THE OMAHA DAILY HEK: TUESDAY. JULY 4. 100.1
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COUNCIL BLUFFS
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Couooilmen Do Hot lotiios to Grtnt,Tabor
Lin Additioctl liae.
WATER COMPANY WANTS INFORMATION
Desire to Know How and When
City Inteoila to Pay for Works
Itrfora It Fixes a Price on ,
the Property.
When the application of tlie Council
Blufts, Tabor A Southern Electric Ruilway
company (or an extension of six months'
time In which U complete Its line from this
city to thi Iowa School of thn Deaf was
submitted at the city council meeting last
night there was considerable difference of
opinion among- the 'aldermen as to whether
the request should be even considered. It
was, however, after a lengthy discussion,
referred to the city solicitor for Mm to re
port on at the earliest opportunity.
Bome of the aldermen took the position
that the company having signally failed to
even commence the construction of the
line and that having likewise failed to
finance it, the city should declare the
franchise forfeited, while others urged that '
as the company had spent considerable
money In making surveys and other pre
liminaries It was entitled to some consid
eration at least at the hands of the city
cauncll and that to delay action (in the
request until the eity solicitor had reported
on It would do no one any harm.
During the discussion thu announcement
wag made that Congressman Smith and
other prominent cltlsens of Council Bluffs
were hack of the project to build art elec
tric line, for which the survey Is now being
made, which would pass by the. School for
the deaf, fiy some it was contended that
to permit the Tabor company to retain
Its franclilso after forfeiting It by failure
to build the line to the School for the Deaf
by July 1 of this year, would hamper per
haps the construction of the line proposed
by Congressman Smith and his confreres.
Alderman Tinley suggested that an exten
sion should only be granted to the Tabor
people conditional on them putting up a
bond to complete the line to the school
within the six months asked for.
Motor Company Wants Information.
The special committee on municipal own
ership of the waterworks plant asked forv
and wait granted further time In which to
make Its report. In connection with this
matter a communication was received from
K. W. Hart, manager of the waterworks
company. In answer to the request of the
elty that the company plare a price on Its
plant and mnke same known to the coun
cil by July I. The communication "In part
wns as follows:
x . The fact that the city Is without money
a with which to purchase the plant, and Is
.i beyond Its legal limit of Indebtedness and
y consequently wunout cretin, manes inn
4 ' task of arranging with the persons In
terested in tne water company, uno ui iuiib
explanations and much detail.
In section one of the resolution It Is
asked that tTie water company "Indicate"
the terms of payment based upon the
ability of the city to pay therefor, aris
ing out of the water tax and hydrant
rentals. As the water tax and hydrant
rentals cannot amount to more than $27,000
or $28,000 in a year, It Is probably the In
tention to use the funds derived from
private consumers to make up for the
charges of operating expenses, interest on
the purchase price and payment on prin
cipal. - ' ...
As the receipts frem the consumers will
emter- so largely -Into he" total receipts
and as to the fixing of rates to consumers
will be entirely In the hands of the city
It will not be possible for the water com
pany to determine what "the ability of the
cltv to pay" may be.
It will much facilitate the negotiations
of the water company's officers with Its
security holders If the city council or Its
special water committee would decide the
questions .upon which the annual Income
may be figured.
Manager Hart also called attention In
the letter to possible shrinkage In Income
owing to loss of railroad patronage, etc.,
and the necessary expenditure of part of
the Income for much needed extensions.
The communication was referred to the
nerlsl water committee consisting of
Aldermen Weaver, McMUlen and Younker
tnan. Permissions to engage In the saloon busi
ness were granted to W. H. McKentle,
Courtland Bench; Smith St Rogers, IS South
Main street; A. F. Randolph, 541 Hroadwayt
J. N. PeCoto, 808 Broadway. E. Drolleh
mma nermlt to enaase In the
wholesale liquor business it 33 North Main
T street.
A bill "of JS2.B0 for the care and treat
ment of Adam Pigg. a young man who
had a leg crushed by the Northwestern
railroad In the local-yards and who was
sent to the General hospital was referred
to the city attorney for the purpose of de
termining the city's liability in tho matter.
