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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1899)
THE OMAHA DAILY BICE : TUESDAY , DECEMUEH o , 180J ) . VAST SUMS FOR EDUCATION X Unprecedented Generosity Shown by Thii Year's Contribution * , MILLIONS FOR COLLEG-S AND LIBRARIES Kncts About \il.rnl < n'n Selmol of AK- rlcnlltire Mtiiiumiry of .State ItciiortM Ktlticn- tlonnlotcDi Contributions to the support of American educational Institutions have Increased so rapidly during the fall months as to place the known total for 1899 far ahead of nny year in the country's history. The great est single contribution on record Is that of Mrs. Lcland Stanford to the Stanford university , California , said to amount to $10,000,000. H is not certain whether this vast sum Includes previous contribution ! ) ot the family , or a fixed endowment. In e.ther case , the sum Is n colossal contribution to education and puts the Stanford university upon a secure financial foundation. In a statistical review for 1S98 the Chicago cage Tribune staled that the contributions to schools and colleges had reached the "unprecedented sum" of $13,086,150. This year to date they have reached the colossal sum of $83,584,174 , and there are yet nearly four weeks for a. further Increase. The do nations to and for libraries this year have been $7,870,700 and to art Institutes and gal leries $1SOI,000. making the Immense ag gregate of $03,238,874 given to educational purposes In less than eleven months. The comparative statement for 18B8-9D Is as fol lows : 1S9S. 1889. Colleges Jl.l.O-SG.loO $33,384.174 Libraries ] ,168.300 7.S70.700 Art Institutes 1,172,000 l.SOI.OOO ' Totals * j5.72lG50 , $93. t.S7l To make the comparison more complete , twenty-live persons last year gave $100,000 nnd upwards iind thrco persons $1,000,000 and upwards In single donations. This year | thirty-seven persons have , given $100,0001 and upwards and eight persons have given over $1,000,000 each. Another Interesting feature of public generosity has been the aid extended to libraries , and the larger part of this must .bo credited to Andrew Carnegie. Of the total $7,870,700 he has given $4,257,700. With this money he has. established sixteen new libraries at Clarion , Tyrone , Heaver Falls , and Erie , Pa. ; Sandusky and East Liver pool , 0. ; Plttsburg , Dallas and Waco , Tex. ; Newport , Ky. ; Tucson , Ariz. ; Duluth , Minn. ; Washington , I ) . C. ; Emporla , Kan. ; San IMcgo , Cal. , nnd Atlanta , Oa. , besides giv ing a. small sum to aid a struggling library In Now York City and over $2,000,000 , to the library In Plttsburg. In the past ox-Governor Drake of Iowa has contributed over $100,000 to the vari ous departments of Drake university at DCS Molnes. Recently ho has sent his check for $25,000 more , which , with other funds recently donated , gives the Institution $65- 000 In cash for running expenses. In ad dition to these amounts D. R. Ewlng of DCS Molnes , one ot the college directors , has signified his Intention of building a $45,000 library for the college. Miss Ellen Irwln of Baltimore has turned over to the Board ot Trustees of the Peabody - body Institute $15,000 which her sister be queathed , and the Income of which Is to bo used to purchase paintings to be added to the Pcabody collection as a memorial to the late 'George C. Irwlu , brother of the Misses Irwln. James Jennings McComb of New York City , ono of the founders of the Southwest ern. Presbyterian .university , at Olarksvllle. Tenn. , has given $70,000 to the endowment fund ot that Institution. This makes the total of his contributions to the college- $100,000. D. F. Converse , a mill owner of Spartan- burg , S. C. , left one-third of his estate , valued at $500,000 , to Converse college , an Institution for the higher education of women , founded by him at Sportanburg ten years ago. Fnrin niiil Unlry School. The University of Nebraska has Just Issued a * ory attractive pamphlet descriptive of the Behool of Agriculture. This course In agrl- eulturo is altogether the most complete , practical and common-scnso thing of the kind that has ever come under our observa tion. It Is something that 110 farmer's girl or boy con afford to ml&e. The people In chnrgo of the school realize the fact that most farmers' sons and daughters cannot afford to spend the time and money re quired in the preparation for and comple tion of the regular college course , but be- llevo that In farming , as In every other business , education and training pay. Keeping this in view they have prepared a short practical course of thrco months , beginning January 2 , 1900 , and ending March 17. It provides for the following studies : Bolls , Held crops , diseases ot farm animals , breeding of livestock , feeding of livestock , dairying , horticulture , agriculture , engineer ing , carpentry and blacksmltbtng , Insects in jurious to crops , plant pests , farm accounts and English. An explanation given In the circular of Ilio manner in which the Instruction Is given nljows that the student obtains much of It by means of actual practice and observa tion. Not that lie will bo expected to do Iho work of the farm with which ho Is already familiar , hut suck operations as stock-Judging , milk-testing , creamery oper ations , tree-grafting , treating sick animals , etc. etc.No No examinations are required for en trance. There Is a registration fee of $1. The cost to each student last year for roomrent , tnblo-board , books , etc. , was about $30' . HcImolH In North Carollnii. Figures In a recent annual report of the ( superintendent of public Instruction In North Carolina make an interesting fallowing of the variation in money expenditure on the ttchoolB for whlto children and those for i negroes. The amount apportioned to whlto ] pchools was $575,441 , and to negro schools , $220,894. On tbq basis ot average attendance these figures show an expenditure- $4.10 for each whtto pupil and of $3.37 for each negro pupil. U has liren hitherto explained that negro teachers can be hired for Ices money than that paid to whlto teachers , and I this may account for part ot the difference j In' the per capita expenditures. Far from accepting any criticism because of this dis crepancy , the whites In tbo south feel that they are making pralawnrtby sacrifices for the education of the negro , It Is ahown that the amount of school taxes actually paid by whites was $522,808 , and by negroes $71,183 ; also that the average value of property owned by whites , taking the number of polls as a basis of calculation. Is $1.359 , nnd by negroes $126 , From these figurra It la deduced that > the whltffl paid for schools , on the basis of polls , $3.S1 each ; the negrooa $1 each. A pe culiar fact shown In the report's statistics l the disproportion between ths expendi ture for Mlarlca nnd the cost ot maintenance. Of the $575Ml appropriated to white schoolk , $520,415 went in salaries , while $216.491 ot the $226,894 allotted to negro reboots \vns used for a similar purpose. The utatcmcnt that 716 log school houses are yet in u e mar bo n partial explanation ot the small coot of maintenance. Nctr York Stole Wclioolp , For the school year ending last June Su perintendent ot Public Instruction Charles R. Skinner of Now York state reports that the value of the Reboot houses and sites In the state hna Increased $3,321,104 to $75- 153,615. The number ot children of school ago Increased 31,271 to 1,550,079 , ot which number 510,173were outside of the cities. The number of children attending school was 1,170,351 , of which 458,819 live outside ot thp cities. There 1,001 private schools In the stntc. an Increase of 100 during the year. The number of children attending private schools was 161,708 , an Increase of 80,260. There were 33,992 teachers employed during the year , 17,876 of this number teaching out side of the cities. The Increase In the number of teachers employed was 919. The average annual salary of teachers outside o the cities was $318 , and In the cities $771 During the year $16,484,646 was expended fet teachers' salaries , an Increase of $1,328,36 ? There are 1,544,170 volumes In school libra ries. The total expenditures for nchool pur poses during the year were $28,052,990 , n decrease crease of $422,881. Kiltirntlminloten. . At the University of Illinois 307 women are registered as student ! * . t'nmnrrlfd women are debarred as stu dents in Russian universities. At Cornell university the percentage o college graduates In the professional schools Is the largest In Its history. The total wealth of 42G colleges nnd tinl vorsltlcfi In this country Is J2oO,000,000 , nni seven own property worth $91,000,000. Harvard's library has been enriched wltl Count Paul Riant H collection of books re Intlng to the crusades and the history oC the I -itln eaft. Mrs. Inland Stanford's gifts' to educa tional Institution * on the Pacific const foot tip to $19.000.000. She still has as much left which , at her death , will go for similar pur- DOSCS. Walter Camp 1ms accepted the , newlj created position of director of athletics at Yale university. He will not assume the duties of his office. It Is understood , till the beginning of next year. The library of Cornell university has re ceived from an alumnus , Jlr. Theodore Htanton , a fine collection of over 1,00 * volumes of the Tauchnltz collection of British and American authors of the pres ent century. The University of Michigan , following the example of several other Institutions , has raised , by vote of the board of regents , Charles Bond , former director of athletics , to the rank ot a Junior professor , with a salary of $2,000. Over 1,000 persons , his former pupil ! * , teachers and school officers , attended a re ception given to Prof. Edward Gideon In the Oeorge G. Meade schoolhouse. Phil adelphia , lately , to mark the completion of his nftleth year as a teacher. Prof. