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TOE OMAHA DAILY BEE; NATTItDAY, .TANVAHY 35. 1017. f c HARD BLOW AT HILL USE Attorney General of Minneirta St.rtifat to Forfait Cld C barter. COMMON RAILROAD PRACTICE ATTACKED JMa-4 f Ob rtMr 9 Orgeats Other ta BalM ,ltn 4aes. tloaed la Halt .'at t. Paal. ST. PAt'U Jan. 25. Attorney General Young today began manciamua proceedings flti the supreme court to compel the 8t Paul, ; Minneapolis ft. Manitoba Railroad comptny to ahow cause why ita charter should not be forfeited. Thla company w formerly known aa the Minnesota & Pacific company, nnd la really the parent company of the Great Northern Railroad company and the Great Northern- la Joined In thla Issue, aa It la the owner of the Manitoba company mock. Attorney Young tiaa given the As sociated Press a digest of the allegations et up In the bill sent up In the supreme court. The complaint comprise about eighty typewritten page and goes Into all transaction of the Oreat Northern com gwny, with Ita constltutent companies for forming the merger known aa the Oreat Northern Railway company.' Attorney General Young say: We have commenced an action In the name of the state against the St. Paul, Minneapolis A Manitoba Rnllroad com pany to compel forfeiture of Its charter for the reanon that ever since It transferred Its railroad with all Its equipment and ap purtenances, to the Oreat Northern railway company In February I, 1W, It has ceased to perform the function for which It was created and has therefor forfeited Ha fight to exist under our laws aa a railway com pany. Great Northern Involved. We have Joined the Oreat Northern Rail way company, as a party to this action because It la the owner if all the stock of the Manitoba company and for the further reason that In the alleged purchase of the property the assets of the Manitoba com pany by the Great Northern company, a very large amount of water In the -stork was Issued by the latter company, which we claim Is void under the law of th m mate, upon which the public are now and ever since Its Issuance, have been paying large dividends. We ask that this stock be declared void and the payment of further dividends thereon be prohibited. Waa hAVM hrnri-pil nrl ulth Holitieratlnn iti this mutter on account of the magnitude f the Interests Involved and the great Im portance of the questions, both as to the tate and companies affected. It will assist In understanding the transaction between thu Manitoba company and the Oreat Northern company to know that the Great Northern company was created by the stock holders of the Manitoba company, and at the time f f the transfer of the properties the stock holders In both companies mere, identical. It soems that the Oreal Northern company was created aolely for the purpose of mak ing tt possible to Inflate the capftallratlon nf the system by. making a . sale of the riroporties to the Grent Northern at a price n excess of their value. It la easy to see why. under these circumstances, the Great Northern compnny should pay a premium of lo.ono.OOO on the purchase of the stock from the Manitoba company. Refasal to Pay Tax. When the gross earnings tax on railroad was raised lrom 3 to 4 per cent In 1906 the Great Northern company refused to pay the Increased rato on that portion of Ita road ln this state which was originally constructed by the Minnesota & Pacific compuny. The latter company had a char ter from the .territory, In which it was provided that the company never should be called upon to pay more than t percent on Its gross earnings. The company be came bankrupt, and in 18". J the Manitoba company purchased lis road and franchise with the approval of the legislature, and rver sine the purchase the Manitoba com puny has claimed that It acquired, by the purchase, the same immunity from any raise In Its. rate of taxation that the Minne sota A Pacific had. Last March, when the taxes for l&Ot be I came due on this load, the Oreat North ern, which operates the road under an al leged lease from the Manitoba company, paid only 1 fiar eent, and soon afterward the state commended an action against it for HJU.OOO, being the unpaid 1 per cent of ita taxea under the new law. In that suit the claim to Immunity from any Increase aliove 11 per sent In its taxes, is ululiutid jr vnner me cnerier or ino niauuooa com' 7, imny, by virtue of the rights It claims to have acquired at the purchase of ths road in 1S7S. alt Still Pending;. The suit Is not yet disposed of and It will probably take many yeura to get It through all the courts. The railroad taxes for tne year lftutf wUI be due In a few days and there will be an additional amount, gieater than that above mentioned, in dispute for : that year. Wa are convinced that the Manitoba, com pany la no longer entitled to existence aa a railroad company ar.d that the