TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 20, 190 9 fa Wo Are Middle the Block Stlllfttf Drugs. Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Soaps', Combs, Fountain. Pens. Etc., at YES Middle the Block Price s It will pay you to get our prices before buying. Here are a few samples: $2.00 Fountain Pen Hf.KO $5.00 Fountain Pen ....... 3.50 75c Manicure Scissors, . . . .40c 25c and 2Sc Kail Files 10c 20 odors Perfume, ounce.... 23c Rose, Violet, Jocky Club, etc. Pfnauda Est. Vegetal.. 40c 75c Prtncess Combs 40c 11.00 Ideal Hair Brushes .... BOe $1.00 Society Hygienic Soap. .S.lc $1.00 Razor Strops ftc $1.50 Razors 08c 60c Pox Candy '. ,1.V Cigars, $3 a box down to ... . 50c Howell Drug Co, Mlddto the Block Hotel Loyal CORN SHOW ONE BEST BET All Omaha Joint in Grand Paean, of Praise. BUSINESS MEN SING ITS SUCCESS Hhnlrulrn, Merchants, Hotel Jle fid Itnllroaaers In Vnamlmons thorns Rflt Kffect of i;iKlllni. BOSS ROGERS HOLDS THE KEY Until He Opens Secret Bedford's Suc cessor it Not Known. MAY TAKE THE JOB HIMSELF Head of Dnhlman Clnn Make Veiled Nltltrmrnt that Throw Other Aspirants ln6 Pit ( Incitement. M. Andennn, a clerk, refused to pay his former wife the M a month decreed In the divorce which aha had secured from him on the grounds that he married again and that a hardship would result If he were compelled to keep up the payments. The first Mrs. Anderson garnished his salary and won the case In the lower court, the appeal of AnVrson resulting In an affirma tion of this finding. within the next two Weeks a successor to Jeff W. Bedford, councilman from the Twelfth ward, must'' be Chosen, 'but until George Rogers, Chief of the Darflmarrttes, Intimates Whether he Would accent an ap pointment to the seat about to be vacated the counclrmeh Wfll ndt commit themselves. And In tlie meantime George Rogers de clines to say whether he wants the Job or not, felling the anxious councllmen and the'aflxlous aspirants for Bedford's shoes that Hi- will give no decision until after Christmas, one short week -before the Twelfth ward councilman will retire. Mr. Hertford has been elected a member - of the Board of County Commissioners and necessarily must resign from the council. ' As hodn as he was elected twenty-two sep arate and distinct candidates for his place In the council chamber hove In sight. At d they had no sooner announced their can didacy and begun an assiduous campaign to land the plum when they received a severe' jolt In the announcement that Boss Rogers would not be adverse to taking the Job himself. Blnce then they " have hung with bated breath on' every word the Said Rogers has uttered, for It Is well known that if the boss Wants lite place' he' tan . have It, for where Is there a democratic ,' councilman who would dare to vote against the man who' rnndfe' him? ;' Hosiers Scares Them. "1 did not say I Would accept an election to the council," said Mr. Rogers one day, and the hopes of the twenty-two other as pirants rose. But the next day Mr. Rogers said: "I did not state I would refuse) an election to the council," and then the hopes died In the bosoms bf the Sat elites. Now the boss comes out with a statement , . that he , has given the matter 'serious thought, but will deter a positive announce ment until after Christmas.. Alfred I. Lthdell, (defeated Candidate for the Board of Education, had the lead over the bther candidates, next to Rogers, un til last week, when it stronger man -cam to the front with claims for Bedford's Beat. This new candidate, the twenty-third, Is I Frartk McCreary, Twenty-fourth and Man i dereon streets, and proprietor of a cement block factory at Thirtieth street - arid the Belt fine. Mr. McCreary Is a nephew of the late Count- Crehrhton, - was: born' In Omaha and has a strong following. If Mr. Rogers wants the council position members of that body say he can have it hattds down, without a struggle. If he does riot want It then the councllmen will elect the strongest man they can find and a maA who will jrotillse to make the Yace la the spring. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WIN Derision I Circuit Court Mlasoort Law Dors Sot Prohibit Their Method f Healing-. tTAftRENSBURG, Mo., Dec. 19.