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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1897)
. - . . * , ' - I ( 8 TTIK O DATLT lVET3f : FHIDAV , , TANtTAKT S , 1807. REPORT OF THE ENGINEERS Hot Yet Decided Whether It Will Mak Any Positive Recommendation , EXPERTS VIEW THE EXPOSITION SITE to lie Siitmilllril ( tlio llnnri of UlrcrlurN nt li - Mi-c lu lie IlcliI Next .Saturday. Messrs. Alexander anil Schrader. the Chicago cage engineers who ere engaged to make report on the several rites proposed as loca tlons for the axposltlon , arc busily engage In formulating tlictr report , which will \i \ presented to the Hoard of Directors at It meeting Saturday afternoon. Thecxarnlnatlo of the nltcs was completed at noon Wednca day. half a day having been given to cacl filto. The afternoon was taltcn up In ox nmlnlng the records In the city engineer' olllco for certain data In connection with ill several sites. The experts say they will have their re port ready by Saturday , but will bo vcr busy In the meantime in digesting the In formation they have accumulated on till subject. Their room at the Paxton 1 decorated with maps , plats nnd profiles , al having direct bearing upon the subject In hand , and these arc freUtntly | referred t In preparing the report. . , , The question whether their report filial malco a recommendation of the boat Hlto fo exposition purposes or simply consist of nummary of the advantages nnd dlsad vantages of each of the sltea hag not bee definitely determined by the engineers. Th only Instructions they have received on tli subject are contained In the resolu'Ion pn. < se by the Hoard of Directors , which rrovllc for the npoclnl committee and authorized I to employ experts to tnako "a report cf thcl ilndlngs nnd conclusions" after oxamlnln iho sites. The engineers eay they are 1 doubt whether thlw la to bo cons'rued e calling for a recommendation from them ate to which of the proposed nltcs la the I'ctst o whether such action on their part would I1 considered ofllrloua. They say. however , tha this point vU bo decided by consult.itloi wltli the special committee bcforo the rcpor It ) completed. The special committee appointed by th Itcal Estate exchange to rsslst In cxpcsltloi work Is co-operating with the Department o 1'roinotlon In canvassing the business mei and firms of the city nnd Inducing then to request their correspondents , both In thl nnd other states , to write to their rcprc neiitatlvcfl In the legislatures and Imprcs upon them the Importance of the Rxposltloi to this entireBcetlon , nnd ask them to vet for appropriations for state exhibits. Th committee Is meeting with greater success than the most sanguine anticipated. Th business men of this city nre taking holi of the matter with n vim and have ex pressed a wllllngncvrs to do all In their powe to assist ! the management. As many of th largo firms send out from G.OOO to 10.00 letters nti ono time , the amount of advertls Ing the Imposition will receive from thl source nlono Is tremendous. iioAuu HOLDS "TUB FOHT to Vac-ale tlio OIllccM Now Oe- The squabble for the possession of th rooms now occupied by the Hoard of Par ! Commissioners In the city hall has ended for the present and the board still re mains maatcr of the situation. The quartern have been disputed ground for elx month and several efforts to oust the present oc cupants and place the Hoard of Health In the rooms have successively failed. The Board of Health hna been clamoring fo better quarters over since the rcaEslgnmen of ofllccs last year , when Ito quarters were given to the chief of police and It was con iilgncd to the dark rooms on the first lloo formerly occupied by the police department Commissioner Hlythln declares that his present quarters nre so dark that It Is 1m possible for him to make examinations , no ho Is required to do every day. Ho aluo gays that last summer- the council committee on public property nnd buildings promisee to provide him with better lighted rooms Thcso selected were the park board's rooms on the second floor , but the Idea encoun tered the determined opposition of Preslilcn Tukey , who eventually succeeded In carryIng - Ing his point. When the now committee on public property and buildings was creatcc the siege was renewed and Superintended Matthlcscn was ordered to move the effects of the Hoard of Health Into the rooms and allow the park board to choose whatever rooms were left vacant , The supcrlntendcni called on Presldunt Tukoy again , but will no better results than before. The head oi the park board ' absolutely refused to bo moved nnd Mr. Matthlcscn reported his fall- tire to the council. Then a concurrent rcaolu. tlon ordering the removal was passed nm It Is now In the hands of the mayor. In the ancantlmo the park board has the nine points of possession and manifests no disposition to relent. President Tukoy says that Inas much as It Is expected that the park hoard will l > o abolished In the spring there Is no reason why Its records should be gathered up ana carted Into another room at tha ! time , I'Altlv IIOAltl ) l > miAM.S TWO MIII.S. Say I.iint Vt-ur'n I.ovy AVns Ton Small. The Hoard of Park Commissioners met Wednesday for the first time In several mouths. The object of the meeting was to determine the amount that the council thould bo asked to appropriate for the use of the board during the present year. After Eorno discussion a resolution asking the council to make n levy of 2 mills for park imrposes was adopted. Last year the park levy was three-fourths of a mill. The mem bers state that the EUIII raised latt year was not sulllclciu to la-mi the parks up , to say nothing of making such Improvements as were desirable. They declare that after l.avliiK alloncvl the parks to go to waste to dome extent for one year It Is Imperative ) that some money should now bo spent In putting them In ihnpo for the exposition. They believe that 2 mills will bo the smallest levy that will furnish the fund required. Cnlnrrli In tluIllnil Is a dangerous disease. It may lead di rectly to consumption. Catarrh Is caused by Impure blood , and the true way to cure It Is by purifying the blood. Hood's Sar- BaparlUn cures ratarrh because It removes the cause of It by purifying the blood. Thou sands testify that they have been cured by Ilood'ti Sarsapnrllla. