Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 24, 1903, Page 8, Image 8
TIIE OMAHA DAILY DEE: MONDAY, AUOU8T 24. 1903. OMAHA'S FINANCIAL STATUS Showing of 8pee'al Aesimen?, Warrant acd Regular City Debt RENEWAL IN PLACE OF SPECIAL BONDS Isamease Snnii Thrown Ipon Taxpay er at Lara !r of Prop erty Abattlnaj an Paved Streets. In connection with the Issuing of HM.OnO of "renewal" bonds. City Treasurer Man nings has prepared a statement fhowing the financial condition of the city of Ormha at the present time. Under th heading "Special Assessment Bnndee Debt" are given some Interesting figures, and llgures which account In part for the great Increase In the general In terest Charge within the past few years. It is shown that there have been three Issues of "renewal" bonds, the flrit being on May 1, lS9ti. for XM,4no of ten-year 4 per cent; the second on September 1, 1R97, for 1306, SX) of ten-year 4H per cent, and the third on January 2, 1003, of $200,000 of thirty year 4 per cent. These bonds, amounting to $732.9X1, and Involving tha payment of $31,710.50 In in terest every year out of the general city funds, were all Issued to take up paving grading and other- Improvement "short . time" bonds to redeem which special tnxes had been levied on the abutting property and which, due to the nonpayment of such taxes, hod to be redeemed by the city at large. The proposed Issue of $4R4,OnO thirty year 4H P'f cent Renewal bonds Is due to the same cause and will be used to take up other short time bonds, making a total Issue of $1,236,900 of such renewal bonda. There are In addition outstanding and not yet due $8,800 of grading and 451,800 or street improvement bonds, making a total "special assessment bonded debt" of $1,- n.tsoo. . .. Fifty Per Cent I ncolleetlble. Aa shown by the city treasury books and other city hall records tha words "special assessment bonded debt" apply In fact to less than 60 per cent of the bonds shown under this heading. How great a percent age of the $460,700 of grading and street Improvement taxes' not yet due will be paid cannot be answered from the records, but of the taxes delinquent for from one to fifteen years It Is known that only a mail part can, or will be collected. There are no records In the city hall showing the amount of taxes declared In valid by the courts, and It Is stated such records cannot be made up at this time. One reason assigned is that In many of the suits to annul special taxes only one or two property- owners were parties to the suits, and on final Judgment being ren dered against the' city the taxes opposite their properties were cancelled on the books. But the taxes against other lota In the same district were not cancelled, and it It a matter of record that the city has In many cases collected taxes In dis tricts where the courts had declared the taxes Invalid. Estimates of tho total amount of taxes declared invalid, Including all the taxes in districts where suits have been decided against the city, run' front 1700,000 to $$00,000. . Special Fnad Warrants. The special warrant debt statement shows $270,294.81 outstanding January 1, 190S, Is sued during the present year, $14831.96; re deemed during tha present year, $34,358.83; outstanding August 1, 1903, $250,707.89. City Treasurer Hennlngs has at different times advocated that some steps be taken to redeem at) special fund warrants, and other city officials have been favorable to doing so. Under the plain wocdlng of special fund warrants they are not an obligation of the city at large, but are payable only out of the special taxes In the district on which they are drawn. Many of these warrants, especially those Issued previous to ten years ago, were sold by the contractors, who assigned them to local banks and brokers, and were in turn sold to eastern banks, savings Institutions and other Investors. As soon as the taxes are paid they are redeemed, but In a num ber of oases It Is known that the taxes will never, be-paid some, are Invalid and the property against which some were levied would not pay them and other taxes if sold. While It la argued by city officials that there . Is no moral obligation on the part of the city to redeem these special fund warrants, and that purchasers if they used ordinary care would see that they were not an obligation of the city of Omaha. It is admitted that the failure to redeem them has injured 4he city In cer tain quarters, and that holders of them are undoubtedly very vigorous "knockers" on Omaha. ' The regular or general levy warrant debt of the city was $299,663.19 on August 1, there having been $138,082.16 outstanding January 1. 