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10 OMAHA HAIL, nnti: NATliKUAY, JAMAKV IK, 1PH5I. CURRENT . NEWS OF IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS. Of'ice 15 Scott Street Both 'Phones 43. Ninon mbhtioh, : Davis, drugs. Steckert sells carpets. Ed Rogers, Tony Fault bser. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. Than SI. Wood ring Undertaking company. Tel. S3t. Picture for gifts, c. E. Alexander, S3t Broadway. : IS PER CENT DISCOUNT ON WALL rAPKR. C. JENSEN. MASONIC TEM LB. Lady Mary hive. Led leu of the Macca bees, will meet In regular session tnla vtrlng. The members of the Woman'! auxiliary to the Union Veterani' legion will meet In regular session this afternoon. I Bring your broken Jewelry and watches to our repair hospital. Wa are prepared to give you the beat of service. Work guaran teed. O. Mauthe, 228 Broadway. Mra. Charles L. Haas, who recently Underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Edmiindnon Memorial hospital, was re ported yesterday to be nearly convalescent Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buckley and Frank Martin, presenting a comedy sketch, "A Busy Manager." If you want to see s mo real fun and hear good singing, go to the Diamond theater Friday and Saturday. Ml Florence Lntigee, daughter of Mr. and Mra. C. F. Lougee, Is at tho Jennie Kdmundaon Memorial hospital, where she tnderwent an operation for appendicitis Wednesday. Her condition was reported yesterday to be favorable. Miss Vena Moore, daughter of David A. Moore, 3o9 West Broadway, was removed to Mercy hospital at midnight Wednesday to undergo an operation for mastoid trou ble. Her condition yesterday was reported to be critical In the extreme. James Ooodwln, living cn Ridge street, Is to have a hearing this morning In the superior court on a charge of disturbing thu peace of the community by ualng pro fane and obscene language. Tne complaint was filed by J. V. Thornton, a neighbor of Goodwin. Charles A. Beno, president of the Com mercial club, Is organising a committee of representative business men to go toAvoca Tuesday or Wednesday of next week In an effort to bring the Western Iowa Short course In me to Council Bluffs. The funeral of Hans L. Peterson, the aged cobbler, who died from Injuries re ceived in the yarda of the Chicago Great Western railroad, will be held this after noon at S o'clock from the family residence, 1613 Third street, and Interment will be In Falrvlew cemetery. Ed McCune, one of the number of young men Indicted on the charge of shorting Into the residence of R. T. Ward In Boomer towrshlp during a charivari In honor of Ward's son, who had been married a week previous, surrendered himself yesterday, and after furnishing a bond In the sum ot 300 waa released. Mrs. Anna O. Snepp, wife of J. C. Snepp of Coon Rapids, la., died at a late hour Wednesday night nt Mercy hospital, where she was brought last Sunday to undergo an operation for appendicitis. She was S! years of age, and besides her husband, leaves a baby 9 months of age. The body was taken to Bayard, la., yesterday morn ing. Mrs. Catherine Hlnton, aged 86 years, died yesterday morning at St. Bernard's hos pital, where she had been a patient for the last six months. The body was taken to Cutler's undertaking establishment, and when the arrangements for the funeral are completed, will be removed to the home of her daughter, Mra. H. C. Johnson, Uo4 South Tenth street. Divorces on the grounds of cruel and In human treatment by their husbands were granted In the district court to Anna Mabel Blakslee from Edward W. Blakslee, to whom she was married March 2), i3 and to Mnbel OenHon from Daniel CSenson, to whom she waa married January 13. lftisi. Mrs. ueuson is but l years old, while net husband la only 22 years old. Clyde McClelland Is once more behind the bars of the city Jail. He waa iirrcsted yes terday en complaint of G. McQuin, a shoe matter, who charged McClelland with tha theft ef a sack containing several pairs of children's shoes and his cobbler outfit. Mo Clelland la alleged to have stolen the sack frcm a Main street saloon where McCJum left It while he attended to somo business. The preliminary hearing of Isaac Rob bins, charged with a serious offense against