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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903.
CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA
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COUNCIL BLUFFS
iNtt li Tsft. 4S.
MOVE FOR NEW WATERWORKS
Council Takes Action Looking to
Awarding1 Contract to Wickham.
! ElfGUTEER TO CHECK OVER PLANS
' Action I. Deferred on Fir. Enajla.
Bom Vntll Connctlmen Can
Look Over the Plana Prepared
by City Engineer.
The city council Inst night concurred In
Ihs recommendation of the committee of
which Councilman Jensen Is -chairman that
the services of a hydraulic engineer be se
1 cured to check over the plans and speci
fications prepared by the city engineer for
the propomd municipal water works plant,
and that the contract Vlrh E. A. Wickham
be entered Into as soon as the plans, etc.,
are declared "O. K." by the expert.
I This action was. taken After Mr. Jensen
had submitted a report Jn whjch he re
; viewed the negotiation with th water
r works company, and In which It was stated
' that the company had not replied to the
communication of the committee offering:
to purchase the plant for 1390,000, and after
Manager liart of the water works company
' had asked the council to defer action for
another week, an he expected to be able
to give a definite reply by that time.
Report ot Committee.
The report of the committee, after re
viewing the negotiations up to the meet
ing of two weeks ago, when the water
works company was given until last night
to accept or reject the proposition from the
committee. Is as follows:
T!-e t!mo set by the council having ex
pired, and no derinlte answer having been
received l.y your committee, we beg leave
to report as follows: That your committee
feels that any further attempt to negotiate
a purchase cf the present water works
system would only be a waste of time
and effort on their part, and that they
fee! that tho management of the Council
Bluffs City Water Works company is not
art In In good faith In their offer to sell
the present plant to the city; that the fran
chise and contract between the company
and the city expired severat years ago,
and a new fi&nchlae having been defeated
at a special election held last year, the
said company knowing that the city con
templated the erection and installation
of u new system of water supply. In view
of these facts the Council Bluffs City
"i" woms company should be In a
position to give a definite answer to your
committee's proposition, If they desired to
dipose of the plant to the cltv.
Ynvr committee, realizing tliat the city
Is in urgent need of additional fire pro
tection In many parts of the city, and that
the old v.-nter works system Is admitted
to be entirely Inadequate to supply th
needs of tho city, and as the Council
Bluffs City Water Works company is un
nblo to make necessary extensions and im
provements, being without any franchls
or contract with the city, and as the people!
of Council Muff at a special election havo
refused to grant a new franchise, by a
large majority, to said company, therefore
your committee recommends that they be
Authorised to engage the services of an
experienced hydraulic engineer to check
over the plann, specifications and contract
as prepared by O. 8. Etnyre and Mr. Clem
Kimball, and that the cltv enter Into a
contract with E. A. Wickham & Co., for
the construction of a new water works
system, according to the bid of E. A
Wlrkhrm & Co., above referred to, and
according to the plans and specifications
f 8- f . Etnyre, when checked over and
O. K d by a competent nnd experienced
livdrnullo enrtneer. Your committee realize
that, the citizens of Council Bluffs are de
manding that some definite nctlon shall
r-e takn by this council at once to remedy
the deplorable conditions of uncertainty
and lack of nctlon that has existed In re
ran! to the water system of Council Bluffs
In the last few years, and we feel that
any further delay by this council to take
oennite action on this matter will be re
sented by the ma lor It y of our citizens, as
leln against the best Interests of the city,
we therefore recommend that your honor
able bndy tike such action as mar tend
to settle this matter at the earliest pos
sible date.
Fire House Ron Over.
The matter of the new central fire station
went over for another week. Councilman
Jensen reported that the city engineer's
plana for the retaining walls In Indian
creek would be ready In a few days am
suggested that the clerk be Instructed to
advertise for bids so as not to dday matters
any further. Mayor Maloney suggested that
he, as perhaps some of the councilmcn
would also, like to look over the plans first,
and the matter Went ever for another week.
Mr. Jensen also reported that N. P. Dodge
& Co., agents for the old city mill prop
erty at the corner of Washington avenue,
offered the lot at the corner for 13.600 and
the one adjoining for $:.5H0. The corner
lot, he stated, has a frontage on Washing
ton avenue of sixty-eight feet, with 133 feet
on Bryant street, while tho other lot has
a frontage of sixty feet on Washington
avenue and a depth of 133 feet to the creek.
