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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1899)
THE OVMI V DAILY F.EEVT3DNE : DVY.VKIL , 111. 1SOO. CITY COtXflL PROCEEDING \ er Eepont tiat the Gsn-ral k WOT A CtNT LEFT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE Co un Him ell Ilf | ilrnl ) i the Kiri ? < | tier l.j * .Mt Inkrn Out of the IJollii 1'uml Ullirr Inniln In Brt- Irr Minpr. i'erliajit tbe matter tbat a of matt in terest to both taxpayers and city officials in law night'i 0Mct ) proceedings was A re- fort Irtfea Ike oKy comptroller , ( boring that altbosgt tin ftt l not ret one-ibird gone. Urn general f * 4 of tire rlty la already over- U > the amount of Jl.m.ll. Thi that there it not a cent lrft tbe cott&ctt Ifrr any sort of espcndltnre during the rest * f the year nnl * It rant into debt that wfery penny that the city has yet to fjveuij i * already appropriated for Mate parposc. The rfeetflptt of the general fund , Inclod- la ? the levy , up to April 1. amounted to IIJT BB.W. and. of course , all thlr Is no. gone. But all the balance In tbe fund. at r deducting the amounts set aside for the maintenance of various city departments , h&s been spent and J1.1SS 11 aiore. The to tal expenditure ; to date have Ixien M',205 81 , leaving a balance of JftO.TwO.30. Of this balance tS7.85S.3l has bten Bet aside for the department , t2.Z7i < 00 mast be appropriated to pay tbe eost of grading Mason street and 1900 for ihe grading of South Sixteenth and } 1,000 lias been appropriated for sidewalk repairs. These items amount to f 91$4S 41 , showing an overdraft of tl.lM 11. Jtlkl before adjournment the fund was re- plcnUhed to the extent of $3.SOS by resolu tion of Bingbam. This money was taken out of the Bolln fund , and Is the last remnant of the fSS.OOO that was paid into the city treasury by the bondsmen o ! Bolln In wolBfactlon of the Judgment secured by the city against them. Other I'lindIn llrttrr Slinpr. , The other funds of the city are Jn a i much more favorable condition , although the I lighting fund is also in rather bad shape. 1 The receipts to April 1 in this fund were 160,513.12. The expenditures so far have I been JI9.4C7.9 , leaving a balance of ' tS7.Oa7.C3. This indicates that one-half of the fund will be gone before one-third the yeer Is past that the city will have to exist in darkness during the latter end of the year. This condition of the city funds was not brought fi-ry prominently forward during the course of tbe meeting , being kept rather In the background as a none too agreeable subject of dltcusblon. Tbe chief topic of i the cession was , in fart , the question of the ' removal of smallpox hospitals from Miller and Fontanelle parks The city fathers mere rather up a tree on this matter , possibly be cause of the presence of a committee of about twenty members of the North Omaha Improvement club , who were very Insistent that the hospitals should be immediately re moved. After a lengthy discussion the coun cil finally ordered the removal of the Fonta- nelle park hospital to the Winspear triangle. The Miller park hospital will presumably be abandoned as soon as tbe last of the patients now in It Is discharged. The matter was brought up by a resolution by Karr instructing the building inspector to remove the hospital from Fontanelle park because "the choice of a public park as a location for a pesthouse Is very unpopular with the people at large , because the hospi tal has been ordered removed by the courts and because city officials are ibeing ccnsureJ for delaying the removal. " Councilman Kurr was absent from tbe meeting and Councilman Lobeck looked after .the resolution. In doing so he very nearly precipitated a row because he accused some * eflhs ! fellow councilmen with "playing horse" with the demands of the northslders. Councilman Burmester was one of the num ber specifically mentioned and he answered that 'the statement was false. Lobeck apolo gized , however , saying he made a mistake , and serenity reigned once more. The visiting nqrtbsiders were called upon to talk , and responded readily and to but one effect. They declared that the pestj houses were a menace to their health , business - ness and property and wanted them re moved. When questioned , they intimated that it was not their business to find a new location for the hospitals. Some of the council were in favor of abolishing ishing the Miller park hospital and remov- .ng the Fontanelle park house to Winspcar r jiangle : others declared that this site is insanitary and unhealthy. A motion was Snally made that the matter be referred to : be committee on public buildings and property with pow er to act , in the face of rigorous objections from Chairman Lobeck. 