TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JANUARY lfi. 1908.
DRIEF CITY NEWS
Xav Boot rrtat It.
Taonsas W. Blackbara tor rongress.
Blnsbart, thotoaraphsr'uth aV Farnam.
Col Coutant Bquirea. Tel. D 9J0.
Diamonds Edbolm, J"wIrr, HAVJtsrn'jr
IX Xntaraatad, ac. Dlmora Cheney) vole
culture.
w Jwt tiav Rork Kprlnaa coal. Cen
tral Coal and Coke, Company of Omaha,
Uth and Harnry streets.
tacy A- Boots Oat BlTore Lurr A.
Bcott ha bet ferranted a decree of divorce
from John W. Bcott n Judge Redlek
tji'irt. Bh charged abandonment.
"jTtp Oa Cold Weather A thief stole a
pair of women's fura from In front of John
Robinson's store at 612 North Eighteenth
trert Tuesday afternoon. They were val
ued at !0 ' '
rift sea Cellars' Worth of Xros John
.Corbltt waa fined $15 in police court
Wednesday morning on the charge of
stealing; a quantity of Iron castings from
the Omaha foundry. .
Deputy Marshal Mathews oa Duty A si
-Deputy United States Marshal Earl
Mathews Is again vn duty at the United
States marshal's ofIce as chief office dep
uty alter an illness of ten days from over
work. . ; i
Albert Patrick Xa Pneumonia Albert
Patrick, Omaha pioneer. 'Who has been 111
with pnumonla at the home of his nephew,
Joseph Barker, 1306 South Eighth street,
since Sunday, was reported considerably
lmpro-ed Wednesday.
United States Court Back from Grand
Island Judge W. IL Hunger, Circuit Clerk
Ueorgo II. Thummel, Marshal Warner and
Vnlted States District Attorney Oou are
back again from Grand Island, where they
have been holding- a term of the United
States courts for that subdivision.
' Special Meeting; Loyal Xgion A special
meeting of the Nebraska commandery,
.Military Order of ' the Loyal Legion, has
been called for Thursday evening, January
,16b at 8 o'clock at the commandery rooms.
!18 South Eighteenth street. A full attend
ince Is requested as Important business Is
to be considered.
Will Oct Bis Mall In Jail For stealing
a dress coat from J. W. Harron Tuesday
night Fred Sanford will while away the
acxt thirty daya In the county jail. In pro
nouncltig the sentence In police court
Wednesday morning Judge Crawford said
,n lilm: "Fine clothes are mighty nice, but
hey do not make the man."
Meeting's at Knox Church Rev. Mr. Mc
Ml inter of Missouri Valley, la.. Is assisting
tev. M. V. Hlgtwe, pastor of Knox Pres.
lyterlan church, this week, preaching
ivery evening at 7:45. A series of evan
"rllstic meeting of deep Interest Is being
eld, a continuance of the usual week of
prayer. A children's meeting also is being
ii'ld each afternoon.
Orala Dealers at Annual Beno.net Grain
J.-alers of Omaha will bold the annual ban
quet at the Paxton hotel Thursday even
tig and about 100 are exported to attend
E. J. McVann, secretary of the Grain ex-
-hange, will bo toatrt master. Among those
who will respond to toasts will be: J. H,
Hamilton on "The I'rlvate Wirs;" E. 8.
Westbrook. "The Country Elevator;" Shem
Saunders, "The Financial Situation;" N
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Merrlam, "Buyer and Plstrlbuter;" A- If-
Bewsher. "The Commission Man;" J. A.
Kuhn, "The Railroad Situation."
Mrs. OeUenbeck Get Divorce M r. Ol-
lle OeUenbeck has been granted a divorce
In Judge Redlrk's court from Ralph E.
OeUenbeck, a well known musician and son
of Qeonre OeUenbeck. also a muslclsn.
Mrs. OeUenbeck charged her husband with
making an assault on her with a revolver.
She said she had him arrested once, but
he persisted in romlng home and making
trouble. She Is now running a rooming
house at Fourteenth and Douglas streets.
Mrs, BeUer Denies the rake Mrs. H. It.
Heller, superintendent of the Detention
school, denies she lud any Intention of re
signing the position because of the fre
quent ravages of diphtheria at the school.
