Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 10, 1910, Page 2

it 4% important & wool market as it is now & #heep market. The campaign Mr. Guild s tonducting is along lines conducive to Barmony with the Chicago movement and 48 80 far meeting with the favor of the Mr. Guita leayes Jonlght for San Antonlo, anieting of the yestern elhssification committee. POSTAL BUSINESS CROWING (Continued from First Page:) | 19 all lines of employment are high these communities, and the entrance sal- Ary of §000, fixed by the act of March 2, 1901, I8 not sufficlent to induce eompe- telit men (o enter the postal service, even th® assurance of annual promotion. . To mest such emergencies it has been neces- In some ¥ fces to grant post- ters an allow for ‘the employment [ blerks and carriers at the rate of 3) its an hour, and In others to make la.!‘:nefi from thé appropriation for un- usial conditions. It Is realized that it was not intended that these appropriations shéuld be used In that manner, but (he department has been compelled to grant #ueh allbwances fn order to keep the post office manhed Witl competent employes. Longer Vaeations for Clerks. Df. Grandfield make a strong argument in favor of thirty dayw' annual leave for dlerks and carriers Iy first class and sec- 4nd class oftices. YAt the close of the fiscal year there Werk 7,200 jpostoffices of the presidential claks, Of this number, 3217, or 4.6 per cent, were housed In leased quarters, for WHIch the annugl rage of rental was $2,726 - 85, On June 0, 109, there were 434 of- floes located In federal bulldings, an in- cremse of fifteen during the year. It is expected, however, that this number will be largely augmentedi during the current flscal yeéar. Ont the last mentioned there were 3,812 ndmbered stations, 711 de- lvery stations, and 24 branch postof- tloes. ; n ¥ . Some minor récommendations heretofore made by the first assistant are removed and an elaborate statistical statement of the bureau is presenteg. PILES CURED IN & TO 14 DAYS. oha0 Ointment ls puarantecd o cure any of Jtching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro- truding les 10,6 10 14 days or money re- funded. woe: - Million Mgmbers to Fight Trust Formal Action in Big Organization to Be Taken Next Satur- dny. Co— WASHINGTON, spyan. ~A million fmembers by March 1 to wage battle against the trusts controlling the neces- sdfles of life is the hone of leaders of the movement for the organibation of the National AnfifTrust league. For 1 action regarding the organization | the league Invitations have been sent 10 every menator .and representative in ‘ashington - besides all prominent oiti- ns to, attend a meeting here mnext Saturday. Prestdent Taft will be in- vited to be present. It the plan af ‘the leaders to ob- taln the co-operation of congressmen in Bidllding up a nétlonal organization, The senators from each state will be asked 10" suggest a man’and woman as the ctors of. \he lefgue and every repre- tative will be sinvited §o name trukt- Worthy men and women to as dis- triet representatives. ‘or finameial sup- t the Jéhgue will rely on a member- #itlp fee of 25 cents, 10 cents of* which Wil go to the' natlonal organization and 15 ocents. to. the state branches. A work- {ng cabital "of $250,000 for the expense of the right againdt the trusts, it is ex- pocted will be ratsed by March, Big Fund Raised to Fight Bell Independents Subsoribe $150,000 to * Prevent Absorption by 0ld AT. LOUTS, Jau. §~he independent tele- phoné companies of the country. have rifised a fund of $150,000 to fight for sur- Vival against the Bell Telephone system. adoording to- Max Kpehler of St. Louis in his ny in'the 8.°J. Bchiwerz injune- tlon suit_ today. Mr, Koehler testitied the independent comipanieés feared the Bell Telephone com- pany was acquiring their stocks to absorb them. He said the independent companies ware boarfng the expensc of the Schwerz sult, which is an applieation for an Iajunc- tibn against the Mississippl Valley Trust eompany ‘of St. Louls and the Cleveland Trust company to restrain them from dis- Poslng of' the voting ‘trust ‘certificates ‘of the Independent compan, The sybseriding companies were the In- depende Telephone assoclation, Contl- neftdl Telephone and Telegraph company, independent companies in Pennsylvania, Néw. Jersey, New York, Virginia; the Na- tiohal - Telg 6 assoclation, the Lincoln Teléphiona company, State Telephone as- soolation of Nebraska, Sloux City, Minne- apolls, Detroft,, Grand Rapids, Topeka, Joplin, Macon and St Joseph independent companies. No Indictments in Pelley Case Grand Which Investigated Muxder of Girl and Subsequent Lynchings Adjourns. CAIRO, M.’ Jan. &.