TIIE OMATTA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY. FERRTATtY 15.
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I Dewey & Stone Furniture Go.
CLOSING OUT SALE
A FEW OF THE BARGAINS FOR WEDNESDAY:
f202.00 Flemish Oak Dining fcfuitp; closing out J J J QQ
110.75 I'urlor Chair, damask covering, spring peat; C (f
closing out price sJJl
$6.00 Rocker, oak, with spring seat, upholstered in tapestry
velour, with and without arms; closing out y
price..'. ftO
130.00 Golden Oak Bed Room Suite, dresser has CA
swell front; closing out price mmfO V
128.00 Tairtwin Deds, heavy iron, white enamel, 0 1A
brass trimmed; closing out price IOUu
126.50 Golden Oak Hall Dench, with box, carved Z A A
bark; closing out price wUU
129.00 Curly Rirch Dressing Table, large glass, A A A
handsome design; closing out price fcivivU
f 41.50 IHrd's-eye Maple Dresser, large massive (f
design, carved; closing out price JiiWv
$38.00 Mahogany Dresser, very large mirror; CO
closing out price tmtl)
f 15.00 Iron bed, heavy design, in green, white (I TP
and gold; closing out priee J J
fo.HO Iron Bed, continuous post; closing out A
price Ts6
$2.25 Iron Bed, nice enamel finish; closing out f A(
price ! a "
1.50 Woven Wire Springs; closing out
price f Jv
$8.75 Morris Chair, oak frame, reversible cushion; A 7 C
closing out price a J
$3.".00 Solid Mahogany Morris Chairs, closing out 27 00
$2.50 Solid Oak Rockers, coblor leather soat, closing out I A
price v I.OU
$8.00 Solid Goldpn Oak Hooker with arms all .quarterns wed C 7 C
and polished finish, closing out price J, 3
MONEY FOR NEW BUILDINGS
Sundry Civil Bill Contains Appropriation!
for Nebraska and Neighboring States.
ARCHIE SMITH AFTER SAMMIS" PLACE
ionirrimmin Martin of South Dakota
Eiprrti to Get HU Mx Hnndred
Forty Acre Homestead
Hill (p Monday.
(From a Stan Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. H. (Special Tele
gram.) The sundry civil bill reported by
the house committee on appropriations to
day contains the following Hems: Hast
ings, for completion of public building, $30,
(100; Lincoln, for completion of extension
fif the public building, $150,000; Deadwood.
8. V., tor continuation of public building,
$30,000; 'rierre, 8. D.,, for continuation, $00,
000; Yankton, 'for completion, $30,000;
Kvanaton, Wyo., for continuation. $75,00");
Laramie, for completion, $50,000; for man
agement, improvement nnd protection of
Wind cave, National park, $2,500; for Yel
lowstone National, park. $133,000, of which
$,m0 is to be "spent 'for Improvement of
roads east and south of the park; for Bat
tle. Mountain sanitarium, Hot Springs, 8.
D., $133,500, of which $100,000 is for mainte
nance and $35,00!lor officers' quarters and
$7,500 for greenhouse.
The bill also authorises the commissioner
of the general land office to make pay
ments of 125 per1' lineal mile and $23 per
mile and $30 tier mile -whenever he may
have occasion to resurvey or survey lines
of the mountainous regions of Wyoming
and other western states.
The omnibus ,blll,, pending report to the
house today, makes no changes In the ap
propriations for Nebraska towns as pub
lished in The Bee of last week.
After Sammls' Plae.
Archie Smith of 'Storm Lake, la., Is in
Washington on a still hunt for J. V. Bam
juls' Job as collector of Internal revenue
of the northern district of Iowa. Sammls,
It will be recalled, had charges preferred
asalnst him. and sfter investigation the
whole matter was referred to the president.-
Through Influence of Senators Alll
snn and Dolllver and Judge Thomas of the
fjoux City district the case against Sam
mls hsd been pigeonholed up to this time,
and his resignation was that called for to
day. Artesian ' Well for ' Indians.
