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TIIK OMAHA DAILY BKE: FKIDAV, .TANUAKV VJ, VJOG. AFFAIRS AT 'SOUTH OMAHA Polk Board Being Urged t Order linday Cloning; of Saloona. ' BIG BANQUET TO UVt STOCK BREEDERS to Lorato Hrr Wklrk Will Maaofaotoro Faraltare oad In. terlor Flalshlacs m , 1 kUrtf Seal. Although there is no organised effort on the part of. the temperance forrea of this olty, nevertheless, there I and has boon raucn timen interest men in me qucs tion of the Sunday, closing of the saloons. Numerous rrlon have appealed to the Board of Fire and Polloe Commissioners expressing desire that they take some definite action. Yesterday Kev. James Wise of 81. , Martin's Episcopal .church wrote a uuhllo letter to the board setting forth hi view, ot . the matter. He argued for the benefits of the movement In all Its Phases. Speaking of. his U-tter he said that he appreciated- the position of the board 'In this place and Its expressed desire to at her home. 1Mb North Twenty-fourth street, Wednesday, January H. Mrs. H. B. Tnsg. Mrs. XV. D. Oodfrey and Mrs. XV. B"Ott King will share the pleasure of giving an "at home" at the resldenre of Mrs. King. 2311 O street, on January 31. Miss Lynn Sutherland, president of the Rebekah essoin My, leaving this morning for Balem, Neb., where she will conduct an In stallation In the local lodge at that point tonight. S. A. Brown and Miss Nettle I,c1ghton ef Omaha were married st the parsonage of the First Baptist church Wednesday night. Rev".. Oeorge VsnWInkle , performed , the ceremony.' . ", Miss Cora Holmes will entertain the Old Maids' club (end their escorts) tonight at her home, 2K1S K street. This Is the strong est club of Its kind In the city. It has elgnt staunch members. Osk councS No. 1332 of the Knights and Ladles of Security will give a progressive high-five perty Saturday evening, jsnunry 2u at the Woodmen hall to which members and friends will be welcome. - Frances, the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kennedy, Jr., oled at thejiome of Its parents. The funeral will be from the residence, Twenty-fourth and I." streets, at 2:30 p. m. today and the burial will be at ot. Mary s cemetery. All who are Interested In personal salva tion are Invited to a religious . meeting which Is to be held In the First Baptist church tonight at 7:J0 p. m. Rev. Oeorge Van Winkle will conduct the meeting. C. E. Johnson will load the singing. . There Is to be a meeting of the stock holders of the Ancient Order of t'nlted Workmen's Temple association tonight for the purpose of electing four directors and ,i, . . , t v v, h transacting any other business which may J wait until Uie board In the big city had . ' th mtmtin0- M . . M . fl 1 1 . . 1 ' TT. I . a - I tHKRII euni WMlIIIlt! HV11UII. Iir miu av wan only natural that the South Omaha board should hesltaie In tha matter. Neverthe less, - he ' thought the time and the senti ment was iripe. Jot a. radical move In this direction. ,, He said he found the 'greater . part of the temperate classes enthusiastic- 1 ( .. l Ik- h. Tff ' a h I Knllnf .. . . . , . , a . 1 l tnat not uniy snouia me nunuajr v-iubiiib be as ordered by the brewers; but that th board imould make fhe closing doubly , secure by putting' the order, on record. Baaii act to Mvo gtoelc Breeders. ' The members of the South Omaha Live stock exchange are taking much Interest Citv Treasurer E. L. Howe took a trio to the county treasury to draw the money due the olty from the school fund and the re demption funds of the scavenger tax sales. The former amounted to fo.OtiU and the lat ter to $ti0. Notice has been duly published calling In fbft.mu in warrants, the nntlca designating which warrants are to' be re-tired. A grand masquerade ball will, be given by the Kouth Omaha flattdeutscne vereen, Saturday night, at the Workmen temple, Costumes can be secured at the hall. A union orchestra will lurnlnh music. For the most characteristic and comical masks six prises will bo ofiered. These prises may ba seen In M. Yost's window, i!412 N street. - George Miller and Iou)s Vaseloska, DIVORCE CASE DRAWS CROWD Hasband'a Attempt to Secare Separa tion from Wife Attracts Maay Kelahbora. Judge Bears faced a court room full of Bohemian citizens when he 'took hrs seat on the bench Thrrrsday morning. The case that brought the crowd Into court was that of Joseph Dvorak against Mary Dvorak, for divorce. Among . the ' witnesses sum moned were a doxen young and old women, eight or nine men and half a dosen chil dren. Judge Sears stood them all up in a row and swpre them to the truth en masse. fter which each individual person became desperately attentive to the testimony of the Dlnlntlff. This trial will be an incident to date things from hereafter among the acquaintances of the Dvoraks. The husband testified he - had been en gaged in the grocery business with his brother, then In the brick making business and accuses bis wife of having established another in his. home as "the man of the house," during his absence In Chicago. This person died and then another Interloper butted in, according to plaintiff.. Ethel A.' Srhlank has secured a dlvoroe from Isaac