Nebraska Newspapers

    rwrATTA T4ATT.V AV. .TATTTTATTr 10. 1HM ! .
TO HELP OUT SINKING FUND
City Treasurer Explains Necessity of Nine *
Mill L vy.
REQUIRED TO MEET INTEREST ON BONDS
Contention that the Finn Will IMncc
the Fnniln In a Condition thnt
All ObllRntlon * Mar De
4 , Paid Promntlr.
City Treasurer Edwards has requested the
city council to set aside about 9 mills for
the sinking fund In the 1899 levy , which
is soon to bo made up. Ho estimates
that it will require -this to place the fund
on a caih basis , which will save the city
Annually several thousands of dollars in in
terest. There is considerable question
Whether the council will look at the proposi
tion In the same light as does the city treas-1
urer , even though the latter backs himself
up with figures. In last year's levy the
Inking fund got but 3.325 mills.
According to the statement of the city
treasurer , the bonded Indebtednces of the
city at thn present time , the principal and
Interest of which the sinking fund Is in
tended to meet , amounts to $3,361,100. Dur
ing the coming year there will be added to
this $100,000 more the $50,000 sewer and
$50,000 paving bond ? voted at the last dec
tlon. Tbe interest on the bonded Indebted
neea with which the city was
burdened on the first of the
year amounts to $166,127 annually.
Interest amounting to $4,000 a year will be
added to this by the $100,000 bonds that are
to be Issued , making the total Interest that
must be met during the year $170,127.
Carrying an Overlap.
But this year must also carry a consid
erable overlap in the sinking fund. On
January 1 $60,431 of the $166,127 Interest
that had accrued during 1897 could not be
paid out of the treasury for lack of funds.
The required money had to be raised by
Issuing registered warrants to the amount ,
which bear 7 per cent Interest. Since then
94,740.59 of these warrants have been taken
up , ) leaving outstanding $45,690.41 In in
terest-bearing warrants against the fund.
Besides this , it Is estimated that this
amount ot outstanding warrants will be
largely increased during the next four
months , since the 1899 tax will not become
due until May 1. During these months
the following amounts of interest wll
fall due : February , $12,875 ; March , $14,000 ;
April , $11,687.60 a total of $38,562.50. It is
estimated that the tax payments for this
ame length ot time will not amount to
snore than $13,000. Therefore , to satisfy tbo
remainder of .tho Interest that wllf become
due , $25,562.50 in warrants will have to be
floated. Consequently when the 1899 levy
falls due on May 1 there will be outstanding
171,252.91 against the fund In warrants bear
ing , Interest at the rate of 7 per cent.
Therefore , the city treasurer points ou
that it the olty wants the sinking fund to
be'even with the world on January 1 , 1900
it must provide the means for taking up tb
interest that will accrue during the year ,
170,127 ; ' the overlap of $45,690.41 from 189
in the shape ot warrants , and the different
betweenthe 7 per cent interest that the
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outstanding 'warrants of $71,252.91 wll
draw to May 1 , and the 5 per cent Intercs
that.-the regular interest coupons which
they supplanted drew. The total will be
in the vicinity of $225,000 , or about th
equal of the proceeds from a 9 mills levy
according to the figures .of the city treas
Urer.
Edward * Explain * It.
"The only economical way In which th
eityicanhandle .this.sinking ; fuadisto pu
it on a 'cash basis , " declares City Treasure :
Edwards. "It Is losing about 2 per cent o
the amount of the outstanding warrants an
Dually that is , the difference be
tween the 7 p r cent that It must
pay on these warrants and the 5 per cent
that the bonded debt draws. And the situa
tion is becoming worse annually , because
at the end ot each year the warrants stand
ing against the sinking fund Increase ( n
amount.
"This Is caused by tbo fact that the council
iIt
cil makes the levy on the wrong theory. It
goes on the basts tfaat the entire tax levy
will be collected annually. If tbls were true ,
there would bo no deficit In the fund , as the
amount levied.would bo sufficient to care for
all interests that accrues , As a matter ot
fact , but 75 per cent of the levy Is collected
any year and the consequence Is that 25 per
cent of the matured Interest must be paid
through the medium of outstanding warrants
rId
rants , A portion of the 25 per cent unpaid
tax Is collected In after years , but there is
always a part never collected and this
forms a deficit , which grows larger year
after year. "
GALLAGHER ANIHSIBSON FREE
OB Motion of A l tant County Attor
ney Thoma * the Gamhllnv Cnnem
Are Dlanilnied.
All of the complaints against Theodore
Gallagher and Harry Gibson , charging them
with gambling and keeping a' gambling
room , were dismissed by Judge Gordon on
motion ot Assistant County Attorney
Thomas. Gallagher and Gibson were arrested
irds
rested Itit month with a party of friends
at their rooms , 908 North Sixteenth street.
Four charges were filed against them. The
first , that ot gambling on private premises ,
was dismissed last Saturday on motion of
Mr. Thomas , who recognized the lack of
Jurisdiction. One complaint against Gib ,
son , who was charged with gaming , was
dismissed first. The defendant's attorney
asked for tha dismissal of the other two
complaints , that of keeping gaming fixtures
and keeping a gambling room , and after
coneulttng tbo police the cases wore dropped.
Marie Sloan , who was arrested on the
charge of soliciting , was discharged.
Mickey Krowl , entered a plea of guilty teas
stealing Edw'n Jackson's bicycle and was ,
sentenced to thirty days in Jail.
