THE OMAIIA DAILY 'HEtf: WEfrNTSIiAY," AFRllT 1003.
MIXED CAR RATES OPPOSED
To TLii tad Hundred-ouncl Weight
. .y'A Salt Omaha Object.
also cAMJm hisk rsoposrriCT
ttmntrrUI Clb,Oees an Heeord at
Lineal 1Im tna ( Rail
war ' C'nnsmlaalnn m ,
These Matters.
lrmntM bjr ' Commissioner J. i.
Guild Of the Commercial club, the builuu
man went on record before the Stat Rail
way commission Monday a opposed to tha
mixed carload .rates; .the 100-pound . mini
mum wls;ht rulers the propoaal ot rail
roads to char 30 per cent morel when
food are shipped at carrier's risk and the
railroads Indicated that they would sus
uend the liability' rule In Nebraska. . .
Commissioner Guild returned from'Uti
coln. Tuesday,' but K. J. McVann, were
tary of the Omaha, drain exchange, re
mained' 18) Xuttdln,-' expecting to return
Wednesday. Mr, Oulld aald ot the hear
Irt:: ' ' ' ' .' . .
"Omaha waa moat Interested In the. con
sideration being riven ty the commission
to the advisability ot amandine western
tlasfttflcatloti rules so that articles taklne
the asm data It shipped In carloads may
be shipped In mixed carloads at the same
rate. The effect thla would have on the
Jobbing Interests ot the state was laid be
fore the board tn a way which we hdpe
will convince It that It would be an ex'
trernely bad thine.
"A, complaint against the Interstate ap
plication of 4he hw minimum chars rule,
which-' Is baaed on 100 pounds minimum
weight,, was., read and in the ensuing fila
cuseion Omaha was put on record as op
posed to It.
. .,- Inalrr ,! Rale, ,-
"Inquiry was made Into Rule t ot the
western classification on account of the
provision for an additional nharge of JO
per cent when goods are. shipped at car
rier's risk, the questions of common law
liability ad Immunity of carriers entering
Into same. The railroads represented
stated the woutf make exception to this
rule and It may not , be applied on Ne
brsska shipments. '
"The rule requiring consignor or con
tlgnee to load and unload all freight Upon
which Carload rainge are applied waa cone
into so far as applied ko live stock ship
ments. .,- '
"Application was made by Grand Island
jobbers tor the publication of a 10-cent
rate on sugar from Omaha to Orand Island
the same as now In effect from Grand
Island to Omaha. It was shown that this
rate was put In to encourage the manu
" facture of beet softer at that point. A
further hearing will be elvsn this subject
May 19.
"Request was made for a reduotion In the
sheep minimum on double-deck care on
account ot allseed Inability to load 23.000
pounds In a thlrty-slx-foot car. This was
heard at length and taken under advise
ment. ' '
"Other subject were touched on in a
eeneral way. The hearlne adjourned to
May 19, when the merchandise rates of the
State, both distanoe tariff and Jobbing",
will be thoroughly analysed.
I ' Baildtaa; Permits.
Peck as Chrlntenson company, Thirtieth
and Manderson atreets, brick flats, 12,500;
I-teck A Chriatenaon company, Thirtieth and
Manderson streets, brick flats, t2,5u0; Beck
as Chriatenaon company. Thirtieth and Man
derson streets, brtck flata, 12,600; Henry J.
Lindner, Twenty-eeventh avenue and Oust
Streets, frame dwelling, tK60; Patrick MeKIII
fott. Eighteenth nnd Martha streets, frame
iwelilngV M.SK); J. B. Emeaton, 1120 North
'Ortieta islreet, repairs to frame dwelling,
,:li::Ms is iiSie Mew
liv ,
3 If
V f V c
Made
r.onn; A. t Root, ?7fW Central boulevard,
frame dwelling-. IX B. Kfner. Tlilrtv-
fWth end Bernard streets, frame dwllln.
life; L. B. Kfner, Thirty fifth and ere'd
strata. fra?n dwelling, ti.lliO; Joseph M.