on the ground of cruelty and nonsupport. She will resume her maiden name of Stowers. Catherine Pa hi is divorced, from Claus. She. alleged cruel, tresjtmftrft. -.; - ' . , ; i Linda 'Alderman Is no longer the wife of John .W. She charged. blnr with habitual drunkenness and cruelty and the court found the charges well based. ' ( - in the annroachlng banquet to be given by Thlrtv-fourlh and T streets, were arrested "that body' to the Central Shorthorn Breed-I for taking an overcoat wnlch belonged to . . .. v. ... . , .v, MiiinrH Joe Kosiowsky. They are all polish, ers' assoilatlon. to be given at the Millard . VawoBka took the and gltve lt to hotel February . It Is known that there ( Miller, He said that Kosiowsky owed him wITl be at least 300 covers laid tor tne a board mil from last spring ana inai ne . wk. -,.-,.ort.r,fa will he under ' took tne overcoat, whicn was wortTi $16, guests. The arrangements will be unaer t jQy m K((lll0WMky objeCted to that tha personal supervision of the officers ot , Klnd ot payment and also denied the bill the Livestock exchange. On the part of ' altogether, ao the two were jailed for pet" the exchange the speakers of the occasion I larceny. , . will be Captain D. 9. Parkhurst, m. MePherson, Bruce McCullough and J. H. Van Dusen. There, will be at least three responses from the breeders' organisation. It will , be one of the largest banquets ever given by tbe Livestock exchange. . , ew. Maoafaetorlsj Cooeerm. '- . It Is reported by members of the Com- "'inerclal olub that the Wentworth Manufac turing, "company wUI -looat here In the spring. It la khown that the cltlsena of South Omaha hare taken stock In the com Hany. to the amount asked by the company. Mlrte thousand dollars has already been subscribed arid the. .company has declared that It ts attefled with that amount. Tt Is expected thatr tha plant will be located on west V ' street somewhere between tha , .llon. Pacific and the Jetter brewery. In ''..riAM: the-, eompuny- comes here the Rock Island , road promised to construct a track ,to accommodate both It and the brewery. The iompaoy will manufacture all kinds of ' ush, doors, interior woodwork and furnl- ' :'ure, especially .o.rUce f urplture, It will have i larjge capacity- ; j la connection With tnt erection of this .plant lt la thought that the Union Pacific vtlt be ready to construct lta newly bro- Ifised . viaduct in the. southwest quarter known as the V street viaduct. Plans have been perfected ori several( sltea and Its not ,vot exactly, determined. It.W surmised by those nutstde that It will be constructed on the site which haa its' eastern terminus on tha alley between U and Y atreeta. The : alley "between Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth and south of V street wlll be graded to. . give the approach" from th nort,h side. This 'Hes in'PoUer A Cobb's addition to the city '. iit South Omaha, block No. 4, south of U . street. The viaduct will then cross the rail' ,.,roud at a right angle and Us western ter minus will be almost on' W. street. This 'vLtduct has been' clamored for for years by ,., the country people in a large section which will , be accommodated. The city engineer has been working with the railroad com . pary with, the surveys, to See that the erec tion of the piers shall not Interfere with the rotistrucdon , of 'the proposed new sewer system. So far as known there have been nu contract let for any part of the work. Reviving; Coaaaaerelai dab. An effort being made to awaken Inter est In the formation of a strong commercial '..iluh. rrsstdeiit . R. L. Culver thinks there " Vs no reason in the world why the city should not have a. . thriving organisation. There was a time,' and not so. many years Hgo, when the commercial club was vigor ous and always pushing to the front . Naturally; perhaps, there came a lull. ' The reason may be traced to many causes, one ' , of , which is that the-old organisation had . accomplished ' a very great work and ful ''filled to a , large extent its objects. Now there are many new elements arising which demand the attention of a good, eound qd hard working body. ' ' t Lars Ataadaaca ot Maslrale. Ttiq auditorium of the high school bulld - '' lug was filled to the doors last ulght to hear fhe.'. musicals offered by the Omaha Musical Art society.-Over 1.0W) tickets were Will anil 'it H believed that the treasury of St. Martin's church' will receive a generous margin o( profit. Tha great audience . especially enjoyed the - folk lore songs '.'which., w(re 4-endered without any accom paniment. There was no word of the simple . melodies which was indistinct and II 'the voices spoke aa by eimple Impulse. ' The quartet, selections were generously ap vplMUdel. Mr. Ooodwall Dlckerman was no ' Disappointment and his quaint sayings kept ' the ' audience laughing over one joke while they held their breaths for the next. Kvery one spoke well of the vocal and r yloltit soloists also. The chorus ended the entertainment with a favorite selection. "The Umg Pay .Closes," by Sullivan, and It was well said that it left the audience wishlng'for Vnore. ' ' Maay Wowld ' Be CuaarllataM. Four new candidates filed yesterday for ittiiiinatlun at the primaries. They were Harney Oogan (dem.) as- councilman lit tha Fourth ward; ' Frank Markytans (rep.), candidate Tar coimcllman In the Fifth ward: T. Jeff. Cooler, art North Thirty second street, -as councilman In the Fifth ward. ' Charles W, Knight filed as a republi can 'candidate for the vacancy on the school board. From present indication. the position en the city council la more sought than any other within the gift of ' the- ?ople- Oat of thirty-three filings, twenty-threr have ' been for -the office of councilman.