TIIR OMAITA DAILY TIF.E: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1903.
CURRENT
COUNCIL.
MIXOR MESnO.
Davit sells drugs.
Btorkert sells esrpets.
Crayon enlarging, 30 Broadway.
Expert watch repairing. Leffart. 401 By.
Celebrated Matt beer on Up. Neumayer.
Diamond betrothal nnge at Lelfert'e, 40i
Broadway.
UK and UK wedding rings at Leffert'e,
0S Hroadway.
Picture hmJ frames. Alexander'a Art
Btnre, 333 Urondwiy.
Tha city council will meet thla morning
a a committee of the whole.
The district court grand Jury la announced
to m.'iko lta dual report Thursday of thla
wefk.
Hluft City Masonic lodge will hold a Spe
cial mcetlDg thla evening for work In tha
third degree.
Carnp No. Till, Modern Woodmen of
America, will meet in regular aeaalon thla
evening at S o'clock.
Pottuwattnmio Irlbe, Improved Order of
Had Men, will met thla evening for work
la tha chiefs' degree,
Lost at carnival, lady's black Jacket
trimmed In white cord. Kinder leave at
liee olllce and get reward.
Mrs. P. H. Wirfham of Kaat Waahlngton
avenue, left yesterday on a two weeks'
Visit to relatives In Lincoln, Neb.
k'or rent, otllce room, ground floor; ona
of the moat central locations In the busi
ness portion of the city. Apply to The baa
office, city.
Wa contract to kaap public or prlvat
housea free from roaches by the year. In
ect Exterminator Manufacturing company,
Council Bluff. Ia. Telephone F-434.
To advertise our miujr new styles of plo
turea wa will for thirty days give to those
who mention this ad 2 per cent reduction
on all work. Life sue portraits a specialty.
Tha tSUgleinan HtuOlu, U axid 4b South slain
street.
Harry Coualna, a patient at tha Woman's
Christian AsMocJation hospital, waa yester
day commuted to Bu Bernard a hospital by
the ooruniiasluners for the Insane. The com
mittment waa mado on an Information hied
by Dr. R. H- Hlce.
AtUi Ina of tha Council Bluffs Carpet
Cleaning compecy were filed yesterday In
the otlic of tn cunty recorder. The In
corporators are Charlus A. licno, who Is
president; L. K- 11 pes, vice president; V.
A. Hush, secretary and general manager;
A. F. Bona, J. IX Evans and W. F. Hypes.
The receipts In the general fund of the
Christian Home last weak were fiutt, being
$.15 bi'low the needs of the week and In
creasing tha deficiency In thla fund to data
to ix.tsii.a. In Uie nvuuurer's fund tha re
ceipts wars being $8.16 below tha
needs of Uie week and increasing tha de
ficiency to sl4ti.1t) In this fund to data.
Mrs. Lena Kennedy, wife of Benjamin
Kennedy, died yesterday morning at the
Woman's Christian Association hospital
from appendicitis, after an Illness of three
weeks. One aa u. years of age and besides
her husband, leaves a little daughter. Tha
funeral will bo held Thursday atLernoon at
3 o'clock from Su Paul's Episcopal church.
Frank Hutchinson, the M aster Springs
dairyman, brought his family to tha carn
ival Monday evening and hitched his two
seatoU carriage back of a Broadway hotel.
When he was ready to start homo he dis
covered that someone bad appropriated tha
rig:. The police were notified, while Hutoh
inaun and bJa family had to tramp It home.
No trace of the rig had been found up to
last night.
Obn C Flnley. a gad 44 years, died y eater,
day evening at his home, 4uS BouLh First
street, after an Illness of two years. Be
sides his wife, ons daughter, Mrs. H. K.
tiinilh of this city, and ona son, J. T. Find
ley of Portland, Or., survive him. He had
been a resident of Council Bluffs for six
teen years, oonilng here from Hamburg,
la. Tie waa a member of tha Woodman of
tha World and the Modern Woodmen of
America. Tha funeral will be held Thurs
day afternoon at i o'clock from the resi
dence, and Interment will be In Walnut Hill
cum alary. The services will be conducted
by liev. Andrew Hen wick.
N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel 30. Wight, IW,
Prohibitionists Are Scarce. -- -
The . prohibitionists of Fottawattainle
county did not turn out In sufficient force
at tha convention yesterday afternoon to
name a oounty ticket and an adjournment
waa taken to Friday afternoon, September
X5, whan tha meeting will be held In Oak
land. Tha call for tha convention yesterday aft
ernoon was Issued by 'F. P. Fatter and J.
G. Uhlo, chairman and secretary, respect
ively, of tha county central committee, but
neither was present. In their absenca W.
