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TITE OMAITA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1001.
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CITY COUNCIL" PROCEEDINGS
Br-port of City Engineer on Municipal
Asphalt Plant.
WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN THIS LINE
-Winnipeg, Detroit, .w York, Wtih.
Ingtna and ladianapolls Coa
tribute to 'the Volume of
Detailed laformatloa.
City Engineer Host-water Tuesday night
submitted hla report et Investigation of mu
nicipal asphalt rctpelr plant to the city
council. It wan accepted, and upon mo
tion of Councilman O'BrKn a vote of
tlmnks was given the engineer for his work.
The report la ka follow:
A'cting uii'fcff yotfr resolution to Investi
gate asphalt plants and secure data rela
tive to iiMplmlt pitvlng and repairs, I visited
Winnipeg, Manitoba, the city where the
first municipal plant on the continent was
established In 1'M, and has been in opera
tion for over five years. 1 arrived there on
July 18 and at once called upon Colonel
M. II. itutlan, the city engineer, who has
for nineteen years been In continuous
(Marge of the engineering department, und
lias had the direction of public works un
der his control, and through his kind cour
tesy, I had every farlllty afforded me to
secure data and Inspect works and ma
chinery in that city.
'J ha city of Winnipeg has a population
(Miniated between Tomu and 0,(X at the
present time, and thai It la among the most
progressive of cities, can be evinced from
the fact that In j: the building permits
exceeded lour .million dollars, and those
issued thlH -year, up to Julyl9, had al
ready exceeded six million dollars. The
city owns lis own electric lighting plant,
water works, stone quarries, asphalt pav
ing plant, an Kngi-1 crematory, a Drake
mixing machine und engine, and does its
own macadamizing end Is laying Its own
cement sidewalks,
Wlualpes's Asphalt riaat.
Thtj asphalt plant was acquired In 1901
by tbo purchase of a contractors' plant
then lit operation there, and has been used
nit a city plant, doing all the original pav
ing und repairs ever since. This plant has
ciht, to da'e, about $17, Goo, which Includes
emery stone grinders and improved mixing
machinery, ltr.aa from l.Uuu to l.ixjU square
yards surface capacity, dally, and from
2,uu to i,iuo ymds of capacity, dully, for
binder, in connection with the plant Is a
small laboratory, equipped for analyzing
the asphalts and determining the suitable
degree of hardness of-the mixtures, by
penetration, and also ths proper grading
of huihIs for tiie asphalt used. Tiie dully
expenses of operating' the pi. 'lit during the
paving season are about tvi per day, and
the street gang, about ti0 pur day, the em
ployes of the plant being u follows: 1
gang foreman, H; 1 miller, I. SO: 1 time
keeper, 12, 1 engineer, $3.50; 1 fireman, i'i.W;
1 mixer, 3; 1 dustman, i: I tankman, 12:
1 feeder, 2; I boys, 12; fuel, seven cords of
wood at ti 47, (include keeping fire at
night), $3X8; oil, waste and small stores,
tl.sO. The average dally expenditure for
the street gang 1 a follows:
6 teams at ,.. $23.50
1 raker and fireman at 12.75 2.75
2 rakers at $2 50 5.00
2 tumoers at S2.50.. 6 00
2 smoothers at S2.00 4.00
4 shovellers at 11.80 7.20
I roller men at 11.80 3.0
1 cement sweeper at 1.80 1.60
1 crease buy at il.2i... 1.26
1 laborer at Si. NO l.W
1 wuichman (night), at 2.uu If.uu
1 steam roller man ut W.W SuO
A auoerintendent. expert. In charge of
the Dlant and street work. Is employed
during the working season of each year at
i per day.
' DiOlcaltle that Are Me.
