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THE BEE: (WAIU, TVET)NTT SO W. ,11 LV 'J2, 1H14. 13 PIONEER OMAM WOMAN DIES Widow of Prof. S. D. Beals Answers the Last Call. HAS LIVED HERE 58 YEARS Jir Husband Wna nt One Time Su perlntcndrnt rf Onmhn I'nlillc School tlrnla .rrinol I .Nnmril Aftrr lllm. Pickard's Story of the Great Bribery Plot-Part III. Q. N'ow whut 'a th miKRtetffl plan. If therr wn one. with reference to trap ping Mr LnrrT A. Tim plan dUcunaed at tli flrxt meeting, which I have ex plained, to Iw rarrled on by securing what we rail a rover. Q. A rover. A. A rateable article. Q. That waa the agency for this burner? A. -Yen. air. The first plan waa for inn to oiten an office and ennaKO In Mr. Grace Kllaabcth Hcala, 111" IJaven-, the Ronfrn to aend my advertise- port street, widow of I'rof ?amtiel 1. i n)(nt out to the various county officials Beals, who died fouiteen years bko, died at her home Monday nlfiht at the nije of M years. She nad been In Omaha for flfty-etRht years, having come hero with her husband from New York state. Stenographic report of the questions and answers in Justice Britt's court in the preliminary than eeelv " ction for hearing of the case resulting from the sensational charges made by Mayor Dahlman a few weeks ago uncovering the operations of a bunch of Burns' sleuths in Omaha. ro to Mr. Wolfe for a list, for my mailing Prof. Heals was at one time conductor )C r,n(1y t0 hc 0pprOachcd by Mr. of a prlxate sihool here, but later he-' ,.. Conntrtel with It came a teacher at the umana men scnooi ; mMtrr or m0ney for the contract. and rlty officials and In that way come In contact with them, nnd hold myaelf In a position lmre If my efforts to sell to any of ths officials, but particularly to Mr. I.vnch. were promising, that I would Lynch Ir. the and taught there or was connected with school work continuously until the tlm of his death. Deals school was named nfter l'rnf. Beals, who was e.l one time superinten dent of Omaha schools. Mrs. llealo' funeral will be held at the horn Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Q That I jou t.cre in a receptive mood? A. -Yes, sir. Q. And you exported if rtny overture was made for n bribe, that it would come from him? A. Y!, sir. Q.-Ha there anything1 snid as to who should furnish the money In the caso that Mrs. Stowell Is a niece of Mrs. Keats. Rabbi Silver Will Speak Saturday at Russian Synagogue TUbbl S. 8llver of Chicago, who Is tour lnc the middle west In the Intereits of the. Zionist movement, will spend Wedncs- i day and Thursday In Lincoln and return lo Omaha for a lecture, which he will deliver on "What the Jews of This 'Country Are DolnB for Palestine" at the Russian Jewish aynaiogur, Saturday aft ernoon at 4:20. He will leave for Dch Moines Saturday evening, but will return to Omaha Tuesday evening, at which time reorganization of the local Zionist so ciety will be affected at the Beth Hamedrosh Haxodol synagogue, Nine teenth and Burt streets. From here the visitor will ro to Sioux City. Rabbt Silver brings with him a vast fund of Information as to what the Zion ists havo accomplished In Palestine by the appliance of the modern science o Xarmlnp and by Prof. Aaromon'a experi ments of (Trowing wheat In dry land. These experiments are conducted at tho arrleultural station in Palestine, which Is financed by Jacob Schlff and Julius Tlosenwald. The Zionists also maintain the Bexalel School of Arts and Handicrafts, which recently brought an exhibition to the Mad Ison Square Garden in New York City. Prof. Boris Bchatz, a noted sculptor and head of the art academy nt Sofia, Bui garla, and Ephralm M. Lllllen, the noted painter, are nt the head of thla school. rtabbl Silver is tho representative of the Order of Knights of Zton, with head quarters In Chicago. Tli hodv will be Inleried at Prosnect 1 1 111 I condition arose? A. The only under cemetery. I atndlng waa that if nich condition arose, Mrs. William B. Stowcll of Ilurllngton, J I was to report It, that the money would Wis., and her daughter. th nearest of j bo sent me by