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THE OMAIIA DAILY BKE: MONDAY. FKBKUAKY 2. 1906.
no (tort to hurry the consideration. He
predict! that It will pass Thursday.
A compromlM en the provision abolishing
the gride of lieutenant general In the arnijr
ha been practically agreed upon whereby
General Corbln and General MacAxthur
will be allowed to, reach that rank before
their', retirement it U . understood Mr.
Uroevenor ' will ' offer the eombromls
amendment and that Mr. Hull will asree
to -It on the part of the military committee.
Tne provision will still be subject to a
point or order, but It is believed none will
be raised. If It should, a rule could be
secured on the compromise and the pro
Melon roted In the bill, aa the propor
tion seems to meet with general approval.
Monday will lie devoted to the consider
ation of legislation for the District of Co
lumbia. If there Is time after this order,
Mr. tevhlon will calf up the ri!el! bill
for the Incorporation of the Like r.rie ft
Ohio Bhlp Canal company. Twice last week
thin bill was brought forward, but both
efforts were unsuccessful. The test votes
taken Indicate enough to pass The bill.
The Indian appropriation bill la on the
bouse calendar and may be brought for
ward for consideration the lalt of the
weeK. r.y thnt tlmrt also the legislative,
executive - and limlelol appropriation bill
will be completed 6y the appropriation com
inltte and reported-.
By fJeneral Acclamation.
In the high class restaurants and hotel ,
In the home pf the able provider. In faot
liereve-a good ptUate serves si a guide,
the selection of Moet A Chandon "Wrrf.e
Best." vintage of 1S"0. ia positively mani
fest, dyid ' this delicious product Is pro
claimed the champagne of the day." Xi
lers than rtVSMca Moet A Chandon
champagne wero brought into the port of
New York during lfv, which amount Is
over BO per cent greater than was imported
by the house second on the list, as m.
Tiled by the custom house statistics. At all
social gatherings, prominent functions and
banquets, the feature proper Is "White
Heal." vintage 1900, and the great Increase
hi its hfiles Is evidence, of its continued
ixipularlty. .,
TRADE VWITH SCANDINAVIA
Hnr Nnrh More from the I nlted
y, abates Than They
4 Sell.
WASHINGTON. Fell. 25.-Acconl!lig to
a bulletin ' Issued by the Department of
Commerce ami Labor, the trade of Hie
United States wlth.'ittie Scandinavian
countries, under which term arc included
Sweden. Denmark and,, Norway., for the.
fiscal year 16 amounted to $.12.oi0.oon. of
which K.WiQW la Imports from and IJt.nnfl.
i exports to-thosc countries. In 1MU the
total trade with those,, .countries was $11.
ono.ofjn, showing an Increase of i radically
MO per cent Ir. the last decade, while out
total foreign trade has Increased but about
70 per cent.
The bulletin says that the Scandinavian
population of the United States bears n
larger ratio to the present population of
their countries of nativity than any othe?
claaa of our foreign born population.
Imports firm Sweden In 1906 aggregated
I2.W5.M1 and exports to that country T,197,
171. Import fropi Norway $2,304,680 and ex
ports $4,420,46$. Imports "from Denmark
$1.M,75p and exports tl4.ftsi.5sa. Kxports to
IVmmark decreased M.29S.W7 since. 1S01, the
losa being confined largely to breadatuffs,
raw cot t An and provision.
Worth Kaswtig
-that Altcock s ara the original and genuine
porous plasters; all others are imitations.
FORECAST ' OFJ-THE WEATHER
nnm- and Colder, lonria.) ,, nit h ('air
'rbeadar. Is. Prosneol for
ebraL-.
WASHINGTON. P. C, Feb. "j. Forecast
for Monday and Tuesday:
For Nebraska Snow and colder Monday;
Tivcaday Xslr.y .. . A.. ,
'. For Iowa Partly cloudy and colder Mon
day, probably anow in south portion;
Tuesday fair.
For Illinois Increasing cloudiness Mou
day, rain or snow at night; Tuesday fair,
(and colder in south portion; fresh north
winds.
For Missouri Rain in south, rain or
"snow In the north portion Monday; colder
in western portion; Tuesday fair, and
colder in southeast portion.
For Wyoming and Montana Fair Mon
day and Tuesday.
i For South Dakota Snow and colder Mon
day; Tuesday fair.
Loral Record.
. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA. Feb. $5 Official record of tem
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding day of the last three
years: 1005. 1M. 19M.
.Maximum temperature.... 43 SS 2 S7
Minimum temperature.... 2H !S3 16 X
-Mean temperature 34 44 31 si
.Precipitation T .CO T .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from (he-normal at Omaha since March L
and comparison with the last two years:
Normal temperature ..... 2$
Kxcess for the day :'.
Total excess since March 1. lJ6 1.141
Normal precipitation 03 inch
l.eflcleney for the day... OS inch
Total rainfall since March 1. lM6.ai.54 inches
tendency since March 1. !! . 3. or, inches
Deficiency for cor. period laXi.... 4 36 jnciits
,Kxcm for cor. period JIM 1JW inches
' Rrperta from stations at T P. M.
' Station and State Temp. Mnxi- Raln
) of Weathrr.- .. 7 p-ni. mum. fall.
