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TIIE OMAnA DAILY TJEE: TUESDAY. .TANTARY 20. lfHU.
MAY CEt A NEW SECRETARY
Mayor Thinii Th't Would Pacify Board of
Public Works Matters.
FRICTION BETWEEN MEMBERS CONTINUE
Cknlrtnnn Roaewnter Charges that
Cohnrn Refused to Give Hint
Reports Which He Called
for Officially.
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VAN CAMP GIVES SO LIGHT
Koch-Wanted Witnci in Lott Diamotd
Case Tells bajt Little.
BAYS HIS MEMORY IS NOT ACCURATE
fcteport Was that Jewela Were In
Possession of Van tamp.
Brother of Mra. I',dd,
After Her Death. '
Hamilton B. Van Camp, brother of Mrs.
lda Eddy, the disappearance of whose
! has been the subject of considerable
ulatlon among tho heirs of her estate,
V. before Judgo Vlnsonhalnr yesterday
and gave his testimony relative to the
diamond.
W-en Mr. Eddy died she loft two dla-
mon ' earrings and a diamond sunburst to
iWrs. Halaey. a slater llvlna In Gearv.
Mr. Charles E. Gordon was named
as administrator of her estate and previous
to the probation of her will and settling
Up 'he estate, he was handed what pur
port jl to be the diamond earrings and the
unburst. When Mm Ilalsey, at a later
date, applied for these, she was told that
they could not pass Into her possession
Mr the courts had disponed of the estate
Wi. r the tetms of Mrs. Eddy's will.
M . c. Halaey then asked that the dia
monds bo subjected to an examination. This
was done and resulted In a disclosure of
substitution of bonus stones In the dia
mor 1 earrings, although the sunburst was
declared to be all right. An Investigation
was then set on foot by Mrs. Halsey, who
hired a detective to look Into the affair as
clorly as possible. It was t'iscovered that
the 'iiamonds had been In Mr. Van Camp's
possession for about two weeks following
the death of his sister, Mrs. Eddy, before
he turned them over to Mr. Gordon. The
disci very also was mado that diamond ear
ring5, resembling the Eddy earrings, had
been taken to a local jeweler, who took
out the diamonds and Inserted bogus stones
for soma one for the sum of ti.
Hard to Wet Van Camp.
Various witnesses hare, from time' to
time, been examined.' but service could not
be h id Upon Mr. Van Camp,, although In
terec.ed parties In this city had made up
a pj -se and brought him from California
to O.naha. i After waiting for some time
service was at last secured upon Mr. Van
Camn.
Van Camp's mind seems to be a blank
Upon things relating to the diamonds. lie
aid he remembered little or nothing about
them. He said he might have done some
thing with them, but what that was he Is
unable to state. After leaving Omaha for
California, he was taken sick and had been
In a salntarlum In San Francisco for some
months. Being reduced to his last ex
tremity he had pawned his watch for MO.
It Is understood that the Eddy heirs have
effected some kind of an agreement with
!Wn Camp. They protested the will of
Mn. Eddy on the ground that Van Camp
should not be given all the property and
whs , the alleged substitution of the dia
mnm was discovered, they caused the
ful)e : Investigation to be made. It was
aid .hat Van Camp wanted the diamonds
In the disputed earrrlngs badly, and had
written a letter to that effect to Mrs.
Ilalsey. - The final hearing In this matter
will be made before Judge Vlnsonhaler in
near future.
Interest In Meetings.
An Interesting and successful series of
protracted meetings Is being held at the
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I A severe case of Ovarian il
trouble and a terrible operation
avoided. Mrs. Emmons tells
how she was saved by the use
of Lydia E I'inkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"Diu Mm. PrsxHAM : I am ao
fleased with the rcsuls obtained from
Lydia E. Pinkham'n Vegetable)
compound that I feel it a duty and
i privilefre to write) you about it.
