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3 CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA. TIIE OMAnA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1003. CTFfplf)p (7)) X V ( COUNCIL MOVE INTO MERCK HOSPITAL New Building Erected by the Sisteri it How Beady for Occupasej. FORMAL DEDICATION COMES LATER St. Bernard's U to Be 1'sed la tne rtnr Solely for laMtl Patients, of Whom Thert Are New On II a nil red and Slaty-Three. The New Mercy hospital, ' erected by the (Inters in charge of St. Bernard's hospital, Will be occupied today, when the work of removing the fifty-six patients from St. Bernard's to the new building will begin. The Mercy hospital will be used entirely for surgical cast's and private patients, while Et. Bernard's will be retained for the care of the Insane, of whom there are at pres ent 163. The new hospital Js considered one of the most complete Institutions of Its kind in the went. Although the work of removing the patients Into the new building will begin today, the hospital will not be opened to the publlo until May 24, when the formal dedication, with Impressive services, will be held. The first religious services will be held In the new hospital Friday morning, when mass will be said by Rev. Father Smyth of 8t. Francis Xavler's church. Rooms In the new hospital have been furnished1 by S. T. McAtee, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Maurer and B. A. Wtckham of this city and Dr. Condon of Humphrey, Neb. The new Mercy hospital represents an outlay of about $60,000 alone for the build ing, Irrespective of the furnishings, which will cost several thousand dollars more. numbing and heating. Btxby A Son. DODGE CONGRATULATES CITY Expresses Pleasure at Caraearle Gift ad Prompt Action by the City Council. President Rohreir 'of the Council Bluffs free public library received a letter yes terday from General Qrcnville M. Dodge congratulating the city on securing an In creased donation from Mr. Carnegie for a library building. General Dodge also In closed a copy of his letter to Mr. Carnegie's private secretary, thanking Mr. Carnegie for Increasing his gift, which was evidently done at the urgent solicitation of General Dodge. The letter of General Dodge to Private Secretary Bertram, thanking Mr. Carnegie, follows: My Pear Sir: I have received a telegran from. Mr. M. F. Itohrer, president of the irrs fiuuuu nurmy, iuunt;ii diuiib, c&., notifying me of your response to mine and other letters, asking for an increase of the i conation to council niuns. mr. itonrrr started to go to his home at Fort Dodge. Informs me that they have received your After paying for hie ticket as far.as Coun letter and that the city council has passed , cu Bluffs he had only 40 cents left, and this a resolution guaranteeing 17,000, official j,e had ta spend on something to eat. The notification of which will undoubtedly reach police expect to secure the lad transporta- vou. I wish to express my heartiest and warm est thanks to Mr. Carnegl for his action In this matter, and to assure him that there is no one who appreciates this more than I do, especially as It comes from an old -eotm-ado m ralisoad work, .and whose friendship I so greatly value, ' and which unavoidable circumstances have prevented my renewing, as much as I should like to. I know there Is no donation he has made to libraries that will be more far-teaching than this for Council Bluffs. I shall take great pleasure In doing what I can to see that this donation is carried out In tne line I know Mr. Carnegie would have It. It also pleases me to know that the money has already been voted by the city, which I think will be sufficient to purchase the site. Very truly yours, m ORENVILLE M. DODGE. Mr. Rohrer stated yesterday that nothing would be done toward the acquiring of a site for the building until after the city council had amended the recently passed ordinance so as to prcvlde for theMevylng of 7,000 annually to maintain the library, and official notice of same had been sent to and approved by Mr. Carnegie. N. T. Plumbing Co., fetophone 621 Gravel rootling. A. H. Bead, 126 Main St. MATTERS BEFORE COUNCIL Library and Electric Conduit Ordl ances ; Scheduled for Action at Meeting. At (he session of the cfty council tonight two Important matters will come up for ao tlon at the hands of the aldermen. One will he the amending of the ordinance passed last Monday guaranteeing the levy ing of at least 15.000 to maintain the pub lie library so as to make the amount $7,000, the latter amount being the condition ou which Mr. Carnegie Increased his donation from tr0,O0O to 170,000 for a public library tmlldlng. The other important matter to come be fore the council will be the ordinance re quiring the placing of all electric wires In underground conduits within a prescribed area In the ceuter'of