In view of the extreme depth of frost,
which 1 eight feet below the surface, spe
cial precautions are taken to insure a
thoroughly dry subsurface, and this is
done by grading a trench across the street
two leet deep every twenty-nve reet and
filling the same with broken stone. Over
the. surface, and directly under the con
crete base, a three-inch layer of broken
stone is laid lor ballast, and upon this, on
residence streets, a four and one-hnlf Inch
depth of I'urtlnnd cement concrete base Is
laid, and oh business streets from five to
five and one-half-inch depth of base Is
laid. Over this an asphaltio binder one
and one-half Inches thick, covered with a
surface mixture one and three-foui tha
luetics tnlck, when compuoted, is laid,
which comprises the eiUjra, pavoinenC
There-Is ho doliht' thai this form of con
striiciion.' which was embraced under
elusses A and H, No. 2 of the Omaha sped
Oca I tons of IN'JV. Is rpeclally adaptable. In
retentive clny soils, ana countries where
pxoessW'e cold wenther is experienced. Al
though the lempetature at Winnipeg re
mains for 1 :ig periods through the winter
tt 411 tiii-icc. I. clow zero, the pavement
shown tin . ei y few cracks, and these may
be due ti oilier causes than temperature.
Kroin what I learned In reference to pro
curing iiv.ihalls very little rtlfllculty is ex
perienced on account of alleged trusts.
Blnce the c 1 1 has operated its plant It has
umm! In llsf work asphalt of nearly every
known brand In this country embracing
Het muuil. cnezuela, Irlnldad Lake, Trini
dad l,n ud. Acme. Ventura, Alcatraz and
Obispo, uhIiik almost exclusively what is
known ns No, f5 Texas Malta, an oil re
Idlum sold by the Standard Oil company,
for fluxing purposes.
The larKUHl area paved In one year with
this plant, up to 19U4, was N2.000 square
E -arris. The total area of asphalt pavement
n Winnipeg ft the present time Is about
iiO.OOO square yards, or about 40 per cent of
the entire asphalt paved area of the city
of Omaha, The average cost to the prnp-
ertv owners for asphalt pavements thus
laid under the municipal system is about
12.25 per square yard. This Includes a
charge of 20 cents for future maintenance.
As th average age of the asphnlt paving
thus far laid In "Winnipeg Is less than four
years tho maintenance cost for five or ten
years cannot yet be determined, t'p to
this time lens than $500 has been expended
on repairs and these have mainly been for
restoring trench cuts for piping.
, What Omaha Might Do.
A plant of the character used at Winni
peg would cost nearly 25 per cent less In
Omaha; In other Words, not to exceed
$i4,0i0. as a very heavy tariff is charged
by the Canadian government on the ma
chinery, which is all purchased In tha
t'nlted States. From my observation, the
munagenient of the Winnipeg plant la
In no way embarrassed by political or
partisan Influences In the selection of
Workmen. The engineer Is practically, ac
corded full authority In the direction of
this work. This might I mi one of the draw
backs to a plant of this nature In our
l . .
El's Iiippe BM
1 What la K? aaka the mother as she
notices tha smooth skin of her child
marred by a red or pimply eruption. It
i Impure blood, and the child needs at
once to begin
the use of Dr.
Pierce' Golden
Medical Discot
ery, the best aud
aureat retried y
for impurity of
the blood. It
entirely eradi
cates the poisons
which corrupt
the blood and
raua diaeaM. 14
curea scrofula.
Doll a, pimples,
eczema, salt
rheum and other
eruptive diseases
which are the di
rect result of im
pure blood. It
enriches as well
aa purifies the
blood.
Dr. Metre's medicine baa not only bene
fited aa greatly, but it has done woaJrrs for
my two sobs. writes Mia. u Harlrkk. of
leniMer. Oswego Co., N. V. "Boin bad atTorala.
1 hT lost two daughters la In thaa far yaars
with cootuuptlua and scrofula. My eldest sua
was taken lu or three years aro with hnnor
ruag liura th lusra. It troubled hits for over
a year, lie loo. tjr. Pierre's Gulden Medical
Diicuvrry. and baa not had a hrtyurrhsf c in
ever a year. My younger son had acroiuluua
sore on hie nek, bad two lacced, but baa not
bad aoy auiot he commenced ts lab yetu aasd-
iunc.a
Accept no substitute for "Golden Med
ical Discovery." There ia nothing "just
as good fur disease of the atuuiach,
blood and luntr.
A lou8 page Look, free for the asking.
oil cau get th People' Common Sense
Medical Adviser, th beat medical book
ever published, rtt by sending aUtnne
to pay expeus of mailing ely. bend
Bl cue-cent ataiap fur pajr covera or
ji stamps foe cloth bound voluaie. to Dr.
