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TI1C OMAHA DAILY 1IEE: TIIimSPAY. MAliCII . liH)-. Jy ers Hair Vii jgor Is a hair-food. It feeds, nourishes, invigorates the hair. It goes right down to the hair-bulbs, supplies needed elements, gives tone and strength. Ayer's Hair Vigor will not do impos- ' T uuiiiwap, a ilium luarvciuus gruwui ui m- nairioiiows us use. Ana it always re- sv i ' - . . . ..... Ii V v l stores i coior ro gray nair, an ine oar. j ,v. I Ear osed your Hair Viar lor JO year,'' X em now over 6a year of age, hire m rood bead l hair, and not pay hah- oa my bead. j) I can recommend the Vicrw to any one." - , t Mr. L, ti as. ah .na, WITHOUT CONTENTION HALL GkriitiaB Chtmia Committee is Qnwdarj Orer Keating Flaoe. WILL REQUIRE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS aoelal Caaaaafttea Apaatateal ta Caa er with Alerraaa ' blroetara Aawat 5 ratlara ta Maka '- rraaalaea Oast. Tha teeetlng of the general committee of fha Chriatlan -church eonTention hld at tha rirat - Cfcrlstian chareh last Bight Beamed to pit&dpaTfr Interested in tha Question of where the convention is ta ba held, aa much aa tn fact that la his cloa lng remark Elder B. a. BUI. th pew pas tar at tha charch, gently obided those prea ent for s devoting more, time ta the auea tion of the Auditorium than ta the real work of preparing for the eoBveDtlon. Tha matter was first jnectloned by Chalr snaa. Palna. who. In calling the meeting te order, read a number of recommendations, among wMtti war ene calllcg fur the ap pointment of a committee te meet the Audi torium dlreotera today and ascertain ex actly what they would da toward providing a hall for the convention. In explanation of this recomihondattoB tha chairman said that ba waa aery much surprised te hear from President Sanborn t bet 'the Auditorium would not be readj tor, J. he convention, but that ha had,' immediately notified ail par ties concerned that the convention would be held In this city anyway and a suitable tall provided." .' ' rraaaiee Caatrtaattaau Ba further aaid that lh president af tha Auditorium company had promiaed that th eoaipaay would expend t-S.OOO ta provide a temporary structure in which the ceOven tlon oauld be held, but that that amsunt would ba insufficient, and Inasmuch aa the convention had been secured upon tha rep re en tat ions of prominent cltlsens af Omaha, he believed that these people should consider themselves in honor bound te pre via a. meeting -place. After listening ts reports from commit tees the matter waa taken up on a resolu tiea offered by I. 1 Ottennsa, which stated tha position taken by tha chair, but said la addition that the general committee aeBeved that ft waa through ne fault of th auditorium directors that tha building would eot ba ready aa time. It provided that tha matter should ba presented to tha board of directors by the hall committee af which W. A. DeBord is chairman. Being a sarin ber of the andltorlnir board, Mr. De&ord objected te presenting the rase- ration. It waa diacuesnd at . length and finally tabled by a unanimous vote. And A committee conslatlng of W. A- Saunders, W. W, Slabangh aad J. K. Taylor waa ap pointed, ta take the .matter, up with tha audltaflula Coard.. It waa at ted in th liaouaaioa that the sua of 10,M would have te fee as.uee.aed te provide a suitable weetlng place for tha convention. Advertiaias; the Caaveatleau The qaeslioa f chaoge ta th aise and flay of publicaUoa'al '-Tae Qmaba Chrla tlan, , a . ! weekly sewapaser publkihed la the Interest af the convention, was re ferred t th executive committee after a long dlsceataion. The advertising commit tee waa authorised te secure 1M.009 stickers te advertise tha tact that the convention will be held la Omaha ta October. Other "Children TV ta particularly applicable ln eases where persons eerieusly troubled tram th tlwti of ooffas driLktag and whs take up postum