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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, lfmr.
U LIGHTING CONTRACT IP
Will be Formally Introduced in
Council Tonight.
COUKCILMEfJ GO AHEAD SLOWLY
Ji.irbit Gathering and It Odorous
Peculiarities ftobjert of Debate
la toinrll (ommlltrf of
the Whole.
Councilman' Fheldon brought forward Uj?
proposed new lighting ordinance, carrying
contract with the Omtha F.lcctrlc I,lKhl
company for a period of five yars from
Iecember SI, at th meeting of the city
council committee of the whole Monday
afternoon. It was read at length, talked
over extensively, and then 'lied, to be
replaced by n ordinance of better verbiage.
This will be read for the first time Tues
day evening at council meeting after whloh
copies will be furnished the councilman
for careful examination.
Mr. fiheldnn explained the jrdlnnnco as
he read It. He said . It Is practically a
copy of the agreement about to expire,
except that lights will be furnished the
city In Its streets and public places for a
flat rate of $ a lamp.
This will be further reduced." he said
"to a net flgrure of ' M 20. because of th '
I per cent occupation tax. and that Is
cheaper than any city In the country gets
Its lights, with the possible exception of
Cleveland, O. We have letters from thirty
eight different cities and you may exam ne
a tabulated statement we have prepared of
their replies to our Inquiries."
The chairman of the :lglitlng committee
explained that the cost per lamp this year
Is $75, with a total rebate to the city of
a little better than $14.0X1. Under the new
contract there will be no rebate, since the
occupation tax hits the company In com
mon with other pub) la service corpora-
Uor.s.
Concession on Incandescent.
Both Mr.' Sheldon and President Nash
,of the Electric Light company also dwelt
on the concession the company has made
to let the city have Its Incandescent lights
for cents per watt, instead of 8 cents, the
present rate. Councilman Funkhouser also
ctated his belief the new contract Is a
good thing for the city.
Mr. Nash claimed the electric light com
( pany has always treated Omaha with great
consideration In the matter of lighting
charges, making very little money on the
street lights, and losing a trifle on the
Incandeescents because of furnishing the
globes. He Insisted the tW flat rate could
not be given for less than a five-year con
tract. Councllmen McQovern, Johnson, Hummell
and Berka were in a questioning mood,
and asked many times for Information. The
replies they got bore the appearance of
frankness and good intentions, but they
reserved the right to shake their heads
doubtlngly until until they have gone care
fully over the new ordinance when It
chows up.
Councilman Btrrmester voiced the thought
of some of his colleagues, after the meet
ing, when he said that he objects to mak
ing contracts that will run over the term
of the present council. "I don't like this
cary-over plan," he said.
Talkfeat on Garbs are.
s Os.-bage was the fare of the committee
' in a Jengthy language feast. It had been
long since the members had enjoyed a
chance to chew on the waste food, and
some of them sailed In with lltt.'e or no
caution. Others, like the two kids of the
council, Echroeder and Davis, and the old
fox of the bunch,, Hummell. laid off to
see the effect on their vehement mates.
The stuff is still undigested.
Health Commissioner Connell bit & piece
light out of the center when called Into
the game, and Councllmen Berka and
Brucker cut In with vim. McGovern took
a sly hand now and again, but to Berka
and Brucker was left the heavy end of
the work.
"You come on and show me where we
can do anything with this mess and I'll
glva In," quoth Judge Berka to the Judicial-fronted
Brucker. "We simply cannot
turn over this new consignment of gar
bage law without giving away our whole
hand," he continued, "and that we must
not do."
"The city attorney and his assistants
showed you the Inside of the whole box,"
retorted Brurker, "when they assured the
council the present garbage ordinance Is
In good standing, of approved odor, and
will l-nld the contractor If Its terms lire
enforced But at the same time the con
tractor does n-t wsnt the stale and un
profitable "eavings'nnly. If he cannot have
an exclusive chance at the whole spread
You do not protect him. the health com
missioner cannot protect him and the police
will not protect him, nor will the police
Juilga shoo off his rivals for the best
in the barrels."
