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ELLEN GLASGOW'S VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
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"nobert Tournny: A Itomanco of the
French Revolution." Is tho title of a novel
by William Page. Although tbo story Is In
no respwt historical, the French revolution
furnishes tho background, and tho characters
are such a might have existed In tho social 1
Jer of in. to 1TM. H Is a most fnsrlnat-
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of the reader from
from nrst to last, ueaucrs
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0 popular of late will like It. Tno aiunor,
William Sage, Is the youngest son of Mrs.
Abby Sago Richardson, who Is known as
tho writer of books on American history and
English literature, Mr. Sage descends from
a long line of Massachusetts and Connecticut
ancestors, but was born In the state of New
aiamnshlrc. When about 12 years old he
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On his roturn to America he began a busi
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houBO in New York City, whero he re
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he went again to Europe, and on his re
turn attomptel literary work. Ho first wrote
nhort stories and sketches, eomo of which
ivero published In "Short Stories" and tho
"New York ledger." Out ho shortly began
o entertain tho Idea of writing a novel. His
Interest lu history has always been very
rrat and his knowledge of and Interest In
tho localities and tho Incidents of the French
revolution very naturally furnished him
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TUB OMAHA DAILY BEJ3: WEDS JSSDAV.
.ANDY SET AT LIBERTY AGAIN
Makti Hit Esupe Through Legal Loopholes
Which Were Left Open,
NF0RMVN0N AGAINST
WAS FAULTY
'rlrntl of the Arcimnl Mnn Iletlr.te
II tin Innocent of the Crime
lth Whirl! He tins
Ilccn ChnrKcil,
Through legal loopholes, which the county
attorney has a habit of leaving, Hugh
Landy, alleged robber of a street railway
motorman on tho North Twenty-fourth
street lino has been net at liberty. There
wero two of theso loopholes, either of which
would havo llbcratod tho prisoner.
First, tho county attorney In the infor
mation he tiled agalnet Landy alleged that
tho crime was committed "October 28, 1900."
That would bo an Impossibility, slnco Oc
tober, 1900, has not yet ben ushered In by
tho cycle race of time. Tho prosecutor
meant to say "October 28, 1899."
Second, there was Irregularity In the ar
raignment of Landy. Having been tried
once before on another phase of tho same
case, when Landy wan brought In this tlmo
his attorney announced that he would with
draw his plea, which had originally been not
guilty. Tho regular procedure tn such case
would have been a plea of guilty an a sub
stitute for the plea withdrawn, but tho
county attorney didn't think of that and the
lawyer representing Landy remained silent.
Tho trial began Monday and lasted until
nearly noon Tuesday, when tho deteiwe in
troduced a motion to dlsmlra on tho grounds
stated In tho foregoing. Judge Baker sus
tained the motion and ordered ths Jury to
return a verdict of not guilty.
Landy 1b a youth of rather uncouth ap-
pearanco, but be seems to havo numerous
friends who do not bellevo him guilty of
the charge upon which he wm arrested.
Thero was, however, considerable evldcnco
ot a damaging nature. In the original com
plaint Ray nrown was accused of being an
accomplice of Landy In the robbery. Brown
stood trial and was acquitted. He estab
lished an alibi to the effect that he was In
South Omaha on tho night the street car
wns held up.
Tho fight In court was much moro spirited
than lo usual In such cases. Tho street rail
way company, having been the victim of sev
eral hold-ups, retained special counsel one
of tho most successful young criminal
lawyers In tho city to assist the prosecut
ing attorney In the prosecution of Landy,
but during tho tomporary absence of tho
special prosecutor Landy's attorney sprung
his trap.
N TUB UN1TKD STATES COUIIT.
Aitlgniiicul of Ciiirs Set for Trial at
the Present Term.
Following Is an assignment of cases set
for trial at this term of the United States
district court:
Thursday, May 10 Tho Fred Macy com
pany against Nebraska Brewing company.
Friday, May 11 Stolenskl against the
Cudahy Packing company; Parlln, Orendort
& Martin company against Keller.
Monday, May 14 National Life Insurance
company against Loup City township; Wat-
kins, receiver, against Farrcll; Thompson
against Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way company.
