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i ) ’ .BIG DRUG SAL » » tehe o IR OFFICIALS CET wiCuER PAY '_ler,‘rnary of Banking Board and Assistant Se retary of State Profit, INCREASED PAY BEGAN APRIL 1 Appoints De. A, 1, and Foar Other Phystcians Secretaries State Board of Henlth, (From 'LINCOLN, Attorney Royse of (hy three months nllowed by the the guaranty fhcreases the hoard fro PropHatic banking Appoint a sec &0 effect entitiod to p 000 a genoral, Adison Wait state Mr. Redmond, deputy state su perintendent, will also draw pay as usual at the rate of $1,800 a year, although the Ktatute increasing their pay to that amount doea not take effect til July 1 logisiature $1.500 these attorney general that * they appropriated by the statute at a Stary May General Correspondent.) Under of Thomps: retary stite banking board will g pay at the increased rate when 1t passed That bill secretary of t year, The April 1, but the the governor board e Mr. Royse is at the rate of the attorney deputy secre of decision legisi of dep pay site act N 82,000 act act authorizing tary il ot Lhe '8 not July April 1 according into vear. to and appropriated officers. and following tom entitled to the legislature, force fixes t} a year the holds amount though pay are now lesser amoun Governor Appoints Shallenberger provisions of a power Five, acting under the which gives him of Gavernor new ppoint Hoard of Healt "¢ board, t T the Omaha He Fall years law secretaries na an prointed four se A. L. Mulrhe secretary reappointed two-year ternf. Dr. C. P, Beatrice wppointed for four Dr. H. B. Cummins of Seward Elven three years, and Dr. B, Arthur Carr of Lincoln is to serve the short term, one year. Dr. Muirhead and Dr. Fall are of the so-talled regular school of medicine: Dr. Cummins is of the eclectic school, and Dr. Carr 18 a homeopathic physician The act passed last winter Pealed a section of the statute glving the Hoard of eHalth power to appoint a state Inspector at a salary of $1.80 a year. Re. cause of ‘this defect the entire act may be void. The governor i said to have declded 10 appoint the secretaries and let the hoarg "ppoint an inspector. The secretaries got about $800 a year in fees K ndly Calvin Chapman, a wealthy nent citizen of Nebraska City tremendous scoring by the supreme cou in the opinion handad down today in a ca \‘l‘"il'l‘ln he was suing a widow named Ada Meyers to compel her to give him bac #00 he had pald, as he alleges, under o € Here's what the court literally says "his court cannot lend its ald to a man who founds his cause of actlon upon an immoral or fliegal act. The whole founda tion of this claim is based on unlawful acts by which the plaintiff purchased from the county authoritles at a tax sale a certifi- cate at a less amount and lawfully due and the defendant therein edge or consent. This certificate he had assigned to himself to escape paying. his Poktion of taxes “Having embarked in an fllegal transac- tion, when she demanded that he settle he had ao produce or settle 1o prevent the illegal conduct He had which he now seeks to recover to us that under such efreum- no court of justice assista It he be will be enabled b; af & court of justice ot portion of thereby receive board. D, is ‘the only is glven a of is leaves unre- r Sha ractice Denounced. d promi Is given a t than was actually used the name of without her know- disclosure of Aid 3600, tis stan, his ar permitted to recoy means of a decr evac payment taxes justly due and legal commendation for his r he the | in should render | Nebraska we conduct | uniawtul | plainutr's acts decline any to sanction n manner what | Boyer Mast Serve Sentence. | George | three years imposed upon him by ourt of Cheyenne county {Ing a neighbor named Perlick [ head with a two-by-four #o harfl that | died two days later of manslaughter ver and his 17-year-old son went day to fix some posts In a line fence | Periick, who had a reputation as a quar | relsome man. and who had twice before ireatened kill Boyer because of the fence disagreement, came out and objected claiming the posts were being put In the He told Boyer he would kill him and Boyer and his son, the only