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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1907)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, ' FEBRUARY 12, 1907. r IF you are nervous, instead of drink ing tea cr coffee, ( which can only stimulate, drink ' cocoa, which is not only a drink, but a food, 'oo a builder-up cf nerves atid strength.' But drink good cocoa, pure cocoa drink Runkel's. (Stncriy in accordance with the National Pure Food la wt.) is just iHe powdered bean blended into a delight ful achievement cf Mstefulness, end never adulter ated i:h starch or arrow root, cf cheapened v ith sugnr, which occupies the same bulk and costs I -4 as much. No cocoa goes so f ir. Since 1870, the standard of purity and excellence. RUNKEL BROTHERS, Int., Mfrs. i to 451 We 30th Street, New Yerk MR mm J fll!' U ' ' W VVV8 451 Wnt 30th Street, New York r 'i MORE BONDS ARE APPROVED Brcatob-HarTer Osmpacy Has Eighty Thret Up to Irrswt Writing. NO OTHER CONCERN GETS A LOOKlN Mayor Oahlmaa Remark 'at Meeting - of Fire and Police Board that Dr. Miller la Mlaaed. "W mlsa Dr. Miller, remarked Mayor Dahlman Monday afternoon when h oalled the Board of Fire and Police Com tnlBalonera to order. Dr. Miller waa the only absentee. The session wa brief. Blxty-three police bon,ds for the year, taken out In the Metropolitan Mutual Bond and Surety company, were approved, which, with twenty approved a week ago, makes a total of eighty-three Metropolitan bonda put through for the police department There are only half a dozen yet to come. It waa remarked that the Metropolitan company seemed to be getting the busi ness. The board recently passed a resolu-. tlon that the bonds could be taken out with this company. This resolution was presented by W. J. Broatch. A. R. Harvey, cl-rk of the police board. Is secretary of the bonding company In question. W. J. Broatch Is said to aspire to being a di rector In. the same company. The Information was given out during the meeting that some of the present bonds of the policemen did not expire until April, May and June, and that if they took out new bonds at this time In the Metropolitan company that was their own funeral. . " Hot Trick In Tnrnert. 6ome of the policemen have 'said that Cle-k Harvey of the board has solicited the business personally and that Captain Broatch Is after a directorship In the bind ing company mentioned. But that did not come up at the board meeting. Commis sioner Thomas, however, appeared some what dubious as to propriety rf approving a bunch of sixty-three bonds without first looking up the board records and determin ing whether, as he understood, many of the policemen's bonds did not expire for some months hence. It was ordered that a year's lease be entered Into-wlth 8. 8. Curtis for the rental of the engine house at Eighteenth and Harney streets for a consideration of $3,600 for the year, an advance of. 1460 over the rental for 190. The trial of Hosenian McNamara for failure to respond to the gong at the lire house at Twenty-seventh and Jones streets brought out the matter of the necessity of placing a gong upstairs of that house. Chief Baiter was asked to Investigate. Mr. McNamara waa discharged. He said a sound sleeper could not always hear the gong In all parts of that house. Al. Samuelson was confirmed as sergeant In the' police department. Mr. Samuelson has been serving us sergeant thirty days. The board adjourned to 1:30 next Monday afternoon. Monday afternoon from theaj-eslflence of her cluughter, Mrs. V. 11. -Beck, 2714 Ruirales street. Interment was at Forest Lawn cemetery. Mrs. flieverHnjr Is survived by two sons, Krwln and Fred. and two daughters, Mrs. Urau and Mrs. Beck. RIVERS ARE STILL SWELLING Platte and Loan Are Rising as Reaalt v .of Melting of Heavy ' Snow. The continued warm weather Is melting the snow on the hills and plains of Ne braska and the Platte la ready to break its banks. Reports are already coming In showing that the bridges along the state are In Immediate danger. Reports are received at Grand Island of the flooding of parts of the town of Fleaa- anton, on a branch line of the Union Pa