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TIIE OMAHA DAILY REE: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 190" P FIFTY'SEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE ENN MUTUAL LIFE . " INSURANCE COMPANY OP PHILADELPHIA. HENRY F. WEST, President. r Net Assets' January 1, 1904, at book value, 558,641,03270. RECEIPTS Dl'RlNQ THE YEAR: For Premiums snd Annuities, for Interest, etc ;.. .. ..IH.31S.5R4M .. S.4W),9i7..i H.775.K01 SS $75,416,534.28 DISBURSEMENTS: ciBimB by nntn w.m.mTS Matured Endowments and An nuities i.... 1,320.032 SKI flurrenrter .Values.............. m.i.2 Premium Abatement 830.6M.e4 Total Paid Policyholders... 16,342.774.51 Installment Payments Im).7n9.ft6 Pennsylvania, and other State taxes 238,f! 25 Salaries, Medical Fees, Office and Iegal Expenses 524.fM.0d Commissions to Agents and Ilents. l,SLT.2t 90 Agency and other Expenses 119.no. A2 Advertising-, Printing and Supplies.. 87,643.48 Offloe Furniture, Maintenance of Properties, etc 145.K.7 tn,&49,876.8 Net Assets, Jan. 1, 1903 $65,866,657.42 In addition to the above abatements the Company allotted to deferred dividend policies i"t4, 444.09. mnklns; the total apportion ment of surplus during 1904 tl,474,990.73. Added to reserve $7,176,744.00 ASSETS: nd other Bonds (Market Cltv Loans. Railroad value. 126,917.150 0") $36,S14.25 50 Pank and other fitorks (Market value. S24.m.W.. 4S7.R10 J7 Mortgage and Oround Rente, 1st Liens (Valuation, $.iR.OiXi.0i) 24,528,104.02 Premium Notes, secured by Policies, etc. (Reserve value, 2.5.0on 1.5SS.SM1W Tolley Loans (Reserve value $ 000.000) 8.W4.1P2.00 Loans on Honds. Stocks, etc. (Market value .400.000) 2.9H4.719.50 Home Office, Boston Office and other Real Estate ... 3.042.1.H Cash In Banks, Trust Companies, and on hand 926.821.43 Net Ledger Assets $65,866,657.42 Net Deferred and Unreported Premiums 1,797.712.90 Interest Due and Accrued, etc 017.521.50 Market Value of Stocks and Bonds over cost 4B9.48p.i9 Gross Assets, January 1, I9U5 $68,921,378.51 LIABILITIES: Reserve- at 3, 34 and 4 per cent.... Death Claims reported, but await ' Ingr proof Surplus on Unreported Policies,. etc Surplus Accumulated up Special Forms of Policies $4,320,593.8'! Surplus for all other Contingencies. 4,040,020.02 Total Surplus. $59,387,410.00 341 ,095 3 232,262.67 8.960.620.48 dross Assets, as above $68,921,378.51 New Business of the Year, 33,871 Policies for .. $ 80,386,199.00 Insurance Outstanding December 31, 1904, 145,286 Policies for 342,676,444.00 C. Z. GOULD. GenM Agt, F. W. FOSTER, Special Agent 522 Bee Bid;., OMAHA, NEB. J. A. WILLIAMS, Special Agent DEBATERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL Team that Will Meet Lioooln Chosen by Competitive Methods. PRELIMINARY EFFORTDRAWS LARGE CROWD Aadltorluin at Hlb. School Packed ' with Students and Friends to Hear : .-the 'Arguments and Learn the Outcome. The auditorium of the Omaha High school was crowded to overflowing Wednesday afternoon with students and their friends to hear the preliminary debate preparatory to the selection of a team of debaters to compete" with the team from the Lincoln high school for the state championship. Prof. -Braeelln presided at the opening and then Introduced Superintendent David son, who acted as master of ceremonies. Superintendent Davidson made a brief opening address In which he said he hoped that ; when the high school building Is finally completed that there will be InJt an auditorium capable of seating at least 2,000 persona. He commended the formation of debating societies, as they teach their members to think and speak along logical lines. 