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2 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 127, 1912. nR, DENTON'S SLEEPING GARMENTS FOR CHILDREN " The knit fabric in Denton night drawers' contains a small percentage of fine wool, a fabric hygienically correct to keep the body both dry and warm, and thus in duce healthful sleep. CIO has open back nnd comes in sizes six months to ten yours--prices according to size, 50c to $1.00 C15 Made with drop sent, sizes to ten years mid sells for 60c to $1,10 Everything Children Ever Wear Day Time or Night Time THE TOUNfr PEOPLES THIS IS THE GREATEST CLEARANCE SALE OF WOMEN'S AND MISSES' WEARING APPAREL OMAHA HAS EVER KNOWN raws mm 1618-30 FARNAM STIB1T. BUTTER ANDJILK IN CASH Over Half Billion Value of Output for Year 1009. CENSUS FIGURES NOT COMPLETE 1le.nrta from Fnrm f United Mates 'on Amount ut Milk, Bnttrr, Cream nnd Cheese I'rodBceiK WASHINGTON. Dep. .-A bulletin summarizing the daUt collected for dairy product In the United Htatea for UK lias Just been been. issued by Director Durand of the fcurcau of tho census, Department uf Comipcrce and 1-abor. It was pre pared uicr tho supervision of John Lee Coulter, expert special agent for agri culture. There vrr 5,HO,S0 farms In tho United mates for wyilch tho enumerator reported dairy cow an April IE, 1910. For only M15.S33 of these farms were dairy product of any kind reported as Pro duced in 1303, and for only 4.0BM0O was the quantity pf milk produced In 1W0 atatcd. The tctal number of dairy cows on farms April 15. 1910. was reported a W.gS.QOO, while the number on farms which reported the production of any kind' of dairy products In 1M was 18,740, 000, or 90.9 per cent of the total number, and the number on farmti which reported the production of jbMc in 10W was 16,069, 000. or.7t.apcr cant; of the total. In con sidering hso flKunea 1t should bo borne Mil mind that there is no precise distinc tion between dairy cows and cows not hicpt far-. milk. a In' ii good unany eases j enumerators, probably report Pi dairy 'cows animals whlcfh, In fact, were primaslly- kept for breeding purposes and which wew only mllk.fd for short periods,, If at all; 'during tho preceding year. The tbtaj production of milk rcportod for liW was B,81I.C0O.O0O Gallons. The true toUl probaUy exceeded this by not less than itf per ocnt. There were on April IS, 1910, l.O,C0 dairy cows on tho farms repotting this, inllk. Assuming that there were the same number In 1900. tho average production of mllK per cow would, be S63 gallon. The tqtql value of dairy products of, farms, in, exclusive of' milk and cream consumed on the form, was re purted aa oW,4.lS.OOO. This represents the sum of the receipt from the sale of milk, pream and butter fat (amounting; In all to 37;.a.000) and the value 0f all butter and cheese produced on. farms, whether sold or retained for home use (amounting to 124,010,000). Tho total reported vslue of dairy prod ucts old in U00 was .I73.7eo.000, of which the value of milk, creiim and butter fat eold represented nearly four-fifth and that of the butter most of the remainder, The quantity of milk sold as such was reported ss 1,937.000,000 melons, or sub stantially one-dblrd of the total reported as produced: hut It shofuld be borne In mind that a great deal of the milk sold fcr delivered to creamer! en for butter mftk tnr Is paid for on the basis of tho cream or butter fat content. In which case tho quantity of such cream or butter fat was usually reported on tho census schedules and not the quantity of milk. Tiogre ater part of the milk reported as sold was j doubtless consumed as such, chiefly In cities and '.villages, but a. considerable quantity represents milk delivered, to con densed milk and cheese factories, and some small part milk delivered to creameries for the production of butter und reported as milk . Instead of on the basis of the cream or butter fat con tained. llutter and Cheese, The reported farm production of butter and of cheese In 10-WI.C51.