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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MARCH 23. 1P07.
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AFFAIRS' AT SOUTH UMAIIA
IsJtiideri Prepare to Conteit tbe Furcfca8
1 of Syndicate Fark.
MW RULES GOVERN
Board of Fir and I'ollce Cnmmll
sinner Holding the Applicant
Down Much Mnrt trletly
Than Fnrmrrlf,
V.T. P. nreen was in the city hull yestor
t j iy morning going over the record! and
JJ purchase by the rlty, namely. Syndicate
pejk. lie kb lil he ws looking up the
ffc tter In the Interest of the east aider,
wWi are much opposed to the action pur
sued by the city council. They all want
the Casldy tract. Mr. Hreen took copious
note from the records of the proceedings
and paid special attention to the form and
the condition of the bide under the first
and second advertisement. He Wanted to
be sure that there was no change In the
condition, especially as to the amount of
land offered on the two separate occa
sions. He thought It possible that he
would seek to put the park board out of
commission entirely. He questioned If the
board was strictly a legal body of any
power. He also will try o establish the
fact that Syndicate park was already a
dedicated park for public purpose and
that It had never been properly recovered
by the land company. He said he had
found a recorded plat of this tract under
-:the nana of Syndicate park In the register
. f-Ait deeds office In Omaha. He had also
found a number of deeds which described
the property a abutting on Syndicate park.
It I also a fuct that the land company
In the early days had paid no taxes on this
property and during that time It was con
sidered city property. iAter Mayor Kelley
allowed the land company to fence In
the park and after that time the com
pany had paid taxes to the city In amounts
from jao to lx per year.
According to Mr. Hreen, there la a
statute which was passed some sixteen
. years ago covering the case, and If It can
be proven that the act of fencing nnd the
llrst tuxes paid were not before the pass
age of that law his contention that South
Omaha already owns Syndicate park may
be established. It Is positive that the
money will not be paid over until the way
Is clear to pay it." The city treasurer will
,.".-eport to the council at the next meet
ing. In all probability, that the money
realized from the( sale of the park bonds
la on hand. Ha 'will aak for Instructions
as to the distribution of the fund. It Is
expected that the restraining order will be
served on all city officials today. This
will keep matter at a standstill until the
courts thresh out the case.
Kale Uoveriilns; Licenses.
Now that the season of tho renewal of
liquor license Is at hund, the board la of
tho opinkn that a brief resumo of the ro
(iilrenie:Us Incorporated In the new code of
twenty-six rules recently adopted would be
of great benefit both to the parties seeking
licence and to the bou-rd. It Is evident that
the year to ensue will be marked by a
strictness formerly not known. The regu
lar meetings of the board are the first
Tuesduy of each month. The officers are
the mayor, the secretary and the president
pro tern.
Hule No. 3 gives the details of the appli
cation for license required. It require
that a plat of the room shall be furnished
allowing all npartment. the position of the
bar and doors and windows. The applica
tion, for lU'unse iiiust be signed by thirty
l lders who live In the ward and shall
; sj accompanied by a $5,000 bond. Rule No.
that . the freeholders on hi petition are
fully entitled to sign the petition. The same
Is required in the bond. Rule No. 6 require
that remonatrators against any saloon oc
cupying a given location shall give security
for the coet of the testimony In. the case.
If they win their case the amount Is re
funded. No. 8 provides that no license shall
be Issued to a corporation, copartnership,
minor or non-resident. If a party become
a non-resident after lloense Is grunted It
nuiy be revoked. Rule 11 provides that the
board may revoke any license on proof
thai any law, ordinance of the city or rule
of the board had been vlolatod. The hoard
promises to revoke all mich licenses. Ap
peal must then be taken to the district
court. Meanwhile the saloon will remain
clt sed.
ituie ino. i. gives me rorm ox license re-nu'-ed.