ID. Elwall of Ames, chairman of tha state
central oommlttea, presided and H. B.
Knowlea of this city acted as secretary,
Tha attendance was limited to six women
and five men, there being present In addi
tion to tha chairman and secretary Revs.
A. Overton, Henry DeLong and C. Hover.
There were two or three spectators, but
when tha chairman asked when putting tha
motion to adjourn to Oakland for those
who were attending tha convention to
rale their hands, then left tha room.
Chairman Elwall occupied tha time of tha
meeting with an address oi tha cause of
temperance, during which ha denounced
Sunday base ball. ' 1 . .
Hares Held for Robbery.
Taddy Hayes, the mulatto who waa ar
rested Friday night by- a special officer
after ha had broken Into tha Milwaukee
depot and on whose person was found
jewelry stolen tha night before from tha
trunk of Mrs. Patsy Fallon In the baggage
room of tha Illinois Central, was yesterday
bound over to the grand Jury now in ses
sion by Judge Soott In police court.
Hayes admlttod being implicated In tha
robbery at the Illinois Central depot but
claimed two other' men did the Job while
he kept watch on tha outside. The Canadi
an oolns and diamond sunburst brooch tak
en from Mrs. Fallon's trunk were given
Urn, ha says, as bis share of the swag. Tha
men who committed the burglary, Hayes
claims, left the city the same night on a
Burlington freight
Whan Hayes waa told that he waa
charged with breaking into the Milwaukee
depot he said:
"I did not break anything, aura, I simply
pushed the window up."
Hayes has the Initials "J. B." tattooed on
his right arm and the police bellve Hayes
Is an assumed name. He was transferred
from the city Jail to tha county bastlle yes
terday. Plumbing and heating, mxby ft Boa.
Real Eatnte Traaafers,
These transfers were filed yesterday In
the abstract, title and loan offioe of Squire
A Annla, 101 Pearl street:
Elisabeth B. Parsons to Jamea Holm,
lots & and . block $, Kldulea a
aubdtv., q. e. d $ 1
Nebraska Telephone company to the
public, all fact ot n92 feat of lot 1,
Clock 1 IiHNllf.V lat add. d 675
County treaaurer to D. K. Btuart, lot '
3 In snb-lot 82'4. original plat, except
the n0 feet and w&u feet, t. d 43
Wlndson Savin bank to A. W. Bar
rett, sSS fret lots and 4, block 14,
Hall's add., w. d ' $00
II. F. llohllng to J. W. 8gulre. tot 17,,
block 10. initiation. Coopr A Jeff
ails' adj.. q. c. .1 1
A. I). Annis and wife to same, same,
q. c. d 1
William Houthern and wife to Abra
ham and sarah J. Thomas, n50 feet
lot 14, and the a lota 8 to 13, block
3. Honey Crvek. w. d 1,650
Ilelra of Kelnrlch Voss to Minnie '
Htudo, Kt) feet lot 81. and nl17 feat
of lot 32. Avoca I -and and Loan
company a aubdiv. Avoca. w. d 1,000
II. (. BrirtVrl Lumbar company to
Bertha Bauck, part lot 4. block 15,
Walnut, w. d 1
Kxeculor of Horace Kverett to
Benjamin Porter, new 81-77-41. w. d. T.J00
Ten transfer, total $11,272
I
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uawanaal
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN,
gf eatt SC. Council bUtU.
NEWS OF .IOWA.
BLUFFS-
STREET FAIR IS CROWDED
lull; Eigbt Thousand Vistton to the
Ground Day and Night
ROWDYISM 13 PROMPTLY SUPPRESSED
Number of Hew Attractloua Added
and All of Them Are
DeinaT a Land Ofllre
Baslaess.
The attendance at the street fair and
Carnival yesterday kept pace with that of
the opening day. Up to 10 o'clock last night
over (,000 ticket had been sold at the
gates, and with the admissions by season
and coupon tickets the attendance again
reached tha (,000 mark.
During tha afternoon the carnival grounds
are the children's paradise and hundreds of
them wera to be seen enjoying the varied
attractions. The Ferris wheel, as it was
last year, is again the popular attraction
for the young folk and It never stopped for
a moment during the afternoon or evening,
except to take on and let off its patrons.
The crowd last night simply, packed the
grounds. Everyone had a good time and ,
there waa a total absence of any rowdyism
or horseplay, due to the efficient steps
taken by the management to protect the
visitors from anything of a disagreeable
nature.
