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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901.
AFFAIRS IN SOUTH OMAHA
Slight Prcipeot f ImmidlaU Action Rela
te to Hfgk School Building.
GOES OVER UNTIL SOME TIME NEXT YEAR
VotJn f Bond. Apcnr, lo he
Onlr W Qui f Kl,,cl,,l
Tnle In wiilrh lr MunMm
imllfj- 1-1 iiin ttnclf.
dol. in "Ule prospecl 01 nnythlns-belng
m l utb.e mftUcr of "e erection of I
oKtheSbhnU bU'l'nB ,Wi year- According
dlatrlr. .h f,thc treasur" ot the school
district there Is now on denwlt .ihi.
errr." l 'UaV,tt h ,he P'Mt and
!f,J .? y ,ha BUm of 6--,!0' Prom this
urn there must be deducted the $6,300 paid
tor the additional ground for the High
chool Bie. This reduces tho total In the
treasury to a little over 50,000. With this
amount of money on hand the board can
do nothing In regard to building a High
ov-uv. u, oven a wara building.
ne entire matter of a llleh .nhnM
tructuro will therefore have to bo left
over to next year when the liquor license
impropriation may bo available. Thero is
an overlap In the school funds next year
the same as this and tbo only way out
oi mo uuciuma u the voting of bonds.
This bond proposition Is not desired bv
a majority of thn board as the district
Is not now bonded at all. The school
houses aro about the only pieces of public
property In South Omaha which nre not
mortgaged and there scctna to bn n frri
lng among the people against nlaclnu a
mortgage on the school district property
wmcn is vaiuca at not less than $250,000.
On account of the fnlluro to erect even
a portion of tho proposed High school
building this year the Hoard of Education
will be called upon to rent a number of
outsldo rooms for tho accommodation of
pupils This will bo dono under the di
rection of Superintendent McLean, who will
select locations which he deems mojt
advantageous,
Hoiid I'roiioaltloim.
That the financial condition of tho city
of South Omaha Is precarious Is evident
to all who. are conversant with municipal
affairs. Jhst now the finance committee
Is figuring how to get out of the tangle
and the voting of bonds scrniH to bo the
only solution. There Is an existing over
lap of about $12,000 In current expenses
which must be paid by an isstio of general
Indebtedness' bonds. Then thero Is tho
amount due on paving, grading and curb
lng districts declared .Illegal by the courts
which may run close to $10,000. The pro
posed' bonds for tho socalled stock yards
Boworto tho river wlllicost not less than
JC0.000 and the extension of the X street
sower, as proposed, will not coot less than
$10,000. According to tho charter tho
mayor and council may Issue refunding
bonds at any time, but new bonds must
be voted upon by the people.
Tho si'gestlon has been made that a
special election be hold for tho purpose of
voting on the bonds, other than refunding,
but on account of the expenso of a special
election tho question will most likely go
over until the regular election In Novem
ber.
The general bonded debt of the city now
amounts to $307,000 and tho district debt
to $225,000. In addition there Is the float
ing debt, of nearly $50,000, which must bo
provided for when an Issuo Is authorled.
ClirlKtlnn Annnclutloit Mntlcr.
Since tho departuro of W. H. Overton,
who served as secretary for tho local Young
Men's Christian association for a number
of yoan, a-"follng'has sprung up whlch
tends toward the casting aside of tho apron
strings now borno by the local associa
tion. It appean that South Omaha has
only been a branch of the Omaha Young
Men's Christian association. Things do not
seem to be going Just as thoy ought to
and the suggestion has been mado by
Editor Merrill of tho Presbyterian that the
local association dissolve Its relations with
the Omaha association1 and Incorporate for
Itself. Some money pledges given for the
support of tbo association here aro ijot
forthcoming at this time and the manage
ment of affnlrs In Omaha does not appear
to be satisfactory to tho local members.
It Is probnble that there will be a dissolu
tion of the Omaha and South Omaha rela
tions and that the local association will
conduct Its affairs as It sees fit.
MhkIc City niiMNlp.
