THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. MARCH 12, 1908,
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CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Renewal Sewer and Faring Bonds to
Bo Issued oy City.
aspiialt'paveiq TO BE THICKER
Heaoon Given fey Street Hallway
Company Why It Thinks It Should
Kot De Compelled to Henort
Snow from -Street. -"
Renewal sewer borlds . In the . sura- of
$100,000 and renewal paving bonds tn the
urn of $r,0.000 will ba Issued by the city o(
Omaha this spring by orfler of the city
council mad a Tuesday evening, the renewal
bonds to take up Issues of . April. 18S8,
which amounted to $101,000 sewer bonds and
$100,000 of paving bonds which come due
May 1, but $50,000 of these will be taken
up by funds now In the sinking fund. It
Is the Intention of the council to ask the
people of the city to vote for a new Issue
of bonds In the sura of $50,000 at the time
of the special election to be called for the
voting of bonds for the proposed new
court house for Douglas county. In this
way paving work In Omaha will not, have
' to be stopped this year.
Tho council at Its meeting last evening
, also ordered the taking up of $60,000 of
' school warrants out of the general fund
: "levy, the city treasurer attesting to the
fact that there Is a balance In the fund
i , of $13K,0(0. The action was on the advice
of the city attorney, who contends that
money can be saved the city by the move.
A new order pertaining to paving was
; : Uo passed by the council, the order re-
'jutrlng paving to bo of greater thick
' " ness. Heretofore all asphalt paving,
' whether In the business or residence dis
tricts, ' line had a "topping" of but one
' loch In thickness. The new rule requires
' one Inclt of asphalt and one and one-half
Inches of "topping" on residence streets,
" and " one and one-half Inches of asphalt
j24..twoissaai-$.'tQpping,t on business
jj, itreets. This was brought out In the final
t JftoUon on the Hamilton street paving prop
' Dsltlon, brick paving being designated for
;V that street by tho council. The Creighton
2," estate had originally signed for asphalt,
but when, it was. found ; that .the. asphalt
)u' "topping,' was so. tain It 'changed to brick,
J"- Street Railway 3Iay T" Brick.
V in the designation of brick paving be
T: twean the street car tracks on Twcnty
5' "fourth street. Councilman Zlmman made a
? fight for asphtUt paving, contending that
the street car company should pave with
f :the latnn matorlnl with Which other por-T-
tlons of tho street are paved. He cited a
J number of cities where this rule Is en
; forced, tho rule making the streets more
uniform. The council, however, decided to
let the traction company jpave'lts intersec
tlons with brick, no matter what kind of
3 paving Is laid on the rest of the street.
, The street car company, through its vice
? president; Frank T. Hamilton,, presented a
v. long communication to the council,, setting
- " fortl Its. objections to. the proposed, ordl-
nance, requiring it to remove all snow and
- ' " rubbish ' from. - Its tracks from off tho
streets, and pot shovel It to the side. The
petition contended that no division of snow
Opuld, be made, and therefore. It could not
be ascertained "what snow belonged to
the .company .and what belonged to the
city," that It was not responsible for the
fall of snow, that It should not be com
pelled to remove dirt from Its tracks any
More proof that Lydla E. Pink
hara'a Vegetable Componnd re
stores wotuen to normal health.
Mrs. Mattie Oopenhaver, of 315 So.
21st St, lttrson&, Kaii writes :
44 For two years I suffered from the
wONt format feminine ills, ratal waa
almost drrvea frantic. Nothing buttaor
chine wotiM FeiUre me,. Lydia E. i"ltik
amu's VegvtMila Compound brought ma
health wd happlneea, and made ana a
well woaaan. ttery sick woman should
beaeflt by my mperiance."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For tMrty years Lydia E. rink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, nas been the
standard remedy for female ill,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
Kriodic pains, backache, that bear
g-down feeling, flatulency, lndigea
'tion,dlziiness,or nervous prostration.
Why dont you try it f
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkhaju if - there i. Anything
about your vlckness you do not
understand, bhewlll treat your
letterlnoontldcnceandadTi&eyou
fre. Mo woman ever regretted
writing- her, und bCHUo of her
vat exp4Tienc she has helped
thousand, ..ddxesa, Lynn, Mass.
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more than drivers ' should be compelled to
remove horse droppings or mud falling
from the wheels of vehicles, and that the
city should keep the streets clear by the
expenditure of funds obtained from taxa
tion of which tax the traction company
pays its share. Bridges contended that
the street car company pare no license and
hacks and drays do, and Zlmman stated he
looked upon the communication as an In
sult; and the matter waa laid over for one
week.
