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THE OMAHA DATLV BEE : THfRSDAV , T VXT'A-RT 11 , 1000. CORDIAL WELCOME EXTENDED fleteral Hundred Implement Dealers Given Omiha Qlad Hand Greeting. OPENING SESSION OF ANNUAL CONVENTION Omnhn'ft flrnwtli nml IniimrlnncR nn it DIntrlbutliiK Center tor I'nriii * > nrntN Itrouulit Out lit the . ' . ? The opening , csslon of the Nebraska and Iowa association of retail Implement deal ers convened at 2:40 : o'clock yesterday after noon In Morand'a hall on lUrncy street. It was attended by about 250 dealers , or about dotfblo the number that has ever attended the opening , sctslon of any previous annual convention of this kind. It Is the ninth an * nual mooting and Its auspicious opening jiresagw twice as large a convention ns has met heretofore. Hut a small proportion tion of the Implement men now In the city wcro at the- opening aepslon , which was marked nlmply by social features , the e rollhicnt of names /or / membership and tht , Bppolntuient working committees. Many of those In .attendance arrived a early -as' Silmlny. In the. main they were representatives of manufacturing companies , hero to spread the fnmo of the respective- machines they have to offer. By Tuesday night the hotels were full of retailers aim traveling men. The oflloes of many of the hotels arc filled with threshing machlnce and other gorgeously-painted Implements , set up ready for operation , and In ono Is also a fine buggy on display. Tim officers of the association arc estab > llshed In headquarters at the Murray hotel. They are : C. O. Shumway of Lyons , Neb. , president ; J. K. Skadan ' of Malvern , la. , vice president ; J. A. McLaughlln of Craig. Neb. , secretary and treasurer. The vis. Itors are guests of the local Jobbing houses , which have called In nil their traveling men to look after the comfort and entertainment of the delegates and show them whatever the city may contain for their delectation. The traveling men have been at work on that line since Sunday , with such satisfactory results that at the opening session Pres ident Shumway announced that , nlthough It had been heretofore customary to nppolnt a committee on entertainment , the treatment accorded the early arrivals had shown the wisdom of neglecting this year the appoint ment of any such committee .other than the ono that was found rcudy-mndo upon their arrival. TinMnjor'N AWlromp. Morand's hall was full when President Shumway rapped for order and at once In troduced Mayor Frank K. Moorcs , who ex tended a welcome In the following words : Gentlemen of the Nebraska and Western JOWIL Tit-tall Implement Dealers' Associa tion : I assure you that I take grout ulenH- iiro In extending to your association a ror- tlinl welcome to our city. We have Just rlose-d a year of remarkable prosperity and have entered upon a new year of miignlll- rent prospects and possibilities. The last year has seen the * arts , the sciences and the industries all engaged In a friendly struggle , r > nch cndenvorlne to outrun the others in the nice of progress. Aswe look back to the beginning1 of 1S33 we can realize the Hplcndld advance which lias been made dur- ItiK tliti year and we liellovo that this Is but a faint prophecy of what Is to bat the end of the new year , 1900. It la particularly titling' that your organi zation , InlerPHlrd as It is In the manufacture and nlo of implements and machinery , should bo the first association of the year to meet In annual conference , for the Halo of Improved machinery nhvayn presages hotter - tor and lamer production. The dllfcrcneo between 1SOO and IMO IB the difference l > o- twocn the crndlo and the self-binder , the Hall and the threshing machlw' . It has boon Iho Improvement of machinery that has driven the world forward at an nrrelcratod pace In the last four dorados. The cable , railroad , telegraph and telephone have made , us commercial neighbor * to those on the other side of the Globe. , I cdngratlilnto. you upon the good fellow ship existing betweoii the members of your association. The great Mississippi valley win deslKiic'd by nature to le the country of eood fellowship. No ureat mountain ranges divide our states. Hven our great rivers hardly separate communities , spannei as they arc by massive bridges which ac commodate the trade and trnlllc of the continent , uniting the people of the centra west Into one vast family. The men of the west Imvo lioon Influenced by these sur roundings. The mutual trials and priva tions , joytt anil successes Incident to the r.'irly history of the western states arc ton recent to' have boon HO soon foriroHeii. Jt -was the broad charity , sympathy and gen erosity of the west that produced a Lincoln who had "innlloo toward none and charity for all. " and whose Ideas of the. brother hood of man were not limited by race , color or previous condition of servitude ; a Grant whoso matchless generosity and magnn nlmlty at Appomattox wlpotl out the bitter ness of defeat and homed to heal tlu wounds of the civil war. You are met here today , gentlemen , to exemplify