WOMAN IS SERIOUSLY SHOT
John Ooonj, Young Bailrotd Man, AtUcki
Bolls Berfj,
TRAGEDY IN A CAPITOL AVENUE FLAT
UulIctM luor vilnl m unA IMJ.
nlclaiiH Sny I1i- Injury U I'lilnl
.Shoot In K ItcNiilu from
lmirri'l.
Belle Berry, 916H Capitol avenue, was
hot In tho left breast nntl perhaps fatally
wounded at 2:20 o'clock Thursday after
noon by John Cooncy, a youtu; man who
has been employed In th0 Illinois Central
yardH at Council Bluffs. He escaped be
fore the arrival of the police, but wafl ar
rented an hour later by Sergeant Whclan
and Detective Mitchell iih he was about
to cross tho Hast Omaha brldgo to Council
Bluffs.
Aftv tho shooting Cooney ran from tho
house and was followed In n few seconds
by tho woman. She went to n houso across
tho street, staggered In tho floor and fell
on the floor. In the excitement of the
moment someone turned In a flro nlarm
and so much time elapsed hcfoio the police
station, less than three blocks distant, was
notified, that Cooney had disappeared when
officers nrrlvcd. Police Surgeon Ames
catnu quickly and directed tho removal of
tho woman to the Clarkson hospital, whero
ho wart placed on the operating table lata
In tho afternoon. Two bullets were re
moved from her body. One entered tho left
breast and took a downward coursu, coming
out nbout threo Inches below. The other
passed directly through tho liver, tho splern
and the diiiplirnRhm and was removed from
tho hack. Tho woman nppenred to stand
tho shock of the operation well nnd wan
reported as resting easily tit u lato hour
last night. The attending physician aaid
sho had some chnnces for rccovury.
ItCHiilt of n (tuiirrcl,
Tho shooting was the result of n (uarrcl,
tho cause of which Is not qui to clear. Trn
Berry woman made 11 statement beforo she
was placed on tho operating table nnd
showed n disposition to shield Cooney.
Sho said ho was discharged severnl days
nKo by the Illinois Central railroad and
slnco then had Bpent much of tho time In
her company. They were drinking together
Thursday in her room. Shortly after S
o'clock Mngglo Steward, tho colored cham
bermaid, came In to clean the rooms.
Cocncy asked tho Berry woman to have
her leavo and to pull down tho shades nnd
lock tho door. His demands wero com
piled with. Tho woman asserts that
Cooney then drew n revolver from his
pocket, saying: "I want to see how this
works," and pointed It nt her.
"Don't point that nt me." sho oxclnlmed.
"It might go off." Sho had scarcely finished
the words when Cooney fired the shots nud
ran out.
The statement Cooney made to the pollro
nfter his arrest differs materially from
thnt of tho Berry woman. He answered
questions frankly. lie said, In substnuce:
"I was at her houso Tuesday, nnd when I
left I said I wbb going across tho river to
cash my check. I did not go back
Wednesday, but camo over Thursday morn
ing. I took three or four drinks of whisky
and then went to her house. .Wo drnnk beer
togcthor nil day and nt tho time of the
troublo I wni drunk. Sho nccuscd me of
having given $30 or $10 to a woman who
lives across tho street, nnd I denied It. Sho
called mc a lla., nnd I told her she wna
another. I pulled my gun nnd we had some
more words about the matter and sho called
mo a llnr again, using entnc profanity In do
ing so. I then fired two or three shots ut
her nnd run out of tho back door nnd down
Tenth streot through tho Union I'nclflc
yards to tho bridge."
Cooncy denied thnt ho had asked to have
tho colored woman lenvo or hnvo tho Bhndcs
lowered and the door locked, saying that
tho Barry woman had done that of her own
nccord. In rcsponso to questions, ho paid
that ho did not shoot with tho Intention of
killing tho woman and did not know when
ho ran out whether he had killed her.
Cooney snld that his parents nro well-to-do
nnd reside In Boston. Ho hns nu undo who
Is n foreman in the railroad shops nt Oel
weln, In.
Scnroh fir Count'-.
When tho police station wns llnnlly notl
fled of tho shooting every nvallablo olllccr
wns detailed on tho case. Cooney's Identity
wns unknown nt that time, but a partial
description was obtained ami It was learned
that ho lived In Council Bluffs. Men wero
tent to tho lower bridges, the depots nud
other places, whllu Sergeant Whelnn nnd
Dotoctlve Mitchell took n police emergency
rig nnd wont to tho East Omaha brldgo.
Cooney had tho ndvantngo of them by sev
eral minutes nnd, though it wns necessary
to tnko n rnundnbout wngnn road, tho olll
cers nrrlvcd at tho brldgo In time to see
Coonoy coming up tho railroad trucks from
tho south. They hid themselves In tho toll
houso until ho camo nonr, and then stepped
out, revolvers In hand, and demanded his
surrender. Cooney turned palo and throw
up his hands Immcdlntely. Ho wns scurchol
for tho icvolver. but It was not in his
clothing. Whon tho city Jail vna reached
Cooney told tho officers that ho bad droppel
tho revolver nn he passed through the Union
I'nclflc ynrds. Ho was taken there later
under guard and tho weapon, a cheap gnu
of the "bulldog" variety, was recovered.