Alkln, a IWth Forty-first street, frame
dwnlilne, IJ.eiin; Mrs. Parsh f Smith. 14U
Welxler avenue, frame rtwelllna. 11.300; A.
T. Henson, Nineteenth end Lottnop streeta,
frame dwelling, lii.noo.
BURLINGTON IS NOT BLAMED
Railway Kiaaeratea hr Caraner's
Jary la Case af Little Boy's
( Dealt).
The coroner's Jury sKling In Inquest at
South Omaha over the body of Ralph
Hoagland, the 7-yeaf old boy, at 10 a. m.
Tuesday brought In this verdict:
We find that Ralph Hoagland came to
his death br being run over by switch en
gine No. i1H8 of the Chicago,. Iltirllngton ft
Qulrtcy ralroad. at a point about Thirty
sixth and I streeta, South Omaha, Neb.,
April 27, 11 : a. m. We the Jurors do ex
onerate the railway company and employes
Of all blame. '
The vital witnesses In the case were
Mamie Mets and Mark Elliott, two older
children, who were with the little Hong
land boy, as they were returning from
school after the morning session. They
greed perfectly In their testimony, by
which it was shown that the boy sprang
unexpectedly before the engine after It had
nearly passed Mm. The girl was IS years
of sge. She gsve thla story of the accident:
'We had been In the habit of going
home from school over the tracks. The
little Hoagland boy was with Mark Klllott
and me. We saw the engine down the
track when we were a block away. As we
came nearer Ralph wanted to beat the
engine to the crossing and we held him
back. He struggled with tia as we were
climbing the bank to the tracks. - lie kicked
Mark, who let go his hand, but I had hold
of him yet. We got about five feet from
the track aa the front of the engine passed
us. All at once Ralph Jerked away and
ran at an angle to get ahead of the engine
and I tried to catch him and said 'atop.'
He tripped on the first rail and fell across
the second."
The Elliott boy said: "When I let go his
hand the engln was almost past us and! I
thought he would not try to get over arW
more. I saw him Jerk away and saw him,
run forward' several feet to get ahead ot
the engine and then start across In front.
I heard the men on the footboard shout at
Mm."
The attorney representing the Interests of
the bereaved parents said he could win
a suit for damages.
A Life Problem Nolved
by that great health tonic, Electrlo Bitters,
la the enrichment ot poor, thin blood, and
strengthening the weak. 80c. For sale by
Beeton Drug Co. ' I
RECTOR BECOMES A PRIEST
Rev, Rassell J. Wilbur Leaves Kpla
" copal aad Joins Catholic
' ... ' ' Cfcarch.
-aasiaaswasaaat
Rev. Russell , J.- Wilbur, son of J. B.
Wilbur of " the Nebraska Telephone com
pany, was formally received Into the Cath
olic church at Florissant, Mo., Easter Bun
dny. Dr. Wilbur resigned his position as
archdeacon in the Episcopal diocese of Fon
du Lao, Wis., .and aevcred hut connection
with the Episcopal church about four weeks
ago, since which time' he baa .been In re
treat with the Jesuit fathers at Bt. Stanis
laus seminary, near Florissant, He was
born and reared tn, Omaha.' He wrote to
his father soma tima ago tolling of ' his
change in faith and promised to tell more
when he viaited Omaha this summer. He
will remain In Missouri for some time, as
hla future plana have no been determined
upon. He la a graduate-of Northwestern
university and has been In the ministry of
the Episcopal church for five years.
Tine Food is tSie Same
( .... i
No change in the ingredients
White Corn, a little sugar and
salt; steam cooked; rolled into
fluffy, crisp flakes (without the
touch of human hand), then toast
ed a rich, appetizing brown
THAT'S
try., ir.aaraf
FEne Taste Lingers'
by Postum
LUMBERMEN RESIST RATES
,
Local Dealeri Organize to right That
Equalizing Balsa.
