TIIE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1900.
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
To Council Bluff Offto of til
Omshs l at It Coot I gtrt.
Both 7bosns 3.
l'avls, dniKB.
Diamonds. Leffert's. ' ',
Diamond playing the brt vaudeville.
(OmunA.NH, undr: takers. 'Phono US-
Tor rent. tiedrn house. 726 6th avenue.
f-mokeis' itf. Ltffert's.
MUIIT SCHOOL at 1'uryears college.
A. Hurpe iiture upon evening until Xmas.
MaJiHtla rane. I. C. DeVol HJw. Co.
Woodring Ctidurtaking company. Tel. 333.
Lea Ik Cutler, funeral dlre.tor. 'I hone 37.
FAUST UKKil AT HiKlICKiJ' UL'FFET.
Hall J &. Uoinnd, ui.rtettukeiH. 'Phone 1-2.
J2jnrt pluno tumng, Huspe. 'Phone Mi
l-rffeil's Jewelry u.re, new locution. GOJ
tli onU u ay. ,'
When you want reliable want 1 adver
tising, uhu The Heo t
Btore opena evenings until Xmaa. IL lior
nick, ill ho. Mum 81.
special piano price for this weeJi-ti.TS
piano fur 1H0. A I loupe Co., 2J Pearl St.
l'p-to-date Ar department and Plcturt
Framing, Bui'Wlck, Ill South Waul street
The place to get your Xmaa picture
framed la Waller Nlcholalsen & Co., 14 So.
Main St.
Kvf.rybody la talking about "The Girl
That's All tiif Candy.'' Slur theater, Xmaa
and Sunday matinee and -night.
It. G. Knsign, president of the Neola
State Savings b.mk und wife left last
evening for Bt. Louts lo spend lht Cimsi
inus holidays with relative.
All members of St. Alban's U.dne, KnlKlus
of 1'yililua, ure requtsied to assemble at
Castle hall at 1:1 this morning 10 attend
In a body the funeral of their late bruther,
Colonel Kdwurd Steepy.
For Healing abont two torts of ccal from
the Illinois Central railroad, John Camp,
lntng on South Thirteenth street near
Broadway wua -ent o the county Jail by
Juaticu Cooper yesterday for fifteen days.
FT KOGHA I'll Y NISWB: Big shipment;
of wood and outfit Just received. t Seven
style of outfits on hand. Free lssoi
with each set. More novelties fur burning
than ever be for p. Open evenings. Alexan
der 'b, S 3 Broadway.
Slippers, good, easy, warm, snug, nice,
oft slipper that emliiacc the foot in the
moat flexibly ourcssing fesltlon. Slipped
that take fireside toasting in good' tmrt.
B'lppcts that make you hurry home. Slip
pers that are sU pnmfort and help to hij
cull cure begone. Slippers that are ptesent-
bly pretty. Slippers that av,j daintily neat.
blippt-i'M that are. splendidly coinl'ortabl3.
Slippers that make a real Xmaa present.
JUuneun Shoe CO., 53 b. Main rit.
Fatrlck J. Ratigan. 'Muitist whom hl
wife commenced divorce procec dings Tues
day had more trouble to wrestle with yes
terday. His wife followed up the divorce
suit by filing against film the charge of
being a chronic dipsomaniac. Jlatlgan "was
arriHted by Deputy 8herlff Woolman and
taken before Judge yvheal-r yesterday
afternoon. His father ciraa to his assis
tance and put up a ",$,"(00 bond for the
younger man's appearance'' In court at the
beginning of )m January - term.
The funeral of the late' Edward Uteepy
will be held this morning at 11 o'clock from
the family residence. BIO Bluff street. Burial
will take pluce In FaJrvlew cemetery. Itv.
F. A. Cae, pastor of the First Baptist
church II conduct the services at the
house, while at the cemetery, the services
will be In charge of Conccrdla lodge,
Knights of Fythlas. The following mem
bers of- Concordia lodge will serve as pall
bearers: W. H. Bargtiauson, Frank Mar
lowe, Frank Kluan, Harry M. Iliown, C. A.
TlbbltH, S. J. Bradford.
OPEN EVENINQ9 Our Xmag speclnls:
10 cent package biomnngeloti, K centH
holly, pound, 15 cents; Woodward's choco
late drops, pound, 12 Cents: Xmas trees, 25
cert to $2 Mi mistletoe, ppund, 25 certs;
home-Hindu mince meat, pound, ID'-i cents;'
mixed nuts, pound, 1 cents; corn, peas or
tomatoes, three cans. 35 cents; hickory
t'Uls, three pounds, 25 oents;. otangon. ii
to 40 cents dozen; apples, 20 to 45 cents
pcnlv also radishe. lettuce, new tomatoes,.!
strawberries, etc. .In Our 'meat" department:
Geese, pound'.1--!) fcerrf;1 'ducks, pound. 14
cents! chickens,"- pound 12'fce;' turkpv-s,!
pound, ; also everyilng- in fancy cuts
of bref, pork, vi al, muttoii, 'ftn, tonve
your 'Xmas poultry order -arlr. In - toy
land: Air rlilea, -ig centF) sled, wagons,
00 cents; drums. 10 cents to ice skates,
W cents up; toy bijoks, -9 to . cents; col
lapsible doll cartx; boys' tool cln-sta, up
from 53 cents, etc. In hardware depart
ment: Nickel-plated lea and coffee pots,
up from Jl; savory roastm, til c. ins; ruxor
etr ps, 36 cent up; safety, razors, iti cents
to $5, etc. J. Zoller M rcantile Co., IjO-102-104-108
Broadway. 'I'hones il1).
