rrra omaiia daily bee- Wednesday, .December is, 1907. it """REAL ESTATE ' CITT PHorK.HTY FOR LR (Continued) ACREAGE BARGAIN WITH 2700 FT. TRACKAGE (Special, Bee, Dec. 17. 1W.) A few year ago a Lnndon bank acquired by mortgage 45 arrea of valuable gvnund n Omaha a HUla went of Hancom park. Thl ground baa a frontage of 1.177 feet net en what la known aa the "Center" Street road, a main thoroughfare Into the cKy, and paved for tea or more miles west Into th'p country. The Field club grounds lie opposite across Center Ht. to the north. Th Mlaao'iirt Pacific Belt Line crosses the ground, in' a southeasterly direction, mak- . In; 5.700 fet Of 1 vaitrarjie trackage ana cutting the land Into two unequal pieces, 33 acre lying on tha went aide and 10 acres on the et lid of Hie railroad tracks. The ground, -la Ideally and. strategically situated .for fcTeat development, .having ao much trackage so close In, and being no nccasst- fola, beeauae.nf a. large frontage on a train paved thoroughfare. We know of no jhunar of groirad-oi - this sire so valuable and ao available , art the market. The Lon don hank'l personal representative Is here and "gives peremptory orders to sell thla " Dronert v. Act quickly. If Interested at alt Fairly ,eaay terms. . . .. e i , Harrison & Morton ' ti-m N. T. Ufa Bldg. Tel. Doug. S14. p . ' (19-741 17 FOR BALE A well built 10-room frame bouse, beautifully finished In hardwood, hardwood floors, mantels, modern bain room and conveniently arranged. Vlil . Sell at a very low price, to b removed from present premises by purchaser. Ad dress C. C. Ilosewater. Bee Bldg.. Omaha. tl9)-M31I , a .. ., FOR SALE OR TRADE 1,200 acres of tha best Siay land In Ne braska, aix miles from the county Beat; flrst-claae Improvements; price $.0 per acre. WU1 lr4a for . good city property. D. V. Bhole Company, 110 Board of Trade Bldg., Omaha. TeL Douglaa 49. i.M &2 12 I Mt'BT sell 'my 6-room semi-modem cot t.ige and barn as 1 must leave the atate Heady to make good sacrifice for cash Examine into, - please. Address C 7'itf car Hee. U M631 21 $1W to lo.0on made promptly. F. D. Wead, Weed Bldg., Ifctft and Farnam. (221-M908 FOR SAI.K Owner leaving cltv, offers ele gant modern residence near upoer Far. nam cur line; quick possession; for par ticulars aee rucaa, i jnoara or Trade. J OFFER a good 9-room house close In for a 7-r"om modern further out with full lot' My house will rent at 80. Address . A 741 cat Bee. (19j MbiO 21 - - $1,700 WILL BUY . A good 6-R. house and barn on corner lot, close to car line; has city wateraund gas; '- terms, 8225 rash, balance same as rent; thin Is a hard-lime snap; be quick It you ' want It. ' , - - - W.-S. FRANK; :-vta, Kevia"Btock. ' ' " (19)-M727 19 LTS'your pTonrty With tThrls Boyer. ?Id and Cuming Sis.. (1S88 : -i . J REAL ESTATE FARM RANCH LANDS FOIl SALE Colorado. ;' COIvOJiADQ FARMING LAND. Ws have DJ.iMt acres of good farming land close to Denver in eastern Colorado, - -ttr sell- trranyruanttty -desired n4 at low prica and easy terms. NATlONAIi INVESTMENT CO., 581-SU Brandels Bldg. . (20) M614 ! ACRES. 40 acres alfalfa, 200 acres bot . loan land suitable for three crops alfalfa: , good 4-room house; splendid barns and aheds for stock; fenced In tour pastures: well watered; 96 per cent farm land; fr ', head of cattle; 73 tons of feed. Terms jli) per acre, one-third cash, balance five . years' at per ceni .interest, me jjivlde ' - Land. & investment Co.. Elisabeth. Colo. .. l2o M714 24x WHEN you writ to advertisers, kindly mention Th Boat 153 ACRES In the - great Kansas wheat belt; all in cultivation; IJJ per- acre, U. U. Gray, a Adams - Bt., Chicago. (.0l-M7i9 24X r askrsiaa. Nebraska farm the I must sell quick. It " you have aom ldl money here la a bargain for aomeona. Address Y 69, care or. Be. tau . FOR RALK 7V acres, good Improvements, . N. E. miles of city,. Pe.tcr Olson, R. F. J. ISO. S. tJU iillj.J 21 x (40 ACRES good, land near Kimball, cheap it taken in i ua. y lerma. j. v eo- ' ater Brown. I'lankinton House, Milwau Sua, W is, (20 MtU fax TEXAft LAND Wanted buyer for half ' Interest In 3.0t acres rich river bottom . land, alt tillable; .corn, wheat, oat a. al ' f alf a, -coton a- money-maker. 8. H. ,-. uravea. auieuoB, neo. ta) Alas: ax Ma ' TO INVESTORS No Itl vestment s'4n farm lands are af reet eo by financial mimes, put your money where It 'will constantly Increase tn valuet always free from rsk. We can sell you any amoant rrom v to t.um acres oi norlh ern W isconsin's choicest lands. O. H. INGRAM. Jr. c ': Rica Lake, S'ls. ' ra M&59 Ce J4x Mlecellaneoas. CHEAP farms and homes In th south. where values are advancing through manufacturing and agricultural develor inent. Low priced lands for all purposes. . t at tie and lioga ao wen. uood grass lands, i Fine- . openings for iittlrymen . Truek-raialng return large profits, -flood nisrkets and transportation facllitl -Town and citle-e Increaaing tn populatioi and weaKh. PubHoaliona glvintr detailed Information upou. request' to Mr. M. V RU hard, land and ' industrial agent Southern Railway, Washington, P ( 2t MTM 1"T REAL ESTATE LOANS WANTEt-Ctty loan a Peters Trust Co. CD 991 MONEY TO LOAN Payne Investment Co. MO NICY to loan on Improved Oniaha prop- ' W. J. DERilODY INV. CO.. TeL poug. 1108. 