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MCCII COMMENT ABOUT COWIE
Alleged School Boud Bodler the Sabjict of
Ganeral Ditcusslon.
L K R MAKES EXPLANATORY REMARKS
Court DrclnrPK thnt In CoiiinifiitliiK
I pnn toe So-l'itllcil ' TrniipliiK" ill
Oml" ll llml .No Itcfcrcnce.
to the Sellout llonril.
Arthur M. Cowic, tho alleged school board
boodlcr. who was sot freo In Judgo Maker's
court Friday morning because no Nobraskn
law could bo found to fit the alleged crime,
Is pcrhapH the most talked nbout man In
Omaha today.
Tho name of "Uowlo" Ii handled every
where, and fomo very uncomplimentary
things nro being mid. A rumor Rained cur
rency yesterday to tho effect thnt Cowlo
Is to be rc-arrnlRncd on a new Information
covering another feature of the alleged brib
ery, but Inquiry failed to traca this report
to any oflldal source. Tho county attorney
said ho would not take, any further action
In tho matter Just now. preferring to wait
until utter some of tho other alleged school
board boodlcm havo been tried. It Is ex
pected that ex-Member George II. Hem will
bo tho next one to uppcur for trial. Cowle
was turned looso beeauno It appeared, ac
cording to tho prevention, that he made his
bribery deal In Chicago and tho court hold
that ho could not. therefore, bo tried In
Omaha. Tho prosecution declares this tech
nicality will uot hold good In tho other cases,
It being alleged that tho other school board
defendants accepted their bribes In this city.
The easy manner In which Cowlo escaped
trial and thereby saved himself from the
possibility of ndverso Jury declnlon, does
not, therefore, hold out u ray of bono to his
besmirched brethren, If the assertions of the
county attorney can bo mtnbllshed as facta.
.In line Maker i:.xilnlii.
Tho county nttorncy nppeared In criminal
court In tho morning nnd Judgo Baker took
occasion to mako a few explanatory re
marks relative to his action In tho Cowle
cano. Judgo Baker said:
"Mr. County Attorney: I want to say that
thcro seems to bo a mlnaiinrehoiiHion n I
gloan from the outside, relative to tho effect
or tUo decision In tho Cowlo case. 1 neither
Intended (possibly the words might warrant
sucn n construction nor havo I passed
upon tho question whether or not tho do-
tectlvo teitlmony was proper to Introduco
in order to secure a conviction. I had no
referenco to It. Tho only point I had
was from a moral standpoint. I took It
from what was said that when Cowlo went
to Chicago and met Mr. Dodge, that Mr.
Dodge- was thon possessed of Intention,
cither formally made or concocted by him
self at tho time, to trap Cowle. I had no
referonco to tho transactions In any other
ease, either against lilm or anybody else.
Tho only point I decided was that tho en
tiro transaction -was in Chicago after ho
was there; unythlng that might havo fol
lowed thereafter could not bind Cowle.
"I want to say to you now that If you
havo any caso against Mr. Cowlo, whero
It Is necessary to tiso defective testimony,
or any othor member of tho school board
for violation of tho law, it Is your duly to
prosecute them, and whatover I may havo
said was from n moral standpoint, nbout
someone trapping n beginner. It they did,
It wos wicked. As I said yesterday, I think
In the case of an old offender that you
nro Justified In using almost anything to
secure a conviction. Anil so I want to say
to you that If you have such a case against
Mr. Cowlo for nny other transaction for a
violation of his duties ns oillccr, I think it
Is your duty to prosecute ltlm.
"Of course, tho rumorfi that wo catch In
tho newspapers I do not rely on, savo only
as a pointer. . I tako It from what one
paper said that I had said or decided, you
did not know whether It was proper to go
further with the other cases, bocauso de
tective testimony, whero It forms a trap
for ono'to get in, la not sufllslent to convict.
I did not so hold and never havo so held
and I did not Intend any such meaning to
what I did say.
tine After Dodire.
"Mr. Dodgo changed his offer or his price
from 0 cents to 15 cents. Ho cither did It
Intentionally to beat tho district or was
doing It for tho purpose of making a, trap
to catch Cowle, and for that reason I con
cluded that Mr. Dodge was tho ono .nctlng
nt that tlmo for tho purpose of trapping
him.
"Then another reason was that whon tho
question of tho necessity of stating in the
Information thnt tho party offering tho brlbo
intended to, you did state you could not
provo it if you had nllegod It, and didn't
think It was necessary to allcgo It. I do
not think it is ncccfeary to havo alleged
that, at least I so decided and I think that
is tho law iu tho case.
"I had no reference to the othor cases. I
care not when they come. When the propo
sitions of law nro made, thon I will do
cido thorn as I understand tho law, but to
havo nny preconceived notions that you
cannot convict a man by using tho testi
mony of detectives, I havo never hold that.
It seems to bo sometimes tho only thing you
can do, tho only thing left frequently to do.
