Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 15, 1907, NEWS SECTION, Page 6, Image 6
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 15. 1007. .' CURRENT COUNCIL OIBn, It Mtt : MINOR MEJITIO.T. Pavls, drugs. Stockert sells carpets. Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer. Buy a diamond for her at Leffert's. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 97. Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. S39. Pictures and frames, Borwlck. 711 8. Main. Jewel boxen, big assortment, 11.25, $1.75, 2..V up, at Leffert's. Get your Xmas randies at Purity Candy Kitchen, M Broadway. Born, to Mr. and Mr. E. E. Beck. JMO Pljith avenuo, a daughter. Excelsior Masonic lodge will meet tonight for work In the third degree. gerwlng machine, guaranteed, I1R.00 and up. Peterson 8choenlng Co. Twenty per cent discount on beautiful hand-painted china at Lefferfa. ' Leather and water color novelties. Alex ander's Art Store, 533 Broadway. fcnyo Ump. 11.25. J.'Zoller Merc. Co;, oft.2-4-S Broadway. Both 'Phones 33). We can give you the domestic finish or the polish. Bluff City Laundry. Tel. 314. Overstocked with diamonds; must turn dntn rash. Will make a big sacrifice. Sam Knyder, fit W. Broadway, ...... A marriage license was Issued yesterday i to George W. Helth. aged i7, of I'tlca, N. Y., and Bertha Pope, aged 18, of Bennett, 5 Neb. . - Bl'Y YOUR HOLIDAY WINES AND ! 1,1'41'OKS, PURB8T, OIXEST AND BEST, J ' f'HOM L. R06ENFELX) CO., 619 SOUTH 3 .MAIN. 1 SPECIAL SALE ON BEAUTIFUL I WATER COLORS, 15X19 INCHES, ONLY -11C EACH. H. BORWICK, 211 SOUTH MAIN. WATCH FOR THE GREAT OPENINO OK OI'R TOY DEPARTMENT. BIGGER, BETTER THAN4 EfVER. PETERSEN tk HI IIOENINO CO. "".Lumber, lime, plaster, cement. W ship everything, any time and place and pay ;.th frolght Call Council Bluffs 2o2. C. plater Lumber Co. The hearing In the case against Joe Ross of East Broadway, charged by Dr. 8. T, jr. Miller, food inspector, with selling diseased i hog- moat, was continued In police court isV-,yeeterduy until Monday. . Grand Worthy President J. W. Rcll of , 'the Fraternal Order of Eagles will visit , tha -Council Bluff-, aerie this morning. and all members are requested to be at the nail at 1U a. m. to greet him. Fobs, ribbon and metal, at Leffert's. W. J. Davenport, former assistant dM ; slon freight and passenger agent of the . Burlington here, but now' engaged In the .-,eoal mining business In Boulder. Colo.,-is ""-'tii the city visiting friends. Be sure to see our big Xmas stock of pictures and arts. It Is the largest In the city. All the leading artists are rep resented here. Do not buy till you see ft. Come early; open evenings, picture fram Ipg a specialty. H. Borwlck. 211 So. Main. Artlclea of the Provident Land company have been filed. The capital stock" Is placed at $J5,oiio, In shares of 1 each. The Incor porators are John M. Oalvln, F. R. Chll , dren, P. J. McBrlde, Charles E. Wnltera. ,. 12. H. Doollttle, 8. L. Etnyre, George E. Williams and Dell O. Morgan. The officers are: President, John M. Gal vln; vice prst , dent, F. H. Children; secretary and treas urer, P. J. McBrlde; executive committee. Charles E. Walters, chairman, and E. H. Doollttle and 8. L. Etnyre. GUARANTEED RAZORS NOW ON . .8ALE; 6BC, $1.00, $2.00 SAFETY RAZORS, i . . SJi29- ,l 0 KM- WE ARE HEADQUAH TERS FOR GILLETTE SAFETY RAZ . GRS. P. C. DE VOL HDW. CO. n T,h funeral of the late Louis P. Judson .will be held; Sunday afternoon, at 1:90 o clock from the family residence, 929 Sixth venue, and burial will be In Wanut Hill , , camatery. Rev. Marcus P. McClure. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will con- duct the services at the home and the .. Masonic fraternity will have charge at the ,, ,. cemetery. .. . The funeral of Miss Lucy Oaborn, held yesterday afternoon from the church In Haael Dell township, was attended by many f ..of- her former companions In the senior .on"1"" ?f tn h'lfh school, aa well as by several of the faculty. The floral tributes 11 were many and beautiful. The pallbearers were members of the senior class. Burial was In the Haxel Dell cemetery. ' u Wome-made candles. Purity Candy Vltchen, Mi Broadway. - ft J Mled candlea, 10c lb. Kitchen, 69 Broadway. ' Purity Candy Frames! Pletares. From 26c up aomethlng for everyone. A gift that lasts. Try them. Alexander's. U.w. Real '. Estate Transfers. ,)... 