-There Is ho law In Missouri prohibiting the practice of heatmg by members of the Christian SClente church, according to a decision handed down here this morning by Judge Berry Thurmond In the circuit court. The case was brought to test the law, and Mrs. Lena A. Jaccard and Theresa M. Haywood, prominent Christian Science practitioners of Kansas City, were the de fendants. Judge Thurmond handed down his deel sion this morning. In It he held that the Missouri statutes for the regulation of the practice of medicine do not apply to heal ing as performed by Christian Scientists and that the laws of the state do not either prohibit or regulate In any way their prac tice of hearing Information had been filed against the de fendants by Ewlng Cockrell, prosecuting attorney of this county, who Is a son of Francis H. Cockrell, a member of the In terstate Commerce commission. They were charged with violating the laws that make It an offense to practice medicine or sur gery or to treat the sick for pay without a license. They treated Mrs. Surelda Wy riok of Knobnoster, ' through the methods of ChrlStl&n Science, for' which they re ceived the sum of $54. ALIMONY TN ' FIRST - PLACE tt.' Louis Indite "Holds ""Divorced Vwmnn Mar Collect After Hon bahTs ltemarrlsae. ET. LOUIS,- fc. .A ieetslon that a dlvcrcied woman may seise her former hus band's earnings nd yropmty to -enforce the payment of alimony, even though he has Married gah, wu handed down by the BU Louis court of appeals today. It la ald by lawyers that the ruling will affect scores of men by making them re sponsible for the support of two families. The case reached the court when Miles SOLDIERS DRINK DEADLY AtflD dleven-' Death la Camp of": Elgh ffteenth Infantry la the ' FhlHtrpfnea. MANILA, Dee. IB. Eleve'u deaths have occurred and thirteen men are serously 111' at Kelthely Camp, Mlndanoa Island, as a result of the men ot the Eighteenth In fantry drinking v'clumblac af-ld", a vegeta ble compound extracted from the caliimba root. ' An official Investigation Is being made by the military authorities, but no details have been given out. The details of the wholesale poisoning have not been received and the names of tiro dead and seriously ill Will be Withheld until an ok.-lal teport has been cabled t Washington. The beverage, It Is learned, was served as "vino," a native drink, at a resort near the camp on December 15. The last death occurred on December 17. Hot Artesian Well. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. (Special.) The striking of a hot water artesian well a few days ago on the farm-end ranch of O. F. Clark in Lyman county recalls that Lyman oobnty has several -of these freak wells. The latest hot water gusher was struck at a depth of 1,347 feet. The temperature of the Water is 100 degrees. The well has a strong flow, the -pressure being fifty pounds to the square Inch. The contractors who drilled tti well hfcve now moved their machinery to another point In Lyman county, where another artesian well will be drilled. These wells are becoming numerous In that county and furnish an abundance of water for domestic and stock purposes. WaTbTna: Tests Tor Naval'Men. ANNAPOLIS. Mil., Dec. 19 Plans ere n foot t.-) -tnrhtde the walking test In the physical examination of candidates for the naval academy. It was learned today. The walk "for the cahOldatcs Will. It Is under stood, be seventy-five miles in three days. That Omaha first National Corn exposi tion has been an unqualified success, that It not only brought thousands of visitors to the city, but that It served Its educa tional purpose to a greater extent even than was hoped for all this Is proved by the statements of railroad men, merchants and hotel men, whose verdlc-t Is unanimous. A cityful of people who havo seen with their own eyes the Corn exposition will" agree with these views and not a single reader of The Bee will be disposed to dis count any statement as bring overly opti mistic, because "for publication. "The National Corn expedition Is educa tional in its nature and follows In the same lines on which the transportation companies have been working in many organisations In aiming to reach the highest degree of perfection for the benefit of all interested," said A. L, Molcr, vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific railroad. "There Is not the slightest doubt but what agricultural Interests of Nebraska will continue to grow In proficiency and Import ance and value, for the farm life Is the most free of all and the most Independent, and about the .only such a one left. "The greatest wealth per capita of popu, latlon means more, comfort, more luxury, more Independnnce and better citizenship. "Our company is heartily In favor of all these educational projects and will do all lti can to aid them, because the results will be mutual. From the