Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 12, 1902, Page 7

L i e, 4= THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902. HAY DENs THE CLEARING SALE’S BEST BARGAINS. All summer goods being closed out regardless of values. Hensational bargains in Furnishing Goods, BHOE SALE. Get your Groceries at Hayden Bros’ during this great sale. Men’s $1.50 Shirt Waists at 39¢ 200 dozen men's fine madras Shirt Walsts ia all the newest colors, made to sell at $1.50, on sale at $%e. Men's $1.560 COLORED SHIRTS AT 49e. 160 dozen men's fine madras and white Negligee Shirte in some of the best makes, at 49¢, all new styles, MEN'S 25C SOCKS AT 10C. 500 dozen men' eolors at 10c. Ladies' 25c Stockings at 10¢. 100 dozej qualitics, at fadies’ fine lisle thread Btockings in lace patterns, fine lisle thread and maco cotton Bocks in plain and fancy the regular 25¢ Ladies' 26c fine lisle thread Vests in all sises; also extra size, the regular 250 Quality, at 10e. Men's $1.00 underwear at 35o. All the men's fancy colored balbriggan underwear that sold up to $1.00, on at 35c. Saiurday is Remnant Day in the Bargain Room The grand clearing sale is now on in full blast. Every yard of summer goods must go. e, ThHe and 8%c we will put on Every garment In the Bargaln Room must be elosed out. We put on higher priced goods every di The goods that we used to eell at le on the last counter at 2%o0 a yard. The goods that we used to sell at 10c, 13%ec and 15e, we will put on one coun- ter at Sc yard, The goods we used to sell at 19¢, 3% and up to 59¢, brought from the high grade stock, are being closed now at 10 cents. Thia includes white goods as well as other ‘wash goods. Remember, the best goods go first, and it you want a real bargaln, be here on time. NO DEALERS, PEDDLERS OR MANUFACTURERS SOLD TO IN THIS ROOM. a%e GOODS AT 10e. 49¢, 260 and 3% batistes, dimities, Swiases, muslins, organdies, satin striped white goods, white Oxfords, fancy white Ox- fords, white lace stripes’ and checks, all the colors, in French, Irish and Scotch dimitics, Swisses, batistes, linen colored batistes, all go at o in the sale at, & yard.......coeeeens c 10c, 12 1-3¢, 15¢ and 19¢ GOODS, AT Be. These consist of French dimities, plain white goods, checked nainsooks, 36-inch percales, London piques, Dublin duck, and white Jong cloth, not a yard ever sold for less than 10 and 19¢ a yard, at se one price, only .... 10¢, 12 1-Ze, 15¢ and 10e GOODS AT 2 1-Ze. They consist of all the above lines, dimi- ties, French, Irish dimities, French batistes and organdies, thousands of pleces that are taken from the regular stock; they are culled from the stock as poorer colors; we will put them on one counter In order to close 21 ...... 420 Qimities, Irish them quick, at a yard.. EXTRA SPECIALS. 19¢ mercerized foulards, all the new spring shades, regular 25c goods, will be on sale all day at 9¢ & yard; 2,000 pleces of sateen, all in colors, some of the finest colors and patterns, made to sell at 35¢c ® yard, as a fiyer they will go tomorrow at, & yard, be. The finest silk foulards ever shown T5¢ will be on sale Friday at 35c a yard. Thousands of yards of fancy silks will be on sale at 49c, worth up to $1.50 a yard. Best apron check#-made, only 5S¢ a yard. Black sateen, regular 19c grade, at 10c. FURNISHING! Men's 2G¢ string and bow tles at So. Ladies’' and children’s underwear at 10c. Men’'s 75¢ colored laundered shirts, with eeparate collars, at 260, One lot of ladles' corsets, worth $1.00, at Boc. CLOTHING. Children's double-breasted knee pants orash suits, ages 6 to 15 years, at 25¢ and B0c. Boys' long pants crash suits, ages 19 years, at 50e. 14 to Men's odd crash coats and vests, si £ to 43, at 25o. Men's crash suits, sizes 34 to 42, at 50o, 950 and $1.50. Mon's pants, worth up to $2.00, at 95c. Men's pants, worth up to $4.00, at $1.80 a pair, Boys' knee pants worth up to 75 at 1% and 25c & pair. HAMMOCKS, We are headquarters for hammocks of every description from G0c to $6.00 each. The best close woven hammock in the city with pillows and spreaders for 