TTCE OMAIIA DAILY BEE? FIND AY. .TANUAttY 31. 190.
PARKLING APENTA
(Natural Apenta Carbonated),
,V SPLITS ONLY.
A Refreshing and Pleasant Aperient for Morning Lie. '
GOVERNOR STUDYING BANKS
Will Take Up TLttl Estate Exchange
Kesolution on Return, to Lincoln.
OTHERS ARE TO BE CONSULTED
land Ht tld.OOO. In th hrnttm Oolnnun
fferd th state fla,0CO for the land. The
state board thought the fthlvrly appralae-
mnt too low and then thr freeholder
of the county were erlerted to pass upon
the value of the land. They reported to
day It was worth ICI.onO and that Is what
Mr. Coleman will have to pay. lie has
had the land Irased for a number of
years.
PENSION 0UES110N IN COURT
t "
rand Island" Soldiers' Home Contro
ery it Submitted.
EOSE GIVES ARGUMENT OF STATE
Oootrs Mlrblsan tnm Cases la
Snpnort ef Contention W. H.
TkompMiR for Complali.
In? V etero-s.
1
was, at least In treat part, the payment
of an obligation. His client received MO
a month. Most of It was expended by him
In the maintenance and support of some
grandchildren. Not a dollar was riotously
Raaor Dora ( Garfield C.iitr
Rays Delearatloa Skoal He .V
ealvoeally for Taft at
B n ml Tlakr.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
T.TVfYlT.W Tan n ffln-olal ) Th. .b.a.
pent and there was absolutely no need for pajwv, w n , BgM
the rule. If such rule was drafted as a dls- chm,e mtklng tne KOV.rnor t CB .
clpllnary measure. -, , th ,.,.,r. , ,s-
Arnamrnt of State Opposed. nuroose of enactln a law to guarantee
Addrcslng themselves to the cases cited bank ArDomu. .., been received at the
by Attorney Rose, Attorneys Thompson executiVo ofHee, but as the governor has
and Abbott contended that In one of the 0llt of tho cty Blnca Tuesday he has
Coaveatloa la Cedar Coaaty.
HARTINQTON, Neb., Jan. Speclal.)
A meeting of the Cedar county republi
can central committee was held here this
afternoon. A county convention was called
for February 11 for the purpose of electing
delegates to attend the congressional con
vention at Norfolk, and the state conven
tion at Omaha. The convention call pro
vides that an expression of preference for
president shall be taken In each precinct
at the time delegates are elected to attend
the county convention.
GRAND 18I.AND, Neb., Jan. 30 (Spe
cial.) The entire day was occupied In the
district court today In n argument on the
demurrer filed by the State board of PuWic
lnda and Buildings to the petition of
Richard H. Howell, that a writ of Injunc
tion Issue against the board, restraining
them from enforcing a rule that woulJ
take from ton members of the soldiers'
homes at Urand Island and Mil ford any
part of the pension paid to such members
by the national government- Deputy At
torney General Uowe appeared for the
tale board and Attorneys W. H. Thomp
son, and O. A. Abbott, sr., for Howell, who
plrsds for himself, but also represents sev
eral hundred other members of the home
In this city directly and a number In the
Mil ford home, both Institutions being In
cluded In the temporary Injunction that
was granted by Judge Mullln of the
eounty court of Hall county In October.
The court will make a ruling next week.
Judge Uanna Invited his colleague- of
the district, Judgs Paul, to sit with him
in the Case and both judges occupied the
bench.
Froeeaalaar Most laasaal.
Attorney Ros4 pleaded In support of the
demurrer that the applicant for the In
junction had other means of redress and
that It was unusual that the arm of the
county court reach out over the stats
away to the capital and restrain officials
from doing their duty. The rule adopted
by tha board, taking Certain percentages
of pensions amounting to $12 or over per
month, on a sliding scale, up to the amount
f ISO In which case the board would take
special actionfor the maintenance of the
home, wss a valid one, Mr. Rose contended.
He read the provisions In the statutes re
lating to admittance to the home and tha
management of the Institution. He thought
there could be no question as to the right
f the board to make such a rule if it
sure within reason. Whether it was rea
sonable or unjust might have been ascer
tained by an appeal to the board, a re
quest thst the rulo be held in abeyance
until a hearing be had and then, if the
complainant still believed he was wronged,
a complaint could Issue in the district
court.
nose Uaotrs tha Law.
