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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1908)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. JUNE 4, 1908. r S1 I: i 1 i WoJ' 3 i i I i 1 '. t j t i f u d I Pi if I 1 MOULDLD puddings of any kind blanc manges, jellies, custards, etc, will "stand up" more firmly and be more dcliciously good and whole some if a little b added. Two of America! will tell you in oar book -Orltflmml Rctpm mn Choking Hmlpm- Ihe uti usual benefits to b derived rroai Kingfford's CMwcgo Com Surch lit the betterment of food in general, for quality. always get Rintiford i sirty-nx yean oi loperiority. Grocers pormd pkgs. 10c 1 T. Kmcsrcrra & Son. Oswtco, I. T. uT'.awt tram eatsr art. i HONEY FOR WESTERN POSTS Almost Million Appropriated for Forta in Department of Missouri. TOBT BOBDTSON GETS $200,000 Ta Pests Will Bmaf Brlarrade Headajaarters and Bolldlns; Ma terial Will R Ttoaakt la Omka r Tkr(h Drfartaril. Nearly ll.OOn.fO have been appropriated for the rehabilitation .and Improvement of military poets in tne Department of the Missouri, the work to begin aa soon as proposals ran be complied and bids re ceived through the office of the chief quar termaster of the department in Omaha. Tha appropriations Include taon.OOO for im provements at Kort D. A. Russel, Wyo.; $300 at rort Roblnsou Neb.; 113.000 at Tort Omaha and JTR.OOO at Fort Crook. The heavy expenditures at Forts Russell and IRobtnson contemplate the making; of these forts brigade pouts; new buildings at Fort Omaha and repairs at Fort Crook. These four military posts are directly tributary to Omaha and practicably all of the supplies necessary for these extensive building preparations will have to be pur chased or shipped through Omaha. OmahanaV Direct Work. Tha construction work at these several posts will naturally be under the Immediate supervision - of the construction quarter master, but the general superintendence of Las work will be through the office of the chief quartermaster of the Department of the Missouri. - These additional appropriations do not in clude the Construction work now 'in prog- resa at Kort Omaha for the hydrogen gas plant, wirelesa tower and the big balloor. bouse. Tha superstructure of the hydrogen gss plant ia about finished as Is tha ITS foot wireless telegraph tower. The steel skele ton work of the big SM foot high balloon house Is also in place. and the work of enclosing the big shell is progressing rap idly. The entire structure Will be of steel. HOTEL-INFORMATION BUREAU At Least, Maay Ieoplo Take That View of It When Seeking Aaythlast. "Don't give me sway." raid a hotel clerk, "but I Just - simply wsnt to say that the postoftlce-isn't In It tn the information bureau question with the aversge hotel clerk. Look at tikis letter, for Instance." The letter it question wis a request from the writer Jar the hotel clerk to bj on the lookout for "a middle-aged man, dark hslr. brown eyes, gray- mixed moustache, dressed In brown salt of clothes, stutters a little when he talks' and about six feet tall, l.et me know when he comes Imme diately by telephone. I want to see that man; I must toe him. He will be here In History and Condition of Position Compared with Other Members of' ' ' Future of Colcrado Divisian. Tha Missouri Faiiric is the parent of the Gould lines. It's creation dates back to IMt, when tile Pacific Railway of Missouri waa thartrMd to build from St." Loula to Kansas City. 'The read s equipment wss shipped iv the Misso'lil Hlver by bent and unloadad at the wt-s'orn tern In us, a fait to which tho Inland Waterwaya commission refers now to Must; ate the feasibility of water rout s declared . t-nnavigable after fillr '- were built, but the busy arterus mt con nierce prior to their construction. From the stJte the Pacific railway received a bonus of I7,i".to0. equivalent to tJ4.1C4 per r.iiU. tinJ a land grant of l.fcO.'M) acres. Havlr.g teen so cloely identified with the growtli(of Missouri, the Missouri Pacific Is today looked upon ss a stale Institution, and iheie la coiislderaMe local Interest and pride tn it, notwithstsnUing the bitter at tacks!, that poltlivians have been makkig In the paat tko or three years. Nothing of prestige, sO far aa It haa been learned. Is lost beyond the point of recovery. A little Judicious missionary work would restore it. This Is tn of the first matters to which the Missouri Pacific management should put Its ankl. It must he admitted that, to date, it has apparently not appreciate.! ita responsibility, tieventy-flve per cent of the unfavorable statements made to the writer about tha Missouri Pacific were, on careful Investigation, found to be untrue, but It was Impressive bow little the M.saouii Pacific officllas had themselves done to coirect the reporta. which were directly affecting their revenues. After aa inspection of the largest part of tha Could system, the fact la plainly borne In oa one that tho