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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1003.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH 6MAHA
Git Cornell Transact Routine Boaineti at
It Session.
BOARD OF REVIEW NOT YET NAMED
Mayor Vmtm Off Matter Aaethcr Wtck
at tho Request at Hrabiri
f the Ceaaell Who
Seek. Time.
While ths city council, at Its meeting
last night, transacted considerable routine
business, there was little done of public
Interest. Contrary to expectations, the
mayor did not name the members of the
Board of Review, saying the members of
the council preferred to have the matter
postponed for one week.
The muddy weather hea caused a de
mand for crosswalks. Mr. Smith offered
a motion directing the street foreman to
lay crosswalks at Twenty-ninth and w.
Twenty-sixth and Y. Twentieth and W,
Nineteenth and W. Eighteenth and W, and
Thlrty-flrct and U streets. O'Connor
wanted a walk laid at Thirty-third and 1
streets. Both councllmen made strong ar
guments for the walks they asked for, but
when It was learned that there Is now only
about 1100 In the street repair fund, the
mayor said that the laying of the walks
would have to bej postponed until there Is
more money In the fund.
A committee of the First Christian church
sent in a communication asking that grad
es taxes, amounting to 1118. be canceled.
The committee alleged that the tax Is
Illegal and wanted the amount erased from
the books. This matter was referred to
the city attorney and the finance com
mlttee. In the same communication It was
stated that the congregation of this church
expects to commence the erection of a new
house of worship before a great while.
City Attorney Murdock and City Engineer
Beat repot d favorably on the petition for
the grading of C street from Twenty-third
to Twenty-fourth streots. The report wss
placed on nie. The grading of this street
will most likely be done this summer.
An ordinance wss read for the first time
providing for the laying of a two-plank
sidewalk on the north side of Jackson
street from Twelfth street to Railroad
avenue.
An amendment to ordinance No. 41T, per
talnlng to vagrants, was read, but as nons
of the members of the council appeared
willing to father the document It waa con
signed to the waste basket. This amended
ordinance was' a great deal more radical
than some of the rules of the .Fire and Po
lice board and the council would have
nothing to do with it.
Clerk Shrlgley was directed to draw a
warrant for Si.750 to pay Interest on out
standing obligations.
After a few bills had been ordered paid
the council adjourned for one week.
Board of Education.
The ' recular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education was held last night.
but little business was transacted. A doxen
or so applications for positions as teachers
and Janitors were read and placed on file.
A communication from Bohemian citizens
asking permission to use a couple of rooms
at the Brown Park school for summer
school was read and the request granted.
Bills to the amount of $9,000 were allowed:
This amount Included teachers' and Jani
tors' salaries' up to June 1.
The services of I A. Davis, architect for
the board, were dispensed with, although
Mr. Davis" contract does not explro until
.Juno.-, at was agreed that no more arcHi- 1
tects would be employed by contract. After
this architects will be employed after com
petitive bids have been submitted.
No steps were taken to build an addition
to Madison school, the mattes, going over
for one week.
A. C. Fancoast, the board's attorney, who
was elected at the first meeting In May,
was paid for the month, ..although A. L.
f utton, the former attorney, has a contract
binding the board until June 6. Therefore
the board will be compelled to pay for the
services of two attorneys for May.
Hustling- for Cool.
The South Omaha packers are again con
fronted with another coal famine A large
proportion of the coal used at the packing
plants comes from Kansas. Some ship
ments are made from Iowa and Missouri,
but the bulk of tne supply Is shipped from
Kansas. Under ordinary conditions the
that several shipments had already been
made from Chicago to Bt. Louis for fear
that the trains leaving South Omaha would
not be able to get through. South Omaha
packers have an abundance of dressed
meats and packing house products on hand
and with any sort of transportation fa
cilities can supply the demand for some
time to come.
Plane Recital.
Miss Myrtle Burns, assisted by Miss
Margaret O'Toole. will give a piano recital
at Masonlar hall this evening. The recital
tnsrks the conclusion of Miss Burns' musi
cal course under the Instruction of the
Sisters of Providence of St. Agnes' school.
At the closing exercises of the musical
course on Juno 18 Miss Burns will be pre
sented with a gold medal by the Sisters of
Providence. No admission will be charged
and friends of Miss Burns and the school
are cordially Invited to attend. '
Emergency Hospital Abandoned.
