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TIIE OMAnA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1003.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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