THE BEE: OMAHA. WKPNT-SDAV. DETOTBETl 7. 1310. 3 r r Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska CRA3TREE NAMES ASSISTANTS Flashlight Scares 1 Rich Land Fraud Men in the Hastings Jail Assistant Superintendent, but G. A. Gregory iU Eave Title. NEERASKA BUSINESS GPOWTNG, State Railway Commission Figures Extensive Increase. SOXE nCZ2LTS 2ZAFP0EiTE Photographer Sets Off Can of Powder . EE HUU0N3 O FUEIGHT and Comstock. Jamessn Et Al Leap for Lae. Witrrknaw. Hinor anil n.iilwll laepoetnre Dalaell and Pun'T Cuniarn la Gmi)m aaa Rani "raoola. (From a Sta" Correspondent, i HA3TING3. Neu . ITec. T -.Special Tele- mm. i Pan c dlsturtied the "millionaire ; flats'' of the Adams wini" ,n!l. timed liv tii Cimstork-Fl.ch.irds-.iameson Isn.l i Puafmrr Revrnnee Have Enlnrad Dili Wllltna Ttr Hiiitrrt Thoa ) Dnllafi tlory Bnntneea Dnnf In Tlir Tr I I('OI N Lec 1 Spe:il!. i -S'At "il- "v .iiinniin-ii-ivrnarnvjiMi".ii 1m1.11 I From a atarr I oiT'pniiiu-ii... perlntndent -elect J W. i-nWr Has an- , f'"n,1'rs' colony, mil the ent.r- court huis-j dm oTN. Dec. -Special. I-Bustness nounced Inn .ippoim ments f.r 'he next two ' " thrown into alarm wlifil .1 I'hnto- ' m xn,,!,, , ,t,M1l!!v nn t!t Inrrftt. If .. 1... lias n.it named and ll not '"pIit's suiu-ly of rashiisht po-l-r ex- ,.or!nK , figures compiled by the Stat Damn an asnlstant superintendent, be'-a it"" ploded !a.t Saturdav. Sheriff Mct'riry ami his wealthv pn- ; nnrn rni"od nbtecti.m to the nhotncrriyvi ini: of thp snnic apartments of The f.irved prisoners. Thp ph.itcmrripher then pro ceeded to prpnr to i:ike a picture of in ho says. h dues not wish In Broom a man for hla ucc.H-,r G. A. Gregorv ..ill he linen the t;t.c, but will continue a su perintendent -if m ma! t.-n.ninir. Three or four subiriina;es wtl 1 hold the name rank. The annoltitments are aa follows. ,- r-.. ,,.. ,r,,..i ini.nMt.ir of i pr'Parat.ons the entlr a.irriai training in high schools. Mihs Anna V L'ay. Beat riw. assistant. .uperlnten.ient V H. aterhouse. Fre mnnt. memner Board of Inspector. Superintendent t"rd M. Hunter. Norfolk, member I'oard of Inspector. .Superintendent E. J B.nl Beatrice, reappointed member Hoard of Inspector. "iiiiermtenilent James K. I'elzeil. Lexing ton, inspector of graded schools. There were cries of Superintendent Clifford M. Kmnv. Biair. break." Railway commission. Indeed, these figures show a flattering Increase. Between the vea.-s i!iT. when the commission became a fact, and !!1ii freight sulpments have ri ,.reased Cll?:T9 :f2 and passenger revenue Jl..kJ.n:...'.. The basis on which these re- Blalr. examiner and rural -ctiool jiupervtsor. Mine Jennie U. Adams, reappointed head ecretarv empty cell near bv. In the haate of his mi,tB h(v bn ontaine1 wu the business can of Ilium. nun; , on intrastate shlpmenta. thus , was touched off. The court house resounded i avo)1n, upiraUons. and botti oods re- , with the explosion and the bulldm- rapidly rftved and forwarded In dealln with InXer-; filled with smoke. fatw hpmFT,ts. t?,. total mistneas done, , Clerks and offlclala Ted panlcstrtcken ; paj!(w,n(,Br and fr-lKhc amounted In three through the halls and out of the builrtin. I V-Hr, to n 1S2 2 I fevers dlanired and corpulent persons Foi0w1na is a summaiy "f the commis tound exit from the r.rst-stor' windows. ( to-, f,.., I lire. dynamite and i I''?-. In his trepidation, the Japanese chef, who I!w-"S erws the weaJthy prisoners, unset a tray Miss Kllzalvth I. Tollork. reappointed j covered w'th perfctlv uood Ha.Hand, Totals. A Gregory nsp-ctor of normal train- j The authorities made an effort to sup- i '' formal complaint against the term In hlnh re'honls. retains his present press the story of their undue alarm, ami lnal facilities of the Missouri Pacific, lle- Man. iirrit :t h pr Mise 1 'oris 11. iloethe. reapiinte.l sten ographer Ruth Wheeler. I-lncoln. stenotcrapher Etfle A. Pennam. reapiioiute.l recorder Holen '. .Mathewson. reappointed srere- tin r er' 1 rtCHt ion. Minnie Morrell. r-appointet stenographer nd reassurances G ln In hlah nertTrin and haa the title of deputy. He