TOE OMAITA DAILT ' BEE: SUNDAY,' DECEMBER 25. 1904.
PUN TO RECLAIM iRID LAND
izprimenU to Ba Mad by BnrliigUi
TJnioi Pacific and GoTeraaen'..
AUTHORITIES CONFtR IN THIS CITY
Dr. Elweod Mead. irrigation F.spert
from Drr(mfnl of Acrlrnl
ture. Participate la
the Conference.
Experiments are to he made Jointly by
the United States government and th
Inion Pacino and Burlington railroal
companies to reclaim hundreds of thou
sand of acre ot aild land of the west
without the aid of expensive systems of
Irritation. It Is believed these lands can
be made productive and experimental sta
tion are to ba established with a slew of
bringing about the dtslred result.
Dr. Elwood Mead, an lrrigulnn expert
and one of the heads of the Agricultural
department at Washington; II"nry H.
Henderson and Clarence Johnston of Chey
enne and O. V. P. Btout of Lincoln were
In the city and late In the afternoon held
conferences with the head officials of the
railroads. The visitors arrived In the
morning; and registered at the Pnxton,
where they were in session much of the
day. In the afternoon they railed upon
A. L. Mohlrr, general manager of the
Union Pacific, and George W. Holdrege,
general manager of the Burlington.
"The present plan of Dr. Mead Is to
establish an experimental station or two
In part of Wyoming where It Is proposed
to sow grass seeds with a view of pro
ducing grasses on these arid plains that
wilt grow with little or no water. Such
experiments are being successfully coo
ducted In dry parts of Oregon, with the
result that an alfalfa has been found that
Will grow with as little moisture as that
necessary to support sage brush and simi
lar vegetation.
In southern Russia Is found a blue gross
similar to the famous blue grass of Ken
tucky and even more nutritious. This
grass needs little or no moisture, and, be
side making an excellent sod, kt.jws
luxuriantly In the hottest summer
weather and does r.ot dry Up like other
grasses. It Is believed that with these
grasses the barren western fields now
monopolized by sage brush end prickly
pear can be made productive. It is a well
known scientific fact that any soil which
Will support sage brush will support any
vegetable life when It la irrigated, but
the Idea 1 to do without the Irrigation. If
possible.
It is believed the grasses named will
solve the problem and clothe with green
hundreds of thousand of acres ot western
land that are now valueless without the
Introduction of expensive Irrigation ditches
and canals. Mr. Mohler said that the mat
ter will be taken up with other Union Pa
cific officials for consideration. It is be
lieved that the railroad companies are in
favor of the plan and it is expected that
thoy will co-operate with the gove.nrmnt
In every possible way to cany out these
experiments.
Time Chanares on Rocli Island.
Several Important, change In the ar
rangement of the passenger train on the
Rock Island are to become effective Sun
day East-bound train No. 24, now leaving
Omaha at 12:01 noon, will leave at 11:15 a.
m. A new day train will leave Chicago at
1:40 a. m., arriving In Omaha at 8:56 p. m
This will take the place of the train now
arriving In Omaha at 9:36 from Dea
Moines, No. IT, now leaving "Omaha at
1:26 p. m., will be knbwn as No. 1,7 and
will leave at 4:16 p. m., connecting at Mo
Farland with the new California expieis
which goes via the El Paso rouie, leaving
Kansas City a( 10:60 p. m. and arriving at'
Los Angela at .6:30 a. m: tin. the third
morning out. Train No. 24, now arriving
in Omaha from the west at 11:60 a.m., will
be known a .No 68 and will arrive at
12:40 p. m;
Sunday the Golden State Limited alio
will be retnaugurated for the winter travel
and will leave Chicago at I p. m. and Kan
sas City at 10:40 a. m., arriving at Lou
Angele at 1:46 p. m. on the third day.
