Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1900, Page 7

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900, THE OMAHA DAILY JURY FINDS FLOTH GUILTY NEW BOORS AND NAGAZINES BEE: each one the panies, portion ot cariying a certain pro- risk. After the fire the companies offered to repair the structure, | but pression T come home and write busily until another traveling fit takes me, but though 1 work regularly and sufficiently long hours ) 9 the owner demanded payment of the I do not complete much. For instance, Har er s atest OO s. Retarns Verdict of Manslaughter as the | proportion of the |n-n‘lr~‘n§| each, the total | Omaha Readers Are Buying More Books of "‘Jnnn Thisselton” was entirely rewritten ! Resnlt Bf Its Deliberations. §0L. REPOAI OF paymest Fesuited 1o All Kinds Than Ever Before, Ing me 48 1t doss how, and ons of the L F 9 i Napol The L Ph — the suit 3 - Uon aweuming seven dinerent tarms nerore || Literary Friends and Acquaintance | Napoleon—The Last Phase. FINDING SATISFACTORY TO BOTH SIDES | srcaniy mimes oF ox Lien, | MANY ATTRACTIVE HOLIDAY VOLUMES |skiiiime i tr omer s mom wearn oo y 4 P The fact that only two books by Miss Bower has been published in the United States By W. D, HOWELLS. By LORD ROSEHERRY. Rele ten fo e on Ground that Court Room Packed e . A delighttul votume of personal recollections ot Lowell, | An int R — otii with Spectators ane oM udge %‘l‘au-l‘.:;‘n;x::"l.:.::d . v ot CIRE RTRE e TRy T ARoE, &Y byl LR (ndicates the 1] Hawthome, Emerson, Hoimes, Longfellow and 1ife tn Hiter: | Bt. Helens by one of ihe most briiiant aod sbmrly of L P : ng Kind to Satiaty oroughness of her preparation hes ary Cambridge, Fully Illustrated. Crown $vo. $. “rown 8$vo. Unc Alt Top, §3 X Intereated in the habeas corpus commanding the warden of Well as More Solid Readin two, not unforgotten, were “Poynton Jacks, st THPUNS. WaEen. Crewn Bro. Unent Jegw. Gut Top, W the penitentiary at Lincoln to produce Tom McCarthy Lefore him in court next Wednes- " day for a hearing on an application for re- lease, because of a legal technicality in g . ” ol B! rowd ‘"h:’unv;::::‘u:::?uel\‘tlr .:J.."...:,hur.‘:-fu.frnmo- corpection with his sentence. McCarthy is a mwember of the gang which went by tha date spectators than the criminal court |, r P ame a few years Cawy for Studious Minds, Gentleman,” and “The Story of Mollle.” Her latest work, “John Thisselton,” 1Is | fresh from the press of Henry Holt & Co., | New York. Price, $1.50. Lucid Intervals. By E. 8 The Story of 19th Century Science. By H 8. WILLIAMS, M Observers have frequently remarked tha as & city grows older the demand for litera- ture increases. Whether this 18 due (o a MARTIN, D It would seem most appropriate that a A collection of the most delightful essays, in Mr. Martin's o ¢ col 4 0. In the crowd was ¥ A resume of the scientific progress of the century, told when the jury in the Harry Floth case fled 5, 0 FOUR BB T 1 .';r’;l‘)‘wm_ proportionately larger leisure class of 10 | Kangas writer, Willlam BElscy Connelley best v For charm of atyle, quaint humor and charm- {6 SISh &1 THNNRAIN mmm"tr' P e Bl (g into the box yesterday afternoon d‘"‘”“ law, John Gallegher. Tom McCarthy is I -d“"-lflfl'"]“fl‘ "’I "‘"“\b'“““h h(" l""‘r" and a Kansas publishing house should bring ing |\hflu~m|vlh)‘ of life ||;4-<n B l)\)n"r:’unl the bestiof Ste- 5o It 18 &8 invatuable ook to the Isyman Who Wishes nounce its verdict. The windows and aisics L een detinitely settied, but the fact re- | oue v gopn™pe ol TGl 00 ToF the Last venson's. lllustrated. Post 8y 50, 0 T LA o B g WML D BB L along tho walls of the roowa were ‘ammed ,:;';‘,‘;,‘ ® sentence for shooting With Itent | ;ying that books are much more sought |ar tne Puritans’ for It was in Kansas P o times. lllustra < 2 until scarcely ancther man could bave | "0 .7 - _lafter tn the older and more metropolitan | ypav the man destined to strike the first found standing space, and the attcrneys’ |c. v night in 1865 members of the M- ' \ios than In the towns of recent growth. |Carthy gang visited the dwelling of Adam | hard blow at slavery commenced his life Eleanor—a Novel. enclosure before the bench held a throng The Mantle of Elijah. By 1. ZANGWILL. . . Omaba has already reached some diguity | " videncs of | Kas, an Englishman who owned a small | work. Mr. Connelley glves evidence of a of lawyers and their friends who latd claim | oy, (08 COR RN dlstance south of Al- |!D YEATS for @ western city, and, truo t0 | gocided ability as 8 historical writer. By MRS, HUMPHRY WARD. to ts on arms of chairs or on lables, | the general rule, there is a very percep- bright, with the intention of looting the | o ! Though the work is earnest in tone and wherever they could find them, by privilege increase in the number of readers. | jo.iiive in convietions as to the doings and No novel of recent years has been recelved with more en- ¢ N _— " p 4 : o o greatest of Mr. Zangwill ele. 1t ta not a of thelr court