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4 THH BKK: OMAIIA, SATVR DAY, JANUARY 10, 1914. Nebraska. Society Leader Who Has Won an Art Prize AUDITOR'S OFFICE BUSY ONE Drew Nearly Twenty Thousand Warrants in Six Months. MAKES RECORD FOR THE STATE Governor Marehend nnd Fond C'om mlsnlonrr Ilnrman TaUcn In Slot Ira Wlillr Inspect I no il re nit Wng-nnt. fFrom a SUff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Jan. , 9.-(Spclal.)ln Ihe lat six months of 1313 the state Auditor's office drew 1.S warrants to pay the cost of running the state. This exceeds the number, written In the corresponding period of 1912 by 5,410. In the month of April, 1911, there were written 7.53 warrants as against only 3,016 In the corresponding month follow Ins a session of the legislation In 13 U. the excess being due mostly to wolf bounty payments. During ihe year lfll 22.372 warrants were drawn on the general ufnd, whllo in 1912 2I.OS were drawn. Governor tn Movies." t)r. Condru. !n charge of the rrork of advertising Nebraska and Its resource, wns at the state house today and "took motion pictures uf Food Commlsslener liarman and his force of Inspector inspecting n line of head wagons. Governor Morehend took part In the movie'- and Inspected the bread like a veteran. Requisition for frits. Extradition capers have been asked of Governor Moreht-ad for the return ;o Santa Barbara county. California, of lien Jnmln Crux fanted for assault on the per Mn of Stella Castro, a 13-year-old girl. Jrux Is under arrest at Omnha. Inrrrtfned Cnpltl, The Nebtaska Rlaugas company with headquarters at Omaha has Increased its capital Btock to M.CWA according to pipers tiled this morning with the secro Ifty of state. Slnthrws Healifna. j In an effort to set out of politics, Leo Alathcws, now secretary of the oBard of tjontrol, handed In his resignation a sec iclary of tbo democrat state central com rnlttee and It has been lost in thv shuffle. Frank Brown. Junior editor of the Kear ney Democrat, has been mentioned In obhnectlon with the place as secretary of t)fa committee. Mr. Drown was at the Ktjite, house yesterday and was surprised that his name had been mentionel as sec retary of the commlttc. However, ho tfcnnot get the job until the resignation of Mr. Mathews Is discovered, unless the latter should condescend to resign twice Horn a Job he doesn't care for. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, who has been visiting her old home in Virginia, has resumed her work In the children's court. New York City. Mrs. Gibson, who Is the wife of the famous artist, and one of the beautiful Langhorne sisters, Jg actively Interested with Mrs. W. IC Von- Tire Losses Les3 TkanYear Before (Krom a Staff .Correspondent.) 'f-jNCOLN, jB' 9. (Special.) Fire loeses la Nebraska as reported' to the office of Kjra Commissioner W. S. Rldgell, were Sttt&iS Jess tn mi than they were in 191?. according. to tho report of that depart rsjMt, being prcpnrcd for the printer. The figures show that In IMS there were 1,333 fires, with a loss of 32,231,174, while In 1SJI3 there were only I,M5 Ires, with a loss ot l.1l5,CTC Tho losses In 1913 were the Iqwrst since the organization ot the de partment In 1909. The total value of the property which was on tiro during the year was W,J.5. Of tho l.rti fires 3(8 came under the head of "unknown" as to their origin. Hot ashes were responsible for twenty-two llrcs; bonfires, twenty-two; carelessly thrown cigar stubs, twenty; filling gas line stoves while tho snmo were burn ing, thirty-one; children and matches were responsible for sixty-four, and spontane ous combustion made forty-one fires. There were ,500 buildings Inspected dur ing the year. The fire losses tor the last four ytara aro given as; J910 . 1911 Jnidentified Man Hangs Himself on Farm at North Bend NORTH BEND. Neb., Jan. .