12 TIIK HKK: OMAHA, KATt'KIUY, DKCEM1JKU 18, lIKif). Council Bluffs Minor Mention Tn ConnoU Bluff offlo of la Omaha Bt 1 at IB toott Strt. Beta 'phone 43. Davis, drugs. Diamond. Lcfferfs Diamond playing the best vaudeville. COKHIGANS, undertaker. 'Phone 148. Tor rent, modern house, 726 6th avenue. . Hinokfri' sets. IWfert'f. NKJUT SCHOOL at Puryear's college. A. Harp, store open evening until Xmas. Majentla range. P. C. PeVol Hdw. Co. Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. 839. Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone 37. KAU8T BKF.n AT ROaiillS' BUFFET. B. :lid & lloland, undertakera. "Phone L3. Lxpert piano tuning, Honpe. 'Phone M Ufferts Jewell y store, new location, Ua Broadway. When you want reliable want ad adver tising, UHe Tim Pee. Store opens evenings until Xmas. H. Bor wick, -in So. Main St. l'p-to-date Ar Department and Picture 1'iamlng. Borw Ick, 211 South Main street. See I.ffert's new stock of watches for ln tHtrnaH glft.s. .Now location, 003 Broad way. The place to get your Xmas pictures framed la Walter Nleholuisen & Co., H So. Mnln St. Bluff City Masonic lodge will hold a spe cial meeting this evening for work In the (ccond degree. Warn Albio, former chief of police of tc.,.c.l mutts, now a resident of Alliance, Nij , is iii the city on business and renew ing aciiiaintances. Justice Gardiner performed the marriage ceremony yesterday for David Crawford of Shenandoah, la., and Birdie Sherman, a ltj-year-old girl of Omuha. f The ludles' auxiliary of the Union Vet trans' leulon will meet in their hall this afternoon at 2:30. All members are urged to be present for the election of officers. ItoaHt nvats for dinner; chicken pie for supper ami an all-day sale of fanoy goods and aprons. Saturday, Dec. IS, at tne Eng lish Lutheran church, cor. Willow Ave. and Seventh St. Meals 26c. Dr. O. O. Smith, pastor of the First Congregational church, went to Bt. Joseph vthUrd.y. lie will deliver a lecture before Hie. teachers of that city this evening In tho auditorium of the high school building. Remember those Xmas parties require tip-to-date garments; they muBt be pressed and cleaned. Seno hem to us; we have the best help and the best service. Bluff City 1-aundry Drv Cleaning and Dye Worka, 22-31-26 N. Main St. Phones 314. There will be a large class of candidates for Initiation at the meeting of Council Bluff lodge of Elks this evening. Follow ing the Initiation there will be a social session and a lunch will be served. The committee li. charge will servo "roast pig" as the "piece de resistance," Henry Davis, the negro charged with Flashing Fred Stone, also colored, secured a change of venue yesterday from the police court to tho court of Justice Cooper, where he will have his preliminary hearing today. His bond was placed at $500. in default of which he was committed to the county jail. A marriage license was Issued yesterday to John Meiers and Iona Meiers, both of Sewaid, Neb. Althoueh hearing the same kui name they both declared they were not related and hnd not been divorced In answer to the usual 'Inquiries from the clerk of thu district court when Issuing the license. AN IDEAL GIFT Is a framed picture, giving . pleasure for years. We nave one thousand of them ready for the holiday trade, from a few cents up to many -tol lars. See the new panel mirrors and ma hogany and water color trays. Beautiful pastelti. water colors and carbons at mod erate prices. Make your selections now and we will lay the articles aside for later delivery. Open evenings. Alexander' Art Store. 333 Broadway. William Whttson. aged 91 years, died shortly before midnight Wednesday at thi home of his son, Wllzue Whttson. In Haidin township. Besides the son at whose home h died doceiired lenves five daugh ters, Mrs. Anna Miller of I hlladelphla. Pa., Mrs. Viola VV. Kent and Mrs. Adel Simp trs of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and Mis. J. II. Sharp and Miss Mary Whltson if Neola. In. He Is also survived hv two ulsters, Mrs. Mary P. Cooper of 537 Park avinue, Omaha, and Mrs. Hannah H. Sll bert of Quaryvilln, Pa. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Danenro Lodge Electa Officers. Paneho lodge No. 5, I. 8. D. F. of A., elected these officers for the ensuing six months last night: President P. Chrlstofferson. Vlco president John Jordanscn. Corresponding Secretary A. Hansen. Treasurer P. Jensen. Financial Secretary N. Uasmussen. Librarian Andrew Jepsen. Trustee-.lohn Olson. Hick Commltte John Jordansen and Julius jornson. FOR MEDICAL, AND FAMILY USE) BUY YOUR LIQUORS AT ROSENFELD LIQUOR CO.. S19 8. MAIN. 