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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER in, 1907. 3 IIAINERIS'NOT SATISFIED Berate Railway Commiision for Be centlj Announced Cream Bate. DAVID CITY TAKES OTHER VIEW Jadg Jaekatm ft ! frora ".aprerne t'oart (lannjnlta t Re-nter Praetfrre f 4adj BMW Takes nil Place. ' (From a fltaft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. IB. (Special.) Though the attorneys for the central creameries In the hearing before the State Hallway com . mission In th matter of cream ratea re fA peatedly said the .would b satisfied with ' s rata baaed on mileage which did not dls ctlmlnata agalnat r any town. Attorney Halner la now objecting to the ratea pro mulgated. Thla morning he made verbal objection! to the commission, after first breaking Into print with hla proteata. Aa a matter of fact, according to one who haa looked Into the matter, an analyst of the ratea will ahow that only in very few In stance have the, ratea been Increased, and that the objections of the creamery men are due to the fact that they have no advantage now over the local creamerlea. Mr. Halner ta quoted In a local paper with saying that the new ratea will Increase the coat to the creamerlea about $22,000 a year. A little fig uring ahowa how absurd thla etatement la; Halner clalma the rat pa have been increased 1 cents a can. Dividing the 122.060 by I. gives 733.31) cana. Multiplied by 30, the av erage amount of pounds of butter fat to the can, glvea 21,to9,no0 pounds of butter fat, which would have j to be shipped at an In crease of 3 cents 'a'pound to make up that extra expense claimed by the central cream erlea. The testimony shows the amount of pounds of butter at shipped waa only 18. 000,000. . I ( Aa an example of how the rates have Tibt been Increased by the commission, the old and new ratea from Holdrege are cited. Allowing three cans to the 100 pounds, a creamery at Holdrege would be able to lay down butter at Omaha for $1.07. Previous to the new rate It would have cost the creamery at Holdrege $1.28. The Omaha creamery, yundat: the new rate, can get oream Into Omaha from Holdrege for $1.08. Under the old rate it costs W cents to get butter fat fronts .Litchfield to Ravenna, a distance of twenty-six miles; from Ravenna to Omaha It cost 68 cents, or a total cost of tl.tl, while It eo"st the Omaha creamery under tha old rate only $1.02 for butter fat. Under the new rate Ravenna can get but ter Into Omaha for 98 cents. Rut the cen trallsers are n6t discriminated against, be cause after the butter fat gets to Omaha the creameries add the water and salt which makes up easily the difference. Following are a. few comparisons taken at 'random of the old and the new rate: To Omaha. From Old rate. New rate. Centa. Cents. Miles. .. 31 31 1S2 .. 33 S3 . 163 ..St 83 178 ... 82 33 m ... 3t) .17 2,6 ..43 43 3 ... M (A 416 ... m ! c:o .... S4 32 172 .." S7 So 214 ... 43 41 271 ... 43 41 264 ... 45 43 24 ... 34 32 151 ... 36 . 34 192 ... 37 S7 2E0 ... 60 ' U 382 Grand . Island Cairo Havenna Itchfleld Proken how Tnedford ...i Alliance Blts Buff. ......... Wood Klver.. .'. Elm Creek. Brady Island Callaway .,, North PMte,. ...... Nellgh .,..;..j,i'.w. O'Nell ....X...:...f. Long Pine Gordon :.J'..:. To Crete : ; y. Quid. Rock., Red Cloud... A 9 27 34 28 27 84 rCuUeertaofuv..bM..v- 4 Clay Center 22 22 17 15 Falrmanf i IS DeWltt ....... 17 - Bo far aa the Rock Island rate Is con cerned there are only nineteen stations on this" toad' In," Nebraska from which cream la shipped and of these statlona the rate la rafted slightly at six stations only. In his talk to '-tha- commission - this morning Attorney Halner did not make any pro A Nurss's If you are a sufferer from headache, neuralgia, or paini from any cause you should read the following letter from a nruse, . Tor soma time I have felt It my duty to writs you. I was having my doctor twice every 'week for headache. All he 414 for me waa to give aomethlng to eas tha pain. Sometime tha pain was so saver that I eonld not speak, and mem bera of my family stood over me and gave me medicine every fifteen tplnutes nntlt I -was relieved. A sample of Dr. Wiles' Anti-Pain Pllla fell Into my hands. I read the circular very carefully, an.1 found my' case ' described exactly. 1 he next time my head began to ache I took tha Palo Pills according to directions and I felt I was getting better, so I nt to tha druggist for a box and took than aintU I waa- m mv.cn better that I waa about tha house all the afternoon. I have Hot kd a doctor for headacb sines. JWhen ha met ma aom time after- h wanted, to how I was, and I told him (what I bad dons, -and he replied: 'If you hav round anything that will help y u tick to it," and so f have. Being a nurae I have recommended them to a great atatny grateful people. On oaaa i will snenilou. 