Tuesday, May 15 Livingston against Cud
ahy Packing company; United States against
Morlcy; Wallens against Armour & Co.
Wednesday, May 16 Phoenix Insurance
company against Guarantee company or
North America; State of Nebraska against
First National bank of Alma ct al; Stevens
against J. Asher Parks.
Thursday, May 17 Uroslus against Omaha
Water company; Smith ugalnst Omaha Water
company; Allen against Omaha Water com
pany; Thorntou against Omaha Water com
pany. Friday, May 18 Kellogg agaln3t Hans
Ilendrlckson.
Monday, May 21 Evans-Snlder-Buel com
pany against Saunders County National
bank; same against First National bank ot
Wahoo.
Tuesday, May 22 Whltmore, receiver,
against Mcllck; Samuelson against Omaha
Water company; Sullivan against Omaha
Water company.
Wednesday, May 23 Sholcs against City
ot .Lincoln; Walters, administratrix, against
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy Railroad; Mc
Carl against Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy
railroad.
Thursday May 24 King against Omaha
Water company; Fitzgerald against Chicago,
Milwaukee &. St. Paul; Kotthoft against
Standard Beet Sugar company.
After June 1 Walker against Mo3cr ct al.
TAKUN TO TIIU SIPIIUMB COUIIT.
Mnnilnniu Cnae Anulunt Alliyn Frnnk
Goes to UlKhcHt Tribunal.
It Is officially announced that the county
attorney will within the next few days take
tho mandamus case of tho county commis
sioners against Albyn Frank, late district
clerk, to the supremo court. This action
was tried tno months ago by Judge Estellc,
who rendered a decision In favor of Frank
after u trial lasting several days.
The county attorney's excuse for not hav
ing completed the appeal earlier Is on ac
count of delay In securing a transcript of the
evidence, it bolng a voluminous array. A
bill of exceptions has been filed, and It Is
stated that the transcript will be completed
at once.
Tho action against Frank was to compel
him to make an accounting to the commls
sloncrs of the fees of his ofllce In accord
anco with a law enacted at the last session
of the legislature, which places the ofllce
ot the district clerk on a salary basis. The
congested condition of tho supremo court
docket will probably prevent a hearing of the
Frank caso short of two or threo years, and
In the mcantlmo his successor will contlnuo
to reap a harvest In tho collection of fees.
lilirn 11 Jail Sentence.
R. S. Witters whs sentenced by Judge
Munger to forty days In Jail yesterday for
using tho malls for fraudulent purposes.
The statement of the district attorney showed
that In January. 1S99. Witters was employed
by a nurseryman nt Sabetha, Kan., as a
salesman and that ho received a pcrcentngo
of tho valuo of his sales: that this money
waB paid by a Sabetha bank upon the re
celpt of tho orders. In the month of Jan
uary Witters Bent to the bank orders for
fruit trees aggregating In value $300 and re
ceived his commissions. When tho nurery
man delivered tho orders In the spring he
could not And tho persons who were sup
posed to have given them. Wlttens was ar
rested m Kansas on a chargo of forgery. This
chargo'was dismissed and he was turned over
to the federal authorities. He was brought
to Omaha last January and has remained In
tho Douglas county Jail ever since.
SldeunlU Coiilrnet Held I i.
Hamol & Company, contractors, secured a
temporary restraining order against the cliy
council lato Tuesday afternoon to prevent
tho granting of u sidewalk contrart to
August Carstens, a rival bidder. The plain
tiffs assert that thoy were tho lowest bid-
CASTOR I A
lor Infants and Children,
I)i8 Kind Ygc Have Always Bought
Boars
Signature
not
drrs for repairing tho board sidewalks, bjt
that notwithstanding that faa the contract
Is about to be given to Carstens. Judge
Dickinson Issued the temporary order nnd
set the case for hearing on Its merits May
II. The repairing of sldowalks Is an annual
contract.
(Irnnil .Inr- (iris liiKtrtietlonn.
Judge Munger baa Instrurtcd the grand
Jury In Its duties and that body Is now
considering cases before It. Albert O. Max
well of Beatrice was appointed foreman by
the Judge and tho Jury will elect a clerk to
record the proceedings of the sslons.
