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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: Kill DAY. JANUARY 20. 1004.
FAVORS CLOSER INSPECTION
lOity Eltctrioian Michailion Oommtidi Pro-
poatd Itading of All Meters.
.OUNCILMCN SHOW LITTLE INTEREST
t
S'alalc Rnilti HoiH Not Par tor
fi Eipnri-Whil Ordleaaeea Say
t( aa ThU Inaportaat
P Sebjeet.
!Councllmen approached on the subject of
providing for a general and systematic In
spection of gas, electric and water meters
jr the city do not display any particular
-nthuslasm over tha proposition. They
argue that tha cost will b great and
' im of them aay they think tha results
Would not be commenaurata with tha ex
. enae. Other city offlclala, who lack tha
I ower, declare tha cltisens ahould ba as-
i iured correct measure and aay there la
real demand for auch protection,
i f Inspection of the ordlr.ancea ahowa that
here la no provision of any kind for tha
ispectlon of private electric and water
I -neters, while houaeholdera may have gaa
,'neters examined If they pay feea not to
, xceed $3 to tha city. No obligation la laid
pon any officer to know that metera are
torrect and the matter, la left wholly In
tha handa of the conaumer and tha public
utility corporations.
Mlcaaaleoa Favors It.
City Electrician Mlchaelaon aald:
"I think the municipal inspection pro
posed by Tha Bee would be a good thing. I
regard It as necessary. It would ba of
great service both, to consumer and com
I pany. Many meters ara wrong for months
i without anyone knowing about It Tha cus
tom of this office has been to refer com
.' plalnta to tha light company, which would
send out a man to test the meters. I am
ready, however, to maka tests whenever de
manded. I think the Inspection should coma
under tha head of the weights and meas
ures department, although I should hava no
objection to having It controlled through
this office. "
Tha only provision In the city laws for the
'spectlon of any kind of meters Is found In
9 ctlon t of chapter xxxlv of tha last re
I sed ordinances. It reads:
I Whenever requested to do so by any per
il n consuming gas furnished by any gas
. j mpany In the city of Omaha, and upon
' the payment to the Inspector, for use of the
rlty, of the sum of II and such further sum
eot exceeding $2, as may bo necessary and
reasonable to cover the expenses in making
the teat as requested. It shall be th duty
of the gas Inspector, to examine and test
any gas meter as so requested and to give
such consumer a certificate as to tha con
dition and accuracy of said meter.
. Evan thla provision has been worthless
for a good many months, because the ma
chine for testing in tha city hall has been
broken. When tha preaent gas Inspector as-
umed office he called tha attention of the
council to this, but no authority was given
'or its repair.
! WANTS MONEY TO HELP POOR
1 Miss Mage Tells of On Case of
In City,
Tha continued . cold weather has given
the city charity workers really more busi
ness than they can , handle without as
sistance from outside sources. ,
"Wa need money mora than anything else
for emergency cases," said Miss Magee,
who is in charge of tha mission at the
Dellone hotel. "There are numerous cases
of extreme destitution about the city, but
for obvious reaaona it would not be wise
to put their namea In tha papers. I have
In mind a particular instance of privation
borne by a woman whose husband is a
chimney sweep. We hava helped her fre
quently) given her aewlng to do and pro
tided her with decent clothing. J?ut she
w soon again In rags. She tells me her
tusband tears up her clothing and will
lot let her go out to aew or work for
lerself. Their home is on Marey street
,nd a mora aqualid or abject domicile could
tot ba conceived. It Is a boxcar house,
old, desolate and dirty in its interior, and
bout as uninviting a place aa one could
nagine. Thla Is but ona Instance. There
t a field for doing much had wa greater
leans. There ara many othera even worse,
'hers the destitution Is almost absolute,
t Is for such cases that wa need financial
elp and a little ready money hera and
- tere would permit us to meet emergency
ises and thus prevent Intense suffering,
nd In some Instances to save mother or
Mid from starvation or freexlng."
HAMBERS , LANDS THE CUE
las Caaaiploashlp af I.oeal Billiard
Flayars, Which Proves later.
estlag Affair.
