TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. JANUARY 11, 1007.
i
IAP AT TDE ROCK ISLAND
irain Exohtnc and Commercial Club Ap
peal for fa-OparatioB of Mamttn.
aBnWaaannan
UNION TO RESIST INIMICAL RATES
Railroad Cantlnaes la It Flaht aa
Omaha and It Dlserlntlaa
. tloa la Favar al
Kansas Cltr.
It U evident the commercial Interests of
Omaha do not Intend to allow the position
of Kansas City with regard to tha grain
territory of Nebraska to pass unchal
lenged. Membera of tha Omaha Grain e
ohonge and tha Commercial club hava re
ceived a circular aigned by the secretaries
of theaa organisation, reminding them nf
tha Inimical attitude of the Rock Island
toward Omaha and calling attention par
ticularly to a recent advance In ratea which
extend tha Nebraska territory affected by
tha . "equalization" plan ao adverse to
Omaha'a Interests.
The circular reads:
Commercial Club of Omaha Omaha Oraln
Exchange Omaha, Jan. 8, 1907. Confiden
tial to our Members: On Jaauary 1, l7,
the rates on grain from Omaha and Kan-
City to Memphis, Tenn., were advanced
1 cent per hundredweight. This advance
extends very materially the Nebraska ter
ritory affected by the Iniquitous "equalisa
tion plan of the Rock Island-Prlsco ays
tem. Had there been any doubt In the
mind of any Omaha man aa to the pur
pos of tha Rock Inland-Frisco system In
putting the plan In effect that doubt would
be dlnpelled by an official atntement of the
transportation manager of the Kansas City
Board of Trade (a copy of which Is In our
possession), In which he commends tho
plan and congratulates his members over
the additional territory opened up by Its
operation to Kansas City merohanta.
iOvery effort is being made by our trans-
F rotation department not only to resist
urther extension of this plan by the Rock
Inland-Frisco system, but to compel that
system to withdraw It entirely. Wa he
apeak your continued co-operation to this
end and we thank you heartily for your
loyalty and for the assistance you litve
already given us. Respectfully,
J. M. GUILD,
Commissioner Commercial Club of Omaha,
E. 3. M VANN.
Secretary Omaha Oraln Exchange.
Kaasaa City Makes Boast.
The occasion for the circular is said to
have been an open boast of Kansas City
regarding Its advantages over Omaha In
jouthern Nebraska, made poc jlble by the
Kansas' City-Memphis "equal! satton" plan
of the 'Frisco and Rock Island. .H. O.
Wilson, manager of the transportation de
partment of the Kansas City Board of
Trade, In an article January 1 In the Dally
Drovers' Telegram of Kansas City, out
lined the effect of the plan on Kanaas City
grain Interests and congratulated his mem
bers on having obtained that valuable con
cession from tha railroads. He added:
The arrangement mentioned above has
not yet been extended to cover all of tha
producing territory to which this market
is entitled, hut the transportation depart
ment is still at work and hopes to ulti
mately accomplish favorable results.
A meeting of the transportation depart
ment of the- Omaha Oraln exchange waa
Wednesday morning and threatened to ex
terminate tha whole family, but waa dis
suaded from his course by the timely ar
rival of Officer I-ahey.
MRS. WHITMARSH IS DEAD
Wlfa at Lata Caaoa at Trtalty
Cathedral Dies mi florae
of Sss.
Mrs. Rebecca Bheldon Whltmarsh died at
the home of her son Frank, 1544 Georgia
avenue, at 4: a, m. Thursday, after an
acute Illness of two weeks, during most
of which time her life hung In the balance
aa the result of a stroke of paralysis. The
dissolution of the blood clot on the brain
caused a marked gain In the condition of
tha patient three days ago and for the first
time then, since Ihe stroke, some hope for
her recovery was entertained, but she again
tank and death was recognised to be but a
matter of a few days at the farthest. The
daughter Katherlne and son Frank were
at tha bedside at the time of death, to
gether with the nurse.
