Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 25, 1894, Page 8

- Sunday “or not L Rart of the city, have banded themselves to- THE OMAHA DAIL Y BEE: THESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, Gl S g 1894, the out gether in_an organization known as Willing Workers,” and have started to work in the flelds of charity past few weeks they have made a bed quilt, which they have raffled off by selling chances an ir friends. Tn this way they have succeeded in raising $6 which amount of money they gave last Saturday to a poor woman residing near the Consolidated tank store on Locust street. The woman to whom they gave the money has one child and & husband who is an invalid. RN — FLETCHER DID A GOOD BUSINESS. STRICKLER AS A ROASTER @ives the Oity Council Two or Thres Turns on the 8vit, WHOLESALE DENUNCIATION OF THE BODY | on the Board of Fire \ssioners Regarding Other Reply to Strictu and Police Co the Gambling Question embers Less Radical. sold Tin Land Had N Sept. 24 CHICAGO, Charles M G550 6 that land of swindling. It is alleged by Fletcher has been dealing ir to which he had no title. Chief Brennan received a letter la from J. B. Blakemore, clerk and recorder of commmittes on police of the councll, Which | qoq "0 “eonnoin, Bunklin county, Mo., who was published in full by the Bee in the | {gi4 of Fleteher's alleged operations and how proceedings of its last meeting. When the | he had been charged with swindling people reading was finished Mr. Strickler gave his [-in several localities, Mr. Blakemore said {pdignation full sway and did not hesitate to | that the man lad e x\:\m]‘ Inee ‘l.‘:\ll in: {ifiblirden himesit In plain and unmistakable | Stances to which he had no tit'e and' W1 CE had been occupled by the owners for forty words, of his opinion of the report and of | youp. The same properties had been given those who adopted it by bogus transfers to half a dozen persons. Fis contempt for the report, he said, was Fletcher's speclalty, the clerk wrote, was begond express The council, which was | timber lunds, which he sold and |m'l-:: toe tryiug to impeach Mayor Bemis for not en flvl|lww'«' ‘f v-"v‘lv'”;.” ’[ :\:-‘r‘:‘":A ‘“ “‘\;_m forcing the gambling laws, was now recom- | &1 deals Ko e JnGE e Sty clerk fonding that these laws be broken and the | NFC SHIEL Y G ot o Baldwin, who had es ba allowed to run open Bvery | Jfice for thirleen years, an houses ba al 1 v B not heen in office for th 1 mother's son of them ought to be | others were signed by Mr. Blakemore, which On the eve of election they adopt a report | he pronounced all * ant ”mvw L "1:.‘:‘".!:] that s a disgrace. Under what law had they | ;l” fon “"""""“"l"‘ P11 dld bt 6% et the right to direct th £47 for his party he | 02 BRI Lhin county wouldn't have anything to do with men who | “ i it on the case located one of the fiad o little decency as to alleged victims of Fletcher in time to save port. It was about time to put such shamne- | hin a He was Frank Lester, lln‘vul less men out of office and put new ones in, bookkeeper and m“\t‘!uli tlal “man J“ Jotiy pretty body to give moral advice and speak I.HIVI W an S doté): Thfough' his: help of the board's “crime breeding” syst m Fletcher was arrested. Jts connection with the electric light deal The sole and only purpose in trying to im peach th- mayor was to get him out of the way until it could pass the ordinances which | Has No i ts Over the members knew I wonld veto, They " made the gambling matter only a pretext PEORIA, Sept. 24 This was shown becaus: they recommended the following very thing of which they were accusing | 5 Lo vaveie Besides, Mayor Demis was on the s e rd and this was anotlier way of getting at | i IQenigaty him. 1t was time that good people ca article in the Norih gut and call'd things by their right n Bishop Keene and and he was doing it. Such a brazen attempt | IhREA 1 c VhXi ot to hefog the people was never seen. It was | have becn lnspired by B aenuli ORI BN soandalons that $928,000 in taxes yearly, and L have read Bishop Keene's ¢ over $3,000,000 worth of property showid be | my article in the Keview it has not in ih: hands of men who had no more Te- | heen disownid, 1 must suppose it to be au- gard for their integrity than to pass such an [ {1y (ic, The {mportant questien is whether Insulting report. He thought that the best | wpat 1 have published in the Review s thing that could be done with th: report was | ypye. A thing may be unfortunately true 0 throw it In the waste basket and (his is doubtless the bishop's meaning Mr. Hartman considered the report ridicu- | when he calls my artiel: unfortunate. He lcug, yet he thought it s made in error als0 that it is untimely, but 1 fail to and the tu:lln”l -:1]mxlnl'ln- ;. en a .-In.::my» this epithet can be .;;,,‘.