THE. 0 3TA7TA HA11Y RBK! SI'M) VV, SKI'TKM KKK S, I IMIU. Shall Nicoll Make Your Fall and Winter Garments? Suits To Order $20 to $50 In requesting you to place your order with us for Fall and Winter Garments--we somehow feel that we have a special claim on your patronage. The cloth makers of the world were certainly at their best and their efforts have made it possible Cor us to boast of the most handsome array of Fall and Winter Woolens that have ever graced our tables. Nicoll's prices this season for first class garments are within the reach of the most economical buyer. Like all successful originators--we have many imitators-but thus far wo stand alone as the leaders and pro- Ovcr 2,000 choice fabrics to select motCl'S of Hldl'S faslliollS. from. We copy after no one! Year after year we have raised the standard for tailoring higher and higherwith lower and lower prices till we have brought the price for superior made garments within the reach of all. We Wailt yOU tO plaCC your Order for Fall garments here. Wn shall strive hard to merit ; our permanent patronage. Polite salesmen will aid you in choosing-but will not urge you to buy. That's not our way. We invite you to inspect the Fall fabrics. 209-211 So. Fifteenth St.. T7-.. ..U ..), 1)1 1. ll II . f. ' I UilUU J-UUUIV. Mail Order Department. Trousers To Order ' $5 to $12 Nicoll The Tailor is lietukjtiurtcr for Trousers. dWII III our windows tills week, you will observe the newest fads of the sea-sou. ALL READY TO OPEN SCHOOLS Superintendent Poarse Has Preparations for Next Year's Work Completed. ASSIGNMENTS OF TEACHERS MADE Kxninlnntlnn of Pupil Who Deiilrc In Killer IIIkIi School to Up Ill-Ill .Next Til m-mlii'. Superintendent Penrse hns completed all the preparations for the opening of the public school Soptombur IT. 3xnmlnntlons for pupils who deslro to outer the High school will ho held nt tho High school building Thursdiiy morning, September 13. Pupils who are candidates for admission to tho Seventh and Klghth grades will ho ex amined ut tho Central school building. Just south of tho High Hi-hool grounds. During tho first half of tho coming school year Klghth grade II classes will ho taught In Comenlus, Mason nnd Long schools. Teachers have been assigned to tho dif ferent buildings as follows, tho teacher of the highest grade In each of the schools being named llrst In tho list: Duncroft -Helen Wyckoff, principal; Vir ginia White. Florence Leighton, Mary Dallantync. Amelia Pearson, Cora Ilcmry, Mary Mttell, Jennie Donaldson. Pass -Mary Slmonds, principal; Ivy Iteeil, Sarah Thompson, Mury Klgln, Mir.' Hruner. I.aura Maullck. Harriet Sim. nils, llarrlel IJiiiican, Kinmu J.ovy. I.Ida Drain nrd. Jennie Logusit. I.ui-lnda Humble, hmnni Newcomb. Amy Hughes, Fannin Drome, Hruce Lllllo, Kate llrowne, Carrie I'ratt Castolhir -Mary H. Newton, principal; Mar Goodman. Carrie ltohcrtMin, 1 1.-1 ,i M Prion. Anna g. Fair. Alice Jordan. Jean Cliarde, .Margaret Harr, Stella Mer- ei-, Dose. HeriiHtrln, Nellie Morlartv. Vlxl.ni Alvlsnp. I.ydla Hruechcrt, Louise Itay inond. Helen IJlbburd. Minnie Nenl. Central -Hene II. Cop, principal; .lean net to McDonald. I.ucretla S Dratlley. Kllz.i ttestcott. Alberta. TiHiuoll, Anna Mach. Dolllo C. l.uriuhcc, Minnie Wilson, Lncv Kvans. Amelia Drown. Kllzabeth Will, Cebella Seh.iller, Klla Smith. Lizzie Olver. Central Purk--t Marti Mason, principal, ids Johnston, Kmma Dunlgnn, Carrie I'Hlrehlhl, Isabel Urn hum. Clifton Hill -Kate Itrown, principal; Ada V Tucker, Nora Cnrrlgan. Juliet Morris, Olive J Marshal, llcnevru Went, (Jrace Weston Columbian Margaret Vincent, principal; Ada Alexander, Anna (lllmore. Ip-i.o llviiie. Ma llutts, Ida M. French. Kllzalii-th 'Wil son CoincniiiH-Kllen White, principal; Nellie Dennett, Frances Flske, Kullu W. Nlchol, Nellie Van Duvu. PcrMs Slnart, Olgn An-ilrei-ii, Stella Cain, Mar Ucedle, Kliza ftlhhs. Anna Meyer. Mac Manting, Maud Ayor Kllzuhcth lllalt, Katherine due, .Manna rarner. Oritl.l Mill- .leannetle 1, Wo'dward