Announcement by the city engineer's of
fice that specifications for the building of
sidewalks had been completed and were
on ftje.ln his office awaiting the receipt of
bids called forth, a storm of protest from
the councilman. The body held that the
clty engineer should send his specifications
to the council for approval, the city attor
ney sided with the council, session laws
were quoted to show that the engineer waa
supreme, and the matter waa finally passed
for a week.
Veto Br Mayor.
The mayor's veto of the contract with the
telephone companies for an exchange In the
city building, the veto being baaed oa a
technicality, was sustained; the appoint
ment of Clarence H. Hess as assistant
boiler Inspector was confirmed; an Icehouse
at Twenty-ninth and Hamilton streets, and
plank sidewalks on Jaynes, Ogden, Brown
and Oust streets, between Fourteenth and
Sixteenth streets, were condemned as be
lng dangerous; the employment agency or
dinances were-tabled; and aro lights were
ordered placed at Fortieth street and Ames
avenuo. Thirtieth and Fort streets and
Thirty-third and Pratt streets, and gas
lamps at ' Twentieth, and Pratt streets,
Twenty-first and Pratt streets. Twenty
second and Pratt streets and Twenty-seo-
ond and Meredith streets.
The city comptroller presented his report
of cash, without call, the law requiring
four such reports to be made yearly, which
was as follows, the report being the condi
tion at I o'olock on the morning ot March t:
Cash in drawer $ 8,944.99
Checks tor deposit .........:.tc......' 1,177.10
BALANCES IN BANKS. -City
Funds -
(-First National $148, 26. 78 . .,
MDTCtMRU IWaOOnal .v.. 1ZS.747.M
Nebraska National 72,873.6$ i '
Omaha National.;.....,. 130,401.69
U. 8. National 130,KJ.oO
Kountzo iiroa., IM. 41,972.3
$M8,2G0.n
School Funds-
First .National. $ 33.M4.E9
Merchants National 81.10-0.86
Omaha National..., 41,396.50
U. S. National 81.12S.88
Kountie Bros., N. T.... 1,175.42
Police Relief Fund
Merchants National $ 1,KV.89
U. 8. National 1.&8.81
141,323.86
' 3.354.30
Total funds on hand ' $798,029.83
AFFIDAVITS IN C0AD CASE
Mother of 'Plaintiff .Says Daughter
and . Coad Were Mar
ried. Two affidavits In "the divorce case of
Valeria W. Coad against Mark M. Coad
of Fremont have been filed In the district,
court of Lancaster county try the plaintiff
in ner application lor temporary alimony
These affidavits are In: reply to .one filed
by Mark M. 'Coad several days ago. In
which he alleges he Is under, no obligations.
to the plaintiff in law or equity.
The first affidavit Is signed by Marie V.
Allenspach of Lincoln, who alleges that the
plaintiff Is her daughter. She claims that
her daughter became the affianced wife of
Mark M. Coad In 1904 up to January, 190C,
when he Informed her that her daughter
and he had entered Into a contract as man
and wife, but that no marriage ceremony
was necessary and he wanted the mar'
riage kept secret from the publlo on ac
count ot relatives in Omaha and another
woman whom he did not wish to know of
bis marriage to the affiant's daughter. She
says a further reason assigned by him for
keeping the marriage secret was that the
church to which he belonged did not allow
divorced persona to marry. During all this
time he provided for the affiant's daughter
tn a financial way and treated her In all
respects as his wife, tn May, 1906, Mr.
Coad removed the affiant's daughter to
Lincoln and provided a home for her and
the affiant has lived with her since:
, The second affidavit id by J. H. Sheen of
Lincoln, which says In May 1906, Mark M
Coad Informed him that he was going to
move the plaintiff, Valnrla W. Coad. to
Lincoln t6 occupy a house at 1533 O street.
which was owned by Coad. All the direc
tlons for the removal were given and made
by the plaintiff, after which Coad made
arrangements with tho affiant to provide
her all the necessaries of life. This, the
affiant alleges that he did, and pursuant
with instructions from Coad he provided
for her securing credit from Lincoln mer
Chants on the credit of Mark M. Coad. this
Credit being guaranteed by. the affiant on
the account of Coad.