[am in any itsel herefore he moved tha » the honest and dispassionate referred to the committee on laws, or usston of that subject which mow at- llumnrlw and rigulations, The motion was | tracts general attention and is not without e, importance. 1f my very moderat: expression ‘The investigation into the charges against [ oo yjiws on & question whieh is the detectives was again postponed until | getuully before the public and which next week on account of the absence of Chief | g of concern to both the church llhhd(\l Naz He will return next Thurs- d the country, is to b conden 1 day. i & b 5 ¢/ unfortunate nd ill-timed, then rati Reports wore read showing that $7,857.84 | gjcoussion mmong Catholies is no longer was spent In the police d rtment duriog | po thought of and the Catholic university the last month and §0,0 19 in the fir le- | js but a y 1t what partment. There is a 205431 | dinal Gibbons is trge the in the police fund and ke re aeE it I fund. express his regret 1o the p grets, A réport from Lowey are idh nd the manly and Ameri- ghat Arihur Mehl cun thing to do is to confront me with argu. s T ments and not to attempt to frighten me with grounings.” the police At the meeting of tho fire and police com- timber missloners last night Commmissioner Strick ler gave the city council a roast. The occa- slon was the reading of the report of the mpeached & such a re Toss, was a afte BISHOP SPAULDING REPLIES, His North Am Article. Bishop Spanlding to- can ew furnished written ment with ref criticisms rence rotective Amer! suppos.d to 1 upon s recent asscelation an and, a sen how right se; suppose, Sergeant had his and filed TLomas Falconer was appointed special po- liceman upon the High school grounds Ly recommendation of the Roard of Education Officar Michael Dollard was granted duys’ leave of absence from September T. D. Dowling of the fire department w granted (wenly days' leave of absenco with- out puy on account of sickness. Sigwart saloon stating opn on Gl S S BLEVISED LIST OF LOSSES, ten daii imates Cat Down the Figares for 1 1 Fir PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 24—/ AEi tnate of the losses Shall we check immigration? Or shall it.| day's fire the total BO on unvestricted? Whether we check it Howing is the loss in detail: Pacific Coast Dr. Price’s will still rank first of all | uievator, $210,000; wheat in elevator, $100,000 the baking powders. RREAIE powdars. 4 S 1 bunkers, $34,000; coal in bunkers, $12.- war honse, $19,000; contents of ware BEMIS IMPEACAMENT CASE. §$10.500; rallroad track, $5,000; sixty house, i wheat in freight [ machinery, steamer Willamette Chief, $7,700 £2,230; miscellaneous, $7,500 clevator and contents are n va mpanies. All the railroad com pany's property is insured under blanks olicies in th- London, Liverpool & Globe In- surance company. The coal bunkers, wharves nd tracks were held in the name of the Northern Pacific Terminal company, b L] witness | in rality owned by the Oregon Short Line under an agreement for the purchase of all the property of the terminal company on the east side of the r T by the Oregon Short Lin The bunkers were insured for $£36,000 the wharfage for $50,000 and the warehouse for $15,000. The loss of the cars and part of the contents of the wareho will fall on the Oregon Railway & Navigation company. which is fully insured by a blanket poliey covering all cars, froight in transit, freight in warehouses, etc., all along the company's line. Later ¥y revis d es- om - yester- £765,000. sulting f places loss at o on the ) and Wheelo The Bemis impeachment proceeding taken up in the district court yesterday afi- ernoon. The presecution announced that it | wanted (o further cross-examine J. H. Du mont, secretury of the Bemis Park Land company. The main facts elicited were about the aflairs of the land company, how it managed, low much slock the owned, and what it was worth, City Comptroller Olsen was the defense. Attorney Connuell couple of contracts which the the Thomson-Houston Riectr pavy, showing that some of light were cut down a great being paid. e said that just before the Impeachment, proceedingy bills amounting to §18.000 had been made out in favor of the electrie light company, covering a lager sum than that previously claimed by the company, and which had been vetoed Ly the and after the claims were allowed over his veto, he refused to sign the warrant It was shown that Hascall and Wheeler were the active chempions of the eleetric Mght company, and after vhe appropriation of $18.000 was ready o go to the mayor, impeachment proceedings were begun. Wheeler went to Olsen's office before he and Hascall filed the charges against the mayor, and asked him if Bemis had yet sigued the Thomson-Houston warrants, Olsen #aid that he had not. He had sent these warrants (0 the mayor for his signature, but