Nebraska Newspapers

    4 THE" OMAHA DAILY JlEEt PUNDAY AP1HL 5, 1003.
jfrh 'I'll1' mi f ii iiww,,WTr'rr''w",'" mx-.,-,,,,,-. , ..-..J.
FOR ARMOUR'S WIRELESS
Expert it Forest Arrives to Arrange Hii
Evutem's Int'tllation.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EQUIPMENT
Inventor Tells How MMUfi Will Be
Flashed from Poiith Omaha to
Kp.mii City WHhi
Cr.ble.
Les de Forest, Th. D.. of New York, a
native of Counrll Bluffs, ton of Rev. H. 8.
de Forest, who for eight years previous to
187 was mlnlmr of the Congregational
church In the Iowa city, where Mr. de
Forest wii born In 1873, la In the city.
While here he made srrsngcments with
the Armour Packing company for the con
struction of a station of the do Foreat
Wireless Telegraph which la to connect the
Omaha plant of the Armour company with
the Kansas City plant.
During the last month the de Forest
Wireless Telegraph company, or atrlctly
the American de Foreat Telegrepb com
pany, which baa acquired the rlghta of the
original company, baa operated an experi
mental ayatem between the Chicago etock
yards and the Chicago office of the Armour
company for the purpose of demonstrating
the ability of the Invention. The experi
ment was ao successful that the Armour
company entered Into a contract with the
telegraph company for the Omaha-Kansas
City tine, which Is to be extended aa soon
aa possible to Fort Worth, Tex., and later
to BL Louis and Chicago.
ISTsatsr Outlines Plan.
According to the plans outlined by Mr.
do Forest, the Inventor of the system, there
will be constructed at South Omaha, upon
"Armour bill," the Omaha office. There
will be two towers made of wocdn lattice
work, 20ft feet high and 100 feet apart,
between which will be built the office of
the company. Joining the tops of the tow
ers will be an Insulated wire cable, from
which will depend forty Insulated wires,
which, converging Into a cablo above tho
'office building, will enter that room thrruih
. the roof, where they will be Joined to the
receiving and transmitting Instruments.
The power to be used In the trsnsmltslort
of messages from Omaha to Kansas City
will be supplied by the Armour company.
It will require thirty amperes of electricity
. at 600 volts to produce the requ.red fif
teen horaepower which will te used In
aendlng the messages. The current of
electricity, which In this case la the usial
alternating current, will be stepped up to
2B.0O0 volts before It comes Into contact
with the transmitting wires. The receiver,
which waa Invented by a German scientist
a a laboratory experiment and was de
eloped to mercintile use by Mr. ds Forest,
1 presents the antlthesea of the Marconi re
ceiver, which la known aa the coherer,
from the fact that the sound Is produced
by the cohesion of minute particles of
metal between two silver plugs in a glass
- tube. The Marconi coherer la not satis
. factory, for the reason that the flow of
electricity which produces the cohesion
cauaea the partlclea to cohere after the
sound baa been produced, thus giving a
atable current when It should be broken.
To separate the particles of metal a tapper
la uaed and this tapper sometimes fa Is to
, work and ordinarily worka to alowly that
ten words a minute Is about the limit of
the Marconi system.
How Receiver Differ. '
' The receiver of the de Forest ayatem la
' an anti-coherer. Between two apeclally
prepared aluminum wires, placed at right
angles to each other, is placed a email
quantity of vlacoua fluid, carrying an eloc
trollte, which in tbla case la water. Aa
long aa this fluid remains In Its normal
state there la a current continually passing
tnrougn me wires, but when the additional
current la received from another atation
the water la broken Into minute bubbles,
breaking the circuit and producing the
sound In the receiver, which la similar to
the receiver of an ordinary telephone.
The tranemltler of the de Forest system
consists of a battery of Leyden Jars con
nected to a spiral wire of varied length,
each pole connected to a metal ball, the
two balls being placed about an Inch apart.
When the electricity of high potential is
passed into the wire to one of the bulls
there Is a spark of electricity created,
which Jumps to the other ball, thus com
pleting the circuit. It is the jumping of
this apark which produces the electrical
wave tranamltted to the wlrea which ex
tend to the top of the towera, and from
them passed off Into the air to be carried
In Irregular ctrclea of waves until it actu
ates the receiver at the point desired.
