Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1903, Page 4

) | i ey —- —— THE OMAHA T 1LY BE SATURDAY JANUARY \ iy | generally prosperous and the outtook tn the IS \I‘F\Ir woods trade 18 bright - T—— There fs little new in the iron trades Merchant furnaces are «old ahead from six to elght months, but the independent iron ONLY BRIGHTNESS 0 " M men say that high raw materials and low- Dun's Review of Trade of Week is Favorable | pricea finished products leave little or no T margin for profit in lone. Nearly ali lines of trade show gains for 1801 t New York, the majority ranging o from 5 to 10 per cent. The most important USUAL POST-HOLIDAY DULLNESS ABSENT | feature in the eastern dry goods market - Port to China of brown cottons, by which ’ all floating supplles of this commodity have Transportation Facilities Continue Ia. | boep cleaned vp and the mills have secured lers ahead. The rest of the market Is adequate to Satisty Demands, as steady, with, on the whole, cautiogs buy- Fuel Neecessities Divert Ca ing. Woolen goods retain their good condi- tlons and raw and manufactured materials have closed the week at the highest prices, with machinery well employed. trom Ordinary U [ this ‘week fa the increased biying tor ex- | | | — Eastern shoe manufacturers have still . something to do to fill winter orders and v OYORK, Jun R G & Coinl | already some are being importuned for tomorrow will | S0t Ter” delivery The leather truaes are . | quiet, with some welling at cut prices of old Despite the Interruption of a hollday, | 5r yjdesirable grades reported from Br taking of entories and omner disturbing | (. Aside fom this prices are firmly held, | elements Incidental to the closing of the | ang there is even some talk of furcher ad- | old year, the past_week has been tar from | Uifceg in sole leather dull. Consamers were not perceptibly les- | “\Wheat, fncluding flour, exports for the | sening purchases, while the approach of | week ending January aggregate 333696 | higher frelght rates accelerated sh 1t bushels, against 3,660,486 last week, 4518471 | of_goods. | In_this Week a year ago and 3514801 in 1901 ‘Transportation facilities continue utterly | ‘\Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate 13 tradequate, the pressicg need for fuel di- | 65,29 bushels, against 149,746,227 last season verting roliing stock from other classes of | ynagr it T80 fralght. New wage scales have become ef- eXxports aggregate 2537642 bushels, fectlve, iargely enhancing the purchasing | t TR Al Tant Week, 710,33 & yeat power 'of the people. The new vear | nd 4414120 in 1%1. For the fiscal year with every prospect of exceptional ac s are 10,726,420 bushels, against 2,- in all branches of businers. Rallway earn- last season and 97,858,600 in 1901 ings thus far available for December show oo s & galn of 7.7 per cent over 191 ard 10.9 per WEBKLY BANK C NGS. cent over 1800, while for the full year th are Increases of 4.1 and 16.5 per cent re Speetively, notwithstanding (he heavy 10ss | Snmmary of Business Transacted by of toal trafie. The declines in clenrings | he ABeiIted Nank. factory, us the percentage would suggest, | NEW YORK, Jan f owing to the fact that last year's figures | table, comiplicd by Hradstreet, sho ! inelu of January and those of | bunk clearings at the principal eith | two embrace two daye in Jan- | he week'ended January 1, with the per- o payments are abnormally | centage of incrense and decrease as cor il | pared with the corresponding week last sation of higher frefght rates com. | year: the sitiation regarding iron and |~ —— — stecl now orders are constantly com- Ing forward and the activity of plants| CITIE Amount. | Ine.