specditsl way to dispose of Us claim to exemption from the late oi taxes paju oy omer rail way companies Is to have Its charter wiped out. In which event the Oreat Northern would be obliged to ;,v Ita taxes at 4 per cent, the suma aa other companies. Wa are also of the opinion that the Great Northern should not be allowed tu piiy dividends on watered Mock, heretofore Issued, and that II should be required to show whether the large amount of stock hlch, acco.ding to the records accessible to the public, appears to be fictitious, has ny rtgnt to further recognition aa a part of Its capitalisation. This suit will involve also the question of the company's right to create a lot of subsidiary companies, composed of Ita own stockholders, to build all extensions, and then Issue stocks ami bonds at will, with out any public supervision, and the right of the Oreat Northern company tgv divert the proceeds of the Bale of Its capital stock to the purchase of the stocks and bonds of such subsidiary companlf a. Chief Justice Start ordered the. writ to DO TO US FOR PJiEFxl ,:7S! I The Reliable Specialists Best Methods of Cure V hav devoted years of study to th bast methods of curing diseases nd weuknoasra of men. spending thuusanda of dollars In raieurchoa, evolving a system of troatmrnt which Is a saJ cure for skin, ner.ou and blood dls easea and weaaneaaes of men. We treat each, case acufrdins; to its special reiu!remnia. and thoiutanua today loin In thanking us ft the new lease of life our skill and ability has opened up for them. Convu to us and wa will I pur you the pnalHta associated with dlseasea. weakniatsess, etc. The Hlate Medical Institute Is established for the iH-uertt of sufforlng men; for the purpose of curing the terrible dlntmsea and blighting weaknesses that destroy men's mental and physical powers, which mrke them unfit for work, business or study, and deprive them of the duties and jauure of life. If you wish to be saved aitd restored to health and atrengtli. with mental and physi cal powers complete, come to the men's true apet-ialk.ts and learn your true condition, del the right treatment tlr.t and ba safely and thoroughly cured. , Are YOU one of the many thodsanis of ailing and wretched tfr,7 MEN. and do you wish to be cured f kimy bring on themselves the U"" horrors of a Uf-long disease by neglect or Ignorance. Thousand and thousands of men are prematurely old and. diseased through overwork, overatudy. dissipation, ele, which sap the vci y foundation of life, destroy their health and streagth. leaving them a mertal and physical wreck. Not knowing where U apply for a cure, many of '&. sufferers silently suffer oik, loaded with disease, remorse and humiliation, g.olng from bad to worse, or they experiment with too many r ree i rwimeni ria ' (juica tours' methods. wa treat ta.a oaly, aa ear promptly, 'Af.lv and there urhlv argBTOTTB SMIUTT, BLOOD JPOISOM, Sat IN DU1AMI aad au J.ra(J.Laj. vueasea Cr.e fis.nltlfiAl II i rlJffl'BltlflB II6S Vu.lt'W mm m 9 STATE AlEDICAL INSTITUTE 1303 Faro&m St., Between lZLh and 14th Ets., Omaha, Neb. aiaWj that a return CONTRACT LABORERS FOUND IsnasUrntlon Offlelals Flaa) Janeaeac Arc Try tag; llteaally Eater Halted states. - WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-A long repo't has keen received by Immigration Commis sioner Sargent from Commissioner North at Ban Francisco regarding the t Japa nese Immigrants who arrived there on tne steamer Korea from Honolulu. It dis closed, among other things, that a number of the Immigrants were those who originally had gone to Hawaii as a result or tne Work of the Immigration societies In Ja pan In Induclhg their emigration. When evidence has been obtained to th effect that such Is the case the Immigrants are not allowed to land. Further Information bearing on the arrlvala on the Korea Is awaited hv the Immigration office here. The dispatch of Commissioner North hrra-a thst nf the Jan&nese hoard the bhlp. ion had left Japan as late as Decern ber and X74 of them had departed from that country for Hawaii during W. The commissioner had a careful examination mmA r.f the seventeen Whose cases he thought should be looked Into particularly and thirteen of them were found to be contract laborers. One hundred and sixty two of the Japanese said they were gotng to work for a railroad, but on being pressed to sttte specifically what road, they were unable to say. The recent arrivals, the commissioner say, are such as have been guaranteed work In Hawaii from one to three years by the Immigration societies In Japan. On thefr arrival at Honolulu they are met hy labor agents from the mainland, who offer them higher wages than they were promised and they come to San Francisco. Bureau, of Immigration officials will keep a" cloae watch on the movements of the Immigrants whose statements Indicate that