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BELLEVUE COLLEGE LEAGUE
(her. Three Hundred People Attend
Annual Banquet at the Millard.
GATHERING DISTINCTLY REPRESENTATIVE
Dr. Stewart Dickson of New York
the Principal Speaker and
Dr. K. H. Jeaka Toast
annster. Tliree hundred men and women or
Omaha attended the annual banquet cf the
Eetlevue College league, at the Millard ho
tel last night. It was distinctly a repre
sentative gathering, embodying prominent'
people of the educational, religious, com
mercial and professional walks of life.
President Wadsworth and Vice President
Iloyf and other members of the faculty
of Bollevue were there; Superintendent
Of Schools mvtdson, Principal Waterhouse,
Profs. Bernstein, Scnter and other mem
ber of the high and public schools; Pres
ident Iwrey, Drs. Herron, Lamp and
other members of the Presbyterian Theo
logical seminary, clergymen of various
Protestant churches and many of the lead
ing business men of the city also were
there. . '
The gathering was double that of a ytar
ago, when the league was permanently
Bet on It feet, and the Interest was In
proportion to the Increased attendance
The league waa organised for the specific
THE ACCOUNTS
not only of Individuals, Finns
and Corporations, but of Banks
and Bankers, ' .guaranteeing
promptness, courtesy and safety
with each transaction.
. Having ample funds and every
facility for handling account
large and email, a checking ac
count with this conservative
bank will be. found profitable.
Our Deposits-$10,657,711. ,
Our Re8ourees-$ll,892,775. .
First National Batik
OMAHA. NEB.
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purpose of advancing the Interests of
Belltvue and results show It Is accom
plishing Its purpose. Last year, aside from
its moral support, It gave to the Institution
In money over $l,0O, and this year Indi
cations are It will double, if not triple,
that amount. It Is asked to help meet a
debt of $20,000.
Address by Dr. Stewart Dickson.
Dr. Btewart Dickson of New York, sec
retary of the College Board of the Pres
byterian Church, was present last right
and was the principal speaker. He laid
emphasis upon the demand, first, for col
lege education; all lines of businees activ
ity were calling for It. -Then he empha
sized the demand for. Christian education.
and he dwelt particularly upon the great
work of the "small" college, such as, Belle
vue. as the Ideal, rather than the college
small numerically. Its work was a spe
cialty and that specialty was Christian
education. The demand for Christian lead
ers was urgenj and must be met by the
Christian college. His address was earn
est and forceful and created deep Interest
Dr. E. H. Jenks, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, acted as master of
ceremonies and President Wadsworth set
forth the work and needs of the institu
tion. President Wadsworth, in his speech,
adverted to college athletics, saying that
Bellevue's first foot ball team had been
orgunlsed Into a Bible class, wltb the
coach as leader.
President Wadsworth brought out
strongly the fact that Bellevue" was dis
tinctly an Omaha institution; that the
splendid railway communications now gave
It this relation and the superior ad
vantages Incident to It. For l he felt 1
sure of the future.
Dr. I O. Baird, pastor of St. Mary's :
Avenue Congregational church, an old
schoolmate of Dr, . Wadsworth.. made a
very happy "after dinner" speech. The
college chorus, male and female quartets,
supplied very npproprlate music and soma
financial pledges were made. These offi
cers were elected for the year: President,
Rev. E. H. Jenks, p. D. ; vice president,
H. E. Maxwell; secretary, Mies Mary
Covert; treasurer. Miss Lucy Dundls.
JURY GIVES FORMAL VERDICT
laqaest Held Over Charles Hai(tt
and Faaeral Service Will
Be Saturday.
A formil verdict of accidental death
was rendered by the coroner's Jury at an
Inqi'rst held Thursday afternoon over the
h-dy of Charles C. H ungate, secretary
and general superintendent of the Omaha
Ics and Cold Storage company, who was
Instantly killed Wednesday afternoon in
the hoisting machinery at the company's
plant at Cutoff lake. Witnesses testified
the clothing of Mr. ungate became en
tsngled In he machinery of the shaft In
the hoisting gallery, which hurled him to
death by dashing him to the floor of the
shaft houre.
