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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: BATTJItPAY, JULY 12, 1003. THE CLEARING SALE'S iARGAINS. 111 All summer goods being closed out regardless of values. Hensntional bargains in Furnishing Goods, Women's Suits and Bkirts and Waists. BnOE HALE. (Jet your Groceries at Harden Bros' during this great sale. Agents for the nuttcrick patterns. ATTEND THE GREAT X aV i X Lion's $1.50 Shirt Waists at 39c 200 dozen men' fin madras Bbfrt Waist, la all tha newest colors, mad to sell at tl.no. en tale at 29c. Men'. fl.60 COLORED SHIRTS AT 49 c. 110 doten men'a Una madras and white Negligee Shlrta In aoma of the beet makes, tit 49c. all new styles. . MEN'S 25C SOCKS AT 10C COO dozen men's floe lisle thread and maoo cotton Bocks In plain and fancy Colors at 10c. Ladles' 25c Stockings at lAc. 104 "dozen ladles' Una llsla thread Stocking In lace patterns, the regular 25c qualities, at l6e. Ladles' 25c fine lisle thread Vesta In all sties; also extra size, the regular 25o Quality, at 10o. ' Men's $1.00 underwear at 25o. All the men's fancy colored balbrtggaa underwear that sold up to $1.00, on sale t I5c. Saturday is Remnant Day In the Bargain Room The grand clearing sale la now on In full blast Every yard ot summer goods must go. Every garment In the Bargain Room must be closed out. We put on higher priced goods every day. The goods that we used to aell at Co, 7Hc and (He we will put on sale on the last counter at Itte a yard. The goods that we used to aell at 10c, 12tt and 16o. wa will put en one coun ter at Be yard.' The goods we used to aell at 19c, J9o and up to B9o, brought from the high grade Stock, are being closed now at 10 centa. This Includes white goods as well aa other wash goods. Remember, the best goods go first, and It you want a real bargain, be here gn time. NO DEALERS. PEDDLERS OR MANUFACTURERS SOLD TO IN THIS ROOM. GRAND RIBBON SALE SATURDAY Au elegant line of wash taffeta ribbons, all silk, worth 20c to 25c, on sale at, per yard 100 Special lot of 50c ribbons, at 19c 50c Ladles' Kelts, at 10c fl.00 Ladies' Filk Belts ' 50c 25c Ladies' Leather Belts, at only... 53 50c Copyright Books, at only 17C STRAW HATS 5c 3ft e GOODS AT lOe. 49c, 2So and 39o batistes, dimities, Swisses, muslins, organdies, satin atrlped white gooda, white Oxfords, fancy white Ox fords, white lace stripes' and checks, all the colors. In French, Irish and Scotch dimities, Swisses, batistes, linen colored batlRtea, all go at I ft fa In the sale at, a yard lUw lOo, 13 l-3c, le and 19a GOODS, AT Bo. These consist of French dlmltlee, Irish dimities, plain white goods," checked nainsooks, 36-Inch percales, London piques, Dublin fuck, and white Jong cloth, not a yard ever sold for lesa than 10c and 19c a yard, at one price, only IOC, 12 1-Uc, 1.1c n.l lfc GOODS at a i-ao. They consist of all the above lines, dimi ties, French, Irish dimities, French batistes and organdies, thousands of plccea thst are taken from the regular stock; tbey are culled from the stock, as poorer colors; we will put tbem on one counter In order to close them quick, at a yard KXTHA SPECIALS. 19c mercerized foulards, all the new spring shades, regular 25c goods, will be en sale all day at 9c a yard; 2.000 pieces ot sateen, all In colors, some of the fineet colors and patterns, made to sell at 25o a yard, aa a flyer they will go tomorrow at, a yard, 6o. The finest silk foulards ever shown at 75o will be on sale Friday at 35o a yard. Thousands of yards of fancy silks will be on sale at 49c, worth up to $1.50 a yard. Beat apron checks-made, only Be a yard. Black sateen, regular 19c grade, at 10c VIKXISMIXG8. Men's 25c string and bow tlea at Bo. Ladies' and children's underwear at 10c. Men'a 75c colored laundered shirts, with ' aeparate collars, at 26o. One lot ot ladles' corsets, worth $1.00, at 9c. 2ic CLOTHIKG. Children's double-breasted knee panta oraah suits, agea to 15 years, at 26e and 60c. Boys' long panta crash suits, agea 14 to 19 years, at 60c. Men'a odd crash coata and vesta, slsea 34 to 42, at loo. Men's crash suits, sliea 84 ta 42, at 60o, 95o and $1.60. Men's