THE bMAIIA DAILY BEE: MOSD&Y, JTnm 20, MM. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Ljtnj f Paman'nt Bawsg. Tiksi Liadii ImtiroTtmia:- TH.RTY-JX ORDINANCES '. ARE PASSED It I Estimate tkat Afcoat On TknuU Mini a Dar Will H fcaeat kr tnn City tm Tat pi rect Ion. In the Una of Improvements In South Omaha Just new the laying of permanent Idewalka takes the lead. 'Ten different In of men. In the employ of one con tractor, are at -work laying walk. Tbl 1 exclusive of the men employed by property owners wb desire to superintendent' thetf own work. Last week the city council net In special session three nights and paaeed over three dosen permanent sidewalk ordinances. The passage of tbeee ordinances entails a large amount ot work for the city clerk, as he Is compelled to send out a notice to every properly owner Interested. About 1 1,600 notices will be sent out A portion of the notice made out by the clerk will be served by tbe city clalm-ageAt and others will be mailed. All nonresident, property ewiere Will bo notified by mall or through their agents In this city of In Omaha. In all of ""the notices being sent put the property owner la given thirty days In which to lay a permanent walk. 'It at tha expiration of that time the walk la not laid tho'olty con tractor will do th work and the cost Will be nsecd against the property. At the rate t 'ne work Is going on now it Is estl mat'd that $1,000 a day la being spent for labor and materia In the laying of walks. In the last few year th city has paid out largo sums of money In damage suits 011 account of defective walk, and It wa . with a view to prevent suit of this kind that th authorities decided to hav per manent walks laid on all street that are graded and thus do away with old and dilapidated plank walk. . Guild Preparing List, Secretary J, M. Guild of the South Omaha Live Stock exchange 1 preparing a list of , .K., .. 1 ,K will ...take the three days' trip through Ne- I.MABtrM mUla I III V V. VIBfllllli XIII MVUIOIVI1 Will lV UIII UIW Union Pacific line and the members of th l-.lv Stock exchange unite with th Omaha Commercial club on this trip. Th party leaves her oft the morning of June 13 and will spend the first night In Columbus and th second night at Kearney. If the itiner ary is carried out tbe party will return to , Omaha at 7:30 Sunday morning. Those wh . go from the exchango hero will be plenti fully supplied with advertising matter and will do what they can to advertise th South Omaha Hv stock market. Stilt Grinding Away. Th Board of Review is still grinding way and will continue In session until S p. tn. on Friday, June 24. So far tery few complaints have been filed. It 1 thought that the business of th board will pick up about the middle of the week. A for th change In figure mad so far th total valuation 1 not changed. City official hop to see the valuation left at or above the tU.Ouv.000 mark, trine lulen Convention The Woman' Christian ' Temperance Union ot luuium county will hold Us an nual toncuunn at the Flist Methodist Kplscupur cituiuh. Twenty-third and N streets, un June 25. At 10 a. m. on the ilay itpiHiinlea the convention will be called to orvJhr '"an.'l' the' session will' continue throughout the uuy. In the evening at the church a Demurest medal contest will fur Una the . program, the class being com 11 ised of ytSung people In the Maglo City. sH.nuay evening, June 18, there will be a union meeting of all of the churches .In lie city. There will be addresses by Mrs. Vi. Covell of Omaha, Iter. Br. R. U Wheeler. Dr. V. M. Lankton and Other The Young Men' Chslatlan association (uunet will furniHhe the music. All of liiu meetings are open to the public' and u coidlal Invitation Is extended to all. ''lag liny Luncheon. Wednesday afternoon of last week Mr. W. U. Myers, Urit J. D. Joues, Mrs. H. Hathaway and Mrs. C. L. Talbut gave a Lag duy luncheon at the lumie of Mrs. Myera, 1S1 North Twenty-third strict. 'lUe tnvlfed guest were Mrs. Thomas Stevenaou of Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs- D. O. May vf Honolulu, Mr. G. W. Van Winkle and Mrs. A. Latdluw of South Omaha. The lecorattona were In red, white and blue, whJle on tht center of the- table was a tiny, ouniion. The guesta enjoyed a very lta-Hiit afternoon. rireeruukera Prohibited. Chief Bi1iJ3 lisuej orders yesterday to the men uruler l m that he would not per mit the siicoil. of flro cracker or th discharge of flu - .