AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Bcnrdi tt Htaltk aid EactUn to. Con fir
Ytccliatlon.
FR0P8ED TO MAKE IT COMPULSORY
John llenr$. Toechner Arrri Ills De
termination lo ttun for Mnynr on
Iho Democratic. Ticket Gnln
of (he hrIc City.
A called meeting of the Bonri of Educa
Uon will bo hold tonight for tho purpose of
eonfetrlng with mombors of the Hoard of
Health In regard to compulsory vaccina
tion. President llulla of the Board of Edu
cation has Invited tho members of tho Hoard
of Health, Including Mayor Kelly, to attend
this meeting. It Is understood that It
tho plan of general vaccination Is deemed
advisable the Hoard of Education will fol
low tho Instructions oi tho Hoard of Iloalth.
What the Hoard of Health wants Is a
certificate from some physician that each
pupil attending tho schools has hcen suc
cessfully vaccinated. In this way tho health
authorities hope to stamp out smallpox.
I'lnnn for HnspKnl Ilrtitrn.
Plans for the proposed hospital to be
rectod by the county and maintained by
tho city nro drawn and specifications for
ithe contractor havo been made out by
Colonel Watklns, a member of the Hoard of
Health,
There Is still soino uncertainty regarding
tho location of the hospital, but as the
contract prlqe has been agreed upon and
the award virtually made, It Is expected
ithat the location will bo determined upon
within a day or two. At the present time
the city physician nnd tho sanitary In
spector are looking after eighty-five cases
of smallpox.
Troop Meeting TonlKht.
There will bo a meeting of the troop
recently organlr.ed at tho council chamber
tonight. Quite a number of recruits have
been added to the original roll and It Is
expected that when tho troop Is mustered
.Into the service of the stato there will be
thn full quota of members.
Yesterday afternoon thero was a meeting
of the three commissioned officers of the
troop and non-eommlssloncd ofllcers were
named. W. T. Cox will act as first sergeant,
'whllo J, II. Duncnnson, Harney O'Connell,
Kd Christ nnd Hal II. Roberts will nil the
rest of tho sergoauta' places. F. W. Shot
well was chosen quartermaster sergeant.
Tho corporals selected were Ed Cahow,
Charles Mann, George Carloy nnd Herb
Gf.rlow.
For farriers tho ofllcers selected Charles
'Van Arraan nnd Fred Scott.
J. M. Dllly and John Cowan wcro ap
pointed trumpeters. Theodore Tllllson Is
saddler and Gcorgo Casoy waggoner
All of these appointive officers are ex
pected to be at tho meeting tonight, as
well as nil of the members of tho troop
already enlisted.
A chaplain will most likely bo elected at
this meeting.
I'lnn Completed fur tho Temple.
Architect L. A. Davis has completed the
jdnns for tho Ancient Ordor of United
Workmen temple to be erected at Twenty
fifth and M streets. The building will
bo qf brick, two stories and a basement
and will cover eighty by fifty feet. On
the ground lloor there will be an nudl
torlum with a seating capacity of not less
than 600. Members of the order are rap
Idly (Uoposlng of the building stock and
thoro Is now enough money on band, It is
stated, to commence tho work as soon as
tho "weather will permit.
I.oeehiier Willi lu.
John Henry Locchncr called at The lice
nftlce yesterday to say that he Is still In
tho fight for mayor and' that he Is looking
for tho nomination on tho democratic
tlcicet.
"The fact thut 1 have been Indicted by
tho grand Jury, as a member of the Hoard
of Education, will mako no difference with
my plans. 1 am n candidate for tho nomi
nation and I propose to do the best I can
to win."
I'oMtlionc uieiit In I'rolinlile.
Members of the council said yestcrdny
'thnt there was n probability that tho ap
pointment of members of tho library board
would bo postponed for some time. Mayor
Kelly of courso wants his way nnd Insists
that four women bo made mombers of the
hoard. Tho council, howovcr, Is of tho
opinion hat nine men can give the pooplo
better nervlco and so the plan Is to cut the
women out. Tho scheme to postpone the
appointments Is for tho purpose, so It Is
wtntcd, of making th6 nlayor tired of his
bargain with the women who ho has named
on the board.
Improvement at Annonr'n.
Armour & Co. will shortly commence tho
construction of Insulated loading platforms
nnd sheds. Plans have already been drawn
for these Improvements, but work will not
commence until spring. Tho Improvements
contemplated will cost something over
jso.ooo. ,
WorkliiuiiiPii'N Cluli Meets.