1 Superintendent Davidson announced that Attorneys H. P. Leavltt and D. J. Riley had been selected as Judges of the debate, they, to designate the team of three de baters and alternates who will represent the Omaha High school. The question for debate-was: "Resolved, That congress was unwise In abolishing the army canteen.") '''Boys Who Contested. The speakers In the affirmative were Gil bert Jrarncs, .Olen Wallerstadt, Arthur Proctor, Charles Brome and Carl Vansant. Those advocating the negative side were Donald Douglas. Lyman Bryson, Miles Standlsh, Walter Hoffman and Harold Thorn. Th speakers were given five minutes each, to present their views Iry the order named. The affirmative side took the ground that the army canteen caused a decrease In drunkenness In the army and improved Its moral tone and fortified the arguments with statements from army offi cers favoring the maintenance of the can teen.' The negative side speakers quoted from .Just as many authorities that the canteen was nothing more nor less than a licensed saloon and that the principal effort to re-establish it comes from the liquor trust. Its tendency was to encourage drinking In the army and while other ar- HEAD SOLID SORE Awful Suffering of Baby and Sleepless Nights of Mother. CURED BTjCUTICURA Skin Fair as a Lily with no Scar to Recall Awful Sora Writes Mother. " Z herewith write out in full the be ginning and end of that terrible disease eczema," says Mrs, Win Ryer, Elk Bjrer, Minn., "which caused my babe untold suffering snd myself many sleepless nights. My babe was born seemingly a fair, healthy child, but when she was three weeks old a swell ing appeared on the back of bet head, and in course of time broke. It did not heal but grew worse, and the sore spread from the size of a dime to that of a dollar. X used all kinds of reme dies that I could think of, but nothing seemed to help; in fact, it grew worse. Her hair fell out where the tore was, and Z feared it would never grow again. It continued until my aged father cams on a visit, and when he saw the baby he told me to get . Cuticura Soap and Ointment right away. ' "To please him I did so, and to my surprise by their use the sora began to heal over, the hair grew over it, and to-day she has a nice head of hair, her skin is as (air as a lily, and she has no scar left to recall that awful sore, and it is over eight months and no sign of its returning." CURE . PERMANENT M'Your letter of the 19th inst. re ceived, ssking in regard to the cure of say baby some six years ago. Well, the disease has never returned to her head which at that time was solid sore on-top and down the back." ' Mas. Wu. Ryb, Elk River, Mlna. Feb. as, 93- Sol tkrowkoat S wortd. rutW-m Ba-nlr-st, SD-, 1 tvlWt 14 OteecoUt, Cut4 fill, M -Ul oj SuL CHuuu.M, Mo . Ikak a. IMixm.i Lwutua, It Ckuw. ..mm, j. 1 farto. Rim 4a U P-ii 1 A -un. U7 Club- i " -x '1 I'lasililiia, tides were sold at the post exchange, the canteen was Invariably the most patron ized, particularly on pay days. Recruits were taught to drink there, where, were the temptation removed from the post they would not ordinarily seek the dives adja cent to the posts. Temperate men were taught to drink by the existence of the canteen and Intemperate men only had the facilities for satisfying their cravings for drink increased. Mr. Barnes summed up for the affirma tive. In which he maintained that the can teen did decrease drunkenness, but he was only given two minutes to prove it.. Upon the conclusion of the debate Miss Florence DeGraff sang a couple of very pretty solos and Miss Helen Sadler enter tained with two piano solos, that were ex cellently given. Selection of the Judges. Mr. D. J. Riley, for the Judges, then gave the decision, in which he complimented every speaker very highly and observed that the Judges had a hard task In de ciding, as all were so exceptionally good. They had concluded that Lyman Bryson of the negative and Charles Brome and Carl Vansant of the affirmative sides were entitled to the first rank and Messrs. Olen Wallerstadt and Gilbert Barnes of the af firmative and Harold Thorn of the nega tive side as alternates. This team and alternates will debate with the Lincoln High school team at the high school In this city the afternoon of February 17. The announcement was made at the be ginning of the afternoon that the Boys' Glee club will give an entertainment at Unity church the evening of February 22, the proceeds to be devoted to purchasing music for the club. EGGS FALL, BUTTER STICKS Hen Fruit Conies Off the Hlh Parch, but the tows Are Still on a Strike. The bottom has dropjjed out of the egg market in a very satisfactory