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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1909)
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1000. Ui i r i v viouncil Bluffs Minor Mention Tbs Osaaetl Blaffa Office ef tfee Omasa U 1 Boot Street Both Moass Exceptional piano bargain this week at A Hisp i o.i i Pearl 1st., 2S 8. Main 8., Council Hluffa, la. Kasy payments. Wanted One carrier In south part of town aud one carrier In central part of town to arry The Ilee. Apply fcee ol l.ce. 15 Sovtt tit. nak Uuaf camp, I'.oyal Neighbors of Aim-ilca, will meet this evening for a snort business aeKlon, following which a fnal time will be enjoyed. The Ladles' Aid society of St. John'a EriKllBh Lutheran church will moct Thurs day afternoon at the residence of Mil. J. L. O'Neal, 302 Avenue A. Arrangements ore being; made for the dedication next Hunday of the handsome nw house of wor hip erected by the first Christian church at the corner of Mynstsr and fccott 'streets. Carl Fisher, convicted of assault with Intent to commit murdu. has filed notice of appeal to the supreme court. Fisher Is the yotinn Omaha neuro charged with shooting at Gertie Uroomfleld, a colored woman. He has not yet ueeu emtMictu. O. J. McManui, former i tendent of schools, will ad f t.'ounrll Bluffs Iniprovem .1 evening on Attorney Oener McManus. former county superln- aauress tne west lent club this eral Byers' opin ion on the franchise rights of the Omaha Council-Bluffs Htreet Hallway company in Council uiurrs. Mrs. Cnmllle K. Blmpson filed suit yes ttriUuy for divorce from William O. Slmp kiii, to whom she was married In this city In November, 18.r7. Mrs. Simpson charges li.r husband with treating her In a cruel .! .il Inhuman manner ana In addition to the divorce asks the Court to award her the custody of their minor child. Flioklnifer Ilrothers of this city and C. V. Kellog of Missouri Valley yesterday filed suit In the dlstrli-t court against the heirs of the estate of the late William Patten for $15.0u0 for legal service rendered In the lltlKation over the estate. Fllck- lnger Brothers claim 110,000 and Kellog rlalms $5,000. Fatten, who died in Novem f ber, 1907, left an estate valued at about floO.000. Mrs. Mary Mlthen, aged 76 years, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L'l.nii J-r tltmnnllrL fiia Mvnater street. Three sons, John and James Mithen of this tv and r. M. All then or. name v.:reeK, Mich., and two daughters, Mrs. Guanella id Miss Mary Mlthen of this city, sur- ve her. lieceased hud been a resident of Council Bluffs for fifty yeHrs. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock this morning from Ht. Francis Xavler's church, and burial will be in Ht. Joseph's cemetery. 0'it;r to a misunderstanding as to dates, the '(''mlttee on policy of the Congrega tional entireties of Iowa, of which Dr. O. O. Hmith is a member, will not meet until Monday. November 1. In view of the Im portance of the action to be taken It Is quite likely Dr. Smith will go to Chicago the latter part of this week and consult with Hon. Thomas MacMlllen, moderator of the national council ana otner prom' Inent Congregatlonallsts there and embody their suggestions In his report to be given at ues Aloines Deiore me committee. The funeral of the late William Salvldge was held yesterday afternoon from Hu Paul's Episcopal churoh, of which the de ceased was a devoted -member for many years. Mr. Salvldga was without relatives in this country, but many of the congrega tion attended the services, which, were con ducted by Rev. J. W. Jones, the rector. The muslo was furnished by Mrs. Mullla and Mrs. Sherman. Burial was In Fair view cemetery, the pallbearers being M. P. Rohrer, Hubert Tmley, J. W. Mitchell, Major O. II. Richmond, J. R. Tyler and Harry James. PLAN FOR ADDRESS OJT CHARITY JHUs Ida M. Joata bt analxa, Asked to Famish Pointers. The Council Bluffs Ministerial associ ation, at its1 regular meeting yesterday morning, voted to extend an Invitation to Mla Ida JonU, superintendent of the Federated charities of Omaha to address the association andxall foMirlty workers Lof the city at a publlo meeting: to be held Monday mornina; November 8, in the audi torium of the publlo library building. The .meeting has been arranged for the pur pose of securing a more effective system j'.pf conducting charitable work In this city. The proposed religious canvass of the filly was dismissed at length at yesterday's cession and it developed that while a large ; number of names of persona willing to : assist have been handed In, only half tAenough of complete the work in one day, as " 'planned have been secured. A publlo meet tins; haa been called for Thursday evening at the public building, at