BAI.OON MAN
TO
I'A V
FINR
nullnar of Supreme Court Will Make
(Goodrich ,-,( Poorer.
Everett C Cooiiiich. proprietor of a a
loon at S13 South Main street, will have to
pay t the flpo--of (5.u Imposed by Judg3
Wheeler of the district court last spring,
as the supreme court cf Iowa has affirmed
he Judge's ruling.
Ooodrlch was, charged with vlolat'ng art
Injunction reet ruining him from the un
lawful sale of llutior by Belling beer on
Sunday in a" rporu oyer his 'saloon. Good-,
rich claimed that ho merely permitted twq'
.'lshtrmeii to place a ease of beer In his,
oom over Balurday night In order that
;hey might take It with them on a fishing
rip on Sunday.
Tou'H Udmlt that P.tncy Waldln looks
Ike "The CM Tb4's All tha-Candy." Star
theater, Xmus and Sunday matinee and
tight.
him
F YOU ARE CURABLE
WE CAN CURE YOU
AVERAGE TIME TO CURE
RnPTDHt One VikH .
HTiiHorsi.c One Vim
V siccus i.s One Vttil
'ClTtKaCTK . lOI'lyk
Cancsh -y lav
CaTahiih 3or
lUotTn 0ol)a
bnAN. uS0Dy
nii.m ui Q In 9 Dull
GERMAN DOCTORS
BERGEN SUIT DISMISSED
Attorney Doet So to Avoid Thii
. Action by Court.
QUESTION
OF
OCCUPATION
Mr. Km ma llayiillp Ann for Separa
tion from Husband She Married
at Dtrrhard; eb. Horse
Dealer Sue.
STAR THEATER
CIIIUSTMAS AM) SVXDAV
Matinee aud Mltt
"THE GIRL THAT'S
ALL' THE CANDY"
18 Musical Number
". Spoclal Si'i-nery
' Elaborate Costume
Prices: Mat.'SSe uml BOc
iVtit, 2.1c, 83c, BOc, 73c
H
With the dismissal yesterday afternoon
of the suit of Mrs. Nellie Mergen, ad
ministratrix of the estate of her husband,
John Mergen, deceased, ajfftinst the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and discharge
of the petit Jury by Judge Wheeler, the
business- of the present term of district
court, Is practically comploted. Judge
Wheeler, however, will be in the city until
the New Year and will hear any court
matters that may need attention.
The Mergen suit came to a sudden
termination when J. J. Hess, aounuel for
the plaintiff dismissed the case without
prejudice, rather than have the court di
rect the Jury to return a verdict for the
defendant. Mrs. Mergen sued to recover
12,1X10 Insurance on the life of her hus
band, John ' Mergen, who was drowned
while hunting at Lake Manawa. The
Ancient. Order of United Workmen restated
the claim en the ground that Mergen' was
etifcayt-.d In the saloon business. The rules
of the order provide that no person en
gaged In the sale of llquur can be a mem
ber. The deftnse Introduced evidence show
ing that Mergen had been engaged In the
saloon business after becoming a member
of the order and taking out the Insurance
policy.
MrB. Emma Haysllp filed suit for divorce
from HolIIn Haysllp to whom sh was
married April 6, 1S88 at Bui chard, Neb. She
alleges that the defendant failed to sup
port her and finally deserted her on
Christmas day, 1904. In addition to the
decree of divorce Mrs. Haysllp asks the
court to award her the custody of their
minor child, a daughter, aged 13 years,
wno is ut present with the plaintiff.
Keefor & Marks, horse dealers of this
city have brought suit against the Union
Pacific Railroad company for 11,879, alleging
Injury to a shipment of horses In Novem
ber of this year from Sage, Wyo., to South
On aha.
HKRHING ST1I.I, CLAIMS CASH
Nebraska Ranch Owner Figure Sam
Still Due on Hotel Deal.
Otto Herring, the Nebraska ranrhowner.
who essayed for a short while (ha role of
hotel proprietor In Council Hliiffa
but who returned to his farm after
111 3 marital trouble ended In the
divorce ' court. has brouirht suit tn
the district court against Koran C. Scott
ana James H. Durrle, who bought from
him his Interest In the Goodrich hotel, tn
recover $012.10, which Herring claims 1 Still
due him in connection with the transac
tion, '::.''
The suit followed the flllna- of a hut of
sale of tha furniture and equipment of the
hotel from bcott ft Uurrle to B. P. Winter
and T. D. Crowley, who are khIA tn hov
assumed management of the place Tuesday
nignt. xne bill of sale Is for $11,444 and
was recorded Tuesday.