One condition Incorporate In the
SCALY ERUPTIONS
E
c
hi:; d
tl Itched Constantly Scratched Until
2 Blood Flowed Suffered 10 Years
Doctors and Medicines Wera
Fruitless Tries Cuticura and Is
Completely Cured
BY THREE BOXES OF
CUTICURA OINTMENT
"When I was about nine years old
mail aorea appeared on each of my
lower llmba, I acratohod them with a
bran pin anf
shortly afterward
both of thoee limb
became to sore that
I oould scarcely
walk. When I had
been suffering for
about a month tha
ore began to heal,
but small acaly
eruptions appeared
where the sores bad
been. From that
time onward I was
troubled by inch
severe itching that,
until I became
Accustomed to It, I would ofatch the
ore until the blood tiegan to flow.
This would atop the itching for a few
day; but scaly places would appear
again and tha itching would accompany
them. After I suffered about ten years
I made a renewed effort to effect a cure.
The eruption by this timo had appeared
on everv part of my body xoep. rnf
Jaoe ana hands. The best doctor in my
ative county advised me to use arson io
'in small dea and a salve. 1 then used
to bathe tha aore in a mixture which
fave almost Intolerable pan. In I li
mn 1 used other remedies, such as iodine,
aulpbur, aino salve, 'a Halve,
Ointment, and In fact 1 was con
tinually giving soma remedy a fair trial,
never using lee than on or t wo boxes or
bottles. All this wai fruitless. Finally
my hair began to fall out an J I was rapidly
becoming bald. I used ' ,
1.... . . t . T I A , I. -
having used alrnost everything else, I
thought 1 would try i utlcura ointment,
having previously used Cuticura Soap
arid beitut pleased with it. After using
threw bo if 1 was completely oureu,
and my hair was restored, after fourteen
year of suffering and an expenditure of
at least 150 to $00 in vainly endeavoring
to find a cure. I shall ba glad to writ
to any on who may be interested la
luv cure. B. Hiram Haltingly, Ver
million, S Dak., Aug. is. lsK6."
tfo:d ihmufffKMii lim wnrid Pniwr Drag )
it. in i ..if r-.nr rrnii n,iun.
license the right of the boerd to revoke It)
t any time for cause. Rule No. 13 fixes
the hours of selling m week dsys a from
a. m. to 12 p. m. Bah ns eloee at 12 p !
m. Saturday nlsht until Monday morning. !
Hule No. 14 forbids any saloon being run 1
In connretlnn with ny house of 111 repute
or of lwd practice. Any door, entrance,
sta.r, eievator, speaking tube or electric 1
apparatus or other means rf communica
tion will be dwmed evidence of such con
nection. No. 15 prohibits any wine room
or card room or enclosure where person!
may be secreted from a general view of the
Interior. No. 16 forbids pmetltutes from
visiting the saloon. No liquor shall be. sold
to them.
No. 17 forbids any and all forms of j
n 1. T I . .. . . . I
"'""" jo one is nuoweo to remain
In the saloon after 12 p. m. Rules Nos. 20
and 21 lay rsFtrltlona on druggists who
"ell liquor. A brench of these rules will
be sufficient cause for revoking the license.
A peculiar Incident developed In connec
tion with the action of the new board last
Wednesday evening In rinsing up the saloon
of Oeorne Zyh. He was charged with sell
ing on Sunday, and on motion by A. H.
Murdock his place of business was ordered
closed. He was tried In police court be
fore a Jury yesterday morning for the of
fense and promptly acquitted, as has been
the usual fate In such cases. The board,
however, refuse to recognise the author
ity of the Jury's acquittal, but the saloon
will remain closed until the board shall
act next Tuesdsy.
CJooil Market for Horse.
Wednesday and Thursday were dny of
splendid market for horses t the stock
yard. John S. Cooper had a sale Wednes
day and B. W. Anspneh A Co. made one
yesterday. The horses offered were chunks
and draft animals for the most part and
were the best ever shown on the local
market. Tho prices were higher on the
average than ever before. One team of
mares was sold for to be shipped to
San Francisco, where local conditions have
created a great demand for draft horses.
Colonel Joseph Mlchener was the auc
tioneer. The sale yesterday was almost
a good a on the previous day.
Woman In Pitiable Flight.