witnesses. swear that he made a movement to reach his hip pocket. Bover grabbed the and whacked him. Two days later he died The do sald that his skull was frac- tured and an artery ruptured. and that | these were probably due more to the ‘fall than to the blow. Thescourt, on this point says that matter, the blow be Ing the proximate cause of death Boyer must serve the sentence of the dis- for wallop- the he Boyer was convicted | triet ¢ road does not w a. Lincoln 18 not going to tolerate the for the purpase of quenching thethirst of Lincolnitas after prohibition goes into force here, nor will they allow a house of ill repute to run in | the community. Las. evening the village s, with Mayor Meyers in the chalr, | passed the following resolutiona: Be it resolved. by the Board of Trustees of the village of West Lincoln: 1. That no saloons shall be permittad within the jurisdiction of this board. | "2 That no form of vice shall be tolerated | in snid village and that the village of West | Lincoln shall not be the dumping grofind | | st Lineoln on G [ won | ot existence saloons for s and evils no longer tolerated of Lincoln. the the elty The resolutions were drafted by who has been acting as for the village some time. “West Lincoln inhabited class as existed there twenty Fred C. Foster, attorney for the years is not by same 1 sald a resident of the It stands ! for law and order quite as much as Lin- coln any other reputable community. West Lincoln does not want the saloon or the brothel, and it has published this fact to the world through its Board of Trustees. The saloon interests and the purveyors of vice will therefore please take notice and not attempt to ask for these privileges.” nlace. or | Whedon Getting Busy, €. 0. Whedon, who in conjunction with John C. Cowin of Omaha, has been dele- gated by the republican state committee to prepare the line upon the Donohue law requiring rt judges, regents of the university, state and county superintendents to be nominated by petition only and forbldding parties to nominate anyorie for those places, Las begun to examine the act from a legal stardpoint. It Is not just what theory the test suit will be con- dneted. This will depend somewhat on | what parts of the statute are considered to | present the most weakness. executive of attack candidates for vet North Platte Elects Teachers. NORTH PLATTE, Neb, May S.—(Spe- | elal)—The following teachers have been elected to fill positions in the North Platte city schools: High school, Misses Sullivan, Barbara Burt and Maude Wtlson; grade teachers, Misses Emma Smith, Sylvia Watts, Laura Murray, Florence Antonidese, Belle Cralgle, Anna Ericson, Theo Hansen, Kate Gilman, Gertrude Baker, Mable Pat- terson, Maude Mollyneaux, Nellie Work- [ man and Miss Priess. The grades will be | assigned to these teachers later | Wilson Tout and C. E. Ringer were unanimously re-elected, the former as superintendent of city schools and the lat- ter as principal of the high school ! The Board ot Education elected officers:* President, F. E. BuMard; | president, Keith Neville; secretary, | Streits, | | these vice A F. The weather demands them and they are ready for you, in all the desirable shapes, in The Tungsten lamp used Knox's celebrated hats. in our store enables us to show goods in their true colors, either night or day. o o e e e - PEASE BROS. CO. 1417 Farnam Street, Omaha At the Drug Diatetic Articles Horlick's Malted Milk Borden's Condensed Milk Fenway Dutch Cocoa Borden's Malted Milk English Barley Flour, per can 10 kinds Malt Extracts. : for 100 kinds Mineral Waters price Mellin's Foc Eskay's Food 16th and Dodge St. 400 200, 400 Propri Article We carry | K all the artic this 1iny ere is demand in most Instances s cut prices. $1.00 Abbott's Rheumatio Cure. special e8¢ 8s¢c on in and 89¢ Trade Mark ale and demonstration REBORN l%:‘r‘;-‘li‘ll.- BRACES for stoop-shoul- fored mea, women and children, $1.00 pair. 5¢c Lyon's Tooth Powder 50c Pompelan Cream, this week at 29¢ Spocial week Ofl Soap Samples Free. PALMOLIV sale this Palm Olive Bc E THIS WEEK ‘‘Rexall Stores $1.00 Maltine Preparations §1.00 Pinkham's Compound Liquozone . > Listerine (genuine) Rexall Famlly dies at cuf stores. $1.00 Dir 100 kinds $1.00 to 16th and 890 .. 