-Its on the streets until the evening of J -..; 3. All patrolmen were liuiructed to ir.i'Ji all persons violating this order. Cannon or dyiiamltu cracker will nor be permitted to bo sold ar all. The chief says that promVcuous shooting causes many runaways, and this he propose- to prevent th' year If K Is posilble to flo so. I. I.r.. . itetnrn. C. D. I-ayton, out- . i tho pioneer settler In this sectMi. rctururU yesterduy from a four-waeka' western trip. While Mr Tjiyton Is S3 .yen r old he stood the trip well and snld that he enjoyed It greatly. While uway he visited Keattie, rortlnnJ and Sun Francisco, Ho dVcl-ires that Ne braska beat them all, and while he had a iahqueft j IHialS ! ALL HAVANA 10c. Cigar 13. rOSTFl 4 CO. HAKIM . . . . tn T0IUC alio, cnos. co. CtSTRSSm.lS . . CUAHA pleasant Journey ho wa glad to get back to hi tarn on West Q street. Waste city OmiI, Mis Myrtle FJllott i rtsfUng relative at Hastings. Neb. B. Mnrphr. Twentieth and O streets, re ports tbe birth of a son. Cl M. Rirh and wife are entertaining Mr. H H. Herring, of Ban Francisco. The South Omaha butchers will hold a picnic today at Nebraska City. Ira J. Buckley has resigned his position on th fire department alter serving four year. Rev. Dr. Wheeler prearhea morning and evening today at the First Presbyterian church. Member of the Christian church will give a social at Highland park on Thursday evening. Dr. W. H. Slahaugh leaves on Monday fo.' Ohio, where he will visit relatives for a couple of weeks, Miss Kate Uemmill I rapidly Improving In health and expect to visit friend In the a At thia summer. Mr. D. D. Ringer Is still reported seri ously HI and there seems to be little If any hope of her recovery. Mrs. F. A. Broad well eatertalned the P. K. O. society at her home, Twenty-fifth and F street yesterday afternoon. The women of th First Presbyterian church will give an Ice cream social nt Highland park on th evening of June 30. Those who drive are continually com plaining to the city authorities about the condition of th pavement on Twenty fourth street. Miss Fannie D. Bags and Miss Lottie Schroeder are the delegates from South Omaha to the Christian Kndeavor conven tion which meets at Beatrice July 12. The members of Lefler Memorial church will hold a plcnlo at Vista Springs park, Thirteenth and county line, on July 4. Rev. Mr. Stambatigti exte.ids a eordlat invitation to the Sunday school children and church people of South Omaha. SWEDISH STUDENTS' CHORUS Singer front Lnn lnlvrlty Will Inelad Omaha la Their Trl nntnhat Tear. On Tuesday evening, Juno 28, the students' chorus of the University of Lund, Sweden, give a concert at th Crelghton-Orpheum. This Is the first time a 8wedlsh student chorus ha visited th United State. Be fore leaving Sweden they gave, concert In some of th largest cities there and re ceived everywVero hearty and enthusiastic ovation. These singer are tho best picked from among the th graduates ot Lund university. The managing director tele graphed that "th Swedish tour ha been an Immense uccess everywhere w hav sung." On Juno 3 they sang In-' London and on the following day started for New York, where they arrived June 15. They, called on President Roosevelt on the 13th and were Invited a the guesta of Yale uni versity. New Haven, on tho 18th. They will alng In New York In Carnegie hall, Boston. Worcester. New Britain, Jamestown, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Chi cago at the Auditorium, St. Louis at the fair, Swedish day, June 24; Kansas City, Minneapolis, Duluth and St. Paul and on th 28th of Juno they will be In Omaha at the Crelghton-Orpheum. The Swedish students have at three dif ferent wbrld fairs, In Pari 1867, 1878. 