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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. JULY 10. 1005. 3 CURRENT COUNCIL TAXATION OF UNION PACIFIC City Beeki to Hare Aueameit Raised to Tignrei of Four Years Ago. sTTOMMITTEE GOES TO DES MOINES TODAY F'acta mad Flaarea Relatlre to the Coaptir'i Property to Be ab mttte4 to Exeeatlre Connrll. The city expect to make a strong show ing today before the State Executive Council In Des Moines In Its effort to have the idwrniment of the Union Pacific rail road in Council Bluffs placed back at what It was In 19i0. The committees appointed by the city council and Commercial club have done considerable work the last few daya and will have a goodly array of facts and figure to back up their aide of the argument before the atate officers. Valuation by competent persona have been made of the transfer depot, hotel and other buildings and of the aidetracka, etc. .Affidavits showing the Value of the rail road's real estate have been secured and City engineer Etnyre has measured the company's main line and big dump at the ' east end of the bridge over the Missouri. The measurement of the dump shows that It contains approximately 760,0fK) yards of earth and experts figure that Its value Is not less than 26 cents a yard, or & total of $1!,000. . The ,jolnt committee Is confident that It can prove that the value of the railroad's property In Council Bluffs has not de creased In the last five years to warrant the reduction of the assessment from $150, 000 a mile to $86,000 a mile. The State Ex ecutive Council will be asked to place the assessment back at what It was In 1JW0, namely $150,00 per mile. Examination of the report filed with the atate council In 1804 by the Union Pa olOe ebewa that It lists only thirty miles of attetrack. Investigation by the com mittee failed to disclose that there were fewer miles of aidetracka at present than there were a few years ago, but the en gineer's force had not time to measure these tracks, ao that definite information aa to their length could not be obtained to present to the atate council at Des Moines at this hearing. Hon Spencer Bmlth, former member of the Iowa State Railroad commission, will present the matter to the State Execu tive Council for the city and will be as sisted by City Treasurer True and City Solicitor Snyder. Aldermen Weaver, Gil bert and Tounkerman comprise the com mlttee appointed by the oity council and former City Assessor P. P. Everest, M. F, Kohrer and E. H. Lougee the committee appointed by President Binder of the Com ! meroiai ciud. The party left for Des Molnea last evening. The State Executive Council will meet today apd Tuesday. This Is the flrt t;.,:e that Council Bluffs haa been reprewuted at the- meeting of the Btate Executive Council when the assess ment of the railroad Ife fixed by that body. i Din NOT MOTE DRlO STORE! Aiomii id i rnnarer Fool Stork to . 'Omaha Rtovped by Injnnrtlon. An attempt of C. W. Root, proprietor u "tore at n South Main street to remove his stock and fixtures acroaa the river to Omaha and out of the atate r Iowa laat night waa frustrated by Chief of i-ono KJchmond. Seven big- moving wagons were brought over from Omaha to haul the atuff, but at 10 o'clock laat night they were forced to return to Omaha as empty aa when they left there. The caravan of eleven large wagons, al most forming a circus-like parade, neces sarily attracted more than ordinary atten tlc i and aroused, speculation aa to their mission. The string cf wagons halted on Eighth avenue between Main and Sixth streets, waiting for orders to line up at the atore. The drlvera In charge professed Ignorance of the stock they were to move, but aa It waa known that Root's atore had been closed all day suspicion pointed in its direction. . Chief Richmond auapected that everything was not aa it should be, and finding that Louis It. Moaler, living at 53 South Fourth street, waa owner of the building, sent for him. From Mr. Moaler It was learned that Root had a five-year leaae on the building, and it waa atated that there waa $100 rent due. Mr. Moaler at once sought an attor ney and later secured an injunction re straining the removal of the stock. In the meantime, however, Major Richmond forbid the removal of the goods despite ' the, .protests of George Lavldge, city sales man for Bruce Co. of Omaha, who ap peared to have charge of tho removal. Mr. Lavldge's explanation of the removal on Sunday night waa that Mr. Root waa under contract to take possession of a drug store in Omaha by Monday morning or else forfeit $600. Tills eaplanation, however, did not aatlsfy Major Richmond and he placed Several officers at the front and rear " of the store with orders to prevent the re- moval of anything from It. When the representatives of the Omaha company realised that Major Richmond meant what