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TIIE BEE: (VMAITA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1909. Suggestions for Christmas It 13 always a problem, but let us help you to decide what to give him for Christmas. Ours is a men's store and our furnishings are, for the most part,- in exclusive designs. The best of. everything in any event. Here are some suggestions: Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits, Pur lined Overcoats, Business Suits, Lounging Kobes, Home Coats, Traveling Sets, Mufflers, Gloves, Silk and Opera Hats, Handkerchiefs, Holeproof Hosiery, Exclusive Neckwear, Night Robes, Pyjamas, Suit Cases, Silk Hose, y Fur Gloves. 'Suspenders, , Our advantage over the exclusive haberdashery stores is in the values we are able to give you by reason of the fact that we buy for our sixteen stores and this combined purchasing power is to your advantage. And on account of our large outlet, we can absolutely control special designs in Neck wear, Hosiery, Shirts, etc. ' ...... gowningKing S CQ CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND HATS, rirrrsutu nAi mi a a bto(ctb rir i n nnv ivvmi-o w r g OMAHA. L 8. WILCOX, Manager. WIDOWS IN PENSION TANGLE Dead . SoHier'i ChAfig-e of Identity Gave .Wrorqj Woman Money. MISTAKE. OF YEAES IS EIQHTED Mr. Daniel White ( Nti York Will Draw Allowance from Treasary, While Mr a. Daniel White ot Nebraska, Loses. B;K V plorer's address U not known here, even to Secretary Lonsdale. . After the members of the examining committee had made themselves acquainted Individually with ' the material delivered" nd so oonvlnced themselves of Its utter worthleesness as a means of determining whether Pr. Cook reached the pole, the president, of the committee. Prof. Ptrom gren, caMcd a general meeting of the com mlttee for last Friday, when the report to the university, ami which Is now made public, was drawn up.., : Lonsdale, who had been 'Invited to this meeting to answer some questions, brought with blm a. tetter. which ha had received from Cook, which bore neither the plaea nor date of Its writing. The unopened en velope, however, bore the postmark Mar seilles, Pecernber 14, 1909. The same en velope contained a letter addressed by Cook to the former rector of the University of Copenhagen, Prof. Torp. The letter to Torp was dated New Tork, September 27, 1901. ' Documents handed the commission of the University of Copenhagen for examination are: First, a typewritten report prepared by Dr. Cook's secretary, Walter Lonsdale and ooverlng sixty-one pages of foolscap.. Second, a typewritten copy made by Lrn dale from Cook's notebooks. This occupies sixteen pages of foolscap and Includes a descf lbtlon of the expedition during the period from March IS, 1908, to June 13, IMS, during which, according to the statement Cook Journeyed from Bvartevog to the North pole' nd returned to a point on thj polar ice not specifically lndloated, but west of Axel Helber; land. The papers were not accompanied by a private letter from Copk, but Secretary Lonsdale stated verbally to the commission that the original notes-And books of the explorer from,. which Ms copies were made had been ssnt to Europe by another route 04 a precautionary measure and would be delivered to the university In the course of a few .days. !'.t In presuming the data Lonsdale stated explicitly -and repeatedly that the copy numbered two' was a complete arid accurate duplication ot, th Information contained In all of Cook's notebooks that could be of any Importance to the university for the purposes of the examination. In spite of tire explorer's promise and his secretary's assurance that they would be forthcoming the comrolaAlon Is not yet In posseswlpn of ; the original notebook and diary. . . RooltKn In Norttar. : NEW YORK, Deo. 2-KeWs that the University of Copenhagen had declined to accept Dr. Cook's claim that he had reached, the North Pole came as no sur prise to scientific circles here and to many of his friends who had been prepared tor the result by the early Indications that the claims would not be favorably passed on. Dr,. Cook la now In Chrlstlansand, Nor way,' acoordtpg to William L, Cook, his . brother ... Mr Cook said that the doctor had greatly recovered from the ' nervou breakdown from which he was sufefrlng when he left here. Mr. Cook oeciarea me explorer wae ready to go to Copenhagen to give the uni versity further Information concerning his claims. Dr. Cook