TTTE OMAHA DAILY REE: SFXDAY, JANUARY 7, 1906.
n up or stop business COST OF MAINTAINING STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR HALF YEAR
SEW THEORY IN MYSTERY
Insnratroe epartnuni YCtti Effort to
Celled Baoiprocrl Tax.
THIRTY-SIX COMPANIES ARE INVOLVED
Royal Highlanders Ask Supreme
Conrt to Rercrii Derision la Liit
Case Involving' tho ftolclde
Claaae In Poller
Complete Showing of Number of Employes, and Other Items W.iich Enter Into the Expense Bill of the State in
Caring for Its Charges.
Edward Vy Have Btn Killad
Carriid to Boom Wkere round.
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LINCOLN, Jan. .-Ppeclal.)-After a
rnnfrnra with Atfnrnnv General Brown
this morning. Insurance Auditor Pierce j Aaylura, Hastings
announced that ore companies In other
states which ha refused to pay th 3
per cent reciprocal tax, as required by the
statute, must ray up within a reasonable
time or be barred from doing business In
this state.
Thirty-six fire Insurance companies are.
Involved. In the states In which they are
organized Nebraska companies must pay
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Hospital, Lincoln
Hospital, Norfolk
Soldiers' and Sailors' Grand Island
Soldiers' and Sailors'. Minora
Blind, Nebraska City
Institution for the Deaf, Omaha
Feeble Minded, Beatrice
Industrial ' Home, MUTord ...........
Industrial School, Kearney
I r t 11 at r (at School. Geneva.
a special tax, and Nebraska desires to play ( Home for Friendless
even. Con penles located In Pennsylvania
Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Missouri and Cali
fornia are chiefly affected by this order.
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714 7.87 21.50 $ 7.54
215 17.94 30.31 18.91
366 9.43 18.07 8.92'
133 11.68 17.32 9.991
89 19.82 49.09 8.12
2S3 26.80 16.92' 6.32
396 5.21 20. 251 8.52;
46 26.31 29.70' 11.62
226 22.331 21.13, 16.96!
78 18.18 16.49! 6.85'
96 25.10 24.15
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36.95 $ 3.64
50.72: 2.20
49.39
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22.97
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6.71
18.30
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6.88
15.37
22.11
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$ 67.63
77.60
120.08
95.21
88.76
119.00
70.80
63.03
139.30
111.23
123.51
102.21
70.03
$63,934.16
47,450.96
20,414.98
31,716.66
9,851.13
6,902.44
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22.378.26
6.294.17
21.576.88
8.153.36
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$57,809.35 $121,743,511
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8.572.81
2,190.07
1.405.05
3.245.03
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1,224.22
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tban It did In 1908 and the Union Pacific
When the Nebraska law went Into effect x"t $50,000 more.
the companies brought a test case and Stat Hon. Brells.
won in the supreme court. Later Mr. At a meeting of the State Board of Public
Brown got a rehearing and the court held Lands and Buildings this morning the for
that the law was good. The companies mal acceptance of the new boiler house at
Immediately filed a motion for another ! the Milford Industrial Home for Girls was
hearing, and this matter Is now pending I recorded. The plant cost 4,:r7, and wns
in court. A ruling was expected by Judge ' pronounced to be perfect. Westover & Co.
Holcomb, who heard the case originally, of Lincoln secured a contract to make al
before he went out of office, but none was terations in the vault of the land eomniis
glven. sioner.
Some 130,000 Is Involved, and MT. Pierce Auditor Searle left this afternoon for
proposes to get after the companies In an Omaha, where he will bo the guest at the
endeavor to collect the money, most of It bunquet of the local underwriters' ssso( l.i
being delinquent for two years. The at- tloh. Oovornor Mickey lma gone to Keokuk,
toniey general Informed him that as long I-, to address the Young Men's Christian
as the law is upon the books and no final association of that cliy tomorrow on 'Char
declslon of tho courts Is against It. It is j axter Building."
his duty to enforce collection. One Mlnne- : fTTStEI. PORtiY
sola company owes $4.&0, and the. auditor
minus xnai ir ne wans mucn longer neiore . . . d.iji r rlnrrni r lle itt
Cain. Oscar Qulhranson. Liberty Clark
W. A. Burrltt. C. A. Hoedley, N. P. Free
man. O. V. Rosene and J. A. Fullerton.
These good men and true will likely have
nothing to do but draw their per diem and
mileage.
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going after the companies some of them
will prefer to forfait their Nebraska busi
ness rather than pay up the back tax.
Sfw Internrban Project.
Guy C. Barton. O. W. Wattles, W. V.
Km of Eighty-Three.