83 N. Y. L. 23) M8i2 .WiNTED City loans and warrant. W larnaiu Siullh Co.. UJU Farnam Bt l- LOANS on Improved city property. W. H inoniaav aue rirsi naiional Bank Bldg. , . . t2 9j0 PRIVATE MONET-NO DELAY. . GARVIN BROS., lik-4 FAR NAM ... 42!-4 LOWEST RATro Bemls. Paxton Block. (2)-9Jl LOANS on Improved Om; O Keef R- L. Co., lu)l N. iha property Y. Llfi Rlrtg 8500 TO TO LOAN Private rtonev, no delaya' J'. H. Bhetwood. 937 N Y. Life . ' wanteottto.eqrrow , WANTKl To biirrhw 81.i on ginvd rt e.-t.tte .--Hr!ty. 2 ti 6 taia. 6 ir -.-ui - it U ll. ta-fe B- t.:0-MT . I.k WANTED TO" BUY WANTED To buy Second-hand furniture, cook and heating istnves, carpets, lino- lum, office furniture, old clothe, and shoes, pianoa. feathers. feed pillows. quiits an. I all kinds of tools: or will buy he furniture of vour house complete. The highest prices paid. Call the right man. iei. uoug. a,. . Ui at, on ji EECON'K) HAND feed sacka. No amount loo large or too small. Wagner. Htl N. 16. Civ M 766 WANTED To buy calve Tel. Doug. tVH. lj 1UU SECOND HAND fmrnltur bought and sold: a.so machines of all kinds rented, z per momn TeL Doug. aws. 3-mjj TOFARMKRfl. rRODL'CE BHIPFER3 Highest prices f r butter and eggs. Cash vy merchandise. Peru trial ampmrnt. in Bennett Company, Omaha. i6) 1000 CABH paid for second-hand clothing, shoes. etc No. lSih Bt. Tel. Ked 33-5. (2E1-101 WANTED SITUATIONS I AM a first-class druggist with gilt-edge references; have about $?.PU) I want to invest In a good-paying ileog store, either as half Interest of buy all with easy pay ment nn balance. What have you? Ad- ' dress T 81. care Be. :!7 M1J3 !lx DAT WOMEN furnished free cf charge. Telephone Douglas 1112. . C7)-M412 COIECTIONB hv competent ' man of ex perience; irsveling or local: references. Address S 707. care Bee. (27) M424 19x SITUATION Young mnrrled man: expert- encd retail and -collator: good refer ences. Address J 749, .rare Bee. - - L7 733 19X WANTED Position by Japanese boy. with good references; position aa bell boy or work of any kind. Address Tom Naka mura, Postoffke Box -3-', Council Bluffs, la. (27) M767 Z"X REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS John Hpellman and wife to Thomas J. Brlggs, lot . block 1.'. Bedford Hare City t-avings bank to Horace W. Bar num, lot IS, Twentieth and Ames Ave. sub-dlvlslon Rani K. Strong to Charles F. Reed, undivided lot 3), Hlmehnugh Place Charles F. Reed and wife US. 8n -a E. Strong, same Hustings Heyden to: Albert Zlmmer. lot IT. block 1, Hastings & Heyden's addition O. C. Redlck to Isabel F,. O'Keefe, lot IS, bloek 4. Bedford' Place Peter Bloom to K. O. Kldrldge. s80 ft. of lots 12 and 13, Sunnyside add.. Nebraska Savings Loan association to Peter Bloom, same Smith Omaha Land Co. to John Chapln, lot 4, block :40, South Omaha 0 400 i 1,ano 300 1 1 1.100 200 Total ..84.003 LEGAL NOTICES OFFICE OF THE REPCBLICAN VAL- ley, Kansas & Southwestern Railroad Company, Omaha, Neb., Nov. 9, l!Wi. To the stockholders: Notice Is hereby a-iven that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Republican Valley, Kansas & South west irn Railroad company win De neld at tha .mce ot tn. comuany in Oman a. is a. raaka. at 4 o clock p. in. on January 10. lie, for the purpose ot action upon tha uestion of svlinit: tne railroad, property nd irancinses or itiis company to in CM caao. Burlington Sc Uulncy kallroad com pany, tne rauroaa ana property aforesaid be in n now under lease to Uie said com nan v. By order oi ina poara oi tureciora w. f. Durkee, Secretary. s NlOdoOt OFFICE .OF THE KANSAS CITY i Omaha Railway company, Omaha. Nab. Nor. 9, 1907. To Uie Stockholders: Notice is hereby given that a special meeting ot the stockholders of tha Kansas City 4s Omaha Railway company will be held at the omce or the company in Fairfield, Ne braska, at 9 o'clock a. m. on Januarv 1L 1.'8. for the purpose of acting upon the question or selling tne rauroau, property ano irancmaes oi tne company to tne CM cago. Burlington tc Quincy Railroad com pany, the railroad and property aforesaid being now under leas to said company. By order of the board of dliectors. w. P. Durkee, Secretary. NIOdtiOt 0FF1C12 OF THE REPUBLICAN VL- . ley as Wyoming -Railroad comnanv. omana, iseo., rsov. v, liwf to -tha Block- noioers; rsoiico is nereDy given that a ueclal meeting of the stockholders of tha ttepuoucan v alley c Wyoming Railroad company win be held at tha office of th company In Omaha, Nebraska, at 4 o'clock p. m., on January 10, laos. tor tn puruoae of acting upon the question of selling to railroad, property and franchises of tlils company to the .Chicago, Burlington A Wuincy Railroad company, the railroad and property aforesaid 'Ovine now under lease to said oompany. By order of tha board of directors. W. - P Durkee, Secre tary. NIOddOt OFFICE! O THE OXFORD it KANSAS Railroad company. Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 1907 To the Stockholders: Notice is hereby g.ven that a special meeting of th stockholders of th? Oxford Ac Kansas Rail road company wu be Held at the utnee of th company at Omaha, Nebraska, at 4 o'clock p. tn.. on January 10. lwuk, for th purpose of acting upon th question of selling the railroad, property and franchises of the company to the Chicago. Burlington eV Quincy Railroad company, th railroad I and property aforesaid being now under lease to in said company. By order of I tne ooara oi airec'.vr w. Durkee, OFFICIi OF THE OMAHA AND SOUTH V.'Btlurn IW a 1 1 rns rl rnmnant t im ha kjk Nov. 8. 