Heretofore all such bills have been paid
by . the county, but tho supervisors now
refuse to do so.
The city clerk was Instructed to advor
Use for bids for hose for the fire depart
ment and the committee on fire and light
was authorized to dispose of an extra
horse.
Miss Sadie Stevenson of 1816 Fifth
avenue, through her attorneys, filed notice
of a claim of $500 for injuries received by
stepping Into a hole In the sidewalk at
Fifth avenue near the bridge over Indian
creek.
NO TASGIBI-E CI. I K TO HOLIJt P MEX
Sheriff's Force and Police WorBIn
oa the Case.
Several clues In the double motor rar
holdup of Sunday night were run to ground
yesterday by the authorities, but no tanpl
ble results followed. In fact the authori
ties have but little to work on, as the men
held up were able, to furnish only Imper
fect descriptions of the robbers and even
these descriptions varied.
Th two robbers, mho evidently were not
amateurs at the business, took every pre
caution from being Identified by their vic
tims. They stood in the shadow of the
trees a little distance from the tracks and
made their victims stand In front of them
while they robbed them from behind
When any one o.f the four men robbed
attempted to turn round a revolver was
thrust against his cheek and he was
promptly ordered to faes the other way-
Conductor Ralph of the second cur held up
started to take a look at the man who was
going through his pockets from behind
when a revolver was literally Jubbed Into
l.KOtL NOTICE".
PlCLIC NOTICE.
Bv virtue of an order or l ha Amtrtt
court of Douglas County, Nebraska, In a
suit therein p-ndlng, entitled Frank J.
Denniuon agamst Western Anchor Kene
1 r i ompitny, ei : ru june m. iyuu, i will sel
A. for casn, either prtvst.iy or publicly, al
ine assets or me n mrn Ancnor t enco
cumuauy oi every tuna ana atscriitlon. In
eluding material, machinery, tools, fixture,
omce mrniuire, patent rutins and ever-v
other species of property owned or enjoyed
vy too western. Alienor jtnet company
bam propvrty am r told m ke pa rati
Items or as a whole Any part thereof not
previously sold privately will be offered for
sale at public auction on July 10, 16, at
lv o ciock a. in. at &o North inn sirsi,
Omaha. Nebraska. All bids for said assets.
01 any part thereof must u accompanied
by the uih. and will b reported to ths
a court ior connrmaiion.
Before the tune ned for the publlo sals
saia assets t io tnereror win be ru
tved at mr oflliM in lint AU-Caaua bulld-
'jig, omana.
THOMAS H. M'CAOUB.
Receiver Cor Western Anchor Fence Co.
J II U0t ui
his cheek, tearing the skin and causing
the blood to firw freely. He decided dls-
cretlnn was th better part of valor and
after thst kept his head pointed In the
opposite direction.
Conductor Ralph had a narrow escape
from rough treatment nt the hnnds of the
robber?, w ho were considerably enraged
when tliey did not And ss niU'h money on
him as they evidently had expected. When
ordered to lenve Ms car Ralph remembered
having placed $11) of his receipts In a pocket
book and before leaving the car he suc
ceeded In dropping the pneketbonk behind
a seat without attracting the attention of
the robbers. One of the robbers, when
searching Ralph, was about to strike him
with Ms revolver when Motorman Mathe
son Interceded, saying that Ralph was only
working "extra" and therefore could not
have any more money on him than that
secured by the robbers. This seemed to
satisfy the robbers.
At first suspicion pointed to two men,
one of them a former employe of the motor
company, ns being the robbers, but In
vestigation by Sheriff Canning and his
deputies yesterday morning satisfied the
authorities that they were pot Implicated
and though warrants had been secured from
Justice Field's court no arrests were made.
The sheriff's force in Inclined to the be
lief that the holdup was committed by
Omaha men and that they crossed the river
In a boat shortly after the robbery. Tracks
from the place of the holdup to the river
bank under the motor bridge where a barge
Is tied were easily dlscernable yesterday
morning. It Is lielleved the men had their
boat tied to the barge, which they used
as a landing place.
