THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBKK 27, 1903.
A'
TfiODSiSD TOTS MADE GLAD
T -vamsM '
' Ban t-Clans Visits City Mission, Chil
dren at Auditorium.
ASSEMBLY COSMOPOLITAN AITAIE
Al 1 R mft-a mt staraa Represented im
llrril Swarm of Ease Children
Mad )iy r Toys
: . . ' . a4 tHr
' L:ttl Bloux and Japan, don't you wih
that you.wsre mT" 80 kd the Mttk
"IC1 Into ,veie of Robert Louie Blevn
eon. One , thousand children felt the Same
qvestlon In an Inarticulate way at the
Auditorium Saturday morning;. Bant a Clatts
'hM arried--tW( of htm In fact-aod Ate
i tributod present to 1.000 protege of the
Cltr Mission.
' It wai v slxht which would have aroused
emotion In the breast of a cigar store In
clan. Bted In row on row on the trait
stage were these hundreds end hundred! of
children with such eager expectancy writ
Urge on each childish face that each wee
arptcture In Wm or herself. That many of
- thom- wnre poorly dressed, wlth.halr dl-i-
beveled and. In some case, hands and faces
. jibiWvtoo clean, did not detract from the
... pluturesq,u aspect cf each mite of humanity
! nor- from the etrlklnf effect Of the n-
t mble.
. They were mostly the children of foreign
born rarent and some of theee accom-
,.plud them. Women with ecarlet caps and
-grrgeou shawls added a, note of vivid color
find , In Uie dress of many ot tho children)
t) there, could be i en.tha south European
V lqv of burbarlo colors. (
"'" Many Rani Represented.
ffl was a cosmopolitan ass mblaie. Little
''lJohemiahs, wee descendants of the May
a. . . . . -
trars, mlhute Polandors, Blava, Biovaa ana
Slovenes, high utid low Deutsch, young
'atlon ot Brian Boru there wa plenty of
material for the ethnologist to have worked
tftvm. '
' 'The variety of the assemblage wae helffht-
-'ened In the tontrast botween those benefit
ing by the exercises and their benefaotors,
for the teachers and workers In the City
" Mission, friends and associate preaent rep-
resented not merely private wealth In many
caea, but represented the beat that 1
American lntei.lgent, educated effort to-
-1 ward socIaT service.
The little boy and girl who attends Sun
day school the week before. Chriatmaa tor
the first tlms waa there, too aeveral of
him.
', ' Is Harry Maguire In your class, Mr.
v Cavanne," asked a co-worker.
" Harry, a frowsy,- unkempt lad of 11 years,
"i looked anxious.
' "He was there last Sunday, but never be-
fore' said Uie man asked. ,
r . Gloom spread over a Juvenile physlog-
fiomy, but the map of woe brightened whan
the other teacher answored: , .
"Well, we have a lot of extra presents
... and we'll see If we can't .f nd something
1 fp Harry in them even If he does not do
n serve lu"., v
1. ; Prises for Prise Children.
Just why a child of 5 or . hugging a doll
' as large as-herself, should make ordinarily
unemotional observers fee) a lump in the
v ' throat is . not easy to explain, but miny
experienced the sensation when Emma Le
' hetyak came forward an received the c?oll
" fiven her. for perfect attendance and con
dUct at. the Mission Sunday school the last
'" year," "Thank ybu krndly," , said , Emrr a
-when the. doll had been given her, and It
wae evident that- someone has InstllUd
aome knowledge of manners Into the mind
ef a S-yaor-old girl. Lewis Morrocco, who
,' I not a , Moor, but or Sicilian extraction.
1 ' .won the boy's pr'xe fur conduct and at
" tendance, ,Two big round glistening silver
' dollar which his fingers could hardly cover
all ovar ; were his reward for exemplary
t iJsehavlor. ..
j Before, the distribution of presents began
,f .there had. been brief exercises. Carl Wll
Ban. . presided, Charles Wlthey offered a
; .prayer, ,and Very Rev. George Beecher
A '.,.noke a ..few words to the children. ' The
j. children sang several carols and afte"r that
1 , the primary cMss with faint childish treble
mo itw "lwnv In lfunp Tn at Mtit nf &
Crib or a Bed, the utile ixira Jesus una
t His Buby Head."
Amid Impressive Stlllaesa.
, Tbey finished amid an Impreaslve still
v ness. Suddenly a roar of delight etarted
, .t , the back of the stage. It welled up
lrtp a. hcaven-ehaklng din as the other
The Pimple
And The Face
First Show Nlgna ot the Wood Poverty
. . tlliirn I'Mumes Aioet aajn
v . . . IMaoaaea. v
A . It Is a Strange truth that pimples usu
r sllv innnir urxin the face, thus illustrat
ng that nature uaes the most direct
i method of convincing man that the blood
t,r is filled with poison.
.., The human circulatory system Is said
in fr. iti. mn,t wnmtarfitl nf all evltlannea
of nature. It carries health, food and
i( etrength to every part or the uoay. it
also carries from every part of the body
urf rm 1! fo. waste matter and decay.
ol If through poor rating, Indigestion, con
stlpatlbn, etc.. the blood Is filled with
polxonuns, aecaymg, irrniin nuiu.