| Dee ould equal c ity were it not far the | il ael shortages. Quotathons for all the | ———— — — products fn this industry are fully m,.m.hm York 102 d, with & tendencv foward stiil higher | Chicago B prices’ because of freights and fuel, The | Boston | first advance is exoected in wire 1alls, ai- | Lliladelphia i though this is not officially announced | 8t. Louis 58 o new features haye Geveioped in the | Pittsburg 5 tootwear situation, prices remaining firm | Baltimore . and order books full. Aside from slight [ Ban Francisco reactlon in union backs the reather mar- | Cincinnati ket ls strong, hemlock sole recelving the Kunsas City dditionab su { exceptionally high | Cleveland 0 avy cxpor rope. Domestic hides | Minneapolis 11,140,958 | ete dull, prices again declinin New Orleans /1100 14190180 Textila mills busy, with only a ha Detroit Firtecyg 244 to-moith home demand «for cotton Leutsville .00 i but export buying for China con | indianapolis la Providence Farm products weakened as visible sup- | OMAHA e lies increased, and reports from the west ndicate that much more grain Is offered | Buffalo . | 5,132,680| for shipment than the railroads will ac-|Bt, Paul . crneeann] wept 8t. Joseph PYRR | Gxports of corn are steadily galning. |Denver . LU e For the week at Atlantic ports 2,3%,40 | Richmond ¥ 2,776,641 bushels were sent out ,compared with only | 8avannah .............| 347,198 bushels the prresponding week a | Salt Lake City year ago. Albany A Atlantic _exports of wheat, including | Los Angeles ...... flcur, amounted to only 1,495,061 bushels, | Memphix against 2,705,044 bushels a 'vear ago, and | Fort Worth .. arrivals at Interfor cities were 3,773,265 | Seattle ......... bushels, compared with 3,736,369 bushels | Washington last year Hartford Wool tends upward, shipments to the | Peorla .. mills continuing heavy and inquirfes nu- | Toledo . merous. - Portland, Ore Bradstreet's tomorrow under the heading | Rochester of “Canada” will say: Atlanta . Canada this week compieted from a busi- | Bes Molnes ness point of view the most successful | New Haven . year In its history r the last five years | Worcester oppas | the Dominfon has been expericncing ‘what | ashville . o has been called the growing time, The | Springfield, Mass truth of this has found ample proof in the | Norfolk great expansion that has taken Grand Raplds . manufacturing. mercantile and T | Seranton o circles, as well as In the agricultural s Portland, Me 4.1 tions of the country. There was a great | Sloux Citv . 13.6 increase In the wealth of the country d Augusta R o #.9 ing the last year. Varlous figures and ;. Tacuse 03800801 187 statements now in course of preparation | Dayten, O.. 1.499,085(......| 21.0 for the calendar year fust ended, but which | Tacoma . are stlll incomplete, unmistakably prove | Bpokane . this fact Topeka -— {;flfilfllflm:‘l 3! "y y . EE) Vilmington, BRADSTREET'S R OF WEEK. Evansville Birmingham Holldays Limit Business, hut Do Not¢ | Fall Tiver . Dentroy Confidence in Conditicus. | Little Rock . * NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Bradstreet's tomor- | Helena row will say: i h e Hollday obsercance and stock-taking | Akron . Umit new business, but do_not decrease | Wichita tisfaction and confidence. olesule ¢ Springfield, 111 ribution has been down to a minimum, | Lexington ... while retail buying, although satisfactory, | New Bedford teels reaction from previous activity. Addi- | Chattanooga .. tional returne as to 1%2 trade confirm | Youngstown *. earlier estimates of increases in nearly ali | Kalamazoo . lines of distribution and industry. Aside | F&TEO ...c..ooooins from this developments are scarce. Per- | Elnghamton haps the most notable features are the [ Rockfora . . strength of prices of staples, as the year | Canton .. 9l opens and the hopefulness as to the out- | Jacksonville, Fla...... look for next spring and summer's trade, | Bpringfield, O. Chester s A QUIBRY -5 soossbeessii] Bloomington ..... Sioux Falls .. One unfavorable feature fs the continued shortage of anthracite coal in the east. Reports of Increased trade in 1902 over 1901 continue to come from nearly all north- ern, —eastern, southwestern and Pucitic | Jacksonwille, 11 coast points.’ Examples of this are given | Fremont ... in the cass of Kansas City, which despite | {Houston .. {Galveston { tColumbus, O §Wheeling . | {Witkesbarre the corn shortage of last year and the win- ter wheat shortage of this year shows a ne in in all trade over 1%1. The same report tomes from St. Louls. Chicago re- orts jobbers having more orders on their ooks ‘than in previous years; that 3,000,00 tons of pig iren was made or handied in that district during the year and that Chi- ©eago banks hold 8 per cent more of de- posits, while loans are 14.5 per ceat more than at the beginuing of 1902 The outiook for 1902 on the Paclfic coast was almost unanimously favorable, The largest busi- ness ever done was transacted at Portland, Decatar Utlea ....... Greensburg, Mansfield . Totals, U. §.. | Outside New York Ore., last year and Ban Francisco rerorts | Montreal ... 12.507.187).....| 16.0 the condition of growing crops excellent. Toronto 12ER.58 1.4...... At New Orleans the outlook is classed as | \Vinnipeg 4481.000| 199 fairly good, but Montgomery reports 1802 | Hallfax not atiefactory as 1901, owing to the | Vancouver, B. shor! tton yleld. Atlanta reports that | Handlton manufacturers are doing well on wn in- creased output and banks are making good At eastern points it Is noted by Erom ‘hiladelphia that the textile trades were Canada. iNot Included in total because contalning other Items fhan clearings §Not included in fotals because of no comparison for last year. TROUBLE IN PLEASURE CLUB~ Get Out Restraining Order from Court Again Members Secre- tary Meyers. “No. 173 Pleasure club,” voluntary and | unincerporated, is troubled with an internal disturbance, as a result of which Judge Dickinson of the district bench has issued au order restraining J. J. Meyers, the soclety’s secretary, from enjoying its bene- fits or disturbing its program of dances at | | the Creighton haM, Fifteenth and Harney | streets, pending & hearing in the suit next Friday. G. W, Newman, A. G. Gibson, M. Gibson, | Willlam Jordan, J. G. McLean and Heury Rasmussen, the plaintiffs in the sult, allege | that on September 1, 1902, the club leased | | the Creighton hall from W. R. Morand for | | one year, at a rental of $75 per mionth for | { the first ten months and $25 per month for | | the last ‘two; also that on December 24, though the club was prospering and was | treating him well, Meyers went to Morand, | told the latter the club was going to the bad, surrendered the lease and secured a | new lease for himself, having Morand de- | stroy the old one on the spot in order that | it might not be put In evidence. | On the strength of these alleged facts | | the plaintiffs ask the court to make Meyers | surrender his new lease to the club, three generations ago mean! rare wld Souny Brost maé - peod M |BAXTER APPOINTS SHERWOOD cheer.”* This is true foday. The S distitiers’ reputation 3 at stake BROC ou every drop of Sunny Brook ha! leaves their warebouses. Bot Ardlicialty Agad, Flaversd o Colornd. ¥y dubetecives cheiaial processes. W 0N WSTILEN 08, Iettereos Cosaty, Ky. TUNNY in Old Kentucky iff Then Takes Oath to De Proper Things Durlng Ensuing Year. It is assumed that through the new year all the district court bailiffs will be re- tained, but as yet George Sherwood of Judg Baxter's court is the only one to be form- ally comiissioned. Judge Baxter signed and filed yesterday his appointment of Sherwood to serve until January 1904 Sherwood, 1n order to make the transac- tion complete, then swore to uphold the constitution of the United States, take good | nastum floor and in the gallery above | cooler; track hea OMAHA WINS FROM LINCOLN Local Y. M. 0. A. Basket Ball Team Basily Victorions. LOSING TEAM COMPLETELY OUTCLASSED Seasoned Players on Home Team Have Little Difficalty In Seoring, but Play Fast and Brilliant, Outclassed from the start, the basket ball team of the Lincoln Young Men's Chris- tian association was defeated by the loca! team in the assoclatlon gymnasium here last night by the overwheiming 34 to 12. The visiting quintet nearly so strong as the one which reprc sented the Capital City assoclation last winter, and, opposcd as they were to the strong veteran Omahans, the strangers never had a lookin from the first whistle to the last. The Lincolnites were younger weaker, slower and less experienced than the seasoned locals, but they played a hearty game from the start, never faltering in the face of certain defeat A late train delayed the visitors in their