Connell Sore on Whole Thlaa;.
"That Is true." admitted the health com
missioner, without any outward Indication
of hunicer for the aforesaid barrels. "I
know that butters-ln who hive no con
tract with the city gather the tidbits on
the gaibae routes, leave ony the sera
plmrs for Mr. Axtell and Mr. McTher
ron, and we have been unable to secure
convictions or punishments, beyond a total
of f2 In Ines. If the contract for the
garbage picking Is good, let us protect
the men who own the privilege and are
under bond to the city. If the contract is
no good, then we ought to adopt some
other plan, after the ltgal uepartmeht
has stuck Its finger In the potpourri. The
district system has been In operation in
Denver for fifteen years, and It might do
as well here."
After hearing the legal objsctlons of
Judge Berka to leaving any possiblo loop
hole for the present contractors to brtak
away, the committee passed on to other
items on the menu, leaving the garbaKe
feature and non-collection of garbage to
be tackled by Mr. Burnam and his as
sistants. A letter from Guy L. Axtell, the official
garbage gatherer, saying the garbage sit
uation is growing worse and worse ail the
time was read by Dr. Connell. The coun
cllmen were unanimous in agreeing with
the statement of Mr. Axtell.
Tracks on eleventh Street.
It was decided to pass at this evening's
meeting the resolution giving the Union
Pacific the right to lay tracks on Eleventh
street from the north line of Capitol ave
nue to the north line of Dodge street. Att
property owners have signed proper waiv
ers. Ante-mortem and post-mortem Inspec
tion of meat offered for sale went over
again.
The Judiciary committee will give con
sideration to a revision of all the license
ordinances of the city. The proposed
amendment reducing hack fares for short
distances was laid over.
Before the Fire and Police board Is
given the $,000, carried by a pending or
dinance, to rehabilitate the police depart
ment barn and patrol system, it will be
asked to make Itemized showing of the
various items of expense contemplated.
The committee of the whole said its mem
bers are not well enough informed yet to
vote the money.
City Attorney Burnam and Fire Chief
Salter will have the duty of framing an
ordinance properly to care for the storing
of combustlbes along automobile row and
elsewhere within the city limits.'
City Electrician Mlchaelsen's scheme for
establishing permanent decorative lighting
from a portion of the occupation tax money
went over to ripen. At the same time Mr.
Mlchaelsen was allowed a five weeks' leave
of absence and will visit his aged parents
In Denmark.'
Once more the noisy 'phone at- the dog
pound was ordered out, as it disturbs the
quietude of the dosing denizens therein
cared for. City Clerk Butler says he don't
care If It Is never put back.
A Burning: Shame
is not to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve to
cure burns, sores, plies, cuts, wounds and
ulcers. 26c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co.
WEBSTER BOYS WIN DEBATE
J dares Give Them Victory In First
Intersocletr Contest, Htld at
Utah School.
Intersoclety debates among the debating
societies of the Omaha High school were
started Monday afternoon. The Webster
debating society, represented by Harold
Moon and Maurice Shelllngton, defeated
the Demonsthenlan debating society, rep
resented by Wilbur Haines and Chester
Arnold.
"Resolved. That the United States gov
ernment ahould encourage competition to
the extent of prohibiting monopolies," was
the question debated ami the boys of the
Webster won by a decision of two to one.
Mr. Orchard, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Bern
stein, members of the faoulty, acted as
Judges. The question debated was the same
as will be debated with ' the West Des
Moines High school and the Kansas City
High school later In the year.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City
Council Opens Bidi for
Amount of Paving.
Larye
NO ACTION TAKEN ON THEM
Mrs, Emily Don, Pioneer Bellevae
Woman Head l.nna Inqneat
Will he Held Next
, Wednesday.