' 'theoe tHiisone are carried to the lung
where they are attempted to be oleansed
bv the d vet It from air Inhaled.
If this does not acoompllah the result!
' "' demanded the blood takes away th poison
" " "... .,rri it to the little cell cf the
'" skin, where they leave It Here these
'puUens Irritate and oecay. until at last
they form pimples and blackheads and
A ' other skin eruptions; at last bursting of
' are removed by man.
' When you have pimple It le a certain
.'j.' in vour blood I wrons, that the great
- human blood aystem I turned Into an In-
" i trtcate series -of aewera canal which
... iu4 with imBurttlee.
,- .-Selene long ago learned that Calcium
Sulphide a th mot powerful, harm
' ; lea and beneficial blood purifier obtain
,-turf Calcium Wafer, under chem-.A-
leal test., conclusively prove themselves
w . t le one of the beet methode of preaerv-
, lug thJ!ull etrength of thl grtat blood
J. . tleanatr,
Th real beauty of Stuart' Calcium
' Wafer lie In their rapid work. Thlr
good effect are seen after only a few
,.. ua nd a faca full of pimples ha
.' been mad clear and eieaa after only five
. Uay u of the wafer.
!, The wafr. by th peculiar Stuart
' I anil hold the full
' strength of Calcium Sulphide. o that th
system ooiaina mm woou-im
' it. .fi,int state.
', Other method of administering and pre
paring Calcium Buip&ia n proven
, Etuarf Calcium Wafer to oe tue vei
pnuwii. i
" ' - Go to jour druggist and buy a box of
' these little plmpl ' aradlcator today,
r price, tie, or aend ua your mum and ad-
J dress and we will aend yeu a trial paca-
"age e mall free. - Addrwa r. A- attuart
Co. I fitiuu-t hlig., iLarsball, Mica,
children took up the cry. All eyes had
been turned aloft and looking In the direc
tion where all the children gased there
could be seen a' figure with a long white
beard. In a minute more another slml
arly bewhlskered man l made hie ap
pearance In the gallery and the hubbub
became ear-splitting.
One parsonlfler of BU Nicholas was Dr.
VanFleet, the other the regular Santa
Claue of the BrandMs store, which. In ad
dition to loaning him, had sent the mis
sion a large consignment of gift a
After this the distribution of presents
began. It was a considerable task for
.000 presents had been neatly tied and
labeled and to give these etch to the
rightful boy or girl occupied a long time.
Some youthful faces became anxious when
their turn did not come, but none was left
out. Each child In passing out was also
given a large box of candy.
Heaae at Leketyak Is Merry.
There waa rejoicing this afternoon In the
horn of Lehotyak; the bouse Ot Morrocco
was filled wtth glee; In ' the abode of
Vssofskya there Is a happy boy and an
equally happy mother; Em II Bhramck la
praying for snow that he may try his new
sled; Mary Vnt, a blithe little Bohemian
girl. Is mothering a pretty doll which Is
the handsomest thing in the house of Vnt
except for the gleaming countenance of
the doll-motbar. There are 9Pft more
homes like these where pelaaure has been
unalloyed since Saturday morning and Its
Important happenings came to pas.
NEW YORK LINES HARRI MAN'S
ReslgBatlom of Newaiaa from Presl-
de-ney Give Credence
Tfceory.
With th resignation of William II. New-
it. an as president .of, the New. lork Cen
tral, rumor are again strong In railroad
circle that th New Tork Central I to
become) a part of the great Harrlman sys
tem of rdadg and thus nxtend the Harrl
man Jurisdiction from the Atlantic 'to the
Paclflo eveV one 4nhroken chain of; roads.
Th Harrlman dream of. a complete trans
continental line from 'the Atlantlo to the
Paclflo would thus become realized.
The endf mlty ' of such a move may be
realised when it I stated that. this wuaid
give the -Harrlman- aystama total mile
age of nearly 42,000, with outstanding stocks
and bonds of I2.417.00O.OOO.
Immediately after the resignation of
President Newman was announced. New
Tork Central stock took a Jump of three
points and this )t believed to have been
caused by a belief In closer relationship
between the Harrlman line nrd the New
Tork Central. 'Report from Wall street
even go so far a to declare that the pass
ing of the control of the 12,000 miles ot the
New Tork Central ha already been ac
complished, and that Harrlman waa only
waiting for February 1' when the resigna
tion of Mr. Newman will be effective.
Goald Line Previously Secured.
A glano at the railroad map of thl
country, immediately show what the con
trol of the New York Central by the Har
rlman line would really mean. The change
would be even greater when accomplished,
than that of laat summer, when it waa an
nounced that the domination of the trafflo
of the 18,000 miles of the Gould system waa
about to pa under (h control of on
man, E. H. Harrlman. Thl move waa ex
pected last summer after Harrlman had
secured an entering wedge by providing
the Wheeling & Lake Erie with $3,000,000
to rellv It from Impending bankruptcy.