mysteriously left the Hotel Orammatan In the Bronx November 24, where he had gone to prepare his reoords supporting his claim that he had reached the North Pole. It now appears that he sailed November 27 on the steamship Caronla for Naples, where he remained for several days. This Information was col lected in a letter the explorer sent to his brother, who said: "Dr. Cook has authorised me to announce that he Is In Europe trying to gain a muon needed rest, and that Is all 1 can say. At the proper time my brother will -make a statement for publication and until he sees fit to do so there will be nothing for his friends to do but to respect his wishes and allow him to remain In seclusion." "Fooled V All" Bradley. "He has fooled us all, from the king of Denmark down," was the exclamation of John ft. Bradley, Dr. Cook's baoker In his arctio trip, when apprised of the news from Copenhagen. "And he fooled me with the rest," Mr. Bradley added. "As a matter of fact,'.' continued the sportsman, "I long ago lost all Interest In Dr. Cook, the North PolJand everything connected with It. Polar bears and the wild life of the Arctio In general are the only things that have ever Interested ine "nuch In that connection. "As for Dr.- Cook, I haven't seen him or heard from hlm'slnce he left the Waldorf Astoria to go to Bronxv!!le to 'prepare his records' for submission to the University of Copenhagon. I wasn't In communication with him while he was at thr Grammatan and as a matter of fact hardly had an hour's S0II4 conversation with htm all the while he was here after his return' from the Arctio. "I discounted this deeislon from the Uni versity of, Copenhagen some time ago," continued Mr. Bradley. "In common with the rest of the world I was delighted with first news from Dr. Cook that he had discovered the pole. His actions however, and his failure to make more than the meagre statements regarding his trip whloh early followed his return to civilisation took some of the smack off the supposed tri umph. J Slek of Whole Affair. "I began to weaken decidedly when Dr. Cook left us all without so much as a word of goodbye, When a man runs away you ran't expect his friends to fight for him and Cook' flight for that's what it seemed to m to amount to killed all my Interest In him and his affairs. Before that I had never had reason to doubt Cook and his whole course In this matter seems inexplicable to me. "I am sick of the whole blooming polar business and I don't want to hear any thing more about the North Pole or any of Its attributes," was the characteristic way In which Mr. Bradley summed up his attitude. Charles Wake, - Dr. Cook's closest per sonal friend and the only person beside his brother, who knew the whereabout of the explorer In the last few weeks was so dumfounded, when Informed of the verdict reached by the University of Copenhagen that he gasped for breath and dropped the telephone receiver. "This Is such a sever blow to me that I cannot now fully appreciate it," said Mr. Wake when he had partially recovered his composure. "I had every confidence In Dr. Cook. Yet I am well acquainted with the authorities of the University of Copenhagen, and I know that any verdict they reach Is just and true. , t Dr. Cook never expected this adverse decision I know, for he always spoke with full confidence and the professors would decide that he had gone to the pole. "At present I do not know What to think of my .old friend,' Dr. Cook. Certainly I never dreamed of such a fraud as now seems apparent." Dr. Cook's claims that he made the as cent of Mount McKlnley In Alaska, the highest peak in America, la now under Investigation by a ' committee of the ex plorers' club here. Dr. Cook promised to appear before the committee after he had completed his polar data, but he did not do so. , His guide, Edward Barrlll, who Cook claimed went with htm' up the mountain, came out with an affidavit a few weeks ago declaring they had not been within several miles of the peak, American Society to Investigate. WASHINGTON. Deo. 21.