foundation so successfully laid and which 'Is a credit ta the men who have handled the enterprise. It should be further encouraged and augu mented In the future." Roads Received Money's Worth. "I am convinced the National Corn expo sition Is going to be of mutual advantage to. the producer, tho communities and the railroads, to Improve the quality and quan tlty of the grain raised In this section," d- clared S. F. Miller, general freight and pas senger agent of the Northwestern. "With that idea in view the Northwestern railroad was most liberal In its expenses for advertising and feels that It has had Its money's worth. While President Mar vin Huarhltt of the Northowestern and President Gardiner of the Omaha road were not able to be present, they had great con fldencB in the "exposition and sent large delegations headed by Vice President II. R. MeCullough, and J. T. Clark,- vice presi dent of the Omaha rond." "The exposition has been a success as to Instruction In better farm methods," as serted L. W. Wakeley, general passenger agent of the Burlington. "It will be a greater success when Iowa and Nebraska and not Indiana, can win the corn prizes. The 1908 Nebraska crop report shows no Increase whoever In the total acreage of corn tillage In ten years. This is a startling fact, that In a great corn state such as Ne braska the aveTng'e-. acreage of corn is ex hausted. The immediate lesson Is to raise more Corn -per acre. "I was Impressed by the splendid work being done by the agricultural colleges. The farmer must study and 'take notice of the valuable Information as to better farm methods placed by the state within his reach." . Ileal Farmers Highly Pleased. "I said my little say the other evening," said Eugene D. Funk, president of the Na tlonal Corn exposition, and one of the small group of men Who really "made" tho corn show. "But you can add that I think that the exposition has been a complete success, an unqualified success, from every stand point. Certainly It has from tho one In which the dvvbtee nt agricultural progress is most Interested Its educative Influence, It has been a financial success also and a benefit to Omaha. We of the Corn assocla' tlon are really deeply grateful to this city.' Arthur D. Bmndeis of J. L. Brandeis & 3 ma spoke briefly but enthusiastically "The exposition is the most Important single tiling which ever happened Jn Omaha The farmer, banker, wholesaler and re tailers, ' every business man In fact, has profited and will' profit from the expos! itnn "Tlie best thing about the corn expo sition lies In this," remarked W. F. Bax ter, secretary of Thomas Kllpatrlck & Co. "It has been not only the. greatest source of gain to Omaha In a business way that the city has ever experienced from any 'show,' but it has at the same time greatly encouraged the farmer to better and more scientific methods, and it is from the farmer that all our wealth comes In the first place. I think, too, that this and future corn expositions will play an Important role In making sons of farmers not only content to stay on the farm, but positively entuhsiastlc over agriculture. To the mer chant the exposition has, of course, been a big source of gain." "The corn show la a good thing in a Gift Seekers At Haydens,--j E3EZI In remembering your friends find relatives, tho tendency to give useful gifts is more 'marked this year than ever before ' so yon ean't twiko n mistaRo oy seieeting one ot our nigii grade standard pianos. A Piano in the house is a'fcouree of pleasure to the entire family. The refining influences in a home that attend the presence of a piano is of much benefit to tho thildrcn. A musical education always is a benefit to both boys and girls. A Piano aa an Xmas Gift is Ideal. There awaits your choosing the most complete and magnificent; lino of Pianos in the world. Emphatically we say that this season we'-show he greatest, the grandest and most select assortment of high-grade Pianos for Christmas Gifts in the histry of Piano Mehcaudising in tho West. t . k rli4f r ZlY TD-a rr When you buy at "HaydenV there is no question about the qualities and Udll U y dllCi I lL"""aii investigation will prove that our Prices aro low enough to" save to the . buyer from $50 to $175 on an instrument. In point of value giving it is daily demonstrated that our values are 'truly won derful and not to be duplicated. QUR GREAT MONEY SAING CHRISTMAS PIANO SALE T Is the greatest and most successful sale ever held. The reason for the great success is that the prices are the lowest ever quoted, the qualities the best obtainable and terms are made to suit the buyer's convenience. READ THESE PRICES THEN COME AND SEE THE QUALITIES 1 "Walters Upright, rosewood case 1 Mueller Upright, ebony case 1 Gerlich Upright, ebony case , 1 Schmer Upright, ebony case 1 Pease Upright, ebony case 1 Franklin Upright, mahogany case' . . .': .....S(5 $75 $87 ,.