THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1005.
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rtew York's .Alofift Successful Specialist in Woman's
"isensesaaysr, "Nearly fcvery wase 01 Do-anea
Female Weakness and Painful Periods Is Due to
Kindey. oiJiladder Disease of Some Form."
Not exactly nick. Just dull, listless, without energy, hop or amhltlon. Can't
go about your ork"Wltrt. the old-time vim and uplrlt. Easily tired. Your rest Is
disturbed, -digestion mhx . Have headache now and again, and pain In back and
loins. If s wosiun,- our tnnnthlv visits are pnlnful, delayed or suppressed, and you
ttave other ferfiaV, lite. "Am times you even faint. It's hard to bo up stairs. You
! t understand Sour condition, nor realize your danger. The plain, simple trutn is
1 hat
mS' YOUR KIDNEYS
Mrs. T. Morrow, Secretary Numismatic Society, London, Ont., fan., wrote:
"UiVtlvfe Ttv yern ago I began to gradually lose my health. I became
nervous mid hysterical,' l;lf my appetite and It seemnd impossible for me to obtain
a rood night rent.i lost Qesh, became emaciated, hollow eyed and suffered with
frequent iajt.-pHh jtati'ms. My complexion became sallow and muddy, and I had a
haggard expression: I frr as though life had lout Its charm and I did not care to
live. VVarKer'aile-Snre- changed all this. It came as a blessing to my home.
I ffljt bt(E as soon as f started to use it, and within a month I was like
another wOHibim ' Ufa, tenlth and vigor returned to me, and a new light and
happiness ,t ml&-td my life. Your medicine did all this for me, and Is certainly
worthy of great praise."
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medicine that will without leaving bad after effects. 60c and $1.00 a bottle at all
druggist.
I II I I VPIO rOPC . U after making this test you have any doubt as to the
ARAL I Ol J f Hfr "' development of the disease In your system, send a sample of
" your urine to the medical department. Warner Safe Cure
Co., Rochester. N. Y., and our doctors will analyze It and send advice and Interesting
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Never take anything nut Warner's Safe Cure, the standard for 30 pears. Beware
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WARNER'S SAFE PILLS move ths bowels gently and aid a speedy cure.
AT THE PLAYHOUSES
'"The Isle of at the Boyd.
It may. be- that a series of one-night
stands In zero weather, with a stalled train
nd an all-day ride before reaching Omaha,
have liad the same effect on the members
of 'The Isle of Spice" company that the
continued cold spell has had on the citizens
of Omaha. Whatever the reason, the piece
was pot given with the snap expected, nor
was it received with any great degree of
enthusiasm ax the -Boyd last night. The
audlonce was fairly -good, so far as numbers
Is concerned-, and the members of the com
pany apparently, worked with their usual
zeal, but somehow the combination wouldn't
work. ..
The piece has been worked over and im
proved In a number of ways since It was
shown here last season, and Is the better
for run iniNtw York and other eastern
cities,!, where it was very popular during
"the good old summer time." Its music is
tuneful and catchy, and It has an unusual
number of songs thai ar spirited and de
serve popularity, t "Ti.e Goo Goo Man" was
well received lant night, and so was "Peggy
Brady," with their -fine . array of chorus
maneuvers and effects. "Mercenary Mary
Ann" also west quite well.- "Coax Me" is a
new one and made a hit. The comedy part
of the entertainment Is taken care of al
most na effectively as ths rtVmle, and that
Is saying? much, fdr the' songs are all well
sung. "The Isle of Spice" will be repeated
at a. matinee this afternoon and again this
evening.
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MONTHLY MEETINGS OF CLUB
Executive .Committee of Commercial
Club Favors Members Coming
Together. Frequently.
, Monthly mass' meetings of the Commer-
wip club are to bo attempted, again. The
executive commute,' 'after considerable dis
cussion, has decided that gatherings of the
entire membership are desirable for the
diacuasslon "' of ' matters of Interest to
Omaha. . , Notwithstanding the failure of
';he attempt a year ago. It is the sentiment
that the. experiment-should be tried again,
and as a move toward this direction the
entertainment committee Is authorized to
consider what .can be done In the way of
program and report at the next meeting.
J. . K. George was unanimously chosen as
secretary of tho club. A committee had
been appointed last Week to consider the
Held and make a selection of some man to
succeed Mr.. Brown. Tbe selection 'la a
"opular one. The resignation of Z. T.
Xlndsey from thi executive committee was
announced and E. E, Bruce chosen to fill
the vacancy.
A special order of business was made for
pext week on the .motion of E. A. Benson,
vhen an annual exhibition of Nebraska
manufactured products will be discussed.
The Idea as put forward by Mr. Benson and
others is to have, coincident with the Ak-Sar-Ben
festivities, ' an exhibition of. Ne
braska products, which shall be held In
some place like the auditorium, and where
everything manufactured in Nebraska can
be seen to advantage. It is thought such a
display 'wlll.be of Interest and will show a
very much larger' variety of articles than
the publlo would expect to see made
Nebraska.
In
Card of Thaaks.
We wish, to extend our heartfelt thanks
to our friends, and especially to the mem
bers of St. John's lodge No. 28, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, Custer post,
Grand Army of the Republic, and the
Grand Army circle for their kindness dur
ing the illness and death of our beloved
husband and father. We also desire to
express our gratitude for the many beau
tiful floral tributes contributed.