A number of new attractions were acMed j
yesterday and In the parlance of the j
spieler, there was something doing every I
minute. The De Kreko shows are proving,
as they did last year, popular features of
the carnival, this being especially true of
the Streets of India, at which la to be seen
the high diving act of Prof. Johnson and
the mysterious performance of the ori
entals. Just east of the main entrance the Wom
an's Christian association hospital manage
ment has Installed an emergency hospital,
quartered In a tent and fitted for any
emergency. A trained nurse Is in charge
afternoon and evening.
The young women of the Flower Mission
and the Associated Charities are doing a
land office business and both these deserv
ing organisations will reap a good harvest
from the carnival.
PROTECTING COUNTY BRIDGES
Approaches to Many Endangered by
Manner of ConatrnctlnsT (
Dttcbea.
The Board of County Supervisors yester
day decided that some action was neces
sary to prevent the destruction of the ap
proaches to the county bridges from the
water which is permitted to empty from '
the' water ' ways alongside the roads too i
close to the bridges. The recent heavy
rains demonstrated this and the aupervls- j
ors were Instructed to confer with the
township trustees In their respective terrt
torles with a view to having this remedied.
A great part of yesterday' session waa
devoted ' to the auditing and allowing ot
claims against the oounty, which &ave ac- I
cumulated alnoe tho last session. '
George T. Miller was reappointed super
visor of the poor for Kane township for
another year at a salary of ISO a month.
The reports of the three soldiers' relief
fund commissioner, - Oeorga T. . Miller,
Council Bluffs; C- H. Norton, Avoca; P.. B.
Wilson Carson, showed that the following
amounts had been expended by them dur
ing the past year: Miller, $3,818; Norton,
$195.65; Wilson, $235.90. The commissioners
recommended that when the tax levy is
made that a levy not exceeding one-quarter
mill be mado for the soldiers' relief fund.
Norton was reelected commissioner of the
fund for another term of three years.
. The auditor was Instructed to advertise
for bids for coal and wood, bids to be re
ceived up to o'clock Saturday morning,
September 12.
The board will at this session fix the tax
levy for 103.
SCHOOLS OPEN FOR THE YEAR
Harbt Doerease la Enrollment Over
Lnat Yoar, Owing; to
the Flood.
The long summer vacation for the youth
of Council Bluffs ended yesterday with the
opening of the public schools for the new
school year. Everything was in readiness
at the different buildings to receive the
pupils and session began promptly at I
o'clock. The young people were made
happy by the announcement that during
this week the schools will be dismissed
each afternoon at S o'clock so that those
who desire may attend the street fair and
carnival. The luncheon period and re
ceases will be shortened somewhat to make
up.
The enrollment for the first day was
slightly smaller than that of last year on
the opening day. This Is accounted for
by the conditions resulting from the flood,
which still prevail In certain sections of
the city. The decrease, however, Is not
as great as had been anticipated, and It Is
expected -that when the flood conditions
aro relieved the enrollment will this year
far exceed that of 1902. The total enroll
ment yeaterday, according to the reports
received by Superintendent Clifford last
evening, was 4.332, as against 4,482 for the
opening day of last year, The enrollment
by schools follows:
High school 4'i
Washington ave.. C,f
Thirty-second st.
Mndlson avenue .
Kl tilth avenue ...
Harrison street..
CourtUnd
Gunn
137
111
137
147
Bloomer
4
Twentieth ave..
Pierce street ...
Third street ...
Eighth atraet ..
Second avenue
Avenue B
47
er-Oj
3
2f7
.. 81
.. 21
.4,332
4.1
Total
U4
Mary Klein Ooea Free.
Mary Klein, the 14-year-old girl arrested
on complaint of Max Knapp, foreman In
one of the South Omaha packing houea,
was discharged In Justice Ouren's court
yesterday and the case against her dis
missed. Knapp claimed that the girl had
twloe promised to marry him and that
relying on her promise, he had given hr
valuable Jewelry In addition to providing
her with a trouseau. The young woman
compromised matters by consenting to the
return to Knapp of the diamond earlngk
and gold watch and chain. he had presented
her with. Thla satisfied Knapp and ha
was not preaent to prosecute when the case
waa called yesterday morning.
hob eery Nets Little.
Thomas Etherton. living at I.U3 Wast
Broadway, complained to the police shortly
after 1 o'clock yesterday morning that tin
had been held up, bssaulud and robl ed
near the oorner of Thirty-seventh street
and Broadway by three men with whom
he bad bueu drinking earlier In the night.
He claimed to have been knocked dewu
with the butt of a ahotgun and robbed of
1X71, and 1 Corroboration of his story ex-
hlblted to the offloers a big bump on the
side of his head.
