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TIIK KKK: OMAHA. SATMtDAY. DEOKMKKR 2. 1!)U. Nebraska SUGGEST CHANGES IN LAW Judiciary Committee of Bar Associa tion Meets in Lincoln. I Half minute store talk BURLINGTON OFFICIALS UZEI Hold Aaaaal Cea terrace In Lincoln ad Disease riaaa for Esten aloaa ( Road and Other Imjrortmtad. (From a 8taff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. l.-(SpectsJ.)-The Judiciary committee of the State Bar association, which will meet In this city the latter part of the month, has pre pared a tentative set of changes which they will refer to the gathering In the hope that they may be rerommended to the codifying commission as suggestions for changes In the state laws. The changes, which are largely of procedure, are under the charge of E. C. Clements and T. J. Doyle of this city and Judge Howard Kennedy of Omaha. The recom mendations In brief as they have already been decided upoh and as they will be discussed by the State Bar association are: 1. A revival of the office of district at torney. V 2. Heducmg the number of peremptory challenges allowed the defense In all criminal prosecutions. X A verdict In a criminal case shall not be reversed or affected for errors In the proceedings which do not affect the In terest of defendant 4. A jury commission tor Douglas county. ft. An amendment to the civil code to allow commencement of an action by per sonal notice to advene party. 6. To provide by amendment that in civil Jury cases a verdict from ten mem bers In district court and five in Justice court shall be binding. Partial Jury Verdict. On all of these recommendations ex cept the one concerning the partial Jury verdict v the three members of the com mittee are agreed. On this latter Judge Kennedy has not coincided. He Is at the present time considering whether he will Join with the other two members In recommending this change of the law. Judge Kennedy favors much the creation- of a Jury commission for Douglas county, but the other members of the committee, Lincoln men, do not consider that Lancaster county could Improve on its present system. That Is why the recommendation refers only to counties having more than 150,000 population. It Is known that the statute, revision com mission has it In mind to recommend a much wider scope for the Jury commission system. Rallroa dMea Meet. A doxen or so of the officials of the Burlington lines west of the Missouri river held an annual conference in Lin coln this morning. Plans for the exten sions of the road were considered, but nothing was made public. Vice President H. E. Byram of Chicago was present at the meeting. According to E. Dignell, superintendent of he Lincolh dlvlsten, "matters pertain ing to extension and maintenance wen beig considered. Nothing can be given out as the results of this meeting are w. no -way definite. We will only dlscus. the .needed Improvements of the roau and .will recommend those that we deem necessary to the annual meeting of the board 'of directors, which Is to be held early In January. Until that meeting we will have nothing to say." The officials arrived during the night and early this morning. Those present were: H. E. Byram of Chicago, vice president of the Burlington; G. W Holdrege of Omaha, general man ager; L. B, Allen of Omaha, general su perintendent of the Nebraska district; K. E. Young, superintendent of the Alliance division, and his assistant,, A. M. Wei den hamer; E. Flynn, superintendent of the McCook division; L. B. Lyman, su perintendent of the Wymore division; li. Blgnell, superintendent of the Lincoln division; E. M. Westerveldt of Lincoln, superintendent bf right-of-way, and Thomas Roope of Lincoln, superintendent of motive power. Body of StanUlcs to New York. The body of Theodore Stanlslcs, the rich miser who committed suicide In the local city Jail when brought hero for the purpose of falng a penitentiary sentence for complicity in arson, was taken to New oYrk City today, where It is claimed relatives have been found who are awak ing it Judge E. P. Holmes, who acted as legal adviser of the ' miser before his death, Is In New York City and is in consulta tion with heirs of the dead man, accord ing to a telegram received here late to day. Pappas 'rilea Salt. Alleging permanent injuries caused by being struck by a Union Pacific motor car wlillo employed on a railroad con struction gang near North Platte, Sam Pappas today filed suit In the federal tliBtrict court aaklntf damages in the sum of $15,000. The petition charges the, de fendants with negligence, as the allega tion Is made that the motor car was be ing run at an excessive rate of speed and that uo warning signal was given when the car approached the place where the men were working. The Pplnx never had anything