TITE OMAIIA DAILY TIEH: MONDAY, PECKMKER 14. 1003.
CURRtE EXFLAiNS HIS CASE
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Rspreiei'Vivs from. .Count; Talk
"rf rial Jnfr -Iniiotinsnt
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DOES NOT HOLD' ANY; FENCED LAND
Cattle Ctnftif KttUIi
. Prates! GraanJs f tka : ;
CHurg.
"I suppose 1 am the 'frank Cufrie'.who
has been Indicted by tha federal ' grand
' Jury." said Representative Frank Currle
at the Mr reliant hotel UsV night ' Mr.
CUrrle cma In from hie home at Whftney
on private bunlriesrtnot knowing until he
got here. Just What the'-grano! Jorf had
done. , ......'.
"Tha reason t assume that I am tbe
man against whom 'the' Indictment la di
rected." continued Mr." Currle, "Is that
the land for tha alh-gad Illegal fencing of
which tha Mil was brought, la aald to be
located In Dawea county, where tha I -one
Tree Land and Cattla company of which
I am president, once had considerable
land." .
Among tha largo number of Indictments
returned last week by the ..federal grand
Jury against cattla owners for tha alleged
illegal fencing of grating land, waa one
against "Prank M. Currle." Tha Indict
ment did not give tha addreaa of tha man
Indicted or maka It exactly plain who waa
Indicted, Frank M. Curtis of Cuater county,
former atate senator or Frank Currte of
Dawea county, member of tha lower house
of the legislature. Somehow tha general
Impression got out at first that tha man In
dicted waa Senator Currle and thla impres
sion obtained until Saturday, when it be
gan to be rumored about that It waa Rep
resentative Currle, Both men. ' ara big
settle .owners. - f . .
'rtin f'arrfe Ksplaias.
Discussing tho matter further last night.
Representative Currle aald:
( - . . It.- ........ .1 f t . . Y. .1 u m 4 Vi I
matter, because t know the indictment la
based upon falsa premises, due probably aa
much to- a misapprehension aa anything
else and that when tha circumstances ara
fully artplalned., the authorities will aea
tha caaa Just aa It Is.
"1 aa pfaaioeni 01 me um r auu
and CatUe company. .That ia a misnomer
la part, for our company doaa not deal
Ik lend; we donot own, a foot of tancod
land, . but are leasing what wa use. We
did own " dbnslderabls land, however, In
Dawea aounty and I have heard It reported
that some of tha land wa owned there had
bean Included In that tract which had been
f anoed In. , Now to b very frank, I sold a
large ranch in Dawes county tha first day
of last June to J. F. McDonnell. There waa
some f enc a part of that land. Since
the sale of that ranch our company has had
not an acre of thla sort of land."
Mr. Currle has . (or years been one of
tha Urge and well known cattle men of
Nsbrask aand the northwest. Hla prop
erty in Nebraska- la in that section of tha
atata which ha represented in tha legls
lature embraced In tha counties of Dawea,
Box Butte,' Sheridan and Slottz. He has
extensive cattla deals wnicn rrequenuy
take hint aa far eouth as Texas. Mr. Cur
rla la- a. toloheei'' bt tha part of the atate
where ba resides and so is well known. Ha
has alwaya been a republican In politics
and though never having run for office
until -the fall .pf 1908, he was elected t
tha house of representsrttvsa a Nebraska
by a largr- per cent of majority, prob
ably, than, any other of either branch. A
son of Mr. Currle la private scretary tor
Conareaaman Klnkald.
- Senator Frank M. Currle la expected in
tha city today.
EMPEROR ' IS; DOG FANCIER
VavllkV Blesaarsk, Hla Favorites Ara
Hot CantBCs of Dlsttaet Ger
n Breeds.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN., Dec I.-Nsw Tork World Ca
blegram Special telegram.) Lika Bis
marck, Emperor William lovea to De aur
rounded by dogs. But while tha Iron Chan
cellor's pets were known aa "dogs of tha
empire," the emperor la fond of terriers.
Hla kennels ara one of tha sights of Pots
dam. ... 1
Hla hunting doga are scattered over hla
various hunting boxes, but hla peta ha
keeps In the Potsdam kennels. His best
loved ara four brown Dachshund Hexe,
Dacha,. Bella and Llessl. .They ara alwaya
tilting about tha etnperor'a heels In his
moment, of relaxation, and not Infre
quently accompany him on Journeys. "The
progeny ara often sent as special presents
to royal relatives.
