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THE BEE: OMAHA. TI I I'll SPAY, OCTOliKR 7, inns. COUNCIL DOWNS DR. CONNELL Rejects His Ante and Pott-Mortem JJtt Inspection Ordinances. TT, 15 lO mm DOUGLAS STREET A M I VI noiim .As - crf -w l&yQBCS). STREET REVERSES COMMITTEE OF WHOLE 113 South 16th St. Opp. Woo! worth's 5c cind 10c Store f I 1 f LrV 8 Oepoafllen to Levying Fee en the malt llilrbrn la On Vital Fac tor la the Defeat of " the Mtutn. IntrarV to the clan laid In committee lie whole the city council turned down Connell's two ordinances providing for -mortem and post-mortem Inspection fall meats offered for sale In the city Omsjih. The defeat of the ordinances K) cuts out the proponed creation or e office of assistant city veterinarian and f laughter house Inspector, who was to have salary of 1125 a month. If he collected -es to that amount In committee of the whole, the two ondi- lances ware ordered resurrected from the file, but when they came up for pannage ' Councilman Bridges reiterated his opposi tion to levying- a fee on small butchers; and argued that the council had no right, in any eVent. to provide for Inspection out side the city limits. "And there Is no meat killed within the limits of vpmaha," ha said. On the motion to pass tha ordinance pro viding fat an Inspector1 BeTka. Burmeater, Davis, Funkhouser, Hummel and McGov ern voted. In favor. Bridges, Brucker, John son, Kugat and Bchroeder voted no and the ordinance was declared not passed. When the companion ordinance was read, setting forth the rules and regulations for In spection, Councilman Berka said It would be Idle to pass It without the other and Councilman McQovern alone voted In tha affirmative. License Fee for Carmen. Councilman Johnson spoke against the proposed -Ordinance to. license motormen, also recommended by the committee of the whole. On tha vote, Brucker alone sup ported him, and all men desiring to operate cars as motormen hereafter will have to prove that they have studied at least two weeks under Instruction of some motorman who haa bad at least three years' experi ence In running cars In the city of Omaha and will par fee of $1 for a licence. Whew tha city clerk had finished reading reports o city officers for September, Councilman Hummel rose to inquire why tha market master and, the meat inspector were not required to make reports. "Tha market master especially should re port to this '.bod 'once- a month," said Hummel, "That was always dona trader former administrations, and Z do not sea any reason for excusing him." It was agreed that a resolution be Intro duced later calling for report from all city officers. . Brsrkrr M lasee Oat. Councilman Brucker reported against the passage of the ordinance Introduced by Councilman Bridges, providing for the sale of six street car tickets for 28 cents from 1:30 to 8:30 in the morning and from 6 to 7:30 in the evening. As the report was signed by only one member of the com mittee to which It was referred, Brucker's recommendation did not prevail. The or dinance waa sent to the committee of the whole for further consideration. The council passed the ordinances pro viding for the submission to a vote at the November election of a bond issue of $60, 000 for the Park board and 1150,000 for the erection of new engine houses. - As re ported, the latter ordinance only carried tl4B,0C0, but it was amended to $150,000, the extra $60,000 to go to the proposed engine house at Harney and Nineteenth. If the vote Is favorable, the amount named will be used to replace the engine houses now located at Eighteenth and Harney, Six teenth and Izard and on Tenth between Dodge and Douglas, the new houses to be built on property acquired by the city at ether locations. Cralgr Appointees Confirmed. The council confirmed without argument the appointments of Ed T. Peterson as chief clerk and Joel Johnson as bookkeeper by the city engineer. CouncUmen, Bridges, Berka and Kugel will Investigate the matter of repairing Twenty-third street' from the South Omaha north city limits to' the boulevard line in Omaha, as petitioned for by South Omaha people. ' The city plumbing inspector was ordered yess Our Sale of $30.00, $32.50, $35 and $37.50 Women's Hew Fall Suits at Encouraged with trie great success that that this sale has been, we have decided to continue the sale Thursday, and we predict this sale will still be a bigger success, for the values will be much greater. We will include all our $30.00, and $35.00 suits, giving you an opportunity to se lect from hundreds of beautiful new fall rnifr r-if-Ti iin f"-v E fi 9 Thursday's sale price only We Bid You a Hearty Welcome Ali-Sar-Bei. Visitors Women's Tailored Suits at 15.00, $19.50 and $25.00 "Women's Dress Suits j- at . .