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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1902)
THE OMAHA PAIIV JIEE: SUNDAY, DECEMRET? 21, 1902. COUNCIL NEW MOVE IN CIPl'Y CASE Motion Tile l in DiHrict Court to Dissolve Temporary Injunction. NSANITY BOARD ASSERTS JURISDICTION Claim la Also Mol Tlinl C'nppr a Mentally Inropnlile of Ilrlnaiuaj the Injunction Prooeeillng; of Ilia tVvcn Motion. A motion to dissolve the temporary In junction restraining the Hoard of Insanity CommlFslonera and others Interested In the case of the alleged InHanity of W. B. Cuppy of Avcca from taking nny action In the matter hai been fllrd In the d strict court and will be heard by Judge Green, or uch Judge as may pretide on January 6. In anawer to the allcgitirn that the commlsalocera for the lnsano have no Jur isdiction cast of the west line of range 40, the line which divides rottawattamle county into two divisions, It Is claimed on behalf of the board that It has Jurisdiction over the entire county. Further, It Is claimed that while the suit In the district court In Avoca, which Is pending. Is simply an action for the purpose of obtaining a guardian for the property and person of W. B. Cuppy, the question which the Board of Insanity Commissioners Is callel upon to determine Is that whether the plaintiff, W. B. Cuppy. la a fit aubjeet for commitment to the State Insane asylum and has no reference to the civil action now existing In the district court and In Bo way Interferes with the Jurisdiction or finding of the district court, and conse quently there can be no conflict of Juris diction. On the other hand, Mrs. Susan A. Cuppy, wife of W. B. Cuppy, In support of the mo tion asserts that her husband la of un sound mind and therefore In the eyes of the law Incapable of making suit in his name. On behalf of the other defendants named In the Injunction proceedings It Is claimed that they have done the best they knew how for the Interests of Cuppy and his wife and allege that Cuppy's attorneys brought the Injunction suit with the Bole purpose of making fees, as they have knowledge of the fact that W. B. Cuppy was not of sound mind and Incapable of bringing any such action In his own name. The suit is attracting more than ordinary Interest owing to the prominence of tne Cuppy family In the east part of the county. William T. Cochran filed suit for divorce In the district court yesterday from Oretchen Cochran, whom he married July 11, 1890. H bases his suit on charges of cruel and Inhuman treatment and alleges that his wife is of ungovernable temper, and that not only on one occasion did she tab him with a table fork, but that on another she tried to decapitate him with an axe. Trying to live with her, he claimed, made life too strenuous, and for this and other reasons he would prefer that the court grant him a divorce. Pottawattamie county Is made defendant In a suit for damnges brought In the dis trict court yesterday by Edward Holdcn, E. Zimmerman, J. L. Milner and Henry Dohse, all residents of Lewis township. The plaintiffs, who are farmers, allege that the construction of certain bridges, known aa bridges Kos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, over Indian creek east of Lake Manawa, is such that in times of high water the bridges act aa dams and cause the water to overflow on their lands. Holden and Zimmerman each aak $1,100 damages, Milner $1,000, while Dohse would be content with $400. Fine line of box stationery at Morgan ft Dickey's, 142 Broadway. Plumbing and heating. Blxby ft Son. RUN DOWN BY SWITCH ENGINE Unidentified Man Instantly Killed in the Wabash Freight Yards. A man whose identity was not disclosed was run down and instantly killed last evening Bhortly before 8 o'clock at Eigh teenth avenue and Eleventh street by a witch engine on the Wabash tracks. Tho engine, which was pulling four freight cars, was proceeding west when It overtook the man, who was walking be tween the tracks. James Mathews, then engineer, failed to notice the man until the engine was right on him. The man's head was severed from the body and the trunk was horribly mangled, not a single bone apparently being left unbroken. James McSorley, yardmaster for the Wabash, was in charge of the switching crew. There was nothing on the body of the man, who was evidently a working man, to identify it. The remains were removed by order of Coroner Treynor to Cutler's under taking rooms, whero an Inquest will be held Monday morning. N. T Plumbing Co., telephone 258. All the new books at Bushnell's. Ping pong and all kind of games at Mor gan ft Dickey's, 142 Broadway. Rack to Old Hume for Burial. The remains of John L. Howe, the ex press messenger who was killed Thursday evening at the Union Pacific transfer depot by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of a fellow messenger, will be taken this evening to his old home In Topsfield, Mass. Funersl services will be held at the First Congregational church at S o'clock, conducted by tho pastor, Rev. James Thom son, following which tho body will be taken to the train. Members of Excelsior Ma sonic lodge, to which deceased belonged, will act as pallbearers, and the sir knights of Ivanhoe comraandcry will furnish an es cort. Coroner Treynor decided yesterday that an Inquest woull be unnecessary at the shooting was purely accidental. A Free Iteming 9:ove. Before you buy your coal sea Wm. Welch at 16 North Main street and he will ex plain to you how you ran get a One Round Oak heating ttove without costing you a penny. 