890 . 48c ana 8%c 8¢, 48¢c, 890 Over 100 reme- sold only in our 890 §7.00 106, Medicines prices, Plerce's Remedies and styles Trusses, each Tollet Articles Ask for the perfume. cream or You v We undoubtedly have it 25c Sanitol Cream | - 30c Pozzoni's 50c Graves' at $1.00' per ‘oz this week Glogau's Alcohol powder 13¢ 280 (b1x ‘bottle) Powder Tooth Powder 3 ase Gallet's Perfume. 49¢c this week 490 Roger & Stove 40 | PAINT SEASON HERE This is the hest season of the year to | PAint. We sell the old reliable Sherwin- Willlams brand. Sherman & McConnell Drug Co., ‘oOwW Cor. 16th and Dodge L. DRUG CO., Cor. 16th and Harne)y club | ago, when the packing houses were there,” | [ determined on Jean | THE Nebraska ‘Bathrobe Cord | Used as Noose| Stanton Man Hangs Himself to Nail in Wall While ! Insane. STANTON, Neb, May 8. | drew Anderson, commonly known as Buf J |'talo Anderson, committed suicide early | | yesterday morning by hanging himself. He leaves & wife and a number of children He had been sick for several years and it | |18 thought he must have been insane at | the time of the hanging. He was a well- ‘ | living about (Special.)—An- | to-do farmer seven miles | north of Stanton. He committed the act in | his room fastening a bathrobe cord fo a | nall. | FARMER LOSES HERD IN FIRE | | Seventy-Two Cattle Perish and 1‘wen-‘ ty-Six More Badly Burned In | Prairie Fire. NORTH PLATTE, Neb, May S8.—(Spe clal)—Word was received here thie morn- ing that Jesse Long, living about eight miles northeast of town, had lost seventy- two head of cattle in the fire Wednesday | night. Twenty-six more cattle and six head | | of horses are badly burned and may dle. | Telephone communication has been par- | tially restored and disastrous reports are constantly reaching the eity SUTHBRLAND, Neb., May | =In a prairie fire which raged southeast i..r this place the barn on the Titterington | | ranch was destroyed. Several head of hogs iwerp also burned there, as well as much | valuable range In the territory It is | thought that more property was destroyed | In other localities. 8.—(Special.) WOOSTER EXONERATES WIFE ‘ Absolves Her from Blame for Taking Hiz Money to Start New Divoree Suit. CENTRAL CITY, Neb., May 8.—(Special.) —Charles Wooster is out with a statement in which he exonerates his wife from the blame of taking the ticket and money which he sent her at Portland, Ore., for the purpose of returning to him, and appro- priating it to her own use for the purpose of returning to start another suit for di- vorce against him. He says that he now understands that the transaction was upon the advice of her attorneys and that she is completely exonerated from the transac- tion. In district court Thursday Mr | Wooster voluntarily offered to give money | for the support of his wite and expressed | a wish that a reconciliation might be ef- fected between them. ELKS' FAIR BIG SUCCESS Nebraska City Lodge Will Have Profit of $2,000 from Enter- talnment. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., May 8.—(Spe- clal.)—The Blke' fair which has been held all this week cioses (onight and it has been a success in every way. A large dele- gation was here last evening, on a special train from Creston and Shenandoah and was given a royal reception by the local | members of the order. The monster hail in which the fair is being held was unable to accommodate the crowd of 2,000 peo- | ple that attended. It is estimated that the | fair will net the local lodge something over | $2,000. The nightly attendan has been %0 to 1,600 until last night, when the ree- ord was broken and people had to be turned away. 1 | POSTAL EMPLOYES NoT EXEMPT | | Pient A nt Postmaster General | | dolves Problem for Local Officers. | | NEBRASKA CITY, Neb, May 8.—(Spe- | | elal.)