Bismarck, cloudy ;4 .hi
Cheyenne, clear i 4l . t0
Chicago, pt, cloudy 34 its " .
lavenport, clear . 32 1 .00
Denver, clear 34 &4 .10
Havre, pt. t-loudy 24 ai T
eleiena, clear 34 3S Ml
Huron, cloudy 30 Sii .mi
Kansas City, pt. cloudy.... U 4ni .
.xorth natte, clear ......... 4i 5t t
Omaha, cloudy 42 4X .00
Rapid City, snowing ..r.... . !2' Tt .12
St. I4uls, clear 42 42 .J0
8t. Paul, clear 30 22 .no
(alt iAke-City, clear 3s 42 .. T
alentlbe, -snowing ......... M 40 .12
Wllllston. cloudy J 82 T
"T" Indicates trace of precipitation. .
Indicates below to.
U A. WELSH. liocal Forecanter
PURE.RfllL'K!
T:HE HEALTH
Of tho Whole Family Depends Upon the
MILK SUPPLY. .
IS) A!
, - j
Brand Cent(ngd
milk
SOLD ELAEWBERK. BETTER
orden'8 Condensed M'lk Co.
New
ELKS TO BUILD CLUB HOUSE
Flan to Inrett Forty Thousand Dollars in
tbe Stractan. .
THOMPSON GIVES MONEY FOR PARK FUND
Local Newspaper Men rian tm tilre
Members of the Mate Presa
Assnrlatlon at (reat
R crept
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. K. (peclAl.)-Tlie F.lks
of Lincoln will shortly begin the erection
of a $40,000 club house at the corner of
Thirteenth and P streets. The structure
la to be three stories and built of brick. It
Is probable bids will be asked for within
a few weeks. ,
' Thompsnu tonale for Park.
Before leaving for Mexico t. E. Thonip
ron, minister to thnt country presented
to the city the amount of money necessary
to buy a, tract of land several acres in
area for a public park., Mr. Thompson
notified Mayor Brown to buy, the land and
send him the" bill and he would pay It
W. J. Bryan 'has already' donated some
ten acres adjoining the same tract and the
city owns a few acres In the same neigh
borhood. An effort will be made during
the present year to secure a public park
of sufficient area to be In keeping with the
needs of the city. '
Wilcox to Inspect ;aard.
Captnln Wilcox of the Thirtieth United
States infantry, who has been detailed to
make the Inspection of the Nebraska Na
tional Ounrd, reached Lincoln yesterday
and spent the evening In consultation with
Adjutant General Culver. The captain will
begin Monday on his tour' of Inspection
and will be engaged for a week or more.
The various companies have been getting
reMdy for this Inspection for some time
and it will he a most thorough one.
Kntertaininent for Rdltora.
Local newspaper men are getting pinna
shaped up to show the members of the
Nebrnka Press association the time of
their lives when they come here next Tues
day and Wednesday for their annual meet
ing. A theater party has been planned
for Tuesday evening. Wednesday the visi
tors will be given a taste of church life
at the First I'.aptlst church, where John
T. McCutrheon will talk about cartoons
and things, and on the. afternoon of tout
day, time permitting, the visitors will be
taken to the orthopedic hnspltul. After
the theater perty the. Commercial club will
give a smoker. The newspaper men will
also he tnken for a trip to the state farm.
Thu program Is an unusually strong one
and a b:g crowd of the pencil pushers is
expected to bo In attendance.
Change In Raton's Office.
Miss Brown, a teacher In the Uncoln
High school, has been employed by Land
Commissioner Eaton and will enter his
office on March 1. Miss Esther Brown is
already employed In the office of the land
commissioner and she will retain her place.
Miss Isrown will take the place of Clerk
Jones, who has secured a place at the state
penitentiary.
Plan for City Hall.
City Clerk Pratt, who has Just returned
from Washington, brought back the In
formation thnt Senator Burkett had pro
posed that the city rent the old postottlce
building for a city hall at a rental of $1 a
year and the city to agree to fix up the
building and turn It over to the govern
ment on demand. The city expected to
buy the poslofilce and has scraped to
gether some $60,000 for this purpose. The
now plan proposed by Senator burkett has
created some . discussion an not all the
viiumeni is in lavor or ir, .as inc govern
ment might aut the building at any time
after the city had spent several thousand
dollars- in repairs. , 1
WHHKhrTll COrSSTY WAMs HOAO
Votes Bonds In ; Aid of Vnlon
Paclne.
EMI IN. Neb., Feb. 25. (Special.) On
February 20 the people of Wheeler : county
by a vote of about 4 to 1 decided to issue
bonds In the sum of $38,600 in aid of the
construutlon of a railroad to be extended
from Spalding, Greeley county, to the
north line of Wheeler county. The bonds
are to be given to the Midland Centr.il
Railroad company and are to be veld un
less regular train service is installed be-
for January 1, 1907.
The road has been surveyed from Spald
ing to the north line of Wheeler i-ountv
and the bonds designate where the towns
are to bn locnted. Wheeler county has been
negiecleu. so far as real estate invest
ments art: concerned, as the land buyers
have not been able to reach the land with
out making drlvfi from Spulding or Elgin,
which are, reaper. lively, twenty-three and
th.rty-ftve miles Trom the county seat.
It Is generally understood that the I'nlon
Pacific ts behind the proposed Spalding
extension and that operations will begin
In the next 'two. weeks. - ,
Bartlett Is having quite boom, a new
bank .having recently been started and
se.aml new industries being contemplated.
