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3 CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS rar.t as John. Bii'.y. Richard and Mary Roe. were arrested on the charge of Il legally selling Intoxicating liquors were placed In the county Jail. IB THE OMAHA DAILY PEE: MONDAY. MAY 25. 190?. IS T11E WiCRHAM BID VALID? City Engineer of Opinion it Doea Hot Comply with the Specification. PUMP MACHINERY KOT SPECIFIED rnnncll Will Meet Mnair Xlgnt l Tata Will Be the First Prnnlena with Which It ' Will Be (-relied ta Wrestle. The option a to whether the bid sub mitted br E. A. Wlckham for the construev t on of the proposed municipal water work r-lant complies with the requirements aa set forth Hi th advertisement for blda haa arisen. Cy Engineer Etr-re baa given it aa hie opinion that the, bid of Mr. Wlckham la defective. "I do not believe It ta a bid. It dees not contain any detailed plana and apeiflratlor.e of the machinery for the pumping riant aa the speclflcstlons I pre pared called for. The bid should have been accompanied by such detailed plana arid rpec-tflcations a would hare completely oscribed the engines and other machinery ii n'.emplated to be Installed. Mr. WVkham haa riven detailed prices and specifications In the otter sections of his bid. but adds a rrovlsion. that the bid mart be considered as a whole, end that tne bids on the dif ferent portions of the plant cannot be con sidered separately." said Mr. Etnyre. Mr. Wlckhsm eaya he has three different sets of specifications on the pumping ma chinery, but did not Imlnde them with his bid aa they were so bulky. They were open for the inspection of the council, he said. It is likely that the question cf the suffi ciency of Mr. Wkrkham' bid will coroe up at the meeting of the city council Monday right, at which time the committee on whom the bid wis referred fcr tabulation. are expected to ir.&ke ihelr report. PREPARING FOR COMMEJf CEMEJIT First f Exercise te Be Boeealnnrent lersjsa Neat Snnday. Commencement week with Ita attendant fntivltk and graduation exerclsea will for the fifty-five young mea and women com posing the senior class of the high school begin next Suniay afternoon with the baccale-irr ate sermon to be preached by Dr. Giiy W. Wadsworth. president of Belle vue eclifge. Thia is the program of eventa for com:T.er.cmient week: F.accataurete sermon at high school itdi'.nn'jm Sunday afternoon at t o'clock. Class day program at high sch-o audl loitum Tuesday evening at a o'clock. Junicr reception to seniors Wednesday evening. w . Commencement exerclsea at high school auditorium Thursday evening at I o clock. Address by Prof. W. C, Wilcox of the University of Iowa. , , Alumni reception to graduates Friday evening. Program for baccalaureate Sunday: Hymn by congregation. Invocation by Rev. J. M- Williams. Echooi couWe quartet. Sermon by Guy W. Wadsworth. president of Eellevue collesre. Benediction ty Her. 1. M. Williams. The graduating class this year Is com posed of forty-two young wemen and thir teen young -men. Many of the graduate ..expect to further continue their studies In klshe Institution, while others expect to at once enter the business world. In brier, the tntentiona and expectations of the fifty-five young women and men whose public school daya are ntarlng a close are aa follows: GIRLS. Emma Geneva Baldwin, expects to be a stenographer. Harriet Jayne Ball, expecta to stay at home.. , . . Mable L. J. Bauman. undecided. Florence M. Canning, expecta to go to school. Mary Leaiia Case, expecta to ro to school at ghepardson. Granville. O. Goidie V. Chernias. erpecta to go to school at Iowa City, normal course. Mary P.osx PeVsney. ta undecided. Edith Lvle Diiler. expecta to teach. Dee Fern Drydea. expecta to go to school; musical course. Giace M. Essncy. Is undecided. Pansy 1- Fauble. expecta to teach. Cllve May Ford, expects to teach. Althea H Fuller, ia undecided. Goldve Gtlinsky. expecta to go to school. Alta Clair Gitur.e. expetta to be a book- Hannah J. Osstrup. expecta to teach. Marguerite- E- Graham, will attend the Vmversity of