TIIE OMAHA DAILY IIEE: SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1902.
SOCIETY IS DOING LITTLE
Dullest Week in iTa-7 Months it that
Ja:t Pa!-,ei
GOLF AND BOATING THE ONLY THINGS
ease Jfe, bat Mere Loafla. Aromd
the dabs, with Jamt Eioifk
VlxKlfiK to Prevent Abio
lata Btaanntloa.
If any of the fashionables have done any
thing of late aside from finishing tbelr
preparations to go away for tha summer, or
attending tha few teaa and dinners of the
week, they have done It o quletljr that no
one elae has heard of It, not even the busy
dame, for the week Juet paat baa been un
interesting beyond any that tociety baa ex
perienced In many a month.
Though the scare out at the Country club
Which threatened for a few daya to put an
end to the popularity of that resort, for a
time at least, haa all blown over, and there
are almost aa many of the fashionables to
be found about the place as ever. In the
big hall, on the veranda and over the links.
It haa been Maoawa and the Boat club that
ha4 attracted the younger aet of lata and
almost every evening haa found some of
them there, sailing, rowing or Just watching
tha other people. In fact, but few of them
hare visited the Country club at all re
cently, only as Invited there to dinner.
Still no one will now admit that be Is
really afraid.
Out at the Field club Interest seems to be
Increasing with every week, that la. If any-,
thing Is to be Judged by attendance. Espe
cially la this true of the Wednesday and
Saturday evening bops, which are sure to
be well attended In spite of the weather.
But these Informal doings aeem to satisfy
society entirely and this week promises
little mora than last.
Weddings and Encasements.
A pretty borne wedding was solemnised at
high noon on Monday at the home of Mrs.
Jessie Thenberth, Mlse Edith Helen and
Mr. Walter Umsted being the contracting
partlea. A large party of young people,
friends of tba bride, were present.
A wedding of Interest In Omaha was that
f Mr. Harry Branch Ransdell of Chicago
and Miss M. Madeline Helmer of thta city,
which waa quietly aolemnlsed In Concor
dia, Kan., on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs.
Ransdell will be at borne In Denver after
, August 15.
Miss Hay Olbson and Mr. John H. Carroll
were married Thursday evening at the
borne of tha bride's sister, Mrs. W. H.
Elbourn, 25S1 Bpauldlng street. Rev. J. H.
Jenks performed the ceremony. Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll will rema'n In Omaha a
week, after which they will atart on a
brief tour, touring at Bt. Louis, Detroit,
Cleveland and other points, i Their home
will be at Buffalo, N. Y., where Mrs Car
roll la engaged In bualness.
Movements ul Whereabouts.
Mr. H.,D. Neely Is at Madison Lake, Minn.
Mrs. Re:d W. Talmage baa gone to New
Tort. ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Footer are at Lake
OkoboJL
' Miss Evans of Kansaa City Is the guest of
Miss Coad.
Mr. D. C. Hurley left last evening far
New Tort.
Mr. Tom Crelgh spent a part of laat week
la Kansas City.
'Mr, and Mrs. Joalya apent a part of last
week in Chicago. 1
Miss Pearl McCoy wente BL Louie on
Friday evening. '
Mr. and Mrs. CowgUl are back from a
tour of the lakes.
Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Lindsay apent laat
week at Lake Mlnnetonka,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Faxton are back from
tbelr trip to the Tellowatone.
Word baa been received that Mr. E. W.
Dixon baa arrived in Liverpool.
Mr. Lee McShaoe baa returned from
Sheridan, Wyo., and Dome lake, .-
Mrs. J. M. Rose and daughter are visit
log In Colorado Springe and Denver.
Mrs. Levi Carter and Mlsa Carter ex
pect to leave today for Colorado.
Mr. Charles Hull will spend the remainder
of the aummer at Vandalia, N. T.
Mr, and Mra. John Francis and Mlas
Francia are at Colorado Springe.
Mra. B. K. Bruce has gone, to Lea Chen
eaux, Mich., to apend the summer.
Judge and Mrs. Dickinson and aon David
Dickinson are flablng at Long Fine.
Mrs. Mortimer D. Hyde and children have
gone to New York for the aummer.
Mra. F. B. Crowley and aon are spend'
lag a few weeks at Wall Lake, la.
Mrs. Shelton has Joined ber aon Lieuten
ant Nathan Bhelton, at Puget Bound.
Miss Elisabeth Colfax has returned from
aa extended visit with friends In the west.
Mra. William B. Heller and family left
laat week for Muskegon, Mich., and will
apend the remainder of the summer there,
Mrs. w. E. Williams and daughter are
visiting their former home In Wabash,
Xnd.