Fool Coffe ia its piac. attempt te snake the new beverage with a llttl hot water and twa ar three minute" boiling. That , mm af a "lick and premise" pro duces a drink that Is simply exaspsratmg. It is flat. sad lai.l s. whereas the prrsea who' sill Ml tes Paetam full nfteea mka nice after th actual bubbling and boiling begin, win have a beverags that is Burne tii! us , , Thot is a point between twelve aad flftee minutes at boiling, whsa ths charac ter of Postum is changed, th food .41 a t extracted aad the ealiclou Saver which asuck rasanihiea the xuiMar and more i pensive graase af Java can H praduosd. A lady tb SaJasa, Or., says: "Whenever t drink coffee at night. I si aye passed a r jsilaa, .WaAsful tttchu . Extram aervou aae aad a weak siumarh have tollowed Mu aver tnca I have aeea using code. FUtfcr I in itio. ". A steiA. that v I ( . J Thins 3U A ;2t5fcJ:3si Dene" 'c i .i e ,r 2 I " ' J, At Wain, Warland. N. Y. i t m cn., t-.n. committees reported favorable progress. At the dose af the business meeting short talks were made by Elder I. O. Howard of Grand Island 'and Elder H. O. Hill of the First Christian church. The Touna- Men's Christian association committee renorted that it would prepare for the largest meeting of this society ever I held in the west oa th occaatoa of the I conveation and for that reason it desired an early outline of the program, se that I prominent workers ta the order could be mmm fnr Aefltilta nertofla. Tha nramml oommlttee waa authorised to take th mat- tor us with ths general secretaries of the convention aa boob as possible. TALKS TO THE MACHINISTS o. w, iraaertek Vrgru Thesa ta Or- araalae la Braarhea, Aeeardlaaj ta Claaaea af Werte. D. W. Broderick of Chicago, organiser representing the International Aaaociatioa of Machinists, made an address last even xng in La.sor Temple tor me purpose ax I awakening Interest among machinists la I this city and vicinity e the desirability of I ciassirring aaa organising mar tun lots ac-i cordlnff te the special character ef their I work. Hs urged that machinist Ja the I rauroaa .anops ergause aeparaieiy irom machinists employed la ether llnee, such la the packing neueee. At all times, I however, he aaid, these separate organisa tions should be united with respect te their affiliation with tha Central Labor union. The chief gain la such a distribution of machinists Uy, ha aaid, in the accuracy j w"t amnuuBm w aa; I Ins; a particular class could b formulated and definitely presented te machinists In J general xor acuon. jne great uimcuuy met with, be aaid, where all classes of I machinists were united In a alngle organlxa- J tlon la that where anything arises affect ing A special clas toe great' liability te conrus ion exists, ootn aecunng a aenmte and exact understanding : ef grlevsjioes or .",l.Ct w . a -ti .i remedies or methods. A grievance arising out of th conditions attending tha work I ef a apecl.1 cl of macbial. be .aid. Is best understood by them, and they are bert ouallfied te determine r. th. Crst U- t.K. .kiit km .ir.ht. toe tin T7ha ahahat will erova elective I - I in aecurlng recognition, la this way. be explained, th. central labor organization, I with which an the proposed separate unlena will - be affiliated, ean always b enabled te act with certainty, promptness and sympathy. After Mr. Broderick. address a secret meeting was held, with the object. It ta understood, of discovering te what extent the machinists la Omaha and vicinity are disposed te receive the advice and plana of tha organiser. AH that waa accom plished waa te awaken Interest and die. eussioa. A ataearSl af Appreetatlea. Over a quarter million bottles Over a quarter million bottlea rep- resents th. actual increase of Import, of Moat ft Chandoh Champagn ta 701 as eoupared with 1BO0, exceeding Is tot' more than 10 per oent of th increase ef all the other champagne bouses put to gether. (Extract