friE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, ArRTL CO. 1!09.
Nebraska
THOMPSON BACKS AtDllMi
attorney General Decides Normal
Board Law Defective.
ID VISES BARTON TO GO SLOW
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files t'eastltntloaal rrorlalnn and
rttftlw of tat Officer. trt
V Isee film Avoid Arllon
In Court.
Front a, Staff Cnrrcspunde nt. I
LINCOLN. April 19 (Special. J At
torney General Thompson ha held that
the state auditor Is rlRlit In refusing to
issue warrant on vouchers filed by the
new Normal Board of Kducation. one of
the nl bllla nf the late legislature. He
a 10 advise the state auditor not to Issue
ny warrants on vouchers filed ly the
old board of education until the matter
of the constitutionality of the new law
The new board has certified Home ac
counts to the auditor and lie in turn
held them up pending the decision of She
attorney general on the right of the new
board to file vouchers.
The opinion is as follows;
question as to whether the "normal
Vinard of education" or the "hoard of edu
cation" mentioned In subdivision IS. chap
ter 7. Compiled Statutes of 1907, Is veil
ed with power to pass on claims and au
thorize vouchers on the appropriation
made for the state normal scliooj.".
r louse roll !!8 of the late session uf
the legislature undertakes to amend the
chapter above referred to by (unending
sections and zz. siibdtvisnn is thereon
The original section 1. subdivision 13".
chanter .9. provided that the Htste Nor
mal school should be under the direction
of a. "hoard of educBtlon" consisting of
eeven members, five of whim should bo
enpolnted by the governor for h term
of five years each; the state treasurer
nd the stBte superintendent uf public In-
tructlon are made ex-offldo members of
(aid board, sections 2 to 21. Incluxlve. of
Die subdivision remain unaltered by the
act of the legislature above referred to.
No attetnrit was made t nmeml the In
te.rvening sections In dlrett terms. In
nearly all ..of said Intervening sections
(he managing body for the ormal rhjols
la termed the "hoard of educntlon." To
Ibis board of education, by the terms of
section 11, Is given the control or all
funds appropriated for the use snd bene
fit of the normal schools, together with
the Income arising from the leases and
sale of endowment lands belonging to 111"
said school, and the treasurer slip II pav
nut the proper funds on drafts for monevs
to be expended under the provisions
hM s.ibdi vision, such orders or draf. .
to be drawn by the auditor on certificate
if the secretary countersigned by the
president of the board of education, and
no such certificate shall be given except
on accounts allowed by the hoard In open
meeting
Makes Itadlcal ( nan re.
Tlie amendment makes a radical change
In thv pie-tMsting section 1, In that It un
dertakes to create a board to he known as
the "formal board of education." which
shall have the control and direction of
the normal education of the state, includ- '
tng normal schools and Junior normals,
and shall suceed to. take the place of. and
exercise the powers of the present "board
of education" ss "herein provided." It pro
vides that the five members of the board
ebsll be appointed by the governor by and
with tho advice and Consent of the senate,
and that such five members shall be ap
pointed within ten days after the act takes
effect and before the adjournment of the
present session of the legislature. The act
carried aa emergency clause and was ap
proved by the governor and filed In the
office of the secretary of state April 1, ISO?.
A new board has been appointed under
the terms of the amended section 1, and the
five members appointed by the governor
have been confirmed by the senate. The
tirle to house roll 386 is as follows:
' "An act to amend sections one n and
twenty-tow (23) of subdivision thirteen (18
cnapier seventy-nine i) or the complied
statutes of Nebraska for lS(7, And to repeal
the said original sections aa thev now
exist. -wrwl 4o provide for an vtiMSrgcuCv."
If the authority of the' Board or plica
tion, a created and established uncles the
provision of section 1 prior to Its amend
ment and the authority conferred upon sucn
board by the terms of section 11 of said
subdivision as It now stands, has been
taken away and conferred upon the new
Normal Hoard of Education" na defined
in the amendment to section 1 provided for
In house roll 20. authorising the Issuance
of certificates on which you. as auditor,
shall Issue warrants on the state treasury,
it Is because the amended section has- had
the effect of amending the sections Inter
vening between sections 1 and '22 by prac
tically changing the term "beard of educa
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? We can
furnish positive proof that it has made many remarkable
cures after all other means had failed.
Women who are suffering with some form of female
illness should consider this.
As such evidence read these two unsolicited testimonial'
letters. We guarantee they are genuine and honest state
ments of facts.
Gardiner, Maine. -"I was a great sufferer from a female
disease and weakness. The doctor said I would have to go to
tho hospital for an operation but 1 could not bear to think of It.
Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound completely cured
me In three months." Mrs. S. A. Williams, K.F.U. Xo.14, Uoi
30, Uardlner, Me.
So. West Harbor, Me. "I suffered for years with painful
periods, backache, headaches, nervousness, irregularities and
Inflammation. I consulted two physicians and one advised me
to have an operation.
I was completely discouraged when I decided to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's egftalue Compound, and it has made me a well
woman. I advise all suffering women to take Lvrita E. Pink
ham'e Vegetable Compound.' Mrs. Lillian It eb bins, South
West Harbor, Me.
Evidence like the above is abundant showing that the
derangements of the female organism which breed all kinds
of miserable feelings and which ordinary practice does not
cure, are the very disorders that give way to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Women who are afflicted with similar troubles, after
reading two such letters as the above, should be encouraged
to try this wonderfully helpful remedy.
For ao years Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for
female Ills. No sick woman does justice to
herself who will not try this ramous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to Its credit.
I" "a Mrs. Pinkham Invites all
" to write her for advice. She has
guidod thousands to health free of charge.
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tion" to mean the "normal board of educa.
Hon."
How f umMltatlo need.
Section 11, article J, constitution, provides
as follows:
"No law shall lie amended unless the new
act contain the soctioti or sections so
amei.ded slid the section or sections so
nmended shall be repealed.
House roll 31 Is In trms sn amendatory
wet purporting to amend sections 1 and 22,
siilxllvlHlnn 13, chapter ?. compiled statutes
ot ik7. only. It would scin clear mat it
cou'o nto have the effect of amending
scci ions from 1 to Jl. Incluslvr, of said sub-
Clvish i! without doing violence to the con
Mtltilional provision above quoted. Tills
legislation, as I view it. Is an indirect
.it tempt to amend sections 2 to 21, Inclusive
In a different mr.nner than that commended
by the constitution. It Is elementary that
what may not be done directly may r. bi
dure Indirectly. In Smalls against White
I Neb., .til, the supreme court of this state
lal down the following rtilo'
"Where 9n act Is not complete In Itself
but Is clearly amendatory of some Dormer
stRtuie, It is within the conititutiomil In
hibition above cited. Nor would It m:vke
unv difference in this respect, whether by
Its title, or In the body of the set, the new
statute sssum to be amendatory or not;
It Is enough If It clearly have that erfect.
Tl Is rule Pas been rebf firmed in all sub
sentient enscs where the question 4ros. In
Armstrong agair st Ma.ver, 60 Neb., 423, the
court held as follows:
"Where the title to a bill is to amend
a particular section, no amendatory legis
lation not germane to the subject matter of
the original section proposed to be changed
Is permissible.
Toller Kxeeotlves.
It has been the policy of the executive
state offerers to consider all acts passed
by the legislature ss constitutional and
valid until declared otherwise by the courts.
In this case, however, we are confronted
with the situation of being called upon to
determine which of two acts of the legisla
ture is valid and shall toe followed. Sec
11, aa It now stands In the statute, requires
you to Issue warrants upon certificates by
the secretary of the "BnHrd of Kducation"
and countersigned by the president, while
the amended Section 1. says that the "Nor
mal Hoard of Kducation" shsll succeed to,
take the place of and exercls the powers
nf the present Hoard of Ediicatinn as
"herein provided." Section 1 docs not un
dertake to provide bow the "Normal Board
of Kducation" shall exercise its powers.
The exercise pf Its powers and duties are
all defined in sections from 2 to 21. inclu
sive, which are not in terms undertaken
to be amended by House Roll ZSfi.
In view nf the ouesl lonable constitu
tionally' of this act of the legislature, the
conflicting provisions of the statue, and
the fact that the question here presented
Involves the expenditure of public funds,
I think vou would be warranted In refusing
to issue wnrrants on certificates of either
the "Board of Kducation" or the "Normal
Ho-jrd of Education" until an adjudication
may be had on this matter by the court.
New Buildings for State.
George Berllnghof of Lincoln was
again employed by the state board of
public lands and buildings this afternoon
to be state architect and superintend the
construction of new buildings and prepare
the plans and specifications for tho samo.
Mr. Berllnghof will be paid 2 per" cent for
drawing the plans and specifications and
1 '4 per cent for superintending the con
struction work. The following buildings
are o be erected in accordance with ap
propriations made by the last legislature:
Deaf and Dumb Inatitute at Omaha, 150,
nod; Institute for the Feeble Minded
Youth at Beatrice, (70,000; asylum at
Hastings, 150.000; barn at Boys' Indus
trial school at Kearney, 15,000; live
stock building at the state fair grounds,
$60,000. Total. $225,000.
