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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 00G. DEFENSE ATTACKS OFFICIALS ' Otraastl for Ltnd Ilact oJara Otmra. unit IspoMl Oa I j Bitted ictnta. ' SEE Nt CRIME IN BUYING FILINGS ' r l M sUatslas the Aet af Pr- tmm ttlviw Is the Mast ' rimgnrnt VleUtlea j t Ievw. The defense In the blsr land trial before Judge Munrer of Jie federal eoart yester day waived Introduction of evidence and entered at enca upon tha argument of tha caaa aa Ita only rebuttal of tha vast amount of evidence submitted by tha government during tha flrat twantr-flva days of tn trial. Tha attorneys for tha defense act up a their argument that tha prosecution M animated br self-seeking officials, iu periora anxious to make a record . by In flicting punlahment upon these land men and aubordlnatea bent on do Inn tha will of their superiors. It maintained tha gov ernment had been lll-advlaed by' tha men directing the fight against tha big land man and maintained there was nothing Il legal In acquiring land the way these men have, coneedlng they had paid entry men to file upon It. The defense raised the plea that It was prejudice against the rich. The government's contention was that the very act of paying men and women to file upon land which they never had the remotest Idea of occupying was In Itself a flagrant violation of law, unjus tifiable by any conceivable means. By ( o'clock District Attorney Goes for the government and Attorney Brome for tha defense had conoluded their pleas. The two sides agreed on six hours of argu ment to the side. Only Waleatt Heleaaed. Prior to the beginning of argument. Judge Munger overruled the motion of de fense to strike out of the Indictment the names of all the defendants and sustained his action of the day previous In releasing V. M. Walcoit as the only defendant on the grounds that but one witness had tes tified to connect htm with tne conspiracy, i ' "In the cases of the other defendants." said the court, "the evidence Is such that, It must be passed on by the Jury." The Jury was then called In, but as the attorneys had not yet assembled their papers and notes for the beginning of the arguments, tha Jury was then excused. The attorneys filed with the court a memorada of the instructions they wished presented to the Jury. R. S. Hall's con tribution of instruction comprises a bundle of papers an Inch or more thick. Judge Munger, in glancing at the mass of papers, dryly remarked: "Mr. Hall, you must have lost some of these." ' The Jury was recalled and Judge Mun ger said: "Gentlemen, before entering uporl the argument of this case porhaps I ahonld say the Jury will be directed to find a verdict of not guilty as to the de fendant, Walcott, and of not guilty to count twenty-thiee and twenty-eight of the indictment." What These Counts Are. Counts twenty-three and twenty-eight are those in which the entrymen named as witnesses could not be found to testify. By agreement of counsel the courts limited tha arguments to six hours to each side. United Bt&tes District Attorney Gobs began the argument for the government at 10:20. His argument at the outset was an exposition of the homestead laws and the rules governing the entering of government lauds and the Inviolable requirements of the law as regards settlement and residence as a requirement of final proof, which he held had been violated by the defendants In this case In pursuance of the conspiracy alleged in the indictment. Mr. Hall objected to' the counsel for the government Injecting Into his arguments facts not borne out by the evidence. The court cautioned 'Mr. Qoss to confine him self closely to the evidence. Mr. Goss showed the close connection of the defendants, Richards and Comstock, with the lnitlaj atages of the alleged con spiracy. He referred to the employment of United States Commissioners Heath at Mer rlman and Cody and O'Keefe at Ellsworth on Juna 28, 1904, by Comstock and Richards to perfect the colonisation of the entrymen Why Take Business Home? Are Your Nerrea Constantly Strained With Groundless Worries T. Tho causa of this tense ' condition Is In your stomach. Tour food does not digest properly. Nino-tenths of all dyspepsia and .Indigestion la of the nervous type and the only certain cure la to light the cause. Tonics, brain foods, bitters, etc., are mere temporary stimulants. Your stomach and small Intestines have become deranged by Improper selection of foods. Imperfect mas tication and Irregularity both as to time aad amount of eating. CAN'T THROW OFT HIS CARES. The mucous coating of the stomach and Intestines has loat Us power of secreting the gastria Juice an Important factor In digestion) the musulea of the middle coat ing are correspondingly Jtfeleaa In grinding Up the food, and aa a result, the food lies In your stomach fermenting, poisoning the blood, Irritating, the .nerves and breaking down the system. , . Something must be done to arouse the digestive orgaas to action. Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets alone have been found capa ble of digesting the food for the unhealthy stomach. They contain diastase, pepain and other digestive agents which the stom ach Itself poseea when In health. Thaw agents digest the food for the stomach and give ' the' stomach a chance to real and regain. Its normal power. , . Btuart's Dyspepsia Tablets axe not a patent "ruedlelna. the formula ' for thalr p re pa ration having been made publlo and known to 40.014 physicians In the United Btatea and great Britain. By government texts. Stuart's Dytpepsla. Tablet have been shown not only to contain no harmful ingredients, but 'o poottes digestives of higher purity than found In any other pre paration. .... ; v-- Stuart's Dyapepala Tablets are recom mended by phyniclans everywhere and can be bought of any druggist or direct from the manufacturers at W cents per box. If preferred, a free trial package will be sent you Immediately upon receipt of name and li'litia T. A. Stuart Co-, n liuwl Hid., Hartal!. Uicb. 4 on the Initial day of the operation of the Klnkald law. Practically all of Mr. Ooss' argument was a review of the evidence confirming the circumstances of conspiracy. Faet Fittil All. "Any 16-year-old boy would know that these men were violating the law at the time," said Mr. Goss. "None of these old soldiers or other entrymen or entry women Intended to live on the land and practically all of them admitted this fact on their di rect evidence. All they came for was what they could get out of It and they said so. The evidence further shows that they understood they were to dispose of the land to these defendants upon making final proof for various sums." Frequent reference .was made to the In criminating letters written by Bartlett Richards, Jameson and others In further ance of the conspiracy scheme. Mr. Ooss was frequently interrupted by Mr. Hall, who charged him with know ingly misstating the evidence, which brought forth sharp rejoinders from Mr. Goes. Judge Munger would occasionally admonish counsel to direct his remarks to the Jury and refrain from personalities. "Defease Gives No Evidence." Mr. Goss concluded his argument at 2:35 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with an elegant peroratioa. In which he dwelt upon the early settlement of the west by men who, while of humble circumstances, built here a great empire. "Men who came here from the fiery fur nace of war," said he, "men who turned their swords Into plowshares and made these western plains blossom as the rose, were men of the most humble circum stances, who, availing themselves of a gov ernment's liberality, acquired homes on the free soil of these fertile plains, suffered the privations of hunger, famine and pov erty, yet by Indomitable courage built up homes by the honest endeavor of comply ing with a beneficent law." Ararnment for the Defense. H. C. Brome opened the argument for the defense. He began with a review of tho teatlmony, analysing it In a general way. Mr. Brome said, in part: ' "This trial la but a test of the strength and power of the government " I believe In the enforcement of law as you find It. The government la not the men who hold official position, but is constituted by the great body of the people of whom you and I are component parts. Is the government strong enough to administer Justice? Is the government strong enough to give these defendants an Impartial trial before you twelve Impartial men In the face of public prejudice and popular clamorT Men have been sent to prison who have violated no law. The proeeeutlon has sent special agents up and down the land to discover If the law has been violated and to secure testimony in this case. They have had their hands In the publis treasury and were drawing government salaries. They wrought to please their, superiors by show ing up a wholesale violation of the law. Admitting that these defendants have pro cured men to file on lands and paid their expenses, there has never been a Ume In the history of this country that these de fendants and others had not the right to do so. The defendants had a light to lease the lands as did the entrymen to them. It Is the law. The charges embodied In this indictment allege that these defendants conspired and combined to obtain unlawful title to public lands. It Is up to the gov ernment to prove these allegations. The government has not done this, and under the evidence you must declare these men not guilty." Real ftaeatlon at Isane. . "The question at Issue In this case Is, did these men go Into a conspiracy? No proof has been produced ' that they did. Will you convict these men, good, re sponsible, reputable clUsena, Just In re sponse to public sentiment and popular Judgment on this evidence. Nobody ever dreamed ' that these men have committed a crime unless It be: such as want to see them punished. I believe In this matter that the government has somewhere, some how, been very illy advised. It is true, as has been said by the attorney for the government, that this is a rich corporation. Shall sympathy and prejudice Influence you against these menT "Rich or poor, high or low, all men and motives should be measured by the same standards of Justice and fairness." Mr. Brome concluded his argument at 5 o'clock. An adjournment was taken to :30 this morning, when Judge A. W. Crites will resume the argument for the defense, followed by R. 8. Hall, when Special Dis trict Attorney 8. H. Rush will close for the government RINQft Frenser, 15th and Dodge. TALK VS. REAL KNOWLEDGE How It Has Tvraed Oat la the Life laaaraaae Record for ike Year. 