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0 K THK OMAHA DAILY BKK: "WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY 2.1, 1007. ( aw Health Insurance at little cost CALUMET BAKING POWDER SI.OQO.QQ ward Js offered to i 7 vw , anyone tor any sub stance injurious to the health found in Calumet Baking Powder. Purity is a prime essential in food. Calomet is made only of pure, wholesome Ingredients combined by skilled chemists, find complies with the pure food laws of all states. It is the only high-grade Baking Powder on the market sold at a moderate price. Calumet Baking Powder may be freely used with the certainty that food made with it contains no harmful drug no Alum, no Rochelle Salts, no injurious substance. to HOME RULE THE OBJECTIVE -Horn, Thomas It Kettle of Ireland Appeals i' for Support of Americans. CREAT PROGRESS IN THIRTY YEARS Pfaowa ef War for Thla Loo Struggle Vm,TKlT Pro-rHed by Cltlseas of r Catted States Success In Sight. The assembly hall of Edward Crelghton Institute waa crowded to overflowing Mon 6ar evening- with an Interested audience Of men and women to listen to the address f Hon. Thomas M. Kettle, member of the British Parliament from the district of Esst Tyrone, on the subject of home rule Cor Ireland and the proirress of measures In the British Parliament toward Its ac complishment. The meeting- was held under the auspices Of the National Irish-American league of Omaha and was presided over by T. J. Vahoney. The program was opened with a couple Of songs by the Knights xf Columbus Quartet, followed with a recitation, "The 1 Rue Stakes, by Miss Catherine Rowley, and a vocal solo by Miss Grace Scott of Council Bluffs. Chairman Mahoney read a telegram from Mayor - Dahlman, sent from Denver, ex jiresslng his regret at being unable to at tend the meeting, and a letter from Speaker XX M. Nettleton of Lincoln, stating that previous engagement prevented his attend ing the meeting, to his very sincere regret. particularly from the fact that he was a native of the district In Ireland represented by Mr. Kettle. ' Mr. Mahoney delivered a brief Introduce tory address. In which he referred to the great work accomplished by Charles Stewart Parnell some thirty years ago In collabora tion with thAt other great Irish patriot, John Dillon, and the visit of these men to America and to Omaha, and the consequent Institution of the Irish-American Land league, ' which later was merged Into the Irish national party" of America, and the progress of home rule for Ireland. America Always Responsive. " As Mr. Kettle stwppexl forward to speak &a waa greeted With applause, and, with an apology for a little weariness from his Jon ride from the Paclfio coaat. he said: Ire' And has never appealed to America In V&lu. We have met here tonight In a hall "OF SUCH IS THE KING DO VI 99 RICHARD L METCALFE'S NEW BOOK. WHAT THEY SAYi Judge A. C. Troup. Judge district court. Omaha, Neb. "Although I have pos sessed Of Such Is the Kingdom' but forty-eight hours. I have read It through from beginning to end. and am charmed with Us contents. I find It abounding in those pure and wholesome stories so well adapted to the edification of the family circle; and. simple yet effectively told, they are entertaining and Instructive to l.nth nunint and child alike. The book should have a place In every home where thera are children. W. J. Bryan-"Tp those who have read these stories they need no praise; to those who have not read them. I commend them as soothing and strengthening ana inspir In." fiMi Charles B. I,etton. of the Ne braska Supreme Court. Lincoln, Neb That man must be cold. Indeed, who kaiiM i-ftu.l vour little bonk, without feel ing his better nature stirred. The book breathes sympathy and love for all created lhinn it'a full of tender thought and playful fancy, and at the same time draws xroin eperim o m iuuiiu uhuvdukmj kressed In plain and simple language. I have read It with enjoyment and appre ciation, and trust It may find many readers who msv heed Its counsels" Judge J. H. Bnoady, Lincoln, Neb. "1 have read your pageant of the human heart, entitled. 