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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1898)
1 ! A . _ _ T1Ir OMAhIA D lTLY BEE : SAIt T RD-1.1' , .fit ( tI T sr l8 , 189S. a Sensation . ' l .v t a ' 3 y ye We've too many Suits on hand---far too many---That's the truth of it---2,000 more than wo = r , . , r f ought to have. And we propose to bet yid of them quicker than ever such a lot was disposed i , ( ' " of before. 1f we wanted to hold them we could get twice and three times the price were going , . to sell them for Saturday because a great many are fall and whiter weight garments. But ; r we're to 've to lightning'---and be sure they a . ' 4 not going wait---theY got go quick---like you may will , for such great values were never before coupled to such little prices. The entire 2,000 k ' Suitsgoin 3 lots ' : e f f f f , , f , E ; rM w . ' 4 R . 16 Ili o g Ia / r 1 i 6 al's STORE J. 1 , BiOOdEIS o0d SODS a - r PiOps , 1 / .q'0 I Lot 2 _ Lot 3 ; , x Your Choice This lot means ollr of a Lot of choke of all the 9 0 , r 00 Suns j t 9 515 , SIB , $20 , S22 ! Guaranteed free from cotton or 1S aV $25 $ MEN'S ' SUITS shoddy , made by one of the . in the house , in. Clothing manufacturers in Chlea SUITS k . chiding ! 3111 , - and satin haled go-excellent selection-Sum- ; .F t-I In the best styles shots this season- - Suits of ' alld mer Suits - and some heavy d . .ye neat mixtures-fashionable checks- ever } description enough int fail treat- ' " 'ty s. aybar , , c broken plaids-in light , medium and t Prince Albert Suits ' imported 1 ; ntw' + t dark colors made up in first-class ' Positively $7 and i + f style-good trimmings-good linings- - woolens and imported 1 wore- Suits that fit and hold their shape- tells and elegantly Illale iln $8.60 Suits- Posltl el fle ular SIO Suits , lottedcas9imeresandche\ ! ; o to this sale at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , > , .n , a = r : : - on sale at y . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ -your 1 choice . . . . . . . . . . \ . . , Men's ' $10 Bicycle Suits S1,50 , Your Choice ItZ5 CRASH PANTS Z 5C BOYS' D9S Your Ch0iC2 of any of our Your choice of any of our . 1 SUITS , 5135 Boys' ' $250 $ Suits . . . . . . . . . . 85c Boys' ' $1.50 $ Suits .S2,50 $12 $ Boys' ' long Pa11S Suits $5.00 ' Four choice of nice a r : j eu > s j eg > s thousand boys all wool Your choice of all the boys choice of all the finest Your choice of an Si ff , Knee Pants Suits , in all wool Knee Pants Suits , ' 10 bo rS' Knee Pants Suits in the boys' and young mnn'e Gong p Q , 50 Crash 5 Crash I doubh breasted style. , different StlQ5 t0 choose from hruse , made in the newest and nobbiest Pants years , Suits Including , ages clay 14 to and 19 $5 $ , p f reefer suits vestco suits _ all good fall null st 5 'les-a great many' of these are fancy worsteds , Ill ! Shoot MlSI . Men's ' Bicycle Suits Ii I PANTS C t -in sizes 25 elaba ately trammed metes and Scotch chorlors , gort from 3 to 15 mediulu weights , and embroidered sizes ade in the best . all sizes. lengths G your choice of any boys' worth up to IQ go at n . up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and waists. . . , . . . . 1I Y , , years , @ sizes 3 to 14 years' 3 to to years-your SiOD Long Pants Suit S2 style . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . , . . . , . l 1 at. C o at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ichoice at for. g 6i1 t cent lien's Aien's I , four choice n4 till elegant I SILK 35 cent 75 cent f1e11 _ S Al1. s someofthefinest ' lot of ' - taco's 7a cent , * . 1 NECKIVEAR , Balbrig an - u Fancy 9 Summer I MEN'S - Colored 6 Colored a 5 These are line silk Underwear Colored Laundered Laundered C Negligee ' WORKING hand for Indies bow's-suitable and Bicn- all sizes shirts r Under- a Shirts Shirts , Shirts , I SHIRTS- latest sty It- or drawers , Near , in our house , worth up to 50c C OJ11XG Or TILE CIILDREN [ Cohorts of the Rising Generation Invade the Precincts of the Exposition , GREAT OUTPOURING OF YOUNG AMERICA Thlrtecr Conch Lonlfe of .teenrlcd Stare and Seas , Pour 11 a Solid 1'hninux : 'rhrnngh the l'ortll Gnte. The first children's excursion to the Trans , mississtppl Exposition , conducted on an cx tensive scale , was brought in yesterday by a double-headed train of thirteen cars over the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri \'al- ley railroad. There were somewhat over 900 tickets taken up en the excursion train. There were 750 children and 150 