Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-25
HARDW ARE MEN AREON DECK
Large Attsndanoe at the Annual Meeting
Of the State Associates.
CONVENTION OF STATE cOJ4 OF HONOR
Burlington Trainmen Hold Their
Annual Ball. which is q
Great Social Sue
Gers.
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Vrom a stan Correspondentb
LINCOLN. Feb. 24-1specialD-The Feb
ruary meeting Of the Nebraska Retail
Hardware Dealers association began this
afternoon at the Lindell hotel with q large
number Of Representatives present. Presi-
Dent c. W. Morton Of Omaha called the
meeting TO order and delivered his annual
address. The address Of welcome was de-
livered by Lieutenant Governor McGilton.
This was responded TO by NJ. L.Aorey. sec
Rotary Of the national a~ssociaE n.
Omaha was well represented the meet
ing. A letter was read from William Glass
expressing his regret at not hng present.
W. S. Wright and E p. H&ryman. both
from Omaha. made short talks. Mr.. Ca
route Of the American Steel and Wire com
pany. stationed Al Lincoln, was also among
the speakers.
Tonight the visitors were entertained at
q smoker by the Lincoln dealers.
Conspicuous on the lapels Of the coats OF
the visitors are mice traps. small charms
and most everything else in the hardware
line. They are a jolly lot and are preparing
70 have q good meeting. TomorroS the
proceedings viii be private.
state Court of Honor.
The Nebraska State Court OF Honor is in
session at the Lincoln hotel. State Chan
eellor @. P. Marvin called the meeting to
order at 10 O'Clock.
At the afternoon session the following
ohicers were elected: Chancellor, George
P. Marvin. Beatrice; vice chancellor, Mar
garet Mitchell. South Omaha; past chan
ceilor. James Lanharn, Nora: recorder. J.
L Cornell. Upland: treasurer. Mrs. A. x.
Perkins. Lincoln: chaplain. Clara G. Cornell.
Upland: conductor, B. w. mmet Hebron;
guard. Mrs. Carrie Scott. Lincoln: sentinel.
George Smith, stratton: directors. J. NJ
kellogg OF Stratton. H. J. Roberts Of De-
weese. Mrs. B. W. Emmett OF Hebron. J.
c. Day Of Cadanes. Mrs. Belle left Of Lin
coin. Fred Msurer Of Red Cloud. Mrs. Ida
Beck OF Lincoln.
The Court OF Honor is comparatively new
among the many fraternities and beneh-
eiary societies II was OF ganiEed az Spring
field, III. July is. 1895. and on January /.
1908. it comprised 1.lle courts. with a mem
bership Of e2.l52. There are in Nebraska
forty-siK courts with a membership of over
1.5Oo. During its career OF seven and a half
years IT has paid out 81. sSa. 1853 in death
claims and ga. 500 in disability benefits, and
had an emergency fund January I last
amounting TO over Sl57 900.
End of LOnE Litigation
The remains Of the late Ed Cagnsy. pri-
vate secretary Of John Fitzgerald. his uncle.
after having been the cause of much ltiga-
tion. have been disinterred and removed 10
Plattsmouth. This terminates a most sen
sational case as TO who had the right TO
the remains Of q deceased person. Rel
atives desired the body removed 10 Platts-
mouth and this was fought by Mrs. F1tZ-
gerald. an aunt by marriage. and by Bishop
Bonecum. The latter claimed that Cagney
had often expressed a desire 10 be buried
IN Calvary cemetery. from which place the
remains have just been removed.
T~raInmen's Annual Rail-.
The annual bali Of the Burlington train
men. given AZ the Auditorium last night.
was a grand success from the starting Of
the FIRST seetien e. the grand march until
the last dancer had left for the round house.
AS a starter the ball opened with an ad-
1ress by Rev. L p. Ludden. who told OF
the old and the new methods OF railroad
Ing A vocal program was carried out and
enjoyed The crowd numbered over SOC
couples. many OF whom were from Omaha,
including Colcnel Joe MIX. VIA s'ar;ed all
trains and called the stations. The Audi
forum was handsomely decorated
Accidentally killed.
BY the accidental discharge Of a shotgun
With which he was shooting pigeons. Ru-
dolph CiEek. a tailor. was instantly killed
late this aftsrnoon. The charge struck
CiEek In the forehead and tore on the en-
tire TOP OF his head, blowing portions Of his
skull q distance Of thirty feet. The acci-
dent occurred al the west end o. the Z. &
N bridge az First ani A streets CiEek