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Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

An order in the contempt proceeding aris-
ing out Of the Daisy Raymond 1000 diamond
suit was made by Judge Dickinson this
morning. The court fined William Prizes
man. Leopold Altman's partner in the pawn
broking business. $50, and ordered him con-
fined to jail until he complied with a de-
mand to turn the jewelry over to the sheriff
within twenty-fou hours. To give him all
the opportunity necessary to enable him to
surrender the stun the mittimus was sus-
pended for a day.
Attorney Silas Cobb had the lizard brooch
and the other sparkling m turned
over to the clerk Of the district court before
s p. m. and Judge Dickinson considered this
satisfactory and indefinitely suspended his
order sending Priesman to Jail for contempt.
The replevin matter will 10 be tried upon
Its merits.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21


Judge Fawcett has granted William @.
Mcdaniel q divorce from Ella Mcdaniel.
Abandonment Is the ground given.
Judge Slabaugh has granted bail to George
Chollman. who stabbed and killed Bartender
Jones. the amount fixed being $4,000.
IN amended petition has been fled In
the 1885 damage suit brought by Mary
Polla against the Union Pacific for driving
her out Of her shanty July ~.
Celia O'Brien has applied for Q divorce
from Archibald O'Brien to whom she was
married In Chicago. 1890. She alleges
cruelty and failure to provide.
Judge Baker sustained the demurrer Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
to the $1,000 suit of Fred BArtsch. The
basis Of Bartsch's action was an embank-
ment put up by the road adjacent to his
property in 1894. He claimed that MAS
matte conditions had been produced by the
new earth and his wife's death from pneu-
monia was caused the following year.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
PAPA STOPS THE WEDDING
Letter from Father Reason Heads on
His Sons Effort to Secure .
Marriage License.

G. 6. Reason OF Marine, Ia, does not pro-
pose to let his 19-year-old son Earl get mar
ried IL Uncle Sans mail service can pre-
vent 1t.
Young Earl, with a bright-eyed, rosy
checked 18-year-old bride, applied at the
Office Of County Judge Baxter for a license.
feeling that he was we'll outside the scope
of his fathers influence, but he acted as
though he had been hit with a stale egg
when a letter from his father was flashed
upon him warning against license being is
sued to his boy and giving as q reason
the youths minority.
The would-be bridegroom had met the
same experience wherever he had been in
his native state. He had tried Des Moines.
Avoca and, finally, Council Bluffs among
other places, and in each a letter from his
father Rad preceded him and was promptly
sprung on him. He walked out with the
threat that he would go to the end Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
pense Of running night schools would soon
be considerable"
Karr Working for Transfers.

Kari W0rkinH for Transfers.
Councilman Kari 10 urging upon the street
car company the necessity Of establishing a
system Of transfers between the South
Omaha and the Walnut Hill and the North
Twenty-fourth street lines, to be operative
at the corner Of Seventeenth and Cunning
streets. The street car company has prom
ised to give the matter consideration.
AT present the people Of the northwest
section Of the city have to pay 10 cents
street car fare either to get to South Omaha
or to return from the packing house city to
their homes, or else they must walk q long
distance eastward to Sherman avenue" tne
councilman asserts. "Inasmuch as a consid-
cradle number Of the residents In that sec
ton Of the city work at the packing houses
this is a hardship that should be done away
with"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
BOOKS FOR USES OF SCHOOLS
Library Satisfaction System Put Into Active
Operation in Omaha.
INTENDED TO AID THE PUBLIC At LARGE
school Children the Primary object,
but BENEFITS May he Enjoyed by
All Who Desire TO Patroniss
the Library.