panta, worth up to $2.00, at 960, Men'a pants, worth up to $4.00, at $1.60 a pair. Boys' knea panta worth up to 75o at 19o and 25c a pair. HAMMOCKS. We are headquarters for hammocks ot every description from 60e to $100 each. Tha best close woven hammock In the city with pillows and spreaders for 76a. CROUIET SETS. Complete amateur set, 4 balls, at Sle; 6 balls at 69c and 8 balls at 98o. Professional sets, 4 balls at $149, balls at $1.69 and 8 balls at $1.98; $2.75 tor tha best professional sot made. Unseasonable weather makes letting down the prices on Straw llats necessary 50c and COc 6traw hats at 25c 35c Straw llats at 15c These prices run through children's as well as men's. We also have a man's nice Straw llat at 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 Closing out all Straw Panamas at .$1.75 Splendid lines of Felt Hats, in pasha, fedora, panama, derby , and colonials, at 75c to $3 00 Boys' Felt Hats in panama, pasha and fedora shapes, all col ors, prices 50c, 75c, $1.00 and . $1.25 I White Duck Hats for boys' and men 1 5c Tam-'O-Shanters, at 25c and 500 A full line of boys' and men's Caps, at 25c and 503 Call and examine our line of trunks and valises, BE SURE TO ATTEND OUR FA MOUS THIRTY-MINUTE SALES FROM 10 TO 10i30 A. M. We will sell bleached muslin, regular 7H grade, only 10 yards to a customer, at a yard, 2Vio. FROM a TO 3i30 I. M. We will aell short lengths ot dimities, or gandies and batistes, all colore, and worth from 19o to 89c per yard, only 10 yards to a customer, at a yard, 2 He FROM 8iSO TO SlOO P. M. Wa will sell dimities, lawns and batistes. regular 10c, 12Hc and 15o goods, only 10 yards to a customer, at a yard. la Several other aalea during tha day, which will be announced on tha floor before they commence. Special One-Day Grocery Sale Whole wheat flour, per lb Sc Large sacks granulated eorameal, per sack loo Fancy hand picked navy beans, per lb... 3a Fancy breakfast rolled oats, per lb 3J J-lb. cans fancy sweet sugar corn... J) l-3o Good Japan rice, per lb 5o THE ONLY washing powder, t lbs for.. 3 So Oil or mustard sardines, per can... 3 3.4c Tall cans blood red aalmon, per can 12 Large bottle pure tomato catsup... 8 1-tfo I bottles fancy assorted pickles for.... 2rC 1-lb. pkg. pure corn starch S-lb. cans California Bartlett pears for. .10c Large quart bottle blueing 5d Dried Fruit Specials New evaporated apricots, per lb lOe Fancy French petite prunes, per lb. .4 3-4c Fancy large Italian prunes, per lb.. 8 l-3o Fancy cleaned Vostlzze currants 9a Large Muacatell raisins, per lb lOo Fanoy Crawford peaches, per lb lOo Alden evaporated raspberries, per lb.... 19a SILK SALE SATURDAY White Wash Silk, 20 inches wide, only 25c 390 25c 49c 35c 39c White Wash Silk, 27 inches wide, only Black Wash Silk, 20 inches wide, only ... Black Wash Silk, 36 inches wide, only .... Best Quality Corded Wash Silks, all colors Fine Foulard Silks, 24 inches wide, on sale at Beautiful White Corded Taffetas for waists, regular $1.00 silks, on sale at 69c Fine grade Black Taffeta, 27 inches, for 69c Fine grade Black Taffeta, 36 inches, for $1.25 Yard wide Feau de Chene, in black, pure silk, worth $2.25, on sale at $1.35 OPTICAL DEPT. We will fit your eyes with the finest quality lenses in good aluminoid frames, any style, for 98c Gold filled frames, 10 year guarantee, $3.00 value at $1.79 All kinds of repairing at half the ordinary prices. Depart ment in charge of qualified refractionis. Cracker Specials Choice soda crackers, per lb Ra Fancy ginger snaps, per lb 5c FanCy assorted sweet crackers, per lb... 10c Great Ham Sale Best brand No. 1 ham Minced ham. sliced Potted ham, per can It 12 tuc ....3 l-2c Grand Fruit Sale Fancy lemons, per doa lOo Choice large bananas, doi.... .15c Fancy California apricots, per dos 6c Tea and Coffee Specials We are giving away handsome prizes with all our high grade teas. cnoice tea suungs, per in 1 i-xc Fancy uncolored Japan tea, for lea lea only aoc Our special blend. English Breakfast; this sale only 43c Good Rio coffee (a prize winner), per lb 25c H. B. C Mocha and Java, regular price 86c; thle sale 4 lbs. for 1. OO Clearing Sale, Suits, Waists