THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEU IS, 1007.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
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MIOR. MEITtOJf.
flnm, to Mr. and Mm. Robert Henderson.
2 Harrison street, yesterday, a daughter.
Fluff City Masonic lodge will nwfl this
evenlns; In suited communication (or elec
tion of officers. .
Harmony chapter. Order of the Eastern
Htar. will meet In rea-ular session Thursday
evening In Monlo temple. r
Th annunl meeting of the Luther league
of Die hwndisli Baptist church will be held
Thursday evening at the church.
Charles, allaa "Dutch" Stevenson, waa
s-nt to the county Jail yesterday by Police
Judge Snyder on charge of vagrancy.
C. H. Kehnltn and little Oardella. both
of Omalia. were married In this city yester
day afternoon. Kev. Henry De Long per
forming the ceremony.
Rev. F. A. CSse, pastor of the Flret Bap
' tlst church, 1a arranging for a aeries of
evangelistic meetings, to be conducted by
Rev. fleoTge H. Thompson of Waterloo, la.,
the latter part of January.
The Qiteen Esther guild of the Flrsi
I'reebyterlan church will meet Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mlsa Kathryn
Warner on Glen avenue.
The 'cadets of the high school will give
another hop Friday evening at the Dodge
Ight Ouards armory. Thla will be the
last cadet hop for the season.
The Ldtes Aid society of ths Flrat Bap
tlst church -will meet Thursday afiernooi
for the annual session at the home of Mrs
J. B. Long, (I South Main street.
The funeral of the late Frs.ni Krettek wll"
be held thla afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
family home on North Broadway and In
termrnt will be In Walnut Hill cemetery.
Thorvald Bllegaard, who waa a partici
pant In the sl -day bicycle race In New
York, la expected to arrive in Council Bluffs
today on a visit to Ills brother-in-law,
I'etcr Nleolaison. .'
F, I- Doherty has sent In his resignation
as local freight agent for the Great West
ern railroad, same to take effect January
1. at which time Mr. Uoherty expects to
go Into business for himself.
William Orady will have a hearing in
police court this morning ion t he charge o
stealing coal from the yard of the Councl
Ithiirs Coal & Ice company. He waa ar
rested at a late hour Sunday night.
Hev. John William Jones, the new rector
of Ht. Paul's Episcopal church, Is expected
to arrive In the city today, with his family.
1'ntll the rectory Is settled they will be
guests of Mr. and, Mrs. Kmmet Tlnley on
Willow avenue.
Lulu Nelson, the l5-year-old girl, returned
to tha authorltlea of Pottawattamie county
by the superintendent of the Girls' Indus
trial school at MltchellvUle, was taken last
evening by Deputy Bhcrlff Groneweg to the
Institute for Feeble Minded children at
Ulenwood.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Charles E.
Cooper of Elder street will be held Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the First
Christian church of which she waa a mem
ber and burial will he In AValnut Hill ceme
tery.. The pastor, Rev. Edgar Price, will
conduct the services.
Jrthn Tucker will have a hearing before1
Justice Cooper thla afternoon on a charge
of disposing of mortgaged property. The
Clark Mortgage company, which held a
mortgage on a team of horses, accuses
Tucker of selling the property without first
settling the Incumbrance.
The meeting of the Men's club of the
First Christian church, -to have been held
last evening at the residence of J. E. Swan
on Lawton Terrace, was postponed until
the first Monday evening In January on
account of the death of Mrs. C. E. Cooper,
a member of the church.
A sneak thief entered the residence of
Dr. A. 8. Beatty, BIS Seventh avenue, Sun
day while the occupants were at church
and stole tS In cash and a gold ring, the
property of Miss Emma Gillespie. Entrance
waa effected by the front door, which had
been Inadvertently left unlocked.
George Hill, who a few days after being
mnde night foreman for the Great Western
railroad at Clarion, la., waa placed In the
Jennie Edmundenn . Memorial hospital to
undergo an operation,' has sufficiently re
i overed to be able to be removed, yester
day, to his home, at, pOif.Jfourth avenue.
