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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: DECEMBER 27, 1903L
Omaha
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OMAHA BILLET 1 LUCKY OSE 'rfSf
FrtmotUaf aid Eonon Const to Generals
Stationed Her
FECORD OF THE OFFICE IS ENCOURAGING
CaaniMri f la Depart af the
Platte ak (be Mlseaart Have Brca
"Sallaat Solaler aaa Well '
Rewarded.
A number of very distinguished officers
have at various times been ata tinned at
Omaha tinea the first establishment of tba
military Uepsrtment of tha Platta In 19.
Omaha waa f.rat mada an Important mili
tary headquarter at the beginning of tha
Indian war In the lummrr of 165, lumf
dlately follnw'nf the civil war. t'p to
April 1, 1S6. Omaha waa under the general
command of tha District of Kanaaa and
the Territories, with headquartei s at Fort
Leavenworth, with General GrenvUle M.
Dodga aa commander. All military opera
tions were then directed from "Port Leaven
worth. The Department of tha Platta waa
cieated In the early spring of IMC, and Ita
flrwt commander waa Brigadier General
Philip Bt George Cooke, with headquarter
at Omaha. General Cooke assumed com
mand April 1, !". Ha continued In com
mand until January 1. 18CT, and waa then
transferred to the command of the Depart
ment of the Cumberland, where he re
mained until 170, when he waa transferred
to the command of the Department Of the
Lake until 1871, when he waa .wUred aa a
brigadier general. General Cooke died In
I'M.
Brigadier General Christopher C. Auger
urreeded General Cooke In command of
the Dtpartment of the Platte In 1HS7 and
continued In command uiftlt November 13,
1S71. and waa again in command of the
then Department of the Missouri for a
hoit ; while In 18SJ. He waa retired aa a
' brigadier general In 188S and died tha fol-
- lowing year, .
a, ' Geaeral Crtak'i Terse.
One of tha moat dlatlngulahed of tha
military commander aucceeded General
Auger. Tola waa Brigadier General George
Crook, who aasumed command of the De
partment of the Platta April 27. UTS. and
continued In command until August 27.
D!SL He again, aucceeded General Auger
April . 1886, and continued In command
until May I. lm. On April C 1888, b was
mada a major general,-- and at that time
waa transferred to the command of the
Military Dlvlalon of tha Missouri, with
headquarter at Chicago, where he re
mained until hla death, March ZL . Dur
ing hia command of the Department of
the Mlaaourl and Platte, General Crook
waa complimented by a special reaolutlon
of the Nebraska legislature for hla valiant
service In the Indian campalgna In tha
waat and northwest, and waa alao specially
memorialised by reaolutlon of congress 'for
his distinguished service both during the
elrll war and during hia Indian campaign.
Casaaaauadera Conine? raet.
Another of tha distinguished commanders
f tha Department of tha Mlaaourl. who
lm reed lately succeeded General Crook, was
Brigadier General John R. Brooke. He la
now living In retirement as a brigadier
general at Roaemont. Pa. Ha waa auo
. oeeded by Brigadier General J. J. Cop
plnger, now retired, and living In New
York City.
Brigadier General Charles W.- Miner suc
ceeded General Coppinger, and Is now on
the retired list, living at hla bom In
Martinsville, Ind.
Brigadier General George B. Rodney auc
ceeded General Miner, and ta now living
aa a retired brigadier general la Baa
Francisco, CaX
During the interval Immediately follow
ing the Bpenlah-American war there were
Several commander of tb department wno
held the command for short Intervale.
Among these were Colonel C C C. Carr,
' V. B. A., who was succeeded by Brigadier
General E. T. Sumner, a brother of tha
present commander of that department.
Major General 8. 8. Sumner. General n.
V. Sumner was placed on tha retired list
of tha army as a brigadier general shortly
after hla being relieved of tha command
of tha department, and la aow living at
his heme In Eaaton, Pa. Ha was su fl
ooded by General Henry C Men-lam, who
was retired aa a major general, and la
now living at Prouta Neck. Maine. Briga
dier General Fitahugh Lee succeeded Gen
eral Merrlam. and. ta now on tha retired
. ,
Ijif list, as a brigadier general, living at bis
J home, la Richmond, Va.