and Skirts This great clearing sale, on business principles. makes our cloak department the moet popular la Omaha. No Idle misrepresentations, but clean, candid facta. The stock Is here. To close out this entire $75,000.00 stock prices are being slaughtered right and left. In Justice to yourselves do not purchase any goods elsewhere until you see what we have to offer for Saturday. ?00 silk waists, made of the Wlnslow taffetas, war ranted not to track, tucked and stitched, sizes 82 to 48, In reds, browns, blues, bellos, pinks and blacks; $8.00 quality for $2 .90. Women's white lawn waists, you all know the la mense variety Hayden'a carry, made by the toremoal manufacturers In America; worth and sold at from $5.00 to $8.00; clearing sale price $3.60. Womjen's silk skirts, the "most elaborate styles, about 100 ot them, that sold aa high as $40, clearing sale price $15.00, Women's tailor made suits, all that are la the atora divided into three lots: Lot 1 Women's suits, that sold up to $12.00, aa sale at $5.50. Lot 2 All our suits, running In valua up to $18.00 sale price $8.60. Lot e All our very One sulta that sold up as high as $35.00 sale price $15.60. WOMEN'S SKIRTS. Twa great big tables ot skirts, la all colors and black, that sold up to $8.60- clearing aale price $4.90. Women's rainy day skirts, $3.00 quality clearing sale price $1.60. 1.000 dosen women's wash waists included In this big sale, Women's waists that aold for 60c now on sale at 10c. Women's $1.26 walata for 49c Women's $3.00 waists tor $1.00. Tour choice of any colored waist In our house that sold up to $1.60 for 60o. WRAPPER SALE. Saturday morning, from 8:80 until 13 o'clock, we will put on sale three lots et wrappers. Lot 1 Percale wrappers, ruffle over shoulder, 12-Inch flounce, separate waist lin ing, worth $1.00. for 89c. Lot 2 Percale wrappers. In light and dark colors, 15-lnch flounce, rume aver shoulder, trimmed with two rows of braid, $1.26 quality, for 69c. Lot 8 Our well known $1.60 wrapper, In light and dark colors, the $2.00 quality, at 98c. When Tired Shopping Oet a tree cup of our delicious cocoa and a taaty, fresh cracker at our demonstration. We are Introducing our elegant cocoa and chocolate and pure, fresh crackers. nn Lru OT rn LlU A Phenomenal Sample Shoe Sale THOUSANDS OF HIGH GRADE SAMPLE SHOES THROWN ON TABLES IN OUR MAIN SHOE DEPARTMENT AT A SAVINO TO YOU OF FROM ONE FIFTY TO THREE DOLLARS A PAIR. This may sound Incredible, but a glance at the shoes will convince you. Every pair fitted and extra clerks engaged to serve you. Mall orders filled. It will pay out of town customers to make a speolal trip to attend this, the greatest sample shoe sale that has ever been held In the entire west. It Is a well known fact that samples are always made up bet ter and of better material than those carried In stock. Men's Corona colt lace or oxfords Men's Booth's patent kid lace or oxfords.. Men's C. Heyl's patent calf lace or oxfords Men's willow oalf lace or oxfords Men's box calf lace Or oxfords Men's vie I kid lace or oxforda Men's wax calf lace or oxfords. ,. SLS6 ALL OF TUB ABOVE ARB. ABSOLUTELY S4.00, $4.50 AND $5.00. WORTH $3.B0. Qti SALE SATURDAY. 17 TO PUT BAN ON MOSQUITOES Oitj Health Department Will Invite Insects to Go Elsewhere. PLANS TO POUR OIL ON WATERY HOMES Dr. Ralph Maintains that Mosquitoes Are on Agency la Spreading of Contagions Diseases and Are Otherwise Obnoxlons. DR. A. C. niRST PASSES AWAY Omaha' Tint Method Siea at Maywoed, HI. AFTER THIRTY YEARS IN THE MINISTRY Idly. Now, tha theory Is that oil poured I upon the surface, ot these pool, will pre- BclltlTe Bord of church Appoint. lays eggs In the water; In a few days, under favorable conditions, these eggs hatch and the larvae remain In the water until after tha wln-a ftra full lMlnni1 wKIaI. la ' I . t . ... M . usually ten or twelve days. They then Fastor Of Omaiia 8 lint KetuOtun unurou fly away as full-fledged mosquitoes. It Is believed that seven or eight generations ot mosquitoes will hatch In a single season, so It will be seen that they multiply very rao- The emaciated mosquito, made Up, of ap petite, mualc and