TEN NAMED TO TAKE THE LEAD
Claim la tree that Aetlea af Rall
rnada Pimply Carries the Mat
ter Over Heed ( State
CaananlaaloB. -
lumbermen of Omaha have organised to
protest against the proposed raise In lum
ber rstes which the railroads say they will
put Into effect June 1. On the complaint
of the Lincoln Commercial club that Omaha
was enjoying a better rate on certain arti
cles from the south than Lincoln, the In
terstate Commerce commission ordered that
the ratea from the south to Omaha and
Lincoln be equalised on certain commodi
ties. Including lumber. The railroads equal
ised the ratea by arranging to raise them
2 cents per 100 to Omaha and 1 cent to
Lincoln. Omaha lumbermen maintain that the ac
tion of the railroads Is simply carrying
the matter over the head of the state
commission, which some time sgo ordered
a 15 per cent reduction on lumber rates
within the state. It ia stated that the pro
posed raise Ifrom the south to Omaha and
Lincoln will more than make up for the
reduction which the ' Nebraska Railway
commission ordered.
' A committee of ten has been appointed
by the lumbermen of Omaha to decide
upon soma plan of action to prevent the
rate being put Into effect if possible. That
committee held a preliminary meeting Tuea
day noon at the Omaha club, at which time
no definite form of action waa planned.
The railroads have to elve thirty days'
notice of a raise of rate, so they will
have to give notice by May 3, If they pro
pose to put the new rate into effect June
1. Although that notice has not as yet
been published, the railroads have an
nounced that the new rate will he pub
lished. A committee has-been appointed to con
fer with tha Southern lumber manufac
turers with a view of joining them In de
featlng the proposed advance." Those pres
ent at the meeting were Frank Colpataer,
J. Stewart White of the Cady Lumber coni-
pany; John A. Kuhn ot the Updike Lumber
company, apd representatives of; .South
Omaha and Council Bluffs lumbermen. !
DISCARDS NAME TO GET CASH
Raaalau . Has to Sabatltate Cognomen,
aa JIls Owa Is Not Fro
, noaaoeable.
A Russian peddler? who haa been doing a
thriving business In various parts of the
state experienced all sorts of trouble at
the postofflce money, order department
Monday In securing a number of money
orders payable to himself on account ot hla
unpronounceable and unapellable name. The
Russian, recognising the difficulty of get
ting the average country postmaster to
catch onto the orthography of hla Russian
patronymic, had assumed the plain Ameri
can name of 8.- M.-Curtis and had. tha
money orders,' some from York, Fremont,
Hastings' and other towns out in the state,
made out to. the name of Curtis, He bad
purchased most of his supplies a from, tha
firm of Byrne-Hammer company of Omaha,
but under his name of Ivanoff Novorogood
eviskovltasky, or something like that, and
aa such Was known to the big Omaha firm.
Ivan came to Omaha Monday to get his
orders cashed, amounting to about 11,100,
In order to secure a new order to send his
money to Russia under his own alphabetical
F
s
Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle C
puasle of a name. It took most of the
afternoon for Ivan to get the tangle
straightened out. He had to call upon the
Hyrne-Hammer people tn assist him In un
ravelling the tangle, which waa finally ac
complished and Ivan went on hla way re
joicing. MONMOUTH COLLEGE GROWS
Prealdrat McMlraael Rays Three
Dallalaas Will Sapplaat the Oaa
Baraed l,ast rait.
Dr. Tv 1U McMlchael, president ot Mon
mouth college, Monmouth, 111., spent Tues
day In Omahar the gucat ot W, F. Johnson.
Dr. McMtchael Is on his way h.ie, from
Fort Morgan, Colo., where he preached
last Sunday the dedicatory aernion of the
new First United Presbyterian church.
"Monmouth College Is growing rapidly,"
said Dr. McMit-hael. "A fire last Novem
ber destroyed Our main building, but It wss
insured and now we are going to erect
three buildings to take tha place or It. At
the tim ot the fire ouj. new Carnegie
library bulldirig was just completed end this
we hava used temporarily. The foundations
of the new main building are now laid and
that will be finished this summer. So will
also our new hall of science and tha sum
mer following 'we expect to build a now
women's donnltory. In raising funds we
have received money from alumni of the
college, from tha cttlsena of Monmouth and
from Mr. Carnegie.
"Among alumni f the college here In
Omaha are George F. Utlmore, W. T. Gra
ham, W. G. Ure, W. F. Johnson, . Rev.