Bince last fall the school ha been quar
antined twice and It was necessary for
Mrs. Heller to take her children out of
the public schools. While this has been a
Treat Inconvenience to her, Mrs. Heller
says she lias no thought of giving up the
superlntendency. The Junior Yellow pub
lished this fake.
Penny Waiting Game Two men and a
woman who are much wanted In Council
Bluff on the) charge of working what the
police term a "penny waiting" game were
arrested by Detectives Maloney and
Drummy Tuesday night. They are J. M.
Williams, Victor Dor and Ooldle Kirk.
E. H. Iefforts, a Council Bluffs Jeweler,
says they came Into his store on Jsnuary 7,
and thst while two of the party talked to
the clerk the third one stole a diamond
ring and broach. They refuse to cross the
river without requisition papers and will
be held In the city Jail till the papers ar
rive. All Saints' Social Club The men of All
Saints' church met In the parish house
Monday evening and organised a club to
be known as the All Saints' Social club.
These officers were elected: President,
John W. Redick; vice president, John T.
Cooper: secretary, II. B. Pollard; treas
urer, H. L. Alleman. The executive com
mittee will consist of the officers and
three members of the club to be named
later. After the business meeting the com
pany adjourned to the dining room, where
refreahments were served. The object of
th club Is to further the ocial llf of
the parish and bring all the -people to
gether In a social way by dancing parties
and other forms of entertainment.
MOST SENSIBLE MOVE YET
Such it John L. Kennedy'! Comment
on Mai Service Depot Here.
WOULD DO AWAY WITH BED TAPE
OMAHA SCHOOLS AS MODELS
Specimens ef Work Are railed For by
Kdarator of Edinburgh,
Scotland
cotlnnd, I
raw People Know How Useful It la la
J-resemng buuu ana Beauty.
Cos Botaior To Try.
Nearly everybody knows chut charcoal
Is the safest and moat efficient disinfect-
i . .....1 - H.l,, hut tmmr 1 1
Ma value when taken into the human sys
Item for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal la a remedy that the more you
tsku of It the better; It Is not a drug: at
all, but simply absorbs the gasse end
Impurities always prettent In the stomach
and Intestines and carries them out of
' the system.
Charcoul sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onion
and othur odorous vegetables.
CJharcoal effectually clears and Im
proves the complexion. It whitens th
teeth and further acts as a natural and
eminently safe 'cathartic.
it absorbs th Injurious gases which
celled in the stomach and bowls; It dis
infects the mouth and, throat from the
poison of catarrh,
AU druggists seUrVhartoal In one form
or another, but (robably the best char
coal and the most for the money Is In
tituart' Charcoal Losenges; they are com
pored of the finest powdrred Willow
churcoul, and other harmless antiseptics
In tablet form or rather In the form of
large pleasant tasting losenges, the char
coal being mixed with honey.
The dallx use of these losenges will
soon tell in a much Improved condition
of the general health, better complexion.
sweeter breath and purer blood, and the
beauty of it Is. that no possible harm can
result JTronr their continued use, but, on
the contrary, great benefit.
A Buffalo physlrlon, in speaking of the
benefits of oharcoal, says: " advls
tj.tuart' Charcoal kosenge to all patients
suffering from gas in stomach and bowels
and to. clear the complexion and purify
the breath, mouth and throat; 1 also be
lieve the. liver is greatly benefited, by
the dally use of them; they cost but
twenty-flv centa a box at drug store,
and although in some sense a patent prep,
station, yet 1 believe I get more and bel
ter charcoal .si Stuart's Charcoal Losen
ges than in any of the ordinary charcoal
tablet."
tend your name and address today for
S free trial package and are for yourself.
F. A. Stuart Co., -00 Stuart lildg. Marsh
all, Mich.
Hoot, mon, Omaha' gaeing to ha'
muckle part In the Scottish National exhl-
beetlon In Edlnboro.
Superintendent Davidson Is In receipt of
a letter from Miss Kate. T. Bremner,
principal of the Albion Road chool. Edin
burgh, In which she requests the favor of
having some of the work of the Omah
schools for the exhibition.
Mis Bremner passed through Omaha
last summer and met Superintendent
Davidson and several other leading edu
cators. She also saw some of the clay
modeling work and products of the manual
training and other departmenta and she
carried away wlXh her a very high opinion
of the quality of work done In Omaha.
The Invltatloln to have a share In the big
national exhibition In Edinburgh is the
result.
Miss Bremner writes a long and cordial
letter, for she Is acquainted with Mr.