Mr. and Mrs. K. nutter of Albright re
port tho birth of n son.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Allen Trnpp, 3123 S street,
nnnouncc tho birth of a son,
Miss Lorena Johnson Is spending her
vacation nt Lake Monona, Wis,
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Kcrwln. 2S1 South Twenty-fourth
street.
Tho Third Ward Colored Ilepubllcnn club
will meet tonight nt Kelt's hall, Twenty
fourth and N streets.
Inspector Jones Is looking after a enso of
smallpox In the Ford family at Thirty
eighth nnd It streets.
Mr. and Mrs. J. IJ. Asho left Inst night
to.' Canada, where they will visit friends
for a couple of weeks.
O. K. 'Schnfer has gone to Manila. whre
he hns accepted a position as a bookkeeper
In the Nnvy department.
Itev. Andrew Cnrrlck of Holdrcgo, Jel.,
will occupy Dr. Wheoler'H pulpit nt tho
Presbyterlun church Sunday morning.
An Important meeting of the Southwest
Improvement club will bn held on Monday
evening at the hall. Thirty-eighth and Q
streets
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Welsh aro expedted
home from the west. They wrre cnlle back
from their Colorado trip by the serious Ill
ness of their children.
George P. Taul of tho firm of Paul &
Hurth has won out In tho land drawing at
Fort Sill. He Is the second South Om.iha
.resident to win a prize.
Prof, McLean, the new superintendent of
public Instruction, has mnny friends among
tho people here. It Is predicted that he wilt
moke a successful superintendent.
Tho Anti-Saloon leuguu still continues to
hold meetings every week or so, No pro
tests were mado by the league against tho
granting of liquor licenses by the council.
Colonel J. C. Sharp, secretary of tho
Union Stock Yards company, nnd his
brother. Harry Sharp, received a largo
numoer or connoieneo messages ycsieruuy
on the death of their mother.
IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Soldier I'nrdoneil at Fort Memtr.
POUT MRADK, S. D.. Aug. 2. (Special.)
The commanding olllccr of this tort has
remitted the unexpired term of sentonce
In the case of W. F. Thefault, tho private
who was to be confined ono year. Ho was
being taken under guard by a sontry when
the sentry was thrown from his horse und
rendered Insensible, Tho prisoner brought
the guard to consciousness and reported
the matter to headquarters, The actions
of tho prisoner were so unusual that he has
b en granted his freedom,
IMItor Appointed In Hip Army.
STUItrjIS, S. n., Aug. 2. (Special.) D.
1' Connor, editor of the Sturgls Press, one
of the best known newspaper men In the
state, has accepted tho position of commU
eary sergeant of the Thirteenth cavalry,
hlch Is being recruited at Fort Mcado.
His wife, assisted by Udward Ilanlln, will
contlnuo tbo publication of the rapcr, Con
nor will bo stationed at tbo fort. He will
receive $40 a month and rations.
Injured KiiKlooer May Hcimoit.
RAWLINS, Wyo., Aug. 2. (Special.? -Engineer
August Johnson, who was run
over by a train at Wllklns station near
Oron River soveral dnys ago, will probably
recover. At the time of the accident It
was beljoved that Johnson had no chance
to recover, but after lying In a comotose
condition for three days be has regained
consctousnebi und the surgeons now say he
Jus chance to live.
OrKfinltri! AVttr I Heclnreil on Tele
phone little In
(.'IiIimikii.
The Manufacturers' association of Chi
cago, having exhausted u peaceful means
to secure a reduction of telephone rates,
proposes to try a war In the courts. The
president of the Manufacturers' association
thus explains the grievance;
"The Manufacturers' association feels
that the prices now charged for telephones
aro too high and that these prices are being
charged In violation of law. Tho highest
price allowed by the terms of the ordinance
Is $125 per annum. The argument of the
telephone company to the effect that Im
proved methods have been adopted by It
docs not, In my Judgment, Justify an extra
charge. The great volume of business now
done by the company as compartd with that
dono at the beginning of Its existence
makes necessary Improved methods,
"Orent Improvements are constantly be
ing made In all Wats of manufacture. New
machinery Is being Installed. With this
now machinery goods nre made cheaper and
better. A wider market Is thus created,
more goods arc consumed and price are
thereby lowered, for the greater the volume
the smaller the profit necessary on esch
article.