-Prof. Willis Moore, president of the National Geo-' graphlo society, which through a committee of the body Is conducting an investigation into, the discovery of the North pole, ex pressed the liveliest Interest in the Informa tion from the University of Copenhagen. "Our own oommlttee," said Prof. Woore, "with Prof. J. Howard Gore as chairman, will continue its work so that Its report may be complete and contain a full his tory of iha discovery of the pole. We hope thai the report will be so fair and Impar tial tht the world may understand In all its details the controversy respecting the dlhcovery which has arisen." Some of the members of the board of directors of the National Geographic so ciety saw no reason why anything should be done by them In relation to the claims of Dr. Cook as the discoverer of the North pole. 80. far as they were concerned the incident was ended. ' These members of the board don't care 1 to see Dr. : Cook's reoords and are quite ready to let - the matter drop so far as Cook is conoerned. Another strange pension case has Just boon brought to light through the spcl-l pension department of Omaha, In which a widow' of a New York soldier has ben established In her rlfcht to a pension, and In which another widow, who supposed she had that right, has hoen deprived of her pension .that she has been draw ing for severs; years. ' . : Oscar WlthroW, a member of a New York Infantry regiment, was captured in front of Petersburg. Va,, end was sent to Andersonvllla prison, where it was reported that he had died of scurvy. But It now appears that Wlthrow did not die, but be came Insane and through some means man aged to escape from prison. While wonder ing throifgh the south he was conscripted Into the confederate army and was sent west to. Join General Price. Aftpr the dis persion of Price's army, Wlthrow, who had assumed the name of Daniel White, went to Montana, and later married as White, never agiln resuming his own r.ams. The family eventually moved to-western Nebraska, where White died several years ago. He had told his wife enough of the service In the union army to lead her to seek a pension as a soldier's widow, though she knew nothing or his later service In the confederate army. Another Daniel White. It appears that there was a Daniel White In the same New York regiment to which Wlthrow belonged and both were captured about th same time, and the original White did die In Andersonvllle prison. About five years ago, the original Mrs. Daniel White of New York.' filed a claim for a pension, which seemed to be Indis putable, but for the reason that a Mrs. Daniel White In Nebraska was drawing that same pension. . . The special examiners were put onto the case and the facts were finally developed after five years that Wlthrow was f- Dorted as dead, as was Daniel White, at Andersonvllle. Wlthrow had never married as Wlthrow and consequently none of his heirs ever claimed a pension. The further results of the Investigation of the case developed Wlthrow to have survived his Andersonvllle prison experiences, and that he had entered the confederate army ss Daniel White, and.1 after the war, had removed to Montana and subsequently mar ried as White, and later removed to Ne braska, where he died. Always Remained a Widow. The original Mrts. White of New York always remained as a widow. Her claim as the widow of Daniel White was fully established and she will not only receive a pension Of 112 per month for the remainder of her ltfe, but a snug amount of arrear- BOS. . , The Nebraska Mrs. White (or Wlthrow) has been deprived of her pension, but os an innocent party to the transaction she will not be proceeded against for. fraudu lently drawing a pension. . It Is possible, however, that she may be restored to the pension rolls as the widow of Oscar Wlthrow, regardless of his serv ice in the confederate army under the name of White., , . formally come up at the cabinet meeting at the White House today. Informally, how ever, every member of the president's oabl net congratulated - Mr. Balllnger on the stand he had taken and a. -mured him of their hearty support Secretary Balllnger on leaving the cabinet meeting today said: "All I ask la that the Investigation shall be clean-cut and thorough and that every thing shall be brought out that can have any tearing- on the subject" 1 ( Modistes Arc Charged with Smuggling Twenty-Seven Dressmakers Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in New York. Strike of Switchmen May Be Settled Within Few Days Officials of Federation of Labor and General Managers Go Over Situation. NEW YORK Dec. 21. Twenty-seven modistes Involved In the vast "sleeper trunk" smuggling systems, one of the many ramifications of the customs frauds, which have been brought to light at this port, have been Indicted by the federal grand ury and all probably will be