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THE OMAHA DAILY BKK: Fill OA Y, JANUARY 8, 1001.
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PORTLAND AND RETURN
PAVING OS THIRTY-THIRD
Prospect Hill Improwi Pull for Bonn
, , Eitsnsirs Work.
HUNTINGTON DEFENDS CITY COUNCIL
aye It Mtabcra Art Hoaeet aad
Art Trying; to Do Right la Splta
f tha Canstle Criticisms
f Their Work.
i, At the meeting of the Prospect Hill Im
provement club Wednesday John F. Dalejr
, read a communication from the American
League of Clvlo Improvement In which Iti
; secretary. C. R. Woodruff of Philadelphia,
stated that it la the wish of the American
' league to get In touch with the Prospect
Hill and other Improvement clubs. In order
to co-operate in the work of clvlo improve
ment along all line. The communication
waa placed on file.
The chairman of tha committee on streets
and alleys reported relative to the prospect
of having Thirty-third street paved, holding
ut little hop of securing sufficient signers
;. to tha petition to have the street paved
north of Charles street. Count Crelghton,
the owner of much of tha Thirty-third
street frontage, is disposed to favor tha
paving of the atreet, but this fa In a meas.
ure conditioned upon the abandonment of
tha project for. opening Thirtieth street,
which has for twenty years been a pet
schema of tha residents of that section of
the city. An ordinance has long since been
passed relative to opening Thirtieth atreet.
and about all that remains to be done is to
obtain tha abstracts to the property along
that street. Tha appraisers have already
been appointed, and they are anxious to get
tha matter off their hands. The matter
waa very generally discussed, and the urg
ent need of the opening of the atreet was
pressed, in order that a sanitary and storm
aewer might be built along the atreet for
tha general convenience of residents east
of Thirty-third street, aa It la the only
point at which a sewer can be built, be
cause of the contour of ths ground in that
locality.
A motion prevailed to tha effect that the
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City Ticket Office, 1324 Farnam Street.
club is opposed to the advertising street
sign proposition, and that the president and
secretary of the club send a communication
to Councilman Evans asking him to vote
against the proposition.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year followed, the result being: President,
A. J. Plerson; vice president, Ernest Simon;
secretary, J. M. Talbot; treasurer, John
Butler.
Councilman Huntington Talks.
Councilman Charles Huntington of the
Ninth ward addressed tha meeting briefly.
and was subjected to a brisk questioning
along various lines. He spoke of the fire
engine proposition now before the council,
and said that he favored a fair test of tha
different makes of steam fire engines and
that the city should buy only the best. He
expressed himself in favor of a tree plant
ing ordinance, and explained the gasoline
street lighting proposition now before the
council, which will come up for final con
sideration one week from next, Monday at
a special meeting of the council. He said:
"Tho members of Xb city council are all
good men, taxpayers, and have the best In
terests of tha city at heart. They are a
unit on ell propositions looking for the
city's good. We are subjected to harsh
criticism at times and very often unjustly.
Recent resolutions condemning the council
have been passed by Improvement clubs,
which indicate that the movers of these
resolutions have not informed themselves
on the matters they so caustically condemn-
I believe and know that the mem
bers of tha council are thoroughly honest
men and are as sincerely opposed to all
schemes of Jobbery as any. of their critics."
A vote of thanks was extended to Mr.
Huntington for being present st the meet
ing and for the enlightenment he had given
upon many matters of Interest to the club.
The members of the club In charge of the
petition for paving Charles street from
Twenty-sixth to Twenty-eighth , street
stated that a sufficient number of signa
tures had been secured to Insure the paving
between these points.
Messrs. VanGllder and 1'nitt were ap
pointed a committee to secure signers for
the paving of Charles street from Twenty
eighth to Thirty-third street, and Messrs.
Fischer and Butler to secure signers for
tha psvlng of Thirty-third street.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Damage Suits Due to Defective Sidewalks
Start Investigation.
PERMANENT WALKS ARE THE DEMAND
Council M ill Pass Ordinance Enlarg.
log District and Steps Will Be
Taken to Enforce the
Law.