COURT HOUSE NINE COMING
Aaother Ha rb laser ! ot Snrlaaj
pears la 'Shape of l'iece
of Faprr.-"'
A p-
Anather harbinger of paring? appeared at
the court house Wednesday: 'It Is merely
a little paper being circuited around
among he fans with the object of reor
ganizing . tne famous court house nine.
known as the Cliff Dwellers Dave Fitch
of the county judge's office Is acting as
temporary captain and manager. Tho team
will be uniformed and as soon as the sea
son opens challenges' will 'be sent broad
cast. , A iryo Jt rwne w.Ul be .played soon
and -the the regular players for the season
will' be signed.' ...
The sqyad so . far .consists of Charles
Tracy, Joo Morrow, Ouy Solomon, Frank
Bandle, Herman BCubendorf, Frank Ma-
honey, James Rush. Frank Clark, Clyde
Bundblaa, Guy Fleming, Charles Furay,
O. W. Bhrio, Wilt Westergard, Martin
Klrktndall, Dave Fitch, Tom Collopy and
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Hoary. Plummca,
Exchange Shows Its Disapproval of
Court House Proposition.
WAFTS TWO TZAES LAY OVER
After D!assaloa Report la Referred
Back to Conamltt for Asaeaa
saeat la Reward to Jail
Fropoaltloa.
Members of the Real Estate exchange
rapped the new court house bond proposi
tion at the meeting Wednesday, at which
the question of Issuing bonds was a special
order. The special committee reported In
favor of postponing action for at least two
years, but in case bonds are submitted
that only enough be asked for to construct
wo stories under the present building.
After discussion this report was referred
back to the committee for an amendment
in regard to bonds for a new Jail and an
adjournment was taken until Friday noon
when the discussion will be renewed.
The report which caused the discussion
was read by D. C. Patterson of the com
mittee. It was as follows:
OMAHA. March 11 To the Members of
ihA Hfal lomate lutcnanire: Aiipr aue con
i,iraiinn of the Question of the adtlsa
Mllty ot voting bonds for a new court
house your committee begs leave to report
that in our opinion a new coun nuo
would be quite a convenience to litigants
and might perhaps bo an ornament to the
city, and to this extern u woum oe an
t. However, we believe the
present building, which Is Of first-class
construction and fireproof In every respect,
most too good to tear down at this time.
Parts of the Interior are not as well lighted
as they might be, but in this respect u is
as good as many modern buildings, and
with ,rt In fthanroa thnt could be made
In the location of closets It would be as
sanitary as a new court house.
We understand: tne county is paying oui
hnut 1.1 son nr annum In rentals for ad
ditional court and Jury rooms, but this In
cludes light, heat, repairs and Janitor
service, which Is cheaper rental than the
new building would afford.
We havo not heard of any large petitions
of property owners, or of any resolutions
of civic bodies asking that the queetlon be
submitted to a vote, neither have we
learned of any county official or employe,
who haa contracted any disease, and re
signed his position on the ground that the
court house is an unhealthy place in which
to work. All the officials seem to be a
healthy bunch, and. as a rule, are candi
dates for re-election.
An addition to the Jail Is needed, which
can be attached to the present building on
the southeast, but we believe the present
Jail lore enough if the city of Omaha
would establish a stone yard, which can
be done at a stone quarry within the city
limits.
Our city and county governments nave
consolidated to some extent and surely In
the near future will become one municipal
body, and when this Is accomplished
neither the present court house (unpaid
for), tne city nail tunpaia for), or the
proposed new building, would be suitable
for a consolidated government.
By reason of tho absence of any pressing
need for a new court house and by reason
of the general tightening up of business
In the country, we are led to recommend
that this question be postponed for at
least two years, but In case bonds are
submitted that only enough be asked for
to build two stories under the ttresent
building and to install elevators in the
rarnam street entrance.
A. C. CROP9MAN,
D. C. PATTERSON,
H. F. DAILET.
Rap on Bond Pro post tin.
After the report was read the members
of the exchange one by one began to rap
the bond proposition first on on one aids
and then on the other. Some favored a
new building on another sits, others fay.
ored remodeling ' the present building and
almost as many solutions were offered as
there were speakers.' Commissioners Ken
nard, Solomon and Ure defended the, new
court house, declaring It was 'a necessity..
Both Brunlng and Trainor-declared In
favor of submitting the question to a vote
with a companion proposition to remodel
the present structure,'
In the face of the adverse discussion
Kennard arose and Invited the members of
the exchange to vutt the court house and
examine conditions for themselves.