While searching the bottoms along tho
river early yesterday morning Deputy,
Sheriff McCaffrey and Detective Richard
son came upon a fellow who gave the name
of Charles W. Olbson. He had hut little
clothing on and was evidently a dope fiend,
a qusintltv of the drug being found on him.
He was taken to the city Jail, where he
being held pending Investigation, but
none of the train men Identified him as
one of the robbers.
This Is the first holdup of a motor car
since the summer of Iflon, when two masked
men held up a Manuwa car at the Wabash
crossing and robbed Conductor Moomaw
of the day's receipts. Deputy 8herln Mc
Caffrey whs then motorman on the car
leld up.
It wns stated last night that tho motor
company Intended offering a reward for
he arrest and conviction of the robbers
and If this Is done it was aald at police
headquarters last night that possibly the
robbers might captured. It is understood
that two men answering the description of
the holdups were seen near the scene of
ho robbery earlier In the day and that
one of the men is known, whllo the other Is
stranger. The men, It Is said called at
a house on West Brondway near the motor
bridge and the police are In possession of
a good description of them.
CHILD PROBMII.Y FATAM.Y INJl'REII
Falls from Coanter and Strikes Head
on Floor.
Malcolm, the 6-year-old son of Sherman
Humphrey, Janitor of the county court
house, suffered Injuries as the result of a
fall yesterday afternoon which It is feared
may provo fatal. Tho child was sitting on
the counter In the auditor's office while
his father was conversing with Auditor
Cheyne, when he fell, striking his temple
on the stone floor. When picked up the
boy was unconscious and on coming to
shortly after he was seized with convul
sions. Dr. Jackson, who was summoned, had
the child removed at once to the general
hospital, where Dr. D. Macrae, Jr., oper
ated on him. The opening of the skull
disclosed the fact that while the skull
Itself was not fractured, a blood vessel
had been broken and that ths blood had
pierced the brain.
The child was resting easy after the
operation, but his condition was stated
to be most precarious.
DYNAMITE AT THE CAPITOL
Four Sticks Are Found on Steps of
Bnlldlnic by Some l.lttle
Children.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, July 3.-(8peclal.)-Two
children playing on the north steps of the
state house this morning early found four
big sticks of dynamite. They are declared
to be large enough to have caused consid
erable damage and the police have been
Informed and are Investigating the matter,
The children played with the four sticks
for quite a time and then took them to
their home across the street. The father,
on seeing them took the sticks to the drug
store of W. W. Wods. A little reckless
handling of the sticks by the children
would have meant their Instant death.
AITOS ARE AT CROAK FALLS
Repairs Heqntred on One Machine,
But Roads Are Geuerally Good.
CEDAR FADLS. Ia July S.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Tho cars White Steamer and
Rambler Pilot passed through here yester
day afternoon at 2:30 for Charles City.
Miss Andrews and her party were delayed
here two hours last night for repairs and
left at 12:30 for Charles City. Five cars
went through this morning without stop
ping. It was expected they would find
rough and poor roads from Dubuque, but
they reiKirted them good until the last
rains. The Iowa roads are the best en
countered since leaving Chicago.
Fora-rts aine of Prospective Bride.
SIOI.X CITY. July S.-(Speclal.)-Reuben
Holbrook, aged 5. called at tho office .of
the clerk of the courts and asked for a
marriage license When he was asked for
the name of the bride he said he didn't
know It. He hud been acquainted with
her for some time, but "blamed if he
could recall her name." Then he hap
pened to think of a memorandum book
which held the name of the woman whom
he wanted to marry and he flashed It on
Deputy Clerk Johnson triumphantly, but
the chirograph)- was so bad the deputy
could rot make out the name, and he
had to send the would-be benedict away
without the llcenae.
Had Too Many Admirers.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la.. July S.-(SpechU
Telegram.) Miss Emma Nelder, a profes
sional nurse, commuted suicide today.
Mlsa Neider was an exceptionally hand
some young woman and the attentions of
many admirers caused a complication of
her love affairs and her self destruction
by taking morphine resulted. Miss Neider
was well known In this city. Relatives
from Iowa City have been notified and will
take chaigo oi the remains.