4 These transfers were reported to The i Be December 13, by the Pottawattamie -I'o'jCounty Abstract company of Council ;Bluffs! ill Mary K. Fllnn and husband to Rhoda .! Jones, pari outlot 12. Neola, w. d.. $ The Cascade bank to U. G. Kepner', ' lots 46 and 48. block 4. Wright s add if to Council Bluffs, w. d. ,1 Wi:.T. Wheeler and wife to Donald Mc , Mlllan. lot 17, block 12, Carson, w. d. Joseph McKeown and wife to Janett MoKeown, ei nw 8o-7-41. q. c. d .. Thos. A. McKeown and wife to Janett rv - McKeown, eVfc nw 0-7-41, q. c. d ?or? Wesley McKeown to Janett McKeown. eH nwti 30-7S-41, q. c. d .. Robt. H. McKeown and wife to Janett McKeown. ett nw 30-74-41, q. e. d .. MSrthJtt McKeown et al to Janett 2i ft H- McKeown. guardian, to Janett McKeown, eH nw 9o-7-41, q. c. d Martha J. Action and husbandto Janett McKeown. t nw14 30-7S-41, Mary E. and"w!'Brotherton to Janett l .MoKeown, 1-15 of undlv. 2-S of und Joseph Oamek and wife to School Board of Haiel Dell township, one ' w" ln nw nw !-7-43, Charles P. Bowman et'af. to Retia'n' . 700 200 100 100 100 10 100 lot 109 SO and Callle E. Turner, nH neV 10 75 i 41, q. c. d 7. J "f Thirteen transfers, total $1X t..'. Sliver plated dresser sets, $8, $7, $8. 150, $10 and $12. at Leffert's. . Winter term Western Iowa college Is InoaV' open. Students are enrolling every if. day... Bend for catalogue. 'Phone for In- (urination. , Matters la District Coart. - . For the second time Evert Brown, a rail- ' road conductor, was granted a divorce from Delia May Brown, yesterday by Judge Green In district court. The divorce waa granted .on the grounds of desertion, the defendant having been absent for three years. ' "In addition to the decree of divorce, Judge Green granted Brown permission to remarry within one year. This Is the first case In the court here in which such permission has been granted since the new law prohlb- ' ltlng the remarrying of divorced persona within one year after the Issuance of the decree unlets permission to do so Is granted by the trial judge. Trial of the personal Injury damage suit of Fnd L. Pace against the street railway sompany was btgun. Pace seeks to recover $1.WJ for Injuries received on Feb ruary 19 of this year. In a colllson be tween a street car on which he was riding and a Great Western freight train, at the Main street crossing. It waa In this acci dent that Roy F. Felton. a young banker or Underwood, la., was fatally Injured. T'ace . waa standing on the rear platform of the atreet car when the collision took .place and claims to have been Injured about the knees and ltmba. ' A. A. CLAREC & CO. 1 11 All MflflFY flf! s, cattlj: wd: LUJ.ll I.1UULI , UN HOUSEHOLD FURNITUEE A4 any Chattel Security at one-half the usual rate. Twraty Tear at successful babaea. . inner ItmUi mA iipa. rv... a . . -J.Z!!;,L,.,i WU" th "rm "' - oth raoata SIT. NEWS BLUFFS M.' Tat 4M. SCHOOL' OFFICERS CONFER Attendance from Orer the Country Greater Than Anticipated. TO BE A PEBMA1TENT FEATUBE Interesting Addressee Delivered by State gaperlatendente of Iowa aad Minnesota aad Superintendent f Harrison Coanty. t "Superintendent Jackson Is certainly en titled to compliments and congratulations for this splendid attendance and It Is most encouraging, this evidence of Interest In the purpose of the, meeting by the school directors of Pottawattamie county," ' re marked Hon. J. F. Rlggs, state superin tendent cf public instruction, as he looked round the south court room at the county oourt house, where close upon Jno school officers from every township In the' countir had gathered yesterday to discuss problems pertaining to the country schools. The attendance far exceeded the highest hopes of Superintendent Jackson, especially as the meeting waa somewhat of an experi ment, being the first of Us kind to be held In this section of the state. Not only waa the attendance remarkable, but ' so enthu siastic were the school officers over the suo cess of the meeting that they decided to malte It a permanent annual Institution and will hold a similar meeting next year on the same date. It was decided also that the afternoon was too short for a proper discussion of the questions to come before such a meeting and next year's session will be an all-day one. it had been the Intention to show the visiting school officers the 'manual training department which was recently Installed, but this had -to -be abandoned owing to a death In the fumlly of Instructor Anderson. The first part of the afternoon session was devoted to addresses by State Superintend ent Rlggs, Hon. J. W. Olsen, Minnesota state superintendent. of public Instruction, and D. E. Bralnard, county auperlntendent of Harrison county. State Superintendent Rlgs took for his subject, "Our Country Schools," and dis cussed various problems In connection with them. In opening he said that this waa the first district meeting he had attended, and congratulated, the " county superin tendent on the success, i Ono of the vital problems of the country school, he said, was securing competent teachers. Unfortunately, there was not a sufficient number In Iowa