1 aaw a. doc tor go to a neigh bor every week far months becauae eh bad aoah awful headaches; but for a long tins I iared not suggest anything to her. On day 1 met her and I gave her a half vox off Antl-Pata' Pills and ah uid than am baa had no doctor sine. She aays they ar a gTeat blessing to her and aald, "VVny didn't you tsll ma about them bfor.1 I could tell you of many similar aa." MISS JOSEPHINE BOHN, lit W. Danes St, Auburn. S. T. Da. KUr AatJ-Fala Fills are sold by raw 'drcafla, who will guarantee that Vh rtrat aaakaere will benefit. U It falls, Ik a111 man y saeney. H aoaas ft aanM a ever sold ta talk. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. C. A. Llndquitt, i Merchant Tailor i S3S3S lxten Block Maker of Gentleenm's Clothes. Nw lln for fall Is ready for your Inspection. Butts and Overcoats $15. 0 and up. Do not let any dealer insult your intelligence : . .v. ... by offering you u substitute, when you ask fur an article you bar seen advertised In The Be. We uo not accept advertisements (or articles that ar not worthy of jojr patroaage. When you are 4)nvlnod by oso of these adver tiremeuta ibat the article is what )ou with, lnstst on getting it. wten 9u ask (or it ni jot:r dealers. ' ' " ' Avoid salUru(As ' 64 sUi you ask (or. . posal but merely" berated tie eommlsslon for the rates it did make, claiming the Rock Island rate should have been put Into effect. Had the commission done thla the discrimination In favor of the centrfl creameries would still have been maintained. Cole alfled wits Ratea. The central creameries are not together on th kick on the rates on cream pro mulgated by the State Railway commission. While Attorney Halner, a stockholder of th Beatrice Creamery company, was berat ing the commission Pavid Cole of Omaha Informed a commissioner that the rates fixed-by the commission were fair and Just and satisfactory. Senator Aldrich, special attorney for the commission, said the new rates were satisfactory to the people of his community, who had expressed themselves. The central creameries, he aald, had been built up under special favors from the rail roads and the kick was due from them be cause the commission has discontinued this discrimination. Reese Sacceed Jaeknoa, Supreme Court Commissioner N. D. Jack- fson has tendered his reels-nation to ths supreme court, giving as a reason that he could not afford to hold the position. Inas much as he could make mora money In the practice of law. Judge Jackson was ap pointed a member of the commission Im mediately after the legislature adjourned two years ago. He was a member of that legislature. Judge Reese has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Two Closed Sessions. It remained for the present board to do what.no other .canvassing board ever did before canvass the vote behind closed door. The work was begun yesterday and Is not finished yet, the excuse being that Wheeler county haa not made proper re turns. The "railway commission followed stilt by holding a meeting with Attorney Halner behind closed doors this morning. The commission said It shut out the public because the member are usually mis represented at every hearing by the Lincoln afternoon papers. The law specifically sets out that no persons shall be denied admis sion to any hearing held by the commission. Forma for Railroad Assessment. Oeorge Bennett and Henry Seymour have completed the forms for the guidance of the city and precinct assessors who are to assess railroad property In villages and cities. There are 819 towns In Ne braska through which one or more rail roads run. Orte report the state board will send to the railroads to be filled out, showing the value of railroad property In each town and sent, to the taxing officer of that town. The taxing; officer then se cures a form prepared by the county clerk, and with the report of the railroad to aid him makes the assessment and returns It to the county clerk, who In turn sends a report to the state board. This report sent to the railroads contains ten separate formp. A second, report. Is sent to the railroads to be filled out and. returned to the state board. This contains eleven forms. These repoYts must be In the, hands of the assessors by March 1 and delivered to the state board by the first Monday In May. Grand Island Man Named. ' ' ' Max J. Egge of Grand Island was ap pointed today by the governor a member of the State Board of Optometry. This la the third appointment and nils the board. Forest Rrwn Apportionment. State Superintendent McBrlen has Just made his first apportionment under the government forest reserve fund. The ap portionment la made on the acreage In th reserves. .001341 cents being accredited to each acre. Tha total acreage In the . Ne braska reserves Is 689,002.93 acres and there was divided $790.87, and it was given to the counties as'follows:"- Blaine, J152;'Thoma $103,39; McPherson, $312.29: Grant. $200.78. and Cherry, $165 44. One-fifth of the money is divided equally between the school dis tricts, one-fifth to th public road fund and three-fifths is divided according to th enumeration of -school children. - The forest reserves In Nebraska are divided as follows: Dismal River reserve, Elaine county, . 