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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1914. 3 Nebraska i'MHT'I PTMnC Mn BUAT ART T Docs Not Appear to See General 1 Demand for His Services. HIS GOOD JOB YET APPEALS FlnrU Little Clamor for IIU Service na Candidate for OoTerno Oil Compnn) Denied night n Sell Stock. (From a-Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 2.-(Speclal.)-IUchard L. Metcalfe ceemsv to be ono democrat who can distinguish between a real call to office and one that Is not. at least. he was reported as Baying yesterday white In Lincoln for a short time that it he thought the call was for him to lead the democratic party this year he would re sign his Job on the Panama exposition committee and stay in Nebraska and take a chance, but it did not look much like a real call now. However, Mr. Metcalfe will draw $10,000 this year as a member of that commit tee and that ought to look good to most anybody beside the empty honor of lead ing the democratic party to defeat thin fall in thols state, Mr. Metcalfe said he was sorry that there was not more harmony among democrats In Nebraska and hoped that their differences would be buried bcfoie the polls opened in November, but he did not seem to be very favorably im pressed with the prospects for peace. Money for Trennnry. The State treasury was helped consid erably yesterday when seven counties sent in remittances aggregating J19O.O0O. The remlttoances wore as follows: Dougla , $89,591 Merrick 22,360 Buffalo 14.259 Cass 12, MS Dodge 11,517 Colfax ...(. 11.153 Valley t 8,731.. This morning another reinforcement to the money department came in, amount ing to $53,087, from the following counties: Custer , $25,400 Peward 15,687 Gage 12,0090 Anilltor I.Ikes KnlRhta. State Auditor W." B. Howard spent yes terday in Omaha and arrived homo this morning. He reports that he waa Initiated into th Ak-Sar-Ben last night and that their ceremony this year puts in the Dander Man File, shade all other attempts of the past. Somebody has the wires crossed in the hull moose steering committee, two men having filed for the office of state auditor on that ticket This morning the secretary of state's office received the filing of E..dwln C. Hopkins of Dundee, who gives his residence as 6110 Cass street, Omaha. He wants the nomination for auditor on the bull moose ticket J. Hanson of Fremont filed a few 'weeks tgo. There are still some vacant places n the state ticket and the steering com- Nebraska. mlttee ought to get busy and prevent duplication of filings. Oil Connmnj- Denied. The blue sky department of the State Rnltway commission has turned down the application of a Texas oil company which wants to sell tracts of oil lands in this state. The proposition covers tracts of 600 square feet, which nro sold at 10. The total acreage of the tract Is forty five acres. The scheme is to develop these tracts by boring for oit after nil have been sold and If olt Is found on any the whole tract will Jointly receive the benefits. Marriage Merman Granted. License to marry was given yesterday to Leon E. McBrldo of Lincoln, age CO, and Miss Jennie L. Miller of Diagonal, la., age 2?, by the Lancaster county license clerk. BODY OF MRS. BIVENS ON WAY TO TECUMSEH TECCMSEH. Neb.. June 2.-fSrr.lan The body of Mr. Marv Tllve of Tecumseh.' but Who died at the homo of a daughter at Corning. Cal., FiTlny, will reach Tecumseh tomorrow aftornoon nt 3:10 o'clock. Brief funeral services will be hold nt tho home of Mr. nnd Mm. R. Thurber at 5:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and Interment will be In the Tecumseh cemetery. Mrs. (hlvens came overland frum Illinois flfty-slx years ago At that time "thorn was a small framo fulldlng holding a small stock ot mer chandise here, a Binall hotel and half dosen log cabin residence buildings. Mrs. mvens was aged 76 years. She Is survived by four daughters, two of whom, Mrs. Eunice Hill and Mrs. Ella Dale, live in Corning, end will accom pany the body here. Nebraska Xfn Notes of Stniilrton. STAPLETON, Neb., June 2.-(SpeclaU-At a recent meeting of the Staplcton Commercial club tho business men of the town decided to hold another celebration this year on tho Fourth of July. The Logan County Fair association held a meeting. The treasurer's report showed the association In good financial circumstances. It was decided to hold thu net annual fair on September 9, 10 and 11, 1914, at Stapleton. A small sized tornado wrecked the house of Homer Queale, twelve miles west of here. No one of the fnmlly was Injured, Neighbors arrived and replaced the roof that evening. No other damage was reportPd from this cloud, which was accompanied by a very heavy rain. The Gould Land and Cattle company shipped In 475 steers from New Mexico, which will be run on their holdings north of here. D. C. Stapleton of Beuenaventura. Co lumbia, South America, is making this town a short visit. The village was named In his honor hy Harry E. O'Neill, secre tary of tho Loup Valley Ijnnd company, owners of the townslte. Officers in School Given Field Service (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June S.