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THK OMAHA DAILY KKE; WEDXESDAY. AUGUST 2H. IPOS NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA n 1 COUNCIL Oifice 15 Scott Street. Ml.tOR JIKV1ION. fHvts, oVnsa Tto.htrt sl. carpMi. ; -Ed Rogers. Ten Fault rer. Law's I'utl.r, funrrsl director. Thong M. Woodnraj Undertaking company. Tel. .3. Sen the iifw art turnery ai Alexander's. C33 Broadway. We know w have the h't flur. Escj la nan. a n..t.ll Mlllnv Pimm :u Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Binder are home! from a trip throua.li the Yellowstone park. Fall terra western Iowa college opens Holiday, August 11. Send for f'ne catalog. Wanted, at onre, place for oung man to work for rootn and board.. Western Iowa Cullig e. . , : ' t Eyee examined free. V"ork saarantoed and prlca reasonable. It J. Mauthe. 2.3 Vent Broadway, fit your glasses. Oak l.cuf camp, Royal Neighbors of AnVrlcs,, will meet n tegular session this evening.. , . . Ivanhoe f omniandry. KnlRhts Temnlar. will, meet In regular conelave at Masonlc-j leinp.e tnu evening. The Ladfes'-' guild of thj Holy Family church vartsh . wlii met Ihis afternoon SI the home of Mrs. T. I J. OT'elll, -4 Avenue D. .. The Ous. Minute Washer, 110. r.et us send ou one on trial. Other machines. J.I 76 up. I Zoller Merc. Co., 1W-102-104-1H6 Broadway. Thones $20. Ths regular weekly sms'ons of the execu tive committee of the Commercial club, with attendant lunch, at the Urand hotel, will be resumed today. Park Commissioner A. C. Graham and wife are home from a trip through the Yellow stone park and to Pocatello, Ida., where thay visited their son. The libel charge slnt H. T. flarldy filed In Justice Cooper's court bv Rev. Timothy Tyler, pattor of the African Bap tist church, wss dismissed yesterday. Mrs. A. W. ('snail v has recovered suf ficiently from the operation she underwent at ths Kdmundsnn Memorial hospital to be able to b removed to her homa on Park avenue. O. H. Ware has filed a complaint In Justice Greene's court charring Joe Klein with asault and battery on his sun, Ernest jiem, wnn pave nan ror his ap pearance, will have a hearing Friday. Zob Ward, alias Joe White, wsnted at Mlnden, Neh., for assnult with Intent to commit murder, who -wss arrested In this city Sunday night, Is still at the city Jail. He has refused to return to Nebraska without requisition papers, , Joseph Marcus, who for some time past has been cared for In a tent on the lot at the rear of his grocery store at 630 West Broadway, -died last evening about 7 o clock from tuberculosis. He Is survived by hla wife and several children. George Btllen. who with Leroy W. Otto became Involved In a fist fight In Justice Or(en a court last Saturday, appeared be fore Justice Greene yesterday and pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace. He was fined iS and costs, which he paid. Otto's hearing Is set for this morning before the same court. Nntn Bothers, who was arrested charged with assault and battery on C. D. Brooks entered a plea of guilty )n Justice Orene's court yesterday and paid a fine of $10 and costs. Bethers then filed an Information charg ng Brooks with aasault and battery on Ills wife. Rose Bethers. y Rev. Henry DcLong performed the mar rage ceremony yrsterday In hla office at the court house for the following three couples: E. ,E. Kcster of Lincoln, Neb., and Lucy E. Frasler of Kansas City, Mo : Arthur P. Simpson and Merle lMwsrds both of Auburn. Neh., and John Jurgens and Bertha Hennlng. both of Florence Neb, , , . ' The funeral of the Tate Captain John P. Williams will be held Wednesday morn" l?. at.10 1,rIHk fr"m the residence, 603 West Washington avenue, and hurial will be In Falrview cemetery. Rev. J. M Wil liams pastor of Broadway Methodist church, will conduct the services at (he home and Bluff City Masonic lodge will have charge at the cemetery. Mrs. Gray, daughter of the deceased, is expected to reach here from California this mnrnina; The members of Bluff City Mason'c lodge will meet at Masonic temple at 9 a m Wednesday, to attend the funeral In a body. W.hi.h I. ! Great Western Depot. Rumora that the Wabash railroad Is r; enier mio an agreement with the , ureat Western to use the latter's passenger t depot on Main -afreet and Ninth avenue, I are again rife. Although local officials .of both roads decline to either deny or con s' ' 'Irm tha rumor. It la said, that such an i arrangement which has been talked of : vr since the Great Western entered Coun i ell Bluffs has ben practically agreed upon. ; A point near Twenty-third avenue the ; 't W'nbash tracka run almost directly north to Seventeenth avenue, and from there the , lo Hnea parallel to iBleventh avenue, j where the Wabash depot la located. It ts aald also that It la proposed to use a abort connecting link between the two lines ; near Sixteenth avenue. , It la stated that the arrangements be ' 'ween the two railroads will eventually 4. , meaa the abandonment by the Wabash of h ancient atructure at Kleventh avenue used by It as a freight depot and that It will either use part of the large freight depot of the Great Western road or erect a new freight depot on Ninth avenue.. At present patrons of the Wabash 'are compelled to go to the Union Pacific trans fer depot to board the trains on that road. Ileal Batata Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee . August tt by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: -, Jessica Biedentopf and husband and . Ellen. M. 8. Haas and husband to Harry P. Clover, lot . block 14, Kerry addition to Council Bluffs. q. c. d George W. B. Westerdahl. single, to W. H. Lynohard. lot t. block IB. Beers' subdivision to Council Bluffs, w. d Ida M. Mlkesell and husband to Thomas Mickey, part of lot 1, block 11.. Macedonia, w. d E. Grlgsby. unmarried, to Hans V. Terp. lot 10. blwk 1. McMahon. 