Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1902, Page 7

For a third of a century Ameri- can housewives have found Dr. Price’s Baking Powder invaria- bly a guarantee of pure, delicious and wholesome food. Always makes the perfect biscuit, cake and bread. Price Baking PowDer Co., CHicago. NEW CHURCH'S CORNERSTONE Laid by Methodints in Attendance st Conference of the Omuha District. The feature of the sccond day's session of the district conference of the Methodist Eplscopal church was the laylog of the cornerstone of the Monmouth Park Metho- dist church, which took place at 11 yeeter- day morning. The funeral of the late Rev. James Haynes caused a rearrangement of the program. The presiding elder, Dr. J ‘W. Jennings, and the pastors of the Omaha churches attended the funeral, so the man- agement of the laying of the cornerstone of the church was placed In the hands of Rev. A. A. Luce, the pastor. A large number of the members of the conference went to the grounds where the services were held, and Mr. Luce, officlat- ing, read the ritualistic service. Addresses were made by Dr. Claudius B. Spencer of Kansas City and Dr. H. C. Jennings of Chi- cago. Then followed the formial laying of the stone. In the stone was placed a box containing the names of the pastor and the official board of the church and coples of the religious papers of the current date. The new church will be a frame bullding on the site of the one destroyed by the storm a few wecks ago. Tt will have a neating capacity of about 300 and will cost $2,500. At the session of thé conference previous to the laying of the cornerstone the char acters of John Dale, Thomas W. Miller and A. R. Wightman, deacons, were passed, and the following licentiates had thelr charac- ters passed and licenses renewed: Solon Ayres, John H. Bexton, Willlam E. Butts, Harley H. Bishop, Lorenzo R. Coy, Jchn A, Dorcester, A. 8. Grigerelt, John A. Holmes. Albert Rose, August F. Shater, Eldon J. £mith and Arthur Hazleton Upon the Invitation of the pastor of the church at Gretna it was decided to hold the next conference of the district at that place. A committee consisting of Jabez Charlcs, Willlam Esplen and G. W. McGregor was appointed to adopt resvlutions on the death of Rev. Willlam Slothower, late a member of the district conference. Prestding Elder's Report The conference opened at the Seward Street Methodist church yesterday afternoon and after organization and the appointment of various committees Dr. J. W. Jennings presiding elder of the district, presented bis annual report. This report showed that there are twenty-seven pastors aseigned to work in the district, every charge belng filled; that there has been an increase of $2,000 In the salary allowance of pastors In the district; that the financial relations be- tween the pastors and the churches are very satiefactory. The report showed esti- mated receipts for misslons of 32,300, an increase of $81 over last year, but still $200 below the apportionment; amount paid on church debt, $2,300; value of improvements, $8,600; paid on improvements, $3.000; debt on churches and church property, $60,000; value of churches and church property, $316,000; gain in value since last year, $8,- 000; number of charges, forty-eight; num- ber of conversions reported during the year, 408; total number of members and probationers April 1, 4,713, a gain of 281; average attendance each Sunday, 4,800 number of Sunday schools, thirty-nine; at- tendance, 5,444, & gain of 554; number of chapters of Epworth league, twenty-elght; enroliment, 1,815; Junior league enrollment, 846. After the report of the presiding elder was recelved (he mastors present to the number of twenty ‘dade reports as to their charges. showing good spiritual and finan- clal conditions. At the evening session Claudius B. Spen- cer, D. D., of Kansas City, editor of the Central Christian Advocate, preached a se mon, his theme being “Holiness, or Chrit tian Perfection.” The speaker said that holiness is an obligation upon God's peopie and that this supreme doctrine of faith, this command of God, should be easy to aecer tain sud easy to inherit. Oftentimes the multip:icity of words has c:st dirkuess up-n the subject. There should be some simple | pathway to that conditia i The second sesalon of the conference will open this morning at 8:30 o'clock. Confer- Woman’s Nalure Note.