1900, Won th first honors In th International singing contests, and were officially de clared by th foremost musical Judge ot Europe, Gounod, Massenet and others, to be above all competition. They can there for be called th "champion singer of th world." Elaborate preparations ar being made In Omaha to receive th singer. Th on'.y fear now 1 that the seating capacity of the theater will not be sufficient to meet th demands of the people that ar anxious to hear them. The committee haa already received applications from outside towns for mora than 600 seats. Excursion will be run from Stanton,' Red Oak and other Iowa towns, also from towns along the Union Pacific, B. & It. and Northwestern In Nebraska. The Stanton people have ar ranged for ISO seats and will bring with them the silver cornet band. ' MR. SIAlffUKr "PEAKS AGAI. EDWARD EVERETT HALE'S WORD Aged Chaplain ot the Senate Write to Senator Dietrich, Aaoat ' Nebraska. Senator Charles II. Dietrich was in Omaha a short time Saturday on his way to Chicago, where he will meet hi daugh ter, who ha been visiting in the east, and the two will spend some days at Lake Forest before returning to Nebraska, and probably will attend the Chicago conven tion. Senator Dietrich .expressod hla regret at being unable to attend tho semi-centennial celebration in Omaha, owing to business affairs that demanded his attention. "The celebration ha excited great Interest," he said, "In all part. of tbe state In which I hav been." Senator Dietrich contributed an article on Nebraska to The Bee on the occaalou of th? celebration, quoting from the book of Edward Everett Hale, a personal friend nd chaplain ot the senate, and received from Dr. Hale this letter In return: ROXBURY. Maes.. June 14, 1904. Dear Mr. Dietrich: 1 am very much obliged to you for the Copy of The Bee which you sent me and the very curious history of tho state which it contains. I cannot but hope that this will be printed In a book. I wanted very much to accept the Invitation of somo of the Omaha gen tlemen to speak, at th seml-canteunial, but my advisers did not wish me to un dertake 'he fatigue of that Journey. If I can pick up another copy of my book I shall have pleasure In sending it to any public library which you shall des ignate. Will you make my regards and my daugh ter's to your daughter? I tried to por suade her to come on and see our effete civilization here. Perhaps some day you can bring her here. With groat reepeot, Truly yours, EDWARD E. HALE. Tho senator expects to spend most of the summer tn Nebraska, though h may make a trip to tho Big Horn country on personal business. He Is at present watch ing tho Klnkald bill, which ha atbered In the stnate and hopes next winter to farther more legislation to promote set tlement tn western Nebraska. ' HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI MEETS Election of Offloere r.Uened by an Informal Dance nt tho High School. "Where wa Moses when th light went outt" This wa th principal topic of discussion at th annual meeting and reunion of the alumni of th Omaha High school Saturday night For fully halt an hour th debate waxed warm until the electric lamps that had suddenly extinguished themselves upon 200 rollicking past and present graduates revived in Incandescent glory. For th first tiro th reunion wa held In th new building which had been tastefully decora ted for th occasion. Various shades ot lavender striking th prevailing ton set oS with palms, floral piece and class ban ners. Th atalr specially covered with rug and softened with cushion proved popular as resting place. Th election of officer of tha association resulted mm follows: Allan Hamilton, presi dent; Mary Harris, vie president ;. Ouy Montgomery, treasurer;, James Houston secretary, Th executive committee choecn cotislsts of these and Murray French and Warren Hillli. Howard Kennedy, Jr., de livered a short address on matter con nected with th organisation. Dancing followed th election of ofllcerrj and refreshment war orved. Th ma ,n. hall In th new section waa used for dancing. ' Quid Bead. JKdhoira, Jeweler. He Trie Desperately to Tlndleat th Integrity of III Pnroooe. OMAHA, June 13, 1H.