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BRIEF CITY NEWS
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Stare Boot mat IV
SV. T. Swoaoea Certified aVeetraataat.
SUsahart. raotogTeyaer, llth rarnam.
X.lgktlng riartarea, Burgess-Qranden Co.
Xaya, aaoto, removed to Ktb Howard.
1 Bguitaele T.lft mil-Its sight draft at
' maturity. H. D. Neely. -nanaer. Omaha
ISM JTstloaal Ufa IiiuaiM Co ltos
Annuity, Endowment, Ufa, Tarm Pollclea
Charles B. Ady. Oeoeral AnC. Omaha.
ariagv Aooouata in Nebraska Sayings
and Loan ass n. One dollar to S5.0W each.
Blx per oant par annum, credited semi
annually. Organized IP- 16CB Farnam.
Pt Teresa As Christmas CMfta A decree
of divorce haa severed Tracy DeArmand
from Bert DsArmand. Tracy U the wife.
Wra. Llaxle Johnson baa Ukewlae been
judicially separated from Fred Johnson,
a oss for Xeata la Oloe Tat Walter U
Joseph, as administrator of the estate of
John Kiucba, la suing the Cudahy Packing
i company In district court. Ksucba fell in
a glue vat and waa killed. The sum of
1 15,000 is asked.
Kev. S. Curry I, sot ores oa Cuba Rev.
, E. R.' Curry gave a lecture Illustrated
' with lantern slides at the Cavalry Baptist
church Wednesday evening. His subject
was "A Trip Through Cuba," treated
from a missionary standpoint
losuranoe Company Expands stock
holders of the Columbia Fire Insurance
company have bought a controlling inter,
est in the Western Fire Insurance com
pany of Lincoln. The Lincoln offices of
ghe company will still be maintained.
Tarroy Officers Are Promoted The fol
lowing promotions have been recently made
In the Department of the Missouri: Cap
tain Arthur. Johnson of the Thirteenth In
fantry to be major. First Lieutenant Law
rence P. Butler of the Eighteenth infantry
to be captain. - -
Of Interest e Banks Brokers. Ttvist
companies and Corporations. The RuUo.ph
Goenther Advertising Agency, 115 Broad
way, New York, has Issued a "Reedy
Reference Financial Rate Card" (for free
distribution) covering the New York City
papers as well as the leading publications
throughout the country.
Vrlnoe Charles Wanders Away Has any
one seen "Prince Charles." He was stolen
sometime Wednesday night, and his mas
ter, Gould Diets. 103 North Thirtieth street,
has invoked the aid of the law In an en
deavor to recover him. "Prince Charles"
by the way, is some dog, and Mr. Dleu
Is anxious to recover him.
Douglas County Waatu runds If C. T.
Dickinson, as receiver of the extinct
Omaha A Nebraska Central railroad, ever
gets together any assets of that company,
the county of Douglas will bave first call
on 152.1 worth of the assets. The county
has been made a preferred creditor to that
extent by decree of district court for per
sonal taxes against the road. .... .
hares Profits Wtta Smployee-The
Fairmont Creamery company has remem
bered Its employes In a substantial way.
It has given a check to 'each, equal to S
per cent of his December, salary. In the
letter accompanying the check the com
pany states ths t It has, 'been successful
durlnr'tba year because or theco-opera-tlon
of Its employes and it wishes to show
Us appreciation in this way.
Mrs. Julia Ward Sakia at Best The
tuneral of the late Mrs. Julia Ward
Dnkln. whose death occurred Wednesday
morning at the home of her daughters.
Fifty-fourth and Hamilton streets. ' wss
held Thursday morning, with services at
10 o'clock at Pt. Parnabsa churrh. Ile
John Williams.' the rector, offk-iatlng. The
funeral cortege was a large one. Mrs.
Dakln having been among Omaha's beet
known residents. Immediately after the
services the body was taken to the Bur
lington station, to be sent to Plattsmouth,
where burial took place Thursday after
noon. Teachers Holiday Xxaaalaatioa Teach
ers' examinations are to be held at room
204 In the high school Tuesday and Wednes
day next. For teachers of the kindergar
ten, primary and grammer grades the ex
aminations will be held on Tuesday from
I to I o'clock, and on Wednesday from t
to t o'clock. Applications for high school
examinations must report not later than
10. o'clock Tueeday to register and select
their subjects. From 1 to 4 o'clock Tues
dsy afternoon these candidates will be ex
amined In their major subject. At a. m.