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hop kins university , who was recently elected president of the newly organized American Physical society , has received from Italy the announcement of his election as for eign member from this country ot the Royal Society of bombardy. a scientific so ciety of Italy corresponding to the Royal society of Encland. Cornell last year established a graduate school of railway mechanical engineering. The fourteen who took the work have now positions ns "special apprentices In the Canadian Pacific , Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy , Southern and a half dozen other railroads. The railroads welcome brains and these men will be given every chance to earn ra-.ild promotion. Martin P. Burks ot Bedford City , Va. , has been elected to the chair of common and statute law In Washington and Lee university. He Is a son ot Judge l > , . C. Burks , who was for many yearn u mem ber of the court of appeals of VlrKinla- and one of Virginia's most distinguished jurists. He is 48 years old and has been for about five year.1) reporter of the court of appeals. PETER'S MONEY PAYS PAUL ClinrRO AKnlimt n. CIilcnKO Firm tor Wlilch Itccclvcr In \niucd. CHICAGO , Dec. 4. On the petition of n stockholder , Judge Gibbons today appointed John F. O'Donnell receiver for the Com bination Investment company , a commission and brokerage concern organized last July. It Is said that large sums of money have been received from Investors in various parts of the country which have been used In speculation In bucket shops. It Is also charged in the petition that Investors have been paid about $25,000 , purporting to have been realized on their Investments , but that in reality the money was the principal ad vanced by other customers. It Is further asserted that the officers of the 'company , without the consent of the stockholders or directors , permitted specu lation with the money received from cus tomers and that $100,000 has been lost or disposed of. Assets ore placed at $50,000. On final hearing the court Is petitioned to annul the charter of the company nnd decree Us dissolution. PENSIONS KOIl WESTEIIN VETERANS. Survivor * of tlic Civil AVnr Hemeni- liorcd by the Government. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.-Special.-Theso ( ) pensions have been granted ; Issue of November 17 : Nebraska : Original George II. Butter- field , Farnam , $0 ; Leonard P. Luce , Hubbell - bell , $6. Renewal John Allen , Stella , $ S. Increase Moses Brown , Ansley , $14 to $17 ; Charles J. Jenner , Soldiers' Home , Hall , $17 to $21. Reissue Nicholas 8 , Yasser , Baradn , $12. Iowa : Original Colin Dow , Sioux City , $8 ; Nathan C. Vlckers , Creston , $ S. Increase William J. Carson , Mnrslmlltown , $10 to $12 ; Laughlln II. Woodward , Clinton , $17 to $24 ; James W. Bell , Bellevue , $30 to $50 ; Luther 8. Flllmore , Hazleton , 510 to $12 ; Haelmrlali T. Jolley , Osceola , $8 to T12. ReIssue - Issue and Increaao William J. Llndsey , Seymour , $ S to $10. Original Widow , special accrued , November 20 Serene K. Velra , Uurllnston , $ S. South Dakota : Increase John Keller , Ironuols. $8 to $12. Colorado : Minors of George Starks , Du rance , $14 ; widow , Minnie 13. Davis , Du- rungo , $8. "I was nearly dead with dyspepsia , tried doctors , visited mineral springs and grew worse. I used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. That cured me. " It digests what you eat. Cures Indigestion , sour stomach , heartburn and all forms of dyspepula. Flrnt CnrKO for the NEW YORK , Dec. 4. The United States auxiliary cruiser Pralrlo has sailed from the Brooklyn navy yard for Havre , France , with the first shipment ot the United States government exhibit for the Paris exposi tion. The vessel will proceed to Norfolk , Va , , and to Baltimore , where it will take aboard additions to ite cargo and will then go direct to Havre. The cargo which the Prairie has taken on at this port consists principally of about a dozen carloads of structural Iron for the United States machinery building at tbo exposition. Materials for the Installation of the educational , social and economic ex hibits and a number of cases ot photographs , charts , maps , etc. , for the educational ex hibit are also on board. WALTHAM WATCHES The best and most reliable timekeepers made in this country or in any other. The "Riverside" ( trademark ) movement is jeweled throughout with rubies and sapphires. For sale by all jewelers. MAY QUENCH ITS OWN THIRST City H E < D6wed Prospect of Owning a Water Works Plant. SPECIAL MEETING TO CONSIDER PROJECT CK.v Attorney * * IMnn Will lie Con III crnl I'tilly-The City I'hyslelnii Sccnrcn Money for tlic At the council rommlttco meeting ycster- dny afternoon Chairman nurmestcr of the commlttco on fire , wnter and police made t report on the project of city ownership o the waterworks. Ho recommended that the city attorney be directed to frame an ordi nance providing for the sale of bonds to purchase or construct a waterworks plant The committed believed that the proper pro cedure by the council would be first to de cide whether municipal ownership Is dcslr- nble , then to appoint appraisers for con demnation of the property In view and finally to submit the whole matter to the people. Another position was taken by Council man Mercer , who believed that a propoea to vote n fixed amount of bonds should be submitted to the people and that upon Its approval the stipulated sum should bo ex pended In the acquirement of a. plant. The whole matter will be further discussed at a Rpcclnl meeting to be held on Wednesday night. Provision for 1'cwt House. President Ulnghatn Introduced n resolu tion to transfer $2,000 from the general fund to the health fund to enable the city physician to meet any emergencies which may arise In his department. Several mem- hern thought that the resolution was couched In too general terms and should provide for some specific expenditure. Mr. Dlngham said ho would explain in private what disposition It was