Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1903, Page 7

e e THE MPLEMENT DEALERS MEET \nnual Convention Nebraska Western Iowa Aswoiation. end JERY LARGE ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED lesslons Will Begin at Sehlitz Hall Tuesday Afternoon, When Reports of OfMcers and Committees Will Be Heard, The Nebraska and Western lowa R Implement Dealers’ assoclation will o its annual conventicn at Schlitz hall, In this city, this afternoon at 2 o'clock and beside that meeting will hold morn sessions Wednesday and Thursda It is now assured that this will t largest tonvention ever beld by this sociation, and it la expected that the at- tendance will exceed 760. There will be a number of distinguish:d rzembe kin dred organizations, among wh b F. K. Allen of Craig, M national federation The present officers of thie organization pres of the are: H. P. Shumway, Wakefield, Neb. president; Nell Brennan, O'Nell, Neb., vice president; N. L. Maloney, eecretary and treasurer, and Gus Babson, Soward, Neb. and L. J. Blowers, David City etors. The visiting delegate: will b> entertained at the Commercial club Wednesday even ing by the local jobbers and manufacturers of Implements. The program of this afternoon con- slsts largely of the reports of officers, but will include addresses by visiting members of the pational ORGANIZED LABOR Annual oela n AFFAIRS Election of Central Labor Union s Set for Jan- uary 16, The annual election of ofcers of tha Cen- tral Labor union will oceu uary 16, and for the first time in three years the rival factions have not opemed a campaign at least a month before the election. The fail- ure to make an open fight for candidates s said to be because the faction equally balanced that neither c make an aggressive fight. W the clalist members are in an apparent minority when it comes to an open vote they oft win out when the vote is secret election of officers is soclalists are better organi opponents, and it would not be su; to see them elect a number of the offic are so near n afford to 80- by sec It is reported to the members of the Street Rallway Mcn's union that the com- pany is not to allow the members of the bridge line to join the organization without 8 contest. Members of the union this morn- ing sald that two motormen and two con- ductors had been off duty for two duys and that later it was found they were on the bridge line talking to the men employed there trying to secure promises from them that they will not join the Omaha union. While the bridge line was under separate organization the Omaha union was not ac- tive in its efforts to secure membership trom the employes of that line, but since the merger these employes are desired. WANTS HIS COMPLAINT HEARD 4. D MacRae Brings Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Into Court. Now cometh John D. wrought up in soul, them that are of t Police MacRae, much and maketh trouble for Commissioners of the city of Omaba. Judge Baxter, giving ear unto his prayer, has caused to be sent fcrth an order that the commissioners shall be brought before him on the seventeenth day of the month which is called January and shall then make clear certain things, fail- ing in which they shall have to reopen the matter of the license granted Charles Metz for one certain vineyard clolsier at 2705 Leavenworth In his aMdavit MacRae maketh it to ap- pear that he owneth residence property within ome block of the saloon site and that on the 15th of December, and in due time, he did flle a protest against the granting of sald license, but that the board did make the said grant three days later | without giving him hearing and with only a merrie and lightsome ha-ha for his protest Hence he now demandeth that the joke be turned and the court compel the board to st again and listen unto him CUTICURA SOAP The World's Greatest Skin Soap. The Standard of Every Nation of the Earth, Salo @reater Than the World's Profuct of Other Skin Soaps. Sold Wherever Civilization Has Penetrated. Millions of the world's best people wse Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Olntment, for preserving, purifying and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening aud soothing red, rough and sore hands, for baby rashes, ftchings and chafings, iu the form of baths for annoying irritations and in- flammations, or too free or offensive perspirution, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and many sana- tive, antiseptic purposes which readily B feu themselves to women, espe- clal y mothers, as well as for all the purposes of the tollet, bath and nur- sery. Cuticura Soap combines delicate emollient properties derived from Cuti- cura, the great skin cure, with the pur- est of cleansing lngredients and the most refreshing of flower odours. No other medicated soap ever compounded 18 to be compared