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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBBUART 17, IJW. 9 HMELT REAL ESTATE IALI EtcarUa Xrrlrpnezt Rut Est . Hoar Jut tt TimnX. KAF.KET 6AE0LKLRS FROPCSE SCKttt Wemldl Hove Trailer tan Brtagr Tfcedg Mmf te Mh Max. Is tb Eu-lr Mermlavaj aa Iti Hlli. Homes That Are Making Bemis Parka Beautiful Residence Section BIG BOOST TO Y.W.C.A. FUND Gy Barton kilt Tifieti Etttdr3, Jfai- rt Tea Tkeiwasd TcClkn Total Irtee r-eBe te Jar 1 a ad tr Cwls la Ceeter ef Table WU Metplag Owe N r D I i Ka-"W . :. ' I 'j'i ; i t With the first teoca cf spring- eotnaa the nrK'unoeraecii of plana, and rumors of more plana, for a, eubrurbaB ds. ulopmont which promisee to or ftps, that of i CeUler Place aad Monmouth, park, no fi-r uth of Furt Omaha, ill be rL plotted thi year by p.i,.rl a Hrydea, whose sybil uat last week bought ttroutk Lb Ejron Ke-d company It lota in these two addition tnta tb estate of George B. Collar. Uie Philadelphia publisher, r A bout $30,t it said to havo bora Involved In in transaction. The syndicate will jtk the land, lay sewers and sidewalks and build several houses nefurs ottering tlx- lota,, fur sale. Ie-rekipmnt is Collier .Pis" ttiid Moamouth park baa been at a standstill for yean, tb. owners, after seeing a degireciatiaa iurtn tba financial deiresslon, having allowed tun to aoco niiku and having offered little ef tba property tar sale. Tba Iota vera cleared of ium under the scavenger law. Oarflaa tract at tba terminal! of tba tree railway lines will become mora valuable If tb street raflwy company aocpta tba plan suggested by tba newly orga-rlBed Omaha Fruit Grower' associa Oua. Tba fruit and gardeners want the company to place car at night at tbe end of tbe Benson, Florence, Omaha arid South Omaha line, ta be loaded at night or early la tbe moraine- with trait and produce for tba market ef the city. It I reported that General Manager Smith of tbe street railway company looks upon tbe plan with some favor. It eeema that lower Ftnaa street la destined to be eternally torn Bp. Tbe street railway company propose to lay conduits under the atreet V carry wire to transfer power to tba new substation which will te efCablirtied this aumroe.r. and even now has men at work drafting a map of the atreet. Hew far alor.g Farnam thi conduit will reach baa sot been disclosed, and it 1 doubtful If tbe company itaelf knowa. Tba laving of tbe wlree win be no mall task, as there are now numerous conduits, aewera and water pipes under the street. Q.arles Beindorf might bar been J30. OW or tS.WXi richer today If be hadn't avt teirrted to make tbe t?nln Pacific pay an tin reason able prlre for hia property at &e northwest corner of Thirteenth and Parna-m treeta. wlere the Bueca flru store standa. He has there a strip cf around twenty tme feet eide and otcetJna' mere than 1 feet in length. W"bcn General Vanarer Mohler ef tbe rnlon Padfio was leoklnc about for a lte for tbe railroad's new beadquartera, ti ejts rested on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Farnam as one cf the few rood places which might be available. He dec'ided that tbe oorcpany could pay 15Q. eofl. but not more, for twe entire lota, or a Jiropertr 132 feet sQuara. Ela arents found that the owners, of whom there were several, wanted more than ted.eliO for ft. Mr. BelnOorf. who la some way Jearned that the Union Peefflc wished his aireperty. wanted a better prioe than any ef the otbera and stubbornly beld ta his fis-urea. Tbe Union Pacifie Judred the ratue of bis ooldlnea at SM.ttM. tnentioninc that amount as a proportional part of tbe ti;4! which It was will. rig to give lor the twe lota. X sTndloate was formed of men Inter ested In the nelrhborbood and they de rided to raise a bonua of ., or what ever amount, provided It was snder iNO.Wft. was neoeaary t pay what tbe ewnen asked above CuO.ess The First National tbe XerchSLnts National and the DE-LIGMTED2 Tbe strongest evidence of confi dence La any . assurance society is the FACT that policy holders invariably - renew or take out larger policies at expira tion of their original policy La the Equitable Life Assurance Society OF THE UNITED STATES PAUL MORTON. President. Here's Another: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Offtoe mi B. A. McALLASTER. I tri CoitwiN at ssi ss i Omaha, Neb., Feb. 4, 1907. H. D. Keely, Manager. Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Sir: Referring to ny maturing 20 Tear Tontine policy, No. 343,010, I elect, to withdraw the surplus in cash and re tain policy fully paid up. I an delighted with this settle ment, end hand you herewith my applica tion for an additional polioy , New Tork State Standard form. Yours truly, H D. MELY, Manaoer for Nebraska IJ244-5 Meretasts a!iia! fcaik KaHlag. - -H1L ELUT E0tV. CtsiUer llll George U. Cooper, . D. Fay Keely, Cesenl Agats, Omaha H. n. Lccsliridse, Joe Klein. Cetera! Ajts liarla. Keb. m ' v -: .7 i't'j; 1 'tz " .-"t".r,."; t . 1 , "- l "' --H ' "'m '! Iff"' REsa?Exca win. pcrrrna. Omaha National were mem here cf the srn diceta. They were wiilinc ta pay Mr. Belndorf r-i.4, but be named his price at S&.ee and would not yield a dollar. Perth j the Union Pacific and tbe syndicate ob jected to being beld up and the deal was oft. The railroad company finally did pay more than HWi.OML much more. Indeed, but it charged its plans for bua&ncr and rot mere pound. Thia story Is to id by one roan wbe has te oontribute SXL.4C ta tha bonna Thursday night the real estate men. who battle with each other so hard In tbe buai r.eaa world, will meet is a eocial way at tbe Commercial club. It will be the oc casion of tlie annual banquet f the Real Estate exchange., which is amrmg the most informal and the most enjoyable of yearly banqueta held In the city. E. A. Benson. . the veteran realty man of Omaha and Benson, win pT-eslde., and the program In cludes C. F. Harrison, "W. L. Selby, Gilbert M. Hitchcock and FhiUp Reed. One buQdlnr contract of considerable slse was let last week. It was for tbe erecrini cf tshbner 4: Chase's three-story structure at tbe northwest corner of Nineteenth and Harney streets, and It went te Wmi.T. Pchford. "Work has begun on the build ing, which will cost about JSft.noa. The ground floor will 1 for stores and the upper f)-Krs for anartmenta. "Several other jt-oioee4 bufldings are In teresting contractors. The contract for the Cohn building is to lie let soon, and the award of the contract for the North western freight depot Is Jast due. Plans for the Union Pacific headquarters -building will not be completed for some time. Bids have been taken on lira. Oeary'a home and bids will be Invited In a few days on Joseph Cudabjr s J21.0J0 resi dence. Flass for a new building for the Omaha Tent and Awning company have been pre pared and forwarded to Manager A- H. Rawltser. who la at present In California. A building cf four or five stories, to cost (Mb, WO tT IT. OKI. is proposed. Tweeds were placed on record Monday for the transfer of Ruaer's Park from William von Dohren to Mets "aroa Brewing com pany for C,sM. Tbe Kennard home at Nineteenth and ttedge streets probab'.y will be a thing of tbe past before the sxrmmer Is over, prank B. Kennard is having plans draws for a tS.erO apartment house which Is te be erected on tbe lot where the borne la. and tbe latter wEl hare to he torn down - CXUA Lm) thtrtt-ttfth xkt ha-w-thoexs ate or moved. Mr. Kennard says construction m begin within three months. Among deeds recorded last week was one from William A. Paxton and Margaret A. Guy. trans? erring a valuable lot on the south side of Ft- Mary's avenue, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. An other deed to Mr. Baum gave him the old Evan's livery ham property on tbe east side of Nineteenth street, just north of St. Mary's avenue, the- consideration being Be me of the Omaha real estate men wbe deal largely in business property have con-oel-red the idea of getting out booklets descriptive of Cmaha as a field for Invest ment and taking them on the Journey to the ooast for diKtrlbutlon. So far this plan is only prospective. The Commercial club, which will tcke a baggage car full of ad vertlKlng ncveltles tnd reading matter, is encouraging