Mr. Oustafson. kin, are In Omaha. Mrs. Btowell has aj Q. And be provided by whom? A. brother, A. W. Stevens, of Milwaukee. ! Well, that never waa stated to me. That I money Is always provided by the client of the agency, which, in this Instance, waa the Dally News. Q. You say that Gust a f eon was com ing up here how often during these oper ations? A. Every seven or eight day. Q. And his conferences were with? A. Mr. Polcar. Q. Was Mr. Colver here during your operations after the first time? A. Not that 1 know of. Q. And your idea In coming here to Omaha originally, you say, was to Inves tigate municipal graft? A. Yes, sir. Q. Now then the original plan that you had was with reference to a bribe? A. If Mr. Lynch or any other official ap proached me or somebody and offered to place a good contract by the handing out of certain money, I was to report that at onoe, and I was told that Mr. Polcar would arrange for Immunity with the state authorities. Q. In case his bid for a bribe was ac cepted? A. Yes, sir. Q. What was said,, to you, If anything, by Polcar, with reference to the possibil ity of Mr. Lynch doing that? A, Well, he never said very much about It, ex cept that he though such an opportunity would present itself. Q. And he expected Lynch to make the offer? A. Mr. Polcar! plans were made generally with Mr. Oustafson: I was afterwards Instructed what to do. Q. Was there any change In your plan? How long did you continue in thla receptive mood, wtlhout changing your operations? A. Up to about some tlmo along the 1st of March, or the 10th of March. g. And up to that time no overture had been made by Mr. Lynch? A. No; nor by anyone else. Q. Was there any change made in the plan of operations at that time? A. Well, along about that time I reported to tho agency at Kansas City and sent them a newspaper clipping which nnnounced Showers Wet the Fields of Kansas and of Nebraska According to the reports to the rail roads there wero light and scattered showers over portions of Nebraska Mon day night, but nothing In the way of a general rain. Several points in Kansas, Monday night had fairly heavy rains distributed ever a wide area, relieving the dry weather to some extent. Qeorgo McNutt of the Kitty, who tfav Is over northern Kansas nnd southern Nebraska, Is In town for the day nnd brings flattering reports relative to the. corn situation. Mr. McNutt nsscrti that while corn in his territory Is In need of rain It has not been damaged by the drouth. In his opinion, while the critical period la approachlnr, tho cereal could stand dry weather another week without sustaining any damage. an appropriation of $15,000 for the pur chase of new boilers in the city hall. 1 had been Instructed not to go near the city hall, nnd had not done so except to AD CLUB ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The executive committee of the Omaha A d club will hereafter elect officers of the club from among Its members, Just as the city commission elects the mayor and distributes the positions of city gov ernment among the members of the elected commission. This Is one of the changes made In the constitution adopted by the club at a meeting today. In the election of executive committee men immediately after, George Pray and John Mellen tied, for the fifteenth place. This will mean that one will have to be eliminated either by lot drawing or some other way equally Impartial. The list re cetving the highest votes for executive committee follows: Ralph Sunderland, O. T Eastman, Hairy Docherty, Harry Ma haffey. Frank Bullta, Victor White, Penn V, Fodrea, L. M. Whitehead, A. D. Borg lam, Samuel Itees, Hobert H. Manley, Charles Kdwurd Duffcy, N. J. Ilaker, Sid ney Ranger, Ueorge Pray and John Ueilen. The new executive committee will meet soon to choose the president and other officers for the ensuing year. list; and when I saw this clipping I went to Mr. Wlthncll. one of the city commis sioners, made a legitimate explanation of my fuel saving device and asked that I bo considered when the boilers were In stalled, of feting to mako a free test; I