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N1 UMALGA, FRIDAT, ThBRL ARY 18, 1viu. Nebraska LROADS' HABIT WITH REVENUE lDilpute Between Witnesses of Rock | ; Island and the State, | | STATE AND INTERSTATE BUSINESS | HALF-MINUTE STORE TALK “I wanted another palr of those guaranteed Patent Leather Shoes,” said & man the other day, i1 didn remember just where 1 bought the ones I am wearing, but when I got in front of your store, thess 0ld shoet seemed to turn right in." Many & man has missed being from this store by the “go-back-again” urging of some eminently satisfactory bit of wearing apparel bearing the King- Swanson label At 10 o’clock sharp Saturday morn- #ing, February 19, we will place on sale a large lot of ‘“Hydegrade” petticoats in latest styles 98c and shades, at each ...... Lot of very latest styles in spring suits, / L. B, Show U | Earnings from Former | =" | Black and Blue Suits YOU DEPOSIT Wet ing Produces Figures to faleness in Attributing Great Showing of | LINCOLN, Feb. 18.—(Special.)~The attor- ney general togay has been Introducing | » f N testimony In thé Rock Island case in an| effort to discredit the way In which the | ik . L 3 L] actually SOld at manutacturer s 'pl'lCCS, railroads apportion their revenue and thel much to your eredit in personal appearance when you don a dark eslored suit of black or expenses between state and interstate busi- | TP it values up to $40.00, SEPEPT5 4 P50 | vxocrees vetveen sate wo 1 blue—of the quality sold by us. i our 'rice S'lturda b At the present time the Rock In!nng Being a garment suitable for all occasions a man should bu; rmore ) : B e BIghy =i 'T&'Z?::'.’fl'h'.fln';‘."l’,‘.’".nb".‘&fflr;",'n";,.‘“';. care than he would ordinarily exercise in selecting a suit of fauey texture. F o k t $| 25 and L. E. Wettling, whd was on the stand, In no other garment is good tailoring more essential to compiete sutistaction und in no ancy crepe Kimonos at .........PL offered many examples of the unfairness of | othofi.are Eh8. 1eenlts of HIeror wor 1 manship so painfully evider Because the fabrics of our black and blue suits are selected with such extreme care and tailored in such faultless manner we unhesitatingly say that you will never, never regret buying one of ours. The vast assortments found here are a great advantage to men hard to suit and fit and this proposition by showing that when | intrastdte rates are raised a great portion | of the revenue thus derived goes into inter state business, and he holds the interstate litrattic produces none of the Increase. | The system of the rallroad Is to divide Silk waists values $8.00, our price The New “Slip-On" Coats shown first by us are sure 1o have a great run when $4-$2 . @ vy the revenue according to the per cent of o 1 A P b e T f WC have a fCW Sllk pettlcoqts 1N [ | the intrastate earnings to the Interstate our unapproachably low prices make an appeal to those of an economical turn of mind. domeatio and_foretgn, Geb- | A ¥ . 3 7 i erdines, are wind and rain ! ] | t W‘;’:‘"““";m"“ o, AR Wiy S | + We are proud of our showing and want you to see it—buying here is optional with you. Rk lsnt & o Teatner, 2 ut a fe ne colors only, to | axaluple of the unfaltiews of:this plan: $10.00 # $40.00 ona” susfly Dackedl 1nn box ] ° A rallroad a certain number of miles in - up O ° considerably emaller than Y ) close. ceeees Cessanaaan | length - recelves in revenue from its pas- : the ordinary shoe hox. greatest wet weather coat ever made. 00 to $18.00 | senger business $100,000; its operating ex- | penses are $75,000, and net receipts $25,000. This is arbitrarily divided, intra st |$40,000; Inter state, $60,000; expenseg Intra state, $30,000, and Inter state $5,000; net re ceipts intra state, $10,000, and inter state, | $15,000. | | Taking the same railroad on the same | | | adies’ Sample Siore 304 Paxton Block sult maybe the defeat for the time being of the construction of a badly needed high Wahoo, Weeping Water and Plattsmouth, of the Nebraska Natonal duard and Co will be held in Fremont on the evening. of nel® Birkner of | the medical department plant. Accordingly the board will call a spccial slection for March 10, when bonds [ot e s : " | conducted an : o 1 of $2.800 for electrie. (i) basis and increasing the intra state rate to | school. o ofator) |FFd8y, February %, to seleot delegates | GRS B, AT WO MrS. Jookted hecs b Votagiupon. L foruslectiioliuhtal whl |3 conts & mile, ‘the result would be on the |~ Jenks for Commencement Ofator. [t attend the state contest. The Platts. | and are ontitied o n coaimiesion ! NEBRASKA CITY--Carl . 