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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1904)
THE 0MA1TA DAILY DEE! SUNDAY, JUKE 12, 1004. m em you FAlfORITEppV whom Luvsd Your Summer .Vacation. May bo most "agreebly spent at the delihtnil resorts reached by the North-Westera Line Tha Black Hills, the Iowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota Lake Regions and scores of other pleasure grounds are reached by - th Chicago & North western Railway wltn the hn est train service. Excellent service to St. Paul and Minneapolis, giving ready access to Lake Minnetonka, White Bear Lake and other Northern summer resorts. - Fast dally trains make con nection with all lines east of Chicago. . Special low rates are In effect from all points during the summer. Ticket and full Information on application. Ticket Offices: 1401-1403 Fanum St, awaao OMAHA . s!2.50 TO ST. PAUL OR MINNEAPOLIS AND RETURN i VIA CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN TWO MV$SZ& TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY Sft Limited leaving at 8.30 p.m., arrives at St Paul 7.20 and Min neapolis 8.00 the next morning. t6 Day Express leaving at 7.3 5 ' a. m., arrives at St. Paul 7.38 and Minneapolis 8.10 p.m. Parlor Car. Equally low rata to all Bummer Keaorts In Mlnnoeot. Tor tickets and Information apply at OUyCloUot Offloe, 1618 ti.ru w bu, or Vuujb but duo, tniutha. LlGnT ON THE CORN CORNER Failure tf Exchange to Eaforoe Bales tie Cam of the Enapna. 1 MR. JAQUITH EXPLAINS THE TROUBLE Tree IawaHatu ( th Tarlaai Moth Pointed Oat by th Chief Fnetor la tha Various Trans notions. OMAHA. Juns It To the Editor of The Bee: There have been various statements, rumors and Interviews In the papers rela tive to Jaqulth's so-called corn eorner. Many of these articles connected the Ex change Grain company with such transac tions. I desire to state first, that the Ex change Grain company has never bought or sold for their own account, or for the account of any member or employe of the same, any May corn, or made any trades for any future month In any kind of grain In any market I am president of the Exchange Drain company. They are strtcUy a cash train house. Every bushel of grain that was purchased for May delivery, or had been purchased for future delivery, that I have been con nected with was for me, for my own In dividual account, or for the account of a few personal customers who made pur chases through me as their broker. And although there has been a concen trated movement, as every grain man knows, to cripple or break Jaqulth, I have been perfectly able to pay for all receipts for grain tendered and I desire to state that Instead of the fight being over and the differences settled, the .teal conflict has Just begun, and I desire to refer you for full Information as to the correctness of my statements wherein I stated that I had purchased and paid for something that I did not get, to the records of the directors' meeting of the Omaha Grain exchange, at which I requested and demanded that the directors enforce section 4 of rule 4, of the rules and bylaws of the exchange govern ing warehouses and elevators, which reads as follows: 'Warehouse and elevator receipts to be regular shall bear date of the day on which the property called for therein shall have been taken Into store and shall specify the car number and initials, and shall be for the same grade and kind of property as In spected by the proper Inspectors. Any ele vator or warehouse violating the provisions hereof shall be declared Irregular." The records show, and the one regular elevator president and operator who was present at the meeting, admitted and was forced to admit the violaUon of this rule, because It was proven by their own written receipts. But the board of directors failed to enforce the rule, which Is mandatory, although such president and operator bad admitted that the receipts were not in com pliance with the rule which compelled me to go to the courts to secure the protection the rules say the directors shall afford by the enforcement thereof. If authentlo Information is desired con cerning the action of the exchange. Its board of directors, as well as the action of the grain committee, I would refer you to the eall of a special meeting of the board of directors on June 6, 1904, and to ray let ter of June 4, submitted therewith and both on file In Its office. June 1 To the President and Board of Director of the Omaha rGaln Exchange: Gentlemen Sine your