—Baking powders made from alum and other harsh, caustic acids are lower in price, but inferior in work and injurious o the stomach. ence business will occupy the time until 10:45, when the members will go to Mon- mouth Park, where the corner-stone of the new church will be lald with impressive ceremonies The conference will adjourn this evening with an address by A. C. Jen- nings, D. D., of Chicago on the work of the Book Concern. The district convention of the Epworth league will open Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock and will last for a day, the conven- tion closing with a sermon by D. K. Tin- dall, D. D., Thursday evening. FUNERAL OF JAMES HAYNES Pastors of the Methodist Churches of This City Aec bearers. of Rev. James Haynes oc- curred at the Hansccm Park Methodist church at 11 yesterday morning, in the presence of a crowd of friends and rela- tives which taxed the capacity of the audi- torlum. Rev. Clyde Clay Clssell, pastor of the church, officiated, and was assisted by Presiding Elder J. W. Jennings. The remains were taken to Forest Lawn cemetery for interment. The active pall- bearers were Dr. D. K. Tindall of the Trin- ity Methodist church, Rev. C. N. Dawson of the Seward Street Methodist, Rev. L. Mickel of the South Tenth Street Metho- aist, Rev. G. H. Main of the Walnut Hill Methodist, Rev. M. A. Head of South Omaha and Rev. R. M. Henderson of the Southwest Methodist. A number of min- isters from the various churches of the city acted as an escort. Rey. Haynes was 76 years of age and hal been a resident of Omaha since 1875. He dled at noon Monday at his residence, 2809 Poppleton avenue. Though a member of the lowa conference at the time of his death, he had done no active ministerial work for some years, having been com- pelled to discontinue the work because of poor health. Of his immediate family he leaves a widow and five soms. SEWER CONTRACTS AWARDED Andrew Kilewet Gets The funeral Four and J. O, Corby One of the Five Jo Contracts for sewers in five districts were awarded yesterday by the Board of Public Works, four going to Andrew Klewit and one to J. O. Corby, Kiewit, who is supposed to have taken a throw at the alleged ‘“‘combine,” gets district 268 At $4,265, district 269 at $3,242.93, district 271 at $4,801.37, and 273 at $1,321.90. Corby gets district 272 at $1,416.46. The sewers are sanitary piping, varying in size from eight to twenty-one inches. District 268 Is on B street, from Seven- teenth eaat to Thirteenth, on Fourteenth, from Phelps to Central boulevard, and one block on Sixteenth south of B, District 269 is Twenty-fourth street, from Vinton north the Burlington tracks. District 271 s on Fowle Larimore and Grand avenue, trom North boulevard west, and from Grand avenue through Saratoga and Patrick additions. District 272 1s on Twelfth, from the alley west of Plerce to Willlam, and on Willlam from Twelfth to Thirteenth. District 273 is on Ninth, trom Dorcas to Hickory, and on Hickory trom Ninth to Tenth. LOSES PART OF RIGHT LEG Will Bly Attempts to Board Moving Train and Falls Under Wheels, Willlam Bly was run over by a Burling- ten train in the company's yards at Gibson at Do'clock yesterday and his right leg was cut off between the knee and ankle. He was brought to Omaha and taken to the Clarkson hospital. The train was switch- Ing and Bly attempted to board a car while in motion. He lcst his hold and fell under the wheels. He is 19 years of age and re- sides at Third and Sprague strects with hls parents It you are a “bon vivant Champage on the market Extra Drr drink the best Cook's Imperial Is to love children, and no home can be completely happy without them, yet the ordeal through which the ex- pectant mother must pass usually is so full of suffering, danger and fear that she looks forward to the critical hour with apprehension and dread. Mother’s Friend; by its penetrating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and so prepares the system for the ordeal that she passes through the event safely and with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and said, “it is Mother’ worth its weight in gold.” $1. 00 Pel' druggists. Book containing frl valuable information mailed free. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atldats, Ga. bottle of agate. ¥ | | be tasued through the city treasurer's office i{E OMAHA DAIL - AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Library Board Waits for Oity Council to | Issue Bonds. { WANTS AMOUNT OVER PRICE OF SITE | Funds from Mr, the Bullding Nea Carnegie to Pat Are Expected Up in Future=Magic The propositions before the mew council are numerous. Among some of the impor- tant ones is the action on the request of the City Library board. The members of | the old city assoclation yesterday turned into the treasury a little over $2 in cash and a lot of books. These books have been removed from Stott's to & room in the Murphy block. Now the board wants the city counchi to go ahead and fix up its bonds o that there will be a little leeway