1 (4 ( 1 ::-- -y.:.,yi' yA . . . . 10 ) ! Rlcns'2!! Pants Fr.m the ft I bier pur- , .AV .6 AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA City Treasurer Filet Hii Report for the Month of June. KTJBIBEE OP FUNDS EUKUINQ LOW roartk of Jalr ! Crlebrated Wllk tka Vasal Adihii ( NoU. bat N rloaa Arcldvnta A ra Hrportad. . . -. f ... Tha city traurr fllad hlf rWt with tha city clerk on tha armtnf f July S, ahowlng tha condition of tha city funda, tha rroaipta and tfltburaementa tot tha month of July and tha apiount at prasont placed ta tha credit of tha city In tha hanka. . In aeveral way tha report la In taraattnf. Ona la that the drat of tha money appropriated for. ' tha construction of severs was expended. Tha amount spent was tor. tha first estimate of the city engineer for the Mud creek aewer, S3, 733.24. The largest Item of expenae for the month was the Interest on obligations, amount ing to IJl.irn, Several of tha bond la suae have maturing coupons, which were paid. Tha total amount collected for tha tnnnth was f7,7M. The total disburse ments wra .. 730.01. The amount of tha June balance was M87.S84..4 Tha amount remaining In the city treasury July 1 was 4.C9.!)t.. Prom this balance.lt will be easily seen that tha amount appropriated to th general lery for tha present year la growing low. The surplus at the end Of th; ar will not exceed 13.004, The greater amount of tha money In the treas ury has been appropriated to speola) pur poses, such as the sewers, paving project and tha city halt. The city hall fund la being rapidly used up. ' Parh ia'wolsr. South Omaba celebrated Its Fourth In arluu ways yetserday. As far as notes and huubbub of firecrackers, torpedoes and explosives Is concerned the city vied with any m the land. The uproar was starts) Wednesday evening snd continued all night with scarcely any Intermlaalon. Every boy lu the city and tha majority of the 'girls each added a mite to tha votllea proclaiming tha holiday. AH the street car tracks were lined with torpedoes. Notwithstanding ths vast amount of explosives used there wer no accidents reported to th polioe and no euee required the aervloea of the hos pital. There waa a fire about 10:30 at Twenty-sixth and O street caused by a skyrocket going through a window into a honsa. Tha damag waa slight, being little more than powder black from tha biasing rocket. Tha department waa called out. Ona of tha finest effects of Illumination In tha evening waa produced by tha Japanese penie. who Imported a lot of fireworks from Japan especially for tha occasion. Their rockets were tha finest In the city and a era seen for miles around. They simply spouted fountains of Are, leaving (Inters or red, green and blue fire for sev eral nilnutos after each was sent up. Numerous carryall parties visited the nearby lakes ouJ picnic grounds. A favorite wus Pryino'tr lake, where fully half a dosen k'S'la founil rnterlalnrgent. The Houth Omaha Country club held tha oat pretentious eelebrstlon. which lasted all day and a very larce crowd attended. . Laurie Ctty UM.I,. Olvna Transfer Co. Tel. Eo. Otnehe M Spring tha month of June there w?ra fully ui. ilia, of wuoiu ltil)-.t w. n Maii Floor Old Store MEN'S $4 and $5 Outing Pants 'K-SOi.-Boys-Knee Pants Suits at .;. V tnalea and eighteen females. Tha death roll for June was twenty-nine; of these eighteen were malas and eleven wera fe males. . Mrs. R. A. Gibson la reported seriously to, . . . . Jotter's Oold Top Beer delivered In all parts of the city. Telephone No. S. Miss Margsret McOovern has gone to Winona, la., for a visit with her grand parent. The Sunday evening eonoerts at the South Omaha club will bo continued beginning Junday, July 7. Russell Barclay la rapidly' recovering from his recent Injuries. - Ha will only lose jart of one finger. B. M. Rohrbough has announced the com- rletlon of hi report on th condition of the U street viaduct. i J. J. Breen ha checked over the accounts of fee due to th city of South