A telephono message from Clnrkson hos
pital lato last night said the Injured woman
was resting as easily as could bo expected
"Killing to find relief from the 'grip with
old methods, I took Dr. Miles' Bain Bills.
Nervine and Nervo and Liver Bills nnd wis
permanently cured." Guat. Egan, Jackson
Mlcb.
UGLY CHARGES AGAINST HAWK
Oninliu Mini Arrentoil Uy
mil Held fur Develop
niciitx. I'ollee
After several days' search tho police yes
terday morning nrrested James A. Hawk on
tho charge of enticing, his alleged victim
In this case being Bertie Moore, n pretty
yotug girl whom ho sent from this city to
Deadwood. S. D.. Wednesday of last week,
If allegations nro true. Tho girl was met
DON'TWAIT
Take the advantage of Omaha citizen's
experience before it's too late,
U'l.m, 11. n 1,1 rk lilllnS tO BCllO
Don't wult 'till backache becomes chronic
Tin unriniiw kiiinev troubles dovelop.
Tin i.rinnrv troubles destroy night's
rest
imi t,i- nn nmntin citizen's experience
i, Th. p Norton. 2714 25th street
on.o. "ifnr iiir.m vears tny wlfo
uui I HL lut .m;o, ... - -
u-n. nnl nnlv .tlhWt tO KllltlOV COlliplalnt
but sho had other complications. Sho
doctored for her troublo but tho pain In lior
back and other tymptoms of either weak
ened or overexcited kldncyB clung to liar,
n. hnt ,f lionii's Kidney Bills procure.!
nt Kuhn & Co.'s drug store, corner lCth and
Douglas streetB. did her so much good ma
I purchased two more. Tho ueauneiu uu
her a world of good."
Sold for noa tier box by nil dealers. Fos
tor-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, X. V.. solo agents
for the United Stntos.
iipmrmher tho name. Bonn's, nnd tnko
no substitute.
on tho train by tho chief of police of Dead
wood, who suspected that tho trip tho girl
wat making was not right, nnd he made an
Investigation, tho result so far reached
helng tho arrest of Hawk and tho starting
of an Inquiry which may lead to
further arrests, as tho pollco nro work
ing on tho theory that n local employment
agency Is Involved In tho transaction.
Later In the day two more arrests were
mndo In tho case, tho persons being Henry
MnnnwDer, who has been maintaining an
employment agency nt the corner of Thir
teenth nnd Douglas streets, and Joseph M.
Bennkcy. Theso nrrests, as also that of
Hawk, wero made by Officers Drummy,
Mitchell, Woolrldge and Gibbons. It Is
said that Mannwller told them on tho way
to the station that he had been shipping
girls which wero brought in by Bennkey
nnd Hawk and that he received 25 cents for
every girl that he shipped.
Hnwk was nrralgucd beforo Judge Learn
yesterday tiftcrncon on the chat go of fraud
ulently decoying girls out of tho state, and
his hearing was fixed for next Tuesday.
Tho penalty following tho establishment of
guilt of Bitch u charge Is a term In the
penitentiary of from three to seven voars.
It Is said that ,1vo men aro helleveil tn t...
Implicated In the dealings, nnd tho cm-
ers nro on tho lookout for tho other two.
BOYS LOOT A VACANT HOUSE
'iil.llir llii Plunder of Thcni nnd
Kin'oiiniKc Tin-in to Commit
the Crime, They A I !.
Two youths who make a sneclaltv of
stealing lead nnd brnss were nrrested
Thursday nnd have admitted their irnllt.
They glvo thu names of Kddlo Kuzaz-
mlrshy and John Wntsowsky und nro about
J ears or ago. As Is true In the cases
n dozen or more other boys arrested
n similar charges during the last two
months, those Inils allego that they were
empled to commit the offenses by peddlers
no ouortd to buy their plunder.
Young Knzazmlrsky. ragged, dirty aud
itiltetit. was btought beforo tho deteo-
ivis Into In tho nfteruoon to tell his story.
ie said no lives nt Thirteenth nnd Walnut
trects. His mother Is dend nnd his fnthor
Is out of work. I In Is 12 years old and
ho eldest of seven children. Tor soruo
Into ho has been picking up bits of wlro
on tho streets, which linemen have dropped
when at work on poles, but stopped that,
e fays, when an olllcer told him that ho
tut st not do It. Then he began to nick
p odd kinds of Junk wherovor ho could
nnd It.