Owing to the rapid rise In the-river the
emergency hospital at Tenth and P streets
has been abandoned. Yesterday afternoon
the water hsd reached the door sill and
was still rising. J. D. Homan, the head
nurse, moved his family to higher ground
before the water got too deep to make
transportation across the sand bars un
safe. The hospital is now a little Island
all by Its lonesome, being completely sur
rounded by water. No patients have been
In the hospital for some little time, so
that the only persons Inconvenienced by
the high water are Homan and his family.
Flshirmen who had shacks along the river
bank have taken to the tall timber on top
of the bluffs Just south of the hospital.
All Mall Delayed.
Postmaster Etter as Id last night that all
mall is way behind time. Chicago and other
eastern mall was twenty-four hours late
yesterday. The banks and packing houses
miss the eastern and southern mall, but
as there Is no help for It they have to
worry along as best they can. Yesterday
the accumulation of three days was dis
tributed, but a light run of mail Is looked
for during the) balance of the week.
Another Vladact Delay.
The rains have washed out the excava
tion made for the retaining wall to be
constructed at the west end of the Q street
viaduct. Chtey Engineer King of the Union
Stock Yards company said last night that
nothing more toward repairing the viaduct
would be done until there was a change
In the weather. Even after the rain ceases
It will take some time for the ground to
dry out sufficiently Ho permit the excava
tion to be completed. With good weather
It will not take a great while to construct
the retaining wall. When this Is done the
bridge will be closed while general repairs
to the structure are being made. There Is
no telling when the work will be com
pleted, as It now all depends upon the
weather.
' Maarle City Gossip.
Frank Burness, deputy city clerk. Is quite
sick.
Otto Maurer Is reported to bo quite sick
at Ht Joseph's hospital.
Miss May Carlin, one nf the clerks at the
dty offices. Is on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alkofer, Sixteenth
and J streets, report the birth of a son.
A daughter has been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Shields, Thirtieth and R
streets.
There will be a meeting of the Fire and
Police board at the council chamber this
evening.
Some of the brick pavements In the city
are being loosened by the continued wet
wcatner.
T. J. Fitzgerald, one of the mall carriers
here, is preparing to so west for a fifteen
aays vacation.
Mrs. A. T. Everett. Twentv-flrst and It
streets, will entertain the Century Literary
The firemen were called to Blum's hall
yesieraay aiternoon on account of a de
fective flue. No loss.
There was no fire In the city building
yesterday and the prisoners confined In
me jan complained about the cold.
St. Martin's auxiliary will meet Wednee
aay arteri.onn at the residence of Mrs. A.
v. Miner, Mwenty-nrst and N streets.
Local coal dealers are hunting for team
sters. The cool weather has caused an un
usual demand for coal and teamsters can
not do iouna to naul the loads.
Mrs. L. F. Etter was operated on at St
josepn s nospitai yesterday for append!,
cltls. Reports last night were to the ef.
tect that she underwent the operation
SCIENCE SETTLES IT.
DandrnS is Caased by Germ that
Saps the Hair's Vitality.
It la now a settled fact that dandruff
Is caused by a germ. Falling hair and
halrlna tha v.aul Hnn4. T
coai come. .n ..jr Ua, ... ... j. Beardsley of Champaign. III., got hold
quantities that there Is a reserve supply in
the upper yards. Since the floods com-,
menced no coal from southern points has
been received and the reserve has got down
to almost nothing. From thirty-five to
fifty cars of coal are consumed every dsy
by the packers, with a dally average for
the year of fifty cars per day.
When the packers became aware yester
day of the scarcity bf coal a draft wss
Immediately made on local dealers for coal.
The dealers here supplied what they could
spare and then the purchasing agents
turned their attention to Omaha dealers.
with the result that enough coal to last
several days was secured.
One of the packers said that while he
was not greatly alarmed at the situation.
It would be necessary to hustle for coal
and hustle hard. Orders have been sent to
Illinois for coal, and if the railroads can
rind a way to get the product of these mines
" Into the city It will be shipped regardless of
eost.
Shipping; Dressed Meats Snath.