'Phone, US. Chicken Thieves Make Good H ml. Chicken thieves did a wholesale business Friday night at the residence of Fred Oelse on East Washington avenue. They not only depopulated the henroost, but succeeded in carrying away about three dozen ducks and twenty-five full grown geese. Tracka In the anow Indicated that they carried away their plunder in a wagon and it la supposed they drove over to Omaha and disposed of the fowls In the market there. Gravel roofing. A. II. Rcld. 126 Main St. Photoa Enlarged for OKc. Bring this ad to 304 Broadway, before January 1, and I will nuike an enlarged por trait from good small picture for 68o. Faded or scratched photos cost more. Oak frames, $1.50 up. Carveth, Artist. With the Churches. At St. Paul's Episcopal church today there will bs holy communion at 8 a. m. and morning prayer and. litany at 10:89 BLUFFS. o'clock. This will be the program at the vesper service at 4;30 p. m. Organ Pre'ude Offertnlre Salome Proces lonai HarK me voice Mfrnm Hopkins O'orln Tilrl. Woodward Tours Magnificat '.inc iMmiiiu , ......... Vester Hymn-Turrv With Me Dykes Introlt-U.rd, In This. Thy Mercy's Dsy ; Monk ....Tours Sermon by the rector Sequence Solo The Voice of the Fsther.. Miss Ethel Cook. rff.rlArv Sentence ...Wely ..Cowan .Phepard Recessional Lo, He Comes St. Thomas At the First Congregational church the pastor, Rev. James Thomson, will take aa the subject of hla aermon at-10:30 a. m.t "Following the Star." In the evening tho choir will render a sacred concert and cantata in place of the regular servlco. The choir, under the direction of Mr. Ned Mitchell, will render Ashford's "Light of Life," and will be assisted by Miss Leona Prownrlgg of Omaha, aoprano, and others. Preliminary to the cantata Mist Llllle Norene will render two aeclectlons on the organ. Elder D.R. Chambers will preach thli morning at the Latter Day Saints' church and In the evening the pulpit will be occu pied by Elder Charles E. Butterworth of Omaha. Sunday school will be at noon. Rev. S. Alexander will preach this even ing at 7:30 o'clock In the church at Sev enth street and Seventeenth avenue. Second Church of Christ (Scientist) will hold services In Modern Wodmen of Amer ica hall, in Merrlam block, at 10:45 a. m. Subject: "Za the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?" Sunday school Immediately after the service. Wednesday evening meeting at 7:45. Tho First Church of Christ (Scientist) will hold services at 11 a. m. in the Sapp building. Sunday, school will immediately follow the services. The regular testimo nial meeting will be Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. Harvey Hostetler, pastor of the Seo ond Presbyterian church, will preach at the Edgewood church this afternoon at S o'clock. Hand mirrors, nicest in town, at Morgan & Dickey's, 142 Broadway. Bealtlful calendars at Bushnell's. Buy your ping pong at Bushnell's. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed have been Issued to the following: , Name and Residence. Age. Charles Keast, Macedonia, la Emma May Summers, Macedonia, la.. J. A. Carse, Carson, la Grace L. Snapp, Caraon, la All Photoa Taken. At Schmidt's before December 23 will be finished before Christmas, sure. MINOR MENTION. Davis sells drupe. Stockert sells carpets and rugs. Expert watch repairing, Leffert, 40a Bway. Skates for boys and girls are cheap at Petersen & Schoenlng Co. Burnt wood and leather goods. C. B. Alexnnder & Ci., 333 Broadway. K. and L. of S. card party, Marcus hall, December 23. Admission 10 cents. James Holman returned yesterday from Detroit, where he has been visiting rela tives. We are headquarters for glass of all kinds. Sea us before you buy. C. B. Paint, Oil and Glaus Co. Mrs. B. Durgan obtained a building per mit yesterday for the erection of a $1,000 frame cottage on South Eighth street near Seventeenth avenue. A motion for a new trial on behalf of the defendant was flled yesterday In the dis trict court In the suit of K. A. Brown against Rev. S. Alexander. A warrant was issued yesterday from Justice Bryant'a court for the arrest of Henry Stevenson on a charge of assaulting Qus Burke In a Broadway saloon. A handsome piece of furniture always Is acceptable as a gift It not only pleases ths recipient, but stands as a lusting remem brance. Petersen & Schoenlng Co. The case against Frank Deeds, charged with obtaining $2 under alleged false ore tenses from A. B. Payton, was dismissed In Justice Bryant's court yesterday. Your children should have a sled: It prompts them to-go outdoors: nothing la better than freeh air, It saves doctor's Mils. Our line of sl-ds is complete and cheap. Petersen ft Schoenlng Co. Eminent Commander H. W. Binder has issued a call for all Sir Knights of Ivanhoo commandory to appear in run unirorm mis afternoon at 2 o'clock to attend the funeral of Sir Knight John Ll Howe. Solomon S. Ayers of Cass county haa filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy In the federal court here. His liabilities amount to $1,322.01, while his assets only aggregate $150, all of which he claims as exempt. Richard H. Glttlns, aged 46 years, died yesterday morning at his home In Boomer township from consumption. His wrlfe, two daughters and one eon survive him. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the Orange church and Inter ment will be in Grange cemetery. We can't .lolly you up and pat you on the back and make you think you are all right as well as some of our competitors, but If you want good, honest shoes, one pi Ice, and get what you pay for, Burgent can akin them all. The Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Rail way company has completed the purchase of a number of lots on the north side of Twelfth avenue, between Ninth and Thir teenth streets, which it contemplates using for the extension of Its yards. Buy now Is our advice to those who wane the choicest, most desirable gift goods early buyers get best choice. Don't know what to give nothing will help you declda quicker than seeing the thousand and one things offered here. Petersen ft Schoenlng Co. Reliable, the same old shoe store, in the same old place Shoe stores have come and ! shoe stores have gone, but Sargent, the j shoe man. shoe man, still continues. i ne reason goud, honest shoes and one price. Iook for the bear ir that s tne way you warn io ao bUKlness. No Job lots at Sargent's. The will of the late C. E. H. Campbell, the bridge contractor, was filed yesterday In the district court. The will Is a Joint one on the part of Campbell and his wife, dated February 12, 19m. It makes the sur vivor the sole benetUiary, and. as It hap- pens, the