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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 7. 1912.
DER SCHUDGE CELEBRATING
Tustice of Peace Altstadt Has Varied
Career in Omaha,
KNOWN AS LITTLE BISMARCK
Figure of Dimlnattve Jarlaconaalt
. Has Been Familiar on Streets
of Omaha Daring? Last
Portr Years.
Judge William Altstadt. familiarly
known among his friends in Omaha as
"Little Bismarck." was 77 years old yes
terday. , Judge Altstadfs figure has been famil
iar on the streets since Omaha was a
village. Today he walks with the aid of
a cane, but this is not so much the result
of years as of an accident some months
ago in which he had his left leg broken.
Judge Altstadt was born hear Bingen
on the Rhine in 1835. He lived in Paris
for ten years,, where he married Miss
Sophia Land during the same year that
iiapoleoh HI was married in the same
city. "I did not invite him, however,
and he did not invite me to his wedding,"
said the judge, "as we were not on speak
ing terms."
V'Der Schudge" then came to America
aiid settled for a brief time in New Or
leans, where he says yellow fever was at
that time so prevalent that he left and
came by steamboat to Council Bluffs.
He had designs on Omaha before he left
New Orleans, as he said he had heard
a , great deal about the promise of the
city on the Missouri.
Gets Stack la Mad.
The short legs of Mr. Altstadt got stuck
in the mud of the Missouri river when
he landed at Council Bluffs, but his lusty
lungs quickly brought him assistance and
he was dragged ashore. He ferried to
Omaha, where he says there was a cow
stable, four residences and a church. He
later revised his statement and said the
town actually had about 3,000 people when
he came here. That was forty-three years
ago.
"I would not leave Omaha now if they
would give me the presidency of the
United States," said the judge on the
morning of his seventy-seventh birthday
and his forty-fourth year in Omaha.
"Were you in any of the wars In
Europe," he was asked.
"No, I was too short for the army,"
he replied, and then promptly added, "I
don't like to smell gunpowder, anyway.
Besides I made war enough in politics in
this state, for I was at every state con
vention for thirty years, and many a
good fight we had."
First Letter Carrier. J
There was.no paved street, no postof
f ice, and no brick - building in Omaha
when Mr. Altstadt arrived. He enjoys
the distinction of having been the first
letter carrier appointed In Omaha. He
served in the postal service for eighteen
years.
In 1878, when one of the 'newspapers
undertook to criticise the Germans of
Omaha for drinking beer In some of their
social halls, Mr. Altstadt began publish
ing a paper, half German and half Eng
lish, called "The Flea," In which he de
fended the German attitude, and many
were the citizens of Omaha who suffered
at the hands of the cartoonist that got
his crude wooden cuts into the elusive
pages of "The Flea."
1 took the first subscription for The
;Be,", says the Judge. "I .wetjt to Lin
coln and secured the subscription of the
"state auditor. I got $5 from him and I was
the richest man in the state." '
. For the last eighteen years Altstadt has
been justice, of the peace in Omaha and
Feel Equal
to Any Task
When digestion
nerves are steady,
works clear.
Give yourself a
earn and achieve.
tea are found to
and use
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It aids digestion; steadies the
nerves; and clears the brain.
Read letter to right.
For quick, convenient serving, try
INSTANT POSTUM
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"Regular Postum
15c size makes 25 cups;
25c size makes 50 cups.
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DER SCHUDGE IS SEVENTY-SEVEN
YEARS OLD TODAY.
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WILLIAM ALTSTADT.
has been acting police' magistrate' when
the police judge is away. ' He relates an
experience he had in Lincoln only a few
weeks 'ago when he - was there ' for the
commencement exercises at the- state
university. He grew tired and sat down
on a bench on O street It was hot He
fell asleep. Soon there was a tap on his
shoulder. A big man said, vSay, If you
haven't a place to sleep, I'll take you
where there is a place."
"0, I believe not" replied the Judge,
who showed his card of police magistrate
of Omaha.
Ryan Would Have
Shops Close Early
"It occurs to me that Omaha is behind
other metropolitan cities in the matter
of Saturday closing," says Harry E.
Ryan of the Ryan Jewelry company.
"Besides the action that the Jewelers as
a body are taking, we need the power
of the press. The jewelers pioneered the
5 o'clock closing during July and August
some five years ago without the aid of
a single large store and today you know
the rest.
