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rimrr 6, Tool x THE OMAIIA ILLUSTRATED REE. SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK '.em League Magnates Waiting for the Opening of Us Eeaioa. JENVER CRANKS ARE KICKING ALREADY leeeaers Movements Etelte !om Adverse Conntit Among; the ftnnporters of His Team In the Colorado flty. $k ln the days tn the cal Vkjtlhan two months away, i i-V.' I'apa Bill Kourke ia sitting alongside th ladlaior down at his headquarters, rount- ilendar, now less when hj will maneuvers of his war rlors. He has Just about fixed everything for the capture of the Western league pennant. Second base la still siv!n; l;m tome' Con cern, yet he experts to be able to do some good business along that line before the sea son opens, and Is comparatively content. Uttle Is heard from other Western league towns, except Denver, and there a mighty roar goes up becsuse Poet Kenna has been taken by Tebeau to l.oulivllle and Jto hannon substituted. This Is a shock to the Mountaineers for fair. It Is also esertod that Kelrham and Hoetetter hava refused to sign at the salary offered and that Te beau la looking about for a place to plant Hobby Mcltale. The graveyard has baen suggested, for Bobby Is just about due there. Hays, who was the slugger of last year's Grizzlies, Is aim) said to be balking on the out proposed in his pay, and the fear Is eKpreeed that the team will not bs as fast next summer as It was lost. The prospects are that this fear la being fostsred by the usual Denver spirit, which would not be content If Jlmmls Collins were to move tils world champions out to Broadway park. The progress of tiia Washington club, now that It haa passed from the syndtcata management of tha American league Into private hands through Its purchase by a group of Washington men, consisting of W. II. Ratlcy of the National theater, Scott C. Bona of the Washington Post, Thomas C. Noyee of the Washington Btnr, Henry L West, commissioner of the Dis trict of Columbia; Benjamin 8. Miner, Henry P. Blair, Corcoran Thorn and E. J, Wajsh, will be watched with Interest during (lis. earning season. For Its sis Washing ton is one of tha best base ball cities In .t:io country. In splto of years of ex perience the local pntrone still stick to tha gams, and there . Is mi doubt that what, with a team that could taks a thoroughly good place In a championship race, Interest at the capital could be revived to an ex tent which would make the financial re tuma worth It. Stahl, tho first baseman, will manage the tcuin. and although It will take mora than a single season to properly reorganise It, the position of the men who have taken hold makes It reasonably cer tain that this will eventually bo done. After closing the sale of the Washington club rreidder.t Johnson returned to New York and talked With President Full lain of tha National league on tha subject of dates. The American league season will open in New York April 21, with Washing ton as the attraction. Tho same team will play there July 4. The Now York Amer icana will play In Philadelphia Decoration day, while the Iabor day contest will be wliN Boston at New York. The American league season will end In tha west Sunday, October t, and In the east tha Saturday before, New York closing In Boston. In all there will be only five conflicting dates In New York with the National league, Including I.abtir day. Oolf tournaments, arranged to attract Amateurs who A pa nn nlAssuPA fcnt tn 4 warmer climes, Include several of national jt prominence aa annual fixtures of tha mid- Country club has a tournament In con templation, while, of new events definitely fixed the Important announcement Is made of an open amateur tournament at he Country club of Augusta, Qa., on March 23, 24 and 25, and of an open medal play competition for professionals and ama teur on March 4. There are two amateur championships to be decided at the Los Angeles Country club, where there la an 18-hole course or 6,637 yards. The home hols la ths longest, 690 yards, but as a setoff all holes are of 225 yards or under, the out being 2,474 and tha In holes 1.163 yards. The events will be the Southern California Golf association championship, now held by W. K. Jewett, formerly of New York, to be played on February it to SB, and the Pacific coast championship, held by