When Herrina- In the earlv mrt nf ih.
' - - - " V
present yeaj , bought v tha.Wurnitur. . and
"good will" of the hotel from W. H. (im.rl-
rlch, he gave Ooodrlch a bill of sale for
$15,000. Hy the time Herring was ready to
go out of the liotcl business, the value of
the place, or the furnishings at least, must
nave depreciated somewhat, as Scott &
Durrle gave a bill of sale for onlv ill ono
and are said to have agreed to pay $2,000
cash as well. Herring In his suit claim
that $blZ.10 of this $2,000 still remain un.
paid.'
Tha new proprietors of the hotnl
both railroad men. . Winter comes from
Milwaukee, while Crowlev
roedmaster for the Northwestern on the
Council Bluffa-Boone division.
DEATH OF MHS, J. W. 1.EVERETT
Woman Prominent In City Paaxe
Array in California.
Mr. James W. Leverett of this eltv rtiort
Tuesday at Claremont, Cal., after a few
days' itlness from pneumohla, aged 73
years. Besides her husband Mrs. Leverett
is survived by four sons and two daughters,
vtunam j. leverett and Mrs. M. B. San
ford of this city, Fred E. Leverett of Lis
bon, .la. Thomas. L. Leveret,t. of Water
town, S. D.l Frank S.' Leverett of Portland,
Ore., and Mrs. A. W, Augur of Raven-
wood, in.
Harriet Tlsdel Leverett was born M.h
37, 1SU6, In Lake county, Ohio, near Pains
vllle. She was a graduate of the- Ingam
Institute at LeRoy, N. Y. In 185a she
was married to James w. Leverett at
Warren, 111., celebrating the fiftieth an-
nhereary of her marriage at her home
in council uiurrs in September of 1008.
In her. earlier days sh waa a member of
tha Free Will Baptist church, but during
her residence here was affiliated with the
Second Presbyterian church, In the work
of which she was always active. Iiurinir
the-last seven years Mr. and Mrs. Lev
erett nave made Council Bluffs their
home. Mr. and Mrs. Leverett left h.
for California two weeks ago.
W. J. Leverett on receiving word of his
mother's death advised his fuiiixr h ,i
to have, the body placed in a vault at
imremont until spring, when It Is his In
tention to have It brought here for . final
burial, Mr. Leverett feared, that the re
turn Journey with the present cold weather
wcuia be too sever for his father, who
T" year. or age.
Is
TIDINGS, GENTLEMEN
At aiy Xw Location, lU6lfc Seats Halm.
1 am now frcpareo lu do ilr.t cluss Uuori
Ing, gi you tli best goods, best tyl-V"
List materials. Lest oik.uijliip anu
test slues. Let tn make you a suit ut
clothe. If It does not prwv satlsjltory
It s n. y suit.
Lukfcgord,iThe Tailor
THE FASJJION
Ha th renulflf. -n for doing flrt clas
IdlM Tal'f-rlng and I'Ktiut. You caa -wsr
tell our ar.iwri,u uy their line and
tyl. When you see them If they ar
tiiJ to order or ready to wear. a guar-
r.te. If wi try us ; to glv you the heat
fit. up-tod4t tli.. at vary rcasunabl
prlteiT W at .l 1418 U I lierstun alao
la fur
Open Evcaicgs Till 9 P. M.
33 South Main Street
MAS- UO TO HEAR G1.EB ClUB
Kaoz College Singer Drawlnaj Cnra
with Their arol.
Th Knox College Glee club entertained
an audlem which . taxed the capaalty of
the high school auditorium lust night The
program, which was enthusiastically re
ceived. wa as follows:
Cantata Knox Life and Liberty......
-jnnT' winter Thompson
. The Club.
Solo On Away, Awake Beloved
;:-;:.uv : i-: c."l'iuge-Tayior
.v.... . weoaing Feast )
"Tell Her I Love Her Bj" n Kv
Ileadingw-A Morning s Mall.......... Cook
Mr. Callihan. ' . W"
"A June Madrigal".... Brueschweller
"Oood Night, Little Girl, Good Night..
....... v..... ...Macey
iiijm";" uu vuariei.
t artuonlHt Mr. Crafton.
le rtandmun .. Protheroe
The Club.
tkilos ) Vale CarUsima Wallnofer
1 v -.........(Tennyop) Carey
Mr. Hayden. -Winter
8ong Bullard
, . i ne i.'iuo.
KtlRR LlKKt IDAHO APPLES
lainoita Priest Receive Letter of
.. Thank front Germany,
.,mviim i iiiuini ur liermSnv hua
.g-iv.u.the tx, of Idaho apple sent bird
uy w.a off.cer of the National Hjrtlcu:.
umi wt.gress. Rev. Father Herman M
gawaser. pa.tor of St. Peter's Catholic
thurrh. at whoso suKsestlon th fruit ws
suit to the kler. Is lu receipt ut th fol
L
lowing- letter from the emperor' private
secretary, dated Berlin, December 8, 190:
- j r i i ivim j i , 1 1 w niiiiviivu
of November, 1 wish to state that his and
her majesties, the emperor nd empress,
Uav Joyfully received and accepted th box
(if VOAllAnt innlu Th.u kua.lil. n .1
their best thanks for this very attentive
euunHsy 10 4. ooncernea in tnur great
nvui. n,r I.M.IN hm ii.
