THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JULY 11, 1000. egS - ' V mi . v $ to. :-. .,- TEMPERANCE WORKER CON SIDERS PERUNA A SUPERIOR . PRESCRIPTION. Mr. Mary M. Brown,.. 141 Qroavenor Ave., Esat Providence, R. I., I'resldent of the Y. W. C. T. U.. of East ProvU denca, Rhode Island, chaplain Woman' Relief Corps, 1 anil Paet tepertment President of the V. M. C, of the state of Khode Inland, write: ; "Soflttlly ss Well as officially, I meat a lare;e numher of women, old and young; bright. Intelligent women who do their own thinking and form tbalr own opinions. You will therefore, he pleased to know that Ieruna Is a favor He remrrty among woman,, anil that It s generally considered superior to any pre scription known In canes of catarrh and wraknees peculiar to the sex. -"I have' hnil occasion several times In ranra of cold nnd depression, to use Peruna and . hava found It very effec tual." SUIT OVER COURT HOUSE PAY Talks on Teeth BY OR. E. R. L MURPHY Do You Want Good Teeth? W want to know If you want good teeth, as perfect as the handsomest set you ever saw In any mouth. ' ' Will you follow Instructions In order to get these good teeth T . You are not going to -be-asked -to do the impossible thing, . or suf fe the tortures of an operation, or submit to Hume un heard of procedure. Ours is a reasonable proportion.' " . , First, you must eome to our offices and allbw us to go carefully over your teeth, to make an Intelligent diagnosis. No charge, tio obligation', no dlscom- furt- But If you hava two or more roots or teeth In either Juw, we can vt store all you hava lout, . by means, of .our. wonderful method of supplying missing teeth without the use of plates or ordinary bridge. These teeth will look like teeth and act like teeth when In your mouth, and be as firm and serviceable, in alt respects, as nature's teeth, We propone to give you something that would . puzale an expert to tell from na ture's. - ; . , '. "j . And all we aek Is a few minutes of your time. , ,- It Isn't much to ask. - How can we prove that we can do these things? There are ten thousand or mora people who will vouch for our ability to do what we claim. , If you are a victim of pyorrhea, com monly known as Rings disease (loosening of the teeth and sore and bleeding guma), by our method we are able to tighten your loose teeth and cure your sore gums; It is a simple method and not in the least dis comforting. By a plan of adhesion we are enabled to make each tooth solid, and a preparation of our own. discovery does the work of curing the diseased conditions of the gums. We can prove this to you in one sitting Id our of flee. Good teeth, good looks and. good health follow each other In regular order. We will gladly send you our handsome book, "Dr. Murphy's Alveolar Method," which goes Into details, if you are too far away to call. It Is free. Write for a copy. Don't Put ii oir. jjo it now. DR. E. R. L MURPHV 510 N. Y, Ufa BulldingwOmah. Formerly Consulting and Kxamlntng Den tist wlUi Q. QOjlDON MAR! IN. INC. . Eugliin to Briny Mandamus on Solo mon for Contractor. 1 ftUISTIOlj AJ TO CLAM OR DEBT Comptroller nys Me ennold "m -Warrants for Pnhlla Protest, ( astr Attorney tare Par First nt Month. Following a resolution adopted by the Board of County Commissioners, tne county attorney will bring a mandamus suit In district court Monday to compel County Comptroller Solomon to pay Cald well & Drake W.700 without delay as the first tnstanment for- contractors' .work on the new court -houe. ' Under the. law of. claim. Mr. Solomon maintains It Is his Buty 13 hold-the war rants Issued to the contractors Tor ten days before paying them, but the county attorney has given an. onlhlon tjia the. lnstallmenu-Lof , the contractors' pay for their work'after they ha.ve been approved by the architect and the county board, are not nronerlr claims, but. debts which must be paid Immediately to avoid vlofktlng the contract. -According to his- view of the case, Caldwell A. Drake should aave.lre-: ..i.. th.ir -mnnav on the first of the month. c ......... : Comptrqlfef . Solomon makes no protest, gainst tha aiftlon pt the board, but Insists he canno give urf the money In payment of the warrant befpt the ten' days' wait without a 'special order from the court. "According Jto the former law,'' say Solomon, "any taxpayer had a right to take exceptmii to any aotlen of tha county board by' protest after to warrants, are dellvered.mJ 'flow ..the' t days specified, are all the . time . that ta , glvwi .