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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1902)
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JULY" 30, 1902. HELPERS FORM NEW LODGE Assistant Boilermakers Organise and Joit the Regular Brotherhoad. TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS ON CHARTER PariMxe Ket to fadaee All Help are, 81 a ef Whom Are at Work la the Shops, to Strike. The bollermakers' helpers organised last Bight under tba name of Florence lodge No. 28, Helpers' DivUlon of the Brother hood of Boilermaker, and Iran Shipbuild er. About twenty-five helpers composed tha new lodge. All but alx of this number are striken, tba remainder, being still at work In tha Omaha shops of tha Union Pacific. The organization- was perfected at the rooms over tba Jackaonian elub and ,we directed by National President Mc Neil and DUtrlct and Local President Ken nedy. "This organltatloa Is not for the pur pose of getting all the helpers out on a trlke with us." said President Kennedy, "but a simply to knit together more thor oughly all the members of our craft and ta In Una with our general policy." 1 President McNeil aald that the first helpers' lodge waa organised last January and this la the twenty-eighth. Adequate provisions are already made for the finan cial support of the helpers as well as Journeymen. President McNeil concludes his business In Omaha on this trip today and will leave for the western end of the Union Paclfle this evening, visiting all the shop centers along tba route. He Is well pleased wttb the state of affairs as he leaves them here and says the local strikers are conducting their fight properly. The bollermakers all Insist that there Is no special desire to 'have the remainder of their helpers strike o long as they are not aaked to do work the performance of which does not conflict with their obligations' to the union. Thus 'far they have not been requested to do auch work. Bad Motive Power Reported. Ity was reported last night upon what was considered reliable authority that or ders have coma from Cheyenne not to end any more freight cars there, unless they are to go through the city, as all the available sidetrack space la occupied with loaded cars, and that if more are 'sent they will have to stand on. the main Una. The cars In the "hole" there are said to contain Imperishable goods, all the perishable freight being rushed through. It is reported from the same source that all trains are taken up the Cheyenne hill by double-headers, so that If one engine gives way the other can relieve It. The reports of Impaired motive power come, not from strikers, but other sources. The union men's parade was a prominent . feature of the Union Faclflo strike af fair yesterday. The procession formed t Labor Temple at Fifteenth and Dodge street, at 9 o'clock, proceeded north aa tar ae Casa, west to Sixteenth, south on Stx- tecnth to Farnam, thence east to the Union Pacific headquarters on Ninth and after a circle north again ended at the temple. The officials and clerks at headquartera 'were Interested spectators. General Man ager Dickinson and Superintendent Mc- Keen both viewing the line of march from , windows of the building, tut President Burt was at the shops at thn time and could ;aot witness the demonstration. Foar Hundred and Ninety. .. i .tmt count strikers say there were 40 men In, line, exclusive of the platoon of police, apportioned as fellows: Band from Musicians' union, composed of 120; thirty union stage hande, 220 machin ists and helpers from Omaha and Council Bluff,; forty-one bollermakers and helpers and eighty blacksmiths and helpers. Some f the mechanics were from contract ahops ;jn the city. Officials say they could not count that many. Some of the banners carried in the parade aroused considerable adverse comment from pectatore. One bearing the drawing of a hog with the inscription, "This Is the man Who want ua to work by the piece," waa generally criticised. Other banners bore lnscrlntlons asking real . estate men and lawyers If they worked by the piece. These J created amusement, as it was generally re marked that real estate men and lawyera eould work no other way than by the piece. '..Other significant banners read: "Does Mr. Burt work by the piece T" "This strike la th fight of organised labor of the Trans Ulaslssippl agalnat piecework," and "Mr. Burt says conscientious preachers work by the piece." Tha next festivity In the shape of a . atrike benefit Is the game of ball this after- ' noon at Vinton Street park, between two nines of striker. Telegrapher la the City. Several of the Union Pacific telegrapher cave arrived In the city and will begin today . tbs consideration of local grlsvsnces. Their attains are not related, however, to the present atrlke and are not of a serious na ture. They are routine In character such that com up periodically. Goes from Bad t Worse. Always true of constipation. It begins - many maladies, but Dr. King's New Life " Tills cur or no pay. Only 28c. MILWAUKEE MEN HAVE MINES Tweaty-Thre Larky Wlaeoaelalaa a Their Way to Visit New V. Mexican Property. TJwenty-three men. most of them . from V 'sconsln. passed through the city Tuesday on thair way borne from the high region of the southern Rockies, nesr Tres Pledras, K M.. where they have mining Interests. , . The party Included the following: John J. Kroha of Milwaukee, assistant