THE OMATTA DATLT IVEE : TTTTTRSnAT , TATnTATtV 10 , 1800.
DEMAND ON CITY COUNCIL
Stupendous Problems for Municipal Law
makers to Consider ,
ESTIMATES FROM HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
If Amnuntu Art- Allowed I.rvy for Uie
Yenr Will HP 1'tiKliPil Onr-
Tlilnl Higher Tlmn
IJvpr llcforc.
In the batch of estimates made to the
council by the heads of the various city de
partments of the money that will bo required
to run their branches of the city govern
ment during 1899 nn Inkling la given of
the fctupendous problem that the city coun
cil must solve In making up the levy for the
year. If these estimates arc allowed and
other funds nro treated In like manner the
utartllnc levy of some 36 mills will bo re
quired. This will bo one-third larger than
the levy of 1898 , which was 24 mills.
The levy of 1898 netted $793,188.07. Under
the law but 80 per cent of this , or $713,869.27 ,
could bo used. If the levy this year Is made
on the scale that the heads of departments
osk for the city would require some $1,172-
600. This would bo 90 per cent of the levy.
The whole levy would therefore bo 10 per
cent greater , or a total of $1,302,788. In
Hputul numbers the 1899 assessment as re
turned by the tax commissioner Is $35,000.000 ,
although as a matter of fact It Is nearly
$100,000 less. On the basis of the former
figure a 30-mlll levy would net $1,260,000.
Tlio city receives from miscellaneous
fcourccs , exclusive of the fees and licenses
which nro turned Into the school fund , a
comparatively small sum and this would
barely bring the total Income up to the ex
penditures for this year , as figured by the
city officials.
Again , If the city council were to allow
these estimates as handed In and should de
termine upon a Irvy the same as last year
S4 mills It would find an overlap of over
$100,000 on hand at the end of the year. A
24-mlll levy on this year's assessment would
act about $810,000. Tlio available portion of
this would 'bo ' 90 per cent , or about $756,000.
In the estimates presented to the coun
cil , oeveral funds were not provided for.
These were the general , sinking , Judgment ,
water rent , lighting and school funds. Es
timates on the four former have been given
to The Hec by the city treasurer and the
city comptroller. The school fund levy
lias not yet been determined , but members
of the Board of Education think It should
to at least 6 mills. These estimates , aa
well as those reported to the council , arc
contained In the following statement , which
ehous the amounts that were doled out to
each of the funds last year on the basis of
PO per cent of the 1898 levy and the amounts
eskcd for this year :
Amt. levied , Estimate ,
1S03. 1899.
General fund f 9S.900 ft ! $ 225 , COO
Fire 112.2S68 137f 0
Police- 98,90003 120,015
Water rent 80.31031 90,000
Bower maintaining . . . 8,923 37 20,000
Judgment S'ii ! iJ ! 15,000
Library 9,6fiG 98 22,732
Park 26.77010 30,000
Health 8,923 37 10,225
Lighting 4IS ? ? ? 72,730
Sinking 7 91.4M BO 170,127
raving nnd guttering. 17,848 7.1 30,000
Btroct cleaning 21.564 79 40.000
Schools S3.2SJ7G 159,000
$713,809 27 $1,172,509
Individual members of the council have
been studylnK this problem for some time ,
but as a body the city fathers have not yet
tackled It. "They will hold a preliminary
meeting to consider the situation this week ,
which will In all probability be an executive
Bcsslon. Some active work on the matter
must bo done , for under the law the levy
must * o made early In February. In the
meanwhile the aldermen are not eaylng
much on the matter , although one council
man unbosomed himself as follows :
"I cannot say what the levy will be nor
even -what I think It should be. Undoubt
edly 1L will have to bo higher thaa It was
last year. Ha exact slzo In some measure
depends upon the levy asked for by the
Board of Education. Leaving this out o :
consideration entirely for the present yoi
may bo certain that many , of these heads of
departments will bo disappointed. Their de
mands ore out of all reason In face of the
present financial condition of the city and
their estimates will be pared down consider
ably.
"Now , as to the Board of Education. I
do not say that the council will not take
Bonio steps to have set aside the decision
that the school board shall determine the
levy for school purposes Itself without In
terference from the council. But oven 1
that decision should be allowed to stand , ' .
bcllovo that the board la unreasonable In
talking of asking a 6 or 7-mlll levy. It
cays lt wants ono-half of its Indebtedness
wiped out this year. Why can It not bo
satisfied with smaller installments ? To bo
euro , It would take longer to pay oft the In
debtedness , but In a way It would not 1m-
pose such a burden upon taxpayers as It
eccrns to be Inclined to do now. "
MORSE HAS AYELLOW JACKET
_
Other * nenlde Colonel Vlfannln Who
DcloiiK to the. Ciliie e Order of
the Double DraKon.
The prominence given In recent telegrams
from Washington , concerning a bill In con
gress , authorizing Colonel Vlfqualn to ac
cept from the emperor of China the Order
of the Double Dragon , recalls the fact tha
this distinguished decoration was conforrci
eotue ten years ago on H. D. Morse , a eon
of A. D. Horse of Omaha , It having been
given for distinguished servloes rendered the
Chinese government In th settlement o
the war between China and France.