under arrest within twenty-four hours. Having obtained all the evidence necessary to proceed, the government began a general roundup this afternoon with the arrest of nine women and four men. All were arraigned before a United States commissioner and held for trial. Caroline Wlndmuller, held as being one of the principal offenders, gave bail for $5,000. The others gave surety In smaller amounts. It Is alleged that the government was defrauded out of thousands of dollars by means of trunks containing Imported finery which were left on steamship piers and secretly removed later. The government w III have to try Its first big fraud case all over again. The Jury In the case of Joseph McMahon, a former assistant customs weigher, reported tonight It had failed to reach a verdict and was discharged. McMahon was paroled under his former bond of $2,000. McMahon "was Jointly Indicted with Eustadlo D. Papavasl- lopulo, an Importer, who has disappeared Christy Cnae Continued. ZANESVILLE. O.. Deo. 21.-Owlng to a press- of other court business the habeas corpus proceedings or Mrs. Howard Chand ler ChrWty of New York against her hus band, the artist, to recover possession of their daughter. Natalie, have been con tlnued Indefinitely. Mr. Christy denied there were any negotiations In progress for a settlement out of court. Klftht nider Jury Discharged. UNION CITY. Tenn., Dec. 21. The Jury In the night rider cases reported today that they were unable to agree and wer. discharged. - , ; MOTIVE FOR FIGHT - ON BALLINGER (Continued from First Page.) since you -have stated to me your desire to aid me In establishing before congress and the country the Injustice of the at tacks which have been made and reiterated from time to time, I hope there -will be no delay In the 'offering of a proper reso lution of Investigation. House Resolution Too Narrow. The investigation called for by house resolution No. 142 'to make a full and complote investigation of the conduct of the general land office of the p?partment of the Interior during recent years relative to coal lands and other public domain In territory of Alaska,' Is entirely, too narrow to accomplish a full and Impartial In vestlgation such as . I desire." Proposed congressional investigation Into :he Balllngcr-Plnchot controversy did not ST. PAt7L. Minn., Dec. II As the re sult of two conferences tonight at which were present G. T. Pladc. third vice presi dent of the Northern Pacific; Oeneral Man ager 3. M. Oruher of the Great Northern; R. W. Wheclock, secretary to Governor frberhart and ten off Idas representing the railroad section of the American Federation of Lr.hor, the chances for a settlement of the switchmen's strike In the northwest were brlnhter than at any time since the mcnt went out three weeks ago. Vice Presi dent Slade and II. B. Perham. chairman of the railway council, announced that both sides hod agreed to make no statement for publication. Mr. Perham stated the con ferees would meet again In Mr. Slade s of fice, Thursday morning, and until that time conditions will remain the same, so far as the strikers sre concerned. It Is believed some kind of a compromise has been agreed upyon btween the strikers and the railroad 1 offlclaa and that the next conference has been set for Thursday In order that the proposition may be sub mitted to the generr.l managers' committee, of which I. O. Bawn, of the Monon road, Is chairman. . Mr. Perham is authority for the state ment that there Is no possibility of a strike by the freight handlers .and railway clerks until after Thursday's conference. LIQUOR SELLERS TO PRISON Court at Sioux Falls Sentences Three from Near Reservation. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 21. (Special.) Several of those who had been found guilty by Juries during the present term of United States court, or had entered pleas of guilty, appeared before Judge Car land and had sentences pronounced in their cases. John Atana, a Sioux Indian charged with In'roduclng liquor into the Yankton reser vation, was sentenced to a term of one year and one day In the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., and In addition was fined 1100 and costs. , James Riley, also a Sioux Indian, con vlcted of horse stealing on the Crow Creek reservation, was given a term of two years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. James F. Six, charged with selling liquor to Indians- at the little town of Interior, between the Missouri river and the Black Hills, In western South Dakota, was given a term of one year and six months In the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, and In addition was fined 1100 and costs. This case is a somewhat unusual one. As the result of the selling of the liquor by Six a number of Indians became Intoxl oated, and becoming involved In a fight one. of them was killed. Since this occur rence the 1 government authorities ; have been : more determined than .ever to put top to the selling of liquor to Indians. 