TIIE OMATTA DAILY PEE: TITURSDAT, AUOUST 27. 100.T
SCHOOL LANDS FOR LEASE
Etate Offera tolirestart Property in TLi
twn Different Counties;
MAKING BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM UNIFORM
At Promt Eaca Stat Institution
line a Ifitm of Its Ovi Wkhk
Mtkfl lfltlfmlli Dim-
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(From a Btaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Aug. 2C.-(Spc:aJ.)J-The land
commissioner haa achool landa vacant in
thirteen countlea, and these will be for
lease after thla date. They are located In
llanncr, Cheyenne, Lancaster, Deuel, Lo
gan, Perkins, Kimball, Keith, Hooker,
Hitchcock, Gage, Sheridan and Sioux coun
ties, and are described trs follows:
Banner County Nw and nVi ae 36-20-M,
140 acres; appraised valu, 5o cents; rental
Value, 7.ji per year on entire tract.
Cheyenne- County N 16-12-60. I acrea,
at II; rental per year, Nw ana si
lo-zo-w, ni acres, at ti-s;- rental value,
$12 per year for entire tract.
Deuel County N 36-2 1-4.', 320 acres, at
bo cents; rental vaiue per year, J ou.
Oage County Lot 8, block 4, W-2-7, 3
acres, 3ii; rental per year, t3.). ljot 1,
block i. l-I-7, 1 acre, Ja; yearly rental,
U . lo.
Hitchcock County NH and nVi sH 1S-2-34,
i'H.il acrea, H per acre; rental per year,
1134.78 fur entire tract.
Hooker County NV no 16-23-34. 80 acres.
at 60 eenta; rental ter year. J2.40. Sw 14-
x.-M, iw acrea, at V. sik.zu per year rent
value.
Keith County WH nw 16-13-38, 80 acres,
t H; rental value per year, 114. 4.
Kimball County Ne 16-13-G6. 10 acrea, at
II; rental value, 19.60. ne and sVt ae 16-12-
67, 240 acres, at 60 cents; rental value per
year, $7.20; m fc nH ae 16-L2-27. 4uo acres,
at $:; rental per year, 124, or 131.20 for the
entire section. Ixts 1. 2. t. 4 hi 16-12-6!.
123.88 acres, at 60 cents; $7.77 rental for
year.
1'erkins County Nw 36-10-36, 160 acrea, at
$2; rental value per year, $ 9.20. KM nw
and n sw A aw aw 36-11 V), 200 acrea,
at j; rental value per year, 74.
Bhertdan County Ne ne 16-33-42.. 40 acres.
$3; rental value per year, $7.20. Nw ns
16-S3-42. 40 acres, $3 50; rental value pr
year, vs.vi. b4 ne i-si-4Z, w acrea, il.&u;
rental value cer vear. 121.60.
Slou County Sw nw 16-33-6T, 40 acres,
at 60 cents: rental value tier vear. 11.2)
Logan County Ne and seH 3o-2rt-26, 481
acres, ai cents; rental value per year,
17.20.
Lancaster County Lot i In nw se 36-9-6,
IJ4 acres, at ik; rental value per year,
$4.25. Lots 48 and 19 In sw ae S6-9-6, 6 acrea,
at $40; rental value per year, $12. Ijot 22,
i acrea, at $2i; rental value per year. $3
Lot 18, block 46. at ll; rental value per
year, sa.tiu. i 10, mock 47, 2o; rental
value per year, $1.60. Lot 10. block 193,
$2ft0j rental value per year, $15. Lot 4,
imock wuii rental value Der vear.
$13.60.
l-ot 6, block 196, $228: rental value
-per year, iia.wi. ixt 1, block Z.TZ. $175
rental
value tier vear. 110.60. lxt 1 hlnrV
2.
inu; rental value per year, $9.
Iot 6. block 217, $3; rental value per year,
80 centa. Lota 1. I. 8, 4. block 276, at 45
each; rental value per year, 30 cents per
jui or ti.w ior enure year.
The rental muat be paid for the last half
of 1903 and the first half of 1904 to the
county treaaurer of the county In which
the land la located. A fee of 60 cents Is
charged for entering lease contracts of
record In the office of the commissioner of
public lands and buildings. '
New System of Bookkeepings,
Acting on the belief that a better and
uniform system of bookkeeping for the
Parlous state Institutions ' wou'.d greatly
simplify the work of examination of ac
count. Chief Clerk Mickey of the gov
ernor's office has prepared a draft of a
' Hew combination system which will be
used hereafter. In the past each Institu
tion had Ita books kept In the style of the
man In charge, and often there was trou
tie about making the balances correspond.
