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THE OMAHA SUNDAY RKK: .TAKUARV S. 1011. Council Bluffs. Minor Mention The OonreU Staffs effiee of TU OciH See is at 15 Scott street. Moth phones 47. D.vls, drug. Corrlt,-ans. undertaker, f hones I4S. Picture franilng-raubl.-'s Ait shop. FAUST HUtK AT HHJr.KS BLr'FB'i". Mnjetir. ranges. I'. C. V Vol Hdw. Co. Woodiing L'ndertakli.a; company. Tel. J Lewis Cutier, luneral dliecioi. Pnone S'. rure blackberry Jam anu Virginia Dui. wine. j. j. tvi-jin Co. Flyer Printing Co.. new location. and w. n way. I'hi.n.n - 6. ' na vmu.it tails answeied in peraon. 'the tf. A. Pieiee so. shoe Hlore will bo open lor Dtm.nH i Hi.-.r nv locai.uii. . eit i.. . . I'tirfeiii .'eari anu MXth street. January 1. A meetlna, of the rottiaitam e Har as sociation lii be hclu tm.i u..ein',oti .or 111 pUI poS; U. I..H1IIK SUi.al'lu aC.loll ill Ik.atiou Uj ihe dea.o ot .-ai.iuei o. ad, woitn l ne iiieetu.H v-as called oy . a. A4usiei. pitsn.u. of .lie ...;.-ik.-oii, who liaa eeleCleU rneliiu.lrt 10 piep.ie ne reo- lutions ma. x. til ot pr.seu.eii j. u"'1'; " ' i ji r ii vri i a . 11 i ' " ... run 1 1 ruitiii or the couniy coun i -o ciuck. The funeral of 8. 11. WaUswortli will be held Bunday afle.iion at 4 o cluck from tli resluence. ell uui hitf.ith atrtei. the serviccM win be connjcica oy me cnristian PK-ieimms. I . A. i.auPacu. lri rtauar ui tbv lotai oiaanlzaujn, una s lu.ic-yo will la. Hie liieinDi rj ol ilawk. ye iuuk. o. ts. Odd t'iiiw, 'Will ht coarge oi tn eci'i ice ai irie gruvt. ..mmi " In W'nlnin Mill. J hn lalibeaieu 'lil b . : tunnel iinley, Jtiuifi' o. u. v ueeier, u. L. itiws. Ij. jv iun, J. J. ltes ana A. . AskwIiIi, ai ine'iiuvm ui in. mr. Cuni'ordla IoiIki .u. .2. vn.(,IUs or I'vifiias. lias iti.-.i!lU the ioIIo.v.hk ofti ex.a lor l.li: (. Inn-.ciior c Jiiimaiiuer, Mniy Merman; vice ciiaim ..ui , o. . i.iuioiu. pitiale, K. v'. .uiui.ts. ninso-r ui ui n, At K. Bals; aeepei' oi iciuiuh and aval. M. U. '1 nomns; mauler oi tiiidiK-e, itranut Clocker; int. .n r n t m iiu . . uv. janieii McKoberln; mastei -a t-arn,K. J. B. xi'liltney; inner tfimia. . it. neiKiH'iisen: outer tuard. '. J. Ca,.eli. i he io.km.iii' veic lectcd representatives iu the Kian.i lodm-: N . If. Bargnousen. h ranu l-.lgan and Fian Marlowe. Owlna to the absence of Attorney Kill Iiauk lue hearing ol tt.e npoilcanoli ui J. v'hii Jenufn lur a r. irtli.iiiK order pre vetitlnv tue mayor and City o uniil paying the fire hvdruut bin, approx.inaiing more than M.W'j. wa.i noi heard in tne oIku-.c. court yesierday. It liuu been as-igned for heal inn by judge C.reen. Ity cunsent of tne attorneys li nt until next week. ISeKoilHiionx for anotuer propumilnn for sen lenient of tne ir I'onipany'a long deterred bill is penuing and the neaiing of tb apptUatlun for an Injunction may iioi ba ieuiro at all. Tiefatilta were taken In three dlvorca uits estrday In ibe district ourt. Kath- eilne Keellne was freed Mom itoy Keeilne on me grounds of desertion Bna drunhenneas. nhn is as and be years' ola. Heiga Hackstock wui given a dl oi ce from Andrew Ma kstock, a I'ouncil blutu , I'arurr, upoo biiowhih ' ...... ...... cruelty, i he wife la granted the cuntojj of iheir cnud. un: man appealed us Vlalntitt In the lot. Me ai Henry C. Koeiung and lie was freed trom m wife. Mary, on the grounds of cruciiy. So de lense was muae la either cane. Kan Sllketl. a Council liluffs lad. Is making a r--ut re cor a ua one of incle ream's crack gunners In the navy. Me haa rlen to the, station o( gun pointer on the armored crulaer Maryland, and helped his fellow Jackles win the gunner's pennant of the Atlantic battleship target practice for 1910. Mr. rtllkett a uniform is studded wMh stars -won hv his marvelous shots at long range with his pair of big guns, and j it was largely to nia emciency anu woo derful accuracy that the Maryland won the pennant. The young man apent a part of tut summer here visiting hia molner, Mrs. Myrtle L. 8tlkett. Robert Hill, from nowhere and bound for any place, landed In the city jail yesterday afternoon. While walking uown Uroadwav he tarried for a moment in lruni of the Weinberg clothing store at No. JOS. and when ne moveo. on a workingman'a canvas coat was attached to him. Me had re moved It from a dummy man In front of the place. Ottlcer bvans came along Juat in time to see Hill conclude the intona tions with the dummy by which It lost Its clothes. He pursued and caught Mill and locked him up on the charge of larceny. Hill will have some difticuuy in iraming a plausible excuse when he confronts police Judge Snyder this morning. 'Inn buaiQ ot Couiu supervisors spent aeveiaJ hours yemeiuay .n the work ot examining- tne bleu fjr tne couniy print ing for tne coming yi ar. It includes Dlaim I books ana ail otuoi- blanks and stationery leHUUCU oy Ill i cuuniy n , ...... were only two bidders, !.. a. more uiuna Co. and the Monarch Printing company both of Council Bluffs. The wiik la.a year amounted to about J4.1W. inls ytar It will be slightly htavler. The hiua are based on tne multitude of teparato items and the examination of the b.ds required much rfal work. Cn Ita face the More liouae bid apinartd to be between . 