was selected for this work tty superin tendent Blnbop becau-e of his special flt- for It. Ho haa hart experience in chool work from the bottom on up to hla prasent plate. He waa county superin tendent In both Nebraska and the stale of Washington. He waa a rofes-tor In col legs and a city superintendent of schools. Hia work at Crete attracted wiue alien hlna. to the utter destruction of the lunch- ! eon. When ihe smoke cleared away, the peace and ditrnity of the head of county 50V- rrelaht. t E.U l!3.J7 . .tt.tWO.JfW.TS . :.t5.na. . IKIX38.5.13.7B Grand total Paesenner I T.TTi.T.'iH.in iffil.ti.M 9.i41.SX1.5s j 3.341. tnx.M iiC.:fcS..:i Tia.iSLiiK.a emtient was restored afti-r maay In.piltii s File Formal ( owi.ilalat. The Bowsler Grain company of Omaha has filed with the State Railway commls- oesa ft became known about town only today through a tradesman. riS HASO "TART" SMALL RIOT Central C'ltr Man WJioj Can ant apeak F.n!in ( horsed with tnsaaltr. CENTRAL CTTT. Neb., Dee. .- Special.) Because the people down that way could not understand hla style of German. Ed- m.idenlv ill while al-.ne in his tire i'ar nr.lav m.ininn and waa "n afer taken 'o an ' .maia hospital, wnere ne un.ter W"nt an operation for appendicitis. Ht-ynnt,riT-nv. I T A.lnms Iim been ten 1erd a call from the t'hrunt.an chorc'i hoard virmnitnousiv -o remain in Humleil.tt for the c.imina vr an. I has deluded t.i it iv Tir.M w i; man tMe second vfnr of Mr A'lsms pnst. irate. The church is In a prosperous condition. PRir'GFT'iKT The first iiow of the sc-u.wn of anv cnnse.ioence f"ll here yej te. day and last nikrht. It commence.! to ra n at noon yesterday rm.tunilv turning ti. snow. The ent.re vallev and adjoining lit is are covered to a depth of two Inches, which w-ll he of areat value to the farm ers, as It has heen ext.-emeiv dry. ALRK'N At the annual meeting of 'he stoi'K holders of the noon "oimty Fair sseoc'ation Inst Sa'nMav $T' etra com pnsation was un.inlmousl" v.oed Secrtarv I'rooKs whose health has not been ir.o.i for several months. The report of tho treasurer shnwud a balance of tl.'nW on hand after the payment of all claims. HI M HiiT.PT business deal of morn than ordlnnrv Importance wis closed when L. J. Sekirlst s.ld h's lumber vard and coal business o Asliforl Kdlo and O. E. Z.10K. h.ith retired farmers and old resi dents. Mr Serit Is still Interested In the H imbol.lt aaraife. hut expects ro dispose of his other belong ntrs and locate else where. BENKELMAN Ho cholera haa ma-le Its apt-earance In the vicinity of Benketman. hein communicated here hy a shipment of Colorado hoaa which had paaaed Inspec tion at Denver. The dl"ae spread rar Irtlv for Fevvai da.s. hut tlie application of the cholera, ser-im and other effective remedies has checked Its advance con siderably I-KK il f While ilrlvlna Into town the team belonr;nK to Ere.1 Ahrens took friirht st a dead horse Ivina beside the r"ad and. maKtm? a sudden turn, threw Mr hrens out of his wairon. hreaKinfeT both hones of his T-ltrht limb. The animal that was dead had been driven into town a few hours before by a neiirhborlnn farmer and had dropped dead in the mad. CRETGHTON Louts E. Mann has moved his farmlv her and Is hnvtnir Brain on permit. This will irlve ("rii?hton four ele the track. He haa boutrht (trnund and Is , making plans for the erect'on of a crairi t eie-ai.r as soon ss the necessary aranae- nents enn be completed Ne n'drr Kiwier have plaite.1 ground snd promise r.'t an eiea'or and .i.ho coel and .umber vsr1s as .rum as weatiier c.indlt.ors vators and it will a.s.i muke t necesesrv for the Northwestern railroad to lav nearlv ! hs.f a mile mors of sidetrack. I BEATRICE The farm lands of the n j tate of uie .ate John Kves, who died '.met ' summer at Crab trchard. were, s ll her ' veteflft-.' at referee j sa.e. The estate is 1 va. ied at tol.'