-"V.M . . It should be.'found that the. contnirt -rs '.were not fulfilling their obligations in noma par tlcular, thin ten days alldwed betweep, the granting of the warrant and its .payment by me la .tha only time for taxpayers or, offlolala to-make, objection. The .amount now Is only, about $7,000., but later .on ; the . . . ' . III.. --, IWl warrants win amount to nu)us iino .jvw. nd under the law I, cannot pay these un ess the public has had Its chance of pw testing on each warrant," ' Who Set Fire to W. E. Dyer's Grocery Store? Whoever Did Will Confer ft Fator by Informing- Assistant - Fire . Chief Sineen. "Who la tha Incendiary who set fire to soma empty boxes In the basement of Wil liam E. Dyer's grocery , store and butcher shop, 17191 Canton street, early Saturday morning?" is the question foremost ia tha mind of Assistant Chief Dlneen of the fire department, who is Investigating the origin of tha flre.l Dyer, the storekeeper, say pa believes soma bttf i who .were, going linking, : broke into" his store and stole a sihali quantity of camping supplies and - that they then set- fir to some botes In the basement, afer moving them from one side to the other of the basement-room and 'pouring oil over them. i ' . Fire Insurance to the amount of S1.030 Is carried by Dyer,, tha Petem ,Triat Company being the agents. V"' At i:0 o'clock, the alarm announcing the fire was sent In and , ahortly afterward Captain Fat Cogah of ehfa oompfcny No. arrived with his men amifvund that lack of ; draught had prevented lhe oil-soaked boxes" and other material ttma burning much, smoke being about alf"there wag to tha fire. , Dyer owna his stock) of : goods,' but the building belong', to John. Petersen. Little Girl Pines to Become a Boy Begs Mother Until She Abandons Dresses and Gives Her Male Attire. A little girl of 10 years, atureo in u, rinthoa. attracted . conslaeraDie the Burlington station. She was with her mother, Mrs. u., w. wnr Colorado Pprings. and a -yeaj-oiu brother, Sidney Lehr. Her name was Ac. . It was easy to tall at a glance that sne i a rlrl. although her hair was cut rather short and nhe was drersed exactly like her brother, In brown pants and tan shoes and stockings. Her girlish looks and manners betrayed her. When Mra. Lehr waa asked why tha girl Wore boy's clothes she said: - uAllo-has always wanted to be a boy like her brother Sidney. She haa bagged us to put her In boy' a olothes for over a yer, and so when summer came this year wa decided to let-her hare her way. we bdught her an outfit Just like her broth er's and ha, has been happy aver since. She has been wearing pants for two months now and has never wanted to change back to dresses." Traveling, Goods I.argeat Block . of i.Trunks. iSait Case Ad Traveling Bags la th. pity, at the lowest prices. , We hava tha bat Suit Case for fS.ao Iq the coui.try. ALFRED CORNISH & CO. Uarness, Sad4l and Trunk 8 tor a iaio rAKvajc iniir, 3. PDL Is, ) '1 ka auflctd with wlM fog tUrty. Ou rear aro last AarU I bc- raa Ukinf Caacsxaa ootitigi. Ia Qm mum oi a week I oUc4 tha oUea Itaatasi to (liaavpear n4 at the ct4 of aiy wcaaa tby dit) ot UouU mm at all. ru-uu kava done wemtfert for ae. I aaa antircl cured aa4 feci hka a umm Cicorge avryae , nspuieeaj, w. V3 rwasaau raJaiatoia. Pit. Tat Om.1 r,tiwi. Kewaivt.weBernr lio.Sau.Juo. smii4kli. Vea MM at yawl Bear aack. Gome On, Burglars! I . Baldwin is. Ready Man Tvyice ' Visitedi . in . Jwo. Weeks j Acquires, Arsenal and Sleeps , , t in Shoes. 