THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt TUESDAY
FEBRUARY
" ' 11 1
4, 1902.
SECOND BLAZE ISISCENDIARK
Wat. birr Mizroital laildiar. ! lav! it
Piril afVair Litea
Republican Press on Meserye
HEW YORK IISUUNCe Mil HA10 HIT
Matropolltaa Comaaale rire l
Tkelr at On al a -Half
Mlllloaa Hartford ' (
at b f.tMir. ;
Alnsforth 8t.r-Journ.l: Ex-Treasurer
Meserve, ' th. reform stste treasurer that
wss, bis . bee a Indicted by the Douglaa
county grand Jury for appropriating Inter
cat en .tat. money to bis own use while
la office. 'Rah for reform by reformers.
Imperial Republican: Ex-State Treasurer
Meserv has been Indicted by the grand Jury
at Omaha. The amount In thla caae is
only ll.&OO. but there are many surh caeee
where the aggregate will be large. It atate
Ireaaurers will persist In defrauding too
state let them take their medicine.
our treasurers a competence la keeping parently Idle, yet la renlltv deposited la
with 'their vast responsibilities and then banka where Interest waa secured to the
provide waya to make the surplus safe and treasurer' private account. Aa this la un-
eecure. In ether words, let the next legls- lawful, no treasurer' has dared make a
lature Inject a little common sena Into public accounting of state Tnnda and tell
thla law and disrobe It of Ita auperabund- where deposited, although repeatedly called
WATERBURT. Conn., Feb. I The eho
area thla morning oa a blackened and
mouldering mast of ruins that marked tbe
rrala business section oftbe eliy. For tea
hours last night and thla morning flames
fanned by a blgb wind held away, causing
a loss that will be about $1,500,000. When
a. n . a m. I
the conflagration waa at ias wini " Th pop ar not of th "put-tt-back'
Be under control, a secona nn oron.
nee of legal technicality,
Holdrege Cltlsea: Quit a little excite
ment waa cauaed among the politicians Issl
week when the grand Jury of Douglss
county brought In sa Indictment agalnat ex
Treeaurer Meserve. charging him with
loaning state truat funda to a bank In
Ord Quit: Meserv say he did not do It South Omaha and pocketing the Interest on
'thla lime In the Bcovlll house, adjoining
the elty hall. Suspicion la atrong that the
ascend Are. ;whlch d-trovd the Seoville
bouse, burning tbousanda of dollars' worth
of furniture, appointment fend pera:nal ef
feet, and Imperiling many Uvea, wai th
work of aa Incendiary.
Th fir In the Bcovlll bouse originated
la the pool and billiard, room, in the
basemeat of tb "house, oa 'the further side
from th burning district. Tb room wai
locked and no one was supposed to' be
there, nor waa aay fire .kept In the room.
Manager Truman said at th Tollc station
while tb Ore was still raging that he
had not th slightest doubt It wis ct Incen-
aiary origin.
The 6 re cam o close on th heels of
and so won't put It bsck. Hilton admit
taking it and want to know what th peo
ple' are going, to do about It. He never
thought of putting It back. Porter does not
say a wcrd. neither doea he put It back.
kind.
Ruahvlll Recorder: Ex-Treasurer Me-
serve is indicted by the grand Jury of
Oouglaa county, charged with diverting th
Interest of the school funds while he waa
slate treasurer to, his pwa use. Of course,
tbe other side Is trying" to bowl politics,
them. No on outside of th grand Jury
seems to know aboot the facta of the case
and Meserv hss a right to expect that the
people will not condemn him before h Is
arovea guilty by due process of law. Me
serve and his friends claim th affair Is
upon to do ao. Stat Treasurer Stuefar
when railed upon last fall by bis owa party.
In convention assembled, to make a stste
ment showing location of all state fund
refused to account for many thousands of
dollars of school funds. There la little
probability of a conviction under thla In
dictment, but It may result In th election
of a stat treasurer some time la th future
who will handle tbe funds for th benefit
of the state and not for hi own privet
gala. .-
Norfolk News: If ex-Btet Treasurer J.
B. Meserv hoped to escape without the
political pcraecutlon. This Is tbe cry that tag of opprobrium which baa regularly been
Hartley and hla friends have been putting attached aa part and parcel of th honor
up for years. A great many people would of th stat treasurer's office la Nebraeka
heave a sigh of relief it they could find a for a number of years past, he has bad hi
atate treasurer whoa administration hopea rudely shattered by tb grand Jury
would not cauaa a acandal. The suspicion sitting in Douglas county, where be baa
th
but vcn politicians have to acknowledge 19 looming upon a great many that the state been cited to appear to answer to
occasionally that "sauce for the goose I
sauce for the gander.''
Fremont Tribune: Speaking of the In
dictment of ex-State Treaaurer Meserv
far cmbexxllng Interest oa school money,
the Columbus Telegram regards it aa "a
badge of honor to b Indicted by a Douglas
county grand Jury." Perhaps thla Is not
doea not pay a aalary large enough for the charge of ambet-lement of th stat echool
ability and responsibility required for tb funds. While, In view of what has bap
position and officials ar tempted to get pened to tbe republican treasurers. It would
by Illegitimate meana enough to make up
for thla lack and. perhaps more.