Wednesday they will begin examination In
the optional major subject, and the hours
tx-tween 1 and 4 o'clock Wednesday are to
be devoted to examination In the minor
fubjecta.
Pioneer Engineer
Dies at Waterloo
Stebbint A. Teal, One of the Fibt
to Bon on Union Pacific
Passes A way. j i.
Some Things You Want to Know
The Holy Land The Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Stebblns A. Tea'., one of ' (he first en
gineers to run on the Union Pacific after
the eastern end of the road was opened,
died at Waterloo Thursday morning at 6
o clock. Ills death was rather sudden, al
though he had been in poor health for
several montha
He was for over a generation, one of the
prominent figures among the railroad em
ployes of the west. For the last thirty
years be was master mechanic for the
Northwestern at Missouri , Valley. He set
tled In Council Bluffs, when that city was
a village and was for sometime employed
as an engineer on the Overland, when that
road began, operations out of Council
Bluffs.
Mr. Teal was 78 years old and his death
was due to complication Incident to old
age. He was married five or six years
ago to Mrs. Purchase of Waterloo and has
been living here since.
Dr. F. F. Teal of Omaha Is a grandson.
Mrs. Bereshelm of Council Bluffs Is a
daughter and Frank Teal, formerly .of
Omaha, now of Oakland, Cal., a son.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon
at 1 o'clock from the residence here and
the body will be taken to Council Bluffs
for burial.
Sterling Wars FREN7KR :iih A Dodge.
FARMERS RUSH , GRAIN IN
AmiIsii te Get Prod net to Market lie
fare Than Makes Roads
laupaaaable.
Considerable grain Is being moved to
the Omaha market In spite of the bad
weather. Eighty-one cars were received
Wednesday In comparison with fifty-one
a year ago and forty-nine, for the same
day at Kansas City. The roads have com
pletely froxen over and the farmers are
able to haul small loads to the railroad
etatlona The price Is attractive and con
siderable Is being moved. The farmers also
seem to be anxious to get grain on the
road now, knowing when the thaw comes
the roads will be In very baij condition.
There was an exceptionally heavy rain
of several days' duration just before the
frees which mcle the roads Impassable
and they will be in the same condition
wben it warms up a little.
T SEE BRANDEIS BIG AD ON LAST PACE
Drugs Perfumes Cigars
In the center of the marble pavement of
the Greek portion of the Church of the
Holy Sepulcher In Jerusalem Is short
marble column which Is declared to be, by
the Orthodox, the exsrt center of the
world. The Jews and the Mohammedans
assert that the exact center of the earth
Is the tip of rosk at the too of Mount
Morlah. where Abraham offered up Isaac,
where Solomon's Temple stood, from which
Mohammed ascended Into heaven, and
which Is now sheltered by the magnificent
Dome of the Rock, usually known as the
Mosque of Omar. None of these theories
takes Into account the belief of the scien
tists that the world is a spheroid. The
really Important thing Is belief that the
center of the world is In Jerusalem and
the duly authenticated center of the Chris
tian world is the marble column In the
Church of the" Holy Sepulcher.
A visit to the Church of the Holy Sepul
cher, that edifice which shelters the tomb
of the Lord and which has been for cen
turies the most venerated spot In Chris
tendom. Is an experience productive of
curiously conflicting emotions. In the first
Instance, there Is no good reason to be
lieve that the Sepulcher Is really that In
which the body of the Savior was laid. In
fact, every logical and reasouable argu
ment goes to prove that the holy spot la
somewhere else. But even If one accepts
the site as authentic, it is Impossible for
any reasonable creature who has grown to
manhood under modern Influences to be
lieve one-tenth of the leeenis and the sa
cred nonsense with which he Is deluged
upon entering this great church. Ha re
fusea to believe that a block of stone cut
with modern stone saws is the very block
upon which the body of the crucified Lord
was laid. Even the Armenian priests will
admit that the true stone of unction lies
underneath, and that the block which
thousands of Christian pilgrims kiss every
day has been In place only for a few
years. One is given a stick which he
shoves through a brass bound hole In the
wall to touch, in the darkness, the socket
In the rock In whleh tha Cross was set.