Mra. Charlee L. Boss la recovering from
Ber recent Illness at Bt Joseph's bos
pltal. N
Mr. Harry P. Deuel baa gone for a
three-weeks" trip to Chicago and the
lakes.
Mrs. John F. Wagner of I86J Charles
street has gone to New York for an ex
tended visit.
Mr. and Mrs. 3. H. Tebblns left on
Wednesday for a three-months' visit In
Europe. The greater part of their atay
Pic, Puddings and Breakfast rood
and many other tasty dishes can be made
out of the same package of Per-fo.
LADIES Visit the large Per-fo demon- nftCTfiV CTflDF
stratlon oa the first floor of DUOlUil O 1 UIU.
All Greeers Soil rcit-ro 16C.
there will be at their former borne at
Bremen.
Mr. Henry T. Clarke, Jr., bae gone to
Wyoming on a tea days' trip.
Mrs. J. F. Mswhlnney has gone to the
Berkshire bills to frend the summer.
Mr. and M'S. Jamca H. Morton have gone
for a two weeks' tilp to the northern lakes.
Ml a Lewis haa gone to Princeton, III.,
rhrr? she will spend several weeke visiting
Ir.cn's.
Messrs. Shlrerlck. Robert Burns and WU
belm are camping at Plke'a Point. Lake
OkoboJI. ,
Miss Delay Regere has returned from a
fortnight's visit with . friends In Broken
Brw. Neb.
Dr. W. A Nason and Mrs. Nason have
gone on a pleasure trip which is to Include
N'agara Falls
Miss Anna llazzard haa gone to Passaic,
N. J. where abe expects to apend the reet
of the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith and Mr. Warren.
Smith have Joined Mlas Edith Smith at Fort
Wlngate, N. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis and family
and the Misses French are at tbelr eottage
at Lake OkcboJI.
Mr. Harry Cockrell bae returned from a
trip to Colorado Springs, Denver and other
Colorado points."
Mrs. J. E. Baum and children, accom
panied by Miss Hawk of Lincoln, have gone
to Lake OkoboJI.
Mr. Odin Mackay bas returned from Bos
ton and will spend the summer In Omaha
with his parents.
Mr. O. W. Bush la spending a fortnight
with his family at their aummer place In
northern Wisconsin.
Miss Este'la Beecher left last evening for
Chicago for a two weeks' visit with her
friends in that city.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Loblngter have re
turned from California, where they have
been for the last month.
1 Mr. Joseph McKlnney has returned from
a visit to New York, where be spent some
time at Manhattan Beach.
Miss Ona Troxell baa. returned from
Bancroft, Neb., where she has been the
guest of Miss Maude Burke.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bldwell, Miss Wat
tles and Miss Hoffmayer returned this
week from Hot Springs, 8. D.
Mrs. L. B. Walmer and children and Mrs.
O. M. Lawrence and children are borne
from their visit to the country.
Miss Pearl Shelly Is visiting friends In
Boston, with whom she will spend the sum
mer at different points along the coast.
Mr. and Mra. J. L. Brandels left Thurs
day evening for Elkhart, Wla., where they
expect to apend the remainder of the aum
mer. Miss Edith McKenzle left Monday night
for Minneapolis and St. Paul, where she
will visit friends the remainder of the sum
mer. Mrs. Fred R. McConnell and daughter,
Misses Elisabeth and Gretchen, are at home
from a visit of several weeks la New Eng
land. Mrs. John Hayaa left on Tuesday for
South Haven, Mich., where ehe will Join a
house party of college friende for aeveral
weeks.
Misses Louise and Agnes Neeee are
spending a very enjoyable vacation with
friends la Milwaukee, Chicago and Green
Bay, Wla..
Miss Hattle Dretfua haa returned from
Nebraska City, where she has been the
guest for the paat two weeka of Mrs.
Eugene Levi.
Mrs. A. L. Welch, accompanied by ber
daughter. Miss May, and eons, Artiur and
Jack, haa gone to Wall Lake, la., tor a few
weeks' outing.
Mr. and Mr. Joha I. Redlck, Mr. and
Mra. William A. Redlck. Messrs. John,
George and Elmer Redlck left last evening
for Lake Mlnnetonka.
Dr. and Mrs. Moriarty aalled from New
York on 'Thursday on the North German
Lloyd ateamer Barbarosaa. and will remain
abroad until September.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed T. Heyden returned on
Wednesday irom Sioux Fails, S. D., where
they went to attend the funeral of Mra.
Heyden'a father, Mr. D. B. Jones.
Miss Eleanore Mackey, daughter cf Rev.
and Mra. Mackay, la wtth ber aunt, Mrs.
Laura Wood, visiting In Culpepper, Va.,
and will te absent until September.
