Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 25, 1891, Page 8

AFTER ¥ULL INVESTIGATION. Real Estato Owners Report on the Thir~ teenth Street Grading Muddle. ILLEGALLY FUNDS WERE EXPENDED, Iteviews the Case at ymmends Suit Mizapplicd The Committee Length and to Recover t unty Cash, [state Owner's meet The directors of the Renl asscciation held the regalar Thursday ing at four o' clock yesterday atternoon Mossrs, Cathers, Balcombo and Reed tho committee appoiuted to investigate the man ner it which Soutn Thirteenth street and inte ots was graded and the dis position of the road fund reported as follows Your committe frerant days at the rooms of the Real Estate Owners' ation and heard the testimony of alarge , who tostified concern Thirteenth, South i avenue and other nd the amount of g at unon ral peron number of witness: ing the grading of South e oth street, Mi streots i South Omaha 4 monoey expended thereo “We fied from tho testimony that what 1s known as old South Thirteenth street opo county rond several years ago and was graded feet wide, tho width establishod by law for county roads. It was put in good passable condition and ample for all now and for muny years to como. A bridge was built by tho county over Sand creek, buta fow years ago at great expense, and other improvements were made from time to time up to and including the year 1888, Dur- ing the year 1857 the sum of 82,020.84 was spent in grading ond in other improvements Additions were laid out into lots to conforn thereto along the line of ol Thirteenth street, the owners believing it to be an estab- lished and permanent stre Old Thi ith s abandoned and what is now known as Thirteenth street established and graded by the city to the city hmits, from Vinton street south atan enormous oxpenso. Cantield & ryan, tho contractors receive om the city for grading the sum of #31,07253 and dani- ages to the amount of $2,258.25 were awarded to property owners along Thirteenth stroet, making - tho total cost to the city the sum of 57,331,583, ho damages have beon assessed back to the property owners aloug the lino of Th teenth strect from Dougl ot south, Tho abandonment of old Thirteenth street worked a great {njury to the ownors of lots fronting thercon who had made improvements, as it rendered the improvements almost worthless, All of this was done and the money expended by the city council of Omaba for & few property owners on South Thirteenth street and in and around Missouri_avenue. The expenditure was brought about by a questionable understand- ing between certain members of the Board of County Commissioners and_tho city council “Thero is on filo in the city comptroller's oftice, and cortitied to in 1589 by Commisioner O'Keoffe, whereby the county was to pay 5,000 towards grading Thirteenth street from Vinton street to the souti: city limits, “This amount, however, has not been paid. “The statutes upon that question are ex- plicite and cannot_be misunderstood. South Omaha is a city of the first class and the county commissioners had no right tograde a single foot within its corporato limits. We find that all of this grading dono in South Omaha was around and near the pro- prty of Commissioner O'[Keeffo, his riends and tho Corrigan estato and other parties who took an active part in having the grading done, as will b seen by the map hereto attached and marked ‘exhibit A." “McGavock & O'Keefle's addition of thirty acres is bounded on the north by Missouri avenue and on the west hy Twentieth streot this property, as well as that of the Corrigan estate, in which Commissioner Corrivan has an intorest as onc of the hoirs, before the gradiug was done was of but httle value, being ulmost surrounded by deop ra- vines, and required enormous fills, as_in the case of Twentieth street, L street ‘and Thir- teouth streot, in ordor to sceure passable roads to and from the sevoral additions, Be- fore the grading ueither the addition of Me- Gavock & O'leeflo nor the adjoining property 'was in a condition to put upon the market for salo i lots. butsince tho opening up avd the grading of these straets, it has all beon very greatly onhanced in