FLORENCE. Neb.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
Samuel Forgy died at his home on Calhoun
street early Saturday morning. Mr. Forgy
had been sick about five days. He wus
Morse, Frank T. Hamilton, William A. ! ra Vesrs old and the oldest citizen in nor
Smith and Charles R Tyler filed ankles' en,.e ln point f residence, having arrived
of Incorporation with the secretory of stale i,re n ift three years before the general
today for an interurban electric railroad settling up of the town after the Mormons
company, with a capital of ll.OuO,'"). Luch i iert, jjr. Forgy came to Chicago by rail,
of the shares reprenents $10,000. then bought a pony and rode through from
The headquarters of the line are to be 1 Chicago to Florence. Omaha at that time ,
maintained in Omaha, and the pi-ojecled ' was a small place on the map. lie was
route Is from Omaha through South Omaha ; born In Pennsylvania und was married
and Bellevue to Fort Crook, beyond which j there sixty-one years ago. Mrs. Forgy
no terminus Is mentioned. The articles, survives him and Is 81 years old. They
however, state that the road Is eventually j have three sons and two daughters, Mrs.
to extend through Sarpy, Cans, Otoe, 1 f. jf. King, John Forgy, Robert Forgy.
Nemaha and RIchardaon counties to the j Samuel Forgy, Jr., and Mrs. Kmma Brad
state line of Kansas. This line will tap chaw. Robert Forgy is a resident of Wush
a rich agricultural section which also lias ington, John 'a resident of Montana and
the advantage of being thickly populated. Mrs. Bradshaw of New York, while Mrs.
RETIRI.NCi MEMBER HOLDS SEAT
Willi es to Finish Vp Some Business
. Before Retiring front Boa-rd.
SCHUYLER. Neb., Jan. 6. (Special.) The
county commissioners struck a snag at their
meeting this week. Four commissioners
were on deck. F. C. Egerton, whose term
expired January 4, refused to vacate his
seat and the commissioner-elect, Folken,
filed bis bond and took the oath of office.
The two other commissioners passed a reso
lution recognizing Mr. Folken as the com
missioner. When the first piece of business
came up Mr. Kgerton made a motion and
then there was a pause ln the proceedings.
They did not know whether to recognize
Mr. Kgerton's motion or not. County Attor
ney Allen filed a communication with the
commissioners advising them to recognize
Mr. Folken as the commissioner, Mr. Eger
ton has some business to finish up that will
require about a month and It is understood
that ufter that la completed he will relin
quish his claim to the seat.
National Guard Election.
The following order was sent out from
Adjutant General Culver's office today:
An election is hereby ordered to till the
vacancies in the offices of colonel and
lieutenant colonel of the Second Infantry
regiment, vice Colonel J. W. McDonnell
and Lieutenant Colonel F. J. Rolshaw of
that regiment, whose commissions expire
on the i'kl of January. 1906.
An election is hereby ordered to fill the
vacancy ln the office of major of the Second
Infantry regiment, vice Major J. C. Haitl
gitn, whose commission expires on Febru
ary 12. 190A.
Colonel McDonnell desires a re-election,
but he has opposition in the person of
Major John C. Hartlgan, also of Foirbury.
Lieutenant Colonel Bolshaw la understood
not to be a candidate, as his transference
to Hastings aa night yardmaster will In
terfere with his military duties.
Aak for Rehearing;.
Claiming that the recent decision of the
supreme court in the Lange case is a blow
at the fundamentals of fraternal societies,
the Royal Highlanders have filed a motion
for a rehearing. They assert that the court
erred in the construction It placed upon the
fraternsact In that It held that under that
act the rlaUHo relating to suicide was a
mere by-law and not a prt of the charter
or plan of organization of the society. An
other contention of error is ln holding that
the act did not apply to domestic societies
doing business before Its enactment.
It is contended that the court's decision is
contrary to public policy in that the con
struction placed upon the fraternal act ren
ders that law retrospective and void under
the constitution, as It destroys vested
rights acquired before Its enactment. An
other reuson Is that the decision permits a
recovery for a breach of the contract com
mitted by Lunge while sane and holds by
Implication that self-destruction by a mem
ber while sane was not of Itself a defense
to an action based upon a beneficial certifi
cate of membership.
Waltlnw for Tax Derision.
