OMAHA DAILV HI3K : SUNDAY , D120 EM HER IS ! ) ! ) . SAVED FIIOM THE CALLOWS i _ _ Life Prison Sentence for Tom Collins , Mur derer of Cbarlcs R. Grovo. PRISONER THINKS HE IS IN GREAT LUCK t < -i-J < fil m III , | jNl.nM. | frilll | „ , , . lliiiiKinnitV > „ „ < , . , | | , . i. , , , , , , , , , Alien He 1 trills Hi , . Vi-nllct -CollliiH' . i trim. . t ! ' ° murucrcr ° t C-horlcs It S fUml , fiulllv "y a > r * ' Judge , C ° Urt laflt UNOIllnK n'"l ' his Punlih- * " 8 aSSCSSC < l nt llfo llary. ' " lho 1)enUen- Laughter rum ; ollt fr ° ' lhlnd the Bloomy walls of the county Jail | akt night It vnis Collins1 celebration of his escape from the gflllovvB Prom the time the case was submlllcd to the Jury until the verdict v\M rendered Collins was morose mid down- < nst. Ho said nothing in explanation , but It la low apparent that ho was brooding over his apparent proximity to the gibbet. for the moniont the verdlrt was announced ho brightened up and looked happy As noon H he was outside of the court room ho ( javoent to Jojous demonstrations ' .Most men would look gloomy upon a llfo benlencu In prison. but Collins * bump of vltatlvoncss Is evidently well developed , and in iho Joy Incident to escaping the hang- inan'B noose ho HCemlngly lost sight of the terror 'of felon slrlpcs The case wan submitted to the Jury at 12 30 o'clock nnd It was a few minutes be fore 0 o'clock when the verdict. was re turned. It Ih understood that the Jury 1m- niedlatoly agreed ns to the guilt of the de fendant , but the Intervening tlmo was taken up In deliberation OB to whether he should tic hnilgcd That the extreme penalty wns Hot Imposed Is probablj due to the fact that thele was an abundance of evidence to Hhow that Collins l a vlcllm of tllson c .i malady which uomctlmcs Intcrfcics with the brain and that In addition to thut he was ii elnve to liquor and that by drink he had In part dethroned his reascn Among thoto who teatllled tor him during the trial wat , Ills slslei Mary , unlettered and uncouth , but eloquent. In hci simple effort to explain whj It was an easj mallei for Tier brother to be wiought Into an uncon trollable frenzy. There wo responsible cor- robornllon for that part of the girl's Icsil- jnony rolallng to her brother's ninictlon. but Ilia manner on the vv lines * stand and elue- \vhore In the court room did not denote Insaullj IIas < shown that ho hud made felnti. at taking littt llfo on several occa- hlons prior to the tiagcdj but Ihe same fac- ully that made him glad lo accept a penl- tegtlarj Fctilenco as an alternative probabl ) htajed the suicidal hand It. Is hardly probiblc that Collins will bo granted a new trial 01 that his cabc will be appealed to the supreme couit. Ho IB with out funds and was defended through this trial by counsel appointed by Judge Ilaker The tilal of Collins Is an Instance of speedy retribution , for It IH onli twenty- one ilajs ago that he slc\ . his victim The murder of Charles It , Orove , coni- iiibuly known as "Shortj , " was one of Ihc most alrocloug crimes ever committed In Omaha While Orovc was In the very acl of retreating and when he hnil crawled iilidol the bar of the siloon he opcra'oj In an effort to ovadu violence , Collins fol lowed him and , reaching over the hir. shot him In the top of the head This was his method of avenging a trivial quarrel lhat had taken place a few dajs before RECRUITING FOR BOER WAR CifIiiiiLkl fliilin < < Vla1icr of rhnilroii IH suhl to " < OmunlrliiK n C'oliliilliij . Apropos of the local Activity among Irish- Americans In aid of lho Boers In Soulh Africa a slory floats down from Chadron , In the far northwest cornel ot the stale , lo Ihe effecl that Colonel John ( ! Mahei , who dla- lingiilshe'd himself dining lho Cubin cam paign by his prompt refusal to permit the use of his ly pew riling machine by one who hid been commanded lo Ube It by Gencial Prcd Grant , l enlisting n company of his Irish compatrlols lo go lo the Transvaal A man from Lincoln who was In Omaha yc'sterdoy Is authority for the assertion that it is known there that Maher has his com- Piny actually organized Maher Is an nd- venturous young Irish-American who proudly boastii family relationship to the gallant Thomas Prnnclfi Mcagher , Ihe change In Ihe spelling of the mine being at tributed to the inevitable mutations of time In affairs of lineage In countries where in- trlguo Is popuhu He Ins devote 1 con siderable study to the caieor cf lhat dis tinguished Irish pattlot , who , after having been ncntcnced to death in I re In ml and after having had his sentence commuted to Im prisonment for life , escaped fioni Tiibmtinla and camp to America where In 185t ! ho ho- cnmo editor of the Irish News In 18(51 ( he enlcrcd lho union aimy ns a caplain and subscquenlly became a major of the Sixty ninth New York volunleers In Ufl. ho raised a btlgude of Irish volunteers , which Tlio .Most Iinportiuit Or nuns in the Iltiinan Hciiiy 1'hcy Throw Out All Dl ous.