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Nebraska.
SANTA YIS1TUTATE HOUSE
levity Mixed with Seriousness
When the Spugs Gather.
MELLOR IN STELLAR ROLE
Vrml(P, , rjr Trrc ntul Hmplnrrt
"t Xtnlc Montr ri ltclilciit
of Tokcin from Their
1'rlrtnW,
From a Stuff Correapomlent.i
l,I.COI.N Nfib.. Pec 24.-(Speeltil.i-fc'anta
Claus wus KiiUvnntlug acuund the
lal houso this mornlns unJ most of
iho departments were remembered with
lresents from tho head of tho depart
ment to the employes. However, the biff
Htnnt wns pulled off by the State Hoard
if Asrlcultuie. Yesterday Jnvltntlona
nrere received by all member of tl)B
office force, and nil who have In paxt
vears teen ennneeted uHh the dciari
'iient to be picsent at a meeting of
spusn" at 9:.-d this mornlnfr In the ofloo
c-C tho secretin of the State Hoard of
-Arlcultttro lr. the "belfry."
I When they put In an appearance this
mornlns they found a real old-fashioned
ChriUmns tree standing In the toonu on
"hlch were numerous presents., to each
tt .which was attached a few linen of a.
erre. Mr. Mellor delivered n short
Npeeoh of welcome. In which ho f?,iluinBl
Hio object or the gathering whb Just to
liave a little fun and "subtantlHll;-" to
jcmcmber ail who iiad been );t sovne way
fnne'cted With the office.
Hoxcrnor Moreheml was pi iwntc-d v!tli
. drum with tho explanation that while
he had boon malilns 'onsldomble noifo
ft nee. ho had been governor It might, 'bo
i.eeoa&ury t'j dium up a little more. Ivu
loie ho was- thiotigh. In return tho kov-t-einor
ir-ndo a speech In which he culled
attention to the work done by the sey
Metaiy in the eight yeais he had been
with thf board and closed by soying that
tho porh- weio now demanding un n
Aestlsation of the board and with that
Uid In view he lind aopointed a commit
Uc of investigation, nnd prcesinted Mr.
aiellor with a couple of old agricultural
reports upon which were staudin; four
ilnasc?, with tho admonition to .look
after them and be careful what they did.
Tomorrow all departments will bo
Oloecd most of the day and there will bo
5'ttlc doing about tho building.
DOVEY ESTATE CONTEST
IS PENDING IN COURT
' I'UVTTSAtOVTtl, Neb.. Dec. .-(Special.)
Pult has been brought In district
i-ourt here to ret nslde tho will of tho
lato Mrs. .lano A. Uovey, the mother of
fiecr3e 12. Dovcy. president of the First
1 National bank here: H. X Dovcy,
cashier of the tamo bank, and Oliver C.
Uovej, by the latter named brother. TJic
reason Is because the mother willed , all
of her Interest In her husband's large
estate to the two sons of J I. X. Dovcy,
where' she had made her homo for about
thirty years. Suit Is pending at the
present time for an accounting of and a
.division of the large estate of helr
Iiarents, brought by Oliver C. Dovey.
V Teiicln-r AVell n-memlerpl, '
- l-O'GAXl -Ia.VDec.-24. (Spedat.)A large
number of Logan school pupils and
..friends of Miss Mary K. Gardner met her
at the railroad station here this morning
to welcome her lack to Logan. In fact,
she comes as the guest of (tie pupils and
'x-puplls of the Logan High school as a
csult of a Christmas present In tho form
of a round trip ticket "from , Ann 'Arbor,
.Mich. Mica Gardner taught In. the Logan
echq'ols for o period of eight ' years, 1 re
signing the position as principal last
e&rlng to attend school again . and spe.
l'alfep at the Michigan university.
v Kiiufinaii ISiiiln I.lfe.
lJL.TT8MOUTH, Xeb.. Dec. 24.-Spe-Jlal.')
In the barn of William 'Kaufman,
few miles west of ' Plattsmouth, Joe
..Linfehart, while In a spirit; of despondency,-
hung himself. LIncbart Is a
."crmarl and for somo time was a bar
t;fldcr "in one of -tho saloons; hero last
.Rummer anil turn, worked In' the stone
(marries In Louisville. He was about 40
cars of age and unmarried, but was a
Member of tho Sons of Herman and tho
members of that lodge have taken charge
of the body.
A Life Sentoiieo
of suffering with throat and lung
trouble Is quickly commutoxl with Dr.