Aa interesting kennel la kept at . tha
Mqntljou palace, In Berlin. It la massive
and hat a roomy playground In front Its
doors and windows ara framed thick with
Ivy-. There la a kitchen and cellar, and
tha whole, concern la heated by hot water.
In', the kitchen rlca and meat ara dally
cooked for the doga In a large room
there is ft fcath. 'Tbla room la decorated
with pictures of tha - present and former
Inmates of the kennel.
Two old. soldiers of tha guard look after
these nets, and the emperor la fond of
chatting to them about their Charges. Hexe
and Llesel. fell HI lately and were sent
to Montljou for treatment.
The director of Vaterland,. glgel, waa
eondemned to eight months' imprisonment
. for having spoken Irreverently of Ttras, Bis
marck's -dog. Those who have anything to
aysabbut the emperor's terriers need to
be careful. t
MRS. G0E1ET BECOMES ANGRY
eassaaassaww '
R erases Talk Aba at Bat PUi
WhUe la Kara? with Her
Daaghter.
(Copyright 1903. br Praaa Puhilahln Cn
LONDON, Dec. It (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tha duka
ana the oneness, or Roxburgh war
Pet laity ' lhVlUd. at tha kluv'a nnuul
Join this week's shooting party at Elredon.
uora jveagna place in Norfolk. But,
thou if k thlr namea anuari in t h.
' of guests, they excused themselves from
comlna over from Paris on the a-mimA th.t
important, urgent private affalra demanded
i inn tney await Mrs. ogdea Ooelet
arrival.
All three are expected at riartdn'a
to-
' morrow. Th.v mrin luv. n
... j ww ... - w v .irvia mif
tha week after next ' Mrs. Ooelet Indig
1
nantly aecuned to aay anything about
plana in Europe when Interviewed by
, World correspondent at Plymouth on
her
the
the
, arrival of tha steemeblp Krouprlns Wll
fceim. "Too much has been said already about
I me ana mine," she said. "Plana and
tntlmiSl ilAVA n min.lw -..-Ik.... M
In-
y ' .M lUIUHim IVJ I
, daughter and. her husuaad Iq Lstidon.
my
snail say notMng,
Mra Ooelet thereupon retired to
her
nfftateroom. She waa extremely trh.mi
ve
on the voyage, but apoka warmly a bo
ut
. what has been published aa to the all
'attitude of her son. RobrrL in-..A
leged
the
projrria of the ducal couple In London.
Mrs. Ooelet M)t to CTbourg t J0in
Cke aiiJ C-U.tis la lii.
SOUE MAVERICK STORIES
While a group of traveling men were
seated about the lobby of tha Iler-Orand
tbe ether evening, a queer wager was
made ahd a queer story was told under
rather peculiar circumstances.
The traveling men had Just partaken of
a hearty meal and were discussing the
question as to whether they had beet go to
the ehow thst evening or remain at the
hotel and "swap" stories. What might
have' been the outcome probably would
have not been known, had not one of the
live traveling men made a proposition
which dismissed the thought of tha show
from ' their minds.
It was then and there agreed that each
shou'd proceed to tell the biggest He of
which ha waa capable. Tha man who told
the biggest lie was to be given a box of
ten-cent cigar and tha others were to
pay for It
The successful contestant told this one:
"I waa out In San Francisco some time
ago. Having some spare moments on my
hands, I begun ft stroll shout the city
and when I had -got out near the bay, I
noticed an awfully tall bulM.nr. It eeemed
to-rn that if I could get to tbe top story
of that building, -1 ould secure a good
new of the surrounding territory, and mora
especially of the bay and harbor.
"Accordingly I went tnto tha building.
only to find that H waa only partially com
pleted. Tha stairways srl all the different
floors were In, but the c evator waa not In
running order. As the building waa thlrty-
flvs stories high, I didn't Ilka to tackle
the walk tip all the Intervening stairs but
finally I made up my mind to undertake
tha task, as the view which would meet
my eyea from the top story would mora
than repay me for my troubles.
