The Omaha Sunday Bee.
EDITORIAL SECTION.
PAGES 9 TO 16.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1003.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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"Nearly Everybody Trades at Bennett's
AFTER INVENTORY SALES .
The i enuine sweeping-out sales of the month bsf in Monday a. m.
They wilt reach a climax before the week's end, and one of the sen
sations of the week will be the work of Wednesday, THE FIRST GREEN
TRADING STAMP RED LETTER DAY OF OMAHA'S Red-Letter year.
Want you to watch Bennett's advert sinf very closely, want you
to have all the advantages that a study of tli; advertising Offers, want
to have you more enthused ovsr savngGreen Trading Stamps than ever.
HOW'S YOUR STAMP BOOK COVllMti?
After the stocktaking, like aiter the
battle, the counters are strewn with
dead merchandise that has been
knifed by the head of the house and
ordered sold at what it will bring.
Our dry goods and ready-to-wear sections make the great
est showing of this kind. Odds and ends in LINENS, DRESS
GOODS, SILKS, DOMESTICS. NECKWEAR, HOSE, UN
DERWEAR and all kinds of merchandise can be picked up at
a trifling cost. The early shopper will get the greatest benefit.
ATTENTION, LADIES!
We have Just received our first shipment of new 1005 suits and Jackets
they will be on exhibition Monday morning come and see them.
NKW JACKET 81' IT Cheviot serge, satin lined and piped.
navy, black and brown, at
NEW JACKET SIIT Fitted back, utralRht front pleaU and
tmck belt, satin lined, color nnvy, black and brown
COVERT SUIT- -Same style
and flnifh
BLOUSE SUIT Postillion back, fine broadcloth, finest satin
linluK, colors black, brown, nary aud olive
BLOUSE SUIT WITH PEPLIN Shirred back and front, flno
broadcloth, satin lining, colors navy, black and brown
NEW COSTUMES About one dozen of the very latest
In silk nnd cloth, prices from $HT.on to
NEW COVERT JACKETS The nobbiest ever
shown
NEW PANAMA SKIRTS Colors navy, brown
and black ,
DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS ON ALL
Black and Colored
Dress Goods
MON DA Y-TUESDA Y WEDNESDAY
After Inventory Sacrifice Prices.
30-Inch half wool poplins, worth 50c yard,
at
12.50
14.50
16.50
19.50
19.50
32.50
.14.50
.5.95
IB
Doublo Green Trading Stamp.
50 pieces plain and fancy mohairs, granites, canvas cloths, Herges,
Jaequards, worth 75c, 85c end $1.00, all at
Doublo Green Trading Stamps.
49c
3 pieces novelty dress goods, all this season's latest styles,
regular $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 values, all at, yard
Double Green Trading Stamps.
75c
All the French and English novelty dress goods, beautiful ajid
VatjrUah nU.'h'&rt fabrics, sold at $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00, now, yard. ,
Doublo Green Trading Stamjps. f.. . . . -.:
98.
DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS ON ALL ..
Silks, Velvets,
Crepe de Chines
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
After Iuv'entory Sacrifice Prices.
ID-inch plaid wash silks, worth 50c,
at. j. ird
B
Double tireeu Tnidlnj,' St:iuipt.
III
25c
19 nnd -M inch fancy shirt waist suit silks, comprising all the
broken lines, regular price $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50, all, yard
Double Green Trading Stamps.
59c
IMS-inch black taffeta, worth $1.00,
lit, yard
Double Given Trading Stamps.
75c
:m-Iii-1i guaranteed black taffeta, regular $1.75 quality,
noiv only, yurd . -
Double Green Trading Stamps.
1.25
AH silk crepe de chine, block, cream, brown, navy, lilac, gray and
sky blue, regular $1.00 quality, now only, yard
Double Green Trading Stamps.
65c
Pyrography! Pyrography!
j New Lot of Pyroff rally Outfits,
Latest Appurtenances
and Improvements,
Monday, each, $1.79
Art Section, Second Floor.
FIFTY
$5.00
GREEN
TRADING
STAMPS
with each
Tabard Inn
Books
Latest Copyright
Fiction
"THE MARQCERADKR," by Katheriue
1'. Tlinifton.