1 The case of John Kays against The Great Northern Railroad company now Is on trial In the federal oourt. Kays seeks to re cover damages In the sum of $5,500 for in juries alleged to have been received at the Great Northern crossing at Vienna a cou ple of years ago, when he was run down by a train. In addition to his own Injuries, his team of horses was -killed. NEW RECORD FOR COTTON January Reachea Kldhteea Points Above Close of Day Before. NEW YORK, Deo. 21. New records were made In the cotton market today, with January selling at $16.20, or eighteen points above yesterday's close and forty-five points above the lowest fisure It touched since the publication of the government's crop estimates. Chicago houses were among the largost buyers during the afternoon and It was rumored that Mr. Patten was re-entering the market on the bull sld", Bread and Water for Grafters. WAHOO, Neb., Dec. 21. (Special.) Ed Reld and L. Hutton, alios W. W, King, who were arrested In Weston last week and brought," to Wahoo by Sheriff Dally, were tried In Judge Glbbs' court Monday. Each demanded a Jury trial. The charge against Reld was petit larceny. He was convicted for stealing a handbag from Stanka & Vlrgl's store and sentenced to twenty days lh the county Jail, the last ten days on bread and water. Hutton woe convicted for obtaining money on ' false pretenses and sentenced to thirty days in the county Jail, the last ten days on bread and water. Hutton went to the business houses in Weston and sold them space for advetlslng purposes upon railroad and post office time cards. He collected 11 apiece for the! ads. Hutton served a thirty-day Jail sentence in this county several months ago for complicity in stealing some hides. The system of these fellows Is similar to the two men who have been grafting at Auburn, Talmage, Cook and other, towns in that vicinity. Leather suggestion for . Christmas Wanlrobe Trunks 60o to TSo Steamer Trunks ...... .93 U tH list Trunks 7 to 635 LS'He.V Shopping Bags, moM Se lect line In Omaha to f JO Traveling Hng.i rt to (30 Suit Cases $1.50 to $43.60 Travelers' rho'.ojraph Frames, at, each $1.50 to $ Drinking Cup and FIihk, earn, at 'BOO to $8.73 Jewel Stick Pin Tape ISO to foil llsniren 0o to $3 Collar and Tie Cases . .$1.50 to $ ManUui f-ets $1 to $1$ Fitted Traveling Caes. contain everything necessary for fhe toilet fl-BO to $J5 Card and Letter Cases. Bill Folds, each ... 1 .880 to $8 Traveling Ca.es not fitted $1 to $7 Mens Purses 850 tp $2.80 Medicine Cases, containing from 2 to 8 bottles, at .$1 to $19 Collapsible Umbrellas for suit chssh, each $2.50 to $6 Music Roils $1.60 to $5 Freling & Steinle Wheie TRUNKS Are Made 1G03 rarnam Bt. Tel. Pong. 873. Pre-Inventory ;ale -A .ju.d we are making; to measure . $30.00 SUITINGS and OVKHCdATlNGS which will be superb garments regally tallored--wlth genuine Skinner satin In "gleeves -Overcoats made with pure Silk. 'Velvet collar If preferred superfine qual ity of body lining Simon, pure all-wool fabrics only used. AND FOR $201 Just hiuk pf Itl MaCarthy-Wilson Tailoring Co., 304-306 South 16th St, . , .V' , -aV S PL- - J TT J! .... it at n'ei -n-rr a on ibeainer mm mere c A Huge"Rush Shipment" Arrives Clever, thoroughly made articles of leather the daintiest things turned out in England, the ac knowledged home of fine leather working. Do see them. Oartere Plmkln. for men, pair ana uigarette Cases, of from . . , Vturass, change purses at $1.00 leather ranarln . . .$1.7$ to $4.00 Me to $3.8$ J63a - mr ----- - ----- - 00 u to 9-i.sa .rI.tr5'. for men" posts and trousers: ranging, $8.50 to $J.60 ,?,?wr??4?m look" sncased In leather; ranging upward from ,3.00' to fc. CoU Bags, at from ga.88 to $2.60 WiS!ekn!?.,S, ,n """"P d'Kn holders-a very late novelty t3.78 to M-0J Somlaee Beta, In leather cases, at. . r.-. .-. .