'Any poorly Informed person's assump tion of knowledge Is always In full Inverse ratio to his Ignorance," said a gentleman conversant with Insurance matters yester- ' day. ' "The less he understands of a aub ect the more he Invariably believes he knows about It. A man of as broad busi ness views as the late Marshall Field of Chicago, when asked shortly before his death what he thought of the life Insur ance situation, said frankly It was too com. prehensive a subject for htm to have yet fairly grasped. But there has hardly been a man or mediocre understanding ana at tainments not ready any time the last two years to voice, write or print a to himself perfectly satisfactory showing of the whole matter. "Such men have carried tne idea that American life Insurance waa in some way faulty in orlnclple. when In reality it Is conducted exactly on the same basis and at the mt general coat as In every other land. They nave shown that It was Inse cure when It Is actually the embodiment of security; that Its Investments are uncertain when rigto scrutiny nas provea mem to be among the soundest in existence. The companies are rotten' has been their shout, though scores of the beet organisations In existence exist, prosper and earn the al moat dally encomium of their satisnd fiollcyholders. "They'll never do any such arge business aa In the past,' haa been a atereolyped cry. yet the returns of new Insurance written In 9i by many compa nies show that they are securing more policies than In any previous similar time in their history. "If life insurance has been under a cloud, there must have been some remarkable rifta In the same through which the sun light of succvas and public confidence has si reamed, for companies easy to name have written nearly double the amount of In surance this year that they did during 1WJ6. "All this, of course, will nut keep the wiseacres from their head wagging and know-lt-all chatter, but the family protec tion obtainable only through life tnaurance la being stevdlly attained in a finely grow ing ratio, and that la the main thing, after an." A. B. Hubermsnn, only western direct diamond Importer, corner 13th and Douglas, which are retailed at wholesale prices. EARLY TRIAL FOR EUJOTT Hearlaai af leaatakerg Rabat slay Be Held Befera tha Holi days. Edward Elliott, who held up and robbed Joe Bonnenbcrg, the Douglas street pawn broker, of It.MI worth of watches and Jewelry probably wilt have his trial In district court before the holidays. His ease Is scheduled te follow the Gray mur der case, which will be finished Wednes- ! day. A cot y of the Information waa served on him yeaterday tn order that the twer.ty-four hours required by law to In tervene between the serving of the Infor ms Uu a and tha arraignment may be up by the time the Gray trial cloaca. BIGCEST CHRISTMAS TRADE Freiegt Beaton fronoaoccd sj Dealers Ahead of All Other. STORES ARE REAL HIVES OF INDUSTRY Every Available Clerk la at Work from Early la the Morn ing; Intll Late nt Night. Great hives of Industry are the Omaha stores today as they enter upon the last rushing week of Christmas trade, It Is the great week of the year and there Is no room In the stores for drones. From I o'clock In the morning to 10 o'clock at night the rush Is on but the machinery back of all this activity runs even through the night . The stores have hired all the clerks that can be secured. There Is additional help in the receiving department and the de livering department. The men who un pack goods and keep the counters sup plied with the various articles have a busy time, and the men who deliver the goods to the homes of the customers work many hours after dark. Merchants say the trade has never been so active In former years aa this year. Neither has it been so well handled. This fact was due largely to the movement made early In the year to get people to do their shopping early, thug avoiding the Inevi table rush of the days Immediately preced ing Christmas and facilitating the work for clerks and employes of the stores aa well. ' Many people have bought all their Christmas presents already. Shows General Prosperity. The general prosperity of the country Is reflected In many of the Christma goods. It is noticeable that the