THE BEE. OMAHA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1J. 1011. BRIEF CITY NEWS JGAPT. DOWNS, PIONEER, DEAD j War is On Over the MONEY GOES TO TWO SEWERS ! ftaa Root T:n It. f. 3. Craadna k Bona Coal Taka Toor Printlnc t ta Tint. 0. alaetrla flaturaa. Burraaa-Qraadaa. Davenport Btrt Rant Boufht Norrls A. Martin hav Hold 1o '. II. hmith a limine arvl lot at f I'avinport pti-prt for a horn; consideration In.'. rtrk Board Maata A meeting- of tha Perk Commlpvlon hoard 1a m.tteu u Thursday mornln. Hlda for tha paving of r'ihYarr1a will be onrnad. rariih Aid Society Maata The Parish aid aorlrty of All Faints rhurch will hold fiarlal martlng In the Wattles Memorial larih honae on Friday at 1 p. m. Baa rraakUi Bkiai -Sow llttla reap Utile." A aavtnica account In tha Neb. Paving & Loan Au'n will help you aava V"ur reaping. 160S Farnam, B. of T- Bldg. Seriona Aocidanta Tha aagregata cost to employers Is enormous. Crelgh. Baltl rlsa Co. write every kind of liability Invuranre. Thone fougiaa S00. Lib eral contracts, law ratea. La Orlppa aad Bnaomonia, ara dangeroua. A heavyweight raincoat for a cold day la mui h better than an overcoat. Tha Omaha Kubbar Co., E. H. Bprague, preaident. 1W!W Harney (ft. Juat around the corner. Congressman Hitchcock Komi Con gressman Gilbert M. Hitchcock, chosn for United States senator by preferential vote, lias returned to Omaha for a few days. The legislature, pledged to the preferential choice, electa a senator Tuesday. Baaa aVabbadf It may happen at any time unless you have your valuablea In our aafe deposit vaulta. Tou can rent a private aafa for 3 a year. Omaha Safe and De posit ac Trust Company, entrance 1414 Far nam street, or through the bank. Insuranoa Officers Banqae About twenty-five offlcera and agents of the Qerman Amarlcan Ufa Insurance company held their annual banquet at tha Hotel Rome Wednca dy noon. Tha banquet waa held In tha cllv room and waa of an elaborate nature. An to Struck by Mall CaJr One of Uhol Ktm'i white street railway mall cure col lided with tha new delivery automobile be longing to Dreaher Bros, dry cleaning es tabllshment at Twenty-second and I-eav-enworth atreeta Wednesday noon, badly smashing the automobile and slightly In juring tha driver, J. E. Tall. MoKtolay Lodge to Meat Tha William llcKlnley lodge. No. 631, Independent Order B'nal B'rlth. will hold an open meeting at Barlght's hall Thursday evening. An ad dress will be given by Rabbi Conn of Temple Israel. A reading on "Zangwell'a 'Melting Pot,' " will ba given by Miss Jen nie Gordon. There will also ba vocal and Instrumental music. onge in Bs-adiah Tha Evenaka Na tional Truppen, a musical organisation from Sweden, will offer a musical program at the Young Women's Christian associa tion Thursday evening. The Swedish build ing fund of Omaha will get a share of the proceeds of tha entertainment. The singers who are to appear ara from the Royal opera at Block holm, Sweden. Would Xstabllaa Meson Koma S. E. Waters, a Mennonlte evangelist. Is work ing in the endeavor to establish a rescue home In Omaha, The Institution, he saya, is to be simply a charitable Institution not concerned with tha doctrine or creed of any single denominational church. Tha rescue home has been established at 3237 Evan street and has been open a week. Mr. Watere' home la at 2814 Webster atreet. Both rightera Oettlng Wall Herman mltli Ka mass ahvliA cnufi croi In an nlattnl duel with "the" negro, Walter Martin, over brought up from St. Joseph's hospital Mon ' daV and placed In Jail. Was arraigned In police court Wcdneaday morning Smith was arraigned on two counts, assault with intent to kill and assault with Intent to wound. Martin Is yet In tha hospital and the case waa held over for ten daya, by which time it is thought that the Injured man Will be In such shape as to stand trial, lie la arraigned on the same charge. Wavy Man Ctata Xla Orders Lieutenant Commander M. II. Slgnor, U. S. N., has t evu ordered to duty aa Inspector of ord nance in charge of the naval magaxlne at Fort