manner from the consumers' standpoint. Ever since the wholesale price Jumped to 35c the consump tion has been exceedingly light, as few peo ple care to pay 38 to 40 cents, which has been the ruling retail price for strictly choice goods. The warm weather of yes terday reduced the price by at least 5 cents and It is difficult to tell Just what the mar ket is at the present time as retailers and consumers are looking for still lower prices in the near future and consequently do not care' to get very many on hand at the present time. While eggs are a little cheaper, the price of butter is still at a high point. Yester day creamery men announced an advance of 1 cent per pound, which carries prints to 31 cents wholesale, the highest point of the season to date. Receipts Cf cream have been very light, practically all over the country, owing no doubt to the excep tional cold weather, and until there Is a decided rise in temperature there is not much prospect of relief from the present famine prices. Announcements of the Theaters. . Miss Rose Melville will be the attraction at the Krug theater for three nights and Saturday matinee," commencing tonight. In "Sis Hopkins," the delightful comedy drama of rural life in which she has been playing for the past five seasons and each season to larger audiences than the year before. As the years pass by "Sis Hop kins" seems to increase in popularity, and the demands for Its retention on the stage have made It Impossible for Miss Melville to appear In her new play which has been ready for three seasons now. There are several reasons for this remarkable pop ularity. One Is Miss Melville's art and her faithful portrayal of the complex character of the awkward and quaint little country girl of Posey county, Indiana, whose eyes are suddenly opened to the wickedness of the world. Mildred Holland's play, "The Triumph of an Emprcnf," is a bit of history from the life of Catherine the Great of Russia, be ginning Just before her accession to the throne and continuing for some time after. It tells a romantic but interesting love story In a powerful way. Miss Holland ap pears as the young grand duchess, after ward the empress, and during the course of the evening she wears a number of the richest costumes ever shown on the stage. Her Jewels ore modeled on the originals, permission to use the same having been granted to her by the present ciar of Rus sia. But the whole strength of the play docs not consist In this play. Miss Holland Is an actress of ability and has made a good name for herself on the American stage. She will be at the Boyd theater this evening, Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday matinee. Miss Mabel McKlnley, niece of the late i President McKlnley and one of the most I talented singers heard in vaudeville, will ! be the bright and Interesting star that will appeal to the matinee portion at the Or pheum this afternoon. Miss McKlnley will sing this afternoon "Semsrlc Waltz." Isa dore Luckstone; "I Can But Think of Thee" and "Karama," both composed by Miss McKlnley. Other excellent features aro on the program, .Including some nicely calculated for the Women and the children. OMAHA RETAILER Bl'YS The Entire endamaged Jobbing; Stock of Martln-Cott Hat Co. HAYDEN BROS, have purchased the en tire Jobbing stock" of the Martln-Cott Hat Co., excepting that part which was dam aged by fire and water or old, out-of-date goods. Hayden Bros.' will not offer for sale any antiquated styles, water soak, re vamped, mildewed or unsightly stuff, but bright, clean, up-to-date stock at prices wnicn cannot be duplicated in any other store. SEE THESE GOODS BEFORE BUYING. COMPARE OUR OFFERINGS AND GET OUR PRICES. SEE HAT DISPLAY IN SIXTEENTH STREET WINDOW. V SALE BEGINS SATURDAY, FEBRU ARY 11TH. Men's and children's felt hats, each, 100 to 25c.. All 12.00 to 12.50 men's felt hats at 50c. AH 12.75 to $3.00 men's felt hats at 75c and $1.00. Men's hats. In swellest styles, worth from 13.00 to $3.50, at $1.50. Card of Thanks. We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our friends, who so kindly assisted us at the death of our beloved husband and father. MRS. F. M. SHOEMAKER, MR. GEO. A. SHOEMAKER, MR. FRANK M. SHOEMAKER, MR. ROY R. SHOEMAKER, MRS. J. F. RAMSEY, MRS. J. A. PHILLIPS. R. W. Richardson has opened new office at No. 617 Bee building and resumed the practice of law. Ha solicits the return of all his old clients and as many new ones as possible. Harry 8. Davis, undertaker, 411 8. 