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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1906)
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1006. i . 1 I: I i i V ) I A if 1 tllLL IS NOW GETTING BUSY 'f 1 '-era F io fia Starts ImyrotemenU to Covnttrtct Itmron f liilwtnkes. IUT-OFF f ROM MILES CITY TO HELENA Sw Una Will Involve Constraetloa -o Three Handred m4 Fifty Mile of Truck, Ihorlri. In Mnlit Mae. Fmce the announcement of the rout of Milwaukee to the northwest anil the anion of Hill territory by that line the rthern Pacific has become busy perfect ly road that It may more effectively noete for the traffic with the near linn la reported a new line oon will be built 'V cut-o j f ot the off. which will leave the mnln e Northern Pacific at Mllea City following a course directly went. " the Northern Pacific again at fia. The new road will require the ruction of about 360 mllea of track Jwlll shorten the dlntance between St. J and 8eattle about 140 mllea. It will ,do away with the neceaalty of double Ulna; the lino between Mllea City and jtia. Holiday Help Dhorta; lllroad men aay the car situation wax Mderably relieved by Sunday and fstmn comlnit ao near together. Train tb which otherwise would have laid off f Sunday were pressed Into service to 1 cam where they were needed, and thla a service, taken In connection with a it of grain hauled by the farmers, haa d considerably. The elevator men aay local blna are not nearly filled and that fit Ions ara almost normal for thl sea of tae year. Merged la Burlington. Thlhald Gray, assistant general freight nt of the Great Northern at Sioux City, ri be transferred to Seattle and no sue- -or appointed In his place. This la a an Indloatlon - that the Great 'hern line from Sioux City to O'Neill ; if be turned over to the Burlington, as announced some time ago, and that It be made a part of the Omaha division, a la to be separated from the Lincoln kin. SeTenty-SeTea (Set Pensions, "ht annual report of the Union Pacific w seventy-seven employes on the pen- it'llst, to whom $19,621.20 Is paid an- many. A resolution has) been adopted by the DENTISTRY I kindly adlves you to take ad- 4 :j vantage i my niemuus ui junns St 1 nd crowning teeth painlessly Vi j especially If you are temperamon- . I tally nervous or sensitive. Or, if you are overly particular about the appearance of your i teeth, you'll be pleased with my porcelain and enamel work (natural looking.) Again, if th sense of nicety . and cleanliness Is an Important part pf your makeup, you'll find . rt i no discord in my oraco or services Tr!, My prices aro very reasonuble. DR. FICKES, Dentlst 'Phono Doug. 637. 338 Bee Uldg. "7 VIA Be Missouri VjTley Car Service and Storage bureau to reduce the free time on ship ments of bituminous coal, coke, bulk lime and ore from seventy-two to eighteen hours. This will become effective on Feb ruary 1 next. The action taken Is the re sult of the unprecedented car shortage which prevails on all the roads membe,., of the bureau. Orraoa abort l.lse Kstenslnn. Large forces of men are still at work on the Oregon 8hort Line extension ' from Marysvllle to Yellowstone park. Grading gang are now working In the vicinity of Osborne and the big ranch owned by Vice President and General Manager W. II. Bancroft of the Oregon Short Line and other Harriman officials. The line Is now about thirty-six miles from the edge of the park, but as the grade Is easy, next spring- opening Is a certainty. This will give another and better Inlet to the Yel lowstone and will give a good route for entrance and exit. JOHNSON CASE POSTPONED Hearing of Injanrtloa Against Post master Palmer la Set for Another Date. The hearing on the application for an In Junction made by J. Cook Johnson to re strain Postmaster Palmer of Omaha from Interfering with the mall addressed to Johnson, which was booked for Thursday morning, has been continued to January 3. Johnson is a poultry dealer, doing business several miles from Omaha, and was In dicted by the federal grand Jury at Lincoln In October for using the t'nlted States malla for purposes to defraud. The charges against him were that he failed to comply with the terms of his advertisements In the sale and delivery of fancy poultry to certain customers and th. y rained a kick about It. A fraud order was In the mean while Issued against Johnson and all mall addressed to" him was ordered sent -to the dead letter office. A considerable quantity of such mail has already been sent to Washington and Johnson began suit In the j Jt"Wrt IvenCorih military pri-onl Frank United States circuit court to restrain the j pannelka. Company K. Third battalion en nnstmaster at Omaha from withholding glneers, for denertion. dishonorable dls- from proper delivery all such mall received at Omaha to Johnson's add. ess. LOTS FOR NEW SYNAGOGUE Property How la Hand by Ruasiar Congregation Israel on Chicago Street. . Deeds changed hands Thursday transfer ring a lot at the southeast corner of Twenty-first and Chicago streets to the Russian Congregation Israel. The