MRS. JAMES DELANET AND CHILDREN.
M. W. A. Ball.
The champion drill team of Camp No.
120, M. W. A., extends a cordial Invitation
to their friends to attend their fourteenth
annual ball Wednesday, February 15, at
Myrtle hall. Continental building. Admis
sion, 25 cents.
In planning your California trip see that
your ticket reads Via the Colorado Midland
railway. This means that you will enjoy a
day's ride though the heart of the Rockies.
Ask your local agent about colonial rates,
effective March 1 to May 15, or write C. H.
Speers, G. P. A., Denver.
Dance .Tonight. ,
Attend the dance this even g. Wed., Feb.
16th, at Osthoff hall, 16th an Cass; fine
orchestra; a grand good time for you.
Gents, 26c. Welcome.
Edholm, Jewler. 16th and Harney st
COWCATCHER
.r- AND CHEVIOT
- jj.YtJu cTfcft't fell a - milk
train by the cowcatcher
any more than you can
call any cheviot "it" sim
ply because it's tagged.
Crolnbie Cheviot from
sturdy, old Scotland is
"tt." ,;?And a' teuit of it
ma dp as MacCarthy makes
things is tagged 40.
-JUMttfcCarthy-
Tailoring Co.,
8M-306 S. 16th St. Next Door to
Wabash Ticket Offloe Phone vm.
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Will Cure
Polluting Ijiavloniii
I'ulns in the side, back, under the shoulder
Made, smulticclng utlun. palpitation of
the hearty a Hired fewllng 4n thVmornlng, a
I'uor appetite, coated tongue, blotches and
pimples. 30 cays' treatment So. All drug-
lint. 5,1'
Well Supplied with Bobber Boots.
Jesse Johnson, colored, living at 1116
Capitol avenue, was arrested last evening
on suspicion of having stolen a number
of pairs cf rubber boots which he had sold
at one of tho pawnshops. At the station
he said that he hod sold the boots for an
Mh onlnrarl mnn hv the name of CIoT
euce Tyler, who lives at the same address,
and that Tyler had shown a whole sackful
of rubber boots to him. He said that lylor
tnld him he had taken the boots at the
-z..,. flr in tha Klrkendall Shoe com
pany. The police at once went down to
Tyler's house and placed him under ar
t 4 tho itlnn Tvler denied that he
had any boots of any kind in the house
and that Johnson had tried to sell some
rubber boots to him. upon searomnis nio
house the officer found four pairs of rub
ber boots concealed under the bed and Jn
a dresser drawer.
Old Man Badly Frosen.
Frank Kochar, who for the last week
has been living at the foot of William
iraot in an old abandoned shed, was
brought Into the police station last even
ing In a most pitiful condition. He had
both of his feet frozen about a week ago
and as a reult of no care having been
taken of them at that time gangrene had
set In and it is thoughMt will be necessary
to amputate all of the toes upon both his
feet. Kochar said he had Men driven from
the house of his son, who lives In the vl-
-i..... nt TtilvtAAnth a nil Will lliJTl streets.
about a week ago and he had froien his
feet at that time ana ne naa nm ooii Hi
lowed to return to the house at all since
v.., vn.har an old man. uneducated
and 'speaks English very little, hence the
authorities were unable to learn much
oKr..t him. Ha whs keDt at the station
laast night, but will be taken to the county
Hospital this morninn. , .
Sal vat ion Armr.Leetnre,
i.r.i ,,v, tha sinma of New York by
Btereoptlcon and Moving ictures' is the
title of a lecture Adjutant F. H. McKensie
is giving at the Salvation Army hall
Wednesday evening. In the words of
t i.. Hnvde.-. "resident of the Michigan
..na 'ihia lecture Is a vivid de
sorlptlon of tha degradation of life of the
large cities." A moving picture of the
electrocution of a crimmal is so realistic as
?o turn the heart sick, while many other
pictures will bring close to convulsions.
Most of the views have been taken from
life and will be illuminated by powerful
eondensed calcium light, magnified to life
slse and shown with such nniiiancy as
appear almost as realistic as life Itself.
alt (or Damaces.
i r MrTinnnld. a life Insurance
sol citor. ha nled a petition in district
Sourt in which he sets forth the grounds
on which he thinks he should -recover from
Klmer R. Porter the substantial sum of
. Mr. Mcuonaiu r.t
arV 1. Iwii Ilv wa 1 1" 9 .
the corner of Fourteenth and Douglas when
a team of horses attached to a can- age
.rT5 1... nr- T..rar and In which carriage
Sr."eUTr., w. ridrng. approached the
crossing at a fast gait and knocked him
down. The petition alleges that plaintiff
suffered grievous Injury by reason of being
co knocked down.
Revival Meeting;.
The revival meetings in the North Side
district are growing In Interest and attend
ance. One young man wag clearly con
verted last night, and many Christian pjo
nle dedicated themselves anew to Christ for
personal work. The meetings promise great
victories to many struggling hearts. Dr.
Cissell will be present every night and will
preach. -
No Coonell Meeting;.
Owing to the fact tbat three, members of
the city council um mi- ,
members desired to assist Councilman Dave
in viuino- Tnhv I.voiih a reccDtlon
worthy of tne name, there was no council
meeting last night. Acting Mayor Zlmman.