-REVEIM.Y OF GRAISTARK," by
Keirpe Ilnrr McCtitcbeon.
"THE M WOI.V." bv .liick Inudnu.
MY LADY OF THE NORTH," by
K.iixlull lVrrNh.
"THE PROMIGAI, SnN," by ilnll ('nine
"THE PROSPECTOR." by Ralph Con
nor. These ire six or the r late books
in the Tabard Inn Library.
A lifetime iiienilwrflilp lift
yon - I.IO
This nienibnrslitp Kives yon the privi
lege of rxcliatiKliiK ""r ,,"ok believer
you wish for any bnok in tlie library,
fer tlie fee of Tie. Tlie cxienne nttacliert
to Tabard Inu Library Is hardly vvoitb
mentioning.
WHY NOT RL'Y A M EMIJEUSlIir
MONDAY?
BOOTS
$3.00-3.50
EASY FEET
It is said that the woman who goes to church wi th
squeaky shoes goes to the right place, for her SOLE
needs attention.
There's really a good deal about the sole of a
woman's shoe that needs attention if you stop to think
how much you relieve the discomfort and hardness of
shoes by making their soles flexible.
THE DOROTHY D0DD SHOE
is THE ONE SHOE for women that is really constructed
with a flexible sole. You can tell the difference as
soon as a few steps have been taken. It means comfort.
ALL SIZES-ALL STYLES-ALL LEATHERS.
OXFORDS O ft
$2.50-3.00
jjjB
GREAT HARDWARE
...DOINGS MONDAY...
WHITE ENAMEL DRINKING
CUPS, a very useful and an extra
good quality, comes in two
sizes, No. 5 large size. 111!'
Ten (J1.00) Green Trading Stamps.
No. 4 fize, , -' - 1
. smaller. .".......,..,.,.,..,...... r . .
" '"' Ten (f. 6$ GreenTrading Stamps.
1-quart Corn Toppers, for Monday's
sale
Ten (?1.00) Green Trading Stamps,
Lady-Finger Cake Pans, made of the
best tin, Monday.
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps,
Square Bread
Pans
Five. (50c) Green Trading Stamps.
10c
24c
9c
8-IIole Gem
Pans
Ten (f 1.00) Green Trading Stamps,
12-TJole Gem
Pans
Ten (1.00) Green Trading Stamps.
14c
life
Big Monday Doings in Chinaware
Limoges French China Iland-rainted Coin
Gold Treated Placques all sizes price cutjust
in two for Monday only. Any placque in the
lot sold at a discount of just 50 per cent.
Decorated Limoges French China Dinner Sets,
ntee new shapes, assorted patterns. . ff 1 C
gold handles and Knobs, luu pieces. . .vpaar
riaio rressed, Fire Polished and Oil Finished
Sherbet Glasses per Lflrt
'& down...., : VUV
3 Thirty ($3.00) Ureeo Trading Bin mips.
mm
33 1-3 Discount on All White Art China for Pacoratlat
Rich Glass Berry Bowls, largest sizes, all nice oil finished
and tiro polished, plain and embossed and PrescutC
i patterns-price range 43c, 38c. 33c, 20c and
Fifty' ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps with each one.
Only one at each price sold to a customer. None sent
C. O. D. '
Welsbaeh Oas Mantles, and
other leading brands, prices
35c. 2Tc, -"OJ Cn
and. . IUM
Twenty (SU.OO) Green Trad
ing Stamps with each mantle
gold from 10c up.
Block UpbtH, In a class by
themselves, complete with
patent airhole' AA
glawwnre l.UU
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trad
ing Stamps.
Parlor and Library Tables
ONE-FOURTH TO ONE-THIRD
CLIPPED OFF REGULAR PRICE
Library Tobies t Arts and Crafts
Kvery one mad of selected stnvk, hand
P'lliKhil and depend. i tl" construction.