'PHONES 3323. T OF Nephew Doctored for Fifteen Years but Got No Benefit Finally Tried Cuticura Remedies and was Per manently Cured Uncle Similarly Cured Five Years Agot ONE CURE BY CUTICURA LEADS TO ANOTHER " About fiva years ago I was burned tn an explosion of natural (as. My head ana iaoe, aiso my nanus and arms, were burned. About three weeks after, eczema set in oyer the parts of ray body which wer burned and my physi cian undertook to cur it by administering; a 'solution of arsanio, in creasing the do.es, but without any percepti ble benefit. I was grad ually losing strength from the suffering and I waa in a very serious condition. "About that time my nephew told me about his experience with the Cuti cura Hnmedies. li had caema so se verely that the) blood ran down into his shoes. He suffered with the eczema for many years and had tried everything the physicians could prescribe. After doctoring for fifteen years, in which time he found no relief, he was finally induced to try the Cutioura Remedies, and they cured him permanently in four months. " You can easily believe that I mads , haste to try them on his recommenda tion. I commenced using the Cuticura Snap and Cuticura Ointment. I waa cxi red in less than two months so per fsctly that 1 V.ave not even had a symp tom of the disease sinoo, although it is over five years since the trouble ctegan. I give this testimonial voluntarily, with out solicitation or hope of reward, except that some one seeing it mar be relieved from suffering as 1 was. 0. T. Hamil ton, Indicia, Pa., Deo. 15 and 24, 1008." For thirty yearn Cutioura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have afforded speedy relief to tens of thousands of skin-tortured and disfigured sufferers from eo ema, rashes, Tlchinga, irritations and chafing, from Infancy to age, bringing comfort and peace to distracted house hold when all la failed. rHrtWur RmmiIm si kM ttiroustMxit the world. -'ttir 1m .ut Chem. Cnrp.. s,t Fmoa . tfcwMoa. . vMliW ( r, i4-it Imm m Irani I I ME I CRUEL Mm as cart i Ntffcurws. flwuii-4 sji Council Bluffs "ME" SUITS TO CO OYER Court is Behind Docket and They Cannot Be Beached This Week. DAMAGE CASE CCMPR0MISED Mllnnakee Itallrond P Kstate of . '. Boysen, Mho Waa Killed In Tarda Several Montha Ao, 4.O00. Two or the suits brought by several of the "Mikes" who were vlc'.lms of the machinations of the Mabrnv gang of "MR store" swindler assigned for trial yester day In the district court, but a the as signment at present Is several days behind they will not be rt acred vntll some time next week. The suits are those In which Joseph W. Lelsen of Menominee. Mich., and George F. Castle of Brltt. la., are the plaintiffs. In addition to Mabray. the defendanta are Ben Mbrks. the Fl-st Na tional bojlk, officers of the bank and others. N. A. Crawford, who, with S. R. Wads worth, Is attorney for tho plaintiffs, will aak the court to continue the cases until the January term as Mr. Wadsworth, who has been on the sick lis' for soma time, ra still unable to appear In court. A con tinuance was a&ked at the beginning of the present term because or th Illness of Attorney Wadsworth, but the attorneys for the defendants Insisted on the assign ment of at least two of tho "Mike" suits end thse two cases were assigned over the protest of Attorney Crawford. Emrr.et Tlnley of the firm of Harl & Tlnley, counsel for the defendants, said last evening that his side was ready for trial and would resist any continuance. "I understand," said Mr. Tlnley, "that Mr. Crawford will ask the court to continue these cases. We shall object, as wo are ready to go to trial any day now, but It will rost with the court whether the suits wilt go over or not to the January term." The auit of P. J. Boysen, administrator, against the Chicago Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad for $ iii. COO dan.aj.-es for the death of S. C. Boysen In the company's local yards several montha ago has been settled out of court. The company has agreed to pay 14,000. The suit of Rankin & Cowden against Mrs. S. A. Plerco, which has been on trial before Judge Green and a Jury for several days, was completed yesterday afternoon and given to the Jury. No verdict had been reached up to a late hour last night. MRS. MARY C. MALLORV IS DEAD Woman Expire After Suffering; from Hare Disease Sixteen Years. Mrs. Mary E. Mallory, wife of Edward B. Mallory, 2010 Sixth avenue died yesterday morning from the rare disease known us elephantiasis after an Illness of sixteen years, aged 49 years. She leaves besides her husband, one son. , Mrs. Mallory waa a member of St. John's English Lutheran church and services were conducted yesterday afternoon at the famr lly home by Rev. O. W. Snyder after which the body was taken .to Athens, Pa., tor burial. Mrs. Mallory'a case was said to be one of only two or three of similar character known In this oountry, although the di sease la not uncommon In tropical countries, Because of this fact her case was the ob ject of much Interest among medical men and In September, 1908, at her