Raid oa Drug Stores.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., July 3 -(Special
Telegram.) Saturday evening County At
torney Watkins headed a raid on eight
drug store of this city for the Illegal
ale of liquors. A large quantity of li
quor was secured. The movement Is backed
by the Antl-Saloon league. Prosecutions
will follow.
Women Robbed of Tickets.
CEDAR RAPIDS, lu., July l.-tSpeclal
Telegram.) Pearl Markham and Eva Moon
of Vinton, en route to Denver to attend
the Epworth league convention had their
purses containing tickets and money stolen
at the Union passenger station. They were
supplied with tickets by trlenda
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Accept Architect L A. DtriV
Gift of Plans.
GRADING AND SIDEWALK CONTRACTS LET
Mlsrella neons Lot of Improvements
In Various Tarts of the City Pro
vided for at Session Held
Last Mht.
The feature of tho meeting of the city
council last night was the acceptance of
a proposition of Architect L. A. Davis to
donate to the city plans for the new fire
department headquarters to be built at
Twenty-fifth and I. streets, providing he be
not compelled to supervise the construc
tion. When this proposition was presented
the council went Into executive session and
decided to accept the proposition of Mr.
Davis. Mayor Koutsky and City Clerk Gll
lln were directed to enter Into a contract
with Architect Davis for the plans as per
his proposition. ,
As the general fund Is about depleted the
council transferred funds from the pre
mium, emergency, viaduct, grading and en
gineering funds to the amftunt of I1.BS0 to
the general fund
The police board requested that Chief
Garratt of the (Ire department be allowed
$75 to pny expenses to the national con
vention of firemen and the request was re
ferred to the finance committee.
Da.i Hannon was given the contract for
grading K street from Twenty-sixth to
Twenty-seventh at 14 cents per cubic yard.
Hannon was the only bidder.
George Dunscombe wns awarded the con
tract for laying cinder walks. His bid was
8V4 cents per squnre foot on four-foot
walks, 6 cents on five-foot walks and 6ia
cents on six-foot walks. George Stephens
put In a bid. but It was about 36 cents
higher than Dunscombc s bid. The mayor
and clerk will at once enter Into a contract
with Dunscombe for the laying of these
cinder walks.
A motion by Klewlt was adopted au
thorizing the city engineer to employ an
expert bridge engineer to ossist him In
making an Inspection of the Q street via
duct for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the structure Is In a safe condi
tion to carry the travel. It Is rumored that
steps are to be taken to have this viaduct
condemned.
Gus Hnmlll was paid $1,439 for tho laying
of permanent sidewalks where property
owners had failed to comply with the city
ordinances.
Cltv Engineer Beal and City Attorney
Lambert reported favornhly on the petition
for the grading of the alley between Nine
teenth and Twentieth streets and (1 and II
streets and the report was adopted.
The contract and bond of Dan Hannon
for the grading of Sixteenth street from
Missouri avenue to I street was approved.
A new blanket bond for all police offi
cers amounting to $9,000 carrying a pre
mium of $27 issued by a Bcranton bond
company was approved. The city pays the
premium.
The appropriation sheet for June was
passed. About $12,000 Is carried on this
sheet. The principal Item being the semi
annual payment of hydrant rentals.
The street car transfer ordinance was
passed, along with three board of equali
sation ordinances.
School Board Flsrores.
Monday afternoon Deputy City Treasurer
Gustafson completed a statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the school
district for the school fiscal year ending
June 30, as follows:
ttrcrtPTfl
Police court t
County treasurer
State apportionment
Saloon licenses
Miscellaneous
637
67, 790
10.613
86,000
509
Total "
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries I ?????
MIscellaneoa
Furniture and supplies .
17,115
18,819
1A Cll
Janitors
Building
......... x ' fw"
repairs, etc 6.8H9
Total l.47
In addition to the expenses paid warrants
are outstanding on various school funds
amounting to $11,608, miking a total of $158,
856. Owing to the school district falling short
of about $10,000 from liquor licenses, a 15
mlll levy based on a valuation of $4,000,000
will bring In about $60,000. If the 10 per
cent reserve is deducted only $54,000 will
be available for warrants. With about
$10,000 from the state apportionment, the
levy, saloon licenses and the state ap
portionment Is about all the funds ths
school district has In sight.