The people on the west side have been
much shocked at a pitiable case of neglect
and destitution. This is the case of Mrs.
1 Keenan at Thirty-sixth and S streets.
The woman Is sick and unable to care
for herself. She has a husband, but he
apparently Is In his dotnge nnd given to
drink. The house la a mere hut, with no
floor and filthy as a kennel. The woman
has been sick for two months or more and
of late has been on the verge of slow
starvation. A few days ago the conditions
cjme to light ar,d the women of the neigh
borhood visited tho place. They cleaned It
up as much as It would allow and a doc
tor and food was provided for the woman.
It Is expected that the case will be brought
before the county authorities and tho
woman will be cared for during what ap
pear to be her few remaining days.
f'.ioda of the Greeks.
Yesterday marked the exodus of a grent
pcrmntage of the Greek colony which has
been quartered In the city for the lust
eleven months. They have been occupying
every available lodging In the vicinity of
Thirtieth and Q streets during th,t"'rrte:
They were brought hero. It Is thought, bp
agents having their lubor In leash to work
on the sewer contracts, but the affairs
Of the city government have moved o
slowly that the men have grown Impatient.
They have been wurking at various occupa
tions, such as Ice cutting and In tho pack
ing houses. It Is said the packers have
refused to hire any more Greeks, as they
are hard to handle and tlr up the Ire of
more desirable classes of workmen. A
crowd variously estimated at from 500 to
800 took Kurlington freight Cars at Twenty
seventh and L streets, snld to have been
consigned to the bect fields and 'railroad
camps farther west.
Boat for Trip Down Itlve.
James Plvonka I putting the finishing
touches on a new twenty-two foot gasoline
motor boat, all of which ho has con
structed In his shop In the Plvonka block,
with the exception of the gasoline engine.
The bont Is complete In every detail and
finely finished. He says he will give the
boat a lengthy trial trip on the river, stall
ing May 1. It la his Intention to go the
entire distance to the gulf. The boat has
a high speed and he expects to make eight
een or twenty miles per hour when he
wishes:. All of the principal points will be
visited en route.
Mnsle City Rnnslp.
(Mrs. Mame Feeney is reported seriously
H. B. Flehnrty Is In Uncoln on a busi
ness trip.
J. A. Vail of Chicago Is the guest of Mrs.
F. A. CreBsey.
John H. Rlpel was arrested Wednesday
for abandoning his family.
O. W. Tyson of Flair Is the guest of hi
ister. Mrs. W. F. Uutdlck.
I. ouls Ixadene has gone to Chicago, where
he exict to secure a permanent position.
O. W. Butterfleld is building a jX addi
tion to his house at 710 North Twelfth
street.
Mra H. II. Millard has so far recovered
from her recent operation as to return to
her home.
Mike Hayes, John O'Rourke and Pet
Peterson were fined In police court yester
day morning
Mrs. H. G. Klddno Is thought to be prac
tically out of danger from the effects of
her operation.
Mrs. O. W. Howell. Twenty-ninth and
Monroe streets, is suffering from a mild
attack of smallpox.
M. J. Bulllvan of Noma. Alaska, Is visit
ing with his sisters. Mra J. p. McCurron
and Mrs. C. P. Hood.
Mr. and Mr. L. Wood entertained Mon
day for their daughter. Bessie, who cele
brated her fifteenth birthday.
P. H. Shields has been granted a three
days' Uav of absence. He has gone on a
hunting trip to Silver Creek, Neb..
One of a gang of boys Is reported to
nave thrown a stone through the window
of lloysier s grocery store, U hirty-thlrd and
K street.
Mis. John Culkln, who underwent an
-operation at the South Omaha hospital last
Saturday, to all appearances wiil make a
speedy recovery.
Word has been received from J. I). Ringer
in L4nooln thai his mother died there yes
terday morning at a. m. He will remain
until after the burial.
Mrs 1. L. Vansant condition has not
greatly changed since her operation
Hudntsdiiy inuniing. The critical time U
not passed as yet. Her condition was re
ported as good yesterday.