MMJITlRB BACK TO PACE CHARQR
Mlnlnajt Stork Salesman Will Face
Case Preferred nt Neola.
I'eputy Sheriff Waddlngton arrived ye
terday morning from Sacramento. Cal., with
M. M. Mclntyr of that place, who is
charged with cheating by falsa pretenses
In connection with the sale of mining stork
to Thomas McDermott and other cltisena
of Neola, la. i
Mclntyre was tried on a similar charge
In tiacramento Just before Deputy Waddlng
ton reached there but was acquitted, the
Jury bringing in It verdict after a few
minutes' deliberation. Mclntyre, however,
was In Jail for several months before his
trial, having been arrested in Chicago last
July and taken back to California.
The Information against Mclntyr was
filed in the court of Justice V. K. Cooper
by McDermott, one of several persons In
Neola and vicinity, who bought stock in
the Sylvester Gravel Mining company. It
Is alleged by McDermott that Mclntyre sold
the stock at GO cent on the dollar whereas
It is alleged, he was only authorized to
dispose of It at 10 cent on the dollar.
Deputy Waddlngton was told In Sacra
mento the Sylvester Gravel Mining com
pany was considered there to be a promising
proposition. Mclntyra claims to own a
controlling Interest In the property and told
Deputy Waddlngton that he expects the
mine to make his fortune. He denied mak
ing any false representation to the pur
chasers of stock In Neola and claims it Is
worth more than the Neola men paid for
It. Mclntyre Is said to have represented
at Neola that he was a member of the
Knlghfs of Columbus and thereby made tha
acquaintance of many members, of the
order In that town and vicinity. Most of
the stock lp his mining proposition is said
to have been sold to member of that
organisation.
Mclntyre was placed in the county Jail
and will probably be arraigned before
Justice Cooper some time today. He is a
married man but his wife remained In
Sacramento.
NO RUSH TO SIGN PETITIONS
ComnlMloa Form of Government Not
Popular In City.
Although the advocates of the commission
plan of municipal government ar confi
dent they will secure the necessary number
of name to th petitions a canvass of
the several drug store where the docu
ments have been placed, shows that up to
last evening there haa been no rush on the
part of qualified electors to attach their
signatures to them. The petitions In four
teen drug stores last evening failed to show
fifty signatures in all.
At tha drug store of former Mayor Dell
Q. Morgan the petition showed six signers,
while that at the store or Frank Morgan
evidenced but three signatures. That In
the Clark company's drug store bora three
signatures, while those at the stores of O.
H. Brown, Knoth Drug company, 8. EJ.
Whaley and George S. Davis were still
blank.
At the Brown drug store it was stated
that tha sentiment of the patron was
decidedly against the commission plan of
government. . ..-! j v
Those In oharge of tbe canvesa for signa
tures did not. leave one of the petitions
In the store of J. d. DeHavervthe veteran
Broadway druggist. Mr. DeHaven ex
pressed himself as opposed to the proposi
tion, but consented to have one of the pe
titions in his store, although he stated he
would not sign it hlmseir. Th commit
tee did not leave one there.
.Councilman Morgan, who 1 one of tha
most active advocate of the plan, is said
to have secured a large number of signa
tures to a petition which ha has circu
lated. ...
Real Estate Transfer.
These transfers were reported to Tha Bee
December 32 by thaa Pottawattamie County
Abstraot company of Council Bluffs:
C. B. McColm and wife to 8. C. Foots.
Lots 43. 44 and 4G In block 14, High
land Place add to Council Bluffs,
w d I soo
Solomon McMullen. widower, to Jo
seph tl. and Mary C. Butler. Nft
nWi 17-76-43: Dt nhi iwU 14-76-43. w it loon
Lydla M. Byer and husband to O. T.
Karge. Lot 31 In block 16 In Ferry
add to Council Bluffs, w d sio
Frank R. Levin and wife to Hanna
ennstorrerson. lots 1 and a) in
blook a, Burns add to Council Bluffs,'
r w XMI
E. It. Lougee and wife to Phillip J.
tticnarason. Lot in block 17, Beers
subd in Council Bluffs, w d 150
Total flv transfers.
$5.bl0
Marriage Lleenae. .
License to wed were Issued yesterday
to tha following:
Kills S. Humnhrpv Mnnttrvn M Tl 43
Luella K. Knight. Malvern, ia..'....!!!!!!a
Mason R. Bradley, Carson, la 27
Mlda H. Henry. Carson. Ia 9A
James H. Poole. Falrbury. Neb ar,
Tlnna B. Sumpter. Underwood, Ia 19
John Herron, Omaha , ..23
f lora Mlie, Omaha , , 19
Virgil Drebert, Omaha f
Irene Olson, Benson, Neb '.'.19
Walter R. Price, Council Bluffs......... 2C
Gertrude U. Qlttlns. Council Bluffs 25
Perjury Charge Preferred.