75e. CROQUET SETS. Complete amateur set, 4 balls, at 3%¢; 6 balls at 59¢ and 8 balls at 98c. Professional sets, 4 balls at §1.49, § balls at $1.69 and 8 balls at $1.98; $2.75 for the best professional sot made. BE SURE TO ATTEND OUR FA- MOUS THIRTY-MINUTE SALES FROM 10 TO 10130 A. M. We will sell bleached musiin, regular 7ie grade, only 10 yards to a customer, at & yard, 2%ec. FROM 2 TO 2130 P. M. ‘We will sell short lengths of dimities, or- gandies and batistes, all colors, and worth from 19¢ to 89c per yard, only 10 yards to a customer, at a yard, 3%o. FROM 8:30 TO 9100 P. M. We will sell dimities, lawns and batistes, regular 10¢, 12%c and 15c goods, only 10 yards to & customer, at a yard, lc. Several other sales during the day, which will be announced on the floor before they commence. GRAND RIBBON SALE SATURDAY An elegant line of wash taffeta to 25¢, on sale at, per yard . Bpecial lot of 50c ribbons, at . 50c Ladies’ Belts, at ..... $1.00 Ladies’ Silk Belts ... 26c Ladies’ Leather Belts, at only............ b0c Copyright Books, at only ... ribbons, all silk, worth 20c¢ 100 STRAW HATS Unseasonable weather makes letting down the prices on Straw Hats necessary—00c and 60c straw hats at 35¢ Straw Hats at These prices run thrnugh children’s as well as men’s, We also have a man’s nice Straw Hat at 75¢, $1.00 and $1.50 Olosing out all Straw Panamas at .........ce0vveeee.....$1.75 Splendid lines of Felt Hats, in pasha, fedora, panama, derby and colonials, at 75¢ to ..... $3.00 Boys’ Felt Hats in panama, pasha and fedora shapes, all col ors, prices 50¢, 75¢, $1.00 and .........c0eevevnnn... $1.25 White Duck Hats for boys’ and men Tam-O-Shanters, at 25¢ and .. A full line of boys’ and men’s Caps, at 25¢ and . voee 190 50¢ ceseNennn “ee 502 Call and examine our line of trunks and valises, SILK SALE SATURDAY White Wash 8ilk, 20 inches wide, only .......... ‘White Wash Silk, 27 inches wide, only .......... Black Wash 8ilk, 20 inches wide, only Black Wash Silk, 36 inches wide, only . Best Quality Corded Wash Silks, all colors .. Fine Foulard Silks, 24 inches wide, on sale at ....... Beautiful White Corded Taffetas for waists, regular $1.00 silks, on sale at ... Fine grade Black Taffeta, 27 inches, for Fine grade Black Taffeta, 36 inches, for ... Yard wide Peau de Chene, in black, pure silk, worth $2.25, 0N ARIB A s iesinasivnbsashanary s rstna i ve s eves 1IN OPTICAL DEPT. We will fit your eyes with the finest quality lenses in good aluminoid frames, any style, for ...............cc00... 980 Gold filled frames, 10 year guarantee, $3.00 value at ......$1.79 All kinds of repairing at half the ordinary prices. Depart- ment in charge of qualified refractionist. Special One-Day Grocery Sale Whole wheat flour, per Ib Large sacks granulated cornmeal, sack . Fancy hand picked navy beans, per Ib Fancy breaktast rolled oats, per Ib... 2-1b. cans fancy sweet sugar corn....8 1- 3¢ Good Japan rice, per 1b... THE ONLY washipg powder, 8 ibs for..28¢ Ofl or mustard sardines, per can...3 3.4¢ cans blood red salmon, per can ... [ETTTTTrTS A2 130 Large bottle pure tomato catsup... 8 1-8¢ 8 bottles fancy assorted pickles for.... Qbe 1-1b, pkg. pure corn starch 3-1b, cans California Bartlett pears for m., Large quart bottle blueing. wBe Dried Fruit Specials New evaporated apricots, per 1b Fancy cleaned Vostizze currants. Large Muscatell raisins, per lb. Fanoy Crawford peaches, per Ib. Alden evaporated raspbarries, per Ib. Cracker Specials Cholce soda crackers, per Ib. Fancy ginger snaps, per 1b. Fanly assorted sweet crackers Great Ham Sale Best brand No. 1 ham Minced ham, sliced. Potted ham, per can... Grand Fruit Sale Fancy lemons, per doz. Choice large bananas, dos. Fancy Californla apricots, per dos. Tea and Coffee Specials ‘We are giving away handsome prizes with all our high grade teas. Cholce tea siftings, per Ib.........17 1-2¢ Fancy uncolored Japan tea, for ice tea only. ceeaan 38¢c OQur special blend, English Breakfast; this sale only . Good Rio coffee (a prlzo wlnner), pcr A9s - 23¢ When Tired Shoppmg Get a free cup of our deliclous