connections. {:‘mrh".m},“,h",“;,:n::‘::::r;:,"pl'n",‘ ,::":\""“’ book stores of the city have been vmmlvn of the famous anti-slavery fighter thusiasm than “Eleanor." It is "1',“"““}"‘";:"“"“"“ 'l‘;m‘" :‘I{:ry.u{ Sonih Tifey But doals #Ith the Soctal and political As the jury had been out only (NS |cchiinuouy fight for nearly an hour, In | LirOnEed all the week with hollday PUr-|ang puritan reformer, It is essentinlly [l he Ereatest of Mra, Wardw works, Two Vol Editlon. Illus- B ye'o¢ o British atatesman. lilustrated by Louls Loeb, .80, Rours, the word shortly before 8 oclock | fyat(CRE BEL for nearly en Bour. || chasers. The books selected rango all the | gaurching and consersative in details and ||| (rated .00, One Vol. $L&0. that an agroement had bec reached WAS | uirucic by bulets, (he younger man having |4 ffOm (ho standard works on bistory | Liriy! "Rge. Connoliey does not make ial U unexpected, but it did not find the apecta- | pegr’pan ot oo™ 1N TOARE MR EVER | and blography up to the latest works of | iGos‘man or a new Plutarch hero of hia Bi f c M d S ‘ Lo o hiae moro eeply htrased 1 the | et 10019, e bout b hewd, a0 Biom Uy e s b authaa, - The | s e has'cnent 6 snow the et || A Bicycle of Cathay. anners and Social Usages. verdict unpreparcd. The court room Alled |gng Tom MeCarthy recetved long sentences, | 14198 Of Juvenile books have been especially | (ony" which influenced John Brown's char- . s . ou i In @ very fow minutes. Judges, jurors and [pit Gl mp”’“;:"_“wvd"‘_um the | /478e, for the evident reason that there 8 | 4cver und his making as boy and man. By FRANK R. STOCKTON. By MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD. New Edition | attorneys were in ihe places and &WAIt- |gherir anq hus not been heard of since, | BO'PINE more desirable in the way of &y yivesand that is the raison d'ecre for Ing some little time before Floth, led by | holiday present to the average boy or girl A bright and amusing romance which details the adven- This new edition of the most famous hook of ta sort ever The technicality on which Tom McCarthy his book, and a quite sufficient one, too— 4l R A | - s tures of u young schoolmaster on @ summer tour awhe published contains many entirely new chapters and fs fully Seputy sherlfts, mado his appeurance. |relies to gain hin releaso from the peni- | ar &% e e ek cere 1s mone |® TAPId. but clear and keen, yet minute fiaatrated by Orson Towell .80 illustrated. Illustrated. Post §vo. Cloth, $1.25. There was & deputy on either side of hIm | tentiary is that he was convicted in Sarpy e holiday books there is narrative of the long struggle for and g b Tllomed i futker und moher | oy ot Lot v Tho aisrnen |10t (ML (o topes mors wroney o 0 | it e Suanatitin ot freedom N NEW YORK o walked bris] J 0 00l b v D " ening ¢ p e - B o T v v w2 S oy . e v e o ot e o | ot | FRANKLIN. D ARPER & BROTHER pm Y lmh\lmhlo indicate ‘nm m.; urn;:-ul l“hr:lulh viclon. Judge Slabaugh will decide the ‘J:l"":‘{' 'l':"‘::l Lfl ‘f"b"'{‘"i;':'\“ “{1:{:"“'}’(" bx: the momentous period of Drvli:mllun |n|(ha SQUARB. . which he was passing made the slightest Wednesday, e of 3 struggle t ke Kansas a free or slave ————— impression on him, but a glance at his face Lot lade il | bound Iu“ flexible lA-nHlu'r ml\.-ru.hb‘;nll‘l'”"““" .;..x:,“ n.nln a book that will be of the - — — — disclosed how trylng had been the nerve- stamped with the title and with full gt | gooaat interest to every student of Amerl- § o . ———— . ¥ % - . S wrecking three hours of suspense due to the | The gult brought by George G. rey to | 8¢% The print s large and clear and | G "higiory Crane & Co., Topeka, pub- (HAOS l\ }RHLHT RA]ES Journey will be in charge of an_ experl SlBlRBA\ RO\D \SS[RED deliberations of the jury. The old Iook | racover hin seat on the Board of Educa- |he, PAPCT of good quallty, making it, aside | jyypers, " Price, $1. 3 $45 bess made 1o mike (he tHD esesttil : e S of confidence and indifference had A1sab |tjon from his successor, Morris Levy, fs | [fo™ tho contents, a most attractive vol- as boen made to make the . peared from his face, leaving 1n its Dlacs |batore Judge Keysor on a motlon by the |UNe: Being designed especially for holi- The party will start January 22 and reach an aspect of fear and worry. As Floth took his seat at the attorney's table he glanced at the jury. Not one of the men in the box had the temerity to return the look. Floth guessed the reasva why they kept their eyes in another direc- tion, and at this poiut his courage forsook him. to him and whispercd in his ear, smiling as they did 8o, but the hope was not Infecs tlous, as he did not ralse his eyes agaln till the reading of the verdict was finished. “Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached & verdict?” asked the clerk “We have,” was the answer, and the foreman arose, extending to the balliff a large white envelope. The hush following the k's words: “We, the jury, do find the defendant guilty of the crime of man- vorce on the ground of non-support slaughter, as he stands charaed,” was 80 | Plaintiff asks for ‘the return of her maiden marked that the ticking of the court clock | name. Irene E. Godirey, : 4 it it chard orton, _ trustee, has ccm could be heard ip the farthest end of tho menced sult 1\4(Illllml Jessyo Lawrence and rcem. Floth ratsed his head and stared | Danfel W. Shull to recover $380 on & cone contemptuously at the Jurors, but as before, | cession for operating the “Boston Luii- | he found nonme of them brave emough to [Cheon” at the expositlon. 