Senator Klttredge introduced an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill to
day appropriating $6,000 to enable the sec
retary of the interior to put down an ar
tesian well or wells at or near Lake Andes,
on the Yankton Indian reservation, for the
purpose of supplying Indians with water
for domestic and stock purposes.
Homestead Bill Monday.
Congressman Martin stated today that
tie hoped to get up his 640-acre bill next
Monday. . : . ,
Postal Matters.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Beaver
prosalng, Seward county, George II. Bor
den, vice John II. Waterman, removed.
Wyoming Holmes. Albany county, Fanny
M. Holmes, vice John R. Cordlner, resigned.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Broken Bow, route 2, Walter S. Moore car
rier, Edward T. Shepardson substitute;
Ohalco, route 1, Henry I loins carrier,
Theresa Ileitis substitute; Julnata, route 2,
Frank G. Howland carrier. Ralph S. Rlp
patoe substitute; New Castle, route 4, Ed
ward T. Hughes carrier, Michael Murry
substitute. Iowa Waukee, route 2, Will
H. Smith carrier, Edward Smith substitute.
South Dakota Ward, route 2. Henry A.
petschew carrier, Gustav C. Kruse substi
tute. Two Nominations ConBrmed.
The senato today conflermed the nomina
tion of Major Llewellyn to be T'nlted
States attorney for New Mexico.
The senate today confirmed the following
nominations:' 1
James B. Reynolds, Massachusetts, assist
ant secretary of the treasury; Eugene A.
Tucker, Nebraska, associate Justice of the
supreme court of Arixona; W. H. H. Llew
ellyn, attorney for the district of New
Mexico.
Boondnry Line Rill Passed.
The senate, this afternoon passed the bill
denning the boundary between Nebraska
and South Dakota.
GOVERNMENT RIGHT FIRST
State Board of Irrigation Gires Hearing on
the Leavitt Contract
INVOLVES WESTERN NEBRASKA PROJECT
I ntrerslty Athletes to Compete Today
for (-barter Pay Medals Tnerry
Coaaty Men Hare Sea
traces Redaeed.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 14. (Special.) K. O.
Leavitt and representatives of the govern
ment contested before the State Board of
Irrigation all day for tho right to con
struct large Irrigation ditches In the west
ern part of the state. Associated with Mr.
Leavitt were Duffle and Kaleby, attorneys
of Omaha, and the government was rep
resented by Mr. Carpenter and John H.
Field. The point of difference was who
filed the first application for a permit for
the water. The government had filed the
first application, but this was not accom
panied by a ascription of the lands sought
to be Irrigated. The application was re
turned to the government representatives
and their attention was called to this fact.
Before the supplemental maps were" filed
Leavitt filed his application, together with
maps and descriptions covering practically
the same land. Field argued that because
lie had made the first application and- later
followed with supplemental maps, his ap
plication should be dated upon lie day
the first application was filed. lieavltt
held that until the maps were filed with
the board the application of the govern
ment was of no effwt, and the date of the
application should bn when the supple
mental maps were filed.
After listening to arguments the State
Board of Irrigation tonight decided In
favor of the government and turned down
the application of Mr. Leavitt.
VnlTerslty Athletic Contests.
The first appearance of the university
track athletes will be given tomorrow aft
ernoon at t o'clock In the gymuaitlum,
when they will meet to compete for the
regular charter day mednls. Preceding this
thpre will be a drill by the Pershing Rifles,
the crack company of the university bat
talion. The tryouts for places In the char
ter day contest were held Saturday after
noon, and attracted wide Interest from the
students. This year there was an un
usually large number of men entered.
which made the competition hard and In
sures some g ioil records In the events to
be held tomorrow. v
The following are the events on the pro
gram, with the men who will compete:
Twentv-flve yard trash: Bnder. Losch.
Cheney, Knight. Burruss, Wallace, Ked
dlek. ('rule, Copnland.
Fence vault: Lui-as, Copeland. Hagnn-
sick. Mowman.
c,iot put: Weller, Morse, Ha user, I la gen
sick.
impe climb: Furcell, Williams, Post pi
pa!. Wilson.
