I THE OMAHA DAILY HEEt THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1905. i AFFAIRS AT SOUTn OMAHA Tweutj-Fourth 8tret Paring Mod Along Aaother 6tfp Toward 8Urtiig. CONTRACTORS FILE BONO WITH THE CITY naapll PpoM to llpcir Money to Pay for Work aad Matter Begins to' Look Mora A gxl start towards the Twenty-fourth treet pareroent was mad last night when the city council met in adjourned session. Borne tlma ago the contract for this pave ment waa let to Parka, Johnson Parka and It waa agreed that Pittsburg block brick waa to ba used. Lest night a change In the material was made from Pittsburg block to Purlngton block. The price per square yard remains the earn. After these changes had been made tn the contract and approved by all parties concerned Tarks, Johnson A Parks filed a surety bond for no.or and thla bond waa at nca approved by the mayor and council. An ordinance providing for the Issuing of bonds In the sum of $(W,onO for the payment of the city's portion of the cost of the re paving was rend for" the first time and re ferred to ' the Judiciary' committee. This ordinance will come up for a second reading today at an adjourned meeting. These bonds will run for twenty years, bear date of September 1 and ar to draw Interest at the rate of 4H per cent. The bonds are to be numbered from 1 to 120, Inclusive, and be Issued In the denomination of $500 each. The form of bond to be used waa read and approved. The plans for the fire department head quarters building were agreed upon and Clerk Olllln was Instructed to advertise for bids for the construction of the building. These bide will be received until September 5. Property owners were given permission to grade the alley between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets and A and B streets at their own expense. Ootalde School Dooms. On account of the delay In completing the additions to school buildings In time for the opening of the schools' It will be necessary for the Board of Education to rent tempor arily seven outside roomj. Two outside rooms for the Lincoln school will be needed, one for the Hawthorne and four for the Madison. Even with these outside rooms It Is expected that the school rooms all over the city will be fairly crowded. In case the annex building 'now being moved , from Twenty-sixth and M streets to Brown park could have been ready for use on September 11 it would have been necessary for the board to have rented only three out side rooms. . Last June the school census was taken and the enumerators' returns show 6.743 children of school age In the city. The en rollment for the last school year was 6,027, while tha average number belonging for the school year was 3,904. Of the number be longing 3,190 were In the first six grades and 704 in the last six grades. These latter figures show that a large proportion of the pupils of the schools here quit school and go to work after having gone through the first six grades. Will Open Tblrty-Foorth Street. For. about six years residents in the south, western portion of the city have been wanting Thirty-fourth street from U to V streets opened. In Order to do this it wns necessary to purchase two lots In Sullivan's addition. It was agreed Wednesday by the mayor and council to purchase the prop erty needed and the street will be opened. An agreement with the owners was reached Tuesday whereby the twp forty-foot lota could fee, sesuwd for flf each. As the prlco was lower than had previously been quoted the city officials decided to agree to take the property. Within the next few days the deal will be consummated and then the work of opening the street wHl ommence. Property owners In the vicinity mentioned will be glad to learn that the street is to be opened with as little delay as possible. Oeorsxe Vanannt's Bereavement. Wednesday morning Isabelle, wife of George V. Vansant, died at the family resi dence. Twenty-third and I streets, after an illness covering a period of nearly a year. Tuesday morning Mrs. Vansant appeared to be quite cheerful, but later hi the day she was taken with pulmonary hemorrhages and Dr. C. M. Sehlndel sent for. It was too late for the physician to give any but tem porary relief. The deceased was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bright of Pacific Junc tion and