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.1 1 10 CAS COMPANY ASSESSMENT Iqnalizition Botrd Raisei it from $400,000 to $775,000. NOT SATISFACTORY TO COMPLAINANT bill tr that I-awyer Mcintosh. May Appeal to District Cotrt oa Writ of Error Water Com paajr Coir. ra Kelt. Board Board Revlpw Eq'u'n A nut. Asst. Omaha Gas company Ix,n0 $775,000 Orrsha Thomson - Houston Electric Light company.... 117.5") 175.00 Nebraska Telephone company 109,310 175,000 At 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, after bating been In executive session (or an hour and a half, the' Board of Equalization Ireturned to the council chamber and an nounced that the assessment of the Omaha Oas company bad been raised from 1400.000 to 1776,000. This report Is not satisfactory to the complainants, and there is a possibility that Attorney Mcintosh will appeal to the district court on a writ of error. He de clines' to say yet what he purposes doing. He expeced the assessment would be not less than $900,000. The aseessmsmt of $775,000 Is In excess of the assessment fixed upon by Tax Com missioner Fleming;, who last January certi fied $720,000 to the Board of Review, anl Is said also to be In excess of the compro mise figure proposed to the officers of the company by the tax rommittce of the Real Estate exchange, and which the of ficers declined to accept. The advance over t'je Board of Review assessment is .greater In proportion than In the canes of yhe electric light and telephone companies, wblcb were settlod by compromise. At 10 o'clock this morning the city at torney will revise the language of the board's report, placing it in legal form, and then there will be a roll call of the mem bers upon Its acceptance. As soon as this ,'ls done the hearing of the Omaha Water company will begin. A report is current to the effect that negotiations are on between the tax com mittee of the Rtal Estate exchange and the officers of the Water company, look ing to a compromise, but both sides deny Jits truth. Mr. Mcintosh says he will use Ills Influence against any such compromise. Mrlatoah Arises the Case. Tha first order of business yesterday was the argument of Attorney Mcintosh, representing the complainants. After re ferring to the gas company's sending Its books to Philadelphia, be said In part: "They expect you to believe that the books of a concern can be audited 1,000 mile sway from the concern's offices and employe without the aid of records of gas ales and other records equally important. That was not their reason, gentlemen, for ending their books to Philadelphia. They sent them to Philadelphia because they didn't want you to find out that they are making $280,000 clear velvet every year and that It costs only 42 cents per thousand feet to manufacture gas for which they charge you $1.45." He then read from the report of the dep uty labor commissioner at Washington for 1899 to the effect that there are twelve gaa companies In as many cltlca of the United States, all under one general control or supervision, and said he bad reason to be lieve that Omaha was one of the cities In cluded. In the report was the statement that the coat of gaa manufacture tinder nor mal conditions Is 42 ce-ns per 1,000 feet. "According to this," he added, "the Omaha Cas company Is making $1 profit out of every 1,000 feet of gas It sells In Omaha, and still It doesn't want to pay Us taxes. Its officers come In here and tell you they can't approximate the cost of man ufacturing gas." Estimates Oa Valae. He went on to say that he had figured the value of the gas company's property from four different standpoints, as follows: From Its stocks and bond, from the pur chase price paid In 1897, from the com pany's own returns made to the tax com missioner and from President Murphy's Cgurea. He thought the estimate based upon the value of the company's stocks and bonds to be the most accurate and satis factory. This estimate follows: Fair cash value as shown by stocks and bonds: , Bonds $2,087,000 Preferred stock at 70 cents STS.OoO iC'ommon stock at 20 cents Jno.ono 'Moneys and credits 78,000 Total value $3,MO,'ttO Valuo of real estate $204,000 Dundee village 8.118 Iundee franchise 6.000 South Omaha rout 87,000 South Omaha franchise W.uoO 298,714 Net value Omaha per sonalty $3.240.!S Assessed value, 40 per cent Sl.fe4.114 40 From Other Standpoints. The other estimates are as follows: ' Fair cash value on the baals of tha pur chase price, and Improvements added, 4.247.886, 40 per cent of which Is $1,699, 154.40. . Fair cash value as shown by the com pany's own returns, $2,265,286, 40 per cent of which Is $1,026,114.40. Fair cash value as shown by President Murphy's figures, $2,278,286, 40 per cent of Which Is $911,814.40. Mr. Murphy's