Omaha from the district court and th amount exceeds $2,000. Peter Hinkle, Twenty-thh-d and W. re ported the birth of a son yesterday. Mike brennan, 150 North Twenty-seventh, has a son. Kd Bwatek, 621 North Fifteenth, has a boy. Samuel P. Howell, aged SI. dljd at his home. Thirteenth and M streets, Wednes day evening. The funeral will be held Sat- Uirday afternoon. Rev. H. H. Millard will have charge. - HAVE YOU ANY 0f1GNERS7 "Big Money" for Letter by Slamar f th Oeclaratloai f Isde ' .t.e.. Harper' Weekly. There la a "literary end" to tha Fourth of July quit a perennial aa th patriotic firecracker. . The young of thl land of tha free and home of the brave may see In the great national holiday only nols and picnic and athletic contests ; their elders, Insofar as thy may hav been bitten by a gentle little bug of the collecting mania, will find in It, also, a reminder of those patriots who put their signature to lh Immortal Declaration .when th fourth day of th seventh month cam first Into "of ficial" being. The autograph hunter longa lor them, th historian cherishes warmly such as hs may own, while even th "mere financier" reallxe that they are well worth his consideration a collection Of letters signed by those fifty-six good men and true would be Indeed a sound Investment to put against the proverbial rainy day. Iu the past thirty year "signers' " au tographs hav accrued In value from three to five fold, and there 1 no chanc that tha price are to fall; It la rather to be expected that they will graually but surely rls yet more. In 1878 ther wer Bold at auction In Philadelphia twenty-nlna Items, representing that number of tha signa tures of the Declaration's sponsors, In al most every case appended to a letter In the same hand. The total realised for tha lot was tbSO.SO, and tha selfsame piece sold today would be worth from 12,000 to H.000! A complete collection of document bearing th signatures of all "th signers" would bring, even under th most unfa vorable circumstances, not less than 110, 00?, while If th letter should contain ref erences to th famous paper which sprang into immortality that summer forenoon lu 1774, or to other event of greater or lea Important. to It or to the revolution ary period, "he price' ui th aggregate might easily run ur to F-S.OuO. The detain lis, ol th twenty-nlna au tographs uold at the auction in 11171, with the price they brought twenty-seven year go comper.'U with the price set upon Imlllar "plcea" by one of the largest and best-known autograph dealers of today, shows tellincly the steady advance In value that has attached to them. At the sal In Uestlun, Dutton Owinnett's signature, one of thu rarest ef th "set," wa at tached to a draft, or brief. f a letter, and THE OMAHA OH 3 ra n Anx o) FROM DICK OROS., BAC31WTS 131 Morccr St, How York . Bold by order. of the court, by Chaa. Shongood, U. S. auctioneer for the Southern District of New York in bankruptcy on June 19, '07, assets of Bick Bros.', bankrupts, consisting, of men's suits, woolens, piece goods, fixtures, etc. Wm. Henkel Jr., receiver, . r Every suit is high grade, new, up - wonderful chance to buy suits at less Choice of the Entire BANKRUPT STOCK OF DICK BROS. Men's Sum mer Suits, Worth $10.00 and $12.50 ai. . BOYS' KNEE PANTS SUITS FOR SUMMER WEAR materials, $3.00 and $350 Qg values at. ... .'. vw not th Utter lUelf, whit tha algnatura of Thomaa Lynch, Jr.. had been cut from the fly leaf of a book.- In every other case, however, th letter bearing the. algnatura had been written by the hand of tha signer. Th data attached are thos borne by-th letter: John Adam, Sept. SO. 177S t 10.00 f 80 Josiah Uartlett, Aug. 22, 1794.... 9.00 Carter Uraxton, Dec. 18, 1783.... 7.00 20 IS ltO 80 29 88 750 100 S 278 80 28 BO 80 .80 a 60 99 75 .28 78 20 25 20 60 20 86 Abraham Clark, June 17, 177S... 10.00 Samuel Chase, Sept. 9, 1777...... 18.00 William Floyd, July , 1778 16.00 BenJ. Franklin, Jan. . 