Councilman Jensen said that as it was
proposed to erect a building elxty-eight
feet long It would be necessary to buy both
lots ir l was decided to place it there. Ho
said that the foundations for the building
would cost at least $1,500. Consideration of
the offer went over with tho matter of the
plans for another week.
The resolution of the West Council Bluffs
Improvement club asking that the city
solicitor be Instructed to Investigate
whether the street railway company had
any franchise was laid on the table after
a determined effort on the part of Council
man Bellinger to have It sent to the city
solicitor. Councilman Jensen took the posi
tion that the resolution waa not In good
faith and that it was not the proper time
to make fhe suggested Investigation. This
waa a matter, ha declared, which would
have to be looked Into In the near future
and when that time came the city would
do It without Instructions from any Im
provement club. Mr. Jensen was supported
In his view of the matter by Councilman
Morgan. Councilman Tounkerman said he
wanted the matter Investigated, as he had
wanted to know for a long time whether
the street railway company had any fran
chise in Council Bluffs or not. Bellinger
and Tounkerman alone voted for sending
the matter to the city solicitor and the
original motion by Jensen to table the
matter carried.
The request of Pottawattamie tribe. Im
proved Order of Red Men. that It be
granted the use of Eighth btreet from In
dian creek to Willow avenue. First avenue
from Seventh to Ninth street and Broadway
from Seventh to Ninth street for the street
fair and carnival which It proposes to hold
the week beginning July 20 was granted,
with the proviso that no shows be allowed
on Broadway.
The council decided to accept the Invita
tion of Superintendent Kothert to visit and
Inspect the Iowa School for the Deaf tend
ered some time ago and will make the visit
Thursday afternoon.
A meeting of the committee of the whole
will be held Wednesday afternoon.
BETTER ROADS ARB DEMANDED
Rural Route To Be Discontinued
1'nlesa Change Is Made.
The following notice was received yester
day morning by Postmaster A. fl. H&sleton
from the department at Washington:
The department has this day called the
attention of the road officials to the bad
condition of the roads on routes 1, 2, i
and 6, as Indicated in your report on form
756.
You will also take up the matter with
the road officials nnd patrons interested
and Inform them that unless all roads
covered by the rural delivery from your
office ar properly repaired during the
present summer season and placed in such
condition that uninterrupted service can
be rendered throughout the year, the
withdrawal of the rural delivery from the
neglected roads will very likely follow.
Failure to comply with this require
ment should te reported under section 88
'Instructions,' In ample time to admit a
consideration of the amendments of
routes before tha beginning of tho arln-
"Whlle I realize that tha condlt!oncorn
plalned of are due to a great extent to the
almost unprecedented heavy rains wo have
had In this locality," said Postmaster Has.
elton, "yet the route are established with
the understanding that the roads are to
be kept up by the patrons both winter and
summer In good condition for the car
riers. This, however, has not been done.
In many parts of the country the rural
routes have been discontinued on account
of such failure to keep the roads In prop
er condition, and X am sure that this case
will be no exception to the rule. In some
places the approaches to bridges have been
in an Impassable condition for weeks and
It la dangerous for the carriers. Unless
these conditions are materially Improved,
It Is almost certain that the routes will be
discontinued."
MEETING OF THE LIBRARY BOARD
Victor E. Binder Elected President
and E. II. Merrlsm Secretary.
At the annual meeting last night Victor
E. Bender was elected president of the
Board of Trustees of the free public library
and E. H. Merrlam was elected secretary.
President Bender announced the appoint
ment of the following standing committees:
Administration Rohrer, Binder, Merrlam.
Books and Literature Dean ftnivtn m..
Donald.
Buildings and Grounds Binder, Tyler
Dean.
Donations Stewart. Merrlam, McDonald
Finance Tyler, Rohrer, Stewart, Galvln!
Mrs. Mary E. Dalley was re-elected
librarian and her salary fixed at 165 a
month as before. Miss Margaret E. Sher
man, Mrs. Bessie K. Black and Miss Glbbs
were re-elected assistants, the salary of
Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Black being t;0 a
month as before, while Miss Glbbs" salary
was raised to $40 from $30.
The tax levy was fixed at two mills, the
same as last year.
Battel Nelson was reappointed Janitor of
the library building and his salary placed
at $65 a month, the same as last year. He
was given two weeks' vacation en full pay,
ha to supply a man In his place during
his absence.
