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v * ¢ Considerable Time e | self-sustaining. & ofihe ¢ J Hact that education is the one thing needful, THE OMAHA COLORED MEN'S CONVENTION, Bpent in the Discussion of Law and Order. THE RESOLUTIONS AND REPORTS. A Spirited Debate on the Question of Education and the Practice of Maintaining Separate Schools. The convention of colored citizens recon- Yened in Garfleld hall yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. It was called to order by Mr. Bar- mett and was opened with prayer by Chap- lain Moore, The committee on resolutions presented the following: Wherens, The negro in the United States fs oppressed and hindered in his progress to a Pltce of higher civilation and’ s aeberood of many of the privileges granted to other cit- izens hoth of native and forefgn birth, and Whereas, The negro is denied many of the riviloges and lmmunities guaranteed to him y the federal constitution, and Whereas, The federal zovernment s relue- tant in the enforcement of the law and in pro- tocting the negro in his rights; and reas, TtIs incumbent upon the negro to gth for th urther advan e interests by improving h financial st ; and his 1s in a great measure npon his own pis; and,as we believe It to be condu ro's prosperity, that he be more y distributed throughout#he United 8 fore, be it Resolved, That we, asa convention tak all Jead our people along th e such road of ity and that we com with Taw ablding citizens of all nationalities in the en- forcement law and in creating a public f sentiment that 1l sustafn public officlals in the proper f their duty In securin 0 all peoy ghts and privileges guau teed to them by the law of the land. There are two wings in the convention and | the resolution was debated with great spirit volley of “Mr. Chairman’’ came from cvery ou of the hall, and the chuirman was compelled to limit the time of each speaker. A fine regard for parlismentary rules was ob. rved, and when noon was reached only bout ' half of the arguments had been offered. One enthusiasitic individual wanted to con- | tinue the convention until4 ¢'clock without Tecess, but the hungry pangs of the majority | prevailed and voted for food versus wind. During the afternoon session the report of the committee on cducation called to view the The document, disapproved of the matter of separate schools. There was_ considerable discussion as to what a previous question was, but it ended with the ucceptance of the zeport, which embodicd the following resolu- tions : That we fuvor the enforcement of the law Which requires all children to attend school. That we believe that the separate public Byster now ln operation Incounties and states of the American unfon s upon the towns of N That a parents o Bohool and ascertain their reasous for not doing so. and If their excuse is trivial, to use their infiuence and the influence of tie com- ucation to overcome it. ommittee of two wait in the advanced classes or grades © and encourage them to complete thelr education and assist them in every way upon the possible. That a committee of two wait on the schol- ars that have graduated,or who are proficient, o upply for positions in mercantile houses and government positions. The following resolutions adopted: were also We belle fttobea fixed deter- prominent ¢'uss of of the southern of the cle 4 of States; there- the constitution of the Unite fore be 11 Resolved 1 cor ence Lo seeure the p. Hondaw. Another resolution, introduced by Scarred Swmith of Omaha, was to the effect that the board of education of Nebraska City be cen- A for maintaining scparate schools for _colored children. "This called for a heated debate, which re- sulted in its bemg laid on the tabl seettully S 10 use th e of u nutiol Then a committee on emigration submitted B report which eulogized the climate and productiveness of Nebraska, and recom- mended the establishment of a bur of finmigration, consisting of one state commis- sioner and one vice commissioner from each county in the state, the expense to be borne by the state league until the bureau becomes The latter part of the report ‘was objected to, and on vote it was decided to substitute a burcau of information instead of immigration commissioners. The committee on constitution and organi- zation, through E. R. Overall, reported in pfavor of the establishment of the Afro-Amer- ican league of the state of Nebraska with the object of aiding and nd\'nndng the national Afro-American league. The basis of repre- sentation was fixed at one delegate from each local league that has a membership of fifty. The organization of the state league was m compléted by the election of the follow- office “President, M. O. Ricketts of Omaha; vice- president, B, F. Alberts of Lincoln; re- cording seerctary, H. H. Barnett of Omaha; corresponding Secretary, B. C. Watkins of Nebraska City; treasurer, R. Overall of Omaha Exécutive co Thomas Cart n, Lincoln; Alliance; Jerry Smith, Blair; W. L Jones, Nebraska City. Board of immigration: Alphonso Wilson, chairmaa, with_authority to appoint the bulauce of the committee, On motion it was unanimously decided that the next session