David Turnbull, Dr. Palmer Findley and
William Balrd.' Mrs. Sheldon, wife ot the
governor, was a student at Monmouth.
Theodore. P. Shouts, formerly head ot the
Panama Canal commission and now presi
dent ot the Interborough Metropolitan Rail
way company ot New York, is an alumnus.
"Among Omahans at present attending
Monmouth are Mlas Bessie Charlton, Miss
Clara Huston , and Frank Johnson."
Dr. McMiclvad left Tuesday afternoon for
home.
FLIGHT FROM COMMERCE
Woman Moves fromyplare to Place,
ParSaed by Encroachments
' ot Bealaese.
,
,EVer increasing demandr ot business In
Omaha hays driven Mra A. M. Kennedy
from placq to' place unt:'. she has finally
bought tha C 8, MonU Jmery home at 604
Sovth Thirty-sixth st'et for $8,600, J. H.
Dttmont A Son maklr the a la.
Mrs. Kennedy's torner home waa at Six
teenth and Jeckf ft , streets. Business
houses began to'av pioach and she bought
lots at Twentyfpv rth and Howard streets,
had plans mado f t a. house, but It became
evident that tbajorner would soon be de
manded for bus oeea, ' an4. Mra. Kennedy
bought the hone on ' south Thirty-sixth
street, where 1 1 aiiness' .will not need the
location for av at time. ... '.
C. N. Btaley ot Hastings haa Increased
his holdings In Omaha' by" buying nine
acrea in Keystone park 'addition for 1330
per acre: while Jena Nelson bought a ten
acre ' tract on the Dodge' slfeet road for
$2,000. The two-story cement house of R.
C. Blubaugh at Ninth 'and Atlaa streets,
overlooking Rlvervlew park, -has been sold
to Fred Veverka.' f'
For $4S per acre F, B". Knapp, banker of
Cedar Bluffs, has bought,-through the Du
mont agency, a quarter . section ot Burt
county land north of Tekamah. Of farm
land demands Mr. Dumont' said: "The
speculative demand la off, but those who
are buying for homes and permanent In
vestments are anxious tor good farms and
many In the extreme western part of the
state . are selling well. Instead of prices
being lower they have a tendency to go
higher and good land values ara better.'!
A
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OLD MAN TRIES TO ESCAPE
Alleged Bigamist is Foiled at Jail by
Sheriff.
SECOND VOTE'S FOLKS INSANE
Every Member of Iter Family Either
la or Was In the Asylam aad
Father Drowned In the
Philippines.
David n. Tarmcnter. the "0-year-old vet
eran who Is held at the county Jail on a
bigamy charge preferred In Lane county,
Oregon, waa foiled In his attempt to get
out of custody Tuesday morning, by quick
work on the part of Sheriff Bralley. Par
rncnter secured the eervlcea of W., B.
Shoemaker aa hla attorney, and Mr. Shoe
maker drew up a formal demand on the
aherlff.for the release of Ma client on
the ground that he was not legally held.
He presented the demand to Sherirt Bralley
and the sheriff went out of the office
with It.
Instead of complying with the order he
left ShoemHker pacing up and doWn the
office waiting for hla client to appear
and went downstairs to tha county court,
where he filed complaint against Parmen
ter, charging him with being a fugitive
from Justice. After doing this he refused
to release tho man and exhibited the com
plaint aa evidence of his right to hold him.
An officer from Oregon la expected in
Omaha, Wednesday to take Parmenter
back for trial.
Insanity In Wife's Family.
Psrmeter makes I ho assertion that his
first wife Is mentally unbalanced. He aaya
nothing about the sanity of wife No. -K,
though every member of his second wife's
family Is either dead . or In the inaane
asylum, with but one exception.
Mrs. Parmeler No. 2, formerly Mrs.
Louise Howen, lived at Huron, 8. D., be
fore answering the matrimonial advertise
ment and going to Oregon to become the
"legally wedded wfe" of David Parmeter.
While living In Huron her eldest son, Oren
vllle Bowen, and a young daughter, Ger
trude, were both sent to the asylum for
the insane at Yankton, the young man be
ing placed In the ward for Incurables.