with it for preserv- ing, purifying and beautifying the skin, p, hair and hands, o other fo elgn or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and pursery. Thus it combines in ove soap at one price the best skin and complexion soap and the best toilet and baby soap ever vompounded. Sale greater than the 'orhlul roduct of ull other skin soaps. Sold in every part M ihe civilized world, Board of Fire and | i | | WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHAR"Yi g and election of of r, Daughtirs of n, was held yester- the audience room of th nd was largely at tion of ¢ was resulted as follows: Re- Webster; vice regent Lobingle % secretary | rs. G. K. Strain; correeponding secretary | Mrs. Sarauel Rees; tremsurer, Mrs. H. 8. Jaynes; re Mrs. J. S. Stubbs; his- orfan, Mre. H MacMurphy; chaplain, Mrs. R. M. Stevenson ing delegates to the contl ngress to be held in Washington ., In February were elected. Mmes. C | 8. Lobingier, A. K. Gault, R. N. Stevenson | Mildrel Plerce and J. R. Key. The marking of Fort Calhoun and the securiug of a flag for the battleship Ne- braska were reported as accomplishments of the last year. Mrs. Angie B. Newman of the Lincoln hapter was endorsed by the Omaha chap- ter for vice president in gemeral from Ne- braska. In the past the chapter has held its meet- ings at the homes of the various members and it was decided to engage a club room at the Winona as a meeting place for the coming year, also to make the meetings more soclal in the future. It was recommended that the study of the histcry of Nebraska be continued dur- Ing the next year and that the study of the Loulsiana purchase as it concerns Ne- braska be taken up in addition. After a threc-week suspension of club | work there was manifest enthusiasm among | the women at yesterday afternoon's meet- ing of the Woman's club, and halt an hour before the me ng was called to order the congregated in the adjolning room to exchange club gossip and discuss matters. The mecting was Dot es- peclally large, however. Mrs. Cole, the club president, sald that the recent report of the treasurer » condition of the club's finances there been several saxious inquiries as to members had the probable result, and assured the women that there was no need for especial con- | cern, as the club had been in a worse con- Qitfon financlally two years ago. when It hed come through without embarassment, and (hat the $80 reported as a surpius in | addition to the reserve fund would be fent this year. Four new names were reported for mem- bership and fifteen visitors were present. As chairman of the constitution commit- Mrs. I. R. Andrews asked that the h Interpret article vill of the bylaws, which reads “Vacancles in office shall be filled by persons appointed by the execu- tive committee, to serve until the next annual meeting.” There was some dis- agreement In the committee as to whether the office of vice president was really cant in case of the vice president’'s suc- cession to the presidency, or whether it then ceased to exist. Considerable discus- referred back to the constitution commit- tee with instruction to ascertain the rules in_other organizations. The philanthroplc committee reported having called upon the county commission- ers and submitted the resolution of the club asking that a woman be appointed to assist in the Investigation of we county charity cases. | In view of the wide interest in pure ods, it was voted to extend invitations to the members of several organizations of the city to attend the lecture to be given under the nuspices of the club on the even- iug of January 29 by Mr. Perkey, president of Oread institute. A letter was read from W, H. Woed of | torical soctety, asking the club to exert its | influence for the reform of the police | courts, but this was referred to the depart- | ment of political and sacial science. After an intermission of five minutes the afternoon's program was taken up, It being supplied by the departménts of natural | sclence, Bible study and the study of the | primary principles of law. Mrs. George Tilden, leader of the last-named depart- | ment, gave a paper on the aims of that department, followed by a vocal solo by | Mrs. L. R. Hypes. Mrs. J. H. Dumont | leader of the Bible study department, pre- sented the aims of that department, Mrs. A. P. Ely following with a solo. The nat- ural history department was represented by Mrs. C. S. Lobingier, who gave a paper | on “birds.” Mrs. Lobingier read this paper | betore cne of the sessions of the Los An- | geles Biennial last May, where it recelved most complimentary attention from the Los | Angeles press and was a source of pride | to the entire Nebraska delegation. This i the first time that she has given it here and it was heard by a most appreclative audience. The January meeting of the Nebraska