own Bug gestlon she submitted to examination by doctors in attendance at a meeting of the Medical society of the Missouri valley held In this city In the hope that by so doing she might assist In the study of a disease which has baffled the skill of physicians and which has so far been regarded as In curable. When four years ago she found that her case waa hopeless and that she was doomed to a life of suffering until death would release her Mrs. Mallory ac cepted the situation with Christian fortl tude. An Incident of Mrs. Mallory'a long illness was her close friendship with Mrs. Annie E. Lynch of McKecsport, Pa., who suf fered from the same disease' and died In July of last year. The two women never met, but for several years carried on a correspondence. Their acquaintance began through Mrs. Mallory reading an account of Mrs. Lynch's case In an eastern news paper. THRGI3 RMAI.I, ROBBERIES Thieves Visit Dwelling: House and Two Store. Finding the back door unlocked a thief experienced no difficulty In making his ay Into the residence of Mas. William Besn at 228 Harmony street Wednesday night after the family had retired. A light had been left burning In the dining room, as on of the members of the family was not expected home until late. Tho thief. evidently tn his search for silverware. opened the drawers of a sideboard and was rewarded for his trouble bv finding Mrs. Bean's pocketbook containing .V,, which he promptly appropriated in lieu of the silverware, which he did not dis turb. When Mrs. Bean's son returned home he found the kitchen door open and the drawers In the sideboard pulled out and at onee suspected that something was wrong. Investigation led to the discovery of the theft of the pocketbook. Bam Prtedsn, who conducts a general clothing store at 818 West - Broadway, placed a 126 fur overcoat on a dummy out side the door of his place of business, but omitted to connect the coat and dummy with chain and padlock. Some enterprising Individual to whom the fur coat looked particularly good this kind of weather divested the dummy of the garment and made off with it. FhU FMeden. 619 South Main streerr re ported to the police yesterday that some unscrupulous Individual had stolen from l I rout of his store a knee-length pair of arctic overshoes. FIRE 1IOH8E HAS GLANDERS Stat Veterinarian Order Animal at N. 3 Eualae House Destroyed. Two years ago on of the fire department horses In service at No. 3 engine house was fonnd to be afflicted with glandors and was ordered quarantined by Dr. S. T. Miller, then assistant stats veterinarian In Council Bluffs. After the animal had been in quarantine for some time Council man Younkerman, as chairman of th com mittee on fir and light had a local veter inary surgeon taks It In hand and treat It.. Subsequently this local practitioner declared the animal waa free from the di sease and despite the protest of Dr. Miller, It was placed back in th fir department and assigned fur service at No. 6 hos house In th southern part of the city. Recently th horse commenced to show signs again of the disesse and at the re quest of Dr. Fred II. Hollingsworth, who succeeded Dr. Miller in thia city as as sistant Stat veterinarian, Dr. Paul O. Kotom. stats veterinarian, came to Coun cil Bluffs and after making a thorough 1 examination of the horse yesterday in which he was asaksfed by Dr. Talbot of Des Moines. Dr. Simpson of Deulson nd Dr. Hollingsworth of this city, three as sistant stale veterinarians, announced that tbs animal was suffering from chronic Council Bluffs glanders and was now developing an acute form of the disease. Dr. Koto at once ordered the animal quarantined and will notify the city authoi Ities that the horse roust be killed. ST ATI UK MILK Oltll .C'H toart Will ProhaMr lllt That I.I- eense Feature la Vulil. There Is one feature of the pure milk ordinance which Judge Snyder is expected to rule against and that Is the provision requiring the dulrymen and milk dealers to take out a license. Although Judge Snyder will not hanu down his decision In the test case recently tried before him In ths superior court until after the close of the trial of (l.e suit of O. J. McManus against the Chicago Great Western Rail way company now occupying his atten tion, he has intimated that he will hold this provision of the ordinance Invalid. "I do not think the city has the right to enforce such a measure as this license," sold Judge Snyder yesterday, "but the city has the right to require the dairymen to have their cows tested and to have their dairies and equipment inspected by a duly authorized officer. I am In doubt as to the right of the t-lty to compel the milk dealers and dairymen to take out a li cense any mor than It would have the right to require grocers, butchers or other merchants to take out a license to se.ll their different lines of goods. I expect to rule on this test case as soon as the suit nov on trial Is concluded." Heal Kstate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee December 16 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Uluffs: Verno RenJ imin and w ife to F. J. Day, lot 3. block 32. Beers' subdlv., w. d H.SMI Hilda C. O. Hansin to William A. For- hardt, George 11. Forhardt snd Louis G. Forhardt, nH lot 7, block -8, Watt's add., q. c. d 1 W. II. Stacy and wife to J. V. Bald win, lots 1 and 2 md undlvH lot 7, block 4, Galesburg add., w. d. ........ H..G. McOee and wife to J. W. Bald 10-! win, lot 10, block 4. Calesbiirg add., w. d 45 Khler Horst and wife to Frank W. Wise and Edward M.. Wise, part cV4 ne 17-77-39 and part lot t subdlv. of lot 2, official plat or n'4 nw'4 1-77-39. w 4.r,00 Bcrjamln Fchr Rea, Kstate company to F. J. Day, lot lli, block 43, Ferrv add., w. d 1,000 L. 8. Howe and wife to Grace F. Vtn Sweringen, lots 2 and 2, block 12, Mullln's subdlv., w. d 1 El-ner E. Shugart tc Lyman T. Shug- rt, undivided two-thirds Interest In wVi null 7-74-43, w. d 1 Executors of Horace Everett to Henry McNclly and Martha June McNelly. lot 5. Judd's Court, stbdiv. of lot 9 In neA sw4 30-75-43. s. w. d Helen A. Montgomery and husband to Charles F. Montgomery, lot 10. block . IB, Bryant & Clarke's subdlv.. w. d. 950 400 Total, ten transfers S.S.350 Marriage Licenses. License to wed were Issued Thursday to the following: Name and residence. Aire. John T. Koss, Council Bluffs 32 Anna Sullivan, Council Bluffs 19 John Meiers, Seward, Neb 22 iona Meiers, Seward, Neb 18 John B. Schwegler, Mlnden, la 21 Dora Haas, Mlnden, la 16 Joe Lewis, Council Bluffs.'. 21 Frances Mary Schultz, Council Bluffs... 18 David Crawford, Shenandoah, la... 2S Birdie Sherman, Omuha 16 Albert Mowlnkle, Gretna, Neb 26 Meta Elsemann, Gretna, Neb 22 Frank Miller, San Francisco, Cal 2.1 Anna M. Beta. Omaha 32 Anton Zema, Council Bluffs 22 Mary Sheloskl, South Omaha 22 Addition to rioone Roundhouse. BOONE, la.. Dec. 17. (Spedal.)-The Chi cago & Northwestern Railway company at this time is engaged In a big piece of work In this city, about which little has been said or written. The company has the work marly completed, a few more days being required to put on the finishing touches. Some time ago the Northwestern Rail way company purchased a great many new ight engines, regular monsters, called Hie "class K" engines. These were so big thoy could not get into the new round house, or rather a portion of them could not get In, the tail end of the engine stick ing out In the cold and wet. The company at once gave Instructions to have some en larging done. A force of men Immedi ately was put to work on the roundhouse. The men had Instructions to build an addi tion of twelve feet clear around the houhe, so that the engines would be entirely un der coverv This la the work that Is pro gressing so rapidly. Tho new addition is badly needed and the shopmen will be glad when It is completed. Aside from the enlarging of the new house some other repairs aro being made. The place hasn't been as warm as the em ployes would like in the winter. Accord ingly a force of men is at work "warming" up the place. The house la being lined with heavy paper, floors are being put down where netdttd and otherwise the placu la being rejuvenated. When finished the Northwestern company will have as com plete a roundhouse as there is on the system. Handel's "Messiah" at Tabor. TABOR, la., Dec. 17.-(Spclal.)-Handel's "Messiah" was rendered by the Tabor Ora torio society Tuesday evening at the Con gregational church to a large audience. Tha chorus consisted of eighty voices, under the leadership of 1'rof. N. O. Rowe, director of the Tabor Conservatory of Music. This was the seventeenth concert given by this organization and one of the best in its history. A large number of people from other towns were present, some com ing from Council Bluffs and Red Oak. Th soloists were: Mrs. Curtis Williams of Chicago, soprano; Miss Jessie Monroe, professor of voice in Tabor college, con tralto; Prof. Holme Cowper of Drake uni versity, tenor, and Prof. William Harpor of Lawrence university, Appleton, Wis., bass. Students Glvlns lu Tobacco. IOWA CITY, la., Dec. 13. (Special.)