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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1897)
OMAHA DAILY BEE ; , SEPTEMBER Q , 1807 , Omahi Street Railway Company Preparing for an Incraaiod Business , IMPROVING THE LINES AND EQU PMENT it I'lnn AVIirrcliy tin- itKf Street lllll Mny lie Avoided In lliinillliiK Kx- liiiNltlcin What with preparing for the exposition , making changes to facllltntc transportation during tlic coming state ( air , building vostl- liulcs on tlm street earn In compliance with the law of the Inst legislature , and laying new tracks on streeta which are being re- I > a\'cd , the ofllcers of the Omaha Street Hall- vyay company feel that they have hcon hav ing their hands full during the summer , With plenty of work In sight for the fall. They have been running a largo force ot men and putting In full time during these warm month ! ) ( tying to meet all the demands which lm\e been made and may be made tinnn thnrn. nnd thnv think thev will bo In great luck If they get all their contemplated improvements finished In the time fixed. The changes In the line to the state fair grounds have been completed and the com- jiany Is ready to take care of Its share or the crowd which U expected here the latter part of this month. The cars will this year carry the passengers to the tjato at the northeast corner of the grounds , Intead of at the mlCdlu of the cast side. This change wan made at the suggestion of the Uoard ot Managers of the stata fair , and Is more convenient for the public and also more ad vantageous to the company. Passengers will now be landed nearer thu buildings on the grounds and will not be bothered by the hurly-burly of conveyances coming and going at the 'same entrance , as has been the casu heretofore. The gate In the middle of the cast side of the grounds will bo used ex clusively by vehicles , while that portion of the public on foot will have exclusive use ot thu gate at the northeast corner. While this gate Is nearer to the buildings It Is farther from the race track , but tins Is not considered a disadvantage , as t.'ose who go to see the fair want to go through the buildings and will have plenty of time to work around to the track by the time the races begin. The advantage to the street car company Is that It will not now have tt > draw Us cars up out of the deep depression which exists near the east entrance , and the present Hue will be a quarter of u mile shorter than the old one. The tracks at the old entrance will not be removed , but will be kept to use In case of an emergency. AVOIDING DODQ12 STHKET HILL. Arrangements for the accommodation of tralllc next jcar during the exposition have not yet breii decided upon , although the ofllcers of the company have nearly agreed upon the plans they will pursue. There will bo no building of new lines this fall with that tralllc In vlc'v. The oillccrs say that the Sherman avenue and Sixteenth street lines each take passengers to an entrance to the exposition grounds , and will accommodate - modato all the trafllc which will be carried In that direction this year. In the spring the company will probably extend the Twen tieth street line out to the main entrance. This line will have to be built over an tin- paved street , which Is now used as a boule vard , and If put down will bo only with the Intention of taking up the tracks again after the exposition. There Is said to bo no call fop another through line to the north part of the elty , as the experience of the olllclals has been that the public would rather walk a few blocks further to connect with a car line with frequent service than to have numerous lines with slow service. In considering the extension of- the Twen tieth street line1 the problem of the Dodge street hill comes up again , and the com pany has almost decided upon a plan to avoid that obstruction to safe and rapid transit. This plan contemplates the turn ing of the Uodgo street line north on Sev enteenth street from Dodge , then to Cass street , then west to Twentieth and then north to the exposition grounds. Tracks arc already laid on nearly all of this proposed line , and It would not require very much ex pense to put the new route In condition for travel. Then in the event of heavy tralllc trailers could bo put on the motor cars. If this plan should bo decided upon , and It scorns very probable that It will , the Dodge street hill will be abandoned permanently. This would give the company three lines to the exposition grounds , as many as could bo conveniently handled. Ity the system of transfers now In use It would give the people - plo In all localities a chance to get to the grounds for a single fare , and all parts of the city wriuld be thoroughly covered. PUTTING VESTIBULES ON CAHS. In complying with the state law icgardlng vestibules , the company is not only required to build these additions to all of its cars , but In 'that compliance must make some provision for turning the cars around at the tormina ! point of each line. The vestibules will only bo put on one cud of the cars , as the car Itself will furnish protection for the conductor who stands on the reaT platform. The plan for turning the cars will probably bo a "Y" In nearly all cases , though a loup jnay be used at a fo.w of the terminal points. These will oil have to bo built before the cold wcatlinr sets In , The vestibules which are being put on the cars are constructed In a substantial man ner , and while the ofllccrs of the company still Insist that thcso additions to their equipment will bu of little value , except on but two or tlrco days In the winter , to the general observer the car with one of the now vestibules will present a decidedly tno'o com- foriable appearance , especially during the 'days of the blizzard. It will not only pro tect the inotonnan from the elements , hut will add materially to the comfort of the In terior of the car by breaking the chilling winds. Tim vestibules are largo and roomy , and will bo painted to match the u. : . ! ; of the car. The ni.ttnrinan next winter will not look so much Ilko