estimate of the value of his Company's personal property was $2,500,000, from which hs omitted moneys and credits. The moneys and crsdits are estimated at 178,000, which makes the total value $1.57$, 000. From this Is deducted the value of real estate and the value of the company's roperty outside of the city, leaving $2,278, 186. peaks for Gas Coatpaay. Attorney Prltchett, representing the gas company, spoke In part aa follows: 'The troubls with Mr. Mcintosh's case Is that he has not been able to get any evidence Upon which to baas his conclusions. Tho 7v We . . '. .H- JA -,v' JJandsome Parisian corded, hemstitched and lace effect's, prices $1.23 up. to $10.00. MisrW and children's parasols, 25c to $2.00. . SUN UMB11ELLAS. Colored Bilk Pun Umbrellas, with fir, boxwood and other natural wood and fancy handles. Prices $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 and $3.00. Dlack Hi Ik Bun Umbrellas with natural wood and fancy han dles. Prices 98c to $7.50, See the splendid values we are giving at $2.50 and $3.00. ..." so-called estimates he professes to give are nothing more than guesses. His estl mate, for example, of the cost of manu facturing gas Is inaccurate and absurd." "What is the cost, then?" asked Council man 2lmman. "I don't know," answered the attorney. "It would be a very difficult Job to get at the facta necessary from which to adduce anything like an accurate estimate, and the only estimate I know of Is that of James Gilbert, deceased, who was formerly gas Inspector of Omaha. He said the cost of making gas was 50 cents per thousand feet, but adraltd that that did not Include the cost of distribution, or of maintaining an office force, laborers and other Inciden tals, which probably would more than double the original cost." Mr. Prltchett went on to say that Mr Mcintosh estimate of the value of the company's stocks wss excessive, because the common stock had never paid dividends end the preferred stock had never paid dividends except In two extraordinary years, the years of the two Omaha exposi tions. Councilman Zlmman said: "But the records show that you made more gaa In 1901 than during any previous year. How do you account for that?" "I don't know what the figures are, answered Mr. Prltchett. Vere the expositions Illuminated by gasT' asked Mr. Mcintosh. "No, they were not. The fact that divi dends were paid those years may have been due to the fact that the cost of manu facture was less, or to any one of a dozen other conditions. However, that Is neither here nor there. It's not what the plant was worth In 1898 that we're trying to get at, but what it is worth now." Mr. Prlchett closed by saying that It Is wrong to assess common stock, which has no value other than that a majority of It enables the holder to control the directory and say who the officers of the company shall be. He repeated the statement made early In the hearing that the standard of assessment employed In Omaha was not 40 per cent. "The standard adopted was 40 per cent," said he, "but the standard em ployed was 10 per cenL" Attorney John L. Webster, representing the street railway company, said that on account of the death of Mr. Goodrich he would have to aak on behalf of his com pany that an extension of time be granted, as he was not ready to go on with the hear ing. "An accountant will have to be placed In charge of the books in order that he may give me the Information I shall need. The books, I may add, are not kept In such a way that they show the earnings of the company for any given year that is, the fiscal year and the calendar years are not co-terminal both do not begin on the first of January." "Have you sent your books to New York or Chicago?" asked Mr. Mcintosh. "Nj, sir, the books are In Omaha." "Will the witnesses know anything about the affairs of the company?'" Mr. Webster assured the board that the hearing would be fair, open and candid. Attorney McCulloch of the water com pany said his concern would not be ready to go on with the hearing at 2 o'clock, since It bad understood It was to follow the street railway company. He was told that he would be given until 4 o'clock to get ready. B'NAI B'RITH TO MEET HERE Omaha Delegates Succeed In Land " in Next Year's Con vention. The grand lodge of the B'nal B'rtth, or Bona of the Covenant, for the sixth district of America, Is to meet In Omaha next year, probably in the month of May. Thla announcement was made yesterday morning by Martin Bugarman, .Carl Brandets and Simeon Bloom, who attended this week's convention of the lodge in Chicago and who returned Wednesday night. Mr. Bugarman represented William McKinley lodge, the youngest In the district, and the other two men Nebraska lodge. Mr. Bugar man was tho youngest