proposed to make ot the money. The funds will undoubtedly bo used In the maintenance of a peat house at n location not made public. The city physician admits that uuch a place Is al ready established and that means arc at hand to attend to nil smallpox cases which may appear. The aeh heaps remaining of former emergency hospitals are the mute arguments for the present secrecy. The councllmcn present were in favor of the resolution. The flro department asked for authority to purchase a new hook and ladder truck In glace of the antiquated one out of serv ice. There was also a hose bill to bo paid amounting to $2,850. The sum of $7,000 re cently transferred to the fire fund was deemed sufficient to meet these Items. HoNpllnllly ( or Kurt Uoiljie. A resolution by Blngham was adopted to Invite the city officials of Fort Dodge , la. , to this city when the Illinois Central rail road Is formally opened. It was understood that the Commercial club would entertain the business men of the Iowa town on that occasion and the council believed that it should show equal hospitality to the officials. The claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Van Brock- lln for personal Injuries received by a full on a slippery Harney street sidewalk , ap peared once more for settlement. The con troversy had been referred to the city at torney for n legal opinion who had given It his provisional approval. The committee also endorsed the amount named In the compromise , $1,000 , and formal action was deferred until tonight. F. P. Klrkendall & Co. entered protest against the appraisement of $40,000 im posed on their stock by the tax commlo- sloner , claiming that the f > um of $35,000 lad been agreed upon with that official. Commissioner Sackett admitted that the Increase was the result of a blunder on his own part and the valuation will be rectified. Clr.ini for Snlur.v Arrenrn. C. F. Robertson of the legal department submitted a claim for salary due during the months of January , February and March , 1899. In the months named Mr. Robertson lad held a committee clerkship In the legls- ature and there was doubt us to whether he was entitled to his salary- The city attor ney testified that Mr. IlobcrUon had either ilniself performed his legal duties or had provided a substitute. Mr. Connell was nstructed to bring a recommendation before the regular seE ! on tonight. The Second Presbyterian church proposed to lease city property at Fourteenth and Nicholas streets for use as a mission. The privilege will he granted on reasonable : erms. The heirs of Benjamin Ittner entered a petition for the return of sewer taxes paid in 1889 to the amount of $132. The money wao paid for the drain on Twentieth street when the Lake street frontage had already been taxed for the same purpose. The petition was favored by the comptroller and will como up again at the formal meeting. TALES TOLD TO THE POLICE Snenlc Thieve * Arc t'nnnnnlly Unity .luMt nt I'rcNuitt iinil NumcrouM CoiiiulnliitM Arc Made. The reports at the police station yes terday show that the bad men of the city did not puzzle their brains over dlfficu.t icldups or carefully thought-out burglaries during the last two days. The profession j ias turned into the sneak thief business and made their living by helping themselves to whatever was lying about loose and easy to steal. H. B. Tyler complains that some ono entered his hallway , at 1521 Harney street , and took a bicycle , A valuable laprobo was taken from a buggy > clonglng to R. Labi of the Union Stock yards , near Eleventh and Douglas street. C. W. Heage reports the JOBS ot an over coat which he left hanging on a hook In a lotel near the depot. Two ice chests were gone through Sun day night and the thieves can entertain their rlends at dinner today. The chests were on ho back porches at R , Rlsley's , 2205 Sher man avenue , and G. W. Skinner's , next door north. Saturday night the meat market of John lorn , 2202 South Sixteenth street , was entered through the front door , which had ) een left unlocked , and eight dressed chickens were stolen , beoldes 35 cents. Mr. Wilson left his slot machine standing outside his news stand at 420 North Slx- eenth street Saturday night , and now he Is ooklng for It. MPORTANF CAPTURE MADE Police Hny the llrntnl Sy tnu of IlnldnuM in nt nu End , Detectives Savage , Dunn , Dcmpsey and 'orgeiison made an Important capture yes- crday In arresting two colored men , Will Scott and Will Taylor. It IB thought that heso are the men who have been conduci ng a brutal system of highway robbery In his city for the last two weeks. Friday light Edwin Jackson , an Insurance col- ector , was attacked by two men at the cor ner of Eleventh and Howard streets. Ono of them approached him from behind , and ecurlng a strangle bold about his neck brew him to the ground. The two then icat and kicked him in a brutal manner and obbcd him of his watch and money. Jack- on was brought to the police station this morning and partially Identified Scott and Taylor as his assailants. The ofilcer on that > eat says ho saw the men at Eleventh and ' 'arnam walking south about half an hour before Jackson was assaulted , The police My they have mii'-h other teetimonjr no yet ready for publication whlrh will con nect the men with other robberies , nn < they feel sure of a conviction. MAYOR WORTHY OF HiS HIRE Lnvr Deiinrtnient Point * Out the Clty'n Dlilluntlmt tn KM K.