Thursdny morning the peddler came to
Is home for tho Junk and, after securing
it. told tho boy to go to a certain houso
where no one was living and get the lead
ml brass out of It. Tho boy says tho
man threatened to tell tho pollco of former
ruusnctlons If ho did not go. Then the
boy detailed how ho and his companion
went to tho houso nnd stripped It of all
tho lead plpo and brass faucets they could
carry away, nnd wero waiting to meet the
mnn in tho vicinity of Thirtieth nnd Wal
nut streets when Olllccr Devereeno caught
them. The pollco nro trying to locate tho
oolcd house and nlso nro looking foi tho
peddler who has been encouraging the boys
n the crime.
II. Hollander, who was arrested two or
hree days ago on a charge of buying nnd
receiving stolen property, a caso similar
o thu foregoing, wns nrralgucd Thursday
afternoon and his hearing wns continued
uutll next Wednesday.
COT MIS KAMI HACK.
Wild Perfectly Haiti When He Slnrteil
to Tie .N'eMliro'M llerplelile.
Frederick Matiucll, Maryland block, Butte,
Montana bought n bottle of Nowbro's Herp
clde April 8, '39. nnd began to use It for en
Iro baldness. In 20 days, ho says, ho had
hair nil over his bend, Hnd on- July 2, ho
writes, and today tny hair Is as thick and
uxurlant ns nny otto could wish. Now-
iro's Herplcldo works on nn old principle
nnd with a now discovery destroy tho
rnitBo and you rctnovo tho effect. Herpl
ride destroys tho germ that causes dand
rtttr. railing hair, and finally baldness, so
that with the causo gone tho effect cannot
remain. Stops fnlllng hnlr at once and
tdnrts the new growth In a week.
NEW OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
IoukIiin County llenioeriic n
mill nieedoii In ii Tame
Affair.
An.
The election of otllcers of tho Douglas
County Democratic club last night was
featureless affair, there being no contests
for uny of tho nlllces. While tho members
were assembling those present sat around
nnd discussed the bnttie between Connolly
and Olmsted at the court house. Bach
of tho belligerents had champions In tho
meeting and tho discussion waxed warm
at times. There was suggestion that mem
bers of tho club visit tho county commis
sioners today ami nttempt to have Olmsted
chosen to succeed himself, but after taking
Into consideration tho events lending up to
tho fight nnd resignation it was decided
by tho friends of Olmsted that they would
not bo Jtlstllled In making tho request.
Tho election of officers resulted as fol
lows- I.tuls J. 1'lattl, president; Lyslo A.
Abnott, vice president; John I'oppenhagcn
of Millard, second vlco president; John
Hart, secretary; E. A. Smith, financial sec
retary; Joseph Tamuska, South Omaha,
corresponding secretary; Louis Boehtno,
treasurer; David T. Custer, sergeant-at-arms.
Tried I'lve mietora.
Mrs. Frances L. Sales of Missouri Valley,
In., writes: "I had severe kldnuy troublo
for years, hnd tried llvo doctors without
benefit, but threo bottles of Foley's Kidney
Curo cured mo. For salo by MyerB-DllIon
Co., Omnhn; Dillon's drug store, South
Omaha.
MltrrlllKe l.leciiM'i.
Tho following marriage licenses wore Is
sued by tho county Judge yesterday:
Name und Residence. . Ago.
Lawrence M. Isgrlg. Blerre, H. IJ IK
Marie U. Nnnt, Leon, In 21
NlcholnH V. Molltor, Kmerfon 23
Selmn Dantelson, Kmerson 21
Uriel: Miller. Omnhn f
F.limbeth M. Olerkons, Omuha. 21
Ciourgo J. I.iitnbert, Omahii .G
Annlo I., ntepiieuson, uiiuuiu j
Peter J. Sniiih. South utniina jc
Ida. nahlgren, Omaha S3
Con Dunenti, Omaha 21
Small J. Moore, Omnlm IS
Krncst nullett, South Omnhn 2.1
Hewtdo Walsh. South Omnlm 2S
Frank lMloskl. Omnhn W
Lena Soslnskn, Omnlm. -t
"I nnd been in bed threo weeks, with grip
when my husband brought mo Dr. Miles'
Nervine. Bain Bills nnd Ncrvo and Liver
Bills. 1 was cured." Mrs. J. Rolnler,
Franklin, 'Ind.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ti t.. Caster of Wllber Is nt tho Her
flrnni!.
t Wnnshrouch of South Bend l? nt
tho Her Grand.
Miss Jesslo It. Smith of F.vnnston, III.,
l tho truest of Mrs. U. W. Gotten,
Wlllhuii McKver of Columbus, traveling
auditor for tho I nlon lMcltle, Is ut the
Murray. , ,,
...wi Mrw V A. Pnxton. Ir.. recnll
their Invitations for Friday evenlnjr. I-eb-runry
1. on account of tho death of Mr. and
Mrt' Naudaln, nteco of Mrs. V. A. Pax-
tun, nr.
m t ,i .ni.nrtuiiiv M. Hall nnd V. 11.
UiisVof Lincoln. Jntnes Hell of David city,
,,...,v Milintt nf Schuyler and F. Nel
son of Niobrara, wore suite guests at tho
Millard Thursday.