-. Smoking in the University of Iowa Is on the decrease. This fact is shown by sta tistics Just compiled concerning the fresh men cluss. Last year eighty-six of the men examined used tobacco and this year only sixty-three, a decrease of twenty-three in one year. In the physicul examination of these men who are taking gymnatics it Is demon itrated that th use of Intoxicating liquors Is on the decline. Th records indicate that last year eleven used stimulants and this year nine admitted a tast for tho alcahojlo drinks. Minister than Bellalon. MAltSflALWOWN, la., Dec. 17. Spe cial.) Rev. J. W. MoCodr, formerly pastor of a Dubur,u Methodist church, then pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, who resigned last spring to become a general agent of an old Una Insurance company, is soon to enter the ministry of tho ci.u'eh of Christ, or Christian church, as It Is comiuc"'v called. l.laqnUt Urt Lite Renteae. CAIIKOLU la.. Pec. 17. Ernest Linqulst, aelf-corifeatid slayer of Marshall Hatton of Carroll, a given life sentence to day. Ills partner, Oscar Farson, got twenty years. Linqulst shot the marsliall after the pair had been arrested for bur-glarf I own SALOON CASES POSTPONED Iowa Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Marshalltown Appeals Now. MISS LINCOLN FINDS JEWELS Identity of Woman llUcovered Who Returned (iema I. out liy Mrs. Ho) Hold f II uiine. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Dec. 17 (Special Tele gram.) The Marshnlltnwn saloon cases came Into supreme court Thursday and the court will have to decide on whether Mar shalltown is under stato law or not. It appears that although the various liquor sellers have bsen enjoined and fined for violating Injunctions, the city council has undertaken to give them new lease of life and they continue In operation. Today the appeal cases came beore the court and the attorney general nade a hard fight to have them submitted nt once on the ground that the law Is steadily being vio lated. This was refused and the cases went over to next term. Mlsa Lincoln Flnda Jewels. Solution of a mystery came to the sur face today In a quite mysterious manner. It was discovered that Miss Elsie1 Lincoln Is the woman who found and returned to John Reynolds of Boone, Jewels valued at $5,000. They were left by Mrs. Reynolds In a station about ten days ago and were supposed to have been stolen. Reward was offered and Miss Lincoln found and re turned them, receiving J!J50 for her service. She Is well known as a vocalist und teacher. Two Men Sentenced. Ernest Linqulst and Oscar Larson, the former for the murder of Marshall Hatton, and the latter for burglary, received their sentences today by Judge Church at Car roll. Linqulst, the self-confessed mur derer, was given a life sentence, and Lar son, twenty years. W. W. Cornwell. W. W. Cornwall, reporter of the supreme. court, and one of the most prominent citi zens of Clay county, is lying critically 111, suffering from an attack of pneumonia and resultant complications. Mr. Cornwall was twice representative In the state legis lature. He has held his position as re porter for the supreme court for the last eight years. Blshon Annuls Marriage. After Investigating the claim of Kath erino Garoffane of Dea Moines that she had been terrorized Into marrying Raphael Marasco, Bishop Davis of Dav-enport has notified the girl's pastor, Father Flavin, that ho had annulled the marriage. Tho girl, who is only 20, declares that Marasco forced her to marry him on pain of death. She also asserts that he threatened to kill her foster father If she did not wed him. Fearing the consequences of a refusal she consented without notifying her relatives, Search for Hidden Treasure. BEDFORD, la.. Dec. 17. (Speclal.)-In case the hidden fortune, which It Is sup posed Harvey Lucas of Des Moines left when he died a short time ago, is dis covered, Mrs. Joseph.Iitchell of Bedford, who says she Is Lucas' sister, will make a legal fight for Its possession. Just before he died Lucas Is alleged to havo said that he had wealth of a value of $100,000 hidden In his home, and that It should be turned over to his nephew, S. S. Llppert of Des Moines. Since Lucas died the search for the money has been pushed, but so far unsuccessfully, although the story that it exists Is given credence by the finding of hiding places where the treasure had apparently been kept at one time. Until Mrs. Mitchell announced her relationship, Llppert was supposed to bo the nearest living relative. Iowa Nem Notes, MARSHALLTOWN While on her way through the soldiers' home grounds, Mrs. Cynthta Lacey of Sioux City dropped dead Wednesday of heart disease. She was a member of the home and widow of Gar ret S. Lacey, a former member. ESTHERVILLE Hale Williams, formerly a resident of Esthervllle, will be married on Christmas day to Marie Siders, a former leacner In Esthervllle. They will reside in Alaska. TABOR At the Tabor High school de bating contest held In the Methodist church Wilbur Mann, Frank Ellis and Sheldon Hurlbutt won and will be the team to represent Tabor In the high Bchool debates in southwestern Iowa for the coming season. MALVERN F. V. Williams, a restaurant owner of this place, has begun suit for $5.0li0 against O. W. Rockfeller, a butcher of this city, charging the latter. with al Irlniating the affections of William's wif't. Mrs. Williams was recently given a dlvorco from her