city passen ger agent of the Northwestern; Frank B. mimar rhioca. traveling passenger agent of the Rock leland; Charlea M.Taylor, Tres Pledras, mining engineer; Oust Blumenmai c w. Mavoard. C. J. Koehler and A. T. B Blessing, all of Milwaukee; Joseph Trilling of Cheboygsn. F. W. Meyer of Manitowoc, ' U. Habhegger and F. B. Weber of Water , town: Soren Johnson, H. C. Henke and O. ' t. u.n nr niadatone. Mich.: J. H. Ander on of Ogdensburg, Wis.; Otto Rosenfeld. Ti Kmiih and C. Peterson of Manistee, j Mich.: John Dlscher and W. F. Trukenblod Wis., and Daniel Bonxye of T,nnrt 111 Each member wore a badge, a small metal bucket full of gold la bas relief, below which appeared the name of the company. Mr. Habhegger reports that one Of me com Win mm is I aSaaaaaaaaalflrfllitiri HMdsu mm O T1 V SuUW Brewod from carefully selected barley and hop permitted to leave th brewery until properly aged. paay's (nines Is yielding silver at a rata of from 1200 to $300 to tha ton. Other mines In the district yield gold and copper in pay Ing Quantities. GETS BACK TO ITS OLD HOME Baffalo Blll'e Bl Shew Cornea Aaala to tke F eaea of Its Geaeela. At Omaha twenty years ago was or ganised a show which took to th homes of the east th first picture-groups of west ern characters, horses, prairie wagona. stage coaches, buffalo, elk and wild mus tangs, led by Colonel Cody, "Buffalo Bill," aided and abetted by Nate Salisbury, then a noted comedian. The Interest and excite ment then created was most Intense, as heretofore the denizens of the east were dependent upon the Catllns. Bsyard Taylors, army reports, aud traveled journalists for descriptions of the frontier, and .to the romancer, the Mayne Relds, Fenlmore Coopers and Ned Buntllnes for the romantle and picturesque depiction of the possible scenes, Incidents and atmosphere of pioneer life. It was a revelation to see an Indian on horseback, properly equipped; a cowboy tben a mythical peraonage, often confounded with the bandit or the rustler; the sturdy little mustang; the hardy Spanish-Arab, known as the broncho, with his wild an tics, his vicious tricks, requiring an ability In the rider so great that the description of the two In contest la Mark Twain' "Roughing It" waa so wonderful, so In conceivable, and so grotesque, that the great humorist was credited with sn elaatio imagination that drew this funniest of Im possibilities. So much was this the case that he found It necessary to publicly an nounce In tbe management's behalf that his description was a fact, that the horses were the genuine article, and their disposition and recalcitrant traits wsre painfully true, as he hsd "personally ridden on one of the equine dwvlla once for nearly half a minute, and then had realised the stability of terra flrma." It Is Just as true of life todsy as It wss then, but more exceptional, as the march of agricultural settlement and general prog ress have Invaded what waa once the great vacuum of the plains, that necessitated the atrenuous life depicted, until the Wild West's representatives are among the last of their kind. For so, the familiarity to many, which age brings should not In" the unthinking "breed contempt," but In In verse ratio should enhance the respect of the mature, and create renewed Interest In th young and the foreign population In the plctureaque presentation of an American epoch of the past. These reminiscent re marks are Justified by the fact that after a tour of the continent and a visit to the cen ters of civilization built on the Wild West's old-time range and hunting grounds, this original organization undertakes tba dis tant Journey to Europe to, on Its return, commence the beginning of the end. On Us vlstt "home" to the locale of Its Inception, where the requirements necessitated Its existence In reality, Buffalo Bill' Wild West and Ita lingering relics of ptonser history will find changed condition,, created by the great wave of commercial prosperity thst has obliterated old land marks to make way tor tbe march of local improvement. Now, as of old, the observant visitor will be Impressed by the genuineness, the vir ility, the grace, tha beauty, the ginger of the action, the wild dash of the commingled international horseman, form a aerie of stirring scenes that are a fit preliminary to the stately and perfect horsemanship of Colonel Cody, aa he sweeps forward to In troduce his mighty calvacade of the "Rough Riders of the World." When one sees the opening evolution of the Wild West our rloulum, he witnesses an animated picture that preceded by years, and even now ex cels In beauty the effectiveness of the klnet oscope, and can then go home satisfied, as raving seen something worthy of remem brance for a life time. A strong addition Is tbe pressnce of th United Bute life saving crew from the Atlantlo coast guard, beaded by Captain urant, witn tbe complete government at paratua. giving an Illustration of the res cue of shipwrecked persons 'by aid of the "breeches buoy." This Is a very educative and Instructive feature; a realistic repre sentation of tbe battle resulting In the cap ture of San Juan Hill will toe given, and tbe fifty new wild bucking bronchoa will keep tbe Interest keyed up. Two perform ances will be given at 2 and t p. m. tomor row and a parade In the morning. HIS LOAD SHIFTED BADLY loapmaker from . Sooth Omaha Has Dleaatroaa Cralse Aboat I'p towa Streets. W. M. Hlley. a South