- . Swamp-Root Cures Weak Kidneys , Does > oui back ache ? Uo > nu have pains acroBa jour kldno ) ? Is jour eomplejlon ihnk ! > , gray , whlto' IH jour bkln dr > or feverish ? Are there puffy hngs beneath your oven ? Arc * > our ocs dull , listless and deadlocking locking/ Are jou irritable' and hard to ple.iau ? Do > oti feel as though jou luvo heart trouble. Uo jou have to urinate several times In lho nlghl ? IB there tvcr a ( scalding , burn ing uiMiBiitlan there' Do > ou feel the dei.lii > luiinedlntel ) to urlimto again , ulth no re-uult ? IB > our urlnu clouded , thick or milky ? la them any dcdlment or do particle * Iloat In It ? > Don't neglect Uicse. eondltlonx , and If they or any pail of them are jours Swamp- Itoot , the great klilno > remedy , will bo found Juat lho iiieJIchio > ou need. 1 I 1 lore's a elmplo teit for the ' ( Idneyi ) , Just an certain as though u physician ucro in caseI'otir puruonal ntlendanco on jour case- some uf jour "morning" urine In u glasa or battle and allow it to stand twentj- four hours. Then hold It up to the light , nud If yeti Und any settlings or laJliaent. or If it is thick or milky , or If email par- tlolet * Iloat about In It. don't hesitate for a momunt. but write al onto to Dr Kil mer ' & I'o , mention the Omaha Sunday lice , and Immediately begin i.Mng tin sample of awamp-Iloot , which jou vvlll ro- eulvp at once absolutely free bj mall Th.- insults vvlll eurprlbo > ou Stt mp-Ko t Is purcl ) vegetable , pleus- aitt to take mid la for snla by druggists rv ( > rjwhc"e In bottle * cf two slztu and two pil PI flfty centi mil one dollar Hear lu n Ind the name Swump-ltoot , and the ad- il ! > s , Illiighaintoii V V. he commanded a * brigadier genera ! Jn 1S | ho w M ilgn l to the tommiind of tlin district of Ktowah and In isns ho amr necretary of Montana and wSs drownwl by falling from a glt-nmor Into the Mlwourl river at Kort nenton July 1 , 1SB7 John Maher Is Inclined lo court danger that Is apt to bring him no certain phjgl-al discomforts , but rather an enviable nctorleij The fact thai a certain Monsieur 1'lerot hm Juit been arreiteil in Clnclnnall for rcerultliiK troops for the Uotr war , on the ground that It Is In violation nf the Inwi of neulrallly , would not be llkclj to deter Maher from carrying forward any project ho maj have conceived of tint character , but would rather accelerate his movements In that direction It Is believed tail Manor would enjoj n Ilitle federal Interference tint would bring him Into celebrity , which he has long been endeavoring more or less in effectually to achieve through fusion poli tics PEACEMAKER IS APPRECIATED Job Prliilcrn I'trie-ilt 'Ilioninx P. Sim , - * ( , f 'il | ( . | | , . ( . , , | | | of 'IlicliIratlliKlf. . The work of a pcaeemaker was for oneo valued at Its true worth Saturday night when a committee of Job printers of Tjpo- graphlcal union , N'o l')0. ) returned n sub- hltinllnl exprroslon of Ihelr lhanks to Ihomna r Sturgcss. 2010 North Twenty- second streel Mr Slurgefa , who Is nlsht telegraph editor of The Dee and also n mem ber of the local Typographical union , was Instrumental to a largo cttent In th ? satis factory settlement ot the recent trouble be- Iweon ihe printers and the proprietors of job olllcca The committee , consisting of Hlchard Haul Ins , Louis Kolb nnd William Longcn- httgen , called at Mr. Sturgcts' residence and , taking him completely off his guard , presented him with a handsome silver serv ice. In which gift nil the loc-il ) oh prlnteis had a part. The spokesman explained that the present WIIH In iccognltlon of friendly offices on lho I art of Mr Sturgcss extending over ten jtmjt nnd culminating In the recent dliH- eully. Ono jear ago when the Job printers' scale iwas signed Mr. Sturgets was a member of the printers' commitlee and performed valu able service In effecting n favorable EOllle- meiu This jeni ho was not appointed us mediator and was only called In when the Mtuatlon had grown critical Although Job work was In u measure outside of his line , Mr. Stusxcsi used btich tact and sctlml Judg ment that thi > prlntei's came oul ot the light with practicnllj everjthing they had contended for Thcj wore greatlj pleased with 1'ielr ' sucpebs and felt themselvcb un der obligations to Mr. Sturgess nccordlnglv DISCI ss TIII : \\vroitn \srnu. i > . I'ntrlotli * I < > IIKIIC > l.lmc-ns til Dchnli' on I'rii'iii.scil I'rlliKli'N Noin.iiittlonx. A dlaciiBslcn of the Crawford counly sjc < - tuii of primal lea diew a good attendance to the club hnll of the Patriotic L"asue In the Mlllard last night at which seventy-one names were banded in for mo.mbershlp Charles A CJoss biibmltted a written e\- planatlcn of the proposed Hjstem of pri maries vv hereby nominations are practicalj ! made at the primaries bj a pluralltj vote of Ihe membeis of the pirlj T. W Hlack- burn olfered a refcolutlon providing for a modified fonn of Ihe Crawford ejslem , whereby H requires a majorlcj of all lho voles cast at the primaries for any oillco lo effect a nomination , nnd upon falluic to bo nominate the convention provided for shall decide between the candidates. In the discussion as to the advisability of the adoption of either system the alllrma- Uvo was lal.en by John N. Weslberg along with Messrs Ulickburn and ( Joss , while A W. Jefferls nnd II H Dnldrlge sustained Ihe negative It was apparent that the ejslc.n Is not In favor wllh many of ihose present , although a vote was deferred for two weeks The program was announced for the open ing of the new club rooms nc\t Saturdnj by .1 icceptlon from 7 to 8 p. m and a ban quet , when speeches will be delivered ah follows "Patriotic League , How formed and Its Object , " Hon John L Kennedy , "Truo