Twenty cases which are ready for considera
tion will be d!spocl of as rapidly as pos
sible and then they will bo ready to take up
cases not now of record. The liquor sellers
will be the first to come up, as many of the
accused are now In Jail.
Court .oten.
Joseph F. Sokup Is on trial before Judco
Baker on the charge of stealing- $io worth
of clothlns; from John Avoiulette.
George Crow of South Omaha has been
arrested on the charge of swearing falsely
In order to securo registration prior to the
last election In South Omaha. Ilo will have
preliminary hearing beforo Justice I'nldwtll
ot South Omaha.
Application 'has been filed In the county
court to have Fred W. Flato appointed
administrator of the estate of the lute Pnul
Flato, who died In Kansas City. Mary
Flato Is the petitioner.
Julgo Blahaugh Is hearing tho case of
Andrew Flood against the Omaha Street
Railway company, wherein tho plulntirf
peeks $10.0n) 011 account of alleged pcrnon.il
Injuries.
CONSTABLE'S GREAT VICTORY
Minions of the I.niv riot MUnl l'l In
a So r lip tlmt Inn't
I'Mxeil."
Thero wns a spirited fight in a room over
the Klondike restaurant. 1 IS North Fif
teenth street, Tuesday afternoon, In which
two constables A. R. Henscl and C. W.
Bruegman woro pitted against the landlord
and a tenant named Albert McLeod, with a
Saratoga trunk and a yellow dog as spoils
of war. Sitting on tho trunk and holding tho
dog In her lap was Jl.ro, McLeod, acting aa
umplro of hostilities.
Constablo Hensel opened tho ball by hand
ing MoLeod a writ of replevin for tho beast
and box Issued In tho Interest of Nellie
HyntH.
"This don't go!" shouted McLeod. with
cheerful disregard for grammar and conse
quences. "That Hynes woman owcb my
wife $3 for room rent."
' Honsol displayed his star.
"Ner that don't go neither! No flat-
wheeled pelican kin bluff me!" and he struck
the constablo on tho lobo of tho ear.
"Hit 'Im In tho wind, Al," shouted tho
referee, as she prcfod tho dog to her heart.
" 'AT attempted to obey," said Deputy
Constablo Bruegman, who was looking on,
"but Just then Llmp-and-Go-Fotch-It began
to get In his work. Ho hit 'AT on tho
bridge of tho nose, knocking him against
his reflection in tho mirror and breaking
It Into a thousand piece. Then they grap
pled, swayed a few tlmru and fell, with
Hen9ol on top. It's wonderful the way that
man can get around on his bum shaft when
ho has to. Well, 'AT reaches for his hip
pocket and Hensel reaches for 'ATe throat,
and pretty soon 'AT begins to get green In
tho face.
"About this timo tho landlord comes up
and seeing I'm tho only man In tho room
that ain't busy, he picks a light with mo
and In a ralnuto there aro two separate and
dtetlnct scraps going on.
"This was too much for the woman. She
couldn't referee both mills, so she dropped
tho dog and trlod to pull Henscl off from her
old man. Altogether It was a livelier scrlm-
mago than thoy had down in Washington
hall. It was hotter than a two-ringed cir
cus. But tho room was too email for a
doublo ongngement, and after tho landlord
and I had upset the coramodo tho trio
floundered ovor In our direction somehow
and tho Ave of us got t badly mixed up that
itho landlord struck McLeod three times be
foro ho discovered his mistake. Then we
broke away to take a now start."
Mr. Bruegman'a description of the second
and third rounds in equally graphic, but Is
omitted for want of space. The upshot of
It all was that the constables triumphed
and camo away with both dog and Saratoga.
WOODMEN OF WORLD MEET
Executive Council Now In Senslon
I'rnpnnltlon to Move llenilimnrters
Is Under Coimlderntloii.
Tho annual executive council tf the Sov
ereign camp, Woodmen of thn World, con
vened in Omaha Tuesday morning nnd will
remain in session a week. Sessions aro
held In Woodmen headquarters, Shccly block.