"Last year we got together as a body
and decided to close our places of business
at 6 o'clock Saturdays during July and
August, and again this year have decided
to do the same.
'We feel that with the co-operation of
the press we could probably pull the
other firms ' into line." v
CONGRESSMAN MALBY LIFE
LONG FRIEND OF DR. BRIDGES
Dr. W. O. Bridges of Omaha was an
intimate friend of Congressman George
R. Malby ot the Twenty-sixth district
of New York state, who was found dead
from hardening of the arteries in a
hotel room in New York City late Tues
day evening.
Congressman r Malby and Dr. ' Bridges
both spent their boyhood days in Ogdens
burg, N. Y., and were schoolmates to
gether. Later both became members of
the Century club, a prominent social or
ganization of Ogdensburg. .
In speaking of the death; ot Congress
man Malby, Dr. Bridges said:' "He was
respected by everyone in up state New
York as a forceful statesman and politi
cian. His . death is certainly , a great
loss." " - ' '
is good;
and brain
fair show to
If coffee and
interfere, stop
. ,
This is regular Postum in
concentrated form nothing
added. .
Made in the cup no boiling,
ready to serve instantly.
Postum made right is
now served at most Hotels,
Restaurants, Lunch Rooms,
Soda Fountains, Etc. . '
Instant Postum is put up in
air-tight tins and .;'
Sold by Grocers.
Reason" for Postum
Company, Limited, Battle Creek, Michigan.
WATER BOARD FACES DEFICIT
Asks the City to Levy Tax of $100,.
000 to Keep Accounts Even.
COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE LEVY
Howell Sars a Redaction la the
Rates Not Feasible at This Time
Board to Lose Amoaat of
the Hydrant Rentals.
John L. Webster, attorney for the
water board, told the city commissioners
yesterday that unless a levy of $100,000
was authorised the waterworks receipts
would run behind expenditures In approxl
mately that sum. The council passed a
resolution directing the county commls
sloners to make the levy. Commissioner
McGovern voted against the resolution
saying he would be in favor ot ihe levy
only when the water board announced its
readiness to immediately reduce rates.
Water Commissioner Howell said such
reduction was not feasible now, but as
an automatic extension plan, whereby
abutting property would pay for exten
slons, and other Innovations were adopted,
the reduction could be made.
Mr. Howeil declared the $100,000 would
be the only means of compelling large
estates, like the Ames, to pay rent, as
otherwise , such estates would pay no
rent' He said the city would lose about
$106,000 on hydrant rentals. In his opinion
there ought to be 50 per cent more hy
drants installed. ., '- ' .
' Mr. Webster asserted the water com
pany would have operated its. plant at a
loss if the city had not paid hydrant
rentals. He said the levy of $100,000 was
the only way to "balance accounts" this
year. ,"
"When the ' Florence main, which will
cost about $400,000, is complete we will be
able to pump 10,900,000 more gallons of
water per day. Receipts from this main
will be about $100,000 a year.. This In
creased revenue, together with the reve
nue from 1,000 service connections made
since July 1, 1911, will help to balance bur
accounts."
; Water 'board receipts, according to the
attorney, will be at the beginning $218,934
less than the receipts of the water company.-
Jardine Shows What
His New Plow Will Do
; A demonstraton of the new cylinder
plow, invented and constructed by Walter
S.'Jardln of the Omaha Merchants Ex
press' and Transfer company, was held at
Forty-eighth and Leavenworth streets
Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Forty local
business men were on hand to watch the
operations of the invention. ' ,
The plow is so constructed that It digs
up the earth ' by means of numerous
swiftly revolving blades about twelve
inches in length and pulverises all lumps
and clods of dirt The machine is run
by a gasoline engine and is capable ot
turning up forty acres of ground a day.
Jardine has been working on the in
vention for, the last three years.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Pat Johnson, manager of the lace de
partment at Hayden Bros., has returned
from a buying trip to New York.
R.v H- Bower of Omaha Is a guest t
Hotel Jefferson at St Louis this week,
; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ohlswager left
Saturday for several weeks' visit in Cal
ifornia. "
Key to the Situation Bee Advertising.
soazzs i corns
Until Too itiff to Bend Over.