Alden II. Bwlft of Chicago, to be , deolded February 27 to March 4. Tha women's championship of the Southern , 'California Country club will ba decided Q, Mtrrh 16 to IS. It Is held by Miss Flor- nce Borden of Fall River, and the field 8 -will Include Miss Mabel Hlggihs of Mid- 1 1 lothlan, who is prominent In national golf. f,'$ ' This year's open championship of south ern California, for which Aleck Smith of l,v I tha Nassau Country club. Qien Covs, has J gone on to defend his title, will bs played over m e,aco-yara course 01 tne Coronado -Qolf club, on March 11 and II, at seventy .two holes medal play. If 1P Of if . Golfers who seek scenes entirely new will have an opportunity In the week of tournament play for amatours and profes sionals In the nty of Mexico, on the San ,Jedrv links, February It to it. What de ,gree of favnr the placid game Is to obtain n tha land or bull fights, cock fights and ,pelota. Is problematical, but the Mexicans have announced a rich array of cups to attract amateur golfers and $S0O prise money for professionals. Will Anderson, jlhe open and western champion, and Oil and Barnard Ntcholls have already sent thslr entries. Tha Florida East Coast as sociation's circuit for open amateur tourn aments will start at Nassau. N. P.. on February 27 to March 4. The succeeding events will follow at Miami. March t, It) and 11; Palm Beach, March IS. 17 and 11; Ormonde. March 3, 14 and 2t, and St. Augustine for the week of March 7, when both tha east coast and the Florida cham pionships will be derided. P. T. Dana of Lenox I the present east coast champion. There will be open tournaments Im mediately following at Pinehurtt. N. C, and st A!ken. 8. C, With ths annual fix tores overlapping In dates at Virginia Hot prlngs. Atlantic City ' and Iakewood, whlrh will bring the travelers back to the north again. Aside from the open tourna ment in the east roast round and the weekly three-day tournaments for cUpS ga lore, three events of national Interest aro to be held on the Palm Beach course. The first will be the tournament for the an nual championships of Houth Florida, now held by Walter J. Travis, on February 3, 21 ond 25. The President's cup, the girt of Fred Stcrry, goes with the title; a consola tion cup, presented by A. W. Black, to the winner In tha second sixteen, and the Seminole cup, to the survivor who wins In the third sixteen. The women's cham pionship of South Florida, ' now In the possession of Miss Msbel Hlgglns, will be the event at Palm Beach on March 1. 2 and J, and the open championship nt thirty-six holes will be held on March T. Gil Nlcholls won It last year with 138. beat ing Walter J. Travis by one stroke. For the first tlmTltTThe history of har ness racing there will be nn Indoor meeting for the trotters and pacers. The event will take place In connection with the horse fair to be held at Madison Square Oarden. New York, In April, and the races will be run under the rules of the National Trot ting association. While It Is a meeting for trotters and pacers only, the sulkies will be discarded, as It would be Impossible to hold real races with such encumbrsnces on a miniature truck. All the races will be ridden under saddle, with Jockies In colors, the same as at running races. There will be nineteen races on the program, for which tho purses aggregate W.OOO. The starter will be Frank B. Walker, who has started for many years on grand circuit courses. Excepting the free-for-alls and the championships, all the races will bs In half-mile heats. t, Oeorge Haokenschrnldt. champion wrestler of -the world, is coming to America. He will arrive here about the middle of April and will Issue a challenge Immediately to meet any man In this country. Hacken schmldt 'a now In Australia and will sail shortly. His affairs while In ths country will be in tho hands of Charles B. Coch ran, who recently nrrved from London, where he signed Hackenschmldt for his American tour. Cochran says that only the best men In the world will be accommo dated with a match and that ho will have nothing whatever to do with fakirs. Frank Ootch In the man Hackenscmldt will likely meet first, and the match will be conducted under the mixed style rules. Negotiations arc now going on between the American Wrestler and Cochran for a match, to be decided In Madison Square garden some