Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1899)
fTT -V rV ntt T nntMTtf nnnPiMMiiffi * [ 11Y COUNCIL PROCLLDlM.S.t Slnht'i ' Scheme for Handling Fire and Polios Matters , IT DOES AWAY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS Introduction nt tin Orillnnnrc 1'rovlilc * fur TIIMIIIK | Kvi-rj- thing Over In tin uf the ( 'mined. Councilman Stuht 1ms a sideme 1o add to the present duties of ths city council those which now devolve upon -the Uonrd ol 1'ire and Police Commissioners. At a gpoclal meeting of the cliy council Friday afternoon lie Introduced aii ordinance to'lopoal the f ' present ordinance by which the members of tlic board are appointed 1 > > the nmjor , sub ject to the confirmation uf the council , and Introduced another making the council die Hoard of Tire and 1'ollcc Commissioners , In addition to being the Board of Aldermen. According to llio proposed new ordinance thu council Is to ixirform nil " | 0 duties now possessed by the Board of Tire and Police Commissioners. For thcso additional scrv- Ices the members of the council draw n salary of $25 n year each , "Just about enough for street car fare , " says Stuht. The councilman proposes to push the ordi nance , because ho eays It Is a good thing. "If the council took hold of the police de partment I do uol believe thnt it would have co much trouble as the boards for 3cars past have had , " ho Btiya. "Then , too , : ny scheme will bo an economical one. for It docs nway with thu JSOO salary that each of the commissioners draws nt present , J'lnally , I licllcvo that the council -would be more liberal than the prossnt board. Kanj E33 City Is a live , wideawake town nnd I liollcv-e that ono reason for this is that a man niny go and get a drink nnvtlmo hn wants It. " The two ordinance : * -tvcro referred to the committeu on fire , water and police , Stuht also Introduced nnd secured the adoption of a resolution , allowing taxpayers to use thu council chamber for a charter revision meeting tonight. The only other business transacted waste to pass on n third reading nn ordinance appropriating money enough to enable thu city treasurer to forward Interest on city bond * that accrues on the first of next month. H had boon intended to pass the 1'ubruary appropriation nhuet , but the finance committee had not had time to ex- nmlne It. Therefore , action was postponed ( j because the shoot , being the first ono un- der this year's levy , contains Items for a number of bills of last > ear , v\hlch have not been paid for lack of money. "Give me a. llvor regulator und 1 can regu late the vvvrld , " said a genius. The , t Imnded him a bottle of DC Witt's Little Early Hlscrs. the famous llttlo pills GAMBLING CASE DISMISSED ) i for the Slnti ; Tall > Ai - Dcar When Cullcil lit I'o- lloc Court. The gambling case against C. AV. Llttlo i\as dismissed by Judge Gordon for want of prosecution , although Major Miller asked that it be continued once more until he could get his witnesses Into court. Judge Gordon and the attorney for the defendant held that enough continuances had been granted and It was time the case was dis i- posed of. Llttlo Is the man who Was arrested - rested in the Hcnshav.- hotel January 20 and charged with having and keeping gam ing devices. Captain Donahue and Oflicer Snoop were the only ofllcers who got Into the room in time to see the men placing. Captain Donahue vvas > not present and UH ho was the prlncLpjl vlttu s Major Miller believed It would not bo worth while to try , the case. Four officers were present as wit nesses , but Ofllcer Sho&p was the only ono who saw the men seated at the table. The remainder found the men standing when they entered , with the exception of Ofllcer Ualduln , who saw the nieii rise , from the door where he was stationed. The case against the men who were in the room was also dlbinlssed , as it was con sidered impossible to try them for gambling without letting the other cuso go with it. They gave their names when arrested as Al Clarkson , D. A. Wllllans , J. A. Douglas , J. B. Leslie , Fred Wilson , John Hemingway , George Wood and G. It. Reynolds. Knotty Problem In SoUe. Judge Gordon I Intoned to the case wherein Henry Williams was charged by Hattle Mil- Ilgnn with the larceny as bailee of a $43 diamond mend ring which , aba said she had won at a dance Kovci-ber 3. The witnesses for the prosecution testified that the ring was of fered as a prize to the woman who waltzed the most gracefully , while the defense in sisted It was awarded to the best couple of waltzers. They showed further that the I complainant loaned the ring to Williams | to wear and that ho failed to return It. The two were going together constantly and one day the girl became angry at Williams because bo took another girl to a funeral. She told him ho could give her back the ring and quit going with her. Ho insisted i un the other hand that she gave lIm ) her j I interest In the ring after they had made up , providing ho would not have anything to ; j I i do with other girls. Judge Gordon listened to the knotty problem after remarking that i , i ho was not an expert on dancing and couia not te" now no ould fcottlo the caee. Iloforo the discovery of One Minute Cough Cure , ministers were greatly disturbed by coughing congregation ! No excuse for itt now. itH IN MEMORY OF DARTMOUTH Ilrr Omiilm Snim Outlier Aroniul the llniuiuut Tnlilo to TnlU of Their 'Ke Da } " . The second annual banquet of the