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable nnd do not purge , pain or gripe. All druggists. J5 : . KAMI i\.ii'uii ' : > i'iii.i.\ : . ItluU llnUm-rll llrliiKN Suit rnlnn Slni'k VarilH Company. Link Hothwell has commenced suit In the district court ngalnst the Union Stock Yards company for $10,000 damages for false Im prisonment and Illegal arrest , The petition filed In the ease alleges that the stock yards company Is a monopoly and that It procured the passage of an Illegal ordinance designed to prevent any ono from entering the grounds of the company unlora he "utood In" with the combine alleged to control the place , Hothwell alleges that hu was engaged In lawful business In the stock > arils and was trrcstcil for trespass under the provisions of the ordinance lu question December 30 of test year. Ho nays IIP was kept In jail elx flnya and then tried In police court nnd lined | 25 and costs , and committed to Jail ( or non payment. Ho further alleges that ho was released January 7 on a writ of habeas rornus Issued by n judge of the district court and ho now sues the utoclc yards company for $10,000 for the * disgrace and Infamy ho alleges ho has Buffered by till arrest ami Imprisonment. I 11IIJI1. SMITII-Alma , daughter of T. A. and Sine Hmlth , died Jan , .0 , at Weeping Water. Kunernl January 22 nt 9:30 : a , in. from 1S3J N. 17ti ) Htroet. Omaha , kOUAN-MlBH Suit W , . Jnminry 21. Fun- unit Buiulay. Januuiy it , fium residence of A. L ) . Thomas , South Forty-neuoml I etrcct. I.OCATIMI THIS nXI'OHITIO.V. OMAHA , Jan. 21. To the Editor of The Heo : I present herewith a few of the rea sons why Miller park should be the pref erence of the board of directors for the ex position site : 1. Uccauso It Is a Transmlsslsslppt and International exposition and comprises the twenty-four states of the transmlsslsslppl country , whose principal resources are agri cultural , grazing and mining pursuits and can only be shown by placing the exposition on a largo tract , such ns Is offered In the Miller park proposition , making It possible to show nil the advantages of a thoroughly equipped Irrigated farm. If the exposition were to bo held In a manufacturing dis trict , 200 ncres might be sufllclcnt ; but , as Is stated , It Is In part the exposition of an agricultural district , which will require suf ficient room to make n creditable showing. 2. Ilccauso It Is accessible by all rail roads running Into Council Bluffs via the now bridge of the llrldge nnd Ter minal company , bringing us Into Immediate relation with Iowa , ono of the first states to recognlzo the Importance of the great enterprise. It Is also reached by the Mis souri Pacific , the Chicago , St. Paul , Min neapolis & Omaha and the Fremont , I21k- horn and -Missouri Valley on all sides. The Helt Line under Its charter must give tr > all roads desirous of entering the city the right of way over that line , which makes It possible for every road In the state to reich the grounds. Four lines of street railway are within n short distance of all sides. The beautiful nnd only boulevard reaches the main entrance , while 'paved Directs favor the proposed site to the gates , all being on a straight level nnd direct route from the center and business portion of the city. 3. Uccausc It Is the only place where water can bo had without great cost to the exposition company. The grcnt water main , thirty-six Inches lu diameter , on Twenty- fourth street ; also the thirty-Inch main on Thirtieth street , which originally furnished water to the abandoned Fort Omaha , could bo used without materially affecting the present pressure of the water works , which would bo furnished free to the exposition company only oil this site. This advantage will make It almost Impossible for the de struction of the buildings and contents by fire nnd furnish water for n series of pro posed Inkej ) nnd fountains which will beau tify the grounds. 4. Because lenses for -100 acres are ready for delivery free of cost to the exposition company. Also 100 feet bounding the entire site on nil sides to bo used as directed by the board of directors. The above mentioned 400 acres will require no grading and Is of a rolling nature so every building could be shown to great advantage , while the com plete water system already In Fort Omaha will save a great deal of expense nnd the general distribution of beautiful trees. 5. Hccauso It Is desired by most of our citizens to make some of the buildings per manent and that can only be done on pub lic property. If this Is done an offer Is made In the original proposition by which F. W. Parker will donate to the city his collection of curiosities , which has been col lected nil over the world and Is estimated to bo worth $30,000. Ily locating on this slto one of our best park tracts will bo Im proved and beautified without additional cost to the city. C. Hccauso I believe the sentiment of the people Is In favor of this site nnd believe that It should bo placed on a broader scale , governed by a broader mind than Is being done by some of the directory , remember ing It Is not only to benefit a few Omaha business men , but the entire transmtssls- slppl section. DAVE II. CHRISTIE. OMAHA , Jan. 21. To the Editor of The Boo : If It Is true , ns Mr. Hlclmrihoii aa- serts. that your paper Is a medium through which the friends of the Ilanscoui park slto may create sentiment In favor of this site , then we think It time that these In favor of this location begin to make use cf the opportunity nnd utilize at least half na much space In The Bee as has been found necessary to give expression to the Miller park advocates. The "spreading out Idea" of our Sillier park friends Is their argument In