they are contract laborers. If it Is. found that they entered Into a contract' pflor to entn to Hawaii steps will be taken to deport. them under the contract labor law. Mke vigilance will be exercised In the cases of the Japanese Immigrants who came on the Alameda and whose statements to the Immigration officers gave rise to the sus picion that they may have come under con tract. Canal Bids Inspected. WASHINGTON. Jan. . Secretary Taft today announced that the Investigation Into the various bids submitted for the con struction of the Panama canal has been completed and that he would make hl rulings late this afternoon or early to morrow. Honae Wants "few Judgee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. The .house., by unanimous consent today passed bills pro viding for an additional Judge for the northern and southern districts of Cali fornia and creating another division of the northern district of Mississippi. FORECAST 0FTHE WEATHER Fair la Nebraska, Soath Dakota and Kansas Fair la Iowa, Warmer Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Forecast of the wee the- for Saturday and Sunday: For Nebraska, South Dakota and Kan sasFair Saturday and Sunday. For Iowa and Missouri Fair Saturday and Sunday; warmer Sunday. For Colorado-Fair Saturday and Bun- day, except snow In the south portion) Fc-. Wyoming-Snow Saturday : and in south jpijrttoh Sunday .-. Local Record. OFVICE OF THI WEATHER BVRF.4.TJ. OMAHA, Jan. a. Official record of tem- mrature and precipitation comparea wicn ;he corresponding day to the last three -ear: 1907. IK. 1905. 104. Muxlmum temperature.... 15 .18 0 7 Minimum temperature... 7 u is li Mean temperature 11 28 12 Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .u Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and comparison wun tne last two years Normal temperature S3 12 Deficiency for the day Total excess since March 1 N'ormal precipitation Excess for the day Total rainfall since March 1.... Deficiency since March L Deficiency for cor. period, 19o8.. Deficiency for cor. period, 1905.. 228 .02 Inch .02 Inch 2.7 Inches 4.02 Inches 2.79 Inches 6.17 Inches Reports from Stations at T P. M. Station and State Temp. Max. Raln of Weather. 7 p. in. Temp. fall. Bismarck, clear 8 2 .CO Cheyenne, part cloudy.... 14 18 Chloaso, clear Davenport, clear 2 Dunvcr, clear 0 Havre, cloudy 8 Helena, cloudy 8 Huron Kansas City, clear 18 North Platte, clear 18 Omaha, clear 9 Itapld City, clear 8 St. Iioula, cloudy to St. Paul, clear 8 Bait Lake City, cloudy.,., 32 Yn.lentlne, clear ., 12 Wllllston. cloudy .,. 1 16 10 22 10 10 -t 22 fit 15 14 12 -4 r.' id 2 T Indicates trace or precipitation. Indicates below se.ro. L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. i blaSa.MES. KUDaTKY 11D UOAU oi rea aaa ur pniaoaa. V.'? lou.r,: m P ndays. lv 9 -g only. II you cannot call. writ. 1 be tsue4 and directed thereon be made April 1 ; );; V. V; COMBINATION IS FOUND Commerce CoEmittion Rerorti Iti Finding and EeoommsnJitiorii to Conema RAILROADS AND CDAL MINES INVOLVED Report Reeosasaead Pahlleity as rare far Seme Evils and Enforce seat ef Equitable Ratea for Fael. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4--The Interstate Commerce commission today transmitted to congress Its first report on Its Investl gatlon of discriminations and monopolies, under the Joint resolution of congress of March 7, ln, known as the Tillman- Olllesple resolution. The report deals with bituminous coal carried east of the Ohio river, and In territory bounded on the south by the Norfolk A Western railway, on the north by Canada, and on the east by the Atlantic seaboard. The roads Involved are the Norfolk A Western, Chesapeake A Ohio, Baltimore A Ohio. Pennsylvania, Buffalo, Rochester A Plttaburg: Beech Creek division of the New York Central A Hudson River. Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern, Buffalo A Susquehanna, and West Virginia Central A Pittsburg (now the western Maryland.) The report says all the above companies own, directly or by stock ownership In other companies, large Interests In coal lands. . Law. Recommended, i jThe report Is practically a summary .of the lnfprmatlon gleaned from the Investi gation thus far made together with the presentation of facts pertinent to the gen eral Inquiry, and makes recommendations for legislative action, aa follows: That every common carrier engaged In lTuersiaie iranspnrraiion oi nm ue n- quired to make public the system or car distribution In effect upon Its railway and the several divisions thereof, showing how the equipment for coal service is divided between the several divisions of Its road: and that the carrier be required to publish at stated periods the system or car ois tribution In effect and the actual dls- trlhutlon made to ,such mining operation. ' That where the capacity of the mines Is the