Reed Yates was discharged by tbo court ,
as in Judge Gordon's estimation there would
not bo sufficient evidence to convict him In
the district court of the theft of a sealskin
cap from the. person of Robert Guild.
D. B. Gantz lodged a complaint against
Mabel Nash of 1204 Dodge street , whom he
accused of stealing a pocketbook contain
ing $37.79 in cash from his person. Gantz
drives a delivery wagon for a Douglas street
furniture house and was on bis way to the
depot to pay the freight on some goods. <
Ha says the woman hailed him from her
bouse and told him she bad something she
wanted him to toke to the store and have re-
paired. He went to sco what it was and
alleges that be was robbed while there.
' Rally at Ilanncom Park MrthodUt.
The annual rally of the Hanscom Park
Mttbodlst church occurred last evening and
notwithstanding the -inclement weather the
attendance was large. President P Jter
WhWney of the Board of Trustees presided.
The program opened with the singing of that
favorite Methodist hymn , "How Firm hata
Foundation. " Rev. F. M. Stsson , tbe pastor
offered prayer. Vocal soloa were rendered
by Fred I * Willis and Mrs. George Strang
John M. Qlllan gave a pleasing recitation
am ) Miss Josephine Allen delighted her au-
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Nenous Exhaustion
Is r ll v d by
Utrsftri'iAcKPhitphifi '
Take no &ob titat ,
jlonce with a whistling solo. The financial
cport of Secretary George W. Johnson
ihowcd that the church is In a nourishing
oudltlon and that there have been numerous
ildltlons during the last year. Subscriptions
'ero taken for the year of 1899. The ovenJ
ng closed with a social , the young women
ervlng some excellent refreshments.
HEARD ABOUT TOWN.
"I have about concluded my work hero
aklng depositions In tlie Indian depredation
ilalins , " said Ben Carter of Washington , D.
at the Mlllard last night , "and In a few
days I go to Texas on the same line of
work. "
Mr. Carter is a special attorney of the
Dakota and Wyoming examining witnesses.
n the grand aggregate the claims ot the
? arly settlers of the west foot up a pretty
big sum. They run up into the millions.
'One ' group of claims in the Ulack Hills , "
says Mr. Carter , "amounts to $100,000 , ac
cording to the figures of the claimants.
They arose out of the Wounded Knee affair
n 1890. "
Remembering tbe experiences of a govern-
nent attorney named Fltcli , sent some years
ago to Texas .to gather up testimony on the
government's side , Mr. Carter prefers to go
about his work quietly and say as little as
possible. Fitch was interviewed so much in
Texas that ho never got a chance to do any
work to speak of , although he was made to
say that his mission Involved several million
dollars of claims. Now Mr. Carter has to go
over the same ground Fitch should have
covered.
Mr. Carter did admit , however , -that while
hero he examined witnesses in about 400
cases , These claims are mostly for depreda
tions by the Sioux and Cheyennes from 1S65
to 1870 to the cattle and other live stock ot
the settlers. The depositions In the cases of
John F. Coad of Omaha and his brother ,
I Mark ; Coad of Fremont , make about 200
| pages ] of typewritten matter and took two
weeks' time. The Coad claims amount to
about $70,000.
Speaking of the John Wedderburn claims
agency Mr , Carter said : "Wcdderburu's
I business ! has mostly fallen Into the hands of
A. L. Hughes , a young Washington attor
ney. "
Samuel E. Rigg , a wlde-awako pusher of
real estate of Spokane , Wash. , was In the
city last night on his way home after an ex
tended visit through the east and south.
"I think wo In the far west are now about
duo with another big Incursion of homemakers -
makers , " sold he. "When It does come It
will be a source of development that will
do our section some lasting good. I do not
attach much faith to such excitements as
the Klondike kind , save that they serve to
bring a great many persons out upon the
prairies and into the valleys of the trans-
mountain region , who otherwise would never
have como. If they do not get to the frozen ;
Yukon and Its tributaries they at least get
a chance to see what they can do by going
Into agricultural , horticultural and mercan
tile enterprises where opportunities for natu
ral and profitable development abound. The
state of Washington received much benefit
from the Klondike craze just In this way.
People soon saw that there is really more
money to bo made by tilling the soil , rais
ing llvo stock , cutting timber or even going
Into the Rockies and seeking the yellow
metal where the risks are not one-tenth so
great and the prospects probably far better
than in Alaska. So a large proportion of
Klondlkers stayed in our state and went to
work on the fertile soil or delved into the
auriferous gulches of our own Rockies and
Cascades.
"My reason for thinking that wo will soon
have another incursion Is that I find so
many people in the cast and south , particu
larly the younger generation , turning tbeir
eyes to the west In the hope of making their
fortunes. Conditions are too much crystal-
Mzcd for them at homo and their opportunl-
lea are limited. They want gold bad
enough , but are beginning to realize that.the
best way to get it Is to go where land can
be obtained at a reasonable price and then
take off their coats and go to work. In a
Mttle time they can have homes as good as
: hose of their
fathers and farms equaled by
none anywhere else in the world. "
Perional Pnrnicrnplm.
W. J. Millar of
Hastings Is
at the Her
Grand.
O. E. Haskell of Lincoln Is at the Her
Grand.
W. S. Summers
of Lincoln Is a guest of
the Her Graml.