$1.7$ And In other styles, at $8 00 rortfoUoa, desk styles, for writing 'materials at from $5.00 to $8.50 Kid Belts, all colors and styles fa 00 V?V' M f'0m, $1.75 to $3180 T?ii ,n un, P'Bskln eases ranging Bridge Scores, at $3.00; also at T$3.B0 'fJ,1t,.or cVryln ,he eomplete'lu'nch out v very uaerui, at , , The Only Omaha Concern Handling These Novelties. Any piece will make a VERY unusual Christmas gift. Every piece different, "Cony," exclusive. Just the sort of a gift YOU would give to a dear friend.' Bator Boll Ups at from $8.00 to $3.79 Drinking Caps, In leather cases, very unique and a sanitary idea $1.85 to $2.00 Xnk Wells, In leather cases, at 51.75 Opera Olassss, very small but very pawerful. In leather cases, at, pair ,..$5.80 Watches, in stirrup holders, very swell for men's desks; priced at -$2.78 Sewing Baskets, completely fitted at $4.80 and then upward to .$14.30 Ash Trays, at from ...$3.00 up to $8.80 Scissor Oases, upwards from $3.75 to $4..80 Band Bags, deftly made, English kinds upwards from $5.75 to $14.75 Flasks, for ladies' or gentlemen's use. In several styles, at $3.50 to 88. 0 Medicine Cases, at from $2.75 to $8.60 rneto rrames, with two folds for two picture'. In leather $3.00 np te $7.50 Hasty X,lnes, a memorandum book In leather, verv handy, at from $3.00 np to $3.78 BUI Voids, at from $1.50 up to $8.50 LEGALLY DEAD MAN SHOWS UP Workman I,okp, Who Had Paid Insurance, Is Sow Investigating- Case. ABERDEEN, S. D., Dec. 21. (Speclal. Tha South' Dakota grand lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Is Investigating the sudden reappearance of Henry Chris topher, 'a former resident of Brown county, long believed to be dead, whose relatives collected the insurance on a pol icy carried with the Workmen, t In the early '80s Henry E. Christopher was employed as a cltrk In the store of John D. Lavln, until recently and for twenty years grand recorder of the United Workmeivthe store being located at Col umbia In this (Brown) county. Later Christopher' and his family moved to Cal ifornia, About 1886 Christopher disap peared. In 1907 the Workmen paid the In surance policy to his beneficiary, his wife. throe -courts having adjudged Christopher dead. Christopher's relatives are believed to be Innocent of any Intention to defraud the order by collecting the insurance money, and they lost no time In notifying the South Dakota grand lodge when Chris topher reappeared. A few more "last-miiute" ideas for gifts FUIl SETS A strikin array of seta tor misses ana children. Squirrel, bca?cr, river mink, Thibet and la ermine effect. Smnll or large shapes, at S10.80 and a down to low as ) 1 , ) . RATH ROBES for boya make out of the ordinary gift. v ahow an r. tensive array of the comfortable blanket" etylcg at $3 and a pa also aa low as )6dU RATH ROBES for glrla. We ahow both "blanket" and eiderdown kinds, in every wanted color. They'll prove welcomed gift, at la or 94.CO, down to low aa 4uLO INFANTS' SWEATERS About as fusible a gift M one could think of. We ahow these in all colore, and In plain white. tTicea are A A $2. SI. 00 and low aa $IeUV GIRLS' SWEATER It's quite the tlilnjr for warmth and comfort; you'll not' go amiss making a gift of one of the lovely styles f rfi here at $3, $2.25 or MedU BOYS' SWEATERS A romping boy has an absolute need for a sweater In winter. Ruy htm one of the at tractive and warm styles here, at 92, 91. BO, and m low mm . . ..$1.25' NiiW LOOA'llOH 101b-l&20 FAKNAM SXEHX n CLaXi r a v n n i j i iri a faND FOE NEW CATALOGUE. Couple Sent to Penitentiary. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 21. (Special.) Edward Olln and Mrs. Emma Murphy were convicted In the state circuit court of Clark county on a statutory charge Olln has been sentenced to nine months' Imprisonment in the penitentiary, while Mrs. Murphy will be required to serve rlx months. They had been quite prominent In Clark county and their trial attracted wide attention throughout the county. Ha he Thrown from Train. ABERDEEN, 8. D.. Dec. 21. (Special.) As a switchman was performing his duties In the Milwaukee yards at Ipswich, S. D., late Saturday night, he was surprised to discover upon tho frozen, crust of the snow close to the railroad track the body of a newly born baby boy entirely naked. The babe Is believed to have been born on the train, the mother throwing It away to avoid disclosing a story of shame. It la believed the child was born alive, but that It perished almost Instantly after being thrown out in the intense cold. Two Pioneers Die at St. Paul. ST. PAUL, Neb., Dec. 