Omaha soaomakar. had tbe misfortune last night to get his cargo of proof spirit stored above the heavy load line. Badly listed to port, he made hla way p Into tha second-story naiiway or tne lodging house at 1810 Davenport street, but could not gain ad mlttance Into any of the apartments. While h waa speaking about thla he somehow capsized and came down the splintered pine steps on bis left ehesk. In much the manner that a straw hat blow away on tt edge down th street. Then he r mounted the stair and again brought up against the pavement. He was led to the doctor at the police station, wearing aa expression like a porterhouse steak, cut tbick. Beat Accept Coaaterreiie, For piles, skin diseases, sores, cuts. bruises, burns and other wound nothing tquaie uewurs witca Hasol Salv. Don't accept counterfeits. None genuine except Hewitt'. "I bare suffered since 1265 with protruding, bleeding plies and until r cently could Bnd no permanent relief,' ssys J. F . Oerall of St. Paul. Ark. "Finally I tried DeWltt's Witch Haael Salve, which soon completely cured me. FIRE RECORD, Laaadry at Carroll, Iowa. CARROLL. I.. July 29. (Special.) Fire early Monday moraine dsstrovad th dry belonging to B. H. Re I ft in the Brunsr ouuatng on Aasms street. Tbe plant w valued at 81.000. Insurance $500. The orlgl ws in oi in nre is unknown, but thought to the work of an Incendlarv. It u be rious hardship to Mr. Relff. as he will have to Duy an new machinery, and besldi there Is not a vacant hulldlna in t Only through th effort, of the fir eom pany waa th large furnltur establish msni oi noooring et eon ana tn Implement building of Woodward Bros savsd. FFAIRS AT S0UTI1 0MAI1A Caroline Drisoall Claim Has finally Been Fall Paid Up. KNOCKED ABOUT IN COURTS FOR YEARS City Once Had Ckaaee to Settle, hat Dlda't. aad tke Reealt Proved Coatly la tko Lobb Boa. The Catherine Drlscoll claim bas been settled, the last psyment by the city hav ing been made at noon yesterday. This claim has been In th council and la the court ever since 1896 and ha cost the city large sum of money In Intereat and costs. Last year when the levy waa made the tim of $1,718 waa appropriated on the claim and on Monday night the council closed the account by appropriating $l,8l, making total of $3,604, which the city paid for a Judgment amounting to $2,600. In th splng of 1896 Catherine Drlscoll. then quite an old woman, slipped on the sidewalk and sustslned Injuries. A claim for damage waa filed with the city, but before the matter waa seriously considered by the city officials Mr. Drlseoll moved to Neola, la., where she shortly afterward died. Before her death she wss visited by ooutn Omaha attorney, who purchased her claim against the city for $400. The money we paid and the transfer of the claim duly recorded at the court house tn Omaha. Then the holders of the claim, Tom Hoctor and A. L. Sutton, proceeded to round up the city council and endeavored to secure a settlement. Tbe council wa Hllng, but Dr. En, or, who was then mayor, waa not willing, and he placed his vsto oa tbe resolution, directing the city clerk to draw warrants qn the Judgment fund for the amount. This action on the part of Ensor caused strained relation between the mayor and eouncil for some time, but Ensor stood his ground. Then there wa aaotber trial and Judgment rendered against the city. This was followed by mandamus proceed ings, brought by Sutton and Hoctor. who were tben acting for Mary Madden, to whom the claim had been assigned. Finally the case waa taken to the supreme court and In the course of time a decision wa handed down affirming the Judgment of the lower court. This was In tbe fall of 1900 and in the summer of 1901 the first payment was made. Just five years after the original claim had been filed. Testsrday'a payment by th city close the Incident a far aa tbe city 1 concerned. Inqaeat oa Jodelt aad Seykora. A coroner' Jury held a cession at Brew er's undertaking rooma yesterday and list ened to testimony regarding the death Sat urday afternoon of Herman Jodelt and Jo seph 6eykora. Six witnesses were ex amined, the moet Important being John Henry Loechner and hi son, Dr. William Henry Loechner. Both testified that be fore the work of digging the new cesspool commenced boards and fence poet were secured for the purpose of bracing the walls of the well, while the excavating waa going on. Mr. Loechner testified that he Instructed the men to use the bracing oa account of the soft condition of the ground. This tbey neglected to do. The statements of tbe Loechners were substantiated by other witnesses oui the Jury brought In a verdict to tho effei; Jodelt and 6y- kor came to ih-rtr dfeth a the re.tlt of their own carolotatmsa. The fv.noral of Jodelt was held yesterday sfternoon. Inter ment being at Laurel Hill cemetery. , Mayor Koatakya Dilemma. , Mayor Koutaky Is la a position where he haa dog to ell. Just now hi kenuel con tain twenty-nine dog of various Meeds, colors and sizes. The mayor did not dls cover how rich he was In canine stock until yesterdsy, when he was engaged In signing warrants for claims. Then he found that there I not money enough In the dog fund to pay the poundmaeter. Unless about half of the dogs now tn the pound are re deemed within a day or two either the poundmsster er the city will get stuck. Tbe mayor is figuring on holding a public auction of tbe curs now oa hand In order to raise