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After Oct. 1st, 1905, the price of gas will be $1.25 net
After ct. 1st, 1906, the price of gas will be 1.15 net
The Omaha Gas Company begs to announce that the price of gas will be
reduced to all consumers ten cents per one thousand cubic feet on all bills contracted af
ter October 1st, 1905, and payable on or before the 10th of the following months.
Bills will be rendered at .... . $1.35 Per 71.
With a discount of 10c per M . . . . .10 Per M.
Making the net price $1.25 Per
A further reduction of ten cents per one thousand cubic feet will be
made on all bills contracted after October 1st, 1906, payable on or before the 10th of the
following months.
ills will be rendered at $1.25 Per Fil.
With a discount of 10c per M. . . . .10 Per EYI.
Making the net price ...... $1.15 Per M.
These reductions are made in accordance with the policy of this com
pany in its endeavor to give to its patrons the best service at the lowest price
AS !?JaPAR!Y.
CANDIDATES CET OK TICKET
Tire Aiplrenta for CominUiioner to Appear
on Primary Ballot.
JUDGE REDICK SAYS THE LAW IS VOID
Held the Act Extending Terms of
County Commissioners Depends
om Constitutionality of Dead
Biennial Statute.
The five mail who tendered to Treasurer
Fink and County Clerk Drexel their feea
and certificate of nomination will get a
place on the election ballot, it a decision
handed down bjr Judge Redlck la auatalned
later on by the atate supreme court.
The aspiring candidates are Emmett O.
Bolomon and Charlea A. Tracy In the Third
or country district, and Henry Oatrom,
William J. Hunter and William Q. Vra
In the Fifth commissioner dlstrlut. These
districts are now represented by Peter Ho-
feldt and Henry P. McDonald, respectively.
Tracy U the only democrat who tried to
file.
In his decision Judge Redlck went Into
the features of the different laws touching
the election of commissioners at consider
able , length. He quoted many authorities
during thla review of the legislative enact
ments. His conclusion was that chapter alvl
of the session laws of V06 Is not complete
In Itself; that It is merely amendatory In
character and absolutely dependent for ef
fect upon the biennial election law, whloh
the supreme court has declared uneonstltu
tlonal and void In toto.
Mere iuuulement at Bleaalal Law. 1
"This chapter alrl Is," said the court, "a
mere supplement or detail of the main act.
It la a mere attempt to adjust the old laws
to the new one.1 When the main act was
declared unoonsUtutlonol all dependent leg
islation fail with It They must stand or
fall together, as one act was an Induce
ment for the passage of the other. As
the different - chapters and sections are
left at present there is Irreconcilable con
flict. The writ will issue' as prayed and
the attorney for .plaintiff will prepare an
order accordingly." 1 1
City Attorney Breen will present the
proeer order -to the court for signature
Thursday morning;
As soon as the oourt had announced the
decision County Attorney tilabaugh moved
for a supersedes a until he could prepare an
appeal to the supreme court.
T&ia was opposed by Attorneys Breen
and Herdman, who directed the court's at
tention to the fact that to allow the super
sedeas would have the effect of depriving
the plaintiffs of the rights which the de
cision gave them, since the supreme court
will not convene until September 18, the
day before the primaries are to be held.
Judge Redlck sustained this view and re
fused the request of the county attorney.
Then In an informal way the court and
attorneys discussed briefly the effect of
the court's decision on the present com
missioners, who neglected to make an at
tempt to get on the ballot. Judge Redlck
Indicated that he considered they had
slept on their rights and could not now
get on the ballot.
Register May Be Safe.
Asked If he considered the offices of
register of deeds or assessor affected by
Judge Redlck's decision. County Attorney
Slabaugh said he is Inclined to think
they are not. He holds the view that
the acts relating to these offices are com
pleta In themselves and not open to the
same objections as the act relating to
terms of county commissioners. Under
the general election law before the amends
tory acts were passed Register Deuel'i
term would expire on January 9 next and
Assessor Reed's term In January, 1907.
If the amendatory acts relating to their
offices are good Deuel will hold until
January, 1907 and Reed until January, IMS.
It seems to be not at all unlikely that
some one will attempt to file for the
register's job, either In a separate legal
action before the primaries or through a
party committee nomination afterwards.
It Is thought that this matter may, how
ever, be brought to a head In Lancaster
county when the committees there offer
their tickets to the cdunty clerk. In that
county nomination was made for register
of deeds, and if the county clerk refuses
to receive the ticket offered the question
will at once get Into oourt for action.
Those who have given the matter of pri
mary election moat attention assert that
there can be no question about the method
of electing commissioners. These people
insist that the commissioners must be nom
inated by districts and run at large on the
general ballot. Under Judge Redlrk's de
cision they are assured of a place on the
primary ballot, but If the supreme court
should upset the ruling they would not
appear on the general ballot.
