TIIE OMAIIA' DAILY BEEj TUESDAY. REPTEMBTTR "17, 1007."
Telephone Douglas 618 Reaches All Departments.
Basement News for Tuesday
it. Great Special Sale of Renaissance Scarfs.
Taesday $1.75 and $2.00
' Renaissance Scarfs, size
20x54, inch
1.00
at. each . .
Tuesday 10c Teneriffe Doilies at,
'each
Tuesday 12M Renaiss-
' ance Doiliefl at,
8!c
.each . .
. Bargain Square, Basement. . 4
Remnants of Silkoline, 30 inches wide, regular r
'2$ quality; on sale Tuesday at, per yard 31
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Howard, Cor 16th St. --
BONDS FOR WATER SYSTEM
Proportion for Voter. Now in Hand,
Sayi Howtll.
BOARD IS . DEBATING MATTER
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Seems Like Denial ol the Commit.
Sonera Month Ao Snch Ncheme
"Wm Contemplated Will
II Overtarned.
De.p'te the denial a montn ago of mem
ber of the Water board It lo .aid to be
highly probable the Voters of Omaha will
k(4 ankiJ to determine' the quentlon of
,WnlnK "brttiJa' for th ' construction of "a
'new ,atef system tor1 Omaha. Monday
- nldrnlng R. B. Howell, chairman of the
committee of the bord havInK the matter
In charge, admitted such a plan was In
contemplation.
The board of engineers which was here
last week has adjourned to meet In Omaha
on the call of Its chairman, M. L. Jloltnun
of Bt, Louis, who has tftken home with
him the recommendations- of the other
members' with reference tb the style and
extent of the system. He will formulnte
thn report and In about two weeks the
members will meet In Omaha and present
their findings to the Water board.
The preliminary work of the engineers
was practically completed Saturday at
' noon and the afternoon was spent In con
sultation with members of the Water board
and the attorneys. A visit was paid to
the office of John L. Webster, where mem
bers of the board Informally talked of the
plana. The engineers were somewhat diffi
dent In the matter of making an estimate
of cost until after the flans had been put
lit Ooal shape, but It yaaTparned from what
Is ThotgAt to e a"rVllbV seurce that- the
bond proposition ta be" submitted will In
volve an Issue In the neighborhood of II.
600.000. , ,
The chairman' of tn committee of the
board would not say that such a proposi
tion will bo submitted, but he did say that
the matter would be determined by the
board as" soon as the reports of the en
gineers had been received and that It
would be acted upon In time to call foi
tha submission of the question at the No
vember olectlon In case the board should
adopt that plan.
Tha next regular meeting of the board
will be held the first Wednesday In Octo
bor, but tho matter ftiust be determined be
fore that time, as at least thirty days'
notice of the eleotfoci must be given.
FIRE RECORD.
V
Groeery Store at Rlalr.
BLAIR, Neb., Sept. 15. (Special Tele-gram.-At
U o'clock tonight fire destroyed
the stock of. groceries recently sold to Chris
Hanson by Chris Nelson. The stock and
fixtures, valued at 11,600, are almost a total
loss, also his book of accounts. The build
ing, valued at $1,600, was badly damaged.
Insurance, ISOO on building and same on
stock. Tha fir Is supposed to have started
from greasy rags in the meat department
f HYMENEAL
The marriage of Joseph H. Walkup and
Miss Sarah Elisabeth McCandlcsa took
pi so at the residence of the officiating
clergyman. Rev. H. O. Klrschsteln, 2120
Wirt street, pastor of . the North Bide
Christian church. The bride and groom
left immediately, for a wedding tour of
Colorado Springs, where they will remain
two or. three, weeks. They will be at
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' Make it
First, be sure It comes to a boil; then boil it
-tH vl minutes longer. - :
w :. That's the only way to get the rich color,
.? specifio flavour, and wholesome food qualities
out of '
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?OSTUM FOOD COFFEE
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yQU any, "badness" out of it, if you
boil it an hour there's none there. It's made of
clean, hard wheat berries, parched just like coffee
-but without -the drug caffeine -th at makes the
coffee harmful to so many persons.
Make it right, and
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'There's a Re&sen" for
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Tuesday $1.75 and $2.00
Jlenniflnanee Center
Pieces, size 36x3G
inches at, each. .
Tuesday 15c Teneriffe
Doilies at, r
each .vl
Open Saturday Erening.
home after October t at 4402 North Twenty
fourth street,
llartman-Petersen.
Krederich E. Hartman and Miss Mabel I.
Petersen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
L. Petersen, were married Sunday after-'
noon by Rev. Charles W. Savldge at the
home of the bride's parents, at 2444 Larl
more avenue.
mmer Colds.
