Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-29


sack was chosen chairman and commit
tee was appointed to. raise funds and TO
arrange preliminary work.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at the different
churches OF the city were dismissed yes
terday morning and all repaired to thA
Presbyterian church to listen to an able
me mortal sermon by Rev. II. A. Holm
wald Of the German Methodist pastorate.
SPRINGFIELD-The commencement ex-
ercises Of the Springfield High school were
held Saturday evening in Calhouns opera
house. Thomas Brooks Fletcher Of Chi
cago delivered the address and d. ]. Beg
| ley, president Of the Board of Education,
presented the diplomas.
HARvARD-Field day, Saturday. was
largely attended and good class ot
sports enjoyed This closes the school
| year, and today, several of the teachers
| from Harvard and surrounding schools
| left on the early train for Geneva to take
part in the hve weeks normal to be held
/ there.
GRAND IsLAND-The Bartenbach opera
| house was filled to the doors last evening
by an audience that came out to hear
Rev. DR.. Dams Of the Congregational
| church deliver the baccalaureate sermon
| to the high school graduating class. II is
the largest class ever graduated from the
school.
! sCHUYLER-Memori day will be OBJ
served in an appropriate manner. Rev. Mr..
the Methodist church Sunday. Memorial
day the decorating Of graves will be done
in the morning and in the afternoon Judge
Lee Estelle OF Omaha will deliver the
! address at the city park.
| NORTH PLATTE-The commencement
exercises Of the city high school end this
| evening with the alumni banquet. The
senior class play was given at the opera
J house Saturday night in splendid man
ner and large and appreciative audience
attended. The other functions OF the
usual high school graduation took place
during the week.
ALLEN-Mrs. Orrin Barber of near Jack
son was in Allen last week. looking for
her H-year-old daughter, who she thinks
some one has eloped with or kidnapped
Several weeks ago she sent her on a
| girl never got of at Waterbury at all,
but went on up the line to Belden or
! some other point.
! EDGAR-All the churches OF Edgar OBJ
| served Memorial Sunday by union services
| in the opera house in the morning The
sermon was preached by Rev. 2. l.; Bareh,
pastor of the Methodist church. He was
! assisted In the services by Rev. B. II.
Coonradt of the Christian church The at at
J tendance was very large, Notwithstanding
! the day was unpleasant.
| RUSHVIL4LE-Last Tuesday evening Ed
| Stamper sent Lewis out on horseback after
| the matter. But an hour after, wondering
| what kept him so long, he went in search
and found him unconscious in the pasture,
his horse having stumbled in a hole, throw
| ing him on his head. Fortunately no, bones
were broken and he is getting better,
| though badly shaken up.
| NORTH PLATTE-The vacancies in the
city schools have been filled. Miss Laul a
| Shlers of Wahoo being elected to fill the
eighth grade. Miss Mary L. Watson of
Maude Moliyneaux of sutton and Miss
! Anna Lesky of Kearney for third grade.
The principal of the high, school, Mr.; w,
) j Hunting, has resigned having been
! offered better positions elsewhere.
GRAND ISLAND-Memorial services were
| held yesterday afternoon at the Grand
e. c. Horn OF Trinity Methodist church.
! Memorial day. will be observed in the usual
manner, both here. and at the Soldiers
IN n
IN the morning. and there being joint
services in Grand Army hall in the after
noon r. r. Horth will deliver the main
address.
VALENTINE-A small cyclone gave the
people of Sparks and vicinity quite scare
Monday afternoon. A singular feature of
Of the funnel instead of the small. was
down. 1t did not travel more than two or
1t separated and without doing any damage.
Probably II IL had not started upside down
it's conduct would have been even more
sHUBERT-The Grand Army of the Re-
public, the Woman's Relief corps and the
Woodmen of the World of Shubert and
the Christian church Sunday morning and
in the Evangelical church at Barada in the
afternoon. Both edihces were filled to over
flowing. Hon. J. L. Daily and Hon. Frank
shubert presided Special music by the
ehoirs and soloists. Rev. DR.. Schleh OF
Omaha preached both sermons.
CENTRAL CITH-Frank Doran, one oil
, the alleged Chapman bank robbers who has
been in Jail al Central City for a Ions
saying goodbye to Sheriff HOLSTER. The
! fellow mad been claiming to be sick anC
the sherin took him out for a walk IL
cali to his wife to get get the fellow " SOM a,
medicine. II was then that Doran skipped
! out in the darkness and made his escape
SCOTS BLUFF-While getting a oa,
OF sand the first OF the week Ed DennisOl
unearthed the jaw bone OF mastodor
From the size Sc Of the bone which Is o.
: the animal must have weighed severa
) tons. The teeth are all Of four inche
! wide and about one inch thick, which full
e six inches long. The jaw bone is no
complete, but judging from the size Of tn
: teeth and the way they are arranged, som
2 idea can be formed as TO the size Of tn
Y animal.
$ sPENCER-spencer comes to the fror
= \ next with an attempt at robbery. on las
| Tuesday morning about O'Clock, Fran
Heenan observed two unidentified men a
tempting to rob a store. They rode int
with the horses, the other was attemptln
to enter a business house when the nigi
Waterman approached. When the burgls
make his getaway, when Hsenan ordere
him to halt, which he refused to do. SCI
eral shots were exchanged, none takir
effect.
COLUMBUs-Evangel Lyon and Pa
Jerson have gone. The last meeting OF Il
nve weeks series was held at the ta6e
of meetings there were more than 800 tn
expressed a desire for leading a better III
The people showed their usual liberali'
and raised the amount TO pay all eNpens
| OF the tabernacle, about $780, during q
! | FIRST three weeks, and no collections We
| taken after the expenses were raised.
the last day free will offering to Evang
list Lyon was made of more than $500
ARAPAHOE-The school board and IA
ulty OF the high school certainly ente
tanned the people of ArapahOe, as we'll
those living in adjoining towns and Othe
adjacent TO this village by a series
! pleasing exercises beginning with ella
sermon by Rev. ]. @. Slick at the Chri
tian church Sunday. Wednesday was q
D'Alleman declamatory contest and Thur
day the graduating class program. n
commencement exercises were held Frida
when Hon. A. L. Bixby poet and lecture
OF Lincoln, GRATED on PROFIT and Loss.
COLUMBUS-These ofhcers have be
elected by 0ethsemane cOmmandery No.
nent commander; c. ]. Carlow, generi
issimo; C.. ID. Evans, captain general ].
! Stires, prelate; Andrew Anderson, tres
! urer; Gus q. Becher recorder; Charles
Pollock, senior warden; Edgar Howal
junior warden: F. ". Herrich, standaI
bearer; George A. Scott, swordbearer; w.
Speice. sentinel Past Most Eminent Co
mander Carroll ID. Evans was the INSTALL
oficer, assisted by Past Eminent Co
mander ]. ID. Stires.
GRAND ISLAND-D X Fisher, a mes
cook was quite badly cut at Hams pa
> Saturday night IN an ARRAY which, FRI
reports, was caused principally by himse
Henry Ham. the proprietor, states n