Tho chief purposo of tho meeting Is tho
transaction of routine business pertaining
to tho order throughout tho United States.
mo sovereign council .imiiiK mmuum
diction. Tho convention has brought to thoi
city several notablo members of woodcraft
and a still larger delegation Is expected
v.ithln tho next day or two.
Perhaps the most important question to
bo passed upon by this council Is tho prop
osition to remove the headquarters from
Omaha. Kansas City, Wichita, Sioux City
and other towns havo made overtures, but
Omaha has not been Idle and It liv believed
that the organization will continue tc havo
Its homo hero. As evldenco of appreciation
Omaha bag recently given to tho local camps
a matorial Increase In membership, many
business firms having paid tho Initiation
fee for omploycs.
Among those who havo arrived to tako
nart In tho council are: F. A. Falkenbcrg,
sovereign advisor, Denver; Morris Shcppard,
sovereign banker, Texarkana, Tex.; 11. r.
Slrarall. Jr.. sovereign escort, Vicksburg,
Miss.; B. W. Jewell, sovereign watchman.
Manchester. Ia.; Dr. E. Brudshaw, sovereign
sentry. Little Rock. Ark.: and A. C. Fine,
Norfolk, Va.; Buren It. Sherman. Vinton,
la.; C. K. Erwln, Chippewa Falls, Wis.; n.
V. Farmer. Mt. Carroll. 111.; Phllo Truesdell.
Port Huron. Mich. all members of tho
board of managers. Sovereign Commander J.
C. Root, Clerk J. T. Yatca and other prom
inent national officers aro residents of
Omaha, and of course, active participants In
tho council.
Cured n ItininliiK Sore,
"1 had a bad running sore on my breast
for over a year," says Henry R. Rlchrds
of Wlllseyvllle. N. Y., "and tried a great
many remedies, but got no relief until I
used Banner Salve. After using on hilf
box I was perfectly cured. I cannot recom
mend It too highly, and will never bo with
out It In tho house." For sale by Myerj
Dillon Drug Co.. Omaha; Dillon's Drug
Store, South Omaha.
New Pianos
In strictly up-to-date cases anlvliiK dallv
at Hospe's new piano rooms our altera
Hons are rapidly neaiin completion and
In a few days we will show the tlnet-t
appointed piano rooms in the west
While the papeihaiiKeis and painters
are lltilslilns up the lower Honrs, necessi
tating their work In j: over the pianos
still on the lower tloor we will offer
them at a sacrliice to p,ct them out of
the wav There are some at $1!IS. ?HW,
$1117. $228 which we sell op terms as
low ns $5 per month to close them out
Our organ sale is selling out the used
organs, ns the prices are forced down
to $10, $12, $1S. $22, $2S--terms as low
as $2 per month Only a few left.
A. HOSPE,
Music ui Art. 1513 Diutlas.
MAY !). 11)00.
DELINQUENTS MUST PAY UP
Countj Treunrer Elsmer Preparing to Qo
After Those Who Owe Teiei.
WILL ADCPF MR, HENNINGS METHODS
Countj- Cointulvtlonrrft Deduct from
lltery Mill AKitlnM the Comity
WlinliMcr the Holder Owes
for Tnxe.
County Treasurer Ktsasser has announced
that ho Is going to make a crusade for tho
collection of delinquent personal taxes that
will Include tho same drastic measures as
City Treasurer Hcnnlngs recently Intro
duced. This means, according to an official
statement from the county treasurer, that
household goods, horse, cattlo or any other
avallablo property ulll bo sclred for taxes
in caso tho delinquents lgnoro tho appeal
for payment. .
Thus far, however, Treasurer Elsasser has
not dono anything to collect tho back per
sonal taxes duo tho county. Ho explains
that he hasn't had time, despite tho foct that
on January 20 of this year tho county com
missioners ndoptcd a resolution appointing
A. J. Williams to a clerical position In tho
treasurer's ofllce for tho express purposo of
looking after delinquent personal taxes. It
Is explained that Mr. Williams has thus far
been busy getting tho accounts In shape for
the promised crusade.