Pole vault: Hagenslok, Wallace, MoDon-
aiu. morse.
lilirh Jump: Knight, Burruss, Hagenstck,
Meyer.
High kick: Wallace, Bowman, Hugen
slrk, Hrubesky.
Inter-fraternity relay race; Delta Vp
sllon, Alpha Theta Chi. Phi Kappa Psl,
Hlsma A Julia E:ilon.
Cuts Down Sentence.
Frank and Harry Junod, who were each
sentenced to the penitentiary for five
years on a charge of stealing .$40 worth of
wire fence out In Cherry county, will only
have to serve two and one-half years each
The supreme court knocked ofT half the
sentence. The decision was handed down
at the last sitting of the court, but was
withheld from the public pending the ar
rest of the men, who were out under
bond.
RUSH FOR NORTH PLATTE LAND
i
First Day's Filing's Cover One Hun
dred and Flty Entries for Big
Homesteads.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., Feb. 14.-(Speclal
Telegram.) About 100 applicants for land
gathered In front of the land office last
night at 7 o'clock, but half an hour later
the polioe dispersed the crowd and notified
thorn they woi-ld not be allowed to gather
until 7 o'clock In the morning, at which
time there was a rush for the line and 200
formed In line from the land office door
westward. There were dozens of women in
the crowd, for whom the men gave way as
a rule. At 7:40 this morning the police force
numbered the applicants as they stood In
line and then the crowd dispersed, each ap
plicant to return as soon as his number was
called.
Anthony Reeve of Elm Creek, Neb., got
the best section in the whole district, which
was section 13, township 17, range 40, in Mc
pherson county. His number In line was
twenty, but none of those who preceded
him cared to take his section. At this time
150 have made filings. On account of the
extreme cold there Is not so large a crowd
as otherwise would have come, but more
are arriving on every train.
A few are losing out and not getting
their entries he-cause their papers are de
fectively made by some of the many quacks
in the city.
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FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair In Nebraska Today Colder In
North and Fast Portions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Furecast of the
weather for Wednesday and Thursday:
For Nebraska Fair Wednesday, colder
In north and east portions; Thursday fair,
colder.
For Iowa Fair Wednesday; warmer In
west portion; Thursday snow, with rising
temperature.
For South Dakota Fair and warmer
Wednesday; Thursday fair, colder.
For Kansas Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day; warmer Wednesday in north portion.
For Indiana and Illinois Fair Wednesday,
colder In south portion; Thursday Increas
ing cloudiness and warmer; diminishing
northwest winds.
Local Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER Bl'RBAU,
OMAHA. Feb. 14. Official record of temper
ature and precipitation, compared with the
corresponding day of the last three vears:
WuS. 1904. 1SW3. 1902.
Maximum temperature.... 'Jt lt 22 -1
Minimum temperature. ... 1 2 12 II
Mean temperature! 15' 17 3
Precipitation 10 .00 .'f .Ou
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
and comparison with the lust two years:
Normal temperature 24
Deficiency for the day t)
Total deficiency since March 1 350
Normal precipitation 03 inch
Excess for the day 7 Inch
Totnl rainfall since March 1 27.26 Inches
Iefli'Bncy since March 1, MtM.. 4.02 inches
Excess for cor. period, 14. ... l.ii!S inches
Deficiency for cor. period. J9U0.. .77 Inch
Reports from Stations at T P. M.
Maximum
Tern- Tem
Station. and State perature pera- Rain
of Weather. at 1 p. m. ture. tall.
Bismurck, clear 4 1" .00
Cheyenne, clear , 22 t'.f .no
Chicago, clear 6 J4 .01
Davenport, clear 4 l T
lk'iiver, clear M , H4 An
Havre, clear SO j
Helena, clear .1 20 , . 24 .00
Huron, clear 2 r i .Cut
KaiiHas City, clear IS 'JX T
North Plutte, clear 2i 24 .on
Omaha, clear i 2!i .0.'
Rapid City, clear 22 :to .00
St. I. ..u Is, clear lil .(it
St. Paul, clear a 4 ' .(i
Salt l-ake City, clear 2 . 2S .
