The Omaha Sunday Bee.
EDITORIAL SECTION.
PAGES 9 TO 16.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1003.
SINOLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Inventory. Clearance 5ale must be rushed! Must clwse this week!
Stocks must be in shapa ta allow our buyers to make tbolr trips to
astern markets.
About these Inventory-Clearance Sales! We've no kick comln'
spite of the weather man's Iclness. We've had big sales. With a more
"tinker red" mercury Monday, our sales must take a leop. The Half-price
Clothing Riot will be continued six days more, especially for the conven
ience of out-of-town customers. A chance for city buyers, too.
The Rating Discount Sales In Ladles' Closks and Dress Goods Sec
tlons, the Tumble Down In Crockery, the all-overthe-house bargains, are
Intensified and Green Trading Stamp Inducements are Increased. Comln'?
Green
Trading ,
Stamps
Every
Time
1 1 i i i ii i ii
IT La a L
no.
1 HE ECONOMY OF SPENDING
TRADING AT BENNETTS
1 1
Green
Trading
Stamps
all the
Time
Last Week of the Great
Cut Price Sale Dress Goods
All Fall and Winter Goods Must Go
36 inch Half Wool Toplins, 36 inch Fancy
regular 50c values, at, a yard
Ileather Mixtures
25c
a.
Yard
36 inch All Wool Venetians, 36 inch All Wool Canvas,
Fancy Jacquards. 36 inch Fancy Mohairs, 36 inch
Plain BrilliautinoH regular 75c and 85c
values, at, a yard
36 inch
49'
a.
Yard
All the $1.0i, $1.25 and $1.50 Fall and 'Winter Dress Goods will go
at
75c a yard
All the $1.75, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 Tall and Winter Dress Goods will go MonduyOQ ' J
t yoc a. yard
Sweeping Reductions in the Big Sjlk Section
IV"!? Wa"? "ui nt.,.. 25c BLACK SILKS
$1.00 quality Crepe Ue Chine, nt 6))c . , .
1.I0 quality I'nii-y Velvets, at 5'Jc auaJlty Bluck Teau de Sole, at OSt?
$1.25 quality Shirt Waist Silks, at 59c $2.00 qaality Black Teau dm Sole, at 1.50
Another Great Linen SaJe
SHEETS
Discount Sale of China.
A LAIKJi: AND VAKIEI1 ASSORTMENT ()!' FINK FANCY CHINA.
Havihtnd k Co.'s. J. Pouynt. and T and V French China, all Vases.
Statuary. Busts, Electrical Figures. Toilet Ware. 'Fancy I'lntes, Chop,
Fish, Game. Roast and Turkey Sets, a discount of 25 per cent. ,
Seventy-five cents does the work of a Benn tt-sH-nt dollar and u
Bennett-spent dollar on crockery Is face value for oue-i wenty-flve spent
i-lKewh.-re!
A Sna.p for Lovers of Fine Chinaware
A DISCeM'NT f)F 20 PER CENT ON AM. 1MNNERWARE. CI'T
GLASS AND JAPANESE CHINA NOT ALREADY MARKED DOW N
OR ON SPECIAL SALE MONDAY ONLY.
WEI.SRACH OAS Sir ADES-Plain. etched and colored.
at 75c, BOc -15c, 35c nud
, Thirty 3.ooi Green Tradiiifj Stamps with each.
30c
ROYAL AUSTRIAN DECORATED CHINA DINNER SETS-Fotir
decorations to choose from, .ill nice, bright. liMnl-in decora tiuua
with Kold handles ami knobs. loo pieces, 1 1 "J C
Monday only -. . al f
RICH AMERICAN CUT GLASS BERRY BOWLS
S-inch size
NICELY DECORATED HA VI LAND & -Co.'S LIMOGES CHINA
BREAD AND BUTTER, TEA, BREAKFAST AND Q
DINNER PLATES, each. 2!e, 2le aul IZfC
2.78
S tU NCE BELL SHAPE TUMBLERS Nice, thin lead
glass, for set of six
Twenty ($2. Green Trading Stannps.