2ty and lean than tne Monarcu cumpaiiy. but Manager r-ancha of Hie Monarch ciuimeel tnat there wan in-jiv than that dltieience fered The board will liich a deci. on th.a In his favor In the quality ol material or juornina; Wlthout letting his friends know of his ultimate Intention, George 1.. Judson. son of the lati U P. Judaon, and one of the best known lo al civil engineers, naa sent word that he has safely arrived at a point IM miles up the Amazon river In Brazil, where he has rejoined hie companions in the work of running a railroad around the falla of that mighty river. Me returned from there, last summer after spending two years In the heart of the primeval Amazon forests, and then announced his Intention of not returning, lie waa ap pointed to a lucrative position at Kittle Rock, Ark., and It was supposed that he would remain there. The first Intimation that he had decided to do otherwise waa the receipt of a little South American en gineering paper anneunclng hia arrival on the upper Amazon and being tendered a reception by his former fellow employes and railway officers. F. 8. 1H.I1 of Denver, representing the Gannon flexible humane police club makers of that city, wss in town yesterday en deavoring to Interest the Council Bluffs police department In the new device for effectually and humanely quieting fractious prisoners. The club la made of solid rub ber wfth a light ateel well-tempered rod In the center. It la soft, heavy and flexible, and while Inflicting a blow that will knock out the thickest headed man. will not crush the skull of the lightest headed victim or make a sealp wound. The handle and all la cast ' In one piece. The club has been adopted by the lenver department and the offleera of the Colorado Humane society are urging lis adoption elsewhere. It has been approved bv the St. Iiiiis department and the patrolmen equipped with It. .Mr. Ix.ll ia a member of the Colorado Humane society and Is making an Intelligent ef fnn h lh "W t,,'r,"a,ler nenerally lk' tiii i.; f A t.i lu .. I iint't'j i. . too cold and stormy Just call u. by phone I"'nd. Milwaukee and Burlington, for a and we will deliver the gooda O. K. Todav restraining order preventing the Iowa rail we have something new In fruit; tanger- ro"1 commissioners putting Into effect the lnea. 1 cent each; extra good orange, at I nw Tm" c"",u" reducing the charge. K and SO centz dozen. This la Ideal buck- I ,or hauling bltumlnou. coal to all point, whiat weather, w. have the self-rising In ',hln ,h ,,a,f'' By reement of the al io cent packagM. The old-fashioned kind, i "' representing the rallroada and the t cent, pound, all other klnda of pancake i bord of commissioner, argumenta were flour. In package, at 10 and 36 cent.. We I alvd and ,ne cou" ked to mk" " have a white ayrup In quart cana that la very nice at 15 cents; then w. have part maple and cane at !3 cents Phones 3S. Bartel A Miller. quart Marrlaael.lrca.es. M.rrlate licenies were Issued yeaterday to the following named person.: Name and Residence. S. C. Ievltt. ShoKhonl. Wo. I aura While. Elkhorn, Neb H. 8. Turpen. Omaha airs Hattle Koeppel, Omaha... Age. 44 ..33 "' ill "The Neulweda and Their Baby," which cored one of the greatest successes In New York and ChhaKo In recent years. Is an nounced as the attraction at the Dohany the.ur tomorrow right. It la rne of thoae musical plays that are made up of the ivoat catchy kind of Bongs and music that never fall to please, while the comedy ele ment la far from the ordinary. There are aaid to be sixty and -one-half feople in the company, 7i pr cent of which are .irl.4 Council Bluffs. SALOON PETITION IS VALID J County Board Findi it Hai Twenty Six Legal Votes to Good. TECHNICALITY RULE EMPLOYED (loan, tall Miinnr Men Have Kirr Had In tnintr Oaklaml llnly T.nn that Will Be Pry. Ry the application of th" rule so adroitly railed Into rxlstence by the consent of Attorney Tlnley and )lea. representing i the anlonn consent petitioners In fhl j county, moucli names were excluded from the withdrawn! petit on to leave the con- scntere a clean majority of twentv-alx ' votes out of the surplusage of HIS f.li-d ! In the original document Tli Hoard of Pountv Supervisors took I up the matter at the open ng of th ses-i sion ycaterdav mornins. and th? expe-.ine dlt ons manner In which it was proceeded with Indicated that there had bfen some conferf ni es since the adjournment of the previous evening. The board susta ned the contention of the attorneys for the con sent petitioners that the rule agreed upon to reject signatures technically faulty when the first petition was being consid ered snouio ie applied wnen tne wnn- drawal document was considered. Under this ruling whole pages of the hur riedly prepared remonstrance were stricken out. nnd when the final counting of names was finished the snloon men won ahead a bare majority of twenty-six. The agreement, however, was not unani mous. Two of the members of the board. Johns and True, voted asalnst the ac- cepiance of the or g nal petition, hut Oar- J rlngton. Chlldrfn nnd Chairman Spencer approved It and carried It through the rocky breakers upon which It has been tossed so rudely for the last three davs. The anti-saloon workers were greatly disappointed, and at once began talkln; about an appenl to the d str'ct court. They have sixty days In which to do so. hut there is ome doubt about the deslra- bliltv of such a course at this time. It Is i the first time in the history of the county thut the temnersnr workers ever an- proached within sight of victory. There Is an Intimation In temperance clrclcs that the Iowa leg slature which Is to convene next week will attempt to enact some more reatrlctlve saloon mesa ures, probably amending the Clark law to make It conform to the all-daylight mas- ,.