- '- 91 a ale rlty Uoasla, Jcwpli Snpclch.-WU S atreet, reorts the birth of a bov i Miss Cora Iverty will entertain' a num ber of her Intimate friends Saturday even ing. . ' A -case of Scarlet fever la reported at the home of James Em rich, Twenty-first and Madison streets. The burial ot Richard Bradeen took plac i-eieraay m p. m. ironi urewer s under taking parlors. He was burled at laurel Hill.-. -, :. The Nebraska Telephone company is busy running oiL In turn conduits today. Tho nan have been working for two days past n the job. W. Boyd Smith, Fifteenth and M streets, was caJlaa to his home at etalome Spiinsrs. Ark., where his father Is dead. He left the city yesterday. The Laities' Aid. aoclaty of the baptist church will serve a lunch at the church at noon 'today for tha benefit of the nils stooary soclaiy. . ' Mrs. J. M. Tanner'-will eitterlaln a faurn ler ( r friends st an afternoon racspiiun ONLY A FEW MORE LEFT , ELM CREEK, Neb.. Jan. l.-To the Edi tor of The Bee: The Jubilee Issue of The Bee haa been received by me. which cer tainly waa a splendid number. In fact. was the best I have ever seen got up by any newspaper thnt haa ever come to my hands. The best Justice that I could see fit to do with same was to send it to Mr. George Bnllcy of Aarhus. Denmark, after I had read It over myself. This I also do with every Issue ot The Sunday Bee, for Mr. Bailey, being an Englishman, ap preciates the value of a paper such as The Bee. CAULS. MADSEN. NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 11. -To the Editor of The Bee: I was agreeably surprised and delighted to receive a copy of your paper containing pictorial Illustration of the progress of Omaha; also the fine bird's-eye view of the city. Tou may well feel proud of your city and Its enterprises. I expect In the near future to visit Omaha and Inspect the wonderful evolution' of the last thirty-seven years. Many thanks for your kindness and thoughtfutness. I am your BENJAMIN F. COQGER. (Mr. Cogger, who is one of the leading members of the New York Produce ex change, was a former resident of Omaha and used to know the town well.) AKELBT. Minn.. Jan. U.-Mr. A. H. Heri nings. City Treasurer, Omaha, Neb.l Many thanks for the special edition of The Omaha Bee. It Is certainly a fine edition and shows your city up to a good advantage. Respect fully yours, BERT RODMAN, - Cashier Bank of Akeley. TOLEDO. O., Jan. 13. A. H. Hennlngs, City Treasurer, Omaha: We beg to ac knowledge receipt of the map and the sup plement of The Omaha Bee, for which we are obliged. . ' We are very much gratified to note the very material advance that Omaha has made In the last few years, but we are not surprised, as we have always been firm be lievers In the future of Omaha and of the west. It is, however, always pleasing to see one s beliefs confirmed. With kind re gards we remain respectfully yours, , 8PITZHR st CO. Eighteenth. S; Fred Michael, 12S South Sixteenth, ; . Emma Etherton, 1310 Chi cago, 7. v MOTHER RECOVERS HER CHILD Mrs. Kraatk JacWsoa (iets Back Her Baby Which Father Tried i to Caeare. Frank Jackson, who was reported as having kidnaped his 2-year-old daughter from his wife st L Claire, la., Wednes day, was for a year proprietor of the Richelieu hotel of Omsha. Jackson ts said to have entered the home of his wife at lie Claire and picked up the little girl bodily and then fted. being pursued by the mother, who lost the trail In the darkness. Jackson waa later caught by the authorities at Le Claire and the girl was restored to her mother. Inquiries at the Richelieu hotel brought the report from the attaches snd guests that the Jacksons have had much trouble for a year. The daughter was taken by her father on Sixteenth street last month, so lt la reported. The trouble between the man and wife la aald to have started when the wife went to live with a colored man who has two children. Jackson is snid to have sent the wire tS every week since the separation for support of his daughter and has Insti tuted divorce proceedings on the grounds the mother la not a fit person to take care of tha girl. The Jacksons gave up the hotel two months ago, since Which time the husband has worked at the smelter. LATE REPORT OF RAILWAb United Stales Leads World In Miltafa atd in Recant Growth. passengers were taken Como. eighty- HAZING OF BRUTAL NATURE eight miles from Denver. Train No. 71, run- ning west, became snowbound nesr Vutxlc ( adets Testify that They Were Made station, forty miles from lndvllle. j w ntmmtm Xntlx fhyslcallr teSateflk ' PROBING A MURDER MYSTERY I REWARD FOR DOG SLAYERS by Tweaty-FlTe Dollars