Annie Clucas, a 6-year-old child, waa con tinued In Justice Gardiner s court yesterday until tomorrow, as the little victim of the alleged assault was unable to appear m court, not having recovered from the burns she received the afternoon she Is alleged to have been attacked by Robbins at her home. A stranger giving the name of Henry Peters and who Is evidently mentally de ranged, was yesterday committed to St. Hernard's hospital for treatment and ob servation by the commissioners for the In sane. Peters was brought In from Trey nor, where he appeared Tuesday and applied for work cutting Ice. He said he hid a brother, Fred Peters, living at Manning, la,, and the authorities have written him relative to the case. ! CITY FUNDS RUNNING LOW Corners Mast Be Cut Close to Avoid Overdrafts in Fundi. SOKE FUNDS HOW EXHAUSTED Cltr islll( Makes Oat Statement Shewing; Conditions and Ale a Showing- of Debt ef the City. The strictest kind of economy 'will have to be practiced If the several departments of the municipal government are to be maintained for the balance ot the fiscal year without exceeding the appropria tions. Tbe report of City Auditor Mc Aneney, issued yesterday, shows that with 76 per cent of the fiscal year elapsed there has been used up to Jan uary 1 82 per cent of the amounts ap propriated for the maintenance of the va rious departments, leaving but 18 per cent to carry these departments over the lait quarter of the year. The total appropriation for the fiscal year ending March 31, 109. was 180,000, and Auditor McAneney's report ahows that up to January 1 the total warrants drawn aggregated 185,464.02,' leaving a balance of 114,686 with which to run the municipal machinery for the remain ing three months of the year. The emergency and city hatl appropriations have been overdrawn, the former by $1,360.60 and the latter by $12.88. The following shows the amounts ap propriated for the different departments and the balances of such appropriations unused on January 1: Appro priation. Unused. Salaries, executive dep't $11,020 $ 2,471.86 Police and marshal's dep t.. 22,250 t.648.07 Streets and alleys . Fire department 24,600 6.070.06 Fire and police telegraph.... I. WW 674. 8t Engineer's department 4,500 836 16 Printing and supplies 1.2J0 W3.30 City pound 34.77 Emergencies 1.81 1,360.60 City hall 1.R0O 12-j Health 1.W0 .9 Totalsgeneral fund $0,000 $16 9"X.85 Less outstanding Indebtedness 1.372.88 Actual balance tl4,5J6.7 Overdrawn. Other expenses of the city for -the nine months paid out of funds obtained from tax levies were as follows: Ga and street lights $JJ,46 67 Hewer department 4,009.10 City bridges ..... Judgments . SS'S Water Road S.249S6 Improvements 'S'm Water works sinking Indian creek RAISING ROOF OF Y. M. O. A. Good Start Already Made In Securing the Fund. The work of raising the roof of the Toung Men's Christian association building and Incidentally, the money needed to complete the structure according to the original plans, is progressing most favorably. Re port from the several committees made af headquarters yesterday showed that since the canvass was begun Wednesday afternoon ciose upon 12,000 had been se cured. Among the subscriptions secured yester day was an additional $0o0 from F. J. Day. president of the association, which brings his donation up tu $1,600. J. W. Squire put his name down for an additional 3u0 and everywhere the different committees mot with much encouragement. In order that the people may watch how the roof is being raised dally, an immense thermometer, standing about ten feet high, was placed yesterday afternoon In front of the store ef the John Beno company, at the head of Peart street on Broadway. Tha increase In the building fund wilt be regis tered, at Intervals during the day until tha fuU amount' Is secured. Just before the big thermometer was placed la position It waa stood up In front of the Grand hotel mid a photograph taken of It and a group of the members of the different soliciting nommlttees. During the campaign the business men's ammtttee will meet daily at noon at the Grand hotel and while eating lunoh will report the progreaa of the canvass to data Total $74,270.61 The cash funda on hand January 1 were as follows: General 47 Police . ".WJ.1I General sewer !,w.'