which It Is hoped to complete plans for this canvass. Names of volunteers may be handed to any one of the pastors or sent to the president of the association. Rev. James M. "Williams. Arrangements were made for regular 'preaching by the paBtors of the different 'churches at the Union. City mission. It is the purpose to have one of the ministers (preach at each of the eight services held yat the mission each wek. The pastors are . . - . I - W I. voiuutevrxng iur iwv survives uu tuuuw. laereaslaa- Sckool Efficiency. At a meeting of the Board of Eduoatlon latOfay, Superintendent J. H. Beverldge made a recommendation for the purpose I of Increasing the efficiency of the schools to the effect that at the end of each semi quarter every pupil who had failed In any subject should be reported to the superin tendent. These reports were made at the . end of the first semi-quarter. Including both high school And grades. Letters were sent to the parents Indicating the failure and tthe cause. Over too letters were sent 0'itifrom the superintendent's office. Par ents were asked to call upon the teacher : or principal of the school where the child attended and talk over the matter and see it there were not suggestions which could ' be mutually given that would tend to make the child's work better. Many re ports have come direct to the superintend' , ent s office. Others have come to the principals and teachers, and In every in ; Htanoe the parent has expressed his ap proval of the method and has very cour- . teously and kindly assisted In taking such ' steps as will promote increased Interest In study. Mr. Beverldgo suggested that he wished to thank the parents for the Interest that they were taking and expressed his opln ln that he believed that the number of failures could be materially reduced in this way, and also that the general standing of the pupils could be Increased. Plctare for Bloomer School. Members Of the local "Women's Christian . Tini5erance union will at t o'clock this J morning prcaent the pupils of the Bloomer 1 school with a large picture of Frances E. lllard. Several of the delegates In at icnuance at the national convention In t)maha will be present at the exercises, T " presentation speech will be made by Mrs. fc.. Armxtrong. one of the delegates to the natlonul convention, and the address of acceptance will ie llla(i by J. H. Bev erldne. supcilntm.lcnt of the city schools. A pleasing feature of the exercises will be x vocal sol., ,y Mn, M L skinner of Cedar Rapids. ,,,.. B1UBlca, airK.tur of the Women. ChrUtUin Temperanoe union of Iowa. Oraanlslaa; H K.le Earaaasje. Preliminary . step, toward the organi sation of a real estate euhung, weie lak J," "'Av'1" helJ in1 n'St In the of" floe of W. F, ffp. when the following of llcers Were elected: - I'reM.lent c C Cllf ton; vice preeldent, H. Q. McUee; treasurer y. J. r-chnorr; secretary. L. L. Kvan. The W'vwlng eommiitees were appointed- Or .filiation, J p. Hes, W. K. Happ. O J l. -Manila; membership, ). o. MeO-i 'W.i lc- 11 njanun. O J. IUrdim,; constitution and by Uws. a 3 McManui" W. J '. sipp y. J. Ectrorr. Another meeting will be held next V.Nidsy evening at Ihe same pU.e. at st.i-t, time It is xoeotd ih. crtei.Ua.lOu will te prfou. ,n Council Bluffs COUNCIL HAS A BUSY. TIME Preliminary Steps Taken Toward Sale of Water Works Bonds. FB0BABLY BUY OLD SYSTEM City Emloffr Instructed to Draw Plans and Estimates of the Coat of Dlrerllaar Indian Creek. The city council last night, without dis cussing Judge Smith McPhersnn's derision bl favor of the city In the suit brought by the C. B. Nssh company of Omaha at tacking the validity of the proposed Issue of inoo.000 water works bonds, adopted n resolution calling upon the city treasurer to examine Into the most feasible manner of disposing of the bonds to the best ad vantage of the city and for the purpose for which they were Intended to be used and report back to the council at its next regular meeting. At an Informal conference the members of the council. It was stated, decided that the city ought to buy the present plant If It could be secured for what they consider a "reasonable" figure. Falling In this, the council will later take up the question of whether to secure the present plant by con demnation as provided by by a statute enacted by the last legislature for the spec ial benefit of Council Bluffs, or to build a new water works system. The council dispensed with the reading of City Solicitor Kimball's report of his Investigation of the status of the street railway company's franchise rlghtss In Counoll Bluffs as the report had been printed in full. Without wasting time In discussing the matter a resolution was adopted directing the city solicitor and judiciary