malarial germs, la to be dissuaded from holding his usual mid-sum mer saengerfest In Omaha this season. The city health department Is looking Into the matter and is convinced that a little crude petroleum poured upon the hundreds of atagnant pools In and about Omaha will have the effect of inducing the Insects to pack up their spiked shoes,' their gimlets and their tuneful baxzoos and seek neigh borhoods where the musical , taste la edu cated up to a point of greater appreciation So, when the advance guarda of tha wraith like boata put In an appearance they will not find the easy entree to Omaha homes that has greeted fcm In the past. Some thing even more Inhospitable than wire screens, sticky fly paper or smudges will aontront them. ' A blow Is to be struck at the atagnant pool, which Is the mcsqulto'a home, the bulwark ot hla power, hla hope of posterity, his vine and Dg tree. Health Commissioner Ralph la moved to take thla atand by the tact that on ac count ot the unusually heavy rains ot the last forty days there will be a great num fcer of ponda, mudholes and miniature lakes within the city limits this season which will become breeding places for the peats. Dr. Ralph treks Advise. I have written to Dr. L. O. Howard, tho government entomologist, ta get advice as to the best method ot procedure," said he "and expect an answer within a few daya. X see that In a great many places in ths Vnlted States experiments are being car rled on in mosquito extermination. Such experiments are now in progress at South Orange, N. J., where a chemical compound known as phlnotas is being used. In other places crude petroleum or kerosene has been found to produce fairly satisfactory results. "It has been pretty thoroughly demon Itrated that mosquitoes breed on the sur faces of stagnant pools and that the best way tp exterminate them Is to attack these Vreedlng placea. The female mosquito rent the female from laying the eggs and that it will also kill the larvae already hatched. . "There la probably so doubt but that mosquitoes are an agency In the dissemina tion of contagious diseases, so that. If It doesn't cost too much to use some of these Insecticides, it would probably be wise for J to round out hla work on earth aa nastor the city to follow other localities In the 0f tne jnrst Methodist church of Omaha worn or extermination." has bean fulfilled. Dr. Hirst died Friday City Engineer Rosewater said that it niaht of Brleht's disease at the home ot would be impossible for the city to drain hla daughter, Mrs. Burnett, at Maywood. any considerable number of these pools tir . suburb of Cblcaao. this year, on account of the shortage ot I Telegrams received yesterday morning runas. i ne neavy raina ot the last few 1 stated that the funeral would occur from Inner Lining of Stomach Must ta cured by destroying tha ua hcalthy mucus thai prtvanU proper (low of the gastric I I C 0 . Ordinary Dyspepsia Tabkti, Pensin and Soda cannot reach the scat of due. Nau'i Dyspepsia Curw win make a cotnpLci cure. Sand for Booklet, Fraa ta r RANK NAIL 203 Broadway, MY. City. NAU'S DYSPEPSIA CURE Sold by' Bhermaa A MoConnell Drug Co., nRh ad-Ede eta., Omaha, and leading druggists. Committees to Attend Faaeral at Chicago and Draft Salt able Reaolatlone. . The oft-repeated desire of Dr. A. C. Hirst weeks have played auch havoc with side- Walks, streets, culverts, Oils and bridges,' I Centenary church, Chicago, at Sunday afternoon, after which the remains would said he, "that by the time we have set be sent to Columbus, O., hla old home, for theso things right we'll have very little I Interment. money left for draining ponds.' MERCER FAILS TO lelf-Appolated Reception Can Walts Only to Be Dlsap. pointed. Tha illness of Dr. Hirst began In Feb ruary. The executive board of the church. ARRIVE lootloing hla gradual decline, prevailed upon Him to take a vacation. )r. Hirst am so, Ittee I going to Hot Springs, Ark., March 1. He remained at Hot Springs three weeks and returned, seemingly much Improved, to onl elate at the Easter aervlces at his church. He again began to fail and at the board's One David H. Mercer of Washington, of