Good Enough for Jlnyone
YOU CAN BUY COFFEE for 15. 20. 25. 30 or
40 cents at pound.
MOST PEOPLE pay 20 cents.
THEY HAVE LEARNED, by experience, that the
20 cent Kind is good enough for anyone better
worth its price than the -40 cent Kind, or the 15
cent Kind, either. f
THIS WAY OF LOOKING at things is as true
of soap as it is of coffee.
YOU CAN BUY SOAP for 2tf. 3h'. 4orj cent
caKe.
MOST PEOPLE BUY LENOX SOAP.
LENOX SOAP la good enough for anyone better
'worth Its price than the 3 cent Kind, or the two-for-five
Kind either.
Lenox Soap-Just fits the hand
Bids for paving contracts covering ten
different districts and Including an area of
nearly inri.fli) yards of paving occupied the
attention of the city council In last night's
session. The bids Included all classes of
material from paving brick to creosoted
wood block. The contracts were sought by
nine different firms.
The bidders were: The National Construc
tion company. The Barber Asphalt Paving
company, Offerman Plumbing, Heating and
Construction company, Dan Hannon, Hugo
Murphy, Charles Fanning. Mike Jensen and
the General Contracting company. The bids
were complicated and the low bidder in ono
class of materials was often Sigh In nn
other. It will require a complete tabula
tion of the bids before the lowest bidder in
each class of paving Is determined.
Each of the bidders was required to fur
nish a check as a guarantee of good, faith.
Several bids were conditional and will prob
ably be Ignored on that account. The Bar
ber Asphalt Paving company made a stipu
lation that over 25.000 yards of paving b
awarded before the propositions should be
binding. The Offerman Plumbing. Heating
and Construction company stipulated that
the designated kinds of paving block should
be used at the bidder's option and this will
probably Invalidate the contract.
The bids were referred to the committee
of the whole council and the city engineer
for tabulation.
Connection for Fire Denied.
A notice, from the SeorasKa Telephone
company was received refusing to switch
calls from private telephones to the fire
halls for the purpose of giving alarms
unless the city pay at the same rate for
the telephone calls as for the automatic
fire box system. The company also de
sires a contract releasing the company
from liability for errors made in trans
mitting a call. The city council took no
action on this matter last night other than
to refer the matter to the council com
mittee for Investigation.
J. L. Duff gave notice of damages to a
house and lot near Twentieth and N
streets to the amount of 11,500 on account
of alleged poor sewer conditions, which
cause storm water to undermine the prop
erty. Three new paving ordinances were ad
vanced and put upon second reading. A
protest was received against the grade of
P street, from Twenty-second to Twenty
fourth streets and of Twenty-third street,
from O to Q.
The Savings Bank and Trust company
made a bid of par for a block of $1,000
worth of grading bonds for the grading
of M street. The company attached the
condition that the city pay (400 attorney
fees and enclosed no certified check." The
condition of the bid will probably cause It
to be rejected.
The salary and departmental payrolls
were allowed.
Snspeeted Burglar Arrested.
The Bouth Omaha police arrested James
Oreer, a colored man from Pueblo,' Colo.,
last night on charge of being the man who
entered the residence of William F. Allen,
Thirty-second and F streets about a month
ago. The man is booked as a suspicious
character and the parties who saw the
two men who entered the residence will be
called upon to Identify Oreer if possible.
Several suits of clothing and a gold brace
let were taken from the Allen home. Oreer
claims to have been In South Omaha about
four weeks. He has been working as an
extra man at Armour's packing plant. Cap
lain Sheehan and the block watchman mada
the arrest.
Mrs. Emily R. Dow Dead.
Mrs. Emily K. Dow, aged 82 years, died
last night at the home of her daughter at
2301 South Twenty-ninth street, Omaha.
Mrs. Dow was one of the pioneer residents
of Bellevue and one of the earliest settlers
of Nebraska. The funeral will be held at
Bellevue Wednesday at 10 a. m. She had
been living at the home of her daughter for
some time.