Valentine, clear 12 IK-. .(m
Willtoton, cloudy 16 :t) ,oo
"T" Indicates trace of precipitation.
Indicates below sero. .
I A. WELSH, Lwai forecaster.
CIA'K TO DEAD MAN'S IDENTITY
Valises Said to Have Been Owned by
Hint Show Name of J. R. Albee.
FREMONT, Neb., Feb. 14. (Special.)
The identity of the man found dead at
Ames about six weeks ago It Is believed has
been finally determined. From all Indlca
tlons he Is J. E. Albee and hla home or the
home of bis people la Rutland, Vt. Mrs.
Day, tho proprietor of the hotel at North
Bend told Sheriff Bauman yesterday that
two days before the day the man was found
a stranger came to the hotel and asked
her if he could leave a couple of grips there
for a few days. She told him he could do
so and he went away without registering.
The description she gave the sheriff was
almost Identical with that of the dead man
He brought the grips to Fremont and this
morning their contents were carefully ex
amined. The larger one. a solid leather
suit rase, contained a dark suit of clothes
some heavy underwear, nearly new, of dnrk
green color and of the most expensive
quality; four fine white shirts, a pair of
fur top boots and numerous other toilet
articles. Almost everything was marked
with the name J. E. Albee. In a bunch of
papers a number of stock shipment con
tracts from which it appears that during
the years 1002 und 1903 he had shipped cat
tle xor the (Standard Cattle company from
Belle Fourche, S. D., to South Omaha and
Chicago. There was also another contract
for stock shipped by J. E. Albee from Glen-
dive, Mont., to Chicago and sold to S. W,
Allerton and an unusted return stock ticket
from Missouri Valley to Belle Fourche. 8.
D., the description punched out on this
ticket corresponded with that of the dead
man. The other grip contained his work
Ing clothes. These were all whole, clean
and substantial. There was a nearly new
pair of No. 7 shoes the same size as those
that Undertaker Dengler removed from the
dead man, a cabinet photograph of a fine
looking young woman taken at Rutland.
Vt.; an exhibitor's admission ticket to the
Vermont state fair at RuUand for the
year 1903 and a money order receipt issued
by the Mlddlebury, Vt., poetoffice for $7.50
In June, 1904, together with a number of
miscellaneous receipts, hammers, hatchets
and a barbed wire cutter. There were no
letters from any party. The authorities at
Rutland and Mlddlebury Vt., have been
notified. With the identity of the man
dennltely determined it Is more than roa-
slble that something will develop to show
wnetner he wss murdered or took his own
life. There are a number of very wealthy
Vermont families by the name of Albee and
possimy ne may belong to them.
MEKTIG KNOCKED OIT RV STORM
State Conference of Charities and
i Corrections Postponed.
KEARNUV. Neb., Feb. 14.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) President B. D. Haywnrd of the
State Conference of Charities and Correc
tions announced this mcrnlng that it had
been found necessary to postpone for the
present the annual conference which was
to have been held In this city beginning
today and continuing over Wednesday.
This step was taken on account of the ex
tremely severe weather and the delay and
uncertainty In the train service. Few of
those who were to have attended could
have reached here in time for the 6pening
session and many could not have been here
before Wednesday. Announcement will be
made later as to the date when the confer
snco will be held.
4 barged With Abnslna; Family.
TABLE ROCK. Neb., Feb. 14 (Special. )
Joseph Mlchal. a Bohemian farmer, who
lives some six miles northwest of Table
Rock, was arrested and brought to .town
yesterday and lodged in the city Jail on a
warrant sworn out of the court of Justice
M. H. Marble, charging him with assault
with intent to commit great bodily harm
on the persons of his family, wtp he la said
to have driven out In the cold Saturday
night with a gun tn Ms hands, the family
taking refuge nt the home of a neighbor,
where thy stayed all night. The neighbor.
Scott Phillips, came to town yesterday and
swore out the warrant, and Officer A. J.
Barrett brought Mlchal In In the afternoon.