prlneipal: Amy Watts. Dupnnt- Frames Itulterlleld. principal; Alvlnn Spetinau. Mao Wolcott, Katherine Towers. Jeanuelte Aui'hmocdy, Holly Pur ge!' Farnam Agnes M. Harrison, principal; Horn llarnev, Mary Hogan. Carolxna Scherer. Anna Mllroy, Martha Parnitt. Jennie 1 1 ill t man. Iterttia Case, Ora llooton. Nellie McDonald. Alice Harper, Carrie Nash, Ciirrln Itoutelle, I.aura Itruner. l-'oresi Ida Maek. principal; Cora S. Anderson. Killth Partridge, Carrie Kuitipf. Mliuile Davis, Kmma Wlnslode. Franklin Anna Hutehins. i nl lie I pit I ; Klla llelfrlih. ,rta Porter. Altn Peacock. Jtelle Dyun, Florence Mayunrd, Minnie Dr Neva Shlpherd. Winifred Wallace, Relena Hums. Dlga Molir, Kale Wlnslade. C.lbson- Will Parker Kelluin Anna Foos. principal; Mary I.iuas, Kale Wlckham. Kate Miles, Marv McMahon, Ilarilet White. Katherine S. Dueff Katherine Koos. draco Macauley. Josephine Ulart, May Anderson, Mav ficlirelber, llanchcn iledfeld, Kllzabetii Allan. Mrtle Smith, Jeannette dregg, ?tyra l.altue. Cassandra .Schaller. Allele iratlot. sidonle King Leavenworth Mars Filch. principal; Anna Plikard. Helen Thompson. Katherine Van Horn, Kmma t.lttlelleld, Jillet Me Cune Mabel Jennlson. IMna Harney. Mima Doyle. Harriet Hwobe. Kllzabeth Dimlmm. Lake Knima Wliltmore. principal. Helen It. Hamilton, W. II. Allen, Kllzabeth Eloock, Mary Thompson, Harriet Srarle, Artie C. Webb, Minna Moore. Mne Mc Master, Alice Hoot, Mabel Hyde, Jessie Weeks. Mathlido Fried, Florence Drown, Claru Dluckburn, Uda Hnnnn. May Torrey, Marlon Hamlin. , Lincoln Jennie DedlleUl, principal; Klla Heed. Anna Plcknrd, Mary M Hodge. Ida Dlackmore. Fannlo Meyers, Ktliel Lynn. Kmma Hoslcky. Lilian Wlltier. Margaret Dcyil, Grace llungerford, Kllzabeth Allen. Long-Sarah McChcane, principal; Huldah Isaucson, Virginia Kennedv. Jane Hmltli, Kva Ilamtltoii, Martlia Forbes, Sarah King. Myrtle DeOratT. Kmma Drail shaw, Nelllo Hchultz, Nettle S. Ithett. Lil lian Schneider. Kmma Harris, Minnie Olver, Ilose Drady. Kmlly Wood, Kate Hutmaker, Margaret Hamilton. I.aura doetz. Lothrop Nora A. Lemon, principal; Marv Drolliar, Kmma Oodso. Katherine Morse Martha Cook, Alice Fawcett, Ada Tobltt', Nelllo Craig, Anna Phoenix. Lucy Klem-k, Jennie Phelps, Minnie Uuker, Avlco Uiake. Jennie D. Oluck. , Mason-Kmma Wheatlev. iirlnclpnl; Kllzalieth l.elghty, Dose NMckell. Neva Turner, Irene t'nderwood, Kllzabetii Phillips, Vernu Dlythe, Anna durske. Anna Nelson, drace Kdwards, Caroline McCon nell, Kiln Thorngate. Martha W. Chrls tlapcy, Carrie draff. Mabel Kelley, Dlancho Campbell. ... Monmoiith Park Kttu Smith, principal; Kllzabeth Mulr. , , , Omaliii View KHIe Heed. principal; Katherine Crane. Kinmu U Devrles, l.u'.i Hunt. Fannie Hurst. Myrtle Seymour. Lillian Hondo-son Mary .Mullen. Kdlth McCov, Anna llanna. Anna Peters. Paclllc- Margaret McCarthy, principal; Margaret Scott. Mary Meser, Frances lirlggs, Agnes Shanlaiul. Stella Ciravcs. Iowa. Mullen, Camilla dsanttier. Kmma. l.onergan. Miriam Hart. Ulancbe Murphy. Laura Jordan. Hllen C. Ilojilen, Alio Camptiell, Louise Neesp, Lnulsi- Huniett Park-LUIIan l.lttlelinld. prlnniml; in Kveleth. i:ilzabetli H. Parke. MatlM.i Kvans, Kva Hartlett. Alien Craig, der trude Waterman. Macy St.tpenhorst, M ir garct MeLauiiblln, Clara Smtm.in. Ju'.ln Newcomb. Kate HuiiBO-foril, Limit" Kellev, Leila Shears. S iratoga Kmlly Hoblnson, principal; In gleett.i F Ware, Isalielle Do le, Alice Or!