accompany. Ing adults , and each chaperon had a merry time in handling the five children assigned. The train pulled into the Elkhorn's exposition - sition terminal station near the Twentieth street boulevard , north of Ames avenue , at 11:35 : o'clock , Manager Babrnck of the De. partmeut of Transportation , Mrs. Frances E. Ford , Mrs. N. P. Fell , Mrs. E. D. Towle of South Omaha and Mrs. Sawyer were at the station to receive the youthful visitors , and assisted in geltlug the little folks started toward the exposition grounds in good shape. The train was a long one , and he- fore the two locomotives drawing 1t bad come to n standstill several hundred heads were sticking out the windows of the thtr teen cars , and there was one simultaneous yell of delight went up from the 750 small , but powerful throats. As soon as the train had slopped Super , Intendent II. C. Mahanna of the Elkhorn road jumped off the train and told the children they could get off and form In the proper rank and tile. They tumbled oft at the rate of about a half a dozen a second , and the alacrity with which they appeared on the ground made It playa that they had been ready to leave the trabt''as soon as the exposition grounds hove to sight. On the platform the children were marshaled by the school teachers , mothers , elder sisters and aunts , who acted as chaperons. Into battalions , I companies and squads. Here was a Sunday school class front one town , and there was a lot of puptls from the school room that is closed on Sundays. Yonder was a collection of little ones who lived near together , all tinder the patronage of one mamma. The school ohildren from Scribner were headed 1 by a big tar , the biggest 1n the school , wbo rar.ded the nags of the United States and , Cuba and appeared satisfied with his Job , ) lode n I'retly facture , \Vithin five minutes after the train had stopped the youngsters had formed into line and talten up the march down the Boulevard toward the exposition grounds. They presented as prettya picture as baa been seen in the vicinity of the exposition this year , and a lot prettier than some of the imported pictures along the Midway. The school girls seemed to outnumber the boys in about the same pro. Portion as the women always exceed the rnca in number at the church prayer meet. logs. The ages varied from 6 and S years up to the age where girls stop telling how old they are. The oldest boys looked ne though they bad pasaed IS and 19 pleasant seasons. Tha bulk of the visitors were bey tweea 1 ° and 16 yeare old. They were all neatly dressed. light gowns of white , of pink and of other summer shades predoml eating. A great many of the ohtldren ear , , tell a little hag or basket of lunch , and o rationally the bag boy of the sbool roam was fo'ed : lugge .g along a hg hasket that conulned pretlsans enough to keep the pupils of his grade from getting hungry during the day. Along the line of march to the exposl tion's north entrance several of the expo' sitlon guards were stationed , and as the children went by the guards sang out : "The train leaves tonight at S:30 : o'clock sharp. Lost children will be found at the guard house. " That made the girls of 16 real mad. Who would ever think that they would get lost. The very idea made them highly indignant , and they quickened their steps a bit. The crossings of the street car tracks and of the Missouri Pacific railroad tracks were carefully guarded. and Manager Babcock wass here , there and everywhere , seeing that the children were well looked after and kept out of danger's way. Gctting Through the tlntee. In front of the exposition gates the squads' ' were lined up while the chaperon went over to the ticket window and bought enough tickets for the American youth under her particular care. She was not afraid to leave them alone , as each child was promptly tagged and could be readily identified as a part and parcel of the children's excursion. The tickets purchased and distributed , the children were fairly hustled through the f gates. A half dozen guards helped to handle - dle them , and Andrew Jackson Webb acted as a stetrleg committee of one to keep one gate from being overworked. The children were put through in about fifteen minutes , and this time could have been cut in half had the two Idle windows intended I tor the sale of tickets been occupied. But well as it was the big excursion was very I handled clear into the exposition grounds. "On the Midway they had never strayed , " but the 750 soon made