arrival somewhat, so that they did not get into their togs till long after 8 o’'clock and was not the blg game did not commence tili 9. As a preliminary meanwhile the second team of the local association played the High school team a game of two fifteen-minute halves, with a five-minute intermission The second team won by 18 to 9 in a snappy contest When the big card of the evening was finally cdlled a large crowd of spectators was gathered in the end seats on the gym- fin- thusiasm was rampant the opening whistle sounded, but it did not take three minutes to expose the discrepancy in the teams and the result was never in doubt after the first ten minutes of play Play Was Fast as and Flerce. Six points in each half was all the vis itors could score. Meanwhile the locals rolled up thirteen the first half, playing carefully. In the second half they let go a little, knowing they were safe, and added twenty-one more. Although the play was the officlals, and there were no injuries. Every man lasted clear through and the condition of the playeis seamed excellent At the end of the ten-minute intermission they were fresh and strong as ever and finished the match in good wind and form. “Uncle Gus” Miller, captain of the local team, was a prime favorite with the crowd and he, with Jardine, the other forward, and Hanson, the center, threw four fleld goals each. The most remarkable ones thrown were accomplished one each by the two guards, the Willard boys, who landed the ball in the basket from positions and Hammill of the Lincoln succeeded in making two field goals, but no other member of his team found the basket for two points. Meanwhile Miller was very weak on landing goals from the foul line, he scoring on only four of six- teen (rials. Hagensick did better, making eight points in this way out of. sixtcen trials. The summary: OMAHA-34, | Captain team 12-LINCOLN. Jardine .. L. F.|R. F.... Hammill (C.) Miller (€)..UR KL P, . Hagensick Hanson i€ eeennns Fleld C. Willard. L. G| R.C G. Willard R. G| L. € . Matson Goals from fleld: Miller (4), Jardine (1), Hanson (4), Hammill (2), G. Willard (2), C. Willard. als from foul line: Miller, 4 out of 16 trials; Hagensick, 8 out of 16 trials. Fouls: Matson (6), Willard (), Gutting (5), C. Willard {(§), Jardine () Field (1), Hagensick (3), Hansoh (3), Ham- mill (2)," Miller. Referee: Nelson pires: 'Jones and Ryan. Timekeeper. Monahan. Scorer: Pentland. Time of halves: Twenty minutes. PUBLIC UNFORTUNATE AGAIN One First Cholce at Ingleside Track Gutting Realizes Anticipations of the Speculators. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2—Ballroom Belle was the only favorite to win at Ingle- side today. The weather was cold and the track muddy, especiaily on the inside. There were several close finishes, Ballroom Belle and Preskano both landing by narrow mar- gins. The last named was a “good thing and beat Bernotd a nose. Burns on Grey- fleld carrfed Axminster incw deep going in the fifth race and but for that the favorite would have won, Results: First race, Futurity course, selling: 3 of Hilo, 105 (Burns), 6 to 1. won; Torlll: (Minder), 6 to 1, second; Angelino, 106 (Bull- man), § to 1, third. Time: 1:15 Ben Magen, Nona B, Esternell, and Corfila also ran Second race, six furlongs, selling: Ripper. 101 (Reed), 3 to 1, won: Andrew Sing, 108 (Birkenruth), 6 to’s, second; Tammany, 109 9se Intrepido (Burns), 8 to 1, third. Time: 1:19. Ante, Indiana’ and Walter P also ran. Third race, seven furlongs, selling: Gold One, 107 (Carson), 5 to 1, won; Star Cotton. 109 (Minder), 4 to 1, second: Illiloun, 16 (Ransch), 3 to 1, third. Time: 1:32 slon, Dwight Way, Baintly, Castine, John and’ Lone Fisnerman also ran. Halnette left at post. Fourth race, one and one-sixteenth mile, selling: Ballroom Belle, 105 (Clelly), § to 1, won; Quatre, 106 (Waterbury), 6 to 1, sec- ond; Gus Lanka, 104 (Birkenruth), 4 to 1, third, Time: . 