The filing of a number of damage claims
lately, the damages alleging to be due to
defective sidewalks, hus caused the mayor
to have a thorough Inspection of all walks
made. In cases where only one or two
planks are missing cinders are dumped In
to fill up until repairs can be made In the
spring. In many cases these cinder walks
are much better than the old plunk walks.
During the summer and fall the city offi
cials made an effort to have property own
ers make repairs to plank walks or lay
permanent walks. In a great many In
stances where permanent walks were or
dered no attention waa paid to the notice
by property owners snd the result is that
a great many walks which should have
been relald last fall are In bad condition.
By enlarging the permanent walk district
the mayor and ' councllmena, hoped to do
away with damage suits, but owing to
the neglect of holders of property not
nearly as many substantial walks as con
templated were laid,.. On certain portions
of Q street where permanent walks are
laid the bricks have been carried away,
causing a break which may result In in
jury to someone. Any number of walks In
the outlying districts are in bad condi
tion. These are being attended to as rap-
Idly as possible now by the city. Tha un
derstanding is that the cost will be as
sessed against the property when the time
comes. At present the council has under
consideration plans for enlarging the pres
ent permanent sidewalk district. This Is
to be done Just as rapidly as possible. No
contractor has appeared yet who la willing
to undertake the work of laying permanent
walks this kind of weather, and the un
derstanding is that no effort will be made
to make a contract for this work until
spring. Then matters will be pushed' until
all walks along paved strets are of a. per
manent nature.
Workmen Will Install Officers.
This evening there will be a publlo in
stallation of officers of lodges No. 66 and
E.7 of the Ancient Order of United Work
men and Degree of Honor lodges No. 3
and S3 at the temple. Twenty-fifth and jkf
streets. John Kennedy Is chairman of
ths entertainment committee, and he de
clares that those who sttend will be shown
every courtesy. There Is to be muslo,
sdJresse, readings, etc. All members of
the orders mentioned are expected to be
present slong with their friends. The
namea and positions of the officers to be
installed were printed at the time the
elections were held last month.
Establishing tirades.
City Engineer Beat has a month's work
ahead of him In following the Instructions
of the council In the matter of establish
ing grades on streets In the eastern por
tion of the city. This work has been re
quested by property owners on account of
the prospective paving of Railroad avenue.
Just aa soon as possible ths engineer will
get to work and establish the grades so
that property owners may know just what
lines to lay sidewalks on.
C'oaaaalaaloarra Meet Tonight.
The Fire and Police board will endeavor
to bold a meeliug tonight. Secretary Ber
oulst stated last evening that a number
of matters of Importance were to ooms up
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and that the absence of Mr. Masson would
not Interfere with the holding of a meet
ing. It is expected that one or two police
officers will be named at the meeting to
night and that a couplo of officers will be
given a hearing on charges filed by tho
chief alleging a violation of the rules and
regulations. .
Two Suspects Held.
Charles M. Paul and Fred Meyers arc
the names given by a couple of young men
to Jailor Turnqulst last night. They
wanted a place to sleep. When scanned
Paul had checks on his person a'ni a bank
bonk showing that he had over tZilO in an
Indiana bank. Meyers had a bank book
on an- Illinois bank. Their actions caused
Chief lirlggs to become suspicious and he
directed that the men be held pending an
investigation. Meyers admitted that he is
going under an assumed name, but de
clines to give any information about him
self. The chief will busy himself today
looking up the records of the two men.
Magic City Gossip.
I.lst your property with II. M. Christie.
Stephen Vail has gone to Chicago to look
after some business matters.
For Rent Woodman hall, city hall build
ing. George & Co.
(. M. Zander, an architect of this city, Is
preparing to move to Montana.
James Debilka, Twenty-seventh and Q
streets, reports the birth of a son.
Martin Harrlman of Ilucklln. Mo., Is here
visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. E. Scarr.
Bee Hive lodge of Masons will hold Its
monthly business meeting at Masonic ball
this evening.
Rev. George Van Winkle will preach at
the United Presbyterian church this evo
nlng. His topic will be "Missions."
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Steinberg have
gone to Sioux City to attend the silver
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. 8.
Dreyfus.
