THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. FEIUiL'ARY 17. 1004.
FORCED TO RECOGNIZE MERIT
bool Board Bi Longer Abl to
rtToiitiim wi ll Teacher.
Pity
WAGES ANO SUPPLY GETTING f00 LOW
Mfmbtr Acknowledges Personal
INilla Have lnflaaced Employ
or at of Teachers for Omaha
rnblle . Schools.
Favoritism and "personal pulla" ao com
iron In the past, are to b ruled out In tha
V-mployment of teachers In the local grade
school, at Icaat fur some time to come, ac
cording to a member of the Hoard of Edu
cation. A lark of available Inatructora and
difficulty In obtaining more than a barely
undent number necessary la the cause for
this "lettlr.fc down of the bars."
Not otily la there a shortage of trained
nd equipped leat hers In Omaha and Ne
braska, but thoughout the country as well.
A sperlAl examination for tearhers haa
been railed for March 29. which will fall
when moat of the country and town teach
ers will have their Easter vacation, and
every Inducement la being held out ao that
a large number of Applications wll be filed.
At present there are lust enough Instruc
tors to rare for the students. I
"In the past," said tha board member
riven as authority above, "the Impression
rias prevailed with aome degree of just
ness, that In order to get a place In the
Omaha schools a tearher must have a
relative or friend on the Board of
Kduootlnn. Now we have come to the point
wliere this favoritism must be stopped or
wages raised. We want It distinctly under
stood everywhere that merit alone will
give any teacher access to our schools and
we are anxious to receive all the ap
plications we can."
Superintendent Prarse says the time Is
rapidly approaching when the salaries of
teachers In the grade schools must be
advanced In" every city In the) middle-west
or 'he efficiency of the srhools will de
teriorate. Other llnea of employment pay
ing better, render this necessary, he says.
Omaha, he says, pays fully Sim good salaries
am Vanmum fit, r . I. . r I
v.., ii me imn man Min
neapolis, le then Denver and considerably
lesa than Chicago. Statistics given by the
superintendent show In the latter city the
maximum for a grade teacher In 11.000 a
year. In Omaha It la 70 and this applies
alone to the Eighth grade. The average
nnit.i .Bl.-V n.M n a. nmnia .1 -
kindergarten teacher Is tWOO a year. Home
receive more than th'ls, a number being
paid about t65 and a few more than 1700.
formerly was state engineer of Wyoming.
"I spent In the valley of the To In Italy.
Here, wNre they have about two-thirds
the talnfall you get In Omaha, they are
utilising Irrigation on a large scale, with
the result that they raise about twice as
much on an acre of ground as you do.
This country produces about the same
crops that you do nere. In the future I
expect to see much Irrigation work done,
not only In the seml-arld lands, but In the
east and middle west as well. As the pop
ulation becomes more dense and the desire
to make eath foot of ground yield to Its
utmost Increase, ao will this aid to agricul
tural advance."
BIDS FOR NEW EQUIPMENT
rroposala to Supply Flre-Flaratla Ap
paratas to Be Opened by
Advisory Board.
Proposals for supplying Omaha with as
large a Are engine as Is ordlnarly made, two
hook and ladder trucks, a number of hose
wagons and sets of harness and 3. (KM) feet
of hose, together with other Incidentals,
will be opened by the Advisory board this
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Half a doaen
bids have been tiled already with Secretary
Coburn and many representatives of supply
houses are here trying to Impress the merits
of their ware upon city officers.
Just how the. controversy between the
mayor and the council, as to the kind of a
fire engine to be bought, will work out has
not been forecast. The council wants
competitive test and favors the Knott
engine if possible, while the mayor Insists
that a "Metropolitan" steamer, which has
an enviable reputation, should be pur
chased without experimenting on unknown
products.
The proposals to be opened have been
asked for by two sets of advertisements
one from the council calling for tests and
the other from the Advisory board, waiv
ing this feature. All will be opened by
the board and each fire engine company
can bid as it sees fit.
BOWLED IN AJSKATING RINK
Omaha Men gay This Is Why Their
Work Was Peer at
Cleveland.
The Omaha contingent of fast bowlers
who didn't win the prises In the hlg f'leve.
land tournament, have been getting home
TRAGEDY IN THE WILDERNESS
Experience of a Party of Hantera In
the Moose Reg-rune of the
Xotvan.
Not one hunter In a hundred ever gets
chance, to seo a tragedy In the wilderness
Not one In M.ono ever has the opportunity
to earn the gratitude of one of its denizens,
Arthur I.. Olllarn has had both, and photo
graphs that h3 has brought home show
Just what has been his fortune to see find
do.
