. TTD - A am a M 1 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 a.-J 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 HAY'S Bmm-MEALTN fw.-i i a . i , .... , .... '.J. i " a nair-naalth. I is d.liglita with the botle n M. MvKw J te (imy uil I mm uiuuii k anyone M st.ad Uuc w toubs m sIimm kiM bm M Ihrnk 1 sliar van. m long Ulor. fu aa d iu.T tLtmJu Htmiik, ff kr mwI , M mr W awl 1 ba But uxd all at S-tW" i-AKUH ftoc BUTTLES. . iVLT? , "f" '!tmJZ'T " k O . . TV - s . , ' t sjama mm ZL -hii vrywitr - CfJ5W?ITEE xrJZtt&Z LtlMlucd. S.a hi! BMMMyhack b uMriwu Pun. t'nULtiu Co , w I aytu bl , Nraifc. NT .. - jM4i rm mstmf llt t thur-Htmlth rarim Dragglsta aapply Hay's IUlrt1saJUi aad ItarfL 5-.-I t v.b, -t . 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. n . . ... ... AT LEADLNO DRUW1ST5. mm tjAnnsA soap. h a aay of the fcllowlnf itmaon aa thrr wUI iWa4VI.Ofn to miy UUu ; tjuiavr unci, 74.. mt Ue4r Ahp fwly, m by tb VhO Hay Health ilia Hav ITUNR DRIU OEPT.. iafe aai Dooxlo ifi a-rf EM ' aW w. 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. 4 ONLY A FEW MORE LEFT BARRIO k. mm sjjr aa, M asr r aw , m ,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 ') ilia "rLLr ' sin wim as m m . n a 11 4 mmmmi V b W 50c 4 Wc must sell at formerly sold a t .1 u f Jt ICW Ul U1C UllUltCSl LllCt-ta 11C SL11I ICll. if article you see. Cash is our sole object. The We arc torced to realize sometning. inis is 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 o TO-M O OIIP I FAsF FXPIRFS W Wmm SaaVa aa WmmW fa our loss is your cain for $i.?o to $4.50 actually . ir DIAMOND DISPLAY Lowhed HAYDEN BROS dent of the South 'Omaha Live Stock ax- 1 change was presented with a cheqt of silver by "the boys at the yards" yester day. Mr. Murphy's long connection at tha yards and the great esteem in which he has been held by all those who have occasion to do business with him, caused his many friends to consider the Idea of making him an appropriate gift. When tha Idea was first suggested nearly every member of the exchange wanted to be the first to put down his name on the list. The result was that a chest of sliver containing 128 pieces was obtained and presented to Mr. Murphy. Bruce McCulloch, editor of the Stockman Journal made the presentation speech. The chest is of oak and is lined with crimson. Each piece Is marked with tha letter M In old Kngllsh. On tha top of tha chest there Is a plate reading "M. R. Murphy, from his friends at tha yards." Mr. Murphy was taken back considerably when he looked at the array of sliver, but he responded In his usual happy manner. Rnlas Not Moved Vet.' The ruins of the Cooper horse stabl have not been rased yet. Officers of the stock yards company say that this work will take only a few days when a wrecking gong la put to work. The delay In remov -lmmwmmn" m sa , f-r- :, , v .' i Says! . - V .-: r to myself ' ,3'3; Says I ' ; ever enjoyed the nutriment of f?? i I this famous biscuit KK ' J j Bold only la alr-slght, aohttare-aroef S ' - y NATIONAL. ffl,rf .Jfs I f biscuit k AMX&: m,:lP : - compaw vxsiPCi . f Um$p 1 AND WHILE b DIAMONDS . RROW - WF MUST fiFT OUT. V V V aha. aT -al V aF WW A any one of the beautiful pieces shown below v) worth from $7.00 to $12.00 your choice, 50c. A r . 1 1 VjUUIC iat allU SCiCCl 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 THEY LAST 50c- :W- -.l 1 1 LUC II1U3L, UCaUllIUl J is not considered. w 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. 5 I