An Important meeting of Pottawattamie
tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, Is
scheduled for this evening. There will be
a large class for adoption, after which a
banquet will be served. Among the speak
ers will be prominent members of the order
from Omaha and South Omaha.
The liquor seized under a search war
rant at tho' saloon of Ragan & Bennett on
Writ Broadway was yesterday ordered de
stroyed by Justice Green. The warrant
was issued at the request of R. Bryant, a
former Justice of the peace. Ragan & Ben
nett took possession of the saloon the day
the seizure win made.
Mrs. Frances E. Burns of Port Huron,
Mich., grand commander of the Ladles of
the Maccabees, Is expected to be a guest
at the meeting of Lady Mary hive this
afternoon. Following the Initiation of new
Momhera supper will be served and an open
meeting will be held In the evening, at
which Mrs. Burns will deliver an address.
There wll) be a musical program and the
evening will close with dancing.
Itvnl Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
December 16 by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
Paul K. Mueller and wife to J. E.
Hammond. n te' se nw of 9-
77-8, w d 4,000
Lewis Ryan to T. Owen, part mw
se of 8-75-43, w d $00
Anna M. James and husband to Mar
tha Krehl. lot 8 in sub of lot 46, In
old plat of Council Bluffs, and nil
feet of lot 3 In sub of lot 44, old plat
of Council Bluffs, q o d i
Three transfers, aggregating 4.6ui
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NEW WATER WORKS PLANS
Engineers Cook and Etnyre Hare
Them About Completed.
CALL FOR HALF A MILLION
Almost Seven Thonsaad Dollar Haa
Already Been Xiprnded on the
Varloaa Schemes Before
the City Coancll.
Former County Surveyor E. . E. Cook,
who has been employed by the city to as
sist City Engineer Etnyre In drafting
plans for a new water works system, la
rapidly completing his work. The plans.
It la expected, will be sufficiently advanced
by the early part of next month to be sub
mitted to the special water committee' of
the city council for 'ts consideration. In
preparing these plans It la the purpose and
Intent of the city engineer to keep the cost
of the proposed plant, according to his
estimate, under 1600,000. Whether a plant
of sufficient capacity for a city of the size
of Council Bluffs can be constructed for
this sum remains to be seen. It Is the In
tention, at least It waa so expressed In the
resolution adopted by the council, to ad
vertise for bids from contractors on the
plans when completed, and these bids will
demonstrate probably whether a suitable
water worka system can be Installed at
this figure.
Up to date the city has expended close
upon tT.OCO In the consideration of a new
water works plant. Harl & Tlnley, the
special attorneys employed by the city to
take charge of litigation In connection with
the proposition, hare been paid 16,016.85;
Expert Klersted, who appraised the present
plant, received 11,383.96, while the cost of
sinking the well at Hunt's pond and that
of surveying for the proposed new plant
has cost up to date 1137.06. Engineer
Cook's salary will Increase this last amount
several hundred dollars.
Bluffs People at I.os Angeles.
Copies of Los Angeles, Cat., papers re
ceived here contain accounts of a social
gathering last Tuesday at the home of
Mrs. Francis Murphy In that city of a
number of former and present residents
of Council Bluffs who are living or spend
ing the winter there. ,
The Bluffltes present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Frank J. Evans, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Scoflold,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Loomls, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Metcalf, Dr. and Mrs. How
land, Judge and Mrs. Colwell, Mr. and
Mrs. Stedman, Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Still,
Mesdames William Sapp, F. J. Hill,
Knapp, S. S. Stevens, P. C. DeVoL Mls-sos
Clara Evans, May Scofleld, Hazel Scod-sU,
Harriet Crittenden, Virginia Colwell,
Nealey Stevens. Mary DeVol, Annie Still,
Gladys Still, Harriet Smith and Mr. T. J.
Evans.
Matters In District Court.