VehriisWans nt tile Jiorcnnnm: i'. iv
t.-ihn ii i. Mriceiiun oi i-nirtie u. J.
Wnnibold of Peru. J W. IViirxm of I'onca
Johr.tnn and K. M. Johnson of Valparaiso.
O. R. WvcofT of Mmllfeon, K. S. Blair of
Wayne. II- A, Hobbs of Bancroft. L. I .
flratmm of Cunihorhmd. M. A. Fugate of
und U, U. llmlenbern of JUimo.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: ITU I DA V, ITEllUtTARY 1, 1001.
DISCUSSION OF TAX LEVY
Oily Council Ttkei t Threa-Honr "Wrestle
With Fropoiition.
MANY CHANGES SUGGESTED IN ESTIMATES
In Severnl Iiintnnern rlatlmntrd Ki-
pemllturex Arc n Itcilnctlott from
Limt Yenr Xotnlilc FnlllnK
0(T In SIiiUIiir Kunil.
For threo hours yesterday afternoon tho
city council met In executive session. Tho
tax levy for 1S01 was under discussion ana
estimates furnished by tho different de
partments of the city government were
tho subject of much animated debate.
The entlro nmount of money which has
been asked for the maintenance of various
departments during the yenr 1901 Is $1,
011.231 20. The sum expended last year was
lt.039.79G .31. or $28,565.01 moro than re
quested for the present year.
Many changes were suggested In tho esti
mates nnd It Is probablo that the sum
which was originally asked wilt be reduced
considerably before tho levy ordlnanco Is
drawn up.
A resume of tho sums asked for dif
ferent funds shows thnt $256,3M.20 Is asked
for the general (und. Last year the nmount
levied for this fund wna $109,537.18 and tho
nmount of money expended for purposes in
cluded under tho head of general fund wns
$252,299.26. An Increase of about $11,000
Is asked In tho health fund, the money
appropriated for this department last year
having been entirely Inadequate on account
of tho expense mndo necessary by the
provalcnco of smallpox. Tho sum levied
last year was $8,506.13.
Kit I mil ten of Kxirnilltllre.
Several estimates of expenditures from
different funds aro much below the ex
penditures for last yenr. The most per
ceptible falling off Is tn the sinking fund.
During 1900 $24S,252.36 was expended from
this fund, while the estimated sum neces
sary for tho fund this year Is $200,000.
There Is also an estimated falling oft of
$14,858.96 In the expense of lighting tho
city. Tho proposed expenditure for curbing,
guttering nnd paving Is $20,000, or $17,781.37
less than the sum spent for theso pttrposfs
In 1900.
Tho council proposes to set aside $20,000
for the Judgment fund. In 1S00 the amount
of money paid out of this fund was $10,
393.89. During 1900 tho police department
expended $81,208.03 and for tho prosent
yenr an appropriation of $99,446 haB been
asked. A material Increase tn tho size of
tho pollco force Is contemplated.
Tho estimates for tho different depart
ments which nro supported from tho gen
eral fund show nn Increase In the proposed
uxncnuuurcs oi several otuces. The
amount nllotcd to the comptroller Is $10,-
240. as ugnlnst $7,478 expended In 1900.
Tho city clork's allowance Is Bwcllcd from
$7,000 to $S,D40. An Increnso of about $1,000
Is mndo In tho appropriations for the city
engineer, the treasurer and Board of Bub
11c works. Tho estimate for tho city elec
trician shows nn Increase of $1,386.60.
There Is n marked reduction In tho pro
posed expenditures to bo mndo by tho street
department. In 1900 this department ex
pendeil $41,659.84, and the amount which
will probably bo allotted for this year Is
$25,000.
The council will meet again this nfter-
noon to consider the estimates.
"Grip robbed mo or my sVeep and I was
nearly craz with neuralgia and headache
Dr. Miles' Tain Pills and Nervlno cured
me." Mrs. Tearl Bush. Holland, Mich.
South Omaha News . I
The East Sldo Improvement club Is ono
of the liveliest organizations of tho kind In
tho city. Slnco the reorganization theso
are tho otllcers: A. A. N'lxon, president;
J nd go J. J. Breen, vlco president; Frank
Durness, secretary; Richard O'Keefo, treas
urer.
On Tuesday next n delegation of the club
composed of Hlchard O'Kecfc, Coorgi
Barks, D. M. Click, the city building In
spector, and Judgo Breen will go to Lin
coln to hustlo for tho South Omaha charter,
While this delegation will work for tho
charter as n whole, an amendment or two
may bo suggested. Residents of the east
side aro extremely anxious to see a road
opened to the river and they also want an
exttnslon of the Thirteenth street car line.
Slnco tho Omaha Street Railway company
has agreed to extend Its car line to tho
west entranco of Rivervlew park this
spring theso people think that as long as
this much of the line Is to bo laid a con-
lunation to South Oniutia would bo bono
flclal. It is understood that tho delegation
representing tho Kast Sldo club, which goes
to Lincoln Tuesdny, will work for a sec
Hon compelling tho street car company to
either extend its Thirteenth Btrcet lino
or elso reduce rates on tho Twenty-fourth
street lino.