18o7. To the tiiockbolder: Police Is hereby given that a special meeting of t h., atncKhiililera nf tha fltnuha unA M..11IK. western Railroad company will b held at the otfloje ot the coninunv at Omaha. Nab.. at 6 o'clock p. m., on January lo, lww, tor the purpose ot acting upon the queation of selling th railroad, property and fran chises of th company to the Chicago. Bur lington at Quincy Railroad company, th railroad and property aforesaid being aow under lease to said company. By order of the board oi directors; w. t. purkee, Becretarjr. ; merits Mlfc. OFFICE OF THat OMAHA AND NORTH Blatte RallroarJ 'oinpaiiy. Mmittia, Nub., Nov. 6, 107. TO th StookhoMers: Notice la hereby given thai a apcMilal. -meeting ot tha atockholder ot the Omaha -and North Biatte Railroad company will be held at the ofllc of th company tn Omaha. Neb., at 4 o'clock D. m.. - on January In.- 190s. (or the purpose of acting upon th question ot selling the railroad, property and franchise of this company to to Chieaao, Burlington & Quincy Railroad company, the railroad and property at urasaid being; now under lease to ine said company, ny order Of the. tx,ard oi director, .w. , f. Uurkea. Secretary. . IMlUOowt STOCKHOLDERS MRKTINa-)fflce of Lec-GUss-Andrecsen Ilardwar Company Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14, 19u7.v3otice la heroby given to the stockholders ot the Lee- Ulass-Andreeaen Hardware company that the annual meeting of the stockholder ot the company will he held at the offices of said company, corner ot NiniU and Har- ntf a I ..... I i,, tli. ,.lv "t I lin u 1 u h . state of Ne'brasfka. on Tuesday, January 14. A. D., llfcfe. at 3 o'cU'k P. in. for the pur pose of electing a board of diitctors for the company, to serve during the coming yeai. and to transact such other. husinea as may pe presented at sum meeting. -(Seal) 11. J. LKK. President. AttestW. M. GLA88. Secretary. D15d30t TOCKHOLDKRB M KBTINO-NOTICB 19 hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Oniaha uaa i-otn-iianv will be hld at tha onVe'of the coin pany. Merchants ' Natioual Jank Lulidmg. at hi a. m.. Moil-lay. JaaUaty 6, tor the election of dlrei torn.' (or the ensuing year and for the trangat-tlnn of such other business as may come before the meeting. HIAJK 1 . llAMII.lvi.N, president. GUO. V. CUBA U 1. Secretary. PVIrlint RAILROAD TIME CARD UNIOM STATION 101 Af MABCY. I nlaw Paclfle. Leave. Arrlv. Th Overland Limited . a 8 w) am a 8 44 pm The Colorado Exprea..a 8.50 pm a 6 iO pm Atlantic F.xprrsa al0:15 am The Oregon H press a 4 10 pm a l a) pm Th I Anaelea Llm...all 64 pm a 8 14 pin Th Fust Mrtil a 8 W am a S 5 urn The C-'na A Jnn Malla 4 pm a 6 60 pm Cola-Chicago 8nelcal...all 10 em a 7:nt am Beat e A Nrant n l.cal.l l? M pm b 1 40 pin North Platte Iral a 7:11 am a 4:43 pm Chicago Great Wentenu. Pt. Paul Minneapolis ... 8 80 pm f 11 am Pt. Paul-Minneapolia ... t.W ana', 11 35 piu Chleaso l imited . .. . ,w 4 06, put i t7 tin Chlca K press .ti)imill9ipni riiiciKJ Kiprens ....... a.fe prn..,,. 8 3a prn Mlaaenrl Pact. ' K. C A .-t. L. K.xp 8 '0 am a am K. C. & bt. 1- Kxp.7.'.'ll Xi piu iS kj pm RAILWAY TIME CARD'Com!1-"' . 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Joe..al0:46 pm a 810 am Kansas city nt. joe.. a am a i:l pm Kansas City & at. jo..a :w pm WEBSTER 8TA 1BTH WBBSTEH Vh Icags, St. Paal, Mlaseayolli Jt Omaka. Leave. Arrive. Twin City Passenger.. Sioux City rassenger., ,.b 8:30 am b 8:10 pm ..a 3:06 pm al0:50 am Fmerson Local Missouri Paclfle. . ..o 8:45 am c 6:56 pm Auburn Local.......... .b 1:50 pm Ml:26 am a Daily, b Dally except Sunday, e Sun day only, d Dally except Saturday. Dally except Monday. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS LOW RATES TO EUROPE Join One of our Christmas Excursion to Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Oermaoy. leaving Chicago weekly, Kxcellent service and exceptionally low rate ty the Canadian Paclflo "Kxpress." uie . rinest, rastest ana largest steamer Between Mt. Lawrence porta ana Kuropo. write for rates ana booklets. O. B. BEHJlHXsT, O. Jl, 933 Sk. Clark Street, Chicago. ZU. CLAM'S CmUIlE 9f.ni AJLUIO' . - lt,M ton. IBS. larov - gl aoiuullj Hal). I 11 10 THE ORIENl Fcbraarr 1 to Aarll lllKl. -. aventr 0s. cosilng nnly lK M sad p. In14li shore eisursloos. SPECIAL rXATtkCU: Mtilslr. Cadn. seTllle. Amu. Man, u Dr la Bsjpi aa ths Holy Lna CoasuntlDsple, Aikss. kaaia, tke RlTlsra, etc. 1-ol'ks numu thb wohui. . ; 40 TOl'IW TO EUROPE Dost comprehensive sod attractive ever effered, ... r. Q. r,uH, TUnea aUd.. Mis lort. 'SING HOP NO LIKEE CHECK Chinaman Propose Navel Scheme to Boa t Meet Money Flarry Emergency. The money - famine In California same near losing me my Chinese cook," , said W, A. Ogdcn of Los Angeles, who Is stopping at the Rome hotel. "Sing Hop has been with me for ten years and la about the best cook, on earth. He gets PJO'a month. Last month I gave him his regular check and he took It to the bank and all he could get on It was 86. When he cam back homo he was the picture of despair and -wanted to resign at once, t asked him to sit down and then went over the sltua Hon with him and tried to make It plain that the check was good and the bank was sound, but told him the bank didn't Ilk t0 nlm take th money out of clrcula tlon just at this time and send It to China L. begged him not to resign and h seamed reassured. Ho looked at me out of th corner of Ids eye for a minute. Allte,' h finally said, 'me stlay, but you give me one chleck 8600; I take .him to bank and get 880, all sarnie take chleck foh 860, bank give me 86.' ' 'Why. Sin-, 1 can t do that What re you talking about,' I gasped. 