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TITE OMAITA' DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 15, CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA H" COUNCIL BLUFFS GRAND Jl'RY MEETS TODAY Number of Important Cases Await the Action of the Inquisitor. SUIT AGAINST DRUGGISTS COMES UP Cfore I.. Ilp III Snea Mortal Dickey for If S,(M O Damairn for Allcaeil Illnnder In ell tnsc Prescription. Ti e district court grand Jury, which will reconvene today. Is xpctol to put In the entire work, or perhaps longer, on Its deliberations, ns an unusually ,large num ber of cases are waiting to be presented for lla consideration. The principal raw to be brought to the attention of the Brand Jury Is that of the wholesale thieving of lead barn from Wa bash enrs, the bud being portions of ship ments from the Omaha smelter to eastern and southern points. In all 125 bars were stolen, and eight men charged with being Implicated In the robbery have been bound over to the grand Jury during the last month. They are Grant Hooten, George I-attlmer, Harry, alias "Dutch" Hall, Joe Hadgett, Sylvester Bunker, Hill Saltzman, all of this city, and H. Sega and M. Herc ovecl, Junk dealers of Omaha. George littlmer and Kl MrVey were lnund over, charged with being implicated In the theft of sacks of sugar from Illinois Central cars, ami Clyde McClelland has been bound over on two charges, for rob bing H. Johriburg ii ml for viciously assault lng Unrnln Thomas. These cases do not Iiowever, complete the list. In the Justice courts a number of cases have been con tinued to a date subsequent to the meet lm? of the grand Jury, In order to give that body an opportunity to consider them ard thus avoid the preliminary hearings In tho Justice courts. Salt Against Drngulst. The damage suit of George Ij. Dewltt proprietor of a livery barn, against the drug firm of Morgan & Dickey, 'is assigned for trial today before Judge Wheeler In the district court. DeWitt asks for SH.noO damages for the alleged wrongful com pounding of a prescription. In making up the prescription, It Is alleged by the plain tiff, that tho defendant firm substituted antimony for potassium, with the result that the plaintiff was seized with convul slons and violent pains and that part of tho time he was unconscious. The medl cine ordered by l)e itt, It was stated, was for a lamo back, ami the prescription was not ono furnished by a physician, but was given DoWltt by an acquaintance and was written on a label on a bottle. Judge Wheeler, in the district court Sat urday, granted Mrs. Maude M. liabbllt a divorce from William A. Habbitt on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs. Babbitt was also allowed I to a month alimony and the custody of their two minor Children. twenty-five members can be secured at the outset which would give a fund of $2,jOQ to begin with. Several of the members of the bar have offered to donate a number of their law bonks and others have offered to loan a number of volumes. Judge J. It. Heed, John M. Galvin, J. J. Stewart and I. N. Flickinger comprise the committee appointed by the bar associa tion to draft articles of Incorporation which will be submitted at a meeting of the as sociation to be called by Fresident Mynster. SCARE IN IOWA STATE HOUSE Clerks Tabulating Census Batumi Hear Cardi Were Exposed to Smallpox. PLAN FOR DAIRY EXPERIMENTS STREET FAIR AND CARNIVAL Annual Flash of Fun Will Re Held Early In September. The fourth annual street fair and carnival will be held the week beginning September 4, and Secretary Troutman has begun the work of preparing for It. It requires three months to secure the necessary attractions and arrange for the various features which have in the past made the Council Muffs street fair and carnival such a great sue cess each succeeding year. According to present plans the street fair and carnival this year is to be on a larger scalo than any year before. Although the carnival will be under the management, as in previous years, of the Council Bluffs Street Fair and Carnival company, the week'a festivities will be un der the auspices of the Commercial club. The company is comprised as follows: Pres ident, H. A. Searle; vice president, W. A. Maurer; secretary, E. A. Troutman; treas urer, Victor E. Bender; executive commit tee, the officers, B. M. Sargent, H. A. Qulnn, Emmet Tinley and Henry Van Brunt. Colonel W. J. Davenport, who re signed his position on the executive com mittee when he went to Colorado a few months ago. Is succeeded by H. A. Qulnn. The park commissioners