273.16 acres; Thomas county, 77,' 021.09 acres; total, 83,294.26 acres.. North Platte reserve, McPherson county, 232,802.73 acres; Grant county.' 149.608.86 acres; total, 382.411.68 acres. Niobrara reserve. Cherry couDty, 123,297.10 acres. . Inspection of Oil. Attorney General Thompson has given State Oil Inspector A. B. Allen an opinion that he must Inspect every particle of oil used in the stats. A farmer, living near the Kansas line, wrote to Mr. Allen asking if he could us oil shipped to him from across the border without Inspection. It was cheaper than Nebraska olL Th at torney general said that th Kansas prod uct could not be used In Nebraska with out Inspection. Mother seeking: Her son. Governor Sheldon haa received a letter from Mrs. Plnkaton, 631 East Eighth street, Oklahoma City, Okl., asking him to help her get Information of her eon, 'Robert Lee Plnkston, who left home July 18, 1901. II was then 21 years old. He was flv feet, four lnchea tall, weighed about 140 pounds and had blue eyes and brown hair. He was last heard from In Omaha. Mrs. Knox Denlea Charge. Mrs. Knox, county superintendent of Cheyenne county, has Written Governor Sheldon that ahe haa not defied the law In her own county as has been alleged by State Superintendent McBrlen and that ah would like an Interview with the governor. She Is at present In Iowa, where she was called by th Illness of her son. On her return sh will stop off at Lincoln and de sires to straighten matters out. State -Superintendent McBrlen has consented to let tho caae rest until that time. Th following cases were marked for sub- i mission to th supreme court at this sit ting: State against Several Parcels of Land (Burgess), on motion for rehearing; Cra well against State. Th following cases wer marked for submission before DeparUnent No. 1:. Busier against McShon, Prusa agalnat Everett. . Harrison against Rlc. Ellis against City of Kearney; Bernard against Atchison 4k Nebraska Railroad Co., Shep herd against Lincoln Traction Co. . Th following cases wer marked for submission before Division No. 1 Brockman agalnat Oatdlek, King against King, Fairbury Brick Company against Chicago, Rock Island, A Pacific' Railroad BAD BREATH "for nnUi 1 kU reus eVUwltWia). 4 sll klxa Bi4iiat. Mr xuy tu i -ullr u frs mm srtis. Sir fcrokik hxlu, I t. T. wt mn nu4 reevs,Sia4 I C..,.t, m.4 tt.ai , willl.f ly M j mkmrntrviir mmf tkal hmj kr tlnly r4 . I Ik.nlnr, l.i r U, ttt I sssll reeomMal tku la n rlnc (rem th lmbl." CkM. I. Hslrara, 114 C. Its u. .w Tsrk, A, J. rt-MtaM. rUbl. r Tula Grod TH Boo4. Nii Mclu, t r brw, Mr. . to. K.,i i4 la fc.ilk. I'd, ! tal.lvt uu4 vUC. Cifcaai4 mm srs wr -ur mtoumg mmxm. Sterling Remedy C., Cblcag r N.Y. 34a miULSALEJES MILLION COXES f(F Btsl For Co.; Hitchcock County against Cole, World Publishing Company against Doug las County, Ogden against Sovereign Camp, Woodman of the World. The following cases wer continued: Oakdal Heat and Light Co. against Fepmour. Woods against Lincoln Traction Co., Grandjean against Byle, Parker against Louden. Heenan A Flnlen against Parmele, Hendee against State, State ex rel Caldwell agalnat Cltlsens' Railway Co., State ex rel Union Pacific Railroad Co. against Stat Board of Equalisation and Assessment. Union Stock Tarda National Bank against Day, marked for submission on briefs. STOCK SHOW DRAWS CROWDS Display of Thoronghbred A at mala at Nebraska City Larger than la Former Years. NEBRASKA CITT, Neb., Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) Today was the opening day of the second annual stock show and sale held In Nebraska City and It was a success In every particular and the promoters are congratulating themselves upon what they have accomplished. Last year the first show was held and It proved such a suc cess that It was decided to cut out all Fourth of July celebrations and devote ail their attention to the stock show. . The first day has proven tho wisdom of their decision. At the Union stock yards tho exhibition Is being held and