Bonfert's Wine and Spirit Circular.) Adv. ik aekscn Ia ta alL, viimvitrnv -a Vf i, itv. vw National oaak of MoBtfoawrr, elrht roile east of Uits city, was rotibed last nicht. tb. vault blown open by dynamite and 116. MSJ in caah and bonds stolen. Cltlsens beard five distinct explosions, but feared to at te k tli robbers, who had each approach ur.oer g-unrd. The robbers escaped oa a handcar. The lues la covered by insurance. and Fools dyspepsia took th form of spasms and heart waakses. - I Buffered intensely, and wbea a physl. clan was called, he Inquired, among ether things, if I drank ooffee aad insisted that I leave it off. 1 did e end took up tea. which I found almost as bad. Finally Hus band brought home a package of Postum, and w. tried it (strictly a.ouTdlng ta di rect Ion a.- for we believe la tb a-that Childrea and foal dg of .a thine half Aoae. " - "Th new coffee was Aeiiclou aad from than day until new which 1 a year) it has beea eur only drink at meals. My dys pepsia, apasma, etc.. are things of th tost. My huaband had Buffered soui years with bilious headaches and ludigsettus, but dar ing tfcs past year, oa Postum Food Coffee, he has entirely recevered his health and gnlaed much ia weight. Our friends tre aueaUy cessment oa our improved appear ance aad cbangs in complex ion," Kama ef writer eupplied by Psetum. Co, batU Cik Mtt. iY. Fill mo SIGMA LMTIATM Candidate. Eire Their Feet Dipped Into Boning Hot Water. DTKER UN10UE AND EXCITING DEGREES 1B VoobK Drora Crawl fa Paraaai tirrr-t fellll wkwrti aai aa Tavlr Bull tal Kaea. Mora than 100 tnefllcal men. real and em- bry. young aad old. hall high carairal for anoui arrt-n cou..ruuv .v Tha oocaaloa tha ananal Initiation and baaqnat of tha two local captra of Phi I fi-atemlUea la the Cnlted BUtea. Bealflef tha Immediate arUve memberahlp of the two chapter. Eta and Iota, which cell alte ra ted in tha function, there were preaent manr of the old alumni of each chapter. beeldea Fhl Rha Sicma alumni from ether chaptera arer tha country. From Kanaaa, from Illlnola and from i Iowa did the doctora flock la ta the cere monies, beaidel acore from Nebraslca ItaelL Thua it happened that a dozen elttea Bent men ts e-well the aanual tather- ing. and al of tha twelve chaptera that comprise Uf xraienuix wv i rj'iirnrruru. As guest of honor was Dr. Frank O. Lydston of Chicago, as alumnus of Beta chapter, at tha Behool of Physicians and Burgeons In the Windy Clt. and sow a prominent lecturer before claaaea at that acbooL la the afternaoa tr. Lgdaton lac tured before an audience of medical men ana mecucaj etnaenia mi ureignton awver- I aity. His was aa evolutionary theme at that time, dealing at arm's length with I theories Darwinian and Spenserian, by which men are said te have become men. I LABt BUtht or. iyoaton participated ac- l lively la a lar mere tangible ana extremely latter day demon stratloa of how mea be- I oome Greeka. He ta aaid ta have enjoyed I "e concrete exposition xar Better tnan tna I abstract elucidation which preoeded 11 I K- r-b. 1 .... I '-"-I'1""" "" - I ninf bonD"! laJt Blat; The tormer la o- c,leo l Teignion jaeuicai univerai.y. i vbert tt waa In tailed two years ago this apruis wia is a rear younger, aariai been planted at the Omaha Medical college early in 1001. There were six undergradu ate who underwent the ordeals of initiation last night and each chapter proudly claims I uiree. There were twice aa many prominent physicians aad surgeons of Omaha and Ne braska who were admitted into honorary membership at tha same time. These xuea were allowed te forego the thrills of tor- 1 rare anu oim is wuica vae emorye ureses i and medics were submitted. I ' Beadquartera for ths whole affair was ta I Arcanum nau tn 7 be see tiuuatng. irooi I thla center aa a distributing point the med- 1 icine waa administered and none of It ,waa I ny aneenx xreatmenu ataay stuata ana I cruel were