up for this great I lack in their early years , and promptly took in everything on both sides of the Midway. As the crowd was running along enjoying the sights and scenes the Department of Transportation surrendered the care of the children for the day , to be resumed on the return trip in the evening. lt'henee They Come. The train started at an early hour from Norfolk and made stops all the way down Ellborn : road as far as Nickerson , which is forty-seven miles out of Omaha. No stops were made this side of the latter station , the entire thirteen cars being loaded at these stations ; Norfolk , Stanton , Niger , Wisner , Beefier , West Point , ' Crowell , Scribner , Iiooper and Nickerson. Some of the little folks were up with the break of day- , and those laving at Norfolk will be up late tonight , but every possible provision has been made for their care. The coaches are good ones , with big seals , and If the oxcursiootsts , tired out with their day's tramp , want to put their feet up on the seats and sleep , while their chaperon watches out for home , the eon- I duetor won't offer any objections. The ( Elkhorn railroad made the children a rate of a half-cent per mile , and the exposition management admitted them to the grounds at the rate of 15 cents a hepd , so that the dare expense Is not great for any of them. The excursion 1s an experiment that is being watched with interest by the other railroads. Its success mean that It will be largely imitated by other lines. Chit. dren's excursions from Beatrice , David City I and Fremont are now being planned. The idea was originated with Manager Babcock , 1 who at first had some difficulty in getting Ithe railroads to take up with the propo sitlon , but who will probably- have as easier time In arranging children's excursions after Ibis , i'ayntaNers 6alog to ) Ianlla , WASIilNGTON , Aug. 1-The war department - partment has decided to send more pay , mastera to Manila. They will take $1.000.fOO i w : + h them to pay the troops in the 1'hd'p- ' pines. A million dollars will also be sent to pay the troops at Porto Rlro but the paymasters at Santiago will be sent over to Porto Rice to disburse the money , RED IA1 OPPOSES TILE DEAL Seeking to Prevent the Purchase of New School Building Sites , SAYS THE BOARD ACTS WITHOUT POWER I Action Brought to Set Aside the Deeds for the Cnes surd Pacitic l'lols on 1 the Ground ( lint Statutory l'rocl.lon Was Ignored. Joseph Redman has tiled a petition with the clerk of the district court 1n a suit to have the two recent purchases by the Board of Education-the one for the Pacific school site and the other to enlarge the Cass school site-set aside on the ground that the aggregate purchase price for the two pieces of property exceeds the limitation of the proviso of section :1 of the act of April 7 , 1591 , relating to public schools in metropolitan - politan cities. The consideration for the latter , which consisted of lot 5 , on the northeast corner of Cass and Fifteenth streets , and the east twenty-two feet of lot 7 , block 25 , both adjoining - joining the school property , was $19,000 , and that for the three lots on Pacific street , one fronting on Twelfth , being lots 5 , 6 and 7 , block :30 , of the original city site , was $1,500. This , according to the allegation of Mr. Redman , would make an oggregate of $31,500 , an excess of $6,500 $ over the $ :5- 000 limit of the proviso. Mr. Redman also asserts that the agent , Alonzo P. Tukey , through whom the purchases , were made , was paid by the board $5,000 more on each purchase than the grantors received. lie is therefore male a co-defendant with the school district , the Board of Education , and also Virginia Durinn , James L. Durlen awl Mildred E. Tres , the grantors of the second purchase. Redman asks for a decree vacating the deeds and compelling Tukcy to repay the board tlic moneys it has paid out. lie f quotes the section on which he bases his suit. The proviso reads that any purchase 1 of property by the school board in excess of $25,000 must be submitted to popular cote , Slnbaugll Endorsee .505th. Inng. Judge Slabaugh of the district court refused - fused yesterday to mandamus Justice of the Peace Eben K. Long , as Attorneys Van Etten and IHch wanted. They had claimed in their prayer for a writ that Justice Long had arbitrarily refused to approve a bond given by their client , Mrs. Mary B. Coder , I the defendant , in a successful suit for rent by the Portsmouth Savings bank , which had involved