Brhroeder and Evans were the good coun
rlimen who appeared for dutv, waited until
I sharp and tnen got ou ui mo cur ui n
fast as they couia.
Matter of. tbe Oreutt Estate.
Edith Oroutt peaton has filed a petition
In the county court asking that letters of.
administration be issued to hei and to her
aimers. Anna R. .and June C. Oroutt, on the
.. n,lr lata father. Clinton Orcutt
Who died January 27, 1M05. The petitioners
... ik. rniv holm The estate Is snecliled
as t.1,to realty In Douglas county. lOO.noa
realty elsewhere and personal jproperty to
the value of eA. . .
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Eepublic&n ConTention Meeti tnd Nomi
nate! School Board Candidates.
LAVERTY. MORRILL AND CURTIS NAMED
Sew City Central Committee Named
to Meet nt Mnrdork's Office To
Bight and geleet a Keir
Chairman.
Eighteen republican delegates selected at
the primaries' on Monday met Tuesday
afternoon at Workman temple and nomi
nated a ticket for the school board. As
there was only one ticket in the field the
delegates nsmed Jay Iaverty, Dana Mor
rill and Dr. W. L Curtis. These candidate
will bo placed on the ticket when the elec
tion comes off in April. A. H. Murdock pre
sided at the convention. There was so little
Interest In the nffalr that only a few out
siders were present. After the nomination
had been made and ratified a city central
committee was named. This committee Is
composed of the following well known republicans:
First Ward-T. H. Scott, F. E. Jones.
Second Ward Joseph Koutsky, R. J.
Kenlson.
Third Ward John Kubat, u. w. ener-
wood.
Fourth Ward Charles -urrerman, i-eier
Olson. . . .
Fifth Ward O. W. MeslrK, T. J. twiey.
Sixth Ward A. II. Murdock, J. A. Cavers.
The old city central committee Is called
to meet at the office of A. II. Murdock to
n'ght, when the records will be turned over
to the new committee, F. E. Jones, Joseph
Koutsky, George Sherwood. Charles Offer-
man, Q. W. Meslck and A. II. Murdock con
stitute the new executive committee. This
committee will select a chairman and the
expectation Is that A. H. Murdock will be
chosen. In case Murdock declines to serve
Joseph Koutsky desires to have George
Sherwood elected chairman.
Democrats Convene In March.
Treading democrats stated yesterday that
the city convention for nominating mem
bers of the Board of Education would be
held about March 14. Just who the demo
crats will put Mp for candidates has not
been determined. In order to work against
the republican ticket nominated yesterday
some of the democrats favor the naming of
a citizens' ticket, but the heads of the
party In South Omaha do not think this ad
visable. One leading democrat said last
night that the party Is at sea a regards
candidates that can be put to the front
with any Intention or expectation of defeat
ing the ticket nominated by the republicans
yesterday.
Opening; Attain Deferred.
Some time ago the Board. of Education set
March S as the date for the opening of the
new high school building. Owing to some
delay In the painting, varnishing and other
work the opening hnB been postponed In
definitely. Secretary Laverty said last
night that at the meeting of the board to
be held next Monday night things might
shape themselves so that a definite date
might be set. , As It Is now nothing can be
done. It may' be thnt the opening may be
put off until along about April 1. but in the
meantime the committee In charge of the
arrangements will go ahead and make up a
program for the occasion.
Packers May Kill Today.
- While the packers did not slaughter Mon
day or Tuesday, orders were up last night
for butchers to report for duty today.
The light receipts of live stock has put
a damper on the market and the packers
are buying only to make a market and
keeping tho stock in pens. Not enough
stock has been received in three days to
make a market. But a few buyer wfent
out early and soon came In. Unless the
storm lets up before long there will
scarcely be any market here, as shippers
cannot afford to send stock to market this
kind of weather. This condition of af
fairs la rorrying commission dealers a
great deal,, but they ore dependent on the
railroads for transportation and If the stuff
does not come in there is nothing to buy or
sell.
The Coal Situation.
There does not seem to be any change
in the coal situation In South Omaha, The
reserve supply Is being used by all of the
packers and the yards company and this
supply will be exhausted within a day or
two. Armour's the Omaha and the yards
company have coal on platforms as a re
serve stock, but this Is being used. Swift
has only coal enough in the bunkers in
the house to last until Thursday. Cudahy
Is running short and is buying slack from
local dealers. While the packers and the
yards company contract for coal annually,
these contracts do not hold good in this
kind of weather and the railroads cannot
be held responsible for failure to deliver
fuel at the ordinary rate of sixty cars a
day to packers. None of the packing house
managers seem to fear the necessity for
closing down their plants on account of
the scarcity of cool. All that is being run
now In the plants is the heating apparatus
and the refrigerating rooms.
Maa-lo City Gossip.
Today is bargain cay again with South
umana mercnunts.
Fire which caught in the roof did 12,000
damage to tne uriniomco noiei last nigni.
William Broderlck sold his saloon at
Thirty-second and I streets yesterday to
J. H.tKelly. .
The remains of Mrs. Martha E. Olmsted
were forward-! to Murray, la., yesterday
afternoon lor interment.
The young women of St. Bridget's par
ish will give an entertainment at Workman
temple next Monday nignt. V
The city mall carriers are loaded down
these days with letters, packages and pa
pers delayed on account of the storm.