CO TO DENVER IS BRIGADES
Eailroads Compelled to Enlarge Their Ex
cursion Equipment.
G.' A. R. BUSINESS EXCEEDS ESTIMATES
Trains Going; Out Early Mill Be
Bashed Back to Handle Thou
sands of Visitors Coming;
Through Later On. i
1867. General . Dodge was chief engineer
of the Union Pacific at the time of Its
building.
Wilson Pays His Own Fine.
William Wilson of Sixteenth and Chicago
streets, whose wife appeared againat him
Tuesday In police court when the niin rai
fined tie for drunkennesa and disturbing the
peace, declarea that he and not his wife
paid the flue. Mrs. Wilson Joins with her
husband In making this assertion and cor
recting the statement that she paid the
fine. The Impression gained currency at
the police headquarters that the wii'iu
put up -the cash, but both assert this is an
error. Wilson paid fer his own spree.
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There ia do necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painful
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the coming event that it it aafely patted without any danger. Tbia
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Later advices from agents all over the
country show that the Denver business
caused by the exceedingly low rates In
connection with the Orand Army of the
Republic encampment will surpass all ex
pectation. Stations In the state which had
asked for one car are now demanding two
or three to handle the business and the
railroads are hustling to supply the neces
sary equipment.
The Burlington had on hand a large ,
number of extra cars to be used later In
the Week when business Is heavier, but the
demands of the first day were such that
every car was pressed Into service to
handle the tourists who wished to move
at the first opportunity. The special train
which left Lincoln Wednesday morning had
GG0 passengers from Lincoln and Hastings
alone. The through train from Chicago to
Denver, the fast train of the Burlington
road, had 400 passengers. Power is waiting
at Denver to hustle all of these cars back
to the Missouri river to be loaded again
tomorrow.
Brigades Will Come Sunday.
The Milwaukee will have a special Into
Omaha Sunday to turn over to the Union
Pacific which will be made up of cars from
all over the country, gathered together at
Chicago September 2. The train will be
made up of two cars from Cincinnati, one
from Orlean, N. Y., two from Boston and
Vermont, one from Owosso, Mich., one
from Toledo, and four from Wisconsin
points. The train will reach Omaha at
1:10 Sunday afternoon.
The Union Pacific had all sections of all
trains loaded to the guards when they
pulled out of the Union station Wednes
day. The eaatbound travel Is also espe
cially heavy Just now, as many tourists
who have been summering In the mountains
are hastening home to allow the "children
to start at the opening of the school term.
Extra cars are required on all east bound
trains.
The Ohio special train conveying the
delegation from that atate will arrive in
Omaha at 1:65 Sunday afternoon, departing
at 4:10 over the Burlington. It la the In
tention of the Ohio colony of Omaha to
meet at the Burlington depot at that time
to greet their Buckeye friends. All Ohio
ana who can convelently do so are asked
to be at the depot at that hour, wearing
Ohio badges, and give the boys a cheer as
they pass througn.
Honors for Dodge.
Elaborate arrangements are being made
at Denver for the reception of Major Gen
eral Grenvllle M. Dodge of Council Bluffs,
and a series of entertainments are being
provided there In his honor.
Oenerai Dodge Is the last of the surviv
ing corps commanders of the union army
of the civil-war, and it Is the Intention to
make his welcome at Denver as cordial
as Grand Army hospitality can make it.
General Dodge Is president of the Society
of the Army of the Tennessee and Is es
pecially endeared to the soldiers of the
westera army. Aside from his distinguished
civil war commands. General Dodge was
also In command of the District of Kan
sas and the Territories Immediately fol
lowing the close of the wsr, during the
Indian war on the plains from 1 to
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CATHERS' LATEST LAST EDICT
I'nsucressful Candidate for state Sen
ate Issues tine More I'ronun
rlamento for Reform,
John T. Cathers' latest special edition in
the Interest of "reform" Is addressed to
the city council and reads like this:
It has been called to my attention that
the mayor of Omaha has been, since the
new charter went Into effect, drawing $33.33
per month as a member of the license
Imard. 1 hereby protest against such al
lowance in the future.
His honor, the mayor, should be engaged
in better business than taking the tax
payers' money, whloh he knows, or should
know, he Is not entitled to. I am told the
city attorney lias given an opinion that the
mayor Is entitled to that money. 1 have
f;reat respect for the city attorney's legal
earning, but In this instance I am quite
sure he is wrong and advise him to guess
again.
The mayor's salary is fixed by the char
ter and is quite enough for the kind of
service rendered and Tie should be com
pelled to return the $33.83 paid to him for
the months of April, May, June and July
of this year, those being the months during
which the new charter has been In opera
tion. I advise you to read sections 22 and 23
of the new charter, and to give section 23
In particular your earnest consideration
and to keep the last mentioned section in
mind when voting away the money of the
taxpayers.