cific, to a depth of four feet from the Loup river. All bridges are In danger. So far none of the railroad bridges have gone out. The latest report from the Loup was that the river wasa"full up," but the bridge had not gone out. CLARK ON THE BRIDGE TOLL Intercuts Commsroa Cammissiooar Fears Union Tt c'fio twitcainc Cue, CCMPANY HOLDS OLD RATE INSUFFICIENT Freight Trtffle Manager Maaroe Telle Coaaaalaaloaer Increase Wil Made ta Get Cona peaeatory Fee. Bee Want Ads for Business Boosters. SEASONABLE FASHIONS. Announcements of the Theatera. A special Lincoln's birthday matinee will be given at the Orpheum this afternoon. The bill on for this week embraces a va riety of entertainment that appeals to tha many tastes of theater-goers, and for the most part even the roster of excellent per formers are new here, this being thelf Initial bid for favor. "When the World Bleeps," the new Lang don McCormlck play, which the Mittenthal brothers have given an elaborate produc tion, will be the offering at the Krug two days, commencing tonight. The play Is claimed t be one that Is far above the or. dinary In point of Interest and scenic In vest ure. , ' FunernJ of Mrs. J. W . Kieverllnn-. The funeral of Mrs. J. W. Bleverllng. who died suddenly early Saturday evening frcm an attack of heart failure, waa held at 2:30 r NO. 6827-A PRETTY DRAPED WAIST. There is no more, graceful mode of fash ioning, the new materials than by means of shirrs and drapery and a pretty waist showing draped portions In front and back Is shown. The waist Is very simple, the bedy portion being easily full on the lin ing as far as the yoke, while the trimming portions form the drapery. These may be of the material of the waist or contrasting, while the aarrow band which finishes the sleeve puff should also show contrast. The style Is one suited to development In silks. crepe de chine, veiling or similar light weight fubrlcs, the medium slse requiring three yards of twenty-seven-lnch good. 6B27 Six sixes, 32 to 43 Inches bust meas ure . ... The price of this pattern Is 10 cents. For the accommodation Dr The Omaha Bee reader, these pattern, which usually reuui at from 26 to 60 cent, will be fur Dished at a nominal price (10 cents), which covers all expenses, in order to get a pat Urn enclose 10 cer.is, giving number and Bam of pattern wanted and bust measure. As the patterns are mailed direct rronvth publisher at New York, It will requlra about a week' time to fill the order. Ad Omaha, Neb. lo) i L2) I A I til 0 i - ..- 4 "Jojr',. jrlC.Uii BEER Our Nation' about J per 1 n trpi PTiar-xontaloa bat at of Alcohol. 31313 4 MILWAUKEE Is brewed and aged on honor. Full of character and beer body. A hop tonic, malt nourishment and delicious beverage, all in one. Try any of these brands whether on draught or in bottles wbererer ypu can 4twM, Private Stock. Vloner. UW' muy.iv..oiio.,i.UUii Omaha Branch, ' ao-J-10 ItonxUa HU Cor. 8th. Tbun Douglas 1081.' 1 f (V Al EUTZ V BREffiXa C0.1 KILWAUKEE, J The complaint of the Omaha Grain ex change against the Union Pacific for un just and discriminating switching charges westbound between Council Bluffs ' and Omaha In Increasing that charge from II per car to the minimum of $5 per car In grain consigned to Omaha and South Omaha was heard by Interstate Commerce Commissioner E. E. Clark In the north court room of the Federal build ing yesterday and taken under advisement. Ten days are given the plaintiff to file Its written case and the railroad ha the same time to answer. The Interests of the Oraln exchange were looked after by M. L. Learned of the firm of Kennedy aV Learned, assisted by Secretary McVann of the Grain ex change. General Solicitor John N. Bald win of the Cnlon Pacific had charge of the Interests of the railroad Company. The complaint alleges that on July 26. 