the city. It Is said the ordinance will be passed, as the Judiciary committee to which the matter was referred has secured from the Ne braska Telephone company its acceptance of the conditions requiring it to furnish the city room In its conduits for the wires of the municipality's fire and police alarm systems. The proposed ordinance, which has been redrafted since the last meeting rf the city council, provides that tho en '.ults co ordered shall be constructed and i'l opera tion by the fall of 1!'04. The oruinance In cludes besides the wires of the telephone company those of the telegraph and elec tric light companies and the feed wires of the motor company within the area desig nated. Another Healing Steve Free. f The first heating stove given by Wllltroi Wtlch to his coal eustomera was awarded to the Christian home. Another has been put up on the same plan, and during the next thirty days will be given away free to one of his customers. Before ordering your coal call at 1 Nor'a Main street or phone 128. Examinations la the Schools. The first semester of the school year In the publlo schools of Council Bluffs will close this week. , Today, Tuesday and Wednesday will be devoted to examinations and promotions will be announced Thurs day and Friday. While there will be the usual promotions In the gradea, there will be but few changes of pupils from one building to another, except In the Wsshing ton avenue school, where about seventy pupils will be promoted from the eighth- LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN. X Pearl a... Council Bluffs. 'Phone It. BLUFFS. second grade to the ninth grade and will be transferred to the High school. MIOK SIE!TIOS. Davis sells drugs. For rent, modern house, 719 Sixth Ave. Expert watch repairing, Lerrert, 4)9 Bway. Officer Is selling dwellings cheap. 4l B y. Wanted, good rook. Apply at 203 Story street, corner Third street. The Woman's club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dalley. Reduction sale on framed and unfrnmed pictures. C. K. Alexander & Co., 833 Bway. Wanted, at once, boy with pony to carry Bee route. Apply at the ottlce, 10 Pearl street. The Ideal club will meet Tuesday after noon at the retddence of Mrs. Metealf on Bluff street. We are headquarters for glass of all kinds. Bee us before you buy. C. B. Paint, Oil and Ulasa Co. The Oakland Avenue Reading club will meet Friday afternoon at the residence of Mm. Flnley Burke. The regular meeting of Fidelity council, Rnyal Arcanum, will be held this evening. Walter T. Payne of Denver Is visiting hit parents on Avenue A. Ben Hendricks In the seemingly ever popular "Ole Olson played to an audience at the New theater last night which tilled ' eonatlon of Ole has lost none of Its clturm, Judging from the reception tendered him last night. Deputy Sheriff Blnger of Montesuma, la., placed Alvln Klsenberg for safekeeping In the county Jail yesterday between trains. IMsenberg was recently arruatea in toio- rada ion a charge of criminal -JisauU said I to have been committed liF Poweshiek county nearly four years ago. Henry Matson was arrested yetrday, charged with the theft of an overcoat be longing to Floyd Lowrey from a Broad way restaurant Saturday evening. The coat was recovered from a second-hand store yesterday by the police, where K is alleged Matson disposed of It for II. A sneak thief secured about twenty pocketknlves and a small sum of money from the Cole-Brelsford company's store on Main street Saturday night. The theft is believed to have been committed by boys who climbed a ladder and gained access to the building through a rear window In the second story. The annual election of the Council Bluffs Trades and Labor assembly will be held I Friday night. K. B. Gardiner of the 'ipo- uraiihlcal union, who has held the office of preoldent for two years, Is a candidate for re-election. John Heable of the cigar makers' union is also a prominent candi date for the office. Mrs. Robert Rltche, whose home at 1712 Avenue K, was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon, as a result is not only left home less, but almost destitute. AIL her be'ong lngs were burned. Temporary shelter for Mre. Rltche and her thre small children at 103 Broadway was obtained by friends yesterday. Mrs. Hitches husband died a few weeks ago, since when she has sup ported her family by washing. . The petit Jury in the district court has been summoned for today one week earlier than arranged for at the opening of the term. The first Jury case on the assign- i ment is that of the McCormlck Harvesting Machine Company against Harcourt. The trial of Lewie Seldon and Wayne Shoup, the barber and porter on the Northwestern Union limited passenser train charged with robbing a railroad detective, is spe cially assigned for Tuesday. Howard Eldrldse. a brleht and manly 10- year-old