$9.5o value, with l.-irse drawer and umler
shelf, turned posts, 6.75
$n .v" vaiue." "with" drawer and under
shelf, Frmh design, with Q Q
clnw foot, hi -VmJKj
117.50 value, large str.e. with Krenrh l'g
and finely wrought rlaw foot. 2
t viluf," iiuubie poiirstl style, massive
p-oixirtlons. a hlnh urade U 7R
table, at lo,id
t.'v vnliw. arfhltectnr.il d'-slptn. with
niHlve flutted loltimns sup- 20 O"
pnrtlnn top, nt "
47.6 value, svnulne mahonaio. maslve
proportions, hnnd-tsrvrd" base. fi Sfl
nj corner blocks, at ",,c'vf
Parlor Tobies
Detlt-r see these: space too limited to
tell you much about them. Nearly 2V dif
ferent styles and each marked at a geu
erous raving.
y:.2: golden uak tnbl". with under shelf,
quarterawed and polished. JQ
ti.M quartered oak or mahogany tlnleh,
with under shelf and spiral O QC
turned leg. at tm2-J
17. 00 value, selected nuartered oak, French
leg and under shelf, hand A tj'i
polished, at '
flu.OU value, selected quarterrawed oak,
with under shelf, French design, with
finely wrought claw foot, 6.75
$12.50 value, mahogany, shaped top with
under shelf, tine polish U
finish, at 0, "
$14.00 value, beautifully figured, mahogany
. oval top, hand poll.hed, 9.50
A goodlv nuniter cf tables sultabl
for librmy den and living rooms, all
In weathered oak.
$."'.' value, round top, with under
shelf, mission style, Q 25
f6( value, square top, neatly framed
In excellent construction. 3.95
$9.0 value, round top, 6.50
at
$M.sn value. :6xSS top, with drawer and
undershelf. 9.95
$17 val'iie! 'i;8x'i"top."'wiih"drawer and
undershelf. 12.50
$21 rt vaiue. "rnassUa proportions, with
two drawers and under R (1(1
Bhelf, at ,
Colonial Tobies
Pur examples of th
rtod In genuine mahogany
manufacturers prico to
OUl.
$x.00 value, pedestal styla
with claw foot, at
$17. on value, round top
with claw foot, at.......
$lSSn drop leaf table,
with four drawers, at
$22.00 drop leaf work table,
two drawers, at
$Ci( value, extra large
massive round pedestal,
at
colonial pe
at less than
close them
.-..5.95
11.50
13.50
.15.00
size, with
...15.00
Third Floor
Special Sale of Room Size R.us
AH short lines nnd odd rtigs Monday In three lols. .... ,
T"T 19x10-6 Brussels rug. 9x1:' Brussels, 9x12 Kashmir rug and xl2 11.48
Smyrna rug. while they last. at. each ' x
LOT 2.-9x12 ft., one slxe only. Itrussels rug worth 15-00
LOT 3-3x10-6! Vxl2eaAxminster"ex 12 ',ltln.v',.v
and Body Brussels rugs, rugs that sell regularly 22.48
HI .JD.V", .J.OU BI1U ..K'.W, .1 '
1 yard lengths, S border, ends bound,
each
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps.
35c
IK-yard lengths, H border. Velvets, Axmlnsters,
ends bound, each"
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamp.
45c
I
m-yard lengths, S borders. Wilton velvets, Axmlnsters f)Rc
and Body Brussels, ends bound, each
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamp
Third
Floor
Drapery Section
Three specials you will appreciate.
SPECIAL 1. Remnants of curtain
swise, 36 tnches wide, from 1
to 12 yards In lengths, JJ
per yard
SPECIAL 2 Petted and figured swiss
and muslin curtains, with plain Hud
hemstitched ruffle. 50 Inches wide,
8 yards long, worth fl)n
$1.45 and $1.50. VOC
. per pair
SPECIAL S Nottingham lace curtains
full site, aooui at pn.cin --
from, worth $2.60,
for Monday,
pair
THIRD FLOOR
1.59
(V
kMi,..!,
CANDIES
Ten (1.00) Green Trading
Stamps with' po4nT
Competition. Mixed..
Ten (.fl.OO) Green Trading
Stamps with glass Iflp
jar Assorted Candies."'
CIGAR SECTION
Royal Banner, a good cigar,
forf 1.25
Thirty ($3) Green Trading Stamps.
Fried Cake Twist,
union made, 6 for.
Five (60c) Oreen Trading Stumps.
