THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. JUNE 27. 10(V5.
CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA
COUNCIL BLUFFS
WOMAN 111 CLUB AND CHARITY
WORRIED ABOUT REVENUES
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Anti-Ealoon Crusade May Leave the City
in Eid Way Financially.
TAXES INSUFFICIENT TO PAY THE BILLS
Thirty-seventh street and not his grocery
tore at Thirty-fourth street, hence the
reason for the raid by the police.
City ODIrtaU and Di.lncii Men Have
a Meetlaw at C'nmmerelal (lab
Room to DUcnti tbc
Itnatlon.
The possible lnv of mui h needed rpvenue.
owing to the activity displayed by certain
ministers of the city representing the aotl
aloon league, Is causing the municipal
authorities considerable concern these days.
A conference was held yesterday afternoon
In the rooms of the Commercial club, at
which several of the city officials. Including
the mayor and chief of police, a, number
of business men and the members of the
executive committee of the Commercial club
were present.
The city's revenues from the regular
taxes are Insufficient to maintain the vari
ous municipal departments, and the In
come derived from saloon licenses and
other similar sources Is practically a neces
sity. To maintain efficient police and fire
departments and to meet the expenses of
keeping the streets clean It Is necessary
that the city look to other sources of
revenue besides that derived from the levy
for the general fund, which Is limited by
statute.
The campaign Inaugurated by the minis
ters, if persisted In, will, It Is expected,
seriously affect this source of the city's
income -and the result, city officials state,
will be that both the police and fire de
partments will Have to be reduced.
The conference yesterday afternoon was
behind closed doors and the decision arrived
at by those present was not made public.
It Is stated, however, that the situation
was deemed sufficiently alarming to war
rant some action on the part of the busl-
U'bd iiiQii. uub n in l mis mil wrz r a a uui
aunouncyd.
It is understood that Mayor Macrea Is
prepared, if tho ministers Insist on It,
to close the lid down tight, but that If he
is forced to go this fur, he will see to It
that no privilege are allowed at Lake
Manawa or Courtland Heach, which, are
not permitted In tho city proper. On the
other hand, it is stated that the saloon
men are willing to make certain concessions
and conduct their places more In con
formity with the mulct law, provided the
latter is not. enrorcea to ino letter, im
portant developments are " looked for In
.Uie next te.w days, 'as it Is understood
that the ministers. If their demands are
not heeded, will call upon the county
attorney to take up the matter and enforce
the mulct law in all of its provisions.
Motlnx Into Sfw Library.
The work of moving the public library
Into the new farnecte building- was begun
In earnest yesterday snd by evening a con
siderable portion of the books had been
transferred to their new home. The steel
book stacks, where the volumes for the
circulation department will be kept, are
nearly all In place and it Is expected that
by the end of the week all of the books
will have been moved.
The high school cadets have volunteered
their services for today In moving the books
and with their assistance considerable prog
ress will be made.
Animals Draw Ills Crowd.
Hapenberk's trilned wild animals showed
to Immense crowds both afternoon and
evening yesterday, the huge tent being
filled at both performances. The enter
tainment offered, while having some of
the circus features In It, Is on the whole
unique and the manner In which the wild
animals are put through their stunts shows
their wonderful training. The parade In
the morning was one of the best of Its
kind ever seen In Council Bluffs.
MISOH MKXTIOX.
MEETING ' OP COIXCII. GOES OVER
Animal Hhon Proves Greater Attrac
- tlon to the Members.
The aldermen could not resist the tempta
tion to attend the Hagenbeck wild animal
show, so the special meeting of the city
council, called tor last night, had to be
postponed until this evening. Some of the
aldermen are questioning the legality of
toe call for the meeting owing to the
absence from--ft! e-ciry - rt Aldrman
Ualoney, who consequently was not served
with notice of the call.
In the event of the water works com
mittee recommending that Attorney C. M.
Karl be retained to assist City Solicitor
Bnyder in the negotiations with the water
works company there will be opposition.
With the exception of Alderman Olson,
the members of the ctty council are demo
crats and several of them insist that ' an
attorney of their political faith should be
given preference. Alderman Tounkerman,
who Is leading the opposition to the ap
pointment of Mr. Harl on account of him
being a republican, wlU urge that John P.
Organ be retained. If he falls to carry
his point Alderman Younkerman will try
to have consideration of the commltte's
report deferred until the return of Alder-
man Maloney.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night. K9CT.
Q of
Police Raid the Deer.
With the Hagenbeck show on the lots
adjoining his grocery John Crow yesterday
decided to make hay while the sun shone,
and he accordingly turned part of the store
Into a saloon. The day' was warm and the
crowd on the show grounds was large and
thirsty, and Crow was doing a rushing
business when the police swooped down on
him last evening. Crow and several kegs
beer found on the place were taken to
police headquarters, where Crow gayo
bonds for his appearance In police court
this morning. Crow's license and permit
to sell liquors only covers his saloon at
Pavls sells drug.
