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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1908)
TIIT OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1D0S. JKMIi.b)!! At- L 031AI1A PLANT TO BE RAZED racking Company Will DtmolUh Part of Original Building. BUHOB 8. 4 8. WILL COME BEV1VED RHH ! Wot Credited ay Maoaaers Calves mm Haw at the C'msaa I. Tlx Omaha Packing comrny li making preparation to demolish Its original plant In South Omaha and out of thla cornea new backing for tha rumor that flchwarachllda tulaberger will locaia packing plant In Bouth Omaha on tha alta occupied by these old building that ara aoon to ba rased. Blue tha Omaha Packing company haa moved Into tha property formerly occu pied by tha Hammond Packing company, upon tha repair of which tha company spent $700,000, the old plant haa been uaed fur storage. The buildings ara located between Thir tieth and Thirty-third afreets, about op posite P street. The buildings to be re moved ara so old their utility Is past, but they hare been used up to the present data as warehouses. Warehouses A, B and C ara to be taken down. The area Is one bslf of tha old alta. Manager Culver aays: We have not begun this work, but are advertising contract and aa aoon aa these ara let, tba work wilt begin. Tha work of leveling and removing will last all sum mer. A vast amount of old material still ervtcabla- and a large amount of waste will be left from the demolition of the three buildings. Warhousea A and B will be first removed. We have no plana yet as to what will ba established In place of thee buildings. It may ba a number of years before any buildings will be raised oa the site. Wat ara going to Install an Ice-plant of ICO tona daily capacity before tha heated season begins. This will be located In on of the remaining buildings at tha old site. Tha other buildings there will be aontlnued In use aa warehouses for tha storage of our products." How Kara It la Wildcat. No mora convenient location could be found for the Chicago plant that that of the old Omaha plant with some addition on the east. Tha packing house managers, how ever, wtll not accredit the report and Mr. Culver said he knew nothing about it. R. C. Howe of Armour's, said he thought It " wild cat." II aald the question of In ducements by the Union Stock Yards com paiiy to Bohwartschild A Sulzberger to bring them here had never been taken up by the yard's company. General Manager Everett Buckingham la out of the city and could not be consulted. , le Wsjee for Operative. i'n r.iiM, omul, i - ' I'm nm n vimclng a wage reduction of 10 per cent Could Lay Slate-Pencil In One Hands in Dreadful State Dis ease Defied Remedies and Pre sxriptions Suffered Seven Year FOUND A PERMANENT CURE IN CUT1CURA "I hart enema on my hands for about even years aod during thai time 1 had Uaed several o-cai(ed remxdir. together with I'hrsiciana' and drug jru.u" imrl( ttons. Tha tlisooM was no bsd on my hands tltat I could lav a eiate-rwtwil In on ul the era ki and a rule riatv-d acrrta the hand wouU not touch tha rwncll. I ised , hkm Lotion. Remedy ana ether ilemAilr but I !1I not una anv Internal rrmejv, and hu sun gave partial relief. Bona re lieenj as mm b as OKI the first bom of Cutx-ure Ointirwct. 1 tna!e a purchase of t'utwir rHMki an t Owtux-tit and lay harxu weea prfe-t'r -urel aJ'er two btea 4 t ulirur Cm'iartit and on eu uf p vr nl. I Bow keep tfemt hu. f ' su.ibrn, ec. and use l 'jtuniea hep fur tavk 1 coui J wnie groat Wl mt in -vferene to any rir .,) ds ti" wwt to tali nrl txrm. u t.- IL Wan, Newark, CHILDSUFFERED With -rv q Lf5. Curw4 In T VWi by Cutlcura. j I tilo d'it t- suffered wHh) ' hr kc a.I Ul suntuer. Uer . were , t'- (Uwi t euulJn t ae w fv . I iK Lt the was pot rml I nnt f tlrnustt w4Kt but lb due-t- .. a m rt-A- riei sr rJ rrnat but f .1I l. fr.l a rur. ThB 1 -.. f u.a a:ul i't.l'.cura mmr I a, ' .rl rwf ta t o weks. I tnt Vmf-tm r-l 1 evee tnetl fir a c - ! 