have already given permission for the use of the north section and part of the east section of Bayllss park for the carnival enclosure. COINCII. MEETS FKIIMY NIGHT Will Sit as Hoard of Review and Hear Complaints from Corporations. Tho city council will meet Friday night as a board of review to hear protests from the corporations and Invlduals whose as sessments were raised at the meeting last Wednesday. It is understood that with the exception of one or two Individuals pro tests will be registered by all whose as sessments were Increased above the figures of the city assessor. The aggregate Increase as the result of the work of the Board of Review was $475, being a raise of $4:V..400 on the corpora tions and SI9.W0 on individuals. The full list of changes made by the board is as follows: Assessor's Board's Figures. Figures. East end of t'nlon Pnclfie bridge trS.IWl Water Works company ITiMMl Gas and Electric company.. ir.7.(J uamwm isiock company.... 35.1AM) Nebraska Telephone com pany u.nfi New Nonpareil company.... H".'"") First Natlonnl bank stock.. 177 r,M nam Arnd l,r K. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 200. Night, F067. Lawyers Oritnnlse ' Library Club. Members of the bar in Council Bluffs are planning to form an organization for the purpose of Installing a law library In one of tho rooms to tie assigned for their Use to tho;new Carnegie library. lawyers, according to the extent of their practice, have to expend anywhere from I10O to ll.ooo a year on law books and the establishment of the proposed law refer ence library would not prove a matter of ft economy to the Individual attorney, but would furnish him with a far greater num ber of hooks than he could probably afford to purchase himself. According to present plans membership In tho organization will cost lino entrance fee and 125 a year dues. It is believed that 1 .: Men Growing Weaker Strenuous Life Is Using Up Their Vital Forces and Energy Faster Than Nature Replaces Them. Ab a result many arc being stricken with paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and nervous prostration. To overdo any thing is harmful, and a continuation of it will wear out the strongest man. Overwork, worry, brain-tire, high liv ing, dissipation and other excesses end abuses waste away the most vital elements of the blood, brain and nerve forces, and disease sets in. At first there will be a general indisposition, poor appetite, indigestion, severe headache, wakefulness and weakness In the back and spine, the temper Irri table, the spirits depressed, the mem ory poor and the mind weakened, end ing in premature decline or decay. Dr. Chase's Blood and Nerve Y00A is composed of the same elements that have been wasted and worn out in the tlood, brain and nerves. By making new blood it turns weakness Into etrength and forces new life and the vigor of youth Into every portion of the body, restoring the patient to per fect manhood. Weigh yourself before '..king It Price EO cents. old sail guaranteed ty M rera-DII. Ion Urns Co., Oinaba, Neb. Prepare for a Teacher, Bookkeeping or Stenography at our Spring and Summer Term. ENTER NOW. i.oiw Wl w. B. IMCKev ? nim C. A. Heno. trustee l.( Heebe & Hunyon 7.00) E. L.. Cook 1.700 Horace Everett estate Oi.inin Chris Straub 2(iii Ben Marks 35110 J. M. Mosshacker 3,1110 J. M. Liggett (personal) 15,000 4.tH 207.5113 ,10) 3,0110 1.50) 8.00) 2.r 100, 0)0 24.500 4.tM 4,n 500 Deaths of a Day, William I,. Richards of Hastings, Neb., father of Maynard L. Richards of this city, died yesterday at St. Bernard's hospital, aged 67 years. Besides the son living here deceased Is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Barr of Hastings. The remains will . be taken to Joplln. Mo., for burial. Florence II., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. I'lppln, 213 South First street, died yesterday, aged 22 years. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Laura, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wondfork, 25 South Eighteenth street, died yesterday. The funeral will be held this afternoon from the family residence and burial will be In Fairview cemetery. nf I II '11 II I Agricultural College at Amea Makes a Contract with Government (or Services of Two Experts for Five Years. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, May 14.-(Speclal.)