THI-: OMAHA SUNDAY REE: DECEMHEIt 20, 1907.
A
KORl GIVEN ONLY BY BUREAU
Employment Agtncj Will Be Adjunct
. of the Burlington.
ALL APPLICATIONS TO GO THERE
r
Records ef All Enli Will Bo
. Tabulated, Time, Character,
Grade Relae; Cleoely
' Looked After.
All persons wishing employment on tha
Burllogton after January 1 will have to
make applications for their positions
through an employment bureau which that
road has organised. This Is known aa tha
SJjqreau of Employment and will be under
the general supervision of Vice President
Wlllard and under the Immediate super
vision of J. N. Redfern. present head of
the Burlington relief department, with Dr.
J. A. Denny as chief assistant and med
ical examiner.
It is maintained the new department
should greatly Increase the efficiency of
the service and aid the company in weed
ing out undesirable employes. All applica
tions for employment must In the future
crtme through the new bureau. A record
of the time spent and the nature of the
employment will be kept, as well as the
character of the service Tendered the company.-
i The management states that this action
is taken for a double reason. First, to
keep complete records of the character and
length of service of eacn employe, and,
jieeondly, to . assist the officers charged
with employing' new men, in securing good
timber. All applicants must pass satis
factory examinations as to physical, tech
nical and personal qualifications. A record
will be kept of all furloughs, character and
length of service, debit marks and tha
reason therefor and of all transfers. The
announcement states expressly that these
rules apply only to skilled labor.
Railroads "till Prosperous.
In spite of financial disturbances and the
Installation of 2-cent fares in many of the
western states and the reduction of freight
rates, the year 1907 will go down in history
a being one of prosperity for the rail
roads. Of all tha Immense mileage in the
United States, but .349 miles of road have
been placed In the hands of receivers dur
ing the year, which ia .the smallest for any
year since the troublous times of 1903.
Many -hope to see the year 1908 continue
the good reoord, although it will be a time
of test and trial. The expenditures for
additions and betterments have been so
strong during this year that the average
railroad Is In a position to meet with cur
tailments In all branches if such a thing
' Is necessary.
' The , Chattanooga Southern was the
largest road to go into the hands of a re
ceiver, It being ninety-one miles long and
running from Chattanooga to Oadsen, Ala.
Tha next largest waa the Apalatchlcola of
Florid, eighty-nine miles In length, for
which receivers were appointed in' Sep
'.ember.' .
' Not Steam Railroads. -'
', The, most Important receiverships of the
year, says the Railroad Oaaette. were not
at' at cam railroads, but of street railway
companies. On September 24 Adrian H.
Joltne and Douglas Robinson were ap
pointed by the federal court receivers of
the. JJew York City railway and on October
t the Metropolitan street railway waa also
put In- their hands as receivers. - The New
York. City railway Is the lessee of the
Metropolitan street railway and operates
the , surface lines In the boroughs of Man
hattan and the Bronx, New Tork City,
and alio controls considerable trolley mlle
ige north of the city limits. This recelver
illlp Involved a clash of Jurisdiction, for on
November, 29 ' three receivers for each of
heso , companies wertj appointed by the
ittprney generul of the state ofNaw York.
These state receivers were, however, on
December 12 restrained by the United
States court from taking possession.
"Almost without exception both the car
thil locomotive builders in the United
States report a heavy falling off in orders
id Inquiries, and many of them are run
ning now on orders placed last spring, with
no new work In prospect. One of the large
locomotive building' companies reported a
falling oft of 76 per cent in orders, aa com
pared with last year. The Canadian car
nd locomotive builders have not felt the
rffect of the dlaturbance in financial and
business conditions to any extent. All of
tha companies report aa many or more un
filled orders on their booka now as they
-eported last year.
' M amber of Cora Ballt.