boy, Is stranded In the city, and is being cared for by the police at the city Jail. The led has been working for a far- mer near Red Oak and Saturday evening tlon to his home today. William Ellsworth of Taylor, la., aged 61 years, died at an early hour yesterday morning at the home of his brother, J. A. Ellsworth, 1020 Sixth avenue, lie leaves a wife, two eons and two daughters.' Mr. Ellsworth was a member of the Odd Fel-1,-iwa Modern- Woodmen of America and 'Masonic fraternal organisations. The re mains will be taken to Taylor today, wnere the funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon, under the direction of the Masonic lodge of Quick. The new Presbyterian Mission church on Eighteenth avenue, between Ninth and lentn streets, was opeena yesieruay aner noon with dedicatory services, conducted by Rev. W. 8. Barnes of the First and 'Harvey Hostetler of. the Second Presby terian churches of the city. The musical features of the services were In charge of the choir of the First church. The services at the mission w III be In charge or Jtu- dents from the Presbyterian Theological seminary In Omaha. CRANDALL DENIES SHOOTING Says He Can Prove an Alibi, bat Evidence Against Him is StronK. (From, a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. 18. (Special Tele gram.) An effort wae made today to secure from Stephen Crandall, In Jail at Adel, his statement of bis connection with the shoot ing of Harry Pattee at Perry. Crandall denied any connection with the affair and claimed he could prove an alibi. He said his wife and father and other members of the family would testify that he was at horn all that night. Parties vUlted the Crandall home, two miles from Perry. The wife, who Is ill, said she could not say whether Crandall was home all night. The father said Cran dall bad come Home at 7 o'clock and bad gone to bed tn a room by himBelf, but he could not say whether he was there all night Two women living in Perry state that they saw and recognised Crandall In Perry at 11 o'clock that night and he was with another man they did not know, but whose description fits that of McFarland, the other man wanted. Crandall and McFarland had been Jointly convicted of larceny and Mc Farland cannot be fcund. Pattee la still alive and has a fair chance of recovery, but leading residents of Perry say that If he dies there will be I great danger of lynching Crandall, as belief there la strong be was oue of the thieves. DECIDES TO LIVE YET AWHILE Perry Man Who Took Laudanum Hoc. eessfally Pumped Oat by the Doctors. PERRY, la., Jan. 18. (Special Telegram.) Bert Orbln, the man who tried and so nearly succeeded In crossing the river last night by the laudanum route that be was said to be dead at ono time, was finally' brought back to life and walked around the streets the latter part of the night to work off the drug's effect. Tonight be is said to be about well. A notice is In a local paper sigued by his wife warning the drug stores not to sell him sny liquor. His get ting sorart through a friend caused the trouble between them yesterday. It Is probable that Mrs. Orbla will prosecute i: she can find out the guilty party. HYMENEAL. Erhltt-Sbeldoa. FAIRBURY. Neb.. Jan. 18 (Special.) Miss Anna 8. Sheldon, the soprano singer of the Sheluon Sisters' Quartet Concert troupe, stole a march on the rest of. the troupe by going to the Piesbyterlan parson age last evening and marrying Joseph K. Erhltt, giving her sisters notice of the event after It hat occurrej. Tho Sheldon Sisters' quartet has made a lontert tour of the ataie. cry ftcar a ( rluir, To allow constipaticn to poison your body. Dr. King s New Life Pills cures it and builds up your health or no pay. Zii. For aala by Kuha 4 Co. LESSER'S FRIENDS SUFFER Lose Prestige in Local Political Fight of Which He Wa the Center. SHELTON'S SPEECH STIRS UP FARMERS Take Exceptions to His Statements Regarding; the Country School Hot Fltcht la on (or Judare- , hip Nomination. (From a Staff Correspondent.) RES MOIVES. Jan. 18 (BpeclaL) The indictment of W. R. Lesser of Tama, la., in 'the United States court in Nebraska for falsifying his accounts after he had been suspended from office, where he was acting as United States land agent, created a great deal of surprise In political circles In Iowa, where Lesser Is well known, though in his home town of Tama there was little sympathy expressed for htm. Lesser has been active in politics for years. He was United States Indian agent at Tama under Harrison and sought reappointment to the Dosltlon under President McKtnlev. but local opposition caused him to fall. He then secured a place In the land depart ment by the efforts of State Senator Pen rose of his county and through Senators Gear and Allison. Lesser is owner of a newspaper at Tama and has carried on a hitter factional fleht in that countv. Now that