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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1900. CONTRACT ALREADY AWARDED Irco'uorof h0MroXSraci?5raaii? ' CAR COMPANY TARES A RAND talkod of. Tho rumors bo even further, In cluding In the consolidation the Texas pa- I for $2,600,000 Job. OFFICIAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN Kilpatrick Broi. & Collins 8nccessful Bidden i ',flo o 8t. lyui Southwestern which , . ... nnn . arc already classed as part of the "Missouri Pacific system," although the Missouri Pacific Railway company does not control theso two companies, aa It does tho St. 1ouls, Iron Mountain & Southern and the International & Great Northern, the re maining members of tho "Missouri Pacific system." A quiet buying movement of Wabash securities Is noted, and It H said In some quarters that this member of the Gould sys tem will pass Into the hands of the Vandcr-bills. I'nliin PnHflc nntelnln I,c Cniitrnct for Slirrninii Hill Improvements, Completion of Which Will 'i.l Tki) Two Vmrii, Kllpatrlek Bros. & Collins, tho railroad contractor, have been awarded the contract for tho extensive Improvements to be mado by the Union Pacific at Sherman hill In Wyoming. Oinclal announcement of tho let ting of the cntract and tho names of the ucccosful bidders were given out at Union i im.uu i-0.1u14uur1.crs yesterday, Tho entire contract was secured by tho Kllpatrlek firm. Tho exact nmount to be paid the contractors was not mado public, although It Is admitted that tho Improvements will cost In the neighborhood of $2,500,000. Tho prevent track of tho Union Pacific between. Laramlo dnd Uuford, a dlstanco of thirty milts, Including the crossing of tho summit of Sherman hill, will practically bs abolished when tho new lino Is completed. Tho distance will be shortened considerably and tho most pronounced grades will bo en tirely eliminated. Tho famous Dalo Creek bridge will bo used only until tho new cut off Is ready for operation. Tho new routo will include a tunnel three-quarters of a mile In length. Justification of the enormous expense at tached to tho work of Improving tho lino at Sherman hill Is- mado by olftclals and IlnlttTity Note mill Personal. Oenerul Claim Ascent McCnll of the Omaha & St. Louis Is a visitor In the city from Kansas Ultv. General Agent C. A. Ilutherforri of the Hock Island Is homo from a bilef business visit to Chlcnco. Ocneral I'ussenger Agent J. It. Buchanan of thu Klkhorn returned yesterday from a builnesa visit to Denver ami Salt Lake. T. H. Thorpe, general agent of tho Penn sylvania. pnsieiiKer department, has re turned from a trip through the Hlack Hills. S. V. Randolph, trnvellng passenger ngent of tho lialtlmoro &. Ohio Southwestern, Is In th elti- from St. Louis on one of his periodical visits, Chief Knglticer Perry of tho 1'nlon Pa cific nil returned from an extended ab sence Iti the west, during which ho looked after the work of Improvements now un der war. Ylgoroui Effort to r.itf yimtro Operations of Highway Eo'obcn. LEGAL AID FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY Cnnc of Itn- llrotm, Alleged Ilobber'of n .Street Cur Crctr, I oil Trial In JiiiIkc linker's Court Mncelnl 1'rosoeutor In Charge. The Omaha Street Hallway company has, by furnishing counsel for tho county at torney, taken a hand In tho. prosecution of tho men charged with robbery of ono of tho conductors last November. The robbery oc curred at the end of tho Leavenworth streot stub lino, on midnight of November 29. Two masked highwaymen climbed aboard tho car Just as Conductor Amstutz was about to glvo the slgnat to start. Ono devoted hU Attention to tho conductor and tho other to the mctorman. Pressing tho mutzlcs of pistols to the heads of tho car employes tuey demanded money motion setting forth lack of convicting evi dence, tho court took tho case away from the Jury, Instructing a verdict for tho de fense. Wassman Mas an employe of the de fendant company at tho time the alleged In Jury occurred, but his evidence failed to In dicate responsibility of tho defendants. IlAUICIlKI'EHS Altll tlOl'M) OVHH. South Omnhit Miloou Men Mwnt Afl utter Chiirnc In District Court, Judge Vlnsonhalcr's attention was oc cupied In county court Wednesday afternoon In bearing cases against O. J. Cochran and Larry Cahlll, South Omaha saloon keepers, charged with retailing liquor without n license. This action la brought by the Hoard of IMucatlon of South Omaha and tho money. In the event of conviction, will go to tho school fund, as provided by law. noth defendants wcro held for further hear- ' Ing In tho district court, bond being fixed In tho sum of $500, which was given. The B.imo charge Is pending against other South Omaha saloonlsts, who will bo brought up later. As a formality In the proceedings a bottle of liquor was Introduced In tho court ns evidence, the testimony being that It was purchased by a prosecuting witness. SPANISH GANNON COMING linn II pe n MIiImiiimI from Co verlior'n Iftlmii! mill In KxiiciMimI Here This Week. At last one of