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The Omaha Sunday Bee. EDITORIAL SECT103, Pagss 1 to B. &rrtl la THE OMAHA DEC Best West VOL. XXXVI-NO. 6. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1906. SINGLE COPY F1VK CENTS. U -J Kl Z3 tZ JL nn i u 1 s i 1 1 v i T l 'V1 5 4 ' I 1 if In the Crockery Monday JUG SALE THE GREATEST JUG SALE EVER OFFERED ..49c Finest Royal Doulton, Ridgways and Meissen decorations. Scenes from coaching days, etc., values up to $2. On sale Monday Each 79c, 69c, and See Harney Street Window. Extra Special in an Austrian China Dinner Set Pretty white and gold, full size pieces a $23 value, on sale Monday English Rock Teapots Very fine wear, will positively stand the heat, each 29c and The Tomato Mayonoise A beautiful ar ticle just like cut, sold at $1.25, now r;':: 98c Beautiful Intaglio Berry or Fruit Bowls Handsomo decorations, $2 value, on sale now Handsomely cut Star Water Set, pretty shaped jug, with bell shaped tumblers to match, on sale Monday 9 QQ jyj 25c 1.29 a set. BENNETT'S BIG GROCER. Y Best Qualities, Uroest Varieties, Best Service, lowest Prices Golden Santos Coffee, pound 26c Basket Fired Japan Tea, pound 38c US THISTT GBKEH TBASXjTO BTAMTB. Tickling Spice, whole, pound 25c AITS TSJT OBEEzT TBiSOIQ TAMTa. California Ripe Olives, two bottles 20c AID TEH QBXEir TSAOXHO gTAJaTS. Kippered Herring, can 20c Jell-O, assorted, three packages : .25c AID TIV CBE1 TXAJIHa ITAMH. Bennett '8 Bargain Soap, ten bars. .' 25o Peanut Butter, two jars 20c A5D TTH OBEEV TBADZBO STAMPS. French Spaghetti, pound package 15c IKS TEW QBEEK TBASDfO STAMPS. 25c bottle Gedney's Pickles for 15c CHEESE. New York Full Cream, pound 20c AND THXBTT OBEIV TBADDTO STAMPS. Delatour's Ginger Ale, bottle 10c HEADQUARTERS FOR BUTTER. Monday Special Good Country Butter, pound 20c AND TEN OIEEV TBADZNO STAMPS. New Potatoes, peck 15c Fresh Roasted Peanuts, quart . 5c BENNETT'S CANDIES. Chocolate Frappes, Assorted flavors, pound box. 35c AND TWENTT OBEEH TBADZNO STAMPS. AR.T DISCOUNT SALE Tff0 w MONEY SAVING BARGAINS 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON PICTURE FRAMING- 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON FRAMED PICTURES Doable Green Trading Stamps Monday and IN GALLERIES -Three Times Green Trading Tuesday. Stamps Monday and Tuesday. BEGINNERS PYR0 0UTFIT-0ur Great Special at $1.69 Fifty green trading stamps with each outfit Monday. THE BEST SUMMER OUTDOOR PASTIME. VISIT OUR ART GALLERIES. OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS ESPECIALLY REQUESTED. LOTHirci LOT. SPECIALS IN HARDWARE Monday l-qt. Tin Tomato cans, dozen. 38c And Ten Green Trading Stamps Lemon Squeezer 10c And Ten Green Trading Stamps Floor Brush Brooms, up from 78c And Forty Green Trading Stamps Hard Wood Floor Polishers, 15 and 25 lbs., at f 1.65 and . .., 1.35 And Forty Green Trading Stamps Taint Brushes, choice 10c And Ten Green Trading Stamps Lawn Mowers, up from 2.75 And Double Green Trading Stamps Put Cream Nickle Polish, at 25c, 15c and. ... . . .10c And Ten Green Trading Stamps Pnta Silver Polish, beet on earth 25c And Twenty Green Trading Stamps liquid Veneer, large size bottle .....60c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps Scythe Stones, choice 8c See the Articles on Our Ten-Cent Table . Ten Green Trading Stamps with each. Largest sise Folding Lunch Box .-.. 22c And Twenty Green Trading Stamps Dorwr Erg Beater, ....... . ...JOo AUd Tea XSreeu Trading Stamps ' MONDAY SHOE BARGAINS Better opportunities now for economical summer shoe buying than at any other time during the season. Larger varieties, greater style range. Expert shoe fitting. Men's tan calf Blucher Ox fords, welt soles Knox specials $4.00 shoes, at . . . Men's gun metal calf Blucher Oxfords, Ed. Clapp Model Torpedo cap toe $5 shoes, at Men's patent colt Blucher Ox fords, Ed. Clapp ModeLTor pedo toe, $5 shoes, at ... 