"After I had tolled away for what
seemed to me to be an lnntermlnable
period, I reached the top story, nearly ex
hausted. The scene which lay before me
was so beautiful that I was lost In contem
plation for ft time, but finally, weary with
the tiresome climb and tha excessive heat
I felt asleep. How long I remained In that
condition I could not atate. I only remem
ber that ' I waa awakened by an Intense
heat and awakening hurriedly, I waa hor
rified to note that tha building waa on
fire.
Well, you can imagine my predicament
There I - waa nearly 800 , feet above the
ground with the building on firs and no
means of escape.
"In looking about for soma possible
means of egress, I chanced upon a email
door whltj had escaped my observation up
to that time. I opened It and there before
ma lay a lot of rubber goods. A happy
thought struck ma and I proceeded to act
upon It Immediately. I divested myself
of my ordinary wearing apparel and donned
twelve tight-fitting rubber suits, each one
a, little bit larger than tha other. Then I
put on an equal number of Ufa preservers.
Twelve palre of rubber boots also were
slipped on hurriedly and finally I put on
twelve big and cumbersome rubber head
gears.
Armed and equipped, I want to tna
window, opened It sent up a short suppli
cation, and then I Jumped. When I struck
the pavement I bounded up higher than tha
point from which I started. It necessarily
followed that when I went down again I
cams back to ft hlghsr point and on each
succeeding trip downward I ' waa pushed
n correspondingly higher distance' Into the
air. After I had bounced up In tha air
and down again for three daya and three
nights they shot ma to keep mo frdta
starving t death."
Newspaper stories generally ara of tha
hard luck variety," said Luclen Stephens,
tha other day, "but aa I think of my own
experience tha first night I started out In
Omaha with a bunch of aealgnmenta a good
many yaara ago I remember ft very pleaa
ant encounter. Aa tha paper waa short-
handed aad I was a new man, I was given
ft number or separata happenings to cover.
any one of which would have used up the
entire evening If properly handled. I act
out with the Intention of doing tbe best I
could, howsver. The first place I went
waa to a new Swedish church. Just finished
and which was being dedicated. - A big
crowd waa present. I saw ft clerical look
ing man whom I Judged to be the pastor
lifting hla voice In prayer. Tha congrega
tion waa silent with bowed heads. I did
not forget that I waa In hurry, however,
and walked straight down tha alals to tha
aids of tha praying minuter.
I beg your pardon,' I aald, aa J
touched him on the shoulder, 'but I am
reporter sont out to cover this dedication
and I am pressed for time. Tell ma about
It quickly, please,'
Tbe man of Ood had checked his invo
cation. Ha looked at ma steadily for a
moment, aa though weighing tha enormity
of my offense, and then quietly beckoned
to another brother, led ma to an ante
chamber and In three minutes had suc
cinctly outlined tha doings of the evening.
e did not utter a word of reproach for
y aacrellgtoue act, and I thanked htm
and left tha church, wondering how many
more men there were In the world like him.
"Not long ago he came Into my store and
made a purchase and I recognised blm,
though I had never aeen him a! nee the
evening of the dedication. I shook hands
with him and recalled tha Incident He
told me that ha knew I must have been
much pressed for tlms and that waa why he
submitted to my Intrusion so quietly. But
his equal I never found."
A little colored boy, having received from
his mother 10 cents with which to buy
gas mantle, entered a atore and asked for
a "mandle."
"A whatT" questioned tha perplexed mer
chant.
"A mandle, ft gas mandle," tha boy re
plied. ....
"You want a gas mantle. They ara 15
centa each."
"Can't see you, can't see you; only got
U oanta," exclaimed the lad, hla face be
tokening a businesslike expression.
CHAPTER L
This Is tha sprightly adventure of tha
Traveling Man and tha Snow on the Roof.
But the snow did not do much but look
beautiful. Tha traveling man waa one of
those who travel because It Is easier than
doing nothing In one place. He came along
gabbling about work for food Juat after
the conversation. The conversation waa
between the proprietor of the family bote!
and soma ana else in authority. The pro
prietor aaldt
"Tou know what our roof la. Thla snow
Is light snow, but It should be removed to
prevent leakage."
The- hotel waa a large, high flat-roofed
hotel, when tha traveler came along and
got his bluff called. He aald It aeemad
large hotel and climbed to the roof by the
Are escape, carrying a broom and a shovel.