On request for approximate figures as to
tho segregate of tho personal delinquencies
Treasurer Elsasser repllid that ho was not
prepared to glvo figures, but that ho would
havo tho compilation completed In about a
week.
The only Instance on record thus far where
vigorous -measures havo been taken for tho
collection of personal taxes duo tho county
Is In tho caso of M. GoldsteHu of South
Omaha, who mado preparations a few days
ago to leavo tho county. Treasurer El
sasser swooopod down upon Mr. Goldstein, so
ho rotate, and delivered an ultimatum that
unless ho mado Immediate payment of $43.02
claimed by the county he would Invoko the
aid of tho law authorizing seizure of prop
erty. Mr. aoldstcln paid tho bill.
Treasurer Klsatwer promises great things
In tho way of tax collection and In an In
terview ho endorsed tho plan adopted by
City Treasurer Hennlngs, Tho county com
missioners havo adopted a plan that brings
in a considerable sum of personal taxes,
although tax collecting In not strictly In
tho hands of the commissioners, that duty
bolng limited to the treasurer. The com
missioners' plan Is to deduct from every bill
presented ngalnot tho county whatever sum
tho holder of tho bill owes for taxes. This
rulo has beon applied to employes of tho
county, at tho court house and elsewhere, as
well ns to dealers who furnish supplies to
county Institutions. Several county ofllce
deputlcn nnd clerks havo been caught for
suma running up into big flguren. Where
tho amount la exceedingly lurge the delin
quents are permitted to pay on the Install
ment plan, a part of tho debt being taken
out of each monthly salary check.
But tho Installment privilege does not ap
ply to dealers who furnish supplies. For
Instance, Ocorgo W, Springer, a grocer at
Valley, presented a bill at the last meeting
of tho commissioners for $30 on account of
groceries furnished for the poor. Mr.
Springer owed $27.73 delinquent tax and the
amount was deducted, leaving him a balanco
of $2.27. The Nebraska Hay company pre
sented a bill for $91.83 and received in
change $4.72, Its tuxes being 5S7.13. And
go on through tho lengthy list ot business
men who sell goods to tho county. It Is
Interesting to nolo that nearly every man
who serves on a jury owes taxes and their
Jury foco frequently fall short of covering
tho delinquency.
iii:.ni
KUUAItDS
I.V
OMAHA.
The Well Known Inntrnelor Locates
Here.
Mr. Henri Eduards, the well known In
structor In voice culture and piano playing,
has decided to make Omaha his homo and
has made his headquarters at 107 So. 17th St.
Mr. Eduarda comcB here to offer tho
inusic-iuving people oi umana ino experience
he has gained during his hours of study and
observation In Italy, France nnd Germany,
nnd ns ho claims to have formulated a
method of Instruction In voice culture, which
not only minimizes the efforts, but also
shortens tho tlmo of tho pupil's novitiate,
hi may justly consldor himself entitled to
an opportunity to demonstrate the practica
bility of his method.
Tho San Francisco Examiner, In speaking
of Mr. EduardB' ability as a piano player,
says:
'Mr. Eduards plays with unusual warmth
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are cxcolhmt, and every note itands out
clear and distinct, whllo his playing Is
evenly balanced and his Interpretation is
almost perfect." Mr. Eduards should havo
great success In this city.
Tentlnionlnl to Knther Smith.
Rev. J. T. Smith, pastor of St. Patrick's
church In this city, who Is about to leave
for Europo on u vacation of three or four
months, was given a surprise by his con
gregation Sunday evening. After evening
services were over ho was invited to step
down to the school room, In the basement
of tho church, which he found filled to over
flowing with his parishioners, who gave him
a most hearty greeting. After presenting
him with 1111 address recounting the work
he has done, for the parish thoy guve him a
substantial proof of their appreciation In
tho shape of a purse of $2y). Father Smith
was deeply enecien oy me generous mani
festation of tho love and affection nf his
llork and responded In a very feeling
manner.
The Mut Stnliliorn C'oiirIih
resulting from nn attack of lagrlppe or heavy
cold, must yield to tho wonderful healing
properties of Foley's Honey and Tar, which
strengthens the lungs and makes them
sound. For hale by Myers-Dillon Drug Co,,
Omaha; Dillon's Drug Store, South Omaha,
Iliilldlim Permits.