"I don't believe," he said, "the people
want to spend $400,000 or $450,000 now and
then in four or five years be confronted
with the same proposition of erecting a new
building." Ure declared with the proposed
Improvement on the present building the
county could probably transact all its busi
ness in the building as Is done at the pres
ent time, but It would be only a few years
until the business would again be too large
for the building.
After a discussion of more than an hour
and a half it was decided to spend more
time Investigating the proposition and the
djournment was taken until Friday.
The banquet committee of the exchange
reported the annual banquet would be held
at 7 o'clock on the evening of March 24.
at the Rome hotel. .
Wanted. Land Serin. Addraaa Hllmtv ("It-
Realty Co., Silver City, New Mexico.
TO GIVE LECTURE ON ITALY
Library Presents List of Descriptive
Books on European Country
for Wallace Address.
Books descriptive of Italy, of which there
is a number, are in demand at the publlo
library now on account of the coming lec
ture on this southern European country on
Friday evening of this week by Miss Janet
Wallace. The lecture will be at the li
brary at 8 o'clock and the stereoptlcon will
be used as usual.
The library has on Its shelves some ex
cellent works on Italy, some of the best
being as follows: "Genoa the Superb, the
City of Columbus," by Virginia W. John
son; "The Florence of Landor," by Lilian
Whiting; "By Italian Seas," by Ernest a
Pelxotto; "Rome as an Art City," by Al
bert Zacher; "Italian Days and Ways," by
Anne'Hollingswortb Wharton; "Pompeii as
an Art City," by E. V. Mayer; "Venice,"
by Beryl de Beltncourt; "Pagan and Chris-
tltin Rome," by' Rodolfo Ltfuiclant;' ."The
Italy of the Italians." by Helen Klromern.
The-atm'of the' last book named la to
give a popular reply to such . questions as
many an .intelligent traveler would put,
but which he la hindered from- pronounc
ing by his scant knowledge pf the ..lan
guage. It does not pretend to be either
learned or exhaustive. , It only desires to
excite an Intelligent .' curiosity In the hops
of Inducing Its readers to prosecute studies
oa their own behalf tn such sections ot the
theme as particularly appeal to -their in'
dividual sympathies..
THREE REDSKINS ARE LOST
Indians Come,' Down front Bonesteel
for Operation and Seas Are ..
New. Mlaatna.
- Lost Three, Indiana! : A party o'f seven
rfd men and women came down from Bone-
steel Tuesday to have an operation per
formed on one of their number. Ed Co-
lembe and wife, Dick Elston and W. B.
llackus went to the Merchants hotel, while
the other three, Louise Colombo and Tom
Dillon and wife, went to St Joseph's hos
pital In' an ambulance to have the opera
tion performed on Mrs. Dillon. The patient
waa carried into the hospital, but when
sie arrived there something displeased her
or she became frightened and suddenly re-gftlnt-d
use of her feet and" walked oat
With her companions. Now the question Is.
where are. the three who left the hospital t
The police are looking tor them and their
four companions at the Merchants hotel
are fearful that they will never be found
In the erreat vlllass of he pale faces.
INTO every
It? tI
perfect citizen a just and righteous
ruler and "a light for after time."
This commanding personality had a
magnificent physique. He stood over six
feet in his stockings, was remarkable for
horsemanship, agility and strength the
finest gentleman and athlete of his day.
His constitution was of iron and he
knew how to keep it so. His biographers
declare that in eating and in drinking as
in all things he was normal; enjoying
the juice ofthe malt all the days of his
life. He drank it around campfires, as
well as in his own home and upon social
and state occasions.
1 Furthermore, upon his Mount Vernon
plantation he had a brew house, as was
the regular custom of wealthy Virginians.
' " la Virginia the richer colonists brewed beer from malt imported
from England." Nafl Mag. Hist., vol. 16, page 160.
Ford's Biography 1000, page 193. "Quotations from Samuel
, fiteara's ibid."
History of Virginia, by Roger Beverly.
. - : - Colonial Liquor Laws Thomas, page 60.
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BURGLAR IS QUICKLY CAUGHT
Leas Than Five Honrs After Saloon Is
Robbed Detectives Have
- tho Thief.
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Less than five hours after the saloon of
Fred Hunsker. 820 South Tenth street, was
entered and robbed ot $200 In cash, besides
other plunder,! the city detectives had ar
rested the burglar. He is Thomas J. John
son, colored, a house breaker who haa op
erated In most of the big cities of the coun
try. Johnson was caught red-handed with
$54 In cash on him, besides some Union Pa
clflo pay checks, which were taken.