-, Julia K Haven, Lulu Hunt, Mary Lelim-r. .Marie Vomweg Mauile Kimball. Margire; l.iitev. Alice Chamliers, Mary AlU n Saur.dcr-i Mary lie il. iiiliulpal, Lou se Adan, l'.ll.i II. White, Marii Valentine, Jean Herdtnan , , . Hlierman-Clara Cooper, principal; draee Porter, Alice S Converse. Train Jennie McKcun, principal; M iry Alter. Annie Oil Is. Myria Schneider, Ida Ciiiodman. Marv C Tempi-ton. Jennie Sal nit.li, ICdlth Oils. Kvelvp Joints. Vinton Lizzie Hanker, principal. J mile Hums. Kllzabetii Dunn Joanna dramlldi, Marv Svaclna. Mary Krctn. Delia Hogan, Anna Dennett Walnut Hill -Martlia Powell prluclpil; Kllzabeth Hooney, Mary I. Kidder. Pearl Macumber. Minnie Dye, Helen Itogcr.i, Anna Anderson, Agi.es Mitchell, Nancy Lewis. i:ilzatieth Hvan. Sara Sliaver. Webster Sadie Plttiuan. prliu-ipal: Agnos Dawson, Kllzabeth Shirley. Ada Hopp-r, Margaret McAra '.ora Mi-Kulglit l.iil.i Hurnett. Louise Salmon. Teresa MeArdle, Ulleil Davis, l.oulsi II Mann, P'ir.i :'( burn. Alice Parker, llermlii" Hleslng Wel Side - I'rane Hat mi. principal: Manila Craig. Jeannette Hoyil, .Iary i:ils worib. Sophie Clevi land. Windsor- Harriet Kiblv. principal; Clara Kldir, Cordelia Johnson, Marv Smith, lizzie Neeilham, Mlnta Conlcy, Mame Hutchinson. TIM TELLS TEARFUL TALE Police Court Reporter's Understudy Relates a Pathetic Story. TRIED TO WRITE IT HIMSELF, BUT FAILED 1 1 ft 1 1 it ii Friilt Vender llrliin Hie Woman of Ills Choice to Oiiiiilin mill 'lb en Death CliilniN Her. RUMORS OF LOSS OF LIFE Sluria mi the liiilf Doe (irent Daillaue mi the lam l.jlnu InIiiihI. NKW OKLF.ANS, Sept. S. There are rumors today ot great damage and loss of life In last night's storm on some of the gulf islands, particularly Oratid Isle, but It will be a dny or two before authontlc news can be secured from there. In Now Orleans during tho afternoon nnd night the wind reached a velocity of forty-eight miles an hour. In this city tho damage is restricted to the destruction of tho Metarle brldgo anil tho blowing down of many telephone wires. A child was killed, being blown from a balcony on Front street. Weekly Hunk Statement. NKW VOHK. Sent. S -The weekly bank statement for live d.is shows the following changes: Surplus reserve, decreased. $1,IC.', '.'JS; loans. Increased. fl.lt39.tsW): specie. In creased, J.'.tKT.fiOO; legal tenders, decreased, J2."U.1(: deposits. Increased, J.'.T9l..W; circulation. Increased, J;V1.100. The hanks now hold I'.'O.OT.i'fl In excess of the require ments of the 2b per cent rule. Tim Ormsby has been so busy serving raids to the city pilsoners and rubbing up the chlnawaro ami silver service that ho hasn't had much tlmu to dovotu to rcportu rlnl work of late, hut he has managed ;o round up ouo story upon which ho makes this report: "it's ono o' these sad yarns, full o' tears, with folks snllllin' an' leakin' all through It," ho began. "I tries to write it my self, see? I sets down hero an' writes live cigarettes on it, but It reads like a coroner's report to a grand Jury, so I tears It up. Mebby you can do bettor. I'll let you try. "Sny, did you ever notice that young chap what sella da hauan' an' da np' nut hero at Sixteenth and Webster streets the right pretty boy with the moustache nnd thu eyes'.' No? Well, ho's been hold In' down that corner for llvo years. Every one knous him. He's one o' them lovable fellers, with n facu Hint retlects thu sunny skies of Italy. D'J'o get that? Do sure and work that In. "Well, tho other day this feller his name Is Ilornaillno Zacco he comes up to mo with a face on him like thirty days nn' fnys, Mlnwil.i do?' " 'I'm medium boiled,' I says, 'how nro you?' "Then he pulls out a big ted handkerchief and begins to mop his face. "'What's tho matter. Ilernle?' I says, 'You're sweatln' like a hired man." "Then I sees my mistake, an' It makes mo fcul llko a two-spot. Tho feller was cryln' actually hlubbcrln' nn' drlppln' llko any school girl. "Wall, I jollies him. an' hands him a llttlo hot air about braeln' up. an' nil that, nn' pretty soon ho gives mo tho story. It seems ho has a rag back thero In Italy and" "A what?" "A rag! Come, come! Smoko up er you il go out: A rag a pleco of calico!" "You menu his atllnnccd lived In Italy?" "Alllanred. yes. I'll take a largo plato o' that." "Well, proceed," urgrd the reporter. "An" ho'd been workln' and hordln' up his loules for this girl all theso years, hopln' to bring her here anil let her pick nut the furniture for his Hat. Wall, finally he sends for hor. This Is two months ago. He meets her In Now York and hIio's sick, hut ho brings her hero an' sets