'Official returns to the Oasette from thirty-slit
car building companies In the United
States and Canada (estimating two small
plants not heard from), give the total nurh
er of railroad cara built during 1907 aa
S4.646.- an Increase ef 18 per cent over the
record breaking output of laat year. Thla
Includes subway and elevated cara, but
does tiot Incla.de electric stiect and tntcrtir
bsn cars. No estimate has been made of
the number of cars, both freight and paa
lenger, built by the railroads In their own
shops. Of the total number of cars built
by manufacturers, 2M.1S8 were for freight
tervlce;, 280,216 were for domestio use and
1,429 for export. The number of passenger
cara built during the year shows aji in
crease' ot more-than 70 per cent over last
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year's output. About "! rwr c nt of the
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llaaslSratlea Meeting.
('alls for a meeting of the western classi
fication committee and Its subcommittee
have been received by Cms ha shippers
and officers of the Commercial club, giving
notice that the subcommittee will meet In
Hot Springs, Vs., Wednesday, January 15,
and the whole committee will meet at the
same place Tuesday, January 21.
A new way of acting on the requests to
change the classification of articles is pro
posed for the present meeting. The sub
committee will consider all the Items first
and submit thoso approved or considered
Important enough to deserve longer dis
cussion to the whole committee. In the
past th4 whole commute has gone over
the list and reported to the subcommittee.
Copies of the call and the list of com
plaints received, show S17 items which will
be considered for change. Commissioner
J. M. Guild of the Omaha Commercial club
has been instructed to attend and says that
every Item on the list Is of Interest to
Omaha shippers.
. From Railroad to Brewery.
Phil P. Hitchcock, well known In Iocs
railroad circles, who for the last eight
years .has been .general agent of the pas
senger department of the Wabash at Den-
ver, bas . resigned his position to accept
much more lucrative employment with the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing company at Den
ver. W. C. Metsger, son-in-law of John R.
Manchester pf Omaha, waa formerly as
sociated with Mr. Hitchcock In the rail
road business In Denver and he quit rail
roading .some time: ago to go with the
same ..brewing company, and now. Mr.
Hitchcock has agarn become, linked with
his former associate in the railroad .busi
ness. For many years Hitchcock traveled
out of Omaha for the Lackawanna.
PEOPLE ARE SOFTIES NOW
Bark Is Conclusion of Georare Drew
of . Omaha and . James
J. Hill.
George Drew, veteran car driver and
motorman on the' Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street railway and now running on the
West Lesvenworth line, declarea that the
people of the present day are "Boftles"
compared with, their ancestors of fifty
years ago. ' He coincides with James J
Hill, the railroad magnate, In declaring
that the present is a luxurious and sybar
itic generation. Mr. Drew draws his con
clusions from the business In which he
has been engaged and from the ' stand
point of which he has observed and
studied people for thirty-nine years.
"When I was a driver on the horse cur
line ln Omaha thirty-odd years ago people
never thought of having- stoves in the
cara," lie says. "The only thing In those
little cars to give heat was the hay
which we spread on the floor about a
foot thick. People got On the car In the
coldest days and sat in that atmosphere
with their breath freexing In Icicles to
their whiskers and never thought of com
plaining or grumbling.
"How Is It nowadays?" he continued,
warming to his subject. "Here this morn;
Ing a' pasty-faced young fellow got on the
ear. It was nice and comfortable In there,
but Just because It wasn't about 90 de
greea In the shade like It Is In the hot
house where he is preserved he grumbled.
I'd like to have hold of that young fellow
In the early days. I'd have made a man
of him, I'd have made him enjoy sitting
In a snowdrift with a piece of mosquito
netting f or a blanket.
"The winters In the horse car days were
twice as cold as they are now. Why, I
reckon everybody would die If the winters
got so cold now. They couldn't stand 'em.
"Yes, it's true the motormen are pro
tected now and that they weren't protected
at all In the early days. I've stood out in
front driving my horses through many a
ragging bllazard when the thermometer
was way below xero. I didn't have any
protection at all. Didn't mind It then, but
don't reckon I could do It now. I've been
coddled with , the rest of this generation
till all the toughness Is taken out of me."
CATHOLICS MAKE PROGRESS
Increase Censas and School Popola.
tloa In (he Diocese of
.Nebraska.
Increases which show the srrowth of (he
Catholic church In the diocese of Omaha
are shown in the census for 1907 taken hv
Itt. Rev. Monsignor Colanerl, chancellor of
the diocese, and made public Saturday.