"The up-to-date business man knows that
ever)' Improvement Is necessary to enable
him to keep pace with tho Increased ex
pectations of tho public. He never hesi
tates to adopt a new Idea If It will Increase
Ills output and lower tho price to the con
sumer. "This suit will be carried to the court of
last resort If necessary and any nttcrapt to
substitute a poor service or In nny way cm
barrars the telephone-using public on ac
count of such proceedings will meet the de-
rent it rt'servec and may result In tho es
tablishment of a new company, tho manage
ment of which would try to moot tho de
mnnds of tho public."
i:ieerlo Current In tlio Home,
Not tho least of the attractive features
of electric lighting Is the facility with
wmcn cut rent can be turned on and off
In living rooms In the majority of case
It .s nbout as easy to use tho hard rubber
keys In the lamp sockets as switches so
In tho walls, but In cellars and basements
It Is much better to have keyless sockets
placed out of reach and to light and ex
tlnguah tho Inmps from the head of tho
stairs. There are two reasons for the em
ployment of keyless sockets In cellars, con
venlcnce and safety, nnd cither Is sufficient
for the exclusion of the regular key socket
in laundries, coal bins nnd furnace rooms
n is infinitely easier to turn a switch as
ono goes down the stairs and havo tho
collnr Illuminated than to spend two or
tnreo minutes fumbling In tho dnrk for the
lamp fixtures There also Is an advantage
In not being obliged to extinguish the
light before leaving the cellnr nnd thus
avoiding stumbling up the steps In the
darkness.
Any ono familiar with electricity will
appreciate tho second reason. Electricity
is no more dangerous than gas or kerosene
oil j In fact one seldom hears of accidents
In dwellings due to tho use of Incandescent
lamps. Suffocation by gas Is very common
and gas explosions are of frequent occur
rence. It Is not long ago that the sldo of
a house was blown out. Carelessness, as a
rule, is the cause of these accidents, hut
tne pudiic continues to burn gas as If
there never had been any trouble. Kcro
scne also has worked havoc when Improp
erly handled. Lamp explosions, however,
nave not lessened tne consumption of oil
There are few cases of harm to persons
using Incandescent lamps, during the period
or eignteen years which thoy have heen
used. Thero is practically no probability
of high tension current getting past the
converters Into houses. Dut there Is no
rule without its exception and It costs little
or nothing to secure protection In case the
house wiring should be overcharged. It Is
not wise to handlo electric fixtures, par
ticularly In the dark, while standlne on
damp concrete or earth. Few cellars have
dry wooden floors and the wisdom of con
trolling tho current from the head of the
stairs, where thero Is no dampness to In
vito grounding, Is manifest.
ucporis snow that persons who used
overloaded wires on the upper floors were
not shocked, whllo those who wero knocked
down stood in tho cellar on a damD earth
noor. crossed currents, as stated, are nt
sucn rare occurrence that there is no ocea
sion for panic, but, while convenience and
safety aro enhanced nt the same time, It
is well to operate cellar lamps In the man
ner nescrinea rntner than to use keys In
tne lamp sockets.
PhntoKmphlnir Sonncl.
In a German publication Hcrr Ruhmcr de
serines a photographic reproduction of
sound. The method Is now nnd of wonder
ful beauty. He photographs upon a con-
uuuuus luunug rou oi sensitivo mm a
speaking arc," or arc containing n tele
pnone transmitter circuit In shunt, and
reproduces the sound by projoctlng light
tnrough this nim on a eclenlum coll In clr
cult with a telephone receiver and a bat
tery. Of course, every variation produced
In tho transmitter circuit and affecting the
ngni emanating from the arc Is nhotn
graphod ns alternate shadings and llehtrn
mgs on too mm and these light variations
Impinging upon tho sensitive selenium
cause corresponding fluctuations in It, r
slstance nnd rcproduco the sound In tho re-
.c1ving leiepnone with great accuracy. It
is stated that the reproduction In sensitive
ness and clearness Is superior to that ren
dcrcd by the Poulscn tolegraphone. As the
mm can De made very lone without reneh.
lng a considerable weight It possesses great
portability and has advantages over either
uie wax cylinder or the crosn.mneni,i
meet wire, Another str klne n1vn(nn i.
uumi in mo ract mat any desired n..mi,
of reproductions can enslly and chpuntv hn
muuu irora uie original fllm.