Iowa. Hasel Hart. Is undecided. Goida Olive Hicks, expects to teach. Re trie Anne Holloway. expecta to teach. Oertrdn Francee Hooker, expects to go to Colorado, . Edna Glee Huntington, expecta to be a bookkeeper. . , Lydta Eva Lacey. expects to go to school in ls. collegiate course. M. Edna Meneray. expecta to be a steno- ar-m rKr Kathryn Lodge Morehouse, expects to go to school lis. , ... mi.. uWrt McCall. la undecided. Ada C. Pagenstach. expecta to go to school musical eourae. Elixabelh Rachel Parroelee, expects to go to school at Bradford. Maae. Mildred Perrv. expecta to attend school. Elisabeth Josselyn Pryor. expecta to go to school: domestic science course. Hasel M. Keyoo.as. is unoeciaeo. Henrietta Naomi Sauer. ia undecided. Laura May Snoemaker. expecta to go to ochool: musical course. Marie H. So re risen, expecta to be a ateno graplier. . , Maud Stupfell. expecta to go to echooi; classical course. Nina E. Bwanaon. expecta to be a steno grapher. . Aura Elisabeth Sweet, expecta to study none . Ella K. Thompson, expects to be a steno grapher. Hasel Wlnfred Walker, la nndedded. Anna Hasel Weinberg, expecta to go to Drake university; normal course. Kitty B. Wills, expecta to go (0 school. Francaa Ethel Wood, expects to go to chool lyf, at Chicago, kindergarten C?U"e- ROTS. Arthur C Bock, expecta to work. J sines William Fonda, expecta to go to echooi at Iowa City. Charles Outer, expects to work. Richard C. Green, la undecided. Oaeer A. Levui. expecta to go to school Chariea E. MeConnelL Is undecided. Elmer Norgaard. expecta to go to Ames; electnc er.gireerlng course. Robert O. Oliver, expecta to go to school If'. Harry H. Reynolds, expecta to . go to school J; engloeenng course. Adam Richmond, ta undecided Ie Roy E. aWeger. la undecided. George A. Winchester, expects to work. Carl R. Lauierwaaaer. is undecided. Rentes W. far I Dewel. Reuben W. Cart baggagemaater for the Milwaukee railroad la tfcis city, died sud denly at an early hour yesterday morn ing at Ma home. (II Bluff street, from heart failure. Mr. Carl, although a aul ferer Xrona heart trouble for aooae time, waa in his normal health Friday and at tended to his dutlea aa baggaa-emaater aa uaual. He waa taken with a sinking siell during the nlgbt- A physician was tailed, but Mr. Carl died at o'clock yes terday morning despite all that could be done. Mr. Carl was (t years of age. He cane to Council Bluffs from Cedar Rapids j about four . years ago. Beside hi wife a ha leavea seven children. Mrs. Bryaa Thocnaa cf New Tork City. Mrs. John Erler of thia city. H. N. Carl of Pueblo. Colo.; Colonel Harry Cart of Ravenna. a; Maniey O. Carl. Reuben W. Carl. Jr and Miss EJna Car I. living at home. Ucum4 naa a. veteran of lie civil war. having served In Coortnr H. One Hun dred and Eight j-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and held membership In the Grand Army of th Republic. Mr. Carl nu generally known as R. XV. Carrol, although the family cam la said to Lave been Cart liMlmr Chalr Ceaeert. As the program for Ita annual concert, to be given Tuesday night, the choir of Broadway Methodist church render Gaul's "Joan of Arc" Admission will be free and the public Is cordially invited. The soloists will be Miss Lutie Chambers as Joan. J. R. Gerke as Philip and Dr. Claude P. Lewis, under whose direction the concert win be given, as Robert de Baudri court. Misa Net Baith will act as accom panist. This l the program: DOMREMT. Introduction Instrumental Chorua The Voices. Chorua Touths and Maidens. Recitative Philip. Bong Philip. Chorus and Duet ' Touths and Maidens. Philip, Joan and the Voices. Chorus Touths and Ma'dens. VAUCOULEURS. Recitative Robert de Baudricourt. Patriotic Song Robert de Baudricourt. GIEN. Chorua Peasants (men and women). Duet Philip and Robert de Baudricourt. Recitative Joan. Sons Joan. ORLEANS. Chorus Populace men and women). Chorua French Men-at-Arms and Populace (men and women). IN THE CATHEDRAL Chorua The Choir. Populace (men and women). In termeaxo Instrumental ROUEN. Solo Joan. Chorus The Voices. DOMREMT. Finale Chorua Touths and