this western orn hospitality and to exchange words o greeting and cheer with others of slmllai business Inturests. Wo are glad to see you In our city. Oinnhn 1 rapidly becoming a great wholesaling center for Implements and machinery of til kinds and we shall expect to see you fro < | iienily In the future. Wo shall stand readj to extend the slud bund to you at an ; time you may come to our city. As mayo of Omaha I desire to say that the city I yours. Make ihe most of It while you arc bero ami If I can be of assistance to you Ii any way plonse command rue. Gentlemen , bid you welcome. In olcslng the mayor nssuro.l the conven tlon that his telephone number was the sam ns last year and that If any of the delegates gates needed him they wore nt liberty t cnll him up at any hour of the tJay o night. I'loncer Implement .lolilier. ( teorgo W. Llnlngcr , on behalf of the Job hlng Interests of the city , seconded th mnyoi'fi welcome , saying that ho had bee Eclectcd , doubtless , because ho was the pi oncer Implement Jobber of this section From the day of hie experience ns the Ion Jobber of thirty years ago ho hail seen th business at this point grow to $15,000,00 a. year. Ho had always aided in brlngln competition to the city and had been In Ktrumcnln ! In securing some of II. Ho sal that thcro ere now ninety-eight local brnnc and jobbing houses in the city , thlrty-nln Independent and purely wholesale Implo incut hoiikcs , three wholesale hurdwar houses 'and flvo buggy-top factories. Th Ihlrty-nlno wholesale houses represent eve J.OOO manufacturers and the business I implements last year from Onmlm was eve $15,000,000. The business liero has surpass- all possible dreams of twenty or even ( If teen years ago. Mr. Llnlnger said that ti traveling men of all the Omaha , house had hern called in to take care of tinvis ( tors end he advised the latter to take daw the muypr'H number , as the traveling me wyro cxtrojnoly .llnhlo to get them hit trouble before they got away. He spok ( if the Interest the retailers i-f town mi Nebraska hnvo In the upbuilding of till Jobbing center and xald that now jobbln houses uro coming hither , not b trail HI th ? want l < j como to Omnlm particularly , bu tecduso they have to come to get the busl nevss. nevss.Mr. Mr. Llnlngcr read a code of morals fc Implement dealers , which ho urged thorn t Adopt , saying that their convention will ! ; n mirct'Bs If they do nothing else. Th central theme was the maintenance of prlct mid courteous treatment of competitors. N dealer ought to sell now below the prki for. prices are sure to materially advuiu in the nciir future. . Ills firm Is buyln up nil It can buy ami Is not anxious t make any sales ut this time. Fcrclgn coui VIN MARIANI . Marian ! Wine , World FamousT < inl A mild stimulant , the only one that ; has no unpleasant reaction , and that f produces no harmful effects. This U i ngsertcxl after continued experience > ; < during the- past thIrty-Uvo years , All Druggists. Hefuso Substitutes. trii s are lust learning that the best ma- thiuiTy in the world fomes from America and shtfmfntfl abroad are simply Immense. There Is no more overstocking In farm Im plement * . Haw material Is hard to get an ! the prlcen of material have goim up mnterlally. Theoe conditions make It prof itable to buy machinery while It Is cheap and hold It for the advance , which Is likely to come within six monthr . In Ui-linir of the Visitor * . The response on the part of the visitors was by J. J. Buchanan of Hastings , who re minded the Omaha spokesmen that If It were not for the plows thnt run through the- soil In Nebraska there would be no mayor of Omaha. Uut for these plows and harrows that traverse the Nebraska prairies there tvould be not a brick upon another , nor atone upon stone , In Omaha , nor even a pea nut stand upon the bank of the river. He pointed out the grcnt part played In civil- Izntlon of this section by the agricultural Implement nnd the Important nnd proud pcfiltlon occupied by the dealer therein. L'p to four years ago the Implement dealer Old not amount to much or rank Al In com mercial or financial circles , but since that date they nil made money nnd there have been fewer failures among them than among any other class of business men. President Shnmwny announced the ap pointment of the following standing com- Ittees for the session : AudltliiR C. U. Ayprs , Kearney. Neb. ; Vlllliun Mnttlilenon. West Point , Neb. ; t. ' . Morris , Hastings , Neb. Tnmxiiortntlon II. 1' . Shumwny.nkc - i-ld. Nob. ; J. H , Skudnn , Malvern. In. ; iiigun I.ubuley. llurtlngton. Neb. Nominations-- . Thomas , Lexington , \Yt > ; T. It. ( Julian , Kssox , la. UoglMtrntion John Wutchter. render , rb. ; Theodore Pnlmqulst , Oakland , Neb , ; . IJ. Kmipp , Hlvnrton , In. Husolutlons-M. S. Foukc , Liberty , Neb. ; ' . K. HnlT. Oakland , In. ; .1. J. Vlesak. 