.Two hours later the police arrested John
and Peter Lane, campers In the western
part of the city, and Charles Douglas. At
the Lanes' camp the police found an old
shotgun with the stock freshly broken and
this they took as evidence. Etherton ac
cused John Lane of being the one of the
trio who knocked him down.
Peter Lane and Douglas were charged
with drunkenness and disturbing the peace,
while John Lane had a charge of highway
robbery booked against him. Pending the
filing of Information, Judge Scott gave the
three defendants and Etherton ten days on
bread and water on general principles.
COAL DEALERS FIGHTING SHY
I'nwllllngr to Enter Into Hard and
Faat Contract to Fnrnlsh
Fuel.
The Board of Education Is experiencing
more or less trouble In securing bids for
supplying the schools with coal- which are
acceptable to the commutes on fuel and
heating, of which Member Oorman li
chairman. Owing to the possibilities of
strikes among "the miners and railroad men
the dealers are not Incline! this year to
assume all responsibility in the matter of
furnishing coal. The committee, however,
will not award tho contract on any other
terms.
The board held a special session yester
day afternoon to open the new coal bids,
but the matter of awarding the contract
was deferred. At the former meeting the
Bluff City Lumber company submitted the
lowest bid, which was 14.81 for Centervllle
lump. The board deemed this price ex
cessive and decided to reject all bids and
advertise again. The bids received yester
day were as follows:
Fenlon-Wlckhsm Coal company Center
i!le lump, screened, delivered, $4 8H;'eame
free on board enrs, $4.3sV4; Centervllle mine
run, 'lellvered, $4 .9; same free on board
cars, $4.13; Forest City lump, delivered. 4.tiK;
same free on board cars, $4.18; Cherokee
pea Bteam, September delivery only, $J 18
The company would not guarantee sealoi
cars.
Carbon 'Coal company CentervlHe lump,
delivered, $4. 8o: same free on board cirs,
4.87; Centervllle mine run, delivered, $4.74;
same, free on board cars, $1.27; Excello
lump, delivered, $4.76; same free on board
cars, $4.29; Excello mine run, delivered,
$4.40; rame free on board cars, $3.93; Cher
okee pea steam, September delivery only,
$3.06.
Bluff City Lumber oompany Centervllle
screened lump, delivered, $4.81; same free
on board cars, $4.34; Centervllle mine run,
delivered. 14.73: same free on board oars.
$4.25; Novlnger mine run, delivered, $4.41;
same free on board oars. $3.91; Cherokee
pea steam, September delivery only. $3.$i.
Council Bluffs Coal and Ice company
Bevler mine run, delivered, $4.51; same free
on board cars $402; Cherokee pea steam,
September delivery only, $3.05.
R. H. Williams Centervllle screened
lump, delivered, $4.97; same free on board
cars, $4.07.
Bids from H. A. Cox and M. J. Rlaskl
were received by Secretary Ross after the
hour named In the advertisement and were
not considered.
The supervisor of buildings and grounds
reported that the recent flood had washed
away the plank sidewalk around the
Twentieth avenue school and the committee
on buildings and grounds was empowered
to replace It with a brick sidewalk.
It waa decided to pay oaah for the as
sessment for the grading back of the
Washington avenue and high sohool build
ings. The assessment against the high
school amounted to $26 and that agalnat
the Washington avenue school for the
grading of Ross street, a little over 55a
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed wore Issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and residence. Age.
Hartwell W. Webb. New York City 28
Emma M. Morehouse, Council Bluffs 36
H. R. Hanson, Pottawattamie Co., Ia 26
Myrtle Hough, Pottawattamie Co., Ia....l8
Ouy Walton, Council Bluffs 21
Grace Cozad, Council Bluffs 23
Kind Wishes at rartln.
CRESTON, Ia., Sept 8. (Special.) F. A.
Torrey, who has been master mechanic of
the West Iowa division of the Burlington
for the past two years but who was re
cently promoted to the office of assistant
superintendent of motive power, with head
quarters at Chicago, left yesterday for his
new duties. Before his departure he was
surprise by a committee from the shops
here and presented with a set of resolutions
telling of their regret at losing him and
commending his work. Mr. Torrey re
sponded to the committee In a touching
manner and said that though he was leav
ing them he would always remember their
kind words and always have a soft spot In
his heart for the men.
Bad Outloolt In Valon.
CRESTON, Ia-. Sept. I. (Special.) The
past week has been one of great severity
on crops of all kind. The corn whose root
had been weakened by the heavy rains and
winds of the past week was not able to
stand up In the few days of nice weather
we had the first part of the week and
heavy rains the last ot the week still fur
ther weakened It so but few fields are now
standing. The heavy rains of the last of 'the
week has delayed threshing and ruined
much of the small grain and as the farm
ers were depending upon this for their
profit they are feeling very blue. Potatoes
are rotting In the ground and all that is
doing well Is fall pastures.
