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GOVERNMENT NOTICES
PROPOSALS FOR TWO STONE BCILD
Inns Department of th Interior. Oftice
of Indian Affairs. Washington. D. C, Oc
tober 20, lji. Sealed proposals Indorsed
"Proposals for Hulfdinics. Pipestone.
Minn.," and addressed to th Commlnitonor
of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C.. will
Irf received at the Indian office until 2
nvlork p. m. of Tucsoay, November 21,
!. tor furnishing and delivering the
liiTMry muti rial and labor required to
construct and compu te a superintendent s
resilience and tmpioyes' quarters, both of
tone, with plumbing, steam hcst and gaso
line gas piping, In strict accordance lth
plan, aperincatlona and Instructions to
bidder, which may be examined at this
onV'e( the offices of the "Improvement bull-tin,
' Minneapolis, Minn.; the "1'loneer
Press," St. l'aul, Minn ; "The Bee," Omaha.
Neb.; tire 'ArguB-Leder, Sioux Falls. B.
D. ; the "American Contractor,-' Chicago.
Ill ; the Builders' and Traders' ctisniies
at Omahn, Neb.; Milwaukee, Wis ; St. l"uul.
Minn ; Minneapolis, Minn.; the Northweat
i rn Manufacturers' association, Bt. l'aul,
Minn.; the V. B. Indian warehouse at L'i.5
Smith Canal Bt., Chicago, 111.; 118 Wonstr
Ht., New York, N. Y. ; S15 Howard Bt.,
omaha. Neb.; X2 South Seventh Bt., Ht.
I.ouls, Mo., and at the school. For further
Information apply to Willard S. Caninbeil,
Superintendent, Pipestone, Minn. F. E.
LEUFfi Coininlasloner.
024-26-2 -31-N2-4-7--ll
CHIEF QUARTERMASTERS OFFICE,
Omaha, Neb, Octolier 2i. l'o. Sealed
proposals. In triplicate, subject to the usul
conditions, will be received here until 10
a. m . central standard time, October 3o,
for disinterring, boxing and preparing for
shipment, approximately one hundred and
seventy-five 17."i remains, and a like num
ber of headstones, at Old Fort Hayes come
tery. Kills county, Kansas, i Specifications
nnd full Information furnished on applica
tion here. F.nvlopes containing proposals
to be marked "Proposals for disinterring re
mains" and addressed to Major M. Gray
Zjllnnkl. chief quartermaster, Omaha, Neb.
O20-21-27-28.
PROPOSALS FOR RESCRVEYB AND
aurveys in Rock and Brown counties. Nc
1 i iska Dcoai tment of tre Interior, October
TO. inr 6. postponement. Sealed proposals rill
lw received at the General Land office"for
i xeculing salil restirvi s and surveys until
Wednesday, November 1, 15"f). un extension
of time from October li, 15f", as originally
advertised, and subject to shim conditions
and provisions, w. A. Richards, comrnis
sinner.
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LETTER UTS A BIG F1GUE
Failure ts Spell a'tn'i Kama Correc'.lj
Co.s Mshsiis, County Man Dearly
COURT FAILS TO PAIS ON SOLDIER LAW
Dri Molars People Propose to Try
City Government by Muni of
Commission In Place of
the Present Sj stem.
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(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. Oct. 27.-8peclal.)-The
supreme court concluded the work of the
third period of the September term today
and brought In a decision In a case that
hinged all upon one letter. Down In Ma
haska cr.unty a negro named Sheffey, who
was Illiterate, was In deit to C. M. Downs.
Downs secured a judgment against him and
the name was spelled Cheffey, that being
the closest that the spelling could be as
certained. Subsequently the negro came
Into possession of some land and gave a
mortgage to Robert Boyd. Boyd sued to
foreclosure under the mortgage. In the
mortgage and abstract the name was given
"Sheffey or Cheffey." The abstract showed
a clear title and Boyd loaned the money
on the strength of It. The supreme court
today held that the mortgage was a Hen
prior to that of the Judgment held by
Downs.
The failure of the court to bring In a de
cision at this period on the soldiers' prefer
ence law case from Marshalltown Is an
other disappointment to the old soldiers
who are anxious to know whether or not
the law is constitutional. The court has
had the case for about a year. The court
will meet again November 14 for the third
period of the term.
Doctors Investigate Schools.