What tho pcoplo living east of Twenty-
fourth street want Is n line along Thir
teenth street In Omaha to either M. N or
Mlrsourl nvenue, and thence west to
Twenty-fourth street, thus practically tnak
Ing two lines of transit to Omaha.
Moro grading In tho eastern section Is
wanted ns well ns tho opening of Twontloth
street. At tho present tlmo Twentieth
street extends northwnrd only as far as
street. There It Is stopped by tho Syn
dlcnte park fence. Tho opening of this
street through tho park will bo worked for
In conjunction with other matters now bo
foro (he club.
Same Old (tiietlon.
With tho closing of tho January nccounts
In tho clerk's ofllco a showing Is mado
which will certainly not meet with tho
npprovnl of tho members of tho flro nnd
pollro departments. Trnnsfors from other
funds mado a short tlmo ago to tno nro
and pollco funds will bo exhausted when
warrants ore Issued for January salaries
und tho question now Is what Is to becomo
of tho two departments.
A policeman said yesterday: "Whero are
we to get monoy with which to keep our
selves nnd our families from now until
iugust?" Members of the fire department
nro asking themselves tho samo question
Owing to tho annual overlap In theso do
partments a portion of ench year's levy
used in August to liquidate outstanding
bills, consequently thero Is not enough
money derived from the levy to meet run
nlng exponrrs until warrants on tho next
levy are nvullable.
Several propositions have been made I
regard to caring for tho police and fire
men, but tho olty will bo called upon to
glvo some absoluto guaranty that th
claims or assignments of tho men will not
be contested. At next Monday night'
meotlug of the council tho matter will
doubtless bo discussed and an effort mado
to make some arrangements whereby money
may bo secured to carry on the work
the departments mentioned. To malntal
the pollco department ns at present con
stltuted It costs n little over $1,200
month. The (Ira department, which Is now
In excellent condition, costs about $525
month, nnd this Includes only two hos
companies. When the Brown Bark company
Is added the expense will be Increased
nearly one-third.
There Is going to bo a nlco llttlo over
lap in tho public light fund, as there will
remain this morning In this fund only $155
At tho prcseut tluiu thu clty'a lighting bill
amount to $946.70 a month. Klghty street
rc lights arc now being maintained nt
$10.50 per month each nnd seventy-seven
Incandescent lights nt 50 cents per month
each.
Tho street repair fund Is virtually de
pleted and little If any work can ho done
on the streets until relief of some kind Is
obtained.
What money was obtained from the
Omaha Gas company on royalty was trans
ferred to tho emergency fund, to bo used
for smallpox cases. Owing to tho lightness
f tho disease not nil of thu $663 will be
used, and there mny remain n small bal
nea which might bo transferred to other
funds when the last of the smallpox pa
tients aro discharged.
Thnt V Street Briiitiinltton.
Mention was mado In Tho Bee yostcrday
f tho proposition to open N street nnd
ttcntlon was specially called to the fact
that tax lot No. 16 had pussed into other
ands. The records on tile In the county
tllccs show that of this lot No. 10 Arthur
H. Murdock owns one quarter, Mnry J.
Brubaker, one-eighth, Edgar II. Scott, one-
Ighth and L. F. Crofool, otic-half.
It is understood that these new owners
f tho property In question will represent
to tho city council In a communication
their willingness to grado from Thirteenth
to Sixteenth streets, through their property
nd then dedicate tho street to the city
providing that something like $150 of back
taxes on the property Is eancoled. In
lew of tho fact that so much Interest Is
being tnken by business men In securing
nn open street to tho river, It Is considered
that thu council will take this matter lin
er advisement nnd do the best It can.
With these three blocks graded It will re
main for tho property owners In four blocks
to go ahead, sign petitions and tho cotiucll
to order the work done.
One of tho principal Ideas of opening j
road to tho river Is tho location of n !
depot on the Burlington trucks. With n
lepot located nt N or O streets. It Is stated
thnt packers will save nn hour In making 'ai, wcj, u S time therefore that Cnth
shipments of boxed meats nnd nearly the j urs tk0 more decided stand against
same nmount of time enn be Bnved In molls. i),eir enemies, not only by defending tho
Mynn nnd Wntklmt of tho Commercial
club aro elated over tho earlv prospect of j
nv uiicmiiK "i sircci, ns tncy tinvn done :
grem ui-ni oi nnru worK in connect on
u-tfh II... mnMni. .1i,Im t.A '
..u.iiiH iiiu mat le.ir and a
half.
Charity Hall Tonlulil.
Kverythlng Is in rcndlnoss for the cbnrltv
ball to bo given by the hospital usso'jlatlon
oxchango tonight. This Is tho third annual
charity ball given by tho association nnd
the prospects arc that the entertnlnment
tonight will be equally as successful
financially ns tho two previous balls.
