THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1904.
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TREASURY LOOKS HEALTEY
Vmsy on Band to Take Up Building
Warrasts Eeoa tft Iuna,
STILL FIGURING ON RAILROAD VALUIS
Jtoj CHtr Itttltrt' ril Their
Aaswer to Petitions ml Attorney
General Lay Tronfcl to
Wolfe.
LINCOLN, June t 8peetal. Th report
f Treasurer Mortensen for the month of
Way, filed with Auditor Weaton today,
bows the ante's finance to be In a
fieaJthy condition. The balance In the per
manent school fund has reached $296,23.M,
but this will not be on hand Ions, for the
reason that warrants for the new atate
buildings will soon again, begin to come
; In and the money will And Inrestment
there. The temporary school fund at thla
time contains $170,066.86, but considerable
of this) la yet to be distributed under the
apportionment made some time ago. The
toul receipts of all funds' for the month
amounted to $656,066.80 and the total pay.
tnent to $61 $.674.07, leaving a balance of
5K5,99$.60. The statoment In detail fol
owe: s
Tresisrer'i Statement.
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The State Board of Equalisation has been
In executive session , all day figuring the
tangible property of the varloua roads. It
was expected that Tax Commissioner
Maher of the Rook Island would be present
to tell the Value of the stocks and bonds
of his company, but he failed to show
up. Mr. ' Bcrlbner of the Union Pacific' la
' also supposed to be still in New York dlg
' grtng up the Information required of him.
' Boyd Settlers Anwn,
Answers to the petitions Aled by Attorney
General .JProut In the Boyd county ' land
oases were- filed by three of the defendants
this morning and like the petitions, they
are Identical, with the exception of the
dates of settlement by the defendants. ,
The defendants filing answers were Ste
phen W. Tanner, Frank J. Bedfcaf and A.
T. MeC right, each- of whom recited that be
had settled upon the 'land In question, im
proved It and established his residence
thereon with the Intention of making entry
and scouring a. title .from the United States
under the homestead law. Each contended
that this Intention had never boon , aban
doned and that he Is the equitable owner of
the premises and la possessed of all Interest
In the land except the naked legal title
thereto.
The answer, after stating that the land
In question -was a part of the Fort Randall
military reservation, stated that the Board
of Educational Lands and Funds authorised
Jacob V. Wolfe, at that time land com
m let loner, to select certain lands as In
demnity school lands and that land so se
lected 'was that occupied by the defend
ants, which was selected because Wolfs
was not familiar with the land and because
the section lines wera no definitely marked.
The report was. made to the Department
of the Interior and the land so. selected
was recorded on the books there. '
The answers contend that the legislature
of 1ML learning of the plight of these set
tlers, adopted an act for their relief, call
ing upon the land commissioner to execute
a deed of relinquishment. Pursuant to this
act the deed were signed by the governor
and eant to. Waahington and the govern
ment now stands ready to give other lands
in Ilea thereof. The defendants aak that
theybe adjudged the equitable owners of
the land and that the case of the state
Nebraska be dismissed.
Prima Cesfenst,
The quarterly meeting of the directors
Of the Nebraska Prison association will be
held at,S o'clock next Tuesday evening at
Don't
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!' I 1 I ! ! $.21 g
to tread the misery mill of the
. coffee toper when you can have
your: delicious, hot, black,
strong,- ;
nncTTiM
Food Coffee
. and be rid of all the old coffee
ails, hale, hearty and happy,
sleep sound and wake up re
freshed and springy, breath
sweet, heqd clear, stomach
won't know you have one when
the stomach ails are gone.
And you won't miss the
coffee- a- bit 'for well boiled
Postum U delicious and
really works wonders where
the coffee drugs (unsuspected)
hare torn ' down your nerTes
and strength.
vPoSf4ITl i powerful re
r t builder.
; , There's a reason.
Get the little book,- "Ttte toa4 U Well
glU" la eat ft. j...
Sideboards
Manufac-
t
r aaaa' 1 Hirers sur
plus stock
t-rH of side.
boards at a
Lig raving
iu price.