1906, the Union Pacific Issued a grain tariff becoming effective July 81, 1905, whereby grain would be hauled In car lota from Omaha and South Omaha to Council Bluffs and from Council Bluffs to Omaha and South Omaha at a minimum charge of tl per car, and that these rates continued in effect until January 7, 190T, when the Union Pacific Railroad company Issued a new tariff, becoming effective on that date, making the charge of 1 cent per hundred pounds for grain In car lots, or at a mint- mum of 16 per car for west bound grain from Council Bluffs to Omaha and South Omaha. The petition further allege that this rate Is specially discriminative against Omaha and South Omaha and Is unjust. unfair and without warrant and that the elevators In and about the three cities con stltue a grain or elevator district, and that the district Is Injured by this discriminating tariff and the cancellation of the old tariff of $2 per car. , Inlaa Pacific Denial. The Union Paclflo people deny they have increased the rate and that the new rate becoming effective . January T, 1907, Is not unreasonable, but that the old rate did not fairly compensate for the aervlce rendered. Commissioner Clark askefl Mr. Baldwin If he wished, to make any atatement. Mr. Baldwin said: "We have no par ticular statement to make at thts time. We claim that the change of the rate was made for commercial reasons." Mr. Learned I do not contend that the raising of the rate absolutely determine a case against the railroad. Mr. Baldwin We will show by witnesses where the elevators entering Into this com plaint are located with reference to the Union Pacific tracks, which will certainly have aome bearing on the determination of the case. Mr. Learned then Introduced In evidence certain exhibit showing the location of all the elevators In Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs, and upon the presentation of these exhibits the complainants rested. Monroe on the Stand. J. A. Munroe, freight traffic manager of the Union Pacific, wa called to the stand and-, shown the exhibits offered by Mr. Learned indicating the location of the ele vators In the grain district. He said that the only elevators located on the Union Paclflo tracks . were tha Transmlsslsslppl and, the. Omaha .Elevator company's, ele vator in Council Bluffs and the Twombly aV Son's elevator In Omaha, with one or' two other local concerns that were not properly public elevators In the common ac ceptance of the term. Mr. Munroe produced a number of tha tariff aheets of the Union Pacific for several years back. He said: "Prior to 1905 the charge for switching elevation and other work waa on the basis of 1-cent per hundred pounds or 85 a car to point on the Union Pacific tracks. There was also, I think, a bridge tariff. Tills charge wa made only on the. Union Pacific track In Iowa and Nebraska. The local east bound rate was 3 cents per hun dred pounds prior to 194. Later In 116 a number of elevators were built In Omaha, but none of them on the Union P.dflo traks The reason for raising the rate -was di rectly foreign to any purpose of discrim ination against Omaha." Old Rates Not Enoagh. "I never believed that the old rate was compensatory, and this la particularly true since the destruction of the Trans mlsslsslppl elevator at Council Bluffs two years ago. This elevator waa on the Union Paclflo tracks. The Union Pacific owned no convenient location In Omaha where a new elevator could be built, but did own a suitable site In Council Bluffs, and the Transmlsslsslppl company waa in duced to rebuild there and has built an elevator of (00,000 capacity. The grain condltlona at Council Bluffa became very much congested and we gave the 12 rate In order to relieve that congested condition. With the Increase .of the grain bua- Ineaa at Omaha the condltton had bee m so burdensome that w oould not atand It longer, aa all west-bound grain came over foreign roada - and the awltching all f ell upon the Union Paclflo and the old 83 charge exceeded the grosa revenue of hand' ling the car. On June 37, 1906, wa extended the elevator allowance of all elevator not on the Union Pacific track. W thought that hy doii. this we were leaning rather toward our patron than to our atockhold era.". Per Diem Charge. Mr. Munroe went Into the question of per diem charge exacted from all roads tot car not of their own equipment, which at present 1 60 cent per day, and th minimum charge of four day, or 82. I to be paid. A few year ago the