The library substation scheme In connec-
ton with the public schools, which has been
advocated BY Librarian Tobitt and which
has secured the endorsement Of the Board
OF Education is now under way. Library
substations for the accommodation Of the
pupils have been established at three
schools-Central Park, Omaha View and
Franklin--and arrangements are being made
to extend the system, not only for the ac-
commodation of school children, but also
Of their parents and other patrons Of the
library who live in outlying districts Of the
city.
The three schools In which the system
has been adopted were visited by the school
supply wagon with a batch OF library books,
about eighty for each. These books were
selected by the principals from lists Of
available books furnished by the library.
The books are charged to the principals
OF the schools, who act in the capacity Of
librarians. The books will be retained by
them for a month, when they will be carted
back to the library and another load will
be delivered to the schools. During the
month that the principal has the books, she
does a library business, circulating the
volumes among the children. The pupils OF
the higher grades only are Allowed to avail
themselves Of the system at present. A
child may hold q book for a length Of time
and then secure another from the principal.
All the children must be supplied with the
regular library cards.
A further extension Of the system will
be made at the conclusion Of the holiday
vacation. Similar substations are then to
be established in the Comenius, Sherman,
Vinton, West Side and Windsor schools,
In all these schools the principals have con
sented to act in the capacity OF librarians
the option having been left to them by the
Board OF Education.
THE system is something Of an ex-
pertinent In this city," explains Miss
Tobitt. "At present we lave selected bu,
a few Of the schools that are most distan,
from the heart OF the city, and where the
circulation of the library is not as extensive
as we think 1t should be. Only the children
Of the higher grades may take advantage oil
the opportunity offered. Later we hope t.
make extensions-even to the point OF es.
tablishing substations in three or four dis.
tant parts Of the city for the accommodation
Of adul patrons Of the library"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
Literary Notes.

It is a long time since Harriet Prescott
Spoford gave the world a new book. Hes
ter SANKEY'S Friends" is a SEQUEL to her de-
lightful volume OF schoolgirl life, "Hester
Stanley at st. Marks" and introduces the
same characters.
Lafcadio Hearn's new volume OF essays on
Japanese subjects Is nearly ready for publ
cation, the last proofs having Just been re-
ceived from Toxic. One Of the most impor-
tant articles in the book Is an account OF the
ascent OF the famous mountain Fujino-f ama.
All the papers appear In print for the first
time.
Little, Brown & Co.'S new edition Of Jane
Austen is another evidence Of the growing
popularity Of this sterling writer. One Is
reminded, however, Of the delicious levity
with which Fitzgerald alluded to her In his
letters. "Cowell," he writes, constantly
reads Miss Austen at night after his San
scrit philology is done; 1t composes him, like
gruet."
jeremiah Curttn's new book, "Creation
Myths Of Primitive America In Relation to
the Religious History and Mental Develop
ment Of Mankind" is nearly ready for pub
American folklore and includes twenty long
myths taken down word for word by the
author from Indians who knew no religion
nor language save their own.
A tribute to the influence and helpfulness
Of Miss Writings books, 1.-THE World Beau
tiful," "After Her Death" etc, is the forma-
ton Of a Lillian whiting club IN the city Of
New Orleans by a band Of intelligent women,
who have given her name to their assocla-
ton, formed for the study and discussion of
Literature. art, science and the cultivation
of interests in the vital questions Of the
day.
Mrs. Anna Farquhar's story, "A Fingers
Heart" deals with some Of the trying expe-
riences that are connected with the prspara-
ton Of a singer for a public life. New
attention has recently been directed TO il
through her Letters of a Cabinet Ministers
Wife" completed last June in the Ladies'
Home Journal" and her new story, THE
Professors Daughter" now being published
In the Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia
The admirers OF Edward Everett Hale's
works will be pleased to know that a Lew
uniform collected edition OF the principal
works Of the author Of 1.-THE Man Without
a Country" will be issued. There will be
ten volumes. one or more to appear each
month under the supervision Of tho author
Among the books to be included in the
set are the following: 1.-THE Man Without 6
Country. and Other Stories;'' ''In His Name
and Christmas Stories;'' Ten Times One Il
Ten, and Other Stories;'' 1.-THE Brick Moon
and Other Stories;' "Mr. Tangier's. vaca
t%ions;'" Philip Nolan's Friends "sybsris
and How They Lived in Hampton" How
to Live, Sermons, etc." Essays On Socia
Subjects" "A New England Boyhood;'
History and Antiquities Of Boston," Tn.
publishers are Little. Brown & Co., Boston
Cloth. gilt top, $3.50 per volume.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
Lucy d Estate.

A contest over an estate which Il not a
very large one, but to which forty-eight
legal heirs are said to have a claim each,
all Of them either nephews, nieces, grand
nephews or grandnieces, has been partly
heard by County Judge BAXTER and decision
deferred until further authorities can be
produced. It Is the estate OF Lucy Ladd, an
old lady who came from the east and lived
with q nephew here, George W. Newton, I'M
til she died. Newton was made her sole
legatee and the executor. The contest was
raised by a New York nephew named James
W. Forbes. He alleges that Newton and
his wife took advantage Of the old woman's
age and condition. Of mind and unduly in
1uenced her,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
stiser Appeals the Shit.