1781 lf.00 Button Gwinnett, no date 110.00 Lyman Hall, Sept. 12, 17H6 80.00 Joseph Hewes, Dec. 14, 1772 87.80 William Cooper, July IS, 17S2.... S2S0 John Hancock, July 11, 1778 ... 8.00 Thomas Lynch, Jr., no data.... 86.00 Francta Lee, Jan. 14. 17.. ..,.. 11.00 Lewis Morris, May 23, 1784 10.00 Thomaa Nelson, April 23, 1782.. 10 00 Robert Treat Paine, Jan. 8, 1787 10.00 William Paca, Feb. 19, 1779 100 John Penn, Oct. 4. 1788 27.W Edward Rutledge, no aate '.. 18 00 Roger Sherman, Febi 14, 1793.. 21.00 Jam Smith, no date WOO Thomas Stone, April 27, 17SS.... 18 00' John Wltherspoon, April 11. 1772 11.00 William Whipple, Oct. 8, 1784.... 14O0- Wllllam Williams, Mrh. 17. 176J 16.00 Oliver Woleott, Feb, 28, 1778 ... 1100 George Walton, April 22, 1773.. 16.00 George Wythe, Dec. 22, 1772 16.00 Totala , 8G80.S0 82,850 It Is. perns ps, hot without inter eet to add that twenty-six of th fifty-six signers wer professional msri, twenty-two being attor neys, three physician and ona a clergy man. Of the others, ten were merchant, three wer farmers, ona (Benjamin Frank lin, of course) was printer, and sixteen may best be described aa retired man of fortune. Nineteen of them wera graduate of college In thl country eight from Har vard, four from Yale, three from Prince ton, and two each from th University of Pennsylvania and from William and Mary'. . MANAWA HAS RECORD CROWD Hat Weatae Hollaay Attract Maay to -tha Lake UesarU Manawa had th largest attend an oe in It history on tha Fourth of July; a crowd estimated at BO.OuO, visiting the resort. Every available car waa pressed Into aerv tce by tha atreet railway company, ther being a one-minute schedule during the day. very attraction waa taxed far be yond lu capacity. Never before wa Manhattan beach v le tted by o many pleasure cevker in ona day, and th bathing resort waa fairly allv wish tha thousand who took a plung in the clear water. Many hundred of women being ameng tha bathers. Tha launches and rowboat ware In great demand. Tha big roller coaster waa overtaxed th entire day. Tha miniature railroad mad many trip. Miss Paulln Courtney scored a decided hit in her new Illustrated songs at th Casino, and the motion picture received much applaus. Professor Andrew made a balloon ascension. Tha last, but moat Important feature ef tha day program waa th grand pyroteeh nlcal display In tha evening. Th firework, manufactured expressly for Manawa by th Pain company. Chicago, waa aent off from a barge In tha center of the lake, and a more beautiful apactacl wa seldom ee. Father ssi Drowsed. ROCHESTER. N. Y., July S.-Charles Beck, 16-yeernld, attempted to swim the canal with his trousers ua yestsrday. but his strvngth deserted htm and he callnd for help. Hts father, Lewis Beck, jumprd In snd succeeded In reaching the boy, but both wer drowned. DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, r r - i a r- m -ti lorr1-" irji ini rnim nf Mniir imiMiiiTir- -r - ii " i -'tit THE ENTIRE j ii ii OF MEN'S HIGH GRADE l -j n n ? r to - date. Two and three piece many are hand tailored. It is a than half price. Choice of the Entire BANKRUPT STOCK OFBlCK BROS. $ Men's Summer Snlfs Worth $20 and $22.50, til 'of fine Boys' $5.00, $6.00 and ,$7.50, Jtneo Pants Suits, in Russian, sailor, double breasted 'and Nor folk Bloomer Suits - . " AO at NICE LIFT FOR Y. M. C. A. FUND Two Five Hundred-Dollar Subscrip tions Eeceived by Workers OYER TWEHTY-F1TE THOUSAHD Cemneltteee Recover froaa Faarth f Jaly Lay-OSf and , Commemee Work Again with Vigor Bay Active. Official total Wednesday v Cltlsen' committee Young men' commute Boy' commute Grand total $28,071 Tha following amounU Indicate th report submitted by tha captains of ths Young Men's and Boy' committees, and th standing of th teams: Young men's committee, I D. MltcbeU general chairman July 8. Total. ....$ .. $ 62S A D. M. Newman ... B J. H. Franklin .... C-A. W. Miller D-H. Kleeer E C. B. Berry F Grant Cleveland .. G Martin Sugarman H-fc. Ring 1 Harry Byrne ....... J Harry A. tilone ... 