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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1905)
'A 10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, lf03. IS IT A FACT OR A ERE STATEMENT Does Dr. McGrew Actually Charge Less Than All Others? Many letters from almost every western state verify this statement. And even right in Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs many will tell you that He Charges Less Than All Others for his treatment. The last and best proof that the above is true may be found in the great num bers coming to his office every day for his treatment and coun sel. The numbers have increased to such an extent that Two Specialists of known skill and reliability are required until 9, p. m. and on Sundays to 5 p. m. For Thirty Years Dr. McGrew Has Been the Pioneer of Low Charges And in That Time Has Cured Over 30,000 Cases Of all forms of DISEASES and DIS ORDERS OF MEN. VARICOCELE Cured in Less Tban Five Days NO PA1X, NO CUTTING, NO LOSS OF TIMK FKOM WORK Oil BUSINESS. STRICTURE CURED Jn many cases by a single treat ment, at charges so low that anyone no mater how poor can easily ay. Hot Springs Treatment l or Mood Tolsim (Venereal anil ntl dis eases of the Wood. No breaking out on the skin or fare and all external sius of the disease disappear at once. lr. M.Ciew Jl'All ANTKKS YOU A I'KKMAXKXT ITKK FOU I.1FK. and Ms chaiites are witlilu the reach of all. Kis Home Treatment Han M'iinuentl.T cured thousands of en Res of Chronic Nervous, Keetal, Kid ney and Madder and Skin Diseases at mall cost. Save time and money liy detviibhfjj your case and write for . 1'UKK I'.OOK aud terms of treatment . Medicine sent in plain packages. Treatment by Mail. Consultation Free. Office open every hour from 8 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. Sundays from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Box 766. Office 215 South Four teenth Street, between Douglas and Far nam Streets, Omaha, ,Teb. ROGERS VERDICT AFFIRMED 6uprme Cr 8ayi He knit Bern Time fr Unrd?r of Bert Forney. HUSIANO'S LETTIRS PROPER EVIDENCE Gorernnr rommlna Home from Wash Initnn and Prtprfi to liar a Legislature on III Hands Darius January. (From a Staff Correspondent) PES MOINES. Lcc. .(Special Tele gram.) In decisions handed down late to night, before adjourning for the term, the. supreme court affirmed the conviction of V. C. Rogers for murder In the second de gree for killing Hert Forney, a saloon keeper at Council Bluffs. The case ap pealed from the district court at Avoca charging Elmer and John Heller with as sault was reversed. The city appealed the case, It involving the constitutionality of an ordinance. The defendants held that as there is a Hate, law against assault and battery the city could not prosecute under Its ordinance. Judge V. R. Green so de cided and the supreme court reverses this. In a suit for alienation of a husband's affections brought by Blanche Sexton against her father-in-law, James Sexton, sr., from Ida county, the court holds that letters from a husband to a wife using terms of endearment can te Introduced ns evidence. The letters were Introduced by the wife and the defense sought to exclude them on the grounds that it was the same thing as a wife testifying in behalf of her husband. The supreme court holds that the letters were admissible, and this is the first decision on that point. Fire Loss flS'Z.OOO. A fire supposed to have started in John son & Miller's store in the Kothwell block, at Sixth and Walnut, from pasteboard boxes falling over onto a gas Jet did $125, CX) damage to property last night. The fire was first discovered about midnight and, though the department was early on the scene and had water playing on the building, it was seven hours before the fire was out and the entire inside of the building was burned out. The building was a four-story brick and only the walls are left standing. H. 8. Chase, grocery! Hess Hros., pharmacy, and Lozler's flower store were the chief losers. The upper stories of the building were office rooms, occupied by doctors principally. The In surance carried on the property destroyed amounts to $103,300. Governor Cummins Home. Governor A. B. Cummins arrived home today from Washington, p. C, where he went to meet the Iowa delegation on the Shlloh monument matter. The governor feels more confident that the Iowa re guests as to the Inscription on the monu ment will be acceded to. He will remain In Des Moines from this on, as the legis lature will meet In three weeks, and in cidents in preparation for the legislature will demand all his attention from this on. RIGA REPORTED IN FLAMES Mitau is Also Ahlnse annd