THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 21. 1908 8 SEW EXPRESS RATES FILED Commission Inclined to Think They . Cover Up a Trick. ETVEoTIGATE BEFORE APPEOVETQ Stat ('Diversity Has Adopted Sew riaa la tho Matter af Farehaa, I ader Direct loa mt th Rriril. I Frm a Staff Correspondent.) LIXCQLX. April 20 Special. -Ths ex press companies doing business In Ne bracka filed with the State Railway com mission tii la .momlnf a new schedule of rates, differing from the present rai-s tn that thejr are generally lower. So far aa Nebraska la concerned very little change ia made In the rate, though the interatate shipments, from here to New York for instance, la much reduced. The rales were filed for the approval of the commission and until that approval la secured thejr cannot become effective In thia at ate. For the p. esent at Icaat the approval of the commission will be with held, for the reason If the commlaslon perm Ha theae rate to go Into effect It mean they take the place of the rates fixed In the filblr.y law. The commiaaton doea aot know whether th eexpreaa com panies eouglt to catch it asleep and have these ratea approved as the official ratea In the state, and thus defeat the object of the Stbley law. I.Mt Without the Telegraph. Oaf ar t, Allen of Wabash, Cass county, has filed a complaint with the State Rail way commission against the Western Union Telegraph company -and the Mis souri Pacific railroad, charging they have closed the tetrgraph, office at that place and It ia Impossible to get telegraphic com munication with the outside world. Mr. Allen eald he is now Compelled to drive his cattle to -another tewn ' f or shipment by rssrt MB abswhi, of the telegraph office at Waliaal. '. " - And1" Fwrr tWwrked, Taa. ' Martin . V.- Dirnerv, .secretary to Gov ernor Sheldon, returned, .to Lincoln thia morning from the seat of , government at Nehawka and repeated his excellenrvdo Ing well ami woikiasj tinder a full head of strain about t wenty-ene hours a day. - The secretary, who'has been abe to hold his own on the ralrra fpklahoma amid prairie dtifta and frowboys .and chill cure, came bark 'to rest His eyes are hollow and he jinur slid starts nervously at the least sound; For two days and nights he held htn own working wlrh the governor. That a what did K. " .". lalveralty Tar a a Over 5lew Leaf. The employes of the Slat Board of Re gents are following out the rulea laid down by the new b;ard, recently published. In the matter of the purchase of auppliea. This Information is In the report made of the university by Slate Accountant Fair field, who la still looking over the books of th Institution. The' rules were drawn by Charles Anderson. George Coupiand and Fred Abbott, ..and adopted' by the board shortly after , the, first .two aamed became members of the board. ' In his special report th utate accountant says: . ' - - i ' , No public .institution aud 'probably but few niute ln.it It minus, if any. In the state la such :tn elaborate s.vetern of bookkeep ing and accountm as the tHate university. It eo;ild be linnoKsiblo to keen out of chaoa w thort an accurate tyfUm in an Institution penning rn money lor th Innumerable K jurpnaes required hy the universiiy; and t Is not clear that any less elaborate method than that in vogue would produce the results. It ia net tn intention of thia report to try to pick any flaws In the ktk. ten. ft JrW lr are r- fhi .' 'Compe tenl bookkeepers of ' up-to-date ' methods are employed, and a'reniilar examination of the account la made by an expert ac countant with a reputation well worth maintaining. Vouchers are approved by every official who could possibly be ex pected to kmw of the debt which It is to liquidate, Some of these O. K.'s are neccrsarily perf uiu tory. sa will appear by the enumeration of the parties who affix tl-elr names to each document. The state 1 accountant calls attention to U. fact that under the ruling of tho su preme court the state auditor has no right to snore than irspect vouchers and call the attention of the university authorities to ike heaiUiy woman; (strong men tally and