29c
Poor vi:'ion
cured with
more than a
hop of perm
anency. A certainty
of continued
satisfaction if
you bring
your poor vis
ion to our
Optician.
THE SECRET:
Perfect
Fitting ;
Glasses at
Right
Prices.
Renewed Clothing Sensation.
Omaha's Most Sensational Clothing Sale The one at Benr
nett's last week will he enntinued for one more week. Ilea eon
for this the weather. Sales have been phenomenal. We
haven't made a siK-cial ileal with the weather man but the
clothing man is willin'.
Every suit and overcoat in the house goes at half price.
We must reduce our gigantic stocks of winter clothing.
Hrnkaw Bros.' suits and overcoats, Hirsh-Wickwire & Go's,
suits and overcoats. Bennett's special suits and overcoats you
pay half the price marked on the ticket.
Young Men's
Suits and Overcoats
Boys
Suits and Overcoats
. fl.'.d Sulis and Over
coats, at
$2 U5 Suits and Over
coats, at
$:UC) Suits and Over
coats, at
?H15 Suits and Over
coats, at : ..
$5.i5 Suits rind Over
coats, at
$t.!5 Suits and Over
coats, at
$7.5o Suits and (fver
coats, at
98c
.1.48
198
2.48
2.98
3.48
3.75
10.00
9.00
7.50
20.00 Suits and Over
coats, at ..
(18.00 Suits and Over- CI HH
coats, at JtUU
$15.00 Suits and Over
coats, at
$14.00 Suits and Over- v A A
coats, at DiUu
$10.00 Suits and Over
coats, at
$7.50 Suits and Over
coats, at
$5.00 Suits and Over
coats, at . .
.5.00
.3.75
.2.50
Worth
DRESS GLOVE SALE All silk lined, VId and mocha, at 00c.
up to $2.(M. '
Meu s Light and Heavy Wool Howe 25c kind, at llc. Six for $1.00.
Stockinet and Tutu Caps, worth up to $1.00, at 31c. .
A M? clean up in men's all wool odd lots of Red Flannels and Natural
Underwear, worth up to $1.25. Monday only, 5oe. Bargain Square.
Extra heavy blenched and unbleached Table
Iamask. (50 nnd i2 inches wide, worih
65c a yard, for Monday, yard
Bleached and unbleached Table Linens, 70 Inches
wide, fine heavy quality, of all linens,
worth $1.25 a yard. Monduy, yard
) dozen Fine All Linen Table Napkins, Q f
extra large size, worth $3.50 a doz., only .03
17-inch Glass Toweling iu red and blue
checks, Monday only, yard '.
Hundreds of pieces of Crash Toweling,
worth 8c a yard, Monday, yard
48c
) Inches
89c
!.85
10c
.5c
Bed Sheets of fine quality blenched muslin, fA
full bed sizes, worth (55c, Monday, each. OUC
rjllow Cases, all sizes, worth 14c, Monday
each
Extra Heavy' Bleaehed and Unbleached
Muslin, 3d-ln. wide, Monday, yd
Very fine quality bleached and unbleached Mus- 1
nn, dO-lnches wide, a yard 10c 8fte, 7'e
and "... O2C
All Sheetings and Pillow Muslins, all widths
and qualities at very low prices.
