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.THE OMAHA DAITiY BEE: 'WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2.1, 1907. 1 fai V ( I"1 tONNELL ANSWERS SUTTON Zccu-,ed Attorney Difends Bin self from ( ths Chare of Oontsmpt. QUOTES FROM RECORD IN JUSTIFICATION Offensive Paragraphs Reprndnred la aad Farther Remarks by C'aart let Forth ts Es tablish Innocence. AUorney W. J. Connell appeared Tumlny Miomlng before Judge Sutton In the dis trict court and entered a plea of not guilty 'To the charge of contempt of court filed .X sgalnst him by County Attorney English F" under the direction of Judge Sutton, be cause of the conduct of Mr. Connell during the trial of the "Coal trust" caae In De-cemler. Attorney Stout, for Mr. Connell, read a , motion to quash the Information, which was overruled by Judge Button. Mr. Con nell then tip-toed Into the clerk's office wltr 'a paper, secured the filing stamp and returned It to Mr. Stout, who read it. It was a demurrer, which was also overruled. I Then Mr. Connell made another trip to the V clerk s office and returned with the official stamp on his answer to the Information and his showing of cause. This was a lengthy document, and as Mr. Stout was engaged on another trial In Judge Kedlck'i court,' the ca itempt case was continued until Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Connell's answer goes Into detail, lie not only denies the charges of contempt against him, but quotes statements which he alleges were made by the court and which were prejudicial to Connell. Baala of Contempt C'haraje. The language or the record on which the contempt charge against Mr. Connell Is based Is quoted by him from the transcript, aa follows: Q. Now, referring to the entry opposite C. B. Havens A Co., under June lo. lis., the figures and two ciphers following, what does that mean. $6.00, or what? Objected to for the reason that the book Itself Is the best evidence. We object that It Is Immaterial and Irrelevant. Further object that it does not tend to sustain the charge or dues not tend to sustain any count In this Indictment. We further ob- loet Ihnt If rlutM In rilit And A. tint y prior to the time when the existing law I under which this prosecution went into force. objection overruiea ana aeienaam ex cept s. Mr. Connell That was a point I wanted to present, your honor, but If your honor has mad up your mind not to hear any dis cussions or presentations here, why 1 don't cure to go Into that. Tne Court You have argued so much law that I thoroughly disagree with that 1 have kind of lost faith In the law you present to the court, and If I thought there would be anything gained by this discus sion I would be glad to hear tt. I Mr. Connell I don't want to say that I 1 have lost faith In the court, but I will go to the extreme of saying that I do not think that any law that I could produce to your honor would nave mucn errect. The Court Perhaps that Is because you have argued bad law to the court for a long time and the court, 1 suppose Mr. Connfll I have got It out of the Ne braska reports, and the supreme court Is responsible for the law. I do not make the law. I merely find It and bring It Into court. ' Objections overruled. Defendant excepts. j Controversy Over Witness Griffith. I'pon Mr. Griffith being called to the atand objection was made by the county V attorney that he had violated the order of the court -excluding witnesses - from the court room. The Court The court made the order and told oounsel that order would be en forced. Mr. Connell I want to show by this wit ness that he was not present when your honor made that order; that he did not know anything about it; that he never ex pected to be a witness when he was called. and we wish to state, professionally, to the court, on my own part and on behalf of my associate, Mr. Stout, we did not know that we would have to call him as a wit ness. 1 did not have the remotest Idea that he would ever be a witness until well into yesterday, and that being so we ask and i demand that his testimony be taken. Now, tM my understanding of the rule is this, your honor: That a party cannot be deprived of the right to use a witness simply be cause the witneKs violates some order of the court. If this witness has violated any order of the court, knowing that he was to be a witness, and has come Into the court room, he would be liable for contempt of court; he would be punlBhable, himself, for contempt of court. Suppose that Mr. Howell, In place of be ing on trial for an act In restraint of trade, was on trial for his life, and that this