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TUB OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1906. 9 AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA on vuuucu rant Bfwir uraiDtne to Iu Third BetiiB(. FlNM. ACTION tO.Ei TAKtN tONIGHT Report IHa t Fir and Pallre Hoard Was Meel nod nrlff the I. Id I loaed Down naadny Pre to Re a ( ra, The ity itiihvil met In adjourned fw'nn At the council chsmbef at t p. m. yesterday and dispensed with alt other business, pp.. eedlny at unco to tnke up the three new .tnllimnces. Nm. t.Ml. 1.MI and 1.44a. On a motion hy W. It. Ariklns, president of he hoard, . all thro' of the ordinance". Were placed on wh'owI reading. - The ordinance are, )n order, Vh emergency ordinance, pro viding for ttfKspevtaJ.rlectlnn. on the tte of. tEm.PB lOnd a decided by the mass, meeting and reewmmended by the clllzofa' committee f rlghleeu; second, the rODtrnct ordinance aetanrlcmg the cMy to make .1 cvMraot with the Vtilon Stock Tarda conl peiiy. afhr th. rn.itnrr of the public agree, men In the ni-ii meeting: third, art irdinan repealing; the- (umuir net to roar ulstv th rnsfer system within the limits .fnith Omaha. Th cntnloll then adjourned tn meet at I p. nr. tonight, when tt la expected the or dinances will ronelvs their Timil rrsdlttg md hi fared. 'Tt I undTstortd that the dots of- the apeclal election will be February 13. - Mar rta4l4atf File-. The following; candidate filed for office yesterday:" Thomas T. O'Connor, demo crat. Mod for' tli 'office of tax Fnmmli aioncr; Kred Johnson, democrat, of the RV nd ward, filed for councilman: John V. Clsssa, republican, filed for councilman In the Third Ward; August Miller, republican, filed for councilman In the Fourth ward. Hat .takes start Fir. The fire department made a brisk run yeeterdsy morning to the residence at John Klllott, Twenty-Eighth And B streets. Tlie Are wss ceased by tome hot aahea being thrown put near the building. The tight wind seemed to have fanned the embers until they livened up and communicated th flame to the building. The losswas about line. " - Dt of Old Resident. The death of Mrs. Mary Hess, 2M Srtuth Twenty-fourth street, occurred laat Mon day night ' She was 68 years old and had been living with her son. Frank Hess, alnce the death of her husband. John Hess. She had been a resident oC Bouth Omaha for the past twenty years. The family Is well known and has figured as one of the pioneer families of the city. The funeral will be from the residence Thursday afternoon a?. She will be buried In Laurel HiU cemetery. Rev. R. U.Wheeler of the First Presby terian church will preach the funeral ser mon. , '"" ! Robbed y Roosaasate. James T.'Eatep reported last night that hit roommate. Bin Btuart. had disappeared from the McGucken lodging house on Q street yesterday, , taking with him a suit case containing; sUH of clothes, an over coat and a ftauT of shoes, along with other articles, atl of which were the property, dt Eaten. Ha valued the contents of the suit case at $30. Lp to the laat accounts no trace had beea d'Soovered of the (hissing Btuart. Via Meeting af Pollee Beard. ' It was reported last r'eht that there was to have bean a meeting of the Board of fire and Police commissioners in the city hall, and that a delegation Of prominent Bouth Omaha citizens would be present to lobby against the application of the "lid", in this city, v J!- .was understood .;." rnmbr of. a number of ihe . beet . known business firms would ba present with argument In favor of open saloons during Sunday, . The meeting and the delegation both failed to put In an appearance, and ft Is said that so far 'as the Board of Fire and Police commissioners Is concerned It had not in tended to have any meeting at all. Yoetbfol Coasts Retaras Home. A brother of Miss EfTJe Morton of Cheney, KeV. who was forced to pass the night of .Monday In the city Jail, together with her youthful' lover, arrived In this city early "resterday morning. With the brother was the constable Of Cheney, who took charge af the runaway pair. It was learned that the parents of both families had no serious objections to the match, but that they de sired that the couple wait untn they were alder. The whole party returned to Cheney oa the first train. The. tittle girl waa tired, although she slept part of the night seated in the rocking chair of the jail office. Pert of the glamor of the romance had worn aft and she said she was willing to go home again, as the cltV jail waa a chapter she had not counted on. 1 X Magda City Cassia. Interest on all city warrants stops today Thomas Qlllia was arrested yesterday. for ueing a suspicious character. T. B. Mcpherson returned Sunday from a business trip to the western part of the state. The Ladles' Catholic Order of Foresters gave a dance last night at the Workmen