Instructions have been sent to all of the
. bookkeepers In aU the Institutions to meet
In Lincoln at the executive' office on Sep
tember 9 to confer upon the matter. In
preparation for that meeting there has
been drawn a sample rage of a combina
Si
twlre
iSif ill .
Thousands of Mothers, every night, watch
the fevered unrest and the awful torture
their babes and children undergo when
Rathn, blstchts, plmplss and
breakings oat.
appear on their little bodies and faces.
Immediately they im-tgina the child's blood
Is impure or poisoned, and begin to dose an
already over-worked stomach with vile and
noxious drujrs, when as a matter of fact the
disease Is not in the blood, but solely la
the skia.
Stop end naten Ur yourseim!
If the disease is c tried in the blood, why
do Dot those sensitive organs, the Heart sod
Lnngi, through which all the blood of the
body passes, becom diseased, the game as
the Skin.
Don't d:sa tha SiCn.ach.
Tresl to skin.
These Rashes, Blotches, Pimple and
Breakings out are given the general name
e Eczema
Ths Itch ing.
It is parol and simply a local disease
and entirely coo fined to the Skin, and ia
Bo instance is it the result cf impure or
poisoned blood. This disease U caused by
thousands oi little germs which barrow
into the outside skin and their ravages
thero result ia the sores, the brey itching
and burning sensations experienced by
sufferers from this diseae. The only suc
cessful treatment for ECZEMA is by
External or Local Applications.
Cur ccr.fldsnco In tha D. 0. D
So many astonishingly effective and per
manent cures have been made by this
wonderful Skia Disease Remedy (The D.
D. D. Prescription), that we are absolutely
convince!! it will conquer any and all dis
eases of the skin and bcaip.
Wo back (his assertion wllh
cuj' graranteo
Those who are interested in this subject
are invited to call at our store and see
actual photographs cf many people cured
4 ihess seemingly incurable Skin Diseases,
A liberal kettle hill $1 CO Mall erasr
promptly tilled.
. tksmaa Ma. eaaeH Drag
I Un aa I4ge at, Oasaaa.
(Si
tion ledger, at the top of the pages of
which will appear the amounts of. the
various appropriations and the name of
the fund. Deneath wl'.l be columna for the
entry of the date upon which a voucher
la filed for draft against that fund, the
name of the party, the name of the
Institution, and the number and the
amount of the voucher, the number
of the warrant drawn In payment of It,
the date and amount of payment, the total
amount of the appropriation expended and
the balance of the appropriation. fly thla
system, whenever It la discovered that the
balance of the appropriation left unex
pended does not correspond to that shown
In the books In the auditor's office an Im
mediate Investigation and adjustment may
be easily made.
Eipenaee of Candidates.
Four Judicial aspirants filed certificates
today ahowirig the amounts' expended by
them In secujng their nominations. Judge
John B. Iiarnea of Norfolk certified that
his expenditures were $16.50, of which $16
was for headquarters at a Lincoln hotel
and 50 cents for letters. Albert 11. Bab
cock of the First district puts his expense
at $21.45. and Oeorge I. Wright, nominee
for supreme Judge on the prohibition ticket,
declares that he didn't spend a cent.
Arrest Three Mllkmea.
State Food Commissioner Thompson filed
complaints In Justice Kisser's court today
charging three local milkmen, William A.
Bprong. W. J. Lansing and Will Francis,
with selling and offering for sale adulter
ated milk. The food commissioner saya
that on August 20. samples of milk were
obtained from the dairies of thee three
parties which upon analysis were found to
contain formaldehyde In quantities not yet
made known. Similar samples were also
tested from all of the other milk depots
In the city and prosecutions are likely to
be Instituted against some ten other deal
ers whose milk supplies were found adul
terated by this drug. Some of the milk
was also skimmed, as well as being doped
with the poison. There were some of the
milkmen actually surprised In the act of
selling pure milk. Th law provides a
penalty of from $25 to $100 for each offense
In the sale of adulterated or skimmed milk.
Seeking a Reversal.
An appeal has Just been filed in supreme
court by Robert Trumbull, a lumber dealer
of Mlnden, from the awarding to his sis
ter-in-law. Viola Trumbull, the sum of
$1,000 for alienating her husband's affec
tions. The woman In the case was for
merly Viola Martin. She had been a real
dent of Mlnden for the most of her life
up to the time she was 26 years old. She
was a milliner and had accumulated some
$700. In the summer of 1901 she became ao
qualnted with Oscar Trumbull, kept com
pany with him for some six months and
was urged by him to wed. It also appears
from testimony on file that while she was
26, the Impetuous lad was but 19. accord'
ing to the testimony of Robert Trumbull
who was his older brother and his guar
dlan. After he had long petitioned her
for her hand she at length conclude! to
marry him. In September of that year
she went to Hastings and secured a po-.
sltlon In a dry goods store, where she
earned $12 a week. ' One Sunday morning
In October Oscar hied himself from Mln
den. where he had been employed In his
brother's lumber yard, to Hastings, where
on the next day they Inflicted a surprise
upon their acquaintances by being married.