The funeral will be held Saturday after
non at t o'clock at Knox Presbyterian
church. Nineteenth and Ohio streets. In
terment will be In Forest I -awn cemetery
Mrs. Homer Ashbaugh. a sister of tha dead
nun, arrived last night to attend the fu
nerat. and the brother, Richard C. Hun-
gate. Is expected today from Chicago.
Had fate spared lis victim one more day
he would bavs lived to witness -the happy
little celebration of the eighth anniversary
of his son. who had cherished, with childish
glee, tha coming of the event which to him
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THE OMAHA
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MERIT SYSTEM IN COUNTY
Kcre Than Political Fall Hereafter to Hold
Court House Job.
SALARY RAISES ON BASIS OF WORTH
If Increases Are Granted aa Requested
Ira Says It Will Cost Fif
teen Thousand Dollars
Mora a Year.
The merit system Is to be Introduced Into
the court house for the government of the
county's employes. This waa deolded upon
Thursday by the county commissioner It
grew out of the discussion of the salary
question. The heads of all departments
have been before the board with a list of
salaries which they want raised. The com
missioners were not In a position to know
which of the employes were entitled to an
increase In salary, They were "In the
dark" regarding that and In pondering upon
It the suggestion to place the employes
on the merit system was made and adopted.
More than a happy political preferment
will be required In the future to keep a
man In a position on the county pay-roll.r
The commissioners propose to have his
record right before them and when It comes
to the question of raising salaries that
record will be consulted.
The head of each department will be
asked to furnish the commissioner with
the names of employes for whom he asks
an increase together with the quality of
their work, their length of service for the
county and their previous record.
"This question of raising the salaries is
a serious one," said Commissioner Ure.
"If the Increases are granted it will mean
an expenditure of more than $15,030 an
nually in addition to what is now spent for
salaries.
"We had no way of arriving at a de
cision In the matter and for that reason
we are going to get the records of each
employe and try to solve the problem that
way. It Is only right that those who have
worked faithfully, who have a long period
of service to their credit and are. therefore,
familiar with the work, ahould have the
Some Needs oi
Exeter.
Exeter la located forty-two miles west
from Lincoln, at the Junction of the Bur
lington's main line with the Superior
branch of the Northwestern. Its present
population Is in (he neighborhood of 1,200.
An excellent public school employs nine
teachers and a Catholic parocheal school is
about to open. Six ' churches Catholic,
Methodist, Christian. Congregational. Bap
tist and Christian Science. The first two
are new structures, costing $I2.&0 and $7,(00,
and the latter will be erected in the spring
two banks, one flouring mill, four eleva
tors, fine telephone system, two depart
ment stores, three printing offices, four dry
goods stores, four groceries, two drug
stores, two hotels, three restaurants, two
hardware stores, three physicians, cement
factory, two lumber yards and two imple
ment stores and many other lines of busi
ness. Smith's Index Tag factory, employ
ing 100 people, is located here. Exeter
wants a .number of small factories, like
cigar factory, mineral water factory, ma
chine and repair shop, weal market, oouple
DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
LINE
be inserted in
the following
Rent Rooms, For Sale,
Miscellaneous, Situations
to Buy,
increases which they have earned. There
are to be no political pets on the county
pay roll.,' Every employe Is to earn his
salary."
OMAHA BOY SAVES THE SHOW
Clark Marshall Takes Important Role
la "Peck's Bad Boy" at
the Krai.
Omaha talent was an attraction on the
Krug theater stage Thursday evening at
the opening performance of the big frolic,
"Peck's Bad Boy," when little Clark Mar
shall, who waa In "Little Lord Fauntleroy"
at the Burwood theater some months ago,
took the part of Buster, the chum and
boon companion of the "bad boy," In place
of Bessie Burt. This came about because
of the severe illness of Cora Qulnten, who
hat been tha regular Henry Peck of the
show on He tour, and who is now confined
in bed at the Langs hotel with typhoid
fever. This necessitated a rearrangement
of the Juvenile portion of the cast, which
was done without the slightest Impairment
of the entertainment.
As a fun-producing show "Peck's Bad
Boy" must be classed in the front rank,
and surely If the object of the author were
to please the young and older with a series
of Just pure pranks and continual Joking,
he could not have chosen better material
for his leading mischief makers than the
bad boy of George W. Peck's famous
stories, and Buster as his chum. These
two are probably better known than any
other characters in the country and are
favorites wherever heard of.