The Polk County Medical society is mak
ing a rigid investigation of the health and
sanitary conditions of the West Des Moines
schools at fhe request of the West Des
Moines scljool board. The society has
"culture plates," which are arrangements
for catching or absorbing the bacteria and
microbes that float around In th school
rooms, properly placed in each room of a
building. At the close of the day these
plates are sent to Prof. Ross of Drake uni
versity, an expert bacteriologist, and In
vestigated under a microscope. The West
High school building has been investigated
and nothing startling discovered. The other
buildings will be Investigated In order;'
Propose Commission System.
The commission system of government,
similar to that In use in Galveston, Is to
be proposed to Des Moines to displace the
system of politics. Hon. J. Q. Berryhlll,
who went to Galveston a couple of weeks
ago to study the system there, returned
today and stated that he was In favor of
the system. He stated that his visit to
Galveston was on business but admitted
that his trip took place Immediately follow
ing a meeting of business men of the city
at which the commission plan was dis
cussed. He will report soon on the plan to
a meeting of tho business men of the city.
Indiana Requisition.
Governor Cummins today honored the
requisition of the governor of Indiana for
Arthur Christinn who is confined at Fort
Madison. Christian while out on parole
from the Indiana reformatory at Jefferson
came to this state and broke his parole by
being convicted of burglary. He will now
return to serve the rest of his sentence
there.
Iown Sells nn Island.
Secretary of State Martin today sold the
small Island In the Missouri river near
BrasHfleld Island In Woodbury county to
J. W. Brown of Des Moines for $51. There
were three bidders. J. M. Hodges bid 813
and John Schwarts bid $50. There are 13.88
acres in the island and It was appraised
at $10 an acre. Brown was the original ap
plicant for the island. .
Census Bulletin Soon.
The executive council has decided to
Issue In bulletins the census Information,
pending the publication in book form of
the entire census report. The first bulletin
will be Issued in a couple of weeks and will
contain the census figures for each county
with the census from 1SS5 down to and In
cluding the present census, and also the
population of all the incorporated towns of
the state with the number of native born
from native parents, native born from for
eign parents, foreign born and colored.
Blnahfleld Painting Complete.
The capltol commission meeting today at
the state house received Information from
New York that the Blashfleld painting that
Is to have the position of honor In the state
house decorations Is completed and Is on
exhibit these In 0110 of the art Institutes. It
will be sent soon to this city and the work
of putting It in place will begin. It is ex
pected that it will be completed by the first
of December. The picture costs the state
$10,000.
Interurbnn to Ames.
Officials of the Interurbnn railway of this
city have been sounding the sentiment of
the people between Hoone and Ames on the
matter of extending the new Interurban
line to that city. They have been given
considerable encouragement. The Polks of
this city yesterday slgntd an agreement
with the Newton & Northwestern Construc
tion company for the construction of a line
between this city and Newton to be com
pleted by April 14, 1H.
Chest Protector Saved Life.
Joseph Huverstuhl, a "Q" engineer, was
shot by a holdup man last night exactly
over th heart, but the bullet failed to pene
trate a heavy chest protector which he
wore. It passed through all his clothing
and through one fold of the chest protec
tor, which had been doubled up, but failed
to go through the last fold.
Supreme Court Derisions.
On closing the period today the supreme
court brought In the following decisions:
Robert Boyd against Joseph Boyd, ad
ministrator, and C. M. Downs, appellant;
from Mahnska county; suit under foreclo
sure; Bishop J. affirmed.
Charles L. Bullard against John Hopkins,
appellant; from I'nlou county; suit for
sieeitic performance of contract; Bishop, J.,
affirmed.
Bchrieber, Crochen & Wistphal Company
against August Hausman; from Calhoun
county; court equally divided and case af
firmed by operation of law.
Petitions for rehearing were overruled In
Fersuson against Lederer A Slrauxs and
Marie Hensley against Davidson Hros., both
from Polk county.
Lost Meaaaa Causes Wreck.
FAIRFIELD, la.. Oct. S7. (Special.) A
lost message which th operator at Eldon
claims to have aent to Fairfield, and which
the latter says he did not receive, Is re
sponsible for th Rock Island wreck yes
terday, causing the loss of four lives.
Conductor Ilerrington testified that his
train, No. 12, had orders to meet No. 11 at
Fairfield. The Eldon operator said the
same thing. He said that Fairfield received
the message, but later called up and said
No. II had already left.
"What about the order for God's sake?"
said the Eldon operator in reply.
"I hav none." Fairfield replied then.
The inquest still continues.
.alter Day Saint' Coafereae.