'rnKUe. Neb. ; J. J. Buchanan , Hastings , SVb. : ! ' . C. Heed , Corning , In. Grlevnnri T. M. Shoiiir. Fullcrton , Neb. ; , . J. Hlowcrs. David City , Neb. ; F. 11. luston , Shlckley , Neb. I'nmrani-J. A. McLaughlln. Crnlff. Neb. ; us UnlHon , Se-wnrd. Nob. ; II. M. Nronson. \Hilon , Nrb. ; W. L. Hatten , Oretna , Neb. ; . J. Hldwer. David City , Neb. ' These committees wcro all In session last vcnlng. There will bo another open BCS- lon thin afternoon , which will be attended y the Jobbers. All the other sessions will u tendered n theater party at the Orpuoum y the local committee and Friday evening licro will bo a reception and luncheon at liu rooms of the Commercial club. A1IT1FICI.VI , 111AMOXUS. Vovr SixTpumfnlly Produced An Hxlil- lilllon nt Murray Hotel. At Niagara Falls , says McCIure's Mag' zlno for January , the hottest furnaces In ho world nro operated. Hero Is made Car- jorumlum gem crystals ns hard ns the dla nond and ns beautiful as the ruby. They mvo so much the appearance of natural gems that many experts to whom they have iccn submitted without explanation decided hat they must certainly he of natural pro > luctlon. With a temperature of 7,000 degrees , sane ! ind coke are united Into crystals as hard s the diamond and oven more Indestruct- ble. The crystals are crushed to powder nd made Into grinding wheels. . The process of making these artificial dla * mends Is patented. The C. J. Luther Co. of Port Washington , WIs. , who manufaqturs lolcns patent mower knife grinder , has the exclusive right for the use of Carborundum vhoels on sickle grinding machines. These vhecla are guaranteed to last eight times as eng ns emery wheels and to cut twlco ns 'ast. Their machines are on exhibition ai .lie Murray hotel , where a display of these beautiful Carborundum crystals or artificial diamonds may bo seen , and also at Kiel lotcl , Council Bluffs. ANNEKE JANS HEIRS MEET Hold n Secret Cnnclnve nnil Choose Tlivlr oniucrN fur 'Another ' Yciir. The lAnneko Jans association , whose mcm- jers claim descent from King William ol Holland and title to property In Now Yorl City valued nt from $450,000,000 to $700,000- 000 , met In secret session Wednesday IE In n flat at 320 North Fifteenth street and held Itti annual election of olllccre. Onlj about thirty of a membership of 2,000 were present. All the former officers wcro re- elected. The history In which the Jans heirs If Interested goes back to the time wher J Manhattan Island was a wilderness nnr deals chiefly with the proclamation of Gov ernor Nlcholls , who. In 1667 , confirmed th original title to the estate In controversy Chronicles of events of that period an fragmentary and llttlo better than tradl lions. Accounts of the mysterious Annek < Jans Bogardus , the princess , are especlallj varied and contradictory , but according t < a composite version of these she was a self willed , romantic scion of royalty , who chosi , to wed for love oven nt the cost of forfeit Ing the king's favor. She married bcncatl her station and was cut off with a few him dred thousand ncrca of land along the Hud son. son.Her husband was the Rev. Everardus Bo gardus of the Dutch Reformed church Anncke Jans died In 1657 , leaving "a los ' will , " which has never been recorded Ii Now York state. It referred to property ti which ilho Trinity church of Now York Clt ; now holds title. Hero are same of the members of th Anncko Jans association : U J. Turner , Ed ' dyvllle. la. ; M. M. Kllranr , Yorkshire , In. J. F. Klddor , Red Oak ; F. C. Cell , Daven port ; J. II. Johnson , Walnut ; L. M. Hit ) McDonald , Kan. ; Louis Turner , Sabetha Kan. ; John K. Copelnml , Carroll , la. ; iMIsi ! Anna .lotteries , West I'olnt , Nob. ; Mrs Surah J. Crowell , Lyons , Nob. ; J. W. Ly man , S06 South Thirty-first nvenuo , Omaha Henry Van Ness , 1123 North Sovontecnt ! street , Omaha ; A. N. Covert , Carson , la. Mrs. John Pearson , Sprlngvllle , la. ; Mr * Archie C. Powell , 1B02 Locust , Omaha Henry C. Kookcn , 1209 North Mulberrj Mansfield , 0. ; N. E. Cory , Macomb , 111. I. D. Pcarco , Kansas City , Mo. ; W. 11 Whltus , Argus , Ind. ; Miss Helen Dockoi 31S Rewln street , St. Joseph ; Koto Bradloj Canton , Mass. ; T. S. Seeley , Norwalk , O. COMMERCIAL CLUB DIRECTOR ! 10. 1IliiiiM * Ilc-nilN 1,1x1 of Sixty Mr , Kleutt-il i-1 tin * Annual At the annual election at n director board for thu Commercial club yestcrda 122 votea were cast , the highest vote eve to | cast ut nn election by this club. Votln u * i wna douo by printed ballots , upon which nr [ > il peared the 120 names previously selected b Hie nominating committee , and the vote checked off the numos of the sixty men fei whom ho wlabort to vole. lit 13. K. Bruce received the highest numbc of votes , 108 , and received n boom thereb for the chnlrmunahlp of the executive con mlttee. The complete list of those electe to ( Is us follows : Iw ! U. 13. Bruce , H. S. Weller , H. J. Penfolc 13 I J. S. Brady , C. II. Plckens , Kdgar Allen , 5 s : T. Llndsoy. F. P. KlrkenrJall. C. S. Haywnn 'o ] W. V. Morse. W. S. Wright , W. M. Olas : e. i J. 13. Ilaiim. K. M. Andreesen. J. S. Whlti to ( , ' . ( ' . Ulelz , Kuclld Martin. 0. . W. Llnlr is ' ger , Walter 0. Clark , A. Hospe , T. C. Us na to vciu. Jay B. Foster , John Steel , J. H. K\ av \ n- l nns , 0. W. Wattles , Alfred Mlllard , Vlcte _ i raldwell. 