daIly 3 THE OMAHA BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1007. ' because tbe police had writer frump. Disappointment In tnr for those who ventured "down town" during the morning knur. pctlng to ee city which had calmly, patnlasdy, drowsily, il If overcome by sleep, some time be tween Saturday night and Sunday morn ing. Of course, tlllnga were quia In the very early morning, aa they always are, and for two hour! between C and t o'clock Ihere Wss a trance-like stillness. Mile afte! nllle the sleet were silent from the river rrort-to the residence district, and beyond lllto the auburba the aame broody apell Wit In wed -and atretched away Into the lush and hase of the country. Vat Alas ! Alark, the Hfmbor, But gradually thlnga began to pick up. The newsboys allpped silently by, and :hr wai (he usual thud of the morning newspaper oh the front porch, which wa !he Signal for aomeone to get up and atari omcthlng. Then the milk wagona rattled rr the cobble aionea and the city, which teemed at t o'clock to be dead without a rare, awoke. fly o'clock thlnga were open down tn the city. . Tha flret -to open were the barT ber ahopa, and a doaen of them kept open all day. Then by order of the aubjecta of the great god nicotine th cigar atorei opened, and the drug stores. Some other fellow wai selling cigars, ao the drug atorea unlocked their cases. Gradually the rumor flipped aroond that some other fellow waj aelllng aoda water and the druggists tele phoned to the mixologists and the drug store restaurant Were opened. Pool halls and billiard rooms were open In many place. A North Sixteenth street pantorlum and tailor hop delivered Bun day morning' trousers.' but the grocery atores and ment mnrket obscrved.the ord:r uniformly. ;lnd to Heat One Pay. Olad to rest one day In aeven, hundred observed llio day and Obeyed the law with the greaeat tare, In a walk of more than forty blocks, along business streets, by a reporter of The Bee, not a single grocery store, meat market or confectionery atore wu found open. One or two fruit stands opened for business, and a coal office on North Twenty-fourth . street did o good business, llotttt ntwsstand were .soll'ng both paper and cigars. while the better class of stationery stores, handling new paper and mapaslnos, remained closed. Newsboy reaped a harvest. All day long they maintained j-lle of paper on the ildewalks and displayed, signs, "Now Open," much--to' the amusement cf thoe who patronlaed thrrni liberally. Taking advnntug of "the opportunity, a Jotr.lc opera company had the doorknob af downtown v atores ' covered with enrj board lgr. before sunup. In amiill type had been printed "Thl store will not be," nd then In' type which could be seen half a mile, "Open today,'v and It was signed and eled by order of the oomedlan. See ing only tlif words, "Open Today," hun dreds, wondered at tMe norvo of s.-ime o the storekeepers, who had not kept open on Sunday for years, but the Joke was soon discovered and many of the card removed. wtaEHB conrni- bmkfs hinhs Gamblers of low City Qnlrk to See Good Thin sr. Anticipating Omaha world be a stricken city Sunday and the refngees v.-ould flock te th Iowa shore, the gamblers of Coun cil Bluffs lost no opportunity to make the Invitation cordial. ' Lata Saturday evening a number of the representatives of the "clubs" across the river appeared In the saloons and on the streets of -Omaha,' tone 'house -dtntrlbwUng free street, car tickets with the. buslma card of the house printed on tho reverse. Agents of hla' "'club" 'wre bold in press ing the Invitation to Omahans to "come acresH" where money could be placrd on the red or black; wehere "Bertha, tho Sowing Machine Girl," would be seen at nie inoaiera. ana sniues lurnisnea witn dinners on demand. '.'." -... The cordial Invitation of one, house says: Come across to Iowa for awhile and a ainlle; Omaha Is closed up tight, but the Bluffs la bright There the Sunday laws are broken an" notliln' spoken; Lt us go acroaa to Iowa for a laugh and a quaff. The suspicions of the Council Bluffs club men proved right as far aa the "club rooms" of Omaha were concerned. They turned a deaf eur to the "visitor" and de manded of every man a card of a certain color, which signified a paid-up member ship. Kven with this the polce took the names of those employed around e- h club, and things looked gray and dry so far as the places are concerned where a man can wet hla whistle wlh a drink. UELLO filRU AHK RHADV TO GO t -Than Call for tho Patrol "Is this tha police station?" asked a wee mall feminine voice over the telephone unda afternoon. Captain Moatyn aaid it waa. "Wji," ana aald, "thirteen of us hello girl are working up here and we wish you would sand tha wagon up and get ua. We unaeratanii it's airainat 1 . . , i. m ... . ..... I.n , l MV(K on Bunday and we all wish to be law-abiding cuisens. jr you'll kindly end the wagon up 4 loins wa Know or thirteen young women wbo wHI put up a bond for our appearance In police court. Oh, no, you won't need to handcuff ua, we will come peaeeably." "I'd like to help you out," aaid the cap tain, "but I'll wait and see what I can do SPRY AT 7T Made Young bj Change of Food. Any food or combination of 4ood that will restore vigor to the dlgestlva organs of a person 77 years old who had been troubled with Indigestion for years, la worth looking Into. ' Tlila Kansas woman says: "I am 77 years old and for many year had suffered from Indigestion which I sup posed win caused by old age. Thought tha weakened organ would never do good ser vice any more, "I became so weak I could hardly get about, my breath came with difficulty, I waa really In a bad way. I lived as I al ways had, ata meat and other thlnga that War rleairly too heavy for my digestion, but I didn't know any batter way. "Five raontha ago I cajn to tha con ?luka that I would not live much longer without help of some kind. I waa badly tlacouraged until on day I read about arape-Nuta. what It had