lenipsa. . , - ' Oeore-e ftchlenker was sentenced to four day on the rock pllo for Intoxication and vtrmncJr . . ....... Tha first annual hall of the Kebrmjkii Telephone Joaja-vuira. a ill be given toitiaiit at the vt orknu-n temple, li'ss May McCsmly, who has been vlait n GTOPthk PAirj or wdGunATisn Nauralgla, Selatlaa and Lumbal with K.LIM.I-N A.TUM. Between pains tsit C4JM4-NO to clsarth Blood of rheumatic poisons, to restore th ciiruUtioo, and to txssant recurrence. ttniiwM atasarssiw slsosotK as are rem fesai , aturaaiaa. maiM. mt.4 aU staar asrsocum. Tas Baas aoaauas arag asbtis. ' For ContUtlo) mm B-UM4-NKTS. ; -1 I M-t-N FT3 IV Bust I 4xVMS,. HWhh y . WERNICKE 4,ELrV$TICw.50DK-CA5le Y f. Ayem cltsaitsi traot'-, J a tfosca books, cos unit M J mors books caon wilt. f M vi fet them gs waaUd. V Orchard & VYilhelm Carpet C. V Ins- in this city for aim time past, lias returned to her home in BprlngflHd. ,Neh. Mrs, Berkley K. Posielthwalte. North Fifteenth street. Is son to leave the city to pay a visit to her old home at Mankato, Minn. The Ms s;lc Cllv King's Daughter will meet with Mrs. W. ( Lambert, on Twenty third strevt, between C and 1, Thursday afternoon. A stater of Mrs. J M. Taylor. 1714 Mis souri arenue. arrived last night Irom Florida and expects to be here several days visiting her sister. The coroner's Jury which sat In the ense of 1ewl Kvucn, Who waa killed last week at Cudahy s Ice plant, returned a verdict of accidental death. PhuI Welsenburg waa arrested on a war rant sworn nut by a woman who says that he struck her ami Jerked her about roughly. He aili face the cnarge of assault and bat- M-ry. An adjourned meeting of the auditing cemmltte of the Tri-Citv Poultry asaocia itnn was held at the residence of U. W. Btattibaugh. Everything whs reported to tie In good shape. The association will hold a conference at the rooms with V. E. Renno of New York. Vedneaday evening, at i: p. m., who la ehfciLgeil to hold meetings of a week's dura tion nrter March l. Mlas Mtna lialr. who has recently re turned from Calltornla, has matte a fur ther trip to Oakland, la., to visit her mother. She will soon return to this city and be at the residence of W. D. Stara baugh. . Mootevllle Flowers will present in mono logue selections from Victor Hugos mas ttrrplece, "Lea Mlaerables. ' Katuiday even ing. Mr. Flowers Is president of the Flow em Academy of Speech and Dramatic Art at Cincinnati. This wi(l be th fourth num ber in the Young Men's .'hrisiin associa tion course. The next number will be Durno, tho magician, February 22. The entertainment of the Musical Art so ciety fit Omaha- Thursday ntgm promises to be one of much more man ordinary niuiiity. The tiumbera will consist of a collection of folk lore and provincial Songs and ballads sung without any acenmpama ment by a chorus of trained voices. 1'rof. Dichetson. the humorous impersonator, will have a prominent share In the program. Frank W 1 1 lee k. a. celebrated violinist, wilt render a number of selections to suit all tastes. PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL Errslsg gpeat la Opealag aad Read lac la Detail Bids Sabmltted for Sappllea. Most of the time of the city council at the regular meeting Tuesdsy night was occupied In heating the reading of the various bids for supplies for the city for the coming year. These were long and tedious, especially the drug bide for the city dispensary, but the city attorney ad vised that the law said that they should be opened and read In open .council meeting, and so they were. The reading was finally finished and th bids were given to the city clerk to tabulate and to bring to a meeting of the committee of the whole when the heads of the various departments will be on hand and decide which is the lowest bid on each article. An ordinance was Introduced making it Unlawful for any person or company to Sell or keep for sale 'any produce, grain, butter, lard, or groceries in packages, cans, bags or boxes where the same can be conveniently sold by weight or measure, unless the net weight is stamped or printed In plain figures on each can or package. The penalty is fixed at O0Q. The city clerk was instructed to advertise for bids for lumber for repairs and con struction of sidewalks and crosswalks. Ordinances were alao passed ordering the paving of Harney street from Eighth to Ninth and Woelworth avenue from Twenty-sixth to Twenty-ninth and the repaying of St. Mary's avenue from Seven teenth to Nineteenth streets, and the Im provement of Eighteenth from Spencer to Emmet street. . WOMAN DENIES ARSON CHARGE Keeper af Boardlagr Hoaae Says (ba . DM hat Set Place em , "v.n... Fit-,. - - " Mrs. 