Bloomlngton Advocate: And now the
grand Jury . has returned aa Indictment
agaln.t ex-State Treasurer Meaerve, cbarg.
probably be unfair to permit th only fu
slonlst In th bunch to escape, It la occur
ring to a great many people that ther I a
woeful lack of honest men la tbs stat -r
the lawa governing the office ar such that
such a wide auV.s after all Jo Bartley ,n hlm lth baailla. Interest on school It la Impo.slbl. for the treasurer to perform
MdSSJT! fund, deposited In a S.u.h Omaha bank p"!"
aee to what distinction he baa rle.n. Read waa .tat treasurer. Thla action latttr !he .ltua loo. perhaps t
th governor' pardon message again.
Broken Bow Republican: The Indictment
th big conflagration,, that tb tboussndi of ex-Treasurer Meserv by the Douglas
ot spectators who ' witnessed It wer county grand Jury for embetzlrment of In
thrown lato a more complete panlo than tcrest on stat funds was a general sur
th original fir', caused. Tb ff-mei had prise. These that knew Meserv wss a
only begun to die out along Bank. Oraed poor man when be waa elected and that he
and South Mala street at 4 o'clock, wbea was counted among th wealthy at tbe
Samoa leaped upward from tb hotel a If close of hi term regarded him a good
should not be looked upon as a political
more In any sense ot the word.' When
Meserve was elected treasurer he knew
what th aalary was, and that Is what he
should have been satisfied with, no more
son for the treaaurer to Ignore the law and
the people and go the limit, a la Bartley.
It hss become, apparently, tb custom for
Nebrsska to placs Its treasurer In office
with the Arm conviction that he Is a thief
and no less, and If It should prove .that he n4 ',h th Implied sentiment, "Ther ar
v gone beyond tbi and loaned any part of ,ho fun. thief, get them it you can."
everyone aesires mat- me sisi snan oe
he atate funds In violation of tbe- law,
converting th Intereat to his own use, then
he ha placed himself on tbo same level
by magla. aad people feared th city waa manipulator, but a his books balanced to ,, . . ,. . .,, .K...
doomed aft.r all Th. angles tbat hurrl.d cent. ther. wa not a suspicion hinted W.W Sf jr,"r.0,h?: '! ,.a
to th scene turned their attention mainly I that ther had been a leak anywhere.
to preventing th ipraad f Ua flame?. It Kcarory Journal: It appears thst the fu
waa evident that the fidtel wa doomed, aloniata will now have a whirl at tb em
and If th Are had reached th adjacent beszlement .counter, that weak th grsnd
building ther ' would hav. been little I Jury of Douglaa county Indicted ex-State
hop of eavlog any of the central part of I Treasurer John B. Meiarv tor th embei-
th city. Th Bra burned far Into th dav (lament ot echool funds. It appears that
and waa not xtlna-ulahed entirely until I he had money belona-lna- to the achool fund
'avanlnir.- . t -Ion rfurifiait la-th ITnlnn ftt.alr VarAa Ma.
sif. . Toe ruins of th Bcovlll house biased tlonal bank, trom wblch ha received In-erf-tip
again Ibis evening and caused soms tereet, but never accounted for It. Officers
alarm, but . th renewed activity of the of tb bank appeared agalnat him. Let no
flames was caused only by th. heavy wind guilty man cscap.
from the , wast blowing tb smoking m- York Time: Listeq now ' for a fiercer
bo punished accordingly. When any indi
vidual begins to take publlo money for
private ua he goes outside ot politics,
throws to th winds bis honor and honesty
and becomes a proper subject to be mads
an example of. We hope, however, that
Mr. Meserv will be able to prove himself
Innocent, and Judgment and criticism
should b reserved until h shall hav bad
th opportunity.
protected from thievery1 regarding It publie
funds, but there should be. legislators
shrewd enough to enact a law governing
the office and protecting the people without
requiring the surrender of the honor ot tbe
man who undertakes the duties. If aome
such change la not aeon effected Nebraska
may be brought to the point ot witnessing
th ' office go "a-begging", tor a man to
fill It.
Tekamah Herald: Tb Indictment by th
grand Jury of Douglaa county of ex-State
Treasurer J. B. Meserv on th charge ot
Beatrice Express: Ex-Treasurer Meserv embesslament. by appropriating Interest on
hss been Indicted by a grand Jury la Doug- permanent school fund to hi own us, waa
las county, on the chara-e of embezsllne- surprise to bis many trlenda In this
money belonalaa- to the echool fund. Ha county. Mr. Meserve went out of office
hau a large amount on deposit In a bank with 001 reputation. The law govern
ber. Ther waa little to burn, only tbe nd shriller outburst against Meserve than in South Omaha, and la accused of bavins ,n tne cu'tody ,n(i .investment ot stat
front doors and a few window frames re- I th.r. inimt dhi mi . ' " . .
jr. ualalng unconaumed at the time th blaze
brok out afresh.