'Of Such I the Kingdom.' It' is great enough to reflect Its author and too great to be otherwise than as simple and natural as a little child, the symbol -of the Kingdom of Ood.' Not being Imal, either as to time r place. iu as universal as humanity. It will out live its author or any other man." John D. Howe, attorney, Omaha. Neb. "Hour book. f Such Is the Kingdom." rams two or three days ago, and I have derived much pleasure and profit from reading It. The thirty-seven articles opver many stories from life none of which can be read without enriching the mind and heart. They appeal to what la highest In human nature. They radiate a moat Kindly Influence. They Interpret what Is best In us. and tend to elevate It Into a standard of conduct. The book Is a deposit of faith and love! The commercl.il value pf senti ment la not large. It does not command a market la the marts of the world, but when all Is said and done, and the record Is closed, It la ths truest values that men remember; then the stone that was re jected by the bnllder becomes the head of the corner." C f "lrle, Lincoln. Neb. "I have en Joyed readlnr Of Such Is the Kingdom" very much. I congratulate you. It Is both entertaining and wholesome and should be highly prised In the book lovers' world " dedicated to a great educational work by one or vour citizens, an irishman. uouiii Crelghton, the intelligence of whose Illness sincerely grieves me, and in beliair 01 an Irishmen I sincerely trav and hope for his early and complete recovery. Your chairman haa spoken of the visit of Charles blewart I'arnrii ana Jonn union to mis country. Young an I am I have a certain claim to stand helore you as a memDer of the Irish-American Lnnd league, for my father waa one of the men who was In strumental In sending these great patriots to America. Gladstone said while he was prime minister that had It nit been for the money procured by these men In Amer ica there would have been no land agita tion In Ireland. America has shown how great Irishmen can be under favorable con ditions. I find them here as archbishops, leaders In great Industrial enterprises, prominent members nt the bar and In every avenue of public enterprise and national economics. What Haa Been Accomplished. But of my mission here. Tho question Is asked. What has the party founded by Parnell done In the past quarter of a century? Dillon and Parnell came to you twenty-seven yenrs ago to ask your help against the band of Irish landlordism. That struggle is practically won. The land hs. or Is. coming buck Into the hands of the descendants of the people to whom It be longed before that conquest. Then the con dition of the Irish tenant farmer depended upon the caprice and whim of his land lord. In 1879 the Irish tenant farmer was not a man. he was a mere chattel of, his landlord, subject to eviction without any notice whatever. Today the land of Ire land la owned exclusively by the farmers. In the county of Wexford there is not a landlord as known In the old days. Wher ever the land la not occupied It Is con demned and will be occupied In a short time. So It Is In the county of Gnlway. If a landlord is Incompetent to handle his land It Is turned over to his tenants. The dream of Michael Davltt in 1879 has In 1907 become a reality. A tory secretary for Ireland was in 1903 enforcing a law more radical than Davltt ever dreamed of. Such Is the achievement of the Irish parlia mentary party. There Is no longer "the ?'reat fear of the people." The Land league ound them slaves and left them men. New Ireland Created. Irishmen In Ireland have simply forgot ten how to take off their hats to any man. A new Ireland ha been created In thirty years. Agriculture and Industry are now on such a basis as to maintain the popula tion. Local county government prevails everywhere. A tory government In l9i, after many years under pressure of public opinion, has given us a county demix-ratlo government, with the Widest possible franchise, and officers are chosen on their merits and not by favor. We are now pre paring for a national assembly In Dublin. Statistics are an Irrefutable argument for home rule. Since 1R20 the average tax of Ireland Increased 180 per cent, while In England It decreased 11 per cent. Fifty years ago the population of Ireland was $.000,000. It Is not but 4.J50.000. ' Since 18RG the . population has decreased. 