WOODBINE. Ia., Oct. J7. (Special.) Th
annual convention and conference of the
religious societies and Sunday schools of
the Lattr Day Saints' churches In th
little Sioux district, which embraces th
counties of Harrison. Monona, Woodbury,
Plymouth, Sioux and Lyons, was held her
this week and; lasted three day. Elder
Sidney Pitt of Persia was In charge of the
conference. W. R. Adams of Logan pre
sided over the rtlbiiou convention &ud
F. W. Lampher over the Bunday school
convention. The speakers were Elder
Charles Derry of Woodbine. Elder J. F.
Mlnton. city missionary of Des Moines,
Elder James M. Baker of Sioux City and
Elder W. W. Baker of Logan. The next
conference will be held at Little Sioux in
February, IK.
JAIL FOR LAB0R LEADER
Lee Meyer. President of Sante Ke Ma.
ehlnlstn loiltr, Gets Four Month
for Violating Injunction.
KEOKUK, la., Oct. 27. Lee Neyer. presi
dent of the district lodge of machinists,
which comprises the entire Santa Fe sys
tem, was today sentenced by United States
District Judge McPherson to four month
In Jail for assaulting nonunion machinist
at Fort Madison In violation of the Injunc
tion Issued by the district court at the com
mencement of the machinists' strike on the
Banta Fc railroad. Two companions of
Neyer named Hult and Morley were sen
tenced to three months' Imprisonment and
a fourth was fined $23 for participation in
th assault.
Evidence I Questionable.
WEBSTER CITY, la., Oct. 27.-lBpecial
Telegram.) Justice Knowles tonight took
under advisement the matter of holding
John Johnson on preliminary hearing upon
the charge of criminal assault. This charge
Is preferred by Prof. Kent of Jewell, for
merly of the State Agricultural college at
Ames and the crime is alleged to have
been committed on the person of one of
his daughters, a feeble-minded girl. John
son at the time the crime Is alleged to
have been committed was Kent's hired man.
The evidence Introduced can be corroborated
by no one but the girl and it is because of
her weak-mindedness that the justice has
withheld his decision. Johnson, In default
of being able to furnish a bond In the sum
of $1,000, Is In jail.
Librarians' Convention Adjonrna.
FORT DODGE, la., Oct. 27. (Special
Telegram.) The Iowa Library convention
closed Its sixteenth annual session here
this morning with a business meeting, elec
tion of officers and librarians' round table
discussion. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Hale Douglas, Grlnnell; vice president, Ella
McLoney, Des Moines; secretary, Mrs. A. J.
Barkley, Boone; treasurer, Mrs. . M. Car
penter, Fort Dodge. Invitations for next
year's meeting were received from Council
Bluffs, Mason City, Ottumwa and Cedar
Rapids. Ottumwa was chosen and th
time set for the latter part of October.
Two Sudden Deaths.
CHARLES CITY, la.. Oct. 27,-bpeclal
Telegram.) Mrs. O. H. Lyon, widow of
former Representative Lyon, suffered an
attack of apoplexy at her home at Rock
ford, which proved fatal In a few hours.
She was packing her grip to go on a visit
to a daughter, Mrs. Dr. Long at Mason
City. William Lohr, a prominent German
farmer dropped dead at Rudd, fourteen
miles northwest, of heart failure.
Iowa Man Appointed.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., Oct. 27 Colonol
Charles A. Clark of this city has been
appointed Judge advocate general of the
Grand Army of the Republic
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. John Tweedale
of thla city has been appointed adjutant
general of the Grand Army of the Republic
Endowment for College.
FAYETTE, ' la., Oct. 27. (Special.) Dr.
Shanklln, president of L'pper Iowa univer
sity, has started out to raise an endow
ment pf $100,000. He has called a special
board meeting for that purpose.
Fire I'nder Water.
is not more surprising than the quick,
pleasant, curative effects of Dr. King's New
Life Pills. 26c; guaranteed. For sale by
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.:
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
S. C. Dally of Casper, Wyo., is a guest
at the Merchants.
At the Arcade: Robert Boyer, Curlew;
D. A. Doyle, O'Neill.
Dr. J. S. Goetz left yesterday for a visit
of ten days In the east.
P. A Yeast, a prominent business man
of Hyannis, Is at the Murray.
W. J. Burdsall, a I'latt:nouth railroad
contructor, is at the Arcade.
T. B. Burke, United States district attor
ney lor Wyoming, Is in the city.
Lieutenant General S. M. B. Young, L".
8. A., retired, is a gueut at the l'axtuu.
Mrs. M. Alvord of Chateaugay, N. Y,
Is the KM'.'Ht of Mrs. J. A. iiupe at the
Arcade hotel.
Among tne Nebraska men at the Millard
are F. v . brown of Ashland and L. Luund- ,
sun of Kuskin.
