TIIE OMAITA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 7. 1903.
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BIDS ON SCHOOL ; SUPPLIES
Tenden for All EorU of tbiogt Needed
Beferred for Tabulation.
COAL PRICES ARE ON A STRIKE BASIS
Dtalfn Submit Their Offer With a
Marine Clause and Ask to Be
Allowed Make Early
, Delivery.
Bids for ataUonery. printing and lltho.
grapning, naroware ana januors euppi.
were received by the Board or taucauon
last night ami referred for tabulation. The
bide on fuel were:
Coutant ft aaulres. Missouri screened I
r,,l. US Vn.,.vK n i .nthrncite.
110.10 per ton. I
Bunaeriana Brothers company, weir y
lump 95; nut, 44.74; Pennsylvania an-
thraclte, 110.40 per ton. .
C. B. Havens ft Co., southern Kansas
screened nut. fi.lo: Missouri screened nut.
14.77; southern Kansas lump, 6 35;
Missouri screened lump, $5.02, Penn-1
sylvanla anthracite, 110.80 per ton.
Coal Hill Coal company, southern Kan-
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w m-rrsnna nui, """';
ronnnj ivuina aninr&cue, fiv.u yvi ivii.
All bids were referred.
It' Is estimated that 1500' tone of oft
of Pennsylvania anthracite will be ued
during th winter. All bids stipulated that
blddera.be not held liable In case of strike I
or other events beyond their control, and I
all want to deliver as much coal aa possi- i
Hie itiirlnv th summer months. 1
D. Appleton ft Co. and Longmans, Green
ft Co.. submitted proposals for new books. I
Referred to the textbook committee. 1
Bids pn high school cadet unlforme were:
Brownina Kin &. Co.. coat. $9.50: trous-
ers, $5.50; cap and chevrons according to 1 in the country precincts, county Commls
rank and style, same style cap aa last I . u..m n,. r,u-..tt. nH Mc.
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I'eitliione tlroiners Manuiaciunni com-
pany, Cincinnati, coat, $7 2; trousers, $6.50;
caJ!: J. ?1 a0V,c.0At FiVh -..
trousers, $5 60; cap, $1.25; overcoat, $11
Referred.
4 Mn I
These resignations were accepted: Miss
Ethel Evans, teacher of drawing, high
school; Katherlne Gue, kindergarten di
rector; Jean H. Herdman, teacher.
Applications for Janltorships wer re-
celyed from Mrs. Barbara Steponek. Anton
Miss Wlnlfrd Lemon applied for a poal.
non as icacner in tne nig.i . nc-
1 il. tia. 1 t t- -
xerrea.
Miss Lydia 8. McCague applied for the
position of teacher of drawing In the high I, ,n tJje Ban( manner and Mr. Cor
achool, the application being accompanied lBh a,d that ,n futur, vn, board would
by recommendatldns aa to her ability. Re.
ferred.
Superintendent Pearae reported that
Reubeh Black had not been Injured in any
way r rauuo 111, ny uiiibiiiiicuv b1vcii
him by the principal of Forest school. Mrs.
Slack, the mother,' had, through an attor-
ney, filed a complaint with th board and
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aaked for an Investigation.
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by eleven votes, that being the number
of members present.
architect of th. lronmouth Park school
wa approved. . It calls for 6 per cent of
k- h. K..iMin- .....
Settlement With the City.
. The board authorized the drawing of a I
warrant for $1,154 In favor of the city, aa
a full and final settlement of all regular
and special taxes on achool property, and I
also of the long standing, dispute between I
tjak Altw ..Art. k-jirjl. fim th. nmmiiMl I
grading of Hickory street, and of Interest I
on the $15,000 jail purchase money.
The amount was arrived at after several
conferences, and ia a compromise. .
The,r.ule requiring teachera to realda In
tha city of Omaha was suspended so far I
as teachera now In the employ of the
board are concerned. It will affect four or
five teachers living id South Omaha or
Council Bluffs
Homan Introduced a resolution that free
hand drawing at the high achool be dis
continued. Referred to first meeting In
Aueust
The election of a truant officer waa post-
poned until next month to allow mem-
ber to decide whether they will continue
or abolish th office.
SECOND WARD REPUBLICANS
Club . Endorses Delegate to Judicial
and State Conventions
Wltheat Debate.
The Second Ward Republican club met
last vnlng with a large attendance.
Chairman Bchm stated that the principal
object of the meeting wa to aelect and
approve the list of nine delegates to the
Judicial convention, and a list of six dele-
gate for the atate convention to be voted
upon at the primaries Friday, July 10.
In view of the fact that A. C. Troup of I
the Second ward la a candidate for district I
judge, he was given th privilege of aelect-
lng th delegates to the Judicial convention. 1
These are: William Alstadt, Fred Behm, I
Walter W, Bingham, Thomas B. Dysart,
Charles E. Foster, David W. Gilbert. Fred
Honsa, Fred H. Hoye and Martin L. Sugar-
mat. Th list waa unanimously agreed
upon, and alt members of the delegation
aa well aa members of the club were
pledged to do everything possible for Mr.