Btockert sells carpets.
FMumblng and heating. Blxby A Son.
Dra Woodbury, dnntlsts. 30 Pearl street.
Morgan & Uickey, headquarters for fire'
works.
Leffert's improved toric lenses give satis.
faction.
Mrs. rilllon I,. Ross and children are vis
ltlng-relatives In Oalesburg, 111.
The latest shades and patterns in wall
paper at Horwlck's. HI South Main.
Woodring-Sehmldt Cnd..rtaklng Co.. 228
u way, succesors to Lunkley. lei. w.
SpeeiKl attention given to pictures for
wemiuiR gins. Alexander s 34 a way.
Duncan, 13 Main Pt., guarantees to do the
oest shoe repair work. Give mm a iriai.
Dr. A. P. Hanrhett Is in Chicago attend
lng the American Institute of Homeopathy.
Dr. I.uella S. Dean, homeopath, diseases
of women and ' children. Koom 3, Brown
Itldg. Tel. 9.
Mrs. Ed. H. Ott. formerly of t" city Is
here from Portland. Ore., to : . ..d the
summer with relatives.
Oliver Patterson of this city -1 Miss
Mary Martin will be married vec::..-:day at
the home of the bride In Davenport.
Chief Richmond has Instructed the police
force that the provisions or the currew or
dlnance must be more rigidly enforced.
The ladles of the Congregational church
will give a social on the lawn of Dr. Sny
der, i:i South Seventh street, this evening,
Judge O. D. Wheeler arrived home yester
day from his fishing trip to the Minnesota
lakes and will hold a session of district
court today.
Supervisors Brandes, Spencer and Bullls
arrived In the city last evening to attend
the Joint session of the Harrison and Pot
tawatamle county hoards today.
Phnduklam temple, Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan, will meet In special
session this evening when preparations for
the approaching ceremonial will be made.
The Injunction case begun against the
Courtland Heach Amusement company on
account of its failure to pay the mulct tax
has been dismissed, the tax and costs hav
ing been paid.
The hearing In the Lake Manawa fence
litigation was resumed yesterday before
Judge Scott In the superior court and it Is
expected It will be several days yet before
It Is submitted.
Orion O. Scott, superintendent of the pub
lic schools of Berwyn, 111., has filed an ap
plication for the position of principal of
the high school here, made vacant by the
recent resignation of Prof. Ensign.
In an exciting game of ball yesterday
the Twentieth avenues defeated the Elev
enth streetere by a score of 9 to 0. The
batteries were: Twentieth avenues, D.
Sorenson and Larson; the Eleventh street
ers, Gibson and Nelson.
A valuable scarf pin set with a large opal
and circle of diamonds lost by E. H. Lou
gee yesterday afternoon was recovered by
the police shortly after he had notified
them .of his loss. A party living on South
Main street had found It on the sidewalk.
A meeting of the congregation of Grace
Episcopal church has been called for this
evening at the vestry to discuss the ques
tion of securing a rector to nil the pulpit
wnicn nas been vacant ror several montns,
since the resignation of Rev. T. J. Brookes.
Qeorre Battev. 1r.. was in the city yester
day visiting his brother, H. V. Battey, clerk
of the district court, on ms way nome irom
his wedding trip to Chicago. Mr. iiattey
has lust been aoDC.lnted denutv sheriff for
Shelby county and will remove from Ports
mouth to Harlan.
Have you money to burn? Most people
have other use for It. You will ret burn up
so much by buying your mantles, burners
and globes, etc, of us at Jobbers" prices.
We do nickel and copper plating. Lawn
mowers sharpened. New Specialty Manu
facturing company.
Bids for the new memorial building at
the Christian home were opened yesterday
and referred to Cox & Schoentgen. the ar
chitects, for tabulation. Ail the bids were
from local contractors. The building, which
will cost about ils.oO is designed as a me
morial to Rev. and 'Mrs. J. U. Lemen, the
founders of the Institution.
L. O. Spell, the California stockman In
charge of nine cars of sheep bound for
the Chicago market who claimed to have
been robbed of 153, failed to appear In police
court yesterday morning when John Black,
the elderly lndlvldu.il from Shenandoah
who was with Spell when his wealth van
ished was arraigned. Judge Scott gave
Black ten days on bread and water on gen
eral principles.
DONATIONS !F0R THE ORPHANS
Ten Thousand Dollar to Start Horns for
Them Under Christian Control.
INSURANCE MAN THREATENS COAL MEN
Presbyterian Minister Denounces the
Sandfly f'haatanqna, Claiming; Its
More of a Holiday Than a
Rellalona Service.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, June 25. (Special. ) A 110.-
000 donation for the erection of a state or-
phange for the Iowa Christian church was
announced today at the Jubilee convention
of the denomination. The name of the
donor is withheld from the public. The
school will be for all orphan children and
will be under the direct supervision of the
Christian denominations of the state. The
location of the home will be decided later,
though there is a strong sentiment among
the delegates to the convention to locate
the home In Des Moines. A move has been
started by the University Place people to
have It located there, near the college and
church. Yesterday a donation of $3,500 for
ulsslons, given by one woman was an
nounced, and other donations are expected
before the convention closes.