committee to "take up the mat ter of the fifty-year franchise." What it Is Intended that the city solicitor and the Judiciary committee should do In the mat ter was not made plain, although It was stated that it was not the Intention at this time to take any legal steps towards de termining the question of the validity of what is generally known as the "subur ban franchise," under which It Is presumed the street railway company claims to be operating. Diverting Indian Creek, The proposition to divert the waters of Indian creek came up when a petition Signed by 130 property owners requesting the city to direct the city engineer In ac cordance with the law upon the matter, to make plans and estimates of the cost of tunneling through the northeast part of the city for the purpose of diverting the waters of the troublesome little creek, was pre sented. Accompanying the petition was a resolu tion as follows: Be it resolved by the city council of the City of Council Bluffs, la,: That the said petition be and the same is hereby received and approved, and Is expressly found to be In compliance with all the provisions of section M9-B of the supplement to the code of Iowa, of 1907. That the city engineer be and he Is hereby ordered and directed to make proper plans and specifications for the dlvise-lon of Indian creek In the northeastern part of the city and nr the northerly line of paid city, througu the diversion of the flow of said stream by means of open cuts, tunnels or sewers to and In the direction of Big lake and the Missouri river. He man also suDmit tne estimate or tne cost hereof, Including any and all damages to property. If any, that may be caused by the making of said Improvement, and the said city engineer shall also submit, with such plans, specifications and estimates, a map or plat snowing the tounaar; or the territory or district which will be ijme flted by such Improvement, and showing as near as may be the name of the owner and the value, of each lot or parcel of land ana otner property therein as shown by the last assessment roll. The petition and resolution were with out discussion, ordered referred to a special committee of three to be named by the mayor. Mayor Maloney appointed Council men Morgan, Tounkerman and McMillan as this committee. Fire Station Accepted. After a somewhat acrimonious discussions between Contractor George F. Hughes and Councilman Jensen, chairman of the com mittee having the building of ihe new Central Fire station in charge, the council adopted a resolution accepting; the struc uffs j Council Bl ture and directing the payment of the monthly Installments. The controversy be tween Contractor Hughes and Councilman Jensen was over a bill for extras amount ing to about S.VH). A compromise was finally reached by the council, allowing $.100 and this Hughes consented to accept. Major O. H. Richmond, chief of police, was granted permission to employ his "hoy police" on Hallowe'en. The council adjourned to Thursday afternoon at which time It will take up the matter of the recently constructed cement sidewalks. MAJSY OMIT TO PAY THEIR TAXES Tax Ferret Hns Dot Vp Long List of the Delinquent Ones. It Is now up to those who own property which Is subject to, but for some reason has been omitted from, the tax lists, to step up to the captain's desk and set'.le. Tn this particular case the "captain" Is Pen McCoy of Oskaloosa, la., who was riven a contract for tax ferret work In Pottawattamie county by the board of supervisors about a year apo. McCoy has completed the preliminaries of his work with the result that two large loose leaf Journals have been filled with records of of property owners claimed to be delin quent In their taxes. McCoy's contract provides that he is to receive IS per cent of all moneys received Into the county treasury through his efforts In ferretlnp out property which has been omitted from assessment. Yesterday a number of persons, who. It Is claimed, are shown by the records to have so far escaped payment of taxes on property which had been omitted from as sessment were In conference with McCoy at the office of the county auditor. Mc Coy intends to remain here until all the collections have been made or disputed claims settled. LOOKS I.IKE A NEW RAILROAD Wabash Official Reala-as to Take Charge of Construction. M. O. Carter, until recently trainmaster for the Wabash rllroad with headquarters at Stanberry, Mo., has resigned his posi tion with that company, with which he has been associated In the operating depart ment for twenty-six years, to become as sistant general manager and general super intendent of the Iowa & Omaha Short Line Railway company. Mr. Carter has been succeeded as trainmaster for the Wabash by