'Mary' Stevens, proprietress of a boarding house at 2X5 Farnam street, pleaded not guilty to a charge of arson Sled against her In police court Tuesday morn ing by Deputy County Attorney Foster. The woman would not commit herself fur ther than to protest her Innocence of the chart. The evidence against the woman, as fur nished by the tire chief and detectives, is that fir broke out at the Stevens home at 1 11 Monday morning simultaneously in three parts . of the house, tt having been Impossible, according to the statements of the fir chief, for the fire to have com municated from one of the plaoes to an- otkt-r before the arrival of the apparatus to addition to that the fire chief stated the smell of coal oil wa tn evidence at one of the placea where the fire broke out. . Mrs. Stevens will have her hearing Thurs day morning. The complaint was sworn to by C. P. Richards, one of the eleven occu pants tn the upstairs part of the Stevens place. Detectives Ferris and . Dunn, who made tha arrest and Investigated the case, said the woman recently bought the boarding house furnishings for 3nO and secured In surance for tflOO a few days ago In the Qcrmart Mutual company. . The three points of origin of the fire are said to have been tn the parlor, furnace room and In a closet off the kitchen. POLITICS TAXES AND CROPS All Farniab Interesting- Ulseasslaa far People Oat at Laws City, nya A. P. Tally. A. P. Culley of Iup City, president of the First National bank of Loup City ike First National bank of Greeley and the Stat bank of Sargent, ts at the Mer chants. He says farmers In his section sre most prosperous and do not care whether they sell their corn now or not, ss they tUak the-pries will go p mot still. He added: "Land Is rapidly advancing In value and large purchases have been made during the laat year, eapeclally by local parties. The crops were excellent. "Our country Is full of candidates for governor and the boys are all talking about the chances of John Wall, Peter Mortensen and W. R. MUler. "The farmers tire considerably worked up over the refusal of the railroads to pay their taxes and the decision of Judge Munger, made quite a hit out eur way We think It Is no mors than justice that the railroads should pay their taxes Just as the bankers and others engaged in bus Inesa do. The guatter of taxes is a small per rent of any business and the public Is sure ta And fault with any who attempt to shirk the payment of their taxes, even though they may feel they are tn exceaa of what they ought to be. Public opinion was beginning to work pretty strong against th railroads arbtca refused ta set tle according to th assessment made." In Detseratt straits , ar many, who could be cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Mo and li.OU. For sale by Sherman ft McConnel Drug Co. lajnred Has Improving. Walter Riggs. who was taken to the gwedisn nospiiai Honaay afternoon suffer ing from severe injuries received in a fall. was reported to he improved last night. The spells of consciousness were more frequent rcsterday. and ia every way he appeared be recovering Rings Uved with his brother at Oounoij Bluffs and was employed ry tn Jiunuan xroa company on sc-oe work being Hunt at the factory of L. G. lHup. 11 North ' Fourteenth strret feU three stories to the inoiind and was in jured Sbost taw naad and tody ' 1STERURBAN TOR FARMERS Eltctria Lis Soon to Csniect loa'.heri (antiei wi'h Oatha. ' WILL CARRY PASSLKGLRS AND EXPRESS Company la Farmed by game Fae . tors f aatrolllag Street Cat Mae and Will In Its Terminals, . Farmers of Cass, Sarpy, Otoe Klch.-lon and Ne naha countle soon will be eble to telephone to the Mg stores bf Omaha In the morning for an order of gooda and have It delivered at their doors the same day by the new Omaha V Southern inwr urban Railway company, the artlrius of Incorporation of which recently have been filed. This company Is formed by practi cally the same stockholders which control the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail way company, and the primary object Is to haul passenger to and from irt Crook and Bellevue and In the near future to extend the line further south Into the other counties named. In order to get Its share of the na'n gers from points where the railroads at In competition the company has incor porated In such a way that it may engage. In hauling baggage and light express. ViUt these baggage and express cars In opera tion the company will be in shape to haul llpht express packages from Omsha mer chants to the farmers and to return the lighter products of the farm, such a milk and eggs. sarpy Coaaty l.lne Limit Mote. The company Is organized to operate only as far as the Sarpy county line south ct South Omaha, where the Walnut HV.l car now stop, but undoubtedly a traffic am ce ment will be entered into with he Omaha t Council Bluffs Street Railway company so that facilities will be had In Omaha. The officers of the Omaha company say no arrangements have been made for terminal facilities In