L V. 1'ierce, tuflalo, U. V, ZtUtvt'
j.
rlty. A further drawbsek will be fond
In the law Itself. In Winnipeg, Toronto
snd other Canadian cities the law provides
that ;e engineer of the city must bid for
original paving work on behalf of the
city, snd If his bid Is the lowest the city
conducts the work by day labor under the
engineer's charge, thus precluding com
bination of any kind.
t'nder the laws of this state, ss well as
of every other, the original paving of
streets lu required to he done by contract
with the lowest responsible bidder, so that
unless our present charter Is modified, the
city can only conduct repair work. As
suming 120 days as a fair average of work
ing days during which asphalt can be laid
each year, a plant having a rapacity of
H0 square yards dally would provide mean
for repstrlng G0'io square yards per an
num. The largest area repaired In any
one year by the city has been under 20.
square yards, so that a plant of from $0
to 500 square yard capacity will meet all
the requirements of an exclusively repair
plant, limited to that extent, a repair plant
for the city of Omaha, with full equip
ment of appliances, Including rollers,
would cost less than $7,000.
Detroit's Model Plant.
The plant at Winnipeg, while meeting the
requirements of that city with satisfactory
results, is not such ss would be desirable
If a new plant were to ne determined
upon. From Winnipeg I proceeded to the
city of Detroit, calling upon C. A. Proctor,
formerly of Washington, who Is superin
tendent of the asphalt department of that
city. Mr. Proctor very kindly devoted an
entire day In extending facilities for ex
amining the Detroit plant and Uie work
that Is going on under him. The Detroit
plant la an entirely new one, having been
designed, and built by lletherington A
Herner, who are special designers of as
phalt plants, at Indianapolis. This plant
has a capacity of 1..MO square vards of
twivlnch surface topping, dally, with 'irlnl
dad asphalt, snd from l.vini to 2,0") yards
ot Venezuela anil California asphalts. The
riant cost, complete, with all -equipments,
14,000. Detroit, under the laws of Michi
gan can carrv on loth repair work and
resurfacing, but no original paving, which
involves special taxes. The plant Is cer
tainly very economical and contains all the
elements of efficiency In operation, ss well
as space, and when In operation is the
cleanest asphalt plant that I have seen.
The plant contains no grinding machinery,
as the city finds It more economical to buy
the stone dust slready ground, which is
sold at to. 50 per ton. Venezuela asphalt
Is almost exclusively used at this plant,
costing $'J5.50 per ton, delivered on the
track. Broken stone Is obtained at W
cents per ton; sand. f. o. b., per cubic
yard, at 66 cents. Whilst at Winnipeg, in
order to get proper (trading, sand was
shipped, from two different pits, Detroit
secures a very desirable sand, which re
quires no grading. , The flux used at the
Detroit works Is the residuum of California
oil, which Is sold at $26.90 per ton; In barrels
at Detroit.
Considerable work was being done during
my stay, which was excellent In every re-
Bpect. The Detroit work Is entirely in
city equipped a laboratory, at which an as
sistant la kept constantly occupied making
tests, not. only of the city repair material,
but also the material which Is being used
upon the street by the contractor. This
Is the only way by which the city can be
Insured against shortage in mixtures of
asphalt pavements. Our own experience
In this city In test made elsewhere, of
the mixtures used upon our repairs, hn
shown a shortage of asphalt called for by
specifications, of from 10 to 30 per cent,
nnd I have no douht that the same has
been the case In many of the various pave
ments laid under contract In past yenrs.
In 1S97 an attempt was made by the city
engineer to get authority for the neces
sary apparatus for a small laboratory to
test asphalt mixtures, but contractors- in
fluences prevailed and the attempt was a
failure.
Plants at Other Point. '
After concluding my Detroit Investigation
I visited New York, Wushlngton and In
dlannpolls, making an examination ofN dif
ferent plants collecting data from leading
experts, based upon their experience In the
past few years, among them b-lng Mr. Ol
ney, chief engineer of the highways of the
Horongh of Manhattan, New York City;
Otto Kline, chief engineer of the commis
sioner of accounts of New York, and Prof.
A. W. Dow, the head of the bureau of
inspection of asphalt and cement of Wash
ington, and Mr. lletherington, the manu
facturer of asphalt plants of Indianapolis.