of the league be held in Lin- colu. District Court. Lulu Waechter has applied fora divorce from Frank Waechter ou the ground of de- sertion. The parties wero married April 7, 1847, at Council Bluffs, and the husband de. serted s wife on April 1, 1588, The Bohu sash and doot company has com- , menced suit against Gottliob H. Mack et ul to recover §1,083.78 on account of labor and material furnished in erecting a house for the defendant in South Omaha. County Court. Samgel Stover, the ex-sewer inspector, re- covered a judgment against the city yester- day in the county court, amounting to $48, Mr. Stover was discharged by the chairman of the board of public works December 5, 1887, but refused 1 accopt his discharge, as it was not in writing. He was employed dur- ing Murch for a few days under the direction of the city engineer, and claimed that he had been in the employ of the city during the in- terim, and brought suit to récover his salar, > set up that Stover was dis- Pirced in Decetuber, as there wis 10 more Avork for him, Chairman Balcombe notitled him orally to that effect, although it had been customary to consider men discharged when work stopped for the winter. Caroline K. Terry was yesterday appointed sdministratix of the estate of Isano K. Terry. Alice Dunklan was appointed adminstratrix estate of William Dunllan District Court Jurors. The following is the list of jurors for the May term of the district court as drawn yes- terday by Clerk F. E. Moores and Sherift Boyd William Brann, First ward; T. P. Riley, Fourth ward; John Hoffman, Second ward: Dan Hurd, Sixth ward: P. F. Denuison, Pifth ward ; John Conroy, South O *ut Carl, Fourth ward; J.J, th ward; 1 N. McCoy, Second w e Sanders, Thind ward; Dennis Lonnergan, Florence precinet: J. M. Boyd, Seventh ward; Robert “ohee, Third ward: Dan W. Cannon, Chicago precinet: Jerry Mahoney, Second ward; 1. A. Anderson, Jefferson prec Reuben Forbes, Fourth wand; J. J. Sweeney, Second ward: A J. Peters, Ninth ward; Pat Pow- ers, Millard pricinet; Otis Haynes, Fifth wward: James Duffy, Secoud ward; Frank SPivonks, South Omaha; William Donuelly, Waterloo precinet ; James MeCullough, Omuha; Chris H, 'Kittler, ! E. Agee, Valley precinet: Joe Heffnes wand; Pat Brennan, First ward; Fourth ward: A , Third Hensman, Sixth’ ward; Dan Angell, Eighth wand; Timmothy Kelly, Third ward | Samuel Muguer, Eighth ward; J. A, McMurphy, Douglas precinet; J. Jankowsky, Third wand, i HUGHITT'S SELECTION, How Itis Received by the Union Pa- cific Officials. ‘While the election of Marvin Hughitt toa directorship in the Union Pacific board was not unexpected at headquarters by the offi- cials, it has occasioned a great deal of discus- sion. Vice President Kimball intimated several days ago that a representative might be se- lected from the Vanderbilt interests to suc- David Dows, though he could not be induced to say that such an election would have any special significance. Other officials have expressod themselves, however, quite freely and to the effect that th action shows oser relations botween the Union Pacifie-North- western systems than has heretofore been ad- mitted. Every one in authority insists, how- wver that the selection ot Mr. Hughitt was due to the late trafic arrangement between these two corporations, and because it was advisable to have a Northwestern man in the councils, This view, it may be stated, is not favorably received. There seems to be a well-defined understanding that a strong tie-up has been made for a pow- erful system of road, virtually under one management, from ocean to ocean. 1t requires'only the buildingof 160 miles of new road to reach Pugut Sonnd, and the Union Pacific is now completing arrange- ments for extending its Oregon Short Line across that stretch from Port- land. (The estimated cost of construction is £3,000,490, and there scems to_be strong grounds for the belief that the Vanderbilts will furnish this mone “Mr. Hughitt's selection is, in my opinion,”” said an official, “the first step of an organized move forthe control of the trans-continental traflc; also the beginning of a determined war upon the Northern Pacific.” Sustain Mr. Holcomb. Director J. H. Millard has returned from the Boston meetinig of the Union Pacific di rectory. He was asked for reHable information con- cerning the rumors afloat that Vice President Holcomb might soon retire from the service of the Union Pacific. In reply he sai “If there is such a rumor going the rounds itis wholly without foundation. Mr. Hol- comb enj the full confidence of the direc- tory of ti ad, and as vice president will be practically in absolute coutrol of the -af- fairs of the company. His powers have been extended ratber than diminished. He will assume control of all matters relating to the early transfer of terminal facilities to the Omaha side of the river, and work on the union depot will be pushed as rapidly as pos- sible.” That December Agreement. An agreement, entered into last December between Vice President Holcomb and em- ployes, especially shop men of the Union Pacific,stook effect yesterday. It establishos nine and one-half hours as a working day but scales the