The following pormlts have been Issued
from tho otllcn of the building Inspector:
G. 11. McDonald, Forty-llfth and Cali
fornia, addition tn dwelling. .'0; Rev, (.'.
Vlngren. Thirty-third and Lincoln boule
van). fr.ime dwelling. $l,S00; Fred Bush. 1.137
Mapnii. frnmo barn. J1W; J. A. Russell, Thir
teenth and t'nnton, repairs, $250. J. c.
Cowln, Sixteenth and like. repairs, $k);
('. II. BrlsRs, Twentieth nnd Mason, frame
dwelling. $00: Mrs. M. McDermott K75
Webster, frame barn, $275.
"DeWltt's Little Early Risers are the
finest pills I ever used." D. J. Morre, Mill
brook. Ala. They quickly euro all liver and
bowel troubles.
aorrwtxr tiM if tut urtetu 4MKI w. miti
A CASE OF EXTRAVAGANCE.
OU never cut off
mm
cake of soap and throw it awayl Yet you
pay twice the price of Ivory Soap for a cake
of "tinted" toilet soap less than half as
large. Your little cake of toilet soap costs you four
times the price of Ivory, for it lasts only half as long
and costs twice as much. No money can buy purer
or better soap than Ivory. If it came in dainty
paper, all scented and colored, you would pay fifteen
cents for a very small cake of it.
BEET FIELDS BEING TILLED
Over Three Hundred Acres In Vicinity
of Omnha "Will De Devoted to
tho Sew Crop.
Tbo Omaha Beet Growers' association Is
making ready to plant tho season's acreage
and has Issued a call upon stockholders to
cover thu necessary expense. The acreage
Is all In the vicinity of Omaha and Council
Bluffs and Is chosen with regard to Its
qualities for beet production. Sample tracts
have been laid out during each of sovcral
preceding seasons and excellent results havo
been attained. A total of 309 acres wilt bo
planted, most of which is within a two
uillo radius of the Omaha city limits. The
letter recently Issued by Secretary Hoch
stetler is as follows:
"The executive, committee has mado a
second call of 30 per cent, a prompt re
sponso to which Is earnestly requested. For
the Information of thoso who have been
unablo to attend tho meetings, we would
state that tho total subscriptions to date
amount to $6,050. Upon this tho first as
sessment of 20 per cent was made, and
upon which $1,140 has been paid in. Our
expenditures to date amount to $1,095.27,
leaving $44.73 In tho treasury.
"The business of tho association has be
como so -well defined that It can be stated
almost definitely in regard to the acreage
ot beets that will bo raised In the vicinity
of Omaha this year. The location of the
beet lands operated by the association Is as
follows: Seventy acres known as tho
Parker tract, Joining tho north side of Mil
ler's park and facing east on tho boulevard;
fifty-five acres directly east of Fort Omaha;
forty-five acres at Benson, In two tracts,
ono Just cast and tho other northwest of
tho town. Total, 170 acres.
"Tho entire acreage will bo planted on or
before May 20, which is in good season. In
addition to the 170 acres planted by tho
association tho following acreago has been
arranged for through Its Influence: Fifty
ncreg north of Cut Off lake; fourteen acres,
j North Omaha; fifty acres, South Omaha;
I twcnty-flvo acres, Council Bluffs; total, 139
1 ncres. The grand total Is 309 acres.
"All conditions thus far aro favorable
and wo are hopeful that subscribers will
have a dividend at the end of the season.
We should, however, bear In mind that our
efforts are along lines of promotion, nnd wo
should feci that this effort is not for profit
principally. If wo succeed In raising beets
this season, we can achieve our ultimate
aim, which Is a sugar factory within one or
two years."
HrltUh ArlMtoeroey Illnnieil,
Many neonle attribute aro recent rovers
of tho British to tho degeneracy of the arls-1
tocracy. Tho llfo of luxury certainly docs
not produce vigor. Indlgestlblo suppers, lato
hours, constant nerve strain and lack of ex-'
erclse upset tho stomach and weaken both
physical and mental vitality. Tho blood that
makes men heroes tnust come from actlvo,
healthy stomachs. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters purlfllca tho blood and strengthens tho
stomach. It cures constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness.