-"5 Bridge Road ....'. Judgment .vl'V. Lighting ;.' Water ! JJ Funded debt JK'S Bond Joan. Interest S, S Water works sinking.... 'I .7 Indian creek 4,744.b6 to assume mo -a than about $600 of the $1S, 000, the cost of the paving and curb ing on these streets. This waa the only business transacted by the council yesterday afternoon and aa adjournment was taken to next Mon day evening. THIEVES VISIT MACREK HOME Raaurk the Hooao While Family Is Anient. Discovery was made yesterday after neon that the residence of William A. Maurer at 831 Second hvenne had been ransacked by burglars, presumably some time Wednesday evening or night. Mr. and Mrs. Maurer left for an extended trip to the soath a few days ago and the house had been unoccupied since. It la believed that the burglars secured considerable booty, although what waa stolen can not be ascertained until Mr. and Mrs. Maurer are heard from. Mrs. Maurer'a seal skin Jacket and a fur lined overcoat belonging to Mr. Maurer, which are said to have been left In the house, are missing. Most of the silverware la believed to have been placed by Mr. Maurer in the safe in his store before leaving home, 'yhe house was ransacked from top to bottom and when W. J. Helser, Mr. Mauer'a nephew and general manager of Mr. Maurer'a business, went through the rooms yesterday afternoon he found the drawers from bureaus and cupboards on the floors of the different rooms and their contents scattered about. Entrance had been effected by breaking out the glass of the lower part of one of the windows of the front room opening on the porch. The burglar or burglars left the house by the kitchen door in the rear which waa found open. The sllpa had been removed from two pillows on the bed In the front room upstairs and It is-supposed they were used by the burglars to carry their booty away in. A little niece of City Treasurer F. T. True, who lives nearby, noticed the broken window on her way home from school yesterday afternoon and she reported the fact to her uncle. The little girl recalled having seen a strange man standing on the porch of the Maurer residence Wednes day evening as sho waa returning home from her music lesson and it is thought likely that the fellow was keeping watch outside while a partner was going through the place inside. Mr. True notified Mr. Heiser and the police and an Investigation of the house was made, disclosing that the place had been thoroughly ransacked. Real Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee January 14 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: B. F. Koch, single, to W. A. Koch, lot 7, block 6, Hughes at Doniphan's add to Council Bluffs, w d $ 1 W. W. McKory, referee, to EX E. Simpson, lots 1 and 2, block 3, Huff's add to town of Oakland, ref d O. W. Stahl and wife to W. H. Kim ball, lot 16, Stahls add to Council Bluffs, w d 1,330 W. V. Ely and wife to F. H. Stow, part swV neVi 27-76-44, w d B.600 Frederick Niemann and wife to Wil liam J. Maxwell, lota 13 and 14, block 19, In Avoca, w d 8,500 676 Total ; $94,283.2 On January 1 the 'gross Indebtedness of the city Is shown by the report to have been $177,69.0. This does not Include out standing Improvement bonds and warrants amounting to $108,443.78. The Improvement Indebtedness Is offset by funds on hand amounting to $26,119.66, leaving the net out standing Indebtedness on account of Im provements $S2,3:4.12. Total cash balances In the hands of the city treaaurer on January 1 are shown to have been aa follows: City general I t.283 28 City Improvement 26.US.fie Library fund 7.116.58 Total 1127,619.50 The following summaries show the net general indebtedness and the Improvement Indebtedness on January 1: Ne- debt December 1, 1908 $70,081.80 Warrants drawn for lecember 12,462.00 Interest paid In December 135.00 Five transfers, aggregating ...$16,3:4 PROTESTS BY CORN EXHIBITORS Dissatisfied Ones Are Being; Pacified Additional Awards Announced. AMES, la., Jan. 15.-(Speclal.)