he hM been tndlcted tne factional feeling has become stronger and the incl- dent bids fair to drag down both Lesser and the political friends who have supported him many years. Farmers and Their School. Before the recent meeting of the State Teachers' association In Des Moines the then president of the association, Charles Shelton of Simpson college, uttered words deprecatory of the jural schools of Iowa. He was quoted as saying that 75 per cent of the Instruction of the rural schools Is hhpIprh and 7K nor ptiI rtt fha mnnov or. ,,,, ,, ,,,,. ,. ,,, tv,,. -- "' unqualified assertion has raised a storm of protest from tb,e people of the state. The newly-elected president of the association. County Superintendent Witter of Muscatine, has felt called upon to repudiate the senti ment of Shelton, who is a candidate for the presidency of the State college. At E11 rldge, in Scott county, a farmers' Institute was held last week and all of one session was taken up by the farmers with discus sion of Shelton's assertions and a discus sion of the rural school problem. A large number of the representative farmers of the county were present and they evinced the liveliest interest in the toplo and ,, fflmlllartv with the schools "owed ramiliarny witn tne scnoo IB and school work In their community. Presi dent Shelton was alternately denounced and pitted and finally a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect that "We condemn the assertion as false, slanderous ' 1 misleading, and refer to the experiences i the county superintendents of the state, based on the quality of the work done by rural pupils as compared with pupils of graded schools." It is probable that If President Shelton should ever by chance get Into a meeting of farmers he would get Into a hot discussion on the rural schools of Iowa. His words have stirred up the patrons of these schools and aroused gen eral Indignation in the atate. Republican Primaries Early. The republican primaries In Polk county are' to be .held in about six weeks. The county committee determined upon March 6 aa the date for the primaries some timo ago and an effort has been made to secure a change to a later date, but without avail The contest will come chiefly on district Judge, as there Is to be one selected to fill out a part of a term. Governor Cum mins refused to choose between the candl dat?B who were before him and named ex-Chief Justice Given to occupy the bench until after the election. There are two avowed candidates for the Judgeship and the line will be sharply drawn between the east and the west side of the river, and almost equally well drawn between the laboring men and the corporations. One of the cardldates has always trained with an exclusive set, while the other was form. erly a coal miner. There are a large num ber 'of candidates for county offices. Knights of Colnmbaa. What will be practically a state meeting of the Knights of Columbus la to be held in Des Moines February 1 next. The local society has arranged for a big banquet In connection with Initiations on that date and Invitations have been extended to about 500 from other parts of the state. A program which will Include many of the leading Catholic speakers of the atate la being arranged and It will be the largest gathering of the Knights of Columbus ever held In the state. The society baa been growing rapidly of late. Iowa Iaaaranee Pees. The state executive council baa been making investigation into the subject of fees paid to Iowa insurance examiners by the companies examined. It ' was found that there is no record of these fees In the office of auditor of atate and nothing to In dicate how many examinations have been made. An Inspection of the letter-flies and other records of the office has disclosed that in the last four years there have been examinations made of about seventy-five companies. The larger part of this exam ination work was done the last four months of the term of the state auditor, who has Just retired. The records, ai far as they disclose anything, show that examinations were made on simultaneous days, in cities widely separated.. The movements of the examiner must have been swift Indeed to have covered the ground. Now the council has requested of all companies to report the dates of, examinations and the fees paid the examiner. If thla Is done it Is confidently expected that It will be showu that the companies have been the subject of more or less extortion In the past. OIL FAMINE FACES ILLINOIS Carboadale Redaeed to Candles, as Rockefeller Falls to Sapply Keroseae. CARBONDALE. III., Jan. 11 Candles and tallow dips are now used by many per sons In this region on account of a scarcity of keresene, wtlch Is for sale only In small quantities at 30 cents a gallon. The Standard Oil company's Carboadale office is unable, It claims, to secure a sup ply of oil. EXPLODING BOILER KILLS Baltimore A Ohio Locomotive Blows l a. Couple Are Dead and Like Nnmber Injared.