As to the operations of tho local school board
and dctectlvo work hero, I modo no refer
ence "If, ns a matter of fact, there was a caso
against Cowle by means of which promises
wcro made in the Jurisdiction of this court,
hers Is no ream"' a u to .x
cnipt nny more than anybody else,"
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tn tiopnliitlon nnd bunlite interests of
Omaha nml Mouth llmihn 11 I- a l,..lf i.t
over 1.109 pages.
AGED SINNER HEARTBROKEN
Mlclini-I Merrill In Overcome
Amotion In .Indue linker'
C'niirl,
Tho anomaly of a prosecuting attorney
pleading for mercy on behalf of a prisoner
no nas juit convicted of burglary was wit
ticsed In Judge Baker's court yesterday
morning.
.Michael Merrill, on aged resident of
Omaha, who has lived hero continuously for
thirty years, and who was never before
accused of crime, stood beforo the bar to
receive sentence. He was convicted a fow
days ago on the chargo of breaking Into
Oeorgo V. ltyan's Jewelry store and steal
ing therefrom a valuable lot of rings,
watches and other stock property.
Deputy County Attorney I.oe Helsley con
ducted the case against Merrill, and he was
present when tho aged offender wns ar
raigned for sentence. Tho old man trembled
from head to foot when ho was commanded
to stand up beforo Judgo Baker.
"What havo you to say why scntenco
should not bo pronounced upon you?" asked
tho court.
Merrill tried to answer, but a Bob choked
his utterance.
Judgo Baker turned to Deputy llelsley and
Inquired: "What do you know about this
man?"
"I havo been acquainted with him for
many years," replied the deputy, "und this
Is the llrst tlmo 1 hnvo ever heard of any
thing wrong. I deslro to Impress upon
your honor that this man has heretofore
borno a good reputation In fact, he la a
good man. This Is simply nn unfortumito
Incident In a llfo that Is otherwise unsul
lied." Tho pathetic appeal mado by tho prose
cutor so overcome Mcrrll that ho cried
aloud. Tears streamed from his eyes, and
he leaned upon tho Judge's bench for sup
port. "I will glvo you tho lightest sentence pos
slide," said Judgo Baker in n kindly tone,
"you must nerve ono year In the penitentiary
at hard labor, dating from February 21."
A deputy sheriff led tho white-haired con
vict back to tho Jail.
Morrill bun u highly respectable family.
Ho ban been a working man, and was for
over ten years continuously employed by
ono manufacturing firm In this city, up to
a few months beforo tho burglary of Hyan's
store. Ho denied the charge, but tho proof
was against lilm, for a part of tho utolen
property was found In his possession. It Ih
said that tho old man was prompted to do
wrong by the fact that after losing hl em
ployment ho found himself and family In
llnnnclal straits. Through his long yenut
of employment he hnd made no provision for
tho proverbial rainy day.
Other senteneoH pronounced by Judgo
Baker wero as follows: Matt Garner, high
way robbery, twelve years; Frank Jones,
horso stealing, ilvo years; William Jones,
robbery, ten yeara; Chris Thompson, lar
ceny, ono year; CharlfH Barnctt, assault,
ono year; W. Taylor, larceny, one year and
six mouths.
WiiiiIh Ileiiuiml Iteilneeil,
Tho defendants In the caso of Emma
Walker against John Moser and othets, now
pending In tho United States court, havo
filed a motion to compel tho plnlntlff to rc
duco the amount of damaged demnnded to
$3,000. The suit grows out of the death of
tho husband of tho plaintiff nt Ashland last
winter. Walker, while drunk, was thrown
fiom a buggy nnd killed. The defendants iu
this action aro the keeper of the saloon
whero Walker drank and his bondsmen. In
their motion they nllcgo that tho demand
for $15,000 mado by tho plaintiff Is for the
purpose of prejudicing tho casci in the eyes
of tho Jury, as under the facts In the case
sho ran hopo to recover but $3,000.
Note nf I In- Court.
Tho trustee In bankruptcy has declared n
dividend of 30 per cent In tho matter of tho
bankruptcy of A. C. Rlddell of i ha.
Kdwnrd Pyle of Alliance, Neb., .,ns lied
application In tho United States district
court to bo declared n bankrupt. lie owes
$1,011. S5, with no uHsets.
In Judec Baxter's court yesterday Mrs,
Sarah Stanwood won her caso against tho
Union I'.uitlc railroad, wherein sho sought
to havo Increased appraisement of reai
estate at Tenth and Leavenworth streets,
said property having been taken by tho
railroad company by right of eminent
domain. The appraisers valued the lots nt
$15,000. Mrs. Stanwood's Judgment Increases
that llgure to $37,818.