Three new churches are renoitert diirinp-
the year. The humour of priests was lis
last year andi is 165 for the nreaent vr
Almost a thousand more children are In
the Catholic, schools In the diocese this
year than last, the number given In the
19P9; census being 9,342 and 10,022 for the
last year.
The Catholic population of the diocese
was 68,176. as given in the census taken by
the government In 1900 and tha renin
taken by the church authorities in ii?
shows the Catholic population to be 78,9:13,
a gain of almost H.ono people In seven
years. Almost a thousand bant lams mnr
were reported for 1907 than for W6, the
numoer a year ago being 3.00S and the
reports of the present year showing 3,896.
By a strange coincidence the number of
marrlagea during 1907 was the same as
during 190G-&S.
Students In Creighton university "have
Increased from tk)0 to 755, while those in
parochial schools have 'increased from 7,564
to 7,M. The census for the year la given
aa follows;
Bishop, 1; diocesan priests. 120: priests
of religious orders. 35: total. IBS. Parishes
110; mission with churches, 73- total
chtirehaa 1kl Sl.llAn. gi. ...... i an.
. , 1 njf is, i uni-
varsity. 1; studenta. 766; commercial and
SSliT ? . T Vu" opened In
Spalding); students, 26; clerical students
SO; acedemtea for girls, I; pupils. 904; pa-
1: orphans. 13&: ' Industrial and reform
YJfj V ""'a1"' '; otai youth under
cathedral care. 10.02; religious orders of
women, 16; sisters, 460; baptisms for 1907.
fi?: wSy1""' K3: burl". .!; popula-
OMAHA KEEPS ON GAINING
Nebraska Metropolis and ftt. Paul
Only Cities that Increase
, Bank Clearlna.
Hats off te Omaha and St. Paul.
St. Paul la essentially a Jobbing center
and Omaha la becoming noted for both
Jobbing and retailing.
Omaha and St. Paul are the only two
cities of the first thirty-one cities of the
United Btatea to show a gain in the bank
clearinga record for the week as carried
around the country by the Associated
Press. The week ends Wednesday and
Omaha showed a good gain for a couple
of daya during the latter part of the pre
ceding week and for a couple of days at
the beginning of this week, making a, gain
on the week as- compiled by Bradstreet of
. per cent.
While New York, aa tha financial center,
shows a loss of 43 per cent and Loa An
gelea, on the other coast, shows a loss of
40 per cent In the bank clearings. Omaha
and St. Paul, half-way cltiea. ahow an In
crease. Other cltiea in the middle west do
not show the loss that cities in the east
and far west show, for Instance 8t. Louis
shows a loss of but S per cent, Kanaas
City but t per cent and Minneapolis but
i per cent. But Omaha and 8t. Paul are
the only cities of the first class who are
able to show on the right side of the ledger.
TRANSFER OF FUNDS MADE
Ten Thousand Dollars Switched from
General to Road Account.
TWO MEMBERS OPPOSED TO IT
Tralnor and Rraslng Assert Vre lias
Been Extravagant la Ills I'se
of Money at Ills Coat
snand.
The county board Saturday hy a vote of
3 to 2. passed the resolution Introduced by
Chairman I're of the road committee to
transfer $10,000 from the county general
fund to the road fund, which hns been
practically used up by the work on roads
during the last year. Tralnor and Brunlng
both opposed the transfer, declaring that
Chsirman Vre had been extravagant In
hla expenditure of money on the ronds and
that It Is doubtful If there would be a
surplus In the general fund at the end of
the fiscal year. '
t're defended his position on the grounds
that 17.800 worth of work- had been ex
pended from the general road fund on the
repair' of permanent roads and that some
more work would be necessary during tho
spring months. Ho declared there" will be
a surplus In the general fund and pointed
to an opinion from Deputy County Attor
ney 'Magney that the transfer would be
legal If It is to the Interests' of the county
that It be done. Solomon and Kennard
sided wlth.lTre and voted for the resolu
tlon. ,
Ure's report on roads shows that about
$05,000 has come into the road fund during
the year and approximately, that amount
expended from it.
Mrs. McGrata Discharged.