they were returned unsigned. After se- curing this Information relative to the war- Wheeler and Hascall drew up the complaint against the mayor. Olsen said it was his duty to audit hills against the cily, and when the bills for the purchase of food for Kelly's army came in ba simply scut them to the council, wh a committee examined them and recom- mended that they be allowed, and the was fortheoming. Hascall was m favor of | Remedy here w allowing these bills, but after this trowble | a strict guaran arose Wheeler said be had voted against | Ue did good service. the appropriation, solves and (hink it Clty Clerk [vans was recalled to produce | W, [ Mowrey the record containing the mayor's letter rel Gruggists. ative to the feeding of Kelly's army, show ing that he did nothing on his own authority and had the sanction of the president and three councilmen and a majority of the city ofticlals The records showed that these bills were allowed, with every member of council pres- ent bul Elsasser. Hascall and Wheeler were both there, but they offered no jection at that time. A number of vetoes of bills for Nlghting and the vote thereon by the council in overtiding the mayor's veto were intro- duced. The prosecution offered a number of objections, but was overrnled in every in stance, considerable latitude being given in the taking of testimony. ither Hascull nor Wheeler was in court after it convened The case will continue this forenoon Says M. W. Selby, Muncle, IlL: *Last summer a coal miner came o' my drug store one night, half dead with cramy Thire was no doctor to be had. He asked me if 1 had anyiling that would help him. 1 opencd a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Chol- era and Diarrhoca Remedy and gave him a large dose, In twenty minutes his pain was all gone. This man had been subject to cramps, but has not been troubled since Every family should keep this remedy at hand for use in such cases. I€ can always be depended upon. For sale by druggists. Some Light Thro otives of Hus- were go0ds, The was recalled by introduced a city had with Light com the bills for deal before Ought the United States 1 Corea? Only through the agei such as Dr. Drice’s Baking Powde ————e Tmproviug the Kiver, River Commissioner Berlin is anxious ta have the work of protecting the Omaha river front commence without dela The river and barbor bill passed by the last congress carried with it an appropriation of several thousand dollars for work at this point, and Mr. Berlin is striving to have the work begun at carly day. This is the best season of the year as the greatest danger to the from the spring freshets. Mr. Berlin is in telegraphic communication w.th the War de- partment and with the head of the Missouri river commission, but he 1s not sanguine that any amount of work will be done this fall, river front is In order to introduce Chamberlain's Cough sold several dozen bottles on and have found every bot- We have used it ou: supericr to any othe; Jarvisville, W. Va, For sule —— Prirs Day at the Bellevoe Rift Tolay, Tuesday, September 2 twn route will run a special train to Belle- vue, leaving the union depot at 1 p, m. and returning at 6 p. m T'ckets, 35 cents. On sale at t the depot nge. the Burling- 224 Farnam FERSONAL FARA 9 &Arrs. el:etric Morse, Shenandoah, la., Is at the 2. Duff and wife of Nebraska City are Paxton guess Tohn Morton and wife, Douglas, Wyo., arc Millard pFuests Iberly and wife of Stanton were sterday Dr. W. P S. D, ure at the Paxton E. A. Brown of the Nebraska City Press, accompanied by Mrs.Brown, returned last night from a brief visit to Colorado points. Porter Hand, who alternately shoes horses and tugs meat at Nebraska City, in Omaha yesterday. Towans at the Merchants are: G. A. Cas- sidy, Shelby; C. J. Hysham, J. K. Dennis €. A. Prait, Red Oak; A. Boysen, Manning; J. W. Cherry, Afton; R. H. Lymer, College Springs Scip Dundy of the United States commis. sfouer's office has gone out west 1o worry the life out of the grouse and prairie chick ens. He and several other sportsmen have hunt on the Platte s the honkers get rip in the Jenney and wife, Rapid City vis- The Omaha Brewing assoclation has taken out a permit for additions to its plant at Sherman avenue and Clark streets agsre ing $12,00. The plans contemplate a two story brick lm]rn,‘u;:‘l:‘!n wagon shed, 22x80, bugky shed, h granted a permit for the erection of a $2,000 At ive Dollonbed K. cottage on ‘Twenty-eighth street, between | M. M. White, Teka Mason and Pacifie Schuyler; K. J. 8. Me Willing & Ewily Wareham, Lizele Yoder, Alice guson, Kihel Rector, Emma Munneche, F R RS DU UTE, Chaces ence Parmelee, Bernle North and Busie | 2 In: H. M. Uttley 0. 