2.50 3,50 5.50 Great Book Sale Nine new books at 49c ' "The Sea Wolf." by Jack Lon don. The Lightning Conductor," by Williamson. "The Common Lot," by Rob ert Herrlck. "The Man From Glengarry," by Ralph Connor. "Eben Holden," by Irving Bacheller. "The Spender." by Harry Leon Wilson. "The Red Keggers," by Eugene Thwlng. "My Lady . Laughter." by Dwlght Tllton. "A Friend of Caesar," by William ''jV ".;.., Sterna Davis. SALE ON MONDAY Many other $1.50 Boftks reduced tot. h See great window display. 49c Outing Coats and Trousers for Men, Youths and Boys $15.00 ones $7.50 j $7.50 ones $3.75 $12.50 ones $6.25 $10.00 ones $5.00 Five Dollar Outing Trousers at .....$2.50 Alpaca, Serge, Sateen, Black and White Stripe Cotton Coats up from 50c Automobile Linen Dusters up from $1.00 Men's and Youths' Suits Summer weights, early fall and win ter weights, in four pieces, sold up from $30, Monday only, $15.00, $12.50, $10.00 and $7.50 Bargain Square Monday only, lisle porous knit Balbriggan Underwear, worth up to 75c a garment, at 25c Bargain Square Mohair linen some new ones just received . Shirts worth up to $1.00, at 50o Coat Front Shirts at 50c Bargain Square Black Sateen Shirts at 50c $1.00 Black Sateen Shirts at 75c $1.35 Black Sateen Shirts at $1.00 McDonald and Sweet, Orr & Co. Union Labels. Bargain Square 50c blue stripe boys' Bib Alls 25c Boys' "Wash Suits, worth up to $2.95, at 95c Bargain Square 50c Ties at 15c 25c Ties at 5c 50c Suspenders (Ohio make) at 25c Furnishing Goods Department $5.00 ones $2.50 Q $4.00 ones $2.00 With Any $1 Shirt and Upwards, a stock collar free, worth 25c to 40c. Biggest shirt stock in the city. New patterns for hot weather. Any style of goods. $1.50 Shirts for.... ..V 75c Union Suits at $3.00, $2.50, $1.50 and $1.00 ISxtra Size Balbriggan Shirts. .Drawers and Jean Drawerarsizes 44 lo 56,"at $ratid.r.50c 9B HAT SECTION $10 Tanamas at $5.00 $7.50 Panamas nt $3.75 $2.50 Panamas at $1.25 Men's Sailors, large sizes, $1.50 values, at. .75o Boys' Sailors, 50c values, at.. 25c Monday Only Leghorn llats, while they ' , - last $5.00 hats for. ....... ; $1.00 NAME OF DODGE IN THE WEST Tamlly Inseparably Connected with the Development of an Umpire. THREE GREAT STATES HAVE KNOWN THEM Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska Hit. Had the Services of Dodges Living; aad Dead la Many Hoaorafclo Wnye, The name of Dodge In the history of Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska, haa been honorably distinguished. The Dodges were among the leading founders of these three states and rendered long and important service In their ' developments. The name belongs to two distinct families and to dif ferent generations, and are no kin to each other. Speaking of them In their order, It may be stated that the Dodge family was represented In the public life of Wis consin by Henry Dodge, and by Augustua C. Dodge In that of Iowa. Both were dem ocrats all their lives. Both enjoyed the highest honors which It waa In the power of their respective states to bestow upon them. Both were senators of the United Statea and presented the remarkable and unique apectacle of being members of tho senate at the same time, the father from Wisconsin and the son from Iowa. Mr. W. V. Dodge, a new citizen of Omaha, an ac complished gentleman and lawyer. Is a grandson of Henry Dodge and a son of Augustus C. Dodge. He Is a native of Burlington, which for many years was the home of hi father, with whom I had a most Interesting and valuable acquaintance In the earlier periods of the white occu pation in Nebraska. One of Omaha's prin cipal streets was named In compliment to Augustus C. Dodge by the late Dr. Enos Lowe, president of the Council Bluffs A Nebraska Ferry company, whose Intimate friend he was; and Dodge county, as understand It, was named In honor of Henry Dodge by Thomas B. Cumlngs, the acting governor of the territory at the time he organised It by proclamation In VIM Only a condensed statement of the public lives of Henry and Augustus C. Dodge Is Intended tn this sketch of these eminent soldiers and statesmen. Hear? Dodft. Henry Dodge waa born lu Vlncennes, Ind., October 12. 17S2; died In Burlington, la., June 19. 