Rev. George B. Ransom, assistant sec
retary of home missions, gave the princi
pal address this forenoon, and the after
noon was devoted to the minister's hour
and the discussion of topics pertaining to
the pulpit. The address by the president,
J. C. Mabry, was delivered this evening.
Threatens Other Trusts.
W. V. Willcox, a prominent Orand Army
of the Republic and insurance man, and
one of the four Insurance men arrested
under the state antl-trust law, said today
in the sheriff's office that if the law was
held constitutional In the prosecution
against him there would be a wholesale
cleaning up In Des Moines and that the
first he would start on would be the coal
dealers combine.
Rev. Charles Iiee Reynolds of the Sixth
Presbyterian church of this city. In a
sermon Sunday, attacked the Sunday Chau
tauqua and said that In the Chautauqua
professed Christian people pay fees and
make a holiday of a holy day. He claimed
that the advertising of excursions on that
day by the Chautauqua proved that the
day was considered a harvest day for the
financial side of the Chautauqua.
Dr. Lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Cleanses and beautifies the
teeth and purifies the breath.
Used by people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century.
Very convenient for tourists.
START OX THE t HAMUKHLAI CASE
First Day Devoted to Preliminary
Legal Sparring;.
TECVMSEH, Neb., June 20. (Special
Telegram.) Today has been devoted to
preliminary speaking in the case against
Charles M. Chamberlain, cashier of tho
fulled Chamberlain bank of this city, in
the district court here, on charge of em
beiilement. Upon request of the defense
and for the reason that Judge W. H.
Kelllgar had had something to do with
some cases In which the bank was inter
ested in his his law practice before he was
elected Judge, Judge Paul Jessen of Ne
braska City was pressed into service to
try the case and is presiding.
Upon the convening of court the de
fense filed a motion to quash the penal
of petit Jurors as It now stands. The
claim was made that County Attorney J.
C. Moore had been In consultation with one
of the commissioners upon the matter when
the Jury was selected. Upon the witness
stand Mr. Moore did not deny having told
one of the commissioners that a certain
man proposed for Jury survlce had served
within two yeafs and was not eligible.
Tho defense endeavored to show that the
Jury bad not been drawn according to
law, fifteen days before the sitting of
the court, but the clerk's records showed
It to have been drawn sixteen days prior.
After arguments on the motion the judge
overruled the some.
The defense filed an application to create
a compulsory process In regard to wit
nesses, Mr. Chamberlain claiming his
Inability to pay for the service the wit
nesses might render. He said he was
out of funds. The application was granted.
At t o'clock court adjourned until morning,
when It Is presumed the work of securing a
Jury will be taken up.
Thanks to the enthusiasm aroused by
Miss Anthony and her associates Saturday
afternoon, there will probably be a re
organisation of the Omuha Equality club
next fall. The members of the association
which disbanded last fall are almost all
members of the other women's clubs of
the city, and as both the Woman's club
and the Woman's Christian Temperance
union were carrying on the same work as
the Equality club, it was thought best to
centralize the effort In organisations
against which there was not so much
prejudice. Miss Laura Clay of Kentucky
expressed herself very decidedly Saturday
afternoon to some of the local women
regarding this disbanding. She counts
opposition no excuse whatever, and asked
what they Imagined would have become
of the woman's movement, at Its very be
glnn.ng. If Miss Anthony, Mrs. Stanton.
Lucy Stone and the rest had been afraid
of opposition.
One of the most interesting members of
the delegation of suffragists that passed
through Omaha Saturday enroute to the
convention of the American Woman
Suffrage association at Portland, was
Henry Blackwell, the husband of Lucy
Btone and the father of Miss Alice Stone
Blackwell, the editor of the Woman's Jour
nal of Boston. In 1857 Mr. Blackwell allied
himself with the cause of woman suffrage
and has been one of Its staunchest sup- J
porters ever since. When the national
organisation was formed In 169 he was
present, and he has attended every one of
Its annual conventions since. For years
Mr. Blackwell has been associated with
his daughter In editing the Woman's
Journal.
The enfranchisement of women will
furnish the topic for the next educational
meeting of the Women's Christian Temper
ance union which will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. J. A. Taggart. 1104 North Twenty
fourth street. Mrs. Fred Patterson, super
intendent of franchise of the Nebraska
Women's Christian Temperance union,
will lead the meeting. The meeting will
be open to all women Interested.