widow administratrix without i bond. I The furniture store Isn't half big enough to show off all its pretty things. These dainty little dressing tables wouldn t be here now if it were. All new patterns, mostly with shaped mlrrorj and standards and r rench legs Just the sort of ChrlBlmas present a girl would like for her room. Petersen ft Schoenlng Co. Harmony chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, has elected these officers: Worthy matron, Mrs. Jennie WUklns; worthy JKtron, M. Mavnard; assistant matron, .Irs. Anna Maynard; secretary. Miss Emmi Potter; treasurer, Mrs. Jannette Ott; con ductress, Mrs. it. F. Andrews; assistant conductress. Miss Branch Arkwrtght. Mlnard Shoemaker, who secured an over coat and pair of gloves from Smith & Bradley on- Friday under false pretenses, udnitled his guilt In police court yesterday morning and was held to the grand Jury. In default of ball, placed at ViOO, be was committed to the county jail. The $15 over coat was recovered from a second-hand dealer on Broadway, where Shoemaker had disputed of It fur $2.50. The gloves were found on Shoemaker when he was arrested In Omaha Friday evening. , John Reeves and Frank Boyd, arrested Friday night for the theft of several shirts from a second-hand clothing store on Broadway, were each sentenced to twenty days on bread and water In police court yesterday morning. Reeves Is a member of Company E, Twenty-second I'nlted States infantry, at Fort Crook, and ad mitted he had been absent from the fort since Friday of last week without leave. The authorities at Fort Crook have been notified and Reeves will probably be turned over to them. Sell Oil Lands la Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. . The Crown Oil company of this city sold 500 of Its S.OO acres of oil leases In Grant county today to the National Oil company cf 81. Louis. On the bou acres are twenty-one productive wells, which have been running over 260 barrels a day. The ousldorallon was 125.000 In cash. NOTICES NOT NECESSARY Colonel Moaby Deolares the Law Contain! No Sixty Days ProrisiSD. FENCES REMOVABLE N DEMAND Notlrr In Merely a Department Rearn latlon. May He Oral or Written, with Mo Prescribed Form, and Not Rinding on a t'onrt. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (Special.) Colonel John S. Moaby, special agent of the Interior department has sent the fol lowing letter to District Attorney Summers regarding the fencing of public lands by cattlemen: ALLIANCE, Neb., Dec. 8. Mr. W. 8. Summers, District Attorney, Omaha: I ob serve a dispatch from Omaha In the Lin coln Journal of today saying: "Nothing will result from Colonel Moshy's attnek becnjse the colonel has not served legal notices. The cattlemen who have received his orders are Ignoring them. The sixty days given them to take down their fences have expired, or will expire by the end of next week." Per contra, you told me that you understood that the cattlemen who had received euch notices had compiled with them. The law requires no such notice. The notice to remove a fence In sixty dnys Is a mere department regulation. Hut such a notice Is not binding on the Judicial de partment, I. e., a special agent mltcht give notice to remove a fence In sixty days and a grand Jury might Indict the party who has the fence the next day, and he might be tried and convicted before the sixty days expired; or the district attorney might file a bill In equity baaed on the affidavit of a citizen, get a decree and have the fence removed before the sixty dnys given by the special agent has expired. Reasonable Notice Required. The instructions of February 6. 1902, di rect special agents to give such notices either orally or In writing. No form Is prescribed. It may be oral or written. All that It requires Is for the party to have reasonable notice as to the fence he Is ex- fected to remove. I send to tho general and office copies of the notices I have given and they are considered sufficient. No such notice Is required by the statute; they are a mere Indulgence given to cattle men by the land office, but are not. binding on the Department of Justice. Neither the president nor any executive department can control the Judgments of the courts, or make any regulations Inconsistent with a positive law. If he could the president would have the despotic power of the Rus sian czar. The executive can only make regulations to carry the laws Into effect. There are three methods of procedure for removing a fence prescribed by the stat ute: 1. Section 5 authorizes the president, with out the intervention of a court, to employ the civil or military force of the country to do It. In Wyoming Mr. Cleveland sent a company of cavalry to cut down a fence. He did not give the party sixty dnys In which tc remove his fence; he ordered It to come down Immediately, Just as he or dered Coxev's army to keep off the grass on the public grounds. Not Binding on Courts. The sixty days now given by the land office la simply a promise that the presi dent will not use force if the fence comes down in sixty days. But the president has no authority to say that the courts will wait until the time he has allowed expires. 2. One section of the act makes It the duty of the district attorney, when an affi davit has beon filed "showing a description of the land enclosed with reasonable cer tainty, not necessarily by metes and bounds, but only so that the enclosure may be Identified," etc., to Institute a suit to remove the fence. The statute is manda tory. The defendant In. such a case could not plead that he received no notice pre vious to the suit to pull down his fence), or that a special agent had given him no tice that he must pull it down In sixty days, and that the sixty days had not ex pired. Tho law requires no such notice. 