corporation was or ganised, you have designated the Union elevator of the Council Bluffs Elevator company, and th Maniam elevator, oper ated by Merrlan A Holmqulst company, as regular elevators of . this exchange, and the receipts of same, a legal tender for delivery of property. You also appointed a grain committee, and on that committee placed F. 9. Cowgill, who to Interested as a stockholder and officer In the Council Bluffs Elevator company, and .one Nathan Merriam, one of the owners of the Mer rlam & Holmqulst elevator, known as th Merrtam elevator. There Is stored a great quantity of corn m the Merrtam elevator, which ma, when Inspected Into said elevator, th property of Merriam A Holmqulst The Union and Meniam elevators have Issued, since the organisation of this exchange, a great number of warehouse receipts for No. 1 corn, and the same were delivered through your exchange to me. Because of these facts. Nathan Merrtam, as on of the owners of the corn Inspected Into the Merriam elevator, and as one of the operators of the Merriam elevator, was. and la, Interested, In maintaining the ele vator receipts Issued, and having the corn inspected out of his elevator No, 1 And F. S. Cowgill, as stockholder and officer In the Union elevator, la Interested In having the corn loaded out of the Union elevator graded as No. I com. If possible. In order to maintain the warehouse receipts Issued for No. I corn for delivery. Under the.dmcumstsnce you could ex pect them to act In no other manner thai as interested parries. I have purchased for May delivery, from the Omaha exchange. No.. I com to the amount of about 450,000 bushels, for which I now own warehouse receipts . for the amount not loaded out and accepted by me, under protest. Early In May Mr. G. E. Barnes appealed to the groin committee on Ave cars con taining 5.000 bushels of No. t corn, loaded by tha Merriam elevator, and when ths grain committee met to act upon the ap peal, I, as a matter of fairness, though not directly Interested myself, demanded that. Inasmuch as Mr. Meniam and Mr. Cowgill were Interested parties, and I am Indirectly Interested, none of us should act on that committee, aa I did not believe it right that- a Judge should try Ms own case, either as a member of a committee or in a court of Justice, but Messrs. Merriam and Cowgill insisted upon acting, and did act, and the committee sustained the ap peal aa to one oar, Mr. Merriam voUng, of course. No. I on an ears, as you would naturally expect one Interested to do. Mr. Barnes was thereupon compelled to accept the corn and shipped It to a feeder In the state of Iowa, who, I am Informed, rendered a vigorous protest and claimed that he had been swindled, and that he would buy no more corn in this market, and that such deals would ruin th Omaha market. On May 14 and May 18 I called for an appeal from the Inspection of a number of cars loaded out of the Meniam elevator, at which time, being an Interested party, and knowing that Mr. Merriam was an Interested party, demanded, and stated that neither of us should act, but Mr. Mer riam Insisted upon so doing. Meniam, Cowgill and Lyons voted No. t on all of the cars, and I voted No. i, and Mr. Twamley voted No. t on certain cars and No. 1 on others. And on May 14 . 1 called an anneal on ten cars loaded by the Union elevator and on May It the committee met, Messrs. Merriam and Cowgill, operators of ele vators ana interested parties, voted No. I on sll of the oars, and I voted No. 4 on some of the cars on account of its being badly damaged and rotten. Before this Inspection I requested that Cowgill and Meniam, being Interested parties, and my self being Interested, should not set on the committee, but ss Merriam and Cowgill Insisted upon acting, ss I now know to protect their Interests, I had no other al ternative than to act, but refused In many Instances to vote on much of the corn. Mr, Twamley, who I understand had no Inter- m. UU mntm at tha a buyer os. a aal elevator man, voted No. 1 on six of the ten eara Being outvoted aa I was. though I did not receive what I bad purchased and having previously paid my money for the warehouse receipts delivered by your ex change, there was no other alterna tive than to accept the corn under pro test, which I did. And thus I have con Unued to appeal from the Inspection of corn loaded out of the Union elevator and the Meniam elevator at a great expense of appeal money, time, labor and demurrage charges made by the railway company In aU I have made