"ha tourney for tha local billiard chant-
jnship cam to an and Wednesday night
Byrnes' hall when Chambera waa P re
nted with tha championship cue. The
a! game In tha tourney was contested by
irln and Adams, tha former wining. Tha
urney has been a signal success and
other la contemplated.
aaanbarlala's Caagh Remedy Cares
Colda.
This remedy arts on naturo's plan, allays
a cough, relieves tha lungs, aids ex pec tor
Ion, opens tha secratlona and aids nature
restoring tha syslem to a healthy condl
n. It Is famous for its cures over a
ga part of tha civilised world. Thou
ids hava testified to Its superior ex
lence. It counteracts any tendency of a
d to result in pneumonia. Price, 2S
its; large alsa, M cents
Levla Umi Free.
Upon order of Judge Day, at the In
ttanca of County Attorney Ensllah. Vv. J
Levin, or Joel N. 1-evln, as shown by the
return, was released from the county jail
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NAM-HEALTH always brmr. back the natural and
beautiful color of youth to gray, laded or bleached bair.
Gives new life and srowth to thin hair. Pr.n.a i..
positively restores gray hair to its youthful color. A '
nsalthful hair dressing torn mimm amf sroansMsy a, use cannot be detected. Saa
bow Mrs. Mason, MutieUburgh, VV. Ya., was made young again by uainf
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mn u., IMS aas rHi.iflM; BOBTO
?e(erday, where he has been confined
or some time on the rharr of forgery.
It was chars;"! that he attempted to utter
a check for fcam In favor of 1. I.. Brandels
Pone, the check containing the sMervl
signature of M. 8. Uhl, manager of the
umuit uany n,ew.
PATRONS OF SCHOOLS PROTEST
Parents Declare pealls of Vlntoa aad
Forest Bolldlea Ara
Jastly Treated.
Severs crlticlsa-i of the physical condition
of the Vinton and Forest schools and al
leged discriminations In the teaching ksrt
were made at a meeting of the Booth Side
Becond Ward Improvement club Wednes
day night. . Soma of the mnmbera desired
application made to the building Inspector
to condemn the structures and hava them
removed.
The term "shacks" were applied to bath
schools and a general complaint registered
against the heating, which Is by stoves.
For some time the Board of Kducatlon
has had the matter of erecting ona or two
modern school houses to replace both
schools under consideration and tha prom
ise has been officially extended that some
thing will ba done as soon as practicable.
The criticism applying to the methods of
the superintendent of Instruction was em
bodied In tha 'statement that It Is tha prac
tice to use one room at the Vinton street
school for the benefit of young and inex
perienced teachers.
"As soon as these teachers become ca
pable of Instruction they are taken away
and placed In another school attended, by
tha children of more aristocratic) families,"
asserted ona parent. Other parents were
wroth about the heating. Bald one:
"Btovca ara used exclusively In these two
schools. Tha buildings are old and in
ferior and cold at tha beat."
Some twenty-five or thirty members at
tended the meeting, which was held at
Eighteenth and Vinton streets. M. P.
Shannahan was re-elected president. E. H.
Davles vice president, T. J. Lynch secre
tary and H. Elllnghuscn treasurer for tha
year.
TRIAL GOES TO SOUTH DAKOTA
Da a K. Roby, Who Kills Indiaa la
Self-Defense, Is Released oa
Bonds.
Daniel K. Roby, recently arrested by
Deputy Marshal Henry Iloman at Spring
view, charged with the killing of a half
breed Indian named Rasmus on the Rose
bud reservation, has been released from
custody, having furnished tha requisite
$5,000 bond. His sureties are several prom
inent stockmen of Keya Paha county. As
the killing occurred n South Dakota. Roby
la bound over to the United States district
court of that state, which meets at Sioux
Falls April S. ,
The story of the killing of Rasmus was
told in The Bee several days ago. It ap
pears that Roby saw the half-breed at
tacking a friend and he undertook to Inter
pose, when Rasmus, who had the reputa
tion of being a bad man, turned his
attention to Roby and waa on tha point
of roplrig him, Rasmus being an expert
at that business, and, In alleged self-defense,
Roby shot him. He cams Immedi
ately to Sprlngvlew, told what he had dona
and surrendered himself to tha sheriff of
that county, and waa later turned over
to the United States authorities.