Doctor on Wroit Side of Street.
Dr. W. N. Ramey in polica court Mon
day pleaded guilty to having violated the
city ordinance insofar aa driving his au
tomobile on the wrong side of the street
Is concerned, and was fined $30 and costs.
The complaint was filed on March 31,
after he had run down Charles Spangler
and Kugene Davis at Thirteenth and N
streets.
Black Hand Letter.
A Black Hand letter, crudely written,
but containing the print of the rignt hand
of some man which' had been dipped in
Ink, and bearing the traditional skull and
cross bones, Is In the hands of Detective
Malone.
Considerable coal has been stolen from
the railroad yards in this city, and tho
letter Is supposed to refer to the Inves
tigations that are being made. The let
ter was unsigned except for a small,
rought sketch of a skull where the sig
nature ought to be. The letter was mailed
sick women
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In an envelope from the cigar store of O
M. Conway at 1242 O street.
The contents of the letter are as fol
lows: "We want you to stop butting In. We
have been watching you for some time
and you had better look-out. We are
not hurting anything by taking a little
coal. BLACK HAND-."
Coryrfon Bad "Weed."
Mabel V. Weed says that her husband,
Corydon, Is a bad Weed. She asserts thst
he Is an habitual drunkard, squanders all
Ma earnings, foils to support ttts wife and
two small children, and Is sometimes
guilty of extreme cruelty toward them.
The couple have been married about ten
years.
Kllrabeth Waite wants a divorce from
Otis Waite, to whom she wan married In
Kansas City, March 27. 1901. She says she
was forced to leave him about two years
ago because of his cruelly and habitual
use of Intoxicating liquor.
Toaatmaster for Banqaet.
President O. F. Brown of the New Torn
Central railroad, has been chosen toast
master for the annual banquet of the Com
mercial club which will be held some time
during May. Mr. Brown was chosen eomc
time ago, but no definite arrangements
have been made on account ot the inability
on the part of the railroad msgnate'to set
a definite date at, which he can be here.
A date will be named by Mr. Brown and
the Commercial club will arrange to hold
the nnnual "feed" at that time.
Anderson Tells
x Story of Escape
Companion of Miller Came Near
Losing; Life in Grand Island
Fire.
RAND ISLANp, Neb., April 19. (Spe
cial.) William Johnson, who was severely
burned before escaping from the base
ment of the Miller Furniture store, and
In which F. M. Miller lost his life, is
recovering, his severest burns being upon
the hands and lower extremities ot the
arms. Johnson has since recovering from
the effects of', opiates administered after
his Injury been able to relate the details
as to ihe cause of the fatality. After
Miller had come up to give the alarm
he and Johnson again went down Into the
basement with hand fire extinguishers to
make an effort to extinguish the flames.
But the flames and smoke were such as to
drive them back. When they went to lift
the elevator the rope would not work.
There was no stairway at the rear. John
son leaped at a beam overhead, caught it,
pulled himself up and barely escaped.
Millet's heavier and shorter of stature,
was evidently unable to reach it. Immedi
ately the smoke and flames so rushed Up
the shaft that nothing could be done, to
save Miller, whose exact location was
also not known excepting b'y the ex
hausted and overcome Johnson, who, as
soon as he could, made known where be
had last seen bis employer.
The funeral of Frank M. Miller took
place at the First Methodist church Mon
day afternoon, the services being tinder
the auspices of the Masonic fraternity of
which be was a member. He also had
membership In the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, Modern Woodmen and
Western Bees.
DRAINAGE WORK t NEMAHA
Two Districts Already Formed and
Third Is In Progress.
TABLE ROCK. Neb., April 19. (Special.)
Drainage district No. 2, which was re
cently crested at a session of the district
court of Richardson county at Falls City,
comprises 6,000 acres of bottom lands along
the fertile valley of the great Nemaha and
connects with district No. 1, which extends
to the Missouri river and comes this way,
tJ the county line dividing Richardson and
Pawnee counties. The work In this dis
trict is being pushed as raphlly as pos
sible. District No. 3, connecting with No. 2 at
the county line and extending through
I'aw nee county to the Johnson county
line, is now taking up the preliminary
work as a result of the drainage meeting
recently held here in the opera house,
largely throtigh the efforts of ex-Sheiiff
G. It. Martin .of Table Rock.. Recently
Engineer Munn ot Nebraska City was
here and, with Mr. Martin, went over the
course of the river In the territory com
prising drainage district No. 3 and made
carefully prepared estimates for the pre
paration of a petition to be presented to
the district court of Pawnee county,
Nebraska, and these estimates will be for
warded by Emilneer Munn to J. C. Dost,
county attorney ot Pawnee county, who
will then draft the necessary petition for
the signatures of the property owners In
the district, and Just as soon as the neces
sary signatures are obtained It will be
presented to the court.