The club women of Georgia will make
another attempt at the next meeting of
their state legislature to secure some badly
needed legislation governing child labor
and the conditions of children. Year after
year the women and philanthropists have
continued to Importune the leglsltors with
out success, but public sentiment has been
aroused until the manufacturers, fearing
It, not long ago promised that the desired
result should be secured through voluntary
agreement on their part. They promised
that no child under 10 years of age should
be employed or no child less than 12 years
unless its labor was necessary to depend
ent parents, or unless It was attending
school four months of the year or could
read and write. An investigation recently
developes that this agreement has been
flagrantly broken, particularly in some of
the large mills near Atlanta. The child
labor committee, after pointing out that
the present system only puts a premium
upon ignorance, continues as follows:
We are now rretared to show that even
this poor protection of the child will not
avail so long as It is merely an agreement
of the manufacturers, and not a law of the
land; for, while promise-breaking Is Im
moral. It is only jaw-breaking that Is
criminal.
In one of the mills investigated It was
found that there was only one widow de
pendent upon the labor of her young chil
dren. The experience of the country teaches
that this class constitutes only 2 per cent
of the mill families. A great deal more Is
made of the frequency of these cases than
the facts warrant. -'
In this same mill It was found that one
child of 7 had been working for one year,
one of IS for five year, one 0f a for two
years, one of s for one year, one of 12 for
four years, one of 12 for three years, one
of 9 for two months, one of 10 years for
two years and one little girl of 11 for five
years.
The Fairfax (S. C.) Enterprise says:
In April. 1. at the centennial mission
ary' celebration at Johnston, S. C, the men
preachers there assembled called on "angels
ana ministers or grace to aerenn mem
from woman on the platform." Yesterday,
June 8, 1905, preachers sat on the platform
with the women at the Greenville college
alumni meeting and "aBked God to help
these women In their work," and Mrs.
Furman stood on that platform and called
the meeting to order, and Edith Hood and
Lottie Manlev and Mrs. Rowland read
papers, and Mrs. Patterson made a politi
cal talk on a reformatory for boys in South
Carolina.
How we evolute!
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Citj Coincil Hai Busy Erening with Born
Accumulated Matter.
WORKMEN MAY HOLD THEIR CARNIVAL
Architect Will Draw Plans for J(
Fir Station and II Street Jos; la
Ward Boundary Is to Be
Straightened Oat.
Farmer Killed la Runaway.
TEKAMAH. Neb., June 26.-(Speclal.)-F.
E. Lange, a farmer living ten miles north
of this place, died this morning from In
Juries received In a runaway last night.
Mr. Lange was driving a team of colts
and In crossing a bridge the tugs came un
hooked, letting the tongue down, throwing
Mr. Lange out of the wagon and render
ing him unconscious, from which he never
recovered. Mr. Lange was 78 years old
and was the oldest settler of Burt county.
coming here In 1854. The deceased leaves
wife, two daughters and two sons.
Train Wrecking; tharae Dismissed.
FORT DODGE, la., June 25. (Special
Telegram.) Mike O'Brien, arrested here
Saturday night on a charge of attempting
to wreck the first section of Hagenbeck's
show train, was let go this morning by the
failure of the show people to file a charge
other than one of suspicion against him.
! O'Brien was one of the canvassmen of
the show ar.u was discovered by Detective
Melchoir trying to cut off the air on one
of the coaches. He was not prosecuted be
cause of the trouble it would cause the
show people in staying here to appear
against him at the trial. Detective Mel
choir states that ae 'no harm resulted to
the circus they felt satisfied to drop the
matter.
PSEPAHEO BV
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN
28 PEARL ST."""'
Lady Attendant If Desired.
BOY RESCUED FROM RIVER
Youth Pulled Out of Water by Sam
Wilson, Employed on City
Dump.
Sam Wilson, an employe at the city dump
a( the foot of Jones street on the river.
rescued Fred Kolas. 17 years of age, from
a watery grave Monday afternoon. The
boy was taken to the police station in the
ambulance and attended by the surgeons.
Just whether Kolas fell Into the water or
whether he Jumped In with suicidal Intent
could not be determined. Kolas would not
give any information regarding his strange
He was able to go to his home at
act.
Eighteenth and Hickory streets In
hours after being rescued.
a few
UGAL aOIICklS.
SALE OK PENITENTIARY LANDS.
The undersigned will sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash, at the
oifk-e of the Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings, State Capitol, Lincoln, Ne
braska. 2 o clock p. m. July 19, lws. tno
following described lands in Lancaster
County. Nebraska, towit:
Southeast quarter and southeast quarter
of southwest quarter section J, township
range east, and the northwest quarter
of section 3o. township 9. range & east. The
light to reject any .nd all bids is hereby
r served, tor appialsal of lands and other
Information Inquire of Commissioner of
rublic Land, and Building
Commissioner Pubde Lands and Buildings.