'The next burglar that calls on'me'wlll f ifttt himself In an arsenal; with all ray Val uablcs In my shQes, in which I may have to sleep after , this," daclarM A. .. Bald win, 2D68 Poppleton avenue, who has un willingly been the host of a burglar' twice wjthln wo weeks, ' ' . i .Mr,; Baldwin's suit of clothes, his watch and chain and a pockeibook containing some coins were taken from his room while he slept one night last week. Taking the hint from the prowler's visit, the cautious Mr. B. slept after that with his valuables under his pillow that Is, with what valua bles he had left among his ordinary pocket possessions. But, sure aa fate, when he awoke Satur day morning there wasn't any pocketbook under his pillow. It had. been , stolen by someone thought to have gained entrance to the house through a dining room win dow.' " Although there waa a $10 bill in the purse, its loss Is not felt so great by Mr, Baldwin as that of a white onyx atone watch charm, engraved with the Baldwin family's English coat-of-arms, a white bear sitting on its haunches with a rugged stick in its paws. UNION PACIFIC WILL BE IN NORTHPORT WITHIN FEW DAYS Tracklayers Are Hashing Work and End ia In Sight, Saya Metier "The Union Pacific will be Into North- port with lu ralls In a few days," said A. I Mohler, general manager and vice presi dent of the company. "The grading ' Is nearly done and tha tracklayers are keep ing up with , their end of the work." The Northport line of the Union rauto Is . tha 1'ne started about two years ago went from North Platte along the nortn fork ot the Platte river. It runs through a rich country. largely under irrigation." Mr. Mohler aino saya the forty-five miles of double track along tha Union Paclflo from Rawlins to Wamsutter was completed Friday, making another link In the exten sive double-tracking work tne union ra clfle haa bean doing In Nebraska and Wyo ming during the last two years. Asked whan ha was going to nave inc publio reception at the Union Paclflo shops of-which announcement aa made some time ago, Mr. Mohler aald: Just aa soon aa he city finishes Its part ot the sewer wnico is using run through so the shops yards may be closed up. - BOARD PUTS SMITH IN CLEAR Given Hint Credit for Collecting- Fees . Jasttfrtns; His Large Of fice Kvree. Tha rountv board, at the request of Robert Smith, clerk of the district court. haa granted his offloe credit for 12,600 col lected la fees for snaking copies of decrees in the scavenger tax eases. The action of the commissioners was merely -to give the olerk a oh a nee to show on his books why ha keepa such a large office force aa the money Is collected from the county and paid immediately back to the county. Under the scavenger law it l necessary that a great many copies of eerec be made la the clerk's office to be turned ever to the county treasurer. Mr. Smith saya aa his office waa not eredlted with feea In this case his force el elerka. whloh takes care ef this work was as far as tha records go a uaeleas expense to tha eounty. Tha action of tha board credit a him with receipts to cover this extra work, and by a simple change In bookkeeping saves bis record as an economical official. Many in Dark as to Assessor Job Several file Thinking Elective Posl " tion is Big Thing, Says County Clerk Haverly. The exact nature of theiiiew elective of flea of assessor baa been much mlsunder stood and County Clerk Haverly says that soma men are filing for it, believing that they will get a four -months' Job, when, In fact, the work must be done In lxty days or less. The assessor must begin his work April 1 and have his re- ports In by the last Monday In May. At S3 a day, the highest poeslble stipend that the job can bring Is less than 200,. and will average about $150. It was announced by mistake that the work lasted for four months. . Those who have filed so far for the office are E. M. Robinson, republican, Twelfth ward. Second and Third precincts; A. H, Willis, republican, Sixth ward, First and Seoond precincts, ' and Charles Thoeleoke, democrat, Millard precinct. MACHINE KEEPS AFTER HIM Maws Down Plnarero on One liana . ef George 3. Qraaa, m Wtol ' worker. Three short fingers on the left hand of George J. Oroas, a woodworker' for the Brown Truck company, who Uvea at SSM Seward elreet. tells a peculiar story. Dr. It. 8. Harris bad to amputate part of the maa'a left middle finger. Two years ago the wood cutting ma thine wMch Qroea operates at the factory nlDDed off 4he tire ef bla Index, middle and r',ng fingers on the left hand. Las year the . whole ' first Joint of the same mWMle finger waa. out off by the ma rhtne. -And now another half Joint has gone the same way. Wc WIsti to Thank Our IVtany Friends For Their Assistance In Helping Us To Carry Out Our Orders "Make Room in liic Piano Department for the Corn Exchange Bank1 SATURDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF" OUR GREAT .99 0 lit Mwi AM Price ; 'Cliv' ..' Sale , was a record-breaker. -We apologize to those who called and were i: unable to be waited upon, and Monday morning promise to hav,e a larger, force of salesmen, and every facility , will be at hand to make selection easy. One Estey . $250 One Wegman $225 One Sohmer, used ....... . . . . ...... $65 One Baldwin ; . : ..... ....... .... . $225 One Vose, mahogany .......... $150 One Hardman, walnut. ........ $195 One Steger . v. ....... .7. . . . . $175 One Price & Teeple, used..., $165 One Schirmer $125 One Smith & Barnes, used, $175 One Estey, butternut, used, $275 One Ne w, Qak case . . . .... $185 One Fischer, almost new $275 One Ebersole, almost new, $225 One Schaeffer, almost new, $165 One Anderson, almost new, $285 One slightly used mahogany grand, $450 The pianos we are offering at a less price than are usually obtained in a 1 ; a nt; , ; ciAt A tJtf a.ri;'3irM i -vt jaj nnsi tm - - " ' " . o4'kl 'tAsjta-,! ill iT I i Tilluu. ta. are all ot 109 make, and are in all grades of wood. Every piano on our floor is to be sold at a lower price than the same -grade or make, have ever been offered before (with the exception of the Knabe, which is sold at the one price the world over). If you wish the greatest piano bargain ever offered you will call Mon day. In this sale we have about 225 instruments. HI ai "s cjfl b im Ojpcos Laura Porter Gets Four Years Negress Who Killed James Chenanlt Goes to Penitentiary on Man slaughter Charge. Laura K. 1'orter. tne South Omaha Re gress who was convicted of hilling James Chenault with a hatchet, has been sen. tenced to four years In the penitentiary by Judge Button. County Attorney English, made, tha state ment la court that the recommendation of the jury for - mercy was the result ot tha obstinacy of two men and the excessive heat of the night ia July when the Jury was out. , Ueujamla 8. Baker, attorney for the woman, took strong objection to tha state ments of Mr. English and said that In his experience as a criminal iawyer this was the first case In which he had heard a prosecutor try to Influence the judge to ward a heavier sentence. . The. choice of the court for sentence was between one and ten years' Imprisonment. ' BRIEF CITY NEWS Have Boot Mat JX Omaha. JU.otrlo Work repairs elevators. Maehart, photographer, 18th 4 Karnam. Keys, photo, removed to ltth, 4 Howard, qui table Ufa policies, sight drafts at maturity. . H, D. Keely, manager, Omaha Keep, year saeaay and valuables in the American Safe Deposit vaults in the Bee building. Boxes rent from fl to 118. avinsr Aceounts In the Nebraska Sav lngs and Loan Association earn, six per oent, credited semi-annually. One dollar starts aa account. J03 Farnam. Hans for Creosote Block yarement Specifications for creosote wooden block pavement have been prepared by City En gineer Craig and he will send them to the council Tuesday night for Its approval. Tea Thousand Dollars' Worth of Brick John Lutno is suing John J. nanlghen for $14,350 for Injuries sustained from re oelvlnf a barrowful of bricks on top of the head while employed In digging a ditch. . Qermaa Women te Hold rionio The German Ladles' society will hold a picnic at the German Home, Thirteenth and Q Streets, Sunday afternoon aud evening. In the afternoon prises will be given for the best- bowlers, both men and women, and FENCES AND GATES AT DEPOTS Sretent ef Vnion Station Aaoe ky Dnrliua-tnn far Omaha anal Lincoln."'"' ' ' The Omaha and Lincoln Burlington pas senger depots are to be equipped -with rencea and gates on the. platforms for keeping people from going eut to the trains unloka they have business there. The local fenoe and gates will bef similar to those at Vnion station here, and will be Installed before September. The fence at the Burlington depot will be erected at the end ot the pavement. about ten feet from the main platform entrance to the depot, and will extend east and west to both ends of the building, a distance of 150 yards. It will be eight feet hign and probably will have two main gates. To handle the people going through these galea "Red Cape" and gateraen will be nireo. joe.Mik wtu remain aa paneenger director, having charge of all the other men employed to handle the passengers around tha station. Work, on tbe installation of the fence and gales probably will be started aeon. A Jussler, vt the Cbk-ago offloe of the Bur lington, arrived ia tbe city today to coufei with T. D. I'helps of tha local engineering office of the railroad regarding tha ar rangement of plans for beginning the work Merrlam Holmqulet company, the Union Pacific railroad and the Missouri Pacific railroad. 