Omaha, but that some such may be provided. The company was organized with a capital stock of tl.nnO.OOO with powers for contracting an indebtedness for two-thirds of the capital stock. The articles of Incorporation do not give the right to operate, these coming by grant of officials sucb as franchises. An official said: 'The company Is strictly an Interurban company, organised for bringing passen gers and baggage to and from Omaha, and all that It expects to do In Omaha Is to rim Its cars In and out that they may be loaded and unloaded With Interurban buslntss." NEW GRAIN RATE JN EFFECT Combination of Locals from -Omaha to Baltimore ta now Operative. Grain continues to move out of the Omaha grain market In spite of . the raise In the rate on corn, taking effect yesterday. All shippers made a special effort to toad all the cars possible Monday, so as to get In under the old rate and the Burlington alone loaded 277 cars of corn, this In spite of the rumor the railroads would hold backs cars, waiting for the raise tn rates. The Milwaukee's alleged, discrimination against Omaha in favor of Kansas City is a thing of the past and the rate now In efect on all roads Is a combination of the two locals, that Is the local to Chicago and the local from Chicago to Baltimore. In spite of the fact that D. O. Ives, freight traffic manager' for the Wabash, anounced he had revoked his announcement that be ginning January 18, .the t'abash would haul grain to New York and Boston an the rate which the railroads had agreed upon and which are a cent lower than the com bination rates, the rate has been filed with the Interstate Commerce commission So It is operative. Mr. Ives announced he would withhold the rate until after the meeting of the freight representatives of th trunk lines in New York this week, but for som reason he filed the tariff with the commis sion, just the same. What th next move will be cannot be learned. KUHN GOES WITH UPDIKES Former Sorthwreatera Freight Official Beeana.es TraHlo Mauser far - Lfca 1 Urnln Company, J. A. Kunn, formerly assistant general freight and passenger agent of the North western, with jurisdiction over lines a est of the Missouri river, returned Tuesday morning from Bloux City and leaves Thurs day for New Orleans In company with N. B. Updike, with whom he will be as sociated in the grain business. Since the establishment of the grain exchange in Omaha business has become largely a transportation problem and Mr. Kuhn's ex perience In the railroad world will stand him In good stead a traffic manager for th Vpdike. , Annonneementa af tho Theaters. Andrew Mack, sweet-singing Irish com edian, will be greeted at the Boyd theater this evening by a friendly audience, if ever a man had one. The Knights of Columbus of Omaha and Council Bluffs are going to make the night a memorable one for Mr. Mack. He Is an enthusiastic meaiber of the order, and the local lodges propose to show him what a warm welcome looks like. He is still playing "The Way to Ken- mare," in which he waa seen here last season, when he was on his way to Aus tralia. His success in the antipodes was all he could ask, but his American con tracts required his return to this country. The play la an Irish romance, told in a modern way, and Is full of good-humored fun and permits the star to sing several songs in his fine tenor voice. The engage ment Is for Wednesday and Thursday even ings. Tim Murphy will "be at the Boyd theater on Friday evening, presenting "The Texas Bteer," a fine revival of a fine old farce comedy. He still plays the role r Mav erick Brander. snd Miss Dorothy Sherrod will have the part of Bossy Brander. Seats for the engagement of "Ben Hur," at the Boyd next week, go on sale this mor-ilng. The engagement, is for Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, with a matinee on Wednesday afternoon. At the Burwood this week "What Hap pened to Jones" Is being offered with un common success. The company Is entering into the performance with much seat and is getting splendid results. The next mat inee will be on Thursday afternoon. x ' It ia scarcely a hyperbole to assert the Fadntta orchestra to use aa old figurative expression has taken Omaha by storm. The women dressed in white inaks a pretty appearance, but their music is doubly at tractive. In the reed, string and brass de partment th orchestra ia well equipped. The ensemble results , arc harmonious, strong and beautKut. ' The excellence of the other acts must not be overlooked la bestowing praise and 'credit th Fadetta orchestra ts evidently the unusual affair that Is frulisUng such great Interest and patronag. Th popular price Thursday matinee will be given Tharsday. Saml Burns, cut olive, at, SIX-WEEKS FIREMAN BOLTS lawth Who I -earns Railroading by Mall Palls ta Use Like th man who took special lesson on "how to