190, $720,467.36 Issued and $846, 6SC.71 redeemed during the first seven months of the year. Itecnlar City Debt. In addition to the "renewal" bonds noted above, Omaha has Issued in the last twenty years, and still has outstanding, $999,000 of paving bonds, the first $100,000 of which will be due July I, 1904, and the last $100,000 of which will be due May 1. 1933, they being renewal bonda Uaued this year to take up the first paving bonds Issued by the city. The bill of the taxpayers at large for pav ing dona up -to the present time is therefore over $1,760,0011 Including the renewal bonds Issued to take up special assessment bonds. -The sewer bonds Issued to date and now outstanding amount to $1,069,000. In 1901 nd the present year $200,000 of renewal bonds, to take up bonda Issued twenty years previously, were Issued. On July 1, 104, $70,000 of sewer bonds fall due, and during each of the succeeding four years $100,000 of sewer bonds mature. Another $1,000,000 of the city's bonded debt Is made up of $700,000 in city hall bonds. $400,000 l.i park bonds and $100,000 In library bunds. There are tfiO.000 of "engine house bonds" eutstindlng and due In 1910. Three other Items In the report are tlOO,000 of funding bonds due In 19U6, $4W.i)00 ef funding bonda due In IMS and $100,000 of renewal bonds due In la. A part of the money received from thne funding bonds was uaed to pay judgments contested water works and other contested bills, and also to pay uncontested UUs which the regular city levies for several years did not cover. They were known at the time as "overlap" bonds. Tha rates of Interest on the bonds la 4, IVj and I per cent, according to the time at which they were issued. Those Isaued luring the paat few years bear 4 per cent Interest,' and with the exception of renewal The Gorbfcm Co. guarantee it GORHAM Silver. Polish Guaranteed to be the best on the market by tko leading silver iroitht of the world. AO tMpoaeible ntt a peeaafe a y to bonds Issued this year, which run for thirty years, they are for periods of either ten or twenty years. The total regular bonded debt of the city at this date Is $1.61S.W. The charter limita tion Is $2,&00.000, with certain exemptions which amount to $1.3SO,0no, so that tho city has authority to Issue $232,000 more bonds before It reaches the present limit. FALLS THR0UGH GLASS DOOR William Qalalan Saatalna Severe tats as Reaalt of a, Drankea Brave!, In a fight which occurred In the saloon of Loch ft Sanders st 402 South Thirteenth street, about 2 o'clock Sunday morning, William Qulnlnn sustained very severe In juries to his nose and one. of his cheeks. It required fifteen ' stitches to close the wounds. Qulnlnn had been out all night with a companion and at the hour named called at the saloon and asked for a drink. The bartender refused to serve him, and this led to some talk between' the two men. Qulnlan Anally Included a bystander. Doty Hornlsh, In the argument. The saloon keeper asserts that Hornlsh tried to avoid trouble, but that Qulnlan became abusive and finally went so far as to strike Hornlsh, who struck back, and the two men con tinued the fight through a doorway which leads Into the restaurant of N. W. Ander son nt 404 South Thirteenth street. The last blow knocked Qulnlan through a pane of glass in the restaurant door. Qulnlan ran across the street to the livery barn of Henry Homan and laid down on the floor. The men at the barn state that ha lost at least a gallon of blood. The patrol wagon was called and the Injured mnn taken to the station, where his Injuries were dressed by Police 8urgeon Schleler. He was lodged for the balance of the night at the station and removed ' to his home yesterday forenoon. The police surgeon says that, although Qulnlan sustained very severe Injuries and is very weak from the loss of blood, he does not anticipate serious consequences. At midnight last night the man was resting comfortably and the only fear seemed to bo that complications might arise. Qulnlan Is employed by W. J. Broatch. He has resided In Omaha about twenty years. FOUND IN "MASSAGE PARLOR" Young Girl from Iowa Rescued by the Police and Man Locked ti. Sergeants Slgwart and Gibbons were given Instructions Saturday night to call at the massage parlors of Freda Olson, 317H North Fifteenth street, and request her to discontinue an advertisement which she has been running in one of the local papers. When they arrived everything did not look exactly as It should about the place and they placed the proprietress un der arrest and searched the rooms. In one of the apartments they found a girl about 19 years of age, who gave the name of Anna Schultg, from Grand Junction, la., who stated that she had been Induced to come to this city by Frank Mott, who runs a sandwich wagon on Capitol avenue. She stated that she met Mott in Boone, la., where she was working, and on a promise of marriage came with him to Omaha. He represented, according to