3. Section 4 makes the fencing of public land a misdemeanor and prescribes a fine of $1,000 arid twelve months' Imprisonment. A party Indicted could not plead In court In defense that he had not received notice from the Interior department to pull down his fence. The only legal notice to which he Is entitled Is a summons served by a marshal to answer a charge In a civil suit, or an Indictment for a breach of the law. A man Indicted for stealing a cow might as well plead that he had not received no tice to bring back the cow. A suit to re move a fence and an Indictment for erect ing it can proceed at the same time. Neither Is a bar to the other. I Infer from questions asked me by the grand Jury that they were under the impression that the law prescribes some notice to be given by a special agent before a party can be In dicted for the unlawful fence. Respect fully, JOHN 8. MOSBY. Special Agent BURGLARS ROB DRUG STORE Blow Open Safe in Dea Motnes and Secure Booty to Valne of a.l.OOO. DES MOINES, la., Dec. 20. Burglars dynamited the safe of Carl Miller's drug store in Valley Junction, a suburb of this city, early this morning, securing. $80 in cash, three diamonds worth $200 and papers representing an aggregate value of $3,000. Residents on the upper floors of the building In which the safe was cracked were not awakened, the sound of the explosion having been muffled by carpets and the use of putty in a manner indicating the crime was that of experts. No clue. DEAF MAN'S SIBTERFl'GB, Series of Questions and Answers that Did Not Work. The late Thomas B. Reed used to tell a story about a farmer who lived in Fal mouth, Me. Next the highway in one of his cultivated fields grew an enormous rock maple tree. One winter day he decided to cut down that tree. As he was very deaf and also desired to hide his misfortune, be fell to considering what passersby would say to him, finally making up a set of questions and answers for the emergency. The traveler was to begin the conversation, which was to run like this: "So you're cutting down the old tree at last?" "Yes." "What are you going to do with It?" "Sell it for cordwood." "How much do you expect to get for it?" "Six dollars." "Isn't that a pretty good .price? It's more than I would give for it." "Well, maybe you won't but somebody else will." He had gotten well at the Job when along came a stranger with a atyllsh sleigh and spirited horse. Pulling up opposite the chopper, he sent a question across the ditch and fence which resulted in the fol lowing Interchange of words: "Good morning, my friend. Can you tell me the way to North Yarmouth?" "Yes." Chop! chop! "Well, that's good; what is it. please?" "Sell it for cordwood." Chop! chop! "I'm afraid he didn't catch my question." (Louder) : "Will you tell me the way to North Yarmouth?" "Six dollars." Chop! chop! "Say, you Impudent cur! If I had a chance to hitch my horse, I would get out of this sleigh and thrash you within an Inch of your life!" "Well, maybe you won't, but somebody lte will." Chop! chop! BIO INt'OMKS tit TI E COMMON. Professional Men Who Make from SBO.OOO to aiOO.OOO a Tear. The lawsuit of a Philadelphia physician, who seeks to recover a fabulous sum for medical attention to the late Senator Ma gee of Pittsburg hat attracted attention In this city, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, and causes considerable speculation regard ing the Income of professional men gener ally. An inquiry into the s-ibject develops surprising results and proves that Pbtla delphlant are in the front rank of money earners. There ars many profestional men la the Quaker city whose lucernes aniouat to more than $100,000 a year, and more than a score who make a larger amount of money In twelve months lean is paid to the president of the United 8tates during the same period for governing a nation with a population of more than 78,000.000 of people not to mention the many more millions In our new possessions. Corporations, as a matter of course, pay Immense salaries. It has not always been possible to obtain the exact figures, but those given approximate the amount paid. Alexander Johnson Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, receives $50,000 a year for his services as the chief ex ecutive of that great corporation. Inci dentally It la said that he receives smaller salaries from many of the branch railroads which are part and parcel of the great system over which he has charge. Presidents of the big distinctly Philadel phia Insurance companies get all the way from $20,000 to $40,000 a year. The presi dents of the various trust companies re ceive not less than $10,000 a year, and in some few cases a much larger amount than that. The prominent lawyers of the city are big money makers. John O. Johnson, for In stance, who Is regarded as one of the best corporation lawyers in the United States, has not for many years made less than $100,000 per year from his law practice. He Is kept so busy that he scarcely has time to eat a noonday luncheon, and those who know him best frequently find him trying to satisfy his appetite with a hurried luncheon of pie and milk. Samuel Dick son, Thomas Hart and Oeorge Tucker BIs pham are lawyers who have an extensive practice among the corporations. Some of these men, and others as well, are retained by corporations, receiving as high as $25, 000 a year and being paid for their serv ices' besides. Many of the great corpora tions regard it as a matter of prudence and economy to secure the services of big lawyers by paying them handsome retain ing fees by the year. In this way it is not possible for the other side of the case to obtain the services of these lawyers. Physicians, as well as lawyers and other professional men, sometimes make enor mous sums of money from their practice. In Philadelphia a doctor's fees run all the way from nothing a year to $150,000 for the same period of time. The charges of the best physicians are always guided by the size of the pocketbooks of their patients. Some Individual fees are tremendous. It has been said, but never admitted or denied, that P. A. B. Wldener once paid his attending physician $100,000. When Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, an eminent surgeon, was summoned to attend President Garfield, after the chief executive had been laid low by the bullet of the assassin, he gave no