(CO pounds and 9.401,000 pounds, respectively was - onslderably lesa than the production for the year 1500 aa given In the published reports of the twelfth census, but this difference Is doubtless due In part to the fact that the latter Included some estimates- for farms with Incomplete re Torts. The manufacture ot butter and cheese Is, however, gradually being trans ferred from farms to factories, The com bined farm and factory production of but ter was 1,1,41S.QQ0 pounds In 1900 and 1 01.713,000 pounds In 1899. The Increase. luring the- decade waa thus I!7,CG3,O0O pounds, or percent. The factory pro-, dui'tloq alone .Increased 4J.7 per "cent. Of the total product, that mails lit factories r (instituted Stslper oent In 1900 and SS.J per cent In, Ifc.. - Tho production1 of cheese on farm and in fjtetureiwa lS,53t00O pounds In 1W. n Increase of 7.4 per cent. At both cen suses much the greater part of the chrose madn In factories, butj the proportion In l6d (971 per cent) was hither than .bat, In 18W (94.5 per cent). Ot the total value of dairy products in IMS (excluding the value ot milk and ream consumed, on the farm where pro duccdl. the, cast.north cenr division re lotted U5.K,Wp, dr3 Pr cent, the mid dV AUaMla division ttaOJTJ.OOO. or Sl-9 per rent, and the west north central division fioiwvuoo, or )W Per cent, these three divisions together reporting over two third of tho total. It Is probable, how tereri lhaj the relative Importance of the liomr consumption of milk and cream I vjiteraVly, t'reater in tint aouth and somewhat greater In the west than It Is In the north, SHIIi Per Cow. According to tho figures reported the average production of milk por cow (bused on tho number ot dairy cows In 1J10 on farms reporting milk produced In 1309 and tho quantity of milk produced In 1909) was very much greater In the New England, middle Atlantic, cast north cen tral nnd Pacific divisions than In any ot tho rest. ThU doubtless conforms ap proximately to the facts. The quantity of butter made on farms wKs loos in 1900 than 111 18 In the four geographic divisions of the north and also In the Pacific dlvlBton, but In all of these divisions except tho mlddlo Atlantic and the Now England, tho factory production was docldcdly greater In the later year than In tho earlier. In tho three southern divisions, whero practically all the butter In still mado on farms, there was an In crease In farm production between 1W0 and 1909. the percentage of Increase for tho three divisions then together being 4f. Of tho two divisions in which the greater part of chceso Is made In fac tories, tho middle Atlantic division shows a marked decrease In production, while In the cast north control there was an incrcaso ot M per cent In tho com bined farm and factory output. I.endlns Inlrr Btnte". In 1909 the leading dairy states, as Judged by the total value ot the farm products (Including .milk and cream used at home), were: New York, Wisconsin. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Minne sota. Michigan nnd California, In each of ' which the value reported exceeded 1:0,000,000. In production of butter (on farms, and In factories combined), Wis consin wait the leading state, followed by Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois arid New Torta A Urge part of the milk produced In Now York Is sold for consumption in tn ouies. mu a large portion Is also used In making cheese. New York ranked next to Wis consln In the production of cheese, and In no other state did .chceso production equal ono-ooventh of the productlpn In New York, In combined