Troup'a nomination. .
The following delegatea were unanlmoualy
agreed upon to attend th republican atate
convention: William Alstadt, W. W. Blng-
ham, John Yerak, Samuel Morris, Ed
Grlmea, Ed Morrla and M. Cavanaugh.
Chairman Behm announced the following
as Judges and clerks for the primary elec-
Uon: Jamea Rosa, Antone Klelnhaupel,
CAUSES OF HAY FEVER.
Byomel the Only Care Gives Change
ot Climate la Year Oiri Home.
Fifty years ago, hay fever had not been
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then a. they do now -.1th atorm. of aneea-
lag. prous. watering of the eye.. .xc...Iv.
running t th nnu IntAni. smarting mwiA
named, but undoubtedly people suffered
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Itching and stuffed up feeling In th head.
The direct cauaea appear to be heat,
dust and the pollen ot flower. Although
hay fever may occur at any season of th
year, it la most common and severe In
August, and prevent, treatment ahould
be aaopiea eome wmu oetor in tlm
th dlaeaa la du. ,
Prior to the discovery of th remarkable
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only treatment that gav relief to hav
fever aufferera. waa change of climate.
The use of Hyom.l enable, any on. to
, -1. . i,am. n.kink 1. .til..- .I.-. ..I
ww"1" ' in 01
th. Adlrondacks, th. White Mountains or
other health resort, where healing balsams
fill the air with natur.'a germ de.troy.r.
osone.
Thoae who are aubject to hay fever
hould begin th. use of Hyomel at once
and thus prevent the disease. An ounce of
prevention 1 worth more than a pound ot
cur in th treatment of hay fever.
enrrnvan m. avvvmim nave seen in gooa
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.ffut. fnllnwlna t l . 1 1 a. lfvnm.1 I .11
iiiuiui of the -TesDlratorv ortim . r,A
.mm, to .ell Hvom-J tn .n K.
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fever eufferer, with the understandina-
that If It doea not give satisfaction, the
....imut will cost nothlna.
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John Swoboda. The ward primaries will
be held at 1259 South Sixteenth street
By a unanimous vote republicans of the
First ward Isst night In caucus selected the
following unlnntructed delegates to Judicial
and state conventions:
Judicial E. A. Willis, F. W. Coleman,
James Meyers, E. J. Cornish, Frank Cope.
Jamea Woleshensky, Joseph Guggemos,
Alan Smith and Henry Ehrenfort.
State F. W. Koetter. F. W. Bandhauer,
P. M. Black. W. B. Benson, Dr. W. H.
Hanchett, John Pearson.
More than 100 republicans assembled at
Tenth and Hickory streets to name these
delegations to be submitted at the republt
can primaries. The namea were presented
bv rnmmlttM mmnfiaaA Af TVflnlc Cone.
. nni. c c. Bunrthhuid. J. C.
Kloutl mna rrank McDonald. E. A, Willis
am ch.,rmlln . th rauP. ,nd F.
w Cf)1(,man a. 8ecreUry. j. w. Carr of
th. r-lr.t ward, ranrilriata tor a. tudlclal
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frier speeches, in aecision to sena me
delegates to the conventlona uninatructea
wa, ,mbcMiiei ,n a resolution Introduced
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by F. W. Bandhauer. It la understood
that the chief object of the First ward In
the judicial convention will be to secure
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and possibly on court stenographer. The
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candidates tor bailiff are E. A. WHlls, J. B.
Llndberg, Jamea Cathro, Frank McDonald
and W. B. Benson.
PAVING THE MILITARY ROAD
Coantr Commissioner and Park
Board Beajln on Estimate
me county Boara ot Jbquanrauon an
tho JJord ot rark commissioners ra
7:30 o'clock last night to taia over proposed
construction of pavement over tn roaaa
connecting city atreeta wun pavea roan
nuuen iwiiraii, vvinwiiji
wimiu, vuiiiini.n.. i
Cornish, Oondon and Craig wer present,
witk Z. T. Llndsey, Jamea Walsh and F. A.
Ul BLU -k1 VOVIIUII5 BHU.aw m
precinct.
H'K . a,.h4V Vvaa rA infnimiallV A. i r II MHP.d
' VUUI1V tvo-a u wa .
the amount of th levy for road purposes,
tentatlvely agreeing upon 3V4 mllla for that
Du.-noee
At the opening of the conference J
Cornish said that h desired to mak a
L,,,nl ta - vold misunderstanding. He
tnea teteTTti t0 the paving Of Vinton street
by co-operation between th Park board
arA thi riMintv cnmrnlsHtonurs with an un-
th.t no lnterfer.nce .houia be
mada w,th tne oralnary funds of the board
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hi,i-iK .tr.-t to Fiorenca wo. ordered
take up necessary pavements that are more
of public than of private use. The board
now has plana for regular boulevarda
lhch wU ,a8t tm year but al, money
supplted the board over the sum of $17,000
the board la willing to expend on Improve-
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and Military avenue, funda remaining after
thla work haa been done to be used In
Improving Eleventh atreet between the vla-
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duct and Reservoir park.