Ceramic club was held yesterday afternoon in the Commercial club rooms, a falr at- | tendance being present. Mrs. J. C. Mor- | row acted as leader. “Flgures” was the subject of the afternoon, Mrs. 8. C. Lund, Mrs. Hood and Miss Edith Sandburg being the exhibitors. [ciry OFFICIALS ARE CITED | Judge Read Wants to Know Why They Have Disobeyed Order of Court, Judge Read of the district bench has cited the mayor and the councilmen of Omaha to appear before him January 7, at 110 o'clock, and show cause why they should | not be legally spanked for disobedience of an order and contempt of the court that | made it The citation is made upon the informa- tion of Attorney J. W. West, as counsel for Alphonse Metzger. The latter is shown to be the holder of a judgment against the city, originally given Fannle Croft and now amounting to $§74.66. He further re- lates that last October Judge Read caused to be issued & writ of mandamus to com- pel the council and mayor to direct the city comptroller to draw a warrant upon the general fund for this amount, but that the writ has been held in contempt | | FAKE HAIR PREPARATIONS Do Hair No Goed, but Often Cause it to Fall Out. Many hair preparations are “fake” be cause they are merely scalp irritants. They often cause a dryness, making the halr brittle, and, finally, lifeless. Dandruff is the cause of all trouble with hair. It is a germ disease. The germ makes cuticle scales as it digs to the oot of the hair. where it destroys the hair's vitality, caus- ing the hair to fall out. To cure dandruff the germ must be killed. “Destrey the cau you remove the effect.” Newbro's Herpicide s the oply hair preparation that kills the dancruff germ, thereby leaving the hair to grow laxurlanth Reope blic Sehools. The pubile sck city were re- opened yesierduy afier the holiday jon of two weeks wrd the sumed Without any mark «d ¢ ditions. Miss Grace Edwaris of the Mason school. and Mies Mary W oloptt of the Du- | pont school are beth cblixcd to be absent by reason of il Mivs Thercsa Traey of the Saunders school has been called away because of ‘he death of her mother. Miss Mary McMaster bas been granted jeave to g0 to ldaho to attend the wedding of her stster. on followed and the matter was finally | Calhoun, a correspondent of the State His- | | | | \ OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY JANUARY 6. DISAPPEARS WITH HER BABY Maud Cooper Thereby Complioates Oase in Judge Read's Oourt. LAWYER MURPHY HINTS AT PERJURY Production of the er of the 1 Court After He Had Been Reported Dead Starts nvestigation. Wl the colored domestic who left Judge J. M. MacFarland’s underclothes dangling on the line in bis back yard last Monday after- noon kindly return at once and make a lot of very desirable explanations to the judge, and incidentally to several other people, a to who she really is and when she ceased to be somebody else? It she will, the in- cident of the unfinished washing will be forgiven. If she won't, there's no telling what Judge Read will order done to her, tor Henry Murphy of South Omaha stands before the bar sternly demanding justice and $150. About three years ago the domestic gave an infant son into the keeping of the Child Saving lostitute. Shortly afterward she agreed that he should be given permanently to John Salis and wife of South Omaha, at the same time signing & statement that the child’s name was Kenneth Cooper, that her name was Maud Cooper and that her hus- band, the child's father, was a Jobn Cooper, who died August 9, 1901 A few weeks ago she announosd that she wanted her black baby back and Judge Mac- Farland undertook the case because, he said, the woman had been a faithful em- ploye at his house and was deserving. She produced in court an ebony-tinted gentle- man who indifferently asserted that be was the father of the boy and her husband. At- torney Murphy, for the Salls foster parent asked the man how it happened that his wite had sworn he was dead, and he an- swered that he had been in St. Joe. Judge Read, considering this & very sufficient ground for such assertion, concluded that there was nothing wrong in the case and gave the child to the Coopers because the father's claim was unaffected by any re- lease the mother may have signed Seeks Some Information. Attorney Murphy wasn't satisfied and sald so. He began to pry around for proof of perjury, and wrote down to Hannibal, Marion county, Mo., where the Coopers sald they were married, to learn !f there ever had been a license grantea them. He was informed there had mot. This made Judge MacFarland uneasy and he did some corre- sponding himself with the same purpose. He told the faithful Maud what was doing and had her on the carpet to make explana tions last Monday. A London fog could not be more dense or confusing. When he got home from the office that evening Maud