Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-28

Davis. drugs.
Corrigans. undertAkers. Phones ia
FAUST BEER AT ROGERS BUFFET.
Majestic ranges. p. e, lie Vol Hdw. CO.
woodrng Undertaking. company. Tel. SO.
Lewis Cutler. funeral director. Phone p.
schuster's and storz Malt Extract for
sale by J. J, Kline Co, lG broadway,
Nursing mothers should drink AnhCuser.
Busch malt a.. itoscnfeld Liquor Co. AZ
= Main 81.
special to January l-Best sold fnled
frames, guaranteed for 3 years titted with
best lenses tor far or near vision, s., J.
w. Terry. optometrtst ell broadway' touh'
Mrs Mahoney GO years old. oied at
Mercy hospital yesterday OF cancer OF thA
gRn's undertaking establishment to await
the arrival Of relatives.
Mrs. MARGARET Parker, aged IS years.
dieu very suddenly OF heart failure al St
Bernard hospital yesterday morning. The
body was taken to Corrigan's undertaking
rooms to await the arrival Of relatives.
pany messenger boy was run down and
slightly injured last evening by farmer
driving team on East broadway Inc
lads bicycle was smashed ana he received
number OF scratches and bruises. me
farmers name was ascertained to De
Bryce, sheepman. residing east OF the
city,
Albert Bison, 100 Sixteenth avenue. wes
! held up and robbed ~ Fourteenth avenue
and South Main street Saturday by lone
highWRyman. who secured s. Last even
| ing the police took Alexander Noice into
| custody Tor the reason that Elson sald ne
/ fitted the description OF the footpad, Nolce
| Is being held Tor Investigation, but hO
charge has been placed against him. Noice
| bears an excellent reputation and the p0-
| lice are inclined TO doubt Elsons asser-
/ ton.
Mrs Louise Breedlove night cashier a.
/ the Grand hotel, was robbed Of her purse
when she was on her way home ~ an
. HNu HHaHnH IN no
! the last car down Main street from the
hotel corner at $50 O'Clock ana when she
| rough lookinB man got off AZ the same
| moment, seizing her handbag the instant
he alightsd. lie fled promptly and DIS
| appeared In the darkness. Ihe bag con.
/ tanned her purse and small amount OF
J change The fellow had evidently fol-
| lowed her from the moment she left the
/ hotel. probably under the mistaken i'm
| preston that she was carrying part OF
| the daily receipts Of the hotel
Yesterday was more closely observed as
| a holiday than any previous day set apart
| for Christmas celebration IN many years.
| All OF the stores. offices and public build
ings were closed all day although in
! many OF the stores the heads OF de-
| partments were busy with footings OF the
| holiday business. The general assertion IL
! on any previous year, and holiday stocks
were more nearly depleted than was eN
pected For the first time the toy bust
ness suffered, but It was the only branch
| OF the holiday trade that did. The mer-
chants viii carry over the heaviest stocks
to be due to the fact that people this
season bought more largely useful art
Giles In making their presents
! Mrs Matilda Wallace, the aged mother
of J. + Wallace, senior member OF the
! firm OF Wallace q GTout, owners OF the
Bluff city laundry, died last evening at
after an illness OF three months. She was
q years old and death was due 70 the IN,
heen a resident ~ Council bluffs since
1898. making her home during the greater
part OF her residence here with her daugh-
ter, Mrs John G. Small She was born In
Madison, Ind, where she united with the
Methodist church, and had been con.
slant worker and member since her girl
hood. She is survived by four children
two sons and two daughters The other
son, a, G.. Wallace resides in Portland
Ore The daughters are Mrs Small, who
il now in the city OF Mexico visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Eugene Mari. formerly
ward DonhaIn. residing at Portland ore
Burial will be in Walnut Hin cemetery.
Arrangements for the funeral will not he
completed until the wishes Of the children
are known.
George w Turner, residing Just east OF
the city, drove his family horse to town
Sunday night to attend church, accompa-
had hitched on Broadway an unidentified
thief stole II and drove away. The horse
is a high-spirited, valuable animal and
was driven down Broadway at clip that
gratifed the ambition of his new driver to
pass an Omaha street car. The thief was
evidently unacquainted with Council Bluffs
streets, for when he reached Thirtieth
street he left Broadway and turned toward
Avenue A, mistaking the street railway
bridge over Indian creek for a vehicle
bridge. The horse fell through the ties
and lay helpless in the middle OF the
tracks The driver, when he realized tbs
nature of the accident jumped from the
carriage and ran away The street car
that had passed would undoubtedly have
struck the helpless horse II a sharp-eyed
boy had not tagged Il just before the car
reached the curve. The horse was found
to be painfully injured and much diff %
Guilty was experienced in getting II over the
! implanted bridge