-Mr. Edward Rose water: Dear Blr You conclude your signed editorial In Sunday's Bee by saying: "When he answers these questions without evasion and without losing his temper, I may propound a few others." I shall try to accommodate you. A good many of your questions are put In a declaratory form, but I will answer them seriatim: Question: 1. "H pronounces every state ment' I made in my recent speech aa un qualifiedly falsa." ' Answer I did not pronounce every state ment made in your speech as unqualifiedly false. I quoted specifically your charge against me, and properly denominated them a falsehoods. It would be a stupendous feat to cover an entire page of your paper without accidentally stating some truth, and while I do not doubt that you ar equal to th task, I did not charge you with having accomplished It In that partic ular Instance. Q.: 1 "I stated that I had openly sup ported Mahoney for county attorney, and, although he was a democrat, helped to bring about his election because I did not believe his republican competitor would enforce the gambling law and) prosecute criminal without fear or favor. Doe Mr. Mahoney pretend to deny th truth of that assertion?" v A. I had not characterised thai state ment aa false. There Is soma truth In It; you did support ma for county attorney! but If your sol reason for doing so wa the on you assign, why did you hold m up for a $50 contribution to your expense account In making th campaign? If your reason for supporting me wa because you feared my republican competitor would not enforce the gambling laws, and If It were true, a you now charge, that I failed to enforce them, why Is It that during my four years' service you did not one ac cuse mi of any dereliction In ;he discharge of my duties'? Why did you wait until nearly twelve years after I had gone out of offic before Inventing or publishing the charge that I had not prosecuted gamblers? Why did you not oppose my re-election upon that ground? Th fact that during my entire service as county attorney you never mad a single complaint that I had failed' to enforce th gambling law or prosecute criminals, convict you of false hood now, either In making that accusation against me at the present time or In stat ing your motive for supporting me. Q. : I. "I am quoted correctly In saying that 'looking backward I discover that Mr. Mahoney, who now figure prominently in tho reform crusade, was not aa active or efficient in prosecuting gamblers a ha might hav been.' Doe Mr. Mahoney pre tend that I knowingly and wilfully lied when I mad that statement?" A. I not only so pretend, but yo and I both know that you did. Q. : 4 "What has ho to show on tha court records that would Justify him In claiming that h prosecuted gambler aotlvely and efficiently when h wa county attorney V A. Th court records, both of th police court and th district oourt, show numer ous prosecutions, some of which were Suc cessful and some of which failed, notwith standing that every scrap of evidence available wa Introduced. Among them ar the case against Oscar Ryan, J. R. Bald win, James Faulkner, James Fleming, Blllle Nestlehouse, Mr. E. M. Smith (sell ing lottery ticket), Blanch Kennedy, Blb bens and others connected with th Dia mond, besides dozens of other under ficti tious name. Q. : J "He explain furthermore that keepers of gambling houses and their deal er escaped prosecution because th police raids wer 'tipped off.' " A. Thia I another on of your braten falsehood. I did not explain anything of tli kind. I aaldV on tho contrary, that th police raid wer not "tipped off." Q.: (."He claims that time and time gain gambling device were carried Into the police oourt, but the gambler wh wer caught In tha gambling room es caped, because they gave fictitious names." A. Here you are again with anqther falsehood. I did not claim that anybody escaped because of giving fictitious names. I mentioned th circumstance of their registering under fictitious names, a mere Incident, but when you Imputa to m the statement that by so doing they es caped, when you knew that t mad no such statement, you ar simply living up to your motto, "Lie, 11 bravely; some may bo believed. Throw mud, throw It hard; som of It may stick." Q.: 7. "Did not th gambling tool and devices afford abundant Justification for the prosecution of .keepers of gambling houses?" A. They did, though they did not always afford sufficient evidence to obtain. convic tions. Q. : J.