wages accordingly. Those wl want to work ten hours have the pri ilege of doing so and will be paid for it as heretofore. While not stated in the agreement, it was generally understood then that this is a move towards eventually making eight hours a working day on_the Union Pacific system. They propose to shorten up at the rate of half an hour each year. So far as heard from at headquarters” this agrecment has been ac- cepted and is now in force over the entire sys- tem. The Burlington’s insurance department has been reorganized so as to give employes who get insured better advantages and greater benefits, Those catering the service can be- come members immediately instead of wi ing one month, as heretofore, and continue such as long as they live, whereas it has been the policy to cut them off as soon as they had ceased to be in the employ of the road. The department is controlled by a superintendent, J. C. Bartlett, who has his headquarters in Chicago, and a medical director, Dr. C. H. Williams. Closes the Crossing. Louis Littlefield has filed a complaint with Superintendent Gilmore of the Missoari Pacific against the crew of one of the early freight trains of that road which blocks up the crossing at Twenty-second street. Some- times the street is closed for ten minutes, compelling the pedestrian or driver to go to ‘Twenty-fourth or Sixteenth street to cross. Notes and Personals. James..Murdock, late traveling freight agent of she Union Pacific, has been ap- pointed general agent for the Northwestern at Spokane Falls, General Freight Agent Tibbets went out yesterday to join General Manager Dick- enson and party for a tour of the Missouri river division: Beware of Frauds—Be sure you t the genuine Dr, Thomas' Electric Oil. It cures colds, croup, asthama, deafness and rheuma- tism. JUSTICE OVERTOOK HIM. 8ol Marks Meets Death at the Hands of His Wife. The wires bring the information that Sol Marks, known in Tennessee as Jake Ackerman, was fatally shot in the court room by his wife. The latter was in Omaha with him and impressed those who saw her as being an attractive and lady-like little woman. It was wainly through her efforts that the charge agaiust ber husband in the district court was changed from grand to petit larceny. Marks was one of the smooth kind of crooks, and had a gecord in nearly all the western states. R His latest crime in Omaha was the stealing of abolt of silk from Larkin's dry goods store. He was arrested und bound over for trial for grand larceny and was subsequently allowed to plead guilty to petty larceny and was sentenced ~ to thirty days in the county jail. While there, he played the sick dodge successfully aud was sent to the county poor farm. He took an unceremonions departure from the hospital and the next information of him came in a telegram from Memphis, Tenn., advising the Omaha police that the authorities had him. It was not thought worth while to send for him, and it was left for his wife to put an end to his career of crime. 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Appetite and diges tion are restored, and the bowels resume ac- tivity, when an impetus is given to the funo- tions of health by this sterling anti-billious medicine, which also has the effect of enrich- ing and purifying the circulation, and forti- fying the sysiem against malarial infection in air or wa It is also highly beneficial for rheumatism, kiduey and bladder troubles, Building Permits. The following perwmits wera issued by the building inspector yesterda; Erastus Young, two story frame resi- Dodgestreet and Thirty-second - - $ 9,000 ner. two story brick residence, ccond and Divenvort strec 8,000 story brick reside nd Divenport stre 3,000 houipkins, addition to reside Twenty-el nd Douglas stroets 800 L. Jay ne story frame cottage, Thirtoenth and Gust strosts ) O, L. Jay one story frame cottage Thirteéuth und Gast streets q Four minor permits Total Nervous debility, poor memor: sexual weakuess, plwples,cured § Nervine. Samples free uf Kuhn and Douglas. r, Mil Co.’s 15th w Coates House, Kan. Oity, Absolutely fire proof, Finest and largest hotel In Kansas City. Unexcelled in its up- pointments. Dr. Birney, pract al diseases of nose and throat, mited to catarrh- Bee bldg. CREMATED IN THE CORNER While Thirty Women Bacape the Flames by Means of Ladders. DARING AND EFFIOIENT FIREMER, Nels P. Drage is Burned to Crisp and a Wholesale Holocaust is Prevented Only by Remarka- ble Coolness and Daring. The gasoline can did its work. The store was burned and Nels P. Drage was burned to a crisp. 