Offered Himiie Society for Colprlt Dolag- the Mischief. The poisoning of several valuable du presumably by design, has excited resi dents of the Fifth ward In the vicinity of the Sherman apartment house. WKhln the last few days an Irish water kounlcl valued at 1100, and a pedigreed and regis tered beagle hound belonging to the same man have died from the effects of ground glass In the stomach. The third victim- was an Imported Scotch collie belonging to another resident. So high does the Indignation tun that an appeal waa made' to the Xeoraska Humane society to take action In the mat ter. The result was the following an nouncement: ' MORE ROOM FOR THE PUBLIC Greater Spare la Betas; Provides at Office of the City Eaalaeer. COASTWISE TRADE SHOWS' INCREASE Departmeat of t omarrrr a Mil Labii Flada Freight nates. Roth hy Load tal Water, Have wa terlally Decreased. WASHINUTOX. Jan. II. The United 8tatcs leads the world both In the present mileage and the recnt growth of Its rail ways. This Is shown In a report on "The Transportation Routes and Systems of the Xevr Hampshire Authorities lavestl- aratlaif t'ase Wherela Fire Fol. lowed Death of "even. . PEMBROKE. N. H., J .in. IS.-The au thorities of Merrlmnc county and of the town of Pembroke today resumed the In- j vestlgatlon of the grim tragedy In which seven persons were vlcllma ond an eighth took his own life yesterdny. After day light many or the townspeople visueo me ruins of the' farm house at North Pem broke, which for three years had been oc cupied by Charles F. Ayer. his Immediate family und his mother-in-law. Mrs. Isaac lAkrmin. Followina the murder of Mrs. World." Hsud by the bureau of statistics y lAkpmllni Mrs. Ay,, nd ,ha flve children of the Department of Commerce and Labor. ! of the u,tPri iht f(lrm ))UIdinra WPre It points out that the total railway mileage hul.nPd ani tbs bodies Incinerated. Be of the world, aggregating In 1904, 6,000 fore Um r, w discovered by the nelgh mlles, there were 211.07t miles In the UnlUd uor8 Ayt,r p(t homf, toP ,ne t,i,ience of States, ,3ffl miles In Europcsn Russia, i hl- -uter. Mrs. Ocoro-e liollrv. In the town J3.907 miles In Germany, 28,102 In France, j of Chichester, six miles distant, where he i The M.0 in India, 24,1 In Austrla-Hungarln, ! ,hot himself after being Informed of the iCMI In the t'nlted Kingdom, 19.M1 in Can- destruction of the property. Ayer died da. li.im In Africa, H,US In Australia, last night without making a statement ll.KJ In Argentina. 10.SW In Mexico. s.Stil In I which would assist the authorities to as Italy, ,J8 in Brastl, 7.697 in Sweden, 7.322 certain the exact manner In which his In Siberia, Manchuria and other former seven relatives met their deaths. Asiatic possessions of Russia. 4. 4KB In Japan Ayer acted In a strange manner after his ANNAlDUft. Jan. IS. Hating of a brutal nature wns revealed durlnt the trlnl of Midshipman Chester A. A. Bloe baum today, more plainly than In any of the previous proceedings. Threes fourth class men testified without tha slightest hesitation that they had been hased by Bloebaum until they were exhausted, se vere physical exercises being required of them until tliey lucked power to continue. The most severe accusation was contained In the testimony of Lester H. Caldwell of Glasgow, Ky., who said that Bloebaum had hated and abused him because he would not make arrangements for Bloebaum to be Introduced to a certain young lady of the fourth clsssmsn's acquaintance. Bloe baum Is an appointee of Congressman Champ Clark, who said recently on the floor of the house of representatives that he would arm a youth he sent to Annapolis with a howle knife and liatcnet. trial of Midshipman Minor Mevl- weather, Jr., of Lafayette, la. on ine. charge of hating, was continued.Jloday. and 1,W6 In China. The growth of the rail ways In the t'nlted Ststes has been very rspld. Beginning in 135 with l.OflO miles, the number steadily grew snd In the decade 186S-1X75. lt doubled and then rapidly came up to the present number, which represents an outlay of lU.SGfi.Oon.ntM) out of an aggre gate cost of $37,000.wn,ono for the entire world. The total tonnnge of vessels flying the American Aug Increased from 1.212.001 tons In 1156 to tons In IMS. This Increste Changes are being made in the city engin eering department offices to nrnviile for more roomnd greater convenience to the ' u l the Increase In the tonnage of puolic. inasmucn as tne department now vessels engage in me coastwise imuc performs most of the work and keeps the Th tonnage of vessels engaged In the for records formerly handled hy tho old Board ' trade fell from 2,S,36S In IMC to 943,73a of Public Works, the rooms used tv this ! tons in l&uo.- body are to be utilised. The engineer will Freight rates on both land and sea have J have a private office In one of the smaller depressed. Tne. rate per bushel of wheat chambers and the large one will be the goneral room for the public. Assistant City Engineer Craig will occupy the quarters vacated by Mr. Rosewater and the assist ant's old offices will be used by the field men. The permit and special tax levy de partments will retain their present offices. PROTEST ON SUGAR with his father-in-law.