Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-27

this city some twenty-five years ago, and
has since made his home here. He was
considered one OF the best auctloneeTs ID
who resides with her daughter, Mrs. j. w.
Redman, at Colorado Springs, Colo; Mrs.
McAlister of Alamosa, Colo; Mrs NJ NJ
Vaughan and John McAlster of this city.
The funeral took place today from the home
of his daughter In this city. Rev. j. w.
Houlgate of the Methodist Episcopal church
conducted the services.
GRAND ISLAND-Leo Booth has been
arrested on the charge of kidnapping, and
Mr. Taylor of Aida, the father of the 10
yeaT-old girl who went with him and an
other young couple, Mr. Williams and Miss
Calnon of Cheyenne, in a double elopement
sort of an affair, will prosecute the case
to the limit Sheriff Dunkel and Mr. Cal
non returned with the quartet from Chey-
enne, where Mr. Calnon was witness 10
the marriage of his daughter and Mr.. VIII
liams. Booth, who also had a charge OF
larceny against him, having stolen the
buggy in which the young people Went
away from the Methodist church of Aida,
confessed that he was a married man with
a wife living in Illinois and that he had moi
been divorced. The penalty, II Booth is
convicted on the charge, will be from one
to twenty years
EXETER-The building fever has begun
in earnest this spring. w +. Buck has al
ready completed neat little residence In
South Exeter. w. W. Kimberley has COM
menced what will be the finest, II not the
largest, up-to-date residence on the North
Side. Phillip Schaefer moved today into his
fine new residence just completed In Gil
bert's addition. s. p. Lester has nearly
completed what will probably be the finest
and best equipped livery barn in any town
or village west of the Missouri river. In
size II is 4SX64 feet, and thirty feet to the
comb of the roof. The stabling department
is partitioned from the rooms in front and
can accommodate between thirty and forty
horses. The loft has storage room for over
ninety tons OF hay. The barn is electric
lighted and has city water.
EXETER-About ten days ago the Guth-
rie boys, who farm the land lying to the
north and west of Exeter cemetery, had
put out some fire to help clean off some OF
the trash which had accumulated The
day had been very calm and favorable for
| their work until about o'clock in the even
| ing, when the wind went suddenly to from
| southwest to north and blew a gale The
| from there to the cemetery, going like a
race horse and burning everything clean as
/ II went. 1t was thought at first that as
/ the fire seemed to go over the ground tC
/ rapidly much of he larger shrubbery would
not be seriously injured But it is now be.
ginning to show and 1T is believed that
| fully two-thirds or more of the beautiful
| pines, evergreeqalS cedar and many Other
| TRIES and shrtt8 are hoepelssly ruined
| also many of the marble monuments etc
are seriously damaged. Yesterday after
noon during the high southwest wind tn,
| firemen were called 10 the southwest par
| of town near Mrs. William Dyer's resi-
| fire In trash pile which had been burninl
| the dav before an dwas supposed to b.
| out. The fire was blown into some grasi
| and was making rapid strides for Mrs
| Dyers buildings. The fire was extinguishes
without serious damage being done.