ha said they ordered the ' wagons back to Omaha and the caravan , drove'off. Major Richmond then waa given the keya of the atore and he placed an officer in charge over night. Some in teresting developments in the matter are looked for today. The entire atock and flxturea had been packed ready for removal and had the wagona come later in the night it la likely the removal would have been made without interference. Mr. Root atated that the atore had been closed for the laat three Sundays and It waa learned that these days bad Jjeen utilised in packing the atuff The eight of the wagona lined up la front of the etore attracted a large crowd and the police had a busy time of It until the wagona were ordered back to Omaha, when the crowd dispersed. Thieves fcater Donaldson Residence. Tli residence of A. C. Donaldson at i:o . South Fifth street waa visited by thieves yesterday afternoon during the absence of the family. Entrance waa effected by forcing the kitchen door. The thlevea ran- Backed every room in the house, the con tents of bureaus and closets being fount strewn about the floors by the family on lta return. As far aa a hasty investigation last evening , revealed the thieves were thought to have secured a gold watch and a pair of gold earrings. A watchman for the Burlington noticed two men walking on the tracks near the Donaldson residence and believing they might be ths thieves notified the police. The men were arrvstud, but told appar- LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN I 29 PEARL ST.' I LnAy Attenonaa) U Paatred. NEWS OF IOWA BLUFFS ently a straight story and as nothing was found on them they were later released. They said they were from Nodaway, Ma, and were on their way to the Iowa hay fields to work. They had paid their way as far aa Hamburg and had walked to Council Bluffs from Pacific Junction dur ing the day. LIBRART BOARD MKETS TOMGHT New Balldlfia; Will Be Ready for I'se in a Few Darn. The regular monthly session of the li brary board scheduled for this evening will probably be held at the office of one of the trustees, as the work of Installing the gas and electric light fixtures In the Carnegie building has not been completed. At tne meeting ton.gtu it .s expec ea tnax the board will decide to postpone he for- , mal opening of the new building until some time In September, In compliance with the request of General O. M. Dodge. It Is thought that the library, however, will be opened to the public by the latter part of this week or early next week. Bloom A Co., of Omaha, who had the contract for the large delivery counter, 111 Install It today. It is octagonal in form and constructed of handsomely carved and polished oak, with a marble base. Several of the steel bookstacks have proven to be misfits and will have to be sent back to the factory. There are, how ever, sufficient stacks without them for present needs. . Officers for the ensuing year will be elected at tonight's meeting. WRAVF.R HAS MAYORALTY BEE Connrll men from "Milt MoeUlna" Is Seeking; Democratic Nomination. Alderman John P. Weaver, who repre sents the Fourth, or as it Is commonly known, the "silk stocking" ward In the city council, la nursing a mayoralty bee In his bonnet. At least this Is what his friends Bay. Mayor Macrae has announced that he will not be a candidate for re nomlnatlon next spring, and It Is stated that Alderman Weaver will seek the demo cratic nomination. Since his election to the city council Alderman Weaver has taken a very active and almost leading part In the affairs of the municipality and all of this Is under stood to be but a preface to his candi dacy for mayor next spring. Members of the democratic party who profess to know what they are talking about say that there will be a warm old time in the ranks of that party next spring and that several . members' of the present administration will be greatly disappointed In not being renominated. Deaths n-nd Funerals. Mrs. Anna Knowles, wife of F. O. Knowles, died at a late hour Saturday night at her home In Lewis township, aged 19 years. Besides her husband, she leaves one aon. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence and interment will be in Falrvlew ceme tery. Rev. W. N. Graves, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church, will con duct the services. The funeral of Maggie Elisabeth, the In fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H Thomas. 179 Fifteenth avenue, who died Saturday, was held yesterday afternoon. Daniel P., the 19-year-old son of James Sullivan 1S13 Twelfth aVenue, died Saturday.- ' ' " N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night. F687. MINOR IMKNTION. Davis sella drugs. Stockert aHa carpets. Plumbing and heating. Bixby & Son. Dre. Woodbury, dentists, SO Pearl street. Leffert's Improved torlo lenses give satis faction. Get your pictures and frames at Bor- ! wick's. 211 So. Main St. Tel. 6S3. 