RAH. HO 1 1) HOI XDHOIKK SII HSs
Eualna Heloualnr tm Oinahn Hoan la
Destroyed.
WAYNE. Neli., Feb. -(Special Telegrams-Fire,
the origin of which is un
known destroyed, the roundhouse of tbe
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha
railway here this evening, also an engine
In the building, cm using a loss of $11,0(J. It
had progreaaed so far before discovered and
the distance to it from the nearest hydrant
wns.so far that It was Impossible for the
fire, department to accomplish much, but a
railroad bridge near was saved through
their efforts. .,.
Cash for Fremont Y. M. C. A.
FREMONT, Neb.. Feb. $3. (Special.) At
a meeting of the directors of the Fremont
Brand Kvaparatad
CREAM
AND HAFER THAN FRESH MILK.
YORK.
OEM's
I COLUMBIAN
Toung Men's Christian association held st
the close of the meeting last evening sub
scriptions to the building fun.i amounting
to $5,000 were announced, making the total
amount raised $:f,ixin. The board voted to
purchase the twenty-two feet east of their
lot. would will give the new building a
frontage on Fifth street of sixty-six feet.
The work of raising the balance of the
$GO.ono which will be needed to put up the
building will be pushed with excellent
prospects of sueceps.
PAYMF.Vr FOR BKKTS DK.KKRRKI)
Company Asserts It Operated nt n
loss l.nst Year.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb.. Feb. 2o.-pe-eial.)
The Standard Beet Sugar company
has sent letters out to the growers re
cently, stating that payments for beets
delivered In January. 104. which should
have been mode February IS, Ifts;, accord
ing to the written agreements, would be
deferred until March 15, the growers, how
ever, to receive Interest on 11 deferred
payment. The excuse given for this action
is that owing to the low percentage of
sugar In the beets the factory has been
operated at a Ioks, and that an assessment
on the stockholders of the concern to pay
the deficit has been necessary. Mr. Hey
ward O. Leavltt ia now In the east for the
purpose of collecting this assessment.
On the other hand, the American Beet
Sugar company, which has heretofore con
tracted with the growers for sugar beets
at the fint rate of $5 per ton, the company
pay all freight, which Is the same con
tract as that made by the Standard Beet
Sugar company, now attempting lo secure
2,0(0 acres of beets this season In what
Is known as the North Platte district, and,
while the contract price will 'be $5 per
ton, as heretofore, the net price to the
growers will not bo to great for the reason
that the freight charges are to be divided
between the grower and the company in
the following manner: From the shipping
points where the freight rate exceeds Ml
cents per ton the growers, under the ton
tract, must pay the excess over'that sum.
For instance, the rate from Hershey to
Grand Island, one of the factory locations.
Is 90 cents, and from Sutherland to the
same point It Is $1, and the excess of 40
and 60 cents respectively would be de
ducted from the $5 per ton allowed for
the beets. This means a net loss to the
growers of from 40 to 50 cents per ton. and
is the cause of considerable dlssatifsctlon
among the growers.
This difficulty, Joined with the failure
of the Standard Beet Sugar company to
build a factory at North Platte, accord
ing to the written agreement, sjid the
slowness with which the beets were ac
cepted by the company, aa explained In an
earlier Issue of this paper, results In the
feeling among the beet growers of the need
of their organization, which Is getting un
der way. It Is evident hero that the Stand
ard and the American Beet Sugar com
panies have arrived at an understanding
and that there will be no differences be
tween the two companies, but thorough
union. Some time ago Jnmes Scllley of
this city, the authorized agent of the
Standard Beet Sugar company and of Hey
ward O. LRvHt, announced that only one
of the companies named would enter Into
contracts and that they would make such
division of the sugar beet crop as was
suitable to the two companies. This caused
some feeling among the growers, and then
there came from the American Beet Sugar
tfempany a denial of the arrangement, no
doubt, In order to allay the already some
what Irritated relations between the com
panies and the growers.
Grand Island Man Commits Malclde.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Feb. 2S.-(Spe-clal.)
Howard Stlres, aged 4! years, com
mitted suicide yestefdny morning: by shoot
ing himself through ,tlie Jieajjf Ijj his barn
In this city.' ' Mrs. Stlres lieard the shot
about ? o'clcck and went to the barn to
see what- was th matter, finding her hur
band In a pool of blood. Her screams
bi ought a neighbor, who arrived just us
Mr. Stlres was breathing his last. While
there was no doubt as to the suicidal in
lent of the man. Coroner Sutherland held
an innuest, owing to the fact that the
family were comparative strangers. It
was learned that Stlres had been brooding
for some days over an alleged defect In
the title of some land he had In Sherman
county. He was a man of means and held
much other real estate.
Fight Over I.lcht Rnnda.
CI RAND ISLAND. Neb.. Feb. 25.-iHpe-clal.)
The campaign for an Issue of $.15,000
in bonds for the establishment of a munic
ipal lighting plant In connection with liw
water works comes to a close next week,
the election being called fbr Tuesday?
March . The General Electric company of
Schenectady, which owns the larger part
of the present electric plant, has made a
most vigorous campaign, aided by a few
local Interests. All hut one of the local
papers are strongly urging the voters to
put In their own plant, pointing to the
great success Hastings and Fremont have
had in the matter. The Grand Island Gas
company has also been righting the proposi
tion. Xw ChnrcU Is Dedicated.
AUHLAND. Neb., Feb. 25. (Special.)