1t olt return the glance. d1d not show it and all three walked reso- lutely through the crowd out of the room when the sheriff led the way back to jall. The penalty for manslaughter is from one to ten years, During the last day of the trial it de- veloped that a serlous question as to the ¢ligibility of one of the jurcrs to serve as & judge of his fellow men might be ralsed by the attorneys for either side In the event of their being dissatisfied with the verdict. The juror referred to was sald to have been Un- an inmate of the prison at Sioux Falls. der the statutes of Nebraska a man who bas been convicted of felony can not qualify as an elector, and only electors are cligible for jury service. Discussions re- garding the probabllity of a new trial being Decessary wero rife, but it happened that the verdict of the Jury was satisfactory allke to the attorneys for the prosecution and the defense. who feaused the discussion is Frank Bar- *ptt, & man whom for his connection with the Carthy gang. notorious Me- HE SEEKS TO ESCAPB ALIMONY. el Item of Linbilities fa Listed ‘n nkraptey Procedel By a pecullar colucidence among Mabllities of two persons who filed tions in fn the United States dlstrict court ap- pears an item representing alimony ordered by a Nebraska district court to be pald to & divorced wite. The first case was that of Willlam A. Bentley of Omaha, formerly of Lincoln, Wwho at one time was heavily interested in real estato in the capital city. His debts are mainly deficlency judgments In casos where land was taken upon morigages. He llsts $31,099.27 in Mabilities, of vhich $2,206 19 alimony. He has no assets. Fountaln L. Beatty, & former resident of Tekamah, but at present a citizen of Lin- coln, files application for release from his obligations, listing debts of $2,605.66, with no assets. Of the debts $1,000 represents what he was ordered to pay to his divorced wite. SUES SEVEN INSURANCE COMPANIES, the peti- Asks Them for Her Hotel. ‘Trial of seven cases against as many In- suranco companies been begun by Lura D, Barpard before Judge Munger. to Pay His father and mother pressed close or Mr. Floth or Mrs. Floth was a prey to their teelings they The name of the juror the police remember voluntary bankruptey yesterday attorneys for the board to quash Irey's complaint. At the time Irey's seat was declared vacant he was absent from the city Levy was then elected to fll the vacancy. Irey sceks to recover the place, asserting that he was notremoved by a majority vote of the board and that he had not abandoned his residence in the city, moking the action of the board {llegal. Court Notes. Minnle Burnett has sued Oliver P, Rur- nett for a divorce, alleging extrems cruelty. The jury in the case of Otto . Birney against the Chicago House Wrecking com- pany fajled to reach an agreement and waus gim-hurlml after having been out for thre lay: e 1. Sweet has commenced suit agalust Clarence A. Sweet to secure a di- Judge Dickinson has granted a decree in the case of Bt. Mary’s Magdalene church against the city, declaring nuli and vo'd grading taxes on properly on Douglas street, between Sixteenth and Twentieth MASONS FINISH THEIR WORK Grand O for En Elected and Inw ng Year—Omaha Gets Next Conclave. The annual conclave of Royal Arch Masons of Nebraska, which has been In ses- slon in this city since Wednesday, con- cluded its work and adjourned late yes- terday afternoon. The next annual meet- ing will be held in:this city at Masonic temple, Several other cities wanted the honor, but there was & preponderance of aentiment in favor of Omaha The forenoon yesterday was taken up in the election of officers, which resulted as follaws: John S. Harman, Tecumseh, grand high priest; James W. Maynard, Omaha, deputy grand high priest; George P. Spohn, Superior, grand king; B. F. Thomas, Omaha, grand scribe; Frank W. White, Plattsmouth, grand secretary; L. D. Rich- ards, Fremont, grand treasurer. In addition to the foregoing list of elec- tive offices, the following appointive places were filled: Grand chaplain, Abram Cress- man, Schuyler; grand lecturer, Robert E. French, Kearney; captaln of the hosts, Francis McGiverin, Fremont; principal sos journer, Robertson Gelnger, Plattsmouth; royal arch captain, Willlam W. Wright, Wymore; grand master of the third vall, Robert W. McGinnis, Fremont; grand master of the second vall, Frank Wright, Alliance; grand master of the first vaii, Robert A. Smith, Tekamah; grand sentinel, Jacob King, Omaha. The afternoon sesslon was devoted malnly to installation of the new officers, and these ceremonies ended tho session. The annual codclave brought to Omaha a large number of visiting Masons from various parts of the state. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. B. M. Frees of Creighton {s in Omaha. E. M. Westervert of Lincoln is in the city. B. 8. Winkins of Norfolk is at the Mur- ray. P. A, Yeast of Hyannis is at the Mer- chants! . G, Newman of Kansas City is at the Millard H. H. Whipperman of Wakefleld is at the Murray. J. C. Houck of Grand Island Is at tho The cases were combined for the purpose | Merchants. of taking exidence, as It is admitted that | B. O McDonald of Fremont s at the the testimony will be practically the same 4 5 s 1 all of them. ml} ;dl‘lhx\,rl:;m“ of Salt Lake Is staying at In 1898 Mrs. Barnard, a resident of Omaha, owned the New Peoria house of Peoria, 11, which was later destroyed by fire. It was lusured for $26,000 In these com- Can't Digpute This. Because It is a Local Trans- action and the Citizen Is on the Spot to Con- firm It, The reader of this will concede, first, that what follows having taken place in Omaha, can easily be investigated and proved to be true; second, that there is a M. E. Shultz of Beatrice 1s registered at the Millard. Fred M. Mason of Boston is stoppi: t the Mullard NgRoing o N. G. Evans of Hastings is a patron of the Henshaw. City Attorney W. J. Connell has returned from Bt. Louts. A. A. Cressman of Crete Is stopping at the Iler Grand. W. W. McKenney of Blalr is quartered at the Henshaw. W. T. John n ot Pawnee City s staying at the Iler Grand. Max C. Degen of Aurora, Iil, 1s registered at the Merchants J. A, Good of Albany, Mo, is quartered at the Tler Grand. 8 M. loughton and wite of Deadwood are guests of the Henshaw Paul McCormick and wife of Billings are guests of the ller Grand E. P. Bavage of Sargent, lleutenant gov- ernor-elect, {8 at the ller Grand, E. M. Searle, Jr, and J. W. Welpton of Ogalalla are putting up at the Merchants, Willlam Btuefer, state treasurer-elect, and D. C. Giffert of West Point were at thé ller Grand Thursday. C. B. Sexton, H. erson, H. A. Schoknecht, L. M L South and Arthur 'Beil of vast difference between opinions publicly | 8t Louls afe in Omaha expréssed, by a resident of Omaha in| WillB Welshans of The Bee lett Wednes- Omaba local papers and the opinions dgily | &Y night for a three weeks' wouthern trip met with In the same paper's columns | JUFINE his absenco Mr. Wolshans will Vit given by people Iiving In Maine or Mon-| I ¢ case and acknowledgge tana. Read both points. this Mrs. B. F. Brown, of 510 Willlam street, For six or elght months I had more I told my busbaud that I thought my kidneys were the cause and when I saw Doan's Kid- mey Pllls advertised, 1 procured a box at or less trouble with my back. for some time in New Orleans. . Harris, president of the First tlonal bank at' Chadron, s a visitor in the city. Mr. Harrls was' formerly a Union Pacific superintandent and has a wide ac- quaintance In Omaha rallroad circles Mr. and Mrs. John Grant left last night r Palnesville, O., to visit their daughter, Miss Edpa, who Is attending Lake Erié 1 Mr. and Mrs. Grant will spend the s In Cleveland and return to Omaha January 1. L : . M. Tyrrell, 1 J. Ayers and Q. M. Kubn & Co's drug store, corner 16th &nd | gmiik' o Lincotn; M. 12 Shiltz Snd Jesss Douglas stre They did the work for | L. Shultz of Heatrice, Mr. and Mrs. ¢ E my cese, and the symptoms which had | Burnham and daughter of Tiiden, Mr. and bothered me soon disappeared. commend Doan's Kidney uable kidney medicine.” For sale by all dealers, price 60 cents. 1 can re- Pllls as a val- Mrs. George A. Brooks of Hazile Mil's, J D. Haskell of Wakefleld and J. 1. Jenkins of Bchuyler are state guests at the Millard Nebraskans at the Merchants: W, § Cook and J. H. Mitchell of Wakefield, John Copeland of Bloomfleld, 8. H. Scace Foster-Milburn Oo.Buftalo, N. Y. sole| Whyne L. ¥ Stockwell of Shelton i1, 5 agents for the United States Bnith of Froweila, B 8 MExelvoy of Corail e 2"W. Hooton of Ewing: iskel] o Remember the name, “Doan’s,” and take | Fiondergon. Dr. T. E. Htuck of Hoolbrook a0 substitute. and P. T. Hiccock of Falls City, [ day purposes each volume is enclosed in a | handsome box. Page & Co. has added another at- hollday volume to the long list of | valued publications already mentioned in these columns. It Is entitled “Shakes- peare in Music” by Louis C. Elson and is a collation of the chief musical allusions in | the plays of Shakespeare, with an attempt |at their explanation and derivation, to- | gether with much of the original music. Few of the readers of Shukespeare are aware of how much of his musical material can be |traced home; many are unable to follow !some of the poet’s most subtle metaphors because they are unfamiliar with the musi- cal works to which he refers, or with the