Missouri Pacific proper (separating It In thla Judgment from tha St. Loula. Iron Mountain and Southern! ta tha weakest link la an altogether strong chats. From a physical standpoint, in earn ing capacity. In aggresktveoess and tn reparation' far tha future development f tonnage. It haa been outdistanced and outclassed by the adopted members of Ua family. The criticism haa been made that tha Miaaiourl Pacific waa bene fiting too much at the expense of tha ther Oould roads. The belief of tha writer, is that Missouri Partfio has Aea neglected unjustly and allomed to stand by Itself and on Ita own reputauoo. while tha energy of the Oould maaageinent k Vaa beea expended In building up new . nee which ' In the exchange of trafic wlthj tha Missouri Pacific, get the major heneflt. la the general mind, the Miaaourl pa. alfte aad too St Louis, Iron Mountain and most tamous cook about a week." There waa no sUrnature to the note, but merely gava tha telephone number where to call. "Scarcely a week passes by but wa get notes of this character. They are In variably Indefinite. The addresa of the sender la rarely given and they aeem to think we must keep an espionage on our guests for their accommodation. Of course, we cannot pay attention to such notes. We have, though, often taken considerable trouble to find missing friends and often aueceed In doing so. But we cannot be called upon to run a detective agency for tha whole public." NEWS IN THE ARMY CIRCLE Major McCarthy Home from Indiana sal Coloael Swot from El , relator Sprlasrs. Major D. E. McCarthy, chief quarter master. Department of the Missouri, re turned Wednesday morning from a visit to Evansvllle, Ind.. where ha waa called by the serious Illness of his mother. He left her In a much Improved condition. Major McCarthy will leave In a few days for Fort D. A. Russell. Wyo., to superintend tha preliminaries for the big camp of Instruc tion near that post which la to be estab lished for the army maneuvers to take place there from August 1 to September 1. Lieutenant Colonel Thomss Swobe, United States army, retired, returned Wednesday morning from a two or three weeka' visit at Excelsior Springs, Mo.' Mrs. Swobe re turned with him. Colonel and Mrs. Swob will make their home at the M erf lam for the summer. Captain David M. Stone, formerly of tha Twenty-eecond Infantry, and recently transferred to the quartermaster's depart ment. United Statea army, haa been as signed to duty as constructing quarter master aX Fort Sill, Okl. Captain Stone la well known In Omaha, having been con structing quartermaster here during the re building of Fort Omaha. x Telephones with connections to Omaha are being installed In all tha officers' quar ters at Fort Crook, and an elaborate ex change haa been placed In headquarters building for that purpose. r ' lieutenant Sidney Bmltlj of the Sixteenth United States Infantry will ba placed on the rettred list June I on account Of physi cal disabilities Incurred In the service. He la now in Shreveport. La. Iowa Attoraey la Appraiser. ' WASHINGTON, June 3.-The president today appointed Roy H- Chamberlain, an attorney at law, of Iowa and of this city, as general appraiser of merchandise at New York. ' . CeagrrMsisa Pollard Retaraa. NEHAWKA, Neb.. June I. (Special.) Congressman E. M. Pollard, wife . and baby, arrived home from Washington Tuesday. Mr. Pollard, wlil take a rest for a few weeka. . (From the New Tork Evening Mall, April Missouri Pacific, th; Parent Tl St! iim.be m i a a 1 i r. . amm AKTICLE IV. CHARLES FREDERICK SPEAR Southern stand together. Their organ!- xatlon la practical' Identical. But their re ports show where they differentiate. Last year the Missouri Pacific proper, with 1.41 miles, earned $il,08.879 gross; tha Iron Mountain, with :,59 miles, earned approximately 124.000,000 gross. Again, the Missouri Pacific showed a net revenue of $S.7.'0.000. as against that of f$,24,4a by the Iron Mountain. How the Missouri Pacific proper com pares tr gross earnings per mile, and In its ratio of petating expensea to gross, with the other Gould roads. Is shown la the following table: ' Gross per mile. Missouri Pacific 6,11 t-t. Louis, Iron Mountain, it..' 12 Wabash 10.9o Op. ratio per-cent. 71 15 2 00 .110 1.0 45 7.3 t 0 .! lenver & Rio Grande ... 