Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1902, Page 7

DAILY BEE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES TODAY. Delegates to Congressional, County and J following places: [ aaaaasssrn e, REPUBLICANS ARE LINING UP Interest Oentars in Nonresident and Railroad Oandidate for Oengress, Jim Dumps and family went one day To camp In woodlands far away. icial Conventions will be chosen Friday, Seatember 19, at the In former camping days a pack MERCER DEPENDS ON PURCHASABLE VOTE City Clerk Republicans and Issning Trans- Who Have Moved. The next twenty-four hours will see some of the liveliest political work done that has been executed in Omaha for many a day. At the office of the city clerk a force has been Kkept busy administering the oaths necessary to qualify republicans who have faljed to register to vote at the primaries, which will be held this afternoon be- tween the hours of 12 noon and 7 p. m Every republican in the city who is a legal voter of the ward in which he resides is entitled to vote at the primaries. It he falled to register last year on account of absence from the city or because of sick- ness, either of himselt or of his family, he may qualify to vote at the primary by ay pearing before the city clerk with two freeholders of the ward in which he now resides and making proof of his residence and his desire to afliate with the repub- llcan party. Young men who were not en- titled to vote last year, but who will be of legal age before the day of the next elec- tion, may secure certificates by the same method from the city clerk and will be per- mitted to vote at the primaries. The form of ballot, as approved by the printing committes, will have the anti- Mercer delegation in the left-hand column. There are to be selected from each ward in the city seven delegates to the congres- slonal convention, ten delegates to the county convention and three delegates to the judiclal conventlon. A cross In the circle to the right of the delegation will vote for all of the names on that delegation, but a cross in the first circle will vote only for the delegates to the congressional con- vention. It is therefore necessary to make three crosses in three circles In order to vote for delegates to all three conventions. In the Sixth ward a contest is on between Jobn. McDonald and E. D. Evans for en- dorsement as candidate for county commis- sioner. Henry McDonald is the ostensible candidate, but it is belleved by the majority of the voters of the ward that Henry Mc- Donald is but a ecatspaw for his brother. 1t 1s stated on good authority that arrange- ments have already been made whereby as s00n as the result of the county convention 18 known John McDonald will become chief of the Omaha police force, Some go so far a8 to say that his commission has already been signed and is now ready to be filed as soon as the convention ends. Members of the Baldwin-Mercer board admit by in- ference that he has been ed to take the position, for one of them recently sald: “John McDonald has positively refused to permit the board to comsider him in con- neetion with the position of chief of police.” 1t 18 belleved, if made at all, or ¢ nase of concealing his hand until after he has secured intimate relations with the Board of County Commissioners through the nomination of his brother. E. D, Hyans, his opponent in the ward, is a man who has an extensive acquaintance snd who has never taken an active part in politics for his own aggrandizement. Al- though frequently urged by his friends to become a candidate for office, he has de- clined untll this year, when he finds that by the sale of the grocery store which he has operated at Twenty-fourth and Seward streots for seventeen years, that he will have time to devote to the office to which he'may be elected. In the Sixth ward the Mercer forces are masquerading under the name of N. C. Pratt, the Sixth ward candidate for con- gress. Mr. Pratt bas his own delegation in the ward, which will appear in the left- hand column on the officlal ballot. The champlona of Mercer claim that their dele- gatlon is for Pratt first and Mercer for sec- ond choice. The regular Pratt delegation has no second choice, but will dle in the ditch for the Bixth ward candidate. The confidence Mr. Pratt has in the protes! tions of the men backing the Mercer dele- gation s shown by the fact that he says {hat if the delegation is successful at the polls will take it as a repudiation of him- self by the voters of the ward and will not Jet his name go before the convention. First ward the emissaries and -y:np!:::uc employes of the railroad cor- porstions are working tooth and nall to deteat the home candidate for congress, E. J. Cornish. A couple of the employes of the Union Pacific who were very loud in the work said they had been ordered by John N. Baldwin to lay oft from work and devote their time to campaigning for Mer- cer. When this report came to the ears of Mr. Cornish he went to the Towa lobbyist and secured an admission of the fact. Mr. Baldwin