10 to 25 cooper Jerferles' addition to , Council Bluffs, w. jl 1.KO0 Four transfers, total. 12.083 1 nenablleans Go to Conference. Council Bluffs will be well represented at the conference of republicans to be held In Drs Morm-s today. National Committee man Ernest El Hart. George 8. Wright, atate committeeman from the Ninth dis trict; Congressman Waiter- I. Smith and Victor E. Bender left for Des Moines last evening. State Senator C. Q. &tundrs will leave for there In the mornlr.g. wtl loughby Dye of Macedonia and Henry Brandea of Hancock, representative from Pottawattamie county to the stats legisla ture, wlH also be -In attendance. Marrlif Licenses. Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to the following: . , Name .Jid Residence. E.-E. Kster. IJnceln. Neb IaxcY E. Frailer, Kansas City, Mo.. Arthur P. Simpson. Auburn. Neb. Age ... 4 ... Merle Edwards. Auburn. Neb K Frank L. Knott. .Lincoln, Neb...., 27 Iilu B. Tlmmons. Geneva, Neb 1 John Jursiens. Florence. Neb- 41 Bertha Hennlng. Florence, Neb 31 A. A. CLARK Cl CO. LDAI1 M0E1EY Oil AXd'aXY CHATTEL SKCTRITY Tweutr Yaara of CORNER MA 15 AND BROADWAY, OVER AMERICA EXPRESS M eonneettoa with tha firm aatlUaJl t nisillina Tie Clar. Henna- , S&XU "kUOXEd tut. BLUFFS Both 'Phones 43. : WATER REPORT SUBMITTED Council Places DOCUmeni OR illO Without Debate WHOLE QUESTION IS REVIEWED Financial Ability , of I II; to K.lthrr Build or Bay at the Present Time Is tuc itloned In ' the Itrnort. Mayor Maloney submitted to the city council last night the repcrt of Ihe tpeilal committee of business men appointed by him at the solicitation df the Improvement clubs ot" the cll.V' to InvcrtiKnte ulie water work question, with a view of assisting the municipal authorities In ariltlng at umc solution of the ' problem, j This committee was composed of Hon. William Uroneweg, J. K. Coop'r. A. G. Grnhum, F.' J. Pierce, J. H. Swartx und J. J Stewart. The rc- port follows: The committee Is unanimous in Its con clusions, and finds that the city Is In nt condition to cither build or buy a wat -r plant at present, and that the best thin that could be done would be to make a new, contract with the. present company, substantially along the lines of the water company's recent ptoiiosltlon, providing some plan can be devised to scture ti the city the right to puvt-haso at any tlm , allowing nothing for the franchise, and ti so bind the bondholders that they will be compelled to accept In full the appraised value of the plant; that Is. as the plant Is bonded for more than Its worth, and as the water company would probably Inctease Its existing debt to mske the proposed ex tensions, the rescrvuipin of the, tljlit to buy at the value of the plant rriust be so made that when the city gets ready tt buy the bondholders would be bound by the appraisement, and be compelled to re lease for the amount at which the pljint was appraised. Urals nith WlckSknm Bid. Regarding the proposl'.ion to construct a municipal plant on the bid of Contract3r E. A. Wlckham, the committee has this to say: The city has received hut one bid for the construction of Its proposed new plant- that of Mr. E. A. Wlckham for 16 II. 6 5. The evidence before the committee clear.y indicated that there are at least 40 fami lies who ought to be supplied With water who would not be reached by the proposed plant, about 300 of these being In the Sixth ward alone. The proposed chy plant does not provide for the so-called hill district, if this plant Is to lie built. It will be Inade quate In the territory covered at once, and early provisions should be made for sup plying those who are now here and not pro vided for, and for the future growth of the city. The olty should also be able In case of emergency to protect Its intake and works against the action of (the Missouri river. ' Mo Discussion of Report. As soon as Clerk Casady has completed reading the report a motion to receive It and place It on file prevailed without any dlscusBlon or remarks. Councilman Bellinger made an effort to have the re port Incorporated in the book, which the committee on waterworks is prepatlng to issue for the guidance and elucidation of the voters of the city, but his Suggestion was met with the frostiest kind of a re ception. Councilman Bellinger failed to even get a second to his motion, -and the chances of the report reaching tho public through the medium of the "book" whlcn