delegate in the con vention, which met at the Palmer house, with seventy-five present from Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, 'Wisconsin, Minnesota ana Michigan, the states that comprise the dis trict. He said: "We had aome lively competition for the convention, particularly by Detroit, but se cured it as a recognition of the advance ment that the lodges here have been mak ing. The grand lodge met here about eight years ago, I understand, but has been meeting in Chicago every year since. Probably about seventy-five delegates will come to Omaha next year and to care for them we have 100 or more members In Ne braska lodge, which Is a dozen and more years old, and about forty In William Mo Klnley lodge, which started only a year ago with twenty members." Grapnopaoas at a Bargain. FOR SALS Latest model type, A. Q. combination graphophane, which plays both large and small records; list price, $90. This Is especially designed for concert pur poses, having a thirty-slx-lnch faorn and stand. It also lacludes twenty large Edi son records and carrying case of twenty four records. The machine, la entirely new and has never been used. Will sell at a bargain. Address X 86. In car of The Bee. Headquarters wedding rings. Jeweler. Edholm, Jones Pleads Ifot Guilty. DETROIT. Mich., May 16. William M. Jonea, accused of murdering George T. Heywood, who waa killed on the street a short distance from his house laat month while en his way home from a dance, was arraigned today In the recorder's court and pleaded not guilty. His trial was set for next Tuesday. Ex-Slave Senas His Cheek. TUBKEQEE. Ala., May 15. Ths largest gift which Tuskegee institute has ever re ceived from a colored man was received from Robert F. Bsptlste of Gaiway, N. H., who aent a check for $1,000 to Booker T. Washington, to found a permanent scholar ship at the school. Baptists waa formerly u alave In Virginia. . Mrs. J. Benson are showing all the new and late styles in Parasols and Sun Umbrellas Very handsome all black and black and white parasols, $1.00 up to $6.50. THE OMAHA LOCAL OPTION LAND LEASING Witt Land Agent Sayi Stockmen Western Nebraska Want. of REMARKABLE . CHANGE OF SENTIMENT Barllaartoa Reports Show Coplona Raise Throagkoot state of Ne braska Changes In Offices of Milwaukee Koad. "The all absorbing topic of discussion among thousands of stockmen In Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho now Is the question of leasing the public lands," said C. K. Wantland. who Is the general agent of the Union Pacific Land company at Den ver, and who came to Omaha Thursday morning from there. "The ebange of senti ment on this question has been something marvelous In Its extent and suddenness. Stockmen, and hundreds of them, who only yesterday were fighting bitterly every proposition faintly contemplating the leas ing of these lands, are now actually ad vocating such a movement most enthusi astically. The only reason why we do not see the effect of this change of sentiment expressed at Washington Is that the legis lators there are acting on the wishes of their constituents as expressed a year sgo. When they get back home many of them will fisd a very different attitude on this question. "Just now the problem is how to let those stockmen who are now favorable to the leasing scheme do so, while the ones who till hold out may not be affected. For In stance, In western Nebraska the stockmen are all won over and are demanding this method of handling the ranges. There are about 10,000,000 acres of public lands out there, and the stockmen wish to lease them. About half of this territory can be Irrigated. Now If the western Nebraska people, whose conditions are different from the conditions in other states, can agreo upon a fair plan for range control in their state, to protect their Interests from de struction, why not allow them to have ltT We think we have thla plan now In th local option scheme. When I proposed this two years ago It met with a storm of pro test. Now the stockmen are asking for Its establishment In many places. It is a county local option land leasing plan, which Is to be applied to any county whenever the secretary of the interior is satisfied that a majority of the stockmen In that county wish It to go Into effect." Heavy Rains In Nebraska. Railroad men are beginning to think that the rainfall In Nebraska will never cease. Each succeeding day brings In reports of heavier rains than the day previous and they are also a little more thoroughly dis tributed In extensive quantities each day, The morning report at Burlington head quarters for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 o'clock Thursday morning shows three entire divisions completely blanketed with a good wetting. From