10c
5c
Another Big Embroidery Sale
1500 pieces of beautiful Embroidery Edges and Iusertlugs in Swiss, Nainsook and Hamburg,
In the very new designs, every yard imported new for this big sale. Embroideries In this lot 'Z
worth from 65c to 10c a yard, Monday, yard 25c, 19c, 15c, 10c, Ty.c, 5c and DC
WE GIVE DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS ON ALL EMBROIDERIES MONDAY. ,
-.'.. 1
Seven Sensations Jn Our Ready-to-Wear Sections for
the Last Week of Our Great Inventory Sale
SENSATION ONE
LADIES' WAISTS. ALL OUR STOCK
FROM $1.25 to $1.75, at
89c
SENSATION TWO
LADIES' WAISTS, every waist at $2.25, $2.50,
$2.75, $2.05. $3.50 In Mohair, Flannel, Fancy
Mohair, and White eatings, any of
them, at
1.95
SENSATION TIIREE
LADIES' WAISTS, every waist sold at $3..75,
$3.05. $4.50, $4.05, $5.50, $5.95. $6.05, $7.05 in
cluding the choicest styles and mater
ials of this season' purchase, all at..
2.95
SENSATION FOUR
Fifty Ladles' Jackets. 27-inches long,
Navy, Black, Tan. marked $4.50, $4.05,
?5.o, $0.50, choice, 1 at
SENSATION FIVE
Seventy Children's and Misses' Coats, full dress
lengths, marked at $3.05, $4.50, $4.95,
$5.00, an at
. SENSATION SIX
LADIES' RAIN COATS, all rain proof, Medium
and Heavy welgnts, marked $9.50,
$10.90, $12.50, $14.50, all at .....
SENSATION SEVEN
Fifty real Opossum Neck Scarfs, worth
$4.95, $5.50, $5.95, $7.95, alll at
Brown,
3.95
2.95
Medium
6.95
2.95
MISSES LONG COATS AT
OUR SENSATION SALE NUMBER FIVE, CHILDREN'S AND
$2.95,, WILL BE ON THE MAIN FLOOR BARGAIN CIRCLE.
Art Needle Work and Fancy Pillow Tops at Half
Off Selling Price
ALL OUR IIARDANGEE WORK, ALL OUR BULGARIAN WORK, stamp
ed, tinted and Embroidered Tillow Tops, Table Covers, Scarfs, Squares, Doilies,
Laundry Rags, etc. TO OO AT ONE-IIALF OFF SELLING TRICES.
Oxfords $2 00 and $2.50
Boots $3.00 the Pair
Excepting Styles Marked "Special," $3.50
The style of a "Dorothy Dodd
Shoe means to the foot what a title
means it co7ifers distijiction.
The style of a "Dorothy Dodd' Shoe is the
first thing that attracts attention. It is un
'mistakable. But don't take any one's word
for this. Try on a pair and see the difference
In the appearance of your feet.
The ''Dorothy Dodd' assortment embraces
styles for every kind of service and shapes
that accurately fit every kind of foot. We in
vite your inspection.
Big Reductions on Heaters
Monday Only
We carry "The Peninsular," the only stove
that stands in & class of its own. It has no
equal. Monday, Peninsular stoves at car
load rates.
No. 818 Peninsular Hot Blast, 18-inch fire
pot, regular $20.50, in CA
Monday I JU
No. 81f Peninsular Hot Blast, 16-inch fire pot,
regular $18.50, f C PA
Monday ,...IJJV
No. 814 Peninsular Hot Blast,'l4-ineh fire pot,
regular $16.50, 1Z PA
Monday i.J9
No. 716 Peninsular Home Oak, 16-inch. fire
pot, regular $13.00, ff CA
Monday I I.J If
No. 714 Peninsular Home Oak, 14-inch fire
pot, regular $12.00, 050
.Monday
No. 712 Peninsular Home Oak, 12-inch fire
; pot, regular $11.00 O CA
Monday.. : OiJU
No. 710 Peninsular nome Oak, 10-inch fire
pot, regular $9.50, H A A
Monday eUU
No. 709 Peninsular Home Oak, 9-inch fire
. pot, regular $8.50, CA
Monday OtJv
Torty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps with any
Universal Food Chopper prices, Qyf
$1.38, $1.08 and T'C
STOVE AISLES BASEMENT.