1 rails to Get Beoond Divorce The divorce asked In Judge Troup's court by Gale C. Lawyer, who married Maud W. lEllsworth, daughter of E. G. Ellsworth, a prominent cltlsen of Friend, was denied, and his wife was granted a separation, and the custody of their child. Judge Troup took occasion to declare his disapproval of the life and conduct of Lawver who 'was married 'and divorced once before when he was only 18 years of age. Perkins Hera to Keet Marrin Inspector Perkins of the Postofflce department, who had charge of the investigations Into the Overland Limited mall holdup In Omaha on May 22, has arrived In the city from the west. He has been looking into the Marvin end of the case In Idaho and will remain in Omaha until the arrival of Mar vin Sunday evening. Marvin is now en route to Omaha In charge of the United States marshal of the Idaho federal dis trict Here Cow, Qat Tonr Tag Ob Copies of Governor Shallenberger's proclamation re quiring examination of all cows for dairy and. breeding purpoues brought Into the stats have been received by Dr. Paul Juck nek, state veterinarian. The proclama tion will go Into effect August 15 and under in tne evening there will be fireworks and its provisions all cows brought Into the dancing. , i state must bear a tag showing they have George Grading la Bnadea Another deal i been subjected to the tuberculin test and In whloh the Georges are interacted is the grading of Fifty-second between Dodge and Underwood avenue, for which the contract has been let. They will soon place on the market lots between this street and a new boulevard bounding Happy Hollow circle east of the Haupy Hollow club. Suit for Twenty Thousand Dollars- Charles E. Cooler, a former employe of thd Merrlam tk Holmquist Elevator com pany, is -suing for fcJO.Out which he claims for damages he Buffered In a freight car aocldent. The .suit is brought against the . r , ... . i j ,, have passed examination. Cows not tented will either be deported or sent to slaugh ter houses and killed under government supervision, ail portions of the carcass showing Infection to be condemned. of the last Indebtedness on the House of Hope, which was bought July 17, 1SHB, for $8,500. The purchase was considerable of a bargain, for Dexter L. Thomas built It at an expenditure of 25,000 and Edgar L. Means of Orleans, Neb., speht 11,600 more In Improvements on the building. Creche Vacancies Filled in Augusti,1 upon Mrs. RlBley, and instead of going, to distant Florence as the most popular schbol teacher Mrs. Itisley sailed away to Floi"i ence, Neb., as the wife of Mr, Paul. But that was nine years ago. Mr. Paul has held another voting contest and again has cJ.t a single ballot, and the lot, as be fore, falls upon the same woman, only this time It Is for unpopularity. Mr. Paul flies a divorce petition In which he clearly sets forth that Mrs. Paul Is en- rely too popular with other men to make hit with him. He Is willing now that she sail off to Florence, Itady. Mr. Paul Is New Directors to Be Elected at Meet, TOveraI year her enlor ingr next Jttontn merger Seems WILLARD'S ADVISER aoi ai ah rrooaDie. Vacancies In the board of directors of The Creche will not be filled until tha reg ular meeting of the association, which will ba held the first Thursday In August. Until then at least the situation will re main as It is now, with all the directors who have not resigned fifteen of twenty five opposed to consolidation with the Child Saving . Institute, ' Neither side has receded In the least from its position and neither seams In the least likely to. The mergee. therefore is a consummation not likely to be reached. POPULARITY PROVES A BANE Story Bearlne with Contest Between Banker and school Children and Knde in Divorce. HOUSE OF HOPE OUJ OF DEBT All Paid For Within n Week and Free of Any Sort of Ie fimbmm, Rev. Charles W. Savldge haa announced that within a week payment will ba made Battle Greek Man Awaits Salt Lake City Girl to Wed Waiting at tha Gate-City, Edward Urlese of Battle Creek Is waiting at the IHirltTikton Ftatfon for the a.