He Is expected to kiss the end of the stick
fnd thereby acquire hcly merit. No cna
is apparently concerned with the fact that
the socket In the solid rock wherein the
cross Is set Is at least 100 yards away
from the place which one Is gravely as
sured is the exact spot where Jesus was
crucified. In fact, the church makes no
appeal whatever to one's Intellect or rea
son. It Is a great house sheltering an en
ormous collection of absurdities which In
themselves are so contradictory as to
make faith In their authenticity impossible.
But if one can forget the hordes of beg
gars; if one can forget the Mohammedan
soldiers stationed there to prevent the vari
ous sects of Christians from murdering
each other; If one can forget the foul air,
the filthy floors, the noisome jdors and
the all but visible presence of coui.tless
millions of germs, (hen he will find the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre an appeal to
his higher emotional faculties which will
compel his reverence.
How long; ago men came to believe that
this spot marked the place of sepulure of
Jesus Christ is not known. In the third
century It is recorded that a Temple of
Venus stood at this spot and the Christians
then complained of the desecration.' When
the great Constantine, emperor of Rome,
embraced tha Christian religion he built a
group of edlf(ces at this place and sur
rounded the tomfc with a row of columns.
This waa the beginning of the church, A.
D. 335. These buildings were destroyed by
the Persians in the seventh century, but
were Immediately rebuilt. In the tenth
century the church was. burned and In the
eleventh century It was ruined by the Mos
lems. The present church was built by the
Crusaders early in the twelfth century, al-
i though, of course, many additions and le
I nairs have been iriAriA fmm tlm, tn
The church is the joint property of the
Greek orthodox church, which has the
largest share; the Roman Catholic church,
tha Armenian church, the Syrian church,
the Abyssinia church and the Coptic or
Egyptian church. The Church of England
is the only Protestant church having any
peculiar privileges, it ' being permitted
twice a month to celebrate the holy com
munion in one of the chapels of the church.
OCTOPUS GETS CONTRACTORS
Standard Oil Polls Taompson-SUrrett
Into Capacions Haw.
'e
25c Sanltol Tooth Powder 12c
J5o Sanltol Face Cream ..12c
26c Lilac Talcum Powder . .7c
50c White Rose Perfume, per
ox., special, at . , 25c
506 Dabroog's Locust Blossom,
per ox., at 20c
Buffers, at . ! , S2.00
We have box perfumes of all
kinds; prices from 25c to $10
Tom Moore Cigars, box of 25,
special, at . .. ., 91.85
Hoffmanettes, box ot 25, spe
cial, at 85c
Robert Burns. 12 in box $1.00
Robert Burns Club House, box
of SO, special, at $3.50
Owl. box ot 25. special 85c
Henry George, box of 50, spe
cial, at .. ..;'.". ...... .$1.W
Montanos. box of 25, special.
at OOe
Tope All, per box AOc
Baby Nanon, 25 In box . . .85c
RAZORS 1
Gillette Safety Razors In all
the styles.
PIPES OP A LI j KINDS
60c Pipes, special Friday . ,25c
25c Plijcs, special Friday J. 14c
TO CI066 out
these toilet
caees Friday
at less than
cost while
Ihey last.
... .cing Cases, special 49c
. "ier Traveling Cases,
at, each $1.08
CAMEHAS
No. 2 Buster Brown $2.00
i.'.ufter Brown, slie
2x4. at. each $350
There la no gift that Is more
tuuii a camera.
' rakes Ivory Soap 19c
1 lb. 20 Mule Team Borax,. .9c
Appropriate Xmas Gifts
IS CHINA DEPARTMENT WEST ARCADE.
257o Discount on all New Brass Goods Jardinieres,
Cigar Jars, Etc.
Handsome Haviland & Co. Dinner Seta beautifully
decorated, 100 pieces, at. , 25.09
Electric Lamps and Domes a new full line at
33V discount.
'
Appropriate Articles for
Christmas Decorations
Paper Bells at 10c per dozen up to, each 25
Taper Garlands, red or green 5, 10t nd 15?
Denrtlson's Crepe Paper the bes red. green and white, roll Of
Dennison's Crepe Paper, decorated with Xmas designs, roll 15c
Holly Paper Dollies, per dosen ' 5S10 and 15 ,
Holly Lunch Sets table cloth, napkins, doilies and plates, per
set, at 23C
Paper Streamers, per roll' ' 5
Dinner Cards -CUristmas designs, dozen 1 fc to Oct
Tally Cards, Christmas dealgna, dozen '15ci ta
Holly Paper for wraoplng packages, put up la rolls, at 5c
Also gold anu silver lord, gummed ribbon, tags, labels, seals,
stickers, etc., with which to wrap, and tu up Christmas packages.