4 Waaaetloa tar beiaeral Bates.
Major General John C. Bates succeeded
General Lee la command of the department
and was then but a brigadier general. He
waa made a major general while In com
mand of the department ta 19. In ISO be
waa given the command of the Department
of tha Lakes, ta addition to hla dutlea aa
, commander of the Department of tha Mis
souri, ponding the arrival of Brigadier Gen
eral Samuel 8. Sumner, who waa aaslaned
f to the command of this department tha
9 aame year. General Batea continued In
1 commend of both departments until No-
vember Jo of tba present year, when he
turned over the command of tba Depart-
I ment of the Mlaaourl to hia successor. Gen
eral S. 8. Sumner. Vnder the reoent en
Hon of the Ave new military divisions and
departmenta General Batea is promoted to
the command of tha Military Division of
the Northwest, which Includes his old com
mand, tha Department of the Mlaaourl, the
Department of the Lakes and the Depart
ment ef tha Dakota, with headquarters at
St. Louis.
On November SL MO. Brigadier General
Samuel B. Sumner assumed command of th
Department of the Mlaaourl and a day or
two thereafter received hla commission aa
a major general. General Bumner had
hardly fairly got settled In hia new Com
mand when the announcement came from
thA headquarters of the array creating the
new divlai tna and departments and assign
ing him to the command of tha newly cre
ated Military Division of the Southwest,
whloh tucludes tha Departments of the
Gulf, Texas, Colorado and Aiisona, with
headquarters at Oklahoma City, Okl. H
will assume hia new command oa January
U. ISOi, '
Brlfcudler General Camlllo C. C. Carr, now
in command at Fort Riley, will . tempera-
rily relieve General Sumner la command of
the Department of tb Missouri -on Janu
ary is, pending the arrival of 'Brigd:ar
General Theodora J. Wlnt. who has been
'asalgned to the permanent command cf the
department under tha new order of things.
. ' Praltaa f rraaaetieaa.
It will be observed that tha command ef
the Department of the Missouri has always
been the stepping atone to promotion. Four
of Its commanders. General Crook,' General
MerrUnt, General Batea and General Suav-
ner, have reached th rank of major gen
eral; three of theaa. Crook, bates and
Sumner, have become dlvlalon military com-
aiander. during their Incumbenry as de
partment commander of the Department of
the FWUe and Missouri. ,
i Three vt the ai cummveders General p.
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28 Per Cent Out of Your Customer
I . '.'. ...
-g-lwch Oa-tf-ril sfTr-r-rar-t! Your oraclo and mouth piece (lor such it claims to b) of your Ketail
Grocer's Association in a recent isue gives 2k pages of disjointed
"flrLmment" afrainst THE USE of OllEEN TKADIXO STAMTH. It irives us a die in the ribs bet iuios- indeed it tickles us
half to death. True it doesn't mention our name, which la unfortunate for the oracle. It makes us mean enough NOT TO MENTION ITS name a DISTINCTIVE LOSS TO the oracle!
However, ONE OF ITS DELIVERANCES AMAZES US we will dissect it for yon, Mr. Grocer. It declares that it costs the retailer (the 2x4 retailer, it means) Twenty - Eight Per
Cent to Do Business. Iler'e are its figures and "to save your neck you can't do it for less:" Cost of selling goods, 7 per cent; advertising expense, 3 per cent; rent, 4 per cent; loss on
account of errors, etc., 4 per ct; interest, light, heat, etc., 2 per ct and then it goes on to say "if you average 8 per ct. net profit on your business you are doing excellent." Ye, pods and little
fishes! what a revelation!! Twenty-Eight Per Cent Out of Your Customer!!! Seriously Mr. Retailer, must you absorb 28 per cent on every dollar sale for your expenses and your
living? Listen! Can your business stand a drain of that kind and meet competition? 28 Per Cent Out of Your Customer! ,YU cannot SELL BENNETT QUALITIES at BEN
NETT rillCES TWENTY- EIOIIT PER CENT, SIR, 18 AN OUTRAGE. Let's reason' together, for we think we can help you you pay TOO MUCH RENT, TOO MUCH ADVERTIS
ING (and we never see it), TOO MUCH" 'COST FOR SELLING GOODS, TOO MUCH FOR INTEREST, HEAT, LIGHT ETC., and VASTLY TOO MUCH for LOSS ON ACCOUNT OF ER