tho captured Spanish can- mon is on Its way to Omaha. Taken by directors of the company In tho Improved tho Americans from tho battlements of San service that tho new routo will furnish Tho establishment of a greatly reduced grado and tho elimination of tho present pronounced curvature will enable better ttmo to bo mado by passenger trains and make It possible for heavier loads to be carried by freight trains. It Is believed that tho roduced cost of operating expenses tlago, It has been kept, with many others, at Governor's Island, New York, slnco the war. Mayor Moorco received a meeeago yes terday from Major John 1). llutlor, com manding officer of tho Now York arsenal, that tho cannon had been put on board a lighter nt tho fort to be dollvcred to the , Freed from the Yoke, ! Judgo Fawcett hoa granted n. decros of divorce to Mrs. Annie Engallandur. who ine conductor hastily turned over to tho ' brought suit against Julliw Engallander, nl hlghwaymen tho change ho had collected leglng desertion and general Indignities, during tho day, amounting to 112. Tho tm. unhappy pair was married April 3, motorman allowed his assailant to takoliRWV nn,l nccordlnc to tho story told by he will ultimately offset the expenditure of tho Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railway vast sum necessary to provide lor tno This was dono last Saturday. The gun Improvements decided upon. will reach Omaha over tho Milwaukee road. Two years Is estimated as tho time that Tho mayor la exocctlnc word of Its arrival will necessarily bo consumed In tho com- at any hour. Tho council Tuesday night pletlon of this work. Tho contractors have passod a resolution granting him authority already begun operations nnd employment to expeni whatever Is necessary to defray will be furnished several hundred men from tho cxponscs of transportation, which must the prosent time until tho work Is finished. bo t,orno by tho city. It has been practically decided to place his watch. Tho robbers then clambered off the car and disappeared In tho tall weeds of a near-by lot. Hugh Landy and Hay Drown were arrested tho next day for tho offeute. They were Identified by Amstutz and Mlchaol Clark, tho motorman. Tho potlco Judge bound them over to tho district court. When Landy was tried the Jury returned a ver dict of not guilty. The chargo was that of robbing Amstutz. At that tlmo the street car company desired to furnish legal aid for tho prosecution, but It was thought host not to do so, as tho proceeding might prejudice the Jury. At the close of the trial Landy was again taken Into custody on the charge of robbing Clark, tho motorman. If the case against Ray Brown, on tho samo charge, which was called up beforo Judgo Uaker yesterday, is successful, Landy will be tried this term. plaintiff tho husbund turned deserter wltVin thrco months from tho wedding day. Wuntx l'ny for Injuries. Sylvester Chesley Is plaintiff against Rochcford & Gould, contractors, In a suit for JIB, 000 damages on account of alleged personal Injuries. According to the allega tion of tho petitioner ho was severely In jured whllo engaged as an employe of the defendant In the construction of a building. suit to iuicovkk a iiio sum. OFFICIALS II I II B WITH TUB WI.M). to the cannon In Jefferson square. A granite pedestal will bo erected for It. Tho cost of this and tho foundation has not been Ilrmnrknhlr Hun from Cheyenne flinnlin liv ri Slice 111 I Truln, Onn hundred Ilftv. three nnd h half miles determined. in ir.i minute lu ihi. rernrrt made hv a Thb "Llberatador" Is tho cannon's para- .nnMnl trnln which enmo In on tho Union doxical appellation. Made In 1789, Just 111 inninn fmm rhnvpnnn vostordnv momlnc. It years ago, It successfully frowned upon 11b- waa composed of four private cars, occu- crty In the lslo of Cuba until Shatter's hv v.. h Ttnrrfmnn of Now York, nresl- forces sHonced It. Coming from a Spanish -I.... ... .u v,,.i ,it..,. inh tr gun factory in tho year revolution ovor Schlff of Now York, director nnd member ept Franco and tho American republic nf ihn ovivMitlvn rninm ttce: Pres dent innuguruieu no mm. iicuc., Horace a. Hurt and General Manager K. Dickinson. Tho train left Cheyonno Tuesday nvenlnz at 6 o'clock nnd arrival In Omaha yesterday morning at 5:C0. Tho imtlre dlstanco of GIG miles was covered In ten hours and fifty minutes, including stops. Tho record breaking speed, however, was attained bo tweon Qrand Island and Omaha. At tho former placo ono of tho monster new pas sensor onglnes. No. 1800. was coupled to tho train and Engineer "Cyclono Dill' Olawson grasped tho throttle. Tucked away In nn Insldo pocket was an order that gavo him llborty to reach whatover speed he considered his engine capable of, and tho record ho mado was a marvelous one. Tho throttlo was thrown open to tho limit, and at times tho train flew along the rails nt a spocd that would have humiliated a streak of 1 gbtning. ' Tho train left Grand Island nt 3:17 n. m. and pulled Into Omaha at C:50, the average speed having been precisely a mllo a minute