Mrs, J. Stewart White, Mlsa Gertrude
White and Miss Blessing are at the eld
Fortress Quebec, expecting to go to Little
Deer Isle, Maine, later to spend the re
malnder of the aummer.
Mrs. Byron Hastings and little daugh
ter, accompanied by ber mother, Mrs. Jack'
man, left last week for Delevaa Lake, Wis
consln, where they have taken a cottage
for the remainder of the aummer.
Social Chlt-Chat.
Mrs. Brinker and daughter are at Madi
son Lake, Minn.
Mrs. Alfred Millard and children are
summering In Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brandels expect to
go to the seashore next month.
Mrs. C. E. Squires expects to spend the
summer at Magnolia Beach, Mass.
Mlas Terrtll and: Mrs. Lou Terrill will
be at the Hotel Regine, Parla, for the next
five weeka.
Mrs. Brad Slaughter baa aalled for Ma
nlla, where she will Join her huaband, Ma
Jor Slaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wright and chil
dren have taken apartments at the Mad!
aon for the eummer.
Mlsa Mount left the early part of last
week to visit her father's ranch In the
weatern part of the atate.
Mra. Herman Kountte and Miss Cotton
will leave on Wednesday for Charlevoix,
where they will spend the remainder of
the aummer. Early In September Mlsa
Cotton will go to Boston, where ehe will
act aa bridesmaid at the wedding of a
friend.
Mr. E. V. Lewie expecta to go to Chi
cago next month and from there will make
tour of the great lakee.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Remington are vis
iting In Minnesota, en route borne from
their visit to the Yellowstone.
Mr. C. S. Culllagham and email aon.
who went abroad last summer, are visit
ing friends In Ipswich, England.
Miss Eugenia Morand will leave for
Oorgetown convent, Washington, D. C,
fn the early part of September.
Mr. and Mra. W. O. Smith have returned
from their wedding trip and have taken
the home of Mra. Barr, la Dundee, for the
summer.
Lieutenant William O. Doane and Mlsa
Daisy Doane did not retora on the trans
port Logan, aa expected, and their return
s now uncertain.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hoyt expect to leave
about the first of August for Crandall
Lodge, Spirit Lake, where they will apend
the reet- of the summer.
Mrs. Henry T. Clarke, Jr., will be the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gannette
at Haxel Hedge, near Florence, during Mr.
Clarke'a absence In the west.
Mrs. Stanton and Miss Stanton are oc
cupying the Warren Rogers home for the
ummer during Mrs. Rogers' absence In
the east. Mr. Rogers Is at the Country
club.
Miss Katharine Bradbury, who haa been
the guest of Mrs. C W. Waterman, left
sat Tuesday evening for New York, where
she expects to Join the Florodora opera
company for the coming seaaon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoxey Clarke left on
Wednesday tor Weequetonslng, Mich.,
where they have a cottage, and will apend
the remainder of. the eummer. Mrs. 8.
H. H. Clark expecta to Join them there
later.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morand, with their
aon, Mr. Max Conrad, and daughter, Mlsa
Eugenia Conrad Morand, have returned
from a tour In the east, where they vis
ited New York, Saratoga, Montreal and
various other places.
Mrs. McCllntock left yesterday to visit
friends In Chicago and Milwaukee. She
will be Joined at the former place by Cap
tain McCllntock and together they will go
to New York, from where they will aall
for Europe, expecting to be absent about
four months.
Miss Thomas of Kountte Place leaves for
New York on Wednesday. She will be
accompanied by ber nephew, Arthur Bud
long, who la returning to hla home In
Camden, N. Y., after having spent the last
year In Omaha. Mis Thomas will apend
aome time wltbv friends In Vtlca, Camden
and Philadelphia; and will then go south
to Norfolk. Va., and Winston, N. C, be
fore returning to Omaha.
Oat of Ttwi oaeats.
Mr. 3. M. Collins of Sioux City. Is In the
city.
Miss Alierson of Alderson, W. Va., la
visiting Mra. F. D. Wead.
Mr. Lewis B. Reed of Chicago la visit
ing Mr. and Mra. L. B. Reed.
Mlsa Maybelle Crawford of Chicago la
the guest of Mrs. Sherman Whelpton.
Mrs. Ben D. Atwell of St. Louis la the
guest of her elster, Mrs. W. J. Kennedy.
Mrs. E. Dulmage of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. Sher
wood. Judge Herbert Davie of Chicago 1 the
gueet of Dr. Bridges and Mr. Luther
Drake.'
Mr. and Mr. 7. M. Cherry of Dea Moinea
are the guests of Mr. and Mr. R. C.