Ile- publicanlsm , " Hon C J Rrc-ene , "Tho Pres ident , " H II Bildilgo , "American Com merce , " E J Cornish , "The Flarf. " W F. Curlej , Dr R D Mason , rectal > and pelvic sur gery 20G Drown block , Omahn. LOCAL BREVITIES. Tom Murrnv Is grieving over the loss of COO pounds of junk mid Iron ulpo taken from his 'ot at eighteenth and Ilnincy btreotx Artlim Mi'hl Liura Boll and Waclo Boll atreslcil Prlilay on the chnige of roblilnit a nnn In Melil s saloon ThurfMny nlsht , have all boon discharged by Judge Uordon The members of the Douglas county Bar association enjoyed u sfmoker Saturday evening at the looms of the Commeiclal club , In which i-aiidwlelies , cigars ami kin- flu d icfreshments cn-jro"ed allcnllon untM a Inle hour The regiilar monthly meeting of the Woman's Chilbtlnn aspoclallon will bo hold In ihe parlor of the Young Men's Chiistian nuoclal'on Tuo'day , .lanunry 2 , at 10.31 a in lloaid meeting will bu held promptly at 10 o c'ock ' John H Walburii , who llvet , In the bot- toniH. was attested Pildny lilKht by De tectives Mitchell and SniKcnt foi nbinliig Ills family Ho wont homo eatly In the ovonlng ami proceeded to huvo a rough houte until he was ponaled by the olllcers. The Praternal Order of Hngles will hold a meeting this afternoon at 1 o'cloik In the c'onllnunlal block for the purpose of clo < t- IIIK oillccrh lor ihe ensuing year In Ihe e > vcnlng u Kodul sosslon vvlll bo hold with a i-olpct unuiM nient program. In vilileh Home of the besl known llienlrleal jiooplo In the city will take part Mrs William J L.iymon loft about $14 in clmngo In a box on top of the Ice chest at tl-o Traiipli'iu house Piblay afternoon Sha ] pft lho loom for a few minutes , und when she came buck the money WIIH guno A young woman roumliifi In the hotibo was arrested In the evening upon silHpldon of having taken the cnsh Wllh UIP oillclals and employes al lho governmoi t l > illdlng NPVYeai's will bo ob served ! u a holiday At the postolllco tlio ilellvory windows vvlll remain open until 10 CO n m There will bo a mornlntj de livery , nftc'i which evervbody vvlll bo off for the duv. All the other olllcrs In the building vvlll bo closed during the entire day An insane woman came In SI. Joae-ph's hospital Prlduy and look up her abode with the sisters Her stuingo unties fright ened thcnviiiailv lo dpiuli nnd they llmillv i-nlled In the iiolUo and had her removed Hho would nut give hei namo. but from a nevvspapir ollppliiK found on her person it Is thought she Is Mrs Campbell , from St Louis The loiinill will meet In mieclnl M sMoi ) on Tuesday afternoon to piws the ganeral iipplopllaMoii ordtnanio City olllclalH will theiubv tie enabled to draw tholi monthlv salnitcs ono day earlier After the bossiloii the council will begin Its hotting as a bo ird of penalization to hear conitilalnts on tax iiHsehsmcnts The silting will continue for two weeks Chief of Police Donahup iPeelved a tele , irram yesterday from Muscatlne , In , , rp- nuostlng tint ho notify rhare ! > s Stoekwellof lho don III of h ? father , Abraham Stocknell The tplegiom was flgnod by 13 P Day chief Douahuo has been unable lo locate Mr Stoikvvell 01 d'bcovtr any onu who Knows of his vvhurttibouts Hs ! mine docs not appear In the rity directory The men engaged in curving the tqne on HIP front of the government bulldlim have coinplotid UK v\ork on Ihe two arehc"1 at the Houlh nn the Sixteenth utreot side. The MjIfuldlnK hati be-t'ii i ( moved and lur the jlrst lime ihe public Is jionnlttod to Itiwpuet anil admlro ihe work Ou < i lho archca ( hero J consldorablo vine' work , while thn plllurn nnd columiiH have boon decorated In a manner thut In rPKarded as nrtlstlo An Infoimul bumiupt wax Indulged In by the btoUbiilditt ) of the Trudo i\lilblt : com pany anil the xtafT of that Journal bint ivenliiK at IlnlilulTH H P lloduln ] uc- hldod Seven i uirsp * vvpre nerved and the table wa t > rottly | banked with fornn ind cut downs TliJui profcciit were Kdvvard prevv T H ll'idgln , 11 P Hodgln , u 'V LncXe , ( J VIJ LhlugHtnn I' \ \ Clone \ \ H KrlcM John H Harder ? U H Hall cnurleH i : HutihliiHon , n G Pitrkl , Cjeorgo Law rime and Q C Porter ww w V * F v v iw SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. } 1 > < ) tiA * ' > . ' ' > - - James McPoj li the name given bv c prisoner at the olty Jail suspected of btlnj Implicated In the holdups t Thompson i nd Agger's saloons a few weeks ago M f'oy was arrested at Hester's lodging house nt Twenty-seventh nnd N strcols , Tuesdi ; night and ho was burled In lho cltj jail tint ) joMetdny afternoon In hopes that his pali would turn up al the headquarters of tin gaiiR Yesterdiy afternoon the major hat MeCoj brought Into the couit room , when he was questioned. Ho said that he was t slonecultcr bj trade nnd last worked at i small town In Wisconsin His home , hi said , was in St. Louie After leaving Wis consin he went to rhejcnne , hut , not ( Incline work , decided lo return homo and rcacho. South Omaha the clay before Christina' , The prisoner vvaa on the carpet for sonic time nnd he became badly inKcd In e\- plilnlng where ho was on certain ditcf and so the police are Inclined to believe that hln tale of hunting work Is pure no tion McCoj was eotlfrouted with the reg ister kept at Hester's nnd nn examination of the book showed that McCoy , W A Hamilton. John McDowell and John