enough money to settle with Pound master McOUI. Crosswalks Ordered. Crosswalka have been ordered laid as follows: Twenty-sixth and O streets Twenty-fifth and E. Twenty-sixth and E, Nineteenth and I, and Nineteenth and Ml sour! avenue. These walks will be laid Just as soon aa posslbls. The street and lley committee has a list of a number of crosswalks that ar badly la need of repairing and this work will be done Just a soon a the street force can get around to It. About a dozen men ar now employed a th street gang, but repair to th streets takes up most of the time of the fore Just now, leaving little time for side walk or street crossing repair. Bids for Sewer. Following the Instructions of the city council the clerk will at once advertise tor bids for the laying of a twelve Inch sewer la tbe alley between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets from P to O streets This sewer district bas been created by or dinance and property owners in thla dis trict desire thst the sewor be completed before cold weather cornea. A number of new houses are being erected la thla lo cality, hence the demand for a sewer. Kot Seriously Iajared. Miss Charlotte Jensen, who fell from a street car near Twenty-fourth and D streets Monday night. Is still at th South Omaha hospital. Th nurse In charge statsd yes terdsy afternoon that Miss Jensen wa conscious and from th indication, at that time waa not aerloualy Injured. She will however, be compelled to remain at tbe hoapltal for several days yst. Miss Jensen restdss at Twenty-eighth and B etreets. Officer Altstadt Complains. Charles Altstadt, the police officer In charge of prisoners sentenced to work oa the streets, was lonesome yesterday after noon, aa be had nothing' to do. He only bad one prisoner aislgned to the streets and aa this man waa sick Altstadt was worrying about how be waa going to get the weeds cut. In some portion of tbe city the weed ar so thick that sidewalks aro almost Impassable, and the suggestion ha been mad that th city employ about tea men for a period of a week la order to get tbe weed cut before another spell of et weather sets In. Very few prisoners have been oa tbe street gang lately and so little In the weed cutting line has beea accomplished. Resident ar also com plaining about th tall weeds and It Is possible that some arrangements will be made te secure men to do this work. Ma-le City Gossip. There la quite a demand here at th preaent time lor grading teams. A aon haa been born to Mr. and Mrs Swan Iarsen, Twenty-second and O streets The Qerman-Amertcan Democratic rlub la already holding merlin, and preparing tor me tail campaign. The claim of R. J. 8utcllff against the city for personal Injuries la for IU.000 and r.ot Il.Mu aa previously printed. An ordinance ta to be drafted for tbs laying of a aldewalk on the north aide of Z atreet from Seventeenth to i wenty-nrat street. Ed Urea waa sentenced to thirty days on the vred-cuttlng gang by Judge King yes terday. IJcea waa arrested for abusing hi, family. Mayor Koutaky elrned the warrant, or dered Issued by tne council yesterday. Those whose claim were allowed may l secure their warranto by applying at the office of the city clerk. Six saloon keepers will appear before udsre King today to explain why they ept thl places or business open on nun sv after the mayor had ordered them Used. Rev. O. Ilendrlrkson. ftastor of the Danish and Norwegian Lutheran church. Ill open a rellaloue school st Twenty- ninth and T on August 4. The term will be one month. J. J. Fltsroberts. brother of John Flts- roberts, wss operated on st thn Methodist hospital yeetorday for appendicitis. Dr. Thomaa Kelly of South Omaha and lr. onaa or Dm, ha performed the operation. set night Mr. Fltsroberts was reetina easily. Henry Mies Is of the opinion that he hss first-class smateur base ball team. Ha was In the city yesterday looking for a mstch with the Jetter team or any of tha packlna hnune teams. Any of the man ager of South Omaha teams desiring to accept the challena-e may communicate with Mr. Mies at Eighteenth ana Vinton streets. SUITS AGAINST POLICEMEN I'aloa Paclfle Shop Employes Aak Daiaeges for Arreat aad IaaprlaoBBseat. The damage suit against five policemen. forecasted la an Interview given ' The Bee last Friday by Judge Joha N. Baldwin, at torney for the Union Pacific road, has ma terialised, la district court petitions have been filed by local attorney In behalf of Henry J. O'Kane aad Sylvester F. Sweeney, each of whom asks $1,000 for false Impris onment la th city Jail the night of July 24 on a charge of vagrancy. O'Kane namea defendants. Junior Captain Thomaa Hayes, th American Bonding and Trust company of Baltimore, his surety, and Officer Wil liam T. Devereese, W. O. Dunn and M. J. McNamara. Swesney names Hayes and Officer Michael McCarthy. In their petitions tbey allege .that they were humiliated by being taken through the streets In a patrol wagon and that after the Jail wa reached they were not permitted to telephone their friend. DEATH RECORD. Joka W. It oss. WASHINGTON. July 29,-John W. Ross. for twelve year a member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Co lumbia, died here at an early hour this morning after a lingering illness. He vn born June 28, 1841, at Lewlstoa, Fultoa county. III. Graduating at Harvard uni versity, be wss admitted to the bar of Illinois In January, 1866, and practiced law In Lewlstoa