1 bi I sttail ir t ttv.i t . VJ-m. iT': li;gti,j, yan. W. .. Air. iA. UK);." il tr4 l'ei Twwet e f . sasi 11 fill I CCS FROM ECZEMA V7 .. were Coated In seven nt tti Isree cotton factories In this oltv today. Nearly U.OCr) eperaiors w.u oe arreciea. BAILIFF-JUROrVJS TOO LATE Jekm Itorbeps; Gets Doe of His Owl Medletae la Coaaty Cenrt. After twenty-one yeara of "roasting'" Jurors for being late to court, John Nor- berg, bailiff In Judge Day' court, had that same experience himself In county court Thursday. Norberg haa served almost a generation as bailiff and la a terror to late jurors, smong whom he Is known as "the terrible Swede." Wednesday he was put on a Jury In county court, and when court adjourned waa admonished to be back at 1:30 sharp. He failed to appear and the court waited thirty mlnutea for him. He apologised and said he understood the hour was 2 o'clock. The suit In which he Is serving was brought by Harry T. Dixon of North Platte against J. A. Boyce on a note for (1,000 for stock In the Kellner Construction company. Horce bought the stock for $2,000, giving a note for half. He says Dixon misrepre sented the affaire of the company and that the fascines made by It are good for noth ing, the one placed In the Missouri river near East Omaha being awept away by the water. TRAVELER GETS TWO TRAINS Dranerr Catches One, Lets It Go ad Catches Another t One. "Where Is the train for Lincoln," asked a traveling man aa he rushed breathlessly onto tha Burlington station, platform. Joe Mlk, the genial passenger director, pointed to a train Just pulling out for Lin coln and Mr. Traveling Man made a run and Juat caught the back platform. When the train had reached the Eleventh atreet viaduct he waa aeen to Jump off and make a run for the other train for Lincoln. He rode tfils train to the Eleventh street viaduct and then Jumping off came ruahlng breathlessly back and asked: "Where Is the train for Kansaa City?" Joe Mlk pointed to the east end of the station where another train waa Just pull ing out. Mr. Traveling Man caught the rear end of that train on the run. "I don't know whether that fellow changed hla mind or did not know where he wanted to go," remarked Joe Mlk after the excltment was over. BUILDINGS TO COME DOWN Several Dilapidated Struct ores Are Doomed for Demolition by tha Officials. Buildings at 807V4 Leavenworth street, 2U South Tenth street, 2235 Farnam street and the Ice house on Eighth, between Cuming snd Izard atreet were finally , condemned Irrevocably by the council Thursday morn ing after listening to voluble protestations from the owners of the property. The old Cambridge hotel at 202, 204, 20C. 2C8 and 20 North Thirteenth street waa not condemned at thla time on account of there being sick ness among the tenanta, the date of con demnation b-lng postponed until Afirtl 1. State Labor Commissioner Ryder wtll be hers Friday, however, and order the Imme diate vacation of the building. ; The council also accepted an Invitation from the chief of the fire department to witness an exhibition of the new Ahrens Continental fire engine on Eighteenth and Farnam streets at 2 o'clock Friday after noon. " FORMER OMAHA MAN DEAD D. W. Hltrheock Pasaea Away at Berkeley. Cal. Telecram lie reived by H. P. Dewel. D. W. Hitchcock of Berkeley, Cal., died at his home there Wednesday afternoon, according to a telegram received by Harry P. Deuel cf Omaha, who has been his friend many years. Mr. Hitchcock Is well known to msny of the pioneers of Omaha, as he came to Omaha in 1337 to be passenger sgent of the old Hsnnibal A St. Joseph line. Ue was trsnsferred 14 California as gen eral agent of the passenger department many yeara ago. and foi the last thirty years has been working on the Pacific coast as agent of the )ssenger depart ment of the Union Pacific. He la sur vived by his wife. TOM JOHNSON BOUND OVER Colored Maw Mho Robbed galooo Waltoa Hla Prrllmtoary CaamlaatloB. Thatnii Jnlinaitn eolored. who robbed I the saloon of Fred Hunker. 