$29.75, $35.00 and $45.00 Women's Tailored Dresses at $12.50, $15.00 and $19.50 Women's Evening Gowns at $25.00, $35.00 and $39.50 Women's Tailored Coats at $17.50, $25.00 and $29.75 Women's Evening Coats at $35.00, $39.50 and $45.00 Women's Shirts-$7.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 Women's Waists-$2.50, $3.50, $5.00 and $7.50 Women's Pettiooats-$3.75, $5.00, $0.75, $7.50 Fur Coats, Neck Pieces and Fur Sets at special low prices during this week. stft .... v a mm $ Mill tel to examine Into and report on the condi tion of the plumbing In the city hall. The council will meet at 2 o'clock Satur day afternoon with the Park board, the county eommtrsloners, the city officials of South Omaha and the Sarpy county com missioners to consider the proposed boule vard on South Thirteenth street to the Sarpy county line. WIRELESS SIGNALS FOR ROAD Union Pacific to Engage in Novel Ex perimental Research. ITS POLITICS. SAYS WATTLES Move tor Cheap Fares Discredited as Bid for Popularity by Its Promoters, 'It's simply one part of a general movement followkig the strike of some politicians and others who want to gain support of a certain faction by attacking the street railway company." This Is the avowed opinion of Gurdon W, Wattles In regard to the petition of W. O. Ure, R. B. Howell and Lisle I. Abbott, asking the State Railway commission to investigate the finances of the street rail way company and lower fares If It Is found they are too high. "Pon t think for a minute that the people of Omaha are a unit In support of this effort to cripple the company." added President Wattles. "If anyone thinks that he had better change his mind, for It Isn't true. I "For twenty years the stockholders re- j received no dividends. Are they not en- j titled to receive a somewhat higher dlvl- dend than mare - Interest on their money I nowT 1 "For the last ten years we have been Im proving the property of the street railway oompany by getting hold of what money we could for the Improvements. If It goes out that this class of property Is to be treated differently from ordinary property we will be unable to borrow money and Improvement must cease." W. O. Ure, one of the signers of the petition, denies there is any political or other ulterior motive back of the move ment. "We simply think we ought to be getting street car service cheaper than we are now," ha said. "The present crowd got hold of the company about ten years ago at a cost of 17,600,000. That wiped out tha old losses. Tha present company did not have to stand them. It is true the old stock holders did not gat dividends for twenty years probably, but they received them In Increased value of the road." GIANT TRANSFORMER TO BE BUILT Dr. Mlllener Will Have rharge of Work, Which Will lac Heavy Power I.lne from Plant t Shona. street, for they believe there has been an estrangement between the sweethearts. "We know positively nothing about the whereabouts of Mr. Ilowirs." said the mother of the girl today. "This is a matter which only time can unravel. The wedding may take place as announced; we can not state definitely at present." TIME FOR LO TO STAND ALONE Cost of a Bee Wut Ad la small. Try one. Bee Want AO. SMOOTH, aromatic, appetizing, invigor ating. That de scribes - Old Golden Coffee perfectly. There' not a trace of the "bitter" so often noticed in other toffees. Every pound is uniform in quality de licious mellow and full bodied.. Old Golden never disappoints. Set tles quickly pours clean. Ask your grocer for a pound fh) the strength -troma-retaining package, Tottmd by Tost 25 Cents a Pound. OLD BOLDER COFFEE ttSSR TONE BROS., D Moines, Iowa. tiMm e Ae fame 7 mm Are. Ipmw The fnlon Taclfic Is going In for exten sive experiments with wirelexs telegraphy and A. L. Mohler, general manager, has ordered Dr. Mlllener to contract for a large B0 K. W. 100,000 volt transformer for wire less experimental work. When this huge transformer Is corn completed It will be the moot powerful one of Its kind In this country used for wire less. If not in the entire world. It will weigh about 3,000 pounds, will stand six feet high and will operate on 440 volts. The heavy power line from the Union Pa cific power plant at the shops to Dr. Mll lener's laboratory Is now