An outline of the data collected will cover
too much snace to he submitted at this
time, hut will be embodied in a report at a
later day, nnd I will be glad to assist
and co-opernte In any way you may deem
desirable In the necessary steps to pro
cure a plant of such capacity as may be
determined upon by you.
Relief for II n ten era.
Councilman Schrocder's ordinance re
pealing Rule, 4 of the health, department
regulations so that slaughter houses may
be operated Inside the city limit, was
passed with no dissenting votes. This waa
done to enable small butcher to get a
supply of meat If the strike prevents them
from getting It from the packing houses.
E. iC. Burrows, representing the Uni
versal Voting Machine company, made a
written proposition to the city to supply
sufficient machine to handle the vote of
the city at $600 apiece, to be paid In ten
Installment with Interest at 4 per cent.
A five-yea r-guara rat ee bond Is offered with
the machines, and experts furnished to
Instruct voters at the beginning. Th
proposition was referred to the committee
of the whole.
Ordinances were passed placing new
water hydrants at Thirty-sixth and Pine
streets, Thirty-third and Hamilton, Thir
tieth and Dewey avenue. Park avenue, 200
feet south of Dewey avenue; Twenty
eighth and Oak, Twenty-eighth and
Spring; ordinances were Introduced for
new hydrants at Eleventh and Hickory,
Thirty-third and Larlmore avenue, Larl
more avenue, 400 feet west of Thirty-third;
Larlmore avenue eighty-eight feet West
of Thirty-third; Be ward street, 400 feet
west of Forty-fifth.
Five hundred feet of hose and six hos
truck were ordered bought for the use
of the street department
City Attorney Wright asked and ob
tained authority for th employment of a
stenographer In his office during the next
two months, at $50 a month, to assist In
the scavenger ,1a w work.
Six bids were received for the old en
gine house building at Twenty-seventh and
Jones street, the highest being $210. The
matter waa referred to the building and
property commlttae. '
The second partial estimate of the Ne
braska Bltullthlc company for asphalt re
pairs, amounting fo $3,1191, wa allowed
upon the recommendation of the financo
cammlttee, which made the reservation
that the payment was not to be consid
ered acceptance of the work or as signi
fying that it had been done according to
contract.
City' Cash oa Hand.
Comptroller Lobeck made the following
report of cash on hand August 1:
Cash In drawer $ 10.4C2.63
Checks for deposit 6,672. 0U
Balancea in lianka City funds:
Commercial Nat. bang ..$103,3J.o7
First Nat. bank Ioi.270.o9
Mercanla' Nat. bank .. HH.:U7.i6
Nebraska Nat. bank ... S5.7ft2.16
Omaha Nat. bank 162.040. 67
Union Nat. bank ..... wti.oOii.sO
V. S. Nat. bank U7,lttf.l9
Kountze Hros., N. Y ... 3S.4U.S7 $SO9,067.8S
School funds: I
Commercial Nat. bank ..$ 39.220.31
First Nat. bank 13,710. S5
Merchants' Nat. bunk .. 7.744 65
Omaha Nat. bank 1,i9.74
U. 8. Nat bank 14,!1.2
Kountze Hros., N. Y.. 975. 97 $ 78,343.78
Police relief fund:
Merchants Nat. bank ,..$ J.0O0.00
Union Nat. bank Sti9.24 $ J3G9.24
B'jeclul fund:
Union Nut. bank $ $.000.00$ 3.000.00
Total. cash on hand $91o,6i4.50
gpeelal Trata to Uoaton
leave Chicago at 1 p. m., noon, Auguat
14th via Wabash railroad. Breakfast at
Niagara Falls, that evening In Boston.
Chair cars (seats free) coaches, tourist
standard sleepers. Bound trip $17.75.
All agents sell via Wabash; Insist upon
your tickets reading that way. Th only
line landing passenger at main entrance
World Fair. For all Information call
at Wabash City office. 1601 Farnam street,
or addrea HAlill V E. MOOHE3,
Q. A. P. D., Wab. R. R.,
Omaha, I Neb.
tlO.TS from Omaha at. Paal or
Mlaaeapolla aad Retara
Via Chicago Great Western Kail way.