I auilered for more than fire years
.th orarinn troubles, causing- an
tmpleasant discharge, a g-rcat weak
ne a, and at times a falntneaa would
com over me which bo amount of
m dicine, diet, or exercise seemed to
Your Vegetable Compound
to id the weak spot, however, within,
a w weeks an U surcd mt from
u operation all my troubles had
disappeared, and I found myself one
nore healthy and welL Words fail to
desoribe the real, true, grateful feeling
that ia in my heart, and I want to tell
am ry sick and suffering- sister. Donl
dal y with medicines you know noth
ing about, but take Lydia li. PLnk
Laut't Vegetable Compound, and
ts' i my word for it, you will be a dif
fer at woman ia a short time." Mb.
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regretted writing; her and alio
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Walnut Hill Methodist Episcopal church
at Forty-first and Charles streets. The
meetings are conducted by Rev, O. II
Main, iiastor. assisted bv Rev. T. V. Weh
sler of Schuyler. A number of conversions
already have resulted and the meetings are
conaianuy growing in interest.
SOON TO PUT IN NEW 'PHONES
Nebraska Telephone Company Will
Begin to Install Automatic
First of Febrnary.
Work of Installing the new telephone
equipment of the Nebraska Telephone com
pany will begin Febrtiary I. Three or four
months will be necestary before the change
Is complete. The new switchboard has
been shipped from the manufacturer's In
Chicago and has been expected to arrive
here for several days. The new building
Is far enough advanced so that the board
may be Installed. In addition to the great
work of changing from the old to the new
boards almost every telephone In the city
6.000 In number must be changed. The new
automatic system which Is to be used is
now in operation In Beatrice and Hastings
and la being Introduced In Norfolk, Grand
Island, Lincoln, Council Bluffs and Omaha
"The automatic system has been found
to be much easier, so much more certain
and more flexible, that It will be very pop
ular with the subscribers," said General
Manager Lane. "In Hastings we have
found that the average use of the. telephone
has increased from five times a day to
eight The subscriber ia not only spared
the trouDle of ringing the bell to call cen
tral taking the lecelver from the hook
does that but when the telephone Is re
placed on the hook a positive signal Is
given to central, who knows when to cut
off. As It is now the only wsy she has Is
to cut In and listen, and If she does not
hear the voice she sometimes cuts off the
connection too soon. With' the new system
there will be two lights which will burn
while the 'phone Is In use, one going out
when one 'phone Is hung up and the second
when the other end of the line is hung up,
This will reduce to a minimum the trouble
of holding connections and other dlfflcul
ties. It Is so easy that the subscribers
learn the system without any Instruction."
With ths automatic system better Insula
tion Is needed. As a result the company
has strung hundreds of thousands of feet
of new cable.' This outside work Is prac
tically finished.
CHIEF ESCAPESFR0M FLOOD
Pnts la Two Honrs Ballta Ont Water
Flowing from Broken
Pipe.
"Can you think of anything more In
fernally exasperating in this sort of
weather than to have your water pipe
burst and threaten to flood the premises?"
aBked Chief Dpnahue, between breaths. "I
haven't got my breath yet. Why, I stood
for two solid hours over the sink panning
out water, which was flowing like a mill
race from a break In the faucet. When
the milk man arrived I had him spell me
nwhlle. Just escaped; man from the last
plumbing shop I telephoned Anally got
there. Guess I called 'em all up.
"They had to shut the water off from
the street," he continued. "If they hadn't
we sure would have been drowned out Now
that I have time to think it over, it ap
pears funny,' doesn't It?"
SEASONABLE FASHIONS
HANDKERCHIEF UNDERWEAR SET.
Nns. S011-A013 As the season advances
scarcely a garment Is seen without soma
bit of decoration In the shape of a hand
kerchief. We have the handkerchief stock,
the handkerchief shirtwaist 'and negligee,
and now Its use Is daintily brought out in
the decoration of lingerie.
No. 6011 The night dress shown here has
a round yoke, which Is trimmed with
a shaped handkerchief, forming a frill over
the shoulders. The sleeves are also finished
by a shaped handkerchief, which falls in
pretty ripples over the arm. The neck of
this night dress may be made high if pre
ferred. No. SO 12 The drawers pattern is the open
style, with fitted yoke and drawn string In
bick. They are finished on the lower edge
with shaped handkerchief frill te corre
spond with the night dress.