being constructed. The equipment will be used for testing wireless signals to see Just what Interferes with wireless waves. The Union Pariflc will also have a machine for testing and measuring all sorts of wireless devices. The road is the only Institution except the United States government, now experiment ing' along these lines. Dr. Mlllener has done some sensational work and It Is hoped that some practical devices will evolve from the experiments. He first attracted public attention in Omaha by operating an electrlo motor car In the Union Pacific shops by wireless. Afterwards a wireless device was attached to a steam locomotive and the experiment proved most successful. This spring Dr. Mlllener startled the entire world by lighting the Omaha Auditorium via wireless, during the electrical show. MAY ASK CARNEGIE FOR HALF MILLION FOR LIBRARY Board Will Consider Advise of Real Estate Etrhange on the Matte. the Andrew Carnegie may be asked to give Omaha a $500,000 library building instead of one to cost $250,000 as was the first intention of the library board. F. L. Haller of the board met the Real Estate exchange at the weekly luncheon Wednesday and asked informal opinion of the real estate men as to whether or not the increased gift should be asked of the steel magnate. y The exchange after the discussion voted to endorse the bond issue of $75,000 to pro vide a site for the building In case Mr. Carnegie decides to donate the building. Mr. Haller said the board had asked for a $250,000 donation, but it had been sug gested that the city would soon outgrow this and donation It would be necessary for the city to agree to raise $50,000 a year for maintenance. The charter limit at present is $30,000 a year. The members of the exchange were some what divided on the question of asking fur the half million donation, but many of them favored It. Mr. Haller said he would decide later whether to Increase the re quest or not. Mr. Haller wrote to Mr. Carnegie some time ago, but has received no reply yet. He thinks he may not be In this country at present. NEW VAUDEVILLE THEATER FILES ARTICLES IN OMAHA m e r 1 c n n Music Hell Company, n Morris Concern, Will lluild In This City. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the American Music Hall com pany, with a captllization of $100,000, fully paid up. Walter Hoff Seeley, vice president and general manager of the William Morris company, is in Omaha to look after the construction of a new theater for which he says the ground, not yet bougnt, will be broken within two weeks. The manag-'i promises bills of real headllnwb with a ten act bill for each performance. Mr. Seeley says this will be the first Mooris vaudeville house west of the Missouri river and It will be supplied with acts from the Chicago house. Ho says that by spring a house will be completed at Denver and at about the same time he expects to have houses i completed at Los Angeles and San Francisco. "We had about decided upon a location not far from the Branileia stores, but a tempting offer from another section of the city has given us occasion to Investigate tho relative merits of the two locations and I shall decide upon the matter this week," said Mr. Seeley. Mr. Seeley says that William Morris, who for seventeen years has been one of the most successful vaudeville men In America, will be president of the new company, he will be vice president and the remaining officers of the' corporation will be local men. Period of Dependence is Fast, Says Colonel E. P. Hawkins. INDIANS MUST BE CITIZENS Chief Snpervlsor of Indian Ilnrean Stops In Omaha on His, Wny to Look After the lied Men In This State. DRAWS STORES FullDress Suits and TUXEDO SUITS x m For thq Ak-Sar-Bea Ball and' lor every other fashionable occasion Tbere It a satisfaction In being correctly dressed for all fashionable evening functions. A readj-to-wear full dress or Tuxedo Bult from Brandels looks as elegant and fits as perfectly as the most expensive tailor mads. The prices are very reasonable. $25 to $45 BRANDEIS ill. TOTAL REGISTRATION LIGHT Only Seveatr-Flve Handred Oat of Seventeen Tkoouud Have lieen to Booths One More Day. Assistant City Clerk Harry Prlmcau, who haa been receiving the registration books as they are brought In, estimates that the total registration of Tuesday will run to 6,uu0 or betlter. This, added to the total of the first day, would make something over 7,500 registered to date, with one day remaining. "As the fair voting strength of this city, is 17,000 or better." said Mr.. Prlmeau. "It will be seen that on the one remaining day It will be necessary to register almost tw ice the number of voters that have already shown up. This will require some tall hustling, especially In the precincts and wards where the heavy vote Is cast. 