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ENTERTAINING AUNT SUSAN

FEN IEhllAIN1NG ACNL | oDpAN'
 i've had bad news" gasped Mrs. Mason, dropping, in dismay, the letter she had been reading.
 "somebody dead% asked her daugh- ter
 "Its almost worse" sighed Mrs Ma son, Your fathers Aunt Susan is coming to spend a month with us"
 Mercy" groaned the girl, with quick appreciation of the discouraging. situa- tion Aunt susan'
 "You certainly don't seem oyerjoyed at the prospect" remarked an interest- ed caller.
 "Overjoyed'' echoed the pair, simul- taneously. 'Oyerjoyed! We're any, thing but overjoyed,"
 What's the trouble?'
 Aunt Susan explained Mrs. Mason, lis person of strong preferences; but, unfortunately with Aunt Susan the preferences Of one year bear no resem- blance to the preferences of the next, She changes them annually She has to wash her hands with one particular brand of soap, her neck with another, | her laces with yet another, and she de- mands a fourth kind for her hair She 1 has to have special kinds of breakfast foods, other special kinds of soups, and l lstill more special kinds of dessert. She never can eat our kind of bread. but al- ways demands some other variety. If 1 eggs are in season, she announces that she is on a fish diet. When eggs are scarce and high-priced, nothing but omlets will save her from starvation, Somebody has to run to the drug store for hand lotions, corn cures, and court plaster almost every day of her sojourn The kinds we have in the house never come within a mile of suiting her" 'GBut surely" said the amused visi- tor, "a person as particular as all that would alaways carry a full supply of her favorite soaps and remedies with her"
 Not Aunt Susan" laughed the daughter. She's far too parisimonious for that"
 But can't you refuse outright to SUD- iply her with all those extra things?"
 q could" replied Mrs. Mason, If she were my own cousin; but you see, she isn't Unfortunately
 Mother means fortunately, inter polated the daughter
 Fortunately then" amended Mrs | Mason, Aunt Susan is my husbands lonly living relative, and I consider il my duty to make her as comfortable as it is possible for anybody to make SC Thoroughly uncomfortable a person. idon't mind the expense-though of course, that is no inconsiderable item but l do hate the inconvenience of be, ing obliged to send out at all sorts ot | unreasonable hours and at a moments notice, for special brands of toothpow. der particular kinds of pancake flour and certain cuts of meat that neveI existed outside of Aunt Susan's decid- edly twisted imagination. Mother. Magazine.
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ri river and each individual farmer gets his water supply that way It is neither new nor a novel undertaking
 but the government engineers propose
 for the first time to apply the same
 principles upon a large scale to irri-
 gate q tract Of semi-arid land on the
 edge of the arid reginos, near Garden
 City in southwestern Kansas. The
 people in that section have tried dry farming have raised fair wheat crops
 of sorghum and maearom wheat when
 there has been twenty inches of rain in
 q season. But the clouds are unreli- able, They cannot be depended upon. The farmers have also tried irrigation
 from the Arkansas river, but they claim that they cannot get water enough; that the entire supply is ab- sorbed by the farmers west of them in Kansas and Colorado. For this req
 son an irrigation company in which
 Rochester parties have invested two or thre millions of dollars has gone out of
 business. They complain that the river fails them at critical times. Hence the government proposes to help them out with pumps driven by electric power and Dr. Newell, chief of the reclama- serVce, expects to get sufficient water
 to irrigate 5000 acres of sugar beets. A
 company of local capitalists, assisted
 by miner who has recently made a fortune in Colorado, will erect a sugar mill upon their faith in the success of the enterprise. William E. Curtis in , Chicago Record Herald.
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affair resolves itself merely into a pet tition for leave to disinted body buried conditionally.
 Such a request is never refused, ac- cording to the Church authorities, as the removal is a righ reserved by the family. Hence the fact being settled that the burial was conditional, the church, or congregation has nothing left to do but accede to Howard Cohen.
 In brief opnion the Appellate Division has acceted this determination of MT. Whitney, and judgment to that effect will be enterd in day or two with costs of $1478, against the con- gation.-New York Sun.
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THE SLOT METER.
Its Growing Use and Influence on
 Coinage