Dated Juu. UW. . J7! m
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
C. E. Llewellyn In Capital oa Matters
Concerning; Raral Free
Delivery.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 26,-tSpeclal Tele
gram.) C. E. Llewellyn, superintendent of
the rural free delivery for the western
division, with headquarters at Omaha, ar
rived in Washington this afternoon. Super
intendent Llewellyn called at the Postofflce
detriment to pay his respects to Post
master General Cortelyou and the fourth
assistant postmaster general, the latt r hav
ing direct supervision over rural- tic de
livery affairs. Mr. Llewellyn expels to
remain in Washington several days and
during that time has several matters of
routine to discuss relating to the adminis
tration of the division over which he has
charge.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Over
ton, Dawson county, John A- Schleef, vice
D. M. Douthett, resigned. Iowa Nashville.
Jackson county, William Eisner, vice F. E.
Wilcox, resigned.
DECISION ON MARRIAGE FEES
Lincoln Jodgre Holds County Judge
Has No Legal night to
Exact Them.
In an opinion, given in a friendly suit In
Lancaster county, Judge Cornish held that
County Judge Waters had- no legal right
to exact a fee for performing marriages.
If the parties pay him, however, what they
give Is In the nature of a gratuity, which
he Is not bound to account for to any per
son or body. In Lancaster county the com
missioners were plaintiffs In the friendly
suit, piscusslng the decision. County Judge
Vlnsonhaler said:
"Some years ago, and, In fact, at differ
ent times, L, believe, there has been some
discussion of this matter in Douglas county.
Nothing ever came of it, so far as I know,
because there Is no law on the subject that
I ever heard of. Some of these marriages
In the office of the county Judge are charity
affairs. Others tender whatever they con
sider they can afford. Only one man that
I recall ever put me in danger of heart
failure. He was quite liberal with a flA
fee. In no county that I know of, and no
where, are such fees or gratuities ever ac
counted for."
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Partly Cloudy la Nebraska Today
Showers In the North
Portion.
WASHINGTON, June 28 Forecast of
the weather for Tuesday and Wednesday:
For Nebraska Partly cloudy Tuesday;
showers In northern portion, warmer in
west portion; Wednesday, fair.
For Iowa Fair Tuesday; Wednesday fair
and warmer.
For Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming and
Kansas Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
For South Dakota Showers Tuesday;
Wednesday, fair.
CUPID WINS AFTER LONG WAIT
L. A. Goldsmith Will Marry His Old
Sweetheart aad Widow of
His Brother.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
Wltaess Delate the Case.
Jarrirs Adams, accused of stealing a dia
mond stud from Arthur M. tx. was to have
been tried In district court Monday morn
lng. The trial did not oin and Drohably
will not be reached this term. One of the
state's witnesses met with an accident
.i'T,.u.um v svin RAT.R at a bargain. I wnue out iioeting on aunaay whtcn will uls
Wiiktan Touring car. in nrst-cms cuimi- . unit ."r pumr um-. jh ruwi u ut-en
..... 1. 1. n W Wmtl Inaulre made to settle the case, it is understood
q Scates, IS Cass fct. Tel. VH i but the county attorney has jmh given his
f tijsj i couseui, nor baa air. aicu.
DEATH RECORD
Georse E. Maeklta.
PHILADELPHIA. June 26,-George E.
Macklln, general manager of the Pressed
Steel Car company of Pittsburg, died today
at St. Joseph's hospital of consumption
Mr. Macklln was brought to the hospital
early In October. He gradually grew
weaker until death ended hta suffering
today.
J. A. Lush.
LOGAN, la,. June 26 8peclal.)-Jamea
A. Lusk, Harrison county's pioneer hotel
keeper and present owner of the Lusk
house, died Sunday morning. He was born
January M, U3t The funeral was held this
afternoon at I o'clock, from the Hotel,
with a funeral address by Rev. H. Kramers
vl tha Logaa Presbyterian ahurcU.
Leo A. Goldsmith, a saloon keeper for
many years In Omaha, Is to wed on July
15 his sister-in-law and a sweetheart of
former days. The prospective bride Is Mrs.
A. Goldsmith of Louisville, K, the widow
of a brother of the groom-to-be. Mr. Gold
smith will go to Louisville In a special car
with a party of friends. Mr. and Mrs.
Goldsmith will be at home temporarily at
KOI Sherman avenue until their new home
on West Farnam street shall have been
completed. Mr Goldsmith has Just let
contract for a I20,W0 home in the West
Farnam district The groom Is 62 and the
bride U.
It was decided by the city council last
night to advertise for bids for an architect
to draw plans for the proposed fire hall to
be erected at Tw-enty-flfth and L streets.
Several architects have offered their serv
ices, but the council did not seem to be
able to reach any agreement and now the
Intention Is to give the work to the lowest
responsible bidder.
A communication was received from C.
W. Miller Of the Ancient Order of fnlted
Workmen carnival committee asking that
Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth streets be set
aside for carnival purposes this fall. The
Workmen agree to construct and take down
the fence without expense to the city. A
promise Is made that objectionable feat
ures will be eliminated. The request was
granted.