Extra spe
cial, large,
full quartersawed golden
oak, finely polished side
board with pattern French
lift
wfTCW
shape mirror, richly ornamented with caning,
one drawer lined for silverware reg- HCC
ular value $36 special in this sale. . . P-ai J
Other patterns in this lot at 30.75, $ 31.50,
$33.00, f31.50, $33.50, on which you save from
8.00 to 12.00. ,
Dining Chairs
A large lot of patterns in this special sale from
the cheapest to the best. We mention here a
solid quartersawed golden oak, full overstuffed
leather spring seat regular selling price $9
f pecial, while the lot lasts, ' C C
each 6 J
, Restaurant Tables
We had a lot of special size restaurant tables
made to order and through mistake of the manu
facturer they were made with white wood top
instead of an oak top and finished. These ta
bles are 30 inches wide by 40 inches long, solid
oak apron and base, with square tapering legs
and white wood unfinished top. In the regular
way these tables would sell at $9 P 7C
special,, while this lot lasts, each.
Chiffonier
Made of solid oak, golden finish,
has five large drawers' and large
mirror1 regular selling price of this
chiffonier would be 9.'75- our early
purchase sale 7 JJ
price !
Large lot ofrother chiffoniers in
this special sale, f 12.75, f 13.50,
116.25, $21, 122.50 and up. All at a
saving of at least 25 per cent.
v, A Special Sale
4 0IV Couches
We offer a. solid oak, quartersawed frame couch
with , carved claw - feet, 1 upholstered in chase
leather, large, full sire couch, at the 1 y f
special low; price of, each. 3
Couphes upholstered in figured velour, frames
with, carved claw feet, plain or embossed frames,
and especially low at ?S.50, $9.50,10,00, $12.50.
the Llndell hotel. On the day preceding
the vlsltlna committee will meet at 4
o'clock at the same place and compile Ita
report to be mad to the association. This
committee, baa visited a number of jails
In the state and the penitentiary and' Its
report la looked forward to with much In
terest. DrladroW Maya Hcferaakau
Dr. Drisdrow, ao badly wanted out in
Washington by a man who bought from
him a formula for the cure of the drink
habit, will not have to bo back to that
tat and stand trial. Governor Mickey ao
Informed tha Washington official thla
moraine and also Dr. Drisdrow, who called
upoa. him. The Washington authorities
have been after tha doctor for about a
year and an one occasion Governor Mickey
honored the requisition, but, as tna aoctor
aeourad his release under habeas corpus
prooaedlnga, tha governor concluded this
morning that It would be useiesa to give
them another chance.. . , . , ....
Teat Cosnlaorr LT.
County Attorney Caldwell Intends In tha
immediate future to test the constitution
ality of tha compulsory school law. Ha has
tha names of several parents whose chil
dren are not attending school and ha In
tends to file complaints against them.
.Wallace's shows bumped Into Lincoln this
morning lu sections and promptly got some
of Its heavy vehicles stuck In the mud. It
took twelve horse, an elephant and one or
two other, things to dig them out. necessi
tating tha abandonment of tha parade. The
last section of the shows arrived about 11
o'clock. In time to help pull out the first
section. The show was pulled off thla
afternoon and evening, however, accord
ing to achedule. . '
Surprise ia VasHostts Cava.
A surprise was sprung In the trial of
George VanHouten, the night watchman at
tha capltol. charged with locking up Joaie
Cutler and Harry Kirk In the atate houae
In separate rooms after having arrested
them on the capltol steps, when Mrs. Van
Houtsn was placed on the stand this after
noon. She testified that ahe and a daugh
ter remained at the state bouse with Van
Houten that night and that he did not lock
up tha couple, but Instead he allowed the
girl to go Into the treasurer's office, where
she was, and wash her face and then leave
the building. At thla time she said Kirk
waa standing In the hall.
Both the boy and girl stuck by their
storie aa published.
Justice Ftlsser found VanHouten guilty
of common assault and fined him $2 and
costs. VanHouten will appeal the oaae.