basis for the distribution of equipment, g fair, Just and equitable rating of the mines be required. " That after reasonable time carriers en gaged In Interstate commerce be prohibited from using "Individual" or '"private cars" for the handling of coal traffic. That carrlera engaged In Interstate com merce be forbidden after reasonable time to own or have interest, directly or indi rectly. In any operated con I properties, ex cept aucn as are exclusively for their own fuel supply ,and that ownershlo by officers or employes of common carriers of any eoal properties or stock be forbidden. Employes Interested la Mines. A summary Is given showing the Interest of railroad officials In corporations or com panies operating coal mines or engaged in coal traffic ; Ownership of stock In coal companies by officers and employes of the Pennsyl vania railroad, the report says, has created a serious and dangerous condition on the line cf this company. - The policy of permitting officials and employee of railroad companies to hold In vestments In coal companies furnishing traffic to the railroad la, In the opinion of the commission, a mistaken policy, and responsible for favoritism. In any event, tt subjects such officers and employes to criticism nd suspicion. ' Stock In coal companies was given out right, says the report, to certain officers and employes of the Pennsylvania road. Those getting the stock, says the report, Usually were selected frim among the of ficers and employes of the railroad, whose Influence it was thought desirable to secure. Thla practice has grown to be a scandal on the Pennsylvania railroad and no one appearing before the committee attempting to Justify It. The commission cannot too strongly express disapproval of these prac tices. The report says ten officials of the Balti more A Ohio own an aggregate of 7478 shares of stock of coal companies, par value $100. and that these companies have their plants on and are doing business along the lines of the Baltimore A Ohio. This stock was acquired In some cases by pur Chase and In others by allotment, as bonus with bonds purchased, and In a few In stances by gift. Agreement oa Rate. ' Regarding the New York Central A Hudson River railroad, It Is said that no j ownership by any officer or employe of the stock or bonds of ccal companies Is dis closed, except that certain shares of the Beech Creek Coal and Coke company. M T 1 th Clearfield Bituminous Coal corporation, T i In which the New York Central has stcck J I Interests, were Issued In the names of cer J. tain officers of the railroad company to 00 qualify them as directors of those coal I companies, that they might represent the railroad holdings. The report says It was. apparent to the commission that: The various railway and freight as sociations were used for the purpose of agreeing upon, and maintaining freight rates, 'and that tho distribution of tonnage to the several roads waa only main tained Insofar aa the same waa accom plished by nxing ap-wn ireisni raira. The commission finds In 'the Associated Railways of Virginia and the Carolina, an agreement among the several railroads parties thereto not to reduce coal rates Wltnoui coiisuiiaiiwn. In the eastern New Tork and New Eng land, all rail bituminous eoal traffic as sociation, the purrxse of the association waa to ses that the price of coal and freight rates wers maintained. In the bureau of bituminous coal statis tics. Buffalo district, originally called the buffalo Coal association, tht x principal Jiurpose seems to have been the maia enance cf ratea between the parties. 1 In the Ohio cmal traffic aaaticlxtlcn. located at Columbus, O., an agreement appears aa to rates by all of tho roads, although In many Instances rates are fixed thereby, which should be competitive. Merger Follows Kalare. , The associations having failed to ac complish ths desired purposes, the Pennsyl vania Railroad company detrmlned to buy sutliclent of the stocks of the Chesapeake at Ohio, Baltimore tt Ohio and Norfolk s Western rallroada, so that, acting with otliers. It might control the policy of thes.! roads. The commission reaches the con olu.ion, sslde from the question whether th Pennsylvania railroad had a majority of ths stock of th other railroad com panies mentioned, axoept the New York Central, that, aa a matter of fact, th Baltimore Ohio, Cheeapeak & Ohio, Norfolk Wexrein and Philadelphia . Heading rallroada wer practically con trolled by tha pensylvansa and the New York Central and Hudson Klver railroads, and that th result was to practically abol ish substantial competition between th carriers of coal in the to. ritory under con sideration. The report says the ownership of Interest In coal properties or coal trafflo by car riers or ' their officers or employe has. In th opinion of the commission, brought about