Stses for night areas, toil: C M. M, M,
4C. 43 and 44-lneh bust.
Bisea for drawers, iott: SO, 2 H, Ji, Jt
to, S It and W inch waist
For the accommodation of The Bee read
ers these patterns, which usually retail at
from H to 60 eenta, will be furnished at a
nominal price. 10 cents, which covers all ex
pense. Id order to get a pattern enclose 1
cental give number and came of (attra,
Friction thst has prevailed In the Boar!
of Public Works grew still more acute at a
meeting yesterday. The mayor has in
timated that unless there is a betterment a
change of secretaries may be attempted.
Mr. Cohurn has been sick with the grip
for a week. The principal charge against
him ooems to be that his relations with
Paving Contractor Grant have been too
friendly.
Yesterday' Chairman Rosewater de
clared that Coburn had declined to give him
a report of certain Information asked over
his signature. This Information, according
to the chairman, was asked because It la
essential In his annual report The board
adopted a resolution Instructing the secre
tary to advance the chairman the facts
requested.
The other development was In a letter
from Chairman Rosewater In which he
stated that John Grant and other men em
ployed on asphalt repairs had been dis
missed December 1 because their services
were no Songer necessary. He said he filed
the communication because Grant had as
serted In a letter to him that he considered
himself still an employe of the city, al
though the work had been suspended. Mr.
Rosewater contended that Grant had been
employed "In open defiance of the law" be
cause he could not be In the service as a
contractor and employe at the same time.
No More Dual Bnslaeas.
"There will be no more of this dual busi
ness," declared the chairman. "This thing
of John Grant contractor, selling material
to the city to be used by John Grant, pav
ing superintendent, has got to cease."
Grant's letter was brought about by a
formal demand of the chairman for a state
ment of the material owned by the city on
hand In the yards of the Nebraska Bltu
llthlo company. It has been made and
shows a value of about $3,000, Including seventy-six
tons of asphalt.
The board received ths communications,
but took no action. Inspector Wlthnell
said he saw no reason why Grant should
not be continued as a city employe, pro
vided he did not attempt to draw salary
for the time he did not work. The matter
went over for settlement until 11 o'clock
Tuesday morning, when, It Is said, the
paving specifications matter will be hoisted
Into the arena again.
After deciding to give the contract for
building the Saddle Creek sewer, from
Hamilton to California streets, to J. O.
Corby for (23,692.25. action was reconsidered
this morning and the job awarded to J. P.
Connolly for $26,272.60, Chairman Rosewater
voting against the change. The action was
taken on, the ground thatV la best to use
Portland cement. Previously the board had
decided upon natural cement. Inspector
Wlthnell said that a majority of the coun
cil and the dt liens Interested wanted Port
land cement. The sewer is to be of brick
from SH to feet In slxe. It must be fin
ished by September 1.
Other contracts, for pipe sewers, as fol
lows, were also awarded to Mr. Connolly:
District 280. Twenty-seventh street, north
of Leavenworth. ,0SJ.91; 28 South Thir
teenth street, $1367.51; 283, Cass street
$663.05. Natural cement Is to be used In
these cases.. . ... ... ,
Cnres Colds In China
LAX ATI VK BROMO QUININE. To get the
genuine, call for the full name. 25 cents.
NEW BILLBOARD ORDINANCE
Doennaent to Be Presented by Council
man Behroeder Calculate to Be
a Reform Measure.
Councilman Behroeder, chairman of the
fire, water and police committee of the city
council, has had a new billboard ordinance
prepared. He will havo the document
passed upon by the city attorney and will
submit It to his confreres for their consid
eration In a short time.
The ordinance as drawn goes considerably
into detail and will include posting or past
ing, something which the present city laws
on the subject overlook. Under Its provi
sions no one may erect boards or do a sign
or display sdvertlslng business In any man
ner or form without first securing an an
nual license costing $100, the same as pres
ent. All license holders must give an in
demnifying bond to protect the city.