-The employes at the state house who are tabu lating the census have been thrown Into a fever of excitement because of an Inquiry from the auditor of Appanoose county ask ing what to do with a lot of census cards that have been exposed to the smallpox. The cards are from a small portion of one township and were kept with one of the register books in tho home of an enumer ator whose family became afflicted with the disease. But though there are very few of the cards and but one book, every em ploye is afraid he will get those cards. Secretary A. II. Davison has written the auditor to consult a physician and see that the cards are thoroughly and perfectly fumigated before they are forwarded to the census department. Recently one of the young women employed on the work had a breaking out on her hands and she was sure that she had contracted some disease from handling the cards. Then It dawned upon the employes that they were the focus point for all tho diseases in the state. The cards go into every home in the state with the enumerators and are then sent to the census department at the state house. The great bulk of the work Is now done, and after all the curds are in the tabulators will breath a sigh of relief. The young woman's hands have healed up, but every one Is on a nervous strain for fear something else will be caught and they are all washing their hands with antiseptics. From eighteen counties sufficient returns have been compiled to show some Interest ing conditions In Iowa nationalities. From these eighteen counties so far as taublated the foreign born over 45 years of age repre sent 31) per cent of the population, while of the people between the ages of 10 and IS years the foreign born represent but 1.9 per cent of the total of that age. But a large number of the children of tender age are the children of the foreign born parents. From four of the counties the returns thus far show more persons of foreign birth than native born for the ages over 45 years. To Cancel Fast Records. The games committee of the Intercol leglato Field Meet association at its next meeting Is likely to cancel all records made previous to ISL'5. This move Is to be made because the records before that time were on the word of partisan timekeepers. More especially, it Is charged that the records for the 220 and 100-yard dashes made by Rush of Cornell and the 440 made by Whit ney of Cornell, both of whom were Mar shalltown boys, were never actually made at all, but were fixed up by schoolmates of the boys who held stop watches. The records have never been equalled since, and It is claimed that they -are impossible. Flan Dairy Experiments. According to a five-year contract between the government and the state agricultural college at Ames, the government is to send an expert chemist and an expert bacteri ologist to the state college to conduct experiments. The college has Just com pleted its new dairy building, which, ac cording to Mr. Webster, who is the dairy department chief at Washington, is the finest building of its kind in the world, and this building is to be open to the use of the two government experts. There will be experiments performed especially along the lines of refrigeration for butter and cream and a series of tests on the flavor tit butter. New School Books. This is the year for the adoption of new school books in thlrty-slx counties of the state, and for this reason the state will be overrun with school book agents. There are ninety-nine counties In the state and thus over one-third of these counties will adopt new school books and make con tracts for the next five years. Competition Is fierce in this direction and the publish ing houses have been planning for some time on this harvest. The personal ac qualntance of the agent with the school men Is the chief asset, as the trustees of the counties that make the selections are as a usual rule men unversed In the matter of school books and the number of sample copies of dictionaries that are given out to the trustees usually lands the contract. The adoption of the books will be made for the most part In September. Favors Miss Allot Ward. The friends of Miss Alice Ward of WU Uamsburg are confident that she Is to be elected treasurer of the Iowa Woman's Relief corps at the coming convention at Uskaloosa. They even go so far as to say that It is all over but the shouting. The oflice is the only one practically that there Is a contest over. Even In the Grand Army of the Republic there Is not the interesting light there is over this office, for there are but two candidates for the office of com mander and the fight vlll be over on the first ballot. For treasurer, however, tltere are a large number of candidates. Mrs. Jennie Trout's friends in this city claim she is to be