King's New Dlsc6very. DOc and 11.00. For
fa!e by your drug-gist. Advertisement.
Jive her a silk prttleoat. Wo have
them for J1.93. I3.9.V $3.93 and J3.00. Julius
Orldn, 1510 Douglas street.
BE MERRY
1
Tli is is the season for
good cheer and luappinesp,
but You know how hard
it is to "be merry" when
Your liver has developed
:i "lazy spell." To over
come this trouble just try
a .short course of
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
It will prove very helpful.
It is for Poor Appetite,
Nausea, Indigestion, Con
stipation, Biliousness anil
Grippe.
Tou will find the most bntlfnl
Presses In Omahft all th (aaolon
bla colors and materials In oar sale
Friday. Saturday and Monday.
The House of Menagh
Th Oentlwoman' Stort.
Several Thousand Women
Wanted at Orkin Brothers'
Wanted to take advantage of their an
nual half-price clearance tale of women's
fcuits, coats, gowns, dresses, furs and
children's coats at exactly haii sties.
Nebraska,
Notes from Beatrice
and Gage County
UKATRICK. N1... De W.-(Speclal.)-Slnce
the removal of supervisor i?. W
Urown to thl city from l'lckerell, the
question of his eligibility to servo on
the or.nt'y boaid has be?n raised by
a nrrabr of residents of hl district, and
went I asp: rants to the p'ace arc mak
ng plans to succeed him. Last week a
pot:!on was circulated xn---ng tho voters
of the Plckcrell nclghboriieod asking tho
county board to appoint Brown's suc
cessor but a bo holds that he still re
sides In District No. 2. the petition has
been dropped.
t'onntable G. U. 'ool; of Itarncstown
tss takeh Into custnd) Tuesday, and
will bo brought before the Insanity com
misslorers on the charge of being an
habitual drunkaid. The complaining
witness asks that he be committed to
the "dl" ward of the asylum at Lincoln,
Hulph S. Gllkerson of Ptclnauer and
Neva Tollcs of Crab Orchard wcro mar
tied Tuesday by Judge Wnlden.
The board of i.ubl'c lands and build
ings paid a visit to tho feeble minded
institute oast of tho city Tuesday. Tho
i members of the board expressed them
selves as well pleased with tho manage
ment of Dr. W. S. Fast. They returned
to Lincoln on tho evening train.
The merchandise stork of U. 12. Gcrdes
at Wymoio wns sold Tvetday at trustee's
ale to the Palmcr-Wheelock Kntcrprlso
company of this city .for J2.050. 13. S.
Stevens of this city was trustee.
R J. Drown, who lias boen court re
rorter here for Judge PemWton of this
district for the last few year.-, has re
signed his position and w'll leave Jan
uary 1 Tor California, vherc bo will
locate lie will be succeeded by Leo
Johnson of Omaha.
Newman Grove Has
Building; Boom
XKWMAX GROVE. Xeb., Dec. 24.
(Spccial.) The new home of tho First
XntlRtul bunk was formally opened
Tuesday. Tho building Is of pressed
brick and stone, elegantly finished and
furnished, a building that any town many
times the sire of this might well be
proud of. The hank celebrated tho oc-
casion by serving oysters to about MM
of Its customers.
Tltis contract, which was let lost spring,
seemed to bo tho signal for several other.
C. A. Randal! followed with a now build
ing for the postofflec, Sophia Linderholm
built a new store for her millinery busi
ness, 13. W. Hallgren erected a largo de
partment store, F. L. WIdergreen built
a fine big garage, C. J. From Is now
completing a very large furniture and
undertaking store. All these buildings
are brick, with stone or steel and pressed
brick fronts.
Besides these business buildings, sev
eral dwellings have gono up. Arrange
ments aro being made to put up several
more buildings as soon as tho weather
will permit In tho spring.
WIFE OF YORK MAN SUES
FOR DIVORCE AND ALIMONY
TOItK, Xei).. Dec. 24,-(Special.)-Mrs.
1. ?. Simpson and G, B. Gettys of
Chicago arrived In the city Holiday.
Sirs. Simpson Is the wife of II. S.
Simpson, a former resident of this
county, and Mr. Gettys It an attorney
of Chicago. Their visit hero was to
look up Jlr. Simpson's property In
terests and to servo notice, upon him
of a divorce suit which Airs. Simpson
had brought in Chicago, wherein she
asked for alimony.