Orenvllla spent several years In the
hospital prior to his being returned
In ISOt, being released but a few
months when it was soon that his
case was hopeless. The girl was never
violent and the (statement was made by
members of the Huron Insanity board that;
she was Incarcerated In the state asylum
largely on the testimony of her mother,
who Invariably gave the Impression that
she had a "screw loose" In her head.
Father and Son Oo to War..
In 1S8, when war waa declared' with
Spain, tho Bowen family lived 'In Water
town, S. D., and the father and one son
enlisted In the First South Dakota Volun
teer infantry anJ went with the regiment
to the Philippines, 'je father was drowned
while helping to transport a cannon across
the Marllao river prior to one of the sever
est engagements of the war. In which the
brother of Lieutenant Colonel Stover of
the South Dakota regiment, First Lieuten
ant Lawson of Company H, the Watertown
company and a private in that company
were killed.
The son re-enlluted after the treaty was
signed with Spain and served as a petty
officer in the Insurrection, but was killed
in one of the battles wjth the forces of
Agulnaldo. .
Soon after thla Mrs. Bowen and her re
maining children moved to Huron. The
family was poor and Mrs, Bowen worked
by. the day, and OreoviUe. prior to his be
ing . sent to. tha Insana asylum, worked In
the Northwestern railway shops at Huron.
CS. Serial
fetvrrt
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A impound
Poitn, n
When Mrs. Bowen went to Oregon 'she
took her .small son, aged about years,
with her.
MASS MEETING FOR RIVER
Haalenna Will' Act aa Chairman at
Gathering . In, tha City
, Hall. -
Oeneral Charles F. Manderson hss been
Invited by , tha local branch of tha Mis
souri RIVer Navigation congress to preside
st the mass meeting to be held In the coun
cil chamber of the city hall Wedneaday
evening, and the. general has accepted the
Invitation.
Final arrangements for the gathering
were made, at a meeting of tha local com
mittee at the Commercial club Tuesday
noon. The purpose of the meeting was de
fined aa being . "to give the people of
Omaha a clear Idea of the exact atatus of
the movement for navigating the Missouri
river, what It means to the business men
and citizens of the city and state and
what must be dona to crowd the stream
with boats." y '
Herbert Qulrtc-el Putnam's Magaslne, a
well Informed' wiWer and good speaker on
the subject of , lnfud - Waterways, will be
tho principal speaker; 'Oeneral Manderson
will sntwk a low in I put eg, and A. W. Jcf
feris ot tha law firm of Jefferls ft Howell
will make a-short address at the conclu
sion of the meeting.
' Arrangements have been made for' the
Elks' quartet of Council Bluffs, one of the
best known organisations of the kind, and
among other ..selections the quartet will
sing "From Fort, Benton, to-the Sea."
Mr. Quick will. arrive In Omaha at 11 a.
m. Wednesday 'and will be met at the
Webster street depot by. a reception oom
mittee headed, by Judge! W. W.' Slabaugh
and H. II. BaWrige. He will be enter
tained at the Omaha club and in the after
noon will be given)' an automobile ride about
the city. J. J. 'iWfght' will furnish the
automobiles for tho,' entertainment and the
machine with, which. Mr. Quick will be
met will be the same as that furnished by
Mr. Derlght ' to meet Secretary of War
William H. Taft. . " v
The meeting, at he city hall will be held
promptly at $ o'clock and the committee
haa extended a general Invitation to, the
jpubllo,' to men and .women alike.
BUSINESS MEN0N THE JURY
Nabbed as They Saunter Into Conrt
House to Fill Oat De
pleted Panel.
Ruslnesa men who carelessly sauntered
around In the neighborhood of the court
house Tuesday forenoon found themselves
In the clutches of Sheriff Bralley or one
of hla deputies. Tha Jury panel was ex
hausted In the trial of the case againat
John Brennan In criminal court and Judge
Sears ordered the sheriff to bring In tales
men enough to make up the Jury. About
a doaen were taken Into court all protest
ing they were too busy to do Jury duty.