—~The 'grand fury, which probed the muider of Miss Anna Pelley and the lynchings of Henry Salger and Will James, a negro, adjourned today without returning indictments. Arthur Aldxanter, the neg¥o in' the Champalgn il who narrow scaped lynching, wil | be th& iédy- The grand jury reported it was evident the se-called lawless plement was not con- cerned In Sulzer was charged with | xomxm tvas suspected of Kiling Miss Pelley, —T\I_erraska I GRAND ISLAND ROAD'S PLEA Applies to State Board of Assessment for Lower Valuation. HRIDGES OLD. AND RAILS. LIGHT Result of Fight on Traction Company Brings Money Into Lanenster Treasury-—Democrats Want Meeting. (From a Statt Correspondent.) JANCOLN. Jan. 8—(8pccial)—In its ap- plieation to the State Foard of Assessment to reduce its valiation in Nebraska, the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad in Ne- braska says that for the yvear endnd June 9, 18, it had pald in taxes an amount equal to § per cent of its gross earnines, while other roads, it says, have pal no more than 3% per cent. , In discussing the physical valuation of the road the report says last vear the company constructed in Kansas 6.79 miles of rond through a hilly country for a total of $18,700 a mile, exclusive of equipment. Weré the bridges now on this road twenty-five years old, Insteau of new, and had they not been replaced durlrig the period, which is the conditicn of the hridges on the Ncbraska part of the road, the re. port saye, the deprectation would have been 50 per cent, or approximately $26,000 The Kansas line {raverses a hilly country, 80 more than twice as much grading had to be donme ofi it than would be done or had been done on the Nebraska line, there- fore half the cost of grading, or $23,155, should be deductéd from the value of the Nebraska line on that account. This, the report says, would leave the present valus of the line, if bullt under the same eondi- tions as in Nebraska, $77,854.88, or $11,000 a mile, without equipment. The equipment, the report says, If twenty- five years old would be valued at approxi- mately $2,830 a mile, making a total valua- tion per mile of $13,8%, including equipment The average cost of constructing a similar vallroud in Nebraska, the report says. is as follows: Eighty-five-pound steel, $10,- S07.90; seventy-five-pound steel, $9,677.80; sixty-pound steel, $5,926. To this should be added the cost of the right-of-way, which in‘Nebraska shéuld not exceed §75 an acre or $900 per mile. The report says this road is purely a local fond and is not a part of any hig system and does not act as a feeder for a system. The average amount of freight handled per train during 1908 was 228 tons. The trafflc handled in Nebraska was 2 per cent less than on other parts of the road or 170 tons. The gross earnings per mile of passenger train, according to the report, was 70 cents. The road has paid no divi- dend on its capital stook since 1901 Within a short time, the report sav: amount of money in rebuilding In order to do more business. » Money from Traction Company. In a letter to the Board of Cownty Com- missioners County Attorney Tyrrell yes- terday reviewed his litigation agamst tae Lincoln Traetion company from whose stock he Is secking to mqueeze the water. Mr. Tyrrell showed that the suthoritles this year will be able t6 increase the as- sessment of the traction company property some 3000000 by reason of admission of trdction officlals on tha witness stand a: to its value. It nothing else had been ac- complished he holds the increased revenue from the increhsed assessment will be ample to pay for the experts he employed to glve testinony. The increased revenue, however, will amount to $5,000 or $10,000 and the expense of the county attorney was a matter of only $200 or $300. County Option Fight. State Superintendent Poulson of the Anti-saloon league and Rev. Samuel Zanexs Batten of Lincoln have issued an appeal for money to help thém secure the enactment of a county option law. In thelr appeal for money these officers of the league set out that they Ho not intend to insist that any party shall provide a pledge for county option in its/platform, but that candidates for the legislature will be asked to make definite, statements of their stand on the question, The ecounty option bill they are now having prepared provides that the coumty shall decide by vote' whether saloons shall be licensed in a county. Demoeratic Love Feast. The democrats of the state will hold a mass . meeting. or o::mu« wor @ yban- Quet some tliné. In Pébruaky or e first part of March, or at least that is the time T. B. Allen says they should meet. “Februaty or March would be the proper time,” sald Mr. Allen, “for the meeting The meeting should be held before spring work begins on the farms." The object of the eonvention accord- ing to Mr. Allen is not to endorse a Sena- tor or to make peace between the governor and Mayor Dahlman or to agres on a piatform, but simply to’ meet and discuss matters in general and to have a love feast and distribute a lttle enthusiasm. In fact it is not lkely, according to demo- crats, that Governor Shallenberger will be rebuked for failing to obey the demands of the late demucratic convention to call an extra session of the legislature. In- cldentally that extra sesglon is still being talked of and the danger of 1t being called been increased by the knowledge that Arthur Mulled himself Is in favor of the governor taking wuch action, It was reporied ofice that the governor had sont out lettérs to members of the | logislature asking them for a statement of their intention regarding various medsures should the session be oalled, but this could not or has not been ‘confirmed. The gov- ernor is still aut of the eity and it was reported at the executive mansion today that he would not return to Lineoin!