grade Is higher and the price correspondingly so. There is also a wonderful variety of novel goods. In the line of art goods, pictures and chlnaware there is a seemingly endless variety of new striking things to make glad the Christmas day. Many of these goods are Imported, showing the foreign stamp In design and execution. Some Dutch ware that attracts considerable attention has little mottoes burnt into it One of these Is "Du Zummat. Du gude ef you ken, but du Zummat." Translated this means "Do something. Do good If you can, but do something." The Dutch as printed here shows the great re semblance of that language to English. A piece of ware from Germany Is a match box In the shape of a camel lying down. On the camel is printed in German. "The camel can work eight days without drink ing. There are also camels who can drink eight days without working." There are many toy novelties, automobiles of every design and sise, trains of cars on tracks of wonderful Intricacy, engines and locomotives. The "Roosevelt Bears" are something new, taking the place of the woolly sheep, which has held undisputed sway so long. The bears are of all sizes and several colors. The men employes of the stores work this week from 8 o'clock In the morning until 10 at night and sometimes later. The women and girls work from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., with one-half hour for noon, or from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.,. with an hour for dinner and the same for supper. JUDICIAL BILL TROUBLES (Continued tioiu First Page.) congressmen did not control In quite a number of cases that were then sent to the senate. Part of ' those at that time sent In failed of confirmation, aa they did not reach the senate until a day or so be fore adjournment. Only two nominations so far have been made and it Is under stood these had tha approval of Senator Gamble. Undoubtedly the contest will be kept up, but so far It would seem that Senator Gamble has had the best of it, as he did last June. It cannot be learned whether anything Is being done In federal patronage In the state outside of the post offices. On account of the division In the delegation thin, however, seems unlikely for the present. Minor Matters at Capital. Congressman Klnkald was notified today of the following pension allowances: Cephas Ross, Crawford, Increase to $10, from October 14; John R. Chandler, Ansley, Increase to $12, from November 7; William Gleason, Ansley, increase to $17, from No vember 7. . The bureau of pensions has notified Con gressman Kennedy of the reissue of the pension of John B. Born of Omaha at a rate of $16 per month, from August 4, 1893. Impossible to Get Employment, as Face and Body Were Covered With Itching Sores Scratched Till Flesh Was Raw Spent Hun dreds of Dollars on Doctors and Hospitals and Grew Worse CURED BY CUT1CURA IN FIVE WEEKS "Sinoe the year 1894 I have been troubled with a very bad case of ecsema which I have spent hundreds Of dollars trying to cure, and I wen to the hospital, but they failed to cure ne and it waa getting worse) all the time. Five weeks ago my wife bought a box of Cutioura Oint ment and on r&ka of Cuticura ' SoaD. and 1 am DISFIGURING Bill HUMOR far? H) V pleased to aay that I am now completely cured and well. "It waa impossible for me to get employment, aa my face, head, and body were covered with it. Tha ecsema first appeared on the top of iny head, and it hud worked all the way around down the back of roy neck and around to my Uiroet, down my body and around the hips. It itched so 1 would be obliged to scratch it, and ths flfh was raw. "I would first wash the affected parts with warm water and Cuticura boap, and then apply Cuticura Oint ment and let it reniaiu on all nitrht, and in tha morning 1 would use Cuticura Boap. 1 am now all well, which all my friends can testify to. and I wUl bo pleased to recommend the Cuticura Kemedies to any and all persons who wish b speedy and permanent curs of asJn diaeaaoa." Thomas M. Itoflsiter, 290 lYospect btreH, Mar. , 1905. East Oraage, N. J. OaaMM Iiunal aS ImhI Tirniml tar Mfrf Bi., Si riji tu Soot., Kwa 1 Mi.M , ku As. ! ml Ouutars XV -. I H m ,M, tut., HW,. v w. ! mt t'hucuiblt Inn. Sft. . . fc- kmxi 4MMN.f ! Ml tetifc turn 14 0, '.'k'.Vutfri4N.S.,ft.k,M. aaailsAM.AtiifttiasjsaaajaWt i Senator Gamble of outh Dakota has nominated Nathaniel Eugene Whiting of Pesmet a crdet at West Point; Sumner Orion Stearn of Madison and John Henry Balmat of Tankton, alternates. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska- Clarkson. routes 4 and S. John Urbsnek carrier, Joseph Urbanek substitute; Colum bus, route i, diaries Koenlg carrier, Ed ward Butler substitute; Craig, route 4, MAthew M. Cherry carrier, Robert Mc pherson substitute; Leigh, route I. William C. Brunswick carrier, George Henry sub stitute; Platte Center, route S, 'William H. Dress carrier, Kdward Clother substitute; Schuyler, route 8, "William R, Davis carrier. Clifford R. Davis substitute; route S, George W. Howe carrier, William C. Pelter sub stitute; Silver Creek, route 1. Joseph R. Merrill carrier, George Merrill substitute. IowaDonahue, route 1, Herman Fahren krog carrier, William C. Fahrenkrog sub stitute. South Dakota Bristol, route t, Jesse C. Mbrehouse carrier, Paul Dempaey substitute; Plerpont route 1. Alfred B. Bmedstad carrier, T. A. Grenhlem substi tute. Rural route No. 4 has been ordered es tablished February 16 at Mount .Vernon, Davidson county; South Dakota, serving 833 people and seventy-four families. Albert 8. Gorman has been appointed poatrr aster at Polk, Polk county, Iowa, vice O. W. McLean, resigned. Edgar M. Bentley has been appointed postmaster at Colman, Moody county, South Dakota, vice JV J. Snyder, resigned. SCHOOL CORNERSTONE LAID (Continued from Third Page.) Miller, ten from Sumner and twenty-eight from Calloway, besides a number from Broken Bow. Lexington and Cosad. A mid night supper was served at the hotel, at which over 100 were seated. Oconto lodge starts .out with a llvs membership of twenty. The following are a list of the officers Installed: Noble grand, R. R. Crowe; vice grand, James Fee; treasurer, John W. Conley; secretary, George C. Web ster; trustees, Charles Davey, John Pile and R. O. Roberts. PLATTE RIVER RECEDES SLIGHTLY Fear Bridge Will Go When the Gorge Breaks. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dee. 18. (Spe cial.) During the night and this morning the water In the Platte, In this vicinity, has gone down about a . foot, being still, however, out of the river's banks. Re ports from further west are to the effect that the water there Is rising. The gorge Is Just half a mile below the St Joseph A Grand Island ' and the county Wagon bridges, and several miles above the Hall- Hamilton county wagon and the Burling-' ton railroad bridges and the latter, par ticularly the wagon bridge, may be In some danger when the gorge Is broken. Many of the farmers are yet unable to get to fhelr hay lands and to provide properly for their stock. Bloomfleld Has Pablle Library. BLOOMFIEU3, Neb., Dee. 18. (Special. loom field now has a public library, but It Is not of the Carnegie stamp. The two Woman's clubs of the town. In co-operation with Mr. W. H. Harm, have rented, furnished and supplied, with books and magaslnes, one of the large rooms In the new Pospeshll theater, a meeting was held last evening at the theater for the purpose of electing trustees and to ar range for the maintaining' of the library. Mr. Harm, In a few well-chosen words, stated the object of the meeting and the necessity of provldng for our young peo ple, who have no home, access to a library, a . place to spend their evenings. The or ganisation was named the Bloomfleld Pub lic Library, and the following trustees were elected: W. H. Harm, I C. Calkins and Will A: Patton. The remaining two trus tees are to be chosen by the two Woman's ) clubs from among their members. Farmer Found Dead la Yard. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 18. (Spe cial.) John Brown, aged 70, an old set tler and living alone in the southwestern part of this county, was found dead In his front yard by neighbors. On last Friday Mr. Hannan called at the place to see how the old gentleman was getting along and found the doprs open, but no sign of Mr. Brown anywhere in the house or on the farm. Nor was he where, several days later, he waa found by neighbors. Death was due, apparently, to natural causes, probably pld age and heart trouble. lie has no relatives here, but has one daugh ter living in Indiana and three In Wyo ming. News of Nebraska. COLUMBt'B Mrs, P. J. Cunningham has returned from a visit to Virginia. COLUMBl'S Women of the Presbyterian church raised about $200 by their bazar. COLUMBI A Rev. J. 8. C. Wells of Nor folk held services at Grace Episcopal church Sunday. COLUMBL'S Outage valued at $52 was reported for electric lights last month by the chief of police. COLUMBUS Wills of B. F. Munro and wife of New York are filed for probate here. . They convey land to daughters. COLUMBUS Twenty-two probationers were sdmltted to full membership In the Methodist Episcopal church here Sunday. BEATRICE Yesterday was one of the coldest days of the season. The river Is frosen over ard boys are skating on In dian creek north of the city. BEATRICE Bishop Bonacum of Lincoln was In the city yesterday on business con nected with the improvements already started here by the Catholic church. COLUMBUS Less than ten years ago Fred Bargeman bought eighty acres of land near nre for 1-7 an acre and has just sold It for $100 an acre after taking $1.0u0 a year from It. BEATRICE A dispatch from Washing ton, D. C, states that Fred Barclay, a former Beatrice boy, has been admitted to practice law In the supreme court of the United States. BLUE HILL An Important real estate transfer took place In this city last week when eighty lots belonging