'Four hundred registered out of a possible 1.200 voters Isn't encouraging, yet that con dition exists In one ward at least, and to almost as strong a degree In several others." WOODMEN AGAIN IN POW-WOW Executive Council HoldlnK Session with negnrd to That Build ing: Site. The executive council of the Woodmen of the World went Into session at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and the location of the new building was the subject upper most In the minds of the members before the meeting began. Whether or not the site will be deter mined on finally was a question. These prominent Woodmen are here for the meeting: J. C. Root, sovereign commander; W. A. Fraser, Dallas, Tex., sovereign adviser; Morris Sheppard, Texarkana, Tex., sov ereign banker; John T. Yates, sovereign clerk; W. Weed Jewell, Manchester, la., sovereign watchman; N. B. Maxey, Mus kogee, Okl.; C. C. Farmer, Mount Carroll, III.; J. E. Fitzgerald, Kansas City; T. E. Patterson, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Ed D. Campbell, Port Huron, Midi., sovereign managers; Ira W. Porter, Mobile, Ala., and A. IX Cloyd, Salisbury, Mo., sovereign physicians. Colonel E. P. Hawkins, chief supervisor of the Indian bureau. Is In Omaha stopping at the Rome, on his way from St. Paul, Minn., to Macon, Neb., to look Into the Omaha Indian situation. Colonel Hawkins accompanied the senatp committee on Indian affairs, consisting of Senators Clapp. La Follette, Page and Brown, In Its Investigation of the condition of the Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin and Nebraska. The committee completed Its work at St. Paul Tuesday and ad journed. Colonel Hawkins will confer with Assis tant Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ab bott relative to the situation of tha Omaha Indians. The status of the Omaha Indians as wards of the government expired by limi tation July 10, but that status was con tinued by presidential proclamation until a . proper investigation could be made to determine their ability to take care of themselves and their property. It Is this investigation that Colonel Hawkins and Commissioner Abbott are now about to undertake. "The time has now arrived when the Indian must be transferred from a de pendent to an Independent cltlren," said Colonel Hawkins, "and steps will be taken to place all competent Omaha Indians in completo possession of their lands and moneys to which they are entitled. After completing our work In Nebraska, we shall look Into the condition of other Indians, here and In Montana, where a like situa tion prevails. I do not know Just how long we shall be engaged In this work." PROVES IDENTITY OF BANDIT Kansas Cltyan Who Made Clothes for Matthews, Alls Marvin, Wit ness Before Grand Jnrj. A Kansas City tailor, appearing before the federal grand Jury, supplies evidence which will go far. It Is believed, toward convicting "O. W. Marvin," Hill Matthews, of taking part In the Overland Limited train robbery. This was Mr. Vtren of Bren & Bren, and he Identified the suit which Matthews wore when arrested In Idaho ns having been made for O. W. Marvin. Bren also saw Matthews In Jail and rec ognized him as the man who ordered and paid for the suit. A marker on the suit bears the name of "O. W. Marvin." Bren also Identified Frank flordon, "Grlgware." The Brown Park school boys were other witnesses of the day. A finding by the grand Jury Is expected Tuesday. AID FOR POOR CHILDREN Plan to Help Those Neglected L,a.test Enterprise of Rev. Charles W. SaTldge. A plan to help neglected children Is the 'atost game of Rev. Charles W, Kavldge In connection with the House of Hope. Cap tain Hanery Antone and wife will have charge of this branch of the work and Rev. Mr. Kavldge Is now trying to raise $1,000 to help along the project. "Our plan Is to help the neglected chll- SKYR0K Table 7 Water AtiA ffaalthv Five-gallon bottles 50 o. Telephone Douglas BO. dren who live around my church In all ways possible," said Mr. Savhlge. "We shall use stereoptloan views with beautiful pic tures to attract them. We will also, in some cases, clothe the children. Our worker and his wife will live In the church. I must furnish three rooms for them. I ask the public to help