7BO.U00, and the taxes have Increased by $3,860,800. Is this not an unanswerable reason why the administrative government of Ireland be moved from Westminster to Dunlin? We have no elective Judiciary, all of which Is nominated by the government from Westminster. The administration of tho affairs of the country Is in the hands of forty-live different boards, not a single one of which Is elected by the people, and they ar not responsible or responsive to Irish opinion. There Is no registered criminal class In all Ireland, but still the police cost of Ireland Is three times greater than In Scotland. There are 11,000 policemen In Ireland. Nobody Is allowed to be happy or miserable In Ireland under a tory gov ernment without the special permission of the police. Why He Is Here. No salary Is paid to members of Parlia ment. All the expenses or election mutit be paid by the candidate, and he must first pay the sheriff of the district in which he stands as a candidate before his name goes on ine omciai naiiot iitxj. you naturally ask why am I here? It Is to ask you as Irishmen to stand In behind with your fighting weight and Influence. Though an Irish Catholic nationalist I was elected In a Presbyterian farmers' district. The Orange party has broken Into two factions. An Orangeman may be aa Orangeman, but first of all ha Is an Irishman. These axe the present conditions In Ireland. Bigotry and prejudice are fast vanishing, and the spirit of your great country Is casting its Influence everywhere. Mr. Kettle said he felt certain that the home rule bill would be passed by the ses sion of Parliament to meet February 2. He did not think the measure would pass the House of Lords, and he rather hoped it would not. aa It meant a fight, and a fight meant the ultimate extinction of the House of Lords. When the corpse Is burled Ireland will have a hand, and a monument of Irish granite will mnrk Its resting place with the epitaph written In Gaelic by Dr. Douglas Hyde. HIGH SCHOOL IS CROWDED1 E Members of Eosrd Citouss Informally Question of Building. ROOM NEEDED FOR MANUAL TRAINING Beqaest of Late Edward Rose'water of Scholarship Leads I'P to IMseas sloa of Extending; This rart of School Work. At the close of the regular business of the Board of Education last evening a spirited discussion ensued over the needs of enlarging the high school, particularly the manual training department, the matter having been suggested by David Cole In connection with a special bequest of the late Edward Rosewater, who bequeathed In trust a fund for a scholarship of tech nology, beneficiaries to be graduates of the manual training department of the Omaha High school. I'pon request of Member Cole, Superin tendent Davidson touched on present con ditions at the high school and the urgent need for enlargement and made recom mendations anent the manual training de partment. Mr. Davidson said the high school was now being run on a close margin of space, with added cramping in prospect when the new term shall have been started next Monday. With a staff of fifty-six teachers and nearly 1,700 pupils, the Institution had outgrown Its quarters, the superintendent reported. In plnce of a two-year manual training course for boys he recommended four years, making the third year forge work and the fourth year machine shop work, the present two-year course In cluding only Joining and lathe work. Mr. Davidson suggested a three-year train ing course be added for girls, the course to Include clay modeling and wood carv ing and the domestic sciences and arts, such as are In vogue In Kansas City, Denver, Minneapolis, Indianapolis and other cities. More Room Needed. The present manual training quarters are used by 175 boys, each "period" taking up ninety minutes. To enlarge under existing conditions, Mr. Davidson Bald, would not be wise. "I think," Mr. Davidson said, "the board should look toward 19f8 and present the matter to the public In contemplation of a satisfactory bond Issue for enlargement of the high school. The necessities are Im mediate, as the capacity of our high school has been reached." Member Cole said the pupils at the high school are now taught everything except how to work. He suggested that the com ing generation be taught how to work In the manual training course at the high school. Member Maynard said, the high school Is the pride of the city and he thought the public would approve of a bond Issue to enlarge that school. Member McCague, however, thought the time not yet ripe for a consideration of the subject. He thought the matter of consolidation of a Greater Omaha a serious thing in this connection and. besides, ad vised the members to carefully consider the wisdom of a central high school for a growing metropolitan city. Mr. Koenlg thought the high school should be enlarged to meet