cocoa and a tasty, fresh cracker at our demonstration. We are fntroducing our elegant cocoa and chocolate and pure, fresh crackers. HAYDEN BROS. Women’s Suits and Bkirts and Waists. Agents for the Butterick patterns. ATTEND THE GREAT HAY DENs This great Omaha. facts. lett &oods for Saturday. to $8.00; Wonyen's about 100 of ‘Women's Lot 1 Lot 3—All our sults, running in value clearing sale price $4.90. Clearing Smts, Waists and makes our cloak department No fdle misrepresentations, The stock $75,000.00 stock prices are being slaughtered right and In justice elsewhere until you see what we have to offer divided into three lot Vomen's sults, sale at $5.50. Sale S’klrts on business prinoiples, the most popular In but clean, candld To close out this entire clearing sale, I1s here. to yourselves do not purchase any 200 allk walsts, made of the Winslow taffetas, war- ranted not toerack, tucked and stitched, sizes 82 to 48 in reds, browns, blues, hellos, pinks quality for $2 Women's white lawn walsts, you all know the fime mense varioty Hayden's ecarry, mi mhnutacturers in Amerfea; worth and sold at from $5.00 clearing sale price $2.60. nd blacks; $8.00 0. e by the foremosi silk skirts, the most elaborate styles, them, that sold as high as $40, clearing sale price $15.00, tallor made eults, all that are in the atore that sold up to §$12.00, en up to $18.00—salo price $8.50. Lot 3—All our very fine suits that sold up as high as §35.00—sale price $15.00. WOMEN’S SKIRTS. Two great big tables of skirts, in all colors and black, that sold up to $8.50— Women's rainy day skirts, §3.00 quality—eclearing salo prics $1.50. 1,000 dosen women's wi Women's $1.25 waists for 49¢. Women's $3.00 waists for $1.00. wrappers. ing, worth $1.00, for 3%c. shoulder, trimmed with two rows at 9sc. Lot 2—Percale wrappers, in light and dark walsts Included in this big sale, Women's waists that sold for 50c—now on sale at 10c. Your eholoe of any colored walst In our house that sold up to $1.50 for 50c. WRAPPER SALE. Saturday morning, from 8:30 until 12 o’clock, we will put on sale three lots of Lot 1—Percale wrappers, ruffie over shoulder, 12-inch flounce, separate walst lin- colors, 15-inch flounce, ruffie over of brald, $1.25 quality, for 69c. Lot 3—Our well known $1.50 wrapper, in light and dark colors, the $2.00 quality, A Phenomenal Sample Shoe Sale THOUSANDS OF HIGH GRADE SAMPLE SHOES THROWN ON TABLES IN OUR MAIN SHOE DEPARTMENT AT A SAVING TO YOU OF FROM ONE FIFTY TO THREE This may sound incredible, but a glance at the shoes will convince Hvery pair fitted and extra clerks engaged to serve you. Mafl It will pay out of town customers to make a special you. orders filled. trip to attend this, the greatest sample been held in the entire west. It 1s & well known fact that samples are always made up bet- ter and of better material than those carried in stock. Men's Corona colt lace or oxfords. Men's Booth's patent kid lace or oxfords Men's C. Heyl's patent calf lace or oxfords Me willow calt lace or oxfords. Men's box calf lace or oxford Men's vicl kid lace or oxfords. Men's wax calf lace or oxfords.. ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE ABSOLUTELY WORTH $3.50, £4.00, $450 AND $5.00. ON SALE SATURDA DOLLARS A PAIR. shoe sale that has ever 51,36 T0 PUT BAN ON MOSQUITOES Oity Health Department Will Invite Insects to Go Elsewhere, PLANS TO POUR OIL ON WATERY HOMES Dr. Ralph Maintains that Mosquitoes Are an Agency in Spreading of Contagious Diseases and Are \Otherwise Obnoxio: The emaclated miosquito, made up, of ap- potite, music and malarial germ to be dissuaded from holding his usual mid-sum- mer saengerfest in Omaha this season. The clty health department is looking into the matter and is convinced that a little crude petroleum poured upon the hundreds of stagnant pools in and about Omaha will Bave the effect of induclng the insects to pack up thelr spiked shoes, their gimlets and their tuneful bazzoos and seek neigh- borhoods ‘where the musical .t 18 edu- eated up to a point of greater appreciation. B0, when the advance guards