claims that he is dolng this work because of the fight upon the rallroads to make them pay & just proportion of the taxes of the state, but the fact is that he is doing it to elect Mercer as & corpor tion representative in congress. ighth ward A. W. Jefferis is at- t-‘:':.l‘:“l:urry the ward for Mercer for congress and himselt for county attorney. Before the recent revolutionary decision of ihe supreme court ousting the members of the Board of Fire and Police Commission- ers appointed by the men chosen by the Deople for that purpose, Mr. Jefferis was yery anxious to secure the support of the men oppossd to Mercer's renomination. ‘When that decision bad been rendered and a large portion of the governm mt of Omaha transterred from the people of Omaha to the rallroad corporations, Mr. Jefferis od his mind and is mow actively foning the nomination of the man 'filh"fllmhld“wndm ta congress long enough. During t 1a ten days he has been traveling over the country with Mercer and is one of the men on the Mercer delegation. With Johnny MeDonald of the Sixth ward be made a e NO TIME WASTED Prompt Actlun_ Is Pleasing Many Omaha Citizens. QGet down to the cause of everything. Backaches are caused by sick kidneys. Cure the kidneys, you cure headach Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidneys only. No time wasted trylng to cure other troubles. Omahs people endorse thelr merit. Miss Nellie Mitchell, 415 South 1ith St., says: “After & fall I noticed my back aching occasionally, and finally continually. It grew so that I could only lle perfectly mmvfl“mhnduflow the ficor 1n place of my bed. Two boxes Doan's Kidney Pills, obtained at m‘“: store, corner of Fifteenth an — o ly relleved me of OMAHA—First Ward—1708 South Tenth Second Ward—1433 South Sixteenth Street ~Third Ward—1120 Dodge Street. ~Fourth Ward—Bee Bullding. ~Fifth Ward—Ed Morgan’s, near 16th and Corby Sts. such have a right to vote. e e e trip Into the country with Dave Mercer upon which he seemed to be more intent upon the nominstion of the congressman than upon his own nomination. Many republicans are disgusted with the manner in which the county judge is acting in the Interests of the nonresident con- gressman. With one exception every clerk in bis office is on a Mercer delegation. In the First ward Clyde Sunblad -is working against the home candidate for congress, and in other wards the other clerks are conducting a like ecampaign. The repub- licans who object to this action on the part of the judge recall the fact that when Vin- sonhaler was a candidate for nomination the Fourth ward was given to him as an act of courtesy, while it could have been car- rled against him both times. “It begins to look as though Mercer has decided to depend for success entirely upon the purchasable vote this time,” said a re- publican who has taken Interest in the af- fairs of the city for many years. “The in- fluential democrats of the city are doing all they can to force his nomination upon the party. Harry Miller, county clerk, is open in his work, and it {s said that other demo- cratlo county oficials are actively lining up questionable votes for Mercer. One of these democratic workers said: ‘I have advised the boys to keep hands off, but they will not do it. We are all anxious for Mercer's nomination, belleving that it will mean the election of Hitchcock, but T am afraid that the republican voters will see throfigh the work of the democrats and will not select the man we want simply because we do want him. He is the easiest man to beat in the party, and as a democrat I would entitled to vote at the primarics. hesitate a long time to nominate a candi- date who waa recelving such support from republicans as Mercer is receiving from some of our fellows, who apparently have not the judgment to see that thelr work may react. The World-Herald is acting foolish in projecting itselt into the repub- lican campaign, and its cartoons fntended to help along the Mercer campalgn may cause his defeat. If he is defeated the campalgn plans of the democrats will have to be revised, and it is doubtful if they can be changed so as to bring victory to the democratic party.” MERCER AND THE COLORED MAN What an Intelligent Fn Colored Voter to Say About the Non- Resident Congressm. OMAHA, Sept. 18—To the Editor of The Bee: 1 was handed a sample ticket today by an acqualntance containing names of men he had desired me to vote for at the primaries Friday. T noticed that it wa headed “Antl-Machine Candidates,” and was told that it was a Mercer ticket. 