TIIE OMATIA DAILY Ktt: TmSDAT. DnCF.MnKR 20. lfWXl.
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LOVE MESSAGE ON AN
Rc'itioM Sot Cttcisss IVl.rh ifea free
All Ps.ni .' CiBBt7.
JOKtR IS OMAHA IVPLOYE OF AFXOUTS
Eiar4 V. toW Tells of the
Assailest rirlf rn He is
If alias a Rrtilt of Ilia
Trlclc
Mary a swain in various pr.ru of lb
country has. durlr.r the past few weeks,
been turnir.it the mi-lnir M oil and lal..rn.g
strenuously comp'iSir.g lmtlnrj ei-ist:s 10
"Miss." I- Crook of Omaha. Of iMr."
there must have been a (iu for s-ch
action, and the cause was set forth in ih
following story which nu related by Ed
ward W. Crook, who resides at 'SIT. Ha
litem nmt and who 1 an Fg c-ar.dl-r i
th employ of Armour at Company at S.uth
Omaha. Said Mr. Crook:
"Sometime aro It ocrurr-d to tme that It
might be amusing to writ 1 li letters
oil egg which passed through my har.da.
and which go to ell psrts of the Vnited
States, Aecnrdin-'y I porr.jKi-.fsJ several
rami ge. which I thought would eb--ut f.t
any young man looking for a wife, end
wrote them on th egg shells with an it.
d'lible t-enrll. These ec:gs were packed in
cases with others, arid were sh.ppeJ to
every point cf the compass. The rsuis
obtained from the letters were all that
ocaild be experted.
"Tbe first answer I received was from
a vaudeville artist in Camden, N. J. He
aid:
y dear girl: I Just received your letter
written on the egg. aid I believe that it
bat fallen Into the proper hands. In fact
It occurred to me that divine inspiration
tempted you to Indite the lovlr.g epistle,
and tin lews dl-lne action caused it tu fall
Into my -hands. It Is my firm belief that
tmatrbea are made In Heaven and In mr
Judgment we should be united.
Hew He &ot Letter.
'But I must tell you the romantic cir
eunntsjoes under which your message was
reoeived. I had gone Into a smail restaur
ant during the early morn ins; hours to par
take f my usual light luncheon, on which
I beg n the day. It usually consuls if
oft bulled eggs and toast and so it was
on thit particular morning. Winn the esgs
were served I noticed writing on the shil:.
wnien 1 immetuateiy prooeeoea to r. aa,
thinking at first that lb was perhapa some
mercenary motive cn the part of an egg
dealer which caused It to be there. Imagine
my surprise when I quickly deciphered
your message. For a moment my heart
almost stood sttn. In place of eating the
egg I uuletly slipped It Into my pocket and
hurried to my room, where after topylng
off your address I broke the egg and pro
ceeded to eat it.
'Now It Is my opinion that we were cre
ated for each other, and 1 hope Lhat you
rill seed me your photograph at once and
also answer this letter."
The letter was answered, but not in the
way that ths actor anticipated.
Another letter waa reoeived from a yourg
man who said he stood high in the corn
cuunlty aad was needing a wife badly. He
Bred In ftcrenton. Pa. He favored Mr. Cook
with the information that he had a good
Job and would be glad to divide the pro
ceeds of bis weekly stipend with a Rood
looking young woman who would consent
ts b hla wife.
014 Mlaer Also Bites.
miner, who said be was making MSO
par day. sent In his tale of love from a
fining camp in the mountains of 'Washing- 1
ton. He said It cost turn ti.W to get the I
latter carried to the nearest postoffice. j
Business! with him. so he stated, was so
good that be could not Tory well leave to i
seek a wife oa account of ths wages ha i
would lose while on the Journey to Omaha. I
and further, the management or the mining !
property could not very well spars him Jut
at that particular time. Ha would be will- j
Inc. however, to send the amount of ths
far from this city to ths nearest station to
where ha was workii.g In Washington if I
thai toanr womam wniilit , welling 1 r. .m. J
Aa aa afterthought, he stated at the con- , comedy, farce comedy. muRical comedy,
elusion of- hla letter, that In case she did j correoy-drama. comic opera, epiendid music
not wish to go to him without knowing ' OD1 remarkable aerobatics contribute each
mora about hint, ha would try and get a to nk the potjiourrl of the bill. Val
ooupla of daya off from work and get his j 'r'e fcerpere and ber company hold' the
picture taken. He desired that lu case she ; froI't position on the announcement and af
did not conclude to come at once she would , ord oiuch cause for merriment, although
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send hixa her picture and ha would imme
diately, or aa soon aa ha could, reciprocate
with his.