chief. This same lunacy of certain real estate men has not only brought ruin to themselves - selves , but to hundreds of other people In Omaha , and now those who wore caught out In the rain with their real estate , near Florence and the Washington county line , seek to avert the result of their own folly at the expense of the masses of the people now In Omaha and of thciie who will be In Omaha In 1S9S from other states. Those who advocatn the HUnscom park slto have no corporate or selfish Individual Interests at stake. They nre for this site because It Is pre-eminently the logical site , If not the only site , where the exposition can be located to the complete advantage and con venience of every man. woman and child who attends the exposition , whether from San Francisco , New York , Chicago , New Orleans or Omaha , or from rural communl- tliM In the different states. They will all bo In Omaha when they attend the exposi tion. It certainly will be to the delight and approval of those from abroad to find the exposition located near the principal hotels of the city , lying between the two most beautiful residence portions of Omaha , the grounds llowcr gardened and beautified In Parisian glory overlooking the transmlssls slppl metropolis. w , A. C. Q > - Thanks to the Introduction of Salvation Oil , younjj bicyclers need not fear a fall. 25c. "Xi-iv nisiMivi-rh-M Daily. New gold fields. New towns spring up In the Block Hills mining districts. The North western line Is the best , and the pioneer road to the hills. J. n. BUCHANAN , General Passcnccr Agent , Omaha , Neb. "The Overland Limited. " To Utah In 20& hours. California In GO' ' . murs via the UNION PACIFIC. This l5 the fastest and finest train In the west. Tickets can bo obtained * t city ticket office , 1202 Farnam sheet. Six-Thirty 1 % M. Train. of tbo CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. 1'AUI , HY. Host service. ELKOTHIC LICJHTS. Dining car. City offlce : 1501 Farnam. 01'l'OSii > TO THK CO.VOYI3U HIM , . Si-liool Hoard Mi-mlicm Look Upon II IIH a Political .Sflii'iur. Charlie Conoycr's Board of Education illl , which was Introduced Into the leglsla- uro Wednesday , la not regarded with a high degree of favor by members of the present > oard. They nro unanimous In the nsser- lon that a system that given the mayor ho power to appoint the board would bring the ciitlro school wyatcni Into politics and be an Irreparable misfortune to the chools. President Edwards ( says that the chemu would undoubtedly bea good thing 0 be used In the election of a mayor , but 1 would bo disastrous to the schools. It vould make the echools an active factor n the mayoralty campaigns and seriously nterfere with the present policy of making ncrlt the sole consideration In the omploy- ncnt and promotion of teachers and Jan- tors. .Mcmuers itnoatics and Davidson of the minority agree with the president. They cclaro that the proposed law could not fall o have the natural effect of dragging the chools Into politics. More than that , they ay that a board of twelve members would 10 constantly tied up by deadlocks and It s cfwcntlal that It should consist of an dd number. Mr. Itboades Is of the opinion hat the membership of the board might tlvantagcously be reduced to nine mum- era , ono from each ward , an It Is at prcs- ut on unwieldy body , but that a board of welve members would be a failure. The king of pills is De < ; crtam' Dcocnara's Tim Olilontfo O > clu Short- } pcns Saturday. January 23 , Biggest event n the 1SD7 wheeling world. Faro and a third via the nUIlMNQTO.V. Omaha the "Vcatlbuled " Leave on Flyer" nd you are In Chicago at 8:20 : the next lorulnc. Blecpcre , chair cars , a la carte tnncrt Tickets at 1&02 Farnam street. J. 13. HEY.NOLUS , Olty Passenger Agent , MUST PAY FARE OR WALK Ono Time-Honored Forqnisito Has Boon Ruthlessly Snatched Away , COUNCILMEN TURNED DOWN BY RAILROADS of ( lie City I'nil In Find Tlielr Annie. * on ( lie I.IN ! fur Krcc i Trim HUH rlu ( Inn 1'lniiH fur lU-tnlliKlmr. | For the first time In the history of the Omaha city council Its members nro com pelled to pay railroad fare or walk when they go away from homo. It has not been customary for the railroads to Issue annual passes to all members of the council , but Eomo of them have Invariably enjoyed that favor , while others could secure trip passes for themrelvcs or their friends. But this year the councilman who appears nt n rail road office In quest of a favor of this sort encounters a vigorous "no. " The matter of the Issuance of passes In this territory Is controlled by a pass committee , which comprises the general managers of the varloua roads. They met In the olllco of General Manager Iloldrcge of the Burling ton Just before the first of the year and resolved that they would lop off all super fluous passes. Among thote which they placed In that category were those Issued to Omaha councllmen. They have resolved the same thing before , but this time the orJcr Imo been carried out to the letter. Councllmen who dropped In to have their annuals renewed were turned down with an alacrity that surprised them. Some councllmen who went to Lincoln Inrt week to lobby ngalnst the new city charter were refused when they asked for trip passcn. Ono of these members has heretofore been In the habit of carrying around a pocketful of blank passes for distribution among his friends. The other day ho paid his faro to Lincoln and return like any ordinary Indi vidual. Just how long this stale of affairs will continue Is doubtful. It la Intimated by those who are familiar with similar reforms Inaugurated by railroad companies that It will not bo long before the railroads will be Induced to believe that they will best serve their own Interests by a relesuc of the pasteboards which are so convenient for coun cllmen to have. The council has already begun a campaign of retaliation. An ordl- nnnco Is now In the hands of the comml'tce on viaducts nnd railways declaring the necessity for the contructlon of n viaduct across