13. 13. Andrews , M. C. Peters. 1 ! 13. Sanborti. Charles Mctr , A. J , Vlerllui I W. M. Burgesa , J. B. Hahm , K. V. Lewi I W. L. Vetter , J. F. Carpenter , George > I Ulbbell. J. II. Dumont. Thomas A. Fry , I ic n. Straight , David Cole. A. H. Noyes. H. I Kreidcr. C. M. Wllhelm , Thomas Kllpatrlc W. U. Bennett , C. C. Beldtm , Samuel Oan ble. O. 0. Hplmes , U. S. Wllcox. 0. I ) . Kl ] linger. H. C. Peters , W. D. McIIugh. C. I Thompson , H. F. Hodgln , W. W. Umstc W. S. Jardluo and George W. Hoobler , I'MPIflYFS ' WANT TIIFIR PAY \jjlllj\JlljJ \ \ ii nil 1 lllLmY inl Albjn Frank , Er Olerk of the District Court , Fails to Meet Pay Roll. WORTHLESS BANK CHECKS HANDED OUT Creditor * Contemplate IlrliiRlnn Stilt ( or Attachment of UutntniutlnK IVm Aultntlon In Knvor of Kinlipzclrnicnt. Developments are coming thick and fast In the case of Albyn Frank , ex-clerk of the district court , whose office was seized three days before the expiration of his term , January 1. by his bondsmen , Edgar Zabrlskl and J. A. Perkins. Among the most Imminently probable re sults are the possibility that the county commissioners may order the arrest of Frank on the charge of embezzlement and that the employes of the ofllce , including clerks , typewriters and copyists may bring suit for salaries due for the month of De cember. The overdue pay roll amounts to about $900. The employes have declared themselves in need of the money due them , arid unless payment Is made nt once It Is said that suit will bo brought. Frank will bo named defendant and nn effort will be made to attach outstanding fees duo the Frank ad ministration and which have been assigned to the bondsmen. At the end of December , the last day of the month being the regular pay day , the employes were told that they would bo paid January 1. On that date they were told to wait until the 3d of the month. On January 3 they wcro told to want until the Dth , and BO on from day to day has first ono excueo and then another been made until at last the employee have become agitated almost to the point of action. It is stated that the bondsmen to whom Frank assigned his fees , do not hold them- solvefl responsible for the payment of sal aries. Frank has been Interviewed by some of the clerks , and he nays when ho made the alignment he understood''that his sure ties were to pay the delinquent salaries. CltcuUn Conic Hade. An aggravating feature of the case la the fact that some of the young women cm- ployed In the ofilce have been humiliated by the protesting of checks which Frank gave them as part pay. While none of the sal aries has been paid In full for the last month of the old year , In two or three In stances small checks wcro given out to employed , who Insisted that they must have at leaat n ) llttlo money for the new year. On December 30 , It Is snld , Chief Deputy Stcore , representing Frank , gave to one of the young woman copyists n check for $3 nnd charged the amount against her un paid salary for the month. She made n purchase nt a drug store and the check was cashed. A few days later the young woman was surprised to hear from the druggist that the check had been thrown out by the bank on which It was drawn. Having failed to receive the balance due her on . salary , she was unable to return the money to the druggist. The young woman lives at a boarding house and Is dependent upon n her employment for support. Another " i young woman had the same experience , her 3 i check being for $10. A third check was 3 given to one of the young men clerks. It 1 1 was also for $10. He secured the cash on 1 It and hasn't yet heard of any protest. The i supposition Is that when the crash came 1 Frank turned his money over to his bonds men nnd that the J10 check which escaped protesst was handed Into the bank before the transfer was made. The young womei were a llttlo later In presenting their checks The failure of Clerk Frank to pay salarlct has brought many hardships upon the em. ployes. Most of them hnvo no other re sources nnd raving received no pay since December 1 , except the small Installments 1 \ represented by the protested checks , thej k ) ' nro temporarily embarrassed for currenl " ' funds. Several of the employes have founi 0 ' It neessary to walk to and from their homes J In order to save street car fare. No blame y is attached to Chief Deputy Stcero for the 0 delinquency. - Another grievance which the employe have against ex-Clerk Frank , and one whlcl 8 Is looked upon as a violation of the countj ] commissioners' orders , is the fact that slnc < the new fee law went Into effect July 1 2 , last year , Frank has not paid the salaries | which were fixed by the commissioners ! Prior to the enactment of the new law thi I. ' district clerkship was entirely a fee ofilci o ! and the clerk was allowed to hlro his heli y at whatever figure ho could agree upon 0 i But under the new law the fixing of Bfilarlei . devolves upon the commission's and thi ,0 body raised the salaries of the clerk' > J ' force. Disregarding the law , Frank con h tinned to pay the old schedule , leaving thi . ] difference for his own use. This is to bi . one of the issues In the crusade for thi enforcement of the fee law. i- Kmnk May be ArroMed. i. If nil the county commissioners can bi 't | converted to the ideas expressed by Com- n mlssloncr Ostrora Frank will be chargei with embezzlement ns the most dlrec method of testing the validity of the nov fee law which ho has violated. 