1 Woodrlng-Schmldt Undertaking Co.. 236 B'way, successors to Lunkley. Tel 339. Special attention given to pictures for wedding gifts. Alexander's, $33 B'way. Duncan, 23 Main St., guarantees to do the best shoe rupatr work. Give him a trial. Mrs. E. J. Prouty is home from a visit to Colorado and other western points. ' Mrs. M. 12. HoagUnd and daughter. Mlns Maud, will leave for New York this even In. There will be a special meeting of Fi delity council. Royal Arcanum, this even ing. Dr. Luella 8. Dean, homeopath, diseases of women and children. Room 8, Brown BIdg. Tel. Memorial resolutions have been adopted by the Council Bluffs Retail Grocers' and Butchers' association on the death of Wil liam C. 6 potman. The high school cadeta returned late Sat urday night from Malvern, where they had been in camp at the Mills county Chau tauqua for the week. They report having had a very enjoyable time. Council Bluffs lodge will be represented at the meeting of the Elks' grand loUge in Buffalo, N. Y., this week by Emmet Tlnley, E. H. Walters and II. A. Searle. Messrs. Tinley and fckarle are accompanied by their wives. Mra. Seaman, a former resident of Den- lson, la., arrived from Turret, Colo., Sat urday, where her husband is engaged in the mining business, to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mra. J. W. Wise, of Hi Went Broadway. Action of Live Mock Exchange. SIOUX CITY, la., July 9.-(Speclal.) The Sioux City Live Stock exchange has en dorsed the proposition to establish a com mercial credit system for the protection of members of the exchanges. The proposed equalisation of commission charges also has the support of the local exchange, which also endorses the plan to give the Inter state Commerce commission power to reg ulate rates on the railroads and to enforce Its own rulings. The delegates to the Na tional Live Stock meeting in Buffalo, N. Y were named and Instructed to support the foregoing propositions. The delegates are W. M. Ward, Harry Tlmmel, Frank Ander son and Frank E. Scott. Improvements In Parking Plant. 8IOUX CITY, la., July .-Speclal. The first contract In $300,000 worth of improve ments which the Cudahy Packing company will make In Sioux City has been let to Frank Burness of Omaha, who will build a large new Icehouse. Other improvements will Include a fine new main house. It is the purpose of the Cudahy company not to be distanced by Armour A Co., who not long ago completed a fine modern packing plant here. FIRE RECORD. Bnalnesa Blocks In Goldflrld. GOLD FIELD. Nev.. July Two blocks of Goldfield'a business and residence section have been totally destroyed by Are. en tailing a loss of IJO.Oix. The Are originated In the basement of Mrs. Wilson's millinery store and spread to Romo's brokerage office and automobile establishment, which blew up. A new $40,0O0 hotel being built by Boyer and others tasted about twenty min utes. The Nevada State Detective agency and the Grand View hotel. Just across the street, soon followed. A light wind blow ing away from the main street was all that saved the town from total destruction. A Mlrncnlons , Escape from blading to death had A. Plnake, Nashotah, Wis., who healed his wound with Bucklcn'a Arnica Salve. 3c For aaia by Sbersuaa McCommU Drug Co. ASSESSMENTS OF RAILWAYS EiecQtirs Council Will Begin Hearing, in Dei Mointg Today. FIGURES SUBMITTED BY THE ROADS Gross Earnlnaa Show a Decrease that la More Than Offset by Fall ing Off In Operating Expenses. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, July .-(Speclal.)-It is not expected that the hearings of the executive committee on the matter of rail road assessments which open Monday will be long continued. The present executive fr.lin,ll linn n I i . .If vn.lk Ihl-M n ...... mentg ra,lroB(1, of ate th membf,rg Qre , fpct ort with each other on the bnsis for making the assess-H ments and work In harmony. Two years ago the council went exhaustively Into the subject of making railroad assessment and there was added about $5,000,000 to the total assessment. Last year about the same amount was added, but without the hard work of the prevlou year, because the council had completely exhausted the sub ject the year before. There will be hear ings beginning Monday on the same basla aa formerly. Prominent individuals In the state have been invited to participate in the hearings and arguments. For the first time the farmers will have a legal repre sentative to attend all the hearings and represent them. Governor Cummins, before the senate Interstate commerce committee, stated that he thought the assessment too low, and it is believed that the other mem bers of the executive council are of much the same belief, which would Indicate that there Is likely to be some Increase In the rates. According to the statutes, the as sessment4 and the equalization of farm assessments must be finished by August 1. The reports of the railroads to the execu tive council for the year ended December 31. 