time in May. The election of Thomas L. Shevlln ns captain of the Yalo university foot ball eleven for IK completes tho list of grid iron leaders upon whose shoulders will fall the pigskin burden in the east next autumn, and a marked preference Is shown for line players. As a rule, ths captains of the big college elevens are selected shottlv after the close ot tho season, and tills Is true In every case last fall, with ths exception of the New Haven institution. The delay was due to the fact that there was doubt aa to the eligibility of Rockwell, the Yale quarterback and first choice for leader in the foot ball campaign of the Blue In 1906. Thees doubts proved only too well founded, and as a result the dashing little player was declared ineligible for next fall. Only two other candidates for the captaincy were In ths field. In Shevlln and Tripp, for merly guard at the University of Chicago. At the election held recently the choice fell upon ths heavyweight end and one of the best all round atheletea who ever won a "Y" at Yale has added onother honor to his list by being selected captain of the foot ball eleven. Among teams which the Blues will face under Bhevllrt next season, Prince ton, Harvard, Columbia, West Point and all tho minor university elevens, have elected their leaders. Having entered eight greyhounds for tha Mississippi Futurity next fall, Mrs. Bessie T. Bennington of BenBonhurst, wife of the well known turfman, Newton Bennington, is training her pups, now sever, months old, for the coursing meet to bo held in the place offering the greatest Inducements, probably In Oklahoma. "The purse of M.000 Is a sum wortli striving for," Mrs. Bennington said this week. "I Intend to have a leather automobile suit niado, go out west next fall and show them what a woman can do with dogs. I began taking the greyhounds out aa soon as they could stand, walking with them a little each day, until their paws grew hard and they gained strength. Now I go out on a pony and they do some fine running and Jump ing. I own twenty greyhounds, but I am giving my time chiefly to the youngsters, and will until after the meet, for I believe I will have a very good chance of getting that :4,000." Despite ths deathof Frank Croker at Ormond last week, and the fatal acci dent to Oooige Ahrent's chauffeur In the Vanderbiit cup race on Long Island last fall, the American Automobile association has made application to ths Board of Su pervisors of Nassau county, New York, for permisiHon to hold another race for tba Vanderbiit cup tills year, and It is said thut there is every likelihood that h. mrmit will be granted. The motorist claim that i mFTomc you mm Produces Wonderful Results Gives strength to thewca.k to the exhausted. nergy Greatest Strength Builder Known to Medical Science When exhausted from ANY CAUSE WHATEVER trv it. Jesuits will prove all claiuiu. An a sleep producer it i uu j equalled. It restores lost vitality. Order from your druggist 15c A Bottle the only true way to test the merits or directs of a car is lh an arduous road race Ilka ths Bennett or Vanderbiit cup con test, and that while there have been a number of fatal accidents to mar the sport 6f motor car raclnir. they are not so nesrly freduent as la foot ball, polo, steeplechas Ing or numerous other branches of sport. If permission to hold the Vanderbiit cup rare be granted, It Is said that It will be h-ld over the Westbury thlrty-two-mlls triangle, ths same as last year, and little local opposition Is locked for, ss so much money was spent In the county last year that most of the farmers who then op posed it are now heartily In favor of the contest. Kentucky breeders, who wtih their smalt bunch of brood mares gave to the running turf many grand performers, ore all at sea as to how to attempt to perpetuate lines of speed the coming season. Of the twenty leading sires last year, imported fher. His Highness and King Krlc are dead, while Imported Pirate of Pensunce Is dying from old ege, and ten, Ben Brush, Hamburg, Meddler, Kingston, Gold Finch. Octagon. Athellng. Golden Garter. Stsr Ruby and Requital, are owned by mil lionaires. The other six horses InoluJ-e the Commoner, In Tennessee; Imported Ben Btrome, Sir Dixon and Imported Hcrmance. These are held on private farms, and this leaves only lamplighter and Ornament. This mate of