Only one Laxative Bromo Quinine. R.
member full nam E. W. Grove on box, lx
DEATH RECORD.
James Farrell.
James Farrell, 27 years of age, died in
this city Sunday. He was a citizen of
Central City, Neb., and the body was
taken there Monday afternoon for burial.
Jamestown Kxpoeltton.
Low Rund Trip Rates
Via
Chicago, Mllnnnkeo ft at. Paul Rr.
Co for fifteen-day ticket, S96 for sixty
day ticket, $47.70 for sixty-day ticket via
New York. Choice of routes ami liberal
stopovers east of Chicago. Information
and folders at City TicXet Office, 1621 Far
nam St., or write to F. A. Nash, Ocn'l
Western Agent. Omaha, Neb.
Make War on Cockle Dorr.
MITCHELL, 8. D., Sept. 16.-(Bpeclal.)-In
this section of South Dakota the farmers
have enmmencod making war on the old
cockle burr of Illinois. For the last few
years this pest of the corn field has been
making Its appearance, but it was not
thought to be vry prevalent until this
year, when It sprung up In many sections
in large quantities. In a half dozen parts
of this county the cockle burr has made
its appearance, with Indications of Its
spreading to greater territory before the
season la over and by next' year Its acope
would be more than doubled. Down In
the southwestern paTt of the county tha
farmers got together and discussed the best
way to get rid of them, and they have
banded together Into a "cockle burr" so
ciety and will work in a body to destroy
the pest by cutting and burning tham this
fall.
Farmer DrlTes In Death Trap.
YANKTON, S. D.. Sept. l.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Tom Bherkey, a .well-to-do
farmer, was killed northeast of here Sat
urday night by driving Into a twenty-flv
foot creek bed, where the bridge had been
washed out. . The place was a veritable
death trap. Sharkey, with his team and
buggy, were found tightly wedged at the
bottom. One horse was dead. He leaves
a wife and one child.
Riley mtlinery opening, Saturday, Sept. 21.
Loan Sharks Hade Him Desperate.
CHICAGO, Sept. 18. John W. Miller, a
railroad clerk, has confessed having de
coyed Edgar M. Crumb, a diamond dealer,
tn hl flat, for the ourDose of robbing him.
and to heating him over the head with a
stove poker, which broke Into three pieces
from the force of the mows, ana men at.
tackino- him with a meat cleaver. "I would
have killed him," said Miller, "but the
old cleaver would not swing right." Crumb
lies nearly dead In a hospital. Miller
attributes his downfall to desperation
caused by carrying debta to loan sharks.
Announcements, weddlnic stationary and
calling cards, blank book and magazine
binding. 'Phone Doug. 1KH. A. I. Root, Ino.
Riley millinery opening, Saturday, Sept. 21
New Postmaster mt Bancroft.
OYSTER BAT. Sept. 1. President Roose
velt today appointed the following post
masters: E. p. Fordham, Meeker, Colo;
Charlea W. Brills, Sutherland, la.; Edward
H. Mack, Bancroft. Neb.; W. S. Johnson.
Manhattan, Nev.; Henry B. Steward,
Myrtle Point. Or.; Mrs. R. K. Walton,
Walnut Springs, Tex.
Right
understand why,
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STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS
Interesting Fact Shown by Interstate
Commerce Commission.
ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL KEP0RX
Averna-e Herenne Per Passenger Per
Mil fr I.aat 1 ear Is Jmt
Fraction Over Tiro
Cents,
The average revenue per nasenger per
mile for all the railroads m the t'nlted
States for the year ending June 30, 106,
was 2.002 cents. This fact Is contained In
the annual report of the Interstate Com
merce commission, an abstun t of which
hi a ring date of September 6, Wfi. has Just
been issued. This same report shows tlu
Interesting fait that f4 persens are em
ployed for every 1.CO0 miles of tracks In
the country. It also shows mat one pas
senger was killed for every 2.227,041 carried
and one Injured for every 74,276 carried.
The figures Li this report arc based on
summaries In the nineteenth annual sta
tistical report of the Interstate Coaimerce
commission, prepaied by its statisticians,
as the complete repot t for the year ending
June 30, 1U08. This report, being similar
to preceding reports In the series, con
tains tablt. showinr details of mileage,
capitalization, earrlnfts and expenses by
roads, and besides Includes many sum
maries of statistics for the roads as a
whole. '
'The report shows that the total single
lack railway mileage In the Vnlted States
was &4.3KJ.17 mlls. or 8.262.13 miles more
than at the end of the previous year.