Richard iooitt, D.D., 8.. Manila, P. I.,
one ot tue army officers of tue Pnillpnlne
si vice, la at the Henaimw
Dr. E. A. Weymuucr, alter a three weeks
vlmt among oid menus In umana, returned
to Cumberland, W yo., yesterday.
At tne Iler Urand: N. D. Jaekson, Ne
ligu; J. Giliigan, rails City; james VVul
biuli, Grand iBiand; J. M. and Bertua Cilf
lon, Gretna. s
Tl.e I'u.xtun rtulster shows tha following -
. u. vv immure, valley;
lertuu; J. Vv. Maduut, U
11. 11. Collins, Xacuina.
T. C. Koch, Kui-
L. Kousu, Alda;
At the A.uuav: Mrs. C. A. Barnard. Me-
Cook; Mrs. W. J. L,ine, Hoiureue; jars. f.
J. jenrey and Mrs. rt. v. Ku.atou, iex
Ingtun; r J. cverson, Kearney; A. J.
1 ruue, Beatrice.
At the Mercnants: L. Devlne, Lincoln;
A. Wocroll, finli.ijs; M. Cliristenson, cliad
ron; R. A. Wusun, Ash tun, J. n. Mi,. 8,
Asnlun; W. K. Murdica, Oavld City; Curt
Huous, F. L. and T. M. Kooiiisun, Kuao
111011I. C. F. Coffee of Chadron, owner of a few
banks and a few thousand cattl in that
section of the country, is In tnu city en
route to Mexico, lie will becompany Ar
thur Stllwell, president, and K. Dickinson
vice president and general manager, of the
new Orient road, who will tune a iare
party to Mexico to investigate the resources
of that country. Mr. CoHee says lie is look
ing for an Investment. Representative
Frank Currle of Crawford is a member of
tha Mexico party.
Railway Note and Personal.
C. E. Spens, general freight agent of the
Burlington, has gone to Chicago.
F. Montmorency, assistant general freight
agent of the Burlington, wru has been
hunting for bear near Cody, Wyo., Is ex
pected home with his bear Sunday evening.
Captain W. K. Smith, with the K'ui..ni
Fish oommlSKlon oar. whlrli parsed through
Omaha about two months ago on its trio
iu in nnrmwesi, distributing: fish u ir
went, was in Omaha Friday. The car ar
rived over the Turlington and went east
over the Northwestern.
Land site agents of the Milwaukee will
throw open three new towns to settlers in
South Dakota. Saranac, Lake county, will
be opened Novrmber 7; Presho. l.vman
county, November t. and Kennebec, Lman
county, November U. Rates hav been
mad9 to all of these openings.
Many railroad officials are dally examin
ing tha new block signal system of the
Blotts-Logsdon Signal and Equipment com
pany, which is on exhibition in the oid
Dewey & Stone building on Farnam street,
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
Managers and superintendents, as well us
all operating officials, are Inspecting tins
new system, which gives promise to revolu
tionise train-running on roads which may
Arst acquire It.
Cars for the movement of stock are short
on nearly all of the roads which run to
South Omaha. The roads are moving all of
the cattl and sheep that they possibly can
and hurry-up ord-rs are coming in dally
from many stations, which at being lii.ed
as fast as possible. There Is no telling
when this tension will be removed. lthoun
po let-up la expected before NoveniDer la.
The Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul, on
of th three railroads in th I'nlted States
whlcn owns its own sleeping car, Is build
ing new sleeper which will hav a decided
Innovation over any car heretofore con
structed. The drawing rooms will be placed
In th mlddl of the cars and will be the
first constructed in that manner. This wlil
afford easier riding to those who pay the
extra pric for drawing room and will give
additional comfort. Two cars ar nearly
completed and will be put In servlc at
once between Chlcaso and St. Paul. Others
v 111 be constructed at one for 111 Omaha
( (il- ngo hue.
EACH
Kelly
SIDE SAYS CERTAINLY
and Manderaon Insist Their
Hesnectlve Roads Menu to
llulld In West.
The Union Paoiga and lrnrllnnton are en
gaired In a tussle to see! which can bulld
from North Platte to Bridgeport. Th
point at which the Burlington's Blllings
Denvr line crosses the north fork of th
riatle river. Attorneys for both roads In
sist, their respective road "surely means to
build."
W. B. Kelly, general solicitor of th
Union Pacific, an Id concerning the tempo
rary Injunction which was Issued Thursday
against the Burlington to stop that road
from Interfering with the contemplated
construction west of North Platte:
"Over six weeks ago we filed for a right-of-way
on some government land and ac
quired by purchase fifty miles of right-of-way
"and the Burlington surveyors came
along and put stakes for unnecessary
tracks on our right-of-way.' We surely In
tend to build this road and there Is plenty
of room along there for two roads, but we
do not want to be unnecessarily hindered.
