THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, .JANUARY J I, 101C.
BRIEF CITY NEWS
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XlbtlBf rimtnrse Bursfss-Grendsn.
Mars Mooi mat It New Pwen Pres.
Te Sail KmI Estate, lint It with ). It
Dumont At Co., Kecllne Bids.
A Business Hu, ro1n to California
for six wfrti will undertake the handling
of any matter of Intereat to local partlna.
Address K. r. Bee.
Today. MotI refTesaM dalfl1
Paction today. It appears In The Bee
EXCLUSIVELY, rind out what the va
rious moving; picture theaters offer.
se Tour Koasy and valuables In the
American Safe tVpoalt vaults, tl Pouth
17th St.. Bee Bldg. Boxes rent tl.00 for
I months. Open from a. m. to p. m.
Bar aad Ante Bora Fir of unknown
origin destroyed a bam and automobile
last n!ht In the, rear of Ernest Larsen'a
residence. 7M Seward. The barn was
worth 70 and the machine 1M.
BCra. Bsrtsoay Is Improving Mrs. A.
J. P. Bertachy. who has been confined
at Clarkson hospital, following an opera
tion. Is reported as Improving and will
soon be able to leave the hospital.
Xsaee Carrier aaa Orlp Ororgm A.
Hampton of tha St Jamea hotel paid a
man P to carry his grip from the Vnlon
sfation to the hotel. The fellow never
arrived and the grip and contents valued
at $25 are still at large.
K14 for ZUlaota Offloers Lpona.nl
Downer, wanted by the Chicago police on
a warrant charging him with swindling
a fellow-cltlien to the amount of $1),
waa arrested yesterday by the Omaha
police and la being held nere for the Il
linois authorities.
Bewards for Detectives Detective
Dan Lahey and Officers C. M. Plott and
O. P. Peterson received rewards of $1
each tendered them by the Omaha Auto
club, for accomplishing the arrest and
conviction of Individuals breaking glass
In the street.
right Over Volat of Etiquette Nathan
Shearles, negro police character, was
sllirhtly wounded last nla.ic when "Dusty"
Adams, another negro, stabbed him with
a pocket knife. The two men had been
arguing a point of etiquette concerning
the use of "percentage" dice.
'olios Car la Wreck A police emerg
ency car, driven by ChaWfeur Harry Bu
ford, and a touring e'er, driven by Glenn
Wharton, 604 South Thirty-seventh, were
wrecked early last night at Twenty
fourth and Harney streets when they col
lided. The mlsbap, according to both
drivers, was unavoidable. '
Woman Bobbed of Fifty Dollars Mrs.
Clara Chambers, colored, cook at the
Young Women's Christian association
cafeteria, told the police last night that
a colored man who . had been following
her for several blocks auacked her near
her home, 261T Park avenue, and took
her purse which contained $T0.
use Btreet Ballway Alleging that the
motorman started the street car before
lie had alighted, Thomas F. Gallagher
ha brought suit against the street rail
way company for 115,000 damages for per
sonal Injuries. The accident occurred at
Kirty-flrst streets, on the West Leaven
worth car line,
Enjoins Tax Collection Hugh Murphy
has secured a temporary restraining
order, and seeks a permanent Injunction
against Douglas county and County
Treasurer W. Q. Ure, preventing them
from collecting personal taxes from hm,
assessment for which he alleges to have
been Illegally lncreaaed by the county
asesior. ', Z ' - C. a rr-"
Dnna and Mai one y Betuxn Cli lef of
Police Henry Dunn and Captain of De
tectives Maloney returned to Omaha Fri
day evening from Lincoln. Both were
confident that the suit brought against
them by Mrs. Sadie Walker will result
favorably for them. They will return to
Lincoln Monday, and Chief Dunn will
take the witness stand.
Terdiot for Mrs. Zaaeft District
Judge Troup yesterday Instructed the
jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff.
In the suit of Mrs. Mary F. Kaneft
against the Mutual Benefit Accident and
Health association of Omaha. She sued
for accidental death indemnity under a
policy carried by her husband, the late
Ollie J. Kaneft, saloon proprietor at
Twenty-eighth and Farnam streets.
Snva Company Be-eleots Directors -
The annual meeting of the Richardson,
Realty company was held at the office
of the Richardson Drug company, with
all of the Omaha stockholders present.
Directors were re-elected, and at their
meeting elected C. F. Weller vice presi
dent and chairman of the board; H. 8.
Weller, president; F. C. Patton, treas
urer, and E. P. Ellis, secretary. This
company handles the realty interests of
the Dlchardson Drug company.
UNI PLAYERS POT
OYER GOOD COMEDY
esseasaaBBBaase
"Believe Me, Xantippe!" Goes
Across Well at the Brandeis
Under Their Handling.
SMALL AUDIENCE WELL PLEASED
Believe m, If Xantippe herself
could have come to life and have been
at the Brandeis theater Saturday
evening viewing "Believe Me, Xkn
tlppe," her scolding tongue must
have been stilled and mlleg must
surely have blossomed upon the sour
face that made life for friend
Socrates Just one durn thing after
another, long, long ago.
Tou've got to hand It to Nebraska for
producing a son who can write a play
like that. But Broadway has already
presented Mr. Frederick Ballard of
iiaveiocit. Neb., with its high compll
menta and applause.
university Players, nave all tha
marks of professionals, and tha dcllcht
ful farce-comedy went through with the
smoothness of a Shubert production.