With R. II. Grunt Mr. Glllam recently
went tp MsJne on a hunting trip. The two
gentlemen are familiar with every lake.
bog, mouitaln and stream In the ' great
wildernesses between the Allegash and the
I'pper fiunsungnn. They knew the haunts
o-f the big game there, and their rifles
brought down their share of the spoils of
the chase. But one morning Mr. Glllam
cani across a mooee a baby moose which
' could not escape his rifle had it been able.
SCHOOL FRILLS A CRIME
HARRISON ASKS FOR HELP
pupils are Introduced to weaving, and to
quote the syllabus again, "should be led to
see a connection between the method of
braiding and Shaping the artistes they have
Sharp Condemnat'oa for ths Fsdi Cmrplng 1 made, and the more advanced work of Grand Island Senator Appeals for Support
the Place of ths Thro R'.
BARNACLES ON THL SCHOOL SYSTEM
Ktit York Appropriates Some West
rr freaks to Enrich Special
Teachers Printed i Views
Educators.
of
. , m A ,' , , ? . . .It wn mired knee deep in the mud on the
being dua'to arrive In town yeaterday. dor, f "" J hlch connects
Owing to the trsln being late they did not?ar "" the Jlfth Musouedock. It
get here until between 2 and I o'clock and?? p,aln, to 8 tnat the ,ltlle 'el'w;nd
have been busy ever alnce telling Interested kM re,uev xhfTt "caPe fne of
little crowds of local hlgh-rollers how It d'fj ' - w
not happen to happen. '
Messrs.. Reed and Welte have been hosne
since Sunday and - are authority for the
statement that the reaaon for the b w pores
that prevailed throughout the totirnf jrtent,
rot only so far ha the Omaha me- were
concerned, but everyone elae who bowled
at Cleveland, was due to the fact that the
alleys were Insufficiently heated. Una build
ing In which the tournament was. held was
nearly If not quite the slserof tlj Coliseum
In this city and an attempt wfes made to
warm It with two or three 'Anall stoves.
The result was. they, say, tjat everybody
kicked and rose by turns.
"It was more like a skating rink." said
ene of the Omaha men, nd a perhaps
you noticed from the press, reports, no good
scores were made by anybody at first.
Why." he said, warming; up to his cold sub
ject, "water on the fl-joc thirty feet from
any of the etoves would freeae solid, and
the mercury at no tine, even after' they got
In more stoves, was higher than IB degrees,
and Omaha bowler. r not used to bowling
In that kind of an. atmosphere. But on the
whole we had a frood time and were used
well. Of course, you know that all the
teams could not win a prise, and while we
did not bring home any to peak of. It Is
still a fact that we have bowlers In this
city who ara just as gooA or better than
any at the tournament, and have demon
strated It a good many times."
BIG GROWTH IN IRRIGATION
ImssesMBO Development Predicted by
Chief of Barean at Wash-
lag-ten.
tha natives call the Canada lynx
Mr. Glllam had his camera with him. He
got as close as he could without miring
himself, and before the little fellow grew
frightened he was able to get a fine photo
graph of the baby as he stood In the mire,
helpless and forlorn.
When he got back to camp Mr. Glllam
told Mr. Grant, and two days later the two
hunters sought the spot again to see If the
little moose was still there. He was, and
apparently In more distress than ever."
"The poor little fellow ought to bo got
out." said Mr. Glllam. "Just for hla pluck."
Bo they chopped down trees and brush
and soon built a Arm foundation around
the tiny moose and another for themselves.
Then with ropes and much pulling and
hauling they Anally got him on solid
ground. The little moose was all gratitude,
lie licked the hands of his rescuers and
showed absolutely no fear at their presence,
though moose are among the most timid
animals that Inhabit the wilds.
But the long exposure and his many
struggles, together with the lack of food,
proved too much for even this little sturdy
son of the forest. Boon his limbs gave way
and he sank to the ground, played out. The
hunters worked over the little fellow, but
their efforts were useless. He died licking
their hands In his mute thankfulness for
what they had done for him.
Mr. Glllam was, among the luckiest hunt
ers In that region. Ho got the one moose
and tho two deer allowed by law. The
moose was a splendid bull, with horns that
had eighteen points and measured flftr-one
Inches from tip to tip. Each one of the
three was dropped with a single shot from
a Sfl-eallber Savage. Bt. Louis Poet-Dis
patch.
' "I look for an tmmena development of
umgauon lacnmra aunng iwn, sam Heavy Damages fo Imitating; Label.
wooa ieaa. cniei or tne aivunon oi irr.ga- , ,h. ut of g, ,wlri8t
tlon and drainage of the Department of 4 MendeUon Co., Jll(lKe Wallace of tne
.esricu.iure. no on a wD .....w.. v.r vntl States circuit court, recently
... . ....... .......... ....... arned a decree, awarding Baxlehner 31,-
heard Is to this effect and the constantly I m M togctner Mn ,0 355.55 COBtg whlch
........... a ........ ... --j.v . ,8 M.ndeUnn Cn miial m. n
Baxlehner aa damages for their use of
the forecast. Another factor that is bound
to accelerate the building of Irrigation
ditches la tha rapid aettlement of heretofore
Unoccupied territory In the western states
by people of the east."