Tho salo of tickets Is reported as fnlrlv
satisfactory and it Is thought that tho local
attendance will bo large. Tho dining room
nt the exchange building will bu hand
somely decorated for the occasion nnd ex.
collent music has been provided for. Mom-
wrs or tho association have worked hnrd
to make tho ball a success. Tho profits
will be used to dcrrny running expenses
at tho hospital.
Ifean ItefnneM Bond.
S. A. Kean of Chlcagd has virtually do.
lined to purchaso the bonds Issued for the
payment of sowers laid in districts Nos. 10S.
im ami uu. nerJc Sbrlclov received a
letttr from Kean yestordny In which so
many objections wero marie to the issue
that tho clerk asked for-tho immedlnto re
turn of the histories. The bonds nro consid
ered flrst-clnss seturltios, but nfter Kean
had made an offer of par ho demanded tho
accrued lnterost, and his letter received
esterday demanded a commission for tho
salo of tho bonds. Clork'Shrlgloy docs not
iiko tno manner in which Kean does busi
ness and will have mo further dentines with
him, -a -
Printed Charter Arrive.
Several advance copies of tho printed
charter intended tor South Omaha wero in
evldenco yesterday. The bill is a bulky ono
nnd as now printed hi tho Hiitno ns the copy
uetivercu to Representative Wilcox by a
delegation composing tho Joint commutes
engaged In preparing tho document.
City Clerk Shrlgley received word yes
terday that nbout 100 copies had been sent
to him by express nnd when theso arrlvo
there will most likely bo a mass meeting
called to discuss tho bill ns now framed.
Thone Vlrulocf TrneUn.
General Manager Smith of tho Omnhn
Street Railway company wns In the city
yesterday looking over the tracklaylng on
tho Q streot viaduct. At his suggestion
planks havo been laid along the lnsldo nnd
outsldo of tho rails In order to prevent
vehicle wheels from being torn off when it
s necessary to turn out. Tho suggestion
has been made that the street car com
pany be compelled to plank between Its rails
on tho bridge, and thus to a great extent In
sure against accidents.
t'lerk'n Monthly Statement.
At the closo of business yesterday Ctty
Clerk Shrlgloy gave out tho following
financial statement: Amount of tho 1900
evy, $103,661.34; amount drawn to February
1, $84,357.80; balance, $19,303,51.
Theso balances remain In tho various
funds: Interest, $6,671, Judgment, 2,497;
police, $1,263: fire, $518; public light, $155;
engineer, $507; general, $1,520; street re
pair, $113; park, $1,548; emergency, $509;
water, $1,346.
Mnuie City tioNnlp.
Tho Whist club wns nntertnlne.1 liv
Irving P. Johnson Inst night.
A. L. Dennett, editor of thn Kim l nut
ngnln after n. slego with pneumonia.
Verne Havens has itnno to Ut. I.ouls to
nccept n position with a railroad Htirveylng
pnrty.
A dnuchter has been born to Mr. mul
Mrs. J. D. Mcllugh, Twnnty-llfth and U
streets.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Thomns O'Connor. Twenty.
fifth and A streets, report thu hlrth nf n
daughter.
Dick Estes. well known nt the Htnrk
yards. Is laid up with n Bevero cold. Pnou
monln Is threatened.
Tho attendance ut the Mnunln loo turn nt
the Christian church last night wns all
that was expected.
Murray Kails has returned from his trln
to Holland nnd will spend n week with his
mother here beforo returning to AbiHkn.
A lecture on Africa Ih to bo delivered
by Rev. K Mnthews ut tho Gospel mission
on Twenty-llfth streot Saturday evening.
t ball will be given by St. Antlionj's so
ciety ut Frunek'H hull, Twentieth und S
Btreots, on Saturday evening, February 9.
On Saturday night the Ruynl Neighbors
will cntirwiln their friends at the lodgo
rooms in tho South Omaha National hank
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sliope allows tho foot to grow ns nut tire
Intended this now shoo litis already
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Nebrus-a Olergjman Fubliib.es a Volume
Reviewing Ohuich Progress.
ROMANTIC STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
Volume of Verne from llie Pen of I', 11.
llrool Study of the HiikIIsu
Senteiie; for I'ne In
School.
The Roman Cnthollo clergy of Nebraska
nro entirely cxcusublo for tho pride they
may feci In having among tholr number
a man of such marked ability us Rev.
Julius E. Devos, rector of St. Mlchoel's
church, Spalding, Neb. In a comparatively
newly-settled sectlou of the state, at a
distance front any railroad, he has built
up a most thriving church and school and
by his untiring efforts hns dono much to
benefit the mntcrlal ns well as the spiritual
welfare of his parish. In addition to his
other labors he hns found time to write
and publish n volume of almost 400 pages,
entitled "The Threo Ages of Progress."