10 I As previously announced , Frank has writ- " I ten letters to the commissioners , In whlcl I he declares that ho will make no account- l" ing of fees for the last quarter of the yen ' unless forced to do so by law. Ho Invite > the commissioners to take action ngalns S him. The general opinion of the commls ' s' , filonors seems to be- that mandamus Is tin " . proper way to go about an accounting will , ! Frank , but Commlssloher-'Ostrom takes Is ' ' ; BUO with cither members-of 'tho'board , "I am In favor of having Frank nrrcste < . for embezzlement , " said Commissioner Os ' ' trom , "for I believe that Is "the " proper wa ; ' ! to test the constitutionality of the law ' which ho says Is unconstitutional. Then , has been talk of bringing mandamus pro ceiedlngs to force him to make an account ing , but in my judgment the most scnslbli way Is to charge embezzlcmcnH. Then wi will have a clear-cut Issue , and If the lav " i Is void , as > Mr. Frank says he bellejvea I i to be , that fact will be established , and o course Mr. Frank will have the benefit o It. I don't know what action will bo taken ' but the mutter Is In the hands of the count ; ; ry i attorney und something will bo done. " ly ' The Frank case will probably be dlscussci ' ar at a meeting of the commissioners nex ig Saturday. Frank remains In the city , bu - i since his successor has taken charge of th / ofllce ho seldom appears at the court house or nr iSiicklrii'H Arnica Salve. line world-wldo fame for marvellou cr cures. It surpasses any other salve , lotlor jy I ointment or balm for Cuts , Corns , Burn : n- I Bolls , Sores , Felons , Ulcers , Tetter , Sal nheum , Fever Sores , Chapped Hands , Stl ! Eruptions ; Infallible- for Plies , Cur d , guaranteed. Only 25c at Kuhn & Co.'s dm store , d , ds. . COL W , F , CODY ON MORMON ! s.e. e. e.n n- "Iluiralo HIM" Sny * UP Will Soil a- Illir Tract nt l.aml to v- ThU Sect. vor or orF. F. Colonel W. F. Cody stopped at the Me : IB. chants a few hours Wednesday afternoo Is. on his way from Washington to N'ort Is.M. M. Platte , lila home. M.H. H. "I shall only stay In North Platte tw H.U U days. " he said , "and then I'm going up t my town In the Dig Horn basin In nortli tn- west Wyoming. You know I had n ton- P- there , I suppose. Ves , and I've got 200,00 PD. D. acres of land up there nnd I'm going t unload the whole 'ranakaboo' onto 'the Moi uiouu. The Mormons want to buy It or : least n largp p rt of It and I'd Just ns soon nell to them as any ono else. The Mormons arc great people In a way They're not easily discouraged. Why , they ctiiM live nil winter , If necessary , on cottontail rabbits and s.ise ten. UeslJcs , they Arc the greatest Irrigate on earth. Look what they did with the Salt I nke country ! Well , I expect them to do the came thing In the way of Irrigation In the Dig Horn basin ; and , mind you , I'm no Mormon , eltlur. "I'm going to give most of my attention after this to raising horses. I've got 150 head now In ono place up In Wyoming. It's my opinion thnt the boreo has a future. The bicycle Is n dead fad ; It's not going to Interfere with his prospects any more nnd ns to the automobile , It's doomed to n short life. It's nothing but n fad , the same as the bicycle was. Kor this reason I'm going to anchor my faith to the horse. " Colonel Cody ha been In Washington for several days , where ho was endeavoring to secure permission from the Indian depart ment to employ n number of reservation In dians in hla Wild West show the coming season. .AMUSEMENTS. . . . . . . Thcro was no fault to bo found with the musical taeto of Omaha Wednesday night , for the Boyd theater was well filled with an assemblage of those valued residents who emprise the nrt-lovlng section of the com- innlty and who nro not yet willing te > cx- Irpato the old grand operas In favor of the modern offerings of light opera nnd farce. \ glance around the house sumccd to show hat the aristocracy had p. decided taste for rlstocracy In mlislc , for most of the best mown people of the teally exclusive portion T society were present. Thu occpslnn of this assemblage was the veil prepared program furnished by the re- lowncd Mine. Sofia Scalchl and her com- iany. Of the great star of the occasion hero Is llttlo to bo Enid that has not been said already. Her voice seems to be like old wlno nnd her manner Is ns young ns over. There Is no doubt that Scalchl Is worth hearing at any time , for her style nnd her artistic Interpretations nre always faithful to the best traditions of art. Of course , she has not the perfect system of vocalization possessed by some Omaha singers , but why should she ? She has never lived