-"Wben did Mr. Mahoney aver prosecut one of these V A. Repeittedly, during every year of his term of office, as the records of th police court will inform you. If you car to deal with the truth. Q.: .-"Wlll Mr. Mahoney inform his as sociate In th Civlo Reform movement, why Tom Blddcson. who later old out to Tom Dennlson, was allowed to run policy gambling during his entire term, without molestation?" A. I never heard of Tom Blddeson or anyone else running policy gambling dur ing my term aa county attorney. I hav prosecuted tor nearly all kind of gam bling, but us I stated In my former let ter, the suppression of gambling 1 not wrtbin the control of the county attor ney. 'AH he can do I to prosecute cases when tho evidence la furnished Jilra by the police department. 1 bellsv the pres ent county attorney to b both a con scientious and capable ofhclul, but It is .iijju.niuie ior mm, or for any other county attorney, to do the work of rt force of detectives, and If the detective, themselves, do not do this work it is Met so much their fault as the fault of tUcse who dulermlna tho police policy of the city. Q.: 10. "If Mr. Mahoney will favr,r m with a call. I will, axhibtt to. rxn the blank of the 'Nebraska Station-,- .M0. elation,' the disguised name of tne policy dealer, with explicit dlrectic, row t0 "."tatl0nery' nl Kv 'war. policy tlck- A.-U you are In posses.1 tt eVldenc of the aale of policy ticket 4 unaer th. cU. guise of th aale of statl iery, why hav you never mad It kno to tha pro.e cuUng officer? If you iad such evidence while I was county at'rney, why did you conceal It. from m? rj0 you gather evl dene for th purp'jn, 0f using It a a olub to compel oreon to do your bid ding? If cot. why, 'have you never turned over your vldnr to myself or any other county attorney? , Q..S U.-"Possriy Mr. Mahoney' memory In these matr, ha gone baTck on him. and polbly h lawyer employed by th gambler. v4,0 ara riputed to b on ex tremely friendly term with Mr. Mahoney, may have been guilty of glaring mendacity when he. assured his client that he had th wr'.eten opinion from th prosecuting attorney, omc, that throwing In policy ticke t Wtn 10-cent lead penolls would not ub'ct th siller to prosecution under th sibling law." A -Mr. Mahoney' miraory ha not ann. rach on him. Thero wa numerous law yer employed by different gambler. I do not know to which on you refer. I have not charged any lawyer with glaring mendacity, a I believe th statement was invented by yourself. Q I li-3' WUn was Mr. Mahoney when The Bee sounded the alarm over th loot ing of th city treasury?" A. The Bee advocated th re-election of the elty treasurer at a time when he wa defaulter to the extent of more than 1100,000. The Bee Bounded an alarm, but after the arrest of the city treasurer It se lected Mr. Rosewater's enemies to adver tise a having due bills in the city treas urer' hands and omitted th like adver tisement ot some of Mr. Roewater' friend. Q. : 11 "Wher wa he when Th Be exposed the attempt to pack th Jury that was trying Joseph Bartley?" A. Th Be did not expose any such at tempt. q. : 14. "Will Mr. Mahoney state a alngle Instance where I hare slandered any ot my reputable neighbors or libeled any hon est man or woman In private life or tn public office, wilfully, maliciously and knowingly?" A. When you pay the Judgment of $2,G00 that was hut recently affirmed against you by tli supreme court In an action for libel, you vHl probably feel like remembering at least on Instance of th kind. q.: 16. "Possibly Mr. Mahoney can ex plain why th Civic Federation manifesto, signed by himself, wa Issued on tha eve of the republican primaries, and why he and hi executive committee hare gone into winter quarters sine th primaries?" A. Th first statement issued by tho Civlo Federation was published so long before th primaries that no honest man could surpect that It had any connection with them, and the second statement, which wa issued On the ev ot th pri maries waa published In response to a demand by yourself and others for a mor special recital of details. Neither th Civlo Federation or Its executive committee haa gone Into winter quarters, no matter how much you might wish them to suspend hostilities agalnstsyour proteges. q.: IS. "Last, but not least, why