her story, that he was a prosperous business man. When the two arrived here Mott engaged a room, which the two occupied a few days, after which the girl left him and went to live with the Olson woman, The police ascertained that Mott Is a married man and they Immediately ar rested him and placed a charge of adultery against him. He was released last night on a $500 bond signed by I A, Goldsmith. The girl is being held at the station as complaining witness. She says she left her home In Grand Junction, la., to go to Boone to work and that her parents do not know that she has left there. The police allege that they have Informa tion of another similar case In which Mott figured some time sgo. WHEELMAN KNOCKS GIRL DOWN Bicyclist Strikes Child at High Rate of Speed and Fractures Her Limb. Llxzle McCarthy a 9-year-old 1rl, living with her parents at 2932 South Twentieth street, suffered a compound fracture of the right limb below the knee at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by being knocked down by a bicyclist named Nelson. She was taken to St. Joseph's hospital, where the fracture was reduced. The little girl was returning homo from a shop on Vinton street and attempted to cross the street at the Intersection of Twen tieth and Elm avenue. Nelson, who was approaching rapidly from the south, was unable to avoid her. He was himself thrown to the pavement and considerably bruised. ' Row Over Transfers. A great many people were wondering nuvui. u v.ui- mm iMKiu wny ine soum bound cars on the Twenty-fourth strest line were stopped at Sixteenth and Webster streets. The cause of the delav was a row between a crowd of Bohemian plck nlckers and the conductor of one of tha cars. The conductor, eo the plcknlcker asserted, refused to Issue transfers to the party and then went after him. He was chased off the car and Into a nearby drug store, from where he sent a call to the '-'j -..". viiiL-rr usun answerea the call, but when he arrived everything Vatt n,il.( mA 1. - ... A . . , . There was a doien cars In line before the uuuuuii.jr nil aujusieu. lhntts.... After Porter's Antlseptio Healing OU Is ap- puea. neueves pain Instantly and heals at the same time. For man or beast. Price, 26c. Dr. F. W. Slabaugh, dentist, Elk N. T. Life. LOCAL BREVITIES. F riir.lt Rosters of 1110 North Seventeenth street was arrested yesterday evening, charged with wife beating. Richard Gross, claiming Chicago as his home, was arrested yesterday as a sus picious rharapfr a A wlll K k.t , - - - " , w urm ivr in vestigation. Jim Hall of 1209 Dodge street and Joe Stewart, living at Nineteenth and Mander son streets, were arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct yesterday morning. George Stewart Is locked up at the police station charged with being a suspicious character. The police state that he Is w .or om crime committed In Valen tine, neb. Carrie Mack, colored, and a white woman whose name was not learneu. were In dulging In a hair pull at Eleventh and Capitol avenue yesterday when Officer L-evereese came along. While hj was over caped .'o'o'ed woman the other es- John Tvlson and hla wife, Llsxle Tolaon. t.-V.n. V Twenty-eighth and Harney U.T nl.h'1 aci,doi"VU.c """culty to settle I f "'nt- . They had not nucceeded In adjust ng ;he matter when a policeman huve In sliht and landed them In Jail. ing1 disturbing the peave by fight John Kelley who lives in Iowa City. la.. anj James Sullivan of Twelfth and DougUe streets met In the Third wara lost night. or a time they were the best of friends and each thought he had found a J.-wel In the other, but later there was a falling out and a light which resulted in both Ulng locked up charged with dis'.uiblng the peace by llghtlag. A Council bluffs motor struck little Esther Blumenlhal about o'clock last night. She was caught on the fender of the car and when taken off uy the mGlurumn It was found that she waa culte seriously cut about the face. The police aurseon dressed the wounds and she was removed to her home at Hi South Tvelfth street. The accident occurred at the cvroer of Twelfth aud louglaa street. TALES TOLD BY TRAVELERS Ohio Major Pnii 'ts Auditor Under M.Uion Dollar Bond. HIGH BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KILL EDITOR Toper Misses aqmnre Table and Clr cnaiveats Roand One All Maht Other Stories from Hotel Lobby. "About twenty-nve years ago there was published In Columbus a newspaper called the Sunday Capital. It was of the sensa tional order. Its editor wns one W. J. Elliott and he was bitter and unscrupulous In his attacks upon anyone whom he took a special dislike to," said Ed Metcalfe, an Ohio traveling man. "On one occasion he began a bitter and unjustified attack upon the auditor of state, Emll Klesewetter. not even sparing Ktesewetter's family. For