Fnaelmiteil hr n nynnmo.
"Did you ever stand looking at a nii.. n
""si ur a wire you knew
was charged with a heavy current and ex
perlence a strong desire to .touch It?" asked
- ..w. uuwn electrician of n group of
friends. "Well, that Is one of tho most
"u""r ,r'lnK about electricity, and one I
havo never heard explained. It 8 a fact,
nevertheless, that almost everyone, on see
lng some bit of electrical annarf.
posed to view, wants to put a flnogr on It to
see If It U loaded.' Time and again I have
..rum peopie say they have a desire more
or less strong to touch the electric switches
In buildings lighted by electricity. There
they are on the wall, within easy reach. In
nocent enough to nil outward appearances.
Kveryono knows thero Is danger In the
touch and turns away, but the desire In
there Just the samo, You would think,
however, that men who work with olec-'
trlclty und know Its dangers would train
themselves to overcome this strange at
traction, Rut I havo known Instances
where electricians havo had to actuallly
turn and run from a machine to prevent
giving away to this peculiar Influence.
"Not long ago a man who was em
ployed to tit and watch the switchboard
n one of the big power plants fell a victim
to this Influence. As he felt the desire
crowing stronger he moved his chair back
from the board, Instead of getting used to
tne work he became more afraid of It.
n. JJ'1" deSlr'' ,0 Wfllk "P " tOUCh
one of those switches grew stronger. At
.? 2 ? . 'I Wfek'' th,s -ounB man re
signed his pcc. He could not stand the
train. It required all his will p0W(.r r
restrain him while he was on duty, and at I
night his nervous system was so upset be
could get no rest. He realized that to touch
cny switch before him meant InstAnt death
and his only safety lay In getting away
from the board altogether. I have not a
doubt that many deaths from electric shock
are brought about In lust this wnv.
"In an Idle moment a person will catch
sight of a switch, a wire or some other
neavuy charged bit of apparatus: this
strange desire to touch It will come over
him and In a moment of weakness he gives
ny anu in an Instant Is dead. We fre
quently read of accidental electrocutions
when there Is no apparent reason why the
victim snouid have touched a live wire,
I believe such eases are attributable di
rectly to this Influence. Just what It Is
or how It works I do not know, but should
tine to nave a satisfactory explanation.'
Mimic from nn Arc I.nntp,
The time may not be far distant when
our cities will be furnished with music t
every corner. A curious discovery, which
results from much electrical research ami
experiment at the central technical college
of the rlty and" guilds of London Institute,
Is reported by V. Duddell. The nre, of
cojrse, Is tho blaze of light which exists
between two sticks of carbon placed end
on and between which the electric current
flows. Two different kinds of carbon are
omployed In tho arc lamps. In the one
kind the carbon stick Is made hollow nnd Is
filled with a powdery material, whllo In thn
other kind the carbon Is homogeneous. Th.i
former type of carbon Is called "cored "
the latter "fcolld." '
Now, the cored carbon arc possesses no
musical soui. it Is deaf to all persuasion.
tiivrcna uie boiiu enrtjou arc, ho finds, Ik
like the mouthpiece of n flute, ready to
uuiu any noie. ine note of the flute de
pends, of course, on the lencth of th.. nin.
as determined by the portion of the Angers
nnd the raising of the keys, wherene the
uoie given out by tho solid carbon arc do
7 uu "le nature or a bypnBs or "shunt"
'' ' put across tho carbons.