How Regulated.
The receivers and the transmitters are
attuned ao that the Impulses from one
transmitter will actuate only that receiver
which Is similar to It. This is governed
by the number of Jars In the battery and
the length of the wire used to connect the
Jars with the tranamltter and the receiver.
At the present time the rules for fixing the
various tonea In which the Instruments
sound are empirical, but experiments are
being conducted and observationa recorded
which are expected to result In s well de
fined rule for the construction of Instru
ments which will respond only to the Im
pulses of Instruments similarly constructed,
and then there will be no experiment aa to
the reaulta to be obtained from the different
machines. Where there la but one wire
attached to a single tower, aa at the ex
perlment atation at Coney Island, In New
York the electrical waves move In circles,
but where the construction is similar to
that which will be used at South Omaha
the waves travel more rapidly and stronger
In the directions perpendicular to the plane
or the towers, and for thla reaaon the
towera at South Omaha will be east and
weat, to give the strongest Impulse to the
south, aa Kansas City Is the point to be
reached. While fltteea-horse power will be
sed at South Omaha to reach Kansas
City, which Is distant about too miles, one-
horse power has been successfully used to
tranamk messages the same distance from
the Coney Island station, but these mes
sagea paased over the water. Land offera
greater resistance.
At Kansaa City the office of the company
will be upon the roof of the Armour pack
ing house and the towers will spring from
the tops of two smokestacks above the
building, these towera to bo about sixty
feet taller than the stacks.
In the transmission cf messages the
Mors telegraph code la uaed and either
received sudlbly or upon tapes, aa In the
original Morse Instruments. The sound
will differ from the usual Morse alphabet
as heard, for the reason that the dots and
rf.ahoa will oma tlnrla and direct. While
on the keys now In use with the ordinary
telegraph there are two sounds for each
dot and each dash. The transmission of
messages by the wireless system produces
a great noiae, each spark causing a report
like the discharge of a pistol. For thla
resson the transmitter Is enclosed In a bx
aurrounded with material which deadens
the sound so effectually thst It makes no
more confusion than the ordinary tele
grsph Instrument, but at tlmea aparka will
fly from the wires over which the messsge
Is conveyed to the eir.
Comparison of Costs.
WALKER'S WOUNDS FATAL
Colorado Cattleman Shot by Jackson Diet
in Hospital.
COUNTY ATTORNEY AWAITS INQUEST
Coroaer Ktsrrtu to Hold One Monday,
Thoaah Body Will Be Sent Today
to Plattamoath, Where mother
of Deeeaaed Resides.
H. J. Walker of Wray. Yuma county, ;
Colo., who was shot In Garrlty's saloon.
Tenth street and Capitol avenue, Friday i
The commercial value of the Invention J evening by Pat Jackson, a porter and muel- i
l shown by the fact that the total cost clan of the place, died at Clarkaon hospital
of eaulDDina the stations at Kansas Cl'y ! a half hour after noon yesterday. The
and Omaha will not exceed $7,000, while
the company contracts to maintain the
aervlce between the two towna for $2,600
per year. The aame service over the or
dinary telegraph system would crat $4,600
per year.
From Omaha Mr. de Forest goes to Beat
tlo to take- preliminary steps for the con
struction of a aystem from that place to
Dutch Harbor In the Aleutian Islands, from
which point It will be carried to Nome and
body was taken In charge by the coroner
and will be aent at t o'clock th s morning
to riattsmouth. Neb., for Interment there,
the man's widowed mother and three sis
ters living on a farm five miles south of
that place. The Inquest will be held Mon
day morning. Jackson la confined In the
city Jail. .
Walker waa born near Plattsmouth and
lived there until about fire years ago when
he went to Colorado and took up the cattle
later to Japan, which Is the objective point i business. A Jew days ago he shipped over
of the Pacific ayatem. It Is estimated that
the total cost of the system between Amer
ica and Japan will not exceed $200,000, while
It costs $12,000,000 to lay a cable between
the same countries.