the realty men to get out eome material of strictly real estate nature. Considerable outside money baa been In vested in Omaha property in tbe last few years, but srery little bit helps and the city will take more. Charles E. "Williamson, the Veal estate man, has a motto and advertises. To shew that such advertising tya, he is now tell ing an incident which came to hia attention a few daya ago. His motto is "Buy It Now." He waa walking through Bemia park to hia borne one evening and attracted the attention of three little I el Iowa who were playing - there. Aa be paaaed, be noticed they were looking at nun. and as be turotid te glanoa at them, one aaid la a whisper to the otbera. That's Mr. Buy It Sow." The handsome brick church being erected by tbe St. Mark's "Lutheran congregation at Twentieth and Burdette streeta is sear ing completion. With tbe exception of the finishing touches en the interior and the painting inside and ou trade. It Is read- for U, ;.- and other furniture. It la likely that a pipe organ time thia summer. will be Installed some WATTLES SAYS THEY DIDfiT Demies titnt e-f rales) Mra Thai tree stall war Brake Its "When tbe union men ear we bava broken faith with them taer are mistakes, for we have told the ate but one thing and that waa we would not recognise the union, but would tr-at with any individual wbe had a grievance." said G. W. Wattles, vtoa president' of tbe Omaha A Council Blur Street Railway company. "When the union was organised In Omaha we were assured It was net necessary to enter into any contract with the anion and that It would not be neoaaaary te make any different arrangement with the nnlea men than with tbe nonunion men. We put no opposition In the way. Im mediately after the organisation was per fected they came te ns with demands that we reoognlse their vcion, that we enter Into a spedfie contract, that we agree te treat with them In a different manner than we treat with nonunion employea In Justice to tbe nonunion men who compose a bulk ef ear old men and ooa strtute twe-thlrds of our employes, we have refused and ahaS refuse te enter lute any contract with the union. Nonunion men have told us they did not want te Jala the cnian. Tnion men nave asked and received the sum protection aa nonunion men. fcve never been dis - "Tbe Tmlon crimlTiated against and will not be by any at one another, then at tbe stairway i. j organise. There Is no sentlroent ia a bu of tbe ofnoers of this company. Wtle we J pectantly. The visitors from the Son lield , ness office.. Tnat Is proved by the few have aaid to the union mea we prefer not , te bare onions among our employea, for In; MM cases a mcorman oa the train la a tmioo, man and the conductor a nonunion , rii yon Xvep & Ton snan and they don't agree and don't even , rjuLitf iil add tt up for you. That's speak to each other, we nave put no ob-1 rgi.t" stades in their way. each conditions did ,. . , . . not exi before th. union, cam. and are!00 UT'.t with . plata Jap nap. not good tor the oerrlc. W. hav. treated I """T' with a with and wCl tiwat with tmlon men. 1 "T" 'ni " "The ia.u. confronting the peoplo ef1Cb"" f Tt,fm Tt'Q coffi Omaha and the street railway company i,''1' " Ta retUrB for ,or" "" a threatened stro on the part of th. ' hic " " W sandwich, which ha. . , . . .. . .turned out to be a soft-hnltf ituj union, a tnreax maoe y yio raent Pot.mer of the international association, that -will tie up and paralyse Omaha la-1 dustries ' to use hi werda "If w dont tum over the management of our men to tbe unions we are threatened with a strike, meaning to drive an tn. old men from our employ. We propose to stand by aa open shop and a square deal to all." CHARGES AGAINST SOLDIERS foot Cetrtavia Oeseore P.raUk-4 lotsooo at tatiraoifi rxgoBeii laiariii4. Ma.lor Parker W. Wast of the inspector general s oopartment. Washington, is .la Omaha Is oonforence with Major Thomas Cruse, chief quanermastsr of the Depart ment of ths Missouri. Major West s visit la to iavestigate certain charges against army officers recently returned from the Philippines, which are tm offo-t that they