—For several years past the postal| | employes and mafl carriers have convinced | | the county assessor that they were not | liable for poll taxes and the court officlals | | they were not subject to jury duty. The | inty assessor took the matter up with | | C. P. Grandfield, first assistant postmaster ! general and {n his reply he cites m\ru(raph] 2 of section 21 of P. L. & R.. which says: | “Postmasters and other employes of the | | postal service are not exempt by reason | of their employment from jury or road| duty, or any other obligation whatever s | citizens arizing under laws of any state or | | municipalit | The deputy assessors were instructed to | | list an of the government employes here | | and in this county for poll taxes and the | | officers of the courts will be given a copy | | of the law 80 as to be armed in case any of the gvernment employes are called into court to serve at any time. The gvern- | { ment en'ployes met with the commissioners | yesterday to thresh this matter out and | were much chagrined whben confronted with | the letter and the law Wymore Defeats Auburn. BEATRICE, Neb., May 8.—(8pecial.)~In a debate at Auburn last evening Wymore scored a big victory by defeating the de- bating team at that place and winning the | championship of southeastern Nebraska. | The subject discussed was, “Resolved, That | the dispute between labor and capital the raliroad business should be mettled b boards of arbitration with compuiso power.”” Auburh had the affirmative and Wymore the negative of the subject. The | judges decision was 2 to 1 in favor of Wymore. | Auburn was represented by Alma Plasters and Miidred more by Mark and Jean Carl Worley. tn} Louis Rogers Hanna, Wy- | Hargraves and | Five Horses | PONCA, Neb, May (8pecial.)—In tire that destroyed his barn about four | miles northwest of Ponca, Orin Fields lost | g00d work horses, several hundred bushels of grain and all his hay. Mr | Fields was in Ponca on business when he | was notified by telephone that his barn | was burning. The loss will be more than | {82,000 besides the loss on the barn. It is partly covered by insurance. in Barn. 1 8 | tive Nehraska News Notes, FANTON—The Stanton brick yard | commenced work last Monday. Several men will be employed. STANTON—This afternoon took place the wedding of Albert Allen to Miss Anna | Dubbel. Both reside in this county SUTHERLAND-E. C. Bre hardware | merchant, is making the foundation for a 50x100-foot bullding on Front street BEATRICE-Mrs. C. H. F. Nieman died a few days ago at Dilier. She was 89 years of age and leaves a husband and two chi dren, M'COOK—Miss Heien Ploussard of city and Rollo Catheart of Eaton. were married In Denver last Sund; will live in Eaton. M'COOK~The postoffice clerks in Me- Cook have just recelved their charter as members of the United National Postoffice Clerks. It is numbered 1356, LEIGH—Fred Moeller closed a real estate deal this week, selling a half section of | the Marshall 'Field estate to Norman Ochsner and W. M. McCurdy SUTHERLAND-—Colonel John Keith, IM] this OMAHA SUNDAY | leaguers | his position as traveling repres | met | president and D. MAY 9, 1909. Furnishers of Hotels, Clubs and Restaurants as Well as Private Homes. ORCHARD & WILHELM 313.16#18 South Sixteenth Street, E at the N a N o house can sell VER has this house shown a more com resent time. The sprin lete line of furniture, carpets lines are all in s well as the most advanced ideas, in house furnishin rugs and d and represent the very best, raperies than in_ manufacture, and decorating. ood goods cheaper than we sell them. LACE CURTAINS—the newest, in the very latest styles, are being shown in our Drapery Department, always at the low- est prices. AN 3 P AN PORCH SHADES For the coming week we offer at special prices an assortment of novelt Ten styles of lace curtains, se white, Arabian and ivory pair Vudo Porch Shades The porch shade that gives satisfaction. Brown and olive, dark green and brown. 4 feet wide, $2.25 each. 6 feet wide, $3.00. 8 feet wide, $4.00. 10 feet wide, $5.50. 50c each extra when are sent to hang them. men , fe nets, all made to our own design. ling regularly at from $3.50 to $4.90 per pai r parlors, dining rooms and bed rooms. , all novelty nets; Your choice, at, per PORTIERES—The greatest values ever offered to Omaha buyers. 2 pairs of portieres and door hangings remain to he sold at one-half regular price. $6.00 curtain, fringe top and bottom, 2 pairs in all, all col- ..