of the wralth- like hosts put in an appearance they will not find the fasy entree to Omaha hom that has greeted tham In the past. Som thing even more inhospitable than wire screens, sticky fly paper or smudges will confront them. A blow is to be struck at the stagnant pool, which {s the mosquit the bulwark of his power, his hope of posterity, his vine and fig tre Health Commissloner Ralph Is moved to take this stand by the fact that on ac- count of the unusually heavy rains of the Jast forty days there will be a great num- ber of ponds, mudholes and miniature lakes within the city limits this season which will become breeding places for the pests. Dr. Ralph Sceks Adviee. *I have written to Dr. L. O. Howard, the government entomologist, to get advice as o the best method of procedure,” sald he, “and expect an answer within a few days. 1 seo that in a great many places In the United States experiments are belng car- ried on in mosquito extermination. Such experiments are now in progress at South Orange, N. J., where a chemical compound known as phinotas is belng used. In other places crude petroleum or kerosene bas been_found to produce fairly satisfactory results. “It has been pretty thoroughly demon- Jtrated that mosquitoes breed on the sur- taces of stagnant pools and that the best way to exterminate them is to attack the breeding places. The female mosquito rm.n & McConnell lr‘. LU Drug Co., Omaba, and inam. lays eggs in the water; iIna favorable conditions, these eggs hatch and the larvae remain in the water until after the wings are fully developed, which is w days, under usually ten or tweive days. They then fly away as full-fledged mosquitoes. Tt is belleved that seven or eight generations of mosquitoes will hatch in a single season, so it will be seen that they multiply very rap- 1dly. Now, the theory is that oll poured upon the surfaces of these pools will pre- vent the female from laying the eggs and that it will also kill the larvas already hatched. “There s probably mo doubt but that mosquitoes are an ageney in the dissemina- tion of contaglous diseases, so that, If it doesn’t cost t0o much to use some of these insecticides, it would probably be wise for the city to follow other localitles in the work of exterminatio Oity Engineer Rosewater sald that It would be impossible for the ecity to drain any considerable number of these pools this year, on account of the shortage of funds. “The heavy rains of the last few weeks have played such havoc with side- streets, culverts, fills and brldm “that by the time we have theso things right we'll have very mu. money left for dralning ponds. MERCER FAILS TO ARRIVE Self-Appointed ception Committee ‘Waits Only to Be Disap- nted. One David H. Mercer of Washington, of Minneapolls and, at necessary intervals, of the Second conmgressional district of Ne- braska, was to bave reached Omaha early yesterday, but didn't. Some of the track between here and Minneapolls, which Mr. Mercer appears to consider his direct has evidently been under- danger signal hoisted some- where in between. The delay has given Thomas W. Black- burn, the manager of the congressman, a very trylng morning. Thig end of the uni- verse bas falled to tip up and the people have fatled to tip-toe in the way Mr. Black- burn bad anticipated. Siren whistles have been as silent as though nothing important was in prospect, and the populace is wear- ita everyday clothes without apology. Mr. Blackburn saw two banners going up and removed his bat reverently. Then he took & second look and discovered that one advertised & ball game and the other a beer garden. Up {n his office he had company. the same company that always drops in where there may be jobs to let. Indian Supply Agent Jordan kept a seat In the anteroom warm all morning and Wil Gurley dropped In every fifteen minutea with his glad band all ready. But, alas, the congressman came not. NO BIDS ON MARKET HOUSE 1 Av . peal It was Capi e Project Falls to Ap- 1ging Comtractors. Since no bids were received for the erec- tion of the proposed market house