In the statute providing for admission
to the home, Mr. Rose contended. It was
specified that the applicant must be de
pendent upon public or private charity and
unable to earn for him or lierjeJC" living.
As the complainant received a pension of
tJ) it could, not be held that he was de
pendent Uion charity or was unable to get
'X along. As to the plea that the federal
, stsiufcrs -protwotfd the member's pension
from such & rule, that did , not clearly
apply, as had been decided In other cases.
The Michigan supreme court reports con
tained a case similar to the one In ques
tion, urged Mr, Rose. The board man
aging the Soldier' home of that state
adopted a rule and enforced It compelling
each pensioner to turn over to the au
thorities of "the home any amount In ex
cess of fc to be held by the authorities.
The rule was adopted In the Interest of
uirclpline. The court held that there was
nothing in tha order that would not be
warranted. The supreme court of Pennsyl
vania passed upon a similar case. The
authorities of tliut state's Soldiers' horns
ietalned( all over St not 112, and the at
torney would hers say that the board of
this state had been more liberal than that
of any state In which fhe question has
ver arisen and the court sustained the
management of the home, the rule not be
ing unreasonable and, upon that ground.
Hot untenable .-The reasonableness of the
rule was at lsue here and he did not be
lieve It could be contended that, compared
to the benefits received at 11 to home and
tli expense to the taxpayers of the state,
the role in tiuestlon was unreasonable.
i ' Case front Iowa.
'Mr. Rose' further quoted an Iowa case
In which twenty-si .members of the Mar
ahalltown horns, had applied for an in
junction restraining the commandant front
retaining that portion of their pensions ex
ceeding (6. In this case the excess was to
be paid, had the pensioners such depend
ents, to the family f the pensioner; other
wise it was t be placed to the credit of
the support fund. The Iowa court held
that there were two questions the author
ity o: tho board to pass such a regulation
and tho reasonableness of the rule. The
court found that there were many appll
laarts to the home who, . owing to Its
crowded condition, could not be admitted
and it was held aulhoratlve and reasona
ble fiom the standpoint of the taxpayers.
Mr. Rofcc urged that the precedent of In
terference by the district court would tend
to deteriorate tho discipline of the home
;and that, while none of them desired In
t!:e least to do the slightest Injustice to
any member, the members of the board
owed it as a duty to the rest of the state.
Imposed by l'ir etutu.les, to adopt such a
rule as Is In controversy.
Deale roll ties lavolved.
Attorneys Thumpson and Abbott, an
swering, denied thst the Jurisdiction of
.he county court, in the absence of the dis
trict judges, did not extend to the stats
capital, around the. heads of the officers
uf which there wss no grester halo than
about the heads of ordinary beings. Speak
ing for lituiaelf, Mr. Thompson desired at
tha outset emphatically to deny that there
was or had been any political element In
the case. He could not bring himself to
believe that, underlying the legislation es-
pensiona, there was, as seemed to be the
tablishing the home and the granting of
view of counsel for the board, only tha
feeling of charity. It was a work of duty
that the people tod4y gave shelter and rare
to the soldier. Tha payment of pension
cases the construction by the court was so
clearly and emphatically contrary to what
the legislature had Intended that at the
very next session of tha legislature the
law relative to the maintenance and man
agement of the Soldiers' home of the state
was so amended as to make any interfer
ence with any pension a plain violation.
not had time to go Into the resolutions.
Since the recent panto Governor Sheldon
has boon spending a great portion of his
time looking Into the banking business of
the state and studying the advisability of
soma recommendation to the legislature.
Before he comes to any decision he will
communicate not only with the various
They urged upon the court .that the "other bankers of the state, but with business
redrew" suggested by opposing counsel men and others. He Is also studying the
was no redress under the circumstances, bank reports for the last ten years and
for there was nothing to prevent the state analysing the same, with a view to de
board. In the event their client would not termlnlng whether a lack of confidence on
comply with the order In the meantime, the part of the people Is responsible for a
to shut him out from the home, until such decrease In the deposits or whether the
time as the action of the board could be decrease Is duo to other causes. It Is safe
reversed by the court. Furthermore, the to predict that the executive will not call
proceeding was the better, for it obviated an extra session of the legislature unless
a multiplicity of suits. The order affected I he Is convinced that it is a lack of confi-
posslbly 400 of the 482 men In the local I dence which has caused the slump In de-
home. I posits as shown by the recent bank state.