RORS, ETC. FOUR TER CENT ON ACCOUNT OF ERRORS! Does your oracle speak with knowledge? If it does wfiat's that significent "etc."? It must be the ditch Into which you are
WANTONLY HURLING FOUR PER CENT OF YOUR GROSS RECEIPTS. Come now, be honest, does that "etc." stand for BAD DEBTS? It does! well, it's too bad! Let's commune a
bit, here are some secrets regarding how WE RUN OUR business, absorb them, they're better counsel than your oracle will give you in a year's time, even with "free ads with every sub
scription." We save that 4 per cent because WE SELL FOR CASH. Right on this point we can give stamps with all purchases if we wanted to, couldn't we? Our cost of selling is LESS
BY A CLEAN HALF than yours. We advertise freely, but the cost is LESS BY HALF WHAT YOURS IS and your advertising is never seen, ours is seen, and it tells! Our GIGANTIC SALES
account for BOTH THESE ITEMS BEING JUST HALF YOURS! 28 Per Cent" Out of Your Customers! Land SakesJ OUR RENT We have a big store best in Omaha
pour business is big biggest in Omaha our rent percentage isvout-o'-sight compared to yours we have our own heating and lighting plant best in Omaha so we whack yon there again.
28 Per Cent Out of Your Customer! Brother that's, that's, that's turrib.e!' AGAIN, here's another trade secret, we buy for cash YES, ALWAYS! Not from necessity,
BUT FROM CHOICE! Thank you! And do you know we get from ONE TO SIX AND SEVEN PER CENT CASn DISCOUNT that YOU don't pet? and then, this is too bad, but it's true,
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, aBsaBSSBSSsesBBSsssaBBsai Mr GrOCCr. . We do bUV SUCh awflll big bunChCS I10W and again and YOU knOW hOW quantity COUnU With the prfce man, don't
you? But 28 Per Cent Out of Your Customer! Heavens!! Can you afford Trading Stamps? Nol Can YOU com
petewith this gigantic concern? No! Can you run' up against a store of this magnitude 50 stores in one and bring it into
. line with your methods? No! Twenty-Eight Per Cent Out of Your Customer! My! oh, my! Can YOU hope to
check OUR business-growing all the time, mind you, by your little tactics in the'Trading Stamp war? Twenty - Eight
Per Cent Out of Your Customer! Man! man!! You scare us!!! Don't be foolish, brother, don't listen to wind
bags and "shoysters," profit , by our methods and the way we mind our own affaire and stick to our puns. YES, ALL TniS IS
YOURS, free without purchasing. It is sound horse sense for you and ita a digestible crumb for your wheezy canary.
The battle begins Mon
day in our Dry Goods .De
partment. The battle to
reduce stock before in
ventory. THE FIRST OUN IS FURS!
' Every fur garment in stock, including coats, cloaks,
capes, scarfs, boas, collarettes, muffs and sets, will go on
sale Monday morning at one-third of regular selling prices.
Scoopingreductions will be made in all suits, all cloaks,
all capes, all skirts, all waists, in fact, all winter goods must
be unloaded without delay without reserve and without
care for profit. .
Big Reduction Sale of Blankets and Comforts
50 pairs of extra fine quality North Star all wool O Q Q
Blankets, regular 5 quality, only, pair J mD
25 pairs extra heavy and extra fine all wool
Blankets, very large size, in gray and A Q ESL
tans, regular fS blankets, at, pair
10 dozen extra heary comforts, in dark colors, A Qrt
YiDnn or fkorifi 7?i an A ' . -as
15 dozen extra heavy stitched comforts, large
size, good $1.25 quality, special only
10 dozen extra fine quality pretty eilkollne covered com
forts, large size, filled with the very best qual
ity pure white wudding, our regular 35c quality, QlQr
Special only, each .......Y -7v-7w
Extra Special in Fine Table Napkins
25 dozen full 24-inch size real Irish linen, press bleached
table napkins, a fine $3.50 quality V O ft EC
special, only, dozen &JkJ
Special Sale of Dress Goods
25 ptecefl fine all wool dreas Roods In blacks and colors, 38 to M Inches
wide., a very nice lot for children's wear up to 90c a yard. Ejr
special only, a yard , .Ov?V
100 plecM dress goods In plain and fancy mixtures, worth f O r
up to 25c per yard, all for Monday ai per yard...., luw
French flannels and walstlntfs, 50 pices very pretty1 wain tin ga in all wool
. and silk and wool, also lota f French flannels, worth ' Qr
to $1.25 yard, so at, yard t OVw
89c
Art! Art!! Art!!!
