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TITR BEE: OMATTA. SATURDAY. MAY P. 1P0P.
REWARD FOR PARTY PERFIDY
New Linen
Dresses
and
Wash Suits
Potgee Ctits,
56-la. Uag ,
ON SALE AT
That is What C. R. Sherman Terms
Appointment of Stewart.
$19.50
SHALLENBERGEH IS CENSURED
-AS7 3TAMWAM ST.
You Don't Have Ta
Do Without Clothes
Some people think that because they haven't
all the ready money they need that they
must do without some of those articles of
apparel that they really want and want
badly. Now this is all unnecessary if you
will only come to our store and open a
Credit Account. We trust you so that you
can buy clothing for yourself or any mem
ber of your family and pay for it as
you are able in small amounts weekly
or monthly.
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BIC MEETING FOR DITCD
Property Owners Want to Drain
40,000 Acres.
MEET AT PAPILLION SATURDAY
rrnpsnril Ditch Will Drain Valnable
Lands In Donalas and Sarpy '
t'onntlra Alone Papplo Creek
from I.ane to La Platte.
In Papllllon toworrow a temporary or
ganization will be effected by farm owners
In Douglaa and Sarpy counties, for a drain
age district which is to spend $400,000 or
more to drain 40.200 acres of land, as rich
as any In the eastern part of Nebraska.
The meeting has been called by the prop
erty owners along the proposed ditch and
will be held In the court house at 1 o'clock.
A.. I.. Reed, president of the Byron Reed
company, who represents a large number
of nonresident owners favoring the ditch,
will go to Papllllon with a number of busi
ness men and his attorney In automobiles
to attend the meeting.
This organization will be one of the first
under the new law which gives the state
the right to practically underwrite the
bonds, due in twenty years, and assess
the owners of lands along the ditch in the
regular way for the work. Thus, if It costs
$10 per acre to dig the ditch, the owners
of land drained by It will pay 60 cents per
aero -each year additional taxes on the
land for twenty years.
Since the project was first undertaken
the length of the ditch has been increased
and the acreage, proportionately. It will
have two branches, one beginning near
l.ane cut-off and the other near the town
of I.ane, running down the I-sppio creeks
uoutheust of Ralston, through Sarpy Mills
and through the western part of the Fort
Crock military reservation. The. ditch will
meet tho Missouri river east of LaPlatte
and neveral miles north of the Platte river.
It is to be known as the rapillion ditch.
Just what the ditch will cost is a matter
which engineers have not estimated. The
owners place the cost at any place from if.
to l-'O per acre, it is the common belief
that it will almost double the value of
most of the lands for one mile one each
side of the ditch.
Dick Johnson
Dies Suddenly
Veteran Hotel Man in Nebraska for
Years Passes Away at Min
neapolis. Word has been received In Omaha of
the sudden death of R. W. Johnson, In
Minneapolis, Tuesday, presumably of heart
disease.
"Dick" Johnson was one of the best
known hotel men of Nebraska, and has
been connected with the principal hostelries
of the state for twenty-five or more years,
lie was at one time proprietor of the Capi
tol hotel at Lincoln, during Its halcyon
days, and afterwards became manager of
the Paddock hotel at Beatrice, at Its open
ing. After a few years there he returned
to Lincoln and rehsbilltated the old Capi
tol, operating It successfully for a number
of years, and then he came to Omaha. He
assumed the management of the Dellone
and afterwards became associated with
the Millard and the Iler Grand. From the
Ilr Grand he went to Minneapolis as chief
clerk of the Hyscr hotel.
Mr. Johnson Is survived by his wife, one
son and two daughters. He was prominent
In Masonic circles, being a thirty-two de
gree Mason. During the height of his
popularity at Lincoln, the "Dick Johnson
March" was composed by a Nebraska com
poser in his honor, which is still regarded
as one of the best complimentary musical
compositions extant.
The Rnbonle Plague
destroys fewer lives than stomach, liver
and kidney diseases, for which Electric Bit
ters is the guaranteed remedy. 6"c. For
sale by Beaton Drug Co.
RulMIn Permits.
J. F. Sturgeon, Thirty-second and Cas
tellar streets, frame dwelling, $3,000; Rude
Carroll, Twenty-seventh and Sahler streets,
frame dwelling, $000; Rude Carroll, Twenty
eighth and Sprague streets, frame dwelling,
$500.