physically, whose ambi tioii and . magnetic influence urgo men to deeds of grandeur and hero ism j men women are all-powerfuL W eat. sick and ailing women have little ambition; their own trou bles occupy all their thoughts. They dwell upon their rains, suffer from nervous nefs and ' headarhea ; often are extremely melancholy, and avoid cociety. For thirty years LYDIA LLFSHiUIAr.rS VEGET;CLE COMPOUND ha been saving women from ihia awful condition. JJr Louise JuRjr, of 332 Chestnut t, Detroit, ilich writes : ' I suffered from a very severe fcmal weakness for a, long time. Lydi K. Plnkhauj'g Veretablo Compound, re stored my health. I hop It will do other a omen as much rood as it baa ma." Airs, tmma wheaton, of Vienna, W. 'a-, write, to lira, Pinkham: " i was a. walking" shadow. My hus band inkistad upon my writinf to yon and trvuigr Lrdia E. Pin Wham's Veg-e-tabse tiipouud. which I did.' It re lieved ait my pias and misery, aud made of lu ery different woman,' FACTS FOn S!CK WOMZN. lor t .:xty.r?ar Lydia K." link ham's r- tabie tlompound, made from rocrs and herbs, htta been the Btandiid rernedy for female illi andfcasikivtiurei thouisandiof woniea who have been troubled with displace me Kta, infiammation, ulcersv two, imfuiariii.'s, reriodio pains, backache, that bearing-down feel Ing, dlrcinesj, or nerroua jros tr tion. V hr dan't you try it 31 r. Ptnktcd, at Lynn, Mu, tntitra all Uk trooitn to write) ItC I or atltUr any matter which to Mm may appear ex traordinary. Moneys appropriated by the general government are expended1 and re porta made to the authorities at Washing ton and the spending of these funds are not subject to th supervlalon of the state ofricers. Mr. Fairfield says E. H. Clark, the purchasing agent, says he buys few supplies without getting bids from two or more firms handling th merchandise wanted. fasaat De Boalaea Here. The Kpiro Insurance company of Denver has written the Insurance department ask ing about the license of agents In this state. The company says It Intends to cover th state with Insunnce by giving the aame to merchants and hotel keepers and news papers, who In turn can give It to their customers as advertising. The Insurance department answered that only agents of authorised companies would be licensed In Nebraska. Stat Gets Traaafe-r. Attorney Oenernl Thompson was very dis oppointed todsy when he received news that the United States supreme court re fused to lasue the mandamus to compel the federsl court to remand to the state court the caaes involving th antt-paa law; the 2-cent fare law; the A Id rich bill, and the railway commission bill. Mr. Thomp son fifed suits in the state court to com pel a compliance with theae laws and th railroads secured their transfer to the fed eral court. Mr. Thompson raised the point that the atate was thereal party at Inter est and. therefore, the cases could not be transferred to th federal court. The court assumed Jurisdiction, however, and the at torney general, then applied to th federal court for a mandamus to compel the fed eral Judges to remand the suits. Th United States supreme court refused to pass upon the question of whether the state Is a party of Interest until after the case baa been tried out in the lower court and appealed. Adjutant General Schara .haa sent the following Information of the National Guard to Lieutenant Colonel E: M. Weaver. Chief of Division of Mliitia Affairs. Wasli inaton. D. C Sir: Ia response to-TrTOr in quiry of March 2. I have the honor to make reply aa follows: Average amount of time In hours of in atru Hon during laat few yesrs, 9H. Percentage of this time in indoor in struction, . Percentage of this time in field In struc tlon, 44. Average term of aervlce of commissioned officers, 1 yesr 7 months. Avrrsge term of service of enlisted men, t years 7 months. Fercentsge of vacancies among officer by resignation or discharge yearly. S4. Percentage of discharges among enlisted men. 48. Percentage of discharges among enlisted men due to explratlcn term of service. SO. Percentage-due to sickness, very alight. Percentage due to personal desire to quit the service. IS. Percentage due to non-residence. 