The company will equip a atation at the
St. Louis exposition and arrangementa hive
been made with a St. Louis paper to have
Its exposition reports aent to the city by
the wireless system. The St. Louis sta
tion will be a reproduction of the one which
Is to be constructed at Seattle.
Work of construction probibly will not
begin at South Omaha for a month, as the
constructing engineers sre now engaged at
Chicago and points on the Atlantic coaat,
wheie they wi I be busy until af.er Msy 1.
BREEN POKES FUN AT THEM
Makes Jest of Seventh Ward Repab.
cans' Old Bluff Abont Cleaning;
Augean stables.
"I don't know who prepared this dele
gation; I don't know when It waa selected.
It was handed to me a short time ago by
a resident of thla ward whom you all
know," said John F. Stout last night, as
he read a list of names at a meeting of
republicans of the Seventh ward called to
aclect candidates for delegates to the re
publican city convention opposed to the re
nomlnstlon of Mayor Moores. Mr. Stout
did not mention the name of the well known
resident of the ward, and none could be
found who would mention his name for pub
lication. Previous to this, J. W. Eller had called
the meeting to order and atated that It had
been called by the friends of E. A. Ben
son, who were not satisfied with the dele
gation as selected by the well known un
known gentleman, but that since the call
had been made these friends of Mr. Ben
son had learned that he was perfectly
satisfied with the delegation, and that for
this reason they had no objection to "the
ticket that was named down town."
After Judge Eller had made thla explana
tion Clancy St. Clair waa elected chairman
of the oeting and O. M. Nattinger aecre
tary. Mr.. Stout then made the statement
quoted above and read the list of the can
didates for delegates aa follows: M. S.
Bouma, Hans Nlelaon, John Steel, H. E.
Palmer, R. F. Swoboda, Fred Bhammel, M.
J. .Kennard, W. I. Stephens, J. B. Blan
chard, John Ocander, E. E. Bryson, Mel
Uhl, R. W.' Breckenridge. A. H. Burnett.'
John Long. The delegation waa nominated
unanimously.
Short talks were made by D. H. Mercer,
Harry Brome. J. O. Detwetler, A, H. Bur
nett, John F. Stout, F. L. McCoy and J.
P. Breen. Mr. Breen aald in part:
"I may be out ot place here, but I came
over to aee that the interests of Mr. Ben
son were protected. I did thla becauae
some time ago, before any candidate had
been prominently mentioned I promised Mr.
Benson that I would support him should
he enter the race. Concerning these words
'machine' and 'Augean stables' which I
have heard aomethlng since I came to the
room aa referring to the present adminis
tration, I am certain that the aame refrain
can be heard from ocean to ocean. Even
our democratic friends have taken up the
cry here In Omaha. Whenever the fellows
who are out want to get In they always
talk of 'cleaning the Augean stables,' snd
sometimes they only mean to steal the
barnyard fork. We often seen people who
go Into the temple to drive out the money
changers making away with the vessels of
the altar themselves."
He then spoke of the great opportunity
for tho exercise of power possessed by the
mayors of municipalities and aaid that the
government of cities Is coming to be the
great political question of America; that
while In theory these officers should be
chosen regardless of politics this will be
Impossible at least in Omsha for many
years and that the next best thing will be
for the mayor and the councilmen, elected
on political lines, to forget while they are
In office that they are aligned with po
litical parties.
Prominent among the persons present
was W. L. Solby, who lives Id Dundee, and
who for two years has repreaented the
packing houaea ot South Omaha before the
county commissioners In an effort to have
their personal taxes reduced. He said that
he came down In the Interests of Mr. Benson.
$300 worth of livestock to . South Omaha
from Akron, Colo., and is said to own con
siderable property In the west. The family
is well known in Plattsmouth and the dead
man is said alwaya to havs been considered
a respectable cltlsen.. During the after
noon preceding .the. ahootlng he was In
Plattsmouth and drew $"0 from a bank
there, but after his death only 60 centa was
found In his pockets. He was 35 years
old.
Walker's Career In Omaha.