Mrs. George Van Bant, Twenty-third and
I streets, was taken to the South Omaha
hospital for treatment yesterday.
8. R. Cox writes friends here that he has
left Miami, Fla., for Cuba. He says that
he Is glad to be away from the north at
this time.
Street cars had a hard time operating
yettterday, but by noon most of the tracks
were cleared so that trains run only about
twenty minutes late.
Although not able to leave her house yes
terday, Mrs. H. C. Richmond was able to
get down stairs. Her recovery from a se
vere attack of the grippe la something re
markable, considering the condition she was
lu when physicians iirst waited on her.
Auditorium March 7 that's all.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Visiting Nurses' association Will hold
Its monthly meeting In the patlore of the
Paxton hotel at 4 p. m. Thursday
Judge Sutton has granted to Wat
son a divorce from George ai T on the
ground of non-support. Hhe Is aU to have
from defendant fcu for altornay ees. .
Alfred D. Wheeler is suing. the street rail
way company for I5.WW damages alleged to
have been caused by slipping on an ley
while attempting to alight from- a- car on
December 27 last. .
City Attorney Wright has filed a motion
fur a new trial In the case in which a Jury
L,vi . verdict fo Mrs. Luey Weber iiy the
Sum of 05 tor personal injuries uUlm1
lw falling - defective crossing. . The
Hi allwrnev -sets fori timetee. reasons
wb a uw trial ghouh be grants.
Vesta Chapter's Valentine Social.
Vesta chapter of the Order of the East
ern Htar gave a Valentine social to a large
number of members and friends In Masonic
temple last night, Mesdames Bprlngmeyer,
Moore. Bradley and L. Hostetter having the
party In charge. Decorations were in many
colored hearts suspended In great profusion
across the room. A feature of the evening
was a Valentine postottlce conducted by
Master Raymond Keller. Misses Wallace
aatd Rhoder contributed to the program
with musical selections, and a corps of
young girls, consisting of the Misses Down
ing, Snow, Huzel Hostetter and Irene
Moore, completed the entertainment. The
ever.lng was finished with cards and re
freshments. Will Prospect for Oil.
W. O. Shriver returned the first of the
week from a three weeks' visit to his
parents In Pennsylvania. He reports the
winter in Pennsylvania as severe as it has
been here since the first of the year. "Busi
ness is booming la the rural districts of
Greene county. Farmers are getting rich
off of gas, coal and oil." While there he
intereetd some oil men in a proposition to
make a test for oil and gas in Nebraska.
An expert will be here goun and look over
the field. If tils report Is favorabls tests
will be made this summer.
long as he sh.tll live. The petition for ad
ministration has not yet been filed, so the
value of the estate of deceased cannot be
stated. Mr. Brown Is the sole executor and
a bond Is expressly waived by the will.
ATTORNEY TO BE PRESENTED
Jadgre Vlnsonhaler Will Ask Bar
Association to Investigate
Aleek Altsrhnler.
Judge Vlnsonhaler will shortly present
to the standing committee of the Bar as
sociation the facts in a case heard In
his court wherein Attorney A. A. Alt-
schuler is said to have acted In a manner
directly transgressing the ethics of the
legal profession. In a deposition the at
torney sets forth that before Miss Anna
C. Nielsen was appointed a notary public
she had entered into a contract by which
he was to have all the -notarial fees she
might earn. Miss Nielsen was employed
In the capacity of a stenographer for the
firm of which Altschuler was a member.
About three years ago Judge Vlnsonhaler
had occasion to call the attention of the
bar committee to an alleged unprofes
sional conduct on the part of the same at
torney, but no formal action was ever
taken In that case. The present allegation
Involves the retention of a sum of money
to which Miss Nielsen claims she Is entitled.
All Goes to Brother.
Mrs. Jesnette Bensok's last will and
testament has been deposited with the
county court. The will bequeaths all her
Iiroiierty, real, personal and mixed, to her
.rotlier, Kdward J. Brown of yulncv. 111.,
anl.J.Tt only to an allowance of JtO per
moulb to Iter husband, David Benson, as
Announcements of the Theaters.
"The Isle of Spice" will be repeated this
afternoon and evening at the Boyd, clos
ing the engagement On Thursday evening
Miss Helen Grantly will open her short
engagement of four performances In "Her
Lord and Master." This pretty little com
edy by Margaret Morton has afforded Miss
Grantly the opportunity to make a most
enviable record, she having been a pro
nounced success, typifying the American
girl perfectly. More than ordinary Inter
est attaches to the engagement, owing to
the fact that Miss Grantly is an Omaha
girl, and proud of the fact. She will be
entertained while here at the home of her
brother. Max Goldsmith of the World
Herald. The dates are Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings and a matinee on
Saturday.
Cunning, "The Jail Breaker," who is
challenging any local police officer, or ex
pert or, as far as that Is concerned, any
one who will make an attempt, to fasten
htm In any kind of leg Irons or hand
cuffs or lock him in the steel cell he car
ries In a manner that he cannot escape.
English and American handcuffs and leg
Irons and maniac Jackets have been used
on Cunning, but in an Inexplalnable man
ner the wlsard frees himself from every
evlce, including the heavy steel cell
wrapped In chains.