-A number of protests have been filed by corn ex hibitors who were not entirely satisfied with the decisions. These are being set tled satisfactorily, however. Additional awards have been announced this morning. I. E. r-.oudflt of Altoona geta the McCulloch trophy, which waa awarded for the best bushel of any va riety. Chas. Garret of Mitchellvllle won the silo given by the Handy Wagon com pany for the best five ears of corn and the best work In Judging a class of dairy cows. The other silo has not yet been awarded. The best ten amateur ears were shown by l4oudfit, winning a 6 H. P. gasoline engine. In all Polk county has won over $2,000 of prizes at this year's corn show. Tho Bennett com club of Amos won first on club exhibit, showing the same corn that won at Omaha. Fred McCulloch of Hartwick was given the championship on oats. The corn sale will be held Friday afternoon. and his better half got up at S o'clock In the morning and went to the depot, where they found Mrs. Fred Brown, formerly Mra L. Reese, mother of Fred, with her new htmliand. who Is 74, while she Is 71. They had heen quietly married and were going on their honeymoon to Hastings, Neb. Fred Brown waa a former resident of this city. 'FIGHTING BOtTAS A LECTURER Rear Admiral Evans "at Home" am tha Platform aa oa the aartendeck. Rear Admiral ftobley D. Evans promisee to become as great a success on the lecture platform as he has been on the quarter deck. For two hours Friday evening he held the rapt Interest of an audience that comfortably filled Carnegie hall, while he told them In a delightfully easy conversa tional manner the atory of how he took the battleship fleet from Hampton Roads to San Francisco. The retired sea fighter's lecture, though conversational In style, bristled with epi gram and was plentifully punctuated with wit and humor, so that throughout every moment of the two .hours his audience was kept in a rare good humor. In beginning his lecture, the rear admiral requested his audience to permit him to alt while he talked. "I have some souvenirs of the civil war," he said, "and tonight they are troubling me so acutely that I am reminded that If I sUnd at all I'd better stand on my head." Speaking, of the im portance of popularising the naval spirit, he said: "I thank you for your welcome, and I want to say that there can be no more patriotic duty than to Join the Navy league of the United States and find out what your navy really means. Most persons think that we are a lot of good fellows, Junketing about the world, with a sweet heart in every port and a bottle of wine In every trunk and I must admit that there Is some of that, too," he said, while his hear ers laughed heartily. "When the order came from Washington. Just before we got away to eend ashore all the men whoee terms were to expire within three months that was a heartbreaker for us. It meant that one-third of the men who were to man the fleet and point the guns were to be raw country boys Just from tho plows of the western farms boys so green that a cow would bite at them as they passed along the street. But these Ameri can boys have a marvellous aptitude for the gun pointing game. They soon learn their lesson. .They were the boys who have made those records for straight shoot ing that you have since heard of in the target practice in Magdalena and Manila bays. They only had to be licked Into shapo and that was our Job. I wish I could take 60.000 boys out of the streets of New York today and put them on board ship and let them find out who Is the boss, and when they would come back out of their terms of service they would be better and more reliable cltixens. And If we should happen to so to war later you would find all thoso boys coming back to the battleships if we needed them." Enumerating the enormous stores of pro visions taken aboard the vessels of the fleet, the admiral caused a laugh when he said there were no less than twenty-five tons of the best American candy. "Now," said he, "you may guesa from that that sailors have a very sweet tooth, but that candy was not for them at all. . It was for the sweethearts they .were to find on their cruise around the world. It is a fact that every pretty girl who came aboard received a box of candy prettily decorated, as a souvenir from the bluejackets." New York Herald. Off 1 1 J Ji L f ClyOTH Vw7 COR INO COMTAtT & DOUGLAS Ofifi NEATEST Pl72nE SALE EVER. HELD I1M OMAHA A Suit and Overcoat Evont that Should Crowd Our Storo to its Utmost Capacity Saturday Mei who vvial good clothing at practically their own prices should not miss this great chance. O'eoats 1-2 Price Suits 1-2 Price All of our Men's $7.50 Suits, now. . . .