the tenancyof the first and second Moors at ZSOI Sherman avenue. Mrs. Coder I had taken an appeal from Justice Long's decision. Her attorneys sought to have the justice compelled to approve her undertak lag. lag.The The justice himself was examined before Judge Slabaugh to ascertain If he had i abused his power in the exercise of his dis- cretion. Ills statement was satisfactory to the court , befog to the effect that he did not deem the sureties sufficient. Attorney Strickler brought out that one of the sureties - ties , Nels Larsen , who had sworn to owning - ing * 6.000 worth of property in Douglas county , did not own any property in tills county. Larsen. alter be had signed the bond , said his $6,090 $ worth of real estate was in Wheeler cojtnty. Previous to him two other surWlee had been rejected , They wore Emil Lauretsol and John H. Johnson , the former justifying In $ : 090 and claiming to own four lots Ia Graudview addition , and the latter repre- sealing that he was worth $2 $ oo in the shape of n + entyfive acres east of Cut 0i lake in East Omaha In his investigation the justice had had Attorney Strickler Icok up the properties. Strickler found that three of the lour lots In Grandview addition claimed by Lauretson were beneath the surface of the Missouri river and the fourth nearly submerged. They were situated about where Pine street would run if the water was not so deep , and had not been listed for taxation for many years. Consequently Justice Long did not consider the Lauretson tllle worth much. The Johnson twenty-dye acres dwindled to five in the old ricer bed , just west of the present channel , and for some years it had been listed in Iowa. This also the justice deemed valueless , owing to the rather irresponsible - sponsible character of the river with its reckless tendency to confuse titles , change real estate into property of doubtful riparian nature and alter state boundaries. Under the circumstances Judge Slabaugh held that Justice Long had properly exercised - cised his ministerial function as to the op. proval or rejection of the bond. Iteotrniie no t'rgenl Creditor. An order enjoining Judge Baxter from taking action in the Green against Morse forcible detainer suit has been made by Judge Scott of the district court. Some time ago \V. H. Green foreclosed a mortgage on the home of Mrs. S. I' . Morse , I the sale being conllrmed by Judge Scott. She took an appeal to the supreme court , which alhrmed Judge Scott's action and issued - sued a mandate to the district court to cause an execution to issue. The mandate was directed to the court as a court , and Judge Scott considered that it could not be acted upon by a judge in chambers , but could only he carried out when the district court met for the October term. Green's attorneys - neys , however , becoming impatient , went before Judge Baxter with a forcible detalner f suit , j Judge Scott bases his restraining order on the principlcr that Green has already- been granted a remedy by the supreme court , rhich is only waiting for execution on the convening o1 the district court , and that the judgment of the supreme court cannot be ignored by the plaintiff resorting to another - other means of redress. TRAIN CRASHES INTO A WRECK vlld t'a.ernger ' ! 'ruin ) token laud- ilug lt'ond of lleruiled I'relahl Cnrn , MILWAUKEE , Aug. 1-A bad freight and passenger collision occurred today justt outside the city limits , near Bayview , on the Chicago & Northwestern railway. Two long freight trains were switching in the yard when they collided at the rear ends ! at a curve , throwing several cars across the track. Just after the freight wreck a wild passenger train from \Vaulesha ; , on the Madison division , came around the curve at i a high rate of speed and Engineer Palmer of the passenger train , seeing It would be impossible to stop his train in time to avoid the wreck , called to his fireman to jump , at the same time reversing the lever of the I locomotive. The passenger train , with four' teen coaches , rushed into the freight wreck , smashing several care loaded with grain , which were scattered in all directions. The passenger engine was badly demolished and i several of the empty coaches were coneld orahl' damaged. No lives were lost , but the destruction to propealy will probably ex- I coed $ 't'0. . { .reeking crew is now at work clearing away the wreckage and restoring - storing the rails which were torn up. ] tuni y II nil Doutora Innugh : , WASHINGTON , Aug. 12-The