elected. The contest by those who know, is said to be a close one, In which Miss Ward and Mrs. Trout are the leading candidates, but neither has the election. Blake Ileal Estate Assessments. This Is the year for the executive council sitting as the board of equalization, to adjust the real estate assessments of the state. This work will begin the first Mon day in July and will be the first work taken up by the council. Tho railroad assess ments and telephone and telegraph assess- i Toum lens Black Suits 1 With Style and Elegance FOR GRADUATINN AND ALL OCCASIONS The young man who is really particular about his clothes naturally turns toward fleno's, because the merchandise found here is distinctive and pleasing and much broader in variety. If you wish to be correctly dressed for occasions that call for Black Suits, and will compare Heno garments and prices with others, you will readily see that a COMPLETE SATISFACTION AND A REAL SAVING OF MONEY A "WAITS YOU HERE. "We have prepared a very interesting line of Young Men's Black Suits to please the eve and purse $10 $15 $18 $20 The great May Sale of men's smart, correct and nobby $15 Suits at $10 has created usual heavy selling in Council Bluffs' best clothing 6tore. Copyright 1905 by Hart Schiffner 5r Marx Follow the Crowds to the Big Store THE JOHN BENO CO. Follow the Crowds to the Big Store MINOR MEXTION, Davis sells drugs. Leffert's glasses fit. Stockert sells carpets. Plumbing and heating. Blxby & Son. Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl street. Morgan & Dickey for paint, oil & glass. Rubber paint, Impervious to water, Bor wlck. 211 South Main. Telephone 6SJ. Itluff City Masonic lodge will hold Its regular meeting Tuesday evening. Another shipment of choice fancy frames received. Alexander's, 333 Broadway. Duncan, 23 Main St.. guarantees to do tha best shoe repair work. Give him a trial. U. W. Turner has been Issued a building permit for a two-story frame house at Kast Fierce street, to cost lilM). John Norton, formerly of this city, now a resident of Fort Cruok, Neb., has do nated Sl.tiuO towards tho Woman's Chris tian Association hospital building fund. The Senior Dramatic circle of St. Fran cis" academy will present "The Ulsters of Alhambra," an historical drama of paln, during the fifteen century, this evening in the auditorium. Dr. M. C. Chrlstensen, who has been suf fering from an acute attack of Brlght's disease and whose condition up to a tew days ago was considered critical, Is able to sit up. Ills physician now has hopes of hlu complete recovery. Fidelity council No. 15fi, Royal Arcanum, will meet In regular session tills evening. At the close of tne business meeting the en tertainment committee will put on a pro gram, assisting In which will be a number of well known entertainers. Fire Chief Nicholson received word from Shenandoah yesterday that it will have t.venty-nve uniformed men in line at the llremen's tournament In June. Its delega tion will lie accompanied by a Juvenllo baud of sixteen pieces. In uniform. Why clean house and let those rusty gas fixtures mar its appearand? Let us r linish them. We make them look like new. Nickel and copper plating, brass finishing nnd polishing Lindsay burners cumpieie 75c, mantles 15c, globes :oc. New Specialty Mlg. Co.. J N. Main. Tel. 21. A. Feterson. proprietor of a feed mill on to 'move his plant to a location at Four- ments will be taken up Immediately follow nn-ffe-rcriiRi IOWA COLLEGES .UFFS. J LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN 28 PEARL ST." om,.w La4y Attsndaut If Dtnl tecnth avenue and Third street, on trackage of the (.ileal Western railroad. The plant when moved will be enlarged and m w ma chinery Installed. The First Ward Improvement club will meet In regular session Tuesday evening In the city council chamber. Several inter esting propositions are to be laid before the meeting and a Urge attendance of those in terested In the welfare anil Improvement of the wuid Is reuuested to be present. J. A. tirlmths, manager of the Courtland Reach resort, lias requested Chief of Police Itlchmond to appoint a numlier of special officers for service there this summer. As the resort Is In the limits of the city of Council HlutTs the officers have to bo ap pointed by the municipal authorities. It hns been practically decided that the Council Hluffs Kowing club will establish Roll links on II grounds at Iake Manana litis season. The committee bavin the matter in charge consists of W. A. M Hirer, rred F.mpkle. Harry Haas, K W. Hart, J. J. Hess. li. M. Surgenl, K. H. Bloomer