- i vhrka ro in AenrasKa. , . There will be only one town In the count y where there will be no saloon for ,h(. npxt fy year(1 Rn(, ,nBt , Dakland w here I he saloon hns been out for several years, and which became the source of the concerted attack upon the saloon men In all other towna li the county. The sa loon men say that this was due In a measure to the desire of the business men of Oakland, who wanted to have their own town regain equal advantages with the surrounding village, which the saloon men say attract Oakland's trade. SUIT WILL COST MEN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS Famona eo!a Case Finally Wound l p by Payment of totli After Lone: Flht. . A libel ault that has been pending In the courts for almost ten years and which haa been tried five times In the district court here and five times appealed to the state supreme court, has been fully settled, the concluding act being the final' payment yesterday of the last bill of costs, amount ing to $SS9.15. It was the famous Dorn & McGlnty libel suit against George L. Cooper, all of Neola. The suit was started October i, 1903. Cooper Is a merchant at Neola and i I Dorn A McGlnty are stock buyers, but Dorn & Mctilnty are Mock buyers, but enualy interested at other shipping points. . ,h. ,,r.nfl nrev.lled 4 wl - ... ....... r- that they were discriminating against farmers who brought their stock, chiefly hogs, to the Neola market. In a page ad vertisement printed in the home paper Cooper gave expression In an undertone of these Impressions and the hog buyers concluded that It reflected upon them. They rushed Into court with a libel ault, asking Judgment against Cooper for S2.0O9. The ault was tried and Cooper lost, get ting an adverse verdict for a small amount. Neither party was aatlsfied and both sought relief by appeal. The caae was re versed and the next time Cooper won. The plaintiffs then appealed to the higher court and the fight continued until the case was tried five times and appealed five times. The last time Cooper again wan and the plaintiffs appealed to the higher court. : The court affirmed the last judgment and ordered the costs to be assessed to the plaintiffs,' A. A. Dorn and J. E. McGlnty. Attorney U. U, Robertson has been . ooper'a attorney through the long fight, but the plaintiffs have tried several lawyers, Or gan A Pusey being the first. The attorneys' fees have been more than SI.oOO on each side, and taking Into con sideration the amount of court costs which the taxpayers have bad to stand, the total rost of the dispute will approximate nearly SS.0O0. There are SS96.10 now In the hands of Clerk Harry Brown waiting dis tribution aa witness fees. JUDGE M'PHERSON MAKES ARRANGEMENTS FOR CASE Testimony Will He Taken by Master In Railroad ( ava by First of lareti. Jude Smith McPherson came to Council Hiuffa vesterdav for the purpose of hear- ,- ,n, argumente and arranging for taking testimony In the applleatlon of the four I li.ua railroads, the Great Weatern, Rock ! ora,r ror tms PP0"""" ol master in chanc"y lo "k '"'"""-V ln tne C"M' an ol nien are laenucni. The rallroada appeared by their counael. I iJ. F. Davis of 1'es Moines, who also sub- I mltted the agreement with Attorney Gen- ! eral Coason. counsel for the commissioner.. " ''a lnl lne new eral waa eicn wun a eoia or ne wouia nave appeared ln person. Judge McPherson said he would make the order read that the 1 master In chancery to be appointed should 1 begin taking testimony not later than March 1. The same action was taken In the appli cation of the 1'es Molne. Ga. company for a temporary restraining order prevent ing the 1 lea Molne. city officials enforcing a new gas ordinance adopted and put Into force In three days, reducing the price of ga. from the maximum of SI 10 to a flat rate of 90 centa per 1.00. A special maater In chancery will be appointed to take lestl- imny In the same way. beginning about Uaicb 1. with the additional requirement Council Bluffs. at his report must be filed thirty days Vre the opening of the May term of the fedeal court. The two masters will be named In ample time to begin their work before the date specified. In the meantime the temporary restraining orders Issued In both cajiea last Thursday will remain In force. George II. Carr and V. L. Reed of Les Moines represented the gas com pany and the Pes Moines city officers. Women Considering a New Secretary Will Hold Session Today to Decide Whether to Engage Miss Fagundus for Work. An Important meeting w ill be held this I afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Young Men s Christian association building, at w hich alt I of the members of the newly formed Young Women's Christian association are urged to be present. The purpose Is to consider . engagement or .miss ragunaus