Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1895, Page 8

THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE:{FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1895 MORE MEN AND APPARATUS Noeds of the Omaha Fire Department Described by Uhief Redell, MANY COMPANIES ARE TOO SMALL Modern Equipment Declared to Be Abso- lutely Necessary — Innovations In the Discipline the Fire Fighting ¥orco-Plen for Better Bulldings. ‘When the present chief of the fire depart ment was appointed by the Board of Fire and Polics Commissioners the peopls of Omaha were given to understand that the election of a chief from out of town was pre: liminary to a general reorganization of the | department on the basis of the most modern fire fighting 1d This was taken quarters as an indication that a considerable number of the old men were going to be di missed in faver of new applicants. Such was at no time a part of the plan of the comn sloners or of Mr. Redell. All men who are capable and who ars willing to do their duty are safe In their positions and no man will be dismissed except for some open failure in duty or neglect to abide by the regulatic of the department. But various reforms ha already been inaugurated in the management and discipline of the department and others are in contc These have been re- peatedly di by the members of the board and the fire chief. One of the first matters to receive atten- tion has been the regular drills of the de- partment. These will be materially aug- mented and every fireman in the department will be drilled at frequent Intervals in the use of all the apparatus that he may have to handle at a fire. The Pompler ladders will be regularly used and the pipemen, well as the hook and ladder men, will be made perfectly familiar with their use. It is the idea of Chiet Redell to have a Pompler eervice in connection with each’ hook and ladde: truck and this drill will Be supplemented by those with the life line and net as soon as the department is in a position to supply the apparatus, The Pompier drill 1s an exerciso t brings every muscle in the body Into Chief Redell s of the opinion that fire- men should be maintained in as perfect phy- sical condition as possible. When they have work to do it must be done in a hurry and only a well conditioned is able to fight fire with a clear head and untiring mu: cles. The use of the ladders also gives the men confldence and command of themselves when working at a_considerable height from the ground. For theso reasons, as well as to render the men proficient in their use, the Pompier drill will be a regular feature of the house work. In the regular drills every plece of apparatus will be brought into play exactly as though it was at a fire. The aerial trucks must be manned and raised in the quickest possible time, hose run off, connec- tlons made and every man taught to study his particular part of the work, £0 that when an alarm is turned in he will unconsciously carry out his part with the best degree of efficiency possible and make every motion count. FIRE TELEPHONE SERVICE. One of the meditated fmprovements Is a telephone service, exclusively for the fire de- partment. Under the present system a good deal of time is lost in ringing up the central office and waiting for a connection, but if the engine houses are placed on an exclusive cir- cuit communication will only be a matter of an instant. The fire alarm service will be moved from its present location to the office of the chief in the city hall. One reason for this change is the danger of the disability of the apparatus by fire at its present location. If a fire should break out the whole fire alarm system would be rendered neeless, but in the city hall this danger would be reduced to 4 minimum. Then a considerable amount would be saved in rent, Chief Redell is working on a new set of rules and regulations which will more clearly define the duties of the officers and men. Some improvement will be made in the sys- tem of reports from the various companies and there will probably be a change in one or two features of the present alarm system. For Instance, under the present system, two or more alarms may be turned in from boxes in widely different locations. The chief ar- rives at one of the fires and decides to make a second call. The second, or general alarm may be sent in and as several boxes have been pulled there Is no way in which the re- maining companies can teil to which of the fires they are called by the second alarm. In discussing the immediate necessities of the department yesterday Chief Redell gald that the most pressing necessity was for men. “The first consideration should be to adequately man the apparatus that is now in use. For instance, I was at No. 3's house thls morning and saw the drill in