32. Average total number commissioned of fiers durlee- past f'-e v 114. Average to al number enlisted men dur ing past, five years. i,o. ... ADJUTANT GENERAL. laakls to Malatala All. "This office haa received a vigorous kick from the secretsry of the Tork Commer cial club, against being left oul of th mention of progressive cities In a recent review of city mortgages." -said Labor Commtaslonor Ryder. "There are a. whole lot of cities that wer not mentioned, which are very -well entitled to bouquets; but for obvious reasons we could aot command the apace necessary to' nam than In such a perfunctory review. Later on. th bureau hope to be able to make showing; of th progress of Nebraska cities that Will open th eyes of city builders in other states. Just now we haven't th office fore or th help to handle Job of that kind. "Clerks In store at Axtell, at Greeley and other place have written, to th bureau asking If we cannot find some way to have their hours shortened. "Now. this bureau has been instrumental In bringing about a better condition la rthia matter of closing wtores la I wo-or three towns, but only because th mer chants were willing generally. One or two storekeepers In any town can block tli effort, and so all we can do la to appeal to their sense of fair play, and to ask th men and women of the towns to aid th clerks by doing all their trading in th day time. If women clerka are worked over ten hours In any one day, the deputy com missioner can have the employer prose cuted. If the clerk will make complaint. This they are afraid to dq, and so the violators of the law go unpunished." Isakei la Daglaa Caaaty. WATERLOO, Neb.. April Special.) Mrs. Thomas Arnold, living a few miles south of Waterloo, stepped Into a bunch of snakea and was bitten several times about the ankle. She was greatly frightened and at first thought the snakes were rattler, but investigation showed they were not venomous. A doctor waa called and at tended to the wounds and the woman ia yetting along all right. " Drwaaatle' Csmpaay -Charters Train. COMSTOCK, Neb.. April . 3). (Special.) A local dramatic company after giving two exhibitions of the comedy, "Tony, th Com-vk-t," hired a special train last Saturday evening, and about 1. people front her and Sargent boarded aame and went down to Arcadia, where the company played to a house crowded to its utmost capacity. I' lira ManAteSBBta Safe-Id. UTICA, Neb., April . !,pcIaU-Jamea Sage, aged .about 22 yeara, who haa been employed aa a drug clerk in Allen A Bona drug store in thia city for nearly two montha, attempted to commit suicide laat night by cutting his throat with a raxor. The doctors do not give much hop for his recovery. XtknulMi .Mtwi Mates. COLCMBCS Henry Wllokena. th bual neaa manager of the Nebraska Blene, haa gone to Norfolk and bought the Norfolk: Anseiger. It used to be a democratic paper, but will be Independent now. OSCEOI.A-A courle of weeks ago there was a stabbing affray down at Keatoo s and Oliver MicUcner was aerloualy Injured. Keaton waa brought before the district t-ourt ajnd pleaded guilty to aaaault and btt'.tery. BLAIR The Knights Templars of the Masonic ratemity of tht city went in a body to Tekamah today for the purpose of accompanying the Knights of that city to the Episcopal church for th observance of their anuai church service aa a body. l;UAIR-Mre. Grace E. Haller waa ap pointed by Judge Kennedy ta the position held by her lale husband. Theodore Haller, clnk of the district court for Washington county. M is- Haller had been her huaband deputy clerk for eeverai yeara and until th tun of hla death. WATERIXX) The town la taking on new life with the advancing, aprlng weather, a number of Improvements be'ng In progress. Among them la a new vault and fixtures for I lie bank of Waterloo. J. C. Robinson has juel received hie new thlrtr-five-hora. power' touring car and will build a new garag for it. GENEVA-Mrs. Kate Koehler received by telegrapn today new of th dvadt of her rwcher, Mr. J. M. Klalitr. at la Angeles. Cal. Kite had been u k for soma tune and had been