perpetrated and even the em I modioua corridor of Th Be bunding provea toe limit a space lor ail tna ep J e rations necessary, and the luckless Jnl 1 tiatea found themselves drained aver a 1 chilly pavement to diver attire playing I th tool a per command for tha amusement I u general public j All th eld tax, aa familiar t eollen Greeks, were gone through. Tha candidate J stepped up . into masbolea and stepped down lnta stone walla. Thev atoooed haw 1 j- . vain aUemot te net under kmlldinaa 1 and raoed madly at ths rear of street ears on tha baVjlatorm. of which stead thejr tormentor holding th ropes that lad them by ln, irto tbem tne cfaoioa be- rtBt " -ti.A, ' : . t " "w 1 But probably th. cleverest of all. aad th. on that struck moat terror int. the heart f th. six Initiate., cam. off in Arcanum v.n ,. t. . . . 7ZT Z" 1"!, Ul. MW WWVy P'AWDHU UW clean for a block, bad crawled us Famaa street hill backward oa 11 four and bad proposed ln melting aooeata te the pretty j girl behind the r.g-xr sani; ln the. drug nor. oa th. toner. After all that, gone throjgh ta otter sightlessness, the rien saw allowed again te see the licht of fleet ri city. Their bandage were removed at the hall. Thea one waa ushered into an ante room. Here in the center of the floor stood a pan of v ater on a little oil ateva. apparently boiling in great bubbles. The tnan'a shoe and stocking were removed and be was car ried fighting toward ths water. Then hi foet was aheved lute it while ba went tnta 1 P d .n,' Z, ucrrestioa bad bans a atranie that lb. m. I erally thought his toot waa boiled te a pulp, even after he get It out. Tb eoll water bad Just bees poured ha and a spoon ful ef chemical added, which snade It bub ble, but the Samoa below looked real, and they were. Bit mea were put through thla, en a a worn, ana aaver xauea a eucu tn wlidaat fight of the night. These affair began at I o'clock and lasted until 10. Then cam the banauet. which wet wonder. It aunt off at the Henahaw, where tha medics bad the whole i cafe te themselves. D. W. M. Psynter, a Senior at lota chapter, aad n cob af ex- Governor Poynter, wa toastmaster. and his prelude and aubaequent introductions were extremely feUcitloua. Th set toasts were: "Friend ship." by Herbert Taylor Harris of Eta; "Sigma," by Bert Lamb Cristie ef Iota; "Learned Profession. by W. O. Henry of Eta: "Femininities," by H. Foster of Eta: "Fraternity." bffi.fi. Davis; "The Toung Medic en the Read te Sucees ," by Dr. Frank G. Le-dston. Basses of the laltaaiea. The wndergradaat Initiates for Bta wore: Chester lmpey, Fred Meyer and Raymond Mullen; for Iota, William H. Anderson. Charles Root and Henry Lane. The Utter chapter took lata honorary membership jUr. Oecar F. Hoffman. Dr. A. C Stoke and Ur. Harry M. Mm..,..T ail ef i Omaha. Bta Admitted aa honorary member Dr. B. F. Crummer. Ur. H. P. n IT. Burrell and lr. J. p. Lord, of Omaha: Dr. T. R. Lacey and Dr. Biebert of Coun cil Bluffs; Dr. F. S. Harris ef Beatrice. Other visiting alumni guests and their chapter were: Dr. F. Bellinger of Coun cil Bluff. Eta; Dr. L K. Rex ef Wichita. Ra., Eta; Dr. W. T. Greea of Council Bluffs. Eta; Dr. M. H. Everett ef Lincoln, Kan. Eta; Dr. Wlnaett Orr of Llaeoln. Zeta Ana Arbor; Dr. F. Miller of Red Oak. Iv. Beta at the Physicians' and Surgeon' Chicago; Dr. Harry Everett. Lincoln, Alpha at North western; Dr. W. P. Haynier of Omaha, Gamma at Rush. Nothing ss thoroughly removes disease j germs from the system aa Prickly Ash tJHtera It give. in. and actios ts the torpid liver, strengthens and assists the kidneys te property defense the blood, gives tone te the stomach, purine th bowel and promotes good appetite, rigor and cheerfulness. M. St. Picaeh's Timet as. The next nuratier of the Touns Mew's tvuuu ssaiicaauna entartamaMuii course. te be glvaa at s frtdar raltbt, ts arousing a good w.ai of Interest. It is to be a lecture l-y hi K French, dtrector