The district court Jury In the personal
injury suit of Fred L. Pace against the
street railway company, which waa given
the case shortly after 6 o'clock last' even
ing,, brought In a verdict , shortly before
11 o'clock In favor of the plaintiff for
$1,010. Pace sued for tl.Sffl. .-
Mrs. Annie Overton of East Broadway,
who, on the evening of October 27 of thin
year, fell while alighting from ' a street
car at First street as the result of stepping
on a piece of banana peel which a pas
senger had carelessly thrown on the step,
filed yesterday original notice of suit
against the street railway company for
81,999 damages.
Sewer Assessment Made.
The city council met yesterday after
noon and adopted tho assessment schedules
for the sewers completed last summer by
Contractor Wickham on North First
street, Nicholas street, Fifth . avenue and
Ninth avenue. The abutting property
was found able to bear the full assens
ment and no part of the cost will havo
to be borne by the city.
The assessment schedule was also
adopted for a partial estimate on the
curbing and cement sidewalk contracts of
Contractor Nelson. So far the city will
not be called upon to bear any portion of
the cost of these Improvements.
H track by Stray Ballet.
George Peters, a 16-year-old lad living at
1617 Tenth avenue, waa struck by a stray
32-callbre rifle bullet In the calf of the leg
Sunday evening while he waa standing In
the yard of Henry Fries, at the corner of
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Tenth avenue and Sixteenth street. Two
bullets also struck the Fries residence.
Harry Mowery was brought to police
headquarters and questioned, but denied
having fired any shots and was later re
leased. The physician who attended
young Peters stated the wound was not
serious and did not attempt to remove the
bullet.
FOB MTMCIPAI, ULAIGHTGR HOfSH
federal Inspector ys It Is Becoming
n Necessity.
Frank Jelen, veterinary Inspector of the
United States Bureau of Animal Industry,
who was called to Council Bluffs yester
day In connection with the case against
Joseph Ross, charged by Dr. 8. T. Ml!h?r,
city food Inspector, with selling diseased
hog meat, strongly advocated the estab
lishment of a municipal abattoir or
slaughter house, the Inspection of all stock
slaughtered by a competent person and all
slaughtering to be done In the public
abattoir.
"Such a place Is needed now more than
In the past," declared Mr. Jelen, "for
since the rigid Inspection of stock and
meat at the packing houses, farmers are
beginning to cull their stock, shipping the
best to the packing houses and disposing
of Inferior and infected stock to butchers
who kill their own meat."
Asked what the chief causes of stock
infection were, Mr. Jelen said: "The great
cause of Infection of swine and other farm
animals Is the fact that so many cows
In dairy herds are affected with tuber
culosis. The skimmed milk from the af
fected cows containing the tuberculosis
germs Is fed to the swine. Hogs also are
fed the carcasses of diseased cattle." Ac
cording to Mr. Jelen the number of In
fected animals In the country Is enor
mous and he cited one Instance In which
75 per cent of a herd of dairy cows were
affected with tuberculosis.
Ross, who was shown to have used an
old abandoned house on North Broadway,
near the city limits, for a slaughter house,
was fined $10 and costs, In all $30.40.
The Ross case, It Is expected, will
prompt the city council to look with favor
on City Solicitor Kimball's suggestion that
a municipal slaughter house be erected
and that slaughtering of alt animals ex
cept In It be prohibited.
Snperlor Court Terms.
Judge Snyder yesterday fixed the dates
for the terms of superior court for 1808
as follows: January 17, March 2, April
6, June 1, September 7, October 6, Novem
ber 2 and December 14. Heretofore court
has been held In July and then not until
October. Instead of holding court In July
Judge Snyder decided holding a term In
September.
Tramps Visit School House.
Tramps broke Into the Mackland school
house, between Council Bluffs and Cms
cent City, some time Sunday. They broke
open the desks and used the text books
found in them for kindling to start the
fire in the heating stove on which they
roasted several chickens, supposed to have
been stolen from nearby henroosts. The
room was littered with feathers and other
evidences of the visit of the tramps.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and Residence. Age
Ray G. West. Council Bluffs . . 23
Jessie Lm. Kennedy, Council-Bluffs 21
Weldon Creamer, Council Bluffs 20
Genella Lyttle, Carroll, la 23
C. H.,' Keholm, . Omaha , . 22
Lottlo Gardels, Omaha...". 21
ftctw Photographer for Ames.