'Give you a check for 8nor " 'Bhura' " 'Why, 1 can't afford that." ' 'No afford, allte,' answered Sing, as he began to pack up his belonging, and leave. 'I slipped over to th bank, explalnin. the matter to them, and Sing got hi 840 and I still have my cook.' GRUESOME REPORT OF WARDEN Certiorate of Exerntlon of Harrtaoi Clarke 1 Striking In It Frankness. """""""" i The last chapter In the Harrison Clarke murder case In Douglas county district court closed Tuesday morning with th filing of the return of Warden Beemer certifying that the mandate of death had been carried out. Th document Is almost gruesome with Its mater-of-fuctnesa After the preliminary paragraph it tells the story of the hanging as follows: "At t.'S) o'clock p. m. of the said day cauaed to be read to the defendant, Hai rl son Clarke, the within mandate orderin his execution. "At th hour of 2:89 p. m. of the earn day, within the. walls of the aald peniten tiary, upon a gallows therein erected so as to exclude the view of all persons sav those permitted by the statute to be pres ent, in the presence of th clergyman la attendance upon th prisoner, six persons by me designated, the deputy warden, the assistants of th executioner and the exe cutioner by me appointed, th said Harri son Clark was hanged by th neck until he was dead." . Four physician Dr. J. S. Welch, Dr. F. L. Wllmeth. Pr. E. II. Holy ok and Dr. John F Spearman certify Ihey examined th remain and found life extinct, and th document close with a formal receipt for th body ot the executed man, signed by the undertaker - Dancer 1st Asnlnar A 4 vine. When jrou lva f cough or cold do not ask some on what 1 good for It. as there I danger In taking some unknown prepara tion. Foley's Honey and Tar yourea cough. colds, and prevent pneumonia. Th genuine Is tn a yellow package. Refuse substitute. For sal by all drugglla LEET IS HEADED FOR OMAHA Secret of Bob Evans' Oceanic Heg-irt Out at Last. COMES TO BOMBARD MOOT Mlaloa at Vatic Vans la an V- grwarweal MawsesH Tlpa O the Great Mlaaloa la a L,ettr. Government minions, shrewd diplomat sts and skilled naval leader have fooled the American peopl long enough. For month th country haa been talking of the 14,000-mlle eru's of the great squadron of sixteen battleships, the destl nation of which wu said to be th Pacific coast. The ships have started, being per sonally conducted out of Hampton Roads by President Roosevelt. Little did. the president think and T.ltle rJld Admiral Robler D. vana dream when the ships started Monday that their real destination' and their " real purpose had been discovered. As Is common In great things, a small Incident brought the truth to light. The real destination of th fleet Is Omaha. The real purpose Is to bring the entire force of the navy to bear upon the city to demand ht Probation Officer Mogy Bernstein bow Ms nck to the federal authorities and. ceaag his al leged efforts to remove one Gladys Lyons from, her mother, Mrs. Ida Lyons. The manner In which tha plot was dis covered Is as thrilling as the story of Stanley's finding of Livingstone. Mr. Bernstein was seated in his offl? Tuesday morning. His brow was furro xd and his eyes weary with his many car-8. He opened the morning mall almost mechanically. . Suddenly he started slightly. But lopg Training had taught him to conceal Ms feeling. Controlling himself, he looked stealthily around th office. No ono was near. But across the street people wer walking along the side walk. Hastily pulling; down the curtain, the probation officer once mora opened the letter and cast his eye carefully over tha contents. Then he laughed hoarsely, Will roll and Fool the Enemy. Ha, ha." he said, "they think to And me napping. But I ahall foil them yet. Hastily assuming a Napoleonic attitude. he gased fixedly at. the Inkstand. While he Is gaxing let us go back and see what was In the portentous letter. It was from J. W. Lyons of the United States battle ship New Jersey.. The writer represent himself to be a third-class electrician on the warship and wrote Mogy to say he had learned that, he had threatened to remove Gladys Lyons from her mother for the al leged reason that the mother cannot pro vide for the child. The writer further said that If the removal waa effected he would visit Omaha and administer a sound thrashing to th officer. Mr. Bernstein was not slow to grasp the vast portent of ajie Information thus given out by the petty employe of th govern ment . Six-Uen battleships In the river, with their guns trained on Omaha. Any one of the guns could -carry ten miles, and It would be mere' plavfqj- the skilled gunners to riddle tne city hall. H remembered also the fact of the( president's seemingly harmless trip dow,Ui river, only a few weeks-ago. He sav mow that the real rea son, for the trln wit'i to aee that the rh nel would admit "tha squadron on Its way to Omaha." v ' II Doea 'Vot Waver. With these