01 About half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morn- ing thé pedestrians on Howard street, betwoeen Fifteenth and Sixteenth, were startled by the appearance of a poor little Dane, Peter Oleson, who lives at 2537 Pacific street. With a face like ashes he dashed in and out of the door of Drage’s tailor shop, 1519 Howard street, distractedly wringing his hands and gasping something in broken English which the hearers interpreted—'‘Mr. Drage’s shop is burning.” He meant more than that, but, in his terror, and with his broken speech he failed to make any one comprehend. He was pushed aside, while the crowd which had collected, began hustling out into the street the stock of tailoring goods for which the flames were stretching out greedy tongues, The fire had started in the northeast corner of Drage's tailoving shop and, immediately under the only flight of stairs leading to the flats above. An alarm was turned in at once, but at the station it registered “cight” instead of “eighty-two,”” and the prompt department went flying off toward Vinton street. In the meantime, a t ble bt was wit- nessed at the fire. The building is a three- story brick, owned by P. E. ller. On the corner of Sixteenth and Howard is the office of the Nebraska steam laundry, owned by C S. Poore & Co. East of these are the Omaha steam dye works and on the cast end is the tailor shop, where the five started. On the second floor is the dressmaking establishment of Madame Wallace, where thirty-five girls and women were at work. The third floor is occupied by roomers and in the basement forty employes of the laundry were at work, In an instant the narrow stairway, the only means of egress from the upper stories, wis choked with flapjes and smoke, while the snapping and cracking of the glass and wood of the tailor shop mingled with the roar of the flames. Hulf a dozen roomers from the third story came plunging down the stairs through the smoke In their night clothes blinded and dizzy. Then, fearing tho draught the door W d the helpless spectators prayed for the arrival of the fire department. A white-faced man dashed up to_the door and flung it open. He was grasped by the crowd, pulled back and the door shut in his face, “Stand back, — you, stand back,” he vo- ciferated, my wife is up there, my wife is up there.” "Then the crowd for the first time looked up and at every window in the building saw the blanched faces of from two to half-a-dozen young girls. And till the department arrived they spent the time in urging the occupauts of the building to wait for the ladders. Now and then one more frantic than the rest would attempt to throw hersclf ont, but was pulled back by the cooler ones behind. In a few minutes,which seemed like hours the department was on hand. Hook and lad- der truck No. 1 cawe first, and the police patrol wagon with it. Ladders were run up at once and the work of rescuing the girls be, Some of them were helpless with ter- ror, and one, especially, could hardly be forced from the building, but kept screami; frantically for her sister. Jim O'Brien, the patrol driver, carried down the ladder six women who were per- fectly unable to help themselves in the least. One white haired old lady had stood patient- 1y at a secoud story window just above the tailor shop without uttering a seund aud her example seemed to inspire the others with courage. The alarm had been brought to the dr making shop by a little girl_and Mme. Wal- lace and her husband, Mr. Carey, rose to the occasion and told the girls that there was no danger but that the goods of the customers must ad if possible, Everybody was put to work bundling up the silks and laces and a panic was averted till the ladders were on hand. The fire . was soon extinguished after the hose arrived and began playing on it, but while it was ‘burning Sanitary Ofiicer Hinchey had heard that someone wus in the tailorshop, and some of the firemen made a search of the floor on their hands and knees but found nothing. When the flames were extinguished another search was made. The loss on the building will not be more than $200 or §300. The tailor stock of N. P. Drage was almost a total loss and was valued at about §2.000. Mrs. Wallace values her floor with the fur- niture and goods at about §35,500 and she car- ried $5,000 insurance. She had goods belong- ing ' to customers valued at about §2,000, most of which was saved. The damage to her floor was chiefly from smoke and rough handling, The furni- ture on the third floor belonged to P. E. Iler and was only slightly damaged. Among the employes rescued from Mrs. Wallace's dressmaking rooms were: Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Becre, Ma Moran, ‘Mrs. Park, Mrs. Beehus, Nettic McKay, Annie Craig, Mary and Ella Barn- well, May Wolff, Katie Robinson, Mrs. Eck- ert, Nettie Hopkins, Annie Wagner and others, whose names could not be learned, but all were saved, Burned to Death. Chiof Galligan, who, with some of his men was muking an examinatioh of the burned tailor shop, found under the charred stairway in what had been a little clos what at first looked like a bundle of ra. closer examination revealed protrudiug from the bundle a charred and shrivelled human elbow. The rags were removed aud disclosed the contorted body of the proprietor, N. P. Drage, burned almost to a crisp. - His burn. ing clothes had ignited the building. Khe origin of the fire. is explainea by the two tailors Olesen and Lundgren, who were in the shop at the time. ~ Mr. Drage had been out collecting and coming in shortly after 10 o'clock went into the closet under the stairs 1o change his pants. There was a can of gaso- line in the closet and in a minute after Drage had entered the place the employes heard cries of pain and