1W4, have been made and the figures computed by the secretary of the council, showing that while there was a falling off of $1,100,000 In the gross earnings of the Iowa roads for the year, there was an Increase of 1330,000 In the net earnings and an Increase of eighty-five miles of track. The comparative figures on which the assessment was based last year and on which it will ba made this year are as follows: 1904. 1305. 9,m.93 W.65 $57,3M, 6.857 42,061.273 4.291 Miles mala track J'i!rV! Miles second track Gross earnings ...wxs,.; Gross earnings per muu. Operating expenses...... 43,3.Mi Operating exp's per mile 4.4t)7 15,076.1l 15,345,673 1,56 et earnings. Net earninn pel r mile.. T ..ulil in Iowa l,Bl4.41i 2,141.S3 lo u. voar the executive council valued th roads at a figure that made the average vie 12S.4.S5 rr mile, capitalized at 6 per cent on their earnings the value of the roads would be $-'.00O per mile and it me executive council raises the value to this i. will nlace the value at about U LI I J .v $G4,000,000 Instead of $T.7,000,000. Opposition to Hall. Tt 1. elven out thac there will be opposl t!..n to Congressman J. A. T. Hull at the next campaign and that a movement Is now tnat to aet the counties of the district other than Polk to unite on a candidate in nrmoKltton to Kull. In the congressional invention the delegates from Polk county will number seventy-two and from all the other counties ninety. It Is claimed that the nolltlcal circumstances that have pre vented the county from uniting heretofore will he absent at the next campaign. Madl- Bon, tt la claimed, la divorced from Captain Hull on account of the Wlnterset poat- mastershlp and Dallas county becau Judge Nichols was not made a delegate to the laat national convention. The effort to unite the outside counties has been made before, but has always failed. At the last campaign after Hull had defeated Judge Prouty at the primaries a conrerence oi politicians from the other counties showed that all were willing to unite except Dallas county. Commissioners In the East. The capital commissioners are in the east to secure a painter to paint eight lunettes in the rotunda of the state house, for which the legislature appropriated $8,000. For a time there was a campaign on the part or the friends of Prof. Charles Cummlng, one of the members Of the commission, to have him do the work, but It was held that this would not be In keeping with the dignity of the commission while he was a member Prof, dimming was therefore given the se lection of the artist that should do the work and has gone east to negotiate with him. The artist will not be announced till his return. It Is expected that the next legislature will make an appropriation for additional paintings in the atate house and Prof. Cumming will likely be given some of this work, as his term as commissioner will expire early next year. Leaves for fen Const John Briar, private secretary to Governor Cummins, will leave Monday In company with Mra. Briar for a three weeks' stay on the sea coast. Just south of Coney Island. They have a cottage at that point Decorations Nearlnar Completion It Is announced by Foreman Phillips, in charge of the decorators at the state house, that the decorations will be all completed and the workmen will have left by August 1. The corridors and the rotunda are still full of scaffolding. The supreme court room Is nearly completed and the rotunda and the corridors In the east and west wings of the building are practically com pleted. There is still much to be done Tn the north and south corridors; In fact, they have been but barely touched. It is claimed that all the scaffolding In the rotunda and the east and west corridors will have been removed by the last of next week, but two weeks ago it was claimed the scaffolding would be out by last week. RIOT IN NEW YORK STREET Fight Between Xerora nnd Whites x Over Ball Game Woman la Fatally Injured. NEW TORK. July 9-Two persons were shot, one probably fatally, in a fight be tween mobs of whites and negroes in West Sixteenth street today. The trouble began when Henry Hart, a colored man, waa attacked In the atreet by a number of white youths, who accused him of Interfer ing with a ball game. Hart fled, pursued by a mob of whites, hurling atones, rocks and other missiles, and reached the tene ment house In which he lived, and got a revolver, while his pursuers made effort to break Into the building. Having armed himself. Hart ran down stairs and began firing into the crowd, one of his shots striking James Hunter In the side. At this moment Policeman John Loye ran Into the hall and arrested Hart after the latter had fired at him twice. Aa Loye