Mifflin, Pa. Lieutenant Kignor came to Omaha from, duty In the Philippines two montha ago and has been here await ing the order which cams to him Wednes day morning. Lieutenant Blgnor waa In charge of the Omaha navy recruiting ela tion when It waa established In 1903. He remained in charge two years and waa removed to duty In the Pactfio fleet. Later he went to the southern Philippine islands In charge of two gunboats. Ha will leave Omaha soon for his new poet. Firit Inhabitant of Omaha Succumbs to Old Age. City Appointments j If IN HIS NIHETY-SECOND ResMeat Here lare lv elated with Mtir of the Karl 7 Par Fntersrlnes III la Bed lare Jaly. j Mayor Has Some New Name to Sub YEAR i mit to the City Council for Plumbing; Inspector. Captain Chatles II. Downs. aed pioneer and rival eonteftant with the late "Cnde niily" Snnwdn for the honor of being the first Oniahan, died at his home, 1312 South Twenty-ninth strret. at 10:) Tuesday night. He was a little less than a month of BI years of a. The venerable pioneer had . bran In falling health for the last five years and his splrndid vitality alone has buoyed him through many a critical Illness. Death came from the general ail ments of old afre. He had been confined to his bed since last July. Captain Downs hsd not been down town for four yeara. when he attended the semi centennial of the city administration, held In 1907. At that time as the only surviving member of the first city council he was given a place of honor at the mayor's right. Cnptain Downs came to Omaha when that now proud metropolis boasted of no other Improvement than a well. His cot tage at Lone Tree, the foot of Douglas street, la said to have been the first dwell ing In the city. Ha helped to build the Omaha smelter and was the first president of the company. It was his steadfast as sertion that he waa the first white man to have lived on the west banks of the Mis souri river here, although the distinction of being Omaha'a first settler has always been accorded to "Chela Billy" Snowden. Born In Connecticut. Captain Downs mas born February 14, 181ft, In New Haven county, Connecticut. He came west and located at Council Bluffs In 154. In the western country he met the young woman who was to become his wife. Miss Cornelia C. Smith. They were mar ried at the bride's home in Ludlow, Vt.. on the captain's birthday In 1859. At the time of his arrival In Council Bluffs tha townslte company had just completed a little center wheel steamboat, which they called the General Marlon and which waa to be used aa a ferryboat Cap tain Downs was asked to run It and for eight years ha did a transfer business be tween the two towns. Tha General Marion was pushed up on the bank one spring when the lea cams down and, slipping back Into the river, sank. Tha company. In which Captain Downa was financially In terested, then bought tha Mary Chi at St. Louis. In an attempt to bring it up the river the second steamboat struck a snag below Plattsmouth and also sank, so that tha ferry business proved a losing venture for Captain Downs. Tha first survey of Omaha was begun In tha summer of 1864, with A. D. Jones In charge of the work. Captain Downs as sisted. Early In tha '70a tha government offered 60.000 acres of land to the company that would build fifty miles of railroad west of the Mtasourl river. Captain Downa was a heavy loser in the company that tried In 1S71 to meat tha government's of fer In building tha Omaha A Southwestern railroad and tha Omaha & Northwestern raUroad. Tha grasshoppers were responsi ble for the company's going to the wall. In the failure Captain Downa lost 125,000, a sum of money then considered large. He waa also a big loser In aeveral western mining projects. Once Had Large Holdings. Captain Downs severed hla connections with the smelting company In 1875, having been Ha preaident for the preceding five years. At one time he owned alxty-tlva corner lots In Omaha. He la survived by Mrs. Downa and his two daughters. Miss Anna Downs, wno makea hat' home with her parents, and Mrs. W. H. Chrtaman