Mrs. Whltmarsh had been falling for
several months and suffered the attack of
paralysis December 30, which brought on
heart trouble. Her death was directly due
to the latter cause. She Is survived by
three children, Frank, Katherlne and a
married daughter, Mrs. Owen Hicks of
Cleveland, O. A brother, Frank Sheldon of
Providence, R. I., spent several days In
Omaha recently and returned to his home
last Tuesday evening, when Mrs. Whlt
marsh showed considerable Improvement
and It was thought she might recover.
Mrs. Whltmarsh was the wife of the
lata Canon William T. Whltmarsh, who died
December 7, 1906. Mr. Whltmarsh came to
Omaha about the time of the consecration
of Bishop Worthlngton and was the bishop's
private secretary and secretary of this
diocese for several years until he was com
pelled to relinquish his positions In on
account of 111 health. Canon Whltmarsh
was born in England and came to this
country in 1871, when he was a Baptist
minister. He had charge of parl-hes at
Norfolk, Va., and Warren, O., being burled
at the latter place. He accepted the Episco
pal doctrine during his pastorate at Warren
and entered a theolnrlcal seminary. He
was the author of "The History of the
Dlocrse of Nebraska." as well as many
sermons and church papers. For many
years he was ennon at Trinity cathedral.
The funeral will take place Friday after
noon at I o'clock from Trinity cathedral.
The remains will be sent to Providence, R.
I., for Interment
TWO JOKERS WHO ARE JOKED
Yonna Woman at Stocking- Coaster
and Man In Shoe Store Woald
Like to Know.
She Is a clerk at the stocking counter
In a large dry goods store. He Is a clerk
In one of the leading shoe stores. She has
a "gentleman" friend with a fine sense of
humor, and in return she Is also gifted
with a little humor herself and a wall
developed bump of get-evennoss.
This "gentleman" friend with a fine sense
A ft..,...... nDtUil hn ,.n , n A K -
held to consider this declaration of policy. Mort Qulu,ng 0m, an(, eome ,uch
I " , !, . " ,u,,,n" ol lne colloquy aa this took place:
discrimination in the publlo mind afresh
and. to make further efforts to compel the
Rock Island-'Frlsco system to withdraw
the plan.'
"Hello, this Miss T"
"Yes."
"Say, Miss , I am an actor and I
htv. in rnt a nntp nf stncklnira hefore I
A member of the Grain exchange quotes I can go on wlth my part tonight. It's about
a high traffic official of a big railroad a
saying recently on a visit to Omaha
1 6 o'clock now, but I can't get down ' to
I the store before about tt:15. Wish you
The Kansas City grain market has been ; would get out your best fall-length stock-
the beneficiary of the rankest railroad dls-
ings and wait for rae, will you?"
crimination ever Itnnwn n r. H ita r..i. i -
based UDon that discrimination Nm )h i "Yes, be glad to."
it Is no longer possible to secretly fuvor 1 And she waited and waited, and waited
f.-'LI?1; Y w.,n nnd a bl cl"" ' ! some more, and when the "actor" failed
at uiai w v. llllinjl lUIIl'V. 11, Jt ksa
V gfiiwvr tu ,aaiu IV u-cajcaia vr u " u vis saus
that that was a "dark" night at the thea
ter In question, she began to. gather . up
her full-length stockings , and put them
back where they belonged.
That night ; she went home and put in
an evening of deep thinking.
'.'Who could it be?" she pondered, re
volving halt a dosen names in her mind.
Bhs wasn't certain, but In order not to be
the only "easy mark" In town she re
solved to try the same thing on her friend,
the shoe clerk. The next day she called
him up and aaid she was an actress and
had to have a pair of slippers before she
could go on with her part. 8he described
the slippers she wanted and said she could
not get to the store before about 6:30.
Would he wait? Why, he'd be there till
1:30 the next evening If necessary for a
voice like that.
"And I waited, all right, all right," he
told a friend that night; "waited till long
paat the time ahe said, with my counters
smeared with all the slippers I had in the
store. But she came not."