up to 1871, and for the laat four year of that period wae a member t the Illinois legislature. He removed to Washington In 1873, where he bae since remained. Ha wa appointed poatmaater of the district in 1888, which office he held until appointed, In 1890, by President Har rison, as the democratic member of the board of district commissioners. He wss prominent In educational work and waa one of the most populsr men who has ever been a member of the district's govern ment. Four children survive, Lieutenant Tenny Roes. U. S. A.; Lee Ross, Miss Mildred Varnum Ross and Miss Oeorgetta Res. The funeral will be held at the church of th Covenant, Thursday, and the re main will then be taken to Lewlstoa, III., Mr. Roes' former home. Retleeat to the Knd. BLAIR, Neb., July 29. Lou Toung. a horse trainer, who worked- tor William Bryant In Blair, -died at the home of Mr. Bryant oa Friday evening. He would not talk of his relative or. where tbey lived until almost his last moments, whea he called for his brother, but . would not con sent for htm to be telegraphed for. The only' clue left ' were two letters, dated March, 1898, one from' Dora Young, Sedan, Kan.,, and the other from Etta Toung, La Crosse, Kan. Th letters referred to a brother Frank- of Rush county, Kansas, and two brothers. George and Will, of Wichita. Mr. Bryant telegraphed, but could get Do answer, and the body will be burled hero. He was about 32 year old. Captain Matthias Kaable. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., July 29. Captain Mat thias Knable, for more than half a cen tury a steamboat captain on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, died at the home of relatives tn this city today, aged 75 The first .large steamer that ever carried a cargo north ot this point, Omaga, was commanded by him and wa sunk near tbe present site of Nebraska city, early in the '60,. He owned and operated steam boat between this city and St. Louis. Theodore Reder, Rapid City. ONAWA, la., July 29. (Special Tele gram.) Theodor Reder, for many year a nromlnent and well known citizen oi Onawa, died yesterdsy on the Reder ranch, twelve miles from Rapid City, 8. D., aged 61 years. He went to the Hills first In 1877. Mrs. D. M. Hoaa-laad, Hastlaaa. HASTINGS. Nsb., July 29. (Special.) Mrs. D. M. Hoagland, who haa been a real dent of Adams county for many years, died yesterday afternoon. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning from tbe Methodist church. Two Deaths la Osf Cooaty. BEATRICE. Neb., July 29. (Special.) Mrs. Alberta MUUr Ballenberger, residing nsar Plokrell, this county, died Sunday and wa burled yestsrday. Miss Edna Oal- brttt, aged J4, a resident ot this city, died yesterday. Rev. Joha M, Crocker Dead. MANCHESTER. Ia., July 29. (Special Telegram.) Rev. Joha M. Crocker died to day, aged 60 years. Hs waa for several year chaplain of the penitentiary at Ana moss. Prlaeo OaroassosT. PARIS. July 29. Prlac Oureuiioff. Rus sian ambassador to Fraoc, dlsd today. J. Watte, Jockey, LONDON, July 29. J. Watts, th Jockey, Is dead. HYMENEAL. Aathoo-Roberta. FREMONT, Neb.. July 29. (Special.) Mlas Llztts Roberts ef this city and J. Anthon ot Sioux City, Ia., were married yestsrdsy at th reildence of tbs bride's sister, Mrs. Chlttsndea, on Georgia avenue, The bride bas been Interested in a musle store In this city for several yeara and Is aa aecompllshsd musician. Mr. Anthon la a livestock dealer, living nsar Sioux City, Tbey will take a wedding trip to the Pacific coast. Seherbacaer-Braarhle. HASTINGS. Neb.. July 29 (Special.) Rev. Julius Schsrbacasr of Waitsrn, Nsb. and Mtss Anna M. Brauchls of Hsstlngs were married at t o'clock this afternoon at the home of the bride's parents In thla city. The ceremony wss performed by tbs bride iauivr, vai. si. orauchl of th German Evsngellcal church. Kawskle-Mlller. PAPILLION. Nsb., July 29. (Spsclal.) Joha Kewskte aad Mis Lissie Miller were married this zooming by Key. HohlseL NEW BOORS AND MAGAZINES Booker T. Washiagton's LtUit Book on Cbaraotor Building. "ON A DONKEY'S HURRICANE DECK" Fredertek Trevor Hill's Jew Xovel Deala with Modera Baslaess Mea aad Their Methods Bdaeatloaal Rooks. Booker T. Wsshlngton Is out with a new book entitled "Character Building." Many of Mr. Washington's friends think that the best literary work that he has done Is the Sunday evening talks to the students xot Tuskegee Institute, which he Is In the habit or delivering each week when he is at home, a custom he has followed for a num ber, of years. Ia fact, when tbe college employed only two or three teachers. Pa tience, thrift. Industry, promptness, relia bility, honesty, simplicity, perseverance, courage these and like virtues are de scribed and commended In esey, coloqulal language. He deal frankly with special weaknesses of the negro race. He throws Into his work bis whole moral nature and many of these addressee rise to eloquence. They are all earnest and they show the constructive quality of bis mind. It Is a valuable book and will make a useful edi tion to any library. Publtebed by Double day, Page Co. "On a Donkey' Hurricane Deck," by R. Pitcher Woodward (Pythagora Pod) Is an Interesting book telling tbe experience ot a "tempestuous voyage of 4,096 mile, across the American continent on a burro tn 340 days and two hours," starting with out a dollar and earning his way. The book Is divided into two parts. Part I Is by Pye Pod and