to say for Itself. It fell Into decay. Te.iple visit It out of curostty. Thev receive no benefit from doing so. Who wants to be a "Sphinx? We don't and we don't want this store to iecntne a business Sphinx either. We've many thins here that the whole town is interested in. We don't confine our mes sage to the public paxnlng otir doors or vMtlng our store out of curiosity. We secure the widest publicity possible, by xiklnsr the dally papers, with their wonderful circulation and tell our message to the whole town In a day. That's why we keep advancing in Importance. Omaha t Only Modern Clothing Store 1 I " Sai LIL The Home of Quality Clothes You can be economical without looking the part No man really wishes to be extravagant with his clothes money. Lots of men are because7 of a fallacy that a low price means "cheap" look ing clothes and cheap looking clothes cast reflections on the wearer. We'll admit that cheap looking clothes (and that's the kind you us ually get at "cheap" prices) do. But good looking clothes, for which you pay a cheap price do not. This store sells clothing that looks and is as good as custom tailoring, yet it is priced as low as "cheap" clothing. Thousands of Omaha men arc dressing better today than ever before, and their clothing is costing them less. This magnificent store, with its huge stocks and low prices make it possible for any man to be economical without looking the part. Suits of wondrous quality, $10 to S40 Overcoats to please you. $10 to $50 You can be tailor dressed for $15, S20 or $25 The garments we sell at these prices are strictly hand tailored from exclusive fab rics. They fit as perfectly as though cut for you individually. They give you every appearance of a tailor dressed man at about . half the tailor dre.-sed man's expense. Even comparing them with other ready-mades you save $5.00 to $10.00 and get bet ' ter clothes. The showing equals that of any two other stores. . Better look at our Suits and Overcoats at $15.00, $20.00, $25.00. w ., -n., n 1( laities 1 j tjf Better try a pair of Crawford shoes - You might as well save a dollar and a half as to waste it. To buy $5.00 and $6.00 shoes in prefer ence to Crawfords is to waste $1.50, as such shoes give you nothing more than Crawfords give. ' ' $350 (& $450 wV?r:ry,7 Also, the best $2.50 shoes in town. Important Your hat It "tops off" your outfit and should be just as expressive of style, newness and good tnsto as any other part of your attire. Will be, if you get it here. Stetsons, $3.50 up. Kingsons, $2.50. Berwicks, $3.00. Stylish Rough Hats $2.50 up. Cloth Caps, 50c up. Fur Caps, $2.50 up. Ladies:- You'd better do your Christmas shop- , ping early. To encourage early shopping we've gotten our line of useful gifts for men ready for your inspection today. Better make out a list of things you want to give. We'll sup ply every article and every article will be a quality product such as a knowing man would buy for himself. Bath Robes $3.50 to $15.00 Smoking Jackets $4.00 to $12.53 Shirts $1.00 and up Pyjamas $1.00 to $10.00 Collar Bags 75c to $2.50 Tie Rings 50c to $2.00 Fancy Suspenders 50c to $2.50 Silk Mufflers $1.00 to $3.50 Knitted Mufflers 50c to $12.50 Fur 01ove3 $2.50 to $12.50 Dress Gloves $1.15 to $2.50 Silk Hose 50c to $1.50 Collar and Ha'k'f sets $2.50 to $5.00 Toilet sets $3.50 to $10.00 Clothes Brushes $2.00 to $5.00 Silk Ties 50c to $3.00 Knitted Silk Ties 50c to $3.50 Initial Handkerchiefs, box $ and $1.50 Silk Handkerchiefs 50c to $1.50 Cambric Ha'k'fs, box $1, $1.50, $2.00 Tie Pins 50c to $5.00 Cuff Buttons .50c to $5.00 Night Shirts i. 50c to $5.00 Doane Administers Decisive! Defeat to St. Mary's College CRETE, Neb., Deo. 1. (Special Tele gram.) Doane ended the foot, ball season Thanksgiving; day by administering a de cisive defeat to the St. Marys, Kan., foot ball team. St. Marys started In, strong, but SI Wilkinson of Doane managed to boot one between the bars for Doane In ihe first quarter. The second quarter netted 1 St. Marys nine points, and It looked as If It had the game. In the third quarter Bronson of Doane blocked s. punt and Hlgby went over for a touchdown, tying the score. This started the game the other way, and Bronson and Dickinson each went over for a touchdown. The fourth quarter netted one more touchdown for Doane,' Dickinson carrying the ball over. Final score, 26 to S. ' Bronson was easily the star of the game, for he was responsible for the turning of the game in Dome's favor. This makes four victories and four de feats for the Tigers this season. The news of the victory brought much joy to all the students who had remained In town during Thanksgiving and a mon ster bonfire was built and a serpentine dance was Indulged In. HOME TALENT GIVES OPERETTA AT CHADR0N CHADROX, Neb., Dec 