Tbe State sad Reveaae. I merit.
Counsel for the members of the home So far the Investigations of the governor
further contended that the rule was pro- have led him to believe that probably
mulgated for the purpose of raising reve- I several causes have combined to decrease
nue. and the state could not raise revenue deposits. He will be able to. act with a
even If authorised by the legislature. It more thorough knowledge 6 the questions
was a taxing power plainly prohibited, as he receives the next bank statement,
laid down In the case of MoCullough " has been suggested that probably the de-
against Merrill. Again, in our own state, crease the movement of crops may have
under the decision In Baldwin aa-alnst nM reai oeaj to ao witn tne decrease
Douglas county, the right of a board to ,n deposits. Reports that are now coming
adopted such a rule is denied, it having ,n how n mrea In deposits in the banks
K-.n n-tAA i th. .t.t. th.t th. .t.t. th me time tha car reports made
, ,niv m -nt .mi frm inrtivMi,j Bl" 'way commission weeKiy
members of the asylum any money for the I , ,
, . ' ' I ments. For the week ending December 18,
CAECUM) v. iiiwuliwiiu. v. J e- v. I , -.tV.11- , V.
.menu mat me money o. ug .ur nu. of graln .nlpped. , the December
purposes, oui mi 11 oe pr.setrrwi, 01- k th XnaA, ,hl1a
verted. In the case at bar there was no .v.. t-.,. .i, , .i,,.
pretense that ths rule wss adopted as a ther were m car loaded, r,,
disciplinary one, but as a cool, calculating poweii now figuring up the average
cash proposition. number of cars used for the six months
Judges Hanna and Paul indicated that from June to December, which compared
they would rule upon the demurrer next with November and December shipments
week, and it Is likely that the state board will throw some light on the question of
will rest upon the argument made nere, how much of the croo has been shinned.
Instead or filing an answer and Insisting
upon further hearing and the presentation
of any facts, as the demurrer has com
pletely brought out the Issues Involved.
Thirteen for Primaries.
So far thirteen counties have made ap
plication to the republican state committee
for ballots upon which to vote their prefer
ence for a presidential candidate. These
counties are Antelope, Cedar, Cheyenne,
Dixon, Dakota, Richardson, Rock, Seward,
Otoe, Webster, Thayer, Hitchcock and
York, Hall county will hold a primary, but
that county will devise its own plans and
has not called upon the state committee
for ballots.
Investigating York Request.
J. A. Williams returned tonight from
York, where the commission has boon
listening to testimony on the application of
the Commercial club of that town for an
order to compel the Burlington and North
rail.! to onl.p hv the commission. Messrs. "Mlr rsuroaaa 10 pui in a iransier
Wtnnett, Williams and Clark. Ex-Bupreroa wc.n. ine case wiu do resumed at .wn
YORK HEX ARB GIVEN A HEARING
Demand Track Scales and Cenaectlna-
Tracka.
YORK. Neb., Jan. 30. (Special.) Cltlsena
of York attended . In force the hearing
wherein the Commercial club petitioned
the railroad commission setting forth rea
sons why a track scale and a track be
laid connecting the two railroads at York.
The Burlington officials and attorney and
the Northwestern officials and attorney
arrived In a special car. Promptly at 10
o'clock this morning the meeting
Judge 8. K. Sedgwick and W. W. Wykoff
of this city are attorneys for the Com
mercial club and business men of York.
Dealers testified to the amount of busi
ness being sufficient to justify the putting
coin next Wednesday, at which time the
Burlington will introduce testimony against
the proposition.
Doran Dlacnssea Delesrates,
T. H. Doran of Garfield county, a mem.
In of scales and to cars of coal being short her of several legislatures, and who Is now
a Urge amount when received, and that being mentioned as a delegate to tho nsv
by reason of the absence of scales the tlonal convention from the Bl Sixth, be
dealer had no redress except to psy for Heves the republican state convention In
the coal which was not delivered and also selecting .the four delegates-at-large and
the freight on the same. the four alternates should take Into con.