CRESTON, la., Deo. 23.-Speclal.)-Rob-
ert W. K. Watson, a young farmer living
near Corning Is facing tha serious charge
of perjury In the federal court In this
city, as the result of an action brought
against him by B. New comb, cashier of the
First National bank of Corning. About a
year ago Watson made an assignment In
bankruptcy. The Corning bank was one
of his heaviest creditors and it 1 now
accusing him of having withheld $600 and
at the seme time swearing under oath
that he had included everything attachable
in tha inventory. He was arraigned before
Federal Commissioner Hanna on Tuesday
and waived preliminary hearing until th
March term of court H furnished ball
and was given his liberty. Watson I wU
known near Corning and comes from a
prominent family, hence tha case will at
tract no little Interest.
WORK ON NEWCOMJuERCELAW
President and Adviser Complete
Third Eeviie of Proposed Act.
TREASURY OFFICIALS JUBILANT
Proa-re Made In Rehabilitation of
' Cuatma Servlo 1 Can for
Rejoleln; Still After
Man lllaber I'p,
WASHINGTON, Deo. M.-Preldent Taft
and th raw officers of the government
are still busy on the proposed amend
ments of th Interstate commerce law, th
purport of hlch Is to relieve th commis
sion of Its quasi-Judicial functions and to
establish an, Interstate commerce court.
Thl work I th outcome of a committee
appointed by President Taft earlier In the
year of which- Attorney General Wicker
sham and other officers of the government
were members. They held some of their
conferences In New York City. The mat
ter Is being gone over with great care and
the' third revise of tha proposed amend
ments Is now,-In tbe1 hands of the printer.
It had been hoped that these amendments
would be ready for submission to congress
early after th reassembling of that body
In January, but they are subject to still
further revision -If upon' examination they
are found not comprehensive enough.
Treasury Official Jubilant.
' Treasury officials" are congratulating
themselves that with the closing of the
year, 1909, splendid results have been ac
compllshed In the rehabilitation of the cus
torn service, particularly at New York and
In the rounding up of persons and cor
porations figuring In the frauds by which
th revenues of .the government have suf
fered to the extent of millions of dollars
The department s still continuing Its In.
vestlgatlohs tnto the losses sustained by
the under-weighing of sugar.
The officials here are' keeping mum as
to the personality of the individual "higher
up" in the sugar frauds against whom an
Indictment Is expected every day, although
his identity Is well known to them.
The fact that the American Sugar Re
fining company contemplated filing a claim
for $00,000 for., losses alleged to have been
sustained since 1907 bjr overweights has been
known in Washington for soma tlma. Last
summer the attorney for tha company men
tioned tha matter-incidentally to the Treas
ury department. The, claim will be looked
Into thoroughly. ,-
rung-res Would Keep Out.
President 1 aft's views, as expressed In
his annual message to congress,' that a con
gressional Investigation of the Sugar trust
frauds might prove embarrassing In view
of the probe now going on by the Depart
ment of Justice and the Treasury depart
ment finds a warm advocate In Attorney
General Wlckeraham.
He made it clear today that he was op
posed to any such Inquiry pending the en
deavors of the two-departments to punish
the parties who may . be guilty and In
recovering the money 'wrongfully withheld
from the government.
After their work had been scoompllshed,
he doe not care hoV many investigations
by congress might be made.
Mr. Wtckersham said his experience of
legislative inquiries had convinced him
that usually tha result of such work was
the framing of policies for the future,
rather than assisting" mdte'rlally in punish
ing tha evildoer and helping to redeem
any losses the government might have sus
tained," fii'' 1 l
- . Supervising); Tof Mine,
Headquarter .of'ltf' American" ... Mining
congress have beeii0enea in mis city to
nmmnte '.esrlslatlon tnr. the establishment
of a nations bureaon Bf jhlnes. BoA Presi
dent Taft, and' Secretary Balllnger of the
Department 'of the Interior are said to
favor such legislation. 1- .
'The only difficulty In the way of the
establishment of Such ft, bureau,' said
James F.yQallbreath, Jr., of Denver, secre
tary of the congress, "lies in the fact that
many persona do not .realize the terrible
conditions -that prevail In' the mining In
dustry and how much we need the aid of
the federal government. In the last three
decades more thai) JO. 000 men have been
killed and 100,000 Injured in the coal mir.es
alone, a majority of those Injured being
rendered helpless for, life. In 1907 8,126 men
lost their lives In the eoal mines, or nearly
five men In every mining camp of 1,000
man. - Contrast this with the one or two
men killed In every thousand employed In
foreign countries, where they have bureaus
of mines that are making a thorough study
Into the causes of disaster.'-' -
. Bis Gun Stand Test.
'Highly satisfactory," Is the report of
the officials of the Navy department today
lu describing the tests of the new fourteen
Inch gun now In progress at Indian Head,
Md. Five shots have been fired and one
or two more will be necessary before this
gun, the biggest in the world. Is finally
"proved."