Inquest on Wednesday.
The coroner's Inquest over the body of
Arthur Long, killed by Wesley McBrlde
Saturday, was not held this afternoon,
but was postponed until Wednesday, when
it will take place at the coroner's South
Omaha office, beginning at 2 p. m.
The McHride boy will, it Is said, have
to face a prosecution for murder in spite
of his youth. Insanity will be the likely
defense. There can be many witnesses
called to testify to queer, or at least un
usual behavior on the part of the boy, who
is 16 years of age.
The funeral of Harry Long will 4e held
this morning at o'clock from the resi
dence to St. Agnes church. The burial will
be at St. Mary's cemetery.
. Mrs. George McBrlde is seriously 111 as
a result of the shock of events which have
brought her son, Wesley McBrlde, to face
a charge of murder. Mrs. E. A. Ashbury
of Grafton, Neb., and M. W. Strater, her
brother and sister, are visiting her In her
trouble,
V. M. C. A. otes.
Loren Wlers, the delegate from the boys'
department to the state boys' conference
held at Columbus, has returned. J. Dtan
ninger was chairman of this conference.
There were 135 boys present from the dif
ferent associations. The average age was
16 years. Next year no boy under 14 will
be present. The conference is Intend d
for older boys and high school boys. The
athletic cup was won by Hastings, with
Columbus second and Fremont third. Th9
conference will probably be held nxt year
at Fremont, and the South Omaha asso
ciation is planning to take at least ten
boy members.
Joshua Murray of Pender Is eagerly
awaiting the arrival In the city today from
Allegheny, Pa., of Miss Elisabeth Schwarts.
Miss Schwarts and Mr. Murray, m spite
of a trifling dissimilarity In their ages he
Is It and she Is 35 are to become man and
wife. Murray applied for the license Mon- !
Lday, but did not have the facts In mind
regarding the name of Mtss Schwarti's
mother before her marriage.
Fort Des Moines Sunday for San Francisco,
from whence they will sail on December i
for the Philippines. The Second cavalry
will he succeeded at Fort Des M.flnes by
the Sixth United States cavalry.
Honorable discharges by purchase have
been granted these enlisted men from the
t'nlted States army: Sergeant T. F. Daw.
kins. Company C, Eleventh Infantry; Pri
vates Edward Koran. Troop C. E ghth cav
alry, and M. McMillan, Company F, Thlr- I
teenth Infantry.
Leave of absence for twenty days has
been granted Second Lieutenant A. K. C.
Palmer of the Sixth field artillery.
Groom Seventy-five
Bride Thirty-five
Chipper Veteran from Pender Now
Awaita Willing Lady from
Pennsylvania.
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At Last- A Rice Food that Melts in Your Mouth
1 HIS mrm rice food Is so different, so delicious, so delicate In flavor.
so satisfying that you eat it fur purs enjoyment-and forget its
health-promoting properties, ml ttiey show ttsuili in new mercy,
fine sptrtu.good digestion. Your tamlly will all share your delight in
Kellogg's Toasted Rice Flakes
Dainty crisps of rice, the choicest of grains rolled Into tiny trans
parent hlms then toasted just ri ht to brin out their true. delicious,
aut-like flavor, klceis the world greatest lood the most digestible,
i outed Kice Flakes are no tax upon turn weakest stomaca or kidneys.
Another New Food Toa&ted Rice Biscuit
Served alone, or with cream or fruit, they brln a new Joy to the palate. 1 hese are the latatt
product-! ol the groat lood laboratories affiliated with The Batne (.'reek bantUrtutu, Wuera
Uiey are coosiautly prescribed and used. tuxtiur o this new.diUcious lood.
in SwaucHCSl 1 oatataKi Kice Make & Biscuit Co, '-, Battl.