Davidson and his family personally.
Among other things she prais American
methods and declares she la glad to see
that they are being- adopted tt 'Nme ex
tent In Scotland.
"We are coming tot realise," she say,
"that the pupil can derive quite a much
good from the preceptor's smile as from
the teacher's frown."
Accompaylng the letter is a circular of
the Scottish National exhibition, which is
open from May to Onto be r. The list of
patronesses I long and contains such an
array of royal names and titles a nearly
takes away the breath of the simple cltl
sens of a simple democracy. This Impos
ing list Is headed by such names as Her
Royal Highness the Princess (Royal, Duch
ess of Fife and half doxen other royal high
nesaes. Then comes a couple of Inches of
names of duchesses, a still longer list of
most honorable, and right honorablea and
many plain ladiea.
Superintendent Davidson will have
number of specimens of the work of the
Itmuhk rhnnla fnrwrriit fur the Aflmtra
tlon of the canny Scots at their big exhT
bition.
iirmnTirarne
i Notice!
Beginning with Sunday. Jan.
19th. 1908. the following pho
tograph stulios will be open
Sundays from 10 A. M. until
1 If. M. only.
F. A. KIXEHAKT
SANDHKICU STl'UIO
HKi' S, THK rtiOTOURAFIlER
. TfKX STl'lHO CJKAXD
Ll'MlEUK 8TCLJO
If
AND
APOLIO
FCR TOILET AND BATH
It makes the toilet something te b es
y-iyed. It removes all taint and roughness,
brcvent prickly heat and chafing, and
leave th kia white, soft, healthy. Io th
bath It bring a glow and exhilaration which
no cosmos soap can equal, Imparting the
vigor and llf sensation of a mild TafKtM
tath. Au GaortM and Dmoomv
I.. Keller, Chief Clerk nf Herrlce,
fonsmrnda It na Means nf Isa
- prnrlna; Wnrk nf HI
Department.
The proposition for the establishment of a
headquarters of the railway mail service in
Omaha continues to Impress Itself on the
minds of Omaha men a one that carries
only good for the city, state and tributary
territory, and one that can be adopted with
most excellent results to the general gov
ernment and the particular service of rail
way mail.
Speaking of the proposition, ex-Congress
man J. I Kennedy said:
"This Is the most sensible move which 1
have heard proposed and those responslbra
for It are certainly to be commended.
"For year th I'ostofflce department has
been bound by so much red tape that It
would be Impossible to get the department
Itself to start such a movement. The de
partment does not and will not recognize
the growth rnd development In the west.
As a bureau it goes on doing things Just
as It did twenty years afeo, when, X under
stand, the last adjustment of th railway
mail service divisions was made.
'We are still running a buckboard be
tween Omaha and Benson because the gov
ernment department does not know and
don't want to know the necessity for im
provement. The pressure must be brought
to bear on the outside and I know the mail
service needs readjustment. The business
of the Chicago office is enormous. It
would almOBt be a division of Itself."
Bee Hit nll on Head.
Commenting on the result of the Investiga
tion published In The Bee of Tuesday, F. K
Kellar, chief clerk of the railway mall
service at Omaha, said:
"1 think The Bee told the truth. Th
facts as stated are correct a to the mile
age and number of clerks In the big Sixth
district. It is very large and the talk of
making a new division seems sensible."
Mr. Kellar said that at present his office
has the direct supervision of 230 mall clerks.
The office has charge of clerks on the
Union Pacific as far as Cheyenne, all the
lines of the Northwestern west of the Mis
souri river, the Missouri Paclflo line- by
way of Weeping Water, the Rock Island
lines Into Kansas, while the clerks on the
Burlington are under the chief clerk at
Lincoln. The Omaha office recently took
over the work of the Sioux City office on
the Black Hills line of the Northwestern,
relieving that office of the work of caring
for some twenty-seven clerks. The present
operation of the chief clerk's office In
Omaha shows plainly that Omaha Is the
logical point for headquarters of a new
division.
Senator Millard Is for It.
"Omaha should have been the headquar
ters for a division of the railroad mall
service many years ago." aa'.d ex-Senator
J. H. Millard. "My only wonder is that
the department has farmed out so much
of the territory which should be handled
from Omaha and given It to another city.