Adam 8. Stiger, having failed to win his
suit in the county court against the city to
recover q judgment on q $500 warrant as
signed to him by Contractor Ed Phelan, to
whom It had been issued on account Of grad
ing donc on Leavenworth street in October,
1898, has brought suit in the district court.
County Judge Baxter decided against him
on the ground that the proper action for an
assignee of a city warrant was to proceed
against the party from whom he got II.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

Night School at Comenius May Have
but the One Language.

Night School at Comenius May Have
but the One Language.
The matter Of establishing q night school
at the Comenius school for the education
Of Bohemian-Americans, q petition for which
has been sent to the Board of Education, 10
receiving SOM little attention at the hands
Of the board members. Action on the matter
Is to be taken next Friday night, when q
committee report will make ZONE recon-
mendations In the meanwhile school board
member do not seem favorably impressed
with the idea.
The plan suggested II to offer a course Of
study for Bohemian children and citizens
who possess very little knowledge Of the
English language. The petition therefore
recommends that a teacher who knows both
languages shall be employed. 1t is held that
English can be taught more easily II tho
instructor Is able to make explanations in
Bohemian to the scholars than II the OK.
plantations are made in English. This, It
is claimed, will be particularly the case II
the pupils are advanced In years.
II have not given the matter much con-
sideration yet" Superintendent Of Schools
Pearse says. ut seems to me, however, that
a Bohemian who speaks little English could
become better and more rapidly acquainted
with the English language through an
English teacher than by one who could also
speak Bohemian. For example, an Amerl-
can can learn German more quickly by
going to Germany and hearing nothing bu,
German than he can by lessons from a Ger
man teacher here In this country. That ID
one point to be considered and another Ia
whether the attendance will warrant the
opening Of such a night school. II enough
pupils can be secured, but one teacher would
be required, for as soon as the scholars
obtained a sufficient knowledge of the
English language they could be transferred
to the Cass and Leavenworth schools to be
educated in higher branches"
A Board OF Education member spoke
about the matter as follows: Even admit
ting that a SUFFICIENT number of scholars
would be secured and that English could
be taught Bohemians better In the way sug-
gested than under an English teacher, ]
am som ewha doubtful Of the propriety OF
establishing a precedent. II a Bohemian
schoof were established, the Swedes, the
Germans, the Poles and other nationalities
who are we'll represented in Omaha, might
reasonably ask that similar night schools
be established. You can readily see the ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

Weaker. paler. thinner, day by day, no
appetite or strength, no desire for work or
recreation, nervous. peevish, sleeplsss, sick
Of heart and sore Of limb-thsse are the
conditions Of countless numbers Of half
lick men and women anxiously awaiting
some message OF hope and cheer.
There Is no excuse for most people being
lick. There's a medicine that will cure
them. medicine that goes right. to the
roots Of the CAUSED Of nearly. all sickness.
The name Of this Eood medicine 10 DR..
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weak bodies-mAks people strong. quiet
The nerves, restore ambition. drive head
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remove the thousand and one distressing
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Kidneys. Next they purify the blood. ret
body. driving all Impurities out Of the
system; Finally they regulate the liver
perfectly making It perform al its func.
tions exactly. as nature intended. In doing
these three things. II removes the cause Of
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

A wide open invitation is extended by
Chairman Burmester to all and everybody
who has any interest in charter revision to
attend Thursdays and all other meetings
OF the charter revision committee. There
seems to be a prevalent opinion that the
meetings are to be Of an exclusive char
acter and Chairman Burmester wants to
counteract this. He says: at is impos-
sible for the committee to send written or
even personal Invitations to everybody We
wish all citizens who are interested in the
welfare Of the city to be on hand and take
part in the discussions"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
Makes SICK PEOPLE WELL,
Glad Tidlngs for al who arc Weak, Nervous
and Run Down. Message Of Hope. to
Delicate Women, Puny Children
and Weak Men.
4 New Way to Tint Pale Cheeks With the Glow Of Health
New Life for Weak Stemachs, Weak
Nerves, Weak Kidneys.