They were tendered the usual attentions
by their acquaintances amonj the features
of which was a serenade by the band of
the Adama county metropolis. The de
fendant Is charged with' being the csuse
of the subsequent separation of the couple.
FREE METHODIST CONFERENCE
Meeitaa- at Yataa Aeataras Pastors la
Nebraska for the Easslag
Tear.
V
TITAN. Neb.. Aug. 26. -(Special.) The
conference of the Free Methodist church
has just made the following pastoral ap
pointments for Wie ensuing year: Rev. W.
W. Bruce, district elder for the Lincoln
district; the dry of Lincoln, to be yet sup
plied; Tutan and , Bethel, to Rev. O. L.
Barnes; Wahoo, Mount Carmel and Bright
I Star, to be -served by Rev. T. W. Rutledge;
Nebraaka City, by Rev. L. E. Barnes; Te-
I cumseh and Table Rock, by Rev. L. E
Dally; Wymore. by Rev. I. C. Orablll;
Tork and Low Prairie, by Rev. R. F. John
ston. Rev. E. Ballenger was left without
appointment for a year. The Omaha dis
trict waa also given to Elder Bruce, with
Rev, E. E. Hatfield at Omaha, Rev. F. J
I Atkinson at Blair and Loretta L. Thomas
as the supply at La Platte, F. W. Queaa
the auuply at Louisville and 'Weeping
Water and William McElfresh supply, for
Fremont, Arlington and Elk City.
Rev. J. A. Finch was appointed elder for
the Norfolk district, with Rev. M. Hart
sock at Norfolk, Birch and Meadow Grove
and Minnie A. Beers supply for Concord,
St. Peters and Norrls. and Falrvlew and
Clay Ridge, Inman and Page to be yet sup
plied. The same elder has also the Butte
district, with Tlev. A. S. McClure at Butte
and Riverside, Rev. L. M. Poff at Mount
Zlon, Bonesteel snd Naperi Rev. E. Dillon
at Newport and Kirkwood: Rev. T. B. Wll
son at Mills. Bhllo and Lake View; Rev. H.
Allgar at Sandy, Ray and Leonl; David E,
Powell aupply at Lynch aad Oroas, and
Ainaworth and Mayflower to be yet aup-
plted.
Mad Doer Scare at llcldreare.
IIOLDREGE, Neb., Aug. 26.-8peclat.)
This community la considerably alarmed
over a mad dog scare. Eight or nine per
sons have been bitten, and five of them
Mrs C. A. Hedlund and her three children,
have gone to the Paateur Institute. Chicago,
for examination, and Mrs. D. 8. Palmer haa
taken her son there also. It is expected that
thfs examination will show whether there
ia really any foundation for the state of
alarm In which many persons here are at
present. About six weeks ago a Utter of
pups belonging to a cttlsen was attacked
In the night and one killed and another
wounded probably bitten by a dog. The
Injured puppy died soon after, and later
the remaining three showed signs of sick
ness, although they had not been hurt.
The owner had the city marshal kill the
mother of the litter. The three surviving
puppies bit seven children and a woman be
fore they were killed. The puppies were
about three months old. The result of the
examination In Chicago Is awaited with
great aaxlety.
Fire at Pleree.
PIERCE. Neb.. Aug. 26 (Special Tele
gram.) The third fire that has happened
this year broke out In the building occupied
by Mlllor 4 Berger. who have a general
merchandise store. The firm carries Insur
ance tothe amount of $4.(00 on the stock.
rhich. It la said, will cover the damage
sustained. Tbe citlsers are all pleased
with the work done by the fire company,
even those that were the moat skeptical
now admitting that the water works
i Is a good thing. '
Cksset fr Blar Cera Crop.
COLVMBT'S. Neb.. AxiK. tC-tSpedal.)-
E. M. Sparhawk. a successful farmer who
Uvea en the Butler county line uat south
of the Platte river, waa In town yesterday.
I In speaking of the crop prospects he said
he had never had a better prospect for a
bumper crop of earn than he haa right now
He has been farming In this locality for
I thirty-Ova years snd should know what he
la talking about. ."Hold your frost oft for
two weeks," he said "and I will raise the
biggest crop ot oorn. ever."