The handsome new Congregational church
was dedicated with appropriate exercises
today, Rev. Harmcn Bross of Lircolu and
former pastors J. K. Brereton of Waverly,
la., and Wilson Denny of Charles City,
Ia., assisting Rev. J. William Carson, the
present pastor. An augmented choir of
thirty voices furlshed special muttic for
the strlces, under the direction of Mis
KJitli Shedd, organist and chorist. The
church, which coct $t:.'W, was dedicated
entirely free of debt, thu unsubscribed
$4,s00 for its completion having been con
tributed in less than twenty minutes at
the opening services a week ago today.
Cambridge on a Boom.
CAMBRIDGE, Neb., Feb. 26. (Spcolut.)
Thls promises to be, an unprecedented year
for building in Cambridge. There are now
6.flflv worth of buildings In prospect and
under construction. Messrs. Aiken & John,
It is understood, will during the present
summer erect a two-story modern business
and office building, 80x76, at a cost of $H
000. A new modern hotel building at a
cost of $12.0(0 Is also almost a certainty.
The Cambridge Electric Light company Is
adding to Its plant a modern gas producer
and modern dynamo at an expenditure of
$&.0oo. This new gas producer, it Is claimed,
will reduce the cost of fuel at least $0 per
day.-.
VALLEY. Neb.. Feb. 26.-(Sp.clal.) The
second annual meeting of the Platte Valley
Farmers' Institute closed this evening. Ses
sions were held all day and both evenings
on Friday and Saturday. The Increasing
Interest and attendance upon each session
was most encouraging lo those Interested
and promises an Improvement along the
lines of subjects under discussion. Besides
the farmers ef this vicinity bright thinking
men were present from different parts of
the Ktate.
Rllc
FALLS CITY. Neb.. Feb. SS.-(8peclal.)
The friends of M. Riley, Jr., of Dawson
are urging him to come out for the nom
ination for state treasurer on thu repub
lican ticket. In the west and of the
county this desire ts strong, and during
the past week Interviews with prominent
bankers, business men and farmers of the
east end of tbe county discloses tbe sas
condition. Mr. Riley ts a staunch repub
lic n, u)n horu th yaity via units.
and his experience ss banker and financier
fits him particularly for the office which
his friends desire to give him. Mr. Riley
Is being strongly urged to allow his name
to be used. He will have no opposition
In the county
REMINDER OF .. OI.I1 BOOH TOWS
Lesharn eae Site of the Ynnlshed
City of Seonnlls.
ASHLAND, Neb.. Feb. 26, (Special.)
Ixt8 selling for business purposes for $1,M0
at the new town of Lcshara. north of Ash
land, on the Sioux City-Ashland extension,
before a regular train has entered the
place is a remarkable record for a new
town In so old a community ns eastern
Saunders county. Three elevators are also
building In the place, one of which hn
been buying grain for some time past and
shipping It out by the work trsln thnt
comes down dally o Ashland from Fre
mont. The Lesliara State bank has re
ceived Its charter and opened for business,
and there are several general stores, a
lumber yard and a blacksmith shop al
ready In operation.
This unusual activity recalls the boom
town of Neopolls, located In 1SK5 not far
from th5 site of the new Lesiiars. Ne
opolls was located on the west bank of the
Platte by a party of speculators from
Nebraska City, Plattsmouth and Glenwood,
la., who thought that it wns to become
the leading city of the territory and the
future capital of Nebraska. The city was
laid -out with Imposing nnd magnificent
proportions. Broad avenues and spacious
streets crossed each other. Public squares
and parks were numerous. It Is even sal J
that the streets were designated In one
direction as avenues and In the other as
corsos, after the Italian method. A saw
mill was purchased,, sent up and set to
work to cut lumber for the future capital
of Nebraska. Its hopes were high and U
seemed for a time that Neopolls was to be
the future first city of Nebraska. It was
not to lie, however. Pernors lis name was
too much for It, but Omaha secured the
capital and Neopolls died away. Nothing
could check Its death. The people who had
come there moved to Omaha, the houses
were torn down or deserted, and the ave
nues and corsos became cornfields under
the hands of the coming pre-cmptors and
homesteaders.
BF.ATKICH MAX KU. I.F.I) BY CARS
Attempts to Hoard Mating Train In
Illinois Town.
GODFREY, III., Feb. K.-L. P. Rogers
of Beatrice, Neb., apparently about 60
vears old. was killed today by the Prairie
State express of the Alton rntlrood. Mr.
Rogers left the train at Godfrey to walk
on the platform of the station during the
train's stop, and in trying to board the
train slipped and fell.
Trouble Over Farmers' Klevator.
LC3HTON, Neb.. Feb. J5.-(Special.)
Farmers owning stock In the Farmers' Ele
vator company at Lushton ore considera
bly worked up over the reports of busi
ness transacted during the past year. The
books were audited by a committee com
posed of farmers about six months ago
who made the statement that everything
was all right and that the business showed
a profit. About two weeks ago they again
examined the books and again stated thnt
they thought the accounts were all rignt
and the business satisfactory. Some of
the stockholders not being satisfied se
cured the service of an expert auditor,
and. while no statement has been made
of the last examination, a report Is eur
rent that the - business of the company
has been running at a loss.
Murdered ;lrl r Nebraska 11.