of Astec. N. M. Arrangementa for the funeral have not aa yet been aenniieiy aeuiea upon, al though It Is likely that It will b held Thursday afternoon from tha residence at 13:3 South Twenty-ninth atreet. Mrs. Downs has requested that no flowers be sent. Before a successor to John C. Lynch, whose resignation as city plumbing lo- I srwtnr was accepted by the city council Monday night. Is elected, there are liable to be some hot times In the city council. Mayor Dahlman sent In the name of Jamra S. K raj Irk, a democrat, who lives In the southern part of the city, but the council refused to confirm the appointment by a vote of eight to four. Democrats Sheldon and Brucker voting with the re publican members. Mayor Dahlman does not believe It will be possible to get Krajlck confirmed, so he will likely abandon him and send In another name next Tuesday night. So far there are three applicants for Lynch's vacated berth. Al Weltsel. Sain Pollock and James Cameron. Weltzel, who Is a member of the examining board, has the support of the labor organizations, while Cameron, who la a master plumber, hss the backing of the Master Plumbers' association. Pollack, who at present la the assistant plumbing Inspector, has some friends, but without the support of either of the above named organizations, It Is hardly probable that he can land the plum, which paya 12.000 a year. The fight will be between Weltzel and Cameron. Weitsel will get the first chance at the job, for Mayor Dahlman will send his name before the council next Tuesday night. A combination it, the city council may be effected, which will solve the situation. About the first of March the office of comptroller will be vacated, the present Incumbent, C. O. Lobeck, having been elected to congreas. Though the mayor has nothing to do with the appointment of Mr. Lobeck's successor, the council members may get together and frame a slate which will result In the filling of both offices. New Charter Bill Passes More Work Will Be Done. . WILL ASK EMERGENCY CLAUSE rltr Council Will Take 1 n tne Mat' ter of the II a a acorn Park Sewer Qneeltnn at the Next Mrrtlm. old Snap Causes Big Demand for Coal Many Apply to the Associated Chari ties for Aid, Most Want ing Coal. The sudden drop In the temperature. when the mercury cut all sorts of dldos Tuesday night, made business for tha Associated Charities Wednesday night. No less than twenty-six applied for help. all but two requesting coal. Miss Ida V. Jonts and her corps of assistants were busy all morning and by noon orders for more than twelve tons of coal had been distributed among the needy applicants. Though coal w-as the main want, nearly II were in need of groceries. I cannot remember when wa have had so many applications In a alngle morning," said Mlas Jonts. "Tha recent cold snap, which was mora Intense and more extended, did not bring out the applicants as the cold this morning. Wa have done what wa can to alleviate tha sufferings and by night wa expect to have them all pro vided for." Either a half or ton of coal Is aent to worthy applicants, But In extreme cases, a bushel of coal Is rushed out to the home. GOVERNMENT WELCOMES CRITICISM OF ITS WAYS Sn Declares Captain Weet, Who Telia of Now Steel Cars anal Pen sion Bill. A general denial of the conditions under which a railway mail clerk has to work is described In a letter from a clerk to n Omaha newspaper was made Wednes day morning by Captain E. L. West, super intendent of the Sixth division o tha rail way mail aervice, who waa In Omaha on business with the chief railway mail clerk 'n tha federal building. "It la not true," said Mr. West, "that a clerk Is diocharged from tha aervice be- rauee ha makea complaint against anything wrong with tha mall car In which ha haa to work or the aanltary condition of the car as waa charged In that letter. On the other hand the officials of tha service empha klxe the fact that such complaints are we! come. If anything la wrong we want to hear It Immediately. Then we can force the railroads to make amende. As