'ho wanted the rest of the council to thare the responsibility This motion prevailed , but later on Councilman Lobeck sprung a [ resolution ordering the Board of Public I Works to remove the Fontanelle park house to the Winspear triangle. The resolution was adopted ; whereat the representatives of the North Omaha Improvement club gave the council a round of applause. Tbe bad holes and pitfalls in tbe asphalt : pavements on Douglas street between Ninth ' and Sixteenth and on North Sixteenth from ' Douglas to liard may be repaired by throwing into them "brickbats , cinders and ' any other old thing , " as Sluht said in oppo ' sition to an attempt made to appropriate J500 1 for repairing these streets , A report. In ac cordance with the action of Monday's com mittee of the whole meeting , recommended this appropriation. Stubt at once asserted that the city has no right to pay for such ' repaying , but that the cost must be assessed I against adjoining property. "If the street must be Immediately re paired , throw brickbats , cinders or anything else In the hales" s id Stunt. "That It s what tbe city does on streets in the outskirts of the city and the fact that these streets in question run by the postomce is no reason why we should repair them In any other way. " "Are we trying to transform this Into a Tillage again T" demanded Cpuocllman Bur- aestw. * "It will be an outrage if this reso lution is not ; wwd to that the repairing Cn be made at oace I cannot" understand 1 the position of Mr Siuht. who IE moving hoaveu and eanh Just cow to induce the city * to.grade down property of private citizens on Masac street at the cott of tbe public treapurr aod > et U opposing tbe expenditure of a few hundred dollars u > repair ( wo of th P t used busiu streets ID tne city. " A motion to adopt the resolution under a fU-jH'nst ( < ui of tbe rules was. lost , as it failed i ta fcnrure a two-thirds mvjonty. Merrer , Stubt and Bingbaa voted in the negative and Kasr and BurUey wwe absent. Tbe resolution was then referred One report adopted during the meeting . ' ( | | Cooking Difficult ? lli TRY LIEBIG : ' OF ; COMPANY'S EXTRACT BEEF at i , - if - s ffj-u * ; ? ' a , L i ; > k , i t > f'fk. ; ' cf * ? * Tb .uaiinltt ca rail * * * * , tele graph M telephone * recommended that the IxtltloB of ortk rtd mldent * . tat the street ckr company b * repaired to ext a4 IU TWMIetk strK I tee to Forert Lawn | cemetery and Florence , be grasted. Cos- Uaning the report Mid "Ta- pro ? > r authorities are Iwreby re- ' qtHMted to uke fc ee aarr Kejw * eau tia wteatlou to b * made in * e tlie Mid i IvetlUoa Ic not cooptled with In d Uare. " There trae gone Q | OB rafoed a * to tb * Ideality of tie "proper antaorlUe * * * ' meni i ttotwd la thU resolution ana It was explained - j plained that tier are the city. An indication wa * given by the city fati- ers that tier do not intend to publish the annual reports of city oSciale this y < * r. A couple of bids for th * printing ntfcb had betn called for br adverUseawnt trer * re jected. Oae of tbe bide was treat the RMS Printing company , the trthtr frosa tb * Omaha Printing company. Tbe former oaered to print and bind in leather too copies of the reports , together with a cer tain quantity In paper covers , for tSM > . the , latter's ficnre for the satac work was J7H.0. When these bids had been read. President Dingbats Mid there was no use In consider ing them because the general fund Is al ready overdrawn and there is consequently no oney available tor the report * . . "I don't believe that there is any u .e In , printing the reports. " interjected Mercer. , "I never heard of anybody reading tbtra. I therefore move that the bids be rejected. " The motion unanimously prevailed. Will > i > t Iluj Government Ilulldlnc. The city will not buy the qoveraaent building on the exposition grounds. The Treasury department recently notified the I city that it had first option on the building | 1 and could secure It for tl.OOO. As the city < has no money for the purpose and as the exposition company is anxious to secure the , structure , a committee report recommended that the Washington authorities be In formed that the city will not