ami Dr. Tulibs. I'lie auvlie and assistance i f David II. Bentlply. an expert golfer of Omaha, has been sought by the committee. li. R Slmn.Hon. who has lieen hauntins I police- headquarters and the newspaper ohi I ces wltli weird "Pal Crow" Mories. and who is apparently laboring at times under the delusion thai he is one of tile greatest criminals of the present day. and at other times thut he is a veritable Hawkshaw, ' will have a hearing as to his sanity before 1 the commissioners today. Pending an ln rt!gatlon into bis case the police placed l.lin In St. Bernard's hospital. If you have anything to trade, advertise ' it in the For Exchange column of The Be aaot ad ug. lng. Thus far only three of the lurge rail roads of the state have made their reports to the council. The Northwestern, Iowa Central, Wabash, Burlington, Great West urn have none of them made reports. The Rock Island, the Milwaukee and the Bur lington. Cedar Rapids & Northern are the only large roads that have reported. An Attack of Croup Warned Off. "Our little girl, two and one-half years old. woke up coughing with the croup one evening recently. We happened to have some of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand and gave her two doses of it. Bhe went back to sleep and woke up next morn lng without a trace of cold. It is certainly a great medicine," says A. J. Luglnblll, editor of Star, Villa Rica, Ga. An attach of croup can always be warded off by giv ing tiiis remedy as soon as the croupy cough appears. It has been In use for many years and has never been known to fall. It contains nq opium or other harm ful drug and may be given to the smallest child with perfect confidence. WRECK ON THE SANTA FE Fast Paeiengtr Train Goes Into the Ditch Near Emporia. SPIKES AND FISHPLATES REMOVED Fourth Attempt to Wreck Train at This Point Succeed Mi Persons Injured, Tnro of Whom Will Die. EMPORIA, Kan., .May 14.-Santa Fe passenger train No. 17 was ditched by train wreckers a mile east of town at 6;30 this morning Six passengers were In jured and two will probably die. The Injured: James Kuger. 79 years old. of the Sol diers' home. Leavenworth: fatallv lniured. right leg fractured in two places, head and nanus cut ana back injured. J. O. Rice. Santa Fe car repairer, on way from Topeka hospital to Shawnee. Okl.; badly bruised, left ear partly torn off. isate Hendricks, Kosweii, n. m., cattle man: back and hips sprained, long cut across forehead and sculp wounds, con dition serious. J. L. Cooper, Spicknrds. Mo., farmer; hands cut, elbow fractured. K. A. Talbor. Kansas city: deep cuts or scalp, four teeth knocked out. contusion cn right leg, both hands cut. t. A. Grover, fireman, lopega; tnrown from cab and back and shoulders Injured. Fourth Attempt to Wreck Train. This Is the fourth attempt In tho last four months to wreck passenger trains in the same place. Previous attempts were made by piling ties on the tracks, but without serious results. This wreck was caused by removing the Bplkes and fish plates of two rails on the Inside of a curve. The engine on No. 17 passed over the loose rails safely, but the mail car left the track and was dragged 100 ynrds along the em bankment before the train was stopped. The next five cars, two express and bag gage cars, smoker and two day coaches, went Into the ditch across the right-of-way fence and lodged In a zigzag line. The end of tjie baggage car went up In the air high enough to ground the telegraph wires. Two Pullman sleepers remained on the track. The passengers were asleep when the wreck occurred and became greatly excited, but soon formed a wreck ing crew and went to the relief of the men In the overturned baggage car. A window was broken and, of seven men In the car, six were found injured. Stretchers were made from car doors and the wounded were carried to a nearby field, where a hospital was Improvised. An hour after the wreck a relief train arrived from Em poria and the Injured were taken to Em poria. A hundred workmen were put to w-rk on the track and It was cleared for use again this afternoon. There is no clue to the wreckers. Three men were seen last night near the Howard branch section house. This morning a track wrench and claw bar were missing and they were found in a pool of water near the wreck. AT THE PLAY HOUSES. Karrka Spring. Ark. Any one desiring rest, comfort, pleasure and recuperation should go to Eureka Springs. Low rate excursion tickets on sale dally. Through sleeper from Kansas City. For pamphlet giving full description of this beautiful