-rlval of Mollis AUiion of Salt Lake City, who la a girl tfcat he haa never seen and who Is to become his wife when the two meet and return to his home city. For to days Briese has been waiting here for the gii 1. . Yesterday he ' received a tflejfram" from her saying she would be bere this morning. She failed, however, to com ou the yporning train and Brieve believes she will gwt bre this afternoon. Although Brieve ha never reen his fiancee he Lh.t?k she will be true to him and eome as she utid.she would. He de ciures he dues not know what she looks like, but he says she Is pretty, for she told bim so In a letter. Bik-ne became acquainted with his' brlde Ucl through tha kUuliiese of friends hu visited Salt Lake last summer and on re turning to Battle Creek told him about the girl. He soon after started a correspond ence with her and their courttihlp was car ried on through the malls. The Battle Creek man. Is afraid that Miss Mollis will go to Lincoln and that he will mis her. ' He has told all his troubles to Passenger Director Joe Mlk, whom he is depending upon to find ills fiancee when she arrives. When Miss Mollis did not eome thU morning briese told the pa.senger director that he "would make It all right with him" If he would be sure to find the girl when she gets to Omaha. Joe Mik ensured him that he would get the girl if she proved true to her word and came here. BrleM Is about 31 years old and his Salt Ike sweelhtart la, be saya, about St years old. IN CTY J. P. Rice Comes to Omaha to Olarasa General nnslneas with Burling ton Official.. t J. P. Rice, advleer to Vice President Wlllard, of the Burlington, hs arrived from Chicago for a brief stay In Omaha, He left for Lincoln Saturday afternoon.- "My visit here," said Mr. Rice, "Is sim ply to confer with the local officials re gArdlng the general business of the Bur lington In Omaha. There la no Importance attached to It at all. "From here I shall go to Lincoln and then on out through the state," OMAHA HIGH IN BUILDING Gains Twentr-Foor Per feat laj Jane as Compared with Same Month I-a.t Year. Building permits Issued In the principal cities' of the United States for June. 1KB, as compared with June last year, show a gain In Omaha ot XI per oeot .and lass at-Denver Of 2 per cent. Des-Mothes, whose total Is 1208.782, against $M2.t lu John t. Paul, former mayor and banker of Florence, thinks little of bis judgment of popular women or that of the Omaha school children. Tha latter voted Mra. Nail I Rlalv a irln I to Florence, Italy, a. the most popular . mn- " 133 per c,nt- lMt Jun" ,l teacher in the Omaha public schools, and building, amounted to only ,t7S. just as Mrs. Rlsley was about to embark New York " ne banner city. Twenty on her long Journey to fair Italy Mayor and one-half millions In round numbers t. Paul got Into a little voting contest with Uhe figure there for June of thla year- Th-j himself, cast one ballot and the lot fell gain throughout the country is per cent eat Afraid of Ghosts Many paapla are afraid of ghost. Few people are afraid of germs. Yet the ghost is fancy and tha arra U a fact. If tbe germ could be rosgnified to g size equal to its terrors it would appear mora terrible than aay fire-breathing draton. Ucrms can't ba avoided. They are in the eir we breathe, the water wa drink. Tha germ ceo. only prosper when tha condition of tha system gives it fret soope to establish it self sod develop. When there is a deficiency of vital force, languor, restlessness, a sallow check, a hollow eye, when tbe appetite is poor and the sleep is breken, it if time to guard egsiost the germ. You rsn fortify the body against all germs by the use of Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery. It increases the vital power, cleanses the system of clogsing impurities, enriches tha blood, puts the stom ach and organs of digestion and nutrition in working condition, so that tha germ finds no weak or tainted spot in which to breed, "tjoldea Medical Discovery" contains no alcohol, whisky or babit-formiog drugs. All its ingredients printed on its outside wrapper, it is not a secret nostrum but a medicine or inusn composition and with a record oi 40 year a tmrt$. Aeoept no substitute there is nothing " just as good." Ask your neighbors. V. ii ft f V ft 1 1 V 7