turning saw the flames is- suing through the open door. As above related, Olesen fied in terror from the place. He returned and almost dragged Lundgren after him. Lundgren, jt is deaf. He had not seen the flames and had not heard Drage's cries. Both lost control of themselves and picking up a few articles of clothes rushed from the store. Poor Drage was left behind and was found as desc Drage lives at Eightcenth and streets, and leaves a wife and thre His stock of goods was almost completely destroved, but it could not be learned what value had been placed on it. The Inguest, The inquest over the remaius of U Drage was held at Heafey & Heafey's y terday afternoon The first witness examined was Peter Olesen, the little Swede who first gave the alarm of fire. He said he was a tailor and was in the employ of Mr. Drage. The latter had been out collecting in the morning and came in about 10:30 o'clock. He had been wearing a new pair of pants and remarked that he guessed he would take them off and put on an old pair, With that he went into the small cubby bole or closet under the stair- wa; In about half a minute the witness heard a sharp exclanation, and then anot He ran to the closet and wus confronted with @ great flame. He at once ran out into the steet and gave the alarm., . Being cruss examined, the witness said there were two gasoline cans kept in the 2loset; the larger one held five gallons and the smaller about two gallons. Mr. Drage aiways attended tothe gasoline stove, and was [n the habit of pouring the gasoline from the larger into the smaller can, aud using the » latter to 1 the stove. The stove had been filled early in the moruing and the can re turned to the closet. The witness did not hear Mr. Drage strike a watch, nor did he hear any sion Fritz n and his wife, who are con DAILY BEE, FRIDAY, MAY 2 18t nected with the dye wopks tatlor shop, testified that™ th. little tailor run out 6 ¥he shop, exclaiming that Mr. Drage was delug burned to death, The rest of their testimany was unimportant, Chief Galligan was “examined and testified to having been notified by Oficer Hirichey that a man was in thg burning store. He also told of the finding of hesdead man. He said he had examined the m“ and was of the opin fon that the cork been left out of the gasoline can and the' Vapor had filled the room or closet: that thedecensed had dropped something while changing his pants and had ulm‘ck a mateh to look for it, causing the ex- plosion, Eli F. King, & firoman of No, 3 company, was the next witness. He helpad remove the body. The fivegalloA®ih was lying on the floor directly at the feef of the dead man. Coroner Harrigan stated for the benefit of the jury that the large can was not injured excopt to char the wooden jacket, and = con- tained kerosene or gasoline after it had been thrown into the street. The small can was found with the top blown completely off. Ofticer Hinchey was examined, but his tes- ony did not develop anything, This mmplw the testimony and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by an explosion of pasoline, but from the evidence the jury was unable to de- termine the cause of the explosion. One of the witnesses stated that the de- ceased was & member of the Danish Brother- hood, lodge No. 2, in which he carried a pol- icy of $1,000, "The remains were removed to Maul's un- dertaking rooms by direction of the Danish Brotherhood. This order has taken charge of the funeral, which will be held on Satur- day or Sunday, the details not having been completed. . The wife and children of the dead man have not secn the remains and will not be permitted to do so if they can be prevented. The body presented a horrible appearance, the face being intensely black, probably from as the hair and beard were proserved. body was burned and_olistered and thi feet were burned completely off. The low part of the legs were charred to a cri next door to the had seen the o4k A Pleasing Sense of health and strength renewed and of ease and comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature effectually cleanses the system when costive or bilious. For sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all druggists. NOBODY'S DARLING. And Yet Half a Dozen are Clamoring . for a Little Waif. Four weeks ago Mrs. William Dustin, 15 South Seventeenth street, became the foster mother of a littie waif whose own mother had died almost at the time of its birth. The lit- tle one was received with joy into Mrs. Dus- tin's household and in & short time was idolized by herself aud her husband. The child had come into her possession through its grandmother, Mrs, Alva, who resides at the corner of Twentieth and Cas- tellar streets. Where the father of the waif is 10 oue He was not present at its birth and it was not intended that his off spring should bear his name, because it was thegitimate. # Wednesday, Mrs. Alva called at the resi- dence of Mrs. Dustin accowpanied by Cos ble Jacobs, a detective and a lawyer of thi city and demanded possession of the child. Ou her entrance, Mrs. Dustin remarked You have come for the baby, eh! Well you won't get it.”” At the same time she rushed to the room where