C. W. McDonald and B. H. Merrlam, the
new members, took their places on the
board, succeeding Dr. J. II. Cleaver and
W. S. Balrd. J. J. Stewart, reappointed by
Mayor Maloney for another term of six
years, succeeded himself.
PLEA FOR LOWER TAXATION
Railroads Insist Decreased Earning
Warrants Such Action.
FIGURES FOR THE PRESENT YEAR
L. R, filddlnas, Who Claims To De
President of a Dakota Railroad,
Arrested In Des Moines as
Vagrant.
Snes for Value of Books.
Nels Christenson began suit In Justice
Coopers court against the Rock Island
Railway company yesterday for the recov
ery of books valued at $34.90, which It Is
alleged were delivered to the wrong man.
It Is claimed that the books were shipped
In 1906 and that when they arrived at the
local aepot of the company a man enquired
artcr the shipment, paid the freight and
took the books away. Christenson claims
that he did not call for and did not re
ceive the books. The case was continued
for two weeks to await the arrival of wit
nesses, who It Is said, will be able to
throw some light on the transaction.
Conneal Gets Back at Clarldy.
H. M. Clarldy filed an information In
the court of Justice Cooper yesterday,
charging W. K. Conneal with threatening
to kill him. Both parties are colored.
Conneal gave bail for his appearance In
court next Monday. Saturday, Clarldy
swore out a warrant In Justice Cooper's
court for the rooms back of 1027 West
Broadway, alleging gambling waa being
carried on there. The constable attached
one round card table and an alleged "crap"
table. The hearing on the disposition of
these tables is set for Friday afternoon
before Justice Cooper.
Foundation Walla To Be Raised.
The Board of Education held a special
meeting yesterday afternoon for the pur
pose of Investigating conditions at Avenue
E and Seventeenth atreet where the new
school house Is In the course of erection.
The excavation for the foundation has
been filled with water ever since work
waa begun by Contractor Wickham.
It was decided to fill In the basement
about two feet and Increase the height
of the foundation walls to correspond. The
additional cost will not exceed $280.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday
to the following:
Name and Residence. - Age.
Lambert Coulter, Council Bluffs 27
Christine II. Miller. Avoca, la a
E. A. Hoover, Beatrice, Neb 21
Florence Whltcomb, Beatrice, Neb 20
Myrt F. Ooe, Lincoln, Neb 35
Alice A. Miller. Lincoln, Neb 25
CARR PLEADS Gl'ILTY TO MURDER
Has
Now Realise Position He
Placed Himself In.
FORT DODGE. Ia., July 14 (Special
Telegram.) William Carr of Oowrle, who
killed Sheriff Thomas Nicholson of Gowrle,
Saturday, pleaded guilty to the charge of
murder today and waived a preliminary
hearing and was bound over to the grand
Jury. Saturday night there was a drunken
briwl and when Nicholson attempted to ar
rest him Carr went home and secured a
shotgun and shot the sheriff, then stood
over his victim and declared he waa glad
of the deed. Tonight he sits In his cell,
sobbing constantly, realizing the plight
he Is In and declares he did not know tho
deed he was committing. Ho has made no
attempt to defend himself against the
charges and haa not secured attorneys.
(From a Statt Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. July 14. (Special.) That
the campaign against the railroads ha
gone far enough and that In view of pros
pectlve and present times, a presidential
yfar and the surety of a revision of th
tariff. It should be relaxed, was th b
den of tha argument by railroad reiresnta
tlves to the executive council aeainst
farther Increase In the railroad assessment
Every representative who appecred befo
the council today argued that his road I
now losing money and most of them quoted
the figures for the first five or six months
of 1908, which figures are not required to
be given In their report to the council, to
show that they are losing money.
Carroll Wright for the Rock Island and
J. C. Davis for the Northwestern submitted
written arguments which were left with
the council. Mr. Wright said that If the
taxes of his road were decreased $50,000 It
would be a mere bagatelle for the state
as compared to the benefit that would ac
crue to the railroads If the word were sent
out that the state was not "going to stick
the knife Into the railroads." He quoted
figures to show that his road began to
fall off In gross earnings last September
and that It had continued through the first
half of this year. He said the time had
come to call a halt and that the business
depression would be Immensely relieved If
the council would deal with clemency tin
year.