the railroad trades at the Intersection of South Twenty-fourth street. A resolution has also been adopted directing the proper authorities to at once make an examination of the Tenth , Eleventh nnd Sixteenth ntrcet viaducts and report what repairs will be necessary to place them In a safe nnd proper condition. These arc said to bo Indications that the campaign against the railroads Is to be pushed vigorously unless they take water on the resolution of the pars com mittee. If these means fall It Is said that there Is abundant evidence on the records of the council and the Board of Public Works that the Sixteenth street viaduct Is unsafe for the purposes for which It la being used , that It was never Intended to support street railway traffic and that It is liable to collarse nt any time. It will not be sur prising If nn ordinance declaring the neces sity for the construction of n new Iron viaduct on that street la also Introduced In duo time. AFTER LOCAL TRADE COMUINES. Aside from the controversy over the pass question tlu > new council Is evidently bent on making war on a number of purely local combinations. Councilman O'.Mallcy lias al ready furnished n resolution which has the avowed object of breaking up the Ice trust and ho promises to follow It up with another which will deal with the local cool combina tion. The Omaha coal dealers have on Iron clad organization known as the Coal ex change nnd It Is said that the primary objcct.of this organization Is to bull coal rates at the expense of the consumers. Councilman O'Mallcy says that he proposes to make war on this combination , as well as on the Ice trust. Another monopoly that Councilman O'Mal lcy has on his list Is that enjoyed by the garbage contractor. Tbo contract made by a previous council has been fought 4n every possible manner ever since It wont Into ef fect. Public sentiment has evidently hceu against the contract at every stage and there has always been a majority In the council that would bo willing to wipe It out If such a thing were possible. But the con tractor has looked well after hlu own In terests when the contract was let and no loophole could bo found through which to attack his monopoly. Mr. O'Malley believes that ho has discovered n way to do away with the most objections ! feature of the garbage contract. The greatest source of complaint has been on account of tlio ex clusive right enjoyed by the contractor to haul manure. Consequently every gardener who had to use the manure was compelled to apply to the garbage contractor. It was urged that the contractor In many cases acted the part of the dog In the manger ; that ho refused to allow others to haul the manure or to do It himself , nnd the records of the Board of Health nro crowded with complaints of this character. Now -It I : , proposed to pass an ordinance defining "gar bage" In the Sinso In which It shall bo considered. By this ordinance manure will not bo classed as garbage , nnd it is said that the result will bo to remove this from the hands of the garbage contractor and thus eliminate the main objection to his contract. Councilman O'Malloy has obtained lecnl nd- vice , which Is to the effect that Iti Is within the scope of the councllmanlc prerogative to make the distinction coctemplated , and his ordinance will probably bo Introduced at the next meeting. TAI.IC1XG OVIJII STATK PAII13 HATKS. Mi-inlicr * of Hoard of MiinnRcrN VH ! ( Itntlirny OlIU-liiIx. The transportation committee of the Board of State Fair Managers has already set about perfecting arrangements for securing the most advantageous freight and passen ger rates for this year's state fair. The members of the , committee were In the cltv yesterday calling upon thegenaral managers of the roads having their headquarters here and upon the General agents of the other railroads. During the morning the Union Pacific , the Burlington and the Elkhorn headquarters were vial ted. A member of the transportation committee yesterday , after these conferences , said that the committee had been well received by all the railway olllclala visited. Ho added : "Wo nro sccurli.g no rates , cither freight or passenger , this morning. The various rallroadu have to take up these mat ters with the Western Freight association and the Western Passenger association bcforo they make any rates. The object of our visit at this time Is to simply request that the matter ho brought to the attention of these associations. If we do not remind the railroads of It they are apt to postpone or forgot the matter. "If wo secure us lavorablo rates as wo did last year they will bo satisfactory to us. There Is no doubt but that the Nebraska railroads have shown a most kindly disposi tion to help the tate fair , and I doubt If there Is another western state where such satisfactory railroad arrangements are se cured for the anuual statu fair. " .Scoroii nt Wlilxt. Many of the prominent members of the Omaha Whist club were not able to attend the meeting Wednesday even ing , but the number of visitors about made up the deficiency , Six tables wcro filled and a very good game played. The matter of the Hub's representa tion at the coming Sioux City tournament was discussed. It In expected that all who Intend going to this content will signify their Intention of so doing not latcV than Saturday evening. Score of Wednesday evening's game : North and South Coo and Heth , 1C3 ; Crummcr ami Joplln , ICO ; Jones and Mcllclo , ICO ; Burrell and Stanford , 14S ; Carter and Coakloy , 147 ; Lawrence and Nye , 147 ; average , 149 % , Hast aud West Hrunner and Burkley , 164 ; Shauss and Colin. 