on Capl- tol avepue, the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Public Works at its meeting yesterday afternoon: “Resolved, That the opening of bids for | the bullding of the market house be post- poned uatil Tuesday, July 15, 2 p. m." This resolution was carried unanimously. Just why mo bids were recelved is not known. One theory is that contractors are afraid the work will be tied up with in- Junctions, since there is an alleged irregu- larity ia the procedure of the city council in condemning the avenue for market house purposes. DR. A. C. HIRST PASSES AWAY Pastor of Omaha's First Methodist Ohuroh Dies at Maywoed, IIL AFTER THIRTY YEARS IN THE MINISTRY Executive Board of Church Appoints Committees to Attend Funeral at Chicago and Draft Suit- Resolutions. The oft-repeated desire of Dr. A. C. Hirst to round out his work on earth as pastor of the First Methodist church of Omaha has been fulfille Dr. Hirst dled Friday night of Bright's disease at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Burnett, at Maywood, Til., a suburb of Chicago. Telegrams recelved yesterday morning stated that the fumeral would occur from Centenary church, Chicago, at 3 Sunday afternoon, after which the remains would be sent to Columbus, O., his old home, for interment. The illness of Dr. Hirst began in Feb- ruary. The executive board of the ohurch, noticing his gradual decline, prevalled upon bim to take a vacation. Tr. Hirst did so, golng to Hot Springs, Ark.,, March 1. He remained at Hot Springs three weeks and returned, seemingly much improved, to offi- e at the Easter services at his church. He agaln began to fail and at the board's request he went to Excelsior Springs, Mo., and remained six weeks. After his return from there he resumed his dutles as pastor of the church, but there was evidence that he was seriously i1l On June 16 he went to the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. B. Moorehead, near Chicago, accompanied by Mr. Moorehesd, who came to Omaba for him. Falls to Gain in Strength. Tho church granted him a vacation until September 1, physicians belleving that a thorough rest and frecdom from care would soon restore him to his old-time vigor and health. The expected change in bis health Qid not occur. Instead, Dr. Hirst gradually grew weaker, and several days ago it was announced that he could not recover. Dr. Hirst was born in Ohlo and was 62 years of age, He had spent thirty years in the ministry. He was twice married, and of his Immedlate family leaves a widow and two daughters. Ho was appointad pas- tor of the First Methodist chureh by Bishop Merrill, presiding elder of the Rock River conference, two years ago, upon the unani- mous request of the members of the church and Presiding Elder Jennings. Dr. Hirst came to Omaba from the Cen- tenary church of Chicago, of which he had been pastor for & number of years. le was one of the best known preachers in the Methodist church of the United Statcs and bad filled some of its most {mportant pul- pits. At one tizie he was president of the University of the Pacific at San Franclsce resigning that place to go to Chicago. other times he was pastor at Pittsbur Pa.; Chillicothe, O.; Columbus, O., an: many other important places. In Close Touch with Members. He not only kept In close touch with the elder members of bis congregation, but equally so with the young members of the of bis time to this work. The great love for him borne by the members of the church was noticea- ble yesterday by the many expressions of sorrow volced by them when the news of his death was made known. Freeiding Elder Jennings said of him “The pulpit of the First church has never been more ably and rarely has any pulpit en equally as well filled as that of the First chureh whes Dr. Hirst was its pas- tor. No church was managed generally any better than he managed this. He was an indefatigable worker and his work in the Epworth league was nothipg short of mar- velous. When he took charge of the church Dr. Hirst was a stranger to us, coming here on the recommendation of