KODAKS AND
PHOTO SUPPLIES
FINISHING AND DEVELOPING WORK
promptly, perfectly and Money-Savingly
done.
KODAKS AND CAMERAS AT ALL
PRICES Every Price Right.
SOUTHEAST CORNER MAIN FLOOR.
Bennett's Grocery
Full value and the freshest table
products.
Twtnty (J.'.OO) Green Trading- Stamps
with pound Ooldea Saiilus Coffee. Mo
-Twenty (J2.00) Green Trading Stamps
with pound Tea E8o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading- Stamps
wUi can, Pure Orooud Black
Pepper Uo
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with two pounds Tapioca 14o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with 1'lnt Kiigllsa Pickles. As
sorted 2Jo
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with pound package Scjiepp's C'o
coanut 25o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with pint bottle Bnlder's Cocktail
Buuce 26a
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading SUmnB
with pint bottle Bnlder's Chill
Sauce 25o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
, with two-ounce bottle Bennett's)
Capitol Extracts it
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with pound Four-Crown California.
Kalnlne Utfra
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading St
with Aluminum Coffee Maker .
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamts
with pound Beat Candled Peel....iioo
Tomatoes, three-pound can 9o
Three cans for 28o
Corn, two-pound can Da
Three cans for . 25a
Kalslns, pound so
Candiet
Chocolate Creams, freHh made, vanilla
flavored, pound 12o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with pound Boo Zoo KUnea.......2bo
Mixed candy, pound lOo
Gum Drops, pound 10a
Old Time Mixed, pound 12fto
Visit the m
Demonstration
Booths.
Main Floor
What is demonstrated is
demonstrated expertly. A
new "Table" every day.
Come and see what is on
Monday. Main floor.
WILLIS PURSUES COMPLAINT-
Land Company Hot SatUflad with Wirk of
Board of Eefiew.
BEFORE THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
Attoraey Pratt Annowoee His Imtea
tloa of Reaewln the Effort to .
oar lacrease la Soma
Assesssaaata.
Th effort mad by the Willis Iand com
pany through Its attorney. E. P- Pratt,
befor th Board of llevlew of th city to
have the perbinal asueasment of a number
of large mercantile eutablUhmenti and
wealthy eltUens Increased many times Is
to b resumed before the Board of Equali
sation. It Is announced. Th tight before
the Hoard of Review resulted In small
changes to the assessments, but nothing
like what was asked for. John a. Willis
ana his associate are not yet sutMled, and
are going befor the Hoard of Equalisation
believing that this body has Hie power to
' summon persons befor It and compel them
to testify, together with the production of
the bonks and records of the corporations
whose assessments are complained agulnet
an too low.
The fact that It was clearly deinonstruted
before the . Board of Review that thut
organisation bad n real authority to re
quire persons cited to appear or to answer
questions put, even though such Individuals
dli come in, Is accounted reaponalblo for
' the failure to have the assessment In
question increased by the boei-d. according
to Attorney Pratt. Nearly all of the llrms
and Individuals cited sent representatives,
but the latter absolutely declined to pro
duce books, records, or Insurance policies
and to reply to many of the questions of
Attorney Pratt.
Parties la Be Cited.
"Not ail of thos cltca before the Board
of Review will b called befor th Board
of Equalisation," aald Mr. Pratt, "but a
number, including tiayaen Bros., Alien
the Carpenter Paper company, J. I
Hro
Uraadvi A Sous, Cuuul John A. Ci eight ou,
George W. LJnlnger, Orchard tc Wllhelm,
Herman Kountse and M. E. Smith & Co.,
will be cited. I have ascertained consider
able additional Information In regard to
certain cases that will make our case
stronger.
"We are relying upon the supreme court
mandate In the Real Estate exchange cor
poral Ion tax fight to make plain that th
Board of Equalization has ample power
to summon witnesses and bosks and
records and to compel witnesses te give
testimony. For this 1 reason w feel sur
that we can accomplish much more befor
the Beard of Equalization than the Board
of Review. At any rat, we are going to
do all we can to get some of these personal
property assessments, which w regard
Its abnormully low as contrasted with real
estate valuations, put up somewher near
right.