Dart mouth Colleen Alumni association at the | Milliard hotel last night was ono of these most enjoyable occasions which revive the inspiration of the alma mater and bring her children together to continue the good fel ; 1- , lowship that had its beginning tnsldu col > l- * lege walls. The tables were unread in one ' cf the private dining rooms , which was lux ' uriously decorated with smllax and potted Mowers. An excellent orchestra contributed a concert program , while the alumni and a few Invited guests discussed a menu of mare i than ordinary attractiveness , I Nathan Uernstcln , ' 1)2 ) , was the toastnias- ; I ter of the e\enlng and among the alumni who sat around the table -wore. Or S K. Tonne , 'M ; A. S. Harelton , > S2 ; P. D. Meld. I ' i 4 , K J Ihxl well , * 8 , I'rof Irwcn IxnUi-ltr . t' n J Irving Head , 94 H 0 Marbvtik and Henry Lenta Frank f "raw ford of Yale , ChtrlM ( ' Kot * * tcr of Cornel 1 and J H Mclnttwh and Jsm H. Drown of Hnrrard were the gn * tg of th evening. Approprlcl Me leasts wr * responded to by Dr. Towne , I'rof. I erlston anil Mewr * Read , Melntoih , Uodw ll , Haielton and Hold and the ban queter * roue and mng the Dartmouth song for a nightcap Tor fro t bites , burns , InJolcnt sores , oriema akin dlseiw * . and especially Piles , i , Do WRt a Witch Hazel Salvo stands flrwt t and best Look out for dishonest people who try to Imitate and counterfeit It Its their end-rsoflicnt of a good article. < CI E SaW2bJa ! % 3Jny SEPSS E S J j I ! SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. j * NoM ha b m received from ton that the court of Inquiry , convened for the purpose of Inquiring into the charges made by General Miles regarding the qual ity of beef sold to the arn > ) , will visit South Omaha within a short time. It Is that the court , which li composed of army ofllecrs , will reach South Omaha abcut the second week lu March. The packing housns end stock yards at Chicago will be Inspected first , with Omaha second and Kansas City third. . Great quantities of meats for the army I were supplied from this point , but very little , If any , beef was shipped direct from the packing houses hero to the army In the field. Cudahy sold an Immense quantity of canned meat to the nnmy , all of \ vhlchwas prepared hero , nnd all of the packers at this point S'lod ' largo orders lor cured meats. As Swift and Company secured the con- tract for mpplylng fresh beef to the army , In Cuba , the Investigation , so far as the | , charge of "embalmed" 'beat goes , will center ! i around the Swift plant. j I In a previous Issue of Tbo Bee this matter of preserving beef was taken up and discussed j j cussed In detail , BO that the facts printed at that time uced not > bo gene over again nt this time. Government Inspectors at this | point assert that the beef shipped from here , waa not doctored in any manner and stateni | nients to this effect have been eecurcd by , Uio olllccra of the Bureau of Animal In dustry. Cudahy is the only packer In this city wiho opej-ates a canning factory nnd EO far ass \ known no complaints have been i registered against the quality of canned meats sent out from this point. , Dry salt cured meats and sugar cured I bacon have been purchased In large quanti ties here for army use and the packers R.S- , sort that there has been no complaint on the { i quality furnished , ns it has been the same as | I supplied to the trade generally. I In connection with the -proposed visit of j j ' the court of Inquiry K. A. Cudahy said : "I rfiall * bo pleased to have the court of In quiry visit this plant and I can assure the members that they "will receive the most courteous treatment. iMnJor Duval and Cap- tain Beck cf the Department of the Mis- sourl visited the plant not long ago and wo took pleasure in showing them about. This house will be open to the court of in- qulry at any time. " n. C Price , general manager of Swift and Company , said : "This house Is open at all times for inspection. Nothing will be con cealed and the court of inquiry can look through the building from top to bottom ami ascertain our methods of slaughtering and curing meats. " Robert C. Howe , general superintendent of Armour & Co.'s plant here , said : "Our house is open from end to end. We have no secrets to keep from the public. I shall bo glad to show- the members of the court of iInquiry through the building and explain the 1 process of slaughtering and packing 1 meat. This court of Inquiry will be welcome to inspect ail departments of the plant and we will take pains to show- them every thing that is to bo seen about a packing house. " Manager Xoyes of the Hammond company reiterated , the foregoing statements. The Hammonu 'company , ho ' "Said , would be pleased to receive a visit from the court of inquiry and would take pains In showing every mecnber all that Is to be seen In any or all of the departments. I roil COM1HMW2D CATTLE. ; 1'iicki'rn I.llcoljto I'tiNli Value1 * I'p ' IVw Dollitrx. The South Omaha Live Stock exchange will consider nt its next resular meeting , which will bo held on March C , a resolution pertaining to the price now- paid by packers for condemned animals. At the present time the packers pay only $2 for n ulcer or cow which has been condemned by the govern ment Inspectors , and it is the desire of the exchange to increase the price paid to $3 , or the s.imo as Is paid at Chicago. A great many Nebraska shippers assert that they frequently pay