'flie tuxpayers have some rights which
even the city council must respect.
As the reasoning processes and legal abil
ity of the city attorney are questioned the
council referred the document to him.
Councllmen are afraid to make the $2,500
appropriation for special Ak-Sar-Ben light
ing for fear Cathers will bring suit to
recover the amount from their bondsmen.
As only five weeks remain action on the
point must be taken quickly or there will
be no strings of incandescents to make
night as bright as day during the fall
festivities.
PRICE OF GAS IS REDUCED
Schedules Lowered Beginning October 1
Reg ardlen of Gounoil't lotion.
MAYOR POTENT FACTOR IN THE DEAL
This Fall Scale Will Drop from One
Dollar and Thirty-Five to
One Fifteen Thousand.
Cubic Feet.
DOCKET IS STEADILY GROWING
List of Civil Cases In the Douglas
County District Court Is
Longer Each Term.
The docket of the October term of. the
Douglas county court, now completed as to
the civil side, will contain 1,454 actions of a
civil character. This is sixteen more than
were included in the May docket. The
courts disposed of upward of 600 actions
during the last term, and this number will
be added to during the two weeks Of the
last term beginning September 18.
nothing on the Market Equal to
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.
This fact Is well known to druggists
everywhere, and nine out of ten will give
their customers this preparation when the
best is eased for. Mr. Obe Wltmer. a
prominent druggist of Joplln, Mo., In a
clrculur to his customers, says: "There la
nothing on the market In the way of pa
tent medicine which equals Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
bowel complainta. We sell and recom
mend th'S preparation."
Pfrieer Says He Was Robbed.
B. P. Pfelffer of Hsrlan. Ia., claims to
have been robbed of $76 by a gang of ne
groes under the Douglas street bridge last
evening about o'clock. He says that Ave
or six colored men set upon hlrn while he
was passing under the briilge. and one held
him while the rest went through his pock
ets. He notified the police and Captain
Hase. gerseant Haves. Officers Davis. I11-
Mon, Fahey and Dsn Baldwin went to the
place ana placed eignt roiurea men under
arrest. One of the men, James Kdwaids.
Pfelffer ssld. wss the n" who robbed him
and he Is booked at the station n tb it
rl.arKe w.ille tne rest o tl.e pang are pa
in Imld as ausul luus characters.
Regardless of the conflicting forces In
the council chamber, the Omaha Gas com
pany Is going ahead and will make the re
ductions in the price of gas to consumers
of 10 cents per 1,000 cubic feet this year
and 10 cents more next year, aggregating
20 cents. Vice President Clabaugh suld:
"The gas company has made agreements,
after conferring with the mayor and coun
cil, to reduce the price of gas, and is an
nouncing the cut today In another column
of The Bee, the first reduction to take ef
fect October I. I want Is distinctly un
derstood that this act Is not the result
of being forced, but that we met the
wishes of the councllmen who have stood
by us and the mayor.
"On the present consumption the reduc
tion is euivalent to $40,000 for the first
year ana $o,000 thereafter. Under our
franchise the next reduction would not be
required until the consumption reached
600,000,000 cubic feet, and the present con-!
sumption is about 2sn,ono,ooo. Under ordi
nary conditions' tho reduction would not be
made for three or four years."
Mayor Moores Starts Movement.
That Mayor Moores nearly two years
ago began the effort to have the gas com
pany reduce the price of gas to consumers
from $1.35 to $1.15 per 1.000 cubic feet was
mude known for the first time Wednesday
morning, when the mayor addressed the
council at an adjourned meeting regarding
the street lighting contract. The executive
said he had flatly refused to consider sign
ing an ordinance for anything like $28
street lamps unless the ( cost to the gas
users was reduced under the charges au
thorized by the franchise. The result of
the long pending negotiations, he asserted,
was the agreement by the gas company
officers to make the concessions In return
for his assent to a $3) street lighting ordi
nance and the preparation of a proclama
tion announcing the reductions, to be pub
lished in the newspapera Wednesday. It
waa read to the council and Is as follows:
Amount of Reduction.
The Omaha Gas company begs to an
nounce that the price of gas will be re
duced to all consumers 10 cents per l.or)
cubic feet on all bills contracted after
October 1, l!fi, and payable on or before
the 10th of the following months.
Pills will be rendered at, per l.OiiO .$1.S1
With a discount of 10 cents per 1,000 10
Making the net price $1 S
A further reduction of 10 cents per i.e
ruble feet will oe msde on aii bills con
tracted after October 1, 19u6, and payable
on or ' before the 10th of the following
months.