Th seen about th city today wai only
llttl Use remarkable than tbat of tbe pre
, . vlou evening. Thousands ot people
" stumbled around the Icy street and with
th greatest difficulty were restrained from
' venturing within th danger lines. There
ther was against Bartley and th governor
who pardoned him. HI crime wa delib
erate, there was no panic, no etree t
flnaneea. Ha deliberately took the money
tbat belonged to th school children, th
sacred trust fund, to enrich himself. Surely
converted the Interest to his own usa. Mr. echool funds is very faulty. The conatltu
Meaerve says that be 1 being persecuted, lon that they can only be Invested In
and Intimates that he will emerge with an "Hlonal. atate and county bonds; the
unblemished reputation when all the faota atatutea ssy that all uninvested state
ar known. Wa truat that he la aoeaklna- funds shall be kept In depository banka
by th. card. Tb stat has been trying n1 th" Interest credited to the state; th
tb papers ot Nebraska, and eapeclally the 'to recover from ex-Secretary of State Por- eupreme court, eaya that th placing ot
republican papers, will not be partial to a
sham reformer. Give .us ; column after
ter, who served contemporaneously with eUt funds In depository banks constitutes
jHeserve, a considerable sum of money
an Investment. This conflict hss been th
,-,,vs more or less disorder, but tb police column,, week after week-now, of invective which undoubtedly belongs to th com- contention tor eeveral years and can only
i against meserve. tnoawealth. Porter haa won in tha courts be changed by a constitutional amendment
Pender Republic: Tha grand Jury laat ao far, because courts ar sticklers for tb Dd tbat ' ODa reason, why w favored a
week at Otnaba tndloted ex-Treaaurer J. B. technicalities ot law. but th attorney sen. apeclal session ot tbs legislature this win.
Meserv for appropriating to hla own ua eral t not don with him yet, and sooner ,er- Under the present constitution th
I Interest money paid bin by a South Omaha or later he will probably have to refund the ut treaaurer cannot, be required to place
bank on. deposit of money belonging to money. It Is gratifying to th voter to "tat ecno01 fund in depository banks and
th permanent school funds. Now tbat a obssrv that tb atate propoaea to bold the account to tne stat Jor Interest. .Wa be-
pop stste traasursr baa been legally accused custodians ot Its funds to a rigid accounts- 11y tB4t tk school fund hav b
I of shortcoming, w swell with Interest th blllty. Thar has been altogether too much Intereat In the .state banks every
comments of pop and . democratic editor. Jockeying wltb th publie money In th 00llsr 01 It should he turned over to tb
Bom ar already crjing out that it It a paat, and tbe taxpayers won't put up with at( Ba tne atate treasurer who pocket
"political move." It hs tb appearance of it any longer. . j -. .., ny of thla intereat la unlocking the door to
a queetlonabl financial move on the part Ashland OazeUei If th Indictment r.. dnm n'm Into tb pe,nUentiary. Th con-
wrara active' and tha militia waa of treat
aervlca In handling th crowds.
,' Latlaa; mt Haaaeholdl Gaads,
The etreet ware piled wltb household
.."rood aad atrewn with email article
throws ffom tb windows. Soma of tbla
property waa confiscated by paesers-by, but
!I" tb amount or thieving wan small-, com-
' pared to the opportunities.
A tangled network of wire on Bank and
TfBouth Main, street greatly hindered th I
work ot sxtinguuning. toe last names ana
!"' atreta rapidly being cleared and th 01 a-oracia. more, tnan anyinmg eise. turned against Meserve. 1st fuslonlst state . lu''-"7" tnvPo aie omcer .nan r
"' VX, r U. 3b. rUl". To! r,.totK Republican; Tb.., Doug)., county.: tr,V.r.i should b. ..mm,d upon 'trial X"'"
cltv'a teleohoalo communication Uahtlna ,rn4 Jury ' hM' 't'4.- in4letment. of tha case, the laat Issue that thrf popa . n ahotrtd e aforced to tbe
-!,t'.?..U1,!-0a 0 .'?mmUA-i. aaalnat. -8tate Treaaurer Meaerve for hooed to m.k. will f.rt. .... .. .i,-..;,. letter. If a publi. officer tanaot live on hie
?. UtorTtlrtttali. .Uallng $150 Intereat every montb tor ten ot tha absurd and ridiculous a. certainly "Ury lot nlm :re.lg;, thenar, pl.nty ot
A r.vtacd list of loes and Insuranc la I """"""" " " tnat mey nav Drought I" 'i7.,i;T- a "
rti.
in inaictment waa louna on pretty good torwara haa don. A movement waa on
. . .1 vlf1jm tht lh AM man i-l n t K a mtn ffM a .b. va- u.. - . , . . - S Pul n.ni.Klln.n ft l. A . A
TI'llAVAll W WhAflt Ihft Irath I m .Aal . 1. A I ' ' " - " .mw -. " " , -wv- UKMV . jqviorVC m CRUQ I B IS IOr - ruw. vu . uv UGICUII IW
mmj toat nei.rv. preaeceasors 010 tn
f o reot estimate.