production of butter and cheese, "Wisconsin led. with iTi9.92S.000 pounds, followed by New York with mtX4,009 pounds. In total value ot dairy products sold by farmers In 1900. the east north cen tral division ranked first, followed by the middle Atlantic and west north cen tral, these divisions ranked first, followed by the middle Atlantic and west north central, those three divisions together re)ortlng 73 per cent of the total for the United States. AverK Ynluc of Butter, The average value of butter sold by farmers In the United States as a wholo waa :t.3 cents per pound in 1909. as compared with 18.7 cen(s in 1S99. an In crease of 4.9 Pr cent. In 19TO the average value waa highest In New Kng land, S3. 9 cents, and lowest In the east south central division, S1.3 cents. The average valuo ot cheese sold Increased from 9.1 cents per pound In 1890 to 13.1 cents In 1909. on 83 per cent. In the latter year the average ranged from 10.1 cents lq the mlddlo Atlantic and east routh central divisions to 15 conts in the moun tain division. MRS. ALLEN CASH KILLED IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT NlllX JGhhSC jXaBMlli )Elli1Hll3sL 1sIbHIsIhC JEhSsI iHHHsEaElallSKillNHSK iKllHHist iIEmShIL YOUR CHOICE OP ANY SUIT, COAT, DRESS, ETC., IN OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT EXACTLY Half Price COME FRIDAY, SECOND DAY OF OUR WONDERFUL HALF PRICE CLEARANCE Our entire stock i over $50,000 high clais and stylish tailored suits, coats, dresses, furs, etc. at JMST HALF PRICE Alt Our TAILORED SUITS at HALF PRICE 875.00 TAIMMCHD SUITS d075Q KjU 1'IUCU SALIi JD &UV.5Q TAll-iOMKO SUITS 0-2fl75 MLLn t'ltlCU BAliU J)5- SOli.OO TAIUJIIISJ) SUITS 410 050 IIAM' riUOK 8AIJ3 pO $50.50 TAliAMlEU SUITS iaQ75 iMIi' I'lllCU SALE PS7 $55.00 TAlliUHlil) SUITS P750 HAM' MUCK HAJjK $40.50 TAJIiOHKI) SUITS iOIS 11 A M1' PIUOK SALK ip&H: $45.00 TAIKOKHI) SUITS (0050 HAM'' IMUCK SAIAi $30.50 TAILOIIKI) SUITS m q75 HAJjK IMUCK SAIjK P I 7 $35.0O TAII.OUHI) SUITS m-j 75O IIALK MUCK HALK & X t $20.75 TAILOUKI) SUITS (Jj-i 85 IIAIjK MUCK SAMS 4 1 t $25.00 TAIIiOHKI) SUITS rtj -I O50 'HAW MUCK 8AM3 P X $22.50 TAH.OHKI) SUITS- mi 125 ' HALF MUCK SALK". P 1 1 $10.50 TAHiOKKII SUITS . fQ75 HALF MUCK BAIjK P7 $17.50 TAU.OHKI) SUITS tQ75 SW MUCK BALK PO $15.00 TAHiOKKI) SUITS 750 HALF MUCK SALK P All Our TAILORED CLOTH COATS AT HALF PRICE $05.00 CliOTJl COATS qo5u HAM MUCK SAJK $50.50 ciUTii coats' oon 75 HAM MUCK SALE . v7 $55.00 CLOTH COATS r)'750 HALF MUCK SALE 3 $40.50 CLOTH OOAT8 U?075 HALF MUCK SALK 3i $45.00 CIaJTH COATS 43 OO 50 HALF MUCK SALE . $1975 $1750 $1485 $25.00 CLOTH COATS . . 1 o50 JIALF MUOK SALK : . P 1 4 822.50 CIXKTII COATS rtfl 1 J35 HALF PRICE SALE 4 I i $10.50 CLOTH COATS tf75 Half Mticfc sale Jpy $875 $750 $625 $500 $30.50 CliOTH COATS Half price sale $35.00 cloth coats half price sale S29.75 CLOTH COATS- HALF PRICE SALE $17.50 CLOTH COATS ttAT.rs Yflfirrr.' aAT.v $15.00 CLOTH COATS HALF PRICE SALE $12.50 CLOTH COATS HALF PRICE SALE $10.00 CLOTH COATS HALF PRICE SALE All Our VELVET & FLUSH COATS at HALF. PRISE $475 $4475 $42r, $3975 $3750 :. $3475 $65.00 VELVET COATS OQ50 rHALF PRICE SALK. $50.50 VELVET COATS tfffs75 HALF PRICE SALE ; &,U $55.00 VELVET COATS fit? IT 50 HALF PRICK SALE $49.50 VELVET COATS (fcO175 Half price sale -,jP $45.00 VELVET PLUSH OO50 COATS HALF PRICE SALE $39.50 VKIATST PLUSH A -J Q75 COATS HALF PRICE SALE P 1 V $35.00 VELVET PLUSH t -I 50 COATS IIAJiF PRICE SALE 1 $95.00 VELVET COATS iiiiajf I'jtiuis iSAIiK $89.50 VELVET COATS HALF PRICE SALE. $85.00 VELVET COATS HALF PRICK SALE , 879.50 VELVET COATS HALF PRICE SALE $75.00 VELVET COATS HALF PRICE SALE $69.50 VELVET COATS iijvuv aAl-ir. 1510 DOUGLAS STREET $29.75 plush coats jt -j a 85 Half price sale . . p X - JULIUS ORKIN All Our Dresses Including Silk, Chiffon, Cor