an Esquimau anticipating a freeze as ho has In winters past. Ho will also , probably , bo able to get along without wearing six or seven suits of clothes at onu time. In addition to the work outlined here , as absorbing the attention of thu street car company , It has been engaged in 1'iylng a largo amount of new track. The Sixteenth street line lias already had Its new rails of the long and heavy quality , which have so much Improved the line between Harnoy and Leaven worth ; the work on the statu fair line has been completed , and thu track la being Improved on North Twenty-fourth Etreet by Increasing the number of ties under the rails. This lurtlcular plccu of track was built fnr hoist ) cars , and Is not strong enough to support the heavy motor cars. To remedy this defect the track Is being Btrcugthcncd by the addition of many new tics. LAYING N15\V RAILS. Starting today the company will begin lay. ing new track on Fa main struct between Twentieth and Fortieth streets. Them ) rails will be Ilko those put In on Sixteenth street nnd will represent a heavy outlay of capital. Karnam street Is to bo ropavcd over the district on which these new rails will be put In and It Is necessary that this work bo done along with the paving to avoid extra expanse. The dllllcult feature of thu work on this heavily traveled line will bo to keep the track constantly In shape to per mit the transit of the cars which will make the work much slower than If thu track layers had no Interruption , Finally the company Is working between ( lines building new curs , With the comple tion of four more of these long cars , which 11 ro now In course of construction , thu com- 'Jiany will hn nblo to equip the Sixteenth btreet and Walnut Hill lines with thu long cars and do away with thu trailers , Thu Dodgu sited line lias already been equipped iwlth new cam , although they are not so ionjl as ttiutii ) on the other two linen , owing to the Didge street hill , Kroiii Ihls sketch of the work done by this company during the put summer , ami that routtiinplated for the coming months , it will be leMiieil that employment has hern furnished to a largo number of men and u great deal ot money expended til material end help , It also Indicates to somn extent the effect of returning prosperity and thu coming exp sltlon upon at least ouo of Omaha's enterprises WM. O. ( JOSS COAL. Tel. 1307. OUlco aud yards lltb & Nicholas. 31AICP.H NO CLAIM TO li.Yl'KIHH.VCS ; . SliMeli of ( SncM'OKwor of I'rof. John A. nlllrM.lr. I'rof. H. B. Dawes , the recently appointed superintendent of the Nebraska Institute for the Deaf and Dumb , spent Sunday In Omaha. Ho wan born In Iluchanan county , Iowa , In 1800 , and la therefore 37 years of age. I'rof. D we spent his boyhood at home , remaining there until ho reached his majority. Ho attended the Wayland Hap- list university at Heaver Darn , WIs. He re mained there through nearly 1ho freshman year , being compelled to leave on account of pecuniary difficulties. He then went to Illinois , and began 'touching ' In ono ot the district schools ot Henry county. During vacation time , find such other times as ho was not engaged In teaching , ho attended a normal school In that county , being grad uated from there In 1SSC with the degrco of II. S. Ho was then elected to the position of principal of the Northsldc school at Goneseo. Henry county. III. HP was re engaged for this position after his first year , hut the board of trustees of the state re form school at I'ontlac , III , , had already elected him a teacher there. Mr. nnd Mrs. Dawcs taught In this reform school for three years , having charge ot a ward containing seventy-five pupils. I'rof. Dawcs removed to Nebraska In 18S9. ] He was engaged In business In Lincoln for I two years. He began teaching school In | this state In 1893 , In ono of the city schools of Lincoln. Soon afterward ho was Olcctcd principal ot the Saratoga school In the Fifth ward of Lincoln , Ho held that position un til 189R. From that tlmo until Jvno ot the present year ho was the Instructor In the natural sciences and In typewriting at the Institute for the Illlnd at Nebraska City. I'rof. Dawes says that ho has been studyIng - Ing the deaf and dumb language only during the summer ot the present year. Accord ing to the statement of D. Clem Dcavcr. I'rof. Dawos can now tilk In the deaf and dumb language slowly. On Sunduy morning n deaf and dumb attache of the Inslltuto was Introduced to I'rof. Dawes by Mr. Denver , while a Ilee reporter was present , and the new superintendent and ths mute apparently conversed In the deaf and dumb linguago without hesitation. I'rof. Dawcs slates that ho attended the Institute of teachers ot the deaf and dumb hold In con- tiectlon with the convention of the Na- tl'iial Educational association at Milwaukee this summer. This was In session for a llttlo over a week and was attended by the leading educators ot the deaf and dumb ot the United States. He has had no experi ence In teaching the deaf and dumb , Regarding the management of the Deat and Dumb institute. Prof. Dawcs cays there IS nothing regarding the policy of the man agement to be announced at this time. Ho sa > s ho Is busily engaged In securing i corps of competent teachers. Many of the teach ers heretofore employed will ml return. A number of now teachers from outside points will bo selected to fill the places of those who do not return. I'rof. Dawes ex pects to bo able to announce all of his new appointments within a week. Ho regrets that ho has not more time In which to con sider the matter ot appointments , but as the Institute must open on September 15 he must select his assistants as early as possible. Ho believes that his corps ot teachers will bo a strong one. No man or woman can enjoy lite or ac complish much In thla world while suffering from a torpid liver. DeWltt'a Little Early Risers , the pllla that cleanse that orijaa , quickly. SUAIMUR KXCUHSIOXS. Via CIiIfiiK" , Mllivnnki'C A : St. ran ! Hallway. A long list of excursion points to which round trip tickets will he sold at greatly re duced