a better place could not have been selected, as th yards are all under cover, paved with brick, with the best of sanitary conditions, so there Is no danger of rain. The parade thla morn ing was on tha streets paved with brick and It was an Immense procession. The Nebraska City and the Merchants' bands furnished the music, and the merchants, the manufacturers and the retail dealers were represented by floats and the prlte winning horses and cattle wound up the procession. There were also a number of farmers wh had displays. The number of animate on display is double thoe expected. Tomorrow la the gala day. In the morning there will be a parade of decorated Vehicles, of which some fifty or mora will be In llhe, and there will be In line all the prlzeN winning animals. The sales have been beyond expectation, as the animals have brought what might be considered ex orbitant prices. One self-evident faot, and that la that the counties adjoining Otoe can produce as good animals aa can be raised In the United States. Every busi ness house here has displayed the colors gold and purple and It has been a general holiday for this section of the state. BULLET ENTERS HIS HEART John J. Hani of St. Panl Killed Han dllns Revolver He Thought Unloaded. LINCOLN, Sept. 18.-WTille handling a revolver, he supposed was unloaded, John J. Haul, son of N. J. Haul, president of the St. Paul State bank, accidentally shot him self through the heart late last night He was 23 years of age and a director In his father's bank. KEARNEY NORMAL HAS OPENED Beartanlnar of School Reveal It la Promising; Condition. , KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. . 18 -(Speclal.)-Todoy registration began at the state normal school here. Tomorrow Instructors will meet their classes. Members of the faculty have all returned from their sum mer vacations well rested for the work of th coming year. Students are coming In on every train and upward of a hundred are already In the city . finding boarding places. Th representation promise to be wider than rn any prevl6us year. Students are already here from McCook 'and west and from Franklin, Albion and from the northwest part of the state. Th first faculty meeting of the year was held at the home of President Thomas to night, at which the president gave his opening address. ' Improvements have been made at the normal building during tho year, the most notable of which Is the beautiful tinting of the walls and pillars of the corridors and the president's offices. This relieves the bare appearance of the halls and the effect Is pleasing to the eye. The floors have been dressed with oil and wax.. New metal lockers have been put In. . Almost every department haa been supplied with new and more extensive equipment. Ten new microscopes have been added to the biological department and $1,600 worth uf new equipment has been added to the physi cal science department. Maps, globes, charts, etc., have been added to the lan guage and history departments. A good assortment of supplies have been added to th model school. A large flag pole has been ordered for the grounds, which will be placed at an early date. A few changes In the teaching arrange ment are noted. Wayne Chapman, on of last year's graduates, will assist In the library.' Miss Lora ' Huntley, also a last year's graduate, will have an assistant position In the kindergarten. Bert Danley, a senior graduate, will give a portion of his time as assistant In tha physical science department. The plumbing haa been changed In the dormitory and connected with a large tank which will aupply hot water to the baths In the building. As th students com In they are met by committees from the Young Men's and Young Women's societies and assisted In finding . boarding placea In suitable homes, and th president finds that this relieves him of much of this work. DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Mea Betas Selected to Makf tha Party Platforms. FAIRBURY, Nob.. Sept. l.-8pclal.-Jefferson county republicans selected C. II. Dennty as delegate to the state convention and tho democrats will be represented by W. H. Barnes, both of Fairbury. PAPILLION. Neb., Sept. lS.-(Speclal.)-P. J. Langdon 1 th democratic delegate to th platform convention and William Pat terson th republican delegate, YORK. Neb.. Sept. la.-(Spec'lal.) Hon. O. H. Sedgwick la the delegate to the re publican state convention from this county. The commute also (elected A. B. Taylor, present county Judge of York county, chair man county central committee; C. E. San dal1, county attorney, secretary; Fred France, treasurer. . AUBURN. Neb.. Sept 11 (Speclal.)