affairs has resulted In a company of breeder being formed to Im port an English sire of high price. An agent of this organization la now abroad endeavoring to secure a son of the noted Derby winner. Ben d'Or. It Is said that tlS.CiO Is the limit named na the price to be paid, and as the horse was valued re cently at J1T.500 It may be expected that a new Importation shortly will bo announced. If this horse Is not secured the agent will remain abroad until a horse satisfactory to all the breeders Is bought. The Unlverslty"o7c:hlcago Athletic asso ciation continues In Its refusal to permit any of the Midway Institution athletes to compete for the Chicago Athletic asso ciation or the new Illinois Athletic club, two of the largest associations in the mid dle west. This action Is taken under the same rule which resulted In Vfolr.h rn. being debarred from athletics at the Tnl- ersuy or Michigan. It will bo remem bered that Rosa competed for the Chicago Athletic association In the Pastime Athletic club games In New York City on Ktw Year's eve contrary to the wishes of the Ann Arbor university authorities. Dr. Raycroft of the Chicago university has announced that Llghtbody, Hoganson, Blair, Groman and Barnell would not be permitted to compete for the Chicago Ath letlo association for the same reason that Rose of Michigan was prohibited by his school authorities from taking part In the New York meet. The five university ath letes wero stars In the events for which they wero entered. The Milwaukee Athletic club has promised to send some of the Michigan nnd Wisconsin university stu dents to represent It in the mert. and ath letes arc now waiting to see If the Badger and Wolverine schools will also forbid their men from .taking part under the colors of athletic clubs In meets not connected with the college sport. An Invention that is expected to revolu tionize indoor pole vaulting hns Jut been perfected by L. O. Wllklns. a freshman pole vaultcr of tho ITnlversity of Chicago. The Invention Is a "takeoff" block, which, it Is thought, will make it possible to per form the same feats indoors In winter that are performed out of doors In summer. The invention consists of a block of very, hard wood, 16x20 inches In site. The top of the block is covered by a plate of hard, smooth metal. On (he top of the end nearest the mat there is another block of hard wood as long as the block Is wide, about three Inches In width and of similar depth. The vaulter. In approaching the mark for ths leap, places the polo on the metal. The pole slips rapidly but steadily forward until It stops sharply by coming in contact with the small block of wood at ths mat end of the base block. The sudden stop causes the valuter to shoot high Into the air, after he Is well started in his flight to clear the bar. Tha new Invention Is said to 'remedy the defect of the old soft wood take offs, which gives the vaulter his sudden stop and upward momentum Just ns he leaves the floor when he does not need It. Now tho athlete will get his upward shoot Just when he needs ft most, by the use of the new block. Prominent athletes and expert pole vaulters declare tho Invention will cause new In door markB to be made, as well as a great change in Indoor vaulting methods. The eyes of the uutomobllc world have been on Ormond, Fla., for the last two weeks. The Ormond-Daytona automobile racea proved even a greater success than the most sanguine enthusiast predicted. Burring the one fatal accident, the meet goes down In the annals of motoring as a notable event It surpassed last year's meet by no small degree, drawing chauf feurs and other sportsmen of world-wldo renown. Such noted personages as the duke and duchess of Manchester, Sir Thomas Dewar, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Van derbiit, Jr., Marquis Tarre Hermosa of Spain, Rear Admiral Schouler and others graced the occasion with their presence, and the course was daily lined with thou sands of spectators. So enthusiastic are some of ths promoters over the possibili ties of Ormond and Daytona as a ren desvous for sportsmen thst H. M. Flagler, chief owner of the Florida East Coast railway system, is contemplating holding a winter carnival of sports there every year, building a two-mile track for auto, bicycle and horse races, besides having contests for numerous