me get this furniture." Mr. Havldge asks those desiring to donate furniture to cull telephones Webster KKK or automatic B 1130. ROYAL JAPS TO BE IN THE CITY Prince and Princess Kntul Will Tass Thronah Omaha on Their War Kast. Prlnoe and Princess Kuml of the royal family of Japan will pass through Omaha Thursday morning on their way from tho east to the Pacific coast. Tho royal couple will arrive on the Northwestern at 7 o'clock In their private car, which will be taken out westbound at 9:30 o'clock. ' , ',! ' Not a minute should t jst whin a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as ,perkf .the child becomes hoarse, or even afturl tile croup cough appears, will prevent the aiiacs. oid by an arusgisia. Your Boy Noftlmulatfon. No alcohol habit. A'k your doctor about Aytr't Sartapartlla as a Ionic for the young, f-f Ask your doctor how often he prescribes sn alcoholic stimulant for children. He will probably ssy, "Very, very rarely." Ask bim how often he prescribes a tonicforthem. He will probably answer, " Very, very fre quently." Ayer'a Sarssparilla is a strong tonic, entirely free from alcohol. WILL REPAIR CUMING SOON Street Will Be Torn Vrt mm Soon as Ak-Sar-Ben lias Ended Ills Gaiety. City Engineer Craig will begin tearing up Cuming street, preparatory to paving, Just as soon as Ak-Sar-Ben has closed his gaiety for the season. "We shall be at the work next week." said the engineer. "The street railway company now has all of its Iron here, and the work can he rushed to comi'letlon, I hope, without further delay." The buck for this Job, which will take In the territory between Sixteenth and Twenty-fifth avenue. has been on the ground all summer. The street railway has finished about two-lhiids of its work, preparatory to pav ing Fifteenth street, from Davenport to Howard, and the. city engineer believes the laying of the a.'phult will begin within a short time. i L Jy mam Flour i. - fc mil I irfi-rtrtjMUa-MiffcMii.iM,i,i awail.' Wfn 'iw mwrninnff WSHBURN-CROSBYCO- Gold Medal Flour - km -"-'- r'lr Copyright 100l Wwihburii-Crosby C.t Minneapolis, Minn. ARE THE CHILDREN DUPED? Three Tounicstera Come front Wyom ing; at "1 ncle's" Invitation, bat Fail to Kind I'nrle. Clair.-, Grace and John Kunkle, three chil dren from Worland, Wyo., arrived in Omaha expecting to spend a few days with a man named Nichols, who they say is their uncle, but when they Inquired at the address which had been given them us hi thy were unable to find him. A Mrs. Nichols, who lives there, however i,,Lt NO WORD YET FROM BOWERS I w tn tl"" an1 "nv" she reported the matter to the police. Their uncle is tald to have been a member of mmm mum. -'a Not Thine Is Known at the Hogera' Home ef Arsaonr Company Official. The whereabouts of Oeorge W. Bowers, missing sales manager of the Omaha plant of the Armour Packing company, who disappeared from the city September 4. Is still a mystery. His strange anions have been linked by bis friends with th coming marriage of Mr. Bowers to Miss Daisy Roger of 1JU tiouih Thirty-third the Omaha police force, but none of the offleers now In charge Is able to locate him. The children are stopping at 2610 Biondo street while the police investigate. Don't waste your money Duylng plasters w hen you can get a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment for S cents. A piece of flannel damyened with this liniment is superior to soy plaster tor lame back, pains in the tide and chest, aud uiuch cheaper, buld by all druggmta. RSieeiiM&lsm is caused by uric acid in the blood. Uric acid is caused by kidney troubles which make it impossible for the kidneys to ret rid of this acid in the natural way and so let it into the system. Most kidney troubles are caused by an inactive liver which puts extra work on the kidneys that should be done by the liver and bowels. Constipation is at the bottom of rheumatism. . (AT relieves all forms of constipation, liver and bowel troubles. When you cure these troubles you give the kidneys the rest they need and they are able to dispose of the uric acid in the natural way. r or remember, everybody manu factures uric acid in digesting his food and ir a only vhen it gets into the blood that rheumatism is caused. Get rid of the uric acid and the rheumatism is cured. Take an NR. tablet to night you'll feci better in the morning. Lxet a 25c Box ss ijet a 25c Box SCHlSni B CUT TiXXCM SftUO ITOSEt 15Ul aHs a. W. Cor. 8tb aad Iti, KkmUi Omaha. aad Oonflaa Sts., lata Mut ClUoago ttt., Omaha, ft. W. Cor. am aw