AMES, la., Dec. 17. (Special.) T. E. Col
burn of Boston has been chosen by the
Ames faculty to succeed G. B. Deakln as
photographer to the experiment station.
Mr. Colburn is a graduate of Harvard,
and during the Rusglan-Jnpanese and the
Spanish-American wars was official pho
tographer for Collier's Weekly. During the
last four years he has been with a lurge
color photograph firm In- New York City.
Mr. Colburn laltes up his new position
next week.
Iowa Xewa Notes.
GRINNELI. Memorial services were
held In the FirBt Congregational church of
this city yesterday morning In honor of
Rev. Ephralm Adams, D. D., who recently
died at his home In Waterloo.
CRESTON W. II. Whlttlebury, aged C8
years, was found unconscious In his room
Sunday morning suffering with an ab's
In his head. He was removed to a hospital,
where he died a few hours later.
GRINNELL Mrs. Margaret A. Foster
mother of A. A. Foster, of this city, died
on Friday evening last at the age of 91
years and was burled - here yesterdav.
While she was here she stood at the head
of five living generations.
IOWA FALLS C. A. Mvers. an Iowa
miner, has been awarded damages by the
courts for $0,000 because a mule sat down
on him. Myers was driving the mule in a
mine wtih one foot on the coal car and
the other on the traces. Suddenly the
mule sat down pln.nl rig Myers between the
car and the mule. Ho claims to have re
ceived Internal Injuries that resulted In
consumption.
CKKSTON-William Dooly was arrested
at Villisca Sunday night on the charge of
breaking into a freight car and stealing
a quantity of merchandise. IIu was
bound over to the district court in $500
bonds, which he was unablo to furnish.
AMES In the home oratorical contest
held here Saturday O. W. Johnson of Le
Grand, la., was chosen by the judges to
represent Iowa State college at the State
oratorical contest next February. Johnson s
oration, "The Power of Purpose," ranked
first on thought and composition, but was
second to C. R. Bush In delivery.
DAVENPORT The "lid" Is on in Dav
enport. Beer, beer everywhere, and not
a drop to drink. The Haloon men have
complied with the combined threats of
Attorney General Byers. the Iowa Liquor
Dealers' axkociation and the Antl-Buloon
league and closed their doors on Sund.iy
and will In the future, they solemnly
promise, obey the mulct law.
BOONE Mrs. J. L. Stevens of this city,
former state regent of the Iowa Daughters
of the American Revolution, lias been called
to Nebraska by the death of her mother,
Mrs. Henrietta Edaon, which occurred Fri
day following a stroke of paralysis. She Is
well known In Boone and over Iowa, for
her Interest in political equality and Daugh
ters of the American Revolution matters.
ATLANTIC Cupid Is pulling off the mar
riages at the rate of three n day. Mlsa
Ieuh Younglove and Bert Joyce, both
young people of this city, wero married
In the presence of seventy Invited guests,
many from out of the city. John Brlx and
Anna Baasch, two Cass county young teo
pl. were also united in wedlock before a
few witnesses, 'and R. E. Fowble and
Mable Kaiser of Adair county were mar
ried at Anita, the ceremony being a quiet
one.
ATLANTIC That the farmers of Cass
county did not lose much on their corn
crop was dcmonntrrtte.l when a field of
eighty acres of corn on the June Chiles
place near here, sold for $ per acre, as It
stood In the Held. Charles Hunt, an exten
sive cattle feeder, was the purchaser. He
figured the corn ran eighty-five bushels to
the acre and at 45 cents per bushel he
would have Just about the fodder to pay
him for the gathering. There are many
other fields In this county that yielded
as well as thla.