05th. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. A. O. Egbert, editor of the Black Hills Miner of Deadwood. is In the city looking after business matters.' . D. N. Conner, H. '8. Mills and ' wife of Lincoln, W. H. Carnahan of Hastings, J. II. Aufderhlas of Dreshler were registered at the Paxton last evening. At the Murray: W. E. Tenny of Sara toga. W. E. Blanchl of--Gretna, F. H. Adams of Lexington, F. W. Sheer of Ne braska City. J. L. Lynde of Norfolk.' N. Hansen of Bloom Aeld. N. W. Norrls. L. W. Garroutte, P. B. Garroutte of Lincoln and It. B. Treat of Fremont are guests at the Millard. Nebraska guests at the Her Grand: F. J. D!hner. Keith Iirennan of O'Neill: C. F. Hisner of Lexington. V. T. Kissinger of I.lijeoln, J. L. Harrington of Superior. ; Morris T. Neumann, the Philadelphia rlgur manufacturer, has been calling on the local trade with Ed Getten, salesman of the McCord-Brady company. Mr. Neumann was enroute for the Pacltlo coast, but "had the misfortune to slip on an Ice covered walk on South Thirteenth street, breaking his arm, obliging him to return home, Nebraskans at the Merchants: A.: N. Conklin of Ashtnn, W. K. Trump and Ford ham Crater of Blue Springs, L. V. Brarilttrd of Oakdale, I. J. Kleins of Petersburg. K. E. H. Corton and W. J. Hkong of Genoa, A. C. Brown of Ijiicoln, John Wllaon of Kearney, O. W. Gates of David City, B. A. BrHndes cf Hastings. A. V. Snyder of O'Neill, II. K. S.lnau and A. Woodward of Winaliie, f L, Carlson of Axtell, R. K. Dutcher of Plain view, L. Hansen. F. H. Bramaier and O. W. Urainmer of Ktx.kvllle. - I'nlty Church Entertains. One of the monthly entertainments which have been so popular at the Unity church was held last evening. Supper was served in the church from 6 until 8 o'clock, and after that hour there was a musical and literary entertainment. The women pro vided the supper and they forgot nothing that might please the appetite and satisfy hunger. One of the numbers which challenged more than ordinary interest was the ap pearance of Miss Ella Rents, the pianlste of Vienna. It was the artist's first public appearance since reaching Omaha, but if the performance last evening was a cri terion to go by It will not be her last. She performed the most difficult selections with a comprehensiveness, execution and ex pression that aroused the highest pitch of enthusiasm. If she had responded to all the encores she received she might be play ing yet. Another Instrumental number that was tumultuously received was the violin solo, with organ accompaniment, by Mr. Brlsh. He played Shubert's "Serenade" for the opening number, and In response to the impetuous encore played a conceit of one of the masters. The other numbers on the frog-ram were a solo by Mr. Prior, an ora lon by,Mr. Elliott, a soprano solo by Mrs. Watts, a recitation by Miss Jones and a piano solo by Miss Craig. The numbers were warmlv applauded and some of them were encored. Salvation Army Concert. There is to be a special musical and literary program srlven at the Salvation Army barracks, 1711 Davenport street, to night nt S p. m., by the Young People's legion. The program will consist of quar tets, duets, solos, both vocal and Instrumental. NOT MEDICINE Babies don't need medi cine older children very rarely. Better nourishment will generally set them right Scott's E,mulsion is the right kind of nourishment "and the kind that will do them the most good. Scott's Emulsion contains nothing that chil dren should not have and everything that they should Well wad ye apl. he. ' aOJTTa BOWK I, - Pawl Sum, Kea W5 AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Hew Fire Esll is Among the Urgent Heeds of the City. STOCK YARDS AND PACKERS MAY HELP Establishment of Properly Eqalpped Engine Hon. la Easy Reach of Parkins; Houses