describes In a luminous and Interesting manner his Journey from Madison Square to Chicago. He has a tough time of tt, that's sure. There Is al ways something doing when the donkey 1 around. Part II i by Pye Pod and Mao A'Rony (the donkey) and the additional ex periences aa told by the donkey certainly enliven the story. Mac A'Rony tells how their trouble multiplied as Pod attempted to bring him from Council Bluffs to Omaha In a wheelbarrow, among other things his tall becoming wound up In the axle, pulling htm out of the -wheelbarrow. The author thus apologlzea for some ad venture being omitted "because the don key ate my notes he ate everything in eight, and did not discriminate between a comic poster and a traglo diary." Mao A'Rnoy says: "There are four distinct distances across the American contlpent, viz.: Three thousand miles as the crow files, 8,600 as the train steams, 4.000 by overland trail for a man and 1,000,000 miles as a donkey goes." Also that "there are more people who descend to the level of a Jackass than donkeys that rise to the plane of man." He also declares the trip was more healthful to Pod than him. Published by J. H. Blanchard company. Frederick Trenor Hill in bis latest novel, "Tbe Minority," deala with modern bus iness men and their methods. The story opens 'a tbe machine factory of John Ken nard's 8ons. John Kennard 3d, grandson of the original founder. Is In sole charge. He Is about 35 years of age and has mado a remarkable success of the business. Ken nard meets a modern promoter by the name ot Harlan, who I engaged In floating a great trust of all the machine companies and who needs the co-operation ot Kennard to complete his work. Th etory deal with the methods used by Harlan to Induce Kennard to become a party to the trust Tbe love Interest of the story Is brought about through Kennard falling tn love with Harlarn's daughter, who, learning of her father's scheming against Kennard, attends aa Important meeting of stockholders, dl puttng her father's authority, and succeeds In turning everything in Kennard's favor Vivid descriptions are' given of the horse show; of the Grand Central depot on a wet day, ot the little church around-tbe-corner, of the charity ball, of Fifth avenue's Sun day psrade, of Broadway at the high tide of traffic, of the six-o'clock home rush, of the crush at the bridge and other charac teristic scenes In the city ot New York. Published by Frederick A. Stokes company, "Told by the Death's Head," by Mauru Jokal, Is certainly a story ot a riotous im agination if there ever was one. Yet It draws and keeps the attention from begin nlng to end. The author In the preface ac counts for the story by once seeing a skull enclosed In a casket bearing the "burden of twenty-one mortal sins the seven orlg Inal trebled." He asks. "What If the skull could defend Itself f" and relatee what was told him by the death' head In the form of a very romantic story. The scene of "Told by the Death' Head la laid in Coblents, 1688, when the French were bombarding the fo-tres,. Th Oer mans hsd in their rank aa artillerist. Hugo, whose business it was to hurl shell. bomb and flrepots at the enemy. Hugo I found to be a traitor. He I stretched on the rack and makes an exceedingly long confession of twenty-two crimes. Hs tells with great glee of the Innumerable charac ters ne aas assumed. He baa been a scoundrel In Europe, Asia and Africa. Finally he 1 condemned to be shot, and with his execution the story conoludes. Published by the Saalfleld Publishing Com pany. mere is hardly a more Impressive or drsmatlc episode In the bible thaa the feast ot Belshaszer and the "writing on the wall," which foretold the doom ot the arrogant Babylonlaa monarch. With this exciting scene as a background William Stearns Davis has written a story of In terest entitled "Belshazzar." It opens with ths arrival at Babylon of the Prln cess Atossa, daughter ot Cyrus, king ot Persia, who, for reasons of state, but against her. will, Is to be the bride of Bel shszzar. She Is escorted by Darius, future king of Persia, who loves her, and whose affection Is reciprocated. Another couple whose true love does not run smooth Is presented In Isslah, a young Jew of Baby Ion, and Ruth, daughter of the Propbe Daniel, who himself, of eourss, plays leading role In the exciting events that culmlnats In the tsklng of tbs city by Cyrus and Darius and the downfall of the arrogant and perfidious Belahatzar. The capture of the palace while tempssta of wa and ot ths element rage about It 1 In tenaely dramatic and well handled. Bel sbazzsr, with a few faithful follower de fends himself with kingly vslor to ths last, and thea, rather thaa fall Into the enemy's hsnda, slays himself. It Is a nota bis work, both strong and vigorous. It it published by Doubleday, Page Co. Tbe readers of The Illustrated Bee nee no Introduction to Frank G. Carpenter, a hi exceptionally Interesting article of hi foreign travela which have been appearln In It for ,o long hav csused us to admlra thla wonderfully gifted writer. Our school ars now to rscelve the benefit of his foreign trsvels la a book entitled, "Carpenter Geographical Europe." The book Is to be used with the seoprsnbles as sip;!entary reading. Ws bavs never aeen a more at tractive, and even faacinatlng book thaa this. It Is an admirable and highly sue eessful attempt to cloths with flesh and blood tbs skeleton ot