He waa represented by Hal leek Rose and
had the moral backing of a majority of the
stste house attaches.
District Court la Sit Cmmtr,
BEATRICE, tleb., June 1. -District court
convened here yesterday with Judge Letton
on the bonoh. The case of Ault against the
Ctntral Granaries, a suit for $6,000 damages,
was taken up for trial. About a year ago
a boy named Nelson waa killed In tha en
gine room of the elevator owned by the
Central Granaries company at Fllley. Ault,
who aaa appointed administrator of Nel
son's estate, Instituted proceedings agnlnit
the company In the sum of V.000 aa dam
ages, alleging that Kelsim'a death waa due
to careieMiiees and negligent on the part
of the company with whom h waa em
ployed. There are a number of witnesses
her from Ftllvy and the caM will consume
several Aaa la lu tria '
rchard & WIDIhielinni 6ar pet o
Marvelous Values in Trustworthy Housefumishings
There will be lively selling here for the next few weeks. All our early purchases and
manufacturers' surplus stocks go the bargain way. Each and every article offered at a decided
saving in price. The little round price cards tell the story. Every article in our store that has the round price card on is offered
at a big reduction. A purchasing chance that few will miss. Unprecedented offerings are these and hundreds of others that we
cannot mention in this ad. We request an early inspection as stocks will not last long at our irresistible prices.
15.00 and $4.00 French Tapes
tries, for Portlerea and
Upholstery- CQ
Special, yard J.JV
25o Imported Curtain Swiss,
42 Inches wide, 171i
Special, yard 1 1 Tt
4G and $36 Duchess Arabian
and Saxony Prueaels Cur-
Special, per pair...""'
130 Saxony1 Brussels Cur
tains and - - Arabians
Special . 1 Q CA
per pair ...... '. IJ.JU
117.60 and 116.00 Curtalna,
Irish Point, Arabian and
Brussels, If) ))
Special, per pa.lr...wv
SMALL TORN ADO AT TEKAMAH
0p;ra Hongs and Several 0 her Building!
Are Destroyed-
MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DANGER
Rehearsing: la Opera. Heaa (or Grad
uation When Balldlnar ia Wrecked,
feat Presence ( Ulad of
- Teachers Saves Them.
TEKAMAH, Neb., June l.-SpeclsJ Tele
gram.) A tornado of email proportions
struck Tekamah at 2:80 this afternoon and
wrecked the opera house. It took a part
of Haywood's livery bam, near the opera
house, and did some damage to-several
residences. Nothing In the business part
of 'the "town waa damaged, except Joe
Brune's blacksmith shop, which Is a wreck.
No damage In the country so far aa can
be learned.
The graduating class was rehearsing In
the opera house at the time of the storm
and It Is almost a mlracie that some of
them were not killed. Several were hurt
and Kip Hamblln had his collarbone .broken
by a falling beam. Prof. Barnes and some
of the class saved themselves by lying flat
up against the stage. -The school children
were greatly' frightened, but the teachers
kept them under control.
FREMONT, Neb., June 1. (Special.)
Almost, an Inch of rain fell here today,
leaving the bottom lands In bad shape. A
large part of the sweet corn planted for tha
canning factory has failed to come up on
account of the cold, wet weather, and will
have to be replanted, and some field corn
Is In the same condition. Work In the
beet fields waa commenced yesterday, but
the employes were laid off today on ac
count of the rain. Pastures and hay lands
are In fine shape.
LAWRENCE, Neb., June l.-(8peclal.)-Lightnlng
this morning killed a team be
longing to Henry Hoeltlng, a farmer living
a few miles southeast of thla place. Mr.
Hoeltlng and a hired man were In the field
plowing when a small thunderstorm cam
up. They were just preparing to leave (he
field for the house when a terrific crash
of lightning killed the team that the hired
man was working. The man had a narrow
escape. He was knocked down and badly
stunned but not seriously hurt.