Now there's a stocking clerk who'd give
most any old thing to discover who her
humorous friend. Is and there's a shoe
clerk who'd give his next week's wages to
soe the color of the girl's hair who "stood
him up" for several hours and made his
heart go pitter-patter.
ONE DIES ON WAY TO OMAHA
Baenatlv Committeeman mt' Wood
men Meet, C. K. Irwin
Dying; on Train.
The board of managers of the executive
committee of the Woodmen of the World
is In session In Omaha to audit the books
of the order In preparation for the meet
ing of the sovereign camp at Norfolk, Va.,
In May. Those present are: Judge N. W.
Maxey of Muskogee, I. T. : J. E. Fitzger
ald of Kansas City, J. Q. Rawson of Cleve
land. E. B. Lewis of Klnston. 8. C; Y. E.
Patterson of Chattanooga and C. C. Farmer
or Mt. Carroll, 111.
C. K. Irwin, another member of the
board of managers, died while enroute to
the meeting and his body was taken back
to Mllwaukt from there to be taken to
Tomah, Wis., for burial. J. C. Root, M. W,
Maxwell and C. C. Farmer were a commit
tee to accompany the body to Milwaukee.
The book as audited abow the largest
gain In niembejrnhip for the last year of any
year since tLf, organisation was formed.
Applications were received for over 86,000
new members and a net gain of over 76,000
members was made. A gain was shown In
the reserve fund of over S1.000.C00, making
the fund for thlsMlstrlct nearly 15,000,000.
This committee has not the power to
act on the question of the new building
which will be erected on the newly pur
chased lot east of the present headquar
ters. Additional ground of the same di
mension as the present building has been
bought. It haa nut been determined just
what will be done, or. In fact, officially de
termined to build, but all concede the
building is needed, and It la thought the
sovereign camp will order the building
built. The plan of the local officers is to
have a large assembly room, besides suffi
cient room for the various meetings of the
different branches of the order, which are
now meeting all over the city.
COUNTY ASD CUT ICE BIDS
Oommiiilooira Hold Up and Ccraioil la
' . jeoti Propois.li for cspplie.
OFFICIALS SAY PRICES ARE EXORBITANT
tee Dealers ftln Their Fnvorlte nitty.
"What Will the Harvest Be,"
and Mayor Premises
Thing's.
The 1907 ce situation Is engro-nlng the
minds of those who have to do with letting
the city and county ice contracts for the
year. There la a suspicion that the Ice men
are trying a hocus-pocus gsme, but the deal
ers In this congealed summer necessity de
clare they have been inspired only by the
beat of motives and actuated by business
principles in the submission of bids. The
status of the matter now Is the city will
readvertlse for bids, after rejecting the
only bid received, and that the county
commissioners have taken no action In the
Ice matter, having received only two bids,
neither of which seems to tempt the com
missioners. A threatened short crop is the chief rea
son offered by Ice men for the enormous
prices mentioned in bids made on city and
county contracts.
During 1906 the People's Ice and oal
company supplied the county Jail and court
house Ice under a contract of M per ton
and the county hospital at 86 cents per ton
In carload lota delivered at the Institution.
That company said It lost money on the
deal. The People's company bid $7 per
ton for Ice delivered to the county Jail and
court house and tl per ton for the county
hospital for this year, while the only bid
received by the city in response to Its ad
vertisement was from the Omaha Cold
Storage and Ice company, offering to sep
arate Itself from Ice for a consideration of
18 per ton.
Conncll Qnlelc to Reject.
The city council quickly rejected the lone
18 bid received and Instructed the city clerk
to readvertlse early In the spring when the
site of the. crop will then have been aa
sured. By accepting that bid the city offi
cials thought they would be establishing a
bad precedent for the year. The People's
company had the city contract lost year
for 16 per ton.
A representative of the People's company
explained the difference between their 1906
county contract and bid offered for this
year by saying:
"When we bid last year we baaed our
figures on the experience of not having had
a bad crop for ten years. As was known
the 1906 crop was short, not only In Omaha,
but elsewhere. We furnished the county
offices In Omaha with Ice at tl per ton and
lost money on that. Why, we had numer
ous offers of to per ton for ice on the care
at our houses from various towns through
out the state. With last year's experience
we decided to take no chances this seaaon,
so made our bids at a safe figure. Here
we have January 10 and the ice on Cut-Off
lake not yet ready to cut. While we do
not say we will have a short crop the time
Is getting close to what might be termed
the eleventh hour for a good crop."