Presiding Elder Merriil. It i1s now the unanimous opinion of the presiding elder and the members of the ohurch that the First church never had & more zealous or more popular or better pastor.” Committee to Attend Funeral, The executive board of the church held a meeting at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian assoclation yesterday noon and se- lected the following committes, who with the presiding elder will go to Chicago and attend the funeral: R. W. Breckenridge, J. 0. Phillipp, Charles A. Goss, C. F. Welle: B. F. Margaret, D. M. Haverly, A. T. Aus tin and A. B. Smith. This committes will meet at the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago Sunday morning. The following were ap- pointed to draft suitable resolutions ot respect: Charles A. Goss, J. O. Phillippl, C. F. Weller, C. C. Belden and A. Ben- son. The Methodist Preachers union held a meeting at the same ttme and adopted resolutions of respect. The members of the committee Who go to Chicago will also prepare a memorial program, to be carried out at the First Mothodist church at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning, July 20. An appropriate musical service atranged by T. J. Kelly will be rendered at the church Sunday morning. Rev. J. W. Swan, who had been selected to occupy the pulpit of the church until September, will continue to do so until Bishop Fowler appoluts & successor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Hirst. This, however, will likely not be done untll the conference which mgets at Grand Island, September 24 RESISTS A HEALTH OFFICER with ™ Break the Head of anm Inspector, to Dr. H. L. Arnold, assistant health com- missloner, called at the home of Joseph Blankenbaker, 2666 South street, yesterday morning to investigate a case of smallpex which the neighbors had reported at the health office. Considerable time elapsed before there wa: to his knock, and in this interval he heard & bustle and sound of voices inside. “There is no one sick here,” eald the woman who came to the door, “Well, I'm from the health commission- er's office,” answered the doct instructions are to investigate. He recelved a reluctant entel invitation to trcusers and stocking feet, smoking s pipe. “You've got the smallpox,” said the doe. Thirty-first | a response | “and my | and the firet person he saw was the | head of the household, walking the floor in | tor, Indicating the pustules with which the Blankenbaker countenance was embel- lished. “That 't be, was the answer. “I'm not sick, and haven't been sick.” “And you've got a high feve resumed the doctor, feeling his pulse. “I shall have to quarantine the house and vaecl- nate the children.' “If you touch one of ‘em I'll break your head!” exclaimed Blankenbaker, selzing a chair. “Now you get out of here.” The doctor reported the foregoing facts at the health office a half hour later and at last accounts Dr. Ralph was arranging to go out to the Blankenbaker bome with disinfectants, vaccine points and a police escort. Wh by New Life Pills. They promoete beauty. Give clear skin, rosy cheeks. 6o, The pure, rich blood, made by Dr. Ki-"nl 'FRISCO BUYS NEW ROAD Seuthwestern Bystem Takes Over Arkanses and Ohootaw Property. THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PAID Acaquisition is Projected Line of Two Hundred and Fifty Miles, of Which About One-Halt is Completed. The 'Frisco system formally bought thd Arkansas & Choctaw, a projected line of 250 miles, part of which is completed, Thursday. Negotiations for this deal wer practically closed the day before by the formation of a syndicate to take over the road, representing the directors and stock- holders of the 'Frisco. President Yoakum himself carried the negotiations through. This transfer of property represents about $3,500,000. Thba new road is char- tered to build' from Texarkana, Ark., to Wichita Falls, Tex., on the Fort Worth & Denver railroad. About 125 miles, bhalf the total mileage, are finished and 100 more miles are graded, The present officlals of the Arkansas & Choctaw Joha