Cheney. '
Miss Gladys Conkllng of St. Loula haa as
ber guest tbia week Miss Alma Maynard of
Cheyenne. '
Mlsa Ervine of Sioux City Is expected
this week to spend a fortnight aa Miss
Mount's guest.
Mra. Clayton H. Goodrich of Kansas City
la the, guest of her sister, Mrs. Eva Par-
ottee Sweeney.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dorgan of Lincoln
were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Redlck' guest
a part of last week.
Miss Morgan, who ha been the guest
of Mrs. E. V. Lewis, returned to her home
in Chicago on Tuesday.
Mlas Jtfnes Alexander of Grand Island
will arrive thU week to be the guest of
Miss Minnie Coatsworth.
Mr. and Mr. .James Eller and daughter
of St. Paul spent Tuesday the guests of
Mr. and Mr. B. a. strickiana.
Mra. Preston of Oxford, Neb., 1 visit'
tng her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Berkemir,
on South Twenty-seventh street. s
Miss Julia Marie Coe of Denver la the
gueet of her brother, Mr. Harold Coo and
Mra. 8. A. MeWborter, at the borne of
the latter.
Rev. and Mra. William Barnes Lower
were the gueet of Dr. and Mr. Lower
last week while enroute from a trip to
the Yellowetone to their home In Pennsyl
vania. ,
Mines Mary Pheland and Nora Cleary of
San Antonio, Tex., are visiting Mra. Paul
B. Harm of 716 North Twenty-third street.
Mrs. Merrll Bake of Kansaa City, nee Edna
Jonea, la apendlng a few daya , with her
Woman's Work in Club
The summer conference of the Yeung
Women's Christian association, to be held
at Lake Geneva, Wla., next month, prom
ises to attraot Its usual gathering of as
sociation workers, the indications being
that the attendance from Omaha and Ne
braska will be greater than ever before.
The large attendance from thie vicinity
last year brought back an enthusiasm that
seema to have apread and become general
among association members, until Geneva
promise to be the popular vaeatlon resort
this aummer.
The conference will open August 11 and
elose September 1, and the program la of
the ueual excellent character. Among the
promlennt speaker who are to be there are
Dr. Charlea Cuthbert Hall, president of
Union Thelolglcal seminary. New York
City; Dr. W. W. White. President of Mont
clalr Bible school. Montclatr, N. J.: Miss
Agnea Hill, general aecretary of the Young
Woman's Christian association of India; Dr.
W. F. Oldham, secretary of the Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal church;
Mr. Don O. Shelton of the International
Young Men'a Christian association; Miss
Mary L. Babcoek, secretary of the New
York association.
Rev. Robert Yoet of St. Mary's avenue
Congregational church addressed the Fri
day noon goapel meeting of the association,
which waa especially wall attended. Pledges
to the new building fund continue to com
In and It la hoped that the $1,000 to be
raised by the association members will all
soon be pledged. The association feels much
encouraged at the hearty endsrenment re
cently given the project by the Real Ea
tat Exchange and feels that It Indicate
the general Interest In their work, y
la the abaenre of the physical director,
Mlsa Edith Baker will be at the tennle
courta on Harney atroet en Th'irsJay and
Friday evenlnge to help those who are
learning to play. The attendance at the
courta la large every evening that the
ground will admit of playing. The mem
bers of South Branch are also eatbaalaaUa
parents, Mr. and Mra. Frank Jonea, on
Park avenue.
Mrs. William J. Morrison, nee Lillian
Tukey, la visiting her parent. Mr. and
Mrs. A. r. Tukey, while enroute from the
east to her home In Lincoln.
Miss Dorothy Ackley of Atlanta, Oa.,
Mlsa Georgia Spafford of Montgomery,
Ala., and Miss Virginia Davla of Rich
mond, Va., are guest of Mis Helen Ack
ley on South Thirty-first street.
Mra. Alene Shane Devln Of Chicago la tha
guest of Mrs. Archie Love at her home
near the Country club. Mra. Devln la en
route to her home from tha west, where
ehe baa visited the coast, returning via the
Yellowstone.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stn-ibetmer, Mr. and
Mra. L. Splesberger, Miss Dpi lie Sin
shclmer and Mr. Herbert Splesberger of
Chicago, Mr. and Mra. H. Marks or St
Joseph, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Well,
Misses Ida, Ruth and Beulah Well of
Keokuk, la., are the guest of Mr. M.
Splesberger, 610 Park avenue. They will
attend the Wolff-Splesberger wedding on
Tuesday.
. riesnnres rest.
Miss Lomax and Miss Cotton were Mr.
Haskell and Mr. Eira Millard's guests at
dinner at the country club on Wednesday
evening.
In honor of ber elster, Mrs. Catherine
Maachek of Ottumwa, Mr. Jeannette Wal
ter entertained at cards on Tuesday after
noon at the Murray.