"Not enough Importance Is given to the
fact that the federal bulldlne; at Omaha,
which was erected by the expenditure of
a great Sum of niones-, has ample room
for the headquarters of a postal division.
This should be an argument which would
Carry much weight with the department In
selecting a city in which the headquarters
for the district west of the Missouri should
be located. The vacant space In the fed
eral building, all ready for occupancy.
When brought to the attention of the de
partment and congress, should overbalance
claims of any other eity, regardless of the
fact that Omaha Is the logical point from
which to handle the mail business on the
western railroads.
"I am for the dividing of the 'big sixth
district,' with the understanding that the
headquarters shall be located at Omaha,
and I am hoping that western senators
and representatives will succeed in the ef
fort to do so at the present session of congress."
That onr American forests ahonn4 fn
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues Is abundantly attested
by scores 'of the most eminent medical
writer snd teachers. Even the untu
tored Indians had discovered the useful
ness of many native plants before the
dvent of the white race. This Informa
tion, lmpartI freely to the whltos, led
the latter to continue Investigations until
to-day we have a rlrh assortment of most
Valuable American medicinal roots.
Dr. Pierce believe that our American for'
est strd In moet valuable medicinal root
fo the curef roost obstinate snd fatal die
esJps, If newobidproperly Investigate themi
ano uOwturWuTNtfi of this conviction, be
polnWwIth prtda the ulnvy, mtrrelnm
cures effecxtA by h,l "l.,Un
covery." which, nmven l:ef to Ihfl,
P.u I j. i.l n.win. h Ionic, llypr lnvlg.r-
u'ri hrs',t tnnif snd regulator, and bluodj
clesnwr knuwn to medHTal science. I'i.slk p
la, or loUicestion. torpid liTerTrunctloosI
and vea valvular and other affections of
the beart yield to It curative action. Th
reason vny It cure these and many other
affections, I clearly shown In a little book
of extract from lb standard medical wot Us
which Is mailed frt to any address by Or R.
V Pierce, of Buffalo. N. Y.. to all sending
request for tba same. n- , -
Not lees marvelous, la the unparalleled
care It I constantly making of woman's
many peculiar affections, weaknesses and
distressing dertnf ments. Is Dr. Pierces
FarortteNTrescrlptkthvas ts amply attested
by thousands rryH4Jitetlnxnlili con
tributed biAaJkleful paTtEiis oho hive been
cured ny H or rf ts.rrr.al nelvlc firf lu rTnl
jslnf uT
"Twfl?C
tH' rlixi irryg ulart 1 1 ejPrpl Dus sj
ma kin
after many other advertised
physicians bad failed. 1
O
Both the above mentioned medicines ar
wholly made up from the glyceric extracts of
native, medicinal roots. The processes em
ployed In their manufacture were original
with Dr. Pierce, and they are carried on by
skilled chemists and pharmacists with th
aid of apparatus and appliances specially
designed and built for this purpose. Both
Dieolclnes are entirely free from alcohol and
all other harmful, hsblt-formlng drug. A
full ll of their ingredients la printed oa
each bottle-wrapper.
ROADS CONCEAL THEIR PLANS
Eailwayi Owning- Coal Mines Se
cretive on New Law,
U. P. PROBABLY WILL SELL NONE
llnrrlman Company, it Is ald, Will
I'se All Its Prodnct, Taking;
In Custom from
Ontslde.
Announcements, wedding stationery and
calling cards, blank book and magaxlne
binding. 'Phone Doug. 1G04. A. I. Root, Inc.
THOUSAND MEMBERS SURE
Rerrnlts and Other Uncooraaemen t
Promised the Ynanac Men's
Christian Association.
"We feel almost certain we shall get the
1.000 new members by Friday, when our
fortieth annlverssry begins," says B. f.
Wade, general secretary of the association.
"Not only that, but we have secured other
encouragement which is so good we ere
not at-' liberty to announce it now. We
have forty teams of school boys, ten In a
team, and many business men out hustling
for these recruits and there Isn't any
serious doubts of our getting them.
'I want to urge again if there are any
old dlrectora or secretaries who have not
received written Invitations to attend this
celebration to let us knoa- of It. Wa may-
have overlooked some, but if so it Is only
because we could not locate them."
Friday evening at the big banquet Presi
dent I. W. Carpenter will preside and John
U Kennedy will act as toastmaater. Ten
minute speeches on the progress of the as
sociation will be made by four men to cover
the periods of -their most active service.