The operated mlleaRe for which substan
tially complete returns were rendered was
122,340.30 miles. Including 7,86.97 miles of
line used under trackage rights. The ag
gregate length of railway mileage, Includ
ing tracks of all kinds, was Sj7,3.1 miles.
The number of railway corporations for
which mileage is Included In the report
was 2,313. During the year railway com
panies ownlnff 4,054.40 miles of line were
rorganlzed, merged or consolidated. The
corresponding figure for tbe year 1905 was
3,802.02 miles.
The report shows that for the year end
ing Juno 10, 1900, the mileage of roads
operated by receivers was S, 91 1.43 miles, or
an Increase ot 3.17D.C1 miles, as compared
with 1905. Tho number of roads In the
hands of receivers was thirty-four.,
Volume of Equipment.
On June 30, 1906, there were In the serv
ice of carriers 51,672 locomotives, tho In
crease being 3,316. These locomotives, ex
cepting 1,090, were classified as: Passenger,
,249; freight, 29.S48, and switching, 8,485.
The total number of cars of all classes
was 1,968.912. or 116,041 more wan for the
year 1905. This rolling stocK was thus as
signed: Passensur service, 42,262 cars;
freight rervice, 1.S37.914 cars, and com
pany's service, ' 78,736 cars. These figures
do noi include cars owned by private com
mercial firms or corpoiatlons.
The reported number of persons on the
pay rolls of the railways In the United
States on June SO, 1906, was 1,521.355, which
Is eo.ulvalent to an average of 684 em
ployes per 100 miles of line. These fig
ures show an increase In the number of
employes as compared with the year 1905,
of 139.159. or 47 per J00 miles of line. Of
the employes 59,856 were engineers, 63,678
firemen, 43,936 conductors, and 119,078 were
other trainmen. There were 49,669 switch
tenders,- crossing tenders, and watchmen.
The tota number or vrUwjJ employes,
disregarding a small nurnWi-not assigned,
were apportioned among '"Th four gen
eral divisions ot, railway " employment as
follows: For general administration, 67,054;
for maintenance of - way and structures,
496,879; for maintenance of equipment, 316,
963, and for conducting' transportation,
649.820. . '
The report Includes summaries showing
the average daily compensation of eighteen
classes of employes for a series of years,
and also the aggregate amount of com
pensation returned for the several classes.
The total amount of wages and salaries
reported as paid to employes during the
year ending June 30, 1906. was $900,801,663;
but this amount is deficient by more than
$27,000,000, because of the loss of railway
records In the San Francisco calamity.
Capitalisation of Railways.
The par value of the amount of railway
capital outstanding was $14,670,421,478, which
1 equivalent to a capitalization of $67,936
per mile for the railways In the United
States. Of this capital there existed as
Stock $6,803,700,093. of which $5,403,001,962 was
common and $1,400,768,131 preferred; the re
maining part $7,766,661,385. represented
funded debt, consisting of mortgage bonds.
M M6 770 962: miscellaneous obligations, $973,-
647,924; Income bonds. $301,523,400, and equipment-
trust obllga'tlons, $224,719,099.
The report Indicates that the number of
passengers carried by the railways in the
year ending Jun. !A 1906. was 977 607,838.
this Item being 60.673.171 more than for the
year ending June to. 1906. The passenger
mileage, or the number of passengers car
ried one mile, was 26.175.480,3X3. the In
crease being 1,375.330,947 passenger miles.
The number of tons of freight shown as
carried (Including freight received from
connections) was 1.631.374,218. which exceeds
tonnage of the year 16 by 203.6i2.314
tons The ton mileage, or the number of
on. carried one mile, was 216,877,661.241. the
increase being 29.414,441,731 ton miles. The
number of tons carried one mile per mile
of line was 682,401, indicating an increase
the destiny of freight traffic of 121,006
ton-miles per roll of line.
Th average revenue per passenger per
mile for th year ending June 30. 1906. was
2.003 cents. Kor the preceding year the
average was 1.963 cents. The average reve
nue per ton per mile was 0.748 cent; the like
average for th year 1906 was 0.,b cent.
Th. earning, per train mile show an In
crease both for passenger and for freight
trains The figures show an Increase in the
average cost of running a train one mile.
Th ratio of operating expenses to earnings
for the year 1 was 66.08 per cent. For
19U6 this ratio was 66.78 per cent.
Earning and Expenses.
Th gross earnings of the railways In
the United Slates from the operation of
222.S40.W miles of line were, for the year
ending June 30. 1906. $2,236,765,167. being $243.
282,761 greater than for the year 19u6. Their
operating expenses were $l,63'j.877,271 or $146,.