The show la full of songs and specialty
acts sandwiched between the roars of
laughter following some prank of the bad
boy, his girl Minnie or his chum Buster.
It is "hard lines" every day for the mem
bers of the family and the people who
visit them. The production will complete
the week at the Krug, with a matinee aa
usual on Saturday. .
Anyone holding serin issued ty the
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition commission of
the state of Washington will find it to their
advantage to communicate with C. C. Rose
water, general manager, Omaha Bee.
Watch for our grand clean-up sale ad in
Friday's Bee. Fry Shoe Co.
Nebraska Towns
of lawyers. Officers of the Commercial
club are J. . D. Klots, secretary; O. P.
Baker, president.
Tbnrston.
Thurston is only I years old, a beautiful
little town, on the Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis eV Omaha railroad between Omaha
and Sioux City. We have a nice church
building, built by the Methodist people at
a cost of $4,000; a fine school building,
which la Just nesting completion, at a cost
Of $3.(00. We have two general stores, one
restaurant, one hardware store, one bank,
one pool hall and barber shop combined,
one hotel, on saloon and on blacksmith
shop. These are all doing good business.
W also have three elevator and on lum
ber yard. W need another lumber yard
badly. There is more grain marketed at
this station than there Is at any other
station on the Una, which make this town
on of the best market towns on this Una
of railroad. This llttl town is surrounded
by the very best farming country in the
stats, settled with a good claaa of farmers.
WANT4I
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LAW TO GOVERN ICE TR1FFIC
Ordinance Completed by City Lecal De
partment at Initaice of Mayor.
LICENSE ON EVERY DEALER AN0 WAGON
Measure la to Apply to Managers,
Owners or Any Employe
of aa lee Com
pany. Assistant City Attorney Rlne has com
pleted an ordinance drawn up at the in
stance of Mayor Dahlman to regulate ice
traffic In Omaha. This ordinance will be
introduced next Tuesday evening at the
council meeting. ,
The ordinance contemplates Imposing a
license on every dealer in Omaha and on
every wagon used In the distribution of
Ice. For conviction of the offense of giv
ing short weight or in any way discrim
inating against any cltlsen the ordinance
provides that a fine of $100 may be Imposed
and the mayor may revoke the dealer's
license. It is expressly stated that any
manager, agent, servant, employe, director
or any one connected with the sate of Ice
In Omaha will be amenable to the ordi
nance. It is proposed to charge a license fee of
10 for each ice wagon, the same as is now
charged for each milk wagon.
The mayor Is hopeful of the ordinance
becoming a law. The discrimination clause
In the ordinance Is Intended to cover such
Incidents as the Eckerman case of last
summer, when Mayor Jim threatened to
take the icemen across his knee, and apply
the municipal shingle.
Work will be begun on the second crop
of Ice, eight inches thick, at Cut-Off lak
Friday morning. Swift's force of men did
not work Thursday, because it was consid
ered advisable to let the new crop get a
little thicker, but the entire force will go
to work Friday. The first crop averaged
from ten to fourteen Inches in thickness,
and Swift's have about half their entire
crop in the houses. It requires 100,000 tons
to fill Swift's houses alone. The Ice Is of
exceptionally good quality, clear and solid.
All fear of an ice famine is now removed.
GENERAL GREELY IN OMAHA
Cornea to Confer with Department
Officials Regarding Movement
of Tenth Cavalry.
Major General A. W. Oreely. command
ing the Northern Military division and De
partment of the Missouri, arrived in Omaha
Thursday. He will return to Chicago Fri
day. His visit to Omaha Is to confer wtth
the department officials relative to the mve
meat of the Tenth cavalry to tha Philip
pines, and no other significance Is con
nected with it except that he will attend
to routine matters pertaining to his com
mand of tha department.
No orders have yet been Issued from
tha War department relative to the con
teniplated rearrangement of the divisional
and departmental lines, and It is thought
at army headquarters that nothing will be
done in this matter until after the adjourn
mont of congTess. In the meanwhile. Gen
eral Greely will continue to exercise the
dual command of the division and depart'
meit, dividing his time between Chicago
and Omaha. ...
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KELLY WORKS SMOOTH GRAFT
Man Gets Thirty Dollars from Murray
Hotel Clerk on Pake
Telegram.