husband in the Creston district court. BOONE The sudden death In Marshall- town on Monday of Mrs. Lena Hammer- Dickinson, rrom nervous prostration has caused an end to the divorce proceedings which her husband Dr. J. W. Dickinson started In the district court of this city some time ago. Mrs. Dickinson pasoed away Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of her mother. Mrs. Allle Ham mer MoNamara. She formerly resided In this city, and then in Des Moines. At one time she was the wife of Harold Johnson of the Marshalltowv) base ball club, later manager of the Boone team In the Iowa Stato league. She divorced Mr. Johnson and then married Dr. Dickinson. COMMISSIOMPPS AND SUPERVISORS ADJOURN Convention of County Offloera at Fre mont Award Prime and Hear Addreaa. FltEMONT, Neb.. Pec. 17. (Special.) The commissioner and supervisors closed their gcsHion this morning- and most of the visitors took the noon tram to Omaha to teka in the Corn Show. The awarding of prizes followed the banquet lat evening. Commissioner Koken of Lincoln county whs given a pair of suspenders as the oldest commissioner present; II. Johnson of Stctt's Muffs, a mission stool for living the farthest from the county seat; J. A. Golden of Holt, a bUKKY whip as the best politician; E. W. L. Nye of Buffalo, a ham lis the hungriest; Supervisor Frederick of t'ass, a clock for being the poorest of ficial, posscsHlng only forty acres of land; Georne Skslla, a deck of cards for being the most faithful and County Clerk George Mison. a camp stool for being the meanest. This morning a short session waa held at the district court room. County Judge Stlnson enlivened the meeting with a witty talk about supervisors In Keneral and commissioners In particular. The conven tion elected the following officers: Presi dent, V. J. Kennedy of York; vice presi dent, V. A. Plckard of Douglas; secretary and treasurer, C. B. Hill of Adams. Omaha waa chosen as the place of the tiixt meet ing. ART TREASURES TO NATION (irorge Salting, Kercntrlo Counola riir, Bequeath Valuable lol Ivrtlon to Country. LONDON. Dec. 17. The art treasuen of tli late Ueorge halting, the eccentric con noisseur, are bequeathed by his will to the nation. The tols.1 valu of the collection, the making of which occupied many years, la valued at from 15.(M.uuv to I20.0U0.000. 13 1 O DOUGLAS STREET Extraor dinary Sale Over $25,000 stock of furs of the finest quality at wonderful money saving prices This remarkable sale opened last Saturday ami it has been the greatest Mioces of any sale that we have ever held. Our aim in holding this sale is to have the people of Omaha and surrounding territory learn that Orkin's great specialty store is the best place in the middle west to buy furs of the best quality as well as suits and coats and we have certainly been successful in earn ing out our aim. Mr. J. 1?. Orkin, our resident New York buyer, after searchiug the eastern fur markets for months ahead made some wonderful cash pur chases which we are now giving our customers the benefit of. mm? Separate $35.00 Genuine Mink Shawls, at 25.00 Genuine Mink Scarfs, at 35.00 Genuine Mink Muffs, at 47.50 Genuine Lynx Shawls, at 45.00 Genuine Lynx Muffs, at 25.00 Genuine Fox Shawls, at 15.00 Genuine Fox Shawls, at 20.00 Genuine Fox Muffs, at Our Entire Stock All Our $79.50 Tailored Suits, at All Our $69.50 Tailored Suits, at. All Our $55.00 Tailored Suits, at All Our $45.00 Tailored Suits, at TO TAX OMAnA INDIAN LANDS Bill to Be Drafted for Relief of Thurs ton County. UNUSUAL SITUATION OF AFFAIRS Only Small Proportion of Property 1 Now A .mewed Mr. Burkett Intro duce Bill to Enlnrue Lin coln Bulldln. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Pec. 17.-(Speclal Tele gram.). -Senator Brown said today there would undoubtedly be a preliminary report on th part of the special commission now Invcytlgating the competency of the Omaha Infans to manage their own affairs and to whom patents shall issue on their lands. The Junior fc-nator stated that Messrs. Gannon and Kecfe, who are repreHenting the Omaha Indian Reservation Improve ment association, have made a decided Im pression upon Commissioner of Indian Af fairs Valentine and hla law advisors and that their argument in favor of early ac tion were almost conclusive. He was of the opinion that the preliminary report would show at least 150 Indians or white men holding life estates through marrlagi. with Indians wholly competent to manage their lands In event of patents being issued to them. Senator Burkett today reintroduced his Orr.aha Indian claims bill, but with somo modifications. This action was taken after a conference with Commissioner Valentine and was prepared largely at the Instance of the law officer of the department. But one. vital clause is changed over the Burk ett bill of last session and that Is that