East bound this train will leave Los An
geles at 12 o'clock noon, arriving at Kan
sas City at p. m. on the second day and
t Chicago at 12 o'clock noon on the third
lav This train mi-rips onlv Pullman
equipment and dining car. The new Cali
fornia express via El Paso will leave Chi
cago at 11:40 a. m. and Kansas City at 10M
p. m. on the same day and will' arrive in
Los Angeles at :30 a. rn. on the fourth
morning out. East bound thl train leaves
Lot Angeles at 12:10 p. m., arriving in
Kansas City at 6:60 a. m. and at Chic go at
10:36 p. m. on the thlid day. This tra.n will
curry Standard and tourist sleepers, day
coaches and dining car.
Railway Notes and Personals.
Robert McNeil, superintendent of termin
als for the. Union Pacific at Denver, will
spend Christmas in Omaha.
E. Dickinson, general manager and vice
president of the Kansas City, Mexico &
orient railroad, is in
the city to spiiid the
nuuaays.
C. J. Wilson. suDerlntendent of the Roc
Island at Fairbury, ha been visiting
friend. in tbs city and will spend the holi
days at Minneapolis, hi .former home.
R. R. Butherlund, superintendent of the
Roek Island at Dalnart, Tex., and formerly
assistant superintendent ot the Union Pa-
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People H How Vseful It Is la
Preserving- Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody know that charcoal ts
th safest and most eftletent disinfectant
and partner In nature, but few realise Its
value when taken Into the human system
for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you
take of it the better; It la not a drug at all.
t simply absorb the gosee and lmpurt-
ties always present In the stomach and
Intestines and carries them out- ot the
system. , '
Charcoal sweeten the breath after smok
ing, drinking or after eating onion and
other odorous vegetable.
Charcoal effectually clear and Improves
the complexion, It whltene the teeiu and
further acta a a natural and eminently
safe cathartic
It absorb the Injurious gases which col
lect In the stomach and bowels; It dlsin
leot the mouth and throat from the poison
or. rather la the form of large, pleasant
ot catarrh. '
AH druggist sell charcoal in one form
oi another, but probably the best charcoal
and the moat for the money la In Stuart's
Charcoal Losengea; they are composed of
the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and
other harmJeaa antiseptics In tablet form,
tasting losengea. the charcoal being mixed
with honey.
The daily use of these lucenges will soon
teU la a much Improved condition of the
gtneral health, better complexion, sweeter
bieath and purer blood, and the beauty ol
It la, that no possible harm can result from
their contiuusd use, but on the contrary,
reut benefit.
A buaalo physician In speaking- of the
btuenis of charcoal, says: "I advise
Stuart Charcoal Losengea to all patient
suffering- from gas In stomach and bowels,
and to clear the complexion and purify the
breath, mouth and throat; I also believe
tag liver la greatly benefited by the dally
use of them; they cost but twenty-five
cents a box at drug stores, and although
la some sens patent preparation, yet I
believe I get more and better charcoal la
Stuart' Charcoal Losengea than in any orf
ihe oral nary- eharoeal tablets.'
elfe, rs spending the holiday fn the'clt
with his wife.
P. J. Nichols, formerly superintendent "f
the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific,
and now superintendent of the Union depot
st Denver. Is rn Omahs. accompanied by
his wife, to spend the holidays.
It Is esiinsted st Union Pacific head
quarters that ftuO.MO head of sheep from
WvotTilnff I'tah and &1.m:nriA will he win
tered In this stute. Twenty-six carloads J
fur range nenr Ituncsn were brought irom
Wyoming this morning.
K. K. GrifTeth, Kenersl sirent of the
tralfic depnrtmeiu lor the Union Pacific at
Iwnver. will leave trie service of the com
pany on the first of the month. Mr. Orlf
tetti has accepted an important position
with one of the Colorado sugar corpora
tions at a large auvance of salary, lie 's
weil known in this city, where he has a
horn ot fricnus. Ilia successor la not yet
known.
LOCAL GRAIN WEN NOT SCARED
Declare Lincoln Could So Hart
Omaha Market If it
v Wanted To.
The press dispatches from Lincoin indicat
ing the formation of a grain exchange
there to rombat the Omaha market and to
work for the Interest of Kansas City has
caused considerable comment here, but no
alarm. Omaha grain men regard any such
movement us extremely improbable, if not
impossible.