Tickets on sale Augurt I to 11. Inclusive;
good returning until August 23. Fur fur
ther information apply to 8. D. Parkhunt,
Ueneral Agent, 1CU lairam strtet, Omuba,
OBJECTS TO SCAVENGER SUIT
Propcrtj Owner Attack the Case on Manj
and Varied Grounds.
SAY SUIT IS IMPROPERLY PROSECUTED
Contend that Conaty Levies Ara In
valid for Reason that Tame
Were Applied to Payment
of Back Debt.
Answers In the scavenger tax ault are
being filed every day, but nearly all of
them are based on alleged denclencle In
special assessment charges against the
property. Now comes William Bartholo
mew with an nnswer In which he not only
raises objection to special assessment
charges by the city, but attacks the scav
enger suit In many other respect.
First, Mr. Bartholomew say th ault
should not stand against his property for
the reason that Immediately after the filing
of the petition the county treasurer re
moved all of the volumes containing the
record of delinquent taxes from the office
of the clerk of the court to his own office,
where a large force of clerks has been
busy making changes and alterations In
said volumes. Another objection to tha
suit is that the county treasurer did not
publish his notice In the World-Herald,
which, Mr. Bartholomew alleges. Was des
ignated by the county commissioners for
that purpose.
Attack Conniy Levies.
Further, Mr. Bartholomew attacks the
taxes levied by the county fo. a number
of years on the ground that part of the
money realized from the levy of each year
was devoted to the payment of debts In
curred In the preceding year. He avers
that the county has no right to apply cur
rent taxes to the payment of back debt
without authority of a vote of the people.
Another point covered In this answer Is
that the county board one year raised the
assessment on Mr. Bartholomew property
without giving htm notice that any objec
tion had been made to the assessment first
made.
The amount of Mr. Bartholomew' delin
quent tax bill is $1,656.17.
FACTS SPOIL A LUrId STORY
Women In Automobile Accident Only
Slightly Injured C. E. Perklna
and Wife Not In It.
Mrs. C. E. Perkins, Jr., and Mrs. T. D.
Robinson of Burlington, la., and Boston,
respectively, the two young women bruised
In an automobile accident In Omaha Tues
day afternoon, left the Central hospital
yesterday and with their husbands re
turned to Burlington. As given out by the
hospital authorities Tuesday night and
printed In The Bee yesterday, their in
juries were only alight
Mra. Terkins Is the wife of C. E. Per
kins, Jr.. son of C. E. Perkins, chairman
of tiie Burlington board of directors. She
and Mra Robinson, their husbands and
Mr. Perkins, sr., came to Omaha Tuesday
In Mr. Perkins' private car. The party
was Joined here by Senator Allison of
Iowa Tuesday afternoon, the senator and
Mr. Perklna sr.. Intending to make a trip
through the Yellowstone park.
During the afternoon Mr. nnd Mrs. Per
kins. Jr., nnd Mr. and Mrs. Robinson rented
an automobile and took a ride. At Thirtieth
street And the northwest entrance of Miller
park they Collided with a street car. Nat
urally the 'women were badly frightened
and slightly hurt; but the men escaped Any"
Injury whatever. :- The automobile 'waa
badly damaged. The women were taken td
Central hospital and remained there until
this morning, when they returned east.
Mr. C. E. Perkins, sr., was very much
annoyed to learn through the lurid reports
emanating from certain sources to the ef
fect that It was he and his wife who were
In the collision and that Mrs. Perkins and
Mrs. Robinson were "almoBt fatally In
jured." Mr. Perkins advised The Bee that
he took no automobile ride at all Tuesday
and that as far as Mrs. Perkins, sr., Is con
cerned she wns not even In Omaha. So de
spite the thrilling sensation he was able to
culm the apprehension of his friends with
the Information that both he and Mrs. Per
kins were alive, with no Imminent danger
of being otherwise.
PUT J. PLUVUJS OFF WATCH
Grocers, Batcher and Colonel Welsh,
Close Flood Gate for that
Annual Picnic.
Not only will the local retail groceries
and meat markets be clased today, but
the flood gates of Jupiter Pluvlua wlil be
shut with a time lock, to be opened only
when the last excursionist shall have re
turned from Blair this evening.