CHILDREN TO PLANT TREES
.VeliriiNku Department of Instruction
Inhiio Direction for Olincrv
nnee of 'Aruor liny,
Rach teacher in tho Omaha public schools
has received a neat pamphlet of fifty pages
Issuod by tho stnto department of public In
struction entitled the "Bird nnd Arbor Day
Manual." The publication contains a largo
quautlty of material appropriate for Arbor
day programs and Omnha children have al
ready begun to prepnro for the occasion. In
addltlcri to the customary recitations and
songs nn unusunl number of trees will be
planted this year by tho school children of
tho city. Tho Board of Kducatlon has set
apart $30 for tho purchase, of trees, bo that
each class desiring to do so will bo nblo to
commcmorato itself in the fashion conceived
by J. Sterling Morton.
Tho origin of tho day Is referred to as
follows in tho pamphlet by Stnto Superin
tendent W. B. Jackson: "Nebraska was the
pioneer state l Inaugurating Arbor day and
umong the first to recommend a bird day.
Let us strive to maintain tho position which
tho stnto occupies In this regard nnd continue
to lead In educational matters."
On tho cover In nn artistic sketch done In
colors of two spruys of golden rod, the Ne
braska Moral emblem. On the first page Is
printed tho proclamation of Governor I'oyn
ter describing Nebraska as the "Troo Plant
ers' Stalo" and sotting apart April 23 as
Arbor day Tho book also contains an In
troductory by Stnto Superintendent Jackson,
addresses by J. Sterling Morton, Prof. J. M.
Coulter of tho department of botany. Uni
versity of Chicago; L. Brunor, author of
"Notes ou Nebraska Birds," and others.
After l.HKiippe Wlint f
Usually n racking cough nnd a general
feeling of weakness. Foley's Honey and Tnr
Is guaranteed to euro tho "grlppo cough"
and mako you strong nnd well. For salo
by Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dlllon'a
Drug Store, South Omaha.
LOCAL BEET SUGAR CULTURE
Donulll County Will I'roluilily Itulxr
Three Hundred Aere till
Venr,
Tho Douglas County Sugar Beot nssocln
tlon met nt tho Commercial club rooms nt
noon yesterday nnd authorized the executive
committee to lease sufficient land to enable
tho association to cultivate 200 acres of
beets during tho coming summer, to purchase
the necessary seed and machinery nnd to
employ bucIi help ns may be necesjary. In
cluding a foreman for three months at a
salary not to exceed $75 per month. It wat
stated by Johu K. Utt that tho merchants of
South Omaha havo decided to cultivate fifty
acres, that other partlrs In that vicinity
have contracted to put In about forty acres,
that ono tnnn named Forbes north of the
city Is going to raise seventy acres on bis
own account and that It looks no if nbout
300 acrr will bo raised this year In the
vlrlnltv of Omaha.
W. H. Balrd, who Is at the head ol the
Norfolk factory, was present and In rcaponcs
InforallT,nprrS Zl XTSt !
Balrd la a young man who beamo Inter- ,
eitted In beef sugar affair iiveral vears 1
ago nt Grand Island nnd who has manifested
such nplltudo for tho work that ho has re
cently been advanced to a position nt the
head of tho Norfolk Institution.
IOWA MAN BLOWS OUT GAS
l.mvrt-iici' Mower of Oxford Junction
llrcntliei the oloti Viiior
mill I Nun t"n'onrloii,
Lawrence Kogenj, a business man nnd
member of tho school board of Oxford Junc
tion, la., blew out the gao In his room at
tho St. James hotel early this morning nnd
narrowly escaped death by asphyxiation.
Ho is now at SI. Joseph's hospital and nt
last accounts was unconscious.
Kogers entered tho office of the hotel at
1:30, signed the register with a steady hand
and asked for a room, lie wns assigned to
an Inner nppartment without windows,
which receives Its ventilation through a sky
light communicating with tho aroaway.
Both this opening and the transom wero
closed.
Six hours later Mrs. A. J. Hnttory. wife
of tho proprietor, whllo passing through the
hall, detected tho odor of gas. This was
finally traced to room No. 7. occupied by
Rogers. Ah the door was unlocked sho en
tered and found tho Iowa man lying on the
bed partially drefwed nnd unconscious. Tho
gaa Jet was turned on full force.
FATE OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD
City Attorney "Will Have Ciin of Din
NUtlMli'il I''ri'ilioliIer Plneeil nt
llrud of (lie Docket.
In accordanco with instructions of tho
Board of Park Commissioners City Attorney
Council Is making every effort to have tho
fate of tho Central boulevard settled at once.
Ho has notified all. tho dissatisfied property
owners that their cases will be placed at
tho head of tho district docket with the con
sent of tho court nnd they will come up for
trial at once.
The park board Ih anxious thnt tho claims
bo adjudicated without delay In order that
It may go forward with tho Improvement.