1S69. His father, Israel Dodge was a revolutionary officer of Connecticut Henry commanded a mounted company of volunteer riflemen in August and Septem ber, 1811, became major of Louisiana mili tia, under General Howard, September 28, major In ISIS and commanded a battalion of Missouri n'ounted Infantry aa lieutenant colonel from August until October, 1814. He waa oolonel of Michigan volunteers from1 April till July, 1832. during the Black Hawk war. and In the affair with the Indians at Pickatollka. on Wisconsin liver, June lb. totally defeating them. He was commis sioned major of United Statea rangers June 21, lf32. and txcame the first colonel of the First Dragoons March 1 US. He waa successful In making peace with the fron tier Indiana in ISSt, and In 1S3S commanded aa Important expedition to the Rocky mountains. . General Dodge was unsur- paaaed as an Indian fighter, and a sword. with the thanks of the nation, was voted htm by congress. 11. reelgned from the army July e, 1814. having been appointed by President Jackson governor of Washing toa territory and superintendent of ludlan affairs. He held this office until 1841, when he was elected delegate to congress aa a democrat, and served two terms. In 1846 he was again made governor of Wisconsin, and after the admission of that state to the union waa one of its first United States senators. He was re-elected and served al together from Jane 23, 1848, till March 8, 1857. Aasjrastas Caesar Dodge. Augustus Caesar Dodge was bom In St. Oenevienve, Mo., January 12, 1812; died In Burlington, la., November 20, 1883, received a public school education and served under his father In the Winnebago war of 1SJ7 and the Black Hawk war of 1831 He re moved to Burlington, la., was register of the land office there In 1838-9 and was then elected a delegate to congress as a demo crat from the territory of Iowa, serving from 1840 till 1847. Upon the admission of Iowa to the union he became one of Its United Statea senators and served from 1848 till his resignation, February 8, 1865, his father being In the senate from Wis consin during the same period. He waa presidential elector In 1848 and United States minister to Spain In 1855-9. General Dodge was a delegate to the Chicago national democratic convention of 1864, and in 1872-4 was mayor of Burlington, having been chosen on an Independent ticket. On February 4, 1S54, Albert Q. Brown of Mississippi alluded. In the course of a speech In the senate, to certain oc cupations as menial and degrading, where upon Mr. Dodge replied to him, ending with the following words: "I tell the senator from Mississippi, In the presence of my father, who' will attest Its truth, that I have performed, and do perform when I am at home, all of those menial services to which that senator has referred In terms so grating to my feelings. As a general thing I saw my own wood and do all my own marketing. I never had a servant, of any color, to wait upon me a day In all my life. I have driven teams, noises, mules and oxen and considered myself as respectable then aa I now do, or as any senator upon this floor la" M ill lam Wallace Dodge. William Wallace Dodge, now a practic ing attorney in Omaha, Is a native of Bur lington. Ia., where he was born April 25, 1)4. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, In the class of 1874, and from the law department of the Slate university of Iowa in June, 1876; waa chosen president of the law clasa day ex ercises and awarded the literary prize of fered to the graduating class for the best written .argument on a given thesis of law. Mr. Dodge served aa the chairman of the democratic state convention held at Des Moines, la., on September 1, 1887. In 1SS4 he waa elected aa a democrat to the state senate of Iowa and In 1S88 re-elected for a second term of four years, being the au thor of the law creating "Labor day" as a legal holiday In Iowa, and other im portant measures. Senator Dodge was Chairman of the committee on labor. In 1886 be waa chairman of the democratic state convention at Dea Moines. In 1888 ha was delegate-at-large to the national democratic convention at St. Louis. Mr. Dodge Is the author of the recent