This arrangement was perfected Tuesday
afternoon, when a meeting between Local
Forecaster Lucius A. Welsh, Harry
Fischer, secretary of the Omaha Retail
Grocers' association, and George F. West,
general agent for the Chicago & North
western railway, waa held. For years It
has been a standing Joke that any day set
for a grocers' and butchers' picnic was the
signal for copio showers of rain, but It Is
assured that today will be such a day
as will bring gladness to the hearts of the
hundreds of picnickers who will go to
Blair for the annuul outing.
It la the Intention of the committee In
charge to form a parade at Sixteenth and
Farnam streets at 7 a. m. and march to
the Webster street station, headed by Ab
bot's band. The retail coal dealers will at
tend the picnic In a body. Secretary
Fischer, has 2,500 pretty silk badge for
those who attend. George F. Munroe, pres
ident of the grocers' association, has re
turned to the city sufficiently Improved In
health to be able to take his position at
the head of the column.
An Interesting program of sport and
amusements has been arranged. Two base
ball games, dancing, automobjle, race, horse
and mule races, fat man's race, aack race
a. ' S -v 4T 1 I I
THE STRENUOUS LIFE,
which Is the every-day business Ufa of moat of us, Is a great wear and tear
upon the system, which finally breaks down undar the strain unless the
wasted tissue la rebuilt. The greatest tissue builder is
alt r.innnorj,
a stimulating and nourishing tonic mad from the Juice of th finest malting
barley and hupa. It is tli conqueror of lassitude, tn food for starved liervta,
and the bunlslier of !ct-plenanea,
McAVOV MALT EXTRACT DEFT.
CACKLE BROS, Diatribatera, 121-123 N. 16th It., OMAHA.
and other race and rontesi are en tha
list, with suitable priee for th winner.
Four train will leave the Webster street
station In the morning, a follows: Seven
o'clock, 7:30, t and 8:30.
TELLTALE LETTER IN COURT
Missive Coatalnlaa; Alleged Caafessloa
f Mra. O'Brien Read, bat ghe .
Denies Forgery,
Mr. Rose F. O'Brien hag been arraigned
In police court on the second charge of
forgery, that preferred by Jerry Mahoney,
administrator for the Lucas estate, and
filed by Assistant County Attorney Ken
nedy. The defendant "pleaded not guilty to
the charge and upon hearing the evidence
Police Judge Berka bound the woman over
to the district court In the sum of $4,000
bond. Mrs. O'Brien la represented by J. J.
O'Connor.
The complaint charged Mrs. O'Brien with
forging the names of Patrick Ford and
Elizabeth Ford, her father and mother, to
a note dated July 2, 1900. and of the sum of
$3,000. Harry W. Zimmerman of the First
National bank and Frank N. Clarke of trie
bank of J. L. Brandeis & Bona were plaeed
on the stand as signature expert to testify
as to the alleged forged signatures.
A feature of the case was the Introduc
tion as exhibit "D" a letter purporting to
have been written by Mrs O'Brien to Mrs.
Catherine Lucas. The letter was accepted
as an exhibit and read In court. Part of
the missive reRds:
This is to tell you that I, without the
permission of Patrick Ford or Elizabeth
Font signed their names to the note held
by you. No one but myself knew 1 forged
their names. If you had shown me any
mercy I could have paid you part of the
principal. The hard time you went
through should have made you more lenient
by me. Jerry Mahoney did not care a cent
so- he made me suffer, for I told you It
would not cost him anything. When you
receive this I will be In a country where no
one will ever know m and where no one
can harm me.
Mra. O'Urlei, It is said, has spent the
last two year In Canada, returning on the
occasion of her father's Illness and death.
WAN SUCCEEDS AT SUICIDE
One of Two Peraoa Attempting;
Suicide la Fonad
Dead, ,
At 3:15 a. m. yesterday the lifeless body of
Hans Gosh of Twentieth and Dominion
afreets was found hanging to a beam In
the buggy shed. The discovery waa made
by the man's wife and slstcr-In-law. Gosh
Is said to have been despondent for a week
or so over lack of employment. He re
cently drove a team for the Store Brew
ing company. He came home about 1
o'clock this morning and after disrobing
went outside and stayed such a length of
time that his wife became uneasy and
started a search, with, the sister-in-law.