Attorney General Norris Brown was
watching the telephone this afternoon be
cause he had an idea that Judge Munger
might hand down a decision In the Burling
ton and Union Pacific tax Injunction suits
against the state. Around the state house
acute Interest is taken In this case and It
has been figured out by state officials that
It means something over Vtoft.000 gain to the
winner. In other words. If the state wins It
will mean a gain of some $302,000 n round
numbers and Interest at the rate of 10 per
rent since the tax was due in If the
F. M. King and Sumuel, Jr., livo here.
The house that Mr. Forgy built here in
September, ,1S55, Is still standing on West
Calhoun street, well up the hill and over
looking the river. This house has been
standing fifty years last September and Is
being used as a dwelling house. It has a
brick basement. Mr. Forgy built this house
himself, being a carpenter. He also did
the carpenter work on the old Florence
bank building, which was erected in 1857.
Mr. Forgy pre-empted 160 acres of land
three miles north of town and still owns
this farm. About twenty-five years ago he
purchased 160 ucres of land nine miles
northwest of Florence, but last fall, getting
a fancy price for it, he sold It and built a
modern house Just across the street from
the one that he had built Just fifty years
before. Mr. Forgy was a first-class scholar
and even in late years his mind was extra
bright. The funeral arrangements have
not been made on account of the daughter
coming from the east and possibly the son
Robert from Washington.
81'ECIAl, THAIS BEACHES ALBION
Stops Made at Two Places by Crop and
hall Special of ort hvrestern.
ALBION, Neb., Jan. . (Special Tele
gramsThe special soil and crop train ar
rived on time over the Northwestern and
was met by a large number of farmers
who had come to bear the talk made by
the speakers. After leaving Elgin the train
stopped at Petersburg, where fully 500
farmers listened to Prof. Emerson and
Tugsley on the subject of corn raising. A
very good meeting was held at this point.
The next stop was made at Loretto,
where Prof. Hunt of Cornell university
gave a talk on the same subject.
The speakers at this place were Prof.
Hurtley, the great corn expert, and Dr.
Condra, whose talks were confined to more
advanced methods of corn raising.
the week was cold, with considerable wind. I demand of Edwards was met with a re-
riday and Saturday were warm. fusal on the part of Rieger, nut the latter
BEATRICE Company C gave a dance 1 later learned that no motion Tor a re-hear-In
the armory here last night. Prof. ; ing having been filed In the case there
Pokecky's orchestra furnished the music wa no ground in law ior nis reiaining
and the affair was largely attended,
WEST POINT During the month of De
cember sixteen births were registered in
the West Point district and during the
same time four deaths only have oc
curred .
BEATRICE Barney Ready of Wymore
was lodged In the county Jail today for
nrawing a gun on eorge rtrocK oi y
possession and upon advice of his attorney
gave possession peaceaoiy unu mi. to
wards was sworn In.
BEATRICR The price of wheat has
dropped a few cents In the local markets
the past few days, the top being '.0 cents.
Corn is selling at from SO to SI cents and
null at 21 tn L'5 rents ner Tmshel. On ac
count of the stormy weather for several
more and threatening to kill him. He will "ays tne past weeK. in ere was nov
be (riven a hearing Monday. l"UL" " mn i "" "
NO TRACE OF OKOUGE MERRIMA
Search for Nehraskan Lost In New
Mexico Brings No Results.
SANTA FE. N. M., Jan. .-( Special Tele
gram.) No trace has been found of George
Merrlman, the Nebraska man who has
been missing from here for one week.
Searching parties have been out the lust
two days ln the foothills and arroyas
around the city hunting for the body. It
is thought that he has been murdered or
that he was drunk and wandered off to
perish. No hopes of finding him alive are
entertained. Several rumors of a man
answering his description have appeared,
but nothing definite has been disclosed by
the searching parties. An Inventory of his
property shows he took nothing besides the
clothes he had on and money in his pocket.
The board bill was paid until tonight. His
friend Johnson Is exhausted by his efforts
and was unable to take part in the search
todn4
Bridge Case Inder Advisement.
SCHUYLER. Neb.. Jan. .-(Special.)-The
celebrated Platte river bridge case
was argued before Judge Reeder here this
week. It consumed five days and required
about thirty witnesses from all over the
county. The case started when Attorneys
Phelps and Orimlson, representing the tax-
I payers, secured an Injunction restraining
the county commissioners from allowing
Contractor Sheeley's bill for some $3,000,
the county clerk from Issuing the war
rant and the county treasurer from pay
ing the same. Then Sheeley started suit
against the county for payment for the
bridge, which was completed ln the fall
of 1904 and washed nut a courle of months
later. The county filed an answer alleg
ing that the contract was void, as there
was no money in the treasury when It
was made and no bridge levy and that
tho measurements of the other county
bridges were not correct and were ex
cessive. Attorney Strode of Lincoln rep
resented Mr. Sheeley. County Attorney
Allen the county and Attorneys Phelps and
Grlmison the taxpayers. Among the wit
nesses were some of the largest bridge
contractors ln the state. Judge Reeder
has takon the case under advisement and
will render a decision Iik the near future.