TWO BUILDINGS GO DOWN
Four-Story Structurti at Fourteenth and
Donjlat Oillanss, Starting Firs.
N0V LIVES LOST AND. ONLY ONE HURT
Work of Lowering Floora of Oae
Balldlas Aaalgaed aa Dlreet
Cause of Accident Other
Balldlngs Impaired.
With a rumbling crash which could be
heard for blocks . around, but fortunately
preceded by premonitory signals, the brick
store buildings Noa. 1403 and 1406 Douglas
street collapsed at i:40 yesterday morn-
ng. falling towarda the dividing walls
between them.
Fire broke out In the east side of the
ruins, but waa soon under control, aM
waa extinguished without serious dim-
culty. I
Though a number 6f persons were In !
each of the buildings, all save one escaped
without physical Injury of any kind, a
workman named Jack Morrisey receiving
a light cut In theiead from a flying brick, i
Constant drippings for years past from
an Ice-box In the grocery atore In No. 1403
Douglaa street Is stated to be the cause
of the buildings collapsing, their falling,
however, being hastened by alterations be-
ng made In the building No. 1406 Douglaa
The east building, occupied by H. J.
Hughes' grocery store, was owned by A.
Hanscom, who purchased It about five
years ago from Walter O. Clarke. It was
four stories In front, and for about two
fifths of the way back to the alley, 132 feet
In the rear, where It was three stories.
W. Bobbins, the agent for It, stated that
he could not apeak authoritatively, but be
lieved that, following his policy of not
holding any unimproved property which
can be profitably Improved, Mr. Hanscom,
who now lives In New York, will rebuild
at once.
New Building to Go I'p.
The west building was stone-faced and
three stories In height. It waa owned by
the Western Real Estate Trustees of Bos
ton. There waa $S,000 fire Insurance and
$2,000 rental Insurance on It. The McCague
Investment company was agent for the
building, and Mr. Charlton expresses the
opinion that a new building will be Imme
diately erected on the lot.
The Hughes grocery stock was fully In
sured. Robert Smith A Bro., who had
conducted the grocery store for several
years, sold It out a few weeks ago to H. J.
Hughes. Whether or not any fire Insur
ance on either buildings or stock Is col
lectible Is an unsettled question, and one
which those most Interested decline to dis
cuss until the companies .have stated their
posltloTi.
Hughes suffered the greatest loss, the
total on stork and fixtures being placed
by him at $20,000.
The value of the two buildings was rot
to exceed $2i,000. If it would reaCh that
figure, aa both were rearing the end of
their usefulness and plana to erect new
bulldinga on the ground have been made
more than once.
Robert Smith suffered a small loss on
stock owend by him still In the Hanscom
building, and Morris Brodkey also sus
talned a loss of about $200. The. damage
done the two-story Kennard building on
the corner and the Harbach building at
1407 Douglas street cannot be ascertained
until the debris from the two collapsed
buildings Is cleared away, but It Is now
thought It will amount simply to the cost
of strengthening the walls, providing the
.owners do not decide to tear down the
buildings and erect better ones In plane
of them.
Within a few minutes after the buildings
collapsed all sorts of wild rumors were
afloat, and notwithstanding the dashing
rain an Immense crowd collected around
the ruins. It was reported at first that
ten or more persons were In the ruins, and
then the reports dwindled down to one ape
clflo one, to the effect that a man and a
woman had beep seen in the front of the
arocerr atore and were burled In the
ruina. But Inveatlgatlon proved them all
incorrect; the laat one originated from the
fact that Michael Kiley, who gave the
alarm, and Miss Helen Keller, book'
keeper In the grocery store, were the last
to leave It. and were not a moment too
soon In doing so.
The employes of the Omaha Tea and Cof.
fee company, 1407 Douglas, were also
warned to leave. As they did so several
of the girls turned .around (a la Lot's
wife), and were enveloped in a cloud of
dust, which hid them from view and gave
rise to another rumor of fatalities. The
east wall of the building, a two-atory
brick, waa weakened by the collapse of Its
neighbors and may have to be rebuilt. The
two-story brick building on the corner of
Fourteenth and Douglas streets, occupied
by Morris Brodkey's pawnshop, was also.
it Is believed, weakened by the shock.
All of the buildings were old and of light
construction, and the accident will result.
It Is believed by those Interested, In the
erection -of much larger and better build
ings upon the lot. Frank B. Kennard, who
owns the corner, several years ago had
plans drawn for an office building, and ne
gotiations were In progress for the pur
chase of the adjoining lots and the tearing
down of the buildings which feU yesterday
The deal . was not made, however, but a
similar one is now among the probabilities.