purchase. The | report was adopted. ' la answer to instruction given at the last meeting City Electrician Saurlsr reported that lie had found that the city 1 * paying lor about a dozen electric lights on railroad viaducts and crossings. Following this up ! I a resolution was adopted instructing the city j l comptroller to ascertain the amounts that | , have keen paid by the city for electric j I lights , other light * and hydrants on railroad I property and at the smelting works in past j years. It Is the intention to try to collect ' these charges from the corporations. The Board of Public Works was Instructei to advertise for bide for the construction of the two eewers which City Engineer Rosewater - water has planned for tbe northern and nortbwifctern parts of the city. City Engineer Rosewater was granted four ! days1' leave of absence. Building Inspector Butler was also granted a leave of alienee of five or six days. An ordinance Introduced and referred made frome slight changes in the existing building ordinances T&e house movers' ordinance and an ordinance creating an Improvement district lor the paving of Twenty-eighth street from Woolworth avenue to Shirley Btreet were passed on the third reading. fruiirc Alunined Food. The doctors inform us that alum Is a poison , and that alum baking powders should tx > avoided because they made the food un wholesome. Prominent hyglenists. who have given the matter most study , regard these { powders at an evil that should be suppressed i by state action. In Minnesota and Witcon- 1 sin alum powders are not permitted to be sold unless they are branfled to warn con- 1 sumers of their true character , while In the ! District of Columbia the authorities have under the direction of Congress adopted , regulations to prohibit the use of alum in j bread altogether. Are not the people of other states , as well as those of Minnesota and Wisconsin , en titled to warning of a danger which is apparently - . parently menacing them at-clcse hand , and is not the whole country entitled to absolut protection , as the people of the District of Columbia are protected by legislation which is entirely prohibitive ? Until we can have protection in the form ' of a statute , how can our state boards of health , state analysts of food commissions belter serve the public than by publishing in the newspapers from time to time the I names of the baking powders which they j find to be made from alum ? j Meantime , it will aid the housewife In designating the alum powders to remember ' that all powders sold at 13 cents or less per pound are of this dangerous clc.ss. Pure cream of tartar powders are usually sold at < rom 45 to f > 0 cents a pound. BAXTER SELLS BRIC-A-BRAC ' i in of the Intrrliir Pnrnlnlilnek of tlir Old I'oMotflrr Vrr Of nt Auction. Yesterday afternoon Captain Baxter , chief quartermaster of the Department of the Missouri , pressed Tom McGrane into j service in the capacity of auctioneer and j George J. Stoney as clerk and topetier the trio Jouineyed down to the old federal building , where the property not heretofjre moved over to the new tmlldins was di- | 1 posed of. In the aggregate tbe property brought but $ SC 25. notwithstanding the ' fact ttiat when Itwas placed In the building a quarter of a century ago it cost thou- * ands of dollars. The sale was attended by : numerous relic hunters and a large number I of second-hand dealers of the city , all of Iwhom I were looking for bargains , which they readily found. The sale narted in the room formerly oc cupied by the postofflce and the letter boxes , cases , partitions and lock 'boxes were tha first things offered. Thtse were fold i in a lump , bringing J1I.50 , the purchaser belnk C Jeneen. When Installed in the building the property that Jensen bought cost the government something over J3.000 Jensen will work the black walnut lumber ' up into vene-ering for furniture and will try I to sell the boxes and mailing cases to > ! country pcifotinastere. He figures that hU i deal will net him at least J 1.000. An iron ctalnvay that runs from the first : to the second floor and connected tbe old I porloflice with the rooms above was UnockeJ I down to A. J. Pearson for $ S. Originally this oo Bt Uncle Sam UW0 * and w&t consid ered cheap at that. One of the ( maps was gathered in t > y D B. j Hush. Tnis was the bench behind which i Judge Elmer S Dundy , now deceased , sat ' for a quarter of a century and administered I justice This