William Fleming will tell of the affairs
from lSbS to 1878, A. O. Charlton from 187S
to im, W. It. Russell from 1888 to 1898,
Dr. W. O. Henry from 1848 to 1W8.
Robert Weldensall, first vice president
the association ever had, and now Inter
national aecretary, will speak and there
will be a roll call of the 135 men who have
served as secretsrieaor directors.
SMALLEST CRIMINAL DOCKET
I. cast am Iter of Cases Ever Mated for
Trial In Dosclsa Connty
C'onrt Terra.
The Douglas county criminal docket Is
the lightest it ha been for years accord
ing to figures compiled by Gnorge Seay
of the district clerk's office. The docket
now contalna but seventy-three cases, and
twenty-eight of theee are appeala from the
police court, leaving only forty-five state
cases.
It is believed this Is the smallest crim
inal docket this county has had In ten
years. It is not unusual for the clerk to
transfer S00 cases In making up the crlm-
. - ,14 oi court, one
reason ror the decrease Is the policy in-
augurated by City Prosecutor Daniel of
calling to trial or forfeiting bonds of
persons who appeal their cases from police
court to tne district court. Heretofore th
docket ha been encumbered with scores
of appenl rases that were outlawed but
never wiped from the docket. The county
attorney nas also dismissed a number of
case in which there wa lack of evidence
sufficient to convict.
Y lira, yisisw SocEitej CyTBj
r Vt. wand for vvt BTTYT TTVB ff
lin r TfrrrHI Nil, nun PI ltFeVT fir, fUd, II
MT.".1 i u -r i Ik ti i h. of aj vsTxlr i
all PAIS: ci l.n Kim nn ir -.... I- 7 1 ..
.a'f f..rrUtt.KHHA. aoldbrbrv,lt.lnn
F.o4 ,4 I'iw. Act. Ja ma.) -riT irUc
GUILD TO RATE HEARINGS
remnaereial Clnn Cosasalaalnner Gees
te Lincoln aid Hot
Sarins. Vn.
Commissioner J. U. Guild of the Com
mercial club left Wednesday morning for
Lincoln, where he will attend the hearing
of the Lincoln Commercial club before an
I ri tars tat e Commerce commissioner in
which th Lincoln club will ask for th
same rate from the cast as are made to
Omaha.
From Lincoln Mr. Guild will go to Hot
Springs, Vs., where ha will attend a meet
Ing of the western classification com
mtttee, expected to be one of the most im
portant In th history of th committee.
Mr. Guild will represent th Sloui City In
terests a well a those of Omaha In op
posing in proposition to man a car
load rata to th Missouri river for "mixed
lot of merchandise." Such a rat la
deemed on of the moet harmful move
which the railroad could make against
western business, and it will be opposed
to th last ditch.
Llfelnna; Bondage
to dyspepsia, liver complaint and kidney
trouble I needlee. Electrto Bitter I the
guaranteed remedy. ioc. For sal by
Beaton Drug Co.
"From and after May i,- ;3f. It shall be
unlawful for any railroad company to
transport from any state, territory or the
District of Columbia to any other state,
territory or the District of Columbia, or to
any foreign country, any article or com
modity (other than timber or the manuiac
tured nroducts thereof) manufactured
mined or produced by it. or under Its
authority, or which It may own In whole
or In part, or in wtiicn it may nave any
interest, direct or Indirect, except such
articles or commodities as may he neces
sary or intended for its ise in the con
duct or Its business as a common car
rier."
TIME FOR OMAIIA TO ACT
Future of City Commercially Involved
in Waterway Proposition.
NAVIGATION OR VITAL SUFFERING
Itk Slater Cltlea F.njoylaa- River
Tramp Nebraska Metropolis
Conld yt Compete Wlthont
It, Say McVann.
WALK1XQ
One is effort, How a Keel Vlsasur.
Walking, especially In the early morn
ing, Is fine exercise, if one Is robust
enough to really enjoy it. If not, It la
burdensome.
A lady of Blount Spring, Ala, where
the water and fresh air did not seem to
build her up as she hoped, found that
Grape-Nut food was Just what she needed
to give strength. She writes:
"Circumstances have made it necesurv
for me and my family to board for the
past five year and during that tlma I
have suffered greatly from Indigestion.
Improper and poorly cooked food being
tne eviaent cause or my trouble.