was the only witness by whom he could prove his Innocence, and the witness has violated the order of the court. Is It possible that he must be denied the right to present that testimony, and go upon the executioner's platform because the witness, the only wit ness who could testify In his behalf, has willfully, we wi!l say, violated an order of the court. Now, your honor, I contend and Insist that to exclude any witness called by the defense simply because that witness has violated some order of tho court, and the defendant himself Is not a party to It. would be not only the rankest Injustice, but would be error of tho grossest character. The Court Then we will have error of the grossest character. Now, I do not like that remark, 'grossest, rankest Injuatlce." Now, Mr. Connell, you have been making free u?e of such remarks, and some time you are going to find out this court Is not going to permit that any more. Controversy During: Final Ararnnient. During the final argument to the Jury, while W. J. Connell. counsel for the de fendant, was addressing the Jury and waa making reference to the time when the constitution and bylaws of the Omaha Coal exchange were adopted and that If the same were In violation of law, the act of adopting them was more than eighteen months prior to the finding of the Indict ment and in that connection he turned to ward the county attorney and said: "Why la tt th&t this Indictment waa not found until Juiit before a general election V There- upon ine couniy auuinry .ruwi ami saiu : f "if your honor please, I object to such statement from a man who knows better, s a reflection on this court which called the grand Jury that found this Indictment, and as a reflection on sixteen men with Coin pi lea with all requirements Sim 1 Advice of the largest coffee dealers in in the world is always to buy the old fashioned Arbucldes ARIOSA Coffee in tho sealed packages. Doc't ak for pound of Mocha and Java, or buy hy for Cotfee fluctuates and you cannot get the same coffee for the same price all unlem you pay too much for it. Most of the so-called Mocha and Java Coffee masquerading, and is not nearly as good toffee for you as ArbuclW ARIOSA. ol the IVaTnlan Coflect most suiUble to the taste and healta ct American people, cy uie Uob there is no difference between toasted Java and Bf aiiLan Coffees ; many people drink Brazilian but pay for Java. The principal difference is that Arbuckles costs you less. It is a mistake to believe that a high price guarantees quaEry. When you buy ArbuckW AWOSA Cotiee, you get a full one pound package of the leading Coffee of the world. Its sales for 37 years are greater than the combined sales of all the other packaged coffees. By giving better Coffee for the money, we have built up a business exceeding the combined businesses of the four next largest coffee firms im4kt) whole world. If your dealer will not supply the genuine, write to arbuckle bros fwYao hearts as true as ever best." Thereupon the court said: "Mr. Connell. n know better than to make a statement like that. I will 1e with you at the rinse of this trial." Thereupon Mr. Connell remarked: "Your honor, if I had been permitted to complete my statement It would imt appear to be objectionable." Thereupon Mr. Con nell proceeded with his argument without further objection. Attltnde of the f'oert Mr. Connell sets out further In his answer some allegations of unfairness on the part of the court, quoting from the record as follows: The said defendant further answering and making showing of cause, alleges that one of the attorneys for said Samuel E. Howell, and as suc,h attorney, being charged with the duty of faithfully, hon estly, loyally and to the best of his abil ity protecting the rights and liberty of said Samuel K. Howell, he entered upon the defense of said criminal case with the sole purpose of prrsoiting th- law and the facts and stalillshlng in accordance witn the lnw and the farts the innoceme of sa'd Howell, and proving In accordance with truth and Justice that said Howell waa not guilty of the ofrnse charged against him. nut notwithstanding such was the duty of sail defendant, the said Judge Sutton, at the very beginning of said trial, without cause or provocation, g far as anything that was done or said by this defendant during said trial is con cerned, manifested angT and personal hos tility toward this defendant to the great prejudice or nts uerense and nie client and used Intemperate, Improper and prejudicial language from the bench, and did engage In controversies with counsel and make re torts, all tending to