Reasarkabla Freedlaaa froaa lajarr.
jW . -1. . V.I . . . - - J ... .... I hat ahA.iM k. aMl a V. nan fH. , . I. k. I . . . ... ....
jj(i- im iiiuiHiui niui vi iui urw was I u imn uuhihuibbi, coupiea Wltn tn fact that OX-
viuadoubtedly tbe absence, so far as known,
!' of losa of lite. Two men who wer asleep
' la tb Scovlll house, Charles Y. Keat,
member of th board of education, and th
sseond cook, a German, wer reported
missing, but both have been, located. Th
number ot Injured wa mall, and In all
but oa of two esses th Injuries wer
1 M
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THE CHILDREN ENJOY
Life out of doors and out ot the trames which the play and the enjoy
ment which the receive and the efforts which the make, cornea th
greater part of that healthful development which la ao eaaential to their
happiness when grown. When a laxative la needed th rented which la
f iren to them to cleanae and aweeted and atrenfthen the internal organ,
on which it acta, ahould be auch aa phjsiclana would sanction, because ita
component parta are known to he wholesome and the remedy itself free from
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well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little onea enjoy,
because of its pleasant flavor, ita gentle action and ita beneficial effects, la
Syrup of Fig-a and for the same reaaoa it ia the only laxative which ahould
be need by fathera and tnothera. ,
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naturally without fripinp, irritating;, or nauseating and which cleanaea the
ayatem effectually, without producing; that constipated habit which reaulta
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ers sometimes offer to Increase their profits. Th genuine article may be
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to , remember, the full name of the Company
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the front of every pack-
In order tq get ita
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BUYING OF ROOKS DEFERRED
Fipili ia Omaha Bifk lbel Itadn's Pir
cb.H How.
FREE RULE II IN FORCE ' Till JUlY
Pal.satloai fraas Central Labor l"nlo
Is Heard by Board of Bdaeattow
Record f Temperatarea Re
atred frosa TeaeherS.
Ings and property committee wa. In.tructd
to report to the beard tb probbi cot or
frescoing th offlc of tbo upertntendent
snd the .faembly room on the fifth floor of
th. . city ball.
OKLAHOMA NOT A PARADISE
oikn V. Behm Telia of His Bsperl.nca
lit Search af m Batter '
'" Ham, '
hi. t- t It need hot. glv. him ny worry. It governor tbla fall oa th. ground that he la
.......huawi .in k. fu frn Ik. .. ,M 1 popul.r to punish official thieve. In very honest and republicans ar the re- ' b Installation of fusion
(i"a .'.'- ' I Xr.Kp.abs whara IK. mULui-il .1- T. , i nfflAl.la In h. 1 1 J - .1
' - " - " II iuuii OOW a II tOIS Will not 6 "- "fi'vi vbiiuub wa mniucu
tort cf, Irresponsible mobs overcome tbe a strikingly winning platform after all as the opening of a new era la the admln-
regularly constituted authorise. And If With th leader under Indictment for em- "tratton of stat affairs. That tbla cromla
beiilement. coupled with tha fart h.t t. failed dismally In every other branch of
will only be another saint and martyr for Secretary of But porter refused to put government I now well known. The stat
th political accident which calls Itself the money back, standing on bla legal lrc,urT notably th. moat difficult ef any
governor ot Nebraska to canonise. rights, aa Interpreted, bv tha ro,.n. f vtlict to admlnlater eorrectly and la
Albion News: Ex-Stat Treasurer Me- joining tb rank. mad. odiou. by Eua-.ne "trlct compliance with the law. Tbe .alary
serve hss been Indicted by a Dougl. Moore, and In view of the fact that our own t0 ma-'1 ani th bond required ao large
county grand Jury on the' charge of embes- and only J. N. Oaffln, a Oil Inspector, wa tht lt inpoaibl for th treasurer to
iiem.nt. It la charged that he pocketed found to be several hundred dollars short JnK rna meet without either drawing on
a large amount of Intereat received from a in hla accounts, which hla bondsmen hav hl' Pr,vt reaourc or manipulating stat
alight. South Omaha bank for deposits of state road. good. It does not seem that the propo- 10 "' own dvna8ei This I a glar-
Tb rebuilding of all th ruined struc- money. Mr. Meserve I. entitled to the sltlon that the nons hsva th mi. ., ln lhJuatic. but It doea not excuse Me-
ltures 1 only a question of lime. Tempor- I reaervatloa of judgment untlT he ha a fair exclusive monopoly of all the honesty ther erT any tnor than It did Bartley. It la
ary quartera hav been aecurea Dy an th an impartial trial, ir round guilty. It la I in tb stat will srouse much enthusiasm i,r","n lo"1 B" suew tne conditions
Arm. Many have already telegraphed for I to be hoped that b win go wbr Bartley or set the prairies oa lira with popocratlo uclur" uo WB eiectea. i&er was no law
.w ilnrk mnA mIM r.aum. kii.l.... Im. I .n.nt' tn t. ' A l.r.. m.lnptt. Ih. nan. i.al It .11 .... . . .. Compelling him to aOCDt tha offlc. Rut ha
J - --ww - - I -- o- .w- r.w- v v.vua, ... il apjia.ra DOT, 11 - .
mediately. The American Publishing com- pi. of tbla sUts. regsrdless of political ia quit probable that the vile reoublicana 10 M n 'et,v canvaas for th place, prom-
pany la among th heaviest losers, - th affillattoa ar tn favor of a rigid enforce- will hav something pretty lively to ssy in ulu tb PP'e tbat If he was elected he
aewapaptr building being entirely ruined, I ment ot law and th punl.bm.at ot law- the negative when th Issue Is joined and oula P'oa ID acanaansad and disgraced
but th psper wss Issued In aa abbreviated I breakera, ao matter what political party the clan. meet. state treasury sbove suspicion. Th Omaba
th culprit may belong to. No political - Tekamah Journal- Th. . woroHraia Da aouaded the keynote of
- "WW . u u . V. . Ul L U L u.
party aaoma o o-ia aocouBtBDie lor to
acta of Its black sheep, unless It trie to
shield them. .' ..... r, ,h. V....- "Wlcaa aaall auffer with tbe tualoalst.