Lilian Is Threatened by the Revolutionists. BERLIN,. Dec. 17. The Lokal Anzelger's Konlgxburger, East Prussia, correspondent snys the revolutionists are in full control of all of Courland and Livonia and that the neighboring government of Kovno is a No in a blaze of rebellion. Armed bands, bo says, are burning everything. Mitau or.d Riga are in flames and Libau Is seriously threatened. The lives of all Germans are in the greatest danger. Everything is in an uproar from Kreutzberg, on the Douna, to Covno and rescue parties to save the Ger mans are Imperatively needed. Two gentle men from the Baltic provinces. Baron Knrff and M. von Rosenbach, who were about to take a train for Kovno, were seized by in surgents and detained as hostages. Dr. Osier Comfua; Home. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 16. The Cunard line steamer Oaronla, which sails from here today for New York, takes among its passengers Dr. William Osier, regius pro fessor of medicine at Oxford, and Mrs. Osier. Castro Withdraw oe. CARACAS. Venezuela, Friday, Dee. 15. President Castro, having withdrawn his not to M. Taigny, the French charge d'affaires, which gave offence to France, the diplomatic incident Is closed. Italy Aarrees to Change. ROME, Dec. 16. Italy has accepted the proposition of Spain to hold the Moroccan conference at Madrid. It is now expected that the representatives of the interested powers will meet January 10. nrokera May Change Base. CHICAOO, Dec. 16. A number of the largest grain and commission houses in the city today Informed their customers that after today they would refuse to deal In "bids" and "offers." Ever since the prac tice of dealing in "puts" and "calls" has been prohibited by law a number of houses have been handling "bids" and "offers," which in a large measure have usurped the place of the former privileges. The dealing The Burlington sells low rate Holiday FJxcusion Tickets to points east of Denver and Hillings; to St. Louis, Chicago, Central Illinois and intermediate points, and to Okla homa and Texas and intermediate points. DATES OF SALE: December 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and January 1. FINAL RETURN LIMIT: January 4, 1906. HOME VISITORS' EXCURSIONS (Jn December 23rd only the Burlington will sell round trip tickets to many points in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia. RATE: Fare and one-third for the round trip. FINAL RETURN LIMIT: Thirty days. CHICAGO EXCURSIONS The Burlington sells excursion tickets to Chicago and return at $14.75. lISSlJ It- In puts and cals will. It Is expected by brokers In this city, no transferred to Mil waukee and as a result there was today a decided Increase In the price of member ships on the Milwaukee Board of Trade. PARDON FOR ILLINOIS CONVICT Dreyer Receive Clemency as Money ' Lost by Him Will Be Returned. SPRINOFIF.T.D. 111.. Pec. 16.-The State Board of Pardons today ordered the parole of E. S. Dreyer, convicted of withholding funds belonging to the West Park board of Chicago. The funds were deposited In the National Bank of Illinois, which went Into the hands of a receiver January 1, 1S97. After the appointment of Mr. Dreyer"s successor de mand was made upon Preyer for funds which should have been In his possession ss treasurer of the West Park board. He failed to turn over these funds and was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary. About W per cent of the park fund has been repaid by the receiver of the National Bank of Illinois. Dreyer has property In his hands which will pay the amount tn full. CHICAGO, Pec. lfi. E. S. Dreyer's con viction and sentence to the penitentiary followed the failure of the National Bank of Illinois and the Arm of E. S. Preyer & Co. Preyer, who u treasurer of the West Park board, had deposited more than $310,000 of park funds in his bank, and a large part of this money, it was claimed, had been unlawfully transferred to the ac count of E. S. Preyer & Co. and used In real estate deals. The Indictment of Preyer was followed by one of the hardest fought legal battles in the history of law. The case was car ried up to the supreme court of the United States and every resource that lawyers could suggest was used to keep Preyer from going to the penitentiary. After his conviction he was confined In the Jail In this city for thirty-two months while his case was being fought In the courts. He has been confined in the penitentiary since November, 1TO2. IDE ASKS F0RA CORRECTION False Impression Created by Testi mony Before Insurance Com mlltee In New York. NEW YORK, Pec. 16. In the report on Insurance Investigation George E. Ide, president of the Home Life Insurance com