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Nebraska
JUDGE HIATT IS
DEAD AT CAPITAL
former Probate Official of Harlan
Connty Meets Death in Wash
ington City.
IN POLITICS OF NEBRASKA
(Prom a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. (Special Tele
gram.) Judge Jess M. matt, former
judge of th probate court of Harlan
County. Nebraska., and latter connected
with the ceneua office for many years,
died In thl city yesterday and the fu
neral services will be held at the family
residence, 1323 Harvard street. Northwest.
Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
While a native of Indiana, born In 1S.W.
Judge Hlatt moved to Iowa In 1ST5 and
In 1879 he located In Alma, Harlan county,
Nebraska, entering upon the practice of
his profession in that state. Two years
later he was editor of the Harlan County
'Herald and In 1W he established with
tils son, John Clinton Hlatt, the Alma
Tribune. In this year he was appointed
(county attorney of Harlan county.
The republican state convention of Ne
braska In 18S3 nominated Judge Hlatt for
membership in the Board of Regents of
Nebraska university and he was elected
by about KS.OOO majority. He also was
made a member of the republican state
central committee.
He was elected probst e judge of Hat-Inn
county In 1886 and re-elected in 1S87. Judge
Hlatt always was deeply Interested In
Alma, Neb., where early In 1882 he was
commander of Van Meter Post, Orand
Army of the Republic, was re-elected
three times.
Judge Hlatt was a Royal Arch Mason
nd an Odd Fellow, being affllllated with
lodges of the organisation at Alma.
Nebraska
Alleged Heirs of
Nichols Desire to
Name Administrator
AURORA, Neb., Jan. l.-(Speclal.r
ffudge W. Ia Stark of Aurora was finally
elected by Nelson H. Tunnlcllff of New
Tork City and W. F. Button of Hastings
us the proper man for administrator of
the estate of Alden S. Nichols, who died
1n Aurora about a month ago. Nichols
left a considerable' estate, but had no
tielrs In this part of the country.
County Attorney Whitney asked for the
appointment of T. EX Williams, president
of the First National bank, as temporary
administrator. Mr. Williams was the
closest friend of the dead man and waa
his financial adviser. When Tunnlcliff
and Button came to Aurora Thursday
they asked Williams to take the admin
istratorship providing he would not se
lect certain attorneys as his attorneys.
He declared that if appointed administra
tor and he needed an attorney he would
make his own selection. Then Judge
Btark waa called In. After being clos
eted with Tunnlcllff and Button for some
time they announced that Btark was
satisfactory, and they filed a petition
asking for hie appointment.
Tunnlcllff declares that be has a con
tract with the heirs basic In Massachu
setts, but insists that he is not to get so
large a percentage aa CO per cent of the
.-estate for finding them. The fact that
the two men claiming the estate also
want to control the legal adviser of the
administrator has been the subject of
much adverse comment.
Hog Cholera Fight
In Gage and Johnson
Is Most Successful
TECUMSEH, Neb., Jan. 1. (Ppeclal.)
The hog cholera preventive work that Is
being carried on In Johnson and the
northern half of Gage counties. Ne
brssks, by the Vnlted States bureau of
animal Industry has been very satisfac
tory during the year Just closed. This
work was taken up by the national so
ciety In 1913, the original appropriation
for the work in the Nebraska and an
Iowa station being $73,000. Dr. S. E. Cos
ford, government veterinarian. was
placed In charge of the work and he has
several assistants, the assistants at Te
cumseh bring Drs. l. W. Hurst and J.
A. Orau
From data these men have collected it
Is shown that the hog cholera loss In the
Nebraska territory described was S.000
hogs In the year 1913. Active work was
not begun by the government men here
until April, 1914, and the year closed with
a cholera loss of approximately S.R00
hogs, or 1S00 less than was lost the year
before, and many of these died early In
the year before the veterinarians had
gotten the work well under way. The
total loss of hogs in tne territory - for
the year 1913 will be about 1.000 hogs,
one-sixth the number being lost without
the preventive measures. Dr. Cosford
and his assistants have received very
good co-operation In the work by the
farmers, this being absolutely necessary.
During the last two weeks they have
been holding meetings at school houses
over the Johnson county line in Nemaha
and Otoe counties. It the best results
are to be obtained here It is necessary
to prevent the disease hear the county
lines.
Nebraska
More Bonds Bought
By Commonwealth
In the Biennium
Sheriffs of State
Do Not Make Out
Required Reports
(From a Staff Correspondent.