They discovered the body In the hed and
gave the alarm. Several neighbors hurried
and cut the body down. . Gosh used a
quarter-Inch rope, taken from the clothea
line of a neighbor, and Jumped from the
top of a soap box. He wae hanging only
two feet from the beam when found. He Is
survived by a wife and one child and was
35 years of age. Coroner Bralley took
charge of the remains and probably will
hold an Inquest.
Inez Cochran, 19 years of age, living at
723 South Seventeenth' street with her
mother and sister, drank one and a half
ounces of carbolic acid about 8:30 yesterday
morning with suicidal intent. Reverses In
love are said to have been tha motive for
the act. Shortly after breakfast the young
woman walked Into the front hall, called
"goodbye" to her mother1, who was up
stairs, and then drank ' th ' fiery draught.
Prompt action on the part) vf several phy-lclan-aved
Mlna Cochr-ftfTs life.
SENATOR ALLISON, ON TRIP
Distinguished ' Iowan '' Accompanies
Burlington Official West and
Avoids Talking Politics.
Senator Allison of Iowa spent Tuesday
evening and Wednesday morning In Omaha,
leaving at 1 o'clock on a special train
over the Burlington, which will make Yel
lowstone Park Its terminus. The senator
Is the guest of C. E. Perkins, who is mak
ing an Inspection trip of the Burlington
lines as chairman of the board of director.
From Omaha General Manderson and Gen
eral Manager Holdrege accompany the
party, which Is large enough to require
three private car.
During his stay here Senator Allison did
not get very far away from the, Burlington
atatlon, as he wished to avoid callers or
conferences.
"I am on a little vacation trip," said he,
"and don't know exactly where I am going
or how long I will be gone. I am a mere
Incident on the train the guest of Mr.
Perkins. You will please excuse me from
discussing politic or enlarging upon any
of the great matter before the public. So
far a the national campaign is concerned
it la simply a matter of majorities in all
states west of and Including Illinois. Please
give my regards to Mr. Roaewater, and
pardon me for not wishing to talk poli
tics." . Low Rate to California.
On account of the Triennial Conclave of
Knights Templar at San Francisco, the
Union Pacific will sell round trhp ticket
from Missouri river. (Council Bluffs, to
Kansas City, Inclusive), to San Francisco
and return at $46.00. Tickets on sale Au
gust 15,- to September 10, Inclusive. Short
est line, fastest time. Electric lighted
trains. Pullman palace sleeping cars, din
ing cars, meala a la carte, tourist ' cars,
etc. For further information Inquire
City Ticket Office, 1324 Farnam St..
'Phone 316.
Hamilton Hotel and Cottages, St.
l.onls.
A permanent hotel, three minutes from
World's Fair. Rooms $2.00x per day up.
Booklets free. Address W. F. Williamson,
Manager.
Real lOatale Men' I'icnle.
Members of the Real Estate exchange will
have a picnic at Lake Manawa next
Wednesday afternoon. With their wive
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pie
and families they will meet at Fifteenth
and Farnam streets at 1:30 o'clock and pro-
cted aa nearly in a body as the exigencies
of the street car system will permit.
Lunches may he taken or purchased at the
lake. A program or speocn maaing ana
sports will be carried out.
fiood Time to Go Fast.
Boston and return via New York at very
ow rates over the Pennsylvania lines from
Chicago. Tickets on Fale August 12, 13, 14.
For the asking you can go via Washing
ton as cheaply as via direct line througii
New York. Stop-over allowed at Balti
more, Washington and Philadelphia, both
going and returning and at New York on
return trip. Agents of connecting llnej
will sell through tickets over the Pennsyl
vania lines. Write Thos. H. Thorp. T. P.
A., 28 U. S. Bank Bldg., Omaha, Neb., for
full details.
Biennial Excursion Knights of
Pythias
Louisville. Ky August 1G-29.
The Chicago Great Western rallwny will
on August 12th to loth, Inclusive, sell tick
eta to Louisville at very low rates for the
round trip. Good to return until August
31st. For full Information apply to S. D.
Parkhurst. general agent. 1512 Farnam t.,
Omaha, Ndb. -" " ''' .' , ' "'
Remnant.