-until Thursday. He was expected 1o return yes- terday. . The governor being out of town, the atu- tude of Congressman Hitchcock on the senatorial question falled; to excite any one here. Sapreme Court Call. Below will be found & list of\cases which will be caliod for hearing at the session of supreme court commencing Monday, Jan- uary 17; For Hearing agalnst lhlmr Unlon “Telegraph Ca Lancaster: Yol a) motion for ) : January Y—Cobtr oty e The. stand jury report concluded: “We|pe belleve bo Innogent man met bis death at e the hTan of the mob." ' £ Ofticers, ~=(8pecial.) —Joint r4 of the Odd Fel- h lodges were held Tostalled Bfficers of Odd Fellows' | Banta ary; O. L. Isbel, treasur s of Rebakah degree: Mrs, O. O, noble grind; Miss Vita Van Camp, d; Mrs, Mayme Dakan, secre- ‘:n Alien Lindsey, financial secre- tary; Miss Blanch Miller, treavurer. About ntnety were in attendance. - The 0, 4 74 Kearney: 'v'r?n'u“'hu"_ -1 The following is & issignmient of canes (oF Rearing at the sossion commencing Nebraska lage of Culbertson,/ Hitehcock; aksinst Kennedy, Hed " Willow: "Gun ke aamet Britt, Douglas; Mathiews Plafo Company against kle, Gage; Rogers against Trumble, Lancaster; Hornfen ainst Cifuno, Douglas; Darling against cBride, Hoone; Schnelder against Plum. Boone; Jogper Wagan and Bugey Company against Torbert, Boyd; Peru Plow inst Johnson Haase again: ounty of -Bufi ement Company ag earney; Waxham against 10 Buffalo; Olmstead st City of e Cloud, ‘Webster; against Rvands C " MeGrew against McGrew, Svandi Richardson; Johnston against New | Thomson-Houston E. L. Co.. Douglas; Bo Cass; Taylor againat State, Kearney; Drai age District No. 1 against County of Rich: ardson, Richardson . CUSTER CLUB IS LAUNCHED Organization at Broken How to Proe mote Social Life of West~ ern Clty. BROKEN BOW, Neb., Jan. 9.—(Special) ~The Custer club, an fmportant soclst or- ganization, 1s now. formally started with & membership of nearly 100. Headquarters are establighed on the second floor of the Baish block, the rooms of which have boen richly and artistically fitted up. The club, which was needed hers, ls composed of the most influential people In the city. “Ladies’ Day” will be observed once a week, at which time wives, sisters and mothers of the members will be weicome to partiel pate In a speclally prepared program. Bil- Mard, pool and card tables will be maln- tained together with many other games. The bylaws are strict in prohibiting pro- fane language and the keeping and using of Intoxicating liquors in the rooms. Gamb- ling in any form is probibited and Sunday games of any kind will not be allowed. In the library the tables are loaded down with the latest magazines and the best of literature, while neat booths are fitted up for the accommodation of those who wish to converse privately on business subjects. Anyone violating the rules is subject to forfeiture of membership. The officers of the Custer club for the coming vear are: President, W. A. George; vice president, A. H. Humphrey; secretary, F. W. Hayes; treasurer, Joseph Baishi Others of the board of directors are ¥, H. Purcell,” George W. Apple, A. E. Ander- son, J. 8. Squires and S. R.” Lee. The club will be a nice place for business men to entertain visiting friends and particulatly convenient for. business and committee meetings of various kinds. 0la Employe Retired. GRAND ISLAND, Neb, Jan. 9—(Spe: clal.)—A long record of falthtul service 4% that of John Bigelow of this city, retifed a few days ago by the Union Paeific rail- road under ita rule that no one over 70 vears old khall be retained in employment, Mr. Bigelow has been connccted with the frelght office of the company in this eity for twenty-six years and” for the Iast twenty-one years has held down the “live stock” desk. During all this time thero has not been a serious complaint against him, and men famillar with his work de- clare that he has a perscnal acquaintince with %0 per cent of the live stock shippers between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Efforts were made, since he would have continued to serve, to have him retained In the service, but the company holds the rule inviol nd he s retired on a peh- \Mr. Blgelow was also a veteran in the oivil war and receives a small pension for hid service there. He will remain in this city, and live & retired life, F Nebraskn News Notes. : SARGENT—Roy DeForest, son of the proprietor of the Brown hotel af this plade, and Miss Lena Koahn were married at the home of the bride's mother in Lincoln on Christmas day. SARGENT—A wedding took place at the home of Contractor L. L. Wood on danuvary 5, when his daughter Allcna was marrisd to H. 1. Perrin by Rev. Harold-H. Miles of Burwell. Mr. Perrin is a jeweler in this city and Miss Wiod has been a successful school teacher and they have known each other from childhood. SARGENT—The Congregational soclety held its annual meeting Wednesday eveh« ing and elected the following officers: A. F. Spooner and L. J. Pfrehm, deacons; Mrs. M. Vanden berg, treasurer; William Kirkpatrick, George Probert and W. M. Saunders, trustees; Mrs. H. H. Pyehe, Sun- day school superintendent, Mrs. 1. Pfrehm, assistant superintendent. A soclal hour followed, the women of the church serving refreshments, GRAND ISLAND—The, Anzelger Herold Publishing company ha§ recently under- gone a ohange in ownership, the stock held by Theodore Boehm, county treasurer, hav. ing been sold to Fred Langmann and that held by Osear Windolph to J. J. Klinge. A building will be crected on the property of the latter opposite the Palmer house far occupancy by August 