Practically all the owners of the "land
along the Nemaha, In the proposed dis
trict, are enthusiastically In favor of the
project.
Plaaa for Travelers Meeting.
GRAiND ISLAND. Neb.. April 19.-(Spe-clal.)
The Commercial club's executive
committee at a meeting with the local com
mittee of the L C. T.. made preliminary
arrangements for the entertainment of the
annual convention pf the Nebraska Travel
ers' association August ( and 7. Mr. Shel
don, a leading authority In salesmanship,
will be Invited to come from Chicago for
a lecture on the evening of August 6th,
and on the afternoon and evening of the
7th there will be a picnic at Schimmer'a
lake, a special train taking the visitors
there. The Commercial" club will have Its
annual meeting In May and a committee
of ten was appointed to secure 100 new
members before that time, when a rousing
Jollification is planned to -mark the fifth
annual meeting of the club.
ew Home for Kearary Hab.
KEARNEY, Nib, April 19.-t8pecial.)-Wlthin
the lust week the contract has been
let for the building of the new home of the
Kearney Daily Hub. The excavation for
the basement and the concrete footings are
now completed. This budding will be the
finest nowspjper abode In the state outside
of Lincoln and Omaha. Concrete and sleel
wil I be, used throughout and the structure
will be "oxuS Icet In site, with two stcries
am! basement. A new duplex perfecting
nets, capable of printing twelve peres,
hca been bought and will be Installed in the
babement. The building will Imj ready for
oc upancy November I.
Tare Pralrta ' Fires la Week.
VALENTINE. Neb., April l.-(Specil
Telegram.) The prairie fire south of
Crookston burned over a large area of
ground, but no dsmsge has been reported
except the loss of range ao far. This is
the third fire of last week and some of
theae are thought to have been started by
people burning fire guards.
Quick Action for Tour Money Tou gat
that by using Tbs Ese advertising columns. J
Nebraska
Convict Labor
May Yet Work
in Tailor Shops
W. L. Cunningham of St. Louis Pre
sent, Contract to State Board
Which May Be Signed.
'From a Ptaff Correspondent.
LINCOLN, April lit (Ppecial.V- W. I.
Cunningham of the Crescent Clothing and
Manufacturing company of St. Louis sub
mitted to the State Board of Public lands
and Buildings this afternoon his contract
for the employment ot the convicts In the
state penitentiary In a taller shop.
Mr. Cunningham agrees to pay the state
from December 1, 1310, to December .
1911. 57H cents a day for prisoners. For
the next year he agrees to pay 80 cents
a day for each convict and R5H cents a
day for all convicts who have boen with
the company since June 1. 1909. For the
next year he agrees to pay 821, cents a day
for all convicts and 66 cents a day for all
convicts who have worked for the company
for more than three years. The payments
to the state must eb made within thirty
days sfter the services are performed and
If not pa d within sixty days then the ttate
may terminate the contract. If the state
or government compels the stumping of the
goods "prison made" then the company
may cancel Its contract.
It Is also provided In the contract that
the state may not employ convicts In the
same line of work for at least three years
after the expiration of the contract. It
aleo proposed that the state furnish the
-convicts sixty days without pay, so that
they may learn something ot the business
The contract is to run from December V,
1!10, to December 1, 1913.
The state is to furnish a roem tor the
tailor shop, heat, light and power, and at
the expiration of the Lee contract, If the
price for convicts is not equal to that paid
by the clothing firm, then the clothing firm
gets first chance at the buildings and at
the convicts to be employed. The convicts
ye to work eight hours a day In winter
ana nine in summer, ine sisie is to iurnisn
guards to watch over the convicts while
at work.
The board has the contract under advise
ment and with a few changes it is probable
It will be signed..
Woman Kidnaps
"Her Own Boy
Mri. Sean of Lincoln Arretted at
Grand Island After Concealing
Boy Four Months.
GRAND ISLAND. NeD., April 19.-(8pe
cial.) Mrs. E. L. Sears, formerly of Lin
coln, waa placed under arrest here yester
day on the charge of kidnaping her own
on Deputy Sheriff Dawson of Lancaster
arrived and took the lady Willi him to Lin
coin, together with the 8-year-old lad. It
Is alleged that Mrs. Sears, whose Son had
been taken from her custody by order f
the court, had frequently been permitted
to see the boy by the custodian. Mrs.