It was doomed to fall Into possession of tho forcos directed by tho successor of that first presi dent. "Llberatador" Is supposed to have sent several shots at Hobson and his men tho night they sank the Merrlmac In Santiago's harbor. It Is a bronze pleco and weighs 7,000 pounds. DEPREDATIONS IN LIBRARY Some Hooks Ilnvc Jlfen Stolen Other Have lleen Mutilated lu I.nxt Fctr Week. nnd Book vandals and book thlovos havo been renewing their operations In tho Omaha Public library to such an extent In the last few weeks that tho library authorities havo taken precautions to catch some of them for tho purpose of prosocutlng them under tho ordinances ond debarring fchem. from further privileges in tho Institution Ono of the culprits seems to havo had a I . . . . . 1 ,,, 1 1 . . .Inn u.no , n ,1 0 TM Wl nt I BIICUIUI IVaiillif, IU,,M qimianvnt ............ t-. Schuyler, where the train tarried for the In the . reference l-JTLTXt senod tho actual running' tlmo about five Ikm containing statistical tables cut out the I wnilo one 01 uie hiiihiuulo uus ucc wm.. minutes, and deducting It therefrom nverago spocd was mora than a mllo minute. Tho usual time made by tho faBt paesen ger trains over the Union Pacific between Oheyenno nnd Omaha Is about fourteen away entirely. Tho books thue defaced are tho Chicago Dally News Almanac, me An nual Statistician, 2 volumes, and tho New York Tribune Almanac Another offender has put bis work on a hours, and tho lessening of this schedule by biographical dictionary, defacing an entire thrco hours nnd ten minutes Is considered lr,e. Still another, who Is evidently a modlcal student, used ,a penitmio 10 maun excerpts from the article on belladonna In tho Encyclopaedia Iirltnnnlca. A number or oxtra- by railroad mon to be a feat of ordinary moment. The special cars of President Hurt and Gonoral Mnnager Dickinson stopped In Omaha. .Messrs. Harrlman and Schlff other books havo been stolon from tho open Bhclvns, although some of them nre some crossed to Council Bluffs, from where tholr times roturned lator afUr being missed for snnclal cars wero taken to Knnsas City via two or threo weehs tho Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Blurts lino. Tho officials had been In Cheyenne In con sultation with Kllpatrlek nros. & Collins, tho railroad contractors, relative to the con tract Just awardod for tho Improvements at Sherman IIII1. Occasion for tho fast run was furnished by tho deslro of Messrs. Har rlman .and Schlff to reach Knnsas City at tho earliest possible moment yesterday. Theso depredations havo extended over tho last two or three months, nnd whlls they are not nlwayu Immediately detected the library force thinks It Uns now hit upon n plan by which such marauders can bo caught and proposes to put It in rorco Thoro has been considerable agitation of lato for throwing tho shelves of tho whole library open to tho public, but this expert once Is liable to influenco tho minds eomo of tho directors In the. other direction IN THE FIELD OF LABOR Flrt-CInH 1'rrancil Brick Layers Wanted nt Toprkn Some Trouble lu HulltlliiK Trnili'n. tr Itiillrouil lu Action. 8IOUX CITY, In.. April IS. (Special.) An Important conference was hold In Sioux City bqtween Captain John Kills, president of tho Combination Hrldgn company, which owns nn Independent brldgo across the Mis sourl river at this point; W, L. Stevonson, i , . v. ctn...- nn.. .... I .... I uvai 1IIUUUKU! 1U, ou.ua. t-.ii, luwiuai u'-n. of Ih. niill,tor' nnd 1 1I l. . I nL'L'I Liai I VUhU M iiwiwiiy mm wurtviuuva tuiu mn v, owner ui - . - - . . . .. . n ., ,,.,ln denht. nnd k. v. iiovnoids. ir.. Traders' oxchange states that thero Is a call i.i- t. f i,. nmn.n x. v,t,n, for flr3t-class brlckmascas nt Topekn. Kan ..omnnntr I fnu .,111, rat irAnM I WDOrO inCU CXIIWIf UVITU 111 I .lu "1 to tho trains of the railway company cress- pressed DricK can ou am worn on u new i, Ing the- bridge nnd running Into tho union nan anu an uumiorium iu ij..ivo ul rplila itaab tn ahnu thnl tYin Omnlii I EtrUCtlOn. & Northern Is not a paper railway, but as It was tho Irony of fate that, Immediately n matter of fact It Is to bo constructcl. In- alter tno fceuiemeni ot me sirme ci mo dlcatlons nro also that It Js the Missouri aheet metal workers, without Involving auy Pnrinn which Is beh nd tho scheme. of tno omer uuuuing trnues. curpeuicra should Do ordered trom worK on a cmuraui. AhsorhliiK MlMHimrl Puttltle. bocauso of sheet metal work done uy non- JJKW YORK. April 18. Tho Trlhune union workers. Tho buslncea agent ot mo nvr Tho current Duyini? or mo uouiu carpeniers is now ouy poihiuk i"? munwt, stocks Is'thought In Wall street to foro- which Involves a cottago nt Twenty-sixth shadow an Important railroad consolidation and ulnney streets New I'uRlnnil Witter Cnntpnii)- Wants llfcelvi'M to Turn Over l iiniln. In Judgo Munger's court tho cuso ot tho New England Water Works company against tho American Wnter Works company Is ba- ing argued. The present action Is an at tempt of tho complainant to recover about $200,000 In