276.119 more than In 1906. The following
figures present a statement of gross earn
ings In detail and show th Increase of the
several Items over those of the previous
year: Passenger revenue, $510,032,53 In
crease, $37,837,861; nut 11, $47.371,453 Increase,
$1.45.328; express, $al,010,S3t Increase, tb.kU,
775; other earning, from passenger service.
$11,314,237 Increase, $274,096; freight revenue.
$1,60,386.655 Increase, $189,813,817; ether earn
ings from freight service. $5,646,222 Increase.
$664,966; other earnings from operation. In
cluding unclassified Items, $,ft4,OS7 in
crease. $7.(M.93t. Qross earnings from op
eration per mil of line averaged $10,460, the
corresponding average for th year 1J6
being $861 less.
Th amount of dividends declared during
th year under review (Including 2.593 rep
resenting other earnings to stockholders)
was $273,861,667, leaving as the surplus from
th ep rations of th year ending Jun tu,
1906, $112,134,761. Th surplus from opera
tion as shown for the preceding year was
M, 043, 490. Th amount of deduction, from
Incom a. slated above, $660,341,15, com
prise, then Items: " Salaries and mainten
ance or organization, $571,431; Interest ac
crued on funded debt, $.T22.654,34; Interest on
current liabilities. $11,653,076; rents paid for
lease of road, $122,290,811; taxes, $11,76,615;
permanent Improvements charged to Income
account, $49,042,631, other deductions, $79,
441,661. Railway Accidents.
In their annual reports to the Inter
state Commerce commission, carrier. In
clude returns for all casualties rn pas
sengers, employes, trespassers and other
persons. The following figures therefore
are not comparable with details In the,
commission's accident bulletins, based on
monthly reports, that chiefly relate to
casualties to passengers and to employes
while on duty on or about trains:
The total number of casualties to per
sons on the railways for the year ending
June 30, 1906. was 108,824. of whl'-h 10,618
represented the number of persons killed
and 97.706 the number Injured. Casual
ties occurred among three general
classes of railway employes, a. follows:
Trainmen, 1.S14 killed and $4,989 Injured;
switch tenders, crossing tenders and
watchmen, 147 killed, 1,026 Injured; other
employes, 1,472 killed, 40,686 Injured. The
casualties to employes coupling and un
coupling cars were: Emiiloyes killed, 298;
Injured, 3,884. The casualties connected
with coupling and uncoupling cars are
assigned as follows: . Trainmen killed,
266; Injured, 3,690; switch tenders, cross
ing tenders and watchmen killed, 18; In
jured, 170; other employes killed, 14; In
jured, 124.
The casualties due to , falling from
trains, locomotives , or cars In motion
were: Trainmen killed, 464 ; injured,
6.215; switch tenders, crossing tenders
and watchmen killed, 7; Injured, 169;
other employes killed,' 84; Injured, 712.
The casualties due to Jumping on or off
trains, locomotives or cars In motion were:
Trainmen killed, ISO; Injured, 4,809;
switch tenders, croxslng tenders and
watchmen killed, 5; Injured, 119; other
employe, killed, 76; Injured, 685. The
casualties to the same three classes of
employes In consequence of collisions and
derailments were: Tratnmen killed, 693;
injured, 6,245; . switch tenders, crossing
tenders and watchmen killed, 8; injured,
69; other employes killed. 91; Injured, 888.
Tho number of passengers killed In the
course of the year 1906 was 869 and the
number Injured 10,764. In the previous
year 687 pasHengers were killed and 10,457
Injured. In 1906 oKe passenger was killed
for every 2,227,011 carried and one Injured
for every 74,276 carried.
Passenger Conductor Sbot.
SACRAMENTO, Cnl.. Sept. lli.-Because
Conduetor Jen Gage of the Southern Pacific
fiut hltn off the train, on his refusal to pay
lis fare, an unidentified man seriously
wounded the conductor aud was himself
killed in a pistol duel this afternoon Just
after the train left'-Tracy Cltv. Cohductor
Gage had put the man off the train and had
Btepped down from the platform to give
the engineer the signal, when the man flrid
at him, tho bullet entering the right groin.
Passengers took up the fight and the
would-be murderer was killed by a bullet
piercing his left lung.
tirorarln Plant Closes Down.
CH ATTANOOOA, Tenn.. Kept. 18. -With
the closing of work Saturday night, the
Georgia Iron and Coal company, Inde
finitely shut down their plant at Rising
Fawn. The furnace gave employment to
100 men. Two report are afloat as to the
cause of the shut down, one being the
adverse legislation by the last legislature
of Georpria against mining operators and the
other attributed the shut down to disagree
ment among the company's officials.