8outh Omaha packers are doing their best
to get refrigerator cars filled .with dressed
meats and other packing house products
to the flooded districts of ths south. With
a shortage of supplies at Topeka and Kan
sas City, ths call for a. supply of meat
naturally comes to this point. In case It la
found Impossible to get shipments through
from here, meats will be sent from Chicago
to St, Louts, add thehce north to ths cities
In distress. It was reported here last night
of the new hair preparation, Newbro's Her-
plcido the only one that kills the dandruff
germ. Hs says: "I used Herplclde for my
dandruff and falling hair, and I am well
satisfied with the result." Dr. J. T. Fu
gate of Urbana, 111., says: "I have used
Herplclde for dandruff with excellent re
sults. I shall prescribe It In my practice.
Herplclde kills the dandruff germ. Physi
cians as well as the general public sav so.
Send 10 cents In stamps fpr freo sample to
ine Herplclde Co.. Detroit, Mich.
HIS LOCKJAW ONLY A S11AM
Frank Marshall Alleged to Be Merely
Feignkg tbe Attacks.
IMPOSITION DETECTED AT HOSPITAL
Man Thought to Be at Death's Door
Proves to Be Either n Cheap
Fraud or Foolish
Crook.
Opinions may differ as to the caures or
motives which make Frank Marshall a
sufferer from or simulator of the dread
pangs of tetanus, but all persons con
cerned agree that he is a repeater and an
artist.
Thursday night that young person In
question appeared suddenly at the police
station, shortly thereafter went Into spasms,
was promptly chloroformed and sent to
Clarkson hospital, where he was solemnly
treated for lockjaw until Sunday, when
disquieting suspicion was aroused, which
led to Inquiry. It was found that the
patient had only Just been discharged from
Denver hospital, where he had gone
through the sums routine, been trepanned,
Injected with antl-toxlne and turned nut
cured. So yesterday afternoon the disturb
ing Marshall was ejected into the arms t
Officer Baldwin and Incarcerated in the
city Jail.
There is now apparent perhaps what
might be - termed a feeling of chagrin
among professional men and nurses and
others concerned and a slight desire to
avoid discussion. Dr. Paul Luddlngton, an
authority on tetanus, said when questioned
In regard to Marshall, that he held no
theories, or at least would express none.
and referred the questioner to Dr. Sum
mers, whose case It was. In response to
the question whether he had seen the ease
the doctor admitted that he wouldn't go
so far as to say that he had not. ur.
Summers said:
"I only returned to the city yesterday and
detected the sham at once. I charged the
man with It and he quit his foolishness.
He had told another patient that h was
hiding from the law. The man was
brought here under chloroform."
Miss Henderson, the head nurse, who had
had general supervision of the case from
Thursday, also became suspicious by Sun
day of the readiness with which the pa
tient yielded to the anaesthetic and of
other symptoms.
His Denver Experience.
The prisoner is cither an Impostor simu
lating tetanus for the pleasure of being
chloroformed and trepanned or a fugltlvu
from Justice who seeks this means of evad
ing the police, or simply a person of un
sound tnlnd or one affected with a disease
which resembles lockjaw in its manifestations.
When Investigation was being made a
clipping was found In the pocket of Mar
shall's vest, which had been left at the
police station. It was from the Denver
Post of May 28, and told that Marshall
had been discharged cured from the
county hospital, his being the first case
successfully treated In the city. He had
been taken from the police station, where
he had appeared with his Jaws set, giving
the cause of his condition as a rusty nail
on which he had stepped four days De-
fore. The patient' skull was opened and
antl-toxlne Injected. This was on May 13,
and on May 26 he was playing ball.
On the night of May 28 he came to the
city hall In company with two other men
who had found him on the street and asked
for the city physician. He was not there
and Marshall was directed to the police sta
tion. There he appeared with his Jaws
set and apparently unable to talk. Tie
wrote on a scrap of paper that he had
stepped on a nail four days before and
begged that his mother be notified. He was
apparently seised with convulsions and
was chloroformed and later a priest sum
moned. The fresh scar on his forehead
was noticed, but thought to have been a
scalp wound which had been stitched to
gether. Those present say that if It waa
acting merely, It was very good of Its
kind.
11.500 per year. The communication was
placed on file.
The tressurer's bond wss thought too
high and ths board referred It to the at
torney, the opinion being that under the
new law a much lower bond could be ac
cepted. The board has to pay for the bond.
Master Christie, representing the manual
training department of the high school,
presented President Johnson with an Inlaid
cane.
The board adopted the report of the com
mittee on buildings to set apart 136,000 for
the Monmouth park school building fund.