hor to light Itousekcepln' In n llttlo shad: down at 420 South Thirteenth, but the girl gets worse, nnd hero the other day she dies. hny. when he hands mo that a lump comes up In my gullet big as a red pool nan. "Ho goes on to tell me about plantln 'er. an' about tho Mowers he takes out thero every 'lay. Dut hero's the meat In tho cocoanut do you kiow tho feller has shook his stand at Sixteenth and Webster! Deen thero steady for llvo years until that girl died, and now you don't see him. Seems to have lost his heart for sellin' bnnan's an' stays out to the cemetery most o' the time. An' they say ho hears funny noises under his bonnet, A friend n" mine I met this mornln' whut knows Dcrnlo well says ho's liable to slip his trolley at the llrst curve. It's too bad. that's all. Think o tho hundreds o' brazen huzzies down hero In tho east cml that could o' died an' no body care, but hero this little woman o' his sweet, lovln' an cute ns a bug's ear has got to shuffle off. It's pretty tough, pard, ain't It?" 'Death loves a shining mark, you know," said tho reporter, with singular originality. "That's the angle. An' all I hope is that they don't have to drag tho river for Iler nle. He's too white a boy to do that." And picking up his tray. Tim walked for- rowfully back to the region assigned to his wretched companions, whom ho refers to us the "stills and hypos." SUIT FOR YOUNG MAN'S FALL I'nthcr AnL Dnlonue from Saloon Keeper for Corrupting: the .Mornln of III Nun. Thomas Donlan has called four saloon keepers to account for the downfall of his 10-year-old son, Thomas, Jr. Tho defend ants are dustavn Stepp, Julius Knglllkc. Lars nnd Hans Nellseu. whose placo of hustnens Is ut Thirtieth nnd Spalding streets, llefore tho youth began to fre quent the saloon his father says he was a docilo and obedient boy and stayed nt homo nights. Within tho last year, however, Dotilan says il has been impossible for him to exert any Influence over his son. Donlnn asks in tho llrst place that $300 be restored to him which his son is said to have epended with tho defendants for spirituous liquors. In addition Donlnn al leges that his son's moral character has been permanently Injured nnd that he will bo unable to bring tho boy up Into n good man and true as ho otherwise might hnvo done. For this ho asks that damages bo awarded him In tho sum of $1,000. Cmirt Vile. Judge Kstelle of the district bench has returned Irom his summer outing In Ken tucky. He (Iuoh not anticipate holding court, however, until after election. William C. Callaway has brought suit for 5.2ii against the Omaha Street Hallway company for Injuries alleged to have been received In a collision ut Seventeenth and Izard streets. Mllchael Mollncr. one of the trio accused of the murder of K. (1. Foe on Cuming street, has been admitted to ball nnd has returned to his bench in the I'nlon Paclllc simps. Mollin r is ndmlttcilly tile least im plicated of those under arrest. Tho bond furnished was In tho sum of $3,000. Miss Mrtle Lane, 17 years old, has biought suit iigalust the proprietors of the Doston Store for $:i,ii because of alleged lough usage In a crowd at the entrance of tile store She had stopped 111 the doorway to speak to a friend, she says, when a lloor walker thrust her rudtlv to one side. Site claims to hnvo received brulsea and a nervous shock. llankrupts were discharged yesterday by Judge Manser as loilows: tniiana, Herbert K. dates, Isaac N. Oulll, Sam A. Adler. Ocorijo C. Frederick. William It. Johnson: South Omaha. Sarah M. Dab cock ; Noifolk, Herman Tlllenlmrg; Lex ington. Kdgar D. Penny; Lincoln, Henry llcr. Foster, llenrv M. Davidson; Ar lington, Albert 11. Manslleld. 