The board also passed 'unanimously the
resolution by I're discharging Mrs. Mo
Orath as assistant to the county store
keeper and appointing Dr. Frederick Ren-
ner to the place at a salary of $50 a month.
This was th resolution offered v a few
days ago by Vre. At that time it did not
receive a second and was laid over until
this meeting.
Bids for furnishing the county with
meat end groceries were opened and re
ferred to the committee of the 'whole and
the county auditor for tabulation. The bids
received Saturday on meat were the "sacond
offering. Only one valid bid was received
a week ago and the board rejected thla
and readvertised, resulting In a substantial
cut in the price. Courtney St Co. was the
lowest bidder, quoting a price of 64 cents
a. pound for cow hind quarters and 4i
centa for front quarters. ' .
The board let the contract for the re-floorlns-
of the larre room tineil lolntlv tw
the county assessor and county clerk. The
request for the work came from County
AsseRsor-elect W. G. Shrlver.
The board adjourned until Tuesdsy morn
ing.
RESOLUTIONS JON CARPENTER
Condolence Expressed -by Trastees
Of Child Saving; Insti
tute. At a recent meeting of the board of
trustees of the Child Saving Institute of
Omaha, of which the late J. Frank Car
penter was secretary, these resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, In the wisdom of Almlahtv
Ood, Ha has seen fit to call to eternal
rest our esteemed associate, trustee and
secretary of our board. Mr. j. Frank Car
penter, tnererore we. the board of trustees
of the Child Saving Institute of Omaha,
desiring In some fitting way to give ex
pression to our appreciation of his sterling
character, have caused this testimonial to
be spread upon the minutes of the corpo
rstlon and a cony hereof Disced in nnsaes.
sion of hts bereaved family.
Mr. carpenter was one of the foremost
citlsens of our community and state, a
leader among men, always at the front In
every, good work, and his character will
stand as a beacon light for the guidance
of all who come within the sphere of his
influence Into the safe harbor of hlah elii-
senshlp. Always wise In his counsel, effect
ive In his administration 6f the multitu
dinous interests, charitable, religious and
commercial, with which he associated
himself, his loss will be most severely felt
over as broad a field of usefulness as
uiuany ians 10 me lot or man to fulfill.
His loss will be a iMTsonal one. not nniv
to each of us, his associates of tho board
hi trustees or ine cniiu Having Institute,
but to all Identified with the administration
or the affairs of the various institutions
with which he was Identified.
To his bereaved family we .convey our
deepest sympathy and pray that the
strength which can come only from above
may be theirs to support them in their
great distress.
GEOKGE F. BIDWEI,L, President.
aVY C. BARTON, Vice President.
O. W. LYMAN, Treasurer.
K. U. BARTON.
H. J. PKNFOI.D.
ROME M1M.EB.
A. V. CLiARK. Superintendent.
MARTIN FINED ONE HUNDRED
Owner of Arcade Resort on Ninth
Street Para the Bill In Po
lice Court.
M. F. Martin, owner of the Ninth street
Arcade resort, was lined $1W and costs In
police court by, Judge Crawford Saturday
morning on the rhargo of renting and leaa
Ing a house at 808 Dodge street for im
moral purposes. Officer T. F. Boyle was
the only witness who appeared for the
state. He testified that he had been on
duty as a patrolman In the vicinity of the
Arcade and hsd.seen Martin renting prop
erty there to Immoral women and had seen
him making repairs. The defense offered
no testimony and Judgment was rendered
on the testimony of Officer Doyle.
The case against John Harris, who ' was
Martin's collector of rents in the Arcade,
was dismissed, as City Prosecutor Daniel
was convinced he had no other Interest In
the property and simply collected the rents.
Martin paid "his fine before leaving the
police station. He refused to say what his
Intentions were concerning the use 'to which
the Arcade shall be put In the future.
The complaint against him on which he
was fined Is only one of many that could
be filed for similar offenses, said the Judge.