J. C. Davis for the Northwestern argued
that the presidential year, the pledge o
both parties to a reduction of the tariff
and the business depression all argued for
conservatism. The reports of the railroad
submitted to the council show the condition
of the roads up to January 1 last and th
assessment to be made is supposed to be
based on the condition of the roads then,
but most of the representatives gave figures
on the business for the first half of thl
year as a further argument against an in
crease.
W. W. Baldwin reported for the Burling
ton that his road in freight receipts up to
July 1 Is $170,000 short of what It was for
the same months last year. Mr. Davis for
the Northwestern reported that for the
total gross earnings In Iowa his road was
$200,000 short of the same months last yea
and that for the cntlro system It wa
$1',000,000 short for the first five months
Carroll Wright for the Rock Island n
ported that his road had fallen off $1,766,000
in five months on the entire system and
sold that the road had been forced to cut
down Its operating expenses by discharging
employes and In other ways to the extent
of $500,000 In May.
Governor Cummins called the attention of
tho roads to the fact that on their reports
for the year 1907 the operating expenses
showed a much larger Increase than the
gross earnings, showing that though the
business had Increased but little the ex
pense of handling the business had in
creased much and had Increased In greater
proportion than the business done. He
asked for explanations, which none seemed
able to give, and the governor intimated
that they might have charged amounts to
operating expenses that should have gone
to construction.
The hearings will be continued tomorrow,
George S. Wright of Council Bluffs, who
Is here to appear before the council for the
union Pacific, spoke this afternoon. He
Is accompanied by A. W. Scrlbner and A.
H. Scrlbner of Omaha.
Pass Caae Appeal Is Perfected.
The abstract of the case against H. F
Schults of tho Illinois Central for viola.
tlon of the anti-pass law was filed with
the clerk of the supreme court today. Tho
suit Is on an application for a writ of
habeas corpus brought by H. F. Schultg
of Storm Lake against C. J. Parker, sher
iff of Buena Vista county. The writ was
rerused by Judge Church of Greene county
and an appeal was taken to the supreme
court, it is the first test of the antl-nas
law. The case will be submitted to the
court during the next term.
Railroad President In Conrt.
L; R. Glddings, who claims Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, as his home, and who
claims to be president of the Dakota Mid
land railroad, was tried in police court
here today on a charge of vagrancy. On
nis promise to be out of town bv sundown
no was released. Glddings has been stay
is ior some aays at the Saverv hotel
leaves an unpaid board bill there which
was responsible for his arrest. His railroad
exists on paper only, but a prospectus
of the lines describes It aa passing through
country rich In agricultural and mineral
possibilities.
Walked Front Boone.
Miss Cora Williams who tried to walk
from Boone to Des Moines yesterday u
brought to Des Moines lost night by a
conductor of an Interurban and turned over
to Police Matron Babcock. Yesterday was
uiio ui me nouesi aays lowa has had this
year and the girl was found beside the
interurban track exhausted from the heat.
She claimed her money was exhausted and
she was attempting to reach Des Moines
to find work. She claimed to live in Illi-nois.
Ask the Folks Next Door
1
Ask your next-door neighbor what she thinks of Van Camp's Pork and Beans.
Then do just as she advises about using them yourself.
STRIKE RESl'LTS IX KILLING
Sew
A. A. OLARK O. CO.
LOAD MONEY 01) HOUSEHOLD FUENITUItE.
AND ANT CHATTEL; 8ECC2UTY AX ONKOLaXsV THE CSUaUt WAXKa,
- Ttseaity Yewr ot Pnntsianfnl lfngthr
OORXER MAC! AUD BROADWAY. OVU AMERICAN XXffiESS.
Machinist's Helper Shot by
Roundhouse Foreman.
MAKSHALLTOWN. Ia.. July H.-Spe-cial
Telegram.) A fatal culmination of
the Iowa Central shopmen's strike came
tonight when W. D. Toler, new day fore
man of the roundhouse, shot and killed
George -W. Davis, a striking machinist's
neiper. The altercation started on the
street wnen Toler wss attacked by four
sinners. e naa a gun In his coat pocket,
and shot without taking It out. Two bul
lets penetrated Davis' left breast killing
him Instantly. Officer Haas arrested Tuler
while the gun was still smoking and half
an hour later he was spirited out of town
by officers In order to avoid any danger
of mob violence. The strikers and sympa
thisers are greatly excited and special po
lice are being sworn In to guard against
any demonstration against the strikebreak
ers on the company property. Toler came
from Monmouth. 111., today. He has been
employed there nights for two years. Davis
was a married man, ii years old.