Mr. Roby Is a well esteemed stockman
in that locality, Is but S5 year of 'fe and
has a family. When asked if ha ad any
thing to say, Mr. Roby replied: "I do not
think that I cars to talk over the matter
now. I sincerely regret that It has hap
pened, but I do not saa how I eould bava
done otherwise. I hava lived in that part
of the country for twenty years and this
Is tha first time I ever had the slightest
trouble or waa aver under arrest.'
BOY DIES FROM THE BURNS
Twelve-Year-old Child Who Savae
Little Brother Saecaataa to
Injarlea.
Howard ' Ambrose, a 13-year-old boy. la
dead as the result of an attempt to save
the Ufa of his brother. Perrv. In mm.
manner unexplained a Are started In the
kitchen of the Ambrose home at S320 Man
derson street Monday night. In an at
tempt to save his younger brother from
tha flames Howard sustained tha burns
which caused his death at St. Joseph's
hospital at yesterday morning. Tha
younger child was only slightly burned
about tha hands.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
from1 CMcigo- M- BtOM return4
Mr. W P. Horne. linen buyer for Thomp
son, Belden & Co., baa left for New York
to purchase new goods.
Mr. and Mrs.' Will Reed of Kansas City.
f.Ji"'1 Mrs- Jonn Hardlck of Sterling, L.
H. Thomas, 11. Sweley of Litchfield are at
the Murray.
wMrand Mr" August Mann of Nellgh. H.
M Diels of Scribner, W. B. Stewart of
Portland Ore.; A. W. Field X Lincoln ara
at tha Millard.
Mrs. John 8. Erlggs left the city Tues
day to attend tha Northwestern Iowa
J armors Institute. . which convened In
Washta, la., today.
i il?"? ,Blac.k.of f-yona, H. fi. Wiggino of
Llnoolu Jacob Locke of Idaho Falia, W. I)
of 8n Francisco ara at tha Her
tiranu.
.DkAL K- JJ"'wer had the misfortune
to break bo,,. of h, wpUt "Wednesday
ii-fi"" f'.f on n't P"v'"s: '"nt of the
no? Mrioulf' "'Jury- whe painful, la
. iA" 8Y.nf.d'T ?.f, 8ttn Francisco. W. C. Ir
vliie. William Wllanse of Cheyenne. C. B.
Held of Leigh. Mr, and Mi-s. N. M. Nelson
Sf ,yJn"1.'1 . ' K- K- ' ' Denver,
8. W. Kussell of Deadwood and J. W. Hudd
of McCuvk ara at the Paxton.
W H. Child H c. Jocheck of Lyons. T.
M. Johnson of Cha ppell, John J. Cloas of
tremont, W. H. Pool of Weeping Water,
A. L. Kruno of West Point, O. D. Johnson
Slid son of Madison. M. W, Balfond H O
uZ.k J ,1'MirJ- Dlllon of Auburn.' b!
C. Kugfleld of A ns? I mo and W. 8 Baker of
Gretna ara at tha Merchants.
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CONDEMN TWO RECE NT DEALS
Fioiptot Hill ImproYtmeit Club tctin'
Lika Wilibick Ooi'.raot.
OBJECT TO SADDLE CREEK SEWER JUGGLE
Twist hy Which Democrats oa Board
af Public Works bave Contract
to Coaaolly Is Roaadly
(ondemaed.
City Treasurer Itennlngs was the prin
cipal speaker at the meeting of the Pros
pect Hill Improvement club last evening
and gave some interesting Information rel
ative to the scavenger tax law. Prior to ls
talk, J. F. Dnley, chairman of the commit
tee on streets and grades, made a verbal
report to the effect that about the requisite
number of signers had been secured for.
paving Thirty-third street and that there
was little doubt but that the Improve
ment would he commenced early the com
ing season. The proepect for paving Charles
street Is also favorable and It is thought
that the requisite signers to the petition
for the Improvement of that street will be
obtained In the near future.
A resolution was adopted commending the
action of the minority of the city council In
voting against the Welsbach light contract
and asking that the mayor veto tha con
tract on tha ground that tha Welsbach
company has no lighting contract with the
city.
Saddle Creak Sewer Deal roadeanaed.
Another resolution was introduced and
adopted condemning the action of the
Board of Public Works in letting the con
tract for the Saddle croek sewer to J. P.