weighty .matters suddenly thrust upon 'him; nvAnyi'sp nikn would have broken down utunrrr kppealed to the gov ernment for mercy and to th state for protection. Not srr tha Drobatlon officer. After gating fixedly' at,, the Inkstand for a tlm he leaned forward, grasped a pen. dipped R In the Ink, put tt to paper and wrote, in a firm hand to- tha- third-class electrician on the battleship New Jersey. Hamilton's defiance to England was not more haughty than that of Mogy to the navy. In most rlrllofengllsh bristling with scornful invsctive and brilliant with high minded devotion to - duty, he bade the minions and myrmidons come on. Like the much-sung herq, h declared, "This rock shall fly from" her firm base as soon as I." Ha said that while he knew nothing of Gladys Lyons h would make haste to Investigate and see if aught is necessary. "And If ao, then It Is the duty which I have sworn to perform and, whatever may be the consequences.. I must act" With this firm and eloquent sentence th letter closed. Tha probation officer awaits the arrival ot the fleet calmly. Intrepidly. He has done his duty. SOLOMON READY FOR TEST gay He Wonld Welcome Attack oat Law Affecting HI OfflV .r. rial Statn. "If anyone wants to test the constttu- tkanallty of the new office of comptroller, I would be glad If he would start some thing," declared Comptroller-elet Solomon Tuesday discussing the renewal of the rumors started before th primary last fall that the bill creating the office was uncon stitutional. "It waa reported before .thre primaries the law was to be tested and the rumor were repeated Just be for election, but nothing ha come of It. . It waa aald then there waa no way of lasting It, aa no public money .wer being paid out on jiceount of tt. But that excuaa no longer hclds good. Th commission irs have voted to let a contract to fit up the office with a counter at an expense of 817f and H would be easy for some one to get buay and enjoin th ex penditure of the money. That would mak a square test of the legality of the law. I would be glad to have such a test made.' J. P. Breen, who raised th question of the constitutionality of the law before the primaries, said Tuesday he had no present Intention of testing the law. "I have discussed It with other lawyers, and, personally, I think the law Is de fective, but, of course, I may be mistaken. Its legality was questioned when the bill was befor th legislature and before the primaries, but no steps were taken then U teat It, because there was no expenditure of money to be enjoined. As soon as th commissioner vote to expend any money in fitting up tha offlc an Injunction suit could be brought on th grounds there Is no such office. This would test th legality of the offlc squarely. I have no present In tentions of testing it, however." LOGASA GETS CIGAR STAND annlnnt J. B. Howard a Represent- ntlve nf King Nicotine at - C'onrt He aee. J. B. Howard, who for the last four or Ave years has been running th cigar stand In th rotunda of the court house, la to be summarily deposed as Uie county Repre sentative of King Nicotine In favor of MLogasa. a well known politician. Th members of the county board Tues day Informali directed Chairman Kennard or the court house and Jail committee, to notify Mr. ' Howard, that h would not tx allowed the privilege of selling cigar in tha court house another year. . Th board also decided to allow Mr. Logaaa to Install his stand after January t Th board did out puta a resolution, bat1 the action taken at an Informal meeting of th com mittee of the Whole. Books and Other "Th Dawn at Bhantay Bay," by Robert K. Knowlea, la a Christmas story of today bathed In tha plr1t of "good will to man." Mr. Knowlea ha a way ff making; us feel that away down deep there I 4 tender heart In the most crusty of human. Cm lookr up from these page with misty eyes but sunshine all around. The people In this story might have lived next door to any one; however, as the story goes, they lived In the Country of ts)e White Christ mas. The twxt is very attrsctlvely Illus trated by Qrlselda Marshall McClitre and the binding adds much tn its beauty. It Is one of the very pleasing offering of this Christmas season. Th Fleming H. Revell company publishers. "The Lonesome Trail." by John G. Nel- hardt, a Nebraska author, consists almost entirely of weird Indian stories concerning their romances and adventures, and rough tales of half-breeds, gambler and outlaws. Whllo they may be classed aa "stories of the wild west In Its wildest 4ay." they will be more enjoyed If read by degrees, or a little at a time. John Lane ft Co. pub lishers. "The Shadow of a Great Rock." by Wil liam R. Lighten, an Omaha author. Is a story, of the winning of Nebraska in the early GO. It needs must record deed of doing-and-darlng. encounters with the In dians and the reckless abandon of frontier life, as Nebraska was at that time far west and very sparsely settled. There are also well drawn characters of brave settlers who are seeking homes and fortune in this land of promise. Of course a tender little romance adds much to the Interest of the tale. The G. P. Putnam company pub lishers. "Three Weeks," by Kllnor Glyn, author of "The Visits of Elizabeth," Is the story of a beautiful queen with no morals, who falls In love with a young man, and th author