LEIGH, Neb., June 1. (Special.) This
section has had severe rains during the
last week, four inches of water falling, and
this morning It began raining at daylight
and has kept continually at It At noon
it la atlll raining, with prospects of con
tinuing throughout the day. Fields are too
wet for farmers to get Into and the weeds
are getting a good start.' -
HUMBOLDT, Neb.. June t (Special.)
Showers continue in this section at irreg
ular short Intervals and some of the farm
ers are becoming discouraged In their
work of replanting the corn, which the
long drawn out wet apell has caused to
rot In the ground In many Held, The
streams r swollen bank full nearly all
the time and unless the downpour slacks
up soon a general flood la feared.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., June L-(8pe-atal.)
Another heavy rain fell la Otoe
(Barpets
At the end of the manufacturer's season the large mills must dispose of the patterns to be
discontinued. This has been a most favorable time for us our sales have been large and stock
at low ebb so we have bought great quantities of spring patterns of carpets and rugs at ex
tremely low prices and offer such real bargains
Velvet Carpets
Velvet carpets, beautiful hall and stair carpets,
parlor and dining room carpets, with or without
border spring patterns that we have sold all
this season at $1.30 per yard now as many as
are in this close-out lot go to you at 87c.
Grex Grass Matting
We have cut the price. The regular price is
50c a yard the country over, except in Omaha.
We sell it to you at 39c, which is exactly the
wholesale figure.
Ingrain Carpets
We sell the best makes. We guarantee what we sell.
It pays to buy carpets with vegetable dyes, either wool
or cotton lasts much better, costs but a trifle more than
poor chemical dyes. Genuine vegetable dyed extra su
per, colors guaranteed, cotton double warp, best spun wool
filling, 63c per yard. The best worsted warp Ingrain car
pets made, 78c a yard. All wool Ingrain carpets, 65c
a yard.
Sale or Rugs
Best Wilton Rugs, 0x12 feet, $35.00 each. These are
the! heavy Royal Wilton In rich and beautiful colors,
spring patterns, reduced from $40.00.
BIgelow Carpet Co.'s Arllngtons
A lot of about one hundred, reduced from $8.00 to $5.73
full 0 feet long, 8 feet wide.
Stock Reduction Sale Draperies
STOCK REDUCING ON A BROAD PLAN. We start a sale of draperies and lace curtains of eery description. Our
drapery stock must be reduced to Its normal size and In our effort to do this we have lost sight of cost. You will
note some of the exceptional bargains hero offered. . . . ..' . .
Portieres
S 6.00 Stripe and Mercerlied Portieres, per pair f t.K
10.00 Fancy Border and Mercerised Curtains, per paJr .... 7.60
32.50 811k Portieres, per pair 15.00
80.00 611k Portlerea, per pair 19.60
K.OO Double Faced Portlerea, per pair tt.50
17.60 Lars Curtains of all
kinds, Brussels, Irish Point.
Clunys Jk TC
Special, per pair "
Odd 8lngie Curtains, worth
$4.50 and -$3.71 Silk Goblins,
Special 7 , 9 QC
per yard
26c Cretoflnea.. - French and
Domestic, all col- f 7Ai
ors; Special, yard ..Iiliw
Oriental Goods too numer-
ous to Ken Ise. All at 26
per cent off.
$27.60 and" $25 Arabian and
Saxony Brus
sels. Special, 1 T CA
per pair tJV
county last night. Planting of crops has
been retarded and a great many farmers
report the corn rotting In the field owing
to the continued wet, weather. Fruit
prospects are good with tha exception of
plums. There will be an unusually large
peach crop and an apple crop estimated
at the present time to be three-fourths
of the average.
ASSESSOR FINDS MlltniO STOCK
Fellows Who Bit , on Graft la Polk
County Aro Asked to Pay Taxes.
8TROM8BURO, Neb., June L (Special.)
The county assessor and hla lieutenants
have about completed their Invoice of prop
erty, and they. Ilk others, have had trouble
of their own. On of the most amusing
features in their experience waa assessing
the stockholders of the "Co-operative Labor
Gold and Ccpper mining stocks," which
came Into their possession last fall through
a brother In the church. This stock was
mostly sold for 0 cents per share, with the
best assurance that It waa cheap at that.