One of the salient features Is the provision
that no new board shall be erected without
a petition signed by the owner of the prop
erty and two-thirds of the property owners
or tenants on both sides of the street of
the block in which the board is to go up.
No billboard shall be more than twelve
feet high, and It must be set back from ths
lot line at least the distance of Its height
plus two feet. The base must not come
within two and one-half feet of the ground.
It Is not the intention of Councilman
Behroeder to require all billboards now lit
existence to be reconstructed In conformity
with the ordinance, but he hopes that It
will In time mitigate many of the attendant
nuisances. .
Robert Cuscaden's concert tonight, First
Congregational church.
SHERIFF LOSES HIS HORSE
Jena Power Monrns Loss of "Pete,"
Wit Perished In Dlllraace
Fire.
There Is sadness and gloom in the office
of Sheriff John Power. The sheriff's old
horse. "Pete." lost his Ufa in the DUlrance
livery stable Are. Pete has been Power's
comrade for the last fourteen years.
Pete wss no common horse, for he was
a half-brother of Robert P., who, while on
earth about sixteen years sgo, had a
record as one of the fastest trotters In the
west. Mr. Power raised Pete from the
time he was a colt and had a warm spot
in his heart for the faithful equine.
Pate has helped chase more criminals and
serve more warrants, subpoenaes, sum
monses, writs, habeas corpuses, precipes,
etc.. than any horse in the west, so his
owner claims.
Sheriff Power thinks there must be some
happy hunting grounds In the hereafter
for his old-time friend.
"I wouldn't have parted with that horse."
said Sheriff Power, "for a Douglas county
farm. What we are to do without him Is
a serious matter."
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Or painfully hurt burned, bruised or
wounded gets quick comfort from Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. It conquers pain. 36c. For
sale by Kuhn Co.
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NEBRASKA LAW OF DESCENT
Ifr. Johnson Eejoini to Mr. Howell'i leply
on th Topic .
SOME WEAKNESSES IN . THE STATUTE
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Many Points of Injustice to Borvlv
Ina Member of the Matrimonial
Partnerahlp That ' Should
Have Early Attention t
OMAHA, Jan. 26. To the Editor of The
Bee: My attention has been called to the
comments of Mr. F. S. Howell on the ar
ticle prepared by myself concerning the
"Nebraska Law of Descent." Mr. Howell
comments upon my statement that:
There is no provision under our law by
which the husband of a deceased woman
can inherit the fee simple lntereut In her
real estate, and likewise there Is no pro
vision undr our law for the property of a
deceased woman escheating to the state
of Nebraska.
His criticism is of the latter part of the
above statement. He says:
If It be true that there Is no escheating
provislam concerning women's real estate,
then does It not follow that there Is no
provision for the descent of real estate of
which women die seised?
What does the gentleman mean? I do not
understand why a failure If there be one
to provide for the escheating of real es
tate could be said to prevent any descent
of It, I would like to have him explain.
He further says:
It Is probable, -Is it not, that the author
of the article has stuck In the bark of
the masculine pronoun. The above sug
gestions are offered In the interest of the
multitude (?) of women suffragists who feel
deeply the injustice of discriminations of
the laws against equal rights. If these con
ditions are allowed to prevail we find that
the women of Nebraska, possibly, have
never gotten from under the provisions of
the civil, or Roman, law; for, by the terms
of our statutes, all property not specially
provided for descends according to the civil
or Roman law.
state's Sovereign Rights.
I wish the gentleman would point out to
me where It Is provided by the terms of
our statute that all property not specially
provided for shall descend according to the
Roman law. I wish to admit that I believe
the statement that there is no provision
under our law for the property of the de
ceased women escheating to the stats of
Nebraska is too broad. It is true there is
a difference of opinion as to whether the
state should take her property by virtue
of the statute governing descent of prop
erty. I am inclined to think, however, that
It could take by virtue of the statutory
provision; but, however that may be, none
will doubt that the state would take such
property, whether of a deceased man or
woman. It there were no provision of the
statute. It would take by virtus of its
nature as a state. In the language of
Qantt, justice. In the State of Nebraska
against Reeder, reported in the fifth Ne
braska, at page , It would take
"By virtue of its sovereignty as the ul
timate proprietor of all lands within its jur
isdiction." That Is to say. It takes ad ul
timata heir. A subject ably discussed by
Mr. Miller In January and February! 1903,
number of the American Law Review, at
page 66.