Jnry from Force of Habit.
OSCEOLA. Neb.. Jan. 6 (Special.) The
next term of court In Polk countvwlll con
vene here on January IS. like all terms
before It since Osceola has been a county
seat, a Jury has been summoned, notwith
standing the fact that It Is years since
there has been a Jury trial. The following
will serve at the coming term: William
Fentress. Fred Bralrhwalte, Harry Biggs,
ELMWOOD Wiilard T. Puvis of the
Peru normal school has been elected princi
pal of the Klmwood schools, to till the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
County Superintendent J. W. Gamble.
PLATTSMOl'TH The Plattsmouth State
bank tins elected the following officers:
President. W. H. Newell; vice president,
J. P. Falter; cashier. J. M. Holierts; direc
tors. S. H. Atwood, C. P. Atwood and John
Albert.
SEWARD Word has been received here
of the death of Mrs. D. J. Brown t
Milan, O. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were until
recently residents of this county. Mr.
Brown served two terms as legislator from
this countv.
PAPILLION Judge Wilson handed down
his decision ln the contest case of Collins
against Miller, sustaining paragraph L'. The
other motion was denied. The tlnal hearing
will come up liefore the newly elected
Judge (Bhlers) this month.
PAPILLION Judge Day will preside
over the Judicial affairs of this county
for the next year, he having been assigned
to this place by the Judges of the district
al Omaha. Court opens here ln Febru
ary. The Jury will be drawn this week.
HUMBOLDT Don Gridley, secretary, Is
preparing for the local farmers' Institute,
which Is set for January a and l'Vhruary
1, at which time a number of speakers of
state reputation will nld the local farmers
In solving the problems wmcu conironi
them.
SEWARD Will Neff. a young man living
near Ruby, met with a severe accident
while skating on a pond near that place.
He tripped and fell and the Ice gave way
and a. sharp edge of the Ice cut his head
open from the eye to the back of his ear.
He was brought to Seward for treatment.
WEST POINT Judgo Graves came over
from Pender Thursday and held a short
session of district court that afternoon. A
number of motions and demurrers were
heard and several Judgments were entered
upon verdicts. In the matter of the pre
cinct bonds their cancellation was set
aside.
BEATRICE John Melnts. secretary of
the Farmers' Elevator company at Piekrell
was ln the city yesterday and stated that
while the company has had some difficulty
ln securing a sufficient number of cars
to handle the business, it Is not handi
capped any more than the shippers are at
other stations.
SCHl'YLKR A. C. Oodenschwager has
sold his implement and bugy business to
E. J. Pokorny. who wlll'continue the busi
ness ln the present location. Mr. Goden
schwnger retains Ills hardware business
and will devote his time to that for the
present. The business Is one of the oldest
and largest ln town.
WEST POINT John Pahlow of Alliance.
Neb., and Miss Emma Kratke of Cuming
county were united in tnarrlaeg by County
Judge Louis Dowald. The bride is the
sister of Louis Kratke of Cleveland town
ship and is well known throughout the
county. The groom is a prosperous farmer
of Box Butte county
MILFORD The annual meeting of the
Farmers' Mutual Telephone company was
held at the opera house on Thursday and
a complete set of officers was elected.
George C. Fosler was elected president.
Representatives from the Bell and Inde
pendent companies met with the Farmers'
Mutual to try to make connections.
BEATRICE The funeral of the late
SEWARD The local fire department has
elected these officers: Dr. Louis Diers.
chief; Jacob Gochrlng. assistant chief;
Harry Graff, secretary and treasurer.
Ixithalr Srhultz. Dr. Dters. F. H. Stoeker
and Jacob Goehrlng were appointed dele
gates to the suite volunteer firemen's
meeting at Beatrice on January 16, 17
and IS.
PLATTSMOUTH The first meeting of
tho Plattsmouth Woman's club was held
at the home of Mrs. 11. J. Strelglit. The
program covered a wide range. The work
of the colored sisters In the convent in
New Orleans was discussed by the presi
dent, and Mrs. H. D. Travis gave an inter
esting review of the consequential events
of last year.
BKATRICE Ernest Kelso and "Major"
Johnson were bound over to the district
court In the sums of V each at Wymore
yesterday, and were brought here and
lodged In the county Jail. Kelso Is charged
with Ktiulliiir Home articles of more or less
value from the porch at the Ifensley home,
and Kelso with breaking into a Burlington
box car and carrying away some holiday
goods.
BEATRICE Beatrice lodge No. .