moro _ freight on an j animal than Is paid by the packers for a j carcass. It ia thought that It the exchange takes cognizance of this matter that the packers can bo Induced to pay Chicago pi ices for carcasses of condemned eteera and cows and thus create a better feeling between shippers and commission men. Com munications have been sent to the packers and It Is expected that replies will bo re ceived before the next meeting of the ex- change. Hogs which arc condemned by government inspectors or fall to pass the microscopical examination are turned over to the Union Rendering works , which pays an average prlco of CO cents per 100 pounds. This Is n much better rate than that paid for cattle and ono which seems to satisfy the shippers. In some instances more than the rate men tioned above is paid for bogs , but the stand ard prlco Is Vi cent per pound. To Aiincv orNot tn Annex. At tbo recent meeting of the Commercial club a committee was appointed to take some steps to prevent the passage by tbo legislature of a bill annexing Omaha and South Omaha. This committee met at the ofllco of I * J. Barrett last evening to devise - vise plans for combating the bill introduced idh in the legislature a day or two ago and which : is known as the Crow bill. This bill pro- vldes for a majority vote of the two cities and this is not what the aatl-anncxation | committee wants. The committee will wili 1- ingly fiubmlt to a proposition which * lll ' . 1provide for a majority vote of the registered ! lvoters of South Omaha , but it is stated that i the provisions of thu bill do not give South | xOmaha people an equal show with the voters of Omaha. Arrangements were made for j fending n committee to Lincoln to endeavor > I to have this pbjectlonal section modilled. * l.t'kH lloorx In ( In * Clt > Jllll , Chief of Police Carroll has recommended that ( he number of doors at the city Jail bo reduced. At the present time three doors , guarded with Iron bars , open Into If YOU WANX "THE ONIY GENUINE HUNYADI WATER , Insist Upon Receiving \A'J VIl.lI , AIKUin\T the only water which comes from the Hunyadi Springs of Hungary , owned by ANDREAS SAXLEHNER , Budapest. the Jnll nnd the chief feels that this r.unv b r c mid be reduced by two Since the rrmriellng ! process commenced It has been auggtwtrd that the ofltoe now occupied by the chief of police be turned over to the , city engineer and the chief take the ofllce now , oecupled by the engineer. Considering | the changes being made It Is thought that this Khcnic will be acceptable to all con cerned. Should the change be made the west entrance to the Jail will be bricked up and also the door leading Into the area- way. Chief Carroll eays that with only one entrance and exit the responsibility for holdIng - Ing prisoners will be greatly reduced and the chance of prisoners escaping will be lessened. City < ] < i 'lp. A Hard Times ball will bo given nt Kout- sky'e hall. Twentieth nnd Q streets , tonight. A meeting of the directors of the Union Slock Yards company la en the bills tor Marsn 15. The funeral of Agnes Hector , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hector , will be hold Sunday afternoon. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs Margaret Lawless will bo held aC St. Agnes' church this forenoon. On account of the Illness of Miss Slaors there hns been no session of tlu ) Avery school for several dnjs. Mr. and Mrs. John Suitter write from Kansas that they will return from tlirlr ' wedding trip In a few da > s. Preparatory service for ommunioii will be held nt the Tlrst Presbyterian church by Dr. Wheeler nt 4 o'clock this afternoon. Manager Kcnyon of the stock jiirds com pany has had a photograph of the Cxch&nge building taken. Tbo photograph shows the entire building , which is 400 feet In length. Mrs. n. 0. MayflPld died nt the Methodist hospital nt Omaha last night as the result of an operation. The remains will be taken to the doccascd'.s late home lu South Omaha today. A subscription list for stock In the pro posed hospital association can bo found nt the South Omaha olllce of The Bee These who feel inclined to Inko Ktock In thin en terprise are requested to call and place their names on the lift. The reception held by Mrs. Pellette , the portrait , artist , at Masonic hall jestcrday afternoon nnd evening was well attended. Many handsome pictures were shown and the artist wns congratulated on her work TUP display was Enid to ba the finest ever made In this city. "Eggs nt Klondyko prices" is the sign dis played ill front of a Twenty-fourth street grocery store. Hen fruit is way up and sales | arc being made nt from 40 to 50 cents per dozen The demand has , however , fallen off considerably since the prlco went up out of sight. Local dealers do not expect that the present high prices will ptcvall for any great length of time. Railroad surveyors were nt work yester day afternoon running lines through blocks 57 nnd 67 These blocks adjoin the prop erty recently purchased by the Union Pacific nnd will bo needed If additional sld" tracks are laid between this city and Omaha. The | Union Pacific secured , through an agent a few davs ago , six blocks between the pres ent right of way of the company and Com mercial street. In order to reich the depot it will be necessary to purchase blocks . " > " and 67 , and It is thought that this will be done before long. J. Sheer , Sedolla , Mo , conductor on elec tric street car line , writes that his