45 Mail Orders Promptly Filled. arbitrary apportionment of the company;| Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks of Cornell uni-|mouth High school delegates to Fremont| PLATTSMOUTH.-A pretty wedding ser- B BUrsop were vnivd T e e Mes Lillle Herzog were united in marringe last evening at the home of her aunt nsrth of this ey, "The wedding was attended by versity will be the commencement orator | vice united in marriage Kritz Lutz and | at the University of Nebraska next spring. Miss Mata Maric Puls at the home of ne: will be Miss Lucile Gass, John Falter, Miss Eross revenue intra state $60,000, inter state | | Marie Douglas, with Miss Marie Robertson | 860,000, expenses intra state $37,600, inter ox i ; {isady soseblad the Svites [ike altarnats; parents southwest of Plattsmouth, Rev.|some fifty guests and after the ccremony e | State $37,00, net revenue intra state $22,500, | Pref. Jenks has a Y Mr. Spreiglo performing the ceremony. Mrs. [a wedding supper v TS ak S Inter state $22,500. The net revenue should [tlon of the university authorities to de- Gilmore nlayed the wedding march. TS T R e B {happy coupls left for the south on thelr wedding trip. On their return they will make their home on a farm belonging to the groom near Cook. BEATRICE—For the first time In_many years a woman secured a marriage license Nebraska News Notes. BEATRICE—Mrs. Wallace Arpke dled last evening at her home in this city, after an lliness of a few weeks of liyer trouble, | &ged 38 years. She is survived Ly no fam- ify except her husband. f DEMOCRATIC OFFICE l HOLDING FAMILY MATTER Heads of Several State Institutions Employ Relatives in Number immedlate members of the familles of the | heads of the Institutions are not employed. OIL 3 AT NEBRASKA CITY ltver the address. 4 Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New York, well known especlally to the public as a writer on medical toples for several magazincs, has been invited to deliver the commence- have been, the said intra state $30,000, and inter state $5,000. The intra state business lost $7,600 and the inter state gained $7,500. Mr. Wettling gave many examples, taking the actual figures introduced by the rafl- DUNBAR-—The new bank bullding of the | Dunbar State bank has been completed and | will be formally opencd with a reception during the afternoon and evening on Feb- ruary 21. It is a neat bullding and fitted with all of the modern improvements. Reported Pocket Has Been Struck by ment address before the gradpating class HASTINGS—Tho Hastings Board of Tdu. | purohasce was Mra.. Catric Waahhurn ot it iy i 4 sk s oo 1 r o the arbitrary 53| BEATRICE—Yesterday J. B. Smith, & BS tormitated SLus Bohvd of Hdu.- | UTOhASEs " Wis Mars. Cartls Washburg o of Instance Borers at Depth of Fourteen L‘:‘:‘lrfl";';':'r‘l{.'°w::":n::f: prof'sg um::: of the medical department of thé University | dalryman o fthis eity. Sold fifteen nead of | ation has formulated pians for periodical | Tecumseh, Who is visiting in the city. Her medical Inspection of all pupils in the clty Hundred| Feet. schools. - A physician has been employed at a salary of $250 a vear. All puplls will be examined at or near the beginning of of Nebraska in Omaha in the spring. r. Hutchingon has been a lecturer in soveral medical colleges in England and the United tine Jersey miich cows to a dairyman in Utah. The herd was shipped last evening ln;l the sale represented several thousand dollars. marriage to Bdward Jones of Basco, Ill, 1 take place next Sunday and as he unable to reach the city before that time the bride-to-be arose courageously to using figures on both passenger and frelght business. Following is an example he gave, using the passenger figures of the Rock | (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 18.