bench le of solid black walnut , l the boarde used IB its construction being : > from one to tnj inches in tblcknees , manv j of them carved. This bench cost fMW. and I I WM sold far J5. Mr. Rues will Mil It to * some cj tbe interior counties of tbe Mate. providing they are in need of such an article < of furniture. The clerk'e desk , a companion piece , and 'stout half as large was bought 1 in by C Jensen , be paying tt for tbe article. ' One hundred feet of heavy black walnut 1 ' railing ir. the court room on the third floor ! of the old building , and 'built ' at a eoct of $5 per Hoefil foot , was eoM to W J Welshans ! f , r JJS Thi * railing ic eonstnjoted of two- incb Mu3 , with posts ( rom four to six laches r. diameter , and would bate be D consid ered a bargain ai & couple hundred dollars. Otiuu- article sold at equally ridiculously low figures , tbe 'bidders net seeming to care they * cure the property or net. G -urrnI Mintlrr Hrroi i SYCAMORE III. April IS Captain i Jamee N ibaft r , a brother of Major Gen eral William II. Shatter , has r uv J a tele gram from tb ceoeral saying be it. better and that h will arrite here today Oap- taic Sl.bf'er uid that hlfc brother will re- ma.D bere until be hu fully recovered bit before resuming bis jourcey ; o Saa ( FOR TWO SEWLRS ffltj Zadrjetr Bets rater t SsteH a * p rt to Oltj Covad ) . FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR PORTION OF WORK Improvement * Cent miilntrd. AVhlch When OnerMmlr. . Will Trrtent CMrrflnw * In the > orth Portion tion * of thr Cltj. Residents of the north and northwest part * of tae city , wbo * yardc and bawmects and eves houfs have been flooSed and damaged whenever a severe and heavy rain has fallen , win have relief before t3ae e d of tils year if a plan for sewer extension which City Engineer Rose water has prepared and re ported to the council is approved without . ouch delay "If this plan i * adopted tae day of flood * In that frectton of the city will tie paw before the present year closes , " declare * City Engineer Rofewater. "The proposed extension of the sewerage system will be fcsiple to carry o2 iJl water that can come from the heaviest of stortns and which now floods the country because it cannot get away on account of the nature of the land and the lack of sewers " Two sewers are to be constructed. Bath will run la a northeasterly direction one from the vicinity of Thirty-third and Boyd streets , the other from the neighborhood of Thirty-first and Pinkney. The two together , when fully completed , will cost something over J60.00D. One of these sewers will be SxlO feet In size and will run for a dlntance of approxi mately 4.500 feet. It will start on Thirty- third street , at the Intersection the creek at the alley south of Boyd street. Itwill extend north to the center of Taylor street , east to Thirty-first avenue , then north to Larimore avenue , east to Thirtieth street , north to the alley between Browne and Fort streets , and then east along this alley to the creek that runs through that section of the city. From that point the sewerage will ultimately find its way to the river a'on ' ; the course of the creek. The other sewer has Its beginning on Pinkney street Just west of Thirtnret avenue. It will run north on the latter avenue to Sprague street , then east on Sprague to Thirty-first , where it will con nect with what Is known as the old Twenty- seventh street sewer. This sewer will be SxG ? ; feet in tire , and will be some 2,500 feet in length. City Engineer Rosewater expects to have both sewers in operation next fall. They will not be completed because there is not enough money available. As much of the sewer will be covered as the funds will per mit , and the remainder will remain open until more money is provided. The bottom of the sewers will be completed along the entire route , however , so that they may be us d. "The amount of work that will be done this year depends entirely upon the bids that are received , " says City Engineer Rose- water. "We will not be able to spend more than J35.000. or at the very most , $40,000 , on the sewers. If the bids will permit the city to do all the work for this sum of money then tbe sew-ers will be completed. 