8-0 South Tenth Umt TuriJuv ii'eht of IJuO In cash J brs.les other plunder, was arraigned In pome court mursuAy morning, wsivt-u irelimlnery examination and waa bound over to the district court under KuO bond. Johnson was arrested within five hours after the burglary and still had $o In his laxvHua brslJYe other goods which were Id nttf'.ed. He had spent the five hours In throwing the money right aed left with lavish hand at the rate of about tM an hour, havu g spent nearly SUM In the five hour. COURT H0USEB0ND DEAL PrS)eelltow efuro Beat Estate Em ehaog at tho frtday St !!.. The court house bond proposition will be takra us at an adjourned meeting of the Krai tai exchange t he held Prl Uy at Boon at the Commercial rlub. The di.Holjn wtll be a continuation of tha oae etarted Wednesday by the exchange a a report et the apclaJ committee. The meeting la open to tae public aad all those taterested ara urged by tbo aachaog te be freaeat and lata rv SCOITISII RITES TO MEET Orient of Omaha Will Hold Seven teenth Semi-Annual Convention, PROGRAM OF ALL THE EVENTS Proceeding's Take Place at Maaoale Temple March 10 to 19 and Are to Be Open to AH Members. The seventeenth semi-annual reunion of co-ordinate bodies of the Ancient and Ac cepted Scottish Ttlte of Freemasonry, Orient of Omaha, wl.I be held In Omaha March 16-1J at Masonic temple. The program will be: MONDAY, MARCH 18. 9 a. m. Reception to visiting brethren and candidates. 10 a. m. Conferring the Secret Masters' decree. 11 a. m. conferring ferreci waster ae- eree and confidential secretary deexee. 2 p. m. Conrerring provost and Judge de gree and ninth to tnirteentn degrees. 7:30 p. m. Conferring fourteenth degree. Tt'BSDAY. MARCH 17. 10 a. m. Conferring fifteenth and six teenth degrees, Inclusive. 8 p. m. Conferring seventeenth degree. 7:30 p. m. Conferring eighteenth degree. 9:30 a. m. Conferring nineteenth and twentieth degrees, inclusive. 11 a. m. Conferring twenty-first degree. 2 t. m. Conferring twenty-second to twenty-sixth degrees. Inclusive. 3 p. m. Conferring twenty-seventh to twenty-ninth degrees, Inclusive. 7:30 p. m. Conferring tnirtietn degree. THTTRSDAT. MARCH 19. 10 a. m. Conferring thirty-first to thirty- second degrees. Inclusive. One of the largest classes yet Invested with the several dignities In the history of the Orient of Omaha will be present. All Members Are Invited. Members of the Rite In good standing are Invited to be present and unite In the work and ceremonles of the convocation. The law now requires that visitors present a yearly identification card. The reunion committees are as follows Reunion Committee Qustave Anderson, In spector General Active for Nebraska, S3; Claude L. Talbot, 83; William A. DeBord, 33: William T. Bourke, K. C. C. H.; Charles L. Shook, K. C. C. H.; John R. Stone, K. C. C. H. Reception Committee William R. Bennett, 32: William H. Munger, K. C. C. H. Charles B. Finch, 33; George F. West, 82; Raymond V. Cole, 32:. Milton J. Kennard, 32; Fred H. Jackson, 32; Burton Wilcox, 32; John Fits Roberts, 82; Rollin 8. Rising, 82; Victor White, S3; Henry C. Akin, S3; Charles E. Bumham, 32; Henry Hardy, K. C. C. H.; James R. Cain, 32; Frank J.. Kimball, 82; Joseph W. Klefer, 82; Charlea E. Baker, 32; Charles A. Barnes, 32; Julius Beckman, 18. Joseph T.i Barton will act as musical dl rector during the Impressive ceremonies and Elleha D. Bellls aa organist. Incidental to the ceremonies an elaborate banquet will be served at Maaonlo hall Thursday evening ln honor of the Initiates. The class will Include representatives from all parte of the state, with numeroua visitors from adjacent Masonic jurisdictions. Notice to Oar Oastoera. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troublea Is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law, as It contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend It as a safe remedy for children and adults. For sals by all druggists. PRISONER FLEES FROM JAIL Bacapea by Impersonating Aaother Occapaat ot the Coaaty Bastlle. Ry Impersonating another prisoner who looked like him, Frank Edwards escaped from tha county Jail Wednesday and will avoid serving a thirty-day sentence for vsgrancy. Edwarfis gained his freedom by living up to an old copy book motto, "The early bird geta the worm." Edwards and Jim Hamlin were kept In the same cage. Hamlin's sentence expired Wednesday and he waa celebrating tha event by sleeping late. Edwards was up bright and early and when the Jailer called Hamlin's name Edwards stepped up to the bar. He waa taken Into the office, regis tered off and released. In the meantime, Hamlin woke up. He knew his time was sbout to