Card of Thanks.
To our many friends we wish to extend
our heartfelt thanks for the love and sym
pathy shown us, also for the many beau
tiful floral tributes to the dead, our be
loved wife, mother and grandmother.
F. M. STEINHAlTBER.
MRS. BERTHA GROTTE,
MRS. PATI.INE BRAUS,
WILL -STEINHAUSER.
HENRY 8TEINHAC8ER.
FRANK 8TEINH A 1'RER.
FRED STEINHAUSER.
Invest Constant Oil stecv. XI N. T. Ufa
Harry B. Davis, undertaker. 411 S. 15th.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Miss Ella 1 1. Mark of Lincoln Is a guest
at the Her Grand.
E. M. Holyoke of Plattsmouth and C. M.
Rlbble of DeWltt are guests at the Mutray.
M. M. Roby and S. Wllley of Hastings,
Mrs. 1. A. Maxwell of Lincoln and W. E.
Reed of Madison are registered at the
Paxton. -
Nobraska folks registered at the Millard
last evening: John Melor and wife, Pen
der; Dr. C. Walden, Beatrice; J. E. Pul
ver, Osceola; E. Theleh, Shelby; . M.
Mott, Lincoln; George '- A. Brooks, Bazil
Mills; E. M. Leflang, Lexington.
Nebraskans at the Merchants: W. M.
White, Tekamah; 11. L. McConnell, Albion;
M. J. Flynn, Spalding; L. V. Stump, Fre
mont; A. C. Johnson, Newman Grove; C.
E. Howard, Comstirtk: Mrs. W. D. Olffln.
Gothenburg; J. H. Pleper and Gerald
Asche. Leigh; R. E. Syfert, Atnsworth; E.
W. Kuntzelman and wife, Wlsner; Rev.
L. P. Ludden, J. C. Hotaling and C. W.
Hedges, Lincoln; J. E. Owen, Wayne.
SEASONABLE FASHIONS.
NO. 4 SOS GIRL'S RUSSIAN DRESS.
Sixes, i to 10 years.
For ths accommodation o reader of Ths
Bee these patterns, whlcb usually retail at
from 26 to 60 cents each, will be furnished
at the nominal price of 10 cents. A supply
is now kept at our office, so those whs
wish any pattern may get it either by cad.
Ing or enclosing lu neriis. addressed "Pat-'
tern Department, Bee, Omaha."
A rose by any other name
would smell as sweet, but
the cocoa preparations of
other makers can't compare
with Ghirardelli's Ground
Chocolate. The real reason
of Ghirardelli's superiority
is that it combines the rich
est nutriment with the rarest
flavor.
More' convenient and economical
than caka chocolate.
NELSON'S NEW CHARTER BILL
Measure Adopted bj Revision Committee
Taken to Lincoln.
RADICAL CHANGES IN PRESENT CHARTER
Bill rroTldes for Entirely Sew
Statate, Re-Raartlng the Old
Where Ko Changes Are Made,
bat Alters Many Bertloas.
The Omaha charter bill, compiled under
the direction of -the charter revision com
mittee, is on its way to Lincoln and will
probably be Introduced as a new measure
Wednesday or Thursday. Ex-Representa
tive Nelson has the document in his pos
session and it will make, when printed, a
good-sized volume.
The new bill constitutes an entire char
ter of Itself instead of merely amendments
to the existing charter, re-enacting all of
the present statute with the proposed
amendments, except those sections which
are Incorporated in the water bill and re
late to the constitution and powers of the
water board. The blU also contains a great
many changes that have not yet been given
publicity.
One section, for example, fixes the
quorum of the council at two-thirds of all
the members elected Instead a majority, as
now. To ratify franchise propositions It'
requires a majority of votes on the prop
osition instead of a majority of all votes
cast at the election, as now. With refer
ence to specifications for pavements and
other public works the drafts are to be
made by the city engineer subject to tbe
approval and modification of the mayor
and council; in case the mayor and coun
cil disapprove, the specifications are to be
redrawn according to their direction.
Changing Police ComtroL
Another section undertakes to vest the
polios board with power to enforce the laws
of the state and the ordinances of the city,
the same as now devolves upon the mayor
and chief executive, thus giving two bodies
charged with the enforcement of the laws.
This section makes the exercise of this
power mandatory, so that tha courts may
be appealed to for a writ of mandamus
should the board fall to act
The proposed charter provides for guar
anty bonds for all city officials and em
ployes required to give bonds, the expense
of the bonds to be defrayed out of the
general fund of the city. A new section
provides for the removal of city officials
and councilman on Impeachment charges
filed before the district court by any three
electors of the city and authorizes suspen
sion of the officer pending the hearing of
the charges.
The council Is empowered to regulate and
limit rates for electric light, gas, telephone
service everything, in fact, except water
service. Provision is made by which on
petition of the owners of 60 per cent of
abutting property the mayor and council
can order a pavement removed and a new
pavement laid, the object being to permit
a change of the character of the pave
ments, as, for' exampjo, to remove the
granite blocks from Farnam street and
substitute asphalt without waiting for the
granite pavement to wear out. Another
section provides that the mayor and council
may contract the city limits by excluding
from the Jurisdiction outlying farm lands
used exclusively for agricultural purposes
and receiving no commensurate benefits
for municipal taxation.