request he went to Excelsior Springs, Mo.. Minneapolis and. at necessary intervals, ot and remained six weeks. After his return the Second congressional district of Ne- from there he resumed his duties as pastor braska, was to have reached Omaha early of the church, but there was evidence that yesterday, but dldn t. Soma ot tha track he was seriously ill. On June is he went between here and Minneapolis, which to the home of his daughter. Mrs. F. B Mr. Mercer appears to consider his direct Moorehead, near Chicago, accompanied by route "home," has evidently been under- 1 Mr. Moorehead. who came to Omaha for him. mined, or the danger signal hoisted aoma- r.... , f;i . .,.fh. where In between. I The delay has given Thomas W. Black. I "bo church granted him a vacation until burn, the manager ol the congressman, a I September 1, physicians believing that a very trying morning. This, end of the unl- thorough rest and freodom from care would verso has failed to tip up and the people I oon restore him to his old-time vigor and have failed to tip-toe In the way Mr. Black- neaiux. ,ine expected cnange in ois neaita burn had anticipated. Siren whlatlea have " occur, inataaa. vr. Mirat gradually been aa silent as though nothing Important rw weaker, and several daya ago it was was In prospect, and the populace la wear- announcea mat be could not reoover. log Ita everyday clothes without apology. !' Hirst waa bora In Ohio and was CI Mr. Blackburn saw two banners going no Tears or age. He nad spent thirty years and removed bla hat reverently. Then he ln the ministry. He waa twice married, took a second look and discovered that ont and of hia Immediate family leavea a widow tor. No church waa managed generally any better than be managed this. He was an indefatigable warker and hla work in the Epworth leaguo waa nothing abort ot mar velous. When ha took charge of the church Dr. Hirst waa a stranger to us, coming here on the recommendation ot Presiding Elder Merrill. It is now the unanimous opinion of the presiding elder and the members of the church that the First church never had more sealous or more popular or better pastor." Committee to Attend Faaeral, The executive board of tho church held a meeting at the rooms of the Young Men'a Christian association yesterday noon and ao- lected the following committee, who with the presiding elder will go to Chicago and attend the funeral: R. W. Breckenrldge, J. O. Phllllppl, Charles A. Ooss, C. F. Weller, F. Margaret, D. M. Haverly, A. T. Aus tin and A. B. Smith. This committee will meet at the Orand Pacific hotel In Chicago Sunday morning. , The following were ap pointed to draft suitable resolutions of respeot: Charles A. Ooss, J. O. Phllllppl, C. F. Weller, C. C. Belden and B. A. Ben son. The Methodist Preachera union held meeting at the same time and adopted resolutions of respect. The members ot tha committee who go to Chicago will also prepare a memorial program, to be carried out at the First Methodist church at 10:30 o'clock 8unday morning. July 20. Aa appropriate musical servloe arranged by T. J. Kelly will be rendered at the church Sunday morning. Rev. J. W. Swan, who had been selected to occupy the pulpit of tha church until September, will continue to do so until Bishop Fowler appolnta a successor to Oil the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Hirst. This, however, will likely not be done until the conference which meets at Grand Island, September 24. advertised a nail game and the other a beer garden. and two daughters. Hu was appointed pas tor of tha First Methodist church by Bishop Up ln his office he had company. It waa Merrill, presiding elder of the Rock River conference, two years ago, upon tne unani moua request of the members of the church and Presiding Elder Jennings. Dr. Hrt came to Omaha from the Cen the same company that always drops la where there may be Jobs to let. Indian Supply Agent Jordan kept a scat In the anteroom warm all morning and win Qurley dropped In every fifteen minute I tenary church of Chicago, ot which he had with bla glad hand all ready. But, alas, I been pastor for a number ot years, lie waa the