8 54 ! Texas l-acilic 8.97 ? jAV.ieelintT Lake Erie . .1J.S50 (Western Maryland 10.310 1st. Louis t-ouin western. .. J,2i? I Take, for example the St. Louis-Kansas City division of the Missouri Pacific I This is the shortest line between the cen ters of the heaviest southwestern tonnage distribution. The traffic tributary to It j is large. Physlcaly the road Is la good shape. it la built up to a heavy tonnage capacity. There Is a low-grade route following tha Missouri river from Jeffer son Ciry to within fifteen miles of Kansas City, and a cut off from Lake City to Rock Creek. The latter eliminates the lnorpenoence mil. inererora, tne road haa, to a considerable extent, met tha question of grade on Its western half of the division. Nevertheless, the inquiry comes to the mind of nearly every rail road man or transportation atudent who paaaea over the line and looks Into Ita surroundings why the management has neglected to provide for an even greater volume of tonnage than it now control. It passenger line, after leaving tha Mis souri at Jefferson City. Is full of bad gradea that could be reduced at moderate expense. It la a single track. It abould be double tracked. Not so very many yeara ago tho Missouri Pacific controlled from 75 tolO per eent of tha Su Louis Kan has City passenger business. It haa, since tha St. Louis Fair, simply 1st this slip awsy, until tj It la only half what tt used to be. The Alton-Burlington has taitea first rank. This la cited as an illustration of "where, by aggressive methods, tho Missouri Pac ific could hava retained' Ita official hold oa traffic The official hava not fought for revenue tn a way one might have expected them to. - Tha Kansas aad Colorado Pacific railway NO SEW CLASSIFICATIONS Railway Commission Likely to Stop by Changing Specific Bates. OTHER PLA5 TOO BIG A TASK Belief Mar Good Caa Be Accom plished ay rksaglsg apcclan Bates Wales A rear t njost Than by General Rerblsi. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. June 1 Speclal.) le la by no means certain that the State Railway commission wlil Issue an entire new classi fication of freight rates, but It la probaNe that the commission will make reductions In the rstes for the shipment of certain commodities and from time to time make still further reductions on other commodi ties. This practice msy be kept up until the commission feels that the Nebraska rstes sre Just and not exorbitant. Since the hearing granted tha railroad officials, followed by the hearing granted the rsilroad employes, together with Its In vestigations along other lines, the commis sion haa decided, the making of a new classification of rates Is a big task and one that will requirea long time and lots of study and Investigation. On the other hand, one member of the commission be lieves that by picking out here and there certain commodities upon which the ratea seem high and making reductiona In those Instances It probably would accomplish more for the people than If It made a sweeping reduction of a certain per cent In all rates. Tha commission received a letter this morning from tha secretary of the Wlscon sin commission which disputes the state ment made by a railroad representative that the Wisconsin commission haa made a ruling that the railroad should be en titled to earn a dividend upon 80 per cent of Its property accredited to that state. The letter la aa follows: "Wa have your letter of May X asking whether this commission has made any rul ing holding that SO per cent of all railroad property within the etate of Wisconsin la necessary to the conduct of state business and therefore a reasonable dividend upon the amount of Investment ahould be earned by purely Intra atate traffic In reply will aay that no auch ruling as you speak of haa ever been made by thla commission.' Tha commission will make further in vestigations before taking any action, look ing Into tha work of other commissions and the effect of a radical change In ratea In general. Prison Lakor Cestrset Expiree. The contract of tho state with the Lee Broom and Duster company for penlten- tiary labor, to be used tn the broom fac tory at tha state prison, expired today, but the Board of Public Landa and Buildings haa not made a new contract. At a meet ing thla afternoon C. R. Lee. manager of the company, agreed to atand for an in crease of t per cent in the money paid for the labor, but this the board would not consider, and finally an adjournment waa taken until Thursday morning. The Lee company now paya 60 centa a day for each convict, and the contract provides that the company must use all the convicts eent to it by the warden. The board Intenda to Increase the price to 75 cents or $1 a day for each convict. So far, however, not a single bid haa been received for the labor except from the Lee company and the board, for the present at least, la up In the air. Until the matter la finally settled the Lee company will use tho pris oners tinder the terms of the contract just expired. Mr. Lea Informed, tha board that he had propositions front four penitentiaries to use their convicta, including a proposition from' one of tha prisons In Iowa and one at Rawlins, Wyo.. His it eat trouble, he said, was In disposing of bis wears because they did not have the union label, and he showed the board a letter where an order for a carload of brooms had been countermanded because the brooms did not bear the union label. The board, however, has a number of letters on file where private broom manu facturer pay from $2.50 to S3 a day for labor and furnish their own power, while at the penitentiary the Lee company la