IOWA FA I.I A Fines. Injunctions and
permanent closing of saloons Indicate the
strenuous campaign that Mayor Duffy of
Emmutaburg is waging In ills efforts to
hold down tha "lid'' In his .town. I'p in
Issuing an ultimatum to the booia 1U
pensers of his city that all back doors must
Le closed, prompt closing of saloons at 10
o'clock, with no selling of lliiuor after
hours or on Sundays, he Insisted that the
provisions of the mulct law must be strictly
adhered to. The edict did not meat with
favor among the saloonlsts and as a result
two paid a fine and Injunction proceedings
have been commenced against a third. The
mayor la backed In tils cruwade by the city
council. One saloon has been found too
close to a Catholic church to comply with
the mulct law and it has been closed, per
unaf .
CUMMINS OUT IN TI1E OPEN
Formally Announces His P&ndidacy
for United States Senate.
FOLLOWS MEETING OF FRIENDS
Coart. Martial of Captain Kalp la Con
rlnded, hat Decision Will Not
Be An on nerd t'ntll Bc
Tlfwed by Governor.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, la., Dec. 17. (Spoclal.)-
Governor Cummins this morning an
nounced, formally, his candidacy
for the I'nlted States senate In
opposition to Senator Allison. Tho
announcement was given out following a
conference of the governor's personal
friends here yesterday, Senator Maytag,
Senator Smith of Osage, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Garst and others meeting with the
governor yesterday. The announcement of
his candidacy Is said by the governor's
friends to be an answer to the claim of
his enemies that he promised Allison not
to be a candidate against htm.
A number of prominent politicians were
In town today and were in conference. In
addition to Maytag, Smith and Garst, State
Printer Emory English, State Binder Ed
Chassell, George C. Scott of Sioux City and
others were here. It has been rumored
about political centers that Lieutenant
Governor Garst was about to announce his
candidacy for governor.
Knlp Hearing Ended.
The court martial of Captain Oliver W,
Kulp was concluded today. The decision
of the court will bo given to Governor
Cummins and will not be made public
till it is reviewed and affirmed or dis
approved by Governor Cummins. Lieu
tenant Mason was still unable to appear
today and his deposition was taken. The
testimony added today was not of start
ling consequence and only tended to con
firm the claims made by the defense.
It Is learned today that Lieutenant Ma
son fell on the street a few( days before
he appeared on the witness stand and
struck his head on the curb. It was
thought not of consequence at the time but
It ts now believed this was the cause of
his fainting on the stand. He Is not Im
proving and Is under the care of a phy
sician, part of the time being uncon
scious. Governor Cummtngs decided today that
only one of the charges against Major
Chantland shall go before the court mar
tial. This is the charge relating to his
soliciting enlistments after the order call
ing the election had been made. Enlist
ments after an order for an election has
been made are against the orders of the
guard ar.d this will place Chantland's
trial on the same basis as that of Kulp,
disobedience of orders. The other
charges against Chantland have been in
vestigated. Some of them were found to
have no foundation and others were de
cided by the governor to . be of no Im
portance even if they should be proven
true.
Governor Cummins has not yet exam
ined the charges against Major Parker and
It Is moro than likely , that his trial will
not be held before the court that is now
sitting. "
Stabbed Negro Woman.
Louise Wright,', .colored stabbed Julia
Brown, colored,' ' wlibjv. raior, at East
Second and Itwcoon vstteets, at 2 o'clock.
The stabbed woman lll die. A deep gash,
nearly a foot In length, extends from her
throat to her chest. : The Wright woman
has been arrested.
The stabbing occurred In front of a
room in which the Salvation Army, is
giving a rummage sale. Jealousy is said
to have been the cause.
City Pays la Cash.
fclty Treasurer Lucas dug up $35,000 In
cash today. Of this $20,000 was paid In
wages to policemen and employes of the
city. The remaining $16,000 is being uaed
to pay bills. It is said that the city here
after will be on a cash basis the same
as before the financial flurry.
Commlna to Brooklyn.
Governor Cummins will leave the mid
dle of this week for Brooklyn, N. Y.',
where he will be the guest of honor and
deliver an address before the New Englxnd
club on Saturday of this week. He has
since been Invited to speak from the pulpit
of Plymouth Congregational church thire
Sunday next.