Reappoints Former Snperlntendent
of Instltate for Deaf to Par Po
litical Debt Two Trustees
M ill Resign Dlsaasted.
"The appointment by Governor Shallen
berger of R. E. Stewart as superintendent
of the Institute for the Deaf Is a flagrant
reward for party perfidy, and If he, the
governor. Insists on placing this man in
charge of the Institute two of the members
of the governing board will resign the day
the appointment Is made." said Charles R.
Sherman, member of the board, following
the long session held with the governor.
The three members of the board-Mr.
Sherman nf Omaha. R. B. Windham of
Plattsmouth and J. W. Stelnhart of Ne
braska City are all opposed to the deposi
tion of Superintendent White and the rein
statement of Mr. Stewart as superintendent.
They spent hours at the Institute arguing
with the governor, but to no avail, and the
executive said he would Insist on the ap
pointment of the former superintendent,
who was removed for cause.
Mr. Sherman said the fight on Mr. Stew
art was none of his affair; that the charges
were preferred and the1 superintendent re
moved before he became a member and that
his position on the board in this instance
Is more that of an outsider and a looker-on
than that of a participant. However, he
said he stands with the other members and
believes that there la no ground for remov
ing a competent official to make room for
a man against whom serious charges rest
and who wac removed for "gross irregu
larities." Ignores Ir'regrnlarlttee.
These irregularities on the part of former
Superintendent Stewart were brought to
the attention of the governor, despite the
fact that he knew of them at the time
the superintendent was removed by Gov
ernor Sheldon, but, while he did not at
tempt to deny the truthfulness of the
charges, he declared that he would not
consent to the appointment oJ another.
Chief among the alleged irregularities of
the former superintendent was his reten
tion for five years of $200 paid by the state
of Oklahoma for tuition for a student
from that state. Thin payment was a
transaction between one state and an
other, but the superintendent entered the
payment in his own personal account. At
the end of five years Mr. Stelnhart, a
former close friend of Stewart', found the
discrepancy and made the superintendent
pay back the money with Interest, amount
ing to $.18.
"Mr. Stewart, as well as Mr. White, the
present superintendent, is a republican, ,
but when Stewart was removed by Gov
ernor Sheldon he started out to wdrk
against him." said Mr. Sherman. "I am
told that In the primary campaign he
worked for Mayor Dablman, who was a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomina
tion, but when Shaller.berger was nomi
nated he began to work for htm, and now
the governor intends to reward this party
perfidy by this flagrant appointment.
White a Competent Man.
"The governor said that Stewart had
some strong recommendations, but even
If he has. he has no cause to remove a
perfectly competent man and reinstate a
man removed for cause.
"Mr. White is a graduate of the Gal
laudet institute of Washington, D. C, an
Institute where educators are educated,
and is about the best man for the place
that cm be found.
"If the governor persists, Mr. Stewart
probably will be Installed at the close of
the school year, the first week In June.
But the day he takes charge, Mr. Steln
hart and Mr. Windham will resign. They
told me so themselves. As I have not been
mixed up In the matter In any way. It
would not be Incumbent on me to resign."
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Woiiteit's Tailored Suits
Reduced $10.00 to $25.00 on Every Suit
These are all high class man-tailored suits.
Nothing lacking in the colors, patterns and
materials. So as to sell them quickly this is
the way we've marked them
Regular $25 and $30 Tailored Suits, Reduced to gig
Regular.$35 and $40 '1 ailored Suits, Reduced to $25
Regular $45 and $50 Tailored Suits, Reduced to $35
Regular $2.50 Waists, Saturday, at $1.45
For Saturday we announce a great sale of beautiful
Lingerie Waists, every one of them worth $2.50 each.
Your choice Saturday at $1.4.
$10 Silk Kimonos on Sale at $4.95
Some 3 dozen Kimonas made of finest quality
soft kimona silks, every one a regular $10.00 kimona,
on sale at 4.95.
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YORK PROGRAM FOR G. A. R.
Details of Thirty-Third Annual En
campment Are Made.
ELABORATE TIME IS IN STORE
Colonel Li. D. Richards Looks I.Ike
Sore Winner for Department
Cnmmanilrr Conlr.tt Amom
the Women.