1 in- formed my friend that I am not for Mr. Mercer, that I had voted for Mr. Mercer every time since 1892, but that I had de- clded not to vote for him again, even if he aid get the nomination. T told him that in the first place, I do not think he is qualified intellectually for the position and that he has not shown his appreciation for the splendid support that the colored voters have given him. On the other hand, he has shown antagonlsm and apparently does not know the difference betweén a sypporter and one who has been active in opposing him for election. T learn also that Mr. Mer- cer or someone acting for hinr has bircu- lated & report that a bill is before congress for the purpose of disfranchising the col- ored voters and that he 1s fighting for it. I corrected my friend and informed him that he was imposed upon. The only bill before congress concerning the distranchise- ment of colored voters is that of Mr. Crum- packer of Indiana, and that bill is in- tended to reducy the representation iness of disfranchising the colored voters, and it has not been proven that Mr. Mercer was active in supporting the bill; on the other hand, it has been stated that he is opposed to it and is one of the renegade re- publicans thet caused it to be pigeonholed. It is to be regretted that there are some | colored men so devoid of race pride as to support and vote for men who treat them with contempt and speak of them disparag- ingly. Personally 1 have nothing against Mr. Mercer, He 1s a jolly good fellow, but that is all there is to him. I want a man in congress who will represent the whole peo- ple and whose claim to fame does mot rest his reputation as a baby-kisser and a high five player, Respecttully, ABRAM B. BURRIS, 1631 North Twenty-first Street. Health at Small Cost. A few doses of Dr. King's New Lite Pills will cleanse, tone and invigorate the whole system. Try them. Only 36c. Woman’s Work in Club and Charity The announcement this week by the Young Women's Christian assoclation that the sulte opposite its quarters in the Paxton block has been secured for its use for the coming year, in addition to the rooms occu- pled at present, has been received with in- terest by the several hundred members of the organization and the women that every week avall themselves of its privileges. As planned, the use of the additional space will give to the assoclation very desirable quar- ters until its new bufldiog can be erected. The expense of maintalning the additional quarters will necessarily be much heavier and it is proposed to meet this by an effort to double the membership of the associa- tion. The educational committee offers an es- pecially helpful list of classes this fall, which includes French, German and Span- ish. These will be formed at once, also & class in correct Eunglish. Burnt wood, dressmaking and basket making will be among the speclalties. The Quid Libet club will begin its study of Shakespeare October 10 with “Romeo and Jullet.” It will greatly simplify the work of the committee and secretaries if those wishing to joln these classes will register at once. The gymoasium will open October 6 and the physical director requests that all de- siring to enter the classes wil) register at once. There will be a special meeting of the Margaret Fuller Literary at § o'clock on Monday evening at South Branch. There was a meeting of the branch mem- bers on Monday eveniug to plan for the opening night, Octcber 6, An excellent pro- gram bas been prepared and arrangements It he | of | those that have been engaged in the bus-| LIST OF POLLING PLACES: Street SOUTH QU0 WARRANTO IS ALLOWED | Bupreme Court Sustains the Application of City Attorney Oonmell. MEANS END OF MERCER-BROATCH BOARD | Mr. Connell Says Members of Present Board Are Usurpers and Are Bound to Be Ousted. Mere | | Word has been received from Lincoln that | the supreme court, after carefully consid- | ering the application of City Attorney Con- nell, has ordered the filing of the informa- | tion in the mature of quo warranto against the Mercer-Broatch-Baldwin Board of Fire yand Police commissioners. | The application was made upon the con- vening of the present term of the supreme court, when the information was submitted to the judges for their inspection and for such order with reference to filing the same as might be proper. As there is no dispute regarding the facts, it was recognized by the members of both boards and their attorneys that the action of the court in allowing or refusing the ap- | plication of City Attorney Connell would | probably be decisive of the rights of the partids. City Attorney Connell upon being asked | s to the effect of the order made by the supreme court, responded: “It is the be- | ginning of the end. The members of the present acting board are mere usurpers and are bound to be ousted as certain as that law and justice will prevail.” Difference in Cases. The city attorney further claimed. that the questions and {ssues now presented to the supreme court are entirely different from those passed on by Judge Sedgwick in the recent case of the attorney general against Governor Savage. He also stated that without reference to the rights of the citizens of Omaha to local self-government, the members of the old board appointed by the mayor and council must win in the present proceeding under the judgment rendered in thelr favor in the Kennedy case, which determined that the former judgment in the Moores case was final and res judicata. On the question of res