about twenty appeals from the Inspection of cars from ths two elevators In question, snd ss chairman of ths grain committee demanded in each case that Meniam, Cowgill and myself should not act. but they Insisted upon so doing. and I if no case have Messrs. Meniam and Cowgill voted other than No. I on any car of corn loaded from either of the two ele vators mentioned, all of which was dons over my protest coupled with the demand by me that they refuse to act on the grain committee In any matter wherein -they or either of them was Interested, directly or Indirectly, as owners of grain so sold, or ss operators of ths elevators out of which the same was loaded. The unfair and prejudiced action of Messrs. Meniam and Cowgill on the com mittee In all matters where they were In terested, has at times been so obnoxious and odious to Mr. Twamley, who could have no Interest in the grading of any cars of corn appealed by me, and who has upon every appeal protested. Insisted and de manded that no Interested party or parties Should act upon the appeal committee wherein they were Interested .and has, at different times, for reasons above men tioned, refused to act further on th com mittee. The culmination of this outrage, com mitted by Messrs. Merriam and Cowgill, wherein and whereby they Insist upon act Ing on a committee, and deciding grades wherein they sre Interested, to my detri ment and personal loss, snd to the disgrace of all that Is fair, Just, right and equitable, led me, on June 2, to absolutely refuse to further a:t on the grain committee. In any Inspection wherein I am Interested as buyer or seller, and led Mr. Twamley, who la I believe, endeavoring to maintain the Inspection of this exchange at a proper grade, thereby enabling It to grow and flourish as a grain market, to absolutely refuse to further act on the grain commit tee during the Inspection of any grain wherein any member or members of the grain committee sre Interested as buyers, sellers, or ss operators of an elevator from which It was loaded. I have called for an appeal from the Inspection of a number of cars now loaded from the Meniam elevator, and will appeal from a number to be delivered from the Union elevator In the near future, and In asmuch as I will not sit as a Judge upon my own case, and Mr. Twamley will not act In the inspection of said cars so long as Messrs. Merriam and Cowgill, who are Interested as operators. Insist upon acting on the grain committee and upon the In spection of said cars, the grain commit tee, as provided by the exchange, la no longer In existence for the Inspection of the corn now loaded and to be loaded from the two elevators In question. I now Insist and demand that yourfhonor able board of directors provide a grain committee for the Inspection of all the cars appealed, and for all appeals of cars In the future, by some manner or method, which committee shall be composed of members for said Inspection who are dis interested, and not Interested In maintain ing . corn at a . certain grade, either as buyer, seller or elevator operator, from which the same Is loaded. I do this because I believe In fair deal ing between members of this exchange, and that this exchange should not be a party to the placing of any member of the ex change In a dual capacity, wherein his personal Interests can, or will, Influence, dictate, or control his conduct and duty which he owes to this exchange, and to other members thereof. I would have you remember that It la an established rule of Justice and of law, that where a person occupies a relation In which he owes a duty to another, he shall not be In any position which wilt expose him to the temptation of acting contrary to the fair and impartial discharge of that duty which he owes to the other. The interests of ' Messrs. ' Merriam and Cowgill, as herein before set forth, places them In a position on the grain committee of this exchange wherein they are exposed to the temptation of acting contrary to the Impartial discharge of their duty on said committee, It being the duty of said committee to render a fair and impartial Judgment as to the quality and grade of tne corn appealed, ana to be appealed, and places Messrs. Merriam and Cowgill in a position where they are subject to the temptation of serving their personal Inter ests by maintaining the warehouse receipts from said elevators as to grade and regu larity and it Is idle boy's play to expect them to perform their duty on the grain committee fairly and Impartially