also saw the engineer at the city hall, Mr. Foley, I think his name Is, and I saw Mr. Ilrltton, tho engineer at the general hospital; went over the details of the device wtlh him; and soon after that ! I was advised by gentlemen who wero , working for me In the office, trying to further my effort to sell the burner, that a mnn by the name of Hansen hni come hero and wan going to put the bollera In the city hall, and, an they expressed It, was going to slough In 13.200. , Q. What did you understand that to 1 mean? A. I understood that to mean I that the Hums agency had sent a man here to brlbo the city commissioners, the city officials, to effect the same purpose i that I wan here seemed to be here for. Q. Did you ever have a talk with Ous tafson about that? A. Not until he came up some days nfter I heard that Hansen was here. Q. What did ho say about that? A Well, I went over to tho Rome hotel, as uaual, on some appointment. I says, what about this man you have got here; well. he says, he Is handling the city hall end of It; I waa told to keep away from there, nnd he Is here now, nnd he la going to put It over; he has got Air. Wolfe, who Is going up to Chicago, and the deal will be closed up there; and Mr. Gustnfson was foellng very Jubilant over the prospects of making the deal with the city officials, q,Vhat kind of a deal did you under stand? A bribe? A. He waa to get the contract for the boilers In tho city hall and the price was to be boosted so that he could Rive 15,200; that Is the way It waa reported to mo by the men employes In my office; I never aaw Mr Hansen and don't know him. Q. Now, when was It that Hansen waa sent here? A. Well, that Is along about, I I should say, the 1st or Marcn; mayue the middle of March. Q. Now, Mr. Plckard, along there In In March, waa there any change mado with reference to the operations against Lynch? A. Yes, sir. Q. What kind o! meeting waa held and where? A. A meeting was held In Chi sago; so I was told by Mr. Oustafson, my employer, my manager; several meet ings were held there. Q. What was the change, if any. that was to be Inaugurated? A. Well, my re ceptive attitude had brought no results; i no one had approached mo for any ' money, and Mr. Hansen's matter had not proved successful, apparently; had been delayed or something; they held a meet ing in Chicago, so Mr. Gusta-fson said. Q. Who held the meeting? A. Polcar, and either Mr. W. J. Burns, or his son, R. J., nnd Mr. Oustafson. q, What was the result of that con ference as reported to you by Gustafson? K. Guatafson gave me Instructions to feel out Mr. Lynch and see whether he would accept n bribe. Q. Now, waa anything natd later on with reference to attempting to bribe? A. Well, when 1 tamo back, I had been constantly refusing to mnko any effort at any bribing without being assured of Im munity. Q. Who was it that wanted you to mnko a bribe, to offer a bribe? A. Mr. Oustafson. Q. Did ho suggest any way by -which you should do It 7 A. Not at that time. After I camo back I saw Mr. Polcnr and told him that my Instructions now wore to tentatively feel out Mr. Lynch and see whether ho was ripe for a bribe. Q. Now, did you, up to that tlmo, havo any conversation with Mr. Lynch In which you offered or ever Intended to offer lilm a bribe of any kind or nny amount? A Never. I havo had many conversations with him and never offered him a bribe or never Intended to offer him a bribe. Q. And nt that time the plan of your instructions were not to actually offer a bribe, but to be In a receptive mood for one? A. Yes; at the time I mado no chango In this; I waa not Instructed to Q. Now. do you remember a meeting of tho commissioners on the 21st of Feb ruary? A Yes, I was there almost every day for two months. Q. And of course you cannot detail what occurred at every meeting? A. No; I made the boat effort I knew to sell tho burner, particularly to the county hospital. Q. Now, that was the department of the work of the commission Mr. Lynch had charge of? A. No, sir; Mr. Mc Donald was chairman of that committee, and Mr. McDonald answered