Tho regular meeting of the Working-,
mon's club was held Sunday afternoon at
the Trades and Labor hall. Twenty-sixth
nnd N streets. Thomas Mylcr, president of
tho club, presided. The committee on ball
reported that It had secured the uto of the
Trades a'nd Labor council halt for Sunday
afternoon meetings. A committee of five
was appointed to draft a constitution and
StO
coughing. Stop it at
once, before it gets
the start of you. Stop
it with Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral.
Wt, Me., St. J. C. AVER CO., Uwill, Mtu.
Uy-lawa to govern the club. Short addresses
wcro delivered by several of the members,
.Mnfclc City loslp.
, Henry Oest Is home from ft visit with
friends at Uurllngton, tn.
Theodoro Vols bus gone to Chicago to
nttend to business matters.
ftodln Redmond has gone to Denver to
ncccpl n position with u wholesale liquor
company.
A scries of union evangelistic services
will comme iee tonight at the United Tres
bytcrlan church.
On Thursday evening, February 6. the
members of Ht. Catherine's guild will give
an entertainment at Woodmen hall.
The police propose getting after property
owners who havo not cleaned the mow
from sidewalks as Is provided by ordinance.
DECORATION 0FCANDY EGGS
Traveler Telia Hon- It Is Done, nnd
Also Spenk of Ussier
Trade.
"The total talcs of Easter confectionery
during the past flvo years havo equaled
the total for the fifteen years prior to
that," said W. CI. McClellant, who repre
sents tho oldest candy firm In the United
States and who Is now a guest at the Her
Grand.
"I don't know Just how to nccount for
this," he confesses, "unless It Is one of
tho results of the more goneral observance
of tho day. Easter hns come to be sec
ondary only to Christmas, Now Year's and
tho Fourth of July among holidays, nnd In
Milwaukee, Louisville, Cincinnati and St.
Louis, where tho Herman element Is largo,
the day Is fast taking first Importance.
Tho demand for fancy confections has In
creased so rapidly that It has caught the
retailers short every year for flvo years,
though they havo Increased their stocks
regularly. Tho demand has been for better
quality, too, and the result Is that tho
makers have equipped themselves with
molds for making eatabto rabbits, birds nnd
various animals, as well as the eggs that
have always been In demand. Even these
eggs nro receiving elaborate ornamentation
now at the hands of special decorators In
all factories.
"Tho egg Itself Is mado In two molds
and the yolk In a third mold, tho two outer
sections being pressed together over the
yolk while still wnrm nnd with a string
.'engthwlse through the center. Tho string
Is longer than the1 egg nnd tho protruding
end Is hold by tho factory girl whllo she
dips tho egg Into n jar of chocolate orange,
violet, Btruwberry or other tinted coating
preparation. Tho piece of Imitation bird
fruit Is then hung up until the coating
has hardened, after which tho decorator
does her work. The tiny fowls, beasts,
fishes nnd flowers and the ridges of froBtlng
that will ho observed this year on all the
fancier eggs, nnd which will appear to have
been carved from marblo by no very awk
ward Artist, are All the work of dexterous
candy workers, whoso only tool, other than
the fingers. Is a cornucopia with a small
orifice at Its pinched end, through which
tho candy paste pours In a threadlike
stream. They work from no model, but are
allowed to exercise their own Ingenuity,
and the only reason that animals and birds
uaro the most prevalent forms Is because
they seem more appropriate at Eastertlme
than would human faces or other similar
figures."
An Attack of riiemnonln Wnrdotl OK
i
"Romo time ago my daughter caught a
severe cold. Sho complained of pains In her
chest and had a bad cough. I gavo her
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy accordln-c to
directions and In two days sho was well and
able to" go to school. I havo used this
remedy In my family for tho past seven
I years and have never known It to fall,"
1 says James Prcndergnat, merchant, Annato
j Hay, Jamaica, West India Islands. The
attack of pnaumonln, which In this Instance
was undoubtedly wnrded off by Chamber
lain's Cough Itemody, It counteracts any
tendency of a cold toward pneumonia. For
sale by all druggists.
ACTIVITY IN FARM v LANDS
Moles nt I'rexent Kxeeeil Any Pre
vious Itecord In State of
Nebraska.
According to R. C. Peters the present year
opens with activity In farm lands which
promises to exceed anything previously
known In tho state. Mr. Peters says: "The
number of farms changing hands In Ne
braska, at this tlmo Is something remark
nblo and the prices aro an Indication that
the attention of Investors has been at
tracted to this state, for a time at least.