The Investors, a large per cent of them,
think yet and make the osaertlon that their
values are not subject to dispute, and have
so announced the holdings, consequently
Assessor Johnson and his precinct agents
have bad to find these heavy holders of
valuable stocks and get them on the lists ao
as to give the county the benefit of the
holdings. Her Is where the stock came to
a test. Several, however, soon after they
had purchared found that the minister hod
duped them, and ao admitted that they had
had a gold brick handed to them. Others
stood but for their fortunate Investment
until the assessor questioned them aa to
their stocks, and bonds, when the stock at
once dropped from 60 cents per share to
nothing.
In the rounding up of all these stock
holders It waa discovered that they had
been sold from 2S cents per share to 60
cents, according to the personal standing
and influence that he might have on the
other fellow. Some had Invested to the ex
tent of $1,200 and others have been let In
on the ground floor for their promise to pay
without Interest. The total sum of the
graft apparently waa about $30,000, Aid
most all came from those who believed IT.at
a man who purported to be a preacher
ers
You have doubtless heard
a great deal about Ayer's Sar
saparilla how it makes the
blood pure and rich, tones up
the nervous system, clears
the skin, reddens the cheeks,
and puts flesh on the bones.
Remember," Ayer's" Is the
kind you want the kind
the doctors prescribe. n tu.
Ayer'g Pills 'id,? Ay"'
SariapariUa. Th pills are liver pills,
safe for ths parents, snd lust '
for tba ckildrea. Purely vegetable.
Ma. J 6.atjtUk.UU,
and Rugs
as you do hot often see.
Jlxminster Carpets
All the season drop patterns in Axminster car
pets these are very choice, high grade goods
and good patterns and colors Saxony Axmin
ster that we have sold at $1.30 regular other
dealers have advertised them at f 1.40 to fl.50
all drop patterns, at 95o, and there are quanti
ties of them. This line should be very carefully
looked over if you are buying carpets, as it's a
saving to you of 35c a yard.
Linoleum
Cork and linseed oil. A large line of patterns, suitable
for kitchen, office and bath rooms, at 60c a square yard
line tile patterns, delfts, greens, etc.
Inlaid Linoleum
$1.35, $1.00, $1.7" three qua lltles wears equal to hard
wood floor patterns extends through the goods so they
cannot wear off some excellent oak wood floor effects,
suitable to use under rugs.
Japanese Cotton Rugs
In large sizes, sold the country over for summer bouses.
They have not been very saleable with us, bo wa closa
them out Thursday to the first that come f
0x12 feet, price $33, reducedto. ...... $10.00
7-6x10-6, price $20, reduced to... 10.00
6x9 feet, price $16.50, reduced to... 6.50
4x7 feet, price $8, reduced to 3.00
Ruffled Lace Curtains
$1.25 Ruffled Swiss Curtains, per pair 7D
1.50 Ruffled Swiss Curtains, per pair
1.00 Ruffled Swiss Curtains, per pair 126
2.60 Ruffled Swiss Curtains, per pair 193
6.00 Ruffled Net Curtalna, per pair 106
$U.60 Cluny, Brussels, Ara
bian and Irish O CA
stripes, fringe all J CA
around, special, ca.. .."'
$22.60 and $20 Saxony and
Double Net Brussels, Ara
bian and Clunys . CfC
opeclal, per pair J
110 Brussels Curtains, Clu
nys,, Battenburgra and
. Irish Point . T 7C
special, at v O.I J
Odd Curtains worth up. to
$30 per pair. . 1, 2 and $ pair
lots special HALF PRiCfi
Window Shades A good
shade, 8x6 feet. Complete
Special each, 25 C
Point, Siwclal
. V..V
$5.60 Brussels, Cluny, Irish
Points and Battenburss
Special I r
per pair
2So Extension
' ends. Kxtend
- 64 Inches,
each
Rod, )&rg-e
from 30 to
toe
$3 and $2.60 Tapestries. Ar
mures' and odd pieces f O C
of velour, special, yd '
Remnants Swiss, Bllkollne
'and Cretonnes, worth up to
76c per yard, while e.
they last, at, yard ,t
could not lie or be mistaken In his Judg
ment. The fellow has not been seen here
since he left last fall. According to the
usual rates of taxation In this county the
taxes on this stock should amount to $600,
of which Osceola precinct will derive the
greatest benefit, Stromsburg precinct next
and Pleasant Home will get the balance.