The Iowa club of New York has de
elded to set the date of Its next annual
banquet for March 21, the date being put
a long time ahead in order to give Gov
ernor Cummins an opportunity to arrange
his dates so as to deliver the address at
that banquet. The invitation to the gov
ernor' was received today from General
Grenville M. Dodge.
Public Speaker Interrupted.
Public speakers are frequently Interrupted
by people coughing. This would not hap
pen if Foley's Honey and Tar were taken,
as it cures coughs and colds and prevents
pneumonia and consumption. The genuine
contains no opiates and Is In a yellow
package. For sale by all druggists.
JUDGE GCDDARD0N THE STAND
Colorado Jastlre Telia Prttlbone Jury
of Finding Bomb Planted
By Ills Gate.
BOISK, Idaho, Dec. 17. Documentary
evidence In corroboration of Harry Orch
ard's testimony was Introduced at the
Pettilcne trial today by the prosecution.
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the de
fense, waa taken shk last night and was
not, present on court during the day, Edear
Wilson taking his place. On account of
Darrow's absence Orchard was not asked
Impeaching questions, and xthc state post
poned its redirect examination.
Judge Luther M. Goddard was the most
important witness for the tnte, being on
the witness stand .r 'st of the afternoon
session. He told of the rinding of the
bomb which Orchard testified had been
planted near his gate for the purpose of
killing him.
The testimony of former Sheriff Nichols
of Caldwell proved disastrous to the stare.
After he had told of receiving a letter
addressed to Thoniaa Hogan, copying it
and giving the original to Orchard, he
testilied on cross-examination that the
letter was not In the handwriting of Pettl
bone, the defendant. He suid ha became
familiar wtih Pettlbone's writing while the
defendant was in JhII. Orchard had testi
fied that this letter was written by Pettl
bone. On redirect examination Nichols
failed, to identify the handwriting of Hay
wood, wtih which he said he was also fa
miliar, stating that It looked like that of
Petllbone.
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Power of lujaartlva Tom (.eaeral.
ST. PAl'L. Dec. 17. Attorney General
Young, in an addrcKS ut the Hamllne Meth
odist church last, night, recommended that
the federal laas be so changed ea to de
prive Inferior federal courts of the power
to enjoin state orrkials from enforcing state
Imws. He would contlnt aw luiiwllclion
to tbtt Coiled blatea
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On sale in more stores than any other
plug tobacco made and more
of it sold than all other high
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTII OMAHA
Mayor Hoctor Disapproves the Q
Street Viaduct Ordinance.
COUNCIL OVERRIDES HIS VETO
Chief Executive Recommends Cost of
Remodeling Cells In City Jail Be
Retained from Money
Doe Contractors.
Mayor Hector returned the Q street
viaduct ordinance to the council last night
with his veto. As a preface to the veto
message the mayor read over ordinance
No. 733, which granted to the street-car
company the right to use the viaduct
without any expense of repair; and said
that in the light of the old ordinance ho
feared that the passage of the present
one would plunge the city into lengthy
litigation. This kind of delay he hoped to
avoid above all things. The city attorney
was called upon to explain the effect of
the present ordinance. He advised in Its
favor, saying that the railroad company
and the stock yards had agreed to pro
ceed with the construction of tho viaduct
as soon as the ordinance was passed and
that the litigation over thh question
would not come up until the viaduct was
completed. Therefore, when the vote to
sustain the ordinance was put It passed
by the required two-thirds vote of tbe
council and is now In effect.
General Manager Smith of the street
railway company was In conference with
the mayor yesterday afternoon.
The feeling of the council was that the
city need not be conperned with the liti
gation but that this would be the affair
of the several companies interested.
On the question of the Jail contract
Mayor Hoctor advised the council that he
believed the contract had been violated
In the quality of the steel plates used and
that the money unpaid to the Champion
Iron company be used to replace these
plates at the rear of the cells with lat
tice work. H said he had a meeting with
the architect, John Latenser, and with
O. J. Carter, president of the company,
last Wednesday, at which time the latter
had refused to make any changes. There
fore he advised that the city make the
changes and charge them ,up against the
contractor. The matter was referred to
the committee on building and grounds. It
was announced that the architect would
make a detailed report within a few days
on the present conditions and the needs.