the little one lay and taking it in her aris defied the grand- mother to remove it. At this juncture Mrs; Alv: entered the house and onc of them se Mrs. Dustin by one hand while the g mother took the child from her arms. Mys. Dustin’s husbard then appeared and violently protested, threntening the direst kind of vengeance on those who were robbing him of his adopied child. He was held by a couple of men whilé the child was borne away in triumph. It is now supposed to be in the possession of & woman living on Vin- ton street. Mrs. Alva claims that, the baby was not adopted by Mr. Dustin and that it had not been properly cared for, and that it was her desire to sée that her’ daughter’s offspring was brought upina careful and respectable manner. s. Dustin, on the ether hand, claims that child was given every care, ind that the grandmother took it away only to give it into the possession of some one who was unxions 10 S ure it. Dustin is after his visitors, whom he ass erates he will have arrested for assault, while he proposes to punish Mrs. Alva for Kianap- ping. male friends zed and- BENFITS OR DAMAG! What Property Holders Must Pay for the Tenth Street Viaduct. The board of equalization yesterday com- pleted the approximate estiment of the assessment for the Tenth street v uct damages. The amount per foot frontage north of the viaduct will be as follows, unless otherwise ordered by the board : Capitol avenue from Seventh to Fifteenth street, 23 cents; Dodge street, 23 cen‘s; Douglas, Farnam, Harnoy Howard, Jackson, 20; Seventh and Capitol avenue to alle: south of Jackson, 12; Eighth, 18; Ninth, Tenth and Douglas, 52; Tenth and Douglas to alley south of Jackson, 58: Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirthenth, Fourteenth and Fif- teenth from Capitol avenue to alley south of Jackson. 20, The above described assessment amounts in round numbers to &15,670. he amount per foot frontage south of the viaduct will be as follows, unless other ordered by the board of egualization Fifth to Twelfth, 15 cents; c street, Fifth to Twelfth, Picrce s ccond to Fifth, 6 Pierce strect, Fifth to Twelfth, 15; Poppleton avenue, Second to Fifth, 6; Williams street, S 5 Williams, Fifth to Sixth Kountzeaddition, 15: Williams s Pwelith, 15: Woolworth avenue, Sécond to Fifth, 6; Woolworth avenue, Fifth to Sixth, 15; Worthington, Eighth to Tenth, Pine, Second to Fifth, 6: Pine, Fifth to 155 Pine, Seventh to v, Second to Fitth, 6; Hickory, Fifth to_Eleventh, 12; Walnut and Center, Second to Fifth, 6: Center, Tenth to Twelfth, 12: Cedar, Oak and Dorcas, Second to Fifth, 6; Ouk und Dorcas, Fifth to Twelfth, 12; Martha, Second to Fifth, 6: Martha and Vi Twelfth, 12: Castellar, Fifth to Tw Arbor, Eighth to Twelfth, streets of Bancroft, from 6: Tenth, from Mason to Hickory Hickory 'to Bancroft, 52; Second, north to Pacific, 6; Third, Walnut to Hickory, 6; Pine, to Pacific, 6: Fourth, Martha to Pacific, 6; Fifth, Ouk to Pacific, 6; Sixth and Seventh, Dorcas to Mason, I8; Sixth, Dorcas south, 1 Seventh and Eighth, Dorcas to Mason, 18; Nineth, Bancrof to Martha, 18: Nineth, Dorcas to Mason, 18; Eleventh, Mason to Bancroft, 1 Ninth aud Eleventh, Valley to Baucroft, 1 Teuth and Eleventh, Valley to Bancroft, 15: yne's Riverside, River' View, Anmsficld & Swmith's saditions, 6; Seventh avenue, Pine Twelfth street, Mason south to Eleventh, Van Camp addition, 12. ss, in round numbers, & southern’ territory extends over two The northern,auns six and one-half The miles. imate 15 not changed,” said v of the board of equalization, t by every property owner in f this e: Chairman Low it will be foug the First war —t Pirsoys who lead 3 life of exposure are subject to rheumatism Wéuralgia and lumbago and will find a valuable remedy in Dr, J. H. McLean'’s Volcanic O# Liniment; it will banish pain and subdueinfiammation. S At the Young Women's Home. The Young Women's home, at 109 South Seventoenth street, was the scenc of unusual enjoyment last night, it being the second entertainment, the proceeds of which go towards paying for @ fine piano, recently purchased. From early in the evening until uearly miduight the spacious parlors were crowded with the guests and friends of the young ladies. During the evening the follow- lng n;uuvll and literary programue was ren. ered 500 (bass) “Thy Seutinel und 1" JUA Boliman, Recltation The High Nora G. Rake Solo (tenor 2 ove's Sorrow" B ¥ Duncau. Recitation W. 8. Heller soptivan v W. Btevens Piano acconipay Loe Kratz In the large dining room, refreshments, usisting of cake, coffee and ice cream we CONTINENTAL CLOTHING : HOUS CORNER FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS STS. PRIZE - WORD - CONTEST. An Educational Recreation, Highly Exciting, Instructive Amusing. A VALLUABLRER PRIZXE From Our Boys’ and Children’s Department Given to Ever Contestant, Entertainment. COMMENCING MONDAY, MAY B, And continuing until further notice, we will se velope, with rules and instructions showing how formed from these letters. Dictionary, either one being accept, To every boy 14 years of age or under correct words which they represent, all of which are numberen and register her Webster’s ed