—(Special)—The fact that the democratic administration is ob- 43 NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Feb. 18.—(Spe- it h semester. the occasion and secured the necessary clal)—That ofl has been struck by the| ! States and has. contributed to several of | HASTINGS—While unloading coal from a | C2Ch Semes 2 jocting to L. P. Ludden serving on the |porarg of|the deep well is an assured fact, 181809 1 the most prominent magazines in both | car on the Burlington tracks at Juniata | o TECUMSDHZ At the home of Mr. ana |Papers for thelr marriage. State Normal hoard because his daughter |put just What tne flow will be eannot be Mr. Nay Gives Figures. Lo youtorday George W, Boulton, an early sot- | MIs. George C. Graf, well known John- | PLATTSMOUTH-This afterngon the jury 4 e v el gt ene e iR iees sl c 6| . sooording to the testimdny of MF. Ny & tlor ‘of Adama county. died ‘suddenly" of | 501 county residents, who live five and one. | in the case of Bower against the Chicago, § told until the well is ceased further down ait ¢ the Rock Island, the revenue N < heart fallure, expiring before a physician | Nalf miles east of Tecumseh, their ddugh- | Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company r""al has directed attentlon to some of |gnq the cavings stopped and the water ‘;" (‘;’ b g 0 R0 wews District Oratorical Contest. arrived; fer. Miss Nollie May Graf, was married to brought in a verdict for the defendant ovdh. 5 e vear en , 1900, : 2 tov - Dwinel: o' ceremony was sllect ab ;',::e ,':rmih:i:;:’,“”” SIASQ, REUHBAN. n::p:d out. The alrm 1s now down over ;’;““Ke: Interstate, 81,400,885 intrastate, |I:I;A:_:Sl'ft€“'l;r1:h“uN"'l"»rm;;‘e':ch;]—le:f; pfll.&"r'rsfia‘o)v;)“'rflm—vgn:-‘:‘ E. .Melalnlf:; Burf'nrmfld at noon by Rev. Mr., Gould of g"»?m".‘:.Ri‘éfi.. oinl mhfné“lfi.gh‘}xf."lé‘k Soree sult: 1400 feet and the ofl keeps coming to the 3 o clal)—The and Miss Mayme M. Melsinger were un raf. and other preperty fn a car while In tha Kearney Industrial School—Superintendent $150,130, the interstate being 70.54 per cent Property ite ¢ ) \ | Manuel has his wife and two daughters on pay roll. Institute for Feeble Minded—Superintend- ent Roe has his wife employed as matron. Asylum, Lincoln—Henry Tracey, brother- in-law of Superintendent Woodard, 18 em- ployed as farmer. Penitentiary—Warden Smith employs Mrs, Siith as matron and his daughter as post- mistress. Sol@lers’ Home, Milford—Commandant Pave Rowden employs his wife as matron yndjhis son as bookkeeper. Asylum, Hastings—Supenintendent Bax- ler's daughter is employed at the Institu- fony At the Soldiers' Home at Grand Island \nd ‘at the asylum at Norfolk ‘it is saia | Doubt is a bastard Of the sod, Hope a winged messenger From God. MUNYON. read_Hope, Fealth and Prose erity 1 have. organiaed o HOPE RSSCCIATION] ‘and have aircady eecured many thousand members. Its obligations are: will think hug?(ully. . will talk hopefully. will act hopefully. 2 be temperate in all things. Il encourage the despondent. will assist. the deserving. I praise while others curse. will smile while others frown. T will send out hopeful_thought mes- mages to all members of Munyon Hope ssociation, 5 I am also issuing a little magazine call- ed HOPE, which is meeting with much favor. I am trying to “make f this magazine & heart to_heart me- dium, To do this, 1 want every mems ber to freely ex- press himself in its columns, 1 do not want dried out thought, or a warmed up disser- tation, or stealings from any source whatsover. Let us antagonize every rule, gvery dogma, every custom, every usage, dvery law that ai- fronts our judgment. Let us rememben that God Almighty makes each individual 'r‘“wm:blo for his own thoughts, for his ¢ HOPEISM is big enough to_interest the whole human family, and if people were properly aroused to their own inter- ests and the obligations “they owe to * their fellowmen, we would have a mem- bership of at least @ million before the end of 1010, And think what a mighty good, a million people could dol, ~What aischoods could . be corrected, what wrongs could be wighted, what poverty could be relieved, what burdens conld be lightened if & million real earnest HOPE WORKERS were in the field. We can't be happy; we can’t be pros- TOus; we can't be companionable une loss we are well. Therefore, let us re- solve to be well, I want every person who is suffering with " constipation, b:liousness, impure , indigestion, or any liver mfibh' Paw Paw Pills. Have Hopa you will afters e ugh to recommend all your friends to use them. They col rect comstipation and teach the bowe to act naturally as no other laxativa does, They correct nearly every form of ndigestion. They purify the blood. They cep the liver in an active and health rondition. They brace up the neryes a make life worth living. 1 want every rheumatic, no matter how | hronic his case, or how many doctors ave failed to cure him, to try Mune on’s Rheumatism Remedy, with the E-rs_uud&n. that 11 it fuils’ o iy e satis: ction, I will refund the money. 1 want every person who suffers with ny kidney ailment to have hope enough o invest cts, in Munyon'. Kidney Remedy, They w sarprised to see ow g the pains will leave t S G R s O S [:nndxllu & will disappear, and how soon q{ T R o .»dwill .-lurh?‘: }snl\r ‘m«} restore the ideys to v candition. e g R e e m to t'n minues. [y Pile Ointment is . quick and posi~ Ot ‘course, evarybody knows 1w quicks course, »w quic) ly my Cold and Cough Cure nhcvg the d, throat and lungs. They taste lil L h:: ulreyl)ike‘h 5 P other reme: 10 Health' tells e, 'h':ic:l the distinct un our Guid W-&kfilmm m! t e Ga top of the water on the well and has since the drill went down into sand after passing through a long stretch of rock harder than flint and which caused the drillers all kipds of trouble and was slow drilling. There has also been found traces of gas in the well, but as it was not g dry hole the exact amount could not be told. The men working ori the well are putting down cesirg and _will have the water shut off in a few days, after which they will drill deeper, after the water is all pumped out, provided a heavy flow of oil Is not struck before that time. The deep well was sunk by & local company, assisted by all of the citizens ‘who “took stock, but becoming dis- couraged, turned over a majority of the stock to Ingersoll Bros., who have been sinking the well and who worked against great odds, and they own the major portion of the stock, and if the ofl strike Is a pay- ing oné they will be very rich. The peopla here are very jubilant over the outlook and those who own stock are holding onto it very tenaclously. Tecumseh Laymen Meet. TECUMSEH, Neb., Feb. 18.—(Speclal)— Some forty or more layment of the city, representing all church denominations, at- tended a meeting at the Commercial club rooms yesterday afternoon in the inter- ests of the National Laymen's Missionary movement. The convention for this sec- tlon of Nebraska will be held at Lincoln March 15, 16 and 17, and it is desired to have a large representation from all the counties In this section of the state. The meeting here was addressed by Rev. T. B. Northrup, Hon. J. L. McBrien and E. J. Sizer of Lincoln. Local organ- ization was perfected by the election of Judge S, P. Davidson as president and 0. L. Brown as secretary,of the Tectim- seh soclety. A committee on organization was chosen, Including the following gentle- men: Dr. E. R. Ryerson, J. J. Vetter, Frank Dafoe, J. W. Mackle and P, A. Brundage. District Court in Johnson. TECUMSEH, Neb., Feb. 18.—(Special)— The spring term of the district court in and for Johnson county will convene in Tecumseh Monday, March 7., The docket ts made up of thirty civil and two criminal | cases. The criminal cases are the State of Nebraska against Dr. J. G. Neff and the State of Nebraska against the John- son County Home Thlephone company. The petit jurymen have been drawn, and ihcludes the following gentlemen: A. ‘M. Coffey, Edgar Wright, Fred Benson, George F. Goeman, T. F. Miner, Willlam Short, Guy Beacon, Peter Jones, L. L. Miller, John Collins, I S. Platt, G. J. Dillon, George O. McLanahan, James Clark, T. R. Richardson, C. W. Schmidt, Orville Hazen, Elza Hurlbut, U. Go Van- Osdol, John: P. Graff, G. N. Clark, Donald Black, Edward Farley and J. Wil Forgery Ch NEBRASKA CITY, Neb, Feb. 18.