The roof waa four stories up. This Is the
end of tha first chapter. ,
CHAPTER II.
. Tha second chapter begina after tha
traveler had been on tha roof seventeen
BUautae'aad Jad thrown tha soow from
twenty-four feet of tin at one earner. Then
ha found himself very near tha center of
the j-oof, holding on to himself rigidly and
trembling like Jelly In power house.
"My Lord!" he exclaimed, "suppose I
heuld fall off or the building should fall
down; It must be ulna stories high, and
tne snow is so slippery. When I looked
over as I threw the suow I saw that It
I .. i stinU.iil 1 1 M 1 1 iii-momii 1
'mm- k .
: ij in-llii,;., 1
' fa p -:
--Jiilii - -
.,, eert.i " ;; r. -M t ,
l.-.i 'IT - " "asi i UBikuaiil,! nanUiilumuiu
waa all brickbats on tha ground. Oil. Lord,
if 1 move, I'll fall." 1
CHAPTER ILL
Tha proprietor beard wild crlea during the
succeeding fifteen minutes. Then tho pro
prietor said:
'Ah! lt'a the roof," and went up the
stairs to the hatchway and looked at tha
man, who waa shaking like an earthquake.
by this time and bleating pitifully for help.
'Don't create a scandal," said the pro
prietor. "Coma down the hatchway, you
silly ass."
But the traveler looked at the hatchway.
It waa a hole in the roof. He edged away
and resisted kindly hands, digging, hla
fingers Into inequalities of the tin. 'Tho
proprietor aqueesed a care-creased brow for
ten minutes and tha traveler searched him
self for other frelghtened sounds. Then
said tha proprietor:
"Ah! the fire department."
CHAPTER IV.
"Vary interesting phenomenon," said the
lieutenant. "Similar case when I was on
ths Chicago department. Crasy for the
time." v
Tha lieutenant had three men from the
house and rope and gear. They considered
ths man. Tha traveler said, "Help!" twice,
and prepared to repel boarders. , The lieu
tenant took a half-Kelson on tha man and
he wss dons up Into a neat package and
carried to tha cornice, making the sort of
loud exhibition of himself that the fatted
hog doea with his ankle in the hoisting
wheel and hla throat In tha hands of the
butcher.
"Stand by to ease him over," aald the
lieutenant 80 tha traveler went down like
a dredge Into tha bottomless sea,' all easy
but himself, while thres inhabitants of tha
house were injured In tha crush. Later the
traveler weakly drank two timea. ' Then ha
said:
"Gee! I'd forgot I can't stand high
places."
John and William, brothers, while re
turning horns from work In South Omaha,
discovered a small book lying In the anow
on tha aldewalk on Howard street John
picked It up and Incidentally opened It A
piece of paper resembling a check fell out
of it Ths scrap of paper was examined
closely la tha flickering glare of an electiio
light and It was finally made out to ba a
check for tWO.
Visions of easily replenished coat bins,
Christmas feasts and scores of Christmas
presents flitted through their minds. Then
came the thought that the loser of ths
check might ba even then suffering greater
disappointment over Ita loaa than their joy
In finding It.
"Of course ve cannot get It cashed."
aald John, "without giving some suspicions
yet of how vs got it, so maype ve hat
btetr advertise it Tha Bea In yet."
"Nein," said William. "Ve vill not it
advertise The Bee In, but let the mans who
It lost advertise It and va vill de revert di
vide us between our family, vhlch vill be
$50 anyhow." k
Bo It waa decided. John and William
went home and began figuring upon what
their tCO would buy. Lena would get a new
cloak with military buttona down in front
on tha side and behind. Both boys would
get a new overcoat each. Mother had
been wanting black dress and father's
hat was getting seedy. With all these pur.
chases, and by thla time they had figured
the reward to be t&0 each, there would be
enough left to buy the Christmas goose
and soma toya for tha younger children,
and then they would surprise the old folks
by buying a ton of coal and paying the
rent a month In advance.
Nothing should ba aald to tha folks at ths
house about finding tha check and so that
sight John and William got out tha alther
and mandolin and played long and sweetly.
Dr kinder is good feeling tonlcht," said
tha smiling mamma.