LINCOLN. Jan. l.-( Special.) Not a
sheriff of the ninety-three In Nebraska,
with one exception, Douglas ccinty, hi
complied with the law reanrdlng reports
to be maile to the secretary of state. The
statutes requ'rea that each sheriff shall
make a report of his Ja'l record to the
secretary of state, district judge of his
district and county clerk of all prisoners
kept by him during the year and that In
turn tiie secretary of state shall compile
these reports into a report to the legis
lature. The Douglrs county sheriff has partially
reporud. according to Mr. Tool, but none
of the others has made any showing.
Sheriff Nick Johnson of Franklin
county, Kansas, visited the governor's
office this morning and secured permis
sion to take back with him to Kansas'
Arthur Spats, whom he says Is a Jail
breaker, who was in durance vile In the
Kansas county for alleged bootlegging
and other things like gambling and gen
eral all around citssedness. Spats Is being
held by the Omaha chief of police.
The full force In the secretary of state's
office Is working todsy In an effort to
set out automobile plates for the use
of automobile owners who will have to
have them this month. Plates have been
received numbered from one to432.0iX and
the total number coming will run to 70 01O.
The steel mills have ben delayed in fur
nishing the plates, though they have been
running night and day and Sundays.
The" mill from which Secretary of State
Tool gets the plates was under a bond
of $3,500 to furnish them not later than
December, and will be required to forfeit
per cent on the price for faillure to get
them here on time.
The plates this year are blue with white
Nebraska
figures and letters as compared with th
white background last year with Mack
letters.
FARMERS' SHORT COURSE
HELD AT PAPILLI0N
PA PILLION. Neb.. Jan. 1. -(Special.)
The flist short course In domestic scirmw
and agriculture held by the local Fann
ers' Institute has been In session here
since Tuesday. The attendance was good
and the Interest splendid. The lecturers
and demonstrators were sent out by the
extension department of the university.
Misses F.mma Ort and Mary Itokahr for
the women and 1). H. Propps. C. . Itt.ur
llngham and K. F. Warner for the nu n's
meetings. There were two evening meet
ings at which addresses were made by
A. Fraseur, president of the Institute:
Miss Mary Rokahr and other Instructors
and Hon. James T. Henley, d'strlct Jui1r.
The following were elected officers for
the coming year: President, K. t5. Kaec;
vice president, George Oramllch; secre
tary, Herman llorman; treasurer. Otto
Zeeb.
In the senior Judging contest Walter
Pflug won first on cattle and Fred Oram
llch on horses. In the Junior contest Al
bert Bell won first on csttle and Amca
Oramllch on horses. John Morton had the
highest average, having won second place
on both classes.
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Furniture
KILLS COYOTE WITH SHOT
FROM FAST MOVING TRAIN
KEARNET, Neb.. Jan. 1 (Specinl )
While the train of which he was the
engineer waa running at a thirty-mile clip
today, "Cyclone" Thompson, pilot of th
Kearney, Beatrice A Hustings motor be
tween here and Calloway, took a shot
with a rifle at a huge cayote and dropped
the beast. The motor waa stopped and
everyone on the train got out to view the
animal, which Is said to be one of the
largest ever killed In this vicinity. It Is
thought to be one which has killed a
number of calves and other stock and It
has been hunted for some time.
Fcur Poster Mahogany Bed
Very much lt Iho cut In style
and design, full r1o S04 QC
and nicely finished . pTiJJ
Just one of scores of noteworthy
values In beds of every design aim
finish featured on Ileaton &
Luier'a sales floors.
PAWNEE CITY TO HAVE
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS
TAWNEE CITY. Neb.. Jan. L-(Spe-clal.)
I'nlon evangellstlo services to last
through January are to begin here Janu
ary !, 1916, in the huge tabernacle erected
for that purpose south of the court house.
The tabernacle just completed Is 60x110
feet with a seating capacity of over 1,200.
Business houses during the meetings have
signified their Intention of closing at
o'clock p. m.
The meetings will be under the leader
ship of Rev. John Quincy Adams Henry
and the song service under Jesse Van
Camp.
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t.lbhon Reporter Sold.
KEARNEY. Neb.. Jan. 1. Special.)
The Gibbon Reporter, edited for fifteen
years by Romalno St. John, was sold
yesterday to W. B. Rogers of OUtner,
who bought the Interests of Mr. St. John.