1:11. Leasch, Balver and Stunso also ran Fifth race, one mile and seventy yards, selling: Greyfeld, 108 (Burns), 4 to 1, woni Expedient, 108 (Ransch), 8 to 1, second; Ax- minster, 110 (Bullman), § to 5, ‘third. Time: 1:49%. Constellar and Larry Wilt also_ran, Sixth race, Futurity course, selling: Pres- tano, 108 (Minder), 7 to 1, won; Bernato, 110 (Bullman), 8 to 1, second; Matt Hogan, 113 (Burns), 8 to 5, third. Time: 1:15. Ting-a- Ling, ldogo, Muresca, Jim Brownell and Educate also ran FAVORITES HAVE A GALA DAY Only Two, Inspector Shen and Barbara Freltache, Come in Under the Wire Too ate. NEW ORLEANS, Jan, 2. and Barbara Freltsche were the only beaten favorites today. Weather clear, Results: First race, flve furlongs: (O'Nell), 7 to won; Glorfamundi, Booker), § to 1, second; Brush By, I fern), 4 to 1, third. Time: 1:064-5. Selg. Woodmont Belle, Offset, Vienna, Sweet Nell, Neapolitan and Patrice also ran Second race, selling, six 'urh)n,i Alpaca, 102 (McCafferty), 8§ to 6, won; Flora Levy, @ (Wishard), 2 to 1, second; Jim Kin (Fuller), 4 to 1, ihird, Time: i:24 4 War Cry, Mies Shanley, The Hronze Demon, Polly Bixby, Crutchfield, Alinz, Sue Johnson and Prince Herman also ran. Third race, seven furlongs Ben 106 (Murphy), 6 to 1, won; Robert G % (H. Preston), % to 1, second; 164 (H. Booker), 10 to 1, third. Time: 1:35 4-5. Insclence, Liet:tenant Woods, Inspector Shea, Masterful, Spere and Doctor McNally also ran. Kaloma left at post. Fourth race, seven furlongs: St Tam- many, 100 (Davison), 13 to 5, won; Belvino 108 (Hoar), 4 to 1, second humida, (Preston), 3 to 1, third. Time 1:33 4 Aurle B, Bedlam and Barbara Freitsche also ran Fifth race, five and a half furlongs and Garter, 104 (Hagerson), 5 to 2, Glennovis, 112 (Creamer), 1¢ to 1 Pirate, 100 (A. Hall), 15 to 1, third. Tim 1:11 45, Welcome Light, Doc Woods, An- seiger, Flambuoyant and Daddy Bender also ran. . Sixth race, selling, one mile and a toenth: ' Fake, 108 (Otis), 11 to B, Elizz Dilion, % (Helgerson), 10 to 1, second Bean, 108 (Bcully), 7 to i, third = Time: Blue Ridge, Compass. Charles Ram- sey, Bwordsman and Atheola also ran Inspector Shea Tioga, 110 116 (H 5 (Red- Frost Lansin, Malster, Star won; six- von; With the Bowler, H. D. Reed, W. W. H Reed were defeated on pight by M. R Huntingt rtley and A. C lark’s alleys last m, Herman Bes care of all juries intrusted to him, keep the ice pitchers full; the janitors sober, the re- porters informed, the public excluded and the other baililt awake, WHISKY! iin and W. H. Emer ore 3d. 4th. Sth. Tot Huntington 158 W 1T s Beselin 518 18 Emery 165 159 198 Totals W e s 2d. 3d. 4th 5th Hartley 1018 18 1w 12 score of | in fierce at times, it was well controlled by | distances that seemed well-nigh impcssible. | Um- | 101 | Fausturo, | Mis- | T | &G Reed 156 149 168 120 138 7 | H. D. Reed 172 U8 177 151 152 86) | Totals 92 405 478 480 460 2404 |OLD SOLDIER ON LEASING ITnIu-l Declded Stand Awainst the | Cattlemen's View of the Proposition. E OMAHA, Jan. 2.—To the Editor of The | Bee: While I understand there is a grand jury ot the United States in session In the federal bullding (having a recess for a few days at present) which it is gen- erally understood is taking evidence ‘n these alleged fraudulent Fomestead entries | by certain negroes and soldiers’ widows, also the cattlemen’s fencing in of govern- ament lands, with a view to say whether ite judgment Infringements of the law have been made, and if so bring in “true bills” of fndictment against them, the very interested parties—the fence builders—have not had the patience to wait and see what the grand jury had to say on the subject, but are doing cverything possible to make | the world believe they are being very | much maligned, and that in compelling | them to pull down their fences, fencing in large tracts of land which do not belong | to them, a very unjust thing will be done. I guess the bulk of us know their little | game. The gentlemen of the grand jury, you may rest assured, read the newspapers, and are not likely to skip anything bearing on the qucstion. The proper thing to have | done would have been to have waited for | the grand jury's verdict without any at- | tempt from the outside to bias its judg- ment efther one way or the other. I would | have preferred this, but I don't see why, {now that the public is beiig treated—in my judgment—to some extent