"Indigestion had become chronic and
complication arose so that I lived for
month at a time on rw eggs; could not
even take wine, brandy or milk the lat
ter souring on my stomach. I tried about
every known remedy and had beea here
for a month, drinking th water and walk
ing morning:, noon and night, trying to get
relief.
"Accidentally I heard of Grape-Nuts and
began to eat the food. Afterabout three
week on, tal food, together with the ex
ercise. I found th greatest relief. First
noticeable in the morning walk and early
rising, which before had been don with
the, greatest possible effort, but now have
become a positive pleasure with a gain
of It lbs.
"Since using this food and being o Im
proved. I meet other also, who have used
It with llkNesulte. One lady who had
been a great sufferer Irom nervous and
stomach trouble ha been entirely re
lieved and continue to use Grape-Nut
dally In the family." "There a Reason."
Nam given by Poatum Co.. Battle Creek,
Mich. Read "The Road to Wellvllle" In
, Pk-5
Sixteen months ago the above law was
passed and but three and a half months re
main until It will become effective. What
the railroads will do to comply with this
law remains to be seen. Cntll recently
It did not seem the roads were making any
move whatever, but lately reports of
various schemes have oome out showing
the owners of the roads are really thinking
something must be flrnie.,',,! 1 '
One small coal road has 'transferred its
coal properties to a new and separate Cor
poratlnn, controlled by its stockholders
It Is reported the Gould lines may do the
same thing. The properties of the Gould
line are estimated at 860,000,000. It is feared
In many quarters that sucli a move woul
be attacked as a mere evasion of the law,
Railroad companies own about W per cn
of the anthracite coal lands.
It is thought ihe L'nion Pacific Coal com
pany which is owned by the Union Pacific
Railroad company will cease to sell any
cofil whatever to outside consumers and
will uso all the coal of Its own mines for
Its own use. With this end in tew the
company Is doing everything possible to
help develop other Wyoming properties
that there might not be a general coa
shortage.
Import Freight Rates Rise.
As the result of an understanding reached
after several conferences by the railroad
leading from Atlantic and gulf ports to
the Interior of the United States rates on
Import freight are to be advanced. While
it Is understood that class rates will not
be touched, about 76 per cent of the large
number of articles now carried on com
modity ratea will be transferred to the
classified list. It Is stated that fixed dif
ferentials In favor of New Orleans, Gal
veston and other gulf ports, based upon
Baltimore, have made this new deal possi
ble under an award made by arbitrators
two months ago. These differentials apply
only to rates east of the Mississippi river
and do not effect the territory west of the
Mississippi.
H, P. Report Shows Strain.
The report of the earnings of the South
ern Pacific for November looked so bid
that they required a note of explanation
from the official giving them out. An In
crease, of operating expenses and taxes
from 86.247.037 In November, 1308 to $3,16b.-
287, or more than 30 percent for 1907. while
th gross earnings for the same time In
creased but 4.8 per cent. Is taken tl be
alarming, although October made a worse
showing. The report shows the strain the
road labored under last spring in the fees
of most unfavorable weather, conditions.
Unprecedented storms and washouts last
March not only caused the road great in
convenience and expense t the time, but
left damages which have not yet been fully
repaired.
Mofcler Bark Home.
General Manager Mohler has returned
from a western trip, having attended the
Wyoming Wool Growers' convention at
I.aramle and also made a visit to Denver,
where quite a controversy is on over the
building of a viaduct. Four roads are In
terested in the construction of the viaduct,
but one of the roads is holding out agalnxt
its construction unless the city will con
sent to keep the street open under the via
duct. At a meeting of the commercial In
terests and the leading men of Denver Mr.
Mohler spoke for half an hour and offered
to do all In his power to assist in getting
the viaduct built as soon as possible.
Returning from Washington a Kansss
City man said. 'If St. Louis gets the fourteen-foot
waterway from the lakes and
we fall at that time to have the Missouri
river navigable and navigated from Kansas
City to St. Louis, St. Louis will put Kansas
City out of business In the whole south
and southwest.' Now. If the river Is navi
gated to Kansas City and not to Omaha
at that time, where la Omaha commercially
as compared with Kansas CltyT"
This was the question which B. J. Mc
Vann, secretary of the Omaha Oraln ex
change, put to the real estate dealers of
Omaha and their guests at the "Missouri
river navigation rally" held Wednesday
noon, when Ihe real estate men met to
complete arrangements for the trip to Sioux
City next Wednesday, where they will at
tend the first annual convention of the
Missouri River Navigation congress.