He had been In Omaha most of the time
for about three weeks and bad been spend
ing a good deal of money In the Third
wsrd, especially In Garrlty's place. Fri
day night, the place was full of customers
and loungers white' and black men and
women and Walker, according to state
menta made by the witnesses who were ex
amined by Captain Haie, was Intoxicated
and abusive in his speech to every one.
Shortly before the shooting he got to tell
ing about the rattle business and of bis ex
ploits in the west, using a rather boastful
tone. Jackson, who was listening to tho talk
from across the room In a spirit of em
ulation, joined In with the remark that he
had once clipped forty b"rses for John D.
Crelghton who had a fine place In Ken
tucky. At this, according to the witnesses,
Walker turned upon the negro abusively
and said that he had never clipped any
horses. Jackaon repeated bla assertion
whereupon the rancjher threatened to throw
him out doors.
Jumping to his feet and stepping for
ward the negro said: "You don't do any
such thing," and fired twice, one bullet
entering the right aide of the neck and
the other, the fatal shot, entering the left
breaat. The wounded man aank to ono
knee, but afterwards stood and walked over
to a chair, exclaiming that he was shot.
Saloon OeespsstD Decamp.
Nearly all those in the raloon ran away
and Scott Malcolm coming in encountered
Jackson with the revolver who said: "I've
Just shot that desperado." Malcalm started
to run to the police atation for assistance
but Jackson, who waa much excited, or
dered him to' atop and asked where lie was
going. Whea told by Malcolm hla purpose,
be aaid: "Come along with me. I'm going
there myself." The two entered the po
lice station and Jackson handed in hla re.
volver and told what he had done. The
wounded man waa hurried to the police
atation In the wagon and, after an exam
Inatlon, waa -saut to Clarkaon hospital
where be grew steadily weaker until death.
Jackson, when told of ths death of bis
victim, teemed : much dejected and ex
pressed sorrow at the doed. Hla account
of the fatal affair does not differ in any
reapect from the story told by wltnessea.
He saya that in the dispute about the
horses Walker started for htm after saying
that he would throw him out of doors and
that then he (Jackson) fired and when
Walker atlll came on, shot a second time,
the white man then being only about eight
feet away. The prisoner says he had never
bad any trouble with Walker.
County Attorney Awaits Inquest.
He has not been arraigned In police court
aa yet, the county attorney wishing to watt
until after the Inquest. George Knight,
Gladya King, Mrs. W. F. Garrity and Jease
Able, the barkeeper, who were taken aa
state witnesses, are being held under ball
to testify at the Inquest.
Jackson has the reputation of being an
inoffensive negro, alwaya considerably
under the Influence of liquor but never In
any trouble. Walker had in some manner
acquired the reputation among aome of the
people of the Third ward for being a bad
man from the west, The police are In.
cllned to account for the shooting by the
belief that when Jackson found himself In
volved in a quarrel with the rancher he
became frightened, thlaking be must shoot
or be killed.
FOR DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
In
RUPTURE
Every Jruss Wtartr fnteretttd.
Explains Itself at Sight.
' CLOSES 1ME OPtNINO I to DAS
s t ft, si 1st Mam. aVskftgtl, W sstiUaulaV
lo4B mi tlMj MevrmuU opuiff n4 U kafllmiU vi
.ympbt9 pimmitc ti n- mom tmitrwatimmmim itmim
Hew Method, Mew Action, ISew Keuh.
A ww 4b J anprsnr iftf umm&um vaaas $
tbsMeab Dnjinnf Off rr Tsj to) I liMlMil, MsMt-WsUi4i
f1 tM "wiaaMre ' toti-M tntaalSsa a ft SjIk4 SaV ' t 4 .
PHo Within tkoRomch of Alt.
Jadcea and Clerks Are ' Chosen
Stormy Session at Jack
aonlan Club.
The democratic city central committee
met last night in executive session st the
Jackaonlan club rooms and after a two
hours stormy meeting decided on the fol
lowing list of Judges and clerks for the
coming democratic primaries:
First Ward Judge. P. H. Dmke an1
vttmam mman; clerk, Henry Bellgord.
Becond Ward Juiltiea. K. Julen and Frank
Humpert; clerk H. J. Sprague
Third Ward Judges, Edwin Morris snd
Gun Rlchter; clerk. William McKlnney.