Mr. and Mr. W. A. Redlck, Mr. and
Mra. Dorgan of Lincoln and Mr. Brevoort
of New York were the guests of Mr. Tay
lor at the Country club on Tuesday.
Mra. Lemist was hostess at a luncheon
at the Country club on Tuesday, when her
guests were Mre. McClerland, Mrs. Joel
Stewart of Council Bluffs and Mre. Herman
Kountse.
The members of the South Side Whist
club gave a most enjoyable picnic at
Krug'a Park on Tuesday. The party took
their dlnnera In the park and apent the
evening bowling.
In honor of Mrs. McAllister and Mlsa
McAllister of Missouri Valley, who are
her guests, Mrs. John Campbell received In
formally on Wednesday afternoon from t
until 6 o'clock.
Among othera who entertained at dinner
at the Country club last evening were Mrs.
B. B. Wood, who had six guests; Mrs.
Howard Baldrlge, a party of six, and Mr.
and Mra. T. A, Cole.
- Misses Moore, Lomax, Cotton, Allen, Peck,
Captain Bridges, - Lieutenants Hayoraft,
Stone and Hanney of Fort Crook were Mr.
and Mra. Arthur Gulou'a guests at dinner
at the Country club laat evening.
Mra. McCllntock entertained aa hostess
at a aupper at the County .iluo on Bunday
evening, Mrs. McKer.na, Mr. and Mra.
Qulou, Captain and Mra. Wright and Mr.
and Mra. H. T. Lemist being her guests.
Miss Ada Klrksndall, Miss Lucy Gore
and Mlsa Bessie Brady, Mr. Tom Davis,
Mr. Glenn Wharton and Mr. Gerald Whar
ton made up a dinner party at the Country
club oa Thursday, with Mra. Klrkendall aa
chaperone.
Mr.' and Mr. J. B. Rahm, Mr. Lacy and
Mr. Plattner, Mr. and Mra. W. T. Denney
were Mr. and Mra. F. J. Hoel'e guests at
dinner on Wednesday evening, the party
attending the dance at the Field club later
in the evening.
A Jolly picnic party at Courtland beach
on Thursday last waa composed of Mr. and
Mra. Perault. Mr. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs.
Percal, Mr. and Mra. Tipplt, Mr. and Mrs.
Weacal, Mr. and Mra. Howard and Mr. Ed
ward Howard.
Misses Florence and Lillian Wlthrow en
tertained a party of small friends at a
lawa party on Wednesday afternoon . at
their home at 845 Bouth Thirty-fifth street.
The time waa moet pleasantly spent at
gamee, the afternoon closing with refresh
ments.
Mr. and Mra. Luther Kountse, Mr. and
Mra. Kenyon, Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield, Mr.
and Mre. Will Paxton, Mr. and Mra. Myron
Learned, Mre. Harry Wllklna and Dr. Paul
Luddlngton were the guest of Mr. and
Mra. Charlea Hull at a dinner at the Coun
try club on Thursday.
Mra. George Prltchett waa hostess at one
of the most pretentious affaire of the week
on Wednesday, when she entertained at
luncheon In compliment of Mra. Hall of
Kansaa City. The decoratlona were en
tlrely of pink, roaea being ueed. , Mra.
Pritchett's guests were Mmee. Hall,
Everett, Yatee, Tyler, Joel Stewart, Cou
tant and Llndsey.
Woiade4 heepherder- Still Llvee.
CASPER, Wyo., July 1. (Special.) Van
Ferrla, the young aheepherder who waa
wounded during a night attack upon his
sheep wagon near Lost Cabin a month ago
when John Cassahn waa killed, did not die
aa a result of the amputation of bla
wounded arm. He la In a hospital at
Crawford, Neb., and the physicians be
lleve be will recover. When the report
came that Ferrla waa dead. Sheriff Tubbs
Immediately arrested B. 8. Murphy and
Harry Martin, wealthy eheepmea, who were
charged with the murder. Yeiterlay when
It became known that Ferris waa atlll
alive Murphy and Martin were released
again. Htcka and Adama, the eheepberclera
charged with the aame crime, are In the
county Jail.
tennis players and greatly appreciate the
uae of the Brownell Hall courta eo kindly
allowed them for the aummer.
The union meeting of the Women' For
eign Missionary Societies auxUiarlce. held
In the parlora of Hanscom Park Me'hodlet
church last week, waa one of the moat
helpful and . interesting meetings of the
kind that has ever been held in the city.
Mrs. Phllllppl of Fifth Methodist Epis
copal church presided and papers were
read by Mrs. Lessard of Walnut Hill add
Mra. Todd of Hanscom Park. Mlsa llawley
contributed two vocal solos.