cause and Induce coun sel for their own protection and In tho defense of their client to make reply, and among other things, the said Ju'ige, at the time of the arraignment of the defend ants In said criminal case, and In response to tne suggestion ot counsel that such case being merely a mladenvanor. the defend ants would waive the reading of the long wuieiment. without cause or justification, said: "Mr. Connell. I know your tactics. and you are going to have it (.the Indict ment i read over again. And, again, a little later on, making fur ther reference to the reading of the indict ment, the said Judge In a sarcastic and angry tone of voice, addressing this de- lenoant, said: "The Indictment will be read over again. I would like to have this read over again In order to satisfy Mr. Connell. 1 am going to have It done. I know you perfectly well. ' And, again, later on. during said trlnl and In presence of the Jury, while this de fendant In a respectful manner was making a proper statement, said: "I propose to have this case tried ac cording to law and not have you bulldoze It through the court." And, again, later on. upon this defendant stating In a respectful manner and In ac cordance with the actual fact, that there was no evidence that the defendants hail by Joint action adopted prlcs of coal, said In an angry and sarcastic manner: "That is all nonsense. Thnt Is all rot. Tou may argue that to the Jury, hut not to the court. The court. has common sense, at least. You can argue that to the Jury, but not to the court." KEEPING A LINE ON PAPA Woman Looking; for Divorce Calls t p Andy Gallagher, bat Won't Tell Her Kame. The telephone In the district court rang sharply, and when Deputy District Clerk Gallagher took tho receiver and inquired what waa wanted a, woman's voice de manded: "Say, you tell me if there's a divoroe suit filed against me." "Certainly, madam, but," said Mr. Gal lagher, when the woman Interrupted him Impatiently. "Please don't give me any 'buts.' I want to know and I want to know quick." "I'll be very glad to give you the Infor mation, madam, but I must know your name," said the district clerk. ."Oh, you must?" said the woman with a sniff. Then she could be heard turning and consulting some one else at her end of the line. There was evidently a council of war on this subject, and then she replied with the air of one making a great con cession: "" "My name Is Carter." "And the given name?" Inquired Mr. Gal lagher. "You don't need to know that," was the sharp reply.' ''' ' Mr. Gallagher assured her that 11 was quite necessary, and then there followed another council of war at the othee end of the line. Soon the woman replied: "You'll not get my first name," she said. "Not by a long ways. I know what you wnnt with 1t. Ynu want tn nut it In th . t h . v Hnn't d,i it thi. Papers, but you tet you don t do it this time. If that man has filed a suit for dl vorce against me, I'll find It out some other way." And the receiver was hung up with a sharp click. MAN LURES GIRL TO SHAME Omaha Walter and Yoanar Woman Found In Resort In Kan sas City. A telephone message was received at the police station early Tuesday morning from Captain Halpln of the Kansas City police, who said that "BlUle" Martin, formerly a waiter at the Eagle restaurant, and Dlca Livingston, who left home'ln company with Martin last Tuesday night, had been found and arrested In a disreputable house at Kansas City. Captain Halpln reported that Martin had taken the girl, who Is only 17 years of age, to the house of unsavory reputation and had forced her to acts of pocket picking and similar crimes for his pecuniary beneflt. ' Martin and the girl, who had resided with her parents at 2422 South Sixteenth street, left home Tuesday night, ostensibly on their way to a theater, but failed to re turn. Inquiries were made by the Omaha police and ,the couple were finally located at Kansas City. Mrs. Livingston had a conference Tuesday morning with the county attorney, and tt la expected Martin will be brought back to Omaha to answer to a serious charge. of the National Pure Food Law, Guarantee No. 2041, filed at Washington. CARL REYNOLDS DENIES ALL Tom? Man Under Deltrs of Cbirei Fr.tests He ii I:n)cent. EAGER TO TALK CF THE ACCUSATIONS Arraigned In roller Conrt and Bonnd Oier oa Three t haraea aad Expects to Give Ball. "I want to say that I'm Innocent, per fectly Innocent, of the charges that have been made against me," Suld Carl Rey nolds Tuesday morning In his cell at the city Jail to a reporter for The Bee. The young man who Is accused of hold ing up una roomng juuue e.... . James O Hanlon on the night of January 8; . . , . . . ,...i, or.", ct VI . - Mrs. Jane P. Rockafellow. 