25c
Hav anna Cigar
i pound
for
Five (50c) Green Trailing Stamps.
Clippings,
18c
Bennett' GreaJ Grocery
Largest Stocks. Greatest Varieties.
Fresh table products at lowest prices.
And biggest business.
Twenty ($2.00) Oreen Trading Stamps
with 'pound package Bennetts Capitol
coffee 28o
Twenty ($2.00) Oreen Trading Stamps
with pound Gulden Santos coffee 2o
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Btampa
with pound tea 40
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading
Stamps with . Aluminum i
Coffee. Maker 25c.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading
Stamrm with aan Diamond
S fruits 28a
Ten ($1.00) Oreen Trading
Stamps with dosen largo
German dill pickles 12o
Ten ($1.00) Gresn Trading
. Stamps with frame Colo-
raao noney ioc .
Ten ($L00) Given Trading Stamps with
pound full cream New York cheeae..80o
Ten ($1.00) Greeu Trading Stamps with
half-pound can Wm. Baker's cocoa. .24o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
eight bars Bennett's Bargain aoap....25o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stams-s (wito
pint bottle Snider's Cocktail sauce. ...J5o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pint bottle Snider's Salad Dressing. .250
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
two pounds tine Japan rloe lo
Ton ($1,001 Green Trading Stamps- with
pound four-crown California raisins. 12S4o
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps
with pound candied peel 2&o
One hundred and eighty Little Green
Stickers $18.00 worth enough to fill six
pages of your book with the above dinky
little order that amounts to Just $3.53.
DELICATESSEN SECTION
From Weisel 4 Co., of Milwaukee.
Goose Shanks, Truffled Liver Sausage,
Gooae Liver Sausage, Sardellcs, Liver
Sausage, Meat Cheese, Head Cheese,
Thuertnger Blood Sausngo, Pressed Veal
and Tongue, Smoked Pork Sausage In
pairs, 'Paprika Sausage, Krankfurts,
Mortadella. Braunswelger Msatwurst,
Gothaer Cervelat, Brunswick Liver Sau
sage, Stuttgarter Knuckwurst, Landja-
fer, Plockwurst, Veal Loaf, Jellied Pigs'
'eet. Smoked Tongue.
Double Green Trading Stamps In Deli
catessen Section and Doublo Green Trad
ing Stamps on all Ilams, Bacon and
Lard Monday.
SALE Pen's
and
Boys
luercoafs and
Ulsters
Only
C0II1 IfJUEDr.lOf) DAY, TUES
DAY AND WEDNESDAY
ATTORNEYS DEFY THE BOARD
BepreienUtiTea of Heavy Taxpayers Befuae
to Offer ETidenoe.
ASSERT THAT FIGURES ARE CORRECT
Caaa fer Ktaitit aa MaUoney
tor Paxtaa Oallaahar Insist
taat Complalnaats Mast
IrT Their Case.
The personal assessment of the Omaha aV
Council Bluffs Street Hallway company was
Increased from $4.i0.000 to $5,uA0OO by the
Board of Equalization. This was done after
a complaint declaring the assessment too
low had been filed by D. C. Patterson, rep
resenting th Real Estate exchange, and
the corporation by Its president, Guy C.
Barton, had consented to tlie advance.
By a vote of 4 to 3 the board decided to
let the assessment of $loo,oU against the
Auditorium stand, despite the fuct that
President Nash and Attorney T. J. Ma
honey appeared the second time and made
earnest requests to have the figures cut
to $10,000 on the theory that the building Is
a publlu enterprise. In dobt and uurtnn-hed
and deserving all the leniency In taxation
possible. Hoye, Evans, Zlmman and
Schroeder stood out for the $100,ou0 as
sessment and won out after motions llxli.g
tha amount at $50,000 and $73,000 had been
lost
Willis Cuniplalats Heard.
Two of the Willis land cases were heard
those demanding advances In the personal
assessment of Herman Kountra from $31,SU
to $900,000, and on the Paxton ft Gallagher
Wholesale Grocery company from $J63,O0o to
$Totf,000. In the case of Mr. Kountie no
raise wag obtained, but an advance of
$12,000 was mad oa the Paxton & Uallugher
assessmert.