here. Nevertheless , her voice Is In comparable and it le a pleasure to hear once In nwhllo an artist who gives not only a system of voice culture , but her whole self to her audience. Of the other members of the company Mine. Pasquall was thoroughly satisfactory Slgnor Pasquali adequately agreeable and Slgnor Frnnceschottl tolerably good , The pianist , Chevalier Lo Verde , was quite a necessity. His solo work was not marked by any great pre-eminence , but his accom paniments were sympathetic nnd virile. The baritone , Franceschettl , was not a worthy successor to Albert ! , Scalchl's bari tone of former years , but bis acting and his solo work were far In advance of his sus taining pqwer In the ensemble numbers. The tenor , Slg. do Pasquall , was suffering from the effects of a cold , but his voice was pleasing indeed , with the exception of the few momenta when ho resorted to a vicious throatlness. Mmc. do Pasquall was a favorite with the audience and she. portrayed her opcratit characters well. The voice Is not large , bul sweet , nnd her technique Is clean. Ilci enunciation was all that could be de-sired For some reason , best known te > the com , pany , some of the Trovntore selection was ming in English nnd some In Italian. Thlt international compromise was unintelligible to the audience ; . In this connection It may bo mcntlonei , that each member of the company sang on song In English ( or United States , lest thi Clan-na-Gael bo offended ) and therein wai n point of etiquette te > bo commended. The modern and most effective euro fo constipation and all liver troubles the fa mous llttlo pills known as DeWltf's Littli ! Early Risers. Y. M. C. A. MONTHLY MEETING Ilpportm for Ileccmlit-r Connlilereil bj ) the Hoard of DlrcctnrNVediiei - ilny KvciilnK. At the monthly meeting1 of the Board o Directors of the Young Men's Christian as sociation last evening reports for Dcccmbei , wcro received and considered. Ono hundred and sixty-four membershli tickets were Issued , bringing the total mem bership to 1,234 , the largest In the hlstor ; of the association. The religious work committee reportec an average mttcndanco at men's Sunda ; : meetings of 131 , ns against 110 for Decem I. her , 189S ; also that five bible classes wen In successful operation. The Junior department reported nvcrogi attendance tit boys' Sunday meetings ni forty , and that almost every boy that at lends is a member of the Antl-Clgarctt league ; also 'that ' a saving accounts systcn has been organized whereby a boy can pu In his dimes and quarters until enough ha accumulated to pay for his ticket. w The entertainment committee reported al season reserve scats as sold and 'that 30 ) - seats would bo kept for single admissions . The gymnasium committee reported a - follows : ; Dec. Dec. Dei : ISM. 1SSS. 1S37 Number of elapses . - . 100 01 i Attendance at classes 2.4M 1,510 1\ \ | Baths 2,059 10 ' The committee rccommentlcd that five ne\ h chest weights , ono waist developer and tw dozen bar-bells bo added , and It was s authorized. A The Itemized report of the athletic par ! showed total receipts , $1,399.42 ; expenses y $2,384.70 ; good assets , $451.77 , nnd deflcll $533.51. A summary of the financial report Is a follows : Receipts for December for last flvo year 10 compared : 1890 , $1.434.40 ; 189S. $1,109.35 ° . 1S97 , $913.25 ; 1896 , $654.70 ; 1S95 , $882.73. w 1 Expenses for December for last flvo year 11 ' compared : 1899. $1,167.28 ; 1S98 , $1,132.9S f 1F97 , $1,010,23 ; 189G , $842.49 ; 1893 , $ l,077.Sr f i ' Receipts from May to December , Inclusive for last flvo years compared : IS'.lfl. $6,334,53 y ' U9S , $0,033.97 ; 1897 , $4,693.70 ; 1S96 , $3,835.20 ! 1S95. $5,292.29. i Expenses from May to December. Inclu Hive , for last flve years compared : 1899 , $6 , U 843.52 ; 1S98 , $5,851.16 ; 1897 , $5,137.48 ; 1S9 ( 10 i $5.130.37 ; 1893. $7,352,44. 0- It will bo noticed that while the receipt ! nro greater than In other years , the expense js have also Increased somewhat over the las , four yeurs. This has been brought abou s , from the fact that the Increased use of th U building by the growing membership has c In ittclf maelo a greater i > art of this Increase re While U Is the aim of the directors to kee the expenses as low as possible , yet th Increased expense has been duo to the en Inrged work. Altogether the directors feel greatly encouraged courage-d by 'tho ' steady growth of the In Btltutlon , and outside of the financial quea tlon , which U always present , finds th problem to bo that of sufllcleut room fc the Increasing membership. r- ron on ( lllNOlllll ! l.lKllt Colllrilt'tN. th At a meeting of the Advisory boar Wednesday the contract for gasoline mrct Hunting was let for -the year 1000. The lo bidder on tatollnc lamps of the ordlnur to pattern was the Gasoline Light and Dei : company , at a bid of | 1S per light for it , ye-ar. The \\VUbach company was the lo bidder on Welshiich gasoline lights at t | OD for each lamp per year. The-so lumps wl to bo of sixty cnndlo power , which Is olio tti strength of the