geographical fact and to make the countries of Europe a llv lag whole la the minds et th pupils. It Is m wm sew Something for Mothers to Think About EVERY CHILD born into the world with an Inherited or early developed tendency to distressing, disfiguring humours of the skin, scalp, and blood, becomes an object of the most tender solicitude, not only because of its suf fering but because of the dreadful fear that the disfigura tion is to be lifelong and mar its future happiness and prosperity. Hence it becomes the duty of mothers of such afflicted children to acquaint themselves with the best, the purest, and most effective treatment available, viz., THE CUT1CURA TREATMENT. Warm baths with ConcuRA Soap, to cleanse the sWn of crusts and scale and soften the thickened cuticle, gentle anointings with Cuticlra Oint ment, to instantly alia itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, to be followed In the severer- cases by mild doses of Ccticlra Resol vent Pills (see below), to cool and cleanse the blood, are all that can be desired for the alleviation ot the suffering of skin-tortured infants and children and the comfort of worn-out, worried mothers. A single set coste Ing al.00 Is often sufficient to cure when the best physicians fall. Millions of Women Use Cuticura Soap Amrtrted by Ctmccaa OnrrMBirT. for preserving, purifvln, and beautlflns tha ,k1n, for cleanalng ths eralp of rniU, srales, aad dandruff, and the (topping of fulling hair, for aorteomg, wniietiine, sna soowinr rwn, ronin, and rhaHngt, la the form et balti, for annoying or offenalve peraplration, In th form of waiihe, for iik-eraave weakneee, aad for many sanatlrs, sntlceptlo purpose, which readily iuigeM Uiemaelve, to women, eapeclallj mothers, and for all the purpose, of the toUet, baiii, and nunery. CVnutraA Kam.vwrr Ptul (Chocolate Coated) are prepared to meet the wants of women and children, and are pure, aweet, taatele, and odorles,. They are beyond ques tion the moat noeeaaful sktu and blood pnrtnars and humour cares yet oompounded, and especially appeal to all baring the cars ox enuarsn. CTievsi Rms tTSS. ChrttrkM am, w nM thmskral fh wM Bor, Ste.. OiTlT. .. Pti.u. tV. BrtStfc Itopata n . LraSM. Trtmtk DfMli S it Fl, rrU. fSTrsa Cue OasM. Omm M.U.S.A. AUsUetoa.S,aS Utitrtn. based entirely upon the recent personal ob servations of the author and Is therefore up-to-date In all its descriptions. It takes the children themselves on a personally conducted tour from the time they start. giving a description of tbe ship and voyage through every part ot Europe and points out all the most Important placea and things, tbe subjects being chosen both with due regard to child-Interest, and at the same time to Instruction. While It gives adequate attention to the scenic side of the lands visited, it la also essentially practical In Its discussion of commercial and Industrial topic. It de vote more space to manufacture than to mountains, more to shipping thaa to scen ery, and emphasise the artisan a well aa th artist. The reasona for th growth of cities aad countries, due to their geograph ical positions and their natural resources, are clearly and adequately given, and ths scholar sees both how and why Venice ha become great through Ita trade with the east and Budapest has become the Mlnne- polls of the continent. The human side of tbe subject Is full) treated, many of the picture being chosen especially to show the customs, costumes and tndustriea of the. people. The whole treatment 1 In keeping with the progre,- tve and practical spirit of the age and we can most highly commend the volume to all teachera who are looking tor a sensible, sufficient and satisfactory geographical reader. Published by American Book com pany. The Century ' Magaslne is about to print a serial which will have an especial Inter est to people who are at home on th prairie. It Is called "The Biography of a Prairie Olrl," and the author I Eleanor Gates, a young woman who spent ber child hood in Dakota and who thua writes from the closest personal observation. The time of Miss Gates' story Is about twenty five yeara ago; It 1 put In the form of a personal narrative ot the life of a Ilttlo girl and there I hardly a phase or event of prairie life which Is not touched upon tn these page, the bllard, breaking colt, bore stealing by Indiana, school day on the frontier, fighting gophers end badger, cattle raising and other typical phases of hardship or prosperity. It 1 not a novel, but the same character ap pear and reappear In the story with a reality which Impresses the reader with confidence In the truth of tbe narrative. The Biography of a Prairie Girl" will begin tn th August number of The Century and It will be illustrated. We are receipt of another school text book from Olnn ft Co., entitled "Tree In Prose and Poetry," compiled by Ger trude L. Stone and M. Grace Flckett, In tructor tn the Western State Normal and Training school, Gorbam, Me. In th compilation of this book It has been the aim to present in the form ef a supple mentary reader for advanced grade th best literature legendary, historical and fanciful that haa beea Inspired by our common tree. Th book la annotated and contain an outline tor "tree study sadly adaptable to any grad, titles of many supplementary selections and a long list of historical American trees. These book csn be purchased of tbe Megeath Stationery Co., 1108 Farnam