Fourth Ward Judges, Louis Ixwry and
John Oanfleld; clwk. Bert Wilcox.
Fifth Ward-Judgts. M. P. McBrlde and
William H. Slevers; clerk, Isaac C. Tomp
sett. Hlxth Ward-Judges. Charles Kelpln snd
Gordon Thorpe; clerk. Thomas Barry. Jr.
Seventh Ward Judges, Fred R Johnson
and Edward Walsh; clerk, William Voas.
Eighth Ward Judges, James Hyland and
J. A. Klne: clerk. Mark M. Parmer.
Ninth Ward Judgea, Thomas E. Morris
sey and J. F. Hopper; clerk, Adolph Lan
dergren. .
After the election of the judgea and
clerks the committee ap proved a petition
from democrats of the First ward asking
that Erneat Stunt be placed In nomination
for councilman from that ward. Each dele
gation from the wards la to be permitted
to name Its challengers.
I, tfai.IV TRUSS aaTAnLISMMf NT,
Box SO, 1X4 Dearborn St., Chicago.
uai mm., rmowakM. s a im ., iv
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
George Kelly nf Kelly, Bttger A Co., haa
luat returned from New York, where he
has been en a spring purchasing tour. Hur--
fci trn he -nlrored s mrvrn rase rf
pleurisy, from the effects of which he stiil
suffers.
Captsln H. E. Parmer returned SMurdsv
afternoon from New Tork, where on April
1 he attended the meeting of the board of
managers of the National Homes of Dis
abled Volunteer Holdters. At that meeting
the management of the construction of the
new bone at Hut borings, 8. ., was placed
t la his hands, ....
BABE DIES IN MOTHER'S ARMS
Immigrant Family on Wax to Lin-
eotn Lose Infant While Wait
ing tor Train.
CHICAGO. April 4 Whlls waiting for a
train In the Grand Central station here to
day ths year old child ot Mra. John Lang
bardt died In lta mother'a arms. Mr. and
Mrs. Langhardt are Immigrants on their
way to Lincoln, Neb.
Tbe mother bad been walking through
the stales singing softly to the child.
"Here, John," she said, "Charlie la
asleep. You bold him while I get a bit of
reat."
The father noted tbe pinched face of tbe
little one and without replying ran from
the station, returning a few minutes later
after a vain search for a physician.
"Charlie Is dead," he announced, quietly.
The weeping mother held tho lifeless
body to her breast until the police came
and removed It to an undertaking estab
ltshment.
See Our
Grand
Window
Display
pi
0) Jf)m
&r
See Our
Grand
Window
Display
Grand
tQM"ite 'Mine ;i:.-ttfAjsjgtt
EASTER. OFFERINGS.
Women's Suits, Skirts, Jackets, Waists
SPLENDID display of fashionable Easter outer panuent will greet you all this week at this utore, and a demonstration
of the lowest prices any reputable firm can consistently nsk for them. You are always sure of lowest prices at this store
At the commencement of the season, when the assortments are complete ami the new things most in demand, our poods
are not marked at prices as high as we think we might get, but are. offered now as well as later at our uniformly low percentage
of profit. We know we save .you money. We want you to know it. These great Easter offerings all over this great women's
department will positively substantiate our claims.
A
8
Women's Tailor
Made Suits
Just received, a special lot ot Mon
dty'a site. In different materials,
such as Venetians, pebble cheviots
and etamlnes, collarless , rape,
blouse effects, with large pull
sleeves, new flare tucked ekirts1
regular $22.50 values
Easter Opening Price,
$16.75
Women's Swell
Walking Suits
Arrived by Saturday's express, ths
very newest Ideas In walking suits.