Knights of Pythias, Installed these officers
last night: C. A Miller, vice chancellor;
F. T. McMahan, prelate: John Tcrhune.
master of work; K. C. Koons, master at
nrniM' T M Hmke. master of finance:
Thomas Llddicott, master of exchequer; J.
H. Innian, keeper of records and seal; John
Wltzkl. Inside guard; Louis Moschel, out
side guard.
BEATRICE In the divorce case of Edith
Hess against Phillip Hess, tried In the
district court yesterday. Judge KWllgar re
fused to in ail t nlalnllff a divorce on the
ground that there was not sufficient cause
for action. Me gave Air. ana iuiw. n
irooil l.mir ufter rendering a decision
In the case. They are well-to-do people
llvina four miles cast of the city. Court
adjourned sine die at noon.
WEST POINT The following officers
were elected to serve the local lodge of the
Royal Neighbors of America for tho year
1SW: Oracle, Miss Bertha Krause; vice or
acle, Miss Anna Pecot; recorder. Miss Ida
Thinmnlc,-: receiver. Mrs. Lizzie Koch;
chancellor, Mrs. Emma Edlnger; marshal,
Mrs. Mattle Hansen; inner sentinel, Mrs.
Bertha Dill; outer sentinel, Mrs. Sophia
Geist ; manager iov three years. Miss Flora
Luedke.
SCHUYLER The third annual show of
tho Colfax County Poultry and Pet Stock
association closed Friday night. While the
entries were not quite aa large In number
as Inst year, the birds shown were top
notchers and the officers are well pleased
with the show. A good sized list of pre
miums was awarded. The attendance was
good and nfter all the bills were paid there
was a balance ln the treasury to start the
show next year.
WEST POINT Miss Flora Luedke of
West Point and William Borgennagen of
Fremont were united In marriage at the
residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. Barney
Herman, on Thursday, Rev. J. W. Sud
brock, pastor of the German Methodist
Episcopal church, officiating. The brido is
the daughter of Mrs. Wllhelmlna Luedke of
Bismarck township and the groom a well
known business man of Fremont, where
the couple will reside.
WEST POINT The volunteer fire de
partment of West Point held a meeting
and selected the following delegates to tho
Nebra-ska state volunteer nremen s con
MURDER IN ST. JOSEPH. M0.
Frank W. Elb Shoots Llssle Ellington
of Brookdeld, Mo., Then
Kills Himself.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Jan. .-Frnnk W.
Elb, a clerk for the Pacific Express com
pany, 23 years old, shot and killed Lizzie
Ellington. 19 years old, In a disreputable
house today and then killed himself In the
same manner. The girl's family is prom
inent at Brookfield. Mo., and she ran away
from her home and came here last Christ
mas. Elb Inherited considerable ni.inry at
the death of his mother recently ami spont
it lavishly on Miss Ellington. When he
tolu her today Ills cash wus exhausted she
al tempted to cast him off and quarrel
followed. The murderer and suicide Is of
a prominent family. His father t yard
master of the Union depot and his sister
is principal of one of the pub"c schools.
Htither Wwr for thorns.
NEW YORK, Jan. S The strike of the
i horus of the Metropolitan opera house
was ended this afternoon. The chorus re
turned to the opera house this nfternoon,
sl'iglng at the matinee performance of
Gounod's Faust. Director Helnrlch Con-
rled agreed to pay the members of the
chorus $ a week Instead of the I1S wages
paid them formerly and they relinquished
their demand for the recognition of their
union.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Jan. t-The mys
tery of the shooting of Charles A. Edwards
of New York, at the Hlller family home
stead on College street, last Tuesday night,
was apparently as deep as ever when tha
coroner resumed his Investigation today.
The corner, however, has given no sign of
discouragement.
The search for the weapon with which
the murder was committed went on today,
a gang of workmen continuing their In
snectton of the sewers In the vicinity of
College street by the coroner's order. This
search Is being made on the theory that
tho murdeter. In lravlng tho scene of tha
crime, disposed of the revolver by dropping
It In a sewer pocket. The catch basin at
Temple and Wall streets was opened today
and search made there. The fact became
known today for the first tlmo that tha
authorities have some reason to think thAt
Mr. Fdwards was not shot aa he lay In
bed ln the guest chamber, where his body
was found, but that he wns carried lnta
that chamber after the shooting and placed
In the bed.
This theory Is based on the dlscovary ef
several blood spots on one of the stocking!
worn by Mr. Edwards. Ho was found in
bed, dressed ln his underclothes and stock
lnss. The left stocking ws wrong aids
mit, as If the wearer had put it on that
way by mistake, and at the top of the
Instep were a number of small drops of
blood. On the bottom and side of this
storking there was considerable lint, while
there was no lint, on the other stocking.