cash and merchandise, alleged to bo tho property 0f tho defendant company now In tho hands ot tho Omaha Water com pany. A statement ot the caso from the standpoint of tho complainant shows that tho New England Water Works company Gecurcd n Judgment against the American Water Works company for $242,000 In tho court of Cook county. Illinois; that tho execution Issued upon said Judgment wag cturned unsatisfied, and that tho suit was transferred to tho United States court nt Omaha; that tho American Water Works company mortgaged to tho Farmers' Trust company of New 'iork tho Omaha Water works plant for tho sum of $2,500,000, which mortgage was novor recorded with tho county clerk of Douglas county, and last gavo a supplemental mortgage which was never recorded; that subsequent to this tho American Wnter WorkB company of New Jersey was formed, which attempted to con solidate the water plants at Omaha nnd Denver, but tho sale of the Illinois company to tho Now Jersey company was set aside and tho Omaha property was restored l6 tho Illinois company; that In an action of foro closure brought by the Farmers' Trust company Ellis L. Ulcrbowcr and Alonzo D. Hunt wero appointed receivers. According to tho claims of tho complain ants Blerbower and Hunt continued as re ceivers until tho property was deedod to the Omaha water company, tho legal rep resentatlve of tho trust company which pur chased tho property at the sale; that tho receivers wore ordered by the court to turn over to tho Omahi Wnter company tho property under their control except tho cash on hand, $72,236.17, as shown ty tneir report, and the accounts due tho receivers for business transacted before the salo; that tho amount of these credits approxl mated $00,000, being hydrant rentals of the city of Omaha, which wore collected by tho receivers to the dato of sale; that there was also turned over by tho receivers to tho Omaha company looso property valued at about $70,000, which wa3 not Included In tho order of sale, but which, together with tho money and credits, was tho property of tho American Water Works company of Illinois. Tho complainants further claim that this oroncrty nnd money should be used to settle tbo debts ot the Illinois corporation nnd nsk that It bo so ordird by tho court. In the afternoon the caso camo to a sud den close, its the complainant found Itself up against n proposition of law which Its attornoy had not seen before. A decision of tho supreme court In a caso somewhat similar said that the complainant could not recover on n Judgment secured In a foreign Jurisdiction without first showing that It could not obtain n Judgment within tho Jurisdiction of tho trial court, and ns Cook county, Illinois, Is foreign to tho Jurisdic tion of the federal court for tho district ot Nebraska the complainant asked two days In -which to amend Its bill, and the defendant requested ten days additional In which to file an answer to tho amended bill, carrying the enso over for at least two weeks. Note of the Courts. Tho nresent term of tho district court Is ncarlng tho end, tho dockets having been cleared up In nearly all divisions. John Wnllov has filed suit for divorce ngninst Anna Walley, charging Infidelity. They wero married in Omaha In 1S3S. Mnv H. Tlrnwn has been cranted dlvorco decree from Smith Brown on a cliargo of deBertlon. Tho cose was beforo Judgo Fawcatt. Ai trust Cnrev. formerly n saloon keener of this city. nl?o wishes to bn declared a bankrupt. Ho says lie owes $l,fi'2.53, with lio.assuta. Judiro Dickinson of tho cnultv court, who has recently suffered un attack of Illness, has recovered, and hold court .yesterday for tho first time within a week. Frank B. Bort of Omaha, a salesman. makes application to bo declared a bank rupt by tho United States district court. He hns assets of J2.421.S7, with liabilities of $16,678.77. Because of tho lllneBs of Dr. Gcorco Tll- den, Jury commissioner, tho drawing of tho federal Jury for the May term of court was postponed rrom weunesuay nttcrnoon until today. Joscnh Hnvden has filed suit In the dis trict court nualnst tho Chlcaco Wrecklnc company for collection of $67.50, nlleged to oc uuo on account u uivaus innen uy tno defendant from tho exposition grounds. The furniture was placed thero by Mr. Ilaydcn ns an exposition cexhlblt. Tho Holllston Nat onal bank of Holllston. Mass., has Instituted suit In the United States circuit court to secure tho pny ment of $10,000 bonds Issued by tho nroclnct of Nebraska City In aid of the construc tion of tho Missouri Pnclllc railroad. Tho bond wero Issued In 1SSS and wero duo In is?6. nut dernuit aws made lu navment of the Interest In 181C. FATHER'S HEART IS SOFTENED Lctvln Drocrinnn, the Pneumonia. Pn- tlcnt, llecelven Money front Home nnd un Invitation to He-turn. The chief of pollca received a letter yes tcrday from Theodore Hrocrman of What Choer, la., inclosing a draft for $22, which ho asked to have delivered to his son, Lowls Brocrman, who Is 111 ot pneumonia lu tho Salvation Army Shcltcr'.on South Thirteenth street