nearly all the Ills Of men. women n
children.
kind-overwork ntemperance etc,-1f YOU
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your disease may be-no difference whae
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at g cent? a be1. -
them 10 every reader Of this paper. NAM
Of whom need such q remedy. For q limited
time the proprietom. Hayes a Coon. rs
Hull Building. Detroit, Mich. will send 2
trial package free BY. mail to all who will
ssnd their name and address. (enough to
convince the most skeptical Of their great
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Send at once and be well and happy
again. Tell your friends and %neighbors
about this most liberal offer.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
Mortality stattstics,

The following births and no deaths were
reported to the health commissioner during
the twenty-four hours ending at noon yes
terday:
Births-Oscar Ohlander. 1875 North Eight
zenith, girl; W. A. Moody, 1922 Brown, boy;
Elmer Woodoock. Eleventh and Nicholas,
boy: r. Zimmel. 2227 Martha, boy.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
SEND PETITIONS TO MERCER
Exposition Promoters Forward q
List of $4,000 Names to the
Congressman.

With the eastern mail from Omaha last
went petitions bearing the names Of
$4,000 people in this city requesting that
the government aid the proposed Greater
America Exposition Of next year. These
papers will be sent to Congressman Mercer
and are intended to counteract the work
done by those who are opposing the exposi-
tion. Other lists are In circulation In the
city. and when they are gathered in another
batch Will be forwarded to Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
The worlds supply Of Wheat.

dearth in the wheat supply. He claims that
the wheat producing soil is unequal to :he
strain that will be put upon It. Even now
when the TODD supply Of the world Is ararle,
Thousands die because their disordersd stolr-
achs fail to properly assimtlate the FOOD ihey
take. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters strengthen
and tone up the stomach and digestive Or
gans, and enable them to perform their
proper functions. This great remedy cures
dyspepsia torpid liver, nervousness and fever
and aRue.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
CITY Hall Notes.

Only a few protests. and these Of minor
character. have been made to the Board
Of Equalization.
on rules of the Board Of Education has
called q meeting Of the committee on rules,
on heating and ventilation and on teach
ers for Thursday night to consider the civil
service reform rules that have been offered
by President Jordan Of the board.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

When you ask for De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve don't accept q counterfeit or imitation.
There are more cases of piles cured by this
than all others combined.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

earth, yet, or some place more remots
still. before he would let his father cheat
him out Of a wife.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

Overcome evil with good. Overcome your
coughs and colds with One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t is SO good children cry ior IL. II
cures Group, bronchitis. pneumonia. grip
and all throat and lung diseases.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
Sold to the Union Pacific.

The sale BY Thede B. Reed and Abraham
l.. Reed of lots 1. 2 and 3. block 204 on
the south side Of Leavenworth street. from
Ninth street west to the Union Pacific
Railroad company for $4,000, has been
recorded with the register OF deeds.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

Take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup In time; for
cold and cough breed consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

"voices Of Hope and Other Messages from
the Hills by Horatio w. Dresser. Is a
series OF essays on the problem Of life. OPP
timism and the Christ. The writer Is EVIL
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

Gid. e. and Alice Johnson, osteopaths.
Suite 515, N. Y. Life Bldg.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
RELIGIOUS Works.

"Our Unitarian Gospel" by M. J. Savage,
Is a collection of sermons spoken in the
Church OF the Messiah during the season
of 1s97-1S9S. They are printed as deliv-
cred. not as literature. but for the sake OF
preaching to a larger congregation than
that reached on Sunday morning. George H.
Ellis, Boston. Cloth, $1.00.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
Argument for state Opened.

Mr.. Day made the opening argument for
the state. He emphasized the duty Of the
jury to act alone on the evidence and refuse
to be influenced by sympathy or prejudice.
He called attention to the fact that the in
formation chf/es both larceny and en-
bezzlement and stated that the state based
its case on the latter charge. This was on
the contention that while Hunt was the &C.
tual custodian Of the ONCE bank, the money
was really in the hands Of Mr.. Bechel, in
whose name 1t stood on the books Of the
company. 1t had narrowed 10y to the
simple question of whether Hunt or Bechel
had embezzled the money and 1t did not
matter whether Hunt was guilty or not. so
long as Bechel had any share In the trans
action he was equally guilty.
Mr.. Day contended at som length for the
credibility OF Hunt as a witness. He stated
that the verdict would depend largely on
whether Hunts story or that Of Bechel was
believed and declared that 1t might be that
Hunt was an embezzler, but that was no in
dication that he would commit perjury.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