21. (Special.) Early this morning there was sent out over tho Burlington eastbound. passenger , train the bodies of two of this city's aged peo ple. Who died during the last two days. The first was Mrs. Eliia Hlgley, mother of the sheriff-elect, with whom she had been living during the many years of her old age. Mrs. Hlgley was born 79 years ago In Ohio and came to Nebraska In 1S77 with her husband, who died the following year. She leaves two sons and one daughter, all married. Interrment took place at Palmer, where her husband lies burled. The other body was that of Newton Wood, who died yesterday mornings as the result of a fall at the very advanced age of 83 years and nlnemoiiths. Mr. Wood spent bis declin ing years In the home of J. W. Johnson, the station agent of the Burlington road, Mrs. Johnson being his daughter. The body Is being tsrken to Oquawka, 111., the family home, for burial. Ice Guards for Brldwe. FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 21. (Specla'..) A gnng of men began work yesterday driving plies for the construction of the breaks west of the wagon bridge over the Platte yesterday. The old breaks were badly shattered last spring and with the continuance of cold weather the accumu lation of Ice will be greater than usua'.. Ice dealers had all the men they could use conveniently, putting up the season's sup ply today. It Is a foot thick and of good quality. This year one firm was obliged to use considerable made ice. The wather stlK continues cold, but the country roads are Improving and merchants report a good Christmas trade. Juki L.B.M? C0U11 CO. COAE South End 16 5T. VIADUCT HOME OF THE LONG TON- The Bee is the only-paper ad mitted to thousands of, homes.. Women are the buyers, which ae-. counts, In part, for the reinnrk able returns to our , advertisers. AMUSEMENTS. BOYD'S Matinee Today LAST TIME TO-NIGHT The Virginian Xmas Eve, Xmas Hat. and Wight Vlctoe Moore, la "The Talk of New Tork" MOVEMENTS Or OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Ht. Arrlrrd. Sail. NKW YORK M. Wuhincton NEW YORK Zaelind NEW YORK Crmrlr PHILADELPHIA. Blbrrlin CHRISTIANS'!;.. Helllf 0; PLYMOUTH K. P. Cec.U. yiEKNSTOWN... Arabic LIVKRPOOL...... Victorian.. NAPLES Clrlc. LKdHOHN lull COPENHAGEN. . . Pennrlvnl I ' To know that our Cocoa la ths pert ; J I la tie world veans to bay a caa at V ' your grocer's sod try it. , Bnllds np Toot arstMB. y "" IniM ii i i " t , KENTUCKY WOOL MEN MEET Will Form Association to Clip Direct to Manufacturer. Sell LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 21. A meeting of the Wool Growers of Kentucky will bs held here today with the object of form ing the Kentucky Wool Orowers' associa tion and pooling the 1910 wool grow th. 1 It is planned to organise a society sim ilar to the Burley Tobacco pool, the only difference, being that the wool will not be bold for higher prices, but will be sold as soon as It can be graded. The sales will be made direct to the man ufacturera and the advantage to the grow ers will be In cutting out the profit of the middlemen. The growers estimate they will save from 1500.000 to 11,000,000 a year. There are between 10,000,000 and U.OOO.OOO pounds of wool sold to Kentucky annusUy. BUY A SANTO for XMAS Vacuum Cleaners Portable Stationary SANTO- B. F. S wanson Co. Inc. SISTBIBVTEHS. 4IS 8. 15th St.. Omaha, Ntb. Lnd. 431S OAX.Z. US OT Doug. C313. Demonstration In Your Heme or at Oar Offlos. SUNDAY and ALL WEEK Matinees Wed., Thuiu. and Sat. Henry W. Sayae'i THE MERRY WIDOW Company and Grand Ojx-ra OUCHE8TIIA ' SEAT SALE TOMORROW, :00 A. M. Frlces SOo to S3.00: N. Y. KRUG .IS THEATER ISO, H5C 600, 700. TONIGHT MATIN EH TODAY, AXZ. BEATS SSO , Tho Eye Vitness Sun. The Queen of the Secret Service UA X Daily Mat. lSe-80e Twice Daily, All Wsek.Including .oiaj MASQUKKAUERK I? EXTRAVAGANZA AND VAUDDVH.LB Chorus O iris' Contest Frldny Mlgbt ladles' Dims Mat. Dally (exotpt Xmas) at 8ii3. ' Nest Sun. (7 dayj), Bloe fc Barton's Qalety Co. PHOflHfl DOU&.404 ADVANCED VADUZ VII, LB Mat. Bvsry Day, 8H5 Cvenlng- Performance, :S This Week: Hert l,eslle, Fred Lindsay. Wynn & Leo, Big City guurtntte. Ilopkln Sisters, William Fleinen, Hpaldlng & Helgo, the Kinodroino and the Orpiieuin l.'anuert Orchestra, Frlcea 10c 26o and Hue. Thcro is Only Ona That la V LazzatSvQ Bv&mo Q urn mo V vscd rue world over to cone a oolo tm out day. Alwajrg remember the full oanu?. IaxjIc (or this signature ou every r box. Joe. i