It realizes, however, that the proposed
boulevard Is In Jeopardy nnd that tho chances
aro small for its construction. Thero nro
thirty dissatisfied freeholders who believe
that their awards of damages nro Insufficient,
nnd only $100 remains with which to satisfy
all claims. Tho board hopes to effect a
compromise, as It appreciates that tho
boulevard Joining, aa It docs, tho north and
south pnrk systems along Thirty-first street
will bo an Invaluable addition to Omaha's
thoroughfares.
FALL MAY RESULT FATALLY
liiMcciiri- Iron ItnllliiK nt lloyil' Thea
ter HiiIIiIIiik 1'rc cipHutCM a
Victim Into Cellnr.
man whose name is said to bo K Rich
ards was seriously Injured by falling Into
the basement stnlrway on tho west sido of
Boyd'n theater yesterday shortly beforo 3
o'clock. ItichardH wa3 leisurely leaning
ngnlnat the iron railing that surrounds the
stairway entrance when tho Iron snapped nt
n section Joint, precipitating him to tho bot
tom of tho opening. He fell with great forco,
ho being somewhat corpulent, und tho back
of his bead struck upon the rough wnlls. A
physician said tho victim was suffering
from n serious skull fracturo and tho acci
dent may cost him his life.
Tho vlotlm wna unconscious when picked
up. An ambulanco convoyed him to Clarkson
hospital. Ho was unable to talk and no one
In tho crowd that gathered knew his name,
but papers found on hla person Indicate
that his name Is Hlchards.
COUNTY RECEIVES AN OFFER
Oninlui .Mercantile Compnny I'ropoNC
tu Iluy Claim AxnliiMt the De
funct SiivIiik Hunk,
Tho feature of tho regular weekly meeting
of tho county board yesterday was the
receipt of n communication from tho Omaha
Mercantile company offering to buy the
county's claim against tho defunct German
Savings bank. Tho company offers to pay
$11,007.11 for tho county's claim, tho face
value of which Is $2S,000. It Is stipulated
that tho cash will bo paid within thirty days
after ucceptanco of tho offer. The com
munlcntlon wns referred to commltteo of tho
wholo and will bo thoroughly discussed, It
Is statod, before deflnlto action Is taken.
Other proceedings wero of an interesting
routine nnturo and tho session was much
shorter than usual.
A llorrllile Ouibrcnk.
"Of largo sores on my llttlo daughter's
head devoloped Into a caso of scald head"
writes C. D. Isblll of Morganton, Teun., but
Bucklcn's Arnica Salvo completely cured
her. It's a guaranteed cure for Eczema,
Tettor, Salt Bheum, Pimples, Sores, Ulcers
and Piles. Only 25c at Kuhn & Co.
IlKI.MilOL..
Over 200 applications nro on file for tho
vacant pulpit or mo J'resuyterian cuurcli
nt Atcnison, wan.
Descendant. of tho missionaries In tho
Hawaiian Islands constitute about one
twentieth of tho white population, excluslvo
or tho l'ortucuese.
Hev. Judson Tltsworth, pastor of Ply
mouth Congressional church, Milwaukee, Is
reading a novel of his own production to
his evening congregations. It alms to preach
tho gospel In tho story of a young man's
conversion.
A bill hns been Introduced In the Ohio
legislaturo providing thnt ruling bodies of
religious denominations shall bo empowered
to name the trustees of denominational in
stitution. Its object Is to glvo tho control
of Lane Theological Seminary to the Pres
byterian ctiurcn.
Itov. Dr. Curtis, pastor of Mount Auburn
Pilisbytcrlan church) at Cincinnati, has
been devoting his church services to the
especial Interest of street railway em
ployes. The cincinnnit street runway com
panics urant free tranpportntlon to cm
ploycs nnd their families to und from the
cnurcn.
Of thirty-three bishops of tho Church of
Kngianu, tnreo are tno sons or temporal
peers, two of bishops, eleven of clergymen,
three of lawyers, ono of a doctor, two of
bankers, llvo of country squires, one. of n
tradesman, threo of farmers and two, tho
archbishops of Canterbury nnd of Vork, of
army omcers.
Tho will of tho into Bev. Dr. George Leon
Walker of Hartford, Conn., contains tho
following public bequests, in addition to
$5,000 divided nmonir Connecticut church
societies: American Bonrd of Commission
ers for Foreign Missions. $1,000; American
Missionary association, $300; Brooks library
or uraitieuoro, vi.. ouu. ,
At a meeting of tho friends and ndmlrers
of tho late new Dr. .Mcniynn. jieia in
Worcester. Mass., It wns decided to hold
ii memorial service In thnt city on Amil 2.
It is understood thnt the speakers will bo
William Lloyd Garrison of Boston nnd tho
Hev. Fathers Ducey nnd BurUell of New
York. The memorial will be in the nnturo
of n tribute from tho tlngle tax men nnd
not from n catholic stunupoint.
