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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1906)
.TTV i X.. SANTA FIFTY TEARS AGO Mrs. Tbomas B. Gamine Becalli Her Tint CkrUtmu in Omaha. DAY ENDED WITH A JOYOUS DANCE Utile Village Cootalaed bat Few People aad Tkey Speot Time Visiting Back am Fertk. Margaret Cuming, widow of Thomas B. Cumins, who was noting governor of the territory of Nebraska, Monday morning glanced back over the last fifty year to Christina day of IK in the little Tillage of Omaha. Though the flight of years haa dimmed the recollection of that Yuletlde season. Mrs. Cuming had some remem brance of that particular date, which wai her first Christmas In Omaha. "There was nothing particularly note worthy about our observance of .Christmas day In Omaha In ISM," Mrs. Cuming said. "As I now recall It. we bad no place of , publlo worship here then. W were Just a Your Tongue is Coatedl Watch for Symptoms! LOOK In your pocket-mlrrorl Or inside the ltd of your watch casel Fur co it on your tongue? Bad business. What you been Estlnr? What were you drinking? ' What kind of Lazy Chair did you take exercise in? Now don't think it doesn't matter! Because, it's your Bowels that talk now, every tlmt you open your Mouth. That doesn't help your Popularity, nor your Earning capacity. Besides, a person with bad Bowels is la ' bad way. Co and tako a Tea Mile Walk. lor Exercise) Haven't time? Too Lazy? Well, there Is another Way. Take Artificial Exercise for your Bowels, That's CASCARETS. They rouse the Bowel Muscles, Just as a Cold Bath freshen Athletio Muscles, Waken them up. Strengthen them so they Contract and Expand the Bowels and In testines In healthy, active manner. That's how these muscles work the Food along, through your thirty feet of In testines, to its Finish. That's how they squeeze Gestrio Juice Into the food, to Digest It. That's how they make the millions of little Suckers 14 the intestines draw the Nutrition out of Food, and transferal It Into Blood, Brawn, Brain and Bone. One tablet taken whenever you euspee you need It will insure yoa against W per cent of all other ills likely to attack you. Cascarets don't purge, don't weaken, don't Irritate, nor upset your stomach, m Tsn Cents, at all DruggUta. Be very, careful to get the fenvilne, made only by the Sterling Remedy Company, and never sold In fc-'k. Every tablet ttariped "CCC . mall settlement and visited back and forth during the day. In the evening there was a dance at the Douglas house aad I at tended it." Of the namee of some of thoe she re membered seeing or calling on that day she mentioned those of Hamilton, Popple ton, Hanacom. Miller, Goodwills, Kellom, Kountse, . Woolworth, Monell, Lehmer, Richardson. Horbach, Meredith, Eetabrook', Davis, Paddock, Armstrong, Thrall, Patrick, Rogers, Salisbury, Clay, Morton, Lacey, Crelghton. Doane, Wakeley, Ttedlck and Bells. Many of these pioneers are In Omaha today and on Tuesday their hearts will go out to each other In silent expres sions of good will. Others are In that land where time la naught. On Christmas day of lifts Mrs. Cuming lived In a cottage then at the southwest corner of Eighteenth and Dodge street a Bhe said the family enjoyed a feast of tur key and partridges. , Memorable New Tear. Mrs. Cuming has a better recollection of New Tear's day following that Christmas day. TmVt New Tear's day was firmly fixed lu her mind through the association of three dosen eggs for which Governor Cum ing paid $1 each, and with which She made Virginia egg nog, Mrs. Cum Ing being a Virginian. On New Tear's morning 1857 Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Cuming's mother, called and suggested the egg nogg Mr. Cuming took a walk down the village road and met a man from Council Bluffs with a basket of eggs. , The beat dicker Governor Cuming could make was t3t for three doaen. Later In commenting on the quality of the egg nog to Mrs. Murphy the acting governor said the eggs were extra fine. Mrs. Murphy said she thought they seemed to be Just every-day eggs. Then the governor quoted the price. Mangum Co., LETTER SPECIALISTS J. J. HILL ROBBED IN OMAHA Mas with Masastt'i Haas Relieved f Mosey by Colored Da Basel. For a long time Omaha haa been endeav oring to get the ear and reach the heart string of James J. Hill. Saturday night Mr. Hill came to Omaha. His arrival was not heralded by pomp or power, bat he slipped so quietly Into town that his presence did not become known, to sny considerable number of eltlsens until Judgs Crawford rapped for order In police court Monday morning. Mr. Hill had been robbed, niched of his good purse which contained $30. And It was neither In stocks nor bonds, but hard, cold cash. Pearl Gray, a youthful descend ant of Ham. had the coin and she was neither a stock broker nor a manipulator of tape, but she had the coin. Just the same. "Five dollars and costs for . vagrancy," was the sentence of the court upon the woman. But Omaha haa another chance, for the victim wee Mr. Hill of Gretna and not of BL Paul and Wall street. The deputy county attorney would not file a complaint against the woman charg ing her with larceny from the person on the evidence submitted to him by Mr. HllL Robert W 11 llama colored, who was ar rested on suspicion of being Implicated In the robbery of Hill, was discharged. la Llae with the rare road Law. The National Food and Drug act which takes effect January 1. Iter, does not af fect Chamberlaln'e Cough Remedy In any manner. No special labels are required ea this remedy