my adver tisement: asked mo to call upon him, and I presented the burner, along about tho 16th of January, to him. Mors Tomorrow. Council Asks the Contract to Pave Farnam Forfeited A resolution directing tho forfeiture of the contract between Hugh Murphy and tho city for the repaying of Farnam from Eighteenth to Twentieth streets was passed by the city commission, at the in stance of Commissioner J. J. Ryder. The city legal department wltl Investi gate the caeo and If Murphy has delayed the work without good reason nn nttempt will bo made to forfeit tho contrnct ami cause Murphy to pay damages. Property owners on Farnam street and business men havo protested to the coun cil that tho condition of the street for two months has been such that their trade Is being hurt. See real estate columns for bargains TIlAVBTi. TIIAVKL. J MINUTE MEN j At the -Hotel Martinique you will find a staff of Modern Minute Men. Their duties are the promo tion of peace and comfort for our guests. The Martinique Minute Men know when ships sail ; trains arrive and depart ; theater curtains rise ; what players play ; where the best shops are, and how to get to anywhere and everywhere. The Martinique Minute Men inform, advise, assist and suggest. Some of them are always, on the alert night nnd day. They arc high salaried men, who look to the hotel for remuneration, not to the guests. Their service to you is gratis. The HOTEL MARTINIQUE "Trt Houis of TsyW ON BROADWAY, 32d" to 33J STREET NEW YORK CITY WIlr ChinJUr, Jr., Manager Low Round Trip Fares to the cool PANAMA-PACIFIC LINE TO SAIL THROUGH NEW CANAL City Passenger Agent Clewell of the Illinois Central Is the first of the Omaha Agents to receive notice of the sailings of vessels through the Panama Canal next year. He represents the Panama Padflo line of New York, owner of the Finland and Kroonlund. tteata that are announcing the first sailings for San Francinco May 1 of next year. The trip from New York to 8an Fran cisco is to cover sixteen days and the prices charged depend to some extent upon what passengers exact Kor Instance, the trip com liSO to 150 if the Passenger occupies a room on the promenade deck; tXO to ft for quaitera on the upper deck; $173 to IKK) on the salson deck and $60 if third class passage Is taken. Third class, like the other cluitx. Includes meats and stato room. Lake Resorts North and East KUNCL FOUND GUILTY OF DUMPING RUBBISH August Kuncl was found guilty of dumping: rubbish nar Sixth and Cass streets and was fined IS and cota in peUoo court, the sentence being suspended by Judge Foster. The suit was brought by the city health department to prevent .steeaM which might originate from stamping refuse and garbage within tbe In Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and the East are hundreds of ideal vacation spots where breezes always blow cool and invigorating. "The Pacific Limited" and three other fast trains from Omaha make convenient con nections in Chicago with trains for resorts of the north and east. CHICAGO Milwaukee&SLPaul RAILWAY Send or call for summer resort literature and full information about train service, etc CITY TICKET OFFICE 1317 Farnam Street, Omaha W. E. BOCK, City Pau'r Aseat Fares from Omaha to a few of the favorite vacation spots are as follows: Delavan Lake, Wis. $18.00 Milwaukee, M 20.50 Waukesha, " 19.60 Oconomowoc " 19.70 Minocqua, " 22.90 Star Lake, " 23.00 Calumet Mich. 32.10 Marquette, " 30.00 So. 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Here are some prices: FOR WOMEN '$4.45 Laird & Schober's patent and gun metal colonials; Cuban and Louis Cuban heels; $6 values, now Laird & Schober's patent dull and tan Russia pumps $5 and S5.60 aq m r" valuea $e),id now Wright & Vjtero patent co ed pumps, also dull and suede pumps, $4.60 and H val ues, now Zicgler Bros. straps, pumps and colonials, pat ents, dulls and tfifk tp tans. $4.50 and 5k fa S4 values VUmUV $2.95 Wright & Peters satin De lalno Cuban Louis heel, colonials, also, mat kid button oxfords; 5 values, now H. H. 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