little daughter was very low with croup , and her llfo saved after all physicians had failed , only by using One Minute Cough Cure. The more frequently one sees Edward Roso's dramatization of Anthony Hope's most popular novel , "The Prisoner or Zenda , " the plainer does the vein of farce comedy show In it. Look at it in any light and from open Ing to close this vein of comeay is plainly discernible. The ridiculousness or an Englishman in a' tweed suit being placed upon the throne of a kingdom by two or the real king's body servants offers theme that , while it may bo given a ro mantic side by a love story cleverly woven into the plot , cannot fall to be funny cnoug h to border on farce comedy. How ever , "Tho Prisoner of Zenda" is such ar. unmistakable success upon the stage ana has i been reviewed In these columns so often before that any further analysis of the elements which constitute its popularity would seem superfluous. It is sufficient thai the play conveys the salient points of the atory and runs Its course with a directness which leaves Rassendyll a hero at the end. This character comes very near to the ideal ' of a hero of fiction. Ho can fight wlicn necessary with wit or sword , be can love and go away and ho Is not one to betray a confidence or abandon a friend Tlie presentation of this play at Boyd's theater Friday evening was In every way a cora- mcndable ono and while this (4 ( Its thlra visit to Omaha , a good-sized crowd waa present to witness the opening perform ance of what Is announced to be its last presentation In this city by a Frohman company. Howard Gould , the fine appearing , stalwart young actor who has been seen hero both times before in the dual role or the two Rudolfs , acts with the same force and conscientiousness that marked bis work when the part was new to him. Miss Mar garet Fuller seems to lack tbht queenly stature , yet acts Ibc part of Flavin with all the grace and onse of manner that Mr. Hope's Idea calls for. R. P. McClnnnln Ib still the Colonel Sapt and his brusque ctn-- ncterlzatlon Is exceedingly effective. Vaughan Olaser Is also the same clever "Fritz Von Tarlenhelm , " while an improve ment has been made In the part of "Rupert of Hentzau" by placing It In the hands or Robert Connees , who makes his first ap pearance hero In the part. Helen Strickland , ajjothor new member of the company , pla > Antoinette do Mauban with much feeling and what may be lacking In her delivery la amply made up for by her facial expres sions , which are truly studies. Tbo other parts are. all In good hands and the produc tion is the f > amo elaborate one that has been seen hero before. The piece continues this afternoon and evening. At the Trocadcro last night fhe Travelers' Protective as'oslatlon gave an entertainment , Thu friends of the association ivore in attendance - tendance in furce and filled the building. To speak mildly , the place was poorly chosen for the accommodation of the crowd that nt- tended the performance. The different numbers of the program were well rccelrinl ' 1 ! and were of greater or lt" ser merit. The | localisms Introduced were numerous and In most Instiincns iinado < ! willed hits. The be-st features of the evening were the caKe walks by the > oung people ami several ' numbers of the minstrel program. Lillian i n.-nsley in "Who Oat Say Ohlcken In DIs I Crowd" won the sympathy of her audience and received an ovation Tor an amateur affair the entertainment aiuch above the average W. S. Ilelpro ) . Impersonating himself as n cominert l.il traveler , was ivvcll received Thu program was long and It was nearly midnight before It was concluded. Hurl In n Kimnv n > . Michael Gannon , resldiug nt Twenty- eighth and S streets , S > utli Omalu , was seriously bruised in a runaway accident which occurred shortly after 7 o'clock last right on the Tenth btrcet viaduct. Uanuon , in company with Roojrt Andywn , was driving a spirited horse On the incline of the viaduct they were pasted b ) a Knrnim I Btrott car and the hone becoming frlKli'uncil | jumped to o jo elde , brraklqg the wagon lu two pieces and throwing hoth men to the ground. The her o drawing iho frout part of the wagon ran to Farnam street where It was stopped by a policeman Qanon was i Eew ly hrulewU about ( he body ' .nil there were tuo cuts on his face that rcquirwl % cv- * oral studios , lie wai taken to the m.ee \ station and attended by City Ph > sHan Epaldiog. PROBLEM IS STILL UNSOLVED.1 No Feasible Plan Sugcwted for Dulrlbution of Cash K Fund. BACK TO THE OLD MiTHOD OF ALMSGIVING Mrotlntr nt trinity I'lilU ( o IlrliiK About Dcnlrcil Hermit ivllh Hcfcr- lllMto Inv < 'Mlnu tlic The last meeting called by Dean Fair 'for the purpose of securing suggestion * for the disposition or Investment at the "Cash K" fund was held at Trinity church FrMiy evening Dean Fair stated that when the flrjt meeting was held there were 0" un employed Ia1 > orln ? men present. Since that time many hod gotten work and the funl had been drawn upon for JSOO to aslst the poor. The meetings had gradually dwindled down until Friday night onlv a few uticii- ployed were present. He thought that the spring would bring a great deal of work , ; o that the strain upon the various funds would ba relieved. Alter holding the meeting , however , ho said ho had come to the con clusion that It would be necessary to drop bick upon the old plan of alm givlng. No feasible suggestions had been offered. Scvcr.il sugs