The companies sought to disprove these slderatlon first .he loyalty of the dele
statements. gates to tne candidacy oi secretary Taft
Evidence was taken on the petition that and then the Integrity, ability and ac
a track be built connecting the two rail
roads. Owing to the roads crossing to.
to build a connection would require not
much more than a block of track. F. P.
Van Ickle, Charles Carpenter, F. R. Lloyd,
quaintance and positions of the candidates.
He believes It Is to' the best Interest of
the republican party of the state to send
men of such standing not only In the state.
but In the councils of the national party,
Primary for Seward Cosaty,
SEWARD, Neb., Jan. SO. (Special. ) A re
publican county convention will be held at
the assembly room of the court house on
February 29 at 1:30 p. m. to elect, fifteen
delegates each to tha state and congres
sional conventions. The advisability of
holding a primary for the purpose of giv
ing voters a chance to express their choice
for president wss acted favorably upon
nd ballots will be ordered from the state
committee for that purpose.
Kebrssks News Notes.
YORK Two revival meetings are In
progress In York snd both are making
converts.
SEWARD A Demorest medal contest
will be held st the Bedford school house
on Friday night.
COLUMBUS The third-class postmasters
of the Tilird congressional district will hold
a meeting here next Wednesday, February
D. J. Barkeman and others were on the that they will be able to influence other
stand testifying as to the necessity of delegates to that convention to promulgate
connection between the two roads. a platform In keeping with the progressive
republican party of the state, and to in.
MSBKASKAX WHO IS KANSAN fluence them In the interest of Secretary
Taft, who more than any other candidate,
Bearer City Has Candidate for Gov- he says, represents what Nebraska repub-
.ernur of Sanflower State, 1 leans stand for. After voicing the above
BEAVER CITT. Neb., Jan. au. (Special.) sentiment Mr. Doran discussed the makeup
Beaver City occupies the unique position of the delegates as follows:
of having a candidate for governor of Us "I think Governor Sheldon, Senator Nor
sister state of Kansas. Instead of this I rls Brown and Victor Rosewater should be
seeming to be paradoxical It Is a fact. R. S. delegates to the national convention for
Hendricks, who was elected a member to I the reason that they are pioneers In the
the Kansas, legislature from Rawlins I progressive republican move. I was In
county, Kans., and who came to Beaver I close touch with Senator Brown and Gov-
Clty and established the Bank of Beaver ernor Sheldon In the twenty-ninth ami
City, last year, and of which he la presl- thirtieth sessions of the legislature and
dent. Is talked of for the democratic nom- they came out and took a stand for the
Ination for governor of his home state, people at a time that It took courage to
While Mr. Hendricks has been In Beaver do so. The positions occupied by the three
City for the last year, yet he has retained men give them prestige above that of al-
his interests at Atwood, Kans., and at- most any other set of men In Nebraska,
if
RIGHT FOOD
If you have trouble with
Hutuach. liver or blood, eat
Grapc-fMs
and waltb 'results.
"There's a Ilea.n."
tended the session of the Kansas legisla
ture, although in fact he has been in
Beaver City the greater part of the time.
but has not claimed this to be his home.
He returned here this week from Topeka,
where he sttended the session of the legis
lature, but would not commit himself In
regard to his candidacy for governor. Ho
said that while he was not very favorable
to accepting the nomination, if It were
offered to him, that he felt it his duty to
respond to the call of his party.
State Temperance Leaane.
The Nebraska State Temperance league
held an all day aession In representative
hall and closed Its meeting with an ad
dress tonight by Attorney General Thomp
son, who defined the rights of the saloons
under the law. The subject of discussion
today was prohibition In one form or
another, the general opinion being that
within a very few years Nebraska will be
a dry state. A committee was appointed
to draft a letter to be published defining
the attitude of the league toward various
candidates for office and showing them
what they had to subscribe to to get the
temperance vote. - Another resolution was
adopted calling the attention of the people
On Man Who Dies Hard
TEKAMAH, Neb.. Jan. 30. (Special.)
When Al Dlnehart, who works for U J.
Mason, a firmer living west of this place,
went home Tuesday night about 11 o'clock 0f Lincoln to the fact that aaloona existed
he found a man In th barn In a very serl- i this town even though it Is the home
ous condition, both his feet being f rosea. He 0f the State university and other state
was taken to the house, where h received I Institutions.
medical attention, and this morning Mr. Ka.tiTo to Entertain Ex-Governors.