for the mail cara being tha frailest the railroadi have in use. that la not true. The cars which have been used ara Just aa formlda ble aa the passenger cara. There are now building seventy-six all-steel cars for rail way mall service. The railroads pay from S.0O0 to 110,000 each for their cara. All of the rallroada are put ting them into aervice. The Chicago Northwestern haa twenty and tha Illinois Central sixteen." Mr. West said ha thought that congreaa would aoon paaa tha mall clerks' pension bilt " "Tha clerka did not want tha bill to go through stipulating that part of the clerka' salary be kept back to make up tha pension fund," Mr. West said. "But anyway, that ess defeated. ',' Births and Deaths. Births Bernard and Josephine Ioffer- stein. 17 IS Dorcas, girl; I), and Amabtlla l'i Klcoli. U North Twelfth, girl; Thomas and Amv t.llbrrt. ib4t Marvv. bov: A. and O. Bel f hire. f727 South Twelfth, girl; Krfle'et and liernlca Kelley. I ll Cuming, slrl; Will lam and Margaret Whitman, 3157 Meredith avenue, boy; Peter and Anna Nelson, l-'U Maple, boy l Patrick and Abble Carroll, 73 North Twenty-eighth, girl; Horace and JoacDhlne Conear. 471 i North Forty-second boy; Axel and Helen Anderaon. bwedisn hofDital. boy Deaths Walter soon, eara. bi loseph'a hospital: Adeline L Rnanson. li i tan. 414 isortn i tiiriy-nnn atenue lleury (I. Baumann. 44 yeara. Hit) Hutith riUih; Andrew Hanaon. 4s years. 1814 N tltla avenue: Josephine Reynolds. & esrs. slull. Webster avenue; Mrs. Lizzie Holdien. 81 years. Tenth and laatellar .lulls Mutf !. a2 years, ft. Joih'a bos l ltal: I. Ksela. yeara. 1 ' rouih r lritt Mary K. lllake. 60 years: 2017 Martha ave nue; Kerdlnand Strelta. fci yeara. 14'o touth .enteenth; Mra Hrrtha Hansen, 34 ) ers. i-t Jurih's hvrpltaL, Butler Rises High in Mighty Wrath Takes Strong Exception to Fart of the Message of Governor Aldrich. Conference on Gas Bills for Thursday City Officials and Eepresenatives of the Gas Company to Talk it Over. A conference between tha officials of the Omaha Gas company and city officials will ba held In tha office of Aaalatant City At torney . I. J. Dunn. Thursday afternoon. Tha purpose of tba meeting Is for the dlacusslon of tha claim of $371,000 which the gaa company holds against tha city for street lighting. The city officials want to know Just why tha gas company demands IZ72.00O for street lighting for a period of four years and eleven months. They cannot under stand why tha company was willing to furnish light at a lamp a year when they were given a contract and now want S38 a light for tha aam sen-Ice. Officials of tha gas company will try to explain the difference. Hazleton Postmaster at Council Bluffs His Nomination Was Sent to the Sen ate This Morning: by President Taft. WASHINGTON, Jan. U.-Nominatlona of the following to be postmasters were aent to the aenata by President Taft today: Charles H. Bmlth. Marshalltown, la. Arthur S. Hazleton, Council Bluffs, la. SEEK MISSING BANK CLERK Police Trying to Find Jersey Man Ho Haa Frlenda In Oaanha. . City Anthony L. Aff. a bank clerk, causing anxiety because of hla absence from Jersey City, N. J-. Is believed to be In. Omaha. Tha police were notified Thursday by the young man's father. Henry L. Aff of Jersey City, that the missing clerk had friends In Omaha banking houses and may have made his way here. Aff was last aeen In Scranton, Pa. THIS GARAGE IS AN EASY MARK Two ('ara 4 re Atnlra fmna leaven worth Street Plaro la Two !S aBts. By tha second robbery of. the kind In two nights a fle-passenger touring car was taken from the eVates garage. Twen ty-fourth and Leavenworth streets, Tues day night. The car belongs to Joe Cala bria, a saloon keeper at Twenty-second street and Poppleton avenue. The robbery was committed early In the evening while the proprietor and all em ployee were absent. City Clerk Dan Butler arose rn all his wrath Wednesday morning. Since Governor Aldrich, In his message to tha legislature, stated that the registration laws are sources of frauds and cited tha last elec tion In