had taken to the tall and uncut verdure with her baby, learing the tamily washing just as 1t was when the judge first mentioned the legal doings. The corpulent attorney immediately searched the adjacent bushes and the house of col- ored people at Twenty-eighth and Harney with whom she had acquaintance without reward, and yesterday he had to come into court to make answer to Murphy's mo- tion for a mew trial with his hands in the air. Murphy's proofs from Missourl were not, technically, correctly verified, however, and the hearing went over until Wednesday. Murphy is demanding for his client, John Salls, either the child or $150 for past trouble in caring for it. FIND LIMIT OF INGRATITUDE Members of the County Insanity Com- mission Make an Interest. ing Dis very. Members of the county insanity commis- slon are of the opinion that they have en- countered the limit of ingratitude. Last week & South Omaha policeman took in charge one Andrew H. Wilcox of Guthrie Center, Ta. Andrew was collecting baling wira In the alleys for the purpose of tying the Missouri river in its proper channel. He had no money and his return ticket had lapsed, 8o the board sent word to Guthrie Center that he would be forwarded there if the relatives he claimed to have would send money for transportation. Saturday Ris brother, owner of a farm sald to comprise more than 300 acres of good lowa soll, drove to Omaha from Guthrie Center to get Andrew. The brother had brought jus dime with him and one of the insanity com- missioners gave him a dollar with which to get a dinner for the two before they started back to Guthrie Center. After the meal Andrew and his grateful brother went to Deputy County Attorney Magney and asked that the state begin proceedings against the insanity commission for unlawful de- tention and robbing Andrew of $10,000 they alleged he had been carrying about in bis pockets. INVESTIGATION OF HOSPITAL Part of Inquiry Will Be Conducted by Commissioners at the In- stitut! The Board of County Commissioners now Proposes to have part of the investigating of the alleged bad conditions at the county poor farm and hospital done at the ipsti- tution itself. The hearing will begin Tues- day morning in the board's chambers at the court house, and then the commission- ers, with all the witnesses who will go, will adjourn to the hospital and there proceed with inmates and custodians. The next meeting of the board probably will be Wednesday night, when the year will close and Commiesioner Ostrom will retire. Thereafter there will be no “‘board" | of commissioners until the orgmaization, January 13. Who {s to succeed Ostrom permanently will not be koown at that time probably, as it Is mot thought the Lobeck-McDonald contest case can be so soon disposed of, the answer of McDonald having been filed only this noom, but Me- Donald will be seated temporarily. The chairmanship of the board still is in the air, but it is said that Hofeldt is gradually giving way to pressure brought to bear to have him take it. Will Do All This for You. Dr. King's New Lite Pills puts vim, vigor and new life into every nerve, muscle and organ of the body. Try them. 25¢. Fer sale by Kubo & Co. MARKET BUILDING TROUBLES Another Dificulty Erectin te Overcome im Structure on C 1 Avens In the construction of the new market house, which has already presented several unforseen and expensive dificulties tending to demonstrate the unsuitability of the middle of a street as & bullding site, a still further obsiacle, which will entail still fur- ther expense, has now been disclosed. When excavation for the north foundation wall of the main portion of the structure was in progress it was first discovered that the water main occupled just that portion of treet which would be required for the wall and would therefore have to be re- moved. This was provided for by the city the council at an expeuse of nearly $500, and -l:nu a fow days later a new source of addi- tional expense appeared In area of soft earth which would Decessitate deeper ex- cavation than was first planned. The cost of this extra work was estimated at $300 or $400. Now It has been discovered that the gas main runs along the line se- lected for the south wall of the bullding and must therefore be removed. This will en- tall a still further expense of several hun- { dred dollars. SAY ASSESSMENT Owners of M test Al IS HIGH Motel Property Pro- t Increased Valu- ation. Among the protes inst the current sment which will be urgently pressed before the city council when it meets as a board of equalization is one from the own- ers of the Millard hotel property, which has been increased $10,000 from the final ad- justment of the assessment of last year, the difference being entirely In the valuation placed upon the building. The building is assessed this yoar at $90,000, whereas the