$95 .$105 ..$125 1 Prescott Upright, mahogany case . . . : 1 Everett Upright, oak case ' 1 Mallet & Davis Upright, ebony casp 1 New Sample Piano Up right, mahogany case 1 Ivers & Pond Upright, mahogany case 1 Price & Teeple Upright, used a short time, burl walnut. . . . $150 $135 $160 $175 $185 $195 1 Chickering Bros. Upright, used a short time, burl C walnut V03 1 Fischer Upright, used, in mahogany case 1 Estey Upright, used, walnut case 1 Anderson Upright, used a short time 1 Ebersole Upright, golden oak ease 1 Wegman Upright, used six . months, mahogany $287 $295 $305 $325 $335 We are also showing a complete stock of such 'well kno wn makes as Knabe, Fischer, Schmer, Chickering Bros., Es ( tey, AVegman, Schaeffer, Price & Teeple ,Smith & Barnes, Ebersole, Smith & Nixon, Milton, Franklin, the only perfect Piano Player, "The Angelus," Knabe-Angelus, Emerson-Angelus and Angelus Piano. Wonderful values in used Organs and Square Pianos. New Pianos for rent. All Pianos sold on the easy-payment pian it customers so desire.- 1 1 Mai cD. b mi EBjpcds O Our Tstock is going fast What remains we offer at special reduced prices to close out before Christmas f r'i - 1 -k . Tk 'The sentiment of a lamp like 'this will make lta donor appreciated forever. If you wiU select a Xtuas gift which "will be- admired, appreciated, remcni bered and useful examine our atork. Burgess-Granden Co. Wholesale and "retail gas and electric fixtures. 1511 Howard Street Next door to gas office. Exclusive lamp design at from $3.50 to $50 , The distinctiveness which characterizes our dis play of lamps indicates the great cure- which has been exercised in the selection of all our wares. Not only in their conception do our lighting effect en eel, but in tlie marvelous exactness of their execu tion aa well. Our Christina importations represent the highest artistic achievement in practical light combinations and include a wonderful uSMortment of unusual forms with delicately colored shades to harmonize. From this great collection appropriate Lamps of KXCLI HIVK Dr.NKJN may be selected for tlie lien, Desk, Library, Dining llooin Drawing Room, Ileoeptlon Hall, y,we Tout, Nook or Cor ner, at prices ranging fiDm $?.SO to -$.10.00 We are in a position to offer you helpful sug gestions at this time of the cait. Our Clirifctnias stork 1) all Uiat c(uld be aked by the most exacting but as the Itolidays approach the variety for selec tion will -rapidly decrease, so we urge that you no longer put off this part of your Christinas shopping. We will reserve any selection" you choose and deliver it any time you designate. About the classiest and most useful little pres ent to give your mother or sister would be an Elec tric Curling Iron. They are necessary for every ladies' dressing table. The kind we have are heated in a moment, but w ill not burn the hair, but h a i present will delight -any woman's heart. great many ways," said A. C. Smith ot M. E. Smith & Co. "Its educational feature is valuable In the Tiossiblllty of educating people to raising two bushels of corn where only one grew before. It has brought into Omaha a large number of -people and with out question It is a valuable proposition for both the wholesaler and the retailer. We ought by ail meajis to make it perma nent." "The corn exposition has been entirely satisfactory in every way," declared W. fl. Wright of Wright & Wllhelm. "I bave heard nothing but complimentary remarks about it. It brought into Omaha a good class of people whose object was to study and learn Something -of value to the corn producer. It will tend to cement the In terests of the people outside of Omaha and fho reople of Omaha. It has resulted In bringing many new customers to the Omaha market and It should be made a perma nent institution here." Beyond TVords Belden. C. C. Belden declared that "The corn Bhow ls"beyond 1 words. I think it Is the biggest 'and ' best thing Omaha ever had, the TransmlsslHslppl exposition of ten years ago not excepted. That -exposition was a big thing, but it did not teach, did not educate, did not show people how to in crease their Income. The corn show has, and farmers who visited it did not simply