requirements for twenty years to come. The matter was first brought up In an Informal way yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the buildings and property committee, which will make a report on the high school matter at a later date. Letter Roes to Committee, . The communication from Victor Rose water was read and referred to a com mittee consisting of Members Cole, Mc Cague and Balrd, appointed two weeks ago to look Into the terms of the bequest of the late Edward Rosewater for a fund for a scholarship of technology. Inasmuch as the committee was not ready to report, Mr. Rosewater's communication was not acted on last evening, but will be brought up at the next meeting of the board. Mr. Det wellcr, for one In, particular, referred to the magnamlntty and publlc-spIrltedneBs of the bequest and suggested that the com mittee bring In a fitting resolution when It reports. Mr. Rosewater's letter to the board follows: OMAHA. Jan. 9. To the Honorable Board of Education. City of Omaha. Dear Sirs: For the executors of the estate of my father, the late Edward Rosewater, I have the honor to inform you that under the twelfth section of his will, filed September 4, 1WW, for probate in the county ccurt of Douglas county, a special bequest Is made In trust to the schuul district of Omaha for the establishment of a, scholarship of technology, to be awarded to students who shall have taken a course In manual train ing In the Omaha High school. The exact wording of the bequest Is as follows: "12. I give and bequeath to the school district of Omaha, to be held In trust, twenty (20) shares of the stock of The Bea Building company of the par value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). the Income whereof Is to be expended by the Board of Education for the establishment of a scholarship of technology, to be awarded to sons of Omaha mechanics who desire to acquire an education In mechanical en gineering or applied science. The selec tion of said school of technology and award of the scholarship to be made by the Board of Education among competitors who have taken a course or manual training In the Omaha High school and whose parents are unable to defray the expenses Incident to attendance in a school of technology or polytechnic school." I feel warranted In saying that the in spiration for this bequest was a realization of the obstacles to be overcome by those comp-llrd U make their way In the world with a self-acquired education and an earn est desire to assist promising young men along the highway of success. I believe I am also safe in saying that the school district of Omaha was selected to receive this bequest and the Board of Education to bo its trustee, because of the part my father had had In the creation of I IMa ftehool district. I need nnlv r.rii II that Josephine Rummelhart. who was killed In i when a member of the legislature In 1S71 Omaha last October. The man Is on the I n" 'ramed and procured the enactment of book, of the Omaha police department a. honl district" and fo? .fine" George Sanovy, having been arrested here placing all of its schools under an elective about two years ago. charged with snatch- ard of Education, many of the most purse from a woman at Sixteenth -overnment belnic .traceable to that .law picture was As a concession to those who opposed this measure ne was compeuea to aaa a clause LOOKING UP SANOVY'S RECORD Police Try to Find Ont His Whcrr aboats When Miss Ramnielhart Was Murdered. ' Chief of Police Donahue has taken up the Inquiry Intp the past life of the pris oner held at the South Omaha Jail who makes assertion he Is the murderer of Two hundred pRf s, cloth bouad, on sale at the liennett Company, Megeath Htalionery Co., Thus. Kllpatrick A Co., fatthta Honk Store, or Bent bv mai 1 . postpaid, for (1. OO. Addres K. L. Met-I Now Is the time to make your wants calie, car of Commoner, Lincoln, Neb. known through The Bee Waut A4 Pa. Ing and Chicago streets. His taken at that time and Is a part of the police gallery. Chief Donahue and Cap tain Mostyn looked up the photograph Monday evening and the latter stated afterward Sanovy was considerably thin ner then, but Is undoubtedly the same man. He admits being Sanovy. Nothing further has been learned to corroborate or contradict the confession providing for . Its submission to popular ratification at a specim election to be called and its suspension lit case a majority of those