Mr. Mead'a present investigations are to
be moatly In western Nebraska, Kanaas and
Texas, where he will confer with the field
agents and note, the conditions. In partic
ular he will gather facts concerning ths
pumping of water and the machinery used.
Many inquliit 1 have' reached tha depart
ment d urine- the lust year requesting In
formation as to the best means of pumping
and distributing the water supply, and In
order to be In a position to answer authori
tatively all such queries the statistics are
oilng collected so that recommendations
can be made '
' I-sst summer," said Mr. Mead, who
labela Imitating Saxlehner's label of Hun
yadl Janos Water on Hungarian Bitter
Waters, such as Hunyadi Matyas and
others.
Ths funeral services of Mrs. Marianne
Wllklna will be held at the residence of her
son. Charles F. Wllklns. 1K22 Chicago street,
Wednesday. February 17. at 2 o'clock p. m.
Interment Forest Lawn cemetery. -Frlnds
Invited.
DIED.
KKLPIN Prank. February 1. 1904. aged
: years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Udward
Kr.lpln.
Funeral at residence, K12i Burdette. Thurs
day morning at : to gt. Peter's church, 1
a. m. Interment itoiy tiepuichre.
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OMAHA. NEB. .
A committee appointed by Controller
Grout to Investigate the frills and fancy
branches taught In the public schools of
New York City has filed a report full of
Instruction for all communities similarly
ffllcted. The report says there Is too much
fancy work In the schools and not enough
of the solid essentials; that the children
are stuffed with educational frills and do
not know how to read and spell, and that
a common school education has become
something uncommon Indeed. "Teachers
and pupils,'" says the report, "are called
upon to do, not too much, perhaps, it too
many things to permit their doing anything
well or thoroughly.
"It will hardly be contended that pupils
graduated from the elementary public
school of this or any other city are as well
grounded and aa proficient In the common
school branches of study as could be de
sired, or as the time and money ostensibly
appropriated to that end would seem to
warrant."
Some other comments made by the com
mittee ore as follows: "A common school
education to provide which Is universally
acknowledged to be the primary object of
the public or common school system.
"A clofte examination of the courses will
lead to the conclusion that the ordinary
child between the age of 6 and 14 years
cannot begin to digest the profuse abund
ance of ostensibly mental pabulum so rigidly
prescribed for him. '
And here, say the fathers and the moth
ers. Is the meat of the whole matter:
"The conclusion seems 'to be Inevitable
that a sound economy In public school ad
ministration demands the doing away in
elementary schools with so much' at least
of Instruction In special branches as may
be required In order to afford pupils and
teachers time and opportunity for efficient
prosucution of the ordinary school course
of study,"
Old-Fasblonrd Things.
Children who attended the common
schools In the early days were taught to
fead and spell, the elements of mathe
matlcs, the geography of the earth on
which they dwell, the elements of grammar,
how to write.
These are old-fashioned things. In the
pinion of the professional educators of
New York. Tho children must draw, even
If they do not know how to spell; they are
taught construction work, sewing and cook
ing, . when no nuui can swear that they,
now how to read; are drilled In music,
physlc.-U training, and hygiene, even If Im
pressed with the belief that seven times
eight make forty-two; are drilled In
natural studies," while perhaps believing
that Brooklyn is the capital of New York
state. '
These are the things, say the parents,
that are a cause of weariness and vexation
of spirit. Too many frills. Too much
gingerbread. Not enough solidity. Children
who are sent Into the world with a smat
terlng of many things and not much
solidity of anything.
Meanwhile the school curriculum con
tinues to grow more ornate every year.
The principal of a boys' school remarked
gloomily to a New York Sun reporter
"Instead of, talking about cutting out the
vacation schools to save money, I wish the
comptroller would, turn an electric light on
some of the frills In the ordinary school
curriculum. Do away with them and away
will go a large force of special teachers,
piles of extra books and other .supplies and
host of extra clerks, who follow In their
wake. Then there would be a big saving
at once, and the children would be none
the worse for it, either."
The Vsefol and the Ornamental.
Asked to particularise, , the principal
pointed to manual training, and while ad
mining that aome features were excellent.
for Instance those which teach boy
handle tools, he asserted that the decora
tlve and ornamental is put far before the
useful and practical. Then he spoke of
drawing:
Almost before the chltdren have mas
tered the very first rudiments of drawing,
before they can make a straight line," he
said, "they are set at making pictures and
coloring them, even though no one but
themselves can afterward possibly recog
nize what the pictures are Intended to rep
resent."