congressman came not. NO BIDS ON MARKET HOUSE Capitol Aveaae Project Kails to Ap. , peal to Bnlldtaar Contractors. Since no bids were received tor the erec tion of the proposed market houae on Capl- one ot the beat known preachera in tha I Methodist church ot the Vnlted States and bad filled some ot Ita moat Important pul pits. At one time he waa president of the University of the Pacific at San Franclaco, reaigning that place to go to Chicago. A other times he was pastor at Pittsburg Fa.; Chllltcothe, O.; Columbus. O., and many other Important placea. In Close Tonch with Ncnktrt He not only kept ln close touch with tol avenue, the following resolution waa th. .ider members ef his conrrecatlon but adopted by the Board ef Publlo Worka at equally so with the young members of the Ita meeting yesterday afternoon: Kpworth league and other Junior orgaalaa "Resolved, That tha opening ot bida for Uon devoting considerable of hie time to the building of the market house be post poned until Tuesday, July 15, I p. m." This resolution was carried unanimously. Just why no blda were received Is not of sorrow voiced by them when the news ot known. One theory Is that contractors are I hla death was made known. thla work. The great love for him borne by the members of the church was notlcea ble yesterday by the many expreaslons afraid tha work will be tied up with In junctions, since there Is an alleged Irregu- I'rzslding Elder Jennings said of blm "The pulpit ot the First church has never larlty ta tha procedure ot the city council I been more ably and rarely haa any pulpit In condemning tho avenue for market house I been equally ae well filled aa that of the purpossa, First church wheal Dr. Hirst was Ita paa 'FRISCO BUYS NEW ROAD Santhweiten System Takes Oyer AikaaMa tad Choctaw Property. THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PAID Acquisition fa Projected Lino of Two Hnndred and Fifty Miles, of Which Ahoat One-Half ta Completed. RESISTS A HEALTH OFFICER Mam with Smallpox Threateaa to Break the Head of am Inspector, Dr. H. L. Arnold, assistant health com missioner, called at the home of Joseph Blankenbaker, 2566 South Thirty-first street, yesterday morning to inveattgate a caae of smallpox which the neighbors had reported at the health office. Considerable time elapsed before there waa a response to his knock, and ln this tntervsl he heard a bustle and aound ot voices Inside. ! "There is no one sick here," aald tha woman who came to the door. "Well, I'm from the health commission er's office," answered the doctor, "and my Instructions are to investigate." He received a reluctant Invitation to enter, and the first person he saw waa the head ot the household, walking the floor la trcusers and stocking feet, smoking a pipe. "You've got the smallpox," aald the doc. tor. Indicating the pustules wtth which tbe Blankenbaker countenance was embel lished. "That can't be." was the anawer. "I'm not sick, and haven't been sick." "And you've got a high fever," resumed the doctor, feeling his pulse. "I shall have to quarantine the house and vacci nate the children." "It you touch one of 'em I'll break your head!" exclaimed Blankenbaker. selling a chair. "Now you get out of here." The doctor reported the foregoing facts at the health office a half hour later and at last accounts Dr. Ralph was arranging to go out to the Blankenbaker home with disinfectants, vaccine points and a police eacort. What Makes Hatty Mas. The pure, rich blood, made by Dr. Klag'a New Life Pllla. They promote beauty Give clear skin, rosy cheeks, tea. Tha 'Frisco system formally bought thl Arkansas Choctaw, a projected Una ot 250 miles, part of which la completed, Thursday. Negotiations for this deal were practically closed the day before by the formation of a syndicate to take over the road, representing the directors and stock holders of tha 'Frisco. President Yoakum himself carried the negotiation, through. Thla transfer of property represents about $3,500,000. The new road la char tered to build' from Texarkana, Ark., to Wichita Falls, Tex., on the Fort Worth Denver railroad. About 125 miles, halt the total mileage, are