The new editor is an experienced news
paper man, but has not been in the busi
ness for a number of years. He will take
charge immediately, and Mr. St. John
will rest for a short time before going
Into active work again. The Reporter
has enjoyed a wide popularity in Buffalo
county. It Is republican in politics.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. 21. (Special.) Bonds
purchased by the state and registered In
the office of the state auditor for the pe
riod beginning December 1, 1914. and the
same date of 1915 amounts to 31.4M.317.21
and is far In excess of the two previous
blennlums, taking into consideration that
but half of the present biennium is yet
to come. The biennium or 1911-12 showed
K7tt.136.39 registered, while the 1913-14
biennium showed $4,492,831.98 registered.
The report of Auditor Smith gives the
bonds purchased by the state for Invest
ment as follows:
County bonds 22.000
School district 4f7.3SO
Municipal 619.400
iDrainage district 53.6C2
School district bonds were registered In
the period from 115 district In the sum of
$1,139,040.
Precinct bonds were registered in the
amount of $31,000.
County bonds were registered from two
counties, Deuel county court house, $20,
000, and Thurston county funding bonds.
$60,000.
City drainage and Irrigation bonds ran
up to $2,244,277.21, among the list being
the Omaha Auditorium bonds for $150.
000, the Lincoln paving bonds for $216,000,
Omaha sewer bonds for $200,000, Omaha
paving bonds for $100,000. Omaha park
bonds for $50,000, South Omaha refund
ing bonds for $140,000 and the South
Omaha bonds for $147,000. -
Baalc Chamer at HartlnartOB.
HARTTNqTON. Neb., Jan. 1. (Special.)
At a special meeting of the board of
directors of the First National bank
Thursday, George I. Parker tendered his
resignation as president and W. S. Wes
ton was elected to fill the vacancy. Mr.
Weston resigned as vice president and
R. O. Mason, formerly cashier, was
elected to that position, and George Beate
resigned as assistant cashier and was
elected cashier. George I. Parker will
move to Omaha and be associated with
a life Insurance company.
Mowrr-Wrl(kt,
TECUMSEH, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special.)
Miss Helen Alleen Wright, daughter of
Postmaster and Mrs. E. D. Wright, and
Or. I. Berton Mowry, also of this city.
were married at the borne of the bride
weanesaay evening at S o'clock. Dr. and
Mrs. Mowry are now In Council Hinf.
and Omaha on a wedding trip, and they
will be at home In Tecumseh after Feb
ruary 15.
Dr. Bradbury in New Offices
"Dental Dope"
Will your Teeth have the care this year?
When you can have It all done without pain,
why nhould you worry?
The new things I have to offer ought to make
you interested, for your health, your biihiiu-Mi,
your looks, and your breath. Socially you don't
care.
Thece days Pyorrhea, the big enemy of your
teeth and gums, can be cured.
Teeth lost through decay and disease can bo
replaced by my simple method without plates.
A bookful of their good qualities would not bo
enough to explain their usefulness.
For Fillings, I can make a badly decayed
tooth look as natural by the use of Porcelain as
though It had never been defective.
If through any reason you are forced to wear
plates, I have an Imported tooth that makes It
very hard t,o distinguish from your natural
teeth, and I guarantee them 20 years.
Bend for Booklet on I'nusual Dentistry.
Itallroad Fare for SO Miles Allowed.
DR. BRADBURY, Dentist
27 Years in Omaha,
021-22 Woodmen of the World Bldir. Phone D. 175fl.'
14th and Far nam 8t., Omaha. Hours 8 to 0; Sundays, 10 to 12.
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FRENCH AIRMAN DROPS
BOMB INTO GREEK CAMP
SALONIKI, Jan. 1. (Via Paris, de
layed.) A French aeroplane squadron te
turnlng from a reconnaissance today
dropped a bomb by error on the Greek
camp, wounding one soldier. General
Sarrall. the French commander made
suitable explanations.
A news agency dispatch received by
way of London Friday n ght, said that
during a raid over Salonlkl by a Tue
tonic aeroplane a bomb waa dropped oa
the Greek camp just outside the town,
kl.llng a shepperd. It was stated that
the Greek camp apparently wa mistaken
for entente headquarters.
Piles and Fistula Cured
Without Surgical Operation or Pain.
No Chloroform or Ether given. Writ
ten Guarantee Given in All Cases.
Pay When Cured. Carfare Paid One
Way to Points Within 50 Miles of
Omaha. Hundreds of the Most Prom
inent People in Omaha have been cured by
DR. WILLIAM CREIGliTON MAXWELL
4G8-9-10 Omaha National Bank, 17th and Farnara Sts.
Phone Red 4390. Hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 5.