value and a largo amount of it hus boen sold off in lots. “The eity of South Omaha. fo yeavs of 1850, 1580 and (301, ontitled to soveral thousand dollars as her proportion of the taxes collected each year by the county troasurer of Douglas county, and the monay so collected should have been paid over to the eity treasurer of South Omana by the county treasurer, ou demand, as the law aireets. “Before the contracts for grading Missouri avenue, Twentioth and L siroets were en- tered into Commissioners O'Keoffo and Corrigau went to South Omaha, met the mayor and the city council and had a distinet understanding and agreement that no part of the money coming to South Owaha from Douglas should bo expended in grad- ing those streets, but that Douglas county should pay one-haif and the owners of abut- ting property should should pay the other baif. In the face of all this, Comm sionor O'Koeffe testifiod before tho com- mittee that the money expended by Douglas county in grading those strects was South Omabw's share of the money, out of the taxes collected by the county tromsurer, and that the count, mmissioners and the city coun- cit of South Omuha had not entered iuto au agreement to that effoct. “Three reputable that the positive agreemont was that no part of the expenses of tho grading was to have been borne by the city of South Omaha. We find that thero was such an agreo- went. “Tho commissioners Douglas county haveno coutrol over the money coming to South Omaha and can make no disposition of it “We find that all of tho money expended by the county commissioners for grading inSouth Omaha was paid directly to tho contractors on vouchers and warrants drawn by the county commissioners and not to the city troasirer of South Omahs, South Omaha claims her share of th morey from Douglas county and has drawn warrants to the full amount agaiust the road fund Wae find that the county treasurer have to pay tho amount on domand, “Phat portion of Thirteonth _stroot lying within the corporate limits of South Omaba was graded wholly at county expense, South Omwaha taking no part in it and the abutting property owners paying Do por- tion, s per an agroement iu pursuanco of the following proposition OMAHA, Nob,,Oct. 4, 1880.—To the Honorable County Commissioners: We, the undersigned. have signed a dedication for the extension of Thirteentr streot in s Ight line ninety feet wide from the present southern lmits of tho elty of Omaha to n_connection with Missourt wyenuo o clty of South Omahi This dedication fs made upon the express condition thu 1 parties owning prop y over which the suid extension passes shuil dedicate the right of w In the same manner are now doing and without cost (0 the of Owaha or Douglus county, upon th ondition that the county commiis of Douglas county will grade said od streot 1o its - full width und manent grade without nl to auy of the abutting property: and fur Bhor, that the county oo fonors will vioate all that portion of ¢ nty roud Iying batwoun tho city of Omaha and the city f South Owiahi not oceupied by this lntended extension, and unless all and each of the above conditions are fully compliod with tLe county acquires no rights and priy floges. AUGUST ROUNTZE, Ly ’ KousTz CHARLES KOUNTZE, thelr attorney In fact HERMAN KOUNTZE, PoA. Biarey, J. E Riuky, ‘A similar proposition was made by J. C. pnoan, and accepted by the commission If the suit commenced Ootober 28 by inty Commissioner Berlin ha not been dismissed it would have saved Douglas oty $17,053.22, the amount speut on ‘ the grade. Thio contract was entored into on the part of the commissiouers olearly (n violation of the law, for in the first placo that portion of the stree graded under the Carr contract lies wholl within tho corpurate limits of South Omaba, wid the county commissioners had no moro right olthor Lo grade, or take part i grading i#than it bud 10 grade a streot in the city of was d up as sixty-six purposes, witnesses swere ¢ of will By Hermun Kountze, money belonging to Douglas county. Even if the county commissioners had had a right to have graded the stroet, the road fund, out of which the money must have been