In oplto of the reports of partial failures
last yeur. Ono farm In Stanton county sold
lust week for toO per acre nnd another for
j ?M.50. Hoone county land Is also becom
ing active. Ono farm in thot county of over
200 noros recently sold for $55 per acre.
"The domand for farm loans Is enormous
for this eeason of tho year and theso loans
this month will probably bo douhlo what
they were In December. Tho majority of
loans are raadi) for the purchaso of land
and In every case the price of tho land has
ndvaccrd considerably over what It was at
the former sale. Money Is easy, but the In
creased domand makes It apparently slow
of receipt, as tho applications must be In
vestigated nnd whon thero are so many of
them this requires time."
The averago Interest rato on farm loans
In the state nt this time Is 5.5 per cent,
which gonorally Includes nil commissions
nnd In many Instances tho cost of examina
tion. Chapped hands, cracked Hps and rough
ness of the skin cured quickly by Banner
Salve, the most healing ointment In tho
world.
Colds
Coughs
Asthma
Bronchitis
Hoarseness
We&k Lungs
Weak Throats
'a.IMU-
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MONDAY, JAN U All -7, 100.
CONTROL OF OPEN RANGE
Qatitivn tt Luiinr, GriziiR Ltidi t
Itocfc Haitir;.
SOME PHASES OF PROBLEM DISCUSSED
lteroniecllve View of Intlnitlrr In
volved with Present Condition
nnd Appnrent Posslhllltlra I'n
tesM Itellef la Afforded.
OMAHA, Jan. 23. To tho Editor of Tho
Bee: In your Friday Morning Hee I note
an editorial discussion of tho question of
leasing the public range lands west of the
100th meridian, as proposed In a bill now
before tho national congress. In this edi
torial j6u treat the proposition as a "land
grab bill."
Tho subject Interests me, at this time
particularly, because of the tact that In
tho proceedings of tho Nebraska Improved
Live Stock Drcodore' association, At Its
annual meotlng In Lincoln, January 21-23,
which Tho Uco reported with praiseworthy
fldollty, my name becamo associated with a
resolution favorable to some mcasttre
which will give occupants of tho public
grating lands security of tenure. For the
present discussion wo will consider ,the res
olution as an endorsement of hoiise roll,
7212, "Hrowersock's land grab bill."
"Bowersock'a bill" Is not Hqwcrsock's.
Tho bill was drawn by a committee of the
American CsMtlo Growers' association. I
had the honor of participating In the or
ganization of that association on March 6,
1001, In Denver. By this I becarao famil
iar with the clrcumstunccs preliminary to
the drafting of this bill and slneo the meet
ing In Denver have devoted some time to
Investigating tho conditions the proposed
"lease law" Is designed to meet. My per
sonal Investigation, In which I have slept
under the stars with sheep borders In tho
Wyoming sago brush ns well as conversed
with the beat informed men between Mis
souri river points nnd the Pacific coast, but
convinces me of tho commercial and moral
necessity of somo legislation which win
radically cbango tho present Intolerable
condition existing on the public range lands.
What are tho present conditions?
Control nt Water Course.
First, the range country "west of tho
100th meridian" Is n domain as large as
twenty-five states of tho area of Ohio.
Throughout that vnst domain wherever there
Is a spring of water, a 'running ajream, n
"water hole," Btockmcn have pre-empted
or bought the land surrounding the water,
and controllng tho water, they control the
use of all adjacent public land; for with
out water for stock and devoid of sufficient
rainfall for successful agriculture, as these
lands nro, they are useless.
Second, along all tho running streams
throughout the rango country by Irrigation
hay can bo grown, nnd wherever hay can
bo secured thero the cattlo Industry flour
ishes. Permanent homes, therefore, have
been established by cattlemen along the
streams. Tho herds of cattle, most of them
small ones containing but 100 to 600 head,
are grazed on tho public rango with three
to flvo miles of tho water In summer and
aro fed on hay In the etormy periods of win
ter, ranging further back on the pastures In
the oprlng When snow Is melting and pools
of water abbund. In this way the popula
tion of "tho west" has Increased till ter
ritories have becomo states and a continu
ous stream of wealth In live stock flows In
to build up the cities of Fort Worth, Den
ver, St. Paul, Kansas City and Omaha,
lllvldhiK Public Hnnae.