Scullin, president; R. H. Keith, vice president; Charles Gilbert, secretary and treasurer; Allan McCarty, auditor; W. H. Carson, stant general manager; Charles 8. Keith, general freight and passenger agent; C. M. Boswell, su- perintendent; W. C. Perry, general attor- ney; F. W. Valllent, chief engineer. The general offices are to be in St. Louts, Promoters of the Road. The original syndicate controlling the road consisted of: Howard Elliott, second vice president of the Burlington; B. B. Gra- ham, John Scullin, R. H. and Chbarles S. Keith of Kansas City; Thomas McKittrick, D. R. Francls, Robert Brookings, L W. Morton, I H. Lionberger, B Butler, W. H. Lee, George A. Madill, J. Shepley, Thomas H. West, Festus J. Wade, James Campbell and R. C. Kerena. The new syndicate ia formed of mem- bers of the board of directors of the 'Frisco as follows: James Campbell, Mark T. Fox, New York; James A. Blair, Edward O. Hen- derson, Isaac N. Seligman, Frederick Strauss, New York City; Benjamin F. Cheney, Richard Olney, Nathaniel Thayer, Boston; R. C. Kerens, H. Clay Plerce, B. F. Yoakum, St. Louls, This pew road is expected to become one of the most valuable feeders of the great southwestern system. It will traverse much undeveloped and new country withy’ out any other tramsportation facilities sna afford better conmections for the 'Frgeco with other rallroads. Ratiway Notes and Persowals, H. F. Fisher, traveling frelght agent of the Missourl Facific at Bt. Pavi 1ain the city. General Preight Traffic Masnger Monros of the Unlon Pacific has regirned from & trip east. w. Babcock, generaly western freight TR g v A, Chicago, Is in e City on official buslsess. C. C. Harvey of Kansas City, tr treight agent of the *Aobile & Ohlo, ing his regular rou'sds in Omaba. Master Mechan! s Barnum and Division Superintendent Baxter of the Union Pacific eling mak- accompanied thy nonunion men whom the company. sent 'west Thursday night to Cheyenne. lvnl"er'um'ik'mwm rgadbed n_the nion c depot yards is progressing, though no Qirt has yet been hauled in (G fill the de‘gression caused by the collapse of the embiiikment Monday morning. The fricago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rall- yay Buslssued a clrcular exploiting the corea mery interests ng its lines through the states of Iliinol Wlmnnln Minnesota, I.ka, Missourl, the Dakotas and Michigen compliation from the \ w ity census - returns, cheese, butter lshments in the Trains are continuing to lmprove upon their schedules at both the Burlington and Union The Rock Island still has Some. trouble petween Omaha and Lincoin, which makes it necessary for that road to use Burlington tracks. But all roads re- port improvements in their traffic and lines. Tom Hughes, general frelght agent of the Missouri Pacific_In Omaha, left yester- day for Kansas Clx’, where he will stop a few days and then proceed to London, Ont., for a ten-day or two-weeks' business trip. The Burlington has announced the open- ing of a new station on its Sheridan-Bill- ings line, to be known as Grass Lodge. It in 618 miles west of Sheridan, Wyo., over the line in Montana. A. O. Burton is to be the first agent. DAMAGE FROM HEAVY RAINS Many Small Bridges, Culverts and Sidewalks About City in Bad Condition, there is a total of 4,286 nd nsed milk estab- Street Commissioner Hummel has been busy this week inspecting damage done by the recent heavy rains and has found that there is scarcely a street or culvert in the city that bas not suffered to some extent, while many of the smaller brid have been wrecked and rendered impassable. 