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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1911)
11 AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMIfflA B?SS$00 BRIEF CITY NEWS svs Bee Frist IV leorrle m-litfiii O leaden, Dickinson for district lodge. adv. Coasty Clerk, freak Dni(r . . atuir Formerly of Miller. Blew rt Beaton, Is a Republican Candidal fur County Treasurer. Boy A. Kalph, Printer. Try him. D.lllt Swede. IoM KHUir-A well attended meeting of 8 wed I ah -American voter waa held at Washington hall Thursday evening In furtherance f the candidacy of N. P. Lundgren for berifC. Tw Baby Buffalo A new baby buffalo, the eighth member of the herd, waa born Thursday at Rivervlew park. The herd la being well cared for and the animals are keeping their good condition much better lhaa many buffalos do when confined. ek tor Beemsc ktaa Ths Omaha po lice have been asked to help find Joseph Blrky of Beemer, Neb., who disappeared last March. There la sickness In th family and the young man's unexplained absence Is adding to his mother's worries.. Blrky la described as 27 years old, fire feet, two or three Inches tall; weight. ISO pounds; dark, curly hair; scars on back of neck and back of one hand. Votes for Bonds, By Official Count, Carry the Election Newspaper Figures Are Substantiated in Court, According to Webster's Formulae of Procedure. The rotes cast in Wednesday's special bond election were officially canvassed Thursday evening In the presence of th city council. The proceedings were all don according to blank record furnished by John L. Webster, attorney of th board, who drew up legal records to Insure against any flaw in tl. validity of the bonds. Omaha bonds lit. -nne begging In the eastern market l lecauae of faulty adoption and the bo. anted to take no chance. Th vote by wards, almost axactly like th newspaper count, a officially recorded was: Ward. For. Against. First 40 Second 611 0 Third Ht m Fourth 4.r4 1 Fifth 8,1 M fllsth Tli St fventh 630 3 Klphth 430 S8 Ninth 806 66 Trnth SSS T Kleventh 6-iS 43 Twelfth Ui u Totals 7.120 K4 Police Steal March Upon Bold Firemen Extinguish Blaze in Douglas Block and Have Snicker on Flame Quenchers Later When they started out th police didn't mean to do It, but when they- reached the Or and found they had Inadvertently beaten th fir companies to It they couldn't resist th temptation and be sides th whol Douglas block at Sixteenth and Dodge streets might burn down. Thar was th awning on a window of th third floor biasing as big and threateningly a any cigar lighter. Sergeant Samuelson, Detective Lahey and the chauffeur of the patrol, Ralph Jones, looked upon th ominous flam in something very like ab jectwell, a graphio description Isn't necessary. They glanced about furtively (as all glances are glanced) and saw that th fir wagons nun i nov in aignt. Tnen a happy thought struck them. A fire ex tinguisher was In th patrol. Deteotiv Lahey saw It. "Hand me th what's Its name," he shouted, and Penreant Samuelson grabbed the extinguisher from Its place and turned It over to him. All three bounded up the steps to the fourth floor as th flam of the awning wore beginning to eat at the sill of th third story window. Chauffeur Jones looked about to s If (here were any lives ta be saved. H lis tened for the shriek that might fall on th midnight air. but recalled himself when he remembered It was only :36 o'clock. Sergeant Samuelson and Lahey used th extinguisher effectively, all of which might lead to suspect them of having se cretly studied In a correspondence school. Then th fir companies came and saw what had been done. With some wearing that "mind your own business" expres sion, they drove away, as a boy across th street was whistling. "He Lost Another Chance to Be a Hero." PROWLER FRIGHTENS WOMAN latdeatlrled Mas Caaaea Mia Rata HearlaBd to Have A Bother Nervous Sheek. Mysteriously lurking about th home of Mrs. H. S. Carlson. 