finished and 100 more miles are graded. The present officials of the Arkansas AS Choctaw are: John Scullln, president; R. H. Keith, vice president; Charles Gilbert, secretary and treaaurer; Allan McCarty, auditor; W. H. Carson, assistant general manager; Charles 8. Keith, general freight and passenger agent; C. M. Boawell, su perlntendent; W. C. Perry, general attor ney; F. W. Vail lent, chief engineer. The general ofBcea are to bo in St. Louis. Promoters ot the Road. The original syndicate controlling ths road consisted of: Howard Elliott, second vice president of the Burlington; B. B. Gra ham, John Scullln, R. H. and Charles 8. Keith at Kansas City; Thomas McKittrick. D. R. Francis. Robert Brookings, I. W. Morton, I. H. Uonberger, Bd Butler, W. H. Lee, George A. Madlll, J. Shepley, Thomas H. West, Festua J. Wade, Jamea Campbell and R. C. Kerens, The new syndicate la formed of mem bers of the board of directors ot the 'Frisco as follows: Jamea Campbell, Mark T. Fox, New York; James A. Blair, Edward C. Hen derson, Isaao N. Sellgman, Frederick Strauss. New York City; Benjamin F. Cheney, Richard Olney, Nathaniel Thayer, Boston; R. C. Kerens, H. Clay Pierce, B. F, Yoakum, St. Louis. This new road ta expected to become one of the moat valuable feeders ot the great southwestern system. It will traverse much undeveloped and new country with.v out any other transportation facilities fjii afford better connections for the 'Ftseo with other railroads. Hallway Ketea avnd Personnels. H. F. Fisher, traveling frelghv agent ot ths Missouri Pacific at St. Pai is in tha city. General Freight Traffic Mayager Monroe of the Union Pacific haa reamed from a trip east. W. N. Babcook. genera' wextern freight agent of the Lackawannv at Chicago, is ln the city on official business. C. C. Harvey of Kansas City, traveling freight agent of the Mobile at Ohio, Is mak ing his regular rou nds in Omaha, Master Mechanic Karnuro and Division Superintendent Baxter ot the Union I'aclrto accompanied th 4 nonunion men whom the coiniany. sent west Thursday night to Cheyenne. Work on 'die Impaired roadbed In the Union Pacl'c depot yards Is progressing, thouKO no dirt has yet been hauled In to fill the dc-n-emlon caused by ths collapse of the embiiinwnt Monday morning. The Chicago Milwaukee ac St. Haul rail way Mis Usued a circular exploiting tbe i-icxjnery interests along lis lines tnrouga the aiates of Illinois, W'lsconaln, Minnesota, l".a. Missouri, the Pskolaa and Michigan, according la its compilation, train the 14 census returns, there Is a total or 4,a cheese, butter ana oonaensea mus, Ushments ln tnese states. Trains ara continuing to Improve upon their schedules at both the Burlington and Union stations. The Rock Island still haa some trouble between umana ana uncoin, which makes It necessary for that road to um Kurllnirton tracks. But all roads re port Improvements in their traitto and lines. Tom Hughes, general treignt agent 01 tne Miaanurl Pacific In Omaha, left yester day for Kansas City, where he will atop a lew aaye ana tnen procoeu iu junuuii, vui, for a ten-day or two-weeks' business trip. The Burlington haa announced the open ing of a new atatlon on its Sheridan-Billings line, to be known aa Orase Lodge. It Is U S mites weee 01 cnenua-n, w o., the line in Montana. A, O. Burton is to be the first agent. DAMAGE FROM HEAVY RAINS Many Small Bridges, Col-verts and Sidewalks Ahoat City la Bad Condition. Street Commissioner Hummel haa been busy thla week Inspecting damage dona by the recent heavy rains and has found that there la scarcely a street or culvert ln tha city that has not suffered to some extent, while many of the smaller bridge, have been wrecked and rendered impassable, in many places in the suburbs the earth haa been washed from beneath sidewalks, leav ing tbem without support. Where theso walks cross gullies they are dangerous. Being held up by stringer, alona they have tho appearance ot being sound, but in reality are barely strong enough to support their own weight, and a persoa attempting to cross on them would be almost car tain to meet with an accident. All such walks are being removed as