discriminations. Injustice and in equalities In the service, to Independent operators, and has prevented 'many per. sons who desired to engage In mining coal from doing so, and that th combinations or contracts of th several carriers, mem- j ber of th association mentioned, has had th anect oi increasing freight rates and also th price of eoal to th consum ers. Pabllelty Reeded. Th report s.ys It appears that on of th most fruitful source, of complaint by shippers agalrat th carriers, -as far aa car distribution and th furnishing of facilities Is concerned, has grown out of th want of publicity, oa th part of th carrier In tbelr dealings with shipper. If tha carrier had conducted their business w'.it. shippers openly and had furnished information s. to car distribution, to which shippers war entitled, much of th fa voritism, according to th report, would hav been averted, and wherever unjust suspicions were aroused, th fact that they wr Incorrect would bare raadily ap- pesred. On the Pennsylvania and Haiti- . more and Ohio railroads It was almost Im possible for the shipper to ascertain actually what was the system of car dis tribution and whether it wa faithfully carried out. The commission' announces that the method of rating mines on thoss roads where the capacity of the mines to produce coal Is an element considered in the distribution of car to the several di visions or districts and each mine thTeln, has not been carried nut with the care of fairness which should characterise such responsible and Important duties. It Is declared that many Inequalities and unjust methods are used in arriving at the capacity of each mine. It Is stren uously claimed on the part of the Pennsyl vania Railroad company, the report says. that the acquisition of the stocks of the i Baltimore A Ohio, the Chesapeake A Ohlu ' and the Norfolk A Western by the Penn sylvania Railroad company was the rial cause for the cessation In rebates, and this claim In part seems to be Justified. TWO MEETINGS AT MITCHELL toekmea and Poaltry Panders net Together emt Week for Their Exhibitions. MITCHELL. 8. D.. Jan. 25.-(Speclal.)-Next week Mitchell entertains two big as sociation In the South Dakota Improved Live Stdck association and the South Da kota State Poultry show. The stock show and sale win open on January 29, when the literary features will be hcUl. and. this will be followed Wednesday and Thursday with stock sales In the pavilion. In the eastern part of the city. On Wednesday ! the swine will be sold. This Consists of lony-iwo roiano-cninas, seven uuroc-jer- seys, six Chester Whites and two Berk shlres. On Thursday will occur the cattle sale, and this Is the big feature of the sales. In both cattle and hogs breeders are required to submit their animals to an inspection of the committee which Judges whether they are eligible for a sale, under the protection of the association, and if they do not come up to the requirements they are not permitted to be sold. On Thursday the thoroughbred cattle wilt be disposed of. consisting of forty-five Short horns, thirty-one bulls, fourteen cows; thirty-one Hereforda, twenty-five bulls, nix cows; ten Aberdeen-Angus, seven bulls, three cows; two Polled Durham, one bull, one cow. In the ' mornings and evenings the time will be occupied with addresses from stockmen and the transaction of busi ness. The show will close February 2. J. M. Erlon of Mitchell Is the president and James W. Wilson of Brookings la the sec retary. The South Dakola State Poultry show will open Ita exhibition In Jtbe city hall building on Tuesday morning, and the In dications point to a very large exhibit of birds, Good cash prizes are offered in oil departments, several sliver loving cups have been put up by the association in several classes, while the special .prizes offered by private firms will add to the earnings. Last year over 1,000 birds were placed on exhibition In the show and It Is believed that this number will be In creased. Excursion rates of one fare and a third have been secured on all railroads enter ing the city. HASTINGS STARTS TO BOOST (Continued from Third Page.) i . - finger and parts of the other fingers were amputated. i - 8E WARD Word was received here yes terday of the death of Joe Losee. wnlch occurred at his home at Kansas City. The deceased wss long a resident of this county, being at one .time a mull clerk on the Missouri Pacific railway. f - SEWARD Because th water had been let out of the dam in the Blue river at Milford the Burlington Is left without their uaual supply of icn at that point. A con tractor furnishes the railroad, and he is en deavoring to git a supply at Ulysses. HCMPHREY Thomas Ottls has gjne to Chicago to consult a specialist. He haa been troubled with an a betas ' of th stomach, for which he underwent an opera tion a year ago. ttis auugnter, Mary, ana his