Tho father, who, said he didn't know his son's address, recommended that the money be used In tho purchnso of clothes nnd a railroad tlckot to What Cheer. Several lays ago The Beo contained nn nccnunt ot young Broerman's hardships nnd NAGGING DRIVES HIM CRAZY Henry J, Ninmtn, Ladies' Tailor, Loses His Mind Over EsiUr Gowns. FOUR ARE RETURNED FOR ALTERATION I'rlcnd Believe tie Hns Committed Suicide-Church of Whloh He Wan Uenoon Semis Out "MInoIuu" Cards. Henry J. Newman was driven crazy by the carping criticism of his customers. This la tho view taken of tho matter by the many friends of tho ladleet' tailor, who dlejppcaiod last Friday, as told In Tho Deo ot Tuesday and yesterday. The most sanguine of them now believe tho worst that he has com mitted suicide. Mr. Newman was of most exemplary and regular habits. As deacon nnd clerk ot tho First Baptist church ho was prominent In charitable aud Christian work of all kinds and bad a large circle of friends among tbo best peoplo lu Omaha. Ills business was prosperous and he had money In the bank. Thoeo conditions, In connection with the fact ot hlti being of an extremely nervous tem perament, render feaslblo only the theory of wlf. destruction resulting from an un balanced mind. Tho last wck ot Lorn I was exceptionally trying upon Mr. Newman. Ills large general business was enhanced by u great rush ot orders for Easter gowns and, despite tho tact that he caused cards to bo hung In his ofilco In tho Paxton block raadlng, "Pool tlvoly no remodeling done during tho busy season," two of these gowns wero returned for alteration and two othor customers de cllucd to pay for finished garments. MUs Minnto Laury, his assistant, gives It as her opinion that tho Incessant fault-finding of these four customers, coming at a tlmo when his mind was overwrought, le tbo dl rect cause ot his mental collapse. "A woman living In Lincoln," said she, "measuring forty Inches about the bust, twenty-threo waist, forty-seven hips, or dered n gray tallor-mado suit. That wus her mistake. Any woman of her size and lack of porportlon should havo known better than to order a tallor-mado suit ot gray, It mado her look as broad across as that tablo. Well, ot course sho complained; said It didn't nt. Wo ripped It and took It up n llttlo hero nnd let It out a little there, but all to no purpose. She refused to tako tho suit. "Then a woman living out on North Twenty-third street ordered a brown plaid skirt of scasldo costumo cheviot, and when It was mado declined to accept It, giving as nn oxcuso that her husband had met with a reverse in business, "Caso No. 3 Is thnt of a woman who ordered a blue broadcloath pleated skirt, and camo back eleven times to have It al tcred. Sho Is still dissatisfied. "Finally, nnd probably tho straw that broke tho camel's back, was tho $85 gray broadcloth ulster ordered by n young woman out on North Eighteenth street. This gar mcnt was finished along last winter, but the customer waited until tho middle, of Easter week before saying she wouldn't ac cent It." Miss Laury has written to London notlfy- lne Newman's parents of bis disappearance, Tho First Baptist church Is sending out postal cards, reading as follows: MISSING. OMAHA. Anril 17. 1900. Look out for Henry J. Newman, nge 29. nbout live feet nlno Inches, weighs about 130 pounds, wears a dark blue cheviot sack suit, tan covort ninth nvnreont. hrown derby lint, black shoes, black hair, brown eyes, sharp fea tures, genteel nppeurance. Has the ap- ponranco of having had smallpox. Keport to J. J. JJU?ii Atiuci, jniei oi 1-uiiuu, Mr. Newman boarded for three years In the home of Mrs. J. Krclghbaum, 523 South Twenty-fifth streot, and was regarded ns al most ono of tho family, nil members of which feel this misfortune deeply. Mrs, Bowman, SO years old, mother of Mrs Krelghbaum, hns been taken within tho last three days with a Btroke of paralysis The at of his unfortunato family relations. His grandmother owns a largo cstato in What nml i noi oxnected to survive It Cheer and ho Is her favorlto heir, but his tending physician says It was brought on by father and stepmother, ho says, mado It so anxlcty because of tho mysterious dlsap- unplcasant for him that bo was compollej to leave home. KINDLES FIRE WITH KEROSENE Can i:plodra nml Mrs. Smith, Wife of n Sign Pnlnter, In Severely Iliirned. Mrs. Cynthia Smith, wlfo of It. W. Smith, a sign painter, who lives at tho foot of Har noy streot on tho river front, was badly burned yesterday by tho explosion of a pearanco of Mr. Newman, OMAHA SCHOOLS OUT $700 Decision on Free Hluh School low Mnkcs it Impossible to Collect Tuition for 11)00, "Tho decision of the supremo court wl'l cct the city ot Omaha $700 this year, as tho decision of tho previous law caused It to los $250," said Secretary Olllan ot the school can of kerosene. She was pouring oil from ,boarai roferrlng to tho fact that the supreme tne can upon a nre in tno cook stove, wacu coun hn(1 declared the "free high school suddenly It Ignited, bursting the can and aw.. unconntltutlonnl. "Under