-(8peclal.) The body of an unidentified man was found Wednesday by Ktcheny Ktchlson, dead, hanging by a rope tied to a ladder which haned against n straw stack. The man was seen Wednesday lying near tho stacks on the Spits' farm, adjoining that of Mr. Ktchlson. Nothing could be found on tho body of the dead man to Indentlfy him. He wan dressed as n laboring man and apparently was about CO years old. The sheriff and coroner were summoned and tho body brought tojoyrn Thursday afternoon and is now at fro indfrtaker's rooms awaiting developments. ' ....t2.181.06S ...a.. 1 7C IV. "I; S,l!m 19,J 1.716,676 The loss In the four years Is shown to be S7,K8,2, amTthe total value of the property on lire, IW.301.723. The receipts ot the office for 191J were iis.261.15 and the disbursements, lll.C55.20. Big Eaters Get Kidney Trouble Take Salt at first sign of Blad der irritatioa or Backache. The American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trouble, because we eat too much and alt our food Is rich. Our blood Is filled with uric aeld i-rMch the kidneys strive to fitter out, they weaken from overwork, become sluggish; the ellmlnative tissues clog and the result Is kidney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline In health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the una Is cloudy, full or sediment, or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; If you suffer with, sick headache or dtaty, nervous spells, acid stomach, or, you have Theumtalsm when ihe weather Is bad, get from your phar macist about four ounces of Jad Salts take a tableepooaful In a glass ot water l-efore breakfast tor a few day and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous alts la made from the acid of graixa end lemon Juice, combined with llthla. and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys: to neutralise the adds in the urine so It no longer Is a source of Irritation, thus end' lag bladder disorders. Jad Baits 1 incxpen-lr; onnnot injure. Makes a delightful effervescent llthla yater beverage, and belongs In every i-orae. because nobody can make a mil take by having a good kidney flusbint asy time. Advertisement. "KIT AM REALTM Tt INTHCIi ANi iifMJL . WjLovr tooTHivo Orui has b SIXTY YEAX8 tV MILLIONS for their CHILOKXN WMILV ike CHILI). HOVTSMa the OUUl irXINl CD EES WIND CDI.lt axii tetaedy foe DIARRHCEA. It U ab- c sore aaa ui ier -Mrs. Syrup." sod Us Be etbof MUt MUM. I rr 5lBlrs Soothl Vm4. Twwto tn PARKKR'tt HAIR SAUSAM , rrwu mr Mini 1 msL 1 ; if i derbllt In the big sister movement. Many society women lend their time and money to this movement for tho rescue ot young girls and for the Improvement ot condi tions surrounding the lives ot young girls living In tenement districts. BOYS PUT UNDER ARREST ON CHARGE STEALING COAL KBAIINKY, Neb., Jan, D.T-(8pec!al Tel cram,) union Faclflc detectives have placed fifteen boys and one man under arrest In this city upon the charge of stealing coal from cars In. transit and for trespassing' on the road's right-of-way. Over COO pounds Is claimed to have becni taken dally tor the last two months. Tho practice has kept many small boys from school and Superintendent Cochran of tho city schools has been called upon to compel attendance. The hearing of those arrested will be held on next Monday. Notes from Beatrice and Gage County nEATRlCE. Neb., Jan. .-(8peclal.)