Omaha as an Instance, adding that the city clerk would attach hla aeal and name to certificates and hand them out to agents on tha streets, Butler has been framing a reply. Butler's answer la aa hot aa It la lengthy and that la some heat for theae cold days. for tha reply covers two typewritten pages. Butler passes the He direct and asks Gov ernor Aldrich to either prove his charges or publicly retract them. Frlshtfa! flpaama of the atomach, liver torpid, lame back and weak kidneys are overcome by Electrlt Bitters. Guaranteed. Mo. For sale bj Beaton Drug Co. I'nlesa the city charter revision bill, which empowers the city council to votu $200,000 sewer bonds annually, passes, the present appropriation of $100,000 will be expended In the reconstruction of the Burt atreet eewer and the construction of the proposed branch of the south Omaha se er. A resolution for the construction of the latter was presented to the city council Tuteday night and referred to the commit tee of the whole. To construct the south west branch of the south Omaha sewtr will cost In the neighborhood of $57,000, ac cording to J. A. Bruce, acting city en gineer. That the ordinance providing for the construction of this sewer will pass there Is little doubt. Work will be begun as soon as conditions permit. The new sewer will give that part of south Omaha and Hanscom pat'k perfect drainage. The proposed course Is. begin ning at Twentieth street and Cnion Pacific tracks, along the rlsht-of-way to Twenty fourth street, where it crosses, thence to Creighton avenue and then west to Twenty- ninth street and to Hanscom park. The sewer will end at Woolworth avenue and Thirtieth atreet. Work on tha construction of the Burt street sewer from Twenty-sixth street to Thirty-third and Cass will begin the latter part of this month. This will cost $37,000, which makes the expenditure total $4,000, leaving but $C,000 of the appropriation for other Improvements. "We estimate that we need Sl.o00.0ii0 for sewer work within the next five years," said Mr. Bruce. "It will take that much money to get the sewer system in the condition It should, be. If the charter revi sion bill passes with the emergency clause some of the money may be available this year. But If not we will be able to begin more extensive Improvements next year. "The $100.(M) appropriation for Intersec tion bonds Is ample at the present time, but we certainly need more money for sewer Improvements." The Great Reductions We Have Made on Our MEN'S FURNISHINGS Are reductions that must appeal to every man in town-both because of the great savings and the exceptional qualities that are on sale "J.OO Mori's Shirts, rotlucod to lM Mm $1.50 Mon's Shirts, reduced to $1.00 Mon's Shirts, reduced to $12.00 Men's Union Suits, reduced to $1.00 Mon's Underwear, reduced to, garment. $2.00 Men's Sweaters, reduced to $15.00 Men's Sealskin Caps, reduced to $1.50 Men's Cloth Caps, reduced to $1.50 Men's (Jloves, reduced to Any Necktie in our store (except Macks) 50c Men's Silk Mufflers, reduced to 10c Men's Hose, reduced to 85c .. .15c ...$1.15 59o 95c .$11.95 89c 95c 25c 25c 5c Committee to Greet Land Show's Guests Commercial Club Designates Ten Men to Welcome Distinguished Vis itors to Western Exhibit. A reception committee to greet distin guished visitors to the land show has been named by the executive committee of the Commercial club. The list lncludea O. K Haverstlck, Gould Dletz, Joseph Kelley, John Steel, Edgar Allen, II. H. Brandeis, H. I. Gerlng, F. I. Elllck. -C. E. Belden and W. F. Baxter. These ten men, who Represent Omaha's manufacturing, jobbing and retail Interests, will greet the many famous men coming to the land show, the governors of states and other exalted personages. Bnlldlaa- Permits. R. P. Ttoberson. .1137 South Seventeenth street, frame dwelling. $1,000; Josephine El wood. Thirty-seventh and Ellison avenue, frame dwelling, $1,500; Ralph Kitchen, 310 South Fourteenth atreet. cemented cov ered office. $10; Antone Meyer, 1465 Rcuth Fifteenth atreet, frame dwelling, $2,000 