And In the meantime Mayor Jim la hav
ing the city legal department draw up an
ordinance placing the Ice men under the
health department and requiring them to
take out regular licenses which, according
in the proposed ordinance, may be for
feited if the dealers violate certain provi
sions, one being a requirement of purity
of product.
The mayor said when he gets a hammer
lock on the Ice men this spring things will
be different.
tence on the vagrancy charge. With other
prisoners he had been put at work cleaning
the streets snd tried to escape about a
week ago, but was captured by Detec
tive Ferris after a hot chase. Ell seltel
a favorable opportunity Monday afternoon,
when the speedy Detective Ferris was not
In sight and when the man In charge of the
work gang was looking the other way and
made good his escape.
TRIEBER DECISION STANDS
Arkanans J a dare Refuses to Set Aside
Jadgment for Deliberate
liiwren, -
The strenuous session of the t'nlted States
equity court Under Judge Trlrber In De
cember Is. still remembered by many of
the attorneys, who had cases before him.
The rapidity with which his Judgments
were rendered caused a cold chill to pervade
vertebra of a dumber of deliberate at
torneys, especially when they found that
their cases had come to Judgment through
their neglect In being on hand to prosecute
or defend them.
The case of Walker G. Powell and others
against Gould A Miller was one of these.
In a suit on certain notes. The plaintiffs
did not show up when the case was set
for trial, but the defendants were present
and proceeded to take testimony In the
case. The resuR was that no controverting
evidence being produced, Judge Trieber di
rected the Jury to return a verdict for the
defendants.
The plaintiffs Immediately filed a petition
to set aside the Judgment and Judge Trieber
has Just returned his opinion on the petition
overruling the petition to ret aside the
Judgment and affirming his former decision.
WOMEN ON HEALTH CRUSADE
Conftr with Dr. Coaaall an Abate and
Correation it food Supplies,
DAIRYMEN FIRST TO FALL UNDER BAN
Honsehold Eeonomlra Department of
Woman's Clnh Will Keen Tab
on Milkmen Worthy
of Patronnae,
WHEN ICE. CREAM IS" GENUINE
Effect of Pnre Food Uw Dlseaased
uy Dealers In This Confection.
In Line with the Pure Food Law.
Tlie National Food and Drug act which
takes effect January 1, 1907, does not af
fect Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in any
manner. No special labels are 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
to use with their children. This remedy
has been in use for so many years, and
Its good qualities are so well known, that
no one used hesitate to use it whan troubled
with a cough or cold.
"Doctor" Pays for His Threat.
Df. J. W. Dunbar, a chiropodist with offi
ces In the Neville block, was found guilty
In police court Thursday morning of hav
ing threatened Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Smith,
2ul3 Isard street. Wednesday morning by
flourishing a revolver and was fined and
costs. Dunbar went to Smith's honr.e
PAINLESS DENTISTRY
Toith Talk No. 103
The usual run or "Painless
Dentistry" advancements savor so
strongly Of cheapness aiul quack
iani that a.. well balanced persun
gives them little or no thought
viher than to wish there really was
such a thing as painlessness In
ileiitltitry. 1 tell you there is such
a thing.
I do not wish to be classed with
the so-called "pulnles dentists."
but I do giv Vou niy word that,
by the aid of proper remedies, oem
and aktll. I have practically elimi
nated pain from my operation. 1
can prove It. ,
OR. FICKES,
Dentist
'Phone Doug. tlT. I3t He illd.
we'
LAVELLE SETS LAST BRAKE
I'nJon Paelfle Switchman Klips on ley
Car and Falls I'nder
Wheels.
T. 1. Lavelle, a switchman for the Union
Pacific, had both lower limbs badly
crushed about 8 a. m. Thursday when he
fell from the top of a moving freight car
In the Union Pacific freight yards and was
run over by the car. He as taken to St.