Maidens. Philip. Robert de Baudricourt and Villagers (men and somen). Veterans Meaanrlal Service. Encampment No. s, fnlon Veteran legion, will hold Ita annual memorial service this afternoon at t o'clock In Danish halL The exerclsea will bo participated In by the woman'a auxiliary to the encampment. Abe Lincoln post. Grand Army of th Republic and the Woman's ReJief cerra. The address of the afternoon will be de livered by City Solicitor Clem F. Kimball and Colonel L. W. Tulleye will deliver the oration on "The Women of the War. There will be appropriate muaic The members of Abe Lincoln poet. Grand Army of th Republic will hold their an nual memorial services this evening at St. John's English Lutheran church. The pas tor. Rev. G. W. Enyder. will take as the subject of his sermon to the veterans. "The Aged Defender." The folios. lng call haa been Issued by J. K. Cooper, post commander, and Edwin J. Abbott, poet adjutant: Attention. G. A. R- and W. R C All members of Abe Lincoln post No. 3. Grand Army of the Republic, and corps "No. ' 1M. ' Women's Relief corps, will meet at post headquarter Sunday evening at 7:15 o'clock to attend memorial Sunday services at St- John a English Lutheran church, conducted by Comrade Rev. G. W. Enyder. Ail com rades invited. Treskl Over Hone Trades. Henry Bailey waa arrested yesterday under an Indictment returned by the grand Jury Friday. In which he Is charged with embexxllng 9 properly belonging to Henry Wortman, for whom he negotiated a horse trade. Bailey. It ia alleged, acting as agent for Wortman. traded two mares for a colt. The deal, it la alleged, waa made with Margaret Plumer, who la said to have given t cash to boot, and Bailey ia charged with failing to account for the cash to Wortman. Be I ley waa released on bond In the sum of S3. Antonio Tomabena filed an Information In the court of Justice Cooper yesterday, charging Charles Csble with obtaining money under false pretenses. This charge also haa connection with horse trade. Tomabena alleges that Cable, who Is a horse trader, sold him for 13 what Cable represented to be "gentle, well broken horse." but what turned out to be, so Tom abena asserts, "vicious and unmanage able animal." Cable gave bond In the sum of COO for his appearance before Justice Cooper Monday afternoon. .1 for Electric Line. F. W. Blsbe of Cast an a. Monona county, Iowa, haa written to the executive com mittee of th Commercial club requesting an opportunity to lay fc-fore It a proposi tion for the const ruction of an electric line from Sioux City to Council Bluffs and Omaha. Mr. Btsbee Is said to be the principal promoter of the enterprise. In his communication Mr. Plabee states It is his belief that the country through which it ta proposed to build the line Is thickly enough settled without being over run with railroads to assure such a line being a paying venture. Alllewn Clan Jfeetlnnw. Th executive committee of the Potta wattamie County Allison club haa Issued a call for n meeting of Allison republi cans of the First amd Second wards for Monday evening at the office of City Solicitor C. F. Kimball, over the Com mercial National bank Similar meetings are to be held for every precinct ol the city and county be fore the primary election on June J. Rent Estate Transfers, Tho transfers were reported to The Be May :S by he Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Oley C. Thompson to Painter Knox, lot II. block II. Howards addition to Council Bluffs, la, w. d ZC0 Frank Biank and wife to J. H. Mayne. lota I and II. blovk T. R&i.road addition, and lot 7. clock 4. Bromns subdivision ta Council fclulfs. la. w. d i Two transfers, total. $:oi Marriage Llcwas. Licenses to wed nere issued yesterday to the following: . Name and Residence. Age. John J. Smitn. Omaha. ...1 ..11 !m sry Q'Jisotte. Orrsha. Thomas J. Nugent. Cheyenne. Wyo.... Catherine Coy ley. Council Bluffs Harry Hawkins. Omaha berth Brkaell. Omaha .11 Raid I nee vers Llr. On search arrant sworn cut by County Attorney Heaa In tta court of Justice Cooper, Constable Baker last eight made raid on a number of ahantie occupied by Italian laborers In the employ of U. Union Pacific near the roundhouse. Hidden under the floors of the shanties th con- stable discovered fourteen cases of beer.1 two Jugs of gin. two Jugs of nine, a dosen pint flasks of whisky and several smaller bott'.ea cf the same liquor. Four Italians. Including one woman, who 1 is kvbickww ttaca mu u.e war- MIKOR JSJEXTIOX. Lemls Cutler, funeral director. 