Hf'MBOLDT. Neb., Feb. 2o.-Mlss Flor
ence Allen, the young woman who met her
death at the hand ef a crazed young farmer;
was "a native of "v-lumboldt, and removed
from this place to Mt. Pleasant, Ia., where
the tragedy occurred, about seven years
ago. She was the only daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. L. B. Allen, and was about 2u
years old. She was uu accomplished musi
cian, having charge of a department in
the college at Mt. Pleasant, from which
she graduated.
Xews of ebrn.kn.
PLATT8MOt'TH John Fasshender. who
rec-ntly disposed of his stork of furniture,
has decided to remove with his family to
Hastings. Neb., to re.lde.
8 'HL'YLER James Donellev, living eight
miles north of here, died nt his home late
Saturday night of heart failure, after hav
ing been sick about ten days.
PLATTSMOl'TH The bronze mednl
awarded to the Plattsmouth city schools
ty me Louisiana Purchase exposition has
bee.i received and Is very fine.
BEATRICE At the public sale of stock
at the Wnddington farm near Flllev a
team of draft Horses sold for $31 and a
driving tesm for $;(22. One cow sold for
$.'2.
BEATRICE The funeral of Mrs. Lnvlna
Shellabarger was hold yesterday from the
family home In West Beatrice. The serv
ices were largely attended. Intcrnuuit was
in Evergreen Home cemetery.
BKADHHAW For a short time, the Brad
Shaw electric light plant has been shut
down. Mr. Coruell brown has purchased
ilie plant and commenced work this wek
10 increase its capacity and give batter
service.
Hi M BOLDT Miss Rosa Porr and Mr.
Lewi Hilt were married at the home of
the nriue s parents, diaries Porr aim wite,
several nults souiiiweat of I lie city. Hev.
Kmll Ivenrer pcriorrued mo ceiemony In
me presence i Immediate relatives and
Ultimate tnends.
1'ivA 1 1 MiViui iH The fake s nsationa)
report Sent t,o tne i.-maua, and l.:iicum
papers trom isebraska, City wim varying
ueiaiis of tne juiHKoiin rlei- cuitmg a ncv
ctiannel bet woe u tms city ami NcbrasKa
. ity is denied by tne iurllu(on omciaiH
aim those residing in thai vicinity. Koad-
l lt.D DOtl.N
M tears' - Ulsveri-How She .ot
Freedom.
A dyspepsia veiemn, who writes from one
Of r.nKtnu s ciiaruiiiig rurai oniea iu ieu
how sue won victory in ner .M years ugiit,
naturauy rxuits in ntr iiiumpu over ine
conk iiubli.
"I feel 11 a duty to tell you," she says,
"how mucn giMHi t'ostuui roud loi.ee nta
done tne. 1 uui uui umy Kiatciui, oui aiao
desire to lei utneia woo i.iay he aiir-i-iii
as 1 01a know ot tne aeilgntiui meiuou u
w men I was relieved.
"I hud ottered lo, 20 )ears from d)spep
ia and toe iuainess mat usually accom
panies that paioiui uiihieiii, ui.d Which ire-nu.-ntiy
prosuaied inc. i never di.um
mucn cofree, 11 no cocoa and even unite were
too strong lor my Impaned digestion, so 1
used tea exclusively till aooul a year ago,
when 1 found in a pucuge ot liiupe-Auia
the little book, 'The Roud 10 Vteilvule.
"After a careful reading of tue booklet
I was curious to try l-Ooium Food Conee,
and sent to tM hoe Lane, lxmdon, lot a
pacaage. 1 enjoyed it f 1 cm the first, and
at once gave up tea in its favor.
'I began to feel better very soon. My
giddiness left me after the hrst few days'
use of Postum and my stomach became
stronger so rapidly tnat It was not long
till I sii able (as I still am) to take mil
and many other articles of food wnicn 1
was formerly competed to deny myseif. 1
have proved the truth of your statement
that postum 'make good, red blood.'
"I have become very enthusiastic over
the nieriis of my new table beveruge, und
during the past few months have con
ducted a postum propaganda among my
neighbors, which lias brought benefit to
many, and I shall continue to tell my
friends of the 'better way' in which I r
Jotce." Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. That little book, "The
Road to Wellvllle," may be found la pkgs.
of Postum and Urape-Nuls.
master . C. W. Hohause Ois lnlins any
knowledge of the danger that threatenes
the Burlington's property.
NORTH PLATTE Rev. Reuben Ran
dolph, pestor of the Methodist Episcopal
church at HTshy, In this county, died
Tuesday evening or pneumonia, from whh-h
he had suffered fnr about a week. The
funeral was held Thursday, with Rav. Mr.
Shumate officiating.
NORTH PLATTE On March 5. 1!?, the
dlsiHet court will meet in the first term of
this year. It will he a .iury term and there
are a good many .Iury cases on the docket.
Several criminal rases will come up as a
result of the session of the grand Jury the
latter part of last year.
TABLE Rill K Mrs Rose Billings died
this morning at :1S. at the residence of her
son. Thomas Billlncs. In Table Rock, aged
about m years. She was the widow of
Hiram Billings, who settled here tn 1S5.
and was one ot the county commissioners,
forty years or more ago.
Hl'MBOLDT Mr. Frank Felhtner and
half sister, Miss Nettle Yedele. of this
city, were married at the Catholic church
In Stelnnuer to Mr. Wensl Clema and
sister, Atlss Mary Clema. both of Stein
auer. Father C. Staff officiated and a large
crowd witnessed the ceremony.