silons were made which It was believed would lejscn the number of unemployed. The most feasible was ono from n man who said he could ispeak from experience , ns he had tried the plan himself. He 'believed ' it would bo a good Idea for the laborers in the cltwho are willing to be come permanent farmers to notify Secretary Laughland and this spring , he thought , they could bo sent out to farms ivhloh they nilsht till on a satisfactory percentage. He paid a man $15 a month and furnished him every thing besides giving him a portion of the net receipts. Ho ventured to say that not a laboring , man In the city of Omaha was layIng - Ing , up as much money annuallv as Ills farmer and hu was perfectly Independent , too. I toPi An architect brought forward the old 1 Plngreo plan of cultivating vacant property. Hi nddpd that a largo tcuemeut house shoul 1 be built south of the Sixteenth street via duct , but did not tell from whence the dumi money should come. He thought laborcra would be glad to work and receive 50 per cent of their wages , leaving the balance to apply upon their rent -nhen the building was f completed. Dean Pair thought this might bo a good plan , but doubted whether or not it could be carried out. He said the poor of the city need better homes. He Intimated that the city : and county -would save money If they would ' combine In Uic erection of a largo tenement liou'c for the accommodation of their paupers , because they would save hundreds of dollars annually In fuel alone. hiH hiPC said It costs a large sum to furnish the poor with coal enough to lieat the empty shells which they occupy and much of this might be saved , to say nothing of the added 111CO CO . He 'believed ' the cities of thU CO are too full of people and the coun try too sparsely settled. Last summer he tried to find laborers to go out Into the country to work on farms during harvest time. : They could make $2 per day and their board. One man to whom he had given the hem to pay his fare drank It up anil re mained here. Both he and Secretary Laugh- land , ho saiJ , had found it impossible to find lahf harvest hands to fill the demand they had re In closing the meeting , Dean Fair stated that much of the trouble with poor people Is caused by their own indiscretion. Part , however , is due to the sharks who get them Into their hands -when the opportunity Is offered. He had como to the conclusion that the charitable people of Omaha would have to revert to the old plan of ajmsglvlng after all. He said the county commissioners , Sec retary Laughland and lie n111 see , If notified , that no deserving person surfers from want for the necessities of life. , WRITES ABOUT ANNEXATION Major Elinor of .South Omnliit HiniNolf tis Opposed tu ' the 1'roixiHllIon. i SOUTH OMAHA , Fob. 23 To the Editor of The Dec : I have noticed recently In the editorial columns of The nee from time to time articles setting forth the urgent nececsUy of annexing Sout'h ' Omaha to | Omaha. The question as I view It , of abolishing our homo government , thereby surrendering our charter and placing our future destiny in the hands of a people who have no particular Interest In our future progre&s other than for political and mer cenary designs , Is indeed one of such vital Importance to our citizens that it must bo decided by a majority of votes of those who ' I are most deepl ) Interested , viz , the citizens ; of South Omaha ; otherwise our ipoople would I be disfranchised and this , It Is claimed , ; would be unconstitutional , and justly so. I A change of this sort In the affairs or ( our people should bo given careful thought j i by all. It should Interest the common laborer who may only own a $100 shack on n $50 lot , aa well ns a packing house kini ; who runs a plant Involving several millions i on which ho Is only pajlng taxes on one- | fiftieth part of its true value , whereas the i small home owner Is paying ten times > moro In proportion. The question of annexation should Interest the poor man and the < man In medium ctr- ! ' ' cumstnnces to the extent that bis taxes are not increrficd and It docs Interest the pack- I I ( Ing king that bis may be lessened. Tlio latter - ' tor cxpeclH by annexation to be'excluded from municipal taxation by being left out of the corporate limits. There arc good rca11 i sons for believing ( hat this Is a part of th M I plan of the nnnexatlonlsts of Omaha entered Into by the corporations of this city. At the present time those beariliK thu burden of taxation of this municipality have nothing to gain by the experiment of annexation , but on the contrary they stand to lose much i. not alone by the question of taxation , but a'so In the cmplojment of our homo people i. ple lu conducting the municipal .affairs of , our city. . After having given this matter the closest i study , I feel bafo In venturing the prediction that the citizens of 3 .utli Omaha stand a- ! i as n unit against uniting the two cities | , and more especially do they protest against , any 1)11 ! that may be enacted by the lezU- lature | , through the Influence of the annexa- ( , llonlsts , forcing upon us a condition of nf- ' fairs that we are not willing to submit lo | Were the question of annexation ftibjiltted ' to j the voters of this city today , I dare tay t it < * f / \ L tbcro woall not be ; . .v > . ' 11 r ten * la favor of It I wish to cull your attention more es pecially i lo certain Mttements recently niada In the editorial columns