taken was exhausted at the time, as warrants i the sum of §4,- 162,41 had been drawn against the levy of 1850 and 1890 and were unpaid for want of fnnds, This was a direct viclation of the law, ‘But 10 anxlous were Messrs. O'Keeffo and Corrigan to have the grading done taat they trampled the law under foot and stopped @t nothing necossary to carry out the scheme. The cor ct with Carr was never signed by the chairman of the board, nor by any meu of the board, Mr, O'he ply interosted in having the work dono tha e became per- sonally responsible to an Omaha bank for €,000 borrowed by Carr to carry on tho Chicago with work “The question is, why did Mr. O'Keeflo tak terost in o matter that was 10 have b supposed to have been a public benefitt “If Mr. Berlin had had courage to have withstooa promises mado to him by politiciaus and persons having T'har nth rect their ~ own benelits, have rendercd the tax payers a_great service in prosecuting his suit instead of dismissing it, for there is no doubt but that he could nave sneceeded inenjoining the county com- missioners from doing the work, as we find w8 set forth in his petition to nave 1 true, and the actions of 2 board un- lawful in every particular, “Suppose that the commissioners a right to grade the streets named, such an expenditure of would have not been justifiable twenty vears henco and it has been of no benefit to the publie. Thirteenth street runs to nowhero and the grading of Twentioth street was not required by the public de. mand, as there was no one to use it, s 1t is not ana cannot b a public thoroughfare. “We find that a large amount of grading and work in other parts of the county has peen neglected by the commissioners in order that work for their benofit might be at the taxpayers’ ex- pense. But what else can the taxpayers ex pect so long as they continue to elect to oftice men without principle and who, in their at- tempts to cover up their misdemounors, will commit rauk perjury, as has beon done in this investigation. “In a most_able and briilian: article pub- lished in Tue_ Bee aud World-Herald of September 9, over Mr O'Keeffe's signuture und written by Joun Rush, city surer, Mr. O keetfo claims that bhe did eive fair treatment while before th committee; that he was not pe itted to mako his statements. Mr. O'KeofTe was asked to make any statement or explanation thut e desired.” Ho answered that he bad nothing more to say. Ho w for times requested to appear and m his statoments, but replied that what hie had to say he would say over his personal signature, “Mr. O'Keeffe threatens to calla_grand jury aud investigate this case, as he did onco boforo. \We trust that on this grand jury ho will not control two men, us hie boasted that e did on the other, one’ of whom was his partner, and manipulated the investigation. “The whole cost to the v of Omahu and Douglas county in opening and grading Thirtcenth street, Missouri avenue, Twentioth and L streets has been $94.067.71. every dollar of which was wrongfully spent and has been of but li tlejor no public good. It was an unlawful,use- lss und extravagant wasto of public money and this committee recommends and insists that suit at once be commenced against the county commissioners their boudsmen, ~ who have instructed to have the grading dono in South Omaha, and recover from them the sum of §37,335.34, the amount of money belonging to tho county, spent iu doing said grading.” Thirteenth street was graded from the city limits of Omaha to Missouri avenue ninety feet wide wholly at the ccunty's expense and” at & cost of #17,633.22. The commissionors expended in grading Missouri avenue from "hirteenth to Twentioth street; Twenticth streot from J't0 Q street and a portion of L street and all within the corporate limits of South Omaha the sum of §15,355.17 during the years of 1580, 1560 and 1801, During the year iss7 thers was expended by the county “commi s in grading South Twentieth street 5.71, and on Missouri avenue in the year $1,745.34, making & total of 34 spent by tho county com- missioners ~ and all within _ the corporate limits of South Omaha. Eves dollar of the above mentioned