ui mm neapolls as secretary of the association. She comes highly recommended by national and state officer of the association. Physi cal Director Plerson of the Young Men's Christian association will be present and submit plans for the organltatlon of gym nastic work for the sister organization. Speaking of thla work last evening Mr. Plerson said: "Dignity la killing four-fifths of the world, dignity and lailness physical sloth fulness. What nearly all men and women need Is the power to unbend, the power to relax, the power to play. They need to escape from the straight-Jacket of conven- i tlonallty, from the strain of self-conscious- j nesa and become, for the sake of bodily health and cheerful temper, even as little children. What most men and women need really tne mt,n and women cf the larger cities particularly. Is more physical actlv- I tty and less to eat. The young women and girls of Council Bluffs are to be given an opportunity to enter Into these activities that will build up the physique of the young woman who is so Inclined to take advantage of the special course for them under my personal direction In the local Young Men a Christian association gym- naslum. Those Interested will meet Mr. Plerson at the "gym" before the meeting today, at j130 o'clock, when arrangements will be j completed for the cass, or several classes, which will be organised at once. The work will be graded and will consist of pleas ing and helpful drills, such as free move ments, wands, dumbbell, gymnastic steps, Indian clubs, hoop drills, etc., followed by light apparatus work, then some recre ation and the competitive games, such as basket ball, base ball, volley ball, etc. "If the young women will take hold of this work she will have the same chance as her brother." said Mr. Plerson. "She will be surprised to find her heart stronger and steadier in lis action and never violent In short, she will have an educated heart, educated lungs and educated body. And It will bring her many other good things sunny, buoyant, radiant health, a feeling of equality to every demand, a magnetism, a personal charm that none but the really healthy have or know. Bright eyes, bloom ing complexion, a brain fed with healthy blood, not the sickly or well nigh worth less article, make her better fitted for all the mental work she may be called upon to do." Beat rock and rye for medicinal and family use. Bottled In two sizes. Rosenfeld Liquor Co., 619 South Main. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers were reported to The Bee January 6 by the Pottawattamie Caunty Abstract company, Council Bluffs: Carl Gradert, guardian to James Hunter, frac. awV of 19-77-40 dn. d 114.996 Gtorge H. Dye and wife to Mary Green lots 1 and t. in block 10, In Carson, la., w. d 2.000 Zoe M. Ross to William J. Hlgglns. lot 6, In Ross' place, an addition to Council Bluffs, la., w. d 1.&00 H'.?.rI W. Voa. and w ife , to J. A. Flynn. lot S In block '22. In subdivis ion of Riddle tract. In Council Bluffs, Ta.. w. d August Alderog and wife to Emma J. Schmlelau. lot S. In block 1, In olderog'a addition to Treynor. w. d. Catherine Wlsch to Jamea Hunter, frac. ij-!, of 19-77-40, w. d Elmer Ij. Fehr and wife to W. H. Freeman and John A. McKenzle. e'i nw4 and sw' of 32-7S-40, w. d... 3.V) 175 1 1 Seven transfers, total .$19,025 Don't think about those spots on your clothes. Bring your garments to us and we will get the spots out, press and clean your clothes ao that you will be satisfied. Bluff City Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye Works. Phonea S14. N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 150. Night, L-1701 Repeated Thefts of Registered Mail Pouches Stolen in Transportation on Four Separate Occasions in Two Weeks. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7.-Chlef Postal Inxpector H. B. Hall admitted today that on four separate occaslona In the last two week, registered mall pouchea had been stolen aa they were being transported acrosh San Francisco bay. The first pouch wa. stolen on December 23, the second on the night of December M, the third one December 28 and the fourth last night. The latter two were destined for stations between thla city and Portland. Hall deniea that any of the pouches con tained valuable packages, but It Is known that the local postal authorities are deeply Concerned and they admit that aom. of the pouches contained currency. The Yokohama Specie bank has received no report from several valuable registered packages, and It I. known that at least one of the missing pouches contained mail matter mailed by the bank. Postal de tective, believe that the thefta were the result of the operations of an organized gang, the member, of which were familiar with the movement, of malls out of this city. ' Each pouch waa missed when the mall matter waa checked before being placed on board mall car. at the Oakland pier. The pouchea were In the personal charge of mall clerks who stood beside the truck on which the mail was piled while It was being taken aero., the bay. WEALTHY FARMER SELLS VOTE Old Man Wko Owns Four Itandred Aere. of Use la Fined Twn llondred. WEST t'NION. O.. Jan. T.