.W n.l compr1e.l amis In I xinwon. i't and Pawnee cminties. The average prce per aTe waa S-eti. Alexander 1 li..s of t 'Xfor I. Nva S'otla, a nethew of I toe ile eased, bid In the .arner hulk of the : property r 1CA TRICE Washing. n camp. No s. WtHMliren of the WorM. met iat evening and eos'tel theee t fv.rm: P. V. Cata. consul .vimmand.r: .1. H. Coomes. a.1vser 1 lieutenant; J. T. Greenwocd. clerk: W. H. iHilboum. banker; 'H. A. Sarber. escwt; A. H. Fetch and J. E. Claiuwen. phvicians. Henn' Bremer, watchman; P M.-hUnnev, sent it; W V. Punlv. manatrer for threw years. A smoser waa held at the close of I the business meeting. i LEIGH The Royal Nelirhhorsi of Amer- 1 lea held their annual election of officers, which resulted In the following ofleers for the ensuing year: Oracle. Mrs. Etta Juug- 'l.th. vice oracle. M-s. . e.irge Ht-uhn, ci aplaln. Mrs. .'haries R. K ihie: recorder. ! Mrs. A'. C. Brunswtck: receiver. Mrs. ! Lena iaixen: marshal. M'ss May Munr; i manager. Mrs. W M Mclnernv: Inner sentinel. Mrs. Joseph Kiicera; outer senti nel. Mrs. H. (. Nagel. BEATRJCB The r-pf... ntatttrea of tjie Heatxice district of the Gage County Sun day School sejrm-latlon met here isunday afternoon and elected these offl.-era: t'r. J. a. McCIeerv, pre-jdent: F A. Miller, vice president; Mrs. E. F Klmmerly. sejTetar.'- treasurer. Itev. C H. Lewis, general se-- retary ot the state assnciatlon. was pres ent itnd ail.lresse.1 the meeting. He ug- I Bested that It would be well for a city the ' -aze of Beatrice to take a religious cenmw. CENTRAL CITY-Because h, to,)k th(. trnubie to come in and explain 10 his 1 I father-in-law that he waa sure something! . awnn was going to happen to himself and ; his wtfe and he wanted the father-in-law 1 to take good care of the children after they were gone. 1 reoree Cragg. a farmer living a few miles west of town, was taken be fore the Insanity hosrd and. after an ex amination, was adjudged a ft subiect for ' treatment and haa been placed :n the asylum at Lincoln. I ! 1 sO y n H n 1 I The more a man ri; f knows about Over- coats the more he .:0? appreciates the kind jf we sell. Xot only is the quality far above that of other coata at similar prices, but the va riety at each price is so great that an unsatisfactory choice is practically impossible. If you want a coat that is right, right, right, gnt it here. $10 to 840 Wonderful Values SI 5. $20. $23 m:.:: V :'!1X--1 W l :-: ) 1 tlon. Hla work as lnspitur of normal 1 munti tviinmel waa orought up from Chap trainlng In tha high schools haa been j man Saturday on a charga of balng Insane, hltfhly aatlafactory not only lo tilt statt .Ho is a German and speaks very little Anglian. Ha has been employed an the farm of Nathan Beeman for several months and had been allowed to work the same team all the while, until he came department, but to all tha high schools of tha atata. Mlaa Day mm Able Waaaan. MIa Anna V. Day of Beatrice, who be oomea assistant In tha superintendent's office, haa been one of the prominent edu cators of the state for several years. She haa had experience aa teacher in Gage county, waa principal of a ward school for several years, superintendent of the Gag's county ar.hoola for six years and head of the department of normal train ing;. Beatrice High school. She spent a portion of tha laat year In tha northwest filling m vacancy in the Seattle schools for a portion of tha time. Aa county superintendent ahe brought the Gage county achoola up to a high point of ef ficiency, her work having attracted wide attention, aha waa one of tha first to put Buparlntendent Bishop a auggeatlnna for Industrial training Into tha country achoola. The people of Gaga county claim that Anna Day could have been Uielr aunty superintendent for many more yeara bad aha desired to contlnua In that work. Farmer Deaglas Cannty Sfaa. Superintendent K. J. Bodwell la re-ap-potnted on tha board of Inspectors for col lages and normal school. He la a graduate of Dartmouth college and ranks with auch educators as Superintendents Stephens and Davidson. Ha was for many years county superintendent of Douglas county and ja,tr as superintendent of the Norfolk public achoola Ha succeeded President JTulmer of Wealeyan university aa superin tendent of the Beatrice public achoola. He lias held many honors In state