Davis, and Upon one occasion took him to
the city, from the outskirts, ostensibly to
have his picture takenantf 'quickly boarded
a train and came to' Grand Island where
'she haa bten keeping hlto hidden at the
Bouquet hotel. Mrs. Sears was employed
at the hotel. She has been In this city
bout four months.
Grand Island Paper To Baild. .
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., April 19.-t8pe-cial.)
The Independent Publishing company
will shortly begin construction on a new
building a home of Its pwn, on a sit op
posite the new postofflce building. The
size of the building will be 44x132 feet. Fred
Hedde, who was the owner of the paper
up to ten years ago. housed It in the base
ment of the business block owned by him.
When he erld the paper rental arrange
ments were made for the same place. The
room has become limited. The nresent
owners of the rani miu .l ,h. ...
' " " 11IIIO M I iir
construction of the new building, fi a
new eigni-page .duplex press, printing
pasting, folding and counting the edition
at one operation. The whole will be a
further investment of about $16,000.
Maety Days far Rlcshr.
BEATRICE, Neb.. April 19.-(8pecial Tele-gram.)-Ira
Rigsby pleaded guilty in the
district court today to the charge of crimin
ally aataultlng Mabel Myer., it year old,
and was sentenced to ninety days In Jail by
Judge Pemberton.
Dr. R. S. Albright.
BEATRICE. Neb.. April W.-tSpecial Tele
gram. )-Dr. R. 8. Albright, for many years
a physician of this city and serving his
third term aa secretary of the Board of
Education, died here of tuberculosis. He
was 17 jfars old and leaves a widow and
one son.
TIRX OVER TIME
Waea nature Mint. About the rood.
When there's no relish to any food and
all that one eats doesn't seem to do any
good then Is the time to mske a turn
over In the diet, for that'. Nature', way
of dropping a hint that the food Isn't the
kind required.
For a number of yeara I followed rail
road work, much of it being office work
of a trying nature.
Meal times were our busiest part of the
day. Eating too much and too quickly
of food such as Is commonly served In
hotels and restaurants, together with the
sedentary habit, were not long in giving
me dyspepsia and stomarh trouble whlcn
reduced my weight from 20S to IJ
pounds.
"There waa little rellah In any food and
none of it seemed to do me any good. It
seemed the more I ate the thinner I got
and was always hungry before another
meal, no matter how much I had eaten.
"Then I commenced a fair trial of
Grape-Nuts and was surprised how a
.mall saucer of It would tarry me along,
strong and with aatlafied appetite, until
the next meal, with no sensation of
hunger, weaknea. or dlatrea. a. before.
"I have been following thi. diet now
for several month, and my Improvement
has been ao great all the other. In my
family have taken up the use of Grape
Nuta, with complete ratlafaction and
much improvement la health and hraln
power.
''American people undoubtedly eat hur
riedly, have lots ot. worry, thus hinder.
Ing digestion and therefore need a food
that 1. predige.ted snd concentrated for
nourishment." "There's a. Reason."
Look in pkg. for the famous little book,
"The Road to Wellvtlle."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. Thry
are genuine, true, and fall of human
interest.
Nebraska
Mystery of Series
of Robberies at
Greenwood Solved
Systematic Burglar Proves to Be Man
of Good Reputation Lace Worth
$2,000 in Loot.
GREENWOOD, Neb., April 1. -(Special.)
The mystery of the systematic thieving
and robbing of stores In this neighborhood
during the last three months was cleared
by the arrest here by Detective Smith Of
the Burlington railroad of Andrew Bloom,
who subsequently confessed.
Among the articles Bloom confessed to
stealing waa a trunkfull ot valuable Irlsrt
linen, worth S2.000. belonging to Miss Lillia l
Fitzgerald of Lincoln. The lace and a large
amount of other stolen property wa found
In Bloom's bouse after his arrest.
Miss Fitzgerald's trunk was stolon last
January from the depot platform, where it
was left for short time one evening.
Saturday evening the Stone mercantile
store was entered and robbed and It was
through a pair ot overalls which Bloom
had priced the day before that he was
traced.
The loot found in Bloom's house Included
a large amount of brass and an assortment
of.ilverware.
Bloom has always heretofore borne a
good reputation and his arrest and confes
sion wss a complete surprise to all his
frltnds. He has b en taken to riatts
mcuth to await trial.
NtkratLa Stiti .otes.
M'COOK Frank P. Rstliff, n well
known liveryman of thla city, died thl
morning at I o'clock.
FL'LLERTON There Is an epidemic of
meaales among the children in town but
up to the present time there have been
no serious cases.
M'COOK- Mrs. Charlea M. Smith of
McCook, wife of Fireman Charles M.
Smith, passed away at an early hour
this morning after a short Illness.