thought to the question of money, but summoned all his skill in a supreme effort to save the life of the stricken ruler. When the bills came up to be settled his fee amounted to the modest sum of $15,000. Among the surgeons and physicians of Philadelphia who enjoy an especially lu crative practice may be mentioned Drt. La Place, DeCosta, Deaver, Van Lennep, Hare and Tyson. Some of these men, it can be confidently asserted, receive more in fees in the course of a year than President Roosevelt will receive as salary for twelve months' work In the White House. A TOICH OF REALISM. Scotching an Interesting- Episode for Dramatic Color. "Dearest," he began, but she held up her hand warntngly. "Walt!" she said, and vanished into the next room. "Thoughtful girl," he muttered. "She fears someone is listening." Presently she returned and resumed her seat, relates the Brooklyn Eagle. "You may proceed," she said. But somehow he had lost his cue. He had prepared himself for a real warm pro posal, but this dellberatenesa put a chill on it. Still, there was nothing for It but to do his best. "Dearest," he said again. "You said that before," she 'commented. "Can't you do a little better?" "Darling!" he cried. "Very commonplace," she remarked. "Sweetest pet!" "A little better. Oo on." He bad primed himself for a passionate declaration about eight yards long, but the circumstances were such that he was un able to find about seven-and-a-half feot of It. "I have come here this evening," he said and paused. "Yes," she conceded, "you hare come here this evening. I have evidence of that." "I heve come here this evening with my life, my future " "I am satisfied you have brought your life along," she returned. "What are you going to do with it?" "Offer it to you," he said desperately. "Will you be my wife?" She sighed, "Annabel!" the called. "Yes," came a reply from behind the curtains. "You may go now. I think he has run down." "Who Is Annabel?" he demanded anx iously. "My stenographer," she answered. "I went for her when I left the room." "Breach of promise evidence!" he cried angrily. "Oh, doubting one!" "How foolish of you!" the protested. "Can't you understand that I am engaged on an emotional drama and want to get a little realism Into the love scene? I thought you would furnish it, but you didn't." "I didn't!" "Well, hardly. But never mind; the time Isn't wasted anyway, for I use Annabel's notes In my next farce-comedy all right enough." A Gustatory Gem. Chicago Tribune: The chef was ignorant of the presence of the cannibal king, who eyed him critically, while a sunny smtle danced gayly over his dimpled features. Suddenly the chef became aware of his presence and said, as he most artistically , salaamed: ' "I would havs your majesty know that , I have Just created a formula for a soup that shall win an Instant Immortality. "And what may it be?" asked the mon arch, impatiently. "I never was an expert in the art of guessing and I would know the name of your new decoction." And the chef, appreciating the king's In terest and his own importance, salaamed again and replied: "Mock missionary." What a Question. Brooklyn Life: "But what will you do when all the vermiform appendices shall have been removed?" The surgeon smiled. "I was reading only today." ha tatd. "that the ttomach may be taken out." "Without killing the patient?" "How funny you are!" exclaimed the great surgeon, and laughed outright." Mob Demands Coal. ST. PAUL, Dec. 20. A crowd of several hundred people broke through the door of the Northwestern Fuel company, Rob ert street office today, after a remarkable three hours' rush for coal, savagely beat tog a clerk who had acted ai doorkeeper and admitted only ons customer at a tlms. The company had received a few hundred tons of coal which were disposed of In single ton cash orders at $8.75. After breaking into the office police assistance had to be called and order was restored with difficulty. CUSTER COUNTY TO THE FORE Real Estate Organization to Advertise Cen tral Nebraska. AIM IS TO ATTRACT IMMIGRATION Flanner Agricultural County of Ne braska, aa Shown by State Fair Awards Lands Gradually Ad vancing In rrlce. BROKEN BOW, Neb., Dec. 20. To the Editor of The Bee: A real estate organi sation has been formed in Broken Bow, having for its purpose the development and promotion of the real estate Interests of central Nebraska. It Is in keeping with the purpose of this organization that Its headquarters should be In the center of the state and in a city which, from the point of population and business enterprise, is one of the foremost in central Nebraska. The membership of the organization Is se lected from among our most substantial citizens, many of them well known and prominent over the state. Realizing that local organizations have In the past been formed in various parts of the state for the purpose or advertising a few real estate dealers, this organization at the outset takes a broad rlew of its purpose. In the far-reaching advertising It will give to central Nebraska, individ ual real estate men and firms are strenu ously prohibited from imposing upon the association by mention of their names aa land agents. In other words, this associa tion Is Just what It purports to be an or ganization having for Its purpose the widest publicity of the resources of cen tral Nebraska as an agricultural and stock- raising country, with a view to attracting immigration, which has been pouring into other states, to central Nebraska, which, at the present time, offers to the home seeker the greatest inducements of any portion of the union. Natural Grasses and Well Watered, When it is known to the homeseeker that the finest land that lies out of doors can be bought in this region at from $10 to $20 per acre it is hardly probable that he will go to an adjoining state and pay three times as much for the same character of soli that, owing to climatic conditions, will not produce as much as the central Ne braska farm. When it Is known to the man desirous of engaging In stock-raising that he can come to this part of Nebraska