1. (Special.) The operetta, "Winsome Winnie," com posed and staged by Rev. Frederick Craves, rector of Grace Episcopal church, with, as the program announced, "apolo ties to the world In general," was given here Tuesday evening by local talent to a crowded house. The principal parts were taken by Rev. Mr. Graves and Miss Elliott of the Nor mal faculty. The proceeds were for the benefit of the new parish house. TECUMSEH BAND GIVES . MINSTREL ENTERTAINMENT f TECUMSEH, Neb., Dec. 1. The Tecum seh Ticklers gave a minstrel performance at the Smith theater Wednesday evening to a standing-room-only capacity. The Ticklers are the members of the Tecum seh Military band and a few friends, and the entertainment was given In the Interests of the band. An old-time min strel show, with the olio and the usual afterpieces was tho result. The enter tainment was staged under the direction of Prof. J. K. Wluman, director of the band, and tho work' was well handled. Tho overture was an especially clever pleco of work, the ragtime vocal numbers by the cud men were lively and the local gags brought d.'n the house. A chorus of thirty voices and the orchestra, which is a part of the bnd, aided materially In the show. The performance was repeated again last night. Btantoa I.laht riant te lie Enlarged. STANTON. Neb., Dec. l.-fSpecial.) The city council has decided to build an addition to the present power housa, I'.x 40x13, and to purchase a 100-horse-powor steam engine and a 125-horscpower steam boiler, the machinery to be in stalled, together with the new dynamo. Engineer C. A. Hickman was hired to draw up plana and specifications for the new materials and to hire men for putting In the new engine. The old gas producer engino will be kept by the city and used for emergencies. t SmrtMts Starts fer Copenhagen. LYONS, Neb., Dea .-(SpecUl.) Nels P. Boreason left toJay for New Tork, where he has engaged passage on the Steamship United Elates, and will vlit fur several months the scenes of bis boy. hood days in bis old borne at Copon I sffen, Denmark. He came to America lueaiy-elght years Ago, and made one visit track te the old country about eight rears ago. , ' STORES BURNED IN DECATUR Basineti Portion of Town Damaged Seventy-Five Thousand. LIST OF LOSSES AND INSURANCE George Byram ts Largest I.oser and Eaa-leton Ilroa. Are Second Town la Potting In Water System. TEKAMAH. Neb., Dec. l.-(Special Tele gram.) Decatur suffered this morning from a disastrous fire that consumed several buildings and destroyed property to the value of 175,000. The fire originated In the drug store occupied by O. R. Beltl brldge at about 3 o'clock this morning. When discovered at 3:30 the entire interior was ablaxe. The town Is without water works and. all that could be done by tho bucket' brigade1 was accomplished, - but that availed nothing. The store south of tho drug store was one occupied by George By rum with a general merchandise stock. That was ta&en and the fire also spread to the north taking In the D. C. Calmon gen eral merchandise store, Eagleton Bros., general merchandise store and the Dona hue bakery. The A. W. Allen meat mar ket and barber shop also owned by Mr. Allen were taken. To the south the fire was stopped by working on the barber shop and confining the fire to the row of buildings north to the next street. Losses are figured as follows: liyrum, 125.000, with about 118.000' Insurance; Cal mon, $18,000, partly Insured; Eagleton Bros.. $15,000, Insurance, $9,000; Donahue lotal loss, Insurance had recently lapsed; Allen, $4,000, Insurance $2,000. Druggist Beltlbridge Is In Sioux City and his loss could not be ascertained nor the amount of Insurance he carried. Decatur is Just putting In a system of waterworks and the loss makes tho cltlsens feel rather blue.' New Poatofflee for Colamboa. COLUMBUS, Neb., Dee. L Columbus people were given an opportunity to in spect the new government postofflce building, Just completed, before It Is occupied. With the arrival of the re mainder of the furniture thlB week and the acceptance of the building arrange ments were completed for ' moving Into It and the work of transferring mail and other equipment will be done Saturday night and Sunday, so that the office -will be ready for business In the new quar ters Monday morning. ' A large number of people inspected the building and ex pressed their appreciation of the fact that Columbus had been given such an up-to-dato and commodious - government building. ' ' Geneva Company Inspected.' GENEVA. Neb., pec l.-(8peclal.)-The annual Inspection cf Company G, Ne braska National Guard, was made en Wednesday night by Major . Louis H. Gage at I o'clock. - Sixty-three men were present. First Lieutenant 8. II. Walker Is In command In the absence of Captain Harry Ford, who is In Colorado, STATE OIL INSPECTOR GETS GOODLY SUM THROUGH FEES (From a Staff Correspondent.) ' LINCOLN. Dec. l.