60 van 440 832 14 4tiK .2; 1.9J 28 1 88 ii Tot,l S404 S8.494 Boys' committee. Carl Nagl general chatr- Brown Chester Arnold I S Yellow Wlllard Talbot S Black-Elbert Wade Red-Fred McConnll , 6 Green Blgard Larmon W Blue Herbert Arnetlen 87 Lavender James Noble 8 White Donald Campbell 4 Pink George Bugarman I 47. 848 4o2 94 23) 488 iS 1M Purpia Lyla Roberta is w Totala f. $131 $$.33 The following eubscrlptions for $350 and var have-been received: Charles Met 6. W. Wattles I. W. Carpenter Charlea Harding Lit. A. F. Jonas E. F. M. Leflang Crane company Cash J, F. Carpenter Independent, Telephone company Allen Bros Frank Colpetser Rlchsrdson Drug company J. C. Wtfwrton H. H. BaMrlge Nebraska Clothing company Nebraska National bank Orchard at Wllhelm Llnlnger Implement company... Fairbanks-Morse company .... .. Wright A Wllhelmy I. A. Munro .11.004 I . 1.0U0 . l.flOO I . 800 . 6"0 . b'W . . tuO . M) . $K . t . 260 . 2-) . 260 . . ibn . 2 . ) . 250 . m . W After day spent In celebration and rest the young men and boys, as well as the clt liens' committee, were able to resume their campaign Friday for the raising of the balance of tha 190,008 required to fro tbe new horn of th Young Men' Christian' association from debt. The 128,000 mark had been passed and all ar again at work with a vim. Two large subscriptions csme In at th right time to lend encouragement ta the different committees. Dr. A. F. Jenas gave $j0 and E. F. Leflang, a banker of Islington, who la about to make hi home in Omaha, gave tha other 8S00. The boya ara still hard at work, and although many apent most tf thslr money for th Fourth, atlll ' they reported $90, and ara going fast for th world's record for boys. Be Want Ads always bring result. .128. 68 . 1.944 . 404 . 131 JULY G, 1P07 Old Store Mairv Floor i- R1 , PECULIARITIES OF 'LIGHTNING Discoveries Mad Thraagh TJ )C Caaaera at gnilthaonlun loatltate. Remarknble studies or th nature of lightning hav been mad by a gifted Dan-ish-American experimenter under th aus pice of th Smithsonian institute. Not only ha It been learned that lightning flashes ar made up of Innumerable shorter flashes, and that atreaks of lightning ar really linked, or chain lightning, but th xistenca of black or invisible lightning has been ascertained.'. The genius who ha taken lightning for hi study is Alexander Larsen, who cam to thl country from Denmark a few year ago, and whose edu cation in photography, chemistry and sleo trlcity was picked up at. night school. Several ysars ago Larsen wrote to the Smithsonian .Institute, enclosing photo graph of lightning, which he had taken with a common hand camera, and suggest ing that If a camera wer so geared a to lie' moved during lightning flashes th dur ation of th flash might be determined and lu nature mads clearer. Th institution became interested In ths Ingenious Immi grant' work and granted him a small sum with which to pursue hi studies with a belter equipment. Larsen rigged up a revolving table, upon which h placed oamera In auch position as to catch lightning flash at vartou phases. It was soon discovered that what is called a flash of lightning I In reality a succession of flashes, following on another with almost Inconceivable swiftness and deceiving th eye with an appearance of oneneca. Mr. Laraen counted up3n hi sen sitive y lata a many aa forty fisshes In- a single streak of lightningand Is convinced that In tha forty ware scores of swifter flash which eluded th camera. Measurement wer taken ef tha time elapsing between I ha flashes or rushes that could be seen on the negative. It waa found I that soma of th flasho Were J-1,000 of a second apurt. The measurement wss mad by calculating th width of th film and th movement of each camera. Many obscure thing were noted about these rushes of lightning, but the most striking fact learned waa that som of th rushes were not light, but dark. That' is, the electric Impulse was there, just the same as In the flashes, but the