A picture of a very, charming young
woman waa secured and forwarded to the
foolish old miner and he returned a reply
la a hurry. But the answer he received to
the second letter put him out of the matri
asacy business, so far as "Miss" Crook was
concerned and
nl him back to the mines
Replies are still oomlr.g In and Mr. Crook "
says there are still a large number to hear
from. When the letters are reorfved they
are passed around among the laborlrg com
panions cf the erg correspondent and create
much amusement.
PASSENGER RUNS INTO FREIGHT
sWvcrwl ( Treila Crew lejared
TraaBe Delayed for a KasaWr
of Hoors.
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SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Pec. JS.-SpK-ia:
Telograml-Baturday. December a, ir:15 j
j. m..
there as a wreck on the RurUmon
aV Mijsoarl River railroad at Aberdeen
Mont, rrelght train No. 47 headed on a '
switch' to let No. i pass. It was on a
sharp curve. Nc. 4a, clcwly folloainx. ran I
tnte tbs rear of No. 47 and fifteen cars
were demolished, the engine badly damaged !
and Engineer A. C. Fpeakeworth internally !
injured. The fireman s hands arid feet were
scalded and Conductor Pice and the rear
brakemaa slightly Injured. The loss
property la Bot known. Other trains w
delated several hours.
of
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appetite, headache.
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..Tnei -drams in four sets
Jt' virdoi trom lwigit
cf ; b Fame r.me; unaer
i. hoser.thal. The ca-t:
Afaihi r.:ilr. Mis
ttic.at
Kfcthryn OUrtrin
The C"urit-ss FTniij Kathrn termn
taj t. J.-el Stewart, hr gTandiather
'rai.k Levarr.ie
Ji Ssit"r t'rojjef
t';;it Pj e. .CI arles R. Burrows
Hank I nlf..n Fr'-d'TK-k U. l'oer
Ttef. liijti llami.i Josei'h Manning
.. Hami.ton Julian Not
liiv. Ar. hit n d Oreenacre . .John Hawthorne
Jaui-a AiiUtrson. a cuachman
Aubrey Ilea t tic
Il'-raiio Athrton. a st" kbroker
Miltm l'awsn
l!rt Armnmrj H. M. Kuiaa
! r1ri. k l.athm rrar.k Car.ton
Arthur Fieij:r.(;. f the Attaw&m cub..
Eerjnin I'udley
Mrs. Rarsh C'ipe'.ard Agn'.s Woid n
M"f lutv Worm Ccurtlfich
josiphine Victor
Mr. T.'-v. Archibald Orwnmr'
Mrs Fra-k Lvarne
Surie l.rtr.t. n erilia Mary Kf-gn
One year aieo Kathrya O'Urman sar.g her
ir.erry .Tf: Brd was nlaudd ty her
li-oal admirers nt the Orpheum; yest-rday
f.he Fimu'.ated a'.l the emotiors from Firlish
glee and n fruifhness to womanly sorrow,
rape, haired, triumph and hive, find e.s
fccain applaudod to the echo at the Krug.
Mik Cstrmhn lias given over her vaude
ville work 1 r the more serious end n
gapirp business of the "lepitimate" Ftage,
and .f xterna apparances are to le ac
cepted as a tH for en opinion, she is
doing right well in her new venture. Mist
OftermEn has taltt, and within the rarg?
of her posJ Uli tin is decidedly clever. Be
haa the exoelint ,1udrwiert not to under
take that hith ?he can not Ji. and as a
r'Sjlt fhe do.? what she does do mith
cl. arming tate.
"Mlrj FcttknatJ-'" 1 a tiec-uliar sort of
a comedy-drsma. jifkit.g almost as much
rf the audience as it d'erf of the company.