Brennan Is charged with breaking Into
tho storehouse of the Omaha Ice and Cold
Storage company and stealing some tools.
MORTGAGE FOR TEN MILLION
Pabat Brewing; Company Files On of
Largest Ever Recorded tn
Coaatrr.
Tho Pabst Brewing company ot Milwau
kee filed a mortgage tor $10,000,000 with the
register of deeda Tuesday. Thla Is one of
largest ' mortgages ever filed in Douglas
county. It is given to secure a bond Issue
of that amount and it will be filed in every
courfty In tha United States where the
brewing oompany has property. It has al
ready traveled over the greater part of the
United States and has. been as far as Bos
ton. ' .The document makes, agood,, ,aUid
volume - arid" Is securely, bound.; In leather
covers'. " ' ''' ' '
'k201, cn4 under five FOOD uj finrjos ACT, Jwc
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FRUIT PASSES DANCER USE
Survive, in Thia Section, So Far at
Present Spell Ooei.
COLORADO RETORT DISCREDITED
Annual Affair for Kewa from That
State to Tell of Mllllsn-Det-lar
Losses to the Or
rharelate.
All danger of fruit ' being damaged hf
frost during tho present spell of bad
Weather Is practically past fruit men at
aert, and the rjbaerveVs have been unable
to locate damage to tha Missouri river,
though a report front Colorado says the
fruit crop In (hat state was damaged to the
extent ot $1.0in,.ino. 8ach a report Is said
to be an annual affair.
The lowest temperature during the early
hours ot Tuesday morning waa M above
at Omaha, while out over tha state the
temperature was about the same. At ona
or. two polnta the report showed lower
temperatures than Sunday night, but along
tha river the average was about sis degrees
warmer than the lowest temperature Ban-
day night and Monday morning.
- Inquiry of tl fruit growers snd nur
serymen as to, the dmolouments ot Injury
from the low . temperatures, of , Sunday
night failed to locate any damage.
For the first time the new weather mt
on the floor ot the Omaha Grain exchang
was "painted". JTueaday.titiolne tha con
ditions ot the weather Jn alt parts ot the
United States. All, pver. the north and
northwest the blue spot's Indicated a con
dition similar to that at Omaha, tha clouds
gradually drawing northward. When the
map waa painted at 10 o'clock it waa clear
In Kansaa City and tha curtain of clouds
lifted some 100 miles In two hours and tha
sun waa out in Omaha at noon.
ltaln aad Saow. fetoraa.
BROKEN BOW. Neb., April t.-Spo-clal.)
A severe rain and snow storm yes
terday waa foflpaed by a sudden, drop In
temperature during the night to several
degrees below treeslng. tilany complaint
are coming In today from farmers whose
fruit trees ar Just beglnnlne to blossom.
mule chases motorcycle
Bland Give Doaslao Boy Most Bsett
Inar Hon of Hla Sweet,
Young, Lite, ' ,t
A mule and a motorcycle afforded eornv
thrilling amusement on Dodge street be
tween Twentieth and Sixteenth street about
noon Tuesday. The mule was being driven
to a buggy and Juat as the mule and buggy
got on to the Incline of the Dodge street
hill a motorcyclist appeared on the scene
and the mule became, frightened. The
cycle and cyclist ran In ahead of the mule
and the mule conceived the Idea that It was
to be a race and took attar" the man on the
Wheel. ' v
The cyclist' heard the tnute coming and
the driver Veiling whoa" ' end thinking
that ha was being pursued, let himself out
and so did the mule, Tha cyclist turned
his head once or twice and saw that tha
mule was gaining on him and was scarcely
a length behind. Tha drivar of tha mul
braced himself against tha dashboard and
leaned back, -sawing on the lines and yelled '
"whoa," but tha mule iook It as a signal to
go faster and go lie old on a aeaa gauop
with his earn laid back as If enjoying tha
tun. . The cyclist put on mora speed arid
finally managed to turn out Juat a ha
crossed Seventeenth street , and, the mule,
went peat, blrn )k a shot, uV was finally
hauled, up Just,. . bcfo.ro reachlpg, Sixteenth.
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