An ordinance was read for the first time
redisricting the Fifth and Sixth wards,
t'nder the ordinance Introduced last night
the boundary line on the west between the
Fifth and Sixth wards will extend along
Twenty-seventh street from K street north
to the city limits. This cuts out the B
street Jog.
A petition asking for the curbing and
guttering of Twenty-third street from Mis
souri avenue north to the city limits was
presented and bore the signatures of every
property owner on the street. The peti
tion was referred to the city attorney and
the city engineer.
City Engineer Beal was , Instructed to
establish the grade on P street between
Eighteenth and Twentieth streets. The city
clerk was directed t0 advertise for bids for
the grading of K street from Twenty-sixth
to Twenty-seventh streets.
The fire and water committee purchased
1,000 feet of Eureka hose, the price quoted
being 90 cents per foot.
A petition signed by A. J. Caughey and
twenty-five others was presented asking
that Twenty-third street be declared a
boulevard from the city limits on the north
to Missouri avenue. The committee on
streets and alleys will consider the petition.
Adjourned for one week.
Armour's Bin Smokestack.
The building of Armour's big brick smoke
stack is progressing rapidly. When work
stopped last night the stuck was sixty
feet above the foundations. When com
pleted the stack will be 2D0 feet in height.
This mammoth smoke Btack is being built
on a concrete foundation twelve feet deep
and forty-two feet square. Material is
being hoisted by means of an elevator
operates on the Inside of the stack. Whtn
this Improvement to the plant Is completed
the eight big iron stacks will be taken
down. General Manager Howe says that
he expects the new brick stack will be
ready for use about September 1. Whon
this high smoke stack is completed there
can hardly be any complaint about smoke
from the Armour plant. In the past resi
dents living south of Armour's have fre
quently. complained about the dense volume
of smoke, especially when the wind was
from the north.
Omaha Plant Improvements.
Parks, Johnson & Parks started yester
day setting up two new Sterling boilers
at the Omaha Packing plant. Only re
cently two Sterling boilers were placed to
take the place of some old boilers, and
now two more are being put In. Manager
Vrquhart says that the locating of these
boilers is in the nature of Improvements.
When completed this work will cost about
$26,000. Some other Improvements are also
being made at this packing house.
Library Board Appointments.
Last evening Mayor Koutsky sent to the
council the names of Bruce McCulloch,
Rev. James Ahern and Mrs. C. L. Talbot
for reappointment. These appointments
were confirmed. The board Is composed of
those reappointed and Dr. W. S. White,
Mrs. W. J. McCrann, Ella M. Sloane, Rev.
J. Chundelek, W. B. Cheek and W. 8.
Kink. Mayor Koutsky stated that the
matters of the library are being conducted
to his satisfaction and he does not see any
necessity at this time for making a change
in the membership. Shortly, after July 1
the members of the Library board will meet
and reorganize for one year.
Departs for Germany.
The Mocart club gave an Informal lunch
eon in honor of Henry J. Bock last even
ing. Besides the members of the club a
few Intimate friends of Prof. Bock were
present. The members of the club pre
sented Mr. Bock with a handsome diamond
stud. Mr. Bock will sail within a week
from New York for Germany, where he
Intends studying music for a couple of
years. Until the close of the public schools
Mr. Bock was a teacher of German at the
high school. He leaves South Omaha with
the best wishes of a large number of
friends.
Board of Review Figures.
Last evening City Tax Commissioner T. J.
O'Nell gave out the totals showing the val
uation of property In South Omaha for 1805.
The total valuation, a fixed by the Board
of Review, Is $3.13.000. For 1904 the val
uation as finally fixed by the Board of Re-
lew, was $18,733,000. An Increase In tha
aluatlon is shown of $2,395,000. As soon
as the tax commissioner makes his official
returns to the mayor and city council the
amount of the 1905 levy will be determined.
It Is the Intention of the city authorities
to keep the levy this year down to eight
mills. About $170,000 will be needed for
municipal expenditures for the coming
fiscal year, which commences August 1.
Police Enforcing; Orders.
Last night Officer Coulter arrested Wil
liam Alfson for shooting fire crackers on
the streets. Strict orders have been given
the police by the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners to prevent shooting of fire
crackers before July 4. The arrest of Alf
son last night was the first since the order
was issued. Chief Brlggs stated that the
police would pay particular attention to
this order and on July 4 would prevent as
far as possible the exploding of cannon
crackers or the discharge of blank cart
ridges In revolvers. The trade lit fireworks
this year has been extremely light, prob
ably on account of the orders of the police
board.
Maalc City Gossip.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Frits Sandwall.
Mr. and Mrs D. S ClarK are visiting
friends at Montreal, tmt.
A new sldewslk Is being laid on the north
Side of the (J street viaduct.