tho terras spattering ner wun tne nurning num. tier ot tho law m contlnued the secretary, "th clothes on fire, she rushed across tho street n1n nf muntrv sehnnl districts could sen to the ofilco ot tho duly Lumber company, ; fhni children to the Omaha Hleh school whero blankets wero thrown about her and nml tho county in which the district was tho names extinqulshed. situated was required to pny a tuition fee She was taken to tho pollco Htatlon, where .35 vear for oacn child sent to hla-h sho was treated by Dr. Coffman, and lator Bchoo)a 0tslde of the district. There nro to tne ciarKson nospiiai. iiom arms aro , nQW on fllo , my omce exactly twenty soveroly burned, as is her right side, and cortflcates showing that that number of her hair la ecorcneu. ino Durns, wnuo . nii,iren are now nttendlne tho Omaha Hlch In tho southwcBt. Rockefeller interests, which control tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas Why Be an Invalid? "Change oflifc," the period to which .11 " t..l. ...ill. nnvlnl,. can, with a little care, be robbed of its terrors and be no more serious than the nassinc from cirlhood to woman hood. Noiodv knows the sufferintrof women, who still keep about their household duties, thinkinc their aeon- ics quite the natural thing, because so common. Warm clothlnc. lichtdiet.avoidancc of cold and wet for a short time pre vious to this change, and the use oi The secretary of tho Central Labor union roports that thero are now twenty-eignt uulona In tho city using a lnbel. A label directory ot the organizations la being com plied, tho directory to contain the namca and locations ot all employers of union labor. M9Lean Kid aver and nex mi will so stimulate and tone tip the en tire body and regulate the nervous system that the penou is passcu wuu m .ilffiniltv' When von have back ache, sensations of faintness, nam in the groin, shortness of breath, heat n, u.tnt nf annctite. and arc mnrKM Henressed and irritable, do not procrastinate; the remedy awaits you. llo sura to Kft the cenulne. Prepared only bTThi t Dr. 111. McLean Medlclue Company, RIVER GIVES UP ITS DEAD 1 1 tt tit it it l.i'K round Nrnr the wnlrr n lldlii- IteenllN it it AecM rntul Heath h- Drntvuluir. A leg belonging to a human bo.ly was found yesterday lying on a flat rock near the water's edge nt the foot ot Ilarnoy street. It waa first seen by Harry Oatrom, n Union Pacific flagman, who went down to tho river to nttend to tome fish line?, Tho police wero notified nnd the member wns turned ovor to the coroner. Tbo limb Is badly decomposed and had evidently been In tho water nearly a, year. Nothing won seen of the remainder of tho body The police think It may bo n part ot the remains of n youug man named Hart, who, a year ago, went In a dimming In the river nnd was drowned, having born tnkon with a cramp. Tho body was nevor recov ered. li.VIO.V PACIFIC HAIMIUAI) OIIJHCTS. Desires Iteduetlnn of Assessment on Ileal IMuli' in Lincoln County. Suits In the federal court to restrain the action ot state ofilcors and stato courts are bocomlnt: numerous at nresent. The latest suit of this character was Instituted Wed nesdny evening when the Unlou Pacific Kallroad company filed a petition in wnicn It requests tho court to enjoin tho officers of Lincoln county from proceeding In tho courts of that county to collect the tnxos lovled unon tho real estate owned by tho plaintiff In that county for the years 1893, 1896. 1897. 1898 and 1593. Tno complaint alleges that tho assessments wero not mado according to law, ond that they are unjust nnd excessive. The value placed on tho land by tho assessors In 1890 was $133,779, whllo tho company desires to pay taxes on $112,217 for tho same year. For tho other years tho difference between tho valuation fixed by tho assessors nnd that desired by tho railroad company Is ns marked, Tho total amount of tax for tho flvo years do mandod by tho county Is $01,213.30, whllo the company Is willing to pay $31,501.30, with the legal penalty aud Interest. A tem porary restraining order pending a decision of tho caso ib asue:j tor. sr.r.KS (SDAiuiiAX von cuii.imnx. Si.lli i.otv for Prmldeul. v.'v" vninc. Anrll 16. Setli Low. nresl- dent of Columbia university, was elected president of tho American Geographical so- ciety inst mgni. AeheNon .Noiiiinuteit In Pe nitsylvniilii. TMTTHiii'nn. Anrll 18. Tho renubllcan congreniilonal district convention met here .... .. I ....... I ..... ,t. 1 llnii V louuy mm uiiuiiimuuniy uumiiiati. ,w... I', Acneson. mm mm Wk $y dom di8( Hll with those WjEy Folly is its ft TO-DAY -morrowy did'st thou sayf" asked Cotton; "Go to, J will not hear of it. Wis- ilaims the word, ?wr hohh society that own it. Tis Fancy's child, and ithcr." Tho tlmo to do is TO-DAY, Procrastination has brought to the gravo thousands who should bo living. Hood Nnturo's signals or warning, and hoed thorn TO DAY. It Is easy to stay tho rivulet, but tho river's end Is tho sop. Do not allow disease, through negligence, to got tho bot torofyou. Health is everything; koep it, and