0. Yates, all young girls residing in the n»m.l" vder, O'Neill; J. W, Scott, Beward; W. B, Nebraskans at the Hotels Kearne 2 Briuker, Lincoln; ah; 8 'Fuhrman, allum, Gibbon 4 King, Emerson; John rge Olinger, Harrison: 12, Ark; Fer J. Carpenter, Falrbury; W. 8 Fontanelle; € Wright, Chadron. Mumford, Beatrice; €. J. Willlams, Syra- cuse; C. J, Hale, Columbus, S USSR During the | Fletcher | was taken to the county jail today on charges | fully insured | for work of this Kind,q week | | almost | those prices ' HAVERAISED THEBLACKFLAG Furnaces avd Bass Burners Likely to Eat Up Less Money Than Usnal, COAL DEALERS ARE OUT FOR BUSINESS e of Anthracite Takes a Tumble and Muy Go Lower—Lively Row Over Re- ported Violutions of the Kules of the Coal Exchange. At an early sterday some of the members of the Omaha Coal exchange hung out the black flag, and thereon were inscribed the ‘War to the Knife,” Other mem- bers of the exchange soon discovered the flag and the threatening motto and before noon hard coal was being retailed at $8.50 by every dealer in the As a result of the cut, teams and men 10 such an extent that yesterday day in the cofll line in the history of the city. Last week the hard coal market closed with the black diamonds retailing at $9 per ton, delivered, and that was the price when the €in mounted the yesterday but it did not continue there for any great | length of time, as all of the dealers caught the spirit of cutting and the knife once plunged into prices until an even dollar was slashed off, with smiling while they got the from the war, It is alieged that the trouble all started in this way: The Omaha Coal exchange, to which most of the dealers belong, have a rule to the effect that no firm, corporation or company shall go upon the streets, soliel Ing trade. If this rule is violated, the offending party shall be subject to a fine of $25, and shall not be allowed a seat in the excha til the fine has been liqu ne days ago certaln members of th change aver that they made the di that other certain members had men the business streets and in the residence tions of the city saliciting orders for coal, subject to future delivery. Th Is sald, was reported to the mittee of the exchange and a me at which the parties charged with soliciting were Invited to step upun the carpet to ex plain the violation of the rules, regulations and compaets of the association. They were there on time and in full force. After the charges had ben read to the men who had been accused of paring off the prices, they simply informed the members of the exect- tive committee that they were selling coal as and were not in it for their health, nor were they to be bound by any rules that would be ruinous to their busi- ness. Going beyond this point, they gave the executive committee to understand that every dealer in the city had men the sly, soliciting orders. The devoid of results, so far as the old prices were concerned was over every dealer in the prices on hard coal down 10 hour ¥ vords city were bus; was the busiest Into skies was at halt the consumers benefit arising upon por- nard 0 it a business working on meeting wa shoving up and when it city put the §5.50 per ton Most of the dealers losing money when that they are they are retailing hard ¢ that it should be sold in order to take out a at least those who led off that this talk is all bosh fact that the bids for fur- coal for the city were a that the dealer who will make money at claim ie men, on the cut, state and point 1o the nis the hard low as § and cured the contract Some of the d bé over within but those who ay there will market until lers say the next instituted that the war will twenty-four hours the cheap prices not be any firmness in the the present stock is disposed of and that instead of prices going back to the old notch, they are more likely to g0 down another quarter. With one exception hard coal is now chieaper than ever before in the history of the city. Seven years ago when the freight rates went off to 25 cents between Omaha and Chicago coal sold for $7.75 for a fow days, but at that time the cut was only temporar soon rallied and before spring coal * t $12 per ton. While the cut of seven years ago was on, all of the freight cars of (he roads centering in Omaha were pressed into the coal business and for two mouths every siding for a dis tance of about 100 miles east of this city was filled with cars loaded with coal Last fall hard coal started in at $10.50 per ton and sold at an advance of 50 cents fore the o of the season. At this price the dealers ciaimed that they were ouly coming out whole and that at a lowe price they would lose mone - - “Ilitch your chariot to a star” was Emer- sor’s The star of all the baking Price’ — Unele Sum's Pay Day. United States Marshal White received $10,- 000 from Washington yesterday with which to pay off all indebtedness against the govern- ment in this district. Marshal White says