F. M. Llbblo of St. Joseph Is at the Her
Srand.
Louis Strauss of St. Louis Is at the erl
Grand.
Gcorgo Bain of Chicago is a guest of the
Her Grand.
J. B. Havelnnd of Indianapolis Is a gcest
of the Her Grand.
Phillip E. Mullln , n. Kansas City contrac
tor , was at the Mlllard yesterday.
W. T. Ramsay , one of the coal magnates
of What Cheer , la. , was in the city yester
day.
day.E.
E. R. Klmball. a creamery bw manufac
turer of Kansas City , Is stopping at the Mll
lard.John. II8
John. B. '
Frawloy , the Union Pacific's pas
senger representative at Kansas City Is 8at
| tho'Mlllard. , at
Major William Monaghan has returned
from paying off the United States soldiers edat
Fort Leavenworth.
J. R. Welpton of Red Oak , la. , dropped In
to pay a visit to his brother , D. B. Welpton > ,
at the Murray yesterday. x
A. D. Sheridan of Chicago Is hero looking
up live stock figures for his department of
the Chicago stock yards.
L. P. Slgsbee , a Now York commercial
man , who Is a brother of Captain Slgsbee lolot
tbo Ill-fated Maine. Is in the city.
J. W. McCutcheon , a prominent business
man of Bismarck , N. D. , Is paying Omaha , a
short visit with a view to spring trade.
Ncbraskans at the hotels : F. M. Rublee
and wife. Broken Bow ; L. P. Sine and C. M.
Jaynes , Lincoln ; Clarence Ellis. Tekomnh ;
T. E. Scnvey. Wolbach ; J. J , Elkln. Ban
croft ; J. T. Wlcsman , Lincoln ; H. T. Brad-
ds ck , Chadrcn ; F. E. Witt and J. H. Sklrv-
Ing. Brownleo ; James A. Cllne , Mlnden ; J.
P. Kelly , Bancroft.
At the Murray. James J. Atkins , Pitts-
field ; S. L. Hopper , Chicago ; James D.
Draper. Marlon , la. : D. O. Robinson , Den
ver ; H. A. Taylor , Chicago ; F. J. Doan , De
troit ; Frank Mauritius , Lincoln ; J , jj"
Welpton , Red Oak , la. : J. II. Cole and wife ,
Thurman. la. ; J. P. Martin , Missouri Val
ley , la. ; W. F. Klrkhnrd , DCS Molnes ; Daniel
i Lyons , Cameron , Neb. ; Henry Hesse , Chicago
cage ; Ralph Henry Dcy. Sioux City ; H. hlM. .
Puffer , Valley ; C. F. Sylvester. Chicago ; M.T ,
M. Robinson , Glrnrd , O. ; T. Wallace , New
York ; W. W. Webster , Lincoln. ewJ.
At the Mlllard : J. P. Meier , Mollne ; J.
B. Frawley , Kansas City ; II. Nathanson ,
New York ; E. R. Klmball , Kansas City ;
Charles H. Bellack , Milwaukee ; W. R. Law-
law , Jr. . New York : John Nuvecn , Chicago ;
Phillip E. Mullln. Kansas City ; R. R. Hall ,
St. Louis ; N. S. Harding , Nebraska City ;
II. L. Rosen. New York ; W. R. Hall. St.
Louis ; E. N. Corman. Chicago ; C. B.
Coolldge and daughter. I/cad. S. D. ; 8. R.
Roemer and wife. Lead , S. I ) . ; J. A. Wen
. dell , Newark. N. J. ; S. S. Curtlss , Leo Kohn ,
Cleveland ; W. II. Klancr. Dubuque ; Thomns
Hoy. Newcastle ; M. Frank. Philadelphia ;
, B. Sparks. St. t < > uls ; H. A. Berry and wife ,
Chicago ; W. S. Bartholomew , Chicago ; Wil
. liam Hcnrlch. Hastings ; W. H. Reed , Cin
cinnati ; C. B. Tullls Chicago ; Charles K.
I Cran * > Boston ; Ben Carter. Washington.
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Take n I.I Hie 1'reventlvr.
Some twenty of the young women In the
telephone exchange were vaccinated Wednes
day afternoon. They had heard of the
pervalence of smallpox In several sections ! of
the city and also that a couple of the line
men of the company bad visited the Peycke
house , where there Is a case of the disease.
Fearing that they might ome in contact
with some afflicted party , they walked up i to
the physician , bared their arms and were
without evea flinching. .
SMALLPOX BOBS UP AGAIN
Makes ] lu Appearance in Crowded Thir
teenth Street Tenement.
GENUINE SCARE FOR THIRTY-SIX PEOPL
Tom I.tnton Manifests Strong Symp
toms of ContaKlon and Will Ho
Sent to 1'eit lloniie I'recau-
tlon * tlelnif Token.
Smallpox made Its appearance yesterday
In a new part of town and under circum
stances somewhat favorable for its spread.
So far a single case is all that has been dis
covered. It Is a mild one and stringent
measures were at once taken to prevent it
becoming an epidemic.
Late yesterday afternoon City Physician
Ralph was notified by telephone that a man
living in a fiat At 1251 South Thirteenth
street was ill and showed many of the
symptoms of smallpox. A rash that had
broken out all over his body alarmed those
who knew of the circumstance and the doc
tor was asked to make an investigation.