did Mr. Mahoney sign the manifesto making th specific declaration about crime and vie without having personal kn6wledge ot the same?" A. Because the evidence furnished him was entirely sufficient to satisfy him of the truth of the charge; but why doe Mr. Rosewater resist with all of his power every effort to root out crime and vlee? Why does h throw every possible obstacle' tn th way of any attempt to reach crim inals? What has he to gain by preventing persons Indicted In neighboring states from being brought to Justice, or by insisting that a person accused of receiving stolen property shall b appointed to public offic. q.: 17 "Why has Mr. Mahoney, who Is a good criminal lawyer, not taken tho proper steps to make his antl-vlc crusade effective by lodging complaint In the -criminal court against owner of buildings leased for Immoral and criminal purposes?" A. Because I am not In possession of th evidence on which to file such a complaint. If you have It, why don't you fll tho com plaint? Th Civic Federation haa not expected or assumed to take charge of tho govern ment of this city, and to furnlah a police department or prosecuting ofllco for the city. It aim la to bring about a more vig orous enforcement of th law against vice by arousing the public conscience and stim ulating the lawfully constituted authori ties to a "totter discharge of their dutle. It realize that In It attempt to do this It will have your persistent opposition. Its member expect you to attack them and libel them. They ar consclou of no rea son for hostility on your part toward them, except their efforts on behalf of decent government. They are fully conscious that to you this Is quite a sufficient reason. They realise that you occupy a position of sufficient power to Impede every effort on behalf of decent government to make ltg attainment a dlffldnlf undertaking, but their confidence In ,th pabllc conscience give them hope that although they may not emerge from the conflict without be ing bespattered by your mud batteries, they will succeed in rendering a service to their fellow cttlsen. As' oon a you ar ready to propound those other question I shall take pleasur In answering them. - Your very truly, T. J. MAHONEY. Boats All Its Rivals, No salv. lotion, balm or oil can corrar with Bucklen' Arnica Salv for h'Ung. It kills pain. Cures er no pay. tin. For talo by Kuhn A Co. Diamonds Diamonds. Edho.rrvi, Jeweler. Photo, 60o and up. 1212 Fv.rnam street, FOLLOWS WIFE T,0 THE GRAVE James Peterson commits Solcld Willi .Despondent from Grief for Spouse. After grieving for ft week over th death of his wire, who wa buried at Fremont a week ago yesterday, Jbmes Peterson of 2117 Clark street took' ills life Staurday at noon by drinking nearly three 6unce ot carbolla acid. The Irian succumbed soon after taking th poison and suffered much agony. ' Mrs. Peterson dVed nearly two week ago, leaving a baby ifew day old. During th funeral Service at Fremont the husband wa much a IT' jc ted and since then had been morose. Yesterday morning when he re turned from, the street car power house at Twentieth and Nicholas street, he was not feelin g well and before going upstairs to his rfjnm said "Qoodby" to his mother and sis'.vrs In suck a manner aa to arousa their suspicion. On of the sister asked the, rjother If It Would not b wise trt wntr Ji i,m. . About noon they went to hi rooi and found him suffering from th ef fe t of the acid. Coroner Bralley ha taken-the body In charge and will hold an Inquest at I a. m. tomorrow. Th funeral service will be held at the residence M.onday afternoon at I o'clock and Interment will be mad . at Sprlngwell cemetery. Deceased was 21 years of age and lived sixteen years In Omaha. He was a member ot lodge No. 75, Knights of the Maccabees. Speaking of Quality! 1 m l! ? 1 Just Open Bottle of DLATZ II W E ER Z BEER MILWAUKEE Tain's voire Um a 11 1 1 1 1 ariiuuut oimi la it'i a v,r kuitli T i( that kcan III Wlnir Is kxl. Ordar WUulr lor tki nki it your hM.Uk ml tat kralth I riar (.nil, siwf bottle aUrtUM4. Blitz Mll.-Vl.l0!, (Mio-Iitox.) Trail Til lost. Ytl BIttzBrif. Co, MILWAUKIC OMAHA BRANCH, Uit Dourlas "tree. 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