rals- ing the heavy truck. There are six men at- tached to the truck, while it was never con- structed to be handled with less than ten men. Some of the outside hose companies have only three men. Such a company as this is a farce when it comes to putting out a fire. Every company should be able to lay and man two lines of hose, but three men cannot handle one to advantage. When an alarm is turned in one of these companies arrlves at the fire. The driver must take care of his team beforo ho can render any assistance. That leaves (wo men to run the hose, make connections with the hydrant and nozzle, handle probably several hundred feet of hose and play on the fire. As the three men cannot be on duty all of the time, it may even be possible that only two men will be at hand to answer the alarm. Now what does such a company amount to? The first five minutes is all important at a fire. There should be men enough to handle tho hose rapldly and get to work on the fire at the quickest possible moment. Each company should be able to lay two lines of hose with= out losing a second and there should be men enough on the hook and ladder trucks to bring them into play with equal celerity. Any one can eec that this is impossible when the apparatus is insufficiently manned. Then, also, it is always probable that a line must be changed at times. One or two men cannot do this without losing a good deal of valuable time, where If there was a full company the line could be hundled so rapidly that the loss would not be felt. Suppose a case where the fire Is in the third, fourth or fifth story and the dificulty of gelting a stream to bear is increased and you aro worse off than ever, Every down lown company should have at least a full complement of six men to ob- tain effective result NOT UP T0 DATR. In discussing the question of apparatus, the chiet remarked that this was an age of ad- vancement i fire apparatus as well as other things and somo of the Omaha apparatus must properly be classed as ante-deluvian, The aerlal truck previously mentioned was fronbound throughout and was so heavy that it was dificult to get it fnto position without a considerable waste of time, The more modern ladders were on the truss principle, and were at once lighter and stronger. 1t 1§ Mr. Redell's oplulon that the city {s hadly offt for trucks anyway. There should be another truck of the latest pattern immediately in the Lusiness district where it would bo available as soon as the streams were turned on. If a fire was in a high Duilding it was difficult to get to it from the inside, and the quickest and most ef- fective way to bring the streams to bear was from the ladders. In Omalia there was a lack of ladders to do this effectively, and the department was in greater need of another first class truck than of any other apparatus. The water tower has also been much im- proved since the one now in use was pur- chased. The chief objection of Mr, Redell to the present tower Is the dificulty of rais- ing It. © The improved towers are raised by & doublo worm gear Instead of by chemicals, and the results are far wmore satisfactory. In cold weather the chemicals are always lkely to freeze and the machine s con- stanily liable to get out of order. After it once raised it cannot be raised a second ime until the chemicals are replenished, while with the worm gear It can be raised _f..a lowered at pleasure. The {mproved lower s also ralsed from the rear axle, and | the tower is down it hangs over the This economizes house room and the driver the trouble of constantly as, in some | it the nozzle does not come in contact | shiould also be proy hb’hlm\ while going to a fire to sece “telegraph poles or other obstructions. | A the depurtment now stands it s not | prepared for a life saving service. It there should be a fire in a building like the Mur- ray hotel and people should be cut off on the upper floors the firemen could do nothing but stand by and see them fall back into the flames or dash themselves to pleces on the pavements. Life lines and nets should be procured and the entire department drilled until they were experts In their use. Chief Redell has also suggested several improvements in the building regulations He says there can be no other opinion than that Omaha is an_inflammable city, While there are some large business blocks of improved fireproof construction, there are hundreds of buildings that are veritable fire traps. Lodging houses, tenement houses and dozens of other buildings are constructed upon the theory that they were to be eternally secured from any attack of fire, and even in the business districts there was a great scarcity of fire escapes. No large buildiag should be allowed to be constructed without a complete fire wall through the center, 8o that in case of