"It cemes to CtuMni&s times dust,"
1 . . .
aiumbled ' papa, "and der poys soma
uuomes guv vJ uere vinamg mil ueiweeu
dem." . . H -
The morning Bee waa anxiously scanned
for tha expected advertisement for tha lost
check. But none was found. Ths Evening
Bee told a similar tale.
"Maype he hasn't found dat ha lost It
yet," ventured John.
"I tlnk." said William, "that soma one
out of town- has lost It and maybe ba vill
It never advertise for."
"Veil, den va vlU keep all of It"
"Vat goot to keep UT Ve can't apent It
for Christmas tings unless Va got der bank
to cash it."
- "Let's keep It until Friday and den cash
It"
' New dreama of mora extensive Christmas
purchases were enjoyed and John and Wil
liam were nearly overweighted with their
rich secret
v "Va might get a automobllea and a pianos
and den have some left Just a small
automobiles. It would save atreet ear fare
ven va go to work and It boeta nothing for
feed," suggested WUlIam, "no!"
And still no ons advertised for ths lost
check. It waa clear that tha loser bad
given, it up for good. Tha impatlenoe of
the boys became unbearable, ao they laid
off Friday morning and decided to go to
a bank and exchange tha check for good
$500 bills. They were not particular about
tha dimensions of the bills, flOs would do.
Anything to get ths cash and begin on
the realisation of their happiness. ' t
"I think maype vs had better lay off
until the first of the year," proposed John.
"Va vill tell the banker dat it la a part
Of our inheritance Christmaa gift shust
corns from Germany, ahould he soma ques
tions bask." vJ
' The boys had alwaya dealt In time checks
and were not wholly familiar with bank!
checks or drafts.
John waa delegated ,to present ths chsck
for payment and ha rather timorously ap
proached tha cashier's window and handed
it to that official with tha Information
that It was jths' first Installment on their
inheritance from their grandfather In Ger
many. Tha cashier glanced at It a moment and
handed it back to John with tha remark:
"No good."
John'a heart sank - clear down to his
shoes and ha backed out of tha bank, with
the checkstl!l In his hand.
"Vass ItT" asked William, half dased.
"Nlcht godt,' aald John.
Then they examined tha check again,
more carefully than since It had lain in
their possession.
It waa simply a library eard.
Then both of tha boys heaved a sigh of
relief.
"I am gist va didn't puy dem automo
bllea." was John's observation.
'Nor doaa gooses snd pianos," said
William.
MORE POWER TO COMMISSION
staer Qemrles Weald riaa All
Transportation! Companies that
issere Orders.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. -Senator Qualee
has Introduced a blU to further define
tha dutlea and powers of tbe Interstate
commerce commission. It provides that
any order made by tha commission after
a hearing and determination had on any
petition, declaring any existing rates for
ths transportation of persons or property
to be unjustly discriminative or unreason
able and declaring what ratea would ba
juat shall become operative and ba ob
served within thirty days after notice.
It provides, also, that -in tha event of
neglect to obey an order of tha commission,
performancs thereof may ba aummarily
enforced by writ of injunction or other
proper process, besides a penalty of t,0O
for each day bX the cootluuanue of autb
violation.
TLMWeil
Greatest Triiumph
Declared superior to the best Bohemian beers by the Imperial
Experimental Station for the Brewing Industry at Prague, as
announced by the following Associated Press cablegram:
, American Brewer Makes Best
Beer In the World.
Special to the- Auodattd tYe.
Praetie; Bohemia, Dec. 1. The '
Imperial Scientific Cbmmission in
vestigating the different kinds of beer
of the world has awarded the highest'
honor for superiority to an Americas
product.
A correct translation of the results of their examinations is given below, with
the Imperial and Royal Notarial and United States Consular verifications.
Upon subjecting a sample of ' BUD WEISER Beer, brewed by the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n, St. Louis, U. S. A. to a thorough
examination we declare it to be a fully matured lager beer. Its whole
nature bears witness to the fact that only the very best materials were
used, and that the greatest cleanliness . prevailed in its manufacture.
The product is not only similar to the highest grade of Bohemian Pale
Beers in all its properties, but surpasses our best beers in keeping
qualities, which is of the utmost importance.
Experimental Station for iha Industry of Droning, Pragi'3, Dohsnla.