-The highest fine Imposed on a vote-seller by Judge Blair waa Inflicted today when William Grooms, who pleaded guilty to selling his vote for f 10. waa aentenced to pay $-'00. Judge Blair placed the fine at S.VJ0. but S3"0 wa. remitted. Grooms, who la f'i yeara old .oma. who ta M yeara old. ! good farm land and I, th H. live, threej own. fx) acre, of .nntil In ba wni- iv... i ,.! ii. f..,a . come to court and Depn'y Hheri.'f William Cooper went after him. Judge B)a:r was angry and aald he should .end Groom. u I the penitentiary. IGLORIOUS DEEDS BY KNIGHTS Member, of Ak-Sar-Ben Listen to Re port and Nominate Governors. NEXT TO BEST RECORD OF ALL Realm Profited slannlly and Bin ' pine la In the t'of fere F.aeco Urea to oon Jnorney to Distant Lands. Mid a scene of enthusiasm nine prom inent knights of Ak-Sar-Ben were nom inated by theli fellow knights as candi dates for the Hoard of Governors at the American theater last night. It was the annual meeting: of the order for that pur pose and was attended by several hundred members, completely filling the lower floor and the boxes of the theater. Aside from the business that had brought them there, the .fathering witnessed a per- forrnance of the regular theater blll and enlcyed the efforts of the king's own talent. With incidental remarks casting hlsh credit upon the names of each, these men received the nominations: '. K". Rlack Hex Morehouse J. C. Root ll. J. Penfold R. t. Sunderland C. T. Kourtre J. J Derlght Fiank Jiidson V.. F. Baxter W. II. Hucholi Three men from the list of those nom Inated at e to be elected by the board, and according to arrangements, will receive their election next Monday. F.leetlon Hastened. Owing to the fact that five members of the board will be out of the city In several w-eeka, scattered veritably to the four winds on their winter vacations, the speedy elec tion next week la found necessary. Mean time members of the band are pondering on the pleasant things that were told them last night about the business of last year nd the prospects for this year. From the report read by Secretary Pen- fold it was learned that the organ b.atlon has now the second largeat balance on hand that was ever recorded, $3,600. Concerning the future, Mr. Penfold an nounced that Omaha Is to have a marathon race from Fremont or Blair, an encamp ment of .National guard troops and a con vention of National guard officers, beside the usual events. The meeting had Its opening at S:lo, with a short address of welcome by President C. II. Pickens. Following that the busi ness of nominating the nine candidates moved rapidly. Mr. Penfold presided, making number of little talka relative to the prospective nominees. Others who pre- aented names for a place on the list did so with Impromptu speeches, and the nomi nations were made by acclaim. Governors to Take Trip. If the board of governor, had not re ceived Its quota of nominee, last night and If It were to take up the matter of election Immediately there would be a eorry rem nant of membera to do ao Inside of two weeks. This fact was disclosed by Secre tary Penfold after the meeting, in his announcement that five member, definitely are to leave for various other parts of the globe. Emll Brandels Is to depart for Egypt, Mr. Plckena plans to leave for South Amer ica C. H. Beaton Will go to Naples, all leaving 'n a very 'short time. The board will have several matter, of much Importance to attend to at the forth coming meeting. Plans for the repair of the "den," and for the general affair, of this year will be considered, and an offer from the Mendelssohn choir to give a con cert for the benefit of the "den" Improve ment will be acted upon. A letter contain ing the offer waa written to the board by Major H. W. Lord, chairman of the execu tive committee of the choir. Broilers on Du'W. These matter, concerning the Immediate future received no comment at the meet ing laat night, and most of the member ship of Ak-Sar-Ben left the theater only with the Impression of fun and frivolity that had come ln the varied entertainment. Oscar Llehen, as the bouncing Otto Pum pernlcklo of "Den" memories and hi. as sisting quartet ot broilers had their place In the bill that was presented. The broil ers were, Harry Benford, W S. Stryker, C. H. Boylea and Burt Miner. Professional actresses and actors, whose performances had been given twice before during the day, entered Into the .plrlt of the occasion with vim that flattered the knights. Many a merry quip came across the footlights at various member, of the knighthood that looked on, and finally the evening waa marked by a serio-comic poem addressed to six of the well-l6ved knlghta. L. Wolfe Gilbert, the monologlst of the bill, rendered the verse. In exceptionally clever style. anaaon'a Report. In reading hi. report on the finances of the association. Secretary Penfold gave an extended outline of the accomplish ments made by It. He Mid in part: "We registered 1.591 member., the eo ond greatest membership In our history. This wa. done with no expense except a few letters, a. against hundreds of dol lars and weeka of effort, by a large hus tling committee, to secure the higher number. "We made a clear ga'n of (15.000 on the carnival. Thla wiped out our loan of 3,0X. took care of the deficit which always oc cura In the parade fund, and alao of the