1 consider , however , that quite a section of the sewers must remain open , as I esti mate that the total cost will be in the vi cinity of J60.000. " The money that will be used for this work will be taken out of the proceeds of the sale of the $50.000 sewer bonds voted at the election last fall t'p to the present time the council has not taken any steps to put these bonds upon the market , but it ex- pects to do so very soon. MILLER SAYS A GOOD WORD Hefnte * Tlnmorn Aflpctlnir thr Orrntcr Ainrrlra lixi > o ltion rine Art UI - I > lny to UP the Standard. At the meeting of the Board of Direc tors of the Greater America Exposition last night Dr. Miller said that in reply to c statement which had been made that the , exposition was to be more of a midway j attraction than anything else , he wished to assure the directors that this was nor a fair criticism and that it was unjust if results and facts are to be taken insteaa of gossip. He said it could be proven tiat the most distinguished feature of the ex position this year was to be the art ex- j hibit , which already promises to be better I than any dkplay made in a city five times j j the size of Omaha. This fart alone , lie j thought , refuted all rumors and the stand ard of fine arts was to be the standard of the exposition as a w hole. MnUc Fav irnl > I > Report. Thomas Kilpatrick. chairman of the special committee on subscriptions , re ported that the committee 'had begun its I ' work with an encouraging outlook and thought he would have a good report to make at the next meeting of the board. The secretary by request read a record of attendance of the directors at the meet ings of the board and this was followed by a motion that all members of the board wlio had not been present nt at least on * oVtbe last four meetings should be asked 1 to resign. This was afterward withdrawn j j and a substitute earned , which instructec j i the secretary to request the members to j j attend the meetings more regularly. read from the I i A communication was i TransmlBcisslppI Exposition , asking the I Greater America Exposition to furnish a J bond to Herman Kountze that the grounds I occupied by the exposition would be re- l stored to their original condition after tie ' close of the exposition. It was stated i the communication tbat until tie old exposition - ' position company w-as released from us bond the distribution of money under tbe last order for dividends could not be made It was announced that tie executive committee - | mittee of the new- exposition had about completed the desired bond. ' An opinion from the attorney of tbe ' board was read , deciding that unpaid KU&- Ldptions could not be forfeited , but that , the board might in such cafes notify the subscriber that if his assessments were not paid wkhin & reasonable time bis contract i for ntok would be cancele4 j Dr. Miller called attention to the fact ttat tbe resignation of E. Rotewater as a ' member of the Board of Directors had been filed and asked wiat should t > e done wits it P E Her moved that tie resignation bt accepted and tie motion wat- ( Branded by ' R L. . Metcalfe. Before n was put Mr. Kil- patriek urged that action be deferrfd , as , be thought it beet that there should be no break in ttie list of rames connected vith the enterprise. He wanted the resignation to remain upon the table indefinitely and at ( the conclusion of &U statement Mr. Her ' withdrew his motion I The board then adjourned to meet on Wednesday nipbt of next week. iHELD ON A SERIOUS CHARGE j Grorcr Crulc lint III * I'rHluilnar ) Henri lie Ilrfure Judcr fiord ou for a Ilrlnonk Crime. The bearing of George Craig a > cud of j having criminally asjauitwi IStarold j Jofephine Gratntr. commenced Tuesday aft- i ernooa before Judpe Cord re The habitues of i tiw court were excluded from the court ' room T&e ooniplaict waf ledged by Mrt Elisa beth Bade&hop 1V1C Cuming sirs * ! mother of the gtrl Th * pirl it large for her age and it well developed Th * dffendni it a c.&i.el married. Hi a i > oui ' E ihe t flfd 'n a diffident war -h - wet 1 r her the pry of even tbe defendant * auc-- ney * . When Mr * . Bdenkop notified tbe contv attorney a warrant wa * lwj d for tbe ar- mt of Craig Oar Sbavlek wrved It and Craig made a desperate effort to weap * . tke officer being compelled to cha e him froso Sixteenth and Caw streets to Nine teenth and Douclas to arrest him. GOOD STORY ABOUT UMSTED Otieo Ahonrd thr Wronc Trnn port ( or nn Intended Trip teA Ilonolnlii. A good story it floating around about W. W. tJmsted. wao left last we k for ti * Sandwich islands , accompanied by bis wife. ton 'and an order for tranaporation on tbe government traaj * > m. Mr. Vtnsted ? - rived in