a one-sided view of the position it should not also have a view from another side. from newspaper reports and otherwise |1t is well known the grand jury has, with | ]mu assistance of (he distr@t attorney, called for evidence from the cattlemen, the soldiers’ widows, the local land officials, Colonel Mosby Mr. Lesser (the special and ex-special land office agents from | Washington), and I think the public in- | terest is safe in the hands of the twenty- | three good men and true forming the grand | dury, which is probing the matter to the | bottom. {1 will not attempt to go Into the whole | thing from the beginning to where it is now, although much tempted to have my | | views brought out as well as others, but | will content myself with simply referring | very shortly to one or two things. An at- tempt has been made to throw discredit on Colonel Mosby, but without harm to him, 1 guess. He is the accredited servant of the government and it is well understood held in high esteem for his sterling honesty, in- tegrity and fearlessness, and it is well | known his reports are held In high respect | by such men as the president and others | Who will “hew to the line, let the chips fall | | where they may.” He knows what he is | | about, and these men referred to know the | {lay of things perhaps as well as he does. It is well known Colonel Mosby would pre- | for that instead of congress being asked to | carry through an act to leasa these grass lands in large stretches miles and miles in | length and breadth for the bemefit of the cattle kings to have a measure making it lawful to allow homesteaders to zcquire a certain number of sections to a moderate amount and thus enable men of small capi- tal to establish homes in the state and strengthen not only the state in which they | | live, but the whole nation. The extent of land for each homestead could be easily fixed by suryeys made by competent men { With reference to, quality of land, water supply, etc, The scarcity of water is much exaggerated, and for a purpose, besides a Breat deal of this grazing land will ulti- | mately become irrigated land and be more valuable than much ‘of that novw looked upon as being our best sgricultural land. This progression is going on all over the world. To carry out what the cattlemen want In the way of leases is to hinder the | growth of the country both in wealth and | population, and ghould be strenuously op- | posed. One other point In your last Sunday's esue you represent C. J. Greene, tho cat- | tlemen’s agent, as saying: ‘““There are laws | | governing the entry of land by the w'dows | and orphans of soldiers. As we understand | the laws they glve these parties the right | to make entries and to secure patents with- out the entryman residing upon the lands | entered acd that from the time they make | entry until they come to make final proot | they have the right to deal with the land as they see it.” He further says: “The department places another construction jvpen the law.” I am not surprised the department does! The wonder to me fs that any man of any Intelligence would construe the law as he does. Ths law reads as plain as day that a soldisr must £0 on his homestead the same as any other homesteader, but is allowed to count off | from the time of settlement the time In the but never more than four years, maklng It compulsory that he must live on the land one year previous to proving up. It does allow his widow, If he has never settled on the land previous to his de- ccase, the right to prove up without ever living on the land—a wise provision in such a case, for seeing they hsd never gone onto the land previous to his decease, it might prove a hardship for her to go on then to make it hers. The law makes no | provision, however, for.a soldier's widow whose husband had not filed for a home- stead to file in her own name and never reside on the land, but the very opposite. It says she cau fle and under the same conditions that her deceased husband was under had he filed for a homestead. It Mr. Greene can show me the law where it reads as he says it does, he would very much oblige, AN OLD