Tho followli x births were reported yes
teiday: Fran Clenoulth, Fuuiueiuii and
Monroe, a buy; Fran H'asiek wki. ijJb L,
a gui; Aaron Nlsiiman. Twenty-seventh
ana 8. u boy; Henry llelzer, t South
A mi ly-ursi, a girl.
On account of the train service, the fu
neral of K. U. Montgomery has !m fixed
fur 1 p. m. thl afternoon instead of d p. '
in. The Maauiilc UkUo will meet at the
hall at 12 m. several of the city ofriciai
will attend ttie funerul.
The contracts fi r tha permanent side
walks have bten drawn up by the city
Engineer ready lor the slgnatjre of Gui
ianiii. the only bidder on tli:s woi k. The
coiatacts will yield a n. remuneration
of from tt.uuu to fc.oju annually.
Mike and Martin O Connors. Paul Thump
Son. J me .SiHiiuc, Hii'haid Armstrong,
Pete Jnswenskl and John I'usper Blurted
teteiuay lor Boulli I'ukota, wlieie liity
are abuut to 1 ln errriinent Improve
ment un their homestead claim.
A hundred or mole gui-ta attended the
character social last night at the Presby
terian cnurch. About til'ty of the guests
In costume, many of which were
original and amusing. Miss Adeline Lnm
mock won nrt prlxe In an oriental cos
tume; John Huberts for the men.
New spring styles now ready. Splendid
men suns i and t.U New style Ui Mau
huaan Sums, II i and Si'uO Latei blocks
of luunj s Hats, pries fiOu. real value
K-vO. Lauest Latt In Kaiston Heaith
Siioea, 14. Hi, compare Willi Join makes.
l.AUt Novelties In Men's and Hoys' Cu.
New lai-ter Neckwear, fc) cents f.r th kind
others get 7t cents for. Also new styles In
OuMi cu's Ouibliig. Nebraska Shoe and
Clot Ling House, corn, r Xth aud N Sis,
South Omaha.
Your CpP' rturlly There ore only 1? loU
lafl In t.'i.risUe Pla-- onip tn ti.
pos of them this week, we concluded to
rliire the price from $!:" to $1J each;
ssme cay terms, ;o cash and 16 per month.
Th Omaha Street Hallway company has
sereeil to extend their line to this addition.
This alone will add V In value to each
lot. Call at my omce and let me show you
this property. 11. M. Christie. 24.0 N St.
'Phone 10.
'VARSITY GLE.E CLUB CONCERT
Nebraska Student filve a Most Plra
Ing Entertainment at the
Boyd.
It was a representative college audience
that gathered Thursday at Hoyd'a the
ater to hear the concert given by the Cni-
verslty of Nebraska Ole and Mandolin
clubs that Is, It was an audience made
up largely of alumni of colleges and uni
versities. Cut It needed no college au
dience to appreciate the performance pre
sented by the forty odd young men from
the state university. It require no be
nevolent allowance for amateurism to say
It was an extraordinarily good show. It
Is a show of variety, for to the usual
features of concert and minstrelsy has
been added an original comlo operetta that
Is extremely funny and well staged and
managed.
Th house was fairly well filled, but
what the audience may have lacked In
size wa more than made up In enthu
siasm. From the first number by the glee
club of thirty exceptionally well trained
voices to the final curtain fall, one, two,
and sometimes more encores to every num
ber were demanded by the audience. There
were nine number In the firt or concert
part of the program, and it 1 hard to
distinguish which may hav been th fa
vorite, for all were well received and
were of a high order. They showed that
the glee club as a musical organization Is
better than ever before. The voices were
In beautiful harmony and showed the ef
fect of careful training.
The second part of the program, the
comlo operetta, kept the audience In one
continual guffaw. It was a home product,
most of th libretto being by E. C. John
Bon and M. L. Ktmmel. who took leading
part a Cudnma and Cecil, colored comics,
respectively. The scene Is laid In New
Haven, Conn., and the time Is next fall,
the day of the great foot ball match be
tween Nebraska and Tale. Whatever of
plot there Is centers around Cecil and
Cudoma, who even alone would have made
the sketch amusing. But when three sex
tettes of "girls" tripped (!) upon the stage
In burlesque of the chorus of an opera, the
ensemble was Irresistible. First came the
Vassar girls In enps and gowns and curls.