"When I drank coffee I often had sick
headaches, nervousness and biliousness
much of the time; but about two years
ago I went to visit a friend and got in
the habit of drinking Postum.,
"I have never touched coffee ' since
and the result has been' that I am now
entirely well of all my stomach and ner
vous trouble, (Tea contains caffeine, the
same drug found in coffee.) -
"My mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postunv now, and have not
had any coffee in the house for - two
years and we all are well.
"A neighbor ' of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in her
side for' years and was an invalid. She
was not able to do her work and could
not even mend, clothes or do anything at
all where she would have to bend for
ward. . If she tried to do a little hard
work she would get down for the rest ot
the day. ' ' ,- ,
'"1 persuaded her at last to stop drink
ing coffee and try Postum, and she
did so, and she has used Postum ever,
since; the result has been that she can
do her work,' can sit for a whole day and
mend and can sew on the machine and
she never feels the least bit of pain in
her side.' In fact, she has got well
and it shows coffee was the cause of the
whole trouble. .
"I could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been benefited
by, quitting coffee and using Postum. in
its place." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle , Creek, Mich. , ,
Look in pkgs.' for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville." ,
IKJIAJJTF0STV'M
Instant Postum 30c tin
makes 45 to 50 cups;
50c tin makes 90 to 100 .
: cups.
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Contract is Let for
New Building on
Seventeenth Street
The contract for the construction of
the new building at the northwest cor
ner of Seventeenth and Douglas streets
was awarded by the lessee, the McCague
Investment company, to J. C. Mardis &
Co., yesterday morning.
The plans were drawn by Architect
Thomas R. Kimball. The building both
In architecture and equipment will be one
ot the most unique In Omaha. It will
be a four-story structure of gray brick
and erected at a cost of $100,000.
Because of its location in the shopping
district the building will be tenanted by
dealers in women's goods, millinery,
cloaks, furs and the like. It will be com'
plcted this fall or in early winter.
Burglars Visit on
Night When Alarm
is Not Wound Up
. Burglars, using a jimmy to pry open
a kitchen window,' entered the residence
of George A. Joslyn. 3902 Davenport
street, Friday night and secured about $6
in money' and a gold ' watch and ; other
valuable jewelry worth probably $200.
Althdugh this house has a complete
burglar alarm system which not only
sounds a gong when a burglar attempts
to enter, but also lights the entire house
and indicates the window by' which hi
In entering; Friday night, for the first
time In years the alarm was not set.
, The burglars not only ' swiped his
watch, daughter's money and other jew
elry, but also made away with some
fine cigars, a pair ot kid gloves, some
ostrich feathers and other women's ap
parel.
General Debate on
Lorimer Case Begins
; WASHINGTON, July 6.-Oeneral debate
in the Lorimer sensational election case
opening today marks the beginning of
the end of this, perhaps the most sensa
tional contest in the history of the sen
ate. With Senator Meyers of Montana
ready to open the attack at the outset
and Senator Lorimer planning to close
for the defense, the senate was staged for
the final action which probably will
come the middle of next week. In par
liamentary fiction the vote Is to be
taken on "The legislative day of July 6."
This is the close of the second senate
Investigation and fight on Lorimer since
Charles A. White, a representative In
the Illinois legislature, sold for publica
tion an exposure of alleged legislative
corruption affecting Lorimer' s election
to .the senate. Confessions, Indictments,
charges and counter charges notch the
pathway of the Lorimer case since that
exposure.
About ten senators have Indicated they
wish to make speeches before the vote.
BOULEVARD PARK CLUB
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS
Permanent organization of the Boule
vard Park Improvement club was af
fected at a meeting of eighty property
holders of the north end of town Friday
night. The club takes In the property
owners of the district from Twenty-second
street to Cut-off lake and from Pratt
to Ames streets. The purpose of ' the
club is to improve the conditions In this
district. The main purpose is to secure
water extensions and sewers.
A constitution and bylaws will be
adopted at the next regular meeting-
July 11. It was decided to hold regular
meetings , on the second 1 and fourth
Thursdays of each month. The following
officers were elected last night: Presi
dent, Jol.n'A. Beebe; secretary, T. W.
Baumer; treasurer, I. B. Qulnby; financial
secretary, George Davies. The club has
a total membership of 200.