-At a meeting of the republican candidates for county office, which waa hel din th court house last Saturday, a county central com mittee was selected. There was also a meeting which waa selected by tha candl datea aom time since. This commute se lected one to serve on th state committee, N. G. Titus of Nemaha being named for that place. York Creamery Mea Pleased. m YORK. Neb.. Sept 1$. (Special.) Th owners of th large creamery plant her ar well pleased with tb ruling of th Nebraska Railroad 1 commission which made reasonable ratea on th short haul of cream, thereby glvtn gth local cream ery as good a show as th larg central laed creameries. York's creamery will now secure sufficient cream to work to Its fullest capacity and will under th nw short rat promulgated be one of th large paying Interior creamerlea. Blar hlaaate at Btawk. VALENTINE. Neb.. 6ept. II. (Special.) Yaienllne la experiencing tta busy Um V these days now that the slock season Is on. Testerday morning there were nine stock trains on the Northwestern tracks at a standstill, every rail of track age being occupied. Passenger trains and regular dead freights are steadily behind time, the latter being abandoned for two and three days at a time. Every available engine la being pressed into ser vice and the company Is having a hard time to find crews. It Is certainly a .man season. KEARSET MILITARY ACADEMY New Balldlasr Partially Ready for Occupancy. KEARNEY. Neb.. Sept. 18. (Special Telegram.) The eighteenth year of the Kearney Military academy waa formally opened this afternoon with addresses and a parade on the campus. Students are arriving on every train and there ar al ready In the city and registered for tho school year about 110 students and with prospects that there will bo 125 beforo the week Is over. Work on the new build ing, Cochran hall, has been rushed for the last month and remarkable progress has been made, and at o'clock the work men vacated and Immediately thereafter supper was served, with everything In readiness. This was the first meal served In the new building. The workmen will now concentrate t'noir forces on the completion of the upper floors, which It Is expected will be ready for occupancy by November 1. School will be held In th rooms of the lower floors that are now completed. Tomorrow the contractors will begin th laying of the cement walks about the building and to connect the same with the older buildlnts on th campus. There are few changes In the faculty for the en suing year. Back to Lincoln for Trial. SIOUX CITY. Ia,, Sept. 18. (Special Telegram.) Special Agents Shields, Mor welser and Meekln of the Rock Island railroad axe In Sioux City to take James Williams, J. D. Daly and Max Hubbell back to Lincoln, whera they will b charged with having robbed three persons at the Rock Island depot and where they ore suspected of having been Implicated In th holdup of th Rock Island train near Murdock. They were arrested by Sioux City detectives last Friday during the Interstate fair on the ausplclon of being pickpockets. . They wer arraigned for vagrancy and sent to Jail under $1,000 bonds. Nebraska. Nwa Nates. BEATRICE The horn of John Scharton, on South Tenth street, was slightly dam aged by fire yesterday anernoon. TEKAMAH J. W. Holmqulst of Oak land was elected delegate to the repub lican state convention at Lincoln. PLATTSMOUTH in Justic Archer's court George Barter paid a fine of $5 for stealing a skiff In the Platte river. NEBRASKA CITY The Institute for the blind opened Its fall session yesterday with as good an attendance as It has ever had. BEATRICE Hon. Peter Jensen left today for British Columbia, where he and several others have purchased 3.000,000 foet of stand ing timber. HASTINGS E. H. Batty of this city has sold the Alma Record to Arthur W. Shafer. who has operated the paper under lease for the Inst two years. BEATRICE The funeral aervlces for the late H. B. Gue were held yesterday from the family home, conducted by Rev. Wk A. Mulligan. Interment was In Evergreen Home cemetery. TEKAMAH The county commissioners w:-re In session yesterday viewing the combination ditch" and spurs preparatory to making a final settlement wttb the Tekamah Ditch company. TEKAMAH Manager Stapleton haa made arrangements fur a ball game here next week with the Omaha Western league team. This game will-' probably b th last as well as the best or the season. HASTINGS Miss-. Franoe E. Mundon of MoCook and Benjamin F. Millard of this city will be married at the bride's home in McCock at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. They will reside in this city. BEATRICE William Floyd, a farmer liv ing six miles west of Beatrice, brought In a load of new corn yesterday which he aold