Tha tests so far are said to have demon
strated tbe necessity of a special powder
for the gun, la order to produce the de
sired velocity and hitting power without
too great a pressure. ' The gun I flfty
thre feet six nd a half inches long,
weighs lxty-thre ton, shoots a shell
weighing 1,400 pounds, uses $65 pounds of
powder at each shot and has a muzzle
velocity of $,600 foot; seconds.
A "Quick -Action" List
You've 24 hours left. ONLY one day you
WILL have to hurry. You have NO time for
lengthy arguments, so here's a "Quick-Suggestion"
list. Appropriate gifts modest pricing
plenty of sales people very responsible con-
cern to do business with. But DO be quick.
Train Kill Old Raaldeut.
COLFAX, Ia.. Dec. 23. Special. )-An
accident occurred here thl afternoon In
which a prominent settler of this vicinity
was killed by a Rock Irland train. Thomas
McKeever, a farmer living north of town,
attempted to drive aero the track Just
a the local eastbound passenger train was
leaving the depot and being bundled up
for hi homeward drive it Is supposed did
cot sea tha flagman at tha crossing trying
to stop him. Tha engine caught the team,'
killing tha horse Instantly. The burgy
wo caught by th oar trucks preolpitatlag
th man and forcefully throwing him
gainst th feus, crushing hi skull In 'a
horrible manner. When picked ,up his
brain was ooslng from the wound. , Ho
died two hours later In the Mason hotM.
McKeever was lit year old and unmarried.
He was a veteran of the civil war and had
been a resident uf this county -luauy years.
Handy pins, assorted sizes, 10 cents eaclit
tli re fur 'di cents. Geruer s. 411 Broad
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Girl Strikers
Given Medals
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Waist Makers Who Served Prison
Terms for Disorderly Conduct
Are Cheered and Praised.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Cheered and
praised like the suffragette Jail marytra In
England, seven striking girls, shirt waist
maker, who hav served term of five,
day each on Blackwells island for dis
orderly conduct during the strike, were
decorated with bronze medals tonight in
th presence iof S.OU0 enthusiasts follower.
who gathered at an East Side hall. The
medals were given by the Women's Trades
Union league.
Three Vaasar girls took part in tha
ceremony, among them Miss Inez Mil-
bolland, who .tried unsuccessfully to enter
Harvard law school. Tha martyr reci
pients of tha medal told of their experi
ences on th Island and urged the . strikers
to stand firm.
WATER CAUSE OF EPIDEMIC
Stat Board of Health Report on
Typhoid at Park Col.
lea.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 23 A
committee from the State Board of Health
finds In a report submitted to the secretary
(if the board today that tha typhoid fever
pldemlo at - Park college, Parkvllla, Mo.,
rtd among th residents of th town, owisl
tt origin to Impure drinking water. Th
Intake Of the water supply for the city
and th college Is so clos to th drainage
from the main sewer a to contaminate
th water, the report says. Of the seventy
rases of typhoid In Parkvllle fifty were
among the Park college students.
Chaniberlalr's Cougli Remedy banishes
all tendency trward pnsumunla,
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PICTl'IlKS -The only ultra selwt line
Id Oniaha featurrtl by a liottso renowned
for Ita art department. Here, and here
only will you find the world's most ar
tistic water colors, eU-hings, oil paintings,
Guerin prints, Copley prints, university
art shop prints, photogravures, and
lighter priced, yet thoroughly artistic
prints.
FRAMES The line of frames shown
here is w ithout Per in the west, and '
this is Uie concern maintaining the
"Kramer's Craft Shop," of which you
have no doubt heard much.
IUUC-A-U11AC ltaro pottery, ham- .
mered brass and beaU'n copper w ares, etc.,
Are here in profusion. This seaaon there
has been added also, a complete line of
"Carence Craft Shop" Jewelry; no two .
pieces alike; all exquisite hand wrought
productions.
MUSIC In musical publications, books,
musicians' portfolios, music bags, etc., we
are foremost here; It's the only complete
showing made In Omaha.
SMALL GOODS Guitars, mandolins,
violins, banjos, cornets, autoharps, flutes,
clarinets, drums, and all other instru
ments so dear to the young aspirant, are
here, too.
I'lAXOS The "llospe" reputation has
not been made in a day. If you know U10
musical element of Oinnhu you've heard
of this firm's premier list of makes. Iluy
a piano tomorrow if you w ill, and buy one
of these: The Mason & Itamlln, "Strati'
lvarltts among pianos," K run Mi Jl Itnch,
Krakftticr, Hush & Lane, Kimball, Cnhlf
Kelson, Victor, Whitney, lllnze, Hospc,
Cramer or the llurton.
PLAYER PIANOS Here is a. formid
able list The "Apollo," the original 8H
note player, the Universal, The Mallet &
" Davis, and that famous little $1(75 player
piano, the Roudoir.
'VICTROLAS This Is a gift of the
century; a creation so marvelous so as to
be Inexplicable In print. It is a much
larger and grander edition of the "Victor"
talking machine and is produced by the
same capable makers. A marvel of sound
a masterpiece of cabinet making. They
range in price from $125 to $250 and are
well bought at that.