Books received:
Belinda and Some Others" D. Appleton
q Co.. New York; cloth, 81.
Historic Boston and Its Neighborhood,"
by Edward Everett Hale. D. Appleton q
Co.. New York.
History Of the World, by Edgar Sander
son. d. Appleton & Co., New York.
"First Steps in the History Of Our Coun.
try by William A. Mowry and Arthur May
Mowry. Silver Burdett and Company, Bos-
ton.
"A Yankee from the West a novel by
Opie Read. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago.
'Pantheism the Light and Hope Of Modern
Reason" by c. Amryc.
Poetry Of the Season." compiled by Mar,
I. Lovejoy. Silver Burdett & Co., Boston;
cloth. Coo.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

IDENTIFY a thinker and hat portion Of the
reading public that delights In such SUBJ
jects will doubtless read his work with
pleasure. George H. Ellis, Boston. Cloth,
$3.50.
Eminent Missionary Women" by Mrs.
]. T. Gracey, Is a collection OF the lives Of
noted workers In the missionary field. In
other words. 1t is a group OF biographical
sketches, covering one or two prominent
women who have been leaders or creators
OF missionary sentiment at home, and typi-
cal women In many missionary societies,
with some Independent workers 1t is thus
pan-denominational and represents the sew
eral classes OF work which women have
tional, evangelistic, literary and medical.
Eaton G. Mains, New York. Cloth, s5c.
within the Purdah,' being the personal
observations Of q medical missionary In
India. by s. Armstrong Hopkins, M. D.. is
a work that will appeal strongly to the
people who are interested In missionary
work. The author. as may be learned from
her picture. though not from her name as
given on the title page. offers an apology
for narrowing tip the readers feeling by the
recital of some heartrending facts. These
pertain more to the medical side Of mission
airy labor and the author dwells less upon
the wonderful strides that Christianity 10
making In that strange. dark land. She
tells OF the suffering Of women and chill
dren from lack Of medical attention and
appeals direct to Christian sympathy.
Eaton q Mains. New York. Cloth. $1.26.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

pany identified the waybirl that was pre-
viously offered in evidence In connection with
the $500 remittance to George F. Gardner
at Lake City.
This ended the oral evidence and q short
recess was declared while the attorneys
sorted out their voluminous exhibits pre-
paratory to beginning the argument.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

Braided straws," by Elizabeth e. Foulke.
Is a very attractive appearing little book.
One has only to glance at the dainty cover,
with its design Of deftly- woven straws and
grasses. to feel q desire to look inside and
discover what pretty c%onceits the author has
braided together for the enjoyment Of her
young readers. 1t is safe to say that no
child will turn away unsatisaed from the
reading Of this charming collection Of or
iginal stories and poems. Silver, Burdett 4
Co.. Boston. Cloth, 40c.
Travels Through North America, and
Travels Through ASIA" by Frank @. Car
penter. give descriptions Of different coun-
tries and peoples so arranged as to in
terest young readers. The main object Of
the work ID to instruct. but at the same
time amuse. The language is simple. direct
and such as young people can readily COM
prehend. American Book company, New
York.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
Luveune wOrEa.

Rare Old Chums." by Will Allen Drom-
goole. 10 . very attractive child's book,
both as to general appearance and contents.
1t is Just the kind Of a book to please a
12-year-old miss. Dana, Estes & Co., Bos-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21

tOQ.
Under the Rattlesnake Flag by F. H.
C%osello. has eight f~ull-page pictures by J.
Steeple Davis. depicting in a vivid man.
uer the stirring incidents Of the story. It
is a sea tale Of the early days Of the Amer
can revolution and one the boys will gloat
over. The author writes Of the sea for
boys al Clark Russell writes Of 1t for their
elders, with an evident love for 1t, which
gives the tale q peculiar charm. His de-
scriptions of the sea fights are thrilling,
but true to the facts, as are all his Incl
dents, as the author evidently writes to
Instruct a. we'll AZ to amuse. Estes &
Lauriat, Boston.