expire and when no Jailer came to let him out he made a kick. Jailer Osbom Investigated and found what bad happened. As it was no fault of Hamlin that Edwarda used his name he was also released Thursday. VERDICT ON EIGHTH TRIAL fMatiYi Allowed Ileary Boesea Agalast th Street Hallway t'ompaay. The eighth trial of the 120.000 damage suit by Henry Boesen against the street railway company ' resulted Thursday morn ing In a verdict for 12,500 for Boesen. The verdict was returned In Judge Troup's court, where the trial, tasting a week, took place. It waa agreed upon lata Wednes day afternon, after the Jury had deliberated half a day. It Is understood the Jury stood 11 to 1 for th plaintiff most of the time, the one Juror holding out for a smaller amount and the majority for a larger amount, the ver dict being the result of a compromise. Th suit waa started In July, 1K9, ss th result of InJurW-a Bueeen received In South Omaha while a passenger on a car. It has beea tried eight times In the district court aad haa beea before, tha supremo court thro tunes. j I TRIPLE-DECK SI1EEP CARS Innovation Adopted by the Union Ft ciflo ii Experiment 0B.0W8 OUT OF CHEYIJTirE MEET Feared by lm the Cars Will Pre to Tef-Hesvy aad Dssserem la Maklag tha Share) Carres la Liars. To handle sheep with greater speed over a crowded railroad the Union Pacific Is experimenting with triple-deck etock cart. At the conference In Cheyenne last March between a committee of forty members of the National and Wyoming Wool Growers' association and an equal number of the leading officials of twelve of the leading western railroads, the sheep men suggested a three-deck car for hand ling sheep. The Union Pactflo Is the first road to take up with the suggestion, the officials realising that It Is a scheme which Is at least worth giving a trial. It la feared by some that the cars will prove topheavy and there will be danger In rounding sharp curves at high rat of apeed, but as the statistics of the Depart ment of Agriculture show that the averags speed of stock trains In 1907 was only 9.1 miles per hour, there Is little danger of the three-decked cars leaving the track. It Is also argued that If the three-deck cars are adopted, . all loading and unloading ohutes will have to be changed, and at heavy expense to tha railroads, but as the railroads will be the gainer by the third deck In revenue. It la not anticipated that the necessity of changing the chutes will deter the railroads In using three-deck cars for sheep If there were no other draw backs. PI eta re Gallery of Coa darters. W. W. Keen, station master at Union station, haa completed his picture gallery of the conductors running Into Union sta tion. For some time Mr. Keen has been collecting the photographs of the conduc tors who run on the different lines running into that station and now has eighty-eight of them framed and hung to the walla of his office. The collection Is most Interest ing, as many of the conductors have been running on the various lines for years and have thousands of friends. Railway Motes aad Persoaals, F. W. Hopper, traveling passenger sgent of the Grand Trunk, with headquarters at Kansas City, was in Omaha Thursday, vis iting as many friends as he could get around to see on his crutches. For seven months he has been laid up with rheuma tism and Is Just recovering enough to get around on crutches. During his Illness the railroad men of the west have seen to it that he has secured his share of the busi ness until such time as he was able to get after it again. The passenger department of the Union Pacific haa just published a new folder showing the homeseekers' opportunities In the west. The pamphlet deals with irri gated lands, as well as the sections where the dry farming methods are In vogue. It deals by towna with all parts of the west touched by the Union Pacific. The Southern Pacific Is preparing to han dle a large nus-iber of excursion trains from different parts of the country through which that road runs to Los Angeles to meet the American battleship fleet. A rste of one fare for the round trip has been made aa far east as Utah points. L. H. Holllater of Chlrsgo passed through Omaha on the Los