$3.75 All of our Men's $10.00 Suite, now. . .$5.00 All of our Men's $12.50 Suits, now. . .$0.25 All of our Men's $15.00 Suits, now. . .$7.50 All of our Men's $18.00 Suits, now. . .$9.00 All of our Men's $20.00 Suits, now.. $10.00 All our Men's $7.50 Overcoats, now . . .$3.75 All our Men's $10.00 Overcoats, now. .$5.00 All our Men's $12.50 Overcoats, now. .$G.25 All our Men's $15.00 Overcoats, now. .$7.50 All our Men's $18.00 Overcoats, now. .$9.00 All our Men's $20.00 Overcoats now $10.00 $12.50 Cravenette Coats, now $0.25 SENSATIONAL SATURDAY OFFERINGS! READ EVERY ITEM! Men's Worsted Pants 75 Men's $2.60 and $3.00 Wool Pants 91.45 Men's $5 and $6 "Neufangl" Pants $3.45 Men's $2 and $2.60 Hats now at 31.45 Clean-up of Odds and Ends. Men's stylish $3 and $3.60 Hats at 82.30 Men's 76c and $1 heavy winter Caps 50 Men's $3.50. $4 and 15 Shoes, tn every style, in every leather, tans, CO A C ox-bloods and blacks. ...... " L $1.50 Wool Underwear 40 $1.00 Lambsdown Health Fleeced Underwear, now' 40 60c heavy Fleece Underwear 21) Fine quality Derby Ribbed Under wear, brown and bine colors, at 35t Cashmere Sox, sanitary feet, two Pairs 25 2 6c heavy Wool Sox 15 $1.60 and $2 Flannel Shirts 05 $2.60 Broadcloth Flannel Shirts at 1.45 $1.60 Sweater Coats 81.49 Black Silk Emb'd Sox !() 25c Jersey Gloves 10 Way Mufflers 15 60c Preferable Suspenders. . 1J) 76c and $1 Madras and Percale Shirts 3j) Any Lion Brand, Elgin or Mon arch Shirt in the house. . . .75 $1 Flannel Night Gowns. . . .49 And hundreds of other bargains await you here. You'd better hnrry. CORNER 14TH AND DOUGLAS STS. Soulti Omaha and Council Bluffs Carat Pass Our Door. Total 87,(WS M Less casb received by treaaurer 4,363.97 Net debt January 1. iy 1X3,314. Net Improvement bonds, Dec. 1, 'OS. .$76,6208 Warrants drawn for December 337.29 Interest paid in December 1&S.) Special certificates paid 8,loi).39 Total JS6.614.76 Lass cash received by treasurer S,2'JO.t4 Fire Iaee Law Books. The library of V. Lynsby. attorney and Par.lsb conaul, on the third floor of the City National bank building, was damaged to the eatent of HMO yeaterday afternoon by fire originating from a defective flue In the chimney of the DeVcl building ad tolnlng oa the west. The damage to the office Is estimated at about Uau, v New tenants on the upper floor of the reVol bulldln started a fire In a heating stove and Investigation after the blase had beea extinguished by tha fire department with the chemical engine showed that one pr snore bricks were out of the chimney and that when the bank building was erected ihe hole In the chimney had beea merely covered with lath and plaster. The west wail of Conaul Lyngby s office eras lined with sectional book cases, con taining his law library, and the flames eating through the thin partition of lath and plaster did considerable damage te the books and the cases. Aa tbe blase waa extinguished with the chemical engine the damage waa confined .o Mr. Lyngby's office. BOSTON FERNS. IS peart 8t Herman Bros. Co., rtfty-four-tash, figured, black Mohair so actual ft value, at 4e per yard la Hun ter's a4"! ' " J. Net Imp. bonds Jan. 1, 1W09 S2,324.13 Plana fer Indoor Clrevs. Tbe committee which has In charge ar rangements for the Indoor circus to be given In the near future at the Audi torium met yesterday noon at the Grand hotel and discussed plans around the luncheon table. Those present were: Kev. O. O. Smith, pastor of the First Congre gational church; F. F. Everest, John I'. Davis, Clem V. Kimball, K. U English, Henry Cutler. George F. Hamilton, Walter Luta, Wade Durfee, Frank Blaci, Mra Emma Luaaa and Mrs. J. W. Bell. A. W. Miller of Omaha waa a guest of the com mittee. Mr. Miller bu had considerable experience tn the management of Indoor circuses and he furnished the commit tee with a number of valuable sugges tions and Ideas. Hrnry Cutler was named as chairman of the general committee, with Frank Plonk as secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Lucas was appointed superintendent of concessions. The other committees have already been publlflhed. It' was decided to hold the