The point of contention Is about seventeen
miles west of North Platte, but It Is Just
a railroad squabble as to which has th
right to certain rights-of-way."
An Injunction has been issued In Lincoln
county, at the instance of the Burlltgton,
against the Union Pacific and this probably
will be transferred to the federal court,
where the Union Pacific's Injunction was Is
sued. General Manderson, attorney for" the Bur
lington, said:
"I have received no papers in either in
junction case, hut I suppose the Lincoln
county Injunction was one I authorized a
few days ago by telephone. We are surely
going to build that road In spite of any
hindrances. We will build along the south
side of the river for a few miles, and then
cross to the north side and continue west
to Bridgeport. The Union Pacific la
planning to follow about the same line,
but I do not see what It wants of a Una
west along there, which Is practically a
parallel to the line which It already has."
OLD LITIGATION AT AN END
Burlington Win In Case with Stock
Yard Company After Sev
eral Year.
A mandate was received Friday morning
from the United States circuit court of ap
peals for the Eighth district affirming the
judgment of the United States circuit court
for the district of Nebraska In the case of
the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha
against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company, dismissing the case
against the defendants for the sum of
$12.957.6S, handed down January 14, 1902.
Tho suit la one of several years' standing
and originally was brought by the heirs of
Edwin Goodwin against the Union 8tock
Yards company In the district court of
Douglas county for $10,350 damages, occa
sioned by the Injury and subsequent death
of Goodwin while In the employ of the
stock yards company through the wreck of
a damaged refrigerator car of the Ham-
mand Packing company on August 10, lsstfi.
The case was appealed to the supreme
court of the state 4nd the judgment of the
lower court affirmed In IS?!), and the dam
ages, then amounting with interest to
$12,957, paid to the heirs of Goodwin. The
stock yards company then brought suit In
the United States circuit court against the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to recover
the amount of the damages on the ground
that the car was furnished to the stock
yards company by that road, the officials
knowing it to be faulty and In a damaged
condition. Demurrers and amended peti
tions prevailed during th long period of
litigation; the demurrers were dismissed
and (he case also was dismissed In favor
of the railroad company. The Union Stock
Yards then took the cae to the higher
court on appeal and the mandate Just re
ceived sustains the action of th lower
court.
MANY GOING TO ARBOR LODGE
Several Hundred People Expected to
Go to Morton Monument Dedl
riwtlon at Nebraska City.
Large numbers of Omaha people are pre
paring to take advantage of the low rates
and special trains to Nebraska City 6attir- ,
diiy to witness the unveiling of the J
Sterling Morton monument at that place
Grover Cleveland and party will leave Chi-
caso Friday evening Just before 5 o'clock,
running as special to Nebraska City and
, ..n ..,. m. 1 Th. -.in
! preceding the Burlington s No. 1. They wi.l
I reach Nebraska City early Saturday niorn-
ing.
Mr. Cleveland and his party will not pass
through Omaha.
The Burlington will run a special train
leaving Omnha at o'clock Saturday morn
Iiik. It la probable several hundred people
will ko from Omaha and besides many will
I come from otner sections of the state, as
I "Peciai service also nas oe.- (iifi.
Lincoln. Beatrice nnd other points.
Several prominent persons will be the
special guests of Mr. Morion and a club
luncheon will be given at which several
hundred have been invited, but the list of
acceptances has not been given out. Among
the prominent citizens of Omaha who will
go are Dr. Georgo L. Miller, Henry V..
Yates, General Manderson, Judge McHugh
and Judge Woolworth, Rt. Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Williams, Judge and Mrs. Lake, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Deuel, Lee Spratlen
and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, tha latter
being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morton.
Special trains will leave Nebraska City
after the ceremonies are completed.
PRICE OF' BEING POPULAR
Sooth Omaha Commercial Club Electa
Cockrell to Membership and
Request Remittance.
George C. Cockrell, special claim agent
for the. city and nominee on the republican
' t'cket 'rr Justice of the peace, knows now
what It really means to be in politics. A
few days after his nomination he received
s notice through tne mans wmcn read:
Dear Sir: You have been elected a mem-
.bir of th South Omaha Commercial rluh.
The annual dues are $o. Please remit to
the secretary the above amount and attend
the meetings.
Inasmuch ss Mr. Cockrell has no business
interests In South Omaha and had never
applied for memberi-hip In the organisation
he was at a loss to understand why he
should Join the South Omaha Commercial
club.