. The additions to three school houses
contracted firr and now In course of con
strucjlon will cost not less than $43,000 and
this must be taken from the 190S levy.
Even with a 15-mlll levy this year there Is
bound to be an overlap of not less than $20,
000. When the matter of a reduction of the
school levy was first taken up some of
the members of the board were of the opin
ion that the new school houses had been
provided for, but is seems that such Is not
the case.
Tax Commissioner's Figures.
Monday ufternoon City Tax Commis
sioner O'Nell sent to the mayor and council
a statement showing the assessed valuation
for 1!K)5. On reulty the valuation was
placed at $14,426,90 and on personal prop
erty at $11,671.01$. making a total of $21,128,
000. In his communication Mr. O'Nell states
that he has not received the valuation on
railroads or telegraph companies from the
state board The valuation for 1904 on
realty was $12,229,540 and on personal prop
erty $t,493,6S8, total $18,733,228.
Mayor Koutsky said last night that on
Wednesday the council would meet and
figure out what balances remain In the
funds and make an estimate of the amount
needed for the running of the city for
the coming fiscal year. When the various
amounts are determined levy and appro
priation ordinances will be drawn. The
charter demands that the annual levy be
made between July 1 and July 15 of each
year. After the first reading of these or
dinances on July 10 special meetings will be
held so that the ordinances may be passed
within the time allowed by law.
School Board Meeting-.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education last night It was de
cided to ask the county for a 15-mlll. levy.
An estimate of the expenses follows: Build
ings, $46,000; Janitors, $14,000; supplies, $20,
0Ci; teachers. $M,000; miscellaneous. $10,000;
total. $170.0it0.
The resignation of Mrs. H. C. Richmond
as supervisor of music was accepted and
Mrs Earl Brown was elected to the posi
tion. Secretary Rich was Instructed to adver
tise. for bids for the moving of the frame
school building from Twenty-sixth and M
streets to Brown Park.
A stone retaining wall is to be built
about Hawthorne school and floors are to
be repaired at Central school. The com
mittee on buildings and grounds will look
after this work.
The school census Just completed shows
6,743 children of school age In the city.
"Carle Jimmy" Scott Dead.
James Scott, for years a gate tender at
the stock yards, died at his former home,
Crawfordsvllle, Ind . last Thursday and
waa burled last Friday. This Information
Jwaa lva b L N. BbsvUa at fit. Joseph,
Mo., who had a telegram from relatives
at Crawfordsvllle.
At the time of his death "Vncle Jimmy"
as every one at the stock yards called him,
was W years of age. He had been tender
of The east gate at the yards for about
thirteen years. Last summer he lost his
right and General Manager Kenyon sent
him back to relatives accompanied by a
couple of employes of the company. Mr.
Kenyon provided a pension for the old mart
as long as he lived. Dozens of. men at the
stock yards as well ns many of the old time
shippers will bo sorry to hear of "t'nele
Jimmy's" death.
Mnal'e City Gossip.
Mrs. C. I.. Mullan has returned from a
trip to Mexico.
Rev. James Wise and wife have gone to
Colorado for a month's outing.
The Northern B .nerhood will give a
picnic today at Barrett's park.
Some of the unpaved streets are so muddy
that wheeling Is extremely dlfllcult.
Mrs. Hayward, Twenty-sixth and E
streets, is reported to be quite sick.
E. K. Wells and wife have gone to Mont
rose, Colo., where they expuct to reside.
E. A. Cudahy is spending a few days
at his summer residence on Mackinac Isl
and, Rev. Joseph Clarkson Is In charge of St.
Martin s church during the absence of Rev.
Wise.
B. E. Wilcox went to Ida Orove, la , Mon
day afternoon to spend a day or two with
his parents.
Floyd McKay has returned from Chicago,
Where he went to looK alter some busi
ness matters.