Commissioner Connolly said that this
Proposition I. aaT-eeabl. to the board and
l
Fortieth atreet connection will be about
Tne cnange men coniorapim ino 1 -
moval of the atreet car tracks to one side
of the road and the widening of the atreet
If necessary. An estimate of the cost of
the work, mad after some discussion,
placed It slightly In axcesa of $6,800, lnclud
ng curbing, the material used to be stone
1- 1.4 4 V nrM,nt 'nivnnnnf ' An VT 1 1 1 1 n rv
road. If th . plana, aa agreed upon last
night are carried out the money will be
available next spring, but if a contractor
can be found who la willing to" wait for hla
money work can be atarted within a few
week
AND SAMSON DID UNTO THEM
After tha Manner of the Rale of
Halvera Are Many Unlearned
Gnest Tntored.
And aa-aln In the Imperial place of Ak-
..k-- whieh ilea oa the north running
,, or itinerant street cars, hav ther
bMn knlghted true men by th Immaculate
-,..,,1 P.r.manlai at the hands of the
sacred people and th chief and rulers set
prt th.eM rite" ,n th T"t of
Qulvera. Ana tn concourse or men-ai-arm
and old stagers , gave thanka to Bam son.
tha Imperial one, for through hla munifi
cence wer they cooled by swinging punkaa
ot the aort which anciently made possible
eating in th lucent chop house before
tha period of the electrlo fan,
And certain men were brought out by the
centurions aa samples from the job-lot and
mad to understand why the three group
of quadrumana, all commonly known in the
proverbs of Qulvera aa monkeys, should
be sore upon themselves. - Of these were
Gorge Riddell, J. L. Paxton and Tom
Klopp. And again there was one Henry B
Payne, a man already knighted, yet who
waa darkly Ignorant of the symbolical
letters which are tha Identification of all
true men; and him did the centurions again
put to the trial until-he fractured a aua
1 pender button and stood ashamed.
And among those from distant parte
I were two priests, men versed in the lore
ot the narrow way, and these made aer-
mons for the edification of the sacred men
I and these were Rev. R. G. McLeod of New
I Tork City and Rev. C. H. Young of Chi
cago. And there waa also C. S. Mont
gomery, who poured out twenty-three yards
of elegant words before the Imperial one
And of men from far placea were Julius
Peycke, W. H. Beebe and O. C. Olsen from
Kansas City; D. L. Griffith and John Reec
of Chicago; Fred Preston of Seattle, Wash
George McCoomba of Norfolk. Neb.: II. D
Olaen of Rich Hill, Mo., and Lieutenant
J. P. S. Ryan, a warrior,
"Mark you well," spoke Samson, "that
on th night which Is Wednesday coma
before ua a great number of th sages who
conduct newspaper in all parts of the
outer world who ar assembled In the
city of Qulvera, because of a thing which
la called a convention. And It 1 meet and
fitting and my word of command that aa
m.ny a, posslbl of you who ar numbered
amonf tn. , th.
ierabl. at that tlm, ,
- no iwr
making or a rousing tim."
LQCAL. BREVITIES.
iifhA.tE .0f 1t,,rm.ni0k.U Hm'1
Uon'of'th. N.'t tonal EdiHr,1. tC..?Vn
I Jack Conway of Dubuqu. Ia.. waa ar
resiea last oignt and locked up. charged
iVrvimT n.i"P-.'.char'cter ni1
The meeting of th South Side Improve-
ment club at Tenth and Hickorv air....
wn,cn w" nave oeen hem last night.
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ana 1. naries Miner, who both reside at 1317
Douglas street. The house was too small
ll? ,ihT.,2J,hI..lad, to h , A
Jm" ,0 ,h" ttttCt W" place(1 ara,n,t
Joseph Gibbons and A. H. Stenhan. r.
dln ( South Eleventh atreet, wer.
',T"a "."J IV, "ar"n ''Lr.u.bin
very bad cut below the left eve whlia th.
trouble waa In progress. It required ftv
.
1 im . inmi x ai. i(ic; im (ins Hinir m rn nwm
1 m.., for . .Mrial ir.ln tn .;
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I convention of the Christian Endeavor ma.
h-'1 Over 100 delegate, will ,0 out from
I imana, aiong wun nrty rrom Baltimore.
It la expected that an additional lu) win
Mo1? e trin on its way. Thla will be
.'i.V" wu tmon
aiauun m i.v a. in.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Makes Annual Estimate of
Pnblio Expenditures.
POLICE JUDGE KING RESENTS DICTATION
Tell Commissioner Xolaa That the
Police Court I Not Vnder the
Jurisdiction of Governor
Appointed Board.
At the meeting of the city council last
night the finance committee submitted a
report showing the estimate of expenses
for the .fiscal year commencing August 1.
This estimate calls for an expenditure of
$175,463. the amount being divided Into the
following funds:
eneral $22. 500 (Interest and
ire 18.SR5 sinking iuna.4.""