Examination of a school syllabus ex-
plained the principal's meaning. The book
directs that from the very lowerst primary
gradea. illustrative and constructive work
shall be required of pupils. Under the
first head the ytungsters try to make a
picture which will Illustrate a short atory
or a paragraph read to them by their
teacher. "To develop the child's love for
color" the Intended picture la then orna
mented with crayons, charcoals or water
paints.
Free-hand representation Is ' taught
by a leaf, a flower, a vegetable, as the-case
may be, held up for the pupils to draw and
to color. In other variations taught under
the head of "Construction and Design'
the forms are suggested by the pupils'
Immediate Interests In school or at home.'
on oak tag, bogue or cartridge paper, glng
ham or strawboard and then decorated,
High Art for riklldrea.
These decorations," says the syllabus
(the -instructions are for the benefit of
grade 4 A. boys and girls ( and 10 years
old), "should consist of original modlftca
tlons of geometric units or units derived
from natural forms."
Further directions on the same subject
and also under the head "Course of Study
for grade 4 A," set forth that "the aim
should be to secure dexterity In handling
and accuracy In measurements, and to
develop appreciation of beauty In form
and line as embodied In unlta dealgned for
the decoration of constructed forms,
I'ndei the head "colors" is this:. "The
aim ahould be to develop, appreciation of
comblnatlona of tones of the same color,
Warm and cold colors should be distin
guished." Then follow paragraphs relat
ing to the study of pictures.
When the syllabus comes to deal with
the It and 13-year-old pupils In grades 7
and I of the primary school the language
has an Increasingly high art flavor.
"Princlplea cf perapectlvt." "decorative de
sign," "balance," "rhythm," 'contrast."
"harmony," etc., are dwelt upou at length.
Another phase of manual training goes
under the head "Course of sawing and con
structive work." Most of the constructive
part, teachers seem . to think. Is a frllL
Cord, cotton laces, raffle (a sort oa. woven
grass), are prominent In the Initial stages
and teachers are told by the eyl'ahua
"The aesthetic as well as the utilitarian
value of sewing should be recognised and
the child's skill should go to make some
thing that will show the application of art
to needlework."
Aa a result the smallest youngsters, boys
and girls alike, anend aome time every
week In tying countsa knots In cord. In
pulling strands of raffla apart and braiding
them up again and In taking elementary
stitches en canvas with linen crewels.
By the time grade I B Is reached, er after
perhai a year ad a half ef school Ufe.
weaving a piece of textile on a loom. The
Ir.trlcacles of manufacture are too difficult
for comprehension, but the lesson on warp,
woof, etc., will ca'.l forth an Interest In tex
tiles and their uses."
Nonessentials.
"Teaching plain sewing and garment cut
ting Is good," replied a teacher who was
questioned on the subject, "but In my opin
ion fancy work of any kind, Including
basket making, weaving and illustrative
d'awlng which in moat cases Is not draw
ing at all are- quite outside the province
of a public school. They are nonessential",
accomplishments.
So, for that matter, Is sight singing or
musical notation, which Is one of the lat-st
fads. Qood stirring songs and fimplo sing
ing exercises are all very well. We have
always had them. Hut when It comes to
trying to teach reading and writing the
notes, an art which la put down as nn
extra even In the highest private schools.
why that's another matter.
'It sounds very fine, of course, to say
that children of 10 and younger learn to
read music at sight, and to wrlto tonic,
dominant and subdominant triads In major
keys, and that after listening to a meas
ure sung by a teacher they are nMe to
write down the notea correctly, but the
reality Is anything but satisfactory. Oc
casionally a child who possesses markej
musical ability Is a gainer by these ex
ercises, but as a rule the smattering the
average child
while to pay for engaging such a force of
extra music teachers and for -the Interrup
tion It means to regulnr school work.
"Personally I have never known a boy
or girl who, upon leaving school, could
read music at sight, much less write the
notes from memory as they were sung.
One hour's teaching a week can't accom
plish such wanders.
There Are Others.
"Other frills T" repeated the teacher to
another question. "Well, there's physical
training, perhaps the most unnecessary of
all. The setting up exercises of two min
utes each, repeated four times a day, are
admirable, and all, I think, that chil
dren require In the way of gymnastics
while In school. Evidently makers of
tho curriculum think differently. As a
result every district now Iihs Its speclnl
physical training teacher who comes In
on stated occasions to put the children
through stunts which every one of them
is apt to take of his own accord when out
side of the school building. ,. -
As most people know, public school
children are not brought up In glass circs.
Perhaps the only time most of them are
housed Is when In the school room. I have
neNer met one that suffered for lack of
exercise or who needed to be taught to
Jump, stretch and run. The Fetting up
exercises Include all tho elementary prin
ciples of physical training. Hettcr, stilt,
they give a child a chance to wriggle vig
orously several tlmea during school hours;
therefore I see no reason - whatever for
the Introduction of aditlonal physical train
ing exercises. I am tml the only principal
who feels that way, either.''