for 50 cents per bushel. He has gathered nearly 200 bushels of the train, which is of ar early variety and well matured. BEATRICE In the presence of nearly 15 auests, Mr. Herman Bartling and Miss Esther Denton, two promlrent young peo ple of this city, were united In marriage laat evening at the Lutheran cnuron, itev. J. A. Lowe officiating. BEATRICE George F. Norton, for many years a resident of Beatrice, died last night, aged 88 years. He t?aa the father of the late Mrs. J. E. Smith and is survived by no family. Funeral services were held .today from the Episcopal church. NEBRASKA CITT Mrs. Isabella Klm mel, one of the pioneers of this city, fell last evening as she was getting into hor carriage and broke her right arm. As she Is quite advanced In years. It will be some time before she recovers. NEBRASKA CITY This afternoon at the borne of the bride'a parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Brugmann. In Hendricks pre cinct, Mlsa Delia Brugmann and John Dughman were united in marriage. Bota are prominent people of that precinct BEATRICE The marriage of Mr. Jack M. Zartman and Miss Emma Williams oc curred laat night at Wyraore, where th bride and groom have lived for soma time. Monday night Mr. Jamea M. 8ktnner and Mrs. Lucy M. Gray wer married at that place. BEATRICE Mr. and Mra. William Ar nold and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Chipper field, who leave soon for their new home at Phoenix. Aria., were tendered a fare well reception last evening by the Royal Neighbors of America and the Modern Woodmen of America. PLATTSMOUTH Four mora complaints have been filed In Justice Archer's court. alleging the violation of the antl-treating law. So far as known Cass county Is the only one In this state to try and enforce Us provisions, and one case may be taken to the supreme court B E ATRICEt H. A. Burt, living one and a half miles northeast of Plckrell, died last night after an Illness of several days, of kidney trouble. He waa B0 years of age and had resided In Gage county for a number of years. The remains wer taken to Ver mont today for Interment BEATRICE F. B Horton of Omaha, general foreman for the Western UTilon Telegraph company, la In the city figuring on th removal of th local office from the Paddock .block to the Drake block. In case the change ta made the Paddock opera house will again be reopened. GENEVA The republican county com mittee met at the court house Saturday, September It, and organised by electing M. M. Akin of Fairmont chairman; Ar thur r. Curtiss of Geneva, vie chairman, and Frank R. Hitch, secretary. Charle H. Sloan waa elected delegate to the state convention. TEKAMAH The new Bhafer theater Is naarly completed and Manager Shafer is negotiating for a good troupe for the open ing night. Thla ia one of the best thea ters In this part of the state, being a brick structure, fitted with electric lights and steam heat and having a seating ca pacity of TOO. ST. PAUL Frank Shirk, a laborer en gaged on the farm of George E. Wood bury, Just south of the city, died sud denly LI. is morning. As he did not .e spond to the call for breakfast an in vestigation showed that he had fallen dead at his work, presumably the result of heart failure. NEBRASKA CITY Miss Fay Forbes and Miss Clara Mackln had a narrow es cape from injury last evening. They were returning from a drive through Morton park, when a farmer drove Into them, tearing away the front wheel and throwing them to the ground. The horse they were driving ran away, but th women escaped with but few injuries. HASTINGS The republicans of Adama county have organised for the ensuing campaign and It is expected that more than usual Interest will develop before election. The officers of th county com mute ar J. H. Fleming, chairman; A. Without A Strong Tonic A Body Builder A Blood Purifier A Great Alterative . A f f A Doctor's Medicln xlcohol w.esj.r!,,iw. T. Bratton. secretary, and W. A. Taylor, treaaurer. I. I. Kvana of Kenesaw haa been selected by the committee to attend the platform convention in Uncoln. BF.ATR1CK The city counrll met last nls-ht nnd decided to make Improvements and extensions In sidewalks at a cost not to exceed $10. Tills action was taken at the request of Postmaster Holllngworth, who la of the opinion thst the depart ment at Washington will furnish Beatrice with another letter carrier If this Is done. Mayor Reed announced the appointment of Rudolph Woelke as fire chief, and th council confirmed the appointment. BEATRICE All the Bell telephones were removed from th courthouse yesterday In compliance with the decision recently made by the Plate Railway commission. The Itoroe company was awarded the contract