1. The paper is the only German paper n' this section, with none in the state west of this eity. s GRAND ISLAND-In its~ annual rej the Sisterhood of St. Franels' hospital of this city shows over 400 patients. to have Been treated during the vear 1309, with 1% operations and @ death récord of only four, Al of the latter were in extrome cases and death Is not shown to hove heen the result of operation, but in all was more than probable in fhe event no operation had been undergone. GRAND ISLAND—The annual meeting of the Hall County Teachers' assoelation was vt Ald sdblety excellent address on *The Geography ot teachers were in attendance. B nd 8 nd Forwai 5 ght, the evxhl being an ol n uniforms to suit the occasio A simple, dancers and the storage bullding was thor- of the Christlan church elected Muya. Mrs. - J. B held here Saturd: In the cvening an Nebraska” was given by Dr. G. E. Condra of the University of Nebraska. Over elghty GRAND ISLAND-Five hundred sttended the formal opening of the torag ing company’s new buflding, a large brick affai e shioned barn warmin'®' ' The guests came in any lad old togs and the orchestra was attired plain lunch was served. The immense floos of the bullding was often crowded with oughly warmed up. FALLS CITY—The Ladles' Charles Marion president; Leyda, vice president; Mrs. Day, retary, Sandusky, treasurer. The cle a flourishing condition, havin; 4 on hand of $3i5. b § o5 FALLS CITY—Officers of the Grand ublic ena Woman's: Re. were installed at the Grand last night. Comrade W, Ly ver was installed \commander of Mauger as president of . The wamen of the camps bouuntiful supply of eat- rdtack and water to_fried o and frosted cake. Dr. Yutsy installing officer, using a gavel m of wood from Lookout Mountaln, Presented by Mrs, W. L. Korner. The ha was nloely decorated with flags. FALLS CITY—Miss Mary Shons her home last night. She had been living with her brother and sister, John and Kate Shonse. Miss Shonse had\reached the age of 70 years. The funeral was held Saturday and burlal was at Siiver Creek chureh. FALLS CITY—Ethel Peck, litt of Mrs. Noah Peck, while skatin, hour fell on the ice and broke one Of her wrists. - CHADRON—H, D. Mead, water commis- gloner, and J. H. Morgan, councilmag, been inted by el lql'o-' gates eoting League' of Ne- people are ‘::vlnl this week for the various schools ool- Those_returning to the sufl I~ Versity were Blanche Speriing. Fay Bianch- an Ty ‘0‘ .Ihr. i n'ld Barrett (an maha 00l _graduate) fi';fi" John ough and cn-rh-m PERU—The annual ‘nnflng of the chureh Id at the chw ursday, and ight token ntra two beautiful rockers m:rol.l uluv Darrow and wife by their congrega- on. CHAD'RON—Willlam Darrow, coup . missfoner, retir from oftice N‘*’ close of the meeting of the board. m row has kept in office of some and for the last few years much his wishes, ever since the organisal o Dawes county., His honesty and have been o unguestioned it was with the reatest reluctafice the ‘republican Party forced to leave him off the ticket when he would not accept & re-nomination. When the board meets n;lt Tuesday, M. J. Web- ber of Crawford will take his place. CHADRON—District ien o adjourned session, conveneq here January 10. This 18 & jury term, with five criminal and 110 clvil cases for trial. CHADRON-Only one office in the county had a ohange of oceupants last week, that beihg the superintendent of instruction, Mrk. Ellis-Gortoh, moving out and s Munkres, in, Treasurer Smith and Naylor sucoeeded themselves, while Sheritf W. A. Birdsell returned to the of- fice he had oceupled vears ago when the distriot court deposed Sheriff Mote. CHADRON-~Thé old Board of County Commissione nded a year's work by settling in full for everything claimed to be due with ex:Clerk of the Distriet Court Clifford L. Freeman, thus saving the county a long. litigatien with complete re- ecovery of money. \ CHADRON--Y esterda; old son, Dean, of . Doak dled, and tods the othef twin, Dale, died. They were burled In one cotfin in Greenwood cemetery. 4 § CHADRON-Oné more scarlet fever yic- tim, Frances Tyler, aged 4 years. The Board of Health hak ordered schools and other places to be qpened next Monday PERU-Word reaches Pern that Mrs. Bmma Rains, who had for several years been a resident of this city, wi mgrsd at Lincoln, Wednesday, December 22, to Mr. Barneft, a former farmer lving near Pawnee (‘IIK. at which place they will make their home. PHRU—Gordon Beck, son of Prof. and Mrs. Beck and & prominent member of the senior class of the State Normal, has been elected to the Yl‘lncwllnhlp of one of the waed rchools in ahoo, and left Thursday to begin his new duties. the twin 3-Fear- Riehardson County Changes. FALLS CITY, Neb., Jan. 9.