Th New Tork Central 1 one of the
strongest and beat constructed and operated
roads In the country, and with It under his
control the roads under Harrlman's sway
would be: .
Stocks
Mileage. and Rnmii
New Tork Central 12.B83 t 867.ooo.7mi
Southern Paclflo ......... MM 418.0O0.000
Union paciric o.&as 4W.ouo,ooo
Baltimore A Ohio 4,626 461,000,000
Illinois Central 4.377 241.ouo.000
Erie 2.3.13 8X0.000,000
Central oi ueorgia i,tu 65,000,000
San Pedro, Los Angeles
& Salt Lake E12 75.000,000
St Joe Grand Island.. 3U 18.000,000
Total 41,388 $2,417,000,000
The capital stock of th ystem Is now
$418,000,000, of which $366,812,600 is common
stock and $52,431,100 Is preferred. The total
bonded Indebtedness' is $540,178,672. The gross
Sarnlngs for the fiscal year ended December
$1, 1907, reached $241,468,945, the operating
expenses $186,997,208, and the net earnings
$84,469,740.
Ktwnaa m. Centralis1.
President Newman has been using some
of the Harrlman policies on the New. Tork
Central, and sine 1901, when he assumed
the presidency, it ha been his scheme to
reorganise th New York Central line Into
one systeui. a work which has taken year
to accomplish and a work which it I said
will ever stanu as a monument to Mr. New
man's exect'tivt ability. It was Mr. New
man who thought of uniting th New York
Central, th Lake Shore and other Vander-
bilt road Irto on system with the same
traffic officials and other head officials, In
stead of having each road run aa a separate
line. Wh-sn tho plan was finally carried out
it result id In a grest saving of expense and
in an tncreani of business.
Mr. Newmar. atarted a a station agent
In Texa and It waa Jay Oould who discov.
ered hi ability and made him trafflo man.
ager of hi lines. He became vice presi
dent of the Missouri Paclflo, and vice pres.
ldent Of the Great Northern; next president
of the Lake Shore, and when 8. R. Gallo
way resigned he was made president of
the New York Central.
It I thought W. C. Brown, vice presi
dent of the New York Central and form
erly general manager of the Burlington,
will succeed Mr. Newman.
RABBI MERRITT AT TEMPLE
Farmer Omaha Mas Preaches to Old
Frleada from Palplt ef Rev. Dr.
Coha Friday Kvealag.
"From the Introductory remarks I am led
to believe that a preacher I sometimes not
without honor In his own spiritual birth
place," said Rabbi Max Merrltt, who
preached at the Sabbath eve service at
Temple Israel last night.
Dr. Merrltt had been Introduced by Rabbi
Cohn of the temple, who declared that an
Introduction was rather a matter of empty
form in the given case, "because it was In
Tempi Israel that Rabbi Merrltt of Evan.
villa, Ind received hi earlier spiritual ed
ucation."
Mr. Merrltt was in Omaha on account of
the birthday of hi father, and the oppor
tunity to ask htm to preach wa eagerly
seised upon by Dr. Cohn.
'My feelings when I stand forth In this
familar place are somewhat difficult to ex
pra In words," said Rev. Merrltt. "My
situation remind me somewhat ot a strlk
Ing Incident which occurred during the trip
through South America of Secretary Root
on a dlplomatlo mission. At the close of
the civil war a number of confederate offi
cer determined to forewar forever their
conquered country. They set sail for Bra.
11 and thr founded a little colony of ex
patriate. Moie than forty year had paased
petsreea then and th arrival of Root and
hi party. When he cam there, feeling
which th former rebel thought bad died
long year before sprang Into fervor and
they crowded around him, white-haired
Old men, children of departed veteran and
th grandchildren ef heroea of the lost
caua. They crowded around him. Wrung
hi hand nd doffed their hate reverently
to th Aaattrtoaa fla- wbbb was displayed.
It en niaasit horn to theca, a home which
DOUGLAS IS FOR R. A CLARK
Local Legislature Crowd Will Support
Herdmaa Man for Speaker.
SHOEMAKER IS THE ONLY REBEL
He Hays He Will Sapitvrt Tool, th
Candidate of tkt Barltncton -Stoeeker
Only a Joke,
They Say.
Several conferences have been held by
members of the Douglas county delegation
to the state legislature, but little has been
greed upon, either a to legislation or as
to officers of the two houses. It is prac
tically certain that Douglas will not put
forth a candidate for president of the
senate. Frank Ransom, who was men
tioned as a candidate Immediately after
election, ha decided not to enter the race.
For speaker of the house W. F. Btoecker
will be a candidate.
Mr. Stoecker ha been working hard for
the plum, but hi fellow member, or th
majority ot them, look upon hi candidacy
a something of a Joke. Eight of th nine
house members from thla county will give
him a ' complimentary vote on the first
ballot, however, providing Mr. Btoecker
tay In the ting until that time. - After
this it Is probable that a majority will
go to R. A.. Clark of Richardson county,
th candidate brought out by Lee Herd
man. . .