Tho popo still refuses to accept tho yearly
stipend which tho Italian government Is
ready to pay him. Ever slnco tho conquest
of Homo by tho Itnllan troops of tho king
nn nnnual Income of $750,000 Is yearly laid
asldo for tho pontlfex maxlmus by the
government, wmcn mo lormer promptly
refuses to nccent. Thus for twenty-eight
venrn thl sum has been accumulating, and
today over $2O,00O,OiiO, without tho accruing
Interest, may be drawn by the head of tho
Catholic cnurcn.
In tho 'SiV the lato Dr. Thomas K
Beecher of Klmlra was nominated for con
gress from his district, and the politicians
had shout conceded that ho would bo
elected, when his church people found out
thnt hi iirosnects wcro good and set out
to defeat him. Ono of the most Hnsular
rump.ilgns in tno nisiory ot American
olltlPM resulted. All of Mr. Bcecher's per
sonal and church friends worked like
Ueavers ngnlnst him and voted solidly for
ills opponent, with the result that he wns
Jefcatcd by n narrow margin. The attitude
ot the church people wus that they could
not afford to lore their minister, und they
won me nsnu
CO-OPERATIVE HUME BUILDING
Transition from Pincbine Roionroes to a
Plethora of Jioney,
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF NEBRASKA LEAGUE
l'Vntiirc of Imix' .New Law (iovcrii-
Iiir II u 1 1 il I n c nml l.oiin .nnoelii
t Ion Ail fii ii nte It i'K ii I nt Ion
llefcrruil In .NtMV Vork,
A barometer peculiarly sensitive to
changes in the lnduutrlal world is the busi
ness ot building nod loan nraoclatlons.
With a membership largely of wage-earners.
their condition reflects every phase of ac
tivity and depression. A few yeaia ngo tho
associations In Omaha wero pinched to meet i
the demands ot withdrawing shareholders.
Lost year they could scarcely find money
enough to meet tho demands of those seek-'
lug homes. In threo years they havo Jumped j
from pinching scarcity to n plethora of
money. Tho phase of business manifested
this year constitutes n new experience an
abundanco of money nnd limited demand.
Many reasons nro advanced by secretaries
for this unusual condition, which may
radically change as tho building season ad
vances, but tho principal factor Is tho iu- '
creased cost of building. Architects de
clare that tho Increased cost of material and
labor Is not affecting building projects on
a lareo scale. With small homes the ex
perience of local najoclatlons proves the
opposite. Homes erected by nnd through
them, early last year, costing from $1,000
to $1,500, cannot now bo duplicated for less
than $1,200 nnd $l.S0O respectively, nn In-
creaso of from 20 to 23 per cent. Tho effect
of tho Increased cost Is very marked. Nu
merous modest homes projected by associa
tion members during tho winter have been
abandoned becauco of tho Increased cost.
Somo bcllova tho present high prices of
materials cannot last und hold olt for nn
expected reduction. Ot thnt, however, thero
Is llttlo prospect. But the steady cheapen
ing of money will In tlmo offset the In
creased cost of building nnd furnish n
needed incentive for investment in homes.
State I.eiiKiie Convention.
Tho ninth nnnual convent Ion of tho Ne
braska League ot LocaM Building and Loan
Associations In called to moet at Schuyler
on Tuesday evening, April 21. Secretary
Bryson has Issued n call for the selection ot
delegates, each association being entitled to
two. Several qucstlona of great lmportnneo
to association managers will be considered
and prominent leaguers nro booked for
papers. Tho program for tho convention is
not fully completed and will be published
later. Among tho members scheduled for
addresses nro Hon. P. L. Hall, secretary of
tho stato banking bonrd; Hon. C. J. Phelps,
president of the leaguo; Hon. C. F. Bcntley
of Grand Islnnd; T. C. Pnttorwn of North
Platte; T. J. Fltzmorrls, president of tho
United States league; J. K. Arnold of
Schuyler, and Messrs. Nattlnger, Gllmoro
and Kennedy of Omaha.
Tho Nebraska league, though small In
numbers, has exerted a powerful Influence
for tho tietterment of homo building co
operation In tho stato during its existence.
No organization of equal numbers has mado
Its Influence moro cffectlvo for tho common
good. It has fashioned and procured the
passage of laws designed to safeguard the
Interests ot legitimate co-operation und to
weed out nnd shut out speculative concerns
masquerading as building and loan associa
tions. To its Influence and active, co-opcrn-tlon
with tho stato banking board la duo
tho freedom tho stato has enjoyed from
disasters common In adjoining states during
tho past ten years. Tho league seeks llrst
ot nil tho welfare ot mutual homo building
associations. It was founded tor that pur
pose, has adhered to it consistently nnd
persistently from tho beginning and its
success is a tributo to tho unselfish nud
broad-gaugo alms of tho members carried
out at no llttlo personal cost In tlmo und
money. Such nn organization by Its record
commends Itoelf to tho nctlvo support of
every llvo association In tho stato.
Iovm'N New I.iiw.