valuation placed upon it last year was $80,- 000, although like all other property in the | city It was assessed at that time upon only 40 per cent of that value. The real estate 1s assessed this year, as last, upon a valua- tion of $87,000. The increase is explained by Tax Commis- sloner Fleming In the statement that last year the bullding was owned by persons who merely had a lease upon the ground, and that it has always been customary under such circumstances to assess improvements at & less valuation than in cases fn which the land and Improvements are owned by the same person. At the present time the bullding and land are both owned by the P. J. Sorg heirs. One of the Messrs. Sorg called upon Tax Commissioner Fleming yesterday, ac- companied by W. L. DeChant, eastern at- torney for the estate; Charles M. Harl, an attorney from Council Bluffs, and J. E Markel, manager of the hotel. These gentiemen stated to Mr. Fleming that they ) would protest the assessment as un- reasonably high amd that an option had, recently been given on the hotel property to prospective purchasers at a price ma- terially less than the amount named In the assessment. BURGLARY DREAM COMES TRUE Storekeepér Has V1 Somethin, The quecrest “‘squeal” recorded at police headquarters for some time, and in which a dream is said to have materialized into a true happening, is reported by H. E. Fredrickson, who runs a store at the cor- ner of Fifteenth street and Capitol avenue. Fredrickson relates that while he w slumbering last Saturday night he had a vislon that hie place of business was belng looted. The strangeness of his dream caused Fredrickson to sleep lightly until Sunday morning, when he went down to his store and made a thorough Investiga- tion. Nothing was found to have been taken and he returned home. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon he again returned to his store and found that several phonograph stands, speaking horns, 300 phonograph records, besides several machines, had sud- denly disappeared, and that the loss of the property caused a depreciation of the value of his stock amounting to between $500 and $600. Mr. Fredrickson says that he found the back door of the etore unbolted and be- AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA 1. B. Smiley Asks Oity te Take Load Off of Him. SCHOOL CENSUS PROVES TO BE PADDED Financial Live Stoek Exch xe Elects for Ensuing Year—Liquor Opposc Fire and Police Board. OMmeers Men One of the teatures of last night's council meeting was the claim of J. B. Smiley In this clatm Mr. Smiley asked the city to reimburse him for $71.13 which has been charged up to him by the clerk of the district court. The reading of the claim reopened for the moment the old Catherine Driscoll case, which w pposed to have | been settled some time ago by a decision of the supreme court. When the claim was read Member Welsh of the council sked for a few words from Smiley. Mr Smiley stated that be, with John O. Owens, had been requested to eujoln the city from paying the Driacoll claim, the understand- ing being that he was to be at no expense. As the supreme court finally declded agaiast the city, Smiley is stuck for the costs, as Owens {s now a nouresident. The council seemed to take little stock in the claim, but as & matter of courtesy the communica. | tion was referred to the finance committee | and the city attorney. Next in order came a lengthy petition favoring the appoiutment of Clark Howard as stock examiner. The petitioners re- quest that an ordinance be passed creating the office of live stock examiner, the duties of this officer to be to prevent the sale of cattle not In fit condition for food. Fur- ther, the duties of this Inspector shall be to act in a humane capacity and see that all animals are properly cared for, etc This petition for a stock inspector is signed by the Union Stock Yards company, all of the packing companies and a majority of the commission firms doing business at the yards. Welsh made # motion that the prayer of the petitioners be granted. When put to a vote all members present voted in the afirmative. Mayor Koutsky did not state at ‘the meeting what he would do about the matter. Then came up the matter of city print- ing. O'Connor offered a resolution declal ing that the Nebraska Democrat be desi nated as the officlal paper of the city. This was carrfed. Adkins and Smith ex- pressed regrets that they could not vote for & good local republican paper. This action on the part of the couneil practicglly shut off the opening of bids for city printing, as the next motion was to return all bids to bidders unopened. A building at Twenty-sixth and O streets | was declared to be in bad condition and it was ordered condemned by the authorities At the suggestion of Queepan, a free building permit will be issued to the An- clent