Flattsmouth to Kearney the two ends of the northern di vision, the rain hit everything and fell In such quantities as 1.34 Inches at Grand Island, 1.05 Inches at Palmer, 1.20 Inches at Burwell and an Inch at Erickson and Kear ney. The southern division, from Atchison. Kan., to Blue Hill, waa also soaked solidly. and at Concordia fell 2.14 Inches. Out on the western division it was the same way. rain from Mlnden to Lyons, and there waa 1.23 Inches at Benkleman, 1.12 at McCook and an Inch at Curtis and at Corona. This covers practically the whole of Nebraska save for the northwest portion, which lies along this end of the . Wyoming division. For that division the report states that there were light rains from Broken Bow to Sidney, but that there was none in Wyo ming. The same story is told In a general way by the Elkborn reports, which give a rain ranging from an Inch to an inch and a half over the entire South Platte country. Changes ln Milwaukee , Offices. At the local office of the Chicago, Mil waukee ft St. Paul railroad have just been rocelved from the headquarters of J. H. Hlland, traffic manager cf the road, an nouncements of appointments affecting four railroad men who are well known to Omaha railroaders and who have often made this city, although none fc employed here. J. T. Conley Is made assistant general freight agent at Minneapolis, to succeed E. D. Bewail, assigned to other duties. Mr. Con ley waa at one time assistant general pas senger agent for thla road, but has recently been commercial agent at St. Paul. His place there is to be taken by Frank E. Otis, who has been commercial agent at Duluth, Minn. Charles L. Kennedy suoceeds Mr. Otis at Duluth. All these changes date from May 15. Then, dating from May 1. O. F. Waller Is made commercial agent at De troit, to succeed J. E. Williams, resigned. Railway Notes and Personals. E. K. Servlss, commercial agent of the Frisco line, has returned from western Nebraska. W. H. Melville, northwestern passenger agent of the 'Frisco line, has returned from Lincoln. N. T. Brown, traveling passenger agent of the Colorado t Southern railroad at Denver, la in Omaha. Michael Dowd. traveling passenger agent of the Northern Steamship company at Buffalo, la in Omaha. J. O. PhllllDnL assistant general u I agent of the Missouri Pacific rallw.ty. ". returned rroin Lincoln. Oeorge McNutt, district passenger arfent for the Missouri, Kansas A Texas rullroad at Kansas City, is in Omaha. L. M. Allen, assistant general p?nnger agent of the Chicago, Rock Island ft P olilc railroad at Chicago, la ln Omaha. Two carloads of Italian Immigrants, eighty In ail, were brought Into Omaha over the Illinois Central Thursday morning and taken out west by the Burlington on No. 5. Half are bound for California, the rest for Oregon and Washington. All but a half mile of the new extension of the Fremont, Elkhorn at Missouri Valley railroad from Dead wood to I .tad City la now tracked, with the ballasting gang close behind the rail layers. It is expected that the work will be finished Saturday, and that the Ural train will be run over the line early next week. W. A. Deuel, superintendent of the Colo rado division of the Union Pacific railway with headquarters at Denver, W. L. Park, superintendent of the Wyoming division with headquarters at Cheyenne, and E. R. Orlttln, general agent at Denver, are In Omaha for a conference with Superintend ent of Transportation Buckingham and General Manager Dickinson. Promotion Involving a m. -e t, Dtt-W s has Just come to Ralph D. :ng. t' - Sirs been stenographer at If, genera. iJ'"ti of the Missouri Pacil,,. city. He has gone to take a klt!Gn th Illinois Central office ln ths ttiountfct 1 metropolis. Ills place here has been taa"i. by v. Moore, who has been steno if no nas neen Bienogr.ir)r In the auditing department at Union Pa- clflc headquarters for aome time W. H. Munn, chief clerk In the passtiiger department at Fremont. Kllthorn & Mis souri Valley headquarters, waa in Hot BprlngB. S. D., on Thursday for the open ing day of the resorts there, together with a party of capitalists from Cedar Rapids, la. Mr. Munn took the lowans to Hot Springs over the Elkhorn line Wednes day night. After spending Thursday at Hot Springs the party planned to go to Keystone, the location of the famous Key stone mine, and In the heart of the Black Hills mining country. After a day there the prospective investors will travel on to Deadwood. From there Mr. Munn experts to take the trip over the new extension to Lead City In ti.e first train to be run over the line early next week. Send articles o incorporation, notices of stockholders' meetings, sic. to Ths Bee. We will give them proper legal Intertlon. Bee telephone. IIS. EdttoJm, the Jeweler, is