All of the houses In and around the Arcade
owned hy Martin are closed and unoccu
pied now. City Prosecutor Daniel says no
more complaints will be filed against Martin
as long as the houses remain closed, but
If he reopens them or rents them for Im
moral purposes Mr. Daniel Intimates ho
may haveto pay a fine for every house
so rented. "
WOLF HUNT JNEAST OMAHA
Chase Wll Be Oraanlsed and Held
aaaday Mornina; If Crorrd
Taras Oat. -
Peter B. Clauson, 508 Twenty-eighth
street, East Omaha, Is getting ready for
his annual wolf hunt. He bids all his
friends who want to exterminate wolves to
meet him at hts home Sunday at a. m.
and bring their hounds along it they have
any.
"We want to make a cleaning up," says
Mr. Clauson, who Is alwaya active In such
enterprises. "We hope to have a large
turnout and hope any Omaha people who
can will join us."
Fire Menaces Whole Toiri,
FRESNO, Pal., Dec. 28. Fire ts mensclng
tha whole town of (alinga, on the South
ern Pacific railway.' filly ini'.rs from
Kresno, Fresno county. The town is one
of the fttl centers of southern California.
Several building are reported aa having
already been destroyed.
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The world's greatest artist uses
the world's greatest piano qnly
The piano, used at the Kubelik concert, tonight, will be for sale, tonwrow, at our
t show rooms. You can have the piano, whjch has been selected for his use, at
the regular pfice. Come at once.
We are sole agents for the Knabe piano
REVENUE OF DISTRICT CLERK
Over Hundred and Thirteen Thousand
in Tour Years.
HIS OFFICE GETS SUM IN DOUBT
DeneStcd to Extent of Several Han.
tired Dollars by What la Termed
Itathrr Loose Piece of
Bookkeeping.
In response to a request from Commis
sioner Tralnor, Jamea Ruan and John S.
Helgren, who have been employed by the
County board to check over the county
judge's, district cler;. . ind sheriff's affices,
have compiled a report of the work ac
complished. Incidentally they have com
piled other figures relating to the offices
they have examined.
One of these incidental reports shows the
earnings of the district clerk's office during
the first term of Frank A. Broadwell.
During the four years from U00 to 1SW3 In
clusive the office earned In regular clerk's
fees 1113.521.07. During the same time tha
salaries and expenses were $71,199.71, leav
ing a balance of $i:.0.'1.36. During the same
time Mr. Broadwell's fees as clerk of the
Insanity commission amounted te $4.641. 35
making a total balance of $46,562.71 of the
earnings 'of tbe office over the expenses.
In addition to paying his salaries and
expenses he turned over to the county
treasurer in May, 1905, $1,000 In surplus
earnings. At the end of the term he had
on hand about $3,000 making the total
amount collected of the $113,000 earned,
approximately $78,000.
Loose Bookkeeping.
The investigation discloses what the ac
countants declare Is a piece of very loose
bookkeeping methods whereby District
Clerk Broadwell was allowed $2,101.51 in
fees claimed when In fact he was entitled
to only $1,447.48. While it is not charged
there waa any dishonesty in making the
claim the result Is that the amount of the
fees apparently earned by the office is too
la rue by the difference between these two
sums. The claim was allowed by the old
democratic board In 1904 on voucher No.
STtdi. The amounts wrongfully included
were these: Sheriff's fees, which should
be credited to tho sheriff's office. $54.86;
Jury trial fees, which belong to the county,
$323; witness fees, which gd to the wit
nesses, J136.07; prepaid costs, $140.11.
The report of the work done by the two
accountants covers the number of pages
examined lit an investigation of the county
Judge's office from 0M to 1906 and of the
district clerk's office from 1900 to 1907.' In
the county Judge's office 20.900 pages were
examined and in the district clerk's office
(2,800 pages, including about 61,200 items.
In addition considerable work was done in
the later dockets in ' the county judge's
office and in going over the fve reports,
board bills and other accounts of Sheriff
McDonald and in going over a large num
ber of.clulm recently filed.
SMITH SMILESAT LIFE TERM
.Nraro Happy When Jadae Overrates
Motion for Trial, Fear-
Inar tiallons.