KAW RIVER A TROUBLE MAKER
Starts That Hl flood and Fire
Which Finally Lead to a
I.avranlt.
How the Kaw river started first a fire
and second a lawsuit is being unfolded to
a Jury sitting under Judge Kennedy in dls
triet court.
Sunderland Bros, are suing the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy for tho loss of twelve
.cars of lime Incurred at Kansas City dur
ing the great flood six years ago. The
water reached the cars, slacked the lime
and a fire started which consumed the
limn cars and seventy others.
The" Ihirty-thlrd annual encampment of
the Department of Nebraska Grand Army
of the Republic and the annual conventions
of the Woman's Relief Corps and of the.
Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic
will be held at York May 11. 12, 13.
The program in as follows:
. TI'ESDA Y MAT 11.
7:30 p. m. General reception at the Meth
odist church to the national and depart
ment officers. Department President Har
riet K. Luce of the Woman's Relief Corps
chairman.
Music, Civil War Veterans.
Invocation, Rev. F. W. Cllffe.
yuartet. "Star Spangled Banner," Messrs.
Smith. Gilbert. Bell and MoConaugliy.
Address of Welcome, Mayor W. H. Kll
patrick. Response, Department Commander Ell
Barnes.
Violin Solo, Wendell Bemls.
Address, E. B. Woods, President Commer
cial club.
Address, National President Woman's Re
lief Corps.
Solo. Miss Cora Conway.
Address, Past National President Wo
man's Relief Corps, Mrs. Abide A. Adams.
Organ Solo. Mrs. Dr. McConaughy.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12.
9 a., m. Grand Army parade on Lincoln
avenue. To lie participated in by city offi
cials, city schools, high school cadets and
hand and miscellaneous civic and military
organizations.
Exorcises at High School Grounds, Past
Commander lelt, chairman.
Invocation. Rev. A. G. Bennett.
Presentation of Flag to High School by
Nebraska Woman's Relief Corps by Letha
Waston.
Response, Superintendent W. W. Stoner.
Presentation of Portia.lt of Lincoln by
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Response by W. W. Johns.
Hong, "America."
Benediction, Rev. W. E. Brandenberg.
11 a. m. Meeting of the old soldiers by
slates at Fralernal hall.
1 p. m. Meeting of Grand Army at opera
house.
Meeting of Woman's Relief Corps In
Methodist church.
Meeting of Ladies of the Grand Army In
Odd Fellows' hall.
h p. m. Camp fire at opera house. De
partment Commander Barnes presiding.
Song. "Marching Through Georgia," led
by General A. W. Cole of Hastings.
Invocation, Department Chaplain.
Music, Civil War Veterans.
Address, Judge l,ee S. Kstelle of Omaha.
Song, High School Quartet.
Prize Essay. "Our Flug."
Address, Judge Kdgar Fawcett of Omaha.
Solo. Mrs. Price.
Address. Past Department Commander T.
J. Majors.
Veterans Quartet.
Address, "Abr.ham Lincoln," Hon. Dan
Nettleton of Fairfield.
Song, "America."
THURSDAY. MAY 15.
10 a. m. Business Meeting Grand Armv
of the Republic.
1:30 p. m. Competitive drill by High
School Cadets.
2 p. m. Installation of Officers.
8 p. m The Great Battle Scenes, given
by George B. Frnnce to the Grand Armv
of the Republic. Woman's Relief Corps and
Indies of the Grand Army of the Republic
at the opera house.
Richards for Commander.
It now begins to look as if Colonel L D.
RichaTds of Fremont will have a complete
walk away for the office of department
commander. The only other candidates
mentioned for this office is Freeman Mer
riam of Kearney, and possibly Dr. Ferd
Brother of Beatrice.
Mrs. Hughes of Fremont seems to be In
the lead for the presidency of the Woman's
Relief Corps, and Mrs. Laura Kidder of
Scrlbner and Mrs. Clara Lyons of Omaha
for department president of the Ladles of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. C.
M. Peters of Omaha has alsq been men
tioned for this latter office.
The Omaha delegations to the several
conventions will leave generally Tuesday
morning. Arrangements are In progress
for a special car for the Omaha contin
gents, but whether this will be accom
plished will not be known until Monday,
M0GY CHASES THREE GIRLS
Probation Officer Will Catch Misses
Who King Doorbell of the
Omaha (lab.