2509 St. Mary s avenue, at her home December 20, and August Wolf. Murtin Tlbke and Jacob Thelkeldsen In Wolf's saloon, on the West Dodge street road, December 20; of un dressing and robbing Ueorge llarker the night of December 20, as well as half a dozen burglaries and other crimes, ap peared to be eager to talk, although he had maintained absolute silence to the police. "ldenlflcatlons don't amount to any- thing," said Reynolds. "That Is the slest kind of evidence on which to convict a niuu of any crime, and those people were positively mistaken In saying that 1 am guilty of any criminal acts toward them. Anyone is liable to muke a mistake In identifying a person and those people who accuse me of so much came to the Jail ex pecting to find the right man and, of course, said I was the man, even though they weren't sure. I never committed one crime In Omaha or elsewhere and. In fact, don't even know of half of the crimes of which I am accused. Not Sore Abont Alibi. "I don't know whethrr I shall attempt the alibi method or not, for I don't know where I was when the crimes were com mitted with which I am charged. I have lived In Omaha twenty years and am now 21 years of ag. I attended the Farnam street school for several years, but did not have the chance of attending the high school, as I had to earn my own living. No, I never lenrned a trade, but have sup ported myself by honest work at different Jobs. My father Is well known here. He Is a railroad man and has been In and out of Omaha for several years. I don't care to say anything about my relatives except that my father has been here to see me several times and will stand by mo In this trouble." Asked what he was doing in Lincoln where he was arersted last week and brought back to Omaha by Detective Fer ris, Reynolds said: "I had only been there a few days and was visiting with friends. I was not em ployed there and Intended to return to Omaha the day after I was arrested." Hound Over for Trial. Reynolds and his attorney, J. M. Mac farland, had an extended conference Mon day afternoon, and when Reynolds was ar raigned In police court ugaln Tuesday morning on the charge of holding up Mrs. Rockafellow, Wuxcnberg and O'Hanlon, his attorney entered pleas of not guilty in each case and waived a preliminary exam lnatlon. Judge Crawford bound Reynolds over for trial In tho district court under bonds 6f H.OflO 11,000 on each charge, and It Is expected a friendof the family will furnish ball for the prisoner within the next few days. The bond of H.OuO on each charge waa fixed at that amount at the re- j Smith, Is having plana prepared for an ex quest of Deputy County Attorney Elllck. tension of thes buildings to a point ninety Reynolds waa photographed Tuesday morning for the rogues' gallery and his Bertlllon measuremmts taken Monday evening. Deputy County Attorney Elllck said he expected to file three more com plaints against Reynolds Wednesday morn ing, charging him with holding up and robbing August Wolf, Tlbke and Thelkeld sen In the saloon on the West Dodge street road. When the deputy made this state ment In open court it greatly excited the levity of Reynolds, whose countenance broke Into a broad smile. PORK AND BEANS TAKE LEAD Most Popular Koon Diet of Business Men, Ray Restaurant Proprietor. The short order restaurants In the busi ness center of Omaha give a fairly good Index of the gastronomic tendencies cf business Omaha. These establishments are largely patronized by business and profes sional men not bo much on the matter of economy as expediency. The manager of one of the most largely patronized of the short order restaurants says: "By far the largest majority of calls for short order lunches Is for pork and beans. Omaha people are big bean eaters, and 1 question whether more beans are eaten In Boston In proportion to our population than here In Omaha. Pork and beans Is the favorite noon lunch. In the morning the big call for "wheats' (griddle cukes). Pro fessional men usually call for 'wheats' and fried eggs In the morning and pork and beans at noon. Beef stew ranks next In popularity as a noon lunch. "Omahana, too, are tremendous pie eaters, with a decided preference for apple pie. Wejeell three pieces of apple pie to one of any other kind. The favorite dish with boys, messenger boys and all who have out ride employment Is the Inevitable pork and beans. In the summer we have some little call for the breakfast foods. Coffee Is, of the price, the