—(Special)— The changes In the personnel of the county officers was made yesterday. J. 8. Lord, ex-treasurer, stepped out of office after turning over about §70.00 to John Hutch- ings, who came from the clerk's office. George Morris, who:succeeds John Hutch- ings as clerk, ‘'was for the last two years clerk In the treasurer's office. Judge Gag- non, Superintendent. Oliver, L. C. Edwards and J. C. Benton succeeded themselves. PRAISES PATTON WHEAT CORNER Speaker at Ames Says it Prevented Bread Famine Here AMES. fa, Jan 9—(Special)—Albert Summers of the Chieago Grain exchange spoke to the short course students Thurs- day evening on the methods followed by the Chlcago Board of Trade. He told of the need of sufh a board and of the benefit to the farmer of buying and selling for tutnre Aelivery.. He sald that such a system acted as a balance wheel and pre- vented extremely low prices when heavy crops came onto the market, With corre- spondingly high prices later. He spoke highly of Patton, making the statement that his ‘“‘corner’ of the market so raised the price of American wheat that it stopped exports and so prevented a bread famine in this. country. Friday evening Vice . President Merritt Greene. of the Small Graln Growers' as- soélation spoke on the Wwork the assocta- tion hoped to accomplish. He stated that the loss on each acre of oats grown in Towa Is 75 cents, The assoclation hopes to turn that into & profit of $7.50. The assocla- tlon 1s attempting to get local elevators to buy grain ceording to grade, instead of paying a fiat price no matter what the grade. He sall that he had found that if samples of grain from the same bin were sent, to a commigsion firm in. Chicago from & dozen different places in the grain grow- 1ng states a different price would be quoted on each sample. ; [This.is beeause commis- sfon_ firms_have come to grade grain, more on the locality from which !t came than on the grain jtself, The assoclation hopes to remedy, this condition. Spkeretary Rell, In his report. stated that the assoclation, Had.at present elghty-three active and sixty-six assoolate members. He told of the success of the co-operative ex- periments with the new varlety of oats which he imported from Canada Jast spring. ‘This 18 proving to be a very good varlety for Towa. Prof. C. A. Zavita of the Ontarlo Agrieul- tural college spoke on “Co-Operative Test- ing as a Means of Improvement.” He told of the manner in Which the Canadtan Ex- perimental union works to test the eom- parative merits of different varieties of grain on the farms throughout the_country and expressed.the hope that something of the kind might be started in Towa. Soctety of Grain Tmprovers. AMES, Ia, Jan. 9.—(Bpeeial)—At the meéting of the Town Small Grain Growers' assoclation Friday night preliminary steps were taken to organize an “Towa Corn and Snall Grain Improvement assoclation.” Vice President Greene stated that it was generally felt that some sort of a corn show should be held in connection with the short course at Ames. It was felt that the Small Grain assoclation might well be broadened to include corn also, thus provid- Ing for a permanent corn and small grain show in eonnection with the short course. The growing junibr corn show could also be taken care of by the same organization. A constitution was read, but was not adopted, because some of the members theught 1t not broad enough in its scope. A committee was appotnted to draft a new constitution and report Tuesday evening. Pastor Goes to Europe. BSTHERVILLE, Ia, Jan. 9.—(Special.) ~The officlal board of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, at a meet- ing last night, voted to give the resident pastor here, Dr. ‘'W. C. Wasser, three months' vacation. Consequently, the lat- ter part of February Dr. Wasser and wife will sail for Naples, where they will join a party of people from London, and to- gother they will tour Greece, Turkey, Asla Minor, spending three weeks in the Holy Land and Egypt, when they will return to Naples and, leaving the party there, they will visit countries of western Burope, Rlso viewing the Passion Play, Starting about June 1, they will come via Glasgow (0 Montreal, aud then home, Kinyon Oldest Postmaster. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, Jan. 9.~(8peclal,) ~The oldest postmaster, In point of sery- ice, in Bouth Dakota Is believed to be Holden D. Kinyon of Valley Springs, situ- ated on the Omaha rallroad a short dis- tance of Bloux Falls. He was ap- paihted to the office March 4, 1880, and hds served continuously under the Har: son, Cleveland, McKinley and Rooseveit administrations, and-there does not seem to be any reason why he should not serve through m‘:z'rnn administration. His com- misalon wak signed by John Wanamaker, postmaster general under President Harri- son. With the exception of a few briet days of vacation, Mr. Kinyon has put in twelve hours a day In the office since he assumed the duties of postmaster nearly twenty years ago. The amount of mall matter handled by the Valley Springs postoffice -has increased five-fold during the twenty years. SIOUX FALLS, B D, Jan. 9.—(Special.) ~A sult instituted in the state circult court some weeks ago by Messrs. Savage and Pierson of this eity, by which they sought to recover from Minnehaha county the sum of $239.709, which they claimed to be due them for work as' tax ferrets, has been temporarily withdrawn. This action was taken to remedy & possible defect In not having the county ¢ommissioners first formally refuse to pay the elaim. The bill now will:be presented to the commission- ers, who will refuse to pay it, when an ao- tion will once more be commenced In the olreult court for the collection of the sum alleged to be due. The two tax ferrets worked for the county only a short time, when they were removed by the county commissioners, and the sult was the re- sult. Sister Finds Brother. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Jan. $.