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Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
COCKRELL HOLDS TO OLD JOB
Claim Agent Elected to once of
Justice of the Peace wants
Both Places.

A state of siege exists i'm the office OF
the city attorney With Attorney Breen
and his assistant, w. II. Herdman doing
their best to pry Judge George c. Cockrell
loose from his former job as special claim
agent, that gentleman persists he has a
perfect right to the position and the emolu-
ments thereof.
The head of the department says he has
not ghost of a show. ought to be reason
able, go away and be just the plain justice
OF the peace for which he was elected
last fall The judge spurns the idea and
says he used To hoid two Offices in Illinois
and If he did in Illinois. which is a bigger
state than Nebraska, he guesses he can
do II in this commonwealth.
Attorneys Breer and Herdman refuse to
give the judge any work TO perform and
have instructed the clerks in the office
not to ask service of any kind from the
former claim agent.
The position Of city claim agent was
abolished by the council several weeks
ago" said Mr.. Herdman. II believe Judge
Cockrell makes the point that the repeal
ing ordinance referred to the number OF
the original document instead of to the
section and page numbers given In the re-
Gently compiled ordinances adopted a week
or so prior
His claim is ridiculous and untenabls
! and he might just as well step down and
out. No provision has been made for pay,
ing any salary for the job and the judg,
will not draw a cent, no matter how Ions
he hangs around the Office"
Cockrell made his way through the snow
| Tuesday morning and arrived at the city
hall about O'Clock. He opened his desl
/ and maneuvered with bunch of papers
| for a while, but finally went away. III,
declared he was still city claim agent will
duties relating to the investigation anC
! settlement of personal injury and othel
damage claims against the city and pro
posed so to be until he got ready to quit
| He regards the holding Of the once o
Justice OF the peace and city claim agen
as I'm perfect propriety. The former Jol
pays $40 a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
EXAMS FOR TEACHERS-TO-BE
Tests to BE Given Applicants for Ger
tincstes fG. the Public
Schools.

The public schools will reopen Monday,
January g. after a two weeks Christmas
vacation. No promotions or changes in
classes are to be made at this time.
Examinations for certificates qualifying
individuals for employment as teachers in
the public schools will be held at the High
school Wednesday. Thursday and Friday.
They are in. charge of the examining COM
mittee, composed of Miss Virginia White
j. +. Woolery and II. A Senter. super
intendent Davidson has asked that the fol-
lowing program be published:
WEDNESDAY.
Grammar and Compositions a. m. to
1870 a. IN.
Mathematfcs-l0:a, a. IN. to IL IN.
History and Civics-1 80 p. m. to 3 p. m
American Biterature-3 r. IN. to 4 p. M.
THURSDAY.
Geography-9 a. m. to 1870 a. m.
Science-l0:SO a. m. 10 IL M.
Theory and Practice-1:30 p. m. TO 20
d. m.
Spelling-2:8 p. m. to 3 D. IN.
Music-3 p. IN, to $3.50 p. IN.
Drawing-3:S0 D. m. to p. M
Penmanship-4 p. m. to 4;l5 p. IN.
High School Examinations-Fridsy. Jan
nary D. 1865, a m.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
GAIN IN GOLD AND SILVER
Production of These Metals I'm United
states Nearly seven Millions
More Than I'm 1904.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The preliminary
estimate of the director of the mint upon
the production of gold and silver In the
United States i'm the calendar year 1905
shows a gain of approximately 5000 900 In
gold and 1OoO,GO ounces of silver over the
product Of 1904. The gain In gold is almost
entirely represented by the increased output
Of Alaska, the product of which is placed at
ilLs50,lCO against s9.1Go5OO In 1901 The
Alaska gain IL nearly all in the Tanana or
Fairbanks district, the returns for which
are S5.107OOO.
California shows a loss of about $500, 90,
due, II Is said. to severe drouth. which not
only brought hydraulic operations to a
stsndstill, but intcrfered with quartz mills
to some extent. Nevada shows a gain OF
about $4,000 and Utah as much. Colorado
gains about N.oOoDO; South Dakota. Mon
tana, Idaho, Oregon and Arizona are esti-
mated as about the same in the previous
year.
The klondike continues to fall off and Is
about 100000 below 1904
The figures by states follow:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03