Police 17,9X0. Charity l,0"0
Lights 14. (mo (Rents S.uou
ier jt.wif riming
and
Library
2.5
advertising:
3,000
1.000
urhlng and
Outterlna .... 2.500
Jail and feed
ing prisoners.
Park ttuO
Garbage, sani
tary and
health de
partments ... 2.000
Insurance l.0
Hlectlons, reg
tratlon. etc. ' l.tno
Office supplies l.ono
Street repair... 7. OH)
udgment 11.6US Miscellaneous . l.iflO
In making the estimate the council
merely compiled with the conditions of the
charter. The estimates given are subject
to correction by the council when It. comes
time for making the levy. For the fiscal
year closing August 1. 1903, the city de
rived from taxation $138,655, and from other
sources $17,625, making a total of $151,280.
G. E. Beck sent in a communication de
manding that the city treasurer return to
him $50, the amount he paid for a plumb
er'a license. Beck declared that the ordi
nance levying this tax waa illegal, and he
gives the city ninety days In which to com
ply with hla demand or else suit will be
commenced to recover.
Tax Commissioner Fitzgerald filed a
atatement asserting that the assessment
for 1903 had been completed and that he
had performed his duties honestly and to
the best of his ability.' No mention waa
made of tho total valuation, but it ia un
derstood to be. in the neighborhood of
$17,600,000.
A llauor license was granted to jane
Kauffman, Twenty-fourth and Wyman
streets.
The communication from the Fire ana
Police Board asking that a certain sum
be set aside for tiie maintenance of the
Are and police departments waa read and
placed on file.
An ordinance waa introduced tor mo
grading of C street from Twenty-third
to Twenty-fourth street, and referred to
the judiciary committee.
Advice Not Needed,
Juda-e King politely and emphatically In
formed T. J. Nolan, a member of the South
Omaha Fire and Police board, that when
hla advice waa needed In the conduct, of
the police court business he would bo sent
for
Nolan, representing the membera of the
Fire and Police board. Informed Judge King
that he must not in the future release any
prisoners unless the fine Imposed waa paid
In full. King felt that he was being Im
posed upon by the board and did not stut
ter when he told Nolan that he did not
need any advice from htm.
In epeaklng of the incident Judge King
said to a Bee reporter that In some in
stances where he waa acquainted with prla
oners he had permitted them to depart on
payment ot a portion of the fine imposed
This waa done In order that they might
return to. work -and not Jose -their job.
Continuing,' Judge King said that so far
every man he had released on the condl
tlnna mentioned had kept tne obligation and
that tho city had received every cent of the
flnea Imposed. Where a man haa a famllv
and a Job In a packing nouse and If un
fortunate enough to be arrested the court
hold that it la better to suspend a portion
of the sentence temporarily until the pny
ments can be made. Aa the Judge la re
sponsible on his bond to tne city he. doea
not aee where Nolan or 'any other member
of the board can come to him and dictate
what he shall do while on the bench, or off
it for that matter.
Judge King said that as long aa he holds
hla place on the bench he proposes going
ahead attending to. his duties regardless of
what the membera of the Klre and Police
board dealre him to do. It Is asserted that
Nolan threatened to instruct the police not
to recognise any release slgped by Judge
King unless the officers were satisfied that
all fr.es and costs had been paid. There
will soon be a test case made in order to
ascertain who is Judge or tne police court
and whether a release signed by the court
la good or nbt.
School Board Meeting?,
It waa decided by the Loard of Educa
tion at a meeting held last night to erect
a four-room addition to . Highland school
Member Kubat wanted the board to pro
ceed at once and select an architect, but
President Morrill Interposed an objection
unleas the price be stipulated. It waa
Kgreed that the architect te paid S per
ennt and then balloting commenced. John
Klewlt received four votes. L. A. Davis
one vote and one blank waa cast.
A. C. Pancoaat, attorney for the board
presented a history of the high achool and
bond election. Loechner end Kubat were
oppoaed to accepting the history, but they
were voted down.
The Highland Improvement club requested
tha us. of one of the rooms in the High
land school for holding meetings and the
requeat waa granted. June bills amounting
to a large sum were presented and allowed.
J. B. Watklna secured the contract for
furnishing the lumber to be used in Mad
ison achool. V. J. Anderson secured the
contract for grading at Lincoln school, the
cost to be is cents per cubic yard.
Loechner wanted to advertise for bids
for plans for a high achool buildlna- h
beat plana to receive the contract, second
oest a premium of $150 and the third $100.
The board did not favor the Idea and n
action waa taken.
July 14 la the date aet for the next meet
ing, when an effort will be made to sell
th high achool bonda.
Celebrate Sliver Wedding.
Thla afternoon and evening Balthas Jet
ter and wife will celebrate their silver
wedding at their home. Thirtieth and Jef
feraon atreeta. Mr. and Mr. Jetter have
resided in Douglas county for about thirty
yeara and a portion of their farm was th
ground now occupied by the Armour plant.
a coraiai invitation has been extended to
all frlende to call at th house during th
afternoon or evening and partake of lunch
and refreshments.
No Chasge Here.
The burning of th. Hammond plant at
St. Joseph, Mo., will in no way affect th.