Moodv had registered at this lodging house severer or eight times within the last month Mr Hester was sent for and posit hob Identlllci McCoy ns a frequent guest at his place The prisoner's statement that ho onlj nrrlvoi here December 24 Is thus found to bo false When this quartet registered they nhvayi occupied Ihe same room one wllh iwo beds In It. Mr Hester staled that when the fem came to occupy a room at his place thcj nlwajs left Ibclr revolvers at the bar and called for them again when Ihcj departed While about the hotel or barroom the quar tet pretended not lo know ono another and were never seen speaking to each other when any one was aboul They alwajs re tired to their room about the same lime , however Prank Thompson , the saloon keeper nl Twenty-fourth and K streets , who was held up by four men a few weeks ago and lobbed of $23 In mono } , a watch and a rovolvct , pcsltlvolj Idccillfied McCoj ns Ihe man vvhc put the gun to his head nnd ordered hkii to throw up his hands The Identlflcatkn was accomplished In this way McCoy was pieced among quite n number of othei pils- oners nnd Thompson wns asked lo sec II he cculd lecoKnlre an > of them He passed thorn all up until he struck Mc- Coj. Then he ( .topped and said "This U the ma i who drew a revolver on mo and ordered mo to thiovv up my hands" Mc Coy never said a word when Thompson made this statement Ho tinned his head and declined to make anj replj to ques tions asked him Prlsoncis in the Jail sty lhat McCny has spoken scarcely .1 word since his Incarceiation H wns hoped by the po lice that como 1'jfoniatlon could be gained bv McCoy talking to the other prisoners , but he has si fai refused lo lalk It Is thi ught here that John Conwaj , Tom UurtiB and Mike Ward , the thice men ar rested In 'iloux. Cltj for holding up a restaurant _ Kccrcr a few nights ago , are partners of McCo.- and lhal ihej left him here to look after Ibis end cf Ihe line whl'e ' Ihey went up the loid to turn a Irlck Cap- lain Allle v.as very an\l us lo gel the whole ging at ono time , but found1 he could not do th's , as never moie th'in Iwo of Ihc gang slept In the same room at one lime So positive U Mr Thompson'b Identifica tion of McCov that the police department will lite a complaint ngalnnt him In a day or two i-vc'liriiiK < - Appoint" Commuters. At a soeclnl meeting of the South Onnha Live Stock exchange , frlday afternoon , J A. Hake , W D Check and Lev I Cox were named as a committee t6 select delegates to the Tori Worth convention. This commit tee will make a report at a meeting to be held Tuesday Considerable Interest Is being manifested In the convention of the Na tional Live Stock association , and It Is pos sible that quite a delegation mny go from this place After briefly considering the freight rates 10 the southeast nnd southwest a commitlee composed of J II Blamhard , J A. Hake and C C Duly was named to Invesllgatc Messrs J B Blanchard , M R Murphy and 11 K Tngg were named aa a committee to prepare a memorial to congress in connec tion v , Ith the rccentlj introduced oleonnigi- ilnp bill The annual election of olllcers of lho exchange will bo held on Januaij S "iirlicrN ll"lni Vrlct'N. Commencing Mondaj ! t will cost patrons of barber she s 5 cents exlra for a netk shave Thlo additional chaigo wns decided upon nt a recent mi cling of the local bir- bprs' union Heretofore n sl.ave cost 10 cents nnd Ihe neck shavu was thioun in A shave on Sunday will cost lf cents , ( ho bnmo as formcilj About fifty barbers are implojed hero nnd twenty-six fhops aio In npeiatlon It Is fatated by the barbcrfi thai olher cilles in tl'c Mnto charge extra for a neck shave , and after corsldenible discussion it was decided to make the price of a com plete nhavo 15 cenls lllllclllM-N III ( 11 * PlIllllN. At Ihe close of business Saturda } City Slork Carpenter prepared n stalcmcnl show ing the condition of the city funds. The IS'io levy amounted lo $ G'i,817 10 From this Ins been drawn $ 0,585 40 , leaving a bal ance of $23,231 "C Balances In the various funds are as foilow& Interest. $ G.f97 , Judg ment $350. police , $ . ' 75J , lire , $1.J2' ) , pub lic light , $1,818 , salary. $3,6fij , englneei , JCbS , general , $ lfiO , fctrcet icpalr , $61S , spe- clil wltnefscB , $111 , pirk , $715 , emergency , 33 cents , dog , $1 , milk , $ G woler , $ J- 508 , special license tax. $ ' )0.1 ) I'rott'Nt VmilnNt Illlllarj I iiiiiian > , A commlttcp has been appointed by the South Omaha Trades and Labor council In : ommunlcato to Adjutant Oenoral llarr > n protcbl ngalnsl lho or ganization of a company of stile nllltln here Louis Knntson , Jr. , and W S Shafer ate the > oung men Interested In ) iginUlng a compati } of the Nebraska Na tional guard In this city Thc > hav ? boon informed by the adjutant general that If a companj l formcil hero It will be given ; i place In the national guard when there Is a vacancy. VI-IT'N lli < Slorl. KciM'IptN. South Omaha Is the only ono of the four big live block markets of the countiy to show on Increase over the } car IS'18 In re ceipts of cattle , hogs , sheep nnd horses 31ucp receipts hcto mo a few hundiod arger than last year's record-breaker South Omaha Is credited with being the bccond largest sheep market In the coun try , ns It now elands next to Chicago. From January 1 to December 30 the re ceipts were Catlle , 837,500 , hogs , 2,216.