They were chewing gum. Then came the
Tuskegee beauties In yellow dress-es reach
ing their knees, black belts and black tics
of vast dimensions. They were followed
by the Nebraska girls In cream "mortar
boards" with crimson tassels, cream
dresses and crimson stockings and gaiters.
To relieve the dazzling effect of this ar
my of femininity there was a sextette of
New York dudes. Clarence Johnston as
"Cecilia, the Lemon," was a great suc
cess, and the other parts were all well
taken.
An affair of this nature always Is handi
capped for two reasons It is not suf
ficiently advertised and Its nature Is not
well enough known to the general theater
going public to draw patronage from that
source. It 1 safe to say that If a per
formance like tha one given lost night
were placed before an average theater au
dience In Omaha It would please a well
as tha average professional show.
The entertainment was under the au
spice of the Omaha Panhellenlo club and
nearly 200 society men and women of the
city were patron and patronesses. The
local committee In charge was as follows:
Harry S. Byrne, John W. Bnttln, Philip
8. Reed, Harry Tukey, T. W. Switaler and
Oliver S. Erwin.
After the entertainment an Informal
complimentary dance was given by the
Panhellenlc club at Chambers' ocademv,
with the member of the glee and man
dolin club a special guests. The dance
wn also largely attended and a great so
cial success.
The glee and mandolin clubs are about
to start on a western tour, to Include
towns In Nebraska. Colorado and Wyo
ming. They will leave Lincoln next
Wednesday.
BENEFIT FOR THE SYRIANS
Representative Audience Listen to
Fine Program and Assist
the Church.
An audience of about 800 of the repre
sentative men and women citizens of
Omaha gathered at Crelghton university
hall Thursday evening to enjoy the excel
lent concert given by local talent for the
benefit of the Syrian Catholic congregation
df Omaha, which holds Its usual service
at St. Phllomena cathedral.
The affair was a brilliant success so
cially as well a financially. The program
comprised vocal and Instrumental music,
with two recitation by Mr. Edwin Swobe.
The first number wa a vocal solo by
Mrs. W. W. Turner, wh nng "On Rosy
Wing of Love," from II Trovatore. Mr.
Wallace Lyman gave a violin olo. Allegro
Sonata, Op. 13. from Grelg. "Lady Ger
aldlne's Courtship" was the ubject of an
excellent recitation by Mr. Edwin Swobe.
A very enjoyable number wa th two
songs, "At Parting." from Roger, and
"The Violet." from A. Mildenberg. by Mr.
J. T. Roger. Mis France Nash gav
three short piano solos, "Pen see Poetlque,"
from Klein; "Page d' Amour," from Van
Fellts, and "Poupee Vals.int." from Pol
dlnl. For the sixth number Mr. George
Mrlntyre sang a quartet of ballads, "An
IrlBh Love Song," from Margaret Lang;
"Thy Reaming Eye." from McDowell;
"When Love Is Done," from Hawley, and
"King Duncan Daughter," from Alllt
sen. Mrs. Edwin Swob recited ' My
Ships." from Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and
"Knee Deep In June," from James Whit
comb Riley. The program closed with a
trio of song by Mr. W. W. Turner, "Th
Las with the Delicate Air," from Dr.
Arne; "Serenade," from Strauss, and "If
No One Ever Marries Me." from Llxa
Ixfhmnnn.
Mrs. L. F. Crofoot w the plaro ac
companist of the evening. All th num
bers were encored most heartily and each
of the women artistes was mad th re
cipient of a handsome bouquet.
Bsperlenee.
A certain member of the Pittsburg Stock
exchange has set his nephtw up In business
three times, but the young msn lacks
something essential to success in the line
selected for him, and has failed with each
effort.