time, is simply the blend course, the favorite beverage. We seldom hnve a call for lea. It Is either coffee or milk. Of course appetites Vary, but I am speaking of the general call for short order lunches and not for regular meals " TIP FOR TRUANT OFFICERS Plata Talk oa a Hobject of Interest to Men Fllllna These Positions. "I hope further action will not be neces sary to Impress upon the minds of truant officer Just exactly what their duty Is In the matter of treating with children who play truant," said a member of the Hoard of Education, In referring to the action , taken by the board Monday night. "We adopted the committee's report, which out lines definitely and explicitly the bounds to which truant officers may go, and they will ,ln .oil . . n-.l.t Ir, ...n ., rrfr,-. . y,.n. Th. rpm,r, .i,,,n,, ... I nQ , flloer na. ,he un(lpr Juvenile law, to arrest children. Ho may enforce the compulsory educational low as against parents or guardians, but not against children. He may apprehend a child and convey It to Its parents or guardlnn, but he may not arrest the child. That Is the point, and any truant officer will do well to bear that point In mind." Certain members of the board have de termined they will see to It that truant officers shall not In the future usurp pow ers and functions which the law does not fllm-.gve them. t"n warranted officlousness, which has caused an endless amount of trouble, they declare, must stop, one way or the other. Arrests of children and placing them In the Detention home with out first taking them to their parents will not be tolerated longer. NASH TO WAKE BIG OUTLAY Authorised to Spend Three Hundred Thousand Dollars on Elec tric riant. F. A. Nash, general agent of the Milwau kee railroad and president of the Omaha Electric Light and Power company, has returned from a trip to New York, whete he went for a conference with the eastern directors of th company. He brings the report that he Is authorized to spend $100,000 on the Omaha plant this year In enlarging the boilers and putting In additional ma chinery. Including another larger turbine engine similar to the 'one which was In stalled last year. New lines will be built and some of the old. ones rebuilt and ex tended. "Our plant Is again In normal condition and we have completed the expenditure of $:16.000 which was authorized for last year," said Mr. Nash, "and are now going to spend $100,000 more in making the plant as com plete as possible. "I found a marked change In the senti ment of the east toward the west, and Omalia In particular, which Is now looked upon 'as one of the most prosperous and thriving cities In the country. I heard more of Omaha in a day In New York on this trip than I used to hear In a month." DOWNTOWN BRICKS GO UP Two Small Buildings Mill Be Erected on Farnam Fast of Patterson. The small brick buildings on the sixty-six feet east of the Patterson block, on Farnam street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth, are to be enlargd this spring to twice their present size. V. Farnam Smith, who has charge of the property for George Warren feet back from the street. At present they extend back about half that distance. The Anheuser-Busch Brewing association is contemplating the erection of a building at the southwest corner of Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets. It probably will be a three-Btory structure for saloon, stores and rooming house purposes. Mrs. Maul will erect a new building for Cole & McKay on Douglas street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets. It will be 110 feet In length and 60 feet in width. It will be two stories in height at first, but will eventually be made four stories. It will be built this spring. BIGGEST SALES AND PRICES Farm I -and In Holt County Belnic Sold to Actual Settlers and Not Speculators. Fred I Barclay of Stuiftl, who Is en gaged In the selling of farm lands In Holt county, was at the Merchants Tuesday. "We anticipate a better season for buyers than any in the history of Nebraska," said Mr. Barclay. "The sales for the last six months have been exceedingly large and most of them have been made to actual settlers and not to speculators. There Is little homestead land left In Holt oounty, except In the southern part. Land has In creased In value about 60 per cent In the last three years, and still there Is plenty of good land to be had at from $10 to $40 an acre. It has been a steady rise, with no boom. We are getting 6 and J7 a ton for our hay on the tracks, and that Is' equal to S70 corn land, so It Is seen the prices are still low. CHANCE