with the re quired qualifications of scholarship, and In fact there were probably 5,000 who ought to be students in ' secondary schools or col leger, rather than teachers. This condi tion, he said, could be overcome to a great extent by the country school boards pay ing better salaries, and giving the teaofer a contract for a year Instead of ,for the term. As It now Is, the best teachers are secured by the city school boards, leaving the others for the country 'school boards to choose from. Teachers prefer to get to the cities, where the salaries are larger, where the social advantages are greater, where there is, a chance of promotion and where she or he gets a contract for the year. ....... , "There are 400 Iowa teachers In the state, of Washington, drawn there by the better salaries, and I believe there Is nearly an equal number. In Uhe schools of the Da kotas. Salaries must be, raised In Iowa In order to obtain ' the best teachers and check thla flow-to other' states." Mr. Rlggs spoke strongly in favor bf consolidating the country, schools where ever practicable. "There are several hun dred schools in , Iowa which ought to be consolidated. It-la up to the 'school direc tors to effect this; the state superintendent cannot. . nor can the county superinten dent," he said. "8chool Sanitation," was the topic of the address by State Superintendent Olsen of Minnesota, although he seised the oppor tunity to discuss other -school problems briefly. He said In part: "It Is e.Pntll that we plan (or the moat complete andrt,OI was dissolved and the Iowa Central s symmetrical development, which Includes not only the moral and Intellectual, but also the physical development, for as a gen eral rule there Is no sound mind apart from a sound body. 'Providing a healthful en vironment has a place of the first Im portance, in connection with the manage ment of every school. 'The most healthful surroundings will ward off an Inconceiv able amount of human suffering, and make great additions -to the public welfare. Su perintendents, school officers and teachers should realise their responsibility for the physical, mental and moral health of their pupils. We should know the proper tern perature for a school room, the best methods of heating, lighting and ventllat lng. to recognise symptoms of the most common contagious diseases, to disinfect a school room and Its contents and to secure and maintain sanitary conditions generally in and about the school house." Superintendent D. E. Bralnard of Harri son county gave a very Interesting t.ib on " erty The Use and Abuse of School Prop He favored arantlnr tk. .... schoolhouses for debating and literary so cieties providing, they were properly su pervised and the privilege not abused Granting the use of the schoolhouse for such purposes, tended, he .aid. to create an Interest In the school Itself. The school yard he claimed, was indicative of the sen tlment and progress of tho community. A uncared for yard Indicated a non-progressive and careless community, while the opposite Indicated a progressive community He advocated . the planting of flowers and trees in -the school yard, and the keeping In repair of the sidewalks and fences by the " vuvnm. wno could thus be given a certain amount of manual training. "Arbo day." he said, "ought' to be observed In a more practical way by the schools gen erally.; There should be more planting of trees, shrubs and flowers and less of the perfunctory program of recitations and such like." At the close of the addresses a number of questions pertaining to the -country school were Informally . discussed. As one result of yesterday's .meeting, I waa stated. County Superintendent Jackeoi would be requested to plan a number o Hlatrtn. ...1 . i ........ a-n.wings mroughout tha county w next year in addition to the gen eral meeting to be held In this city. Ola tare tor Christmas. Give, your father, mother, sister or brother a pair of Dr. Magarrell's "made- annvM cxproaa, tslvea The Clark Mortgage Co JMO ,t TIMLiY, a- 0 OF IOWA to-order" glasses, and they will certainly appreciate the gift. W will make you the glasses complete and after Xmas we will test the eyes and make any exchange that Is necessary to have the glass correct. DR. MAGARRELL, W. W., OPTOMETRIST, Fastory on Premises. 