1 . W. C. . Note. Dr. rteglna M. Iligler ot Canton. China, will spenk at the Sunday afternoon meeting of the Young Women's Christian associa tion. Dr. Iligler spent over seven years In tho medical work In China nnd will speak on her experiences there. Miss Agncb Ferguson, the new general secretary, will also be present, and all members and friends are urged tn be present to mret nnd weleomo her. Thero will he an association meeting nt S o'clock Monday ovenlng. September 10. Thieve TiiUe Mriing llo. Two jounz men entered Oilman's flour store at Seventeenth and Nicholas streets yesterday afternoon tun! succeeded In opening the safe and muklng away with the bo In which the cash is deposited Tlio theft was discovered b employes of the store, who at once startetl in pursuit, eruwdlng the thieves so hard that 'Hiev were obliged to drop the cash box, which was recovered Intact. It contained $7,-, n easli and a lumber of valuable papers. The thieves hnvo not yet been apprehended. PLOWS IS KANSAS PRAIRIE Nine Hundred Thousand Acres Will Be Oflbred to Stock Breeders. WHOLE REGION HAS UNDERFLOW OF WATE R llallrnnil Seek I'eriiiiinenl mill i'brlft Settler, Kxpeetlni: Itetiirn In Nlilpineiitx or Stock for Which I. anil In Adapted. Nine hundred thousand ncres of land In western Kansas, conceded to be unexcclcd for eattlo raising purposes, will be placed on tho market October 1. Determination to do so Is tho direct result of the condi tions of prosperity existing at this time in the sections from which tho probable pur chasers of this land will be recruited. "The I'nlon Pacific lnnd department has flOO.OOO ncres In the count Us of Thtiinns, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, flreeley and Wichita In western Kansas," said Land Commissioner D. A. McAllastor. "Wo have never made, any effort to push the sale of this laud, nor do wo consider that It will he necessary, for already the report has been circulated In some quarters that the laud would soon be placed 011 tho market nnd tho Inquiries nnd applications that hnvo been coming in suggest that wo will not have enough to supply tho demand. No more eloquent showing of the prosperity of western people could be presented, to my mind, than this fact." Westurn Kansas Is looked upon with greater favor as a cattle-ralHlng district at this time than ever before. That section of tho state where the Union Pacific owns this largo tract of 000.000 acres Is hardly adapted for agricultural purposes, but Is considered to be par excellence from tho cattleman's standpoint. Decent reports by tho United States ecological survey Indi cate that the entire region has an under flow of water and where surface water Is not nbtnlnnblo the lowering of a well to the distance of l.'.n feet bring) water to within forty feet of tho surface, whonce It Is hoisted by means of windmills. It is tho discovery of this means of securing wntur In abundance for cattle that has increased tho favor tn which western Kansas Is hold by tho cattle Interests. "We will bo pleased to see western Kan sas nettled by a permanent constituency of cattlemen." continued Mr. McAllastor, "In the sulti of tho hind the Union Pacific con templates making no money and has, In fact, cut tho prices of tho land almost In half, and that, too, nt a time when It Is more valuable, by reason of the greater demand, than over before. Our object Is to get the country settled up and the sub sequent returns from tho settlers who will patronize the railroad will Increase Its earning capacity. Tho settling of this hind Is going to he advantageous to Omaha and thero Is no reason why this city should not bo the distributing point and commercial headquarters of Hint entire section slnco railroad communications nre furnished by both the Union Paclllc and tho Dock Island." east. I see no reason why tho directors should go outside of tho company for a president, In view of II. K. Huntington's Intimate knowledge of the company's af fairs and his ability." Netv rrcluht Itullliu. The general freight department of the Hock Island has given notlro that hereafter shipments of canned goods In tin and ennned goods In glass, which take the fifth class rate, may bo mlrfed In carload lots to Colorado common points. Heretofore tho only territory to which mixed shipments