Angeles Limited Thurs day, taking a party of capitalists to Twin Falls, Idaho, to Investigate the large Irri gation enterprises at that point. Cheater Arthur Legs of Chicago has been appointed ssslstant United States district attorney at that point. He Is well known to many Omaha neople. especially to the members of the Harvard club. CREIGHTQN CASE GOES UP Execators Appeal from Decision Hold las Working Girls Be qaest Bad, An appeal to the district court from the finding of Judge Leslie that the bequest to the working girls' home maffle by Count Crelghton was Invalid waa filed Thursday afternoon by the Crelghton executors. The suit involves $180,000 set apart for the es tablishment of the home. - Judge Leslie held the bequest waa ba-d because It was too indefinite and failed to vest anyone with discretion to decide un settled questions. . It Is understood the case will be carried on to the supreme court. A Daagrerooa Woaad is rendered antiseptic by Bucklen's Arnica Salve; the healing wonder for sores, burns, piles, ecsema and aalt rheum. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Use Bee Want Ads to boost your business. LEG CRUSHED BY A TRAIN John Bkanlgk la Serloaaly Injared by Freight Cars oa Unloa ' Paelae. John Bkanlglc, who works at the smelter and lives near the Willow Springs distillery, while walking to his home at noon Thurs day, waa struck by some Union Pacific freight cars on the Union Pacific track. His left leg was crushed above the knee and one toe of the left foot waa severed. He was removed to the Omaha General hospital where he was attended by Police Surgeons Harris and Fltxglbbon. COOOSINGA HOTEL Unusual AttractiveiYe of the St Regit-, New York. - COMFORT AT AMCDERATE PRICE Are you contemplating a trip to New TorkT If ao, a moat Important matter la the choice of a stopping place. The city haa many high-class hotels, but none so completely fulfills every requirement of a "home when away from home" aa the 6t. Regla. Fifth Avenue and Flfy-flfth atreet. The reason for this are many. Ita location. In the heart of the city's se lect residential section. Is quiet and re fined. Its large and beautifully furnished rooms and aultea are unequaled for com fort and convenience. Ita dining halls and public rooms are the most superb In America, Its cuisine and service pleaae tha most fastidious. There Is an Irresistible charm and In definable air of quiet, comfort and good fellowship about the 8t.i Regis which dis tinguishes It from other hotels and makes living there enjoyable In the highest degree. The Hotel St. Regis Is now widely re cognised aa a most attractive stopping place for people who desire the best In the way of living when they visit New Tork. Bear In mind that no hotel In the world offers so much solid comfort and refined enjoyment aa tha St. Regis, and that price there are not higher than else where. In fact, a large, beautifully fur nished room may be had (or 14 a day, or un with private bath for IS III for two people), or a parlor, bedroom and bath for 1J. Every room haa an outside view. la the restaurant which la on of th moat famous dining establishments In New Tork, the charges are the same as those of other high-class hetelr. Her on will Invartbly find congenial environment, faultless table and tempting viands, with a refined, homelike atmosphere which Is all too oXlea Lacking la public halls Legitimate Piao Selling Every special proposition we offer to music lovers in the saving of money on piano purchases is always a real saving, not a make-believe one. We have no catch-penny schemes to offer, no sliding scale of prices from which you must defend yourself, for here you will always find every Instrument tagged and the gelling price marked thereon in plain figures. When we made the announcement the first of the week that we would offer 200 high grade Upright Piajios at Wholesale Prices we stood ready to prove our assertion in re gard to price, and only ask that you compare our prices, placed on these instruments at the present time, with the prices quoted by any other piano dealer. Then you will see the difference between wholesale and retail prices. We desire that every prospective piano purchaser