per diem charge were 30 and 26 cent per day. During the year 1906 the Union Pacific paid th 33 per diem on 1,067 cars, from which it did not receive one cent In return, either directly or Indirectly. He aald, further, that all awltching charges were absorbed by the outgoing road. If a car of grain la sent out on another road than the origi nating road another 82 is charged, which Is billed against the Union Pacific, but If the car goes out on the Union Paclflo only the 32 charge 1 made. In conclusion, Mr. Munroe said: "While It may be true that tha Omaha elevator pay more money than do those at Council Bluffs, they get better service." The question of charges Incidental to In termediate switching waa gone Into at some length, and It was shown that much of this waa practised In Omaha. Lincoln oa tka (land. W. D. Lincoln, assistant superintendent of th car service department of the Union Pacific, waa the next witness. He testi fied merely as to the per diem rules which have been In effect since July, 1905. He said: "Most of th road centering in Omaha are In the agreement. However, there ar two rate at th present time, one of 80 cent per 'day and another of 25 cents per day, with the minimum of the four daya baaia. With those observing th 35 cents per diem rule a penalty of T6 cents per day is charged after thirty day. There I no penalty under other rule." . With the conclusion of Mr. Lincoln's evidence U defense rested. Mr. Learned PD5K1 HUYEKS We wish to announce the purchase through a local railro ad company of Several Carloads of High Grade Pianos These instruments were consigned to one of the largest dealers in San Francisco, but on account of being in a wreck in transit, the shipment waa thrown upon the hands of the railroad company, from whom we purchased the entire lot at a small part of their real value for spot cash. Upon opening them up we find that . . Out of 142 Pianos in the Consignment Only About 20 Were Materially Damaged the balance being in almost perfect condition. " '- Never again will such Piano Bargains be offered to the people of Omaha and vicinity. Never again will you have such an opportunity to get such a selection of high-grade Pianos; bucIi well-known makes as Chickering Bros., Chickering & Sons, Sohmer, Fischer. Estey, Franklin, Wegrnan, Mellville Clark, Bailey, Price & Teeple, Schaeffer, Wellington, Behr Bros., Vose, Krell, Kingsbury, Lester and many other well-known makes Ml o on Sale Saturday, February 16 I ! WRITE FOR CATALOGUES AND PRICES. 0 ' " 11 ' ii.inin.il mi i i.a ...I., i .in i i. i in ii. .i,.h mi. i hi i m nil mi,e asked, however, that Mr. Lincoln might be recalled during th afternoon for a brief examination relative to the per diem agree ment. ( . COMPLAINT OVER SIXTY DOLLARS Claim Brought I'p by Klnsellas Against northwestern.. The Klnsella Ornln company of Nebraska asks the. Interstate Commerce commission to Investigate Its charge against the Chi cago 4 Northwestern, for excessive freight charge in two Instances, amounting In the aggregate to about 860. In the absence of the complainant Com missioner Clark was disposed .to postpone the Kinsella case Indefinitely, the com plainant having had sufficient notice to be present.- However, upon the suggestion if Attorney C. C. Wright, representing the Northwestern, the hearing was continued unless the complainants should' rnake snmo showing why no appeararice, was made at the hearing, and in that event .ihe prnyer wa made that the case., should be die-missed. BASSETT AND COUNSEL HERE Man Comes from Washington to Ficht Divorce Cast in Cm ah a. TRIAL IS SET FOR TUESDAY MORNING ALLEGED HORSE THIEF HELD Man Accused of Stealing Seventeen Head Is Lodged la County Jatl. I Deputy United State Marshal Moore re turned from Bassett Saturday evening, bringing with him Samuel Watktns, an al leged horse thief, and lodged him In the Douglas county jail until arrangements can be made for hi transfer to South Dakota. Watklns Is charged with stealing seven teen head of horses from the Rosebud In dian reservation. He was arrested at Sprlngvlew and taken before United States' Commissioner P. N. . Morgan at Qassett, who