QqtcV 9htnev "hoe roll ah
Is tha best for ladles', men's and children',
.hoes, oils and polishes and Is water-proof.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Hiram Chase, 'attorney of Pender, Is an
Omaha visitor. ,
Dan B., ennernnjllt clerk" at the Mur
ray, hns Krone tn Lincoln to accept a
clerkship In the Capital Hotel there. '
Lieutenant Colnttet J. M. Banister, chief
surgeon of the Department of the Missouri,
has returned from his leave of absence.
Harley 8. Grabln of Fort Collins, Colo.,
Is an Omaha .visitor. Mr. Orable Is a
former Omaha boy now engaged In farming
and ranching In Colorado.
John J. Ponner of El (tin, George- Lehman
of Columbus, John ilratt and daughter of
North Platte. Charles H. Werth of Lin
coln and William Thornberg of Belgrade
are at the- Murray.
Grant Schneider. A. L. McLaughlin,
Frank L. Fox ot Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Johnson, of Denver, W. F. Dlers of
IOUlsvllle and John RtiSBell of Lawton,
Okl.. are at the Millard.
Mr. and Mrs. I C. Johnson of Fremont,
S. J. Alexander. C. 'F. Way, R. A. Haynes
of Lincoln, Mrs. Dave Baum of Norfolk,
K. 8. Dunn of Wayne. R. E. Gavin of
Sterling, H. V. Blenklron of Los Aneclea
and Mrs. Wilcox ami darbter of North
Platte are at the Rome.
Dr. J. W. King of Hartlngton, D. F.
Hudson. John Carmoody of Lander and
T. S. Camp of Lincoln are at the Henshaw.
Joe Keenan, chief clerk of the Henshaw
has arrived In New Tork on his return
from his European tour. He will reach
Omaha Wednesday. '
Mrs. N. J. Drlesbach of Los Angles, J. P.
Cameron of Tekamah. L. F. Campbell of
Arcadia, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Senter of
Wavne, Hannah Ernst of Tecumseh. Mrs.
William Holtgreve of Talinage. A. S. Major,
of Peru, R. O. Castle, H. U. Waters, H. E.
Pine of Lincoln, T. W. Sheer of Nebraska
City and S. D. Newman of Syracuse are
at the Merchants.
"Billy" Atkinson, secretary of the Boise
Commercial club, stop.-w In Omaha Sun
day with his bride, on the way to Chicago.
Mt. Atkinson Is remembered by the Omaha
"boosters" for the hospitality he showed
them when they atonned at Boise on the
tour of the northwest. It was his first
sight of the city and he wss So impressed
that he and Mrs. Atkinson will stop for
part of the Ak-Sar-Pen festivities on their
return from their honeymoon.
W. C. Cnmnliell. Fthel Irwin. O. W.
Irwin of Crelghton, Mr. and Mr. C. W.
Conner of Dous-laa: T. 8. Waltemeyer of
Boulder, J. S. Bancroft xf Texlngton. T.
Andeson of lender. Mr. and Mrs. If. V.
Wilson of Wavne, W. M. Slmon of Lin
coln. Mrs. G. W. Willing of Broken Bow
and Mrs. A. WlnaDS of Modlsto. Cal., are
at the Paxton.
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Plies Is a fearful lisasu, but easy to
cure If you go at It right.
An operation with the knifa la danger
ous, cruel, humiliating and unnecessary.
Tlure Is Just on other sure way to be
cured-painless, saf and in the privacy of
your own home it is Pyramid Pile Cure.
We mail a trial package free to all who
write.
It will give you Instant relief, show you
the harmless, painless nature of this great
remedy and start you well on the way to
ward a perfect cure.
Then you can get a full-sized box from
any druggist for 60 cents, and often one
box cures.
Insist on having what you call for.
It tlia druggist tries to sell you something
Just as good, it is because he makes more
money on the substitute.
The cur begins at once and continues
rapidly until It Is complete and permanent.
, You can go right ahead with your work
and be easy and comfortable all the time.
It is well worth trying.
Just send your name and address to
Pyramid Drug company, 92 Pyramid build
ing Marshall Mich., and receive free by re
turn mail th trial package In a plain
wrapper.
Thousands have been cured In this easy,
painless and Inexpensive way. In th
privacy of the home.
No knife and it. torture.
No doctor and his bills.
All druggists, to cent.. Writ today for I
free package.
BRIEF CITY NEWS
Ka Boot print It.
Io lofmin, undertaker, new location,
16th and Jones. Tel. Douglas 5901.