should understand that this is NO RIFFRAFF COLLECTION OF PIANOS FROM SOME EASTERN MANUFACTURER WHO IS ABOUT READY TO GO TO THE WALL AND WAS EXTREMELY GLAD TO GET RID OF HIS STOCK, WHICH IS OUT OF DATE AND NOT REPRESENTATIVE IN ANY SENSE OF THE WOUD. We do offer a stock unequaled anywhere in the country, comprising twenty-threb makes of the highest grade instruments whose names stand at the top in piano manufac turing circles, such as the celebrated Steinway, Steger, A. B. Chase, McI3iail, Emerson and Hardman. Our special wholesale prices mean that 200 uprights retailing at $425, $450 and $500 are being sold at $218, $236 and $278 each, and at our liberal terms of One Dollar Per Week. Do not for one moment think of purchasing elsewhere until you Lave seen this magnificent collection of pianos. Call Friday or Saturday; or, call wnte tor our special bargain list of prices. Schmollcr (it Mueller Piixivo ioii-ioio jrarnam oi.t umana. Established 1859. I Expert Piano DANCER IN HIGH BMLDIKCS Collinwood Disaster May B Bepeated in Many States. NEED OF STEICT MUNICIPAL LAW Flremea Generally Haadlcapped la Strtictarea Over ISO Feet la Height Government En artaeer Talks. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March K. (Special.) Catastrophes such as those at Collinwood, O., and Boyertown, Pa., are posslhle In nearly every city and village In 'the United States, according to Richard 1 Humphrey, engineer in charge of the structural ma terials laboratorlea of the government. Ho declares it Is providential that more of these holocausts have not occurred. Mr. Humphrey, In his official capacity, In charge of the structural material Investiga tions being conducted by tha technologic branch of the United States geological survey, haa made a thorough study of fire proofing and is therefore well qualified to S)ealc on this subject. He says: "The shocking catastrophe at Collinwood, O., last Wednesday which sent a thrill of horror into every home In the country, did not result from exceptional conditions, but conditions that are to be found In thou sands of Instances throughout the United States. The same or even wbrse fire traps prevail in every village and town, and. In deed, In many of the large cities. Even where municipal laws are supposed to govern the erection of such structures tho conditions are often worse than In Collin wood. Such calamities as we have had the few months of this year do not come aa a matter of surprise to anyone versed In the subject. The only surprise Is that these catastrophes do not occur frequently throughout this great country. Fireproof Structures Needed. "The newspapers are now .filled with statements made by school officials, railing attention to the necessity of fire drills that these fire drills will prevent the loss of life from fire. Necessary and excellent as they are In their place, nothing could be more fallacious .than such a general proposition. What la needed, as haa been repeatedly pointed out. Is the erection of structures which have the greatest re sistance to fire. From what I csn learn, the fire drill at Collinwood had started, but the school building was such a flimsy tinder box that the fire traveled through the hallways and up the stairs faster than any possible fire drill. In such a building, and there are many of them, the fire wtll always win the race over the frantic chil dren. Had the Interior of the Collinwood school been reasonably fireproof the loss of life would have been very much lefcs and possibly no lives would have been lost. "Laws should be enacted to' prohibit the erection of anything except a structure of the highest fire resisting type, especially when It la to be used as a school, hospital, theater or other structure In which people assemble In large numbers, who in the ! event of a great fire, such as happened at Collinwood, would be to a certain extent helpless. In our hospitals and public schools It would appear unwise to erect structures of more than two stories In height. In such buildings. In addition to wide stairways, I would have one or two chutes or tubes leading from the top story to the ground. These would prove not only much safer than fire escapes, but also