After n struggle" extending over several
years Iowa has at last enacted what is con
sidered an adequato law governing building
and loan associations, Only n scant sum
mary of tho law io at hand, but this appar
ently alms at tbe principal evils complained
of. Tho law forblda tho lssuanco of any
stock drawing fixed dividends or that la
preferred In any way, thus eliminating tho
speculators who dominate many nssoclatlons
under tho present syntem. Full paid stock
can bo Issuod for tho par valuo only and
dividends In no caso may exceed 8 per cent.
Tho expenses of tho management nre limited
and must bo paid from tho earnings, thus
preventing tho nbsorblng of tho Income by
tho payment of large salaries. Tho maxi
mum of fines and penalties la placed nt 8
per cent a year and nolther premium nor In
terest paid by borrowers may exceed that
amount, whilo under tho present system ns
much ns 100 per cent is said to havo been
paid, As now constituted members who fall
In arrears In their payments frequently loeo
nil that they havo Invested. Tho bill pro
vides that mombers withdrawing shall ro
celvo a sum not Ices than tho amount they
paid In, unless losses shall havo occurred
during tho time, In which case tho member
nhall bo charged with his proportionate
share.
The abolition of expense funds uproots
tho greatest lncentlvo to rascality that has
afflicted building und loan associations. It
was and Is tho main graft of so-called na
tional ussoclatlont, without which they could
not havo survived a year. It was n shrewdly
dovlsed plucking scheme, by which tho man
agers feathered their own nesta nnd paid tho
cost of carrying on a nation-wide business.
From tho nationals It descended to nMx.in
tlons doing a stato-wido business. But even
that did not savo somo of them from dis
aster. Tho wreck of tho Union of Des
Moines a fow years ago was a sample of
many othcro. Tho lesson taught by theeo
wrecks Is that mutuality and safety ceases
whon nn association seeks business beyoud
tho town or county In which It Is organized.
Legitimate local associations conduct their
business for a trilling per cent of the earn
ings. Thoy do not need expenso funds ns
such and tho prohibition of tho fund by law-
Is a tributo to local systems, combining
mutuality. Integrity and simplicity. Tho
effect of tho law us a whole can hardly fall
to promoto the welfare of grnulno co
operative associations, "n consummation de
voutly to bo wished."
lie Ktiliitlmi Deferred,
The New York Stato leaguo mado a heroic
but futile effort to oecuro a revision of tho
law governing building anil loan associa
tions. A very corapleto measure was drafted
by tho leaguo In conjunction with tho stato
banking department and Introduced In the
legislature, but failed to recelvo sufficient
support to securo its passage The measure
was designed to eradlcato many disreputable
methodH practiced by associations in the
Empire state, particularly real estato specu
lation. Having uo legal check, associations
do about as they please. Somo of them,
pretending to bo mutual, ore only a shade
behind tho notorious Miller syndicate long
on promises and short in performance. To
protect und promote legitimate nssoclatlons
tho propcwxl bill gavo tho stato banking
department completo supervisory control,
abolished real estate speculations, expeniso
funis and forfeiture and penned them In a
drastic fashion to recognized bounds of
gcnulno associations. Tho league, however,
could not aecuro for tho measure tho ap
proval of the political machine which de
termines legislation In Now York stato and
U wm shelved tor the present.
Don't buy it on our representation it's your money spend it right
sec that you get an absolute value the right prices the right
quality the right style. We prove it every day by price, by style,
by the goods themselves. We can make it to your interest to trade
with us.
furniture
Never before
have we shown
such a varietv
of really artis
1 i c furniture,
furnlturo tnnt hns
cliitrnotci', stylo,
q utility nml llnlsh.
Your Inspection most
cordially Invited.
Jardiniere
Stands
The styles In tlic,o
fete lilng standi
conn- from iiu
Turk tlic "l nt
and from siho-W
suggested by he
period.-! of irim s
eimce. Thr .1?
simple or clabor.no
us you pn for. Y 'U
should have cue
for the display of
your rjtister my.
Colonial Davenports
A largo nasnrtmi nt In all woods and cov
erings Our Folding Davenport Sofu will
Interest j mi. We have a variety for your
coiisldriatioll.
Morris Chair
Special this opening week large, massive
frame, handsomely imllshed. iiunrter-sawcd
golden oak. revcrt'lble mshlnns, upholMcred
In best velour-opening week CIO
prl.o . . . . iplU
Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co,
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TH BOOK
It Tells You How to Be Strong in the
Joyous Vigor of Youth.
That is to bo happy, and you can. The book of
life gets its lire from electricity; nervo life i8 olectricity.
Fill your body, especially all weak parts, with elec
tricity every night as you sleep and the vigor of youth
will come back.
DR. MCLAUGHLIN'S ELECTRIC BELT
Is devoted to this purpose. Its power goes into tho body In a gentle stream,
saturating every nerve nnd organ with the llro of youth. Its touch Is magnetism.
It causes tho blood to bound In tho veins und charges tho nerves with Its vital
clement until they are as strong as steel. It renews strength.