dona for others, nd finally I concluded to try It nxyself. "Wonder of wonders, what a change it made. 1 rat three heaping tea spoonfuls with cream for breakfast and tha aama mount for supper. Of course, I eat fruit and soma thing light to make up a meal, but T ean eat a hearty dinner leaving aut meat. "Hoar good I feel. 1 can do mora work In a given time than for th last five year. I can walk two miles or more and ran hardly bellev my own sense as to the change. I did not have much faith at first, bat th next thing I knew I would get us Is f- moralnx and rusk argued and do thing ao easily rt surprised m. All this chang la clearly du to Orapo- Nuta and I am thankful." Nam given by th Pom urn Co, Battle Creek. Mich. Read tlw DlUe hookka. "Hi lLad to WellevUle," la packs goa. "There s a rieason. for you next Sunday. Perhaps then yoir will be able to work It to get a day off." "Would ft be permissible to seel a dys peptic a dime's worth of gtm."- asked a gum merchant over the telephone: of the police captain Sunday. Th captain as sured him that he might make the aale If he waa real sure the man had1 dyspepsia. CHINAMAN NO CAN HABRP! LAW Joan la Usable to ' Fa them Toay ' Vanoas' Epnna4laar of Statntea. Sergeant Vanous ambled Into a Chinese laundry Sunday and found an Industrious Celestial working over an Ironing board. "Don't you know It's against the law to labor on Sunday," said the sergeant a he took down John's name. "No aabba law," replied John. "Whafaw white man alia time talky law, lawT No ttktm law. Me too buay work, you sabbe? Me no hurt no man; alle same pletcyman, me heap good." It was too deep for John. He couldn't aee why an Industrious heathen couldn't go ahead quietly at his work, so the ser geant went Into an exhaustive explanation of the civil law, which waa intended to keep Wan Lee from Violating th Sunday obaervance atatute, and finished by t!lng something about the mrral law. The officer told the Chink with careful detail that formerly the laws of Connecticut were so strict that people could not eat mince pie on Sunday, but they were much more reasonable now. - . No rat mince pie," asked th Chink, "all-a-same chop auey." The sergeant explained there was some difference between the American mince pie and Chinc-ae chop auey, as onwas served in a bowl and the other 1aked between crusts of dough. "No sabbe Sunday" waa the final answer of the slant-eyed violator of the : law. Bundy. lnsday alle same to me." And the officer left the laundryman to live in darkness, muttering something under hla breath about the heathen Idol made of mud, that they call the "great gud Bud.", Frightened Into Pita . by fear of appendicitis, take Dr. King's New IJfe Pills, and away goes bowel trouble. Guaranteed. 25c. "For sale by Beaton Drug Co. CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS Comparative Table thoirlng Ter rents of Reserves nnd Per centage of Cash on Hand. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. The following table prepared In the office of the comp troller of th currency shows the percent age of legal reserve and also the per centage of total cash means held by the national banks from which reports have been received up to Saturday evening, De cember 14, compared with the figures from the same banks on August 12 lt. Re ports from twenty-seven reserve cities and six states are Included in this table. A comparison of the figures will show which cities have been paying ont reserve th most freely and which have felt com pelled to protect themselves by greatly In creasing their reserve and cash means. It will be noticed that the lowest com parative reserve are In central reserve citle and larger reserve cities of tha eustern part of the country. The greatest Increase In reserve and cash mean are In the citle of the south and west, notably those of Baltimore, Savannah, Galveston, San A,itonlo. Indianapolis, St. Paul, Wichita and Ban Francisco. Tho first two column give tha percentage of legal reserve on band en the date mentioned, and the aecond two -column aliow the percentage of cash on hand, etc, on that date; , Percentage of Reserves r Percentage of Cash , Aup. 22. D'?. t. 28 61 21. W Aug. 2i. Dec. S. New York City .81 I. hi St. Louis. 23.b9 25.67 24 (IS 25.70 20. ?S . 22.77 16.J- 27.21 212 21.96 32.41 Srt.TS 27.2! 24.72 3S.8S) 3,10 29.7a 20.15 22 . M . r.:?.M 22. 21,72 : 24.47 26.24 2T.M 27.60 21.22 23. S6 30.40 34 1 is. 112 18.57 17.94 17.34 Stl.ftl 17.12 3.o9 27.lt 24.05 27. S8 27.46 25.81 27.6S 23.26 2rt.:',S 27.01 31.72 34.89 26.4 23.4a 26.C4 31.81 24.81 20. W Xt.lS 26.49 iM 63 2). 29 26.9) 2.'. 62 36.60 21.08 26.25 25.05 22.1 IS. 55 42. a 24.01 20.i 2o.43 18.2s SO. 70 24.29 21 .94 32.11 3I.73 Boston Albany Brooklyn .... Philadelphia 25,08 23.24 16. 99 Baltimore Washington ... Savannah New Orleans... IxMitsville. GulVfBtnn Han Antonio... Waco Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis ... Detroit 24. 81 23. M 30.37 "M.37 2.-1.40 29.0 36.74 4. 87 E8.0 2D. 79 at. 3. 54 26.71 MM 20. IW 20. 37.25 22.85 Cedar Rapids.. 21. uuouque ... Minneapolis St.. Paul Wichita St. Joseph.., Lincoln ..... Dener , 2.i,0 33.75 2.4.9? .. T4 3.1 v. J6..24 .. a m .. 23.14 .. 22 .62 81.51 27.41 26.S2 23 8.1 31. M 34 16 2. 06 Snn FranclHoo. a. 6 N. Hampshire. 17. (il Vermont 16.6.1 Rhode Island., 16.56 Maryland 16. 2S D. of Columbia 21.74 West Virginia. 