voting registered themselves against It. And It was to give voice to the publio sentiment for a m dcrn system of public school management. the then existing newspapers being committed lr the other direction, that he established The Bee, whosx later successes made it possible for him to provide for the establishment of this scnoiarsmp. utr fffeir loses Today In Order to Introduce u y w Manufactured by the Crete Mills at Crete. Neb. The Best and Best Known Flour in Nebraska We make this liberal offer to Omaha housewives: We have endeav ored to mail to everyone a check good for 2) cents on the purchase of one sack of Victor Flour at any grocery store. This offer was to have expired yesterday (Jan. 22nd) but as our mailing lists were not complete many did not receive these checks. For the' benefit of these people and those who could not avail themselves of the opportunity yesterday we extended the time one day longer, but it will positively close tonight. If you did not receive a check call us up, 'Phone Doug. 4619, and arrangements will be made with your grocer to supply you with one at once. AVAIL YOURSELF OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE. If you cannot use the flour now, present the check to your grocer and he will place it to your credit on a future order. This is one of the most liberal offers ever made and is a straight cut of 25" cents off the selling price of every sack 'of "Victor Flour." There is no better flour made than "Victor Do not fail to take advantage of this reducti-n. today, is your last chance. oyrssmars-Waira IByrgSi Wholesale Flour Merchants Phone Douglas-4619 1529-31-33 North Sixteenth St. siaiM enforca the compulsory educational law as against parents and guardians of chil dren; that the law provided that In case of truancy of the child he can apprehend and convey, the truant to hla home or some public or parochial school; that he has the powers of special policeman simply as fat as enforcement of the law against guardi ans and parents goes. If the case becomes chronic then he should bring the matter before the proper authorities, as provided In the Juvenile act. The law affects chil dren between the ages of T and 15. The committee recommended that the officer be placed under the supervision of the superintendent of schools. The ap pointment of the committee followed a re port that Truant Officer Parker had used questionable authority In one case coming under his attention. New wall racks for rifles are to be placed in the high school. Miss Autumn Davles and Miss Laura Bridges have been placed on the assigned list of high school teachers at salaries of $100 and $110 a month, respectively. Upon recommendation of the finance com mittee, the treasurer was Instructed to transfer $jO,000 from the general fund to the special bond redemption and Insurance fund, to be used In purchasing such secur ities as the law directs for the bond re demption fund. ' Report of Finances. Secretary Burgess tendered the following financial report: i Fund. Apport d. Remain g Advertising I Wl Architects' services I,0o0 Books 10,000 Cartage 360 Census enumeration 1.0 Construction 25.OU0 Drawing, kind'garten and music supplies 1000 Election expense 2.&0 Klectrlo power 1"0 Kxamtnlng committee ... Ha Express and freight 3U0 Fuel 30,000 Furniture 4.0U0 Improvements 5,000 insurance premiums l.Ooi) 6KS.05 Interest and exchange.... 43. C00 24.009. 01 Janitors 36,000 14.MI0.& Light and fuel gas aoo IWS.M Maps, globes, ref. books.. 1,700 1,061.20 Officers and clerks 12..VI0 4,33.0:2 Printing 2,000 1.3W.) Piano rent and tuning.... 160 Rent 1 Repairs li.000 ,1,714. M Special taxes l.75 119 K8 Stationery and supplies.. .( 2,K99.6$ Teachers 818.CO0 175.367.48 Miscellaneous 3.610 2,1.87 .FFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA cud oil Ditousses Advisability of refunding- Six Par Otut Bonds at Lower Bate. OFFERS OF LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES Two Men Willing: to Part with Por tion of Their Holding; of Booth . Omaha Realty Park Board to Be Consulted. $ 32.00 1,000.00 9.9S6.00 1116.75 1WS.7IJ 24,371.92 1,219.88 1,3406 112.08 160.00 iim'.n 8,209,67 Add for Insurance fund. Totals Less amount expended li excebs. of estimates .1616.360 $285,325.70 1 47,000 47.fOO.00 . 1.UU0 l.OOu.OO .$6t4.350 $333.3-5.70 a 3.062. 