street. THE REALTY MARKET. INSTRUMENTS placed on record Tuesday, juiyzv: 'Warranty Deeds. N. B. Dike, admlnlstrstor, to Hugh Mr-Ciffrev. w 7U feet lots 11 and 1Z. block 8. aubdlv of J. I. Kedlck'a add. I 800 N. 8. Dike et al to ssme, same 8 A. C. Job, and wife to Jane M. flnow. lot S. block w. lot 4 ana ntt lot ft block 12. Bouth Omihl 1 Jane M. Snow to Herman Seal, lot S. block 8. south umana vni Byron Reed company to R. W. Mul- Una, lot I, diock z, isi eaa to saouni Douglas 750 A. W. Street and wife to Bryn Mawr college, a 44 leet lot , diock m, Omaha 1 p. J. Vette to M. A. Darr, n i'tt acres In neV4 ne4 nw4 8-la-ll Z.800 Rumsey Baling to Prank Barrlck, lots snd z, diock lz, eaiing s aaa to cia- orn M C. F. Shaw to Ella R. Shaw, a 84 feet lot 13. block 3, Hanacpm nsce i J. P. Ssrkett snd wife to J. C. Selden, n So leet lot iu, oiora n. ssme i.vv William Salisbury to C. A. Vrmll- Ilun, lot 42. block . Jerome park.... 8.400 W. R. Miller to Maggie J. Dletrlck, n 44 feet lot 43. Reesr Place 800 A. P. Tukey end wife to W. F. Allen, lot 23. block 14, and lot 2, block 12, Clifton Hill 1 David Beckett to Joaeph Garlow, lot 6, block 137, South Omaha 750 Qelt Claim Deeds. B. A. Jones and wife to Mens John son, s 22 feet of nM feet lot 48, Val ley 1 Deeds. Sheriff to Randolph Savings bank, lot 7, block 3b4. umsn 1.400 8.438 600 8.8U Special master to aryn Mawr college, e 44 feet lot t, block 123, Omaha .... J. C. Cobb and wife to J. C. Cobb et al. trustee,, lots 2 to 6, block 6a, Ben son Sheriff to Dsvld Adler Sons Cloth ing company, lot 1,' Johnson's add (except s 80 feet Figprune Cereal Taste like Coffee Better than Coffee. The secret tbe perfect hleotling and roastiof of fruit and grain. BOLD BY ALL QROCJsRf mi worm mbih, ior iuj rnm, iK.uinis t Irritation, aad Inflammation,, or loo free i Largest assortment tn city. Extra part of all kinds. Also a full line ot table ten nis sets 11.00 to $10.00. AnONERY ( STARTS' BRIDGE INQUIRY OTrefi Puts Life Into Moribund Move Uonoarniuj m 27stigaw0ui DEMANDS THAT SOME ACTION BE TAKEN Complains that Coantalaaloaer Hav Icaored Coanty Engineer la Con atractlon aad that Troabla Has Resulted Therefrom. Chairman O'Keeffe and . Members Con nolly and Harte of the bridge committee ot the Board ot County Commissioner, ar de liberating over th Investigation of the bridge built for the county at the poor farm.' Robert Z. Drake's company, the Standard. charged 814,822.69 for tha bridge and O'Keeffe think the price wa much too high, point ing for argument to one on the Elkhorn con taining twice a much Iron and better, but costing only $4,600. He moved an Investiga tion some time ago and Connolly seconded the motion with a show of enthuslssm. saying that he hoped such probing would finally hush the incessant complaining and dark, hinting, but the Investigators have never been chot-en and yesterdsy O'Keeffe hoarded the members of the committee Into the private room off the commissioners' cham ber and suggested that they get down to buainsss. They talked until noon without "getting together" and tben adjourned to try It again later. It Is understood that the other members of the committee pro posed Scott King, John W. Towle and Hugh Carpenter for investigators, but that O'Keeffe demurred, arguing that County Engineer Edquist, City Engineer Rosewater and Former County Engineer J. E. House were the proper one. It 1 surmised that tbs fact that Mr. Towle represents a bridgs company, and that all bridge com panies ar more or less closely allied in Interests, may have had something to do with O'Keeffe' attitude. Coanty Engineer Igsored, "For the last four or five years," O'Keefe said, "the county engineer has been Ignored too much la this matter of bridge and ewer. Th commissioner have been tak ing the matter entirely In their own hand and making contracts without estimating with any considerable care. They com plained recently that some ot tbe sewers were Inadequate during the rains. Well, no wonder. Tba board members drive out In a buggy to the place where a culvert should be, sit In their seats and determine the re quirements at long range. Instead ot having careful figuring on the amount of drainage that properly reaches tbe place ta time of rain, and from this determining tbe else of the sewer, they atop the horse at the (Id of the road, glsnce over the country and one of them saya 'two feet.' Another one will say 'six feet,' and finally they'll compromise on four feet. Perhaps tbe dlmsosion should hav beea eight feet. When the rain come the sewer chokes, its extremities hav been neglected and give wsy, and sewers sre condemned. When I wss a member of the bosrd twelve years ago I put In a nins-foot sewer oa the Center street road for 814 per foot, ' nd It' there yet, tn perfect condition. Build a sewer lsrge enci'gh to begin with, use a good cement and give It mouth oc casional attention and there will be no trouble at all. But the board haa been doing Its own planning. Ignoring county engineers to such extent that one of them quit, and the result Is sppsrent now In the damaged ducts, twenty of which must hav Immediate attention to save them." Tbe matter comes up before the bosrd at Wednesday's meeting. The commlsslonsro will go over tbe county again tbe last of this week. New Uerm Dastroyer. Dr. King's New Discovery kills consump tion end grip germs. Cures coughs, cold and lung trouble or no pay. 80c, 81. ia la