the waterworks committee Is preparing, In order 'that the voters may hajra. a '.clear understanding of tho waterworks-, .prob lem, are decidedly slim. Owing to the absence from the olty of City Solicitor Kimball, the " proro.ed plumbing ordinance was not Introduced. City Engineer Etnyre, io whom the mat ter had been referred for Investigation, re ported that a survey showed that the iron fence recently erected around the Han nan property, between Second and TTTlrd avenues, on Eighth street, encroached on the sidewalk two and one-half feet on Third avenue, two-twentieths of a1 foiH on Second avenue and four-tenths of a foot on Eighth street. It was decided that Mr. Hannar. be required to move the fence on Third avenue back to the prop erty line. Councilman Rlgdon, to whom the matter had been referred for Investigation, rt ported that W'lckham's contracts for pav ing expired April IS of this year. He said he had not examined the records of the council to ascertain If an extension of time had been given. Councilman Olson, however, said he remembered that the for mer council had. before going out of ex istence, extended all public contracts to November 1 of this year, and the matter was allowed to rest. The request of M. Salxman that he be permitted to erect three frame sheds on his premises at 711 West Broadway was refused. The request of property owners Inter ested that concrete be used for the base of the paving on North First street - in place of brick was compiled with, It be ing understood that the price will be the same for the concrete as for the brick base, namely, tl.93 per square yard. 1. A. Helsler, on petition of a number of the property owners, was appointed in spector of the paving on this street. P. G. Mlkesell and Mrs. U M. Crittenden served notice that the city would be held liable for all damage that might arUo from the electric light tower at Twenty third strx and Avenue B. which Is said to be in an unsafe condition. The city engineer was Instructed to at tend the meeting to be . held In Omaha on Setember 11. .at which Captain Edward H. Schuli will establish the harbor lines of the Missouri river on both sides of the channel. The bid of Mr. Wlckham, by Its terms In many cases, Is upon estimated quantities and upon represented conditions. If the actual quantities Installed should exceed those estimated or the conditions prove dif ferent from those represented, he would be entitled to relatively Increased compensa tion. From common experience, it is scarcely to be hoped that there will be no extras. The specifications contemplate the completion of the plant within about eight een months, with several provisions for extensions of . that time, and provide for payments by the city upon monthly esti mates. It will thus be a year and a halt or more from the time tha city commences to pay for the plant until it can pump water and secure any rever.ue. It is safe to say that If the city borrows the money with which to build, the interest during the' period of construction will exceed to.(M). The hid does not cover the cost of any real estate for Dumping station and reser voir, or other uses. In addition, therefore S3 to the amount of the bid. this item of ex x ! Dense as well as of supervision! and Inspec tion musi ie cuvervu, ui tv. ii proposed plant at the minimum would be lifert.uo or iry.l1"1). The committee makes a careful analysis of the city's present financial condition. Ilia assessed value of all of the properly HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. AT ONE-UALV THE USCAI RATES. Sooceasful Jfualnea. rae cunt Merit C. r. lisijZr, He In tie city ts found to be SKKl.Tm. The constitution prohibits a debt of more than per ten ot this, or sXtJ.nfel. The present, bonded debt Is 6C.". The city lias on hand to meet this. .7.'3, but It also has outstanding Improvement wartsnts In ex cess of cash In the treasury inut amount tii riifC'V The net illy iloot is therefore about .liS.onti. but the donations lor Broad way paving and other funds it. sight would reduce this probably to JA.O.tf.n. litis would leave the extreme limit of new debt trlv city could contract. 2 .&. Tr city ha on hand In the water works sinking fund th. city could liuoe to raise from all source s i4ii!.i. Mr. Wlckham " hid Is J.l.ai). I tie roinmittet calls attention to tne fait tha this dees not cover cost of reservoir, pump- irg or other s.tes. the cost of city Inspec- X: . aim iieclflcatlons which 1. e.. ..ai-r...,,, ...ntllH' C t I tn II t C f . , Ku.,.,7 w, .. .- 1 As these payments muHt be :.iaiie with bor rowed money which will be drawing Inter est ditrir.it the period of construction, tnls interest alone will robably excecu stu.uuo. 