Edmlth, the South Omaha negro who
killed Charles Singleton another negro In
a guarrel over !5 cents .and was condemned
to life Imprisonment by a Jury In criminal
court, smiled happily Saturday morning
when Judge Troup overruled the motion
for a new trial filed by hlB attorneys and
imposed; the sentence. As he walked back
to his s.-at after listening to what the court
had to say his mouth broadened out Into a
grin that disclosed two rows of Ivories.
Smith was afraid the Jury was going to
hung him and waa opposed to an attempt
to aecure a new trial for fear the second
Jury would be more severe on him.
Charles Oasklll, who waa convicted of
breaking Into the store cf J. H. Ilaney St
Co. and stealing $150 worth of fur over
coata, was sentenced to five years tn he
penitentiary by Judge Troup.
Thomas Oasssu, who wss charged with
shooting a negro named Dick Ford In a
row at South Omha, pleaded guilty to
assault and battery and waa sentenced to
ninety days in the county Jail, lie denied
firing the shot. A. J. Mangan, formerly
a gang foreman for the Union Pacific,
entered a plea of guilty to padding hla pay
roll to the amount of $J6 and drew a fine
of $50 and costs, which he paid. Mangan
waa accused of putting fictitious narnea on
hla pay roll and padding the pu checks of
hla men, taking the surplus himself by an
VL "".1
Baydeti
ingenious arrangement. He was Indicted by
the grand Jury last fall.
ANOTHER POISON SQUAD BUSY
toft Drinks Brlaade ftettln Ready
to Test - the Soda Foon- .
tains.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-Hcroes are
thickening In Washington, D. C. Another
poison squad is getting ready for business.
This new butch of brave souls and In
trepid stomachs will form the soft drinks
brigade of the service and Dr. Wiley, of
course, will be in command.
Poison squad No. 1 Is now about six
years old. Casualties have been many,
but no lives have been lost. Desertions
have occurred, but most of the changes
have come through .the honorable dis
charge of members.
The squad is maintained at ita original
strength of twelve men. Just why the
number was put at twelve Dr. Wiley Is
unable to state.
The polsonees are young men who work
in Dr. Wiley's own department, the bureau
of chemistry of the Department of Agri
culture. Most of them are. In addition,
students at George Washington university,
which provides night lectures especially
to accommodate students who are sup
porting themselves by working for the
government.
Of course there is none but volunteers
In the squad. There Is never any lack of
these. Aa they get all their meals for
nothing they are willing to have a few
acids, a little formaldehyde, a touch of'
copperas or a few shades of aniline dye
thrown in especially as they would get
some of the same things at a boarding
house and have to pay for It In ' the
bargain.
Probably the thing they relish the
least Is the absolute knowledge that they
are eating adulterated food. There is no
guesswork about it, no chance to. hope that
It is pure. For the bureau does Its own
adulterating and Is uncompromisingly thor
ough about It.
A new recruit to the squad is not at
once put on an adulterated diet. The first
thing done Is to establish the equilibrium
of his system, to discover whst Is his
normal condition and what diet best main
tains that condition.
That being established, his daily ration
of poison is Introduced and its effect ob
served. It Isn't apparent In a day. Some
times a week or more of the poison regime
has little effect.
But sooner or later It does tell. Dif
ferent adulterants or -preservatives do
not have the same effect.
Formaldehyde causes a lowering of the
temperature and sometimes a nllxht rash.
Other - things cause headache. Indiges
tion, pain in the epigastrium, which.
being interpreted, means the pit of the
stomach. Thla pain Is, perhaps. the
most common effect of the doctored diet
upon its willing victims.
The new squad Is already organized and
its members are being supplied with good
food and drink to find out what thetr
equilibrium is. When that has been de
termined the fizz of the faucet will be
heard in the land.
The bureau has a list of over 100 soft
drinks In which cocaine snd other drug
are used. These are sold freely over
thousands of soda fountain counters. The
bureau, moreover, has records of indi
viduals who have taken no less than
thirty glasses a day of these drug drinks.
Dr. Wiley proposes to find out Just whit
are the consequences to these same internal
regions of having these diluted drugs
dumped fizzing Into them. Ho Is even
thinking of admitting a few women to
the ranks of the soft drinks brigade.