'Imitating; the West.
"Why so many frills?" repeated a well
known uptown principal. "Why, simply
because New York wants to show Its heels
to the western states. Westerners, as
everybody knows, are rooters, and they
are beginning' to do a lot of bragging out
that way about their schools and colleges.
Not to be outdone, the New York Board
makes cut a curriculum which for length
breadth'and lncluslveness can't be out
done, as they feel, by any other; which,
in fact, will provoke,, tho admiration of
every other school board In the United
States."
"The present schcov curriculum Is a
splendid Illustration of the homely r.dage:
'Too many cooks spoil tho broth, said
a man very near tne top in euucationai
work. "Strangely enough, I have never
discovered that among all these educational
specialists there was one who pressed the
fact that the three Ks were the most Im
portant feature of elementary education In
the public achools and that the public
school system owes It to every child to
see that he learns to read intelligently,
to spell with some degree of accuracy
to write a legible hand, a fairly good
composition nd be able to work the
tor simpler rules of arithmetic accurately and
rapidly. To my mind any failure to ac
complish this end because of a substltu
tlon of frills Is a crime against the child.
Frills must not Interfere with the in
dlspensables and fundamentals."
fit Gnbsroatoria'l Nomination.
CALLS ON MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE
Basis C laims on Leadership In Senate
Ilnrlns; iMut Session, When
He Was Recognised
Railroad Ian.
State Senator W. If. Harrison of Orand
Island, whose candidacy for the republican
iitiniinutloii for governor was announced
some days ago, lias luunched an active and
systematic campaign, by which he hopes
to distance his numerous competitors by
the time convention day rolls around.
Throughout the state his agencies are at
work. Firt and foremost Senator Harri
son is recognised n a friend, If not a candi
date of the Union Pacific railroad, whose
champion he was generally regarded In the
last session of the legislature, of the upper
house of which he was the distinct and
unquestioned leader.
Mr. Harrlsrp has addressed letters to the
various members of the legislature In
Douglas county and presumably In every
other county In the state, presenting his
claims fo. the governorship nomination and
soliciting aupport of hla colleagues.
What can you do for me?" Is the key
to Harrison's appeal.vThe letter Is brief
gains Isn't enough 'worth I and to tha point, simply stating that he Is
out tor tne nomination anu nope you nro
In a position to give me your assistance.
By means of these "feelers" the senator
believes he can determine, pretty safely
the pulso of the law makers, whoso support
ne couia use. in aatimon to mat conironeo
by John N. Baldwin, as the nucleus of his
campaign. It Is understood from Mr. Har
rison's friends that he proposes to wage an
energetic and persistent fight for the noml
nation, and having started In early to heed
the claims of no one ns paramount to his
No tnlted 1'leilge Yet.
No pledge of united support has been
given Senator Harrison from Omaha, so far
as is known. One of the legislators who
had been appealed to said:
Mr. Harrison was tho unquestioned
leader of the senate last rcter. Ho had a
following which could not be broken. He
Is a man of very strong force of character
and I think he will be a potest factor when
It comes to this fight, but I also believe he
will meet strong opposition in certain quar
ters. He Is a reoninlzod rullroad man, of
course."
Another member of the legislature In this
city said: .
The senator haa asked me for my sup
port, but I have not promised It yet. 1 no
not know Just what I will do. Of course lie.
like all othel state candidates, looks first to
Omaha."
Senator Harrison Is In the lumber bus!
ness at Grand Is'and and Is well situated
financially. He is a brother of F. A. Har
rison, an attache of the Union Pacific legal
and tax departments.
FIRST BAD RAILWAY WRECK
Horn
It Ilnnlshed the- "poked
Wheel and Started a Vnl
veraal Teat.
Car
Announcements of the Theaters.
The first of the week day matinees of
the Hajrenbeck Animal company at the
Krug will be given at 2:30 this afternoon.
One of the remarkable features about
this shows Is that while all kinds of wild
animals are exhibited . and put through
various acts, there Is nothing to alarm
the most timid people in the audience.
The animals are so thoroughly under the
control of their trainers that It is not
even necessary to use the whip to Induce
them to perform their tricks. Two very
good comedy acts are on the program,
one by the trained pigs and the other by
the troupe of goats and dogs.
The regular mid-week matlness will' be
given at the Orpheum Thursday. The Or-
pheum road show Is scoring heavily this
season and drawing full houses.
On Thursday night Mclntyre and Heath
will change their bill,- presenting for the
remainder of the week their popular
Georgia Minstrels."
Adler's
pledges.
S.
auction sale of unredeemed
E. Cor. 12th and Farnam sts.
It Hart Hla Pride.