I. A. Klnshart, photographer, remsved
to Eighteenth and Farnam streets.
Bonaata .aml-antkraclt, $7.50 per ton.
Central Coal and Coke Co. of Omaha,
roll Orel. Malta and Trtnce Albeit.,
latest styles, at Vollmer'.. 10T 8. 16ffl St.
If yon ar not already a depositor v-lth
the City Savings Bank, allow us to suggest
that you become one. It will be of assist
ance to you.
Our stock o. fall and winter woolens Is
complete. An order placed now may he
filled at your convenience. Ouckert
McDonald. 317 South Fifteenth street.
Luncheon for rastor The governing
body of the First Congregational church
met with Rev. F. T. Hous at luncheon at
the Commercial club Monday to talk over
church nfTalrs.
Orocet Struck by . Btrest Oar Emll
Hornstein, a grocer at Eighteenth and St.
Mary', avenue, wa. struck by a South
Omaha car northbound at Fourteenth and
HuWkid streets and his wagonload of pro
visions scattered ove. the pavement, but
his injuries were Inconsiderable.
Eng-ln Jump, th Track A peculiar
wreck occurred In the Missouri Paclflo
yards Sunday morning as a local train wa
leaving town. The 8:05 a. m. train had
left the Webster street station and pro
ceeded as fsr ss Locust street, when the
engine became derailed and wa. badly
damaged. Few passengers were on th
train and none was hurt. The train made
the switch all right, but when the (ict
Joint beyond the rail wa. struck the en
gine Jumped the track.
Policies of w Company The newly
organized Fidelity and Casualty company
has taken possession of offices In the Mer
chants' National bank bulKlng and is ready
for business. The company', first policies
are In the hands of the printer and will be
ready for Issue this week.
Omaha Getting- Btllglons That the
character of Omaha morals Is Improving
is shown in the fact that no less than half
a dozen young men were making Inquiries
of the watchmen at the postofflce Sunday
a. to the whereabouts of tho best churches.
The Inquiries have hitherto been , for re
sorts whoso lid. were supposed to be open
on Sundays.
Will of Andrew J Kaa.com The,, will
of the late A. J. Hanscom will be filed In
Douglas county court some time thl. week.
While the estate Is supposed to be a large
one, Mr. Hanscom Is said to have dis
posed of much of his real property In
Douglas county before his death. HI.
wealth I. variously estimated at from
$3,000,000 to $5,000,000.
JTsw Railroad Map of Stat At last th
people of Nebraska may have a State rail
road map wcrthy of the name.- The State
Railway commission ha. prepared an ac
curate map and has had an edition f
20,000 prlnten for distribution among ship
pers. The Omaha Commercial club has a
few. The map Is of the size for wall us
and Is printed In eight colors.
Becord-Breaklnff September With half
of the month of September gohe the build
ing Inspector says there 1. work enough
in sight to make this a record-breaking
September In his office. At the present
time the total building operations amount
to about $200,000 less than for the same
time last year, but the operation, of the
current month 4tre expected to bring the
total above that ' of October 1, 1906.
Peopl X.lk HortlUs. That people Ilk
novelties of any kind was shown by the
largo crowd which turned out, to Hanscom
park Sunday afternoon to hear the huge
talKlng machine. One.., of, the tanner
crowds ot tho season', was present to hear
the machine and tlie car. Were taxed' fbt
some time In handling the people. It Is
estimated that by actual count over 8,600
person, were present during the afternoon.
XiOb Cannot b With Masons William
HeJer, chairman of the publicity commit
tee of the Masonic anniversary committee
has received a letter front Secretary Loeb
at the White Houae regretting his inability
to accept an Invitation to attend the an
niversary celebration here Sept&mber 23
and congratulating the grand lodge. Th
letter is beautifully engrossed. An Invita
tion ha also been sent to President Roose
velt. Frayara for Talr Wathr County of
ficers are sending up special prayers that
this warm weather continue, for two or
three weeks at least. Contractor Robert
Houghton Monday began the work of re
setting the boilers used to heal the building
and In case of a cold snap the occupants
of the building would have to keep warm
by swinging their arms and kicking their
toes against1 the wall. The boilers will be
entirely reset and new plates put In. The
work will take ubout three weeks.
Bond, at Small Premium Treasurer
Fink has made an arrangement, ' subject
to confirmation by the council, whereby
bond, to tha value of $3J.0 will be bought
by the city for a comparatively .mall ad
vance upon their face. The bonds are
payable in Installments over a term ot
Ave years and the total amount of prin
cipal and interest which would be raid
If they ran the full term would be $26,006.