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GOVERNOR HAMMOND'S
BODY TAKEN TO ST. PAUL
ST. PAL'U Minn., Jan. 1. The body of
Governor Wlnfleld Scott Hammond was
brought here today from Clinton, I.,
where the governor died Thursday.
As the funeral cortege moved through
the downtown streets to the capitol.
where the governor's body will lie In
slate tomorrow', crowds lined the side
walks snd hundreds of citizens joined in
the procession, despite a sleety downpour.
DEATH RECORD
Mauler Greea.
TABOR. Ia.. Jan. 1. (Speclal.)-Manley
Green died In the Clarlnda hospital en
Wednesday after a prolonged Illness. The
body was brought here fore burial, the
funeral services being held In the faints'
church Friday st 10:30 a. m. The de
feased waa about 4 years old and had
spent his life In and nea Tabor, being
for some years a liveryman and hrs4
dealer. Besides Ma widow he is survived
by one sun and four daughters.
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PB07IT is the last thing thought of in this great sale. Prices have
been ruthlessly marked down terms have been scattered to the four
winds, until the purchase of a Piano or Player Piano during this sale
has come to represent merely the swapping of dollars. Certainly no
opportunity exists in Omaha that ia any way equals, or even attempts
to equal, the startling offers we now make intending purchasers ol
Pianos and Player Pianos. Positively nothing short of willful neglect
need deter any intending purchaser from now securing an instrument
of world-famous make at a savinj that will open their eyes and
astound them with its unusual advantages.
ARE SOr.lE SAMPLES OF THE BARGAINS
$400 Steger & Sons Upright Piano S225
(260 Cramer Upright Piano $140
$560 Steinway Upright Piano $425
$300 Adam Schaff Upright Piano $125
275 Estey Upright Piano '. t(
$1,000 Chickering Grand S1SO
$1,100 Steinway Grand 4385
$450 Schubert Player Piano .HI 95
$500 Clough to Warren Player Piano. . . .$22U
Get the benefit 'of these Special Discounts on every New Piano in our stock, except Steinway
and Aeolian lines. We sell the world's best makes, including the Hardman, Emerson, McPbail,
8teger, Lindeman ts Sons, and our own sweet-toned SohmoUer & Mueller Pianos and Players.
FREE STOOL, FREE SCARF. FREE LIFE INSURANCE-PAY ONLY $1.00 A WEEK
SGEir.lOLLER & MUELLER PIANO GO.
SAiTtfajpRS i3ii-i3 FAnrjAm st., qiyjaha
$450 KurUman Square Piano,
$&00 Christie Square Piano..
$2&0 Kimball Upright Piano.
$325 Schuman Upright Piano
$375 Emerson Upright Piano,
$400 Tryber Upright Piano..,
$250 Hmze Upright Piano
$300 Schmollcr to Mueller Upright Piano
$600 Weber Upright Piano
S 25
$ 30
S 85
S175
S2G5
S192
S135
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and Draperies Cost You
LESS at Beaton & laier's
Starting the new year with the determination to
make it the biggest and best ever, The Beaton & Laier
Co. present six mammoth sale floors brim full of depend
able, desirable, up-to-the-minute Furniture, Rugs and
Draperies at the very lowest prices to be found in the
West 1'riVos which cannot fail to merit tlio hearty appre
ciation of the thousands of thrifty Omaha home-loving
folk. Individuality, quality and dependability as weH as
modesty of price will characterize our 1916 stocks in
larger measure than ever before. Payment terms on any
selections you may make will bo arranged to suit your
convenience. j
Discontinued Patterns Whittall Rugs
Sharply Reduced
Kvont KxtrorHnrjr The rery
bost Rurs made la America on
Rnle at the prices you pay for or
dinary ruga. A large selection of
patterns and colors. Choose earl)-.
Whittall's Anglo
Persian Rugs
$ 7.50 27x54 size 80.00
$11.50 36xC3 sice S0.20
$42.00 6x9 size 833.00
$00.00 8-3x10-6 size. .. 818.00
$K6.00 9x9 size 814.80
$65.00 9x12 size 852.00
$85.00 10-6x18-6 size.. .$68.00
Whittall's Anglo
Indian Rugs
$ 6.50 27x54 FUe 85.20
$10.00 36x63 size...
$52.60 8-3x10-6 size.