FULLERTON N. N. Batncr, who has
been In the drug and Jewelry business
here for the past seven years, has sold
out to John Parvin and Finis Anderson.
NEBRASKA CITY Miss Mabel Overton
of this city and Clarence Bichel, cashier
of the Bank of Cook, are to be married
at the home or the bride's parents, near
this city on May 5.
NEBRASKA CITY Rudolph Wolfee and
Ora Schoonover were Injured In a runaway
yesterday. Wolfe was trying to drive the
horse when the bit broke and Schoonover
tried to stop the horse as he was running.
PLATTSMOCTH State Senator W. B.
Banning will be the guest of honor or
tha Men's brotherliood of the Presbyte
rian church In this city Tuesday tvenlrv
and he will deliver an address on "liie
Doings of the Legislature."
NEBRASKA CITY H. P. Dixon has
tiled a remonstrance with the city coun
cil against the granting of a aaloon license
to John P. Mlchelson. Thee trouble grew
out ot a neighbors' fight as the men are
doing business in adjoining buildings.
PLATTSMOUTH Miss Lena Gunn of
Lexington will succeed Miss Patti Math
ews as teacher of English in the Platts
mouth high school the coming year and
Miss Kthel Johnston of Exeter will suc
ceed Miss Gertrude Coon as instructor in
languages.
M'COOK Ernest F. Wright, wanted
here for several forgeries, was appre
hended at Oxford and brought to Mo
Cook this morning by Deputy Shetiif
Ernest Osburn. It is quite probable that
Wright will have the charge ot robbe
to answer for as Well.
FL'LLERTON The meetings that have
been held here the past four weeks, con
ducted by Evangelist Loose and assisted
bv Prof. Irwin, have Just closed. Rev.
Mr. lxiose and PTOfessor Irwin left today
for Edwards, where they will begin evan
gelistic services at once.
GRAND ISLAND John Ruff was' found
guilty of a heinous offense against a fifteen-year
old girl, the Jury recommending
the leniency of the court on account of
the age of the accused man. The twelve
men were out four hours. Ruff has been
In the penitentiary twice before.
PLATTSMOUTH Charles Gallagher of
Omaha, aged 24 yearn, and Miss Alma
Mae Parker, aged 21 years, were united
In marriage In the home of the bride's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Parker, m
this city Sundsy afternoon by Dr. A. A.
tiandall. Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher will re
side in Omaha.
CENTRAL CITY The annual convention
of the Merrick County Sunday School as
sociation will convene in this city next
Tuesday, April -i. and will be In aesslon
for two days. The place of meeting will
be in the Friends church, and delegates
are expeected to he present from every
Sunday school In the county.
NEBRASKA CITY-E. P. Griffin, a see
.lond hand dealer waa arrested Saiurdsy
' wi,,ntl i.ll.vlr.. him
I wuh buying goods and not'compKlng with
the laws governing such things. Recent
stolen goods were found In his place ot
business, whlcn he failed to report to the
officers, although they were looking for
them. .
COLVMBL'S Beginning with Monday,
April 36. the stores In this city will close
at p. m. For some time the clerks have
been wotking to this end and during the
last week twenty-five of the business
firms of the city signed the sgreement.
Exceptions are made for Saturdays and
holidays, so the country trade will be ac
commodated. NEBRASKA CITS' The whistle on the
old starch works building, which wss
recently bought by the people of this city
and turned Into an alfalla plant was heard
today for the first time In five years. The
starch trust closed the plant five years
ago and since then things have been rather
quiet in that part ot the city, but again
this activity is to be renewed.
CENTRAL CITY This la Y. M. C. A.
anniversary week in Central City, and a
big time is being planned, although only
two of the usual annual events will be
held this week. Monday night there Is
to be the gymnasium exhibition at the
opera house under the direction ot Physi
cal Director Copley. The annual senior
banquet will be held Friday evening, and
an elaborate menu and toast list I. being
prepared.
KEARNEY A meeting wss held at the
city hall Sunday afternoon for the purpose
of creating an Interest In a Young Men's
Christian association. O. A. Young and. E.
J. Simmonds, field and college secretaries
for Nebraska, were present and addressed
the gathering, dwelling mostly on the
work and possibilities of the association.
Two hundred young men were present.
Steps toward organizing an association in
this city will be taken immediately.
CENTRAL CITY Central 'City ha. a
steam laundry again, the machinery rn
the new Central City steam laundry be
ing started up this .morning. Last fall
there were two laundries here, but the
Model laundry suspended buslnens, and
shortly afterwsrds the entire lAillding
and plant of the Central City steam laun
dry burned to the ground. The laundry
will be In charge of J. Emson. a skilled
laundryman from Denver, and will employ
about ten hands.