"I have heard nothing about a Lincoln
market." said Secretary Merchant of the
Omaha Grain exchange, "beyond the morn
ing dispatches, and I do not consider It
worth discussing until we have more in
formation. It is well to bear In mind,
however, whatever attempt is made to
lower the through rates from Lincoln to
the south and east will Inevitably have the
effect of lowering the local rates from
points In Nebraska to the Missouri river.
So If the Lincoln people start any agita
tion for a readjustment of rates they will
end by getting us lower local rates. As
the rates are now grain could not be
handled In Lincoln very advantageously."
"Lincoln can't hurt us," said J. E. Von
Dorn of the Adams Grain company. "I
haven't heard of such a movement down
there to start an exchange, but I believe It
has been Instigated by Kansas City people
and will come to nothing. There Is a
good bunch of grain men in Lincoln, how
ever, and there are two terminal houses
In that city. They are close to the winter
wheat country, but that does not give
them any chance to cut Into Omaha grain
business, even If they intend to try it,
which I doubt."
FLEMING WILL ACT AT ONCE
Tax rommlilnner to Proceed to Make
Arbitrary Personal Property As
sessments Against Delinquents.
Tax Commissioner Fleming has an
nounced he will proceed to make arbitrary
personal property assessments against sev
eral hundred citizens who have failed to
comply with the law and have not sent In
sworn schedules of what they own apart
from rial estate.
Last yenr the commissioner contented
himself with taking the prior year's assess
ment or a casual estimate of the deputy
and recommending to the council that all
delinquents ba summoned to appear and
show reason ' why, before ' the Board of
Equalization, their assessments should not
be greatly increased. The Board of Equal
ization, however, concluded that such a
task was too big for It and disregarded the
suggestions. This was before the ruling
was made' by the courts that fair assess
ments may not be doubled as a penalty for
persons who do not make sworn returps.
Noting the action of the board Iact year,
Commissioner Fleming has determined hat
the guilty shall not escape so easily, and
he will attempt, to put some of his own
views and Ideas concerning valuation into
effect. In order that sinners may have a
last hour of repentance, he will, give them
until the last of . December to file sworn
schedules. If they do not heed the call
there Is a possibility that they will be over
taxed. ,
Commissioner Fleming say he cannot tell
when .the assessment rolls will be com
plete, footed up and ready for the Board
of Equalisation, but he hope to have the
work done by January 1.
STREET CAR MEN IN TROUBLE
Opening- of Sew Car Barn Forces
Them to Move Where Houses
Are Hard to Rent.
The opening of the fine new car hours
of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway company at Twenty-fourth and
Vinton streets Is 'making necessary some
changee in the time card on the Walnut
Hill and the Sherman avenue-South Omaha
lines. These will not be very noticeable
to the public, as the car will start to
run at the same hour, practically, and
through the day will have the old sched
ules. The effect Is felt, however, by the
motormen and conductors on the line In
question. Part of the car which are
now being housed In the new barn were
formerly kept In the Twenty-fourth and
Ames house, and a few which started In
the morning from South Omaha were kept
In the street at night, necessitating the
care of a watchmun. The men who did
live In the northern part of the city are
now trying to find home in the southern
part of Omaha, or In Sauth Omaha, In the
neighborhood of the new barn. This I
Impossible for many of them. The nearer
parts of South Omaha are mostly -large
houses, which the street car men cannot
use. A few cottage have been built In
the vicinity, but they were snapped up as
soon as begun. A considerable complaint
results among the crews, who are unable
to find homes within a long distance of
the house where the morning work begins
and where they take their cars at night.
PERFUMERY STOLEN FOR GIFT
Small Boy In Trouble for Getting;
Mother n Christmas Present la
Irregular Way.
Police Judge Berks did not have the
heart to pass sentence on Floyd Andrews,
years of age, when the boy told the police
magistrate he stole a bottle ot perfume st
Bennett' store no that his mother would
be sure to have a Christ ma present. The
boy waa arrested by Officer H. E. Jack
son and arraigned In pol'oe court on a
charge of petit larceny. The tears welled
up into the little boy's eyes a -he told the
court his story. The judge gave the boy a
kindly, talk about the evils of taking other
people' property and sent the boy home.