and na tional teachers' associations and Is recng Blaad throughout the country aa an edu cator of genuine worth. WatsrkeaM Expert need 9eBOaI Man. (Superintendent A. H. Waterhouae. ap pointed aa a member of the board of In spectors Cor colleges and normal schools. tha absolute confidence of the colleges and normal schools and of the educators af tha stats. ' Superintendent Waterhouse baa had a wide experience In the profes sion, having been teacher In country schools, principal of graded achoola. super intendent of Weeping Water schools, prin cipal at Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha high schools and superintendent ot tno JTremont city schools. He receives pay par diem and to cover expenses while In specting colleges and normal schools, but retains hla position aa superintendent of the Fremont public schools, Ttorfalkt Maja Raeasntsed. Superintendent Fred M- Hunter, third member of the board of Inspectors. Is a graduats of tha state university who has reflected credit on hla aima mater by his work aa teacher in the Lincoln High school and aa city superintendent of Fairmont. Ashland and. Norfolk. Ha waa one of the strongest foot ball players while a member of the team, and possibly one of the strongest In ths history of foot ball In the university. He waa strong also aa stu dent. S.nce en gaging In teaching he uses the same grit, determination, energy and moral courage that he practiced in foot ball. Th:e committee haa th- most respon sible work connected wrh the state super intendent's office. He retaine his present position, receiving pay by the day for tha work of Inspection. former Kraibrr Board af Education. Superintendent J. E. Delzell of Lexing ton, appo ntd as inspector of graded schools and nonaecredlted hitfh schools, has been recoknUed aa one of tho leading edu cators of the state for many years. He taught !n country schools, waa principal of two or three smail hlt;h schoole and haa to regard it as his own. They were shell ing com at the farm Friday and It became 1 necessary to change tha team from one 1 wagon to another. Kuhmel misunderstood I Mr Beman's Intention and thought he was j going to be deprived of the team. He re 1 monstrated and an altercation ensued In ' which Kuhmel's inability to make the others understand what he meant and their Inability to make him understand started a email riot. He seized a pitchfork and dispersed the crowd. Mr. Beman thought from Kuhmel's actions that he must be Insane and came down to Central City and swore out a warrant againat him. Sheriff Her brought hlin In and a hearing was arranged before the insanity board. Kuhmel was so excited that he could ex plain nothing to the board, but Ed, Broera, a local German, came to the rescue and, acting aa an Interpreter, was able to tell the board Kuhmel's side of the case. Tha latter explained that he had misunderstood Mr. Beman's Intentions and Instructions and had thought ha and the other men were going to attack him. He talked very Intelligently and was very sorry when he found that there had been a misunder standing, and the board decided that he was perfectly sane. Ha was allowed to depart, saying that he was going back to apologize to Mr. Beman and would try to got his job back. XEW A.1GLB or BR1DGB MUDDLE Polk Canary Haa o Funds ta Pay for Ita Own Shan. CENTRAL CITY, Neb., Dec. . (Special.) It would seem that the troubles of the people In the neighborhood of Havens, In both Polk and Merrick countlea. are never ing that the road has no Inspection track on which grain may be lodged and that very often the consignee haa to look all over the yards for his cars of grain, and that In tha meantime demurrage charges are piling up. The company asks that the commission order the railroad to designate a particular track as an Inspection track and place all incoming cars of grain for Omaha firms on that track. It Is said that the Omaha Grain exchange haa Inter ested Itself In the matter. Order Issues Today. Governor Shallenberger haa approved the finings of the board of Inquiry Into the conduct of the national