John Whitethorn presented a claim for
damages amounting to $100 for Injuries to
his daughter, who broke her collarbone- on
an unfinished culvert.
The council approved the findings of the
Board of Equalization on various matters
of paving and grading.
A warrant was, ordered for the settle
ment of the Krlgbaum Judgment for $!. 45.
The Northwestern road presented a peti
tion asking that the taxes on sixty lots be
cancelled, claiming that these could not
be taxed under the state law.
The city attorney reported against the
claim of Henry Michael and John Jackman.
The council Instructed the finance com
mittee to settle the claim of Matthew Miller
for $100.
It was voted to make the Live Stock Na
tional bank a city depository.
Several insurance policies amounting to
$.J,000 on the new city hall were contracted
for and the earlier policies cancelled.
. Residents along Eighteenth and S
streets asked for the grading of their al
leys since, tho street had been graded in
places leaving the lots on high banks. I
The lunch car at Twenty-fourth and Jf
streets was ordered off the street.
The ordinance creating the office of city
weighmaster was reported favorably.
TI.e council then adjourned for one week.
Police Pick Id a Pair.
The South Omaha police made another
capture for Omaha yesterday evening. This I
was Walter Cudahy, wanted for stealing a
girl's i andhug containing her watch and
$1.55. The handbag was taken from the
office of the Western Railway association.
Captain Tuinqulst captured the young man,
who is 13 years old, at the Omaha Live
stock Exchange building. He recovered the
watch, which the boy had tried to dispose
of. He also recovered $1.20 of the money.
Young Cudahy said he had been In New
York, where he had been a newsboy. He
also said his parents lived in Chicago at
Forty-seventh and Center avenue.
Chief Brlggs also made the arrest of
Thomas Murray, who is charged with' steal
ing some clothing belonging to John
Richie' bartender. The clothing was taken
from the home of the latter, where Murray
had been staying.
8t. Joseph officers arrived yesterday morn
ing to take charge of W. M. Robinson. They
will return today at a. m. Kansas City
officers for Roy West are expected today.
These two men are wanted for felonies In
Missouri.
M(le ltr Uoaalp.
ported yesterday. Both were In the
southwest section of th. city.
Jetter's Oold Top Beer delivered to all
parts of the city, Telephone No. k.
Th condition of Blanch Beau is
Any man who chews can afford
to get the very best plug obtainable.
The Height of Good Taste"
slightly improved physically, but her mind
ts still Impaired, as at first. She weeps
much and her cry is like the howl of a
wild wolf.
J. H. Raker is entertaining his brother-in-law,
Mr. Orr. of Osceola, Neb.
Miss Grace Rirge expects to spend her
vacation with her parents in Missouri.
Mrs. Walter Lake has gone to Chicago
on account of the death of her mother.
The South Omaha Land company paid
Its taxes, amounting to $3,671.18, yesterday.
William II. Warren, Thirty-second and
B, reported the birth Qf a son yesterday.
A. A. Wright has been relieved from
his service on the Jury In tho district
court.
A case of diphtheria was reported In tho
home of C. E. Fay, 729 North Twenty
fourth street.
Miss Verna Scott, who underwent an
operation at the South Omaha hospital
Sunday, Is Improving nicely.
The young people of the Presbyterian
church gave a pleasant musical last
cven'np. which was well received by the
small but very enthusiastic audience. The
numbers were rendered by Miss Adeline
TMmmock, Lillian Dlmmock. Miss Jeane
McDowell, Miss Vera Bennett, Miss El
eanor Pruss, Miss Florence Campbell, Miss
Anna Haas and Mr. Charles Mahl of the
Presbyterian church of South Omaha.
Thnv were greatly Indebted also to Miss
McBrlde of Omaha, who rendered a se
lection on the violin.
ANNUAL PLAY AT CREIGHT0N
'The Man from India," n Mlrth-Pro-voker
of Hlih Order, Well
Presented.