tho world is yours. Lot It slip Trom you and all Is lost. Kidney disease is tho most insidious or all mortal dlscnsos, because tho kidneys havo Tow nerves of sonsatlon, and tho first indication thnt you aro In tho outer circle or tho whirl pool is through symptoms Buoh as headaches, dull, heavy, tired reelings, rtckle; scanty, high-colored Hulds, with sedi ment on standing, or too proruso and polo In color, with lit tle or no sedimont, dimness or vision, slooplossnoss, forebod ings or evil, nervousness, pallor, palpitation on alight oxor tlon, etc,, etc. Should any or those symptoms monirost them selves, matte no delay. Haste, for your very llfo, before tho dread Brlght's disease a disease so terrible that physicians hold out no hope or cure fasten ltsoirupon you. Warner's Safe Cure euros all forms of kidney disease. There in no doubt about It. Thousands of honest and graterul poople say so, and say it emphatically. You aro making no experiment in using Warner's Safe Cure a scientific vegetable preparation with a reputation ortwonty-ono years or suocobs bjhlnd It. Save yourseir and tho happiness or all you hold dear, by doing what your conaclenco and your reason tell you to do, and bogtn doing It TO-DAY. m m in although tho children havo had advantage ot tho Omaha school. "I cannot tell whether Omaha will gain or loeo by tho decision, really, for whllo we are out of pocket $700 on tho year 1900, It really costs $38.50 por pupil to maintain tno Hind irhnni n vnar. o wo wero lodlua $3.50 . 1 n " " - . F on each foreign pupil, and It may bo that we can afford to lose $700 to stop tno steaay drain." STREET CAR FACILITIES Helter Suburban Aceontntndntlona De manded by ,nrtlt Omolin Im provement Club. tlon for the Deaf and Dumb, and William Ilalrd of the lenl department of Wharton ft Ilalrd. Whoever It named will servo until January, when he will turn over hi olllce to 111 HUcccssor, to be elected next November. Neither Mr. Gillespie nor Mr. Halrd has been consulted as to whether ho would accept the place. Tho hoard will probably muke tho selection next Hnttirdny. painful, aro not necessarily dangerous. Coiuiiierelitl Onnure In .SckmIiiii. HOUSTON. Tex.. Anrll 18, Tho second ilnv' HAKiInn et thn 'PrnnsmisHlnslnnl Com mercial congress wan largely auenueu, ine coivcd $700. ing uddresVs" on 'various" 'subjJctsV " ' law has been defeated, we will got nothing. school from outside districts. Had tho law not been declared unconstitutional wo would have presented theso certificates to tho county commissioners and would have ro- Now that tho operation of tbo OMAHA, April 18. To tho Editor of Tho Deo: Tho public heartily agrees with The Uee In nny effort made to secure better suburban street car facilities, tfio city ot Omaha needs to waken up to tblsNtucthod of oecurlng business. Other cities de build ing such lines, and It It is a .good busi ness proposition elsewhere,, why not hereT Tho street railway ccoimittee of tne Norm Omaha Improvement club has boen urging the building ot a lino to Florence and has como to the conclusion that the Omaha Street railway takes 0 most absurd posi tion. The directors say: "It we build such a line It will bo but a short time until the patrons will bo clamoring for ft ten or flve-mlnuto service and we cannot nfford that. If you securo some other corpora tion to build the Una wo will equip and oporato It." Is It not ridiculous that the lear or uoing asked to run too often presents tho construc tion? President Murphy signed on agree ment over a year ago to allow any other company to use Thirtieth street from Ames avenuo to Florence, but what corporation wants to use part of a street In such man ner? Why cannot some of our old-tlmo real estato boomers tako up tho aiattcr, se cure a company with large capital to build a lino from Florence to South Omaha, nnd thenco to Fort Crook, and on through to Plattsmouth. If there Is room for two lines between Council Bluffs and Omnha certainly we should bo able fo Interest capita In building lines connecting Omaha with outsldo towns. If somo of our cap italists saw possibilities In a line to Plattsmouth In 1690, why not much greater possibilities In 1900 In such a line ns men tioned above? COMMITTEE ON STREET CAR SERV ICE. Thnt TliroIIln Hendacae would quickly leave you If you. Used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands ot suf ferers havo proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and build up your hoalth. Only ?K cnntB. Money bacn 11 not cureu. duiu by Kuhn & Co.. druggists. Mentioned for School Hnnrd. ' .. . .i..i...inr. t n rV Tlfhlnn in hS a1 7 L W: tlon f.S . h.ihB mn doT Among hoso mentlonet laro Jolm A Ollles- glfd forme? superintendent of the Inst.ti,- A Trnllinoulnl from Old KiiuIiiihI. "I consider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy tho best In the world for bronchitis," nays Mr. William Savory of Warrington, Eng land. "It has nved my wife's life, sho having been a martyr to bronchitis for ovor six years, being most ot tho tlmo confined to her bed. She Is