THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 15. 1007.
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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. .
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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
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' 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
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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.
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