sum of money was spent by the county commissioners in violation of law, as they well knew that the uon having been referced at one time to noval Cowin, who gave it as his opinion that the county had no right, undcr the law to grade, or pavestrects within the corporate limits of the cit Mr. Boggs insisted that the report was pretty strong. Mr. Cathers, the chairman, said it was, but that the testimony justified the charges. Mr. Boggs wanted to know what kind of a plan it would be to call & grand jury and iu- vestigate, “Would only result in_a fin of £ and the removal of O'Keeffe from office, “That would not get back our money,” said Mr. Cathers. Ha then advisod criminal pro- ceedings and a suit_to recover the mone misappropriated. That sum could be re- covered from O'Keeffe’s bondsmen. The report was accepted and final action doferred until the next meeting of the directors. M. Cathors was instructed to investigate and report upon the best remedy to be pur- sued. Cadet Taylor the unoexpired signed, Mr. the the and threats disrept interested in gradea for no would had 0 or 8300 was elected a dirg term of J. S, ctor to fill ibson, re- Hodgins, from the Stato Business Men's association, appeared before the com- mitten and asked the directors to take a hund in gotting up an exhibit and send a man along with the advertising train. ‘The train would cousist of two cars of produce, ono baggage-car and_one sleeping-car, 1t would stop at all of the towns and cities ulong the lino of rond over which 1t passed. It would cost F00 10 send a delogato and all money in excess would be used in advordsing the state. With tho funds on hund the tram couid bo run 500 miles east of Chicago on a twenty days' trip. Mr. Boggs thought the best t0 advertise Nobraska would be to see tho T il- road ofticials aud have written on all freight cars the words: raska corn, Nebrasko whent, Nobraska oats, Nebraski hogs and Nebraska cattle,” “Tho following committee was appointed to confer with tho State Business Men's asso- ciation and to investigate the scheme: A. L. Reed, George H. Hicks and C. T, Tuylor. Tho following committes was appointed to coufor with a committeo from the Board of Trade to look into the matter of building more elevators for the storage of grain Cadet Taylor, 5. D. Morcer, Joft W. Bodford, A ed ‘and George H. " Hicks. “The proposition of O. H. Ballou to remove his incandescent light lamp factory from Plattsmouth to Omaba was roforred to the committeo on manufacturing. Mr. Ballou wants a bonus of 1,500, A committee consisting of John T, Cathers, Cadot Taylor and Dr. S, D. Morcor was ap- pointed to ascertain why the National Bank of Commerce is not allowed to bocome a member of the Omana clearing house, st S i Working Women's Unio; The Working Women’s u.ion held its regu- lar weokly meeting last night and comploted its organization by the adoption of a consti- tution and by-laws. Speoches were made by’ Mesdames Hart and Grant, who urged unity of action and hoped that religion and politics would not enter into tho workings of the ¢ Mesdames Hart, Grant and Andrews wero appoinied a committee on membership., - - Use Haller's German £ills, the great co n stipation and liver regulator, 0 | realized the import of the firmness and | | ‘onicers as the and | been | PRICES THE MARY COVELL'S GOOD NAME. OMAHA In Its Supposed Defense Her Aged Father Shoots Dr. Birney, HIS GOLD WATCH STOPPED THE BULLET, Which ass of a Scandal in Pretty Culmination Three Me Widow nd a Play Impor- Parts, “Now then, you, I'll kill right here,” and the sharp roport of a pistol followed before the start passers-by ful words that w you iging in their ears. T'ho bells and whist] over the eity had just announced the noon hour, and Dr. B Birney had left his oMz in The Bee buflding togoout to lunch, As he was Commercial National bank at Sixteenth and Farnam a gray haired maa with a revolver held close to his side advanced toward him without introduction or explanation beyona words contained in tho para- raph and blazed away at him scarcely ten feet. The old man was apparently fearfully ex cited and as ho was about to shoat, again his intended victim