-(Speclal.)-8tate Oil Inspector Husenetter today made a re port o fthe business transacted by his office during the month of November. Gross receipts mounted upward again and the amount turned over to the state treasurer was several hundred dollars above that of the same month In previous years. Following Is the roport In detail: ' DEBITS. Cash on hand Oct 1 $l,Jno.OO Gross receipts 4.65D.K5 B.859.95 Uncollected account , 65.00 Total $5,955.it5 Salary and expenses mat) Inspector w $ 191.60 Salary end expenses six aepuues ' 7M.ZV Mileage books it mileage. Office expense 1 'ti 2S Paid state treasurer 1.315.71 $4. r reight Train Strikes Auto Near Hartington HARTINGTON, Neb., Dec. 1. (Special Telegram.) The morning local freight train ran Into and totally wrecked an automobile driven by E, E. Bhaffner. J. E. Rhodenbaugh also was In the car and was quite badly hurt and Is now un conscious and It will not be known Just how badly he Is hurt for some time, but it Is thought It will not prove serious unless there are Internal Injuries. The car was completely covered and the driver was wrapped In laprobes and they did not hear the engine whistle. The auto is a' total wreck. Mr. Shaffener es caped with only minor injuries. MARTIN SEEKING WAY TO GET AT BOND FIRMS (From a Staff Corresponednet ) LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. L (Special.) At torney General Martin, who has been making every effort for the last few days to find a way whereby action coutd be brought against the seven bonding com panies which are complained of by Judge Vlnsonhuler of Omaha as violating the Junkln anti-trust act, asserted today that he would attempt to obtat na rehearing in the matter of the American Surety company In which the supreme court held that insurance Is not trade or commerce and which virtually held th: bonding companies immune, from tho operations of the anti-trust legislation. An effort was made to take the matter up under the revocation of licenses, but an investigation of the law in this regard disclosed the fact . that only fire Insur ance companies ure subject to this pro vision of the statutes. Attorney General Martin deelracs that If he can get a reversal or modification of tho ruling in the case which was re cently In the supreme court, he has a way to follow the matter to a conclusion, but otherwise, he Is certain that there Is nothing that can be done to stop the bonding companies from showing one class of saloonkeepers privileges over other classes, or In pooling their lots over this class of business In the state. ID9.95 On hand November 1.. Uncollected accounts. 1,0 00 95.90 Total Nrw Pastor for Teeamseh Church. TECUMSEH, Neb., Dec. 1. (Special.) Rodney McQuary, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McQuary of this city and a stu dent at Cotner university, has received a unanimous call to the pastorate of the local Christian church and will begin his new duties the first of the year. He will continue wltk his college work also. Mrs. Pagan Will Appeal Ce. DENISON, la., Dec. l.-(Speclal.)-The long drawn out case in district court in which Mrs. M. Dugan of Charter Oa sought damages from a Charter Oak sa loon keeper named Rae resulted In a verdict for the defendant. On a former trial the Jury disagreed. The case will now be appealed to the supreme court. The defense set up that the husband was always a worthless fellow and whether he drank or did not made no difference m to the support of his family. Omaha Contractors to Erecj; Building of Curtis Farm School (Vrom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Dec. 1. (Special.) Gould & Son of Omaha were awarded the contract for the erection of the new agricultural school at Curtis, their bid of (57,150 b.'ln tho lowest of eight opened by the State Board of Publio Lands and Buildings to- diiy. Tho highest bid was $06,900. The heating and plumbing bid was let to L. W. Pomercne of this city for $485 and the electric wiring to the Standard Klectrlc company of this city for $7:!5. The total Is brought up to $04.S70 for tho main building, for which an appropriation of $75,000 was made by the last' session of tho state legislature. , The remainder of the sum wtll be spent in the construction of outbuildings and In other ways for the Improvement of the new Institution. An appropriation of $15,000 for equipment and $10,OJ0 for furnishings was also made by the late legislature by the terms of the Eastman bill, which was one of the hardest fought enactments of the session. The neto building Is to be 60x120 feet In dimensions and will be three stories high and constructed of fireproof materials. Two Weddings nt Wlsnrr. W1SNER, .eb Dee. 1. (Special.) A quiet home wedding occurred at Mrs. Collins' home Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, when Mr. Henry Fulton and Miss Ulanche Collins were made one In the presence of a few friends and rela tives. Rev, L. V. Slocumb of the Metho dist church officiated. Mr. J. H. Walters and Miss Lena Horst were married at o'clock Wednesday morning. They will live on a farm neur Winner. Two Franklin Weddings. FRANKLIN, Neb., Nov. 0.