, Pictures at. Cut
Prices. .
Pictures that sold Christ
mas for 59c, 80c and 29c
go Monday for
45c-29c-18c
BARGAIN TABLES
BARGAIN TABLES
Crockery
, Our gigantic .Christina
sales have shot our crockery
section into stock smither
eens. The rush' for fine
goods was surprising. We
met the demand. The mag
nificent $500.00' rase, (hand
painted o n porcelain . b y
Donoit, of Dresden) was sold
Christmas Ere. Every shelf
and counter in the biggest
crockery department in the
west has its quota of reni
nants Monday.
Prices Shivered! Bargains Easy!
A Remarkable Sqle
Fine Silverware.
Quadruple silver plated baking dishes, removable O
porcelain dish inside, reduced from ?2.98 to. . . . .
Gold lined quadruple plate cake dish, reduced dl 1 A Gl
from ?198 to ipla.
Bohemian glass and silver plate berry or fruit J i A Q
dish, reduced from ?2.25 to....u qA-xv
Fine stone turquois ring (like cut)
from $5.50 to.
,$3.25
Heavy oynx and gold Initial rings, from $5.50 Jjj 85
Beautiful threestone fish scale 4 t0 13 25
Special Plre-inventory reduction
on all Gold Rings.
Rousing Bargains in left-over fine
Brush and Comb Sets. ' 1
JEWELRY DEPARTMENT, MAIN FLOOR.
Sale of Rockers
Golden Oak, saddle seat, high back,
a $3.50 value, for.... w
CaXXIXO CARDS Get eaat Thar'r cheaper Iter tkauat -4 ha . Job Brlater
will 4 'eaa. lOO la rctr alaaalaaaa eaaa for SOc
Otbsoa Cards, ajalte tha rase, lOO (or ft eeata.
Holiday
Slippers
At Pre-Inventory Prices. This
Means Prices Cut in Two.
Men's Slippers sold before for $1.20, fQn
Monday for...;.. '..:f
Ladies' Slippers sold before for 95c,
Monday for. ;
.... 39c
Lodies Fur Trimmed Slippers sold be- v QQP
fore for $1.50, Monday for. -
Men's German Socks, sold before for 75c, ACn
.....2:48
Golden Oak or Mahogany finish, saddle seat O A Q
polish finish, a $4.50 value, for ". .
Gclden Oak or Mahogany finish, genuine leather seat and
back, a $6.50 value, 4 Q5
Golden Oak, saddle, seat, extra large, very O Qk ELt
best construction, a $12.50 value, for DzsJ
Golden Oak or Mahogany finish, hand carved back, high
" polish finish, a $15.00 value, ll'Q5
Sale of Rugs
Best Smyrna Bugs, size 26x34, only. .r2.73
Best Symrna Rugs, size 36x72, only . . . . . . ... I . , .3. 65
Wilton Hugs, 27x54, each , 5.25
Wilton Bugs, 36x72, each. 7.45
Axminister Bugs, 27 inches, each '. M 1.95
Wool Smyrna, 30x60, each 1.90
Wool Smyrna, 36x72, each ., . 1 ....... .2.75
WTiIton Velvet, 27x54, each. .'. , 1.65
Jute Wilton, 27x54, each. .v. ...... . . ..... 1.28
' 1 EVERY ONE A BARGAIN
Hardware! Hardware!
a
Pre-lnventory Sale of Carvers A f.w of
all styles of handles.
Pocket
Knives
going at Half Price
Nickel Plated Ware 4
Kettles, Coffees, all olckel plated goods must
to for new altar Inventory atock.
Shattered
nj . ait
mbil ' - I sf santisa
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Tables .
Clothes Racks, usually sell at 50c, for.. ...34c
Extra quality Willow Clothes Baskets, usually
sell at 60c, for...... .: ...39c
Feather Dusters, must close 'em out 10c
Green Trading Stamps With All Purchases in All Departments All the Time.
