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,
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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.
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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
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