guard aa presented to It by Adjutant General Hartigan. The governor made no changes In the findings. It Is said, although they have not been made public. The court's decltnons have been extremely mild, consisting almost alto gether In -fines of J10 or less, and In some cases these fines have been remitted. The fines will come out of the pay of the men. which has not been turned over to them. from the Fort Riley maneuvers. MaJclnc Effort ta Work. The biennial report of the Wayne Normal school, one of the two schools added to tha state Institutions by the last legisla ture, shows that It Is going to try to get along as an Institution until the next legis lature comes to its aid. The legislature appropriated 190.000 for the purchase of the school buildings and grounds found there. Of this the total cost up to May last, when It waa turned over to the state, was, aa shown In the report, f7u.88A.21. On the re mainder of the appropriation the school la operating. The report shows that since school began in September the total outlay haa been tT.H17.33, and that there la left to complete the biennium, that Is, until next June. Just SH.487.. At the rate the school haa already cost this cannot be accom plished and the institution will be com pelled to ask the legislature for an emer gency appropriation or for a deficiency fund. Teachers' salaries run about H.jOO a month. Want ta Cw Period. The application of the Independent Tele phone system of Nebraska to reduce Its time limit from five to three minutes will bo heard by ths Railway commission on December 21 at . 1 o'clock. The Independent system wants to out down the period of talking without extra charge to the same basis as that used by the Nebraska Telephone company. At nMBBannnnnnnnnnnBnKJHMnnsBJBSl 1"""" ' '"vj j 1 ending. Just when It appeared that the I vrmt tha Nebr.k-. Dpl. flx ttl. Umlt a i till vj-sj 1 1 j 1 1 1 Lrw. 111a .i.iCTjamsuBiLw . sw grasp, velops that Polk county haa only $1,000 In Its county treasury available for the bridge, and hence cannot contract for the share always had the flve-menute period, with a few exceptions. Notable among these. Is formerly allotted to It The ori-in.i men I Omaha, where on account of ths trans- called for Merrick and Polk counties each I ""mourt nature of much of tire telephonln. to pay H.iMO toward the bridge, and $4,000 tne more was to be raised by subscriptions from parties who would be directly bene fitted by the bridge. When Merrick county agreed to Its share last winter. It was found that Polk, which had ail along made blight promises, had no money In the treasury and could not help out until a new levy waa mads. After the new levy was made Merrick county again came for ward with Its $4,000 appropriation, but an injunction was secured by Silver Creek and Clarks merchants, which tied the matter up 'or a while. Now. after the Injunction suit haa been dismissed, and it seemed that the last obstacle in the way of a bridge had been removed, comes the news that Polk again finds Itself short of funds and un able to bear Its share. Nothing daunted, the Havens people have gone to worli end pledged $3.0M more to take up the delin quency caused by ihe shortage In Polk's mlnuto rate haa obtained, A editor a Report. State Auditor Silas A. Barton haa filed the semi-annual report of his department with the governor, this report relating ane tlrely to the number of warrants laSued and the number paid, together with the expenditure of the fund that la for tha con duct of the office Itself. This report shows that the warrants paid In the six months amount to H.6S2.SI5.: the warrants issued amount to $1.4i.513.15; the amount, of war rants outstanding on December 1 amount to C34.462.0i. Nebraska ?ewa 'Seteo. BiCATRICE The firemen of this dty will give their annual fair December la to 24. BEATRICE Charles O. Whitm.a-e of Beatrice and Mrs. Grace E. Williams of Du Eois. Neb., were married here Friday by Judge Walden, contribution. Now certain of the Merrick I k -XTR1tT?.Ta hfT " J"n fcnwartx- .... " who waa killed Sunday morning by failing