About January 21 a party registered at
the Murray hotel as C. W. Kelly, wife and
child, from Denver Mr. Kelly seemed to
be a prosperous individual, and after re
maining at the hotel with his family three
or four days borrowed about $30 from the
clerk on an alleged telegram from Denver
Intimating that $600 had been expressed to
him. He left the hotel with his family
that night, and an Inquiry at the Western
Union telegraph office developed the fact
that no auch a telegram had been received
at Omaha for Kelly. The man was In
cidentally heard from in Council Bluffs,
where it waa reported he' had been
gambling rather recklessly, but this was
prior to his disappearance from Omaha.
An alleged friend of Kelly promised the
hotel people that ho would hunt Kelly up
and have htm ' make good, as Kelly was
"all right." As tha making good had not
materialised Wednesday, Clerk Hastings
telegraphed to Denver, where Kelly claimed
to be running a lobby and cafe for the
benefit of theatrical people. Chief of Po
lice W. A. Delany of Denver wired Clerk
Hastings Thursday morning:' "Kelly is a
fraud."
In the meantime the $30 Is placed to the
profit and loss account of the Murray.
It is not known that Kelly worked any
other places In Omaha, but as Clerk
Hastings puts it, "He had the ability to
do so." .. ,
Court Denies a Writ.
- Fred Schnelderwlnd was denied a writ
of habeas corpus by Judge Troup Thurs
day. He was sentenced to the county Jail
Letters Written by a Bride to Her Best Girl Friend
My Dear Nellie:
You are a perfect darling the way you find time to write and
tell me everything you are doing, and all the news In that chatty
and breecy way that reminds me so much of you, and makes John
and I fairly devour every word of your letter. And 1 want to
assure you that I have not lost all (sense of humor, Interest or
curiosity about outside doings just because I am a bride of a few
months. But I must confess, at present I am bubbling over with
enthusiasm on account of a pleasant little surprise given me by
John whom I always did contend was the most thoughtful man In
the world. You remember that little alcove between our room
and the spare room. Well I have always been at a loss to know
just what to make out of that. A library and a den had been
suggested but I was still debating over it when I left for a week'ji
shopping trip to Chicago. You can- Imagine my surprise on re
turning home to find that little room turned Into the dearest
little bath-room I ever saw. The floor had been laid in white tile,
the walls papered in blue, white porcelain tubs, a stationary wash
stand and best of all, a little Instantaneous gas heater to heat the
water and all that Is necessary is to light It and the water Is
piping hot. It sounds rather magical doesn't It? Now see how
generous I am going to be, I will promise to dedicate this dear
little bath room to you. gat beater and all, when you make me
that promised visit and I bet you go home and hare one put In
lust like It. Now don't forget to write me again real soon and
tell my friends I am far from being what the chronic Joker might
term a "dead one." but am anxious to hear from them all.
From your devoted friend.
P. 8.-1 forgot to tell you
Heater of the gas company, s if
guest bath like mine that Is 'the
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for that offense. The court held that no
writ could be granted until Schnelderwlnd
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GRAIN EXCHANGE WILL MOVE
Decides to Take Room for Itself'
nd Members In Brandels
Bnlldlngr.
Final decision to remove the headquar
ters of the Omaha Grain exchange to the
new Brandels building was made at a
meeting of the exchange Thursday after
noon. The exchange offices were not alone
Included in the plans, but the majority of
the members will move their offices to the
same building. Some will be prevented by
their leases from making the change.
The exchange and Its members are to
have the entire seventh floor and space
on the eighth, should they need it. The
trading room will be furnished rent free.
At the Thursday meeting a plan for the
allotment of offices waa deolded on. The
private wire houses are to have their pick
of the offices and will cast lots for choice
among themselves. The others are to
choose from the remaining rooms, the
ones wanting the most space getting flret
chance. The move cannot be made until
July and possibly until fall., depending
on the time of completion of the building.
Bee Want Ads for Business Boosters.
Wot n Case of Rnlelde.
Miss Katie C. Parker, who attended tho
funeral of Miss Byrd Fletcher at Sidney,
la., states the report her death was due to
suicide was erroneous. The deceased was
sick and took the wrong medicine producing
death.
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