a fire the firemen could concentrate their streams on one-half of the building and the other haif at least would be safe. This would reduce the fire hazard fully one-half. Apartment houses ed with fireproof parti- tions between the suites of rooms. If this was done the. department would know just what they had to depend upen and coald fight the fire much more intelligently and cifectively. This latter idea is provided for by an amendment to the building ordinance which was submitted to the council by Conmissioner Hartman, Chief Redell and tor of Buildings Deverill, contemplated amendment consists In the addition of the following: “In all apart- ment houses the dividing walls or partitions between the apartments provided for each family shall be made entirely of incombusti- ble material, or of steel, partitions filled to the full thickness and height with mineral, wool or other incombustible material, equally as good, and plastered on the metal lath. In the absence of definite subdivisions be- tween the apartments of different families, elght rooms shall be counted as the equiva- lent of one apartment. In boarding hous lodging houses or hotels, ninety feet or less in height, there shall be for every eight rooms in any one story dividing walls or par- titions as described above, separating these eight rocms from the contiguous spaces. All hotels, lodging, or tenement houses, apart- ment ~houses, boarding houses and public buildings, three stories or more in height and not built’ absclutely fire proof, shall have a semi-fireproof celling to each floor, con- structed as follows: Furr below the bottom of each joist longitudinally, with a metal furring strip not less than one inch wide, sald strip, it corrugated, to be of No. 13 band iron; and if not corrugated, of No. 10 band fron. After fastening said furring strips, lath the celling with metal lath and fill on top of lath with two inches of min- eral wool, asbestos or other fireproof ma- torial, as approved by the buflding superin- tendent. Said metal etrips and lath to be fastened In place by staples long enough to drive at least one inch into joists.” ———— Beyond Comparson. Are the good qualities possessed by Hood's Sarsaparilla, Above all it purifies the blood, thus strengthening the nerves; it regulates the digestive organs, invigorates the kidneys and liver, tones and builds up the entire system, cures scrofula, dyspepsia, catarrh and rheumatism. Get Hood's and only Hood's, Hood’s Pills cure all liver ills, billiousness, jaundice, indigestion, sick headache. 25c. ——— Hayden Bros'. ad. is on page 5. UNDER STRICTER RULES, New Orders Governing Work of Letter Car- riers Are Promulgated. There s considerable suppressed excitement among the boys who wear the gray in the postal service at the federal bullding. It has all been caused by the receipt of an order from Washington which has just reached Postmaster Clarkson. The order will be posted immediately and Superintendent of Postal Service Cramer has been notified that It will be enforced to the letter. The official advices, which will make a somewhat radical change in the methods of Omaha carriers, are as follows: Carriers are strictly prohibited from re- porting prior to schedule time, either for morning arrival or the beginning of any sub- sequent trip during the day. Carriers must not remain at their desks or in the working room of the office during any interval, or during batween trips or dur- ing the dinner intervals; nor must they re- main in the postoffice after reporting from the last trip of the day. Carriers must record the exact time con- sumed by them each day, specifying the be- ginning and closing of each trip and the time spent in routing mail and looking up and marking undelivered matter. Only the ac- tual time employed is to be recorded, but all service rendered must be recorded. Carriers will continue to mako their daily trips, making their entries at the beginning and end of each trip. The practice of filling out the entire rcport at the close of the day must be discontinued and any carrier found continuing such practice will be promptly removed, Under no clrcumstances must carriers or superintendents conceal the fact that over- time is being made. Any attempt in this respect means dismissal from the service. Men detailed exclusively in collection sery- ice should not be allowed to enter the work room or office, except to deposit collections, They must then leave the postofiice, report- ing ‘again on schedule time for beginning of next collection at the first box on their route. The performance of clerical work by car- riers is absolutely prohibited. Their work must be confined to the collection and de- livery of mail, the routing of mwail for de- livery, the marking up or logginz of unde- livered matter and the facing