Iowa New. Note.
CRESCENT Peter F. Swanson, who was
killed at Denver on June SO in a street car
accident, waa burled here todav. His fun.
eral was largely attended. Mr. Swanson
was at one time In the general merchandise
business at Crescent a tut was postmaster
of Crescent under Harrison's administra
tion and was highly respected.
Desperate Shootlasj
pains In the chest require quick treat
ment with Dr. King's New Discovery.
Prevents pneumonia 60c and X00. For sale
br Beaton Drug Co.
"We refer our case to anyone who ever used Van
Camp's.
Ask any man or woman, boy or girl who knows them.
Ask how Van Camp's compare with home-baked beans
compaiB with other brands.
There tire millions of people who know this, and some
of them live next door. Ask and they'll tell you why
Van Camp's command such an enormous sale.
Or learn for yourself learn from a ten-cent can. See
if you can go back to home-baked beans after once trying
Van Camp '8.
Those not yet using Van Camp's Beans simply don't
know what they miss.
Perhaps they are clinging to home-baked beans
mushy and broken. Beans that are crisped on the top
and half-baked in the middle.
Perhaps they are eating very few beans, because such
beans are not appealing. Or, perhaps they realize that
such beans don't digest. That's why they ferment and
form gas.
Those people are losing one of the best foods in the
world and one of the cheapest simply because they
don't know how good baked beans can be.
They will find that beans can be baked until IHey ara
mealy, yet remain nutty because they axe whole.
They will find that the tomato sauce baked into tha
beans gives a new and delicious blend.
And they will find that beans, when rightly baked, are
easy to digest. Then beans become as they should bc
almost a daily dish.
One can of Van Camp's will serve to alter their whole
idea of baked beans.
These are some of the differences
!We bake in live 6team you bake in 3ry Heat IVTa
bake the beans until they are mealy, without crisping or
breaking them. You cannot do this.
Our ovens are heated to 245 degrees. Then we bake in
small parcels, so that the heat goes through. Thus tho
atoms are separated so tho digestive juices can get to
them.
Scarcely half so much heat can get to the center of
your baking dish. The result is, a heavy food, hard ta
digest.
Not a home in tho world has tho facilities to bake beans
as we bake ours. ,Why bother to try itt 5Vhy wasta
the time and the fuel!
Please serve Van Camp's tomorrow. " Sea yflx&t it
means to you and yours to have eucH meals ready
cooked.
BUUCZ9
SAJXZ
Now is the time to know Van Camp's. You are looking for ready-cooked
dishes this is the queen of them all. So please ask some user, or try them
yourself. You are missing too much don't wait another day.
It is not even economical to bake your beans at home.
Economy lies in serving beans so good that your peo
ple will want them often.
Beans are 84 nutriment. Their food value exceeds
the food value of meat. Yet they cost but a fraction as
much. .
Van Camp's will save their whole cost, three times
over, in' the cutting down of your meat bills.
For just the same reason, Van Camp's are far cheap
er than ready-baked beans that cost less.
We buy only the choicest of Michigan beans, and havo
them picked over by hand. We use only the whitest, the
plumpest, the fullest-grown, All others are discarded.
The result is, we could buy several bushels of 6omo
beans for tho price of one bushel of ours.
Then we use only vine-ripened tomatoes to make oua
tomato sauce. And we use the whole tomato.
Some tomato sauce is made from tomatoes picked
green, or of scraps from a canning factory. We could
buy such sauce for exactly one-fifth what we spend trj
make ours.
But it is our tomato sauce that gives to our beans thai
delicious, sparkling zest. Our beans would not be half
60 good without it.
The best beans are cheap enough. And the economical
beans are the beans that your people like best.
The more beans that you can serve at your table, th'a
less you need serve of foods that cost more.
Please prove this today. Tell your grocer now to
send one can. Then, if you agree with what we have
told you, order a dozen cans next. For it is very pleas
ant to have meals in the house meals that you don't
need to cook.
V.
Three Sizes: 10, 15 and 20 cents per can
Van Camp Packing Company, ii3?' Indianapolis, Ind.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Council Passes Appropriation Ordi
nance for Ensuing Year.
TAX LEVY ALSO DECIDED UPON
Rate Will Be Eigbt and Sis-Tenths
Mills and Will Prodnr. Hnndred
and Eighty-Five Tbonsand
Dollar.