and Invest in grazing land resplendent with natural grasses and well watered and ac quire a tract embracing from 1,000 to 10, 000 acres at from $5 to $10 per acre he will certainly investigate before he buys In an adjoining state at a price several times higher. Land here is not as cheap as It was one. two or three years ago, but the advance has been gradual. It is changing hands rapidly, and the fact that our home peo ple are doing most of the buying to In crease their holdings, is an endorsement for this part of the state, which is greater and more substantial than a pen picture of Its vast resources eould produce. This, however, is because there has been no ef fort to induce immigrants to this immedi ate section of the state. Eastern people have been flocking to other parts of the country, attracted by glowing accounts when they do not know of the far greater advantages to be found in central Ne braska. Plenty of Land Available. Take,' for example, the county in which Broken Bow is located a county 48x54 miles in extent with its 2,600 square miles, its ninety-five miles of railroad and its dozen railroad towas. There are probably 300,000 acres of desirable, unoccupied land that can be bought at a very low figure, and this Is only a sample of what other counties in this section of the state have. Its agricultural advantages are best set forth by what has actually been done by its own people. For three successive years Custer county has taken first prize at the Nebraska state fair for the best exhibit of agricultural products, these prizes win ning for it the gold medal award. It has within its borders 125,000 bead of cattle, aggregating over $4,000,000 In value, making it the second county in the state in live stock Industry. The Middle Loup river, in the northern part of the county, and the South Loup, in the southern part, to gether with numerous smaller streams, fur nish ample water for its large herds, while the rough grazing lands lying back from these streams are particularly adapted for grazing purposes. There are today 140 va rieties of wild grasses to be found on its prairies, 119 of which have actually been exhibited from thla county at the state fair. Many of the wealthiest stockmen in this county started a few years ago with only a few head of cattle, and their success Is due to the adaptability of the climate and the land to stock raising, together with their own push and energy. Yield of Wheat and Corn. Farming is carried on very extensively in this county. Winter wheat this year yielded twenty-two to forty bushels per acre, with some fields reaching as high as fifty and fifty-five bushels. The acreage of corn is very large and yield heavy, there being this year over 200,000 acres planted, running from thirty to sixty bushels per acre, the entire county averaging thirty flvs bushels. It is with the greatest diffi culty that help can be secured to get it out of the fields, as high as 4 rents per bushel for husking being paid. Oats, rye, barley, flax, and In fact all kinds of small grain are extensively grown here with the same success that the $60 and $75 land In Iowa, Illinois and Missouri produces, yet many thousands of acres In central Nebraska are awaiting purchasers at $8 to $10 per acre, simply because the tide of immigration has not yet turned this way. Alfalfa In this section of the state is meeting with re markable success and is a most valuable product for the stock raiser. The theory that it can be grown only on bottom lands bts long since been exploded. It can now be found in all localities where mixed farming is followed, the yield running as high as eight tons per acre for the four cuttings secured each teaaon. While central Nebraska has not yet at tained much notoriety as a fruit country, apples, peaches, pears, cherries and small fruits of all kinds are grown with great success in thli county and a very large percentage of the farmers are acquiring orchards. The exhibit of Custer county fruit at the recent fair in Broken Bow was a grand showing snd a great surprise to many eastern people, who thought that apples did not grow west of the Missouri river. DalrylnST a New Industry. An industry that Is proving a great suc cess is that of dairying. Cream teparators are tcattered over thli entire section and hundreds of farmers over the county have individual separators of their own. Five companies are now competing for this busi ness here and they distribute $20,000 each month among the farmers of the county in payment for butter fat. Many farmers are drawing from $15 to $50 per month from this industry and this with no sdditlonal outlay except that of caring for the cream. In dairying Cutter county ttandt near the head of the list of the counties of tho stats. It is to bring before ths world the vast rtteurcoa of central Nebraska that this organization has been formed and to secure for this psrt of the state a sbsre of home seekers from other parts of the country who desire to Invest In homes for them selves. No other part of this vsst domsln offers such Inducements to the roan with a little ready money. A boom In real estate Is not looked for, nor Is It desired, but steady settlement of the Idle Isnd Is sure to come; in fsrt It Is already on, and the man who locates now will have an ad vantage over the one who waits a year or two, for these very low prices cannot last. Land Is gradually advancing and with the settlement of the Idle Isnd It is bound to become valuable. There It no reason why land in this vicinity should not be worth as much as that In eastern Nebraska, Iowa or South Dakota within the next few years. The man who goes up against $5,000 farms in adjoining states should Investigate our $1,600 farms and convince himself that the toll, the crops and the climate in Custer county are equal or superior to anything In the central west. BROKEN BOWITE. WESTERN SOCIETY PRAISED. It Is nnapltable, Sincere and Free From Snobbishness. "Society tn the Middle West is almost wholly without snobbishness," says Booth Tarklngton in Harper's Magazine. "Now and then there