1T.S2 LSl.KS 26)0 26.0k 18.40 37.97 23.06 Paaeeil Examination Snpeesafnllr. jsmes Donahut. New Britain, Conn., writes: "I tried several kidney remedies! and was treated by our" best physicians for diabetes, but did not Improve until J. took Foley's Kidney Cure, ' After tho- aecond Dome i snowed improvement, and five bottles cured me completely. I have sine passed a rigid examination fp Ufa Insur ance." Foley Kidney Ciira cure back ach and all form of kidney and bladder trouble. For. sal by all drugg!t TELEGRAPHERS' UNION. .SUED Operators Mho Have Note for Ben cat Paid Ask to Havo Tfcm Cancelled. K. A IN SAO 1'ITI, MO., Deo, 16 F. F Ecker, W. J. McKcnslo and ten others filed suit In Independence yesterday against local union No. 23 of tha Commercial Telegraph er union or America, and the various officer of that organisation. Th plaintiff say that with many other they struck last summer, and that vaiiou sum of money were advanced to them t help their member at uch time; but that mey were not permitted to give alranla r clpt for th money, but were compelled to sign proinlory note, and that ault la now about to be brought on tbes notes to enrorce collection. The plaintiffs say the organisation; Is now Danarupt and charge misuse of funds. -uve run nyrup, -.n new i-axative, stimulates, but do not Irritate. ... mmi utxaiive,. uuaranteed or your morey back. For sal by all drug gist High School ! Pronooe. OARRETSON. B. D.. Doc, 16.-(SpecIal.)-E- J. Morran. nrtnetnai r th i,ik -v, i has eauaed t be organised among th high school students two literary societies, which hold regular meeting at which programs ar gtran. step wtll be taken soon to arrange with other high school . In tha county for a aeries 0f debatea.' Announcements, wedding stationery and ouiuig earns. Mask book and magasta oiaoing. rnon Doug. wo. A. I. Boot. Inc. Oarrrtaoa Mill Wll H. OARRETSON. S. D., Dec. W.-(BpciaI.- " unreison mm, wok a few months agn wa clod because of financial em b art ament of th owner, will soon b r- opena by a gentleman from Brunswick. (.ansae, ar. u. E. Magtll. ilr. Magtll ha sumoMMu capital to put tha mill in aplen sua sow( condition. A 'r 4t.(, fa rung Bemorrbage. Stop It; and cur weak lungs, coughs and colds, with Dr. King's New Dlwovery. toe and ilXrt. For ale oy veaion isrug c RAGEDY SEEKS LIMELIGHT Boy and. Woman Try Suicide and Colored Woman Murder. MAN FOUND DEAD IN BED loitk Who shoots Keif Loves Wife of Another, bat Mlaaes His Heart with Bullet flame as tier's with Affection. I loved a married woman and reallied that ahe could never be mine and V did not care to live longer," said M. l.. Gaffney, a bookkeeper for the Paxton Gallagher company, who shot himself In the left Ide early Sunday morning with a 32-callher revolver' which he borrowed of Walter Smith' Baturday night with the Intention of committing aulclde. The bullet missed is heart and took an upwaad course, coming out back of the shoulder bladt. v The hootlng took place In B. C. Barton' aundry office at 16:) Capitol avenue. The patrol wagoK waa called and the victim waa taken to the Omaha Oeneral hospital. where he was attended by Police Surgeon FiUglbbon. Gaffney Is 19 year of age and his parents reside at Lyons, Neb. Hla chanceai for recovery arolavorable. Mrs. Mary Hayes, TOD South Twenty- seventh street, attempted to commit sul- Ide . Sunday morning by swallowing a large dose of carbolic acid. The police patrol carried Police Surgeon Fitzglbbons nd his atomach pump to the scene In time to ave her. The police say this la the woman'a third attempt to go the carbollo acid route. Colored Woman Shoots Man. Grace Wilson, colored, took seven shots t Wallace Pettlgrew, colored, Sunday aft ernoon at 1009 Davenport street, h ,a"t Wo shots taking effect In PettlgreW's arm and hip. The two had quarreled Sunday morning and the woman whipped out a revolver and fired five shots at him. Ha went away and late In the afternoon re turned. She resumed the shooting, with better results. She was locked up In the city jail and charged with shooting with Intent to kill. Pettlprew was taken to the police station and attended by Police Surgeon Fltxglb- bons and later sent to his home. When Officer Fuicll attempted to arrest the woman she pulled the gun on him and threatened to shoot, but he took It away from her and found It was empty. Charles Cook was found dead In his bed at the Nebraska rooming house, WW Doug las street, Sunday- morning. Heart trouble thought to have been the cause. He was employed at Munsley's feed store at 519 South Thirteenth street. His mother resides In Creston, la. His body was taken charge of by the coroner. WANTS OF THE OFFICIALS (Continued from First Page.) eighth grade In our common schools for the. txjys and utile who come from the rural districts where the course of study does not extend beyond the eighth grade. There- will be at least 3.0)0 country boys and girls taking advantage this year of the freeJUgh school privileges offered un- Icr the free high scnool law passed ny the last legislature. These boys and girls will bo under the Instruction of over 1.000 trained teachers. It will place at tho dis posal of the slate over I3.000.0W in school buildings and grounds, apparatus, books and libraries for tiie education of tills great a,rniy of young people in the higher Fad 'No. 7 A positive fad. Olio Of the greatest school measures ever passed In tho history of the atate waa the. one by the last legislature appropriating -$'.0,000 ti provide statu aid for seven months of school In the weak rural districts of the western counties, whose local funds will not provide such term of school. There will be about 1.000 districts entitled to slate aid under this measure. At leant 15.0U0 boys and girls will receive two years' more schooling than they have been able to ob tain heretofore. . Fad No. 8 The Junior, normal fad. Dur Ing the last five yearn the enrollment In the Junior normal schools has reached nearly 6.(00 teachers. Never did the state du ao much good with so little money In the profeSKlonal training of Its teach erf. VN e shall have over 1.300 teachers en rolled in the eight junior normal schools during the session of 19. The more you rant agalnist these schools, the bettt-r they will bo advertised. Lay on, MacDuft! Fad No. 9 A fad for normal training In hlRh schools. This Is not a new ques tlon In the educational world. It waa first Inaugurated In the state of New York about anventy-flva years ago. This was before t.ie. opening of the first state normal acnool in America, at Lexington Mass., July 3. 