duroy, Velvet and Cloth At Half Price $45.00 DRESSES HA LF &OO50 PRICE SALE tj $39.50 DRESSES HALF t -a Q75 HlUCE SALE 5P 1 V $35.00 DRESSES HALF fi 1750 . PRICE SALE . . . p 1 $29.75 DRESSES HALF fc -t a 85 PRICE SALE $25.00 DRESSES HALF & - 050 PRICE SALE $16 $22.50 DRESSES HALF J -1 -i 25 PRICE SALE J1 1 $19.50 DRESSESHALF . to75 PRICE SALK tp7 $17.50 DRESSES HALF (fl075 MUCK SAIjW $15.00 DRESSES HALF Hrice SALE S750 $12.50 DnESSEH HALF.. O Hricesale ij)D $10.00 DRESSES HALF dC00 price Sale 1510 DOUGLAS STREET EXCITING NIGHT IN OMAHA Petty Disturbances Keep Police and Surgeons Busy. KNIVES AND GUNS ARE USED Innocent nrstnnilcrs Come I" Their Hhnre of Trouble nml Several Others Are Se verely Injoreil. L90P CITY, Neb.. Dep. I.-(8pciaI Telfttrarn.1 Mrs, Allen' Cash, llvlntr some tea rolleJi north of this city was faUJly hurt in a runaway accident last night Her skull was fractured from the effect of which sh died a short time ftftr, Mr. and Mrs- Cash were a. young cxjupln and had been marrlvd but a few months, Pr. X. L. Talbot, an old resident of Sherman county, died yesterday morning t his home nesr Austfn, Neb., of 11 right's disease. He had leen In' poor health for several years. Martin Johnson, an old man 73 ytars ot age, is lying in a very precarious condi tton nt his homo seven miles northeast of a city from a fractured skull re sulting from th kick of k hprsa a fw days ago. Surgeons removed portions' of the broken bone, but hla advanced age leaves little hope of his recovery. eckrma eonisn m 10 to :io ways. tm rans sieaieine uo ro nne street St. Lou. 1. Mo., manufacturers of Lax' tlve Dromo Quinine, have a new and won derful discovery, anOVB"8 SA-NATtB CUTIa. which ihey guarantee to eur any case of ECZEMA, no matter of how long standing, In 19 to SO days, and wiU refund monjy if It falls. GROVE'S 8A NAKH CUTIS is perfectly clean and doe not stain. It your druggist hasn't it send us We In postage stamps and It will be sent by mall. Advertlsemaoi. Chicago Tailor IMabbei! to Death. CHICAGO, Pec. S6.-A Chtaro, SO years old. a tailor, was found stabbed to death In a south side street today. He had been stabbed seven times. The police believe he waa the victim of a "black hand" plot, Albert Sane Wounded. 11KATIUCK. Neb.. Dec, (.-(gpecla reiegrami Aiuert bag. a young man who resides north ot this city, was shot in the neck and seriously wounded while hunting .yesterday, t ' When I-ollceman Karl IUsk attempted to quell a'dlHturbancb at Thirteenth and Dodce streets Inst nhrht and was beaten up. atte,r.,h used hfs.s.tren,Bth,li. ?iuletni$ tho' fighters, tho climax to thb ' most fctrenuous' ChrlBtni'as aiy celebration1 In five years was capped. 'Itlsk waa badly bruised, but his threo prisoners, II. Han nah. William Hannah nnd noy ' Arthur, wore' also considerably used up. A.' riot call wu turned In to pollco hcudqunrtcrs, hut when n Bound of reserves reached tho Hce'no all of tho men liud escaped except those already arrested by Ilisk. Accidents, nhootliur ecrapes, cutting af frays and fights all were reported to tho police station within n period of four ours and three pollco surgeons were kept busy fixing up the victims, while atatton fflcers were equally busy caring lor prisonora who In celebrating mado them selves a bit too obstreperous. Chef Ciltit HID Hand. N. D. Wells, a chet at thq Millard, mado mlscua while slicing a giant turkey nnd lio nearly sliced tho ends off all of his fingers on tho right hand. Police Bur geon KolUs sewed up the lacerated mem bers and sent the. chef to hla home. J, A. Johntwn, a negro cook In n Dodge street lunoh stand, was crowing tne street at Twelfth and Dodge, when hej was struck by a swiftly speeding mall car and knocked to tho ground. He was not seriously hurt, but hts head waa cut and ho received several painful brulsca about tho body. Clyde White, also a negro, became en gaged in .in altercatldn with his wife at 1003 North Sixteenth street ycsterd.iy and tho woman slashed him across the face with a raaor, laying open his head from chin to forehead. 