'I lie committee finds that taking Mr. Wit khuni s hid the amount of Interest that mt:t be raised before the city could earn anv water rentals ahd the cos.1 of real es tate and Mipi-rvislun, the proposed plant will coat lint ltss than J'tMl.tan) tut leH'.'ioo, and if a plant is to be built It must be cut down so as to reduce the cost from JSO.UHl to JlOc.i.nn. depriving manv of service who would be supplied with tile present plant. The committee finds that in place of beinx cut down the plant should he enlarged, as It does not provide water for hundred." ot families new here. Three hundred families In the Sixth ward alnne would not be sup piled under the proposed plan and no pro vision whatever is made for the so-calied hill cli'tt L'ta. The committee says that the proposed plan would thus be wholly inade quate now; that it must be so cut as to be grossly Inadequate, and then takes up the ahlllty of the city to take care of those unprovided for at present, and calls atten tion to the fact that the statutes provide that the rates mul be sufficient t pay the bonded debt wltrfln twenty years, and to do so would require a revenue of J115.MK) a year or f25.flcO more than the revenue of the present company: And even with this large Increase in tho rates there would be no wav to make extensions until the ex piration of twenty years. Conclusions of Committee. After giving these facts and figures the committee reaches the following conclu- slons . It seems therefore clear that the city has no lawful authority to borrow the amount of money necessary to install the proposed plant, and has no ability to secure money In anv considerable quantity except by bor rowing, and that the city can only build a plant by considerably reducing the area covered by Its present plan. That If the city succeeds In building the Plant, in whole or In part, It will have- ex .r maa ffinPCrMpd That anv consumer whose service was cut out of" the proposed plant, trtose who are not covered by the plant and persons who in the future may need "ervlce not furnished by the plant, would be. sub stantially without hope of securing serv io for the period of twenty years We are thus plain In our statements, owing to the Importance of the subject matter, not referring to the fact that tb.e eToenses of our city payable from the . t .1 T e committee finds that the clty should be provided with cleaner water than we are now provided with, ami that unless better means of clarifying can be pro vided. It would be Inclined to recommend s charge in the source of supply. 1 ho Sew clfy p?an doe. "not provide for any Clarifying Vlnt. and Mr. Wlckham s bid. of course, does not cover one, and for the same reasons that the city's plant could not be enlarged clean water could not be obtained for twenty y""- . ..r,f. In conclusion, the committee says. Bc UevInK that we are not prepared to pur chase and enlarge the plant or tnstal a new one and In view of the c hat a large, number of our people are dep. Ived of city WHjer """ ,,, and 3 V,nd. .hat such' ilmuld-be ' granted' to the company with out unnecessary delay. Have any trouble with your eyes? Th i first Indication of trouble promptly at tended to by a competent optician may prolong the eyesight for many ycars Don't wait for pain and sore eyes to work the first Inroads. Consult us. Examina tion free. Satisfaction In glasses abso lutely guaranteed. Lefferfs. 409 Broad way. FIVE PLACES VISITEU BY THIEVES Ten Dollar; In Cash and Fifty Cents In Stamps Secured. Burglars visited five places on South Main street Sunday night according to re ports made to the police yesterday morn log. The total booty, however, secured bv the midnight marauders Is placed, at $10 In cash and 50 cents worth of postage Ftamps. ' The $10 In cash was secured from the cash register In the saloon of John Mergen at C17 South Main street. Entrance was ef fected by boring holes with an auger M.rmis-h a rear cellar door by which method It was possible to reach Inside and unbolt the door. The saloon of Otto Hueblln at IS South Main street was entered by a rear window. Hero the 50 cents In postage stamps was obtained. The grocery store of Isaac Chemise at 513 South Main street was entered and the place ransacked in the evident search for mony. Nothing of value was found to be missing. ' Entrance to the grocery store of Kock Paulus at 23 South Main street was ef fected through a rear window. The place was ransacked, but the proprietors were unable to notice anything of value missing. Entrance to the Crystal Mills at the corner of Main and Story streets was also secured through a rear window. Here the desks In the office were ransacked In a vain search for money. An attempt to force the safe was made, but was un successful, although the burglars succeeded In putting It out of commission and Elvln Seeley, president of the company, was forced to call In the services ot an expert to open It yesterday. By using tho various departments of The Bee Want Ad Pages you get best results at least expense. Contract for Contagions Cases At the meeting of the Board of Health last night the contract for caring for con tagious casts In which the city Is requirea to furnish medical attendance was awarded to Or. C. H. Bower, the city health officer on his bid of 1000 for the year. It was an nounced that the sum mentioned by Dr. Bower was to Include the $ which he had previously claimed for the care of small pox cases. Dr. V. J. Meyer and Dr. II. A. RelPhen bach. each asked 1.C4 for the year or $15 a case. L)r IS. J. nice mrmrr nu