I'ut it I. as a c-rtip'ti-d story of much in
tret. with the dements so mixed that
it la Impossible to say which predominates,
t ut it is c rlain thut after the jirolopuc,
which rr.ipht le shortened without de
stroys a- lis value to the play, Ihe worldly
wise i.uclitor settles himself to see the
first act, anjhow. to se what becomes of
the pirl. And af'.'-r the first act he stays
In order to see how she gets out of It.
The situp tins are in a sense new to that
particular kind of drama and are decid
edly refreshing, both In detail and fle-noue-nert-
"Miss Feltiooats" tells the
stnry of a lirl who Is heiress to a French
title and fortune, but who has lived all her
life with her maternal grandfather, a re
tired whaler, in the cabin of his stranded
ship. Fhe eventually breaks the cocoon,
and gets out into the world. The way is
not so very pleasant: in fact. It is quite
the reverse, but she wins in the end.
Miss Ostermnn is d. arming i:s the girl:
she 1 1 ill h.is full control of the arts and
rra -es cf the younpsters. and hasn't for
pnttcn h"W to 1 a good healthy girl,
full of the fun of Innocence. She de
vcl.ipes Into a woman without the loss of
the charm, her fun merely losing Itself
In the seriius business of life. All the
way throi ah she holds herself well In
hand, ani even in her most intense mo
ments hows that she understands the
value of repression, and gives a very
naturat and satisfying interpretation to
a rele that. In its simplicity might easily
be overaned and thus spoiled.
Miss Osier-man's marager has had the
good taste to surround his star mith an
uncommonly strong and evenly selected
company. Hach member of the cast shares
In the success of the production, and each
Is enjtled to a share In the general
f raise im nth M organisation.
The scenery used In the production i,
also a great factor in the pleasure afforded
by th- cntcrtairimejit. It is accurate in
detail and artistic in conception and exe
cution. Vaudeville at the t relgfatoa-Orpheaa.
Thia week's offering at the Creighton
Orpheum has almost all the eiementa of a
successful dramatic season, mith a portion
of the circus season thron In for good
measure. It only lacks the tragic. Plain
It must tie confessed that Miss Bereere'a
choice of a sketch this season is not one
that is calculated to retain the good Im
pression she Las "made here In the past.
Ehe has exchanged her dainty ways for a
certain Ireeiiness and slanginess that
doesn't comport with what we remember
of -Madame Butterfly." But she does what
she dots with a dath and a si.ap that al
zrH'1 ""ms criticism.
and she is well
i urtTkorleri. Iii?T sli
'"Mwrted.
telle and Duffy con-
tribute a farcicsl sktch In which the "kid
of the company, who admits that he ia
"over 7." and who !ooks as If he is under
li carried off the honors last right. Oliva
T. Holdco and Winifred Florence present
a comle opera sketch, in which some Irish
wit Is mingied with v eraj songs that are
well given, a duet being particularly pleas
it.g Harry C. Stanley and iHirris Wilson
eNo present a sketch In which the value
of tie music outmeigha the comedy. Miss
Wilson has a very pure and sweet soprano
voice of considerable cororiass, though not
. vJ , 7 V.7 'TBaa
.1 ? W-f th bl" "
'--- ne a cellist
arorviea t'j ir:e a mo x'.oses. one a
m,m ' " ' - ,ln umcient!y
"7 ' nay accom
punlments mtin taste inn Judgment. Rolos
and duns are rendered by this accomplished
palr sl.h skill and tact, and last right the
h.rge audience a as reluctant to allow them
to retire at the end of what enemed very
short, bnt was really Quite a lorg program.
The three Zolar. who are cr.ly two. so
far as acrobatic svork Is concerned, present
a torn of arility. grace and slrenrtn. and
the P.osas. man and woman, tnes huge liatU
of Iron aliciit as easily aa ordinary Jnyglers
hanc'le ce!ltil"1d. showing t.-emendous
rtreng'h In all they do. A fresh lot of
tures is projected by the kinodrome.
Two Sjrday audience V ikr customary
site lauphed and appiiuded Masc.n and
Mason on the occasion of their annual one
right stand at the Boyd theater yesterday.
