Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-15

most excellent king; Frederick W. Her
rick, most excellent scribe; ole . Roen,
Meagher, most excellent secretary. and
these companions will be installed into
their respective offices at the regular
meeting in December.
BEATRICE-Word was received here
yesterday announcing the death of John
{. Highly, a former resident of Beatrice.
he had been making his home since leav-
ing this city. Deceased was SIS years of
age and is survived by a family of eight
and Mrs. NJ. A. Metzger of Council Bluffs,
la, being among the number. The re-
mains Will be brought here for inter-
ment.
PLATTSMOUTH-Thc Burlington had a
costly wreck n few miles west of Oreapolis
yesterday. The local freight pulled out OF
OreapOlis with two steel Gondola cars in
front of the engine. intending to leave them
at Cedar Creek, but soon struck "A hand
ca, which the Greek section gang had left
there. The hand car and the two fiat steel
cars were dumped into the Platte river ana
the front of the ngine went off the truck.
The track was blocked during the day.
FAIRBURY-The Fairou;y commercial
club has under consid sralion ihrCc Eropo-
sitions for the establishing Of artificial Ice
and cold storage plants. one from parties
in Iowa, who are looking To- a 'crlon,
and TWO propositions from parties here
secure available sites withou; cost to them
selves. From present appearances FAR
bury VIII not nave 70 u" ttlu uHloli ~ =
ceptlonally cold winter I3r its next SUM
mer.s foundation of .He cream aEd 'old
bottles.
MILFoRD-The saogo Lithia Spring
company, which has been doing a thriving
business at this place and given a wide
reputation for water. has sold its interests
TO a syndicate OF business men of Lincoln.
who will operate II under the name or
the Shogo Lithia Springs company. The
plan of the new organization is to build a
new hotel, sanitarium and bath houses and
100, H. laNrolnn thn nRnnartV The QFfi-
cles of Incorporation for the new company
were filed yesterday with a capital stock
of 100000.
NEBRASKA CITY-Judge H.. d. Travis
has been holding a term of the district
court in this city and a large number Of
cases have been disposed of. Edward
Fessler, who stabbed a bridge carpenter
from Auburn and who was held under a
charge Of assault with intent to kill, was
allowed to plead guilty to assault and pay
a fine of S5 and costs. The case OF
Bernard Fitzpatrick, who Is SUING his VIE
for a divorce, took up the attention Of the
court. The defendant failed To appear and
it was shown that she seemingly forgot her
marriage VOWS and a decree was given the
husband. The couple are prominent
residents Of Syracuse and have a family Of
grown children. The jury Is called for next
week and all jury cases will then be heard
NEBRASKA CITY-The Sunday school
convention which has been in session at
Dunbar for the last week has closed. II
was one of the most successful ever held
in this county ana the dlteludncs was uh-
usually large. Addresses were delivered by
state President George Wallace of Omaha
National officer c. ID. Meigs and state
Secretary Paul Deitrtck. There were nearly
200 delegates present. The following county
officers We're elected for the ensuing year;
President, Mrs. Nelson Overton; vice presl-
dent. II. s. Westbrook; secretary. Mrs
Nellie c.. Brown; treasurer, George Brown
Elementary department, Mrs. f. r. Warner;
adult department, Mrs. w. =. Annls'
teachers training, Miss Meadville; temper
ance. Rev. j. S. Tussey; pastor depart
ment Mrs. Alex WarnOck, and intermedi-
ate. Rev. J. ". Merrill. Tn convention
next year will be held at Syracuse.
TECUMSEH-Two men have been going
over Johnson county working the farm
ers on a patent fire eXtinguisher PROPOSE
ton. Al the nome OF one man. between
Sterling and Crab Orchard. they called and
asked for written permission TO show The
~extinguisher on the farmers premises. The
consent" blank was signed, and Il turned
out TO be an order for a good bill or the
extinguishers. The exhibit was never given,
but the shipment OF extinguishers showed
up In good time. A day or two after the