One member of thl rounty'g delegation
will hot support the Hera man candidate,
and thla 1s W. 8. Shoemaker. Mr. Shoe
maker has been shouting long and loud
that he will vote for Charles W. Pool of
Johnson county, th Burlington candidate.
Mr. Shoemaker announces that he will vote
for Mr. Pool on the .first ballot opposing
the idea of ' even giving a complimentary
vote to Billy 'Stoeoker. ,
J. A. OI1U far President.
The leading candidate 'for president of
the senate Is J. A. Ill of 'Ord. Frank
Ransom did not say he would vot . for
Mr. Ollis, but In the am sentence In
which he said that he was net a candidate
ho said that Mr. Ollls was.
Henry C. Richmond of Omaha wants to
bo clerk Cf the house and he says his can
didacy Is progressing well and that he be
lieves the Douglas county delegation win
stand by him. Mr. Richmond wa formerly
with the local democratic paper, later with
a paper at Fremont, and during the cam
paign was a secretary on the national com
mute. He has ribbed up many of the
democratic newspaper men In the state
and Is making his campaign on the propo
sition thnt the party owes something to
the press and that he Is the logical re
cipient of that recognition.
Mr. Richmond has strong opposition In
Trenmore Cone ot Baundfrs county. Mr.
Cone was a member of the laat house, but
was defeated for re-election.
"NO, THANK YOU," SAYS ROGERS
Boss Drmoortt, Decline to Accept
Place In the City
Coancll.
As a post-Christmas gift to some
twenty democrats living In the Twelfth
ward, George Rogers, big chief In the
Jlmocrat camp and boss ot all democrat
In Omaha, announces that he will not ac
cept the appointment as councilman from
the Twelfth to succend Jeff W. Bedford,
who will resign the first of the year when
he take his seat on the Board of County
Commissioners aa member from the Fifth
district, to succeed W. O. Ur.
. "I have been told I could have the coun
cil position If I wanted It, and I certainly
appreciate the honor," said Mr. Rogers.
"But my business affairs v will not allo'V
me to accept it, for I would cither have to
neglect my business or neglect the- affair
of the city, and I would not want to do
either."
"I believe that tho city pay the mem
ber of the council enough to warrant thulr
giving good service, but I am not in a post
ton to give the city $125 worth of time a
month. I want to see the city grow, am
not fter anything politically, and when
the city grows my business grows, and
that Is sufficient satisfaction for me."
The boss said he would not Intimate who
ha would Ilka to see elected to the seat
to be vacated next week, saying that he
would leave that entirely to the member
of the council. There are over twenty
candidate, but four ara so far in th
lead that the other are looked upon a
also ran." These four are A. L. I.ln-
dell, M. L. Knder, J. C. McCreary and
Lester A. Thatcher.
The meeting ot Tueaday evening will be
tho last session Councilman Bedford will
attend a a member.
PART OF THE MAN MAY LIVE
William Tappe, Partially Dlsmein.
krred, Has ChRsce to Defeat
Suicide Ballet.
With half of hi face, the roof of hla
mouth, one eye and particles of his brain
shot away by the shotgun with which he
tried to kill himself, William Tappe, who
lived on a farm near Benson until he tried
to commit suicide a wo-k ago Tuesday, ha
chances of escaping death after all, accord
ing to Dr. B. W. Hall, who attend htm.
V have been awaiting symptom of
lockjaw," aald Dr. Hall, "but Tappe seems
to be In good health and I bellevo he may
get over the matter and live with only hi
disfigurement and the lose of vision to
mar his complete enjoyment of life. His
vitality 1 remarkable and the way ho ha
hung on to Ufa after the terrible ordeal
make me believe that the probability of
his deith is becoming remote."
A Fortaaate Texas.
E. W. Qoodloe, Dallas, Tex., found a sur
cure tor malaria and. biliousness In Dr.
King's New Life P1U. 25a. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co. '
Balldlaa: Permits.
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streei. xmnie umfiiui, mi -uhi-
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Drica veneer uwwi, e.ww.
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The "Kantstoop''
Shoulder Brace and Suspender
EFFECTIVE.
SIMPLE.
The only br
that braces.
Positively care the
habit ot stooping.
produces tbat military effect so desired.
Women's Girl Sad BOTS.
all sixes .....fl.00
Men's, all sUes tl
old only y the foUowta InImii
tUEXS-MUQX DUG CO.
g. m. Cora lta aad Faraaa SUeetai
gol Hr-'"'" aad Distributers.
C. 6E3ESICT CO- he.
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f"SMJMa.v' S
BRIEF CITY NEWS
Kav Boot Mat It.
madelph r, gweboAa, Fufelio Aooonntaat.
Uasbart, photographer, 18th A Far nam.
Bowman, 117 N. II, Douglas shoe, $3. CO.
9m Bomrk for holiday candle and ci
gar. $18 S. 16th.
So!taM X.U Policies, sight drafts at
maturity. H. D. Neely, manager, Omaha.