VICTOR TALKING MACHINES All
styles are here, too, in a fairly unlimited
array; and the new records, too, as fast
as issued.
Christmas delivery promised. You've
JUST time enough to make choice selections.
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1513-1515 Douglas Street
OMAHA
BIG FIRE IN CINCINNATI
Destruction of Whisky Warehouse
Hakes Spectacular Blaze. ,
ENTIRE BLOCK d DANGER,
Two Hundred Gueata . Are Driven
1 from Grand Hotel Three Men
Are Darned to Death at
Glover vllle, N. V.
CINCINNATI, Dec, 13. A fire which f Jr
several hours threatened the destruction
of an entire block In the heart of the city's
business center last night, destroyed the
flve-stor whisky warehouse of Sol and Slg
Frledbuig, and the firm's stock of whisky
valued at $125,000. The entire loss la esti
mated at more than S200.000.
Tha highly Inflammable nature of the
contents of tha building soon caused the
fire to gain such headway that th fire
men concentrated their attention on sav
ing the adjoining buildings. ' The Grand
hotel, with Its couple of hundred guests,
Immediately faced the doomed warehouse
and for some time was In danger.
Several minor accidents occurred, th
most serious of which was when Chief
Conway of the salvage car was hurled
from the automobile when the maohlne
struck a ' telegraph pole. The ohlef was
severely bruised, but escaped serious in
jury. Four other firemen were injured.
Three Men Darned to Death.
GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., Dec. 23. Fol
lowing the practical destruction of the
Keystone hotel yesterday, when there were
narrow escape from death by occupants
jumping from an upper story window, threo
lives were lost today In a fire that de
stroyed the Keystone stables.
Three men had remained up all night
guarding the ruins of the hotel and about
noon today went to sleep In the stables.
A short time afterwards the building was
discovered to be in flames.
" Insane Patient Safe.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 23. Governor
Deneen Wednesday issued a statement rela
tive to the fire last night at Jacksonville
State Hospital for the Insane. He says
th removal of the ISO female Inmate from
th burning annex waa dqne without con
fusion. Five women attempted to escape, but
were apprehended Immediately. Every pa
tient was accounted .for In an uninjured
condition. One member of the city fire
department sustained a fractured leg when
the engine he was driving turned turtle.
Pittsbura- Armory Harmed. -
PITTSBURG, Pa., Deo. 23. The Four
teenth Regiment armory, Pennsylvania
National guard was last night totally de
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss estimated
at 1100.000. Fourteen thousand blank car
tridges stored In the building exploded
adding to the hazardous work of th fire
men fighting ..ie flames. The Fourteenth
Regiment armory building Is situated In
the downtown section of the city and three
alarms wer sent In, calling apparatus
from all part of the city.
DANGER OF RACE WAR
IN ALABAMA IS OVER
Forty-Two Leader of Negro Who
Threatened Troable Are lu
Conaty Jail.
MAGNOLIA, Ala., Dec. 23 The situation
here tonight 1 quiet and no further vio
lence 1 anticipated because of bitter feeling
between th negroes and whites of tha
community following th killing of the
young whit man, Lewis, Saturday night
by th Mougomtry negroes.
With th rtng'.aaders among th negrous.
forty-two tn number, behind th bar of
th county Jail at Linden, It I believed
the threatened attack upon the white by
the nagroe has been effectually forestalled.
Th negroes in thl section outnumber the
whites, -fifty to one.
The forty-two negroes taken to Linden
today are cliarged with carrying concealed
weapons and making threats of violence.
Wl 1 Montgomery, the fourth uf the.de-,
perado brother. 1 still being pursued by
a poms.
Insanity Papers
in Christy Case
Wife of Artist Asks for Records
of His Commitment to
, , Asylum.
NEW YORK, Dec 23. An order direct
ing the state lunacy Commission to furnish
Mrs. Maybelle Thompson CJhrlsty with a
certified copy of - papers connected with
the alleged commitment of her husband,
Howard Chandler Christy, the artist, to an
Institution for the Insane In this state In
March, 1907, was obtained by Mrs. Christy's
attorneys from Supreme Court Justice Mc
Lean today.
This is a new phase of the legal pro
ceedings growing out of the domestic
difficulties of the Chrlstys, who . are not
now living together, Christy making his
home in Zanesville, O., while Mrs. Christy
remains In this city. According to Charles
A. Taussig, Mrs. ChrlBty's attorney, the
papers are wanted for use In the hearing
before - the probate court of Muskingum
county, Ohio, for a writ of habeas corpus
under which Mrs. Christy hopes to obtain
possession of her 10-year-old daughter, now
with the artist at Zanesvllle.
King' Brother for
Canadian Post
Duke of Connaught Said 1 to Be
Slated for Governor
General.
MONTREAL, Dec. 23. The Herald prints
a statement that there is every likelihood
of the duke of Connaught, the king's
brother, succeeding Earl Grey as governor
general of Canada next year.
