Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 22, 1910, Page 7, Image 7
THK lU-X: OMAHA. TTTTTsnAT. PECEMTiEU 22. 19W BRIEF CITY NEWS Mt Sort r-tnt It. 9. I. Crsadoa k Ion Takt Tour Printing to taa Ttmsa. aUashart, Fbotorrapher. Hth A F"ar'm. W Cia Cat Ton 7 pat aaat on your mMny in. amount of to H.o. my length of tim wanted. Good security. Mastlnas H-yli-n. Mil Harney St. Fmld U mil SHarse of tha Neb. Salnv A fjoan Aia'n. make an lii Investment, tl) to 15,000 tys pr annum. Board ef TraJa Building, 1405 Karnain Btreet. Baaaloyar's Uabla m aocldaata Juriaa alwiys say so. wnether negligent or not. L.t Creigh, naldrtge A C writs your liability Insurance. 'Phona Doug las :oo A FrlTat Safe m our burglar and fire proof safe dj)' t vault for only t)W per year. jr atoratra vault for silverware, (. Entrance- at Uil4 Farnam street, or through th Oniaha National bank. XnM la Coming I f you want any rubber toys you can gat them at tha Rub ler etore. Rubber belli, rubber dulls and everything else that la rubber. The Omana Htjbber company, E. H. Spragna, pteel cent, 1100 Harney street "Just around tl.e corner." efcednla tat Ola Club The Cornell Oiaa, Knnjo and Mandolin club la ohfdil'd ti arrtve at a. m. Monday. The college mHMlclnns are rnmlnK In a special train of five cure, a diner, baggage rar, a buffet library car and two sl-ers on the Roilt Inland line from Chicago, leaving there at fi .Hi p. m. Sunday night. Convtot Takea to I is so art Urnry Vsshlngton. the man who was arrested liere and bound over to dmtrlrt court on a charge of burglary, was taken away Wnlnomlay afternoon by an officer from Marshall. Mo! Washington wa Identified from a piuture In a detei tlve publication as an escaped convict from Marshall. This cl.aige huh Inst him In Omaha was dia mlHSfil so thiit he could be made to a-rve out bis Missouri sentence. Omaha Hotel Man Gets Wrong Tip on a Lincoln Message And Proceeds to Pile Up Trouble for fcimself Until the Mystery is Explained. The manager of a big hotel should be re sourceful. . That the manager of an Omaha hotel possesses that qualification was proved recently. The local man received a telegram which read: "Send package to :10 Burlington train." The memiage was dated Lincoln and was signed by a prominent Wyoming stockman. Diligent Beareh by the hotel man. how aver, and Interviews wtth the entire office force, failed to lncatA a package belonging to the Wyoming man. ?ut the telegram said "package" and was dated Lincoln and It was probably the combination of words that suggested to the manager the explana tion. "Ah!" he aald, "I sea how It Is. John la at Lincoln. Lincoln la dry, and If John has been there very long It's a cinch he la dry, too. It's a relief expedition he wants and a I want to aee him I'll personally conduct It." The hotel man waa at the station when the 4:10 train came in. "He met tala Wyoming friend and his friend's wife, who was along, and a jleasant reunion was held on the station platform. ;n JaaBWliM, yau-.aW.Y' m$ dress Atmt down :o the train?" sweetly asked the Wyoming woman. ! '' "Irsa:" replied the hotel man. "I don't know anything about any dress, but I brought that pacKage that John wired for, ' and he produced a Quart bottle oX Old I'rlvate Stock - It was nearly train time before order was restored. But th Wyoming folks re covered sufficiently to explain to the be wildered hotel man that the "package" re ferred to was a new gown that waa to have been left at the hotel by an Omaha dressmaker and which was to have been of some service on the trip east. At any rata, there was no drouth for John In the trip across Iowa. CITY TO CONTEST GAS BILLS City Attorney Says He Proposes to Put Up a Tight BREJG3 UP HIE OLD QUAB.R.EL (ilrart Was Uliara sla Ike o. rll Bealaa Uaardra I)o.r aad Af terward atenee4 to Jail tr ilnnpt of Coart. The city w 11 not pay without question the b II for atrt lighting presented to the council Tuesday night by the Omaha Gas company, and It sems very probable that more litigation will result. The bill waa the first attempt to collect that the comtwtny has made for nearly five years and amounts to li:.j.!l. Th.s is for lamps ranging In number from 1. If7 to .T3 at a lamp, and includes IW.27 