'Phon 7. Rev. Henry LeLong performed the mar r.aae ceremony yesterday lor John J. Prvith rd Mv Gulnotte. and Jamea Hsw klr.s and Berth Biackaell, all from Omaha. Rev. Ottcrbein O. Smith, pastor of the First Corg reat.onal church, will deliver the baccaisuTeate rmon to the graduat lr. cisss cf the Neola High echooi this sf'.ernoon. A general metirg of all the chapters of the Woman's guild of St- Psul's Episcopal church will be held Monday afternoon at the rsidence of Mra. H. A. tjuinn. on Oak land avenue. We saved a farmer Pcfl recently on a J1.:0 barn and house bill. So yoj see it Is not healthy for anyone to close a lumber purcha wrthout gt:ir-g our frgurea. C Hafer Lumber compsr.y. H. J. CT ambers, acting clerk of the dis trVt court, received word yesteulsv from H P. Miner, s-iperlntendent of the siste ho?p:Ts for dtsonsniaa at Knoxviile, thut Ja"n Car!.n. who was committed to the irtitu:l'n from this city on May J. had made his escspe lsst Wednesday. Richard Gren of Z1Q Graham avenue, was taken to tr.e Edmundson Memorial hosrlt U yetirday morning and was operated on for spt-T'iicii .. Mr. Green's conl.tirn I is a'trrruted to the close confinement he Iurdern'-r.t while ser-lne on the Jury la the ouster erticn against H. V. Battey, ckrk of the district court. William Hsrter. trucker at tho t'nlon Pacific transf-r f recant derwt. was severely '.t.jurtd venerdav rr rninr by the falling cf a heivv err'ne fly he-l nhlch waa beir.ir unloaded " from a car. Harter was knocked down by the wheel, which fell on him. the nm resi'r.g scross his cdet. He was removed to the Edmundson Memorial hofr';- His Injuries are Internal and may prove serioua. Art Brown, an 11-year-old lad. charged with robhine the clothes line of Mrs. Stevens of Mynster Springs and stealing four durklir.irs and a gosling from the yard of W. F. Pat ton, also of Mynsier Springs, was sentenced to thirty days in the county Jail irday by Judge Pnydr. Two yourger lovi said to have been Implicated in the thfts with Brown will have a hear ing in the Juvenile division of the district court. W. H. Knowlrs will lesd the men's meet ing at the Young Mn e Christian associa tion headquarters. U2 South Main street, thi afternoon at 4 o'clock. "A Good In vestment." will be the subject for con sideration. Secretary Curtis and several of the members of the association will have charge of the services this morning at Bethany Presbyter. an church, and of the evening services at Broadway Metho dist church. We are still on earth and can say that our stock is still complete on Round Oak ranges and self-generator gasoline stoves, sporting goods, both base ball and lawn tennis outfrts. and fishing tackle. Do not fail to see us before buying. We can save you mowr. Also a full line of the best step ladlers made. Charles Swane, hard ware. KS-SK Broadway, at the s.gn of the owL Both 'phones 47. Mavor Malonev received a communica tion vesterday from John W. Kelly of HOI Avenue A in which Mr. Kelly threatens to call on Attorney General Byers to Inter vene If the mayor does not at once take str to prevent violations of the speed limit bv reckless sutornobilists on West Brosdwav. Mr. Keily alleges that auto mobiles are speeded up and down Broad wsv on the new paving at the rate of fifty miles sn hour. Mr. Maloney replied to the communication, advising Mr. Kelly to file infermations against the reckless drivers of the chug wagona. Three Italians, members of a col shovel ing gang employed in the Northwestern yards, were arrested yesterday cherged with shooting within the city limits. Com plaint was made by residents in the neigh borhood that the shooting endangered their lives and two of the ctmplainlng witnesses said that buUets had struck their house. The men. who gave the names of John Emerell. Frank Manxlno and Tony In a.lcto. were well supplied with money and each posted t aa security for his appear-e ance In police court Jionnir. i r.e men i.vs on Avenue I near the railroad tracks. DOCTOR AND EDITOR IX FIGHT Flattens Follow Attack on Htarh Prleee Charged for largery. WAVERLT. Ia., May 4.