The burglary occurred about 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning, entrance being ef
fected by unlocking the front door of the
saloon. From the cigar esse $209 cash, sev
eral checks and three boxes of cigars were
taken. Detectives Mitchell, Sullivan, Fer
ris, Dunn, Pattullo and Van Dusen were
put to work on the case and before
S o'clock the burglar was arrested. In the
five hours he had spent all the $200 except
$56. He waa found entertaining a party In
a den In the red light district And they
were all drinking champagne and smoking
the finest cigars and engaging In the satur
nalia with greatest enthusiasm.
Johnson had on hta person besides the
checks and the cash a collection of keys
hlch would unlock almost any door. He
Is the man who robbed the saloon of Wal
ter Brand es, tetf South Tenth street, the
night of March 2 and secured $25.
Johnson haa been In all the large cities
In the east and Chief Donahue believes he
is wanted In nearly all of them for bur
glary. REAL ESTATE INCREASES
Sales Contlnne to Multiply and Money
on City Property la Obtain
able Once More.
Real estate sales continue to Increase and
money on city property Is obtainable again
from the building and loan associations,
the three Omaha companies filing some
eighteen mortgagee on homes for whloh the
companies have supplied 'the money.
Among the sale which amounted to al,
most $75,000 Tuesday, . D. J.. Riley bought
the , residence at Thirteenth and Castellar
Of Theodore Vogel for $11,000.
, M- C. Borensen, , 'a farmer from DeBolt
station, has closed a deal for a fourteen-
A sense of relief occurs
after cof f e has been discon
tinued, if Fostum is used in
its place as the hot beverage
at meal-time!
' The caffeine, in coffee, is
a drug and does more or less
harm to all coffee drinkers,
although some may not rea
lize it.
Postum contains no coffee
or other harmful substance,
but bus all the nourishment
of clean, hard wheat, includ
ing the bran-coat . of the
wheat berry : in which is
stored by Nature the phos
phates for rebuilding brain
and nerve tissue. There's
real comfort from using Pos
tum, and "
"There's a Reason."
z
Otorge t?al)(nston
generation of Ameri
cans George Washington is justly
held to . be the purest figure in
history a superb example of the
acre tract on the Florence boulevard just
north ' of Fort street, here he build a
home. Mr. Borensen is one of the many
farmers who have prospered In the country
and Is moving to the city to take advantage
of the educational facilities The price paid
for the tract waa $3,900 and the deal was
made by Harrison & Morton. The tract Is
the largest acreage property In the re
cent subdivision which the real estate firm
has put on the market.
An American King;
Is the great king of cures, Dr. King's New
Discovery, the quick, safe, sure cough and
cold remedy. 60c and $1.00. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
JIM DAVIS FALL FOR BOMB
He and All Others bnt B. A.. Bykes
Ron at Sight of Big; Rnb.
bar Ball.
"This experience Luther Drake, president
of the Merchants National ban If, had with
the man who demanded the $6,000 reminds
me of a similar experience that crossed
my path back in 1896," said Jim Davis
down at the Merchants hotel. "I was keep
ing a cigar store then In the McCague
block. Fifteenth and Dodge streets. A lot
ot us were lounging around In the store
one afternoon we didn't have muoh else
,o do In those panicky days but lounge
around when In walked a desperate look
ing stranger with something under his coat.
IJe got to the middle of the room and, turn
ing toward the crowd, yelled, 'All you
blankety-blonk-blanks who don't want to
got blowed to h 1 better run for your lives.' i
As he spoke he drew from under his coat
the hidden object It was round and black,
about the sise of a large canon ball and a
little tube-like concern protruded on one
side.
"I had heard of dynamite bombs. This
thing looked for all the world like one as
I hod It shaped in my mind. I didn't need
a second invitation to run. I got out from
behind that counter, without stopping to
see what anybody ' else was going to do.
and cut loose. Say, I don't ever remember
running so fast or so for.
"But those were desperate days. Peopl.
didn't have much money or work and many
of them didn't care whether school kept or
not. When this anarchist sounded the
alarm B. A. Bykcs was sitting right at the
door in a chair, sorter leaning back against
the wall, with his hat pulled down over his
eyes. When the desperado said run or he
would tiirow that bomb and blow Every
body to h 1 and gone, By lies roused enough
to reply, 'Let 'er go, Bill.'
I returned to my store by a roundabout
way, peeked In through a window and saw
everything about as I left IL I entered
and saw a large, black rubber ball with a
tube sticking out on one side behind the
counter.