10 Pearl St. DESHLGR AMD ROBERTS MAY GO Coroner's Jary Doea Not Recommend Their Being; Tried. The Inquest held by Coroner Ttsynor yesterday afternoon over Samuel Moffll, the young Bohemian whose death resulted from having a compressed air machine turned on him while fooling with two fellow em ployes at the Union Pacific roundhouse last Monday night, resulted In the Jury bringing In the following verdict: That the death of said Samuel Moffll waa due to rupture of the large Intestine caused by compressed air entering same during a friendly scuttle between the deceased and Edward Deshler and Edward Roberts. Frank C. RIker, Colonel W. F. Baker and Lewis Hammer comprised the Jury. In addition to Dr. M. A. Tlnley, who at tended young Moffll, Emmet Walden, Ray mond Mann, C. 8. McOovern and C. A. Gustafson, employes at the roundhouse, were examined. The testimony of the four employes showed that Moffll and the two men responsible for his Injuries were merely Indulging In "horse play" and were turning the compressed air on one another. There was nothing to show that Moffll had been the victim of any Intentional brutality. After the Inquest Dr. Treynor stated that one of the Jurors felt so satisfied that Deshler and Roberts had not Intentionally Injured Moffll that ha wanted to add a rider to the verdict to the effect that the two men named were not to blame. Thla was objected to by the other two members of the Jury and the coroner on the grounds that the two men undoubtedly were to blame for the young man's death, although they did not have any criminal Intent. The verdict without any rider was allowed to stand. No new charge was fled yesterday against Deshler and Roberts, who are still being held at the city Jail on the charge of assault with Intent to Inflict great bod ily, Injury. Assistant County Attorney Ross stated after the Inquest that he would not take any steps In the case until after con sulting with County Attorney Hess, who is expected homo from Avoca thla morning. Mr. Ross Intimated, however, that It was possible that Deshler and Roberts will not be prosecuted. "While admittedly guilty of a fool Joke, which had a grim ending, there Is nothing to show that the two men had the- slightest Intention of even Hurting Moffll. When I talked. with Moffll at tho hospital he did not blame the two, men and expressed no desire that they be punished," said Mr. Ross. Efforts to locate any relatives of the dead lad have so far been unsuccessful, and If word is not received from them by that time he will be burled Monday. Bnrirlara Visit Two Places. Burglars broke into the grocery store of Councilman John Olson, 741 West Broad way, and the office of the Droge Bros. Elevator company, Ninth avenue and Tenth street, Thursday night, but obtained little booty at either place. ; Entrance to the Olson sJ.ore was effected by prying up a rear window with a Jimmy and bending apart the Iron bars 6n the outside with a wagon tongue. The cash register was also pried open with a Jimmy and considerably damaged. From It the burglars secured $1.50 In small change. Mr. Olson's desk was opened and rifled, but as far as Is known nothing taken from It. At the Droge elevator office the burglars effected an entrance by breaking a win dow on the east side. The safe, which was not locked, was rifled, the thieves taking $3 In cash and some valuable papers, Including leases and abstracts. From a back room the thieves took a sample case and a suit cose. Iowa Central Wins. MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Dec. 14.(Spe clal. The Iowa Central Railway company won a double victory over the Chicago ureal western Hallway company In the district court before Judge J. M. Parker today, when thn nmxt was sustained and made permanent. The court decision makea possible the continu ance of tha building of the new car shoos which wero destroyed by fire a short time ago. The Great Western secured a tem porary injunction on the showlna that the Iowa Central had torn up track be longing to the Great Western, which was cunt on land leased to It by the Iowa Central. This Injunction stopped work on the shops, because a corner of the shop building Is on a part of the land In ques tion. The motion to dissolve this Injunction was sustained. The Iowa Central secured an Injunction against the Great Western, and the motion to dissolve this Injunction was overruled. Arrested (or Stealing- Horse. PLATT8MOUTH, Neb.. Dec. 14.-(Speclal Telegram.)-Henry Pettet, who stole a lino horse and covered buggy from Fred Wren In Louisville one day last week and drove to Raymond and sold them for $10 to Wil liam Barrett, who paid $50 and agreed to remit the balance to Frank Brown in Hast ings within a few days, was arrested in Hastings and brought to this city today by Sheriff Qulnton and now languishes in the county Jail. Pettet was born and grew to manhood in Louisville. His mother married Brown for her second husband and at her home in Hastings he was ar rested. . Mlnden Man Dlea Knddeuly. HOLDREGE. Neb., Dec. 14.