become a millionaire," B. Links, jr.. of AtlanUc la., has been In the elty for several days trying to get the "Nstlonat Railway Training association. with headquarters In , room &A rax to a block, to mske good Its promise to hint to secure him a job s fireman of om railway In consideration of SIS good money thst Link hsd bald for his education a a fireman with th understanding. he states, of securing a job In addition. Xll that Mr. Unke has to show for his til Is an elaborate certificate of graduation from the school bearing dste or Januarr 1, 1ft, with the signature of W. H. Dugherty, president, attached. Mr. Llnke. who Is about It or 10 year old. said: "I paid for my tuition by In stallments of 5 each, and the distinct un derstanding I had wss that upon gradua tion I waa to be. given, a graduation cer tificate that Would procure me a job fireman. This, 1 understand, would be with the Mllwsuke road. I wrote to th Milwaukee people about It, but received no reply. Then I went tn person to on of the division headquarters of th road and made an application to ' the master me chanic, showing him my certificate. H only laughed at m and fold me the only way a person .could get a Job fireman was by beginning lit the bottom and work ing up by practical experience, and that would take from one to three, years, ac cording to my ability. They said they knew nothing about any Bremen's school anywhere, and that tha certificate was not worth the rper it was printed on. About sll the school taught me -was a little about hand signaling and something about air brakes.' ' A reporter for The Be called at suite tX Paxton block and found the ajtartment to consist of one small room on th top floor, overlooking the beautiful vista of th roof of the adjacent buildings. There was on desk In the room, which was about 12x14 feet square, and a young woman sfenog- rapher who said Mr. Dougherty' would b in presently. He appeared tn a few mo ments and at once proceeded to open a con siderable bundle of mail that had arrived during his temporary absence and shortly thereafter a letter carrier cam with s not her'ln voice of malt. Mr. Dougherty stated that th school had been established here about two months. "I came hre from Minneapolis," he said, "where t operated the school for some time. Our method Is similar In many respects to the International School of Correspondence at Washington, which prepare students for the civil service examinations. W aim to teach by correspondence only brakemen and firemen. We do hot teach engineering. The course is about six weeks long. W do not absolutely guarantee positions to oUr graduates, but our Certificates will go far toward securing them postions. We also furnish our graduates with letters of rec ommendation. I have a large class here. Our tuition fee Is 115, and with It we provide a book of Instructions and carry on th Instructions by correspondence. Bom of the railroads will not acept our graduates at all. notably the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island." . , , , 'We do not teach by practical demon stration. Neither do W refund the tuition money to our graduate should they fail to secure a job on our certificates." Experience ts nmeuaaea Deaf Teacher. So many parents of young children do hot realta the danger trom croup until they hav had tb . experienceit , on sever case in their own home., tTe,D awakened In the middle of the nightsibv th peculiar rough cough and find their little on uf ferlng from a fully developed attack of the croup and nothing In the bouse with which to relieve it Is a lesson never to be forgotten. A good remedy st hand Is of Incalculable value In a time tike this and nothing better can be obtained than Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. It has been thoroughly tested tn hundreds of cases and not only cures croup, but when given s soon as the first symptoms sppear It will prevent the attack. The fact that thla remedy contains n ' narcotics fnakes It perfectly safe to give to th children. Sew York Symphony Orchestra. Unusual interest is being taken by th musical and social bodies In th concert at the Auditorium, with Mr. Walter Damrosch conducting. As In the case la Carnegie hall. New Tork, this event will, nq doubt, prove as great an attraction to,, the social sets as to those whose very souls are wrapped In music' The sale of sests wilt open Thursday morntrig at the Auditorium. Card of Thanks. I wish to thank my many friends, especi ally the management of the Hotel Detlone, Mra F. H. Smith and Methodist hospital nurses, for their kindness and sympathy during the sickness snd .burial of my little daughter, Dorris P. Reynolds, also for the beautiful flowers. HER MOTHER. DIAMONDS. Frenzer.. 