pany expires January "a as is claimed. we
are uncertain what our status will he after
that date. IL Is not impossible that we may
ate our plant.
We are collecting the quarterly rental Ia
advance, as usual, and the payment OF this
rental and our acceptance Of IT, would con-
stitute a contract on our part TO furnish
water until April ], ~ there were no quail
hcation OF the agreement.
we are willing to refund to consumers
the unearned portion of their rentals IL we
are compelled TO close down but we wish
to avoid any possible claims for damages
In such contingency. For this reason we
have placed the notice on the face OF our
bills IL We are forced to discontinue water
service we do not want to he held up with
claims for damages because Of failure to
give water service.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
Real Estate Conyentioa.

HURON. S. D., Jan. Especial THE an
nual meeting of the South Dakota Real
Estate Dealers association will be held
here. beginning on the evening of January
3 and closing the nth. Indications are that
the attendance will be large. Mitchell, All
erdeen, Redneld, Pierre, Sioux Falls and
other cities will be largely represented.
offioers OF railways operating in the state
will also be present and assist in determin-
ing upon system OF advertising and inn
migration that shall be helpful TO the en-,
tire state. The annual election OF officers
will be held on the 18th. Local members
will give ali visitors royal entertainment
aside from the business sessions of the or
ganization to be held on the 10th and nth
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03

BOSTON. Jan. 1.-The appeal of the coun-
sci for Charles l.. Tucker, who was convic-
ted nearly a year ago of the murder OF
Miss Mabel Page at Weston, for a rehear-
trial was denied yesterday by the full
bench of the supreme judicial court. 1t is
expected in view Of the failure of this last
effort 10 save fuckers life that the young
man will be sentenced to death H. the su-
perior court during the present week. The
counsel have still recourse to the United
States courts or To the governor to save the
young mans life.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
Run ON Bank FaiI. TO MaterisIi.e.

BURLINGTON, Ia, Jan. 2.-(Specal
Telegram.) 1.-The threatened run on the
German-American Savings bank here today
failed to develop. thanks to the prompt
action Of the local banks and Wholesale
and Retail Liquor Dealers association.
One Chicago bank placed $4,000 at the
disposal of the Burlington banks II needed.
Other Chicago and st. Louis banks offered
aid. The trouble arose over Sunday clos
ing OF saloons and was started by irate
saloonkeepers.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
NEW PHASE WATER CONTROVERSY
Company Hints at shuttinE Down the
- WORKS.

z 4 new phase OF the water works contro-
tersy developed yesterday, the current
quarterly bills now being sent out by the
water works company bearing stamped
in red across the face Of them the follow
Ing: 500 -Ht
The party within named agrees that the
Council Bluffs City Water Works company
is not bound to furnish water until April 1.
1906 but II II fails 50 TO do II shall refund
. pro rata amount OF the sum collected.
!. Msnasey, Il W. Hart, I'm explanation,
Imade this statement yesterday morning;
" the franchise OF the water works com
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03

LEMARS, Ia, Jan. 2.-(SpeciaL)--A
number of representative business men of
Lemsrs are planning to erect a brewery
costing $4,000. The project meets with
favor and the money will be forthcoming
as soon as the necessary prelminaries are
completed.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03

You like to be remembered by the houses
from which you buy. don't you? Why not
please your out-of-town customers by send
ing them copy of The Bees New Years
Edition ond rds-Eye View of Omaha?
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03

Have you friends? In the east? In the
west? In the old country? Send them
each copy of the Jubilee Edition Of The
Bee. Advertise Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
bank Business Expanding.

In an interview with h. {. BosIwick,
vice president of the South Omaha Ma
tional bank. he announces that John G.
French, formerly assistant cashier OF the
Union Stock Yards National bank, has
accepted "A position as cashier of the South
Omaha National. his services beginning
with today.
Mr.. Bostwick further adds that the steady
growth of the bank has been very much
accelerated In the last few years and the
need is felt OF an assistant In handling the
rapidly increasing business. He thinks the
ideal man has been found in Mr.. French.
for eight years connected with the Union
Stock Yards National as assistant cashier.
In the Union Stock Yards National bank
no one has been employed to take the
place of Mr.. French, II Is likely. however,
that some one will be found before the
meeting OF the directors on January 10
II Is expected that E. +. Folda will be
chosen as the cashier in place of Mr. Nc
Pherson. as he has now assumed the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03

We still have copies OF the New Years
illustrated Edition N The Bee. Order them
now before the edition IL exhausted
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
Teachers Must Pay Taxes.
sewer Meeting in Prospect.