He conferred with the secretary by tele
phone, but hss not yet told his friends
whether or not he sent the $5.
NO JURY IN THOMAS CASE YET
Veniremen Contlaae to Get Out aa
- Plea of Scrapie Atralast
.Capital Punishment.
County Attorney Blabaugh is still going
through the weary grind of questioning
prospective juror In th murder cat
wherein John K. Thomas is defedant. Th
county attorney finds smooth sailing on all
th preliminary questions, but when h
get to the point of asking about a possible
prejudice against th Infliction of tha death
penalty If the law and th evidence sluulj
warrant It h loses his most promising
Jury material. He learns then there Is
IU '.rut I abroad a sentiment ag.lnt cap-
Good Taste and Bad Taste
page and on the other a sample of the
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abounds the contrast is striking. See the
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ital punishment he never dreamed of. No
one, attorney or court officer. Is willing
to hazard a guegs aa to when a Jury will
be secured.
FIRST BAPTIST PROSPEROUS
Raises Twenty-One Thousand Dollar
Darings the Last Church
Year.
The members of the First Baptist church
held their annual meeting In the parlors
of the church Thursday evening. A dinner
at 6:30 preceded the business session. The
general sentiment of the members was the
firbt year In the new church building had
been a successful one and the future looks
bright.
Among other things It was reported that
altogether $21,000 was raised during the year
ending September 30, the women having
raised $2,000 of that amount. The sale of
the old church lot at Leavenworth street
and Park avenue for $4,000 was ratified.
Various committees rendered reports.
Sixty-nine additions were made during
the year to the membership, which now Is
445 Dr. E. Womersley was elected mod
erator; Robert Lansing, secretary; Prof.
Senter, superintendent of the Sunday
school; G. W. Clark, for many years a
deacon, was elected honorary deacon for
life; E. O. Price wes elected president of
the Young People's Baptist Union, and
Mrs. J. R. Webster, president of th
Women's society.
The report of the trustees showed:
Cash received from members of church
and congregation during the year, $20,7in.77,
total Indebtedness, $6,365.24; good assets,
$5,7113 82; net deficiency, $571.42: current ex
penses during the last year, $6,401. 5; budget
for the coming fiscal year. $4,136.
The proceeds of the sale of the old Beth
Eden, church site will enable the church
to pay off more than two-thirds of its lia
bllltitts. BOTH STORIES TALLY WELL
Yam Related by Pair of Prisoner
Jibe All Rlsht, but They
Are Fined.
A strange coincidence developed In th
arrests of Daniel McCoy and Frank Brlggs
by Sergeant Slgwart and Patrolman Boyles
Thursday evening. The men were charged
at the city Jail with drunkenness nnd car
rying coiicenlt'd weapons. They were fined
$5 and costs each when arraigned In police
court Friday morning.
The stories of the two men, as told lo
the police, fit together like the feathers on
a duck's hack, although each Insists he Is
a stranger to the other. The men claimed
to bo returning from the Dakota hurvest
fields on a train, and just out of Stoux
City Thursday evening a stranger offered
a drink of whisky to them, accosting them
separately. Both said they knew no more
after taking the drink until waking up In
a cell at the city jail.
McCoy claims to have lost $10, while
Brigg said he could not find $30 he knew
he had before taking the soporific potion.
JEWS TO CELEBRATE ADVENT
Will Nationally Observe Anniversary
of Landing of First Iniuil
Kraut la America.
On or about Thanksgiving day of this
year the Jewish people of the I'nlted States
! are to celebrate the !&nth anniversary of
the arrival of th first group of Jewish lm
1 mlrranta In the country. In New York a
J costly monument Is to b unveiled to com
j mrmorate the event and In other of th
I large eastern cities elaborate celebrations
I are being planned. In Omaha William Mc
' Klnley lodge, B'nal B'rlth, has already
! named a commute to make preliminary ar
rangements looking to a fitting celebration
of the occasion. The local Jewish organisa
tions are planning to have their exercises
on Thanksgiving dsy.
FREMONT TEACHERS ARE HERE
Forty Pedagogues from Dodae County
Capital to Visit School
of Omaha.
There Is nothing doing ln th public
schools of Fremont today and forty teach
ers of that town, headed by Superintendent
W. H. Gardner, ar seeing how things ar
managed In th Omaha schools. Th cru
sade was split up Into groups of five and
six and each group selected a building for
investigation. The Inspection will continue
all day.
During th meeting ef th Southwestern
Iowa Teachers association In Council Bluff
next week Superintendent Davidson antici-
in Small Houses
Pictures of good houses on one side of the
pates visits to the Omaha schools or about
?50 Iowa pedagogues.