1839. During the lut twenty yeara New York has appropriated annually $100,000 for normal training In 100 or lta atrongent ntgn schools, not withstanding it has 3o0 college. unl versitiex, academies and seminaries and sixteen f ull-n'lged state normal school! Lost year 2.821 prosneetive teachers re ceived normal training In the high schools or Ivew Turk. The school legislation enacted by the thirtieth session of the legislature of Nebraska is of far-reaching Importance Never before have the common school had bo fair a hearlnar. The school people of the state are grateful to the members of thn legislature. Individually and col lectively, for their deep personal Interest in educational affairs and for their recog nltlon of the n'eds of the common schools Tho extraordinary suceeas In wholesome legislation Is largely due. not to mv re- ommenda,tlon of these measure! to the leg islature, hut to the united efforts of the school men and school women of the state and the great Interest of the leaivlators themselves In the schools of the people. Few Words on Veto, In conclusion, permit me to mnko a atatenient relative tn the governor's vet of the appropriation for the Kearney State Normal and my attitude toward the school. Governor theldon requested a citizen of Kearney, who was untiringly soliciting the legislature In behalf or the appropriation for tiie statu normal school there, to frame the proposed bill for t 100.000 for additional nrmal school ulldlngs at Kearney In two Items of $60,000 each, so that In the event the state's revenues would not permit him to fclgn the bill for $100,000 he could allow one Item In the bill and veto the other. Dr. Ij. P. Ludden, secretary of the Board of Education of the state normal achools, told both the Hon. C. 11. Oregg, your local member of the board, and President A. O. Thomea of the Kearney Statd Nor Dial school more than once, by letter and by telephone, as well as by oral counsel, that he thought It unwise to try for more than a $50 000 appropriation. Leading members of the legislature counseled them likewise. The house confidently expected the senate to cut the appropriation to $54,000. In all probability a majo-lty of the senate looked to the governor to veto the bill as passed at $86,000, unkss the state revenues would clearly warrant auch appropriation. But the Kesrney managers thought they had a '-di.-id (Inch'' on both the legislature nnd the governor. They legislated In hafcle and repented at leisure. Aa to my attitude toward the atte nor mal schools, I want to speak In such plain lano-uage that he who runs may read. I shall oppose an appropriation if $150 000 by the next legislature for new bulldlnga at the Kearney State Norm il. the amount President Thomas declared he would come down for at the next aexalon of the legislature when he first heard of Governor Sheldon's veto. T shall favor an appropriation of $50 000 for new bulld lnga at Kearney and $60,000 for new bulld lnga at Peru by the next legislature. I shall favor an Increase of at least 26 per rent in the appropriation for salaries at both schools. Bell Faith fl to Trnat. A committee of colored people In Lin coln, composed of Christopher Stewart, M. E. Slreeter and John Glpson, who were associated with Benton Bell of Omaha In looking after Harrison Clarke's Interests after his confinement in tha state peniten tiary awaiting execution, desire It pub lished that Benton Bell made a valiant fight to secure clemency for Clarke; that he worked early and lata on bis mission; that he solicited funds In Lincoln and In terested Lincoln copl tn th condemned m!. and. In fact, that he left no stone tin- turned to carry out the Instructions of the committee In Omaha which sent him hre. These men desire It made known that they knew nothing of the rasa except what had been told them and that they did not as sist Clarke because he wss of their race, but because It had been reported to them that he had not had a fair trial. Stewart, the spokesman for the committee, said he was satisfied that everything had been done for Clarke that could be done, and that Governor Sheldon had given Clark very opportunity to prove his aide of the story, and he was satisfied with the out come In that Clarke had fair and square treatment here and that Pell had left noth ing undone that could have saved film, even to swearing the man waa Insan at the last moment. Stewart requested thl be made public that the colored men of Omaha would know that Clark had a fair show here. Lincoln Still Aggrieved. The fight of the Lincoln jobber to gft imi -ste from tho south tht Omaha does, In addition to It own low rate out. Is to be transferred to the courts. .Tester- day the Nebraska Material company re- celved a carload of lime from Arkansaa. The agent of the company tendered the Rock Island agent the amount Of money which would have been charged had the lime gone to Omaha.. The agent refused It and the Material company then replevlned the lime and secured posaesslon of It. The matter will now be fought out In the courte, It being the Intention of other Lin coln Jobbera to follow the precedent set by the Material company. Coal Hearing: Monday. A representative of the Interstate Com merce commission will be here tomorrow to hear the complaint filed by the State Rail way commission against the Vnlon Pacific, Charging that thl company discriminate against Nebraska In the rate charged for the shipment of Wyoming coal. Entertain Defeated Tram. The Lincoln High school students gave a reception last night at the auditorium of the high school to the member of the Omaha High school debating team Which was defeated here Friday. Numerous short speeches were made and a musical program was carried out. The Omaha debaters were then Introduced to the Lincoln students and the evening epent In a' social way. BAR B ANQUKTS JUDGES ADAMS Mlnden Jurist. .Completing: Second Term. Is Honored at Ilastlnaja, HASTINGS, Neb.. Dec. 15.