A large audience saw the annuil play
given by the Crelghton Unlveuity
Dramatic association Monday In the
university hall. It was a comedy In three
acts, "The Man from India," or 'The
Yellow Robe." The play is strong as a
laugh producer and every one of the ten
men who took tho several parts did his
work In a cwdltable manner. All seemed
at home on the stage and there was not a
single faux pas to mar the pleaBuro of the
entertainment. Frequent applause greeted
the players.
William Donahue as A. Kecne Shaver, a
theoaophlc barber, took the leading part
in a manner that would have been credit
able to the professional stuge. There were
frequent complications in tho process of
the plot which were very well pioducud.
The characters were as follows:
Ebenezer Packlngham from Kansas
City Charles J. Thielcn
Chailes Packlngham, Harvard, OX..
Charles J. McUrath
Percy Packlngham, youthful, but
poetic Gerald O'Donalije
Jim PacklngliHin, his father's boy...
Francis Matthews
A. Keene Shaver, a theosophlc barber
William Donahue
Archibald Van Blber. of the "400"
Thomas W. Lanlgan
Rev. James Twecdlea, an African mls-
nionary George Pet"rs
Torn Valentine, an old f rlend .. Ralph fond
Heinle Dinklesplel, generally In the
way Michael Stagno
Bill Flnnerty, "one of the finest''
....Otia Morgiinthnler
The proceeds of the play are devoted to
the university library.
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TOO EARLY FOR RIVER TRAFFIC
Demented Man Wants to Take a
Steamboat Pown the
Missouri.
Having wearied of railroad travel, Qenrgn
W. Fish, an aged, demented man, accosted
Officer W. R. Wilson at the Union station
Monday night and Inquired for directions
to the steamboat landing, stating that he
was desirous of finishing his Jour"y by
water. In a short conversation Wilson
was convinced of the man's Insanity and
sent him to the police station, where, In
answer to an Interrogation aa to whether ,
he had ever been In Omaha before, he re
piled: "Yes, but I've never stayed over night."
"Whre were you In the habitant stop
ping when you visited Omaha?" Inquired
Desk Sergeant Havey.
"I always spent the evening Irt Wheeling,
W. Va., across the river," answered? Fish.
Fish had in his possession a rallrfiad
ticket, calling for passage from Denver,"
Colo., to Glenwood, la. An effort -will-bo
made to locate his relatives. - ' ,' ,
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.. IN CAB f
Dernanl E. Wallace of .ew York '
Kills Elsl Kerlln and Com.
mill astride;- ' ' . .
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. A murder snrt
suicide In an automobile ran occurred In
the streets of Brooklyn tonight. Th
victims In the trnKedy were Klsle Kerlln,
a telegraph operator, 22 years old, and
Flcrnard E. Wallace, who ' lias bee rem
ployed by the Commercial Cable company
in this city. No cause for the tragedy Is
known, but It' la probably the result of a
love affair.
AHERN INJUNCTION VACATED
Mayor McOellnn Star Inn Order the)
Klectlon of Successor to Deposed
Itoroiisb 1'resldent.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 Justice Green-
baum today vacated the injunction taantt'd
by Justice Truax, restraining ,. County
Clerk Doollng from notifying Mayor Mc
Clellan of the removal of Borough Presi
dent Ahiarn. of Manhattan borough, by
Governor Hughes. He also vacated t lie
Injunction granted by the same Justice re
straining Mayor McClellan from calling
a special session of the aldermen to elect
a successor to Alicarn.
When you have anything to sell adver
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F. Whlppernian. cement stone dwelling.
Thirty-first and Fowler avenue, $7,500; Levi
KerolT. cement stone dwelling. Thirl y-tlrs(
and Fowler avenues. $:',O0; George J. Mnr
rls, brick triple dwelling. Twenty-nlntH
avenue und Famam street, $7,r00; Kath
erlne Barry, frame dwelling, 84! Souttt
Thirteenth street. . $3,00; J. L. Spelsbart,
aiiriilloii to dwelling. Fortieth and Mn"t
streets. WO ; Mia. riopl'in Kestner, repairs,
HU7-S Howard street, $3,'n.
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