Joseph's hospital and Is In a critical condi
tion, as It will be necexsary to amputate
his left leg and his recovery Is considered
extremely doubtful.
Lavslle was making what is termed a
"flying switch" and climbed on top of the
car to set the brakes after the car had
been released from the switch engine and
was traveling slowly from the momentum
received. The top of the car was covered
with sleet and ice, making the footing
very precarious. I-avelU tried to set the
brake at one end of the car and the brako
wheel suddenly broke. His feet slipped on
the Icy roof of the car when the brake
gave way and he fell to the tracks below
directly In front of the moving car. La
velle tried to save himself from injury by
cramping his legs, but the wheels passed
over his right foot and leg, severing the
heel from his oot, and then passed di
rectly over his left thigh. Both wheels of
the car passed over the prostrate body of
the man and he waa unconscious when
picked up. Amputation of the injured
member haa been deferred on account of
I.avelle's weak condition, as he was very
low Thursday afternoon.
Ijtvelle is about S& years of age and mar
ried. He lived with his wife at 1716 Jack
son street. He has been In the employ of
the Union Papltlo company as a switchman
for several years, but had been working
nights only a few wevks.
ALL PLEAD GUILTY BUT ONE
Many Prisoners, Mostly Colored, Are
Arrnlgaeal In the Dls.
trlct Conrt.
Many prisoners, more than half of them
colored, were arraigned In the district
court Thursday morning. All entered pleaa
of not guilty with the exception of John
Wright, colored, accused of larceny from
the person. He was connected with the
robbery of Dennis Sullivan, for which Net
tie Miles was sentenced Wedneaday to a
jear in the penitentiary. The charge
gulntt hint was changed to assault and
batler and he was given sixty days in
the county Jail, sentence to date from the
Uir.a 6f Ui eri-enl. a month ago.
Jupt when ice cream is Ice cream under
the pure food law la a question that is
being discussed among the local Ice cream
manufacturers. The pure food law stipu
lates that ice cream Is a froren product
made from cream and sugar with or with
out a natural flavoring and contains not
loss than 14 per cent of milk fat. The law
also stated what fruit Ice cream and nut Ice
cream are. The department has ruled
ngalnst the use of condensed milk, eggs,
corn starch, gelatine and vegetable gums.
H. B. Graham of the Farmers' Co-Op-cratlve
Creamery and Supply company, haa
taken this matter up with Dr. Wiley of the
Pure Food commission for a more definite
understanding on the matter, particularly
the use of gelatine.
It is believed, however, that the use of
gelatine will be permitted, as experts claim
gelatine must be used to produce "Ice
cream." They say ice cream would not be
Ice cream without gelatine, which Is de
clared a necessity rather than an- adul
terant.
The new law. It Is said, will sound the
death knell to products which have been
sold for Ice cream and which hava tested
only from 4 to 6 per cent fat. One dealer
handling a high grade of Ice cream says:
"We are not shedding any tears at the
funeral of the corn starch and condensed
milk manufacturers of Ice cream, but we
must admit that an emulsifying agent
(gelatine) is an absolute necessity in order
to make a cream that la satisfactory to
the dispenser and consumer."
JULIET WAITS FOR ROMEO
Yonnn Woman Arrives on Time to
Meet Her trover, bnt He
Comes Xot.
Who knows where A. J. Nelson IsT
Mlsa Belle House of Clifton, Kan., Is
patiently awaiting hlra at Union station
to come and lead her to the marriage
alter. Through the failure of the de
livery of a mesage saying she would
arrive on the first tmln Nelson has not
put In an appearance. Having known
Nelson for sometime, Miss House, who is
quite a comely young woman, continued a
correspondence with him and when he
arrived In Omaha from Kansas City Sat
urday and sent her word he had a posi
tion as a pastry cook and also sent her
money for her ticket to oome to Omaha,
she wired back she would be up on the
first train, but the message is still unde
livered. Miss House awaits Nelson at the station
and in the meanwhile awaits money from
her sister In Nebraska to take her back
home. She says 'She haa a bank book
showing she has plenty of money to take
her hac." home, but cannot be Identified In
a strange city. Nelson waa sent to Omaha
from Kansas City Saturday, having se
cured a position here through an employ
ment agency at Kansas City. '
ELL AT LAST MAKES ESCAPE
Impatient Prisoner Ineeeedo ta Ree
and Attempt mt Cnlnlngr
Ills Liberty.