Mr. Duddell. having evolved these facts,
-, -- wini ui iwo octaves, so
mm hp count pmy tunes. In domonstrat
lng this beforo the scientific body referred
u armngea rour nrcs In series to In
crease tho loudness of tho sound nnd by
varying the self-induction and capacity In
tho "ihunt" circuit he played tho national
anthem upon the electric light.
"Vnvl tMa trt..K....l i t-
nWuu,mi He explained, "may
...- imvi-u hi n distance rrom the arc light
ItIRt IK lhA AIIF.HHt t. . .
. . . .v Buppiica to an arc
mmp is in most eases generated by a ma
chine at a considerable distance.
"Hence," said tho scientist, "wo have thli
great posfclblllty namely, that the ordinary
arc lamps at present used In lighting a hall
can be played on not merely by a performer
u is in tno nan itself, but who may bo
out sicio it somewhero else. Consequently
an nudlonco which Is paying no more at
tention to the arc lamps hung up abovo
ii uian ii wouio. to a gasollcr may bo sud
ui-iii) nsicnisncu to hear a tune coming
urn uiu space around It.
i.ii. miacieii nas also shown that the
eiectric light arc can bo used as a telo
pnone receiver. He has alrendy used It
for tho receiving of tolephone currents from
a transmitter spoken Into In another part
ui iuc ouuuing.
Current ote.
i-Jth0l,Fh th.e, 1180 of ,hB telephone has
"cr..asei1 rapidly here there nre countries
in Europe In which telephones aro In far
more general use than here. In Stockholm.
Sweden, ono person In every fourteen has
a telephone, there being more than 20.000
Uephones In n population of 271,000. Every
tobacconist's storo Is a. public call office
and the rates nre very low. England Is far
behind in the matter of telephonefl. there
being only 1 to every 636 of tho population.
In little Switzerland there Is 1 to every 172
persons, but fnr more business Is done over
the telephone In England than In Switzer
land. Experiments covering three yenrs carried
on by Prof. Vnsscllero of La dlromle show
that calcium carbide destroys the disease
of tho grapevine known us phylloxera.
Carbldo is found to be both cheaper nnd
more satisfactory thnn carbon bisulphide.
The material emnloved In ntnrif wmtn ntir!
dirty cnrblde practically the refuse of the
works-or else material rich In phosphorus
compounds. The phosphoretted hydrogen
liberated when this substance is In contact
with dnmp soli Is the agent that kills the
pnyuoxera nna mnaew. in vineyards tho
best results have been had bv thn im nt
400 pounds of carbide per acre, hundfuls
being burled In holes about eight Inches
deep.
In Herr Plecher's gas battery the electro
motive force Is produced by the combina
tion of hydrogen nnd oxygen, this being
brought about by using the well known
properties of llnely divided platinum. The
battery consists of n series of chambers
mnde of clay soaked with chloride of plati
num nnd baked hard. Within nnd wtthnnt
are wires to conduct tho current generated
wncn tne nyurogen is aumltted to the In
terior. The nlr outsldo supplies tho oxy
gen. When the gases meet In the walls
of tho clay chambers they combine and
form water, which Is drained nwnv. Kn
electrolyte Is needed. An Induction roll
placed In the circuit Increases the combina
tion ot tne gases.
English gas engineers, like thnun In nthor
countries, nre being much exercised in le
gard to the Increased adoption of elcctrlcty
for light nnd hent. A speaker at n meeting
of gns engineers held In Manchester took
tin tho subject of the effect which the rup
ply of electricity has upon the sales of
pas. In tho domain of public street light
ing, he said, the gns engineers have noth
ing whatever to fear from electrlcty if
they avnll themselves to the utmost of the
possibilities of tho Incandescent gas burn
ers. He stated thnt In llradford all the gns
lamps had been converted Into Incan
descents. nnd now twice the nmount of
light wnB given by the Fame burners nt n
slightly less total cost. Tho alteration had
been so aatiRfartnrv tn the nuhlln thnt It
liad been decided not to erect any addi
tional arc inmps at present.