interest. Frank T. Hamilton, president of the com pany, added a note to the bill asking for prompt and Immediate settlement. The q'l.stlon of the amount that the city shall pay for Its gas street lights has been fought through several courts. The contract was declared legal by Judge Ken nedy ;n district court, and then was can celed by the supreme court on the grounds that It had not been properly published. The gas company Insists that the contract still holds good In effect. "The city will not pay more for the gaa lamps during these five years than can be considered a fair compensation for gas used at Its highest efficiency," said City Attorney Rine, Wednesday morning. "For months the gas commissioner baa been testing the lamps and the various conditions under which they work best and we are prepared to show that although the gas company may send any amount of gas through Its lamps that It can force through we are compelled to pay only for too amount that will give the best light. "At the same time we will not pay what the gas company asks for this quantity of gas per unit unless It is a fair compensa tion. Mr. Dunn will probably handle the matter for this department, as he fought it through the courts before." Fight Was Hitter. The contract for gas lampa at 28 a lamp waa one of tha most widely discussed and bitterly fought pieces of legislation that ever went through an Omaha city council. Peter H. Back, Charles S. Huntington, Ed Evans, Charles C. Dyball and i'eter Schroeder were the majority that favored It and the minority was made up of Harry B. Ziruman. D. J. O'Brien, Fred Hoye an4 George T. Nicholson. The minority had an expert come to test the gas at the street corners, and It Is said that they were forced on one occasion to defend him from bodily injury from gas company em ployes. - At the meeting In which the contract was passed policemen were on hand at the order of the mayor to hold a quorum in the council chamber and the result was a wild and bitter debate between the two factions in which attorneys for the two sides took an active part. Judge Sutton had granted an Injunction at the request of the minority to prevent the ratification of the contract, and when it was done in this manner he sentenced the majority members to Jail for contempt of court. They were released on a technicality and never served the terms. Then began the litigation that waa fought through the district and supreme courts. The final decision of the supreme court left the company without a contract, but In spits of that the claim la for the amount ot money that would have bjemiue anUar that arrangement.' The bf.l has been- referred to the city attorney, the gas commission and the members of the lighting committee, who will report to the council committee ot the whole. Carriers of The Bee Guests of Brandeis Theater Thursday Will See "The Old Homestead" in Becoynition of the Christ mas Spirit. Carriers of The Bee to the number of 140 will be entertained by the management of the Brandeis theater Thursdav night. The boys will he srtven seats In the very best part of the houso to see "The Old Home stead." All of the carriers of all the news papers In the city will be given this enter tainment during the week and Thursday night was reserved for the boys of The ! Bee. The newsboys that sell the papers on the streets have frequently been given such theater parties at Christmas time and will get their chance Saturday night, but as a new custom the Brandeis is taking care that the boys who take the papers to resular subscribers shall also get some Christmas recognition. Dana-ernaa Career? in the abdominal region la prevented by the use of Vr. King's New I-lfe nils, the painless purifiers. C5c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Surety Company Sues for Bond Indemnity Action for Recovery of $3,300, Judg ment Incnrred in Suit of In ebriate's Widow- The Rankers' Surety company of Ohio filed suit in dlstrtot court Wednesday morning for Judgment aga'nst Lewon A Stroeh. saloon keepers, and Maria Marx to recover r.. as indemnity for Judgment rendered In sn action brought by tha wtilow of an inebriate. Mrs. Olive M. Harrison, wldost- of Loreng Harrison, got Judgment against the saloon keepers and the surety company for $li.ou) In a suit recently tried In district court. Marl Marx and the firm of Lwon A Htmch am the sinners of a document as- ! surlng the surety company of indemnity In event of Judgment on the bond furnished the saloon keepers. The aurety company suit asks for Judg ment for lo.ooo, the sum of the bond, and J3i for expeies Incurred In the defense against the Harrison suir. Sa,T OKfc. OMEN KVK INOS UNTIL CHRISTMAS Choose Xmas Gifts for Men Folks in the Biggest, Brightest, Busiest Man's Store in Town Lea Ik a Valley Raises Dtvtgead. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 21. The directors of the Lehigh Valley railroad today de clared a semi-annual dividend of 5 per rent, an Increase of 1 per cent over the divtden.l paid la-st June. This puts t'ie stock on an eiiual basis f 11 Is an ln- rreasa of per cent per annum. ' " Custer County Will Exhibit at Land Show Bi; Western Nebraska Section it to Prore Up Fertility of Ita Fields. Roy R. Barnard of Callaway. Custer county, while In Omaha on business, ex pressed surprise that some people still per sist in alluding to his county as being In the sandhill section. "If they will look at the state and gov ernment reports concerning the crop pro duction they wilt change their notion," said Mr Barnard. "Not only la the live stock line, but In g'alns and grasses and alfalfa Custer county dues not take a back seat from any county In the state, all things considered. At the coming land sriow we will have some exhibits unless present plans fail that will prove the fertility of Custer county soil and the opportunity for diversi fied farming by modern methods." Mr Barnard was for years the editor of the Callaway Queen, but recently sold out to enter other business. Omaha to Observe Monday as Holiday Banks, City Offices and Many of the Larger Stores to Eemain Closed. The banks of Omaha, the court house and the city hall will be closed Monday on account of Christmas. So will most of the big atorea of the city. Among those having agreed to ahut up ahop that day are The Bennett company, J. L. Brandeis A Sons, Thomas Kilpatrlck & Co., Thomp son aV Belden Co., and Benson at Thome. Hayden Bros, will be open Monday. Some other stores will be open for half a day. The Grain exchange will be open Monday, but not Saturday before Christ mas. Usually grain exchanges close the day before and the day after Christmas, particularly at the week-end, but this yea too great stocks of grain would have been accumulated by Tuesday morning. HARRIMAN LINES CONSOLIDATE Five Railroads Vt kirk re Part af tke laloa Pacific System I'sder Oao Masigeawat. Five railroads which are a part of the Union Pacific system on the Harrlman lines aro to be Incorporated Into one road at II S p. m. December 13. The new road will Include the Oregon Railroad & Navi gation company, tha Oregon A Washing ton, North Coast road. Idaho Northern. and the Ilwaco Railroad company. When put together the complete system of tracks Is to be known as the Oregon Washington Railroad Jk Navigation com pany. The same orncers that now direct the five roads will control the new corpora tion, the management of the lines being In the hands of the Harrlman powers. A general manager and heads of depart ments may be announced In a few lays from the Chicago offices. Thn headquar ters of the new company will be In Salt Lake City. Transfer of Jurymen Questioned by Motion Talesmen Sent from Criminal Court to Hear Civil Action Now Plaintiff Wants Rehearing Motion for new trial of a personal Injury suit In district court questions the legality of the uae of talesmen called In a criminal rase for service in the hearing of a civil j action. Eva Belle Halght. ho lost a suit against tha street railway company for SI.k on allegations of personal injury, heard In district co:irt December t-i raises this question by making it the basis of a mo tion for rrhearing. She sets forth that five of the taeive members of the panel i court Wednesday morning. George Suohart BUCKETSHOP CASE DISMISSED Whoa Wltacsa Is l aable te Tell by the laatitattoa 'Was He lag Raa. The Inability of a witness to tell the name of the corporation for whom a bucketshop was alleged to