- 527. sheep , 1,080.313 head. Mllni < ' I'll ) ( illMNlp , Sllvei bra"elels at Oodfrn > 'x Memliors of the loriil labor unions are talking at erectlns ; a libor teinplo Mrs C T .Miller h 'loei qulto s'ck ' Hiiuc her return from rullerton , Neb r n Button Intends leuvlnu thlB week for Buffalo N y , where ho vslll reside To Jack Gallagher' ! ) cigar * . IDS X 21th el On Moncln > evening the Ladles of the Muccaibces will B'\V n ball at MuBonlc hall A minrlsp prapr mt tln ? v\lll too hold at lho Pro .b > lorlni rhiirth New Vi-nr'n morn- n u- uMl i Mab l Tlumai. wlm 's attending school ut Lincoln , U litre visiting her pai- i n1. < n1.Mru Mru Lutira Sloanon IB undergoing nindluil luuiiiuni at Ihe I'lcnbj icrlin hospital In ii'iuha .Soiiu of lho .Icnii. ialH uri tulUIn abou' lunn nif ! Sam S'lrlirlo 1 r oin | llman next * 1 ing 1)ouiiti ) 1'ej. U i'hrlxt in union will loll .sc vliiT tt tin.ouiu MI.IH I'hrlstlin , latlon rooiuj at 3 otl < xk tli.s after- Mr , Frederick Hatter- Says 'Tor making now New Yonr r-alli toinciilow thp one tiling tlmt mld < ? toneto tin1 niipcnriuici' ! Hie lint If 11 IH a iittlo iH'hliitl tin' HIIUM in Mjlp or llllS COllUlU'lK'lHl tO sllOVV VU'lll ItVlll Ilf- foci the- wholeniiiu'iuflticc. . " Tin1 olio 1'jutlriilar lint vuvUli to call your ni- ti-ntlon to Is ono for $ H nn Hindi ? In tlio vt'ij lali'st of sliniips-\vltli nil llu toiit > of tlic Iiljilwr iirlcTil ones 'I'lioy coillo In both soft mill stiff iMtioins-in litMWii or lilni'k colois jin ltl\c'.v tlip 1 o \nltlc t \vi < limp ever olTi'KMl at that pi In1. WP liavo a line nsMiitiiHMit < u cloth CIIH | in it variety of Mjles and colois front f > 0 ci-nts np. FREDERICK The Hatter , The Lending lint Man of the Wee 120 South 15th Street , "Nothing Succeeds Like Success" NY i' ran MI II to mind no inoio sliinlim p\unip : ) ] of tintnitli of this old mine1 * than In a uNj ) lovlovv nt our lutslnoss done tlioimst jp.ir. Xovoi lnonr < iuaitor of a rontury of liuslnt'ss llto liavi-vvo m1- coinpllHhutl sitpli results-Imth in the whole-sale' and tetall deiurtniuiits. Never was onr art and fiainlii } : deptnt- ntpnt put to sncli a test nivor was onr imisk'ul liistiunients and sheet mnslo depaitnient so ittslicd never In our U.1 jeais of piano M'lllnj : lias the jntipli'ts- iim public MI llboially e-iuloiM-il the re liable makes of Knabe. Klinlmll. Kr.t- nlch it Hncli. llnllett \ Davis , A. Ho pp and inany otheis-lor all of which vvu are tiuly tlianKltil. Music and Art , 1513 Douglas. noon Hev C C CUssell of Oimh i vvlll speak Ja.v Livcrtv .ind wife linerotuined froni Ord. where lhe > ippnt a few tlavs vvltli friends The Tallow Tilmmets' union vvlll cho Its hc-ccmd umual ball oil the evening of 1 cb- rtiarv 10 The promotion lo vole bonds for n new High srhool 'bulldliiK Is ngaln being lalked of A mecllni ; of Hit- lodge of Rood Tomplnrs vvlll l held at Modern Woodman hall on Tuesda } evenlns A vorv pnjo > abU dancing patl.v was Rlve-n l > > the North Stir soclct > al Odd Pcllovvs1 temple last night The stewards of the Plrst Methodist church will meet at the pxstoi's stud > on 'I hur-vdav i > vinln ? The local Danish societies hold a holida > etitprlairment atModern Woodman hnll \tsterdav afternoon Ri'V Toote has leturned lo his home1 at iulvlle ! , In after spending a few da > s v\ltb his hon. Max Poote. Sloim Sash K II How land Lumber \ . Coil Co , 43 > > N 4th st , between M and N Gencinl Mimiger Kenvon enlprt lined a 1 nrlv of Illinois Central olliclals nt the Ltuck vaids Prldij afternoon P C Caldwell has boon appointed Justice of the peace lo II. 1 out the uncxp'rccl lerm Of A ShlU , who icsUne < l Prof Prc-d J Tin nor of lht > Wisconsin Slateunlversltv wan In Ihe cltv } eslcrda } , Ihe' guesl of Plank A Broadvvel ! he cutting In the vlclnlt > of Soulh Omaha vvlil piobiblv commence Ihls week nieven- Inch UeIs reporlc'd at Sarpj Mills The Sund i > school of lho Methodist church sent a box ol clothing to the Molh- er's Jewel home nt York last weeK The Ladles' Aid soclet } of the Plrst 1'ies- bvlerlan ohurch w'll meet with Mn iM Call Smllli on Wednefadaj ufleinoon The Inlunt son of Mr and Mrs C C Gooden , Kourttinth and Berr } slrccls , was bulled at Laurel Hill cemeterv jcbtetelny IM Jff iiston it Co , real ostntc , now loc i ed In room 2 Murphy block. On Mnnda } evening the annual reception of the \ouns Men's Christian association vvlll be hold at the parlorb of the > abaocla- tion "Thoughts foi the Coming Year' vvlll be UIP lopic of Hev C'lssell s address at Ihe Young Men s Lhtifclliin association this aft- 01 noon Mrs Itobcrt L Whrelor will entertain the Kings Datigr.ters ot the Prtsbv leiian church Kildnj aftctnoon Olllcers for the year will bo elected The Woman s Pon-lgu Mission 11 } socii-tv of lho Plrsl Methodist episcopal church wll meet with MM Banner ' 'SIC G street \\ediiesJaj afternoon Ted Perrlne one of the mon popular men at the stock jards , entertained u number of his fr'ends one evening last week In honor ol bib birthday The Christmas Ircc at St Martin s Hplsco- p-il ohurch Thursday evening wns .1 beiutl- ful aflalr ind the evening was guatly en joyed bv all Who attended Mr llatrv Clements Twenty -llfth and K htr < ' ( 'ts , h.is pone to Denver to Join 1'cr hus- bnnd Mr Clements went to Colorado some time igo Ml search of health SeeKd Mtinshaw * * Co