Xp yoar saeasy as valuables In a
safe deposit box la th American Safe De
posit Vault In Th Be building, which la
absolutely burglar and fireproof. Box
rnt for only $4 a year or $1 a quarter.
Yoar money and vnanrano paper
proof safe deposit box In the American
Safe Deposit valuta In the Bee bulld-
ng. Boxea rent for only $4 a year, or
only $1 a quarter.
Ella Xh Xmsry to Speak en XtMcs
Bllaa L. Emery will address the Omaha
Philosophical society Sunday at S o'clock
to., in Barlght hall. Nineteenth and
Farnam streets, on "Ethics."
Mrs. Msrtln Chrltnn at St Th
funeral of Mr. Mertlne Chrtstensen, who
died Tuesday, wa hold at the home,"14
Phelps street, at 1 o'clock Saturday after
noon. Interment waa In Laurel Hilt ceme
tery. '
Tralnload of Jtrw Auto Automoblla
dealer ot Omaha claim tbey have a traln
load ot low and medium priced machine
ordered which will arrive In Omaha during
the first sixty day of th New Year and
they ar machine especially adapted for
country use. '. - .
XJttl Boy Flay Xoldnp Roy Guild, 11
year of ae, told Judg Eatella ha wa
only playing holdup when he attacked a
younger boy and hla s cr and took 90
cent away from them. ' He waa In Juvenile
court Saturday morning, but hi parents,
who live at 210 North Seventeenth street,
paid back the money and he wa relaasej
after a lecture from the court.
Window Curtain BurnedThe residence
of Deputy United State Marshal Joaeph
II. Proctor at 3324 Rugglc street narrowly
escaped destruction by fire Saturday morn
ing through a lamp' explosion. Mr. Proctor,
while making the morning fires, heard the
explosion In the dining- room ' and a he
entered fotmd the room full of flame. lhe
destruction 'was confined to the' window
curtain and a few rnlnor article's of house
hold furniture. The damage will be about
$00.' ....
look Out for Take Collector Members
of the association In Omaha have enmgad
to care for delegates to the colored people'
convention of the Interstate Literary Asso
ciation of Kansas and the West next week
and John Grant Pegg, chairman of the com
mittee, says no one has been authorised to
collect money for. entertainment purposes.
Some soliciting has been done by unauthor
ised parties and the chairman requests any
who hav contributed to communicate with
him and he will endeavor to refund th
money.
ALSE ALARM OF MURDER
Report of Killing la Bank Car Tarn
Oat to Be a Empty
Yarn.
No murder waa committed In connection
with the reported robbing cf aeveral foreign
railroad laborer shortly after I o'clock Sit
urday morning at Fifteenth and O.ace
atrects. A telephone message to the police
station at that time stated that the occu
pant of a railroad bunk car on the Mis
souri Paclflo tracks occupied tjy a number
of, laborer had been robbed by s ms men
who killed one ot tho laborer and then
made their' escape.
A thorough Investigation by the police re
vealed th fact that a man had teen hit
over the head during a carousal among the
laborer and several ou' alder, var.ously de
clared to have been hoboes or negrce. It
also said that th occupant of the car
were robbed when the drinking and cai d
playing party broke up Into a fight, but
the police are not taking much stock In th
atory, a nono of th laborer ha been lo
cated and no report of th supposed rob
bery has been made. Several detectives
who worked on the case all ot Saturday
morning failed to get any Information to
corroborate the murder and robbery story
that was telephoned to the police station
at an early hour, and It la thought that th
story originated from an ordinary debauch
and fight that had no aerlou result.
PRICE OF ARM AND LEG
Salt Hreasht r Yosng Girl - Cpm
promised by Union Paciae for
Six Thaasand Dollar.
To recompenae her a far a money can
for having to go through life with only one
arm and one leg, Prance Stodolny, 12
year of age, will receive $6,000 from the
Union Pacific railroad. Judgment wa
confessed by the railroad In district couit
and was accepted by Henry Murphy, at
torney for the girl.
While ostensibly the Judgment wa for
only $3,650, the actual amount received la
$0,000, betide the expenses of treating the
girl for eight months, at the hospital,
which will amount to almost $1,000 more.
The girl was th victim of a string of
runaway car on the gravity switch track
leading from Summit to the viaduct at
Twenty-fourth street. She wa picking up
coal along the track near Twenty-sixth and
Martha streets November It, 1807. when
the string ot cars running loose struck her
nd severed her right arm near the
shoulder and her right leg near the knee.
She was In the hospital for eight months
hovering between life and death, but
finally recovered. She sued for $75,000, but
the compromise was effected before the
case came to trial.
THREE MEN GET THIRTY CENTS
Thou Reap Rich Harvest for Their
Troable at Moldlaar l'p
T we Mea.
If all men were to get out of a gun play
and ho'dup affuir a easily a did A. Whl;
comb ot lOoe South Thirteenth struct and
Jacob Llsshits of 1807 Mascn street jChriat
maa night highwaymen would have to leave
Omaha for more lucrative fields if opera
tion.