J AROSLAV SULA, Supt. nnd Manager. '
I hereby certify that Mr. Jaroslav Snla Is personally known to me as the Official Chemist , ,
f the Experimental Station for tbe Brewing Industry of Bohemia, and has this day execnt.4
and signed the sbove document In my presence. Prasne. November tbe third, nineteen hundred and three.
i. U. Dr. JUHANN SLAMENIK, Imperial aad Royal Notary, Prague.
I certify that the foregoing authentication is under the official seal of J. U. Dr. Johann Slamen!i,
Imperial and Royal Notary, and is entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I, Arnold
Weissberger, Vice and Deputy Consul of the United States of America, have hereunto subscribed
my name and caused the seal of this consulate to be affixed. Done in this city of Prague this
third day of November, 1803. Arnold weissberqir, u. . v. ad. con.ui,
mawei
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Is bpttled only at its home, the
Anheuser-Buseh Brewery
St. Louis, U. S. A.
ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM
Vesta Chapter No, , Order of the East
ern Star, has arranged to continue the
Vocal star organisation which gave such
satisfaction at tha grand chapter meeting
In Lincoln last summer, and will exemplify
the work at a special meeting to be given
In the Masonic temple on tha evening of
December 19, to which all members of tha
order are Invited. A special Invitation has
been extended to the lodges of South Omaha,
Council Fluffs, Blair and Tekamah, and
a large attendance Is expected. Grand
Matron lira Mary E. Haggard of Ne
braska City with o'.her grand lodge officers
will bo present on the occasion. Ths chaptsr
will also give a literary and musical en
tertainment early in January under ths
management of a Committee composed of
Mrs. Ida F. Brown, Miss Nellie Bchonlau
and John D. Howe, who have arranged a
most, expellent program made up of sums
of ths best talent in tha city.
Omaha Tent No. 75 of tha Knights of
tho Maccabees met In regular weekly re
view last Thursday evening with a full
attendance of air knights. Six applicants
were initiated into membership and five
more were elected to membership. The de
gree team consented to go to Plattsmouth
on Saturday evening to Institutes a new
tent and a large number of tha sir knights
present signified their Intention of acoom
panylng ths team. The excellent work of the
tent'a degree team is surely increasing its
popularity throughout all Nebraska and It
Is being called upon regularly to exemplify
tha rltuallatlo work of the order. Tha
entertainment committee reported that ar
rangements were about completed for the
annual Christmas entertainment for the sir
knights snd their families and that the
same would be held at Washington Hall
Christmas eve. Under ths good of ths
o-der aeveral of tha newly Initiated and
visiting sir knights made short addresses,
Social Lodge No. 102, Degree of Honor,
Ancient Order of United Workmen, held Its
annual election on Thursday evening De
cember 10, and elected these officers for
ths coming year: Mrs. Alice BlackweU,
Chief of honor; Mrs, Tina Brewster, lady
of honor; Mrs. Mattla Elklns, chief of
ceremonies; Mrs. Melissa Dally, recorder;
Mrs. M. E. Btringfellow, financier; Mrs.
Thorpe, receiver; Mrs. A. D. Small, inside
watch; Mrs. Clara Llndell, autslds watch.
Anniversary lodge No. 120, Degree of
Honor, Ancient Order of United Workmen,
held Its annual election of officers on Fri
day evening, electing the following members
to tha various stations for 1904: Mrs. Agnes
Lacy, past chief of honor; Mrs. Lida .B.
Wleland, chief of honor; Mrs. Ida Elliott
lady of honor; Mrs. Edith Powers, chief of
ceremonies; Mrs. Bella Cunningham, usher;
Miss Lucy Morsn, recorder; Mrs.' Cinda
Mitchell, financier; Mrs. Ida Dutcher, re
ceiver; Mrs. Dora Rets, Inside watch; Mrs.
Minnie Rickart, outside watch; Miss Ethel
Knight, musician; Mrs. Mary J. King, cap
tain of tha team; Mrs. Ella McCullough.
trustee; Dr. W. A. Hostetter, medical ex
aminer. Gate City hive No. t. Ladles of tha Mac
cabees, will give a social card party .Tues
day svenlng at Red Men's halL .
The election of officers of Mecca court No.