- He lays the blame! This society has Information thst a num ..... ... 1 t ,.aa.l- Antrm 1 V. mnn!h A for his marital troubles on parents-in-law. from New York to Liverpool was about 10 rents In 1871 and about 1 cent In IMS. The amount of passengers and freight transported has increased considerably. During the last year the railways trans ported 719,654. 1 passengers and tX.0tW.oii0 tons of freight. In 1SS5 the number of pas sengers' carried Was S1,427,6SS and freight TARIFF r?"; IX I in IIIUtTHUC IIIC III 11 Uv U1I1VI11 Ul llir-t&lin of transportation on lund and water bus on to Nebraska Delearatlo. at I tha trade of t,,e worl'1 18 Vnder I the new treaty systems of the last century Waahlmgrtoa. wnch have developed the Interior of con - ' i i tlnents and made mrrchantablo many com The Philippine sugsr tariff bill whu.li Is 'moditlts which formerly would not bear the now lu the hands of . the senate, im!f sa cost of transportation, the report says, the some strong measures are taken, will ao International commerce of the world Is today by the board, interested parties in Omaha j about fifteen times as much as at the begin believe. nlng of the last century, while the world's The cltlaens of North Platte held i muss ' population is but two and one-half times aa meeting and sent this telegram to M. V. much as at that time, the commerce of the Kir.kald, congressman from Nebraska: world's population, as a whole, having thus The cltttens of North Platte In mr.sa grown from losa than $2.50 per capita rn 1800 meeting request the Nebraska senators . ... ... ,.. . . ... and members of congress to oppose the i nc"r,J r "l"1 "l lno Present iime proposed reduction of duty on Philippine sugar. This was signed by W. W. man of the mass -meeting. Blrge, ei'Ulr- FIELD'S FUNERAL IS PRIVATE Xo ber of valuable dogs, during the month of . . . January, has betn killed by ground g.ass NQ ACTION YET DN SALARIES fed to them bv malicious neighbors, 'this offense is so desplsable on account cf the norriDie sunering oi tne snimuis ikh., in order to prevent a repitttion of tiie oc curence, this society offers a reward of Ui to anyone furnishing information which will lead to the arrest and conviction ot those guilty, of the crime. The names of the owners of the dogs poisoned, are not made public. Chicago Balldlng; Would Those Desiring; to no Present. Hold Teachers' Committee of Board . , .Kdaeatlen Talks, bat Does Xothlnr of arrival at the Bailey house and the ceunty offlclals -concluded early In the evening, after a hasty Investigation, that he had murdered all seven members of his family as they ' w'y In their beds late Tuesday night or e;irly yesterday morning. The ruins had cooled during the night and a careful search was Instituted for the re mains of five of the victims. Two charred trunks, one of which Is supposed to be that of Mrs. Lakcman and the other that ot a child, were found In the debris. The authorities believe that Ayer used an j axe or some other noiseless weapon, as I they have learned that the neighbors beard j no pistol shots or disturbance of any kind I from the Ayer home previous to the fire. They do not expect the details of the actual commission of the crime will ever lu Itnua-n I In his Investigation of Ayer's movements yesterday County Solicitor Clifford learned that Ayer had visited Chichester, where he sold his team and purchased the re volver with which he ended his life. He made bis appearanoe at the homo of hla sister, Mrs. Bailey, 'about 3 o'clock In tha afternoon. An hour later his nelghlmr, William II. Fowler, arrived and told Ayer of the burning of his home. 'Without a word In reply Ayer drew the revolver from his pocket and shot him self in the head. Ho never regained con sciousness and died at 9:30 o'clock in the evening. Further Investigations disclosed the fact that for three mnnthhs he had been proodlng over fancied financial wrongs in connection with the settlement of the estate of his wife's father, Isaac Lakeman, who died three years ago. The widow was named as executrix. No final settlement of the estate litis been made, however. In November last Mrs. Lakeman put up the farm at auction and It was bought by one of her sons, Fayette Lakeman. He made an arrangement for Ayer and his wife to remain on the place, having their rent free In return for boarding Mrs. Lake man, paying the taxes and making re pairs. Ayer, however, insisted that his wife ahould receive the share of the pur chase money that would be hers as an heir ,m Wilts yen drink oauhaf drink (nod whisk?. a go 4 hiky is , nod for roa sad bad taukr is ad for Iu. ILEKS PURE MALT it srtseribad by fthyttaiaaa whs know that a On malt wknksj la tha onlr right and freper whikr to drink and tbat Iter's lead f bra all In porit. taata and (aoralat eellaoc. lt haa bean on tho market for tairtr roan and igrowaa popu larity oory dor. Offered aa m rational tlm nlant, not 'cure-all." I CHlCAGO. Jan. W.