Personal rersons afflicted with blood poi
son in any stage, or rheumatism in any
form. An learn of a permanent cure by
addressing the Salvar Company, 8t. Louis,
Mo.
New Raral Carriers.
WASHINGTON. April l.-(Special Tele
gram.) Rural carriers appointed: Daven
port, route :, John Helmburger, carrier;
W. M. Littell. substitute. South Dakota,
Tabor, route 1. Alois F. Rokusek. carrier;
Charlea J. Rokusek, substitute.
atlaal Baak at Gary.
WASHINGTON, April l.-t8pecUl Tee
gram.) The First National bank of Gaty,
8. D., has been authorized to begin busi
ness with Co. 000 capital. John Bwanson,
president:, John A. Thronson. vice-president;
Theodore M. Antony, cashier.
A Shovtlag sense
with both parties wounded, demands Buck
len s Arnica Salve. Heals wounds, sores,
bums or Injuries. 36c. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
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HALF-MINUTE STORE-TALK
There'a an old saying: You can t appreciate how tall a mountain Is until
you see a foot hill." and by the same token you can't appreciate how high
our qualities are until you've seen what most stores term quality.
THE NEW STORE '
THE HOME Or
I
OUR SPRING
NECKTIES
We could write volumes about
their newness, the delightful
color combinations, etc., with
out exhausting the possibilities,
but we couldn't write anything
that would give you as good an
impression as a few "looks" on
your part.
Come In and Look
but if you come expecting neck
ties such as most stores show
you'll be disappointed. Ours
are very exclusive.
50c to $1.00
PEOPLE OF THE WEST
FLOCK TO SEE COOPER
Suffer, r. From All Sorts of III, Eager to L.arn
UUi ins ineory and Medicine.
Iurlng a recent: tnnr it u . .
Cooper made visits of several weeks in
various cities In Kansas, where thousand,
ot people talked with him and purcuaseU
nls medicine.
His success was so phenomenal as to
cause universal comment both by the pub.
He and the pres.. There must be a reason
for this. Here Is the reason given in his
own words by Mr. Cooper when Inter
viewed on the subject. He said:
"The immense numbers of people who are
calling on me here In the west Is not un
usual. I have had the same experience for
the past two years wherever I have gone
Ihe reason In a simple one. It Is be
cause my medicine puts the stomach Into
good condition. This does not sound un
usual, but It is In fart th. v.
The stomach Is the very foundation of life!
i annouie 7U per cent of all sickness
directly to the stomach.
Neither animals nor men can remain
well with a poor dlgestlvo apparatus. Few!
UA.Vi.U'
and women today are half-sick It .Ui
cause too much and too" mn L t !
Among Kansas neonle whn o
believers in Mr. Cooper's theory is Mr.
J. L. Hsyslip. residing at 20.' Kansas
avenue, Oakland, Kansas. He says
'For soma time I h.v. k .
from rheumatism. It nal,7 b"ec. sol
bad that I could .not .leep at night, and
1 was getting worse every day, despite
LINE TO GO WITH BRIDGE
Interurban Railway Urged by Com
mercial Club Committee.
WILL RUN FROM OMAHA TO IOWA
Doable-Deek Bridge Mill Re Pro
posed, tbe Vpper for Cars and
the Lower Deck for
Pedrstrlaaa.
Not only a bridge over the Missouri
liver, connecting Omaha and Council
Bluffs, but an interurban railway will be
offered the two cities Tuesday, when thu
special order of business at the executive
committee of the Commercial club will be
to receive and discuss the proposition.
The interurban railway organizers elslm
to have a large amount of right-of-way
running east of Council Bluffs, almost to
Des Moines, also northeast of the city,
through a rich farming country. Their
offer waa made to Howard H. Baldrlge,
chairman of the bridge committee ot the
Omaha Commercial club. The names of
the men who have the railway project In
hand are being kept secret at their own
request.
The proposition is practically that the
Interurban lines to enter Omaha In the
future will have to erect a bridge within
a few year, anyway, and those back of
the Dea Molnes-Omaha scheme offer to
pay half the cost of the bridge, make it a
two-deck structure, the Interurban. to use
the upper deck, the pedestrians and teams
to use the lower deck free, of charge.
Cooacll Blaffs lavlted.
Council Bluffs business men have been
Invited to attend the executive committee
meeting of the Omaha Commercial club
Tuesday. It is supposed the proposition
of the railway builders will be made
through Mr. Baldrlge. i
The following are the Council Rluffs
business men who will attend the meet
ing: Erntst Hsrt, Victor Bender, H. II.