furnished power and heat along- with the 3.) - Company Its Unfavorable the System la that part of tha Missouri Pacific ayatem which links the middle West with the West. It was built In tha early '80s, but consolidated In Its present form In 1881 Tha Gould Idea of gaining a trans-contl nental line first appears In the control o the Kansas and Colorado. This extended their railroad dorrujn from Kansas- City and Omaha westward to Pueblo, Colo., and In addition gave them valuable feed ers Into the rich grain growing sections of southern Kansas and Oklahoma. The road was obvloualy built to sell. It waa always handicapped by the lack of funds, as Its credit waa not good and Its earning capacity not far enough developed to allow large appropriatlona from revenue. Pro- i vision for new capital made In tha JiO.OOe.OoO first refunding mortgage, which will furnish about $7.000, 000 spe cifically alio ted to the Improvement of Uie present property, aa well aa to the con struction of acquisition of branch lines. Undoubtedly, the best part of the sum will go directly for lmprovmenu. It would mean about f 10,000 per mile for tho main Una. In tha writer's opinion, the Colorado, di vision today ranks lowest In physical con dition of any of the Gould system. Little work has been done on track t(ie past year, and It ta very green and aoft. '"On the other hand, commendable energy. and Judgment have been ahown In relaying I practically the whole stretch of line wlta is and 115-pound rails. Of tha entile t2i miles. 473 miles are 35-pound ateei. Thla relaying has been donetlnce the summer of 180, at a cost of about $1. 100.S00, paid for from earnings. With auch a good foundation, new and heavier ballast, more steel or concrete bridges to replace wooden ones in hrlef, the expenditure of probably 4.S00.000 to 15.000,000 tbe Kansas and Colorado Pa cific would present an entire different aspect. Tha problem of the division Is a minor one. But it will have to bo met very soon in order for tha road to re ceive properly tha enlarged traffic that should result from the opening of the Western Pacific Under that development thla division ought to take first rank In density of traffic and in earning capacity. Out of the earnings also in the past few years there have been built a great maay miles of sidings, 3.504 to 4.0V0 feet in length, soma fifty In all. potentially double track. It U a fair prophecy that, within ten years of tha opening of the Western Pacific, the Colorado division will, from tho necessity of track, be 75 per cent. If out all double tracked. convicts. The board had Its talk with Mr. Lew behind closed door. Park rVoard la Bapreaae foart. Whether the district court or the mayor shall appoint the Omaha Tar board will be settled by the supreme court. In tha name of the attorney If-nersl quo warrants proceedings have been started, the con- testants being John Latenser, appointed by the district curt, and John L. Nebles. ap pointed by Mayor Dwhlmm. A d-murrer was filed to the petition filed by the 1"tl department of the stat ami the) case wUl be taken up at the next session of the court. Lleeaoe Cases Appealed. C. J. Phelps of Schuyler haa secured a mandamus from the supreme court to com pel the city council of that city to either revoke licenses Issued to five saloonkeepers or show csuse why not by June 23. Re monstrances were filed with the council against the granting of the licenses and overruled by the council. Pending an ap peal to the district court the council Issued the licenses and the remonstrstors then ap pealed to the supreme court for the writ of mandamus. Dtswharajlas; Harmless laaaae. uper'.ntendent Hay of the Insane hospital located here received permission todav from the Board of Public Lands and Build ings to discharge harmless snd Incurable lnssne patients to make room for others yet to come. Dr. Hay told the board he had fourteen persons who might Just as well be discharged, inasmuch as the insti tution Is overcrowded. Cadet Promatloas. Subject to the approval of the chancellor. the following promotions and appointments hava been announced: To be major: E. A. Froyd. To be captains: Y. C. Hollard. Compaiv A; F. A. Crltes, Company V: I. J. Lanacf. Company C; F. A. Jones, Compsny B; J. r. Joope. Company 1: M. E. Streiter. hoa- pltal corps. lt be rirst lieutensnts: L. J. Kremer. tin- aasismed; H. C. Ingles, unasslgned; N. M. Collier, hoepltal corps: J. F. Hladik, un aselsmed; C. P. 8odrbers;. Company A: H. . Carey, company u; o. v . Peters. Com pany C; O. L. Olson, Company B; W. E. Byerts, Company I. To be second lieutenants: A. R. Keesler. Company A: V. B. Elseffer. Comranv D: J. E. Whitney, Company C; H. H. Schelbel, company u; j. l i nomas, Company I. l o bo enter musician: K. I Harrison. To bo senreant major: J. T. Dlrka. To be Quartermaster sersreant: S M. Huffman. To he color sergeant: J. F. McOoar. To be principal musician: A. E. Initersoll. To be first srents: T. McAllister. Company A: V. White. Company D; A. C. fenmtdt. c ompanv c : 8. A. Mahnod. Com pany B; D. D. Plumb. Company I. I o be arum major: M. L fturve. To be sergeants: H. C. Hathaway. Com pany A: A. J. Stotney. Company D: C. O. Grimm. Company C; A. Pool, Company B: rl. w. coulter, company i; H. K. Newell, band: B. S. Davis, band: R. J. Reld. band: H. L. Undland. band; R. Hlbhard. hand. To be corporals: C. Sluvier. band: W. Kerl. band. Orders Nos. 15. Ill: O. Mattiaon. band: T. R. Blanchard. band. z. C. J. Kremer, first lieutenant, tinas- slsmed, is appointed battalion adjutant. 