When he recently appeared before the
uncle with his fourth request, th latur
aid:
"You must learn to lean on yourself. I
can't carry you all my life. I'll tell you
what I'll do. Tou owe me a great deal as
the result of your last failure. Pitch In on
your own hook and go It alone till you pay
off those debts. When you've done that. Ill
give you a check for what they amount to.
Such an experience will do you more good
than all the money I could give you now."
Two months later th nephew walked In
with every claim receipted In full, and th
unci wa so delighted that he gav the
promised check.
"How did you manage It, Howard?" he
asked, after an expression of congratula
tion. "I borrowed th money," r piled Howard
-Haroer'a Weekly.
Formal Opening
OF THE
Second Floor
Brandeis New Store
HON da y,
MARCH THE TWENTY-FIFTH
An achievement that will augment the prestige
op Omaha and the west in the eyes of the fash
ionable world
WE BID HIE MEN AND THE WOMEN OF
THE WEST TO BE OUR GUESTS AT
THIS NOTABLE EVLN1
Our entire second jJoor, a brilliant acJiivvement in design, equip
ment and artistic dec0ration, is devoted entirely to Women's
licady-to-Wear Apparel and Millinery the foremost original
examples of ttyle are exhibited from the master designers of two
continents.
EXQUISITE IMPORTED COSTUMES, MIL
LINERY, ROBES, PARTY WRAPS, DEMI
COSTUMES, PARISIAN SUMMER DRESS
ES, SEPARATE COSTUME SKUITS, LISOEHIE, ETC.,
The styles were never so delightfully chic as this season's and
the regal beauty of tlie sorroundings make this style ctngress all
the more charming.
Fashion in her loveliest mood aivaits yon at
BRANDEIS MONDAY
LETTERS FROM BEE READERS
J. If. Eastir'.in Iffakes Reply to Lettr of
Er. Gecrei L. killer.
A0M1TS WHAT THE RAILROADS HAVE DONE
Can See No ltenaon Why Progress
Should Not Be the Order Still
Rate to Different Point Dis
cussed at Length.
Contribution on timely topic are
Invited from readers of The Pee.
Communications should be written
Uigtbly on one side of the paper only
and accompanied by the name aud ad
dress of tho writer. The name will not
be usod if the writer asks that it be
withheld. Unused communications will
not be returned. Correspondents are ad
vised to limit their letters to 3'J0 words
or they will be subject to being cut
down to that limit at the discretion of
the editor. Publication of views of
Correspondents must not be taken to
commit The Hee to their endorsement.
KEARNEY. Neb., March 20. To the
Editor of The Bee: I regret to further
trespass upon your space and time, but
my good friend. Dr. Miller, In nls com
munication of March 11 compels me to
do so to set him right. In the flrtt
place, let the statement be made that
he 1 right that Kearney should be
spelled Kearny, and that the railroads
have veritably converted the Great Amer
ican Desert Into the Valley of the Nlln.
What of It? Good can be bettered.
Progress wait upon Improvement. Broth
er Oould and Harrlman are heroic ouls.
They did good for the west and for them
selves. It may be possible that the gov
ernment gave enough, twice over, to
build the Paclfl" roads, but let that past
The question ,a, Shall we go ahead.
pi egress, do better. Improve upon the
reslme No. 8, or content ourselves with
fawning after tho heroic souls of Oould
and Harrlman? These heroe have grown
rich, and well and good. The pioneer,
like my esteemed friend. Dr. MllUr,
braved the grasshopper and drouth
scourge to make the desert blossom as
the rose, but are our tears dried for
their sympathetic praise?
Let us pts up the doctrine of let well
enough alone. It means stagnation, de
cay, death. We must forge ahead. We
must take up the line of progress where
these great spirits livid It down. Tho
ox team of the trail was a great in
stitution In its day. It was then "tha
best." I am willing to bestow unstinted
praise on this bovine herd of civilisation,
but not stop progress. Let us, If needs
be, build monuments to our bovlns.