162 ; Alice and Douglas , 151 ; Stcbblna and I'unkhoueer , 150 ; Hawks and McDowell , 143 ; Funko and Towle , 144 ; average , 149 0-C. PLAN'S OP SncilETAUV 1 AIIXI3Y , Fnvnrn n Continuation of ( he Onv- ( > rnnu-ii ( 11 nrcnii , Local Forecaster MVolsh of the weather- bureau Is In receipt ! ofux circular In the In terest of the proposed consolidation of all of the scientific bureaus of the government under one department. Tills plan has been suggested by Chailcn W. Dabney , Jr. , as sistant secretary of agriculture , who advo cates such a consolidation on the ground of economy and better results. An article on this subject , written by Mr. Dabney , appeared recently in ono of the leading magazines and Is made the line Is of the circular In question. In this article Mr. Dabney presents n number of forcible ar guments In support of his plan. He shows that , omitting nil those charged with purely executive business , the government schools nnd the testing departments of the War and Navy departments , the United States maintains twenty-eight bureaus for develop ing the resources of the country nnd nd- vanclne Industry at a cost of nearly ? S,000- 000 annually. The list given by Mr. Dabney Includes bureaux for studying the earth nnd Its products , the atmosphere and Its changes , economic plants and their culture , domestic animals nnd their kind , surveys for measur ing the land of the country and sounding Its waters , bureaux for Investigating many economic problems and statistical agencies for compiling and discussing the results of many Industries. There arc agricultural experiment stations , a fish commission for Increasing and Improving the life of the waters ; others bureaux for Investigating for estry , promoting fruit culture and kindred Industries and great museums for collecting , pirscrvlng ami exhibiting all objects of art , ethnology , natural history , mineralogy , geology , the resourced of the country and the products of the people's work. These bureaux are distributed under n number of departments , and the work of many of them Is duplicated In several of the departments , resulting Jn confusion nnd much useless work. The Idea of Mr. Dab ney Is to consolidate nil these scientific bureaux under ono department by gradually transferring the numerous bureaux to one department and consolidating the work , SPUCIAIj AXXOUXCKMn.Vr. On-hard .t AVIIIn-Ini Carpet Co , Wo have Just received from the Import ers a largo consignment of Oriental ruga to be closed out AT ONCE. This Is n choice collection of both modern nnd antique rugs , Including all the finest varieties , In all sizes. There arc many small sizes In rugs nnd saddle bags which wo have never before shown. Wo trust every lover of fine rugs will sco this rollectlon ns early ns possible. The sale will last two weeks. Mr. Q. T. Piishman , native oriental rug weaver , who Is well known to many of our patrons , will bo with us during this sale and will take orders for repairing rugs. ORCHARD & WILHELM CARPET CO. Foitn iii\Tipiis : O.M : HOIMUOII. I'oslllvo ( hat ( he AVoinaii He met Rot Ills Money. The Union hotel nt Sixteenth nnd Webster Etrccts was the Issue In police cour Wednes day afternoon nnd yesterday. Ono side was described by two formers , John Kchoo nnd Thomas Ford , the latter of whom alleges that ho wao robbed of $10 In the place by u woman last Tuesday .night. The other side of the Issue was exploited by about a dozen witnesses , Including employes and guests. The matter was presented on the trial ot Lizzie Reynolds , who was charged with larceny from the person , and of Clerk J. II. Van Clcster , who was charged with belnp accessory to the crime. Kehoc and Fora wcro good wltne.-'aefl. They repeated the story published Wednesday , alleging that the clerk had sant a woman to each of their rooms. Ford positively Identified Lizzie Rey nolds ns the woman who wns with him and whom he accusscd of robbing htm. Clerk Van Clostcr denied having had any part In the affair. Ho ald positively that ho did not send any women to the rooms He Etnted that the * two guests registered originally for ono roam , but they had separ ated afterward. Il < ? eald that both were drunk ; that he did not see L-.zzto Reynolds about the place , although no admitted that she wns a frequenter oJ tie ! house. Other witnesses supported this testimony and also swore thnt Ford received a black eye because - cause ho Insulted ono of the women of the house. Ford alleged that ho received It from two men who broke Into his room after he had demanded his money back from the woman. The trial began Wednesday afternoon nnd was concluded yesterday. Clerk Vnn Clos tcr wns discharged , but the woman was hold to the district court under | COO bonds. The manager has still to answer to a com plaint charging him with running a dis orderly houte. CAItltlKltS I'ltHSU.VT MOIli ; CLAIMS. Hnve Xot lleeii Allm\eil for All Tin-It- ertlnie , UN WIIH MnpituHeil. The Omaha letter carriers have made the discovery since they received their overtime allowance from the government last summer , that while their settlement was made up to September 1,1E92 , the t'ettlemcnts made with carriers In other parts < 3f the country wcr > brought down to May 1 , 1S33. In addition li1 that they learn that the government Is non settling with many of the carriers up to Jan uary 1 , 1S05 , the date when the order against working overtime went Into effect. Further than this a Judge of the United States district court In an eastern district has decided a case In favor of a carrier who brought n suit against the government foi "awing" time. This Is a technical term used by the carriers , and denotes that portion of their regular working day when for different rcaoons they may bo prevented from going on with their work. Some court has decided that anything less than an hour Is a "swing , and that pay for same can bo recovered un less the time Is deducted from the regular ilay. Nearly every carrier on the Omaha force has a valid claim for "swing" time , and a largo numlicr of them have claims for over time , which have not yet been adjusted by the government. These matters have all been put 'In the hands of an attorney , who will seek to recover to the carriers that which may of right belong to them. Mis.via O.VTIII ; IIOAII TO HHCOVRUY Saved AVItliiint ( lie I.'MC of ( lie .Sup. Kenn'H Knife. Walter Mlsncr , an architect of this city , Is Just recovering from th ? effects of a nerl- ous Illness. Ho has been confined to hla room for several weeks jiast with appendi citis. Ho Is now able to 1)3 up , and his physician states that ha will bo out In-a feu days. The case Is worthy of note because It haa been watched with considerable Interest by the medical i > ioies lon of this city on ac count of a wide difference of opinion as to Iho best treatment of this popular disease. The difference ot opinion ninonc the local physicians la bared on the question whether It Is advisable to perform an operation In such caacs. The physician who has had Mr , Mlsner under his care has takan a different view of the matter from nearly all ot his colleagues. Ho has Insisted that'uuch an operation as Is required Is extremely dangerous and lias supported his assertion by the fact that many Omahans who have been operated on for this disease have died soon afterward. In the case that Is .at present engaging no much attention no operation wau fierformoil , and the young man \a \ apparently well , The debate among Omaha physicians concerning the advisability of operating In such cases la now likely to be more lively than over. ACCU.SHII OP A\OTIIIII CHI.IIU Avllli IloliiK Ml.vfd I , ' i > lit Many ClIHt-N. L. 'A. Clark was yesterday arrested on a complaint charging adultery. He was origi nally accused of quite a unique offense , Ho was eald not only to have stolen another man's wife , but alee to have robbed him of his marrlago license and to have substituted his own name In place of the rightful hus band , The case was brought by W , N. Sone , tbo husband , who followed the couple to thin city from Iowa , The case was rather mixed , as the woman did not know whoso wife she really was , because ebe had married and lived with ncveral men without being divorced from cither ono. Clark could not bo found and therefore the case was never prwccutcdi TROUBLES OF THE WOODMEN ( Jump Heatlqnartors Bccoivo Many Inquiries Concerning the Status of the Dispute. COMMANDER ROOT GIVES OUT STATEMENT Ueelnrrn ( lin ( Harmony Prevail * In ( lie Order and ( hat ( lie TnlU of SeceNNlnit IN All i ll Mylli. , , , , Sovereign Commander Root of the Wood men of the World la authority fdr the state ment that there IK no disaffection to speak of In , the rnnki ? of the order of which he Is the head. He says this In reply to some circulars that were quoted In an article In The Uco last Sunday. On the day after the nrtlclo was pub lished Mr. Root was approached for n state ment regarding the troubles that are exist ing between himself nnd the members of Alpha camp. Ho stated tl.cn that ho had nothing to say. Since that time , however , the headquarters of the order have been flooded with letters from nil sections ot the country , Inquiring into the condition of the nffnlrs. The sovereign commander , there fore , has decided to give his side ot the ccrte. Ho uses strong language regarding the circulars which have been distributed by Alpha camp. Among other statements ho says : "Tho olllcera ot the order most emphatically deny that there Is any attempt orn toot by any of Its camps to secede or to disrupt the order. They charge that two officers of Alpha camp have furnished the press with the sensational articles which have been published , ami which ore con demned an untrue. The twenty other camps In this city , ami nearly 2000 other camps elsewhere , denounce the course pursued by the two officers of the camp mentioned. " The two oincers referred to arc Clerk Allen nnd Consul Commander Thompson. The sovereign officers allc > ; c that they nro working for a separate Jurisdiction with a head camp for the purposeot getting offices In that body. The two officers deny this most emphatically , and maintain that they are simply working for the best Interest. ) of the order. The sovereign officers ulso allege that the disaffection has not spread far outsldo Alpha camp. There nre twenty-two campt' in this county. They say that of this num ber eighteen or nineteen are supported by them , while only the remainder nro In any wny favorable to the course that Alpha camp is pursuing. ' This statement conflicts with that of the members of the disaffected camp. They say they are being supported by at least three-fourths of the camps of this state , Iowa and the Dakotas. which nro to bo In cluded In the proposad tuparato jurisdiction. SAY THE TROUBLE IS LOCAL. The sovereign commander has nlso a word to say regarding the subject matter of the circular quoted , which charged that he was exceeding his outhorlty In ordering non resident members to pay their dues direct to the headquarters. Ho alleges that these members never belonged to any camp , but ths Alpha camp was allowed to collect as sessments from them under an arrange ment mode wmio time ago. It Is stated that this arrangement , however , did not make them other than mcmbers-at-largo all thewhile. . Such memucra. under the con- Btltutlon of the order , are required to pay Into the sovereign ofilcea. The head ofil- ccrs allege that they have documents from Clerk Allen In which ho referred to these floating members as members-at-largo. The sovereign commander nffirms thnt the head officers are In favor oC the department plans , by which the south will pay Us losses and the north Its losses , but by which the whole business will bo transacted through the general headquarters Instead of by the departments separately. Regarding this the soverolKii commander eays ; "This plan Is meeting with general favor nnd It Is claimed that It will bo adopted with great unanimity by the general meeting at St. Louis next March , and the efforts of the ono disaffected camps are not likely to cut much figure. The order during the past year added 30,000 members to Its rolls. There Is no Indica tion of any disaffection outside of the ono Omaha camp , which , It Is charged , has aspir ing officers. " The matter will bo fought out at the sovereign camp meeting at St. Louis next March. This body will bo composed of delegates - gates from the convention