Mr. Morse Is an accompllsKed scholar , be
Ing a graduate of Harvard soil eg e , and Is
nlbo a very excellent Chinese scholar , having
bocti for sometime a professor In the college
At Pokln. He has for years been In the
service of the Chinese government , being a
the present time "Commissioner of the Im
pcrlal Maritime Customs" at Pachol , directly
*
Burlington
64 Hours
to Los Angelts
Leava Omaha 10:15 : p. m. any
Monday , Wednesday or Saturday
and you arrive Los Angeles 1M
p. m. following Thursday , Satur
day or Tuesday.
Round trip rate , JM. Tickets
good to return via Kansas City
or Denver OB preferred.
New Depot. Ticket Office ,
lUh& ( Mitson. 15O2 Farnam.
Tel. 310. Tel. 250.
wort on the mntnlanrl from tlio Phlllpplnrn.
The Order of the Double Drngou Is ono
pocl.illy Instituted for bestowal on Huro-
pans , nnd Is not given to natives of China ,
ho decorations coveted by the Mongolians
icing buttotls , peacock feathers , and over
11 the yellow jacket ,
Iri'linril .t Wllhrtnt Cnriict Company.
On Friday , January 20 , wo will place on
.ilo all of our odd patterns of Brussels ,
Axmlnster and velvet carpcta. These arts
omo of the best patterns of our last fall
oods nnd In mnny cases will be sold at
cry much IOM than the mill price. Some
> f those have borders to match nnd there
s enough of any of them to cover largo and
medium sired rooms.
Odd patterns In Axmlnntor carpets , 63c.
Odd patterns In velvet carpets , 85c.
Odd patterns In body Brussels carpets , Sue.
Odd patterns In Royal Wolton carpets , 95c.
Odd patterns In Blgelow Axmlnster car
pets , 05c.
Wo will also place on sale on abwo date
Ifty misfit Ingrain carpets , mndo ready to
ay , at prices much less than regular. If
you are a bargain lover you cannot afford to
nlss this rale. It means a saving of dollars
o you In every purchase.
Ono thousand yards of China and Japan
matting will also bo placed on sale at b
price 'that will Insure their ready salo. Re
member the date , Friday , January 20.
THAT TEXT-BOOK MATTER
Prpnlilcnt I'enfolil of the Iloaril of
KitiicnUnn AVrltrn Concerning ? the
Stntenientn of A'nii Glider.
OMAHA , Jan , 18. To the Editor of The
Bee : I was very much surprised by an
editorial In The Evening Bee of yesterday
entitled , "A Text Book Scandal , " and deem
t mv duty as president of the Board of
Education to ask you to print the follow-
ng facta with regard to the purchase of
woka by the Board of Education In order
o correct the misleading statements con
fined In the words which you quoted from
Mr. Van Olldcr and the conclusions you
drew from the same as contained In the
editorial.
The members of the Board of Education
have long since ceased to toke seriously the
ague and unreliable utterances of Mr. Van
jlldcr , and bul for this fact his wild
statements made In the board at the last
meeting would have been contradicted on
the spot ; but no ono supposed for a
minute that even the reporters , much less
he editor of any reputable newspaper , would
ko for granted the statements Mr. Van
Gilder made. His statements were so ut
terly untrue and misleading that I consider
t my Imperative duty to the citizens of
this school district to correct them most
emphatically. I desire to say at the outset
.hat I was not a special supporter of the
proposition submitted by the American Book
company or any other publishing house at
ho time the geographies and histories were
adopted last year , but I did that which I
believed to be best for the district.
Mr. Van Glider made the statement that
he board had paid $6,000 to the American
Book company for geographies , and with
out questioning the accuracy of this state
ment , The Bee has been lead Into n serious
and damaging error. The facts are that
; ho Board of Education paid In cash to
the American Book company for the 7,900
new geographies now In the hands of the
children , but $2,264.88 , or a llttlo more than
28 cents each. In the face of these facts
you have printed the glaring statement that
the board paid $0,000 for these books.
While the board allowed a bill of $5,250.12
In favor of the American Book company at
Lho last meeting the greater portion of the
bill was for other books which have been
In use In the public schools of Omaha for
tea or fifteen years , Including readers ,
arithmetics , algebras , histories , grammars ,
composition , language , Greek and French
books. Of the total amount allowed , $1,049
was for new histories , which the board had
to buy from the American Book company or
some other publishing house.
The reason the American Book company
receives moro money from the Board of
Education than any other school book pub
lishing company Is very easy of explana
tion. Moro than ten years ago the Ameri
can Book company was formed by the con
solidation of four of the leading text-book
publishing houses In the United States.
These four publishing houses then owned
the copyright of about 90 per cent of the
text-books used In the public schools of
Omaha and other cities throughout the
country. Instead , therefore , of dealing
with four separate publishing houses , since
the consolidation , the board has continued
to purchase the same books from the Amer
ican Book company as were formerly pur
chased from the four separate concerns , ex
cepting where the course of study bos been
changed and the hoard has adopted books
published by other companies.