VALLEY The women of the Methodist
I-.plscopal church held a bazaar, serving
dinner and supper Friday and Saturdav,
the proceed" from which Were v-ry good
und a part of which is to be used toward
their apportionment for the new Metho
dist EpiHcopsi hospital of Omaha.
BBKMEIt The l:eemr Mothers circle
held its February tesslon Friday night In
tho Masonic hall. An excellent program
was rendered. Ninety people were present,
consisting of the members of the circle to
gether with their husbands, who were the
guests of the evening's entertainment.
PLATTSMOl'TH James, the 19-vear-ohl
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Peterson, died
in Immanuel hospital In Omaha yesterday
after undergoing an operation. The bodr
was brought to this city and the funeral
services were held In the Christian church
tlila afternoon by Rev. D. A. Youtiy.
FREMONT Joe Cletmnons, a braKctuan
on the I'nlon Pacitic, had his right foot
squarely severed at the ankle yesterday
alternoon by catching It in a frog. The
accident occurred east of the yards where
the stock yards track leaves the main
line. He was taken to the hospital and
la;.T to Omaha.
PLATTHalOLTH The First Presbyte
rian church In this city was fillea to Us
capacity this evening witn people, who
Were highly entertained by Colonel Holt
in his anniFinK nnd instructive lciure, en
titled, ,Our Murdered lieau; Who Are t
Blame?" in vinicii he told ot two famous
battles In the late war.
MMiK. The mst indictments found by
ti e grand jury now 111 session was ag-iliiet
AnBust .tinmerer, assistant cashier of me
Fust National bank of Vork, and Otto
Wuitke, casnier of the Bunk of Thayer.
These genielinen own the 'lhayer drug
store and are charged with selling malt,
spirituous and vinous liquors. County At
torney Mromxn tnis afternoon hied "coin
plaint H.iinxr them, charging them with
telling liquors.
Hr-ATUil. Ii-The P. E. O. society was
entertained swmiroay afternoon at tne home
of .vlis. C. S. Urauny. The annual elec
tion of oihceis resulted aa follows: Mrs.
E. G. Draae. prexment; Mrs. J. T. Harden,
vice president; Ait.sa Elizabeth Cleland, re
cording secretary; Mrs. . W. Duncan,
coriesponuing secretary; Mips Anna nvo,
treasurer; Ansa Lucy Kry, cnapiain; tars.
Lulu li. Heeier, guard. Xho annual ban
quet and reception will be neld March 9.
HELViDkHE Thomas Lalinser recently
marketed nxty head of May hogs at
tins piact linn brought mm nxi.tw. inc.-u
lioas hud access to t ten-acre. Held ot 111
taua until mst fall when the Host killed
it. From thai tuna until the hrst day 01
last January they wero Kept on corn, oas
and water, wnen he penned them up and
began t'-eoing lor maraet. lio fed them
Juki ,v worm ot corn before they were
ready tor the market. They averaged .'
pounds apiece. I his fieid of aifa.ta hu
laised him i,ij0 worth of hogs the past
yea r.
BEATRICE The German Telephone com
pany, whien comprises tour envisions in
the townhhips of Jgnn, htannver, Flllny
and Hooker, held a meeting in Hanover
chuicli and discussed mailers pertaining
to the weuare of tne company, such as ex
teding Its lines and bettering its service.
A president and secretary lor each di
vision were elected. Representatives from
the Nebraska Telephone company and the
Home Telephone company were present for
tne piupo.se ot inducing the company to
connect with their lines In oruer to give
thetu direct service trom Beatrice, Hr.d
it Is llKeiy thin improvement win be made
suun.
WAHOO The Saunders County Farmers'
inniliiite, which was neiu in this city
Weanesnay and Thursday, was a success.
C. M lemar. us president, and Herman
Nelson in' . Weston, aa secretary of tne so
ciety, were largeiy renponsiiile ior the great
success of tne meeting. All the papers
read before the meetings were of first oass
order and hearuiy received by the tilieis
of the soil in attendance. The meetuiKS
were held at the courthouse on both das.
Wednesday the pupua of the high school
and ot Luther aetucmy attended me meet
ing, there being no school on account of
Washington's birthday. The following offi
cers were elected for the ensuing year at
the business meeting: Sam F. Negiey, pres
ident; J. 8. Cheney, vice president; li. M.
Clark, secretary; C. E. Beadle, treasurer;
Oscar Anderson, R. J. Woodworth and F.
C. Porter, directors.
DEATH RECORD.
I.erl 43. Todd.
PLATTSMOU rif, Ntb. Feb. 25.-lSp cul.)
Levi G. Todd, aged "6 years, died nt his
home In Vnlon Saturday afternoon, after
less than a week's illness with diabetes.
Mr. Todd was one of the first pioneer set
tlers in Cuss county, where-he has since
resided. He was one of the first commis
sioners Cass county ever had and was nt
one time u candidate on the greenback
ticket for governor. His oldest daughter
has the honor of being the first whlto
girl born In this county, and perhaps the
first in the state.
Major General Wood.
DAYTON. Ohio, Feb. 25,-MaJor General
Thomas J. Wood died at his residence In
this city tonight after a long Illness, aged
fi years. He was the last survivor of the
celebrated class at West Point of 1S45. He
Is survived by his widow und two sons.
Captain CK-orge Wood, who served In Cuba
and the Philippines in the Spanish-American
war, and Thomas J. Wood, now In
Idaho. General Wood was retired from
the army In 1S6S wilh the rank of major
general. At Ills request the burial will be
at West Point.