Three men, one of -whom flashed a re
volver, held up Whitcomb and LUsh'.ta Fri
day night at Thirteenth and Leavenworth
streets under the railroad bridge thit
crosses th street at that point, while th
latter were on their way home. Only 10
cents, a pocketbook and1 a front door key
were taken from Whitcomb aod 10 oenti
and a pocketbook from the other man.
Deacript on of th three men have baen
furnished th police, who ar looking for
them. It I aald th holdup trio boarded a
street ear for South Omaha after th affair.
MAN FOUND DEAD IN BED
Eraeat RohlSes, a Painter, Die at
Seath Thirteenth) Street
Raasalasr Heaae.
"
Ernest Rohlflnc. a palntar. about U year
old. was found dead In bed at a roomlnar
house at 07 South Thirteenth tret by th
proprietor Baturday morning at T o clok.
Coroner Ileafey took chars of th body
and will hold an Inaueat Monday morning
to Investigate th case, a th man died
rather unexpectedly. Ha ha a so working
In Council PlirTf.
grr""''-
ia a school which does something inore than give a hoy thorough instruction. It does
this, but it does a great deal more. Military training and exercise will give him a
physique which will avail him all his life, Our ideal is to make our schoof a place
where they build manly boys.
A discipline is maintained that tend to develop character. The echool.; too, has about It an atmos-'
ptaere that make manly, honorable boys.
' Our new fireproof building will relieve any anxiety about your boy If he I t our school. The location
I most healthful. You want your boy to be safe, comfortable and contented, aa well aa to receive uch thor
ough Instruction and discipline a will make him a well educated, well trained, manly young fellow.
Winter Term Opens January SO.
Boys entering at this time receive personal and Individual attention.
If this Is your Idea of the education and training you wish your boy to receive, write to me for
full particulars.
Address. HARRY N. RUSSELL, Head Master, Kearney Neb.
SANTA TRADE LARGEST YET
Retail Business Surpasses All Records
for Local Merchants.
RANGE OF PRICES LOWER, TOO
Os Store Averages Forty-Five Tboa
. sand Dollars Worth of Baslnes a
'' Day for Three Weeks Pre
cedlasjc Christmas.
Not until the day after Christmas did the
business man of Omaha realise what Santa
Claus had done for them.
With lower prices than ever for almost
all the staple lines of holiday good, par
ticularly those carried by the bis dry good a
and department stores, merchants probably
have broken all records for business.
Here are throe ot fifty-seven reasons why
the business has been ood:
One store averaged almost 145,000 per day
for three weeks.
One extensive dealer In postal cards sold
500,000 ot the little modest Holiday remem
brances. One traveling; man put orders for January
delivery amounting: to $16,00) on th desk
of the .sale manager Thuraday evening,
A a result of the actual buying; many of
the largest stores have stock "damaged by
prosperity" and the experience ot one (hop
per Thursday evening at a big department
store gives some idea of the actual condi
tions. Thl woman wanted a box of men'
handkerchief and h took half a doten
linen handkerchiefs which wr not
good a th ones she wanted becauae tho
beat one wore all gone.
In a South Sixteenth street store a man
wanted two pairs of the same kind and
is of short kid gloves and finally ac
cepted two . shade.
In the Line ot Book.
Whole line of book were so well sorted
out that It was scarcely possible to name
your book and be able to get It without
compelling the clerk to substitute another
taand of literature. This frequently re
sulted in book buyers getting something by
Jack London Instead of by John Qreenleaf
Whlttler, and they accepted J. Herbert
Quick for Sir Walter Scott, though there
is nothing similar in their writings. As
Elbert Hubbard does not sell hi work
through the book store, he escaped be
ing substituted for Richard Harding- Davis
or the author of ' Widow in Name Only."
But such wa the experience of the re
tailers, and the postal card houses did
a business which shows how the fad is
growing and when they opened to sell
New Year cards Saturday morning thoy
had a short assortment of cards. It Is said
that no less than 8,000,000 postal card wera
old for the holiday, either direct or on
order from Omaha houses. Th whole
saler handling the line have no Idea a
yet of the extent of their business.
CORN SHOW BOOKS CLOSING
i. Wllke Jane Mors Shortly to
Idaho, Where He and Holden
Have Farm.
J. Wilkes Jones, general manager of
th National Corn exposition, left Mon
day for Des Moines and Ames, accom
panied by Mrs. Jones, where he will spend
several days. Later Mr. Jones will return
to Omaha and go to Twin Falls, Idaho,
Where, with Prof. P. Q. Holden, he own
a large tract of land which the two Ames
'book farmer" are improving.
Mr. Jones will return to Omaha long
enough to meet with the director to close
up finally the business of the flrBt Na
tional Corn expoaltion held In Omaha.
W. A. Palaley, tho assistant manager, is
working with a force closing up the entry
and award books, and will leave for his
home in Missouri the laat of the week. '
Miss Jessica Besack will close up her
work this week and leave Thuraday or
Friday for her home In Newton and after
the first of the year will take a number
ot studies at Amea and do some special
work for publications with which she 1
to be connected.