A kind and gentle Provloence was hover
ing bout Douglas street yesterday, for
otherwise a number of llves would have
been snuffed out in a moment and there
would have been many sorrowing homes
In Omaha tonight. But sufficient warning,
thnuorh no more, was given, and save for
the temporary frlgM of those who escaped
and the anxiety of relatives and friends
ho hurried to the scene only to receive
nod news, the damage waa connnea to
brick and atone and eaally replaced ediblea.
Dlaaster Was Feared.
For aeveral diiya the workmen engaged In
lowering the floor of 1405 Douglaa have
feared that the building might aettle or
alnk. though none anticipated tne catas
trophe that came. But according to them
they had noticed that the foundation wall
on which reated the west wall of the one
and the east wall of the other building
had been Injured to such an extent, and
was so loose, that when one brick waa
removed a dosen others tumbled out. Upon
the top of the stone wall, which was alao
waahed and undermined, waa an eighteen
Inch course ot brick, put In a number of
years ago when the floor waa raised. In
1S&2 tho upper stories of the two buildings
were added to them, and other changes
were made, they having originally been
Iwo-story buildings.
Crackings of tbe walla were alao noticed
but It waa thought by Petrle Eros., who
had the contract for lowering the floor, and
by W. J. Hlalop, the auperintendent for the
McCague Investment company, that the
building would be all right when the
change were made. When, however, the
plastering begun to allda from the walla In
aheets and the nolae of atrainlng walls In
creaaed, the alarm waa given and the eight
men In the lower floor and basement rushed
out. M. Kiley, one of them, dashed Into
the grocery atore ahoutlng a warning,
which waa for a moment not understood
Others warned people paaalng on the aide-
walk, and there was a general rush ana
from tbe bulldinga
As described by an eyewitness th
buildings fell from the bottom. That Is fhe
Bret floor first cave way, followed by the
second and third floors, and finally by ths
roofs of the buildings.
Details ef the Disaster.
Walter Hughes was the first of the
grocery employes to take the ajarm of the
inpendlng disaster and warned his com
panions. He had gone out, to get some
thing from the sidewalk when he waa
startled by someone crying from under the
grating In front of the vacant building: f
"For God's sake let me out. She's going
to fall."
The workmen In the basement had
noticed the cracking of the walls and were
struggling to get out through the Iron
grating. Young Hughes ran Into the store
and shouted the alarm. Most ot those In
side escsped from the rear door, but Miss
Helen Keller, the cashier, who was the last
to get out, ran from the front door Just
as the crash came. She, however, reached
the protection of the Brodkey pawnshop In
time and was unharmed. Emil Wald,
Harry Kerby and two boys, John Tsggert
and Joe Ponak, 'were the others In the
Ic
ore at the time. Mr. Hughes, and son
Frank, and Miss Maud McMullan. had
ahortly before gene out to breakfaet. Joe
Epps was across the street at the time of
the fall:
'I looked around," he said, "and there was
woman and a little girl right In front of
the falling building. I Involuntarily started
forward and then everything waa a cloud
of lime dust and I could not see whether
they had escaped or not."
Will Bryant, a waiter In the Millard
hotel, was alao a witness:
"Just when It was falling a woman came
running out and got to the corner aafely.
A man came out of the place and a brick
knocked him on the head. He fell, but got
safe, too." This man was a camenter'e
helper named Morrisey. He had been out
safely once, but returned and barely
escaped the second time."
As soon as the clerks could be got to
gether (and after It had been ascertained
that none had been Injured) they were Bent
to Gladstone's grocery store, a block east on
Douglas, and began preparations for
carrying on the buslnesa.
Mr. Gladstone has done everything he
can for us," said Frank Hughes, "and We
will be filling orders today. We want our
patrons to know this and that they can be
served as usual."'
Turne la Alarm.
Officer Sandstrom reports that he turned
In the fire and police alarms. He waa
walking his beat east from the doomed
ulldlng and hacUreached the middle of the
next block when he heard the crash, and
turned to find the street filled with a cloud
f mortar dust. He ran to the box at the
corner of Fourteenth street and from
there sent a Are and police hurry call.
"We had abdut $400 or $j00 worth of goods
stored In the place," said Robert Smith
f Smith Bros., who on July 15 gave pos
session to- Mr. Hughes. "I think that they
will be a complete loss, although we car
ried some Are Insursnce."
The Kennard building, which Is occupied
by Morrli Brodkey as the Eagle pawn-
hop below and a lodging house above, was
somewhat Injured along Ita western wall,
particularly by water, but Mr. Brodkey
said that everything was Insured. This
building Is still somewhat endangered by
the walls standing above its roof, but ac
cording to Chief Salter these will Imme
diately be thrown down to a level with
the Kennard building. This will also be
done on the west side.