for lumb r To' 2io An agreement has be-en teached v\hcrejy" Ihr busii oss houses hero vvlll remain elose-d on Sunday and close nl ( i 30 on M onJiy , Tui'sd ly and Prlilay evenings At the Methodist church this niotnliig Pastor lohiuon vvlil pre'ach on ' "Hie Un- " of the evening irle-d Way" The se-ioject bcrmon Is "The Groil Quesllon ' Uev Irvine Johnson will Ineluru at St Martin's n-ilsccpal church this evenlns on "Tho Giowth of the Pipal bii'ire-macj In the Kourth and Supcc-sslve Ci'iiturltt , ' Dentlsl , Slab nigh Jllli and N blieuts 11 Is expected that HIP county ntlornoy will Hie i comiilalnt against Pi auk Doir In it day or two The toionur'M Juiy holds tint Dorr shot .Martin Plaherty with feloni ous Intent There will bp pommunlon services and biptlFtn of eh'ldre-n at the Plrst l'ro l > y- Icrlan chinch at 11 o'clock today At 110 evening service Dr Wheeler preaches on 'J hu New Iloud ' The Houlh Omaha High s-ehool alumni of the chtsH of ISM woie untortnlned on Prldny evening bv Miss Bertha Cluk at her home on Twenty -fourth slrout Slops wore tnkon tow aid a permanent social orgiinlznt'ou of the chit's Oc I b bowling alley open , JOlh X. Misourl avenue At the ho'Tio of Mi and Mis Tlmddpus D Perr'no on the monliiR of December - ' ? theio vva1" an enjoyable funotlon In eoli > - liratlon of Mr Poirlnus blrlhduy 'Many ' valuable prespnls were given , umong Hum toolng a rocllnlng upholstorcd < hnli , a line cnko baskets of champ IKIIO ami other thlngb lo bring gladness Music and ilnnc- inc worn continued until a latebom AmoiiK Hie Kiic-slH were Ml and Mra Ploy , Mi und Mrs Be in , < Mi and Mrs Saunders , Mr and JIr bmlth nnd slati'r , .Mr and Mrs \\elsh Mrs Crawford , Mi Jones and Humorous otlu rs The occasion was u &ur- ; irlse lo Mr Pcirlne PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS , 11 L Shaw and wife are In the clly for a few dajs from Fremont j U clew an , a prominent Grand Island stockman , Ir. nt the Merchants J 8 Joplln leaves lodnj for Kentucky , where he vvlll riumno In business W H. I'oebles , banker from Ponder , is icglbtcred nl Ihe Mlllanl with his vv.fo and son Mural llnlsled UK fiimoiiM idltur , who U now ( onni-eled wllh Ihu iliooklyn Kngli , arilvcd In Omaha jcstcrdny , and vvlll it- main hurt- mull morning Georgu M Julian , connected wlih the C'udahy Pat King c-ompanj ollleeM at Pouth Omaha , has KOIIO to his home at Chndton lo spend New Yeni i dnj Ucoigc L 1 1 hard , ono of thc > wall Known JOUIIK traveling mon reprint tiling the C'udjihj ( oinpiinj In Iowa IH In the tlty to icniulu until after Ncv. Vour'8 daj. Palrli'U Turd has been uppolntud fctalo vvtlKlimnhtor In the grain Inupertlon bureau uf lho Blalc Hoard of Trantiport.itlnn He will Hueeeed John Xelleri * . : > rum.olotl . to bo chief grain Inspuciur. c N Dftlta and wife loft Friday for a thice monlliB tout of the -Modltorranean sea and the manv points of Intcrost alons 1th coabl Thej will also vUlt Kgjpt and take a trl ? up the river Nile \V11IU Ooorge Kmtraon of Denvri. Cole in at the MiiJmnU Mi nnieicuii 't , thu Iireldc'ii of ine touu lt < tompanj of Grind Hncampmeiu U j > Ho N at pui-c-in en gaged In building a lur.t ioppn n.m. suit lit i al thin iilai. He is on , ol iln dlre'itoiii In UK famousi Pt rils UubK < rij ill I no and Is mnirded to be IIIKugr t uu i be n-lnfoimed mine' ownei In that > lbii t He Ib here enroutc to Chicago on business. HOT FINISH OF OLD YEAR ( Continued from Pourth 1'age ) which met In connection with the Tctchois' association Mr and Mrs Itobcrt 1'rltelmrd have 10- turned from Iltd Oik , In , whole thov spent Chilstmns Miss Trances Uonnej relumed from St Joseph , Mo , where she spent Christmas She Is accompanied b > Miss Ma > mo Hill of Kansis Cllv. Mr and Mis W H HIlchcocK have Ihelr daughleis , l"a > and Hazel , at home for the holiday vacation The > oung women will leturn to school Tucsdaj Miss Margaret Kicss of Kclle } , Stlger S. Co , left I"rlda > evening for Chicago to spend two weeks with relitlvcs nnd friends In the suburb of Berwjn Mis 13 K Mackcy , the proprletiess of lho Utopia hotil , left Trldaj evening for Chicago where she w lll spend New Year's with her daughter , Mrs J A Stevens. Mis I" A McWhorter , with her children , has returned from St. LOUIB after a visit with friends. Mr McWhoitcr continued to West Biden , 1ml , where he will remain for ten da > s Mr and Mis C N met ? left Prldaj for a three months' tour of the Mcdllerrancan hca and the man > points cif Interest along Its ccast The } will also visit Hgpt and take a trip up the rlvei Nile Miss Ella Mno Brown , dailghtcr of Prank D. Brown , cashier cf the Union Pacific , has leturned from St Marguerite's school , New- York , to spend her vacation at her home , 520 South Tvvonly-sixth avenue. Mr Henrj Uaapko , the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs LOU'H Raipke , Is now pursuing his studies in archltccme In Paris , where he ib making marked progiess Mr and Mre Ilaapke and family are planning lo join him In Europe early in the spring for au ex tended tour of the woild together. Ollt II ? TOM 11 I.IK-NM. ludge Davis of Chicago H in Ihe ellj Mr. Gergo Prllchelt U home from school Mr Prank Mornnan la home from col lege Mr. Will Hogcrs of Ticnton Is homo for lho holidijs Miss Josephine May Is Ihe guest of Mrs Henrj Hllloi. Mr W. J Coof HI Paso , Teis visit ing