Bloomfleld Monitor: Th 1st lndtctmenl If nothing elss. ooea the eve. of th. Z. . . pp.. " C0.DCrn. th
. - w w ------ orjuQiirmn rsar.rai rti a tvitii t h.. .i..i.
hava ni.lv.n!dthraP?hC.t,0,,":blC? ' that all guilty republican, .ball
nav. prevailed In 'the state treasurer's ...i.v ... .
lawa of Nebraska -concerning .tat. and offlc for year, and bring about a demand pr:tend o alt l7w.Z L i 'i"
rnrnrt. tr-aanrar ar. aaHI. I. .rf ... . . ..... ." " . - 7 Prtend tO .It 10 jUdgm.nt Upon Mr. M-
.-. ......... -- win u. aaiiancu anrve. Nulthar An Va aa.nm. ...
fora 'tonight.
sa at Ska" Heaviest Loaa.
A revised list of th heaviest losses by
th fir and the insurance carried I aa
follow, not Including losses to scores ot
families, of which ao accurate estimate caa
be aaadt
Bcovlll House, Building, etc. 1100,000;
. Insuranc. 150,000.
Old Abbott Loss, $.0,000.
Held t Hughs Compsny Loss on 'stock
aad building, $210,000; Insuranc. $1S5,000.
Maaonle Temple Value, $60,000; leas to
tal; Insurance, $50,000
Jones, Morgan Co. Loss, $80,000; In
surancs. $40,000. ' - ' '
Nsw England Building Owned by th
of x-8tat Treasurer Meserve I odly an
other Inkling of tb truth that tha atat
county treaaurer ar sadly tn need of re-
vision. As ' th lawa stand up to d.t. a. with tb .!.ry allowed him by law and .Ther th. change. Lalnat Mr Stu.fa,
honorabl ttsa caa hardly aspire to tb. 'who will not .oecut.t. with itat. fund, for ar. w." tiZ BoiThi'Jln i
poeltlon, xp.ctln, to mak. a comp.t.nc. prlv.t. gain. Coder former method, the cuLd if ' "TBJLC:
Tha trg.gnfrp hv nrr(l. .ar - . . .7 .-vwwtv. ium
svaws aalss Ailal s4i(lakai
arasolnr. eith.r hora of tha dll.mm. undsr ai.f. ....... .. ,..... "..fTf publ,e tooi ttMt -earublng laves
- - --- - --- ..... yua.ioi. i.u ligation be mad In each caa and ada.
our .tatute. I. .Imply ri.klng a trm of oan them to bank, th. tr.a.ur.r pocket- wu punl.hm.nt meted out whir! .uif V.
mnriHnnm.nr in ,71. Mil i.imurr. Mar. in. n. . w . . - ...a. ... . -
r ' ... -.,.... -ui, ii auy, cuort wa. found
uwu, m a mi vi iw nut. law moo a Dial to invest iru.t fund. a. Drovlded hv
New England Engineering company; leaa, ehane. for aoma mora legislative Jugglery law, so thst th. .tat. could profit by th. tempt to cond
$70,000; Insurance, $40,000.
New England Engineering Company-
Loss. $-0,000; lasuranee, $16,000.
... Franklin House Los, $40,000; Insurance.
$30,000.
r Judd Building Loss, $50,000; - fasuftaee.
. partlaL
' . Kartfard .Coaaaanlea Losses.
HARTrOlVJ. "06n., Feb. 8 Th. elo.e.t
esumatee at is lossee oi tisriiura msur
lc. eompanlaa caused by the Wsterbury
kre as given by efflclala "are: ' A.tns,$30,-
109; PboenU. 121,900; K.tlonal. fll.OCO,
Connecticut. $l.,U-0r Hertford. $:0.0u0; Or
ient, $7,000; Scottish. Vuloa aad National
11$,000; loUl. $1.0,0. ,';
; Bw rovk 1 ! Hard Hli
NEW, .YORK. Feb; J.U is estimated
that the fir at Waurbury. Coon., will cost
tb leasing totauranca com pa a tea ef this city
about $l,$tt0..0q. Practically every company
of tmportaac ia ffectj
Tkla t'aa,ar . l-aae. 'Little.
new Haven, coa.. rb. $ -Aa official
af th Security Insurance oampany of this
city said this afternoon that th. policies
carried by bl eompaay oa property de
stroyed In tbe Waterbury dr. .ggregated
las. thsa $10,000.
by our legal light. l-it th tat Brt pay Intereat. but large sums were held ap-
The party organs on eaoh slds
should b the last to offer eicu.es or at-
on any Offeases that mar
have been committed.
Insured except R. . J. Jewel),
block was burned laat April.