f tlx An institute vi Chicasa, aa "The Wit ana v laauai of th. ( raiuu. and will Mustraip ty oraw inca tuaa. oa the stare. it MaMm eh. faurea af a chalk, talk and a -n 1 1 h c art lurm aad lirnrm.as a I v anitJla Hill 4 a wtll aa Ut Outlive, pre suited his work EMrr of Chare IetcwAw rr,kr( f rasa Crlttrtsaas ot X altarlaa Mta later. OMAHA. March B. Ta th Editor of Th Baa: With your permission I would lik ta answer what seems t b a report of a lecture delivered by Rev. Kewtoa Mana at Vatty church laat Sunday. ' It Krai a littia surprising that aa Intel ligent minister ta (bw days of learn tug aad research waul A be willing ta present for tba consideration af aa intelligent audi ence a rehash of the old, wora-eut and eft expleded theories of tha origin and eoateota f W. luwib ,f IfiMimi T"Vi . tm ika orlclnal g,,,,,, mrlttea hf Bolotnim ep.uiatB la saw at ObfTlia coUeea. Ohio. ... ..... . .. ...,.J f u tbrmTM. it . mns t&kM -OM,fl.rmti0a itk k. fr. tw t v.. adTanoed that Solomon Ppanldiar erer wrote a aecond manuacrlpt ahonld forerer aettle thla qnaailon in the minda of a reading public Is this poor, weak, worn -out and untrue theory the beat thing that these rererened gentlemen can produce and preaent against tha claim made that tha book of Mormon la of dlTlae origin? It eaa ba ahowa by gwad and reliable -tIo-mb that Joanna, fimlth aad fildi SJ. doa were as located and engaged in work and tha discharge cf their duties that It act passible that they eould bare mat and worked together until aome time after the book of Mormon waa published. To say that Sidney Itlgdon connived with Joseph Smith and was the real author of the book af Mormon while he waa acting as a paster la a Baptist church or while be waa aa active and highly respected minister of the Chriatlan church la ta lav a grievous charge at tha door of those churches as well aa te cast opprobrium at the Latter Pay (taints. Is It not a little strange that Rev. Xewtoa Mann should wade through CM pages of the book of Mormon te prepare himself for his lecture and then never read or ouote a alngle passage ts ebow that the book Is corrupt or unreliable in tta teaching? At least the "Porter baa tailed te mention it if he did. waa be afraid of such saaaaraa a. th. fonowlng: -VThrrefore. my brethren, hear me. and hearken to the word of the lrd ,. there shall not any man among yon have save tt be one wife: and ooncublnes he shall bars sons. For I, the Lord God, delighteth in the chastity of women." 'And it came te pasa that I waa three days m three nights la th most bitter pain and anguish of aoul; and never, until I did cry out unto the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy, did I receive a remission of my alaa.- If the book af Mormon ie not the stick of Joseph in the hand r Euhrim fEsek. 27:15- zz) and the sealed boek of Isaiah, the twenty-ninth chapter, will Bev. Mana lease abow us bow these prophecies were fulfilled? Historical facts abow that there waa no rurtala between Joseph Smith and bis scribe while the work of translating was going oa, but that they aat aids br aide. More than that, -after other duties had engaged Joseph Smith for day and even weeks, he would return and com. menoe the work of translating without ask ins tha acrlbs where ft hi left ir thins which a mas eanld .,ni... ... aisted by tha ligbt and power of the spirit. Why object te th Book of Mormon, when ft la a aacond witaaa. t-.tirvir,. tk. nn.t plain terms that Jesue Christ is the son of Cod and the gospel the pswer of God trots aajata? tv- ,su.v., . ,v. nv af Virnm wh aih I religions teaching ie pert Wwmny with lb bible la ovary paT.F Urb'ldrlcarry Its statement are borne ftut W 'tha tacts recorded by nnttqnarlana And archaeologists a. the best wJks on those aubjeot. rlll .w , m,. .v. "li;. I 1 . -if . f.0. Z Z. .IZ'L. ,:Z7 ' .7? " ,1 ttoCl .rtt7Zt nl I now tuat xustary Has repeated Itself and th" aa