- The stockholder of the Uiebben Baler company of this city held their annual meeting Thursday evening and elected these officers: President and treasurer, Louie Graff, Beatrice; vice president, fi. D, ben, 'Button; bonrd ot directors, It, A. Pauty and Alex Bower of Sutton; II. II. Ijucbben, Louie Graff and S. D, Klllcn of Htatrlce. W. g. Bldifwcll state fire commissioner, was in the city Thursday investigating the cause of a number ot mysterious fifes which have occurred In Beatrice the mm few weeks. The Inspector will co-operate with the local authorities In trying to apprehend the guilty party. IT.' W. Shater. tor twenty-five years an employe of the Dempster Mill Manu facturing company, and for the last few rears vice president of the concern Thursday tendered his resignation to tako : effect February 1. He will locate at Portland, Ore. John Peterson, the Burlington employe. who was seriously burned lost week by the explosion of a small conl oil stove, Is Improving, and It Is now thounht he will recover. The new school house at Itocktord, thin county, was finished Thursday at a cost of 15,000, Since the destruction of the old building last fall by fire while carpen ter were engaged in smoking out bee In the walla, the children ot that town have been attending school In the Meth odist church. , Mrs. Mary Katon, a. pioneer resident of Gage county, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.' Burba nit. near Pllley, aged 73 years. Death was caused from cancer. 1(A ,. J)lf f erencn .1 n . "Working , Honrs. A,- man's, working day- jsjl hours. Hl body organ. 4nut work jtertecify M JipiiJa to keepJilm flt 'for 8 hours' work." Weak, sore, Inactive kidneys cannot dq It,. They must be sound and healthily active all' the time. Foley Kidney Pills will make them sound and well. Tou cannot take them Into your system Without good re sult following their uso. They are tonic In action, quick in results, and contain no habit forming drugs. Try them. For sale by all dealer everywhere. Advertisement New Books Fiction. niCHAno FURLONG. Thurston. 399 Pp. 11.35. womriany. By E, Temple V. Appleton & Cahill, Under Bond Is Freed from Jail BROKEN BOW. Neb., Jan, S.-(Sieclal Telegram.) The hearing of Thomas Cahill charged with setUng tire to his home at Arnold, January 4, has been continued by County Judge Holcomb to January is. Bonds were fixed In tho sum ut 100, which were furnished by Arnoll people. Mr. CahlU'a condition la some' what Improved Mrs. CahlU'a life la In sured In favor of her husband for 11,000. Big bona-fide savings for those who attend our JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE Every department in the store con tributes & profusion of genuine bargains v ' s No better garments made than ours. No bigger re- t ductions either, if you'll consider the class of gar ments and tho very small prices asked for them. Bear in mind also the extreme stylishness of every garment offered lots of times style or lack of it, is a determining iactor in tho pricing of gar ments, especially afc'sale times. Unmatchable bargains in men's and young men's hand-tailored clothes Sizes for big men as well as small men Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular to . . . Regular to .... Regular $15.00 $18.00 $20.00 $22.60 $26.00 $28.00 $32.60 $40.00 A few examples of our, shoe bargains Misses' dull and tan Russia button boots for 8tr6et or school wear , broad, roomy toe, spring or low heels sizes range 11-2. $3.75 values, $2.95 $3.50 values, $2.85 $3.00 values, $1.95 200 pairs of infants' and children's shoes, all leathers, sizes range 2 to 8, values up to $2.00, one price 95c Big bargains in mackin&ws Handsome, superfine Mackinawa for men and young men. In plnlds, checks and plain grays. $C50 and $7.60 kinds, reduced to 84.85 $8.60 and $10.00 kinds, reduced to 86.75 Sulta & Overcoats, reduced to $ 9.75 Suits & Overcoats, reduced to 810.75 Suits & Overcoats, reduced to 813.75 Suits & Overcoats, reduced to 814.75 Suits ft Overcoats, reduced to 816.75 and $30.00 Suits & Overcoats, reduced 818.75 and $36.00 Suits ft Overcoats, reduced -f 823.75 Suits & Overcoats, reduced to $25.75 $2.50 Coa;t style $1.85 Up to $3.50 Turtle Necks for $1.85 $3.00 and $3.50 Coat stylo for ...$2.25 $4.00 Coat stylo for. . .