1. H. C. Ingles, flerst lieutenant, unaa- ala-ned. is appointed battalion quarter master. By order of Captain Worklxer. E. A. FROTD. Flerst Lleutensnt and Ftattalion Adjutant, University cadets. Adjutant. Cows Make Troahle for Brown. E. E. Brown, one of the wealthiest law yers tn Lincoln, waa haled into police court thla afternoon to answer a charge of keep ing cows In the city limits, the surround ings being unsanitary. The case was con tinued until June IX Mr. Brown Uvea In one of the most aristrocrattc neighborhoods In Lincoln and the neighbors raised a row because hla two cows were not pleasant companions. OUTLOOK FOR HASTINGS COLLEGE Sabstaatlal Aaalataaee Expected from Oatsidera. HASTINGS. Neb.. June 3. (Special. ) While attending- the Presbyterian confer enco in Kansas City Rev. C W. Weyer and AR. 1 Clarke received assurances which convince them that Hastings college, a Presbyterian Institution, will receive lib eral financial support, not only from the general educational board, but from philan thropists of large means. The Institution is regarded with favor because of the splendid support it hss re ceived here. Of the $100,000 endowment fund recently completed the major portion waa paid by citixena of Hastings. It la thought not unlikely that another endow ment of the same size may soon be sec cured from outside contributors. Commencement exercises for the college will begin next Sunday morning with the baccalaureate sermon, which will be de livered by Rev. Samuel Garvin of Kansas City. The annual address to the Christian associations will be delivered In the even Ins;. Final chapel service will take place Monday evening. The program for the day Includes a recital in oratory, flag raising, luter-claaa field meet and annual recital of the music department. 1 On Tuesday there will be an oratorical contest for the Currens dibllcal prise. .The afternoon and evening will be given to the dedication of Alexander hall, class day ex ercises, dinner of Hastings college soclety and tha Junior lawn fete. Oraluation exercises Hill be conducted Wednesday morning, June 10. The com mencement address will be delivered by Governor Hoch of Kansas. The alumni h.no!.. .in k ,i " banquet will be held at noon and in the afternoon the cornerstone will be laid for the Carnegie library and science hall. The address at this ceremony will be delivered by Rev. W. W. Lawrence of Lincoln. Prof. R. E. Yarndley of Lincoln will be the head of the muaic department next year. Prof. Rees of this city will be dean of faculry In the music department. Miss May R-es will be assistant instructor. Over 0 students sfre expected next fall. Plattamoata Masons Celebrate. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., June 3 (Special.) Plattsmouth lodge No. , Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, cele brated the semi-centennial anniversary of tne organization of that order in their hall In this city Tuesday evening. After a piano duet. Canon H. B. Burgess tav a brief history of th lodge, which waa organised with a charter fifty year ajo. with the following named charter mem bera: Edward A. Don lan, tuu iel H. Wheeler, J. W. Marshall, Thomas K. Hanna. J. C. Cummins, W. B. porter, Joseph Harper, W. H. Newell, Enoa Wil liama, James Minshall and W. D. McCord. The lodge has had sixteen worshipful masters. The feature of the evening waj an able address for the goodnf the order by Francis E. White of Omaha, granu secretary of the grand lodge, and a his tory of the Flattsmouth lodge. Drowaed la Swollen Creek. FRIEND, Neb.. June . 3pet-Utl.)-John Peterson, a young Dane who workud for Walter Johnson, was drowned yesterdaj morning while attempting to ford Johnson creek, a stream whicn usually does not carry any water, but which had been awol len to a torrent by the late rains. Two hundred men dragged the creek yesterday and last evening"- The body was found about M0 yards pelow where h drowned, this morning. The young man's parents re side -at Aline. OkL Peterson was about 3 yeara of age and unmarried. The body ia being prepared for shipment to his home for burial. SebraaLa ews Xotee. ELSIE Leo A Histt have sold their stock of general merchandise to Wauncta merchant. EI.8IE This locslity received aa Inch of rain Monday of this week. Prospects for crops are excellent. BEATRICE The marriage of Elmer E. Wolfe aad Miss Anna L. Burjde-lm