Floyd Andrews told some bystanders ha
did not know where his father is nor what
hi mother does for a living.
CASE OF UP-TO-DATE NERVE
Clvie Federation Ask Chief Dona
hue' Secretary to Coatrlhut
Toward Chief's Dismissal.
E. W. Boy lea secretary to Chief of Police
Donahue, baa received a letter from the
Clvlo Federation asking for financial as
sistance and remarking that in the paet
contributions have been from 1100 to t6X
inu aiuues me as a tunny deal, says
BoyUs. "Here ie the Clvie Federation do
ing It best to knock Chief Donahue out
of hi job, and If he got It' almoat A cure
thing that I would have to go, too. Tat
I am ask id to give money to pay for the
fight that' I being waged en the chief.
think I shall watt until after the case ha
been deoldsd ; .. befoie forwarding; any
mousy."
iNTERCRBIN BEFORE BOARD
Appliottioi for FraoohiM Throng a Douglas
Countj Hot Tot Qrutoi
COMMISSION WANTS FULL DETAILS
Resolution Series: that Whenever
Dennlto Plats Are Filed Show
Ion- status of Pnrtlea Goes
Over to Future Dates.
A the meeting of the Board of County
Commissioner, Commissioner McDonald
presented the following resolution:
V heress, it is the sense of this board
that the county of Douislas should encour
ae in every manner the construction and
operation ot interurban railroad lines within
bald county, und
Whereas, Pioposltlons for grants and
franchises in the interests of such proposed
lines are either before or are atiout to be
submitted to tnis board. therefoie be it
Kesolved, That whenever deilnlte plats
of any such proposed line be riled with the
uonra, together with an adequate showing
ot the financial responsibility of the partita
l,otioeing to construct such lines, that then
and In such case the board will grant ail
rights and franchises necessary to the
construction and operation of such lines,
provided that such grant shall not Inter
fere with any previous grant made by the
boa rd.
When Mr. McDonald moved the adoption
of the resolution Chairman O'Keeffe raised
the point that ita passage would be a tech
nical violation, at least, of the understand
ing already reached by the board with
parties who are promoting certain interur
ban lines and who have spent considerable
money in furthering their plans. He
though the provision requiring the filing of
plats would be a condition hard to meet In
some cases and Involve the placing
of an unnecessary burden upon the men
who are proposing such roads.
Commissioner McDonald replied that the
Intent of the resolution was merely to re
quire a showing of financial responsibility
and to secure the filing of plat for the
information of the board.
Resolution Goes Over.
Commissioner Connolly, who had asked
that he be recorded In favor of the reso
lution before leaving for lunch, here came
Into the meeting again, and after looking
over the resolution again suggested It go
over to a special meeting to be held Tues
day at 2 p. m. This was agreed to by the
other member, and the resolution went
over.
In the matter of the protest filed against
the allowance of The Bee's bill for the
publication of the scavenger tix sal no
tice, consideration of the whole matter
waa put over to. the special meeting to be
held on Tuesday afternoon. All parties are
to be notified to be present and present
their case.
The Cady Lumber company sent In a com
munication asking that It be allowed to
withdraw Its bid heretofore submitted for
supplying 24-Inch sewer pipe. " The re
quest brought forth considerable discus
sion. Commissioner Connolly contending
that the request should be granted. He
said the company found itself In the posi
tion of being unable to get the pipe at
the figure It could have got It for when
the bid was submitted, and to enforce the
terms of the contract would be to place
upon the company an unreasonable burden.
Commissioners McDonald and Kennard
took the position that the bid had been
submitted after due consideration of an
advertisement that had been published for
three weeks, and that the Cady company
should, therefore, be held to the terms of
the bid and compelled to execute the con
tract. Communication on File.
Chairman O'Keeffe and Commissioner
Hofeldt .expressed themselves as being in
favor of forfeiting to the county the cer
titled check that accompanied ' the bid.
Then the commissioners could either re
advertise or let the contract to the next
lowest bidder.
It finally waa decided to place the com
munication on file, and the committee on
Judiciary, after consultation with the
county attorney, will submit a report on
the matter at an early day.