bearance at last ceased to be a virtue and one Sunday evening after an unusually bitter article In his paper Elliott and Klesewetter met In the Nell house lobby. Elliott was armed, and some of Klese wetter's friends told him that Elliott was out gunning for him. Klesewetter borrowed a small pistol from the hotel clerk, Johnny Canhatt, In order to protect himself. The two men came together and Elliott drew his gun, but Klesewetter was too quick for him and being an exceptionally good shot, opened fire on Elliott and shot him through the fleshy part of his pistol hand. Elliott fled In error and Klesewetter promptly surrendered himself to the chief of police, asking a few friends to go to the police station with him to ball him out. Charley Wak-utt (who, by the way, died here in Omaha several years ago In one of the hospitals from an Injury received on the cars while traveling) was mayor of the city. Walcutt and Klesewetter served In the same regiment, the Forty-sixth Ohio, during the war. The mayor was summoned to the police court to preside at the pre liminary hearing, and after hearing Ktese wetter's statement promptly put him under $1,000,000 bonds for his appearance the fol lowing morning. "Strange as It may seem, the bond was promptly furnished, bankers and railroad presidents putting it up with eagerness. When the case was called the following morning Ktesewetter's attorneys entered a protest against the severity of the bond, but the mayor was obdurate and wouldn't reduce it. The case was given Its pre liminary hearing and Elliott and his at torneys told a most thrilling story of the attack and attempted murder. Without waiting for any evidence for the defense the mayor dismissed the case and then turning to Klesewetter said: " "The reason 1 made that bond of yours so heavy was because of your being such a poor shot that you didn't kill the scoundrel.' " The temperance question was under dis cussion and a number of good stories were told In the lobby of the Millard. An Ohio traveling man by the name of E. K. Cole, told one of a prominent Ohloan, who was a brigadier general during the civil war And waa later elected mayor of his home city. "The general," said he, "was a pretty clever drinker and waa a man. of the widest popularity. He was not averse to telling a good one on himself, either. One time the general took on a little 'more than hla ordinary capacity and anticipating his ultimate condition, he excused himself from his friends and went home. He usually entered the house by a side door leading into the dining room. "Since time Immemorial a- square dining table had stood In the room and it was the custom of the general to make a bee line for that table. By feeling around for a corner he knew that he could steer straight for the door of hla bed room. It happened that on this occasion' hi wife' had sup planted the old square dining table with a new round one. The general did not show up at the mayor's office until late In the afternoon the following day. He told some of his friends confidentially that the reason was that he had been walking all night long and was worn out. When he entered the house he made as usual for the square dining tablo to get his bearings from the- accustomed corner, but it was not until nearly daylight that he discov ered that he had nearly all night long been promenading around that round din ing table trying to find, a corner.". "You have all heard of David R. Ixcke, of course, of Toledo, O.," continued Cole. "NoT Well, probably you would know of him better by his nom de plume, Petroleum V. Nasby. He was founder and for many years, up to the time of his death, editor of the Toledo Blade. Locke enjoyed his toddy and he was not particularly secret about it, either. There waa a preachers' convention of some sort at Toledo a num ber of years ago and a number of the preachers visited the Blade office and paid their respects to tyr. Ijcke. He was pretty well 'organized' When they arrived and Mr. Locke noticed that they suspected him of being about half drunk. Ho remarked to them: " 'Gentlemen, did you ever see anybody drunker 'an I am now?" " "No," answered one of the visitors." " 'Then you want to see me in about two hours from now,' continued Mr. Locke." "Railroad telegrap'h operators have more trouble than anybody," remarked Frank Prophet, a former well-known operator, but at present one of the railway agents in the southern part of Nebraska. "A few years ago one of our night men was given the privilege to close the offices for a few hours to attend a function up town. While he was away a newspaper correspondent, evidently new to the busi ness, went down to the station to file a telegram about a $26 fire, and of course couldn't get into the office. So that Im portant news item was lost to the