selling lx solid sliver teaspoons tor 93.00. Shampooing and hair dressing, tic. at ths Battery, 211-220 Bee Building. TcL XTX. DAILY KEE; FRIDAY, POLICE ON DRESS PARADE Anneal Inspection by Mayor, Cale and Commissioners Nest Tharadny. Owing to ths rainy weather the annual Inspection of the police force by the chief, mayor and commissioners, scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed for on week, which means that the daily drill or the officers will continue that much longer and more time will be given to putting a finishing touch on stars and unl forms. For several weeks CaptainHayea has been putting the men through a drill twice a day, and he expects to show u me nanammest ana neatest lot of men that were ever Inspected ln Omaha. Th various city officers and the members of the cltgr council have been Invited to be pres ent. As a result of the Inspection It is likely that the old stars now being worn by the officers, and which have been worn by them for the last fourteen years, will be Is id on the shelf and replaced by new badges. "The old stars are out of date and are worn out," said the chief, "and we need change. Some of them are as thin as knife blade, and a patrolman couldn't make It shine if he were to polish It all day The old star is a back number, and I hop we can get badges, like they have In other places. The cost would be about $160, anil while I don't want to be charged with being an expensive man, I hops the chang will be made. The stars we have look like tin, and every person who desires can get one that looks like them and very easily Impersonate an officer. I have a de sign that I shall try to get adopted, and when the council and board see how rusty the stars look beside bright, clean unl forms, I believe the change will be made MICHAEL ANGEL0 IN TROUBLE Not the shade of the Painter, bat a Dairyman Who Was In Love. Al La Jour was arrested Wednesday by Con- stable Knodell on complaint of Michael An gelo Armour, who. It Is said, LaJour as saulted and beat until Michael's face looked like a piece of rare beef. The troubles of the man with the patnter-packlng house name came from a wrestle with Cupid, ln which he lost well, but not wisely. Michael and Mable, a slater of LaJour, were em ployed at Rusera park, the former as dairyman and the latter as a domestic Michael's visions of Mable becoming milkmaid so worked upon his Imagination thafhe forgot his cows and his pails and followed In the footsteps of Mable to such an extent that not only Mable became tired but Michael's employers discharged him for not attending to his work. Then, It charged, Michael's love turned to scorn. The brother said that Michael went over the country by day and by night and told stories about Mable that were not true. conference was called and Michael went to the home of the LaJours at Fifty-sixth and Center streets to patch up a truce. The patch would not stick, a fight was the re suit and Michael was badly worsted, he says, by a half dozen men, though LaJour claims that he "put the fixln' " on Michael alone and unaided. TIP. TO THE SALOON KEEPERS Chief Donahue Informs Them that They Mast Stop Selllngr to Minors. , Chief of Police Donahue has sent letters to the saloon keepers of the city Informing them that the practice of selling malt, spir- ltous or vinous liquors to children, appren tlces and servants unSer the age of 21 years must be stopped. I if 'the letters the chief Informed the saloon keepers that the law provides a fine of $25 for each offense and that he Intends to Instruct patrolmen to see that arrests are made in every instance. "I have been reliably informed," said the chief, "that the practice of selling beer to children Is becoming common, and I Intend to put a atop to It. In most cases I am told children are sent by their parents. But even this I shall stop, for a child ln going to a saloon Is thrown ln contact with all classes of men; they hear swearing, and the Influence on them Is necessarily bad. have instructed patrolmen to arrest every saloon keeper or bartender who sells to a minor, and I hope to soon break up the practice." Dynamo Cars On "The Overland Limited" carry expert electricians, whose special duty Is to super vise and see that the electrto lighting ar rangemenls are entirely satisfactory. Each sleeper has seventy electric lights, dining car seventy, buffet smoking and library car forty. Observation cars, 'dining cans, buffet smoking and library cars are equipped with twelve-inch electric fans. Electric adlng lsmps ln every berth. Eleotrlo curling Irons ln all ladles' toilet rooms. This famous train reaches Salt Lake City twelve hours and San Francisco six teen hours ahead of all competitors. If you contemplate a trip to any west era point the Union Pacific offers you the highest degree of comfort and luxury, with no additional cost and a great sav ing of time and expense. Cuy .Icket office, 1S24 Farnam street. 