— cial)—A complaint was filed in the county court yesterday against Claudio 8. DePass, an insurance solicitor, who was charged with inducing Andrew I'. Kastens into cashing & check signed by himself on the First National bank of Syracuse, when he county reached there and brought him back here for trial. keepers asking for $25,000 damages. One had no funds there to his credit. The|jarrison, John C. Fremont, MeKesson, officers at Lincoln were asked to arrest|pennis, Fleharty, Clark, Oberlies and and hold hlm untll Sherlff Fischer of this | others. The office pays a salary. Some days since the wife [§1,000 on election day moving voters to the of DePass began suit in the district court | poles and to that end the finance commit- of Lancaster courty egainst five saloon- |tee isynow busy at jof the intrhstate; expenses, interstate, £320,222.47; intrastate, $133,136.23; net oper- ating expenses, iInterstate, $111,187.06; intra- state, $46,398.77. On the same basis, adding, to intra rev- enue ) -per cent to passenger revenue the result would be as follows: Interstate, 0; iIntrastate, §74,850.33; total revenue, pas- senger, Injterstate, $431,403.63; Intrastate, $254,980.83, or the Interstate revenue would be 6255 per cent of the intrastate revenue. The example shows that the addition to the net revenue would be $74,860.33, or $34,- 919.43 to the interstate ahd $39,946.90 to the intrastate, while the interstate business contributed nothing to the increase. U. G.\Powell and L. E. Wettling, who have investigated the earnings of the Rock Island for the attorney general, have reached conclusions very different from those reached by the rallroad. Followihg are the two statements: As shown by Mr. Nay of Island: the Tlock Irtrastate passenger earnififs......$180,130.00 Intrastate freight earnings. 110,788.62 Intrastate passenger expenses, in- cluding rentals and taxes........., 133,736.28 Intrastate freight expenses, includ' ing rentals and taxes.. 109,777.06 Net earnings from passenge trastate .. Net earnings state ... (After paying taxes.) State's witness found: Intrastate passenger earnings... Intrastate freight earnings. +$176,007.32 . 116,691.46 113,148.27 Intrastate passenger expenses, in- Slow on Raids.. City Attorney Flansburg has not yet caused a rald of the Elks club rooms to sco whether any of the members are get- ting any liquor there fllegally, though a tew months ago some of the temperance people were very much up in the air be- cause an Injunction operated to keep the police out. This injunction has been so modified that the raid can be made by the city attorney whenever he gets out a search warrant and puts yp a bond. The impression is out that no raid will be made on this or pther prominent clubs, at least until after election, then If the town goes dry again the strings' will be arawn a little tighter. One of the papers here which is “for’ one day and “against’ the next, suggests that If Havelock goos dry and Lincoln goes dry then the excise board may change |its rule and permit the thirsty to ship in booze without having to g0 to the station and sign for it themselves. The exclse board, however, has issued no such state- ment and if the city goes dry there is every reason to believe that the board | will see to 1t that every effort is made to | keep liquor out of the city. Big Campaign Fund. The committee of thirty, which has the management of the dry campaign in hand has not selected a secretary though there are several parties who have been dis- cussed for the job. Among them are Frank + It is the plan of the committee to spend work collecting the | money. Should the wets have a campaign of the saloonkeepers was Emil Amanda of | fund of equal size to spend on the day of yracuse and the arrest of DePass Is one t the sequels of the sult, Gre-(e;"”‘lu | HASTINGS, Neb., Clab. 18.