Brokers In Chicago are offering this same
stock I at 14 cents per share. The property
Is supposed to be located In British Co
lombia. The question before the commis
sioners will be whether this stock shall be
assessed according to Its actual value or
the price our good people paid for It. The
owner here are some of the most Influen
tial and wealthy people In the county.
New of Nebraska.
LAWRENCE, June 1. Crop prowpects
wer never better in this locality than at
the present. Three-fourths of an inch of
rain fell last night, placing the ground In
fine condition for all growing crops.
HUMBOLDT. June 1. Indications sre that
the Fourth of July will not be neglected
In this part of the state this year, Dawson
and Dubois having already begun prepara
tions to celebrate In the good old way.
SEWARD. June 1. Charles Seamen was
severely Injured on Monday by the heavy
wheela of an Ice wagon running over one
of hla thighs. He was attempting to stop
the runaway team. The young men is in
the employ of C. D. Knox, the liveryman.
PLATTBMOCTH. June 1. The com
mencement exercises of the Plattsmouth
High school were held in the Parmele
theater this evening and the playhouse
was crowded. A song by the senior German
chorus was followed by Invocation by Rev.
NEBRASKA CITY, June 1. Nebraska
City lodge. Royal Arcanum, laat night In
itiated eighteen new members Into their
lodge. Several of the siats officers of the
lodge wer present and after the cere
monies a smoker was held In the lodge
rooms.
BEATRICE, June l.-It has rained here
at Intervals for the last three days, and
unless a letup comes soon a few of our
farmers will find It difficult to get their
corn In the ground. The wet weather will
prove beneficial to winter wheat and pas
ture provided the wet spell doesn't last too
long.
HUMBOLDT, June I. Landlord E. H.
Veils, who for a number of years has had
charge of the Park hotel in thla city, has
relinquished the management and left last
venlng for Holdrege, where he assumes
control of the Hampton house. The Park
passes temporarily into control of W. K.
Dungan. ,
BEATRICE, June 1. Following Is the
mortgage report for Gags county for the
month of May: Number of farm mort-
Jagea, filed it, amount $63,067; number of
arm mortgages released $6, amount $67,774;
number of city mortgages filed 17, amount
$3,0 W; number of city mortgages released
W. amount $1,W.
BEATRICE. June 1. Beatrice lodge No.
137 Ancient Order of United Workmen, held
an open meeting laat night, at which the
meinlH-rs of the Degree of Honor and their
friends were entertained. The pleasant af
fair was brought to a close by the serving
of refreshments consisting of Ice cream,
cake and strawberries.
HUMBOLDT, June 1. The. elopement case
spoken of in thes dispatches a few days
since seems to havs been settled amicably
to all partiea, the woman In the case hav
ing returned and taken up her abode at
home. The young man has not shown up
as yet snd It is understood that no legal
step will be taken by the husband In the
matter.
HUMBOLDT, Jun 1. The Political
Eq laliiy club of this city met last evening
with lira Myrtle W. Marble and made
their annual election of officers aa follows:
President, Mrs. Hslen E. Sterns: secretary,
Mrs. Edna Cooper; treasurer, Mrs. C. M.
Linn. The members In attendance listened
te a literary and musical program and
were afterward served with light refresh
ments by the hostess.