'Phone 316. Union station, Tenth and Marcy. 'Phone 629. Fifth War J i .-Menrjs. Tte Fifth wara Republican club will meet at Young", hail, Sixteenth and Corby streets, Friday evening. May -15, 1902. Hon. E. Rosewater and Candidate for Congress Hon. Ed. Cornish and Nelson C. F-', will address the meeting. X W. B. CHRISTIE. President P. B. SEWARD, Secretary. Our up-to-date, life-like photos at $3.00 per dos. will astonish you; others charge $5 for same. Wllliema, 1406 Fi rBA-a St. Publish your tc? notices la Ths Wsekly Bee. Teleplok U. Shampooing and halrdresslng, 15c, at the Bathcry. 216-220 Bee Building. Tel. 1714. Graduating gifts. Edholm, jeweler. rr CLLECTI0N COSTS REDUCED ftait Collector Makes Estimates for Fiscal Year ' Aboat to Cioso. E- B. Stephenson, collector of Internal revenue at Omaha, Is making up an esti mate of the receipts of the office of the fiscal year to end June 30, 1903. According to this estimate the office will receive as much money as It did the year before the war revenue law went Into effect, ln spite of ths fact that since that tlma tho states of North Dakota and South Dakota have bees taken from this district. Ths total receipts are estimated at about $3,000,000. The removal of tho two Dakotas from ths Nebraska district will make a aavlng In the expense of collections. When ths war rev enue law went Into effect the collections bad been made In the three states at a cost of 1.1 per cent of the total. Last year, while the war tax was effective, the cost had been reduced to about l.t per cent and this year the estimated cost Is 14 per cent. This reduction Is due solely to the change ln the district, as ths cost of collection la ths Dakotas mads tbs average for ths dis trict comparatively high. MAY 10,1002. WABSISC FROM CLEARWATER omebod la Tomperanoft-Titled Town 8 Trouble for Omaha. MAYOR ELUCIDATES ON BOOZE PHENOMENA Promises Cyclone Has No Terror for His Honor, Who Has Political Storm Cellar and Feels Perfectly Safe. "Such of us as are prayerful will do well to double our devotional efforta. Others must take to their storm cellars." said Mayor Moores yesterday. "Thera Is a prophet risen In Nebraska, 'and he warns us that a cyclone Is to sweep Omaha today. Read this letter." The communication that the mayor handed the reporter came in an envelope postmarked "Clearwater. Neb., May 13," and was written on the kind of paper that Mary Ann uses when she writes to Pat rick that any day will suit her. The writ ing looked something ilk Mary Ann's, too, but had certain characteristics thst marked it as a man's. The spelling and arrange ment were thus: Warning notice for Omaha City Omaha Neb. Omaha Cltv Mayor Dear Sir .i p" b ? kind and notify your cltv h'L? r'rclon ' fwm over Omaha on the 16th day of may 1902 between 11 a. m- ""L p- m- an1 w"l stroke the psrt 0rrhaabeSft0rrD.tn0ge50Uth- P'e"" 11 1 1 1 ly yUr"' Name: "l I III" The boxed effect In the corner surrounded a hole where the name is supposed to have been. Any Kind of Time Possible. "Now that's what I call a rood i turn" said the mayor. "True, the. disturbance seems a little behind Its schedule, but that may do because of a difference of time. We don't know at thla distance what kind of time he may be carrying there at Clear water. Indeed, we don't even know what kind of a time he may have been having. Clearwater sounds like a good, abstemious name, but even ln temperance towns I have neard men occasionally have some awful times. I never before knew of anybody aeelng cyclones, but they are said to have seen almost everything else after the kind or times I have Just mentioned and nr naps inu rriend of ours has a particularly oaa attack. "I notice, too, that he says this breeze is to stroke Omaba. That sounds reassuring, aoesni 11 7 I don't like these tornadoes mat -strike,' 'hit,' 'sweep' or 'destroy' cuy, put wnen they merely 'stroke' it the effect shouldn't be so bad. Sort of sooth ing, I take ltt "I am glad to make this warning nubile. but personally I have little fear, for I am well prepared. I built a atorm cellar the day after my election and I Judge a nlace that's strong enough and tight enough to Keep out political job-hunters ought to be able to stand a little thing like a cyclone My only regret is that he cut his name out of the letter. I wanted to file it In my marriage bureau as one of the ellglblee. WAIT FOR COUNCIL TO ACT Opponents to Capitol Avenne Market In No Harry to Begin Laws a It. The Omaha grocers and others ODDosed to tne t-apitol avenue market place have not jet filed their petition for an Injunction against the