have been run caused Deputy County Attorney Magney to dismiss the bucketshop case In police rhlh returned a verdict against her prayer for Judgment were called for service In a criii. inal case and later pressed Into service in the civil action. WILLOUGHBY WILL SELL LOTS Traak Rftmrilnll't ( tke lirss Paetrte Retaraa front t aadlaa Trls. .1 O. WlTloughby has returned western Cgoada, where he has completed arrangement U represent the Orand Trunk lacit'a railroad in tha sale of town lots In Nebraska. He will represent all the towns along lh road from Winnipeg to Kdmoaston and later on to Prince Rupert as fast as the ra.Iroad Is built. There are t'i be five nt division points established Mr vn'.rmgr'y reports ail nuiet prosperous euQd.tlon. and Eamuel Jackson were the defendants, charged with having conducted a bucket shop. The first and only witness called to the stand for the plaintiff quickly admitted be was unable to say what corporation was Involved. When asked who the defendants had been employed by he said "a IJuooin firm." kin-Judge Bon Bakr was attorney for the defense. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. I'ersistent Advertising i J'.eturns. William tilass of the Leo-GUus-Ajidreesen oumpaay. who has bwen seriously ill for a week, was refsirted much Improved Wed nesday and so was Ben Barrows, surveyor of the port of Omaha, who has been 111 a week with bronchitis. Austin Weich of Spokane, torme-ly of I lirti h, Iw vlNlHnr him fnrm.T fr.v,i4 hra the towns in a I while on his wav through to Missouri. Mr. VS elch. who has ben nurnnl . and has ( entered the contracting business bince he . was in omaha. is .... iw.a w tll thjuu;s f,jr I West. very eiimosias ic Bruepwruy in the about uuriU- TheCALOSIC Gift Certificate This exceedingly attractive Gift Certificate ami Christmas Card, which is executed in three col ors, affords a very unique manner of presenting A Caloric Fireless Cookstove jfor Christmas "Why not a "Caloric" for her Christmas T It will save time, work and money every day of her housekeep ing life a gift which wll be appreciated by and benefit the entire household. With the "Caloric" you can bake and Roast foods perfectly, without heat other than that supplied by the patented radiators, which are hated in the same manner as an ordinary flatiron, and at a saving of fully seventy-five per cent in fuel. The "Caloric" steams, stews and boils just as efficiently as it bakes and roasts. Let us show you the "Caloric" and explain more fully what it will do. The No. 11 "Caloric" is packed in a handsome, special package, as illustrated, appropriately decorated to carry out the Christmas spirit. The stove is carefully wrapped in white paper, tied with a glossy red ribbon and enclosed in a crate that la stained holly green. The panel, a reproduction from a pen drawing, is very suggestive of Christmas and provides a space for the name of the giver and alao line for the recipient. ORCHARD & WILHELM A store? that's full of the) very Christ ma ;ifte a man noMla and want mort. Thew arr a few of the many c cplble and InerpenKive Rift yon will find la our Mors. Xmas Neckwear in holiday botes it 4Ac, T.V and tt.OO Knit Muffler; in holiday boxes at 2.V and 45c Silk Mufflers in fancy boxes at 3.SO, ;U0, 2.00, ft. SO and fl.OO Initial Handkerchiefs, box of 6. at $!.&, $1.30, I.(K and 3or Eiderdown Bath Robes, at $2.4 Lounging Robes, at $10..tO down to $4.(M) Combination Sets Necktie and Hose to match... 75c Combination Sets Necktie and Handkerchief, Necktie and Suspenders or Necktie and Hose to match at $2.9 to $1.00 Leather Collar Baxea, at 92.45 to 91.45 Leather Combination 8ets Collar Case, Handkerchief Case and Necktie Holder 94.95, 9.1.85 and 92.05 Military Brushes 94.95 and 93 95 Belt and Watch Fob to match 91.00 Scarf Pins and Sets 92.SO to 50c 3te0rad thi uovbm or Miom auurr im xotrsa or a n I, 74jrrU . .. iv AL4i Yli jr wkmwi I ft- 1 IX-vlf i tun a nmii UP --" eiieV it. i ' v ill ,1.'"' ii ! ii !52SaSHS25H525E5HSiSlJSZSZ52SclSHSHSE5ZSHSflS2S2SZSZSSSHS2SHSHSHI Our Christmas Furniture Has Sol?ed Hundreds of Difficult Gift Questions This Week Thursday Special TURKISH ROCKERS Our Ilejfular $25.00 Rockers Upholstered In plain genuine leather; has tha best oil tempered springB; a big Xmas gift special, Thursday only, at Our Resular $53.00 Rockers This massive pattern has the over stuffed, dia mond tufted back, and has a wonderful balance; Thursday, C 11 9" . an unequald value at w lssl Sa e (I 1 . : I $18.00 miMm W7 Sale On the Third Floor Make Bennett's Your Furniture Store I j Our Regular 940.UO Rocker Uphols tered with diamond tuftedback, gen uine leather, edges deeply ruffled; Thursday a big value at. . .