The purchase price agreed upon Is $23,M5,
and this is said to be a greater profit than
the city could make on the money in
banks.
Plr at Brlok Kiln The shed, wall, and
roof of a largo brick kiln at the yards of
the Smith Brick company at Twenty-second
and Woolworth avenue caught fire shortly
afte noon Monday and were almost com
pletely destroyed, causing a loss of possibly
$200. The fire in the kiln Is fed rom above
and men had been working In Tie northeast
cornur of the .lied on the roof of th kiln
only a few moment, before the wooden
part cauerht. It wa. not supposed that the
wooden pail Wx exposed to the kiln fire.
The blaze spread repldly when once caught
and dense volumes cf smoke attracted at
tention blnrk. uay.
Cora Crop Assured The Northwestern
railroad baa had aoma figure, compiled by
the passenger department from statements
received from sixty agents in Nebraska
which show that the corn crop ot th
northern part of the state 1. practically as
sured. From a compilation of these figure.
It i. found that the section of Nebraska
through which the Northwestern travels I.
assured of 90 per cent of last year', corn
crop. Last year', crop wa. exceptional,
and to get 90 per cent thl. year I. consid
ered a splendid showing In consUcratloii
of the fact that all crops In NebraKka had
a late start this year.
Zn th Dlvorc Court Two mlsmated
husbands applied to district court for
divorce decrees Monday. Clinton 8. Brown,
complaining of Mary C. Brown, declared
she began the use of Intoxicating liquor
some time ago and drank so much of It she
was unable to attend to her household
duties. Roy liurdlck asked for a divorce
from Hattle, asserting she left him July
12, 1907, and declared she would not live
with him any more. He alo accuse. Iker
of serious misconduct and asks for th
custody of their chtld. Henrietta Lloyd
wants a divorce from Henderson Lloyd on
tha grounds of desertion and nonsupport.
KirkadaU Z.aada a Waai Dragged
Into th middle of the Missouri river, by a
monster catfish, Martin Kirkendall, bailiff
In the criminal court room of the district
court, was the hero of a fishing party that
spent Saturday night and Sunday on a sand
bar Just below Bellevue. Kirkendall got
the whale on his throw line and It sur
prised him so h lost hi balance and tli
strtig-rlr. of the fish caused him to go In
head first. Before he went completely
Under he msnaged to call to his compan
ions, who ran la his re cue. Three of
them, by hard work, landed the catch and
It proved to he a 3Vpound channel cat.
This was te largest fish raptured by tho
party, though the entire catch amounted
to about 75 pounds. The party consisted
of Mr. Kirkendall. Max Roesslg, F. D. lllll,
Martin Ttbke, Ernest Herbert and Henry
Mas.
Masonlo Beptioa CommltU The re
ception committee for the Masonic semi
centennial celebration to be held in Omaha
next Monday Is announced as follows: G.
F. West, chairman, Omaha; Robert K.
French, Kearney; E. F. Warren, Nebraska
City; Harry P. Deuel, Omaha; E. W. Begh
tol. Holdrege; O. H. Thummel, Omaha: M.
B. Beese, Lincoln; George B. France. York;
C. J. Phelps, Schuyler; F. H. Young, Lin
coln; A. W. Jetierls, M E. Muxen. De
Forest Pratt. Omaha; Jams A. Hall. South
Omaha; Guslave Anderson, Omaha; H. J.
Whltmor. Lincoln: R. O. Wolf. Lincoln;
Julius Beckman, Fremont; R. 8. Shahan,
Kearney; T. P. Livingstone, Plattsmouth;
M. J. Ker.nnrd, Omaha; W. A. Reynolds,
Hastings; E. R. Woods. Paul Froellch. J.
V. Mayjiard, John 1L Butler. H. R. Pal
mer, Omaha; R. W. McGlnnls, Lincoln;
W. H. Munger, Omaha.
"OMAHA, THEJflARKET TOWN"
The True Nebraska Spirit Toward
the Metropolis Voiced by
Editor Kearnea.