The plcnlo to have been given at Court
land Beach by the members of le House
hold Economics department Mas teen poat
poned until Wednesday, luly 23.
' The regular monthly meeting of the Veil
ing Nurses association was held at the Pax
ton hotel on Thuraday afternoon, the bear
ing of reports being the only buiioese.
Mrs. C. 8. Loblngler has returned from
California, where ehe went the latter part
of April to attend the biennial convention
of the General Federation of Women'a
clubs, and has since been visiting there.
Mmee. Elisabeth Covell, Margaret
Park, Anna Scott, DeLee, Patterson, 8nln
rock, McKlttrlck, E. B. Towle and Mlsa
Ora Ehinrock were among the member of
the local Woman' Christian Temperance
unloa who attended tha annual convention
of the Douglaa county union at Elk City
oa Thursday. The party left Omaha early
Thursday morning and returned Friday
morning. The abolishing of the district
union and the establishment of the county
union In Ite stead has left a number of
flourishing organisations and a good many
more that are not ao flourishing without
the Inspiration and help they formerly
received owing to the failure, so far, to
v arsranlaa all tha counties. While the new
MISSISSIPPI STILL RISING
Flooded Condition Between Keokuk and
Haanibal Grow Worse
RIVER IS TIN MILES WIDE AT POINTS
Hundreds mt Farmers la Lowlands
Drives front Hons aad Only
Hlchest relate Are Free
from Danger.
KEOKUK, la., July 19. The flood condl
tlona of yesterday were much woree to
day and the Mississippi river Is from two
to ten miles wide for seventy-five miles
below Keokuk and la rising rapidly. ,
The flood la reaching far outlying farm
and tarmtrs In the lowlands on the Mis
souri side have lost everything but their
citadels on high knolls and a few fields be
hind the highest levees.
Damage la also caused on the Illinois
aide between here and Qulncy, where there
are many thousands of acre beyond river
side levee which are not entirely efficient,
the water working through at the aide of
the floodgate. The Lima and Hunt leveea
opposite Canton, Mo., the most dangeroua .
places and which protect many square
mile of corn In Illinois, are being con
stantly patrolled and hope are enter
tained that they may possibly hold.
The greatest damage la on the Missouri
side of the Mississippi river between Keo
kuk and Hannibal, territory covering $00
aquare miles, and on which the corn waa
estimated at eighty bushela to the acre a
few daya ago, being inundated. Hundreda
of farmer are tenants who lost crop by
last year's drouth In the uplands and
moved to the lowlanda thla year. They are
now penniless and bunting work In towns
and cities.
Reporta today are that In the 'territory
Indicated the loee will be over t4.000.000,
chiefly to corn laid by and In splendid con
dition previously. The damage done up
the Mississippi river Is greater than ex
pected or at first reported. On township
In this county. Green Bay, la under alx or
aeven feet of water. It contains over 11,000
acres of crop. Families were driven out
hurriedly and tome cattle drowned. Corn
waa the very finest In thla section of the
country laat week.
Bnrllaartoa Levee Breaks.
The levee lust north of Burllnrfnn
broke, Inundating three aquare miles that
had been considered as fa. Tha ftknnk
river, the most destructive tributary of
the Mississippi, la roaring down with a
flood exceeded but twice In the history of
the state In 1861 and In 1891. The water
topped the record or 1891 and baa touched
the hlgheet record of 1861. This river
rlsea In the center of Iowa and mnil
Into the Mississippi twenty-five miles
nortn or Keokuk, greatly. Increaalng the
flood at polnta below.
Railroads In Iowa will be nut in rut
cost In the maintenance of tracka and
safety of trains.
The Burlington and. Rock Island sys
tems are closely patrolled by watchmen
at an nriages and culverts. No great
damage baa occurred to them on account
of the aystematlc prevention, but thla baa
been done at great coat. The supervisors
of Lee. Dea Moines, Washington, Henry,
Jefferson, Wapello and Van Buren coun
ties have men at work trying to aave
wagon road bridges, many of which have
already gone out. Losses from this cause
win oe very considerable.
Thousanda of acree are aubmero-ed In
Appanooaa county, Iowa, , and there la
much small grain caucht in tha flM
The crop In other places la chiefly corn.
a new element that bas appeared all over
the flooded section of Iowa la disease
among stock; from the condition of pas
turea overflowed ellghtly before and used
after temporary subsidence of the watere.
Later reporta tonight nlcture wtdasnreaA
destruction down the Mississippi, the
scurrying or farmers to get off Inundated
lands and save their families, and ateam
boats taking off many, including all resi
dents of ths Islands In the Mlsslaslonl.
A number of manufacturing plants along
the river front at Qulncy are threatened
witn inundation.