8I10 escaped and Sur geon Foltx took eight stitches In tho In- Jured man's face. H will be disfigured for life. Tho noxt affray occurred at Eleventh and Pawl streets. A colored man thought to l John Crofoot became cngugca In a auarrel over a woman with another negro. MMe Hawkins, aged 75, and a civil war veteran, sought to Intercede and he stopped a ,45-caUber bullet with his skull. The bullet nicked the skin and knocked the old man from his feet, but otherwise did no damage. nrstnmler Injured. Another bullet fired missed tho old man entirely, but it struck Will Ucrrymsn 1G01 North Eleventh street. In the thigh and tore a hole five inches In dlametor through the flesh, llerryman was an Inno cent bystander. The man who did tha shooting made his escape, i-ouce ur geon Foltx sounded a call for aid und Dr. T. T. Harris and Fred Tomek of the Crelghton Medical school' answered and helped clear UP things in tno station operating room. While old Mos Hawkins was getting his forehead bandaged, one of hla sons was arrested In the north part ot the city for abusing his wife and threatening to kill her. Visitors Are Victimised. Thomas Hmlddey of Pauline, Neb., came to Omaha jfesUrday to celebrate and tell into tha clutches ot thugs In the lower cart of tho city. He was robbed of M and was. beaten when he resisted A. T. Raymond, also a visitor, but who halls from Shelby, la., started a rough house fight In the Nanking restaurant at ISM Douglas street and refused to stop even when Officer Wright placed him under arrest. Ho had to be handled roughly before he would submit to a ride to hesdauartera. Joe Daughman. police chauffeur, waa waiting at the foot of the steps while Wright was making thr arrest He aW Mike Roach, ex pugullst. ask Louis Lower for a dime. Lowery refused, and was knocked sense less to the aidewalk by Itoach, whom rtaughman collared " cllng chase of several blocks. He was brought bacK to the wagon u..rt -n,m, hi victim wa taken to the I police station, where all of the Injured were given medical attontlon by the three doctors at headquarters. Mike Gray of Sioux City, proved a guillblo when he followed a poolroom-hanger-on to tho Turf cafe at Thirteenth and Douglas streets in search ot enter tainment. A girl picked hjs pocket of 115 and he waa beaten up by the man who guided him when he protested against the robber'. He too, was a pa tient for the police doctors. Andrews Vut by Loafer. Fred Andrews, clerk at the Havens hotel, resented insults directed at his woman companion last night nt Thir teenth nnd Harney streets and struck one of the men who made remarks, A rnin utn later he was ylng. on the sidewalk, bluod gushing frdm hisvaieclc -where a knlfo in tho .hnds ..of. .the man had struck. Pour stitches were required to' closo 'tho wound. The. man who did tho cutting could not be found by the po lice, ,' , (ilftn (iet Owner In Trouble. Two men who received weapons as Christmas gifts got into trouble by ex hibiting thorn. A friend of John D Seldlng's, 3911 North Fourteenth street, gave him a pretty sheath knife for a 'gift. Ho woh playfully exhibiting It at Thlr tcentli and Dodge streets when Detec tives Sullivan and Lahey came along. They thought that a knife that mado a belt sheath necessary was not a proper Implement for a peaceable citizen, and they arrested him on a. charge of carry. Ing concealed weapons. Ralph Vucphek, 230 North Ninth street, waa presented with a brand new revolver by a friend. Last night he loaded it with blank, cartridges and celebrated. He too, waa taken Into custody but