up of mail by collectors upon their return to the office. All other work, except the duty at the delivery windows Sundays, must be discontinued by carriers. All other work is clerical and must be performed by clerks alone, The order is signed by T. H. Jones, first assistant postmaster general, and will go Into effect within thirty day: ¥iled an Answer, 8. H. Burnham, cashier, and D, G. Wing, assistant cashler of the American Exchange bank of Lincoln, bave filed an answer to ow cause why they should not be attached for contempt of court in refusing to honor the check of F. W. Little, temporary re- ceiver of the Lincoln Street Railway com- pany. They cite the indebtedness of the Lincoln Street Rallway company to them as an ex- planation of the refusal. The bank officers claim that the company owes them $40,000, and reviews the agreement said to have been made between the street rallway company officlals of the bank as to deposits and in- debtedness. . They Bond, G. W. E. Dorsey and Richard C. Outealt, bank officiais recently indicted by the federal grand jury, filed their bail bonds yesterday in the office of the clerk of the federal district court. The former gave a bond for $2,000 and the Jatter was held in the sum of $5.000, Neither of the parties named was arrested They came to Omaha voluntarily and filed their bail bonds for their appearance when- ever required. e Foderal rt Notes. E. 8. Dundy, Jr., has returned from Sloux City, Postoffice Inspector Elwood s in the city with his eagle eye. Deputy United States Marshal Boehme has gone on a hunting trip. Judge Dundy devoted the day to eivil cases and a few equity cases. G. M, Lambertson of Lincoln was a caller at the bullding yesterday. O. E. Sumwers has flled a motion for judgment upon the special verdict of the Jury In the case of Summers vs White, Recelver Towle of the Fitzgerald & Mal- lory Construction company has filed his bond in the sum of $10,000 with W. H. Crook and G. W. Holaud as sureties, Con Gallagher of the customs office brands | as a fake the story published by an irre- sponsible paper to the effect that a new sidewalk would be constructed around the old" postofice building. He says that a temporary wooden sidewalk would be erccted around the new federal building aud thal any assertion beyond this one was pre- ture and doubtless the product of a vivid imagination. LR = Hayden Bros', ad. 1s on page 6 T ee————————— — — ———— - oo BOSTON STORE FIRE SALE The Grandest Lot of New Silks Ever Shown on Sale Tomorrow, ALL ABSOLUTELY SOUND AND PERFECT The Last 80 Cases Weo Recelved from the Jaffray Fire Came from the Recelving Room ana They Are Almost Sound and Perfect. $4.00 SILK REMNANTS, 50C YARD. Thousands of yards of the finest silks ever shown in Omaha; moire silks in all colors, brocaded silks and satin rhadmas, taffetas | and failles worth up to $4.00 a yard, in lengths from 1 yard to 41 yards, go in our silk department ‘at 50c a yard, SILK REMNANTS 5C, 10C, 25C BACH. Over 10,000 sample pleces up to a yard in length, including the finest and highest grades of new silks ever imported. They go tomorrow at Ge, 10c and 26c each, according to length, All the highest grades of China and surah silks, almost sound and perfect, having only been slightly damaged vy water, go at 25¢ yard, Remnants of silk_velvets in great varlety of colors, worth $1.50 a yard, go at 2c. Thousands of new remnants of imported dress geods, plain colorings, silk_and wool novelties, and plaids and checks, go accord- ing to size at Ge, 10c and 15c. Men's and boys' $1.50 all wool cassimeres 0 in remnants on our bargain square at 10c a yard. On our front bargain square a new lot of fine small figured and plain white dimities worth up to 256 yard, go in remnants at Sc. BARGAINS IN CARPETS. 20 rolls halt wool ingrain, worth G0c, special price 22%c, Samples of carpets sent on application. REMNANTS IN OUR BASEMENT. 5 cases remnants of the best grade yard wide percales and fancy sateens go at be yard, 2 cases printed ducks and heavy fancy striped shirting, worth up to 26c a yard, go at 6c yard. BOSTON STORE, Still Leading the Shoe Business, N. W. Corner 16th and Douglas. g coade Hayden Bros'. ad. is on page 6. — THE DIRECT SOUTHERN ROUTE Vin the Rock Island—Shortest Line and Fastest Time. To all points tn Kansas, Oklahoma, Indlan Territory, Texas and ell ‘points in southern California. Only one Gight out to all points {n Texas. The ‘““Texas Limited” leaves Omaha at 6:15 a. m. daily except Sunday, landing passengers at all points in Texas 12 hours in advance of all other lines. Through tourlst cars via Ft. Worth and El Paso to Los An- geles. For full particulars. maps, folders, etc, call at or address Rock Island ticket office, 1602 Farnam St. CHAS. KENNEDY, G. N. W. P, A, b =g PHILLLP'S “ROCK ISLAND” EXCURSION