San Fra&citco on schedule tine and discovered that tie Arizona was t& erxt ve * ? l to sail. The T rrncntatlon of his credentials worked Uke open sesame ana in order to make sure that he was not to be left tie-bind lie bearded the vessel early , selected his stateroom , had his luggage stowed away , found places for his wife ana son * nd began to make himself comforta ble on tae deck. Strolling around , ae met one of the on cers of the vessel and Just to break tae lee of acquaintanceship he inquired how fast a trip they expected to make. "We we going straight through as fast as we can and expect to reach Manila in about five weeks , " was the reply. "How long do you stop In Honolulu ? " queried Mr. L'msted. "Honolulu1VUy. . we have orders to mate for Manila by the shortest possible route We don't pas * within 200 miles of Honolulu. " That was enough for Mr. t'msted. He hunted up his wife and son and his luggag- and disembarked post haste and is said to be still waiting for tie next transport whi h is expwed to touth at Honolulu. 4 . ' . I ff fr A ft $ _ - $ . . . . | HEARD ABOIT TOWN , j Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Green of Cedar Rap- ds. la. , were at the Murray hotel a few jours yesterday. They were on their way to Denver to attend the national meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution , which convenes on Lexington day. Dr. Green is a delegate , representing the Iowa state society. Dr. Green w-ill be recalled as one of the most prominent candidates for bishop of the Episc-opal diocese of Iowa last fall when Bishop Morrison was elected. He is sta tioned in Cedar Rapids where he has charge of Grace church and parish. He appears aroud of his work there , and in speaking of t referred to one instance which he said demonstrated the generosity of his parish- oners more than anything he had seen. The church has had a heavy debt upon it since IS91 , and the doctor was anxious to have it removed. On Palm Sunday , while Bishop Morrison was present , the doctor made an eloquent plea for tie annual Easter offer ing which he hoped would be the largest in the history of the church He said he ex pected a good collection , but was astonished when told that the actual "ash offering was f 1J.M1 09. It was enough to remove all In debtedness and to leave the finances of tie ciurci in a prosperous condition. Dr. Green iad quite a surprise at the hotel and referred to it as a happy event : "The world is not so large after all. Fif teen years ago I was in charge of a parish in Chicago. Albert Jack , now of Rochester , X. Y. , was one of my vestrymen. 1 iad no more tian registered here before I received his card and was deligited to iave a call from my old friend. Mr. Jark was not the only one I met whom I iaew wille in Chi cago. Dr. S. S. Spencer was a choir boy In my parish , and his wiolesouled call this morning did me a world of good. One does not realize that distance cannot always sep arate friends until sometiing like this hap pens. " Per onnl I'nrnernph * ' . H. C. Rountree , a Lincoln lawyer , is at the Merchants. Ex-Governor Jackson of Iowa is at tbe Her Grand. Lieutenant L. A. Corliss of the Eighth cavalry at Fort Robinson is at the Arcade. F Wietzer. who has large sugar beet in terests at Norfolk , is a guest of the Millard. F. W. Wilder of Chicago , representing Swift and Company , was in tie city yester day. Edward L Wassie. a prominent lawyer of Kansas City , registered at tie Millard yesterday. Miss Ruth Weller has returned from Ma- con. Mo . where she spent two months witi her grandmother. George B. Harris , second vice president of tbe Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail road , is a guest of the Millard. Miss Kate Brown , principal of the Clifton Hill school , has been excused from duty on account of the illness of her mother. John R. Hosting , general manager of the St. Paul division of the Burlington railroad , was a guest of the Millard yesterday W. F Norway , a prominent lumber mer chant of Cbippewa Falls. Wis. , has returned to tie c.ty and is a fjest of tbe Millard. Frederick Phmney leader of the military band from Chicago , wikh furnished enter tainment to so many visitors at the exposi tion last summer , is visiting in the city Captain Evans of NucUoIls county is in the city visiting friends The captain was a T H HoJ protciwncarle f f ' ' Central City , Neb. , wa * in town ye 'piai Mr * . A Buwln * . Mm A Bamm ; M § ; ? A. Bussing , Jdr * . A