This pair cf rman eccentrics have lost
rone of their poaer to please, but keep
rifht tip to the minute In method The
I company tnis seasor is larger than last
year and contains a number of good
comedians and vocalists so that the eliu
it...n and Songs are made as fnry as pos
sible. THREE INSANE MEN AT JAIL
Trio of eer Anlaai Persoaa Are
Rsaasel I s aod Detslars hy
he Police.
Thre irsai. snen were taker) to the
po.loe station yesterday. J. Verpahoffki
of in Pacific street and Charles Arm
s'ror.g of fyrscusr. Neh., were rounded
up ciar'.y in tbe day by Dfiective McCarthy,
ail Wt.ili.ir of II City was met at
t.e l"nlon depot by Oflcers Cunningham
and Hrt-iaX, iputl acjvw of the Ei City
auihiirities. Whitney oas accumpar-ied by
W. II. Turner, who will mas a com
plaint agaiul tt i:i k City man this
Bi. .i-tung V. hitrry is k years of age and
it ts stattl that be hs sbvaa aBiptvms
4if U-sat.uy f lT auioe Ume.
NEW TROOPS AT FORT CROOK
Fint nJ TLird BatuUoni cf Thirt ell
EfgiineBt ArriT fnm Vest
RECEPTION TENDERED THE SOLDIERS
Weary Travelera Hs fosse froaa
Ha to seres Tweety-'eeeod
Clad lo Eod Their Last
Jeeraey.
The First and Third battalions cf the
Thirtieth Vnited State infantry arrived
at Fort Crook yesterday afternoon and
early yesterday. The First battalion,
comprising companies A. B, C and I', with
beedq jarters, field, staff and band 'of the
reglrnert under command of Colonel John
J. O'Connell. reached the post at 1:30 p.
m.. over the Burlington. The train con
sisted of five passenger coaches, one Full
man, one bargape. two freirht cars and
cabse, pulled by the big Burlirgton en
gine No. Sll.
The train backed up on the Fort Crook
sldlr.g. directly In the rear of the barracks,
where the command disembarked. The
battalion then fell into line, the men In
fatigue dress with blanket rolls. Ten men
were detai'ed from each company to tin
loid the baggage, and this accomplished
the battalion was marched Into the big
mess nail where dinner was served.
The menu comprised hot coffee, ham
and cheese sandwkhes. celery, cake. Jelly
rolls, beer and cigars, which had been
provided for them by the citisens of Fort
Crook station, and the officers of the
pot of Fort Crook and Company F, Eixih
Infantry, thst has been garrisoning tlie
post since the departure of the Twenty
second infantry two months ago.
Thoe contributing to the feast were:
Cudahy It Co., Armour & Co.. Swift ar.d
Company, Jetter Brewing company. Meti
Bros. Brewing company. Fred Krtig Brew
ing company, Schlitx Bremir.g company
and J. W. Lowry of Fort Crook. Grocer
ies were contributed by Paxton, Gallagher
at Co.. McCord. Brady ec Co., Hayden
l!r., and Meat by the Central Meat
Market of Omaha. The boys were very
grateful for the feast and heartily enjoyed
it after their long and weary ndt from
San Francisco.
Poor Looa; Tables I sed.
Four long tables were provided for the
feast in the mess hail, and citizens aud
members of the Sixth Infantry acted as
hosts for the occasion. After dinner had
been served, and the various companies
assigned to their barracks, the officers of
the Thirtieth were entertained at luncheon
by the ode-era located at the p06t, at the
Post club.
The officers accompanying 'the First bat
talion wire: Colonel O'Connell. command
ing the regiment; Captain Frank A. Wil- ,
cox, regitr.intal adjutant; Captain Isaac j
Erwiri. regiroer.tal eommlssarj" and acting j
regimental quartermaster; First Lieutenant '
Lindsay P. Pucker, commanding Company
A; Second Lieutenant Albin L. Clark. Com
pany A; First Li-utenant Dwight B. Law
ton, commanding Company B; Second
Lieutenant Jacob W. S. Wuest. Company
B; Captain Harry K. Tebbetts, command
ing Company C; First Lieutenant Eenja
min R. Wade. Company C; First Lieuten
ant Charles W. Weeks, commanding Com
pany D, battalion adjutant; First Lieu
tenant Ode C. Nichols. Company D; Second
Lieutenant Henry Hossfield.