16 th and Dodge. Harry H. Davis, undertaker. Tel. lT4. Merrltt Phar., IS A Doug. Open alt night Bhriver A Bruening, dentists, tt Barker blk. Minor liei far Lad. Eileen Itwl-ss, .a minor, has brought suit In the United States circuit ourt against the United States snd Hiram Chase to recover possession of the ucrth half and the southeast haif of the south east quarter of section '. township 25, range east In Thurston county, ar.d for fct.VK) rental money due from the defenuant. United States. The case grows out .f th guardisnshlp of the land in question snd judgment is asked of the rental proceeds derived from the property by the United States as agent fur the plaintiff rhi is an Indian of - the Omaha tribe. Hiram Chase, one of the defendants, is alto nn Indian, and was at one time county otlor ney cf Thunuin county. Corkrell Uenves City Hall. George C. Cockrell, late city claim agent, moved his persons! effects into an office at Farnam street Monday and is now ready snd fully equipped to transact any ana. all buslnea falling to the lot of a duly authorised justice of the peace. The judge is occupying part of the suite of roums Just vacated by the Press club. He moved a lot of his smaller junk from the city ball in two large waste baskets, the transfer taking place at the height of th snow storm Monday -morning. formeBabf ffQ So many mothers have writ tea oi, telUng bow much McUin'g ' Food has don for their babies, that r hav. thousand of mothers letter in our files. If yon feet interested, w w-l sand yoa tonka af any of thaae let tars, aa ysa can wra ts tha naathara yeuraalf an eerily tun. Very baaly ws have tetiai went finra H year vicinity hm yoa may knew. A aaauas of hteiila's road San free ea ran mat. ttES lVuV't?tairiM Gold hTBltiTvui tort Laud, Or. Ml. Maxflma rooo c, rtoaTOM, ham. sitaSia If the firms, from which you biiv your goods Mr. Business Man, know howDmaha is growing, wouldn't it, help your standing? It will help you - it will help Omaha. Your credit standing and Omaha's credit standing are very closely connected - Be as careful to give your city a good reputation, as you are to protect the good name of your firm. Why not send them a' copy of the Bee's New Year's Edition and Bird's-Eyc View of Omaha. - Send in your orders now. Only -a few copies are left. Let us have the list and we will. mail them for you post" paid, at" 15 cents' per copy. . . The Bee Publishing Co., Omaha, Neb. CURRtlT UTEMTIIRE. 'The Social Secretary," by Dkvld Graham Phillips, Is d study of Washington society life. The social secretary la a young woman Whose family had been humbered among; the old and exclusive families of that city. When financial reverses came she kecepted a position as .social secretary to the wife of an ambitious western senstor. Who ts not so familiar with the social customs and duties devolving upon a successful leader of Washington society, but deslrdus of do ing all she can to assist knd please the senator. Mis Talltowere Is given full sway and determines to win distinction and prest ige .for . her employers. ,. Her. Xam)lrlty with social customs and duties, together with her personal charm and executive ability, achieve for the Burke's a first plae tn Washington society. Incidentally Miss Talltowers falls In love, which adds to th finish of th story. The tory I bright. Interesting and will prov enjoyable. Th Bobbs-Merrlll company are the publishers. "Th Balllngton's." by Frances Bqulres. Is a story that treats a fresh and vital theme In two sltustlon which finally be come mutually involved. Two families are presented, tn ons of which th husband is the financial pdw. In the other, the wife. The main tntert cntr In th spiritual awakening of Agnes Balllngton, her struggle for her rights of the soul and the steady Involvement of other home and other Individuals. The growth of a tragic climax of profound ethical and prac tical signlficence Is Worked out with da.lng logic, and Its solution ts bold and unmis takable. Th plot I full of Incident, with increasing momentum and suspense to the end. A perennist humor relieves th earnestness of th book, little. Brown Ik Co. are the publishers. "Shipwrecked In Oreenland," By Arthur R. Thompson, also author of "Gold-seeking on the Dalton Trail," i a stony of ad venture with the scans laid In northern waters. A party of boys with a sea-captain, and an older young man, find a drifting steamer not far from St. John and set otit to rescue th stranded passengers and crew. Their sdventures on th Greenland and Labrador Coast are vividly portrayed and 'their visit to the Eskimos' village is Instructively entertaining. The book is Illustrated with twelve full page Illustra tions from phetogrsphs. Little, Brown ft Co. are the publishers. "Under Rocking Skies," by I Frank Tooker Is a tale of the sea which appeared in serial form In The Century magasine. i Th scene Is laid on a salllng-aessvl voy ' sgtng from a northern port to