son. Dr. F. K. Ottls of Ohio, accom panied dim. PL.ATTSMOT.TTH Edward Hell of Cedar Crxk and Miss Maggie Hennlngs, young est daughter cf Mr .and Mrs. C. C. Hen nlngs, living west of Platutnouth, wei united In martiagft at the home of the bride's parents. Rev, Mr. Lung of Uoula vllle officiating. "SEWARD The steel smokestack of the new court house heating plant has been put In place. Carpenters are placing the new steel counters and doors In the count house and also the casing. The floors are mosaic and the wallB are, marble, four feet from the floor. RLl'E HIU Frirnds and relatives of Charles Kort deaeended upon hla horn Thursday and gave him a aurprlse, tha oc casion being his 2Zd birthday. On the fol lowing day a crowd aguln gathered at th OF Two Illinois Girls Suffer from Scalp - Trouble Another Sister Needs a Tonic Friend Suggests Cuticura They Use It and Now Give. MUCH PRAISt TO ALL CUTICURA REMEDIES "I must give much praisa to all tha Cuticura Remedies. 1 tud but one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment, aa that was all that wa required to cure my disease. 1 was very much troubled with eczema of the head, and a friend cf mine told trie to use the Cuticura Itemed ica, which I did, and am glad to say that they cured toy eceema entirely. Since then we have always kept the soap on hand at all times. My sister waa also cured of eczema of the boad bj using the Cuticura Remedle. ' Another sister has used Cuticura Keeolvent and Pills and thinks they are a splendid tonic. I can not say exactly how long I suffered, but I think about six months. Miss Edith Hammer, R. . D. No. 6, aiorriaoa. 111., Oct. 3, l&Otl." EVERY CHILD Afflicted with Torturing Disfiguring humors Beoomea an object of the most Under blicitude, not only because of its suf fering, but because of the dreadful fear that the disfiguration I to be lifelong, and roar its future happiness, and prosperity. Hence it become tne duty of mothers of uth afflicted children to acquaint thmal vea with the purest and most effective treat ment available, vis: warm bats with Cuticura Soap, and geotle anointing with Cuticura Ointment, the great bkio Cure. Cures made in infancy and child hood are.usually speedy and permanent. OtNaptot IiWmI a Istenal TMlanl nr Irr Humur al Intiuu, CLifalrvn. tui adults tonirfU si CuUcura fco (2Sc ) to CImm I ha gun, Cuiwurs olsuMst ) to HmS tu 111 la. o4 Cuoxnrm areulvot 6o k. (la Ik Ions el C'boroiai 0il Ma), 14. oar TiaJ of aO) to Purify u.a Hiood ekmq nmn'i. ab wo, roiwe isrg a TWO SISTERS HAVE mm HEAD rn.. SH frupa Boaloa. M ut araW.4 ra, in Kusmms etgai sat aB( 2E n.f.5CDFIELD UlXaCAX&SUTTCO. The Height of Our Great Clearance Sale Saturday will be the height of our Big Clearance Sale. Every winter garment in this reliable Women's Ready-to-Wear Store is offered at greater sacrifice than ever, and you who need it now or will use it another season certainly cannot afford to miss this opportun ity. For, remember, its all present season styles of the very finest quality offered for clearance At Wonderful Sacrifice G react Price Sacrifices of Coats up to $30.00 Stylish Coats at $10.00 Some 150 Coatt to choose from at $10. Regular 122.50, 125.00, 127.50 and $30.00 values. They are all made of All-Wool Kersey, Broadcloth. Cheviot or of English mixture, In black or colors, and in all of the correct styles, either fitted, t f00 semi-fitted or loose. Every coat in 111 this offering is a wonderful bargain at ..... . v $15.00 and $20.00 Nixed Coats sit $7.50 V For Saturday only we put out for clearance 85 Coats, made of splendid quality mixed materials. There is a great variety to choose from, as there are hardly two alike In the entire and 120.00 values. For Saturday . only, at the wonderful low clearance price, of $22.50 to $30.00 Tailored Suits 'at $10.00 Stylish Tailor-Made Suits, made of fine all wool materials. In all colors, and sizes to select from- Most of these suits will be good wear. 1X2.60, $25.00 and $30.00 values, sacrificed to. home, this time surprising his mother, that ' being her birthday. SEWARD-Phll Murphy, of the firm of1 Fallen & Murphy, druggists, had the mis fortune to fall on an upturned iceaaw at the store Inst Friday night and seriously cut his knee. A bljod veHnel waa ruptured and the bone injured. Blood poisoning set in and he is very ill. A INSWORTH The Insanity board, con sisting of Dr. E. O. Berry, Attorney A. W. Scattergood and County ' Cleric Jarvla, passed on the cuae of Mrs. Idella Kogers of Alnsworth. The board pronounced her In sane and the sheriff will take her to Nor folk tomorrow morning. BEATRICE Beatrice camp No.2T0 Mod ern Woodmen of America, held a largely attended meeting last evening and Inltltited six candidates. It wua decided to con aolldate the Plckrell oamps, comprising fif teen members, with the local enmp. This gives Beatrice oamp a