"""I wn, I Governor Bheldon will on February 22
While he was hitching th team th un- dinner to all the ex-governors of
ronunai man walked ovr to th bridge Nebraska. This has become an annual
ana jumped on neaa iirat, landing squarely afUlr. invitations will be sent to the fol
iuiouin inert was urm i ....nvumnra. ....
nc.. . "-" u oniy sustained a Slight Crounse. Povnter. Holcomb. Dietrich. fiu.
caiM wuuna. oneriir rnippe was aotined I BaTa ana Mickey,
ami iiuuiraiiioi; weni inir pirn and placed I Denatr Gels Half of Fine
mm in tne couniy jan. tne man gave his A. H. Critchfleld, a deputy grime warden
nam as August Kuncl and says h has I f Lancaster county, secured a vorrti.-t
oeen woraing arouno ner ror th Isst .-ainst th county this mornlna for 1 io
thrae months. Sheriff Phlppa took Kuncl Ul. ,am, being one-half of the amount of
to Omaha tonight, where be 1 said to have a tin- levied on a violator of th gam
laws. When the fin was paid Into the
relatives.
A. C. Rnaitin for Delegate.
OXFORD. Neb.. Jsn. SO.-tBpeciel.j-A.
C. Rankin, an extensive land owner and
jttock raiser of this vlolnlty, bas been
school fund th eounty commissioners re.
fused to tlv Critchfleld his half, as pro
vided by law he shall have for compensa
tion. Deputy Attorney General Rose
argued the case for him this morning and
endorsed by a number of district paper, a. Judflnent wa
a delegate to th national republican con- a,n..i in- VaJ.nb.1.
ventlon, and although b Is not a candl- . . "
date for the honor, he had many supporter. A' "' Coi'm t Bmlthflekl. Qos-
In the Fifth congressional district. Ife ha.
been active In local and atat politics for
per eounty, will not get a section of
school land for tlS.OQO. th appraisement of
thirty yesrs. has presided over mors Fur- ,h oun,Jr PPraisers, but instead he will
nas county conventions than any other per
son resident tn the county, snd has never
ssked for a public offlc
ha to pay th atat Lil.000 before he can
gat a deed.' When th county appraisers
turned In their report, which was endorsed
by tn county treasurer of Gosper county.
Eer Try The Be '. ant Ad . Column.? I tbe state board rejected It. Deputy Land
If uot. do so, and get satisfactory result, I Commissioner Shlvsly then appraised tbe
SEWARD The wsrni winter is ssslat'
ing In maintaining life and bringing into
activity myriads of chlnti, bugs and other
insects, i
SEWARD A mass meeting will be held
at the Congregational church on Sunday
evening, February 9, In the cause of tem
perance.
BEATRICE Elmer Orner of Blue
Springs yesterday purchased the eighty
acre farm of J. E. Kenworthy west of
town foe lo.OuO.
PLATTSMOUTH The mechanical de
partments of the local Burlington shops
closed Wednesday evening lor the re
mainder of the week.
OXFORD Workmen are engaged in sink
ing a mammoth well for the water works
system, which is expected to be In opera
tion early this spring.
COLUMBUS The ice man Is busy these
days in laying In his supply for the sum
mer and is getting Ice that Is eleven Inches
thick and as clear as a crystal.
OXFORD Wolf hunts are more common
than ever before this winter. Another
hunt Is on today and several more are
scheduled for the coming week.
BEATRICE Mrs. L. E. Watson went to
Assaria, Kan., yesterday, called there by
the death of her sister, Mrs. E. N. Mo
lander, who died suddenly of pneumonia.
COLUMBUS There were about ISO of
the Knights and Ladles of the Maccabees
gathered for the joint Installation of offi
cers. Refreshments were served after In
stallation.
SEWARD The new $4,000 parsonage, the
gift of Mrs. S. R. Douglass, was the scene
of a happy meeting of Congregational
church people and their friends this even
ing. A musical program was given.
BEATRICE Richard Williams and Miss
Bessie Huohiind were married at Die Chris
tian parsonage yesterday. Rev. J. E. Davis
officiating. They will live on a farm south
east of the city.
YORK For the first time this winter
York is having a little touch of real winter
and tha Ice men are making preparations
to cut and harvest the crop of Ice off of
the creek In town.