of your paper , rap- f MwemiriK lhat the city council of this eily , with injrtelf , eoald never be expected to submit the question ot annexation to the people of South Omaha , owing to the fact that wo were ortlcehotders and knowing the result would be strongly In favor ot an nexation , and thnt we would be thereby de prived of our positions. Replying to this statement I wlh to go on record ns saying that the citizens of South Omaha have nt no time during my administration ( covering n period of three years ) ever suggested or recommended In any way whatsoever the ml- vlfabillty of submitting the question of an nexation to the vote of the people. I now with to say In contradiction to nil such charges made by jour paper , or anyone else , that I stand ready and willing at any lima to use my best endeavors to submit the liropo IUon to a vote of the people of this city nnd I feel that the council Is fully In accord with me In making this statement I am now willing to call a special meeting of the council , pass an ordinance and Issue proclamation calling for a submission of this question on the following conditions That the nuucxationlsls of Omaha place in the hands of the Packers' National bank ot this city nn amount EUlUctcnt to cover all expenses incurred In the election , the snmo to bo turned over to the city treasury of South Omaha In the event that the question of annexation falls to carry ; m > sclf nnd other business men of South Omnhn agree ing to put up an equal amount , which shall bo turned over to the city treasury of South Omaha In the event the proposition car ries. In this way the bill of expense will not bo shouldered on the taspavcrs by the submission of the proposition. If the prop osition is defeated Omaha nnncxationtsts must ngrcfi to stop the agitation nnd recall all proposed legislation at Lincoln providing for forcible annexation. All of which Is most respectfully submitted. Yours respect fully , T H. EXSOR , Mayor. Sl nlnf < CircmoM > oeil. Mr. n. P Allvla of Barcelona. Spain , spends his winters nt Alkeu , S C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains In the back of his head On using Electric Bitters. America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy , nil pain soon left him. Ho sajs thin grand medicine is what his country needs All America knows that it cures liver and kid ney trouble , purifies the blood , tones up the stomach , strengthens the nerves , puts vim , vigor and new life Into every muscle , nerve and organ of the body If weak , tired or ailing jou need it. Every bottle guaranteed , only 50 cents. Sold by Kuhn & Co. , drug gists. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. II B. Gardner of Minneapolis Is at the Her Grand. G W. Hull of Salt Lake Is at the Her Grand. Joseph Schwartz of Porto Rico Is at the Her Grand. Ray Nje and wife of Fremont are at the Her Grand. E. R. Baxter of Portland , Me. , is at the Her Grand. C. C Gary , a railroad man from Kansas City , Is nt the Her Grand. S. A. Megeath , franklin , Pcnn. , was n guest of the Mlllard jesterday. Nat C. Dean , n Now York dealer In loii- road supplies , was in the city yestuidny. H. H. Loughridgq , n wholesile grocery- man of Lincoln , was In the city > cstoilay on business W. H. Page , Cdgar J. MacGregor and Benjamin Montelth of the "Prisoner of Zenda" are at the Mercer. J. A. Ellett , representing the Nebraska Mollne Plow company. Is making the Mercer his headquarters while in the city. Captain Grote Hutcheson has gone to Cin cinnati in response to a telegram announc ing the serious illness of his mother. E. G. Groves , specialty man for Paxton & Gallagher , has returned from a western trip and engrossed his name on the Mercer register. Lieutenant Colonel Koerper hns gene to Tort Leavenworth to make a sanitary in spection of the post. Ho will return next Sunday. John Crulckshank , chief cleric in the au ditor's office of the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake City , Is In the city on business with the quartermaster of the Department of the Missouri. Howard Gould Boston ; Miss Margaret Fuller , Now York , and Vu'igunn Olager. New- York , members of the "Prisoner of Xonda" company , were guests of the Mlllard } esterday. At the Murray : J. G. O'Brien , Rochester ; Duncan Harris , New- York ; S W. I'atum , St. . Joe ; R H. Soublette , Sioux City ; Ralph H. Day , Sioux City , H. H. Loughrld e. Lin coln ; W. G. Whltraore , Valley , N. H Stulz- cll , Now York , H. O. Rene , Chicago ; C. J. Kallroth , Milwaukee ; E E. Reynolds , Chicago cage , J T. Miesman. Kearney ; C E Piince , St. Paul , T. L. Carroll , Gothenburg ; L. S. Tanner , Chicago. At the KlondikeR. . S. Rose , Duluth ; DnnlPl rilbor , Coleiidgn ; Frank Blessing , Chicago J : , Lena McDnvett , Tekamah ; Bert Cowlcs , T. J. Hold , Sioux City ; Miss Mob- ens. Rome. J M. Haven , Sioux City ; E. L. Aniioison , William Slonn , Tekamah ; Anton Bnrold , Deadwood , S. D. ; John Pence , E. I. Walcott. Charles H. Jack , Charles S. Walker , Tekamah ; C. S. Evans , I. Duttt , Norfolk ; M. J Sterling , Mrs. McCall , Chicago cage ; James McMurln , Central City ; Ola Thomas , J Christiansen , Weeping Water ; W. T Miller , Kansas City. , Nehraskans at the hotels : E. P. Locke , Nebraska City , Thomas M. Huntington , Gordon , R B. Montgomery , South Omaha ; A. W Hunt. S. A. Austin. WIUouvllIo , Rob ert E. K. Mlllon , Henry Ley , Wavne ; \ . M. ModUatt. Rushvllle ; M. J Berry , Hastings , Lewis