Indoor cir cus on February 12 for an evening per formance and on February IS for both afterroon and evening performancea. The proceeda of the entertainment are to be devoted to the building fund. A general meeting of all the committees and those Interested In the project will be held Bun day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the lecture room ot the First Congregational church. Swlrk May Recover. MARSH ALLTOWN, la.. Jan. 15. (Spe cial.) According to telegraphic advice re ceived In this city this afternoon, Charles D. Bwlck, the confidential' employe and branch yard manager of George Gregory, president of the Iowa and Nebraska Re tail Coal Dealers' association, who at tempted to commit suicide In Louisville, Ky., after disappearing from this city fol lowing a confession of embezzlement. Is still alive but his death Is momentarily expected. He has been unconscious since he fired a revolver bullut Into his breast. His wife and his brother, the latu-r II. O. Swlck, departed for Louisville early this morning, upon receipt of a telegram from the chief of police of that city say ing that Swick, In a letter, had left word tor htm to notify Mra. Swick. Since Swick disappeared oa the night of Decem ber 28 nothing was heard from him until his former employer received a letter last Sunday it waa written from Louisville. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Resilience. Age. f, L.. C'oillrott, uniana Jflsie R. Klotka, Omaha MerlaOUs Nelson, South Omaha. ........ Anna K. Whlibeck, CouncU Bluffs John Brhrahtlan. Treynor, Is Katie Itnnow, Treynor, la Aeeesslnst l'r Pavlnar. The city council yesterday afternoon assessed up tho cost of tho recently completed paving ok High School avenue between; Third street and Qlea avenue, on Third street between Story street and High School avenue and on Turley ave nue between Third street and Ciark ave nue and the curbing oa these portions of Third street sad Turley avenue against the abutting property. Only a few lets were found of Isseffl cient value to bear tho entire coat of the UnyrevoaaeaU aa4 tbo stty will not avg Claims Bod on Table. IOWA CITY, la., Jan. 14. tSpecial.) Just aa tho medical students in the College of Medicine were preparing to dleeect the body ot W. O. Qulgley on tne marble slab tn tho anatomy building, William Hyatt of Scran ton, la., rushed In and prevented the use of tha knife. He secured the body, and In company with Mrs. Qulgley, wife of the deal man, removed It to the family home In Illinois. Qulgley was killed at Carroll, la., his lifeless body being found beside the Northwestern depot on December 21. Tho coroner's Jury could not decide whether It was murder or accident No marks of Identification were found and the unnamed body waa brought here. Hyatt got trace, and with Mrs. Qulgley, recovered the re mains for Christian burlul Just In time. PASSING OF THE POST BOY Ills Picture No Lonarer Enlivens tho Special Delivery Stamp, The hlotorlc post boy passed Into history New Year's day with the arrival of a new assortment ot special 'delivery stamps, which bear designs minus the mythical youth on a bicycle. Post boys themselves were obol- Ished from the service about two years ago, but the design of the boy riding a j wneei was retained on tne special deliver stamps. The new stamps are smaller tbau the old ones and are scarcely bigger than the new fifteen-cent issues. Since the beginning of the postal system there has been a place In Its heart for the post boy. It was the post boy of our grandmothers and grandfathers who de livered the mall at all tlmea of the year, and whose picture adorned the early Issues of stamps. Through softness of heart, the government at Washington allowed his flfi-ure to be kept on the special delivery stamps, but now he has to go. ,The early s Samps pictures him riding at breakneck speen on a horse, tho later ones puts him on a railroad train or mail cart, then he ran on foot for a while, and then he was given a bicycle. When it came time for the new stamps the officials were confronted with the prob lem of a boyless mall service. All the post office clerks are men more than twenty-une years old, and even the substitutes who stay In the office during the summer have to pass civil service