head camps , all of which meet on February " . Lincoln Is the meeting place for this district. The other camps meet at the following places : Dubuque , Columbus , St. Louis , Memphis , Vlcksburg , Austin nnd Macon. KXPUUSSHS HIS AI Mr. Italdwln 011 Itnlilil FrmiUlIii'N Ad dress Hi-Tore Cliniinniiiit ColU-Ke. OMAHA , Jan. 21. To the Editor of The Bee : It was with no little pleasure that I listened to the address ot Rabbi Franklin before the Chautauqua college nt the First Methodist Episcopal church last Monday evening , a synopsis of which address was published In The Uco of Tuesday. I gladly bear testimony to the gentlemanly manner In xvhlch he treated his subject. The diffi culties that confronted him nre at once apparent , nor must the audience be without Us meed of prnlso for the manner In which It received the declarations of the learned rabbi respecting Him who Is the center of the Christian's hope , the object of his faith and love and worship , albeit as to His human pareutago a Jew. It Is to me an agreeable sign of the times when the great questions concerning Him of Nazareth can bo thus openly discussed and dispassion ately , without the slightest exhibition of 111-fecllng or Indulgence In diatribe. The use ot Invective when speaking of Jesus Christ Is naturally limited to an ex ceeding few in this age of enlightenment , as none but a very , very foolish person Indeed would now speak disrespectfully cf Him In whoso name so much more good has been accomplished than that of any other that ever lived. The fact Is that JCEIIH Christ Is an Immense factor In the world's best life today , and It makes no difference what or who Ho was , the fact remalnj. Wo nro largely Indebted to the Jewish race for what Is best In our national life. Moses Is in an especial sense our law-giver , for lying at the base of all our laws of morality are the tables of SInal. The best vehicles of pralro ascription In the churches toJay are the Psalmn 6f David , the sweet singer of Israel. The most sublime con ceptions of the Divinity and His operations In the kingdom of nature nnd of men nro crystallized In the beautiful language of the poets and the prophets ot the Hebrew race. My poor lay mind cannot wo other wise than that the prophets spake as they wcro moved by the Holy Spirit , otherwise I cannot explain to my own uatlafactlon the remarkable agreement between history and prophecy ; and hero I woulil _ take Iwuo with the rabbi , Inasmuch n's ho emphat ically declared the prophets to bo nothing more than men of ordinary cento and not seers at all. Another point which , to my mind , appeared very Inconsistent In the rabbi was this : Ho declared the feelings of his race toward those holy men of old to bo those of profound reappct and venera tion , and that ho placed with them , on about the same plane , Jc us of Nazareth , while ho denied Him the divinity which Ho claimed so persistently for Hlmeclf. Now to my mind this Is Inconsistency of a marked kind , for If Jesus Christ was not what He claimed to be , then Ho lu open to the charge of grcss perjury and lying , and consequently can have no place In the list of such nobility a Mm , Isaiah. Jcromlih and Ilaggal , For my part , I find no dllllculty In accepting all that Jesus Christ nays of Himself , for His miracles attest Ills truth ; and wl.cn I say His mlr- aclo.1 , I do not mean , exclusively , those recorded of Him In the gospels , but the miracles Ho continues to perform today. What else ore the extraordinary phenomena witnessed In our dayu the drunkard be coming sober nnd continuing so. The Magdalencs of doclety becoming clean again and remaining no. The liar becoming truth ful , the thief honest , the blttor opponent transmuted Into the devoted follower , and how conu'i It that these things bo ? Facts confront us ; can they bo iwychologlcally explained - plained ? The subjects of these mighty changes testify out of the yladnciis ot their hearts that "by faith In < ua name hath HU > name made" them over anew. 1 would. llco , 1.U2-07 The Plain Truth Do you like to hear fairy stories about business or do you prefer the plain truth ? We have a few Winter Overcoats and a few Suits and a few other items that in a few weeks will be unseasonable , and we are selling them really cheap , but we arc not paying anything out of our pockets to people to carry them away , It wouldn't be fair. Doing business on the closest possible margin all the year round we can't afford to makc ' 'ireinendous ' sacrifices" in January because we would have to make it up somehow later on. But we are selling things low remarkably low. For instance a bunch of fine Kersey Overcoats which we might easily get $12.00 for arc going for $9,50 just now. They are three-quarter satin lined. Another lot at $6.75 arc better than some of the $10.00 o : es we have seen coming from January Sacrifice Sales. Still another lot you can buy now at The Nebraska for $12 arc as fine a grade as ever went out of a Mark Down Sale at $16.50. We aren't worrying about not selling these goods. People who know values will buy them as quick as they see 'cm. It might sound better to say they have been reduced 20 to 40 per cent , but it wouldn't make the values any bigger and percentages of that proportion are unknown around here. We sell goods on the closest margin all the year "round * OW ' 100 Couchcfl In the special rale at $ S , $10 , 70 different styles of dlnlnR tables In $12 , $15 , $18 , $ :0 , $25 , $30 , $10 and $ CO-all aft . , , , , , . , $20 , $25 the sale at jr. $ G ? S $12 $14. $15 $ $30 and $10 all at greatly reduced prices. about half prlac. CBAS. SHIVERICK & CO. , Largest Stock and Lowest Prices. I2th and Douglas. "FORBID A FOOL A THING AND THAT WILL DO. " DON'T USES A Really Good Piaqo _ . isone that looks well , plays well and wears well. We represent the Ivers & Pond.Voso & Sons and Emerson factories , all having an established reputation. We sell them at lower prices than others ask for unknown and inferior pianos. Taylor & Farley Organ S 