th. ppl. of many year, ago ml. represented and Hltreated Jesus Christ and His disciples, crucifying the Lord of Glpry and putting many of His ablest minister to death, so do men Inspired by the nam power ill treat and persecute His followers in eur own day and age of the world. The bible call, lor Just such a book aa the Book of Mormon and a work Ilk unto that which Joseph Smith waa Instrumental ln the bands of God of establishing ln these last days. This being true, a. wa view It, we are ever wiping that our work, of re ligion, should ba thoroughly tested from a biblical, scientific, religious, spiritual and moral standpoint, holding that neither Jo seph Smith, the Book ef Mormon nor the revelations submitted te the church dur- I reveuuions uomma to tn cnurcn our " re.pon.ibl. for poly. amy or it kindred evils, as taught and practiced by Brighaa Toung and hi. fol lower, la th. west. CHARLES BtntTERWOETH. President of the Beorganlsed Church ef Je.ua Christ of Latter Day Sainta. A Prtater Greatly Bar rise. I never wa a much surprised la my Ufa as I waa with tfie results of using Chamberlain's Pain Balm, Bay. Henry T. Crook, pressman of the AshevfU. (N. C.) Gaaette. "1 contracted a severe case of rheumatism early last winter by getting my feet wet, I tried several things tor It without benefit. One ' day while looking ever the Gaaette I noticed that Pain Balm was positively guaranteed ta cure rheums. tlsm. ee bought a bottle of ft and before using two-thirds of It my rheumatism had taken Its flight and I have not bad a rheu matic pain alnc. , PROFESSOR PARSONS TO TALK Appears at LJaearr Hall Tealcht (a. ater the Aaapiees of Osaaha . Beeaosate Lcasrwe. Fret. Frank Parsons will deliver an ad dress en "Government Ownership" at Li brary hall tonight. Prof. Parsons ha de voted many year to th study ef ecoaoml questions aad for tb past few year ha made special research In the line af public utilities and natural monopolies. H ia the anther ef The City and the People. en ef i meat thorough works over published the subject of public ownership. His lecture tonight will be under the auspices ef the Bconemi league ef tale city. nOrria if I r a- a i i a mother ahonld be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and dancer ineiLnrt to the ordeal makes it actidpatica ons of misery Mother A Friend it the only remedy which relieves women of the great pain and danger of maternity ; this hour which it dreaded at woman! eve rest trial it not only made painless, bet all the danger it avoided by it rase. Those who ate thia remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system it made ready for the coming event, and th tenout accidents to common to the critical hour are obviated by tha rose of Mother's Friend. "It it worth its weis tayt many wno nave nsed it. bottle at drug store. Book valuable informAtion of interest to be aoat to any address free upon ClASnOB rJLZ'JLATCn CO FLOOD A105C TIIE PLATTE Foroe of 'Water PamaM Kiwouri Facific Bridp 0tt Eniiwiy, ALSO INUNDATES ROCK ISLAND TRACK lee Cars-e Opaaalte Cedar t reek. Brisa. aa Traobla far ParraaaA lac Caaatry "1 a of Meeeew te ASaaC Ice which broke lose la tb Piatt rivet en last Saturday and baa been running down since thea formed a gorge about ap posite Cedar Creek in Sarpy county early Tuesday and as a consequence a flood formed whlrh took out three beute of a Missouri Paolflc bridg near the river, deeply Inundated a quarter of a mile of tb. Rock Island mala Una and flooded a section of country along the fist river bottoms about ten miles by twa. None of the damage te railroad tine, baa been great, nor the eonsequeaoea extremely serious. Though the water rose t aa alarming point at one time during th; night, the gorge gave way Just th time and the water is now receding constantly, though the section la still overflowed. The town cf Meadow, on the Rock Island, has been afloat ainoe Tuesday