\ccn- tlve Durlmr Illn Dlxnlilllt- . A special meeting of the council was callci Monday afternoon to Insert an Hem cover Ing the mayor's salary In the appropriation ordinance. The resolution was heard on firs and second reading. City Attorney Coilnell , under Instructions from the council , has prepared nn opinion upon the right of Mayor Moores to draw his salary during his Illness and consequent ab sence from duty. The council , with two ex ceptions , was In favor of allowing the full amount nt the last meeting. Objection was made on the ground of the double expense of maintaining two Incumbents In the office and the matter was referred to the city at torney that the city's legal obligations might be made clear. The city attorney gives ns his opinion that the mayor Is entitled to his full salary le- gardlcss of what may be allowed to .tho president of the council for his services as n substitute during the chief executive's dis ability. The opinion continues : "The correctness of this position Is too clear to bo questioned. The salary aa fixed by the charter Is not a epeclficd sum by the day or month , but Is $2SOO per annum. There Is no provision In the present charter authorizing n deduction from the per annum salary , and when the course of legislation Is followed It Is mani fest that no such deduction was Intended by the legislature. "Tho original charter provides that the president of the council shall exercise tha functions of mayor during ' .be lattor'o ab- Hence from duty , receiving full compensation therefor , the amount to be deducted from the salary of the mayor. At the following session of the legislature In 1SSO the clause providing for a deduction from the mayor's Income was stricken out nnd In no other respect was the section changed or amended. The will ot the legislature Is , therefore , clear , nnd I recommend that the mayor's salary bo allowed In full for the month ot November. " SHOVELS IN J-ROZEN EARTH NecenKiiiy Public ; Improvement * Arc Hclnir Carried Oil in Siiltc of Cohl Weutlirr. The advent ot cold weather finds the De partment of Public Works hurrying to com plete certain operations which cannot pos sibly be postponed until spring. Workmen are still employed on the main sewer on Kort street , and work for two weeks remains br > - ore the project can bo abandoned for the winter. The drain was planned to relieve he Fort street branch of North creek for six ) locks and the channel has already been filled In , In anticipation of the work's com pletion. The sewer will probably be ex- ended In the spring to North creek , deposlt- ng the water of that stream Into an outlet vhlch flows through Miller park to the north , thus ridding North Omaha of the pe riodic deluges followln'g heavy rains. The rench is now fifteen feet deep , nnd the shuv- elers arc able to work at the bottom with ome degree of comfort. There are several district sewers which are Iso being hurried to completion ; one on Mason street from Thirteenth east ; one on Boulevard street from.Eighteenth to Twen- leth , and one on Thirtieth street from the lanscom park line to Vrlght street. These minor operations can.lje completed without egard to cold weather There will bo no fustier .paving laid ex- ept such as is hbsotutolr necessary in tha ompletlon of work ' already under way. There is one day's work still remaining on ho Ouming street job'from Thirty-second trect to Fortieth , which cannot be done un- er present conditions. The contractor Is waiting a comparatively mild day to finish bis task. STRANGER IS FOUND DEAD YOUIIK Man from Oiitrnl I'lty Ilotrn > N Fntnl lunormire of liiur Oi Ivor Nelson , a young man from Central 3ity , Neb. , was found dead In his bed at .he Metropolitan hotel. Twelfth and Doug- as , yesterday as a result of asphyxl- tion. Nelson came to the city Sunday venlng and registered at the hotel about o'clock. During the evening ho chatted vlth the hotel clerk and told him he was member of the Third Nebraska volunteer cglment nnd was hero looking for work. lo paid his room hill In advance and re- ired about 11 o'clock. Shortly after noon yesterday a guest came o the hotel and was assigned to the room ccupled by Nelson. The bell boy found the oor locked and reported the matter to the lotel cletk. The clerk and the day porter orced open the door nnd found Nelson lying n bed dead. The room was suffocating with gas from n open Jet. Coroner -Swanson was notified nd took charged of the remains. An inquest III be held later. Nelson was a man of about 23 years and as well dressed. Ten dollars In money nd a gold watch were found on his person. WARMER WAVE ON THE WAY Colil Knell lo He of Short Duration , Sa.vn I lie Weather flcrk. At the weather bureau the Information Is given out that the present cold spell Is to beef of short duration nnd that It Is to be fol lowed by days of bright Hunshlno and n ris ing temperature. The cold wave Is wide In extent , extending over a greater portion of the Missouri val ley and the mountain slope. Hero the mer cury reached a point 3 degreca above zero , yet out In the state it was much colder. At Valentine It was 10 degrees below yesterday morning and clear. The temperature was ihe eamo at Huron , S. \loorehead ; > , Minn. , nnd throughout a greater portion of North Da kota. Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plalnfiold. III. . makes the statement that Bho caucht cold. which settled on her lungs ; she was treated for a month by her family physician , but grew worae. Ho told her she was a honeless victim of consumption and that no medicine- could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption : nhe bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefited from first doso. She con tinued its use and after taking six bottles found herself sound and well : now does her own housework , and Is as well an she over was. Free trial bottles of this Oreat Dis covery at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store. Only 60 cents and $1.00 ; every bottle guaranteed , Wnter . A committee from the Central Labor union met with a committee from I lie f'om- murcliil club yesterday to discuss the pro posed exteiiflon of the water company's franchise. The meeting was at the Invitation of the Central Labor union rommlttpn , which IK prejwrlng to oppone extension nud to favor the acquisition of the plant by the city. Nothing effective \vaa accomplished , as neither committee was in imsHcsxIon of such deflnlto information us waa deemed necessary to accomplish something. The committee from the Commercial club appointed recently to try to bring about greater concert of action on tlm nurt of | property owner * In the payment of personal taxes will meet with the city couiu-l this forenoon an submit u report of iti' llndlngH to the meeting of the executive committee of the Commercial club an hour i later The committee comprises Mc"M < rs , I Martin , Btecle and White. I IDr , Sanden's ' Elleotrio 2 9 After 30 years of success in ( he treatment of disease by electricity 1 am pleased to be able to offer my famous Electric Belt on 30 days' trial to any one in any part of the world who is sincere and honest. All electrodes covered. No burning or blistering1. Improved AUJJ. 1 > last. New and scientific appliances. Cures without using drugs all WEAKNESSES OF MEN. ® I vvill give $1COO for any Electric Belt superior to mine. With its new scientific suspensory attachment - ment a pleasant current passes through the weakened parts all night. It ures while yen sleep such disorders - § orders as result from youthful errors or later excesses. S.OOO CURES IN IS3S. Used J 9 by women as well , tor Rheumatism , Lame Back , Nervousness , etc. We are the oldest and largest makers 8 of Electric appliances in the woihi. e C AUTI ON. The new and improved Dr. Sanden Belt can be had only at my ofiices. Those g sold by others are of old date , 20 years ago. Cure yourself and pay me afterwards. My little book , a 0 guide to men , sent free scaled. g Dr. F. G.SANDEIM , 183 So. Clark St. , Chicago , III. | CITY ENJOYS GOOD HEALTH November Mortality List is Smaller Than Ono Year Ago- VERY FEW CASES OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASE KlKhty Deaths Arc lleporjeil DtirliiR the Jloiith , tlic Undo SnutnlnliiK Omnlin'n Itcimtiitlou n Ilcnlth Itcnnrt. The report on the public health for No- ember , showing the number and causes ot eaths and the prevalence of contagious Iscases , Is now being complied by Assistant City Physician Ilalph. According to the ecord Omaha still upholds Its reputation s the healthiest city in the United States. There wore eighty deaths during the month , xactly the same number as for October. On an estimated population of 160,000 this ndlcates a death rate for the year of C.8 teach ach 1,000 , easily the lowest ratio In the ountry. The mortality rate in other cities aries from seven to twenty-five. The month Just past compares favorably vith one year ago , when the death list umbered eighty-five- spite ot the wann cather , open to a suspicion o" unseas- nablc mildness , there was no epl- cmlc of any sort during the nonth. Last year , when the cold weather pened much earlier , there was considerably lore sickness , being proof , as far as H ocs , that a green Christmas and a full ; ravcyard arc not after all synonymous- . The record also shows a gratifying ab- cnce of contagious disease for the mouth , 'here Is less typhoid , scarlet fever and Iphthcrla than for a number of years , nnd cry few cases have resulted fatally. The otal number of such cases during Novem- , icr was fifty-four. In trio same month ouo ear ngo there were eighty-eight , a balance f thirty-four in favor of the present year. Added to this showing la the fact that the esent facilities' for collecting data are nuch more complete than ever before , u large number of cases having previously been unrcportcd , Kor example , last year thirty-seven deaths were reported from typhoid fever and a total of culy eighty- eight cases wore reported. Accprdlng to the usual death ratio of that disease the city physician points out that the fatalities re ported must have represented a total of over -100 cases. Physicians arc supplied with postal cards for the report of all such cases and an official also gives his time to the col- lecticn of data. FEAST FOR THE WORTHY POOR Salvation Army M'lll I VlmulN til Hie llarrnekx null IN SeekliiK1 Out DfNei'vliiU' OnrN , The Salvation Army Is preparing to serve a bountiful Chrlstmaa dinner to the poor from the barracks nt 1711 Capitol