Ater one unsuccessful attempt to escape
from his Irksome confinement at the city
Jail, where he had been sentenced to apend
thirty days' on a charge of vagrancy, John
Ell, alias "Frenchy," made a second at
tempt Monday afternoon and is now at
liberty. Ell was suspected of having robbed
the Salvation Army barn rear Eleventh
street and Capitol avenue about two weeks
ago, but his complicity in the crime could
not be proven, ae he was givaa the sou-
CHARGE OF STARVING BABY
Father and Mother Are Aecnaed of
Inhnman Treatment of Their
Little One.
Charged with starving their 9 months
old child until it was nothing but skin
and bones and then giving It away to a
neighbor, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hcffner, who
live at 606 Poppleton avenu, were ar
rested Wednesday night by Juvenile Officer
Mogy. Bernstein. The mother was dis
missed in police court Thursday morning,
but a complaint will be filed by th.s county
attorney against the father of the child
charging him with cruelty and child. aban
donment. It Is alleged that Hcffinr al
lowed the munificent sum of 5 cents a day
to buy milk for the baby, and whon It be
came so emaciated and practically starved
he gave it to Mrs. E. Blake, f;19 Hickory
street, who has since given the child the
best of care and probably saved It from
death .by starvation. Althougn over 9
months of oge the baby does not welg'n as
much as a normal Infant 2 months of age.
FORTY TRAINS OF MATERIAL
Twelve Hundred Carlonds nf. 8nb
stance Pnt Into M. E. Smith
B'alldlnn- Already.
"Forty tralnloads of material have been
put in that one building," said Contractor
C. H. My rick Thursday morning, pointing
to the new M. E. 8mith warehouse, on
which the eighth and last story Is being
built. "Yes, sir, 1,200 carloruJs of material,
which would make forty trains of thirty
cars each. Those are the figures for the
one building, and the other is Just as
large."
On the second M. E. Smith building the
bricklayers are working on the seventh
story. The roof has been reached on the
Rome hotel, which is being built by the
same contractors who have the Smith buildings.
DAVIS WARNS COUNCILMEN
Physlrlnn-Connellmnn Deelnres Pub
lic Tongue In Dnnsrer from
Envelopes.
Councilman Davis at Wednesday .even
ing's meeting of the city council suggested
that In letting the city contract for en
velopes it should be stipulated that mu
cilage on envelopes should not contain
corrosive sublimate, which Dr. Davis ex
plained was an Injurious preservative com
monly used. He also said a law should be
passed prohibiting the sale of any en
velopes In Omaha which contained tha
chemical mentioned. The city comptroller
was Instructed to act on Mr. Davis' sug
gestion so far as buying envelopes for tho
city was concerned.
ICE HARVEST NOT ON AS YET
Cnttlnc Will Not Begin Till Thickness
of Eight or Mae Inches
Obtains.
No start has been made toward cutting
ice this winter as yet. The ice at Cut Off
is from six to seven Inches thick In some
spots, but more cold weather Is needed be
fore It can be cut. The dealers are all
framed up and will make a start at cut
ting as soon as the Ice shows a thickness
of between eight and nine inchea. The
publlo Is watching the Ice crop ss well as
the dealers, for the public must foot the
bills. Ice is now bringing about $10 a ton
when delivered in retail districts and the
good housewife Is hoping for a good freesa
that the crop may be plentiful and the
price reduced for next summer. .
City Health Commissioner Connell pre
sented before the household economics de
partment of the Woman's club Thursday
morning a few facte concerning some x
luting conditions in Omaha that have
aroused that group of conscientious house
wives to the necessity of doing something.