Van Brunt, Congressman Walter I. Smith,
H. W. Binder, 11. A. Qulnn. J. F. W'flcox,
E. H. Doollttle and 8. B. Wadsworth.
A meeting wss held In Council Bluff.
Rheumatism is due to an excess of uric acid, aa irritating, inflammatory
accumulation, which gets into tha circulation because of weak kidneys,
constipation, indigestion, and other physical irregularities which art usually
considered of no importance. Nothing applied externally can aver reach tha
aeat of this trouble; the most such treatment can do is sooth tha paint
temporarily; while potash and other mineral medicines really add to tha
acidity of the blood, and this fluid therefore continually grows mora acrid
and vitiated. Then instead of nourishing the different muscles and joints,
keeping them in a normally supple and elastic condition, it gradually harden
sand stiffens them by drying up the natural oila and fluids. Rheumatism caa
never be cured until the blood is purified. S. 8. 8. thoroughly cleanses and
renovates tha circulation by neutralizing the acids and driving the causa
from the system. It strengthens and invigorates tha blood so that instead
of a sour, weak stream, depositing acrid and painful corrosive matter la
tha muscles Joints and bonea, it nourishes tha entire body with pure, rich,
blood and" permanently cures Rheumatism. S. 8. S. contains no potash,
alkali or other harmful mineral, but is made entirely of roots, herbs and
barks of great purifying and tonio properties. Book on Rheumatism and
any medical advice free to all who write.
" " ; TUB SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLAMTi, OA,
QUALITY CLOTHES
'that'h-V?" 1 W" Ue'nr Va,OU ias
that had been recommended to me.
th- n? ttnln'1 1 happened to notice in
the Topeka paper, an article about the
in th'.? u"' "I" C,0per W" "troducln
In that Ity .nd although I was skeptical
of results. I decided to give them a trial
.J JVenL,.Mr- CoP'" headquarters
and bought a bottle of the New Discovery
medicine. It seemed to help me from the
start, and within a week I waa feiln,
like a different man. Its continued use
ha relieved me of rheumatlam and my
sleep is now sound and restful. I m
feeling better In every way.
My wife alao used the New Discovery
with very beneflclsl results for kidney
trouble and nervouaness. Frequently while .
handling the dishes her arm would civ. a
Jerk and the dishes would fall to the floor
and break. She could not rest well at
night. She had severe pains across her
time.
e'i ' and exhausted, all the
K.w covery
3 T 'ler Were 'md.rfully
tre?--. P ' h.r
- '""'""u ine nrat.
medicine I have ever used that ha. done
exactly aa claimed, and I can hene.tly
recommend It to others."
coopers iNew Diiirnv
' K. i"cv mscove
Cooper' New Discovery Is on sale by all
r ii r o-lat. 1
eT" 0?Z
The Cooper Medic in c L tT1"
uhlo. Me"clne Company, Dayton,
Saturday after Mr. Baldrlge received the
proposition from the Interurban railwsy
builder, and the Commercial club of Coun
cil Bluff, will join the West End Improve
ment club, the Omaha Commercial club
and other business interest. In working- tor
the free bridge.
Many letters have been received, from
market gardeners, poultry raiser, and fruit
growers of Pottawattamie county, urging
the free brldee a. a boon to their business
and the consumers of Omaha.
NEBRASKAN J1EETS TEDDY
A. F. Bloomer f Vork Shakes Haad
with Es-Presldrat Rsctelt
t Naples.
A. F. Bloomer of York, whs It touring
Europe, hub wii.ten to Omaha friend, that
he had an opportunity to meet and talk to
ex-rrcsident Roosevelt while the latter was
t Naples. ;
"1 had the pleasure of shakJBg hands
with our 'Teddy' and wishing Mm bon
voyage to Africa In behalf of the great
state of Nebraska," say. Mr. Bloomer in a
letter.
Woman Serloasly Bsjraea.
YANKTON, S. D., April W.-(8pecial Tsle-gram.)-Mrs.
A. M. English, widow of
former Mayor English, I. in a critical con
dition here from bum. received Mond.y
from a bonfire which caught In her cloth
ing and burned her limbs. j
The Weather
OffielaV forecast:
For Nebraska Unsettled with shower.
For Iowa Fair and rising temperature.
Trmpersture at Omaha, yesterday;
Hour. Dec.
t a. m
t a. m
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at
7 a. m
a. m :
a. m
10 a. m.
11 a. m
13 ra
1 p. m
2 p. m
I p. m
4 p. m
i p. m
p. m
7 p. m
8 p. m
9 p, m
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DRIVES OUT
e RHEUMATISM