Pothdok" Sackett. a lightning sten
ographer who used to be private secretary
to Governor Lon Abbett of New Jersey
was talking about railway passes to Sena
tor Kean and a few pollticlana In the cap-
itol at Trenton the other day. "While I
was with Mr. Abbett," he said, "I was ex
tended courtesies by the railways in the
way of annual passes One day a man
worth his million game to me and said:
' 'Pot, I'm feeling tuckered out, and want
to go away for a few days. Why can t I
have your pass and run up to Niagara
Falls?'
' 'Sure, I said.
'In a few days he came back. 'Well,' I
said, 'did you have a good time up there?'
" 'Fine,' he replied.
"Pass work all rlghtr
" 'Oh, yea,' answered the ungrateful cuss
'I had no trouble gettln' along. But It did
cut me up aome to be taken for a common
stenographer.' "
Ex-aherlff C. W. Dlmmlck of Pike county,
Pennsylvania. Is ono of the only two per
sons now living who were in the first rail
way disaster of note That cvor occurrea
in this country. It was on the New York
& Erlo railroad, now tho Erie, on July
IBIS, When the railroad was less than five
years old, ana was sun running iour-
wheeled cars and cabless locomotives with
out cowcatchers. The car wheels were cast
with spokes instead of solid center.
This first railway disaster occurred at
ficaman's bridge, near Monroe. A broken
wheel on one of the cars derailed the train
as It was naming over the bridge. It broke
down. A car fell Into the creek below
Other cars were telescoped. Three persons
were killed Instantly. Three subsequently
died of their Injuries. Twenty were serl
ously injured and many others more or
less hurt.
The train contained two cars of students
from a Middle-town private school and their
friends, bound on an excursion to , the
Elyslnn Fields, a famous picnicking ground
of that day, now a busy part of Hoboken
Dlmmlck was a pupil at the school and
member 'of the party. He was slightly
Injured. The dead and wounded were all
excursionists, members of leading families
of Orange bounty and New York.
The accident being the first serious one
on any railroad it became notable through
out this country and abroad. From It grew
the first damage suit against a railroad
company for Injuries sustained In an ac
cldent to a train, and In that suit orlgl
nated a custom In railroading that became
universal, and which Is still adhered to on
railroads the world over.
The suit was brought by Gilbert W.
Oliver, who was among the badly Injured
In the accident. . The contention was that
the disaster was caused by a cracked
wheel on one of the cars; and the possl
blllty of the railroad company's ability to
have become aware of the flaw so that the
unsafe wheel could and should have bee
replaced by a sound one, which the com
pany denlnl, was established by the evi
donee of two carwheels produced In court
by the prosecution. Ono of the wheels was
a sound one. The other was cracked as the
wheel on the wrecked car was, there beln
no denial of the alleged flaw In that wheel
The wheels In court were each subjected
to the smart tapping of a hammer. Th
damaged one gave forth a dead, flat sound
tho undamaged one a clear, ringing sound
The evidence was accepted, and It could
not be refuted. Oliver won a Judgment
of ;20,nno, and from that testimony of the
carwheels came the custom of testing car
wheels by tapping them with a hammer
at certafn stations during a train's trl
over a railroad to detect any flawed wbee
That accident also led to the abandonment
by all railroads of the castlron spoked
wheel and the Introduction of the pattern
of wheel now In use.
Other damao suits followed the Oliver
suit and the Erie's first railway accident
cost the company over 1100.100. The other
survivor of that accident Is Mrs. Pronk
of Mlddletown, N. Y. New York Sun.
FIRST MORTGAGES
on improved real estate are back of every dollar invested In
The Conservative Savings and Loan
Association, 205 So. 16th st
In twelve year we have never paid Icm than 6 per cent.
Assets February I, lo;M, were $1,140,000.00
Wc inritc inlrt!mcntinffrfim $100 in $:,oi ). iiU vr write for Ml information.
Repairing
We have a good Jewelrv and watch repair trade. Hut can do a little more. Our
ustonn rs are our best advertisers. Experienced workmen employed and all work
guaranteed to give enure satisiai lion, i rue.s veiy iiiuueiaie lor nisi ciass woik.
P. 0. FLODMAN & CO., Jewelers,
1514 Capitol Ave.,,
Tel. 1574.
.P.Ufion Co.
IVemont Nkt 1
We iiri'iJict it swlilon
awnkpnlii!;. ,
TIioiik'Ii yon Bluiiilwr
over so Houiitlly, your
friends' talk, will surely
wnko you to the fact that
this -
Fall Stock Reducing Sale
ff ninkitic
flO.00 Suits nnd Over
coats for $30!
f:ir.oo Suits nnd Ovei
coats for $281
$.to.O() suit) nnd Over
coats for $251
$--..oo nnd fL'S.oo Suits
nnd Overcoats for $201
Hut we hope you'll wnko
tip before all the choice
ones hnve been picked.
Sale ends Feb. '20.