Chance Convention Date.
ONAWA, Ia., Sept $. Special Telegram.)
The date of the republican representative
convention of the Fifty-seventh district
Ida and Monona counties has been chirg-d
from September 24 to Tuesday, September
13, when It will meet at Onawa.
Boy Crashed by Cavlnar Eorth.
HARLAN, Ia., Septt $. (Special tele
gram.) Sam Simmer, a boy 17 year of
age, was killed at 1 o'clock at a brick yard
a mile east of Harlan. Two loads of earth
caved in on him. He leaves a widowed
mother.
New York Jndga Heaontlaated.
NEW YORK, Sept. $ The state repub
llcan convention today named Judge Dennis
O'Brien for re-election to the cmirt of ap
peals. Judge O'Brien waa named by the
democrats to be his own successor last
week.
Not tried Ayer's
Sarsaparilla.Then
you haven't tried
&arsaparilla! ixsrsz
EARLY CORN IS MATURING
Proipecti for Gooi. Crop Greatly Ituprored
During Fait Week.
RAINS DELAY THRESHING OK WHEAT
a
Complaint of Rnst Is Qnlto General
In the Cotton Belt and tfce
Apple Crop Is Below
Average.
WASHINGTON. Sept. t The weather
bureau's weekly crop bulletin:
Early corn la maturing rapidly, some
field being safe from frost, and cutting Is
In progress In southern and central sections
of the corn belt. Late corn has advanced
satisfactorily generally In tha great corn
states, except In Iowa, and under favorable
conditions the bulk of the crop will be safe
in two or three weeks. In Iowa It Is matur
ing slowly and the crop need rain In Kan
sas, Arkansaa. southern Missouri and tha
statea of the upper Ohio valley.
Spring wheat harvest Is nearly completed
In the northern Rocky mountain state
and threshing Is general. Rains have
again delayed stacking and threshing In
North Dakota, and this work has been
somewhat retarded by damp grain In shock
In South Dakota, and by damp weather,
which haa caused damage to wheat In
shock and stack.
Complaints of rust and shedding are gen
eral throughout the cotton belt, and as a
result the oondltlnn of cotton haa deterio
rated during the last week.
Proapeots for an average crop of apple
are reported from portions ot New England,
the middle Atlantic states, Iowa, Kansas
and Oklahoma; a light crop Is promised in
Missouri, less than the average In New
York, although the fruit Is of better quality.
Drouth condition have dolayed plowing
In the Ohio valley and Oklahoma and more
rain I needed to prepare the soil In Wash
ington. Excellent progress haa been made
with this work In other sections and wheat
seeding haa begun In Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska.
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
Bplendtd Yield of Corn In Sight If
Prost Only Holds Off a
Little.
Bulletin of the Nebraska Section of the
Climate and Crop Service of the Weather
Bureau for the Week Ending September
T, 1903. The past week has been warm and
dry. The mean dally temperature haa
averaged 2 degrees above tha normal in
eastern counties and S degree In western.
Iu a few northern counties tha rainfall
ranged from a quarter to a little more than
half an Inch, but generally It waa less
than a tenth of an Inch, and In a large
portion of the state no measurable amount
fell.
The past week was generally favorable
for agricultural interests. Threshing and
haying progressed rapidly. Threshing from
shock la now, well advanced and threshing
from stack haa begun. In some central
counties some grain still In shock Is sprout
ing. A Urge crop of wild or prairie hay
Is being secured In the northern and western
parts of the state. While corn has matured
somewhat slowly and needs warmer
woather, still it ha made a substantial
advance and condition are more promising
than a week ago. Early corn la denting;
the com crop promises to be excellent If
not Injured by an early frost. Plowing
I well advanced, with the ground In ex
cellent condition. ' Sowing of winter wheat
I generally beclAnlng. potatoes are a
short crop In mdKt, "parts of the state.
Pastures and ranges oontlnue In good con
dition. i
Bulletin of the Iowa section of the climate
and crop service of the Weather bureau
for the week ending September T, 1903:
September opened with nearly normal
temperature and generally favorable condi
tions for farm operations. The nights were
quite cool, but there hns teen sufficient
warmth by day during the week to main
tain the growth of vegetation. Tha oorn
crop has made fair advancement, but most
of the fields still show the deep green color
of mid-summer, and the ripening prooess
has not been sufficiently rapid to allay the
feeling of anxiety, as to the future safety
of .the crop. The final output, as to the
amount of soundness, depends upon warm
and generally dry weather the balance ot
this month. Excellent progress haa been
made In fall plowing, with the soli In good
condition. Threshing report Indicate ' a
very large yield of timothy seed. The late
potato crop I doing fairly well, except In
low, wet soil. A very satisfactory crop of
fall apples is being harvested and mar
keted. FIND BODY ON THE PRAIRIE
That of a Woman Whom No One In
tho Vicinity ia Able to
Identify.