Charles Carlson Is preps ring to move to
Portland. Ore., with his family.
About slxtv candidates will be Initiated
Into the local lodge of Eagles tonight.
F. A. Agnew leaves today for Stuart,
Neb., to visit relatives for a few days.
Senator Meserve ef McCook was In the
city yesterday, the guest of Senator L. C.
Ulbson.
Georgi? II. Brewer has announced himself
as a candidate for county coroner on the
republican ticket.
James Parks said last night that the
work on the addition to Corrlgan school
was progressing nicely.
Miss Mary Moore, Twenty-fifth and F
streets, has gone to Greely Center, Neb.,
to spend the summer
The Woman's auxiliary of the Young
Men's Christian association Is preparing to
give an Ice cream social at Highland park
on Thursday evening.
Rev. R. L. Wheeler officiated at the
funeral of Mrs. Edward I'rhaeh at Work
man temple Monday afternoon. The re
mains were Interred at Laurel Hill ceme
tery. J. A. McLean, superintendent of the
South Omaha schools, leaves on Wednes
day for Asbury Park, N. J., to attend the
National Teachers association convention.
Before returning Mr. McLean will lslt
friends at Philadelphia and Pittsburg. He
expects to be gone about three weeks.
HORSE KILLED BY ENGINE
Animal Knocked Over with Wagon
on Inlon Pacific Railroad
Tracks.
While crossing the railroad tracks, under
the Eleventh street viaduct, Monday noon,
the heavy delivery wagon driven by Charles
F. Harman for the Sloan Commission com
pany was knocked over by I'nlon Pacific
engine No. 1205. Driver Harman escaped
Injuries by Jumping to the ground. One of
the horses received such wounds that It
had to be killed shortly after the accident,
while the other horse sustained slight
bruises. The wagon was more or less dam
aged. Harman was driving north over the track
and a string of box cars obscured tho ap
proaching engine moving east. The driver
says he did not hear either bell or whistle
of the engine and had no knowledge of Its
presence until It was right on him. He
quickly turned the horses' heads and then
Jumped. The wagon weighs 3,100 pounds
and was loaded with 4.740 pounds of Bngo
and tapioca, all of which was overturned.
The engine struck the front wheels of the
wagon first and then the animals.
DIGGING HIS OWN GRAVE
Patron of Dreamy Drag Selects Dark
Alley for His Resting
Plnce.
John Welby of the Royal hotel created
considerable excitement In the alley at
the rear of the "Rusty Shovel" rooming
house. Sixteenth and Davenport streets,
Monday afternoon. The patrol wagon, with
Officers Baldwin. Vanous, Ilalterman and
Dillon, made a hurry call and took Welby
in custody. At the city Jail the prisoner
Is charged with being a suspicious char
acter and carrying concealed weapons.
Fortifying himself with a 38-cnllber re
volver, Welby was digging a hole In the
ground when noticed by several roomers
of the "Rusty Shovel." On being ques
tioned Welby grew defiant and said he was
digging his grave and intended to bury
himself In the excavation. The police sur
geons mad'; an examination of the man
and found him to be suffering from the ex
cessive use of cocaine, a quantity of which
drug was found on him. Welby was ar
rested 'a few weeks ago for the theft of a
stick from Joseph Ott.
WHY DOCTORS FAIL
AND MRS. PINKHAM SUCCEEDS
Plain Reasons Are Hers Given to Explain
Why Lydla E. PlnkhanTa Vegetable Cam.
pound Curti When Doctor! Are Powerlsai
A woman Is sick; some disease peciliar
to her sex ia fast developing in her sys
tem. She (rocs to her family physician
and tells him a story, but not the whole
story.
Mie holds somethirtfr back, loses her
head, becomes agitated, forg-et what
she wants to say, and finally conceals
what she ought to have told, and thua
completely mystifies the doctor,
la it any wcmderi therefore, that the,
doctors fail to cure the disease f Btill
we cannot blame the woman, for it ia
very embarrassing to detail some of tha
symptoms of her suffering, even to hej
family physician.
It was for this reason that rears art
Mr, rinkham, at Lynn, Maas., de
terrotned to step in and help her sea.
Having had considerable experience la
treating female ills with her Vegetable
Compound, ahe encouraged the womea
of America to write to her for advice ia
regard to their complaint, and being a
woman, it was easy for her ailing sla
ters to pour into her ears every detail
of their suffering.
In this way she was able to do fot
them what trie physicians were vnabla
to do, simply because she had tha
proper information to work upon, and
from the little group of women who
sought her advice years ago a great
army of her fellow-beings are to-day
constantly applying for advice and re
lit) f, and the fact that many thou.
i.ands of them have been cured by
following the advice of Mrs. Pinkbam
during the last year is indicative of tha
grand results whch are produced by
her uriequaled experience and training.