over the purchase price of the site. A fund of $500 1s asked for. This is to be used, so it is asserted, by President McCulloch to lay a permanent walk and sod the grounds about the building, when it is completed. More than likely the new council will grant the request of the board for the addi- tional issue of bonds, as it comes within the limit voted by the people last Novem- ber. It is further asserted that the bonds can easily be sold for 5 per cent, even though they be of so small an amount There seems to be a desire on the part of the people to get busy and secure a library since the donation from Mr. Carnegie is ready and waiting. Certificates are being prepared to show that the city has voted bonds In the sum of $5,000 for a site and ar- rangements have been made for the ap- portionment of a certaln sum each year for the maintenance of the institution. The | funds from Mr. Carnegle are expected as | | | | | | | see it plainly as they glanced back through on April ¥ 4 advertised J. M. Tanner an trip to Hot Springs. Thomas Harrls has member of the police department The work of the police force is improving ohn Briggs has been chief (hat the city council has organised, 1 a teleph will soon be Emergency hospital Th vening of this week Mod ern Woodmen of America lodge, No. 109, will entertain guests from Papiliion. Laura, the 7-year-old and Mrs A Ashburn, and Monroe streets, died ¥ ¥ funeral will be is afternoon. Inter- ment_at Balley cemetery B. E. Wilcox, who was quite sick for a couple of days, was some better yesterday. The alumni of the South Omaha High school will_meet tonight at the superin- tendent's office for the purpose of electing officers. Mayor Koutsky plications for going slow in changes. George W fourth street gains in cholc instead of today, as previously 1 wite Ark een appointed are home from a irsday is overwhelmed with positions. He is the matter of ap- however, making Masson, 112 North Twenty- is offering some speclal bar- erty vacant and improved prop- Rnyone Intending to buy for a home or Investment will do well to see him. WORK FOR CITY OFFICIALS High Wind Seatters Sidewalks and Tears Chimney from School Bullding. The heads of varlous departments of the | city government were nearly all given something to do yesterday by the industri- ous and robust gusts of Tueeday. To Superintendent Pearse and Secretary | Burgess of the Board of Education came the report that the chimney of the new Long school at Twenty-sixth and Frankiln streets was toppled over at 3 o'clock just as a spelling class had been lined up along | the wall. The chimney fell just back of them, on the opposite side or the wall, of | course, but in such a way that they could | the windows. The ten feet of brick ma- | sonry carried with it a part of the eaves | FILES PROTEST ON RATES Chicago Live Stock Exchange Makes Com- plaint Against Western Trunk Lines. TWENTY-SIX RAILROADS ARE INVOLVED Allege Chicago Rates ns Fair as Those Ex- tended to Other Stock that Does Not Get Centers. CHICA! April 23.—Formal complaint | bas been made by the Chicago Live Stock exchange, charging the twenty-six railroads composing the Western Trunk Line commit tee with making unjust and diseriminating rates on live stock shipped from Iowa, Min- nesota, Missouri and Wisconsin to Chicago. The documsent has been filed with the In- terstate Commerce commission and is signed by T. W. Tomlinson, secretary of the com- mission. Coples of the complaint have been sent to the trafc managers of the lines under question, demanding answers under oath. | The answer in nearly every case is essen- | tially the same and denies the allegations Summarized, the charges are that the roads mentioned are making rates on live stock to Chicago which are unreasonable and unjust compared with the rates pub- | lished on live stock products. These rates, | t is claimed, are in violation of the inter- state commerce act, which prohibits rate | discrimination. It is further charged that the rates complained of operate to the d advantage and prejudice of the live stock raisers in the states named, wh tra porting from Kansas City, South St. Jos South Omaha, Sioux City, South St. Paul| and points east to Chicago. | Lastly, it is charged that the rates now in force militate against the Chicago Live Stock exchange and against Chicago as a | market for live stock. The principle con- ( oh. | soon as the documents reach New York |and made such an alarming nolse in crash- | qoot or B ago Live Stock ex- and a reply can be recelved. While at the | present time the council has charge of the | old library fund the new library board appointed by former Mayor Kelly will have | charge of the finances, but warrants