SOLDIER. | GRANTS SOME MORE LICENSES | e Board Will Hear Protests at Session to Be Held Tues day. The following licenses were granted at the special meeting of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners yesterday after- | noon: Max Flothow, 1406 Farnam stree! Fred H. Krug, 4013 South Thirteenth, 4024 North Twenty-fourth and 914 North Six- teenth; Fred Krug Brewing company, Tenth and Jackson; Albert Krug, 414 South Fif- teenth; Heory Rohlff, 2669 Leavenworth; Harding Distilling company, 1303 Faroam, and Willlam Jetter, 1202 South Thirteenth, 901 Jackson and 412 South Thirteenth. No further business was transacted, owing to Carl C. Wright belng called away by @ telegram announcing the probable fatal fliness of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Russell, at Glenwood, Ia. The hearing of the protests against the granting of licenses was postponed until Tuesday, on which day meetings will be held at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and at 7:30 In the evening. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA| Obarter Revision Committee SBuggests Doub- ling Membership of Qouncil. BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BE REDUCED Miss Anna Fitle, Park School, Principal of Brown Dies Suddenly— tock Exchange Dis- | ses Sitaation. Live C It was reported on the streets last night that & number of the members of the char- | ter revision committee favored the election | | ot twelve councilmen. This would in- | crease the number from one representative | from each ward to two. When the question of expense Is brought up it is stated that the salaries now pald, $50 a month to each | member, could be reduced to one-halt that | amount and thus maintain twelve members instead of six. Those who favor an increase in the num- ber of councilmen assert that the opinion of a dozen men is better than that of six { and that more work can be performed and | better eatisfaction given by having two representatives from each of the wards On the other hand, some of those who favor an Increase in the number of coun- cilmen met last night and talked over school board mattere. These same men fa- vored a reduction {n the number of mem- | bers of the Board of Education. An amend- ment to the present laws Is to be sug- gested, 80 it was stated last night, that the number of members of the Board of | Bducation be reduced to seven and that the | eecretary of the board be an outsider. The | 1dea Is to have a secretary who will devote all of his time to the dutles of ths office At present the secretary is a member of | the board and recelves a salary of $50 a | month. i Sometime next week there will be a gen- eral meeting of the charter revision com- mittee, when the amendments suggested | will be read and voted on. It w'll then | Dbe up to these who desire a change in the existing laws to provide ways and means for sending a committee to Lincoln to properly present the matter to the legis- lature. Death of Miss Anna Fitle. The announcement of the death of M Anna_Fitle, principal of the Brown Park achool, was u great shock to her many friends in this city. The immediate cause of death was peritonitis and the death cer- tificate has been issued to this effect. Miss Fitle was taken {ll on Wednesday and im- mediately went to the home of Dr. Hoa- tetter, Sixteenth and Nicholas streets, | Omaha, where she was a frequent visitor. When Miss Fitle seemed to be getting worse Dr. Hostetter called in Dr. Hamil- ton, but in spite of all their efforts the woman dled. The remains. are now at Brewer's undertaking rooms and the | funegal will be held on Sunday. Frank Fitle, father of the deceased, came up from Lincoln last night to give directions about the funeral. Want Residents in the southwestern part of the city are anxious to have the street car lines extended so as to take in Corrigan addition and fthe property south. It is| caserted that this section of the city s | bullding up rapidly and that a transporta- | tion line is badly needed. A meeting of | the Southwest Side ImfProvement club is soon to be held, at which the matter will be discussed and a committee aprointed