-Speclal.-AB a result of the alleged persecuUona of the Waverly doctors by Charles W. Miller, chairman of the democratic slate central committee and editor of the Waverly Demo crat. Dr. J. F. Auner called Miller to ac count last evening In a fight In which both combatants were Injured. The frght took place on the principal street of the c'ty and consisted of several rounds of most vigorous pounding. Miller haa repeatedly ridiculed the County Medical society snd made a special attack upon the prices charged by the members of the society for surgical operations. Cnaannlajn nt Fert Dedge. FORT DODGE, la . May I. Special.) Fort Dodge la the center of the hot political battle for the eupremacy of the Tenth congressional district in the fight for the republican nomination for con gressman. Frank P. Woods of Esther vllle haa opened up campaign headquar ters In a aulte of rooms in the principal office building of the city and baa a corps of stenographers, busy day after day. B. J. Price, county attorney, is man aging the campaign locally when Mr. Woods Is campaigning out of the city. Congressman J. P. Conners arrives here next week from Washington to look after his interests. Cinners" stock has been boosted by his success in securing SUO, cOO from the coffers of congress for a new federal court and poatofflc build ing. For the state eenate Dr. Townsend of Lohrvllle and Fred Larrabee are running a good race. No report concerning the success of either one have come In. For county offices the positions of sheriff and county attorney have the greatest number of aspirants. Six are out for each office. The republican county ticket ia the only complete one on t ballot thia year. J. . Melatlrc Disappear. SIBLEY, la. May It (Special ) J. S. Mclctire. manager of the L-aver.pott Ele vator company of Sibley, baa disappeared ! and despite the starch that haa been made I In all directions by bis relatives he cannot J be found. Mclntyre U ft cn April i. say leg that he was going to Irdtju.a to visit re.atlves. boon after word u teceived trom lt relatives, who were disappointed ' because he did cot come, and the eearch. bich is still being kept up. began. His financial affairs are said to be In ex cellent condition. He left the elevator In charge of an assistant. lew ew Nates. FORT I01XJE John W. Jonea. II years of ae. who uw Lafayette hen he waa in this country In li. la near th point of death. Mr. Jones can remember h-n Pennsylvania avesu was a village street, wnan the ruins of the White House ourned in the war of 111! were still standing. He delivered papers and dur ing Ms wora saw President Jackson and many of the prominent men of las oay. When he was iO years of age tie went ever the .'-:!c-i! p:kr ever the Alle gheny mountains Into the a lids of Ohio. a 1 He served honorably during the civil wax land Is now closing an eventful career. " 1 ! i r i u 1 1 1 1 1 t -.. i . AJi.iinui.i v " 1 n v Dunorn cir cle- of Newton, the county seat of Jasper county, are greatly agitated over the ef forts if Myr crt-orge Cook to close the toan tight Sunday. Some arresia hav been mje a&a me meor threatens to arrest every f.D ho er cases In business on tiunday regard. ess cf nhat the busi. ness may r-e. Toncsend Bros, confec turner, have been arretted for keeping treir or ousiness open nunday. They nere f inert, but took an appeal to the dis trict court They mere again arrested while the former rase waa still pndii.g. but on a chance of venue tne rase waa dismissed. A druggist named West brook u arrested ana i or C ook has given It out that every piece of business that is opened next Bunaay will mean ine axe bacaiag its mayor la Lis