following dispatch , dated Santiago , August u , was received - ceived this afternoon by Surgeon General Sternberg STERNBERG , R'ashington--Breakwater arrived yesterday. Received $1OtO from i'aymaster ( 'oipr. had previously received $5u6 from Surgcon Appc11 Nn more money needed row lmmur.e s.ldiers and female nursea to be sent probably wilt be enough , No more doctors wanted , HARVARD , STOPS ALL STREET REPAIRS Board of Public Wofks Shuts Down on Operations for the Time , NO FUNDS TO CARRY ON THE WORK City Council Neglects to Appropriate ) lney to Pay for W'lint 1t Orders Done and the Action Taken is 'the Result. At a special meeting of the Board of Public - lic Works yesterday the entire city repair - pair gang was laid off and action was taken that will put an end to all repairing on the city streets until the city council comes to the front with money with which the gang can be paid and the repairs can be made. The action was taken in the passage of the following resolution : Whereas , The mayor and the city council have ordered a large amount of work upon the streets from time to time in addition to the usual repairs provided for by the $1,000 set aside for the street force for the year , and Whereas , The work ordered has exhausted the funds available ; therefore , be 1t Resolved , That until money is set aside to cover the amount needed the employes in the street department be dismissed and all work upon street repairs be discontinued. This resolution was introduced by City Comptroller Westberg , and was promptly passed without discussion. Pursuant to its direction , the entire repair gang will be laid off tonight. The action affects about sixty men , including a number of teamsters - sters , who from time to time are employed an street repairing. These men have been mainly engaged in filling up holes and on I other repairs on the unpaved streets , in ! putting in crosswalks and in other similar work. The cause of the action , as slated in the resolution , is that the fund set aside for f street repairs has been exhausted and over- drawn. The fund set aside for this purpose + at the first of the year was $1,090. $ Against it have been drawn warrants amounting to $1e.300.1t. Of this amount $1,05.12 baa been for office salaries of the board and materials , $10,69G.62 for labor and I',3GOoU tor in- epection , City Comptroller Westberg does not believe that this latter item is chargable against the fund , so that the actual expenditure out of the fund so far has been $ la16.91. This leaves the fund overdrawn to the amount of $2,360.50 The members of the Board of Public Works say that at the first of the year when the apportionment of funds was made they pointed out to the council that the appropriation - propriation wag too small and were given to understand that later on when additional money was needed it would be appropriated. I About a month ego City Engineer Rosewater - water , chairman of the board , informed the council in a communication that the fund j was about exhausted and insisted that additional - tional money' would have to be provided to carryon any further repairs. The council considered the matter in committee of the whole meeting and informally decided to set aside enough additional money to carry on the work. On this understanding - standing that the extra sum would ' be provided City Comptroller Weetberg , has atlowed warrants to be drawn against the fund when there was no money in 1t. Since that time the council has taken no steps to replenish the fund and the city comptroller has finally decided to issue no more warrants against it until the council puts more money into it. I All the work that has been done by the hoard and which has resulted in such an expenditure has been authorized by the council. In fact , although there has been ao money in the fund , the council has been I ordering repairs to be made , and City Engi- neer Rosewater has a batch of such orders now , City Engineer Rosewaler estimated that fully 110,000 will be needed to take up the deficit in the fund , do the work on hand now and do the repairing that can be counted upon as necessary during the remainder - mainder of the year. PRESER ' 1NG TIIE t'IIEEL PATll. Seeretarr Fitch .tske the Antlorlllee to I'ro'ide I'roteCtion. Secretary Fitch of the Associated Cycling clubs is after the city council and the county commissioners again about the Flory once cycle path. During the recent rainy spells teamsters have fallen into the habit of using the path as a