this time by Officers Schwager and Pszanaw- ekl, who made the arrest. Owen ehannon, a professional base ball player, was arrested by Officers Holdcn and Rodgors on a charge of Insulting women on tho streets and being drunk. LIABILITY LAW IS DISCUSSED BY THE OMAHA EMPLOYERS (Continued from Page One.) Explosion in Panama Upsets Cream Booth PANAMA, Dee. 18. An explosion sup posed to have been of dynamite at 10:30 last evening knocked over an Ice cream booth at tho corner ot Central avenue and L streets, some two miles away from the National theater, where at that hour President Tnft was dancing at the ball given by Iraldont Porraa of Panama, President Taft was unawaro of the oc currence. No other damage' was caused by the explosion and there waa no excitement hero over the affair, In connection with which two men were arrested on suspicion by the police. No plot Is suspected by the members of the secret service or by the Panuma police. SUFFRAGETTES PLAN MARCH TO WASHINGTON HUDSON', N. T., Dec. S8,Thc suf fiagctte army, now marching from New York to Albany for the cause, will march from New York to Washington next. The trip will be started early In February In time to reach the national capital at the Inauguration of President Wilson, "den oral" Rosalie Jones, leading tho band of sufCragettea here, so announced today. The fair marchers will carry a mes sage from the .National Association ot Suffragettes to President WHon. urging him to enroll in the cause and to support it In his message to congress. How many women will be In lint, where the message .will be dratted, how many days the trip will require and who will lead the army are matters yet undetermined. fairly toward tho employer. He said many employed by him, for example, did not attempt to accumulate anything, were really of no benefit to society and were of little use to their families. "In which case," said Chairman Trap hagen, "about the only service he could render hU family would be to pass out." Choosing between the two bills Sunder land said he Would favor "the dlrVct'Mla billty because' tho adoption of 'the mi nority bill would necessitate a "big ma chine" to administer It, A. C, Smith, head ot the M. E. Smith company, told the commission no bill upon which there was a disagreement In the commission would pass the legisla-. ture. He also favored direct liability, be lieving each employer ought to bo re sponsible for the Injuries or death of hla employes. However, he Intimated that tho maximum Indemnity for death si.soo. was too high and would meet with oppo sition from the employers. Mora Public Bleetfntrs. As representative of the bricklayers' union, R. H. Llvesey was questioned at length by the members of the commis sion. Publlo hearings will be held by. the commission in the forenoons and aft ernoons Friday and Saturday. During the examination of witnesses a good deal of badinage passed among the members of tho commission. The following members signed the majority report: C. D. Traphagen, Victor Rosewater, Frank M. Coffey, F. I. Elllck. The following re ported In favor of the collective liability bill: Arthur I Weatherly, I, D. Evans and A. C. Wettxel. general today to see what can be done to keep one jot his neighbors from getting a part of his school land. He claims that under the Alt survey a homesteader who Joins hla school .land Is claiming 160 acres of the lands belonging to the state on which he has a lease. The matter will have to await the hearing In the supreme court. APPLE GROWERS ARE SAFE (Continued from Page One.) Kearney in the Dark Since Mayor's Veto KEARNEY, Neb., Dec. 26.T-(Speclal Tel cgram.) lh..accordance with his declared Intention, Announced Monday evening, Manager Will J.JScoutt of the Jcearrjey Electric and Water Power!" company tills afternoon ordered' all