book on oratory, entitled "The Fraternal and Modern Banquet Orator," which has attracted unusual attention throughout the country. The Introductions to this book were written by Chauncey M. Depew and Champ Clark. I have only room for a word of comment on the part that was played by Henry and Augustus C, Dodge In our national affairs Only the red corpuscles of the true demo crat circulated In their big veins, as is shown In the famous speech of Senator A. C. Dodge in the senate, above quoted, tn which he gloried ia the pretence of Us father In his own mental labor at his own home. The fame of both father and son Is secure in the stirring annals of the con quests of a half of continent to civiliza tion, and In the foundings of great states which have become so powerful In the na tion. Augustus C. Dodge was always ac tive and energetic In paving the way of Nebraska and Kansas into the union. He was a frequent vllator to Council Bluffs and Omaha in the early days and was al ways the guest of his friend, the late Dr. Enos Lowe, on these visits. It was but Just to these great men that their honored names should be borne upon the enduring annals of our own commonwealth. i IT. p. aad Greavllle M. Dodge. Sylvanus Dodge and his sons, Nathan P. and Grenvllle M. Dodge, came to Omaha from their native New England In 1854-56, Grenvllle M. Dodge being the actual pioneer when he waa engaged with Feter A. Dey, of honorable name and memory, on the surveys of the Rick Inland railroad under Durant. I once presided at a dinner In the old Herndon house which was given to Hennr Farnam, In ' whose honor our principal street was named, by T. C. Dur ant, Peter A. Dey and Grenvllle M. Dodge. This was In 1858. The Union Pacific project for a transcontinental railway had not then been born, but It was In an advanced stage of gestation In congress, and dreamers like Durant were dreaming. Samuel R. Curtis, as chairman of the Pacific railroad committee In the house, waa the father of the Paclflo railroad bill, and Durant cap tured the Union Pacific charter, with Dey and Dodge W the field as his chief lieuten ants. Dey resigned as chief engineer be cause Durant ran out of money and could not build over the so-called Dey line for that sole reason, and because of Its enor mous cost, and Dodge became, and re mained, chief engineer even during the four years of civil war. In which he achieved lasting renown as a soldier. The name and fame of Grenvllle M. Dodre are as familiar as household words all over our country as a man who can "do things" In both peace and war. The Union Pacific la his enduring monument. My cordial per sonal relations to Grenvllle M. Dodge have been unbroken since I first met him on this then wild borderland fifty-two years ago. General Dodge prepared the way for his father, Sylvanus, and Nathan P. Dodge by locating claims to land on the Elkhorn, where the family concentrated in 1865. The story of the trials and tribulations of this branch of the Dodge family of pioneers need not be recounted here. Driven out by Indians, General and N. P. engaged in business tn Council Bluffs. As banker and business man, as a Christian gentleman and citizen, whose character li without stain, Nathan Phillips Dodge has been as a pillar of light and strength to our beautiful elster city for more than half a century. It was a great pleasure to the people of Omaha to have this family of the Dodges with us at the celebration of Its semi-centennial anniversary, with Grenvllle M. Dodge on the platform side by side with J. C. Casement, who taught the world how to lay railroad track at the rate of five or six miles per day. Little did I dream that the small, silent, nervous young man I met at the Durant-Farnam dianer at the old Herndon house In ISM would rise to achievements in both war and peace that have won for him enduring fame. GEORGE U MILLER. President Croaamaa Heslajaa. CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia. Julr II An nouncement was made today that Presi- aent r. w. tirossman naa resigned the prr.iuency ui ieno college ai Uopkui loo. BABY