a much more rapid means of exit. Height of Baildlaa-s. "The question of the height of buJldligs and the character of the Interior struc tures Is continually agitating public offi cials, but commercial Interests seem to dominate, and buildings are erected that are known not to be the most safa for the purpose. This condition pertatna as much to municipal structures as any other class of buildings. It Is a fact that the money available for schools, hospitals and other municipal structures Is usually in adequate for the purpose, aid the offi cials In charge In order to keep within the appropriation are forced to erect cheap, flimsy buildings that are not fire proof. 'While the relative flre-reslstlng quali ties of fire-proof materials Is not yet entirely establiahed. It la a fact that these pr ope sties are sufficiently well known to perrrJt the erection of reasonably flra proot structure. Yet In the face of all this buildings are constantly being erected with materials known not to possess an adeauate resistance to fire, and these buildings ara a menace to the cities In which they are erected. The city of New Tork Is full ef flre- traps and It Is a miracle that a great fire has not wiped out the greater part of th buainess district. Strict afaalclpal luawa. "Tha remedy for thess conditions Is hot In elaborate systems for fighting fire or any elaborate fire drills which may or may not he effectively carried out, but in theenactment of strict municipal laws compelling the erection of structures en tirely fire-proofed with materials of th highest quality, and especially In the pre vention of th erection of flimsy struc tures, where women and children gather la large number, as, for example, schools. Tuning, Repairing and Polishing. theaters, hospitals and similar buildings. Unless such action la taken greater calam ities than those at Collinwood and Boyer town, attended by even greater loss Of life, will undoubtedly occur. "The continual Increase In th height of buildings, for office or mercantile purposes, aa for expamle In the city of New York, gives rise to many problems. One of the most Important la the question of handling through the streets the Immense population crowded lr a very small district. As this congestion Increases through the erection of these great buildings. It will be neces sary In th near future to double-deck the streets In order to accommodate this ' Im mense population and also to multiply the present transportation facilities. It is ap parent, therefore, that a great calamity in the shape of a fire such as visited Balti more and San Francisco, must necessarily be the means of destroying the lives of many people who would be unable to get away In safety with the facilities now exist ing. "Buildings should not be erected so high as to prevent the fire department from fighting a blase In th upper parte ot such structures, unless these buildings are sup plied with flre-flghting apparatus of their own, capable of taking care of any fire beyond th reach of the firemen. At pres ent the average fire department Is helpless or seriously handicapped In successfully coping with the fire In a building over ISO feet high. This means that the firemen can take car of the first fifteen stories of a skyscraper. Beyond that, the tall buildings will have to look out for their own safety against fire. "It la a matter of record borne out by Insurance ntatlstlcs, that this country spends enormous sums of money In provid ing equipment for fighting fires, while for eign countries spend their money In build ing structures which offer the greatest resistance to fire. The pere capita loss In this country yearly exceeds 13, against an annual loss In twnty-on of the principal cities of Europe of 33 cents per capita. Estimating the population of the country at 80,000,000, the loss from fires here is $240, 000,000. If we had the same conditions that prevail In European cities, out loss would be but $26,400,000 a year. "Statements have appeared in the dally CHICAGO RESIDENT RELATES MOST GREWSOME EXPERIENCE During Ij. T. Cooper'a recent visit to Chicago, where hi1 new preparation and theory created the usual sensation, many hundreds of people