that he will pay all outstanding warrants fast_as they are presented. This will clean up the indebtedness incurred by the impris- oning of the Commonwealers at Fort Sidn last summer. The jurors and witnesses for Wio last term of the federal court will also recive their pay. Tho United States court will be in session some time next month, but the district at- torney says that so far there has not been enough business to make a docket VERY LOW BATE, Uomeseekers Excursion, On September 25th and October 9th the Missouri Pecific will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip (tlus §2.00) to all points south and southwest, limited to 20 days from date of sale, with privilege of stopping off going and returning. For pirticulars call on or address de ent, 15th and We oftices, northeast corner 13th arnam. THHOS. F. GODFREY, P. & J. 0. PHILLIPPI, A. G. F. —— £:45 P, ML at Om b, v M. at Chicazo The new vestibul:d train now running on the “Northwestern east daily. (R & P. A, Omaha and Chicago Limited Fifteen-tlour ray 6:35 p. m. and arrive at Chicago 9:40 a. ni. via C. M. & St. P. Ry. for Chicago and all points east. Traius ade up and started from Omaha, assuring passengers clean and well alred cars. The only line running a solid vestibuled el ctric- lighted train from Omaha direct. No wait- ing for through trains. cgant chair cars, palace sleeping and din Ticket office, 1604 Farnam streez, C. 8. CARRIER, Ticket Agent. Leave Omaha at Ing cars. - Homes for the Homeless. On September 11 and 25 and October 9 the Union Pacifie will sell homeseekers' excur- sion tickets, good for 20 days from date of sale at the rate of one fare for the round trip, with $2.00 added, to all points in Ne braska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, 1daho (east of and including Nampi and Boise City) and Montana Stop-overs granted on both going and re- turning trip. H. P. DEUEL Clty Ticket Agent, Uuicn Pacific Systen Faruam street, Omal A New Tra Commencing August Chicago special, western rallway p m., and arrives at morning. Vestibuled dining car, Wagner slecpers and chair cars form the equipment of this train, and are all up to “North- western' standard. 1401 Farnam street, city ticket KER'S EXCUNSION ‘Omaha and via the Chicago & North- leaves Omaha daily at 5:45 Chicago §:45 next offic2, HOMES Via the Buclinglon Route, Round trip tickets to western, northw ern, southern, southwestern and south. ern’ points on sale Tuesday, Septembe at the one way rate, plus $2.00. Full informition at 1324 Farnam strect M. J. DOWLING, City Passenger Agent - ¥ School Matters. Superintendent Hill of the county schools weat to Florence yesterday for the purpose of | trying to agjust the boundarics of the pehoo! | | furnish, district, a portion oef+which is in while the remainder is in_Towa, The superintendents of Douglas, Sarpy and Cass counties have beld a session and have agreed upon the propesition to have the three counties foin i huiding a teachers institute, The firsto meeeting will be held at Plattsmouth, begitnimg November 30, and continuing for three days, The next meeting will be held in Omaha, beginning some time during the last weok of:next May - .— SAW WORK IN “OTHER CITIES. Mujors Balcombe and. Kaspar Home from the Mecting of Bublie Works OfMcinls. Commissioners Kaspar and Balcombe of the Board of Public Works have returned from thelr trip to Buffalo, N. Y. where they attended the national convention of commissioners of public works. Chalrman Winspear will spend another week with rela- tives at Buffalo, and will not return before October 1. Mayor Bemis has designated Major Balcombe to act as chairman of the board during Mr. Winspear's absence The commissioners are much pleased with their trip, and have acquired a number of new ideas during their absenc The il itors were received with oven ms by officials and eitizons of Buffalo was overlooked that could add to the pleasure of their sojourn in the city. They enjoyed a trip to Niagara Falls and a steam boat trip on the lake, together with all other attractions that the city was able to The immense machinery by which the power of the great falls Is gathered and stored for the use of factories and municipal power was inspected In detail. This plant furnisiies the power for the largest paper mill in the world, and although the finan- cial stringency has operated to prevent th location of many large establishments, =o far the projectors of the enterprise expect that the industries of the city will be largely sugmented during the next five years. of the most Interesting features of tors was the hundreds of miles of asphalt pavemel that have been re- cently laid, and which has given Buffalo the repufation of having the best paved strcets of any city in the United States. Both Mr. Balcombe and Mr. K ppar agreed that