the remains will ba forwarded there today, where funeral services will be held. Mrs. Vansant leaves many friends here who sincerely regret her death. Money tor Movlagr Grata. Banks out In the state are drawing on their accounts at tha South Omaha banks for currency to be used in moving grain. Heavy shipments of currency are made dairy and will continue tor some time. Even with the withdrawal of currency from the banks here the balances of the country banks are not being decreased, as checks and drafts arrive with almost every mail to take the place of the currency shipped. If anything, the accounts of the country banks are increasing instead of decreasing. Two Saspeeta Arrested. Frank Williamson and Thomas Jones are the names given by two young men now held at police headquarters awaiting an In vestigation. Chief Brlggs and Captain Shields think that they have made a good catch. Williamson was arrested here Tue. day night and Shields was on the point of starting for Omaha to look for Jones, when, the latter called at the station and asked how much money It would take to get Wil liamson released. "Jones appeared to be so anxious that he was locked up. Wednes day afternoon both prisoners were ques tioned ' and told a, number of conflicting stories. j Bobberies are occurring almost nightly and from' the style of the work one or two men are committing most of the crimes. When a- house la entered only money is taken. Jewelry being left behind. An extra effort is being made by the police- to put a stop to these robberies. Mrs. Do Lajiney's Condition Critical. The condition of Mra,.E. L. De Lanney was reported to be critical Wednesday aft ernoon. There now seems to be but slight hope for her recovery. Mrs. De Lanney has hosts of friends here who are sincerely hoping, for her recovery. Improvement Club Meeting Toalarht. This evening there Is to be a meeting of the Highland Park Improvement club at the Lincoln scheolhouse. Secretary Outld tates In tha call that several matters of A Skin of uty l ay Foryror. DR. T. roll Oouraud'a Ortontel Oroom or Msglool Booutirlor. mt M raw. e4 U aa Hnxa w V la sr-Jf" aSa. W af auBUar fC A. &.- owe U a M ON) tMMl imt"7 Si'li, 3fran4as CVMnt as a toast sararfai EI'W'' ! sie W all aawa aw IWm a. -'---- " a4 uucMa M r - cn tiara. rn y tnt tmt im u ut Ills law Ja. rt, a,D4 A " J X ul r .. " V rl i JrUatMMilw. It OMAHA MEN AND $ V?. M. MTCAY Importance are to be considered. Every member Is urged to attend and those In the neighborhood who have not yet Joined the club are Invited to hand In their names to night. Magle City Gossip. Cudahy Is making some alterations to his hog killing department here. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Murdock have re turned from an outing In the west. Stephen Welsh has gone to Excelsior Sprlpgs, Mo., to spend a week or ten days. The condition of John C. Carroll was re ported to be rapidly growing worse last night. 8. F. Sehlndel and family of Hagerstown, Md., are here, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Sehlndel. Bee Hive lodge of the Masons will give a picnic at Manawa thla afternoon and evening. Special street cars will be pro vided. Miss Julia Lynch has returned to her home In Chicago after a pleasant vlnit with Miss Ktley, Twenty-second and H streets. John Raab and family, Twenty-first and II streets, left last night for Hprlngneld, III., to visit relatives for two or three wasks. Success lodge of the Royal Achates will hold a special meeting Friday afternoon at the office of Dr. VauSlyke, Twenty-fourth and N streets. On Tuesday evening, August 29, the ladles' auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian aa toclatlon will give a lawn social and musi cals at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Everett, Twenty-first and H streets. R. H. Oraham, superintendent of schools at Wymore, was operated on at Clarkson hospital yesterday for appendicitis. The patient Is a brother of N. M. Graham, prin cipal of the South Omaha High school. ,'. to tub: harvest fields Of Minnesota, North and Sonth Dakota Every day during the month of August the Chicago Oreat Western railway will sell to parties of Ova or more harvest hands tickets to towns in the , above states at greatly reduced rates. For further Infor mation apply to S. D. Parkhurst, General