Just what form or direction their efforts
will take first was not definitely decided,
except that the club women will avail
themselves of the new card system re
cently Installed In the health commission
er's office for keeping a record of the
dairies that afford the city milk supply
and will have a systematic report made to
the department of such dairies as fall to
oomply with the requirements.
The women feel that If the resources of
the department of health and the tlty
ordinances are Insufficient to render them
adequate protection In all thlngSi they can
at least make the most, of the public
records and exercise their prerogative of
talking It tip with their neighbors and their
sister club women. Inducing them to buy
their milk from such dairies as the riepsrt
ment's record shows to be best. 1
Other Vital Mntters.
So much for their plan of war on offend
ing dairymen, but the matter cf meat and
sanitary Inspection, outside vaults In
thickly populated portions of the city and
a few other things present a more difficult
problem. Another meeting will bo devoted
to municipal Investigations soon and some
definite plana will be evolved in the mean
time. It was decidedly personal information
that the women exacted from Dr. Connell
regarding the relntlve standing of the vari
ous dairies and creamery companies, the
official record of them, and as the meet
ing was largely attended and the women
very much In earnest, sons change In
milkmen may be expected. Dr. Connell pro
nounced the dairymen "cute as foxes,"
and snld that persistent, frequent and un
expected tenting of milk on the wagons by
the inspector Is the only possible means of
keeping tip with them. He pronounced the
city ordinances governing sanitation In the
city not only Inadequate, but some of them
an actual handicap to the hearth depart
ment accomplishing anything. The assist
ance of the department and the appropria
tions for Its support, he said, were Insuffi
cient for a city the site of Omnho, Pr.
Connell named several Instances nnd places
where outside vaults are maintained and
are a positive menace to the health of l he
neighborhoods where they are located, but
the department la unable to do more, under
the present laws, than order tliem cleaned.
He asked the co-operation of the club
women in an agitation and an Influence
that will secure better ordinances governing
these things.
Gas Bills Too Hlarh.
There was also some further discussion
of gas bills, which the worsen generally
pronounced increased since tiie reduction
in the cost of gas. " It was suggested that
some representative of the gas company
be Invited to come before the department
or the club to answer some of the ques
tions that the women have found difficult
to explain and also to Justify the com
pany.. If desired. In some of the things of
which It has been accused.
Factory Samples on Sale
Men's New 1907 Sprintf
Hats on special Sale
Friday and Saturday.
values
up to
39
$4
Several hundred factory amples of Uuh newest style
Men'n hats on eal at th. most wonderful price reduc
tion. Every hat a new spring 1907 modl J 30
They are factory 'samples on of a kind I
no two alike worth to $4 Every new X ;
shape and every sire included, choice at
Go Somewhere
Homeseekers' Excursions. To points in Nebraska, Kan
sas, eastern Colorado, "Wyoming and other destinations in
the west and southwest, first and third Tuesdays of each
month.
Reduced One Way Rates. First and third Tuesdays in eac'i
month to various points in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
Indian Territory, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis
souri, Mexico, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South
Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
Winter Tourist Rates Daily. To California and Colorado j
also to resorts in Florida, Cuba and south.
SPECIAL ROUND TRIP RATES FROM OMAHA.
To Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, daily,' $25.85
To Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Jan. 20, 21
and 22 1.. .$18.15
.To Salt Lake City, Jan. 15, 16 and 17 $32.00
To Dallas, Texas, Jan. 19 and 20 $21.20
. EXCELLENT TRAINS TO DENVER. CHICAGO,
ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY.
J. B. REYNOLDS. City PaasenRer Agent,
1S02 Farnaxii Street, Omaha.
a . I. jy'r..- -i.t.0
AGED WAN CHCKES HIS WIFE
Latter, Totterlns; with InSrmltr, Ap
pears in Police Coart
Aarnlnst Husband.