membership of over I EVST1S The Etiatla camp of Modern Woedmeu has installed James Bennett, , venerable counsel; C. F. Eberspjcher, worthy udvissr; James Haynes, banker; E. 8. Taylor, clerk; Sam Haynes, inside guard, Charlts Jay, outside guard; Henry Wisaman, manager, for a term of three years. Bl.l'B HILL A wolf hunt. In which about 100 people participated, was held etst i of town Thursday. A good-slsed tract of country was thoroughly cdvered and sev eral wolves were stirred up, but In the final round-up only one was killed and but a few rabbits. Many wolves have been seen In this vicinity. I HERMAN The past two days have been I the coldest of the season. Ice Is In good condition for storing, and everyone that uses ice has been very busy putting It up. All the coal dealers are out of hard coal again, and if some does not come fod there is a good many people who will have to burn soft coal. I El'STIS Chris Meyers lost a valuable yearling colt in a peculiar manner. While running down hill th animal slipped and fell and could not get up, dying a few houxa later. No bones were broken. It is sur mised the colt died of heart failure. The animal was pedigreed and valued at aev I eral hundred dollars. El'STIS Matt Mitchell haa returned from St. Joseph, where he marketed a ship ment of cattle, among which was a cow paid to be the heaviest ever received at the St. Joseph stock yards. The anlma. was a high grade Durham and weighed 1.9j0 nounda and sold for 13.80 per hundred weight and netted Mr. Mitchell 7i. HARVARD The pleasant farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frank waa the scene of a pretty wedding when their daughter, Ida, waa united In marriage to Wlllbtm Lutey by Rev. V. E. Shirley of the First Christian church. Over luO guests were iresent. The young couple will at once x-gln home life on a farm four miles north from Qlltner. PA PILLION The new firm of Rieber & flouck In going Inta tho business of slaugh tering for the Omaha murket. An Ice house that will hold several hundred tons of toe is being built. A gang of men Is putting up ice ten Inches thick. Hank Rieber, one of the firm, fell from his wagon Friday and broke two ribs, which will lay him up for soma time. SEWARD The Seward County Agricul tuial society has arranged for a stock judging contest for boys under 20 years of aire, to be under the management of Dr. I N. B. Cummins, at the county fair next full. Prof. 11. R. Smith, superintendent of ! husbandry of the atate farm, has promised to assiKt in every way. Liberal prices will be given for the successful Judgea of stock. COLl'MBl'S Clarence Bmlth died sud denly Wedneadhy eveuliig. The young mall came here to spend the winter and go to school, his home being at San Ulego, Cal. He lived here with his tela Uvea. Judge and Mrs. James O. Render. Death wa oauiied by pneumonia. The body was sent to California on Thursday. He was a grandson of Samuel C. Smith, who spent many years In this city and now Uvea in California. COLL'MBl'S Wedding licenses have been Issued to M. P. Pederson and Martha E. Clniatiunseii, John Haaaelbach and Mar lluluebus. Martin C. Smith and Add.e Lawrence, John K. patsiek and Anna Mosteg, Carl Doerscherd and Freld i Rademacher, Charles A. Blei man and Emma, Suepcr. During the past year Jugge Ratterman has issued fifty licences to persons who wer nonresidents ot Platte county. HERMAN Train No. 6, du at Herman i p. m., waa two hours late last mg li t on account of a freight train ahead of them breaking down and blocking the main track about one mile north of Lyons. The freight train waa running about twenty uve miles per hour when the front truck of a car heavily loaded with grain broke. It was a lucky accident, as the wrecked car did rt turn over, and waa Jacked up and dragged into Lyons with very little trouble. SEWARD Mrs. Mary A. Bond, one of the most highly respected and oldlim resident of this town, died at her home here Tuesday after an lllneiie cf six week from heart trouble. She waa born aeveuty- three years ago at Devonshire, England. She Is th. mother of Mrs. H. F. Daliy of Omaha and Albtrt Totten of Seward. Short funeral serv ces were conducted from her late home today al 10:lu o'clock, con ducted by Rev. George Williams, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, snd ths re mains were taken to Warren, 111., for in terment. FREMONT The levee along the Platte river west of this city haa been flnishtd. It is thought It will be sufficient to turn the current ehould the stream overflow this spring. The levee extends from the Band ndse West of town south to a point south of the city limits and la eight feet high. The cost of construction was met by appropriations fnni the county and city and from private subscription. The river is now frosen over from bank to bank. and there are large wavelike ridges of solldiiit-d slush