Empty Holly Boxes to hold Christmas gifts, at 5c,10 and 15c"
There Is almost an endless succession of
processions winding in and shout the halls
and corridors of the great church, wor
shipping at the various aicred shrines
But each sect Ignores a sacred plaWpe
cullar to another and denies strenuously
the authenticity of the traditions of the
other scts.
The Holy Sepulchre stands In the center
of the s-reat rotunda, which Is the principal
feature of the edifice. This rotunda Is the
common property of all Christians, oriental
and occidental, orthodo and hetrodoz; It
Is the one place In the Christlsn world
where sll sectarianism Is forgotten and Hie
Christian rllffrlm Is free to com and wor
ship according to the dictates of his own
conscience. N
Whatever may be one's own religious be
lief or unbelief, the heir of twenty cen-
turles of christian civilization cannot look
upon that Sepulchre without emotion. Its
dirty marble. Its soiled tinsel. Its forty
three twinkling lamps, stand not In the
ay cf the imagination. . For here Is the
place which faith has long accepted as
the spot where waa laid the body of the
Crucified Jesus, the spot where He arose
from the dead and where He made unto
the world His supreme revelation. This is
the spot for the possession of which Chris
tian Europe for two long centuries battled
In vain. This Is the spot which was the
Inspiration of that most remarkable of all
psychological folk-movements, the Cru
sades. This Is the spot so holy that
never has It passed from the ownership and
control of the Christian church, for even
when the CrusaJers sought to deliver the
Sspulchre from the dominion of the Sara
cens, although unknown to Europe, this
church was safely In the hands of the
Oriental Christiana
Here come annually tens of thousands of
pilgrims from every quarter of the Chris
tian world. Russian peasants In compa
nies of several hundreds, at the expense
of every bodily comfort.' make the great
sacriflcea necessary to bring them to the
Holy land. And here, at the tomb of the
Lord, one sees them prostrate themselves
and kiss the holy stones in a passion of
religious fervor and seal which must Im
press the American onlooker with the fact
that to the miserable Russian moujlk the
consolation of the Christian religion Is a
very real and potent thing. Here comes
a cowled friar from the mountains- of
Northern Spain who has begged his way
along the long Journey with a faith that
rivals the passion of Peter the Hermit
himself. Here comes a prelate of the
Church of Rome, who has been laboring
for the cause of Christ in far-away
America, who thanks his God at tbe alter
of Constantine that wherever Christ was
buried He lives everywhere today In the
hearts of man. Here cornea an Ethiopian
with skin black as night, from the heart
of Africa, a priest In the Church of Abye
alnla against which all the powers of
Islam and o.' paganism have not prevailed.
Htre comes a Nestorian pilgrim from
Chinese East Turkestan, a representative
of the tiny remnant of that once great
Christian church which held sway over
all Asia, even unto China and Japan. Here
cornea In the uniform of a Twentieth cen
tury Crusader, a Salvation army captain
from the east end of London, whose seal
equals and whose morals ' are far above
those of the g od English soldiers of the
Cross, who followed Richard of the Lion
Heart, into battle against Ealadln. Here
comes from the United ;5tAtes the presi
dent of the woman's university, who here,
amid this lncongruoua' aoriVentlon of all
types or Christians, fgrvea ' thanks unto
her Risen Lord for her1 'own country in
which the teachings of Jesus Christ have
resulted in the emancipation of her sex.
One wishes that the church waa clean,
one shudders to think that Moslem swords
must preserve the peace between the bick
ering factions of those who follow the
lowly Isazarene. one is depressed by the
squalor and the superstitions; but one is
forced to remember that tha religion of
Jesus Christ Is for all men of every shade
of opinion, of every race and color, of
every age and century. No armor of ma
terialism, no defense of rationalism, no
argument of -eason Is potent to with
stand the powerful emotional Influence of
the spot which is after all, to Christians,
the center of the world.
T X-XXBEJtXO J. EIIUX.
Tomorrow TEX HOI.T X.A.BS Bethel
hem of Jadea. .
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bi 1 iiiiimij All AUOiiiLiN nn rrv.u i
John ll.'a Scoata See Gooa Tkla iti ,
taptar It Take Over BraaOla
' Job la Omaha wltk Mew
C'ampaay.