The proportion of books now purchased
by the Board of Education from other com
panies than the American Book company
Is greater than It was four or five years
ago , as the new companies have been
gradually securing the patronage of the
board by reason ofthe - Introduction of new
text-books. The bill for geographies fur
nished by the American Book company
amounted to $5,221 , hut the American Book
company bought back , from the board , all
the old and worthless geographies that the
district owned , paying $2,956.12 for them ,
loavlnz a balance In favor of the American
Book company , as I have stated , of $2,264.8 !
on the geography account. Many of tha
books sold back to the American Book com
pany had been furnished the year before
by the American Book company to the
Board of Education free of charge and the
American Book company bought them back
at half price. Many of the old hooks wore
utterly worthless and had teen laid aside
and condemned and would have been burnt
or thrown Into the garbage heap.
In view of these facts , which might have
been ascertained In five minutes If the
editor of The Bee had taken trouble to
call up the secretary and ascertain the
truth with regard to Mr. Van Glider's state
ments , It seems to me a rank Injustice to
the Board of Education and the people of
Omaha that such erroneous statements
should bo spread broadcast by a paper ol
wide circulation like The Omaha Bee.
I am thoroughly convinced that the free
text-book law Is ono of the best and most
economical laws regarding public schools
that has ever been Introduced and any
man who will give U twenty minutes' in
vestigation will discover that it would be an
Injustice to the people and an extravagant
act to revert to the custom of compelling
parents to purchase their own books ; the
price paid would bo from 20 to 30 per cen
greater than that now paid by Uie boart
end the number of books purchased would
bo from 30 to 40 per cent more for the
reason that under the present plan the
books are passed from ono pupil to another
until they are entirely worn out ; whereas
under the other plan every family would
have a stack of books stored away In cor
ners and closets , half worn out , which
would bo of no use to anybody else. Par
ents would be obliged to pay the retal
price for their books , which would enor
mously Increase the cost to the people who
pay taxes.
The board Is at present expending an average
ago of $7,500 anuslly for books for 10,000
pupils or less than 50 cents each per year.
Would any sane man contend for a mo
ment that parents could supply all the
books for their children , purchased at retal
stores , for 50 cents a piece per year ?
I trust that you will give this as promlnen
a place In The Bee aa you have given the
erroneous statement made by Mr. Van
Glider in order that the people of this
school district may know the truth.
H. J. PENFOLD ,
President.
A 10-word want ad costs you but 85 cent !
for 7 days In the Morning and evening Bra
SOLDIERS FOR PHILIPPINES
Jembors of Twenty-Second Infantry Expect
To Be Called ,
TIME FOR DEPARTURE IS NOT YET FIXED
Trronflcth Infnntrr to I.pnrc Fort
I.envenworth Next ftnlardny
nil Snll on the Trans
port Scamlln ,
Interest In the coming movement of tha
Twenty-second Infantry from Fort Crook
o the Philippines has been reawakened by
he arrival of the transport Ohio at San
" "ranclsco a few days ago. It has been ex
acted at headquarters for several weeks
hat at least a part of this regiment would
10 moved on this transport , and that opinion
mi not been changed by any recent events.
The Ohio Is a small boat and can carry only
a portion of the regiment , but another ship
will bo available to carry the balance of
ho troops.
This docs not mean that orders to move
will bo given Immediately , for it will take
Ituo to get the transports In readiness. It
IBS required about six weeks to prepare
ho Scandla , which Is to carry the Twentieth
nfantry , and It Is not yet ready to sail. But
when It Is learned approximately
when the Ohio and other transport will be
eady preliminary orders will probably
bo Issued for the Twenty-second to pack
up. The movement , however , Is hardly
expected to begin before the latter part
of February , and maybe not until March 1.
The only contingency which may arise
o detain the Twenty-second longer Is that
he Third regiment at Fort Snclllng may
10 selected to go on these transports. But
t has been quasl-oiTlclally announced that
his regiment had been slated for the east
ern route , nd In fact , bids have already
> een accepted from railroads for the trans
portation of the Third to the Atlantic coast ,
which virtually disposes of this point.
Unless now orders come changing the
ast ones the Twentieth Infantry will leave
ort Loavenworth next Saturday for San
"ranclsco to sail on the transport Scandla.
This regiment has been la readiness for
several weeks and will expcrlcnco a feeling
of relief when finally It Is In motion.
Major Wnrrt .lolim Illn Regiment.
Major H. C. Ward , who has been sta-
loned In Omaha nearly a year In connec-
lou with the War department exhibit at
he Transmlsslsslppl Exposition , has been
ordered to Join his regiment , the Sixteenth
nfantry , now at Huntsvllle , Ala. .Tho major
had charge of the transportation of the War
department exhibit to the exposition and Its
return to Washington and this work has
now been completed. The colonel of the
Sixteenth Is absent on sick leave and the
major will have command upon his arrival
at camp. Previous to the war the Sixteenth
was stationed in Washington , at Fort
Spokane. The major bos no Idea of what
llsposltlonwill be made of his regiment
The Second and Sixteenth are kept at Hunts-
vine In readiness to bo moved when needed ,
and their future station will depend upon
the requirements In a military line In the
new possessions. It may be possible the
regiments will bo used to garrison some of
, ho vacated posts at home.