Its Growing Use and Influence on
 Coinage.
 The increasing use of slot meters in this country and in England bids fair to create a serious disturbance in the coinage. Already the coinage in Eng land has been altered to meet the great demand for copper coins created by the penny-in-the-slot meters, and the slot meters of this country, which . eat up quarters instead of pennies, may make it necessary to increase the subsidiary coinage with particular ref erence to the twenty-five cent piece.
 So many coppers disappear from cir culation into the English slot meters that a shortage is regularly observed toward the end of the month, followed by a flood of copper as the meters let loose their accumulated coins on Lon don. In London alone there are four hundred and twenty thousand penny in-the-slot meters.
 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, former
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Mir. James ". Harkins, Jr., the well known dramatist and Charles Clark Mum, the popular author are writing a romantic drama of New England life and character for George W. Will son, which will have an elaborate pro- ductlon the coming season, with a cast of exceptional excellence.
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THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
 OF THE SEASON

"Life of Plato and His Argument on Inn mOrtality"-Forthcom Books from Various Publishers - Popularity of Some Recent BOOks--Other Notes.
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Old lady from the country in street car for the first time-"C Conductor. which door do I get out by?"
 Conductor" Either door, mum; the car stops on both ends, ,"-Harper S Weekly,
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Clark, Hall & Peck. 152 Orange street,
 New Haven, Conn. Counsel for the estate. j1S St
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Geoa1 Qntices.

 District of New Haven, ss Probate Court JuIy 17th 1g06 ESTATE or WILLIAM BARRY, late of New Haven. in said District, deceased. The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of New Haven hath limited and appointed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said estate, Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred.
 All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment to
 JOHN T. BARRY, l JlS 3t Administrator. District of New Haven. ss. Probate Court, July 17th. 1906. ESTATE OF MICHAEL II. CUMMINGS, l late of Orange, in said District de- The administrator having represented l said estate to be insolYent it is l ORDERED, That commissioners to | receive and decide upon the claims of the creditors of said estate be appoint ! ed at Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, in said District, on the 20th 1 day of July, 1908. at ten o'clock in the 1 forenoon; and that t--e administrator give public notice to all persons in in- | terest to appear, if they see cause be- fore said Court, at said time and place to be heard relative to said appointment by publishing this order three times in 1 some newspaper having circulation in said District. and due return make. ! LIVINGSTON w. CLEAVELAND
 Judge. New Haven Conn. Counsel for the i estate. j1S St District of New Haven. ss Probate l Court, July 17th, 19O6 ESTATE OF ELLEN E. DAVIES. late of New Haven. in said District, de- 1 ceased
 The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and ap- pointed six months from the date here of for the creditors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said es- tate. Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred.
 Ale persons indebted to said state are requested to make immediate pay ment to
 THOMAS L. DAVIES, j1S3t Executor
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TO TREAT "ARIDITY"
 pIIMpG
WITH

The reclamation service Is carrying out an entirely new irrigation proposi-
 ton in Kansas for the purpose of pumping up from the earth enough water to irrigate 5000 acres. There is a pump operated by windmill upon almost every farm West of the Missou-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23
PATHFINDER DAM is GROWING
Great Irrigation Project Goes Fast
Under Government Dfrec-
ton.