Is Among; the Probabilities. Property owners are now Invited to offer bids for a site suitable for fire department headquarters. The site must be north of O street and south of L street. The east side of Twenty-fourth street and the west side of Twenty-sixth street is included In this district. Owing to the chance of a brick building being erected on the site of the present No. 1 fire hall, the city must look for property of Its own. The city officials- say that there remains In the Are fund at the present time $11,673. From this money enough can be spared to purchase a site and possibly start the erection of a building. The balance can be provided for out of the general fund. Members of the fire and police board seem to favor a site in the neighborhood of Twenty-fifth and L streets. Some of the property In that locality has been looked over and there seems to be an impression that the ground at the northwest corner of Twenty-fifth and L streets would meet ail of tho requirements. While no definite proposition has been made to the city, it Is understood that the stock yards company and the packers would pay for an engine and equipment of a llrst-class Are hall If the city will provide funds for the maintenance of the same. With a company located at Twenty fifth and L streets tho apparatus could reach the packing houses and the stock yards in less time than it now takes to get out of the present quarters on Twenty fourth street. Mr. Kenyon, general man ager of the stock yards company, signi fied his intention to members of the coun cil yesterday to make a liberal donation to wards the purchase of fire apparatus in case a new Are hall was built. South Omaha needs a fire engine, a hook and ladder truck and another hose wagon to maka the department effective. Now only eleven men are carried on the pay roll of the department and the Are and water commute of the council think that this number should be Increased . and better facilities for fighting .fire provided. Charity Fund About Exhausted. Councilman William McCralth, chairman of the charity committee, ' said last night that the charity fund Is about all in. "From this time on," 'said Mr. McCralth, "there will be the most rigid examina tion of all cases where application for help is made. I have spent several hours each day in looking up cases and where I And that fuel or food Is needed I have Issued orders. Now that tlje. fund is about ex hausted I must curtail, expenses and only those in extreme circumstances will be given assistance." Magic City Goaslp. The recent charity ball netted the South Omaha Hospital association $1,250. Mayor Koutsky said last night that his1 wife Is recovering rapidly from her severe attack 01 tne grip. The alumni of the South Omaha High school will meet on -Friday night at the high school building. 1 Z. T. Bailey, who was recently operated on at the South Omaha hospital, for ap pendicitis, is recovering rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Winters entertained the East Side Progressive club at their home, 539 North Thirteenth street. Tuesday evening. '' , There la little doing iW'pollce circles these days. Only a few vagrants were arrested yesterday, and Judge it!ng let them go on the promise of leaving the city at once. John Culkln, who fell, on the sidewalk on Twenty-fourth street . and broke his right ankle. Is doing well. The injured limb Is In a plaster cast and Mr. Culkln Is able to hobble about, the house with the aid of crutches. ., . NOTICE TO THE PIBLIC. The Following Signed Statement from the Insurance Companies Explains Itself t J. L. BrandelS & Sons, ' ' Omaha, Neb. Gentlemon: We beg id advise you that wo sold only to your Arm the entire lot of goods that we took from the Martln-Cott Hat company stock that was damaged by smoke or water on January 28th. ' Yours truly, (Signed) H. F. BENEDICT, Chairman Adjusting Committee. JDF J. L. Brandels & Sons, Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: We beg to advise you that the stock of the Martltt-Cott Hat company that you purchased from the Insurance companies comprises all of our stock that was In any way damaged by smoke and water on January 28th. Yours truly, (Signed) MARTIN-COTT HAT CO. OUR LETTER BOX Card of Thanks. We wish to return our heartfelt thank to the friends and neighbors who were so kind to us during the sickness and death of our beloved mother. J. B. GALLATIN AND SISTERS. In planning your California trip see that your ticket reads via the Colorado Midland railway. ThiB means that you will enjoy a day's ride through the heart of the Rockies. Ask your local agent about colo nist rates, effective March 1 to May 15, or write C. H. Speers, G. P. A., Denver. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses were is sued February 8: Name and Residence. Age. Arthur C. Mills. Omaha 24 Lena M. Hill, Pittsburg, Kan 18 Fred T. Melcher, South Omaha ....23 Minnie Lelsge, Omaha . ., 20 John Siedllk, South Omaha 21 Mary Kaluxa, South Omaha 25 Harry D. Mills, Lincoln 3J Alva P. Neville, Omaha 23 Harry J. Goodsteln, Cripple Creek, Colo... 27 Blanche Greenblatt, Omaha 28 John Mlksa, Omaha 23 Antonie Kogowikova, Omaha 24 Walter Smith, Omaha 23 Nora Lathron, Omaha 17 I.awlts Sorenson, Omaha 22 F.lla M. Helmerick, Omaha 18 Nels Anderson. Omaha ..21 Jennie Peterson, Omaha 21 Edward R. Benson, Omaha 2 Jessie C, Bush, Omaha a Edholm, Jewler. 16th and Harney at. LOCAL BREVITIES The members sf Prof. Cook's adult Bible cluss went to Florence on Wednesday even ing, sleighing. Mrs. J. E. Hummon, wife of the pastor of Kountze Memorial church. Is ill at her home, 2670 Farnam street. It Is in contemplation to give the large choir of Kountze Memorial church an even ing sleigh ride at an early date. The Nebraska Cycle company has Aled an amendment to Its articles of incorporation so that It may buy, sell and deal In talking machines, musical instruments and furni. lure, among other things. William Sawyer has been awarded $128 damages by Judge- VlnsonhaJcr in hla suit against the city. He fell into an unpro tected sewer hole with his rig and sued for $JU0 damages. ' Mrs. Llila Mary Detwiler has been granted a divorce from Augustus K. Det wiler by Judge Sears. The ground for the divorce Is given in the decree as refusal to provide for the plaintiff by defendant. It Is decreed that. In lieu , of alimony, rr Ja tenance or support of any kind, the wiin tiflf shall have clear title to the rant half of lot t, block , In the city of Ouilia. Sears' Rejoinder to Mockett. OMAHA. Feb. .-To the Editor of The Bee: Mr. Mockett's letter In your Issue of some days ago was couched In such terms that I have no desire to reply di rectly thereto. However, some statements require answering. I have not done so at an early date, as t wished to keep a copy of the evidence taken before the Stueffer Investigation committee; a copy having been made, I transmit the original to Mr. Rouse. I have asked Mr. Nelson to answer Mr. Mockett's charge that I had a secret un derstanding with him, which answer Is as follows: In reply to Judge Sears in The Omaha Bee you Inquire, "Will you say that you did not have a private arrangement with Nelson of Douglas county, by which he moved for an Investigation committee?" I do not wish to be drawn into this con troversy, but will say that the statement Judge Sears made to the house was a surprise to me. I saw that the charges were serious and demanded action of th house. Then I Inquired of Judge Sears if anyone had arranged to make a mo tion for an investigation. He replied that no arrangements had been made with anyone. After a long silence on. the part of the members of the house, I made tho motion for the Investigation and did so without any private arrangement what ever with Judge Sears or any other person. W. T. NElUN, Member from Douglas County. The original I transmit to Mr. Mockett. Meeting the charge that I have boon actuated by personal soreness at not re ceiving a certain nomination at the stato convention of three years ago, I can only say at such time I did not desire the nom ination at the time the convention met and so stated to the other candidates be fore the nominations were made. Neither did I have any feeling against any mem ber of the house because I was not again elected to the