The tempestuous-tempered helpmate of
mo paiiem pniiosopner whose name
adorns the title would have found her re
luctant Intereat gripped from the begin
ning or the first act and held between
love and Interest, exciting gun-plays and
witty dialogue all the way through.
Maurice Clark In the leading role, that
of George McFarland, who makes a bet
that he can elude the officers of the law
for a year, waa splendid. He puts into
the part Just what the playwright In
tended should be there, a cool humor of
the brave, calm man who Is continually
doing heroic and noble deeds and yet
looking on life without seriousness, never
In a hurry, always the gentleman. Clark
was a good deal of a Jack Barrymore.
Sheriff's Daasjhter Shtaes.
Ella -HUItams as Dolly Kamman. the
sheriffs daughter, was also a great hit
Of pleasing appearance and womanly.
self-willed, brave and loving, what more
could the hero or the audience ask?
DeWitt Foster looked and acted the
part of a real ''bad man." The scene In
the second act, where he Is captured by
the hero after a hard fight on the cabin
floor, was tense. In short, the whole cast
of ten performed without a flaw and the
udience, which wasn't as large as It
might have been, expressed Its pleasure
In liberal applause and laughter at the
many clever lines.
In the end, of comae, the hero won not
only the bet. but the fair Doll for his
bride. And as he was "one of the richest
young men In New York" and a thorough
gentlemen besides. It is safe to assume
that they lived happily ever after.
Noon-Day Club in
Annual Reception
The Noonday club of Omaha will give
Its regular annual reception and musicals
In honor of the women relatives and
friends of Its members at the Commercial
club on Tuesday evening. January 16. at
8 O'clock. The " Commercial club has
turned over Its entire quarters te the
club for this affair.
The Noonday club Is an organisation of
Omaha business and professional men of
Swedish lineage and has a membership
of about 150- Membership Is limited to
owners of businesses or men employed In
an executive capacity. Paul N. Wlemer
of Paxton A Gallagher is president
Swedish. Vice Consul P. A. Edquist Is
vice president; Dr. A. Johnson Is treas
urer, and Arthur L. Palmer la secretary,
The ebject is to promote good fellowship
and a closer acquaintance among Its
members. Meetings are held twice each
month at noon at the Commercial club.
Albln Bloom of the Alfred Bloom com
pany is chairman of the entertainment
committee, and has provided a musical
nrosram. as follows: Piano, Oorrinne
Paulson; soprano. Miss Hszel Sliver
tenor. Howard Steberg; violin. William
He&therlnaton. and the "Nooclu" orches
tra. A luncheon will be served.
The annual banquet of the club, which
Is a stag affair, will be held the first
week In March. Governor George A.
Carlson of Colorado will be present as
the chief speaker.
"Million Dollar
Dolls" Start Well
At the Gayety
The biggest Saturday night audience of
the season attended the first performance
of this week's show at the Gayety last
night and rave It an enthuslast'c recep
tion. The company has many clever enter
tainers and the ''Million Dollar Dolls'' are
a lively bunch. Two skillful comedians In
stead. of one are featured, so the crowd
has a superabundanoe of good laughs, as
wuii aa plenty of singing, dancing, bril
liantly costumed choruses and pleasing
women principals.
Leeter Allen, a recent convert from
vaudeville, makes a decided hit is an ec
centric and novel hobo ciiirscter part.
He ia an accomplished slnser and dancer
as well as being a regular scream with
the funny work, and his method of creat
ing laughs is all the more effective, be
cause It Is apparently so Impromptu and
spontaneous. Lew Hilton, an old favor- i
Ite la funnier than ever and scores many
evidences of popularity In his original
role of "Shlmky." He and Allen and Elsie
Meadowa offer a musical trio stunt that
gets a big "hand."
Miss Meadows also is pleasing in several
solos; Frances St. Clair wins generous
applause with her powerful, well trained
volco and Adele Ranney is a popular
soubret. Bob Ferns hss a commendable
blackface "nut" act in the olio, and
Grant Gibson and Miss Ranney also add
to the merit of that part of the program.
Savo, a Juggler, presents something dif
ferent in that line and plays an English
"dude'' part cleverly in the first act.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS FORM
NEW STATE ORGANIZATION
The Young Men's Democratic Club of
Nebraska Is the name of a new organ 1
satlon. It has twenty-five members and
It's object is to interest the young demo
crats in politics.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi
dent, Samuel Valentine; vice president,
Herman Marten; secretary. Joseph O.
Burger; treasurer, Bert Booth; sergeant-
at-arms, F. 8. Butcherd. Meetings will be
held weekly. The secretary's office Is at
917 City National bank building.
SUES RAILWAY BECAUSE
OF TRAUMATIC LUMBAGO
Martlno Ladomat has traomatlo lum
bago. He blamea the Missouri Pacific
railway for it, so has aued the receiver
of the road, B. F. Buah, for 13,000 dam
ages. He alleges he was knocked down
and run over by freight cars while work
ing on the track.
Broaehltla.
When a severe cold settles on the lungs
It Is called bronchitis. There Is dangur of
its leading to broncho pneumonia, and for
this reason It s always best to go te
bed and take Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy as directed until wall along towards
fecevery. Mrs. Charles E. Wootfard, Sandy
Creek. N. Y.. writes: Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy cured me of bronchitis
last fall. When I be .-an using It I was so
hoarse at times that it waa difficult for
me to speak above a whisper. I resorted
to the use of this valuable medicine and
found It very soothing and healing. Ia
a wwek's time I was well." Obtainable
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