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor of
County Treasurer Fink for the sum of
$20,451 to pay the semi-annual Interest on
the bonded Indebtedness of the county.
The committee on Judiciary, In connection
with the county attorney, was, on request
of County Treasurer Fink, authorised to
Institute any proceedings It may consider
necessary to recover from Kelly A Kelly
of Topeka, Kan., two certain bonds of an
old Issue that have been refunded Into new
bonds bearing a lower rate of Interest
than the two that are still held by the
Topeka firm. Mr. Fink spoke sharply of
the action of the firm named In refusing
to surrender the bonds and his request for
action was quickly endorsed.
The county surveyor was instructed to
prepare estimates In favor of Charles K.
Fanning for 83 per cent of the contract
price for work done on Dodge street and
for K per cent of contract price for work
don 3 on Center street.
HADSELL AND CANADA MEET
Wyoming- Officer Confer with Union
Pnolne Agent, Presumably on
Cody Desperadoes.
Frank Hadsell, United States 'marshal of
Wyoming, waa closeted with William T.
Canada, chief of the secret service of the
Union Pacific, for a few hour yesterday
morning. The officers assert the oonferenoe
ha no significance and waa merely a
friendly visit.
Marshal Hadsell Is known to be one of
the big officers of Wyoming and It Is be
lieved his visit to this city was for some.
thing more than the renewal of friendships.
After the conference Marshal Hadsell hur
riedly left the office and took a car for
down town. Before leaving Mr. Canada
he made a careful study of railroad map
to ascertain the quickest line to point in
the east. There la a suspicion that Mar
shal Hadsell has struck an Important clue
to the Cody bank robbers and that hi
visit to the east at this time ha an Im
portant bearing on these cases.
HAPPY AND DRUNK AT EIGHTY
Elderly Inebriate Indulge in Re.
parte with Judge Berka,
and Pays th Cost.
Bei
ent with the weight of eighty years and
a large and strong pipe, Charles McCarthy
of 1315 Mason street pleaded guilty to the
charge of having been drunk and disor
derly when arraigned before Police Judge
Berks.
"Charlie, "you are charged with being
drunk and disorderly and disturbing the
peace and dignity of the commonwealth
by making loud and unaual noises. What
do you plead?"
"Well, your honor, I waa drunk, and I
can tell you that if you ware a old a I,
you would be drunker," waa McCarthy's
reply.
"I will fine you M and costs, McCarthy,"
said the Judge.
"Ood bless you, my boy," said McCarthy,
Mortality gtatlstlca.
The following births and dtaths have
been reported to the Board of Health dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon
Saturday:
Uirths-A. a. Pinkerton. Hamilton flats.
North Sixteenth street, girl; Harry How
Und, M Cedar street, girl; Leslie Alln.
Mis Caldwell street, girl; James J. Svoboda,
lit Woulworth avenue, girl.
Deaths Ursaie Jennie inilarMn ?521
Ohio street, egds; latent Kautciiidu A
Pouth Thirteenth street, aged U days:
Mary C Jeperson, Courtland bench, aeed
Milton Khelnhold Toung. South Fif
teenth street, aged I: Raymond Naugla,
3311, Fowler avenue, aged 1 day.
LESSEES OF AMES BUILDING
Wright Wllhelmy, Kerthwull and
Rock Island Plow Company WIU
Oeeuny Rebuilt Structure.
The lessees for the rebuilt Ame estate
warehouse on Jones street are announced.
They are Wright Wllhelmy, the T. O.
Northwall company and the Rock Island
Plow company. The only present occupant
of the building Is the Kingman Implement
company.
The two central warehouses of th! block
which extends from Ninth to Tenth and
Jones street were burned out Thanksgiving
day of last year and the two end sections
also were injured, four firemen being killed
by the falling of the walla The gap has
now been built In and the east and west
buildings remodeled. The work is not yet
completed, but with favorable weather
conditions only about a month will be
needed. The Kingman company has been
In the building for a considerable time and
Wright & Wllhelmy are old tenants. They
occupied the west part of the building at
the time of the fire and had to move out.
They have closed a new -lease by which
they will go back to their old storage
quarters the last of January.