First-class work at Gooden'a antiseptic
barber shop, under Smith Omaha National
bank. 2610 N street. Scalp and face mas
sage a specialty.
Tickets lire now on sale for the annual
charily ball to be given at the Exchanue
building on January IS for the beneat of tho
Hospital association.
The Christian Women's Board of Mis
sions of the I'iirUtian church will be en
tertained on Friday afternoon at the home
of Colonel C. M. Hunt by Mrs. J. M. Wes
tertleld and Mrs. V. H. Slubaugh.
THINK HE MEANT SUICIDE
Police Attribute Can Shot Wound to
Purpose of Belf-De- -atructlou.
In the case of Frank Price of Nebraska
City, now lying at Clarkson hospital suf
fering from a pistol shot wound In the
head, the theory of an attempted suicide
obtains among certain of the police force.
Price still maintains a stolid silence re
garding the particulars of the affair. His
unwillingness to tell in detail how he was
wounded is taken to Indicate that he con
templated self-destruction.
Price was found by Officer E. R.
Sndth yesterday afternoon at Twenty
second and Cuming streets suffering
from a bullet wound at the back of
the right ear. He waa sent to the police
station, where he was attended by Drs. Ar
nold and Trostler, and later sent to the
Clarkson hospital, where Dr. J. E. Sum
mers, Jr., performed an operation. At first
the Injured man would not or could not tell
how or when the shooting was done, but
when his uncle, Charles Hicks, 2117 Isard
street, came to the station said that
the accident occurred on Capitol avenue,
but no further information could be elicited.
Price's skull was slightly fractured.
Be Cialcfc.
Not a minute should be lost when a child
shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy given aa soon as the child
becomes boarse, or even after the croups
cough appears, will prevent the attack. It
never falls, end is pleasant and safe to take.
other line.
ANSWER FOR REYES READY
Ssoretarj Hay Completes Final Revision
and Will Transmit it Soon.
MATTER WILL BE SENT TO CONGRESS
Communication Said to Be a Long;
One Which Will Set Forth Posl.
tloa of United States la
Detail.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Secretary Hay
has completed his final revision of the
answer to be made by the American gov
ernment to the protest filed by General
Rafael Reyes, the Colombian minister,
against the action of tho United States re
garding affairs on the isthmus.
The communication Is u long one and seta
out in detail the position of the adminis
tration on the various points raised and
grievances recited by General Reyea in his
note submitted to the State department In
the latter i part of December. The reply
has been given very earnest consideration
by the president. Secretary Root, who as
slsetd in Its prepsratlon during the time
Secretary Hay was 111, and by Secretary
Hay himself.
This paper, together with General Reyes"
note. It la expected, will be sent to congress
probably next week.
COMMITTEE CONSIDERS TREATY
Agreement with Panama Before
Senate Committer, with Morgaa
Making- Speech.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The senate com
mittee on foreign relations today began
consideration of the Panama canal treaty.
The time was occupied principally by Sen
ator Morgan In a discussion of tha clause
of article 22 of the treaty relating to the
concessionary contract with Luclen N. B
Wyse, now owned by the new Panama
Canal company and which under treaty
gives absolute title to the United States
so far as the Republic of Panama is con
cerned. Senator Morgan attacked this
right of Panama to surrender title.
The committee will meet again tomorrow
and possibly every day for a week before
the treaty can be reported to the senate
No action was taken In regard to tha
nomination of William I. Buchanan to be
minister to Panama, held up under motion
of Senator Morgan to reconsider. When
the treaty waa called up Senator Morgan
requested that consideration be postponed
fn. nm wAob In nrav t rt mi v m him an nn.
psrtunlty to prepare Vila objections. Re
publican members of the committee op
posed this motion and it waa rejected. All
of the democratic members of the com
mlttee except Senator McCreary supported
Senator Morgan.
WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT CARS
Representative Tawaey Asks Abont
Postal Cars Heated by the
Government.
WASHINGTON, Jan. -Representative
Tawney of Minnesota introduced a resolu
tion today requesting the postmaster gen
ersl to furnish the house of representatives
detailed Information regarding all postal
cars rented by the government from the
various railroads of tha country.