hav. furnished their booses with fumltur paid for by the euanemiastefs depart -snent. The lnvestigatioa is not directed against any of the offioers either at army headquarters. Fort Omaha, Fort Crook nor any of the military posts ta this Immediate vicinity. Tarnsshee, stall. s and enamels at S per cent discount from regular prtrea Ken nard Cass aud Paint cosrpany. litk and podg atreeta Tea. i).rtw vaMSt-teA. NASHVILLF, Tena . Feb. M- Ir. J. Hernia Feist, rharged with the saurder of Mra Etoea Hurvm. was tas borBn.g lourU gu-iv t skuruor ta Ubo gust oo- - W'JL CLUB OF BUSINESS WOMEN Lnsdiecs Bcrnr at El FatTi CLipel TWO HUKDFXD IN DR. GLUTS CIU3 Mee te Be Where Tkere Are fte Hem, tease ef TOea Sir-FerWa and Better flak Bewama lat ae Fatere. Rev. rr. W. Montague Geer of St. Paul's cha;el has got Lib ciub lor LiuB.ut, aud jirol essional o3i c inuj wuikiiig uiottr aiid a good many memkri git there lor iUucL eou oailr. The hours lor luitclJtxn are from 11 to 2. Kiss Grtrude Geer, sister of the riuar, was tn chares the day a Sun rtpuru-r called to Bee nuw it aas gettuig along, fclje i.ad a con of yoang woiuen to assist her and all were busy with prt-parauuii lur the oomlng rush. Square tables are set down the roam. In the otnter of each is a Japanese napkin outlined with a vme l morning gturiea. and la the middle stands a pitcher of con densed milk (or the day was stormy and the real cream was not to be had Flank ing this pitcher is a glass sugar bowl, and on the right center Itift are two spoons that are so bright that they glare. Aa inner room has been turned Into a temporary kitchen and with an equipment of gas stoves, carving tallies and cooking utensils looks aa if it had txn up since t o'clock ready for duty. There is a steady tramping of masculine feet, some accompanied by large bundle of bread for the sandwiches and othtr suppliea A ruddy faced boy with a blue tie cornea in laden with charlottes, which he puts down in a corner and eyes hungrily. The ham, which is piled in roey heaps that match the wall In tone, is from the very best shop in town. One of liss Geer's assistant re marks that "everything is Just as Food as if it came from your own home." Besides the messengers the clerical visit ors are the etnly men admitted, and they eome freeuently. They are much inter ested In the delicatessen products, the aromatic eeffee and the spicy sandwiches. Some ef them snoop. All of them sniff. Beth snoops and Bains art those of appro bation. One of the clergy tn tbe absenoe of Or. Geer acts as temporary cashier and he piles the dimes, nickels and coppers into neat beans, so that he need not be unduly hurried when tt la new saury to add up th cost of twe pieces of pie. acre sandwick and a cup and a half of coffee, and to take tbe sura total from a ta bill. He seems wrought up about something and aa boob as be gets through hia house keeping he unburdens his trouble. "We mustn't gouge them,- be says to one of the workers. Impressively, "for I was netlcitig that these sandwiches were a little raialler today. Now. what do you I think ef gtrtng 'em three pieces for t cents wsveaa eg rwor They all agree that there mustn't be tbe faintest suspicion of being gouged. So whenever a small half of sandwich is dis covered on a plate another la added. tfcia question is settled big platters containing ham and egg sand- wicbes are brought ia and nlaoed la con- j renient plaot-a Miss Geer wi;s a spot of 4ust off a pink cup. The cashier changes j the dim heap to the side of the nickel! J heap and counts something on his fingera 1 Twelve o'clock strike and b ti i.,.v to the temptation of the coffee and aignlf y their willingness to be the first served. I -jnst kelp yourselves," sava Miss Gees- . . " w fT " e naven t any ronts yet. but w. will have," ahe say "Ton don't mind eatir.g tha egg eandwich with a pooo this time? No? Of course not. AH the girls da so They're such nice girls, nut a bit of trouble fussing around." Just at the second helping there Is a Bcf-ind of scurrying f ootsu-p and from t time on the room fills rapidly. Miss Geer greots each one ly name. Once she Is pusxled and