James I, .lenaen.
The remains of James P. Jensen, w ho died
Friday at 2TT5 Cumiug street, will be sent
Monday morning to Elba, Neb., for burial.
Members of the local Danish Brotherhood
No. 19, to which Jensen belonged, held ihe
funeral services' yesterday afternoon at
Dodder's undertaking rooms on Cuming
street.
R. W . Ueebe.
PIERRE. S. D.. Feb. Ii6.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) R. W. Beehe. one of the leading
business men of Blunt, died today at St.
Mary's hospital 111 lids city, where he wus
brought yesterday suffering from an attack
of pneumonia.
FIRE RECORD.
Resident at eol.
NEOLA. Is.. Feb. (Special.! At 10
o'clock yesterday morning the residence
of Fred Steele, an Iowa league pitcher,
was burned. )ood work saved other prop
erty adjoining.
Farmers Favor l'rlraar.
CLEAR LAKE. Ia . Feb. 25.-Spe ial.)
The Clear IKe Mirror has been making
a careful canvass of the primary election
sentiment In Cerro Gordo county, similar
' to the Investigation by the Times-Repub
lican In Marshall county. Circular letters
were sent out to 300 fanners and to these
170 answers were received. Of the JTo
answers 2M favored the state wide primary,
la Marshall county It was discovered that
per cent of the answers to several hun
dred circular were In favor of statewide
primaries.
lateatlusullusi Freight Hairs.
'JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Feb. 25 After
an sll-day conference wilh Attorney Gen
eral Had ley, J. F. Man hand of Washing
ton. D. C, a representative of the Inter
state Commerce commission, stated tonight
that he had obtained what he considered
valuable information us to the freight
rates paid by the Standard Oil and allied
subsidiary companies. The Information
will be used by the commission In its In
vestigation i f the limine of discriminating
rates, and Mr. Had ley was also in ited to
spier hfore the commission st lis meet
ing la Xausas City on Marti. IX
1 pv $ fY
Runkel's Crme
isn t loo sweet h isn't bitter il't jut right. One calec only
leaves an unconquerable desire for more. As smooth as butter all
the way through and delicious all the way down. Sold In five
cent and ten cent packages If you don't ask for RunkeJ's you
won't get Crime de Milk Chocolate.
Send 2c fof sample of chocolate and miniature can ot cocoa.
SU v$rywkr$ rserysoay lURItl BIOTBEIS, Cscm n Checelalt Kaanlaclsre i, Rtw Tsrfe
LIMITING PRINTING WASTE
Saving of Quarter Million a Year
Government Office in Sight.
m
PERKINS
OUTLINES
PROPOSALS
Vast improvement Already KrTected
in Preparation and Condensation
of Reports Half Million ln
necessary Volume Venrly.
(From a Start Correspondent.;
WABniAU IO.V, Feb. 3. (Special.) The
first step toward real economy in the ex
penditure of government money is likely
to be taKcn in connection with tho appro
priations for the public printer.. For some
months pant a commission has been hard
at work inquiring into the expenditures ot
tne government printing ottioe and next
week a bill will be Introduced In the house
cmboding the views of this commission.
The two men who have given the most
thought and attention to this work of
economy ure Mr. landls of lnd'ana ana
Mr. Ferkins of New Vork. The latter was
asked to outline the proposed changes aim
in response he said:
"I have prepared a bill modifying the
present printing laws. This 1 shall sub
mit to the printing commission, consisting
of Senator Gorman, Mr. Land is and m
seif, and 1 trust wc shall report a hill be
fore long. How lar tney will adopt m
views 1 do iy-H know, but after all our
Investigation I think we should have some
legislation. I don't like investigating and
then doing nothing, and the way to Im
prove the situation is to make some reason
able changes.
"The cost ot the government, printing
has increased from JXl0,nni) ten or twelve
years ago, to about i,(Mi,0On. It Is un
necessary to say that this increase is out
of proportion and that there has been
waslefulnecs In every branch. Much of
this waste can be remedied by Improved
administration, and I am glad to say that
already, tinder the Impetus given by this
investigation, there have baen great im
provements. Mr. Ktiliings, the new public
printer, is an excellent man. He is Intelli
gent and he is not afraid.
Editing Saves Much Waste.
"In the departments, the various subordi
nates havs liad Impressed upon them the
tact that they must get their reports in
some sort of shape, condense them as much
as possible, and that the manuscript must
be sent to the printing office In such con
dition that the cost of composition won t
be doubled by corrections made in the
proof. These changes soou come to very
large figures. The saving in the report of
the comptroller of the currency for 19?5,
when compared with his report for 1301, will
be $30,000, and the report for this year will
be more serviceable than the former one.
An enormous amount of useless detail has
been cut out. The reports of the commis
sioner of education are published every year
at the expense of the government, contain
ing a detailed list of the attendance of every
school in the country, filling almost two
great volumes with figures that nobody
reads. Such detail Is of no value. There
has grown up In nisnjr branches of the
government a diseased taste for statutes,
no matter what the cost of collecting them
and of publishing them, and no matter how
little the practical value of what ts col
lected. If these school statistics furnished
by the commissioner of education were pub
lished once in five years this would be am
ple, af d there would be a saving of at least
$30 eno a year on that Item alone.