OLD MAN MAY LOSE PENSION
Colored Veteran of 92 Liable to Loss
After Twenty Years.
ANOTHER OF HIS NAME A BIVAL
Eraatoa Daacaa of Omaha sad Eras
taa Duncaw of Kansaa Arc Cana
ins Peaaioa Dcptrtmeat
Some Tall Uaeuiag.
I
DRAUDEIS STORES
Erastus Duncan, a colored man who
confessas to tha aga of 92, living in the
north part of Omaha and who has been
drawing a pension of $15 a month for the
last twenty years. Is liable to lose that
donative of the government on the possibil
ity that he Is not the real Erastus Dun
can. Duncan secured the allowance of his pen
sion claim on the allegation that he served
in a colored regiment during the war, but
the number of which he was hot wholly
able to give. He said he was enlisted just
at the close of the Vlcksburg campaign In
1W3. That was about all be knew of It.
but the penaion came and ha has been en
Joying it since.
The case was brought into question a few
years ago through the widow of an Erastus
Duncan applying fur a pension. This Dun
can was the member of a different regi
ment, entirely and serving In a different
part of the army from the Omaha Duncan.
It was then decided by the penaion com
miaeioner that the Omaha man had estab
lished his claim to the satisfaction of the
department and the widow's claim waa re
jected. Special examiners were put on the case
and Mrs. Duncan again renewed her claim,
furnishing conclusive evidence that she was
the rightful widow of a regularly enlisted
soldier, named Erastus Duncan.
Death Heeorel la !.
It was, shown that , her husband had
served faithfully and received an honor
able dincharge, but It was difftoult to estab-
i liah the fsct of his death, thia particular
case coming from Kaasas.
It now appears that the Omaha Duncan
has been drawing the pension wholly upon
lbs military record of th ' Kansas Dun
csn, tha Omaha man insuring that his first
service was immediately following the
Vitksljurg campaign, while the Kansas
Duncan had been in service over a year
prior to that campaign, and waa a much
younger man than the Omaha man.
The Omaha man positively swears that
he never servud in the regiment accredited
lo tha service of the Kansaa man. but h
haa not been able to show what regiment
be did serve In.
Tha pension examiners sis still working
on the puzzle and it begins to look as
If the Kansas widow may yet win out
and that the venerable Erastus Duncan of
Omaha may be dropped from the rolls.
It Is the policy of the pension bureau to
give the holder of a pension the benefit
of every doubt and so Erastus Duncan of
Omaha has had his pension suspended un
til the case is definitely settled one way or
the other.
A story of tbe Interminable ramifications !
of Standard Oil Is wrapped up In a recent j
development In Omaha that has become
puniic property to some degree, n ooncerns
the practical disappearance of the Thomp-son-Starrett
contracting firm from the busi
ness world, except in name.
This firm was organised a dosen years
ago In the east to handle heavy construc
tion cbnlracta, and had a large capital
stock. In It as originally made up were
five Starrett brothers and Thompson, who
has been dead for several years. The firm
secured and made good on many targe
Jobs in different sections of ths United
States. The business proved profitable and
one of the many scouta of Standard Oil
discovered this fact. It was reported to
headquarters, where enormous profits are
received and their Investment becomes a
matter for very serious consideration.
A campaign was started by a lieutenant
of Rockefeller to buy up Thonipson-Ptar-rett
stock. Gradually the Starretts were
boight out, until only two remained. Ralph
Starrett, who Initiated the work on the
new Brandels theater and office building In
this city, and superintended tha construc
tion and W. A. Starrett. The latter la still
listed among tha vice-presidents of the
company.
Alt the work of the firm west of Chi
cago is handled from a ' Chicago office,
where tha manager it a Mr. Fisher, who
has been In Omaha once or twice since I
the Brandt-Is work was begun and who Is
expected again within a week or two.
Ralph Starrett has been out of tha com
pany for six weeks or more. He was fro sen
out, according to the story told by local
men who were on terms of intimacy with
him while ha was In Omaha.
Holds Eaortnous Contracts.
The Standard OH end of the story Can
well be believed when It Is stated that the
Thompson-Starrett company at present
hold" crnrots amountlns to between J20.
000.000 and $30,000,000. It requires large cap
ital to handle that amount of work, widely
scattered, with profit.