ftlght. The Missouri Faclno bridge la being re built by a foroe of men who war brought from Atchison. Meanwhile the Missouri Pa. clfle is using tt. other line te Auburn, which runs down from Omaha about twelve miles further east along tha Missouri river through Gil more, Plattsmouth. Union and Nebraska City. The traffic en tb other branch Is eared for by running over from Union te Weeping Water, where everything south ef the river 1b run down from Louis ville on stub trains, and by going from Gil more over to Portal north of tha river, where all an that aide can be picked up fron similar .tuba. Bark I.laaA PabssemedU Th Rock Island 1 experiencing ne great trouble. As aeon aa Its tracks became tot- paasabl Tuesday night it began running all passenger trains and through freight be tween Omaha and Lincoln over th Burling ton and will do ee till Thursday, when It expects to have Its track agala ready for use. Local traffic each aid ef the flood, meanwhile, is cared tor by stub trains run down from Council Bluffs ta Meadow and up from Lincoln ta Louisville. At on time the Rock Island waa eight feet under water and is now tour feet submerged. A network ef three railroads weave, about the point where th. trouble exists. The Missouri Pacific runs almost directly north and south, making Louisville oa th south side of the Platte and Springfield en the north aids. The Rack Island runs northeast from Lincoln up toward Omaha. It crosses the Platte near South Bend, five mile west of the Missouri Pacific, crows ing at Louirrille, and thea followa th river np over the Missouri Facific te Meadow, a small station. The Burlington is on th. south .Id. of the river, skirting its banks te Plattsmouth, and ss i. out of barm, way, a. th. flooding occurred mostly te the north. . Four mile northeast of tha Miasourl Pa rifle bridg th gorge formed, aad backed up gradually as the loe accumulated. Mean while the water rose rapidly and at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon it was past high water mark. It rose higher and be gan reaching out over the flats north and west. Ths town of Meadow wa. quickly surrounded by a flood from tw te four feet deep and was still ee situated yesterday. Water Tas.ee a Itaaway. - The Missouri Pacific had left, another channel te the event of Just such a block ade and the water began going that way. This waa a narrow -runway fiOB feet north of th river and parallel t It. with a dump between. The track between the main bridg. and the second channel ' was laid solid en thla dump. Then cams the short bridge, 1ZS feet, over this safety outlet, which carried th stream along parallel te I the mala river to a point where tt joined! again several miles below. As soon a. the water had risen se high that It awept over and found thla smaller outlet there was a rapid at onoe. Water rushed down the new route forty miles an hour and fifteen feet deep, aad its foroe was irresistible. This began at 7 o'clock Tuesday night. The small bridg bald for a while and then began going piece by piece. By morning three benta were gone. They were sixteen feet long each. All the pU- lnga were not lipped up, however. Absolutely nothing could be don ts re pair thla bridg till th rapid ceased. Th gorge below had broken about midnight, but enough ice had backed up ahead of th. big Missouri Pacific bridge te keep the water high for some time. When It began te re cede work waa commenced. The damage to tha bridg did not exceed .SO and will b easily repaired. FRACTURES BASE OF SKULL E Vsus Weela Meete with Aeeteeat Whlrh Brians Death Few s Bear Later. Ed Tan Weele, a painter, aged St, re ceived fatal tnjurlee by Tailing from a lad der at Sixteenth and Douglas streets at t o'clock yesterday xnnrclng. Van Weel. was ia the -employ of George Schroeder, contractor, and had been sent by ths latter te remove a canvas sign from the eeoond story of the building at the