"We may include in our complaints some
firms and persona thnt we did not enumer
ate before the Board of Review, because
we did not huve the necessary Information
then."
Corporations to Ha Attacked.
This Im not the only package being tied
up for the Board of Equalisation. It Is
rumored that there Is to be another spirited
Phht concerning the assessments of certain
public service' corporations, and that In
Uresis for and against reductions will
wage a dc-termlncdbattle before this, th
court of last resort In city taxation matters.
TIME FOR CITY ELECTIONS
C'oaartluaait Mikulios Opposes Hold
lusr Theni la Conuectloa with
Coualy aad Stat..
"I have heard considerable talk of a
quiet movement to have the laws changed
so that the municipal election wlli b beld
In the full, In connection with stat and
county elections," says Councilman George
Nicholson. "It Is argued that a saving of
from to.&ju to W 000 could be made each
three years by this expedient. I am against
th move, hewever, because I believe It
would tend to confuse municipal Issues
with others and to distract attention from
candidates for city offices and their merits
and demerits and what they stand for.
The names of the city candidates would be
sure to be placed low on th ballot, where
they would recelv scant attention at the
hands f many vters. In this way many
an unworthy man might squeeze through
and many a good man - be defeated. I
think that the municipal election Is too
Important to tangle It up with any other
election merely for the sake of saving a
few thousand dollars, and therefore I am
opposed to the meve."
CHIEF DONAHUE'S HOME TOWN
People Where Ha Was Raised Rejolca
at Ills Triumph Over tils
Persecutors.
Th Williamsburg (Iowa County, la.)
Journal-Tribune has Just published th fol
lowing little tribute to Chief Donahue of
th Omaha pollc department:
John J. Donahue, chief of police of
Omaha, was acquitted last week by a trial
in which he was charged with shielding
criminals and thugs. The Usllmony was
complete and far-reaching, but it proved
insufficient to convict the officer. Chief
Donahue is an Iowa county boy, a first
cousin of P. J. Donahue of Holbrook. He
Went barefooted out In York township and
held up his trousers with one home-mad
sunpender. H "licked" all th othr bo
who went to Bryant's school and was
known as a fun-loving, rollicking youth.
He learned to play the violin, and many
a young fellow in York trod lively to the
measuim of his fiddle. He reached man's
estate and fell In love with a pretty school
ma'am, whom he married. Then they
movej to Creston and from ther io Omaha,
where he became a member of the city po
lice. Hut rise wss rapid. 1 1 was soon
chief of detectives, in which position he
made an enviable record. Then he was
made chief of the entire police force and
today he is known the country over. H a
Iowa county friends will rejoice to hear
thut the serious charges against him were
not sustained.
Traveling Balesasaa's Trlbalatloa.
George A. Baker, a Chicago traveling
salesmun of the lieau Brunintell type, was
complaining witness In police court against
Kuhy Manuel and Clara Turner, colored
hubitultes of th red light district. The
women were arraigned on the charge of be
ing disorderly characters, and were fined
each fc and costs, baker said be entered
their resort with 960 In his pocket, but
after a few minutes the money disappeared.
The roll could not be located by th police.
Th women devlared Baker was suffering
from a bad rait of mai d boos when he
called on luauw
POTTER'S GOOD SHOWING
Keceirer of Omasa Land & Tnjst Csmpany
Adfises a First Dividend of 50 For Cent
THIS IS TO BE ON ALLOWED CLAIMS
Iastractloas of Court Asked as ta
Treat meat of Contlasrent aad
Contested Claims that Hay Bo
Allowed by Court Later.