This leased building is merely to accom
modate the stock which will not go In the
Jobber' own building. Th Northwall com
pany now has Ita offices in the Wright
Wllhelmy building, but has Its stock and
has been doing business In the Racine
SatCey building. Mr. Northwall does not
expect to begin moving for about six weeks.
The Rock Island Plow company formerly
has had no warehouses in Omaha and is
moving across from Council Bluff.
GOATS ADD TO WOES 0F; MAYOR
Members of Buttlnsky Frntcrnlty
Chew I'p Wrong Flannels nnd
Woman Wants Damages.
Mayor Moore had left his office Thurs
day evening and was sitting down with a
book at his home when a call came for
him over the telephone. , He - responded
promptly and found that a woman living
in the south part of the city was at the
other end of the line. Sne was troubled
about a pair of goats, but In Just what
way the mayor at first was unable to
ascertain.
"Are they your goats, madam?" asked the
mayor, politely.
"No, sir," responded the aggrieved
woman. "They belong to a neighbor."
"Well, what did they do?"
"They came Into mv back vsrd mH
all of my husband's red flannel underwear
nanging on the line and had started In
on a table cloth when I saw them."
"What did you do?" queried the mayor,
chuckling to himself.
"I captured the goats, your honor, and
Tve got them now, and I want damages."
"Do you expect me to get you damages?"
"Well, I thought you might help. I don't
want to hold the goats any longer than
necessary because It takes so much to keep
them alive. What shall I do about it?"
"Madam," said the mayor, impressively,
"if I were you I would find a nice, sym
pathetic policeman. Treat him well and
I am sure he will help you."
The chief executive dropped Into a chair.
"Is it any wonder that I'm not as well
as I used to be?" he exclaimed. "Thi
thing has been coins: on nleht nut a
ever since I came Into the office." '
BILL TO BLOCK BOND ISSUES
Mensnra Coming Before Rest Legis
lature to Restrict Proposition
of City Government.
An. effort- to make.lt more difficult for
the citizens to authorize bond Issues for
special purposes by the city government
will be made at the coming session- of the
legislature. The bill has been drafted and
placed In the hand of Senator Saunders.
It seeks to require not only a majority
vote on the particular proposition in order
to make proposed bond Issues carry, but
to demand a majority of the
At pr.stnt a m ijjrlty of votes on the propo
sition is sumcient to carry bonds for the
acquirement of public utilities and for
nearly all other purposes, except those
which the mayor and council have a right
to issue of their own volition.
Friends of municipal ownership say the
move will cause the municipalization of
pubUo utilities to become much more diffi
cult, a bond propositions are Invariably
overlooked by many of the voters. On the
other hand, friends of the measure say
It will have a tendency to take the control
of bond issues out of the hands of the
rabble." In the draft of the amendment
the word "construction" Is Inserted in ad
dition to those of "appropriation" and
"purchase," with reference to bonds for
publlo utllltie. It has been contended that
under the present law th city . ha no
right to issue bonds to build any kind of a
publlo utility for itself.
SYMPATHY FOR SIOUX CITY
Message lent by Omnhn Commercial
Club to Similar Body In
Iowa Town.
The Omaha Commercial club , sends the
following telegram to Sioux City:
C. A, Knapp, President Commercial Club.
Sioux City: The Commercial club of
Omaha extends to your organization and to
Vfslir 1t4arn I 1. , .
. si urjui noil yrapuiny ior
HSU In.fhe terrible misfortune ot iat nlht.
w believe, however, the Indomitable spirit
Of HioUX (Mfv will ha Annul .v.
4nt V (IIV CIIICI
ency. All succeni to you in your effort to
foa iiU IQUUIIU,
W. B. WRIGHT, Chairman.
E. J. M'VANN, Commissioner. -"While
the great fire at Sioux fitv u a
terrible loss," said Secretary McVann of
the Commercial club, who waa formerly at
the hekd of the Sioux City On mm.rnln I nr.
ganizatlon, "it may after all turn out to be
a messing to the city. Such waa the case
With Chicago. The old wooden elrv rilun.
peared In the flame and th result waa a
mucn nner ana more noble city, in Sioux
City the Massachusetts block and th Tnv
block, reported to have been totally de-
iroyeu, are among tne Dest buildings In
V. a .Uw' T . . . 1 J L i . . .
vit. ii wvum us imra to improve on
them. But the other building In the dis
trict burned are older and smaller, and I
believe they will be quickly replaced by fine
modern business houses."