-The body of Marshall before she signed the deed to the place Field arrived In Chicago today In a special . To ,, her ,.,,. rf.tUBeil to conBent WOMAN HELD F0R DIAMONDS Mrs. I.lasle Barr-LIUIan Morrison Mast Face Trial la tho District Court. Little Barr, arrested last Saturday at the T. L. Combs store, 1520 Douglas atreet, on the charge of grand larceny, was tried in police court Thursday morning and held by the ponce judge for trial In the district court. The young woman waa given an op portunity to furnish bail of $500. ' Manager Combs, when placed- on the stand, told practically the same story of the alleged theft of the pair of diamond eardrops aa was published last Sunday. He testified be saw the woman take soma of the gooda he waa showing her. The ear drops in question were found under.- the woman's chair in the diamond room.' Mra Barr pleaded not guilty, of fhe charge filed against her. ' . : .". .. Mrs. Barr presented quite a striking ap pearance In the police court room. Her statuesque figure waa 'attractively, garbed In black. The woman gave her name on i the stand as Lillian Morrison and aald she waa from London, although her recent resi dence had been Atchison... Kan. She cams to Omaha tha same day of her arrest and declared site had but 13. when In the Combs store. Her attorney, J. H. Mactarland, made a motion for a dismissal of the case, but the police judge overruled the motion. NED PETTIT PASSES AWAY Vice Prealdeat of Oeorge H. Lec Coaa paay Dies After Brief Illness of Fear Dan. Ned Psttit, vice president of the i(er t 11. Lee company, 1116 Harney "street, died Wednesday afternoon at hlsesldence, 625 California street, after four days', llmtss with a cold, which ' developed Into pneu monia. The funeral will be Friday after noon at t o'clock from the home. Burial at Mount Hope cemetery. Mr. Pettlt was vice president of tha Lee company four years. Before coming to Omaha he was agent for the North western Railroad company at Fremont. He was an old employe of that company, having served at Missouri Valley, la.. Exeter. Neb., and other -places. lie &int most of bis life In the west and was well known as an active business man. -The six foremen of the Lee factory will serve as pall bearers Friday afternoon. Mr. Pettlt had personal charge nt - the STATE FAIR MEN START WORK Yoangers and Mellor Bearla at Once oa Plans for Next Big Show. Peter Youngers of Qerteva, the newly elected president of the State Board ot Agriculture and W. . R. Mellor, the newly elected secretary, ' were In the city Thurs day, starting out on their campaign for the big state fair next fall. Mr. loungers is now the oldest member of the board and Mr. Mellor was the retiring president. It is known that Mr. Mellor Is In favor of making the speed department a feature of the state fair and at- a meeting held at Lincoln Wednesday, when these men were elected, the committee reported the pre miums in the past have been sufficient. Mr. Mellor thinks this department could be a magnet to draw more people to Lincoln during fair week, recalling the great Jay-Eye-Bee day, when over 75,004 crowded within the grounds. Nick Ronin of Fre mont was appointed in charge ot the speed department. train over the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern' railroad. The train was stonned A meeting of the teachers' committee of the Thirty-first street station of the road. the Board of Education was held Wednes- wnlon ,g niucn neurr' the KlrM mansion day night at tho city hull for considers- than the downtown station. A large num tlon of tho teuchers' uVmand for Increased b,.r of the friends of Mr. Field were in pay. it was stated tnwoio dennite action waiting and a detail of police waa was taken and that the time was occupied to keep back the crowd of curious which thfi forenoon. iucici; mo nuiiun, niuuii naii garnered, as soon as the hearse had ! has many ramification 'and complexities, stopped In front of the depot. When the Another session is to ue held later in the casket had been placed in the hearse it was week, at which President McCague and the i at once driven to the Field residence at chairman of the finance' committee prob- 1W Prairie avenue. ably will be present. j The funeral .will be held at the late resl- . ... dence of Mr. Fleldat 12 o'clock tomorrow NILHULAS WILL BE ABSENT Und will be extremely simple in charade:-. So many requests for admission to thv Csar Will Sot Attend Ceremony of I funeral were. made that it was found that there would not be a building in Chicago sufficiently large to hold one-half of the people who would endeaver to attend the services, and it was at the last minute agreed to abandon the Idea of a public i funeral because of the Inability to make consent. Ayer . was angry, but his wife finally j aigned the deed. The failure to obtain this i ready money to meet his yery pressing financial needs Is believed to have unbal I anced Ayer mentally, i The oearch of the ruins msiiH.h there , .,,, , . .7. ' . ... c ... v.,wl,iins vuuirB uurmg All were burned horriblv and It was practically Impossible to tell one from another, save that a difference in site Indicated that of the mother. Will ot Attend Ceremony Blessing; Waters -of the Neva foday. GLOVER WANTS SITE HERE Kansas City Veteraa Grata Mao Keeks I.ocatloa for Elevator la Omaha. Word comes from Kansas City that John I. Giover, . for some yeara an extensive grain operator In that city, will come to ' Omaha and build 'an elevator. It la not I ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. IS. Distrustful of the spirit of his capital and perhaps ren.emoer.ng me incioent or issi January. 