the results obtained in Buffalo were far superior to the work of the same company in Omaha, and In almost every instance the pavements were put in at prices considerably less than those which have been paid in Omaha. T! 1id not consider it surprising that the pav ment cost a little more in Omaha on ac- ount of the greater frelght on material and somewhat higher wages pald 1o laborers, but deny that there is any good reason why the pavements Jald in Omaha should not have been as good as those in Buffalo. of the results of the trip of the commission- ers will probably be that better service will be lusisted on from the asphalt company in the future. this state, the Tho Eleventh Street Viaduct. The case of the city against the of the Union Pacific railrcad, in which the court was asked to issue an order to the re- ommanding them to repair the Eleventh viaduet, will up for final hearing at the November 1 of the United States court in this cily. The case las been hanging fire in the courts for somo time, and in the meantime the hands of the local officials have been tied, as far as taking acticn toward repairing the viaduct is concerncd suit was originally inst tuted in pursu : of a resolution passed by the city council. The arguments were heard by Cornish, sitting as master in chanee fused (o issue the order dema ground wpon which he based decision was that he would not.compel t Union Pacific to make any repairs unle there was a showing made that provi-ion had been made for the remainder of the worlk bi - nd the sharé which-fell to that company. ty Attorney Conpell filed a bill of excep- ns for the cty, and the final hearing will termine the winper. Mr. Connell is ¢ fident that Judge Oornish’s decision will be knocked out, as he does not belfeve the previous ~decision is sound. According (o that (hu /B & M. could Evade paying for its portion the repairs. on the ound (hat (he Unfon Pacific's share had not been pro- vided for, and consequently the statute would become o dead letter. There has been a good deal of complaint over the manner in which the viaduct has been closed to the public, and as soon as a decision i» secured some action w1l be taken by the council tn get (hat structure into ble condition. receivers celvers street come ter sery s WHEN shall we have r When Edison perfects his flying machine. Then the world will get its supply of Dr. Prico’s Baking Powder by the unive weral route al rapid transit? e CANDIDATES IN PROFUSION. (e Willing to n tare's ™ By count there are ninety-nine persons who want to put on the shoes which will lay aside on the first day of Of this nety-eight who are going to be disappointed for there is no appointment that is ¢ ing their way just yet Sunday morning The Bee published the exclusive information that Dan Burr had been removed from the position of keeper of the county store, his retirement to be made with the coming in of Octe Sunday Is usually a quiet day with the county commissioners, as most of them re main in bed until a late hour, arising Just in time to gather a picked up breakfast prior to their going to church. Sunday, however, was just the opposite from being quiet, for they all had callers before the rising of the Sunday sun. Men were at their doors before daylight, and some of them went so far as to ring out the com- missioners in order o press their claims for the position of keeper of the store and the privilege to draw the salary, which, by the way, is $75 per month. At no place did any of the applicants meet with the en- couragenent that would Jead them to the opinion that they were destined to weigh out the sugar, coffee and beans to the cour In fact, none of them were told any- ng that would lead them to hope that they were to be invited to put on Burr's shoes for even a trial trip. Yesterday from early morn until the doors were locked the basement of the court house wag crowded with men who had claims upon the commissioners amd the coming vacancy but none of them were encouraged. Over at the store business proceeded amo as usual, but it was apparent that there was a new mam at the wheel, for while Burr was having a gencral superin- tendency cver the busipess, Charles B. Car- riee, late bockkeerer fgr C. L. Chaffee, was looking over the boaks and getting the lo cation of the county aharges, Burr knew nothing about Carrierls business, and if Car vier knew anythipg sabout it himself, he kept thal Informatim to himself. 