describes her behavior with abso lute frankness. Dultleld & Co. publishers. "His Wife," by Warren Cheney, author of "The Challenge," and "The Way of the North," is a story whose plot Is some what out of the ordinary. A middle-aged Russian, who Is attached to a military post, on the death of his wife, becomes insane, his Insanity taking the form that he will not believe in her death. After some little time he meet a woman In mother place whom he claims a hi wife and Insists on her accompanying him. The woman obeys, or. Is really carried off. for, as he believes her to be his wife, he makes no offer of marriage, but In doing so ho very nearly kills the man to whom she I engaged. When his sanity returns he Is at first Indifferent to her, but later his love for her returns In Increased measure The Bobbs-Merrill company Is the pub lisher. 'The American Indian as a Product of i Environment," by A. J. Fynn, Ph. D., prin cipal of Longfellow school and Instructor n ethnology. Denver university. Is a com prehensive work on the American Indian, In which the author sets forth th evolution of the aborigines. Mr. Fynn devotes spe cial attention to the habits and develop ment Of the Pueblos. Indian customs, pot tery, basketry., blanket-making hieroglyph ics, art and religion are fully discussed. Published by Little. Brown .Co. "Winston of the Prairie." by Harold Blndlosa, authon ot "Alton of Somasco," "The Dust of Conflict," etc., Is the tale of a. young man of good character, and morals, but badly worsted in the battle of life, who consents as a desperate resort to impersonate for a short time' a' rnan of his own age but ot a different type, though of an aristocratic and moneyed family. After the temporary exchange of names Is effected a murder Is committed while some liquor Is being smuggled across the Canadian border. The hero therefore finds himself barred from resuming his name, which ha been stained with murder apd the new name carries with It no little odium. He Is forced to begin life again, bearing the villain's name, but ultimately triumphs In winning the respect ot all men and tho woman he love. Published by-the Frederick A. Stokes company. "The Helpmate," by May Sinclair, author of "The Divine Fire." Is In a large part a problem story. It deals chiefly with the question of a wife's duties toward her hus band and the husband's duty toward hit wife. An Invalid sister lends a helping hand throughout the story. Henry Holt 4 Co. publishers. ... "Th Courag of Blackburn Blair," by Eleanor Talbot Klnkead. deals with llf In Kentucky at the time of the Goebrl tragedy. Its action flows from the false and unrelenting publio sentiment which demands that a man stand ever ready to take th protection of hi life and honor Into hls-OtCn hands, questioning th cour age of one who will not fight upon a certain provocation, no matter what the circumstances. It I a lov story of much charm and It scene la laid In and about the old town of Lexington. Moffat. Yard & Co., la th publisher, i "The Nether Mlllston." by FTed M. White, author of "Th Crimson Blind." "The Slave of Silence," etc., la another story of strenuous and exciting interest. It events tak place at Deshwood Hall, a fin old English mansion. in story fairly teems with complication, aurprlses and exciting Incidents. The plot and counterplot are so woven and Interwoven a to hold the reader' attention to th laat. Little, Brown A Co,. 1 th pub lisher. Ail author's Edition of "Helen' Sables," with some account of their ways Innocent, crafty, angelic. Impish, witching and re pulsive with a partial record of their ac tions during ten day of their existence, by John Habberton, has recently been Is sued by Moffatt. Yard & Co. "Wild Animal Celebrities." 'by Ellen Velvln. F. Z. S., author of "Behind the 8cenea with Wild Animals." "Animals with Histories," etc.. Is a collection of stories of many celebrated animals now living and on exhibition In various loolug leal gardens and menagarlea throughout the world. The facts related have been given the author at first hand by th naturalists and trainers in charge, or hdve come under the author's personal obser vation. It Is well llluxtrated. Moffat, Yard & Co. Is the publisher. "The Lonely House" Is a translation from the German of Adolf Streckfuaa, by Mrs. A. L. Wlster. It la a tal of A Ger man professor who goes to the oountry for quiet. He discovers the body of k murdered man and spends th remainder of his vacation trying to fasten th crime upon one of two suspects. Tha author well know how to develop a mystery, a will b seen from perusal ot th book. Th Illustrations in color are by Charlotte- Weber-DiUler. Published by the J. B. Lipplncott company. "Tha Great Plain," by Randall Parrlah, author of "Hialorlc Illlnola," "Whan Wild ern ess waa King, etc., 1 a romance as well as the history of th explaratlon and aettlement of th great plains up to IsTO. The book la dedicated "To those whom, by Publications for the reason of their courage, privations and sacrifices rendered poealble th writing of this tory of American achievement, the men ahd women who won th great plslns from savagery to clvlsatlon." A. C. Mo- Curg 4k Co. la th publisher. B. P. Dutton Co. have Issued a new edition of Longfellow' "Evangeline' In a very attractive form. IJs a small slsed volume, well printed. wi(Q