rates. The conditions for summei tourists were never more liberal than those for this season. For lull Information as to routes , ratea , limits selling dates , etc. , ap ply at the city ticket oIHce , 1501 Farnam et. P. A. NASH , General Western Agent. Hontt * Via THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY on Tuesdavs , September 7th and 21st , to points in Arkansas , Kansas , southwest Mis souri. Oklahoma , Texas , Louisiana ; also to certain points In Virginia , Tennessee , Ken tucky , Alabama , Mississippi , etc. For fur ther Information call at city offices , northeast corner 13th and Faruam streets. J. O. PHILLIPPI. A. G. F. & P. A. T. F. GODFREY , P. & T. A. Dillon Pnclllc. Only Line Running TWO TRAINS DAILY to Colorado , Wyoming , Utah and all Western Points. Call at ticket office , 1302 Farnam street. IIS1.H OK I2ST1M.VTI.VG CHOI' VALUE. AvoriiKe I'rlt-t" lit Central .Market Sliniilil lie Taken. % OMAHA , Sept. 0. To the Editor of The Bee : In your Nebraska crop state ment of August 21 you report the total value ot five crops , taking your quantity es timates , as J05SGD,500. These figures arc reached by using the prices outalncd by the pro.luccr at the stations nearest thu place of production. Is this the correct manner In which to ascertain or Indicate value ? If net returns to the producer are what you wish to show , then you should deduct also the cost of hauling from the farms , and other Incidental expenses connected there with , together with other items of cost In curred In the production. Hut evidently It was not your Intention to show the net re sult but the value of the crop as compared with that of other states and of other coun tries , Including the production of gold and silver In othur words , the world's valuo. When the value ot the gold and silver product Is stated , the price at the mint , erIn In the market where price Is made , IR taken. No deduction Is made for the cost of trans portation or production , because both ot these enter Into the computation of valuo. If these deductions were made It would re sult In startling changes In the figures ad vanced. The same Is the case when the value Is given In money terms of the wheat crop of Russia. Austria-Hungary , France or Groit Ilrltalu the world's price Is taken , and the same rule should bo applied In estimating our Nebraska products. Of course there Is always some difficulty In making estimates prices constantly change and the New York price for all cereals Is higher than Chicago but It would seem entirely fair and proper that wo should tnku the Chicago market as the basis , and the average price during the week In which the estimate was made. This being done , and your figures used , the result would be as follows : ' 210OtO.OOO bushels corn at $0.32. . . . ) M , < W.COO AO.OOO.UOO bushels wheat at 0.97. . 29.100,0)0 IS.OOO.UCO bushels of oats at 020. . 7.000,000 U.oro.OO ) bushelii of rye nt 0.60. . 1,000,000 r > , OGOWO tons of hay at 5.W. . 23,10)000 Total $158,100,000 ( liny Is greatly underestimated. ) If to the above bo added the value of the other products of Nebraska , namely , cuttle , hogs , sheep , horses , barley , buckwheat , flax , dairy products , poultry , eggs potatoes , sugar beutu , chicory , hoes , etc , , it will be Been that thu estimate of total value given by mo at the bankers' convention at Detroit , upon authority that I believed reliable , was nt so excessive as your publication subse quently made would cause It to appear. Taking the quantity stated by mo of 350- 000.000 btiHhuls of corn and 40,000.000 bushels of wheat , which were the figures given out early In thu month of August , and the total valuation of the crop as stated by mo at $300,000,000 , will be found substantially sus tained. Yours respectfully , HENRY W. YATKS. Running tore : , Indolent ulcers and similar trouble , even though ot many years' stand ing , may be curvd by using DeWltt'a Witch Hazel Salve , It soothes , strengthens and heals It It ) the great pile cure. llllllllllllIIOllM , lllll , On September 7th and Stb , account National Meeting ot Sons of Veterans , the MISSOURI PACIFIC1 RAILWAY will tell round trip ticket * ut one fa'e. For further Information call at company's offices , northeast earner 13th and Farnam Sts. J. 0 , PHILLIPPI. A , G. F. & P. A. T. F. GODFREY , P. & T. A. I'lllllll 1'lielflf. "Tho Overlund Limited. " Tno most SUPERBLY EQUIPPED train went ot Missouri River. Twelve hours quicker than any other train to Pucltlo Coast. CA ) | at Tlck t Office. ,1302 Fftrnara 6t. OPENING OF SCHOOL YEAR Largely Increased Attendance Eipcotsd in All of the Pnbllo Schools , BUILDINGS WILL PROBABLY BE CROWDED Lieutenant Or if , n Crniltinlp of < lic Uninliii UlKli School , Tnltcn Clint-Ku of < | IL- Military of tin * lluyn. The long vacation that follows the close ot the school year has come to an end and tomorrow morning the thousands ot Omaha children will again begin the work of dig ging knowledge out of their books. Every thing now Indicates that the school attend ance will be greater during the coming year than nt any time In the history of the city. Many strangers have come to Omaha since the close of tbo last school year , and but few have moved away. Last year the total registration In the Omaha public schools aggregated 1C.5SO , with an average dally attendance o'f 13,500 , with about 700 In the private and denominational schools. According to the school census taken last June there wore at that time 30- 104 persona ot school ago In the city ; but of course not all of them were In the schools. Thousands were In the workshops , stores , factories and business houses ot the city supporting themselves , and many helping to support their families. Whllo Ihero wilt bo no new school rooms opened at the beginning of the school year , It Is more than likely that additional school room will be required during the next few weeks. Last year many of tha schools were crowded , and there will certainly be more pupils In attendance this year. At the close of the last school year the enrollment at the High school was 1,000 , and the pupils who passed the grades and will likely enter the High school this year number GOO. In the city there are forty school build ings , aside from the annexes. There are 34t > school rooms , presided over by 330 teachers , In addition to those employed In giving spe cial Instructions. In the High school all of the boys , unless excused , are compelled to take part In the military drills. The teacher lu this work Is Lieutenant Ord of the Twenty-second In fantry , stationed nt Fort Crook , who Is said tn be one of the best military Instructors In the country. He Is a graduate of the Omaha High school , having been n student here years ago. After leaving the Omaha schools ho entered West Point and graduated from that Institution , carrying otf the highest honors ot his class. Lieutenant Ord Is a soldier by birth , his father having beeru an officer of the Depart ment of the Platte some twenty years ago and having served In the army many years prior to that time. Most of the boys ot the Omaha High school wear the cadet uniform , but this Is not com pulsory. However , If they do not they are drilled In the uiiuniformcd class. The unl- froms are made. pf. the cadet dee skin and arc made to order for $13.65 each. COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY. Creighton college will reopen tomorrow , with examinations for matriculation on tht , following Thursday. The faculty for the year Is as follows : Rev. John Pahls , S. J. , president ; Rev. John11. . De Shryver , S. J. , vice president , prefect of studies ; Rev. Charles Coppens , S. J. , professor of logic , metaphysics and ethics ; Rev. William F. KIgge , S. J. , professor of astronomy , mathe matics and natural philosophy ; Rev. Augus tine At. Efflugcr , S. J. , professor of rhetoric ; Rev. John F. Weir. S. J. , protcssor of poetry ; George McGovern , S. J. , professor of chemis try and mathematics ; William P. Whclan. 6. J. , professor of humanities ; Martin Luers- man. S. J. , professor of first academic ; Louis E. Newell , S. J. , professor of second academic ; Joseph P. Lyman , S. J. , professor of third academic. Bellevue college and the University of Omaha begin the school year ono week from tomorrow with the same faculty and corps of Instructors as last year , while the Omaha Theological seminary will put off Us opening day one week. It Is not certain yet when Brownell hall will open , but It Is likely that arrangements will bo completed by which the fall term will begin sometime during tbo latter part of the month. SCri.PTl.'UI3 JIODI5LKIJ IX ( J1IAHA. liu.st ( it 31 r. l.liilliner Millie In Thin City. The art gallery ot George W. Ltnlngor has been enriched by the addition of a liandsomc bust of Mr. Llnlnger , which Is regarded by visitors to the gallery with more than ordi nary Interest. Aside from Its exceptional merit as a specimen of the sculptor's art , the bust possesses the additional distinction of being the first work of the kind that has over been produced In Omaha. Mr. Llnlnger has made three attempts to secure a satis factory bust of himself , one ot the casts being made by a famous sculptor In Italy , But the bust which ho now exhibits Is the only one which ho regarded as a success , and the fact that It was modeled In Omaha gives htm no less satisfaction than the fidel ity with which the sculptor has reproduced his features. The bust Is the work of W. Mettler , who came to Omaha some time ago to model the sculpture for the exposition. The exposition management was scarcely ready at the time for Mr. Mettler to beglfi his work , and lu the meantime , Mr. Llnlnger gave him the contract for the bust , which ho now regards as one of the finest pieces of that class of woIs that ho has ever seen. The bust is now cast In plaster of par's ' , but If the do- slrcd quality of marble can bo secured , Mr. Llnlnger will have It reproduced In the more durable material at once. The bust Is slightly larger than life , and a more perfect reproduction ot Mr , LIulnger's features and expression could scarcely be Im agined , The work Is remarkable for the ac curacy with which the so-wiled character lines of thu face are reproduced , and the likeness Is fully as effective as would be secured In a pe fectly finished photograph. Mi1. .Mettler Is now at work In his studio on u number of sketches for the exposition and an effort will probably bo made to In duce him to remain In the city after his work for the exposition Is concluded. He Is a Swiss by birth and began life as a stone cutter. His natural talents noon developed and a year or two afterward hu went to Florence to study sculpture. Ho continued his studies In Rome and Paris and came to this country half a dozen years ago. Ho modeled the sculpture at the Nashville ex position and It w < is through his connection with that enterprise that he was brought to Omaha. Mr. Llnlnger suggests that probably very few of the visitors who admtro the com pleted work of the sculptor Imagine that tha real artistic work Is done In the gumbo clay which Is found along tha Missouri river. The statue is first modeled In this clay , which Is retouched by the sc\ilptor until ho has obtained the exact effect which ho desires to icproduca In marble. After the clay has hardened It Is cast In piaster of parts and the finished marble Is chiseled from the plaster cast. The latter process is purely mechanical and the real skill of the sculptor is expended In thu clay "sketch , " which Is afterward discarded. sciiooi , uoirsi : DISUASKS. I'ri'riiulloiiiirv In Iiiillaiin , The Indiana State Hoard of Health Is about to put In force measures calculated to protect the health of children In the schools of the state , The prime object Is to prevent the spread of contagious diseases , such as scarlet fever , diphtheria , measles and whooping cough. It Is the opinion of thu board that thu bringing together of a largo number of children In the fall fre quently results In the outbreak uf Infections disease. During summer most school houses are kept tightly closed and uhut up from the free circulation of the air. The