tt Is not until the girt men tions the fact that her father used to be a vestryman at Si Paul a that ah remem bers her; then she points out a specially luscious nam sandwich. In the course of 1 half aa hour the special greeting has to give place to the general. There are all eons and kinds of girts who take advantage of tt new club-the red-oheekod beginner, a hone complexion has not yet faded to th pallor of offlc in.prtsonment, and lb tired woman he Burtng10B fffto tnl week and gave out has grow gray in color and -.emperamtsnt j oefmlte annsuncement that this would ta svr-ioa Tner U the smartly gowoed j OOBe but Tl0 a,. VLa set for tn cnaate buaineas woman and the sliabby one, but j j:ri official ay this rate was pot la the majority are remarkatly ! gowned. M a oohrrion of tbe rait jirt.blem la Ne sritk a trimnoa and a lark of ouperfluou. rhch la now being threshol out ornament which ia refreshing. ,te o-at legislature, but if th Grou; of friends meet and alt togttW. Th Strang, tiri find aa invitiug hand out stretched, and Miss Goer fnes about telling of th hot stews and the soups and the fork, they are guu.g to have aa soun as they get really atanod. At present the memherstap ha. reached the JU) mark and auowa a steady tnrreaa. It la all wary notney and hospitabia. A snombrrslup card entltlea its holder te S iiootg wurta at teod, Oa tX. LatA aa EOITE OF "W. F. JTKnX, tTI HAWTH each of these cards the name and addreat of tbe cwiitf are written, Ni. cuestkm are asked. The cashier simp: j- writes the name and address given on the back of the crd and hunds it to tbt purehsjitr so alie won't forgvt her own name and place of tu:nee, but he make. no entry for the use of the club. VLib Geer and tbe casnier state together and separately that the arr.bition of tbe newly formed club is to have a suite ef. rooms entries her downtown where the g:rl will have more rpac-e and gr-atiT con venience. The parish hmipe was never Intended for more than a temporary BhelKT. Tbe Clto club of Chicago ic cited a a successful contemporary, having gnwn and developed along very successf ul line, lis t-bjert being, like that of the Sl Pairi Clutfxl cluh. the grrd of the girls who have Joined. Alreacy Ir. Geer has received many letter from business men cenroend ing hi project; ore or two have applied for si enographers and some check have been sect to belp In the preliminaries. "tVe never aek all questions of the girls, savs Miss Geer. '"Why sbculd we? They don't ak any of us We'want the girl to feel that we are working toward a fu ture and If thy are willing to help in the beginning they will proht by whatever ia accompl isbed " The prices cf food are on a cost baris t cents for a cup of tea. crffee or c:oa cents for a large sandwich and t cents for cakt or T'le. AH the money above, the expenses will be put aside for tbe ew cl ub rooms. After luncheon seme of tbe girts open and play on the piano. Miss Geer and her assistants go about with the latest maga tlnes for distribution. rcwnPtalr In the reading room proper some of the girls sew, some write lettera others curl up and, lost to their surroundings, finish some fas cinating work of fiction. "Isn't it nice," say one of these, that we can come to a place where there are ne men? When you've been shut up in an office with the average man and seen htm In his business moods, with his bark off. it's a question of keeping vtmrseW from scratching iis eyes oat. This place Just irons me out." "There baa beem an awful lot Bald. re plied another smart looking business woman, -about a woman never being able to adapt herself to office requirements, that she is always toe feminine. That ia all rot. "The women I know are much more adaptable than tbe men. The mere sight of a skirt In aa effice toe often acts as an tinsettler. The business man who tMnfc? because be pays his stenographer tl a week he ia entitled to fill tip every one of her spare moments with accounts cf his : desperately unhappy home positively makee me disgusted. If wives only knew what stenographers suffered from this they'd sympathise with 'em. ' "Jealous wives? Well, perhaj. I know