see an exposition of corn, but learned how to go back home and raise corn like It, to increase the yield, to make more money, to produce In greater and better quantities. I acknowledge that I am an enthusiast, but be that as It may, this exposition just closed has been a wonderful affair." "It Is an excellent institution," said George N. Peek of the John Deere Plow ! company, "and It will be productive ot ! great good In an educational way. It has brought to Omaha the largest crowd of In telligent people interested in agriculture I have ever seen in the city m any one week. 1 hope it will be kept up and we shall be glad to, support It. Anything that helps to develop this territory is of benefit to the business interests of the city in ail fines. The greatest thing we could do for this district would be to keep this exposi tion here permanently." Wholesalers Have a Share. "While the exposition came "too late to bring "us many large wholesale customers we sold many small bills to people out of the city and it' has proven ot great value to the retailers," said T. C. Byrne of the Byrne-Hammer company. Undoubtedly It will help to Increase the production of corn In the state by introducing modern meth ods of farming, the selection of seeds and the preparation o fthe soli. It la ot great value to every Omaha interest and it should be made permanent and should re ceive the support of every business man." George II. Lee, president and treasurer of the George II. Lee company: "The Corn show has been a big success and has had a good effect on business. While 1t has not materially benefited our establishment, yet we have had many visitors who might not have come to see us but for the Corn show. I am glad It Is to be continued here. It Is a great Institution and deserves all encouragement we can give It." B'liuply Immense Uahlmaa. "Simply immense and full of Instruction for the farmer and the rancher. That, in brief," said Mayor Uuhlman, "Is my opin ion o fthe Corn show which was about thu blfrgest thing I believe Omaha and South Omaha ever Saw. I know the rancher and the cowboy have elurned things here the same as the farmer, for, while the rancher does not raite corn to any great extent, he raises alfalfa, and you know, alfalfa was queen of the show. This exposition has been the best kind of an educator for the tiller of tho soil and the best kind of an advertiser for the cities ot Omaha and South Omaha, and the people living on the farms and rsaclies have been taught how to grow bettur and bigger crops and the people In othur clUus have learned that we are ou the map." Pr. George L. Miller gives his opinion "That the National Corn exposition was a big thing as an educator and as opening the way for future larger expositions in keeping with the wealth, resources -and Im portance of this grand irans-Mlssourl river valley, or -empire, as it might properly be called. I look upon this exposition, now Just closed,' as but the forerunner of other and mightier expositions to come, and expo sitions at which people of all walks of life will learn and receive much benefit." kitchen and O'Brien Satlsfled. Ralph Kitchen, Paxton hotel, asserted: "The' corn show Is by far the best thing we have had in Omaha since the Transmlssis sippl exposition. The crowds were big and kept pouring in steadily. In a hotel way It is the best thing we have ever had In Omaha. I hope It will become a permanent feature." T. J. O'Brien, Henshaw hotel: "Our busi ness has been extremely good during the corn show. The crowds came early and stayed late. It was a good natured crowd, too. The visitors were willing to put up with the Inconveniences naturally resulting from the crowded conditions, of the hotels. They were good payers. We did even a better hotel business than during the Ak-Bar-Ben." "While comparisons are always odious. and while I have always been a booster for Ak-Sar-Ben, I find from my books that the business of -the ten days of the Na tional Corn exposition has been much bet ter than It was during the period of the fall festivities," said Herman B. 'Peters, proprietor of the Merchants 'hotel. "The -National Corn exposition brought a splendid class of people to Omaha, not merely sightseers, but people Who wanted to learn "hod to better their condition, and I could see that the exposition made them think. 