No physician in the world has had
such a training, or haa such an amount
of information at hand to assist in tha
treatment of all kinds of female ilia,
from the simplest local irritation to
the most complicated womb diseases,
This, therefore, is the reason why
Mrs. Pinkham, in her laboratory at
Lynn, Mass., Is able to do more for the
ailing women of America than tha
family physician. Any woman, there
fore, is responsible for her own suffer
ing who will not take the trouble to
writ to Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
The testimonials which ws are eon
stantly publishing from grateful wo
men establish beyond a doubt tha
power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to conquer fcuiale diseaaea.
THE BEST VITALIZER. mkiw yon ft
tnan arooDg men. Old and dflbilit?
antiiihed. L'njuftlld for low of oi'morf.
ciual power, nlf f-pl-nnnta and kindrod
dior-aafR. M ruled, nti receipt of nnn dollar
4J1M-KAN C O., MTU Broadway, iaw York.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Superintendent Davidson will lecture to
night on "The Problem of the Schools' be
fore the Saunders County Teachers' Insti
tute at nnoo.
Judge Redick has riven ludirment by de.
fault In favor of Edgar P. Smith and
against the Vt'eher Gas and Gas Engine
company for M, with Interest at 7 per
cent rrom May l, j
Charles A. Goss. receiver and trustee of
the American Loan and Trust company,
has secured rrom Judge Bears an orde
authorizing him to compromise wjth any
or all of the stockholders of the company
rf he considers such action In the Interest
of the creditors.
Judge Kennedy has on trial the suit of
Oustave M. Hultman against William C.
Giialnger. an action for slander. Plaintiff
alleges that In July last the defendant clr
culated the story that Hultman had robbed
his store for which be asks a balm In the
sum ox smmu,
BERGE HAS CASE IN OMAHA
Former Fusion (andldnte for Gov
ernor Appears In Korerloanre
of Mortwaae Salt.
Attorneys George W. Berge, former fu
sion nominee for governor, and William
Morning, of Lincoln, were engaged In
Judge Sutton's court Monday In presenting
arguments in the suit of Byron Reed com
pany to foreclose a mortgage on property
owned by August and Earnest Klabunde.
One Mangold also claims an Interest In
the property as purchaser under a mort
gage. Mr. Berge argued that the property
In question Is Inalienable under the law,
that neither August or Ernest Klabunde
had a right to mortgage it, and if they
did, which August Klabunde denies, then
the instrument Is void. Attorneys Stout
and O'Connor, representing the plaintiffs,
argued directly to the contrary of Mr.
Berge's contention, and several hours were
consumed In the talking, after which Judge
Sutton reserved his decision.
CHEAP
XCURSIONS
VIA
EIGHT SCALES CONFISCATED
Icemen's Ganges Are Weighed la
Mabammltt'a Balances and
Found Wanting-.
Inspector of Weights and Measures Ma
hammltt got up bright and early Monday
morning and, affixing his eagle eye went
forth to observe weighing machines that
dangle on the business end of ice wagons.
Before the dew was well gone from the
fresh and tender grass Mr. Mahammltt had
critically observed the workings of thirty
scales. Of this number eight were found
wanting from ten to twelve pound!. The
deficient scales will make a nice pile of
Junk. They are put out of business and
the Icemen told to sin no more or Incur
certain penalties.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
James Nevels of Columbus, president of
the State Lluuor Dealers, is at the
Merchants.
Judge F. G. Hamer of Kearney, attorney
In the l.lllle and Marker cases, stopped over
night at the Merchants, leaving this morn
ing for Lincoln. He expects to return to
Omaha tonight.
R. B. Latta of Tekamah spent Sunday at
the Merchants. He Is president of the
Central Nebraska Racing association and
has been In Wisconsin and Illinois for two
weeks In the interests of a tournament to
be held at Tekamah July J. Good entries
have been secured and an interesting affair
Is anticipated.
PJdDDddsiim s
lo woman' happ
nest can be complete
without children ; it
ia her nature to love
and want them
at much to at
it i to love the
beautiful and
pure. The Critical ordeal through which the expectant mother muit
paaa, however, it to fraught with dread, pain, tutTering and danger,
that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror.
There it no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painlul
or dangerous. The use of Mother's Friend so prepare tho system for
the coming event that it is safely passed without any danger. This
pre at and wonderful
appiicucxicruBuy ,auu lit Jk
has carried thousands U JL
of women through
the trying crisis without suffering.
Bend for (re book containing lnform,'on
f priceless value to all ttpMiut mothers
Tat BrasfUla Regulatar Co.. AtlaaU.ea.
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BALTIMORE. Md.- QO HC
On calt July 2 to 4 OL.CO
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CI11CAOO 20.00
ST. PAUL-MIXXEArOLIS. 12.50
MONTREAL, V. Q 42.85
NIAGARA FALLH, X. Y. .. 41.50
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE,
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M'LUTH. Minn 16.511
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mlc.h25.75
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