Through Tourlst Sleeping Car to San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles. Via Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway, leaves Omaha_every Friday at 1:10 p. m., via Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt Lake, Ogden. Also through tourist slceper to Los Angeles every Wednesday on our southern route, via Fort Worth and El Paso. Tickets and sleeping car reservations can be secured at the “‘Rock Island” ticket office, For full information call on or address CHARLES KENNEDY, 1602 Farnam St., G. N. W. P. A, o i The State Rellet commisston have estab- lished headquarters at 109 Frenzer block, where all contributioms of provisions and clothing should be sent, instead of 407 Brown block, as heretofore. All correspondence should be addressed to me at 407 Brown block. ‘W. N. NASON, President. —_——— Hayden Bros’, ad. is on page 6. —_— SENT TO THE REFORMATORY. Four Young Vagrants Put In a Safe Place— District Court Notes. Yesterday afternoon Judge Scott sent four boys to the reform school. Three of them are white and were arrested in a bunch. Their names are Arthur Morris, William Beale and Harry Schultz, and they are 14, 15 and 16 years old respectively, All three hail from Chicago, but they appear to be embryo tramps, as, according to their story, they have been here before, and in other parts of the country, the younger one having been as far west as San Francisco. They were arrested for entering a freight car on the night of January 5 and stealing several pairs of shoes and other articles. The charge of burglary was booked against their names. Although ‘they freely admitted taking the articles they did not think that they had committed burglary, as they said they pushed the door of the car open without breaking the seal. The other was a colored boy, 15 years old, named Charles Baker. Charles’ home is in Hiawatha, Kan., but he is also of a wandering disposition. He has committed no crime, as far as is known, but he persists in slecping in old bufldings, and has been arrested a number of times for vagrancy. Sherift Drexel appeared in his office yes- terday afternoon for the fitst time in several weeks. He came in on a pair of crutches, but he expects to use them for kindling wood in a short time, Louis Stemm has been appointed admin- istrator for the estate of Charles A, Thieman, who died as the result of injuries sustained by the collapse of his house a short time ago. The property that he left aggregates $11,000, Judge Baxter has refused to dissolve the attachment brought by the Englehart, Win- ning, Davis Mercantile company against the stock and property on Douglas street, for- merly owned by Mrs. J. R. Getty, but now in the hands of a third party. The motion to dissolve the attachment was brought by Mrs, Getty. The mercantile company alleged that Mrs. Getty had transferred the property to prevent the plaintiff obtaining what was due. Judge Baxter held that as Mrs, Getty had no longer an interest in the property, she had no right to make the motion, May McFayden has asked that the court order her husband, Ernest McFayden, to pay her alimony during the pendency of the divorce sult that she has commenced. She has also filed an answer to the allegations made by Ernest that she was in the habit of using violent and profane language, and that at one time she tried to cut him up into mince meat, She emphatically denies the first allegation and explains the latter. She says that one day she got hold of some letters that had passed between her husband and some other woman. Her husband ob- Jected to this by gently grasping her by the throat and proceeding to choke the life out of her. She then seized the case knife for the purpose of defending herself. — Hayden Bros', ad. is on page 5. M ANNOUNC ENTS, “The Derby Winner,” A. H. Spink's suc- cessful racing drama, produced at the Fif- teenth Street theater earlier in the season, plays a return engagement at the commencing Sunday matinee, January 20, and continues for four nights, “The Derby Win- ner" is a drama of intense human interest, Received T r Old Friends. The spacious apartments of Governor Saunders' residence on Sherman avenue were thrown open to the many friends of Governor and Mrs. Saunders last night e gathering was in the nature of a re- eption, which was attended by fully 20 of | Omaha's best people, The occasion was de- | about | Murray. | renders one lightfully informial and the evening was most_enjoyably ‘eceupled. Music was fur- nished by a full wrohestra and later in the evening the ustal refreshments were served, PR — In iOden Times People overlooked!the importance of perma- nently beneficial #ffects and were satisfied with transient action; but now that it is gen- erally known that:8yrap of Fige will perma- nently cure habithal