staying wild ber dauarli ter for th last few months. Mrs. W. f leqipctcr. her home being in ljena with Mr. Kenl;r. , . ' t'lX)K The Board . of Educatiun has hired the following teachers for the coining year: I'nnnpal. Wilson KrMch S'.n liter of Moorehtad. Ia. : Misa ilarir E- Cham bera of WakfielJ. N., assisl4it iitmlpvl; Misa Julia Mt-lnnich of Auburn, r-D... In termediate grades; Miss liarrtett Ci. Car ter at V pUnd. Neb., primary. BIAIR Mr. Charles liusk. a young farmer living four an lies north of Blair, wulle loading cattl m the cars last Mno-1 dv. stepped upon a rusty aiil. winch peuetraisd the ball ef hi foot about -tnree-fourths of an iru-h. He suffered severely fnwm the wot,ad. and as there wer symp toms of blond poisonm. he waa tkSo to aa IKuaha itosyitai UduMir evening. CCU.TMBLS-TU member mt Ulhao men cemmsndery No, St. Knight Tem plar, ssseriihled at their esvhirn last eve ning and marched to th First Methodist Fpismpsl church, wher they had been Invited hy Rv. 1 R. PeWolf. who con ducted the service. Special mu-te bsd be n provldeft by the choir, with J. E. Ersktne, leader, and Mrs. E. R. Jarmln, organist. OENEVA Ths anniversary celebration of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow ledges will be held in Geneva, Monday. April 27. Many visiting lodge of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows land the Rebekahs are, expected, and a good pro gram Is being arranged. The Rev. Day of Nelson la to be chief speaker. The Re be k ah lodge of Geneva will serv both din ner and supper. TEKAM AH Jordsn Commandery No. 15, Knight Templars of Blair, Neb., celebrated Faster services with the local Sir Knights at this place yesterday. Over fifty Sir Knights In uniform marched to the Metho dist church, where they listened to a very able sermon by Rev. Rousch. After the service they repaired to the Masonto Temple, wher an excellent dinner was served by th Sir Knights of this plsce. Hlr Knights were present from Blair. Her man. Craig. Oakland, Lyons. Pender and Emerson. LABOR DEMANDS LEGISLATION laaiatl Geaapr Addrseeea Mas Meetlag In Saw Tork City. NEW TORK, April X. The most Import ant, perhaps, of the several labor mass) meetings held throughout the United States today waa that addressed by President Samuel Gompers of the American Federa tion of Labor at the Grand Central palace tonight. In etrnmon with the meetings In other cities the local gathering was for the purpoa of publicly demanding remedial legislation !n th Interests of organised labor. President Gompers In his address declared that th Judges of th supreme court of th United states had shown themselves by training, environment and tendency behind the times, and urged the neceeelty of an Immediate demand upon congress to enact legislation at thia session amending the Sherman anti-trust law which, the supreme court' declared, forbids trades unions the right to boycott, and to strike. Resolutions were adopted declaring that It waa th con viction of the meeting that it lies within the duty of congress to so amend the Sher man law as to remove any possibility of such future construction, to enact the bill to define the injunction powers and re strain Its abuse. The resolutions further called upon con gress to enact a general employer'a liability bill, an eight-hour bill for government em ployes and to hold each representative of congresa responsible for his record on the labor measures during the present session. CHICAGO, April 1.-At a meeting of the Chicago Federation of labor today resolutions were paased protesting against the alleged hostility and .indifference of congress ta the demands of th working men. Included in th resolutions waa a pe tition for inr mediate passage of the Wilson bill, amending th Sherman anti-trust law and of th the Pearr bill limiting th power of courts to Issue injunction tn lo bor disputes. EFFECT OF THE PARCELS POST De-wartaaeat Estimate It Weald Male tn Raral Reate Uelf aastalalag. WASHINGTON. Asrll . Tha m.ii.rt.. general is calling the attention of congress to in act mat in establishment of a spe cial parcel post on rural routes would wipe out tba "postal deficit." says a statement given out at th Postoffic department tw day. 