The secretary was Instructed to draw
wsrrants to pay the high school boys 11.50
esch for every kindergarten table made by
the boys.
The resignation of Mary C. Valentine as
grade teacher wss accepted.
.Quite a number of applications from per
sons wishing employment as teachers were
referred to the committee on same.
Raid a Clear Store.
The police made another cigar store poker
game look like a pair of fours last night
capturing nineteen sllrged breakers of the
gambling ordinance and bringing In tables
cards and chips. The Horner clsar store
at 814 South Fifteenth street was the place,
and Oeorge 8. Horner and H. Haskell were
charged with keenlna a ramhllnr hnn..
The seventeen other prisoners were booked
for gambling. The arrests were made hv
Sergeants Hayes and Slgwart. who caught
the party busy in s rear room. The crowd
gave up over $700 when frisked.
Marrlagr Licenses.
Marriage licenses were Issued yesterday
to the following:
Name and Residence. Ape.
August Swan. Omaha Si
Anna Swnnson, Omaha 26
Julian H. Olseen. Omaha U
Mahel L. Karr, Omaha so
Cadet A Wilson, Omaha 20
Lucy Wolcott, Omaha IS
Alfred IJnton, Kansas City, Mo M
Florence Drum, Oberlln, wan 18
Kasper 8tasuk, Omaha SO
Frances Jaukowska. Omaha 2
IMPROVEMENT CLUB MEET
Orchard Hill and North Side Organ!.
aationa Dtscnsa Varloas Pub
lic Measnres.
The Orchard Hilt Improvement club met
at Fortieth street and Hamilton, avenue
lostevenlng with a good attendance. The
subjects discussed were additional i.trect
crossings and curbing and the urgent necos
slty therefor. Another matter engaging the
attention of the club is the extension of
thd sanitary and drainage sewer system In
that vicinity. The council will be petitioned
to glv the necessary relief. The ques
tion of a viaduct over the Missouri Pacific
at Parker street was also discussed and the
matter will be urged. The club Is In
working spirit and numerous Improvements
will be undertaken at Orchard Hill as soon
as the weathsr will permit.
The Inclement weather was a little too
much for a very large attendance at the
meeting of the North Side Improvmen
club at Magnolia hall. But little business
was transacted, though there are many
matters that demand attention In relation
to street grades and sidewalk Improve
ments. President Paul Ellis appointed
Charles Martin. Charles Onienlg and Henry
Dunn as a committee to make arrange
ments for the regular monthly entertain
ment to be given under the auspices of
the club the last Monday night of 'ht
month. This entertainment will comprise
a literary and musical program. The tress,
urer submitted to an Informal report, which
shows the financial affairs of the club to
be In an encouraging condition.
DANTE AS THE WORLD POET
Theme of Rev. M. I. Strltch'e Lecture
at Crelghton t'nlverslty
Auditorium.
"Dante Is a world poet, because he ap
peals to all men of all times. In all places,"
was the conclusion reached by Rev. M. I.
Strltch, S. J., In his lecture In the audi
torium of Crelghton university last night.
The lecture was given In honor of the
patronesses of the Oratorical association of
the university. These patronesses were re
quested to Invite their friends, and the
result was that the hall was well filled with
members of the Woman's club, teachers in
the public schools and others who were
more or less Interested in the subject.
Fsther Strltch began his lecture by re
ferring to the return of the Italian poet to
great popularity among the people of all
nations. He then referred to the physical
universe as understood by Dante, whose
conception of the universe was the Ptolemlc
idea, of ten spheres, each In charge of one
of the orders of heavenly beings of whom
the highest order Is seraphim and the
lowest angels; of the formation of the
earth, with Its four spheres of earth, water,
air and fire, and the disarrangement of the
earthly sphere when satan fell from the
throne of grace to the point furthest from
the presence of Ood, which, under that
scheme of philosophy, was the exact center
of the earth; of the formation of hell, by
the entrance of satan and his followers,
this abyss being In the form of a cone,
having Its base at a point In the western
hemisphere and Its point Immediately under
the city of Jerusalem; of the formation of
the mountain of purgatory, whose base
rested where the Society islands are now
found In the South sea. He then sketched
the Idea of the poet about things political
and his desire to see a universal emperor
In Rome, co-operating with, but entirely
free from the pope.