STURQIS, S. T., Sept .-(Speclal Tele
gram.) An unidentified woman was found
dead on the prairie away from all roads
on the Alkali, sixteen miles east of here
this forenoon. Sheriff Brown and Coroner
Sparks were notified this afternoon and
Immediately went there. The body waa
discovered by some children. Parties In
that vicinity are unable to identify her.
Foley Likely to Go Free.
EVAN8TON, Wyo., Sept $ (Special.) A
petition Is being circulated among the
heaviest tax payers In Uinta county pray
ing that the commissioners refrain from
appropriating money for a retrial of M. W.
Foley, who was recently granted a new
trial. Foley has been tried twice and was
serving a aentence In the atate penitentiary
when granted a new trial by the supreme
court His father lives In another state
and la unable to support himself. The lead
ing cltlxens of the county would be glad
to get rid of Foley. It la believed the coun
ty commissioners will refrain from appro
priating any more money for his prosecu
tion and that his release will be ordered by
the oounty attorney at the next term of
court.
Sheep Commlsalon'a Hallngr.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. $. After list
ening to protects of sheep owners against
the recent order compelling the dipping ot
all sheep on account of the prevalence of
scab, the board of sheep comml'slonera to
day modified the order so as to allow flocks
not affected by scab to l ave clean bills of
health, Inspection to begin at once.
ELECTRIC LIGHT CONVENTION
Concerns Worktntr I'nder Edison Pat
ents Get Together to Consider
Bnslness Relations.
FRONTENAC. N. Y.. Bejl. $.-The twenty-fourth
ennuul convention of the Assorts
tlon, of Edison Illuminating Companies met
today at the Hotel Frontcnao for a aeaalon
of three days. One hundred delegates,
representing an Invested capital of $3ut,0(M.
POO, ware preaen',
Thla association waa organised for the
purpoue of allowing Illuminating companies
working under the Edison patents to co
operate their efforts. Secret sessions will
be held dally. On Thursday the election of
officers for the nest year will taka plao.
S500.000 R3 PRIZES .S. ia.,r,A
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school Children's
This sketch was made by Myrtle Keller,
age 12, Lake School, Omaha, Neb.
W give a cash prise of $6.00 for any
drawing of thlj character which we aoctpt
and use. All school children can compete.
Full Instructions will be found on In eld of
each package of Esg-O-Saa, telling what
to do to get the pi lie and how to make
the drawing's.
The enormous consumption ot Egg-O-See wher
ever introduced, excelling that of all other Flaked
Wheat Foods combined, proves conclusively that
the Introduction of a high class full weight pack
age of flaked wheat food
Retailing for 10 Cents
baa atruck a popular chord by manufacturing In
enormous quantities. In tho largest and most per
fectly equipped food mill In the world, w can
produce a full weight high grade product at this
lower price.
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THE GREEN PACKAGE.
If yonr grrocer does not keen It, send na hla name and 10 eente and wo will
send yon a package prepaid.
Address all communications to Battle Creek Breakfast Food Co.. Qulnor, I1L
DELICATE JOB WELL DONE
Ease Theater Movad Twenty-Two Feet
Without Cracking a Bib.
THIRTY MEN DO THE WORK HANDILY
Second Largest Job of tho Kind Kver
Done Nine Handred "Jacks"
and Tons of Steel Roll
ers Employed.
Thirty sturdy men have lately accom
plished In Pittsburg the Brodlngnaglan feat
of moving a weight of 4.992,000 pounds a
distance ot twenty-two feet. More than
that they have picked up what might be
compared to a gigantic basket of eggs, taken
the bottom out or the basket and set the
egga down without so much aa Jarring a
single shell. To be more exact they have
lifted the massive Grand Opera House
building off It foundation, enoved It for
ward twenty-two feet and planted It on a
new tase.
It required less than thlrty-ali houra to
acomplish the Job and It waa all done so
nicely that you couldn't see the atructure
moving. In thla coloaaal building were the
largest theater in Pittsburg, the largeat
billiard and pool room In the United Statea,
a bowling alley, a barber ahop and varloua
other establishments, yet the whole massive
fabric has been transplanted without acci
dent, without Jar and without even tha
allghteat Injury to any part of It
It 1 the biggest contract of the descrip
tion ever exeouted In Pittsburg, and per
hapa tha moat Important undertaking of ita
kind In the history of moving. The Chi
cago contractor who auperlntended the
work, viewing It In the light of eighteen
year' experience, expresses the opinion
that it la the aecond greatest Job aver ac
complished In the house moving line.