SEWARD J. F. Gereke bought the drug
stock of A. J. Pltcaithly, sold by Sheriff
Gillan. Pltcaithly disappeared after JikIko
Corcoran fined him $200 and costs for sell
ing liquor without a license.
BEATRICE The Women's Relief corps
met yestefdsy and arranged to celebrate
Llncolnrs and Washington's blrthdavs.
Memorial services -fort 1st Mrs. Sarah -I
M. Fry will be held February 7.
BEATRICE J. A. McCallum was called
to Lincoln yesterday by the death of his
brother, A. L. McCallum of Iloxle, Kan.,
who was taking treatment at Bailey's hos
pital there. He leaves a widow and one
daughter.
TEKAMAH Tekamah's municipal elec
tric Hgnt plant is nearlng completion. Mr.
Bortenlanger, the contractor, says he will
be ready to turn on the lights about Feb
ruary &. This will be one of the most
up-to-date plants In the state.
uHAiniuti-iat giee ciuo or the Young
Mem i nriauan association nas elected
these officers: Walter Springer, president;
J. R. Queln, secretary and treasurer:
Harris Hilbourn, manager. The club will
give a minstrel performance here soon.
WOOD RIVER-Harry Miller of Harrison
township was seriously Injured by a horse
falling on him yesterday. He wss carried
into the house In an unconscious condition
and remained In this manner for several
hours. This morning he Is much lmnrnv.,1
PLATTSMOUTH In the sbsence of the
mother from the room the 4-vear-oht
child of Mrs. L. Murray stepped bark
ward and tumbled Into a boiler contain
ing hot water and was badly burned be
fore sne could be rescued from her post,
tlon.
OXFORD The Burlington Railway com
pany has just finished filling their main,
moth Ice house at this place. Owing to
the open winter, a local suddIv was not
available, consequently they are making
shipment from the Cambridge lake this
season.
BEATRICE The Board of Supervisors !
met yesterday and appointed the deputy I
assessors for the various townships, and
let the printing of th tax list and board
proceedings to the Daily Sun and Dailv
Express. An adjournment was taken to
February 4. .
OXFORD William Mackey, an old resi
dent living north 'of town, was buried
today under the auspices of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen lodge. He was
a native of England and left no relatives
here other than a brother, his wife hav
ing died a few weeks ago.
BEATRICE The Burlington announced
yesterday that it would lay off all the
machinists In the shops f. Wymore for
three days, beginning Thursday. Tills Is
done to economise, and It Is understood
the entire Burlington system will adopt
this plan for the present.
8TELI.A Lloyd Mason died this morning
st the family home four miles northwest of
Stella. Deceased was an early settler In
this neighborhood, but for the last two
years has been In poor health. Charles
Msson In Stella and Tom Mason two miles
souts of town are brothers to the decreased.
OXFORD Notwithstanding the late
ness of the season, building operations
continue without Interruption. The new
brick structures of P. H. Gupton, G. A.
Ayer, F. A. Dawley and Quiggl & Peter
son are about completed, as also is the
commodious offices and yards of th
Fuller Lumber company,
YORK Company A. Nebraska National
Guards, of York met and elected Grant
Butterfleld captain. Jessie McPharson first
lieutenant and Harry Baker second lieu
tenant. The boys are expecting to receive
a new equipment of Springfield rifles snd
a disappearing target and are taking a
renewed interest In tha affairs of Com
pany A.
BEATRICE Two marrlajres were solem
nised In Cortland yesterday. At ) o'clock
Rev. Father Orates ef Lincoln officiated
at the insrrisge of Phillip Rysn of Desmet,
b'. D., and Miss Anna Doyls of Cortland,
and at 4 o'clock Paul Hohn of Seward and
Miss Mary Luck of Cortland were mar
ried. Rev. Sudbrook performing the cere
mony. .
OXFORD John Qulggle of Hastings
has associated himself with G. A. Peter
son in the grocery business. In connec
tion with which they will also operate a
first-class bakery. They are Installing
up-to-date fixtures In their new building
on Ogdeu avenue and will be prepared for
business In their new quarter, the last of
the week. (
COLUMBUS Great prepersttons are be,
Ing made here for the twenty-fourth an
nual meeting of the Sons of Veterans to
be held here on February 12 and II Most
of the state officers live here. The offi
cers are Bert J. Ualley. commander; A. K
Rollln. seeretsry: Rev. L R. . DeWolf.
chaplain: H. H. Reed, patriotic instructor,
and U. P. Russell, treasurer.