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NEWS OF THE ARMY CIRCLE
Captain F. C. Holies to be the New
Depot Qnartermasler la
Omaha,
I Captain F. C. Ilolles. quartermaster
jlTnlted States army, will succeed Captain
i J. L. Hines as depot quartermaster at the
Omaha depot.
A board of officers constituting an army
retiring hoard, has lit en designated to
meet at Department of the Missouri head
quarters to pars upon the physical dis
qualifications of such officers eligible for
retirement as may appear before it. Brig
adler General Charles Morton is chairman
of the board. Other officers of the board
are Major Charles . Moore. Captain Wil
liam P. Canta, medical corps; Captain i.
W. Heavey and First Lieutenant Q. K.
Wilson of the Eleventh infantry.
A general court-martial has been or
dered to convene at Fort D. A. Russell on
December a.
The headquarters, band. (44 men and 22
officers, comprising ten troops of the Sec
ond United btatea cavalry, departed from
FREE LECTURE ON HAMLET
, BY ACTOR JAMES YOUNG
Well Knowsr Mia of th Stag- to
Aarala Address an Omaha Audi
ence on Shakespeare,
Those who have heard James Young lec
ture on Shakespearean subjects on his for
mer visits to Omaha will be glad to take
advantage of the opportunity to hear his
lecture, "A Rational View of Hamlet,"
which will be given complimentary at the
Orpheum theater on Saturday morning at
11 o'clock. All students of the drama, the
teachers of public and private schools of
Omaha, South Omaha, the clergy of the
city and members of woman's clubs are
Invited.
Mr. Toung, through the courtesy of Mr.
W. P. Byrne, manager of the Orpheum
theater, extends an Invitation to the ad
vanced students of the high school, Crelgh
ton university, Brownell hall and the Uni
versity of Omaha to attend the lecture.
The first balcony will be set aside for
these students, and the lecture has been
especially arranged at an hour which will
enable them to attend.
The educational value of Mr. Young's
lectures Is well recognised. His talkj
prove Instructive and interesting. At the
conclusion of the lecture Mr. Young will
render an act from the play, Interpreting
the characters of Hamlet, the Queen, Pol
onloua and the GhOBt.
Mr. Young has presented his Shake
spearian lectures in every city in the
United States and Canada. He has been
before the students of Yale. Columbia,
Pennsylvania. Chicago, Georgetown, Syra
cuse, Boston. Tufts, Toronto, Turane,
Washington, Vanderbullt and 600 other In
stitutions, and no other leaturrr of the
age has appeared before so many uni
versities, colleges, clubs, 'high schools,
academies, etc. Mr. Young's more recent
engagements have been tvtth Miss Viola
Allen's company- In her elaborate Shake
spearean productions, appearing as Sebas
tian, the twin brother, "Twelfth Night,"
and as Florisel In . "The, Wiriter's Tale"
and with Mtss Annie RilsJ In "A Mid
summer Night's Dream" at Astor theater.
New York, the last three productions hav
ing also been presented Id Omaha.
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LAWYER MAKES "CLEANING"
AT FLORENCE COCK FIGHT
Fremonter Overconfident tn Ills Bird
Old Southern Sport at
Pries Lake.
It has leaked out that Pries' lake,
within the city limits of Florence, was the
scene of some cock fighting recently
which resulted In a crowd of South Omaha
sports, one of them a prominent lawyer,
cleaning up a big sum of money, prin
cipally from a Fremont fancier, who came
down with what he Imagined was the
king-pin cock fighter in the country, but
which proved to be an "also ran" when
the birds produced by the South Omaha
delegation got after him.
As a result of the fights the South
Omaha men cleaned up at least SA, a big
portion of which caftie from the pockets of
the Fremonter. The first Inkling of the
haul made by those from South Omaha
waa when local night workers, taking an
owl car for home, discovered it to be a
special from Florence, carrying the South
Omahans homeward. They chuckled In
their glee and mada no secret of their suc
cess of "miking" the man from Fremont.