1n many places In the suburbs the earth has been washed from beneath sidewalks, leav- ing them without support. Where thess walks cross gullles they are dangerous, Being beld up by stringers alone they have the appearance of belng sound, but in reality are barely strong enough to support their own weight, and & person attempting to cross on them would be almost cer- tain to meet with an accldent. All such walks are being removed as fast as they are reported. The localities where the damage of the rains has been most serious are as fol- lows: At Forty-sixth and Cuming stteets the brick culvert has caved in, taking with it a part of the pavement. At Forty-tourth and Dagenport streets the sewer trench has caved, the entire width of Forty-fourth street, a distance o sixty- six feet. At Forty-fifth ll’ld Dod‘fi streets there s a bad caveln and |Andl]|d! At Sixth and Cedar streets there Is a washout, leaviag an excavation that will require 2,000 cuble yards of earth to fill. At Sixth and Castellar streets 500 cuble yards of earth has been washed from the street. Fifth street south of Bancroft to the eity umm(i. s0 badly seamed and rutted with rupafng water that it has been closed to trame. For a distance of two blocks on Twapty- £fth avenue, from Burt street to Califor- nia, the sewer has sunk from ten to fifteen feet. At Forty-third and Hamilton streets there w landslide which removed about 8500 cuble yards of earth. The wooden bridge at Fifty-first and Spring streets was washed out and the ap- proaches destroyed. The wooden bridge at Fifty-first Woolworth avenue met with the mishap. A wooden bridge at Thirty-third street and Boulevard avenue was washed away, with plles, abutments and approaches The fll on Marcy street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, for a distance of a half block, was washed away. Five hundred yards of the grade on Nine- teenth atreet south of Boulevard avenus was washed out. The bridge at Forty-fifth and Hamilton streets was wrecked. The sidewalk and driveway on the south side of Harney street at Thirty-fifth street have sunk several feet and are impassable. Damages are also reported on Chicago street between Twenty-sixth and Twenty- seventh streets, on Fortleth street south of and same Jackson street, at Twenty-second and Plerce, on Caldwell street between Twenty- sixth and Twenty-seventh streets and on Dodge west of Thirty-fth street. The street commissioner has thirty teams and eighty men at work repairing the damages. One gang is now driving plles for & new bridge at Thirty-third street and Boulevard avenue. RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP Miss Tobitt Talks of American Li- s ry Association Comven- tion at Poston. Miss Edith Tobitt, librarian of the Omaha public library, returned yesterday from a month’s visit to Boston and viclnity, where she attended the meeting of the American Library assoclation and later vi ited some of the lbraries of the sta The meeting, which convened June 7-14, was attended by about 1,000 librarians and was one of the most helpful that has been held by the association. Owing to the growth in the organization it has become necessary to divide it into sections for large libraries, under which classification the Omaha library comes; small libraries, cataloging, children’s work and college and reference work. Miss Tobitt gave special attention to the children’s section, which 1s endeavoring to prepare a book list for children which will be really educational in character. Old lists are being revised and new lists made which when completod will include only books that bave been ap- proved by some of the committees. “Among the most helpful things,” sald Miss Tobitt, “was the talk by Dr. Ellott of Harvard on the disposition of books that have ceased to be of current value. Also a talk by Mr. Anderson of the Pitts- burg library on branch library work, which included most valuable outlines of that work." Following the meeting those in attend- ance visited the libraries of the viclnity. The middle west was well represented at the meeting, considering the large gath- ering to be held in August at Madison, Wis. Among the other Nebraska rep- resentatives were Dr. Kerr and Miss Vichol of Bellevue and Miss Mullekin of the State university Mbrary. “IGPRUNE Cereal Uniform in Quality and Absolutely Pure Is a cereal coffee that stands the test of the most critical connoisseurs, Ashk Your Grocer for a sample. If he does not give it to you send us 4c and we will forward one by mail, Boil § to 10 minutes. Figprune Cerecal Co. San Jess, Cal,