~(Speeial.) ~Mrs. eGorge Holmes is one of the ha plest women in Sioux Falls, because she has just recelved a letter from a brother from whom she had not heard a word for & periofl of over forty-four years. Mrs. Holmes had not seen her brother since she was 6 years of age, wheh he left the old home in Sweden to come to America. She came to the United States some years later, and as neither herself or other mem- bers of the family had heard trom the brother, they had long since given him up for dead. The other day Mrs. Holmes, aware that soon after her brother came to America he had taken up his residence at Terre Haute, Ind., out of curlosity wrote to the postmaster in that city and asked him for information of her brother. To her joy the postmaster answered that he was still living and had made his home ir Terre Haute for about forty ye The brother for some years has been a prom- thent and wealthy business man of the Indiana city, Mrs. Holmes lost no time in writing him a letter, and now has re- ceived a reply. A meeting and reunion doubteless will be arrarged in the near future. NO PULL NECESSARY FOR CENSUS JOBS. SAYS CHIEF Practical Tests Will Be Made and Positions Given to Those Wh Demonstrate Efficiency. There appears to be more or less specu- lation among those contemplating applying for positions as census enumerators that political recommendations may be neces- sary to secure appointments, Census Superintendent C. L. Saunders states that this is not the case. “Candi- dates will be selected solely on the basis of efficiency,” he sald. “For the purpose of aiding the supervisors in determining the competence of the candidates, a writ- ten test will be prescribed, and any per- between the ages of 18 and 70 w who s a citizen of the United States, is permitted to take it" The test will be strictiy of a practical character, substantially the same ad was used in 1900. It will comsist of filling out 4 sample schedule of population, and in the case of rural districts, filling out also a sample schedule of agriculture. These schedules are to be precisely the same as will be actually used by the enumerators in thelr work later on. “In order to assist candrdates in prepar- ing for the test, coples of the blank sched- ules and general instructions regarding the manner of filling them will be furnished to each candidate in advance. Any person of ordinary school education and good Judgment should have no difficulty in pass- ing. It Is not in any sense a clvil-service examination, and will be conducted under the direction of the supervisors of the census -and the papers will, be examined only by supervisors and by the Censuk bureau.” " The appointment of enumerators is not restricted to men, nor is there any dlscrimin- ation on account of .color. Appointments will bé made solely on merit. There is still a deficlency of applications in the Omaha district (the Second congres- slonal aistrict) from the rural sections, and the supervisor .wil be glad to hear from prospective applicants from the rural districts. BLAIR CORN SHOW AT END Sale of Prise Ears Nets Nie Content. BLAIR, _Neb., Jan. 9.—(Special)—The Washington County Farmers' Institute, corn show and domestic. sclence session closed today, with a large ¢rowd In attendance. The judging of horses and corn by the classes astonished the judges from the state university because of the efficiency shown. Piof. Nelson's juvenile class of boys made an-exceptionally good record on thelr score cards in the corn judging. The board of managers and the patrons of the course are more thaan pleased with the work of the corps of Instructors from the university. The corn on exhibition was taken to the opera house this afterncon and pfled on the stage and sold to the ilghest bidder in ten-ear lots, except a few single ears. The first prize ear In the single ear contest sold for $14 and was bought by parties who will send it to the mid-winter corn show to be held at Lincoln. The ten ears that won first prize in the ten-ear contest sold for §%6. The other corn was bought by farmers for their spring seed corn and ranged In price from $1 to §18 per ten ears, the second prize selling for $i8. Martin White, fleld editor of the lowa Homestead, gave 6 as the prize for the best ear of corn in the boys' class for next year. The short course was a success financlally and leaves a nice sum in the treasury for the promotfon of next year's sesslon. The winning of the two first prizes in the boys' ten-ear class and the men's ten-ear class, which was also open to boys, by Chrissy Schmldt, a boy under 16 years of age, caused’ the old farmers and expert corn raisers to sit up and open their eyes. H.G. Grimm, on whose farm Chrissy's father lives, feit so pleased over the boy's luck that he presented him with a $%0 suit of nt John Aye of the association, who 18 a seed corn raiser, glves free to the boys of Prof. Nelson's class, numbering over sixty, what seed corn they want to plant for experimenting the coming yeatr. R. D. KELLY PASSES AWAY For Office Boy of Horace Greetey Veteran Newspaper Man Dead. FREMONT, Neb,, Jan. 9—R. D. Kelly, Editor of the Uehling Times, died here to- day, aged 79 years. For nearly forty years he has been actively in the newspaper busi- ness, most of the time in Nebraska. He began his newspdpex career In New York City and was at one time Horace Greeley's office boy. Leaves Theater to Die. IOWA FALLS, la, Jan. 8—(Special)— From