-(SpeCll.) Judge Ed L. Adam of Mlnden will on January 2 complete his second term and eighth year of service as , judge of tho state courts of the Tenth district. H will bo succeeded by Harry S. Dungan of this city, who will be the first Judge Hasting has had for this territory. The Adams 'County Bar association In vited Judge Adam as Its guest of honor for the annual banquet Thursday night. Judgo-elect D'jngan presided a toastmaster The retiring JurUt was warmly praled for his Judicial work and resolution ex pressing the high regard and respect In which he Is held by the lawyer Were adopted. Speeches, were' made by F. P. Olmstead. M. A. Hartigan, J. W. James, George Tlbbets, J. C. Stevens, A. H. Bowen, R. A. Batty and W. P. McCreary. On be half of theassoclatiun Mr. McCreary pre sented to Judge Adams a gold mounted ebony cane. , ' V. J. Furse of Alma, who has served as court reporter with Judge Adams dur ing the letter's two terms, has been asked by Judge-elect Dungan to continue In that capacity. BIG HOHRH nr.AL 1. AT nAiTlsjOS Bunch of Outlaws - to ' Go to Chicago for Exhibition and Show. HASTINGS, Neb., Dec. 15.-(Special.) Probably the largest horse deal of lta kind on record has Just been closed by Barney R. Pearson of this city. He haa engaged to several Chicago capitalists a group of nineteen "outlaw" horaes to be used at an exhibition in the Chicago col iseum and later at a "wild west" show In Rlvervlew park. He colloctei those horses throughout the northwest. Sev eral of them have been used in champion ship rough riding contests, and Included In the bunch Is the one on which Carl Hlldebrand of Careyhurst, Wyo., won the $600 prize saddle at the frontier festival In this city last October. A famous horse in this group Is Skyscraper, from Presi dent Roosevelt's ranch on the Little Mis souri In North Dakota. EX-COITNCILMAM AND CHIEF MIX Warn Words Lead to Blows oa Street, with Coats Laid Aside. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Dec. 16.-(Spe-clal.) Tha people of Nebraska City hud something to talk about yesterday and to some it was a sweet morsel. lx.-Coun-cilman George W. Tompkln met Chief of Police Grant Yale and Tompkln filed a kick with the chief on account of th city administration and objected io the. manner in which affair were being con ducted. The converaatlon waxed warmer and warmer until each removed his coat and attempted to adjust matters .lecord- ing to the rules of the SullivanlsMo court. A few blows wer exchanged, out no knockouts were registered and the wont were a few scratches caused by glancing blows. Acbraaka .Veni Mote. PERU The senior class has decided to Isaue an annual at the close of th suhool year. ULUB HTLL Rellgloue services In th Bohemian language will be held every two weeks at Am loch school house, be ginning December 22 at 2.30 p. m. BLUE HILL Work on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows' hall has been mov ing fast lately and it will not be very long buort) th lodge can occupy the upper Hour. PERU-MUs Myrtle Krebs, 'Or, who has been doing post-graduate work at Peru, haa been elected eighth grade teacher in the Wnlttler school of Lincoln, at a salary of $76 par mulilh, BL,i'U HILL Every morning in the week the fire drill I practiced at the local school. The entire school la marched out In a very short time and all back to work In le than five minute. BLUE HlLIy The Roeland Progress Is th name of the new paper Rowland lias. It was launched this week by the Leader. It is primed In the Leader office each week and then expressed to the local editor at Roseland, M. J. 8loeUeL PERU B. L. toue, superintendent of the Normal training department, addressed the Neroalia County Educational rally at Auburn, Friday evening, taking the place of State Superintendent Mclirien, who waa deiatned at hi home on account of ill lie in the family. PERU The basket ball season at Peru waa opened Friday evening by a girls' game between Falia City High school and the Normal. The Normal girls were win ners by a scor of lit to 14. A a curtain raler to th basket ball game the seniors and faculty plaved an interesting game of indoor base ball. PERU Father Daugherty of Dubuque. Ia aildreaaed the students of the Normal Thursday, under the auspices of the Normal Catholic asaoclatlon. Hla aubject was 'The Confession." The association is planning to erect a Catholic chapel In order to acooramodate the many Catholic students who attend school at Peru. O'NEtLL Judge Hsrrlngton Tuesday rendered a decision In favor of George A. Miles, who asked that he be tried in Holt county at the upenne of th taxpayer on the charge of criminal llbrl against Judge Barnes of Norfolk, who mad th original complaint In Madison county. It I under (oud that an appeal will be taken to the supreme court by barne' attorney. ATKINSON H. W. Tranaue, an old aol dier, Odd Fellow and highly rp-led cttl iro of Atkinson, committed suicide Thurs day, ending his life with a revolver bullet through Ins breast. lesponden-y was the cause of th trugedy. Transu baa been tn . pvr beaJltt fur lb, last 10 lutmtha tie- cently he seemed to have fully recover!, his physical health, but continued to b very despondent. Transit wss not only at Odd Fellow and an old soldier, but wai highly respected in Atkinson as a ma, and cltlsen. He waa well-lc-do financlall NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY qnalat and Cnrlons Keatnrea of Life la a Rapidly Growl tat. We are passing through a hot telephone war and some one will have to pay the freight. Carleton Leader, Shlckley News. Pioneer Pastime -There was a great wolf hunt Saturday at tho "Brown eectlon" tn whloh twenty or more men n.u, a,n. under Captain Jewett. Four wolves were routed out, one of which was slain and his hide Is now stretched In the Jewett workshed. Wood River Interests, Jackson Items. Shot Wrong Game One day last week, while the 15-year-old son of Herbert Bly was out hunting, he stopped to tslk to some companions and rested his gun with the barrel on one foot, when In some man ner the content were