one wife aaid to roe once, when she had C'jim ever to the oSoe, 1 eWn't see bow you stand my h unhand all day. If I had him I d be out of my mind.' - A little lady te a corner whe toys daintily, with a charlotte rusee and whe has lived a life of business activity and preserved her charming femininity tells bow tbe tower part f tbe city has changed since she first came there. "In those pioneer daya." she says, "most of the lr firms bad their work dene at the 1 typewriting offlc and never thought of having their own eeeretariea The werneJi who had charge of these offiOHS made a great deal of menev. I wts one ef them, but I lort all I made In speculation. "Now I am glad te get C a week, for j prices are steadily d ie-atng and will until women re tbe suffrage and Irarn ta 1 marriages that take place. Been now tt oormiaered a matter of newspaaer ecira- ' rnert wti-n a man marries a stenographer. "Th-re's -mother change very evident to any one who has studied this -jnenticm closely. WwTien who are married i In bnolnesa ne longer think it necessary to r-13 the fact in orfl-r nnt to offend the sertiro-TTT of the bead of the office, whs mlrtt orject to the marred wemm on the rrotrr.d that ber fcustond should be abl to suripcTt her. "Hurtiand and wife com flow-it -wn ; toretker. the woman going t ber orcce. thf. mkB t IlF: tneT take luncheon teee-ber and ge ap town in t?e artM-noon : Tetr ccmblnea salttne ellfw them t Hve and flres better than If they were dependent on the man's salarv alone. "N one ever thlTik now ef oesrlnirtl'wt this amnpemeTt Tne mn Is Tie In-nrer a mbiect frr ridicule end tn wwrnan oe of pity. It 1 the Bitural evolution rf women rn the bnsir- world and th cuius muia with natural law " DATE FOR BOOKS MOT FIXED o Pwrtlag Sew Mileage Isto Two 1 Deferred y too I yf, e, , been set by the raTh-oefls oa vllcil , J-cer.t mileage txK.k wffl b 1 mrAA rie blrhert passeTiger traffic offlrtal I tlf f ,h. ct braska road met st the , j., a i-cetit rate bill the- win. cf course, be no need lor a S-cent mileage bfk. They say that ff a redue tkm ia mad tt will char.g the eemdrtion a the J-cenVtnOeage book as offered oa the basis of a getieral a-cent rata paaoeiigrr men Bay if the rate is not dis turbed there I no doubt th new rat. win be put ta. Many formalUie. will have t be arranged be lor a chaxg la anade, aa I the LL-hi.gaU sXeatT af t itilted is OP.VE AVUMB, under a bureau at Chicago and there w-oaid be considerable detail In exchanging tbe outstanding mileage book for new books at the reduced rata LABOR. CAPITAL AND PRODUCTS taltiee lssateel sty talent facia Skew Gala la Every Iteaa la Ke The T"nlon Pacific has Just Issued a bulletin of statistics for 1 relative to labor. oa;ltaJ and manufactured produo- I tioa in the suaee and territory oa and tributary to the railroad. For Ne braska it shows a gain In every item relative to macufature. with the ex ception of the number of employed children under IS years of age, which de creased i.l per cent under 1901 According to the bulletin, Nebraska'i number of establishments increased .l per cent: capital. 3." per cent; cumtor of salaried officials and clerks. V per cent; salaries. C per cent; r,umlr wag eerne-o. t.i per cent: total wages. I" per cent; mis cllanenis expenoea, ST.C per cent: cost of muterialB used. 24 per rent; value of products, per wage earner. IE per cent; average wage paid, per wage earner. It per cent. The number of employed men increased T per cent; women. 4K.7 per cent: but th number of children decreased aal per cent. The value of tbe annual products of the leading manufacture for WE tn some ol the leading cities embraced in the lenitory eerved by ths Union Fauna railroad sys tem is: St. ijouis - ssir.T.r San Francisco 137.7fS.Ml Kanna City. Kan K.C1 South Omaha r,41i.lT7 mahe - 4..?(H renver M.&WiCO Kjuiaa City, Mo EiTaMa lx Angel-s 4.r).T Portland. Cre Ja.aHJtl Anaconda, Mom .Cni! Seattle .