for furnishing the "phones at the court hotue, and although the Bell company loft Its 'phones in for several months with the hope of having the action of the Board of Bupervlslors rescinded, the company was unsuccessful, and finally had to remove Its 'phones. ANSLF.Y Every bird dog and every hunter who could get a gun and go hunt ing were out after prairie chickens Mon day and Tuesday. Reports are thr.t prairie chickens are very scarce and hard to find. Pome think that coyotes and skunks have robbed the nests and de stroyed the young birds, while others aro of the opinion that the June bugs klllxcl them. Reports from the sand hill coun try Indicates that prairie chlckaVis , ar very scarce. NEBRASKA CITY At St Benedlct'e Catnolic church yesterday Rev. Father Emanuel united In marriage Carl Trettor of Ferdinand, Ind., and Miss Emma Ureas of this county. The bride Is a prominent and well-known, young woman of this ccunty, and the groom a well-to-do young man. 1 ney will make their horn on a farm of their own south of this city. They were given a reception last evening at the home of the bride'a mother, Mrs. William Uress. BEATRICE The long-drawn-out con test over the possession of the little Whltcomb child is soon to be settled. Sev eral years ago Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whlt comb separated and left their child In the care of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Reed. Later they set tied their differences and wanted the child back. They finally secured pos session by means of habeas corpus pro ceedings. Now the Whltcombs have dis solved partnership again and the father Is willing that Mr. and Mrs. Reed should legally adopt the child. This will prob ably settle tho case for all time to come. HASTINGS The Board of Education of the Hastings school district will make an effort to collect $300 damages from a num ber of business men who enjoined tha sale of a tract of real estato owned bv the district. The business men wanted the property kept for a park. The school board wanted to sell it and use the money toward buying a site for an addition to the high school building. The Injunction waa dissolved after aome litigation. A fee of $300 was paid the attorney who represented the school board and It la for this -the board seeks to be reimbursed. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Qnalnt aad Carious Feature of Ufa la Rapidly Gronlsg State. Doing Penance The writer wishes to ask the forgiveness of the public for the hard things he said last year of the tenth grade. He sincerely promises to say noth ing ill of the tenth grade this year. North Loup Loyalist Just a Little Bandy Ben Sandy of Gos per county was made the recipient of a fine present a few days ago by his wife. Ben Is a good fellow and deserves his luck even If It Is a little sandy. Anyway, he is luckier than most people, for Arapa hoe had to put up with the whole Sandy Bottom. Arapahoe Pioneer. Two Ways Th chickens are particularly fond of those tomatoes that are Just begin ning to turn red. Do you blame thsmT Aren't youT If you don't want them to hav them, you must do on of two things either shut up th chickens or feno In the garden place. We prefer very much to do the latter. Vardon Vldette. A. Silent Business Boon Decays Oh, mer chants. In thy hour of e e, If on this paper you should coo. Take our advice and be thrice y y y. Go straightway out and advert III, You'll And th project of soma u u u, Neglect can offer no z q q q. Be wis at one, prolong your d a a a, A silent business soon de k k k! Lexing ton Pioneer. Only One Place for Profanity Young man, don't swear. There 'is no occasion for It outslda of a printing office, where It la useful when the paper Is behind time. It also ccmes In handy when the proof Is read and nearly Indlspenslbla when the Ink works bad or the press begins to kick and it haa been known to entirely remove that tired feeling an editor sometimes has when he looks over th paper after It has been printed. Outside of a printing office, however. It la a foolish habit Ord Jour nal. m Only a Few Jobs to Do We apologlx for all mistakes made In former Issues and say they were Inexcusable, as all an editor has to do Is hunt news and clean tb rollers and set type, sweep the floor and pen chaste Items, and fold paper, and writ wrappers and make the paste, and mall the papers, and talk to visitors, and dis tribute type and carry water, and saw wood and read proof, hunt the shears to writ editorials, and dodge th bills, and dun delinquents, and take cusslngs from th whole fore, and tail our subscribers that we must hav money w say that we've no business to mak mistakes while attending to those little