Third, tho United States law forbids tho
placing of fences or other obstructions to
occupancy upon public domain. The theory
has been held that elnce these lands belong
to all the people, they must be held for
free access of settlers. This was not a
"theory" while the river valley lands wore
public domain. Hut with the pre-emption
and settlement of the prairies and valleys
east of tho 100th meridian, squat
ting and honicstcadlng becomo a "theory,"
except along streams, as above mentioned.
In process of lime resident western stock
men, recognizing the situation, began to
agroo upon boundaries of tho grazing lands
respectively used, and In order economical
ly to use these lands, fences woro put up.
Within flvo years barbed wire has taken tho
place of tho rango rider; tho "round up"
has practically disappeared; tho "maverick"
has ceased to bo a bone of contention; the
thoroughbred has supplanted tho long-horn
or "dogy;" women and children the Amer
ican home havo been established along all
tho running streams of the range country,
Fourth. Dut another factor enters Into tho
problem. In the evolution of tho ltVo stock
business tho sheep Industry has to be reck-,
oned with. Hero Is an animal that can
graze closer than a steer; It Is omnivorous,
eating sage brush and greasewood as read
ily as grass1, and In winter subsisting on
snow for water. Possessing thoso advan
tages, tho sheep Is master of the rango
situation. He waxes fat on the high plains
In winter, and makes n desort along the
mountain streams lu summer. What ho
cannot cat- his feet dostroy, for the bunch
grass. of the mountains dies under tho
trampling of sheep. For barbed wire ho
cares not, and your cattle man hla homo
nnd Interests are wiped out by tho sheep
man. What Is more, tho "sheep syndicate"
has sprung Into existence. The flocks of
Chicago or San Francisco corporations,
with 50.000 to a half million sheep, In
charge of peons and Indian herders, trav
erse the mountain states, leaving a wilder
ness In their wako. These sheep corpora
tions, own no homes; they pay no taxes;
they have no Interest to further but the
tustenanco of their flocks. Against this
Invasion the established, home-making cat
tle man has no defonso excopt his Win
chester. AVur tin Sheepmen.
This state of war now existing In tho
rnngo country between sheep and cattlo
Interests, and for which the existing public
lnnd law is responsible, reflects moat dis
creditably on American statesmanship. Un
der this Intolerable condition sixteen homi
cides were reported In Colorado alone be
tween November 1, 1000, and March 1, 1901.
This is the moral aspect of tho situation,
A peoplo which nro self-respecting will not
tolerate a condition which produces such
results. A home-loving people cannot but
sympathize with and desire to further the
interest of the cattleman who In this dis
graceful "fftr of the range" offers his life
In an unequal contest for possession of
the only resource for maintaining a family
in his Isolated mountain home, as against
the nomadic hired servant of a foreign
sheop corporation. In this contost the
cattleman has been driven out of the
mountain states, except In favored locali
ties. The war is being waged bitterly In
Colorado, the Dakotas and In the Pacific
coast states, and thero are signs of sheep
Invasion of Nebraska, Kansas and tho
Texas panhandle.
Hut your sheep corporations command
onormous capital. For many years tho
American Wool Orowors association has
supported a strong "lobby" contingent In
Washington. It bas dictated tariffs In
past years, nnd now decrees that all fences
an the public lands shall como down Ille
gal fences, to be sure; but a species of
license out of which has come comity be
tween nolghbors and thrift where chaos
hold sway. It Is because of this edict
against fences, already Issued by the gov
craiu&ut Department ot the Interior, which.
Administers the public hods, that the cat
ttcmon aro prompted to apply for n law
which will secure them In the use of the
privileges Ihey now enjoy.
Should tho fences come down the range
cattlo Industry, besides having to struggle
for existence, will necessarily lapse Into
the state existing ten to twenty years ago,
before fencing began, and which proved
financially so disastrous. The cattleman
must become as nomadic as tho sheepman.
Contentions will arlso over ownership,
winter feed will not be provided, losses will
be heavy, Improvement In breeding will
cease and the breeder of purebred stock In
the valley states will find his best market
destroyed. It Is precisely nt this point
thnt enlightened self-interest prompted tho
Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breeders
association to adopt' a resolution strongly
Indorsing the land leasing bill. Tho'opposl
tion to this measuro In our association enrao
entirely from gentlemen who dream that
tho old homestead law which was an ex
cellent measuro where all tho land was
farm land, Is applicable where none of tho
land Is farm land. Tho resolution In our
association had tho support of every
breeder of purebred stock who had given
tho measure any consideration.