battalion !
quartermaster and commissary; Captain
William E. Welsh, commanding Company
K, Third battalion: First Lieutenant Cary
A. Snoddy, assistant surgeon. '
Those officers arriving with the Third
battalion at an early hour 'this morning
were: Major George R. Cecil, commanding
battalion; First Lieutenant J. Millard Lit
tle, commanding Company I; Second Lieu
tenant Walter Kreuger. Company I; First
Lieutenant George B. Sharon, temporarily
In command of Company K; Second Lieu
tenant George R. Guild. Company K; First
Lieutenant Edward R Stone, commanding
Company L; Second Lieutenant Stuart A.
Howard. Company L; First Lieutenant
William A. Carlelon. battalion adjutant;
Second Lieutenant Homer E. Lewis, bst
talion quartermaster and commissar.
AeeossBaoled fcy Wltr.
These officers were accompanied by their
wives: Captain Erwin. Captain Tebbetts,
Lieutenant Wade, Lieutenant Weeks (Mrs.
Weeks remained over at Lincoln to visit
friends!. Lieutenant Hossfield. Captain
Welsh (Mrs. Welsh remained over at
Cheyenne for a few days to visit frientls).
Lieutenant Carleton. Mrs. Colonel O'Con
nell and daughter remained over in San
Francisco for aa extended visit with
friends. Lieutenant and Mra. Hilden Olin
remained at Manila, on account of the
Illness of Mra. Olin.
Officers who had preceded the regiment
to Fort Crook and were awaiting its ar
rival were: Captain Guy G. Palmer, com
manding Company I; Captain C. W. Castle,
regimental quartermaster; Captain Ralph
R. BtigsdalL commanding Company A;
Captain F. B. Shaw, commanding Com
pany F, who is under orders to Join his
company at Fort Logan H. Roots; Captain
George M. Grimes, commanding Company
G. under orders to Join Us command at
Fort Reno, and First Lieutenant Charles
C. Allen. Company B.
Last evening the officers resident at the
post rave another reception and luncheon
to the officers of the regiment Just arrived,
at the Officers club. The affair mas a
most enjoyable one, and was participated
In by Captain F. C. Bollea. Lieutenant G.
R. Armstrong and Lieutenant Jesse B.
Elliott cf the Sixth Infantry.
The Thirtieth regiment had its first In
ception in the First battalion of the regi
ment organised at Fort Logan, Colo.. In
April, is 1. One of the battalions of the
Twenty-eighth infantry was detached from
that regiment and consolidated with the
Thirtieth, Each of the companies of the
two batta'Jons numbeted ISO men, and from
these Urge companies a as created the
Third battalion. The regimental organiza
tion was practically completed in the
Philippines. On the arrival of the regiment
at Manila la lfr'l the First battalion was
sent to Marandlyue i.-land. and the Second
tat la ion was sent to Laguna de Bay, and
stayed there for a few months, under c"m
n and of Major Robert K. Evans, and was
then ordered to Mindoro ialand. and was
the first if the American troops to occupy
that island, which the Spaniards -alled the
White Man's Grave. The commend re
mained on Mindoro island more than a
year, enduring many hard caropalgr.a.
However, the only casualties to the com
mand during Its entire occupancy of the
island a as one man wounded in the attack
oa Abra de Hog, in November, mi. Ehort'y
aftirwarus the renmenl waa aratn mol.i.
I Used at Manila, and did garrison duty there
for on year and a half, just preceding Its
return to the I cited States.
Most of the officers had a'ready e-en aerr
ioe in the Philippines In other regimental
organisation, many of tru m hat-in had
five years of service in the U'ands, and a
majority of them over three years' s rvic
theie.
Ealtstsarats Aoeol F.aolred
The command left Manila No vernier It.
1VC oa its first return to tee I'mted Slates
since Its organisation, embarking oa board
the transport Sherman, which was the first
transport to make the new schedule via
Nagasaki, Japan, and Honolulu. Hawaii
Th regiment arrived in San Fraaclkoo I -
cember 14 and departed from there for Part
Crook Deormuer 3.