pany, was quoted as saying that the com pany's practice of making an annual state ment to the policy holders is an annual expose of the conduct of the company's business and Is embarrassing to him. Mr. Ide said today that this was unfortunately worded, as it tended to create the injpres slon that he was trying to avoid this an nual analysis, whereas the annual dividend analysts has been voluntarily entered into by the company. The stenographer's verbatim report of this portion of Mr. Ide-'s testimony reads as follows: "Mr. Ide I mean it (the annual dividend statement) has embarrassed me in making it difficult for me sometimes to meet the competition which I have encountered. "Mr. Hughes Just what way, may I ask? "Mr. Ide The price of business." MINERS' LETTER TO OWNERS Anthracite Workers Ask for Confer ence with Employers Regard ing Wages and Honrs. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dee. 1.-The dele cntes to the anthracite miners' convention ' quickly disposed of the unfinished business at today's session. Each of the presidents of the nine coal producing and carrying railroads will re ceive a letter or telegram from the con vention's committee and each Is expected to send a separate answer. The miners' request that the operators meet with them to arrange the terms of employment to prevail at the collieries after April 1 next Is not necessarily equiv alent to a strike, if the operators refuse, but it means that the award of the anthra cite coal strike commission will become operative. The miners' convention adjourned at noon today. YOUNG WOMAN KILLS NEGRO West Virginia School Teaeher Shoots Man Who Attacked Her While Pnaslng Through Woods. LOGAN. W. Va., Dec. lS.-Herman Nolan, a negro, was today shot and killed by Miss Daisy Wilkinson, a young school teacher The shooting occurred on the highway running through a woodland near the Guyandotte river. Miss Wilkinson was walking to her school and was overtaken by the negro. He made advances and threatened to kill her, when Miss Wilkinson drew a pistol and sent a bullet through his brain. The girl then walked to a farm house and told her story- The negro's body, after lying in the road several hours, was thrown by citizens into the Guyandotte river. The girl has not yet been arrested and the Indications are that she will not be. Miss Wilkinson is 20 years old. qyj'ir;'g' DATES OF SALE: December 16, 17, 18 and 19. FINAL RETURN LIMIT: December 24th. For rates, information, berths and all details call on J. B. REYNOLDS, City Passenger Agent, 1502 Farnam Street, Omaha. Chickering, Ivers & Pond, Everett, Kohler & Campbell, Packard, Starr, LONG CRUISE FOR SIGSBEE lifision of Second Squadron of Nrth Atlantic Fleet on Tour. VOYAGE DELAYED BY EUROPEAN TROUBLES Turkish Acceptance of Plan of Powers Releases lulled. States from He sire to Keep Ships from Mediterranean. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. Sailing orders are now in preparation for the third di vision of the second squadron of the North Atlantic fleet, which, in command of Rear Admiral Charles D. Slgsbee, is about to sail from Tomkinsville on a long cruise in foreign water. The squadron has been ready for sea for several weks, but its departure has been delayed because of the disorder In the southern part of Russia and of the international naval demonstration in Turkish waters, the government, it is stated, wishing to avoid any move that might be interpreted as affecting either ' situation. The State department now re gards the Mediterranean situation as war ranting the appearance of the American warships on a friendly cruise. It has been more than a year since a division of bat tleships In command of Rear Admiral A. 8. Barker cruised In the Mediterranean and it was decided last summer that the flag should be shown there at the first op portunity by a squadron of cruisers. Mi I is of nivlslo. . Resides the armored cruiser Brooklyn, Admiral Sigsbee's flagship, the squadron consists of tho protected cruisers Chatta nooga, Commander Alexander Sharp: Gal veston. Commander William G. Cutler, and the Tacoma, Commander Reginald F. Nich olson. After a cruise in the Mediterranean and visits to a number of ports the squadron will pass through the Suez canal and will then separate, the Chattanooga and Gal veston taking leave of the flagship and going to the Asiatic station. With the Brooklyn and Tacoma, Admiral Slgsbee will continue his cruise down the east coast of Africa, visiting vurious ports, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and crossing to the east coast of South America, visiting the larger ports there. Admiral Slgsbees squadron will return home late in the spring or early summer of next year, when he will be detached and ordered ashore. Cattlemen See President. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. A number of Colorado cattlemen headed by the Colorado congressional delegation, called on the president today to protest against the gov- - MTV'r tfrwi ssa ha .afTH'V-'- J This Certificate Free!! To every one buying a piano from us this week, we will give one of these certificates Free for the amount of first cash payment (limited to $25.00). You get credit on your piano and get Christmas goods with the same money. Make your piano buy your Christmas Present $25.00 No Merchandise Certificate Omaha, December, 1905. This certificate, issued to will be accepted. in full payment for merchandise to the amount of Twenty-five dollars, to be selected today from any department of our store (dry goods and clothing excepted) when prop:r!y signed and attested. THE BENNETT COMPANY. Not transferable. By HOLIDAY SALE Every piano cut to the lowest notch and every piano marked in plain figures. We are bound to make this month the banner month of our piano business- The unparalleled in ducements we offer this week will do it. The Bennett Company eminent charge for the grawug or cattle on government forest reserves. The sub ject was discussed informally with the president indicating that he would take up the matter with Secretary Wilson. HEAVIER PENALTY IS WANTED Secretary of Interior Woold Give t,nng Terms to Men Who De fraud Government. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. The secretary of the Interior has sent to congress a draft of a bill fixing tho maximum penalty of a jl.OtiO tine or ten years' imprisonment, or both, for fraudulent attempts to obtain title to public lands. Transmlta Samoan Claims. WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.-Presldent Roosevelt has transmitted to the house of representatives reports from the secretary of state regarding the Samoan claim of Geary against the United States for $20, 000, also the claim for damages of the Canadian Electric Light company of Levis, Que., for damages to cable by the steamship Essex; also tho claim of the French Cable company for damages to cables in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. The claims were referred to the appropriation committees. Tyree Takes !ew Office. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-Frank H. Tyree, who is widely known as one of the personal guards of President Roosevelt, has resigned from the I'nited States secret service and In a few days will assume the duties of tnited States marshal of the southern dis trict of "West Virginia, to which office he recently was appointed. The president pre sented to him a handsome seal ring In ap preciation of the personal services rendered him by Mr. Tyree. "Dewey" Starts on Lona; Trip. WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Towed by the supply ship Glacier, Commander Harry H. Hosley, the colliers Brutus and Caesar and the tug Potomac, the mammoth steel floating dry dock "Dewey" will start next week on its long cruise frqjn Solomon's Island Monday to Olongapo, Philippine Islands, its future home. The board of in spection and survey has completed the in spection of the dock and of the ship which will tow It. Assla-nlnar Hawaiian Revenues. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 Delegate Kal anlanaola of Hawaii has introduced a bill setting aside 75 per cent of Hawaii's rev enues, for federal public works and build ings. Aid for Civilian Musicians. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. A bill to pre vent the marine band from competing with civilian musicians was introduced today by Representative Bartholdt of Missouri. MR. HARRIMAN'S LITTLE JOKE Surprised that .Newspaper Should Take Ills Testimony Before In surance Committee Seriously. NEW YORK, Dec. 16, To an Associated Press representative E. 11. Harriman said today: "I have been surprised to see that some of the papers have treated seriously my remark that 'Mr. Odell has political influ ence because of his relations with me." Had I regarded Mr. Hughes' question seri ously I would have denied the Imputation indignantly Instead of making a facetious answer as I did, and which was so ac cepted, as shown by the laughter which followed." ALBANY. N. Y., Dec. l.-Govemor Hig glns today stated that E. II. Harriman's testimony yesterday, so far as It concerned the governor personally, was true. HYMENEAL Howe-Kenned y. C. C. Howe of South Omaha and Mrs. M. A. Kennedy were married yesterday at the Farnam, Eighteenth and Farnam streets. They left for the east on a wedding trip, and will be at home In South Omaha after January 15. Harriman to Sell I .and. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-E. H Har riman, president of the Southern Pacltlc company, is preparing to sell a part of the Oregon & California railroad land grant in Oregon. This grant amounts to about 4.000.000 acres. Several years ago some of the land was sold at prices ranging from $5 to Then the remainder of the grant was withdrawn. What prices the land will noyw be offered Is a matter the Oregon people will be greatly interested In finding out. (joveraor Klrod Improves. PIERRE. S. D.. Dm-. 16.-8veolal Tele tram.) Uovtirnvr Elrod r turned today ...HOLLY-DAY HERB ARB Gillette Safety Razors a?V.U Hetickers Emperor Razors. $2 Ea. eryfE.rathrSw your money away on cheap affairs. Then we have lower priced good Razors. Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets, Scissor Sets Table, Cutlery, SCROLL. SAWS For Pocket Knives Ne pearl handled scissor knives. Combination hunting knives. Don't miss our Pocket Knife sale. Remember every one guaranteed. Sale lasts only for the Holly-Day trade. Tool Cabinets... MANUAL TRAINING TOOLS Remember the rush for HOLLY-DAY lay. Make your selection now. JAS. MORTON & I Holiday Display of AT OTTl NEW PTORE. 1M3-1515 HARNEY STREET. OPPOSITE TU'R WOOD THEATER. WE ARE SHOWING the choicest stock of high grade llanos west of Chicago. WEBER The standard of the world Is there in both Uprights and Grands; other fa mous makes, such as Lindeman, Oabler, Shaw, Schiller, Scliuff Uros., J. Bauer, Ludwig, Winter and many others. OUR PRICES While we have pianos as low as the lowest, our chief aim Is to quality, but in whatever grade you wish to buy. from the new pianos at $125 to those for $1,0(10, we guarantee the greatest valus for the money. . 1'ntil you have seen our stock you cannot say you have Investigated thor oughly. . , TERMS: Monthly, quarterly or yearly payments can be arranged at the convenience of the customer. MATTHEWS PIANO CO., F. H. CUTHRIE, Manager, 1513-15 Harney, t-t Om sh SPECIAL NOTE We Invite correspondence. Catalogues and prices fur nished upon application. from his trip to Indiana and is confined to his home by the illness which held him at Chicago. He Is reported to be improved and expects to be all right after a few days' rest. T0WLE FUNERAL ON MONDAY Services Will He Conducted by Iter. evrton Mann at the Family Residence. The funeral services of Oeorge C. Towle, president of the Nebraska Fuel company, will be held at the family resident, 124 South Twenty-fourth street, 2 o'clock Mn,,rff,v afternoon. Rev. Newton M. Mann, minister of Vnity church, will conduct the w Hurial will be at Forest wt cemetery. The pollliearers will be: George Squires, J. G. Haines, J. E. l.'tt, D. J. O'Brien, John E. Tetard and Woodworm Allen. Ross B. Towle will meet his mother and .I.,.- t Kansas City Sunday morning. Mrs. Towle and daughter were In the south at the time of Mr. Towle s deatn. WISCONSIN BANK ROBBED Cashier at Colby Held I p at Polut of Revolver and I,BKI Taken. MAR8HFIBI.D. Wis., Dec. 16 -The state bank of Colby, Wis., was robbed this after noon of $1,500 by two highwaymen who or dered the cashier at the points of revolvers to turn over the money In his possession. The cashier complied without hesitancy. The robbers quickly drove away. Watches, $1 to $V. Kdholm. Jeweler. Judge 8-ars has postponed until Monday morning the rendering of his riwNln In ttie fathers suit to njoln consolidation of the city ami county treasuries. Hu munv nice questions are involved that the court said he dnrlred a l:!t!e m"re tlm to rr.n iUr thuiii. rz S;itjr.....y-v Smith & Barnes. Brinkerhoff, Harvard, Remington Richmond, Chase. SUGGESTIONS... A FEW: Carvers for OA MR ROAST STEAK tho little folks, to the larger ones for foot power for larger boys. - er before have we shown such an Im 1 mense variety of patterns. All prices from 25c upward to the finest sterling silver and The largesit line ever shown here. Just the gift for the man of the house or his son, or some other man's son. Nothing but the best tools In them. Your boy knows what he wants. We show a full line. shoDDlns has commenced. SON CO. Is" DOPGE ST Any Suit l'luin black anil blue) eg ccptctl Hulls that sold at $23, :tO, unci $40. A good appearance, is tlie important Mrpping stone to success. If you want to Ih successful, g-t a suit rut and lilted by iiultv Itasgur. slick, our cutter. MADE IS OMAHA. Paris Woolen Co, 1415 DOUGLAS F. R. ROBINSON, Manager. Measure Clanks aii Samples on application. Whon You Write to Advertisers remember it only lakes an extra stroke or two of the pe.i to mention the htcl Uutl ygu aw the ad in The & Don't de- a IN THE HOUSE