road and the consequence - quence is that the path is so badly cut up that it is almost impassable for bicyclists. Secretary Fitch has a scheme by which he hopes to protect the path , if he can get the commissioners and council to expend the necessary money. According to his plan I some sixteen or twenty cross bars will be erected over the path at intervals. Two uprights will be sunk four or five feet on each side of the path and on top of these at a sufficient height to allow wheelmen to pass 'under , but too low for vehicles , will be securely - curely fastened a heavy crossbeam. Fitch believes that in this way teamsters will be kept oft. The expense will be in the neighborhood - borhood of $10 at the most. Fitch wants the commissioners and the council to divide this expense. County Commissioner Kierstead has promised that the board will stand its share of the expense if the council will look after the remainder. "That is a small sum for protection , " de , dares Secretary Fitch , "and there certainly ought to be no hesitancy on the part of the offIclals of the county and city to stand ! t.1 ! The path cost $600 , and it is certainly worth a small sum to protect It. At present team- stern drive all over it , and it will shortly l.ecome of no use to wheelmen. The police have been notified that the path is being ! ruined , but have paid no attention to the matter. " Even if the path is protected In this way and brought back into good shape , yet that portion within the city limits would be inn passable on account of the weeds. North of the city limits the county has cut away the weeds , hut there is such a rank growth on the city's portion that a wheelman Is i forcibly reminded of a South American jungle when be attempts to farce has tray through. Rill Endorse the Ilcparl , The city council committee which went over the route of the proposed southwest boulevard for the purpose of personally seeing - ing about the report of the appraisers on the valuation of the property that is to be condemned , ands the report satisfactory except - cept in a few instances. It is more than likely , therefore , that the report will be adopted at the next meeting of the council. While the councilmen believe that the val- nation fixed by the appraisers is by no means low , yet they seem to be of the opinion - ion that it is not extravagant either. In three or four instances the values were somewhat higher than they thought equita ! ble and just , but it is believed that there will be no difficulty in adjusting these cases , J' Building Termite , There Is a little boom on in building per- mits. S. R. Callahan took out a couple to erect two dwellings at a cost of $1,500 each on Dodge street in West End addition , and J. B. Berry has secured a permit to erect a $5,500 dwelling on South Thirty-ninth I street 1n Jerome park. Another $100 pavilion - , vilion will be erected on the Midway , a per , nit having been issued this morning to A. Y. Pearson. ) Inrtality Stntisliee , The following births and deaths were reported to the health commissioner during ! the twenty-four hours ending at noon yesterday - - terday : Births-T. Putnam , 3 ° 3 North Twenty'- i third , girl ; Albin Johnson , 1321 Grant , girl ; Charles Erickson , Twenty-fifth street , girl. I Deaths-James Connor , 1511 Pacific , eight days. R'yooring tieu e l'otrs. Several heavy- rains have hrnken the drouth In a large part of Wyoming within the past ten days. B. L. Gilbert , a Union Pacific employe at Rawlins baa abroken leg by reason of a barrel of cement falling upon it. At the instance and request of Sheriff Shaver of Laramie county , Wyo. , Sheriff Clarke of Weld county , Cob. , arrested at Eaton , Colo. , one Ed Puclet , charged with stealing a horse from Abe Morton of Laramie county , Wyoming. The influx of sheep herds into R'yoming from the neighboring states continues Un- abated. Among the late arrivals is A. W , Stanton , from Oregon with 13,000 head , among which are :00 thoroughbred delninca , to locate on the IVind river. A peculiar lockout is on at t1N nanna mines near Medicne ! Bow. The company baa notified the old mat to quit and they are act permitted to go taco the mines , There is no troubie and no threats , but the old men terrain and there may be trouble if others are brought in. There is no disagreement over wags or anything case , but the company wants to get a gang , of new men. I From the land njtle Tea 1 To tlrc 1 and of the Fi a. 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