bound him over to the federal courts of South Dakota In $1,000. An order for Watklns' removal to South Dakota was Issued by Judge Munger Mon day afternoon. Occupies Conspicuous Place Before Public Because of Accusation Again at the ' Prominent New York Minister. " 4Edward P. Collady, attorney for Charles C. Bassett, arrived In Omaha from Wash ington, D. C, Monday morning and Mr. Bassett also arrived here later. The Bas sett divorce suit will start Tuesday morn ing. In the,,, district court. It wa to have started Monday morning, but Attorney Stout, for Mrs. Bassett, waa busy with an other unfinished case.' Mra. Bassett bases her claim for a di vorce upon an allegation of infidelity. Her original petition filed here alleged only cruelty and nonsupport. It was after the Bradford detective agency had fur nished certain Information agalnat Mr. Bassett that thia new allegation was made by the . wife. It Is said the detective who discovered these alleged facts was hired by Rev. E. . Law rence Hunt, pastor of the Noble Street Presbyterian church, In Brooklyn. Rev. Mr. Hunt waa named aa corespondent by Mr. Bassett when he filed his petition for a divorce In Washington. Mrs. Bassett and her children, including the little one over whom the publlo drama has been caused, have resided In Omaha for a year or more. They live at 4107 Dodge street. Mrs. Bassett I th daugh ter of ex-Senator Rice of Arkansas, who figured prominently In the United States congress over a decade' ago. The case I expected to be startling tn its trial, aa it haa already been In Its preliminaries. O. P. C. whisky at 8chtlt hotel and J. P. O'Briens, 1415 Parnam. Mangum Co.. LETTER SPECIALISTS. LOCAL BREVITIES, v Charles Draper, who Is well known to the police on account of his Irresistible pro pensity for smashing plate glaaa windows, was sentenced to thirty days In the cjuniy J.ill in police court Monday morning on a charge of vagrancy. Bessie Wakely. the 15-year-eld girl, who was taken In charge by the Juvenile officers In a condition for which It was alleged her step brother was responsible, was ordnred taken to the detention home today after a hearing in the Juvenile court. Complaints were filed In police court Mon day morning by Health Inspector . Joo Scully agalnat Jamea Melgard and Rasmus Nelson, dairymen at Firth and Locjst streets, on th charge cf selling adulterated milk and cream. Warrants' have been ia aued for their arrest. Hattle Wells, colored, of 115 North Elev enth street, who wus arrested Saturday night on the charge of pnoket-plcking, pleaded guilty to a common charge In police court Monday morning and escaped with a fine of S6 and costs. Evidence of the more serious offense of which she was suspecud waa lacking. Emll Bhoberg of the Aetna hotel, who was arrested last Friday on suspicion of having stolen a pair of gold eyeglasses from Bessie McDermott. JlO North Seven teenth street, was discharged la police Court Monday morning at me reueat of police officials, as evidence of. the man's guilt waa totally lacking. Frank Gallagher. Twenty-eighth and Leavenworth streets, was found guilty tn police court Monday morning of having severely assaulted Tom Murphy, Twenty sixth and Eprague streeta, late Saturday night, and waa fined $6 and coats. Galla gher broke a small bone in his wrist In the scrimmage, but put Murphy down and out and then put up a stiff resistance when arrested by Officer Cunningham. Complaints were filed Monday morning by City Prosecutor Daniel against William McKfMin and R. C. Hall, who board at liilu California street, on the.ohaige of selling and having In their pt saessmn books and pamphlets of an obscene character. The men were arrested Saturday by Officer Deverceae and Special Officer Carver and Mogy Bernateln ufter they are alleged lo have aold a packet of the book In queatloa to a boy only 14 yeara of age. For working a "get-rlch-qulck echeme" of hla'own davice by keeping part of the riroceeds from sales made at his counter n a local deparunrnt store H. L. Prewlti, 233 Davenport street, was arrested and fined $15 aud costs In police court Monday morning. Judge Crawford originally hs sesaed a fine ot $30 and coats, but reduced It by half after the complaining wltneases from the department store had testified a to Prewltt a previous good character. Charged with being a vagrant and an Idle person without visible means of support, P. J. N'elaon. who resides at l'Jot Houlli Fourth al reset, was found guilty 'and sentenced to tiility days In Jail Monday morning by Judge Crawford. Nelson wus Arrt!el lut WMlnplitv l,w Iwl.n..