1MB North Forty- ninth avenue, and making threatening ges tures and Insane grimaces, a strange man last night almost frightened alls Ruth Heglund. Mrs. Carlson' nleo. into hysteria. Neighbor cam to Mr a Carlson' rescue and mad a search of the premise but th stranger had disappeared. Mrs. Carl son notified th police of th affair, and detective were sent out to look about th neighborhood and guard the house. It Is feared the fright may cause a re laps for Mis Heglund. who is Just r. covering from the exposure of her three days unaccountable absence from her aunt' horn. 0 You Will Wonder at the Low Price Out You Will Wonder More a! the High Qualities Drireway Through Two Cities Will Boon Be Completed. SOME WORK YET ON OMAHA ETC) EsgliMn Are Awaiting rials af favlaa- Boalevard DLaat la Crleek'e Barraoaa Bad la Saoatlas;. Easterners Plan to Erect Apartments New Tork Architect Comes to Look at 'Property on Sixteenth and Sev enteenth Streets. With th omple.tlon of th paving work between th boulevard In Omaha and th north line of the cltr limits. South Omaha cltliens will have opened to their us one continuous paved drlv extending from the south tin of South Omaha to th north line of Omaha. City Engineer Oemrs-e Roberts has long since put the finishing touches to the local end of the new street and Is now waiting Impatiently for the Omaha engineers to complete their work. On the Omaha side Twenty-third street has been built along a curve extending between the north line of South Omaha and boulevard. Th dty engineer. It I understood, has been for soma time en gaged In straightening the course of the drive between the two points above men tioned. City Engineer Roberts and Indeed the whole city are Jubilant over the tact that th remodelled street will open a through driveway between the two cities and nne especially adapted to the us of motorists. School District Flaaaeoe. In ths absence of th dty treasurer, who Is awar on a two weeks' vacation. Deputy Treasurer E. P. Roggen has prepared a monthly statement covering the receipts and expenditures of the school district for the month of July. The expenditures for the month amounted to t.M2.l. The receipts together with the balance brought over from the preced ing month amount to tll.932.49. which, with 13.062.07 from th Interest fund and S100.51 from sites and bulldlnrs. make up th full total. The aotual balance i represented by SU.TflC.sa. Dlaaate In Darroom. In a dlsputs In Crlcek' bar room In Al bright yesterday afternoon Tom Beadle of Sarpy county waa shot through the right arm by James Crlcek, proprietor of the saloon. It Is alleged that th dispute was over a nickel, which the bartender refused to return to Beadle for the reason that th money had already been consumed In drink. In th fight that followed th sa loonman Is said to have drawn a gun upon Beadl. who was wounded In th muscle of the right arm near th shoulder. The wounded man was taken to th office of Dr. A. H. Koenlg. where his Injuries were dressed. Th shooting la said to have been accidental. Orderly Clreaa Day. Though the circus grounds were some what remot from th populous part of the city there was an immense crowd gathered last night to witness th sensational acts of th Forepaugh ft Bella Brother per formance. All afternoon thousands cam Into th dty from Omaha and th surrounding country and th streets were fairly crowded as th hour for th perfonnanc approached. Chief Brlggs had hta men detailed at different vantage point and uo to a late hour no disturbance or crime waa re ported. The chief kept a strict lookout for pickpockets and "dips" sibout th circus grounds. Oar Aaarast. Clearing Sal ITow la -fT Fall Blast.. S9.T5 SUITS. Our f8.7S suits are matchless bargains. This lot Inoludea suits that formerly sold at U2.60. SU-00 and 118.00, all In on lot .at $9.71 during August clearing sale. 16.00 SUITS. Men's and young men's suits. 17.60 to 110.00 value during August clearing sal at $5.w. Such remarkable prices should soon clean up this lot. Com early while we have your sis. FOR YOUR FEET. Tour choice of any pair of low cut shoes In th house for 12.1s. These ar 4300. UW and 14.00 values. UNION BUTTS. Men Porosknlt, U.W values at too. SOc NECKTIE) FOR 16c Silk ombr ties, 60c values, ttc. MEN'S PANTS, L46 and S2.46. Special value at 11.43 and 12.46. Our SL4S lot Include pants that formerly sold at 12.00 and tx-60. Our 12.46 lot Includes pants that sold at HOO to S&.00. NEBRASKA SHOE AND CLOTHING HOUSE. Magic City Uoasla. Desk Sergeant Bill Corrigan waa in his old place Thursday afternoon. Judge Dickinson, republican candidate for district Judge, was in ths olty yesterday. Jake Klein left today for a trip to Lake Okobojl, where he jipcta to Join his wit and family. Mrs. M. Kelley and daughter. Margaret. have returned horn after an enjoyable trip to Kansas city. Work on ths Jetter