crusade. THE DOCTOR says "drink beer" to the weak and the convalescent. To those who need strength need a food and a tonic. If it is good for them, isn't it good for you? The virtue of beer does not lie in the alcohol. There is only per cent, of that. It lies in the malted barley a digested food. And in the hops a tonic and an aid to sleep. It lies, too, in the fact that the drinking of beer flushes the system ; of waste. So would water, of course, if one drank enough of it. But you don't drink water like beer. When beer is pure there is nothing more healthful. And Schlitz beer is pure. It brings no after-effects, no biliousness. But better go without beer than to drink the wrong beer. That is why the Doctor generally says "Drink Schlitz." - RAIS STOPS BRIDGE WORK Eirer Overflow Cofferdam! Built Around Pier of New Structure. WILS05 MAY ENTER CAMPAIGN saslblllty Secretary May Deliver Some Addresses In Behalf nf the Retnrn mt the Senior Senntar. (From a Staff Correspondent ) PES MOINES. May X Special- Work on the new street-wlce arch bridge across the Pea Moines river on Locust street has been suspended because of the high water In the river. The river la still rising, and stood at nine feet on the government gauge today. With the government weather department predicting further ralna th work on the bridge la likely to be aerl- oualy Interfered with. The river haa risen over the cofferdam for one of the piers to la)'. Th work on the pier had been carried above the top of the cofferdam, however. Day far Osteeneths. Dr. A. B. Storm, president of the Iowa Stat Colkge of Agriculture at Ames, ad dressed the graduating class of Still Col lege of Osteopathy last night, and In his address declared that any mother who overloads and Impairs the digestive arpa ratua of tier children abould be subjected to polios supervision and Imprisonment trll she mended her way a His entire address was along the line of sanitaiiib and Lfal'.h. At the annual convention of the Iowa osteopaths here Dr. J. R. Ballard of Mir shalltown waa elected president of the as sociation. The other officers are: First vice president. B. B. Miller of Cedar Rafldsr. second vice president. A C. Brown f c"o -il Bl-.ffs; treasurer. L-. D. Thomp son of Red Oak; secretary. T. B. Larabr. Anita. The trustees iected were: L- C. Blair. 8. B. Mrller. I. 6. Buc;'.!nen. K. R lyssl. V. S. Parish. A. C. Bromn. C. W. Johnson. Lillian E. Wagonr The dele rate to the national association will be U. 8 Tarlsh. Wilson In Campaign. It la announced from Allison headquar ters here that there is a poaslhility that Sfcrsetsry James Wilson will come to lows ard speak for Senator Allison. Thus far! no dates have been set. aa lt Is not defi nitely known that he wSl be able to come. Iavlted by Mnrwaett Ins. Governor Cummins tooay received an In vitation from the Marquette club of Cht- cago. th largest republican club of the west, to be one of three speakers st the function to be given by the club in Chicago on June 13 In honor cf the visiting- dele- Fie 10 w. repuoiM.an nauonai conven- tion. The other two speakers are to be Cor.greasmaa Boutell ar.d ex-Governor Black. The subject of the addresses have been left to the speakers themselves. Gov ernor Cummins will accept the Invitation. Larrasee to Wlnterset. Ex-Governor Larrabee was la Des Moines t. - a 1. 1 eu2 left 1 1 ..a jumi.u't for r. -ceraet, where he delivered a political ad dress today. FmI Ball Player Married. FTar.it 8. Lover ,e a of Humboldt, firmer captain of the Dea Moines college foot ball team, and for two years right half back on th Drake university team, and Misa Came Connor were married today. They, will live In Humboldt, where Lov ereln Is practicing law. having been ad mitted to the bar a year ago. Lovereln was counted one of the most ser.satijr.al foot ball player In las a. He waa n member of th Alt-Iowa team th Ut year he played. Adjutant General Thrift t4y received Information to th effect that the new nuii'Ary approprtktica Uul has passed botn The BeerThat houses of congress. The bill waa drafted by a committee of the National