downstairs at tha home of Stephen Verd- county supervisors are unwilling to go In on such a basis, claiming that Merrick should not put up any more money than Polk, and that both counties should share alike in any benefits to be derived from voluntary contributions toward the bridge. raoiTiEk ai ikes liotio iHownu Fair Aaearlatlon Hears Annua norta and Flrets Offlrers. STOCKVILLE. Neb.. Dec. I -t Special. ) ! at issue. man. near BarneeUn. were InUvred yester day at Wvmta-e. SARGENT The high school, assisted by some of the town people, sre putting in ; HU.H1 work on cue cuinio opera. The Cap tain of Plymouth." which they hope 10 I present to the public before Christmas. ALBION Judge Hanna will convene I court here on December 18 and w'll finish I up the work left over from the November j term of the d:stnct court. The docket will ne pracricany ciearea ot cases that are now The Frontier County Agricultural society held Its annual meeting Saturday after noon. Reports were read by the director BEATRICE Hume U, Sim moods of this city yt-nurday Instituted suit In. the dis trict court for a divorce from William Slmmim.ta. She alleges cruelty and reai- I been superintendent of the Lexington of the count cslublt to the state fair, the , support in her petition. The couple hav during the last ffteen vears. Ho was a attcre'.ary and treasurer. The reports show three children. member of th State Board of Education i the buildings and grounds to be in good! PERI" News comes to Peru of the death for six years. He h-a been prominent in -".iltlon ,h. twenty-fourth annual fair j t'LT' JSi Mrs. R. U. Smith. The deatu occurred on November J3. where he waa employed as an expert machln.se HILDRETH Will Aliens confectlonerv ehautauuua work and m Institute work. He haa held high offices in district and state teachers' associations. He stood next to Superintendent Bishop for the nomina tion of state superintendent two yeers ago. Ho haa been enduraed by the university, normal schools and coileg-s generally for this position. Cl.fTbord M Penney Is another prominent educator of the state. He a graduate of the siate normal school and the stale uni versity He was a teacher In the country schools, county superintendent of Boone being held hers ths last week In September. The pilncipai Improvements this year were a new bandstand and a new poultry house. Ail debts were paid in full and a dtnall balance remains In the treasury. otor ui entered laat night and robbed I tit Ina The htirtarm mm.le rh.tr wsv In sr At the state fair this year this county j t he back door and left no clue. Tide was stood second lu collective exhibit of the the first time Mr Allen bad left any western countlea and twenty-four premiums ! money in tne drawer. sere awarded individuals of this county ! LEIGH M. H. Schaefer. a prominent imniu uier'-jieiii jl lino piece, was Taaen in the agricultural exhibitseven first 1 premiums, eight second premiums, eight third premiums- and one fourth premium. i The annual election resulted aa follows: I J t J,.rriiii n rest .lent- Hr T U Pinntt ! county, superintendent of the city schools ! ' ; 1 vice president; M. T. Ward, treasurer; L. ; uf Arlington and Oakland, at .he present time being principal of the Blair High H. Cheney, secretary; J. W Bliss, general i.uperintendent : N. F Wast, superintendent ecnooi Me w ., nn.e ace... j nf j. 0 D Awtry, manal. W. O exam-nations and of rural school super- Hi(.kmmn Jlr.(.,or hiblt for state fair; vl,uon I Thomaa Taylor. N. C. Nolan. G. R. Gragg. Dr E. S. Case and G. C. Herman, director. Cream of Bariev will entirely rebuild yuur stoinaciu Your grocer sells it. Desperate snootiest Catarrh One of the moat common of blood dis eases, la murk aggravated by the sud den changes of weather at this time of year. Begin treatment at one with Hood s Sarsaparllla. which effects rad ical and permanent cure. This great medicine has received a t if'? Tr-. ui 1 1 A substitute is a dangerous makeshift -VJW cautllUIIIIIS especially In medic ine. The genuine I In two years, which Drove lfa wonderful Get Ike Uennine