- BALTIMORE, Jan. 18. Two men are dead and two others are probably fatally In jured as the result of the eiplosla today of a locomotive bolljr on the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad near Monrovia. PROTECTION FOR CONTRACTORS ObJeet of the SobMltnte Men Law that ' Has Been Presented to the Leglslatare, LINCOLN. Jan. 17. To the Editor of The Bee: There was Introduced last Friday by Senator O'Neill of Lancaster county a bill known as senate file No. 62, which Is "sn act to provide a lien for labor per formed In building, repairing or removing any house, mill, factory, building or ap purtenance thereto, by virtue of a contract or agreement express or Implied, and to provide for the payment of labor." This bill originated with the contractors of Omaha and Lincoln and proposes the repeal of the present lien law and the substlt'on of a Hen for labor only. The lien law had Its origin In the general desire to protect labor In the right to Its lawful earnings and to provide a means of securing payment for labor In case of fail ure or dishonesty on the part of the em ployer. This law became general through out the country, being known as "the me chanics' lien law." In recent years It has been amended and enlarged until its author would scarcely recognize the original en actment. The Nebraska statute provides that the owner of a building shall be holden for any materials furnished for his building. In any amount, regardless of any contract between him and the contractor for the building, and regardless of any prior payment to the contractor, provided the Hen be filed within the requirements of the statute. The natural result is that no conditions of re sponsibility are required of the contractor on ordinary Jobs, the dealer In building materials invariably looking to the owner of the property for the payment of his bills, always being careful to secure a cor rect description by lot and block number of the property to which the materials are delivered, this being considered of more importance than the business standing of the contractor. , Doubtless this Is an excellent law for dealers In building materials, yet who would advocate that a general atatute should be adopted which would extend the measure of special protection to all other lines of bust ness? In practical operation this law has resulted in bringing into competition with old established and reliable contractors a class of Incompetent and irresponsible men who have nothing to lose and who therefore often figure building far below its actual cost, leaving the owner loaded up with Hens after he has supposed his bills all paid. The abuses and unfair competition which have grown out of the operation of this law have brought the contracting business to that condition where It Is no longer pos sible to secure reasonable profits or pay the wages which labor has a natural right to expect. The Introduction of this bill at the initiation of the organised contractors of Omaha and Lincoln is the result of months of careful investigation and Is but the expression of the unanimous protest of contractors all over the state against the present condition. We believe that ability and experience, coupled with business In tegrlty, are entitled to a fair' share of pub lie confidence and patronage In. this bus! n,ess as well as other lines of business, and that If the building Interests are left to their natural development that ability and experience will meet with their reward. The present Hen law is a piece of class leglulation of the grossest type, contrary to public policy and should be repealed. It will require a peculiar stretch of logic to show that the lumber or hardware dealer Is more entitled to the fostering care of the law than the coal dealer, the grocer or the purveyor of any other commodity. Most dealers In lumber sell . coal also. Should you buy of one of these' gentlemen a ton of coal on credit and fail to pay for It he would have all the remedies at law of the ordinary creditor and no more,-and they would be found sufficient. On the con trary, should you buy of this same dealer a bunch of shingles to patch your roof and likewise fall to pay for them. It would be quite a simple matter for him o secure a virtual mortgage on your home by filing a lien within the statutory time. This dis tinctions may be entirely proper, but if so, let it be at once extended, to the man who selis shoes, clothing, groceries or any other necessary article of consumption. This, In brief, is the case of the con tractors, and they are ready to defend It against ell comers, feeling that the public sense of Justice and fair play will Justify their contention. They have no paid lobby or campaign fund, but they are