judicata City At- torney Connell claims hoth Judge Sulllvan | and Judge Holcomb are committed in the most positive terms, the former by a cleal able and unassailable opinion in the Moores | case and the Iatter by .a positive and | pointed concurring opinion. The information filed by City Attorney | Connell sets forth in detail the judgments | and proceedings in the Moores and Kennedy cases, and alleges in positive terms that | both judgments are res judicata and espe- clally that the judgment in the Kennedy case conclusively and finally determined that the judgment in the Moores case was | res judicata. | With reference to the actiou of Governor Savage and his recent appointees the in- tormation alleges: | That in violation of the rights of the city | ot Omaha, its citizens and inhabitants and 1 in violation of the rights and power of the mayor and council to appoint members of the Board of Hire and bolice Commission: | ere. and in violatlon of the appointees ot the mayor and city councll as members | of the Board of Fire and Police Commis- stoners, and in g10ss and flagrant violation of the rights, duties and privileges of thess relators, Kgfa P. Savage, acting governor of the state of Nebraska, concelved it to | be his duty to appoint members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners | tor the city of Omaha, and on or about | August 4, 192, did appoint the sald respond- | ent, Joseph W. Thomas, as a member of the' Board of Fire and Police Commission- ers for a pretended term ending the first Monday in April, 1906; Willlam J. Broatch | for the pretended term ending 'the first | Monday in April, 1965; Carl C. Wright, for the pretended term ending the first Monday in April, 194, and Lee W. Spratlen, for the pretended term ending the first Monday in | April, 1903. Hold Office Wrongfully. These relators further allege that for the purpose of wrongfully and uniawtully, and n violation of the rights of said city, its citizens, its mayor and councll, and these relators, obtaining possession of the office in the ¢ity hall of sald city designated as the office of the Board of re and Police Commissioners, and possession of _the records, books and papers in sald office, and wrongfully and unlawfully ousting and dispossessing these relators, the said gov- ernor did suppress the fact of his having made such appointments and did secretly, | wrongfully and in violation of the right | herelnbefore specified enter into a combina | tion and conspiracy with his said appointees to secretly and forcibly obtaln possession | of said books, records and office, and to | that end did come to Omaha and personally iver sdid appointments to his sald ap- intees, and did suppress such fact until is sald appointees ~had = pretended to qualify and give bond, and did thereupon await the action of sald appointees, which had been agreed upon, for the obtaining by stealth the said office, books and records that thereupon, to-wit, about 4 o'clock in | OMAHA— Sixth Ward—2318 North Twenty-fourth Street —Seventh Ward—15 —Eighth Ward—2011 Cuming Street nth Ward--2818 Faroam Street OMAHA—110 North Twenty-fourth Street Polls open 12 M, to 7 P. M. Only voters duly registered as republicans or entitied to be registered as | that | lawful South Twenty-ninth Street. together with his co-appointees, Joseph W Thomas, Carl C. Wright and Lee W. Sprat ien, proceeded to the city hall and by stealth and force, at a time when ihese relators were absént, obtained entrance (o said and forcibly, wrongsully, un- lawfully and by stealih did secure and hold possession of #ald office and the books, recoras and proceedings relating thereto. and have ever since continued to hold the same, pretending and claiming to be the lawful members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the clty of Omah. that immediately upon entering said off in the manner aforesald the sald Broate Thomas, Wright and Spratien - quested ‘and required by the mayor of said | city to vacate the same, with the request on the part of the city attorney of city that sald Broatch, Thomas, Wright and Bpratlen should come before the board comprised of the appointees of the mayor and city council, to-wit, the relators hereir, who would have speclal session at 10 o'clock the following day: but said Broatch, Thomas, Wright and Spratlen refused to accede to sald request and refused to vacate sald office and claimed that they were in possession thereof and would hold the same as againet the sald mayor and the said relators. Relators Not Negligent. That thereatter, to-wit, on or about An- gust 5, 1902, the sald relators made due de- mand 'uponi sald respondents in sald offie while the sald respondents were pretending | 10 act as members of said Board of Fire | and Policc Commissioners, to vacate said office and to turn aver the same, together with the records, books and papers be- longing_thereto, %0 as aforesald wrong- fully ahd unlawfully obtained by sald respondents, and t sald_ respond- ents refused - to comply with sald demand. Thereupon