-(Speclal.)-Offlcers attending the military school of Instruc tion at tho state fair grounds are con fining their studies to those which can bo taken on the insldo today whoro tho hoavy rain which has been falling all day will not Interfere with their duties. Testcraay afternoon they took a five mile hike out In tho country. The hike was more In the naturo of manouvers, however, as the men wero divided up Into two groups, one representing the "reds" and the others the "blues." They were In command of Colonel Edmund Bnehr and Major Sterflcker. The "blues" wero sent out Into the hilts north of the fair grounds wher they were supposed to entrench them selves while the "reds"' were sent out to discover how well tho former were en trenched. Tho movements wero In charge of Colonel Mulr. One feature ot the school Is that all rank Is concerned and all might properly be privates as far aa any prestlgo might be gained from the shoulder straps. Colonel George A. Eberly, of the Fourth regiment, has been mado com mnnder of tho camp; Captain John P. Poucher. adjutant: Major J. M. Blrkner, quartermaster, and Major J. F. Spellman, surgeon. Nebraska. Stomach Tronblea 'Disnpepnr by using Electric Bitters. Best remedy for liver and kidney, Indigestion, dys pepsia and all stomach troubles. 60c and $1. All druggists. Advertisement. Commencements. STELLA, Neb.. June 2.-(Spcclal.)-Commencement exercises at Vcrdcn was held In Hall's opera house this evening. Principal H. E. Bradford of the Nebraska School of Agriculture dollvcred tho class address, while TV. L. Evans, president of the School Board, presented the diplomas. The graduates are Floyd M. Arnold, Sarah S. Cook, Bernard F. Bloom, Clarenco I. Houtz, Cecil I. Bow ers, Mary Myfanwy Jones, Herschel E. Bowers, Freda Marsh, L. Mildred Bow ers, Grace E. Ocamb, Emllie Florence Burns, Howard H. Ocamb. Orlenna Mar Huy MkIU Plant. OBLEONS, Nob., June 2. (Special.) Tho circulation ot a petition was started today asking for a special election to vote bonds to the amount of $12,600 to pur chase the electric light plant now owned and operated by a comparly of local business men. The city owns Its water plant and system, but hires the pumps run by electric power. The bonded In debtedness of the city at present Is 52,9iX). Severe Attack of Colic Cnred. B. B. Cross, who travels In Virginia and other southern states, was taken suddenly and severely 111 with colic. At the first store ho came to tho merchant recommendfd Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doses of It cured him. No one should leave home on njourney without a bottle of this preparation. For sale by' all drug gists: Advertisement. FULLER SHALLENBERGER APPEALS MURDER CASE (From a 8tff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Juno J. (Spcclal.)An appeal was made to the supreme court by the attorneys ot Fuller Schellenberger, who was sent up from Nemaha county for tho murder of Julian Bauhard. 16 years tgo, asking for his release from prison be cause ot Insanity. The attorneys claim that Schallcn berger Is in the habit of making con- fcislons to crimes that have been ctni mltted when ho had not participated tu them at all, Notes from llcntrlec BEATUIC19, Nob., June 2.-(Speolal.)- James. tho 4-yertr-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Elliott, died Sunday morn Ing of spinal meningitis after an Illness of only twenty-four hours. Andrew Andersen of this city Monday filed his petition to hnvo his namo placed on tho ballot as a candldato tor thn dem ocrats nomination for county treasurer. Frank T. Wing of Steele City. Neb., and Miss Lydla V. Bull wero marrlod Monday at 11 o'clock at the home of tho brldo's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bull. Kev. A. S. Bucll of Madison offi ciating. Tho young couple left on an afternoon train for Stcelo City, where thoy will make tholr home. A petition signed by 111 residents ot West Beatrice asking for a two-story brick school house was presented to tho Board of Education Monday evening. A class of 21S worn awarded diplomas at tho eighth grado commencement ex ercises Monday, which wero held in the high school building. This Is tho largest class to receive diplomas in tho history of Gage county. In tho morning a three act play, "Cabbage Hill School," was presented by about tlfty students. "Things Worth While" w'as tho subject of an address glvon by State Superin tendent Dalscll, Nebraska tain V. S. Crawford, who died at Men dotn, lit., at tho age of 60 years. The body was interred In Harmony cemetery In Belle Prairie township. Trying Snirnr Iteeta. STArLETON, Neb., Juno 2. (Specials Sugar beets are being tried out here. A local man has about fifteen acres seeded, tho first of this kind .ever tried here, for shipment to the Grand lslnnd sugar factory. tiretnn Veterans Attend Funeral. GENEVA, Neb.. Juno 2.