PAWJTF.E CITY HAS A BIO FIRE
Firemen SnnVr Intensely from Cold
While Ftahtlaar It.
PAWNEE C1TT. Neb.. Feb. .-(Spe
cial.) About 1 o'clock yesterday morning
fire was discovered In the rear end of Bogle
Bros, department store. Captain Strumfs
the night watchman, first saw the fire from
the court house. The flames were soon
bursting from the second story of the
building. The fire department at once re
sponded ' and from that early hour con
tinued to fight until morning. The ther
mometer registered 22 degrees below sero,
but tho men held their places as best they
could with garments covered with Ice and
In several Instances fingers, hands and feet
frozen. The building, 100x24 feet, was hard
to get action on, as high walls on either
side hindered them from getting at the
center of the fire. For almost two hours
it was doubtful as to whether they would
be able to save the buildings on each side.
However, the water system was In excel
lent condition and streams of water were
played on the flames, which finally suc
cumbed. The building was completely
gutted by the fire and the stock of goods
was entirely destroyed.
The building waa owned by James
O'Loughlln of this place and the loss, $7,800,
was not covered by Insurance.
The Bogle Bros, stock consisted of gen
eral merchandise, which invoiced at about
$20,000, arid It was about 'half Insured.
The hardware stock of Harrington Bros.,
adjoining the building on the west, was
considerably damaged by water, as waa
the building. Also the office of Dr. J. W.
Bullard, which is Just above the hardware
store. John F. Wilson, the photographer,
who occupies the rear rooms upstairs ad-
Joining the burned building on the east,
also suffered some damage from smoke. ,
The Masonic order, which occupied ths
rear upper rooms of the burned building,
lost all of Its property, valued at $2,000,
but carried Insurance to the amount of
$1,200.
The building which burned was a stone
structure and was the only building left
standing In tho business part of Pawnee
City at the time of the big fire of 1SS1, and
was known as the J. R. Ervln block.
A smouldering fire lay In the ruins all
day, so that it was necessary to keep a
constant stream of water on It to keep
It from breaking out. All tho cellars In
the nearby buildings are flooded with
water. The total estimated loss is more
than $30,000.
w of Nebraska.
O'NEILL, Feb. 14. J. Boehme, the young
man killed at Whitman, was a resident of
this county, having resided at Atkinson
for several years.
TECUMBEH, Feb. 14.-Speclal Agent J.
W. Haas of the rural free delivery service
Is working In this county with a view to
Riving the county complete service. It Is
not known what recommendations he will
make.
BEATRICE, Feb. 14. Henry Brandt, an
employe of the Dempster mill here, will
probably lose the sight of his left eye as a
result of being struck with a piece of steel
from a preso drill, which broke while be
ing operated by another employe.
GENEVA. Feb. 14. Hereafter, for a while
at least, the Geneva Girls' Reform school
will be superintended by a woman, Miss
MrMahon. Her assistants are being chosen
and are also women. One or two changes
will be made among the officers.
TKCI'MSKH. Feb. 14. William Carr &
Sons of Tecumseh have secured the con
tract for grading four miles or road on the
Rock Island railroad near Topeka. Kan.
They will ship their outfit and men to that
point as soon as it is possible to begin the
work.
GLENVILLK. Feb.' 14. The Glenvilln-In-
land Telephone company, operating between
Glonvlllc ann inland, will soon put up more
wires and nas . lately ..lustaiiea two new
switchboards for use In the above towns
which will accommodate about forty sub
scribers. WEST POINT. Feb. 14. Carl Nicholson
and Miss Aline Anderson of Bancroft were
united in mnrrloj?e In this city by County
Judge Louis Dewald. The young couple are
well known residents of Bancroft precinct
and will make their home there on the
groom's farm.
LEIGH, Feb. 14. A business change of
Importance occurred here today in which
the two Implement stocks were consoli
dated, Fred Moeller, the oldest Implement
dealer In the town, purchasing the stock
and buildings of R, B. Held. Both places
will be kept open, but operated by the
same man.