EVcWl RiarnG 11 ,s warranted not to burn or hllstor tho
ZC--y - Zr,J.1LJ skin ns other electric bolts do. Tho special
cushion electrodes prevent that. If you havo a belt that burns I will sell you
ono of mine nt hair price In exchange.
Mlr Rfok devoted to tho development of perfect manly vigor, with
jTZiln 80 Pogcs, beautifully illustrated, will bo sent, closely
scaled, freo to nny man who wishes to recover tho vigor thnt ho has lost. It
Is a book written upon common sonso, nnd any man will enjoy reading It.
Wrlto for It.
dr. h. g. Mclaughlin,
SO.Mi: I.ATIJ INVENTIONS.
Two westerners have designed a p.ireel
rest Mini sent annex for bicycles. Imimiik
auxlll, iry forks extending vertically from
each axle, with broad Keats secured to tho
top bar of the frame, to extend horizontally
and meet the upright supports.
A New Yorker has designed n new scrret
ballot, which is Intended to bo sealed by
tho voter beforo he loaves tho booth, the
ticket being shaped like an envelope with
tho blanks lnddc, one llap being perforated
and detached after the voter has written
bin name thereon.
To provide cool littered water for drink
ing purpose! ii new refrigerator attachment
Is shaped like a sprinkling pot, with a
filtering ineulum In the spout, which Is
placed under tho Ice chamber outlet, allow
ing tho water to (liter Into the pall and bo
druwn through n spigot for use.
Photographers can Und uso for a new
dcvli e fur taking babies' pictures compris
ing ii sofa with a vertical piece nt turned
tl Hie DUCK, llic inner iJeuiK iimw-u
nn openli.g near the center through whUh
persons In tho rmr can put their hands
nnd hold the baby on tho sofa.
To cnslly adjust new sleeves at any de
sired height u new attachment conslfts of
fi cord or tapo looped through two eyelets
In tho sleeve, with n clamping hook on ono
end to bind the opposite end as It s druwn
through, tho looso end being pulled until
tho sleeve Is taken up to tho proper height.
U-unps can bo lighted without removing
tho chimney when the latter Ih provided
with a southern man's device, a holo being
cut Iu tho bottom of the chimney for th
Insertion of n phort tube Hanged at one end
and provided with a spring gate through
which the match U pushed to touch the
wick.
Make a Test Case
Spring Opening
"WtJ 1NVITK YOU. ONE AND ALL"
Commencing Tuesday morning, April 10,
and throughout tho week, we especially
Invite you to Inspect and examine our ex
traordinary spring showing of new Carots,
Furniture and Draperies We have erected
nn Oriental Pagoda where wc will serve
tea ami light lunch to all vNltors Just
iiif iu,ii-e lur iircil-iuil ftHmer riiupiicis,
. .oitir.viwt, ut t: s u.r.. .
Wo nro rhowlng a particularly choice
nnd well selected stock of rare and nn
llquo nieces during this sale. They're
youts for Inspection.
We have Bugs any slzenny price any
kind. Hie secret of our success In tho rug
buslnes." lies In tho fact that you can al
ways gel what you want ut the right price.
Note ii list of sizes always kept In stock:
12-9xH- H-:ixl4-3 10-6x13-8
10-6x12-0 0-0x12-0 K-3X10-B
"CxlO-6 C-Ox 9-0 B-0x 8-0
4-6x 7-6 4-0 7-0 4-Ox 4-0
a-0x fi-0 H-dx 5-3 2-fiX 5-0
2-3x f-;l 2-2x 4-G l-9x 4-0
l-6x 3-0
Tho greatest assortment of Bundhar Wil
ton Bugs ever shown In tho city.
Refrigerators
Advance notice. A carload
just received and go on sale
Monday. The celebrated North
Star Refrigerator tho best,
therefore tho cheapest made
of best kiln dried oak and ash
cork filling, the best non
conductor of heat known to
science removable ice and
provision compartmonte.
1414-1416-1418 Douglas Street.
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FOR MEN !
To be strong again! To
feel tho vim, the
ambition and undaunted
courage of youthful
days! How men wish
for it! To awake in tho
morning without that
dull, stupid feeling; to
feel energetic to havo
bright, sparkling eyes,
quick brain, andj..above
all, confidence.
214
STATE STREET,
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO
L12AV13 AT 12.10, NOO.S, AND 7l3S 1. M.
New Short Line to
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Leave at 7 a. in. und 7it!0 p. I".
TICKETS AT 1403 FAHNAM STREET.
"Tb Nw Offlot."
aupRitn TiiAiNs roil
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Curtains
For opening
week we will
mako an extra Bhowing of
high grade laco curtains In all styles and
extra Inducctucnta by way of exceptional
values.