ynjai clan. offered to do the work for T30. The report of the analysis of the city water made by the state chemist which has been published, w as submit ted to Dr. Bower and ordered entered of record. thanae In Text Books. The Milne series of arithmetic text books will replace the Werner series in the public schools of this city with the beginning of tha new school year in Kcptember. This has been decided upon by the commit tee on text books of the Board of educa tion, of which W. Brooks Reed Is chairman, after a conference with J H. Beveridge the new superintendent of the city schools. As both the Mtlna and Werner series are handled by the same publishing com the Werner books now In the pos pany session of tha echool district will he taken up b'y tho firm, thuk making the expense of tha change considerably lesa than ll would otherwise be. hausted ine iiiiiu 'i ------ and no matter what disaster came to the p ant or to the city In any way the city C..,M h entirely helpless so far as raising K c.'S permit's amount to about 180 000 or $90,000, this levy furnishing ie than one-half this necessary uniouut . ts-Anava nil rnmcH. i iiicb. Ian localities oener n.- h' - ----v -. the present company ;annot 'urnUn the same unless, it Is granted la rter It the opinion of your committee If tlie BIG CROWDS 'AT STATE FAIR Street Railway Taxed to Capacity to Handle the Visitor.. DOWNTOWN HOTELS CROWDED Indiana, Officer Mnat Make Good honlna or t.overnor Will Not Urrnt Requisition (or Mrs. Stein. (From a Platf Correspondent.) PfiS MOINES. Aug. 25.-(Speclal.) With thousands of people pouring Into the city und with every street car running to the grounds crowded the indications more thatt ever point to a record breaker fair. One of the unique features of the Iowa stita fair Is to see the Iowa members of the Independent Harvester company Interest ing their friends and neighbors In the maihlnery manufactured by a harvester company of which they are pro.td. Many of them hnvo ccine In from over the state wearing a large badge bearing this, "I am a member of the Independent Harvester company." ' The great crowds of fair week have swamped the downtown hotels and it Is almost Impossible to g$t a room. So great is the crowd In the hotels that a large number of traveling men who reached the city Sunday could not get Into the big liosttlries and had to apply to the In formation bureaus for rooms. Most of them are now In private homes. E. R. Former, formerly of Crcston, la., came all the way from Cheno, Cal., to see the fair. With the exception of last year he bus not missed a fair In twenty years. Stein May Have Killed Self. Mrs. Morris 9tc:n and Mrs. Mary Bayard, held under trrcst here In connection with the mysterious killing of Morris Stein and Miss Hester Porter In Loudmvllle, O., w!l! not return with the officer from Ohio when he erilves for them today unlrsa the officer tan convince Governor Cummins that ho 1 as evidence such as would warrant their trial on n, serious charge. It was disclosed today that since Stein left the office of the Iowa Automobile company, where hs was employed on August 12, there has been missing from thort a 92-callbre revolver. The defense, In maintaining the theory that Stein killed Miss Porter and then himself, say this will be shown to be the same revolver found at the feet of the two dying people In Loudenvllle. I In case the two women are brought to trial the defense will try to prove that Stein was Insane and killed Hester Porter and then himself. ! To substantiate this theory It has been disclosed that the last two days' work of Morris Stein at the Iowa Automobile company was that of cruzy man. It was further stated that Stein left the city like a distracted man, leaving all the windows of his house open and his watch at home on the couch. An autopsy was held on -Stein's body yester day and doctors now declare It would have been possible for Stein himself to have fired the fatal shot. ' For the first tlm since the tragedy, Emery Aaron Porter,' brother of the mur dered woman and constant companion of the two accused women, gave out an inter view this morning. ''He' declared that Hea ter Porter, the dead woman, waa miser and saved every penny she got her hand on lie also denied thafcis sister, Mrs. Bay ard, or her daughter,! Mrs. Stein, were Undr any rinancfRlV'jibligatlons to Miss PoTter.' lie tale,Jit, Ills father died ubout twenty ears-ago and his estate was tilvlded, leaving. abopt $700 to each of his children. This was tha basis of Miss Hester I'CTter'a fortune. ' ' i ' ' War on Drinking; Cops, "Away with the drinking cups and the tin pall In the public schools," will be the slogan ot the health , department of the city, backed -by Drs. Losh and Morse, city physicians, when school takes up, the first week In September. The physicians be lleve that more disease comes from the children in the public schools drinking from 'the same cup than from any other cause. The health department will Inaugurate at once a move to have tho city abolish the drinking cups and institute In their place constantly bubbling fountains, such as are used In the