the West , Indies. The vessel stops off Its home port ' on the Long Island coast, Wher th cap tain take aboard, a passengers, his wife, daughter, and tlie village minister, and much against his will, ships a new mate. Both thr men are young, and the story Is primarily a love-story with Sa unusual setting. In which the event of an exciting snd dangerous experience ar powerful far- Itors tn determining the choice of the heroine. The stoclal courage and the daring of the captain, and the picture of life aboard ship, are Intimate and real, and true Im pressions of types bow fast passing away. The description of the storm which the vessel encounters is very realistic and the picture of the sea are very fascinating. M. J. Burns snd Martin Justice hav fur nished the illustrations. The Century com pany is ths publisher. No one ran Intelligently follow the de velopments of American politic who doe not avail himself of th Information col lected In a comprehensive political yeir book like the New Tork Tribune Almanac. This publication covers th national field snd offers its readers th freshest fscts concerning our varied political activities. It reproduces th vol by counties la earb stats la which aa election was held In 1; summarises federst legislation for tbs year aad notes all Important changes in per sonnel under th national government aad th stat governments. Th Trlbun Ai Mou for 190 glrs, beaidaa, th vote lu very stats by counties for Roosevelt aad Parker, and tabulates ths official retaras by states for all the sis presidential ticks ts la the Aeld ta 1904. It gives th popular vot for rrasideat by states from 1MD to 10 and lb electoral and popular votes fog front- traitiS Mil EBusiness dent and vie president since 1789. It gives the full and exact vote cast for candidate for coi gress In each congressional district In the United 8tate In 1904 and th political platforms and national committees of alt parties. Politics Is the main feature of the Issue for 19C4. But other topics are covered with, fulness and accuracy. The federal govern ment,' the various federal activities snd services, financial, commercial and Indus trial Statistics, are features only less im portant than the digest of election returns. Educational and religious statistics, sport ing fecord. statistics of learned and pa tiiotlo Societies, foreign miscellany, a nec rology and a review of the Russo-Japanese war are Included In this handy and useful publication. The new Issue, of 414 page, sells, as usual, for JR cent. . Cloth bound, cents." ' I1 ' T - ' ' ' ' " ' - - i "Cordelia's Pathway Out," by Kdna A. Foster, is a story ror girls. Miss Foster, Whose able editorial work in connection with the children's page of the Youth' Companion has long marked her as un usually Well fitted to provide good read ing for the young, will be remembered as th author of "Hortense," a story for young girls which showed such power a to raise tt entirely above the level of or dinary books of thst nature. Her new book, "Cordelias Pathway Out." Is com plete In Itself and Wholly Independent of the former book, but In It Mis Foster has carried along the brilliant little Hortense and many of the character of that story, While bringing Into prominence the quiet j Cordelia whose admiration and love for Mortens act as aft Incentive to study and cultivate a desire tor growth. "Early in the story she Is transplscted from the vil lage In which we first find her, and come into larger living and th bestowal of modest "advantages." She Is a Shy, country-bred child, but she observes, Imitate and applies the best to her own life, and th exercise of loving snd homely quslt ties brings her to a desirable plane. Th writer Convincingly shows that earnestness, Will-power and tenacity of purpose may be a potent a brilliancy with It manifold temptations. Published by Lothrop, Lee tt Shepard company. "Charles the Chauffeur." by Samuel Kits worth Kiser, wss published originally SS a serial In the Sunday Magasine supple ment of the New Tork Tribune, Chicago Record-Herald. Philadelphia Press and other papers, where It attracted unusual sttentlon and favorable comment.' The book Is a pleasing story of an ignorant. Intrepid chauffeur naively told In his own word. How he prospered In his attachment for the Wautlful, rich, young widow, of whom he is the pride and pet, their hair-raising sdventures and his final downfall ar char acteristically and amuaingly set forth. The book abound tn original situations, is de liriously flavored with clever ' as tire,, and Is one that will be enjoyed by motorist and victim alike. The Illustrations. In black and white, are spirited end Interesting. Th Frederick A. Stokes Company Is th pub lisher. "Nick of the Woods: A Story of the Early Bottlers tn Kentucky." . by Robert f Montgomery Bird. Is a popular novel and