William K. Potter, as receiver of th
Omaha Loan and Trust company, has filed
with the clerk of the district court a re
port covering his administration of the re
ceivership up to January 3, 1905. After
setting forth the present status of his trust
In tabular form, prlnjted below, Mr. Potter
recommends to the court that a first divi
dend of GO per cent of the balance of th
principal of all claims that have been .al
lowed shall be declared, if in the opinion
of the court this cin be properly done. It
the dividend shall be ordered paid to hold
ers of allowed claims by the court th
receiver asks Instructions of the court as
to the propriety of holding back the amount
that would properly be payable to contin
gent and contested claims mentioned In the
detailed report below. In the event these
become allowed claims hereafter, also as
to the treatment he shall accord any other
claims before the court, and as to all other
pertinent matters. '
Th total amount of cash In Mr. Potter's
hands credited to what ho calls th "gen
eral fund," Is SOT.OTl.SO. The book values
of the assets total tl.lM.53G 68, and the lia
bilities (capital stock eliminated), lsa7.8S.8L
Asset aad Liabilities.
The assets and liabilities are set forth as
follows:
ASSETS.
Cash and bank balances
In general fund t 97.071. wo
In trust fund lt.tJi.U I 10O.59a.43
Mortgage loans
Bu d and suuranteed. .I6i7.f29 00
Other luortgaK loans (.311.K1
Commission mortgages
Bills lecelvabl
Rent nules
676.KW! 91
i.dai Oii
9. (He 31
Advanced Interest ?.05
Real estate ,5Z'IS-52
Leasehold j
General claims receivable
Unpaid stock subscriptions 'tlifj'SS
Tax sale certificates 2--3
Tax payments and redemptions.. W. Jw
Furniture and fixtures 2.841 .00
Stocks -. 87,2 1 5.00
Col.atera'l' to allowed claims 103,133.44
Costs and taxes advanced, ao-
ceunt collateral 1.922.57
Total $1,130,634.68
Above accounts are shown at book values.
LIABILITIES.
Mortgage loans sold and guaran-
teed 669,6:5.00
Debenture bonds 4.472.05
General claims payable 14,502.75
Encumbrance on real estate fci,950.0o
Rent col.et-tlon account 1.021.wa
Coupon collection account 604.60
Truet company checks outstand
ing 19.65
Receiver's certificates ,
General $ 20,174 84
Collateral 124,062.19 144,227.08
Total ..197,822.91
Capital stock not taken Into account,
Collections aud Disbursements.
Touching the cash 'Collections and dis
bursements and the present status of the
liabilities the receiver submits the follow
ing statement:
Cash collections have been mude
bv the receiver, as shown by
this report $1,492,096.30
Cash disbursements l.JXi.itotio
Cash now on hand $ 1u0,jW.4j
Liabilities reduced by payment, settle
ments and otherwise since fust report as
follows:
Guaranteed mortgages $1,774, SoO.Ov
Bills payable 45.217.7K
Debenture bonds 2-'!,(H..2o
Kncumurancea on real estate..... 4jO,6uo.IW
Encumbrances on real estate sold
on conn act 12,100.00
General claims payable account.. 45.65 2x
Other liublUlies 3,8tu.&2
Total $2.526,4(3.
In addition to the above
claims were filed ami
allowed by the court,
lor which receiver's
certificates were Is
sued, amounting to... $313,297.51
Balance of these al
lowed claims still out
standing , 114,227.03
Allowed claims reduced
by payment, settle
ments and otherwise.. 109.070.48
Other liabilities exist
ing prior to tilt; ap
pointment of the re
ceiver, but not shovkii ,
oa If. Co. books, paid,
under order of court.. . 1,781.47
Liabilities reduced , $2,96.335.80
Comment of Receiver.
Commenting on this show lug, Mr. Potter
says:
It will be seen that tne assets as they
came Into Hie hands of Wie receiver have
not been used for payment of the expense
of conducting the recelverxhip. An lncom
has been collected from various sources,
from which all such payments have been
made, leaving a net balance as profit to
the assets of $18,881.61.