12.50 ChiclccriiiK Upright $185.00 Fine Weber Upright Hare ISarguin. Mueller 3RD FLOOH , M'OAQUR IILD'O , N. Schmoller & , W. Cor. 15th and Dorian Sheets A. C. MUBLUEU-Plano Tuner. Telephone IC23. Primary , Neconilnry or Ter tiary Iilooil I'olson [ ipriiia- ncntly cured in 15 ( o aft ilnys. You can bo treated at homo for the flame price under eamo Cliarnnfy. If you prefer to come hero 170 will contract to pay railroad fuio and hotel bills , aud no charge If wo fall to euro. If you have tukcn mercury , lailido Iiotiibli , andellll 1mu achca and palng , Mucous 1'atelien in mouth , Here Tliroiit , i'lmjiU'M , Copper-Colored HioH | , Hirers on any part of the body , Hair or EycbroiVH lulling out , It is this BLOOD 1'OiHOJI that o guarantee to cure. Wo solicit the most olmtluntop& a 9 in ) r ° ( TT } K&\P " 5 ? " RJ ? E ? C(1Ke" "IlJ rlinllcnco tlio world fur ncauo % KCW % .fZi& & CS U UUtSi wocnniiut cure. This disease hp always ualllcil tlio HUitl oftlio most eminent iiliyNfriniiH. S5OO.OOO capital behind our unconditional guaranty. Almoluto proolVi sent sealed on application. Address COOK KKMEO'ST CO. , I S Ef i 307 3lRHCiuic Temple , C'lIAC/lUO , lljli. UcvuB ) ( ? % ttu ! like , as a simple layman , to have these facto explained to mo la such n way as to natlsfy my reason. Again , consider Jesus as a mere man , without friends or education , ol huinblo parcrtagc , .from an obscure town In a denplsed province , of a retiring disposition , Ho gathered around Him a few unlettered followers , wrote no books , died In early manhood a malefactor's death. His body placed In a stranger's tomb ; nothing In nil the ninn's antecedents , surroundings or end to make him famous , rather the rovcreo. Joseph had the prestige of the court of I'haroali at his back ; Moses all the ad vantage of the highest Kgyptlan cultur" . Daniel was prime minister of Uabylon mid I'ersla. d'Isrrell. the destlny-shapcr of a mightier empire far ; Kothschlld. Illrsch , Montcfloro have money enough to buy a continent , and yet Jesus of Nai"1" ' known where those are not , verily , the best known , best beloved Jew that ovc-r has been not find In Him a or ever will be. Do wo fulfillment of the prophet's word , ' 1 chold , my servant shall bo prosperous , he shall ho exalted and extolled , and bo Placed \cry hlghr I think BO. The time of Ills humllla- tlon Is past. His next epiphany will bo glorious and In fullest fulfillment of the or aw prophecies which depict Him In kingly g fitato occupying the throne of David , rtillni ; over the nations from the restored central Jewish or lHraolltl.ih state ; for "all Israel" shall again occupy the land of their fathers Indications of the consummation nro fast Increasing. We are living In a hurrying ago , "A grand and awful time. " Verily , "to bo living Is sublime. " Most of us who heard the rabbi or who may read thcHO llnca will probably live to HCO the Jowlah slate restored , with Messiah at Us head and the world at His feet. I'OII.MIMl OMAHA I'AS'l'OIl VI3H V II , ! , . Or. Hull NIMV In ClilriiKii In n ( 'rlllcnl Ciiiiilltlnn. Dr. Thomas C. Hall , formerly pastor of the Southwest I'rcsbytcrlan church of this city , but now located nt Chicago , Is very 111 In that city , and for a time hln recovery was doubtful. The case ha * puzzled the doctors In at tendance , but unmistakable symptoms ore eald to have made inanlfcat that the original dimculty and dangerous feature of Dr , Hall's Illness la blood poisoning caused by absorp tion of ptomaine su but an ecu cenerrted In the stomach , for several days bcforo ho was taken down Dr. Hall was annojcd by apparently trilling stomach troubled , Monday , January 11 , ho waa attacked by what WSH thought la bean an attack of la grippe , but , without apparent cause , uymploma of typhoid pnruinonla developed immediately. Then It was found that the Vftlcutvas ouftcrlny from a com- Beautiful Teeth , . * / What does Its mr.in , but that the possessor Icccp them hcnutlfu' . . , by coiiKiiltlnR his or her dentist ? Hd ( tiilil CrrniiiH. . . . ) ? . ; . ( ) ( ) lo f-.l4.IW CruiriiM . " . ( ) ( ! BAILEY , Dentist , Paxton Blk , JOtli arid Karnam plaint till recently known a "blood polson- iHK. " Kor several days Or. Hall was very law ami It Is nalil that only hlu icmarkablo vi tality and naturally iitrong constitution have enabled him to survive Owing to HID peculiar nature of the dlucuM' . the patient I said tit he practically without nourish ment. Ity the UHC of powerful Htlmiilanu and the nhslKtancc of thu patient's great vi tality the physicians In. atlcnilanco have been able to stem the progiis of the din- case , nnd It U believed by them that the crisis Is paused , Dr. Hull came to Omaha about 18S1 and took charge ot a I'roabytcrlan inUoloii. Ily hla vigorous work he built up the .Southwest church , thu titructuro on Houth Twentieth and I.eavcnworth streets having been erected during his ) ministry. It In saidtlmt / politically his flut tennoiiH wcro delivered In Omaha. He attracted no much attention during his three yoaia' residence here that ho WUH called to Chicago at thu end of that time. Later ho wan placed In charge of thu Kourth I'rtsbytcrlaii church In Chicago , being ono of the largest congregation * in that city. While In Omaha Dr. Hall was married , going to ( lottcngcn , Germany , for his bride , a woman ho met while attending school there. Ho Is a son of Dr. John Hull of. New York City. llcini'iiilii'r Their The fellow employes of Klmor Hlnioo In the store of Ilrownlng.KIng & Co. Wednesday afternoon prucnlud him with n bandsomo diamond set ling as a token of regard In vluw of his approaching departure from thu city. The gift wan preiontcd by Manager Wlleox , who cxpriUKed omo good wlsbi * and fatiiorly advice , The young man. who him been connected 'with the local catahll > < hmciit for the past eight years , will leave on .Satur day with hla wife to lake a position In Kan. sag City , whiro hU parent ) ) live. The reason for his departure wen his desire to bo re united with hlu family , > ( I