He went at once to the address given and
I after examining the sick man pronounced
' the disease smallpox. The authorities were
immediately notified and every precaution
was taken to check its spread.
The afflicted man is Tom Llnton. He is
an employe of Poycke Brothers. With his
mother and sister be occupies apartments in
' the flat wfaere thirty-six other people live.
As Ltnton was taken sick only yesterday
| morning the physician thinks It very Im
probable that any of the other Inhabitants
of the building will contract the disease.
As a precautionary measure the people in
the flat will not be allowed to leave their
apartments until they have been vaccinated.
Six Fnmllle * Expoicil. I
The flat where Llnton lives li a three- .
etory brick building on the apartment house
plan. It stands on the rear of the lot nearly
100 feet from the street. There are eighteen
rooms on the three floors and six families
make their homes there.
Dr. Ralph Immediately sent a physician to
vaccinate the members of the Llnton family
and some time today all the others will re
ceive the same treatment. In the Interim
no one will bo allowed to leave or enter the
flat , special policemen having been detailed
to patrol the street In front of the quaran
tined premises. On the street In front of
the ( flat Is Joseph Swoboda's barber shop.
This , too , will be kept closed. As a result
of the quarantine seven men -will 'be ' kept
away from their business today and about
fifteen children will be absent from school.
The pupils of the Train , Pacific and Lin-
coin schools , where children of the Infected
quarantined .house . have attended , "will be
vaccinated today.
A suitable building for a pest house will
be found this morning and Ltnton will be
moved there and placed In care of competent j
nurses.
Facts Alinnt Champagne.
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry Is made from
choicest grapes and first pressings. Its Im
portations in 1898 aggregated 86,855 cases ,
or 52,649 more than any other brand.
$ IXTY DIRECTORS ELECTED
Commercial Clnb Holds It * Annual
Election with Only Fifty-Two
Member * Voting.
Sixty directors' of the Commercial club
were elected yesterday afternoon , the polls
being open from 1:30 : to 6 o'clock. Out of
440 members only fifty-two voted. There
were 120 candidates on the ballot and each
Voter WAS allowed to put his mark dpposlte
sixty names. C. S , Hayward and W. J. C.
Kenyon were the most popular candidates ,
as they received all of the votes. All can
didates who received twenty-nine or more
votes were elected. The following will be
the board of directors for the ensuing year : i
Edgar Allen , E. M. Andrecsen , E. E. Andrews - '
drews , C. E. Black , W. M. Burgess , E. A.
Benson , J. E. Baum , W. C. Dullard , W.
R. Bennett , C. E. Bedwell , J. A. Carpen
ter , Clement Chase , O. W. Clabaugh , W.
R. Drummond , J. H. Dumont , Robert .
Dempster , J , H. Evans , Thomas A. Fry , '
J. D. Foster , A. Hospe , C. W. Hull , C. S.
Hayward , J. W. Hirst , John H. Hussle , Dr.
A. E. Jonas , G. W. Kelley , W. W. Keysor ,
N. A. Kuhn , O. D. Kipllnger , W. J. C.
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Kenyon , H. L. Krelder , M. Levy , E. V.
Lewis , G. W. Llnlnger. S. W. Lindsay ,
Euclid Martin , W. D. McHugh , D. D. Mll-
ler , G. M. Nattlnger , C. B. Oldfleld , C. D.
Orcutt. H. J. Penfold , C. H. Pickens , E. C.
' Price , W. H. Roberson , T. J. Rogers , Edward -
ward Relter , George M. Rlbbell , E. L.
Stone , Charles R. Sherman , John Stcele ,
Robert Smith , C. D. Thompson , W. W.
Umsted. R. S. WIlcox , J. S. White. W. S.
Wright , Victor White , C. M. Wllhelm , H.
S. Weller.
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ORGANIZING FOR BUSINESS
Taxpayer * of Second , Fourth and
Seventh Ward * Join Force * and
Propoae to Get Improvement * .
A new kickers' club was born Wednesday
night at Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth
streets , through whloh some ot the tax
payers of the Second , Fourth and Seventh
wards propose to develop a vigorous senti
ment In favor of a viaduct at Twenty-fourth
street and such other Improvements in that
locality as may suggest themselves from
time to time. The organization has not
been christened , hut this will be attended teat
at the next meeting , when a constitution
and by-laws will be adopted and the or
ganization further perfected.
The Initial meeting was attended by about
twenty taxpayers and was organized by the
election of W. H. Green , president ; C. W.
Haller , vice president , and Byron R. Hast
ings , secretary. Messrs. Haller , Yates and
Freeman were designated as a committee
to PrcParo a constitution and by-laws and
j.submit them for consideration at the next
meeting. Aside from this no business was
Istransacted , but there was an Informal dls-
cusslon of the purposes of the club and it
was tbo general sentiment that it could be
made a means of bringing about some
needed Improvements. The club will meet
every Wednesday night and will take up all
matters that are of Interest to the people of
that part of tbo city.
ACQUIT COMPANY OF BLAME
Union I'nclflo In No Wny neponlble
Coroner Swanson has returned from Val
ley , where he conducted an Inquest over
tbe remains of George Haffa , who was killed
by a Union Pacific train white crossing tbe
track Monday night. The jury found that
no one was to blame for the young man's
death. The body waa brought to Omaha by
the coroner and will be sent to Waterloo ,
la. It will be accompanied by tbe father of
the unfortunate man.