toward me or the publlo where they are Interested. Where any person's selfish Interest, di rectly or Indirectly, Is at variance with the Impartial discharge of his duty on a com mittee no one can expect such person while acting on suoh committee to give those who have an appeal before such committee a square deal. And I therefore, as a mem ber of this exchange and interested In the exchange's success and as a large buyer rrom this exchange, and In the Interests of fair dealing, demand of your board of di rectors a fair and impartial grain com mittee, composed of men who are not In terested, directly or Indirectly, to act uoon the cars of corn thst I have appealed orl may appeal rrom the Union elevator or the Merriam elevator, that I may thereby be enabled to receive fair treatment, and only fair 'treatment, from this exchange and Its regular warehouses. And I further assure you that If my demand Is not complied with I will be compelled to seek redress elsewhere, in order that I may have a fair Inspection of the grain for which I have paid In full, and request immediate action, one way or the other, at your handa I desire at once to order out a lam amount of corn for which I now hold ware house receipts Issued by the Union ele vator ana me Merriam elevator as No 1 corn, ana now have about 100 empties wait ing to n loeaoa, ana only want the kind and quality of corn called for by the re ceipts which I now hold, and for which I havs paid, and It is up to your honorable body to say whether or not I am to have a fair and Impartial Inspection by a fair and impartial committee. I wish to say further thatvI have been me largest ouyer rrom ths Omaha , ex change and have given more time and at, tentlon to the advancement of the Interests or me sxenang man any ten . men con nected with It, and have fought personal friends In my efforts to upbuild the change and protect It front unfair dealing aim rasuaiiir. mis many or the directors anow, ana tnoe or yos who do not can ascertain the facts by Inquiry from disin terested parties. Ths failure of your board of director to enforce your mice governing regular ele vators and warehouses, warehouse receipts and the Inspection department has caused me a great amount of work, annoyance, delay and anxiety and has placed me In a false light before the general public, and affected my credit and caused me great ex. pense and heavy lose, which I do not pro pose to stand. I repeatedly advlaed your r.v. .c,iKrr anq manager of these facts and requested action to protect the exchange and myself, but aa yet I have no k-n8wlJe of an aotloo a lb jgar a your board to protect my Interests or those of the exchange, and I now advise you that I shall use every legal endeavor te recover the full amount of all damage suffered. Very truly yours. A. B. JAQUITH. June . 1904. -. A. MoWhorter. Vice Presi dent Omaha Grain Exchange, Omaha, Neb.: Dear 8lr: As a director of the Omaha Grain exchange and chairman of th grain committee I request that you call a special meeting of the board of directors to con vene at once for the following purposes: 1. To act upon a communication to be presented by myse'.f. 1 To provide a grain committee com posed of disinterested persons to Inspect cars of corn loaded from the Union and Meniam elevators, from the Inspection of which I have appealed, and to determine whether ths cars loaded or to be loaded contain No. I grain as called for by ware hour receipts now owned by me by reason of purchase from this exchange. S. To provide a committee to make a thorough Investigation of the quantity, grade and condition of the corn contained In said elevators for which said elevators have Issued warehouse receipts as No. 1 corn. 4. To provide measures to protect the Grain exchange and myself from further losses and expense because of Improper grading and delay. 