JAPANESE DECORATE FRANCIS
President of World' Pais to Be
Member . of Order ' of .
Rising Inn.
According to a cablegram from Baron
Kinoura, minister of agriculture and com
merce of Japan, to Commissioner General
Teglma to th World' fair, President D. B.
Francis of th Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion la to be decorated with the gold medal
of the first grade of merit of the Order of
the Rising Bun.
The baron state that Frederio J. v. Skiff,
director of exhibit, is to be decorated with
the medal of thq second grade of merit of
the Order of Zuiho,
J. K. Smith of the World fair board of
directors, who was sent to Japan by the
exposition company to solicit th participa
tion of the nation, as well as of private ex
hibitors, is to bo decorated with the fourth
grade of me.it of th Order of the Rising
Sun.
Wise Work Means
31 Massive Vo'umes
Weight About 200 Lbs.
23 VOLUMES. NINTH EDITION,
With New American Articles.
5 VOLUMES, AMERICAN ADDITIONS.
NEW. EDITION. REVISED TO I90S. .
1 VOLUME, GUIDE TO SYSTEMATIC
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AFTER THE MONEY AGENTS
Oity Attorney Sayi Assiguisg Salariti by
Muiioipal Employes Muit Stop.
ISSUES ORDER TO IGNORE ASSIGNMENTS
Declares Bach Contracts Are Not
Worth Paper They Are Written
ob and Cause Great
Distress.
An effort to abolish the practice among
city officers and employes of assorting fal
aries far In advance at exhorbltant rates
of Interest Is being made by City Atiorn -y
Wright. He has Usued Ins. ructions to the
comptroller to disregard any such assign
ments when presented and prxKealed and
to Issue the salary warrants to the persons
to whom they belong.
Several cases of distress among employes
have come to light recently, which havs
been made worse by the dep oraule finan
cial condition that salary assignments gen
erally cause. The fact that some of the
money lenders charge interest at the rate
of from 120 to 180 per cent a year has In
censed the city attorney and he Is do ng
what he ' can to break up the practice,
which, ha says, has grown to an. alarming
degree.
"It is not generally known how much of
this assigning wages In advance is done,"
says the city attorney, "but it is much
greater than , the public might Imagine.
Members of the tire and police departments
who had fallen upon hard lines because of
sickness In the family or other reverses
are peculiarly susceptible to the money
lenders, and once In their c.utches find It
almost Impossible to get out again. The
Idea of charging S2 for a loan of t0 for
Ave months and having it guaranteed by
the - unearned wages of the borrower Is
reprehensible, yet the usage has long been
permitted.
Not Worth the Paper.
"As a matter of fact, sucn assignments
are not worth th paper they are written
on and cannot be collected. The courts
have decided that it Is against publlo
policy for government employes of any
kind to bo allowed to assign wages in
advance and that such assignments are
void. As soon as I discovered how gen
eral and frequent such assignments are
on the city payt roll I gave orders to ths
comptroller to utterly disregard them and
I believe be has followed out the orders
when protests are made. But, of course,
many assignees go on month after month
trying to pay up and get rid of the debts.
Only the other day a case so distressing
came to my attention that I advanced HQ
out of my own pocket to help the family.
"The practice is not confined to em
ployes, but has extended to some appoint
ive and elective officers as well.
"I am In favor of a charter amendment
absolutely forbidding salary assignments
and making It mandatory upon the comp
troller to refuse such claims. Then our
employee would be protected In a large
measure and a demoralising system of
driving a man nto bankruptcy broken up.
It is unjust and unfair in every way and
cannot be too strongly condemned."
Chicago and other cities have driven the
salary loan sgents out of their city halls.
The rasliln;r of salary warrants, ot course,
Is legitimate and Is not Involved.
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OMAHA BEE BUREAU.