The company Is understood to have made
very little or no money on a large amount
of work It undertook In San Francisco
after the earthquake ar.d fire: Largest
profits have been made In the east, where
Standard Oil Influence Is strongest. The
head office of the company Is now located
at 49-51 Wall street. In the Atlantic build
ing, and there Is a branch office in San
Francisco as well as In Chicago. The
president of the company, as now organ
ised, is Albert B. Boardman, and besides
the subordinate officers In the administra
tion department there la a board of direct
ors consisting of twelve rich and prominent
men in the east, who are understood to
be close to the head's of Standard Oih This
board of directors has virtual control of
the bidding for and execution of vast con
tracts In all parts of tha United States.
A Christmas Gift
for Your Boy
What will Christmas Day bring to
hltn?
Will It be Just toys, randy, etc.that
last but a day or two. or will It be
something of use to him, such as an
Overcoat or a Suit from this store?
Honestly, now, he'll better appre
ciate a Suit or Overcoat that will keep
him warm and comfortable for play In
all kinds of weather, than it his stock
ing were filled with candy.
Ours are made In every new style,
Fhn.de. fabric and pattern that could be
desired by either boy or parent. '
You won't equal their quality at 16 .
per cent advance over our prices.
Christmas Suits and
Overcoats for
Doys of all sizes
and ages, at
S2.95. $3.95, S4.95 to $10.00
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SEES SNAKE EARLY IN THE DAY
Stransrer Pointa Oat Loss Reptile
Whleh None bat Himself
Caa Dlacerav. ,
"See that long shadow there In the
water?" remarked a stranga young man
who was leaning over and looking intently
into the aquarium in the Bee building
court, and at the same time indicating with
bis finger a serpentine Una through the
water.
A man to whom the query was directed
(it was directed to many men) waa unable
to notice anything unusual, when the
stranger passed round to tha other side of
the aquarium and still Intently gasing Into
the water and pointing, insisted:
"Why, why, yes. can't you see; it is about
four feet long and must be a snake. I
wonder if It would bite me If I put my hand
In there."
Then ha decided It waa Just a long,
slender fish.
- It was early in the day,too.
For Croup there is nothing better than
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Watches FRENZER lfith and Dodge.
FINDS SECURITY TO BE
ONLY CASTLE IN SPAIN
Lets, So Ins for Lost Forlsae, Says
.He Waa Duped Because Bor
rower Belonged to Church.
E. S. Lets was a trusting soul, according
to his own statement, and Addle S. Stone,
"belonging to the church and professing to
be a Christian woman," ba let her have
750 on a note.
Mrs. Stone, his petition In county court
avers, said she had a big estate In Maine,
but its rosl location, according to Letz,
was In that Hispanolian country of many
castlea.
"So he let her have his all and waa teft
with nothing but the bars coat to his
back."
Estella Stoneham and Estella Belknap
are made co-defendants In tha suit.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Judge Altstadt will spend Christmas with
his daughter, MraM. T. Haskell, of Lin
coin. Dick Houston of Tenamah. O. E. "Thomp
son of Big Springs, O. P. Stewart of Schuy
ler. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Walker and chil
dren of Redfield, 8. D., W. P. Dixon of
Rialr and J. W. Bird of Grand Island are
at the Merchants
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Trotter of Brady,
Thomas D. Boler of Denver, Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Grimes of North Platte, C. J. Smith,
W. A. Gllmore of Auburn, C. P. Christian
of Ashland. Or., and Mr. and Mra. Otia
Moulton of Tork are at the Henshaw.
H. S. Hale of Denver, A. J. Ricker and
family of Duland. 8. D., Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Afihton of Talmage, Mr. and Mrs. Z.
G. Clevenger of University Place. E. T.
Lomarson of Ploehe, W. B. Sprague of
Lost bprlngs, Wyo., W. F. Cook of North
Platte. P. V. Pulsifer, R. Hanson of Con
cordia, Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Rlgg of Hailey,
Idaho, and J. P. Jack of Seattle are at
tha Paxton.
POLICE SLEUTH LOSES SHOES
Rata Make Chrlatmaa Meal of Valu
able Hldea aad Officer Wll
aoa Grieves.
Officer Wilson, the first of the Omaha
traffic aquad, atatloned at Sixteenth and
Farnam streets. Is extremely peeved.
Last week he Invested In a pair of elk
hide shot and Instantly became an object
ot envy on the lorce. He changed for a
pair of slush proof boots and left his
prided shoes at a corner cigar store ona
day during the heavy snow.