discharged. Just missing carrying away one of hi big toe. It Is upposed he unconsciously pulled the trigger In fondling the mlnlatur cannon. Loup City Northwestern. What Can Have Happened "Blessed be the snooper," 1 the latest beatitude. A "nooper," be It known, I one whose heart is so big and whose noso 1 so long that hi main business Is to busy himself about other people's buslnetig that Is, to tear It down, never to build it up. The "snoopor't thinks that every day ought to be Sunday and humanity reformed, refined, purified and etherealized until It would be a common stunt to flap our wings and go sliding bare-backed over the clouds. Oakdale Sen tinel. Auburn Is Kicking The city of Auburn made a great hullabaloo when the plug which formerly ran from there to Omaha was changed to run horn here to Omaha. And now that tho Omaha and Kansas City plugs have been taken from this' place back to Auburn and Hiawatha, Auburn la once more howling. They aay that the change makes It Impossible for Stella and Verdon people to do their shopping at Au burn conveniently. Wo are sorry Auburn Is not content with what the gods see fit to bestow upon them. Falls City Journal. Danger'. We wish to give fair warning to certain people who think It an easy mat ter to molest or destroy mall boxes. The owner whose mall box we found wrecked the other day suspects the party who did the dirty work, and should we obtain suf ficient proof to cause his arrest he will wleh he never done such a thing. Wo pre lum the Individual who performed auch a ''heroic deed" Is not aware how severely Uncle Sam would deal with him should his guilt ever come to light. It Is evident In this case that It was not the work of school boys. We also wish to Impress upon the minds of others who sometimes feci that they wish to play their neighbor a trick we ssy, If you have a grudge against the other party, get even with him some other way, but for your own sake Icav his mall box alone. Humphrey Democrat. Danger In Asklaar Advice. When you have a cough or cold do not ask some one what is good for It, as there Is danger tn taking some unknown prepara tion. .. Foley'a Honey and Tar cures coughs, colds, ' and prevents pneumonia. Th renutne is tn a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. For sale by all druggists. FIRST MOVE OF FLEET (Continued from First Page.) up .and Hampton Roads reached by 8 o'clock in the morning. At this hour a salute by the entire fleet will be given and the ceremonies of the departure begun'. These Include a reception on. the May flower of the commanding officers of tha fleet and the departing review. The presi dent will not leave the Mayflower during the trip, and is expected to reach Wash ington on his return early Tuesday morn ing: , Another and a somewhat livelier party departed from the navy yard early In the day, being; members of the naval commit tees of the senate and house of represen tatives, who, through the courtesy of As sistant Secretary Newberry, were provided with the United State ship Dolphin for tho trip to the scene of the fleet's 'de parture. The Dolphin got under way shortly after 11 o'clock. Among those on board were Chairman Fos of the house naval committee, Senator McEnerny of Louisiana, Representatives Couzlns of Iowa, Loud of Michigan, Dawson of Iowa, Thomas of Ohio, Roberts of Massachusetts, Bates of Pennsylvania, Butler of Pennsyl vania, Padget of Tennessee, W. W. Kitchen of North Carolina and Gregg of Texas. The Dolphin will reach It anchorage at Hampton Road shortly in advance of the Mayflower. COMMENT OF THE FOREIGN PRESS Wide Difference of Opinion Regarding Dispatch of Fleet. LONDON, Dec. 15. The daily newspa pers ar publishing long .account from their American correspondents on tho preparations for the cruise of Rear Ad miral Evana fleet, but refrain from com menting upon its significance, xcept In the naval columns, In which experta CU cus th advisability of testing tha ve slsting power of ships to the wear and tear of a long voyage. Naval officials grcev that this, although expeor.lve, is desirable and also that the cruise of the American battleohlps will afford g-iod tralnlug for the officers and men. The Outlook, a weekly publication, on the other hand, returns to the discussion of the political significance of the move ment. In a long article it say: "The building up o fthe states on the Pacific slope, the annexation of Hawaii, the growth of American commerce In the far east by the purchase of the Philip pines and the rise of Japan have reacted upon the destinies of America with ever Increasing Intensity. A a posilble bat tleground In th future, it ia no longer the Atlantic, but the paclllo that claim American thought." On these grounds and the fact that It would demonstrate the atarteglo neces sity of the Panama canal and that, it would serve as a warning to congress that the present forces are not sufficient to protect the two coast lines, the crulne Is held to be defensible, but still "It Is Impossible to separate it from the fric tion that exists between the United States and Japan." The Sunday Observer says it is difficult to believe that the Pacific crula of tho American fleet 1 dictated by purely pro fessional reasons. "The plain fact la, says th Observer, "that the cruise 1 political reconnaissance In foroe tn view of the rise of Japan. The fleet bear the American flag to the Pacific a a symbol of the power and an expression of the national will that It will defend and de velop American interest. Its dispatch looks singularly Ilk a bluff Wnd an In discretion. W fear that th Americana have mad a profound mlstak If they presume too much on Japanese patience. It Is undeniable that there Is an cleme.nt of potential peril In the voyage." The Sunday Tune dwells upon the per onallljr f Count UayasbL th Japan irelgn minister, to whom full recognition f Japanese Immigrant Is a matter of Ufa r death. He Is not the man to be frlght ned at the dispatch of the pacific fleet, ays