$2.95 $5.00 Coat style for $3.95 $6 and $7.60 Coat 8tyle, .84.75 Our $ Our $ Our $ Our $ Our $ Liberal Reductions on Boys' Nor- 3.50 Suits reduced, 82.35 e'.OO Suits reduced, S2.95 6.60 Suits reduced, S3.80 7.50 SuitB reduced, S4.65 S.Kf Kultn reduced. K Our $10.00 Suits reduced. Our $12.00 Suits reduced, S8.75 Our $16.00 Suits reduced, $9.75 Overcoats for Juniors (11 to 17 Years) Reduced. Never before havo such coats been sold for the money1. Our $7.60 to $8.50 Ovorcoats, now at 84.75 Our $10.00 to $12.00 Overcoats, now at 87.50 Our $16.00 to $18.00 Overcoats, now at 89.75 Small Boys' Overcoats (8 to 10 Years) at Low Prices. Our $ 5.00 Ovorcoats, at S3.15 Our $ 6.50 Overcoats, at 83.90 Our $ 7.60 Overcoats, at $4.65 Our $ 8.50 Ovorcoats, at $5.25 Our $10.00 Overcoats, at $6.25 Our $12.00 Overcoats, at $7.75 Our $16.00 Overcoats, at $9.75 Wonderful reductions on women's and girls' high type winter apparel Not the kind you see in most sales but the Jdnd you see in this storo any time, all the time. Women's and Juniors' Dresses Reduced -Finest Grade of A- Bilks Included $12.60 to $14.50 Dresses now at 810.00 $16,50 to $19.60 Dresses now at 814.50 $22.60 to $25.00 Dresses now at 817.50 $29.50 Dresses, at $22.50 $35.00 Dresses, at $24.50 $39.60 Dresses, at $27.50 $45.00 'to $49.50 Dresses now at' . ; .834.50 ..$54.00 to $59.00 Dresses nowat 839.50 $17.50 $22.50 $29.50 $35.00 $39.50 $47.50 $56.00 $69.00 and $19.50 and $25.00 and $32.60 and $37.50 and $46.00 and $49.50 Suits, at. , Suits, at'. . Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. , Suits. 810.00 $14.50 $16.50 $19.50 $24.50 $32.50 $36.50 845.00 $13.60 $17.60 $22.60 $29.50 $35:00 $37.50 $39.E0 and $15.00 and $19.50 and $25,00 and $32.50 Coats, at. . Coats, at. . and $45.00 Coats, $ 8.75 Coats, 810.00 Coats, 814.50 Coats, 816.50 819.50 821.50 Coats, $24.50 Girls' Fine Coats Greatly Underpriced (Sizes 8 to 14 Years) $5.75 and $6.50 Coats $3.50 $7.50 and $8.50 Coats S4.75 $10.00 and $12.50 Coats 6.75 $13.50 and $14.50 Coats $8.65 $16.50 and $18.50 Coats $10.75 OteABA' FASTSBT GROWING OTORK mm 1316-18-20 FAUN AM STREET Trust Company Sues Wabash Eailroad ST. IOUIS, Jan. 9.-The Central Trust company of Now York today filed suit In tha federal district court hero against the receivers of thv Wabash railroad tor $120,000. Tho petition says that the Central Trust company was trustee (or a Wabash not Issua or 110.000.000 In May, 1906. The notes. It Is claimed, were secured by 12,000 shares ot Pacific Exprt-ss, company stock under an agreement that the Central Trust com pany should have, the proceeds front the express stock, and that the Wabash should have the voting rights. In 1MI It Is claimed the Pacific Express stock was sold to the Wells Kkirgo Kx. press company, and the Central Trust company did not receive Its thtro ot tho proceeds of the sale. Dicky Furlong comes to London at the maturo ago ot 18. with 12 In his tockt and hope unlimited In his heart. The papers wlilch he had so confidently ex pected to buy his drawings find them Im possible, and he starves with a cheerful unconciousness that he, could make them marketable by chastening a few of his arm tic Ideals. Ills elrllsh awwihun tires of waiting for him and he finds an other, or rnth'.r. nnntk. li n... . -. wv ...j, turns mm, l iic threo mystrleB-love. birth and death iano mm successively by the hand. TIIR ItntTftf? ni' irinniuHiid .... Kate Lrtnyley Dosher. 