1t is expected that the chairman of the
Citizens Sewer commission. Mr.. O'Keeffe
will call a mass meeting of South Omaha
citizens on the coming Saturday night.
He Is said to have informed Scott w. King
to that effect yesterday. He has not, how
ever, made an official announcement in
the press. People interested will be warned
in due time with respect TO the meeting
Very likely Saturday will be the date
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
THE EXPLANATION

business that in nxng selling
of marketing magazine big item and tnes
unity their efforts get read
the and divide the cost OF
these magazines that NJ
he need OF every nearly half price.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
Ne,, History of Bond..
Believe They Have Murderer.

The police have arrested George Brown,
alias George Henderson, as suspicious
character. They arc holding him for the
authorities in Minneapolis. 1t is said that
he is the man who shot bartender in
that city on December % while he and
his companion were holding up the place.
A photograph was taken of the man and
mailed to Minneapolis for Identification.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03

duties pending the action OF the Board Of
Directors
Mr.. Moriarity of the Packers National
says that there have been no changes in
the office force there during the last year
and no changes in the chief officials dur
ing the last ten years. The bank has
added S4ooOco to its business during the last
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-03
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER

a designed for member OF the farm nome
Special articles subjects of the greatest interest are eac
national reputation
embrace during the all branches OF
World Letters" in
maintains
Feeding Live Stock Veterinary Dairy
Garden with
children Of these
by a theorist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
CULT OF DEAD IN PARIS.
Decorating Graves of the Departed
 With Floral Trutes.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
 There is q rare business done today. It is the eve of the Touissaint-the day con- secrated to the dead. People are buying flowers and wreaths to decorate the graves of dear departed. If you venture as far as Pere Lachaise you will be struck with the fact that streets of tiny shops have arisen by the gates. filled with floral trib- utes for the great unnumbered army which sleeps the last sleep within it's walls. Some will tell you that a million dead are here-certainly a number inoal- culable. This furniture for sepulchres has risen to a great industry in Paris. Thou sands are employed therein in the fashion, ing of wreaths of immortelles-and or those strange zinc limitations which are the product of humble purse and of an even humber taste.
 Paris loves it's dead. Many of the out ward forms of piety and religious aspect may have gone, but this remains. Indeed, they who visit the cemeteries are yearly more numerous, as if there were a grow ing need of consolation, for contact with household memories. The procession of blaek-suited mourners has begun this af- tefnoon in all the burying places of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

city: tomorrow it will reach the dimen- sions of a great flood tide, which will overpour in every spot hallowed by the dead.
 The nations heroes-warriors. poets. musicians, statesmen-are all honored by some bouquet cast by a gentle hand. l dare say pair of furtive lovers will have remembered the grave of Heloise and Abe lard and left there a nosegay in symbol of the eternal sympathy Of youth. In this same cemetery of Pere Lachaise is anoth- CT tomb which claims it's loving tribute year by year; 1t is the resting place of Alfred de Musset Above the head of the sweet singer of the tender passions is weeping willow. fit emblem of grief, and planted there at the poets own request.
 In the metropolis of Montmartre visitors will place wreaths about the tomb of Emile Zola. whose magnificent "Jaccuse' has been so astonishingly vindcated by events. Everywhere where the dead do lie there will be the living gathered to- morrow to do them honor-to stay an in- stant in the rush of the present to look back upon the old time, to think of the dear faces that are plotted behind the veil.
 On these occasions a foremost figure in the reverential pilgrimage is M. Lepine. prefect of Paris. It is one of the reasons of his popularity that he spares himself no trouble to render homage or to pay compliment. Tomorrow he will lay q wreath upon the tomb of some brave "gardlen de la paix" who has perished in his duty, and just as certainly, he will honor the firemen's acre." where lie bur led heroes who have fought with flames.
 Offices are closed and shops and people give themselves entirely to their mournful occupation. The churches will be full. as they always are on this day-for once the politics of church-going is forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