SAENGERFEST LEADER
VISITS HERE TODAY
Theodore Kelbe, director in charge of
all the choruses at the . Northwestern
Saengerfest at St Paul, Minn.,, the lat
ter part of this month, .will be in Omaha
for a few hours this afternoon on his way
to Denver. ;
Mr. Kelbe Is from Milwaukee and is
making final arrangements for all the
singers to visit St Paul. He will arrive
in Omaha at 3:45 o'clock in the after
noon. He will be met at the Union
depot by a large delegation of the United
German singers and escorted in auto
mobiles to the Omaha Maennercholr hall,
1320 Farnam street, where he will listen
to the German singers who will repre
sent Omaha at the Saengerfest. He will
also make a short address to the chorus
and leave for the depot, where ha
catches a 5 o'clock train.
MISSOURI OSTEOPATHS
"MUST UNDERGO TESTS
Osteopaths will continue to pass ex
aminations to practice in Nebraska, ac
cording to an edict Issued by the state
board of osteopathy, in session at Lin
coln. The board turned down a reciprocal
plan submitted by osteopaths of Missouri
which would grant ' licenses without ex
amination. ' Nebraska has now 125 osteopaths In
active practice and the board contends
that the number is growing fast enough
through certificates awarded applicants
who pass the regular tests.
Seven applications are being examined
at Lincoln this week for state osteopathic
licenses. Those on the list include S. H.
Harris, Sutton; Jessie Crane, Norfolk;
Richard Sullivan, Albion; Ida 8. Jensen,
Greeley; Myrtle Moore, Kansas City; T.
T. Jones, Wayne, and Josephine Arm
strong, Kansas City, Kan.
WHEELER DEMANDS HIS
PAY FOR MONTH'S WORK
Tom Wheeler, a former Janitor in the
courthouse, who has discharged by J. M.
Calabria, courthouse superintendent, sent
Attorney T. W. Blackburn before the
Board of County Commissioners yester
day to demand a month's salary. Wheeler
was discharged on March 29, because his
work did not suit the superintendent.
Wheeler refused to give up his keys for
several days and there was more or
less trouble over separating him from
bis Job. He now declares he is entitled
to a month's pay, because he should have
been given a month's advance notice of
his removal. . . '
The Persistent and Judicious Use of
Newspaper Advertising is the Road to
Business Success.
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TAX OH BEERK DECREASED
At Same Time Kevenue for Spirits it
Greater Than last Year.
COLLECTOR MAKES HIS REPORT
While a Falllna- Off is Shown la
Some of the Items the General
Collections Are Increased
for This District.
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The internal revenue collections for Ne
braska for the year ending June 30, 1912,
show an increase in the amount received
from some Items and a decrease in others
over receipts ot last year. There was an
Increase of nearly $800 on' tobacco and a
decrease Of $2,000 on cigars. There was
an increase of over (259,000 on spirits and
a decrease of $21,000 on beer. The reve
nue on butter rose from $146.50 last year
to t . this . year.' . This revenue arises
from a tax of 10 cents per pound on what
Is known as process butter, or butter that
Is bought from various sources ana reno
vated or worked over.
The item of documentary stamps is one
that yields little nowadays. This refers
to the stamps required on certain docu
ments Just after the Spanish-American
war to help pay the war debt They are
no longer required, but occasionally some
one digs up an old document dated dur
ing the time when these stamps were re
quired and which has no stamp. Such a
document ' must then be stamped and a
fine of $10 besides Is Imposed for neglect
to stamp at the proper time. The com
parison of the revenues collected during
the last two years itemized is as follows:
Ending Ending
June 30,1911, June 30.1912.
Regular list $ 10,719.63 $ 19,086. fiB
Corporation list.. 136,263.60 112,200.31
Special tax
gov't, license.... 96,994.25 101,239.42
Tobacco 6,061.33 6,815.96
Cigars 87,106.11 85,206 84
Spirits 1,999,029.63 2,258,057.54
Case stamps 1,074.00 1,156.00
Beer 435,267.50 414,014.50
Butter 146 50 841.00
Mixed flour ' 30.00 ............
Playing cards 2.00
Documentary .
stamps .10 1.50
Totals $2,771,682.65 $2,998,620.13
Campaign Begun
Against the Sale
of Spoiled Fruit
Joseph A. Becker, secretary of the Re
tail Grocers' association has started a
campaign against the custom of some
commission merchants in holding fruits
until the latter part of the week to main
tain prices. i
With an officer from the city health
department, Becker rounded up peddlers
End commission merchants selling bad
fruit and ordered more than a wagon
load of poaches, twenty-five cases of
gooseberries and a number of. cases of
raspberries, hauled to ' the city dump.