the Times, anil It adds: "If he gnores the move for the time bring, he vlll plod on untl) he succeeds with peace n 1 remonstrances or ran see no issue but -o fight." Good Practice for Navy. BERLIN. Dec. 16. The Oerman admiralty ia been observing for some time with the greatest Interest the preparation for the leparture of the American ..est, which la -n-ei here assthe most unusual naval experience of modern times. The only event' ..men is considered comparable to this rulse of the American battleships to the Pacific Is the passage of the Russian ..ret from the Baltic, around the sea of Japan. Although the Russian ..eet started on this voyage under circumstance Involving much greater danger, owing to a state of actual war existing, yet the American fleet com prises a greater number of fighting Bhips, and they are of. vastly more Importance. Expert opinion among naval men la that it will be splendid practice for the fleet. While most navies have worked out such a prob lem theoretically, it Is thought likely that the practical carrying out of such a lengthy voyage will reveal many things that ought to be known and bring to light weaknesses if they exist. Russian Make Comparisons. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 15. The' de parture of the American fleet evokes in tense Interest here. It has occasioned a volume of newspaper comment, th strength and preparedness of the Americans being described a showing a strong contrast to that of Rojestvensky's squadron on lt ill starred cruise. The newspapers are unanimous In their conviction of the far-reaching effects of shifting the- naval' strength of the United States front Atlantic to Paclilc waters, Th Novoe Vremya does homage to whst It terms "a . bold . Rooscyeltian stroke," to restore the balance of power In tha Pa cific, whlcn , had been disturbed by the recent war. "The squadron," says the Novoe Vremya, "will -actually serve as the best guarantee of peace by checking the elation of oriental nations." . . The Novo Vremya points out that the cruise cannot fall to profoundly Impress the Latin-Americans, thereby lending addi tional weight to the Monroe doctrine. The Rech fears that the concentration of such Immense power on the California shores will vastly increase tho responsi bility of the federal government, as It Is inevitable that It will produce an Outburst of warlike sentiment and will feed th flame of race feeling In the Pacific coast tates. . , . TO Cl'BB A COLD IN ONE DAY . Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. -Druggists refund money Jf it falls to cure. E. W. Orove'a signature Is on each box. 25c. COREAN PRINCE IN JAPAN Given an Oration on Arrival at Toklo to Be Edncnted I nder Japnnese Direction. TOKIO, Dec, 15, Th arrival of the crown prince of Corea and Marquis Ito this afternoon was made the occasion of a brilliant spectacle. Thousands of people assembled at the Slilnbashl. station, where the party detrained. The crown prince, of Corea was heartily welcomed by the crown prince of Japan In official full dress, amidst salvos of ar tillery. The appearance , at the party at the entrance to the depot was the signal for long sustained cherlng and the young croWn prince of C6rea was evidently dc- llghfed over IlBv "rpcejUol. Jla, waa driven to the 3hllja palace, accompanied by the crown prince of Japan and Marquis Ito, along a route lined, by Imperial guadsmou. FIttg were profusely displayed all over the city. Ho will bo received In audience by the emperor of Japan,, December 18. Plans for the education of the Corean crown prince have not yet ben completed, but they will now lie arranged under tho direction of Marquis Ito. , The arrival of Marquis Ito means the beginning of conalderablo activity In ad ministrative and political circles. Many matters await final approval. Included among them Is the decision whether tho Canadian minister of Labor, Lcmleux, will be given a written note concerning lm migratlon. There Is no reason to bellove, however, that the government will change Its original decision not to give a written note. It la authoritatively stated that pressure Is being brought to Induce Count Inouye to return as Japan's representative at Ber lin. If he consents the program for diplo matic changes In Europe will bo altered. Baron Tokahlra la, however, certain of ob taining the Washington post. . s Th Japanese government is considering the increasing of its forces In Corea, in view of the activity of the Corean revolu tionists and, brigands. Many murders are being committed In the outlying districts. Twenty Coreans, membera of a pro-Japanese organization, were murdered yesterday. Diamond rings. Copley, Jeweler, 215 8. M. W. R. Brunrtt. Having personally severed my business relations with J. E. Baum, I am now at liberty to consider any position (not necca earlly retail merchandising) looking to a permanent paying business In or out of Omaha. In view of being accessible to any who may wish to meet and talk with me on any subject, I have secured office No. 218, Board of Trade Building, 8. W. Cor. lth and Farnam Bts where I shall b a part of the time each week day. I shall be pleased to meet my friend any time for a social chat It nothing more. Address all mall to me care Potofflce Box I, Omaha. W. R. BENNETT. Umbrellas. Copley, Jeweler, 216 8. 16th. Retnrna from Visit to England. OARRETSON. S. D., Dec. 15. (Special. ) Rev. J. N. Oakley, pastor of the Methodist Eplacopal church In this city, has Just re turned from, a two month' visit to his natlv country, England. ReV. Oakley aw a hlpwreck during hla voyage, and hi chip was for several day In a perpetual fog. the "Miget" Business Man Mr. Jean Bregant and his businesslike little wife will be at our 16th and Bodg Bt. store all this week, commencing Mon day morning. They will try to familiar ise the people of Omaha with the merit of the Candles made by John U. Wood ward Co Mr. and Mrs. Bregant have of late re peatedly refused llatterlng offers to take up a professional career, but prefer busi ness life, for 'Which? they are splendidly adapted. SHERMAN & UcCOiKELL DRUB CO. Cor. ICth and Dodg. OWL DRUG CO. Cor. 16th and Harney, PA ROUIUIE'S ui bax.Ii HTEA-DQtrAmTmma AXZ. X.BAJITw BaVAaTSg -CIGARS- BOX TIAOl A aVKCXAXTT . 