MacCarthy Tailoring
Company,
104-306 S. 16th St ,
Next door t
Wabash Ticket Office.
Pbene I80S.
Our artificial teeth are so natural In
form and color, and made to lit so per
fectly that you cannot tell thoin from th'
ones nature gave you. '
Set Teeth $5.00
Best Set $8.00
TAFT'S OENTAL ROOMS,
1517 Douglas St., Omaha
HOWELL DRUG CQ.
CIGARS .
PRESCRIPTIONS
PERFl'MKS
PRESCRIPTIONS
8 TATION'KHY
PRESCRIPTIONS
CANDY
PRESCRIPTIONS
SODA WATKH
PRESCRIPTIONS '
SOAPS
PRESCRIPTIONS
PATKNT MRDH-1NK8
PRESCRIPTIONS
nnrsnKs
PRESCRIPTIONS
Wo have lots of nice things to give
away. Come in nnd see,
HOWELL DRUG CO.
1CTII AKI CAPITOL, AVK.
over which they are good. A day or two
after they were out Mr. Burleigh received
the following letter of thanks from one
who had received the favor of the corpora
tion: Dear Sir: Accept my warmest thanks for
your favor of this date inclosing pans over
the lines of the Camden, Gloucester &
Woodbury railway. If ever I have occa
sion to use tho pass I shall certainly call
to mind tha generous Impulse which leads
the P. 8. C. to send It to me. As' It Is not
likely that I shall be going that way In
the near future, however, I would suggest
that you exchange the pass for a frank
upon my gas meter. That would be a favor
which I could appreciate to the full. On
these blonk, windy, winter days, when coal
Is going Into the furnaces at shoot-the-chuta
speed, there would be solace for my soul
in sitting beneath the glow of tho mellow
gaslight in the library, reflecting that the
flickering flame of the gas log might blace
on forever and that the frank would muko
It good at the end of the month.
In these days of high living, when beef
steaks are worth their weight In hard
earned shekels. It would be a comfort and
a Joy to think that the same steaks could
be broiled over ths blue blazes of a gas
range wlthodt adding 40 per cent to ths
cost of the feast. Sometimes In the reful
gence of the" home circle there steals in a
specter of miserable mien to rob a festive
night of its charm the grim, gaunt specter
of a gas bill to pay. And there comes to
the breast of the weary toller the conscious
ness that much that he must pay for Is
wind and that the meter is a sneak and a
liar. Sometimes It Is borne In upon me
that the meter works while I sleep, that it
tolls on In its own mysterious way, per
forming Its wonders by day as well as by
night Ofttlmes I am forced to the Irre
sistible conclusion that It Is a trained wild
animal, doing its master's bidding with u
fidelity that Is awe-lnsplrlng. If, therefore,
you would perform an act of grace and
kindness, a charity that would be appre
ciated to the fullest possible extent, and
bring down blessings upon your official
head, Bend me ths frnnk and take the pass.
LIKE A THIEF
IN THE NIGHT
Comes on the Dead
ly Kidney Dis
ease. HOW TO DETECT ITS PRESENCE
It la a well known fact motif phyildttii that
tha tTprxcA nifTerpr from kllnjr trouble, iievar
knowa thtt ha la afflicted with tho riariKProua torn
plaint unfit hla raw la almoat beyond help. MoK
people llnd It out when they 11 to taka out Ufa In
auranc. The examination of tho .urine dlaoloata
the morhld rondltlos and tha appllcntlon la rejected.
U la, however, an eaey matter for anyone to oo
ternilnn whether he la alllulej with klJmy dlaeaan.
In tha morning upon urialng, fill a glaaa with
jour urlac and let It atand for i4 hours. It at th
nd of Ala period, It haa a cloud appearance,. It
a fine auliatani-a Ilk brick duet Ilea In th bottom
of tha glaaa or If email aperka float In Ilia urine,
your kldneya are dlaaed. Thla la an lnfallll.le
tent and If you And any of theao lndl.:atlona preeent,
you ahnuld hot delay, but Seek at one for a rem
edy that will repair th broken down omana.
Tain la aeldom preeent In Kidney Dlaeaae, except
a dull tai ka.-h In the morning. In fact ea It ha
been eld tune and time main by k!oey trecl.l
lata i.nd hyelrlane. a sufferer from P'mhl'e Il
eaeft or lat,ctca, eeldom knnwe he la bfllU-ted until
hla condition la hopeleaa. It la admitted h hun
dreda of phyalclana that the b.t. ctnihluallnh of
remedlea erer devlacd for k dney trochlea la found
In Cramer'a Kidney and liver Cur rrade by th
Crsnier Chemical Co. of Albany, S. V. Thie h
brn demonstrated tho.ia.nda cf t'mea (.nd In faet
there haa never yet oeeured a caae of kidney tl u
ble where Cramer'a ' ur haa Uen uaed, thai (rei.t
tenant did not follow.