petition of claimants shrill be verified by an attorney to be appointed by the Indian tribe and confirmed by the secretary of the Interior, Mr. Burkett's old bill recognized an at torney appointed by the tiibe, but the de partment thinks such attorney should no; be recognized at ihls time, hence the change. The ntw bill provides that the attorney' fees shall be allowed by court as seems reasonable, hut in no case shall the allowance be in excess of the amount provided for by agreement between tho Ir.dlans and their nttorrey. Bill to Tax I.nnda. Messrs. Gannon and Kec-fe, who have been in conference with the Indian office since their arrival In Washington, have been persistent In urging upon Commis sioner Valentine the necessity of passing some bill taxing the Omaha Indians.' They have pounded away along these lines until the Indian office has finally given It sanction to a tentative measure looking to these ends. There Is no other tribe of Indians in the l.rlted Htates exactly so situated, so fur as their lands are con cerned a the Omahas. A twenty-five year trust period was granted them, which period terminated a short while ago. Fur ther extension of ten yean was granted under prcullar conditions. In the mean time, Thurston county, In which the Omaha agency Is located, has been handicapped by Its inability to collect taxes sufficient to make Improvements in th roads and bridge absolutely necessary, end it face bankruatcy unless some portion of Indian lands shall pay taxes. As long as the government exercises guardianship ovnr these Indians, Thurston county could imt ask that the Indians pay taxes. But now that the trust period ha expired and many of th Indian of th Omaha tribe iPMD-N eKCo. stpeet The Great Fur Sale Will De at Its Best Saturday, Don't Miss It. . $7.j,00 Cienuhirf Mink Rets, at S13.0O These beautiful mink sets nra mane vi iiiiobi roieciru skins; hundsome neck pieces and large mutf trimmed with heads and tails Kegtilar $75.00 vnl- .7. .sa,.e., $45.00 $!HM!0 (ienulne Lynx Sets, at g59.50 Hlch sets of finest se lected lynx skins; very handsome pelerines with large rug muffs; both with shirred linings Ilenu- litr $(.()) values, $59.50 on sale, lit $.-0.00 Genuine Fo Sets at $33 Beautiful black fox sets; per fectly matched; large shawls and rug muffs, both with shirred lin ings Kegtilar values $50, on sale, at $35.00 3I0.00 Jap Mink Sets, at 825 These sets are made of selected skins; in various styles, trimmed with heads and tails Kegular values $lO.OO, on COTfiJi sale, at $u),)V Nccfc Pieces and $22.50 $15.00 Jap Mink 10.00 Jap Mink IS. 00 Jap Mink 15.00 25.50 25.00 27.50 15.00 9.75 12.50 12.50 Black Wolf Shawls, at 15.00 Black Wolf Muffs, at . 9.50 Squirrel Shawls, at . . 7.50 Squirrel Scarfs, at 10.00 Squirrel Muffs, at of Beautiful Tailored Suits a Great Sacrifice $-12.50 39.50 32.50 27.50 All Our $40.00 All Our $35.00 All Our $29.75 All Our $25.00 are going to be given their patents, the white people of the county Insist that the Indians shall bear their proportion of cost of Improvements needed In that growing community. An anomolous condition exists In Thurs ton county whose parallel Is not found In any other Indian reservation throughout the country. Sc.mc of the land on the Omaha reservation will be held for several years by white men enjoying life estates, while some of the Indian patented land would be subject to taxation. The department, realizing this most peculiar situation, it is understood, has taken the position that if one piece of land Is taxed on the Omuha reservation all lands ought to be taxed, and as a result a bill ha been drafted which will probably be introduced on Mon day making provision for some general taxation plan to govern the Omaha reser vation. Lamer Building; for Lincoln. Senator Burkett today Introduced a bill appropriating G.r0,000 to enlarge and extend the postoffice ard court house at Lincoln. He said he was actuated in this by the fact that the government wa looking re cently for rooms In which to locate certain brunches of the postoffice service In the present postoffice building and was con fronted by the fact that the. building lu now overcrowded and In consequence thu rooms desired could not bo had. When Mr. Burkett secured the original appropriation for the present federal build ing he realized that the Lincoln postoffice would not be large enough in a few years to take care of the growing business of the postotfice. With Supervising Architect Taylor plans were made so that the build ing could be enlarged to three times its piesent size by building an addition to the west and covering the rest of the block on which it stands. (ii in in ins (oiiilnn Home. Senator Cummins and wife leave tomor row for Des Moines to spend the holidays With their daughter and grandchildren. Senator Burkett will leuve for Lincoln