Guard aa sociation. of which committee Thrift Is a member. The bill gives ..) to the National Guard, which is twice the amount of the old Pick bijl and will permit the organisation of light artillery and other branches of the service without further cost to the state. ELKS rE OLY MINERAL WATER Manx City Police Raid risks, bat Search la Fraltlee. SIOlX CITT. Ia . May 54 (Special Tele gram.) On warrants sworn out by Rev. H. H. Pawyer. superintendent of the Antl Baloon league, the rooms of the Elks club and the Hawkeye club, were raided t ( o'clock tonight by Constat le Bam Huber. The raids were a failure. At the Elks club the officer found nothing but a refrigera tor filled with mineral water. A bottle of beer and a bottle of whisky were found In an upstairs room at the Hawkeye club. Use Bee want ads to boost your business. Our Letter Box Contributions ta timely topic In-rltad. Write leg.bly on one slds of the paper only, wr.b tame and address appended. Unused contributions will not be re turned. Letters exceeding 300 word wl.l be suojtct to being cat down at tr.e discretion of the editor. Publication of viens of correspon JecLs does not cam mil The to 'bau endorsement. Catholic Knights of America. WEST POINT. Ntb.. May S.-To th Editor of The Bee: The erroneous ar.d misleading statements which have ap peared In the daily press for some days past, that the Catholic Knights of America have advanced their rates of assessment are not founded on facts. The Catholic Knighta adjusted their rates in the year 1SH. to conform to the standard adopted by the fraternal congress, such rates being in acccrd with the best obtainable data as to rates of mortality, etc. Since that time the society has had ,r.o need to change, the p-resent rates producir.g a suf ficient revenue to pay ail death claims. sustain the sinkina fund and vet leave a f handsome amount of cath in the hands of the supreme treasurer to pay ail poasible j demsxda. No meeting of the Catholic ivnigr.i or America st which aucb action could have ten taken has been held since last year and no future meeting la sched uled to take place until the triennial meet ing, occurring in May. 1J10. The Catholic , Knight of America. wiUi It ll.K.Cn of J tinting fund, over per capita of Its j men,bership. has no reed to charge Its j Tmltt rd it lod,y r4nkfrJ wjlh ,ve ilromI. 1 t f r.ncial Institutions connected w-.lh the Catholic church 111 America. This statement i of.iclal ar.d is signed by the officeis cf the state council cf Netraaka. The so-called Catholic Knigt.ta and Ladies of Security, whose bcly ia now holding a convention In Kansas City. Mo., must not be confused with the Catholic Kmghia of Amc. :ci. whs arc a much cljir tcic pendent body, no connection whatever ex isting between the two organisation. It is prubabl that the action of thia society, the Catholic Knighta and Ladies, may hav been attributed by aoir.e to the Catholic Knighte of Amer.ca. which is not the fact. The two organizations are distinctly sepa rate. JOSEPH RL ES1NG. JOHN H. L1NDALE. Slate President. Stale Treasurer. Catholic Kr.igtta cf America, Representing Nebraika. A Horrible Death results from decayirg lurg. Cure coughs and weak, sore lungs ntth Dr. King's New Tiscovery. &ic and t.'XL FW . by Beaton Drug Co. . y . v Ash for th Brrwrry Bottling. Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schliis. To avoid being imposed ufon, see that th tork or Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. of Neb. 719 So. 9th St., Omaha Made Milwaukee Famous WEST ON THE MAIL SUBSIDY Three Kebraskam ana One Iow&n Vote in Favor of Propoial. FLAG EULE FOE MEMORIAL DAY Army Files It at Half Stan" t'ntll Xm and Then with S-nlnte Raises It s the Top tn Remain t'ntll Bnndown. fFrom a Staff Correspondent ) WASHINGTON. May 14. Special Tele gram.) The defeat of th ocean mall ap propriation by the house as one cf the Hems m dispute in the postofflce appropri ation bill waa unexpected and extrmely dlscoiirag.r.g to those who had put up a stiff fight for a larger field of commercial activity. President Roosevelt