avenue. The contributions of food will be arranged In baskets , each containing enough for. five persons. The cadets and officers are now soliciting supplies nnd are likewise inspect ing the poorer quarters of the city with n view to seeking out the worthy poor. It Is their plan to leave a ticket calling for one or more baskets with each deserving family which will entitle the holders to the Christ mas distribution. The canvass Is being car ried on with the assistance of the county officers , and donors are thus assured that their gifts will go Into proper channels. Contributions of fcod or clothing may be Bout to the barracks , where they will bu cared for by Captain Stanley. On Christ mas night u tree will be Illumined at the barracks bearing gifts for children who would otherwise find their chimney place vacant. It Will Slon AellCH , Wrlghi'n Paragon Headache , and Neuralgia Cun ; . Try It. All Druggists , 25e. FIGHT FOR REESE'8 LIBERTY IleNt leKi > l Talent ( Ililalnnlile lo He Sei-nrecl li > Handle the ( 'UNI' . INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. . Dec. 4. John Mitchell , president of the United Mlno Workers , returned from Illinois tcday. Ho said that legal proceedings will bo begun at oncn looking to the release from Iho Foil Scott ( Kan. ) Jail of John P. RCCJC , number of the executive committee. Pro.i < o't Mitchell by long-distance telephone directed . that the bust legal firm In Kansas t.ke charge of the case. Hubcac corpus proceed ings , he says , will probably bo filed with Judge Williams of Fort Scott , but the final hearing will be In the United Stato.3 circuit court. The mine workers' order Is paying all expenses and President Mitchell has In structed that no expense ho spared In secur ing the release of Reese. The headquarters has also received notice of the arrest at Fort Smith , Ark. , on an order Issued by United States Court Judge Allen of Springfield , III. , of a miner named Kelly , who Is charged with contempt of court. President Mitchell gays ho suspects that Kelly was arrested on account of shoot ing at Cartervllle. 111. SPRINGFIELD. III. , Dec. 4. R. H. Kelley , n miner , arrested at Fort Smith , Ark. , was brought here by a deputy United States mar- Nervous Exhaustion , Hereford's ' Acid Phosphate Acts as a tonic and nerve food , im parting vigor and strength to the entire system. Induces refreshing sleep. Genuine bears name HORIFOXD'S on wrapper. shal and taken before Judge Allen , t'nlted States district court , wherehe gave $1,000 bond. Kelley is charged with violating an injuntlon from Judge Allen by being Im plicated in the Hot at Cartervllle , 111. , Insl summer. In which several negro non-union minors were killed and wounded. NO CANAL BILL THIS SESSION y of Seeni-lnn : Report from Com in In * I nit One Clrcnt IHIlleiilty. NEW YORK , Dec. 4. A special to the Herald from Washington says : No action In the matter of pledging of governmental aid for the construction of the Nicaragua canal will be taken by congress during the coming scsslou. H Is proposed by Representative Hepburn , prospective chairman of the committee on In terstate and foreign commerce , to Introduce his bill for 'the ' 'construction ot the canal , but ho admits that the opponents of the measure , as well as the disinclination of certain members favorable to the canal act , because of the failure of submission of the report of the Isthmian Canal commission , will prevent Its passage. Rear Admiral Walker stated before his departure from ' Washington that In his opinion It would be , Impossible for the camml'Mon to submit a comprehensive statement of the canal fit- I uatlon before next December. i In addition any effort to prers the canal measure during the coming session will input the fctrenuous objections of the Panama i Canal company , which has been trying to obtain from Nicaragua an extension of Its concession. Secretary of State Hay rr-cel''ed Fonio weeks ago a protest from the Maritime C'mial company against the action of the Nlcara- guan government In declaring I's conces sion forfeited and in granting a new conces sion to the Eyrc-Cragln syndicate. The de partment declined , to Interfere In the con troversy between the two American com panies , but simply forwarded the protest to Minister Merry , with Instructions to present I It to the Nicaraguan government. The re- j fusal of the latter to extend the Maritime | company's concession followed. So far as the concession granted the Kyre-Cragln syndicate Is concerned , Nicara gua Is known to be quite willing to make an arrangement with the syndicate abrogatIng - i Ing the concession , provided the United States undertakes to build the canal. Nicaragua would like the canal to be built by the American government , agreeing with Costa lUca in this respect , but until the United States begins construction It feels that In Its own Interest It Is advisable to enter Into a contract with any reliable American company which may bo able to raise the funds to perform the work. Knell l > y lirltlNli Soliller * lii Afrlen. Captain C. 0. Oennlson Is well known all over Africa as commander of the forces that I raptured the famous rebel Oqllshe. Under , daate of November 4 , 1897 , from Vryburg , nechuanalaml , he writes : "Before starting ' on the last campaign I bought a quantity ot Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea , Homedy , which I used myself when troubled with bowel complaint , and had given to my men , and In every case It proved most bene ficial. " Oiteii Mollm-iir Trlnl , XKW VOR1C , Di > c. i.