All fret-clnna d.-ugaleta carry Cinmer'a gnoda In
atoek. and If you know of any aunVrer from kid
ney or liver trouble, yos aVmld call hla attention
to th'a trtllv mlranitoue remedy. It J put up In
two alr.ea which eell at fnr and IIU0 and If your
drugglat doea nnt keen It !n Hock; you ran obtain
l( direct from the Cramer Chemical Co. of Albany,
N. Y. A large all eampla will be sent Ire upon
requeet.
The guarantee blip In every bottle fur
nlsned by us-.l.OO sine at 75c; 503 etze at
4ic.
CUT PRICE
DRUCJ STOR13
E T. YATES, I rop.
16th and Chicago Bts., Omaha. Thones
T47 and 797. 2-ith und N Sts., Bouth Omaha.
'Phone No. 1 fth Ave. and Main Ht..
Council Iilu.Ts 'Phone ?33. All fcro.ls de
livered In either rjty r-bsoluteiy itte.
SGHAEFER'S
RELIABLE DENTISTRY 7 REE
This offer good until February IS.
Set of
Teeth,
$2.00
atit.OU
X.lo
.
No students. V
Cruvs, . iroiu
I'lllliiaa. up from
Bridge Work, bp from.
Wnrlr rnnrnnteed ten Vflfi
TKKTH KXTUACTEf) WITHOUT I'AI.S
tv the use of our pater-ted painless methods.
Work done free. Krr.all charges fur material
UNION DENTAL COMPANY
1322 DOUGLAS STREET, OMAHA.
Oi'BN DA1J.Y ANU liUNDAY.
-WW?
A . r vi
'I V ?
1 SI
HIS HEART PINES FOR GAS
lew Jersey Offlolal Prefers a. Meter
Prank to a Railroad
rnsa.
John J. Burleigh of Camden, N, J., has.
been mad fourth vice president of the
Public Service corporation of New Jersey.
In that rapacity he will have full super
vision of the company's Interests In the
southern end of the state, all of the elec
tric light companies, the gas companies
and trolley companies which tha corpora
tion controls and thst means nearly every
thing In sight. One of Vice President Hur
letgh's first duties was to Issue the sn'iu.tl
passes r the Camden, Gloucester AV Wood
bury railway, the trolley mad which Wil
liam J. Thompson had built to carry pa
trons Id his once famous and profltaliH
race track at Gloueexter, but which the
Public Service corporation acquired some
months ago. It is said that these) paj.se
went out with a rather lavish display of
generosity upon tha part of the company,
nor does It matter much that few persons
have any reil occasion to u tha Unas
x A New Firm.
That Omaha Is growing Is evidenced al
most every day by soma new enterprise,
either fsctory, wholesule house or retail
establishment coming here to locate.
Omaha Is also assuming metropolitan airs
In a great many ways. Messrs. Dunlin on
& Uunham, tailors, have made arrange
ments to open up a business here. In which
they make to order suits and overcoats
at one prlco only, J15. They will open
about March I at US Bouth Fifteenth
street.
Thera wl'l be a card party given by the
George Crook W. Tt. C. In ldlewlld hall.
2tth and Giant streets. Thursday night,
February 18. All posts and corp) and their
friends are cordially invited.
TELEPHONE 431
lili aaaiia u i nn iinim aiua aa ia a)
" - ---- i ur i in m i Tn i iBiniiii am
ltl FA H NAM ST.
SCRANTON HARD COAL
ALL SIZES.
ROCK SPRIN6S GOAL
CANON CITY NUT COAL
FCR COOIa STOVES
And many other grades, from cheap
est to tha best.
Nebraska Fuel Co.
1414 Farnam St. Ptioi.s 431.
Dr.kVs Palmetto Wine.
A tenia palmetto medicine that relieves Im
medial! ai.d absolutely cures eeir ce of
Indigestion, Flatuienrr, Conciliation arid Ca
tarrh at I be. y.uuue Membrane to stay cured.
Drake Palnit'.io VVii. la a speclno for Kiduev
and Liver Uot.KVSt.Ion and ItjtUaiuialiou of
liladder.
Seeeritr-fl-s cents at Drug Stores for a lares
bolli. usual doliar site, but a trial bonis will
b sent free ud prepaid to every reader of tkls
paiier wbo writes for it.
bioil'li send jour rums and address tT letter
or pcata! raid to liiai FuruiUia Coujpfeu.
Irak Bulidlug. CbLo&co. 111.
Full Set
Teeth
$5.00
Best Set
$7.50
22 K G"'.d Crowns 13 .0 up.
(.old Fillings 1U) up.
fcllvcr Fillings 60O up.
BAILEY, THE DENTIST.
(Raiabllebed 1S.)
Ird FLOOK. I'AXTON BIOCK.
TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER
Writ) for m lavali Cos
t