Army New * and Gonlp.
A dobachmont of New York volunteers ,
letatned at San Francisco on account of
illness , will pass through Omaha on the
Burlington's No. 6 this morning at
6:40 : on their way home. They are a part
of the regiment which was stationed at
Honolulu , and participated In the flag rais
ing exercises In that city.
Lieutenant Colonel E. A. Koerper , chief
surgeon of this department , IB again down
with the grip. When partially recovered
from his former attack he ratunred to his
work and made a trip to Fort Crook to at
tend to some duties there. This was too
much of a task for him under the circum
stances and ho has suffered a relapsd. His
condition ia not considered serious , yet he
la confined to bla bed.
Captain March of the Aetor battery , ac
companied by eighty-two men , left San
Francisco last Monday evening for the eosl
on their return from Manila , where they
achieved considerable honor In the attack
upon that city. The members of the battery
travel on the Denver & Illo Grande to Den
ver , on the Burlington to Chicago , and the
Lake Shore and New York Central to New
York. They will go through Omaha on No ,
6 at 0:40 : a , m. on Friday.
Captain W. H. Beck , Inspector general of
this department , has gone to Washington In
response to nn order from the War depart
ment. Ho goes to make a settlement of his
affairs as agent for the Indians in Idaho
where he was stationed previous to the war
and after leaving the Wlnnebogo agency in
this state. At the outbreak of the war ho
was ordered to Join his reglmen't ' , the Tenth
cavalry , and the urgency of the times pre
vented a settlement then , which he will now
make.
WELCOMES THE BOYS HOME
Plan * Being Laid to Give Flrit Ne
braska Soldlen a Ills ; Reception
When They Return.
The announcement that the First Ne
braska will be ordered home from Manila
early In _ March occasions no surprise to the
relatives' the boys here In Omaha , as as
surances had previously been received that
the regiment would be eent bock as soon
as possible.
Plans are now In Incubation for an elab
orate reception which will be tendered tha
soldiers on their return. An effort will
be made to bring the entire regiment to
Omaha to participate in the demonstration
It Is proposed to make the homecoming
the occasion of an even greater demonstra
tion than that -which attended the departure
nearly a year ago. As the regiment Is
not expected for about two months , It Is
argued that there Is ample time to make al !
arrangements , and the matter will probably
bo taken up toy the friends of the absent
soldiers at an early date.
Samuel Burns. 1318 Farnam , Is Belling a
5 o'clock teakettle , $3.
Announcement H.
There is something In "A Trip to Coon
town , " at the Boyd during the rest of th
week , to please everybody. There are pretty
dancers , beautiful solos , eoul-stlrrlng en
sembles , clever comedians and a flock of th
prettiest girls Cole and Johnson could gather
The excellence of the company In supper
of Tim Murphy this season In "The Carpet
baggger" has been freely commented upon
He has on unusually strong comedy and i
part of which is full of good comedy am
sweet sentiment. He will bo nt the Boyi
Sunday afternoon and night and Monday
night.
Her Grand European hotel now open. Ele
gant rooms , ladles' and genU' cafe and grll
room. Cor. 16th and Howard.
DrniiBlut * nnd rhynlclnn * .
Alexander's vaccine virus fresh every day
The Mercer Chemical Co. . Omaha.
inr.u.
HOEL-Catlierlno St. . wife of A. R. Heel
January 17. 1899 , nt residence , 2622 Bur
street , nfrd 68 years.
Funeral Thursday nt 2 p. m. , from resl
dence. Friends cordially invited. ,
SCHROEDEn Margaret , wife of Loul
Schroeder , 1COS South Tenth street. Fu
neral notice hereafter.
SCOTT William. Jnn. 17 , 1S09. aged 73 years
5 months nnd 6 days. Funeral service
Thursday at 2 p. m. at the home of th
daughter. Mrs. W. A. King. BI7 So
2Hh Ave. Interment. Prospect Hill ceme
tery. Friends invited.
COE Isaac , at Columbus , O. , Monday
January 16.
Funeral from late residence at Nebraska
City , at 2 o'clock D. m. Thursday , January
19.
HAvnr.N
Irnnil ClrnrliiM : Snlm It ln < r Down
Ihr 1'rlcrn Kfcp Yonr I3 > e on the
liASHMKNT I1AUOAIN COUNTERS.
, nrriNo DOWN THE riucis IN LINEN
DEPARTMENT.
r > 8-lnch cream nustrlan dnmank , 25c. 62-
ich heavy scojch damask , 39c. GO-Inch
liver bleached gornian damnnk at 42V4c.
S-lnch double natln damank , 72&c yd. 72-
nch full bleached IrlMi damask , 09c yd.
Bleached all linen crash , fie. Extra heavy
bronn linen crash , frc yd. Turkish toweling ,
8 In.ldo. . nt lOc & 12&c yd. 72-Inch all
vool felt colors at $1.10 yd. 36-Lnch butch-
rs' Until , worth 35c , at 23c. 36-Inch sheer
mndkcrchtof linen at GOc yd. 36-Inch art
Inen at 50c yd.
SPECIAL BASEMENT BARGAINS.