to walt upon the officerss of the street railway company with a request that n southern exteusion te the present Q street line be made. ive Stock Exchange Meeting. A meeting of the South Omaha Live Stock exchange was held yesterday afternoun. There was an unusually large attendance | of members on account of the question of | sclicitors coming up. At the present time | and under the existing rules three so-| licitors are allowed each commission firm | doing business at the yards. Some of the larger firms object to this rule and desire to have he limit taken off. There was a long discussion over this matter of eo- licitors, but mo action was taken, the en- tire matter being deferred until the next meeting. An election of officers of the exchange will be held on Monday, Jan- | uary b. | Working on Condults, Yesterday bricklayers were working on the tpree manholes, making connections ines Extended. with the conduits being laid by the electrft light company across M street. This work was commenced some time ago, but the cold weather put a stop to the operations. While the conduits are laid, the manholes have not been completed. With a few days of soft weather the work will be done. There has been some delay about getting the cables for the conduits, but a report has been received herc that the cable has | been shipped. The big transformers will not be moved to the basement of the com- | pany’s plant here until the cable is lald I under M street. William Montgomery Dies. Willlam Montgomery, aged 77 years, died | at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. E. | Mack, 3410 K street, Wednesday, Cancer | was the cause of death. Funeral bvrvi(‘nu; over the remains will be held at the Baptist mission on Sunday forencon. Interment | will be at Fairview cemetery in Counchl Blufts. The deceased leaves a wife and six children. Friends are Invited to attend the funeral services. Magle City 6 wip . A. Bennett of Hornice, Ia., Is visiting | Dr. Wheeler and family, Stephen Flynn of Laurel, Neb., is in the | city, the guest of friends. | Knoxall council of the Royal Arcanum met fast night and Installed officers 'C. A. Melcher is at Atlantic, Lu.. visiting | relatives. He is expected home today A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs John' Anderson, Twentieth and Harrison Vs heeler of Fairfield is here, tl V! Wheeler of Fairfleld is here, the e B brotner, " Rev. Dr. R L. g lcahy dled yesterday and vi ulcahy led yesterday and !u‘::;ulul.e‘rvdlce“n will be held today at St Agnes' church August Papez fs figuring on grading down the 1ot Bt the southwest corner of Twenty Afth and L streets | James L. Paxton, superintendent of the Union Stock Yards company, is back from 4n extended western trip, | The street crossings In the business part of the city were swept yesterday by th street force in anticipation of a freeze C. C. Coffeen plead gullty to a charge ¢ disturbing the peace {n poiice court yester day afternoon and was fined 35 and costs. Frank E. Jones, city sanitary inspestor writes from Harvard, Neb., that his mother i is still alive, but littie hopes are w given by physiclans for her recovery —— Yankton Left in Durkness. YANKTON, §. D, Jan. 2.—(Special Tel- egram.)—The explosion of the main steam wrecked it badly and left this city in dark- was ness. F. O'Neill, one of \he employe SELECTS OFFICIAL PAPERS City Council Adopts Resolution D ng The Evening Bee » Ou At & special meeting yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock the city council designated The Bvening Bee and the World-Herald as the official papers of the city for 1903, and a resolution to that effect, drawn in due form by Assistant City Attorney Adame was adopteds badly burned by escaping steam. It 1 days to repair the plant —— Marriage Licenszs. Marriage licenses were lssued yesterday to_the following | pipe 1o the electric light plant last night | | | | | Name and Residence. Age John C. Anderson, Omaha......... 2% Flosste 8. Gilbert, Omaha » Morris_Gross, Omaha Rosa Motz, Omaha Edgar A. Tullls, Omaha............c..o.s Eisie K. Poulton. 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