council to restrain that body irum Duuaing tne nouse on the site to which they object, but according to the statement of one of the active members of the body which la to bring the action, they are leady to file the papers as soon as It becomes evident that the council really means to proceed in the matter. Said he "The petition would have been filed last week, but we were assured by a city official In a position to know that no active steps wouia te taken toward the erection of the Capitol avenue market bouse at thla time and that we will know ln time to get out the injunction before such action Is taken. We are not hunting litigation, simply de siring to protect our Interests, and If wo can maintain a market place where we de sire it without going into the courts ws t to do It." TALKS OF STRICKEN PEOPLE Charles P. Gonther, Who Han Visited Lesser Antilles, Visiting; In Omaha. Charles F. Gunther, city treasurer of Chi cago and a well-known candy manufacturer of that city, la visiting Omaha as the guest of his old friend, George W. Llnlnger. Mr. Gunther Is sn extensive traveler and has several times visited the scenes of the pres ent volcanic disturbances ln the Lesser An titles. He talks Interestingly and enter tainingly of the West Indian people, and particularly of the natives of Martinique and St. Vincent. Mortality Statistics. Births and deaths reported to the Board of Health for the twenty-four hours end- na- at noon Thursday: Elrihs John Bruner. 1922 South Twen tieth, boy: George Carrol, Twelfth and lzard, girl; av.eyer o-eor, 12n Chicago, boy; Charles Kworth, 3010 Seward, girl; John Bldel. Sixth and Locust, boy: O. R. Gamble, 1628 finerman avenue, girl. iieauis S. H Watters. Bt. JoseDh'a hos pital, sgea w; Margaret crattr, tit. Jo soph's hoHpltal. aged 17; Ole Chulwlg. Bt. Joseph's hospital, aged 61; John Sullivan, Nineteenth and William, aged 62; George F. Rutherford. St. Joseph's hospital, aared 30: Merrell A. McWllKams, 3534 Hamilton, aged 1; Dorothy Strauss, 622 North Twenty-sixth, aged 1; Charles H. Brown, County hospital, aged 64; Mellora McPher son Clarkson, South Twentieth, aged 71 CATARRH RESULTS. ,lany an Omaha Citizen Knows How Sure They Are. Nothing uncertain about the work of Doan'a Kidney Pills In Omaha. There la plenty of positive proof of this In the testi mony of cltlsens. Such evidence should convince the most skeptical doubter. Read ths following statement: Mr. Fred B. Hall, 601 North 32nd street, employed at tha railroad bridge two miles from the city, cays: "I had a bad back for about a year and la the winter of 1898 it became very severe. When lying down It was very difficult to get up, and on a loop ing sharp pains caught ma ln ths small of ths back, and my kidneys were weak. It was for this that I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Kuhn at Co.'s drug store. Sines using them I hsvs had no occasion to com plain of my back or kidneys and I have told friends my high opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills and will par son ally corroborate ths above at any time." Bold for 60c psr box by all dealers. Foa- ter-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, N. T.. sole agents for tha Cnlted Statsa. Remember tbs nam, Doan's, and take no other. mm Extraordinary I TD 1C UK AT A TVT THE newest and most desirable fabrics. Including Wash Ooods, Dress Gools and Silks. Also Laces and Embroideries, can be bought tomorrow (Rem nant Day) at fractional prices. Read the news In detail. Remnants in One case of tine and sheer Black Lawn at yard Good quality Bleached Muslin yard All the finest grades of Muslin and Cambrics all known brands In long lengths at yard One big table of all kinds n f Ota .i.l.. T.in.- . . 3Jc ...2Sc Bleached ths best 6c 35c ysrd.:.::. ..:... : " -2 Extra heavy quality black and colored Mercerized Sateen regular d 40 cent quality at yard '"W 26c quality lace striped and corded Printed Wash Fabrics all the finest auanty in waist and ress lengths at yard 4 gV llfC . Remnants $1.00 Dress Goods 25c This Includes lengths from 2 to 5 yards In silk and wool mixtures, Plain Henriettas and Cashmeres. Hrllllan- iines ana Merges in fact, all the tl.w goods r25c on front bargain square at yara Remnants of Silks, An accumulation of hlirh cost Satin Foulards, fine Taffetas, Moire Silks in cream, biacK and all colors also Brocaded Silks on sale on main 69c floor at 89c, 49c and yard Remnants of Laces and Embroideries Manufacturer's sample pieces of all kinds of All-Over Laces in 4 black, white and cream colors C at each w Sample strips of Valenciennes and Torchon Laces fine quality worth up to 20c yard 4 JSrS lc-3c Remnants and sample 4 g strips Net-Top Laces, Galoons 1 C and Bands at yard a vr w Cutting Shoe Prices