schools la New York City. Lay Y. W. C. A. Cornerstone. In the presence of several hundred en thuslastlc young women the cornerstone for the new Young Women's Christian asso ciation building was laid Sunday. The prtn ilpal address was made by Governor Cum mlns, who voiced his appreciation of the work the association waa doing. Gov ernor Cummins said he never realized until he took the lelns of office Into his hand what pitfalls there are in a city for young women. Ho heartily commended the work of the association. Would Keep Recruiting; Station. It Is probable that prominent busine men of the city will ask Captain Hull to use his Influence in keeping the recruiting station In this city. The War department recently ordered the closing of the local station. II met with the general disap proval of business men. Railroad Increases Stock. An amendment raising the capital stock of the newly organized St. Paul & Pea Moines railway to $2.J'0,C00 was filed thl morning In tho secretary of state's office The previous cspltal dock was $1,000,000. The recording fee was $1,500. The St. Paul & Pes Moines railway was formerly the Pea Moines, Iowa Fulls & Northern. SfSPECTED IMKMMAHY IS HELD Man Accused of Firing- Farmer's Barn Held fit Manhslltonn. MARSHALLTOWN. la.. Aug. 2S.-(8pe clal.) W. 8. Gilts' barn near town and all of Its contents was destroyed by fire believed to have been of Incendiary origin, Saturday night. Loss, I3.C00. partly Insured Paul Kadloff. with whom Giles had trouble early Saturday evening, was a rested today on suspicion of having set the barn afire. Radioff Is now In jail. Rhodes pharmacy was broken into and robbed lust night of watches watch charms, bracelets, cuff buttons and other Jewelry valued at $600. There la no clue. Iowa Mews .Votes. DEN1BON V. W. Coon, one of the oldast and best known residents of Arlon, Craw ford county, fell dead with heart disease on Sunday morning. His son, Dr. Coon of iH-niaon, is on a pleasure trip up In Canada and may not be able to return to attend the funeral at Dow City on Tuea dav afternoon DEN I SON Mrs. B. V. Roberts, wife of a prominent farmer living two miles south t.f Dunlap, Harrison county, committed sui cide on Monday morning by throwing her self Into a lake near the house. She arose early and dressed. When she did not return, seat eh wss made and her shoes found on the bank. Then the lake was drsxged and the body found In sixteen feet of water. Phe has been nervously affected for some time, but self-destruction was not sus pkioned. Her husband was at one lime a member of the Iowa U giblature. A I met Mistake Is to neglect a eld or cough. Dr. King's - 1 New Discovery cures them and prevents consumption, ttv and fl 00. beaton Drug Co. tit want aos ar busmesa boosters trf ifaBTn imT'i ' -- in 1 .in ii - i - - n . -i - i i -- i iTiWiii iniiMii Dantcl Webster. ; . - DESCENDED from a stern unbending race of Puritan Pioneers and Indian fighters, this colossal personality ("With eytt of power and Jove' own brow'') was born in the village of Franklin. N. J., where his father kept a roadside tavern, and where his intellectual development began. The principles of "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and intepar able," so eloquently enunciated by him, in after years nerved the arm of Lincoln, flashed from the blades of Sheridan, and glinted from the bayonets of Grant And some of his most memorable orations were delivered in taverns and at ublic banquets, where the delicious juices of the barley fields gurgled cool and nvitinglv from a thousand bottles; filled every bumper glass, and delighted his own palate; developing within him, force and energy, intellect, eloquence, mind and souL REFERENCES: Blotrsphy Henry Cabot Lodre, pace 340. Private Correspondeace Little, Brow a A Co., pages 178, 170, 189, Sit The Natural Drink of America A pure and wholesome product of barley fields and hop gardens. LUPULIN, which has created a stir in the medical world because of its great Tonic properties for stomach disorders, is found in the highest and most effective form in Saazer Hops, grown in the Province of Saaz, Bohemia. The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, St. Louis, U. S. A., imports more of these hops than all othei, brewers in the United States. More Budweiser is drank in American homes than all other beers. THE KING OF ALL BOTTLED BEERS Bottled O'. ly at tho Anheuser-Busch Brewery St. Louis, U. S. A. CORKED OR WITH CROWN CAPS AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Ordinance Introduced to Open Twen ty-Fifth Street Across Tracks. HOPE OF VIADUCT ABANDONED Strip of Land Ordered Purchased for Opening of T wen t y- In th Ave nue, from O Street to Railwar Tracks. Aside from an ordinance providing for the opening or Twenty-fifth street across the right-of-way of the Rock Island and the Union Pacific roads, and a tilt or two on lesser matters, the session of the city council last night was not out of the usual. The opening of Twenty-fifth street has been the occasion of much debate and con siderable warm feeling on the part of resi dents on the north side of the city. The