South Omaha market or the receipts here.
When th. news of the St. Joseph fir be
came known here It was thought that th.
Hammond hous. In this city might be
reopened. Such a course could not be pur
eued for th. reason that th. plant has
been practically dlamantled and it would
take nearly aa long to get the machinery
In operation aa It would to reconstruct the
buildings In St Joseph. Shippers aay that
the live atock deatlned for Hammond's at
St. Jcseph will be diverted to Kansas City
and that South Omaha will in no way be
benefited by the fire there.
Clerk' Jan Vtatemeat.
City Clerk Shrlgley haa completed
statement shQwlog th condition ot tn city
funds on July 1. The amount of the 1912
levy was $133,655, with a balance of $5,f6?
from the levy of l!fl. From all aources
the receipts amounted to $151,2S0. Of this
sum there had been drawn up to July 1.
$142,6S6. There Is still a balance ot $3,594 in
the treasury. The fire, Interest and curb
and pavement "epalr funds are depleted
and the balances In the other funda are
hardly worth mentioning.
Complaint As;alnst Connor.
A complaint has been filed In police court
against Harry Connors, who conducts a
saloon at Thirty-first and Q streets. He
Is charged by the police with having vio
lated the orders of the Fire and Police
board regarding the closing of saloons
promptly at midnight. The case will be
called for hearing in police court some day
this week.
Lad Breaks leu.
Last evening the 4-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Patrick McNuff. 611 North Twenty-fifth
street, fell from a grading scraper
on which ho was riding and broka hl3 left
leg. The accident occurred at Twenty-fifth
and L streets. The lad was carried to ths
office of Dr. Aberly and the fracture re
duced, after which the lad waa taken to
his home.
Magic City Gossip.
rhiof rtricir avs that Moxie Terrell la
still among the missing.
A false alarm called the fire department
to Swift's yesterday -aft noon.
The rea-ulur monthly meeting of the
Fire and fnllce Board is to be held tonight.
M. A. Dillon left last night for Buffalo,
N. Y., to attend to some businega matters.
Prunlt Coad. one of the tellers at the
Packers' National bank, is on the sick list.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Allard, Thirty-fifth and U streets.
Kd Johnston has written friends here that
he will return from Seattle some day this
week.
Ahnnt 1 sno horses arrived at the stock
yards yesterday, and there will be horse
sales all the week.
Zack Cuddinatnn came over from his
grading camp at Hawthorne, Ia., yesterday
to spend tne aay wun inenas.
Dr. Plnhnueh reports the birth of a son
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sic
Guigan, Fortieth and S streets.
Theodore Shanahan. paying teller at the
Packers' National bank, has gone to Chi
cago and Buffalo for a two weeka' vaca
tion. Mike O'Connor, who was caught by Cap
tain Troutan trying to pass articles into
the city Jail through the bars, was given
thirty minutes to leave town yesterday.
Alice. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Haves, died 6tinrtay evening. The
funeral will be held this morning at the
family residence, rwenty-eigntn and it
streets.
NEEDS AN OFFICIAL PAPER
Great Inconvenience Experienced and
City Buslnea Delayed for
Lark of One.
Every day something comes up at the
city hall showing the necessity of an official
paper and demonstrating the Inconvenience
of not having cne. Several matters ar
now being held In abeyance until the coun
cil acts on the bids- put In last week by
The Bee and the World-Herald.
City Treasurer . Hennlngs yesterday
was In a quandary on the matter of adver
tising the special taxes levied for the
Hanscom park-Burt atreet section of tho
Central boulevard. The law requires that
property- owners be notified by publication
that the taxes are due before they become
delinquent, and the advertiatng must be
done Immediately, the time being almost
up. Aa thla Is the aecond levy made for
this section of the boulevard, and It has
taken several yeara to get the preliminaries
In shape, Treasurer ' Hennlnga ' waa par
ticularly anxioua not to hav any slip at
this Mm . '
City i Attorney Wright advised that the
advertisement be Inserted in both The Bee
and tho World-Herald, the only papers
which put In bids', and one of which must
be uelected aa the official paper. Aa it is
slmplya notice to property owners of a tax
being due, and not a matter to come be
f.iro the Board of "Equalization, Attorney
Wright said the publication would be legal
and binding.'
SIXTEENTH , STREET REPAIRS
Work Will Not Be Delayed by
Restraining; Order Preventing
. Making; of Contract.
r naaann
Repairing of Sixteenth atreet with atone
and gravel will not. according to city
hall authorles, be atopped by the
restraining order preventing the mak
ing of a contract for repairs with the
Nebraska Bltuiithic tomptny, Thla
street waa not to come under the proposed
contract, but to be repaired by men em
ployed by the city, under the direction of
the Board of Public Worka. A double row
of red lights now adorna North Sixteenth
atreet every night, lights being placed at
the east and west ends of the deepest
holes. Barring unforeseen obstacles th
board will be ready to begin work on the
atreet this week, but doea not expect to
literally carry out the Instruction In the
counoll resolution. Instead of using broken
stone and gravel some, if net all of the
holes will be repaired by setting granite
blocks In them. The city haa a large
quantity of the blocks on hand for which
It at present haa no other uae.