eerser af Six teenth and Douglas s treats, occupied by th Fry Shoe company. Van Weel placed a twenty-foot ladder ea top of a banana stand oa (he west aide of the building. H climbed th the hop ef the ladder and with the assistance of others who were la the building attempted ta pull th sign down. Van Weele gave a sudden Jerk and the sign cams leoee. Th m lost hi balance and. grabbing th ladder t save himself, pulled that aver and both went oown together. Van Weele struck oa hla bead. He waa carried lnta n nearby drug store and later removed to the Pres- byterlaa hospital, wher Dr. Kalal attended him. I'pos examination It was fouad that ba had received a fracture ef the base of ths skulL He died at i o'clock ln th aft- Van Weel was unmarried and roomed at Seventeenth street and Capitol avenue. His parent, resids ia Holland. Ewery mother fecit ft great dread of th pais and danger Attendant upon the most criticAl period of her life. Becoming 10 us (.riiH.ax sofJVUther-. pnffll9f ight m gold," j f : r,V U iu $1x0 per .V.ai VhiL-lwii J 91.00 per containing a!l women, application v Li ii LLCi AUaats, Oi DID WOT KNOW HAD KIDNEY TROUBLE oXaaaBassaMSssBSBBsssssasssassasBBSsssssssssSBSSBssssm Thousands Have and Never Suspect It. Gertrude Warner Scott Cured by the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp-Root. .V T" . J-J- "BTW- aj ia. , - - . m T ' I VJeS . 4"Tt kaJL-s-rfC V'N V' M V Vzzr i m itmv&m . TL . ff Ti I ' '' I I '.111. I DR. ULMER A CO.. Blngh.mton. N. T. OenUemenIn the seminar of IBM. ana with pala la my stomach and back, cutting so. I wo treated by tw of the anitaa uotw Nona nf tham auBnaeted disease. They all totd m that I had e&noar of the atomach, and would die. t crew so weak that t eould set walk any re ore than a child a month old. and I only weighed sixty pound. One day my brother saw in a paper your advertisement of Swamp-Root, 1 the great kidney remedy. H bought me a bottle at our drug store and I took tt. Mr . family eould see a chang la me, for the better, e they obtained more and I eontls ued the us ef Swamp-Root regularly, f wne ee weak and run down that tt took considerable time te build me np again. I am new w.U, thanks ts Swamp-Root, aad , weigh 141 pounds, and am keeping boss for my husband and hrothsr. on a farm. Swamp-Root cured m after the doctor bad (Gertrude Warner Scott.) Women suffer untold misery because the nature of their disease ts not correctly understood : In many eeesa whoa doctoring, they are led te believe that womb trou- ble ar feme! weakness ef aome sort hi responsible for their El, when In fact dlsor. flared kidneys ar tha chief cause of .their distressing trouble. The mild and extraordinary effect of th world-famous kidney and bladder rem , ody. Dr. Kilmer'B Swamp-Root. 1 esea realised. It stand th highest for it won derful euro, of the most distressing ease, A trial will conrla anyone and roa ' bay have a sample bottle sent free, by mail. EDITORIAL NOTTS If you have the slightest symptom, of kidney or bladder trouble, or If there is trace ef it ta yourfamUy history, send at once te Dr. XXmer . sV Co. Bingham tee, 14. T, whe will gladly send you by mall, immediately. . without . oast ts you. a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, and a book telling all about Swamp-Loot and containing many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters re- .cetved from xuea and women cured. - In writing t Dr. Kilmer A Co BtnrnaTnton. v, ha eur t way that yen read" thla generou offer U The Omaha Morning Uea. r M you ar already ooartneed that swamp-Root t what you need, yon caa pur. ehaee the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar si bottle, at th. drug store everywhere, -Don't soaks any mhnake, but remember the nam Swamp-Root. Dr. Kilmer's wamn-Root. end tb address. Btnghamton, N. T. "THERE IS SCIENCE IN NEATNESS. 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