extra expense on the Initiation which cost us this year $12.74 a member. After all these were tajten care of we are left with a balance of over 13,400, the second largest balance we ever had. "We entertained at our Monday night Initiations 2.M4 visitor, from every state In the union Including the ex-president of the United State, and a great number of eastern newspaper men accompany ng him, and the hundreds of member, of the Ad club convention. Ad Men Help. "The Ad club men In particular, who were especially qualified to appreciate such an organization, could not aay enough In Ita praise. To Illustrate thla, some of you may have heard of the two telegrams sent by a member of the Milwaukee dele gation to hia home city. Milwaukee wa. endeavoring to secure the convention. On Monday morning, when thing, .eemed to be moving slowly and there w.a not much doing, a prominent member of the Mil waukee delegation wired, "We have the next convention cinched. Ctnaha la twenty yeara behind the times." On Tuesday morning, after the Initiation at the den, he sent another wire. 'We have got to go like hell. The Ak-Sar-Ben la the greatest thing ever.' We procured a list of the delegates of the Ad club convention and sent all of them a copy of the souvenir book and a sheet of the Illustrated syndi cate story ln order that they might know something of the rest of our work. I nooae.eax nnepuos. I "In c:nnectlon with the entertainment of j Colonel Roosevelt we received publicity ,not only through the different Press asso- elation dispatches and the special repot t. made by the visiting newspaper men to their respective papera, but al.3 Illustrated stories on Ak-Sar-Ben In all the largest nlcl" ' ' , " nt hundreds o he principal il.ie. of I lie country ,nd ,..,,, them C"Cl"'1. "1 syndicates in the United State., covering vivldlv what Ak-Sar-Ben is and doea The I Illusti ations. which it. most cases were two coluivus wide, aliowea sucn sinning glimpses of the moik as th. farau. Amu. receiving his victim., th. plrau skip of rT - V Ii. the revolving globe i f 1' nnd other ures. Collier's aleo gave us a prominent piao' wlili thtee go 'd pic tures and a shoit write-up. and la-Mle's Weekly made room f.ir i several times durng the season. Prs'des the regular ad- : vrrtlsement In the "to state papers, about 1 100 of the larger ones had two columns of j the Illustrated syndicate story credited as coming from eastern publications and fur- j nished them free by the publicity bureau, j Military iorne. i "We planned and carried out a great military tournament with the kind co- j operation of the I'epartment of the Mis- souii, which afforded an educatl nal en- tertalnment every day ror live nays to itie; i:e lew of Trade today shvs: people of our section, the crowds on must j There Is little or no change In the status days langlng from 10,00 t M.iiOO. This i of ,h 'argrr trades .Contraction of output i I,- i , .,,,!, , continue., in Iron and steel, but the out was an unequal school f Instruction on ,,. for tMe npw y(in. rr(tB1 .. , en. the army and Its work. ."We conducted, as usual, a successful snd beautiful ball, at which we enterlnini d a larger number than ha' attended In any previous year. "Our electrical parade was the success that It always Is and the day parade was a brilliant review of every branch of the military service, cavalry. Infantry, artil lery, signal corps, hospital corps and I pack train and made one of the most splendid spectacles ever seen on the streets of a western city. Popular nltta People-. "We have established ourselves so firm in the esteem of Omaha nnd Its business men that the mere announcement the other day that we would receive applications for membership for the comlnn season's work haa brought us In 200 paid applications for 1911. We cannot ask for any better en dorsement than that, the good will and appreciation of our own people and their Interest In the vork. "Our program as outlined already for next year embraces an encampment of Na tional guard troops. For this we are as sured regiments from Nebraska and Iowa and we will endeavor to secure those from all the neighboring states. We believe this will be of great Interest to the people and conducive of good to both them and the guard. "We wish also to secure the convention of the National guard officers of all the states and have good reasons to believe that we will be able to do so. This will undobutedly mean the presence of the head of the army and his staff and In antici pation of the event we have Invited the secretary of war and the president of the United States. "Another event for carnival week that Is in contemplation Is a marathon race from Fremont or Blair lo Omaha. Trlzes will be offered for this of sufficient value to at tract the best runners In the country. "We have some other pians In proeesB of development which are not advanced enough to detail as yet, but of which you will be fully informed In due time." Ak-Sar-Ben's finances, according to the certified report consisted last year of re ceipts and expenditures balancing at o5,70S.iA with S3.616.29 left In the treasury. Three Men Arrested for Theft of Metal Bars from Box Car Thieves Backed Wagon Up to Box Car and Filed on All the Vehicle Would Bear. A. the