creek Is under full team, the whole force of th olty engineer being engaged tnereoa. Dude Oakley has disposed of his saloon on Twenty-fourth street and will open up a new place in Albright. Mr. Dckrt of Seventeenth and M en tertained the women of th Lutheran church yesterday afternoon. State Senator Jerry Fenton, wjio has been visiting in South Omaha, returned yester day to his home in Dawson. There will be a meeting of Sr. Mary's court, W. C. O. V., Friday evening, August , si lis jsonn i Qiriy-niQtA street. Th Defler South Side Aid society will hold a home nuking at Mrs. Knight s home. imu oouvu i nirieemn street, on Saturday Raw Tami p Mr Vf ahnM , n Main u.k Is In the city for a few days, the gueet of bis parents, Mr. ana Mrs. i: j. McMahon. Mrs. C. J. Cllnchard og S26 North Twen ty-flrst street has returned after s month's visit to her brother, Michael u'Donnell. of st. ram. Minn. W wish to thank our frienos ana I elgh bors, O. A. H. and F. C. E. tor thlr Kindness ana sympatny curing the l inen and death of our oear father. Mr. Cnadd ana enuaren. Mlsa Laura Ruderedorf and her sister, Mr. H. C. Voods, returned yesterday from Boulder. Colo., where Miss Ruder e dorf has been spending the vacation with Mr. Woods. After a two weeks' visit with her father. J. H. Ruderedorf, Mra Woods will return to her home In Boulder. The end of the summer season ap proaches. Not the end of it for you, but the end of the summer selling season for us. That is the reason for this reduction. Of course the variety is stiJ) here but the quantities are reduced and the price remark ably so. A suit bought today is good for next spring. Your clothing interests are here in our store. For One Day Only, Saturday, August 5th, We Offer Suits That Sold at $10 to $20, for To take advantage of this great saving you must not hesitate. Please bear in mind that this sale will last only one day. Store Open Saturday Until 10:00 P. jM. (SSc "Tho House of high Merit? Take Any Straw Hat In Our Storer- Saturday, at Worth To $3.00 Here Are the Greatest Un derwear Bargains Ever Heard Of Our determination to make a thorough clearance of all summer underwear is the only reason for this sale. We have disregarded both the former prices and the costs and have made such great reductions that we know you will not overlook such bargains as these. Remember, the prico is all that has changed; the quality is exactly the same. MEN'S $2.50 UNION SUITS at (T. m Tour choice ot all summer weight Union Suit that ISwy 0 old up to 2.60 In Llales, Nainsooks, etc., in roost all Jr jJ styles, Saturday at MEN'S 75c and $1.00 UNION SUITS at jft Tour cholca of all summer Union Suits that sold a?f Wi) T at 60c and 76c, Lisle finished and balbrlggan, In O t'W nearly all styles, Saturday at 7 MEN'S 50c and 75c UNDERWEAR at O Td Your choice of all summer Shirts or Drawers that X ift sold at 60o and 76c, Lisle, balbrlggan, "Porosknlt, etc., ftll (ljJ Saturday reduced to MEN'S 35c UNDERWEAR at 110 Tour choice of all summer Shirts or Drawers that a grX tf sold at 86c, Balbrlggan and Lisle finished garments, Hu Saturday reduced to Final Reductions On Oxfords Home of Stein-Bloch Clothes, Regal Shoes, Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts. Any Woman's "Nebraska" Oxford or Pump that sold up to $3.50; Satur-0 7 dav at Vlt9 Any Man's $3.00 or $3.50 "Nebraska" Uxtords re duced Saturday to.... $2.25 Frederick Walllck. New Tork architect was In this city yesterday with th Idea In mind of erecting two bulldlnrs for Henry D. Estabrook, formerly of this dty, and. Colonel R. C. Clowry, former presi dent of th Western Union Telegraph com pany. The Intention la to erect an apart, men! house at Seventeenth. Cass and Chi-CAg-o. streets. Th other building is pro posed on Casa street, between Sixteenth, and Seventeenth streeta These bulldlnirs, f they materialize. wUl cost at lsaat H00, y OUO, and will be four or fiv etorie high. Mareaalltowa f T riaat Sold. Ma KB HALL TOWN. Is-. Aug. 4. Spe cial.) The Farmers and Merchants' Co operative Brick and Til company. Incor porated In South Pakota with an author ised capital stock ot IW.tiO, has secured aa option en th Flnkl Brick company's plant of this ally and expect ta take It ever; yeonranls and lucraaa th capacity of th plant and manufacture drain and building til In addition to brick. The Fln kl company own valuable clay deposits near thla dty. INSURANCE MEN HOLD