Then tha trouble began. Two days later
he went after those shoes and they ware
not to be found The sleuths of tha de
partment were turned loose on the casa.
Tha shoes were found far under a cigar
case, where tbe rata had been indulging
themselves In a meal from tha lender elk-
skin.
Thursday Wilson called at tha repair shop
to doa ha much-beloved alk bldea His cup
waa filled with bitterness.
"Had a fire last night and your shoes
ere burned up." said tha clerk, pointing
to a pile of charred rubbish helped In one
corner of tha shop."
Desperate ShootlaaT
ra'na in tha chest require quick treatmen;
with Dr. Kings New Discovery. Prevents
pneumonia. 10a and tl.00. For sale by
fietton Drug Co
The tradition which
ties up cigars with
Christmas is as old
as Santa Claus him
self. For $2.50 a box you
hare t choice of brands
in United Cigar Stores
that stand out as un
jisual values.
For example:
PALMA DE CUBA. La
vincible size, box
of 25, $2.50
BENEFACTOR. Porfocto
size, box of 50, $254
LA TUN1TA, Priacessa
SUa, bos of 50, $2.50
ORLANDO, Bismarck
size, box of 25, $20
lit tilifah gt swy
UNITED
IGAR-
STORES
219 SOUTH I6TH STREET.
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SSEC&R3ESSS
Timely Tips for Gift Buyers
SAFETY RAZORS, the Latest Makes
BARNEY & BERRY SKATES
TURNING LATHES for Boyo
Honckcl's Emperor Razor, S2 taoh rrrVtwtbrSr
your money away on cheap affairs. Than wa have lower priced good razor.
Manicure Seta, Shaving Sets, Scissor Seta
Tablo Cutlery, Carvers for Game, Roast Steak
SCROLL SAWS jrW,wu 2Zm""
ones for
w- a , wr Never before have we shown such an Im-
r nPKft m f 1 Vf i mense variety of patterns. All prices
wvuvi sailllVil from lJc upw.ri t0 th. ftneet Sterling
atlver and pearl handled scissor knives. Combination Hunting Knives. Don't
miss our Pocket Knife Bala Remember, every ona guaran'jted.
Tool Cabinets.
Th larfftst lino tver nhown here. Juit
ths fflti for the man of th hou or hl
00 pub vr pviiiq vuiar usu uvu. iiviutu
W le V all V uWBt, IVV1S SM IMDIU,
Mannal Training Tools "JSE trt
knows what ha wants.
full Una
We
JAMES MORTON & SON G0HUiiLl
8
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OMAHA'S PCna
FOOD CKNTKK.
This modern grocery offers for your Christmas Dinner everything obtain
able to make It tha one Dinner of the Year.
Ready for your Inspection we offer:
Fancy Ripe Florida Strawberries,
c-y Almi
Kalslns and Mixed Nuts
Cuban winter Melons.
English Hot House Grapes.
Aimert t-panish u rapes pink.
Fancy
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Dates. FIks and Persimmons.
Oranges. Tangerines. Grape Frulte.
Freeh Mushrooms and Cauliflower,
i Fresh Mint and Flrusaela Sprouts,
Hot Iloui- Tomatoes and Cucumbers,
Green Peppers and Fancy Celery,
Fresh Endive, Head Dettuce. Etc.
A car load of Christmas Trees to select from-rtabls trees to large hall trees.
The Overland Limited
The Train de Luxe
to
unny California
Evfery Day via
Union Pacific
The, Safe Road to Travel"
Composite Observation Car El j Lighted
Dining Car Msals and Service. MB)3 ths World
Electric Block Signals
Dustlcas. Rjrfao! Track New Steal Passsngtr Equipment
For information relative to rates, routes, etc., call on or address
CITV TICKET OFFICE. 1324 Farnam St.
' 'Phones Bell, Doug. 1828, aad lad., A -3231.
fe: M)
Engraved Stationery
WaWeW aettatffea Aaasaacsisets
Vuitii Curd
AO cair.rt Una, la mrraat snri.l a.s.ae eainaved
ia ths Im wisnat aa4 paartii.llir daiiverad wkae
rraoueeo.
Embossed Monogram Stationery
and eoSct werk ssecutej at arises lower Inaa anally
nrnil eUewbef.
A. I. ROOT, Incorporated
1210-1212 Hrware St. Feeae D. 1904
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