Goulds and Harrlmans, but In the mean
time Improve upon the good they have
accomplished. It won't do us credit to
praise without effort. Standards arc
mailo by comparison. Let us erect a
standard, and If It pales before that f
Gould and Harrlman, the greater their
glory. If It Is better, patriotic as th-y
are, they should be proud, because they
were our teachers.
There I no help for agitation. Men
will think; there la no prison strong
enough to confine an idea. The trend
of public entlment Is toward govern
ment ownership. Thl opinion should
not and does not decry the great rallro.rd
builders, but points to better conditions.
There Is reason for this. Why should
a metropolitan city like Omaha enjoy
better railroad rates than Kearney?
It won't do to say that It 1 because
of competition, for that 1 discrimination.
It compel a less favored community to
pay the loss caused by such competition.
This is wrong. I live !00 miles nearer
th western coul fields than Dr. Miller,
The most elegant and sumptuously ap
poiittcd salesroom in America,
The most lavish array of artistic im
ported Millinery and Women s Ready-to-lVear
Apparel ever assembled by a
store west of ATeiu York
yet he buys Colorado coal cheaper. Why?
They say because of competition. If the
road furnish Dr. Miller with this coal
at a loss, I am compelled (o make It up.
This Is not right. He tells me I Bhould
be content, because Harrlman and Oould
are humanitarians. I can't be, as long
as Dr. Miller sleeps tinder the entire
blanket, and I out In the cold. I hellev
that government ownership will give the
same equal treatment that our postal
facilities do. I have the same con
venience at Kearney that Dr. Miller doee
at Omaha under the postofflee regime.
Dr. Miller I a pioneer and he Is toi
magnanimous to be content In the en
joyment of special privileges. He Is too
democratic for that. We all share his
praise for the railroad builders, but this
Is not enough. Hero worship Is po.it.
We may venerate the good, but should
make Improvement. It won't do to Idol
ize the ox team and prairie schoonor.
They were the best In their day, hut
this Is a better regime, vis.; the Harrl-mnn-Gould
system.
It won't do to deify this latter regime,
for the road of progress Is endless. W
will Improve upon It. We can put In whole
sale houses lu every hamlet, under govern
ment ownership. Now It Is Impossible for
Kearney to do so because It Is not a com
petitive point, and does not enjoy the
blessing of the Missouri river "differen
tials." Perhaps If Brother Harrlman
should gobble a few more railroads for
hrakfnst Dr. Miller' beautiful metro
politan city might be deprived of It
rneclnl privilege.
I like Dr. Miller' optimism. I share his
hopefulness for the future. But I am un
willing to be a "stand-patter," say to the
world that perfection has been attained.
For one, I am glad that the word "per
fection" Is a misnomer. I want to believe
1hnt there Is hope for Improvement.
In conclusion, I would Indulge the hope
that equal opportunities Is a universal
natural law. Capabilities may differ, hut
the door to endeavor stands ajar. Equal
A Stransky Kettle .with tinned wire bail and wood handle. This is one of
Stransky's best shapes in Berlin Kettles. Codd size, 3 quart capacity.
Saturday Special r.v.r )QC Re9uar Price $1.00
Linoleum
Short lengths of linolenum on sale Satur
day morning. Some pieces large enough for
kitchen and dining room.
11.65 grade at, per yd., VXc 7SC grade
91.35 grade at, per yd., 7c
$1.00 grade at, per yd., flc
66c grade
50c grade
Remnants of OllGloth
On Sale Saturday
35c grade at, per yd., 2.V 23c grade at. per yd.. 18c
30c grade at, per yd., 20c 40c grade at, pr yd., 80c
Matting Remnants
At About Half Price
60c grade at, per yd., 35c
4 5c grade at, per yd., 25c
35c grade
25c grade
i
opportunities to all may be Jcfforsonlan,
but It I also the eternal law. No one
doubts that under private ownership of
public service corporations that thl prin
ciple Is dented. I am persuaded that no
one so Intelligent a Dr. Miller will be
mangled by the car of progress. Govern
ment ownership 1 the Issue of the hour.