No Time, to Fool Away.
Coughs, colds and lung troubles demand
prompt treatment with Dr. King' New
Discovery. No cure, no pay. 60c, 11.00.
For aale by Kuhn ft Co.
BROGAN REJECTS THE WORK
Decline Position a Special Connsel
for City in Railway Tax
Case. .
Attorney Francia A. Brogan haa written
letter to the city council declining em
ployment aa apeclal counsel In the railway
tax cases tinder the terms and conditions in
the resolution adopted by the council June
SO. Th resolution wa the aame. In regard
to compensation and other conditions, aa
the one Introduced June 23, except that It
added the name of Howard H. Baldrlge to
that of Francia A. Brogan.
Mayor Moores, when informed of the let
ter, stated that under the clrcumstancea the
only course open for him waa to veto the
resolution, aa It would be idle and uaeless
to approve It If Mr. Brogan would decline
to aerve. The mayor must approve or veto
the resolution aa a whole, that la, he could
not approve the appointment of Mr. Bald
rlge and veto the appointment of Mr.
Brogan.
Edlsoa Ha Obtained TU1 Patent.
Tha fertile brain of Thomaa A. Edison
continues to be the source of the great
est amasement to the clerks and officials
of the patent office who have In charge
the work of looking after the applications
placed on file by this inventor. On th
last day ot this month Mr. Edison will
have obtained 791 patents from the patent
office on aa many Inventions, a larger num
ber by several hundred than any other
Individual haa received in th history of
the office. This remarkable record was
ascertained by J. B. Babson, chief of the
division of Issue and gasett of the patent
office, who haa made a tabulated atatement
of the Inventlona of Mr. Edison. From this
atatement it would appear that prior to
1896 the Inventor had obtained 711 patents,
and that since that tlm h ha received
the following numbers: In 1S, three;' in
U97, two; in 1&98. eight: In 1896, three; In
1900, sixteen; in 1901, twenty-three, and in
19u3 he ha so far received aix patent..
Washing ton 6 tax.
w VS
SPECIAL TAX LITIGATION
Great Majority of Baits Are Now Settled
hj Compromises.
CITY REMITTING DELINQUENT INTEREST
Over f 100,000 of I ncollectable Levies
Wiped Off Hook In Past Six
Month Cleaning; Ip
Court Docket.
Cults to set aside special taxea levied on
abutting property to pay for atreet paving
may, and probably will, be brought in the
future, but they will be few and far be
tween, and only In some very special case.
Such la the opinion and declaration of
both city officials and attorneys who have
been interested as counsel for property
owners In a majority of the suits brought
within the last few years to set aside spe
cial taxea, and both are borne out by tho
court dockets.
The decision of the supreme court known
locally aa the "homestead decision" prac
tically aettled a large number of suits. It
was to the effect that it was not necessary
for the wife to joint the husband, or the
husband the wife, in signing petitions which
would place taxea upon the homestead
that the rlgnature of the one In whose
name the title rested wa sufficient.
Other Influences, direct and indirect,
which have caused the settlement of many
suits, are the passage of the "curative act"
by the last legislature and the vigorous
manner In which tax suits . hav been
fought by the city the last few yeara. The
fact that the city now has the right to
relevy special taxea under certain' condi
tion has had a preventive effect In the
matter of auita to annul auch taxea.
Few Salts Since 1807.
Very few suits have been brought to aet
aside special taxes levied since 1897, and
none on taxea levied since lSoO. It is gen
erally believed that owing to th. extraor
dinary precautions taken during the '.aat
three yeara In the matter of petitions, of
ordlnancea and ot the other preliminaries
prior to the letting of contracta reqjlred
by law, that none of the leviee made dur-
lng thla period can be buccessfully at
tacked. In a comparative sense only, how
ever, wer. such precautlona extraordinary,
for they were only auch fcs common busi
ness prudence would suggest' and require.
But compared with the loose methods pre
vailing In the 80s and but slightly Improved
during th 0g they were extraordinary.
Contractors at first objected to the new
system, but finding that It would be car
ried out they compiled with its require
ments, some of which ar. now practically
embodied In the charter aectlons governing
public work.
Aa figured out by aome attorneys the city
haa not after all been such a great loser
by the contesting of so many apeclal as
sessments. Their calculations are baaed
on the fact that while the city haa paid
4 to per cent on short time special im
provement bonds it haa in many cases col
lected 12 per cent Interest on a fair propor
tion of auch taxea.
Wiped Off the Book.
During the last six months over 1100,000
of uncollectable apeclal taxea have been
wiped off th. books, th. city settling a
large number of suits by compromising
them. In a majority ot the casea the com
promise has been on tha basis of the city
throwing off the Interest and a amall por
tion of the principle in a few cases th. in
terest and from one-third to one-half of
th. principle haa been remitted by the city.
But before any compromise ia mada ault
must, under the charter, be brought by
the property owner to annul th. tax.