brought hla prisoner out a swarm of negroes, armed with pistols, clubs, rasora and other weap ons, poured out of the tenement bent on a rescue. The policeman's helmet waa smashed and he was knocked down and kicked, but he kept a firm grasp on his prisoner and Anally succeeded In getting his back against a wall, where he stood off Lis aasallanta. By Uua time the whiles had been reinforced to the number of several hundred and the negroes broke and fled In every direction. A shot fired from, a negro tenement struck Mrs. Mary iHinohue. who was attempting to lead a child out of the tenement, in the head. Inflicting a probably fatal wound. The police broke into the house and ar rested Albert Mlddlrton, who la supposed to have fired the shot, and five other negroes. In spite of the presence of a large body of police reserves desultory firing between whites and blacks continued until a sudden downpour of rain scattered the combatants. DESOLATION AJ ST. PIERRE cenea In the Town Wiped Off From the Map by Mont Pelee. While grim old Mont Pelee of Mar tinique, with Its fury lessened, but still un spent, looks on and growls, with now and then a spiteful roar, remorseful nature Is doing her best to hide, under a mantle of green, the remaining' evidence of the vol cano's burst of anger which destroyed 40,- 000 people In a twinkling. And so luxuriant Is the growth of vegetation In this beautiful Isle of the Returners," that she Is rapidly succeeding. The burled city Is no longer I wept by the clouds of explo.-lve and prison ous gases, deadly alike to animal and veg etable life, shot off by the volcano, which now are discharged to the northward, and the better side of nature Is asserting itself. Fertlllxed. perhaps, by the uncounted dead beneath It, the rich volcanic ash haa pro duced tropical trees and tall grasses in auch profusion that little can now be seen from the sea of the crumbling fragments of walls that mark the graves of Pelee's victims. On the surrounding hills the sugarcane haa sprung up from the old roots, proving that while the blast which wined tit 8t. Pierre was so incalculably hot that instantly consumed great trees It passed so quickly that It did not extend below the surface of the ground. With the passing of the horrible picture left by the eruption the sickening waste of gray, with its blackened ruins which the growth of green now Is obliterating, the greatest tragedy of nature In history ap parently Is being forgotten. The natives have recovered from their fear and returned the old life. They do not talk of the volcano, and a stranger arriving at Fort de France In Ignorance of the disaster of three years ago might be there a long while before he learned of f-. But, If the eruption is not talked about, the dead are not forgotten, and St. Pierre Is as much shunned as It was a week after It was de stroyed. No one Is at work there but a few legalised grave robbers, who. with the permission of the government, are digging In the burled homes of their relatives for money and Jewels. St. Pierre was a rich city, with much gold In Its homes, in coin and ornaments, and there have been many valuable finds In the little family vaults or close to glistening skeletons. The vast sepulcher has been well picked over, and It soon will be deserted even hy the ghouls of surviving relatives. Their excavations. which resemble prospect holes, cover the site of the city and give It at close range the appearance of a deserted mining camp. Except for the grave robbers and a few patrolling gendarmes, to protect the unhal lowed graves from unlicensed looters, there Is not a sign of life In St. Pierre. Rue Vic tor Hugo, the principal street in the city, which was burled under from two to five feet of volcanic ash, was cleaned out by the government for nearly a mile and the atones from the fallen buildings piled up on each side. A cross street was opened up in the same way to give a plantation back of the town an outlet to the sea, but the work of restoration stopped there. The govern ment would like to see a new city rise from the ashes of St. Pierre and Victor Hugo street was opened up In the hop? that the people would go in and rebuild the city. But the natives would have noYva of it. To them the great graveyard la tin accursed place, and none bot the treasure hunters and the police are brave enough to Invade its .solitude. Some day, perhaps, If Mont Pelee again goes to sleep, St. Pierre may bo rebuilt, but not by the present generation or Its children. They ore firm In the belief that It was' because God was angry with St. Pierre that the town was destroyed and that if there was any attempt to build It up again His anger would be visited on the third and fourth generations. But Pelee stubbornly refuses to show any marked signs of approaching slumber. It smokes constantly and there are frequent mild eruptions of red-hot mud and bowlders. Occasionally there Is a heavy eruption, ac companied by thi? discharge of an enormous cloud of black smoke filled with explosive gases, like that which swept down over St. Pierre, and the whole north end of the Island is shaken In the manner of three years ago. The successive eruptions have effected a marked change in the. contour of the top of the mountain, around the crater. The great cone which was built up In the crater to a height of 1,800 feet in 190S and stood like a sentinel guarding the volcano, has fallen In. Brooklyn Eagle. SISTER OF WIFE A "RINGER" Novel Divorce Case Presented Paris Court by m Wealthy Merchant. to PARIS. July ".