REVEL Nebraska Aaaaalatlaa af Fire Writer rui la aa Gaad Thta aaa Have JoUy Time. Sixty member ot th Nebraska Assoc! tlon of Local Fir Insurano agent "burned thlnss up" In th annual donnar of th association at ths Omaha Field club Thursday evening. Th dinner followed an afternoon of base ball and golf on th club grounds, ths member entertaining the out of town men. C C. Pollard, president of th association, led th fun at dinner. Mr. PoUard waa obliged to answer a question which b said was merely te see It be was honest. "What would you do In cas you saw a house burning?" thay asked him. "Easy." be said. "I lnsur in th rival company." The meal was laid out according to th fltnaa of thing with eorn fritters (auto matically sprinkled) and Uk dishes. Bpeach war tabooed and a general good tun waa held. FISHER ON WAY TO ALASKA Secretary of Interior and Party Pass Through Omaha. GENERAL TO US OF INSPECTION Baay Proa-rasa af laajalrr aad Caa reatloas Ahead af Man Who Ha Sons Issportaat Reeeaacs. aattoae to Make. 1 i Walter I Fisher, secretary of th In terior, passed through Omaha Thursday afternoon, starting on bl first trip of field Investigation and Inspection sine he has been In charge of th department. Ha presented th appearance of a typical tour ist, having made himself comfortable In a gray alpaca coat and traveling cap to match. He la smooth shaven, wears glasses and talks keen and clear cut. Accompanying the secretary were F. H. Newell, bead of th reclamation service; George Gove, private secretary; Robert D. HelnL Washington representative of Les lie's Weekly; Walter T. Fisher and Thomas Gorham ot Boston. P. 8. Euatis, general traffic manager of th Burlington; Gen eral Pasaenger Agent Lucius W. Wakaley of th Unas west ot th Missouri 'and E. Clem Daavar of th land bureau of the Burlington joined her to go along into Wyoming. Dr. Brooks, head ot the geo logical survey, and Director Holmes of th bureau ot mines ar on their way In advance to Alaska to mak a preliminary Investigation. Governor Clark of Alaska will meet th party at Juneau. During th brief stop an Invitation to spend a day or as much tim as he might spar in Omaha on his return trip In Sep tember was extended to th secretary by Victor Rosewaur of Th Be, who had met Mr. Fisher In Chicago and had also traveled In Mexico last year with Mr. Helnl. The secretary promised to try to arrange to accept th Invitation, saying that while be had traveled this way more than once be had never stopped off in Omaha and would Uk greatly to see th city. B recalled serving with th 1st Edward Rosewater In th Civic Federa tion's great conference on trust and talked familiarly on various western topic. - "I Intend to mak a thorough investiga tion of all th government land and gen eral conditions in Alaska, as there Is much work to be don there In th coming year, and th situation should be known thoroughly her. On my return her In September I shall hop to mak recom mendations concerning several Alaskan problems." "Do you think It will aid Alaska' de velopment to have the coal mine worked by private companies T" was asked Mr. Fisher. "I could not say now whether or not it would b wis to leas th coal land, but I hop to be able to mak thla point a part of ray recommendations." said the secretary. "The lands open to filing of claim shall be a part of my Investiga tion, so that ta th event of further claims filed I shall be familiar with th ground." Mr. Fisher expressed the belief that Alaskan development should be don by th people who would do th moat good to th country In th next few years. Th first stop will be at Mitchell, Neb., to Inspect the North Piatt project In th land Irrigation reclamation work; then at Huntley, Mont., and Shoshone. Wyo., to look over the Irrigation project there Denver and Utah will be the next stops, then Seattle, where Mr. Newell plan to remain and work while the Fisher party goe to Alaska. In September the secretary of th In terior I scheduled to attend a number of important meetings. Including the national conference of engineers at Boise, Idaho, September 8; a meeting of th heada of all national parks at Tellowstone park September 11; the national conservation congress at San Francisco, another con servation meeting at Kansas City and the XaYlenkT Wining congress in Chicago Sep AatMtor See Snakes. CRESTON. la, Aug. - Ppeclal. County Auditor Smeltxer literally "saw snake" one