scribe to you my impatlence. l feel dull sad and half-sick. If the deepest and ten- derest love can make you happy, you ought to be so. I am overwhelmed with business Adieu. my dear Josephine. Love me- Take care of yourself, and think of ten, very often. of me-
 Stonewall Jackson's letters to his wife are equally full of the tenderest endear- ment. He calls her my pet" 'my sun shine" "my little somebody" ''my dar- ling" and his dying words to her were "Cheer up, Anne; you know l love bright face in a sick room Speak dis tinctly! I want to hear every word you say"
 Oliver Cromwell was to the last his wife's adoring lover Thirty years after he led Elizabeth Bourchier to the altar he wrote to her: Truly, if I love you not too well. I think err not on the other hand much. Thou art dearer to me than any creature: let that suffice" And she an. swers in similar strain: Truly, my life is but half life in your absence"
 Nelsons letters to his wife prove that a sailor can be as loving husband as a soldier. After eleven years of welded life he wrote: Rest assured of my most per- feet love. affection and esteem for your person and character, which, the more I see of the world. the mors l admire" My dearest Fanny. absent from you l feel no pleasure it Is you who are everything to me. Without you I care not for this world. These are my present sentiments. God Almighty grant that they may never changei Nor do I think they will. 1n- deed, there Is. as far as any human knowl- edge can judge, a moral certainty that they cannot" And Lord Collingwood. Nelson's friend. thus wrote to his beloved life partner the year after Trafalgar: This day, my love. is the anniversary of our marriage, and I wish for many re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
The Gillespie Matter.

In the issue of The Age-Herald of De- Scember ', 1906 there was published un- der the heading ''Ensley Council Has Lively Time,' the substanee of state ment made by Mayor N. w Scott at the meeting of the Mayor and City Council Of Ensley, in connection with the mat ter of granting license to MT. J. M. Gill lespie.
 This statement was written by MT. Crawford Perkins. correspondent for The Age Herald. and in the writing and print ing of this report of Mayor Scott's re- marks, neither MT. Perkins nor The Age Herald intended or expected that they, or either of them, would be understood by any one as asserting that they had knowledge of the matters stated, or as asserting that the statements made were true, but it was contemplated that the matter published should only be report o1 the meeting and what was said there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
MORE CANDIDATES OUT FOR ALDERMAN Pratt City Executive Committee
 Holds Session LOVELADY TO RETIRE SOON Pay Day at Mines Results In Busy Times for Pratt City Merchants.
 Personal and Gen.
 eral News.
LOVELADY TO RETIRE SOON

Pratt City, December 15-(Special)-At the meeting of the city executive com mittee last night, large amount of im- portant business pertaining to the ap- preaching municipal election was trans acted.
 The plans for the primary, recently pre- pared by the subcommittee, were care fully gone over, and the greater part of them adopted. The plans all told are now perfected and practically complete.
 Several resgnatons of the members of the committee were presented, among which were those of ". Barnard who way of the Second ward. and J. D. Dun can of the Sixth ward. Dr. Stagg was elected to succeed Mr. Barnard, H. W. Taylor to succeed Dr Carraway and Matthew Walker to succeed Mir. Duncan.
 Immediately after their resignatons were accepted, MT. Duncan and Dr. Car raway announced themselves y<as candi- dates for aldermen from their respec- tive wards. Mr Barnard had already an nounced as a candidate for mayor, he being the only candidate for that place at PitSClls llt CDIIlIlllltes upon niuLudl as sent, changed the date of the primary from January B to Monday, January 91 The candidates a~e required to file notice with the proper authorities, on or before January 10.
 The mayors entrance fec is fixed at $iO, and that of the aldermen at S2
 The committee will meet again on Jan uary 1, when the final arrangements will be completed.
 Dr. R. F. Lovelady. chairman of the committee, will receive the fees and ap- plications of the candidates until the meeting on January 4. when he will turn the committees affairs over to pr. Stagg. who will look after the entrance fees and the entering of the candidates. Dr. Love lady will leave on January for Mont gomery, where he will take up his work as member of the legislature of Jeffer- son county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Durum Has Come to Stay.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 Durum wheat has come to the front as one of the future great crops for semi- arid lands. It is estimated that the crop for 1906 will approximate 45,00O0O0 bushels The future is so brilliant that company of experienced farmers has purchased a tract of 60,C00 acres in Texas, and will plant the entire area in durum wheat. The department of agriculture has found a market for all the durum wheat our coun- try can produce. It goes to Europe for the manufacture of macaroni and for flour to make different food products. The deal CTS in all sections are anxious to get the grain to handle. It brings good returns to the farmer and supplies new shipping product for the buyer. Every district where dry farming can be practiced offers a field for the production of durum. It makes possible the cultivation of acreage once regarded as worthless. Here is an- other of the many opportunities for farm ing tOdaV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Opinion of His Neiqhbors.