world. But that wasn't all. The correspondent, satisfied that the public Interests were being sad'y neglected. Immediately aat down and wrote a scorching letter to the superintendent of the road about the neg lect and carelessness of the operator, and stated In conclusion that during the hour he waa sitting on the cold platform waiting for the operator to return lots of messages were coming In over the wires with nobody to receive them, for he conld distinctly hear the clicking of the Instruments from where he sat, and that some of the mes sages were evidently very urgent because the clicking was more rapid and distinct at times than others. Well, we got a jack ing up and the operator came mighty near losing his job through that fool letter." "No, It was not really because It was so awfully attractive, though it is a nice little place, that I paid two visits to one of your little Coney Islands last night," said T. 8. Richards of Now York. "I went out rather early In the evening, taking a car up the atreet here a block, and started back about 9:10 o'clock. But I did not get back, at least not so soon as I expacled. I was smoking and enjoying the cooling off, and at one time thought we must be some where near the hotel, tut dl.l nA bother. After awhile the condu.-ior came an und again and I found lli-t 1 ht '.oped jur loop' and waa well 'aitd o.i ruy way back to the park. Bo I just stayed on and made a round trip. For I remembered a somewhat similar experience I Lad the first time I visited Paris. I could not talk French then, and cannot now for tint matter, and wanted to go to the depot to meet some friends from the United States. I was directed to the belt railway which runs around Paris. I boarded a car all right, but after we commenced getting out In the suburbs I became suspicious, and after several fruitless attempts finally made the conductor understand where I wanted to go. and was told that I had boarded a car going tho wrong way. So I got off at once and took a car back, only to find later on that I had made almost a complete circle of Paris, and If I had stayed on the first car would have been at the depot In a few moments. Yes, I missed my American, friends, and hereafter when there Is any 'looping' to be done I Just sit still." J. J. Manlon of Indianapolis admits that he Is somewhat "leery" of Omaha men, and as an excuse for such a feeling relntes this experience: "It was Just such a Sun day afternoon as this und I wanted to get out to some quiet place, and Incidentally take along with me a very estimable young lady. The town was Buffalo, and I asked an Omaha mnn with whom I had struck up an acquaintance the previous day and who professed to know all about Buffalo for some Information. He directed me to go clear to the end of the Senaca street line and I would find Just what I wanted. I did so, the young lady going along, of course, and when we got to the end of the line we found a bowling alley on the right and seven cemeteries on the left. To add Insult to Injury, when we got back I found a note from my Omaha friend, who left that night, which re id: 'On the dead, wasn't It a nice quiet place?'." C. C. Crabtree of Rapid City, S. D., who Is spending a few days In the city on busi ness. Is convinced that Omaha Is overlook ing one business opportunity. Mr. Crab tree is a wool buyer, and said: "The wool Industry In the Black Hills country has grown very rapidly the past few years, and the indications are that It will continue to grow. Wyoming also Is a great sheep state, and notwithstanding the tight over range with the cattle men the number of sheep, and consequently the amount of wool, Is becoming larger every year. But though Omaha is naturally the city for all that part of the country and does an im mense amount of business with It In dif ferent lines, there Is not a single pound of wool shipped to this city. There are millions of pounds go through Omaha every year, and even Sioux City receives a con siderable quantity. Last year I shipped 600,000 pounds of wool to St. Louis, and so far as I can see there is no reason why Omaha should not be a wool market. The business requires considerable capital, it is true, but It is permanent und profitable, and If one wool house Is established In Omaha others will follow. I know that buyers from Omaha or representing Omaha houses would stand weft out in the sheep country." NEW EXPERIENCE FOR SURGEON Makes a Failure of Attempt to Mln ister to Man with Broken Wooden Lea;. A telephone call was received at the police station' last night from the cor ner of Fourteenth and Harney streets re questing that the patrol wagon be sent at once, as a man had met with an accident In getting off. the' street car, in Which his leg was crushed below the knee. The patrol, with Andy Fafiey as driver. Con ductor Wilson and Police Surgeon Schleler, quickly responded. , When the scene, of f the accident was reached It was foimd that the man who had sustained the Jnjiiry was George Shan ahan, residing at !75fi Webster street. 