Mrs. J. V. Miller left Monday afternoon
for New Castle. la., to visit with relatives
fur a few weeks.
Jeff Cooley Is mourning the loss of a
buckskin marc, whlcn he si.vs was stolen
from a pasture near Seymour lake.
0. F. Glbbs of the Home Furniture com
pany left lost night for Grand Rapids,
Mich., to look over the furniture display.
H. D. Gustnfson. deputy city treasurer,
was handing out the smokes yesterday on
account of the arrival of a bouncing boy
at his home.
1. N. Shevlin of St. Joseph is here for a
couple of days visiting friends. S. F.
HUmes of Kansas City Is here for a
couple of days visiting relatives.
OUR LETTER BOX
Conlter Mine ills Mite.
OMAHA, July 3. To the Editor of The
Bee: I have been very much surprised to
find published In your paper a number of
articles, more or less sensational In char
acter relating to the recent visit of myself
and daughters to relatives In the east. The
circumstances were briefly as follows: Mrs.
Coulter has repeatedly for tho pust three
years refused me an outing with my chil
dren and fo six months past has refused
me even seeing them or enjoying a meal
with them, although she has accepted
money for their support. The court has
never awarded her tho custody of the girls
over myself In any manner. However, not
wishing to appear cruel or unjust to her,
I allowed them to remain In her custody
without remonstrance even under these
conditions for months, hoping for an ad
justment of our differences. Becoming
desirous of seeing and having a visit with
my daughters and Judging from the past
that all such requests made to their mother
would be denied, I went tq Iake Street
school near the close of the term and usked
the custody of my children, as 1 had a
perfect right to do, but In order that Mrs.
Coulter might know of this fact and not
be In any manner disturbed, a letter by
special messenger was sent her at 10:30 a.
m. of the day, informing her that the girls
were going with me for a visit, that she
need not worry over their absenco, that I
should take the best of care of them and
that I would return them in good condition.
This statement to her lias been kept in
every particular and the girls are now at
the close of our visit at her home with her
parents. Moreover, that the absence of the
children should not be construed as cruel
In any manner she has been Informed sev
eral times each week as to their condition
by themselves, as well as myself. At no
time have they been kept under the slight
est restraint or 1n seclusion, they have at
tended public meetings, Sunday services,
gone on excursions and picnics as they
wished. In short had a general good time
during th-ir entire stay with me and at no
time did they express a desire to return
home or a wish to see their mother. It Is
quite obvious had I desired to cause Mrs.
Coulter any real concern as to the children
or cared to have abducted them from the
country as Intimated it could very easily
have been accomplished. but such never was
my purpose or Intention In the slightest
degree. I believed and still believe I had
a perfect right and was quite Justifiable
In doing what I did though I do not thirst
for public notoriety, nor do I crave sym
pathy to such an extent that I would per
vert the facts or only publish a portion
of themto secure such ends. I give you
this statement trusting your sense of Jus
tice will give the same equal consideration
with those other articles that were mislead
ing In every particular.
F. E. COULTER.
NEW CORPORATIONS'' FORMED
Four Local Concerns File Article
with the Clerk ot Douglas
County.
Articles of lr.?orporatlon have been filed
With the county clerk as follows:
Boston Store Building company; capital
lam.OX; to purchase, hold and manage cer
tain leases and improvements upon lots 7
and 8, block 107, the site whereon the new
Boston store Is now being built. II. Hurio
Brandela Is president of the company, Ar
thur D. Brandels vice president and Emll
Brandeis secretary and treasurer.
Syndicate Building company; capital $100.
000; to purchase, Improve, lease and control
lot 1, block 116, In rear of The Bee building.
Fred Sellgman, president; Emll Brandeis,
vice president; John L. Kennedy, secretary
and treasurer.
Beckwith-Corey Printing company; capi
tal 15,000; to do a general printing business;
Incorporators, O. E. Beckwlth, W. II. Tur
rell and C. E. Corey.
Gibson Soap company of Omaha; capital
$100,000; to manufacture and deal In soap
compound; J. J. Olbson, president; A. B.
Olbson, vice president; D. Richards, secretary-treasurer;
W. D. Mcliugh Is also an
Incorporator.