Pills will be rendered at. per 1.000 1S
With a discount of 10 cents per 1,000 It
Making the net price $1 IS
These reductions sre msde in accordance
with the policy of this company In its en
deavor to give to its patrons ths best serv
ice at the lowest rrlce.
OMAHA OAS COMPANY.
Councilman O'Brien called attention to
the fact that the document was not dated,
Implying that the gas company might not
have put the low prices In operation If the
contract ordinance had been passed, and
said that If the agreement was good then
it ought to be now.
"I think, Dave, that the gentlemen
were treating in good faith," said Mayor
Moores. gently, who preserved his tamper
admirably, while O Brlea waa dancing
around him shouting at the top of his
voice and waving his arms.
"You must remember, mayor," said Pres
ident Zlmman, "that If the company could
have got one more vote In the council
your veto power would have been useless
and you could not have insisted upon
these concessions."
Mayor the Whole Show,
"That's right," ssld the mayor, "but
thanks to the opposition, of which you are
one, I held the situation In the hollow of
this hand. I am willing to stake my next
year'a salary that the gas officers would
have given out this announcement and
kept faith."
'The Hoye ordinance gives the gss com
pany all It wants," said the president, "but
It makes these reductions a condition to
the contract; puts It In a businesslike
way."
The mayor and Huntington made talks
against humiliating the gas company, now
that It was forced Into a corner and, as
Huntington said, "had to take Its medi
cine." ' In the colloquy the mayor accused Zlm
man and O'Brien of obstructing the pas
sage of the contract ordinance for political
J purposes; also or u urien wanting to De
I mayor "so bad he can taste It."
! This statement turned O'Brien, the only
! democratic member of the council, into a
veritable whirling dervlsher. Rushing over
to where the executive was atandlng. cool
and smiling, In blue serge coat and white
duck trousers, O'Brien screamed:
O'Brien Has a Political Fit.
"I want to repudiate that statement right
here and now. You couldn't give me the
office of mayor of Omaha under any con
sideration. You could not tempt me to
take It if you offered me $10,009 to accept
the job. I am not a candidate for mayor
and want it well understood."
Councilman Evans did his best to badger
and disconcert O'Brien, but made little Impression.
"All right, Dave." said the Imperturable
mayor. "We'll part friends." to which
O'Brien responded with a hearty "sure."
The mayor In his speech before the fire
works started told how. In a conversation
regarding the price of gasoline lampa. In
which the gas company was Interested, he
had told the late Frank Murphy, then pres
ident of the gas company, that a reduction
must be made to consumers or he would
not think of aignlng an ordinance for afreet
lamps for "anything like $30 or even $28."
Mr. Murphy had promised to take the mat
ter up with the Philadelphia stockholders
and agreed that the price should come
down. This wis In January. 1904- Within
the last two months the - mayor's terms
were agreed to by President Frank Hamil
ton of the gas company. It waa the Inten
tion to keep the whple matter a secret until
after the mayor signed the contract, then
spring the proclamation.
Later on the mayor told reporters that
he plainly saw the only difference between
the antagonistic forcea In the council la
that of "tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee,"
neither side being willing to admit that ths
other has brought It to terms. Vice Presi
dent Clabaugh still protests against the
Hoye ordinance. The mayor I Inclined to
favor It and thinks It will be the ultimate
result of the turmoil.
CHINAMAN LOSES HIS REASON
Ah Lee Thinks Confucius Wants Him
to Kill All Bad Sons of Celes
tial Kingdom.
Lee Wing Tong, a Chinese cook, who hs
been employed at the Eagle restaurant for
some time, was arrested Wednesday morn
ing by Officer McCarthy at 120 North
Twelfth street, where many Celestials
make their home. A complaint haa been
filed against Ah Lee charging him with
Insanity. He haa been removed from the
city Jail to the county Jail, awaiting an
examination before the Insanity board.
Tong labors under the hallucination that
he haa been delegated by Confucius to
kill all bad Chinamen, and It was while
trying to carry out the Imaginary orders
that Tong ran amuck.
When Policeman McCarthy arrived at
120 North Twelfth street he at.flrst thought
a riot waa In progress. Lee was trying to
clean out the place, and had made some
headway before being taken Into custody.
Rice bowls, chop sticks and other articles
were flying right and left, with Tong the
center of activity.
When taken to police headquarters Tong
told Captain Mostyn he hsd killed all had
Chinamen in Wyoming and had moved his
field of operations to Omaha. Tong speaks
the English language well and says he Is
a messenger by the grace of Confucius.
At one time Ah Lee operated a restaur
ant In South Omaha.
Building? Permits.
Permits have been Issued by the city to
Ed Johnson for a $6.0") frame dwelling at
Thirty-third and Manderson streets;
Charles Petersen. $1,100 frame dwelling at
Forty-fifth and Ohio; O. O. Winston. fi.'0
frame dwelling at Eighteenth and Clark.
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