1t was learned, however, thut Carrier was slated for the va and that h's appointment was to be made amdionfirmed at the next session of the boand Take actual Dan Burr next month. number there are n- the CHICAGD, ROCK IMLAND & PACIFIC RY, Calltornin Pomnist Fxcarsions, Phillips Rock Island” personally con ducted excursions. Fist through ear leay Omaha Friday, Oct. 12th, at 1:35 p. weekly thereafter during the winter s articulars,dbarth reservations k Islandqtitket office, ele., 1602 Farnam 0O0O0MNN00A OO RIRR HANOONN0 GOOOOOC TR KRB RIER IO and nothing | One | READY FOR TS SUBMISSION Platts Canal Bond Proposition Again in 8hape for the Voters, MCDIFICATIONS NU¥BIR OF MADE Will Take Its Chances on Regular Eleet Day — 1 of Prices for I Stipulations, rohase ision and Scale pwer—Other The county c that the proposition to vote bo of $1,000,000 to ald in the construction of the Platte River canal shall be submitted to the electors of Douglas county at the November | election s was agreed upon at the meet ing of the committeo of the whole afternoon when the proposition cussed by both the commiss) officers and stockholders of the company. Several changes have been made and agreed to, and in the course of a couple of days the amended proposition will be ready to present to the public. Among the changes that have been made since the original proposition was up for consideration which provides that if the legisls passes a law ing the authority, the conr the city of Omaha may buy the canal at any time prior to August 1, 1 but in the event that the purchase s not made by Au gust 14, 1896, the right of purchase shall be deferred and shall terminate at the end of the twenty-year perfod, when the bonds ma ture. The new order of things provides that the bonded ind:btedness of the company shall at no time excced §2,000,000. Among other things provided for, the company is to fur nish, free of charg:, power to the county for the period of nin‘ty-nine y and at such places as there are wires for the distribution of such power For distribution in Omaha and South Omahaethe following prices have been agreed upon, (he basis of figuring being 308 days of ten Lours, per year One horse-power or less than i Yive horse-power or less than ¢ 0 1 horse-power or less than 15 wenty horse-power or less tha... il 1irty liorse-power or less than..... i Forty horse-power or less thur ] Iifty horse-power or less than One” hurdred horse-power or than Two than \missioners e agreed in the sum yesterday dis. the and W o ure grant- of Douglas, or hundred horse-power oF Hundred horsc-power or than ourhundred n tovs Five hundred horse-pe | The amended proposition completion of the cansl at a date not later than Qctober 1, 1888, with payments to be made as follows: Th: sum of $15,000 is to he paid with the completion of each of the forty miles; §75 additional when the Bikhorn river is reachell; $75,000 when the Platte river division, the basins and weirs have been complted; $75,000 when the machinery and equipments have beon put in place: §i5,000 when th® water has been brought to the castern terminal point; $100,000 when the canal s completed and all of the machin:ry for operation, and the Ualance when plant fs ready for the distribution of power and when it has been accepted by the board of dircctors and the commission-rs horse-power or Ver or over 2 provides for the out of Thought's interior These wonders rese to upper ai Could well have been written of the World's | fair. There Dr. Pr s ream Baking | Powder got the highest award. pe me IN THE COURTS <phere atters that Are Demanding the Attention faudges and Juries. il Polish church troubles were © airing in Judge Scott’s Where arguments were heard on the application for an injunction re straining the church society trom the building as a house of worship. for the church contended that the should be used by the church society | the other faction contended thal it L. controlled by the men wiic charge by the court. AL the afterncon sessfon of 11 julge continued the temporary crder in force until the case hearing on its merits Duiitg the time down his opinfon | to give his ass thing of a tongi The St in for anoth vesterday, Atiorneys while should were put in court (he restraining comes up for when he handing Judge Sectt ook occasion s upon the bench some lashing, telling his audi ence that over in another room there were { three judges devotng a couple of weeks to hearing testimony in a that he could dispcse of in three days, were lie given the opportunity. In this particular he referred 10 the impeachment trial, and after he had relieved his mind of this load, he told the persons out in the lobby something of his history as a worker who never tired. He d (hat all of the other judges had been away on their summer vacations, and that he had stayed right I Omaha during all of the torrid weather, working like a Turk, | without rest or recre Elizabeth 0. Suyder commenced pro- ccedings in the district court looking to the securing of a divorce from lier husband, Joln, who, she charges, is anything but a good man.” In her petition she alleges that Jolin has upon divers times whipped her; that not long ago he broke one of her