8. To provide measures to compensate the' undersigned for loss and damage al ready sustained by reason of improper grading of corn which I was compelled to accept as No, I under protest Yours very truly, A. a JAQUITH. That my demand In the letter read to the directors on June t for a fair and Impartial grain committee was Just and right was evidenced by the fact that at a following special directors' meeting held on June 8 they posted a rule drawn up by their sec retary and attorney, which they contem plated adopting in an effort to provide a fair and Impartial grain committee for fu ture transactions. This action, however, aa I had previously advised the directors, comes too late to afford me Justice or relief for the abuses and Injustice of the May transactlona Referring to the articles published In the papers of even date relative to yesterday's transactions, will state that the true in wardness of this Is that on account of the advanced rate which was effective at 12 o'clock the night of June 9, parties who refused to comply with the rules of this exchange, thought by holding1 oft until tha last moment that they could make me set tle with outside parties instead of having receipts cancelled through the Grain exi change office, where they were purchased, In the manner as provided for by the rules. In other words, I think there are very few rules that the parties who have been con nected with the deliveries on May pur chases have not wilfully violated, and also violated every sense of business Integrity and decency, which should bs accorded from one member of this exchange to an other. jTo build up the Omaha market we must have elevators and good ones, and they will and are coming under the new adjust ment of rates, which give Omaha a chance to be a market owing to Its natural loca tion as a gateway. Good elevators and proper grading of grain, out as well as In, will be the making of Omaha In this re gard. A market however, cannot be built up by delivering to a buyer a lower grade of property than that which he has pur chased. In the future, as In the past you will find Jaqulth using every endeavor to purify the grain market It Is fortunate for the Grain exchange, and for this mar ket, that the corn purchases for May de livery were delivered Into the hands of a few parties who have the future welfare and Interest of this market at heart more than the gain of a few dollars. For had the corn for May delivery gone forward to the various export and other markets of the United States, say ten or twenty cars In each place, based on the Omaha Inspection, aa No. 2, It would have resulted" In so much dissatisfaction and loss to the purchasers that It would have given this market such a severe blow that it could not have re covered from the effects in ten years. Yours truly, A. B. JAQUITH. DAY 0UTLINESHIS COURSE Hands Down Statement as to How Btngham-Broadwell Case) Will Be Treated. Judge Day In behalf of himself and Judge Bears, who have made a partial examina tion of the facts in the Blngham-Broadwell election controversy, handed down a par tial opinion or statement of the methods by which they would be guided In the con sideration and count of the ballots In dis pute during the remainder of the hearing, He said the court would hold that where there was an identifying mark the ballot would be excluded, but where the voter hod made the cross after the name voted for In regular order the ballot would be counted regardless of other marks upon It Where a name Is written upon ths ballot and It Is the manifest intention of the voter to vote for such name the ballot will be counted un less It shall appear that the name written on the ballot Is that of the man casting the same. The court also will hold that where there are marks upon the back or margin of the ballot It should be excluded. This hearing will be continued to a con clusion after the Dennlson matter now oc cupying the attention of the court is off the docket Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" by Innes and bis band and great chorus of 600 voices at Auditorium tonight BIDS FOR BRIDGE OPENED Proposals for Structure Over Blsi Paptlllon for Lees Thaa Over Utile River. At the close of yesterday's meeting of the county commissioners bids were opened for the building of a 100-foot Iron bridge across the Big Papllllon river on the Dodge street road. Several of the bidders made figures for ths work that were very close together, those of the John W. Towle company being a fraction the lowest They were for a riveted bridge, of the dimensions called for In the specifics Hon, $2,878, snd for pinned construction. 