B. O. Cooks. Gaora. , Crook and C C
uaer. ara dead.
Seven of them. Generals Brooke, Cop
plnaer. Miner, Rodney, E. V. Sumner, Mer
rlam and Lee, ara Uvlna In honorable re
tirement.
Four of them. General Batea,. B. 8. Sum
ner, C C. C. Carr and T. J. Wlnt, are
still In active service, and all promoted to
hiaher commands than they have ever be
fore enjoyed. Their prensottona have been
largely due to their efficient services In the
Held and In command of this, on of the
areateat of tha military departmenta of the
country.
REGIMENT NEARS FORT CROOK
Thirtieth lataatry Will Step at the
Craaada aad Kat Case (a
. Oaaaaa.
It la now expected that tha Thirtieth
United e tales Infantry will reach . Fort
Crook this evening from Saa Fran.
Cisco. Tha train conveying the resiment
left Sum Francisco Wednesday evening and
Is traveling' in two sec I loos. No definite
Information has been received from the
command since It started from Ban Fraa
ctsco. either at department headquarters or
at Fort Crook. However, ever) thins; has
been placed ia readiness for the arrival of
the' reattment at Fort Crook, lmiuJfn Uie
necessary oommlnaary and quartermaster
euppilta.
Tb regiment la ecroute by way of the
Bouthrra Pacific, Lfuvtr Rio Oranda
and Purl cgt on railway a, and will disem
bark direct at Fort Crook, without auming
us la Otbaha.
HATS OFF TO ELLA M EILL1P!
DaTenui American Vta iraicit the At-
pertioni of EDgliih Woman.
CUTTING REPLIES TO FLABBY CRITICS
"It Dm Kat Blaralry la tba leaat If
tba Kacllsk VTasaea be Rat
Uka Oar Mt'a, far Wa '
De-Barrsel
SEWARD. Neb.. Dec. H. To the Editor
ef The Bee: In the Sunday Bee of Decem
ber II there was a column of tirade by a
party of visiting English ladies against
Americas gentlemen. Evidently they bave
judged America men by a few freaks they
met In New York City e. claaa that la not
a representative type ef anything.
It la aa unfair to tha manhood of Amer
ica to gauge Its standing by tha YC" of
New York, aa It would be to Judge of It
by the Flmida crackers, or the clay eaters
of North Car ell oa. The "W are not re
garded In this oountry as the typical Amer
icana, for they are always apelng tha
English, and undoubtedly that waa the
reason the ladles found them so stupid
To allow the stiirma on Amerlcaa man
hood, that waa glvea out to the world by
our quondam gueste to rest unchallenged,
la mora than aa American woman with a
aense of Justice ran do.
Tbey said: "One would not meet In a
wnole - day and night more thaa one
tve wha would be sailed gcaUamaa . la
England. Most of them have soma trade
or other, which they acted ridiculously
snobbish about, and tried to conceal from
us."
Such a statement Is prima facia evidence
that the ladles did not meet the American
gentleman, for he la proud to have some
visible means of support aome ralson
d'etre. To be aa excrescence on the body
politic of humanity la not to his taste.
I will admit we have that claaa In Amer
ica, but the greater -number of them sleep
In ' boxcars, and eat handouts at back
doors.
Jest Isa'aalaa It.
The English women wha attended the
Horse fair were "astounded to find that
New Tork fashion could not show more
men who were well dressed, and who ap
peared as men of distinction. In contrast
to the common crowd."
Our English guests seem to forget that
America has ne class distinctions except
the distinction that personal ability and
character glvea. And such men have other
objects la Ufa than to pattern after a
tailor's dummy and ape the manners of a
drum major. . '
The ladies are further shocked, and aay:
"Imagine a man In society, who came ap
parently from no one knows where, and
who supports himself by business." That
is a state of affairs I will admit, but the
perturbation pne experiences la Its con
templation depends entirely upon lbs point
of view. Should our critical friends visit
the Flowery Kingdom, they would un
doubtedly find themselves debarred from
the entre into elite aociety because the
members of that society are descendants
of royal fa mill ta that swayed the rod of
empire. wkh the landed ancestor ef these
ladles were bog trotting in England.