Agent, latf Farnam St., Omaha, Nab, Gives Everybody m Look. A window that is attracting unusual at tention and comment on account of the dis play it contains Is that of Dreshe.r, the Tailor, 1515 Farnam street. Of all the en terprising tailors In Omaha, Mr. Dresher takes the lead. This latest window display he calls his "Foreign Window," for the reason that It contains nothing but English made woolen shipped direct to him from London, England. On the window is posted a letter from Burberry Co. to the London woolen house from whom Mr. Dresher made his purchase. The patterns are all pretty and the demand for them this fall will be very great. Dresher Is the only tailor In Omaha who carries these citterns. t, Pnnl and netarn IU.U DULUTH. ASHLAND AND BAYFIELD and return $16.60 DEADWOOD AND LEAD . and return $18.74 VERT LOW RATES NOW TO ALL POINTS EAST via The North-Western Lino City Offices 1401-1401 Farnam Street. f.M to Cl d Rotara Via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale every Friday and Satur day. Final return limit the following Mon day. Good Ashing, boating, bathing and other outdoor sports. Reasonable hotel rates. Tourist sleeping cars run on Satur day night train. For further Information apply to 8. D. Parkhurst, O. A., 1511 Far nam street, Omaha, Neb. Row York and, Philadelphia cannot bo more pleasantly or conveniently reached than by the Grand Trunk-Lehjgh Valley Double Track Route via Niagara Fails. Solid through trains, magnificent scenery. ' Descriptive literature sent free on appli cation to Geo. W. Vaux. A. O. P. T. A., Grand Trunk Railway System, 13$. Adams St., Chicago. Cheap Rates To Clear Lake and Retara. VIA CHICAGO GREAT WESTERS RAIL. WAT. Tickets on sale every Saturday. Final return limit the following Monday. Good nahlng, boating, bathing. Reasonable hotel rates. For further Information apply to . D. PARKHURST. General Agent. . 1511 Farnam St., Omaha Neb. G. A. H. to- Ueavcr. Special tourist sleeping cars will leave the Burlington station at 4:10 p. m. Sep tember 4, Joining the official headquar ters train at Lincoln. For berths and Information apply at Burlington ticket office, UOx Farnam street. Harry B. Davis, undertaker. TeL let. DIJCIJ. GATK8 Herbert E., of Omaha, at the home of hia mother In Denver, Colo. t Funeral services from the family home, 1270 Logan avenue, on Wedneaday afternoon at 3 o clock. Services conducted by the Very Rev. Dean Hart of St. John's cathe dral. Servtoea at Trinity cathedral, Omha, dale to be announced later. M'HRIDE Aaron. Auguat . at his home, 11J Howard. aed 64 yeara. 4 months. Funeral from realdnce Ttiuraday 1 p. m. Interment Forest Law a. Friends invited. ERIJ Klward B , Auguat tL lAineral eorvtcee at hi a. in. Thursday at residence, HU Chicago slroel THEIR HOBBIES 1 Jr r ' a Riding the Goat. ORPHEUM PRICE AGREED 10 Figure Kamed by Street Railway Company Aooepted by Circuit Direotort. SALE OF BUILDING NOW UNDER WAY President Meyerfeld and Manager Beck Report to Buardand Archi tect Kxamlnes Walla for Additional Stories. Word has been received that the Orphfeum Circuit company would pay the price, 1175,000, asked by the Omaha & Council Bluffs -Street Railway company for the stock? held in the Crelghton Orphcum theater building In this city. Prior to the recent visit of President Meyerfeld of the Orpheum Circuit company and Manager Beck of the same company, the architects of the concern who havo superintended the construction of severe! theaters were sent to Omaha to examine Into the condition of the theater building. They were to report especially on the condition of the walls of the stores on Harney and Fifteenth stVeet, as to whether they were constructed with a view to adding a third and fourth story. The architects were able to report that the walls would stand for the addition of the extra stories. The price asked for the theater building was in the neighborhood of $175,000 and the company evidently considered this a reasonable figure In consideration of the fact that Omaha Is a good theate'r town and that the building Is located In the midst of the new retail district of the city where rents are sure to be large. The lease of Carl Relter, manager of the Orpheum, has another season to run, but owing to the pending negotiations for the sale of the