31 ao. IHk Street, CHURCH MUST REDEEM ME5 Thii ii Iti Essential Work, Sayi Eer. N. II. Bardick. SPIRITUAL FORCE IS NECESSARY Wlthoat This Element of Godliness Chrrh Cannot Embrace lis Opstor taultles and Accomplish It Real rnrposr. - "Making the Church a Spiritual Force" waa the aubject of the, aermon by Rev. Newman Hall Rurdlck, D. D., at Second rresbyterlan church, Sunday morning. H spoke front the text, Act, Xlx:2. "The highest Ideal of a church 1 to Im prove every opportunity within and with out," said Dr. Rurdlck. "We are not pro ducing uch reeults as should be produced from so elaborate a mechanism as th church. We are making wtxmovement of a certain kind, but yet our progress Is piti fully slow. Tho church Is a spiritual fore of high potentiality, and we should be abl to accomplish as much in this modern ago as was accomplished In Paul's time by th church at Ephesus. The essential work of th church Is to redeem men from ln. "There must be a prellmlnsry divine dis content. We must not sit down content with small achievements. There can be no progress In any department of endeavor without- discontent with the present, that we may strive for the better. A church with no potential force Is a dead church. Nothing Is well enough done until it I perfect. We must not rest In the Indolence of self-satlsfactlon. Too many churchet ar rustling with their dead past work Ilka the dead winter leaves of the oak., Mnat Separate from World. "Th church must separate frorn thai world or Its spiritual force will be lost. A small leak In the insular wlr will divert the wholo current. So one member In tha church can weaken the" whola church through his sin. What greater evil cat. there then befall a . church than th Indifference and sin of many members. No church can prosper that Is walking sldt by side with sin In a worldly way, foi there Is no discernible difference betweeg the worldly church member and th mil of the world. "Each member of the church owes It to all to take a deep spiritual Interest In th church and go to God and Christ In pfayer, Pray for definite things In a definite way, Ask yourself what does your church most need Just now? Pray for It, and If It ia God's wtll it will be granted. "A church may be filled with new energy by tho earnest prayer of lta members. There must be generated through prayer a siiecial Interest In th spiritual foroe of the church through the energy of each In dividual. Dnty to Others, "What definite thing have you dotie tf let some person know you are Interested In htm, particularly of Individuals out side of the church? A church that Is not spiritual Is a dead church. No church can have a superhuman spiritual- power except tho Individual of that church ha that power. These things would make a church of high potentiality. It Is for you that have been enthused with this spiritual force to exercise it for God's purposes. And do It as God wills." ' Pi lor lo the sermon Mr. Burdlck deliv ered a brief address to tho children of th church on the "Power of a Sunbeam." The application was to Impress upon tho children's minds that tliey cannot always tell why God wants them, to do pertain thing and ruts them In certain places where they can best accomplish HI will In His own way. Railroad Brakrman Killed. IOWA FALLS, la,, Dec. 15. (SpeclU Telegram.) Bert W. Kdwards, a brake m.in on the Illinois Central, was Instantly killed here last night by falling from a train. His neck was broken. Ho was 26 years old nnd lived at Waterloo. He' leaves d wife and child. The coroner's Jury re turned a verdict thin afternoon Of acci dental death by falling frojn a train. Plnylna towbor Is Fatal. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Dee. 15. Playing that he, waa a cowboy and his 4-year-old com panion was an Indian, Ned. H. Starmer. aged 11 years, )iot and Instantly killed George lllakoly, the two being alona In a room in the Starmer house. A double, barreled shotgun was used. Juet one year ago today the little sister of the dead boy wits killed by a kick from a horse. Wnlttler Anniversary Observance. AMESBl'RY. Mass.. Dec. 16 The on hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Groenleaf Wlilttler will be observed here Tuehday, and also at Haverhill and Dan vers, Mass., and Centra Harbor, N. H., where the poet lived a part of the time. Holiday Entertainments irlll require neat, clean linens. We use only the purest soap, and cleanest water. High class workmanship and reasonable prices. Prompt attention to all calls. 'Phone Douglas EES and a wagon will call regularly. Give us a trial. You will be pleased with the beautiful velvet finish given all collars and cuffs, and the softness of your winter woolens. MODEL LAUNDRY 1110-1112 Dodge STRKLT. I You Would Not Accept Ootin terfeit Money, Why Accept Counterfeit Goods. Good money Is made by the gov eminent, iu which you have im plicit faith and confidence. Good goods are made by manufacturers who are willing to stake their reputations on the quality of the material ottered to you through, the medium of their advertisement In The Bee. Counterfeit goods are not advertlsod. . The reason for it Is, they will net bear the cioae scrutiny to wnicn genuine goods are subjected. Counterfeit money paya more profit to the counterfeiter. Counterfeit goods are offered to you for the same reason. Insist on the Genuine ' . Reject the Counterfeit. . " ! AMCSBMBBJTB. ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE fat! Pall las. Bvary aright g:l( : Minn! Helfirrnan A Wm brain we 1 1. Mar Ward and Her tight Dres den Dolls, FTedertck Voelk"r assists t.y Mrs, Voelker, aiaaon tc Bart, Charles fcharp, Dixon A Fields. Wlllum Tnuiklna) and tXu fcUuodxvuo. rric . io lie, iu