49 Total $329,6t3.21 Comparative statement of expenditures for the first six months of ths fiscal year Uj5- and the first six months of the fiscal year 19u-7: First Six First Six Mob. Fls- Mos. Kls- therefore ordered to execute the bonds and I Among the It I cities. in were the mayors of the threa Is rt flaniw m cm . 1 1 X , I 11 . . . . v. y , . Ha, ill ii. tfll,, JIUIlllllt'lll U I i . i . . , . . . . . . . 41 in view ui iiiww ihcis, a trust it may not and he will be questioned no further until be out of place for me to suggest that the his whereabouts at the tima of the mur der have been positively established. This work haa been started by Chief Donahue. While there Is every chance the fellow's statements are nothing but senseless ram bllngs born of a diseased and greatly da generated mind wholly without moral con ception, the fact that in all likelihood it was just that sort of a man who killed Josephine Rummelhart In so brutal and cold-blooded a manner, is what gives ths police the motive for action. This man Is the most promising find since the search for the murderer began," said Captain Mostyn, "though It would be almost too good to be trus should he prove to be the man we are after." ' While the prisoner serves the sixty-day sentence given hlin In South Omaha on the charges of vagrancy and assault on a wo man, for which ha was arrested, a thor ough Investigation will be made of his movements In the west, where he said he worked as sheep herder and other work. scnolarptilp wnen It shall take form ahull be called ' The Edward Rosewater Scholar ship of Technology." and that your board shall formulate suitable rules and regula tions governing its award that will fully carry out the Intent and purposes of Its founder as expressed In his wilt. I beg further to Inform you that the ad ministration of the estste Is proceeding as rapidly aa the law permits and that the twenty shares In The Bee Building com pany will be reissued In the nama of the school district of Omaha Immediately after the order of the court for the distribution of the estate, which order, however, can not well be made sooner thsn about three months. Your board should provide for the payment of the Inheritance tax upon Ibis beouest. whleh will be 8 per cent of the value returned by the appraiser. Ths Income from the bequest should he avail able for a scholarship to be awarded in 1 and should ordinarily produce from $, to aei-erding ss the rate of div idend should vary from I to 6 ner cent. I should be pleased to ro-onerate with you or any committee you may apnnlnt In anything relating to this bequest. Very truly yours, VICTOR ROSEWATER. Aathorlty of Trnaat O Ulcer. Member Balrd of tha committee appointed to look into tha matter of authority and duties of the truant officer, reported that ths truant officer's duty primarily waa to Advertising $ Architects services Hooks Cartage Census enumeration ... Construction Drawing kindg. and music supply Election expense Electric power Examining Committee.. Express and freight.... Fuel Furniture Improvements Insurance premiums.... Interest and exchange. Janitors Ught, fuel and gas.... Maps, charts, ref. bks.. (Irhcers and clerks Printing Plana rent, tuning Rent Repairs Speilul taxes Stationery and supplies Teachers Miscellaneous cal Yr. 1905-4. 12 50 1,512 94 5 56 261.13 879.90 $.871.88 898.43 1,064.04 13.69 75 00 378.35 $.5M.88 1,960.68 8,417.44 1.330.76 19.U11. 44 20,637.03 2u2.99 914. 98 T.fttt.M 64 90 K5 60 l"6.ii 17,777.79 1.678.09 6,3i a 137.328 43 1.893.51 cal Yr. 19U0-7. $ 18.80 15.00 241.25 613.21 ti.S.utJ 7W.12 1.153 95 67.92 75.00 828.97 l.fKi 07 79U.43 8.IH3.52 411.35 18.9.KI.99 21.109.75 216 iH 648. 80 8.136.W 001.40 141. to 90 00 11.275.74 V756.12 r,n.38 142,642 5. 1.228.13 Totals $245,786 3 $234,684.79 Ln in general tuna January 1. 1907 $ 46,601.08 warrants outstanding January 1. 19u7 24.999.34 Balance In site and building fund January 1. 