resort, address J. C. Lovrlen, A. G. P. A., Kansas City. Mo. Ferris Stork Company at th Boyd. Twice yesterday the members of the Fer ris Summer Stock company were given ample evidence of their local popularity, for at both the matinee and evening per formances at the Boyd the sale of tickets was stopped because the capacity of the theater had been reached by the audience. It was the most auspicious opening on record for the summer company in Omaha. The play offered is well known here. Miss Grace Hayward's dramatization of the George Barr McCutcheon novel, "Grau stark." The welcome accorded Miss Marie Pavey was most generous. Bhe has the nt'tractlve part of Princess Tteve, and makes much of It, the womanly elements of the character being such as fit directly Into her own. Her methods are those of the accomplished actress, and her results are most satisfying. She has played the part before, but never better. To Miss Hattle Carmontelle, also a prime local fa vorite as well as an accomplished artist, was given a warm greeting. Other mem bers of tho company were made to feel at home, and the production was most complete and satisfactory. "Graustark" will be the bill until after Wednesday night. For the latter half of the week "In Darkest Russia" will be put on. The cus tomary matlneea will be given on Wednes day and Saturday. Caldwell Stork Company at the Krng. Two overflowing audiences greeted the Caldwell Stock company at the Krug yes terday, the offering being "In the Heart of the Rockies," a sensational comedy drama by Clay M. Greene. The strength of the company was represented In the cast, and the piece was most effectively presented. Mr. Caldwell and Miss Eckhart won new laurels In their parts, and John Mylla showed that his reputation locally is not in vain. This bill will continue until after Wednesday night, with the customary matinee on Wednesday. For the latter half of the week, beginning on Thursday night, "Friends," the splendid comedy drama, by Edwin Milton Royle, will be offered. In a pinch, use Allen's Foot-Ease. The new towns along tr. Chicago Great Western railway offer wonderful opening for all lines of business and traaa. "Town Talk" gives particulars. For iampW copy address Edwin D. Magi 11. Mgr., Townsits Dept., Chicago Great Weatera railway, Uuitha, Neb. FORECAST OFJTHE WEATHER Fair Today and Tomorrow In Xf. braiks, lona. Kansas and South Dakota. WASHINGTON, May 14.-Forecast of the weather for Monday nnd Tuesday: Far Nebraska. South Dakota and Kan sasFair Monday and Tuesday. For Iowa Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday fair. For Colorado, Wyoming and Montana Fair Monday nnd Tuesday. For Missouri Fair Monday and Tuesday. Local noeord. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER RFREAI' OMAHA, May 14. Official record of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of ihe :mt threo years: l1" "!. 1!) J. Maximum temperature .. 72 fLS 78 ftl Minimum temperature .. fC 3s 53 m Mean temperature 2 53 C4 01 Precipitation 'Al AH . .51 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and comparisons with the last two years: Normal temperature Excess for tho day ri Total excess since .March 1 3 .14 Inch .Pi inch 6. IS Inches S3 Inch Normal precipitation Excess for the day Precipitation since March 1. . Deficiency since March 1 Deficiency for cor period 194. .1.23 Inches Denclency ror cor. period 1!)3.. .Winch Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State of Weatner. Bismarck, clear - Cheyenne, partly cloudy Chicago, cloudy , Davenport, clar , Denver, clear Helena, clear , Huron, partly cloudy ... Kansas City, clear North Platte, cloudy .... Omaha, clear Louis, par St St. Paul, clear Salt Ike, partly cloudy Valentine, partly Cloudy Wllllslon, cloudy Tern. Max. Rsln- 7 pm. Tern. fall. tin i'l T ...I Oi .ou ....( 70 T ....62 S4 T ....64 Oi .00 ....54 58 T ....tW 74 .Ou ....7u 72 .00 70 .00 ....72 . 72 .00 r ..04 6i T ....M 70 .00 ....M 60 .16 66 .(In ....61 72 .00 ...62 6 T irecipltatlon. U A. WELSH. Local kurecaatar. BENSON ITEMS. Miss Culbertson spent the past week with friends In Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Orrln Gift have moved to Omaha, where they will reside. Mrs. Barnes and children left for a few days' visit with relatives In Washington, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. L. I. N. Goodln have taken possession of their new home on Mayne street. Juno Grove and Verdle Dryor spent a couple of days visiting relatives in South Omaha. Miss Wedge left last Tuesday for Wyo ming, where she will spend the summer on a ranch. Preparations are being made for the May fair, to be held at the town hall on May 24. 