G. l.. Subway, president of the Com
mercial club OF SCOTS Bluff who has been
travelling for the past two weeks in the
North Platte valley country, reports rapid
progress on the Pathfinder ditch.
The reservoir which feeds this ditch has
a capacity of 100000 acre feet, or suf1icient
water to irrigate $4,000 acres of land" said
Mr.. Shumway. Its capacity is said to be-
greater than that of the Assuan dam in
Egypt while its cost will not be one-hfth
as great The plans contemplate a dam
2l0 feet high, eighty feet long at the base
and go feet long at the crest. Several
hundred laborers are working on the dam
and that portion of the ditch which is COM
plesed lie Z convincing proof OF the thorough
ness with which the government is doing
the work. The sides are smooth and leveled
OF by hand and the ditch is "a beautiful
sight from an irrigator's standpoint.
This ditch will put under irrigation
100000, acres of land in Nebraska, along
the Burlington railroad. Homeseekers are
rapidly making entry and | encountered
several punches of homeseekers during the
time | was in the valley 1t will be but a
short time before all this valuable land is
taken up"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23

caption. The Anthracite Field he reported
that a convention held at Chicago, Decem-
Der IL. Is and le, committee consisting
OF the executive boards and officers OF dis
tricts 1, Z and was appointed and in
structed to communicate with the railroad
presidents and independent operators for
the purpose of arranging for q conference
to consider their relations after the eX-
piration of the Anthracite Coal commits
sion. He also reported that your president
had been made a member of that commits
sion and had been delegated by the com
mittee TO negotiate this conference with
the railroad presidents. Up to this time
your president has not been I'm position
to make a definite statement to you as the
result of his work. He Is now prepared
however. to make a DEFINITE statement.
"As result OF my conference arrange
ments have been made with presidents OF
the coal-carrying railroads and representa-
tives of the independent anthracite oper-
ators to meet this committee on February
Is at such place as may hereafter be des-
ignated.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23
CUDAHYS OBJECT TO PLAN
Ordinance. REQUIRING Packages to
asa, Set Forth weight Contained .fs
Not satisfactory, .

/. AS part of their protest against the
package food ordinance. representatives of
the Cudahy Packing company produced an
exhibit OF canned sardines, bottled mus
tard. canned frankfurters and soap OF a
rival house before the general committee of
the council yesterday afternoon. The pro-
posed ordinance demands that foodstuffs of
all kinds sold In packages have the weight
stamped on the cover. The Cudahy people
protested that much of the package goods
are made to sell at a price, without any
strict pretensions as to weight, though often
referred 10 as "quarter-pound, half
pound" and other sizes. They wished the
ordinance changed to. apply TO package
goods purporting to contain a specified
amount of goods.
Councilman Zimman said that many inter
ests. of mind like to the Cudahy people,
have notified him they would object to the
ordinance. and that he had told each to for
mulate an ordinance on the subject and
present ii at a meeting to be held later
The ordinance introduced in the council
was drawn primarily to prevent the sale OF
less than one pound of butter in packages
Investigations showed that the cartons ran
from one to several ounces short of full
sixteen ounces The Cudahy representatives
had no objections TO legislation on the but.
ter question
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23

before the shooting and was commanded
10 stand stfll after the saloon man was
'phot and while Nelson was rifing the till.
~ o. Hearn and Nelson were asked TO stand
up for identification by Bonney.
,'Can you say whether those are the two
men you saw IN the saloon at the timer
asked Attorney slabangit OF Bonney. re-
ferring to O'Hearn and Nelson 49, -
Il can't swear to It," replied Bonney after
some thought. Neither could Bonney
swear which one OF the two did the shoot
ing, although ne did testify that he thought
the shorter one of the two fired the fatal
shot Nelson is shorter than O'Hearn.
Bonney- said he could not tell much of what
occurred after the shooting, as he had a
funny feeling" when told TO stand still at
the point OF "a gun. >'''..
" Various other witnesses were examined
but offered. nothing of particular conse-
quencs: Some injected humor into the
otherwise sober proceedings by telling how
they felt and, what they did when they
heard of the holdup and saw the dead
saloon man on the floor
DR.. Lavender one of the surgeons whc
PERFORMED the autopsy, stated the track OF
the buiietswound which killed Lausten was
thirteen inches in length.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23
PRISONERS TAKEN OUT OF CITY
As Precautionary Measure They Are
Removed by the Police.