of articles packed In tins nnd glasses could be shipped was Utah and the application of a llko privilege on shipments to Colo rado points will bo greatly appreciated by the shippers. Tho articles of shipment principally affected will be fruits and meats tn tins and preserves and pickles In glasses. Colorado Folk (iolnif K11M. Another big passenger movement went through Omnha yesterday, but because of the frequency with which trains hnvo been coming In lately loaded full to the guards the big business was taken as a matter of course. Tho occasion was tho nppllcatlon of low rates from Colorado to eastern points Friday and tho excursion ists who filled the easlbound trains passing through Omaha yesterday were nearly nil Colnrndoans. Itiillvtny Note 11 ml Pei-soiuil. (Jeneral Manager Dickinson of the Union Paclllc lias gone for a trip over the line. J. M. Campbell, advertising agent of the Durlliigton. Iiiih returned from a brief busi ness trip to Denver. (, II. (lallugher, union depot ticket ngent at Dulutli, has telegraphed Hurry K. Moore.s that he will Hpend Sunday In tho city on a short pleasure trip, lie will bo entertained by Mr. Moored and Agent flrlcr ol the Milwaukee at Council lilulfs. S Clubs and Charities Miss Harriet Wells returned last Wednes day from n threo months' trip to Kurnpo, Miss Wells was an olllclnl delegate from the United Stntes tn tho International Con gress of Charities held In Paris and whllo abroad sho visited and Investigated the leading charitable Institutions of Paris nnd London, especially tho child-saving work, gaining many ideas that will bo of value to her In her work as matron of tho Omaha Child-Saving Institute. Miss Aubtln closed tho summer free kin dergarten ot tho Institute Inst week. Miss Mrtillvery, who has been In charge of the olllco and has assisted In tho general work for tho last five months, leaves this week for St. Louis. Miss Sarah McPnrland has teturned from hor vacation spent In Salem, N. Y., and will open tho klndorgnrten on .Monday, tho rooms lmlng been remodeled 1 anil papored. I Sunday school Is held at tho Institute I every Sunday at ?, o'clock. There is great I need of teachers and workers. II. II. 1 1 11 11 1 1 11 Kt i it for l'rciilciil, SAN FDANCISCO, Sept. s.-Thlrd Vlco President Stubbs of tho Southern Paclllc company has returned from New York. Mr. Stubbs Is of tho opinion thnt II. K. Huntington will bo elected president of tho company. "In view of Charles II. Tweed having been made chairman of the board of directors." remarked Mr. Stubbs. "I tako It to bo the Intention to have a president who will reside on this coast and who will hnvo nctlvo management of tho property, leaving Chairman Tweed In charge of financial and other affairs tn the Owing to tho establishment of so many other branches of rhntitnblo work In Omaha many who formerly contributed to tho support of the Crucho Instead or dl wdlng their contributions have transferred them entirely to somo of tho newer In stitutions and in consequence tho Crechu has hitlfered. Though It is two-thirds self supporting tho contributions of luto have not been Hiilllclent to cover tho amount necessary to carry on tho work. No lusil Hit Ion In tin city In moro deserving of sup- pert than this nnd tho people of Omaha cannot afford to allow it tn go down, for It Is helping one class of pimple In a way that no other charity Is able to do. As president of Iho Omaha Charity nssn elation Mrs. T, L. Kimball makes the fol- lowing statement of the needs of the In stitution at the present time: I have been requested to place before tho readers of The Sunday Dee a brief outline of the status of the Creche, Its usefulness In the past and Its present and future needs. This Institution, comprising not only a day nursery but a home for children of Indigent, hard-wnrklngt 'tarents. Is now entering upon Its thirteenth year and Is two-thirds self-supporting. A number of friends have sulcrlbcd M a month and many more $1 a year toward