constipation, well In- formed people wilk not buy other laxatives, which act for a Hme, but finally injure the system, ————— Hayden Bros', adl. is on page 5. ——— HANDY WITH KNIVES, Couple of Stabhing Affrays In Which Some Bad Blood Was Spilled. Charles Farmer stabbed Charles Nolen in the back Wednesday night at Thirteenth and Harney streets. The stabbing affray occurred 10 0'¢lock. Nolen wanted to take his wite out of a wine room and escort her home. This did not suit Farmer, and becoming des- perate he attempted to carve Nolen, Officer Whalen_took the outfit to the police station, where Nolen and Farmer were locked up. Nolen's injuries are not serious, as he had on a heavy overcoat and was otherwise heavily dressed. All the parties concerned are colored. There was a_stabbing affray at the resi- dence of Mrs. Nettie Clark on Thirty-seventh and Decatur street which ™ nearly had a fatal termination. There was a gath- ering at Mrs, Clark's and a dispute arose among several of the men about the preference of the women in the place. Joe Cool was badly cut in the face and his right eye was gouged out of its socket, Olife Baker was cut about the abdomen and Bill Petty, a counterfeiter, was slashed across the stomach. A neighbor who had heard the racket called on Jim Jones, one of the participants, and was met at the door by a man with an ax. He threatened to Kill the nelghbor, who fled precipitately Later on Jones went over to Mrs. Clark's and, after being refused admittance, he smashed in the doors and windows. The police were motified of the affair yester- day and warrants have been sworn out for the arrest of the parties concerned, e i, Hayden Bros'. ad. is on page 5. —————— PREPARING FOR A SPREAD, Banquet to Bo Given at the Commorclal Club This Evening. Tho members and friends of the Commer- clal club are expected to’be at the club rooms at 7 o'clock this evening. At that hour a banquet will be spread, after which any quantity of oratory will be uncorked. Five hundred invitaticns have been sent ‘out and those who will attend are requested to motify Commissioner Utt, by telephone or otherwise, not later than 8§ o'clock this morning. The commissioner's telephone is No. 820. At this banquet the supper will be served at $1 per plate. In addition to a large num- ber of Omaha gentlemen, it is expected that all of the officers and directors of the state fair will be in attendance. —_—— Hayden Bros'. ad. is on page 5. —_— PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, T. B. Patton, Alta, Ia., is at the Arcade. D. M. Newbro, Butte, Mont., is at the Mil- lard. E. B. Bartlett of Wayne is a guest at the Arcade. Edward H. Rothert of Council Bluffs is at the Barker. Willlam Rees, Emporia. Merchants. T. L. Phelps is registered at the Barker, from Lincoln. T. J. Gatchell, Sheridan, Wyo., is a Mer- chants’ guest. Frank P. Ireland of Nebraska City was in Omaha last evening. Dr. F. Denebrink, Sheridan, Wyo., is regis- tered at the Merehants. . William L. Robinson is registered at the Barker, from Ottumwa, Ia. Mr, and Mrs. J. G. Whitney of Atlantic, Ta,, are guests at the Millard. J. J. Showles, representing the Joseph Murphy company, is registered at the Barker. At the Mercer: A. E. Pike, Grand Island; B. Franklin Day, Beatrice; C. F. Southward, Chicago; Ira Mallory, Des Moines; H Wesler, Lincoln; J. G. Mallalieu, C. Kirk, Kearney; Oscar Barnes, Marcus; J. E. Tol- man, Des Moines; M. D. Rooney, Clyde, Mo.; 0. H. Swingley, Beatrice; C. H. Beach, Denver; J. N. Gadd, Charles Lorraine, Des Moines; Ed Wiley, Quincy; Fred Kuehen, St. Louls; J. M. Barrett, Condon, Ia.; Zita Rooney, Clyde, Mo. Nebraskans at the Dotel At the Paxton—R. F. Andrews, Kearney; H. S, Manville, Fremont, At_the Millard—J. B. Leader, Chadron; B. 8. Peck, Stromsburg; Albert Watkins, Lincoln, At the Dellone—F. W. Young, W. E. Worley, Brock; R. V. Martin, Blair; A, J. Kearney, Stanton; N. K. Griggs, Lincoln; J. H. Davis, Gibbon. At the Merc H. Baughman, J. R. Norrls, Thomas oll; els, P MeGer, , North Platte; T 8. A, Ferguson, Kan., is at the mmons, kefiel: lk; W. D. Smith, Lyons, —_— Hayden Bros', ad. is on page 6. —— NOTES OF LUCAL INTEREST. Henry Rohift will build a two-story store and flats at 2423 Leavenworth street. Cost, $1,500. Mayor Bemis yesterday appointed Jus- tice S. M, Crosby to serve as police judge during the absence of Judge Berka. Miss Katie Woods, a 14-year-old girl of prepossessing appearance, has been missing from her home since last' Wednesday and her parents have asked the police to assist them in locating her. She is supposed to have run away with a soldler and is sald to be living with a family near Fort Omaha. The hand of affliction rests very heavily upon the home and family of Will L. Scism. For nearly a month Mrs. Scism has been dangerously i1, with very