willing to take 'the public Into their confidence and ask that fair and Impartial consideration be given tq this proposed measure. FHANK G. ODELL, Secretary Lincoln Contracting Exchange. DEATH RECORD. Fpneral of Colonel Thompson. SIOUX CITY, la., Jan. 18. (Special Tel egram.) The funeral of Colonel J. K. P. Thompson, the prominent banker. Grand Army man and politician of northwestern Iowa, was held today at his home In Rock Rapids. The ritualistic service of the Ma sonic order was used, the Knlghtc Templar acting as escort. The services were in charge of Rev. Zlckafoos of the Congrega tional church and the funeral aermon was preached by President Dan F. Bradley of Iowa college, of which Colonel Thompson was a trustee. The services at the grave were In charge of the Grand Army and were very Impressive. Knadt K. I.eraea. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Jan. 18. (Special Telegram.) Knudt E. Lemen, city assessor of Sioux Falls and a well known resident of this city, died at the family residence In this city today of consumption. De ceased was a prominent member of the local Woodmen, Masonic and Elk lodges and also of the famous Minnetaha Mand skor Singing society. He was brought back a week or so ago from New Mexico, where he bad gone in hopes of his life being pro longed by a change of climate. A widow and three children aurvlve him. Mrs. Sarah Kelsoa. FAIRBURY. Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) Mrs. Sarah Nelson, wife of J. R. Nelson, former county clerk, died last night, aged 64 years. Mrs. Nelson was the mother of L. M. Nelson, assistant cashier of the Harbine bank, and had JWed In the city for thirty years. She has been a prominent member of the Christian church, where the funeral services will be held tomorrow. Nate Thorp. WAHOO, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) Nate Thorp, the little sen of D. M. Thorp, man ager of the Goldenrod Telephone company In this city, died very suddenly at his home this morning. Ills death wss caused by spasms. Boaota Ofncer Dies. PANAMA, Colombia, Jan. 18 Lieutenant Mitchell, a graduate of Annapolis, who waa an officer tin board tho Colombian govern ment gunboat Bogota, died here on Satur day night of yellow fever. Several of Bo gota's officers left here for the United States about two weeks sgo. Lieutenant Mitchell then wss prevented from accom panying them by Illness. Lorena Coldly Received. LONDON. Jan. 19. Dr. Lorena, the Aus trian surgeon, left here for Vienna today. He said before starting for Austria that he bad been rather coldly received by many EnglUh surgeons, who viewed hia methods with suspicion. The average ma weighs about 140 pounds and the average woman about 120. If vou want to realize how heavy that is, pick up something about those weights ana see now long your hands and arms can bear the strain. If you can stand it a full minute, you are doing remarkably well. Did you ever stop and think that your feet hold up that big weight for hours at a time every day ? That is why your feet are sore and tired at night. That is why they ache, itch, burn ,and swell. Omega Oil SEND TREES TO PALESTINE Experiment to See if They Will Grow in the Arid Section of Holv Laid. SOME OF THE CHARACTERS IN CONGRESS Hast of a Few Women Blocks Wholesale Distribution of Tur keys . In the Government Printing; Office. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 (Special.) Su perlntendent Smith of the Botanic gardens I on Thursday of this week sent a consign ment of native American trees to Palestine for the purpose of ascertaining whether they will grow in the arid regions of that country. It is a well accepted theory of scientists that the arid, sections of the world are caused by the absence of trees and, there being nothing to hold or retain the moisture, the land becomea baked and parched and only here and there patches of short native grass brighten the face of nature. While we are sending to. Palestine a number of the native trees of America, Prof. Charlea Bessey of the University of Nebraska stated in a report to the secre tary of agriculture that he has discovered a number of foreign trees that he is con fident will grow on the arid plains of west ern Nebraska and It la understood the ex periment of growing hese trees will be made this year In the western portion of the Antelope commonwealth. Characters la Conarress. For the last four years congress hae missed Rowland B. Mahany, for two terms representative in the house from one of the Buffalo districts. Mr. Mahany was a stren uous yffung man who added to the gaiety of debates and to the entertainment of the galleries. Mr. Mahany was witty and apt. He had a clear, ringing voice, a pleasant manner of address and a pleasing presence. There are two men In congress now who are frequently heard and one of whom Is alwaya attractive. He