FOR CHEAP POWER Gas Plant Wants to Supply Local Factory as an Advertising; Proposition. Here Is a chance for some local manu facturing concern to get cheap power. A manufacturer of gas producing plants hai written to Commissioner Guild of the Com mercial club saying he would like to find an Omaha factory using 200-horse power which could be Induced to enter Into a three or five-year contract with him to take gas power at 10 per cent less than It now pays for the same amount of steam power. He would use the plant as an ad vertisement and would expect to show the Omaha manufacturers that they could get their gas power 36 to 50 per cent less than steam power. This demonstrated, he prob ably would erect a factory In Omaha to make the piodueera. Robert Barns Anniversary. This preat anniversary falls to be ob served In Omaha under the auspices of Clan Gord.in Friday evening. In the Ed ward Crelghton institute. 210 South Eigh teenth street, opposite city hall. Mis Mae Weaver. Mrs. Verne M'.iler. Mr. W. B. Gr!.ain. Mr. R. Q. Watson and Graham's quartet will Interpret the glo rious sonss of Scotland The;e will be Scottish reels and Hlghlan-j Flings bv young Omaha Bcotties in kilts. The pipers will be on hand. Ittner's orchestra wl'l lead the dance. The Hon. Robert Cowell will he the speaker of the evening, his ad dress being "The Im-nortal Memory." Tickets are (0 cents and may be had from leading drug stores and members of the clan. The chief, William Kennedy, will preside. Na Evidence to Held. The case against John A. Jensen, who wss arrested last Tuesday on the charge of stealing S20 from J'jhn M. lierger. an employe at the Union Pacific eheps by short-changing him when his pay check was cashed, was dismissed In police court Tuesday morning. No evidence was sub mitted to show any criminal li.tent on the part of Jensen, who offered to return Ber. ger's money If a mistake had. 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It Is a most amaxlng tale of political juggling and whlpsawlng, and It presents to the people of New York City a very grave menace. In his "Foreign Adventures Series," con sisting of three volumes, Edward 8. Ellis, the popular writer of boys' stories, takes his readers into the wild and dangerous lands still existing In South America and Slam. There are thrilling situations, vivid adventures and terrifying episodes, but Mr. Vn avnlria unhealthy sensationalism. and his never falling fund of humor and high moral character show constanly In his works. "Lost In the Forbidden Land" Is based on the attempt of two Americana to trace the Plleomayo river In South America from Its source to where It Joins the Para guay, a feat which had never yet been ac complished. All the dangers of a tropical Und and the force and wlldness ot the river are to be overcome, beside the re sistance of the bloodthirsty and reariess Tobaa Indians, who have sucessfully de fled through centuries all armies brought against them. Disasters overtake the hero and his friend In spite of all that Yankee Ingenuity can do to avoid them. "River and Jungle" la a story of vivid adventures In Indo-Chlna. Dudley Mason comes from America to visit hla father, a missionary In tho Interior of Slam. When he steps on shore he Is met by Nughwa, a native, once the prise wrestler of Slam, but now a convert of his father's, who ir to guide him through the jungle to his rel atives. The Journey Is long and full of ul kinds of danger. Several times Dudley separated from his guide, and his experi ences with crocodiles, tigers, snakes, wild Indians and elephants are full of hair breadth escapes and thrilling situations which can only be met In such countries. In "The Hunt of the White Elephant" Mr. Ellis has placed his hero, Dudley Mason. In the depth of a Jungle of Slam. The white elephant has been seen, and Dudley, with only the help of Nugwha, a powerful Chrlitlanlsed native, acts out to capture him. How they hunt a terrible tiger, how they capture the elephant, how It Is stolen from them by natives whom they finally overtake, how the white ele phant escapes from both parties and Is Anniiv rotnknn and subdued, are adven tures which no boy should miss reading. The books are each well Illustrated, pud lished by the John C. Winston company. Roald Amundsen, to whom belongs the honor of having passed from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean In the only ship that has ever made the northwest passage In Its entirety, is the hero of General A. W. Oreely's paper, to appear In the February Century, giving the story of this voyage and of. the observations