This gam
GASOLINE FIRE KILLS FOUR
Raploslaa la Bakery Clare Father aad
oa, Alao ' Twe ' Others,' aad
. lajare sv Fifth.
BOTEBTOWN. Pa., . Feb.' $. Four per
sons wer killed and another wss probably
fatally Injured as tbe result ot aa explosion
of gssottae at 11 o'clock tonight in tb
bakery of George Carver ot (hi place.
Dead: ' .
HENRY SHAKER, aged it. i
FRANK 8HANER. hi soa. aged 13.
OEORGE OORMIN, aged iS yesr.
CHARLES HOL'GH. ased IS.
Injured: '
Injured lntsrnatly, may not
last night. Some one saturated the door
way with oil and applied a match. The
bias was discovered by people returning
from church and th flame wer promptly
checked.
George Fry,
Jive.
Fir had broken out la th bakery, and
tb expliMlon occur el wbll th Bremen
were lighting -the Samoa. Tbe explosion
blew out the wbol front of th building
gad .several persons la the lsrge crowd
watching the Ar wer cauaht under th
FQUR PLAINVIEW STORES BURN fa,lle,;'" fclT1i ,d,rfcBhf" " k,,u4
. I Inalanl l- aa Pi 1 1 at t KM nf hap Ikpaa aa at ras aa
ali4laa akt Blw that Wa Uavaa.
Uics kr Flsaet Last le.r
".- . $tray4. ,
FLA1NVIKW. Nab., Feb. I. (Special
Telegram. ) A block of four building
burned dew this aaornicg, cauted ly th
eiplestoa of a lamp In a cellar. Th loss
ta $4,000. Tb building were sll erected
last year snd occupied by IL J. 'Jewell.
baker ; Frank Hulbsrt. geueral mercbaa-
.Me: A. P. Btrub., restaurant; v v. u.
badly Injured that they died soon afterward.
Many other peraons wer hurt- by flying
debris- .
Wlaeaaala aha aetar. .
JAKESVILLB. Ml.. Feb. I. Fire tonight
destroyed F. M. Msrilut 4t Co.. shoe fsc
t.ry, oa of th largest la tb .tat. The
lose a 180.000.
olaaas, general ' mercbaadls All
- At.sapt Bara r'HIry Store.
FILLET. Neb.. Feb, I (Special )-Aa at.
EGYPTIAN RELICS IN DANGER
Fir at I alverslty of Chlcaso Threat.
ea. Priceless Garaaaats, Ilea,
alia sss Pottery.
of $50,000, on which there was llttl. Insur
snce. A block ot stores and two reeidencea
wer. destroyed.
CHICAGO. Feb. $. Garments worn by
Egypt's kings wbsa th. Pyramid, were
eew. utensils from roysl bomss that were
reduced to duet age. before Rom. rose,
and Ir.crlbed pottsry sbsped by workmen
who lived before th. dsys of Moses, were
threatened with detructlon by a Are la the
basemsnt of the Hsakell museum at the
Lnlverelty of Chicago today. AH that
saved th. prlcciets collection wa. th.
prompt work of a student bucket brigade.
Whether the damage la sorlou caanot b.
told until tbe charred caaes ar. opened
and the eonteot. carefully Inapected. For
a time It aeemet that the relics that th.
pyramids bad preserved for hundreds of
conturtea would be reduced to asbes lu
half aa hour.
Sew Stllforel Maaafactory.
NEW MILFORD, Conn.. Fab. $. Flra of
unknown origin, which started about T
o'clock tonight, destroyed tbe main building
of the Bridgeport Wood Finishing pleat.
It is expected the loss U1 reach $100,004.
Daslea. Serlloa of Mritnnt
WARSAW, lad.. Feb. 3. Lata laat sight
a aisastrous Brs at Mentont, tbla county,'
wiped out half the business portion of th
wsi. tempt to burn J H. Host's stor. waa avea low a, causing a Ices oa buildings aad stock
ClolBlac Star at ladlaaaualls.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. S. Tb four
story building In Pennsylvania street, oc
cupied by tha When Clothing eompaay,
was damaged $50,000 by fire today.
PARTING GIFT TO SWEETLAND
.
Eaaployea of Nebraaka Clolhlaa; (mm
easy til re Ratlrlaa; Slaaaaer
a Haadsome Desk.
Just to .bow him how they feel t.w.rd
him, th. employe, of th. Nebraska Cloth
ing company's local stars hav. presented
the retiring nlsnsgcr, G. N. Swsetland,
with a handsome desk. He is to jouraey
tonight to Ksnsas City, 'his new location,
after three years' service la th Omaha
stor. and th presentation wss made juat
after clcaing'bours lsst night. The preeeat
manager. P. Schwarta. spoke la behalf of
tb) assembled employes, . who wer tb
donor.
Bl'lea (alle.
H. Seever. a carpeater and builder ot
Kenton. Tena.. when suffering Intsnssly
from aa attack ot bilious colic, sent to a
nearby -drug stors for something to rellev
him. Tb druggist sent blm a bottle ef
Cbaaiberlaln'a Colic. Cholera and Diarr
to a Remedy, three doaes ot which effected
a permaaeot cure. Tbls is th ooly remedy
thst ci a be depended upon la the most
ever esses of colic aad cholera morbus
Most druggists know this aad recommend
it wbea such a medicine 1 called for. For
al by all amggtel. .