camera did not catch any light Repeated experiment established the fact that there I auch a thing aa "black light ning," or atmospheric electrical Alschare-ea that are not visible, and that they are min gled with discharge that are visible th old-fashioned "lightning." ' How Is it ac counted fort Mr. Larsen' own explanation, Is 'as good aa any other: "The flash," ba say, speaking ef tha flash that glvss no light, "must hav given out light ef a v.avo length much shorter than ho wave lengths of vistbls light, ami with a power sufficient to render the part of the plat struck by It non-sensltlv t. ordinary light, Ruch a flash would appear black on a partially Illuminated background or be rnvlalble." In other ' words, "black lightning" is lightning of such short light waves thst th Illumination is not perceived by the human aye or tha camera. This has sug gested th . thought that ther may be light waves ' such velocity as to be equally beyond th perception of th eye or the camera, producing tight se Intense that tha human eye I nit only Incanahl? of perceiving ft, but la Ignorant ef it g. latenc. Washington tPost. PiFD r Pf r . MEN'S. OXFORDS TAN RUSSIAN CALF VKLOI R CALF GUN METAL ' VICI KII TATKNT KID FATE NT COLTS KTC, ETC. $3, $3.50 a $4 OXFORD LOW SHOES FOR MEN AN9 WOMEN 1 rjh' i "i in m Clearing Sale of... Men's Summer Shirts All our men's up-to-date Negligee ' Shirts in pongee, mohair and Soisette worth up AOa 4 CA tOi$3.00, at.. .v.y0C-l.DU Men's $1.00 Negligee Shirts - r A - in neat effects, at .UUL -All our men's $1.25 Mercerized Lisle Union Underwear, CA will go at 3VC All our 50c Porosknit Underwear pink, ecru and white, OCA at VJU All our men's 50c Summer Underwear, at 2W leu's All our men's, boysrand chil dren's Straw Hats that sold up to 50c on sale C Saturday at All our men's and boys' Straw Hats that sold up to fQ All our men's $1.50 Straw Hats, at 98c A1V our Men's $2.00, . , 50 Rfrn-ar TTflta. ftt i All our men's $2.50 Straw Hats, at . . ...$2 ACROSS ATLANTIC IN BALLOON Alexander Orwham.Bell of Telephone Fame to Accomplish . Thl Feat. . . . Th ordinary person hardly reallsea th progres mad toward practically aerial navigation. In fact, scarcely a month passes but some new principle I discovered, or some old one adapted to new utilisation that point beyond doubt to th successful air craft. ' The general public must neces sarily, through unfamtliarlty with what Is bs,!ng done, remain sceptical; but Mr. Bell speaks with authority. "I will cross th Atlantic in on day," says that venerable clentit and Inventor of th teiephon. And he says he will breakfast In New Tork, and dine that evening in London! This h hope to see accomplishsd by aerial navigation. The actual problem he say ha already been solved by tha Wright brothere. Th balloon, or the ltghter-than-th-air type of machine, I already dwindling Into Insignificance, and nearly all Intelligent at' tentlon Is being turned to ths heavier-than-alr, or alr-plan type. Mr. Bell' machine, th "Frost King." Is of this type. In plain terms, the heavier-theji-alr machine Is a great kite or great olid arrangement of kite propelled by motor. Mr. Bell ha already constructed a machine that supported Itself and a man In a ten-mil breete. : Ha say that America will b th first country to prefect aerial battleships, H Wilt continue Ms experience thl sammer at Cap Breton Island. Mr. Bell was born on March 8, 1847, In Edinburgh, Scotland. - He came to Canada fa 1870, and then In the following year to Boston. -H took out his patent for th telephone In 1878. Broadway Magasine. Meatal Medtclae. A Somewhat eccentrio physician who re cently died would order patient to take walks, say, dally, on the left side of th street, returning on the other side; another he would order to arise each mornlnir at a certain hour and eat cheese with ginger beer; another to take supper precisely at midnight, and eat only applrs; or he would Instruct the patient to put just so many grains of salt