consequence Is that they are often damp when opened and the germs of disease left In them when bchool closed have had free opportunity for propagation. In this condition they are un fit for use until thoroughly cleansed and alreJ , Tha children also having had more liberty than usual and not living In fear of the restrictions which surround them during term tlmo often return to school after hav ing contracted som6 disease. In the crowd * Ing and confusion .of ! the first darn It > s Im possible to detect t hb are the well an3 who are the elok , but tti only a few 'Of the latter get In a whole schooL.may be Infected. This Is especially the caaeitf the school IB opined In a damp , uncleanly building. To guard against1 these conditions the Indiana State Uoard-of Health hns ordered that nil the school holmes In that state shall bo renovated and -repaired preparatory to the opening of school ; the floors , desks and woodwork must be thoroughly cleansed with lye -water and soap and desks revarnlnhcd and repainted. The supply of drinking water must'be nlio , Investigated and known to be pure nnd all conveniences , such as closcts , light and heat , seen to be In proper order. The board adds : "A failure to cnmntv with thn ! nrilor will bo followed by the proper legal processes to compel com pliance. ' The example ot Indiana should bo followed everywhere. The summer has been a wet ono and the foundations nnd cel lars of all buildings are saturated with moisture , nulldlnge Ilko school houses which have been closed for several months are especially susceptible to these conditions nnd nro among the most helpful breeders of disease If the prpoper precautions are not taken , It should bo the particular task ot school boards and health boards to see that all school houses have been well aired nnd arc In a healthful , cleanly condition before they are occupied and that every precaution Is taken to prevent the spread of epidemics among the children. iiAi. KDUCATIOX. A I'orffot SyMciit Coiulm-tcil by till' ClMMiiitit Cluvrrnmeut. The activity of the German government In promoting agricultural education , writes. , Wllllam E. Curtis In the Chicago Record , Is greater than that of any other nation , The system Is absolutely perfect. There are schools for the training of the peasants In the simplest forms of agriculture ; there are academies for the education of "boss" farm ers , and the owner or the heir to the es tate If ho Intends to follow agriculture will be sent to a university where he can obtain ns thorough a knowledge of his profession ns Is furnished to engineers or lawyers or doctors of medicine. In all the universities 'there are courses ot agricultural chemistry nnd agricultural econ omy and there are also Institutions at which nothing else Is taught. These schools are attended by. men of high rank and wealth members of the nobility , and a boy Is ns thoroughly educated for a farmer as his breather who attends a school ot medicine or law. The conditions hero are such that It Is absolutely accessary to apply science In order to get a profit out ot the ground. Our country has not yet come to that point , and our farmers have no conception of the thor oughness and care with which the farms of Germany are managed. The agricultural schools ot the United Stales are much less thorough and scientific , and the .same maybe bo said of the experiment stations under the care of our Agricultural department. Prof. Attwatcr , the food expert of the Agricultural department at Washington , Is now In Germany making an Investigation Into the management of these Institutions , find the processes In whh ! the Germans have made greater progress than other na tions. He will visit France , Italy and Rus sia on the same errand. The Russians have made very rapid progress In agricultural science and economy of l to 'years , and al though we look upon that nation an primi tive nnd Its methods ao ciruGersomo we have a great deal more to learn from the Rus- slsn poopla , as well as from the Germans , than the average American will allow. The people over here have a much moro thor ough understanding of their business ihan ours. They haven't the vim , the enterprise , the Ingenuity or the power of adaptation that Americans have , but their processes are much more thorough nnd scientific than ours , they produce much bet'tcr results with the same amount of Innd end the same amount of labor. ullonnloics. . About'fifteen of .the .young.women ; ot the class of r'97 , Omaha High school , expect to enter tha Normal school at Peru. The appointment of Elsa Escbolssohn to the professorship of civil law at the Uni versity of Upsala recalls the tact that she Is the second woman professor ot university rank In Sweden. Sonya Kovalevsky was ap pointed professor of mathematics In the Uni versity of Stockholm In 18R4. She died sev eral years ago , 41 years old. Twenty years ago , when Lnscll seminary , Auburndale , Mass. , arranged Its room for the teaching of cooking , It was the first and had no precedent to guide it , and It was very well done , according to thu science of that day , but although It has been fairly apace with the times , with its Aladdin oven , eiectrlc cooking dishes , etc. , yet In general It has become behind the day , and Is Immediately to he rearranged and refur nished throughout under the direction of Miss Anna Barrows , teacher of cooking at Lisoll and editor of the American Cooking Magazine. The report of the superintendent ot public schools of Chicago for the year ending June 30 , 1S97 , covers not only the school year but also the growth of the public school system of the city for the last sixty years , In 1837 , when Chicago was incorporated , there were only 400 school children In the city. The enrollment last year was 220,718. In 1837 Chicago's first 400 children were un der the charge and birches of only five teachers , eighty pupils to a teacher ; In 18U7 there were 4,914 men and women teaching the young Chicago idea how to shoot , or one to forty-five. In 1837 the annual expendi ture for Chicago's 400 school children was only $3,22C , or ? S aplecb ; In 1897 It was $0,011,492 , or almost 530 per enrolled young Idea , or $37 per Idea In dally attendance. Chniiilicrliilii'H Collr , C'liolcTa mill DliiiTlmen Itoincily II lIOIINflldlll fMKlf V. Dr. JI. I. Terry of Tilmblc , Tcnn. , In speak ing of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy , says : "Itiaa \ almost be come a necessity In this vicinity. " This is the bast remedy In the world for colic , cholera morbus , dysentery and diarrhoea , and Is recognized ns a necct-filty wherever Its great worth and merit become known. No other remedy te BO prompt nnd effectual , erse so pleasant to take. Cut Tills Out : Round trip tickets will be on sale , by the MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY , to the fol lowing polntfl at greatly reduced rates : Homo Seekera' Euxurslons , Sept. 7th and 21:1. I Indianapolis , Iiid. , Sept. 7th and SIM. St. Louis. Mo. , TUCKilays and Fridays In September and October. Atchlson , Kan. . September 22d and ? 3d. Kansas City , Mo. , October 3d to th , In clusive. Fnr further Information call at city offices , northeast corner 13th and Farnam , or depot , IStli and Wfbster 'streets. J. O. PHILLIPPI , A. G. P. & P. A. T. F. GODFREY , P. & T. A. lloiueNcfUiTu' Kxrurxloii via liurlliitf- loiinrtoiitr , September 7th Lho Ilurllngton will sell round trip tickets < ut one faro , plus $2 , to points In Nebraska ? Kansas , Wyoming , Colorado rado , Utah , Arkansas , Indian Territory , Okla homa and Texas , nnd to certain points in Louisiana. Missouri land New Mexico , Full Information regarding limits , stopovers , etc. , at ticket olllce , 1C02I Farnam St. , or by ad dressing J. Franols , Gen'l Pass'r Agent , Omaha , Neb , 'rilK IIMON I'-VCIl'MC. Tin- Only ninliijv Cur Itiiule. OMAHA TO PACIFIC COAST. THE UNION PACIFHU. U IB the only direct line to San Franclfico , and makes 12 HOURS QUICKER TIME to Sail Francisco than any other line. Call at cty ticket office , .1302 Farnam tit. Tiiii : M\V I.IM : oi i\ , Oinnliii , KIIIIMIIM ( 'lly .t HiiMlcrn llnll- rmul Oiiuiliii V HI. I , IIH Itnllriiiiil. The QUINCY ROUTE with through tralnn to Trenton , Klrksvllle and Quincy. Counce- tlon.3 vail and southeast. For ratet ! ( line tables and all Information , call at QUINCY ROUTE office , 15 Farnam Btreet ( Paxton Hotel Ulock ) . or write , GBO. N. CLAYTON. Agent. mi ; i > . JOHNSONiBiac. . September 5 , U97. aged 7S years. Father of Albert L. and William 10 Johnson and Mrs. A. Traynor ami Airji. Carl Ucnsoii. Funtnil from residence , 2015 Hurt street , Tuesday , September 7. lb)7 , at t o'clock p. in. Interment Forest Lawn , GORDON'S ' TENURE OF OFFICE Police Judge Thinks Ho Will Hold Until His Snocossor is Elected , BUT THERE IS NO LAW FOR AN ELECTION Clly Aitnrnry Ciinni-ll Snyn tlio Trriu IrrM Next ' , > lnminrj' mill tlmt the Mnynr Kill * the Vnounoy. j On the 1st of next January there Is likely to be a very warm contest over the police judgesblp between the present Incumbent , Judge Gordon , and the mayor , the city coun cil and the city attorney. For while all par- tics agree that under a recent decision of the supreme court no election for Judge Gor don's successor can bo held this fall , Judge Gordon and City Attorney Connell differ ma- torlally as to the procedure that ought to follow this condition of affairs. The former thinks bo. ought to bold over , while the others think not. The matter Is receiving some Attention In vlow of the approach of the fall campaign and election. Despite the fact that the now charter reduces the police Judge's salary ma terially , there nro nevertheless n number of lawyers who would not mind occupying the position and they hnvo been laying wires with that end In vlow. All this Is labor lost , however , as City Attorney Connell will advise Mayor Moores not to Include the po lice judgcshlp among the offices to be filled at the coming election In his election proclamation. According to the constitution the term ot the police Judge In metropolitan cities Is two years. Judge Gordon's term of office will therefore expire on January 1. Under the old city charter his successor would have been elected this fall. The new city char ter , however , says that the police Judge , like all other city ofllccrs , shall be elected In the spring and shall hold office for three years. There Is consequently n conflict between the constitution and the charter , ono providing for a term of two years and the other for a term of three years. This point came up when the constitution ality of the city charter was tested In the supreme court shortly after the election of last spring. The supreme court decided that the provision In the new charter regulating the election of police judge and defining his term of office was Illegal because It con flicted with the constitution. As a consequence quence there was no election of a police Judge last spring and Judge Gordon held over. NO WAY TO ELECT. The result Is Hint there Is now no pro vision In the state or city laws for the elec tion of a pollco Judge. Tlio constitution de fines the length of the term of the office , but says nothing about how It shall bo filled. The city charter section providing for an election In the spring Is void. Consequently City Attorney Connell holds that the office cannot bo Included in the number to be filled at the coming election. The only way that Judge Gordon's successor could be elected this fall Is through a special election and the city attorney holds that there Is no legal manner In which such an election could ho ordered. lu view of this condition of affairs Judge Gordon thinks that there Is a long tenure of office in store for him. Ho takes the stand that ho will bo police Judge until his successor ser Is elected nnd qualified. No provision regulating the election of a police judge can bo Incorporated In the city charter except by the state legislature , and that will not meet until January , 1899. Judge Gordon maintains that he will hold over until such a provision Is passed. It Is not considered probable that a special election will be ordered In his case , no matter what the pro vision passed la. Judge Gordon therefore holds that If the office comes In the number to bo filled In the fall elections of 1899 he will bold until January 1 , 1900 ; and If the office Is Included In those to be voted for In the spring elections be will hold over until the middle ot 1900 , the next city elections coming In the spring of that year. In the first case ho will have held his office four yearn and In the latter four years and a half. City Attorney Connell has an opinion , how ever , that knocks out the position of Judge Gordon. He maintains that Gordon's term of office will expire on January 1 next , ac cording to the constitution. Ills successor cannot be elected this fall , but neverthe less the office will be vacant. Since this la so , and no one has been elected to the po sition. It should be filled by appointment by the mavor and city council. This will bo the opinion that the city at torney will give the mayor and the city council. The result will undoubtedly be a fight. Judge Gordon Is not likely to leave his office quietly , and there Is no likelihood at the present llmo that the council will appoint him to the position , Inasmuch as members of that body are complaining that ho does not enforce the city ordinances rig idly enough to suit them. City Attorney Connell also says that the appointee to the position will have to be ono of the justices of the peace In the city. There will therefore bo a scramble among ihcse officers to get the place. Venom InlinliMl wllli I ho Air , And Imbibed with the water of a malarious locality , bcs still a certain antidote. Ex perience sanctions confidence In Hosteller's Stomach Ulttera aa a prevcntntlvo of this scourge. All over this continent and In the tropics It has proved Itself a certain means of defense , and an cradlcant of Intermittent and remittent fevers. Nor Is It los effective for kidney troubles , constipation , rheuma tism and nervousness. The Union Is running Pullman Palace Sleeping Car dally , Omaha to Colorado Springs , Colo. , leav ing Omaha on fast mall 4:05 : p. m. , arriving Colorado Springs next morning 11:10. : For reservations and full Information call at City Ticket office. 1302 Farnam St , I'l'liMC I.IIIIIAIIYOTKS. . The library Is closed Labor day , as on all legal holidays. Miss Ilortha liaumcr began service na at tendant September 1. The Omaha Public Library Bulletin for September Is out and Is being distributed to llbiary patrons. * The September Bulletin , besides lists of now books , contains an Interesting and timely list of works In the library relating to Alaska and the Klondike gold fields. The book committee lost Friday passed on a list of the books for fall reading and made provision for replacing such of thu books burned In the Rees lira as aru In active demand. The famous do-ath mask ot Napoleon , ono ot the five In existence , Is now an exhibition In the Byron Reed room. Thin mask Is from the cast made by Dr. Antominarchl at St. Helena , and through the great kindness of the owner , Hon. J , M. Woolworth , has been loaned to the library for a time. An Invitation Is extended to visitors to the state fulr to Inspect the public library while In the city. The library proper , the refer ence room , the reading room where may be found upward of 100 newspapers and period icals , the Ilyron Reed collection of coins , medals and manuscripts all will be found of Interest , Librarian narrows announces that tlio Omaha public library Is kept catalogued , up to date , so far as all general publications are concerned , In the card catalogue , on printed cards. For explanations in regard to the other cataloguing helps , IK , Indeed , for assistance in regard to any book , article , or subject , readers aru requested to consult the attendants for all needed Information. Statistics of the Omaha Public library for August , I8i7 ! : Home circulation , women , 7,925 ; men , G.2I9 ; total , 14.174. Juvenile de partment , boys , 2.256 ; girls , L&97 ; total , 4.1S3. Rciadlng room , women , 701 ; men. 2,300 ; total , 3,007. Hooks , 332 ; magazines. 500. Byron Reed room , visitors , 504. Reference roum. visitors , 1,210 ; books , 18 ; reference books , 1,500 ; total , 2.318. Hook borrower's tanls. now registrations , 123 ; ro-reglstrailoim. CO. total , 192. Hooks acccusloned. 74- If you have ever xcen a llttlo child in a paroxysm of whooping cough , or It you havu been annoyed by a constant tickling In the throat , you can appreciate tbo value of Onu Mlouto Cough Cure , wblcU glvea quick relief , lice Sept. 0 1S97. , . , . About School Suits We ought to sell all of the school suits that will be sold in Omaha this fall. But we won't. Some people arc too proud to patronize "The Nebraska" and some are such poor judges of value that they would pay $1.37 for a suit that is all shoddy rather than to pay $1.50 for the same pattern in all wool. These people's trade we won't get. We will get the trade of people who like to make sure of wh xt they arc buying. Who are good judges. Who don't want job lots , Who are not too proud to save money when they can , We are better prepared than ever to serve such people and we will sell them school suits cheaper than ever before. Nearly the wlio'tj ' of our second floor is now devoted to boys * clothing and our stock is twice as lar e and twice as attrac ive as it has ever been before , In our corner window today you can see samples of some of our of ferings. They will give you an idea of what we are doing. Notice the knee pant suits at $ i 50. And the long pant suits at $3.50 , They are for sa'e ' as well as for show , ' BOON TO WOMEN. Turkish , Tansv and Pcniivroyal Pills most oll'octti il FKMALIS pills will KliLfHVK SL'PPKKSSHD , EXCliSSIVK. SCANTY OR PAINFUL .MENSTRUATION Will briiiK menstruation sure lo tlic day. Sent by mai securely packed , $1.00 a box. HAHW'S PHARMACY , 18th uiid FtinmmStsi. Omnlm Nob. _ E\/ERYGE _ INI y i N EJyyi NSJAV Pat. Nov , ii , i&jo , June 3 , iSqi. Trade Mark registered Jan. a , 1853. MOSTPat. ll.ido III Col Inn or Silk raslngj anil CuVoAHirENTS MOST FLEXIBLE " CANNOT I BEAUTifnii Beware of ( rorUilcu "imitations. UU3T For Sale by iioyro.v yrouu , O.MAII.X. SCHOOLS. OLDEST , LARGEST AND BEST Wentworth APPOINTED IN Central West. Military Academy , , MuJ.SANDFORDSCLLERS.Supt. l.K.MMJ'IO.N. MO. HARDIN LADIES' COLLEGE & GERMAN CONSERVATORY ' "V 23th your. Unprecedented prosperity. 