During the Inquest jt developed that Haffa
was accompanied by three friends , whom he
had picked up on his travels. They had
just returned from lunch and were waitIng -
Ing for a train bound for the west. An
other train was switching In tbe yards. Haffa
got on the track and one of his friends
called : "Look out , George , there comes the
train. " Instead of stepping backward teas
safety , Haffa moved forward and was
knocked to the ground. The train dragged
him some distance and when picked up ho
had several ribs , one arm and one leg
broken , while a Urge guu < wu cut on U
I
loft IJo of his head. Ho was taken care
So' .by the village authorities nnd died at 4
o'clock the following morning.
SOUTH OMAHA NEWS.
The latest personal Injury case to claim
, the attention of the city authorities U that
ol Minnie Oliver , who has sued to recover
$3,000 for Injuries alleged to have been sus
tained by falling on a defective sldowalk.
taA
At the time the claim was first brought to
the attention of the council
Mayor Ensor ap
| pointed a committee to Investigate and this
committee reported that tbo woman had sus
tained no very serious Injuries. For this
reason no attempt wns made to settle the
claim and suit for the amount mentioned
clhi
has been instituted.
In talking about personal damage suits the
other day several officers of the municipal
ity considered that It would be n good Ideate
to appeal every such case , In cas'o judgment
against the city was rendered , to the su
preme court. U Is thought that it this rule
was made and closely adhered to that those
who sustain slight injuries would not bo so
apt to rush to the courts for relief. As a
goner.il thing such cases nro taken on shares
by attorneys and with a prospect of having
to fight every such case through the district
and supreme courts it Is thought that only
cases having real merit would bo taken by
attorneys. The city , It Is stated , could bet-
ter afford to go to the expense of appealing
every case than to pay even one judgment
like the one asked for by Minnie Oliver.
Work on Now 1'ontonice.
M. L. Sergeant , foreman of the Griffin
Clay Manufacturing company of Griffin , 111. ,
Is In the city with a force of men for the
purpose of placing the fire proofing In the
new poatofflce building. The material was
shipped on January 6 , but has not arrived
yet. While waiting for the fire proofing Mr.
Sargeant and his men are building the cen
ters upon which the material will bo laid.
R. D. Howard of the Corsemyer Heating
and ] Plumbing company of Lincoln is in the
city making contracts for the setting up of
the boiler In the building. As soon as the
boiler has been properly tested by a board
of engineers It will be shipped hero and
placed In position.
Major Cramer , the superintendent of conI I
structlon , has received a letter from the i
managers of the Omaha Street Railway com-
pany In relation to reducing tho'number of
motor poles in front of the structure. At
present two electric light and two motor
poles are located Inside the curb line. Major
Cramer thinks that if the light company
and the etreet car people will agree to use
the same poles in front of the building the
number can bo reduced to two. By doing '
this the appearance of the building from tbo
street will be greatly enhanced. I
Neiv City Hnll IluIlilliiR.
Several carpenters are now at work com-
pMIng the new city hull building. George |
& Co. , the agents , are looking after the de
tails and it Is understood that all of the I
promises made by J. P. Flnley will be car-
rled out. The heating apparatus has been
repaired and there is no complaint of lack
of heat. No changes have been made In 1
the council chamber as yet , but it is ex
pected that some method of ventilation will ,
bo arranged tbortly. Beyond accepting the f
rccomtncndatlons of a committee appointed
to Inquire Into the needs of the city officers
nothing has been done. Matting for the po-
lice court rooms and the city offices was
recommended , as well as a telephone box
for the use of the treasurer , clerk , engineer
and the Inspectors , Curtains are being
placed at the windows and very likely the
other Improvements ; recommended will como
In good time.
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It is expected f'hat the Twenty-fourth
street paving casoWill | 'be called In the dis
trict court today a/id thft'outcorne is awaited
with Interest by thdse ° who bavo" " not as" Vet
paid the tax or have paid it under protest.
About one-half of the coat of the paving
and curbing has been paid into the treasury
by prorerty owners along Twenty-fourth
street.Only . a small portion of those who
have tftld made the payment under protest
and ojfly these who have not paid will be af
fected by tbo decision of the court , should It
bold/that / the tax was Illegally assessed.
Shouvd such a decision be given those who
hav pald the tax will have to Institute legal
dings to recover from the city.
Mncle City ftoNlp.
'wo ' cars of Colorado range cattle arrived
at/the / stock yards yesterday.
u. son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. F.
Efnllckek , Nlnteenth and P streets.
The youne son of Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Hourke of the Third ward is seriously 111.
Jlty Treasurer Broadwell is checking up
hj books preparatory to Issuing a call for
warrants.
. [ rho telegraph and telephone wires worked
bklly yesterday on account of tbe condition
of the weather.
iVM big Armour cattle viaduct is com
plete and cattle were driven over it for the
first ' Imo yesterday.
'Sa , : itary Inspector Montague reports the
city "emarkably free from contagious dl-
seasi i at the present time.
Co imlsslon men and packers expect that
corn fed cattle will commence to arrive at
this larket about February 1.
It s stated that games of roulette and
poke can bo found at quite a number of
the iloons on Twenty-fourth street.
Fi st two feet in thickness Is being dug
thro gh at the stock yards in order to set
tbe osts for the new unloading chutes now
beln built.
A lew flro team is badly needed , but
ihors i suitable for fire department purposes
are iard to find for the price the city is
will ig to pay.