Illustrations by Arthur Dlxnn In color. It Is hound In a decorated blu cover. Heart of the West." by O. Henry. utho of "Cabbage and Kings." "Th Four Mil lion." etc.. Is the title of a volume of nine teen stories dealing with the miners and row boy t of the earlier days .In a conven tional way. The stories are told with a humor that will appeal to he reader. The McCluJo company la the publisher. ' "borenster Days," by A. G. Flympton, author of "Dear Daughter Dorothy." elc. Illustrates the possibilities and advantages of the simple life In the heroin of the story. The graceful Thea might have bvn modelled after. Wordsworth' Lucy, so close to nature has been her training, and so harmonious la her spirit with natural Influences. More faulty but hardly less lovable Is her friend Amy, with whose de velopment the story has much to do; and the boys of the book are something more than necessary foils to tl) girls. The story It written with the vivacity and good last that characterise Mis Flympton' other books. The Illustration are by J. W. F. Kennedy. Little, Brown A Co. Is the publisher. "Holly Leaves," Is also a double number In Its Christmas edition of Illustrated sport ing and dramatic news. It contains many large pages of stories and pictures, Includ ing Illustrations by Gordon Browne. R. I. Frd Pegram, F. H. Townsend, A. For matter, etc, together with fully Illustrated stories by Pett Ridge, Eden Phllpotts, Morley Roberts, Florence Warden and other. It I also accompanied by an Illus trated colored plate. The Christmas double number of "Pears Annual," contains Seven great stories by noteworthy authors, Illustrated by seven good artist. Four large supplement plates printed In colors accompany this number. The magaslne cover Is printed in color. The Christmas number of "The Londoi Graphic," la a double number and In clude work of such foremost authors and artists as Max Pcmnberton. R B. M. Pat tun, A. S. Boyd, H. M. Brock. R. I.; V. Sheridan Knowles. R. I.; E. H. Sheparc", I.nwfcon Wood, W. Ralstcn, R. I.; Re ginald Clever, Frank Glllett. Two larni colored supplement plates accompany th1 number of the magazine, which lias an At tractive Christmas cover. . "Shakespeare as a Dramatic Thinker a Popular Illustration of Fiction as the Ex perimental Bide of Philosophy," by Richard G. Moulton, Is a reissue of Dr. Moulton's "Th Moral System at Shakespeare. " He believes that the title of that work has been misunderstood In that It has created an expectation of eystematizutlon whereas It was Intended a a protest against the over-aj'stematlzatlon of others. The In troduction haa been entirely rewritten so aa- to rnake the argument clearer. Dr. Moulton, Who Is professor ' of literary theory and Interpretation In the University of Chicago, haa become most widely known perhaps by his editing of '.'The Modern Reader' Bible," but he has also long stood In high credit among scholars aa a writer Upon dramatic ,art and a Shakespearelan critic. ' The present volume contains In an appendix, the formal schemes of plot, for ech Of the Shakespearian plays, derived from a precise analysis of Its structure. The Macmlllan company Is the publisher. Tho Christmas double number of the "Illustrated London News" contains Illus tration by eminent artist. Also thre splendid stories, Including tales by Flora Annie Steel, Maarten Maartens, Carlton Daws, Samuel H. Adams and other emi nent writers. A large supplement plate In colors Is entitled "Tho Rivals." The cover Is printed In colors. "Our Country Home." by Frances Kinsley Hutchinson I not, aa the title would sug gest, another volume of advice to those who contemplate building In the rural dis trict, but I a most Interesting, almost Idyllic narration of the experiences of a natur-,ovlng couple In the creation of a charming estate. Two people with an In born love for the things that grow, blessed witn entnusiaam and sufficient of this. world's goods to carry out their Ideals plan and build a beautiful home In the midst of a virgin forest by the side of a Wisconsin lake. The execution and ac complishment of their efforts Is charmingly and Instructively recorded In word and plctur In thin attractive volume, which Is at once a book of cheery entertainment for the tired city dweller, of suggestive stimulus for those who dream ot ome day having their own country home, and of practical value for thoee who are already working out tha same problem that con fronted these two happy laborers. Pub- nsnea py A. C. McClurg Co. "Clementina's Highwayman." bv Robert Nellon Stephens, author of "The Flight of Oeorglana," "An Enemy to the King," etc., i a iory whose scenes are laid In the mid Georgian period. It 1 a comedy with a nerome a changeable as an April day, and a hero all ardor and daring. L. C. Page ft Co. I th publiher. Sam Walter Fos ha been characterized a "th tru poet of the people." and his "Song of the Average Mao" will be ap preciated by the sound and wholeaome peo ple who actually do tha world S work, who love aoetry of music, feeling and sense. He has a keen way of showing up the foible of humanity, hut his humor Is so genuine and o plentiful that one can laush While acknowledging a "hit." The optimis tic, cheering quality of hi verses reflects the man, a royfcl jood fellow and delight ful friend. Merle Johnson's clever picture