the theater to her deathbed within a few moments was the sudden and tragic end that Thursday evening held for. Mrs. Nora Bolander, well known in this city. Mrs. Bolander lived on the South Side and, in company with some friends and nelgh- bors, walked over town to attend a per- formance of ‘Graustark” at the Maetre- politan Opera house. The night was the coldest of the season and the walking hard, so that when Mrs. Bolandeér reached the theater she was somewhat exhausted, but took her seat In the dress circle awalting the performance. Suddenly she complained of feeling 11l and friends as- #isted her to the entrance, where a car- riage and physiclan were summoned. She was driven to her home and restoratives agglied, but without avafl, as she passed - shortly after reaching home. | Take Chamberiain's Cough Remedy when you have & cold and you w’i be delighted with 1s |QUEER BISEASE IN OMAHA Internal hnli;_o:nu of Much Ill Health, Says Easterner. MANY VICTIMS PANIC STRICKEN No Cnuse for Alarm, However—Grue- some COreatures Prey on Human Race to Extent Little Known by Gemeral Publie. The following remarkable statement was made by the Cooper “stomach man' Sun- day afterncon. This fs the man whose medicines and theorfes have aroused such widespréad interest in the east, and who 1s now In Omaha introducing his medicines. He sald: “During the last tew days many people who are now taking the preparation I have come to Omaha to {ntroduce have brought to me Internal pardsites commonly called tape worms that have passed from the sys- tem. Many of thege people have been alarmed and came to ask for an explana- tion. Some of these people did not even know the nature of the parasite they brought to me, and in consequence, were extremely nervous and excited over the matter, “I take this opportunity of explaining what these creatures are and what I have learned about them in the past. ‘Tapé- worms,’ as they are called, are much more common than would be' supposed. I ven- ture to say that 10 per cent of the mo- called chronic stomach trouble, and what is known as the ‘run down' condition, is caused by these creatures. In every city 1 visit hundreds upon hundreds of them are brought to me during my stay by people who have taken my preparation, and doubtless there arc innumerable cages of which I hear nothing. An Individual may suffer for years with one of thesc great parasites and mot be aware of it. Contrary to general. bellef the appetite 18 not greatly increased: it only becomes Ir- regular. Sometimes an extra sense of hun- ger is experienced, at others the mere sight of food will nauseats. There is generally a teeling of faintness, however, and a gnaw- ing sensation in the pit of the stomdch. People affilcted with one of these para- sites are generally nervous and easily de- preased. The chie? ation 1s one of languor, the least exertion will tire, and there is, a# a rule, a dull pain in the lower part of the back. The indlvidual imagines that he or she Is Suffering from many diseases. The parasite 1s never in itselt fatal, but It consumes a great part of the sustenance from all food eaten, and In consequence there {s not endugh nourish- ment to sustain the body. The system losec vitality and every organ becomes more or less affected. “Lack of energy and ambition not only affects the body, but the mind Also be- comes dull and sluggish. The memory i& not so good and the eyesight somewhat poorer. “As I have already stated, T belleve these parasites are very prevalent. T shall prove this conclusiely before 1 leave Omaha with my preparations. My medicine in cleans- ing the stomach of impurities seems to be fatal to these great worms and drives them from the system with astonishing rapidity. 1 shall be at the drug department of the Brandels stores for several weeks to come and will continue to meet those who wish to see me at this store from 10 o'clook until 6. 1 wish to assure any one in Omeha Who has had the experience just related, with my preparation, that there I8 rno cause for alarm In the matter and that it will, as a fule, mean a speedy restoration to good health.” ——— Acquire the hablt of keeping on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and save anxiety. There is nothing better for croup. NEGRO GRABS WOMAN'S PURSE AND ESCAPES | r— Miss Nellle Young Robbed of $14 While on the Street—Police Hold Suspects. While walking on Sherman avenue, in tront of the Majestic apartments at an early hour last night, Miss Nellle Young, 2206 Sherman avenue, was robbed of her purse by a negro, who made his escape. The negro made a grab for Miss Young's purse as she was passing. It contained $14 and ten tickets for an entertainment at the First Methodist church. The polfce were provided with a good description of the robber. Harry Beverness, Seventeenth and Mar- tha ktreets and Oliver Allome, 1600 Marcy treet, were arrested last evening on com- plaint of Albert Crawford, Thirteenth and Pacific streets, who'charges the men held him up and robbed him of §20. Fred Heath, 1251 South Thirteenth street, who was with Crawford at the time, says he thinks the accused were the robbets. Frank Childs, colored, 2% Cedar street, was arrested yesterday afternoon, sus- pected of belng the negro who robbed two fruit stores late the night before. He was identitied by Louls Debarberle, proprietor of a frult store at 520 South Thirteenth street, as the man who held him up and made away with $21, but detectives ascer- talned beyond a doubt Childs was not the man. The proprietor of the fruit store at| Sixteenth and Leavenworth streets, held up shortly after the robbery at Debarber- je's place, exonerated Childs, who was then discharged. 