Ci hler Morlarty of the Packers' National
ban baa reappolnted Charley Dunham pay
ing el ler. No change will be made in the
ball ce of the bank's fCTce.
F mk Currle , a well known speculator at
the itock yards , has returned from a trip
thn gh tha state , where ho spent some time
loolng after his cattle Interests.
To occupants of the city hall building
hav signed a petition to Postmaster McMil
lan asking that a mail box bo placed on the
clc rlc light pole in front of the building.
/ representative of the Omaha Gns com-
pai was in the city yesterday and stated
the the laying of gas mains will be com-
mi : cd as soon as tbo frost la out of the
grc nd.
' e funeral of Ellen , daughter of Mr. and
Mi Peter Doran , will bo held Friday morn-
Injat 10 o'clock from the family residence ,
291 S street. Interment will be at St.
Mr p's cemetery. Mrs. Boyd , mother of Mrs.
Do in , is coming from Wyoming and will
arre this evening.
rney O'Connell , formerly connected with
th Western Weighing association here , but
no a member of the First Nebraska volun-
te Infantry , writes friends here that he ar-
rl J at Manila on November 25. Mr. O'Con-
m 1s a member of the hospital corps nnd
w detained at Honolulu for several weeks.
H left tbe Sandwich Islands on November
10 the run to the Philippines being made
InJlftecn days. His friends here will bo
plised i.l. . i * to learn that he is well and enjoying
self.
Chrlitlnn Work In Chlnn.
meeting of man who feel an interest in
tn work for young men In China will be
hl | in the parlors of the Young Men's
Crtstlnn association building next Friday
njht. There will be a number of papers
jim the subject and a thorough discussion
tbo conditions existing In China at this
e.
Contempt Cane Goen Over.
'he ctM In which Acting Captain Her Is
.rged with contempt Ly Judge Gordon was
tlnued until this afternoon at 2 o'clock
the request of Assistant City Attorney
tt. Mr. Scott Informed the court that he
1 just returned from the east and would
e to have time to investigate the caso.
' ' Grandvlew hot * Transferred. | *
'A. ' deed from Mary and Joseph Prlchard to
b Nebraska Brewing company for lots 1 , 2 ,
| 4. 17 , IS and 20 , block 447 , Grandvlew. was
corded yesterday ; consideration , | 25,000.
FINANCES OF GERMAN BANK
Depositors Demanding that the Assets
of Institution Bo Sold ,
MATTER COMES UP IN DISTRICT COURT
Contention tlint Concern In ItrromliiK
More nnd More Innolvent Knch
IJuy nnd Unit Vnlue of 1'rop-
erty 1 * Shrinking
Argument began In the German Savings
bank case before Judge Fawcctt Wednes
day morning. At noon tbo sldo of
Messrs. Strlcklcr , Burbauk nnd An
drews , on benalf of the depositors ,
all In , but Messrs. West and
Dufllo had not yet had an opportunity to
be heard. Ralph Breckenrldgc , represent
ing Receiver McCague , says his client It
I .
really in on attitude of indifference as to
whichever way the controversy goes ; that
the contention Is really between the depositors
tlP'
positors ' and the stockholders.
; Judge Fawcctt observed that It might be
a bad business policy to force a sale ot
the assets. The depositors are demanding
an : order of sale with a thirty-day limit.
In the court's opinion a forced sale might
cause the assets to depreciate greatly In
price.
Mr. Strlcklcr took the position In reply
to t this that the stockholders would buy
lu the assets anyway , so that there would
not really be any loss to them. To illus
trate this ho said : "Mr. Battelle , n young
clerk In the office ot the McCaguo Invest
ment company , recently admitted that ha
had bought In a bulk lot of $20,000 of tax
certificates on a bid of about $2,100. " Then
Mr. Strlckler went Into the figures of nil
tabulated showing to convince the court
that the assets have been reduced from
$478,000 to about $213,000 , while only $46-
000 has been realized , and of this $46,000
$6,000 has been applied to the item of tak
ing up "rediscounts , " a mere matter of
bookkeeping In which not a dollar has
passed through the receiver's ' hands. Ho
said ' the amount , $478,000 , given as assets
asi the outset Included the $100,000 capital
stock.
Mr. Burbank contended for an Immediate
sale ' , his logic .being . that the bank Is be
coming ! more and more Insolvent , the
shrinkage ' of assets being greatly out of
proportion to the money realized for the
benefit of the depositors.
The counsel representing the stockhold
ers will take the position that fixed charges ,
such as taxes , etc. , should not be Included
lla the general expense account , inasmuch
llh they represent property charges that
have been imperative , whatever the bank's
condition < has been.
McCuitue'n Good Showing.
The argument lasted all day. Mr. West
said , that , taking the very figures of Messrs.
Andrews , Burbank and Strlckler themselves ,
it had been demonstrated that Receiver Mc
Cague had practiced the best business econ
omy. Out of a possible volume ot assets
amounting to $216,000 he had succeeded In
collecting about $155,000. It had been stated
by the other sldo that to collect $46,000 dur
ing the last year tt had been necessary to
reduce the assets $61,040. This showed that
as high as 70 per cent bad been realized ,
which Mr. West thought a good showing
under the circumstances.