is Cushman of Wash ington. Cushman is a tall, gaunt man, with a penetrating voice, a keen sense of humor and a past master of the art of satirical expression. The other is John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, who takea himself seriously. Is utterly devoid of humor, who speaks on an average of twice a day and who never yet said anything which was remembered next morning. In the next congress Mahany will prob ably have two very able successors. One is Fred Landla of Indiana, a young man with energy enough to run a ten-borse power engine and sufficient ability to make him self heard as well aa felt in congressional debates. The other is J. Adam Bede of Minnesota. Both men wre known in Wash lngton. Bede waa a newspaper corresponds ent and a congressional clerk here some years ago. Afterward he was appointed marshal for northern Minnesota by Presi dent Cleveland. He did not bold the office very long because be objected to the fed eral regulations . which prohibited officials from taking an active part In politics. He resigned. Later he allied himself with the republican party and he has been elected to congress from the district which sent "Charlie" Towns to the bouse of repre sentatives. Unless Mr. Bede has changed his natural bent since he was ast here he will add much to the attractiveness of congres sional debates and will frequently inject something worth hearing into the dry discus Ions. The coming of Meesrs. Landis and Beds Is anticipated with pleasure by mem bers who enjoy a little levity and an occa sional parliamentary scrap, but this feeling of coming pleasure Is not shared by Messrs. Payne, Dalzell and other leaders, who look upon congressional proceedings as second In solemnity only to religious gatherings. Trees Go to Parks. Two or three years ago Secretary Wilson A foot-bath before retiring is helpful, but it does not go far enough. The strained, tired-out muscles and ligaments call for something strengthening, just as your stomach calls for food. The kind of strength needed for sore, tired feet is the kina of strength to be found in Omega Oil. Give your feet a good bathing in warm water, and get all the impurities out of the pores. Then rub the feet thoroughly with Omega Oil. The Oil will go in through the clean open pores, and strengthen and comfort your feet in a manner that will astonish you. ! have been troubled with sore feet for the last nine months and have tried numerous remedies without any relief. 1 consulted my druggist, who spoke very highly of Omega Oil. By his advice 1 decided to give it a trial and found it to be just as represented. I cannot praise It too highly. My feet were so sore that I could not walk across the room, and now I can walk, as great a dis tance as any one without any sign of aching feet. pjj 2SS3 Woodbrook. Ave., Baltimore, Md. is good for everything a liniment ought to of the Department of Agriculture began the distribution of trees in addition to garden, field and flower seeds among mem bers of congress. These saplings were divided Into two classes, ornamental and useful. It was toped' that the recipients of the young trees would report from time to time to the department as to the success which they met with In this new line of arbor culture. But these hopes have not yet been realized. Now a new departure Is contemplated. It Is proposed to get Into communication, with the superintendents of parhs in all the largo cities of the coun try and to secure their assistance. These superintendents who are willing to aid In the investigation will be supplied with young trees of species foreign to their neighborhood and they will be asked to care for them properly and to report prog ress. It Is believed that the result will be the acclimatization of a number of beautiful foreign growths heretofore little known in the United States which will add much to the beauty of urban breathing plac?s and that possibly valuable nut and fruit-bearing trees will be added to the list of natlvs growths. Women Block Turkey Deal. There are In round numbers 4,200 em ployes of all grades In the government fr'icn06 ,n th" C?r W'ntT of 1888-89 there were about 3,000 men and women employed In the building. Probably that small army of servants of the gov ernment never heard how fifty-five girls employed in the bindery prevented the dis tribution of 3,000 trkeys on the day before Christmas, 1888. Mr. Peters, chief clerk of the Navy de partment, told the story to a party of navy officers the other evening. "In November, 1888," said Mr. Peters, "Secretary Whitney postponed the preparation of his annual report until a very late day. In fact, it was not until the Thursday before the Saturday on which It must be mailed that he began the dictation. But he was a rusher when he atarted, and the document was written, printed, bound in pamphlet