$2.95 eens and browns, all tapestry borders, 28 pairs in all—your choice, per pair . g ... 83.75 $8.75 Rep Portie very best colors, your choice, per pair . . s . $4.50 $7 Couch Covers, 50 inches wide, can also be used for portieres, each A Akt ... $6.90 $3.50 Couch Covers, 60 inches wide, good colors, fringe all around, your choice, each $1.75 HAMMOCKS—The best assortment to he found anywhere at the lowest prices—$1.85 to $6.75 each. SOME INTERESTING FURNITURE VALUES FOR THIS WEEK'S SELLING COUCH—Like cut-——covered of leather—full ruffle puffed sides, seams diamond tufted, top is 31 inches wide and Oak frame, carved 6 feet 5 inches long. claw feet; regular $50.00 val each Colonial Post Bed Either in full or twin size, design, in the dull satin finish. These beds sell regularly at from Special, either size, each Bed Davenport Like Cut Frame is quarter sawed oak, gold- en finish, uphol- stered in green silk velour, reg- ular price $50.00, special, $37.00 See our new and complete line of davenports and couches in all styles at popular prices. in best grade ue; special at, Unquestionably heavy post $50 to $55. $35.00 ers—up from Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets the most cabinet on the market. is full of conveniences—has sanitary flour bin—aluminum sliding top, closed bread and cake box, and many other conveniences that place the Hoosier in a class by itself. are showing a full line up from..$21.00 Refrigerators In selecting your refrigerator you should take into consideration the preserving features and the circulation of air. erly keep provisions in cold storage the cir- culation must be dry, odors over the ice and purifying:the air be- forc it again reaches the provision chamber. These are speclal features of the Herrick. Strictly high grade, cost no more than oth- complete kitchen Made of solid oak, we | Like cut, beautiful brown fumed oak, best of con- struetion, seat up- holstered in Span- ish leather. cial for . In order to prop- thus carrying off the Regular $10.00 value. ..$7.50 Have you visited our Stove and Kitchenware Department in Basement? e e etin, the la place veteran rancher and owner of Keith ranch just south of thix here from Los Angeles on busines EATRICE—The Daughters of the Amer Lo eralution of this city will be enter- tained at Wymore next Monday by Mrs Eridenthal. A fine program has been pi pared M'COOK—An Ilalian section laborer at Haigler, this state, was Killed the other day by belng struck on the neck by the handle of the handear npon which he was o get, while the car was in attempting motion, LEIGH-Mrs. home Friday morning f rheumatjsm, lasting seve funeral was held from the church and was conducted Gensichen. STANTO Methodist vited to deli who Allen in June. BEATRICE—J Brixing died at her n dropsy and years. The Congregetional by Rev. F. Peter of the en - worth at Mr. Poucher church has b to the ¥ in convention “Rey piscopal er u lecture will t as resigned tive for nt Light and a similar posi- Mercantile com E. Whitmer Incandes and_take Valley the Cinefnnatl Stove company tlon with the Blue pany of phis city KEARNEY—The Salvat this elty has just made its first payment on the permanent guarters bought a few weeks ago. Eleven hundred dollars con- stituted the first payment, which was with promptness NORTH PLAT Mayor appointed Caivin Lowell chief sanitary _and bullding inspec and vester Friend night policeman’ H appointed J. J. Halligan, city attorney D. T. Quigley, city physician PLATTSMOUTH—The new organized last evening by electing A. Marshall president, H. N. Dovey C. gan secretary. Miss Helen Travis was selecte ach English Army of has and Syl Patterson of police board Dr. C school Tempting-- Delicious+~ Crisp Post Toasties A dainty food for Everyone, Every Age, Everywhere ““The Taste Lingers" Popular pkg. 10¢; Large Family size 15¢. Sold by Groeers. _ | tained. also | and | vice | liss Pear] Staats was new teachers selected, old teachers being re- |in the high school aiso one of the | nearly all of the LEIGH-R. B. Held has sold his general merchandise business and buflding to | Hiram Golding of Omaha, receiving in the trade a section of land located seven miles from Grand Island. Mr. Held will