Aa far aouth aa Louisiana, Mo., the
flood la doing damage.
Observer Oosewlsch of tha Weather hu.
reau atatlon here, aald late tonight that
the riee bere will be eight Inchea more,
although the river la now widespread and
the height Is lessened by the great area
oi nooaea iowianas.
Hamlet Washed Away.
LA SALLE, 111., July 11. A heavy down
pour of . rain haa fallen In thla region In
ceasantly for thirty-six houra and the
Illinois and Vermillion rlvera and tribu
taries have sent a flood down the valley
that haa ruined many of the bottom land
farm and cauaed loasea to the country
between here and Ottawa aggregating more
than $100,000.
The roadwaya entering La Salle and
Peru from the aouth are all aubmerged.
Many brldgea have been wrecked, prevent
ing all approach to the cltlea from the
aouth.
Strausberg, a hamlet on the Vermillion
river. Just eaat of here, haa been almost
and Charity
system 1 doubtless aa Improvement over
the old county district system, giving a
larger representation aa It doea and re
ducing the territory to be covered by each
organisation, many of the unions will suf
fer unless the counties are organlxed soon.
In a number of counties where this has
failed unions have asked to Join adjoining
county organtsationa, and this privilege
bas been granted them on condition that
they accept all the officers and rulings of
that union.
The program for the October meeting of
the Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs
la almost completed and will be Issued
soon. The program promise to be one of
the most profitable and Interesting that
hss yet been presented, and with all of
the Important business that Is to come
up at Columbus the coming meeting bids
fair to be one long to be remembered.
Mr. Alene Ehane Devln of Chicago la In
Omaha this week, the guest of Mrs. Archie
Love. Mrs. Devln Is one of the prominent
women of the Illinois federation and
widely known aa a writer. 8h will be re
membered by those members of ths Ne
braska delegation at the Los Angeles bi
ennial whose pleasure It was to meet her
at Abbotsford Inn.
In the death of Mrs. Katherlne Grafton
Patterson, which occurred In Denver re
cently, the women of Colorado and club
women generally have suffered a great
lose. Of the many gifted women et the
Colorado federation Mra. Patterson Was
one of the most widely known for ef
forts for ths aoclal and Intellectual ad
vaneeroept of ber aex. A woman of high
Intellectual attalnmenta herself, she bad
that faculty of stimulating a like Interest
and spirit In all with whom abe cam In
contact aad her loss will be keenly felt
especially by the members of the Denver
club, of which aha waa a prominent
member.
y- . l ' - - . - ' -
entirely washed away. During the night
the flood came upon the villagers and
they were forced to flee to the hills, many
of them In nlghtclothes.
Four resiliences were swept down to
the river to the Rock bridge, where they
were dsshed to pieces. Seventy families
are left practically penniless and homeless.
Vtlca, a village of 700 inhabitant alx
mile east of here. Is entirely under water.
The Illinois river snd csnal, one mile
apart ordinarily, now form one body of
water. The water Is, on the average, on
the level with -the first floor of the bust-
Bess houses. In this section train service
on the Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific
railroad bas been blocked for forty-eight
hours.
Chicago mail has not reached these cities
alnce Thursday. The conditions are alarm
ing In that the river la still rising rapidly.
St. Joseph Marderer Mnat II an sr.
ST. JOSEPH. Mr... July 19. -Charles May.
who killed Robert Martin at country
dsnre near St. Joseph two years bro, has
been found guilty of murder In the firt
degree. This was May' third trial and
there Is no hope of raving him front the
gallows. May Is notorious, having com
mitted another murder In this county
several years ago, for which he served
time.
1
'There Is Rest for the Weary
So Say the Wearers of
Seventy-five different human foot
models from the narrowest to the
widest triple A to double E More
depende upon the shoe being the
proper shape for .the foot that wears
It than upon any other one quality
Fitted a they are Sorosls look and
ar aa good as custom work the
price 1 the only difference.
SOROSIS Are
$3.50 Always
When the dealer add a dollar or
dollar and a half to the price of your
shoes the profit la larger, but the
shoes are no better.
SOROSIS Fit,
and the Fit Tells.
Write for catalogue and Sorosls
Prise Stories They are free.
Sorosis Shoe Store
203 S. 15th St., OMAHA.
Frank Wilcox, Manager.
.f.SCDFIELD
ixaumurrca
101O Doaalae .
Walking Skirts, M.50-
New style kilt pleated, handsomely"
. tailored, of all . wool crash, in three
shades. ... s . .
Walking Skirt, 19.60
New style box pleated, ' handsomely
tailored, something different than the
kinds usually shown.
Short box pleated Bilk Coat at $5 BO
and I8 60. Just the newest thing for
summer and early fall wear.