tc In place five and ill feet thick. . Be dinner bargain ad No. 17, pag IX . v BROS. 15 IP DQUGIftSStJ Great Price Sacrifice of Fur Coats and Neck Pieces - Finest Nearseal Coats, trimmed with .v A( A A beaver or mink, sacrificed to tJUU Finest plain Nearseal Coats, made in either blouse or plain, regular style, Cfl sacrificed to ..... J J U Good Alaskan Nearseal Coats, with best OC Hfl Skinner satin lings, sacrificed to only. . atJiUU Fine Fur Scarfs at Sacrificed Irtf. $26.00 Genuine Foi-Scarfs, sacrificed to $12.50 $15.00 Genuine Fox Scarfs, Sacrificed to $7.50 $15.00 Squirrel or Jap Mink Scarfs, sacrificed to. ... i $7.50 $12.60 Squirrel or Jap Mink Scarfs. sacrificed to , $0.25 lot. All $15.00 y50 lingular $5.00, $6.00 and $7.5(1 Values, are made of splendid quality silk, also of fine netting, in black or white, fine $5.00, $6.00 and $7.60 for spring tMk III v values, all sacrificed to only 1W0 MORE JURORS FOR THAW Third Day of the Trial Increases the Fane', to Eevrn. TALESMEN PRESENT MANY EXCUSES Difficulty In Securing" Jury Increases aa the Case Proceeds Flfty-Oae Mea Were Kxasnlaed Friday. NEW YORK, Jan. 26-Fifty-one talesmen were examined In rapid order today In the effort to complete the Jury which Is to try Harry K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford White, and at the end 'of the day's session two names had been added to the ury roll, making seven In all. One hundred' and seven tslesmen have thus far been ex amined. That there Is Increasing difficulty In finding men willing or competent to serve was evidenced by the fact that on tho first day of the trial three Jurors were sworn from among nineteen talesmen, one of tbm being excused by the court. Th second day three Jurors were secured from among thirty-one talesmen, while today )t required the winnowing of more than one fourth of the entire special panel of 800 men to eecure two members of the necessary twelve. . One of the Jurors Is Harold V. Fair, a printer and publisher. The second new Juror is Malcolm D. Fras'er, a dealer in underwear. Talesmen Make Ijirain. The panel as it grows Impresses th fol lowers of the case more and more favor ably. Excuses framed by the talesmen to avoid service are growing more varied day by day. Man after man declared today that his opinion as to the guilt or Innocence of the accused was so firmly fixed a to admit of no change by reason of any testi mony that might be adduced. District At torney Jerome tried to convince the tales men that newspaper stories wer not tha same as sworn testimony before a court. Tske Dr. Ban's Put tor CeaetlpatJM. Read the aula 4 tale wraager. P Dr. GULL'S eooett cvntjn for ODugnav Cblda, Eoanaa 11 ftmavidfta At..a Croup, Iiiflnenta, Whooping Cough, Zadplant Conscnp (Jon, and A the rUaf of eonenmptlv patient U d ytaoed ugs tt the (Hhsm Ms ruLtJULio y rus lire. a.J.YT Ball, ra.lt! nyirti WL, fx awl by all Brogglcia, Price 23 Cert. ""lukectiou insi'lJT niftier jI ill! 'IP I turn nif-SCOFIELD U IVacAK&sufTca i 200 Beauitiful Waists at $3.95 These Waists In all col-i. 9 8 but hla efforts -w,ere generally unsuccessful and challenges for cause were sustulned by the court. Man Mantes' Neablt Challenged. Only three talesmen were peremptorily rejected.' The state challenged a talesman ramed Nesblt who stated he was In no way related to Mra. Thaw, wife of the defend ant. The defense used two peremptory chal lenges, one to relieve from duty Harris M. Fletcher, who declared that while he would carry an opinion Into the Jury box, he was sure he could lay It aside upon hearing the evidence and render a fair and Impartial vsritlnt Tha drffrnM nha lleno-f! KlMtrhSr In their own right only after Justice Fin ger a Id had overruled a challenge for cause. The. second peremptory challenge by the defense was directed against Sol N. Levy, a tobaco dealer, . Hurry Thaw seemed much more e ecus torn ed to his Burroundtn today, and, for the first time gated Interestedly at the crowd In the court room, which wa lim ited, however, to talesmen and newspaper writers. Trmw seemed especially Inter ested In the reporters' tables and tried one to read the large typed aocount of his trial In a paper one of the writer was scan ning. He seemed to have a much better color today, although hi wife wa paler. - Objection to Klectroeatton. Bits of color were thrown Into the tedlou proceeding by a talesman named Ketcham, who said he was connected with an elec trical supply house, and supplemented tills with the declaration that while he was not opposed to capital punishment In first de gree murder cases, he waa opposed to ths use ' of electricity In that connection. Ketcham waa asked If he knew Stanford White, and replied: "I am glad to say I did not." Another feature was the number of tales men who had known Stanford White. 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