J. C. Ferrltor, who will make his head quarters at Stanberry, Mr. and Mrs. Carter have now taken up their residence in Council Bluffs, where they both have many friends. As train master of the Wabash Mr. Carter's duties kept him a large part of time in Council Bluffs and he Is one of the best known and most popular railroad men of this section. He will have the general super entendency of the construction of the Iowa V Omaha Short Line work on which Is being rapidly pushed. Real Kstate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee, October 28, by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: John F. Helwlg and wife to Charles K. Shrader, lot 4 and southerly 6.4 feet of lot 3, Smith's subd. of orlnal plat lot 47. Council Bluffs, wd $5,600 Peter Peterson to Christine Peterson, lot 17, in block S, Babbitt Place, in Council Bluffs, qed l Thomas E; Leon, unmarried, to Huga B. Hasselrooih, lot 10, ' Benjamin Fehr, West End subd., in Council Bluffs, wd L77B Martha Margaret Kroeger, widow, to . Lena banner, lot 23, In block 8, Steele sc Woods subd.. in Council Bluffs, wd i 325 Total, four transfers. .17,601 Mcrrlii are Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Residence. Age. O. R. Lamb, W'ahoo, Neb 23 Wynona E. Snider, Lincoln, Neb 18 Ernest Myers, Austin, Minn 65 Katie M. Bloss, Council Bluffs 39 W. T. Tenhulzen, Coin, la 21 Laura L. Place, Council Bluffs w Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air passages, stops the Irritation in the throat, soothes the Inflamed membranes, and the most obstinate ' cough disappears. Sore Inflamed lungs are healed and strength ened, and the cold is expelled from the system. Refuse any but the s-enulne In the yellow package. 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GOLD DUST is a good, honest, vegeta le oil soap in pow dered formscientif ically combined with purifying ingredi ents of magic power. Made by THE N. K. Makers of FAIRY Cheese Scandal May Have Many Ramifications Defendant Testifies that Deputy Surveyor Vail Shared in Profits of Customs Swindle. NEW TORK, Oct. 25. Letters were produced In court today at the trial of Phillip Muslca and his father, Antonio, charged with defrauding the government of customs dues by false weights of cheese, which the firm Imports from Italy, to prove that James F. Vail, deputy surveyor of the port, countenanced the swindle and shared In Its profits. Philip Mualca testi fied that he was Introduced to Vail by one, Hyland, a government weigher, "as a client of ours." He received from Vail, he testified, the assurance: "I will see that you are taken care of." To the witness' fearful objections wlien the swindle was first proposed, Hyland replied, according to the testimony, "that the surveyors office must go before you to get Into trouble; there Is to many In It." One of the letters Introduced today, said to have been written to young Muslca by Hyland, said: "Have just had a long talk with Jim, and repeat that it has not been his fault. Jim, although notably broke, will appeal to some friends and make good when everything Is over'f'i p ' "Jim," the witness said .w 'James F. Vail. The witness told of having trouble In getting their cheese consignments weighed and of meeting one of the government weighers, a Mr. Hyland, who told him he would have to do "what was right" in order to .get the shipments weighed promptly. ' "Hyland gave me the names of several foreign shippers, whom I knew and also of many Importers," said the witness and said they were all making money and why shouldn't IT "I said they might get me in trouble but Hyland answered the surveyor's office would be behind me." The witness told of meeting Hyland. a man named Costa, representing Octavlo Ferrari and company of Naples, and Fore man Sawyer, who was In charge of the weighers In this district, two months later a m iCWii I CV 1 KM "Lei flW OOLD DP8T IWeu ft FAIRBANK COMPANY SOAP, the oval cake. when they proposed to him that "whet ever could be saved on the duty was to be divided In three parts, one-third to the shipper, a third to me and the other third to the government officers." Young Muslca testified he finally agreed to the arrangement without saying any thing about It to his father. Tonight Mr. Vail said: "The statements made today about me are Infamous lies. I never met that man (Hyland.) I was one of those who caused the arrest of two weighers and had a third dismissed." INSURANCE COMPANY FEARS ASSASSINATION Cancels Life Policy of Mayor Wellaton, Mo., Probably Fear las Hassrd. of ST. LOUIS, Oct. 26. Mayor Roy C. Woods of Wellston, St. Louts county, today re ceived notice from an Insurance company that It had cancelled his $3,000 policy. No explanation was given. Muyor Woods believes