With these material and political Ideas
he spoke of the great poem, and Its In
fluunce upon man; the effort of the poet
to show in each of the nine gradations of
hell, of purgatory and heaven, a type of
mau corresponding to those to be found
on earth. The poem, like the ancient
writers said of the scriptures, has four
meanings, the literal, the allegorical, the
moral and the analogical, all to be found
in some parts and some to be found In all
parts. These 'meanings are as clearly
shown as is possible where such deep
themes are treated, for It required 'twenty
years for the completion of the great work
of Dante.
HARMONY AND USEFULNESS
Double Aim of the Yoong Men's Mckinley
Eepnblican Club.
WILL TRY TO UNITE ALL FACTIONS
Committee
Meeting
Mean
LOSE LIVES :jN ETON FIRE
Honae of One', of I he .Masters Is De
stroyed and Two Boys
Perish.
LONDON. June I. Two boys, both 14
years of age, were burned to death In a
fire which gutted one of the master's
houses at Eton college today.
There wero thirty-three students In the
house and the survivors had great diffl
culty In escaping, clad only In their night
clothes, many of the boys scrambling from
the windows down the Ivy-covered walls of
the house.
The work of rescue was considerably de
layed owing to some of the windows of the
house being barred. The annual celebra
tlons, June 4, have been, abandoned. -
, King Edward, Queen Alexandra and the
prince and princess of Wales, all of whom
were at Windsor castle, were greatly con
cerned and sent frequent Inquiries about
the boys.
Conciliation of the local republican fac
tions was a leading topic of discussion at
the meeting of the McKlnley club in the
Millard hotel last night. The talk cul
minated In the adoption of a resolution
that a committee of five be appointed to
endeavor to devise ways and means for
harmonizing all elements In the party.
Nathan Bernstein, Sidney W. Smith and
W. M. McKay spoke In favor of the move
and there, was no dissent offered.
"I think the olub has an opportunity to
do the party a great deal of good by at
tempting to restore harmony," said Mr.
Bernstein. "I realize very well that some
people think our club acted foolishly In
the last campaign and It is believed there
has been a split in the ranks that will
mean the end of the club. I do not think
this Is true and I am convinced that all
bitterness among the members is wiped
out. I know the leaders of both the big
factions of the party In Omaha are anx
ious for peace. They are admitting freely
French Governor is' Sustained.
PARIS, June 1. A cispatch from Saigon,
capital of French Indo-China, bays Gov
ernor General Beau has been detained In
Tonquln by the serious conditions prevail
Ing in the adjoining Chinese province of
Yun Nan, where the rebellion la spread
lng. Two hundred French subjects are
surrounded at Yun Nan Fu and the Hong
Tse railroad works are Interrupted.
Is tho joy of the household, for without
it no happiness can be completo. How
sweet the picture of mother and babe,
angels smile at and commend the
thoughts and aspirations of the mother
bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
which the expectant mother must pass, how
ever, is so full of danger and suffering that
she looks forward to the hour when she shall
feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and
fear. Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror
of ehild-birth can bo entirely avoided by the us of Mother') Friend,
a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders
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BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS
.let Session of the Body, at Which
Only Routine Work is
Handled.
Only one ocesslon for debsts was sprung
on the Bosrd of Education at its meeting
last night. This came when the committee
on rules sought to get enacted a change
that will allow teachers pay for time lost
on account of sickness. Mr. Smith argued
that Omaha ought to be more liberal In
this regard, citing that Denver and other
cities allowed teachers pay for such un
avoidable absences from duty. Mr. Rice
urged similar reasons In support of the
change, but Mr. Mcintosh was not ready
to vote, and asked that the matter might
go over for one meeting, la order that other
members could have time to post up on
the question.
Every member was present when the
session opened and stayed until adjourn
ment. Considerable entertainment was afforded
by Truant Officer Parker's report. In which
he suited that he had made 278 calls from
April IS to June 1, sod had found work for
one man and four boys and brought a 7-months-old
baby out of a spasm. He said:
"One man offered me S5 if I would not send
his boy to school. I refused the bribe, gave
the man a free lecture on honesty and had
the boy 'n school the nest morning. Borne
of the boys think I am very mean because
I want them to go to school and let
tobacco and cigarettes alone."
Columbia, Mo., furnished an applicant for
the position of superintendent of schools
la the person of A. U. Steele, who is anxious
to go to work for Omaha at the rate of
Volcanic Eruption In Iceland.