council and the rallroadB have held one or two Joint sessions to diBcuss a viaduct proposition, hut these have come to noth ing. The only relief now In sight seems to be to open the original street again. This Is the object of the new ordinance. To do this It will be necessary to condemn about three acres of the railroad property. The city attorney Is Instructed to proceed with the necessary action in the county court to cause the railroads to yield the street. The value of the property so condemned, at its present valuation, would be about one-fourth of the cost of the new viaduct. Now that the ordinance has been intro duced it will be advanced as fast aa pos sible. The council meets again Tuesday evening to give It the second reading. The mayor vetoed the order of the city council directed to the Omaha Electric LJght and Power company to place a light at Twenty-third and M streets and one at Twenty-fifth and F. The veto of the mayor was sustained. Ills reason was, as -stated, that the fund would be exhausted before the end of the year. The members of the council had a tilt on tho point of referring the purchase of a strip of land for the opening of Thirty, ninth averjue from O street to the Omaha & North Platte Valley railway to the' finance committee with power to act. The demo cratic councllmen. although having the chairmanship of this committee, did not want the matter so referred. After a tilt between the members it was compromised by referring the purchase to the committee of the whole. No bids were received for the grading of A street from Twenty-third to Twenty- fourth. The contract amounts to about $350. A petition to grade Sixteenth street from I to H street was approved. The city council ordered temporary lights under the Q street viaduct while that struc ture Is being completed. The city council received an Invitation to the sessions of the twelfth aunual conven tion of American municipalities, to be held In Omaha September 30. ' New hydrants were ordered at Forty-sixth and Q streets and Forty-third and Q streets The ordinance making the parties guilty of maintaining a nuisance by allowing weeds to grow on their property was ad vanced to second reading. The ordinance for the grading of I street from Eighteenth to Twentieth was recom mended for passage . An amendmerjt waa Introduced to the ordi nance defining the fire limits, making It impossible to erect within ths limits defined building of wood covered with corrugated iron. Some very flimsy buildings of this character have lately been built and this is the reason, fur the amendment to the ordinance. The Nebraska Telephone company was Instructed to repair the sidewalks on I street west of Twenty-fifth street, where the erection of new poles hsd left the walks im paired. A. C. Tancoait, A. A. Wright and Frank Bell Llchnovsky were appointed appraisers for damages. If any, for the grading of I street from Twentieth to Eighteenth. Tho claim of Kountxe Brothers for the maturing obligations this month, amounting to IS.762.15, was allowed. 'The claim of C. I.. Carpenter for extras for the new city Jail, amounting to 13"), was disallowed. Cook Meld, for Aasanlt. Waldo Cook, charged with assault and attempted assault on Hattie Rothholi, an 8-ycar-old girl, was bound over to V.w dis trict court by Judge Callahan under $2,0X1 bonds. The Injured girl and Bula Graham testified regarding the crime. Driver Injured by Fall. Jens Jensen, a boy working on the dairy wagon of M. Hansen of Albright, received a dislocated shoulder in an accident on Thirteenth and J streets, Monday after noon. He was driving hla wagon and at tempting to pass another team on tha nar row street. His horses took fright and backed up a little. The wagon, horsea and driver fell over a bunk caved In by the rains and went down twenty feet. The wagon was demolished and the boy dis located his shoulder in the fall. The team escaped Injury. Tho boy was treated by Dr. A. H. Koenlg and was able to go home. Enthusiastic Over Frontier Day. Tho South Omaha commission men who returned Sunday evening from Cheyenne tell great storks of their entertainment at the Frontier day celebration. Everett Buckingham said: "It beat all the wi'.d west shows ten to one. It was the real tiling. The riding contests are held on a big race course north of the city: Tha course Is provided with an immense steel grandstand. Riding of every description under the 'big say' of the whole cattle country, Charlie Irwin, was the finest In the twelve years of the organization. Charles Martin of Omaha took moving pic - 1 tures of the first mud galloping parade of the blooded horses, and not a poor on in the bunch. He will show It under the management ot tho corn show this, fall. Ha took othar fine pictures for the sanio purpose "Mrs. Denks of Cheyenne and Miss Nicholson competed In one of the most brilliant relay races ever seen. Each had to ride and change saddles on three horses. Mrs. Denks won through the superiority of her blooded horses. Both were equally dexterous. The race treated a bedlam of excitement .among the spectators. All tha men felt repaid a hundred