83.592. The matter of the awsrd of the contract on these bids was not taken up. It Is a matter of considerable interest that for a bridge of the same length and same general construction, erected last year over ths Little PapllUon, on the same road, ths Robert Z. Drake company was paid by ths county ths sum of 87,500. The business transacted by the board In regular session was of a routine nature. Need a Nourisher ? Lots do.. Try POSTUM Food Coffee 10 days and Prove Tilings Oet the little book, "Th Road to WsUvllle," in each pkav E. fo) LiO Si u Commencing Monday, June 13, 1904 fli 10 :30 OWING to a recent and urgent summons to Turkey, for the settling up of some estate matters, I have decided to close up my Omaha , store and dispose of my entire stock at Public Auction. As this sale is not the ordinary auction sale, but is for the purpose of turning my superb collection into cash quickly, t need hardly say that there will be some rare bargains to be picked up by lovers of art. J have secured the services of Mr. Robert Grant, the well known Chicago Art Auctioneer, to conduct the sale. The Art Bric-a-brac will be included in this sale. MAN'FROJUOWACOMES CLEAR John L Eohwenck ' Acquitted In Federal , Court of Puilng- Counterfeit Money. , CASE GOES OVER CONSIDERABLE PERIOD Carroll Photographer . Defends His Record la Court by Testimony of Mayor and Other Prominent Men. John X Bchwenck was acquitted in. the United States district court of the charge of passing counterfeit money and Is now a free man. The Jury' went out at noon Fri day and was unable to reach an agreement until 10 o'clock this morning, which was a verdict of not guilty. John I Bchwenck was a photographer at Carroll, la. February 22 last he found a small pocketbook on the streets of Carroll, which contained two 820-bllls and a dollar or more of small change. Schwenck that afternoon addressed a note to his wife say ing he was going to Omaha on business and left for Omaha the same day, with the os tensible purpose of negotiating the purchase of another photograph gallery , or the sale of his Carroll establishment. Arriving in Omaha he drat visited the proscribed dis trict and began spending his money pretty freely. He incidentally gave the two $20 bllls he had found In payment of a couple of bottles of beer at different Intervals and received $19 change for each of the bills. Thess were passed at Goldsmith's saloon and It was later claimed by Goldsmith that the two bills were counterfeit which Bchwenck denied, but nevertheless he re turned most of the change and was ar rested the day following charged with hav ing In his possession and passing counter felt money. Bchwenck was Indicted by the federal grand Jury on the above charges and his trial has been In 'progress two days. Many ef the foremost citlsens of Carroll testified to his former excellent character, In cluding the mayor of the city, the sheriff of the county and town marshal. The contention of the defense was that the bills which Bchwenck passed at the resort were genuine, but that they were shifted later for counterfeit bills. The Jury took this latter view of the case and hence the acquittal of the accused. ONE OF EARLIEST TEACHERS Mrs. Pnekweod, Omaha noneer, At tends ternl-Centennlal, sal Her Old Friends. Mrs. Paekwood of Baker City, Ore., came to Omaha to attend the Nebraska semi centennial celebration. She Is one of the early pioneers of Omaha and was among the very first persons who over taught school In Omaha. Bh was then Miss Jo hanna O'Brien. Th school she taught was a Catholic one and was established some time early in the year I860, or possibly the year previous. Among her pupils were a number of persons since grown to distinc tion In the state. Mrs. Paekwood has made her boms in Oregon for thirty-five or more years. Bhe departed to visit other friends in the state and will return to Omaha for a brief visit before her return to ber Ore gon home. BALBACH H0USE GOES DOWN Old Residence at Sixteenth and Bar. ney to Be Demolished for Material. The Balbach residence at Sixteenth and Harney streets Is being torn down. George A. Co,, th agents for th property, have sold the building for th material In It to Chris Jensen, who has a force of men at work tearing out the Interior. Tbe sal Is mad beoaus th bouss was In poor oeaOtUoo aed beoauM at its location Uj ULEEBA'S 3 OF rprn III!) BRIC-A-BRAC and was not a desirable renting property. The Georges profess to know of nothing further in view. This and the Turner house, Just south of it are' the last of the fashionable resi dence district, which formerly Omaha citl sens viewed with so much pride. The Hoagland bouse has been removed, ths Turner property sold to the Young Men's Christian association, and the last of the three Is now under ths crowbar. Charles Balbach, at that time manager of the smelter, put up this grand house In the early eighties. He Is now living In Idaho. Beautiful religious muslo by Innes ..and bis band and great chorus at th Audi torium this afternoon. THIRTEEN CAUSES TROUBLE Unlncky