fingers and then drew a knfe and told her that he would cut her throat Iu the divorce suit of I¢ W. Stevens the defendant filed an an- swer in which he resists the allowance of alimony. He denies (hat he is worth $1,600 as alleged by his wife, and avers the truth to be that e has but $718.65, and that out of (hat amount he owes $614.02. For fur- ther answer ho declares that he is ready to make up with his wife, and that he take ler back to his bed and board, and w.th her divide all of his earthly possessio - - dust a Little Fa The “Northwestern” Number Six, leaving Omaha 4 p. m. daily, now arrives at Chi 7:50 . m., instead of 8:15, as formerly. a little faster.” Don’t confuse this with ths On alia Chicago special, which stifl leaves at 6:45 p. m. dally and arrives at Chicago §:45 a. m. No need to change this train City office, 1101 Farnam street. millinery. 1624 D - HOMESERKERS was | case inst Charles Joyee, iglas street FXCUKSIONS Via Chicago, Rock Isiand & Pucific Bailway, Sept. 25th and Oct, 9th, one fare for the round trip, with $2 added, good twenty days from date of sal or full particulars call at Rock Island ticket office, 1602 Farnam street 3 \ery Opening. millinery opening take eptember 29, Monday and Tuesday, 1 and 2, at 1624 Douglas street - - Notice chapter, R. A. M., will Joyce day, Ociobe Dlace Satur. Bellevue meel at 0 p. m. this evening for M. M tested. M. 11 At- Hawes, ug - Millis hursday Al are No cards. Mme will he pleas co | rons at 1522 Dougla URRRIRILE | Married W omen Like nothing better than silverware — their sense of beauty can now be fully giatified by an ins fall designs we are showir RAYMOND, 15th and Douglas, JEWELER., RRRRRRRRRARRERRRRRRRRRRR Rnnrnn 0000Q00C00H 00 0000V pection of the new g 22 RRRRARKRRRRRRR (RRRRRRRR % ©000QO00000 DVLOOCO0CVO YT Y RO T—r—y building | will | IS BRAINS soun [ i | Stmmmmmm Sound brains furnish practical ideas. A hat, being a close neighbor to brains, is entitled to har- vest the crop. We lend our brains to our hat de- partment. Three months of each year we study how to obtain a practical, shape-retaining hat, for little money. The result, compare any hat, at any price, whether 4, 5 or 6 dollars——side by side-= quality to quality~=trimming to trimming--to our three dollar hat, and find ours overbalance the scale ==certainly. The ‘*Nebraska Special” our one fifty leading hat, is exceptionally fine this season--sold so far over 400 dozen, -=but in hree dollars buys as good a hat few places. Derby, IFedora or soft. Two and two filty are our other prices, the identical hat you pay $3.50 and $4.00 for. Fash- ionabiy blocked and every shade appropriate for the season--shapes, stiff Fedora, Tourist, softand other. Crushers we sell at 35¢, 50¢, 75C. $1.00, $§1,25, considerably cheaper--as a matter of course--than any one selling a line anywh thing that color hats, e--shades are every- Autumn weight overcoats. Shan't omit to ad- vise “you in the matter of selccting a fall overcoat. They're cheaper this year than ever before, If you can't do as well elsewhere try us. We shall please you with a good dressy coat for four do lars, a bet- ter one for six fifty, increase in grandeuar and dollar by dollar in price until we reach a tailor made, ele- gantly draped beauty that'll cost you but fifteen dol- lars. A sample of the queer and awkward overcoat called “Paddock,” which i -by the way--the new- est swell wear, on exhibition in our Douglas street window. extreme for GO AR LR LD DO WL TR AT Catalogues (Pall and Winter 1894-5) to be had on application, WA Draperies. Our drapery department is fu'l of new things just T A T R T T O A Y TUsssssssrriing | now, and mauy of them at much lower prices than heretofore, as these have just been imported under the new tariff. I'or doors and arches we have: The The The The The new Negas cartains, new Durby curtains. new Verdure curtains, new Tuscan curtains, new Ramsic curtains, 100 Couch Covers $1.63 each, former price $3.50. Lace curtains of all kinds. The line of Swiss Laces by the yard is complete in all widths and the variety of patterns and qualities is far greater than ever befoere- These goods are more popular than ever this season. Orchard & Wilhelm Garpet Go. Chas. Shiverick & Co | FURNITURE. A complete new stock, recently purchased at reduced market prices, 1206-1208 Douglas Street. THE DENTIST tat Work at Lowest Prices. H WITHOUT . Bridge work Full st leeth on rubber 85,00, it guaranteed. Sits vor filllugs $1,00; pure gold $2.00. Office, 8rl flo.r Paxton Block, 16th and Far~ nam Streets. Telephoue 10 b 7 _ODENA A N.E:W 4/1W)1 CUFF an Spoke LK. FA 1 EY'S TOOTH POWDEK. EXACT SIZE PERFECT) THE MERCANIILE IS THE FAYORITE TEX CENT CIGAR sale by all First Class Dealers. Manufacturad by the F. R. RICE MERCANTILE CIGAR CO., Factory No. 804, 8t Louls, Mg R P S R