times over." Mm I ft and Company's IMcnlc. Preparations for the Swllt and Company's outing have been completed with favorable omens lor the best annual affair that has yet been celebrated. The employes of the company will have a special train to Ben nington. There they will have a big dinner, dancing, music by Green's band, races, base ball games and everything which the promoting committers can devise to add to the general comfort and amusement. Above I'M will go on the special. The date la Labor day, September 7. Over thirty ptlzeb have been selected by the committee, of which Miss Lillian Ring made many of the selections. These prises will be given to the winners of the various races and other contests. Thpy vary from a doll to a catcher's mit, with all graduations be tween. Magic City Gossip. A. L. Berqulst for state senator Adv. R. C. Howe will return to South Omaha to rekume his duties this morning Manager H. O. Edwards is reported re covering from his rheumatism st Mt. Clem ens and may return to South Omaha within a few days. jitters ooia top ih r aeiiverea to any part or tne cuy. leiepnone jno. s. Sherman Cox and wife have just re turned from a vi.lt to the Valluwstonc park. Miss Cecelia l.'on and her mother have returned from Illinois and Minnesota points. The receipts of cattle yesterday amounted to head, an Increase of over 2. inn above last ears receipts for the. same day i'rifpi remained steady although there waa a t.te run Mi CIikuu and tt'.iMJ In art at Kansas City. i vV VWSSS.'. X 1 ANHEUSER-BUSCH BRANCH. GEORGE KRUG. Mir. rhoae, DonaUs 369-Aot. rboaa, A1369 OMAHA, NEB. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Quaint, nnd Carious Features of Life in Rapidly ti row Ins; Mate. :.' - . f J.m-'" Out Where It Never Rains Have not heard from all the neighbors, but down the draw towards Sidney every brlilne but one went and grain Is scattered for . tnlks. Even fences wtished out. 'Wo saw a mini gathering up trees, so suppose tlry were washed out, too. Sidney Draw, Kimball Observer. Don't Tempt the Compsny to Injure Its Property Tho Eustls people are trying to create some agitation nlnnc the line of Sunday train service on the Highllne. They may succeed, but we have our doubt. The Highllne is a hard thing to make over, Improve or create anything new. Too much traffic would be disastrous to the roadbed. Curtis Enterprise. . . , Touching The two doctors who were canvassing this neighborhood last ' week professed themselves to be endowed with more than ordinary curative powers, and their, sense of touch must have been, near Ihe perfect mark. Their claim waa that they asked no questions and, that by simply touching you in the neck with their hand they could tell your ailment to a dot, but we did not learn of anybody being touch d In the neck for anything In this vicinity. Sparta Notes, Verdlgree Cltlren. Gus a Good Saver Hid away In an nil trunk the authorities at Humphrey last week found $1,980.85 In currency, gold and small change, representing the hoardings of Gus Blessing, the hermit who wus found dead In his room. This amount about bal anced with the records In his cash book. Some of the paper money bore dates which Indicate that It had been laid away years ago. Blessing was 60 yean old. In connec tion with his life history the Humphrey Democrat said that he had not tven out side hla little candy store for a year or more. One sister and two brothers are the immediate relatives who survive hlin. Fullerton News-Journal. Pnta tam End to Snfferlna;. HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 35.-(8p;clal Tel egram.) John Boulton, aged 75, ended his long suffering from paralysis last night by committing suicide at the horns of his daughter, Mrs. W. J. Peterson, near here, with whom he had lived for several years. He prepared for the deed while hla sister and other relatives were attending a camp meeting at Kenrsaw. He swallowed strych nine after he retired to his room and was found dead In bed this morning. Child Fatally Burned. TECUM S EH, Neb., Aug. .-Spclal Telegram.) The year and a half old baby, ton of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Fentnn, who live three miles west of Tecumssh, was terribly scalded today. The mother had filled a washing machine with scald ing water, when the child pulled the plug out and let the water flow onto hla body. He waa terribly burned and It Is feared cannot recover. Poatofflr at Juniata Bobbed. HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 2i -(Special Tel egramsWhen the people of Juniata heard an explosion last night, they thought it waa thunder and made no examination. This moaning It was discovered that the pnstofflce had been entered by safe crackers and tha safe blown open. About 18 in stamps and some pennies were stolen. The safe-blowers escaped. survey for Kleclrla Line. KEARNEY. Neb., Aug. 36. pevlal Telegram.) Surveyors for th Holdrege Kearney electric line have reached this city and have drlvenhelr stakes to the head of Diagonal avenue in West Kear ney, Indicating that the route will follow this avenue and Twenty-fourth street Into the city I 5 -st 5T