LEIGH. Feb. 14 Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Smith arrived home yesterday with the re
mains of their son Ralph, aged 26, who
died Monday at Albuuueniue. where they
hud taken him two months ago for thffl
benefit of his health. The funeral was held
this afternoon from the Methodist Episco
pal church.
SEWARD. Feb. 14. In Judge Leavens'
court yesterday Perry Sargent was bound
over to the district court in the sum of $,
charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses. The defendant was working for
Arnold Wellman of , York county. Ho
hauled corn to Utlca, sold it and absconded
with the money.
HUMBOLDT, Feb. 14. Master Charles,
the 5-ynar-old son of Frank Krasny. the
baker, fell down an open cellarway yester
day afternoon, dropping a distance of ten
feet on his head. He sustained some severe
scalp wounds, but the physician thinks no
fracture of the skull resulted, although he
struck on the stone wall.
GRAND ISLAND. Feb. 14. A cablegram
was received from Germany today for Mr.
nnd Mrs. Fred Garbers, who loft lost week
for Germany to visit their daughter, thot
the daughter had passed away. ITpon in
quiry It was learned that tho parents had
already sailed from New York. Reply was
tent to hold the remains.
BEATRICE, Feb. 14. George Bateman,
for the last twenty years a resident of
Gage county, died yesterday afternoon at
his home, eight mllea west of Beatrice,
after an Illness of about a year. Mr. Bate
man was a native of Ireland and was about
72 years of age. He is survived by a widow
and four children, three daughters and one
sou.
GRAND ISLAND. Feb. 14 The new com
missary building at the Soldiers' Home In
this city has been completed and Is now oc
cupied, givlrtg a little more room in that
crowded institution. During the winter
several applicants admitted had to remain
in the city until room could be provided for
them. The upper floor of the commissary
has made room for fifteen more cots.
BEATRICE. Feb. 14. Senator H. W. L.
Jackson attended a meeting of lodge men
here Sunday afternoon and explained thor
oughly the uniform fraternal bill Introduced
in the legislature by him. He reviewed
his bill with the amendments and presented
the matter clearly and forclbly.lMr. Jack
won stated that he was opposed to the Kyd
or Slireck bill and would never vote for
It In its present form.
WEST POINT, Feb. 14. -Another serious
accident by means of a curnsheller Is re
ported from north west of the city. A 20-year-nld
son of August Gardels, a prom
inent farmer, had his hand badly mutilated
by being drawn Into the machine. The en
tire hand will have to be amputated. Acci
dents from this source are becoming very
frequent, only last wek a death occurring
from a precisely similar occurrence.
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IJNCOLN, Feb. 13. To the Editor of The
Dally Bvv: In the editorial columns of
this morning's Bee in tills paragraph:
The State HlHtorical society Is said to
be eagfr to relieve all the counties, citloa
and villuges in Nehraaka of the cure and
ciiHtodv of their public records after they
have attained to the ago of twenty yeurs.
Whether thee muBty documents have any
except a historical value, however, de
pends upon their nature nnd character. It
may happen that they would bo needed
occasliiiallv for some transaction requir
ing consultation of records of long ago,
and wlille they would be as safe in tho
HlHtorical society's keeping as anywhere
else, tho right of access and use of them
without cunt should by all means be pre
served for their real owners.
None of the points here raised apply to
tho pending bill. No documents of any
kind can be obtained by the Historical so
ciety under the bill except upon two neces
sary conditions precedent: 1 That they
have not been in active use for twenty
years. 2 That the present legal custodinns
give their consent.
The object of the bill Is not to make
the Historical society rooms a warehouso
for all tho old municipal papers of Ne
braska. The present crowded condition of
the rooms would not permit it and the
office force has no desire to enter upon
the tak of running a general storage
house. The sole purpose is to furnish a
legal way to preserve important documents
which are now going to destruction. Let
me give a concrete illustration:
In one of the oldest Nebraska towns I
discovered some time ugo the town mliiuta
book of half a century ago, together with
very Interesting official correspondence of
the same period, In a pine box In a back
room of a wooden building. Mice had
gnawed a hole in the box and made a
nest. Apparently no one had looked after
these records of early Nebraska for years.