Connolly at an excess of $2,6u0 over the bid
of J. O. Corby on the specious grounds that
the successful bidders were to use Portland
cement Instead of American cement.
Mr. Daley, in commenting upon the ac
tion of the Board of Public Works in
awarding the contract over the protest of
City Engineer Rosewater, said: "In the
past twenty-seven years but one sewer In
tha city of Omaha has been built with
Portland cement and all tha others are
made of American cement, which has
proven very satisfactory. The contract for
the Valley street sewer, which Is of Tort
land cement, was made only as a result of
a clerical error In drawing up the con
tract 'and of which error, the city took ad
vantage. American cement has met all
the requirements for sewer work."
Copies of both resolutions were ordered
transmitted by tha secretary to the mayor
and council and city clerk.
Scavenger Tax Law.
Mr. Hennlngs then talked at length upon
the scavenger tax law and explained lis
various provisions. He thought tho law
was a good one and would result In making
nonproductive property productive of rev
enue to tha city. He said: "There are
delinquent real estate and special taxes
now on tho city treasurer's books which
In soma Instances date back as far as
1860. In numerous Instances there ara de
linquent taxes on property that ara far
In excess of tha value of tha property.
There are about t2.0OU.O0O realty and $1,600.
000 special taxea delinquent, and about $700,
000 county taxes. Some of this property has
gana down tha Missouri river, soma of It
ia now absorbed Into streets rnd railroad
right-of-ways, but these taxes ara still
carried on tha books as part of the clty'a
assets."
The special features of the law were
gona Into and Mr. Hennlngs explained Its
many features at considerable length, re
sponding to many inquiries relative to it,
put to him by members of tha club.-'
Representative TenEyck, who Intro
duced the bill in the last Nebraska legisla
ture waa also present at the meeting and
talked briefly upon tha bill and the good
that It will accomplish
Both gentlemen were given a vote of
thanka for their presence at tha meeting
and further consideration of the measure
was deferred until tha next meeting of
tha club. i
A motion prevailed that the' regular meet
ing nights of the club be changed from
Wednesday to Tuesday nights, in order to
accomodate a number of members who
sinca tha beginning of the new year hava
other meetings to attend on Wednesday
evenings.
FOR M'KINLEY CLUB BANQUET
Receptloa for Dlstlagalshed Gaests
oa Friday Erealag Before
tha Dlaaar.
Tha banquet committee of tha McKlnley
club has completed Its arrangements for
the banquet at tha Millard hotel Friday
evening. Committees hava been appointed
to. meet Governor Van Bant and Mr. Hal
stead upon their arrival and arranged for
their entertainment during the day.
Friday evening a receprlon.wtll ba held
in honor of tha guests and sueakera from
I to I and dinner will ba served promptly
at t, There will ba a large representation
of prominent republicans from out In the
state. Among those who have asked that
plates be reserved for them are:
Governor Mickey Senator - Densmore of
Sutton. K. J Sward of Oakland. H. C. Vail
of AlWon, Judge H. M. Grimes of North
Platte, Peter Jansen of Janacn. Dr. Kellers
of Hooper, William P. Warner of Iukota
City, Major Lycn of Nelson. W. F. Sapp of
Council Uluffa, Robert Wallace of Council
Bluffs, J. O. Preston of Oxford. W. I). Ilal
ler of Blair, K. A. Wiltse of Ponder, Judge
J. B. Barnes of Norfolk, A. 8. Hesleton of
Council Bluff, W. J. Cook of Bliilr, Krnest
M. Pollard ut Kehawka, S. A. Douglas of
Baesett. J. A. Paul of Greeley, A. K. Cadv
of St. Paul. R. Blaco of Kennard, F. N
Prout of Lincoln, Norris Brown of Lincoln,
H. H. Wilson of Lincoln, Judge Sears of
Tekamab.
Thoaa who bava not secured their tickets
may do ao today of tha committees or at
tha office of N. P. Dodge aV Co., 1614 Far
nam street.
Kaawa tha Werls O-rer
For Its wonderful cures Dr King's New
Dlacovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. It cures or no pay. For sale by
Kuhn & Co.
Salaries aad Umployes.