BUNCH OF NORTHERN PACIFIC
Tito Hundred Shnrra Hold, with Ten
Ilnyn to Deliver, nt
Mnrty-Pive.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Two hundred
shares of Northern Pacific common stock
sold on tho Stock exchange today at 95,
"seller ton days." The last previous sale
was made at lis and occurred on July 17,
tho day that J. P. Morgan announced his
selection of Ave new directors for the
Northern Pacific. Tho price previous to
this had been 1R0. tho figures at which
many shorts settled with tho rivals. Tho
highest panic price for this stock was 700
"regular" and 1,000 "cash."
Today's transaction was dono for foreign
account and the "seller ten" feature was to
enable tho delivery ot the stock by ship
ment.
OTHER BATTLES 1MM1NEN
Esuth Amer.cm KerolutioniiU leem About
t 01 mL
SITUATION IS STRANGELY COMPLICATED
Vrnrcitrln nnd Colombia Jlny Hitch
llnve to IJenl with liMHilon,
In Addition to Domestic
Strife,
oa. jua.n. rorto Rico, Aug. 2.
Mall advices received here from Venezuela
and Colombia say tho cablegrams which
tne Venezuela government allows prcs
correspondents to forward from Caraca
are Inaccurate. President Castro's army
It Is added, does not exceed 600 soldiers
ucneral Urlbo-L'ribe Is reported to be
month's march from Bogota, with less than
3,uoo men.
unties are said to be Imminent. Th
Venezuelan revolutionists are at San Crls
tobal nnd tho Colombian revolutionists were
at Cucutn when tho mall advices were
forwarded.
COLON, Colombia, Aug. 2. A decree
dated Bogota, July S, appoints General
Carlos Alban comtnander-ln-chlef of tho
sea and land forces of Colombia In th
provinces of Magdnlenn, Panama and Ro
llvla In recognition of his patriotic zea
In the defense of the republic's Instltu
tlons.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trlnldnd. Aug. 2. In
consequence of the resignation of Senor
Pulldad, minister of war, It Is said that
President Castro of Vencznola has pro
rosed to the cabinet to declnre war against
Colombia, notwithstanding public opinion
ugalnst such a movement. Tho president
It Is understood, suggested thnt passports
bo handed to the minister from Colombia
It Is feared the most serious complications
will follow the present situation.
( "in plicated C'oiikcii tie tiers.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. The political
situation In the neighboring republics of
enezucla nnd Colombia, In South America
and the possibility of war between these
two states Is attracting considerable atten
tion in dlplomntlc circles. Should war ac
tually result tho authorities in each country
would not only have to deal with their
foreign forces, but also with their domestic
forces, as each of the countries has what
amounts to u civil war on hand,
Neither the Colombian nor the Venezuelan
legations hero has much direct connec
tlon and tho cable reports aro conflicting
The officials at tho Colombian legation aro
at n loss to understand the report of Presl
dent Castro's declaration of martial law
on the ground that his country Is being
Invaded by Colombia. .The revolution
headed by Dr. Galvlras, who crossed the
Venezuelan border from Colombia, Is said
to bo In no sense an Invastcn by Colombians
Dr. Galvlras belonged to the party of
Andrade, who was overthrown by Castro,
and It Is stated In diplomatic circles that
bo Is simply heading a rcbelllou of Vcno
zuelans against the lattcr's authority.
No definite Information hns been received
hero regarding the whereabouts of General
Urlbe, who, in turn, Is heading a movement
against the present government in Colom
bia, from tho Venezuelan side. The last
news of his whereabouts was that he was
at Maracalbo and had not yet crossed Into
Colombia, whore It was supposed he would
attempt to affect a Juncture with Narln, a
noted guerilla, who Is still carrying on a
vestige of the last revolution In the moun
tains of the central range of the Andes.
At the Colombian legation here the move
raent headed by Urlbe Is not considered at
all serious thus far. A. report received here
on July 26 last gave; news of a projected
simultaneous Invasion of Colombia from
Venezuela, Ecuador 'arid Nicaragua. Nothing
has been heard of tho movement since then.