The lord bishop of Ogdensburg bus con
tributed a preface to tho volume in which
i,e gny8:
Tho book, presented by I-other
Devos to renders of church history under
the name of Three Ages of Brogress," Is
not u chronicle of events, as Its slzo might
suggest, but It Is n series of tableaux of
tho principal ecclesiastical events which
have occurred In the world since the com
ing of Christ, with nn lutcrsperslon of
philosophical considerations, from a Cath
olic standpoint, of their causes und thulr
effects. Tho ronsnlrncy against truth,
which originated with the centurlators of
MntniMinrir. him. dtirinir this century, re-
Lelved mnnv mortal blows not only nt the
tni ..r tMthnllrs. hut from non-Catuollcs
..immii iti.iv lmvr. nlwavs done, but by
making posl-lve moves ugalnst tho hostile
Hues, carrying the wur Into Africa itseir.
'rt.u tm iwnmn easier. Indeed, slnco the
Illustrious pontiff, who bo mnrvelously con
tinues to bold the i udder of Peter's bark,
has proclaimed tho 'open-door policy' in
regard to the rich archives of the Vatican.
Henceforth thero cannot only bo no room
111 serious works for the invented bulls
nnd grievances und tnrirfB and oaths which
made tho delight of untl-Cathollc writers
nnd lecturers, but the very original reports
und communications from tho enemies, us
well ns from tho friends of tho church, to
nnd wtth the center of Christendom, In nil
countries, will bring out In their truo light
tho victories nnd tho defeats, the gains
and tho losses of Christ's kingdom upon
earth." Tho above quotation from tho
bishop's preface will give nn idea of the
light In which tho work Is viewed by a
learned representative of tho church. It
may bo added that tho style udopted by
Fnther Devos Is very plain and simple,
bringing tho work within the understand
ing of any render. In other words, bo
has written a book for tho masses, uui
at tho same tlmo ono that may bo both In
teresting and Instructive to those deeply
versed In theology. Roman CuthollCH In
Nebraska would do well to show their ap
preciation of tho efforts of their co-laborer
by securing nnd rending n copy of this
book. Published by M. H. Wlltzlns & Co.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Living somewhere In tho ccntrnl states
thero Is a man, said to be a prominent nnd
able Jurist, who Is credited with having
written, under tho nom-de-plumo of Greg
ory Brooke, "Through Strefs nnd Storm."
It Is a novel, ns might bo Inferred from tho
title, aud ono of tho kind appreciated by
a largo class of readers. Tho plot Is not
particularly now, in fact, In pnrts It might
bo turmed almost hackneyed, but the story
is told In brisk, energetic language that
docs much to retain tho Interest of tho
render. Although written without nny ap
parent moral purposo It teaches a most
wholesome moral and shows how character
Is formed through "Stress nnd Storm." The
Bccue Is laid back lu tho days of the war
of tho rebellion. A young soldier at tho
front receives as his portion of a box for
warded by tho good women of Philadelphia
for distribution among the men In thn Poto
mac campi a llttlo book containing tho name
and address of tho scnOcr, written In a
childish hand. Tho story has to do chiefly
with tho sender and recipient of this little
book nnd their subsequent meeting some
years nfter, terminating In n romantic
episode. Tho Abbey Press, Now York,
Price, $1.
"Old Aco and Othsr Poems" is a volume
of verso by Fred Kmerson Brooks, which
hns been brought out In n second addition.
Slnco Mr. Brooks delivered his famous
"Sherman's March" to several thousand
votornns lu their annual encampment f.omn
ten years ago ho has never boon with
out a full audience whenever ho appeared
In public. 1. is not surprising thnt ho hns
won great popularity by tho recital of bis
own poems, for they nro Intensely Interest
ing, and whuthcr they produce tears or
smiles their Influence Is nlwnys wholesome.
Mr. Brooks Is so skillful in sovernl styles
of verso that It Is dllllcult to nay In which
ho Is nt his best. His war poems nro prob
ably better known than tho others. His
"Shorman's March" Is the finest production
which thnt memorable event has Inspired
In literature, nnd is likely to remain bo.
Whllo he vividly portrays tho grandeur
and splendor of moving armies, ho also de
pIctB tho needless misery which they create
nud leaves the impression which Mr.
Brooks himself expresses In tho Inst stanza
of "Guns:"
Wnteb the fnrtnrr nt his toll
When) grent gun-wheels plowed the soil,
Flowers blooming!
"P Is much better occupation!
'T Is fnr better for the nation
Than guns booming!
Thoro Is In Mr. Brooks' verses a fresh
ness and vividness that rivets the atten
tion of tho reader. As General Phil Shorl
dan sit lil. "thero Is In them tho dash of
tho unexpected, like a cavalry charge,
' Old Ace and Other Poems" Is a book that
will bring much Joy to Its possessor, who
will novci weary of Us sparkling pages.
Forbes & Co., Bo.Uon. Brlce, $1.25.