rushed upon bim and neld bim until a policoman burried up avd dis- armed bim, The Would-Bo Murderer struggled frantically in the meantime, swing- ing the smoking weapon above his head and endeavoring to get an v to shoot again, until the shooting ircn was wrested from him, and the two were pullod apart, At that hour tha strects were filled with people, and an immense crowd foilowed the led the men t3 tha natrol box at PFifteonth and Farnam. Tbo old man, who was John J. Wills, engineer and janitor at tho United States National bauk, gesticu- lated wildly and shook his fist under the doctor's nose, cursing and calling him vile names and threatening that he would yot kill him, This was kept up during the ride to the nolice station, but by the time the wagon reached thero Wills' excitement had subsided somewhat, though he still reiterated that he would finish the job before he got turough with Birney. When searchied nothing was found on him, as the gun had been taken away at the time of the arrest, and ho was locked up, char, with shooting with intent to commit murder. passing the a rango of Saved by His Watch, Birney was taken into the surgical and examined by Dr. Gapen, It was found that the bullet had struck him a little to the 1t of the navel, and had then come in ¢ tact with the stem of nis wateh. It had broken off tho stem, broken the snap on the chain and twisted the watch ring out of shape. The bullet was room found iu bis pocket. It | was flattened out to the thinness of a sheet of paperand was_considerably lavger than a silver dollar. The lead bore the imprint of the corrugated watch stem. The skin ander- neath was contused and thero was a slight discoloraticn, but that was the extent of the doctor’s injuries. Atter making his statement of the shooting ho tlowed to take his departure, but the ch and bullet were held as evidence against the mau who bad attempted to kill him, Cause of the Shooting. ‘Tho shooting was tho culmination of an af- fair, sensational in some respocts, that has been going on_for some time, in which Dr. Birney ana Mrs. Covell, daughter of M. Wills,a were ~ prominent Covell, is the wife of C. D. Covell, who was recently mixed up in a peculiar electric light deal in” Council Biaffs, He isnow ia Ch 0, having left his wife on account, it is alleged, of uer intideli For some months Mrs. Covell has been a frequent visitor to Dr. Birney's ofiice and has been in his company ou the streets a most daily. Mrs. Covell referred to the doc- brothor,” and & somawhat strik- ing vesemblance in' features and complexion gave her claim some color among those who wero not acquointed with the families of either, Mrs. Covell's Lover, T'wo weeks ago the amiablo relations exist ing botween the doctor and the widow were rudely destroyed, when Dr. Biraey di covercd that ' tho woman was liv- ing as_ tho” mistr of & man named Laux, a commercial travoler, on Howard street, whilo still keeping string on the physician and working him, it is allegod, for numerous presents of jowelry and ne raiment. Tasa thers was a row aud Dr. Birney drove the woman from nis oftico, promising, however, to condone her offense if she would make a clean breast ot tho affair to her aged father. “This Mrs, Covell agreed to do, but sequel showed her promiso and perfor; > been at varigace, She sought and told him that Dr. Birnoy had a complished her ruin, and urged him to re- vengo hor. Wills' First he aged father, who 1s an engineer at the United States National bank, placing implicit faith in his daughter's story, started out for Birney's lifo. He called at the doctor's oftice, revolver in hand and threatencd to kill him. ' Dr. Birney, however, dissuaded him and told him that the whote thing was a butup job on the part of the really guilty oucs to wako an innocent man suffer’ for their mis- deeds. The old man was considerabiy molli- fied, and went his way. but subscquently r the doctor again on tha streot and reiterated his threats against the latter's life, tho Murdevous Effort. Sadisfied the Father, On this occasion the parties talked for fully two hours, and the doctor suc oded in sati fyiug the fathor that the