He placea ahead of It the movement of a
Baptist church In the Windy City In 1895.
Thla building occupied a ground apace of 161
x9$ feet and carried a atone tower 22S feet
high. The Qrand Opera house, Pittsburg,
sits on 128x80 feet and reached an altitude
around ita four aldea of 90 feet. While
larger buildings have been moved, the
weight of the theater and the character of
the work give It Its Important place among
house moving projects.
Its maaslve walla and great beama weigh
approximately between ten and twelve
tona per running foot, which la an aggre
gate weight of 1.494 tons. To move such
an enormoua shell of brick and mortar
waa no child'a play, for It should be re
membered that the Grand Opera house
was built three decades ago; but, having
had ita stiffened sinews Umbered and Its
youth renewed, It moved forward with
the amoothneaa and steadiness ot a be
calmed yacht on an Inland sea.
Why 1c Was Moved.
The moving of the Grand Opera house
was necessitated by a street improvement,
the widening of Diamond street. The
theater actually fronts ou thla thorough
fare, but that fact is not generally known
to the average Plttaburger, for the en
trance to the house Is from Fifth avenue.
The city fathers years ago determine! to
widen Diamond street in order that Pitts
burg's business streets might be relieved
In part of their congestion.
Property owners, however, fought the
Improvement tooth and nail and carried the
city through all the courts of tha state and
even Into the United States Judiciary, for
they realUed that It waa to ba a costly im
provement. Ultimately the municipality
triumphed and In last April the tenanti
were notified to get out, ao that the cut
might be riiide.
The Grand Opera house waa given time
to finish Ita aessnn, but agreed to have the
building moved before the beginning of
the fall aeason. Twenty feet were out off
the buildings on on side of the street.
Fortunately for the Grand, It la so situated
that the cut could not Injure the atructure.
Between thla theater and lu slatsr play
bouse, the Avenue theater, waa a vacant
space or twenty feet, ao that all that waa
necessary was to move the Qrand forward
until It cam cheek by Jowl with the
Avenue. Thla la what has been dona.
The men employed In the moving project
were four weeka In preparing for It thirty
hours In actually moving it forward and
remained two weeka to put on the finishing
touctiea.
No work don In the open in Pittsburg in
recent years baa attracted ao mush at
Competitive Advertising
i3
tention or elicited so much comment. There
Is always a crowd on Diamond street In tha
vicinity of the theater watching the work,
and at noon, when the law offices and
counting rooms empty their army of toll
era, the thoroughfare Is almoat Impassable
with the curious. The native tendency to
investigate Is strong and men and women
are seen climbing over girders and a teal
beams, the better to observe the work, the
methods employed in lifting the building
from Its old foundations, moving It back
ward and planting it on lta new resting
place. Many are amated at the thlcknew
and strength of the maaslve walls whioh
form the main structure, and, remembering
that the building was arected three decades
ago. when "veneering" and the many other
modern methods of money saving ware un
known, ahake their heads and with an ex
pression about the artificiality of th pres
ent and the stability of the past pass on.
Caed Nino Hundred Jacks,
The process of moving this great atruc
ture waa the aame na Is employed In under
takings of minor importance, but of the
same character. The contractor employed
900 Jacka and by this multitude of devlcea
screwed up the building, thread by thread,
until it waa ralaed to the required height
Then supports and rollers were plaoed be
neath the structure, ready tor the move
ment backward.
Then Jackscrewa were planted horlson
tally against the sidewalk and screwed up
slowly, thus pushing the building along on
the 600 steel rollers. The thirty men were
at their posts of duty In various parts of
the building. A single whistle blew, and
each man gave the acrew over which he
presided a single twist It was acaroely
possible to detect a movement but by these
meana alone the mass of brick and mortar
was pushed along.
No power other than that of human
strength waa utilised. The men merely
operated the Jacka and they In turn aet tha
steel spheres rolling. The rise in the build
Ing waa only half an Inch.
When the theater atood over Ita new
foundation the stonemasons and brick
layers began their work. Th building waa
not allowed to rest on th foundation, but
over It, and the stone work waa built up to
Join the brick work. Thla prevented any
possibility of Jarring or of getting thn
structure out ot plumb. Slowly the steel
beams were removed and th opening In
the walls, where they had been Inserted
to distribute the weight, was rapidly
bricked up.