If there Is any part of ths law of descent
of this state that Is of small consequence
to the people generally It Is the provision
as to the escheating of the property of a
deceased married woman. This is the part,
however, that the gentleman directs his
attention to. He says nothing about the
failure of our law to provide for the hus
band of a deceased woman to inherit the
fee simple Interest la her real estate. He
has not criticised my statement that there
ts no such provision. Is it of no conse
quence, that he passes it unnoticed? It
seems to me that this Is a very serious de
fect in our law, and one that Is of interest
to many people. He says that his sug
gestions are offered In the Interests of
the multitude et woman suffragists, who
feel deeply the Injustice of dlf -r1mlnatloa
In the laws sgalnst equal rights. Pees
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he not feel the Injustice of such discrim
ination? .
Sosae Nebraska Omissions.
He says nothing of the failure of our
law to provide for the widow Inheriting a
fee Interest In the real estate of her de
ceased husband unless there Is an entire
failure of blood relatives of tho husband.
However much the widow may have con
tributed toward the earning of - the real
estate of her deceased husband, yet she
cannot inherit It If there be any relative of
the husband, howsoever remote he may
be. I do not believe that that is just. I
do not believe that the people of the state
of Nebraska think that it is Just.
The people of Iowa do not. for In that
state the widow takes one-third In vatue of
sil tho legal and equitable estates in real
property possessed by the husband at any
time during the marriage which has not
been sold on execution or other judicial
sale, and to which the wife had made no
relinquishment of her right. And this In
terest is not subject to the debts; and a
like provision applies to the real estate of a
deceased wife In favor of the husband.
In Kansas It is provided that one-half In
value of all real estate In which the hus
band at any time during the marriage had
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a legal or equitable Interest which has not
been sold on execution or other judicial
sale and not necessary for the payment
of the debts, and of which the wife has
made no conveyance, shall be set apart by
the executor as her property in fee simple,
and the widow's portion cannot be affected
by the will of the husband If she objects.
In Colorado the entire estate of an in
testate dencends to the surviving wife er
husband, provided there . are no children,
and In iase of surviving children or their
descendants, thtn one-half to the surviv
ing wtfo or husband subject to the pay
ment of debts. 1 would like the gentle
man to tell me why Nebraska should be
behind the enterprising states surrounding
her In this respect?
I would like him t,o give a good reason,
If he can. why the widow should come
after all the relatives of her husband In
the inheritance of the real estate?
I would also like him to give a good rea
son why the husband should In no case
Inherit the real estate of the deceased
wife? Yours respectfully,
D. U JOHNSON.
Mortality Statistics.
The following birth and deaths have been
reported to the Board of Health during the
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forty-eight hours ending at nonn Monday:
Birth Charles Davey. 4638 Franklin, boy.
Deaths William Falconer, St. Joseph's
hospltsl, home at Valley, Neb.; Infant Wil
liams, 2423 Poppleton avenue, 4 days; Julia
Vockter. 8 months; Helen Uutachewskl, ZVX
South Twenty-fifth, 1 year.
MEET IN SECRET AFTER THIS
BxeentlTe Committee ef Commercial
Clob Derides to Hold Star
Chamber Sessions,
The meetings of the Commercial club
executive committee hereafter will be ex
ecutive. It has been the custom of the
club to meet publicly with such persons
present newspaper men and others as de
sired to attend. The new officials of the
club, however, believe business can be best
transacted in private.
"The Business Men's association, the
Auditorium, Ak-Sar-Ben, the directors of
the Omaha Grain exchange and other
similar organisations meet In private,1
said a member of the executive commit
tee, "so we have decided to adopt a sim
ilar manner of procedure." There Is n
particular reason for this change at this
time, but we believe that It Is for the
good of the meetings.'
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