give laughably correct Interpretation t.f some of the brightest poems and a very attractive binding fits It for a gilt bfxik. Published by Lothrop, Lee ft Shepard Co. "Napoleon's Young Neighbor," a new book, by Helen Leah Roed, presents a side of Napoleon's llf which 1 not known even to many of the Illustrious exile's warmest admirers. Betsy Balcombe, the "young neighbor," was the little daughter of Mr. Balcombe, at whose houae Napoleon spent the first ten weeks of his stay on 8t Helena. "The Recollections" of Betsy set down In middle life, when she wss Mr. Abell, Is the basis of Miss Reed' volume To this haa been added other matter, with the result that a bock on Napoleon la of fered of exceptional Interest to old and young. Miss Reed la th well known author of th "Brenda" book for girl. Published by Utile. Brown ft Co. "Th Continent of Opportunity The Re public of South America from Panama to Argentina," by Francl B. Clark, la writ ten from a thoroughgoing tour of examlna tlon, covering practically every center of Importance m tha South American con tinentPanama. Chile. Ecuador, Peru. Ar gentlna, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Dr. Clark' prime object has been tu cul Holiday Season lect Information of every sort that will help to understand the problems facing clv llltstlon In our sister cont'm-nt. By closa, contact he has gotten al th feeling of th South American peopto of all classes.- hav ing gained audiences a well with the presidents ot a number of the republics. Published by Fleming It. Revell Co. Mr. Owen .VIster' new book, ''The Seven. Ages of Washington," Is In Its own way quite as remarkable ns anything he Iris ever done. Mr. Wlster's theme Is Wash ington, the man. rather than the soldier or statratnan. From Washington's own writings, from anecdotes and contemporary record- he has constructed a picture of the man as he -was tn his everyday life, and has shown how his achievements wert ' the natural result of hf Individual charao ter. It Is perhaps not too much to say that he la the tlrst biographer to make Washington a wholly human figure, and hla portrait Is so convincing that otra Is tempted to. call It final. The Idea of. di viding his. work Into seven, rerloda waa a happy one, particularly as the tlrst period deals with the ancestry of Washington, and the last on with his immortality. Between these come tlx1 chaptors devoted respectively to childhood, frontier life. Mount Vernon, the revolution and the pres idency, each with Its appropriate and rep resentative Illustrations In photouravure. The book Is not a large one. but Its valu Is In Inverse proportion to Its bulk. Pub lished by the Marmllrhn Company. A new Installment of the "Memoir of the Comtesso de Bolgne," edited from the original manuscript by M. t'harlos Nlc coullnnd, covering the period from 1811 1819, is published. Too much cannot be said of th Importance oi thes memoirs. Madame de Bolgne had an opportunity, rarely accorded to any Individual, of ob aerving events and people In one of tho great epochs of modern history, and her book Is bright rfml exceedingly entertain ing as well as valuable. The memoirs In clude a description of the return of Na poleon, the hundred days and tho first years of tho restoration, beside other Im portant events. Published hy Charles Scrlbner's Sons. "Poland, the Knight Among Nations," by Louis B. Van Norman, has an Introduction written by Helena Modjeska. Poland Is worth knowing, says the author-It Is In teresting. How could It be otherwise when It gave us Kosciusko. Copernicus. Chopin, Paderewskl and 8lenkiewlcs. Not much has been known about the peopto because they have been liard to get at Mr.Vati Norman went to Cracow, won the hearts j of tho people, waa treated llko a guest of the nation and stayed till he knew his hosts well. He has repaid them by making them charming to hla readers by ' descrip tion, legend and ' Impressions. ' One half feels as If ho wero walking around the stage setting of "The Prisoner of 7.enda." I'nder thla attractive guise the author conveys a reaUy extensive army of In formation valuablo to both traveler and student. Publisherl by the Fleming H. Revell company, ' "The Broken Road" fa (he title of a hew novel by A. . W: Mason,' author of . "Four FeBtehrs,'; Th Trutints," ' "Running Water." 'tc. Jhe Influence of the'rond on the Uvea of the two men who are the cen tral figures In the book gives a Curious character to the story and an Interest of most unconventlunnl kind. The scene Is laid In EnKlaml at tlrst, and tjun In Indlu, and the xtory Is fyll pf. tjiat. dramatic In terest, that tense and "repressed vigor of stylo of which Mr, ' Mason showed the be ginnings in his earlier books. I'ublliihed by Charles Scrlbner's Sona. 'The Mystery," by Ptewart KJw-ard White and Sumuel Hopkins Adums, is a thrilling tale rtf the aea that should please all admirers of stirring stories. TJiere is a myst-Ty concerning a bra.ss bound chest. a mutinous crew, a wreck, Itrhting. a touch of the wlerd and an Interesting suc cession of events that keei the. reader much Interested. McCTure, Phillips ft Co. is th publisher. Above books at lowest retail price. Mat- thews, 122 South Fifteenth street. Books reviewed are on eule by The Ben nett Company at cut prices. 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