A tei'uuar fact regarding the Thirtieth
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A day's stop-over at St. Louis, to see the Exposition.
No bother about connections, baggage or the hundred other little
annoyances of the trip the excursion manager takes care of all of these.
Florida is at it's best now superb fishing, bathing, golf links, etc.,
etc. Everything to make an enjoyable winter excursion.
Call or write for further information.
Ni3
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Infantry Is that fully T per cent cf the
enlisted men will have finished their terms
of service between now and Am-il L 19!.
and unless the regiment is rapidly recruited
it will be sadly depleted- In numbers. This
peculiar fact arises boauo -most cf the
men went into the rcclooRt upon its or
ganization three years aaa. The men are
all Brie, soldierly lookeri fellows, and It is
one of th best dlsdplirted regiments In the
service. It Is a Tavorlte -saying among the
boys lhat the Thirtieth s the only regiment
that marched from Manila to San Fran
cisco. TtUs is explained from the fact lhat
the command underwent Its regular series
of drills while on shipboard en route home
ward from Manila and never lost a day.
The Thirtieth regiment assumes Its for
mal duties as the garrison of Fort Crook
today, re-lieving Company F. Sixth Infan
try, which has constituted the garrison of
the post since the departure of the Twenty
second infantry In October last.
The detachment of the Sixth infantry.
Captain F. C. Bolles, commanding, Firat
Lieutenant George R. Armstrong and Sec
ond Lieutenant Jesse B. Elliott, m-ill depart
for its station at Fort Leavenworth, Kan,.
Wednesday.
Colonel O'Connell. assumed command of
Fort Crook this morning.
BATTLE WITH BANK ROBBERS
Three Haodred shots Fired aad So
Ooe Hart o Far as Is
Ki.st.
SOUTH M A LESTER. I. T., Iec IS. A !
gang of five bank robbers looted the bank ;
at Kiowa, a small town sixteen miles north
of here, at I o'clock this morning and es- i
caj-ed after aeveral hundred shots had been j
exchanged between the robbers and a posse ,
of fifty citixtrus of Kiowa, The robbers
dyr.amited the safe and secured C,S in
cash, some of which is believed to have
been mutilated by the explosion. The bank
building was partially wrecked, the dam
ag. to the building being about !
An entrance to the bank was gained by
the use of crowbars through a rear alndow. ;
While two of the men did the work of blow
ing the safe three remained outside as
guards. The first exploslac w Iula.i.
making a loud report, but doirg little dam-
ge. The cltixens heard the report and srm-
lug themselves with revolvers and shot
runs a volley was fired at the robbers In
side, who were visible through the shutteis.
The fire was returned by the guards se
creted on the outside.
While the two men oa the Inside worked
the three men outside kept up a steady
Are at the posee of ctllaens. It took three
explosions to ojen the safe.
After the last explosion the burglars
gathered up the money and leaving through
the front of the bank got away In the
darkness. The ise followed the gang for
some distance, tut lost the trail. While
the rltisens believe that one of the robbers
was injured, not one of the citisens was
struck. The latter were protected from
the fire of the robtters by stock ins in
the rear of the bank building A poaae of
United States marshals is In pursuit with
little chance of immediate results, as the
men had several nours start.
BOTTLE MAKERS TO SHUT DOWN
soosJy of Flial blase Too Great to
Heesi Price at Pretest
I. tel.
PITTSBURG. Dc Sa. A decision kaa
been reached by the flint giant manufac
turers to close all bottle factories shortly
after January 1 for four weeks in order to
curtail production and better enable the
trade to maintain pnoea. The report ef
this decision has caused consternation ia
glass circles end panic jarly among the
workers a ha haa presumed that their sea
aon'a work waa permanently settled and
there would be no restauoa of the Indus
try for the remainder of the fire. The
agreement, it is said, covers all the mem
bers of the associated -manufacturers, but
of course not th Independents, who will
continue their operation. Notices of shut
down. It Is aaid, will be posuhd scone time
d jnr.g tie week and thousands of skilled
workmen tU be rendered Idle.