At th. present rate of progress the city
will appear aa defendant In fewer tax
case on the court docket for next spring
than at any tlm since tha bringing of
auita to annul special taxea waa atarted
a dozen yeara ago and the next year It la
probable that all but ten or twelve sulta
will be settled.
For the first time since tha apeclal tax
litigation started th next annual report
of the city treasurer will be approximately
correct In ita atatement of th assets and
liabilities of tha city. Heretofore many
thousanda of dollars ot uncollectable apeclal
taxea have been carried on th. books from
year to year aa an asset aqd the city con
sequently made a very poor ahowlng in
the matter of collecting auch taxes. The
next report will ahow only auch apeclal
taxes aa are collectable.
EXHIBIT OF RAILWAY GROWTH
Elaborate Display of the Evolntloa
ia Steam Transportation at
St. Loot Fair.
Tha evolution and development of th
railways of tha world will be shewn In an
exhibit in the Palace of Transportation by
the Baltimore ft Ohio railway. Th dla
play will occupy 0,000 square feet of
space.
At the Columbian exposition at Chicago
ten yeara ago the same railroad made what
waa then the greatest railroad exhibit th
world had ever aeen. Then th apace occu
pied waa 32.000 square feet.
Th exhibit 1 being prepared under the
personal direction of Major J. G. Pang
born, who for twenty-five yeara haa been
connected with the Baltlmor ft Ohio. It
waa under hla direction that the exhibit at
Chicago waa made, and o great waa Ita
success that the major portion of it waa
transferred to th Field Columbian museum
filling th cast end of th Art building at
Jim Dumps said, "Wife, your bread and cake
Are not like mother used to make."
But when he ate, with cream, of course,
Baked apples In a nest of " Force,"
Which his good wife had fixed for him,
inisDeats Ma's rood l" cried
Th Baady-to-Sam Canal
beats bread
and caKe.
WOT
Csxree Little for Other Food.
trust you will not publish my same, hot 1
felt that I owed it to yonr company to express my
esteem for a food, which by nslng baa caused me to feel
that It so far satisfies appetite that 1 care very little for
any other food."
' (Name furnished on application.)
Jackson park. Arrangementa have been
perfected whereby thla will be removed to
St. Loulx. and It will form the nucleua for
the greater exhibit that will be completed
when tho World'a Fair open It gates in
the spring of 1904.
Major Pongborn haa spent much of his
time during the last ten yeara In Europe,
Asia. Australia and Africa, atudytng and
Investigating railway construction, methods
and operation.
One division of the augmented collection ia
to be devoted to tenth-slie models of typi
cal freight tralna. Abroad they are termed
"gooda" tralna. Tho models will be perfect,
and will stand on counterparts ot roadbed,
track and appurtenances, Introducing typi
cal bridges, trestles, culverts, cut, fills,
etc. '
. The series of models will be from twenty
to twenty-five feet In length and will re
veal accurately the roads and equipments
of all nations. Th motive power, coupling,
makeup of tralna, nature of car and man
ner of loading will all be comprehensively
shown.
Another aeries of models that will be of
Interest to the visitor, whether he be a
railroad man or not, will be that Illustrat
ing the special trains of the reigning heads
of foreign lands.
Other series will denote the development
of the track Interlocking and the general
terminal systems In vogue. The notable
terminal syetem at leading centers will be
shown, and models of the more Imposing
and extensive passenger stations in Amer
ica and abroad will be studied with pleas
ure by the visitor.
. The tunnel division will include models
and reliefs of striking examplea of the
genius and daring of railway engineers.
Tracka will be ahown reaching from valleys
to mountain top, and th. exhibit will ahow
the .difficulties the, early epglneere met In
constructing roads and engines that could
cross the mountains. In this exhibit will
be found the first engine to climb a moun
tnln.- old "Peppersauce," of the' Mount
Washington line.
A revolving globe, to scale and In relief,
thirty feet in diameter, will center the
great apace of the exhibit, and on ita sur
face will be delineated the railway lines
of the world. Such portions aa are double
track will be noted, together with the
gauge, standard weight of rails, tlea and
I sleepers, and all other information of value.
Near by will be ahown the passenger tick
eta u&ed by all the lines, together with the
baggage and luggage syntems In uae all
over the world.
There will be an interesting gallery of
original drawings, lithographs of railway
acenea, locomotives, cars, trains, stations
and brldgea, aa well aa a series of black and
white aketchea Illustrative of evolution and
development of motive power, tralna, per
manent way, etc., together with a great
collection of photographs. St. Lou la Re-
public.
Mortality Statistic.
The following birth, and deaths have
been reported to the health office:
Births Frank Balnland. 1601, Orant, boy;
Frank Karvan, $14 Castellar, boy; O. M.
Fickle, 2217 North Twenty-eighth, girl; Rob
ert Farrell, 1127 North Twentieth, girl; John
Chepuran, 1263 South Fourteenth, boy;
Carl Magnuson, 821 South Twenty-eighth,
boy; Harry Condron, 2323 South Twelfth,
girl.
Death Effie Louise Bedell, 10, 4304 Lake:
Howard Qreen, 10, 2904 North Twenty-sixth;
Isaao Qard, .64, 2601 Blnney: Jake Sargeant.