B. Tanfien aod M- M B. Henderson f Xw Twrt and Mia * K S. Steven * of Verpeaaet. Vt. comprlsim : a traveling party returning borne troto thr Pacific coati. pnt Tuesday in tbe city a gvetts of the Millard. ! At the Millard J. M. Bresattl. Burllnc- , ton Mr and Mrs. Tta J O'Connor. Wince- i baco , L B l artvn , Cnlcaco. Mra. A. W. , Grow. Madison G Bdwards. M. M. Hamilton , New York : G F. Williams. Kan- I M * City. R. K. Moist. Henry F Terraa. I Grand Island , George M Klervtead. Leaven- vorth. | Nebraskaac at ta hotels T. 8. Hard. Nebraska City. C. F. McOretr. Hantlng * . ' I Mr. and Mrs. G , W. Seman. Charles Gordon , , | Lincoln. E. C. McCune. S Spry , Alliance. 1 < S. C. Hoover. Llncola : W. H. Ferguson. | | Hattlngt : W. T. H. McClanaaan. Elk Creek. C E Adam * . Superior , P A. Yeast. Hyac- ' 'ni ' * : Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Tefft. Avert ; , J E. Boldry. Beatrice ; H. J. Johnson. Sea- 'trice ' ; : S. S. Jolce. Gordon : J M. Jensen. ' I ' Hooper , R. W. risk , Lincoln , L. P. Larson. John Gumb. Fremont. | At the Klondike- Thomas Thompson and j w ife. Keystone. S r > . . A. B Richards and ; 'son. ' Meadow Grove. George Minting Ban- ! croft ; John Lone. Lincoln , J. L Smith , j | Blair : W. Cor. Oklahoma ; W. W. Le * . ' , Louisville : P. Fisner and wife. Blair : L. 1 Berry , Denver , O C. Butler. O A. Butler , ' Newcastle , S. Simpson , Chicago : A C . Meyer. Cincinnati ; William Lear , Maitland. , AucuM Nelson. Atlantic , la. : M B. Randall i Robert McLaughlln. Dtinlap la . I ) A Let- i sing , Springfield. E. Cyles. Herman. A. ! B Gillearncn , Slonx City. W. G Llnder , t [ .Columbus : W. J. Rupert , Sloes City. | ! At the Murray W. B. Dall , Columbus- | W. F Auld. Red Cloud , George H. Lloyd 1 Chicago ; H H Goodell. Burlington C B i Whhney. Dayton : J W. Medgle. St Jospb I ! A E. Brayson , Chicago , John Weber Bur- j ifalo. W. F. Pape , Flint : A. T Ward ? W , I H. Anderson , 'Minneapolis ' , A. W. Dcubtrs New York J P. Martin. Missouri Valley F. W L&ubert. Kansas City. A. L. feWie'- ers. New York : George P. Heinz. Chicago , i ' H. J. Whitcomb , Kansas City , George Morris - , ris Chicago , G H. Hutchmgs. St Louis , i , r G. Cunningham. St. Louis : V. M. Wiley. Pt Joseph , Morris Woodle , Cleveland rbarles G Lewis. Chicago , H. Lyon While S Bones. New York. Captain Ramsey of the Ninth Infantry who has Just passed through this city en route to the Philippines , is defying the sur geons of the army. When bis regiment Mt for Manila several weeks ago he was de tained by orders from Washington at the | last moment. A surgeon's certificate had been issued stating tbe captain would nut live six months in Manila and that he was not long for this world in this country. He is a rugged appearing otflrer about middle age. and his spirit rebellrd at his treatment He remained at Washington and foucht against the report of the burgeon until he had the obstacles all removed and is now on his way to Join his regiment one of tbe happiest men who ever passed through the city. LOCAL BREVITIES. A Cre brigade is being organized by mem bers of the High school senior class They will be tiorougily drilled. The Southwc t Improvement chib w.ll hold its regular meting at Twenty-fourth and Leavenwortb streets this evening. The Visiting Nurses' association w-ill hold its recular monthly meeting on Thursdaj i afternoon at 4 o'clock in the room in the Arlington block. 1 Tie temperature continues low tirougb- out the entire nortiwest Yesterday morning freezing weather was reported throughout Nebraska , Iowa , Minnesota , tbe two Dakotas. , Montana , Colorado nnd portions of Kansa Warmer weather is promised for today , with possibly showers in tbe central west , ! i Ex-Postmaster Euclid Martin called a- tie postoSJce yesterday and visited hi ? old room , wiere he found upon the desk t cut glass ink well , gold lined and set IE mosaics. In addition to this there were n gold pen , envelope and paperholder Th present was from tie employes of th' oSice. The High school class of 1SP9 Tuesdj. gave a fine production of the play , "Tulu ' which met with such great Euccet ; wit * . j presented by the class of ' 94. This will t. * tie last play of tie yeur. Misses Morriso : , ! and Weidensall and Mr. Underwood wer > enthusiastically applauded. The play w il be given today for tbe last time. The following building jrf > rmits have bef issued to Charles Gruenig. Two-story b- , t store. 2402 Ames avenue , $2.000. one-si - \ frame dwelling. 