At their meeting on Saturday morning it
Is expected that tha county commissioners
will go into the matter of tularin and
the number of employes about, tlia court
houae for the enaulng year. The commis
sioners expected to nave thla matter off
their handa before thla. but It haa proven
to be a matter not easily disposed of.
LOCAL BREVITIES
The Orlo club met at the home of Mrs.
II. A. Whipple Wednesday afteruoou.
The women of the Flrat Presbyterian
church will aerve a chicken pie lunchoon
from 11 : to 1:30 today.
A permit for a ti.000 frame dwelling has
vvvii ihuw iu imam reierson. wno will
buiid at Thirty-seventh and Hawthorne
avenue.
Ford Parks Is again a visitor at the city
Jail, this time to await Investigation of a
pocketbook theft with which U la thought
be was connected.
The application which Victor Walker has
made to rem rain the police from interfer
ing with his place of business will ba
heard before Judge Baxter thla morning.
Sixty dollars worth of clothing waa tha
' su.inirieu vy aire. Ada c Kogers of
" - iifiM inii;.Aiu virewv bi me ruuias
of a burglar Tueaduy rlnht. Mrs. Rogers
asks tha police to recover her property.
Complaint alleging incorrigibility has been
fled In police court axalnst Walter Kerron,
Koaoo Fliiey and Wllley Dorse y. Mrs. W.
Y. Bkett, tli North Twenty-Hfth street,
la comp Bluing wUneas. The three boys ara
charged with the theft of a pair of opera
alawe trow Mra Dcvkell'g buaia wa last
tnday.
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,V Wo are forced to sell V Regardless of value
t every piece of Jew CT" I f 1 ' A and without reserve, A
elry In this stoch. .Vv I VJ goods that have nl- W
We positively can "N KJ J ways sold for $1.50 g
not tahe a dollar's i U I tt to $4.50. This ia a 1 .
worth of stoch away I 11 1 sale without prece
yv every article must dent. You must talie
be sold, ? J? X- advantage of It. )W
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BARRIOS
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Wrk of Driting Pil for,0 Street Viadnot
Waits on Wn'.h?r.
COLO SNAP STOPS ACTIVE PROCEEDING!
Material oa Head ' aad Work Will
Be Vlgoroasly Poshed Wb.ee a
Warmer Temperatara Is
Experienced.
Work on the O street viaduct has been
stopped until there la a decided raise in
temperature.' Tha Union Paclno people,
who have been driving piles, 'say that there
is no use going ahead now when men have
to be sent ahead with picks to dig through
the frost before the piledriver Is ready to
push the sticks down. Several cars of piles
arrived yesterday, but the big machine will
not be put to work again for soma time.
From plana submitted to tha city engineer,
the viaduct shows a length of 1,100 feet. In
cluding the western approach. Tha largest
steel span will be 249 feet in length, the sec
ond steel span will be 106 feet In length and
the west steel span will be thirty-five feet
long. From the west steel span the bridge
will be made of trestlework. A change has
been made In the original plana and the
footwalk will be six feet In width Instead
oi Ave feet, as first intended. This change
necessitates the cutting down of tha width
of the roadway to twenty feet.
Engineers consider that there wilt be
much more foot traffic over this bridge
than there will be driving and therefore
the change has been made. The viaduct Is
to be planked with six-inch planks. Ore
gon lir has been ordered.
Nearly all of the steel for the spans is
now on hand and is being made over at the
Union Pacific shops in Omaha.
Police Board Meetlasj.
While no meeting of the Fire and Police
board was held on Tuesday night as con
templated the statement was made yester
day by one of the members of the board
that a meeting would most likely be held
next Tuesday night.
The inaction of the board Is reported to
be due to rumors regarding the decision
of the supreme court In the cajtes against
the board now pending, gome of the board
members expect a decision before next
Tuesday, but In case one is not handed
down there will be no meeting. While the
police commissioners are Inert the patrol
men do pretty much aa they like, and the
coiisequence la that there la little if any
thing doing in police circles. Occasional
robberies are reported and Chief Brlggs
takes these matters In hand. Petective
Elsfelder Insists that there is nothing do
ing and Judge King in police court bears
Elsfelder out.
A business man said to a Bee reporter
last night that the policemen would not
work as long as they do not know how
long their tenure of office was to last. In
spite of all that Chief Brlggs can do ha
eannot hold tha men In line and the result
la that Briggs has to do about all of the
work. .