American women absorb perennial gey
sers of the stuff. It wouldn't be a bad
thing to know just what It Is doing to
IJiem. So here'4 to the Soft Drink
brigade! Drink her down!
They will do a-plenty of tha't them
selves when they get started. Of course
their diet will be straight; no polaon
in that. They will eat good, wholesome
food, so that there can be no shirking
responsibility on the part of the soft
drinks.
i.ee v. ,11 be administered on a slid
ing scale; one glass the first day, two the
next, and so on. The department will be
good and ready to announce the results
before the soda fountains begin to spout
next spring.
A good deal of unnecessary pity has
been spread thick upon the heroes of the
poison squad. The public has an exag
gerated Idea of their perils.
They are carefully watched and no
body Is permitted to run any risk of
serious Injury. If a man has been taking
the dope diet (or a period he is put on j
u
Bros.
straight victuals for a while. After, say,
sixty days of dope he gets a pure food
vacation, which makes him as good as
new.
Nevertheless very few of the polsonees
stick to the business very long. The
record was held by a man who served
three years. Of course he took the 3ope
diet and the straight food turn about.
NO ACTION ON POSTAL BANKS
Real Estate Exchange Lota Hatter
Drop After Some Weeks
of Discussion.
Opposition to the Omaha Real Estate ex
change endorsing the postal stvlngs bank
bills before congress took the form of a
motion to lay the resolution on tile table,
which was carried", and all attempts to fix
a date for bringing them up for discussion
failed.
After the exchange voted to lay the
resolutions on the table by a roll call vote
of 23 to 18, W. H. Green aroae and made
an address, saying the country was wait
ing for this action of the exchange and
had been cheated by the lack of action.
Following this speech, Mr. Green added to
the merriment by saying, "Gentlemen, I
am sincere in this."
A. P. Tukey read ay paper, opposing the
postal savings banks and Henry F. Wytntn
submitted substitute resolutions opposing
the postal banks. Among other things, Mr.
Tukey said he believed the governor of
Nebraska should call a special session of
the legislature to pass laws looking toward
the state guaranteeing deposits In state
savings banks and trust companies and
make auch assessments on the banks and
companies chartered, as would create a
fund with which tho state could pay losses.
Mr. Tukey thought that with the present
reform, legislature the law could be passed
and made effective July 1, 1908.
AGED COUPLE CANNOT AGREE
Woman Tells Story of Ilasbaad'a
Abase and Latter beta Thirty
Daya In Jail.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griffls, an aged
couple, presented a Bad spectacle In police
court yesterday morning. Grin Is had been
on a spree for several daya and his wife
finally could atand it no longer and swore
out a warrant charging him with disturbing
the peace. She testified that for five days
he had been abusing and threatening her
and that during that time she had not hsd
her clothes off. Friday he saturated the
floor of the kitchen with kerosene and
threatened to set iton fire. v While telling
the story In court she cried Incessantly
and told her husband she would never
live with him sgain, and would get a Job
In a restaurant if she could do nothing else.
Griffls waa given- a thirty days sentence
and a severe reprimanding by the Judge.
MRS. BYERS TAKES VACATION
General Secretary of V. W. C. A. Goes
x to Chicago as Best from
Heavy Work.
Mrs. Emma F. Byers, general secretary
of the local Young Women's Christian as
sociation, left Friday evening for Chicago,
where she will spend some time resting at
the home of her parents. The extra work
Incidental to the construction of the new
association building has fallen heavily upon
Mrs. Byers and tho board of directors fias
Insisted upon her taking this much-needel
rest.
At a meeting of the board Friday morn
ing plans were discussed for interesting the
public In the furnishing and decorating of
the new building. It was decided to issue
a booklet. Including the floor plana and a
statement of what will be required for
Sufferers from GALL STONES
and APPENDICITIS Cured
The Myera-DUlon Drug Co., ltth and Farnam -Sta.. Omaha. Neb., are exclusive
agenta In thla territory for Frultola. Thla wonderful new dlacovery In the field of
medicine Is curing people every day of appendicitis and gall stonea.