ELEVATORS G0 UP SLOWLY
Merrlam-Holnaqulst and Crowrll
Bnlldlna- Are Delayed by I n.
avoidable Circumstances. J
Construction on the MeiTlam-llolmquiat
elevator at Sixteenth and Manderson streets
has advanced far enough that the building
can be seen very plainly from the down
town districts. It was the intention of the
owners to have It ready for business by
December I, but considerable delay has
been experienced and It will not be com-
pleted before th holiday.
In the matter of delay, the Crowell Grain
& Lumber company, which Is building an
elevator at Thirteenth and Ohio Streets, Is
even less fortunate. 4e building Is on
! ground and when the excavation was
I made for the basement It filled up with
water as fast as the dirt could be taken
away. This necessitated the lining of the
walls with cement and made progress slow.
The elevator proper 1s now fairly under
way.
ROAD SUES FOR FREIGHT FEE
Bnrllnarten Ha Good on Hand,
Cannot Find Owner or
Collect Chararea.
bat
Something of rarity In the nature of a
law suit ha been filed In th county court.
It ia brought by the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad against Frank L. Smith to
recover the sum of $4S, alleged to be due
for freight, demurrage and storage charges
on a shipment from St. Louis to Omaha
last December. The petition sets up that
the shipment consists of "forty-two shoddy
Dianneis, nrty-tnree loose blankets and a
lot of second-hand furniture," and that
Smith has failed to pay the charges or to
take his stuff off tha hands of the railroad
company
Fight Proves Dlaaatroaa.
Bad blood arose In the felicitations of
Willis Jackson and Flo Williams, a man
and woman of color, who have rooms over
the Midway saloon at Twelfth and Capitol,
at 11:55 last night. Jackson needed nionev
to back up his end of a crap same and
I no asitea v 10 v iinams lor a trlllln loan.
I This she was not dlxposed to grant, and
1 Jackson became anKry. It ended by their
I coming to blows. Jackson Wore a gaudv
j ring bearing a large signet. This he man-
agea to onve viciously into the woman s
face several times. He cut a deep gash
i. "J vi .iv, injur, iiuill lilt. II Ilia
blood flowed. Both were put under arrest
by Mitchell and Davis. This woman's In-
Juries were dressed at the police station.
after which she w locked up. Jackson
Is found to be a man who Is wanted at
Stillwater, Mian., for a similar assault and
according to the woman for a crime In
Kansas City. Th police found that Flo
William was wantedhere In Omaha for a
cutting scrape in which sh was the prin-
clpal party un th offensive. Their wrath
had gone to such an extent that each told
on the other, and now both are In a fair
way to suffer for their old offenses.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Th women of Seward Street Methodist
Rplscopal church will serve a veal pie din
ner at the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation today, commencing at l:8o, und sup
per at 6:30. I
A gasoline stovs caused a small fire Frl-
day morning at 613-15 North Twenty-third
street. The loss was slight. Two persons
sent In fire alarms from two locations and
caused the department some confusion.
A birthday dinner was given Tuesday by
Mr. ana Mrs. Clarence U. Brewster or lr
vington In honor of 8. C. Brewster of Ir-
' vington and Rev. B. F. Dlffenbaeher of
Omaha. Mr. Brewster Is 7$ and Mr. Dlf
fenbacher 74 year of age.
Edith Ellington has brought suit against
Lawrence for divorce. As Edith Tol liver
she married Ellington at Falls City, Neb.,
In June, 10. Now she charges crue.ty,
personal abuse and nonsupport and wants
to resume her maiden name.
John Vocker. a North Omaha cobbler,
was fined Friday morning in police
court $2 and Costs on a charge of disturbing
i th peace. The complaint was filed by Miss
Beatrice O Nell, wno lestined the man in
sulted her when she called for two pairs of
shoes she left for repairs. Vocker denied
the allegation.
Edward Walker was found lying uncon
scious In an alley back of 1114 Douglas at
7 o'clock last night, where he had evi
dently fallen In an epileptic fit. to which
he la said to be subject. He was attended
by the pollc doctors snd It Is thought he
will be able to go to his home, feS2 South
Twentieth, this morning.
Saturday evening Phoenix lodge, of the
Roal Achates, will hold open meeting for
the entertainment of its members and
friends. A demonstration of fraternal
courtesy reciprocated will he an exhibition
drill by the Boys of Woodcraft, under com
mand of Colonel Mather, and presentation
to th company of a silk flag.