In the fire department the men are not
ao much taken up with politioe aa they
are not walking the streets as policemen
are and are not listening to so much "hot
air." Kvery member of the Are and police
departments la dally and almost hourly
looking for a change. This worry. Is to
a great extent the cause of the lack of
discipline on both departments.
rr Heeelvee Stiver Set.
M. R. Murphy, general manager of the
Cudalgr Packing cumpany and aUo presi
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DIAMOND DISPLAY Lowhed HAYDEN BROS
dent of the South 'Omaha Live Stock ax- 1
change was presented with a cheqt of
silver by "the boys at the yards" yester
day. Mr. Murphy's long connection at tha
yards and the great esteem in which he has
been held by all those who have occasion
to do business with him, caused his many
friends to consider the Idea of making
him an appropriate gift. When tha Idea
was first suggested nearly every member
of the exchange wanted to be the first to
put down his name on the list. The result
was that a chest of sliver containing 128
pieces was obtained and presented to Mr.
Murphy. Bruce McCulloch, editor of the
Stockman Journal made the presentation
speech. The chest is of oak and is lined
with crimson. Each piece Is marked with
tha letter M In old Kngllsh. On tha top
of tha chest there Is a plate reading "M.
R. Murphy, from his friends at tha yards."
Mr. Murphy was taken back considerably
when he looked at the array of sliver, but
he responded In his usual happy manner.
Rnlas Not Moved Vet.'
The ruins of the Cooper horse stabl
have not been rased yet. Officers of the
stock yards company say that this work
will take only a few days when a wrecking
gong la put to work. The delay In remov
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value of this merchandise
an opportunity ot a utetime
ing the burned buildings was caused by the
drop in temperature. Just as soon as there
is a chance for a few days of good weather
the wrecking will commence and the ground
will be cleared in a short time. There is
no prospect at tha preaent time of the
stock yards company putting up new barns
on the site desttoyed.
Flasalna; Hydraats.
On account of the severe cold weather
tho Omaha Water company has flushed
every ona of Ita hydrants In the city. This
work Is done whenever there Is a cold
snap In order that tha best fire protection
possible may ba given. The cold weather
put a stop to the laying of mains on South
Thirteenth street and In the Albright ter
ritory, but as material la at hand this work
will be resumed as soon aa tha temperature
moderates. . Chief Garrett of the fire de
partment has been notified by Charles Col
lins, local superintendent for the water
company, that every hydrant in the city Is
In working order. This notice, was sent to
all of tha Ore halls last night.
Magle City Gossip,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Murphy have re
turned from a trip to Lincoln.
Colonel J. B. Watklns proposes moving
his office to his lumber yard on February 1.
William Kennedy of Omaha will deliver a
lecture this evening at the First Preeby
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tor you. vv
terlan church on the topic, "Through Scot
land with Bcott." , .
Bee Hive lodge No. 1M of the local lodge
of Masons will work the third degree to
night. - , -'
Thanks to Chief Inspector Carter the
telephone lines in South Omaha were work-'
Ing nicely yesterday.
Councilman My lea E. Welsh leaves today'
for Kxcelslor Springs, Mo., where he will1
remain for ten days..
Adah chupter No. 62, Order of the East
ern Star, will Initiate candidates on Satur
day night at Masonlo halli :
The children of Ht. Agnes' church gave
an entertainment to a large audience at
Workman temple last night.
Ice cutting ut Seymour lake will com--inence
today. There ia a demand for men
to work on the ice )ut now.
The Eut Side Progresaive club was en
tertained hy Mrs. Hehmke, Twentieth and
Missouri avenue, Tuesday evening.
Captain William Kelly,- formerly in tha
commlHMlon business here, but now located,
at Valley, Is in the city for a few days'
looking after business matters.
Mortality Statistics.
The following births and deaths have been t
reported to the Board of Health during tha
twenty-four hours ending at noon Thurs-
irths-Curtls Slgler, 4013 North Seven-,
teenth, girl; Albert Zimmerman. 1607 Park
avenue, girl; Nels Petersen, 2801 Miami,
boy.
IJeaths Roxena Kendall. iU North Sev
enteenth, 82; Charles Ogdon, 1W South'
Thirty-ninth, 47.
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