-(Speclal Tel egram.) Albert Nelson, a prominent real estate man and the Junior member of the firm of Vermillion & Nelson, died very sud denly last night. He was around town as usual during the evening and went home apparently In the best of health. About midnight his wife arose to care for a young baby, which was fretting, and no ticed that something was also wrong with her husband. She became frightened and summoned a doctor, but before the doctor arrived he was dead. The trouble was pronounced pleurisy of the heart. lawa News otes. CHESTON-W. A. Ferren. wre. ker of the Farmers' State bunk at Clearfield, yester day entered a plea of guilty on one of the many Indictments against him and was sentenced by Judge Towner at Iiudford to five years' Imprisonment at hard labor In Fort Madison penitentiary. MARSHA LLTOW N Th e strike of the carriers of the Times-Republican, which prevented many city readers from receiv ing the paper last night, was broken In less than twenty-four hours. Pome of the lads fme to the newspaper office this morning with notes from their parents commanding them to return and ask for their places This was the chief cause of the early death of the strike. The papers were delivered this evening as usual by carriers. M A Rfl H A LLTOW N J . A. Hinshaw of Kansas City, today commenced suit In the circuit court against UrenniK-k and Heald of this city, well known dealers In western and northwestern lands, for t! Out) damages, resulting from an alleged failure to carry cut the provisions of a contract for a trade cf land. The petition recites that Rrenntck end Heald made a written proposition to lflnshaw to trade to him land they owned in Lincoln county. Neb., for land in l.ee county. 111. 'flio offer was accepted, but, when Hinshaw hud prepared his deed Urenneck aad Hald ref uaed to accept 1L I P A THREE PIECE QV parlor suite M . mmis l I ' It is a gift that will please her, will m All fftnJi 1 f a frj be appreciated by the whole family KIPS A" "000S liwwfif M and will perform its dnty of beautifying the home 1 flf I . , WYiH IS? -xcA 'f bet er and at less expense than any gift we know (f n B MtirKCQ I iPf HT1 Ifrj about. Everything about our Roods are of the best U i $$itf n tt lua"ty upholstery, finish, workmanship. jj pjj 2a7 O Conpare Values, Compare Prices, Compare Terms, ,. fij Competion Sells Our Goods IflUreS KJ 9 feff a m x A-i j - fit JfesHy jji i A BED COUCH Just the Thing for Christmas Every home finds Itself a little shy of sleeping accommodations once in a while. Christmas is often one of these times. Before the home coming of relatives for the Holidays, why not make yourself a before Christmas present of a Davenport? Berides this well iron frame bed couches in boto the sliding and drop side models. Money saved and satisfaction suit our stock before buying. 1 ? Our Liberal Credit System Makes Christmas buying e.nsy. We make terms to suit your convenience. REDUCTION IN EXPRESS RATE Iowa Commission Orders Twenty Per Cent Taken from Tariffs.' E EDUCED TO A DISTANCE BASIS Iutluiatlon that the Companies Will Kot Fluht the Order, at Least I ntil the -New Schedule lias Ileeu Given a Trial. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Dec. 14. (Special.)-The Railroad commission decided today to put In a schedule of express rates that will bo about 20 per cent below (he present rates In use by the companies. The schedule will be on a distance mileage basis, tho itmo as are the freight rates In force un der the commission's orders. Clerks In the office are busy today working out tho details of the scehdule, which will be for all distances that It Is possible to ship In side the atate of Iowa. It is understood that the compunles will not resist in tho courts the schedule to be put In by the commission. There Is to be no classification of tho various kinds of shipments at this time as was first considered by the commission. Everything will bo classed as "merchan dise" Mia I Is not money, and will go all at the same rate. After the rates giving a reduction of 20 per cent have been In force for a time and have had a chance to be tested, It Is believed that the commission will take up the matter Qf classification. The order of t lie commission putting In a schedule of express rates Is on the author ity given by the last legislature In a bill paased them. Heretofore the express com panies have fixed their own rates. It Is learned here today that the officers of the Iowa Retail liquor Dialers' associa tion have taken up the matter of forcing Into Hue the saloon men of all the river towns of the state and all other towns where the laws are loosely enforced. The plan Is hava liquor dealers from the Inland towns, where the laws are enforced, ac company the officeia of the league to the river towns.. It Is ieau.ed, furthermore, that they are In Davenport today. If the conferences Willi the river