BURGLAR IN CUSTODY Six-Year-Old Insists He Stole at His Father'! Command PLACED IN DETENTION FOR A WHILE Little One's Father Is Charged with Offense, bat Makes Sweeping Dental and Offers Evidence of Good Character. Ernest Clark, the 6-year-old burglar who was caught in the act of robbing a cash register in the store of Welnsteln & Green- burg, 208 North Sixteenth street, which he says his father mode him rob, was com mitted to the Detention school Saturday by Judge Estelle of the juvenile court. Charges that George W. Clark, the father of the boy, was responsible for the crime have been made and will be Investigated before the case Is finally disposed of. During the hearing the youthful burglar clambered up on Judge Estelle's lap, hid his face on the Judge's broad shoulder and cried a little, though he did not show as much grief as many children charged with less serious Crimea. Mr. Welnsteln, one of the proprietors of the store, waa one of the principal wit nesses. He told of finding the boy In the store last Tuesday evening after closing hours. The lad was in the act of taking the money out of the register when caught. He also gave the principal evidence against Mr. Clark. He identified Clark as the roan he saw peering through- the front window. When the boy was taken away in the pa trol wagon and charged with the crime Mr. Clark did not say anything. The boy himself also says his father told him to rob the till. Father Denies the Charge. Mr. Clerk denied any connection with the crime. He said he had forbidden Ernest gohng out on the street in the evening, but he had left the house while he, Clark, was away. When he returned his daughter told him Ernest waa in the store crying. He went to the store and looked in and saw Ernest and some men inside. The door was locked so he could not go in. He waited until they took the boy to the po lice station. Ernest is charged with robbing the store three times, but be admits only two of the crimes. He' secured less than SI each time. Mr. Clark Introduced some neighbors, who testified as to bis good character. He also gave the names of some prominent people in Fremont who, he said, would testify as to bis good reputation. His case on the charge of aiding and abetting a delinquent will not come up for a week or two. He Is being defended by A. V. Shotwell. Boy to for getting Fire. Most of the people living near :&C7 Hlmebaugh avenue were in court whtn the case against Hylo Lyons, the youtb chared with setting fire to buildings, was called. Complaints also were filed agalnl Charles and Chris Barber by the . husband of Hylo's sister, Mrs. Qarverlck. They were charged with throwing recks at tho Lyoi.n family and their relatives. Mr. Lyons de clared one of the Barber boys threw at him. "I didn't catch that kid, but if I bad he would not have got into court," he said. "You might have got into court, though," said Judge Estelle. ' Both sides wanted to tell the real truth of the situation at the same time, but after listening to a score of conflicting stories Judge Eatelle tfextw up his hands. "I guess I will let you fight It out a while longer." he said. "There Is a way to stop this, though, and if I hear any more of this row I will take steps to stop it." Mrs. Lyons, while defending her boy, ad mitted that he might do some things that were wrong. "I never had a perfect child yet, Judge," she said, "and I have had ten." Mrs. Towle, asslbtant probation officer, told the court Mrs. Garverlch said she had adopted a baby from a Mrs. Gardcll and she had to keep Hylo out of school to care for the child. Two Elements Will Hot Mix. That the' Irish and the Bohemians of South Omaha won't mix well was brought out in the cose against Marie Martin Has- sett, a young girl charged with saying bad things to the children and wife of Mike Byrne, a neighbor. The Haasett girl called the Byrnes "Bohunks" and the Byrne chil dren responded by calling the Hassetts "dirty Irish." Finally complaint was filed by Mrs. Byrne when the language used by the Hassetts became unbearable. "I don't think it behooves any of us to