Mr. McVann displayed a map of the
central United States showing the great
waterways. He said: "If Chicago had a
proposition before congress to build at gov
ernment expense a four track railroad from
Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico,
maintain It In good repair at government
expense and allow anyone to run cars
over It who would furnish the cars and
motive power free of cost, how long
would Omaha keep still?
"Then what if Kanff City wanted to
build a double track railroad at the ex
pense of the government, connectlngwlth
the four track line from Chicago?
Conld Not Last lx Months.
"Omaha could not be a marKet city six
months with such competition. All the
grain of the Vest would be funmMed
through Kansas City, and all the merchan
dise for the country west of the Missouri
river, or a large proportion of It, would
come through or from Kansas City.
"The water rate regulates the land rate.
When the rate on wheat from Pt. louls
to New Orleans by river was 30.6 cents per
bushel, it whs 70.2 cents per bushel by rail
from St. Louis to New York. When the
river rate fell from 30.6 cents to 4.25 cents
per bushel to New Orleans, the rate by
rail to New York followed It down from
70.2 cents to 11.6 per bushel."
Mr. McVann quoted from many high
authorities on river transportation, among
them the St. Louis and Kansas City men
who have made a study of the effect whfch
river transportation would have on railroad
rates. One authority quoted said. "These
river rates also affect the rail rates erst
and west as well as north and south. Take
grain, for Instance, from the Missouri river
trade center, Kansas City to New Tork:
The rate.jjiat would npply on such traffic
would have to approximate the rates from
Kansas City to St. Iouls plus the low
barge rate from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Whatever rate Is made from Kansas City
to the Atlantic seaboard must he made
also from the Missouri river gateways, such
as St. Joseph. Leavenworth. Nebraska
City and Omaha, or else all the grain west
of the Missouri river would be funneled
through Kansas City."
E. Martin on Railroads.
Chairman Kuclid Martin of the executive
committee of the Commercial . club . ad
dressed the real state dealers, assuring
them that the big shippers of Omaha were
In sympathy with the movement.
"Something must be done." he snM, "In
view of the way In which the railroads
are treating the shippers. In former times
the men who represented the railroads in
Omaha had other interests here and would
meet the shippers half way, but under the
present system the representatives are
merely clerks and we find we are paying
a higher rate each dav fur our transporta
tion. As a matter of fuct. the Missouri
river has been controlled as we have been
controlled, and as our state legislatures
have been controlled, by the great cor
porations, but when I first saw the. Mis
souri it was navigable, and It is todav."
A. W. Jefferis, who is to spenk at Sloui
City next week, said the government would
do better to consider controlling tho 18,000
miles of waterways in the center of the
country than to talk of owning and con
trolling th railroads, an artificial means
of transportation. He urged that a large
delegation be sent to Sioux City to show
where Omaha stsnds.
The Real Estate exchange will hold a
meeting at noon Mondny and will Invite
In the delegates front the Commerciatlub,
grain dealers, and builders' exchange, to
organise the delegation which Is going to
Sioux City.
YOST NAMES COMMITTEES
President nf Territorial Pioneers'
Association Makes Appoint
meats for His Term.
A. N. Tost of Omaha, who was elected
president of the Territorial Pioneer' asso
elation at Lincoln Tuesday evening, ha ap
pointed the following committee:
Executive J. H. Culver. Mllford. chair
man; A. P. Kempton. Lincoln; Mr. Ida
B. Wiggins, Lincoln.
Constitution and By-Law George P.
Marvin, Beatrice, chairman; Mrs. Minnie
P. Knott a. Lincoln; L. E. Stewart, Omaha.
Location of Ground for Building of th
Historical and Pioneer Society Thomas P.
Kennard. Lincoln, chairman; Matthew, K.
ifit'-fl. Uncolji; AllcokW. ijncgln, . .
Storx Blue Ribbon Beer la today the most
popular beverage In the west over eighteen
million bottles of It sold during the last
twelve montha to western people. Its high
quality and delicious flavor has given It
the leed.
Like soap to the skin are Cascar
cts to the bowels. Use them like
soap in small doses and regular
ly. It is nice to keep clean inside.
It is a ffreat deal more necessary to keep clean on the Snsids
than on the outside.