Attorney L EL Congdon, who appeared for
Mr. Kovuitse, absolutely refused to produce
his client or Ma books ar papers In response
to the cltatloa and was pointed In bis re
marks to Attoracya Pratt and Brown, who
appear for th land company.
"Your Uctloa," said Mr. Congdon, "con
sist ef declaring prominent taxpayer liars
and getting them in here to be placed on
the Inquisitorial rack. It Is a method that
I do not approve of and which I do not be
lieve U backed by the law. The burden of
proof rents with the complainants, and It
thy can show property In addition to that
scheduled, that Is their business. I do not
propose for one minute to have Mr.
Kountse, who Is now sitting ut his desk In
his bank, dragged In here and submitted to
the taunts and insults that were hurled at
Mr. Levy Friday afternoon. Incidentally I
want to say that the Kountse family and
the Institutions which they control paid
more than $48,ooo In taxes to Omaha and
Douglas county last year. Tou have taxed
everything they have and now want mora"
Declines to Produce Books.
T. J. Muhoney appeared for the Paxton
Gallughcr con. puny, declaring that the
citation did not compel officers or stock
holders of the Hi in to appear or th bring
ing In ot books and that th burden of
the proof of extra property rested with
the complainants. The bearing in thiacase
wus prolonged. Attorney Pratt' vldenoe
being kept out because It wo adjudged
heresay and incompetent After legal point
had been discussed at length by Attorneys
Brecn snd Pratt Councilman Zlmman'a mo
tion to muke the assessment $276,000 lnsteirf)
of $2b!.0ti0, carried.
Attorney William Balrd appeared to re
sist the proposed Increase in the Omaha
Bridge and Terminal company' assess
ment from $100,000 to $500,000. He con
tended that must of the property Involved Is
outside of the city and that the State
Board of Equalization had not made the
proper return becuuse It did not segregate
tho property. lie declared also that the
tax comr.itislom r had assessed $46,000 worth
of.right-of-wuy included in th returns to
the state Iward, and alde from this $8ti,000
worth of real estate lying outsld the
right-of-way. He asked for an assessmtnt
of about $46.uX on the railroad proper.
Action was deferred until this afternoon.
The total aKKessnient on the new realty
of J. L. Brandcls A Sons on Douglas street
from Sixtenth to Seventeenth was reduced
$26.Jio upon ths recommendation of the tax
commissioner after complaint had been
tiled by th owners setting forth th price
paid and other information.
Th episcopal rusldenc of Bishop Wil
liams of the Episcopal church was ex
empted from an assessment of $12,500.
Crelgrbtoa'a Assessment Uncbaaaed.
In the afternoon Attorney W. D. McHugh
appeared for Count John A. Crelghton In
response to the demand of the Willis Land
company for an Increase from $200,000 to
$2,000,000 In his personal assessment At
torney Pratt introduced evidence to show
that the net proceeds of th Speculator
Copper mines at Butte, Mont, of which
Count Crelghton 1 president, were $233,000
In, 1904. Th complaint was overruled and
Count Crelghton' assessment was allowed
to stand at th Board of Review' figure,
which are the same dm those returned In
the unsworn schedule.
The assessment of th Omaha Bridge and
Terminal company was fixed at $100,400, or
practically the same as last year; this In
addition to $36,000 assessment on realty,
The proposed multiplication of the state
board' figure by five was not made In
this case or that, of the Belt Line.
The Putnam company secured a decrease
from $28,000 to $25,000 on the building occu
pied by Sherman & McConuell, at Six
teenth and Dodge atrceta.
After a hearing demanded by th Willi
Land company the assessment of th Car
penter Paper company was advanced from
$150,000 to $175,000. The complainant wanted
$450,000. They offered to prove that Frank
Carpenter admitted last year that the last
Inventory showed stock worth $24,000, and
,0,Oj0 worth of stock owned In tho Kan
sas City Paper company, a foreign corpora
tion, but were not 1 allowed to do o, as
such evidence was considered -incompetent
B. G. Burbank represented the Arm.
losiraktr lay "Search.
J. Bonnenberg, on of the leading pawn
broker of th city, by shaking hi key in
th air and giving the board permission
to go through hla establishment convinced
the members that his declaration i pf an
$8,000 stock waa truthful and a proposed'
Increase to $15,OUO was not made therefore.