will the same as with the school district. Wants Brick Bul In case the fire hall in the Fourth ward is rebuilt Mayor Koutsky favors the erec- tion of a brick building. This he consid- ers a better investment than putting quite a sum of money into a frame structure. Insurance adjusters have been over the property destroyed and the opinion among them seers to be that the fire was of in- cendlary origin. There Is a possibility that the insurance company will request the privilege of restoring the building. This matter, it is understood, will be taken up with the city authorities at an early date. While the city carried $1,500 insurance on the bullding the adjusters figure that the ity is not entitled to more than $1,000. It may be that the city officials will prefer to take this amount of money and use it toward the construction of a substantial brick building of smaller size than to pers mit the shaky walls still standing to be repaired. An expert building con- tractor is to be called into consultation today and his opinion will go a long way toward séttling the differences between the clty and the Insurance company. Lucey and Malloney, the men suspected of &ot- ting fire to the building, are still held at police headquarters as suspicious char- acters. ing. Joyee and Clark Held. The coroner's jury investigating the death of Edward Woods met at Fort Crook yesterday afternoon and listened to the tes- timony, of two physiclans and several, wl neeses. The testimony of the doctors weut to show tnat Woods had been struck on (he head by some blunt Instrument some hours before he was hit by a train An autopsy was performed by Dr. Betts of Rellevue and Dr. Curtis of Scuth Omaha and it was asserted by these physicians that there had been an assault prior to the walk Woods made on the railroad track Tho result of the inquest was that Tom Joyce and Webb Clark were held under honds to appear in court later. As bonds could not be furnished the two men will be taken to the county jail in Omaha. Those who appear to be familiar with the circumstances scout the theory of mur- | ger and tho McCarty fued. They say that Woods was merely intoxicated and went to sleep on the railroad track. Treasurer Howe's Bond. Alter the city council had, at its meeting Monday night, designated the three national banks of the city as depositories, Frank Koutsky turned over the books of the city to Mr. Howe. Immediately following this action a letter was sent to the surety com- pany, and a reply is expected today. The funds are ready to turn over at any time. There will not be so much money in the city box, as when Broadwell turned over the funds to Koutsky, for the reason that the Kelly administration was reputed to be eatravagant and spent more money than the allotted portion. Only about $15,000 will be turned over to Mr. Howe today as city funds, while there is little if any money to turn over on account of the school dis- triet money. The city holds Treasurer Howe under a bond of $100,000, while the school district exacts half of this amount of bond. Koutsky Headquarters, Mayor Koutsky, when he turned the books of the city treasurer's offica over to the newly elected treasurer, yesterday, an- pounced that he would establish his office in the building where Former Mayor Kelly bad his. These rooms are on N street and convenient (o the city offices. They have been used by two former mayors and are considered the most desirable quarters avallable at this time. Attorney Murdock Stays. Establishes City Attorney Murdock has given it out that he will retain the offices he occuples at present in the Glasgow block. He has been authorized to employ a stenographer and will be supposed to look after the legal interests of the city from this time on regardless of the cases he has against the municipality. It is understcod that the re- tusal of the council to confirm the appoint- ment of Leigh, as assistant city attor- ney, was becaase Mr. Murdock desired th Mr. Lambert finish up the ¢ in court Bow. Bullding Operations Delayed. While & great deal of bullding is contem- plated in South Omaba this summer, there is a delay in commencing operations on | account of the searcity of brick. Just now | brick in the local yards are held at $5.50 per thousand. It is stated that by the | middle of May, when the new crop s ready for delivery, that the price will be reduced to about $6.50. Those who are planning to erect bulldings say that they will not com- mence work until the price of brick comes down, Observe Arbor Day. Yesterday was Arbor Day and the city offices and banks were closed. While the usual business was transacted at the| stock yards am effort was made to get through as soom as