The Corn show offices are now In ,60$ Bee
building and Secretary T. F. Sturgess is
in active charge of all business.
RECORD REGISTERED MAIL
Heaviest Ever Received at Christ
mas Time by th Omaha
Postofloe.
The heaviest registered mall ever received
at the Omaha poatoftlce came in Chrlatma
and the night preceding, with additional
arrivals during Saturday. Almost all th
available store room In the registry depart
ment 1 crowded with the mall, but It was
bcinb deliver to caller with rapltlty and
till the pile did not seem to diminish very
seriously.
In view of th heavy registered mall
arriving Baturday and to arrive Saturday
night, th reglatry department will bo kept
open from I o'clock Sunday morning until
3 o'clock In the afternoon to accomodate
the public.
TWO YOUTHS CAUGHT IN ACT
Pair ot Yoaast Mea Try to Sell Horse
aad Biftr for Fifty
Dollars.
' Arrested at Waterloo while trying to
dispose of a horse and buggy for 160.
two young men will b brought back to
Omaha to explain how they happened to
hsv the . team. One of th men glvts
the name of Bert Wllllby and his resi
dence as 1712 California street, but the
other refused to give his name to Con
stable Campbell who arrested him. It is
charged they hired the outfit Friday even
ing at the Douglas Btreet barn, run by
Jack Pries.
NO PLACE ' FOR IDLERS
Method of Solvlna; the Problem ot
the I'nemployed In S wits-
erlaad.
'
In Switzerland there I a strong feeling
that any man who is out ot work must be
helped to find work, and this not so much
for hi own sake to guard against his
being a cause of expense to It Inatead ot
being a source of Income.
There la, however, an equally atrong
feeling' that when the work 1 found the
man must. If necessary, for hla own sake
a well a the Bake of the community, be
mad to do It; to do it well, too.
Practically everything In Swltaerland,
while It I held to be th duty of the
authorities to stand by the genuine work
seeker and help htm. It Is held to be their
duty also to mete out punishment to the
work shirker and force him to earn hla
dally bread before he eats It.
No toleration I shown to the loafer, for
hi I regarded as one who wishes to prey
on his fellows and take money out of the
common purse while putting none into It.
On the other hand, what can be dona Is
done, and gladly, to guard decent men from
all danger, of becoming loafers through
mischance or misfortune.
In thla country a man may deliberately
throw up one job and without ever mak
ing any effort to find another remain for
month In the rank of the unemployed,
steadily deteriorating all the tlm Into an
unemployable. Meanwhile no on haa th
right to say him yea or nay unless h ap
plies for poor relief. '
In Bwltserland, however. It 1 otherwise.
There Is no resorting to work house a
to hotel there; no wandering around the
countryside extorting alma while pretend
ing to look for work. For bogging Is a
crime and so I vagrancy; and In some
cantons the police receive special fee for
every beggar or vagrant they arrest.
If a mun Is out of work there he must
try to find work, for it he doe not the
authorities of the district where he ha a
settlement will find it for him, and of a
kind perhaps not at all to his taste tiring
and badly paid. He cannot refuso to do It,
tor If he does he may be packed off straight
to a penal workhouse, an Institution where
military discipline prevails and where every
Inmate Is made to work to the full extent
ot his strength, receiving In return board
and lodging with wages of from a penny
to threepence a day.
. When once he i there, there he must
tay until th authorities decree that he
shall depart; for as a penal workhouse is
practically a prison he cannot take his own
discharge, and the police are always on the
alert to prevent hi running away. No
matter how long hi sojourn last, however,
It does not cost the community a single
penny; for In Switzerland these penal In
stitutions are self-supporting. Some of
them, indeed, are said to be a regular
source of Income to the canton to which
they belong.
There I no classing of the unemployed
by caaualty or misfortune with th unem
ployed by lasinea or misconduct there; no
meting out to them of the sam measure.
On th contrary, considerable trouble is
taken to distinguish between the two
classes, so that each may be dealt with
according to it merits. Th man who is
out of work through his own fult and be
cauae he doe not wlnh to be in work is
treated as a criminal and sent a a pris
oner to a penal Institution; while the man
who i out of work In spit of his earnest
endeavor to be in work is helped without
being subjected to humiliation.
It is much more . eaay there, however,
than' It Is here, it must be admitted, to
distinguish between unemployed and un
employed; as there every working man lias
his papers, 1. e,, doou merits which are given
to him by the authorties of the district
where he haa hi settlement and which
contain full Information aa to where and
by whom he has been employed In the
course ot his life.
Then relief in kind stations, I. e.. casual
wards organised on philanthropic lines, are
now maintained In every part of industrial
Switzerland for the exclusive use of the
respectable unemployed, and drunkards,
criminals and loafers are never allowed to
weakest orgsn. If ther is weakness of stomach, liver or lungs, ther is
weak link in th chain of li( which may snap at any tiro. Often this so-called
"weakness" is csusad by lack of nutrition, th result of weakness or discos
of th stomaob and other organs of digestion aod nutrition. Diseases ad
weaknesses of th stomach and it allied organ ar cured by th us of Ur.