The cattlemen, In presenting tho Bowor
sock bill, express n willingness to pay fairly
for security In the uso of lands they already
occupy. Those lands heretofore havo not
paid rovenue to either slate or nation. They
havo neither been homcstcaded nor bought
and are not now sought nftcr by settlers,
If, Indeed, they are capable of settlement.
A largo revenuo would Immediately accrue
to tho national government by a lenso sys
tem. All the people to that extent would
sharo In the profit of the use ot the lands
and peaceable and honorable possession
would bo tbo lot of men who now demean
themselves to use by force what they can
not acquire by fair legal right.
The editor of The Bee chooses to discuss
tho details of land leasing nnd reaches n
conclusion adverse to It. Hut In view ot
the conditions existing, shall the peoplo
consume tlmo quibbling over details ot n
law before they docldo on a principle of
administration of the public lands? We
think they may not wisely do so. Let the
pe6ple make a united demand for a leasing
system. Then statesmen will apply them
selves to perfecting n system. Surely tho
people of Omaha and tho farmers of tho
corn-growing states whose, financial Inter
ests aro so deeply concorned In tho pros
perity ot the live stock business In the
rnngo district wilt not engago In a conten
tion which Imperils the cattle Industry.
HUGH F. M'INTOSII.
Amusements
Crelghtoii-Orpheum,
Nine young ilawallans dressed In trousers
and shirts of spotless white, brightened by
red saBhes nnd gay-colored bats, sang nnd
played their native music to two largo nudl
enecs at the Orpheum yesterday. In spite
of the fact that tho young men from tho
tropics were snowbound between Omaha and
Kansas City and arrived In Omaha less than
half an hour beforo thev nnnmrn,! nt thj
afternoon performance, they wore tholf airy
raimem as mougu mo wcatner man were
reporting 100 In tho shade, and sang their
island lovo 6ongs In mellow voices that
suggested zephyrs among tho tropical foil
age of tho land of Queen Lll. Miniature
guitars, queer pipes which resembled flutes
and other Instruments new to American
audiences we're played by tho x musicians
from our now possessions. Aftor singing
a number of native aclecllons tho Hawal:ans
sang- some English songs with n quaint
accent that found favor with tho audiences.
Akonl Kla-s singing of "Alwoys," following
the playing of the nlr as a flute boIo by M.
Lealakt, was especially well rocolvcd.
Tumor Haynes. the Omaha trick bicy
clist, who won first prlzo at tho nmateur
performance given January 1, mado his first
professional appearance yesterday and
proved that ho has earned his promotion
from the ranks of tho amateurs. Tho four
Otts gave a laughable skit, "Tho Smart
Set," which was ono of the best farces of
fored nt the Orpheum this season. Ver
mctto and Dlonne did some horizontal bar
work which was unusually thrilling. Fo
garty and Drown contributed somo clover
ragtlmo songs and dances, Seymour nnd
Dupro presented a sketch, "An Original
Idea," which proved to be an acceptable
vchlclo for some good dancing nnd Jump
ing. Some comedy work by Dcvnny nnd
Allen nnd an Interesting lot of now pictures
completed the bill.
At the Boyd.
Nearly as many peoplo were seated In
the theater ns appeared on tho stage during
the presentation of "Secret Sorvico" by
Daniel Frawley and his company at the
Boyd last night, and for tho sako of Mr.
Frnwley this Is much to bp regretted. Ills
Is a good company, the piece Is a sterling
example of American melodrama and the
performance was excellently staged and en
tertainingly acted. Mr. Frawley In rapidly
becoming a finished actor, and It Is to be
hoped that he will not take last night's
audience as a measuro of Omaha's Interest
In him. Ills presentation of the part ot
Lewis Dumont Is a most satisfying bit of
stage work. All through the several try
ing scenes he has ho carries himself with
splendid composure and offectlvo realism.
Mr. Harrington Reynolds, as Donton Ar
redsford, the confederate se-cret agent, was
a good foil for Mr. Frawley. Mary Van
Buren bore the part of Edith Varnoy with
becoming grace and dignity. Tho rest of
the company are capable.
Mlaeo'a Trocmlero.