the action vaa caused by two recent political feud shoot ings tn Wellston. The life of Mayor Woods Is insured for 110,000 and his will provides that, in event he dies at the hands of an assassin,, "Joseph W. Folk, former governor, shall received 11,000 and five other lawyers 1500 each to prosecute his (-layers and that the officer arresting his slayer shall received $2,500. . . WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Appointment Made for Pension Ex amining; Board at Glea . V wood, la. (From a Staff Co-respondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. (Special Tele gram.) Upon the recommendation of Con gressman Smith, Dr. A. II. Agan has been appointed pension examining surgeon at Glenwood, Ia.,vice Dr. W. R. Whltnall, re signed. Rural carriers appointed for South Da kota routes Britton, route 8, Robert Fl fleld carrier, Christina M. Flfleld substi tute: Efflngton, route 1, Ouster A. Reed carrier, no substitute; Hitchcock, route 1, Frank Clark carrier. A. L. Clark substi tute. Children like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and It la prompt in effect as well as pleasant to take. The and the JUNGLE This month a number of com petent critics have been asked to read Judge Ben B.Lindsey's autobi ography now running in EVERY BODY'S MAGAZINE, and tell just xuhat they honestly thought of it They were asked to do this as a public service, as a possible help to others who might not yet have seen it, and in that spirit they have re sponded. Will you read what they have written? Govornor JOS FRANKLm FORT. of New Jersey "Have just finished reading from the proof sheets Judge Lindsey'a article now running in Everybody's on 'The Beast and The Jungle.' I consider it the most terrific arraignment of the 'Systems' and the 'Interests' that has ever come from the pen of any man in America. It can't do otherwise than produce good results." It 'will enlighten the people as to the evils which endanger our states and the nation. No one not in puhlic life can fully realize the force , of Judge Lindsey's facts. The conditions which he portrays in Denver and Colorado ex ist in many other cities and states in the union; probably they are not so flagrantly and openly flaunted as he depicts them to be in his city and state; but the beast is everywhere in the civic jungle. His statements cannot do oth erwise than result in an awakening of the peo ple of the Iiepublic to the real situation, and when the awakening comes, no man will have ; . . done, more for his country, since "Wendell Phil-, .a '... lips flayed slavery, than he has done in writ-" ing this article. Every citizen should read it." THEODORE Ex-Commissioner N. Y. Police "Judge Lindsey's story of 'Tho Beast and the Jungle,' is the true history of every city. It ' is true and I know it. People don't like to believe "It. They know they are responsible for itr Conscience pricks every single man. But stables have got to be cleaned some time. Right now is the time. Will the country do it right now? Just once in New York kill Tam many t " LmCOLET STEFFE.IS Author of "The Shame of the Cities: "On my knees, if I could, I would beg the people of this country to read Lindsey's story. It really shows the "Beast." A lot of us have ' . tried to do that, but we get in too much of the -Jungle. Lindsey himself sees it. And 0'IIig- ; gins is tracing it out on paper for him and for - -us. A splendid piece of most difficult writing. A great public service. I am urging all my friends and correspondents to read it, and every cent Everybody's shall spend in adver tising it could be charged up, not to business, but to philanthropy." J 0 H M Labor Leader. ' "I have read with great care and profound " interest the galley proofs of Judge Lindsey's autobiography. It is, on the whole, the most . startling revelation of political treachery and civic treason that is possible to imagine. If even one-half of Judge Lindsey's story be true, confinement in tho penitentiary would prove too good for thf officials of the State of Colorado who violated their oaths of office and for the men who betrayed the trust re- , posed in them and debased" and disgraced their citizenship." . . Judge Lindsey's article contains an amaz inq amount of direct, first-hand information. He compels belief. He thrills you with his narrative. In the hands of another man it miqht he the mere wail of injured dignity. With the help of Harvey J. O'tiiggins, Judge Lindsey has made cf it a national pro test a second "Uncle Tom's Cabin." N. n. Mmlwy Is telling how the fticlit goes In the cities. In thli Issue you will also find how rrvsidciit I aft thinks It Is going In the nation. THE RIDGHWAY COMPANY, Publishers I'XION t?l'AKK NEW VoilK CITY ST A. TCE3ELL