"But I wasn't the only man who ran, just
the same."
DEFENDANT TELLS HIS TALE
Says He Served Two Years and Half
for Crime He Did Not
Commit.
Charles Wsrd, a young man from South
Omaha, declared before Judge Sears
Wednesday he had served a sentenc. of
two and a half years In the penitentiary
for a crime he had not committed. Ward
said he had been sent tip from Fremont
for cutting a policeman In a fight, of which
he suid he was innocent. Ward Is now un
der arrest for breaking Into a sleeping car
on the Lone' cut-off and stealing a time
check fur $S0. He pleaded guilty to this
cliarge, but was not sentenced. It was
while he was being qulzsed by Judge Bears
be told about the Fremont affale
Kim'dlweSseF
Ti flliincs like liquid gold
' it sparkles like amber
dew it, quickens with
life a rignt . lusty Leer
brewed conscientiously for
over fifty years from barley
and hops only.
It prolongs youth and
preserves physical charm
giving strength to muscle,
mind and hone a right
royal beverage for the home.
THE KING OF ALL
BOTTLED BEERS
Bottled only at tne
ANHEUSER-BlJSCn BREWERY
St. Lonls. Mo.
Geo. ICrud
Mix, AnheusereBusch Brd. Assn.
Omaha, Neb.
CLAIM NO SERVICE GIVEN
Snlt for Three Thovsand Dollars on
Contmot Agmlnst Omaha, De
oatnr A Northern.
.The trial of a suit on contract for $3,000
against the Omaha, Decatur & Northern
Railroad company was begun in the United
States circuit before Judge W. H. Munger
Wednesday morning. The plaintiffs aro
C. C. Pierce and L, M. Wakefield of Bloux
City, who dalm this amount for services
rendered under contract with the railroad
company In promoting the sale of Its bonds
and for other services.
The defense holds that Pierce and Wake
field rendered no services to the road what
ever and that the company Itself had to
take up the matter of floating the bonds
and did so with the assistance of Tekamah,
Blair and Decatur people. A previous con
tract had been entered into between the
railroad company and Pierce and Wake
field in which the latter were to receive
$100 and $200 per month, respectively, for
their service. This contract was entered
into January S, 1905, and terminated March
17, 1905, when It was cancelled by a new
contract en that date. Pierce and Wake
field were to receive $3,000 for promoting
the enterprise and floating the bonds, and
$12,000 of the bonds were set aside for this
purpose. Pierce and Wakefield to receive
40 per cent ot these bonds. The suit Is
brought to secure a judgment aglnst the
railroad company for the $3,000.
The railroad company holds that the con
tract was conditioned upon Pleroe and
Wakefield floating the bonds of the com
pany,, but that they made no effort to do
so, and, so having rendered no service
under the contract that It is absolutely
void on the further ground, the railroad
company has not received any considera
tion In the mattsr of services from Pleroe
and Wakefield.
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FATHER CANNOT FATHOM
J. J. Rathbnn Says Doable Traced
of Son la a Mystery
to Him.
"I cannot understand it, I cannot under
stand it," said J. J. Rathbun if Slgourney,
la, who arrived In Omaha Wednesday t
make arrangements for the burial of his
son, Olen L. Rathbun who shot and killed
his wife, Hattle Rathbun and htmsell
Tuesday morning at the home of Attorney
R. B. Hall, 82G0 Farnam street.
"Glen was my only child," he continued
"He was a level-headed boyj had work and
money and was happy In his married life.
Only last Sunday we had a letter from
him stating that all was well and they
were happy, Sunday they had some sort
of a little quarrel as young folks will have
and Instead of passing It over, his wife left
him. This drove him to madness and after
he had come to Omaha and tailed to mend
the difficulties he committed this deed.
"He was jealous of her and that Is prob
ably the root of the whole matter."
Mr. Rathbun Is one of the old and re
spected citlsens of Blgourney. He Is In the
real estate and Insurance business He will
leave this afternoon for Blgoumey with
the bodies of his son and daughter In-law.
They will be buried In the same grave,
though not in one casket as the son's re
quest was In his letter written just before
the shooting.
Haarne Treaty Considered.
WASHINGTON, Maroh 11. Secretary
Root today proposed to the senate commit
tee on foreign relations that It ratify the
pending Hague treaty providing for general
arbitration by the addition of a proviso
that all Issues to be arbitrated must be
separately submitted to the senate. Fa
vorable reports were ordered on the treaties
respecting rules of war on land and pro
hibiting projectiles from balloons.
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