John H. Kcarnes, editor of the Nemaha
County Republican, expresses the ' true
spirit of broad-minded Nebraskans toward
Omaha In an editorial In the last Issue of
his paper. . L'nder the caption. "Omaha, the
Market Town," Editor Kearnes says:
"The editor of this paper enlisted last
Monday .night In the cavalry branch of the
army of Ak-Bar-Ben, whose citadel Is at
Omaha and who guards the marches of the
Platta and the Missouri, as well as the fair
demesne of Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas,
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and
f.11 the fair land of the Kingdom of Qul
vera. The) editor sat his horse gallantly,
and because he was a brave man was dec
orated with the spur, of knighthood. The
'den' of the Ak-Sar-Bcn witnesses a world
of clean and healthy fun during the course
of a twelve month. It Is the fun of good
fellow-ship, brilliant, Insidious, subtle and
broad enough at times to awaken the risi
bilities ot A prosaic dyspeptic. But under
neath It all can be seen the serious purpose
of Its promoters and the men who keep It
In being. A. an Institution It exemplifies
the wofiderful democracy of the city and
of Its citizens, as well as their untiring en
orgy, their boundless hospitality and their
superb civic spirit. Omaha is well called
the 'Market Town." Witness the great In
stitutions that have been built up by the
energies of her merchsnts and manufac
turers tn a Jobbing district whose physical
proportions are pregnant with prophecy of
tho magnificent destiny of this great city.
Omaha's civic spirit is In keeping with her
future. It Is great! There Is no narrow
provincialism to breed a diffident self-consciousness
and distrust to dwarf her en
ergies or starve her ambitions. She has
the personality of a true metropolis the
broad, cosmopolitan assurance of possessed
elements of power which makes her pres
tige an established and accepted fact.
Omahk Is no longer the mistress of a prov
ince, but she Is the commercial capital of
one of the richest empires of civilization.
Thb potentialities of her natural trade ter
ritory are Inconceivable and the wealth has
not yet been produced that can mes.ure
In gold, silver and crlp the value of her
tremendous resources. Man and nature
have endowed her with the strategic ad
vantage, of a powerful gateway of com
merce through Which tho golden flood of
trad mutt flow continuously. There Is no
rival to deflect the stream or to cheat the
city of what I. manifestly her birthright.
Like the empira over which she exercises
commercial .way, Omuha I. youthful. Age
has not given to her the sedate dignity
or the poise of Boston or Philadelphia.
She has the' buoyancy, the verve, the' rich,
red-blqoded democracy of the young In
years. She has not learned the subtleties
of aristocratic refinement and Is not exclusive-
in her hospitality but to all her
subject. In hamlet, village or town, who
bear the ball marks of the aristocracy of
Intellect, character and the usefulness of
successful service and achievement, .he
extend, the right hand of fellowship and
welcome, 'with, cordial good will to her
heart, hearth and board. In her lack of
conventionality .he I. a delight and her
good cheer seems instinct with the prairie's
bound.le.snes.. Today she I. a brawny
young giant whose adolescenco lacks the
beauty of mature physical perfection. But
the element, of that beauty, ravishing In
their attractiveness, are there, and time
alone will develop them. Omaha 1. a city
which should make the checks of all good
Nebraskans and dwellers In the west flush
with pride. She is so great that for tho
citizen of any other Nebraska or western
town to lie envious ot her were but the
manifestation, of petty Jealousy. We be
lieve that Omaha's prestige Is but the ex
pression of the greatness of the wonderful
territory Df which she Is the commercial,
Industrial and social heart. The advan
tages of her greatness are among the as
set, of every community of this region and
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KPNOIAL VOll TUESDAY NIGHT "AUTOMOBILE AM) AK-SAIHIEV
add so mm h to the Intrinsic value of every
piece of personal rroperty that Is held by
every citizen of the states or portion of '
states which she serves. The growth of
the unearned Increment of every piece of
tangible wealth in this section keep pare
with the growth of Omaha. Wipe Omaha
off the map and you depredate the col
lective wealth Of th region. These are
incontrovertible facts nnd they rmphssUe
th broad view that all of Nebraska's citi
zens shonl(T lake that In being loyal and
friendly to the Interest, of Omaha. In tho
larser sense, they are but promoting their
Individual welfare. Tho 'Market Town.'
wlih all the pomp and form of mediaeval
ceremony. Invites the World to .hare her,
hospitality at the Ak-Sor-Bi n festivities '
this fall. There will be pageantry aplenty
and In some of tho essentials tho days of
chivalry will be recalled. But. after all, a
peep lwhlnd the gilt and tinsel will show
that the heroes of the court cf Ak-Rar-Ben
are more at home In shirt sleeves and com
monplme business suits than they are In
the panoply of royalty. Their big celehrt-l
tlon Is nothing more than a harvest hon'ff
picnic with a tew hlgh-fslutln' ruin's to Itt
But the fun that you can have, the gen
uineness of the welcome you will receive
and the breadth of the hospitality to which
you will be treated will convince you thnt
In spite of all the carnival masquersdlng
Omaha Is home to every broad-minded,
public-spirited Nehraskan and King Ak-Sar-Ben,
as monarch, merely rails Ms ctsn
from their domiciles In the roaches of hi.
broad demesne to Ihelr own.'"
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