As precautionary Measure They Are
Removed by the Police.
The four youthful prisoners are now
safely within the walls Of prison outside
Of Douglas county. O'Hearn. Nelson.
Warner and Angus were taken away last
night in charge of Detectives Drummy
Donohue and Mitchell. The change was
made quietly and with absolute secrecy
In fact but few persons outside the station
attaches knew that the boys were not I'm
the city jail during the night. While there
was but little apprehension for the safety
OF the prisoners from mob violence It was
deemed best to. remove them TO the state
prison. There were many rumors last
night OF plan to attack the city Jail and
deal vengeance on the highwaymen. One
story stated that the hour of II o'clock
had been definitely agreed upon for the
deed. At 1890 o'clock an unidentified
person, apparently a foreigner by his Ian
guage, called up the station and told Desk
Sergeant Vanous to keep policemen away
from the station. as in ten minutes a mob
would be there with a rope for the four
prisoners. Yanous could not induce the
man to give his name Captain Mostyn
gave slight credence to the report. only
remsrking that he hoped no one would be
foolish enough TO act in so rash manner
However, the night passed without demon
stration of any kind. and no crowds were
discovered congregated in any part of the
city.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23
kansas Z ena

6lctment and conviction OF the Kansas sena
tor he has not appeared in the chamber.
There il no disposition on the part OF
anyone to withhold the mileage and the
senator therefore, was asked TO step from
the cloak room into the chamber for
moment in order that he might he seen
by some Official He declined, but an enl-
ploye engaged him in conversation in the
cloak room near the entrance to the cham
Der The employee suddenly turned the
senator so that he faced the chamber and,
the attention of officials previously haV-
ing been directed toward this door. he
was seen from the chamber 1t, was then
certified that Senator Burton was in at
tendance and his mileage was paid him.
statehood Bill Ready to Report.
The house committee on territories gave
final consideration to the joint statehood
bill today. Mr.. Hamilton will report his
bill favorably to the house tomorrow and
the democrats will file minority report
unless the present plans be changed The
Hamilton bill will not be considered in the
house until Wednesday, when the repub
lican leaders purpose submitting a rule to
prevent amendment Of the bill. go.
Punch Bowl for Maynower.
Baron Rosen today presented the United
States ship Mayhower, in behalf Of Count
White. himself and the other delegates 90
the Portsmouth peace conference, a hand
some Russian silver punch bowl In recogni-
ton of hospitality which was extended Co
the delegates on board that vessel during
the course of the peace conference.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23

ten to hold up his hands, the saloon mans
refusal to comply and the, fatal shot.
Then" said Nelson. II walked behind
the bar and took sl80T from the cash reg
'isters while O'Heafn covered the man
(Bonney) who was standing at the end of
the bar Then l ran, out OF that door and
was followed by oHearn'' $ 49,. ~
Have you anything TO say TO that?"
asked Captain Dunn of o'Hearn.
II have nothing at all, to say responded
o'Hearn.
In the meantime quite crowd gathered
outside the saloon to get a glimpse OF the
outlaws. A few of the hotheads began to
talk of summary justice and the like. One
enthusiastic individual circulated in the
crowd and stirred up the feelings OF quite
a number by saying there were enough
there to take the prisoners away from the
officers. The patrol wagon was, then sent
for and Patrolmen Glover and Brady kept
the people at a distance while the three
prisoners were placed in the wagon, Be
fore the wagon arrived O'Hearn and Angus
showed considerable nervousness and asked
their custodians to take them back to the
Jail on a street car rather than wait for the
wagon. Being assured of protection. the
prisoners seemed more at ease.
+ As the patrol wagon was being driven
hurriedly away from the saloon the crowd
followed the conveyance some feet and
yelled DIRTY towards to the prisoners.
Monday morning the four prisoners were
| photographed for the police records. At
| 80 they were taken to the coroners once
! for the inquest. which was called at ? p. IN.
Angus mother visited her son at the jail
| Monday morning and broke down when
she greeted her son through the grating.
The four prisoners spent the night quite
well and appeared more cheerful Monday
morning than might have been expected
| under the circumstances
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23
rRAGEoY, REHEARsED FOR POLICE
Nelson Details Events While O'Hesrn
smokes and Grins.