town saloon keepers does not result In their acquiescing and agreeing to live up to all the provisions of the mulct law, they will bring pressure to bear and tell the river town dealers that they (the officers of the state association and Inland town saloon keepers) will Join the temperance forces and force them Into line. The Dubuque saloon keepers, it Is alleged, have' been forced Into line, as well as the Ottumwa saloon keepers. Informa tion from Davenport today la that on sa-J Why Not Buy a Rug for Xmas? We have them here In their splendor and magnificence. The artistic pat terns and unique blending of colors , are a feast for the eye of those who admire beautiful rugs, whether It la a email rug to cover over a worn spot in the carpet or a large rug for a dining room. It matters not we hava It. The special lot of rugs are proving vastly Interesting to dally visitors to this stored '- 214-216 Broaway, Council Bluffs. loon keeper has paid his mulct tax today, the first that has ever been paid In Daven port, and that others will follow. May Dalld on "Fair Ground. At the session of the Board of Directors of the Department of Agriculture, which was continued today, It was decided to look up the cost of an administration building and If it is within the limits of the funds of the department to erect such on the fair grounds the coming summer. The greater part of the dny was spent Ii revising the premium list for next year t state fair. It has been decided by th directors to open a day earlier than here tofore. The fair will open on Thursday and Thursday and Friday will be opening days. There vlll be a full program on Sat urday with races and all attractions open Heretofore Friday and Saturday have been opening days and the full program did n t begin till Monday following, continuing then through the week. Shooting; Waa Accident. At the trial of J. C. Cain for tho murder of Charles Morris, the wealthy coal mire operator, today, the outline of the defente was shown to be that of "accident." 1 will be claimed by Cain thgt as Morris was being shown about the premises cf Cain with a view to buying the plaee Cain picked up a revolver and Moms grabbed his wrist. In the scuffle" the wea pon was discharged and Morris was killed l Hants Victorian Cross. In an endeavor to regain a cherished Vic torla cross medal, which he received for brnvery on the field of Inkerman, Patrick Dully, an old Irishman of this city, has enlisted the services of Congressman Hull. The old man. who lives on South Sixth street, fcaved the lives of several officers when ho oi boy. At the risk of his own life lie unatched a smoking bomb which had landed near the officers and threw It Into a nearby pool of water. For his bravery he was decorated with the Victoria cross, the highest honor which can come to an English soldier. After he came to this country the medal was stolen. Mr. Dally regrets Its loss keenly and has se cured the aid of Congressman Hull to aid him In establishing his claim for another cross. . He has the necessary papers with which to establish his claim. Two tilrls I)lMiprir. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Dec. H.-tBj.e-cial.)-Mlss Elsie Trox, step-daughter of Mr. Freeland, and Mies Knuna Schumann, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Schumann, have somewhat -mysteriously disappeared, and no word has as yet been received as to their whereabouts. Both girls were employed as domestics In well-to-do families In this city. They had no steady male company, and the elopement Idea Is not firmly be lieved In by the families concerned or by the police. They have been speaking of going to Denver, but so far as known had not the necessary means to undertake the For Xmas A Ladies' Desk One that will Impress, because of Its massive and blunt mission lines or one th;t bewpeaks Its feminine attrac tions because of its dainty and artis tic design In Cherry or Blrds-cye Maple, ' or those of less pretentious proportions these fe ware a summary of the many styles In ladles' desks that await the coming of those who Intend gifts of this nature. The prices are as various as the artlclea themselves. trip without help from someone.' Notice and descriptions have Ijeen sent all along the line, but no response has so far been received. Both were about 16 years of age. One of the young women was particularly comely. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Qoalnt and Carlona ' Heal a res of Life in a Iapldly Growing State. New Railroad Term The taking off of the merry-go-round train was a grfat dis appointment to Weeping Water citizens and also many In the western part of the county. In fact all along the line. It was convenient and the best train service we ever had. but some wise head have con cluded that the road was getting too ac commodating or else not making a mint of money therefrom and so concluded to discontinue it. Weeping Water Republican. Nature Fake Abe I. a Rue brought to town last Friday- u queer looking animal wlUch ho sahl wjx a kangaroo rat. It was caught In a trap' uit his farm south of the Loup. The animal was about the slxe of an ordinary rat, yellow and white In color and had a tall about eight Inches long. Its hind legs are three times as long as the front ones and Abe says it can Jump ten feet without any upparent effort. On the sides of the rat a face are pouches for carrying food. Genoa Times. He Paid I'p A subscriber once recdved a dun through the postoftlce and It made him mad. He went to see the edlton about It and the editor showed him a few duns of his own, one for paper, ono for type, one for fuel and several others. "Now," said tlm editor, "I didn't get mad when these came because I knew that all I had to do was to Ufk several reliuble gentle men like you to come und help me out and then I could settlo all of them." When the subscriber Haw how It was, he relented, paid up and renewed for another year. Exchange Department Alliance Times. He Knew .It Was Loaded, t.jt He Didn't Care Master Joe Woodard, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Woodard, came near being killed b the explosion of a gun shell Mon day. In some manner tl child had g.vten hold of some shells while away from li.-me and then armed himself with some mati ties. He had two shells and from nun he hud dug the powder and put It In a bottle. The other shell he set on the j round out side the house and up; lied a match to the business end. and the reuit was the shell was di tchargeJ and the rontents passed through the knee of his knickerbockers and came out Juki above his pocket and passed up the right side of Ms face. Joe must have had I. Is hand In his pocket, as his finger tips were badly singed by powder sugges- t$faj I tlons for ifpAf Christmas 1 known style we will be yours if have the you con- Prices Lowest AH Goods Marked in Plain Figures We rru.ke terms to suit your convenience. burns and a few burned spots were visible on his face. It certainly was a cIobb cail for the little fellow. Aurora Sun. She's a Cuckoo A Chicago university professor lins declared before the Chicago Woman's club that country girls make better wives than do city girls. The House hold editor has never yet married a country girl, although he has seen a lot of them that looked very Inviting. Whether they are better than the city girls depends altogether on the girls. The professor In question says they are better for wives because they are not so extravagant; that nowadays a girl In a well-to-do family wants asuranre of luxury that scares out the average young man; he is unwilling to take the contract. There Is some truth In this, but it may be doubted If the town or city girl Is any more exacting than the country girl in these modern days. The country girl Is shout as used to luxury as is tho town girl. One of the glorious achievements of recent years has been the ability of tho farmer to Indulge in rubber tired buggies, automobiles, graphophones, pianos and the like and his daughters have properly come to believe themselves as good as any body's glrls.-Fremont Tribune. BOARD PASSES ON LICENSES Tnenty-Four More Granted and 'Willow Springs llrrxery rro teat Submitted. Twenty-four Ik-cunts, to which no protest had been made, were planted Friday night by the Board of Fire and Police Commis sioners, making a total of eighty-nine II censes which have been grunted. In the matter of the protest against saloons In ', which the Willow Springs Brewing com- A pany va formerly Interested, a stipulation ' of tho facts ti:e officers of the company would testify to was agreed by Attorney Dunn for the brewery and Elmer Thomas for the, protestors, was read and the case submitted on that evidence. I. J. Dunn spent some time In arguing a couple of points of law to the board, one being that the Gibson law should stand by Its.-lf, as It had Its own penalties provided, und not be read Into the stat.j Slocumb law. and another was that the Gibson law was not Intended to affect property rights as exist ing In 197, but was intended to be con sidered when the licenses for l'8 were granted. Mr. Thomas asked that the teetlmony'ln (ull be written up by tlic:ioard's stenog rapher In the Meli und Vlllow Springs cases, and the request was compiled with. Further hearing In the license cases will . be had next Friday night. A Shouting; Scrape with both parties wounded, demands Buek len's Arnica Salves. Heals wounds, sores, burns or Injuries. :'Sc. For sale by Ueaton Driuj Co. 1