A quiet investigation conducted at Flor
ence has resulted in locating the man who
drove the South Omaha men from the
end of the car line to Pries' lake, a dis
tance of a half to three-quarters of a mile,
but the only man in the party identified
was the lawyer.
One-Third Off
This extraordinary sale is the talk
of Omaha, coming, as it does, right in
the heart of the season.
Our entire stock of high class tail
ored suits, such as this great specialty
store built its reputation on.
On Sale at 531 Off
All Our $115.00
Tailored Suits.
All Our $95.00
Tailored Suits .
All Our $85.00
Tailored Suits.
All Our $75.00
Tailored Suits .
All Our $69.50
Tailored Suits .
All Our $55.00
Tailored Suits .
$76.50
$63.75
$57.00
$50.00
$46.35
$37.00
All Our $50.00
Tailored Suits .
All Our $45.00
Tailored Suits.,
All Our $39.50
Tailored Suits.
All Our $35.00
Tailored Suits.
All Our $29.75
Tailored Suits.
All Our $25.00
Tailored Suits.
$33.00
$30.00
$26.50
$23.50
$19.50
$16.75
Boy is Killed ,
by Street Car
Working Train
Arthur Gross Struck at Thirtieth and
Lalk Streets and Dies in
Two Hours.
While out driving at 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon In his little cart, to which was
attached a pet pony, Arruur Gross, li-year-old
son of B. Gross, a retail grocer
at 3423 North Thirtieth street, was
thrown beneath the wheels of a construc
tion train on the street railway at Thir
tieth and Lalk streets and .sustained in
juries which resulted in his death two
hours later. Jut what caused the acci
dent may never be- known. The .belief Is,
however, that the little cart was over
turned by a big stone and that young
Gross was caught before he could save
himself or the train be brought to a stop.
The boy was badly mangled, his right
leg above the knee and his left arm above
the elbow being so badly shattered that
amputation was deemed necessary at once.
The youth was hurried to the Swedish
Mission hospital and several physicians at
once summoned to look after him.
STEEL FENCES AND GATES
AT BURLINGTON DEPOT
General Paaaenarer Aaent tVakeley
Says They are for Safety of
Passengers. '
There will be no "red, tape" connected
with the Installation of the new fences and
gates at the Burlington station. This Is the
announcement of I W. Wakeley, general
passenger agent for the Burlington route.
The gate system will be put Into active op
eration beginning Wednesday, December 1.
"The steel fences and gates are Intended
only as a protection to the pasfengers."
said the official. "People will be kept off
the tracks and In this way accidents will
be avoided. There will, however, be ro
delay In reaching trains, as the gatemen
will not be required to punch tickets. Pas
sengers will be instructed as to the track
upon which their train stands and will be
given directions as they may request."
The Burlington will llnsist that all pas
sengers be supplied with transportation be
fore gaining entrance to the train sheds.
"II you see It In our ad It Is so.'
W"WJ are Mill offering the Mawhinney & Ryan stock,
p . which we bought at fifty cents on the dollar,
"aJ at manufacturer's prices. This is not odds and
ends, but new, fresh goods.
This means two Christmas presents for the price of one.
RYAN .JEWELRY CO.,
15th and Douglas Sts. Same Location.
Successors to KAWKUTNT at XT AN CO.
but the gateman will not waste time In
examining long tape tickets or taking the
time to punch them. He will simply se
that no person is admitted to the shed
until his train is ready and will advise hh.
as to the location of his train.
"Hereafter there will be no excuse ft
a person going to Hastings, la,, to boar,
a train for Hastings, lIeb.," continued the
official. "The man at the gate will point
out the right train."
Fences and gates have also been put
Into service at the Burlington station at
Lincoln. The fence at Omaha is nearly
rxw feet In lt-ngth and Is fitted with passen
ger gares for entrance to the trains and
exit through the station.