Wetabach gua lamps no r" in use. The lamps will all be used In U at I outlying portions of the city. POSTOFFICE ROBBER MILLER Sentenced to Five Years in the Sioux Fulls Penitentiary. CONVICTED OP ROBBING FARNAM OFFICE llu- Crime , Hut IMrml * Utility 1o lliirKlnrlrtnir tlic I'tntollloc ill .Merlin HIIN 'I'lircc ItolilicrU-M to UN Credit. William Miller , convicted Tuesday In the federal court of the robbery of the post- officent Farnam last July , \vns brought Into court Wednesday afternoon. Ills nttornoy , Mr. Jefferls. who had been appointed by the court to defend him , submitted n mo tion for a iiinv trial , In support of which he spoke at length. He Insisted thnt the testimony offered to the effect thnt Miller had been seen at Farnam Just before the postoincp was robbed was not at all such 'as ' would Icnvo no room for doubt In the I minds of Jurors and intimated that It was la Isnowledgo of Miller's bad record that must have operated upon the jury to secure J , his conviction. Ho snld also that Miller , , had freely and frankly said to him that ho was guilty of the robbery at Merna and was ready to plead guilty to that offense , but that ho would not plead guilty to the Farnnm offense , for he had not committed the crime. Judge Mungor recalled tin fact that one of the first cases that came before * him when ho first ascended the bench was one In which Miller was convicted of the robbery of the iiostofllce nt Stromsburg and Inti mated thnt there was llttlo room for Judi cial clemency. He asked Miller what he had to plead as to the Merna cn o and the cul prit replied that ho was guilty and would BO plead. "Have you anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced against you ? " asked the court. AxUN for l.onlciir.v. The prisoner responded with a manifesta tion of emotional penitence thnt would have been becoming to a countenance not so manifestly n reflection of the rogues' gal- cry , but In Minor's case a tearless nm shallow agitation of the facial muscles of t confirmed thief. "No , " said the prisoner , "except that liope you will bo : is lenient ns possible , tried hard to reform upon leaving the pent tentlary last spring , ( but It was Impossible , Instead of extending n holpfng hand over } ono tried to push mo down. 1 could no get work or hold It when I got It. I n sorry I committed the crime. " Judge Munger at once pronounced sen tence , the penalty being $100 and costs am flvo years in the government petiltentlarj nt Sioux Kails. The prisoner took the sen tence as a matter of course. "Have you anything now to say why sen tcnco should not be pronounced ngnlns you In the Karnnm case ? " asked Judg Munger. "Nothing except that I did not comml the crime. " Judge Munger duplicated the sentenc above recited. This would seem to Indlcat that the culprit was to serve ten years ii the penitentiary , but It Is stated by attache of the court that ho will serve both sentences tences nt the same time that Is , the sen tenccs arc concurrent. Ho completed term of eighteen months last spring for th Stromsburg robbery. OWNERSHIP OF WATER WORKS iiKthDlnciiNNloii of Municipal ( "on < trol nt Meeting of Sinitliirrnt Improvement dull. At a meeting of the Southwest Improvement mont club Wednesday night the question o : municipal ownership of water works wa discussed at length by Attorney H.V. . Ill"h ardson , who has made n study of the Issue It was expected that Andrew Ilosownter city engineer , would address the clulj ii favor of the proposition , but Mr. Rasowato was unable to be present and Mr. Richard son made a speech In direct opposition ti the theory which It Is said Mr. Rosowntc would have advocated had he been there Mr. Richardson read letters from proml ; nent citizens of cities where municipal own crshlp now prevails and In each Instanc the reports were discouraging to city con trol of the water supply. The club members bors listened patiently , for Mr. Rlchardsoi Is an entertaining talker , but many of then nro on the other side of the question. A future meetings of the club there will b further discussion and the advocates of mu nlclpal ownership will bo given an oppor tunlty to ho heard. One of the argument advanced by Mr. Richardson was that th city cannot afford the bond Issue require nnd another was that municipal owncrshl will create too many additional city ol flees. flees.After After the water works discussion cnde City Attorney Council addressed the elu with reference to the straightening c Twenty-fourth street , there being nn offrc near the Intersection with Leavonwort street. Mr. Connell said In substance thn 11 all suits In court growing out of this propn )0 slllon thus far have been decided In favei of the city and that pending cases wll .I doubtless bo satisfactorily settled befor the Twenty-fourth street viaduct is crn structed nnd likely ns early ns spring of th present year. The club meeting was largely attonde 41 and In addition to the foregoing proposition some routine business was transacted. When the boxolllco - - atHoyd's : openo yesterday thcro was n brlbk demand fr seats to the