Firemen Have Lone Flabt.
The Aremen were forced to keep a stream
running for two hours on the debris at
the east aide, where the gaa supply pipe
for the building had been torn off and the
gas Ignited. This was turned off later. At
:20 o'clock the firemen under Chief Salter
plated a ladder against the roof of the
Kennard building and with another ladder
forced over upon the tottering end of the
east -wall, which stljl carried alort a bit
of the cornice stone and brick, and waa
ready to fall at any moment. Several of
the firemen had narrow escapes from the
brick of the wall as they punched it over.
Workmen have been busy for about a
week repairing the old Dunning hardware
building. The building, which had been
vacant for some time, was being prepared
for the occupancy of the Stamp Trading
company. Petrle Bros, had , been at
work lowering the floor, but had no men
in the building at the time of the collapse.
During the excitement, when It was at
first thought that several persons had been
buried, R. H. Keller, a brother of Miss
Helen Keller, the cashier, made a commo
tion In an attempt to find his slater. He
was naturally excited, and refused to stay
back from the danger line, He was ar
rested by Officer Sandstrom for disorderly
conduct. The Omaha Tea and Coffee com
pany, which occupied the building to the
west; has been closed until a careful exam
ination can be made of the wall. It Is
thought that the building Is Injured, and
the authorities wish to be on the safe side.
WITHNELL BLAMES M'CAGUE
Bnlldlng Inspector Holds Agents of
Balldlng Responsible and City '
Exempt from Salts.
Ta reference to the responsibility of the
collapse. Building Inspector Wlthncll said:
So far as I can determine from a prelim
inary examination the McCague Invest
ment company is to blame. The outer
walls and center party wall of the build
ings were but twelve Inches thick from
top to bottom. Laborers working under
the direction of . the engineer of the Mc
Cague company had removed the bricks
to a depth Of four Inches near the base
of the party wall, to lower the ground
floor eighteen Inches. These bricks were
removed continuously along a horixontal
apace the width ot the beams. My theory
is that the weight on the wall dragged it
down, weakened as It was by the Incision
at the base, one-third of the way through.
The buildings were -both old, having been
erected about thirty years 'ago, and were
Bung together In the most flimsy manner.
On August 1$ the council passed a reso
lution authorising the building Inspector
to issue a permit for the extension of the
window at 1406 Douglas street eighteen
Inches Into the street. A representative
of the McCague company had called pre
viously at the Building department to ob
tain this privilege, and had been referred
to the council. However, no permit was
ever taken out from my office, either tor
the extension of the window or for lower
ing the first floor. The ordinances require
thst this shall be done before work on
repairs or construction Is started, In order
to give the building inspector time to make
an Inspection and rule whether or not the
work shall be done. The permission Issued
by tbe council had no bearing other than
to give additional authority In this par
ticular work. The transaction was made
while I was out of the city,
"Yesterday afternoon a copy of the reso
lution waa delivered at my office. Thla
waa the first Intimation that I had that
work waa to be done In thla building. Late
In the afternoon I happened to be walking
by the building and noticed that work waa
golr.g on. I atepped In and advlaed . that
a permit would have to be taken out.
"Thla mornlrur I came down to Inspect
the buUdlng, preliminary to issuing the
permit, as I had long known ot Its In
ferior condition. Just as I waa entering
the door a man rushed out, crying that
the building was falling. I had arrived
lust in time to see It collapse.
"According to the ordinance th city Is
not liable for damagea in this case. I am
Informed that Mr. Hughes intends to sus
the McCague people to recover the loss on
his grocery stock, and other suits may be
filed."
The building Inspector spent all day at
the scene of the disaster, superintending
the destruction of tbe dangerous walla that
remained atandlng. and the collection of
the debris. In order thst they might not
cause damage or blockade the street more
than necessary.
HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS
rWrke4 Strartarea Prominent Fac
tors la the Bnalaeaa aiael Social
Aaaala ot Omaha.
The two wrecked bulldinga, 140 and 1406
Douglaa street, were directly and Indi
rectly Intimately connected with the busi
ness and to some degree with the social
life of Omaha, and several old settlers re
called a number of Incidents con
nected with them.
