THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, ' FEBRUARY 12, 1907.
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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.
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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
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There is no more, graceful mode of fash
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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
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The price of this pattern Is 10 cents.
For the accommodation Dr The Omaha
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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
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publisher at New York, It will requlra
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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.
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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