$57.50 9x12 size
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Other Noteworthy Carpet Section Offerings
88.50
-842.00
840.00
Whittall's Royal
Worcester Rugs
$ 6.60 27x54 size 84.40
$ S.50 36x63 else 80.80
$46.60 -3xl0- size. . -837.20
$50.00 9x12 size 840.00
Atmlnater Hug of tine qual
ity and in a splendid variety of
patterns and colorings:
6x9 size 89.85
8-3x10-6 size 814.95
9x12 size 817.85
Extra heavy$32.00 9x12 Ax
minster Rugs, Janu
ary price .824.50
Aeamlc Ttmoaels Itug". In the
9x12 size 89.35
Seamless Velvet Ruga, 9x12
l 813.85
Itoynl Wilton Hugs, Blgelow &
Hartford products, choice pat
terns: 8-3x10-6 size 835.00
9x12 size. .837.50
Iilnoleiima, heavy quality, in
choice printed patterns, 6
feet wide, per sq. yard..42
Inlaid Linoleums, In a large se
lection of patterns, 6 ft. wide,
per square yard..'. . . . . -75
0!r Polish Mops 39
18x30 Rag Rugs. ,
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Drapery Prices Slashed Merdlessly
For January Clearance
CBETOmTEl AX I, OO' AT JUST MAX.T
raiOS And nmny hlfh itrado pieces are cut
far 1epor than this clean them out without
delay.
Kamnaats of Cretonne and Bunfaat MatertaJa,
1 to 4S yardH each, whllo they 7C. t
vu r
I ant, ro at, each .
and Fancy Bjerimi,
wlille they Urn.
l'i to IH
Madras
lengths
each
6reen Window Shades, 36x73 Inch
else, each
'2.53
Upholstery Materials A. biff
line of desirable tapeatrlea lit
nhort lengths and full pieces,
all go at prices lea than
preoent wholesale cyiat. Rale
pnren, prr yarn
nn na i en '
WWW WW SIWW
olio 2& halts of plain fin.)
voile, worth 25c and 30c I On
per yard: sale price.... I WW
Colored Maaiaat Drapery Ma
terial! that we cannot dupli
cate ourselves at the price,
owing to the Increased coot of
dye atuffa. We offer you a
hi IT variety at treniendoua aav.
lugs aa follow:
unfaat Madras 60 inones wide,
11.75 valuea, per 690
Danfaat Madras 45 Inches wide,
$1.35 valuea, per 50C
Buafaet Madras S Inches wide,
73c and uo valuea, AQft
per yard
Vlala and Pancy Bilks, Sft
Inches wide, fl.50 and $1.23
values; sale CQ- and -JCg
prices, yard www 1 "
ynrd
IbC
25c
Odd Xiot Opaqns Shades, In various alzea. best
cloth; bring your alaea, nr.
each OOO
B re all a Shades, made to order at special prloes
during January. No extra chsrge for measur
ing and hanging.
Odds and Bads A general clean-up of add
pairs of Scrim Oortalna, remnants of Telonra,
Bed Sets la Silk, Cretonne, etc., st vary spe
cial prices.
BUg-h Grade Faaey Nets The finest line that
can be found In any city, all on aale at big
eavlnga, aa follows:
12.E0, $2.35 and 2.2j gradea; sale
Jiloc, per yard .'
$1.60 and $1.35 Pilot Nets, per yard sSa
VOo and Tie Hlet Nets, per yard. ...... ,40o
35c and SSc Kllet Nets, per yard ISo
8S Klg-h Grade Cedar Cheats Only the beat
one are left. We offer, to clone out quickly,
at 35 per cent daoount.
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Big Line New Bedroom Furniture Priced Interestingly
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Old Ivory, American Walnut and Mahogany Strongly Featured
Old Ivory Dresner, cane panel dealgn, exactly an pic
tured, trice $33.60
Old Ivory Chlffonlere. like cut taa.BO
Old Ivory Three Panel Dressing Table, exactly aa rlc-
tured. ITUe $85.00
Adam Ktyle Full fcilxe Mahogany Hed $18.50
Adam Ktyle Dull Mahogany In-esaer flT.89
Adam Htyle (lenulna Ulat'k Walnut Dresser, .simple,
beautiful. I'rUo 134.75
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Adam Style Dull Mahopany Dresser S1T.&5
Adam Style Chlffonlere to match. I'rlce $17.60
Adam Style Hed to match. I'rlce $18,50
Adam l.tyle Desk to match. Price $13. TS
Adam Style, Dressing Table to match. Trice ....$34.50
Colonial Style Genuine Mahogany, 20x40 plank top,
DrcMMer; a beauty $18.83
Chiffonier to match . . .' ; $1S.8S
And scorea of other styles all priced modestly.
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