Ex-Governor Lorenzo Crounse , who is
heavily Interested In the bank , both as a
stockholder and a depositor , asked the court
to consider the business aspect of the mat
ter. To force the assets upon the market
now would surely result in a great loss to
both stockholders and depositors. He bo-
llevedjv with Mr ; West , that with a little
time the thirty or more pieces of .real estate
around the city held by the bank could bo
sold at an advantageous price'If a little pa
tience is exercised , whereas to throw them
on the market now would , in midwinter ,
mean a forced sale and a low price. As to
what Mr. Strlckler said about the stockhold
ers buying In the assets , he for one , ho said ,
was not in a position to do much buying In.
He believed the bank had been conducted
In the best manner possible , both before tbe
receiver was appointed and since , but its in
vestments , when.supposed to bo solvent , had
not proved as safe as they were supposed to
be. On the whole ho thought a little moro
time would be for tbo best interests of all
concerned.
Mr. West suggested that the receiver
might bo given until the May term , at least ,
and then bo asked to make a report. Then
If the court does not feel justified In pro
longing the receivership further on order di
recting tbo sale of the assets can be made. .
Judge Fawcett took the matter under advisement -
visement until Friday morning.
SEEKING HUI.KASF FIIOM CUSTODY.
IliieUovIn , Tliroiiich III * Attorney , De
clared thnt He IN Illegally Held.
Judge Sldbaugh has partially recovered
from an attack of the grip and came to the
court house to hear the Dan Buckovls habeas
corpus case.
Buckovls was bound over to the district
court by Police Judge Gordon on December
23 on a charge of assault with Intent to do
great bodily Injury. Ho was arrested by
Policeman Anton Inda for being one of the
three assailants of Policeman Peter Jorgensen -
son at Sixth and Pacific streets on December
12.
12.Tho
The attorneys for Buckovls argued that
there were certain Irregutarltles leading up
to his client's binding over , among them a
change made In the warrant subsequent to
the arrest , and the peculiar capacity of the
arresting officer as _ a deputy of Chief White.
Deputy County Attorney Dunn contended
that every authorized police officer Is prac
tically adeputy of the chief.
In the original warrant Buckovls was
charged with assault with Intent to commit
murder. There were two counts In the
complaint , however , the second being tha
charge of assault with Intent to commit
great bodily Injury , tout the latter one Is
paid to have been Inserted after the arrest.
On the point of the jurisdiction of the
police court as to the power of Judge Gor
don to bind over for an offense different
from the ono charged , Buckovls' attorney ,
LouU Berka , argued that Judge Go/don
could not do this on a mere preliminary
hearing. In this respect the preliminary
hearing In the police court differed from a
trial In the district court , because the jur
isdiction of the court on a trial Is broader.
Berk.i also recalled that ex-Chief Seavey
formally deputized his captains and ser
geants at City Attorney Poppleton's ad
vice , but on the other hand Mr. Dunn
showed that there Is no authority whatever
In the city charter for the appointment of
any deputies of the chief of police.
Judge Slabaugh deferred his decision 4
day to hear further argument.
Want * to He n 1'oileeinnn.
Another roandamous suit has been added
to the cases brought by tbe discharged
police officers against the Fire and Police
commission. Them are now eight of them.
Frank 0. Severance , who was a patrol
man up to October 17 , the date of bis dis
charge , filed nn affidavit for an alternative
writ of mandamous to compel the commis
sion to reinstate htm on the ground that he
was discharged without cause. Judge Key
ser made the writ returnable January 17. It
may be that all the other cases will b
taken up and heard on the game date.
WnttleM Mut- * for Difference.
A eult for $1,000 damages has been brought
by Gurdon W. Wattlen against Clarence M.
Jonce of Columbus , 0. , over a purchase ot
400 shares of Omaha Street Railway stock by
the plaintiff , who alleges Jones placed tbe
stock with H , H. Harder with authority to
OVER WORK MAKES
WEAK KIDNEYS
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
YOUR KIDNEYS ARE YOUR BLOOD FILTERS.
A Prompt Way to Cure Yourself , When Symptoms Show That
Your Kidneys Are Out of Order.
To Test the Wonderful Merits of the Great Modern
Discovery , Swamp Root , Every Bee Reader May
Have aSamole Bottle Sent Free by Mail :
Ttio way to bo well Is to pay attention to
your kidneys.
They are the most Important organs of the
body the blood filters.
All the blood In your body passes through
your kidneys once every ihrco minutes.
The kidneys strain or filter out the im
purities In the blood that Is their work.
Purifying your blood Is not a question of
taking , a laxative or physic.
Does your blood run through your bowels ?
What the bowel-cleaner does is to throw
out the poisons confined in your bowels
ready for absorption in your blood , but the
poisons which are already in your blood ,
causing your present sickness , it leaves
there.
There is no other way of purifying your
blood except by means of your kidneys.
That Is why bowel-cleaners fall to do
their work they forgot the kidneys.
When you arc sick , then , no matter what
you think tbe name of your disease Is , tbe
first thing you should do is to afford aid
to your kidneys by using Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root , tbo great kidney remedy.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford .natural
help to nature , for Swamp-Root is the moat
perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys
that is known to medical science.
Dr. Kilmer , the eminent physician and
sell It for $15,800. WattTes Bays that he
offered this amount to Mr. Harder and
bought the stock , paying down $1,000. Jones
subsequently declined to accept the offer. .
Wattles says the stock is worth $20,000 , BO nn
sues for the difference , the $4,003.
SHE WORKS AN OLD TRICK
YonnR 'Woman Who Helm Cloakrooms
BrlnK * Her Method * Hero
from the 12nnt.