SenstipeSien Munyon s raw. Taw Pills are an like all other laxa tires or cathartics. Tbey com the llrer luto actlrltr by gen tle methods. Tbey do not scour; they do not gripe; they do not wenkeu j but they do start all the secretions of tha liver aud stomach In a way that aoon r nits these organs n a healthy coudl tion and corrects hr" constipstlon. i! tin tod's Paw-Paw Pills ara a tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves. Tbey in vtorate Instead of weaken ; they enrich tbe Mood Instead of Impoverish It; tbey enable tbe atomach to get all the nourish ment from food that is put Into it. Tbese pills contain no calomel, no dope, the are soot hi ni, heal In and stimulat ing They school the howels to act with out pbyslc. Price 25 cent. BIG CUT PRICE DRUG SALE AT HOWELL'S GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED Our creditor are pushing us hard for their money. We must get it for them. If you ever wanted a bargain, now in your rhanre. Come right along, bring plenty of money, for you will see lots of things you will want. 10 PER CENT to 50 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON EVERYTHING WE SELL. NOTHING RESERVED. EVERYTHING MUST GO. Immense stock to pick from; none finer In Omaha. All new goods bought for our new store. Drugs, Perfumes, Soaps, Toilet Articles, Mirrors, Rubber Goods, Box Paper. Writing Tablets, Fountain Pfns,' Razors, Strops and Hones. Everything goes at rut price. Don't delay. Corns early and get first pick. HOWELL i n : i a - DE1UG CO. OMAHA, NEE. 215 South 17th, Omaha National Bank x Tel. 0011?. flO lnd.A-2 40 Building AL QUICK DELIVERY- POSITIVE SATISFACTION McCaffrey Bros. Go. Suecissors fo NEBRRASKA COAL & LIME CO. Our Semi-Annual 1EOE SALE Offers You a Rare Opportunity to Save on Stylish Footwear Lots No. 1 and 4 Men's ami "Women's Shoes (including Rome Itegals), that sold ait $3.00, $3.50 and tO tZQ $4.00-now $&,Oy Lots No. 2 and 5 Men's and "Women's Slioes, in all styles and leathers, that sold at $'2M), $3.00 and $3.50 now . . . . $1.89 Lots No. 3 and 6 Men's and Women's Shoes, consisting of odds aud ends of Shoes that Bold at $2.00. 4 j, f".nJ.";0.r.... 51.49 The House of City Matioma' OF ONAHA Furnishes to its customers all of the facilities of a modern and thoroughly equipped Banking Institution with Commercial Department Savings Department Women's Department Pays Interest on Time Deposits DEPOSITS: June 30, 1009 $1,108,545.90 January 1, 1910 $1,626,334.02 January 1, 1911 $2,046,899.35 John F. Flack, President. Wm. S. Hilhs, Cashier J. A. Sunderland, V. Pres. W. H. Rhodes, A st Cash. Forty per cent o the corn crop goes to waste every year. It can be savedi One of the educational displays will be a lesson on the making the corn crop pay more" by saving the waste. ;. Prof. A. L. Haeeker, editor of the dairy department of the Twentieth Century rainier, formerly at the head of the State College of Agriculture, will give illustrated lectures and conduct an exhibit showing the advantages of eilo feeding. Prof. Haeeker, recently said: "Hut GO per cent of the .total food value of the corn plant is ob tained from the grain. The remaining 40 per cent is in the stalk and leaves, which are now al lowed to go to waste and destruction as a total loss in the fields. IJy the use of the silo this very valuable per cent can be turned into money. Further, the process is so inexpensive that a silo equipment is paid for by its savings in one year. "Another way to bIiow the economic value of the silo is by a comparison of its value as n food with its cost of production. Ensilage is worth not less than $(5 a ton, probably much more. Jt costs, with every possible item of expenditure included, $1.04 a ton." "We feel safe in saying that this feature alone would be much more than worth the expense and time you would put in making the trip to the Land Show, January 18 to 28, 1911. There aro; many other features of fully as much importance. , 25 cents, the general admis sion price, takes you to ev ery exhibit; show and lecture r -. -TTT !