Pupil In th Omaha High achool will
not b required to buy their own textbooks
until after July 1. the Board of Education
decided at It meeting last night that th
the rul recently adopted doing away with
free textbook In tb High chool la not
j,o become operative until tho clo .ot,th
nrasent achool year. . .....
Tha rarnmmendatlon of the textbook
commute, that th. rul. ahould b Inopera
tive during the prtent emester at tha
Hlrh school wss approved by eight mem
bers of the board. President Bsraard ruled
that th adoption of' this recommendation
would be a suspension ot rules and must b
annraad hv a tWO-thlrd VOt. Mr. HomSO
immediately moved tbat tb board Inter
prt th rul to mean that free textbook
ar not to be abousnsa auring tot pre-eu.
achool rear. Proteat arose iron, mem
ber wbo Insisted tbst tbla wss merely a
restatement of tb recommendation of tb
committee on textbook, but th president
held that this wss merely an Interpreta
tion and not a auapenelon of tbe rulea snd
declared It was adopted when eight mem
here voted for it. The men who supported
th motion wera Homsn, Howard. Theodor
Johnson. W. F. Johnson, Levy, J. J. Smith.
Stubbendorf. Barnard. Member Andrssen
PrrmseV. Funkbouser, Mcintosh, Robert
Smith and Wood voted against tbe motion
M Msvnard was absent.
In voting against the motion of Mr.
Homan. Robert Smith, Wood, Mcintosh and
tb. other men who wer with them In their
opposition to th measurs urged that free
textbook! ahould not t aoousnea ana
ststed tbst they wer unwilling to support
any step which looked toward tb ultimate
abolishment of free textbooks.
Labor De'. gales Are Heard.
A delegation trom th. Central Labor
union, composed of W. a. enrym, J
Kerrigan and J. A. Bradford, attended tb
meeting and addresssd th bosrd on tb
subject of fre textbook. Mr. Kerrigan
waa th chief speaker. "Laboring people
cannot afford to buy books for tbelr child
ren." he said. "Among tb working
classes this movemsnt to take away fre
taitbooka from High achool pupil I
looked upoa a an attempt to tura th High
achool Into aa academy ot aristocracy.
Every labor 'union In the city Is opposed to
tbls step. It la looked upon as ths undoin
of work which It bs required years to
accomplish."
Mr. Mcintosh said that after making
tudy ot th pupils t th High school
and after examining the entry cards show
Ing wbst wslk of life most of them com
from he waa convinced that tn abouuo
of free textbooks would drlv between 200
and 400 children from the High achool.
W. F. Johnson aald that he would favor
fre textbooks tn th High school If th
finance of tba achool district were In bet
ter condition. Mr. Funkbouser and- Robert
8mlta spo.s agalnat the abolition Of free
textbooks and Insisted tbat a great wrong
111 b don cblldrta wboae parenta ar
unable to purchase books. They urged that
tba laau be met qurly laat night and
that no attempt be made te delay the en
forcemeat of th new rul.
Raallae Matters.
Tha committee on heat and ventilation
wa authorls4 te employ an engineer, A ra
ni an and other additional help required at
the new High achcol building.
Permlaaloa wa granted tb Nebraika
Photographer' aisoclatlon to use th as
sembly room on th fifth Boar of th city hail
during Ita annual meeting t be held ia
Omaha during Jun.
Aa application wa received from J. B
Mitchell of Graftoa. O.. for d!eard-d school
books t b used among tb mountsloe:
of North Carolina.
Tb Omaha Saf and Iroa works sub
mitted a bid for the erection of fire escape
on Fsrasm, Psrk aad Castellsr schools at
$4.5 tor each building.
A resolution wss sdopied requiring High
school teacher, to keep a daily record of the
temperature. In all room, of th. new build-lag-
Tb. board decided so red... tbe Insursac
oa th. eld H'gb school building I on $75,00
to $.0,000.
Vaoa motlo af W. F. Joan.oa tb. build-
John F. Behm. an old resident of Omaba.
has just rsturod from a trip to the r
ceotlyopeoed Indian lead ia Oklahoma,
and brings back anything but a glow ag
account of his experience ther.. Ho Is of
the opinion that Nebraska I. good eneuga
yet. Speaking ef h!s quest for a n.w bom.
tn a new country. Mr. Beam says:
Tha first thing you do when yon get to
Lawton, where th great drawing took p a:e
laat August., la to go. to the land, efflea.
Her you ak the receiver if any v.'ant g v-
arnment land 1. left. H. r.t.ra you in a
clerk, and the latter telle you ha haa no
time to glv. you, that you must go t soms
one outside to get located.
You are g'ad to get eut of the trace an I
... nitnvait bv half a dozen cappera who
are ready to locate you on acme frac:io
and who only ask $40 tor tha asrvlce. It
you do not care to deal with them cu th s
basis, tha next step Is to buy a reunqman
ment from some on. who ha. Sled and li
ready to quit. You Und these aro only (or
ale at -the real e.ate offleea. and tra bald
all tbe way from $200 to $10,000. If you buy
one vou must do aa tbe original ..tiler,
rnmnlr with all the requirement cf tbe
law and make your final proof In due form
This la an additional ' sxpense.