-(Special Cablegram to Thi Bee.) A curloua divorce caae, truly Parisian in character, is likely to find lta way Into the French oourts in the near fu-tui-e. In ISO a struggling bank clerk, now a wealthy Parisian merchant, married a young woman of great beauty. A few montha aft ?r her marriage ahe eloped with another man, but in April laat she re appeared and begged her husband's for giveness. He decided to take her back. Subsequent events have shown that the woman whom the merchant haa taken for his penitent wife Is In reality her younger sister, who bears a striking resemblance to her, and who on the suggestion of her elder sister posed as the sorrowing wife because sh knew the merchant had ao quired wealth. The merchant, however, has grown no fond of the "impoater" that he lntenda teeklng a divorce from hla real wife In order that he may marry her slater. BRITISH CAPITAL INTERESTED Discussion of Equitable Affair Causes Comment' In Commercial Circles ( London. LONDON. July I. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The newspapers of Great Britain are beginning to take an interest in the Equitable Life Insurance fight In the United States. At the outset the situation was a complete puxxle to them. They could not make head or tail of the rights and wrongs of the various warring factions, and with characteristic Briton conservatism re served their commenta until- the various facta commenced to arrive. The London Dally Mall calls attention to the fact that there la much British money concerned with the great assurance com panies of America and quotes former President Grover Cleveland's "strong com ment" in assuming the Equitable trustee ship where he discusses "lax finance" and "sacred trusts" of life Insurance. The Lon don Daily Mall apparently heartily ap proves the position taken by former Presi dent Cleveland. If you have anything to trade, advertise It In the For Fichaoge column of Tb Bee want ad peg ELKS GATHER IN BUFFALO Question of Affiliation with Canidian Order Under Consideration, SLATE MAKERS ARC ALREADY. BUSY Robert W. Brown of I.onlsvllle, Ky., Will Be Elected flrand Exalted Rnler City Brilliantly Illnmlnnted. BLTFALO, N. T July $. Thousands of delegates to the nineteenth reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elka arrived here today and were given a hearty welcome aa they marched through the gaily decorated atreeta. Every dele gation waa met by a aectlon of the re ception committee and a band and escorted to their quarters. The Automobile club of Buffalo entertained the grand lodge mem bers today and gave them a delightful ride through the clty'a parka and avenuea and along the Niagara frontier. With the arrival of prominent members of the order many booms have been launched for the honor of entertaining the Elka In 1906. Denver, Dallas and Atlantlo City are represented by enthusiastic advo cates of the claims of their respective cities for next year's reunion. Affiliation with Canada. Grand Exalted Ruler William J. O'Brien and Past Grand Exalted Ruler Fanning have returned from Toronto, where they went to consult over the proposition to admit Canadian Elks to social Intimacy with the parent order In the United Btates. We have formulated a report," said Mr. O'Brien, "which will be submitted to the committee on the good of the order. The plan does not favor absolute affiliation, but places the two orders on a brotherly basis. It provides for social Intimacy between members of the two orders, the visiting of each other's club rooms and participation in entertainments. Elks on both aldea of the border can have the prlvllegea of so ciability, but may not be present at any meeting where secret work Is transacted. "This la as far as we can go. To pro vide for afflllstlon would be to change the constitution of both orders and this Is not feasible even If desirable." The committee will probably submit the report to the delegates for their action this week. The six blocks of Main street between Seneca street and Lafayette square were crowded last night when the electric cur rent was for the first time sent through the meshwork of wires tapped by thousands of Incandescent, are and