'His leg was broken' In three places. Dr. Schleler attempted to' make an examina tion of the injured member, but the street was dark at that point and he had the mis fortune to run two silvers in his fingers. The man's leg was made of wood. Shanahan was remov'ed to his home in tho wagon and when he reached there he requested Andy Fahey' to carry him up the back srtiira, so his fumily would not dis cover how badly he was injured. The urbane driver refused and aroused the household, much to the discomfiture of Shanahan, who of course bad to be car ried In. On the Waiting List. Ike Schuler, who thinks he lives at the Schlits hotel, arrived at the police station last night ail out of breath. He said he had been held up at a point near Krug a trewery by three colored men and re lieved of io In money and some papers. According to his story, he left the cur at the point where the robbery occurred and three colored men followed him. As soon as the car left the men assaulted him, throwing him down and takli.g his cash. Two detectives were sent out on the case, buU as Bchuler recognized every colored man he met aa one of the trio the chase waa given up early. The police are of the opinion that Schuler Is the possessor of one of- the most vivid imaginations seen In these parts recently. When he failed to secure the recovery of his cash he made application to Acting Desk Sergeant Pat tullo for a position on the detective force. At last accounts he had not secured the Job, but was waiting. Llqaor Too Strong. Ed Huber, a barber, from Central City, has been In the habit of drinking a weak frude of liquor which Is sold In the locality rom which he hails. He arrived In Omaha last night and Imbibed one horn, according to his own story, and It was too much for him. When the patrol wagon drove by he was slumbering peacefully on the sidewalk and got a ride to- the station. While the searching procesa which Is in vogue at that place was in progress Huber suddenly recovered his mind and announced the fact that he had been touched for his rasorj while he slept. He had his stroos safely tied about his waist, however, and his hones in his pockety Funeral of P. J. Dora. O. 8. Born, who is In the employ of Bralley A Dorrance, returned yesterday from Spokane, Wash., where he went to get the remains of his father, Prof. P. J. Born, who died August 17 In St. Luke's hospital. Mr. Horn had been a resident of Spokane about four vears and lived In Omaha at 3112 tfesrlh Twenty-fourth street about 23 yearn, He leaves a wife and seven children who live tn this city at the above number. The cause of his death was acute pneumonia. The funeral will be held at the family residence at 2 p. m. Tues day and the Interment will be at Forest Lawn. Friends are Invited. asta Takes to Advertising-. President Nah of the Omaha Electric' Light und Power company. In his per sistent effort to secure the adoption of his fill-electrlc-llght-ten-yBr-contract propo sition, has gone to advertising his scheme from street posters. In the Milwaukee ticket office at Sixteenth and Farnam, over which Mr. Nash presides,' hangs a large map of Omaha, maile especially for the occasion, by which the company attempts to ehow that Its proposition Is best for the entire city; that every remote corner ran be better and cheaper lighted by electricity than gas. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. B. O. Kostter of Lincoln Is st the Her Grand. J. H. Woodman of Carroll. Ia., Is at the Merchants. W. A. Meserve of Cralghton Is stopping at the Her Grand. Mr. and Mrs. John Scott of Kansas City are stopping at the Merchants. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Darr of Lexing ton spent Sunday at the Her Grand. John Westover of Lincoln and Walter Ev erett of Lyons. Neb., are at the Millard. Frank Woods of St. Paul and T. J. John son of Norfolk are registered at the Her (Irand. J K. Pugan of St Ixiuls and R. L. Trlm . ' of Kansas City are registered at the lulllard. Nebraskans at the Merchants: A. L. Cochran and duughur. Hurtlett; M. Halrd, York; Anton Nelson. Columbus: P. J. Lang don. Gretna; W. U. Bears, lekamaJi. PLEADS FOR SELF-DENIAL Eer. F. J. Tower of Carthago, 1 1 , Sayi Sacrifice is Law of Attainment. LAUDS DOCTRINE OF LOSING TO GAIN Says So Man Is Ilenefactor Who Does Not tilve to 1'obllo and Itea Russell Mase as Anil. Philanthropist. Rev. F. J. Tower of Carthage, 111., pleaded for self-denial and sacrifice at 8econd Presbyterian church yesterday. His purpose wns to demonstrate that the law of sacrifice Is tho law of attainment. He