1 n,waeary arrangements in so short grape on the imperial chape, the emperor j Tfe M.VCP, , tht! houBe ., uf will not. come to St. Petersburg for the a .,,, ,Uft(c rve and a bref .ddre8l ceremony of the blessing cf the waters of bv Rev. J. A. Morrison of the First Prea the Neva tomorrow. For the flrat lime byterlan church. The body will be placed . i-e toe repress .-vnua u.la tne tounua, the re..vng vault at Graceland ceme- ! t ons or tne winter pamce. in use. tne great ,evy unU, arranfem,nt, are m,de for tn. church festival of the. Epiphany will pass ' flnn) nlernient wlthout.the presence of the sovereign In his I The emp,oy" of Marl,,m FIH1 nuniber. red walled winter palace., and without lng j0.ono. wNI hold a memorial service to hlm l the head of the procession for the , niorrow afternoon , ,e Auditorium. Be blessing of the Neva. The details of this i eaume of th Ina5IIIty of tne haI to nold ceremony will be carried out aa far as all or lh.m hu. Wn ,n,.nA ..ur , 0Z0MULSI0N CURES Colds, Coughs, Grip. Bronchitis. Catarrh, Sore Throat, Pneumonia and Consumption. A nourishing Food Mdlclne for the Tired Mother and the Pale. Thin Child, i TRIAL BOTTLE FREE BY MAIL. Wrlta by Letter ar Postal Card to i Oionaliloa Co . PH Pine fl. New York. Five FastTrains DAILY TO, Chicago and the Etit via tha CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERF! RAILWAY over the only double track railway between the Mis souri River and Chicago. This complete service includes Pullman drawing room and private compart ment sleeping cars, parlor cars, composite observa tion cars with library and buffet-smoking apartment, free reclining chair, cars, standard day coaches and dining cars (a la carte ser vice.) . v Tickets anc 'ul! iaformatloa ea apall cation to ticket office - HOI and HO 3 FarntmSt, OMAHA, NEB possible tn the palace at Tsarskoc-Belo. restrict attendance at the meeting to the areai nagon or tne waters oi me iseva ( old employe, of the company and admission will be taken to the palace and this will , w, Ym nlv hv CP1, During the hours Of the funeral, from be mingled with the contents of a , chalice filled with waters from the sacred river Jordan. The colors of all the guard regiments announced aa to the site of the elevator have been taken to Tsarskoe-Selo und which Mr. Glover and hla assoclatea will ' these will be blessed and sprinkled with build, nor is the location, as only prellml- ; sacred water. The ceremony, which Is an nary steps have been taken toward build ing In this city. A prominent local grain man said: "There is every reason to think some of adaptation by the church of an old pagan rite, will take place In every village and hamlet in the empire. It Is still regarded in many parts of the these Kansas City operators will come to I country aa a means of exorcising demons Omaha and erect elevators. This city is becoming recognised as a great grain mar ket. The advantages of Its central loca tion right in the heart of the grain belt are becoming more and more apparent as the market is making itself felt and at tracting the attention of the grain world." CLERKS ANXIOUS FOR JOBS fiabordlaalea at C'oaaty Co art House Aro Pertarhed Over Fear ot Belag Cat OaT. Many alglis of relief will aacend from anxious breasts In the court house r'ler the county commissioners hold their meet ing Saturday morning. Even those who are reckoning that they may be i i the discard after . the commissioners rlnlsh with the list of help needed In tho different factory and stood close, to the cm-rioves. offices will feel relieved sir! the tcra?on He was a member of the Ancient Ord.sr o( I'nlted Workmen und Is survived by a wife. DALY CASE IS DISMISSED Flro fCaoaoo lult Filed hy Ibor C'om- atlasloaer Bosh to Be ' - t Revised. Judge tay naa dismissed the vases brought ny State- Labor Commissioner Bush against Henry T. Daly, as agent for certain apartment houses that are not sup plied with fire escapes. The court bad Inti mated he considered the complaints had been filed before the expiration of tha time allowed by the statute for the erection of tha fire escapes: also that he was doubtful whether an agent could be held liable under the la IV. Taking the hint, the county attor ney moved for a. dismissal at tha two com plaints. . He will at once prepare and file sow complaints, thls tlmo against the owner ka prlueipe.1 def endaiit, '-' ; - - of uncertainty Is raised. Humors of contemplated reductions of the forces In different offices are current, but they are only rumors as yet. In the offices of the county treasurer and clerk of courts, where the largest i um ber of clerks la employed, a reduction of some aort la looked for about the closa of the month. and other evil spirits who are to be forced to plunge through a hole rut Into the .