- Ies Motne ln.lfc4.H! St Joseph - ni.rrxrje Salt Lake City T.US.M exclusive of meat packing. Not given by the censua Idaho shows enormous percentum gain in all these items, ranging from IS to OB per rent. Nevada and Wyoming also anew heavy gaina, KIRKMAN GETS NEW HEARING To oa lUetta for Haaeai ri se Writ avatol Cootatai P.aeo ait oo Cloao. Captain W. G. Zoane, Jndg advocato of the Irparunent of the Missouri, left for Topeka Saturdsy u assist the United Suites district attorney for that district In th. nearing oa an application for a writ of habeas corpus man by Captain George W. Klrkman, a prisoner tn the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, formerly ef the Twenty-fifth Infantry. Captain Kirkman waa tried by general court-martial at Fort Niobrara tn June, IbuCl, on the charge of "conduct un becom ing an officer and gentleman, for various mlsdemeanora" He was given three trials; in fact one for alleged forgery, of which be was aoquittod. The other twe were for drunkenness and miscellaneous misdemeanors and ho was sentenced la one of the case to 'rl from the army and to twa years imprisonment, and ta the other So dismissal and one year a tmoriaonmect. The sentences were promul gated in th. sum general order, though Captaia Kirk-nan was triad by two dif ferent oourts-martial. Th attorn- for Captain Klrkman now bold that the sen tences were conjunctive and that Klrkman could be neid la prions bat two year, oneer the sentence and that making al lowance, for good behavior Captain Klrk man s oentenoe legitimately expired on January IT. 107. Hen a. the application for the writ of ha he, corpus. The Klrkman case has considerable local Interest frcm th tact that the name of Mra Loui B. Chandler, wife of Lieu tenant Chandler, was injected into the pro oeedings through Kirkman 'a alleged rela tions with ber. Mra. Chandler committed sulci. in th Paxton hotel one night la May, IMC wl lie the charges wore still pending against Captaia Kirk man at Port Niobri BEUGIOII BOTES. Tb order of Knight cf Jerusalem has teen bestowed bv tbe kaiser on It. Gorr Post, an American missionary of Beirut, he ia now tn B-whn. Tbe kaiser sent Count von Wed te the American church on Sunday to represent him when th Re. Ir. Peet preached. Tr. Em.il G. Hlrscb Is advocstlng th starting of projierly conducted dance hall a a counter attraction to th'e wnlh ce their existeno S"Wy to the revenue d-nvwd from t hern, hoping thereby to ever ct? mary of the rL attributed to the ordinary dance kalia Some cf tii oldest church e eotablithe-d ntid-r tb patronag of the bnglian rrewa are still otandrng In thi oouetry. In many InKtkB'-c tbe n.val arms are displayed oa tie walla and the altar ild oommumoa silver marked wrth th liscriptioa e IreBKlng the king, good will to hM fateful su'iena Noiahie among thee la Kir oi.apel m Busion, now a Unitarian chare a. Ti Kpwonh lag derived tt. nm from tt Ereenn rerjorv In RngianA. wh-r John Wesley wa bom and r.r-d. Ia politic th OongeegariOTiausi look upon the famou ordinance of 1?K7 a the'r nea. 1 1 avf aaiuge waa said to be due rhtafie t the rT on of or Manaaei k Cutler, a Cm rreeauor 1 mltasler. It prohibited Slavery In th. Nortfcaest Territory, now "tto. In dtaaa. Illmoi. Michigan and WienonstK at d aaKaliahed th law of primogeniture.. hch naSe tl elrtest oun the ofcly bfir to hi father etata Hiram N. Lattrop of Boston, the new treasurer of in I'mted Si-ty of Chris tian h-ndeavor. ia beat knows aa tti ue cessful manager of irhbT the largest ta.( urt.ion parties wt i h in wrld hus ever seen. He had a'm'ust eritir char, of carry uag tbe SL.wo Fjideavorers to Saa Francisco, the thousands u Ltundoa in liMi, and th tiuusk.nds and ten of thousand to Clee.and. iJetrolt. Whit,ru.a Kaab vlli and iiaJtimarc, Hi. freic eomeume acru aim of leujf bora ua a 1 taut ,1a Lis batia. Ten thousand doliars of the gll.! neces sary to begin wor k oa tSe 1 cung omen s Christian asex-ciatlon buUdl:.g t-d lee pledged ehen the canvas r.g team mads their rrport Saturday tn. Til leaves a'..") enill to be raised and tt. can,tiga cKitMS) Tuesday. February IK. The gain of 1.2j( since Friday noir. wj largely r-iaOe piaubje by an additional g"t ol from O-y Barton, this making SU.im given to tbe t'uildir.g fund by Mr. and Mrs, Barton. wIk. gave te. to tbe li4 fund. two years ago. The