Cascarets are more important than soap.
The porea ol the akin may become clotfized with dirt, but they
don't absorb the impurities. t
The pores o the bowels do.
There are myriads o( pores in the bowels, the duty of which
is to absorb the nutriment Irom food.
That's how we gt our nourishment
But if the bowels are slujgish the food is delayed. It decaya
and forma cases and poisons. Then those pores of the bowels
suck poison into the blood.
That's how we ffet our ills.
We urge the habit of cleanliness.
Don't wait till you need a physic. That leaves too much of
the time when you are only half well.
Keep yourself at your best.
The right way is to carry a box of Cascarets with you. It fits
the pocket or purse. Take one just as soon as you know that you
need it. It ia gentle and sure.
Cascarets are candy tablets. They are sold by all druggists,
but never in bulk. Be sure you get the genuine with CCC on
every tablet The price is 50c, 25c and '
Ten Cents per Box
T9X
Bnlldlnar Permits.
J. E. Dewey. 3fC3 North Twentv-thlrd.
frsme dwelling. $1,700; G. K. Ijirson, 2578
Spauldlng, repairs to frame dwelling, $500.
Ash yoir
Grocer !
Do not get the iilea that a "cheap"
beef extract is like LIEBIO Com
pany's Extract of Beef : make a few
inquiries.
ASK YOUR GROCER :
Whether it is made from fine
pedigree cattle reared on the
uiauut'.ictitrers' own Lums . .
UUe LiOJiti Company's Extract ol Bre!
Whether the finest lean beef in
concentrated in ev?ry pound of it
like LIEBIG Company i Lxtrict ol BceJ
WlretheMt is subjected to inde
pendent analytical tests by emi
nent scientists who certify to its
fi'irity before it is sold to the pub
ic like LTTB1G Company' Extract ol Bed
Whether it is free from foreign
and objectionable substances,
such as chemicals nnd fat which
render it indigestible and linble
to deterioration in fact, abso
lutely pure
Bite IiiUIG Coaipany's Extract ol Bed
LIEBIO Company's Eitraet of Beef
is the world'B standard moat extract
the moat concentrated form of leef
known. Imitations may cost a few
cents lesa, but when they go only
half aa far and their purity ia doubt
ful, it ia falao economy to buy them,
LIEBIG
Gomparvy's
Extract of Beef
. -.SSI! . 47. ZL
On Your Trip
to Chicago
Select the railway that gives the best service in sleeping cars", dining
cars, library cars and day coaches.
Special advantages electric lighted trains thoroughly clean
cars unexcelled service in dining cars, and comfortable bertha Ip
sleeping cars are assured it your ticket Is for one of the trains of the
CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL
RAILWAY
Union etatlons In both, cities. Throe fast trains dally.
Leave Union station, Omaha, 7:25 a. m. Arrive Union station,
Chicago, 9:15 p. m. The Business Man's train leaves Omaha 6 p. m.
Arrives Chicago, 8:30 a. m. Another train at 9:58 p. m. Arrives
Chicago, 12:28 noon.
Tickets, 1524 Farnam St., Omaha.
F. A. Nash, General Western Agent.
K3E
li
A
Be 1 of 1,000
:: AND ::
SAVE g3gg
BY JOINING THEY. M. C.
A. ON OR BEFORE THE
40th Anniversary
January 21,
1903
If you are already
a member get the
"other fellow" to
join also!. Entrance
fee $3 Men, $1
Boys waived until
above date only.
y
CHICAGO
GREAT
WESTER W
railway
THE RIGHT ROAD
TO ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS
.
,Two sumptuously equipped trains daily, making fail
time. Finest Dining Car Service. Get a "Guide
to St Paul,' a comprehensive lift of atraclive places
to see in the Saintly Gty, free for the asking.
W. G. D4WDSON.
IS' Fmrum Strut, OMAHA
UNION DEPOT
... BBaniraMWBaBfc
.. , ir t t n Hll t ii
Skating is fine at Hanseom Park at present. The
ice ia hard end smooth, the pavilion is open, and
skater will find there all the comforts needed to
make skating enjoyable.
Take East Side Hanseom Park car.and get off at
Ilickory street.
aw. ', mjfinywr.aiiMariT .
Omaha Ik Council Oluffs
OTRGCT RAILWAY COMPANY
i
u
if
I
t f. -w. -.-Saw