46, 614 South Twentieth; John Hejl, 2. Gib
son; tan Hansen, 10, ztzi North Twenty
eighth; Charles Sharp, 13, 1716 Dodge.
City Official' Trip.
Wednesday evening, according to present
plans, the city official party will leave for
St. Loula to Inspect the bltuiithic paving
already laid there and that now being laid.
The trip will be made over the Burlington,
possibly In a special car if enough city of
ficials go to fill one, and the party will ar
rive home Sunday morning. The trip will
be mad. without expense to the city, on the
Invitation of Manager John Orant of the
Nebraska Bltuiithic company, who desires
the mayor, councllmen and members of the
Board of Public Works to personally ex
amine bltuiithic paving before receiving or
acting on any bias tor It.
CALLER Dear old Jack, I juat read In tt paper about your being euo
e truck, and rushed right over. Tm awfully glad you're at well aa you are.
You're luck 7. Now, old man, X don't want to work the old "I told you ao" gag
on you, but the way to prevent aunatroke la to keep the bowela clean end cool,
end the blood from being over-beated, by taking CASCARFT Cand7 Cathartic at
bed-time Tbey work while you sleep, end keep you safe and comfortable all day.
TIIE KEELEY CURE 5
Cor. I'th and Leavenworth Streets.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
"Sunny Jim."
TO ENTERTAIN THE WOMEN
Looal Committees Appointed to Look Aft
Editors Wivei and Taughterf.
MANY PLEASANT FUNCTIONS ARRANGED
Vlsltlnn- Women to Be Taken lor
Drives About the tlty, to Theater,
to Mnlnaer Art Gallery and
Other Point of Interest.
A committee of twenty-sev.n women.
comprised chiefly of wives and daughtera
of local newspaper men and of ncwsp.ipor
women, met at the Commercial club rooms
yesterday under tho chairmanship or
Mrs. Marc Perkins lo arrange lor the
entertainment of the 200 or more women
expected with the National Editorial as
aoclatlon this week. As tne majority of
these visiting women are wives t-t mem
bers and will come chiefly for the trip. It
is anticipated that they will not all care
to attend the sessions of the convention
and entertainment waa planned for them
during thla time.
Committee Meet Tnedny.
Tuesday evening the committee will meet
at the Orpheum at 7:30 o'clock to par
ticipate In the general reception following
the band concert, Mrs. Maro Perkins, Mrs.
Edward Rosewater, Mrs. George L. Miller,
Mrs. Clement Chase and Mrs. 1. A. Medlar
to receive with the committee of men In
the foyer. The members of the general
committee will be distinguished by badge
and wU occupy the boxes during the con
certi ' :
The following commute waa appointed
to accompany the vlsitora on the trip to
South Omaha Wednesday afternoon:
Mesdamea I. A. Medlar, Charles C. Roae
water, Arthur Engllah, Maro Perklna. J.
H. Dumont. H. J. Penfold, E. E. Bryaon.
Euclid Martin, J. D. Weaver, Frank Jud
aon, Ralph Hayward, Edward Rosewater,
E. S. Bradley, R. U Metealf, A. L. Patrick.
Q. W. Hervey, 8. J. Pptter. Miss Blanche
and Grace Sorenaon and May Weaver
A theater party will be given Wedneaday
evening while the men are out at the Ak-Sar-Ben
den and the visiting women and
m mbers of the committee are requested to
meet at the Orpheum at 7:30 o'clock, thla
hour being aet that many of tha women
may have the eacort of their huebanda to
the place ot meeting.
Driving and Art Gallery.
Thursday morning a part ot the women
will be taken to the Ltnlnger art gallery
and for the others a drive about the city
will be arranged. A number of women
unable to aerve on the committee lave
volunteered another aervlce und ot thla
number thoae having carrlagea are asked
to place them at the disposal of the e'uests
for tha morning, sending them to the Or
pheum by 9:30 o'clock. Tha committee In
charge Thursday morning will Include
Mmee. Maro Perklna, Frank HaMer, Al
Sorenaon, Charlea C. Roaewater, J. H. Du
mont. Arthur English, F. H. Cclc, 8. J.
Porter and Bailey, Miss Belle Dewey and
Miss Sorcnson.
Thursday afternoon tha women will be
taken for a car ride. Leaving tha Or
pheum promptly at 2 o'clock they will go
to Hanscom park and back through the
city and out to tha Country club, returning
at 4 o'clock to Bennett's, where a buffet
luncheon will be served. They win be
accompanied by members of the commit
tee. Friday morning at 9;30 o'clock thoae who
have not already done ao will be taken
to visit the IJnlnger gallery. The enter,
talnment for each day will be announced
from the convention platform th. day
prevloua. g
Through th courtesy of the Press club
the hospitality of the club rooma haa been
offered the women, light refreshments to
be aerved there every day.
;t, 5afet end most
Cure (or Alcoholism,
ne or other Drug Ad
600
dictions. Tobacco end Clja
rette Habit. All communica
tion confidential,
Vm. R. Burns, rianager