25 and JR. Dr. Helovtschlner spent last week visit ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Evans of this ploco. Mrs. J. N. Horton returned Monday from Liberty, Mo., where she spent a week vis iting relatives. Mrs. Henry Gravert left for her home In Missouri Valley last Tuesday, after a few days spent In Benson. At the town board meeting last week a new arc light was granted to be placed on Clinton avenue and Allison street. The butcher shop connected with Wll- i Hams & Leach has been sold to a new ; man, who will take charge Monday. Presiding Elder Dr. Gorst of Omaha con ducted the evening services at the Metho dist Episcopal church last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. Spurlock, who have re sided In Benson some months, left last week for their new home in Missouri. Mrs. Martin Jorgensen of Humboldt Is visiting at the home of L. Jorgensen be fore going to Stanton, her future home. Miss Margaret Safford arrived In Ben son last Saturday, on her way home from Plattsmouth, and is visiting with friends h re. Miss Rose Jahnel of Central City and Miss K. McLaughlin of O'Nell were guests at the home of the Misses McGuIre last week. The hour for Sunday school In the Methodist Episcopal church will be changed from 11 o'clock to 10 a. m., beginning on May 21. E. E. Hoffman spent a few days of last week In South Omaha as a delegate to the Ancient Order I'nlted Workmen con entlon. At the regular meeting of the Odd Fel lows' lodge last Thursday evening the first degree was conferred on two candidates. A number of Omaha visitors were present. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hull and Mr. and Mrs. Tlnilell attended the anniversary celebra tion of the Seward Street Methodist Epis copal church last Wednesday evening. The Ijidles' Aid society will meet at the home ot Mrs. Pleraon next Wednesday aft ernoon. Every member Is requested to be present, as this will be the last meeting before the May fair. Grand Army of the Republic veterans of this place met at the postofflce last evening to make plans for a Memorial day service, to be held at Mount Hope cemetery. Sunday, May 28. "The Story of Music" will be given at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows' hall Wednesday evening. May 17, for a pis no fund for the public schools. Much work has been put on this program and It will be worth hearing. Sunday being the sixteenth anniversary nf the Fpwortn league, tha evening service at the Methodist church was In charge of the league. A special program, consisting of music and addresses, had been prepared and was pleasingly carried out. Monday evening closed the season of the Indoor gymnastjm, and a meeting will be held Monday evening. May IS. to make plans for outdoor basket ball on th grounds of E. E. Hoffman, when a mar ried women's team and a girls team will be organized by tha members. A vary enjoyable affair of last week was The Greatest Singers in the World. The Greatest Musicians in the World. The Greatest Humorists in the World. DID YOU EVER HEAR THEM? Whether you ha.ve or not, A COLUMBIA GRAPH0PH0NE will let you hear them AS OFTEN AS YOU PLEASE. Under the Special Arrangement with the COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO. at 1621 Farnam Street, we are enabled to offer A $12.50 Columbia. Pise Graph ophone With a Year's Subscription to The Evening and Sunday Bee FREE. , ThU is the Columbia regular $12.BO Disc Graphophona arA cannot be bought anywhere for less. Given FREE to our readers. The Columbia Graphophone received the Grand Highest Award at the St. Louis Exposition; 1904. 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The dance was in Odd Fellows' hall, which was prettily decorated In green and white. In one corner was the punch bowl, which was presided over by Misses Badle Keller and Cecelia Christiansen. J. C. Peterson was chairman of the commit tee oi arrangement. Triple Tragedy la Memphis. MEMPHIS. May 14 A triple tragedy oc curred here about dusk tonight, when Thomas McCall, a night watrhinan for the Illinois Central railroad shot and killed Edith Ferguson and Hal Williamson. The murderer an hour later turned the weapon upon himself, firing a bullet Into his head. McCall Is said to have been jealous of Williamson's attentions to the woman. C HOICK OF BOITES Via Pennsylvania Lines. Account National Educational association convention at Asbury Park. N. 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