becomes apparent a struggle to enter tt on the part of someone outside of it; but, becauss access Is so simple, the fact that a struggle Is necessary nearly al ways creates in Itself a perpetual disqual ification. It is a society exceedingly friendly to the newcomer; very ready to receive him on his own merits; It has no feeling of its own Insecurity to make it snub him because It does not know who be was be fore he came. And while the visitor will be asked many questions about his ac quaintances in other cities, he will not he asked if he has met 'the Rockmores of Qermantown," in order to dltcover if he 'knows the right people.' The questions are put in a hopeful way, with the hos pitable wish to find mutual friends of whom to talk, and to bring the visitor and native Into closer touch. "There is a natural drawing together and interdependence, of course, among the people who form the nucleus of this so ciety; whose fathers and grandfathers havs been frtends, watching the town grow from a village in the '40s to a city of Importance In the Twentieth century, and although there Is a small complacence among the families that were here 'from the first,' it amounts mainly to greater familiarity with each other, as among relatives. Con ditions are all the happier for the absence of the pond turtle who Condescends to ths newcomer because bis relatives have been a long time In the same pond. Here and there there may be an Individual who takes to himself some credit that his family hava achieved distinction or continued in re spectability through several generation, but he does not push the claim, because he lives among people who would laugh less at 'the arrogant strut of new wealth' than at a claim of privilege for 'high birth ;' be cause (the people would feel) to be tainted with the former means at least that you are proud of something you yourself have accomplished; to possess the latter means that you are in the ludicrous attitude of being proud of yourself because of some thing that somebody else did. "The members of this society live on terms of singular intimacy with one an other, almost as In a village, meeting often, and rarely passing each other on the street without pausing for more than a greeting. When the warm weather begins one has only to stroll or drive about certain pleas ant portions of the city during the early evening to see nearly all his friends, who will be lounging each on his lawn, or comfortably taking the air on the broad porches, and the older inhabitant easily re members the day when he was acquainted with every person of respectable appear ance in town. Such intimacy, of course, entails an amusingly large quantity of amazingly small gossip." BUSH THAT ALMOST CAME. An Exclamation Shocking to a Truly Good Professor. Chicago is the real and only genuine city of light and Paris Is but a feeble Imi tation, reports the New York Sun. We speak of Intellectual illumination, of soul light, not of mere gas and electricity. The University of Chicago irradiates the world Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur days; the Northwestern university Is the irradiator Wednesdays and Fridays. Re cently Prof. J. Scott Clark of Northwestern spoke grave words to the class In English literature. His holiest sensibilities had been wounded by some of those fascinating modern products, the "co-eds." Hear hit solemn remonstrance: "I want to warn the young women of this class especially, because I know they are In the habit of using ths expression more than the young men. When you say 'Oreat heavens!' you are taking a sacred name in vain. I hear girls using the word every day, and would feel almost like blushing if I were not aware that they did not mean it for anything bad." Doubtless these young women will take pity on the professor. Otherwise he might be brought to the actual blushing point, a atate of professorial pudency horrible to think of. Yet "Oreat heavens" Is a mild enough phrase and innocent of sacrilegious Intention. It means no more than "Oreat Jupiter," "Oreat Zeus," "Orsat Indra." It misuses no sacred name. It is preferable to sulphur-suggesting oaths such as "Oreat sheol," "Thunder and guns," "Tartarus and turpentine" or the strange half-Indian colonial affirmation "Hell and Hobbamock!" The primitive heathen objection to taking the name of a divinity in vain was that by uttering the name you put him Into the power of your enemies. The wlzsrd and the conjurer can call him then. But "Great heavens" is only a general phrase. Even its natural meaning has dropped out and It is about equal to "Is that so?" "You don't say so?" "Well. I never." "Really." or the antique dlaconal "I vaow" or "I mum." Still, the "co-eds" will be good to the almost erubescent professor. Private in formation tells us that they are now using the formula "Jay Scott!" But "Jay" or "Oreat Scott" Is much more forcible than "Great heavens." Originally "Oreat Oott cr God." says the dictionary of profanity; and "Jty 8eott," which the "co-eds" hu morously derive from their pudent pro fessor, is still more profsns. Away with strong words on sweet lips. "O, cara mels!" is a gentle feminine asseveration which can bs recommended. It is interesting to know thst In Dr. Harper's institution "Great Trlggt!" it the fashionable expletive at present; whereas that former favorite, "O, Pants!" is all but obsolete. WON AT A MILLION TO ONE. A Strange Happening When Ills Owaer Was Backing Him for 8.1. They had been speaking of rather mar velous things In a betting way, big win nings and big losses at the various race courses of the country how they bad won and lost fortunes and all that sort of thing. "That reminds me of John King's story of the bet he made In Ireland," aald a member of the group, quoted by the New Orleans Times, "and for the benefit of thosa who are not acquainted with King I want to say that hs is no myth. John King Is a real, live, pulsing man, and his home is la west Tennessee. He is a native of Jackson, but Jackson was too alow for him and he began to roam around the country. He was never a very poor man except on the occasion which I have In mind, and the wheel of fortune turned the right way for him at a critical moment In his history. 