brought enormous Internal parasites to the young man, which had left the system after taking his medi cine. Among these people was Mr. Emil Wink ler, who brought to Cooper a tapeworm that proved to be over ninety feet In length. Mr. Winkler, who resides at IS: East Ohio street, Chicago, had this to say of his experience: "For five years I have been more or less complaining. I have had severe headaches, and any food that I would eat would nauseate me. I would have bad dreama almost every night; dizzy spells would compel me to quit work. Black spots would appear be fore my eyea when stooping over and rising quickly. I would feel tired most of the time; In fact, I had no life In me To Persons Driving Vehicles At this season of the year street car tracks are apt to be very slippery owing to atmospheric conditions, and it is impossible, therefore, to stop a car as promptly as ordinarily. REMEMBER that a street car is confined to tee track and that the Motonnan cannot tarn out or stop his car instantly when "cut off by a vehicle. Do not rely upon the motonnan to save you from the consequences of your own carelessness he may not be able to do so. Assist Us in Preventing Accidents OMAHA MID COUnCIL FLUFFS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY if unable to Co. papers throughout the country that the school building at Collinwood and the Pnr ker building In New York were examples of reinforced concrete construction, and these fires proved the worthlessnesa of this class of construction Neither building con tains any reinforced concrete. Concrete has been dmonstrated to be one of the very best materials for flre-prooflng purposes, and Ita Increased use will add materially to the public safety." SAYS BRIDE USED FRAUD Floreace Farmer Asks Divorce Be. caaae Wife Raid She Wii Amiable. Charging his wife with bad faith when she represented to him before their mar rlago that she had a sweet and amlsbto disposition, Boren C. Pedrrsen, a wealthy farmer living near Florence, has applied to the district court for the annulment of his marriage to Anna M. Pedersen. They were married August It, 1907, Pedersen then being a widower with a grown daugh ter and two sons, but they lived together only five weeks. Pedersen says In his petition the young woman became acquainted with him In July, 1907, and then formed a purpose of puraulng him with the object of marrying him, because he was reputed to bo wealthy. He says he told her If he mar ried her she must not do anything to destroy the harmony of the home, and says she replied she had a sweet and amiable disposition and would be a kind mother to his children. After their marriage, he says, she be gan to treat his daughter and himself abusively, with a view to driving him to get a divorce so she could apply for ali mony. He says she demanded from $10,0o) to $16,000 from him and threatened him with suit In case he did not give It to her. After living together for five weeks, he says, she left and began circulating bad reports about him. ' He asks the court to annul the marriage for fraud and bad faith, but, falling In this, he asks for a divorce. Arqalttal for Meyer. I.A PORTE, Ind., March 12. C. Elljnl Meyer, city treasurer of Michigan City who was reported by examinatlng auditor to be more than $10,000 short In his ac counts, waa acquitted today. to speak of for the last five yeara. I tried various treatments, and one physi cian In St. Louis was recommended to me, and I was under his treatment some time, but as usual I obtained no relief. "So many people asked me U try Coop ers' preparation that I decided to do so, and after using It for a few days, this awful thing passed from my system. . I feel much better already,' and I want to say right here that I thank Mr. Cooper a hundred times for what his medicine has done for me. I would not take $5,000 and have that thing back In my system again." Mr. Winkler Is a- fair sample of the experience of many during Cooper'a stay In Chicago, and this no doubt helped to account or the enormous sale of the Cooper preparation In this city and others, recently visited by the young man. We sell and a 111 be pleased to explain tle Cooper preparations. Zieaton Drug Co.