team tieaa juarters have realired consideral'ie alsn. A s-na-1 bey in a lavender suit with a bell and a kettle made his appearance on the wa.at In front of Henderson, the florists, Satur day to attract atiettiLn to the headquarters of tbe lavender team and tbe other teams hsve other attractive features. The team standing at noon Saturday was: fc!ue Captain. Mr G"-ge Tilflen: lieutenants. Mrs. i. M. Aikln, Mr Bdw&rd Johnson 1WJI Pick Captain. Mra J. It IUTiont; lieutenant. Mra. A W. Bowman, Miss Mary Suc-ner UUJB, Red Captain. Mra E-nma F. Byer; lieutoriatts, M-e F. F. Loo mia Mra H. F. Keiiogs ISO XhHcw Captain. Mrs Oemert Oiase; lleulenart. M-. I. W. Car- x p-nter. Mr J P. lc.rd LdJi L vender Captain. Mr. TV. P. Far-fr-rd. lv ctenarta. Vrn. P. M. Gar reit. Mra 1. P. Baily . 1.S19 S Total tH,cl o 3b) ' 1 Vr Guy Barton. First auttnal J. R Ljehmer..... Arthur PmiUi. -. J P. Cook- Senator Sulllvaa ef Wyoming... SS ... 'A L. J. IKTCO Katbe-'tie M -nTehaad . Vt Mra W. Q. Maul a Jar tm' Bays Mayor Daaln. Mayor Dahlman is very much Interested In the dosing campaign of the Young Women's Christian association building fund and Saturday morning be Issued the following letter to the public: To tbe People of Omaha: I have watched with much interest the light that is being waged by the ladles of Omnia ta raiee fjo to make up tbe halan of fliNMKB to he used In building a borne to accorno date tbe young women ol Omaha. What does this mean? It means a piaoe where the working girls can go. get a gnod meal cheap and have a piace to rest and fe-l at home; these working girls alone have raised & u" among then-i-lvea. 7'he ladiea en gaged in this worthy movement have worked for months, some of the rood peo ple of C-naha. hav given two and three times. They only need about f7.iH mora Thousand of j-eople hsven't given a red cent, hunured hsve been s en, other writ ten to, but no response- This 1 a grand work and will be a cred-t to Omaha. Loosen up. any of you can give G; others can give sT.. fift. l'0 or n-Ki. Why not gft your chip in the center of th table? Ixits of you will shake dice for either of those amounta spend that much over th bar or do some oi her fool thing to bum up your money. The game closes next Tuesday night. Why not help out on this? Ton will never mis it, and when you see the build ing and tbe good it is doing you will al ways feel happy that you helped Just a little. Jar looe! JAME6 C DAHLMAN, Mayor. LIST OF PUPILS THAT PASSED Kaa.ee of toe AppUemaits Swecewsfwl la Oetttag ThroagSi Secretary H. L Harper of th. board of examiners of the Nebraska State Board ef Pharmacy announces th f oDowlcg as suo oosaful ta rearing the requisita examina tion bold by th board at Its meeting; la Omaha February It: J. Sterling Baker, Hasting; F. H. Beers. Alexandria; F. O. limning. ravenportj Clto C SalM. A. Ks Kenost. K. U. Stevens. Mattie M. Wlieen. Omaha, F.. G. Hening, Sterling: R. Ii. LAschewvki. Beatrice: James 1 Motsica. Ravenna; George L- Mowers, Colon. Chalie S. Pool. Broken Bow; Wil liam C Powers, Ljnooln; Oliver Bundle, Lincoln : Waiter P. Scott, P.ialng City; K. S fetoofield, M-nowl; Alvin P. Snapp, Boa Cloud; A. A. Stites. ITniun, IMAMONX'S rrenaoT. Uth and Dodge. $5.00 Glasses Burnt Quality. Gold Fllod, Warraxtfrd Ih rears, all next wek for KTAMTN'AJIQ.V KRLK. MUTESON ill OPTICAL CO. CHANGE DENTISTS Toorm tax.x so. io. If you ve aotked your dentlat grow maifferent and careless yoa no doubt eoritezLplai a cnanga Now if yea wish to eliminate tbat element of chance taJwt ja la a change) ooine to me, ' Of course you can readily detect the thought of self -interest In this ad, but aside from that for your own good. paae investigate the vpto-data. daaiJy. palnteaa cueth uos of nilna DR. F1CKES. "Fnone Toug. Wl. Dentist 11 a Bee Bidg. m ARTIFICIAL jTEETH Ttat we make are ao natural la color, site and axrghgemexl no aa ta bring- tbe natural exprealoa to U-e face, yon can can atarctly tell tnem from too one tat are Our prie from t to Ilk, and tuUy raayantoed. TAFTS DENTAL ROOMS 1117 lKuglaa a-treot. LAWX caatxrrxjaT adOOa ma COBLTAJfa. Bertt irva an. Omaaa, 350 .. .5;. t