U. Tribe of Ben Hur. being declared Illegal
by 8 tat. Manager Burgesa. a new election
will be held Friday evening, December IS.
The Fraternity Dancing club gave a bene
fit ball for the families of the desd firemen
at Crelghton hall Thurpy evening. About
o
o
ceeds were 146.75. which amount was turned
over to Mayor Moorea, to apply on tha pur
pose Intended.
At a regular meeting of Vlcksburg regi
ment No. I, Union Veterans' union, held
December 1 these officers were sleeted for
tha ensuing year:
O.' R. Rathbun, colonel; W. O. Bartholo
mew, .lieutenant colonel; M. R. Rlsden,
major; Jonathan Edwards, chaplain; C. 1
Thomas, Q. M. H. Chapman was appointed
adjutant and F. E. Munn officer of the day.
An invitation was extended to Shlloh
regiment No. 2, Union Veterans' union, to
hold a joint installation on Baturday even
ing, January , at Ita hall, Sixteenth and
Capitol avenue, and also invited ths women
of tha Garfield circle' and relief corps to
Join with us In a good old-fashioned camp
fire, which will be held the sams svenlng
at that same hall. There will bs good
speaking and plenty of refreshments for all.
At tha annual meeting of Planet lodge
No. 4, Knlghta of Pythias, Friday svenlng,
December 4. these were elected officers for
ths ensuing year:
August Cnrrtens, C. C; William Stark,
V. C; Mr. Taylor, prelate; Edward Ourske,
M. of W.; Nick Frledrlcksen, K. of R. and
B. ; Samuel Mots, M. of F.: Jacob Frank,
an. 01 ausuh xsonna, ia. at A.
LIMIT NUMBER 0f"BISH0PS
Hereafter Coadjutor Bishops Will Bs
Appointed Only la Case of
Neeeaalty.
(Copyright, 1903, by Preas Publishing Co.)
ROME. Dec. 13.-(New Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Tha moat Im
portant meeting of the congregation of the
propaganda alnce the election of tha new
pope, so far aa A merles) Is concerned, was
ths ons which took place last Thursday.
Ths greatest secrecy prevailed about tha
deliberations of the cardinals and ' very
little haa leaked out.
No action waa taken regarding tha ru
mored Increase of dioceses In ths United
States by tho division of the dioceses of
i ..... 4 - , aL.JL I 1 Vi . .
' 'MW 5cCfcarlP . :
Crossed
Cirfar
Montana, Providence, R. I., and Dubuque,
la., aa tha cardinals wish to fill ths vacant
sees first A decision was arrived at re
garding tha appointment of a bishop for
Columbus, O., and It la aald that Rev.
Jamea Hartley waa selected from among
four candidates.
Requests for coadjutors from several ot
tha United States bishops have also been
refused by ths congregation, besauss it la
not wished to doubls ths number of bishops
In ths United States, as , would certainly
bo ths case If every demsnd of this kind
were complied with. Hereafter no coad
jutor b.shop will be appointed in ths
United States unless the holder of the see
Is really disabled by illness or old age,
DUKE OF "MANCHESTER ILL
Raw la Leal.a tader Car at PkysU
class, hwt Hopes to .
Reoover.
(Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Co.)
IONDON, Dec. 11 (New Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The duke of
Manchester has been removed to London,
where hs now is under ths oars of an ami.
nent specialist The duka has bean se
riously 111 and suffers greatly from .de
pression, aa la usual in diabetic attacks.
Hs la on a strict regimen snd hopes to ba
well enough soon to go to tha Rivera or to
Egypt
Raise pries of Bread.
AUBURN, Neb., Deo. 13. Speclol)
Bakers hers have agreed not to sell bread
for less than the usual price ot B cents a
loaf, or six loaves for 9 cents. Ths prlos
has been three loaves for 10 cents.
Thirteen) Get Rewards ( Merit.
IOWA CITY, la., Deo. 13. Special Tele-
fram. The Iowa Board of Athletic Con
rol, on recommends lion of Coach Chal
mers, today granted "I's" to thirteen mem
bere of the 1M foot ball team. Those re
ceiving "i's" were: Captain . Cnulthard.
Ikhwinn, Ionovan, Johnston. Atkinson,
McOowsn. Watters. Griffith, Allen, Jones,
Fred Buckley, Ulbbs snd Roy Buckley.
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