19u7 $ 1.600.90 If you have uyroing to trad advartiss it lu the For Exchange column of The Bea Want Ad paga. The city council held a busy session last night. The city clerk reported on an Issue of general bonds amounting to $10,800, which were floated in 1902. These bonds draw 6 per cent Interest at present, but at the end of five years are optional. The at tention of the council was called to the fact that these bonds should be refunded by the Issue of 4 per cent bonds, as has been done with other and older obligations. This matter probably will be taken up at an early date. The call for bids on the park Bites re veuled the fact that no less than ten parties were willing to offer their holdings for this purpose. P. J. Barrett offered his property In the southeast section of the city near the river, a tract of seven acres. for $4,900. T. J. O'Nell offered a site In Albright's Choice addition, Just north of Barrett's park, for $10,000. It contains thirty-five acres. Ed J. Dee offered eleven acres east of Barrett's park for $4,400. Al fred C. Kennedy offered a tract of thirty six acres In Spring Lake Park addition for $22,500. He also offered a smaller park, being the whole of block 292. South Omaha. J. J. Ryan offered block 25 of Corrlgan Place for $6,500. John Sheehan offered seven acres In Beglen park for $2,250. J. H. Ko plets offered a tract of thirteen acres In Nicholson's addition for $4,800. Patrick Hoctor offered five acres In the south west section near Jetter's brewery for $5,000. J. F. Murphy offered an eight-acre tract south of Syndicate park ' for $17,000. All of these bids were referred to the council aa a whole with the understanding that a special meeting would be called at an early date to be held In conjunction with the members of the Park board. At this meeting the park sites will be selected. The proposition of the council was appar ently satisfactory to the members of the Park board who were present. The date of the meeting haa not been fixed. Some of the properties offered are natural parks and little work would be necessary to mako them beautiful. Among the lesser matters was tha repirt of the city engineer on the probable cost of building the approach to the east end of the viaduct on Q street at Forty-sixth, this being the Burlington viaduct Ths cost was placed at $3,000. The city treasurer reported that the ma tured obligations of the city In the nature of interest and bonds due would amount to $1,316.65 on January 31. The claims of Carl and I-ena Eckstrom were again referred to thd finance commit tee for readjustment. The reason for this was the fact that In the settlement form erly proposed the attorney for the plaintiff was neglected and there was no provision for tha payment of his fats. Sadie Long lodged a claim against the city for $300 for personal Injuries claimed to have been received December 31 at Twenty-fourth and O streets by reason of some plank lying on the walk. The city treasurer reported that there was $2,578. 94 collected and lying In the spe cial funds for grading, sewer "ind paving and as there were no obligations against these funds he recommended that .this money be transferred to the general fund. Tberels also several thousand dollars col. lected on the levy of years previous to 1900 and he recommended that this also be applied to the general fund. Ordinance 1527, providing for the grading or W street from Fifteenth to Railroad avenue was recommended for final pas sage. It waa reported that the Packers' Na tlonal bank had received the blank park bonds from Bpltxer & Company of Toledo, O., and the city clerk and ths mayor were place them In the bank pending the remit tance of the bond money. The amount $40,000. The clerk was also Instructed advertise the sale of district Improvement bonds for the grading of several streets, the whole amounting to $7,500. This sale will be made January 23. Bids were also received for a new fire wagon for hose company No. 1. Martin Dlgga company offered a wagon for $1,600 and the Seagrave company made two prop ositions, one for $1,900 and one for $1,7o9. They were referred to the eommittee on fire and water, with power to act. Johnson Tries to Escape. Peter Johnson, the demented n.an who hss been since Friday confined In the city Jail, came near making his escape yester day afternoon. In the morning he was brought before Judge King, charged with .vagrancy n'nd assault for having slosed hold of a woman's skirts and threatened her. When asked If ho was guilty he said, "Yes. Bure I am." The Judge gave him sixty days. Johnson said: "I think that is a little too few, but thank you Just the same." He offered to shaku hands, but the Judge refused. Then he said: "That's all right, but you are now discharged from tho bench." When Captain Turnquist led him from the cell to take him to the county Jail he was so docile that he threw the officer off his guard and ha did not think It necessary to handcuff him. He walked quietly about the Jail office, but seeing n chance to reach the door, he mude a dash saying: "Well, goodbye, gents." He