speakership. I had known some jnonths before that it was Improb able that I would be again chosen, and so told E. J. Halner and John F. Ncsblt. I have never sought a vote at a convention or at the polls because of any attitude in the treasury matter and, so far as I know, neither have my friends for me. In the whole matter I have tried to give Mr. Stueffer full opportunity to explain and clear his record and have opposed Mm and his bill because he more 'than failed. I take it that the following should be one rule governing the state treasurer's conduct: He should conduct the office honestly and should have no private dealings, di rectly or Indirectly, with Its funds. If be did not come up to this rule of action his bond should not be paid for by the state. It was the law of the state that the state money should be kept in authorized banks, paying the state 3 per cent interest quarterly, to be added as Increment to the current funds. Mr. Stueffer admitted before the com mittee that in one unauthorized bank he had a deposit of $5,000, ' without Interest, and In another as high as $70,000, paying him, under private contract, 2 per cent interest, payable monthly. (The unlawful deposit being so placed at the request of the company that furnished the bond.) This being the same old Meserve trick of profiting while he was treasurer. This over and beyond what I had charged, which In my opinion was fully proven, instead of being explained, and was Ig nored by the committee's report. The committee were selected largely from those who had previously, no mat ter how honestly declared that the state should pay for the bond of $3,000, because Mr. Stueffer had paid that for it, and If any wrong had been done, the proper state" officers might take action, and one member had previously tried to prevent the investi gation. Between what has .been paid treasurers for their bond, who have been privately profiting with state funds, and what has gone to the middleman In the Burt county bond deal, the public are out much more than $10,000. When the evidence was in the committee refused to hear argument from one they had chosen as their attorney. In my opinion as a whole, theydid not realize that Mr. Stueffer's admissions, and the evidence received meant, and they were largely selected because of their prior at titude, and that they, from some one, received a suggestion not to hear argument I have no doubt whatever. I perhaps have an exaggerated idea of the value of publicity In the public affairs of the state, such as the suggested Inquiry would have, and of the supervision of the affairs of the state by legislative inquiry. However, that responsibility is not mine, and I leave it to those possessed of it. At the request of Mr. Flshback I will state that as far as I am advised, and believe, he was the first one to object to the chairman first named for the com mittee, which he did to me, of his own motion. I suggested to him that he men tion the matter of his objections to the speaker. He told me then that he would and since Informed me that he did at such time. I have always thought that had the committee known the meaning of the evi dence received, there would have been a different report and that had the house been likewise Informed the result would have been a different conclusion by prac tically a unanimous vote. I tried In each Dewey . Stone Furniture Company. BARGAINS IN THIS v CLOSING OUT SALE J.hat you may not apain have n chance to secure. No matter what your wish is in the furniture liiie we ran save you money on your purchase. Every artiele absolutely marked down for this special closing out sale. The saving to the purchaser is as niueh in many eases as 75 per cent. Oootls actually sold less than cost of production. A few of the lied room suite bargains: $19 00 t-plece bed room suite, closing out jJ 75 $23.M Bed room suite, large mirror J flfl closing out price 1 M JJ $36.00 $-plece bed room suite, solid oak, very large mirror in dresser closing out 2 2 50 $32.00 3-plece bed room suite, golden oak. Oft OO very large dresser closing out pries.... $33.75 Golden oak bed room suite, mas.ilveOQ f)(J