I asked the town board to give me the
papers for preservation. They were of
opinion that they had no legal right to
do an. Finally the chalrhisn of the board,
on his own responsibility, loaned me the
papers, taking my receipt therefor, to be
returned on demand.
Another esse; The complete official min
utes of the constitutional convention of 1871
have lain in a vault of the state bouse
over thirty years. The debates of that
convention are some of the most interest
ing material on Nebraska history in exist
ence. The very (mentions which made the
fighting ground for the framers of our
present convention in 1ST5 were debated
there by such familiar men us Mason,
W'akely, tVoolworth, Weaver, Maxwell,
Manderson. Abbott, Boyd, Hnscall, Luke,
Evtabrook. Vlfqualn and others. The de
bates are sharp und pungent, full of the
spirit of the time and lighting with a
strong historical flame, If not a legal one,
the work of the convention of 1875, whose
minutes are lost. The Historical society
desired to get the use of this printer's copy
In the publication of a history of the Ne
braska constitutions. Vnder the statute the
secretary of stato was not permitted to
let the society tuse it, without having it
copied at au expense of sevor.il hundred
dollars, until the legislature met and by
resolution authorized Its temporary trans
fer to our custody.
The pending bill Is Intended to furnlHh
a legal basis" for meeting Just such
emergencies in future. It proceeds cut the
theory that local officials charged wit Ik
custody of old papers and documents will
always have enough spirit of local Jeal
ousy to retain those which are ever likely
to be of any local use, but for those pa
pers no Jonffer of legal significance, and.
Indeed, flume of which never were, of legsl
significance, it makes possible their care
and preservation by those most interested
in their welfare and best pqulpiw! to keen
them. A. K. SHELDON.
MRS. BLAIR WINS ONE POINT
Court Sustains Her Demurrer and In
aorance Company Mast File
Kfw Bolt.
ST. LOI IS, Fob. 14.-Judgs Douglas in
the St. Louis circuit court today sustained,
the demurrer entered by Mrs. Appollne M.
Blair to the answer filed by the defendant
to her suit to recover a policy on the life
of her husband, James L. Blair, from the
I'rovident Life Assurance soolety of New
York city. It will now be necessary for
the company to file a new answer before
the suit can continue.
A NEW SONG REACHES OMAHA.
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Th fainoua latinr-fArrler ballndi, UI h won th
h start of John U. RMstfllr, Jr., r becoming lh
bun fads of rrnt yaani In th clrol of popular
iuulc. A naw oug baa bau laauad ant II led "T1IK
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it.a authors of "WHKKK THE BILV'HY mi
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trlt It a to be aa beautiful aa that famoua aong.
Ovr pt.OOh ropica have bii a"ld within ttta putt
few anonthn and the demand haa beit ao great I bat it
baa been bard for the pulillnheia to auppW It.
Willi eih copr nt ' THE UnU I LOVfcCD OCT IN
THE (iOLUKN WRHT" la glveo a beautiful art aup
plnraent eutuled the Tow-boy Olrl " Thla picture
la a reproduction of the famoua portrait owned tr
ibe taic Aitvu leWway, tt tvei IQW.
The one whkli la given with the miialo la eurt)
the earne aa eel la for 60u In art at ores, The aong
la aa pretty aa tbe girl.
A reproduction of Kobvrtaon'a famoua painting ef
the "Mount of the Holy t'roaa" In rulnra la now
(given with ea h ropy or 'WHKKK THE F1!A"KY
jt'OUOKAIMI WKMi. IT8 WAV" Thla pi lure la
i one of the most popular palntiiiga of the day and
It la worthy oi a piar-e in any home. I nay roet
ninro at wbuleaale than la charged, for the sauala
alone.
Theae rumpofcltlone ran he bought of your go u ale.
de-i (era or they will le aent poaipatd by the pub
llahera upon rerelpt of 'iiv far one aong nr boo for
both. ' The plrturee are given free. Addreee,
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