The three-story building No; 1405 Douglaa
waa the first stone front building in
Omaha, and to It waa moved the first
drug store In the city. The store waa
started at 1110 Fernam street, where the
Pioneer block, another of the old buildings
of the city, now stands, by Dr. Henry,
who played a prominent part In local af
airs for a number of years. He was ac
cused of the murder of a man named
Holllater down near the Platte river, where
the two had a dispute over a claim. The
Jury on the first trial disagreed It was the
first murder trial ever held In Omaha and '
or. the' second trial acquitted Dr. Henry,'
who had, It may be remembered, been ai-
lowed his liberty on his own parole. He
was the only druggist and doctor In the
young city, and attended to business as
usual during the daytime. At night he was
locked In the sheriff's office, and Uncle
"Bill" Snowden recalls going to the office
the night his daughter waa born and ob
taining the doctor on his promise to return
him, which promise he fulfilled. Later Dr.
Henry, It is alleged, located a townstte out
near Fremont where an Indian village
stood, and on representations In the east
that the townalte waa occupied by 600 to
800 people obtained a large stock of druga
and liquors, his two trials having ex
hausted his stock and cash.
Dr. Henry started the Pioneer block with
part of hla new wealth and sold his stock
of drugs to Jersey Tuttle, who In turn sold
It to Baum A Martin, who moved It to
the building which wont down yesterday.
Auctioneer Cuming was the next occupant
of the building, using It from 1876 to 1S82,
when it became and continued up to the
present the home of hardware companies.
Hlmebaugh A Taylor put In the first stock
of edged tools and were succeeded by the
Omaha Hardware company, which In turn
gave way to A. 8. Carter. ,Then the Dun
ning Hardware company occupied It and
continued to do so until a few months ago.
The trading stamp people who have been
trying to gain a foothold In - Omaha a
short time ago took a lease on the building
and It was being fixed up for them. It
was In It that Frank B. Kennard, the
glass man and capitalist, first entered the
drug business, afterward moving to what
waa for years known as the "Fuller cor
ner," across the street on the northwest
corner of Fourteenth and Douglas now
occupied by a saloon.
Just as Its neighbor ran to drugs snd
hardware so the building 1408 Douglaa has
shown a preference for stocks of groceries.
Sam Megeath. and, succeeding him, D.
Whitney, occupied It in early days aa
wholesale grocers and then It became and
continued until It. fell a retail grocery.
Speculation as to, what effect, if any, the
heavy stocks of hardware with which the
floors of the one building and the also
heavy stocks of canned goods and groceries
with which the floors of the other were
Ailed for years may have had on the
falling of them was indulged In by the
old-timers, who recalled when they were
among the largest and finest buildings In
Omaha.
REPUBLICANS NAME JUDGES
A. J. Evans of David City aad Judge
Smith of Aurora Are Nom
inated. TORK, Neb., Aug. 26. (Special.) -The
flfth Judicial republican convention was
held here last night and placed In nomina
tion Judge A. J. Evans ot David City
and Judge Smith of Aurora. There were
four candidates seeking the nomination,
and the contest, while vigorous, was
friendly. . Judge Holland of Seward, a
candidate for the nomination, asked the
convention to make the nominations by
acclamation, which waa carried unani
mously.' Speeches were made by many of
the delegates from different countlea, who
all agreed that a republican nomination
for district Judges this year waa equivalent
to an election. A resolution was unani
mously carried voting the cltlsens and
business men of York thanks for the en
tertainment, and more especially for the
carriage ride about the city given the dele
gates In the sfternoon.
DAVfD CITY, Neb., Aug. 26.-(SpeclaI.)
The delegates to the Judicial convention
at York returned home this morning en
thusiastic over having captured the r t
lnatlon for Arthur J. Evans of this
and Judge Smith of Aurora. Judge Sn. .h
pas only a limited acqualnw.ice In this
county, but those who know him speak
most highly of his ability as an attorney
and Jurist. Judge Arthur J. Evans is an
old settler of Butler county and Is the
oldest practitioner at the Butler county
bar. He served as county Judge for two
consecutive terms and declined to accept
the nomination for the third term. He is
considered one of the best attorneys In
this Judicial district and well qualified to
fill the position of district Judge. In spite
of the fact that Butler county la one of tho
strongest fusion counties In the state,
Judge Evans was elected county attorney
one year ago .by a large' majority. Evans
and Smith will receive a large vote In this
county at the coming election.
BUTTE. Neb Auf 2j.(8peclal Tele
gram.) Butte give Hon. W. T. Wills a
royal reception today on his return from
Valentine, where he was nominated for dis
trict Judge. There was a big crowd, two
brass bands and speeches. He will poll a
THE MAN WITH TH BIO HEA-Go 'way! Olt outl I'm alckl I want to dlel
THE MAN WITH THE LEVEL HEAD Ah, you old elnner! No rest for the wicked)
You will co on a bat while your wife's la the country, will you? Tou ought to suf
fer! But why dlda't you do as I told you when I left you last eight, axtdTaa I did
myself: take a CASCA2ET Candy Cathartic before going to bed? Tou'd feel good
like I do. Tfeey work while you aleep, fix up your atomach and bowels, cool
your levertah lieer, aad max you leal flu and dandy tbe morning after, tct
El u
How fine my shoes look
after $Uc months' eonttmuout urrar
rt t Kicrss i run
SHINOLA
the Modem Pt Shoe FolUh."