other sports. The Idea Is to make Ormond a winter play ground on a large scale, with a season of sports covering a period of two months. For long distance auto races the Ormond Daytona beach is unexcelled anywhero. Nature haa provided a surface there that cannot be improved on by man s Ingenuity. Ths management Intends to profit by the experience of ths recent meet In the matter of handling of the crowds, which were so great that It was impossible to handle them properly. This feature will bs a mat ter of more serious consideration next season. j - Froro a strictly speed standpoint the reo Ords made at the recent races are well nigh astounding. Take, for Instance, ths ten miles made by Chauffeur McDonald In 6:13. an average of 0:37'. per mile, and the pres ent world's record for tho distance. When Edward R. Thomas made the ten miles a few days before in f:3lH he was considered a hero. No such time hud been thought possible even at Ormond. Tho name of Thomas was on every tongue In automo blleUnm. Now he Is an also-ran. for such Is fame even In auto racing. Vanderbiit established a new tenmile record lust sea son of ;M, which McDonald tut by thirty five seconds. J8 Another record was msde by W. If. Bowden. who went tha mile In hi. horsepower ar In 0;J24. reducing his own record of a few days before from 0:S3tt and Vanderbiit s mark of 0: nn rr..,. last year. Bowden'a record of 0:Siri for the miie eniaousnes a new world's record a ad Is a speed that is hard for tha nr.ur..,-.. mortal to appreciate. Figuring on thirty- tour-inco wneeia. which Mr. BowUen most likely had. his wheels msde cishteen Mu. I lutlons per second, the car traveling ISO j im im econu. jvoi every man you meet would care to rink hla rutin. ...k - pace, to say nothing of operating and con trullng a heavy automobile at the same time. And yet Mr. Bowden declared at tin. close of the race that he enjoyed the ex perience. After his. tfn-ml?e fryer Mr. Thomas salj It was Just "glorious" after ths second mile, although he realised he was moving at a frightful speed. Taul Sartorl s fifty miles In 4.VTO was another notable feat, considering the distance trav eled, although ths average speed made does not compare with the other records made. One of the features of the meet wf the poor showing made by W. K. Vanderbiit, Jr., who was the kingpin of the meet last year. Mr. Vanderbiit Is said to have taken hla repeated defeats this year much to heart and to have left the course in any thing but a happy frame of mind. The next event on tne tHpIs in the auto mobile line is the Chicago show, to be held this week. The show will be held In the coliseum and promises to eclipse even the New Tork show. When the Windy City Is beaten to breakfast there certainly is some thing doing, and when It comes tn auto shows-well, there's nothing to It. Chicago Is there with the gocds. The Chicago show has Interested quite n number of Omaha Sutolsts. a goodly number of whom will at tend. Clarke G. Powell, who attended the New York show and the Ormond races. Is going to take In the Chicago show before returning horn. Among those who left the Milwaukee railroad this morning for the show are: Arthur Brandeis, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gulou, Mr. ntid Mr. W. R. Mo Keen, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Vpdlke. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colpetzcr, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cummings, Mr. ahd Mrs. J. J. Derlght, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fredrickaon, Luther Drake, Dr. Bridges, Mr. nnd Mrs. A. T. Austin, Dr. and Mrs. F. N. Conner and others. Alfred Darlow of the Union Pacific and General Charles F. Mnnderson will attend by special Invitation. i The local dealers uro beginning to prepare for the approaching season, notwithstand ing the extreme cold weather that haa been obtaining hereabouts for some time. Al ready one 190S model has been seen on the streets and several dealers nre showing the new styles in their salesrooms. Next reason promises to surpnss all previous years from every standpoint. The most prominent fea ture over last year will ho the side en trance, which will be used on all the larger curs. There will bo no material difference In prices; in fact, the cost of the smaller machines has been advanced to meet the many