Tbey are made ot the very finest
Imported Scotch tweeds, in beauti
ful shades, nothing like them
shown by any house In Omaha, a
atrlctly high claaa tailored suit,
worth 130.00
Easter Opening Price
$22.50
Special Value
in Etamine Suits
Collarless blouse effects, with long
stole trimmed, with silk frogs and
braid, new pouch aleevea with
pointed cuffs, new seven gore flare
aklrt. a cult positively retailed
everywhere at $25.00
Easter Opening Price
$19.75
Women's High Grade
Tailored Suits, $29.75
Made of tbe beet of new spring ma
terials. In the most attractive
styles, voiles, basket weaves, chev
iots, broadcloths and etamlnes,
with tbe latest ldeaa in trimmings,
new seven and nine gore flare skirts
best of silk linings, (35.00 and
$40.00 values.
Easter Opening Price
$29.75
TROLLEY MEN ARE DENIED
Jade Refnses to Order Bill of Par
tlenlara In Clifton Aveane
Disaster Cass.
NEWARK. N. J.. April 4. Chief Justice
Oummere todsy denied sn order asked by
the indicted trolley officials for a bill of
particulars In regsrd to ths facts in con
nection with the catastrophe. Tbe Judge
said he bad no knowledge that tbe prose
cutor bad refuaed such informstton aa waa
neeeasary for the defense, snd would not
grant the order. The prosecutor said hs
was willing to furnish what particulars be
considered sufficient but not whst counsel
bad asked for.
Correct Styles in Women's Spring Coats-
Women's Blouse Coats.
Made of very fine Venetian and pebble cheviots,
new tab fronts, lined with a good taffeta silk
EASTER OPENING PRICE
WOMEN'S BILK COATS Made of a fine quality of peau de eole. In the new
collsrless blouse style, peplum effects
EASTER OPENING PRICE ed
new pouch sleeve, nicely trlmm
WOMEN'S SILK MONTE CARLO COATS Made of tbe best quality of peau
de eole, 2! Inches long,' cape collar, handsomely
trimmed with braid and black or cream laced a $15
garment EASTER OPENING PRICE
WOMEN'S SWELL. SILK AND CLOTH COATS Made of fine taffeta silks, In
black and colore, peau de aole and fine broadcloths. In blouses, monte carlos
. and Louis XIV and beautiful 45-Inch
garments EASTER OPENING PRICE " . "
J18.75, $18.75, $22.60 and up to ....
6.90
lie. In tbe new
8.75
luallty of peau
10.00
taffeta silks, In
es, monte carlos
65:00
Women's Walking and Dress Skirts Women's
New Walking Skirts.
cheviots and voiles, strictly man-
7.90
Made of new Scotch tweeds, homespuns,
tailored, cut with the proper bang
splendid valuea Easter opening p rioe.
WOMEN'S SWELL WALKING SKIRTS New ahape skirt. In many beautiful
styles ot fancy mixed materials, in gray, blue, black
and green, fancy strap blp effect, neatly tailor stitched
around botton EASTER OPENING PRICE
WOMEN'S STYLISH ETAMINE SKIRTS In very choice effects,
lty of etamlnes, new flare sffecta, trimmed around
hip with peau de aole silk folds, a special value
EASTER OPENING PRICE
WOMEN'S HANDSOME VOILE AND LACE SKIRTS New arrivals from
New.Tork's beat makers, In black, blue, 'tan and green, tome lined with.
slllr drop skirts for evening
or street wesr, EA8TER OPENING
PRICE $12.75, $18.75, $24.76 up to ..
9.75
cts, good qusl-
7.90
srrlvsls from
ome lined with.
65.00
Attractive Styles in Spring
Waists
NEW WHITE MADRAS SHIRT WAISTS A very stylish walat with broad plalta
down front, large pearl buttona, stock
and new sleeve a $2.00 value
EASTER OPENING PRICES
VERY SWELL WHITE SHIRT WAISTS Made of medium weight, fancy figured mer
cerised cloth, large beautiful exclusive patterna, new collar and
newest sleeves, no better waiat sold elsewhere tor $4.00
EASTER OPENING SALE
WOMEN'S STYLISH SILK WAISTS Taffeta or peau de sole, In all the new spring
shades, all with the new plaited, large blabop puff sleeves,
handsomely trimmed, regular $7.50 value
EASTER OPENING SALE
paktv vnvici.TY silk DRESS WAISTS Paris models for evsnlng wear, elabo
rate atylea of crepe de chene and peau de crepe, finest Im
ported lace, trimmed, new sleeves, only one of a kind
EASTER OPENING PRICE $10.00 to
1.25
r figured msr-
2.50
4.90
g wear, elabo-
18.75
Fifteenth and Farnam
Streets.