con gregation will build on the property as soon as It can dispose of Its synagogue and lot on Capitol avenue. This Is likely to be soon, as several bids have already been made for the old home. The deal wa made through Robinson & Wolf. WILTSE EXPECTS FAIR DEAL Cedar County Senator Predleta n Break In Electing; Korrla Brown at Lincoln. "I look for the republican majority in the legislature to carry out the party's pledge and elect Norrls Brown to the United States si-nate," said Senator-elect George W. Wiltse of Randolph, who, with his family, stopped off In Otnuha on their way to Lincoln for the winter. "I was a Rosewater man In the state convention, but Mr. I trow n got the nomination and, as The Bee says, that ought to bo treated as a binding obligation upon those who agreed to stand by the artion of the convention. I think It would be a mistake to repudiate sf c. 29 GOOD RETURNING TO JANUARY 7, TO ALL STATIONS ON THE NORTH-WESTERN SYSTEM AND MANY POINTS BEYOND THE ONLY DOUBLE TRACK North-Western Line Ticket Offices, 1401-14 03 Farnam St. Union Station and Webster Street Depot that action, and I think, furthermore, there Is not the remotest possibility of such repudiation." On the matter of reform legislation Sena tor Wtltse says he feels sure the session will make good on Its pledges to the people. MICHIGAN ALUMNI BANQUET Faaetlon at Omaha flah Will Be At tended by Promlaeat Mem bers of Pacnlty. The alumni of th I'nlverslty of Michigan now in Omaha, will give an elaborate ban quet at the Omaha club Jsnuary 8 at 7 p. m.. when two leading members of the law and engineering faculties will be present and will respond to toasts. Besides the Omaha alumni, rromlnent graduates of Michigan from Nebraska and neighboring states will be present. The last Michigan banquet In Omaha,, was held In 1M and was an occasion long to be remembered. The committee has completed all arrange ments and a large gathering of the former students Is expected In I.lne with the fnrf Foo4 The National Food and Drug act which takes effect January 1, ItOT, does not af fect Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In any manner. No special labels ar required on this remedy under that Act. as It Is free from opiates and narcotics of every char acter, making It a safe remedy for mothers tp use with their children. This remedy has been in use for so many years, and Its good qualities ara so well known, that no one need hesitate to use it when troubled with a cough or cold. Mangum & Co., LETTER SPECIALISTS. NEWS FOR THE ARMY. The following general court-martial sen tences have been approved by Major gen eral A. W. Oreely. commanding the De partment of the Missouri, and are ordered carried Into effect: Privates Willie Tow son, Troop It, Tenth cavalry, for assault with Intent to kill, dishonorable discharge Harry X. Streeter. Troop A.- Thirteenth avalry, for larceny and breaking his pa role, dishonorable discharge and one year and four months' Imprisonment; Charles l'horun. Company L. Third battalion of en gineers, for desertion, dishonorable dls chnrge nnd two years' Imprisonment; Frank C. Platter. Company I, Third battalion of inglneers, for drunkenness nnd assault with Intent to kill, dishonorable discharge and live years' Imprisonment; Iewls F. Curtis, Thirty-fifth company coast artillery, for desertion, dishonorable discharge and one year's Imprisonment; Allen C. Wright. Troop F. Ninth cavalry, fur opening regis tered letter and appropriating the money contpt to his own use, dishonorable dis charge and six months' Imprisonment; Michael Gorgan, Troop B, Thirteenth cav lry. conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline, dishonorable discharge nod fourteen months' imprisonment; Thomas P. Williamson, Trnop P., Thirteenth 'Hvalry. conduct preiudlclal to good order ind military discipline, dishonorable dls hnrge and six months' Imprisonment: Au gust I. Katx, Troop C, Thirteenth cavalry, for desertion, dishonorable discharge and two and a half years' Imprisonment; Fre.l Willis. Troop F. Ninth cavalrv, for leaving post while on duty, dishonorable discharge nnd six months' Imprisonment: Clarence Wardlaw, Company I, Ktchteenth Infantry, for desertion, dishonorable discharge and Fix months' Imprisonment. The sentence of Imprisonment will be carried out in each Instance at the Fort Leavenworth military prison. Second Lieutenant Rmmett Addle of the Tenth cavalry has been granted ten days' leave of ahsence. Private Francis J. Lynch of Troop B. Eleventh cavalry,, haa been granted his hon orable discharge from the army. Orders have been Issued from Department of the Missouri headquarters for the pay ment of troops of the department for the month of December. Payments will be made at Forts Riley and Leavenworth by Cuptain J. M. Slgworth; Forts Crook, Omaha and Des Moines by Captain C. B. Sweer.oy, and at Forts Robinson, Meade and Washakie by Captain B. D. Slaughter. i". - ow Holiday "THE BEST OF EVERYTHING" to31,inciu DARK CLOUDS OVER SMITH Suspicion of Him as Enmmelhart Mardtrer Eecomu afore General POLICE THINK HE