mercury lamps which form a part of the decoration of the city In honor of the visiting Elks, who hold their annual convention here next week. The city with Its flags and bunting and triumphal arches makes a brilliant picture In the daytime, but the effects achieved by the electrlcinns are brilliant beyond any thing ever seen here In the way of street decorations. The principal piece is a tonAnv rtf nAnriAarent hulha. SlirmOlinted ' by four elks of heroic size facing toward the four polnta of the compaas. Suspended from the four sides of the canopy and out lined by electrla lights are words of wel come and greeting to the visitors. Mate Makers Boay. Slatemakers for the annual election of officers are already here. It Is conceded by all of them that Robert W. Brown of Louis ville, Ky., will be honored with the office of grand exalted ruler. Othera whose names are receiving the greatest amount of at tention are: For esteeemed leading knight, C. F. Tomllnson of Winston, N. C; grand esteemed loyal knight. Charles W. Kauff man of Hoboken, N1. J,: grand aecretary, Fred C. Robinson of Dubuque, la. WASHINGTON, July 9. Washington Elks to the number of 150, accompanied by the wives of many of the delegates, left here today over the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad for the nineteenth annual reunion of the order In Buffalo. Each, delegate wore two badgea on the lapel of hla coat, one a crisp $20 bill of the 1906 series, which has not yet been put Into circulation, and the other an order badge. One Dollar Snved Represents Ten Dol lars Enrned. The average man does not save to exceed 10 per cent of his earnings. He must spend nine dollars In living expenses for every dollar saved. That being the case he can not be too careful about unnecessary ex penses. Very often a few cents properly In vested, like buying seeds for his garden, will save several dollars' outlay later on. It Is the same In buying Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Dlarrhoae Remedy. It costs but a few cents, and a bottle of it In the house often saves a doctor's bill of several dollars. "The Line Beautiful." Lehigh Valley railroad. Delightful route to New York, Philadelphia and Atlantlo cqast rusorts. Five through trains dally. Dining cars, a la carte. Connects at Buf falo and Niagara Falla with all tralna from the west. For time tables and descriptive matter address George Eade, Jr., Weatern Paaaen ger Agent. 218 South Clark St., Chicago. Ill If you have anything to trade, advertise tt in the For Exchange column of The Bee want ad page. SEASCIABLE FUBIORS. NO. 4626-GIRL'S BAILOR DRESS. Sites- to I years. 0 For the accommodation o' readers of The Bee these patterna, which usually retail at from X to 60 cents each, will be furnished at the nominal price of 10 centa. A aupply la now kept at our office, so thoes who wish any pattern may get it either by eaJl. log ec enclosing lo cents, addressed "Pat. sera pepertmsut, Omaha,- MUCH MONEY SPENT ABROAD Globe Trotters tarry Millions to the Other Side nnd riant It There. Henry C. Nicholas hns an Interesting ar ticle In Public Opinion on tho Increasing amount or money which Americans spend every year In Europe. He says: "Before leaving for Kuroie the tourist purchases a lettir of credit covering the rum which he expects to spend while abroad. These letters of cre.lit are pur chased mainly from Wall street bankers, and give a foundation to work upon In estimating the amount of money annually spent abroad on vacations. Exports on foreign exchange agree that for the last five years an average of more than $100,000, WO a year has been spent by American tourists abroad. Present Indications are that fully IGo.OPO cabin passengers will cross the Atlantic eastward this year, and the cost of the vacations of these lW.Oro tour ists will amount to not less than $1SO.OCO. 000, or an average of about $1,000 apiece. Of this amount $37,600,000 represents pass age money paid Into the treasuries of the various steamship lines. This figure Is based on an estimated average of $2M a round trip for each cabin passenger. Ac cording to wII-lnformed steamship of ficials, this estimate Is, If anything, too conservative. Fully one-half of the pas sengers crossing the Atlantic In the first cabin pay more than that one way, while many pay many times that amount. The average, however, would be about $260 for each cabin passenger, or a total of $37,500, 000 for the 150.000 passengers who w(ll go to Europe this year. According to foreign exchange experts, the average tourist spends abroad three times the cost of his round trip ticket across the Atlantic. This would give an average expenditure abroad per tourist of $750, which Is declared to be well within the mark. This would Indicate that the IBO.ono tourists who go to Europe this sum mer will spend abroad a total of $112,500,000. Add