make fun of other people because they are foreigners," said Judge Estelle. "None of us would have to go back very far to find his ancestors in a foreign country gnawing raw meat off of bones." After lecturing both sides" he allowed them to go with a warning that they would be called into court again If there was a repetition of the offense on either side. pointed out the tell-tale bracket coupling the name of her spouse with that of Ma tilda Smith., The husband was as amazed as his wife was indignant. However, ex planations followed and the urbane clerk squared the matter by showing how a mis take had been made In confusing the two women through both of them hailing from the same town and having the same name. and the rather ambiguous order to reserve the room for Mrs. Smith. Peace was declared and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were happily reconciled. HOTEL CLERK STARTS STORM Accidentally Registers Wrong Woman with "John Smith,' When Mrs. Smith Appears. A tragedy, scandal and probable divorce were narrowly averted at the Murray hotel a day or two ago through the diplomacy of the urbane day clerk of that hostelry. As it was, the temperature of the lobby was Increased so materially as nearly to boil the water In the radiators through the temporary wrath of a wife who thought she had discovered the perfidy of a husband of twenty years. It appears that during the early morning, before the night clerk went off duty, a man put in an appearance from some little town in the northern part of the state and registered. At the same time he asked the clerk to reserve the room for himself and lady, who would arrive along about noon or a little before, and to ensign her to the room, as he might be out when she arrived. For convenience sake let the name of the man appear as John Smith. Well along -during tbe forenoon a young woman arrived at the hotel, giving her addrea a. t'.e easie town from which Mr. br.iith hailed. Just a uhort while before noon another woman put Ir. an appearance at the hotel. .went ovtT to itn Teissier nd about the first thing that cunfronteO her were the nair.t-s of J hn Smith of Cm ga and Ma tilda Smith of Omega, affectionately cuupted in bracket and Utr assigned to rtu m No. steen. She did n t rtglsti-r, but fhe did look mad and tiu id-n'u !y inquired B to when Mr. Smith miht be eiperted tn. The clerk didn't know, but he tiionght he scented a breeze coming, and 30 he waited. Smith put in sr. appearance shortly after wards, and, seing an Irate woman sitting near one of the windows, went over to her and recognized ber as his wife. Mrs. Smith looked at him with a stony stare, and then came a whispered consultation and a trip to the register, Mrs. Smith ROAD SAID T0JBE BANKRUPT Mason City A Fort Dodge Thus Charged by Belt Line in Suit. The Omaha Belt Railway company filed a petition in district court Saturday for an Injunction to prevent the Chicago Great Western and the appraisers recently ap pointed by County Judge Leslie from pro ceeding with the appraisal of the property the Chicago Great Western Is trying to secure by condemnation process. The land belongs to the belt line and lies between the Union Pacific and Burlington tracks Just west of their Intersection. The Chi cago Great Western wants the property to make connection with the Burlington and some 'elevator tracks lying along the Union Pacific. The belt line asserts the Chicago Great Western has no right to condemn its property, as It Is located practically in the center of its yards. Tiie piece of property is essential, it says, to plans It has for extending its yards. It also charges the Mason City & Fort Dodge road, under which name the proceedings are brought. Is bankrupt and unable to pay damages that would accrue from the taking of the property. A restraining order was granted by Judge Troup, returnable August 2. SCHOOL FOR THE ABNORMALS Separate Training I'nder City Is Asked and la Ilelng ton. sldered by Board. The committee of the Woman's club, headed by Mrs. Draper Smith, which has charge of the effort to obtain a separate public