CENTENARIAN DAUGHTER DIES
Child of Revolutionary Boldlrr Passes
Away at Wat.rt.ws, New
York.
WATERTOWN. N. Y., April 4 Mrs. Anna
Warren, tbs oldest resident of Jefferson
county, died at Dexter today, aged 103.
She waa a Daughter of the American
r.iHn. b'r fnther having served In
the continental army. .
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Passage of Char . er Bill Revive! the Disouc-
noa of Bends.
SPECIAL ELECTION DATE TO BE FIXED
Mayor and Conncll Expected to Choose
It at Monday Ma' Meetlna
City Hall Plans Are m
Topic.
With the passage of the South Omaha
charier bill the question of voting bonds
for public Improvements may be aub
mitted to the people. It la expected that
at the meeting of the city council, to be
hold Monday night, the. mayor and council
will arrange a date for the apeclal election
and alao a date for the revision of regis
tration. Bonds for the construction ot a
eitv hall are authorized. It la atated that
$50,000 will be aaked for ths purchase of
a aits snd ths construction of a elty ball
Thia city hall, aa outlined, la to contain
offlcea. police headquarters. Jail, firs ds
partmeat besdqusrters and rooru for ons
fire company.
Thau there will come bonds for an ex
tension of ths city system of sewers. Among
the sewers to be built, should tbe bond
Issue become valid by the vote of the peo
pie. Is sn extension of the sewer from
Twentieth snd N streets to the river. Some
other extensions slso sre contemplated.
Bonds may be voted for the paving of
Railroad avenue to the county llie. Ac
cording to the charter the city Is to pay
two-tblrda of the cost and the abutting
property owners ons-thlrd. Next In lins
will be tbe vote on bonds to take up the
overlap of $70,000. Bankers say that bonds
for tbess Improvements can be floated at
about i per cent or at the most 6 per
cent. At t per cent a premium for the
bonds would bs paid. From ths tslk heard
on ths streets Saturday it is inferred that
when put to a vots the bonds will carry.
, Ths cltr of South Omaha cannot assist
the farmera In the western portion of the
county In the building of a bridge over tbe
Burlington tracks at Fort -fifth and Q
streets. Engineer Beal atatea that tbe city
limits extend west on Q street to within
about eighty feet of tbe Burlington right-of-way
and that beyond that Una tbe city
baa no Jurisdiction. One city official aaid
that if the farmera want a bridge across
the tiacks It will be necessary to apply to
ths county commissioners and not to the
city council of South Omaha.
Church Basnr.
The Woman's union of the Christian
church er hold a baxar and Ice cream
aoclal at the church. Twenty-third and K
atreet, on Tburaday, April 9, from I p. m.
to 10 p. m. Each aection of the union will
operate Its own booth and it la atated that
there will be quite a rivalry among the
sections In tbe arrangement of booths.
Useful and ornamental articles will be of
fered for sale. Young women members of
ths church will have charge of ths eandy
end les cream booths. In ths evening tbs
social will be a special feature. Tbe laat
batar proved to be such a financial suc
cess that the women of the cburcb hope
tor great results this tlms.
Dairyman Hansen Explains.
George Hansen, dairyman, waa called be
fore Inspector Jones at the city ball yes
terday to explain the presence ot a five.
Inch fish In a can of milk left at the Del
monlco hotel. When show the fish, which
was flipping around In a glaas Jar filled with
water, Hanaen only laughed. He said that
the only explanation bs could make was
that some of "the boys" at the hotel had
played a Joke on the cook. A little quiet
Investigation practically proved this to bs
trus. Ths Joke waa to havs. been sprung
on April 1, but thoss Interested in tbe deal
were unable on tbat day to obtain a fish of
tbe right site. Hansen's explanation
"went" with ths Inspector, but the Incident
hss turned the attention of the sanitary
department to the advisability of a more
careful examination of al'. milk aold In the
city.
Another Hospital Sesaloa.