song or melody which enriches the scene. |1t is a work that will throw much light upon |some of the dark places in the text, so | that it s a really instructive and valu- able work as well as belng an exceedingly ttractive holiday volume, L G tractive | The success of Miss Howard Weeden's | “Bandanna Ballads” last year augurs well for “Songs of the Old South,” her new | volume, which contains twenty-four poems nd as many drawings of the “old-time’ southern negro, whom no one has ever deplcted in just the same way as the author. Eight of the pletures in this book are repro- duced in color and its general makeup in that of a hollday gift-book. The sentl- ment and plcturesquencss, the musical rhythm and humor of the plantation darky are apparent in every page. It I8 a charms ing book. Doubleday, Page & Co. Price, $1.50. he Old Town on the River, Flora Bullock, is an e. fon de luxe in every respect. It is a beautiful Nebraska 00k, descriptive of the fairest region in Nebraska, written, illustrated and pub- lished by Nebraska people. Nebraska City 18 the old town described, and the author has written of it in a plcturesque style in keeping with all the exquisite illustrations turnished by Messrs. Tyson & Rice, photo- graphers, and Miss Harriet Herchey, artist, The book cannot fall to interest you if you like things of beauty. In literary merit, in paper, printing and general effect, it Is far above the ordinary, an {deal Christmas grift. The Ivy Press, Lincoln. Price, $1.00. “The Powers that Prey" Flynt and Francis Walton. The authors of the ten closely related stories which make up this volume have spent most of their lives studylng the sociological prob- lems of tramp and criminal life. Mr. Flynt writes: “So far as I am concerned, the book 1s the result of ten years of wandering with tramps and two years spent with varlous police organizations.”” The stories are a contribution to soclology, and yet, viewed as stories, they have unusual in- terest because of their remakable vigor and their intenso reallsm. McClure, Phil- lps & Co., New York. Price, $1.25. " by Miss 15 by Josiah The present remakable epoch of popular American fiction has seen various sections of our country made the fleld for novels of unusual success and now, through the able pen of Charles Clark Munn, New Eng- land presents its candidate for favor mong the character novels of the day. “Unclo Terry: A Story of the Malne Coast,” In some respec resembles “‘David Harum,” thought It 1s sald to have been more than half completed before Mr. West- cott's work appeared. The author fs a man in active business and, while the story Is carried with a strength and knowledge which shows the keen man of affairs, there is running through the book the grace and tenderness of a truly sympathetic admirer of nature, and the tone Is everywhere pure and wholesome. The book fs tastefully i1- lustrated and 18 of a decidedly holiday aspect. Lee & Shepard, Boston. Price, $1,60. “Parlous Times,” the posthumous book by the late David Dwight Wells, shows that the author of those two dellghtful tarces, “Her Ladyship's Elephant” and “His Lordship's Leopard,” contemplated writing a serfous international novel of tragedy, Intrigue and love, but, like the comedy man in the theater who is booked to play high tragedy, he soon found himself out of his element and at length gave him- self up to the temptation to introduce ri- diculous incidents and recite bright dlulcgue. Serious novel readers may hold up their hands in horror at the libertles that Mr. Wells takes with the convention- alities of fiction, but no one who craves for rich, wholesome amusement can consider himself unpaid from having read the book from cover to cover. All that is impossible and extraordinary assumes the appearance of reality, and the fllusion by a curlous tour de force 1s most seriously maintained, Incidentally one receives vivid impressions of London's smart set, viewed from the ante- room of a foreign legation. In fact, the atmesphere of diplomacy permeates every- thing. J. F. Taylor & Co., New York, Price, $1.50. Miss Marfon Bower, an Englishwoman and the author of several novels, s a careful writer and one who takes both her art and her apprenticeship to it very serl. ously. Her story, known on this side as “John Thisselton," and on the other as “The Puppet Show,' has been well re- celved on both sides. It s apropes of this latter book that Miss Bower speaks of her method of workmanship. 