The robbery perpetrated by a young
woman in the cloak room of Klrkendall &
Co.'s ( store appears to be a new scheme that
is being worked by thieves here , although
It Is ono that bos been uued very often < ln
other places. At Klrkendall & Co.'s the
young woman who was escorted to the cloak
room by the stenographer , Miss Rasmusscn ,
was unacompanlcd. A woman answering
her description entered the stores of tbo
Morse Shoo company and the Gate City Hat
company and asked for the stenographer.
She secured nothing at either place although
practically the same course of procedure
was followed. A man who was with her
waited In the main portion of the store and
acted as lookout.
A. T. Jackson reported that a thief entered
his house , 1S02 Farnam street , during the
absence of the family Tuesday and took a
If.dy'a gold watch , two ladles' gold chains ,
two watch chains and ono string ot turquoise
bcada.
13d Reed , 2417 Plerco street , complained to
the police that someone appropriated
two gold watches and $100 in cash from bis
rooms.
Charles Ntcl of Waterloo , la. , has In
formed the police thnt one of his brothers
had a gold-filled hunting case watch taken
from him last week while In Omaha.
J. A. Doyd , IBIO Harney street , and K.
Anderson , 302S Cnss street , are mourning
tbo loss of overcoats. Mr. Doyd's was taken
from a ratling at the corner of Fourteenth
and Harney streets whllo he was standing
thcro waiting for a car. Mr. Anderson lost
his whllo attending a dance in Myrtle hall.
A pair of dancing slippers , a muffler and a
pair of gloves also disappeared.
John Janapa , 1502 William street , notified
tbo police that some thief stole a ton of
coal during the night.
James Daly's shoo shop , 131C William
street , was entered and shoes stolen during
the night.
Mother Wniitn to ICiioir.
OMAHA. Jan. 0. To 'tho Editor of The
Bee : I appeal to you for a little assistance
in regard to our boys In the Omaha schools
and I am at a loss what to say.
I really think some of the principals of
our schools do our boys a great Injustice ,
without a thought or consideration. It is a
fact , if some principals want anything down
town or at ° the cltv hall some of the boys
have to leave their school work nnd go.
Sometimes they get their car fare paid. If
parents or pupils should complain the prin
cipals would feel very Tnuch hurt. I cannot
help but think 'that this Is wrong.
My boy was sent downtown the other day
and as a consequence I was up all night
with him. and now before he Is fairly re
covered he has to go again. If the principals
have to bo waited on , why not propose to
the board to have somoano assigned for that
purpose and reduce HIICU principals' wages ,
no they will not Interfere with the children's
school work. A MOTHER.
1'urk
President Dlngham and Ernest Stunt of
the city council and John Uoslcky have
called a mass meeting of the taxpayerx of
the First and Second wards for Friday night
at Muller'H hall , Seventeenth and Vinton
streets. The meeting Is to dlscuns the pro
posed extension of the boundaries of River-
view park and whether thirty or sixty acres
shall be acquired in the event that an ex
tension is decided ujon ,
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specialist , has attained a far-famcil reputa
tion through the discovery and marvelous
success of Swamp-Root in purifying the
blood , and thereby curing chroulc and dan
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ot which BO mo of the symptoms are given (
below.
Pain or dull ache in the back or head ,
rheumatism , neuralgia , nervousness , dl&l-
ncss , irregular heart , sleeplessness , sallow
complexion , dropsy , irritability , loss of Am
bition , obliged to pass water often during
the day , and to get up many times at night ,
and all forms of kidney , bladder and urlo
acid troubles.
Swamp-Root is sold by all dealers , In 50-
cent or $1 bottles.
To prove the wonderful merits of his great
discovery he now offers to every reader
of this paper a prepaid free sample bottle
of Swamp-Root , which ho will send to any
address , free by mall.
A book about Health , Diet and Disease
as related to your kidneys , also sent free
with the sample bottle.
The great discovery , Swamp-Root , is so
remarkably successful Ihat our readers are
advised to wrlto for a sample bottle , a nd-to
kindly mention Omaha , Dally Ueo when
sending their addresses to Dr. Kilmer Co. ,
Blnghamton , N. Y.
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FLOUR MILLS.
H. I\ < ; I I.MAN ,
Flour , Meal , Feed. Kran , 1013-15-17 North
17th street , Omaha , Nen. C. B. HlooJc ,
Manager. Telephone G92.
IRON WORKS.
DAVIS & COWfilMj , 1IIOM WOKKS.
Iron and llrnum Founilcm.
Manufacturers and Jobbers Machinery.
General repairing a specialty. 1C01 , 1G03
and 1005 Jackson street , Omaha , Neb.
LINSKED OIL.
WOODMAN M > * nii : > on , WOUK.S.
Manufacturers old process raw Unseed
oil , kettle boiled linseed oil , old process
ground llnsrod cakes , ground and [ screened
Ilaxsced for druggists. OMAHA. NUB.
BREWERIES.
OMAHA llltnWI.VG ASSOCIATION.
Carload shipments made in our own re.
frlgerator cars. Blue JUtibon , Elite Export ,
Vienna Export and Family Export deliv
ered to all parts of the city.
BOILERS.
OMAHA 1IOII.KII WORKS.
JOII.K. . : ,0\VlliV. Prop ,
Boilers , Tanks and Blieot Iron Work ,