examinations. The boy lias no place In the modern postofflce, although his elimination has been com pleted oniy with the last few years. The new style stamp Is much different from the old. It Is much more conspicuous being green In color, with glaring edges that catch the eye. Since the order was issued In Washington doing away with the necessity of purchasing speclsl delivery stamps there has been a total falling off of about J, 000,000 special delivery stamps. It Is advised by officials at the postofflce that special delivery ' stamps be used on letters instead of using the ordinary ones, as they quickly catch the eye of the men handling them and are sure of being recog nized. Springfield Union. Tiie LcI!atare is mow ii sessioi Iowa News Jvotee. CRKSTON The handsome home of Post mailer C. F. l.ecompte at Corydon was entirely destroyed by tire, with all Its con tents. Sunday morning. ATLANTIC The annual election of offi cers for the coming year waa held last night at the Young Men's Christian as sociation. The old board of directors was chosen to remain In their respective offices for another year and are Dr. C. D. Flnley, W. D. Lowe and C. E. Krlngel. ATLANTIC The wedding of Miss Rose Scurlock and Merwn Col well, both of this city, took place at the home of the bride's grandfather, Albert Oiulk, Tuesday even ing at s o'clock, Itev. Mr. Hemunn per forming the ceremony. CRE8TON Peter Hill, living near Corn ing, was the victim of an explosion occur ring from tha use of kerosene to start his furnace fire Tuesday morning, lie (nought the tire was out, but as usual In such caaos It was not, and he threw In a little coal oil to start It and In consequence was badly burned about the face and hands. CRESTON-Mrs. Cecil Eckert. a telephone operator at Laraonl. twenty miles south of Mt. Ayr, was fatally burned yesterdav morning while preparing breakfast over a gasoline stove at her home. The atove ex ploded and she ran Into the room where the family was with her clothing a mass of flsm. A physldaa wss hastily sum moned, but tee re was no hope of saving her life. CORNING Fred Reese, a prominent citi zen of this city, heard a runatr. 44 h EGAN CASE T0BE HEARD SOON Fight to Have Himself Declared Eligible to Hold Offlco of State's Attorney. PIERRE, 8. D., Jan. ll-(Spocla! Tele gram.) The supreme court today set the tSA of this month as the date of hearing on the Egan appeal case from the decision of the lower 'court, which held he was Ineligible to act as state s attorney of Min nehaha county. The case is given early hearing from the fact that election contests are privileged cases. Arguments were presented today in the court on the Hutchinson county seat con test, coming up on demurrer to tho pre emptory writ asked to compel the county commissioners of the county to declare Parkston to have been selected as tho seat ot county government. It Is probable that the decision on the demurrer will be an nounced tomorrow. LOUIS W. HILL TO PAY FARE Rallw7 Magnate Makes Concession to Get Job as State Highway Coaasalasloaer. MINNEAPOLIS, Jin. 15-Louls W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, will pay fare on his own read hereafter when traveling In Mlnneaota. He Informed Governor Johnson today that he would accept appointment aa a member of the State Highway commis sion and his name will be sent to the senatd tomorrow. The attorney general has ruled that persons holding any kind Matters of great moment to the people of Nebraska will be discussed You should be in daily touch with them, It's your business. It is not a private affair of the . members. ' Ho. H. PHILPOTT and G. F. FISHER, Two of the best posted newspaper reporters in Nebraska are daily writing the history of the Legislature for The Omaha Bee You cannot keep thoroughly posted on what is happen ing unless you read an accurate account each day The Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Neb. It will be mailed you three months for $150 of state position are absolutely barred from accepting free transportation, even If they are railroad officials. This opin ion Is also held by the Great Northern legal department. Mr. Hill Is a good roads enthusiast and anxious te serve on the commission, so he says he will pay his tare hereafter