In Omaha Miss Virginia Savage of Ornnd Island is an Omaha guest. M'ES Graves cf Deadwood City , S. D , Is visiting Mlai Bntlln Mr Harry Shedd , beorotary of the Stale univtrslt } , li in Omaha Mr and Mis Babcoc k are the guesls of Mi and Mrs KIrkendall Mr and Mrs H B. Pishcr are Mr. and Mrs Arthur Tlnto's gucatg Miss Conrad of ( Irand Island Is the holi day gucsl of Miss Dils > llogors. Mlbs Graves of Dead wood Is vlslllng with Miss Candee during the holidayK Mr V S. Andcn.on of Cumden , N. J , Is the guest of Mr Charles S Young Master LuJen Hallcr of Blali Is visiting Messrs Clinton and Bcecher High ) Mrs Mose Sherman Is visiting her bister , Mrb Heni } Hlllcr , "S21 Kanum strcol Mr IJ L Thitchcr of Lincoln t > pcnt lho hollda > 8 In Omaha vlblllng his pircnlR Mr Joseph Kennard of Lincoln spent Chilstmas holldaa wllh Omaha friends Mr. Joseph Cudahj of Chicago came lo Omaha lo allcnd ibo Cudahy-Cowln nup- llals. llals.Mis. Mis. Stoirns nnd son of Oretna , Neb , were the guusla of Mrs. Petty for a day last week. Mr Dick Adams of Salt Lake Clt ) was renewing old acquaintances In Oniahi last week Mr. II II Muggley , a Chicago banker , accompanied by his wife. Is vlaltlng In Omal'a. Mrs lludolphus Ilehlandor , Mrs. O'Con- nell and MM. 1M Blgnell of Lincoln arc vHtlng In Omaha. Miss Kale Whitmore , daughter of Hon. 0. W. Whltinoro of Valley , was in the cit ) last week vlaltlng frlcndH. Mr. nnd Mrs William 0 McUger of Den ver ,11 p in lho city visiting their parents , Mr nnd Mrs John It Manchestur Mr and Mm. Meredith Nlcholwn of Don- vir , who have been visiting at "Porest Hill , " return Wednesday to Colorado Prof 1'Vederlck ' Turner , head of the his- lory department of the Uiilvcrfill } of Wis consin , is lho Kueet of his uncle , Mr C. C. Turner. Mr. and Mr J M. Buller , Mr. and Mrs. Yatea of Lincoln came to Omaha Tuesday to ntlend the reception for Mr. and Mre. Van- deivoori. Miss Lm nn Abbott has gone to , Chicago and will , In the future , make that city her home. , wlih her moiher , whn rrtddce nt 1530 Pialrle avenue. Mrs. K W. Newman of Burlington. la , who hag been the gtieit of her daughtei , Mi ; 0 0 Ho I me * , returned homo last Tuesday , accompanied by her daughier , who lll remain for ihrco weokH Mi Voorhees Anderson of Camden N J. , uh ) cut quite u dash In Omaha HJiloly WHOM IKulted here u couple of jeurs ugu pa "I another vlfit to Omabii lui nick He vtutt the gue-st of Mr C'harleu S V ung Mlsa Mar > Kirnnu , who ban been visiting I Jus' ' Tola My Boss Tint's Mr Un.vmor-of It didn't MIUVV puny soon 1 wns gwlno out In t'oloiady -mil IIP sed. joti wait , chile ; yut'll Ki't all dp snow you \\ntit 'aforedK winter inn over. Now. If dal's do < u .p. 1 ad- vKe nil niv ftlen's to liny tlielr Mlods now. wlillp lie's jjlvln' a jn per cent dls- count-Mint makes altole lot of dlf- feienee In tile pi lee. TliPii lie's selllm ; nil lieallnj.tovpi same \\itv. 8.iy. but he's jot n nle line f pocket knives itml t an PIN nnd raw * , and lie's prleed tlipin way down , ilo'll ! > > In his sloie till tuioii Monday so JCM beiter start i IIP tipv year In ilcln by Ins ! golm : in and j--ttllifj aeip'iilnted vvllli him. A. C. RAYMER , 1514 Fnriiain St. Turn Over a Hew Leaf- Slut t HIP ncv jt-tr \\lib a ilein patre. You've made HOIIIP ml'itnUi s in the last t'Velvp inoiiths- but thal's no reason \Uij yon should > -o on dolim "on \ \ \ \ \ l" > i'e\ li. Shooinan has told , \on time and ajjaln that onr women's slimat ! SH.fiO HIP the best bhois evc'r priced that hiv\ . Most peoi-le do Know It and a creal nnny Itavp pioilted b.v tl-elr - knowledu'e. A Happy Near Year will 1 e all the tnoie hippy b.v lht > wcailnj ; of a p.ili of these shoes that leiiniie no liu'Ukin In be- c'nnP thej ale shaped like the loot. Drexel Shoe Co. , OmnUr.'i Vo > to- ate Shoe H4ae t 1'AKNAJLi STHEEi' . Cupping Gups The Jeweler Like cut Is the chief \vjitch inspector for the O. , K. CX it E. and O. 60 cents ib St. L. Uy. llo is tlio sie each , cial watch examiner for the Union Pacific .Railway. When postage anything ails your watch or TO cents. fine clock take it to him. We fsstie a complete catalogue of an supplied , and vvlll mall it upon request Henry Copley THE ALOE & PENfOLD CO. , OP GOLD AMI hll.VLMl. Lament Iletnil Uruc Hou o. 215 S. 1 0th St. 1'axtoii Ulock. 140S Farniim. OMAI2A. OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL ivlth her cousins , Mftses Nellie and Katie 3 lft 2012 Clark htrcct , for the past three montlM , left Thnrsdaj afteinoon for her liomo In Ogdcn , Utah Miss Katie Swift ac- Our : ompanled her. ( Ml Ul V SllHL'ItllS. 