—(Speclal.)— | The Greater Hastings club, an organization | which will be devoted to the commercial | and industrial betterment of Hastings, was | orgapized last night with A. L. Clarke as president and Judge H. 8. Dungan as sec- retary. Committees will be appointed to look after the various features of a cam- | palgn for the expansion of the city. One plan that will probably soon be put into | practice contemplates dally gathering of business men at noonday luncheon at some place whera prospective business projects may be discussed The organization will take the place of the Commercial club and will ba employed to give his entire time t boosting home enterprise. o Feb. | because pt its cost and the probably a man | the tract. Since the agitation started there election, it |s doubtful if there are many people who walk to the polls, Fight Over School Site. Because the school board delayed getting busy on the construction of a high school building after the land had been secured, and permitted itself to be persuaded to change the location, Lincoln Is in the throes of a big fight over the proposed bond issue. The tract bought is known s the Davenport site at Twenty-second and J streets, beyond the Rock = Island tracks. The proposed site Is near Seven- tesn and J streets and if bought will cost the taxpayers $0.00. The opposition to the Davenport tract is that, It is sald, to be low land, while many have volced ob- jection to the purchase of the new tract mall size of ie now argument being offerred for separate schools for the boys and girla and the re- league oratorical contest will be held in in marriage at the home of the bride's ing rentals and axe . 58,036.41 Net earnings from passenger, in- trastate .. 5 62,934.05 Net earnings from freight, intra: . [i L 58,663.05 operating expenses and the University of Nebraska about May 15 This district contest, composed of the high schools of South Omaha, parents yesterday, Rev. Mr. of relatives were Invited. Fremon*, Blalr, Mayfield of Louisville officlating, Fifty-four families BEATRICE—Adjutant General leflgnnl TECUMSEH-A required number of freeholders has resented l i ™1 I AT iy What Are the Styles? Are the skirts to be plaited or plain, trimmed or untrimmed? Are the Spring changes radical, or will “last year's” do? Are one- " piece dresses still in the mode? What is the new sleeve, and what about its length? petition containing the been to the village board of Crab rchard asking that a proposition he sub- mitted to the voters on an electric lighting local yards in this city. The jury was out about_ twenty-four hours. Matt Gering ap- peared for the plaintiff and Clark & Rob- ertson for the defendant company. The case had been on trial since Monday. | il What are the fabrics and what are the trimmings ? And where, oh where | will the waist line be? These are the questions. The March WomanN’s HoME CompanioN has the answers Page after page of advance fashions, 102 fashion pictures, dozens of colored fashion plates, 50 Spring fabrics and 40 Spring trimmings, Spring hats, Spring embroidery, Spring dressmaking, Spring neckwear, Spring accessories; fashions for the woman ‘with money and the womar with no money—all in the big Advance Fashion Number The same number contains a wealth of other entcrtaihing and practical reading matter. For instance: Paintings in Color by Jessie Willcox Smith An East Side Story by Myee Kelly !;ury bg iul et Wilbor Tompkins A Funay Story by Mary Heaton Vorse Thy Violets—A Kan Son| Housekeeping at a Mile & Mioute A Literary Pllgrimage by Marion Hagland Margaret E. Sangster's Home Page Twelve Columns for Children Busy Women and ldle Friends T"T‘"' Beauty snd Comfort Whi Know about Hyprotism Training Deaf Children to Speak Gilts for the New Baby Furnishing n Ho The Doctor's Pa A Comfortable Pin Money Club Sam Lo( Crochetn Entertainment and Cookery Room House 's Puzzle Page & o the Baby WOMAN’S HOME COMPBANION ’ Established 1873 At ‘All News-stands