engage in the real estate business exclusively. | BEATRICE—Gus Kno a ployed at Woodring's meat n the main artery in his right a vesterday while trying to lock th Joor of the market. The glass broke strik- | ing him on the arm and inflicting an ugly | | wouna. KEARNEY—Work on the new Hub | bullding has been delayed this week on ! the non-appearance of steel beams, which have been lost In transil. So far the structure has advanced rapidly and has taken on the shape of & g0od substantial building. PLATTSMOUTH—The Plattsmouth ety noil will not issue licenses to refugee | saloon k s from Lincoln unless they do as J. -l did after Salina, Kan., sold out and with his fam to this city and purchased Philip Thierolf. PLAT Mrs. John morning, at the home of her Walter Ross in the Third ward She léaves a baby girl born on Wednesday Her home Is at Paxton. The body will be shipped to Cozad tomorrow for burial at the home of her parents NORTH PLAT The Base Ball ciation has leased two blocks of in the South Park addition and will fence and make it Into an athletic park. The work of grading and leveling it began | this morning, and the amphitheater will be | started in several days. CENTRAL CITY—J. H pun, Wis., has purchased an boy em- ily salood of NORTH here this sister, Mrs, Houk died ass0- Kel interest in the | ‘ground | y of Wam- | | | the Chicago Store, owned by I dale, and has this week taken active management Mr. Kelle years of experience n_ the mar | of stores, but has for the last few years | by traveling on the road. | NBBRASKA CITY—Frank 8. Morse purcnased the moving picture show of Reasoner & m, known as Fairyland, and | will operate the same. There are moving picture shows in this clty and Mr. Morse has been connected with the other show for some time past STANTON—Yesterday afternoon home of the bride's parents in the marriage of Mr. Willam & Wagner bride 15 the aughter retired tarmer, and t of a well improved fart BEATRICE-J. J. Mo ster plant was severcly in & runaway, b back Jured. Floyd Markle wagon with McCann when the horses started to run, was thrown on a barbed wire fence and badly cut and bruised. NEBRASKA CITY—A farewell reception was given Miss Julla Tester by the mem- bers of Harmony lodge No. 3 Daughlers of Rebekah, last evening, and she was pre ed with a handsome gold badge. Mis® Tester leaves for she expects 1o make her future home. SUTHERLAND—Although there has been much frost and cold weather fruit m claim that little, If any, damage has | sulted to their orchards because of frost. Although this near exiren of the state much fruit ls gr there are quite extensive apples and plums nearly LEIGH—Miss Minnie Dirks and Otto | Grotelneschen were united in marriage the Loseke Creek church Tuesday by Mr. Denniger “he young people were at tended by Miss Bertha: Grotelneschen and Deitrich Dirks. The b Is the eld 8. at anton a took place. T of Carl Luedecke, in this county ann of the Demp- hurt being badly in- who was in the west end n here and shipments of every year. Rev 1 de : (Continued en Fourth Page.) Miss Hedwig Luedecke to | has ( two | the } groom is the owner | last cvening | | | | | California, where | at | - ———— HALF MINUTE STORE TALK There is always a “best,”” and we venture the assertion that our Spring Clothes are just a little bit better than any “best” you'll find around town. Come In some time and let us show you hundreds of what we call “mediums” that would be “best” in most stores. THE NEW STORE. Every day has been a gala- day for savingly inclined peo- ple since we started Our Great Demonstr ation Sale Take yesterday for instance. It was interesting to note how the steady stream of buyers ap- preciated our values. It you don’t come in before long you may miss the very op- portunity you have looked for- ward to—that of getting a high-class hand tailored suit of the most recent style at a lower price than you would ordinarily pay for the most inferior kind Our method of buying fabrics and having the suits tallofed to our individual order has re sulted in some extremely low prices—let us demonstrate it to you, $12 te $SI5 $17 to $23 *8 11°13][%18 $3 to $5 SUITS, $2.50 $7 to $11 SUITS, $5.50 $25 to $35