A school book of value Ih "Tho i:ngli9h
Sentence," by Lillian O. Kimball. In this
book, which is based upon the KnKllsli sen
tonco ns It has been written during tho
present century, high schools and normal
schools will 11ml a profitable continuation
of grammar study. By this examination nf
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OutliiK for February ranges lu home
sports from "American Figure Skating," by
Ocorgo II. Browne, to "A Bluo Fishing
Partnership" In e'lorlda; and geographically
In the Americas, from "Futglans on a
Otianaco Hunt." by Dr. F. A. Cook, tho
well known Antarctic adventurer, to "I'n-
climbed Beaks In tho Canadian Uocklcs,"
by A. C. I.aut. Abroad It embraces "South
African Antclopo Hunting" ami "Sail and
Baddlo In the South Seas." Its leading
article, "Wild Motherhood," well deserves
Its place as a master study of primal In
stincts, and for Its Illustrations by Arthur
Hcmltig. Following It Is a series covering
wide-spreading and varied Interests. That
well known golfer, A. DoWItt Cochrane,
explains n remarkably simple and elllclcnt
'Theory of Teaching Golf." Leonldas
Hubbard, Jr., renders a happily conceived
trlbttto In "An Angling Democracy," to tho
oldest Hulling club tn tho world, a time
honored institution of Philadelphia. Mar
garet K. Barry revives tho glories of "Fox
Hunting In Virginia" and Stanley Waterloo,
the early "Coon Hunting In Michigan." M.
Krarttp sums up Judiciously "Automoblln
Development." "American Oamo Pre
serves" havo been Investigated by George
E. Walsh. "Good and Bad Bits" Is a
worthy plea for tho moro humane treat
ment of tho horse. There aro also other
features of Intorcst.
Tho "Heart of a Child." which opens tho
February number of McCluro's numazlnc,
Is a story of unusual aud profound Intorcst.
It It a far cry from tho heart of a child to
Itlchard Croker. Nevertheless, William
Allen White, In a character Btudy of Tam
many's ruler, lnslsta on a certain childlike
simplicity in tho nature of this political
boat." Tho article Is written with that
brilliancy which distinguishes the author
and Its effect Is to explain something of tho
mystery In Crokor's powor over his fol
lows. Tho transition seems less violent
whon wo pass from Crokor to "The World
of Graft," by Joslah Flynt. Among other
articles of particular Interest nro "Somo
Becollcctlons of ohn Wllkos Booth," by
Clara Morris, and "Unsolved Brobloms of
Chemistry," by Brof. Ira ncmscn, LL. D of
Johns Hopkins university. Tho fiction of
this number Is especially good, among tho
authors being Uttdyard Kipling, Sarah Orne
Jewott, Itobert Barr and F.dwlu I.efevre.
Illustrations aro contributed by Kenyon
Cox, Edwin Lord Weeks, I.ockwood Kip
ling, Edmund J. Sullivan and others.
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CO., Itnchrtltr, V Y,
DEATH OF MISS ANNE ROGERS
I'ornii'r liink Triii'lici f llniiitm
SiieeiiniliR In 1 1 While Vlnlt-Iiik-
In Mkm'IiIiiii. 1Vi.
Mrs. Georgo W. Holdrego was notified
last night or tho donth of her nunt, Miss
l.ucla Anno lingers, lit Sheridan, Wyo.
Miss Bogers had been a resident of Omaha
for a number of years. She was visiting
her nephew, Howard French, when taken
111 of grip, to which sho succumbed.
Miss Bogers hail been well known In
Omaha musical elides for twenty years,
and was at ono tlmo director of muslo in
tho public urhools. She was horn at
Blymouth, N. II. Mrs. T. I.. Kimball of
Omaha is a sister of Mlns Bogers and Mr.
T. It. Kimball and Mis. George W. Holdrego
aro her nephew and niece, respectively.
The funeral services will be held nt 11
o'clock Saturday morning ;n thu First
Unitarian church of Omaha and Interment
will be at Forest Lawn cemetery.
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AiUlo 'f FniiuiiiH 1'ti) ulcliin.
First and foremost, BEST. ,
Tako caro of yourself.- Your already
weakened nerves want rest and must havo
It. If tho attack Is Bovero, go to bed and
remain there. Moro fatalities result from
neglect of this precaution than from nny
other causo
Eat sparingly. Your dlgcstlvo organs aro
In no condition to tnko caro of largo quan
tities of food.
Drink plenty of pure, cold water. H al
lays tho fever, stimulates tho kidneys to
action and opens up tho pores of tho skin.
Keep tho bowels open with I)r. Miles' Nervo '
nnd Liver Bills.
Tako threo doses of Dr. MlloV Nervlno
per day, ami If you cannot sleep tnko an
extra doso at bedtime. To further contr.il
tho fever nntl to overcomo the poeullnr
achca and pains of grip, uso Dr. Mlloa" Pain
Pills. They act qulikly and effectually
and no bad effects result from their use.
These remedies havo been thoroughly tested
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clency In thoroughly established. -They
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Dr. Miles' Bemedles enn be found at any
drug storo, nnd hoy nro sold on a poult I vo
guarantee that first bottle or package bene
fits or money refunded
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