BEATRICE It waa discovered yesterday
that vandals had damaged the machinery
st the oil well southesst of the city to the
extent of nearly I2.0UU. In order to steal
the brass the parties have destroyed soma
of the machinery with a hammer, and
thrown It down th well, which Is over
l.Onu feet deep. The owners of the prop
arty will secur the services of a de
tective for the purpose of br'nsing the
guilty parties to jusuc. u possible.
BEATRICE W. 1 Terry, a civil war
veteran, died at his home yesterday morn
ing In West Beatrice. Deceased was born
in Knox county, III., March SI. lT. and
served in tne late wsr as a mrmlr of
Company R. One Hundred and Third Illi
nois volunteers. He was member of the
Grand Army post at Hollenberg. Kan.,
where he resided before coming to Beatrice,
fifteen yesrs ago. He Is survived by a
widow and eight children, five sons and
three daughters.
BEATRICE Michael McOulre. living
near liberty, has sworn out a peace war
rant against Charley Mortimer. Garrison
and Jesse Brldgford. alxo residents of the
Liberty vicinity, in the petition Mr. Mc
Gulre ssys he has reason to fear thst
defendants will assault him and kill him,
his wile and six children, destroy his prop
erty and kill his stock. He asks that de
fendants be put under bonds to keep the
peace and to prevent them from carrying
out their alleged designs.
8TOCKVILLF The barn of George D.
Chadderdon, located a mile northwest of
this village, biirne1 yesterdsy afternoon.
The origin of the fire Is not known. The
bsrn was a good-slsed frame with loft
filled with liHy t the time of the fire,
containing over 200 bushels of corn, sev
eral sets of farm harness and one horse.
A large number of citizens from this vil
lage responded to a telephone message
for help, but were unable to save any
thing except a few bushels of corn. They
did keep the fire from spreading to
stacks of hay and cattle sheds. There
was no insurance.
BLUE HILL The sppearances ef tho
main street promise to be rreatly Improved
In the spring bv the addition of a new
brick building and modern front. W. K.
Frahm is arranging to commence work on
his new building on tho lot where the
bakery was destroyed recently, and he now
has plans completed for the building. Tho
First National tianK on one sine sua ir.
Ilawioy on the other sldn of the proponed
new building are contemplating leaving
out tho fronts of their buildings and plac
ing In modern fronts with pressed brick.
BLUE HILL W. H. Hubler of this city
and J. K. Kerr, who was formerly resi
dent of Bladen, have purchased a genernl
merchandise stocK nt Btamroro ano nr.
Hubler expects to move out there witn ins
famllv as soon as the school term expires.
BLUE 1IILI,-Mlke Durdln returned this
week from a ten days' sojourn in the east
ern part of tho state, where he went in
quest of the party who took notes In ex-
r hanrn ror stork rood and tnnn lanea 10
deliver the goods. Mike finally landed his
man and the wouid-oe stocs rooa agent,
coughed up for a part of the notes.
OPTION TRADING IS BRISK
Half Million Dollar of Baying:
Recorded Before Eleven
O'clock.
Option trading was resumed on the floor
of the Omaha Grain exchange Thursday
morning, and before 11 o'clock more than
$500,000 of buying had been recorded. Within
a few days It Is expected that the business
will be put up to what It was when trading
In ontlons ceased a year ago, when the
average business was over $1,000,000.
Formerly the commissions on the Omah
market were one-eighth of a cent, while
the commissions In Chicago were one-fourth
of a cent. Omaha was enabled to draw
a large amount of business from the out
side,, securing practically all the business
out 'over Nebraska. But Chicago Is said
to have reduced the commissions, while
the Omaha commissions remain at bne
eighth of a cent for members of the ex
change.
An attempted corner in corn caused some
disputes on the Omaha exchange at one
time, and option trading was brought to
a sudden standstill. When It opened again
a buyer bought heavily and demanded de
livery by 11 o'clock, holding that under the
rules of the exchange the grain had to be
delivered at that time, but the board of di
rectors held that it could be delivered any
time during the day of buying, and the
grain was delivered at so high a pride that
It meant almost financial ruin to the pur
chaser. This discouraged option trading
again, and It has amounted to practically
nothing since the big deals.