'They would gather in' groups and discuss the different advanced methods which they had seen and which they had learned at the corn exposition. "The crowds which came were not so flitting as during some .other big gather ings, but were composed of people who really came to Omaha to learn some of the grand lessons which the exposition taught." ' Other Hotel Men Speak. T. J. Taggart, Loyal hotel: "The corn show crowds beat the ' Ak-Sar-Ben con siderably. The business 'was steady and without a break. The corn show visitors were, as a rule, people with considerable money, and they spent in freely. We could not ask for a better hotel business than we have had d bring the Bhow, and we. are glad that it is coming back next year." Rome Miller, Rome and Millard hotels: "Tho corn exposition has been a big suc oess, educationally and financially. It has emphasized the necessity for the Audi torium for taking care of big affairs. In spite of the--knocks of the moBBbaeks Who insisted that we had a white elephant on our hands. Without the Auditorium the corn show would have boen Impossible. The show has been a success for the mer chants and for the hotels. It is a differ ent thing from Ak-Sur-Ben. It was not a carnival, but a great industrial expo sition. There is room In Omaha for both enterprises and we need them both." ' A 1eader ta nesalts. General Charles F Mandereon: "The Na tional Corn exposition was a new depar ture and is bound to be a leader in results that will be of the greatest moment to the western country and particularly to the corn producing states. States that ore rich in mineral Wealth in time exhaust their products, but states that produce wealth of soil never exhaust their re sources, but steadily increase their prod ucts by proper cultivation with every year of production and development Those who cast their lot in states that yearly bring forth from the earth groat products are .COAL XT BTAITSS TO KSASOK WHY YOU SHOULD FATB.ONIZB US 1 Because we are an Independent firm, belong to no trust. 2 We save you from 60c to $1.60 per ton. We give you better coal for the money than others. . , Our Coal Is selected from the best mine districts. 6 We guarantee 2,000 lbs. to the ton. 110.00 . .. V.OU Hard Coal (all sIzcb) Arkansas Anthracite. Ohio (Uie very best)....... 8.00 Radiant Egg 6.00 (Beats Rock Springs.) . Illinois Lump S.3S Illinois Nut 8.00 Cherokee Lump 6.00 Cherokee Nut 4.TS Walnut Block (genuine)... 4.75 Missouri Nut 4.3S good many other kinds of Coal, guarantee quality and quantity. Wo Rosenblatt's Cot Price Coal Co 1333 ZrlCEOI.Ag ST. Both Phones. fortunate indeed. The enormous increase in the value of agricultural lands, par ticularly' iht the western states, shows the wisdom of those who came bore to Invest In farm lands. Omaha has started an en terprise that will be productive of great good, and there Bhould be at this polnl an annual exhibit pertaining to that whu-k closed Saturday." lluef's Sentence Postponed. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 19.-Th passing of sentence on Abraham Ruef, con victed of the bribery of a supervisor t vote for a trolley franchise for the United Railways, was postponed by Judge Lawler today until Thursday. December 24. The attorneys for the defeoise made a strong, but unsuccessful fight to socure a con tinuance until January 2 of next year. At TJiyero-Dillon Leather Goods Sale 800 Ladies' Hand -Bags, tanging In price from 7'5o to 936, all on sale at Half Price. 600 Ladles' Pocket Book, no two alike, all Bamptes, flang ing in price from 16c to $5.00, on sale at Half Price. " 600 Gentlemen'! Pocket Books, no two alike, all samples, ranging in price from 16c to $1.60. 160 Oentlsmen'a Card Cases, ranging In price from Z6o to fl.60, all on sale at Half Price. 76 Leather Card Casea, ranging la price from 76c to IS, all on sale at Half Price. P Y Perlumc Atomizers We are carrying this year a new line of Perfume Atomizers that are guaranteed to work. Not the old kind that "were to look at and always out of order, but ones that are guaranteed not to get out of order. Eight different styles: 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.25, $3.00 and $3.50. Jewel Boxes Something new in bronze Jewel Boxes, ranging in price from $2.25 to $5.00. Foclet Knives We carry a complete line of pocket Cut lery . Pocket Knives ranging in -prioe from 25c to $5.00. Fine assortment. ' Low prices. Make suitable Christmas gifts foj boya and men. Confectionery We are booking orders now for Christ- mas Candy . Our New Department "enables us to give you fresh goods at moderate prices. Let us have your Christmas -order. IiJd5eir,8-Q)ufllini Cut Rate Druggists. 9 I C i a i t r . . s i . t : ; I f a i rag IGth snd Farnam SI:.