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..City
AFFAIRS AT SODTU OMAHA
LoaaJ Market Crowding to th Trost Oyer
Older Competitor,
HEADS LIST IN RECEIPTS OF SHEEP
Shippers Bear Te.tlotoay to Sooerler
Ity of the Market All Records
fksw EoeoorsurlBaT Coat-
ditleas.
A live stock dealer said last nicht:
"South Omaha is pushing to the front
right alone as a market and ia giving aoroe
of the older markets a hard chase In the of Lagies will be held on Tuesday evening.
matter of receipts. The records ahow that . The nri,r.u'linL "w JT ,0IlS-,ht-,
. , . . . . but -sill hold a aeaeion on W ednesday even-
in hog; receipts up to date there has been (nr
a shortage of 66,00'J head. Most of this
shortage occurred in the early part of the
VM - Tli. Ammm U Vrm m t Via. fhi.
cago market this year ia b&.OOb bead, while
South Omaha's decrease abows only 1C
head. These figures show a great gain in
hogs aa compared with the great market
of the country. In cattle all of the markets
show an Increase in receipts, with the ex
ception of Kansas City. Chicago shows
the greatest increase and St, Louis the
least. South Omaha heads the list when it
comes to sheep receipt a The figures up to
date show that Omaha is ahead 117.000. Chi
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head, and St, Joseph next with .000 bead.
Shippers who patronise this market say
mat boutn irmena is one oi trie best aneeri
markets In the country.
Bevlslac lsa Ordlaaace.
There is some talk among members cf
the city council about revising the present
sign ordinance. Ths mil-demeanor ordi
nance does not seem to fit the case now.
and a thorough revision will. It Is Hated,
be made ahortly. What is wanted is an
ordinance that will prevent the placing of '
banners across the sidewalks from
curb
line to the edge of the
building line. S)
. ien iiiaceil ui
liut-a. . w UivMr uaiiuers ueen ia
some of the business streets that complaint
has been made to city officials and a re
quest made that the ordinances oe se
framed that no banners be allowed to be
strung. By preventing the stringing of
banners It is asserted that the appearanc
cf the streets will be greatly Improved.
Osrs Bids ttedaeeday.
Bids for supplies needed by the city will
be opened by the city council at a meeting
to be held Wednesday night. All biddtrs
a ill have until 7 p. m. Wedneaday to file
bide. On some of the items asked for in
the advertisements Omaha merchants have
made bid. but these will not be cot.aidered.
No bids filed by thoe holding official isi
tions will be considered. Quite a rivalry'
over the supplying of feed and coal to the
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Passenger Agent..
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city, as well as the supplies for printing
and blanks, la looked for.
Father Eodeavor Clark Delayed.
There waa a large gathering at the First
Presbyterian church yesterday on account
of the announcement that Rev. Franc-la E.
Clark would speak- Owing; to delayed
trains Rev. Mr. Clark was not able to
reach South Omaha In time.
Arthur Chase and Dr. Robel delivered
short addresses In the Interact of the Chris
tian Endeavor work. Rev. Mr. Wheeler,
pastor cf the Presbyterian church. Intro
duced both of these speakers.
Magic City Gossip.
List your property wlrh H. M. Christie.
The South Omaha cavalry troop will meet
for drill tills evening.
Unloading sale for ten daya. Home Fur
niture company.
An important meeting of the local order
, Jamee Parks intends going back to Kan-
! sas City today to look alter business mat-
1 terS.
Special low prices on wstehes snd rlnga
lor .Nfw years, band well. .4cn f street.
George Parks Is confined to his home.
Twenty -nit a and li streets, with a severe
attack of rheumatism.
Marie City lodge. Modem Brotherhood of
America, will give a dance and musicale at
the lodge hall on the evening of January 3,
First-class work at Gooden's antiseptic
t-arber shop, under South Omaha National
bank. 2M0 N street- Scalp and face mas
sage a specialty
The boys' gymnasium class at the Toung
Mens icntiian association win nuia a re-
oepuon at the association parlors on the
evenlIlf. vt January X.
, p. Railev of Omaha delivered an Inter.
' esting address to member of the Toung
i -"
Christian association at Workman
temple yesterday afternoon.
LIVES LOST IN COAL MINES
Praasylsaala District laiserlsr TRe
erts oa Coadltloaa, Iksw.