Burlesque has g"ven way to farce comedy
at the Trocadcro. Jnraes V. McCnbo camo
to that playhouse yesterday with "Malonoy's
Wedding." The farco s ono which was
written as a vehldo for Mr. McCabe's clever
Irish comedy work. It Is provided with
special scenery and proved to bo a good
medium for the Introduction of u number
qf specialties. Maloney's Initiation Into the
Masonic order and the othor unusual ex
periences IncldenNto his woddlng pleased
largo crowds yestorday afternoon and even
ing. Malonoy will nlav a thrnn .io.-,
gagemont nt tho Trocadcro.
WHAT WID0WJDID FOR FAIR
Elk Receive n Donation from Unex
pected Quarter nnd Value It
Accordingly,
The Elks were Informed some time ago of
a most deserving case, wbero help was
noeded, and It recolved their boat atten
tion. On Saturday tho widow who had re
ceived tho assistance came to thn Kile rnntnu
and handed to the commUtoo nn envelope
wnicn coniawcn a letter and three crocholod
dresser mats, which she had made herself.
Tho letter Is a most pathetlo. one, breathing
appreciation In every word and showing
that hor "widow's mite," as she expressed
It In her letter, was tho very host
offering that she could make. In tho wonh
thnt thave como dawn to us through tho
conturles, "she had dono tho beBt that sho
could," In all the gifts the Elks have re
celved, this of the widow has touched the
responsive chord qf every Elk heart mro
deeply than any, It will bo known at tho
fair at "Tho Widow's Mlto."
for Pneumonia,
Dr. C. J. Bishop, Agnew, Mlcb., says: "I
have used Foley's Honey and Tar In three
very severe cuscs of pneumonia with good
results la every cone." Dewaro of substl.
lutea,
Ot the way to
CALIFORNIA
al Jl.
rious mountntn
take tho nurllngton Iloute,
Through
claco, 4:25 p. m.
n. 4:25 n. m.
n. m.
unlays.
TICKET
1502
'VARSITY BASKET BALL TEAM
Nebraska lai What Lioka Likt Winn
Rsidj far tha Bud.
SOME GI0D GAMES ON ITS SCHEDULE
Klrat Trl(Incltnte Content with licit
of Middle Went CoIIckc TenniH
nnd Second Lonhs to
Noilth.
Winter athletics nt the University of Ne
braska nro now In their hey-dey. The fact
that tho formal schedule of basket ball
contests opened Inst night at Lincoln draws
chief attention to that sport for n time.
For weeks tho gymnasium hns seen a flying
mass of arms and legs ns the different
teams strove for place, but now tho first
team has been picked, togethor with Its
substitutes, nnd theso collegians nro now
starting ojt on their career of conquest or
defeat. J. I Koehler Is cnptaln and plays
a guard. Cortelyou and Hagcnslck aro for
wards nnd I'tllsbury Is center, whllo Ray
mond Is tho other guard. "Hobby" Gaines
Ib substitute for center, Hewitt for forward
and Ililtner for guard.
It Is the general opinion In the athletic
department at tho university thnt this Is
tho best team ever put out and tho school
has had some winners. In fact, Captain
Koehler Is so sure of his men that ho ex
presses every confidence that they will de-'
feat tho famous University of Minnesota
team In February, which has recently de
feated Valo on tho trip of tho Now Haven
men west.
Every man on tho Nebraska team Is
known ns nn athlete and It Is remarkable
to noto that four men of tho five aro foot
ball players, and all stars. Captain Koeh
ler has boon contor on tho 'varsity eleven
for throo years, Cortolyou Is tho Omaha
toy who mado such a reputation at end
lost season, l'lllsbury Is tho phenomenal
big full back, tho largest roan on the team,
nnd hnymond Is the llttlo back whose kick
ing was such a strength to tho team In 1000.
Gaines, tho substitutes, Is the crack twlrler
ot tho bnso ball team.
Manager Fred Morrill has arranged a fine
schedule. I, began last night with the
game against the Lincoln Young Men's
Christian association. Next comes Kansas
university .nt Lincoln on January 31. Tho
Omaha Young Men'a Christian association
goes down on February 8 and on February
15 the Nebraska boys go to Sioux City to
meet tho Young Men's Christian association
there. Tho noxt night they play tho Uni
versity of Minnesota team at Minneapolis
and on this contost tho hopes of a season
binge.
Tho remainder of the trip Is not defi
nitely settled, but arrangements nro pend
ing for games with tho University of Wis
consin and tho Fond du Lac and Stevens
Point teams, In tho Badger state, nnd the
Unlvorslty of Chicago, Itavenswood and
West Side Young Men's Christian associa
tion teams nt Chicago. On the roturn Jour
ney n game will be played nt Rock Island,
III,; at Iowa. City with tho University of
Iowa team, at Orlnnell college nnd with
tho Young Men's Christian association In
Omaha.