The resolution states that during the last
few years there have been a great many
serious railroad accidents, causing great
bodily Injury and loss of life to railway
poaul c larks, aud that the charge has bees
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made by the press and elsewhere that these
Injuries and loss of life are due to de
fective cars In a large majority of cases.
WORK OF THE, COMMITTEES
Seaator Allison Aaaoaaces Members
of Committee on Order of
Business for 1004.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-8enator Allison,
chairman of the. republican caucus, today
announced the following committee on or
der of business for 1904: Allison. Hale, Al-
drich, Cullom, Lodge, Perkins, Clark, Elklns,
Spooner, Hanna, Beveridge. The committee
In the same as during the last congress
save that Senator Clark takes the place of
the late Senator McMillln of Michigan.
The senate committee on manufactures.
of which Senator Heyburn of Idaho Is the
ohalrman, held its first meeting today and
gave a hearing on tha national pure food
bill.
Nominations by President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. -The preaident
today sent to the senate the following
nominations:
Rear Admiral Captain Charles O'Nell.
Captains Commander Francis If. B. De
lano, Commander Albion V. Wadhams.
Also other naval promotions and the fol
lowing new appointments:
Assistant Civil Engineers Frederick Hos
mer Cooke of Ohio and Clinton Draper
Thurber oc Pennsylvania.
Assistant Surgeon ltobert Earl Btoopes
of Ohio.
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WILL PUT IN FIRE ESCAPES
Rome Milter Contracts for Equipment
for Millard Hotel, Pursuant
to Old Plan.
Rome Miller haa Just contracted for the
equipment of the Millard hotel with three
additional modern firs escapes.
"Arrangements for these new fire escapes
were begun on my own volition before the
Chicago fire." says Mr. Miller by way of
Is Not
Most people have aa idea that Rheumatism is contracted like a cold, that the
damp, chilly air penetrates the muscles and joints and causes the terrible aches and
pains, or that it is something like a skin disease to be rubbed away with liniments or
drawn ont with plasters; but Rheumatism originates in the blood and is caused by.
Urea, or Uric Acid, an irritating, corroding poison that settles in muscles, joints and
nerves, producing inflammation ana sore-
ness and the sharp, cutting pains peculiar
to this distressing disease.
Exposure to bad weather or sudden
chilling of the body will hasten an attack
of Rheumatism after the blood and sys
tem are in the right condition for it to
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explanation. "I am putting them up be
cause I want to, not because I have to, a
tha building already compliea with the re
qulrementa of the fire escape law. But I
don't want to take any unnecessary
chances."
SAY FAREWELL TO GUS HARTE
County Commissioners Bid Appro
priate Adieu to the Retiring
Member.
The Douglas county commissioners held
their final session of the fiscal year last
night. The meeting waa marked by fare
well presentations to A. C. Harte, the re
tiring member, and to Peter Hofeldt, who
retires aa chairman, though he still re
mains a member of the board. Mr. Harte
was presented with a beautiful gold locket,
containing a diamond and suitably en
graved, showing that It is a present from
tho officials and the employea at the court-
nouae. snu . aino wiin an eneTossea aim
framed set of resolutions adopted
board expressing Its appreciation
by tli
of h
services and wishing htm well In whatever
undertaking he may engage. The resolu
tions were placed under a faithfully exe
cuted pen drawing of Mr. Harte by Jacob
Houck, draughtsman of the county sur
veyor's office.
The board rescinded its action taken on
Monday, when the contract for the county
meat was awarded to Armour Co., since
there appeared to be a mistake of 1 cent In
the bid. A representative of, the Cudahy
Packing company waa present and sought
to get the award and when the board or
dered all blda canceled snd notified the
county clerk to advertise for bids for the
county meat, the Cudahy representative
entered a protest, which, it is promised,
would be put In more emphatic form later
on.
And now that the Board of County Com
missioners for ths sjiast fiscal year Is no
more and Douglas county for the interim of
one week ia without a board, speculation Is
rife as to who will be the chairman of the
board next year. No official statement can
be had about Mr. Hofeldt, but mem here of
the board have stated that he will not
again consent to act as chairman. O'Keeffe
la looked upon as his logical successor.
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