crim 3 was between his daughter and Laux, and that thoy wore conspirving against Birney. Indeed, the old man then expressed the opin. ion thut he was being worked for a sucker well as the doctor, aud wheu the two sep ated Wills apparently cotectained no ill will whatever toward Birnoy, That was the last meeting until today, and Biruoy’s surprise and astonishment when he saw the old man advancing upon nim with a drawn revolver may woll be imagined, Felt the Bullet Strike Hion In speaking of tho shooting he said, “Tho shot was fired befora 1 fully realized whut was coming, 1 felt the bullet strike me, and itgave me quitoa shock. I fully thought that I was wounded, and before | reached tho police station 1 really seemed to feel it bieeding, but that of course was imagination. *“Thio old man has been urged inta this, Ho was feeling very kindly toward mo the last timo I suw him, and outside influence nas been brought to bear uvon him since that time. L am u perfectly innocont pariy, und [ have writton proof of it. Look at these,” and the doctor handed over the following aftidavits: Murs, Covell State of Nebraska, Douglas County: I, £y J. Covoll of Oinaha, Douglis eonnty, Neb, belug of lawful o nd sound mind aepose und say: That the statoments lero- tnaftor mentioned and sot forth in fidavit are truo und aro uado ve 1 without duress or compulsion Of nuy one, to-wit Affuat siys that one Bas Birney of Omnha, Douglascounty, Nob., with whon this aflant Was wont to associate’ during soveral months last past, hus ever boen houorabie, Aflidavic, ntarily n the part m 1 Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Standard, DATL Y BEE, KFRIDAY true and gentlemanly In his attention to me auring sald timerwnd always and now That sald Bascom . Birney has never by word or action wronged me, has nover during oursald ncqaaiwtunce been othor than g tlemanly fn his dsgortment, and dolicate and circumspect in ml things towards me during siuid tino of our swkd uaintanee. Thut sald Bascom H, Birney has never dur- Ing all our sald aeguaintance offered me or attempted to offer nsult or ever made any ungentiemanly advances,s that he has NOver At any tim ake ndvantage of me In any way, has nhd eriminnl communications with me. has never curnally Known nie, lias never nt any time attompied o know mo carnally or hold any carne conversation with me. Afllant furtliorsays that If at any time she has made any statemont 10 ANy person to the contrary and opposed to statement now herein made, thatsuch and every one of sald nid devold of truth and in every p il W furthor says: That sald Bascom 11 Birnoy has during all of thelr acquaintines aforesaid, | LAt eelond in 'l thineas o 1. Blrney s acted in all Uil affiait, honorable as a pan truly of eireunispection wnd of Mis, M Subseribod fn my pros il to before me this first diy spten b 1% JONN WiLsoN BA otarial Soal Notary Public. The Hired Girl's Story. State of Nebraska, | Douglis County, § Mabel Schrader of Paplilion, Sarpy county, Neb., belng fiest duly sworn, d wnd save That She now i< and for six Woeks [est pust has been acquaintod with one Mrs. Mary J. Covell of Ominha, Neb., that during il of sald six woeks sho was [ the employ of sald Mrs. Mary 1. Covell as a domestic, in the flat known ani numbered ns 500 South Sixteenth street. in sald elty of Omaha, Neb. That on or ahout the 15t day of Ausist. 1301 while so_employed and o résiding at the house num s aforesaid with the said Mrs, Mary J. Covell she saw one T, ¢ Laay and said Mrs, " Mary Covell | 0 house aforesald and in ol the rooms of sald house occupyin toneofsild roon that they siept in sald | further says tnat day of Augist und said Mrs. Mary J Liuyx oceupying the same in Said building aforesuid otherocens aid Mis. Mary J. subseqnently to of ‘divers ot hod Says that oh dlvers other oc tary J. Covell did say in the wnd hearing of the afliant and other wit: Afffant's sister, that one Ba ey wits being suceessfully worl pros. partic AdWE are so mueh for his A to work him and that said J wix Bt told her to work Wi, the safd Bas con I Bieney, for wihat money she could, MABEL SCHRADER. How He Was Worked. “As 1o my being successfully worked, as there atleged,” he contiuued, “it was by being induced 10 go there to board by MF, Wills, and in puying 25 for a month s bourd in advaunce. 