LAWSON STOPS IN OMAHA
Mr.
Rockefeller's Erstwhile Friend
Will Tarry Here on Ilia
Journey.
Thomas W. Lawson will spend a few
hours In Omaha July 11, coming in over the
Rock Island In his private car at S a. m.
from Falibury and leaving at 7:60 over the
Northwestern for Missouri Valley, where he
will apeak In the afternoon, leaving Immedi
ately afterwards for St. Paul over the
Northwestern.
Goes to Sleep on Railroad Trark.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., July l.-(8pecial
Telegram.) The body of Joseph Racsek. a
German railroad man living near Chicago,
waa found by a Rock Island train crew
r.ear Summit siding with the hacj of his
head crushed. He Is thought to have been
sleeping oa the track.
One Fare to Hot Springs, Ark.,
Plus W, for round trip, dally, good for
thirty days. Bummer Is the best time fur
treatment. Ask mar Uolhet agent.
.WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY
The following leport of the recent meet
ing of the bomd of directors of tho Gen
eral Federation of Women's clubs is ut
tered by Miss Louisa It. Popenheim, cor-lef-pondtng
secretary of the General Fed
eration: The board of directors of the General
Federation was held at Hotel Chalfonte,
Aliuntio City, N. J., June 6, and 10, tho
Heeling ut iK. fuunou taking place 111
toe interim All of the olllcers and dt
lectors were present with the exception
of Dr. Ki tiuali and Mrs. Stouteitnorougn,
botn of whom were in Ort Koit The cor
lespontilng secretary reported that eleven
new ciut.s had been admitted and fitly
clubs imd disbanded or resignoil since tho
Si. Louis biennial. A list of these clubs
will apiear regularly In the Federation
Bulletin. CoiiKioei able tune was given to
the consideration of the proposed amend
ments to i tie oy-laws, the chief cnanges
suggested being the five vice presidents
loin live geographical dlstilcts, t lie ad
mission of national societies on the basis
ot fraternal membership with 10 dues per
er and one delegate, making Genet al
Federation secretaries members of tho
council, chairmen of standing members ot
biennial conventions, fixing a quorum for
biennial at lm. members, having applica
tion for membership pass througu the Gen
eral Federation secretaries to t lie first vice
president of the General Federation and
specially and definitely defining the duties
of the different officers, of couise, these J
amendments will lie appended to the call
ot the St. Paul biennial. The correspond- i
ing secretary was authorized to publish
the li directory in Ja-iuary, 19"j. and
this will 1 the official list of clubs for
the use of all bletinhtl committees. Tho
question of the most vital Interest for
the boa id was the program for the St. Paul
biennial and much was accomplished as
the entire committee was present, and they
had already systematized their work. The
St. Paul biennial will open Thursdny morn
ing, May 11. and will continue through
the following Thursday evening, making
eight days. It was decided to have the
sessions begin at 9:30 and last until 1:.0
every day, and to devote th? afternoon
(4 to 6) to the various conferences. By
this plan only one committee will lie In
session at one time, and only one confer
ence at one time, (me evening will be
given up to a large reception In the capl
lol, one afternoon to receptions In private
homes, one whole day to an outdoor ex
cursion and vesper service will be held on
Sunday afternoon. The state presidents
will mnke their reports at a special even
ing session and all foreign clubs repre
sented by delegates will make reports at
one of the morning sessions; each confer
ence will be held after the committee has
held Its session and each committee Is
limited to one speaker, who shall precede
the chairman's report. The evenings as
suggested are' htnte presidents, music,
women In the professions, journalists, busi
ness and president's evening. It is pos
sible that ininy changes may be made In
this outline before it can be completed.
Upon Mrs. Pcnybacker's resignation from
the chairmanship of membership com
mlttne. Miss Louisa T. Popenheim. cor
resoondlng secretary, was made chairman,
and Mrs. John Sherman, recording secre
tary, was arlded to the committee. Upon
the resignation of Mrs. Denlson as chair
man and Mrs. McKinney as a member of
the literature committee, Mrs. William
Fair Brown. East Orange, N. J., was madn
chairman and Mrs. Grace Ross. Portland,
Ore.. find Miss Mary B. Popenheim.