$30.00 Other Big Values to be found in thla great sale. Everystyle Writing Desks. Easy Chairs, Card Tables, Dressing Tables, Pedestals, Hall Clocks, Music Cabinets, Kitchen Cabinets, Parlor Suites, and a host of other exceptional Xmas gifts. Remember, these are all specially priced thia week. w Hanola All tha riaer and Mora Baanttfal ratasma la au-n-OraU ruultva (Bon GUncB jU)7 fl m i m.i,iiiiiiii..miii.ina a y-ur . i mnw n msw .ii.T""' iiiiiiuiisi i n iisj Firm nil nzn By price w i-j .W LJ KJLU Author of "England and tho English from aj-.iL..-iL.a.L'i. " an American Point ot VIow" - The first of a new (group of articles on THE WEST IM THE EAST from an American Point of View, by the author of one of the most successful and talked of books of recent years. While dealing especially with what England has accomplished in India, these articles discuss with great clearness America's new position in the Orient, some of her diplomatic failures, and the fight for commercial supremacy among the great world powers. Keen ob servation, trenchant wit, frank criticism, and yet an evident spirit of fairness make them most entertaining and instructive reading. si iho &Jl07nojh llc-,lr eg) of LiLjlJ (t4J LJJJifrrilJ LjJ l THE SAO SHEPHERD, a story by Henry van Dyho Sr Arthur Co nan Doyle's THE RED STAR Ernest Thompson Scion's THE LAND OF THE CARIBOU VinsJow Homer By christian BRINTON. Illua. wltS many ml the artlsfa hsnus salnUnas The Causa of Political Corruption. By henry jones ford, Prstaassr at Ptttiea in Prtouataw University Experiments In Germany with Unemployment Insurance By ELMER ROBERTS Tha continuation of F. HOPKINSON SMITH'S ICcnnedy Square Othmr ArrksAsss, aYavlsta, as a. With now uhcfifttion9 accompanied by S3.00, SENT DIREQT TO THE PUB' USHERS, tha November and Dooombor numb or containing tha flrwt chapter ot the new meHal will be ment troom 93.00 a yaari 25 eanta numbar. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 153-157 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Give 'em a Fine Talk'ng Machine and make it a "Bed Letter" Christmas "They'll talk about your gift for tha next 10 years." mm JS-" - 1 1 1 L . ,JJ , - try "pc IT - J I anamaasstavisi aia' Our Experience Our Skill Our Time and Beat Efforts have been concentrated for years in the simple and serious ;ndeavor to bring to absolute per :ction the actual physical merit of arke's Pure Rve. In this pursuit we e been unqualifiedly successful and faor recognition accorded to us of such a de that the immense patronage of Clarke's Pure Rye give us the true title of the largest distillery in the world. BOTTLED IN BOND lOO PROOF L- At FirU Ooaa CIuos. Aira md Coa ' Ask For A CLARKE BROS. & CO., Distillers, Peoria, Illinois Lmrumm wtusksy diatilUmrm Im I a. awlsl m r , r I i , y in i i raa,, The "Victor' Talking Machine may be had as low as $10.00 "Edison" Phonographs at as low as $12.50 Machines shipped anywhere and everywhere on FREE trial then sold on easy payments if the outfits suit perfectly in every way. Supplies, accessories, repairs, rec ords, etc.. In stock ready for same day shipments. And we maintain the most complete repair shop In th west. GEO. E. MICKEL, Manager 15th and Harney Streets, Omaha, Neb. 8;J t Broadway, Council UJuffs, Iowa. Of 10 i 1 1HF h until rm ut rriMtk ftuniM r. , I VArmwi h K i . t a - .. .. -. . . k . . 7 - . . - 1. 1' . .. . ... . .. kxu. in. mi i. Muv.rn.a uj ma sixa or tea ruotura i.luliH to i. close i Tbs n.oncy may torn dxposii in s"iia Grc.na rina la los niu sf Ui patit or stiardiao. not 10 b paid unill tt. ours ta TOmpiaiafL Thousands ol ruiiujj v""vm uv. iuiiiiw i nmmm unu surma "a baai lk yaara and ail urn com. iwir.y Li.i'im. "i. w hu iuc I4n liar lUurBsuaiL sua raui tnttt sua at. waar.