these relators, under the advice of the city attorney, and for the purpose of maintaining the good name of the state of Nebraska, and especially of the ety of Omaha, did refrain from taking any actlon in the way of force or yiolence Which it would have been necessary to have done to obtain possession of said office and sald books and papers, but rely- ing upon their rights in the premises and the judgments of this hunorable court, which reference has been made, awaited an opportunity to presen{ this, thelr Information, in the nature of a qus warranto to this honorable court, with the firm reliance and belief that this honorable | court will redress the great wrongs which | have been done them, and will restore them | to their right to sald office and to said | books, records and papers, and to the right which they have peaceably enjoyed down | to the commission of sald wrongs and | levances of conducting the affairs of said | oard of Fire and Police Commissioners | of said city of Omaha. And the sald re- | lators allege that all of said actions and proceedings of sald respondents herein were wrongful and unlawful and were against | and were to the damage and prejudice of the rights of said city of Omaha and to the citizens thereof. and to said mayor and council, and to thé great wrong of these relators, and were against the peace of the state of Nebraska The relaters, therefore, pray judgment of this honorable entered _herein that the surt may be _that the said cach of said re- | be “declared not entitled to the said offices as members of the Board of Fire and Police Commiesioners of sald ety of Omaha or to afy of sald offces and, that it he declared that they . and cach of them have wrongfully and forcibly usurped sald offices and obtalned posses. sion of said books, records and proceed- ings and that it may oe further declared these relators are the rightful and members of sald Board of Fire and Police Commfissioners and as such are entitled to the sald office provided for sald board and to fhe sald records, books and proceedings belonging to sald board and that they be restored to the rights, privileges and emgiments of which they ive been deprive oy sald wrongful action of wald responden@land that said respond- erts and each of Whem be ousted and re- mcved from sald ofices and for such other and further and different rellef in the premises as may be just and legal and as may be necessary o fully protect these relators and as may be proper or neces- sary to restore them to thelr rights, POLICE A CLUB FOR MERCER Vic Walker Threatens Third Ward Voters with Vongeance from Broatch Board. At a meeting of self-styled anti-machine colored men of the Third ward, held at Levy's hall, Twelfth street and Capitol ave- nue, last night Victor B. Walker defined the position of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners in the contest for the selec- tion of a congressional candidate. He inti- mated that unless the voters of the Third ward stood by Mercer and gave him the delegation that the saloons and various re- sorts in that ward would be closed. “If Mercer 1s defeated,” said Walker, “I would not be surprised it the saloons are not closed and the liberal interpretation of the law now given us under the new board Is not ended. The board is friendly to Mercer and if we slap Mercer we slap the board, and we can expect to get slapped In turn. After the meeting had adjourned S. B. Smith, a Mercerite, sald that if the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners attempted to intimidate people of the Third ward into voting for Mercer at the primary he would scratch the Mercer ticket and endeavor to get his friends to do the same thing. It was 9 o'clock before a sufficient number of voters arrived for Chairman Ed R. Riley to call the meeting to order. Addresses were delivered by Frea Watson, J. R. Simy- son and S. B. Smith. A, W. Jefferis was ..ie afternoon of sald day, the said Broatch (who Is the identical Broatch who was a party to sald proceedings in case No. 11226), have been completed to open the class work on October 7. Twenty-two members were present at the recent meeting of the Sunshine club, an fn- crease of ten since the last meeting. The members of the Home Queens circle met on Wednesday afternoon at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, the early part of the hour being occupled by a program and the latter held with business, of which the chief thing was the election of a president of the Circle. The next meeting will be held Wed- nesday afternoon, October first at St Catherines Academy, when there will be a practical demonstration of the work of the school of Domestic Sclence being conducted there by the Sisters of Mercy There was & meeting of the executive board of the Woman's Christian association Tuesday morning for the consideration of matters pertalning to the conduct of the 0ld People's home, conducted by it. The month just fnished has been the busiest and most expensive in the history of the Visiting Nurses' association, 