defraying cm rent expenses. Kh Ven ctlbs are en dowed. Funds tire raised by entertain incuts and persona! solicitation Tho average number of children In at tendance Is twenty-live a day. all under S yeats of age. Two-thirds ol them attend the public school. Most of their clothing Is provided by friends of the Institution. As soon ns the parent er guardian can provide a permanent home for their child It Is removed from the Creche. All other.! nt the age of S years have suitable homes found for them by ;h association. A matron nnd three assistants aro employed constantly. Three wholesome meals tiro provided dally, and each child Is kept clean, healthy and therefote hnppv. Consider for a mo ment this fact. Among tho WW children tared for under this roof yeaily for thir teen years but one tleatn has .occurred It would be illlllcult to cite a parallel ease. Such watchful ( ire Is kept that althoiuh contiu'lous diseases are at times brought to the home by little ones tnken by the day, they are seldom communicated to tho others. We attribute this Immunity from sickness to the regularity of hours for bathing, sleeping and eating and the clean liness of the whole establishment. Thirteen years ago we asked from tin city the free use of ground where we could build and nut In operation our plans for the relief of destitute mothers nnd chil dren. Jt was jranted for twenty-live years. It Is conceded by every one thai the city lias been doubly repaid In the care which has been bestowed on Its poor. The iricstloii Is often asked: "Why does not our city show IIh appreciation of so benellcent 11 charity by thu gift of this lot to Iho Creche?" Some weeks ugo an appeal was ad dressed li v the members of the board lo three hundred of Omaha's leading citizens for a much needed sum of money. With the exception of a lew gifts the response was not satisfactory. Theie are many rea sons for this seeming Indifference. Manv people were out of town at that time, main were giving all thev could spare to start new chnrltP'S, while others are lutctidtnz to send large donations later nn, It Is to be hoped. The homo Is In need of repair and for this cash must be provided. I have touched upon a few of the salient points of our work, but for a full under standing of It one must become a member of Its woi king force, make frequent visit to the home and become acquainted with the little 0111 s and their grateful mothers. The Creche Is open for visitors dally Saturday excepted -bet ween the hours of lu a in. and ti :. m That oir needs will be limply provided for and our hands and hearts strengthened for our work, Is the fervent prayer of MDS. T. L. K IM HALL, President of the Omaha Charily Association. The new homo of tho Sldters of the fiend Shepherd, Forty-third and Jackson streets, though only partly finished, has been nc ctiphd by tho sisters and their wards for several weeks. Much work remains to be dnno to mako nil doors available for their intended uses, and thu grounds must be graded and fenced. Tho financial resources of tho sisters aro exhausted and they urn obliged to appeal for assistance to tho gen erous people of Omnha, who know and ap preciate good tlcedH. To Mart and syatema tlzn tho movement In aid of this public charity a meeting will bo held at tho con vent nt ,1-30 p, m. Sunday, September in, at which Dlshop Scnnnell will preside, All persons Interested In tho work carried on by tho slslers nre requested lo attend. Tho flood Shepherd's homo Is to erring girls what an orphanage Is to the hnmnlchs child. It Is a house of rescuo from a life too awful to contemplate and n protection for the weak. Thero are now about eluhty wnrds lu the home, and the cost of maln tenatico is large. With tho buildings and grounds completed as planned It Is believed the homo will bn self-sustaining. The amount required is not great and friends of tho htmo anticipate no grant dlltlculty in set tiring tho sum needed afti r an organ ization la effected and plans adopted.