recommended an In creased mall service to South America, the Philippines snd Australasia, and the senate stood by fcls recommendation. The house, however, could not stand the word "sub sidy" In connection with larger mail facili ties to the countries mentioned and by a vote of 15 to 1S refused to concur In the ser.ste amendment, which sounds Its doom for this session, all other Items in the post office appropriation bill, with the exw-p-tkn of the weighing of railway mall, hav ing been agreed to. On the vote for ocean mall service Tol lard. Norrls and Kinkaid voted to concur In the senate amendment: In other words, for Inrreaatd ocean projects. Hlnshaw and Boyd voted against the amendment. Hep burn was the only Icwan to vote for the so-called "subsidy." while Dawson. Smith. Haugan and Kennedy ere recorded In thi negative. Not m years has there teen so much Interest shown In the passage cf an Item Included In a conference report as over the ocean mall subvention, both sides having put forth every effort poatible to have their friends present when the vote was taken. Flag n Memorial Day. "What Is the prnjer position of the flag 1 en Memorial aayr u the question sun-I tnltted to Senator B-Jtkett by a number of HHBpiiii Boms Universally acknowledged to be The Best Natural laxative Water Jj (lass in the morning can be relied on to relieve CONSTIPATION ar.d all bowel and stomach disorders. In full bottle and split SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS CALADtUUS, Mammoth Bulbs, each 25c; 5 br TUBE ROStS. Mammoth Pearl, dn. 35c; 3 in GLADIOLI, In Superb Mixtjre. dot. 30c; 51 It: , CINHAMOH VtHE. Extra Larje, each 15c; 12 j DAHLIAS, Assorted, each 12 h: . . . THE NEBRASKA SEED '" -"Pl""""""1" ..ii-HJ-maani crown is branded SchiitM, members of th Grand Army of th Repub lic of Nebraska recently. Th senator never thought much about th position of the Hag in conjunction with Memorial day and he turned the question over to th secretary of war. In reply, the following from the army regulations waa submitted: "On Memorial day at all army posts and stations the national flag will be displayed at half-staff from sunrise until midday, and Immediately before noon th bend, or field music, will play aome appropriate air and the national salute of twenty -one guns will be fired st noon at all posts and eta tlona provided with artillery. At the con clusion of this memorial tribute at noon, the flag will be hoisted to the top of th staff, and will remain there until sunset. When hoisted to the top of the stajf. the flag mill be aaluted by th playiraT of on or more appropriate patriotic airs. In this way a fitting testimonial of respect for th heroic deed and honor to their patriotic devotion will be pproprtately rendered." Work for Barns of Mine. Representative Philo Hall ot South Dae kota. aa a member of the subcommittee on mines and raining, had considerable to do with th drafting of a bill Just passed creating a bureau of mines In th Interior department. At the head of this newly created bureau will be a commissioner who will receive a salary of KM n year. It would be the province. of this new bureau and Its commissioner to foster, promote and develop the mining Industries of th United States; to make diligent Investigation of the methods of mining, safety of miners, the possible Improvement of conditions under which mining- operations are carried on, the treatment cf ores, the us of explo sives and electricity, the prevention of acci dents, the value of mineral products and markets for the same, and from time to time to make such public reports of work. Investigations and Information obtained. Sotlrs fw t eitientn. We are pleased to anncuno that Foley" Honey and Tar for cougha. cold and Inngj troubles is not affected by the national pure food and drug law. aa it contains aa opiate or other harmful drugs, snd w recommend It lit a safe remedy fur chil dren and adult. All druggist. Everybody lb eating Johnson's Braaei Biscuit. Get 1; line at Bennett's. " "tI,w -mi tirm.i funwLS.i $1 " GO.. 1613 i ii.i. . ... i i .. ... ,. h-