NICARAGUA CONGRESS OPENS
Prealdent Zelnyn Will Rend a Me'
i
fin Be Advoontlna; the Monroe
Doctrine.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Via Galveston,
Aug. 2.) Tho congress of Nicaragua as
semblles tonight, when President Zelaya
will read a messago advocating tho Monroe
doctrine, welcoming tho nBslstanco of tho
United States against European colonization
In tho Americas and setting forth that
Nicaragua is anxious for the construction
ot the Nicaragua canal by tho Unltod
States.
ltlch Strike of Asbcutoa.
KEYSTONE. S. D., Aug. 2. (Special.) A
remarkable discovery ot asbestos has been
mnde near this city in the vicinity of tho
Wealthy mine by Chet Wheelock and Louis
Everly of this placo. They unearthed large
blocks of asbestos weighing WO to S00
pounds and tho quality is pronounced ex
cellent. The ground has all been located'on
the ledge. Development work Is In progress
and It Is considered one ot the most Im
portant discoveries mado In the Black Hills.
Asbestos has been found in other places In
the hills, but not in such large ledges as
In this one.
CHICAGO CENTRAL STATION
RlKhtern of Twenty-Two JtHllrouil
Co in pnii leu Approve Alclerninu
Dlxun'a Pinna for It.
CHICAGO, Aug, 2. Plans for a central
railroad station here, estimated to cost
$4,000,000, aro being prepared, to bo sub
mltted nt a meeting of railway officials to
be held August l.. Eighteen of the twenty-
two railroad companies with Chicago ter
minals have approved tbo scheme as drawn
by Alderman Dixon and members of (he
council commltteo appointed to Investi
gate tho question of a single terminal
believe the plan can be carried to n suc
cessful conclusion. The Illinois Central,
Northwestern, Pennsylvania and Great
Western railroads nre the only ones which
havo thus far not given their approval.
,o Southern Pnrlllc Dividend.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Tho Associated
Press learns on excellent authority that at
tho weekly meeting nf the executive crm
mltteo of the Southern Pacific railway held
yesterday the result of operations for tho
complete fiscal year were considered and
that It was reolved that the needs of the
proporty for repairs and maintenance were
uch as to make a division ot surplus earn
ings Inadvisable.
An Excellent Combination,
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Hrnui of Fioe, manufactured by the
California Fio Svnup Co., illustrate
tho value of obtaining tho liquid laxa
tive principles of plauts known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in tho form moat refreshing to tho
tastn and acceptable to tho system. It
is the ono perfect strengthening laxa
tl, cleansing tho syhtem effectually,
disponing colds, headaches and fevcrc
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stnnce, nnd its acting on the kidneys,
liver nnd boweln, without weakening
or irritating them, moke it tho ideal
laxative.
In tho process of manufacturing figs
aro used, ns thoy are pleasant to the
taste, but tho medicinal qualities of the
remedy aro obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by a mothod
known to the CAuroRWA Flo Srnnp
Co. only. In order to got Ita beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember tho full tuimo of tho Company
printed on tho front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO,
SAN KKAKCIOCO, CAI
liOUISYIXLE, KT. NEW TOUK, N. T.
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BEE BUILDING is not only a familiar name
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one of the best office buildings in the coun"
the best advertised building in the west and
Omaha are seen every day admiring the
combination of the beautiful and the sub
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Is it not worth while to be identified with a builds
ing like this? Is it not a good investment to have
an address which is known all over the country as
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a feeling of satisfaction in having surroundings that
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house you would rather be opposite a park than a
mud bank
AtSS&
The Bee Building
Reasonable Rents,
Electric Light,
Perfect Janitor Service,
Handsome Offices,
Fire Proof Construction,
All Night Elevators,
Burglar Proof Vaults,
Perfect Ventilation.
Cool in Summer.
W
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There are three or four very handsome offices
with vaults, vacant, and a few smaller rooms, It will
be well to look at these before the fall rush for office
room begins,
R. C. PETERS
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Rental Agents,
Ground Floor, Bee Building.
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