A well- proline woeiaa, man or child must
wear s we;i-pohhed shoe. 6H1N0CA makes
shoe polishing a aleasar. rather than a hurUrn.
It iq licklyaud esMlvenp.ied with the Shinola
ilauber aucl poltaher, alune instantly, makes
leather waterproof, and (bias latts s wtek.
One hnx does It all. No liouidi are used, and
there i conaequent'v no antliug of the hand.
The aclilsoralkaliused in most ahoe polishes
caue a apeedy drattuc:ion of the leathnr. and
eraeka, ciiipa and scales all. SHINOLA cut ins
neither acij norslkali it preservesthe leather,
tha ska a laaklof saw, sod gives them a
black, permanent glos.
u
A &III.1JL MINB Is a BLACK BLACK
Salaais teaser
Zf
ter
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MY
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fm- sS'ga2anrtfe5&. . j m saisai .. 111. , na.- 0lr.
f HOME VISITORS EXCURSIONS A
raoa ALL POISJTW ON I , II
MlSSO&Jng 1 PACBFiC RAILWAY.
dSEATLT REDUCED BATES EAST. r i
INDIANA, WESTERN OHIO
00 N'T MISS
14 home aad see
eemeucAa. laauina
"JMtJMl, a, ..raj raaaaaew
big vote In Boyd and this end of the dis
trict '
RIGHT OF WAY ALL PROCURED
Work to Commence Joon on Eleetrle
Line from Omaha to
Beatrice.
PAPILXION, Neb., Aug. (Special.)
Lt P. Hurd. representing the Omaha, Lin
coln A Beatrice Electrio railway, says In
a letter to C. B. Tower, a prominent busi
ness man of Papllllon, that the construction
of this road will begin In one month. The
necessary right of way has been procured
through to Beatrice with the exception of a
few miles, where the survey will have to
be changed. This road will come Into
Papllllon from the north and run through
the center of the town.
Adjudged to Be Insane,
NEBRASKA CITT, Neb.. Aug. 26.-(8pe-clal
Telegram.) On complaint of J. V.
Purr, Fred Wtlkennlng, living near Paul,
waa brought to this city chsrged with In
sanity. When brought before'the Insanity
commission he was adjudged Insane and
taken to the asylum at Lincoln.
Many Attend Reunion. -
LOriSVILLB, Nob., Aug. M.-8peclal
telegram.) The district Orand Army of the
Republic reunion which began here August
26, Is well attended, considering the weather.
The executive committee has decided to ex
tend the date of closing from Friday even
ing. August t, to Saturday evening,
August 29.
1 1 Setnbr 1st,
.' MBassssassssiawMMn
it 1 r,'!l.,M
mm
In color
and this fact distinpuNhea It from all other nr.
ishes. Discriminating people knoir too well the
anaatisfartory results otnlncd from the use of other
pol ahes which give a faded black, gray or browni.h
uet to the ahoea.
Accept no substitute. Your dealer haa it. Or we
wtll send it by mail postpaid. Iirge box toe
SHINOLA COMPANY, Rochester, N.Y.
ss4 Pallsher ay anil Me sastssM.
mi
Baltimore
aad back, ttt!, Bapt 17
te 11
Denver, Colorado
Spring and Pueblo
and baok. HT M.
Bait Lake 03 ty and back. I3U&
Deadwoed and Lead and baok. tUT
Rot Springs, ' a. D, aad baok, tlaVaX
tattle Rock. Ark, and back, tX.Zt. Oc
tober X and 6.
Baa rraodeco and Lea Anerale and
back, tsaoa. October te 17.
On September 1st and 15th, te Butte, Bel
ana, Spokane. Tacoraa, Seattle, Portlaond
and te hundreds ef other polnta Northwest,
West and Southwest, at one fare plus f!60
for the round trip.
September 1. 6. l and October e many
polnta in Indiana and Ohio, at fare and
He-third for the round trtp.
you are ST&na any wbere you had bet
write er aee me. I oaa proaaaiy
offer
suggestions that will save yeu beta Lime
and money.
J. B. Reynolds,.
City Passenger Agent,
IS02 F&rn&ffl Street, Oraaha
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8th, 15th and Detoker 6th. Betora limit. 31 day, it
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