'and would tend to mak th rural ire aeuvery seir-eustainlng, besides being a boon to th farmer and th retail conntrv merchant. There are now in operation 39, 038 rural routes serving a population of ie.uui.uw people ana should an avaran five 11-pound packages be carried on each inp inrougn in year, it I estimated that fU.OOO,O0u would be realised and the net return to the government would be more than sufficient to squat the deficit," A statement Issued by the postmaster gen eral giving th postal receipts for March, 19OT, ahowa a decrease of tt,967, or'iU per cent, at the fifty largest poatoffices. Pos tal receipts at fifty of the principal post offices during th five months preceding March, laat, as compared with the corre sponding months of the year previous are: October. 1.80 per cent Increase; November, .17 per cent decrease; December, 114 per cent increase; January, 1.6a per cent de crease; February. 4.64 per cent increase. NOTED CROOK FINISHES TIME Escaped frwaa Priaem Ow aad Tfmt Located Agala far Thirty Tear-. CONCORD. N. H.. April JTl. -Adhering firmly to his story that he was a victim of mistaken Identity, a prisoner known as Max Shinborn, a bank burglar of Inter national notoriety, waa released today from the state prison, his sentence for tha rob bery of th Walpole (N. H.) savings bank having expired on Easter Sunday. All through hla confinement th prisoner haa insisted-, that his real nam ia Henry F. Woebus, and h has mad numeroua unsuc cessful attempts to have th cdurts con sider hla claim In th polic records of this country and Europe th nam of Max Shinborn la writ ten large as a daring, expert and skillful safe blower. It ia estimated that in the series of burglaries committed by his gang more than t2,000.IMO was stolen within ten years. It was more than thirty years after Shlnborn's conviction for the Walpole rob bery and his subsequent escape from prison her that he was brought back to Con cord to finish hia tn years sentence. Meanwhile he had been living in Belgium, where h bore th title) of "count" and moved in aristocratic circles. Shinborn is now 74 years, but is well preserved. An Easy Trial la all that is necessary to show that the system will absorb more nourishment frfcm Than from any other known food. Many persons have "lived on Grape -Nuts" and gained strength, when nothing else would remain on the stomach food or medicine. "There', a Keiaon." - Grape-iMs NOTES ON OMAHA SOCIETY Cnleld-Lewii Wedding Brilliant Opening of Fot-Lentea Season. CX2LEX02TT AI ALL BUSTS' tMlal Preasiaeae )f Tw Faaaltl Make) th Bveat ( th rtwMt later ta Leader la Laeal Society. A brilliant opening of th post -lent sea son waa th wedding of Mis Floreae Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. XL. V. Lewis, and Mr. Sherman D. Canfleld which was solemnised at Alt Saints chunrch Mon day evening, and th reception that fol lowed th ceremony at th horn of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis at Fortieth and Harney streets. Th social promineno ef th two fam ine and the popularity of th young people hav mad; th wedding on of th moat an ticipated as well aa tn teres ting of th several fashionable weddings scheduled for the spring, and All Saints church was filled for the ceremony. A profusion of daffodils, Easter lilies and green decorated th church carrying out a general color schema of yellow and whit. To th Lohengren wedding march the bridal party entered the usher, Mr. Arthur Lewis and Mr. Le McShane, Mr. Charles T. Kounti and Mr. W. E. Martin. Mr. Karl Gannett and Mr. K. M. Fairfield Walking two and two, coming first. Miss Virginia Lewis, a cousin of th bride, earn next ss brides maid, gowned In white and carrying a bou quet of yellow daffodila and Japonlca. She wow a touch of yellow in her hair. Mrs. T. B. Hosmer of Chicago, aa matron of honor, cam next gowned also in white and carrying th daffodils and Japonlca. Then came the brid walking with her father. The wedding gown waa of soft whit satin cut empire and trimmed with Irish lace. A long tull veil hung almost to th carpet and she carried a loose bunch of swaneonla. At th foot of th chancel steps Mr. Canfleld with Mr. O. C. Bedlck aa groomsman, met tha bride, the attend ants grouping around them in a semi-circle during the marriag which waa solemnized by Rev. T. i. Mackay. During the cere mony th organ softly played Nevlns Ve netian love song. About J0O guests war received at the Lewis hem after th cere mony. At the house aa at the church, a decorative schema of yellow and white was used, being carried out in spring flow ers. Mr. and Mrs. Canfleld. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and- Mrs. Lucy Canfleld, mother of the groom, received together in the large living room while assisting through the hous wer Mrs. D. D. Warner of Sheri dan, Wyo.. Mrs. Francis A. Brogsn, Mrs. Harry Weller and Mrs. J. W. Lewis. Among the out of . town guests present were: Mr. and Lucy Canfleld, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Warner and Mr. Blrkhouser of 8heridan, Wyo.. Mr. George Beck of Cody. Wyo., Mr. and Mrs. Pryor Markell and Mrs. W. L. Karna of Kansas City and Mr. Dimon Bird of New Tork. Mr. and Mrs. Canfleld left later In the evening for Old Point Comfort and aiter visiting other places In th east will b at home after May IS at 4115 Dodge street Both Mr. and Mrs Canfield wer reared tn Omaha and have a host of friends her. Sine her In troduction a few season ago, Mrs. Can field has been one of th most generally popular young women in society, wbil Mr. Canfleld ha held an equally prominent place socially and in business circles. He ia a son of th late George and Mrs. Can field, who wer residents- of Omaha for many years. He la at present the local representative of some of th Wyoming coal mining Interests. " ' ' - ' 'f Llttl Folks Have at laalaf . ... Twenty-nine Httl rolka, were th happy guests of Miss Anna Crary Sunday after noon when th beautiful ground of her home at 2US St. Mary's avenue were thrown open between : and t "clock for an Easter egg hunt. The egg hunt Is an annual custom with Miss Crary and for th last fourteen yesrs it has been one of th anticipated events of the spring among tha little folks of the older families of the city. Under th bushes, about th trees and in the many nooks and corners of the yard 140 robblts nests wer hidden, and for three happy hours th little guests searched for th hiding place of th bright colored eggs. Each was provided with a little soavenir basket of candy, and for the amaller tada there were fussy chickens and beautiful bunnies. After all the egga had been found the little folks enjoyed re freshments,. Th company Included Wil liam and Bottle Fairfield. Virginia and Beaa Parker. Elisabeth Rlngwalt, Harriet. Grac and Helen Smith. Floyd and Eleanor Smith. Leola and Julian Harris. Edgar and Mary Morseman. William StuU. jr.; Bailie Havens Crary, Phllil Hunter, Alfred Simp son. Louis Hahn. Marlon. Isabel and Teddy Pearsoll. Charles Orr, Caroline Forbes. Georg and Frank Martin. Basil Burns and Perry Gunner. The mothers and horses of th llttl people wer also present. Birthday Farty. In celebration of th ninth birthday of her little daughter Myrtle. Mrs. Thomas Brown entertained a party of little friends Monday afternoon at her home, let Wirt street. Informal gsmes and program of music and recitation, followed by refresh ment, contributed to an altogether enjoy able afternoon. The party included Mlaaea MyrtI Brown, Emily Rosa. Mercedes Shep herd. Leora Shepherd. Caroline Forbes, Ruth Beecher. Elisabeth Beecher. Marjory Smith, Winnefred Smith, Ruth Klerstelo, Ruth Miller. Virginia Van Court, Helen Tatea, Ramona Malllaon, Dorothy Brown. Ethel Fry. Helen Fry. Maater Hetold Miller and Maater Benjamin McAllister. Miss Hughs. Mis Wrents. Miss Clarey and Miss Paggey. Instructors at Brownell Hall, wer also guests. Dlaaer Party. Complimentary to Mlaa Helen Rahm and Mr. Selwya Doherty, who wedding will tak place Wednesday evening, Mlaa Martha Pal will give a dinner Monday evening at her home. U33 South Thlrty-flrat straet. Bride's rosea will be combined with greens in tha table