during the
exposition season at a dinner on Saturday
evening.
Chief F. W. Taylor of the Agricultural
department waa presented this week with
a handsome remembrance from the ex
hibitors In the Agricultural palace. Su
perintendent Walsh of tho Nebraska ex
hibit was one of the committee appointed
to make the presentation.
Nebraska School Exhibit.
Trof. E. 11. Barbour states that in
nearly all Instances the schools which
have contributed to tho Nebraska educa
tional exhibit have loaned their exhibit
material to the State museum, with the
understanding that It be held for use In
connection with future expositions. Some
of the exhibits from the Omaha High
school, State university and other sources
will be returned to the exhibitors. The
mineral exhibit, which showed Nebraska's
soils and building material, came very
largely from the State museum at Lin
coln, and will be returned there. Chief
Holmes of the mines exhibit states that
Nebraska's soil exhibit was one of the
most attractive In his building. The fact
that a prairie state like Nebraska, with
out a mine In ita bounds, should attempt
to make a representation in his depart
ment spoke volumes for the state's energy
and enterprise.
J. H. Hadklnson, superintendent of
floriculture, makes the stntement that the
awards of a gold medal to E. H. Bar
bour of Lincoln for cannas and of a sll-
HI QGAR
ver medal to J. O. Rosenfeld . of West
rplnt for peonies were the first swards
that ever went to Nebraska from any ex
position In floriculture.
nKKT ihli. jiori: msrvTF.n
Contest at Macnln gatnrday Mnt
May Be Awarded to Weateyas.
LINCOLN. IVo 11 (Speolnl Telegram V
The g.me of basket ball plsyed Haturd.iy
nlKht between Nebraska Weslrvan unl
versltv basket ball team and Highland I'ark
college. In which Highland l'ark collego
was announced as tho winner by a scora
of 33 to S2. mav prove a victory for Wes
levnn. Highland threw one field goal
which the umpire declared should not
count because the man who threw It
fouled. The referee overruled the decision
of the umpire and the point was counted.
After the game was over the rules wera
consulted and It was found that the goal
should not count.
The question hns been left for the Amer
ican Athletic union to decide. If the
American Athletic union decides the point
should not count this will give tho gsmn
to Wesleyan by a score of X.' to 31. There
Is much "enthusiasm at Wesleyan at ths
splendid showing of the teem.
Frldav night Highland defeated Nebraska
university by a score of 39 to 34 and ths
students of Weslevan feel that the gams
Saturdav night has established Weslcyan'a
place among the fastest collegn basket baU
teams of the west.
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