-The trial of Roland ] ! . Mollni'iix for the murder of Mrs. Kuth- orine .1. Adams by poison was resumed to day. After the reading of the Indictment Attorney Weeks objected to It on the ground of Insullu'lcnt proof. The objection was overruled and the ussli taut district attoiney began his opening ppceeh. VVoniiiii'M ( Mult Knnetlon. The department of political and FOi-lal science of tin1 Woman's flub entertained the Now Sigma club of Walnut Hill Mon day afternoon. After a word of greeting Mrs. l.oblngler , loader of the department. Introduced Mrs. hangfoldt , who conducted the program and rend a comprehensive and 1 llggcstive paper on "Tin- Housing of the Poor. " Mrs. ( ' "on ! followed with n talk on the tononiLMit house problem nnd Mrs. Sly of the Child Saving Institute spoke briefly of the necessity for domestic , training among the poor. After the program tea wan served by .MesUiuuos Draper Smith , Damon , Wagner , Sackott. Iloudcbush and Hettls. Among out of town guests wore Mrs. Cotton of Ouray , Colo. ; Airs. Webber , president of the Wayne ( No/b. ) Woman's club ; Mrs. Dowllng of North Bend , Neb , and Mies Gregg , secretary of the National Woman's Suffrage association. IiiUliiu IlrcaUn 11 Loir. James Blackbird , an Indian from the Omulm-Wtnncbago reservation , who Is In the city ns a witness against some parties who are accused of giving liquor to In dians , foil and broke his leg Monday night. He was walking on Webster Htroot between Fifteenth and Sixteenth utree'H when ho raught his foot In the sidewalk and foil. Iilnckblnl WIIH at the exposition during tlm .summer and he with several others , Kot an opportunity to taste a llttlo l.oer which was being dispensed from what la vulgarly known as a "can. " Ho wan taken to St. Joseph's hospital In the patrol wagon , whore his Injured member was given at- tantlor4. Ilecclver for n "HroUor u < > " Firm. CHICAGO , Dec.I. . On the petition of n stockholder , Judge Gibbons today appointed John F. O'Donnoll receiver for the Com bination Investment company , a commission and brokerage concern organized last July. It Is nald that largo sums of money have been received from Investors in various parts of the country which have been used in speculation In bucket shops. It Is also charged In the petition that Investors have been paid nbout J23.000 , purporting to Imvo been reillzcd on their investments , but that In reality the money was the principal ad vanced by other customers. Two Motor C : rN Collide. CLEVELAND , O. , Dec. 4. Two motor oars collided on Wlllson avenue near Wood land avenue , late this afternoon , owing to an opoih switch. The passengers were badly shaken up , but only three persons were severely hurt. They were : John A'lnsel , tha motortnan on one of the cars , bruised and cut and Internally Injured ; Bruno Young , 477 Harper street , badly brulud , and Nicholas las Jaco'hs , No. 12 Echo street , badly bruised. They were taken to St. Vincent's hospital. Korimtlfj Inif of OH Ion. HALTIMOIIE , Doc. 4. The Municipal Art society hat' Issued Invitations to artists and architects throughout the country to attend a meeting at the Johns Hopkins university December 13 and 11 to discuss plans for Improving American cities. Responses have hern received from all the large eastern cities and from Chicago and Cincinnati. Secretary Krlohn of Lelnnd Stanford uni versity. California , will deliver ono of the addresses. Best remedy for coughs Is the simplest anil costs G cents at druggists. Dean's mentholated lated cough drops simply stop the tickle. Try Old Quaker Rye. Aged and pure. A Careful Compounding of Prescriptions by Competent PJmrmuclsts from Pure Drugs at Reasonable Prices. THE ALOE & PENfOLD CO , , LarE t Retail Urutr Home. 1408 Fnrnam. OMAHA. OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL Now How About Winter Shoes Tlit'i'c lias boon a Htwuly How of inon nil ilny nl Jn ) \ L. Shoonian's , snid nl- inost ovcry man wt'iit out with u jmlr of our 'W.riO xliops either In Iln box < -"H' or the winter taiiH These shoos with the heavy soles inalu' them the Ideal the nrk-o Is shoe for winter wear-ami from , " > ( ) ( to $1.00 less than It should been on the same cnule of shoe We nut all our shoe ability ami reputallnn back of tlioM' shoes nnd know the world ( Kiesn't hold their equal anywhere else for .flJ.oO Now don't yon want the best'/ Drexel Shoe Co. * Oomlia'H Up-to-Aat * flhe * 1410 FARNA11 STREET. The Cold Wave- reminds us that the holidays arc at hand nnd we might suRgest that there Is no use worrying nbout that Christum * present you arc eomiiellod to buy the most appropriate nnd one that would be appreciated would bo that piano you have been promising these many months While you ure buying buy the best We have been selling Klmlmll pianos for 2"t years nnd they have nlways proved satIsfnctory besides wo have the well known makes of Kranlch & Hnch llnllett & Davis Knabo A. Huspb and others In nil the new and at- tracthe woods and styles Our monthly payment plan makes It easy to accom plish. A. HOSPE , Music and Art , 1513 Douglas ,