Later the Nebraska team will leave homo
again, this tlmo for the south. It plays
a gamo at Topeka with thd Young Men's
Cbrlstlnn association thero on Fcbruury 27
and othor games with Kansas university
nnd tho Haskell Indians, both at Lawrence,
Kan.
Somo scores of candlatca, meanwhile, aro
hard nt work for tho track team, which Is
not yet chosen, S. D, Clinton Is manager
and A, McComb captain, but the personuel
Is not otherwlso determined.
However, tbo most promising candidates
aro already showing up beyond the rest,
and It Is sato to say that tho team will be
drawn from Hllsbury, Gaines, C. Sbedd,
Kellogg, Carr, Mundorf, Howltt and Pcpoon
ot tho old meu and Hagonslck, McDonald
and Havens of tho now candidates.
Coach Booth is handling the track men
and Jack Rest Is overseeing their training.
No outdoor work has begun yet, but It will
commence JUBt as soon as the weather per
mits, Tho first tournament event will be the
annual Charter Day Indoor meet, to bo held
In tho gymnasium on February 15, Great
rivalry attaches to this affair always, as It
Is tho Prst real match contest of tho sea
son and determines to a considerable ex
tent tho class of the athlotes who compeU,
The differed event will be the pole vault,
Golf, tennis, polo, bathing, yachting,
fishing, bicycling no mutter what your
favorite game may be, you can play it nil
day and every day in California. Califor
nla is a veritable paradise for lovers of
outdoor sports a land of bright skies,
sunny days, and cool, sleep-inducing
nights.
Tho plcasnntcst route to California Is by way of
Denver nnd Salt Luko City passing through tho glo
scenery of Colorado by daylight. Thn
trii is comrortnmy ns wen ns quicitiy maue u you
standard sleepers, Omaha to San Pran-
dnll
dnllv.
Through tourist sleepers, three times a week, 4::
Thursdays, Saturdays, and 10:30 p.
m. Sat-
OFFICE,.
Farnam Street.
Telcphono 250.
BURLINGTON STATION,
10th and Mason Sts.,
Telcphono 128.
twonty-flvo-yard dash, fence vault, running
and standing high Jumps, running and stand
ing broad Jumps and thrco broad jumps.
Noxt comes the annual meet ot tho Ne
bracka Intcr-collcglnto Track Atblotlc as
sociation, which occurs on University field
on May 17. Tho contesting schools will
bo tho State university, Wesloyan univers
ity, Doane, York and Hastings colleges.
In addition to these events arrangements
nre now pending with the University of
South Dakota. Drake university, Kansas
university and jho Unlvorslty of Iowa for
Individual contests. An effort will bo
mado to bring tho Ncbraska-Drako meet to
Omaha.
It. Is rather early yet to say much about
tho base ball tcaln other than as regards
prospects, for tho men nre scarcely out
yet. It Is not ton early, however, to stato
that such last year stars as Captain Boll,
Do Putron,. Rhodes, Gaines, Raymond,
Townsend, Hood, Bonder nnd Doano will bo
prominent mcmbors of tho team. That
almost completes tho Infield beforo the
(nen aro out for practlco nnd gives three
pitchers, Gaines, Townsend and Dcnder.
Doano will probably catch most ot the
tlmo nnd Raymond, Hood and nhodes will
bo distributed about tho bases. Do Putron
bas his old placo nt ccnterflcld nlnchcd
and Townsend nnd Gaines play good outfields
when not pitching. Captain Bell will
probably stay In tho outfield, at his ac
customed right garden spot.
Manager George Shldler has his schedule
completed now as to personnel, but not all
tbo dates are arranged yet. The outlook
for n fine team, though merely an outlook
yet, seems excellent. On February 1 all
the caudldntcs will be formally called out
for a showing, but the system ot coaching
will bo different this year from that cm-
Kployed In former seasons. Tho mon will
not bo bunched, but will bo separated Into
squads ot tbo old men nnd tho new. As
fast as the lattor show sufficient form thoy
will bo moved up with tho old men for
practice, and thoso old players who cannot
hold their places with tho first squad wilt
bo shoved down.
