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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 ,
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