under that Act. aa It la free from opiates and narcotics of every char acter, making tt a safe remedy for mothers tp use with their children. This remedy baa been tn -use for so many years, and tts good qualities ere so well knowa. that no one nsed hesitate to use sj kea rutied wifc. a cough r sold, Tnn OMAHA1 If I ,.,.... J ' 1 7 Five fast through daily trains to Chicago via the Chicago G North -Western By. the only double track railway between the Missouri river and Chicago, the route of the Overland Limited, the Colo rado Special and the Los Angeles Limited. Two fast trains daily via The North-Western Line to St. Paul-Minneapolis -Duluth Four trains a day to Sioux City. Daily service to northern Nebraska, Wyoming and the Black Hills. Through sleeping cars daily to Deadwood and Lead without ohange. The Best of Everything DIVORCES M ANT IN OMAHA "tpsratiois Number One to Every Three and a Half Ifarriacea. CAUSED BY OUTSIDERS COMING ' HERE Over Fifteen Hoadred Marriages aad Over Four Handred Divorces t'p to First of December. One divorce suit tor every three and a half marriages Is the startling record dis closed by a compilation of statistics at the court house for the first eleven months of 1606. Up to December 1, 1.548 marriage li censes had been issued in 19C6, and In the same period 434 divorce suits had been filed In the district court. The figures Indicate the growing Impor tance of Omaha, with several other west ern cities, as a divorce center. Startling as they are, however, the statistics do not Indicate that of the marriages performed In Douglas county one out of every three or four Is a failure. A closer examination of the divorce records will show that a very large percentage of the applicants for legal separation are in reality residents of other states, though for the purpose of securing the divorce they have temporarily established a residence In Omaha. The lax ity of the law which permits a legal resi dence to be established In six months Is in a great measure responslblble for this. An other reason why Omaha attracts persons seeking divorce Is that It Is large enough to furnish employment for wives whose husbands have deserted them and whohave to rely on their own resources. In numer ous cases women who are required by profligate husbands to earn their own liv ing come to Omaha because it Is easy to get work. After they have been here the required six months they start suit for divorce. Partly to offset this factor In the comparison Is the fact that Omaha la also to a certain extent a marriage center. A considerable percentage of the marriage licenses are issued to couples both of whom live outside the county. They come to Omaha as a substitute for the wedding trip. Moro Rigid Law Comlag. The increase of divorce suits In the last few years has attracted the attention of persons who are Interested in a more rigid law on the subject and It la raid an effort will be made before the legislature at the coming session to secure a revision of the law on the basis of the model law recom mended by the divorce congress which met In Philadelphia last fall. An evil very prevalent In Omaha which Is condemned by the divorce experts is the custom of withdrawing from the pub llo (Ilea the records in divorce cases. Many courts fotbld this practice, but In Omaha It is very common. The model law recom mended by the divorce congress contains a clause forbidding It and requiring all DENTISTRY S have rem sates that enable xae to ftll aad erewa teeth without pela. Of osarse IS year teetk are aet sensitive yoa doat feel the aaed of palaleasaess Ja year aeatal work. Bat tt they are aeanUve yoall appreciate it, ae doabt. My ekargea are very teseoaable. DR. FICKEO, Dentist. Fa. Bong. 837. 3I Bee Bid. DAILTBEEi" TCESDAT, DECEMEEIT 23," 100(5. For tickets and full information apply at . CITY TICKET OFFICES N 14311403 Fanum Stmt, Omaha, ana" 622 Broadpray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. files aa well aa at all times. hearings shall , be publlo It Is said a number of lawyers' In Omaha who make a practice of divorce cases hold out aa an Inducement to prospective clients that they can secure j the decree without publicity. In order to accomplish this as soon as the petition is filed it is withdrawn and taken to the office of the lawyer where It reposes In a pigeon hole until it is time for the case to be heard. SUIT TO FORCE COAL CARS Shippers Brine: Artlon to Compel Facilities from the Darllas; ton Railroad. James E. Woodard and Forest Richard son, doing business as partners under the Arm name of J. E. Woodard & Co., dealers in coal,' have brought suit In the United States circuit court against the Burlington railroad to compel the latter company to furnish the plaintiffs with cars to haul Ha coal and to desist from the further appro priation of the coal of the plaintiffs for the defendants' use.' A temporary Injunction has been granted against the defendants and the hearing has been set for January 2, 1907, before Judge Munger. The plaintiffs enttrel Into a contract with the Burlington to haul Its-coal from Diets, Wyoming, to Billings, Montana, but none of this coal was to be company coal of the Burlington, the cml being the product of the Sheridan mines. The petition asks that the Burlington company be enjoined from further Interference with the plain tiff's business and that it be required to pay for the coal thus far appropriated. A. B. Hubermann. only western direct diamond Importer, corner 13th and Douglas, which are retailed at wholesale