This Is a week of remnants, all as a re
sult of Inventory August 1st. It will pny
you to cnll and sec them Drapery Depart
ment. A good shade for I6c.
ORCHARD A WILTIELM CARPET CO.
Odd Lace Curtains.
A week of odd lace curtain at very
special prices In our Drapery Department.
A good window shade for 25c.
ORCHARD A WILHELM CARPET CO.
' x The Bennett Company
Our Saturday evening table d'hote dinner
will be resumed Saturday 5:30 to i o'clock.
Price 60c.
1S-K. wedding rings. Edholm, Jeweler.
Secretary Wilson Stop Here.
Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agricul
ture, and Hon. D. K. Salmon, chief of the
bureau of animal Industry, wrr In Omahu
Tuesday night, guests at the Vsxton. The
two distinguished gentlemen merely passed
through the city and stopped over here for
rewt, leaving early yesterday morning for
the east.
Special E.anarv
Shoe Sale
Just to close out three different lines
of llanai'a low cu shoes in Ideal
patont kid and Russian calf ail this
season's styles regular $4.60 and $6.00
values, at
$3.50
Remember these are not old style
shoes they have the full and medium
military heels, and the price aupliu
to both our men's and women's Hunan
shoes in the three different low cut
styles.
DrGxcl Shoe Go.
1419 FARNAM STREET,
Omaha's Up -to-Data Shoe Houss
HOTEL.
WORLD'S FAIR DURING AUGUST
SPLENDID HOTIL ROOMS
$1.00 PER DAY
Hoiml Itipoleon Bonaptvrta, tw blocks north Mats
BnlrafttN i Ciuuuds, l ttt 4ckuowittJ;fi txat bUc
lu step- Cool rootus, oitnl srvic; lrUlc light
ed ; ilB4id tail'i From I moo tmioa thrvvga
Ollv ftl. ears or NJiUllU Us Ins. Atcoiuuodth.u
I.ia ius- Hot. yiititnUf. Arat ivaa as4 U
roughlr aalUt atry
NaatfUaa Jiwaapart Hotel St. LU
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that
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There is nothing that brings out the true quality of butter
like a "hot biscuit."- But you can't take a hot biscuit
with you every time you go to buy butter. Buy Meadow
Gold Butter, and get the butter that "makes the best
biscuit better." The only butter so good that it has to
be preserved in an airtight package. Ask your dealer for.
Beatrice Creamery Co.
10TH AUD HOWARD STB.
BOSTON, MASS., ft
AND RETURN $
VIA
Rock Island, Lako Shoro,
Now York Oonlral,
Boston and Albany Rys.
Through Standard nnd Tourist Sleepers , via
this route will leave Omaha 5:40 p. m. August 11,
reaching Boston afternoon August 13. . .
Via New York and rail, rate will be f 34.20. : , ,
, , 7 A Via New York and boat, rate will e $33.20; ' '
Stopover at New York allowed b$ depositing
ticket and on payment of fl.00 fee. .
Union Depot connections in Chicago in both
directions.
Tickets at above dates on sale August 11, 12
and 13. Extreme return limit September 30, ,
Berths reserved on application. v
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Erojdway, rifth Avenue and 27th St., New York
la a modern, flrst-closs hotel, in th confer
of the shopping dlstiiot. Complete In all
Its appointments and absolutely fireproof,
EJ suite with bath. Hot and cold water
and telephone In every room. Uuropeaa
plan. Culsln unexcelled.
Reduced rates fur ths ummer
months. Room with bath $2 day.
The only hotel In Manhattan fronting- both,
eei Broadway and JTIfth Annua
OUOItaB W. AWiuSNer, Proprietor.
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LAinikl IL Ituia-s.
Broiler
makes
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F. P. RUTHERFORD, O.P.A.
1323 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
Every quart contains
an exact percentage '
of chemically pure lithia.
. BEB0MH
- Lithia Water-
Tnera' no mother-natur rosss-worlc
about It. W know the percentage of .
of llthla I medicinally correct, be
cause we put it In ourselves tha rlirht
amount to do you the moat good.
I'hyalciuaa (.'command it tor ihl
Mason.
A most pleasing and healthful
table water.
Deborah Mineral Springs.
Council Bluffs Iowa.'
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under the sain luanageiiiuut.
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