On the bargain counters. C.OOO yds. heavy
rash nt Ic. Dimities , India linens , etc. ,
worth 2Gc at 8 l-3c. Lonsdale muslin ( no
emnants ) at 49ic yd. 23c fancy border all
Inen towcla at 12l4c. Brown linen crash nt
% c yd. Bleached washrngs worth EC at Ic.
Full bleached damask worth 35c at 19o yd.
SPECIAL ON DRESS GOODS.
Sweeping reductions on winter drees
goods.
19o for all wool novelties. 36 Inches wide ,
sold for 49c. 39c for flllk and wool French
novelties that sold for 75c , Crepons' worth
2.C.O , $4.00. $5.00 for 9Sc , $1.50. $1.76.
French ttannols , 75c grade , for a few days
only 49c. 10,000 remnants of high grade
goods at lees than half of cost price. Evcry-
hlng In heavy goods must go.
BASEMENT SALE ON DRESS GOODS.
A largo line of cashmeres , fancies , etc. ,
vorth 300'per yard , on sale In basement at
only 9c.
NOTICE.
Wo are serving Wheat Wafers , the now
breakfast dish , free In the grocery depart
ment. Best country roll butter , llc , 12V4c ,
3o ; strictly fresh eggs , per dozen , IGc ;
ancy swcot dairy butter , 14c to 16c ; separator
creamery butter , 17c to 19c ; Shepp's cocoanut -
nut , lOo packages , Co ; largo pint bottles pure
onmto catsup , 7V c ; blood rod salmon , IBc
ans , lOc ; IGo cans golden pumpkin , only
V4c ; lOc cans tomatoes , solid packed , Gc ;
-pound cans table peaches , worth 20c , 12c ;
now California prunes , 4 pounds for 2Gc ;
baked beans In tomato sauce , 3V4c ; 12 bars
standard laundry soaps , 25c ; fancy naval
oranges , lOc , 12c and IGc.
CHEESE BY THE CARLOAD.
Wo have Just received a car of the finest
cheese made. In It wo find Herklmer Co.
Now York Cheddars. Canadian , Sago , Swiss ,
and nearly every kind of cheese made , which
we will place on sale at the following low
prices : Fancy full cream cheese only lOc.
lerklmcr Co. double cream , 12c. Cana
dian cheese , the finest made , 14c. Vermont
Sage cheese , only 14c. Swiss cheese , fancy
domestic , 14c Ohio Swiss , selected , only
16c. Fancy brick or llraberger , 12 ! c.
Sdatn cheese. Imported , each SOc. Flac
apple cheese , each , GOc. Sap Sago , 7c. Neufchatel -
chatel , only 3c. Wo have the largest cheese
department in the west. Buy the most
and sell nt the lowest prices.
MEATS ON SALE.
Good salt pork , Gc. Short rib corned beef ,
Gc. No. 1 bacon , 7c. 3lbcans Peerless
ard , IGc. Pickled tripe , 3c. No. 1 skinned
hams , 8c. Potted ham , 4 > / c. Fresh
spare ribs , 5c. Fresh pork sausage , 7c.
Best summer sausage , 12c. Bologna sau
sage , 12c. HAYDEN BROS.
HAKSlinKHOEirS.
Artlntlc Shirt WalNtn.
177 State Street , Chicago , 111.
Our exclusive line of London , Paris and
Glasgow shirtings is now ready for your
Inspection and we nro prepared to fill orders
promptly for ladles' shirt waists. Our waists
eave the best shirt makers' finish nnd oui
Importations of novelties In materials and
designs are made exclusively for us and are
not shown by any other house in Chicago.
Samples of materials mailed upon applica
tion.
INTEREST IN THE EXPOSITION
York and South Dnlcota Promlnt'
to He on Hnnd with Exhibit * that
Will Cxceed I.nut Year's.
The managers of the Greater America
Exposition are ctllli waiting for action on
Congressman Mercer's bill before beginning
active preparations for the show , but mean
while a large ainqunt of preliminary ar
rangement Is being accomplished , prepara
tory to rapid work when the desired govern
mental recognition is obtained. Assurances
of Interest and co-operation continue to ac
cumulate. They coruo from every part ol
the United States and are uniformly encour
aging.
A. M. Wheeler , secretary of the New York
commission to the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi
tion , writes Secretary Smith to make appli
cation for space for a New York building
this year. lie wants a location Just north
east of the Illinois building and southeast
of the band pavilion and gives the assur
ance that the structure will be materially
larger and handsomer than that which was
erected last year. He < idds that If the at
tractions are equal to those of the Trans
mlsslsslppl Exposition , the attendance from
the east will be ten times -what It was In
1S98 and the exhibits will be at least
doubled.
J. J. Lloyd of Sioux Falls , S. D. , writes to
assure the management that the state In
which ho resides will be in the push this
time to an extent that will do it credit.
Ho says that ho spent most of last summer
at the exposition and every day he had rea
son to feel ashamed that South Dakota had
comparatively so small a part In the mag
nificent success. Now he proposes to begin
work at once to secure a legislative appro
priation that will make It possible to make
an exhibit that will bo commensurate with
the resources of South Dakota and add ma
terially to the attractions of the new ex
position.