Tb Indiana had Scat choice of the laod.
every man, . woman . snd child getting i
quarter section. . They chos all tb bot
torn lands, with the water and leit mi
bench landa for tbe wblt ttlers. But
very little ef this land Is good and aon f
lt has water. Down there a prairie farm
with do certainty of getting water at o.
depU will coat aa much as an Improved
farm In Nebraska.
Lawton ia the biggest twa for It ag
In tb world. It Is but four month aid
has five . banka, fourteen hardware :or
thirteen clothing elo.ee, twenty-cni lumbar
yard and ninety-two ssloons. EVry!blng
.1. ! In proportion. Just now they are
grading treet and putting crosawalka
Water la aold on the atreeta at tb rat of
thre pall for a nickel. If a Br ahould
get a start In Lawton In three hour the
town would be wiped out.
'"I suffered more from th crlil dowa ther
than I ever did la Nebraska. Ll B.tur
dsy tb temperature dropped la twe hour
from 40 above to zero. On of th onr
told. Illustrating tb cllmst. I tbat
farmer from South Dakota bought a yoke
ot oien and started for bis ranch. Oa tb
way one, ox wa overcome by th hsat and
died. While ..the farmer wa skinning him
th weather changed and th other ex
trot to death.
"Almost every ether building In LawtOB
Is devoted to 'law, real estate and rlla
quisbments bought and aold.' Tb s sesros
to b the chief Industry dowa tbsr just
now. My advice to Nebraakana Is doa't
sell a Nebrsska farm,' thinking you ran
better your conditio In Oklahoma. Tb
oil down. ther I good, but th rain Is
uncertain, and the climate I ao bttr
Uan Nebraska." -. ,
ty-nlnth. boy and girl: Frank Novak. 1--0
South Twenty-fifth, girl.
tatns Mrs. m. nnr.er, ms unu,
s-ed 60 years: Christina PJerrou, St.
oaenh hospital. JS-d 71: Ada. Blanch
Panntnon, im North Klghteenth. aged ":
hrl-tlne Hansen. 1013 Boulh Twenly-toiru.
gd 38; I- li. Young. Douglaa county bos-
pil.l, uawU wV. I (Iwllliwl'i.t . " -
county hospital, aged .1: Qulntln Smith.
Eighth and webater, aged u. .
Bmaltpoa.
Tbls dreadful disease U now very prevs-
lent In all parts ef the country, and as ex
posure to It malignant breath I llabl to
oceur at any time no matter bow careful
we may b It behoove everyone to take
proper precauttone to prevent th germs
tram affecting the body. Tb doctor say
that pur, biood, good digestion and regular
bowel movement materially aid the body
In resisting attack, hence It Is the cours
ot wisdom to purify and trngthtn th
system without delay. A most effect;!
remedy, for this purpose, one that combines
th necessary properties. for put tf Ing the
blood, strengthening th kidneys, toning -up
the digestive organs and tor cleansing and
regulating tb. bowel, will be found in tbat
well l:nown aystem - tonic and puriner,
Prickly Aib Bitters. Tbla valuabl remedy
Is th. right thing for putting the body in
bap. lo leslat the . effect cf exposure to
smallpox. No one will knowingly exp.s
himself to tbi. disease. Ths exposure
usually takes place when It Is least ex
pected, therefor, the seed tor precautionary
meaaures 1 tb wore in gent. It la saf to
asy tbat the frequent use ot Prickly Ash
Bitters while tbe dlsrssa 1 s prsvul.nt
111 keep th body In such fin .physical
condition tbat no ordinary exposure will af
fect It.
TOO LATH TO CLASSIFY.
WANTED Olrl for offlce work; rauat
write good hand and D. accurate; m.iK
application, stating experience and lv-
. - . a e? T
He-?.
-M713 .
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Mortality atatlatlra.
' Tha following deaths and births were r.
rorled to the city health commissioner for
he forty-eight hours ending at noon Mon-
'"Births P. BW'b.'' Thirtieth snd Brown.
Blrl; L. Hire. 1604 Templeton, boy; Joseph
Hvobods. Fifteenth and William, boy;
Charles r urneas. lo-i- iorin r.ipnifni, ,
girl; Albert Washington, Ull South Twen- '
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Mutt Ummr Signature) f.
os rwtwasll Wrspsar Below.' '
I Tsar assail east
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CUI-C tlC HEADACHE.
Wcmsn's $3.50 Specials- '
Stop just a moment while - tell .vou
about our uew Drexel specials these
for the womea tbe very lwlght of
fashlou with wide citeuslon edgea
with yellow rope atltcb -natural finished
solo and bwl-ln enamel, patent olt,
patent calf and vlcl kid nppera every
one nil exclusive style not shown lo the
city anywhere else but at lrex h. fboo
man' you can't tell tbe difference )
tween tbe in and tbe shoe tbat sell at
$5.0O It will pay oad Interest you tvbeu
you come and aee tbeui.
Drexel Shoe Co..
aaaha'e t(,--4at Shoo Maaea.
lai riaim iraagT.
b rail Cataloava Mow Road.