Ifumber on Auto Threatens to Dlsrapt Business and Friendly Associations. The number, "13" used on an automobile threatened to causa the dissolution of the partnership of W, D. Bancker and T. A. Bpratlen In the Puritan Bteam laundry. Mr. Bancker, who owns the motor car, finally changed the designation on bis ma chine to No. 80 and serenity has been re stored. Several weeks ago, when' Mr. Bancker appeared at the city hall to comply with tho new ordinance It was found that he was the thirteenth man that bad applied. Accord ingly the number 13 was given to him in his license. Bancker mad no particular objection, saying be was sot superstitious and did not care. Every one has noticed the auto with the unlucky number on the rear, and It has been the most talked about car In town for that very reason. People would gase at It and then smile and wonder what kind of an accident would happen next. But Bancker same to no grief whatever. He underwent a great deal of chafing, but told his fellow motorists that he was proud to have a car that could stand up and do Its duty under such a disadvantage. However, a more serious phase . came about In the matter and Bancker appeared at the city ball agnjn. He told City Treas urer Hennings that his . partner in tha laundry business, Mr. Bpratlen, had in formed him that he had been told Bancker was running around town with "18" on his auto. Bpratlen said It wouldn't do at all and was sure to run th laundry Into bankruptcy. Bancker laughed at him, but Bpratlen said their business connection would have to cease or "13" would have to go. The motorist decided that a mere In difference to superstition could not stand In the way of business affairs, so be spent an extra dollar and procured the number I w X 2:30 P. . Daily $1 "ITT7 JU UX-J BEE BUILDING H "60." The number "13" is thus put on the shelf and out of use for the present year, so far as the whia wagons are concerned. . FEARS KNIFE ON HER CHILD' , r Mother Leaves' Hospital, Shunning' Operation on Her One-Voar Old Baby. j . For ths second flm within a week Mrs. A. Grongert and her 1-yoar-otd son bava : been taken from the streets at Unseemly; -hours of .the night by the polloe. The) woman came to Omaha lost Thursday front Mitchell, Neb., for the purpose of bavins; an operation for tumor of tha stomach per formed on her baby. That night mother and child were taken to tho matron's de- partment of the city Jail and, late sent to the Methodist hospital, wher It' was ex pected the child would receive) treatment but It Is said the mother left, th hospital before attendance could be given The woman has a letter of Introduction to a prominent Omaha surgeon and she Is said to have been assured enough funds for the operation by her relatives at Mitchell, Her strange conduct Is thought, to be . due to ber dread of having ber Infant undergo th operation. Mrs. Grongert cap, speaks but little English. She will "be sent horn with money she had with ber whsa brqjught to the police station. Mortality statistic. , The following births and deaths have; been reported to the Board of Health dur lng the twenty-four boura ending: at nooi Saturday: Births Joe Van Buren, 1719 Castellar. girl; Stanton Uothard, 2008 Cuming, glrlt Walter Lane,, liM North Nlnatenritn. boy t ' Emanuel Colombo, 804ty Bouth Thirteenth! frirl ; Andrew J. Smith, boy; Antonio BantaX . uca, 1124 Chicago, girl Erne Ward. Ninth and Locust sir I, Deaths Matilda I'oterson, KIT Clark, 231 Esther Ericson, 1021 Bouth Twwntleth, 1 month; Huben Brooks, 8U North Thirty second, 60; Infant ThompuSi. 04 North Sixteenth, 5 daysj Fay War.f, Ienbytarlan hospital, 28. Marriage I4aesfso7 I7p to noon, June 11, the following couples ' had been licensed to wed; Name and Residence. Ar. Fred C. Stiles, Omaha . 3 Sadlo J. Ward. Omaha . U . George E. Lewis, Omaha...wM,-, n Ida 6. Ollllland, r-ha ,-i,., , Oacar E. Carter, Omaha..... ?! Helen Horbort Oiwha.MiHM.,,n4 il ; Frank Glader, Sioux City. .. ..,., IU 52 ' Mary M. Ryan, South Omaha,......,. 86 Myron J. Lewis, Omaha ....w ti Amelia Nelson, Council Bluffs.. ti Albert L. Pepper, Omaha .....,... ts Gertrude Young, Des Molne.,.......a Charles B. Dickson, Omaha...... 2s Edna T. Dickson, Omaha. T ,., 4 Beautiful religious muslo by . Innes and bis band and great chorus at th Audi, torlum this afternoon, ' ONf MOD 1 S II 0 E S may b rolled npoo always UP-TO-DATE, tfftd Of beat LEATHERS, by tnosfr-sklUful workman. $3.501E$2.50 Maker to Wearer. Regent Shoe Co. ' 205 Sosth 151b Street 7 COLLECTION