-(Bpeclal.)-Mlss Neva Irvln was married to Iiurord liayden by the county Judge at liloomlng tun late yesterday. Both young people reside here. The many friends of Henry Plank, sr., were surprised Wednesday night when ho arived from Illinois bringing a new wife with him. She was a Mrs. lietu of St. Louis, an old friend of Mr. plank when he resided In Illinois. Two Weddings at Drshler. DESHLER, Neb., Dec. 1. (Special.) George E. Werner and Mary Hansel, two of Deshler's popular young people, were married here this afternoon. Rev. Wil liam Cholcher officiating. A reception and banquet will be given at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hansel, this evenin. Henry D. Krelmeyer, a prominent cl ti le n of Deshler, was married this after noon to Anna C. Toedter. mall Fire Near Fremont. FREMONT. Neb., Dee. 1. (Special.)-!. A summer house on the farm of Esra Phillips, fourteen miles northwest of here, caught fire yesterday morning and was entirely destroy sd with Us contents. Loss $000. Partially covered by Insurance. New Teacher for Stanton. STANTON, Neb., Dec. l.-(Spetlul.)-The School Hoard of the city schools has finally secured a teacher to take the place of Miss Elizabeth Noacker, who recently left town. The new teacher Is Miss Rice of Albion and she will probably begin her duties after the holidays. News comes from Wyoming that Miss Noacker Is teaching school in a town school of that date. HYMENEAL. Crook-Shaffer. S1DNEV, Neb., Deo. 1. (Special Tele gram.) J. Stanley Crook of Alliance and Miss Kate Beatrice Hhaffer of Atchison, Kan., were married at the office of Judge Joseph Oberfelder at noon Thanksgiving day. The witnesses were Colonel 8. S. Pearlstine of Cheyenne and Miss Clara Hells Oberfelder. The bride was attired in a neat traveling costume. The groom Is the western representative of the Na tional Biscuit company and expects to niake Sidney his headquarters In the future. Iiaker-Jones. FA1RBUHY, Neb., Dec. l.-(Speclal.)-Mtss Mabel Jones and Charles Baker were married at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Jones, two miles north of Fslrbury, Thanksgiving at 2 p. m. About forty friends and rela tives of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony. The groom Is a progres sive young farmer and the couple will make their home on a farm near Fair- bury. Phllllpa-Illlthart. BEATRICE, Neb., Deo. 1. (Special.) Announcement was received here yester day of the marriage at San Francisco of J. Tlce Phillips, a former Beatrice boy, and Miss ,Mary Blithart, which occurred at that place yesterday morning. Mr. Phillips Is traveling auditor for the Southern Pacific railway and was formerly employed with the Rock Island company at Falrbury. The key to success In business It the Jultclous and persistent use of newspaper advertising. $3 Buys a "Nifty" Hat 1 " '' I.. What's Overcoat Time? It's tho time when the nippy winds bite your oars and nose the time when you stick your chin down and turn your collar up its the time when your old coat looks older and a new one feels, necessary. Billy Bourke sells Benjamin Overcoats at $18 to $35 Ilenjamln suit and overt' oats are made only from fabric of the ut most quality. The tailor, ing Is of the unerring sort that can he accomplished only by the most skilled hand workers. 318 S. 15th Street Christmas Suggestions "Headquarters for Gift Goods" Is a title that we have fairly earned during our 20 years in the Jewelry buslnss in this city and South Omaha. One reason for our popularity with Christmas shoppers 1b the courteous and intelligent attention that we give to every cus tomer another reason is the undoubted superiority of the goods we handle and still another, the exceptionally low prices for which we are noted. For the coming Holiday trade we are dis playing hundreds of articles that will appeal strongly to those who are looking for better than ordinary goods at reasonable prices. We have a most complete line of Watches, Chains, Fobs, bt.c Plus, Cuff Links, etc., for "Him," and an equally complete line of Kings, Bracelets, Chains, Chatelaines, Necklaces, etc., for "Her." We cordially invite public inspection. Ring Special for Saturday ,A 7 A $20.00 Blum Whit Diamond Ring, Tiffany Sitting, V V Fritz Sandwall Jewelry Co, In Omaha and South Omaha 30 Year 308 So. iflth Strt" Omaha