489 visits baviag been made in all. Fifty- four patients have been cared for, special nurses provided In thirteen cases, six patignts eent to the hospitals and there have been three death Aside from all that has been given, the women In carrylng on this work spent $147 this month. The physicians and hospital rvices are almost entirely gratis and the majority of the professional nurses give their services to the assoclation for $1 a day, which indicates the extent of the work elug carried on and the, value of the of- not present, though advertised as the draw- ing card of the meeting. ganization to poor. The women'have endeavored to carry on thelr work with as little assistance as pos- sible and have obtained their funds largely through membership fees of $1 ecach and subscriptions from interested friends. Their funde are lower than usual this fall and any articles of food, clothing, bedding anl the like that could be used in the sick room will be mes' acceptable. Any ome having such articles may communicate with Mrs. Adams, 2644 Charles street, or tele- phone the Visiting Nurses' assoclation. The annual meeting of the association should occur on October 16, but there was some talk at yesterday's meeting of post- poning it for a month, as so many of the women will be out of the city in October. the sick among the city's The complete offielal program for elghth annual meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs, to be held in Columbus October 7, § and 9, upon inyi- tation of the Columbus Woman's club, has been issued this week, and is indeed a credit to the women who have had it in charge. There is every indication that this year's meeting will be the largest that has yet the Nebraska best 1 think ‘Foren' the best break three times & day. L AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMARA Oolored Voters of Magic City Adopt Reso- | lutions Denouncing Meroer. SAY CONGRESSMAN HAS INSULTED THEM J. Kaley and Others Address Large Meeting of Repub- Hall— Cornish, J. lcans at Kountsky's Bank Statement. There was a mass meeting of the colored voters of South Omaha held last night at rooms in the Pivonka block, Twenty-sixth | and N streets. Addresses were made by a | number of prominent colored men who are taking an interest in the present campaign. Among those who spoke were J. G. Page, Willlam Cannon and Robert Severe. At the conclusion of the addresses the following | resolutions were adopted without a dlssent- ing voice We, the colored republicans of South Omaha, realizin that our constitution pro- vides that we shall not endorse any candli- date, but does not prevent us from con- demning anyone who has offered an insult to our race; therefore, we do hereby and herein declare that David H. Mercer has in- sulted our people in the past: First, by re- fusing to give us any recognition; second, by refusing to appoint any representative 01 our race to any position of bonor or profit; third by refusing to come to any of our meetings glven in the interest of our race, and when Tom Johnson and Oliie Jackson went to see him In reference to the appointment of Dr. Ricketts, by saying, “Tom, that's too big a job for a nigger.’ Theretore, be it Resolved, That this resolution be signed by the president and secretary and pub- lished In the papers of this city; and be it | further, Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to use | our utmost efforts to defeat the renomina- | tion of David H. Mercer. ROBERT SEVERE, President W. R. DUDLEY, Acting Secretary. Robert Severe, president of the club, oc- cupled the chsir, while W. R, Dudley acted as secretary. In his address Mr. Page spoke especially of the efforts of Mr. Mercer to turn down colored men when they applied to him for positions in the government service. He told about several | instances where colored men had asked | Mercer for favors, but had been told to go | about their business as there was no place | in the government service for “niggers.”” At the conclusion of the meeting President | Severe asked that all those present vote | against Mercer at the primaries today. Congreessional Rally. eral hundred voters gathered at Kout- | sky's hall, Twentieth and Q streets, last night to listen to talks from candidates for | the congressional nomination. E. J. Cor- nish occupled most of the evening telling about what he had done as a park commis- | sloner and what he would do if elected. He | denounced Mercer as a man who was work- ing for Mercer and not for the interest of | the Second congressional district. He was tollowed by J. L. Kaley, who talked in a mensure along the same lines. George | Johnson, a prominent republican of the Sec- ond ward, acted as chairman and City At- torney Murdock and other men of promi- nence occupled seats on the stage Call in Outsiders. As a result of the Sutclff $15,000 dam- age sult agalnst South Omaha, City At- torney Murdock yesterday served notices | upon Gus Werdeman, Anna Slaughter and other property owners in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and