secured during many months' sojourn and work at OJ'ta Harbor a story of much scientific value as well as of fascinating Interest. There are nine striking new short stories In the February number of Harper' Magi xlne. of whom the authors are Mrs. Henry Dudeney, Lawrence Mott, Gwendolen Over, ton, Perceval Gibbon, Rose Young, Mary Tracy Earle, Margaret Cameron, Roy Nor ton and Arthur Chapman. The February Smith's comes to us with a romplete novelette, "An Insular Prejudice," by Adeline Knapp, a series of well-printed half-tone reproductions of the famous In dian paintings of Rdwtn WlUard Semlng. the well known American artist; a funny tory by Hclrasn F. Pay entitled "The Go uppers." and a half-dosen short stories of more than usue.I value, several departments conducted especially for women, and a number of special articles. In which timely rubjecta are handled Interestingly. Besides these, the magazine contains a series of drawings by A. G. Learned, entitled "Fads of the American Girl." A previous series of drawings by Mr. Learned, entitled "Tbe Our Price $3? SUCCESS MAGAZINE Enters upon Its tenth year with an editorial plan and policy differing from that of any other existing periodical. It aims to be the one indispensable magazine In the home "The Great Home Maga ilne of America." While still re taining as a foundation principle the Idea of Inspiration and Uplift, it has broadened into a far wider field the Work of the World. In the lighter and more entertaining Serial and Short Stories, and In its Special Departments, It will pres ent the best work of the most bril liant writers of the day. The art covers of Success Magazine are fine reproductions of paintings. B Veil," and published some months ago, made somewhat of a sensation among those who Ilka pictures of pretty women. Tho new series is done with even more delicacy end fancy, and Is splendidly reproduced. The magazine also contains a short nevelette by Robert Barr, "A Question ot Money," and a generous Installment of a now serial by Charles Oarvlce, "Whers Love Lends." One of the best short stories of life on ths western plains that has come to light in some time Is "Lone-handed," by Dan Coolldge, which appears in the February Issue of The People's, the short-story magazine, nowon sale. Mr. Coolldge ha handled a theme which has been conspicu ously neglected by the usual writers of western notion the fight of a man to keep his hands clean against heavy odds, his grim endeavor to return to his boyhood's home innocent o: blood. This story alono is worth the 10 cents which is asked for the niagaslne. but Tho People's consists of 12 pages of fiction In all. Gertrude Lynch is the author of a strik ing novel, "Winds of the World." which, opens the February Smart Set, and a story with a more original plot has not recently appeared. Two women reared tn the same country town are thrown together tn an extraordinary way after many years ot separation, the one poor, the other fab ulously rich. Following this seemingly old sltustlon is an entirely new and unex pected denouement. Miss Lynch's gift for searching character analysis has never ,een more In evidence, and this piece of work will, beyond question, glvs her a last ing place among modern fiction writer. Above borJte at lowest retail price, Matthews, 13 South Fifteenth street. Books reviewed are on sale br The Bennett Company at cut prion. Cnrtls from Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 22. Repreaentattvs Charles Curtis, republican, of Topeka was today elected to the United States senate to succeed A. W. Benson. The vota In ths senate: Curtis, K; Colonel W. A. Harris, 2- absent, . In the house: Curtle, S8c; Harris, ; J. t Brlstow, 1; absent, S. The house and senate tomorrow In joint session will ratify the election ot Curtis, DENTISTRY Toitb Tilk No. 105 Give your teeth the Same sort of care you do your front door. Ypu know. If you leave a spot of wood uncovered to th elements It will rot, and pretty soon you need a new door. Of course, you can re place teeth by artificial ones, but If you paid a thousand dollar a tooth you could not get as good as nature gave. Just a little paint In time will save the door, so a small filling or a careful cleaning will save the teeth at least Tt will save a larger bill. I'll also add that I fill and erown teeth i an es-v n'U mnnnr that will agreeably surprise yosi If you've bad previous dental ex perience. OR. FICKES. D" 'Phone Doug. SIT. SIS Bh lildg. DR. A. MATTHEWS -THE PAINLESS DENTIST SOS Wevllle Block. leth and Harney St. High Grade Dentistry At ReasensbW rrlooa.