From Mark Twain's Autobiography, in
 the North American Review.
 Four years ago 09o2l I was invited by the University of Missouri to come out there and receive the honorary degree of LID. l took that opportunity to spend a week In Hannlbal-a city now. village in my day. It had been B years since Tom Nash and I had had that adventure When l was at the railway station ready to leave Hannibal there was a crowd of citizens there. l saw Tom Nash approach ing me across vacant space. and I walked toward him. for l recognized him at once. He was old and white-heaaed, but the boy of 15 was still visible in him. He came mp 10 me, made trumpet oe his hands at my ear, nodded his head to- ward the citizens and said confidentlally. in yell like a fog-horn;
 Same damned fools, Sam!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Personal and General.

The usual services will be conducted at the First Methodist church tomorrow by the pastor, Dr. L. r. Whitten. Dr. Whitten has sufficiently recovered from his illness to continue his pastoral duties. Mir and Mrs. Frank Emmal have re- turned from an extensive wedding trip through Kentucky, Ohio and Tennes- see. MT. and Mrs. Emmal will be at home with MT. Emmal's father, MT. w. $. Emmal.
 A. A. Harris, Tony Macon, Lothian Brooks J. H. Jones, Joe Tetlow, William Ellard. Edgar Taylor and J. c. Jordan have returned from a several days hunt ing and fishing trip to points in Florida.
 The party was very successful, bringing back with them large quantities of fish and game.
 Mrs. M. S. Hitchcock of Brookside is the guest of her parents, the Rev and Mrs. L. F. Whitten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
SALOON LICENSES
 ARE RECOMMENDED
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A~--~---------~,----- great interest was manifested by north ern capitalists on the conditions in the south, he was greatly surprised at their knowledge of small details. of production, its quality and quantity and the great prospects that attend the district. He said that this was especially so as con- cerns Ensey. Continuing, MT. Day said that Ensleys reputation as a steel pro ducing center is very high in the north and east, and that the northern producers are inclined to the view that they Will be compelled to adopt the open hearth rail as produced here, owing to it's great success and reputation and low cost or production. He said that the northern capitalists have their eyes on Ensley and are watching it's progress with great in terest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

hemp, though this fibre is scarcely to be called wood for it is separated from the woody matter of the stalk in practically the same manner as is the fibre from flax
 put being coarse. longer and not often used for anything but coarse cloth bag ging, etc. The material for wood clothing IS different process, the wood being ground and macerated to q pulp. and when or proper consistency the mixture is forced through holes in iron plates, com ing out in long strings from one-half to one-quarter inch in thickness. While moist these strings are very easily bro Ken, but when dried and tightly twisted and then woven into fabric, they become strong, elastic and durable. Ere long the department stores will have wood cloth ing for sale on their counters even if merely to show they are keeping up to the times. And thus another and a very large use Tor timber and lumber looms up but in this case culls and waste stuff can be used, principally pine and spruce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Pay Day at Pratt City.

Today was the regular monthly pay day at the various works of the Tennes- see-Republic company and as a conse- quence, the merchants were very busy all the afternoon and tonight. The em- ployes of the various mines were all paid off in this city today. contrary to the custom heretofore in vogue.
 This action on the part of the company meant that many thousands of dollars will stay in the city. Heretofore the em- ployes of the various slopes were paid off at their respective places. but today this system was changed, and the forces congregated at one place. The merchants have made great preparations for the holiday trade and their large stocks are special inducements to the home trade.