as standard authority in spelling. and also numbered on the envelopes sent, we will send as a prize trousers made from the Sawyer Woolen Company’s, equal in quality to any fabric made in this countr our establishment or elsewhere is $2.00 per pair. As it is our purpose to distr| bute the prize, which all come from our children’s possible, no contestant will be allowed to compete mor retarned to us within fifteen days of date or Great interest will be taken in this method of competing for a will be given to every successful contestant. To persons who ar ter of only a few meoments’ study to win a prize, Ject that will require many days and ev beyond precedent, and thousands of peoy during the long evenings as a ssur. spelling and forming words in the ce of a English language. and also for blank to write the same upon. FREELAND, LOOMIS & (0. The Largest Clothing House West of the Mississippi. SOUTH OMAHA DAILY EVENTS, Saloons Are All Selling, But Without the Legal City License. HARD FEELING THE OONSEQU'ENGE.I D 1 | A Boy's Miraculons Escape from a Fatal Accident—No Signs of a Strike Among Packing House Employes. There isn't a saloon in South Omaha that has alicense to sell beer or liquor, but just the same a thirsty or bibulous person can | buy booze at any of them. They are flying in the face of the law and take the position that the city council is the derelict body and not | themselves. They contend that their appli- cations were in the city clerk's hands in ample time to be considered and passed upon, but the council has neglected to meet and | give them a heaving. The liceuse committee was not in session yesterday morning. Illness in the family of Councilman O'Rourke necessitated his going t0 Omaha, hence no meeting was held. Both Councilmen O'Rourke and Row- ley, who are the saloonmen’s friends on the committee, admit they have not struck a single boud and application yet that is regu- lar in form and meets with the requirements of the Slocumb law. Everything is in a chaotic condition, with no telling what the outcome will be. Yesterday applicants for li arched up the stairs to the city t office and deposited either cash’ or certified chy to the amount of £00 and securing the treas- | urer’s receipt for the money. Heretofore the saloon men have paid %120 on May 1 and the other §375 of their license money on August A rigid of the Slo- cumb law ne payment of the full sum in ady and prevents the consid- eration of the application for license unless the treasurer's receipt for the money accom- panies it, There is sympathy for the saloonkeepers who have been in_business for the past year who to comply with the law would bave to close their places up pending tho granting of their _licens ut with the wen who started up yesterday aud who openly declare il they will run, license or no license, there be little sympathy, There are several n who have opened up today who apparent belicve they are justified in opening, but who will never get a license if it is possible to en- force the state laws in South Omaha. There are sixty saloons in South Omaha, one to every 140 of the population. They are a strong power and believe they are being persecuted. Feeling is strong and knots of men discussed the situstion on the streets all day The condition of affairs is charged to the men who were defeated in the city election last month. It is asserted that the saloons are being persecuted because they refused to support Kd John and the nominees on the citizens' ticke Again, it is said to be a plan to force gune: tion on the people by bringing the salc keepers, the most interested class, to the support of consolidation. The effect of the election next Thursday is problematical, On oue side are those who insist that it 13 time to enforce the law in South Omaha: on the other side are those who think that the prescnt condition of affairs is satisfuctory enough to suit everybody except the prudish portion of the population. Under a Team of Scrapers. “The loungers around the corner of Tywenty- fourth and N streets Wednesday night just before dusk witnessed 4 scene that for five minutes led them to believe another boy was going to have his life crushed out but this time not by & motor train. A grading outfit was passing along the street. A string of seven scrapers were hitched together, the driver sitting on the first one. A small boy thought he would steal a ride and endeavored to get on the sec- ond scraper. He missed his footing and fell under the machine. The spectators shouted to the driver to stop but he thought they were indulging in ridicule at the lon string of two-wheeled vehicles he had behin him and ouly drove the fast The louder | the shouts to “Whoa!" the faster he drove. | Everybody expocted to pick upa dead bo when the last scraper had passed. Th were surprised when out of the dust and dirt of the ot they picked up a lustily bawling | urchin who had sustained no injuries cxcept | a slight seratch on oue of his hands Fortunately the boy fell iu such that the six heavy scrapers had « with their wheels, Dr. Eusor examined him ot him bowe. He narrowly iissed making auother small boy job for coroner No Strike