Improvements made. It cannot be gainsaid that 1906 will be a great year for the automobile Industry. XL U The Introduction ot roller polo In Omaha Is a step In the right direction. We can not have too many sports In this work-a-day day and generation, and particularly in Omaha, where the populace hus not been surfeited with athletics. No better criterion of a nation's or city's stability can be found than in its interest In wholesome sports. The Bpnrtan.i of old realized to the fullest degree the Importance of a healthy body, and there la no reason why "the spirit of the west" should not Include a love for all that makes manly men and women. The outlook is bright. Tho present was never more encouraging nor the future brighter for Omuha. It needs but popular support and the situation will work out Its own salvation. As for roller polo, It U one of those games that sends the blood tingling through the veins at a faster gait; It gives new enthus iasm and life both for players and specta tors. The game has been established In ths east for some time, and, to use the vernacu lar, has made a hit. I.ct it be hoped Omaha will fall In line. We already have two teams, tho Auditoriums and the Omahas, who are taking hold of the game In earnest. Other towns throughout the state are look ing this way for a lead to follow. The game should not go by default, now that It hns once been atarted. Local bowlers have until next Friday In which to make their entries for the national tournament to be held at Milwaukee from February 18 to 25. It Is practically settled that three teams of ths City league will represent Omaha at the big event, while a number of Individual players are talk ing of making a try for soma ot tho money. The entries for the following teama and players will be made In a day or so: Cup tain Huntington's team: Dad Huntington, W. H. Kmery. H. W. FHtscher, C. M. Zarp and M. Z. Forscutt. Cuptaln Reed's team: Harry Reed, J. H. Hodges, J. R. Griffith, W. W. Hartley and L. M. GJerde. Picked team: W. T. Banks, John Bengele, I. S. Hunter, Kit Carson and G. A. Potter. These bowlers all have averages near the 109 mark for the present league season, which is two-thirds over. They are prac ticing dally and feel confident of plucking at least a few brands from the burning at Milwaukee. Ted Neale, who has recently been sitting on the high places of the local bowling world, carried off the palm fop the highest score made for three successive games on the association alleys In January. Neale made 6i'2 pins. Ijtst season the name of Neale did not call for mora than passing notice on the alleys, while he Is one of the stars of the tenpln knights. A few days ago Mrs. Neale made a score of 206, which is the highest woman's score made in Omaha for some time. Manager Marble of the association alleys says the women are taking more Interest than ever In the alleys. Some play In the morning from 10 to It, others In the afternoon and some In the evening. Lant Thursday evening, for Instance, the coldest evening of the week, a party of six woman and six men engsgtd an alley for the evening. To reassure those bowlers who may have had somt misgivings regarding ths regu larity of ths local association alleys and tha genuineness of ths records mads on them, an experienced bowler was sent by the Omaha Bowling association last week to Chicago, . St. Ixiuls and a few other towns, to maks practical comparisons and report on hla findings. Ths result ot that Investigation waa that tha Omaha alleys do not appear aa much worn aa ths aver, acre allry found elsewhere, and in every respect ths local association alleys may bs relied on. The particular purpose of this Investigation waa to strengthen ths con fidence of tho home bowlers, some of whom have made marks during ths last year that will bs offered at Milwaukee as world's record Votaries of basket ball witnessed stvsral good games on this popular indoor game during ths week. Ths City league la swinging merrily on its second half of ths series and the various team are playing better ball aa ths sessun advances. Titers ars one or two games every Thursday and Saturday evenings at tha Young Men's Christian association gymnasium and tho roller skaters at ths Auditorium ars be ginning to enjoy the games given there In ths intermissions. Friday evening ths Omaha High