possible. There was Do evidence of the holiday besides the closing of the city offices and the bapks. On ac count of the condition of the weather, tree | planting was dispensed with until better conditions pre: ing that the children couldn’t spell own names for the next few minutes. | School was in sesslon yesterday, however, as no damage was done the interior. To Street Commissloner J. B. Hummel was reported the aerial flight of three | blocks of sidewalk. At Forty-fitth and | Dodge streets two blocks of plank walk, six | teet wide, was lifted from its props and sailed clear over into a corn fleld At Thirty-third and Ames avenue another stretch half as long was similarly toyed with. Repair gangs have been sent to both places. The dust feature is as much deplored by City Engineer Rosewater as by anyone, but he is powerless to mitigate It to the extent that might be possible if he had a cleaning torce of full capacity. “Had it not been for the delay in the levy we would have had our sweepers all over town before this time.”” he said. “*All| | we can do until we know what we are to| kave as an appropriation s to flush the| streete as much as possible, which will| be done this week. The suction sweeper not been wholly satiefactory in its work because it is too heavy for rough paving such as much of ours, but the two other machines which use brooms alone| ave done very well and T hope to get two more of them. We will put the two we| have into operation as soon as we organize | the night gangs, which will be as soon as we can get the levy. We are making our| own brooms for them now at a consider- able saving, but have to send to the ex-| treme east for our Florlda marsh bassine, which would necessitate three weeks delay if we had not held two ®rooms in reserve last summer. At present we have only a few broom men workinig ‘with ‘the hand| sweepers, but will put forty or fifty men out when we start. TO INSPECT THE''NEW PLAN Ritual Committee of Ak-Sar-Ben Anl(l; Old-Timers to P | Tts Work. thelr on A number of the men who have in pre- | vious years taken part in initiations ot AK- | Sar-Ben have been requested to meet at the | den Thursday evening for the purpose of | Inspecting the preparations made by the | ritual mittee this year for welcoming the initlates. This course has been decided | upon by the committee for the purpose of | satistying the minds of some of the old | champlons of the plan of making the road to knighthood rough and perilous. The new | idea will be illustrated fully, and it is be- leved that the plan of the ritual committee will be sustained After Thursday evening there wi'l be sev- eral informal meetings and rehearsals of a few persons who are to take part in the spectacular tableaux and drills which will bo given during the evenings that members are enrolled in the soclety this year. The den will be oen for the admiselon of mem- bers one week from Mouday, so the re- hearsals of the tableaux will be limited in number, but as they form only a part of the evening's entertainment this is not so im- portant in previous years, when the Aarill wi the whole show. At the meeting of the hustling committee Tuesday at noon the reports were encour- aging. but were not as satisfactory as had been hoped. It was decided to hold no more meetings until next Tuesday at noon, when 1t 1s hoved that the work on the parade fund will have been accomplished. A Non-Sinkable Boa: Experiments are being made on a device to prevent boats from rinking.. By turn- ing a wheel several water-tight doors are instantly closed. If it is a success it will make ocean travel as free from dauger as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does the road through life. It s & specid: remedy for stomach ills, such as belchiug, flatulency, heartburn, indigestion, dyspepsia and con- stipation. It is also a splendid blood puri- fler and preventive of la grippe, malaria, tever and ague. Be sure to try it. LOCAL BREVITIES. Thomas Gardner sues for divorce from Lovina, alleging that she deserted him May 1, 15%9. They were married August 25, 1593 Judge Read has granted Etta M. Wilkius divorce from Monford L., because of non- pport and Agnes Burlingame from Frank €. for the same reason. Agnes is restored her maiden name of Murphy and given the custody of their child Margaret Duffy, in charge of the Salva- tion army home. has asked the district court to quash the habeas corpus proceed- ings instituted by M arah Bassett to gain possession of lda May Mitchell a child ‘mother. The motion affirms that Mrs. Bassett has not legal capacity to sue out a writ of habeas corpus. Willam Krug. who s to serve as preei- dent; Charles F. Tuttle, secrztary-treasurer, and ' W. W. Cole. manager, have flad articles of incorporation for the Western Amusement company with an authorized capital stock of $25.000. The company is to have its headquarters in Omaha and '‘fur- nish amusement of and all kinds” to the public and own and lease lands for the same. Danfel McKenna 18 sulng Minnie Fair- child of 120 South Ninth street for $,000 for an assault alleged to have been committed by the defendant and her agents and em ployes April 22, 192, when he was on her premises “selling various and useful arti- cles.” He says that already he has in- curred great expense for nurses and doc tors, &s a result of having been thrown as arly off the earth as tie defendant could it him. Mary Houlihan of 00 California_street has gone into district court to sue the city of Omaha for $,00 It is & personal injur sction grow out of the accident that occurred to Mary January 4, on the west side of Twerty-tourth st between Burt and Cuming. There was a break in the walk there. she afirms, and with true The Ladies’ Ald soci of the Presby- terian church will meet with Mrs. Ames womanly instinct she “put her foot in It The doctor found all kinds of bruises on her side and back and that a leg was broken between the ankle and the knee. | live stock change, according to trafic officials, would become impossible of carrying out It ap- | plied to the entire country. It is claimed | by the exchange that live stock coming to | Chicago should bear the same rate as the | Chicago proportion of the through rate on destined for the seaboard. For example, the rate on live stock to Chicago from Missouri river points ls 231 cents The proportion of the through rate taken by | Chicago roads on live stock destined from Missouri river points to the seaboard Is| 18% cents. If the rates were made the same it would mean that all through rates would have to be combinations of local rates, | and under such a regime the seaboard mar- | kets would be prohibited to all the country west of the Missourl river. Purify the blood and put tne system in order for summer work by using at this time a short course of PRICKLY ASH BIT TE: it is the greatest blood purifier vn earth, BETTER PRICES FOR REALTY | Renl Estate Ex- ocal Conditions T 3. change that Are ¥ ahoney Tel vorahle, At the meeting of the Real Estate ex- change yesterday T. J. Mahoney spoke after the transaction of routine business and the recelpt of a letter from Senator Dietrich in which he promised to vote for the | amended frrigation bill, now pending in congress Mr. Mahoney's address was devoted to a brief analysis of the conditions which in the opinion of the speaker will bring about higher prices for Omaha and Nebraska real | cstate. He sald ‘that the improved facili- | tles In transportation had placed the farmer raising grain in the west in better pasition to meet the competition of the farmer of the east, and that this had tended to raise the price of western land, while making the eastern land cheaper; that the large corporations which have added so much to the importance of Omaha as a packing cen- ter by reason of the greater economy in handling catile have made a revolution in the business of cattle raising, giving gen- erally higher prices to the stock ralser, without generally higher prices to the con- | sumer. Speaking of the work of the alleged | beef trust, he sald that if the charges were | true it was simply a trick of the trade which could not be permanent, and that in the long run the economy made in the | handling of stock would accrue in a great degree to the consumer. ““These large institutions,” sald he, “‘have | brought to Omaha a considerable popula- tion, which has filled every line of trade, and as Omaha stands second in the list of | packing centers today, if it can hold that position, will bring more “When money is so easy and the rates €0 low Investors will turn to real estate as an investment, so that without & boom or inflation of values it is easy to believe that Omaha real estate will be more active in the future.” Mr. Mahoney closed by paying tribute to | stin | Omaha, | the cit e work of the exchange in the ma uring equal taxes and its effort: prove the conditions of the city TWO PROSPERITY HELPERS Cold Storage for Poultry, Butter and s and Making of Pro- cess Butter, er to In The cold storage process of preserving poultry, butter and eggs and the Introduc- tion of the process butter manufactory have in my opinion, done more than any other two things to bring about the prosperity of | Nebraska farme id a prominent com- | misslon man. “In 1877 I sold eggs on the Omaha market on Easter for 40 cents a dozen, and one month later for 5 eents a | dozen. In those days when the farmor | had