Kentucky, which waa originally published In the year 1S. This novel, long out of print, had in Its day a phenomenal sals, in both this country snd in England, for its realistic presentation of Indian sod frontier life In th early day of Ihe set tlement in th south, and for th ex citing Incidents narrated In the tats with all toe art of a practiced writer, and the glamor that attaches to a keen observer of character. A very eharmlng lovs romance runs through the story. This new snd tasteful edltioo of "Nick of th Woods", will be certain to make many new ad mirers for this enchanting story from Dr. Bird clever snd versatile pen. There nr four Illustrations by Mr. J. Watson Davie. The book ts published by the A. La Burt company. "Mrs. Darreli;' by Foscroft Davis, is a penetrating bit of analysis In the form of sn exoeptionslly good Story of the social sid of high political lu ia the national capital. It vry genuine , people are sketched with a light touch, a delicacy of expression, thst make ths book enjoyable reading. Those who knew the city well enough to recognise ths unerring accuracy of ven lu minor deuila will wonder over the skill which has produced suck reel Interestingly varied typea It Is full of highly diverting humor without a trac of . . men.- ; satirical sting: on the contrary, lu pre vailing tone is refreshingly wholesome. Published by the Macmlllan company, "Sablna." by Helen R. Martin, Ilk Little Tlllle, the Mennonlt maid, who wa Mrs. Martin's first creation, comes to us from another world from this same' out-of-the-way world "of the Pennsylvania Dutch, but from the Amlsh Instead of tho New Mennonltes. The Amlsh sre quit ss quaint and curious ss the New. Mennonltes. Sablna, except for unusual beauty, differs little 'from her passive relatives; and yet what makes of her a remarkable character and gives point to the tragic little lata Is the curious psychical, quality of th girl's mind. Now and again, and always as a , forerunner of family disaster, ther comes to the girl a vision of a face. An artist oomea down and boards wltH tr.1 'Amlsh. family t" (rather material ' Tor ''soma sketches. He seems wonderfully fascinating to Sablna, used only to the broad-brlmnuM hats and stolid face of the farmer lads round about. His coming ts ths beginning of a pathetic little love story, to which tho occasional Vision of the face add 4 traglo note, ending hut the ending Is too Unusual to Mnoll by telling. The Century company is the publisher. "Tli Armstrongs," by Laura K. Richards, author -of "Captain January,-1 Is th story of three city children Edith. May and Ag- atha Armstrong who spend a summer with their mother's spinster cousin. Miss Eunice Verney, who occupies a big ancestral farm In the country. Ths visit to Bywood ts fruit ful In adventures, which sre related to tho mother of the girl In a series of letters written by each of the children, and als? by dear, prim, kind-hearted Miss Eunice. Phil, th brother of th three girls, and a very wide-awake and attract!- boy, also figures promlnenently in the story. Like sll of Mrs. Richard's tales, "Ths Arm strongs" Is breesy, spirited hnd fascinating, and the girl will be fortunate who can add it Id her book shelf. Illustrated by Julia. Ward Richards. The book is published by. Dana Estes ft. Co., Boston.. "Fifty and One Tales of Modern Fairy land," by F. Strange Kolla, 1 a collectioa of fairy stories that are not only entertain ing but are actually new. Every child will want to hear over and over about th Rod Goboltng, who Uvea In a bottle of Ink. th Tobacco Imp, the Quarrelsome Knives and their peculiar fate, ths Balloon that ran away with Disobedient Albert In It, th ad. venture of th Automobll that had a con science, and a host of ether entirely new nursery character. Th tale are of ab sorbing Interest to children without - th usual characteristics of bloodshed, love or revenge In them. Th book ts published by; ths Grafton Press. "An Act In a Backwater." by B. F.' Benson, it aa unequaled picture of th narrow, gos sipy life of an English country town, skil fully drawn and full of pleasant characters. Th heroine I a ehannln. girl, who from th beginning hold lb sympathy of tho reader, and the story of her wooing r&mea to th heart with unusual freshness., 1, Applet on ft Co. sre ths publisher. Abov books At Iswast retail price. Matthews, 121 South Fifteenth. street. You Can Afford McCfure Q Thor) mr rneny tn-J- tolllg ent Americans who cannot ft f ford tho " four-dollar magazines. It should be eenthorrielotheir oonftctousnees that they can have the beet that's going for one dollar, and I shall take pleasure in diffusing this information among the' people raeehel by the 7J.003 circulation of the Union Gospel News. Alice E. Haneoom, Editor," AO oo stand, loc. b a year - - NicClure's Magazine 44 East 3d Stret, Kw Tor' ' I