occurred at Wymuro todajr. Tho am u tk Daily Demonstrations S. Le Mairc Free demonstrations o FreacK Beauty Culture as used by tne famous beauties of France of tne court of Louie IV are ling tfiweii daily at our thre, by one of tne L-e Maire experts wlio is creating a sensation amond women wno are interested in tne eubiect of beauty. Tnesc ' J t . . . s I. . . . UCuUIIUiriUVlU SIC VI U U. m W J - - " . " fuL Remember tnat tne Le Maire system cas ncrer before been demonstrated in America, The Le Maire Specialist Shows How any woman witn well-formed features may b mads extremely attractiv now pretty woman may be made Beautiful now a aatu rally beautiful woman may b nasi surpassingly lowly. Sha not only TELLS bow, but SHOWS bow, to mala beauty aad preeerva it afeinrt ita aatural enemies tb sura, wind and Father Time, from wkom there is no cap. Ska sbows bow to rcmowa wrinkles, crow's feet, blotches, blemishes, pimples, spots, discoloration, free Ilea, saotb patches and all superfluous Lair from tbe skin, leavin; it as pure aad wbita as a ldy. She shows bow to stimulate and invigorate flabby, loosened akin aad contract it to ita youthful . condition especially tbe skin under tbe eyes, on tne neck and cbecks. Ska is teacking tka ladies free of ckarfc to apply correctl y crem. reducing and developing lotions, kleaeking fluids, skin foods and bow to employ tka celebrated L Mairc Massage a la Franchise. French Beauty Culture is tb system of refining" and preset-ring beauty wbicb was originated by Parisian cbesaistt for tbe private us of tbe ladies of tka court of Louis XIV and tbrougb wbicb means tbeac women became world famous as incomparable beauties. All of tbe Le Mairc Beauty Requisites are carefully compounded after tbe original Frencb formulas by cbemists working under direct, personal supervision of Le Maire. Tbey arc prepared only of tkc very finest ingredients and arc ABSOLUTELY cbemically pure, containing nothing tkat will injure tbe most seauntiTe. delicate skin. They Charm The Genuine Prepared Only by The Call and get Booklet and a Free Sample of Le Maire't Myers - Dilldii Drug Co7, Mtrt and rarnam Btrwata . school In the south part of the county for years. NEBRASKA CITY An Inch of rain fell In this vicinity Tuesday. This mskea over ten inches of rainfall since May 11. PLA1TS.MOI.TH Elton R. Vroman and Miss Bessie E. Miller were united In mar riage by Rev. B. F. Elchelberger. ELSIE The Elsie school, taught by Prof. Blacksione, closed Friday witn an enter tainment at the Methodist Episcopal church In the evening. BEATRICE The Board of Education of Beatrice has voted to allow all teachers who attend the State Teachers' association meetings next November to receive full pay for the days so spent. BEATRICE The committee on arrange ments for the republican ratification and banquet to be held in Beatrice June 'ii reports that orders for tickets to the ban quet are already coming in. BEATRICE- The Dempster base ball team of this city w is shut out at Hebron yester day by the score of 8 to 0. The home team used two of its best pitchers, but wss un able to stop the heavy slugging of tha Hebron team. BEATRICE--R. W. Clancy was called to Cloverville, Mi?h., yesterday by a telegram stating that hla mother, Mrs. Phoebe Clancy, a former resident of Beatrice, had suffered a stroke of paralysis and was not expected to live. COH'MBL'8 When the hcrur arrived for Samuel Grover to come into the district court and answer the charge of stealing hogs from R. R. Carrs, he could not be found. Grover was allowed out on ball of 1,'xai, Dan Schram going on the bond. BEATRICE The marriage of Harley Hef- felfir.srer and Misa Mabel Elerbeck was solemnized today at 11 o'clock at the home of the brides parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Elerbeck, four miles south of Beatrice, In the presence of a large numoer ot guests. Rev. J. E. Davis officiating. NEBRASKA CITY The Elks of this city gave a minstrel performance at tne tn-er-land theater for ciiarlty'a sake. They r?ave a monster atreet parade at noon. All the seatlnff capacity of the house was swild out. It is thought they will be prevailed upon to repeate the performance some night this week. UNIVERSITY PLACE Tuesday evening the Dialectic society of Wesleyan unl versity gave its second open session, in two parts. The second part was extremely popular as It consisted of court session that was full of dramatic opportunities. At the close of the session Prof. Robert H. White, principal of the Hebron schoola, presented the society dtplomae. PLATTSMOI'TH Or. Frank B. Pameron, a demist of Lincoln, and Miss Sally Agnew of Los Angel.s. Cal., were united In mar- rlace In the home ot Mr. ana sire. c. c. Parmele in this city Wednesday. Canon I H. B Burgees, pastor of tne Episcopal church, officiating. Only relatives were present. The bride was born snd grew to womanhood in this city and haa a large number of friends. 