Elks' production of "A Nigti in Bohemia , " which Is to bo repeated ugul this year for the benefit of the charity fin of this popular order , whoso deeds of hcnev is olencB nro done secretly anil whose wlllln hands are over ready to open at the cry ( distress , nnd It Indlcnten oven more of success than last year. This rolllckln musical farce has a well-defined plot nn the many bright specialties which nro Ir tcrpolated during the two acts make It pleasant evening's entertainment. Tli jealousy between Spud Fnrrlsh , Artht ' Ilrlgss , U. Haaker and others has been sol tied and Mr. Farrlsh will agnln beat tl drum In the Salvation Army , which hone _ has nearly been wrested from him. "Til Many children look too old for their years. They go about with thin faces and sober manners not in keep ing with robust childhood. If it's your hey or girl , give 'Twill fill out the hollow places , increase the weight , rdet and bring a healthy color IW The improvement ry to the cheeks. ho at provement continues long iwM ill after they cease using the ho Emulsion. Get Scott's. iw he Soc. and ft oo , ill drugging SCOTT Si BUWtlE , ChtmuU. New Yotk. jUation Army' " "The tlro.idu.iy Sou- ril is ' tatLiiiK with the ttlrlou Kove , ' ' He- Hid Like Kelly DM.The Kiss ng UIR. " ' The Hoodee-Doodo-M ii. ' the Inn- ah medley of ragtime nonps. the North matin quartet In sclortlnns , Ctisrlyy t , inb' * econtrlc dnnrlng nnd Kd Shipley's Imltn- on of Lillian lUifsell arc some of the spo- ultles. There will be two performances rldny nnd Saturday. At the CrclRhton-Orpheum tomorrow veiling the. curtain will rise promptly at S 'clock In order to allow ample ; time for the erformance of a double bill. The first part f the evening's entertainment will be de- otcd to the regular profesMonnl program nd the latter half will be given up to the mntcure. Among the amateurs who will ap- > car are the following : Henry Horwleh. a nvorlte entertainer ; Andy Coehran and J. ' "ranklln , grotesque comedians ; Max and : : ilph Wostnn , slngcra and dancers ; Miss laud Raymond , vocalist ; Carter nnd N'ealey. ilack-face song nnd dance artists ; the ouseks , Jacob and Kthcl , grotesque eake- alkers ; Una Schemer , novelty musical pe- lalty ; .1. T. Owen , the "wonder. " Miss Olllo May , ulnRfng BOUbrette : t'harley Day- on , monologlst ; Miss Jennie Worth and thers. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS , Oeneral Merrlnm , commanding the le- nrttneiit of the 'Missouri. ' Is In the city ram Denver on hts monthly visit of In- pt-otlon. \V. 11. Youcks futon t'aelllo agent nt Ornnd Island , who 1ms been visiting Ills iimlly in New York. Stopped over n day In his city on his return home. II. J. Meals of Holt county , who Is In- cnsted In mining property in the Klondike , s In the city attempting ttrlnlere.it capital n the venture , lie will return to the north ho llrst of next inouh. H. \ > . Kerr , an Implement dealer of rrulg. Hurt county. Is nt the Merchants. Jkuaysi liiall IIUIIUUK Is excellent lit the vicinity of Craig this winter nnd Is nttrnr.ing inui-li attention from Omaha sportsmen. James Thomas of I exltiRton In In the city attending the Implement Men's con vention. He is unthuslasilcally pi-o-ltrltlsli ind In forecasting the outi nine of tlu- Trunsvanl trouble can see nothing but de feat for Hoer arms. ACTS GENTLY ON THE KIDNEYS , LIVER AND BOWELS CLEANSES THE SYSTEM rl EFFECTUALLY PERMANENTIY. OV7 THE GENUINE - MAHT O - for Bnfants and Children. is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil , Parc - Drops and Soothing Syrups. It , is Pleasant. Ifc contains neither Opium , Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It destroys Worms and allays Feverislmess. It cures Dinrrluua and "Wind Colie. It relieves Teeth ing Troubles and cures Constipation. It regulates the Stomach and Dowels , giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of hi Use For Over SO Years. . > .a. ; . ; B.B. ; > ; ; K. . . TO PIIDC ovcrv Ml111 of C 'oiiKli , Cold , I.n.liirc ! , § 9 ID UUnt llourt " . > , Influenza , Catnrrl ) , nnd all IJJ1 liiiiKiindlliroiiltroul'lei" . henil lor proof of It. It dot-3 uot clckcn or dlsngrco If with the etomnch. Sate for till ngcs. IS r , Write us , glvinK all HymptoniB pliilnlv nnd our l"j'flclnn ) will give * n FltRH AOVICK , 11 C.S jingo liiiok of < / Sold by DniRKlnlH nr * eiiin \ mail , JH ir reelpes and n FKEK SAMI'I.i : . O 1'rli-v , 111 cents nnd 5 rents. -jjj I- Address Dr. B. J. KAY MEDICAL CO. , ( Western Office ) Omaha , Nob. o ir 3. "HE THAT WORKS EASILY WORKS SUC CESSFULLY. 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IHBfflflBniBBHBHQIlHSBHBBBBBBOHHtaH&BianiBBH A Warm Office Cures Cold Feet U A H B Yon can't do good work in n cold room and you can't k > op a room warm in a poorly built building. a a B Heating eorvico , like everything elyo about it , is always B good. Kooms runt for no more here than in wretchedly H heated buildings , whore you have to wear your overcoat B to keep warm. We will show you. U a PFTFBC Kt U.VI'AI ' , A H\TH , ciiorvn FI.OOH , a Rr I L I Llio U ) nnn in a