Mr. Simpson, at the time of his mar
riage, about one year ago, In Chicago,
owned 240 acres of land In Polk county
nnd 320 acres In 1"ork county. Some
tome ago he deeded tho Polk county
land to a brother and tho York county
land to a son.
His whereabouts at this time am un
known to Mrs. Simpson. It has been
rumored that he is hiding in somo large
city.
Mr. Simpson, It is said, has told
friends that his wife, who Is. 41 years
old, spent J5.C0O of his money In eight
months.
Mrs. Simpson and Mr. Gettys left for
Chicago .last evening.
IOWA FALLS FARMER HUNTS
MAN WHO FORGED HIS NAME
IOWA FALLS, Ia Dec. 24.-(Speclal.)
Detectlv.e agencies aro hunting for a
young man who gave tho name of Daw
son, wanted for passing two forged
cheeks drawn on the Peoples' Trust and
Savings bank of this city. Last month,
Dawson secured a place with C. 13.
Gardner, a well-known fanner living
fcouth of town. When corn husking was
over Mr. Gardner gave the young man a
cheeh on the bank In settlement of
wages. Tho employe stntetl he also had
somo money In the same bank and asked
for somo blank checks, which were given
him by Mr. Gardner. Somo time later
th bank book of Mr. Gardner was bal
anced and vouchers returned. On looking
them over ho found two that he hal not
written. One was for T10 and was cashed
by the proprietor of a local pool hall,
Tho other check of J20 had been cashed
In Omaha. The signatures were cleverly
executed and would pass detection as
forgeries unlessNcloscly oxamlned. The
young man was of excellent appearance
and made friends easily. He said his
homo wac In Oklahoma and that he wi",
tho son of a minister living in that state
COMMERCIAL CLUB
FOR REPUBLICAN CITY
ItBPL'BLICAX CITY, Xeb.. Dee. 24.
(Special.) The Business men and citizens
of this city and surrounding country
met Monday night and completed the
organization of the commercial club,
C. A. Lenco was elected president; Tom
1 Gorden, first vice president; H. D, Gould,
second vice president; Thomas, ICelley,
secretary, and O. D. Hanson, treasurer,
The club starts with a membership of
between forty and fifty.
TWO IMPORTANT CASES
IN CEDAR COUNTY COURT
! ILUtTIXQTOX, Xeb.. Dec. 23,-(8pe-
olal.) There aro two Important cases
pending In the Xebraska supreme court
from this county at the present time.
One of them la tho commission test case
and the other is a case to test the con
stitutionality of the widow's pension, act.
Both catcs havo been advanced on the
calendar and au arly decision Is an.
LUcloAc!
Omaha Men
WALTERS, psHiHBHHlr
IRVIX W. BARR.
LAWYER IS SHOT BY A QUACK
Attorney for - Chicago Board of
Health is Seriously Wounded.
TURNS GUN UPON HIMSELF
Shot Is Tired by Trunk Kltntek, Wlia
Hntl Upon Canvlctetl of Illrurnl
I'rnt'tlce of Medicine nntl
l-'ltietl Tiro lluittlrcd.
CHICAGO. Dec. 24. A sensational at
tempt on the life of Charles Ailing, Jr.,
former alderman, and now attorney for
the State Board of Health, was made
today by an alleged "quack" medical
practloner, Frank Kllmek, who then
turned his pistol on himself. P. 11.
Schwaba, an asclstant to Mr. Ailing, was
slightly wounded.
Ailing was shot In the cyo and lost con.
sclousness. A physician who was called
c6uld not tell from a surface examination
whether tho wound would prove fatal.
Kllmek will die, It was reported.
Tho shooting occurred In Atling's of
fice in the presence of a number of clients
and grow out of the prosecution of Kllmek
for practicing medicine without a license.
Tho prosecution wbb Instituted by tho
State Board of Health, represented by
Ailing and Schwaba as counsel.
Kllmek was fined 1200. Today he called
on Ailing with reference to the case,
nsklng that Ailing try to get the fined re
duced, as Kllmek said he was destitute
and would have to berve out the fine In
tho workhouse,
Ailing replied that ho would recommend
that the flno be reduced to $100.
"You don't need to do that," said
Kllmek', "because I havo to go to Jail
anyway I haven't got 100."
Who Will Oelebraate Birthdays Today
lee. Vincent- Son of
Mn anJMr& W- G Hortorx.