1'NIVERSITY PLACE The sixteenth annual banquet of the Orophilian society of Nebraska Wesleyan university was given Tuesdav eveninc The society Is corr posed of some of th stronaest young men in the university. The following toasts THE FIRST TASTE Z.arnd to Drink Coffee When a Baby. If parents realised the fact that coffee crlntain a drug caffeine ahich Is ef peclally harmful to children, thay would doubtless hesitate before giving the babies coffee to drink. "When I wa a child In my mother's arms and first began to nibble things at the table, mother used to give me sips of coffee. As my parent used coffee exclusively at meals I never knew tffere was anything to drir.k but coffee and water. "And so I contracted the coffea habit early. I remember when quit young, the continual use cf coffee so affected my parents that they tried roasting wheat ar.d barley, then ground It in tho coffee- mill, a a substitute for coffee. "But It did not taste npht and they went back to coffee again. That was long before Postum was ever heard of. I continued to us coffee until I wa J7. and when I got into office work, I began to have nervous spell. Especially after breakfast I waa so nervous I could scarce ly attend to my correspondence. "At night, after having coffee for sup per, I could htrdly sleep, and on rising in the morning- would feel weak and nervoua. "A friend persuaded me to try Poetum. My wife and I d'.d not like It at first, but later when boiled good and strong- it was fine. Now we would not give up Postum for the best coffee we ever tasted. "I ran now get good aieep, am free from nervousness and headaches. I recom mend Postum to all coffee drlnkera. "There s a Reaaon." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Pead "The Road to Weil vlli." in pkgs. Ever read the? above letter? A new one apprara from time to time. Tbey srt, genuine, true and full of human . 1a,w..... a4,j-.. am 4a . mmims -wrist rs lissutl-) and Satisfy Because They Beautify Le Maire Company, Chicago, 111. were given: "The First Men In," H. W. Cox. 'ttt; -The Last Men In." M. J. Pho walter, '11: "The Orleans Chspter." A. Roy Israel; "The On Man Abroad," C. A. Tounor, '03. NEBRASKA CITY-Sherlff Fischer ar rested a man giving hla name as J. A. Smith, wanted at Carlisle, III., on the charge of forgery. Sheriff Richard P. Far rell of Carlisle on arriving here Identified the prisoner and started home with him, the prisoner having waived extradition. Smith Is wanted there on a charge of steal ing diamonds, clothes, forsring checks and deserting his wife and children. The offi cers trailed him all over the country and with the aid of Sheriff Fischer finally lo cated htm working with a Burlington rail way bridge gang. UNIVERSITY PLACE Last evening at the Lindell hotel In . Lincoln the Everett society, composed of young men, held Its seventeenth annual banquet. N. B. Knapp, the Wesleyan orator for the present year, acted as toastraaster, and the following tnasta were responded to: "Ending In Earnest," Wendell Smith; "Entire! v True," Glen Fordyce, 'ID; "Tempting Problems." Gsrry Currier. 'r; "To the Seniors, " Roy Swift. '00; "Replies." Ellery Files, 'On. There were present Prof. Carl Steckelberg and Prof. Harold Shellhorn of the Uni versity of Nebraska and many out of town guests. PLATTSMOUTH Andrew Burns Tsylor Is dead at his home in this city. "Uncle Andy," as he was familiarly known, was born In Ked Sulphur Springs, W. Vs.. May 10, ICS. and came to this countv In 1857 and pre-empted a farm three miles west of Plattsmouth. where he resided until a few yeara ago, when he came to Plattsmouth. He was sheriff of Cass county for two terms, rie had charge of the home mtlltia at the time the Indians made so much trouble In the eastern portion of Nebraska. He was a very strong man mentally and physically anif had many friends through out this portion of the state. A wife and two sons, William and John, survive htm. LONG PINE The county high school election, which was held In Brown county Tuesday, resulted In a great victory for those opposed to tt. The election cauaed considerable excitement at thia place throughout the day, almost every person In the town tsking some Interest In getting the voters to the polls. In Pine precinct, which covers a strip of territory about twelve miles long by three miles wide, every vote was cast against the establish Ing of the rounty high school. At Long Pine 338 votes were cast. In two other pre cincts In the county a solid vote wss csst against the proposition. As far as It Is learned the county has voted down tne proposition by a vote of about t64 to 316. This was the largest vote ever polled In this county on any question BEATRICE Chief of Police Moore early this morning received a telegram from Dallas, Tex., ststlng thst Dr. K. B. Morris, alias Dr. R. B. Bartell, the palmist arrested uric yriierusjr iiiFrmnin, waa waniri si thst place on a felony charge, although the message failed to atate the nature of the