About 1,400 pairs of Ladies $2.00 Kid Shoes. Ladies $2,50 Kid Box Calf Shoes Ladies 93 and $4 Kidskin Shoes Sites 2H. S, 3tt and 4, at 75c a pair. 75c J. A. KERVAN, TAILOR, HAS REMOVED TO 1316 Farnam Street, Suits, from $30.00to $65.00. Trousers from $8.00 to $16.00 fANDER J51b-ia OUR ENGRAVING PLANT Is tbs best equipped In Omaha for the proper execution of engraved wedding Invi tations, announcements, at home cards tbs very best stock ln tbs production of particular. lu ! I as as at as 9. Duaa flk IHHlIIIIIIIICf a lltail UUii Mall orders given careful attention. Selection packages sent to responsible parties. A SPECIAL IWe are NOT offering you the ordinary Rye or Bourbon whiskey. but a SPECIAL, brand of a malt made after the process of the old fashioned German "Schnapps," which Is world-wide famous. These goods sre to be sold .to the consumer in original packages di rect from the distillery, and no where In the United States can this genuine German malt (Schnapps) be purchased except direct from us. It Is worth not less than S6 per gallon retail. HENRY HILLER, You Don't ilavo To! Many people who bring prescriptions to our store, which are written on blanks furnished by other druggists ask us If they "HAVE TO TAKE THIS to that place." meaning ths druggist who fur nished ths blankaT WE ALWAYS SAY NO! take it where you like, whether it has his name or our name on the back, but watch the difference in the price of his and ours that's all. WB CLAIM WE FTI.Li PRESCRIP TIONS for L.ES8 MONEY THAN ANY DRUGGIST IN THIS CITT. QUALITY OP OOODS CONSIDERED. Try us and compare with what you have been pay ing. 11.00 Zy-mo 75c 1.00 rai-lsian Hair Tonlo (guaranteed) 75a 1.00 Peruna (1 to a customer) 67c 100 Wine Cardul (1 to a customer) .... 49o 11.00 Butler's Female Regulator (guar anteed) 75c 1.00 Uncle Sam's Tobacco Cure 50o $1.00 West's Brain and Nerve Treat ment ISO tLOO Sexlne Pills 7&0 WE NEVER CLOSE. SCHAEFER'S CUT PRICPI DRUG STOKE reL TT. S. W. la. ISIa aa ckleaaa. Postal Card Will Get It SAMPLE COPT Or THE Twentieth Century Farmer The Best Agricultural Weekly, dress. Omaha, Neb. Ad- lip 1 WW Sale Today of TS the Basement One big table Scotch and Chambray Olngham worth 15c at yard 65c 8Sc New Imported Percales light and dark colors worth loc al yard Remnants of Basket Weaves heavy canvas linings and drapery burlaps at yard 2c 86-Inch Art Tickings and Denims worth 40c go at yard .10c Finest quality Drapery Velours ln long rem nantsyard Blnck nnd white nnd blue and white heavy Twilled bhtrtlng at yard , 39c Blnck nnd white nnd blue - 1 Bn'1 white heavy Twilled 1bC! I Khtrtliia- at vard V"2W on Main Floor Moussellne de Soie 15c Yard. Remnnnts of corded and sheer Wash Fabrics bIho Moussellne de Solo in plain colors and fancy saw striped effects on 1 main floor In remnants (J yard v $1.00 Waists 25c. All the odds and ends of Shirt Waist from the John Anlslleld & Co. stock that sold up to II. tw ln white India TV 1 1 1 l C llltlllt, 25c nnon, lawns ana dim ities go in base ment at tach Remnants and sample strips of all kinds of fine Kmbroiderles and Inser tions in all widths- 1 4 f worth up to 35c go 02C"lOC iple pieces of AU-Ov fine Tucklngs half yard yd- 12C lengths worth up to go at each 75c Remnants of Silk Ruching on.l 1 11 Kir Tetmrntntr oil tic colors at yard Prior to Alterations 75c SEN-MILL ARD CO -CAPITOL. AVE HIGH GRADE CARRIAGES and Horse Furnishings. Popular Prices. and reception Invitations. We make use of this work, which ws guarantee ln every 1 5th and Douglas Jewolara and Streets. Art Stationer . Streets. Art Stationers) BARGAIN 10-Gnllon Package &-Onllon Package 2-GaJlon Pucks ge 120.01) 11.00 5.(0 l. j-iiauon fackage All charges prepaid on. two gal lons or over. All orders for this brand must be accompsnlfd with the cash. (We will not ship It C. O.D.) postofhYa mowy order, express order or bank draft. , An extra charge of 20 cents per gaL for bottling these goods In full "juart. Goods neatly packed In plain package with no marks to indicate contents. 522 N. 16th St., Omaha. Neb. Ilavo You Tried Shrader's Laxative fig Powder Por constipation, biliousness, gall stones, headaches, heart burn, kidney and liver complaints. Sbrader's Fig Powder cures all forms of dyspepsia, indigestion, ca tarrh of tbs stomach, acid fermentation ana digests ths albuminous foods by removing ths ALOIS E poison from the stomach and bowels. Fig Powder Is best for children. Once or twice a week Is a good female regulator. Sold In 10c and 25c boxes, at all drug stores trade supplied by all whole sale ;J;ii. Manufactured by W, J. SfiraJer Medietas Co., IEW YORK AMD OMAHA. Carey Roof Good for Any Bui!d!.ig. Omaba Roofing and Supply Co., S42 lamfe Building. OMAHA, NEBRASKA loog Distaste- Telephone 171, r t