after the recess of congress to remain dur ing the holidays. MRS. HORACE B. TAFT IS DEAD Wife of President's Brother lle In Baltimore Hospital After an Operation. BALTLMOrtH. Dec. 17,-Mrs. Horace U. Taft, wife of a brother of President Tuft, died tills afternoon at the Johns Hopkins hospital, where she had been a patient of Dr. Harvey Cushlng. At the h-up;tal all Information relative to the case was re fused, but the body Is now in charge of an undertaker and will be sent to the Taft home at Watertown, Conn., tomorrow. Mrs. Tuft was operated on at the Johns Hopkins hospital about a month ago and a couple of weeks Inter left for the sonth to recuperate. HAZING PR0BE BY SENATE luveatleatlon Will Be Made Into Prank nt West Pulut. WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Wearied by pressure from political influence for the reinstatement of cadets who have been dis missed from West Point Military academy, because of their indulgence in baaing, the senate committee on military affairs through sub-rominittee will Investigate the whole subject of hazing ut the academy. The plan Is to suggest an amendment to the general law prohibiting hazing that will make the action of the war department final when cadets are dismissed for 'n fractloni of the rules. , 15 io DOUGLAS $:tO.OO Mack Fox Sets at $19.30 We have but few of these sty lish sets. They are such won derful values that they w-ill never be duplicated. Wish we had a thousand of these sets. These values will certainly be ap preciated Kegular $;$() Vox Sets, nt . . , $19.50 fl!.'!.00 Mack Wolf Sets, at 15 tlrrat variety of styles to choose from In shawls and muffs. These sets are very handsome and won derful values Kegular values $25.00, on srtle, at $15.00 $U0.00 Jap Mink Sets, at $19.50 Stylish sets, perfectly matched, made of first quality Jap mink oil with bends and tails Kegulur values CIQ CA $30, on sale, at lv3V fiO.CO Squirrel Sets, at $13.50 Stylish squirrel sets; perfoctl matched. In natural or blended; trimmed with heads and tails Hegular $20.00 val ues, on sale, at . . . $12.50 Muffs Shawls, at ... Scarfs, at Muffs, at $ 9.50 6.75 9.50 7.50 8.75 6.50 5.00 6.75 Tailored Suits, at $25.00 Tailored Suits, at 22.50 Tailored Suits, at 19.50 Tailored Suits, at 15.00 Cantonwine Found Guilty On All Counts Former Merchant of Armour, S. D., is Convicted of Perjury Said He Was Robbed of Eig Sum. SIOUX FALLS, ,S. P., Neb. lC.-(Speclal Telegram.) Ths Jury In the case of J. C. Cantonwine, on trial in the United State court in thlB city for several days on an Indictment charging him with Jerjury last night, after being nut only a few hours, returned a verdict of guilty on all counts In the Indictment against him. Canton wine formerly was a prominent merchant of Armour, being rated as worth 1150,000, and on tho morning of September 10.190S, created a great sensation by declaring that the safe in his store had been robbed the night before of $35,300 In cash. For some time before the rate of the alleged robbery his financial condition wa known to hav been impaired. Following the alleged robbery his creditors, who had aggregate claims of about fi&OOft against him, instituted Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings against him. On the day re quired by him to make an answer he filed a petition In voluntary bankruptcy. The Indictment against him alleged thu in addition to making a perjured state ment to the trustee in bankruptcy relative to his financial condition he concealed the 53o,30 which was alleged to have been stolen In addition to other cash and property with Intent to defraud his creditors. Small Boy Puts Mother to Death "See, Mamma, It's Not Loaded," He Says, and Fires Bullet Through Her Heart. SANTA I'K. N. M., Pec. 17. Calling out playfully, "See, mamma, It's not loaded," the 12-year-old sou of Mrs. James Mc Laughlin, proprietress of a hotel at Oro grande, Otero county, today shot th woman through the heart, killing her In stantly, v STREET RAILWAY LOSES IN KANSAS CITY ELECTION People Turn Down Plan to Extend Franchise Heferendnm I, a vr Prevail. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 17 The proposi tion to extend the franchise of the Metro politan Street Cur company, which now holds the traction rights of the city up to V.i'Z, tor a period of tweiily-six years, forty two years from the present, was defeated as ' special election here today by a ma jority of 7,0:il. The total vote cast was 30,371, of which 18,731 were against and 11,640 for the grunt. This waa the first election ever held under the referendum law. The vole i consid ered heavy for a special election as the total registration is but about 38,000. Although the campaign waa waged for months and been marked by much bitter feeling on both sides, the voting passed off quietly. A few arrest wer mad for Il legal voting.