But the reputation of the Omaha ex
change for square dealing and the growing
demand for tho trading induced the board
of directors' to decide a- -abort time ago
that trading In options would be resumed
at an early date. The floor of the Omaha
Grain exchange was a busy ' place at an
early hour Thursday.
PLAN TO FIX JAIL FOR LESS
Scheme Agreed On to Make Needed
Repairs for Three Thon
sand Dollar.
Sheriff Brailey and members of the
county board have agreed on a plan for
the remodeling of a part of the county
jail, which, it Is believed, will relieve the
crowded conditions, at a cost of about
$3,000. This plan was devised after it was
learned the original plans for a general
overhauling of the building would cost over
$13,000. While the old plan has not been
entirely abandoned and bids are being re
eclved on It, it is believed the new plan
will suit the purpose of the board and will
be the one finally adopted.
The new plan calls for the dividing o
the rooms formerly occupied by the jailer
Into cell rooms and the Installation of
some new cages. The principal Item of
expense in this plan is the steel work and,
It is believed, the cages can be utilized
in case a new jail Is built In the future,
Bids will be opened February 8 and sev
eral contractors are now figuring on the
Job. '
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By using tho various department, of Th
Bee Want Ad, Pages you get quick returns
at a small expense.
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BALTIMORE
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HAS OBTAINED PREMIER HONORS
AND MEDALS fOR BEING THE
BEST BLENDED WHISKEY IN THIS
COUNTRYi IT GUARANTEE UN
DER TH NATIONAL PURE FOOD
LAW AS AN
Absolutely Pure
Rye Whiskey
IS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF ITS
SUPERIORrrf AND EXCELLENCE
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Wa. LAKAMAII a SO.S. Bkllliaors. M4.
245 Degrees
That's always the heat of our ovens
That's why our beans are digestible
Home-cooVed beam are heavy and hard to digest, simply
for lack of sufficient heat.
It requires a fierce heat to break down the fibre of beans,
and you cannot apply it. ,
That is why beans must be factory cooked. That is why
Van Camp's beans are better for you than yours.
t
Beans are the choicest of Nature'dl
foods when they are rightly cooked
They are 23 nitroeenous 84 nutriment. They ara
even more nutritious than wheat.
Beans and wheat have about the same food value. But
note what a difference in cost.
Instead of once a week, you will serve beans every day
when you learn how delicious they can be.
Van Camp's pork and beans r
baked with tomato sauce
We use only the choicest of Michigan beans. The
. whitest, the plumpest, the fullest-erown all selected by hand.
We use only vine-ripened tomatoes, and our sauce costs
us five times what some sauce is 6old for.
We use seven spices to season it.
That is why our beans are so mealy and nutty. All our
sauce has that sparkling zest.
The beans, the tomato sauce and tho
pork are baked 90 minutes together
It is thus that we et the delicious blend.
Our beans come to you just as fresh and as savory as
when they came out of our ovens. Put the can in hot water
and a Bteaming meal is ready to serve in ten minutes.
And such a meal! You don't know how good baked
beans can be until you once try Van Camp's.
10, IS and 20 per can.
Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
You Exorcise Your Own Mind When
You Ask for an Advertised Article
therefore, Insist on getting what yon asSe
for when making a purchase. The dealer
who substitutes relies on his ability to make
-you change your mind. He will give you
what you ask fof if you refuse a substitute.
Substitute articles pay him a larger profit.
That's why he tries to change your mind.
When your mind is made up, keep It so by
insisting on getting what you want.
Accept No Substitutes
.(Bmimfj amid flee
At this season of the year when the ground ,
'and street car platforms are apt to be covered 1
withnow or ice, especial oare should be taken
by, passengers in getting on and off cars.
REMEMBER
Wait Until the Car Stops!
Get Off In the RIGHT Wayl
A jsist Us in Preventing Accidents.
OMAHA ANO COUNCIL BLUFFS
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY
JeY f wr
MEN CURED 500
FOR II),
FREE
C7E CUBE. THEN YOU PAY US OUR FES'
Established la Omaha IB Ttan. wj
Consultation
nd Examination.
WTlto for Symptom Blank tor Homo Troatmoat.
. Dr. Scarlcs & Scarlos
S. . Cor. 14th and Doug. Sts., Omaha, Neb