1 also induced others to o there to board to help the woman along, as at that time I thought she was most desery- ing of such assistance. No Love Making. “I never made love to her, and thero was never any display of affection between us. I took her out riding once, and we havo probably been out togother 'twenty tum She and Laux_ deliberately tried to work for a sucker and didn’t succeed, and the they tried to do me divt in this way to get The old maw's affection for his daughter was worked uvon until he was led to tuke this step. Also Tried Blackmail. story was also published in a fear- distorted form in an outside sensuttor.al sheet, after the local correspondent for the paper hbad _come to my oftice and struck me for 80 and refused. The woman herself and her servant hav sworn that I am iunocent, yet hor father was sent out to take my Life, notwithstanding that fact. Ile had thircatened before that he would lail me, so this attempt was not made on the sudden impulse of the moment.” ook it Coolly. The doctor was remarkably cool consider- ing tho trying ordeal that he had passed through, and_his nerve was generally com- mented on. “If T hadn’t bad nerve I wouid have given uo the mouey demanded of me rather than fight the case and ‘invite the at- tontion of the public to all the facts in the case,” he remarked. “All | want is to have the whole truth known,” Tho gun with which the shooting was done is a new #8-calibor Smith & Wesson and hud apparently just been purchased for the use to which it “The full; cousiderably after d up, but maintained that he meant to kill Birnoy for ruining his daughtor. He was too budly excited to make any detailed state- ment. veing Out ¢ Bail. Mr. Wills was called up before Judge Hel- sley at 3 o'ciock and the _information chare- ing him with shooting with intent to kil was reud by Couniy Actorney Mahoney. The court asked the prisoncr when he would be ready for trial, George Townsend his at- torney auswered and said that tne defense would bo ready October 1. The caso was accoraingly sct for hearing at 2:30 on Thurs- day next! Mr. Wills was seen by a B ropresenta- tive but declined to tatk about the affuir. Ho did say, however, that_whatever ho had to say avout the case would be at the tris Bail was fixed at 300, George Allon, 1 Rowo and Vestor B. Caldwell signed ' the papers and the prisoncr was released at 10 p.m. He left tho jail with bis friends and répaired ut onco to his home. x Permuts. vi wera 1ssued by the superintendent of buildings yesterday : Sarah Price, one und _one-half story ame cotfage, 93 North Twenty- fifth street BOPC T i LA Ono i inor i 100 TR b rere s a0 Small in sizo, great in results: DewWitt! Littlo Early Risers. Bo st pill for constipa- tion, best for sick headache, best for sour stothuch. 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That's Today we offer three hundred silk and wool richer when you buy This woek we offer at special sale three hundred Sack Suits in good, serviceable materials, a poverty at suit that you will look like & BEGGAR MAN. THIEEF. No man can safely pur well dre up. Whether it's necassity or laziness sion, try and beg enough cold cash to buy a ten-dollar suit ot us swell value yowll get proud and go to work. The price ue kleptomaniactivity (hurt y ssed. Buy a new suit of us this week and you'll "he price? That" DOCTOR. Your patients don’t want you to come into a you don't buy a new one pretty soon your patients will get out you will be out of patients. ek 1 This week you ¢ LAWYER. If your don'ttry it with and wool s aim is to rise so you can stand on the top shabby clothes on your back. It cks will boost you up another round. round T'n MERCHANT. CHIEF. 