Mr. Bryan, with his acuteness, grasps
the throttle of the car of progress. Presi
dent Roosevelt nod and says that ha will
try regulation first. Of course, he does
not stop to consider that a whole lifetime
has been spent In fruitless regulation. Hut
he Is a busy man the head of a great
notion. He and Mr. Bryan will march
under the same banner by and by. And
my pioneer friend, Dr. Miller, will, too.
J. M. EA STERLING.
OMAHA. March a.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Our. South Omaha friends appear to
b much disturbed over the action of the
city council In reference to park lte.
Investigation reveals the fact that tho so
called park board Is appointed by the dis
trict court Judge, and make reports to
no one. Every constitutional lawyer
knows that the district Judges have no
authority to exorcise executive duties, for
If they can appoint boards they can alsi
appoint the mayor and council and tho
city attorney, etc., and this point was
distinctly raised In a recent Nebraska case,
as well as one In Iowa.
There Is no park board In South Omaha
that has any legal right to appropriate
the sum of $1 of the public money, and
their city treasurer should post himself
before he pays out city funds. Our city
legal department should make note of this
matter, for If we are soon annexed It
may bo necessary for them to Investigate
some things done under the South Omaha
administration. FRED WALLACE.
Has Leather Belt.
In tha equipment of the Dempsey Lum
ber company' new sawmill at Taooma,
Wash., 1 the largest single leather belt
Saturday Special
In the Ctasement
Ingrain Carpets
Short lengths made up into carpets, 6ewed
ready to lay. Co at big reductions.
$7.75, all wool,
$8.25, all wool,
at, per yo... c
at, per yd., Oc
at, per yd , Sic
$11.62, all wool,
$9.13, all wool,
$11.60, cotton chain, 12x12 at
$6.75, all wool, 9x9, at
$7.47, cotton chain, 9x9, at
$17.65, all wool, 12x16, at
$9.54, all wool, 9x11-6, at
$11.00, all wool, 9x13, at
$7.75, all wool, 9x9-3, at.
$6.25, all wool, 7x9; at
at, per yd., SSc
at, per yd., 13c
MOND A V,
MARCH
Twenty-Fifth
Store Open Monday
Evening)
In the world. It Is eighty-four Inches In
wldtK, three-ply In thickness, and weigh
Just 2.S00 pounds. The belt Is 14 feet long;
It took the centers of the hides of 223
steers to make it, and each piece of thl
leather was separately stretched before
being placed In .the belt. In putting tha
belt together no pegs, rivets or fastening
of ony kind were used except cement of
the best quality, and the piles were ce
mented together under a hydraulic pressura
of 20 tons.
LiTTLE GIRL ONLY TERROR
Child Held by Man Who Frantically
Bend In Ilnrry Call to
Police,
Replying to an agonized appeal to send
(he police for a burglar that was being
held, the patrol wagon with officers was
sent to the home of Samuel Dietrich, 3I0J
Cuming street, at a swift pace In tha
Thursday afternoon's sun, to find Mr.
Dietrich on guard over a 14-year-old girl,
the daughter of a neighbor, who had
stolen Into his house and pilfered (5 from
a sewing machine drawer. The officer
surrounded the house and then rushed In at
tha doors, and. searching around demanded
of Dietrich, "Where's the man?" "Ther,"
said Dietrich, pointing to the little bare
headed girl cowering In a chair. And, re
membering the hot haste and sweating;
horses, one of the men' said something un
der his breath unfit for publication.
For sometime Dietrich said, he haa
mlssnd money from his house. In all about
S20. Thursday afternoon, he said he left
the key In the kitchen door on the out
aide and then hid himself Inside to w a tola,
presently Cora McCermlck entered tha
house and, going dlrectely to the sewing
machine, extracted a $5 bill from th
drawer. Dietrich had taken th number
of the hills In the drawer and the one tha
girl had bore one of the number he had
Jotted down.
9xlO - C, at
9x11, at
.$6.20
.$6.05
.$9.50
.$7.15
.$8.80
.$5.00
.$6.75
.13.86
.$7.75
.$9.00
.$6.85
.$5.00
10-0x12, at. .
9x11, at