Gymnasium Girls Give nn Khlhltlon.
Tho annual exhibition nf tho gymnasium
classes of th Young Women's Christian
association, which, was held .Monday even
ing In tho gymnasium of the oung Men s
Christian association, wm a most gratify
ing success. It was given to Illustrate
Just what thn classes hav been doing dur
ing tho last few months, and the drill gave
Drex L Shooman
Is rljjht In It this spring with a new line
of misses' sIioph He has npenf time nnd
money In Retting hIiooh that are nil right
nnd IiIh (salesmen know how to Ut them
so thnt thoy will bo comfortable to
prowlnr; feet He hns n misses' welled
sole on tho brond foot form last that
pleawes the eye and Is a mighty com
fortable shoe light nnd heavy calf and
kid with spline heel Then there are the
new rod sheen they are beauties prices
$1.7.'., S'J.OO, $2.2.-, $2.r for genuine
welted soles There is economy and
health In every inilr.
Drexel Shoe Co.,
Omaha,' Up-to-date Shoe House.
1419 FARNAM STREET.
We Barrel It-
Hy that we nienn we put up our ele
gant Ice cream In little barrels so It's
handy to carry home, and It keeps
frozen for-n long time The pint biirrefs
we sell for 20c enough for -1 The
ipinrts, 10c enough for 8 three flavors
We make n special prlco for churches,
lodges, plculcs and nil charitable Insll
tutlons Wo wholesale. Ice cream mid
you know If It's Halduff's Ice cream It's
pure (jiinllty Is Hist consideration
price next.
W. S. BaldUff.
1520 Farnam St.
three-quarters of a new-
evidence of hard work and splendid train
ing tin tho part of the classes nnd reflected
great credit upon the young physical
director, Miss Helen Woodsinaii. who has
proved to bo a most enthusiastic and
clllctent teacher.
The program consisted of marching, club
swinging and free bund drills by tho
rhlldren'B classes. Tho match gume or
basket ball between the Young Women's
Kvcnlnc class and tho High school Klrln
wns exciting nnd Interesting, cloning with
a seoro of 3 to I In favor of tho High school
glrh.
Snilille Creek Sower Dlncuxncil.
At tho regular meeting of tho Ninth Ward
Improvement club Monday evening the sub
ject of the Saddle creek sewer occupied the
greater portion of the time. Thn mutter
was discussed nt length by George C.
Thompson.
A committee on membership was ap
pointed, consisting of A. F. Mayne, (V K.
Allen, C. Parker, A. 11. Hcnnlngs and M. K
Tro3tler. A, H. Hennlngs nus appointed a
commlttco to secure permanent seats for
the club room.
"After suffering from plies for fifteen
years I was cured by using two boxes of De
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve," writes W. J.
Baxter, North Brook. N. C. It heals every
thing. Beware ot counterfeits.
OOVlill.VMU.Vr XOTICKS.
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER.,
Omaha, Nebraska. May 5. 1900. Seuled
proposals In triplicate, subject to the usual
conditions, will bo received ut this otllce un
til 2 p. m central time, May 23. 1300. for
constructing of three Lavatory buildings
and for plumbing and iheotlng snmo. at
Fort Robinson. Nebraska, Full Information
furnished upon application to this ottlce,
where plans and spcclilcntloiis may be seen,
or to tho Quartermaster, Fort Robinson.
7'roposals to bo marked "Proposals for
." and addreMscd to Major V. II.
HATHAWAY. Chief Quartermaster.
MS-9-2M3 M
i.ugai, :,i)Tin;
ANNUAL MEETING.
May 4, 1900. Tho annual meeting
of the stockholders of tho Fremont,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad com
pany will bo held at tho olflce of the com
pany In tho rlty nf Omahu, Neb., on Fri
day, May IS. 190O. at 10 o'clock a in., f'.r tha
election of directors and the transaction of
such other business as may be presented,
J. B. REDFIELD, Secretary.
Mid 15tm
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man-
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