Charleston. 8 C.. were added to this com
mittee. The board of directors will prob
ably not hold another meeting until Janu
ary or February.
It should he eratlfvlng to the Omaha
women to know that among all the greet
ings extended to Susan B. Anthony and
her distinguished companions enroute from
New York to the woman's suffrage con
vention at Portland, Ore., the reception
tendered them at thn Omaha station is
especially mentioned by Miss Alice Stone
Blackwell, editor of the Woman's Journal,
in her account of the trip.
The Chicago schools and teachers are to
be congratulated upon the appointment by
Mayor Dunne of three such women as
Jane Addams, Mrs. Emmons Blaine and
Dr. Caroline DeBey as members of the
Chicago Board of Education. Mrs. Blaine
has given a fortune to the elementary
schools and a recital of Miss Addams' work
would be superfluous. Dr. DeBey, formerly
a teacher In tho Cook county normal school,
Is now a leading practitioner and notable
for her legislative work on behalf of the
kindergarten and Improved child labor
laws. It was Dr. DeBey who lead the
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successful fight against the bill to make
married women Ineligible ns teachers and
who settled the Chicago stock yards strike
last year by personal Intercession with the
workmen and packers. The presence of
three such women on the board cannot
help but bring about needed reforms and
the general betterment of the schools.
The Daughters of the American Revolu
tion will celebrnte July 4 In the ntw
Memorial Continental hall nt Washington,
D. C. Mrs. Donald Mclean. president gen
eral of the society, will present a hand
somely engraved nnd embossed copy of the
Declaration of Independence, to be hung
on the wai of the hall.
According to a report Just mnde public,
the Chicago club women have contributed
$S.OX to the fund for the maintenance of
this year's vacation schools in that city.
The chairman of the vacation schools com
mittee reports that nine schools will open
July 10.
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FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair In West Portion of Nebraska
Todny Showers In Enst Portion
Tomorrow Fair and Warmer.
WASHINGTON, July 3 Forecast of the
weather for Tuesday and Wednesday:
For Nebraska and South Dakota Fair In
the weet, showers In enst portion; Wednes
day fair and warmer.
For Iowa Rain Tuesday; fair and
warmer Wednesday.
For Kansas Fair Tuesday and Wednes
day; warmer Wednesday.
For Missouri Fair Tuesday, preceded by
showers and cooler In the east portion;
Wednes.luy fair.
For Colorado, Wyoming nnd Montana
Fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
' Local Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, July 8. Official record of tem
perature and precipitation, compared with
the corresponding day of the last three
years: litos. j; mx l'M2
Maximum temperature.... 71 7S XI so
Minimum temperature.... 62 65 61 74
mean temperature ctj 72 7)
Precipitation 22 .50 .01 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from (he normal at Omaha since March 1,
and comparison with the last two vcars:
Normal temperature ,' 74
Deficiency for the day X
Total excess since March 1 253
Normal precipitation 18 inch
Excess for the day 04 Inch
Precipitation aince March 1 9.75 inches
Deficiency since March 1 5.46 inches
Deficiency for cor. period in 1H04. .2.13 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period In 10o3. .2.97 Inches
Reports from Stations nt 7 P. M.
Station and State Tern. Max. Raln-
of Weather. 7 p.m. Tern. full.
Bismarck, clear 72 74 .(
Cheyenne, clonr 70 70 .00
Chicago, clear 82 84 T
Davenport, cloudy 76 78 00
Denver, clear 76 80 .00
Havre, clear 82 n2 T
Helena, clear 76 80 .00
Huron, raining 60 64 64
Kansas City, raining 72 76 .01
North Platte, cloudy 6H 68 o2
Omaha, raining 64 71 '02
Rapid City, clear 70 72 T
St. Iouls, part cloudy 84 86 00
St. Paul, cloudy 70 70 30
Salt Lake City, clear 84 84 00
Valentino, part cloudy OS 70 l
Wllllston, clear 76 78 'oo
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
I A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
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