Should the duke come to Canada, It will
be the first time the crown has been rep
resented In Canada by a prince of the
royal blood. N
Diamond--FKKNZJtli I5tr and Dodga
FAST WORK ON PANAMA CANAL
CoDgrFmimn Tawney Say It Will Be
Open for TraffJ by January
1, 191S.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Congressman James
A. Tawneytof Minnesota 'stated here to
night that the Panama caaal will be com
pleted and opeqed by January, 1915, at a
total cost of 376j,009. :
"The commlttoe on appropriations of the
house of representatives," said Congress
man Tawney, "recently returned from an
Inspection of tties;anal. We will appro
priate 135.000.00 for 1910 and 1U und $18,
000,000 jnore for the completion of the canal,
making tha total cost $375,000,000."
Doctors Become
Easy Marks tor
Napoleon Hicks
Knights of Modern Chivalry Made Up
of Physicians Paying; Fees to Be
' - Medical Examiners.' ' .
ALBANY, N. T., Dec. 23. That score of
physicians in various parts of tho country
have contributed M each for a benefit
certificate In the "Knights of Modern
Chivalry" with, an additional $5 as a fee
for the title of "City Court Esculuplus," or
In plain terms, medical examiner, de
veloped today when an order wus secured
In the supreme court placing Superin
tendent Hotchkiss of the state Insurance
department In charge of the affairs of Ut
organization. The knights, a fraterna.
beneficiary society with headquarters in
Albany, was organized In June by
N. Napoleon Hicks.
According to a report of a recent ex
amination by the Insurance department,
although $6,65 had been paid into the
order, almost wholly by physicians, and no
Insurance benefits have been paid to mem
bers, the society has but $10J,31 in Its
treasury, with apparent liabilities of $1,
40T.02. "The check stubs Indicate," said Super
intendent Hotehklss tonight, "that in spite
of the fact that the organization calls for
the payment per month of $100 to a. su
preme record keeper, $100 to a supremo
banker, and $100 to a supreme organlter,
more than half of the monthly disburse
ments apparently has been paid to ' N.
Napoleon Hicks, who Is the 'chief Justice' of
the society. At the time of the examination
which was ordered on December 11, the
society had 26K members, with WI.OjO In
surance in force, all of which are, with
four exceptions In the 'esculaplus' class."
HOGS HURRIEDT0 MARKET
Demand for Killers Produce Iteaults
and Farmer Horry Animal
to Pnrkera,
CINCINNATI, O., IX-c. 23.-(8pirlnl Tele
gram.) Price Current says: There Is a de
cided cnlaruenient of movement of hn.i
to market. Total wistern uc:.ing . ie .;.0
compared with BiO.OtXJ the i.ivn.hi ' m-vk
and 710,000 last year. Slnc Deo i-mber 1,
the total Is 4,015, 000, agilnst 6,::'0.ojO ii ye.tr
ago. Prominent Iiiacos cuintmie us follows:
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Chicago
Kansas City ,
Omaha
St. Louis
St. Joseph
I iiiilanipolis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Ottumwtt
Cedar Rapids .4
sioux city
SI Pan:
Cleveland
rifts
.l,l;lfi.i) .l.;W.),0iVj
10,0 M
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2u7.00 I
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7J.0 0
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110. ouy
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110,000
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17.000
iv, i ha I
125,000
Export and Import Trade
With France Shows Growth
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23-Alarmed by a
drop from $1,000,000 to $2j,3i,3 In mineral oil
exports to France n a month, American
oil exporter have begun a movement to
Induce congress to renew with the French
government the reciprocity treaty which
expired on October SI last. Exporter also
hop for the renewal of th treaty with
.Spain, also a large Importer of American
oil,' which will xilr on August SI, 1910.
The export to Canada under th op
eration of the new tariff law hav not
been compiled yet by the bureau of statis
tics of th Department of Commerce and
Labor, but indication that they will show
relatively aa grsatf a falling pff- Jn II ei-;
port as those to .France. ' ' " '. " "'"
Notwithstanding the abrogation of the
reciprocity treaty wldi' Franca, thd .repprt
! to i the bureau for November, the first
! month, under the new urder of things show
llargir totals'' In -both imp.-frfs'and 'exports
J tli an In the corresponding month at last
year. Paw cotton, which la Imported Into
Franc free of duty and he-nco la not af
fected by tariff changes, Is largely
responsible for Increase In , exports while
art works 20 years old and over admitted
free under the new law; diamonds and'
hides were responsible for the Increased
Imports. The falling off In the Imports of
champagne from Franc, due to the In
creased tariff, was most marked, declining
from $.S4,74 In November, 190s, to $.7i,0&i. It:
November, l'JOD.
The other principal article making u
th Increase of nearly $3,000,000 In tho lin
ports from Franc Include diamond; 'nn
Increa of about $700,000; hide nd hit in.-,,
an Increase of about $.VjO,000; -Aralnuts, an
Increas of about tm.M; fur, an increase
of about 1X0,000; India rubber, an Increas
of about $100,000, and gloves, an Incres
of about $1004)00; the remainder beln ml
cellsneous articles, Inc'udlng ISofs. kllk
dress goods, raw silks, perfmnsry, etc.