It was surprising the amount of material
used In a Job of this kind. In addition to
the 900 Jackscrewa and the 400 two and a
quarter inch ateel rollers, 100 tona of steel
beama, Ux42, were used.
It Is estimated that the coat of tha mov
ing of t(ils building and tha Improvements
which Manager Harry Davis contem
plates will Involve an expenditure of close
to a quarter of a million of dollars. Muoh
of this expense, however, will be borne by
the city In the nature of benefit for the
damage to the property by reason of taking;
twenty feet oft the frontage.
The building, however, stands today
stronger and firmer than aver before, for
In Ita great trunk great ateel ribs have
been inserted, the foundation Is entirely
new and the whole edifice has had the
advantage of a complete overhauling and
an expert Inspection.
Boeomes a Senior Bishop.
irvmr vrvTJ V a.n t THvht Wjv T)a em
Sylvester Tut tie. bishop of Missouri, ha
become senior bishop of tha Protest snt
Episcopal cnurcn or me nmui ui mini
r,'.. nV.-.. u..h riirb hkhitn nf Hhi.it..
Island. Dr. Tuttle was consecrated bishop
In 1847.
SICK HEADACHE
Is generally caused by .
CONSTIPATION
BILIOUSNESS AND LIVER TROUDLES
EITHER IS QUICKLY RELIEVED AND
PERMANENTLY CLRED Br
Don't be tricked by unscrupulous Druggists
with worthless substitutes.
contest no iow.
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ATTLK OMIK
BREAKFAST fOOD CO
at He Creak, MloH.
POWER OF A WOMAN'S SONG
Facing- Death on Tempestoa Sea
Mrs. Graver Cheered Her
Deapalrlnar Comrades.
The wife of a humble steward of an
American schooner proved herself a hero
ine Indeed In the early houra of yeaterday
morning, when, with songs of good cheer,
she caused ten men, with one exception,
all members of the .-law of the foundered
schooner Henry P. Mason, to forget for
the time being what appeared to be a sure
and speedy death In the atorm-racked
water of the Atlantic. The woman who
proved ao brave was Mrs. Chester Orover
ot Tennant'a Harbor, Ma., and th ex
perlencea ahe underwent were enough to
chill the heart of the bravest man, ac
cording to the stories told by Mason's
crew and the Sandy Hook llfesavera.
Many time In the darkness the aallirs,
riter a great wave would curl with terrific
force over their little craft, would almost
give up hope, and some of them went s
far aa to prepare for what they felt was
to be certain death.
Then It waa that Mr. 0 rover showed
the stuff she was mid ot. A th wind
howled and tha seas evarywhere were
breaking over th Itttlo pnrty she legan
to sing. She sang the songs that the men
had heard In their boyhood days; songs of
good cheer, songs that were written to
make men and women forget trouble or
disaster, eonj of liopn, and her voice
somehow could be hear I rlxve the roaring
of the sea. The bravery of tha little womaat
braced th drooping spirit of the men
wonderfully, and at the conclusion of an
extremely appropriate one they wou'd show
their appreciation by cheering her, despite
the awfulness of their surroundings, tev-
eral ttmea Mrs. Marlaloue Joined in the
chorus, and after the reecua Captain Froat
told a member of Navigator' crew that
had It not been for the bravery of th
women during the terrible night when the
wlnda howled with demoniacal flercenaw
and the seas were breaking over the-n an
savagely, ha had no doubt but that several
of the men, although all ot them proved
themselves true mariners, would have
given up all hope. New York Time.
WOODMEN HAVE CELEBRATION
Oeeaaton la th laaaaneo of the One.
Millionth Beaent Car.
tlneate.
ROCK ISLAND, III., Sept. I. (Special
Telegram.) Today Head Clerk C. W.
Hawea Issued benefit certificate No 1 000 -000
to Edward A. Parker of Chicago, an
applicant for membership lu the Modern
Woodmen of America. This meana that
there have been 1,000,000 certificates of
beneficial membership Issued by the Modern
Woodmen society during the past twenty
year. Th amount of Insurance represented
by these certificates Is $1,4M,000,000. of which
there are at the present time $l.j0.0O0,CW
In force. The laauanca of th 1,000,000th cer
tificate by the head office waa mad th
occasion for an Impromptu celebration.
Candy Maker 4att Work.
CHICAOO, Bept I. One tbouaand candy
makers, employed by sixteen factories,
struok today to enforce a nine hour day
without reduction of wages.
Senator Clark Bark front Barene.
NEW YORK, Sept I. Senator William A.
Clark of Montana arrived today from Eu
rope on the steamer Deutschland.
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