to R. H. Rohr ers, now residing at St. Joseph, Mo., were sold to C. V. Ound of this city. BEATRICE Frank Dexter of Omaha ar rived tn the city yesterday to take charge of the United States recruiting station here to succeed D. It. Lee, who left today for St. Louis to Join a theatrical company. BEATRICE There has been a great re ligious awakening in this city during the last two wueks aa a result of the union revival meetings conducted by Dr. Jordan. Nearly 'aaj people have been converted. BEATRICE J. L. Stevens died yester day at the home of T. P. Oaman, four miles west of the city, where he has been living fur some tlrue. Death was due to con sumption, lie was 44 years of age and leaves a widow and two children. ALBION For the flrat time this season the ground is covered with snow. A light snow brgan falling this mornlns and con tinues lih fair progpec'.s of It lasting dur ing the day. Moat of the corn has been gathered, though quite a number of fann ers are not Jet ready for snow. FREMONT The Sure Hatch Inci.h.tor company has lis plant completed and In full operation. It W now turning out loo Incubators and brooders a day and doing considerable shipping in carload lots. The company la having more or lees trouble In gviting lumber owing to the shortage of cars. BEATRICE Mrs. Etta Ounn died at her home in West Beatrice Sunday from pneu monia, aged 8s years. She la survived by her husband and a daughter. Funeral services were held yesterday from the La belle Street Methodiat Episcopal church, and Interment waa tn Evergreen Home cemetery. BEATRICE Word has been received here from Washington. 1. C, announcing it marriage of Ralph Lorain Sat. In. eldeat I aon of Judge and Mrs. It. W. Htbin, and Mise Anna lillibert epeicn. which oocuned at the bride's home at Washington last week. Thu young couple will make their home at Hastings. Neb. BLUE H I LI The Olenwood Telephone eomjny vf Webater county held a meet ing in the el'y hall today to consider ttse r, .1 r.'iiil itf M nttf Htt 1 1 r li luu. rA mh ti.A mi. i at p' eaaut U loo siuaU, and aXio la regard A Solution of the Gift Question AS Xmti gift, what could be more certain to please and of surer utility than a beautiful art reproduction? The peculiar ppropriatenes of t'ht Cillitr frgoft for decorating the home, the "den," the achool-room, the library, the office, and club hat been quickly recognized and the vexatious problem of "What ah all I givef" hai been well aolved. To satisfy a growing demand for fine pictures, P. F. Collier He Son are now publishing reproductions of 'he work of Frederic Remington, Jessie Willcox imith, Walter Appleton Clark, F. X. Leyendecker, A. ii. Frost, Maxfield Parrish, and Charles Dana Gibson You must know, as every one conversant with current literature and art Joes know, that these are the foremost American artists. ' They are under contract to work exclusively for Collier's, and their present and best work can be had enly in the form of Collier's proofs, whether in color or in black and white. Because of the wide range of subjects and of the prices and the various methods of mounting, the Collier line it adaptable to every taste and you are jure to find tome pictures that are "just what you want." Go to the best art, picture, book, jewelry, stationery, or depart ment store in your town and ask for the Collier proofs. Insist on your they can get HAVANA, CUBA, AND RETURN, $53.85-Sold December 18 to 21, inclusive. DECEMBER 20 TO 25, 29 TO JANUARY 1, INCLUSIVE-Eate, fare and one-third for the round trip to points on the Wabash Railroad. TO MANY POINTS IN INDIANA, OHIO, NEW YORK, MICHIGAN, KENTUCKY, PENNSYLVANIA, ONTARIO AND WEST VIRGINIA-Sold December 20 to 22, inclusive. Return limit, 30 days. , TO MANY POINTS IN ALABAMA FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI,' NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE Sold December 20 to 25, 29 to 31 and January 1. Return until January 7. One and one-third fare, ' plus G5 cents. ' ' ' . CANADIAN EXCURSIONS From Chicago, one fare plus $1.00 for round trip. Tick- ets sold December 19 to 22, inclusive. . HOMESEEKER AND COLONIST RATES-South and southeast, sold first and third Tuesdays each month. Many points less than one fare. WINTER TOURIST RATES To all winter resorts. Long return limit. Sold daily. Liberal stopovers. STEAMSHIP RATES To all European, Asiatic, Cuban and Porto Rico points. Cruises to Mediterranean, West Indies, Venezuela, Panama Canal, etc. Descriptive literature, time tables, eteamer sailings, jQ fact all Information cheerfully furnished at Wabash City Ticket Office, 1601 Farnam St., Telephone Douglas 355, or address Harry L Moorcs, to moving the central office In an uptown building.' Representatives of the Bell Tele phone company were present and gave them a talK anu aaaeu wiom 10 counot-i uu their company. BEATRICE The Beatrice Uedorkrans elected thee ofllcers: Peter A. 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