21 Professors from B Uul- ' | | ' | vcrsUScs anil 5 ISuroprim Coiincrvntdric * . A 81,000 1'lnno tot llislc pupil. Gentian Ctiiiflcrintury nf ItliiHlu. Xuver ilin , Dlrrctnr. Lnrecst. Cheapest liest. Address A. 1C. YAKCEV , II A Street , Mvilco , Mo. 02I.4IU CONSERVATORY OF p. , c Violin , Organ , Harp , Mandolin , Guitar , Flute , Clarinet , Hassoon. Cornet , Harmony aud Composition , Elocution , Shakespeare , Drama tic Art , Dolsarto ami Physical Culture. Ad- ilrcss. H. M. .H1XKS , IIOYD'S THU.VTUIt , OMAHA , XBJI. I10I1KMIA.V Tm.MCItS CKMJHII ATE. Ioval Sex-lion OliMorves UN 1'tvcnIrtli ( A nil ! viTKiiry. The local section of the Tel Jeil Sokol , Io- ) hunilan Turner society , celebrated theUvcn - tic-tli anniversary of Its ' existence ) at Itroch's hall on South Thirteenth street yesterday afternoon. Great preparations have been under way for KOIIIO tlmo past to celebrate the event In a llttlng manner and tlio com mittee having charge , headeil by Joseph Mil : , did Its work In excellent shape. Un der the direction of Mr. Mik the largo hall was decorated from end tn end with Amer ican and Bohemian flags and banners of the order. Varl-colored bunting was twined about the balustrades of the nailery and festoons teens of the same were suspended from the celling. In order to add to the Kila effect , quantities of green boughs and iloworn were also placed In every available corner. The program was opened uhortly after 3 o'clock by the Seventh Ward band , Georfiu Green , leader , with a fatherland march en titled , "Zdar Sokolnra. " Following this a festival chorus by the Bohemian Singing society , fifty strong , In short verses o > f native airs , was rendered. The oration of the day was given by John Roslcky. The speaker spoke of the origin of the famous socloty and then briefly sketched Us career In Bohemia , and also the great strides In membership made by it , both In this country and others. The local section was touched upon , Its birth and Itu rapid advancement and its future being out lined. The original Transmlsslsslppl March , by C. H. J. Schabcr , was given by the Har monic Xlther club , and a ( selection from the "Bartered Brldo" was given by tlio Women's chorus. Numerous select Ions by the Seventh Ward band were pleasantly In terspersed , together with numbcra by the Harmcnlc Zither club. A piano solo by Miss Olga Hayek , entitled "The Two I.arks , " won an encore , and the calisthenics by tlio women's class were also a pleasing feature of the entertainment , "Lvl Sllon" WBB ren dered by the Turners , and then followed the event of the day. This consisted of the exhibition of turning by tlio entire member ship of thu society. Thu horizontal barn , wooden horso. high and long distance Jump ing and other features were Introduced. The evening exercises consisted of a grand ball , In which over 300 members and friends participated. The committee having charge of the affair consisted of Joseph Mlk , K.V. . Bartos and V. V. Ulaha. TO CIMB A COLD IN ONK DAY Take Laxative Hromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money If it ( alls to cure. 2Gc. Will Hi-open HiiNliii-MH ill Dnee. J * . O. Doup , proprietor of the mmtrois factory at Thirteenth and Nicholas Htreela which liurncd Saturday night , returned yesterday from Iowa , nnd In an Interview Bald : "While the nro resulted In an almost total lotH to my plant , It IH ncaily fully covered by Insurance and 1 Hliall nturl anew as soon as I can llnil another locution. I will be able to till all orders whMi wcie on hand at the time of the lire nnd will then also bo ready for now business. " In this cunntctlon City i-iectncian Bi'hurlg tiike exception to tlio report tlmt the dm In the ma'tresH factory was ' -tiuwd by the electric wires. He savx the cm rent was uliiit off at 5 o'clock , and hn IH punitive Unit the lire could not have bfiui marled In the miuuitr ututed. B PERFECT AH ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY , Usd by pcoplo of refinement for over u quarter of a century. SCMODI.S. ForVOUNGR WOMEN p IllBhRiailo CK9sIcntf > cho6l. _ rary , . . ! c . , Art jin > o . Coitlflciuoailniitdo Welleily , BmUli , . , . ) . t . . Hoijone , Oiirnrpuiiilcni'O rnlldloj. For r.1' . nUI.L UIA.S.I-rlc.Jifl ) onilIlolll. DOG MEDICINE. SPRATTO PATENT We sell all kinds Dog Medicines-- Mango Ctiro fjQ.o Distemper Cure COc Soap for Killing Kleas 20e Sherman & Ffic onncilDrugGo ir.ia nonci : STUUIOT. - - - OMAHA. .i' : oi < * in.ociv. The Creighton TOII1Y TOMHIIT tiiiio. HI in. Till'voomvAiti > riuATi < : it co. SEA OP ICE. All thla wool : Den 11 & Jose WeJnculiiy-TWO OHI'UANH. 'e ' Yhaitnp I'lixtnu K ISitrg S lllctftQii MnliaiiorH. TODAY , Jiit | TOVKillT , H | B _ Dun. A. Stuail'H U-IKCI/IIC plclurra of the Gorbeft-FiizsimmonsContest Uiijierlully niiructlvi- the Indlea. Prices , Ke. We. 7c ! : 11.00. WSJ..3iBaiaW8 ! S aj i5Sl8. SleSl-rfffli lMiit CANVAS. Farnam Street Near IStli I'ltOK. ( n < : .VTItY'S fAMOUS Dog and Pony Show Six iilKhlH , to lii-iilii Monilay , Sciitrinher IIIlii .Mil II ne en , Tiii-Nilnj , Tliiu-Hilny unit Sat. ill -litd p , in. AdverllBfd iiiul iiprcMcntt'il in pvvry drlnll. ccjiulLicleil unit munnKi-d tn It thoroUKlily llrnt clum manner anil rut > r&nUfU and cmtnrtrd by | | IH very bfut pcoplo rvrrywhrrc. nml now In Its U-ntli yeur nt ciintlnurd kuierim. AiliiilNKliiui ( 'lillilreu , 1Ou | AllllllH , . ( ! ( . Illhdnil llou < jl < t Street , OvIUV. < J M'UAM.V I. ) OAT.0. Aincilcnu plan , W.&ti | i < \ day up. Kuiopeuu p an. 11.00 per dny up , J. K. MAUICKI , A 30V , I'roK , BAUKEE& HOTEL. TIIIHTIili.Vril AM ) .IO.MJ.S STHEIS'IS. 149 ruomn. tutlin , ttcJni heat und all modern convenience. Ituttu , 11M onO K.OO prr dity Tvtlo unexcvlU'l. bpeciul low rati > > to rtsula * boardrru. UICU. UVlITIt ,