1t is & dangerous thing lo take & cough medi¢ine containing oplates that merely stifle your cough Instead of ouring It Toley's Honey end Tar loosens gnd cures the cough and exptls the poisonous germs, | thus preventing pneumonia and consump tion, Refuse substitutes and take only the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in the | yellow package. Sold by all druggists. NAMES CHILDREN EIGHTY-ONE, i SOMETHING, NOTHING AND IT Freakish ldeas of Missourl Farmer | MEXICO, Mo., Jan. §.—Nothing Tuttle and Something Tuttle are now Trix and Kitty Tuttle, respectively. They have| changed their pames. The young women are daughters of T, T. Tuttle, a reiired tarmer. » Tutte's first chlld, a girl, 1881, which was a dry year. In order to comnemorate the. year he named her Elghty-One. She is now the wife of Rufus Jackson, The second child, a boy, brought about & disagreement between Tuttle and his wife a8 to a name, so they compromised by calling him It Tuttle. /The third child, a girl, was named Nothing and the strange names were carried out In the naming of the youngest. She became Something. el —— A Traveling Salesman. H. ¥. Beers, 611 Tth ave, Peoria, 1N, writes: 1 have been troubled for some time with kidney (rouble, so severely at times I could scarcely carry my grips. After using one bottle of Woley's Kidnoy Pills I have bedn ectirely relieved, and was born In aze in Bg i Office Building " Fire in Struoture Adjoining Great Northern Hotel in Chicago Causes Excitement. CHICAGO, Jan 8—Fire In the sixteen- story Great Northern office buflding, ad- joining the Great Northern hotel, and in which Is the Great Northern theater, cre- ated excitement tonight. The fire, which burned fiercely on the sixth floor, broke out an hour before theater. time. The flames did not spread to any other part of the bullding. Guests In the Great Northern hotel and the Majestic hotel were alarmed but there was no panic. The big organ in the Great Northern hotel played while the fire was burning and employes rushed from floor to tloor to assure the guests there was no becomes cheerfully recommend them to all.” ¥oley's Kidney Pills are healing and antisceptic and will restore health and strength, Sold by all druggists danger. DRESHER IS BRANCHING OUT Leases Farnam Street Lots, on Which e Will Ereer Two-Story Ballding, Al Dresher has securéd . forty-nine yoar lease from Mrs, Elizabeth Dufrene to the lot on Farnam street between Nine- teenth and Twentleth streets, adjoining the new Wead-Baldrige building on the west. Mr. Dresher proposes tu erect & two-story bullding, part o which he will use for a dry cleaning establishment which he pro- poses to open up and part he will lease. The rear of the bujiding wilk be absolutely fireproof and in this Mr, Biresher proposes to install the most up-to-date dry oleaning cstablishment In the west. Mr. Dresher has been all over the east, Visiting the most modern plants, thal hée might choose the best. ' Fearful of deadly microbes ocouts when throat and lung diseases are treated with Dr. King's New Discovery. 8o and $L00. For salo by Beaton Drug Co. The W_’_father. FOR NERRASKA-—Falr 8nd warmer, FOR IOWA—Fair and warme; ) e T » veremyey m. m. m m OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Jan. 9.—Officlal record of tem- dprocipnnuon compared with ing perfod of the last ten 1910. 1009, 1908, 1907, 19 4 o0 22 5 perature and the correspon years: Uaximum temperature. ,, Minimum temperatur Mean temperature . Precipitation . Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and com| d with the last two years. Normal temperature. Deficlency Total deficiency since March 1. Normal preeipitation Deficlency for the day Total rainfall since March 1. Excees since March 1. ey ‘.E, Defietency” for cor. petfod, 16095 T #atesav for cor. nerlod. 1908..7.57 inches recipitation. T indicates trace of L. A. WBLSH, Local Forecaster. My brain is filled with one big thought, Those Campbell's Soupsthe grocer brought. ure; and more than pure:— Not a'trace of im- purity nor any foreign substance enters into Campbell’s Soups,— no adulterant; no reservative; no core= bre from the toma- toes. Even the fine fibres of the celery and parsley are com- letely strained out. verything but pure rich” concentrated nourishment is ban- ished from Soups No amount money and care will produce better. If not_satisfied the grocer gives back your money. 21 kinds 10c a can Just add hot walter, bring to a boil, and serve. Wouldn't you_ like ampbell's Menu ook? Josern CamrreELL CoMpany Camden N J Look for the red-and-white label S cITLI? ON N2 Cleans and Polishes any- P (hing : Gold. Silver, Plated. W N Ix ‘ Glass, Nickel, Copper, 4 Refuse substitutes, REE SAMPLE mailed on receipt of address. Afhe Electro 8iicon Co.. 30 CLIE 8¢, Now York, Sold by Grocers and Drugylsts FoOD FO NERVES work ot men ¥'s NERY! ::.-':o 20\! eat & 6404y Box; 8 boxes § SHERMAN & Cor, 16t snd OWL DRUG Cox. L68h and Marney harmiess. F| Taar s wl el or wark ‘and’ youthFu vigos one &k A Fesuit of overs rasd il by mail DRUG 00, . #i6. Omaha, Wb