Drlvlac la the TolaC
Which Is more honorable, or reflected
more credit on the Individual to have abil
ity enough to make his money, or have
it left to him by some savage robber an
cestor who had killed off the occupants
of the land and appropriated It for hla
descendants, and further replenished his
exchequer by llttting cattle from over the
border?
Another woman said: "The men wcra
vulgar, uneducaXed In the things of so
ciety, stoop-shouldered, under-sised and
mere dwarfs In comparison to our stalwart,
straight Englishman. They think If they
have a million or two they ara as good aa
anyone.' .
Could these English women have met
some of our stalwart, straight poilcetaen
they might have loet their hearts. Ameri
can men, as a rule, are not Infatuated
with their shapes. They prefer brains to
bulk and business ability to society capers.
It Is a law of physics that the mental Is
often developed at the expense of the physi
cal, and vice versa, and the big English
man la an excellent illustration of the vice
versa.
.
Baakla- aa Sfcaaeu
Tha American gentleman may aot be
bulky, but he Is brainy, and If be nas a
million or two and squares tils conduct
with tha most profitable rules of every
day behavior, be la uut only as good aa
anyone, but be la one million or two better
off than the stalwart, straight. Englishman,
who has nothing but hla form, gambling
debts, questionabls ancestry and a large
amount of Incapacity to bank on. "Worth
snake tha man, tha wat af It ta fellow,"
and w American women do not rat our
gentlemen on their shape and carpet knight
antics, but on their hearts, brains and
abilities.
The magasine editor who gave an audi
ence to the one who wanted to write
stories about American Ufa perhaps did
the country a service If his failure to dress
up for the occasion crushed her literary
aspirations, for if her views of American
life were as erroneous aa her views of
American men, w can spare there.
'One woman actually believed, after aa
experience on a crowded street car, what
she had heard, "that the men of the middle
classes allowed their wive to keep house
without servants."
Tba t'arraet Idea.
i
For once she got a correct Idea, but It
was to!d to her, for there are cnllllons af
happy homes In this commonwealth whoss
Inmates are educated and refined, where the
htuband and wife are partners In winning
prosperity, tie earns the living and she
keeps the home. And as there are no
confining class distinctions In this land,
tbey economise ' and accumulate wealth,
build fine houses and educate their children,
perhaps send a daughter to England and
aha msy marry some titled," debt -encumbered,
broken-down 'moral .wreck of a
straight, stalwart Englishman, who could
not earn aa honest dollar to save hi life,
and after his debts sre paid, his old,
tumblecUdowa rookery repaired and hia re
lations fixed financially, his wife, who can
not aland hia brutal treatment any longer.
gets a divorce and cornea home to liva
I With ber pa rants.
Tha Engiiah women were emphatic In
their praise of Amerlcaa women. "They
they
tbey
were splendid, they were beautiful.
were refined, they were well dressed.
were DerfecL" RJsrht here I wmiM Ilka t
ask, "Who gives the Amerlcaa woman ad
vantages that th women of no other ma.
tlons of th world ha?e? Who makes
the money tbey lavjeh so freely T Who
dresses them so exquisitely T Who gives-
them the benefits of education, travel and
culture? The American, women would not
hold th position, in tb world that they
do today wer It not for th brainy Ameri
can business men. Amerlcaa men may aot
be th equals In height of Englishmen, but
they are head and (holder above tbern
In brain and ability. When It come to
thing In lit that are worth while, and as
husbands and fathers, they have no equals
In kindness on this round earth. It doe
not signify In the least if the English
women do not like our gentlemen, for we
do. and we want them ourselves.
ELLA DARLINQ M'KILLIP.
BROTHER MAKES INQUIRIES
t. Laals Mast Asks Falle Aaaat Frekv.
able aatelde af Jefca Laaaka
la
Chief Donahue la la receipt ef a telegram,
signed by J. J. Lemka of UU Louis, ta ref
erence Aa John Lent ke, who left a letter
Thursday, addressed to his brother, notify
ing him of his intention to commit suicide.
Mr. Lenike wishes to know "If th body hvts
been recovered." The police, however, ara
still In th dark as regards tba suicide of
John Lemka, and J. I. Lemka has beea
notified to this effect.