STOPS "THE sTREEf WORK
HemoYlnK Ice from Pavement * Will
De Suspended Until the Weather
Become * Warmer.
It had been the intention of the Board of
Public Works to continue the work of cleanIng -
Ing the downtown streets. Added incentive
to such work was given aa a result of the
additional $1,000 appropriation for the pur
pose made by the council , which makes a
total of about $1,600 to expend on the street * .
Tho'weather is such , however , that Chair
man Rosewatcr has determined to postpone
further work until It Is warmer.
"This severe cold snap has made It ad
visable to delay the work , " he says. "It
has frozen the dirt and ice to the pavements
so that the cost of removal would be sev
eral times what It would bo were the
weather of a thawing character. As soon
as the cold moderate * somewhat the work
will continue. "
Iimnre Aunln t Smallpox.
The accident policies of the Pacific Mutun
Life pay Indemnity for smallpox , varlolold
and eight other diseases. A. V. Todd , general
oral agent , 340 Bee building.
Taste's
Good
And Is really and truly good couldn't bo
anything else as It's made of the fines
Bohemian ( Imported ) hops and selected
malt. There's llttlo use of stating what the
above articles of commerce make. Every
body has been Interested In Fred Krug
Brewing Co.'s advertising It's read by al
readers , you know , and they know It makes
perfectly pure beer but In order to dls-
tlnguUh U make It familiar to everyone
It's called Cabinet There's another way
and perhaps the most popular Krug Cabi
net Deer. Always put It that way when
ordering a bottle or a case and there cat
bo no mistake. There may bo a few new
arrivals In this part of ithe country am
for tljolr benefit It might bo well to Invlto
them to order a trial CBEC ,
riiicu icitua iiitr.wiNn co. ,
Tel. 420. 1007 Jackson Street.
nrv TIII : AVIIOI.I : SIIIHT KACTOUV.
ludro Stork of P. , Wnllotmtrln > t Co. ,
AtliiniXi .V. V. , Slilrl I'm-lorr.
10UUI1T 11Y I10STON STORK , OMAHA.
Consisting of 2.BOO dozen mcn'n whlto and
otored latitidrcd and unlnundred shirts , In
indrus cloth , ( Ilk , percale , etc.
Also COO plectH shirting In madron cloth ,
HMlford cord , percale , cheviot , whlto muslins
nd cambrics.
On Friday , Dec. 30th , 1S9S. the New York
uyer for J. L. Hrandels & Sons , proprietors
f IloBton Store. Omaha , bought the slock
f n. Wnllensteln & Co. . Bhlrt mamifnctur-
rs , of Albany. N. Y. , from the Insurance
nderwrltcTs.
A small portion of this purchase was dam-
god by water , the balance Is all perfect.
As watsr stalna will all corao out In wasti
ng , wo consider this one of the most for-
unato purchases we ever nmdo.
It enables tin to offer
ON SATURDAY. JANUARY 21ST ,
ho Kraudest lot of shirts ever heard of.
Watch the dally papers for further par-
Iculara of this eensatlonnl shirt sale.
BOSTON STORE. OMAHA ,
ICth & Douglas Sts.
Smallpox Again.
The Board of Health stopped vaccinating
for two days because they could not obtain
mints that they know were reliable nnd
would not produce any violent results. The
points that the board have found to bo per-
ectly satisfactory are the Alexander Vaccine
Virus , propagated at Marietta , Lancaster
Co. , Pa. , where the farmers take pride In
ho pcdlgrco of their stock. The heifers arc
ilrcd from the farmers for the purpose anil
kept In the Alexander stables , which have a
capacity of GOO heifers. Theec stables are
washed and scrubbed nnd kept perfectly
clean. Only ono propagator , In Chambers-
burg , Pa. , uses thp same care. These points
are sent out by all the wholesale druggists
lero when specified Alexander virus , though
costing nil druggists more money than any
other points , because of the care In their
making. The physicians have not done as
much vaccinating for the last two days , bo-
catiso they know these points to bo the best ,
and as distributor of those points for the
ransmlsslsslppl country , who docs business
n Omaha , has been out of them for two days
ho physicians declined to do the work unless
hey had Alexander virus. The Chicago
loard of Health always preferred this same
virus during the contagion there.
GATHERING IN THE HARVEST
Some of the Ire Men nt Work on the
Srroiid Crop , While Other * Walt
lor Collier Wealher to Conic.
Local ice men nro looking forward with
some anxiety to a continuation of the present
cold weather. It means dollars and cents
: o them. As yet but little work hns been
done on the second Ice crop , the thaw Imme-
llately preceding the cold snap having cut
the ice down to from flvo to seven Inches.
At that thickness it docs not pay to put
t up.
Inquiry at Swift & Co.'s Ice house on CutOff -
Off lake revealed that no Ice Is being put
up there. The cold snap of Sunday night
and Monday helped considerably , increasing
the ice to eight and a half Inches. No work
will bo done there , however , until good , clear
ice , at least ten inches thick , can be had.
tf the cold spell continues , this should not
take over two or three days. Swift has put
up about CG.OOO tons of the first crop. This
Is an inferior quality of ice , being good
enough for packing house purposes , but of
little value for retail trade. The company
expects to put up 125,000 tons in all.