building he has not yet renewed his lease. The street railway people were averse to discussing the details of the deal just now, but word comes through reliablo channels that the board of directors of tha theater circuit have agreed to the terms offered by the owners and the deal Is expected to be consummated at once. PURE FOOD SHOW A SUCCESS Maaager Dean Makes Report to Retailers in Executive , Session. The Nebraska Retail Merchants' asso ciation met In executive session at the Pure Food show at the Auditorium last night and transacted business of a routine nature. Manager J. D. Dean made a re port to the members present of the re ceipts and expenditures during tha ten day exhibit, and, although the exact fig ures are not given out, it Is understood that the show has been a success from a financial standpoint. The secretary of the association reported a to the various towns visited by the several committees during the year, and bis report also contained some of the ad justment of various freight rate difficultly. These rates were all adjusted In a sails factory W.y. The president's report con tained some recommendations for the con duct of tho" association's work for ths com ing year. Tonight and tomorrow win be the last opportunities for Omaha people to witness the exhibit of the Pure Food show. Last night's demonstrations were witnessed by a large crowd, the various booths being patronised extensively, the "Advo" elec tric kitchen, the Paxton & Gallagher booths and the Beatrice Creamery com pany exhibit still seeming to be the favor ite places to test the samples given out. The Calumet baking powder also receives a large patronage for their samples of the biscuits made from their flour. MERCHANTS TO ELECT TODAY Retailers of state Will Choose Offleeas and Discuss Matters of Trade Interest. The Nebraska Retail Merchants' associa tion opened Its two days' session yesterday afternoon at the Auditorium. President Tungblut delivered his annual address and the reports of officers and committees were read. Mayor Moores was unable to make an address of welcome, as had been planned, on account of a bronchial affec tion. Members of the association spent a part of the afternoon testing the samples at the booths of the pure food show. The asso ciation will meet today at t o'clock for election of officers and the program of ad dresses and discussions, which Is as fol lows; "Lawa for Business Men." Philip Gllem. Danburv; "Parcels post," open d lacuna Ion: "Pure Food." exhibitors of the food show! Cash inst rredlt." O. C. Thompson! Blair; -Credit Rating," J. B. Conlngkam Omaha; 'The Press," representatives oi Omaha newspapers; "Catalogue Competi- a!00',' .fTJ' A"?.11' A"; "Local UVrne IrsJe," Daniel Carr, Omaha. There will be a special meeting of locaj S, 1 U. 8. E , at Washington hall Thurs day, Auguat 24. All members requested to be present. secretary of L U. 8. K. 1 A.vvv. BIG FIRE AT CAS PLANT Building and Furl Destroyed to Amount of Twenty Tbousaod Dollars. i ST0NTANE0US COMBUSTION THE CAUSE Blase Observed First la Pile of Slack Coal by Kmployes at . Three O'Clork la tha r' Moral. Spontaneous combustion Is believed to have been the cause of a costly fire Wednesday morning at the Omaha Gas company plant at Twentieth and Cen ter streets. The fire originated In and was confined to the large coal and coke sheds, the estimated loss on both building and fuel being placed at $20,000. It Is hard at this time to figure the loss on the coal and coke, which Is covered with chaired wood, but Secretary Cla baugh of the gas company believes $30,000 will be a fair estimate of the loss sus tained. The loss was fully covered by In surance. The fire was noticed by employes of the plant about S0 a. m. In a pile of slack coal. With a large hose the men fought the fire until they thought they had It under control, only to find It bn-aklng out In another place and with considerable fury, so much so that the firemen at Eighteenth and Harney streets could see the smoke. A fire alarm then was turned In and after some hours the fire was ex tinguished. A line of hose was left play ing on the mass of coal and coke to make sure the flames would not break out again. The fuel shed destroyed was 125 x40 feet and of considerable height. It burned down to the foundation. . The