MAY BE THE FIEND Hare t'onrlaslre Evidence, Chief Says, that He la Gallty of Other Crimes Revolting In Character. "He 1m a bad character and we shall ex haust every resource at our command to determine his connection, if any, with th murder of Josephine Rummelhart," was Chief Donahue's comment on Frank Smith, the negro arrested on the south side Wednesday for Insulting Women and girls. "We have the moat conclusive evidence against him for revolting conduct, and a man who would do that would do most anything In that line. Everything about his case Indicates t&at he la a low, de praved Individual. We shall keep him at the city Jail and have every person see him who thinks he or she might be able to throw any light on the case. I want those people In the vicinity of Rlvervlew park who saw the culprit that annoyed women and girls down there last fall to view him." Asked If he personally thought tb fellow connected with the Rummelhart cose, the chief said: "Of course, I could not aay as to that. But I can say he la capable of the most revolting crime. He may be the fiend we have so long looked for." Blar Polat Against Hint. The chief takes as a strong fact against the fellow his utter inability to account for himself for two or three months, ur since the Rummelhart murder, October & He has made nothing but the most In coherent statement and has tried to make it appear he was not In Omaha during the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities, at the close of which the community was shocked by the news of the Rummelhart atrocity. The officers have not as yet mentioned to him anything about this crime. Not only Chief Donahue, but Captain Moetyn and other police officers are In clined to the theory that Smith took the life of Miss Rummelhart Aid also com mitted the depredations at Rlvervlew park. Women who claim to be able to Identify the latter criminal will see him at the Jail, and if they determine he la the fiend they are looking for the police say a big point will be made toward getting the creature who committed the Dodge street crlmo. If Smith has dwelt upon the Rummelhart murder since his arrest no one around police headquarters knows it, nor does Smith know that the authorities are fitting upon him the garment of guilt of this dastardly crime. Smith was arraigned In police court Thursday morning and sentenced to thirty days in Jail. He will be confined for the term of his sentence in the city Jail, as he will be needed many times for the purpose of establishing his Identity and his pos sible connection with the various crimes with which he Is suspected. Jewel theater, continuous moving pictures and Illustrated songs. Noon until llp. m. fci-k Wedding Rings, Edholm. Jeweler. Colored Woman Ronnil Over. Ella Smith and James Klmmerlin, col ored residents of the Third ward, were bound over for trial In the district court under bonds of Into each oy Judge Craw ford Thursday morning on the charge of robbing Charles Anderson of Chicago of t.16 last Monday night. ..The woman ad rnitted stealing 315 from Anderson and said she gave part of the money to Klmmerlin The pompl1ntnsr witness was held to ap pear at the trial under bond of 81"". HOW' TO CASH IN THE CHIPS Street Hallway Laborers Often F. rhaage Fare for Beer or Other Drinks. "What sort of a chip was that he gave you?" asked a passenger of an Omnha street car conductor, after the latter had received a circular blue article from a portly man on the back platform. "Oh, those are the chips the company gives Its laborers to ride to and from work on," was the answer. "But that well dressed tr.an doesn't han dle a pick and shovel, does he?" "No. I suppose he Is a saloon keeper. You see, each laborer Is given two chips each evening, one to pay his way home and one to pay his way back to work in the morning. Some of the men buy beer with the chips and walk home. Once In a while you find a saloon man who has enough chips In his pockets to pay his fare for a week." DODGE RETURNS ".SATURDAY Candidate for Speaker Will Proceed to Lincoln Without Stop- ping In Omaha. N. P. Dodge, Jr., will return from the east Saturday and without stopping at Omaha will go to Lincoln to open his campaign for the speakership of the house. Repre sentative Tucker has opened headquarters for Mr. Dodge at room 4, Llndell hotel, and Mr. Dodge is expected to get the Douglas county delegation together there for a con ference soon after his arrival In Lincoln. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. . Captain II. E. Palmer was In Lincoln Thtirsdny morning. City Clerk Butler has gone to Ottawa, III., with his aged father, to visit an uncle who la seriously 111. Miss Helen O'Brien of New York Is spemllng the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Herman Matthes. R. M. Johnson, a prominent attorney of, Stuart, !s in Omaha to attend the Public Ownership league meeting. T. W. Blackburn left Thursday for Cali fornia, where he will spend two months vMtinff his mother and for the bent-fit of his health. Chief Clerk Kenyon rf the Murray hotel hos resigned that position to take effect January 1. lie has been compelled to re linquish the hotel business on account of his fulling health, lie will take a vacation of several months before deciding upon what business he will engage In for the future. , W. W. Marts of Auburn. John Halversnn of Culbertson, L. A. Welgle of NorthhVId, H. J. Tnroetenberg of Norman, Okl. ; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Campbell of Grand Island, Kate I. Stoker of Bartlett, J. C. Martin of Falls City, A. M. Morrissey of Valentine, O. W. Metz of Button and C. C. Pent of Fullerton are at the Merchants. Paul Harms, chief clerk of the Depart ment of the Missouri, will leave Friday evening for Havana, for duty at the Amer ican army headquarters there, under com mand of Brigadier General T. J. Wlnt. Mr. Harms' family will not accompany him, preferring to remain in Omaha for the present and until matters become more settled In Cuba. Raltrray Notes and Personals. General Manager Walters of the North western has gone to Chicago, S. M. Braden, assistant general superin tendent of the Northwestern, was In Omaha Thursday. Dr. A. F. Jonas, head of the medical de partment of the Union Pacific, has gone to Cuba for an extended vacation. C. E. Spens, general freight agent of the Burlington, has returned from Chicago, where he spent the Christmas holidays. The meeting of the land agents if the Union Pacific, which was scheduled for Thursday at Union Pacific headquarters In Omaha, was called off by the I'nion Pa cific and no definite date set for another meeting. 1 LINE TO .Rates Prc-Invcntory and alter Xmas Stock Reducing All small lots broken as sortments must be moved sharp price reductions have been made in nearly every section of our store Reductions i n desirable merchandise are in ac cordance with the fixed policy of this house to dis pose of all goods within their season. e(Wfmfotfsi P MA .--..-saanamnMnmaMSiJSMasM CNE MAN 0VER ALL LIGHTS Sew Ordlnanra Proposes Electrician as Monitor of Gas, Too Places Meters t'nder Ills Control. The city legal department has prepared for Councilman Funkhotiser an ordinance which, If passed, will give to the city elec trlclan full charge of the city gas and ar lights. The principal feature of the ncv ordinance la a provision that the electrlcia t-liall have tinder his control meters whlc will register the electrlcty furnished tl c-lty, so that a. complete check may be h;i by a city official of the current suppltr and of the "outage," the latter inform. tlon being now furnished the city elect r cian by electric light officials. Pntrolmi. are supposed to' report cases of electric lights being out, but the electrician's rec ords fall to show that the patrolmen have been carrying out that rule to any extent. CHRISTMAS AT CITY MISSION VonngT Folks Are Entertained and Given Good Things by Snnta Clans. Christmas still lingers In Omaha. The City mission, on Tenth street between Dodge and Douglas, was yesterday the scene of two celebrations. In the morning the boys who are under the care of Miss Magee had a Christmas tree and 200 of them received presents. Dean Beecher of Trinity CHthedral spoke. In the afternoon 200 girls held festival and Jan.l CHICAGO T-t fc!T? !?! J,' '!! lU.ja"l'""jJ B and "real and truly" Santa Claus passed presents to them, while a short talk was made by C. V. Robel. This was the third of the Christmas festivals at the mission, one having been hed Monday for JewlsU children. LOCAL BREVITIES. J. B. Bernnek In making, preparations to 'rect a 8.1.5HO residence lit Twenty-fourth nd Arbor streets, on plans drawn by F. V. K telle. Charged with the theft of twenty cases f Cel-Pep-Ko last Friday. Phil Blot-ky as discharged after a hearing before udge Crawford Thursday morning. J. E. Daugherty, J. M. Allen and their ppectlve wives were discharged in pollcs urt Thursday morning on the charge of lgaglng In a free-for-all fight Christina iglit at their home, 20?3 Burt street. Building Inspector WIthncll Is having printed a summary of Omaha's building operations for l!Mi. These reports may he had after January 1 on application at th building Inspector' office. Mr. Wlthnell distributed ?MD of the 1W6 reiiorts. A sneak thief stole a leather satchel Wed nesday afternoon from the hair-dress ng parlors of Mrs. Schedel, 1522 Douglas street, which had been placed on the ftnor by tho owner, Mrs. Minnie Frlcke 3-55 Charles street. The satchel contained toilet article valued at about 85. The Wllke-Mitchell company has Incor porated to do a general grocery business In Omaha. The capital stock Is 310.000 and William Wllke, Harry L. Mitchell and Ed ward E. Wise are the Incorporators. The firm Is now doing business at Fortieth and Farnam streets as Wllke & Mitchell. The case against Susie Duffy, colored, who was arrested on the night of Decem ber 19 on suspicion of having robbed Albeit Kobs of Bennington of 3 while in her house at 1015c cnpltol avenue, was dis missed in police court Thursday morning for lack of prosecution, the complaining witness giving up the chase for his i'i In VIA 4 7 V