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NERVOUS DEBILITY AND SEXUAL DIS- ORDERS yiold readily to their skillful tre specdil ment. PILES, FISTULA AND RECTAL ULCERS guarantend cured without pain or detention from business. HYDROCELE AND VARICOCELE perma- nently and successfully ¢ SYPHILIS, GONORRIC Seminal Night Emissions, De all d positively tional disordors that result from youthful follies or the excess of mature yo torrha, Woukn either se a, Sel o An Stricture ting, annoyance. TO YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED MEN A Sure Cure 71 w30l 5 weakness, destroying both inin all its dreaded ills, permanently cared. Address (hoso who have fmpar- ed thomacl co and solitary habits, wl body study or marringe MARRIED M happy life, awaro of physic Di's. Betts dulgenc mind o assistod &7~8end 6 conte postage for ¢ on Chronic, Norvous and D Thonsa add gol unloss nee and Iden ¢ OMAHA, work, dropping down of plitos 1ike; teoth remaln firm winistors, Lowyers and pubii alittle of all. to Oma floor 1’ Capit nore t Dr. Balloy, Dontist, d Dozl xton block, Omahi. ha i N1 National Bank DEPOSITOLY. Surplus oie Lewl V. Morse Patrick T Gene | b and Directo! Iond. v WS T IRON ral Buoking HE INTEREST PAIDONDEPOSITS | | nover Bt o4y i At OMAHALOANSTRUSTCD, SAVINGS - BANK || SECOR CAPITAL:% 100.000.00 DIRECTORS A UWYMAN - E.W.NASH JHMWILLARD GUY-CBARTON G B, L AKE JJ.BROWN - THOS L. KIMBAL L MICRON 1CATOR or worm. and ¥ sizos, the latt bLof price or (0. D. W, to cure Goodman Dy South On 5. Couneil Blutrs once of the afificted everywhere. Guaranteed pormanently envad, removal complot canstic_or ¢ homo by patient without & moments pain or ured. may save you futuro suffe d s to life, mpanied by 4 conts in stamps. Addross, er call on DRS. BETTS & BETTS, 1409 Douglas St., Throdkmortra's — paten KILLER [« KIDD'S Cures ull diseases vecnuse 16 kills up and retatlod (n 2, &8 kallons. Bont anywhere 1500 o The vublle, tradeana fobbors K Co., MeCormick & Ichor, Howhrd Myers and ni AL D, F wnd M AN p.m. Bunday rely nurantees to by mail or express, « Their long oxperienco, w3 in_the and Sur- t pliysicians ous, Chro 1o these eniine red in overy cnse. Sperma- We Lunhood, ate disorders peculinr to red; as well as ull fun withont cut: Curo effocted at LINCOILN, atation, cets of early ngs organic and body, with per in- ich ruin both unfitting them for business, or thoso entering on_ thnt 1 debility, quickly obrated works icato Disenses, £or~A friendly letter or call shame, and No lotter answered NEBRASKA. New MOORE'S Office, third anytl tne th W Couy. \BRASIKA OMAHA N BB $400,000 'Co 4 o cusutog, J. N. b1 3 ANIK, Susiuoss Transacted 5 : Lonvenw K Dr. J. B. Moore v Dear Sir been subject | life. Ovor t " | Moore’s Tree of [ to sick headache n o L for it, and [ began using have 10 81 4 1 of t excep! and the m oul wor artily | rond Iti 16" &DO0UGLASSTS, | tive curo tor 1t and all b 6o dls e Y Lo au Tor wien yoU oan ured by usiog MGore's Toolaf Lifo, tas Ureat Lite Lemair? millionaire find yom with that old w1 buy a fift work bottle ake advantageof our greatsale of Sack Suits this [ in, and forget your that prompts you to follow this peculiar profess You'll look so is fifteen and the jaw?) unless he bo business *picking " and uit of patience :n -dollar suit tor ladder of fame One of our silk ek they're the If yowre a business man it's hardly necessary to eall your attention to the neces this week at our store Chief of washer” in'some There will be a BRAND KXCURSION. To the Yankee City of the South. All persons desiring to go from 'NEBRASKA, I0WA, MISSOURI AND KANSAS Will please apply for information to the agent of the Georgiz-Alabama Investment and Development Company, cChoORCE W BPEElk 1033 N STREET, NEBRASKA. v Fare for the round trip from Kansas City will be $23.10, and because we have been un= able to get half rates from other points the com~ pany will give all excursionists who purchase property of the company at Tallapoosa a rebate equal to the amount paid for their tickets to” Kansas City and return. Leaye Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, Septem~ ber 29, at 10:20 a. m., via the Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis railroad or the Missouri Pa- cific through St. Louis, and arrive in Tallapoosa at 9:562 a. m. of next day. R EIR ADELINA PATTI Is The Best In the market, AND BE CONe VINCED, UNION DEPOT HOTEL, 1 and Mason Stroets, It wl TRE ER 106 GIGAR § g3