1 wander here and there,” she writes, “‘sometimes spend- ing menths in Switzeand, again wander- Ing In the south of Prance; this summer getting as far as Canada, and then with a lmlnd Fnrcd with new incidents and im- “Forward Movements of the Lart Half Century” by Arthur T. Plerson is an ac- curate and interesting description of the conspicuous mieslonary, philanthropic and other religious movements during the last fitty vears. The volume alms to give not only a valuable record of these progressive steps, but to present Incentives for future efforts iIn the same direction. Fink & Wagnalls Co., New York. Price, $1.50. Juvenile Fietion, “Friend or Fce: A Tale of Connecticut During the War of 1812" is by Frank Samuel Child. Those who enjoyed Mr. Chila’s revojutionary story, “An Unknown Patriot,” will be glad to have what is fn a way a continuation of that. The sister heroines are daughters of Lots Hardy, who figured In the earlier tale. One of the heroes {8 from Virginia, one (and a bad one) from the vague southwest, and one the bravest and best—comes out of a mys- | tery. The atmosphere of the war of 1812 is in the book, but fortunately there is very lttle fighting. The famous Hartford con- vention, with its secrccy and its susplcion of disloyalty, lende bistoric verity to the story, and there is an abundance of adven- ture, incident and peril to feed the hunger ot eager youth. This stay, like “An Un- known Patriot,” appeals alike to youthful readers and to older ones who count them selves still young. Houghton, Mifin & Co., New York. Price, §1.50. “Little Colcnel's House Party” is by Annle Fellows--Johnston. The little colonel has had her hair cut and looks ltke & boy, but i otherwise not greatly changed since last year -and the wayward but generous heiress and the pretty daugh- ter of poverty whom she Invites to make up her house party during the weeks which she Is left alone, are only less at- tractive than she. Any girl will enjoy the pleasent talk of the little group and will absorb the little moral without suspecting its presence. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. Price, $1. “Traveler Tales of South Afrlea,” by Hezekinh Butterworth, is a collection of stories taken from the books of various travelers, hunters and collectors of legends and tales, wrought into pleasant narrative. Like all of Mr. Butterworth’s hooks for boys, it aims at being instructive as well | as entertaining and fulfills its purpose well, Dana Estes & Co., Boston. “Donegal Falry Stories,” by Seumas Mac- Manus, 18 a collection of Irish tales as the author heard them about the chimneyside. They are wild, impropable tales, but they have sound, human nature at the bottom and the moral is very plain. They aro told simply, with much Irish wit and sprightliness and with the pictures by Ver- beck they ought to be popular. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. Price, $1 “Nigger Baby and Nine Beasts” s a new book by & new author, Miss Florence Porter, fssued by & new publishing con- cern. “Nigger Baby; a Horse with a Great Soul" 18 a delightfully strong, nalve story of the life and varied experlences of a black race horse. describe the adventures of a girl with wild and domestic animals, whom she under- stands and portrays with rare intelligence. In one of these stories & thrilling descrip- | tion is glven of an Indlan raid, in which the lives of the settlers were saved by the quick wit and stubborn devotion of a Mexican burro. ‘“‘Angel” 1 the quaint and humorous life of & crow and also a real- istic study of a certaln phase of child life and character. “Thor” deals with a bear, whose brief experlence of clvilization left an impression g0 deep that by it he ruled his kind. Ess Ess Publishing company, New York. “On to Pekin; or, Old Glory fn China," by Edward Stratmeyer. The admirers of the Russell boys and thelr friends, whose fortunes have been portrayed in the famous “0ld Glory Berfes.” will welcome the en- terprise of Mr. Stratmeyer in furnishing this book. The hero, Gilbert Pennington, u warm friend of Ben Russell in “A Young Volunteer in Cuba,” has become a lleu- tenant in the regular army and goes from the Philippines wifh the Ninth regiment to take part In the rescue of the belea- guered British embassy at Pekin by the international forc Lee & Shepard, Bos- ton. Price, $1.25. The above books are for sale by the Megeath Statlonery Co., 1308 Farnam street Qur Bicycle Man— Is tickled all over—He had a whooping good day yesterday—He was loaded with all kinds of orders for fitting castings and repalring heating stoves—cooking stoves—ranges—for making water con- nections—cleaning out furnaces and cleaning gasoline stoves—We are pre- pared to do any kind of work or to fit any burned-out-part of castings In any stove or range. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS Telephone 960, 1207 Douglas 8t n The other elght tales | Bhippers Now in Position to Dictate to the Local Railro DEVIATION FROM PUBLISHED TARIFFS Only One Omaha Road Adheres to Schedule a Runs Empty Cars ~Heturn to Normal Condi- tlons Predicted. Notwithstanding efforts of freight officials to keep the matter a secret, It is generally | koown in commercial circles that freight |rates, particularly on merchandise west- | bound, are about as unstable now as they | well could be. As a result, shippers are dictating the rates for which thelr ship- | ments are moved and the single rallroad operating out of Omaha that is recognized |as maintaining published tariffs is runniug its freight trains more for appearance's sake thun any other reason. This condition of affairs has been brought about in the manner peculiar to all rate dis- turbances. A few weeks ago, subsequent to & meeting of the executive officers in New York, the word was sent along the line that none but published tariffs should be quoted and the sollciting frelght agents were in thelr element, none having any par- ticular advantage over the other, except in- sofar as natural conditions could be em- ployed in influencing the shippers. This equanimity was undisturbed for a short time and then one of the aggressive lines made the dlscovery that & competitor was taking business at reduced rates on the ex- planation that it had contracted for such business prior to the re-establishment of normal tariffe. From that time on sharp knives have been applied vigorously to pub- lished tariffs and the inevitable result has attended the pruning process. The one line which followed the reductions made by its competitor on the so-called ‘*contracts corraled the business for a time, until its increased tonnage suggested suspiclous methods, and then there was an open fleld und no favor, Tariffs Reduced to Minimum, The result has been a shaking up | frelght tariffs until they have about reached | the minimum where business is handled at |1ittle, 1t any, profit to the raliroad com- | panies. According to the statement of & | well-informed official, there will likely be no attempt to increase rates until January 1, and meantime shippers will derive a big pecunlary profit in the possibility of trans- | porting their freight at less than tarift rates. Realizing that the reductions will not be operative for any great length of time, shipments are being rushed and all of the rallroads are doing a large volume of business, but the revenue is naturally far short of what it would be were normal tariffs n effect. “There is no denying the fact that trelght rates are decldedly unstable just now,” said |a well-informed freight official yesterday. | “The condition is now, as at all times, un- | warranted and will assuredly not coutinue |longer than the present month. January 1 1s usually a day of good resolutions with rallronds as well as individuals and I ex- | pect to see all rates brought up to pub- |lished basis by that time, Meantime, the advantage to the shipper is indisputable |and 1, for one, have never yet been able to of | se0 where the railroads came in for any share of benefit Cattlemen Are Iuterested, A novel cargo is now enroute from Dil- lon, Mont, to Troy, O., over the Union Pacific and Milwaukee roads. It is a spe- clal trainload of bulls, and rallroad off- cials Interested assert that never before have there been so many bulls in one ship- ment. The train will consist of twelve cars, and will be in charge of J. 8. Combs of Dillon, the consignees being George Peters & Co., at Troy. The animale are sald to be as fine stock as could be gathered in the entire state of Montana, and in- quiries at the local offices of the Milwaukee | and Unlon Pacific have been numerous from | cattlemen who desire to inspect them when they go through. The date of thelr ar- | rival has not yet been determined, but all of the inauirles will be answered as soon as definito information s at hand, Excurs! to Ola Mexico, A novel trip has been arranged by the Burlington and connecting lines for twen- ty-five people from Indianola, Ia., and Omuha who want to make a trip this win- ter through historical old Mexico. The Omaha on the return February 16. Ten days will be spent in Mexico, and on the return & day and night will be given to New Orleans, where the Mardl Gras festivi- ties will then be in progress. It Is ex- pected that some of the members of the party will be so delighted with the southern points visited that they may want to re- main longer than the time scheduled, and as a cousequence a return limit of nine months will be made on all the tickets. Avert Rate War. CHICAGO, Dec 18.—~The threatened war in passenger rates between Chicago and St. Paul ahd Minneapolls has becn averted. The interested lines arrived at a settie- ment of their difficulties today by the adop- tlon of an agreement to strictly malntain tarift rates on all classes of passenger bus| ness from this date. An adjourned meeting will be held tomorrow, at which the general party rate situation will be further dis- cussed. J. J. Hill in Erie Directory. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Erle Rallroad campany held today, James J. Hill of the GFeat Northern Rallroad company, Nor- man B. Ream of Chicago, & director of the Baltimore & Ohio and Pullman companies, and Robert Bacon of J. P. Morgan & Co, were elected directors in the place of Messrs. Quintard, Goodwin and Willlamson. Huntivgton Holdings Not Sold. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Charles H. Tweed, chairman of the board of directors of the Southern Pacific Rallway company, sald today that there was no truth in the re- vived report that the Huntington holdings in the property have been sold. Rallway Notes and Personals, H. F. Fisher, traveling freight agent of the Missouri Pacific, left Wednesday night for a business trip to Minneapolis. Asslstant General Passenger Agent Phillippt of the Missouri Pacific 1s able to be in i ofice ngaln atter a several days’ absence, caused by sicknes W. F. McMillan, gengral agent of the Buriington at Cleveland, is a visitor at local headquarters while enfouts home from a trip to Salt Lake City and Denver. General Manager A. C. Jones of the West- ern Car Beryice amsociation has returned from Bloux City, where the rules of the as- soclation will “Become_effective Baturday, Mr. Jones left Bert Horner, formerly of the local offices of the assoclation, in charge at Sloux City THE REALTY MARKET. INSTRUMENTS placed on record Thurs- day, December 13: Warranty Deeda. J. R. Anderson and wife to Joseph Porter, lot 6, block 191%, Omaha.....§ Ellen Anderson to same, part of Twenty-fourth street adjoining lot 5, block 19144, Omaha . e o G, W. Wattles and wife to R. 1, Culli: han, lot 4, blodk 5, Potter & C.'s add 250 H, E. Bwelgard and wife to D. A, Woolman, e 40 feet of w 1 Maloney's add.. John OHearn and’ ‘wife' 'to '\ Derbyshire, w 90 feet, lot 10, block 126, South Omaha . 0 R, H. Brown B Doher in 7-15-10 ... . A. A Brown and husband to J. 7. But- ties et al, sl awid and lot 4, in 7-16- B, A Doherty feet lot 7, and wife to 5 9 3t el el and swi ot 3, A and wife to Brown, nel4 awi and lot 3, in 7-18- South Omaha Land company to ‘Wil llam Wemmer, lot 4, block 46, South Omaha A al it . Ryan, w 30 feet of o % feet lota § and 6, block 40, Bouth Omaha. Total amount of transfers. FPromoters of Project and County Commis- tioners Agree on Details, CONCESSIONS ASKED FOR ARE GRANTED County WHIl Get Ten Per Cent of th Net Profits After Div Haw leen Pu Stockho The new electric road between Omaha and Fremout 1s practically an assured institu- tion, as the promoters and th, county com- missioners, on whose attitude the construc tion of the line largely depends, have reached an agreement as to concessions on both sides essential to the Kranting of » franchise. The terms and the demands of the commissioners and the raflroad men were dlscussed at a meeting in the court house yesterday afternoon. It was decided that on Saturday next there will be another meeting for the signing of the agreemen and contract. All the concession for which the commfs- sloners held out were acceded to. The or- ganizers agreed to allow the county 10 per cent of the road’s net profits after a divi- dend of 6 per cent had been pald on capital stock in the sum of the actual amount ex- pended 1n the construction of the road. They agreed also to grade the roads at thelr own expense and to pay two-thirds of the cost of new bridges. The exact time for tho work of construction to begin and the date for the completion of the work will be wet- tled definitely at the meeting Srturday. The commissioners decided (o rent an un- used part of the poor farm to the Omuha Athletic assoclation. 4 y U n Meeting, The regular annual me: mary Union of Sunday will be held Saturday nff hoon at 2:30 in the Young Men's Christian association par- lors. K the Sunday school lesson Sunday wiil be taught by Perine. All pri- mary teachers are urged to be present. A cold, cough or 1a grippe can be “nipped in the bud” with a dose or two of Foley's Honey and Tar. Beware of substitutes Dillon's drug store South Oma Myers- Dillon Drug Co., Omaha., We cerry in stock a large line of rolling and reclin- ing chairs for the use of invalids and cripples, Call or Send for Illustrated Catalogues and Prices, THE ALOE & PENFOLD CO., Defermity Brace Mamufacturers 1408 Farnam OMAHA. Op. Paxton Hotel. You Must Be Quick— If we're golng to be a Santa Claus— ‘We 'll help you to declde—~Why not buy something substautial and useful - Nothing will please your mother—wite ter or brother as much as & pair of shoes—$8 shoes—In these we give the best value ever attempted in a $8 price —the same style as the higher-priced ones—while the quality is better for wear—its heavier—There must be some- thing besides talk in oar ladles’ $3 shoes else Drex L. Shooman wouldn't sell so many—We know its value, Drexel Shoe Co., New e Ready—Sent Free for Omala’s Up 1410 FARNAM STREET. The Knabe Piano— of today will outlive the 20th century— Viewed from any standpoint the Knabe 18 absolute perfection—It will pay you in the long run to buy a piano llke this —and a8 we have now a nice selection of these beautiful Instruments In stock, we Invite you to give us an early call and inspect them—There 18 nothing more suitable than a fine Knabe plano for a Christmas gift—We are sole agents and are in a position to give you the very best prices on these planos—Have you seen the self-playlng plano attachment —Apollo?—Ask for it when you call, A. HOSPE, Musle asd At (613 Dougins.