was out In a second, the officers In hot pursuit. Johnson stumbled and fell as he went up the stairs. There tho otrlcer caught him and a fierce struggle ensued. Johnson, though slight In Btature, dragged the officer up the stairs to the street. Dr. De Lanncy camo to Captain Tumqulst's assistance and Captain Morton also. Before starting to Omaha the man was securely handcuffed. He will be exnmined by the Omaha au thorities while In the county Jull and prob ably will come before the Insanity board before he Is released. Manic City Gossip. I The Royal Highlanders gave a box social I last nlKht at the hall to Danish Brotherhood. occupied by tha C. 11 Campbell returned last night from Chadnm. He will reMirt for duty at ths buieau of Industry this morning. Joe Dooiey was unfortunate enough to be brought before the police court bar and fined $1 and costs for drunkenness yesterday. Miss Nellie Rothhols, daughter of Julius Rothhols, entertained a number of her friends in honor of her 13th birthday, which oceuired yesterday. Theobold Silnnnlskl of 8outh Chicago la in the city. He ons some property in Al bright and it is said he intends to arrange for the improvement of the sume by tns erection of a cloven modern cottages. The class of government Inspectors known as the stuck Inspectors, have been granted a raise In wages. Hereafter they will receive $l.Xio pe,r year during the first five yea is of servloi. After that the wagus will be 11,200. Miss Nell Rowley Is to give a linen shower Saturday afternoon, in honor of Miss Lucllo DeiinU. Site will be assisted by a number of young women of the W. W. W. club. Miss Dennis Is to be married to Harry Snyder Februury 14. The following' births were reported yes terday: l.mll Anderson, 177 South Twenty fourtn . 't, a girl; Pat Corcoran, Forty tlrst am, T, a boy; Nels Nelson, Thirty second and T, a girl; Kasptr Horwlch, Twenty-sixth and N, a girl; Peter Politic Thlity-tlrst and 11, a boy. Bee Hive lodge of ths Masons, No. 184, will give an anniversary party and spread for the members of the lodge and their wives January 24. This Is the elghteentli anniversary of the lodge and prepara tions are being made to make this one of the finest celebrations of the chapter. Miss Cora Holmes and Miss Cora Laverty gave a pleasant afternoon party to tha young women of their acquaintance last Saturday afternoon. About thirty-five )oung women were present. Progressiva whist was the pastime. In tha evening of the samo day the young women enter tallied the young nieu of their circle. HONOR FOR G. H. BENZENBERQ Presidency of American Society af Civil F.nglneers Is Conferred I pun Him. O. M. Hand of th.Cudahy office force has bcrn transferred to Sioux City. Jetter's Gold Top Beer delivered to all parts of the city. Telephone No. 8. Miss Kate Ryan of !eola, la.. Is visiting with the family of A. A. Wright. She will be here for a week or more. The Women's Catholic Order of For esters will give an Invitation dunce at Odd Fellows' hall Wednesday evening. Dr. H. L. Babcook of Peoria. III.. Is the guest of W. H. Me Williams. Thirtieth and W streets, lie wiil be here a week. He Is on his way to Denver. N. K. Carter Is the first candidate to file his application us a member of the Board of Education. These (lllnns must nil be in before February 6. He registers as a republican. The Redmen conferred the second degre on a number of candidates last night. George If. Benxenfoerg of Milwaukee, on of the three experts who approlsod ths plant of the Omaha Water company am reported last July, has been honored wlU the presidency it the American Society of Civil Engineers at a meeting a few days ago in New York City. Mr. Renxenberg'i election was a recognition of his ability and leadership In this profession. George II. Benzenberg and Daniel W. Mead were the two appraisers to concur In the water works valuation of $1.263, 295. 49. John W. Alvord, the third appraiser, did not oojicur. The Omaha Water board churged Meaars. Mead and Beuxenberg with frauduh nt appraisement. Mr. Renzenbcrg was selected by the water company for his known ability and standing dn hig profession. T WA tsattflfft All explained to you? HAVE YOU A MAILING LIST OR A PAY ROLL WHICH IS GROWING TOO LARGE TO HANDLE? Do you wnt mine Information as to how other .large firms In your line are increasing thttlr business, and saving time, labor und expeiiM.-? 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