The Inference which the detectives had
drawn Is that the man was carried from
another room to the guest chamber after
the shooting and that the left foot trailed
along the floor. The blood spots. If they
came from the wound In the head, could
reach the stocking only when the man was
standing erect. The bullet entered the up
per part of the left ear, and if the victim
were standing the drops from tho wound
might fall on the left foot
Wa still have copies of the New Tearg
Illustrated Edition of The Bee. Order thaia
now before the edition la exhausted.
railways win. It Is asserted, the Burlington j H. H. Hewett. F. J. Sehmoker. Jr., G. W.
will be required to pay about $fi0.(00 less In ' Holllster, E. R. Ware, John Ekley, Frank
taxes than It did In l'03. and the Union Pa
cific about $3ii.0ii less, while If the state
Chauner. F. J. Campbell, 8. A. D. Arme
gost. W. H. Nance, Charles Drouvall. W.
wins the Burlington will pay Hlfi.Ono more j 8. Miller, Ira Graham, F. J. Deland, F. F.
The Taking
Cold Habit
The old cold goes; a new one quickly
comes. It's the story of a weak throat,
a tendency to consumption. Ayer's '
Cherry Pectoral breaks up the taking
cold habit. It strengthens, heals. Ask
your doctor to tell you all about it.
Sold for over sixty years.
Wc have no secrets We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
Made y the . C. Aysr Ce., Lowell. Mm.
AIM MaaJkototrers of
ATBK'a BATS TIOOB For the hair. ATIB'g PILLS Tor aoasttrStioa.
AYEB'S SAKJUFA&UXA-FW tks stood. ATCK'S AGL'B CURB Foe auJuuaadafM.
Farmers' Association Prospers.
6U PER IOR, Neb., Jan. (.-(Special Tele
gramsThe Farmers' Shipping association,
huving its headquarters In this city, held
Its annual meeting for the election of of
ficers today. J. R. Fitzgerald was elected
manager and William Seemke secretary
and treasurer. Hon. William Dysart, W.
R. Kirkpatrlck and Hon. D. C. Wilson
were elected trustees. The business of the
association for the last year shows aa fol
lows: Number of hogs shipped, 7.783; num
ber of fat cattle shipped. 775; number of
cows shipped, 189. Value of all shipments,
$125,751; freight and commission and man
agers' charges, $7,521.91: net to the farmers,
$lld.2.,9.0S. The business of the association
shows a healthy increase.
Vanrieve Is Released on Bond.
DAKOTA CITY. Neb.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
Philip Vantleve yesterdsy secured bonds ln
the sum of $nio for his appearance at the
next term of district court to answer to tho
charge of violating the state liquor laws,
and he was released from custody. Gill
strap, who was arrested with VanCleve and
who undoubtedly was the leader In the
movement of operating an unlicensed saloon
In Blyburg, near the Winnebago reserva.
tlon, has failed to secure his bond of $500
and languishes in Jail. VanCleve bears a
good reputation In the neighborhood of
Sloan and Sallx, la., where he resided for a
number of years before removing to this
county, and It appears he was made a dupe
of by Glllstrap, who is an old offender
against the United States liquor lsws.
Major J. W. Williams was held here Sat- I vention, which meets ln Beatrice January
urdav at 10 o'clock a. m.. the remains ar- 16: Hose company No. 1. Dr. Harold
living hero Friday evening from Okmulgee. Thompson; hose company No. I. Rudolph
I. T.. at which place Mr. Williams died, lirazda; hose company No. 3. Joseph
Rawlins post No. 35. Grand Army of the Bluechel; hook and ladder company. Otto
Republic, had charge of the services, and, Harlimelr. The department as a whole
lnti rment was In Evergreen cemetery. will be represented by Fire Chief Malchow.
WEST POINT-MIss Theresa Rice of I GENEVA The women's rest room In the
West Point was united in matrimony to i basement of the court house was opened
George Glass of Tllden on Wednesday at. for the first time Saturday afternoon. It
tho Catholic parsonage by Rev. Joseph ' has been neatly finished up by the county
Rueslng. rector. The brido Is the daught-r board and nicely furnished by the Equal
. .. . j ttnffriiff Inh unA 1 nnmf nrrn.nlo Mild
or isicnoias rteuss ni neni i-oini ami me . ...... . , - r j I
Broom a voune business man of Tildeu. homely, with couches, rurs. rockers and
where the couple will make their home. , cradles, Plenty of reading matter, pic
HUMBOLDT-C. Edwards, who went .J1' V"?? IST'V1
Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co.