Saturday forenoon President Talbot of
ot the directors to consider a
signed by a number of physicians
tlon to the resignation of Nurse Clayton.
Fourteen members of the association were
present and four physiciana. The petition
of tbe doctors was read and when put to a
vote it waa decided to be inadvisable to
consider It. Miss Clsyton therefore sev
ered her connection with the association
and Mlas Coyns waa Installed as hesd nurse,
with Miss Record ss assistant. Mrs. Talbot
aaid that a middle-aged woman la wanted
tor cook at the hospital and also a laundry
girl.
Another Clerk Authorised.
At noon Saturday Postmaster Etter re
ceived a telegram from J. J. Hurley, actlne;
first asslstsnt postmaster general, authoriz
ing tbe Immediate employment of a clerk at
a salary of $600 per snnum. In the original
ordera thla additional clerk waa not to be
sppolnted until July 1, when the general
Increase In salaries tskes effect. Captain
Etter at once sppolnted Reuben A. Johnson
to tbe position. For seven months psst
JohDson hss been acting aa substitute for
Peter Quinn, who wss on sick leae. While
working as a substitute for Quinn, Johnaon
received $900 per annum. Now be drops
back to a $600 position, aa Quinn has re
turned from bla leave.
.-Jaa-le City Gossip.
Mrs.. Mollie Blpe haa moved to Des
Moines.
B. J. Robinson, etate bank examiner, was
Ir. ths city yesterday.
Tbe public, schools open Monday after
the usual spring vacation.
E. T. Head has returned from Falrbury,
III., where he visited relativea a week.
An Kaster chorua haa been organised at
the Flrat Baptist church by Kl P. Baker.
Evangelist Miller will sing and preach at
the morning service at the Methodist
cliurch.
A daughter has been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bloane, Twenty-fifth and 1
streets.
1 H finanev haa commenced the erection
of a dwrl'lng at Twenty-seventh and C
atreets.
Paaalon week services will be held every
etenlng this week st the First ITesby
terlan church.
Colonel J. B. Wstklns leaves t. night for
i Ht Springs. Ark., w here he will upend a
cou:ile or weens
petition I company, Hammond, Ind., spent a portion
In rela- ot Saturday In the city.
un account or ine passage or tne new eity
charter there was no registration for tho
spring election yesterday.
The annual meeting of tho Joint Car In
spection association will be held at the
Exchange building April S.
A. It. Merrill Is reported to be rapidly
recovering at the Presbyterian hospital
and expects to return home soon.
This evening at the First Methodists
church KvHnnHl.i K. T. Miller will an
swer the question "Is there a hell?"
A Palm Sunday eervlce will be held st
the First Presbyterian church at 11 o'clock
today. Special muslo wUI be provtoed.
Rev. W. Y. Riggers will preach at Allen
chapel, African MethodlBt Episcopal
church, Twenty-nfth and H streets, at 11
o'clock today.
Arthur F. Wake, a veterinary surgeon
employed here by the government, has
been ordered weat by the government to
Inspect horses.
Sam Nevlns, flrrmnn st No. 1 houe, who
was Injured three months ago by a home
falling on him. Will be able to reaume his
duties Tuesday.
Joseph A. Nelson snd Miss I.llllah J. Ire
land, both of (lllmore, Sarpy county, wero
married at noon yesterrijiy st the Metho-
cist parsonage n nev. it. A. Head.
The Ladles' Aid society of the Presby
terian church will meet with Mra. Nell
house, Eighteenth knd Mlsaourl avenue,
Wednesday afternoon. Besides refresh
mtnts there will be sn election of orDcers.
Knapp Pleads Not Oallty.
HAMILTON, O . April 4 Alfred A. Knepp
today plfaded not guilty to the Indictment
charging him with the mu.iler of his wife.
1'amiah Unddard Knapp, to whnae murder
and four others Knapp has already confessed.
(I (I
99 i
FOR
(n o)nfo)
tbs Hoasltal association called a meetlna I u nwu of the
At Iin c:U, 'J5 cunts, or r-siliU.
Hammond Vacklns t Humnhrevs' W4.. VTm. a John Sts. f. V..
A