-(Speclnl,)-Some of the members of the Grand Army of tho Bopubllo went to Strang Monday afternoon to attend tho funeral of Cap- Culls from the Wire At St. Ixiuls the sale ot the Bin Grand railroad and Brownsville Eloctrlc Rail way company, subsidiaries, by the receiv ers of the Frisco was approved by United States J ml (CO Sanborn. A report from Tupper Lake. N. Y in tho Adirondack, says a forest flro Is thretrnintr the state forestry Plantations In 'the vicinity of Cross Clearing. The fire has already swept over about 300 acres, Tho first competitive test of the sailing abilities ot two of tho contcrboard sloops built for the defense of the America's cup will occur In tho race today on Long Jslnnd sound, between tho Resolute and Vnnltle. Eighty per cent of all the convicts and guards examined In Auburn prison. Auburn, N, Y.. show symptoms of scar let fever, according to a statement by a special deputy of the state health de partment. Tho senate has amended the nnval ap propriation so as to authorize tho sale ot the battleships Idaho and Mississippi and the construction of a modern dreadnought with tho money. Greece Is understood to be tho prospective purchaser. At Tompktnavllle. Ky., while playing hall, Bill Hammer, a school teacher, was struck on the head by a pitched hall while batting, causing the rupture of a blood vessel ot the brain, from the ef fects of which he died, Tho final production of tho pageant and masquo of St. Louis-the spectacle drama thnt Illustrates and Interprets the history of this city -was given ngatn last night. For tho four nights on which this spec tacle was given, tho total attendance Is estimated at more thnn 500,000. Mrs. William O. MoAdoo la suffering from sore throat, according to advices from Cornish, N. H. The slight Illness Is expected to delay the return of the McAdoos to tho capital Until tho end ot tho week, Mrs. W. J. Bryan will give a garden party for them Saturday, Creation of an interstate trado com mission lift been approved by tho mem bership of the Chamber ot Commerco ot thn United States by a vote of 523 to 124, according to results of a referendum. The votes wero filed by 343 commercial organisations in mora than thirty-five states. Tho first case has reached tho supremo court In which tho validity of a law fix ing a minimum WHgo was evolved. It was the attack of Frank C. Btctlor, a papor box manufacturer of Portland, Ore., on the statute of that state, under which the Industrial welfare commission fixed a minimum wago of $6.64 a week for women. The general assembly of the United Presbyterian church at Newcastle, Pa., indorsed tho proposition ot Rev. II, II. Hell of Son Francisco, for the erection of a church nt the Panama Paclflo ex position, at which union evangelistic serv ices are to be conducted. October 11 waa set aside ns United Presbyterian day. Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-416418 South 16th St. Furniture Specials Single. Itorus or complete outfits enn hij'sdltftjted from our hundreds of specially priced pieces, offerliiyBUrprlstng savings on our standard ot furniture, quality. '. A few Instances: $42 llrnsB lied, full size, 2-ln. continuous posts, satin finish ; 920.00 $18 Brass Ded, full size, satin finish ,$15.00 $2R Poster Ucd, size, mahogany $10.73 Hi Chiffonier, lnrgo colonial style, mahogany, S34.no $r2 Dresser, handsome pattern, Toona manog., $17.00 $40 Dressing Table, to match, Toona mahogany $3fi.00 $40 Choval Glass, Circassian walnut $30.00 $38 Chlffonlor, golden oak, largo ploco $30.00 $18.60 Parlor Table, mahogany. $14.00 $50-9x12 iT Rugs $29 An unusual opportunity to purchaso a line rug at a very low price. The opportunity Is rapidly passing. 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' - - 75 Lots on West Broadway, Between 28th and 35th Streets, the Price a Little Higher Some 25 lots scattered south of First Avenue Every Lot Marke With Thus: C WP M This Lot Price, S JUNE 6 GREENSHIELDS & EVEREST CO. MAKE YOUR SELECTION ANY TIME. NO LOT SOLD BEFORE THE DATE On Saturday, June 69 Salesmen and Autos Will Be at Broadway and 32d Streets All Day $5 Down and $5 Per Month Will Buy Any Lot In the List. Deferred payments draw 6 per cent interest. TITLE PERFECT Abstracts furnished Warranty deeds. Also Ten Finished Houses in This Sale $100 down and $10 per month. THE DATE IS SATURDAY. JUNE Greenshields & 551 WEST BROADWAY Everest Company Temporary Office, 32d Street and West Broadway