form and mailed before midnight on Saturday. "The secretary himself visited the gov ernment printing office and watched the work of the compositors, pressmen and binders, and wss greatly pleased over the interest which everyone seemed to take in helping us out. On Tuesday of the follow ing week, Just two days before Thanksgiv ing, Mr. Whitney sent for me and said: 'Mr. Peters, I wish you would go to ths market and buy a turkey for each and every employe of the government printing office.' " 'But, Mr. Secretary,' I replied, 'It would require 3,000 turkeys to fill that order.' " 'It makes no difference If 6,000 would be needed, buy them. " 'It is Impossible,' I said, 'there are not 3,000 unsold turkeys to be had in Washing ton today.' " 'Then,' said he, 'ascertain the names of the men who had the principal part in get ting out the report, get a turkey for each today, and order the necessary number, 3,000 or 6,000, and see that they are de livered in time for Christmas.' "Under these instructions nine turkeya were sent to the printing office that day. The next morning the secretary received ten letters. Nine were notes of thanka and the other was a letter from fifty-five girls in the bindery who demanded a turkey each because of the part they had taken in get ting out the report. As soon aa he had read that letter the secretary of the navy sent tor me and banding the letter over said: " 'Mr. Peters, I have gone out of the turkey business.' "Nothing further wss necessary. The Christmas distribution was not made and all on account of' the baste of fifty-five women to get recognition for their serv ices." A Man llndly Injured. Or painfully hurt, burned, bruised or wounded gets quick comfort from Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It conquers pain. 25c. For sale by Kuhn t Co. be good for. MEASURES BRAIN FATIGUE German Professor Invents Tfew In . itrnmest to Show . Human Weariness, BERLIN, Jan. 18. Among the curloua exhibits that the Prussian ministry of pub- ' Ho instruction will include in Us educa tional display at the St. Louis exposition Is an apparatus for measuring mental fatigue which Is widely employed. It is called in eestheslometer and moasures the sensitiveness of the skin which corre sponds directly to brain fatigue, the sen sitiveness diminishing as the mind wearies. - Dr. Schrader, professor at the Kaiser Wllhelm gymnasium at Hanover, has per fected an instrument that measures the time elapsing in the sensorlum after men tal exertion. The principle upon which it la based is that mental work produces a fatigue of the nerve centers. The measure ments of fatigue during classroom work generally shows that history makos but a slight call on the mental power. Geometry and Latin are far more exhausting. During the study of Latin the nerve power la re -duced one-quarter and memory appears to Buffer greatly. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Snow la Predicted to Fall West Today or To-morrow. Over WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Forecast: For Nebraska Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday, now. For Iowa Snow, with rising temperature Monday. Tuesday, snow or fair. For Illinois Fair Monday; wanner. Tuesday, fair In south, snow sr rain In north portion: variable winds, becoming fresh southeast. For Kansas Fair and warmer Monday. Tuesday, warmer. For North and South Dakota Snow Mon day, with rising temperature. Tuesday, snow. For Missouri Fair and warmer Monday. Tuesday, fair. Local Ttecord. rSFXK' ?F THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA, Jan. 18. Ofllclal record of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of tho last threo years: Maximum temperature.... 3o 44 44 Minimum temperature.... l 22 25 Mean temperature 24 33 34 j-j Precipitation ot .00 .00 .0u Record of temperature and precipitation atOmaha for this day and since March 1, Normal temperature yt Excess for the day 7 Total excess since March 1 !"2M Normal precipitation 02 inch Deficiency for the day 02 Inch Total rainfall since March 1 29.68 Inches Deficiency since March 1 t; inch Deficiency for cor. period 1'j02.... 6.63 inches Deficiency for cor. period, lyol...... .11 inch Iteports from Station at 7 p. M. si 1 CONDITION OF THE : a P WEATHER. : c : : c : n a i : I : : - i S : : : ? : Omaha, clear....... Valentine, clear.... 901 .00 24 .00 3-'i .0 3 . 3" .ik 4: 1 .( il ill North Platte, clear Cheyenne, clear Suit Luke City, clear... Kapld City, clear Huron, cloudy WllllHton, cloudy ChicaK'i. snowing St. Louts, clear. Ht. Paul, cloudy Davenport, clear KaiiHas City, clear Havre, cloudy Helena, clear frlsmarck, snowing Ualveston, cloudy III 2'l M 14 lti T 3i 3"! .in l h. . 2'j 22; .rtf 3o, 34, 3" 3xi .10 3 iPif .01 Ml l'l' Ml 64 M .00 T Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A. WELSH, Local Forecast Uflltla. n