The Judiciary committee of the city coun
cil recommended the annual appropriation
ordinance for passage lst night with only
one minor change. According to this or
dinance the city contemplates an expendi
ture of about t.'Oe.OCO. The city attorney
said that so far as he could see there had
been all along a misconception of the mean
ing of the appropriation ordinance. He
said: "As It has been there has always
been a lot of money In excess of the levy
which has been tacked onto the funds.
and they have been swelled to long as
here has been any money available. We
do not know exactly what the collections
outside of the levy may be. hut we placed
an estimate so that a 8 6-mlll levy will be
raised to meet the expenses of the city. We
propose that there shall be no boosting of
funds next year and we will not permit
ny auch action."
The levy ordinance providing for 8.6
mills on all the taxable property of the
city was Introduced at the meeting. This
levy will produce about I1S5.00O available
for municipal purposes.
No mention was made of the furniture for
he city hall In the appropriation ordinance.
nor were the vault fixtures Included. It Is
proposed to let all of those expenditures be
settled by the courts. The proposed set
tlement with the Champion Iron company
was also stricken out of the appropriation
ordinance.
The bid of the Emery Anderson company
for the lwi.O'0 worth of municipal bonds
waa accepted and the clerk and mayor
uthorlsed to enter contract with the com
pany.
Th. city claim agent was Instructed to
warn all people who ha J permanent s de
walks before their property to kep the
sain. In repair and that the city would hold
them responsible for all accidents la toa
future.
Th. mayor appointed Larson and Peter-
County Humane soc:ety retarding drinking
fountains on ths rHnclpal streets. The
same men are also appointed a committee
to confer with the CDunty commissioners to
eecure necessary actlcn to stop the flow
of storm water on Thirteenth street.
Street Intersection Sinks.
The city engineer reports a peculiar freak
of nature In the sudden settling of a large
portion of the Intersection of Twenty-third '
and E ttrrets. Th'a Intersection has always
been a treacherous one. 1 he hjuvy una
have washed It out many times. Last year
it was paved with the hope of saving It,
but the water undermined the paving and
nil of the labor was lest. The Intersection
was fllhd tl.ls spring. Sunday mcrnlng the
interectlm sank twenty ftet. It d!1 not
tld? Into the hollow at that point, but
went straight down. There Is no telling
what caused the sudien rubsldence, but It
cccuirej. About sixty fe?t east of tha
embankment a hulgo was discovered In
th3 surface which hnd not been there be
fo:e. The engineer fays this Is where the
pressure of earth caus.d a d'splacement.
although It looks from the surface as if
there could b? no conn'ct'on. The cause
of the tro tble Is dmM!e;s the pr ngy con
dit on of the to I.
Daylight Duritlury Reported.
Maggie Morton, Thirtieth street, between
E and F, reported a da light burglary of
her home yesterday. The intruders smashed
the door while she was away and took over
$:o In cash and some articles of value. She
could give no clue as to the Indentlty of
the men.
Hogs Sllll Going I p.
The South Omaha hog market seems to
have no limit short of the ceiling. The
prkes went up again yesterday to it 80,
a new record for the year. The receipts,
however, were pretty l:g-.u and accounted
In a measure for the high bidding. The com
mission men are beginning to tslg about
17 hogs. It Is expected this will be reached
shortly unless the market breaks unex
pectedly. Cattle on the other hand were
a long slide lower than last week'a clos
ing. The receipts took a decide jump. Six
thousand head were received yesterday.
This number waa made up of the first
decided consignment of range rattle. It Is
expected that the grasa fed cattle will be In
dally hereafter.
Contraeta (or School Supplies.
The South Omaha Board of Education
held a routine aession last night. The chief
Items mere the awarda of certain contraeta
for supplies. Flsher-McOlll of South Omaha
got the contract for the printing. The Scott
Stationery company waa awarded the con
received at the regular meeting. The board
examined the specifications for a part of
the addition to the West Side school. A
large budget of routine business waa dis
posed of.
M.glo City Gossip.
A. L. Bergnulst has gone to'siayton,
Minn., for a three weeks' vacation.
Bee office removed to Live Stock Bank
Bld., Twenty-fourth and X. 'Phone H.
Dr. C. E. 8aDD has eon tn Wvati.rin.