LONDON, June I. A steam trawler
which has arrived at Kirkwall. Orkney
Islands, Scotland, reports that a volcanic
eruption occurred in Iceland on May 27.
The crew of the vessel were then fishing
at some distance frcra the land and the
i for thirty miles juound, the captain
says, became line soapsuds."
Japs Forestall Germans.
SHANGHAI, June 1. The Nippon Yusen
Kalsha Japanese Bteamshlp company has
purchased the vessels, rights and good will
of McOatn's Yang Tse river steamer line.
a British company, thus acquiring all the
wharves and berthing accommodations at
the Yang Tse ports which the derma ns
have been trying to acquire.
Steamer Ganaa Is Safe.
BERLIN, June 1. A dispatch received
here from Durban, Natal, today announced
that the German Antarctic steamer Urns
concerning whose safety considerable ap
prehension was felt, passed Durban yes
terday on Its way to Capetown.
To Abolish Study, of Greek.
DUBLIN. June I. The council of Trinity
college has recommended that the senate
approve the admission of the women te
that Institution and the abolition of th
compulsory study of Greek.
Boars of Governors to Meet.
The board of governors of the Knights of
Alt-Bar-Ben ana tne nustnng committee of
that organisation will break bread together
at the Omaha club this evening. Schemes
and plans for the seaaon will te discussed
snd considered Informally and the diners
win try to get themselves squared awa
for a career of successful activity that wl
put an previous erroria to snsme.
Small Early Blase.
The firemen were called at t o'clock thl
mornlnsr to the rear of the Bennett ware
house, formerly the Omaha Guards armory
on lapuoi avenue, wnere tne nortnwe
corner of the building was found to be
smouldering. The boards had been Ignited
by ashes thrown out from the houaee on
Eighteenth street. It was put out with no
loss.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Funre of Baa Fran
Cisco and C. W. Cow 111 of blalr are at the
Pazton.
E. E. Mockett of Lincoln. D. H. McMllla
and W. A. Laldlaw of Lang Jon, N. D., are
at tne Murray.
J. W. Chapman of Kearney, Alf Helsln
Clark of Gretna.' C. J. Kills of Tekamah
and Oeorge W. Wilis of Randolph are last
evening arrivals at the Merchants.
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Jim Dumps and wlfa. Invariably,
Had 'Force" for Sunday evening tea.
When cook went out that afternoon,
Tl but a saucer and a spoon
Or two to wash a task not grim
And all are pleased," laughed "Sunny ,
Tb Bad744em Cereal
pleases everybody
In e?ery
SvMt, crisp flats t)f wksat aasl swaiu
"Wo Uko It."
TTi use 'Force' and like it exceedingly.
" H. R. Sacwdsbs.
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Xamed at Last Might's
to Devise Ways and
i for Healing Spilt
In the Clnb.
making, etc., by the club members and not
by outside talent
Last night the meeting was entertained
by a debate on the question of whether It
will be for the best Interests of the repub
lican party to admit Oklahoma. New Mex-
I lco and Alisons, as states. The affirmative
was handled by'O. 8. Erwln and the nega
tive by C. G. McDonald. A general dis
cussion of the resources of the three ter
ritories followed in which nearly all of the
club members took part.
A special entertainment committee, ap
pointed last night, arranged for a debate
for the next meeting on the question,
"Should United States senators be elected
by direct vote of the people?" Frank Shot
well of South Omaha was given the affirm
ative and W. M. McKay the negative.
Considering the bad weather, the attend
ance was large and President Foster closed
the session by a little speech of encourage
ment and a demand for still more club Interest.
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FIRE AND POLICE MATTERS
Member McHuarh Takes His Seat and
Is Aaalgned to Wright's
Committees.
The Board of Fire and Police Commis
sioners met last evening. Mayor Moores
was not present. Judge W. D. McHush.
wm unieso mey get logemer tne aemo- the new member, appointed to fill C. C
ctats will sweep the platter this fall. Now . Wright's place, was present for the first
uie younger men are not so grooved In time, and by resolution- was made chair
their political channels as to make this man of the laws, ordinances and regula
harmonizing work distasteful. Perhaps we
cannot accomplish anything but we can
try at least and show we have the Inter
ests of the party at heart."
Committee to Work Immediately.