PiarcV Golden Medioal Discovery. When th weak or diseased stomach i
cured, disease of other organ which tttm remote from th stomach but which
bav their origin ia a diseased conditio of th stomach and
other organ ot digestion and utrition, r cured also.
Tt0 Um4 mmm v mtntmg ifcmscs.
Tmka fh r rrioas '? "Dlncov
ry" mmt yt May Ar m sffoatf toni
mck mm m mtrmmg mmdr.
Oivxn A wat. Dr. Pierce's Common Sens Medical Adviser,
new revised Edition, is tent fr on receipt of stamps to psy
expense of mailing mly. Send 21 ooe-ccnt stamp for the
book in paper overs, or 31 stamp for th cloth-bound vol-
Addr Ur. K. V. firo, Buffalo, N. Y.
cross the threshold of these place. ' N
one 1 admitted to a Bwlss relief in kind
station unless his paper show that h
has been in regular work within th pre- '
vlous three month and out ot work at
least five days; unless they show also
that neither the police nor his own district
authorities have any reason for looking on
him askance. He who Is admitted, how
ever, Is made welcome and la treated with
consideration a a respectable man whom
misfortune has befallen.
Let men relax their effort and show
algns of a willingness to remain without It
and they are at once thrown on their own
resources. The police, who ar In cloa
co-operation with tho tatlon official,
always keep a sharp watch on th unem
ployed, especially on such as are sojourn
ing In these refuges, and If thoy find them
refusing work when It Is offered, under
reasonablo condition or accepting It and
losing through careleasness, laalness or
any other fault of their own, or lounging
by the wayside or In publio house In
stead of betaking themselves where they
have been told ther I a chance ot a job
the fact Is reported, with the result that
there 1 mad on their paper a not which,
prevent their ever ' again crossing th
threshold of any station. At the end ot
three month from th day they leave)
work they forfeit In any case their right
to go to any station, aa by th law thai
prevail In these Institution It la only (
men wno nave Deen in regular employment
during the previous three month who ar
eligible to admission. Nineteenth Century.
PEDDLERS' PLAGUE IN KANSAS
Warm Words from an Editor wltht
Cash Prise to , ,
X.leklnr. , f
' u'l'M
Th esteemed western spirit hlna
brightly and bristles with native vigor la
th remarks of the editor of th Western
Spirit of Paola, . Kan., a follow: All
sort of piker have been scouring Miami
county for a week or m. It I unusual to
see these fakers so numerous In a lean
year. It was thought that our short crops
would relieve thl part of Kansas from th
peddlers who make their living by th gam
of grab. But thl week It seems a though
all of th smooth-tongued and Uck-flngered
gentry had held a convention. Every sort
of graft ha been attempted or pulled off-
the advertising graft, th wagon jack graft,
the book graft, the picture enlarging graft,
the stock company graft, and a ttmbar-.
growing graft.
On gang- of fellow who have operatad)
for several week her have cleaned up!
13,000 by selling a oomhlnatlon wagon-jackoi
wlre-atretcher dnvloe. This Invention I a
good seller, but that' all. It remind u ot
the tree-trimmer, which 6me grafter
palmed off on our people hero thirteen
year ago for tt.60 apiece. Not on In
doien of these tree-trimmer were used at
ter being purchased.
Then, In addition to elllnT thl comblna.
tlon wagon jack and wire atrstohsr, th feU
low behind It ar selling 1316 worth of
blue sky to every man that they can Induce
to buy It. Of course, they don't denominate
it blue iky nor county right. They evade
the law of fraud by calling it their "(hare
ot profit." A ranker fake wa never turned
loose in this county since th day of th
"Sunbeam" cultivator raoket, the spring
tooth harrow and the like. The faker who
old suit of clothing hers about a year ago
and robbed every patron, Tight, left and
Ix, were good Samaritan, compared to th
adroit tricksters who are operating th
latest strong-arm trick.
How long will people allow themstlv.
to be gulled? Surely there ha been enough!
said in this county to warn and fortify th)
people against the peddler, th promoter
and the faker who ar always seeking; to 1
get something for nothing-. Yst, It seems
that an artful peddler can still win. How-J
ever, The Western Spirit, renews It prise
offer. It wljl give f JO In gold to the man op
woman who whips a peddler. This licking
must be done according to Hoylo and don
thoroughly. The peddler muat be pounded
up or crippled so he can't operate any mora
In this county. No slight skinning of th
noso will go. The faker must be laid out
and If the beating should be so severe
that It finally end hla grafting operation,
then, all the better. If he dies, really dies, .
and is dead, dead clean through, then Tho
Weatern Spirit will, at it own expense,!
erect a monument In the Potter' corner'
of the cemetery where he Is buried with,
this inscription: (' 1
Earth has one peddler less;
Hell, one peddler moie. '
Each ol th ohit or
gan ot the body ,
.link in th Chain el
Life. A chain i no
troofar than it
wakett link, th body
no stronger tbsn it
many had nvr vn seen."
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