- of 3cnjon. '
Ailing wns about to reply when Kllmek
Is said to have drawn his plBtol and
fired. Schwaba rushed forward, but was
stunned for n mbmcjit by a second bullet,
which grazed his bend. Kllmek then fired
a bullet Into his own- left side.
Ailing staggered Into an adjoining of
fice, whence he was removed t.- St.
Luke's hospital.
Mr. Ailing wns born at Madison, Intl.,
December IS, 18ft. He was graduated
from Hanover, Ind., college In 18SS, and
was graduated from tho law department
of the University of Michigan In 18SS,
when ho began the practice of law In Chi
cago. In tho course of his career as an
alderman ho rose to marked local Import
ance and wns n member of many Im
portant committees of the council, Ho
was Judge advocato of tho Klrst brigade.
Illinois National Guard; a dencon of the
First Presbyterian church and past grand
consul of tho Sigma Chi fraternity. As
attorney for the SUito Board of Health
ho has boen active In tho prosecution of
alleged "quack" doctors. He Is a bach
elor. JVmt Xotcs of Lyons.
LYONS, Neb,, Dec. 24, (Special.)
Lyons voted on the proposition to bond
tho city for a public park yesterday,
which was defeated by a vote of "0 to
105. John F. Plfer had orfered to sell the
city his beautiful grove Just north of the
city for J4.G00.
There aro several cabes of scarlet fever
here,
A "pound" sociable, was given for Rev.
James G. Clark, the Presbyterian minis
ter, at his homo last evening.
Death mi the 4iiiIIovtn
Is sharp, short agony. The lame back of
kidney trouble Is dally misery. Take Elec
tric Bitters for quick relief, noc, For salo
by your druggist, Advertisement,
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Dtt, 13. A. VAN KL1313T
t
JOHN MI3RRITT.
MRS. REDICK PLAYS SANTA
TO HOSPITAL CHILDREN
Mrs. George Redlck played Santa
Claus to Utile children at tho city emerg
ency hospital yesterday when she sent
glftB to t ich of tho fifteen who aro con
fined there. The gifts Included dolls and
games ' and a hox of candy for 'each
ygungster. To make suro tho gifts would
bo appropriate Mrs. Redlck secured tho
names nnd ogca of all the children In
the hospltnl and then purchased presents
with a view to pleasing each, child,
MAD DOG BITES CHICKENS
AND IS SHOT TO DEATH
s
A mad dog was disposed of yostrrday
morning by Emergency Officer Emory
at tho homo of J. L. Wanck, 1MW South
Twenty-seventh street. Tho first
symptom of tho animal were noticed
whenjie began running around tho ynrds
with a frothing mouth nnd bit several
chickens. After some difficulty Emery
put two bullets through the beast, settling
his worldly career.
SMALLPOX BREAKS OUT
AT THE RIVERVIEW HOME
A case of smallpox, tho second case of
contagious disease at tho Rlvervlow
Children's Home In two years, has been
discovered In that Institution, according
to County Commissioner Frank Best.
May Sweetland, detained there for about
a week, Is believed to have the disease.
She has been In a hospital ward for
several days and It Is believed there Is
no danger of contarloa.
"The Store With a Conscience"
Is!
Store Closed 'Ibs
m
all Christmas day
2
A Merry Christmas to
AH is tils' Present Day
Wish of this Store and ail , .
its limpioyes
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"HOME OF QUALITY CLOTHES"
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LvitV1Eif?f-l -;-Tv4ty-th , L),.niit. - U:U Jft'OiPyilfe,
PACKERS NATIONALRANK
24th and
South
Capital $200,000 DlRJtfOTORS.
T. J. Mahoney W. J. Ooad
Surplus .... $100,000 Luther Drake J. M. Gates
OhaB. Shaab Fred Trumble
Resources . $2,500,000 J. F. Coad A. 0. Nicholson
4 Interest Paid on Time Deposits
THE good money wasted on
bad advertising makes one
sometimes wish for a
"Pure Fooi Law" to protect some
advertisers against themselves.
The Bee's ML & M. Voting Contest
$8,000 Casha"dPreminms
A Detroit Roadster Automobile, 5 Pianos,
4 Diamond Rings, 4 Toilet Sets, 4 LaVallieres.
$1,000.00 to Organizations
1st Premium, $750.00 2d Premium, $250.00
Special Third Premium, an Upright Piano,
December Ilonus Prizes Awarded Today.
Next Ilonus TrireH January JK1, 1014.
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