1'lMINOII. Mi O'LIn McOuIre spent Christmas with friends at Blair Mr and Mrs. Van Cura spent a few days tvlth friends at Bralnanl. Mr. Klmer McGlnula of Elkhorn was a dsltor In Benson Thursday Charles H. Dodson made a business Mr. ' detail It's not neccssiry to go into : rlp to Central Clly last Thursday. about this bale It has boon conducted Mlas Ruth Hogan spent a tew dajs of last for the pvst It ycus and the public ivccK with friends at Council Uluffs. Is famlllai with the v nines It receives Mrs James Walsh and sons visited vUth U.lr Tli-M for lor 'rlcnds in Hlali during the last vseeK. r.0 < - 'I'lcM for r c XI.OO TH | for "Oi- Lincoln Is visiting at the Mlbs Scott of . ? ! . . " " . ( I 'I IM I for 7'n' Mr and Mrs. Kd n Hoffman liome of UNcept plain black and plain white. The Untieing club gave a Christmas ball il the town hall which was well attended. Albert Cahn. of Sllvei Misses Llllj and Mabel Campbell > oek are visiting at the home of Mr and ji ; i : \II\AM ST. Mis. Pox Miss Mercer and Miss Mack attended the 3tato Teachers' association convention at Lincoln last week The women of the Methodist church will ; lve a poverly social at the town hall the evening of Jnnuaiy 4 The Ladlcb' Aid society met with Mrs McCoy last week. It will meet at the homo Your Tailor ? if Mrs rinlajson Thursday of next week. Mlns Ada E Stlgci Is entertaining as her liollday guests Mlesas Zella nnd I.ettlo Your neighbor haa answered Smith of Plattsmoulh , Mis Robert Alex us Why not jou' Special ander and Miss Marie Dosso of Uloomlleld. reduction sale now going on. Tl'o Modern Woodman lodge gave a mn- Sulls $15 , $18. $20 and $ : . ' . . slcal and llleraiy entertainment at the town Troiibern , $1 , $ & , $ C and $7. liall last Friday evening The program consisted Wo make overcoats , Kancy sisted of adilrtbsco and music , after which Veals and Uniforms. If you there was dancing liavo lho cloth , wo vvlll make I'lOl Oll ' ' . It up at lho right price Wo Trank L Trat > spent Christmas with alrio do cleaning nnd repairing friends at Tekamnh ing Ladles' Jackels allercd Mil's Carlanil Jonra of Lcnelaml , la. , Is In latenl styles We uro tail visiting her aunt , Mis. Lou Oole. 0 W Turner of Premnnt spent Christmas ors. liero vslth his paientn nnd relatives. Uorothea and Lewis Llghton of Omaha arc Twin City spending the holldais hoio vslth relallvcH Mr nndMrn Kinll Weber and daughter , Tailoring Ilattle , of Waynu are visiting lelatlvcn hero. ' Mr and Mrb. 1M Christian nnd llllle Co. laughter of Lincoln are visiting relatives . liere 1609 Faniam. . .2537. Captain and Mrs Reynolds nnd Miss Helen . llcynolds have sine to Now York on an ex tended vlsll. Charles A Nelson and llltlo daughter of Stromsburg are visiting August Peterson : md family. Mru N. H. Hackus , Mlw Miller and Miss liickci attended the State Toachers' asso ciation con vn lion at Lincoln MIFH Mar > Smith ga\e a pauy at her homo evening In honqr nf her cousin , William rridaj I a h ui"1 of ihe abme u iee lineil figure * ipelU liam McKccman of Mcdford , Okl the mine ol .1 ( .real r it , n tlio I nurd Sutr * I hit it 11 In anil new pu/i f and an be ul eil * ith a lillle The I'nabytcrlan. ChrlBllan and KpUcopaS luda > luli.nn Inere aie tueni ) > i > Iritcrtinthe Sunday schools all tclebraiod Christmas with al | > liah < l and o hate uni'l liiirr > in > tiling Ilie emeu inMciil ,1 lellen | mi A it number I II B , on which were man > preaenta for the number 7 , C , nil ! tli > itl 11 the enure ahli.l.t IPfiiJ ( t , Sl'1,1,1 , OUT rilKSi : TIIKKI. < llll.s 011 MAY Miss I'lora Klndud was given a partj SIIMIK IN llli ; DISI Itl III/'J / ION or ' the home of her aunt , "JIOIID IIHII AM. AJCK dlVIMI 1'uo'Jay evening at A\\ \ \ li r duini , i liule wnil. lur ui I hit ) uu Mi3 James Kindred , In honor of hci lOUi tfti il / i I tbdii mp houi 11 i LI tnnp Jn | nd olhri in ikl liberal irr ( uro made In Inlrodui e one of birthday. ihe ety bc t Ne \ ork r MJnek , int < i rier > home n Ihc I i iteil vtttr * n il ' nrl iiU AIJ ! ) ( > S'UT ( Illl-i I'M fur I'i'Irr ( noii-i- ( lull , Vi AM' OM3C K.NT OrYOIIlt MOMIV. A xpeclnl ineiillng of tlin I'i U i < 'utM r > V tin > oj ha e in idi t t ] t names nl ( lie thret i lull will bo held at ltn hPudciuinn n 'In. . - rillei tvrtle ihem pin Kin a | > nMil ; lard und > enil ilny ovpnlnif , Januurj i. for the IMHP o icr.IIJirs M\I | , . ( ' " " ? " ' ' " /iT'il'eMJ : > f the olcotlon of olllcerr.for tin.i i u IP' * I F 11 r ihi , . . n r * VJU 'IO II Scar J H Jones , HluuKrain IniH i n AND TUV. 'io ( iir ; yoi n sn \ \ \ \ > . or mil who vslll ocftili ) the iioMUon of count TIII : wi.nun. v n i n i i i , ONI' Jailer afur Januurj 1 , Is lho IIILHIHI \ > r < 'I- IIOIIA _ u tiAu IIMVJI.L : UK M.M' : I JU I. I ' ne umver I , . ihn d l rri rrlueiiiLnl ilcnt. but slutca that hu IH not u uiii'l < t " ' i I J - - d n * r < I ii nedlHiell Tor ro-pltdlon John O yilsci will bi a A.ld - ItOIIINsON | ' | Itl.ISll fi Co. [ amlldnlo far that iHltlon ) , and Is Hum 1 ir 4Noitli VV Illhiiu StiiH , > m > loih ( 11,1 lho enl ) uno uliu h ts shlcj lihi cantor Ini < llii ring fi P Mortarl > . Ihe ( irKanUer of iiie club , who has occupied the nt r lir > - ihlp from the start , will bi rc-cl < ctcd In all lrubnbllll > vvllhout uppoaltlon llol'Ill-INOII h > lH llllllM'lr Jtltlll , \\Jlllnm .Mc-Phornon of Hhilr l in tlu > : lty and rnlurtntit to return tu Ills homo lucuiiM' his fair name IIUK been trndui < 'd u > ( hinewKptiiierii When he hud Ucrn In hl. < tlt > a nhort U in in lie wax avtonliihcil to ea < ) In ( lit ilullj pi ptiK thin an itli'T Wll- lam Mf I'hor mi bud been ( invalid and h-i 1 inf < n < l in tt.illiiK an ovinoat ami li In/- Inn U ami il ! iriliils and rnlH > of t i nli . Tin * i\uml CIIHC < > nu tie iniri'il liy u mil < livir- < iih < r orlmt t II n ilUid lilt VIu iii-t I'll , . Killer. C.uiii-aulccJ , ucnK uhii tlu iffi-ct uf tint in v tin ju' li IIIH liMiin. ' t > i i 10 Imv u inn hli Ql.DIi IHT hoi h ) mull hnh'Tll * kliutliH lll > ttt | > luil UIKl 11" MAGNET CHEMICAL CO. nid to lln th . , Hi it JIIWBIUI | I1lo cuirnl faleo l IVcitcru Depot , Uiuuliu , .Vcb ,