now quite well," It Is a great pleasure to tbo manufacturers ot Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to bo nblo to publish testimonials of this character. They show that great good Is being dono, pnln and suffering relieved and valuable lives re stored to health and happiness by this remedy. Cut In Price of Steel. riTTSnURO, April IS. It wus learned today that at a meeting of tho Ilnr Mill association held In Pittsburg last Friday the price of steel bars wtis nut from 2i cents a pound to 2 cents, equnl to a reduc tion of $6 n ton. One of tho causos for this reduction In; that tho BHStern manu facturers have been selling steel bars til this market at 12.15 a pound and bad se cured several good contracts. Several manufaeturcrs who were seen said there Is n.n danger ot a general slump In steel prices, and that while Bessemer steel billets may be bought at W!.'M In soma cases, tho price still rrmnlns a I $33 a ton. Countess KcNtctlfN Not Drowned, SAN FRANCISCO, April lS.-Advlces from New York state that tho Countess Festetlcs, formerly Miss Ellen Ilnggln, who 1 was reported to havo been drowned by tho slnklngot her husband's yacht, Is In that dir. She was not on the. vessel at tho I tlmo of the disaster. Drex L. Shooman's Ultimatum Huh licon Issued ho now look out IIo Iiiih (U'ltcgiI thnt tho tlmo Is lioro for tho woini'ti'to wenr HitHsIa calf shoes (Sctiiiliio UuhMu calf Is tho best leather ovor put on foot -Wo have the Kenulne tho man fashion and the woman fash Ion shapes Soles Unit are made with extension etl all around others ex tended on the outer edpo only still others not extended nt all The most popular shade this spring is tho reddish hrown A line lookhiK shoo with tho military heel for$I.OO-n very Ideal out door shoe that will Just suit U'J women out of 100. Drexel Shoe Co. talks'! V-t-t lilt) FAKNAM STKEKT. KlTort of Child SiivIiik Institute to Cure fur Aliened WnlfH. Rev. Clark of tho Child Saving Institute i,n. flturt nnnlle.itlori In tho countv court fr.r tho appointment ot a guardian for tho four . display nnd In hoys' nnd youths' hats children of Albert and Kale Wilson. Thu ; we aro siiowiuk uus wnmiu a limn m.ij Mr, Frederick, Hatter,- Says all the youtiB men In these parts should kuow that besides the best .:t.00 hat over sold we have the Krcntost stock of golf ami bicycle caps ever put on llttlo ones rango In ago from C to 11 ycara. 1 Alpine at prices ransuis ironi .ti.isi hi a peculiar phaso of the case Is tho fact that ' S'-'.OO that has nevor been equalled for Wilson l colored nnd his wlfo is white. It , stylo and price We always lead It ro- 1. niinn.l that thev aro llvlne in soualor ! mains for others to follow Wo Sell hats . . , . .....1 ,1...,.., ...... t.tiulmtuu nml If vmi on WCDBier sinei. onn unu cunumons nro ; uu 111111 b m i.r,,. ...... ...... such as to require prompt action. WlUon want the up-to-date thliiK nt the rlht and his wife havo entered protest. The caBo ! price hero U tho placo you aro looking will be tried by Judgo Vlnsonhaler next Friday. Wilson has boon married twice nnd his former wlfo was aUo white. Verdict for the Deft'iiiliiut. Charles WaBsman's suit against the Omaha Ilrlck company for $15,000 damages on account of alleged personal Injuries, camo to a sudden termination In Judge llaitcr's court yesterday afternoon, On a for W'a aro solo agents for the Duiilnp huts. FREDERICK, The Hatter, The Lradlng lint Man ol Ihe West. 120 South Fifteenth Street The Brownie Camera. Have you seen the new Eastman Day light Loading Camera? It takes pictures 2Hx2Vi Inches and sells for $1,00. It Is n winner. You can al ways dopend on getting tho lat est and best goods at tho right prices at our store, THE ALOE & PENF0LD CO., Amateur Photographic Supplies, 1408 Fariinm St. OMAHA. rue h Qu Ulrrn-or" UIUOII U m 66" 1 nnf de expression I herd nt de Or- phqum dls week-hn' when I was spud- enrden dls week I used do langunKO to a chum o' mln' wat wus helpln mo You see my boss sells do nicest garden tules lu dls towu-slch ns garden rakes hoes au' snndes-ln fact every known tule dat a woman wants wen she mnkcs garden or plants llowerK-nn' Ills prices are so low down It don't cost but 11 few cents to git nil do tulcB you need "ion better seo him If yoro goln' to make garden-nnd when yoro In Ills storo you nst him to show you dnt nine Klnme (Jasollne stove lie seus-n s no greatest stove on earth-nn' a gtmrnntne goes with every stove dat It won't blow up. A. C. RAYMER 1B14 FAKXAM HT. !408 IV Street, South Omaha. 'Encore" The nutomntle Unnjo Is tho most mar velous invention of the nge as it plays tho most difficult music absolutely cor rect nnd lu a most artistic manner 110 human musician being able to compote with It It plays by means of automatic fingers and hands nnd gives tho selec tion a natural finish- us to tlmo nnd phrasing Impossible in nny other self playing Instrument A great money maker for newsstands, hotels, drug stores, etc. plays more than 1,000 tunes For Information apply to A. HOSPE, Mull Hi Art. 1113 llilllt. Si. Louis. Mo.