Wyo., where he is the guest of Dr. Vari
Slyke. ;
Joe White was sentenced to the county
Jail yesterday morning on a vagrancy
charge.
Heymsn & Berry, sellers of "quality"
meats. 24th and E. telephone 3fj0; 24th and
A. telephone 117.
The Willing Workers of the Christian
church will meet with Mrs. J. S. Howe, 421
North Sixteenth street, Wednesday after
noon. Better goods for the same money or the
same goods for leas money that's our prip
osltion. What can we do for you? John
Flynn & Co.
When in need of money call and set our
terms. Quick, confidential service. Weekly
or monthly iiaynients. Fidelity Chattel
Loan Co., 4.-4 North :4th St.
The following births ha v. been reported-
James Condon, 1024 North Twenty. sixth
street, a girl; Willis Jsrobson. Twenty-
ii unci parpy nne, a ooy; warren Van
nirxie, aw j street, a girl.
The death of Helen Tarslkes. aged
months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gnorge
Tarslkes, 114 North Twentv-flfth street oc
curred yesterday. The funeral will be
fansday morning at 10 a. m.
Jerry M. Fitzgerald has recovered suffici
ently tn resume his duties as deoutv tax
commissioner. George Clements who ha
neen ruling tne place temporarily has re
turned to his position with Armour & Co.
TWO FLIGHTS BY THE AIRSHIP
First On. tn th. Forenoon
th. Second In th.
Afternoon.
aad
LABOR LEADERS IN THE CITY
son a commute, to confer with the Douglas tract for supplies. Th. bids for these wers
Frank Morrison, Serretnrr of Ai
can Federation Visits
Ak-Sar-Ben Den.
iert.
Frank Morrison of Chicago, general sec
retary of the American Federation of La
bor, was in Omaha, Monday evening, en
route homeward from the national demo
cratic convention at Denver, where with
President San utl Gompers and other labor
leaders they met with the resolutions com
mittee to have a labor plank Introduced
Into that platform. Mr. Gompers accom
panied Mr. Morrison to Omaha, but did
not remain over, gclng on to St. Paul last
night, from whence he will go to Erie, Pa.
to confer with longshoremen there on Is'
bor matters.
Mr. Morrison at the Den was Introduced
to many Omsha citizens. He was much
pleased with what h. saw or the Ak-Sar.
Ben proceedings and waa glad to be en.
listed Into th. Ak-Bar-Ben knighthood,
Th. airship "America" mad. two beauti
ful ascensions from Krug park yesterday.
The first flight occurred at about 10:30
a. m. This was not In any way for the
exclusive benefit of th. Krug park bos
office. There was no one In th. park ex
cept a few of th. employes, for th. latter
are not expected to be on duty until noon,
preparatory to the dally opening an hour
later. The ascension waa made by Captain
James Moore, owner of the airship, to
prove to the people of Omaha that he had
an airship that could fly and would Iiy
whenever he said the word. His Intention
was to make the trip southwsrd from Krug
park and make a wide clroult over th.
city during the circus parade when th.
streets of the city were crowded with sight
eeers. But the wind wss not favorable.
The b?t he could do was to operate th.
'America" over Krug park and Its Imme
diate vicinity. He remained up In th.
sir at a gorxt height and circled his ship
In every direction aa he willed, proving that
he had his vessel under perfect control.
The second ascension took place at T:SI
last evening. The "America" emerged
from the big tent carefully steadied and
handled by Captain Moore's experienced
corps of ssslstants, and was poised over
the arena until every preliminary was at
tended to. A large number of people with
in the park enclosure viewed with lively
Interest every detail of the preparation,
tor the ascension. The beautiful lines ot
the airship, the light but stout framework
of the propelling machinery underneath, tha
cigar-shaped silk gas bag, th. latter being
nearly sixty feet long snd eighteen feet la
diameter, were all greatly admired.
HOT WEATHER DAMAGES WHEAT
North Duuota and th. Canadian.
North irrst th. Greatest
Sufferer..
GRAND FORKS. X. D , July 14. Th. hot
winds of the last few days hav. ca used
extensive damage to the grain crop from
Wllllston to La rim ore on the line ot the
Great Northern railroad. Brand) line town
of the Great Northern report similar con
ditions. Reports from points In the Canadian
northwest Indicate that the damage ther.
waa greater than in North Dakota. Th.
wheat was further advanced and th. aevsr.
heat affected It mor. tBaa jaV KfttfU.
hot.
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