-
At li:So Monday morning Captain Dunn
and Detectives Maloney and Drummy COX
Raymond Nelson, Jay oHearn and Leo
Angusstes sths, i.ansten saloon. Twenty-
first and Cunning streets, and with three
of the tydtrns desperadoes went over the
tragedy. Of Saturday evening. Other in
terested spectators were County Attorney
slabauehs deputy County Attorney Foster
and Deputy Coroner Dorrance.
In the presence of two OF his companions
Rsymof1 Nelson went through in detail
just what .transpired in the SALOON and
responded readily to questions put to him.
Nothinsf Ga the saloon had been disturbed
since the body OF Lausten was removed
by the Soroner. In the center OF the Lar
stood the three glasses of beer ordered by
oHeaTh eAnd placed on the counter by
Lausteni when he was shot. At The north
end OF the bar was the empty glass from
which tsopnsy. the buggy washer, q ank
his best just before he was commanded
to stand still after Lausten was shot srd
while Neison was getting the money from
the cash register.
In the main Nelson's statements in the
saloon were In substance the same as
his confession to Chief Donahue sunCay,
only ting suand of his words al the scene
of the TRAGEDY and In the presence Of
o'Hearn, who wore sickly grin, made
the scene an effective one. The TIN ee
young nisn puffed their cigarettes Curing
the visit 20 the saloon.
Nelsops reiterated his former statement
that Ind Tour rode together on a car and
that he tNeison). went 20 Twenty-Iourth
street aud walked back to meet his com,
panionst .ss
Then Sergeant Cook stationed himself be-
hind the bar in the position Laustsn was
standing when shot. Nelson recited care
fully the particulars OF the ordering OF thre'
Beers by }o'Hearn. the command for Laus
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23
DEATH RECORD.
Mrs. Catberine MeCurdy.

An attack of the lagrippe, contracted
about Christmas time caused the death
Sunday of Mrs. Catherine McCurdy, aged
q years. at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. John F. Murphy. s1S South Twentieth
street. The aged woman came here octo-
Der l from her home at Redfeld n. Y, to
visit her daughter in Omaha. and was at
tackled by the disease while here. The
funeral will be held from s13 South Twen-
tieth street at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon,
after which the remains will be taken to
Redfield n. Y. b. o. McCurdy, son,
and Letitia McCurdy. a daughter, will ac-
company the body. The mother leaves six
daughters and one son. who are, besides
those mentioned. Mrs. p NJ, Meow and
Mrs c. II. Waterbury, Redneld, n. Y;
Mrs. William p. Kunkel Utica. " Y;
Mrs Frank Dryden. Adams Center, n. Y,
and Mrs. n. p. sheehan, Havre, Mont.
Mrs. James Pane.
The death OF Mrs. James Pape occurred
at the family residence. 2s50 Binney street,
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Pape was an
old resident of Omaha and the family one
Of wide acquaintance I'm the city. The
funeral arrangements will be announced
later.
william Hitehey.
SEWARD, Neb. Jan. 22-(Special. )--Wil-
liam Ritchey, a pioneer resident OF this
place. died this morning at o'clock at a
Lincoln sanitarium as a result Of an opera
ton for gallstones. Mr.. Ritchey represented
this county two terms as legislator and
was a man OF influence and wealth.