design closing out price AfjJt $74.00 3-plere bird's-eye mapln bed room suite, verv pretty pattern, best quality 4J ff closing out price S-vv $34.00 Golden oak dresser, full quartersawed.O e"kO double swell front closing out price tMJ $21.00 Golden oak dresser, full quarter sawed, double swell front closing cut g 75 Hundreds of other bed room bargains. J Instance to so present the matter, and in each instance was refused the opportunity. I believe that no one can have in mind matters that at such time were of com mon state history and knowledge and read the testimony taken at the hearing and come to any other conclusion than that the state had been wronged and the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions of the Nebraska legislature wronged, and that a conspiracy existed during the Stueffer administration to work and de fraud the state treasury In not a small amount but in a great degree. W. G. SEARS. Cnptnre of "Doc" Mlddletoa. ST. PAUL, Neb., Feb. 6. To the Editor of The Bee: You published an article untitled: "Lewellyn Captured Mlddleton." I have noticed In rast years on several occasions, when the Incident of the capture of Middle ton was referred to Lewellyn was the only party mentioned as haying taken part in the capture, wh'le In fact l.sre were others to whom as much credit is duo and who were on the ground and actively partici pated In the capture of the then famous outlaw. Joseph Kllllan, then sheriff of Hall county, one Leach, employed In the ser vice of the Union Pacific Railway com pany; one Smith, called Big Smith, of Cheyenne, Wyo., and the writer of 'this article, at that time sheriff of Howard county, Nob., were on the ground and ac tively assisted In the arrest. "Doc." Mld dleton, who now lives at Crawford, Neb., I think would say that he surrendered to F.' W. Crew, he being the first man to put hands on him at the time of the cap ture. We discovered him In a large cedar canyon about four miles north of the Nio brara river, now a part of Keya Paha county. The capture was made In August, 1879. The legislature of 1881 Appropriated $300 to pay Joseph Kllllan and F. W. Crew for the capture of Doc Mlddleton. (See Session Laws, 1881, page 87.) It is true that Lewellyn was with the party at the time of Middleton's arrest, having over taken us on the morning of the day we took Mlddleton. From your article the reader would infer that Lewellyn had gone out single-handed and brought the kind- hearted doctor in to answer to the authori ties for the many crimes with which he was charged. F. W. CREW. B Auditorium March i thai a an. Soderbaum Says He Was Robbed. II. Soderbaum, a white man, who gave his address as Thirty-first and Ames avenue, complained to the police at an early hour last evening that he had been robbed of $30 in the houne of Madge An thony, a colored woman, at 812 Dmlir. street. Soderbaum says that when he went Into the house he had $20 and that when he came out the $20 was misBlng. Madge An thony, along with another inmate of. the house. Dutch Wilson, were taken to the station and charged with larceny from the person, 'jno money was not found upon either of the women, nor did a search of the house reveal the money. Soderbaum warn neiu as complaining witness. DIED. DELANEY James, February 8. 1905, aged wi years u monins ana i any. at nui nome the Lange hotel, 13th and Jackson streets. Funeral services at Masonic hall. Six teenth "!. Camtol avenue. Hnndnv. Fehru arv 1C. at 2 o'clock d. m.. under the ausDlcei Sf St. Ju.in'i lodge, No. 2b. A.' F. and A. M. Deceased was proprietor of the St. James and lounge noieui. interment at f orest Lawn cemetery. Friends Invited. It is our business to know something-about coal. We will tell you the truth about what we know. Bevlor Mo. Lump $4.75 Revler Mo. Nut 14.50 Cherokee Kan. Lump $5.50 Cherokee Kan. Nut $5.25 Illinois Lump... $?.25 Illinois Washed Nut $0.00 Kock Springs Lump a ml 'Nut, $7.40 Bonanza Ark. Lump $7.50 Spnrira Ark. Orate $8.50 Hard coal, all sizes. $11.00 All "nutomntiely" HAND SCREENED. At least our cus tomers sny oiii" coal is WELL SCREENED. 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