Joe Mlk will continue his duties 'as sta
tlonmaster, but an extra man will be en
gaged to act at the gate.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE HAS
ELECTION CASE IN COURT
Asks that Its Defeated Candidates Be
Seated as Fire and Police
Commissioners.
Hearing has begun before Judge Leslie
in county court of the suit to declare va
cant the offices of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners of the city of
Omaha.
The plaintiff is Dr. Andrew B. Somers,
acting for the Anti-Saloon league, which
wants Its four candidates seated in spite
of the fact that they got only
about 4.000 of the 16,000 votes cast.
The Incumbents, together with the demo
cratic candidates, are the defendants. The
petition, fll'-d shortly after the spring elec
tion, charges that the election was illegal
because the republicans and democratic
candidates went on the ballot In groups
under the party designations. The candi
dates of the Anti-Saloon league were not
allowed so to appear on the ballot.
What case the plaintiff has is generally
held to be a mystery, for the matter was
decided by district court before election.
sst I. Abbott is appearing for Vomers and
is commissioners are represented by
.'ulllvan & Rail, Weaver & Giller and
Jiffcrls & Howell.
At th opening of the hearing counsel for
plaintiff Insisted that the ballots bo brought
In court and the case went over until morn
ing in order that this might be accom
plished. The ballots were actual paper ones
at the election, this having also been In
question In district court and ruled upon.
AGED MAN FOUND DYING
OF STARVATION IN HOVEL
Henry Keuman Discovered by Kind
Hearted Friend and Sent
to Hospital.
Weakened by old age and starvation,
Henry Neuman, who has been living In a
wreck of a building on Jones street near
Fifth street, was found near death by
F. W. Schaffer of 1038 South Eighteenth
street yesterday. The old man is more
than 70 years of age.
For more than a year he has been c til
ing regularly at ths home of Mr. SchaffT
for food. It was cheerfully given him and
Mr, and Mrs. Schaffer finally began to
make preparations for his coming by hav
ing food ready for him to take to his
home. He failed to call for more than a
week and Mr. Schaffer atarted out on a
search for him yesterday afternoon. He
found the old man laying on a rude bed
and almost dead.
Mr. Schaffer summoned the assistance
of Dr. T. T. Harris, who took him to St.
Joseph' hospital for treatment.
ODOR OF OIL ABOUT
HOUSE; KASCHUB HELD
Police Suspect Home of Man Mas Set
on Fire and Owner Is
Arrested.
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with n Adi.r of kerosene around hla
burning home and with the same odor on j
his hands. Frits Kaschub of 1518 SouthJ
Second street was arrested by Officer
Kelshling last nigm on inn cnarge or nring
his home, on which there was insurance
amounting to $?50.
Neighbors turned in an alarm at 10:08.
The firemen were finally successful in ex
tii gulBhlng the blaze, although the building
was badly damaged. The odor of kerosene
was strong, while the firemen were at
work.
Neighbors Insisted that they saw Kaschub
around the house, which was a one-story
tt.ree-room structure with a tin roof, less
than thirty minutes before tho fire was
noticed. He could not be found and sus
picion was aroused. He was seen later I
as he Jumped out of a car on the Burling
ton tracks in front of the house. When
questioned by the police and firemen his
arrest resulted.
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DIES IN BED OF BAD HEART
Jake Sauipsaa Does Not Answer Call
and Landlady Summons
the Doctor.
Jake Sampson, employed as a hod car
rier, was found dead In bed In his room
at 2215 Douglas street Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Helen Dlsbrow. who conducts the
place, became alarmed at Sampson's failure
to answer her summons and called lr.
Hahn. who pronounced the man dead for
several hours, evidently from heart failure.
The coroner was notified and will conduct
an inquest. A card found in Sampson's
pocket allowed he had relatives In Iowa,
and they have been telegraphed of his I
death.
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