fast as they are reported. The localities; where the damage ct. the rains has been most serious are aa fol lows: At Forty-sixth and Cuming streets the brick culvert ha. caved ln, tajklng with It a part of the pavement. At Forty-fourth and Davenport streets the sewer trench has caved, the entire width of Forty-fourth street, a. distance oT sixty- six feet. At Forty-fifth and bodge atreeta there Is a bad caveln and landslide. At Sixth and Cedar street, there I. washout, leaving aa excavatloa that will require 2,000 cublo yards of earth to fill At Sixth and Castellar streets 600 cubic yards ot earth has been washed from the street. . Fifth street south of Bancroft to the city llmltiyii .0 badly seamed and rutted with running water that it ha. been closed to traffic For a distance of two blocks pa Twenty- fifth avenue, from Burt street to Califor nia, the sewer has sunk from ten to fifteen feet. At Forty-third and Hamilton streets there was a landslide which removed about 500 cubic yards of earth. The wooden bridge at Fifty-first and Spring streets was washed out and the ap proaches destroyed. The wooden bridge at Fifty-first and Wool worth avenue met with the aame mishap. A wooden bridge at Thirty-third street and Boulevard avenue was washed away, with pllea, abutment, and approaches. The till on Marcy street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, for a distance of a half block, wa. washed away Five hundred yards of the grade on Nine teenth street south of Boulevard avenue was washed out. Tho bridge at Forty-fifth and Hamilton street, was wrecked. The sidewalk and driveway on the south Ida of Harney street at Thirty-fifth atreet have sunk several feet and are impassable, Damage, are also reported on Chicago atreet betweea Twenty-sixth and Twenty aeveoth atreeta, on Fortieth street south of Jackson street, at Twenty-second and Pierce, on Caldwell atreet between Twenty- sixth and Twenty-.eventh atreet. and. on Dodge west of Thirty-fifth street. The street commissioner has thirty teams and eighty men at work repairing the.a damages. One gang I. now driving pile, for a new bridge at Thirty-third atreet and Boulevard avenue. RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP Miss Tobltt Talks ot American brary Association Coaveaa tlom at Jloston. Ll- Mlss Edith Tobltt, librarian of the Omaha public library, returned yesterday from a month's visit to Boston and vicinity, where she attended the meeting of the American Library association and later vis itcd some of the libraries of the state. Tbe meeting, which convened June 7-14, waa attended by about 1,000 librarians and was one of the most helpful that haa been held by the association. Owing to the growth In tbe organization it has become necessary to divide It into section, for large libraries, under which clasalflcatloa the Omaha library cornea; email llbrarlea, cataloging, children's work and college and reference work. Miss Tobltt gave special attention to tbe children's section, which Is endeavoring to prepare a book list for children which will be really educational In character. Old lists are being revised aid new llats made which when completed Will include only books that have been ap proved by some of tbe committees. "Among the most helpful things," said Miss Tobltt, "was the talk by Dr. Ello:t of Harvard on the disposition of book, that have ceased to be of current value. Also a talk by Mr. Anderson ot the Pitts, burg library on branch library work, which Included most valuable outlines of that work." Following the meeting those In attend ance visited the libraries of tho vicinity. Tho middle west was well represented at the meeting, considering the large gath ering to be held In August at Madison, Wis. Among the other Nebraska rep resentatives were Dr. Kerr and Miss Nlchnl of Bellevue and Miss Mullekln of the State university library. CereaJ Uniform in Quality and Absolutely Pure Is a cereal coffee that stands the test of the most critical connoisseurs. AsK Your Grocer for sample. If ha does not give it to you send as 4c and wi will forward one by null. 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