Hearings for th grain men on largely in
creased assessments were postponed until
Monday at t o'clock, th smount of busi
ness before th board precluding adjourn
ment at th clos of th Ave days' legal
session. New protests, however, were shut
oar at 6 o'clock last night
William Uajrdea, treasurer of the Hydea
Bros, company, appeared in response to
the Willis Land company's complaint al
leging that the personal assessment should
be $750,000 instead of $226,000, as fixed by
the Board of Review. In retaliation the
Haydens filed a protest not only to the per
sonal assessment, but to their real estate
assessment as well, asking a reduction on
the former from $225,000 to $165,0u0, and on
the realty from $305,000 to $240.ono. a total
reduction of "$136,000. The board, except
Zlmman and Hoy, seemed disposed to do
this at first and did adopt a resolution ac
ceding to the protest, but this was jerked
back by Hoye, who resorted to the rule
and showed that the matter had not been
referred to the tax commissioner. Hoye
and Zlmman won a reconsideration after
a vigorous fight. Mr. Hay den, who had
proven exceedingly uncommunicative as a
witness in the Willis case, was placed on
the stand to give evidence In support of
his protest. He said he thought $165,000 a
fair value of the stock, but doubted If it
would bring that much at a forced sale,
but he admitted that forced sale seldom
brought as much as one-third of the In
ventoried worth of similar stocks. ' He ad
mitted the firm had made a return of $225,
000 in 19u0, but said he bought the stock
less now than then. The personal assess
ment finally waa fixed at $200,000, a reduc
tion of $25,000.
Braadels Hearing Monday.
At the request of John L. Kennedy the
action taken In reducing the realty assess
ment of J. L. Brandeis & Sons $20,500, was
reconsidered, aa the Arm is nut satisfied
with the reduction and is prepared to try
to show it should be more. The hearing
was set for Monday.
W. I. Klerstead announced that C. E.
Yost, president of the Nebraska Telephone
company refused to appear to show cause
why he should not make a sworn personal
property return or submit to an Im-rease
from $5,0u0 to $16,300. Still he wanted the
old figures kept on the books. On motion of
Councilman Evans the Yost assessment wus
fixed at $10,000. Hoye and Zlmman con
tended for the maximum assessment and
Hoye refused to accept any compromise.
A large number of small real estate pro
tests were cleaned up, the tax commis
sioner's advice being followed in all coses.
ii Want Ao Froduc lleeulta,
VICTIM OF MALPRACTICE
Augnita Patr Dies from Effects of Some
Doctor's Crime.
INQUEST DEVELOPS ALL BUT THE NAME
Dead Girl Told Ko On Who Had Beca
Treating; Her and Authorities
Are la Dark a to
HI Identity.
Miss Augusta Peatr, 23 years of age, died
at St. Joseph' hospital from apparent mal
practice of some physician, whose name th
girl did not give before she died.
The inquest held by Coroner Bralley
brought out the detuils of the young
woman's death and the circumstance lead
ing up to it Tho jury found that her
death was caused by an operation per
formed by some unknown person, referred
to In the evidence as "the doctor on Cum
ing street," to whom the girl told a friend
she had made visits. Drs. Lout Swoboda,
J. S. Goets and Muttie L. Arthur were
placed on the stand and told of their visits
to the woman lit her squalid quarters, a
dingy back room on the top floor of 606
South Fourteenth street
. Wirt Hoke, an employe at the Baumley at
Johnson stables, was brought to the In
quest in the custody of Chief of Detective
Dunn. Tho young man was placed under
arrest several days ago until th inquest
was held. Hoke has been discharged. Tlie
occasion of his arrest was from the fact that
for the last few weeks the woman occupied
his room; being out of money and without
friends, she applied to him. Hoke testlfled
he first made the woman's acquaintance at
Mullen's music hall, between two and three
months ago. Since that time she worked
at th Millard hotel.
Brother Present at Inqaest.
A sad feature of the Inquest was th
presenr of William Peatr, the only brother
of th dead woman. The brother aara
from hia home at Norfolk and will take th
remains tltsre this afternoon for burial.