THIS OMASA ISAM WAS
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Gentlemen: I suffered for more then six months with what I suDDOsed to bs
stomarh and bowel trouole. I tried every remedy suggested to me all of this
time without receiving any benefit, I aaw your advertiaement of Frultola. and na
of your clerks advlaed me to try It. i ojk tbe Frultola In connection with Traxo
as directed, and the result waa aatoiusnlng. After taking one bottle of Frultola
more than a hundred gall-stones were removed. I continued the use of Frultola
and Traxo until the cure waa complete. The satisfaction of having my health
restored is worth more than money to me. and 1 am correspondingly grateful to you.
I have recommended Frultola to a great many of my friends" and In every
Instance, aa In my own case. It lias done more than you claim for it
It will give me pleasure to allow you to use my name In your advertising
Voura Gratefully. W. C. HEY DEN,
lagr. "Omaha Branch" John Gund Brewing Co.
tap suffering tedayall or write te afysre-SlUoa Drug- Co llta aod JTaraaja
alts.. Omaha, Vsb, aboat tala great ears y raize la.
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the
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the furnishing of the several floors, to
gether with an appropriate estimate of the
cost. This booklet will be Issued some
time In February. '
MORE BUSINESS MORE ROOM
Omaha Printing Company Leases aad
Moves Into Qaorters Adjoin , -Inar
Old Place.
The Omaha Printing company has been
forced to enlarge its quarters as . result
of a constantly growing business. Frank,
B. Johnson, manager, has leased and la
having renovated the four stories at. 9.'0
Farnam atreet. formerly occupied by Beehe
& Runyan and will extend his plant into
It as soon aa the place la ready, which
will be In a few weeks.
The present quarters of the Omaha Print
ing company Includes four stories and base,
ment, cornering on Tenth and Farnam, or
adjoining the new section. The combined
quartera will give a width of eighty-eight
feet on all four floors. Mr. Johnson will
be enabled to widen his office quarters, a
thing he has long desired to do, as the pres
ent space allotted to office room, Hike that
given to other departments. Is entirely In
adequate. The volume of the business has
Increased and naturally the stock that is
carried, so had not Beebe A Runyan moved
Into the old M. E. Smith & Co. hulldlns
on I Douglas street Mr. Johnson would have
found himself In a quandary, for he could
not have spread out any further where hn
Is and the thought of moving from that
location was one he could not entertain
without having a aeriea of cold chills. As
It lai Ilia rlarnnnrla urlll Vi. (,.-!.. L
quarters almost double In slse.
VETO READY F0R TWO BILLS
Mayor Wants Market Master and Fa
vors Gas Commissioner Nisi
Ingr Assistant.
Mayor Dahlman announced Saturdny
morning he would veto two of the or
dinances passed by the council at its last
session. One of the measures to meet with
his disapproval is that introduced by
Bridges placing the appointment of .the
asHistant gas commissioner in the hands
of the mayor and city council, and tli
other Is McGovern's ordinance discon
tinuing: the office of market master.
"1 think the gas- commissioner should he
allowed to name his own assistant." said
the mayor. "Tho other department heads
aro allowed this privilege and I don't sea
any reason for singling out the gum com
missioner aa an exception to the rule."
"I am against the abolition of the mar
ket master for the reason I think we nee
such an officer. While that department Is
not self-supporting, I think it Is a neces
sary department. Instead of alxilishlng It
altogether, I would favor reducitig tho
salary from $100 to $76." '
If you have anthlng to trade advertise
It in the For Exchange Column, of The
Bee Want Ad Pages.
APPEAL FOR HOPE COTTAGE
Call Issued by Rev. V. W. Karldgo to
Aid His Old People's
Home.
Rev. Charles W. Savldge has Issued this
call for help for one of the charity Insti
tutions which he maintains In connec
tion with his work aa pastor of the Peo
ple's church:
A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
I wish l.ono people in Omaha would send
me a dollar each to lift the mortgage on
one of our Hope cottages due next Thurs
day, January W. We have seven aged
people whom we have promised to keep
for lite without cost to them. Thla frees
that property from debt. Telephone me
and I will come to your house.
CHARLES W. SAVIDOB.
Webster 3444. Pastor People'a Church.
CUBES ST riDITOLl
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