Meyers , Germantovvn , B G Plniicy , Craw j ford , James Ely , Auburn , F W Barber - ber , Hastings. A J Woyct , Toknmih , A J. Bosye , 11 n Libel 1 , James Hrltton , Wajne ; J. | W Crawford , St. Louis , T B Herd , Cu - \ tral City , C J. Miles , Hastings , S. J Alex- ander. ; Lincoln ; W. 0. Comstock , BartlcU Richards 1 , Cbudron ; K. L. Lecker , Grand Island , A. H. Buckstaff , Lincoln. At the Mlllard H J Scott , Denver ; H , M. Hartman , New York , E. C Jackson , Boston ] ; John G. Hammond , E. C. Reese , Chicago , F. Stewart Foote , Grand Rapids ; J. M. Langfleld , New York , W 0. Whit- comb , Chicago Paul E. Treppenhclm , New Yoik ; E. S. Shcppard , New York , Mrt > . L. Anderson , Kansas CIO , A Bennett , Kun- fas t'it > ; Howard Gmild , Boston , Geirgo T. Murphy , Beatrice , Miss Margaret Fuller , i Vcughan Glaser. . New York , MM. M A. George , Pouth Bend , George II. 'lonncr ' , | Adrian ; J S Riihchbury. Kansis City , Frank Robertson , Now York ; George P Rider , Chicago ; C. K. Llttinan. Grand lel- and. , Mr. anil Mrs. Henry E. Louis , S H. Burnham , Lincoln ; fi. D Buibink , PCS Molnca ; c. E. Ilurnham , wife nnd daughter , Tlliion , Lew W. Hill , city ; W P llnnlniun. jr. , St. Joseph , Mrs. Joint Wffttfulllng nnu child , Deadwood , S A. Meseatli Franklin ; J A. Vincent , Minneapolis. W. H. Rolf , inintt-n ; A. Bennett and wife , Kaunas City ; 'James C. Downe , Chicago ; I. F. Small , Uca Moinca. Drox L , Shooman School Shoes - iin > MIIIO-I that we HUe in talk about , for wi > Kumv Hint iiovvhcio oKc can jnu linil ns much Kumi wear timl comfort for the inonc.v : i > la tlic i > $ l.f > < ) lioy.V j liot ( niiulo l y Hi" Uo t shoemaker "f Anu'rli-a-niado to s-'oll - at more money tliuuo a U.Vo feel th.it wo can't ' ri'commonil them ti'highly. Our ImM fiistiiinerH for tlit > M > pliuot , nri' tUo < * that have j Ixnivlit thi'in hofotv Ihcy know of their ' worth ami como uj-Mlu and ii 'iiln , Saturday is hoys' ihoe day. Drexel Shoe Co. , Oiuulia'v Up-to-dutu Shoo Home , 1410 FA UN AM STUCK T , A Sutll Business Collar Different grades of linen different prices } ou pa ) only lor material andwotkmanshir > "TAGUS" "iXADA" CLUETT , PEABODY 6 Co. ( Successors to duett. Coon 6 Co. ) Makers QUAKER STATE PEOPLE MEET ) H niiln Cluh filtrn Hi Sconiiil SotnlVnnunl Unfertiiliitiirnt nt tlit > CiiiiiiniTL'lnl Club. The second semi-annual entertainment or the Pennsylvania club , given lant evening In Iho dravvlntt room of the Commcrlcal club , was attended bj a throng of native bom Pcnnsylvnnlans that filled every avail able ipaco In the sl\ cozy pnrlois nnil over flowed Into the halls. Kvcrj county of tne Kcjstono state furnished its quota of incti and women who nro now residents of low- and Nebraska. In all there were ncarl ) 300 and 'tho occasion offered to man ) tac opportunity to renew friendships bCRUn many jears ago , as well as to rorm new acquaintances. A reception committee of four , Mr. W. t ; Shrlver , Mr. J. R. Buckingham , Mr A. W. Jeffmles and Prof. J. A Glllisple , received the guests and saw that thev met as man- of the others aa possible. Tbo hour before the cntcrtainniiot proper commenced was passed In conversation. G"roups of the olacr folk recounted stories of their boyhood ana glrlh'ood days and told of the changes that the jcars have brought to them and lo calities back lu Pcjmsjlvanla. The joune people filled their cards for the dance that came later. The program of addressed ana music was ns follows : The Keystone State . J R. Huchamn Sons' "I Fear No Foe" . . .Julet Lumb.ird Our Old Homes A. W. JoITerls Our Guests .S I. Gordon Sl n Song- Prof J. H Gillc ple Assisted by Mlssvt Grace and Ella Craw ford. Harlv Life in Nebraska Joseph Redman Our New Homes Rev. L Groh i Song1. 'Tlddle nnd I" James H. Conrad Council Bluffs Society. . .J P Ilehs , Pres. Recitation , "Old Time Happiness" . . . . . Miss Kittle Swartzl.indcr Pennsylvania Club , Past , Present find Tutur ; R C Patterson "The P nnslvanla Girl" . Male Quartet Prof. Butler , Accompanist. To conclude the entertainment n collation was served in the dining room and In the parlors there was a dance. The Pennsyl vania clubs of Council Bluffs and Tekaman were well represented. Ilaniiuct for Returned Soldier * . MARYVILLE , Mo. , Feb. 24. ( Special. ) An entertainment and banquet in honor of the members of Company E , which , with the rest of the Fourth Missouri regiment were mustered out recently at Greenville , S. C. , was given by the citizens of Mary- vllle last night. Judge C. A. Anthony de livered an oration at the court bouse In which he strongly urged upon the re turned soldiers the duty of being as exem plary In peace as they had been in war. The banquet was served at the Hotel Ream , and about 400 plates were laid. TIIU UEALTr 3IAIIKCT. INSTRUMENTS placed on record Friday , February 24 , 1833 : Warranty Uee l . II. A. Nolle and wife to A. JI IIous- ley , lot 2 , block 2 , Poppleton's add. to Elkhorn $ 200 B D Richardson and wife to J. C. Robinson , se'i mv * 30-15-10 1,200 II II Harder .ind v\If ; to Alexander Beck , s' ij lot 7fi. Xplbon'h mid . . . TOO A. P. Tukey nnd wife to S. C John son ct nl , vv4 Jot 13 , Reed's HUfo . CGO A B Conr.ir to Andrew Brady , Jot 14 , block 10 , Corrlgan Place 500 C. W. Ralnei und wife to W H. Ralney. sub lot H , of lot G , Capitol add . lot 1. block 8. IlilMdo add No 1 ; vvH of vv > 4 lot 31 , Redltk s 2d add. 10.000 MatthewMutchler to A P Tukey , lot 19 block 6 , Grammercy pirk . . 