pointed to HluHtrntions In domes. ,c, commercial, civil and natural life. "The man who has not given over hi i life to some great principle has lost his purpose In life; has forfeited what life holds for him," he said. "The 8:iv:or preached the theory of losing thru one might gain the daily taking up of the cross and tho subordination of desire In devotion. "Man must Invest his labors in some thing other than himself. He must glvo up his soul, heart and speech In self-forgetful service, so that It may take hold of the foundations of nature to lead a man to devotion. The words of Jesus are as pertinent to the layman as to the tltlel ecclesiastic. "We must hush the voices of the body that the voices of the soul may he heard. He is a martyr not alone who gives lil-t life at the stake or by the sword, for he Is a martyr who denies himself those thing i teiat minister to a life of ease and takes up his cross every day. The enthrone ment of the conscience is what makei many saints which causes holy, spiritual sacrificial living. Law of Attainment. "There ore those who say that such a life is Irksome, grewsome, musty and burdensome, but I say with all emphasis that the law of sacrifice is the law of at tainment. Were It not for the sacrifice of the father and mother for the little ones In their home, do you think that life could progress or exist long? The enthronement of the child Is made possible by the sac rifice of the parents. A stalk of wheat Is possible because the kernel from which It sprung gave up Its life In decay. "Hundreds of families are wrecked finan cially because the members cannot resist the desire to use what money is before them Cannot sacrifice pleasure of the mo ment for the good of the future. Sir Thomas Llpton, the man who Is spending Immense sums trying to defeat an Amer ican yacht, made his fortune because he sacrificed many things in the early days. "No men are nobler in any country than those that were persecuted, suffered and died for the perpetuity of their homes and nations. Man Is like a plow the more he Is used the more he shines. The more he tolls and sacrifices the brighter be comes his name. No man is a benefactor unless he has proved his unselfishness by doing something for the public good. Who would build a monument to Russell Sage or the Russell Sage idea?" THE EVIL OF PRESENT EGOTISM, Rev. Cleael Finds Perpendicular Pro noun Factor In Selfish Materialism. "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men.' " In his sermon on "The Perpendicular Pronoun" yesterday morning In Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal church Rev. Clyde C. Clssel dwelt on the selfish ma terialism which dominates the . present period. "This," he said, "has been characterised by someone as the egotistical age." The present time he contrasted with a bygone period when men were still afraid of the mysteries, when they were awed by the lighting and the tempest. Or again he drew a parallel with the time which may be called the age of superstition when men saw In every object some agent of a mys terious force, the principal object of which was the destruction of humanity. Last he referred to the age of torture when those of the orthodox belief tortured ill others to force them to the same line of thought. "In these ages the personal egotism of man was in a measure kept under by these influences. But in the present day, when all the forces of nature have been har nessed by man for his own alms and when he has made such wonderful progress these restraints have been withdrawn and this has brought about the assertion of our personal egotism. This assertion has not only brought manifold blessings, but It has also brought manifold tribulation. It has for one thing, by the great facility of com merce and manufacture, brought up the great uncrowned kings who rule by weulth. There Is the curse of selfishness brought about by the widespread materialism. We are all engaged In the mad rush for wealth, a struggle not only characteristic of the rich, but also of the poor. "On every side we arc hearing cries of the decadence of the church and other be nevolent Institutions; the churches are said to stand empty and the theaters filled. The reason of this Is this unconquerable materialism. The youth of the country has been brought up hearing that it could achieve wealth and having that object In view had been disappointed and had turned to the theater, and to sin In general In search of a solace. While one reached the top thousands failed, and In the mak ing of one prince of industry many an other man had put his life and soul Into the making of that greatness. But when kin the heaven hereafter all these things are made clear the poor worker, the lowly publican who had been praying 'Lord for give me, a miserable