school for the education of abnormal children had a conference with Superin tendent of Instruction Davidson and a special committee of the Board of Educa tlon Friday afternoon. Judge Estelie spoke in favor of establishing such an in stitution and the matter was dixcussed in various phases. The school board has had the question under advisement for some time. No decUlon was reached by the committee as to the manner of report it will make. BRUCRER FOR ICE PLANT Believes Flan Qood One, bat Thinks Marks House Too Email. BEDFORD INSISTS ON ORIGINAL PURPOS FUNERAL OF MRS. MARY RYAN service Attended by Members of Po lice Force In Token of Patrolman Ryan. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ryan, mother of Patrolman "Daddy" Ryan, was held Saturday morning, with burial at tbe Holy Bepulchre cemetery. Mrs. Ryan was W years of age and resided at 3,16 South Eleventh street. As a token of respect for their . bereaved fellow officer Svrgear.t Hayes and Patrolmen J. B. Wilson, Tom Ring, Mike McCarthy, Heelan and KlSbane attended the funeral as a representation of the police department. City Attorney's Oltlce SasjKests Two Methods to BlabauKh for Breaking I p the Local Ice Trust. Councilman and other city officials are reticent in expressing opinions as to the desirability of establishing a municipal ice plant. Doubt as to the legal right of the city to engage in tho ice business haa been expressed by the legal department, but In the absence of opportunity to study the question the city's lawyers will not positively commit themselves. Council man Brucker declares he Is heartily In favor of the Idea, but does not believe the Capitol avenue market house would be large enough for ice-tnoklng machinery sufficient to turn out a supply great enough for the small consumers of Omaha, "I do not believe the plan is a wise one," said Councilman Bedford. "About tho time we would have the plant In run ning order, provided adjacent property owners would give consent to use the market house for the purpose, and there were no other legal obstacles, we would find ice back to its normal prices again. The condition this year with regard to ice is extraordinary and may never be known in Omaha again. "So far as using the market house la con cerned I would be opposed to that. It should be utilized for a publlo retail mar ket as originally contemplated. A irove nient Is on foot in the council now to enact necessary legislation and compel the use of the houxe by market gardeners. All that is needed to make the Capitol avenue market a success la a little backbone In the council. The mayor, I take It, has plenty of this. In the past the municipality has been over awed by an association of merchants, but I for one um determined to have the ex penHlve building on Capitol avenue erected by the people's money, used as a medium through which they may buy vegetables, fruits and meats cheaply." With reference to the Ice situation As sistant City Attorney Dunn declares there are two ways in which the county attorney might strike home at the suspected combi nation. "In the flrt place," said he, " a con ference might be held with the district Judges and a special gTand Jury called. This body could compel the Ice dealers to appear before It with books and record! and the Inability of the county attorney's office to summon witnesses be overcome. The second method would be a suit against the several ice companies under the rigid anti-trust laws of the state, which are as strong as can be fourd In the union. I should consider the known facts suffi cient to warrant instituting such a rase. "If the county attorney succeeds In es tablishing the fact that there Is a trust he will get a special fee of $. under the law. Tho Inquiry under these conditions could be of the most rigorous character. "With a penitentiary sentence for per jury staring a mun In the, face he would not be apt to lie about his knowledge of the ice trust. If he had any. There are ways of having a thorough Investigation Into the subject, and you don't have to look a long wttS .to fijQd tau( elthsr." '