Some of the fruits were over ripe and
rotten, some filled with worms and some
covered with mould.
"Many Omaha commission merchants,",
said Becker, "are holding fruits off the
market, through the week to keep the
prices up. When Friday and Saturday
come round the grocers will not have
them and they are sold to unscrupulous
peddlers. Several of these peddlers, by
the way, have no llcent.es. We have be
gun this campaign against the custom in
the Interest of the consumers and the re
tall merchants. There is one commission
man who sets the prices at the market
When the grocers go there to buy in the
mornings they find nearly all of them
selling at the same price. After they are
gone, what Is left is sold cheaply to the
peddlers and the peddler takes the rotten
and moulded fruits and sells them at a
slight reduction to the grocers' customers.
We are not fighting the peddlers nor the
commission merchants, but we do want
to keep these bad fruits off the market"
OMAHA TEACHERS GO TO
ASSOCIATION MEETING
A large delegation of Omaha teachers
and principals has gone to Chicago to
attend the National Educational associ
ation meeting. In the party were the
following: Mrs. Ortetta S. Chittenden,
Miss Mary Fitch, Miss Juliet McCune,
Miss Isabel Doyle, Mies Maud Smith, Miss
Mima Doyle. Miss Kate McHugh, prin
cipal of the high school, was not of the
party as she Is now in Colorado spend
ing her vacation at the home of a sister.
THE
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Thermometer is Going Up Our Prices
are Going Down. Necessity Compels Us to Lower
them. We are too hrily stocked
fall bulsness make it necessary to reduce our stock away down.
Only one way to do so smash the prices and give you these
wonderful terms: NO MONEY DOWN SO DAYS' FREE TRIAL
FREE LIFE INSURANCE FREE SCARF FREE STOOL
and a BEAUTIFUL $23 MUSIC CABINET free with every Piano
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' After you hare sampled the piano, and ' convinced yourse'tf
and friends that it is all we claim for it, if you decide to keep
it, you ca,n pay us on terms of $1.00 a week. Do you wonder that
this store is alive with buyers.' .
It is not only that we give the best value, but because we
enable everyone to buy without depriving themselves of a single
luxury. Here are some bargains
$323 Steck Upright,. now.
$330 Hardman Upright, now...
$200 Kimba'l Upright, now....
$300 reck ft Son Upright, now .
$300 Victoria Upright, now.'... .
$300 Booth Bros. Upright, now
$323 Norwood Upright, now
$330 Mueller Upright, now. ................... . .$138.00
4SO Hardman Upright, now.......... ,. 8140.00-
$800 Weber Upright, now. .......... . $155.00
$330 Everett Upright, now. . . .8150.00 1
$400 Steaer ft Son's Upright, now . ............... 8170.00
$750 Steinway Upright, now .........$325.00'
$350 Piano Player Upright, now.'.... $70.00
$700 Harrington Autotone Player. . . . .' .......... .$305.00
No matter how high the temperature,' these bargains quoted above
should make you buy this week. If you can't stand the heat,. write to.
us. You'll get the same,' treatment
We do n.-ore to help you-than, any other house. ' We have thousands
of satisfied customers. We are the happy home makers of Nebraska. '
, One Hundred ltaaoa will be rented for $3.00 per month. , .
tx Toning, Tree Xnsoranee and Tree Xtrayage, if kept months.
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co.
Mannlaclnrcrs. Wholesalers. Eclillcrs 13111313 Farnaa St.!
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BEIEF CITY NEWS
MSBSSMSBM
; Kve Boot Mat XI
Xlectrlo Tana Barrtst-Oraaata C
! tsek-raleoaer Co J4th and Harnsy.
undertakers, embalmers.' . Douglas , $$:;,
'Washi&ftoa la fined William Wash
ington was fined $25 and, costs in police
court for conducting a disorderly ' house
at 1209 Douglas street. ; '
Ooes to Turnlttue ghow T. F. Craw
ford, manager of the furniture 'depart
ment at Hayden Bros.,' has gone to Chi
cago to attend the annual furniture "show.
ioyole and Tools are Stolen A bi
cycle belonging to Frank Sutton of
Florence was stolen from ( in front of a
building at Fifteenth and Dodge, streets
Friday night.' A kit of tools, the .prop
erty of H. C. Jackson, Forty-second and
Corby streets, was stolen from a new
building at Forty-fifth and Lake streets.