morning this week when he opened his mail. Among the parcels was a box containing fourteen baby rattlesnakes, and the head and about three Inches of the body of a full grown rattler. No letter accompanied the present and It is presumed soma one waa under th Impression that the county paid a bounty on ratttera, but It doe not, nor never has. WATER BOARD PAYS BILLS Roailn Baslaeaa Following; Election Take In Meetlaa; After Mack Conference la Secret. Election expense amounting to mora than M.000 wer approved by th water board at an adjourned meeting held Thurs day afternoon. Other bills. Including those for advertising th bond elections, will be presented later. . The board considered th advice of Its attorney, John L. Webster, In regard to canvassing the votes cast for the bonds, and special form for the coun cil records of th canvaas ware examined and approved. Th other business ot th board, which seemed to be Important, was discussed In executive session. Burglar Shot by Employe in Store Fred Denton Prevents Eobbery of General Merchandise Firm at Ox ford by Becent Convict OXFORD, Neb., Aug. 4. (Special Tele gram.) An attempted robbery of the gen eral store of Nlssen St McChesney last night was prevented by Fred Denton, an employ of th firm, who was sleeping In th store. He was awakened by th sound of some on working at th lock of a rear door and, shotgun In hand, waited several minutes watching th man. Aa th burglar was about to snter Denton fired, Inflicting a serious wound In the hip. Th man ran. but fell In front of th Model restaurant, where he was taken In charge by Marshal Adkins and his wound given medical attendance. l.arae Kaatne Going West. CRESTON. Ia., Aug. 4. (Special.) Two of the largest freight engines ever con structed arrived here today, en route from the shops at Schenectady. N. Y.. to Salt Lake City, where they are to be used In hauling or from the mountains. Their bulk Is such that railroads transporting them will only handle them by daylight a It is barely ponaiule for them to pass along th right of way. Between her and Chicago It was necessary to remove the guard from the front cylinder In order that they may pans, and even then in some place the sides of the cylinders will scrape against the fences. The engines have a ceradty of ,000 gallons of water each and weUrh 471,000 pounds each. They will remain In the yards at this place until Friday morning. The Key to the Situation Bee Want Ads. are included in our annual mid-summer sale. We have broken all previous sale rec ords and are giving the piano buying public better quality at a less price than we have ever offered before. We have on hand a number of slightly used pianos sample new pianos and "back from rent" pianos that will be included in this price sacrificing sale. Below are a few of the prices on both new and used pianos: Bigger, Better, Busier That la what ooa siateat and persistant advertising will do for Uglllmst hurtnssa Suffered With Diarrhoea For two days I suffered terrible agony with Diarrhoea and Griping pains, when a friend recommended Wakefield's Black berry Balsam to me and I sent out and got a bottle. Th effect It had on m was I wonderful. It quickly relieved the pain, quieted me and I went to sleep soon after commencing the Balaam. When I woke j up 1 waa cured and have not had an at tack of the trouble since. I have been subject to bowel trouble and have tried a good many other remedies with no satisfaction, but this one la Just what I needed and I take pteasur in writ ing yeu this letter telling of my experience with It. Very truly yours, R. STACK. ISth and Buffalo Ava, Chicago. Hundred of peopl (grown peopl and children) ar living today who owe their Uvea to Wakefield Blackberry Balsam. It has cured hundred If not thousands of case of Diarrhoea and summer bowel troubles In the past alxty-flv year after other remedies aav failed- IS everywhere. e Knabe $190 Chickering & Son (used) 150 Vose&Son $125 Weber $200 Peek $109 Ivers&Pond $199 Kranich&Bach $250 Estey (used) $200 Davis & Son $161 Kranich & Son.... $150 Weiler $175 Chickering Bros, (used) $250 Singer .$95 Wellington.... .....$150 Kimball... $65 Vose & Son $60 Fischer (used) $175 Stanley & Son .....$123 Singer $125 The above are only a few of the scores of bargains we have on hand at this time. :: :: Write today if you can't call. Piano Dopartmont MY D) & IV Lnl Douglas St. Entranco