eggs he coud get comparatively nothing for them, and when he had no eggs the price was 8o high that it was impossible for most people to buy them. When Easter came this year there was no par tleular advance in the price of egge, aul today, the time of the greatest production | of eggs, the price is but little less than 't s in the middle of winter. The reason for thiz {s that the produce dealers store in times of plenty for times of dearth aud thus regulate the supply and demand that great varlations in price are impossi ble. Sound eggs will mever sell for less than what will make a falr profit to the man who stores, as competition between the dealers will regulate that “In the case of butter the more marked. Twelve years ago old country roll butter in Omaha at cents a pound delivered. A few days ago butter of that same quality sold on the #0 1 difference open board in the produce exchange for 23 | conte ot This s entirely due to the process | renovating butter, and in my opinion | the farmers could have nothing hurt thew €0 much as the paseage of the pending bill to tax process butter 10 conts a pound | and put a tax upon the manufacturers. SELLING SOAP AT A LOSS Con s Hetall Grocers' (tee Wil Re- port om to Stop A epecial committee will meeting of the Grocers' held Friday afternoon as at the to be to be report aseociation to plans | adopted te compel retall merchants to cease making a price on standard brands of soap | below what it costs the grocers to buy it. The price of the four brands of soap which are most generally used and widely advertised at this time is $2.50 per hundred bars, delivered, and the major.ty of the grocers sell them at six bars for 23 cents. an advance of less than 1 cent a bar and from this they have to pay the ccet of handling before any profit is to be consid- ered. Some of the quoting prices on for 25 cents o8t cut rate houses are this soap of elght bars which is less than the first while a number are selling ssven bars for 25 cents. in which there is no profit at all. The grocers called the local repre- sentatives of the four soap manufacturers into consultation. The salesmen could offer no solution to the question, saying that they sold at one price to all dealers, and what the grocers did with the soap after they purchased it was a matter beyond their control. The question was then referred to a speclal committee with instructions to report as soon as a plan had been formu- lated. There Ix But One Argument—Quality Wil Tell. We have delivered the goods and Moet & Chandon has jumped and is jumping. The increase of 1901 over 1900 equals 252,432 bot- tles, being greater than 100 per cent of the | combined increase of all the other cham- pagne houses. Moet & Chandon Seal,”” Epernay France, the acme of per- tection PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. D. E. Thompson of Lincoln is in Omaha enroute home from Chicago. Miss Pearl McCoy entertained a number of her friends one evening last week. Willlam K. Browning of New York City At to of the firm of Browning, King & Co.. s in accompanied by Mrs. Browning Rev. Bdward F. Trefz has returned from Woodbine, Ia., where he went to assist at the funeral services of Mrs. Margaret Hillls, mother of Rev. Dwight D. Hillis Mr. Fred Loewe has disposed of his business in Milwaukee and returned to Omaha and 1s to b found again with the Koston store.” His family will return after May 1 and Mrs, Alex Gunther went e the Rock Island yesterday enroute New York, where they will safl next ’ day on the steamship Pretoria of the Ham- burg-American line "for a year's stay in Turo 8. E. Cobb, editor of the Enterprise and postmaster at Emerson. Neb., was in ¢ Wednesday. He was on his way home from Hot Bprings, Ark. where he attended the meeting of the National F torfal association Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kerkhoff have left Omaha_for a summer's trip in Europe, after visiting here with the parents of Mrs Kerkhoff, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Camylon of 2222 Boulevard avenue. They went east over the Rock_Island Tuesday and will sail from New York City on the steamship Bt Louls of the American line on April 3 most | | | | | i THE SURGEON'S KNIFE Mrs. Eckis Stevenson of Salt Lake City Tells How Opera- tions For Ovarian Troubles May Be Avoided. “DEAR Mrs. Pisgmas =T suffered with inflammation of the ov s and womb for over six years,enduring aches and pains which none can dream of but those who have had the same expe- MRS, ECKIS STEVENSON. Hundreds of dollars went to the 1 was simply nd a phys- g in Ohio rience. doctor and the druggist a walking medicine chest fem wreek. 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