O. W. Tracy of Verdonla. Kan., has been
rri.ii.il l.v rtwiivM t.r'ri. ,wt iiimn
Ihe charge of petit larceny. For some time I most exclusively by the working classes,
Tracy has been working for the East who soon learn of the sale and oome for
Omaha box company. It Is charted against blocks to aecure for almost nothing rloth
the young man h stole a pair of blocks Ing which cost a good price and which
and pulleya and sold a wagon of bos wood 1 may he worn out but llttl. The women
for kindling. The matter i bein Invcs- I would be glad to receive auy old dlscux4d
iricta of the public domain. I cluihes which might b of us la th sal.
$
GREAT INDUSTRY OF BIRDS
Ttvo Wasron-Londs of Hay Carried
Into a loft by Sparrow la
even Year.
Piled up on all sides until It filled th
attic, hay and straw and twigs enough to
make a regulation stack were found over
George Moeller's saloon In Louisville, Ky.
For more than seven years birds have
ben making their nests In the attic at 600
East Gray street. The discovery was not
made until Mr. Moeller had occasion to
visit the attic for the first time. To his
i surprise ho was confronted by a stack of
I hay. straw and twigs which reached al-
I most to the roof. The entire attic looked
as though It might be In use a a hayloft,
and Mr. Moeller was unable to advance
more than four feet on either aide of the
trap door because of th great accumu
lation on all sides. He Know that th
loft hnd not been visited before In seven
years, and probably for a much longer
time.
Mr. Moeller has conducted tha aalooa at
600 East Gray street for seven years, hav
ing leased the building. Recently he pur
chased the property, which accounted for
Ms making a reeonnoiter of the place.
When he attempted to raise tha trap floor
affordlns entrance to the attic, he found
that something was holding It down.' It
gave for only a few Inches, and he could
not account for it. He Anally summoned
arslstance, and, after vigorous efforts, th
door yielded fnr enough to permit of the
passage of one num. Mr. Moeller took the
lead and soon found himself almost smoth
ered In hay. ,
"I was startled by the flutter of birds
when 1 first climbed through Into the at
tic," said Mr. Moeller. "It seemed to m
. that m or sno had taken up their abode
,,l(.r, and mv unexDected entrance created
consternation among them. It la hard to
, te wn,,.h wn8 the mnBi startled, myself or
the birds. I had expected to find a big.,
empty uttic. the floor covered with several
Inches of dust, and was not prepared, for
what I found myself up against. I thought
that posBibly an old chest or something:
filled, with Junk was holding the trap door
down, but It was tho weight of .hay that
had been accumulating for years. When
all those birds began to circle around my
head, and set up 1 clatter that wa calcu
lated to drive anyone Insane, I beat a hasty
, retreat and explained tha situation to the
others downstairs. Several of th boy
volunteered to clear out th loft for me.
I ... , B . . , ,
and when they had concluded their work
' there was fully two wagonloads of hay
: ., . ,, , mv var(i t exnect to
flled up ln my bacK r- . " j? ,
realise a neat turn on th sal of it. a 1
have no horses or cows Of my own." ,
j A, 200 birds' nests were found In th
. ? 11 . Z. .f tham
' hay In Mr. Moeller s attic. Borne of thm
contained bird eggs and other wr mpty.
Manv Mrdm that had just been hatched
, Many Diras tnit ,h.r
were found rn the attlo, and the mother
birds et up a deafening chatter whlU th
men were engaged In destroying tne aesis
and hauling the hay through the trap door
to the fioor below. The birds had gained
access to the attic through a hole several
Inches square near the front gable of tha
building. 'Had the house ever crught Mr
from a defective hue, it wouia n
, iiu nowder. owing to the great quan
! ,., nt llrv anrt inflammable material that
had been crammed Into the attic by hun
dreds of English sparrows.-ioui.i.-Courler-Journal.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Carrier Are Kaaaed for a Somber of
Rural Routes la Ne
braska. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) Rural carriers appointed for Ne
braska routes: Smithfleld, route 1. Fred
Biesecker carrier, Marshall Bleseeker sub
stitute; West Point, route I, Jean P.
Scherer carrier, W. P. Bcherer substitute;
Wlsner, route t. John F. Gordon carrier,
Gordon Carey substitute.
Women Hold Rummage Sal.
The Woman's auxiliary of All Saints'
rhurrh Is holding a rummage sale at
Twentieth and Vinton streets. This way of
raising money for the guild hss become
quite popular of late ar.d Is proving to be
a double-barreled charity. Old clothes ar
ruinmaiied from the clothes closet which
are still good for many days' wear, but
which the owner hss tired of These are
collected by the women of the auxiliary and
a room rented In the district inhabited al-