Plans for Merger.
The bill goes Into detail for the merger
of the city and county treasurers' offices
and the abolition of the office of city tax
commissioner. It also provides for a fire
men's relief fund on the same plan as the
present police und.
The contents of the charter are ma
terially rearranged and an effort made to
classify under separate headings by bring
ing all parts bearing on one subject to
gether. The bill makes no change as to
the time of municipal elections and pro
vides that the new scale of salaries shall
not go into effect until new officers are
chosen at the next election.
CASES IN FEDERAL COURT
Damage Suit on Trial Before Judge
Manger and Conspiracy
Cases Go Over.
The trial of the case of Edward Hagelelt
against G. H. Hammond and others for
20,600 damages has commenced In the
United States circuit court before Judge
Munger. The suit is brought to recover
damages sustained by the plaintiff In tha
loss of a leg while in the employ pt the
company at Cutoff lake in January, 1904.
Hagelelt was one of an ice cutting gang,
and had been sent to the "dog house" at
the bead of the ice chute, over which the
ice blocks were hauled by means of an end
less chain. Owing to the icy and slippery
condition of the "dog house," his foot
slipped . and was caught in the big cog
wheel and mangled so badly that amputa
tion became necessary and he is thereby
mnde a cripple for life.
The trial of the conspiracy cases, wherein
Harry Rasdell, Sherman Ennls and Gilbert
Logan, saloonlsts of Pender and Homer,
were Indicted for conspiracy in procuring
the sale of liquor to Indians, has . been
continued over to tr.e May term of the
federal courts. The government was ready
for the trial of the cases and had already
summoned twenty or twenty-five Indian
witnesses, who have been on hand for a
day or two to testify.
Rasdell, Ennls, Logan and Ed Lulkhart,
saloon keepers adjoiutog the Omaha In
dian reservation, were Indicted at the No
vember term of the federal grand Jury for
conspiracy with professional bootleggers to
divide the profits of the Illegal sale of
liquor to Indians. The cases have been
continued upon one pretext or another at
the Instance of the defendants all winter.
One or two of the convicted bootleggers,
notably the notorious "Featherlegs," have
been kept In Jail here since their convic
tion to testify In these conspiracy cases.
The case against Lulkhart was continued
Monday because of a death In his family.
James N. Clarke, as receiver of the Ne
braska Loan and Trust company, has
brought suit to quiet title In the United
States circuit court against Christian
Schlpporelt and . H. Emereson to certain
property in Nebraska In which the defend
ants are Interested.
Marshal C. Hamilton of Florence, Neb.,
an engineer and lawyer, has filed his vol
untary petition In bankruptcy In the United
States district court. His liabilities are
scheduled at 16,39.(0 and his assets at $30.
The hearing In the deportation cases of
Hong Woh and Ling Ming, Chinamen, was
called before United States Commissioner
Anderson and a continuance taken to Mon
day, February Zl.
Chinaman Han Down by Street Car.
Hul Hop, a Crtinamaii. living at 816 North
Sixteenth street, was struck by a street car
at 4:2S o'clock yesterday afternoon, receiv
ing several cuts about the head and was
bruised about the body. He was carried
into the Crelghton Medical college, where
his wounds were dressed by I)r. Dwyer and
Police Surgeon Wlgton. It was found that
he had sustained a slight contusion on the
side of his head and had a large gash cut
acroKg the top of the head and three smaller
ruts and a number of bruises about the
body. Later he was taken to St. Joseph's
hospital in the police ambulance.
DIED.
VHALAND Julia A., Feb. 18. 1W6. aged
Kl years, 4 months, at the residence of
her son, O. J. Hunt.
Funeral Thursday, at I p. m., from St.
Mark's church, Florence. lJaltimois tMd.)
.papers please copy. .
Fifty-ninth Annual Report
OF THE
CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
To the Members:
The experience of The Connecticut Mu
tual In Its ftfty-nlnth year was satisfactory
and may be thus outlined: Some Increase
in the new business wrltten,"in the amount
of business in force. In premium income.
In Interest and rents, In assets and In
surplus; a somewhat heavier mortality
than In the preceding year, though still
considerably less than that expected, giv
ing a saving of with no outstand
ing contested claims; a considerable de
crease in the amount and cost of fore
closed real estate; a recovery In market
value of ether securities of over $676,000
as against the shrinkage of about $770,000
In IMS; a reduction In the ratio of expense
to income; a sound condition throughout.
The company continues in that steady,
full tide of f beneficent operation which
has for so many years distinguished It
among all others, by administrative meth
ods wblch hold always one grand object
In view: a maximum of result to its bene
ficiaries at a minimum of coat to it's policy
holders, each and all.
All details will be found in the financial
statement which accompanies this report.
An Interesting; Summary.
A summary of the operations of fifty
nine years may be stated thus; Received
from policy holders, $232,759,364.83; returned
to policy holders and their beneficiaries,
$234.3G3,4SS.9, or $1,594,24 65 more than the
amount received from them; with assets
In hand of $fi,224,$41.61, and a surplus of
$4,828,696.64 with which to meet a liability,
actual and contingent, of $00,396,144.89 on
$167,167,515.00 at risk on 70,454 policies. Ex
cept in the possible case of some society
or concern with only a local and slight
membership, no comparable results have
been accomplished by any other American
life insurance company.