Exclusive Ajfcnts.
CLOBE-VVERNICKE CARD INDEX SYSTEMS
Make a poor business good a good business
better. They reduce guesses to facts esti
mates to certainties. They Increase profits
and decrease expenses. How? . Call and we'll
explain, or if you cannot call send for catalogue.
to take the office of register of deeds, to
which he was elected In November, came
very near having to resort to the courts
ln order to secure possession. The old
ofllelul, William Rlexer, hesitated about
giving possession until he could secure an
agreement from Edwards to release the
office to him in case the supreme court
reversed itself when the biennial election
law came up for re-hcarlng. The formal
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People Know How I'sefol It la
Preserving: Health and Meanly.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal M
the safest and most efficient disinfectant
and purlner ln nature, but few realize ita
value when taken Into the human system
fur the same cleaning purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy thai the more you
take of It the better; it is not a drug at all,
but almply absorbs tue ganes and Impurities
always pieoent in the stomach ana Intes
tines and carries them out of the system.
Cnarcoal swetens the breath after smok
ing, di'lnama' or after atuig onions and
Aged Fanner Killed by Trala.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Jan. ((Special Tele
gram.) Marlon Blackwood, a wealthy
farmer of Glenwood township, was struck
by the Burlington fast passenger west
bound one-half mile west of Odell last
evening and so badly injured that he died
today. He was walking along the track
and failed to hear the, approaching train.
Mr. Blackwood was (3 years old and had
resided In this county for twenty years.
Burlington Discontlanea Trains.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Jan. (.-(Special.)
A new time card goea Into effect Sunday
on the Burlington and passenger trains
Nos. 15 and IS, running between this city
and Ashland, will be discontinued. These
trains were put on as an experiment when
the last time card went Into effect a little
more than a month ago. Trains Nos. It
and 20 will handle the buslnesa ln the
future.
bers of the club served sandwiches and
coffee In the evening.
MEATRICE Captain Davis of the com
missary department at Lincoln, -nd Cap
tain Grimm of the Wlllier coinpanv, were
In the city Friday as a part of the Military
Board of Survey of Nebraska and inspected
the urniory and accoutrements of Company
l The local officers of the company as
sisted In the Inspection. The visiting ofli
cers brought the news that plans were
uti'lnr contemplation by Adjutant GenenU
Culver and the military board (or the con
struction of an armory In Beatrice to cost
$m.oon. Adjutant General Culver and Can
tain Davis may arraegH to visit Beatrice
soon and address the people of Beatrice
on the armory project.
WEST POINT The newly elected officers
of Cuming county wre installed Thursday.
In the offices of clerk, county indue and
superintendent and surveyor no charge hits
been made. The sheriff -elect, William
Malchow, Jr., has taken up his quarters
In the basement and will act as Jailor. He
will not appoint a deputy, preferring to do
the work himself. The new county treas
urer. Fred Thletje, has for a time retained
the services of former Deputy Treasurer
Charles McDermott. who was his opponent
at the polls. McDermott Is a republican
and an expert accountant and his retention
by Mr. Thletje Is considered by the re- ,
publicans ss a graceful act. '
HUMBOLDT A number of local cap
italists have taken hold of the brick plant
proposition a second time and It now looks
like tne project would be pushed tnrough at
A GENEROUS OFFER FREE!
We want everyone to try NATIONAL LIGHT OH and WHITE ROSR
GASOLINE. The only "BEST" Oil and Gasoline. It will save your EYES
It will uave the decorations In your house and on account of emitting
no offensive odor, it will save your HEALTH.
If you will cut out the following blank, fill It out and mall to
ns, we will send you a check good for ONE-HALF GALIjON OK NA
TIONAL LIGHT OIL OK WHITE ROSE GASOLINE FREE of cost.
Check will be payable at your nearest store. '
Name .'
Postoffice Address
Stale
Give names of merchants wltb whom you generally deal:
MAIL TO THE NATIONAL REFINING CO., CLEVELAND, O.
w.. . ;arlv date . san,,,,, of ,,ie ciay .,,. hHva
Charcoal effectually clears and improves sent away have proven Just what was
the complexion, it whitens the tectu and ! needed for a high grade brick and this
further acts as
STATE
MEDICAL
INSTITUTE.
Sews of Xehraska.
PI.ATT8MOUTH - The Rebekahs held
their annual Installation ceremonies Satur
day evening, after which refreshments
were served.
PLATTSMOITII-Mr. and Mrs. George
L. Farley pleasantly entertained eighteen
young women, members of the former's
(Sunday school class.