At Hammond's dee house nowork Is
being done. They have put up all the
Ice that will < bo harvested this winter ,
about 70,000 tons. One of the companies
that cuts Its Ice on the reservoirs at Flor
ence and Burt street started its men to
work packing this morning. It had been
intended to wait until Thursday , but con
siderable ice was made Tuesdaw night and
the managers felt Justified In beginning
work at once. None of the other com
panies operating on the reservoirs have
begun to cut.
The company cutting ! co at Seymour lake
has been compelled to abandon the work
temporarily because of the thaw. The Ice
la about seven Inches thick , .but a couple
more days of cold weather will make four
or five Inches more , -when work will begin.
All the local dealers agree that there will
bo a plenitude of ice In Omaha next sum
mer and ice of aa unusually fine quality
at that.
What Is commonly known as heart dis
ease IB frequently on aggravated form ol
dyspepsia. Like all other diseases result
ing from indigestion , it can be cured by
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It cures the worst
forme of dyspepsia. It digests what you
eat.
> IAiMFICI2Vr TRAINS.
Omaha to Chicago.
The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way has Just placed In service two mag-
nlQcent electric lighted trains between
Omaha and Chicago , leaving Omaha dally al
5:45 : p. m. nrrlvlnx Chicago at 8:25 : a. ro.
and leaving Chicago 6i5 : p. m. and arriving
Omaha 8:20 : a. m. Each train Is lighted
thoroughly by electricity , has buffet smoking
cars , drawing room sleeping cars , dlnlnf
cars and reclining chair cars ana runs over
the shortest line and smoothest roadbed be
tween the two cities.
Ticket office. 1504 Farnam street , and at
Union depot.
BIG Sale Cloaks
Jut Scofield's Bale of
cloaks beats them
all. In the first
rice place his styles are
all more desirable
garments better finished better materials
and represent the designs that will be used
next year. Long experience In buying is
what belps Scofleld and benefits his custo
mers.
Takes the Best
$10 Cloth Cloak
In our house tomorrow usual prices were
up to $30 for these.
Our price for cloaks below value In this
lot will bo $7.50 , $ C.OO , $5.00 , 34.00. $3.00 and
$2.50.
No auch bargains were ever before offeree
in Omaha.
Every cloak must go. See our suit bar
gains.
gains.nKSCOFIELD
UaiiKS | ) s.Hiirc.
1510 Douglas.
WE ARE OPEN
And selling Patent Medicines at these
prices :
1 Ayer's Hair Vigor , we Bell G3o
Jl Mexican Ilnlr Grower , wo sell 75o
Jl Coke's Dandruff Cure , we Boll S3o
"Bo Coke's Dandruff Cure , wo sell C5o
Jl Uncle Ham's Tobacco Cure , we sell. . . . 60o
2Do llrown Camph , Tooth Powder , we
sell 20c
25c Mennen'a Talcum 1'owder , we sell , . . . 15o
Quart bottle peed Port Bherry , we sell. 50o
Good Family Syringe , we sell ECc
Jl Malted Milk , we sell 75a
$1 Steam's Cod Liver Oil , wo sell Too
Jl Wine Cardul , we sell 75c
Largo bar Imported Green Castile Soap ,
we sell : . , GOc
Jl Llsterlne , we sell iSa
Jl ncef , Iron nnd Wine , we sell 4Sc
25c Liixativo Ilromo Quinine , we sell IBo
K > o Marshall's lleef i\tract. we fell. . . . 25o
Ul cake Uncle Sam's Tar Soap , we sell 6c
Write for catalogue of drugs and rubber
goods.
Sherman & McConncll Drug Co.
MIDDM : or HI.OCIC.
151U Uoilwe St. - OuiBlio , Sell.
Uce , Jnn. 19. ' 05.
Superstition.Uce T
Are you superstitious this morning ? Are you nf raid
to invest in a pair of our Goody car welt 2.30
shocsl You needn't bo Our guarantee is tied
on every pair. The shoo man says it's a pleasure-
to sell a customer our Goody far welt at 2.50 ho al
ways comes back i'or another pair. They give en
tire satisfaction in every respect made of choice box
and willow calf , half double sole , extension edge , hull
dog lasts and agatino eyelets. Wo know of shoes not
equal to this one that sell for 3.50 , and advertised as a
special bargain. Aside from the mere economy , the
shoe is up in style and lit to anything in the market.
Boys shoes good ones , for 1,20 and 7.50 , manufac
tured to sell for 1.50 and 2.00. Wo are offering you
an extra good tiling in boys' quilted sole that ranks
among the best in boys' wear , at 1.50. Youths shoes
at 1.00 and 1.25 regular wear resistors just the
thing for school and to scufE in. Litttc gcnfs spring
heel come in 75c , 1.00 and 1.50 values all made to
give entire satisfaction to the wearer. Our shoe de
partment rule is that the best only comes hero. If
we tumble on quality or style you are quickly re
imbursed for any loss you may suitor.
Important Changes
"The Overland Limited"
VIA
Union Pacific
Carries the Government Fast
Mail to San Francisco , Portland and Pacific Coast
f\ + * IWTGO Hours to San Francisco
vFUlj' 58 Hours to Portland-
No Other Line Mtikus as Quick Time Runs Every Dny in the Year.