1 heard him tell the story one night in Memphis, when a crowd of fellowt had been telling all sorts of mar velous stories about winnings and losing rery much like you boys are doing nowv Aa I remember the story John King told it this way: " I wss down in my luck.' he said, 'and had gone to the cloth on an old "skate." I was racing around at the different tracks. I couldn't win anything. Luck was dead against me. But I kept entering my horse Just the same. Well, to drop tome of the uninteresting details which lead up to the event, I went to Ireland and entered my old horse for the last time. Of course, I stood no chance to win against some of the horses entered. bu( I Just wanted to see one more run for old times' sake. There were 157 horses In the race. My skate was marked up on the boards at l.OOO.ono to 1. I had three between me and the cloth. I put It up knowing that I would loee It, but Just as a matter of sentiment, and to be game, which is every sportsman's am bition, I put up my money Just tho same. Then I went about my business. I paid no attention to the race. " 'I had gone down to a little ferry to cross ths river and was standing there meditating on the uncertainty of things earthly when a fellow came rushing up to me. He said It was tho funniest thing he had ever seen. I asked him to wake tip and reminded him that the situation was anything but funny. "Dr the pipe and wake up." I said, but he kept laughing. Finally he managed to tell me the story: "Funniest thing I ever saw," he said, "1"6 of those horses got wedged In between tho fence and the railing and couldn't move a hoof. They were Jammed like sardines In a box. Behind there was an old skate gal loping along at a snail's pace. Well, sir when he got to that crowd of horses, ho Just Jumped over 'em, kept rtsht on around the track, galloped In under the wire and won the money. And think of It he was selling at 1,000,00 to 1.' I ruined the seat of my pants kicking myself, but It Just shows you how a man's luck will run. There I was with my horse winning at last and I only had $3 un qn him. Hnrdst luck I ever had." 'Once more for a night cap,' said a cadaverous looking chap as he rolled two kings out of the box, and In a thort while the veracity club had closed the session." PEOPLE DRINK LESS NOW. Rural Free Delivery System Has Ef fected an Unexpected Reform. James L. Spink, one of the best known traveling men of the northwest, has Just returned from a long trip through the country districts of Minnesota, says the Minneapolis Times, and reports the suc cess of rural free delivery along a line that can hardly have been anticipated by those Instrumental In establishing the system. In one of the towns where Mr. Spink sold goods he overheard a saloon-koeper discussing rural delivery and advancing arguments why the plan should be dono away with. The main point he made was that It ruined business. "Why." said Mr. Saloon-Keeper. "when men came into town every day for their mall they were sure to drop into my place while they waited; everybody drank, every body treated everybody else and It mnde trade lively. Now the farmers come into town but two or three times a week and more often but once, and the worst of it is they don't happen to come in together, for they only come In for groceries or some other supplies and no two men's supplies are apt to give out at exactly the same time. This, you see, does away with the matter of treating and reduces trade tre mendously. It's ruining business, I tell you." Mr. Spink Is an observing man, and tho saloon-keeper's point of view Interested him. He took pains to Inquire of the busi ness men be traded with as to the correct ness of the saloon-keeper's Judgment, find ing to his surprise that it was generally conceded that rural free delivery haa ma terially affected the liquor traffic In tho small towns and gives promise of being a most effective means of Increasing tem perance among the farmers. "Uncle Sam's method of work and Its ef fect, although they were not primarily In tended, muBt give the temperance workers pause when contrasted with those of the Carrie Nation ilk and the canteen howl ers," was the observation of the leading merchant of one of the largest of ths towns visited. Seasonable Fashions. btrt, 2a va ao wsiati Woman's Seven-Gored Skirt 4307 With inverted plaits stitched to form "slot seams" and strap trimming. Blot seams and strap trimmings make two notable and important features of the season's fash ions and are to be found In the smartest models. This very stylish skirt combines them most effectively and Is eminently graceful at ths same time that It Is In tho height of style. Ths original Is made of, black canvas, with Btraps of peau do sole stitched with silk, but all the season's materials are appropriate, silk, velvet or contrasting cloth for the strapa. The skirt is shaped with aeven goret with plaits at ths edges which meet and arj stitched to form a slot seams to flounce depth, from which point they fall free and provide ample flare. The back fits tnugly, without fulnest at the top, in habit style,' flaring at the lower edge. The ttrapt ars stitched to position over the seam in back and at the center of the other gores, but ran be omitted when a plain effect is pre ferred. Th quantity of material required for tha medium size Is 10 yards 21 Inches wide, PJi yards 27 inches wide, 64 yards 44 Inches wide or EH yards 52 lnchea wide, when material has figure or nap; 6 yards 44 Inehet wlds, 4 yardt 52 lnchea wide when material has neither figure nor nap, with IK yards of silk for straps. The pattern 4307 Is cut In sizes for a 22. 24, 2. (8 and 30-inch waist measure. For the accommodation of The bee read ers, these patterns, which usually retail at from 25 to 50 cents, will be furnished at a nominal price, 1 cents, which covers ail sxpense. In order to get a pattern enclose 10 cents, give number snd name of pattern wanted and bust measura. 1