BCHVYLER Ahouf thru. Inrhu
fell here the laat week. The first part of jdiaary charcoal tablet,''
natuittl and eminently
tale catnartic.
It absoros the injurious gases which col
lect in tne stomacn and bowels; it disin
fects the mo u to ana tnroat from the poison
of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form or
another, but piobably the best charcoal and
the most for the muney is in Stuart a Char
coal Lmzeiiges; tiiey are composed of the
finest powdered willow charcoal, and other
harmless antiseptics in tablet form, or
rather In the form of large, pleasant tasting
lozenges, ti.e cnarcoal being mixed wun
honey.
The dally use of these lot.nges will soon
tell in a much Improved omuiiion of the
general health, better comp.exlon, sweeter
breatu and purer blood, tim beauty of
it is that no possible harm can result from
laeir continued use, but on the contraiy,
great benefit.
A Buffalo physician, in speaking of the
benefits of charcoal, says. "1 advise
fciuart s Charcoal Lozenges to all patlenta
Buffering from gas in stomach and bowels,
and to clear the complexion and purify the
breath, mouth and tnroat; I also believe
the liver is greaily benefited by the daily
uae of them; they cost but twenty-rive ceats
a box at drug stores, and although in aome
sens a patent preparation, yet I believe I
get mora and better charcoal in Stuart's
Charcoal Lozenges than in any of the or-
the organization plans to furnish. The
promoter of the proposition Is Postmaster
Bantz and the number of stockholders is
small, no one holding less than 15'XI of the
total $00,000 capital stock. The necessary
machinery has already been ordrd and
officers chosen aa follows: C. M. Linn,
president; A. A. Tanner, vice president;
H. E. Boyd, secretary; C. L. Hummel,
treasurer; while John Holman. together
with the officers as above, comprise the
board of directors. The plant will be
located on the Cooper Linn farm a short
distance west of the city and options have
already been secured on this tract along
with others adjoining and necessary to
complete a switch to the Burlington road.
Doctors for Men
Tha Men's True Speoiallgta
SALOONS SHUT TIGHT TODAY IB
Proprietors of Thlrst-Qoenehlna; He
sorts Have Tacitly Agreed to
Keep Closed.
Tn.lnv will he a atrlctlv drv Sunday in
cerned. No official order has been Issued
ln the matter, either by the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners or by the
chief of police. The saloonkeepers them- i
selves have reached an agreement to close
their places promptly at 12 o'clock Satur
day night and to remain closed until 4
o'clock Monday morning. No particular
reason is assigned for the action, but re
cent protests to the board are suppoxd
to have mora or less to do wita 1L
m
H Ban
Hydrocele,
Varicocele,
Stricture,
Emissions,
lm potency,
Gonorrhoea,
Blood Poison
(Syphilla),
Rupture,
rrrous
Debility.
If wa could but eee and treat all mea
when the hrst symptoms show them
selves there would soon be little need
lor so-clied ayoclaiisla la chronlo dla
um uiu ut wwumi be lew uiea
ciuii a lejutsuauu 01 their phy
im., titfeolAi atuu kvAUi puia, aud
iucis wuuitl be uuue warkeu with taa
tuuuuuie alAUip of cuusuiuuuual
0 ttuiuM, ana the autleieis iium
vn.cuCI.i,l, UuEET, biltiCTl Hal,
Kidney and Uiauder Diseases would ba
leuweeu to a umiaiuiiL ttul 4ui long
as MlN continue to disregard the
goiueu adage. "A stitch m lime saves
iiiue," anu continue to nrg.ecl liieiu
sclvta or to exercise ludiAeience or
poor Judgment in securing to tig tit
treatment at the outset, just ao tutig
will tnere be multitudes of vuroiua
.urferers.
KIDNEY and UR1NARV Diseases
and all Diseases and Vv'eaknessea ot
Mt.N due to evil nabila ut youth,
abut.es, excenses or tne result of neg
lected, unskilled or improper treatment
, .m.in nr nrlvat diseasea.
tloaa to tha allllcted, neither tl o we promise to cure them In a few
dara. nor oiler cheap, worthless treatment la order to secure their
paironaae. Honest doctors of recognised ability do not resort ta
such methods. Wo atnarantee a perfect, aafo and lasting care la the
quickest possible time, without leaving lajnrloas after effects la
the aratem. and at the lowest cost possible for hoaest. eklllfal
nrl isereifnl treatment.
I If you cannot call write for symptom blank.
xsmlnstlaa I Office Hours I a. m. tn I p. m. Sundays, lo to 1 ouly.
1308 Farnain htreet. Between 18tli aud 14th btreeu, Omuba, Neb,
r CCf Consultation
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