new elevator shed also waa damaged, while tha ele vators and machinery used for moving the coal and coke from the huge bins were not damaged to any extent. The superintendent of the plant is out of the city, but one of his associates placed an estimate of the stock of coal and coke on hand at about 300 tons of each. ' Iowa itate Fair. For this occasion the Rock Island will sell excursion tickets to Des Moines and return at one fare for the round trip. Dates of sale, August 24 to September 1, Inclusive; return limit, September 1 Trains leave Omaha 3:36 a. m., 7:36 a. m, 11:50 a. m., 4:80 p. m. and 6:40 p. m. For fur ther Information call or address . F. P. RUTHERFORD. D. P. A., 1323 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb, Benson Will Speak on Municipal Own , erslilp. The Orchard Hill Improvement club will meet at the home of Mrs. McCumher, For tieth and Charles streets, Thursday even ing at 8:30 sharp. Hon. E. A. Benson will give an address on "Municipal Ownership." Members and friends of the club are In vited. Evangelist E. G. Masters, who created quite a stir among the grafters at El Reno and Brfneateel during the openings, pitched his large tent ope block south of Leaven wtfrth, on Twenty-second street, last night and has opened ' up the gospel battery against sin, sickness and Satan and will continue for ten days, assisted by a com pany of workers and singers. Special features will be chalk talks and plain talks on repentance, holiness healing and Chris tian unity. All are invited to come and get hit, hurt and healed. Services at S p. m. each day and three times on Sunday. Getting After Inebriates. ''Habltttat drunkards afM drug victims are not receiving much merry at the hands of the police or police Judge these davs. Under- the provisions of the recently en acted dypsomanlac law several Inebriates have been committed for lnvestlgminn be fore the Insanity board. Wednesday inorn- The Best Hot Weather Medicine VS CANDY CATHARTIC lot as,sofl. PREVENT ALL SUMMER BOWEL TROUBLES 1L VVyW awnc- Ba nn a- U 1 f M Best Agricultural and Stock Raising Region. Soil deep, rich and productive in the growing of Wheat, Corn and Alfalfa. Purchase 1 price from $5 to $36 per acre, which equals the returns of the $50 to $150 per acre lands of other States. eUMATE IDEAL, AMPLE RAINFALL Buy quick and secure the benefit of an excellent investment. Write for further information, illustrated literature and L W SETTLERS' RATES H. C. TOWHSEHD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, ST. LOUIS, MO. TOM HUGHE8, Trav. Pass. Agt. TH08. F. GODFREY, Pass. Ticket Agt. 8. E. Corner 15th and Farnam, Omaha, Neb. Ing In police court Mike Farn waa "Ined $10 and costs by Acting Pollre ludgo Fos'er. F,agnn la one of the familiar charoters In pollce circles and his arrest Is be coming a thing of frequent occurrence. LOW RATES FOR OLD VETERANS soldiers Who Marched with the Grand Armies Can Travel to Denver Cheaply, The coming national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Denver, September I to I Inclusive, will be the thirty-ninth annual meeting of that bodjv The present national officers are: John R. King, Baltimore. Md., commander-in-chief; George W. Patten, Chattanocga, Tenn., Junior vice commender-ln-chlef j Warren R. King, Greenfield, la., surgeon general; John E. Oilman, Boston, Msss., adjutant general; Wlnfleld Scott, Srottadale. Arl chaplaln-ln-chlef ; Lee S. Esfirlle, Omaha, Neb., Inspector general; Amos M. Thayer, St. Louis, Mo., Judge advocate general; Charles Burrows, Rutherford. N. J., quar termaster general. The national council of administration consists of one repre sentative from each state and territory of the union. Andrew Traynor of Omaha is the representative from Nebraska. One cent per mile Is the rate fixed by the railroads. This makes the fare from Omaha $10.75 for the round trip; Lincoln, $9.70; Kearney, $TJ0: Hastings, $7.76; Mc Cook, $6 10; Grand Island, $S36; Ord. $Sflft; There Is no rate In Nebraska higher than $10.76 for the roundtrip. and this only from Omaha, Nebraska City and Falls City. The lowest round trip rate in the state Is from McCook. $5.10. National headquarters will be at the Brown Palace hotel for all the national bodies. State department eadquarters will be located as follows: Nebraska, Vermont, Michigan, Colorado, Wyoming, Rhode Island, at the Albany hotel. Maaaachusaetts, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsyl vania, California, Nevada, at the Brown Palace hotel. Illinois, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Min nesota, Iowa, at the Adams hotel. Missouri, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, at the Metropole Hotel. New York, District of Columbia, at the Savoy hotel. ' North and South Dakota, at the Oxford hotel. Maine, Maryland, at the St. James hotel. Kansas, West Virginia, at the Windsor hotel. Connecticut, at the Lafayette apartments. The only candidates thus far prominently j mentioned for the office of national commander-in-chief are "Corporal" James Tan ner of New York and R. B. Brown, past j department commander of Ohio. j Alive and Ulad of It. Police Surgeon J. F. Langdon was called to 911 Capitol avenue about S o'clock last night to attend Odessa Kingsbury, colored, who had taken a dose of laudanum with suicidal Intent. Odessa became despondent over the fact that her lover was paying attentions to another woman. Dr. Lang don administered the proper kind of medi cine and the would-he suicide was pulled through without much difficulty. In the meantime the lover returned and when the Kingsbury woman saw him both wept tears of forgiveness. Mortality Rtatlstlea. j The following births and deaths hnve . been reported to the Board of Health dur- j lng the twenty-four hours ending at noon Wednesday: 1 Births William P. Morrow, 2B11 Charles, girl; George Paxton, 4102 North Twenty, elhth. gill. Deaths Anna Kazmalrskl, South Omaha, 12; Aaron McBrlde, lfil3 Howard, 64; Phillip Bernholts, Carroll, la., 78. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Mrs. F. C. Best and Miss Heywood have returned from a two weeks' outing at Lake Minnetonka, Among the state arrivals stopping at the Murray are: i. W. Munger of Hastings, W. A. York and Oliver Cunningham of New Castle, Neb., and F, H. Arts of Petersburg. 707 1 -La TO School Shoes for Boys' and iris' Today you will have an opportunity to select school shoes for the children. Our new line is ready and is one of the best assortments we have ever offered. The lines are complete in every respect and every shoe is constructed on foot-form lasts the modern method of fitting growing feet of children is on foot -form lasts. Boys' satin calf lace shoes, good plump soles and extension edges, made on the new London toe: Sites 2yt to W, at . .$1.50 and $1.25 Sizes 13Va to 2, at. . . .$1.35 and $1.10 Sues 9 to 13, at $1.25 and 93c Boys' Casco calf, indestructible shoe, rnade with good heavy soles, with wire quilted nails in sole: Sizes 2V, to 5Vi, at $1.65 Sizes 13 Vi to 2, at $1.50 Sizes 9 to 13, at $1.45 Boys' box calf, best grade, with good oak soles and extension edges, shoes that have style and lots of wear: Sizes 2Va to bl2, at ". $1.93 Sizes 1314 to 2, at $1.75 Sizes 9 to 13la, at $1.48 blisses' and children's Dongola kid laoe and button shoes, good plump soles, extension edges, patent tip, foot-form lasts: Sizes 5 to 8, at $1.00 Sizes 8Vi to 11, at $1.25 Sizes liy2 to 2, at $1.50 Sizes 212 to 5Y2, at . .$1.98 and $1.50 I NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE THE ORIRIKAI, remedy that "kills tha Dandruff Oerra." GOING-1 GOING-!i GONE III EEtf IHfc LAUItb OUJht.1 to a gummy and sticky hair dressing, or one that is full of sedimentary chemicals Intended to dye the hair. The marked preference for a dainty dressing, particularly one that over comes excessive oilineas and leaves IM nalr light and Duffy. Is reflected OEVrTIi JWTETT EEEP105IWILL Sraf saves, St.. Srae c stans. la lEVKIDtCO., Peat. i. rsMrsH. Mica., far !. SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRUG CO., Special Afuntg. APPLICATIONS AT PROMINENT BARBER SHOPS. The janitor service , in The Bee Building is as near perfect as it can be, remembering that janitors are human. Offices from $10 to $4? per month several desirable ones from which to choose. FOR THE IBESa i WE IT' 100 LATE FOiHtEPOa in tne enormous Bale oi nijroi Herpldde. Ladles booome enthusiastic over Its refreshing quality and ex quisite fragrance. It destroys the mlcroblo growth tn ths scalp, tmres dandruff, stops falling balr and gives it a silken glosa. STOPS ITCHJLNO INSTANTLY.