Alwaya. I pains In the chest require quick treatment r"o.ey s Honey and Tr curea coughs snd ; efficacy la PUrlfylneT and enriching the w.ta Er Kings New I 'i-nn- Preveme 1 cul.ls quickly and ia in a yeliow package. h.l00d Bant for ail blood dMurajIca aajnuBsaia. Ma aa U.0S. r see W ! no ssfcewteio. nd k, l I '. ,. . r- mm. I ..... " "i" "-", or snooooa watexsi -n 1 a 1 aawwa an naslnas. Ul noons U. t iiiiTj"r ""1 ' 9 11 I t 1 j Tag Policy is the Policy of Making Each Tag a Policy Insuring Quality, Durability and Price The memoridda on the re verse slda of this Tag-Pollry Is' guaranteed to correctly represent the exact status of tha article to which this tag was originally attached. Not only are the facts exactly as stated, but no essential fact is omitted. Be certain that the Article Is named, that Its construc tion Is specified, that ail trade terms are avoided, and that the guaranty Is clearly written OuA This Tag-Policy is issued as Insurance againat mis understanding of sales-statements, trade terms, etc. Every article sold by this house la tag-Insured In this manner. Miller, Stewart & Beaten Co. Home Desks OUE furniture stock seems to have ab sorbed the spirit of our store policy not to forget our Tag-Policy and ia fillet! with the thought of solidity aa opposed to imitation. Home Desks are the subject: Solid, honest, Tag-Policy desks. 17 Dollars Soli' mahogany top, front, drawer fronts and 1 Xot veneered solid. Also here in Oak, Bird's Eye Maple and beautiful Curly Birch. 20 Dollars All solid stuff and policy tagged a lib eral size, handsome desk for library or mi lady's boudior. In Mahogany, Oak, Birch and Bird's Eye Maple. The cabinet work is a feature. 12 Dollars If you are seeking a solid thing at a reason able price, you 11 look no farther than this little desk. Again the full line of Mahogany, Birch, Bird's Eye Maple and Oak, with a plus of Circassian Walnut 18 Dollars A Colonial period pattern in Mahogany Veneer on solid Mahogany. A wide drawer below the writing top, a drawer inside above; and the drawers are finished inside. There are ample divisions for papers, etc 11 Dollars Here is a case where you need not pay for expensive wood. Gum Wood has been eni nently satisfactory to furniture makers and it finishes beautifully, especially in the dark colors. The construction of this piece is solid and strong. There are no drawers above the writing top, but there are two below. 64 Dollars Soft white woods stiined, well finished and neat. No apology, is made for this desk nor need any go with it It is a neat and honest piece of serviceable furniture. 112 Dollars This is the surprise of this advertisement a birch desk, mahogany finished, with an inlaid front One drawer below. An expert and close examination' would be needed to distinguish it from mahogany. 32 Dollars Child's desk and chair. Oak finish on elm. Considering this one, it is rather difficult to say the item above is the surprise of this advertisement 22 Dollars Here is a desk made for service. Of no par ticular period, it has the rather severely straight lines of the Heppelwhite variety. It ij in mahogany finish; it has two drawers inside above and two below; it haa eight pigeon-hole spaces and two wider spaces for a stock of paper and envelopes. It is an evi dence of the modern perfection of cabinet work; the drawers are finished inside. It is a rare bargain; the price i3 not special it is regular. 40 Dollars A gum wood desk, finished in mahogany. The writing top lets down on rubber resu and is secured by extra heavy brass supports. It is thirty-eight inches wide; seventeen inches deep; it has a writing spat thirty two inches deep; it has twelve spacious pigeon-holes; one wide space for paper; there are two drawers inside above; there are four drawers below two small and two large, and the larger measures thirteen by twenty-nine by seven inches. Ita locks are "set in" the drawer fronts, insuring security. It has the heavy scroll that goes with the pure Colonial. Miller, Stewart fk Beaton Co. Established 1884 413-415-417 South Sixteenth Street Omaha a