N atreets, asking them to defend the sult, wherein the city has been asked to pay damages for injuries to the Sutcliff child. The contention of the city is that whatever defect there was in the street at the point where the child was hurt was caused by reason of abutting property owners allowing sewage to flow into the aetreet, causing an excavation. Prior to the accident the city notified these property owners to stop such prace tice, but the notice was ignored apparently. | Then several arrests followed, and as a climax came the accident. The legal de- partment proposes to force all people who engage in this practice to come into court and defend all actions where the city ls sued for personal injuries. Statement Called For. The comptroller of the treasury called yesterday for a statement of the condition of national banks at the close of business | on September 15. The last statement called | for was on July 16. On (his latter date the deposits in the three South Omaha national banks amounted to $6,585525. On the re- cent call the deposits were $6,466,240. This shows a decrease of $119,285 in deposits since the last statement. A banker said yesterday afternoon that the comparative statements showed a very | 1ight decrease in deposits in comparison as to that expected. In July money was idle and was deposited in the banks, while at the present time it is being used for the purchuse of feeders, both sheep and cat- tle. This accounts for the decrease in de- posits shown by the statements for- warded yesterday to the Treasury depart ment at Washington. E: Tonight. 1 Tonight the local lodge of Eagles will meet at the hall over the city offices and initiate number of candidates. In addi- | tion to the usual ceremony there will be es Meet been held, owing to the increased interest in the club work and the especially con- venient location of the convention city The committee oo local arrangements is composed of Mrs. Carrie F. Voss, Mrs. Rosa Epans, Mrs. C. C. Gray, Mrs. Mary E. McAllister, Miss Martha Turner, Mi: Bessle Sheldon and Mrs. Martha Musser, end everything has been done that may contribute to the convenience and comfort of the visiting women. The meeting s to be held in the new Auditorium, talks by prominent members of the order and refreshments will be served at the con- clusion of the speeches. All members of the Eagles are invited to be present Order Restored at Lowell School. To a Bee reporter last evening Superin- tendent McLean of the public schools made the statement that order had been restored at the Lowell school. There has been some trouble within the past few days between pupils and teachers, but this has been ad- justed. A member of the Board of Educa- {ntend to take plenty to the country and let the young people b | forty candidates. | of coal. Of food had burdened poor Jim's back. No heavy foods now weigh on him— 'Tis “Force” that camps with “Sunny Jim1"” The Ready-to-Serve Oereal essence of nature’s life-builders. Sweet, crisp flakes of wheat and malt—eaten cold. Carries It Along with Her. fast food ever put on the market. ‘[‘ v Mrs: e, (Name furnished on applicagion.) tion called at The Bee office last night and said that if there was any further trouble the superintendent would be requested by the board to discipline the pupils. As for the change of teachers intimated yester- day, Superintendent Mclean says that at this time he will not make any change In the assignments already made. Association Needs Mo The local Young Men's Christian assccla- tion 1s in need of quite a sum of money in order to méet its obligations. A canvass 13 being carried on now and Already a pors tion of the amount has been subscribed. Secretary Marsh and other workers in the assoclation are doing their best to get enough cash to relieve the assoclation from debt. Business men generally are helping out this worthy project and it is expected that within a short time the dobt will be cleaned up and the assoclation will be on its financial feet. About After three months of constant work the force of linemen employed by the Nebraska Telephone company in this section stopped their labors last might, knowlng that all of the wires and cables in the city were in first-class shape. The plan of the com- pany bas been to place all important wires in the business portion of the city in con- duits and this has been dome to some ex- tent. This has reduced the number of over- head wires on the poles on the principal streets. As it Is now condults carry most of Ure wires, which are opeued every hail block. It Is asserted that this plan will prevent trouble on the lines during stormy weather. Royal Achates Ente; Royal Achates lodge, No. 33, celebrated its first anniversary at the hall, Twenty-sixth and N strects, Wednesday evening. Drill teams from two Omaha lodges were in at- tendance and assisted in the initiation of The degree team of the local lodge served refreshments after the initiatory ceremony was over. Magle City Gossip. Republican primaries will be held today