fiiies taken "but of the street lighting sysjem and tonlffht the'streetsof the city -are In total dark-hesai'-axcept for the light, supplied by the full moon. This action .on the part ot the company comes as Jhp. direct result of the veto by Mayor J, w, Patterson .lat Saturday morning of the proposed ordinance to have , been submitted to the voters of the city authorizing the mayor and city coun cil to enter into a contract wltht the com pany for tho furnishing of street lights, the contract entered into ten years ago having expired December 17.' Forty thou sand dollars already voted fort the pur chase .and Installation of the municipal lighting system is tied up by an Injunc tion suit now pending before 'the' supreme court. HYMENEAL. Davis-Leader. SIOUX CITY. Ia Deo, I6.-Frd Davis, formerly a well-known Iowa newspaper man. was married In New York yester day to Miss Oruce Leader of Bloux. City at (he Marble collegiate church. Rev. David Rurrell officiating. They will make their home In Washington. Mr. Davis waa connected with the Taft bureau In Washington during the recent .campaign. put on by one of the convicts were more than well entertained. The opening min strel part showed that Warden Mellck might take out his show and make n worthy competitor to most any minstrel' copany travclingm the country. Several of the boyn show signs of having been in that Ulnd of business before and. seem perfectly at home on the stage. An Omaha Colored end man by the name of Williams was about as good as Is seen anywhere, while another, a whlto man by the name of Mclntyre, Is especially good. The other end men, Framptori and Mcintosh, were also good, while the rest of the circle contained many good solo ists, ogers, or "suit case mystery." was the Interlocutor and acquitted himself famously, and gave contortion and! trapexe stunts. Rogers was formerly on the vaudeville stage. The violin playing of 8aron von Berger, a recent addition to tho Institution, waa excellent. Th'a band Is led by William Mullen, a former resident of Omaha. The show closed with a four-round glove contest between two colored men. This was an addition to the performance put on by request. The. performance will be repeated New Tears' evening. Point In Anti-Pass I.htt. The Missouri Pacific railway company has written the railway commission for Information regarding the anti-pass law and how far It extends. They desire to know It It Is unlawful to give a pass to a housekeeper of one of their employes who has for years kept house for the man and In every way looked after the household affairs and the family and children. The matter was referred to the attorney general who Is ot the opinion that under the law no person, unless they are a dependent on the man. has any right to a pass through his being an employe of the company. The I.lsco State bank of Garden county has made application to the secretary of the state banking board for permis sion to Increase the capital stock ot the bank from 110,000 to VOfiOO. Perry 'ent AU )ueatlon. As another echo of the "beer bottle corner" case now before the supreme court Perry Teast of Garden county was a caller at the office ot the' atorney J DEATH RECORD. A. A. Parsons. A. A. Parsons, &S0S Hamilton street, TS years old, died Wednesday morning at his residence after a week's Illness, of pneumonia. Mr. Parsons has lived In Omaha for- the last tan years, moving here from Council Bluffs whero he had lived for twenty-five years. During his active life Mr. Par sons was In the agricultural Implement business. Mr. Parsons Is survived by-hls.wlfa and four ohlldrenC. B. Parsons of Omaha. Dr. I. U. Parsons of Malvern, la., irred C. Parsons of Omaha and Mrs. John M. WUUs of Chehallls. Wash. The funeral will be held at : o'clock Friday atternoon from the family resi dence with interment at Forest Lawn cemetery. PV. J. V. Carlson will have Charge of the services. Mrs. Lnvlna J. Faster. TECUMBHH, Neb., Dee. 2.