trimmings, and covers will be laid for. Miss Rahm. Mr. Doherty. Miaa Hasel Smith, Mr. Windsor Doherty. Mr. Aubrey Potter. Mr. Ruaaal Harris, Mlaa Laur- Dal and th hostess. For MUa Kahaa. On of th prettiest affairs given in honor of Miaa Helen Rahm In honor of her ap proaching mariage, was tha luncheon party entertained at noon Monday by Mlaa Mabla Benaon. at her home on Weat Dodge street. Spring flowers were effectively employed In the table decoration and places were laid for Miaa Rahm. Miaa Helen Bholes. Mlaa Martha Dale, Miaa France Martin. Miaa a lie Swltiler, Mlaa Eunice Howell, Miss Mildred Funkhouser, Miss May Murphy and tha hostess. aaday Xight Sapper. Mite Mildred and Miss Marion Funk houser entertained at supper Bunday,evea tng at their home on Walnut Kill in com pliment to Miss Helen Rahm and Mr. Sel wya Doherty. Th table bad a pretty sug-, geattoa of Easter decoration and the guests included Miaa Rahm. Mlaa Martha Dale, Mia Frances Martin, Miaa at a bis Benaon, Miaa Haael Smith, Mr. Selwya Doherty, Mr. Gaylord Martin. Mr. Windsor Doherty, Mr. Fred Cielgh and Mr. Sam Re a. rids Fmrty. Amoag the out-of-towa guet for whom much la being planned Is Mrs. William R, U-btoa, tarmerl ef Omaha, who la vlalt- To Dispel Colds and Headaches; To Cleanse the System Effectually; 7b assist tn Overcoming Habitual Constipation Permanently; IS ic the Pleasant and Refreshing Laxative Remedy Acts dently yet promptly without dis turbing the natural functions and with out any unpleasant aftereffects and there fore it is the best for. the mother and the infant for the invalid sick-abed and the strong, robust man when bilious or constipated. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS, ALWAYS BUY THE GENUINE, nAroiTACTUD dytme CALIFORNIA F10 SYRUP CO. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. ONE SIZE ONLy, REGULAR PRICE, 5Q ct a PER, BOTTLE. Ing Mrs. Sylvester R. Rush. Monday even ing Mr. and Mrs. Rush entertained at bridge for Mrs. Lighton. Fruit blossoms and greens were employed In the decora tions of the room and the guest list Included Mrs. Lighton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faha, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Talmage, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Klmberley, Mr. and Mrs. John O. Teleer, Miss Alice Marshall. Mies Tin. dell. Miss Elisabeth Tlndell. Mr. Ward Palmer, Mr. John Bartlett and Mr. Charles Anderson. TTtcfcolaaa-Barrows. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Barrows an nounce th engagement of their daughter, Hilda, to Mr. Harry Clark Nicholson. Owing to th recent death of the father of th groom elect, tha wedding, which la aet for May 1 will be a quiet home affair, th Invitation being limited to th immedi ate relative Only. Mlsa Barrows is well known In Omaha wher she haa lived since childhood. Mr. Nicholson is connected with on of th Vpdik banks at Harvard,. Jfeb., wher th young couol will make their home. Corn and Go Gaaala. The members of th Poppleton Avenue Card club will hold their last meeting of the aeason Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Korty. Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Funkhouser have purchased the hous at 13 North Fort-Flrst street and expect to occupy it about May 1. Miss Eva Wallace will entertain th Original Friday Bridge cfub at Its meeting thia week. Mia S. E. McCIaren of Louisville, Neb.. Is the guest of her sloter, Mrs. J. B. Blanchard, for a few days. ' The ell w. Peril. Jaundice malaria - biliousness. " van ishes when Dr. King's New Life Pins are taken. Ouaranteed. 2Sc. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Baildlag Permit. Charles Anderson. Sixteenth and Caatel lar streets. brick flata, 5,i0; M W Murphy. J33 North Sixteenth etreet. frame dwelling. M.300; D. L. Bryant. Thirtieth Street and Amea avenue, frame cottaare tl.aliO; August C Davidson, 771 South' Tenth street, frame dwelling, $1 soo- q Coataworth. 1331 South Twenty-sixth street' frame dwelling. (1,200. ' 1 I ' I tcivcent cigirs 6 fer '25c the dealers cost couldn't stand it For the same reason he must sell CONTRACT Ciar 5c STRAIGHT.