School team met ths Crete High School, while on Saturday evening the Crescents played ths Bellevue College team. Ths standing of ths City league tesms ars: Team. prrfmi Crescents Mixers , Independents omaha Commercial College.... fiir4laht-l'ps Hoy ics Carpenters Tliuistons .671 .UK) .tiH) .S50 .260 Considerable Intereat la being manifested in ths gams of bssket ball to ba played Monday svenlng at ths Auditorium between ths Omaha and Ottumwa Young Mens Christian association teams. The Omslia association team needs no introduction to ths basket bull public, lta playing In ths Vast having spoken for Itself. As tor the Ottumwa team, this team won tha Iowa championship last season and It Is out for more srulpa thla yar. 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Johnson Forward O. Wlllurd Nelson Forward ...Clark Ramsell Center llanxen Bilchner Ouard Am'.rgon Hoffman Guard C. Wlllard LUXURIES 0NJTR0LLEY TRAINS Car a as Swmptuoasly Kitted Ip aa the Best on gleam Roads. Trolley traveling de luxe with almost the same speed end degree of comfort to be had on our limited trains la now offered to the general public by one of ths unique electric transportation lines In the I'nited BtateH. To be quite accurate, the luxurious twen tieth century trolley car system la the only one of Its kind In regular service In this country, and probably there la none to equal It elstwhers on the globe. Trains have been running on the "Inter stats Limited" between Dayton, O., and Richmond, Ind., for only a few weeks, hut so satisfactory haa the experiment proved that tha Dayton Western Traction com pany, controlling the line between Dayton and Richmond, has Its mlnltaure Una k pt as busy as Its facilities allow. The termini of this novel electric Una II In adjoining states and are aepatated by lust an hour and twenty-five minutes by schedule time. , Previous to the building or this line th route was indirect and tedious, su that much tlius mas consumed In a comiima lively short Journey. Tho trolley lino solved the difficulty i-xrcllmtly. Then, however, aruss ths quextiun of nitals, for It so hap pened that the hours for departure from the Ohio city came Just at breakfast, lunch ton and dinner time. Naturally a limited train should be sup plied with every comfort and convtnleace for the passengers, so a parlor buffet car was added to each train de luxe. The oniy difference lit appointments be tween thla electric line und one of tho transcontinental flyers Is that the former hus no sleepers. The parlor car. however. Is of the newest model, the movable wicker rhuira ur. romfortubly upholstered and broad windows give travelers a chance to view the surrounding country through which they fly, hb though they were occu pying fill observation rnr. Once Inside the Interstate Limited all sug gestion of a trolley line la lost sight of. Tha highly polished woodwork and trim, the soft velvet carpet, the electric globes, all, In fact, nre on the highest scale ot elegance und luxury. Instead of bury and ungracious trollry conductors, for sometimes these employes are not the most attentive In the world, the parlor buffet train Is run by a suave und courteous crew, from the uniformed driver to the immaculate white-aproned porter chef. New York Herald. 4& is the thin 1 (foifthe) Chafing rdish Phon 1 19 Italra to I'apisle oaa( Cat flo.OO. Commencing March 1st the Iowa Central will have on sule dally one way tickets to Ban Francisco, Ixis Angeles, Portland and other points In the wttst and northwest. Rates cut $15.00. Through tourist cars to California without change. fuj on agent for full particulars, or address A. B. Cl'TTH. U. V. St T. A , Minneapolis, Minn. DR. McGREW SPECIALIST. Treats all forms of DISEASES OF MEN S Years' tsperlenes IK fear la Uuiatta A Medical Kipert wIiom remark bis success lias never been sieelied. Nearly 3 O, OOD Casas Cured. Vtrlcuitit. bjdriK-alt, Ulooa Helton, tlalurs. 01l Kcrvuus Dbii:ir, Lot ot Siranstb mum VlUUif. His Home Treatment S4 i,uiitutiy t-wi rf 'teuundi ot tmmmm er efersile Krvuu. Kuiui, fciuitey mum buautir aus skia tim at ttfmii con. ih4 Hoi u mciur b . crlbing youi cumm mum writ, lor rHttiC UOitL mmi Mruia al maiowaL M.SIcIbs mm 1b sitia e'k.4v Charge Low Consultation Free osica liuurt a. m. ia Ij m, m i SsaOni. t "' " '' wrtta. aw 114, C3i M C Ilia St.. OuMaa. Ktb, . 1