WALTER DALY IS IDENTIFIED
Yonic Man Found Sick In Oregon
Once Soldier of Twenty
Second at Fort Crook.
Av press dispatch appeared in a recent
Issue of The Bee relative to a young man
being taken to a hospital at 8alem, Ore.,
suffering from severe and repeated con
vulsions, and that from papers found on
him It was evident that he was an Omaha
boy. His name was given there as Waitei
A. Daly! Diligent Inquiry was made here
to identify the young man and only today
was It learned who he is.
Major Adrian Polhemus, commanding the
hospital corps detachment at Fort Crook,
threw some light upon the case in advis
ing The Bee that this young man waa at
one time taken to the hospital at Fort
Crook suffering from terrible convulsions.
He was a member of the Twenty-second
United States Infantry at the time, but
later was discharged because of his ail
ment. He enlisted from Omaha and he
waa known then as Walter M. Daly, but
also gave the name of Walter A. Ottey.
He waa not known to have any people
living in the vicinity of Omaha, although
he gave Omaha as his residence. But
little was krown of him aside from his
misfortune of being an epileptic. He did
no, leava an enviable record at the fort.
INNES IN OMAHA IN APRIL
Bandmaster Probably Will Bring; His
Musicians Here During;
the Spring.
Omaha probably will havr another season
of Innes band concerts. K Manager Clilan
gives out the statement that an agreement
practically has been closed for seven days
of the band, and if nothing unforeseen comes
up the arrangement will stand. Mr. Innes
is to open the Lewis and Clarke exposi
tion in Portland and will pass through
this city on his way west. If the Innes
band plays here it will be from April S, for
seven days. -Mrs. Partridge is still with
the band. .
The skating in the Auditorium will be
gin next Friday or Saturday. The skates
will arrive early in the week and other
arrangements are being completed. The
opening night there will be muslo and per
haps a fancy skating exposition.
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CITY HAS NEW "TESTIMONY
Will Offer Evidence at Water Works
Appraisal Calculated to
Cause Surprise.
When the water works appraisers re
assemble next Wednesday at the city hall
to hear some evidence and the final argu
ments from the city and the company, the
city promises to have several more sur
prises to add to the list of testimony al
ready adduced in the attempt to show that
the plant is not worth as much an the
corporation Is seeking to demand. The na
ture of the new testimony Is not divulged.
City Attorney Wright, City B 'glneer,
Rosewater, Assistant City Engineer Cra'g
and others who have been working on the
municipal end of the cue uo not attempt
to conceal their pleasure regarding the
course of the appralaement and the char
acter of the evidence submitted as far aa
It has gone.
Further Investigations made by the city
engineer in connection with his plan for
gravity system of water supply by pip
line from the Platte river and natural
reservoir north of xIrv1ngton have shown,
according to him, that the proposed res
ervoir would have a capacity much greater
than at flrBt estimated. Instead of hold n.f
tn 'Ugh water to tupply Omaha and uburbs
for six months It will contain sufficient to
lost 'nearly three years. The water works
plan recently approved by the St. Louis
authorities is said to be very similar to
that outlined by Mr. Rosewater for Omaha,
to show that the city Is not at all depen
dent upon the existing water plant. .
Howard Mansfield, the general counsel
of the water company, who resides in New
York, has a ion In the Yale Olee club,
which sings at the Bod Wednesday .nlgttt.
Mr. Mansfield has Invited the appraiser
and lawyers and experts on both sides to
attend the performance with him. Cl.y At
torney Wright is out of the party because,
he Is scheduled to deliver .the address of
welcome to the State Teachers' association
that night, '7
World's Fair Commission
At the recent meeting of the Nebraska '
commission to the Louisiana PuroUase ex
position, held at the Cnlon National bank,
al members were present except Msit
Miller of David City. The meeting was
for the purpose of completing the' report
of the commission to the governor. The
report showed all obligations of the com
mission had been met and that the work
of the eolnmls-lon during the exposition
was in all respects satisfactory. Some mat. '
lers rmutln to be adjusted before the final
report is submitted, and these- will he
wound up at the next meeting of the com.
mis-ion, which will be held la this oltr'
Friday. ... , ,
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