High . Bohool , Aluxani , Sleots Victor
Rosewater, has -receive! formal' notice, of
his election as a member of the board of
ten directors of the Omaha High School
Alumni association for the ensuing year.
A meeting of the board for the purpose
of electing new of fleers . and transacting
alumni' matters, of importance'; will', be
held at the Commercial' club Wednesday
noon. v;V' ?' '
Orelghton Sail Beaodelad Crelghton
hall, corner' Fifteenth and Harney -streets,
Is undergoing an entire change. C. C.
Cannam, who- has leased the premises
for a term, of years, has a large force at
work remodeling and redecorating the
room, which will shortly be opened .as ; a
strictly high class 1 billiard parlor 'with
twenty-eight tables.; . , ;'. '.,' ; -j
Bain Is Ye'ry Blignt The .light' local
sprinkling of rain Friday night amounted
to .02 ot an inch at .the local station of
the weather bureau. No reports of heavy
rains in the .state, during, the night
reached the bureau. It was rep6rted that
very light "showers had visited Aubhrn,
Oakdale and other points In the state,
but no rain of any ; consequence , was re
ported. The indications are for fair, and
continued ' warm weather tonight and
Sunday. . . 'J, ... " , . .; .f J
O. X. Blackburn to 'Annapolis-i-Casper
K. Blackburn, son . of T. W. Blackburn,
has successfully passed the' naval acad
emy examinations, and 'upon .recommen
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dation of Congressman C. O. Lobeck has
been appointed to the Annapolis Naval
academy. He is the second of the family
to decide upon a naval career. - His
brother, Lieutenant Paul. P. Blackburn,
is an instructor in seamanship la the
Annapolis academy. ; . ) ,
Sale of Automatic
I Telephone Plant is ;
Confirmed by Munger
The sale of the Independent Telephone
.company property to the Nebraska Tel
ephone' company made by Receiver Lysis
I. ..Abbott July 1,' was confirmed by
Judge William H. Munger of the federal
court, 'and .the. balance,, $895,000, due; on
the purchase was paid , to Receiver Xh
bott. The terms of the confirmation re
quired cash and a check was' given 'to
Mr. ; Abbott by the representatives of the
Bell Telephone company. .The sals ?of
the- franchise which brought $5,000 wef
also cbnflrmed. This was paid -for in
full the day of the sale by Francis C.
Hutchtns of New York.
No objections were made to the sale.
Frank M. Hail of Lincoln, attorney for
the Title Insurance arid Trust company!
complainant In the original petition for
foreclosure, was present with the m6
tion for the confirmation' of the sale.
The Nebraska Telephone company Is to
take charge of the Independent system
at once. By agreement between Receiver
Abbott and , attorneys for the Bell sys
tem, the transfer Is to date from July
1. ' It Is agreed that the Nebraska com
pany shall pay; the expenses from that
date. . " ' ..-.?.
The attorney's fee stipulated for Mr.
Hall is $15,000, which it is ordered shall
be paid by Receiver Abbott, outs of the
proceeds of the sale.' The fee for Edson
Rich, attorney for the . receiver, Is set
at. S5,Odo and this lu ordered". paid out of
the proceeds of the sale.
I Printer Drowned at Mollne, 111.
MO.LINE, till.,,, July . 6.-The body of
George Beckey, a printer, was found la
the, Mollne .Young 1 Men's Christian as
sociation swimming pool today. He hid
gbru,lritd the "pool alone last night -as
was his custom after '--wtik.
Old-"-Siiuirt : v
Mrs. . Elizabeth Yon Wonner,
says that Duf f y Pure Malt
Whiskey is the medicine that
has enabled her to live to
such a' great age and retain
, her health . and youthful
spirits.
"Thave been a user of Duf
fy's Pure Malt Whiskey for
over 15 years and I can truth
fully say cthat it .is more than
life to me. 1 1 now-am an old
lady of 90 years, yet am smart
and in good health, and it is
Malt Whiskey
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