- , The maker and the dealer not you pay. for its high quality, , CONTRACT is more . like the average domestic-10x cent cigar than the ordinary five The only Scent cigar with a genuine long-leaf 'i Havana filler no scraps, dust or tobacco sweepings. . It will pay any smoker to try one, Always uniform,' ' free burnmg and fragrant Strictly handmade, . You'll find a great: smoke in . - KJ-Uxiu.ilu Li Vv . . v ' FINE THEORY WI1Y BEEF RISES Animals on Hoof Increase in Price with Growth in Population. A5D THE WORST IS TIT TO COME Chicago Expert Lays Dwa th Far xaalav by Which Ho Prove Cow ' earner Moat Pay Kvea Mara for Meat. American beef 1 high and acarca and getting higher and scarcer every day. But to mollify the effect of thia statement ex perta ara out with the moat soothing ex planation aa to why and how. The stead- Lily growing republic and tha beef on hoof ara blamed for .he whole- pernicious thing. All the-retailers have been told to ex pect higher prices and advances during the summer. Last week Swift 4k Co re ceived on the average of 9.33 cents per pound for beef, while a week before the company received 6. cents on the average. Beside the armies of the world, which cannot fight without American beef, the armies of unemployed and the armies of workers may have the hardest time for a good many years to get Wat especially beef. I A. Lamb of Chicago, an authority on the prices of commodities and their ad vances, haa sent to retail butchers a cir cular which shows the steady advances In meats. Hers is Mr. Lamb's rule for work ing out" tho encouraging information: The average price of food animals on the hoof tends to rncrease directly with tho Increase In total population. In other words the combined three-year average, including prices of native steers, cows, heifers, hogs, sheep and Iambs for a fifteen-year period, shows an average geometric growth of 1.8 per cent per annum, which ia a shade loss than the geometric rate of population in crease determined by the cenaus bureau." That' the Way They ttm It. There it is, and Mr. Lamo is tha finan cial man for th big commission bouses of ... a "-. 7V' Chicago handling the packers' products. The Omaha butchers havs been convinced, moat of them, that meat- on tha hoof is increasing as well aa meat en th hock. Tho table compiled by the packers shows the advances aa follows: i Steers. Cows. Hogs. l-r $4.40 $2 (a ll lKi-ir7 4.40 8. ft , I.M 1XXMI1 1.23 4W 19"l-04 4.M ' lft-7. 1.1. 4.0 ' I.M Besides alt th "geometric" reasons. It Is also given out by th competent Judges of the packers that the settlement of th east ern New Mexico and Texaa region la going on at the rat of 100 persona daily, and every time an Iowa, Nebraska. Illinois or Missouri farmer moves Into Texaa. h makes more troubl for the Texas steers, and the 1WS season will bring to the mar kets of Omaha. Kanaas City, St. Louts'and Chicago the "clean-up" of many of th con cern which tn the years past have shipped the thousands of Texns range cattl. No geometric reasons aro cited' ia this technical computation to show whether the; ability of the average Individual to buy the steadily Incaeaaina; meat keeps pace with th increase In price or population. IOWA STUDENT UNDER ARREST la Aatomobil ' Which Rana Down and Fatally lajsre Woaaaa. WATERTOWN. Mass.. April 3ft. Fred erick Oliver Thompson of Dea Moines, Ia.. a first-year student at Harvard university, was placed under arrest late tonight, charged with manslaughter, following an automobile accident In which an unidenti fied woman waa struck and fatally injured by a machine In which Thompson and an other Harvard student were Hdln. Th. woman died at the Cambridge hospital with-' out recovering consciousness. Thompson wss released in bonds of la.noo. I Father aad Child Draws. NEO DOSHA. Kan.. April 19. Al Ander aon and hia 2-year-old child were drowned In the Fall river here this afternoon. An deraon with hia wife and child were In a boat above the dam when he lost oontrol of the bost. All three occupanta jumped into the river. The woman was rescued, but the other two were carried over tha dam.