SEWARD, June 1. The business men of
Seward have received the Information that
the trainmen of the Burlington railruad
will celebrate the Fourth of July at "Fair
Place," the beautiful, shady fair grounds
of a ward county. This Includes tna
brakemen. switchmen, SnoMa aud engi
Bedroom Chairs
Rocker
Iron Beds
The. little round price
cards will appear on a
big lot of patterns of
iron beds. Designs
Couch Covers 60-in. by I yds.
neers and the Havelock shopmen. They
will have entire charge of the program for
the day.
ASHLAND, June 1. On Monday even
ing next the fine new hall of Fomengran
ate lodge No. 110, Ancient Free and Ac
cepted Masons, will be aedlcated with ap
propriate ceremonies. This is considered
one of the finest lodge halls In Nebraska.
The dedicatory exercises will be conducted
by . the grand master and the officers of
the grand lodge, and Master Masons are
Invited to be present. t
D. A. Youtiy of the Christian cnurcn. Stat
Superintendent W. K. Fowler delivered an
able address. D. C. Morgan, president of
the school board, presented each of the
thirty-two members of the clsss witn a
diploma. Mia Emma H. Roesaner won the
class honor by having the best average tit
scholarship, which will entitle her to a
freo scholarship In any colleae or univer
sity In this state. She has decided to at-J
FREMONT, June 1 -A. horse belonging
to James Colllgan, a farmer living alx
miles from North Bend, waa stolen laat
night. By a Judlcloua uas of the county
telephones the thief and horse were traced
across the country and when the man ar
rived in thru town, shortly after noon to
day, the village man ha 1 was waiting for
him and placed him under arrest. The
man stubbornly refused to give his name.
Sheriff Bauman went up after htm this
afternoon.'
FREMONT, Jun 1. Dell Sweet, the man
who Is now In Jail at Norfolk, where he
was taken from O'Neill for safe keeping,
waa .formerly a resident of this city, and
his friends were much surprised to hear
of the fact of his being charged with so
serious a crime. He married, before he
was of age, a girl several years younger
than himself. They did not get along very
well and later separated. He aerved In
the Second Nebraska regiment during the
Spanish war. When he flrat came her he
seemed to have plenty of money, which
he soon squandered.
HUMBOLDT, Jun 1. The representative
crowd of business men of the city last
evening met to consider the advisability of
arranging for a carnival or Fourth of July
celebration. They atarted off on a new
track and organised a commercial club, to
whom la to be submitted the matter of
celebration, carnival or other public propo
sition. The following officers were chosen
temporarily: President. O. 1 Bsnts; sec
retary, H. E. Boyd: with a committee to
assist In drafting plana, etc., as follows:
E. A. Tucker, C. IlT Wilson, J. W. Watts,
J. F. Woxab. A. II. Fellers.
SEWARD. June l.-Avapeclal trsln passed
through Seward today, carrying a machine
for taking moving pictures. A special meet
ing of the business men was called at the
Commercial rooms on Monday night to ar
range for the picture making. Cltlsens
with carriages, automobiles and some deco
rations were at the station when the train
rapidly rolled past. Seward has been named
by the traveling men of the atate '"''he
Tree Town" and was at Its best today.
The B. M. will show these continuous
pictures of their line at the World's fair
at St. Louis to advertise Nebraska.
HUMBOLDT, Jun 1. R. B. Molony has
begun the work of harvesting hla straw
berry crop and la more than pleased' with
the quality and quantity of the fruit. Mr.
Molony has out a ten-acre field of thla
fruit, Tb rains have made the berries
slow In ripening, but the first picked,
which were put on the local market yes
terday, are of good else and excellent
flavor. He expects a yield of ever luO.000
quarts. A contract has been closed by
this farm of furnishing berries for the
Nebraska exhibit at the At Louis exposi
tion, and shipments will be mad daily
for that purpose.
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BEWARE OF SUl
Dressers
Selling a maun
facturer's earn
pie line of dress
ers in mahogany
birdB-eye maple
and golden oak.