for the privilege of holding the appointment. BAR COMMITTEES ARE NAMED W, p. Thomas la Chairman of One oa Legislation, tho Most Im portant. Standing committees of the Omaha Bar association wers announced Friday morn lnb by Arthur C. Wakeley. president. One of the most Important of tbe committees at prer it Is the one In charge of legisla tion. It . headed by W. P. Thomas, one ot the Douglas county delegation to the lower house. Under Its Jurisdiction will come the divorce reform laws and the municipal court law which the association is backing. Other legislation affecting the attorneys will be turned over to this com mittee to handle. The committees are as follows: Judiciary Committee: T. J. Mahoney, John A. Rine, F. L. Weaver. C. W. Haller and Judge George A. Day. Legislative Committee: W. P. Thomas; Frank T. Hanson, C. 3. Elgutter, T. D. Crane and T. W. Blackburn. Committee of Inquiry: E. C. Page, H. E. Maxwell and If. P. LeavltL Entertainment Committee: H. S. Daniel, E. F. Leary and Jease P. Palmer. ter was just finishing up his taak, when a policeman came along and. looking at the clock, saw It was about 8:04, be took the porter In tow and called the patrol wagon. NO HACKS F0RPR0M GIRLS (Nebraska and Wisconsin Vniverel ties Adopt OoiealM for Jaalor Week. The men students In the universities of Wisconsin and Nebraska baro Inaugurated reforms that will cut down the expenses of attending the prom-week festivities. Nebraska suggested first tbat the college men who llvo near the place where tho danoe Is held should not hire hecks, and In that way make the affair more demo- ! cratlc. Wisconsin followed suit and it waa stgreed that students living within three : blocks ot the gymnasium should not hire I carriages for the girls of their choice un less the weather made It necessary. It la suggested at Wisconsin that this will work a hardship for those young men who are accustomed to put In an Item of a good, fat charge for hack hire In the bills they send home to father. It Is recorded of one young man at Madison that he and some fraternity brethren who had a houae next door to the gymnasium drove out to South Madlaon and back three times be fore going to the dance In order to get their money's worth. But Wisconsin has gone Nebraska one or RIGID MONITOR OF THE LAW Policeman Arreste Maa tor Sweeping Walk Vouw Mlaatea After Legal Time. "Eight o'clock Is o'clock, snd not four minutes afther," said the big policeman who was walking the beat at Sixteenth and Farnam streets Friday morning. The venerable colored porter at the Mil waukee city ticket office at that corner was sweeping the dust off the sidewalk, when along came the vigilant minion. The porter was released a few minutes later that he might go back to work and sweep away the snow which had begun to fall aa he was riding to the station In tha patrol wagon. There Is a city ordinance which requlree all sweeping of sidewalks In tbe downtown district to bf dons before f . m. jbs por- two better. The practice of giving flowers to guests Is condemned, aa la that of pay ing the traveling expenaes of guests. It is expected that theee reductions wtll mean a saving of more than U.OvO at each uni versity to tho students. However, tin price of the Junior prom tickets at Wis consin has gone up from $S to . How the young women guests will re gard these innovations remains to bo saesi It Is unlikely that they will he entirely pleased with the somewhat unchlvalrlo Spirit of commercialism shown. Tha fair always are apt to believe the brave should spend money freely on them. ONE OF LUMBER KINGS HERE G. E. Lamb of Millionaire Family Mops In Omaha on Ills Way West. G. E. Lamb of Clinton, la.. Is at the Pax ton enrouta weat. Mr. Lamb belongi to tho well known millionaire lumb-i family of the name and waa hare somi months ago In company with Brlgadlei General Humphrey and Alexis J. DuPom of Wilmington, Del., of the powder trust. A slater of Mr. Lamb Is the wife of C. T. Hsnoock of Dubuque, la., formerly prominent In Iowa politics. The house, boats which the Lambs have built for themselves are the cause of great Interest up and down the Mississippi, for nothing so palatial exists In this country north ef Florida. 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