Mr. Peatr sat throughout the proceedings
with bowed heed. He said he had not
been able to sleep for three nights, since
the sad news of Ids lister's condition was
wired from Omaha.
After the Inquest, most of which was a
revelation to thebrothor, he said his sister
came to Omaha two year ago from Nor
folk. Her father and mother ar dead, but
a married sister lives at Orchard and an
other sister 1 dead. The brother said
the girl did not writ borne of her condi
tion and movement a he now has rea
son to think they were. Miss Peatr sent
money horn en a number of occasions to
help th Invalid sister, now dead. Thar
was nothing In the missives to Indicate the
girl needed the advice or aid of a sister or
brother, ao William Peatr stated.
FUNERAL OF JOHN M'DONALD
Veteran Laid to Best at Forest Lawn
with Rites of Grand Army
of Hapabllo.
John McDonald, father of County Com
missioner H. S. McDonald, former Sheriff
John McDonald and William McDonald,
waa burled yesterday at Forest Lawn
cemetery. Rev. Robert M. Stevenson, vice
president of Belli vuo college and former
pastor of the Second Presbyterian church,
conducted the service at the home of Wil
liam McDonald, 2230 Burdette street, whera
Mr. McDonald died Thursday morning. The
rltsu were concluded, at the grave by the
members of Cueter post, Grand Army of
the Republic, of which the deceased was a
member. Garfield circle. Ladle of tho
Grand Army of th Republic, and the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellow were rep
resented at the fuuaril. Mr. McDonald
was a member of Lunaconnlng lodge or
Maryland, Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows. The pallbearers were all oomrudes
of Custer post.
Mrs. George Guy of 1913 St Mary's avenue.
Rev. Newton Mann officiating. Mr. Good
rich is the widow of the late Charles Good
rich and mother of Fred P. Goodrich of this
city. The Goodrich were among th early
resident of Omaha and Mrs. Goodrich stlQ
owns considerable valuable property In tha
city. The wedding waa very quiet, no on
being preent but Mr. George Karl! ' of
South Omaha, a slater of the bride, and
Mr. Guy, with whom she ha mad her,
home far the last eighteen month. Tha"
marriage Is the culmination of a romance
that date back to the time whan Mr. God
win, a bachelor attorney, boarded with Mr,
and Mr. Goodrich, who then resided at
Sixteenth and Farnara streeta
Mr. and Mrs. Godwin left yesterday for
San Francisco, where they Intend making;
their home in future. Mrs. Goodrich is also
a alster of Mr. Bennet Cole of Omaha.
COPSEY BILL NOT POPULAR
Oniaha Board of Kd neat Ion Will Make
Fight oa Measure Before
tho Legislature. '
CULMINATION JJF A ROMANCE
Mrs. Mary' Unadrloh and Parke
Godwin Uaietly Wedded
Friday VTealngr.
The marriage of Mrs. Mary Uuodrich and
Mr. Parke Godwin was solemnized t t;30
o'clock Friday, jiigbt at th residence of
Members of tho Board of Education,
headed by Secretary Burgess, are preparing;
to tight with all the strength at their com
mand the Copsey bill, which propose to
distribute one-fourth of tho state school
moneys smong the districts regurdlens of
the population of school age. In the com
putations made two years ago to argua
against a similar bill It was shown that
Douglas county would lose from $11,000 to
$18,000 annually, or from 35 to 45 per cent of
the annual Inrom from the state. Many
other more thickly settled counties would
lose aa well, Including Adams, Burt, Cass,
Cedar, Cliiy, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota,
Dodge, Fillmore, Gage, Hall, Howard, Jef
ferson, Johnson, Lnncaiter, Nemaha, Otoe,
Pawnee, Ilatte, Polk. Richardson, fialln.
Sarpy, Saunders. Sewsrd, Thayer, Wash
ington nnd York. On ths other hand, about
twenty counties In the western part of tho
state would gain. Copies of the hill hav
been sent for and new figures will be tabu
lated and arguments prepared to bo sent to
members of ths leglnlature. Those opposed
to the. bill propose to lone no time In tha
fight agalnht ll and believe it will be kept
from becoming a law, a it was tve yaan
ego