Lawn Wrappera, neat styles, 11.60'
Black Peau de Sole Silk Skirts, the
advance styles for fall, $12. 7j, 14.0,
116.75, 118.60 and 120.00.
Shirt Waists in white China Bilk,
black China silk, white lawns and
newest things In colored washable
waists.
You'll find . It moat satisfactory to
supply y,our needs In ready-to-wear
garments from our stock. Everything
clean, crisp and new, fresh from the
most reliable makers.
t
Headquarters for Edistn Prion.
graphs, $10 to $75.
with tha largest and moat comDlete atock
of Records west of Chicago. We sell for
cash or $5.00 DOWN and $1.50 PER WEEK.
BALL BEARING WHEELER &
WILSON SEWING MACHINES
at popular prlcea and eaey terma.
SECOND-HAND SEWING MACHINES
FROM fl TO 1)15.
We rent machines at 75e per week. We
aell Needles and repair and Bell parte for
any machine manufactured.
Bicycles cheap la order to close
at oar large stocV. '
Nebraska Cycle Co.
Cor. 15th and Harney, Pbons 1662.
334 Broadway. '' Phone B 61S
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
612 N. 24th St.,' South Omaha, Neb.
GEO. E. MICK El., Mgr.
"Idlcwild" Butter
made from pure crcar
only
24c Pound
De'Ivcrtd.
Ws have our own
factory and churn
freeh every day. No
Process or Renovated
butter from our
creamery.
We deliver MI UK.
Cream, Cottage Che.-se
and Buttermilk.
Phone the day be
fore needed.
Ncbraska-loYa
Creamery Co.,
Teatb aad Howard Sta.
Talanhona 174A.
flKSCOFIELD
U I YaoiKisuiTta
1510 Tjuutflu
A-
ALTERATIONS
At Hospo'sf Art snd Music
Emporium. Gradually Shap
ing Itself Into the Hand
somest Store in the
VYest.
With the carpenters out of the way, the
decorators will now show their skill. From
the grit and dirt which floated on to aome
of the Tlanoa and Oragns while making
aforesaid alterations, which, however, have
not injured any or the Instruments, aad
which will be thoroughly cleaned and po
lished, still we do not wish to place them
on a par with the elegant art atock of the
beautiful new caaes now being turned out
by the various factories for our new ware
rooms.
Therefore,' we offer a number of the
world renowned Knabe, the Kranlch A
Bach, the Kimball, the Halle A Davis,
the Krell, the Melville Clark, the Need
ham, the McFhall, the Mathuehek, and
over twenty lesser makes of plsnos, which
will be sold at prlcea that will move them
rapidly.
rianes thst cost double will be sold for
one-half, two-third and three-fourth
their regular prices. Thla mean a sav
ing to you of from $100 up. Planoa, good
ones, for $16S, $175, $188 up to the $500
kind, as low as $340 on payments of $S, $9,
$10 to $12 and $16 per month.
See the new Hospe Piano new scale,
elegant cases, fine tone.
ThU week all the $5 monthly payment
plan pianos for $166 and lees. Some planoa
for $125 all this class on $5 monthly pay
ments, In mahogany, oak, rosewood and
walnut cases. Stoola and scarfs In
cluded. Plsno Players at greatly reduced prices.
The leading Piano Player, the Apollo, a
well as the Kimball, the Peerless, and
Pianola, at a saving of $50. Easy pay
menta.
Organs from $10 up to new one for $10
on 60o weekly payments. I
Great variety of scarfs and stools for all
Instruments at prlcea from $1 up.
See our new Muslo Rooms.
A. HOSPE,
1613-1515 Douglas Street.
Do You Want a
Typewriter
For Nothing?
We've got '40 new and second
hand Typewriters Sholes, Wil
liams, Smith-Premier, Remington
and other makes which we art
going to sell at almost any price
as we are going out of the busl
' ness.
If you want a Typewriter
for almost nothing come In
and pick it out
J. J. Delight & Co,
1119 Farnam Street.
There is only ono
Fiiiili!
(The kind Paderewski endorses).
The cumerous Imitations offered for sail
and the despair displayed by competition li
advertising second-hand.
aa new, etc., clearly show the universal
regard held by competition toward the bca
player.
The only new Pianolas tor sale In Omstu
are naturally at the sole agency, ,
Sclimoller&Muellei
IJI3 Farnam St., Omaha.
Pianola Parlois, 3rd floor, elevator.
COPLEY
JEWELER
"He Sells Watches''
Do you know why
tho B. at M trains sre
always on tlmu H:m
ply becauaa Cuplcy
g'.!ipllf and tiKia
tare of their watch-.
Always on tima.
The Bee (or All News
NADOLAS