-($pecJal.) The body of Mrs. Lavina J. Foster, who died at the home of her son, J. W. Foster, in Kansas City, Mo., last Sun day, arrived In Tecumseh this afternoon. The funeral was held at the Baptist church at 4:15 o'clock, conducted by the pastor. Rev. C. W. Heady, and the Inter ment was In the Tecumseh- cemetery Mrs; Foster waa a pioneer settler of Johnson county, her husband dying here many years ago. Hho leaves several chil dren. Mrs. Foster waa a noted worker In the cause ot temperance. She waa TiS years of ag. . William R. Stiver. NHW YOItK, Dee. 26. William R. Stlner, a newspaper man who during the civil war reported such membrable events as the battle between the Monitor and Merrlmac' arid the Inaugurations of Jefferson Duvls aa president of the con federate states, died yesterday at h's home on Long Island. He was 71 years old. During the war he was attached to the army of the Potamae and reported many engagements under Generals Mc Clelland, Grant, Meade and Dix. KdTTard P. VI las. MILWAUKEE, Pea .-Edward P. Vilas, 60 years old, a well-known lawyer and brother of former Postmaster Gen eral William F. Vitas, died today from Injuries suffered- from - falling down stairs at his home last night. His neck was broken. Four Persons Killed in Grade Crossing Accident in Illinois CHAMPAIGN, III., Dec. I. The four members of the family of Edward 1.1. Miller were killed today by being struck by the Illinois Central's Panama Lim ited, four miles south of Champaign. Tli dead: EDWARD II. MILLER, .11 years old. MRS MAUDE MILLER. 33 yeaiH uld. RUTH MILLER. 8 years old. WAYNE MILLER, 4 years old, Opal Sco'tt, the U-Vear-old child of a neighbor: was fatally hurt. The Millers were driving home from a Christmas celebration lit the home of a neighbor and were taking iionie the Scott girl. Their double-seated rig vnu crossing the track when the train 'ti uck it. KANSAS PIONEER WOMAN OF AB0LITI0NJDAYS IS DEAD LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. M, Mis. Mary Ann Robinson, n pioneer of thin county, who had many thrilling expeil ences during the early history ot Kan sas, died here today, aged S7 yearn. Her husband, who was an abolltlpntKt, was once captured by a band of pro slavery men, who attempted to hang him in his own yard. Juhi as the noose was slipped over his head, Mm. Robinson covered his captors with a Hhotgun and demanded that her husband be relnmu The demand was grcntsd and the men also obeyed her order to get off the premises. Mrs. Robinson was born In England and came to this country li 1J17 There's no need o( It. Stiff a little Kon- don's, the oriental and cenulae Catarrhal Jtliy un tb noiuili. Ita eoothlng, hllntr prop- rtlt nulcllr ttlltrs job. thine for I i7 rvr, coldf, catarrh, oro tbrost, nurrbtll leaaipnt. atftines. ei o. noia cnir in mo ana eoo uiurrttltttf, l .oe druecUta. KamplefrM tGHSOM MrO, CO., MlnRMpall, Mien. , Crery of Lost Schooner Safe. ST. PIERRE. Mia.. Dec. 2t The six members of the crew of the three-masted; British schooner, Aiaine. wno were thought to have been lost when the vesi sel was wrecked on the north coast of St Pierre- Roads, reached St. Pierre to day Tha men were brought from Valn queura' Island, where they landed yes terday after abandoning the schooner )antfav. tiuick. Saf. far all oondMrfns where pain li prominent! neaa-scnei, neuralgia, soute or cnronlcl roBumaiijn, gpyr, nervouuses, loiomoia. 9 ami peculiar 10 women, ere. ANT1-KAMNIA TABLETS 9J 1 mT' At AMBrucsUte Ayeis Sarsaparilla Tonic and alterative. Increases strength. Restore heikhy functions. No alcohol. Sold for 60 years. r ihuh, Lowell. Ma paaaHTBaaaaiaBBBBBBai AUTO Painting Repairing Trimming