20 PATTKHNS of high grade Nottingham
and Fish Nets. Ilrusselc Irish Points, Bat
tenberg?, Unfiled Muslins and Nets prob
ably tho best assortment of goods nt this
prlcn you havo ever soon O "TfT
opening week per pair ) J
An elegant assortment of new patterns In
Hamburg Nets, Bnihsels. Irish Points, Bat
tenborgs, novelties In Calais, Swiss. Cluny
and other stylos hotter values have never
been offered In Omnhn C fA
opening week prlco per pair clivrl
For parlors, sitting rooms nnd libraries wo
show an assortment ot nbout DO patterns
In ns choice curtains us can bo gotten for
n medium price. Wo show Brussels, Irish
Points, Calais, Arabians, Kococos, ltenals-
sanco Cordonot Brussels nnd other styles -goods
thnt look cheap nt 10 7 ft
pair oponlug week prlco, per palr.Utl l
For $12.50 a pair wo show tho cream of tho
market llenalssance, Saxony Thread Lice,
Doublo Nets, Arabians, Point do Milium,
Point do Venice and novelties galore you
will bo surprised nt tho beauty and fresh
ness of tho curtains we show nt JTA
this price opening week per pr. ujj
Couch Covers
100 Couch Ooers, in twilled Soudan cloth
washable, reversible, frlhgcd all around,
full size a good thing and it bar- JT A
gain at each IivlU
Curtain Stretchers
Wo havo the bestthat's (lllray's w
also hnvo other makes. Tho prices aro
$1.00 to $2.50 each.
Window Shndes "on suspicion."
The Hospe
Alteration
Piano Sale
Piano Prices Forced Still
Lower.
Thn ImmonBo stock nn which wo hare
mado tho phenomenal piano sale must bo
still mora reduced to mako room for tho re
construction of the piano room.
At no tlmo In tho history of piano selling
in Omaha havo tho prices reached tho low
ebb wu are now quoting. 1'lanos thnt mi
selling In Omnhn nt $2S0 wo have put In this
salo at $123, that Is a brand now, clean, dry,
up-to-date piano. Then thero nro tho $.100
pianos which wo nro forcing down to $1.11.
Tho next better Is tho $113 plnno; then .1
wonderful bargain nt $1G3 and still better
grade for $171; tho higher grades at $113,
$211. $213. $203, $2UI. Think of buylngj
pianos at these prices thnt have .hcwi sold
and arc lining sold In Omaha up to $500.
Wo will mention n few of the high graila
pianos still in stock-
Stchmny, Kmilie, rhleki-rlnu, Krn
nleli & lllicli, KIiiiImiII. Ilnllot A. lint In,
".Miirtln," "llox-," "lllnxc," "Whit
ney," Niultli ,fc Nixon. "Krell,"
"HI," llic llllCHt iiliiiuiN the vwirltl
mi produce.
Wo hnvo thorn and we nro selling them
nt ridiculously low payments $10.00 down,
$15.00 down, $20.00 down. $25.00 down;
monthly payments, $5,00, $0.00, $7.00, $10.00,
and so on, nnd every Instrument fully guar
anteed ns represented and we Bccure tho cus
tomer with tho factory guaronteo as well as
our own. Heniombor theso pianos aro now,
they aro clean, they nro dry. You aro pro
tected In buying them. You tako no
chances. You nro saving In making this
Investment, as many of theso Instruments
havo been handled by us for moro than a
quarter of a century.
Hemernber thnt wo have planes In gcnulno
rosowood, mahogany, tiunrlur-sawed oak,
Kronch walnut, American walnut, golden oak
and tho many other different shades ot
veneers, In both Imported and domestic va
rieties. Wo havo some second-hand uprights ns
low ns $87.00, full sized Instruments. Some
square pianos ns low ns $30.00.
With our plnno snlo wo Include organs,
Wo aro offering this week tho following or
gans: "The Kimball," "llnno." "Story A
Clark." "Carpenter." "Western Cottage."
"Crown." "Chicago Cottage," and 'Smith
American" organs. $10.00, $12.00. $23.00.
I $27.00, $29.00, $32.00, $35.00. $39.00, $42.00 and
?5.'.uo homo nro parlor organs, piano-cased
organs, chnprl organs, new organs nnd second-hand
orgnns. Terms, from $2.00 la
$0.00 ensh and $1.00 to $1.00 per month.
Bvery ono can afford to have un organ at
theso prices.
Don't miss this linmcnsn cut price salo ol
pianos and orgnin, as this Is positively the
last week that wo can hold the snlo opon.
Next week tho enrpenters and masons will
begin tholr work In reconstructing tho wall
In our piano room nnd tho partition walls In
thn new piano floor on tho Iloor nbovo will
bo torn out.
Therefore, "Itnhe lm- Millie (lie aim
Nh I nr,"
A. HOSPE,
!5l;M515 DoiikIiis St.
HOWELL'S
Is ii posltlvn rure
for coughs, colds,
Anti-Kawf
croup, hourscness,
sore lungs nnd all
throat troubles.