Persistence of Business.
As for many years past, a most grati
fying feature of our experience has been
the persistence of our business. It has
been no small factor in the company's pros
perity. Business which goes off rapidly can
be replaced rapidly only at an undue cost.
Business which stays costs little, and per
mits the taking of new business sufficient
for a uniform good experience at such
moderate cost as does not disturb the
favorable average. That is one of the sim
ple secrets of The Connecticut Mutual's
unequalled success.
New Bnslnessi Its Character and
Cost.
The new business of the year somewhat
exceeded that of 1908, and also exceeded
the amount of business ceasing; so that
there was some increase In the amount
in force. The new business was selected
with our usual constant care to take only
such risks as are likely to give the same
favorable mortality experience which has
been so large a factor in reducing the
actual yearly cost of our Insurance hith
erto; and It has been token on the same
low basis of cost which has been directly
reflected In our large dividends to policy
holders throughout the company's life
time. To the faithful agents who In tha midst
of a thoroughly demoralised competition
and despite the always pressing tempta
tion of much higher commissions and al
lowances from others, choose to abide
steadfast In our- service because of Its
greater value to those whose need they
sincerely seek to serve, there is due alike
from the management end from the policy
holders benefited thereby, the distinct and
constant recognition of the high, unselfish
quality of their labors for the greater
good of the whole membership.
Relation of Mortality to New Bnsl.
nesa.
The public Is often given to understand
that as a large and rapid Influx of new
business tends for a time to keen down
the average age of the business as a whole
and so to make the death losses appear
a smaller percentage of the whole amount
at risk, it really gives a comparatively
better mortality experience and therefore
Justifies Its abnormal cost. This is not
true. It belles the whole basis and struc
ture of life Insurance. It Is worth a mo
ment's examination:
Take 10,000 sound men, aged 80, Insured
for $10,000 each, or $100,000,000, altogether.
We know within safe limits how many of
these men will die each year until all are
gone; we charge each one the premium
adequate to meet that rate of loss, and
from the premiums make the proper re
serves. The first year only 84 will die,
the oompkny will pay out $840,000, or only
eighty-four one-hundredths of 1 per cent
of the amount at risk; twenty years later
there will be 4,180 of these men living, with
$81,800,000 at risk; 124 of them will die that
year, the company will pay out $1,240,000,
or 1H per cent of the amount at risk; In
the fortieth year 4.418 will be living, with
$44,180,000 at risk, 265 will die. the company
will pay out $2,650,000, or about 6 per cent
of the amount at risk; in ths fiftieth year
there will be 1,770 living, with $17,700,000 at
risk, 230 will die, the company will
pay out $2,300,000, or IS per cent of ths
amount at risk; in the sixtieth year only
216 will be living, with li.lW.00O at risk, 63
will die, the company will pay out $630,000,
or about $0 per cent of ths amount at risk.
But the mortality which In tha sixtieth
year of the business calls for 10 per cent
of the amount at risk Is Just as normal
and Just as favorable to the company as
that which In the first year called for
oniy eigniy-iour one-nunareatns of 1 per
cent; and it the company has charged the
proper premiums and kept tho proper re
serves it is just as well prepared to pay the
30 per cent as it was to pay the eighty
four one-hundredths of 1 per cent, and if
the business was well selected and well
located, the chances for a mortality more
favorable than that calculated for, with a
consequent saving on losses, have been
equally good, all the way through.
No amount of forcing at whatever cost
can always keep the Inflow of new busi
ness greater than the outgo of the old.
In the nature of things the day will Inevit
ably come with any company, when Its
amount at risk must come to a practical
standstill and the age of Its business, and
the consequent ratio of its death lossses to
the amount at risk, reach the maximum
average. In that day the greater the
amount at risk and the higher the cost at
which it was obtained, the greater will be
the struggle and the higher the cost of
keeping it at even a standstill.
scarifies.
The corporate securities held by ue are
of the highest class. Their par value Is
$26,861,070; they cost $:,(. 116 and are worth
In tbe market $26.&&4,4ll. or $l,0ol,$oe more
than their cost and $1,333,848 more than
their par valus. The year 1803 saw en
almost unprecedented shlnkage In the mar
ket value of such securities, that upon our
own holdings aggregating $770,000. Ths past
year has seen a large recovery toward
what may be generally regarded as an
average i.ormal valuation. Borne ef our
securities affected by the shrinkage have
been sold; the recovery on those still held
Is over $T.76,00O.
Real Katate and I. naa.
One of the most remarkable, as It was
the most unforeseen Incident of the finan
cial history of the last two decades, has
been the chanres wrought In the conditions
affecting the values of city real estato.
caused mainly by the development of street
car service. Before the advent of the elec
tric trolley living tt a distance from busi
ness centers was difficult snd expensive.