at 110 North Twenty-fourth street. The P. E. O. soclety will meet with Mrs, E. Wiicox Saturday afternoon. John J. Ryan was compelled to shoot one of his Horses yesterday because of a broken 8. Roy E. Cable of Mexico, Mo., will hold a sale of shorthorns at the stock yards here on October 2 Three cases of scarlet fever were reported in the Brown family at Thirty-second and 8 streets yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kratsky, 280 North Twenty-third street, announce the birth of a daughter yesterday. Nelson Wright and wife of Peorfa, III., are here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. H Merrill, Twenty-third and M streets J. J. Mahoney of Wadsworth, Nevada has returned to his home, after spending few days looking after his property inte este here. DREXEL AND DUNLOP RETURN Black Finish Work. B Hills Ak-S: Met Ben Boomers Are Station by =a “Ban The homecoming of John Drexel and Frank Dunlop from Deadwood yesterday was attended by a demonstration on the part of their friends which was entirely a surprise to them and for a time disturbed the equanimity of even those usually s possessed gentlemen. In the course of thelr travels in the interests of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben they had met with something of adventure and hardship, but that was accepted philosophically, because they were “Erce” away from home, and they comforted them- selves with the cheering thought that when they quce more reached home thelr troubles would be ended. They had even intimated to some of their friends that they would Iike to be met at the depot by a band of music. The friends to whom this suggestion had been communicated did not see their way clear to provide a brass band, but to show that their hearts were In the right place and they were willing ta do what they could to furnish music, each one of them secured a penny whistle and in a body they went to the train to awalt the arrival of the train. A reception committee of policemen was also provided, and when Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Drexel stepped off the train at 5:55 they were given more altention than any of their fellow travelers. After Mr. Drexel had been given an opportunity to briefly groet his wife he and Mr. Dunlop were taken in charge by three officers, who handcuffed them together. While the vol- unteer band played any old thing that it happened to, the returned travelers were each presented with a handsome fruit bas- ket filled with potatoes, onions, tomatoes and other garden products, and then under escort of the police and YoMowed by a won- dering crowd they were conveyed to the patrol wagon. The band, consisting of George Sues, Charles Metz, Dave O'Brien, Fred Paffenrath, J. D, Weaver and Goodley Brucker, embarked upon a grocery dray and fell In line behind the patrol wagon and the procession then moved to the Elks' hall At the point of destination also a large crowd gathered and there was much spec- ulation as to how the two men had fallen into. the hands of the police. When the travelers had glven an account of themselves the handcuffs were removed that they might each grasp. a highball. Messrs. Drexel and Dunlop have been in Deadwood nearly ten days, and they say that there will be a party of from 500 to 1,000 people from that city to visit the Ak- Sar-Ben festival. ¢ $100, $200, $300, $500 dlamond, rings. Edbolm, jeweler, 16th st solitaire opp. P. O, ‘OPENING AT PEOPLE'S STORE Ann Funection of M Ros thal Attended by a Large Throng. The fall opening of the People's Store occurred yesterday. The store was crowded with people drawn by the music and the chance to see the new fall stock displayed. There were handsome souvenirs for all who came, Mr. Rosenthal's corps of assistants had spared no pains in preparing for this open- ing and had been busy for days. A number of large shipments of goods have been re- celved during the last two weeks and these bright new things had been arranged in the windows and show cases to the best advantage. Women largely predominated in the crowd and there was a particularly large ortment of new things along the lines which they are popularly supposed to be most interested. The pattern came in for most careful inspection. The store was well decorated, the orange, green and red of the Ak-Sar-Ben being largely in evidence. During the afternoon an orchestra rendered a promenade concert of popular music and in the evening & band took its place and continued the music. A large number of souvenirs were distributed to the people Try Edbolm’s watch repairing department. To Obtain a Positive Oure for CONSTIPATION DRINK NATURAL LAXATIVE Over one thousan will positively cure Constipation an Troubles. Taken in the morning, half Hunyadi Jinos dcyhylldlu have testified to the fact that o1 21l forme o Btomach hour MINERAL WATER. jors and Liver fore breakfast, it will produce & coplous evacuation without causing any discomfort. BE_SURE K for H you GET Hunyadi JANOS. 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