slight prospect of recovery, The combined strain of work and worry at last gained the mastery over Mr. Scism, and he, too, is now in charge of a physiclan. Chief Detective Haze has finished his re- port of the business done by his department during the year of 1804 It shows that 1,356 arrests were made, 897 convictions hav- ing followed, One man escaped from the police court and were bound over. Sixty fugitives from justice were captured for the authorities of this state and $7,877.60 worth of stolen property recovered. The following was taken from a Salt Lake paper. ““The remains of Herman Kahn were yesterday buried under the rites of the church in whose faith he died and of the lodge whose teachings he had embraced. The services of the former were conducted at Skewes' undertaking parlors and were presided over by Mr. Sig Simon, while at the grave the Kuights of Pythias adminis- tered its impressive ceremony." The revival meetings now being held at the Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal church are largely attended and growing in interest. A very dnteresting feature of these services are ‘the pictures representing scenes in the life of Christ, which are thrown upon a large screen by a powerful stereopticon. The pletures are Interspersed by the singing of goepel songs by all pres- ent, led by a large chorus choir and pipe organ. The words and music of these songs are also put upon the screen by the stereopticon. Thirty minutes are given to the preliminary services, after which a short ermon is preached by the pastor, Rev. W. P. A double quartet of male voices or more selections during the service and a gospel song of invitation is sung at fhe close. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roral Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Board of Education Oonsidering How to Ount Down Expenses, MUST SHORTEN THE SCHOOL YEAR Disposition tu Give u Long Vaeation In the Winter Term Rather Than to Close Earller at the End of the Year, A special meeting of the Board of Bduca- thn was held last evening. President Gldeon called the meeting and then failed to attend. He was the only member absent. Mr. Oleson called the meeting t order and then requested Mr. Cheek to take tho chair, A school warrant will be drawn for the United States School Furniture company for §846 for furniture purchased. The warrant will be dated May 15, This bill is nearly a year old, W. H. Barr & Co. asked for a school war- rant payable May 6 for $500 for relief maps purchased some time ago. The request will be granted. Mr. Cheek called Mr. Pearl to the chair and addresed the board regarding curtail- ing expenses by closing the schools June 7 instead of June 28, as has been the custom. The speaker said that he thought it would be better to close earlier than to cut out three weeks in March as had been suggested by the Taxpayers league. He made the motion that the schools close on June 7, and it was seconded by Mr. Hagan. Thomas wanted further time to consider the question before voting. Oleson thought March would be more economical as there would be a great saving in fuel. Cheek replied to Oleson by saying that a vacation in the middle of the winter would demoralize the children and would be a hardship on the teachers. Super- intendent Munroe thought it better to cut off the time near the close of the school year as in his opinion a vacation in the middle of the term always demoralizes the pupils and it usually ta chers a couple of weeks to get them back into the routine work. Thomas said that if economy was the object of closing the schools earler why not then close in the winter and save fuel. By closing in June the saving would be If in March the saving would be $3,686, a difference of $826. When put to a vote the motion to close on June 7 was lost. Incognito Detoctive Needed. “‘What we need at the present time,” sald Police Judge Christmann this morning, “is an_ experienced detective who is not known to our people here to circulate around and get in with the gangs that are holding up people almost every night. Burglars should also be looked afer. Quite a number of Detty thleves arc at large in the town, and I think a shrewd man could very soon get in with them and thus sccure evidepce enough to send all guilty parties to prisoh, The present condition of the city’s finances will not warrant the employment of a good detective at the present time, although one is badly necded. Agitating Economy. The Taxpayers league meets Saturday night to consider the financial question and to devise ways to reduce current expenses. As the council meets on Monday evening to discuss the same matter it has been sug- gested that the two bodies hold a joint ses- sion and talk the matter over together. Possibly this may-be done. Magle City Gossip. irs: Levy, wife of Judge Levy, is seriously Mrs. Arthur Gouch has been called east by the serious illness of her father. James. Doody has been locked up on the charge of stealing $70 from I. Martinvich. Receipts at the stock yards were heavy yesterday. A large proportion of the hogs re- ceived came from Iowa. A sneak thief entered T. F. Elliott's resi- dence, Twenty-second and L streets, Wednes- day evening and carried away a cloak. J. K. Campbell, one of the Union Stock yards switchmen, have gone to Scranton, Pa., where he will spend a month visiting relatives. William Thompson, arrested for highway robbery and discharged for lack of evidence, has been taken to Omaha, where he is wanted for burglary. Tho next regular meeting of the Baptist Ladies’ Foreign and Home Mission soclety will be held at the residence of Mrs. Thomas Stephenson, Twenty-seventh and H streets, Friday afternoon. Yesterday afternoon the infant son of W. H. Picketts wandered away from home and fell down an embankment at Twentieth and N streets. The child was quite’ badly bruised but no hones were broken. Councilman Jack Walters denies that he lost $4 bucking a nickel in the slot machine, He claims that he was only beat out of a nickel. People who saw the councilman play still insist that he lost $4 and left the place in a huff, Last evening robbers stole $15 worth of groceries from John Remer's farm Remer had been to Omaha making purchases; he was on his way to his home at Spring- fleld, and stopped at Thirty-third and Lake streets to make another purchase; while in the store his goods were stolen, b Tom Brady was arrested yesterday after- noon on a disorderly conduct complaint, It is claimed that Brady went into a saloon at Twenty-sixth and P streets and started a fuss, The bartender took a hand in the game and struck Mr. Brady on the head with a club, cutting a small gash. The police made a round up of suspicious characters last evening, and as a result six dead tough mugs are now whiling away the time behind the bars of the city prison.” The names given by the prisoners are Miks Co coran, William Fitzgerald, Con Fitzgers John Benkin, James Rellly and Thomas Strange. —_— Smitten by Cold or Damp, The kidneys become sore and cease to act properly. Relleve their distress and set them in vigorous motion with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and all will be well. Otherwise, ap- prehend Bright's discase, diabetes or album- inuria, all dangerous maladies. Malaria, dys- pepsia, constipation, biliousness and nervo ness all yield to this benignant and agreeable medicinal agent, which promotes appetite and a gain in vigor and flesh, —ees DIED. nly, Saturday, years, at Salt Lake City. Kohn leaves a sister, Mrs. A. Brown of Omaha, Mr: Simon Kohn Chicago, and a brother, Fred Kohn, at Sioux City, and three sisters at Philadel- phia. Mr.'Kohn was a bephew of Aaron Cahn of this city, where he was well and favorably known! KOHN-—Herman, 12, aged Mr. Muslin Endcrficar at Manuraclure;s‘ Prices Gloaks and Furs Cos! or Less K SCOFIELD CLOAKS SUITS. FURS. AXTON BLOCK. Dont Neglect Your Byes W. I Seymour, our optician, has been extremely successful in fitting glasses to hundreds of the best people in the city Lenses Exchanged Free of Charke. The Aloe & Penfold Co., LBEADING SCIENTIFIC O 1408 Farnam Street. osite I'axton Hotel LION DRUG STORE. JLANS. [ TH wagon. { GREATEST IN THE WEST! Cause of the Widespread Demand for Paine’s Gelery Compound, The unequalled demand for Paine's celery compound among the people of this state but an index of the great good that it is do- ng. Not only in this vicinity, not only in every western state, but everywhere in the United States. Paine’s celery compound, the wonderful remedy that makes people well, is beyond question the most rellable production of mod- ern medical science. Nobody disputes it. From the day it was first prescribed by that most eminent of American physicians, Prof. Edward E. Phelps, it has been recom- mended, preseribed and its merits extolled by the ablest of physicians. The best medi- cal journals have devoted almost unlimited space to the cures it has effected. The daily press of the large cities has con- tained account after account of remarkable cases of “health restored by Paine’s celery compound.’ Some of the most famous men and women of the country have very recently authorized the publication of their unsolicited testi- monfals, They or their physicians have frankly told how, when all clse had failed, Pain’s celery compound had made them well. The Chicago Herald has just devoted a page or more to interviews with prominent men and women In that city who have beem made well the past year by Paine’s celery compound. There are many in cured of serious illness. 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