ST. LOUIS FRANCHISE IS SOLD
American League Grant Purchased
by a Number of Local
Capitalists.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. The St. Louis Amer
ican league franchise was sold today by
Matt nnd Henry Klllea of Milwaukee to
It. L. Hedges, who represents n number
of St. Louis capitalists. The price paid
was not made public, Tho now owners of
tho club will hold n meeting In St. Iouls
Wednesday to form u permanent organi
zation and elect officers. It Is Bald Mr,
Hedges wll be elected president ot the
club.
In the transnctlon here the purchasers of
the club wi.ro represented by Attomoys
John IS. Druco and J. C. McDlnrmld of
Clnclnnutl. L. R. Pledges Is a retired car
riage manufacturer of Cincinnati and now
a resident of St. I-oiils. It In said thnt
Jimmy McAleer will be kept ns mnnapor
by tho now owners and tho players as
previously announced will bn retained.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2(1. Nobody here seems
to know II. l. Hedges, who Is said tn repre
sent n number of St. Ijuls capltnllstB In
tho purchaso of the St. Louis Amerlcnn
lenguo franchise. Tho man unmed Is be
lleved to bo noting for Ralph Orthweln.
Ijcey Crawford, Iluwcll Gardner nnd
prominent business men who havo boon
mentioned In connection with the possible
ownership of tho club. It Is not believed
thnt the real purchasers will bo .known
before noxt Wednesday, when, It In nald,
n meotlnf, will bo held hero to organlzo and
elect officers.
WeNlcrn l.cnariie Offer.
HUMBOLDT. Neb., Jan. 2tf.-(SneclnU-Rny
U Linn, familiarly known In base ball
circles as "Brick," the crack pitcher of
this city, hns received n flattering offor to
enter tho Western league tho coming
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This
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lino work last season with nmntour teams
In this vicinity nnd his friends predict a
great futuro for him.
TEXAS LEAGUE PERFECTED
I.one Stnr FnitN OriinnUe nnd Apply
tn Xntlonnl Association for
Protection.
DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 20. Tbo Texas
Iieaguc of Base Hnll Clubs perfected or
ganization here today by ndmlttlng Corsl
ennn nnd Donnlso'n-Sht'rmnn. The lengue
hns applied to the National Association of
Dnso flail Clubs for protection under
class D.
KNOCKED OUT IN FIRST ROUND
Iloelieoter Man In Whipped liy Andy
Stcvenaon nt St.
liOlllN.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2fi.-Al tho St. Louis
Rowing; club Lou Froldman of RoohcBter,
N. Y was today knocked out by Andy
Stovenson of St. Iouis In tho first round
of a ten-round mutch,
TOURIST SAYS HE IS ROBBED
Informs Police nt Strnnite Experience,
hat No Kvldenee ot Crime
1 Fonnd,
Clarence Collard reported to tho police
last night that ho was held up nnd robbed
of 25 nnd a return ticket from Allcghaney,
Pa., to Denvor by two mon nenr Tenth nnd
Farnam streets. Tho robbery, ho says,
occurred about 8:30 o'clock,
Collard nrrlved In Omaha Sunday morn
ing from Pennsylvania en routo to Donver.
Ho spent tho day sleeping nt tho Union
depot, only leaving It to get his meals at
a restaurant across tho streot. Lato last
evening ho started out to see tho town,
whllo awaiting his train, Whon nt Tenth
ond Farnam streets ho was accosted by
two men, ho says, each of whom pointed n
rovolvor at hlra. Ho was commanded by
tho taller of tho men to "hold up his
hands." Tho second man then robbod him
of tho money and ticket.
Officers Investigated Collnrd's etory thor
oughly, went to tho place whero ho said tho
robbery occurred, but could find no track
Indicating that such a session had been held
at Tenth and Farnam streets. Later In the
night Collard told sovcrol conflicting starlffs
ot tho holdup. Tho pollco believe ho was
deceiving them.
UNABLE TO LOCATE HER HOME
Woman Deaf, Dumb nnd Nrnrly llllint
In Cared for by the
Police.
Martha Waybrlght, deaf, dumb and al
most blind, was found last night by tho
pollco, 'wandering around near Twentieth
and Clark strcetB. Tho woman was lost
and on a slip of paper wroto thot sho re
sided In North Omaha. Sho was taken to
tbo address by Officer Baldwin In thn
emergency rig. Tho nddress proved to bo
wrong, however, and tho woman waH taken
by the police to tho homo of William Nor
ton, 1304 Chicago stroct, whero It wi.s found
her relatives lived.
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