304 Pp. Harper & Brothers. Although the hero and heroine of ihl story are both threatened with tubercu losis and tfce scene la laid first tn one sanitarium and then In another, It Is a rigorously cheerful tale. Tnain. t.ii had bcert at the Haywood sanitarium for tome time before Itlves Col burn came there, nntl tint nn. .4 t - lu. w ------ vn,ivw lu uiuo iter troubles, but also made the acquaintance oi cricket-otherwise Josephus Ham-mill-a smalt boy who wasn't "blood kin to anybody." These Uiree are the princi pal characters In a familiar plot, which Includes a wise old doctor with a, hidden romance, and en Irascible, kind-hearted gentleman from Bouth Carolina. "The other wdman" and a'' false friend play their parts In tho usual manner. The boy "Cricket" la about the most attrac the person In the novel, but Mrs. Hatch and her views oi matrimony, acquired from forty years of wedlock with Solo mon, who was an "explainer" and not much else, are wholly amusing. nVAL.E.IST,KK- Uy Qrant Klchards. 317 . ... iiougnton-Mirriin comnanv. It took an extraordinary amount of backbone, coupled with stern resolve, for young valentine Barat, who was captl- vated by a charming young woman, but mortgaged to the hilt for debts contracted at the gaming table and on the turf, to siaKo on au apparently sinking financial ship a great fortune, threatening at the samo time to swamp his honored father's past reputation for business ability. Tha sudden glide from the smooth waters of a dllettantc-rlpploU though they wcro by gusts oi fortune's III wind-to breakers whloh meant financial and marital de struction, needed a stout heart and a strong hand at the helm. The guiding of the Imperiled craft carefully and surely back Into a safe harbor Is no mean feat ot authorship, but such has been meritoriously performed by Valei.t'neV creator. rcrslstent Advertising is tne Road Big Returns, f to RPB 5!JlKS; llK Margaret Westrup. SO Pp. II. Si. The Maemltlan company. A precocious child, intellectually starved by a visionary, self-centered father, finds pleasure In Imagining herself a partici pant In various delights of the normal debutante until a queer coincidence cm- hnltlms her lo ask a complete stranger to take her to the theater. It is the turnstile of her life, wheeling her into nour noon .nil conflicts, through WhlCh her stralghtfbrwardness carries her safely to the shelter of a home ot ner own. But tho Incidents which lead up to the joyful consummation are so piquant and unusual, and a lover methods ot secur ing his domestic felicity are so strenuous that, the annals of Phllllppa are gingery to a degreo approaching allspice. THE I.UBF. OF THE MTTMS pnUK. ny Margaret Peterson. 293 PP. -P, Putnam's soi.s. a itn.v of India, with that striking vividness thst only Intimacy with the background described can accomplish, the author depicts Che land ot mystery aad tho myrftcrlea of native character, xne story turns upon the destructive fasclaa tinn Kvorriurd hv an tiBorlnclPled native ruler upon ah F.ngllsh cirU married to a man who lo completely devoted to ner. THE INNER MAN. By Florence Crowe- Jones. 320 Pp. W.2S. a. W. Dillingham company. A French scientist discovers a serum which so Increases tho sensibilities of the person using It that Lo Is empowered to perceive things imperceptible .to others thoughts, Inaudible' yqjee of tho Inner soul speaking out the real feelings and emotions of those around htm. On his deathbed he confides to hi favorite pupil. Gabriel Mlrnnde, the secret of this re markable discovery. By means ot this scrum, Mirande saves his former sweet heart from being burled alive; rescues an innocent man from life Imprisonment for a crime ot which he was falsely accused; discovers the real criminal, who had murdered a millionaire, and finally ab sorbed the knowledge that war was about to be declared against the French nation by the Italian government. Sounds Ilka some story, doesn't It? THE RED ROOM. By August Strtnd berg. KB Pp. J1.25. a. P. Putnam's sons. The author describes with vitriolic sa tire the humorous and. perhaps. Irremedi able topsy-lurvydom which life presents. The book reveals a side of Ufa with which Strlndberg In the course of his checkered wanderinca became Intimately acquainted. DTANA ARDWAY. By Van Zo Post. szi ii). ii.sx j. u, uppMcou- company. Diana Is a young