the passenger fares across the Atlantic and you have a grand total of $150,000,000 representing what the annual European va cation of Uncle Sam's cltlxens will cost this country this year. If this $150,0n0,noo was kept at home It would ry the entire expenses of Greater New Tork for a twelvemonth and leave a handsome surplus remaining. It would purchase all of the seats on the New York Stock exchange at the highest price at which a seat has ever sold and leave a balance almost sufficient to move the wheat crops of the nation from farm to market. It would be more than sufficient to defray the pension list of the United States government for one year. Tribute to the Minute Man. Boston Sons of the Revolution last week dedicated a boulder to the memory of Captain Isaac Hall, who commanded the Medford minute men at Lexington and Western Military Academy VplaTa' To The Housekeepers Have you given sufficent thought to household economics? Did it ever occur to you that EFFICIENCY is the most important item to be considered? If you use the Eclipse Gas Range your troubles will be over for it is one of the most perfect gas stoves on the market Write to Eclipse Gas Stove Company Rockford. Illinois WORTH THE RISK TnVJT O Hotel Marlborough Broadway. 36th and 87th Street, Herald Square, New York. MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED HOTEL ON BROADWAY 'mim REDUCED RATE8 for Permanent Guests. Bates for Rooms, fl..V and upward: $2.00 and Upward with bath. Parlor, bedroom and bath $.VtK), t4.H) and tvoo per day. Parlor, two bedrooma an4 bath, $5.00, fOOO and fHOO per day. $1.00 extra where two persona occupy A single room. Write for Booklet BWEKNBY TLERNEY HOTEL COMPANX. . V . E. M. T1EUNHY, Manage 1 Bunker Hill The boulder Is of Medford granite and Is In place In the yard of the former residence of Captain Isaac Hall, corner of Bradlee road and High street. On the bronse tablet facing High street la this Inscription: "On this site lived Captain Isaac Hall, who commanded the Medford minute men at Islington and Bunker bill. Paul Revere stopped here on Ma memorable ride to Concord, April 18-19. 1778, to warn Captain Hall that the British soldiers were on the nifrch. Tiered by Massachusetts Society Sons of the Revolu tion, June 14. 1906." FORECAST 0FTHE WEATHER Fair and Warmer In Nebraska, lown nnd Kansas Today Fnlr tn Nebraska Tomorrow. ' WASHINGTON, July . Weather fore cast for Monday and Tuesday! For Nebraska and Kansas Fair and warmer Monday. Tuesday fair. For Iowa Fair and warmer Monday and Tuesday. For South Dakota Fair and warmer Monday; Tuesday fair. For Missouri Fair . Monday, except showers In southeast portion, warmer; Tuesdny fair and warmer. ' Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, July Official record of tem perature and rrectpitaUon. compared with the corresponding day of the last three years: 190. 1904. ios. 190$. Maximum temperature..., 73 M M fi9 Minimum temperature..., $4 f9 78 63 Mean temperature M 73 M M Precipitation 00 .00 .00 1.85 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March i, and comparison with the last two years: Normal temperature 75 Io'flclency for the day 11 Total excess since March 1 ,.. 64 Normal precipitation IS Inch Deficiency for the day 16 Inch Precipitation since March 1 10.16 Inches eflclency since March 1 6.05 Ini hea Deficiency for cor. period In 1WH.. S3 Inches Deficiency for cor. period in 1908.. S.KSlnchra Reports from Stations nt T P. M. Station and State Tern. Max. Rain- of Weather. 7p.m. Tern. fall. Bismarck, clear 7R 78 .0) .00 Cheyenne, clear OS Chicago, raining 60 Imvenport, cloudy... M lw.tiv.ir elnne . 7rt TO ta "70 74 04 90 .03 .oo .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 T .00 .oo .40 .00 .00 .00 .00 I Havre. ' clear 70 Helena, clear. 8S 73 TO 70 71 Huron, purl clouny Kansas City, part cloudy. North Platte, clear 7 74 78 7 74 76 88 Omaha, part cloudy. Hapld City, clear 72 St. I nils, raining 64 St. Paul, clear 74 Salt Lake City, clear 86 Valentine, clear 74 Wllllston. clear 78 76 80 T indicates trace of preripitntlon. L. A. WELSH, Iocal Forecaster. SCHOOLS AMD COLLEGES. R WENTW0RTH Jtf MILITARY ACADEMY yT Oldnrt and Unrwt In Mlddla Wen, & 4fv.l LEXI!UTON,MO. J 27th year. New fireproof buildings. Modern equipment. Delightful location. Number limited. Strong faculty. Trorough mili tary and academlo department. Local referencea. Col. Albert M. Jackson, A.M., President - HOTELS. Under New Management Blo.ce Jani ary 1. HXjfi. Completely RENOVATED and TRaN KOKMED In every department The largest and inot attraetly Lobby and Rotunda In the city. Two beautiful new DININQ BOOMS-. Superior TABLE D'HOTE DINNER every day from (I to t P, M. THE FAMOUS GERMAN RATHSKELLER. Broadway's chief attraction for Special Food Dishes. 1'opulur Music. Better than ever before. EUROPEAN PLAN. 400 ROOMS. . 200 BATHi i