Probation Officer "Mogy" Bernstein was
a, girl chaser Thursday evening. He caught
three girls, from 10 to 14 years of age, in
the act of annoying members of the Omaha
club, Twentieth and Douglas streets, by
ringing the door bell. Giving chase up to
Dodge street and through the High school
grounds. the probation officer failed to
catch his quarry, as they proved too swift
for him. He was on the way downtown
with his wife at the time, but temporarily
deserted her to follow the girls. He says
the three girls in question have been the
subjects of complaint before on the same
grounds and that he will "ketch 'em" jet
If they don't stop the fun.
Joe Keenan
Steals a March
on Hotel Clerks
Violates Rule 19 by Getting Married
and Will Be Haled Before
Court-Martial.
Joe H. Keenan, chief clerk of the Hen
shaw, has the call on th Omaha Hotel
Clerks' association in the matter of his
marriage, which took place Tuesday morn
ing at the church of St. Mary Magdalene.
He was united In marriage at this time to
Miss Augusta Manerman of Carroll, la.
A suspicion had been lurking in the minds
of the members of the association that
Keenan whs about to do something, and at
the last meeting, May S, he had been sum
moned to appear before the association to
answer the charge of "contemplating
matrimony," which Is In violation of one
of the cardinal principles of the association,
unless permission is obtained under rule
19. Evidences were manifest that Keenan
waa going to violate the rule and a court
martial was ordered. Squire Billy Ander
son of the Rome was appointed judge advo
cate and Deacon Carney of the Merchants
chief prosecuting witness. Keenan did not
appear and the case was continued.
The signs pointed to the fact that some
thing in the marriage line would be doing
Tuesday, so the association procured two
handsome easy chairs and sent them to the
Stoecker flats, where Mr. and Mrs. Keenan
will make their home, on South Twenty
fourth street, as an evidence of their sus
picions. Detectives were sent out to find Mr.
Keenan, but he had hidden in the mean
while over at the Grand In Council Bluffs
and all telephone lines had been sys
tematically corked.
The Hotel Clerks' association is still de
termined not to be outdone and Keenan's
trial is set for the next monthly meeting of
the association, with the same officials
presiding.
WIFE SHY ON HER ALIMONY
Josephine Phelps Says Her Hnsband
Has Failed to Come
Across.
That Frank Phelps' answer to his wife's
suit for divorce should be stricken from the
record was argued before Judge Estelle in
district court Friday morning. It waa
claimed by onunsel for Mrs. Josephine
Phelps that Phelpa had rendered himself
In contempt of court by falling to pay her
temporary alimony. The suit Is a separate
one, of course, from Phelps' suit against
J. W. Bergers for alienation of his wife's
affections.
Who's Afraid to
Marry in May?
Well, Here Are One Hundred Young
People, and Old, Who
Are Not.
That It is unlucky to be married In Mmj
Is a superstition which evidently does not
hold much strength In Douglaa county.
At noon Friday, May 7, an even half
hundred licenses to wed had been issued
during the first seven days of the month.
The average age of the men involved Is ,tt
and that of the women 26. These averages
are misleading, however, because a few
couples of many years were among the
number. Over half of the fifty brides we'e
under 21 and a large number Just that year,
Thirty-five of the fifty men married at
26 years or under.
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JUST CAN'T STAY OUT OF JAIL
Marshall Hronn I nahle tit Resist
the tlauiietln Kni f
Prison. )
Marshall Brown can'i keep away from
that enticing, cczy rest and haven of
refuge, the city Jail. He visited It and
left, his name on the register Wednesday
night before he WHndered out Into the
world ag.tin to take a new cargo of trouble
killing elixir.
But those iron bars, those blank brick
walls, the Attractiveness (1f being dragged
along the street and Into a jogging car
riage with a door at the end and a sign
about the police on the side, all proved too
much 1 for Markhall. so he gave In again
to the lure of it all.
When he said "good mornin' " to Judge
Crawford Frldny, the latter, out of the
kindness of his heart, made Marshall a
handsome present thirty days of soul re
cuperating Idleness with occasional edible,
in the county jail-as a reward for his
energetic attempts to break into the so
ciety of the Jailer.
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