result of their attempt to sell fragment, of the six bars of metal bul lion that had been stolen from a boxcar, three men were arrested by detectives yes terday afternoon. The theft of the huge bar. of metal from a boxcar of the Union Pacific railroad caused considerable alarm to official, of the road about a month ago and unusual vigilance has been main tained. Detective. Mitchell .and Sullivan and Rail road Inspector. Tlghe and Chestnut ef fected the arrest of the three men. The prisoners had been traced by Tlghe and Chestnut when the former made the rounds of several Junk dealer, attempting to sell the metal. The prisoners are Pete Thor Bon, Ieon (alias "Sleepy") Hewitt and John Goldborough. The detectives secured Gold borough at Sixteenth and Locust streets, where It Is believed the trio contrived to melt the huge bars they had taken. In effecting the robbery the men are said to have backed a wagon up to the boxcar containing the spoils and after breaking Into the car loaded the wagon with u much a. It would bear. The six bar. of bullion weighed about 1.000 pounds. They were -valued at from S600 to SS00. The bar. consisted of an alloy of various metals, including, It 1. said, a .mall amount of liver and gold. They had been .hipped to Omaha from Colorado, to be refined at the Omaha Smelting and Refining plant. Girl Robbed of Sixty Dollars by Negroes Two Hen Present Guns and Compel Young Woman to Hand Over Her Purse. Ml.. Vera Vlnlnr of 2404 Capitol avenue was held up at S:30 o'clock last evening at Twenty-fourth and Dodge atreets oy two negroes, who robbed her of STi9.95. The negroes, walking behind Miss Vlnlng, suddenly quickened their pace and as they came up to her presented guns and told her to hand over her purse. Miss Vlnlng, badly frightened, complied with the com mand. While one of the men covered her with a revolver and cautioned her against bci earning the other went through her handbag. Moat of the money waa In bills. They returned the empty bag and ran. Mis. Vlnlng wa. able to furnish the police with a good description of the holdup men. CENTRAL LABOR UNION MEETS Concur In Resolution Favorlna- Ex tension of Parcel. Poet System Gnre Hrports. The Central Iabor union at its meeting laat night endorsed A. C. Weltzel for gaa Inspector. Mr. Weltzel. If appointed, will fill out the unexpired term of John Lynch, who t. now one of the county comml. sloners. The union concurred In a resolution of fered by the deleg.te. from the machinists' union No. 31. favoring the extension of a parcels post system. L. V. Ouye, delegate to the state con vention at Havelock on January S and 4. made hia report to the union. Omaha was chosen as the place for the next convention of the state federation. It will be held here j the first Tuesday after the first Monday In September. HILL'S DEATH FROM POISON? Italian Laborer IHe. at Hospital and Antopsr Will Probably Re Held. Tonv Hill an Italian laborer In the em- ploy of the Union Pacific railroad, died yrsterdav afternoon at St. Joseph a hos- , clrc,lm.n. th.t mdlc.te. a j p,.,bllity of posioning Dr. J. F. Hyde. who had charge of the caae. turned the body over to Coroner Crosby and an a'i- I ti.psy will probably be held. To.K.y to to. Situation Be. Want Ada, DUN'S REYIEYV OF TRADE Little or No Change in Status of Business. CONTRACTION IN IRON OUTPUT prl at All Ic.riln. tenters "tilt Display tendency T ns.H Greater llrilmraa and Bayers Are lloldli.a Rhrk. NKW YfUK. .Ian. 7 It n Pun's Weekly 1 couiaitlnK. ' l'i the month pf December 27 additional . furances were blown out and the dallv rate ; of production fell from 3..! to tons or nearly :'i.. i,,ns loss than in tlie same period of 11. However, prices at all load ing centers still display a tendency toward greater weakness and buyers are holding bark In tiie hope that further concession will be granted. In some other branches of the industry conditions appear more en couraging, reports from Chicago and Pitts burg Indicating a better inoiilrv from the (railroads, while the outlook In the strue- miai nivislon Is considered quite prom ising. Retailers of dry Roods the countrv over are pushing sales of white goodK and domestics, while jobbers are busy bringing out their new lines of spring goods for house display. Huvers are showing In creased activity In the markets. There has neon a little trading In specialties, wash goods and ginghams, and somewhat greater Interest In early show ings of blankets and napped goods, but drills and sheetings have ruled quiet. SellinK agents In both cottons and woolens, ao well as in allk lines, find it very difficult to adjust prices because of the sustained high cost of raw material aim pronuction. while buyers are operating only for Immendate needs. The movement In some directions Is hampered by slow de liveries. A very fair export trade In cot tons Is now reported with the far east. The footwear market continues quiet and un changed. New England producers have but a small reserve for spring cutting, but buyers generally are known to be carrying mender stocks and an improved business Is looked for by the latter end of the current month. The question of prices Is not a disturbing element at present. There Is a somewhat firmer tone to tlio market on domestic