Some very special ralnea in
this lot Solid oak dresser,
full swell quarter-sawed
front, large bevel mirror,
special $20.25 mahogany
dresser, fancy pattern shape
mirror, double swell front, base handsomely
finished, special at 27.00. Bird's-eye mqple
dresser, fancy pattern shape French bevel mir
ror, full swell front, special at $28.50. Bird's
ye maple dresser, extra large, has a.vcry large
mirror, special at $36.00.
In solid oak
with cane
seat, very neat design, regular $2.50, manufac
turer's surplus stock price, each, $1.40.
Mahogany finish, large full
site wood seat with arms, very
special at $4.50. Other patterns at $5 and $7.50,
at a saving of at least one-third from regular.
Rocker, full size, golden finish with arms, wood
seat, special, each, $1.95. .
Hall Trees lafr8'
racks in this special sale. Beauti
ful hanging hall racks in select pol
ished finish golden and weathered
oak, fitted with French plate mir
rors, very special at $4.00, $4.75,
$5.75. Standing hall racks in this
sale at $25.00, $28.00 and $29.50:
that we desire to close out, consisting of iron
beds at a low price, medium S well oh hifh
price. Borne very exceptional values in this lot
for your early selection.
LaAvn Furniture
Just at this time when you use lawn furniture
we cut the prices to manufacturer's cost.
Lawn Swings, full four passenger, set up on
your lawn in Omaha, South Omaha or Council
Bluffs, always selling at, each $8.0Q Rpecial,
during this sale, at $6.75. -
Folding Lawn Seat very special, each $1.20.
$2.00 Folding Lawn Seat, 4 ft., special $1.50
$2,40 Folding' Lawn Seat, 5 f tv special $1,73
$2.80 Folding Lawn Seat, 6 ft.,1 special; $2.00
Lawn and 'Porch Chairs and Rockers 'also in
this special sale. . ";'-'.
RESUME TORTOISE PACE
la Bes's Fifth Con tit for Ten VIors' Frs
Yrips to Bt. Louis Eipciltioi. .
WILL 6E A SWIFT RACE ALLEE SAMEE
Silent Candldnt ' and Beaerr Vot
Will B Heard from Wlta tk
Closing Day Com
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The voting yesterday In Tha Bee'a fifth
contest for another lot of ten free' trip to
the St. Louis exposition would not cause
anyone's having to stand on end ear would
tha array of candidates amase or bewilder
any observer, but whoever relies too much '
upon this mite of a showing aa a criterion
by which to Judge the record that will be
mad at the close Is liable to .be badly de
ceived. There Is little stimulus to .hurry
the candidates Into making an early rec
ord, bene the general tendency to hold
back till the closing day, -and no on caii
ever tell the number of silent candidates
or the amount of votes hold In reserve.
The vote at p. m. Wednesday, Jun I,
waa:
Evelyn Johnson, Omaha....; 1.1W
C. E. ObArg, Omaha M9
Edward Olass, South Omaha i 25
I .owls Hsnklnson, Omaha ,. 11
William Bruett. Omaha 4
. Splendid Service.
Chicago to New York via Pennsylvania.'
lines. Vou have choice of seven trains.
Write or call on Tho., H. Thrp, Travel
ing Paaaenger Agent, Room 2$. U. 0. Bank
Bldg., Omaha, Neb., and he will be glad to
tell you all about time of tralna, etc.
Oahm-Albert recital, Orpheuni, tonight.
New Coart Moaso for Vaakton,
TANKTON, S. D., June l.-(8peclal.) ;
The Board of County Commissioners today
let the contract for the new conn house
to Sam Engeibreth of Bersford, B, D., In
tha sum of $3S,46t. State's Attorney Hol
man waa Instructed to draw the contract
and tha board win meet tomorrow to ex
ecute the same. Mr. Bngelbreth wl I aa
soon aa the contract Is signed proceed .
Immediately to stake out the ground on
the site donated to tha county by the cltl
sens of Tankton. The building when com- '
pleted will have oost $76,000, but It wag
found necessary to fore the contract price
tor th main building below $40,000 to
avoid th possibility of an injunction. On
nsw feature of th present contract Is
that th first story will b faced la Cleve
land sandstone.
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