Mrs. Charles McCarthy, who is oyer 70
yetrs of ae nnd so feeble she can hardly ;
walk, appeired in police court Thursday
morning to testtry against her nued hus
band, who was charged with having beaten
and choked his wife nearly lnti inspmlbll
Ity Wednesday night. The old couple live
In a shack near Thirteenth and Mason !
streets. Neighbors heard Mrs. ' McCarthy j
screaming Wednesday night and found tha
husband trying to choke his wife. The ,
Couple were separated, McCarthy being
sent to the police station and his better
half being cared for by neighbors. He was i
sentenced to thirty days in Jail by Judge !
Crawford Thursday morning and an effort !
will be mude to have his wife placed In tha
county poor house during his incarceration. I
mm ir y
MEMORIAL TO C. E. MORGAN
Meetlnar Will Be Held nt Yonna- Men's
Chrlstlnn Association Week
from Snndav,
At a meeting of the board of directors of
the .Young Men's Christian association
Thursday it waa decided to hold a me
morial service for Charles TJ. Morgan, who
died recently. Mr. Morgan was seere'ary
of the board. . The service will be liold at
the association rooms at 1:30 on the after
noon of Sunday, January JO. liming tho
place of the regular Sun lay meciiiiK,
Tha board chose L. M. T limine tu suc
ceed Mr. Morgan as secretary.
ONE TICKETJN THE FIELD
Harmony Prevnlls Thna Par In An
nual Eleetlon of Central
Labor t alon
The semi-annual election of Central La
bor union will be held Friday night, Janu
ary 18. All the present officers are candl.
datea and as yet no opposition candidates
hava appeared. The Labor Tempi associa
tion has not yet secured new quarters for
tho unions, though they must leave their
present home early in February that it
may be torn down to make room for the
Union Pacific headquarters.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Jesse H. Hartman, manager of the Hart
man Furniture company, left lust night for
Cuicaso and Or and Kaplds, Mich., to at
tend the furniture exposition and th semi
annual mteting of the managers of th
Hartman chain of twenty-two stores.
8. C. Kendls. for fifteen years with the
Nebraska Clothing company, has entered
the employment of the Bennett company,
taking the position of buyer of gents' fur
nishings, hats and caps for the liennett
company's nw department, which will be
opened and oiiersted under Its management
and ownership after April 1. The present
lnaeej of tho department will withdraw
their entire stocks at that data,
Fire front Blow Pot.
An explosion of a plumber's gasoline blow
pot. which was being used by Lorenso F. I
Van Valkenburgh to thaw out frosen water j
ripes In the basement of the premises at i
ill North Twenty-fourth street, set fire .
to the floor and rafters of the building
about noon Thursday and caused damage
ri. the extent of about fuU. The fire burned
under the floor of the grocery store of
August Anderson, ma North Twenty-fourth
street, and slightly damaged tho stock of
groceiiee. The plumber was not Injured
by the explosion and the Are was ex
tinguished with little trouble. The building
Is a two-story frame structure used as
stores and flajs.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
T. P. Hunter, proprietor of a saloon at
1S1 Military avenu, has reported to the
Eollce that his saloon was entered by
urglars laft Monday night. The thlevta
gained entrance by prying open a rear
window with a jimmy and stole & from th
cash register.
Mllle W. Jackson filed suit Thursdiy
aralnst the Omuha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway company for 12, C00 damages for
injuries, which she alleged she received
by tho starting of a car at Sixteenth and
Leavenworth streets while rhe was alight
ing from it.
Jo Welsenbloom. a messenger for th
Western I'nlon. Telegraph company, ab
sconded Wednesday afternoon with 110 be
longing to the company. Welsenbloom Is
17 ytars of age and hud been employed by
the company but a short time. The police
have been requested to arrest him.
After squaring accounts with Ben Bhaften.
HIS Douglas street, by puyinj an amount
sufficient to cover the damage done when
he broke two plate gluss windows In the
store about a week ago, Oscar Prints, who
was arreted on comp'alnt of Shaften, waa
discharged in police court Thursday morn
ing. Prints had a quarrel with two
kindred spirits in front of Shaften's store
and threw one of his assailants through
the windows.
If you need special medical attention
you should exerciae Judgment to the
extent you value your future happiness
and success in lite. Don't make a mis
take at the beginning.
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