President Foster Immediately appointed
three of the five members of the commit
tee, naming Nathan Bernstein, chairman;
Frank Furay and Sidney W. Smith. He
announced that he would name the others
In a day or two and urged the committee
to begin work Immediately In order to
make a full and tangible report at the next
regular meeting, July S.
A report recommending amending the
constitution and by-laws brought in by
Chairman Frank Crawford of a special
committee, was approved and the two ad
ditions voted upon favorably and laid over
to the next meeting for final action. The
tlons committee and a member of the com
mittee on buildings and property. Lee
Spratlen was appointed secretary of the
board and Thomas assistant secretary,
Patrolman Bebout appeared before the
board In answer to a summons to explain
his continued absence from duty. He pre
sented a statement of Dr. H. G. Wlese
saying that hs waa still suffering from the
effects of a fall on the night of December
26 and still unfit for duty. A statement
from City Physician Ralph waa also read
saying that the latter considered the officer
fit for duty. After consideration It was
ordered that Bebout report for duty next
Monday. The bond of Special Officer L. W.
Robb for 11,000 in the Bankers' Surety com
pany was approved. The salary of E. W.
Boyles, clerk to the chief of police, was In
creased to $100 a month. Bills, Including
the police stationery supply for twelve
constitutional amenameni proviaes ior two months, were approved. The board heard
fiscal periods, one beginning April 1 and
the other October 1, the dues of new mem
bers commencing from the first of either
date after election. The amplification of
the by-laws provides that the president at
the first regular meeting after his election
shall appoint standing committees on mem
bership, entertainment and memorial ban
quet. In supporting the latter Mr. Craw
ford made a plea for entertainment, speech-
a plea for the granting of a pension to
Mrs. Coulter, widow of Oeorge Coulter,
ordered that the officers of the fire de
partment In charge of houses be held re
sponsible for the ulsclpllne therein and
that they report any breaches of the same
Immediately to Chief Salter. Applications
for leave of absence were read from Roy
W. Greenman for twenty days, Roy W. Les
ter for ten dsys and I.leutensnt Peter Mo-
Quire for twenty days. The last of these
was held for consideration and the others
granted. Chief Salter informed the board
that there are three vacancies In his de
partment, one a lieutenancy, ana presenter
names of f'remen . whom he recommended
for advancement. Action was deferred
until next Monday. Boyd K. Porter was
placed on the substitute list of the fire
department.
In the matter of the application by tne
Castellar Street Presbyterian church for
the revocation of the license granted to
George W. Tlerney for a saloon at Six
teenth and Arbor streets, an opinion was
read from City Attorney Wright, showing
that the board has no authority to act in
such manner. A copy or tne opinion was
ordered sent to the church board.
PRESIDENT'S TRAIN ON TIME
Maklnar Good .Progress at Early
lionr Over Nebraska Dl
' vision.
The president's special at an early hour
thl morning was reported on time and was
due to pass through the Union Station at
1:25 o'clock and to be turned over to the
Illinois Central at S:45 at the Transfer In
Council Bluffs. The railway people had
report In from the line saying that the
track was In a good condition as could be
expected, and that good time was being
made. They -will, however, be pleased
when the train run safely -Into tho Coun
cil Bluffs station and Is token In charge
by the eastern road.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Harry Btrelght, the street car conductor
Injured In the collision at Twenty-ninth
and Shirley avenue Friday evening, is
slowly Improving, but Is still a very sick
man.
A burning chimney at the residence of
John Rasgorschuts, J07 North Thirty-fifth
street, was the occasion of the fire alarm
shortly after 8 o'clock last evening. The
firemen made the run from Twenty-fourth
and Cuming streets through the mud up
the Thirty-second street hill, only to find
on arrival there that their services were
not needed.
who served twenty-one years in the fire ye.terday morning to view the roads
department and was In service when killed, f damaged by high water, as arranged Sut
The matter was taken under consideration, urday. CommlSKloner O'Keefe was on hand
Pipeman Thomas J. Murphy of hose com
psny No. 7 was ordered to appear before
the board at Its nsxt meeting to answer
charges of reporting, for duty under the
influence of liquor. It waa resolved and
early and later Commissioner Connolly
made his sppearanoe. No other member
of the board was on hand at 10 o'clock,
and while O'Keefe and Connolly professed
to be willing to make the trip, they decided
to wait until a majority of the board oould
be brought together.
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