prices. BIG DAY FOR NEW BUILDINGS Nearly Oae Handred and Thirty-Five Thoasaad Dollars of Per wilts Issaed. Building Inspector Wlthnell's office Issued nearly 1135,000 In permits Monday morning. The largest permit Issued was for the con struction of brick and steel paint and wheel shops by the Union Pacific Railroad com pany, the cost being placed at tsS.OOO. The other permits Issued were: Charles Foster, Fortieth and Harney streets, $.3,000 brick sextette flats; Mueller & Johnson, 1514 Cass, t'i.O&O brick shop; Anna H. Partridge. Twenty-sixth and Dewey avenue, f9.0n0 brick triple dwelling; O. R. May, 111 South Thirty-third, ti.OuO dwelling; Anna June, 1421 South Fifteenth, J1,000. I HAMILTON CASE ANNULLED ladlctraeat for Stabbing of Al Me Vlttle Dismissed oa Rela tives' Request. The Indictment against Frank Hamilton, who stabbed Al McVlttle fatally in the Merchants hotel bar on the evening of the city election last spring, was dismissed Monday afternoon at the request of Deputy County Attorney Fitch. Fitch said the sister and other relatives of McVlttle had requested that this be done. His own in vestigation, he said, convinced him it was a case of self-defense. McVlttle did not die for a month after the trouble with Hamilton. Personally roadacted Toar of Old Mealeo. A special party for a thirty-day tour of Old Mexico, embracing prarl?e!ly all the Important cities snd principal points of In tereet, will leave Omaha January. Ik Rate covering transportation, berth and meals only taw 00. For further Information call or address Rock Island City Ticket Office. Ill Far-r-.pn .It RUSH OF CHRISTMAS MAILS Volome of Business at Postefflee Fifteen Per Ceat Heavlor Than Last Tear. The Christmas rush at the Omaha post office has been about 15 per cent heavier than during the Christmas season of 1905. The clerks have successfully handled the big rush of mail, though working on the average of fourteen hours per day. Dur ing the last four days over 7,000 pieces of mall have been handled In the registry de partment by the twenty-two men em ployed In that room. In addition to the handling of the regular mall coming to the Omaha office, the Omaha clerks have handled three cars of mall that should have been handled at Council Bluffs. The delivery of the mall haa continued without Interruption by the Omaha carrier force and substitutes. The transactions of the poetofflce during the year 1906 to date have been I8.216.346.4S, as against t7,376.183.g4 for the corresponding period in 1906, showing an excess of S831, 162.84 for the current year. .In the railway mall service the work has been heavier than ever before. A car of registered mall has been handled every I If- f tr s J i l i ; i I t ! M it i ' day. Eight extra men are employed on the Work, with two extra men at the depots There has been some delay In the malls from the west, but the emergency of de layed mails baa been promptly met at Omaha with the additional force. OMAHA AND JJIVER BENEFITS City Mast Oatllae What Improve ments tt Expects fresa Cos Cross for Kennedy. Congressman John L. Kennedy's sugges tion) that the commercial interests of Omaha furnish him with a definite outline of what they would like from congress In the way of Missouri river Improvement, Will, In all probability, be acted on this week. Though on account of Christmas the ex ecutive committee of the Commercial club will not hold Its regular meeting Tuesday, It plans to hold a special meeting later In the week, perhaps Wednesday. Mr. Kennedy will be invited to meet with the committee. A publlo meeting at the Commercisl club some evening before Mr. Kennedy returns to Washington is proposed, and If decided on the Grain exchange will be invited to co-operate. After a public discussion of the river U i ii Made in the Golden Sunlight It it conceded by the highest authorities that the toda cracker contain the life-jxivin; elements of wheat in the best proportions. This being so, then UnCCdfl DlsCUft must tt once take first place as the food of the world soda cracker, but such a soda cracker I Made by exact science in sunny bakeries so light, bright and clean, thai they are a revelation. The flour is tested; the purity of the water is absolutely assured ; the very air is filtered why even the temperature and moisture of the atmosphere is accurately regulated. The sponge is kneaded by polished paddles, not by hand. Indeed, Unccda QfSCUit arc only touched once, and then by a pretty girl, from the time the flour leaves the bag until the beautiful package is placed on your table. NATIONAL BlSCyiT COMPANY 0 5KS? Improvement matter, the Commercial clut and Grain exchange will be better pre pared to frame formal demands on con gross. SPUD FARRISH SENDS WORD Writes f rosa Virginia, Homo to Let Friends Know He ts Still Alive. Spud Farrlsh writes from his home In Grlfflnsburg, Va., near the old Culpepper court house, that he Is still In the land of the living and happy. He sends Christmas greetings to all his old Omaha friends on a postal card, with a huge potato in one cor ner. Few people know where Spud derived his name. When he first struck Omaha he worked for a commission house snd had special charge of the potato department and from that derived his name of Spud. Hot Springe, Arkansas. Owned and controlled by United States government. Leads all cures and pleasure resorts. Fins winter climate; too hotels et all prices. Write Bureau of Information for book. A GOOD OFFER. . Ruy your liquors of J. Klein end get a forty-two-piece dinner set free. V 1,1 1 5 1 1 1