Population tended to gather compactly In
their near proximity. It spread only as It
was forced outward by the spread of busi
ness. This tended to both Increase and
steadiness In values and to certainty in
their realisation. Today the electrlo street
car, with Its speed, its comfort end Its
accessibility; the free mall delivery and
the telephone have largely reversed the con
ditions and are leading the population to
spread out freely In search bf space, light.
air, more privacy and cheaper land. Th
older settled parts of most of our larger
cities thus find themselves in an active
competition which can be met only by a
reduction In prices, which but a few years
ago were Justified by every measurable Con
dition then In sight. For obvious reasons
this great change has caused Individual
losses which have led to many foreclosures
of loans Justifiably made under former con
ditions of higher and supposedly stable
values, and the dullness of the real estate
market, due In some part to the continued
operation of the changes noted, have In
snany rases compelled the lender to become
the owner of the security,
- In U this experience this company ha
had Its share along with others. It now
has foreclosed real estate which cost 1t
$S.78,683. This Is being gradually absorbed.
some at a profit, some at a loss. Among
our liabilities we carry an item for con
tingent depreciation of about $350,000. We
Intend to make no unnecessary sacrifices.
So far our profit and loss account on fore
closed real estate as a whole is $1,868,943 to
the good.
In our present more limited loans upon
this class of property we are taking such
account of the conditions referred to as we
believe will guard against a future repeti
tion of past experiences.
Notwithstanding the conditions which
have changed and unsettled real estate
values in many localities, and which are
still In progress, it may well be that when
they shall have become more completely
developed and their operations more fully
defined and their inherent limitations bet
ter understood, real estate, on the result
ant basis of values, may recover "much of
Its former favor, especially In view of the
growing difficulties in obtaining out of
the great flood of corporate securities
those of a thoroughly conservative char
acter and for which the futuTe demand
Is likely to be far greater than any possi
ble supply. The funds asking thoroughly
safe Investment. whether by savings
banks. Insurance companies, - trustees or
Institutions and estates, or private indi
viduals, need to have available every form
of security that offers a stable basis of
Income and of ultimate value.
The Business Ideal of The Connectl.
est Bfotnnl.
Every business or enterprise undertaken
for a distinct and particular service to
the public, and which assumes to offer
men something: they truly need, and some
thing for which those who need It should
be willing to pay Its true and necessary
cost, carries within Itself an Ideal of method
peculiar and necessary to the purpose in
tended, appropriate, and effective to the
form of result Intended and essential to
Its perfect realisation.
Especially is this true of mutual life
insurance. It takes note of the great fact
that he who has married a wife and mads
her dependent on htm, and brought Into
the world helpless children yet more de
pendent, has assumed toward them and
toward society Itself a responsibility 'not
only for their dally bread, but for all the
manifold needs of their whole dependent
future, which he cannot shirk and remain
a true man; a responsibility which, In the
great majority of cases, it takes hie whole
normal lifetime rightly to discharge, and
one which his earlier decease must leave
unfulfilled, to the great loss and injury
of his dependent ones. And the risk, ths
danger of this loss, rests upon them day
by day and every day. In the great ma
jority of cases there is In hand no finan
cial provision fully adequate and availa
ble to replace for all their future that
which his family would lose In his death-.
There Is but one way In which that pro
vision can be made at once and kept al.
ways ready and secure. He must Insure his
life for the benefit of those who will lose
by Its loss. In no otherwise can his re
sponsibility be fulfilled for their whole
future, which is as much his to provide
for as Is their present.
And It Is this whloh we offer to do fop
him, for them; to take his money while
he lives and, to tho fullest extent that
money, much or little, enables us, to pro
vide for them when he Is gone. It it
sober undertaking; it is his duty; It Is of
trust. And because it is his duty, and ft
transaction whose benefit goes to others,
but whose burden falls on him, and in
order that the benefit may be as great as
possible to those who need It, and that
In proportion to the benefit given the bur
den on him may be as small as possible,
we offer to do the business on the mutual
plan; to make no profit out of It for
stockholders, but to charge him a pre
mium which Is certain to be adequate, and
then, year by year, by careful selection of
risks, by proper investment of reserves,
and by economy in expenses, to save as
much of that premium as possible and re
turn it to him year by year, so that etch
year he gets his Insurance at its actual
yearly cost to the company.
And the full meaning of mutuality Is,
that what the plan does for one It does
equally for each one. It does not set up
a scheme of deferred dividends for twenty
years, make each man pay his full pre
mium each year regardless of what ths
actual cost has been for the year, make
htm leave with the company each year s
surplus from his premiums, to be forfeited,
If he dies or lapses, and to be finally divi
ded up by the one-third more or less of
thoie who survive and pay throughout the
term; a speculation by each o.. In what
he hopes he may not lose, but some one
else will; a pool to which all contribute,
but which a few only will divide; a gamble
as to who those few shall be. True
mutuality In life Insurance does not thus
seek to favor a few at the expense of the
many to give the few what the many have
lost. It charges each man a premium pro
portioned to bis risk, and so charges every
man alike. It ascertains each year each
man's like proportion of ths actual com or
the whole year's operation; and, returning
to each man what he has paid in excess
of his due part of that cost, gives to every
policy holder alike his Insurance at its
actual cost, wlih no discrimination in
favor of any one, with no hardship upon
any one. Bach pays his own actual costt
each gets back his own contribution to
the surplus created by all alike.
That is the Ideal purpose and that la the
Ideal method the actual "square deal"
Of mutual life Insurance.
How truly and steadfastly The pon
nectlout Mutual has held to these Ideals,
and In what unequaled measure it bas
realised for Its members and for their
beneficiaries their best result, Is told
through all its history, end each reourrlag
year witnesses It anew.
Respeotfully submitted,
JACOli L. GREENE, '
January $3, !. Preset