case. The of'lcera have secured requisition pspera and will come here at once for the palmist. Morris, or Bartell, came here about a week ago with hla wife, and since takirg up apartment at the Paddock hotel has been doing a fine business. The "easy money" game seems to have been the cause of the palmist's undoing. The couple dressed In the latest fashion and had no trouble tn making .friends with all whom they came in contact. The field looked so good to Morris that he had arranged to rent a house and locate here for the sum mer. SAVIDGE REJECTS THE OFFER Deellnes to Become tho Nebraska Mead of Christian Chnrek Society. Rev. Charles W. Savldge haa decided to reject the offer of th Dexter L. Thomas house free of cost on condition thst ha would head the Chriatian Benevolent asso ciation In Nebraska. He will undertake the task of buying this property and con ducting an old people's home with the aid of a benevolent association which ha will form. Mr. Savldge t.as addressed the following communication to the public: I have agreed to buy the Dexter L. Thomas home at 9& North Twenty-eeventh avenue for 38. ami for aged and aependen. people. It ia a a real house, line y finished and well adapted for the puipose tor which wo want to use it. My purpose 1 to form a benevolent association at one and to hold aad conduct this home for the good of Uie people of Omaha andhe g',cry of God. 1 shall aland Independent, as 1 have for aeventeen year, trusting God and the people. Then I can lake care of tho who have no money; In hort, I can dJ ahat God wanta m to do. I must pay 3i.5uO on July 1, 1901, and than I may occupy the house at once. Wlil not all help In this nob. work? Sincerely. CHARLES W. SAVIDGE. Telephone Webster 3444. Mr.f8vldg says that now be haa under taken this work, h will have to see It through. He says that ba haa a good bors and that if anyone, wants to make a dona tion for his hom for the aged, if ha will rail him up he will gladly go for the money. In explaining hie principal reaaon for carrying on thia work Independently, Mr. Savldge aaid thst th national association required women to hav 810S before they could enter the homo and a man and wife IliA. Us said that ha often came In con tact wuh people eligible for te homo who ' " Beauty Culture Hyszienic Skin Food. T SOU DISTRIBUTORS Orntav. Naaraakcat hsd no money and he did not desire to ba hampered In hla work by any such rules. . 'I want a home where the man or woman without a penny can go." Mr. Savldge aaya he would also like to ba able to keep the Old Folks home he con ducts at present at 1713-15 California atreet, where he would be able to carry On rescus work on a large scale because of their central location. LOVE SUIT IN STATE COURT rase for Alleaatloa of A Wert lorn la Transferred from Federal Jarladletloa. The federal courts have taken another adjournment until Thursday morning. tbroturh the Tact that no cases are ready for trial. The case of Clarence E. Camp bell against Nellie V. Peck for alienation of the affection of his wife that was to come to trial Wednesday morning haa been dismissed. The. case waa refiled In the state court, where Is was originally begun. As a consequence the Jury waa excused until Thursday morning, and Judge T. C. Munger will not be here until that time. The petition filed by Campbell In district court asked for R.0P0 damages, asserting that Nellie Peck, his sister-in-law, had In duced his wife, Mary, to leave him by cir culating false stories about him. The amount was made 32,000 to prevent the de fendants from taking it to federal couii again. PURSE FILCHED STIRS ROW Dlaappearaaee ot Loaded Peketnoolc Oatdoea the Apple of Heaperldeo. Tho golden apple of the Heaperides thrown among tha council of the gods did not arouse more strife than did the com paratively Insignificant aum of 338.2S which disappeared from a locker in Roberston's cafe. 308 South Fifteenth street, haa caused among the Hebea who preside over the lunch counter and the dining tables there. The purse In question was the property of Cora Ingeraoll, a waitress In the dining department. Miss Ingersoll knew she hsd placed the puree In the locker and rha knew later that It had disappeared. This statement was taken bv the 'Others to be a reflection upon their personsl honesty and Justly to be resented. All was still going well at the noon hou, but per sonal Interviews with several of the wait resses revealed tho fart that if matters go farther there will' be trouble, yea trouble. Words of Praia v for the several Ingredients of which Pta Pierce's niexlicino are composed, aa given by leaders In all tha several schools ot medicine, should hava far mora weight than any amount of non-professional tcs- timoniala. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion has mt bade or hosestt on every bottle-wrappVr. In a full list of all Its in gredients printed In plain English. 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