matters, and get ting our living on hopper tall soup flav ored with Imagination, and wearing old ahoes and no collar and a patch on our pants, and obliged to turn a smiling coun tenance to th man who tells us our paper ain't worth) a dollar anyhow, and that he could make a better one with hi eyes shut. Arcadia Champion. "LADY BIRDS" AT THE KRUG Blasleal Comedy with Jast Raoagk Plot to Haasr Upeelaltle and (keras Aa. Th offering at the Krug theater Tues day night waa a rousing musical comedy, "Th Lady Birds," In two acts. There Is a slight thread of a plot which winds throughout the play and Is Just sufficient to allow specialists, chorus girls, acro bats and comedians to rnakw their en trance and exit gracefully. Th first act Is laid on tha Island of .Samoa, where a United States battleship anchor and an American captain finds his lost sweet heart The second act Is In Los Angeles, wher th battleship has arrived and to which plac It has been followed by th king of th Samoa n Islands, with a band of soldiers, for th purpose of demand Ing ransom for th release of an Aroerl can aallor. The American admiral paid th ransom after It had been reduced from 11,000,000 to 111. and th king anj bis handful of soldiers proceeded to tank up on th money. ttalek lain Iko Polish Contains no turpentine or acids, g1vs aatln finish, will not rub off on th clothing, Cost 8c pr box; worth IS. 00. Bed Cross I- Cough Drops. It in th For Exchange columns of Th Be Want Ad pages. Without Alcohol wMthout Alcohol Tithout Alcohol Without Alcohol Without Alcohol Without Alcohol tO.AywO., wil. Mix- rsstiah The strongest sometimes eat the least, but they eat wisely. Not what you eat, but what you digest, gives you strength. Uneeda Biscuit is the most nourishing and di gestible food made from flour. Eat wisely eat for strength Uneeda Biscuit In moisture and dust proof packages. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY 3 ENGINEER 10 SUE FOR FUNDS Sayi Unless Comptroller Transfers Money Action Will Come. NEEDS CASH TO BUN OFFICE Lobeek Saacest that Before Itesort las to Conrt City llnalneer and Council Finance Commit tee Get Together. A law suit between two city officials Is brewing and will coma to a head soon unless the finance committee of the city council changes Its attitude regarding certain money set aside laat February for the payment of salaries of Inspectors of street cuts. Under the amended charter of Omaha all money set aside for this purpose at tha time the amendment went Into effect waa declared transferred from the special fund to the public works fund, which was placed under the conrol of the city en gineer. At the time of making the an nual apportionment In January no mony was set aside for street cut inspectors, but In February a sum was so set aslio and there la $1,757.88 In this fund. The amendment to the charter went Into effect In April and at that time the comptroller was supposed to transfer this money to the public works fund. In place of this transfer being made the city council passed a resolution ordering the return of the money to the unappropriated gen eral fund. This resolution was vetoed by the mayor and the veto was sustained. Th majority of the finance committee then secured from Assistant City Attor ney Rlne an opinion to the effect that th money should not be transferred to- the public works fund as It waa set aside In February and not In January. Under this opinion the comptroller has ' refused to make the transfer,' but on tho other hand has not' transferred the money to the general fund, holding It for special treat ment at some' future time. 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' ' RATS CARRY PLAGUE GERMS Roraeons In San Francisco Contlna Bacteriological Examination of Rodents, BAN FRANCISC, Sept. lg.-The Board of Health reports thirty-one cases of bu bonic plague to date, nineteen deaths and nineteen cases under observation, prac tically all of which will be verified. Health Commissioner Gunn reported that of seventy-4wo rats bacteriologlcally ex amined within the last forty-eight hours only five showed symptoms of plague and only one was positively confirmed as car rying the germs. Dr. Rupert Blue of th marine hospital service, who has been placed In charge of the situation by the federal authorities, said that Dr. Ttucker, who was sent her from the Jamestown exposition. reported to him for assignment today. He has had extejjslve experience in the treatment of plague and cholera. Drs. Creel and Voget reached Seattle last Saturday from th Philippines. RESPOND TO FALSE FIRE ALARM Third Occurrence Within Week from This . flame . Don. 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