-. w i 1 chell and Sullivan on suspicion of being inipiicutea in uie uurgiary or me flnm-cr hotel Tuesday night, but complete evidence of his guilt would not be definitely aacer-laiuvd. OMAHA AUTO JOBBING TOWN Oat City Will Do Baalnesa that Ha Been Don' from Chicago. Clarke Powell of the Powell Automobile company haa returned from Chicago, where he, with other Omaha dealers, was In at tendance at tha Chicago Automobile show. Many Omaha people attended and placed order through the Omaha dealers for their 1907 models and many new machines will be seen on the streets of Omaha this year, according to Mr. Powell. i "The show In Chicago waa the biggest ever held in this country and the actual sale during the week amounted to nearly $11,000,000," said Mr. Powell. "It waa no ticeable that high grade car sales were on the Increase and the medium priced run about and touring car which were In the majority a few yeara ago, had to take a back aeat." - Mr. Powell has made arrangements with importing hauses of automobile supplies whereby he will Job all such supplies with dealer In this section of the country. He will put two traveling salesmen on the road and this business, whlah has been done through Chicago and New York, will be dona through Omaha. Among the Omaha people who bought machlnea at Chicago wer E. A. Cudahy. who bought two Naplera, one a touring and the other a runabout, both 60-horao-power. These are high priced English ma chines and the first owned in the west. The runabout has made a mile In $2 seconds. Dr. Bridges, R. B. Bush, John Griffith and Louis Met were also pur. chaaers. While In Chicago Mr. Powell gathered a few new Ideas which, he says, will ba used at the Omaha automobile show. All th dealer will show on a larger scale than last year, and the dealer and subagent throughout Iowa and Nebraska have signi fied their Intention of coming to th Omaha show. NEBRASKAN FR0M INDIANA J. B. Filbert Really Serious la Think lag Hoosler Stat Great On. J. B. Filbert, state' attorney In Oreen and Sullivan' counties. Indiana, la visiting in Omaha with his friend. City 'Attorney Burnam. Attorney Filbert is an ex-Ne-braskan, who reversed Horace Greeley's advice by going east, where he and a few other men. prospered. He lived six year In Cass county and five year in Adam' county, Nebraska, teaching school most of that time. "I lived In Omaha once upon a time," Mr. Filbert remarked. "I lived her one night In the year 1879 and then pushed out Into, the state. I left tha state seventeen yeara ago. One of the things I remember well Is that I always made It a point to hear Edward Rosewater speak whenever ha ap peared In tha counties where X lived." Forty Piano Damaged In Wreck. STEGER, 111., Feb. 11. Word haa Just reached the Steger Piano Manufacturing company here that the cases of about forty of their best pianos were damaged In, a wreck during transit several days ago. Offending company already arranged to make up all loss and pianos continue oa their Journey. rm I EE j if I MM The Eastern EXPRESS- Leaves Union Station Omaha,' 5:45 p. m. and Council Bluff 8, 6:10 p. m. Arrives Union "" Station, Chicago, 8:35 ' ft. m. , The Chicago Special- Leaves Omaha, 7:55 a. m.; Council Bluffs, 8:20 a. m. Arrives Chicago, 9:30 p. m. P. A. NAOH, Oanaral Waatarrt Agant VIA THE Chicago, f Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway The Overland Dmited- Leaves Omaha, 8:35 I p. m,; Council Bluffs, 9:00 p. m. Arrives Union Station, Chica go, 9:25 a. m. All three trains carry standard sleepers, din ing cars, chair cars and coaches. Through train service to Union Passenger Sta tion, Chicago, from all points cn the main line of the Union Pacifio Railroad. 1524 Parnam Gt., OMAHA