hides, and this Is especially noticeable In cow and bull hides. An import demand is again In evidence, principally for good lots of country hides, and this lias had a strenpthenlng effect on the situation here. There is a slight In crease In the demand for leather, but trade Is still far from being active. Hit A I1STH EKT'S REVIEW 4JF TRADE Told Weather Stimulates Demand for All Seasonable Gooda. NEW YORK. Jen. 7. Bradstreet's today says: Countrywide cold weather, especially se vere west and south, has stimulated de mand for heavy winter wearing apparei, an.' combined with usual clearance sales has made for a rather better than average final distribution of seasonable goods, in wholesale lines holiday inventories have been completed and salesmen are again on the road. Reports from Jobbers are of a quite optimistic feeling as to spring trade am1 good sales of goods adapted to retail clearance sales are reported. In Industry quiet still rules. Iron and steel are dull and nia Iron stork r nr.,.,,. ! initiating. Cold weather has helped coal consumption, and sales are active of bitu minous coal at the west and of anthracite at the east. No shortages of supply are reported, however. The leather trades are quiet and reports of a widespread stoppage of work In tan neries give firmness to stocks of finished materials. Cotton goods are quiet In pri mary markets and year-end reviews of the IfilO results are disappointing as a whole There are rather more optimistic report, as to lumber trade conditions on the north Pacific coast and a feeling that the de pression In that line Is giving way to a more favorable situation. Business failures In the United States for the week ending January 5 were 2S1. against 251 last week, 271 In the like week of 1910, 3-H In 1909, 435 In 190" and 23 ln 1907. Business failures In Canada for the week number 27. which compares with 35 last week and 33 In the like week of 1910. Wheat, Including flour, export, from the United States and Canada for the week ending January 6 (Portland. Orf., advice, not rec eived) aggregate 2,568.914 bu., against 2.179.929 bu. last week and 3,183,145 bu. this week last year. For the twenty-seven week, ending Jan uary 5 exnorta in (J M " hn air. tnat SO - l:t 991 hit 1 1, , t. . n I .. year. Corn exports for the week are i.24..r7a bu.. against 1.149,411 bu last week and 1.76H.684 bu In 1910. For the twentv-aeven weeks ending January 1 corn exports are 13.33S.649 ou.. against 10.4M.697 bu. last year. OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Manchester Grove LaAge, of Woodmen Circle, Meet at the Hotel Rome. Manchester Grove lodge No. 1 of the Woodmen Circle, auxiliary to the Woodmen of the World, held Ita annual Installation of offleera at the Hotel Rome last night. The officers are as follows: Mis. Zella Kenworthy, guardian; Mis. Dora Horn, ad visor; Mrs. Caroline Black, clerk; Jamea Blaha. banker; Mr. Lurlle Race, chaplain; Miss Francis Kottal, attendant; Mr.. A. McGrath, Inner sentinel; Mis. May Ken worthy, outer sentinel; Messrs. Ragan, Kimball and Broman. managers. The following delegate, to the state con vention, which Is to be held ln Fremont some time during March, were elected: Bertha Moran, Zella Kenworthy, Orpha Kenworthy, May Kenworthy, F. C. Hunt, Dr. W. H. Dorward. J. F. Stout, James Blaha, John Kagan, Elmer Broman, Frank Peklo, John Saterlk, Mra. Sears, Mrs. B. M. Levy, Helen Dally. May Flnley, Mrs. A. McGrath, Dr. Ellaa Holovtchlner. DEMENTED MAN FOUND NOW Charles B or ton Returns to Omaha, on Train After Walking: to Rlalr. Footsore nd weary, with his little white Ppllz dog tucked under his arm, Charles Burton, the demented man who was re ported to the pollre as missing Wednes day afternoon, was picked up last night at Fifteenth and Farnam atreete by Officer Jensen. Burton and his dog were taken to the po lice station, where the man told of hia wanderings of the last two days. Accord ing to his story he walked as far as Blair, where yesterday morning the sheriff put him aboard a train bound for Omaha Burton's brother-in-law, J. B. Woods of 309 North Twenty-fifth, with whom Burton makea his home, waa notified and Burton waa held at the station until Woods arrived and took him ln charge. MAN FOUND DEAD IN ROOM Edward Spencer, Supposed to Have Died from Stroke of Apople.r Fonnd hr Roommate. Edward Spencer, a painter and decorator, was found dead In hi. room at 404 North sixteenth .ireet at 11 o'clock lust night, having died presumably from a atroke of apoplexy. When O. F. Miles, his room mate, came home he found the unconaclou. body of Bpenoer lying across the bed. He at once called up the police station and also called In Drs. J M. FltxmorNs and T A. Edwards. When the doctors arrived they found Spencer was dead and turned the body over to Coroner Crosby. An autopsv will be held today. Spencer made hia home in Lincoln and j na. a wife and atepaon living in that city , w about 45 yeara old. I , prr , tm. tonm..m Is dvspepsla complicated with liver and kidney trouble. Klicir.t 1 '.liters help all suih cases or no pay. ioe. For Ml. by Bton Iru Co. NEWS STANDS W HEHR T1IK OMAHA UKK 19 OX BALK. Atlanta, tin W'orld News Co Atlantic ('Hv, N. J. Boardwalk News Co. 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