woman from Boston. daughter ot a banker millionaire. Th hero snatches Diana from tho back ot a runaway horse, thereby making her very angry- A few days later ahe visits him In his bungalow, helps him write an act of the play upon which he is en gaged. Their friendship grows In leaps and bounds, but their violently opposed temperaments make It one ot continual clashes, but underneath it all tho author shows the undying harmony between tho two. THE STREAK. By David Potter. M pp. 11.25. J. u. i.ipptncott company. This story concerns Dick Nelson, lov able and debonair, who wins and marries a warm-hearted southern girl. Their early married life in the Philippines is one ot happiness until "the streak" breaks through the veneer of civilisa tion. The author handles his subject on a largo canvas, and we se both the crave and gay life ot the heterogenous world chosen for the setting of the story. THE TWINS OF SUFFERING CREEK. By Rldgwcll II. Cullum. 367 Pp. St.23. Qeorgo W. Jacobs company. An unconventional tale of a western gold mining town, which Is mainly con cerned with the raising of twins, aged 4, whose mother has bolted and left the father with this burden. The father Is wholly Inadequate for his task, and his equally Inadequate friends form them selves Into a syndicate to furnish aid and advice. Their various endeavors are irre sistibly funny, and, of course, all end In failure. Seeing that the father wants his wife back, whatever her faults, tho leader of the syndicate undertakes to find her, and at last succeeds In restoring her to her husband and children,. BLISTER JONES. Br John Taintor Foote. 324 Pp. 31.30. Bobbs-Morrill com pany. A collection of ten short stories. The subjects are men and horses and Inci dents connected with the turf and nat urally the volume will appeal to readers whoso Interests lie along those lines. The average reader, uninitiated in the mys teries of jockeydom and horse training, it tn a. receptive mood, will be enlight ened by the stories, for the author, we are to Infer, knows not a little about these matters. Miscellaneous. THE ART OF STORT-WRITING. By Nathaniel C. Fowler, jr. 250 Pp. II. Sully & Kelntetch. Tho author covers the financial as well as the technical aide ot writing and pre sents to the reader many things which he should be familiar with before at tempting to enter a literary career. PI.AIN THOUGHTS ON FAITH AND LIFE. By Wellesley P. Coddlngton. 226 Pp. It. Eaton & Mains. A collection ot essays that deal with human and every-day aspects ot life. WHEEL-CHAIR PinLOSOPHY. By John Leonard Cole. 1M Pp. fO.TS. Ea ton & Mains. A record of experience tho It to ot a man whose example Is sane and wholesome, which is more than a record of patience and courage. THE MEN OF THE GOSPELS. Bj Lynn Harold Hough. 08 Pp. 10.60. Eaton & Mains. i A book ot character sketches of men whose names and works are icorded In the gospes. ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE CHRIS TIAN. By William J. Johnson. 207 Pp. 31. Eaton & Mains. A study of the development of Presi dent Lincoln's religious life, which the author has made from original docu ments. A ONE-SIDED AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Bj' Oscar Kuhns. 23 Pp. Si. Eaton & Mains.' The author endeavors to show the play and power of books upon tho Inner and deeper life of man. THE JUDICIARY AND THE PEOPLE By Frederick Newton Judson. 270 Pd 31.35. Yale University Press. The author presents the causes anc, remedies for the distrust which peopU ard beginning to feel In the courts. J-J bbbbbbbbbbbbTT r rN i To stimulate circulation and send the blood rushing through the body with fresh vigor, drink a cup of hot bouiHon as often as you like. There is no reaction. Instantly made drop u cube into a cup of hot water. Atk for Armour' Cabas. 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