on the err he was to eat, and t.rt his hslr In a different way each day. His object was to get th mind of ths patient on something else then symptoms, and this scheme worked well In many raees, especially when the patient was suffering front melancholia. New York Times. A g-ood liniment or plaster, or vme goo4 home remedy will usually five temporary relief from the pain pf Rheumatism, but the disease is mgre than skin deep and cannot be rubbed away, nor can it be drawn out with a plaster. Such treatment neitner prevent aor cures ; we excess new, which produces Rheumatism, i still in the blood and the disease can never h rarer! while tha circulation remains saturated with this irritating, pain-l producing uric acid poison. The trouble will shift from place to place, act- tlins; on tha nervea and causing pam and inflammation at every exposure or after an attack of indigestion or sather irregularity. When neglected or improperly treated, Rheumatism become! chronic and doea not depend nrn climatic conditions to bring- on an attack, but remains a constant, painful trouble." S. S. S. drives out Rheumatism by neutralizing and expelling- the excess of acid from the blood. It purines and invigorates the circulation o that instead of a acid-laden stream, constantly depositing nric acid in the Joints, muscles, nervea and bones, the entire systrtu is nourished and made icalthy by rich, life-giving blood. Book on Rheumatism and any medical advice desired will be sent free to all who write. IU gWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, OA. WOMEN'S OXFORDS TAN RUSSIAN ; CALK GOLDEN BllOWN VIC PATENT VOLT PATENT VICI GUN METAL VICI K1I ETO, ETC. in. mm n 1,1. hjwjj . r ir Straw Mats CULTURE AND THE WEST Flippant Remarks oat aa Euttra Poet Who Failed to Arrive. Out In a large western city all th peo ple do not keep In touch with th necrology of their time. Thl I true of a good many other place, 'but It may not b tru that ther ar many place wher those who write for the newspapers ar so busy with th droppings of the leave that they can not recall the fall of the giant of an older Mm. : Th othr day. Dr. William Everett was to deliver a poem on aa aca demic occasion In that city. "The troubl with William Everett la that he has noth. Ing to recommend 'him except hla mind, and for that sort of thing sem new .pa pers have 'no earthly use.' Dr. Everett1 can lng most sweetly in numbers, whether in Latin, or English, or Italian, and ha la famous In his small and immediate olrcla as the head master of Qulnoy, and, among soma Harvard men who achieved an educa tion wften they -were In college, as the most . interesting teacher ef Latin they ever encountered. He wa really gon u to thl city of th west to reclt verses for the P B K Society of lu university, notwithstanding th terror of railroad Journeys, but he found himself ill or hi doctor did for hlrrr-tand he wa forced ta glv up the Journey nd the poem. Up thl th leading newspaper of the town re-, marked that 'Edward Everett, until lately president of Harvard college (Yale's an nual victim at football), wa to bav de livered a speech at the unlvertty thl af ternoon, but he fell ill and he can't come a th time was short no local substitute could bs found. Mr. Everett Is said to b one Of the huskiest speaker Id Boston.' Thl may have been fun, but you can't tell. At any rat, the people who had expected to listen to Dr. William Everett said that you couldn't expect anything better from that newspaper." Harper'a Weekly. " '. Prf. ' Does your husband lova youT" we asked, "Madly, devotedly!" she answered. ' "Are you quite sureT" "Quite. How can 1 doubt T He has shut m up her in thl little cage of a place, where he expecta rue to spend all my tiiuv, with nobody's company but his own. If ha doea not lova me, why doe he take so much trouble to make me miserable?" And there shone lu her fine eye. the beau tiful strong light of unshaken confidence. Puck, 02) mm 3C DRIVES OUT IMEUMOTISM I-