sinner,' will be given his share of the glory to come." Write us for prices. not catalogs; just send us a list of the things you need In tiie drug, patent mell clne, chemical, surgical Instrument, family liquor, toilet, perfume or sundry line, and we will Immediately send you the latest and lowest prices for which they can bo sold FOR CA8H THAT'S OCR SYSTEM! CATALOGS AKE BACK NL'MBKKS. $1.00 Peruna , 67o 35c Genuine Castorla 24o $1.00 Pierce's Medicines tec Allcoek's Plasters genuine 12c $1.UU Paine's Celery Compound 7o 2oo Hires' Root Beer 14c 50c Wliard Oil 9c 75o Moeller s Cod Liver Oil 64c 2&c Pierce's Pills lic boo Doan's Pills 3c &rtc Cut leu ra Salve 8i iMS Laxative bromo Quinine lie inc. Qulnacetol guaranteed cold cure .. 2oc $1 00 Orrlne Hoc $2.00 Chester's Genuine Pennyroyal Pills IM 2oc Carter s Little Liver Pills 16c OPEN ALL NIGHT. SCIIAEFER'S CUT PRICE DRUG STOKE Two 'Phones 147 aud T7. lath nad Chleaca Straai. Omaha. tioul Bank ofOma maha. Urn aran tmd ItU an rM p aaptlal MS.Me Mirvlai had flMn. UNITRO BTATBB DBfiHlTUHY.l I'ml Inti, n nfm M a H'wC riraaMoVai lh tvfc rar r T n. Mint. .a mt .a.'.trrl gTOBBCTraia. Pkotaenpkar, Ull Fvaam, tel. FV9S. BiuxscTraia, FrlsMr. Uul Hmnl, Ul. 1110. Tara to alr ea StoaMrpher," bat doUe two tkl Bw-ea4 4oias boia. ia la m kik-en4 aeer. an W !i3S Tllli RLCLIAilLK ITUIIK en's mi lu order to clone out all of our lij;lit anil medium weight nuns, we have cut the price to one-half of what they formerly sold for. Men's all wool suits, iu cheviots, carisiiucrcx ami sergea, in all shades and colors, all well made and well tailored throughout formerly sold for $10.00 llayden's great clearing. . C fflfl sale price only UiUU For $7.50 we have about 385 suits left which must be closed out in this sale regardless of cost. They come in worsteds, cheviots, unfinished .worsteds, serges, fancy cassi meres and fancy worsteds, in plain blacks, plain blues, browu and gray mixtures and fancy colors. None worth less than $15.00 "7 Kfl llayden's great clearing sale price I ivU All of our fluent' men's suits iu fancy cheviots, fancy worsteds, serges, fancy cassimeres, Scotch cheviots, thibets ami un finished worsteds, in blacks, blues, brown and gray mixture and fancy colors all hand-padded shoulders, hand-made button-holes and hand-tailored throughout none worth less than $18.00 to $20.00 must be sold in this great lf& ffl sale, nt onlv lwU!J BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING Regular S2.00 Values for 95c Iu very desirable patterns in gray and brown mixtures, in light, medium and dark colors, made up in Norfolk and double breasted styles regular $2.00 values llayden's QRf great clearing sale price UUU Regular S3. 00 Values at $1.50 In very handsome patterns, in light and dark colors, pants made with extension waistband, re-enforced taped seams, and guar anteed not to rip made up in Norfolk, sailor-blouse and double breasted styles none worth less than $3.00 llayden's Cf great' clearing sale price liuU Farnam llie newest leathers the newest styles in toes and lasts that's the advantage in buying your men's shoes of us. Ours is the only from maker to the wearer. Two prices $3.50 and The Bee ' ia no older aa far ' than the dayit was VEBV LOU built. The little thing are stantly in repair. Wouldn't you prefer. a building that never grows shabby where a broken window cord is ' replaced the day it breakst At flO.OO per month you can rent a splendid little ofnce-lle;ht and well ven tilated Including- heat, lia-bt. water and Janitor sonrloe. The Bee Building R. C Peters & Co.. Rontal Asrent. Dno4 Boor. Cor. 17h and Farnam Street. SCHOOLS. Vcnlnorih HHiSary ftsedscn SS ' f Govern mnt iuprvPton nd equipment, nuy nfflordtill Trfjm" for t'olvvrtlttao, ftLit Nlt4Jil Acm-l-iiilr or (or Uf. ft. bUXAMM mm4 . . HtH.li, V M GREAT CLEARING SALE OF Boys Clothing store selling direct $5.00. Baltimore and back, f3t2S, Bopt 17 to 19. Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo and back, &7.G0. Bait Lake City and back, 130.00. Deadwood and Lead and back, HITS. Hot Spiincs. 8. D and back, 16-49- Llttle Rock. Ark and back. &0.at, Oo- ' tober 2, t and 1 San Francisco and Los Angeles and' back. $50.00, October t to 17. On September 1st and Ifith. to Butte, Hel- ' ena, Spokane, Tacoma. Seattle, Portland and to hundreds of other points Northwejt, Wost and Southwest, at one fare plus 2 00 , for the round trip. , September L t, IS and October I to many points In Indiana and Ohio, at fare and one-third for the round trip. , If yrm are ituis; anywhere yon had bet ter write er see me. ' I can probably offer supaeetlor.s that wOl save you both time and money. . J. B. Reynolds, City Passenger Agent, 1502 Farnam Street, Omaha ' ' -many J Building aa wear and (ear goes- lept con an office in - moRpmn SCHOOL.