2504 Ames avenue. $1 4 ' one and one-half story frame dwelling. O'j Ames avenue , 11,000. A permit has alt- . been issued to William H. McCord to mrf-t alterations to a dwelling at 2201 Cass street to cost $3,500. Officers raided one of the Chinese storet at Thlrteenti and Ciicago streets last night in searci of liquor and opium. Nothing contraband , however , was found. The Chi nese who operate tie place feel er > , much exercis d over tie raid , declaring that i they have never violated tie law and ti- > - I tic frequent visits of the officers injurt 1 their butlnefcs. . From noon Monday until noon Tuefdar the water in tie river rose two feet at thir I point. At noon yesterday , however , it WES i stationary and four feet and one inch b f- I low tbe danger line. At Sioux City there j was a rise of one foot and-eight inches dur ing tie last twenty-four bourn. At Pierre i S. D. , the conditions have improved bine ? i Monday. There tie stage of water was re- I ported Btsttonary yesterday morning. I Tbe complaint charging C. D Johnson ] 115 South Fourteenti street , with keepinc , gambling devices was dismissed Tuesdm | afternoon on motion of the attorney for th , defenke H. T Young , who was expected i to icfify that he had played the blot ma chine for checks which his wife afterwards exchanged for money failed to do so , de- i dicing on tbe grcund that he m'gbt ' in- criminate himself This action left the state | wiiiout testimony THANKFUL TO MRS. PIXKHAiL Earnest Words Prom "Worsen Wlio Have Been Believed of Baclcaohe Mrs. Pinkham Warns Against Neglect. DEAK Mns. PIKEHAV : I have been thankful a thousand times , since I wrote you , for what your Vegetable Compound L&a dyne fur me 1 fo. lowed your ad vice carefully , and now I feel I'.ke a d ff-rtLt pfsn Mv t- . ' > were back ache , headache , nervous tirt-u j feeling , painful menstruation and J leucorrhcea. J took four bottles of VegetaV.U- Compound , one box of Liver Pills , and used one package of Sanative Wash , and am now -veil I thank you aguin for the good you have done for me ELLA E BKEXXER , East Bochestcr. Ohio Great numbers of such Utters as the above are constantly be ng re ceived by Mrs. Pinkham from v omen - men whoowe theirheal th and hap piness to her ad vice and medicine Mrs. Pinkham's address Lynn , Mass. Her advice is of fered free to all suffering womin who are puzzled about theinseives H you have backache don't nt-g leet it or try heroically to "workit down"you must reach the root of the trouble , and nothing wi.l d this so safely and surely as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable t. , tu- pound. Backache is accompanied by a lot of other aches arid wearying sensat.ons 1 , t tfcty r-f - a.-va--s c-jnv from the same source. T.einove the caos.e of t1- " < . > reig ir" : > , uri'J j < - . bfoomevell and fctronp. Mrs. iL J. WA os. of u.li"-ii i ; 1 't s Ltr ex parienee in the following letter : " DEAK MKS. PlSKiiiU - . Before using your medicine I wat , trouh.ed witb h'-ad- acbe and my back ached sothatloouldnotrekt. Your uiediune ifc the l < ett I have ever used ; it has relieved me of ray trouble * , and Ieel lke myself again. Thanks to Lydia E. Pinkham. I would advise snv one troubled with female weakness to t ke your medi cine. 1 shall also recommend it wherever 1 can as a great rturver of juiin. " AHlllion Women Have Been Benefited byMrs-Pinkbam'sAdviceandMedlciEe MUNYON'S INHALER. Cures Colds , Coughs. Catarrh. Grip. Asthma. 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Among the goods reduced are a few sample couches , slightly mussed these will be sold at just half prices they've been marked an elegant couch as fine a ? a couch can be made was S3" . 50. now $18.75 another one that sold at SI 1.75 , at $5.87 * half a dozen more all at just half price. Fifty patterns of all wool 2-ply extra super Ingrain Carpets our regular 75c grade they're not new pat terns , but they're cheap at 48c a yard. Orchard & Wilhelm Garpsf Do. , 1414-16-18 DOUGLAS STREET. THE EPIGYDLOPIBIA BRETAKNICA , IN THIRTY SJPERB OCTAVO VOLUMES. Burns brighter today thau ever before. and yet there are many people lower down in the scale of life than they ought to beer or want to be. The problems of progression can only bo solved by thinking , educated men and women. A need , there * fore , exists for a great educational power which is far reach ing in its influence. 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