SUPERBLY EQUIPPED STEAM HEAT PINTSGH LIGHT
For Full Information Call at
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1302 Farnam St.
New Treatment
AND
HOW IT CURES
Catarrh Deafness Trouble
, , Kidney ,
Throat Trouble , Dyspepsia ,
liver Complaint , Lung and
Nervous Diseases.
Our Standing JSSSSs ;
of Dr. Shepard and his professional
standing
"The Shepard Medical Institute Is entirely
reliable In a professional and business way. Thesa
physicians have gained and fully maintained a
leading reputation in the treatment ol clironlo
diseases. " N. P. FIIL , Business Mgr. DAILY Uti.
What Is The Shepard System ?
"Dr. Shepard has for six years bren conductIng -
Ing the largest medical practice ever known in the
history of Nebraska. lie haspro\en himself to be
sincere , careful , and consistent in the handling of
bis patients , and , as is well known , will never
accept a case for treatment that lie cannot cure.
No small part of his popularity lies in the fact that
bis fee is JS.OO a month including all medicines
K-liich enables the poor as well as the rich to avail
themselves of the servicesof this specialist. " Tut
OMAHA CIIRISTIAH ADVOCATE , November 6 , 1897.
The "Home Treatment , " by mail , is
curing hundreds of patients. Write.
SEND CARD FOR FREE BOOK.
SHEPARD MEDICAL INSTITUTE
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Swift's Premium
IS THE BEST
TRY IT.
WINTER CRUISE
to the scenes of the
BATTLEFIELDS
T" of the
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
by the
American Ltn twin-screw United State *
mall
8. 8. NEW YORK
07. 8. Auxiliary CrnUor Harvard , )
from New York , March 4. 1199 , for
XVANA , SANTIAGO. SIDONEV. BAI-
EJlltuc , CUANTANAMO , BAN JUAN.
ONCE. THE WINDWARD ISLANDS A
A.MATCA ; duration , 31 days.
Itittfnational Navigation Company
lain H3 , Chlca o , 111. ; 113 La-
Sails St.
s Vaccine Points
M and
Fluid Lymph
Fresh
Every Day.
City and country orders re
P ceive linmttdlulo attention.
XP J. A. FILLER & CO. ,
CUT 1'RIOn DltUOOISTS.
X Corner 1-Uli & . DougUs tits
Use yV Use
Woodbury's fc * Woodbury's
Facial Soap x Facial Cream
Tlio complexion npeedlly uml pormmiently
cleared of blotches , liver npots , inutli , tnn ,
freckle ? and the skin rendered soft. Htnooth
nn.l white by JOHN \VOODIHMIY , 10 {
Sliito ( U. , rhlcuKo , nml 3 % Chemical
Hide. , Bt , T.oulD. Send 10 ccntH for lleuuty
Hook , and receive bumplo of. noup und
Diploma of
Highest Award
the very highest
honor possible to bestow was
received by us at 'tho Exposition.
Our Jess fortunate competitors
'
received INFKUIOU
' _ AWAUDS , Instead of giving us
proper credit for our well-mer
ited Victory , are trying to mis
lead the people In making decep
tive claims , which they cannot
substantiate and which the pub
lic knows to bo false.
Our beers recommend thom-
" Bclves no DOCTOR'S CERTIF
ICATE necessary. We use our
own ARTESIAN WELL WATER
exclusively in browing.
Omaha Brewing Ass'n.
Telephone I26O.
TEBTH EXTRACTED 25 CENTS.
PAINLESS DR. MASON.
DENTIST
EXTINCTION
4th Floor Brown B1U. , 16th and Douglas
Gold Alloy Filling $1.0O
Gold Filling $1.00 and up
Cold Crowns $5.00
Set Teeth $5.00
Best Teeth . $7.50
a\ \
Patronize
Home Industries
tty PorrlinHlni ; tiooiln Made nt the FeN
ltii I'nctorlcn
FLOUR MILLS.
M. I < \ til I.MAN.
Flour , Meal. Feed. D.-an. 1013-16-17 North
17th street , Omaha , Neo. C. 13. Ulaolc ,
Manager. Telephone G92.
IRON WORKS.
DAVIS Jt CO WHIM , , IIIOWOIUCS. .
Iron mill llriiMn Fniiiiilern.
Manufacturers and Jobbers if Machinery.
General repairing a specialty. 11-01 , 1E03
and lf > 05 Jackson street , Omaha , Neb.
LINSEED OIL.
WOODMAN ii > Mr.n on , WOHKJI.
Manufacturers old process raw linseed
oil , kettle boiled linseed oil , old process
ground Unseed cakes , ground and screened
for druggists. OMAHA. NEO.
OMAHA IIHKWIM ; ASSOCIATION.
Carload shipments made in our own re
frigerator cars. Illue Hlbbon , Elite Export ,
Vienna Export and Family Export deliv
ered to all purta of the city.
nOILBUB.
OMAHA IIOIIiU : WOIIKH.
JOHN it. : . : > wuiv. Prop.
Bollcra , Tanka and Sheet Iron Wsrfc