1 C F. Doll to Joslah Soil , sc'4 9-16-11 . 1,200 W. A Jeffries to A. M , Howard , lot 3 , Olock 25 , Carthage SOO Quit Claim Dcfiln. Parke Godwin to S. U. Johnson , lot 6 , block 10. Omaha. , COO K M. Hall and husband to Hanri Ehlers , s < / svv'4 3-14-11 GOO DCfllN. , Spcdnl Master to Frank Thompson , executor , ct al , lots C , 7 , b. W to 13 , block 3 Union Place ; lots 22 and 23 , Burdctte Court 2,420 Sheriff to O T Hubbard , lot 2 , blo''k ' 7. Bowery Hill 4,000 Same to H M. 7.UK , trustee , s'/i lot 10 , block 2. Kountzc 3d add , 1.3GO Total amount of transfers J29.331 LOCAL BREVITIES. T. J. Coatcs has leaipd the Mcrcor hotel for a period of four > rarf. Three da > n until the Men's club con'-nrt nt the Hnnscom Park Methodist Episcopal church. County Treasurer Ilolmroil has called In general fund warrants up to CJO. the amount aggregating nbout J30.000 There was n Colonial entertainment at llio St. Mary's Avenue CoiifircKntlon.il church. Friday night. U was largely attended rnd was very enjoyable Man ) of those present vvoro clothing of the vintage of 100 ji-ars ago. The Douglas Countv Har. association will have Its annual lunquct nt the Mlllnrd hotel tonight. Covers will be laid for seven > . Judge Mungcr of thu United States court and the judges of the state supreme court will attend The next and la t of the series cf Vctures delivered by Jean C. dc Kolty un lor the auspices of the Unity club will take place next Monday nt S 1" > p in In the lecture room of the Omaha Public llbrar > . Subject. "Ernest Reuan. " Sadie Richmond , who was arrested because the local police hnd reason lo believe the was wanted In Kaunas City to answer to the charge of highway lobbery , was re- ic.ised upon receipt of a message from Chief Haves of Kansas City , sajlug that he did not want her. A mass meeting of taxpayers hns been called for Saturday evening at 8 o'clock In the council chamber at the city hall to meet the senators nnd representatives from Doug las count ) for the purpose of discussing the nmemlmcnu that have been added to the proposed cit > charter. Peter Frenzcr hns taken out a permit to erect a one-story brick atore building to coat J1.200 at Sixteenth and Davenport streets. I A permit haa also been issued to the Omaha ' Ctld Storog-p company to remodel the old brewer ) building at Eleventh and Jackson streets at a cost of ? 3,000. The Omaha revenue office hns just re ceived a supply of the new $30 revenue stamps. Previously the Issues consisted of $3. ? 5 , $10 and $30 stamps. The new variety Is Issued for the saKe of convenience It Is lequlred on conveyances of property valued nt $30,000 or upward and there have been several demands for stamps in that amount nt the local ollico since the law went Into effect. City Attorney Connell Is rngaged In draw- lug up the motion for u new trial In the Molso case. This motion will bo rather voluminous , for the city attorney believes that there arc many points In which the count erred. If this motion la denied by Judge Scott It will be but preliminary to an appeal to the supreme court , where City Attorney Connell Is confident that Judge Scott's dec'elon will bo reversed The Omaha Dramatic club wag organised Thursday night A constitution and bylaw i were adopted ijnd officers elected The af faire of the club will be in the handa of the officers , who will be aided b ) an executive committee of live , the members of which will secure one of the halls of the city to bo used for the club rehearsals and entertain ments. The members are to meet once a week. Instructions will bs given In elocu tion , expression , delsarte , vocal music , box ing , fencing and dancing A prominent Chicago cage elocutionist will be engaged us Uacher of practical stage business. YOU i On th > brink of a ' , precipice of do- ' ' spilr on account ' of > our filling ' cjesljjht , Never give up until > ou _ have coimulted Dr M.Carth ) the ] eminent cyo spe- . i i ml Ht heHUC - , cetds w here , others fall CJIaSH es fnriiliihed b > , ' Mm prove him to , b" the lender ID , hlH proftaslon , ( ' insult him to- , da > free of < < h ircc. t DR. MCCARTHY , 2 TIU : IJIB hi'uciAi.iyr. < 413111 1 KAItllACII BLOCK. Examinations , OM \ HA Vrre Our Luncheon IB PO nooil nnd the prlco ! H BO low thnt wo don't linvo to holler very loud the supper , too , Is proving a grant drawing card , for It Is jiibt n.s elegant an tliu luncheon. The business men nnd women mo not .slow to appreciate our efloits to furnish n KOO < ! dinner at a moderate cost. To those who have never tried ns we extend a special poet ing now to our half-prlro menu , lint same elegant t-crV- ice. Uttlo liarrt'H of Ice cream holding one email Just the thing to take homo to the family , BALDUFFS , lunch-ll:30 : to 2i39. Supper 3:30 to 8:30. : 1520 Tarn a in St. You Might Study All Day- Then figure all night , nnd you could not Und a plan whereby Jou can save as much money in buying a piano as > ou can at our .store every day In the year these February days are perhaps moie prolific with baignlim than most otherb but the lime never wan but when we could nnd did have jou ? W ) .some- tlmcN $ t nnd oven -V1OO on a piano pur chase. We have over thirty dlil'erent maUi's , Including the Knabc and Klm- inill , KianU'h and Hndj , Uallct and Davis and Ilw-jie. Kasy twins If de- bircd , A. HOSPE , We celclircite our -fitli Illinium nnnl- \vrtury Vet.nrd , 1HUU. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.