In addition to the above cash collections
have been made from assets not shown on
trust company books and from asHets re
ceived since the appointment of the re
ceiver amounting to J9.Ou4.33, making a
total profit to the assets from these sources,
above all expense of the receivership, $27,
965 94. . , ,
The balance of allowed claims now out
standing Is $144,227.03.
In addition to this a contingent claim has
been allowed by the court to W. S. Craig
of $1.5uo Interest and costs.
There Is also a claim pending before this
court in favor of John Paine, represented
by Isaac K. Congdon, which has uot yet
been allowed.
Neither of the last two claims are shown
In the receiver's books.
Cash on hand In the general fund as
shown by this report, $97,071.. ,
UNION PACIFIC IMPROVEMENTS
Contracts Let for Cat Ob's and Doabla
Track Laying by the Over
laad Liar.
Contracts for several Important Improve
ments have been let by the Vnlon Pacific.
Th 'contracts Include the double tracking
of the road between Kansas City end To
peka, the establishment of 100 miles of
block system and the building of a new
branch line, which is the beginning of a
cutoff (or freight hauls between Kansas
City and Cheyenne. The last named im
provement Involves the building of a
branch from Oflaga, to Marysvllle. Th
contract Just let provide only for th
stretch from Menoken. Kan., to Omaga, a
dlKtance of forty miles, but the line. It Is
understood, will be pushed through to con
nect with the Grand Island & Mi. Joseph
branch of the Union Pacific at Marys
vlll. Tills branch litis will cut off a haul of
100 miles between Ksnsaa City and ihey
enn aad provide a better grade than Is
possible by th present route to Choyenn
via Denver.
The contract fr, the Menoken-Onaga
branch has bees 11 to Kllpatrlck Bros,
and th work Is to be commenced as soon
as the weather permits. The branch pene
trates a rich agricultural country that
until now has been without a railroad.' Th
cost, of th work la not given outk but
th problem. It Is said, does not present
any serious engineering difficulties.
Th stretch of road to b double-tracked
between Topeka and Kansas City is a
more difficult problem. The road la en.
closed by th river on on eld and tha
banks on the other. General Manager A.
L. Mohler said that there la considerable
rock work almost the entire distance af
sixty-eight miles. This contract has bee
let to Bradbury of Pennsylvania and pro
vides for a modern,' up-to-date track, pro-"
tected with the eleotrlcal block system.
General Manager Mohler says that tha
company has also arranged for 100 mile
of block signals along the Wyoming and
Nebraska divisions of th main Una, In
those territories where the views are most
obscured and where the trafflo Is heavy.
Central Park Improvement CInb.
The Central Park Improvement club will
hold Its regular meeting Monday evening,
January 16, at Forty-second and Saratoga
streets. The meeting will be called t
order at 8 o'clock. A delegation from th
Omaha Heights Improvement club will ba
present to address the club on the pro
posed route of the boulevard. The busi
ness of the meeting wlli be to discuss this
proposition, and there are sufficient other
matters to come before -the club to neces
sitate the attendance tit every member.
The question ef the adoption of a new
constitution nnd bylaws is also to b con
sider .-d. Kverybody living in Central Park
Is Invited lo come to the meeting and brlnsr
their friends.
Special Services at Crac Lutheran.
At Urace Lutheran church th services
at 10:46 a. m. today will be a memorial
service to Rev. H. J. Wolfe, D. D., LUI.,
r resident of the general synod of tha
.utlierau church. Addresses will he de
livered by the pastor. Kev. M. L. Mellrk.
and Kev. Luther M. Kuhns, general secre
tary of the Luther League of America,
Mission at St. Peter's.
A mission begins at 10:30 o'clock this
morning at St. Peter's Catholic church.
Kev. Father Livingston, B. J., will be ia
charftx pf th services. Afternoon and
evening services will b held every day
this wek.