"In the bill, as I have drawn It, there is
a reduction In the number of many gov
ernment publications. When a million vol
umes have accumulated In the house and
senate folding rooms and nobody wants
them, it Is perfectly dear that we are fool
ing away the people's money, either by
publishing thlnas they don't want at all. or
by publishing larger editions than are r
qulrd by the government's needs.
May Cot Oat a Half Million.
"I should say. at a guess, that If s'.l
the changes I propose are adopted, the
number of volumes turned out from tho
government printing office would bo at
least 4iiO,orX) less annually than are now
turned out by the provisions of the law
and possibly 500.000. I don't hesitate to
say that the publication ot theae 4on.0u0 or
600,000 books could be stopped without any
hsrm to anybody. Barns and cellars would
no longer have Jo be hired by the gov
ernment to store trash that cannot be
distributed. Some of the chiefs of minor
bureaus, who think that the government
exists only to exploit their greatness,
would have to semi out a somewhat
smaller number of their own effusions:
they would have to curtail their length
and reduce their cost. The people ootild
bear up under this without repining.
"Of course I don't suppose that all the
recommendations I have made will be
adopted by the committee, and probably
even If they all were adopted by the com
mittee some of them would not be adopted
by congress. Any reduction in govern
mental expenses affects the purse, the
pride or the vanity of someone. Still, these
efforts are not without their use. 1 think
the expense of the fovcrninent for print
ing durins the present year will be SO.10
less than they were last year, and If all
the reforms and changes are carried out
(Mi
laxative ftromo Oak"10
Cat CoMfctOnsD-y, OVta 9 Day
dc Milk Chocolate
which we advocated there could probably
be a saving of r.onfcnoft. Even JKO.OrtO a
year saved is something, and the saving
is not made by any diminution of the
usefulness of government. When a thing
Is required, when It is useful to the pub
lic, there Is no reason that a rich and
prosperous people should not have It and
pay what it costs to get It. But when we
are fooling money away stupidly and use
lessly that Is a thing that 0110 likes to
stop."
Steamer Delayed by Morm.
rHII.ADEl.rHIA. Feb. W.-The Ameri
can liner. N.oordland. arrived here today
from Liverpool and Queenstown four days
late. The steamer encountered a aucceasion
of heavy galea and several times during
the voyage had to lay to for hours. Oil
was frequently used with good effect tu
calm the sea.
Rhiuiiiiaiic Pains
. Aches
Cures Sore Throat
At all Drug&iste
PricQ2.'itJOf&I.OO
)rEarl S. Sloan BcMonMassVSAj
You Sometimes Annoy
Tmir friends with that hacking court.
Why not accept a suggestion of a remedy t
LA GRIPPE COUGH SYRUP
Will be a. relief and the relief begins wit
the first dose,
IT STOPS THE TICKXINO.
RELlKVKfi SORKrfKM
SOOTHES NF.KVES
After severe colds the cough that ra
mains is sometimes dangerous. LA
GRIPPE COVOH PTRUP puts you on thg
road to better health, a sises. 2So, 60c an
ll.fO. Samples free.
Manufactured and aold by
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.
Corner ISth and Dodge Street.
AMIKKMK.VTS.
BOYD'S
Wood wars? 4V
Burgess,
MANAGERS.
'So"' BARGAIN MATINEE TODAY
Primrose
TONIGHT
tens
Evening
Prices :
Minstrels
75c, II.
Friday and Sat.. Bat. Mat.. KTHLK
BELLEW In Raffles
I Thurs.. Bat. 10c. 20c,
THI WOODWARJ STOCK CO.
Tonlfht
BlueJeans
AH
Wish
Professional Tuesday Matinee. Regular
maunecs j nursaay and Maturday.
THREE EXTRA MATINEES Today,
wecinesuay, rrtoay. ill K IKAYr.l
INO WtximvAKD STOCK C I. Pre
senting LOTTIE SALBBICRO lh
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLFRflY
AUDITORIUM, OMAHA
1. M. GILL A N, Manager.
TUESDAY EVENING. FEBftUART M
Farewell American Tour
MME. SARAH
CAMiLLE
! Under the direction ol bam H. Lee Bhu
tan and W. F. Connor With her iliooni
parable company from the
Theatre ha hah mlkniurdt, pahis
I ricei-tl.tA), l.uo, JJ.ou. and bos seat
Uoo.
To Guard Against Ticket Speculation.
Mail orders lor tickets will now be re
ceived from all poiiim. Including Omaha,
when accompanied by postothce or express
money cider or check and a stamped ad
dretned envelope for reply. All applications
for seats will be niled in the order re
ceived, and the tickets will lie mailed to
the purchaser on the following day.
Addicts all communications to J. M.
Cillan, Manuger Auditorium. Omaha, Neo.
Regular Box Omce Hale opens Friday,
February 21. at f a- m.
CRCIOHTON
'Phone Douglas 4H4.
Every Night. Matinees. Tliurs Sat. Sun
MODERN VAUDEVILLE.
Bert Coote A Co.. Colby Family, Rice ft
Cady, Aniorors Sisters, -Alf. Grant, Tony
Wilson ft Helolse. Carlisle ft Baker and
the Kinodrome.
KRUG I ETFsSS &
TONIOHT-S:1
YORKE and ADAMS
in the fantastic Musical Comedy.
BANKERS AND BROKERS
TV?" S DAY-' I. I'R FT) FROM HrM"B7
yrfaEssV.
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