Soaso iBsaeeveaseBt.
W1LKESBARRE. Pa.. Dec. M-Uins In-
' speetor Reynolds of the Seventh district,
the largest of the anthracite districts, has
j completed his report of the work lor the
past year, showing there were thirty-e-ght
fatal and 134 nonfatal accidents In the sev
enteen collieries of the district durli.g ths
year.
In 1OT there were thirty-seven fatal acci
dents and the Inspector noting that there
was V) per Cent' more coal mined this year
than In 1M1 says the present year is in ad
vance of any previous year In the small
cumber of deaths for the coal mined Tha
year 1KC cannot be uaed In making com
pariona owing to the protracu-d strike of
that year.
May let Be saved.
All who have severe Ijng trouble need
rr. King's Nftr Dlacovery for Consump
tion. It cure or no pay. Kc. tit. For
sale by Kuhn & Co.
Too Much Holiday Fun and Folly
Bctl for tbt Bowels.
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DO NOT TRUST MAD MULLAH
Otter to Treat with Great Britala,
hot lit etrl or Motives Aro
Feared.
ROME. Pec. 24. New baa been jvoolract
here that Captain Bislo, commander of the
Italian squadron In Somaliland, arrived at
Obeli on ths flagship Chrbrtofo Colombo,
from which point he sent emissaries to the
Interior, having been given to understate!
that ths mullah was disposed to treat with
Great Britain through the Italians.
The mullah la believed to be In an almost
desperate condition, o sing to the lack of
a food base of supplies. There Is no belief
In the gooi faith of the mullah, as it Is
thought his alleged disposition to treat
with Great Britain through. Italic officers
Is merely a scheme to gain time.
Thousands win read your want ad. word
for word. If run this week during the mis
spelled word contest.
NEW YORK IS F0BR00SEVELT
fesstsr Platte Aatirlpatea a Formal
EadorsesaeBt of the Pres
Ideat. NEW YORK. Dec, 28. Senator Piatt to
day announced that the republican stste
convention st large to elect the repre
sentatives to the national convention, and
difixdng the attltuC of the state toward
Preaident Roosevelt, would 1 held In
April. Senator Piatt was asked whether
the convention would adopt resolution
Instructing the New Tork dele-cation t
rote for the nomination cf President
Roosevelt. He replied:
'I suppose the resolution will declare fr
President Roosevelt; we ere all for him."
COLD KILLS IKE GERM.
Lleat. Perry San There Are o Bald
Head la the Arctic Rraloa.
The people who come back from Klon
dike testify to the tact that no iiatlv b .ll
head are there. The evidence is that lie
cold climate kills the germs that eat the
hair off at the root. Lieut. Perry, who
went to the Arctic regions, give the same
evldenc-. Newbru's Herph He ha the tarn
effect aa the coll climate. It kills the germ
that eat the hair eff at the ro-its. end the
hair grows again. Heeji.lde is the CrM
hair remedy built upon the prln'lplo cf
destroying the germ that "eats the hair o.!T.
Its phenomenal sale demonstrates the cor
rectness of the scalp germ theory. Sold by
leadlrg druggists. Rend l ie la samjis f r
sample to The Herpl'ide Co.. 1 troit, Mich.
Sherman at M -Coni-ell I -rug Co., spedi 1
agents.
More mis-spelled words this week ia
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E CURS OI
Too much of a good thing! That's what wtr are
all liable to take during a holiday srason. Healthy,
jolly people will do it and make themscives iick.
In time of peace prepare for war," and have about
the house a pleasant, perfect, palatable, po-.itive
medicine for sour stomach, sick headache, colic,
winds, belching, biliousness, furred ton-jue,' lafv
lirer, constipation, bad breath, bid taste, all liable
to result from holiday over-indulgence. Cascareti
Candy Cathartic is what you want; a tablet afu-r a
big meal will prevent sickness, or a tablet at flight
before going to bed, after a good time, will fix you
all right for morning, and let you get up clear as a
bell, ready for business or pleasure.
Ail drvcfin, toe. etc. Never aeld ia so!.
CrBuii.a tablet stamp CC C. Guarantees te
tar at ywut aieaey back. , (. Soot let
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