(ce Into the frigid waters of the rivers and lakea and where they are sealed up by the crucifix. The ceremony In St. Petersburg will be performed in the monastery of Alexander Nevskv on the bunks' of the Neva above the city. noon until 3 o'clock, all the large retail tabllsh'nents on State street will bo closed and all the places of business operated by members of the Chicago Commerclut club will be closed. The list of these Includes a great number of varied enterprises In all parts of the city. DRAINAGE . CANAL LOSES SUIT Verdict for Damages la Compara tively Small Aaioant Is Awarded Land. Owaera. PEORIA. 111., Jan. lS.i-Ue Jury in the case of , W. Curran and Cougreasman Joseph V. Graff against the Sanitary dis trict of Chicago, today brought In a ver dict giving the complainants damages in the sum of 1750. The amount sued Icr was t&.Out). This is the first of a series ot j suits against the drainage district, the j total of whh'h aggregate ll.GOO.O0O. Tho plaintiffs claim that by reason of Uie im mense volume of water, turned Into the Illinois river from the drainage district their lands have been submerged, and g.t at tlamaca resulted. Tha case waa alulih irnlv f conteated on r..'mi n 1 nt th- affui'l I, vaiiM have on the other cases, the heating last ing seven weeks and four days. Fire Under Water Is not mora surprising that tha quick, pleasant curative effects of Dr. King' a New Life Ptlla. c; guaranteed. Por sale by Sherman at McCoanell Drug Co, ' v Mortality Statistics. " ' following births and deaths have The been reported to the Board of Health dur ing: the twenty-four hours ending at noon Thuradayt Births Joseph Puxa, 1421 South Four teenth, girl- Anton Christenson, East Omaha, boy; Bert Wlllman. ZMJ Franklin, girl; Philip Plelss, Cut South Fifteenth, boy; Andrew Wahlstrom, 3"4 Cass, girl. Deaths Mrs. M. Crsno, 1UT South Six teenth. 1: Christina Bergstrora. 1111 Ames areuua, tu; Oeorge L. Redman, 1MB North $ COAL MINERS MAKING SCALE Organisation Will Sapport Anthracite Men la Any r'larbt that May Develop. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. M.-Impoit-ant developments with regard to the an thracite situation are expected momentarily In the I'nlted Mine Workers' convention aa the result of a conference of the dis trict officers and delegates representing the anthracite region held at the hotel head quarters tonight. Nothing; of the nature of the business which came, before the conference waa given out by the membera. It is conceded, however, that the business of the men rep reaenting.thls field Is to formulate some method of getting their position before the national - convention and obtaining formal assurance of the delegates that the national body will support the anthracite l miners In any situation which may de velop aa a result of the conference to be held betweef the anthracite operators and the committee appointd by the miners In their Bhaiiiokin conference. Sectional meetings of the scale committee were held this afternoon and tonight, and will continue tomorrow. It ts not expected that the committee can come together as a whole again before tomorrow night. I Tim mi i ' iwiimw iir' s s NV Where to Have fr The Best Good Times 11 1 I Nowhere In all the world are ho many places I 1 I and conditions ideal for good times as In 11 ". California w J I The trip can be made profitable, too, let us tell you how. - A It rannot but be pleasurable,-let us tell you . - There's most to see along the shortest route . :" l let us tell you what. The , ... V I UNION PACIFIC j I I Overland Limited Is two meals the shortest J I 1 way to San Francisco. That means both time and " ''11 1 money saved. For full Information inquire at f i t'lTV TICKET OFFICKj 1321 KAHXAM HT. ' V 'Phone 8.. vfvr "nassso" ' Sherman Aveaae Clan Da are. A most enjoyable masquerade ball, par ticipated In by about luU couples, waa given hy the Sherman Avenue Social club at Krfllng's hall. :14 Sherman avenue, last night. Nearly all the prominent business men of that section, with their wives, were present. Four prises were given, the win ners being Mesdanies Uoliiamlth and Aid man, flrat and sexond women's prizes re spectively, and Messrs, Erbunk and He Kenna, men'a prises. Dr. Hydo at tho Boyd. Dr. Hyde, representing the Oaellc league, who Is In this country on a tour in the In terest of -that order, will speak In Boyd's theater th nigbt of February I. That has been finally determined by the local man agers of the affair. SNOW STORM CAUSES TROUBLE Twelve Pasaeagers Injared tn Wreck la Colorado aid One Trala saowbooad. DENVER. Jan. Is.-Heavy snow Id tha mountalna west of Denver caused an acci dent yesterday on the South Park branch of the Colorado A Southern fall road. In which twelve passengers were Injured, but none fatally.. Tiain No. Ti from Leadvllle for Denver, waa struck by a-snowsllde at I'neeva Lake, three miles west of Frisco, four coacht-f lie log toppled over and almost completely buried under snow. The Injured MEW FAST CHICAGO TRAIN VIA ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. Leaves OmVia Arrives Chicago . 6:0) P.M. , 7:3) A. M. Conn ecu with ail rooming trains la Chicago (or the oast and south. DINING CAR SERVICE TICKETS AM) INFORMATION AT 1402 FARNAM STREET. ' SAMUEL NORTH, District Pass. Agent, OMAHA, NEB.