in Sig! » is no indication of & ng the depart y Sudcessful Read Carefully the Details of this Unique n da game of letters to any address, in a sealed en- common words of the English Two envelopes will be sent to ever form two common English words, which may be found in eit} language may be y address containing letters which will or Wooster's Unabridged who is successful in forming from the letters sent the two "ed in a ledger in our office by express a pair of short. knee of Dover, N. H., finest quality spring ca ¥, if not superior, the lowest retail price of which in imere, ment, as e than once, and all words sent out must be they will not be accepted. prize of substantial value, which e skillful at this game it will be a mat- and at the same time some experts may find it a sub- enings of careful study to solve. The game is fascinating ple all over the United States are playing it at the present time musement and as a highly instructive recreation in the art of Send to us for envelopes containing the words packing house employes today. body is at work and the matter is even beiugdiscussed on the streets, Unl, the infection should spread out from Chicago to Omaba and be encouraged by hot-headed men no trouble is feared here. A number of the men at work here had disastrous experi ences in the last packing house strike in Chi- cago and want no more of it in theirs, Every not A Bad Boy Captured. Ed Fitzgerald is a prisoner at the city jail. He is wanted here for some thievery indulged in in the Third ward last fall, He skipped the country, but in the meantime was at his old work in'Kansas, He was arrested there and sent to the reform school at Topeks. He escaped from the institution the other day and returned to South Omaha ouly to fall into the hands of the law again They Were in South Omaha. It is now certain that the men who shot | Nistel, the clothing clerk, in Omaha last ' night are the same men who were arrested by Viaduct Watchman Tuhls one day last to the county jail Judge King. The four men were dressed exactly alike in new clothing, The police were sure at the time they had ptured a gang of crooks, but the best they could do was to make a charge of vagrancy stick, 2 City Notes and Personals. John Wiggins of Columbus made his regu- lar visit to South Omaha yesterday. Patsey Murray, the South Omaha pugilist, will be tendered a benefit by the South Omaha athletic club, James McCarthy of Denison, Ia, spent yesterday in the city. The members of the Presbyterian congre- gation at their annual meeting last night de- cided to retain Rev. R. L. Wheeler for an- other year. ~W. G. Martin has returned from a business tTip to Keokulk, la. R. J. Newman, a_capitalist of Syracuse, N. Y., is in South Omaha looking over the opportunities for investment. H. R. Altman of the Stockman force, is suffering from slight injuries sustained by his leg coming in contact with the fly wheel of a printing press, Jarah Jaskalek was out yesterday after @ week's wiestle with rheumatiso., William Hike, whose jealousy led him to shoot into the house of Fred Moran Satur- day night, was taken to the county jail yes- terday by Officer Hughes to await ‘trial in the district court. George Campbell, Hopkinsville, Ky,, says: Burdock Blood Bifters is the best prepara- tion for the blood und stomach ever manufac- tured. The costliest horse barn in the world belongs to D. D. Crouse and is located at Syracus. Y. It has now cost the owner, a millionaire horseman, some- thing like $700,000. Incidental expenses will make the stable cost little short of a round million, DICK HALL CAPTU He Admits Having Shot at RED. Detectives Dempsey and Savage. Dick Hall, the man who shot at Detectives Savage and Dempsey last Thursday night, was lodged iu jail last night. bullet in his erable suffe vears of age done several hardened in vears in jail He admits he is the party, and as evidence of this he carries , which is causing him consid ing. Hall, although only crime, having About three ghteen months ago he was arrested in a vacant buitd. ing on South Tenth street, charged with committing a namel of Eddy ( was convicted ninety days, his te he shot at the officers. Taking his own sto shooting he was in Fr Douglus street and seci he beat a hasty retreat, ran firing his revolver as He ran, age fired tw fiftoen ; aped, went to Dick Burdish' told what had_happend, dish hitehed up his® hore ancil Blufts wher Detecti e, the first shot taking e the right leg, just below the knee. s saloon where after whi and drove him to he was sec) me upon the person s of uge ud sent to the county j m expiring the saine day He v for it, the night of the k Bellamy’s saloon on the off the in Hall then h Bur- sted in the house of Juck Green, 4 bartender who resides at puth Seventh street. Hull claiws that he is the son of wealthy and respectable parents who reside in St. Louis, and was enticed away from home some tWwo years ago by a man who is now serviug outa ten years Joliet, where he was sent on a ch way robbery. entence in the penitentiary at arge of high- Pears' is the best and purest soap ever made, The Only One. 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