Order of United Workmen assocla- tion, now erecting the bullding at Twenty- fifth and M streets. After some bills had been ordered paid the councll adjourned for one week. Padding School Cen Last summer the Board of Education, acting In accordance with the laws, ap- pointed a number of enumerators to take the school census. Last night at the regu- lar meeting of the board eome question about this census came up and an investi- gation followed. It was discovered that the returns had been padded to such an lieves that during his Saturday night trade persons secreted themselvés in the store and accomplished thié burglary after he kad gone home and was dreaming. He also says that about two years ago he suffered the loss of 3800 worth of his stock trom burglars' visits. MAY CUT PRICE OF GLASS Rumor that Central Selling Associa- tion s Likely to Be DI continued. Omaba dealers in plate glass are con- siderably members interested in the meeting of the of the American Plate Glass as- sociation in Chicago next week. The as- coclation is the selling company of the vlate glass manufacturers and maintains an office in Chicago, from which all sales are apportioned among the manufacturing companies in proportion to their capacity. Practically all of the manufacturers are members of the association, but it is said | that there s & possibility that the asso- ciation will be dissolved by mutual consent. According to a local dealer, the trouble is with the larger concerns, which do ot observe the terms of the agreement, and one of them fs accused of running the as- sociation regardiess of the rights of the smaller concerns. It is predicted that should the agreement not be renewed there would be a destructive rate war pre- cipitated, which will drive the price of plate glass lower than it has been in many years. LOCAL BREVITIES. 0. J. Johnson of Btromsburg is in the city attending the convention of the implement dealers. At the meeting of the Monday club yes- terday A, B. Walker discussed the subject of “Christian Literature in the Home." May Morrison, Mving in South Omaha, was arrested in th ton store vester day afternoon on the charge of shoplifting. Patrick Kane, formerly an employe of CIt Wise, sues the latter for $1,000 because he sprained his ankle when he descended | into & conduit junction hole nine feet deep November 1 last The fire department ran to 136 Dougla: street yesterday evening to extinguish a 30-cent fire in the rear second-story room occupled by Mrs. Curtls. A bit of washing hung near the stove became too dry At the annual meeting of the Board of Trade yeserday John 8 Brady, E E. Eruce and W H. Koenig were elected di- rectors for the next three years. The di- rectors will meet at 4 o'clock next Mondey to elect officers for the ensuing year. Michael Queenan asks 3,20 damages from the city of Omaha, the Estate company and Parsons & Kiene because of injuries all to have been sustained when he fell over some loose bricks on Douglas street west of Twelfth street No- vember 15. The jury impaneled by Coroner Brailey to determine the cause of the death of Eimer Mcintyre, who was killed while ccasting down the Willlam street hill 8un- day, rendered a verdict Monday afternoon ! that death wi cldental. No blame was attached to anyone. Mrs. Ogden, who rooms at 48 North Fourteenth street, met a man of preposess- ing appesrance on_ the streets yesterday evening and took him to a place at 15 Davenport street, where they spent a merry evening. When {he prepossessing stranger departed he unkindly took Mrs Ogden's new jacket with him Frank Wilson of Plattsmouth and Fred Dorn of 310 Douglas street will be sus- piclous characters to the police until an understanding is reached In regard to an overcoat which was taken last night from the Elks' lodge room. The prisoners are suspected of having taken it and Wilson is sald to have tried to sell the same on North Bixteenth street. According to the divorce titlon of Car- rie E. Perrin her husband, lillam E., has been going to bed occasionally with hi ciothee, his boots and his other “habit on; has whipped her with a hea .t has cursed her and has squand Swn ‘earnings and her inheritance, fore she prays not enly ivorce, but the Ciatody of their two Asughters and son. Judge Day has granted Christina Kluge divorce from Charies; has ordered that thelir child Gladys be In the custody of the mother, with the father restrained in- terfering; that the thres other children be In ‘the custody of the father. with the e B that the def ¥ attorney’s extent that an Investigation may be held In the First ward the padding, serted, amounts to 108 puplls; in the Sec- ond, 463; Third, 319; Fourth, 88; Fifth, 127; Sixth, 69; total, 1,174 The truant officer has been unable so far to locate these children. In some cases he has found that the mames turned In by the enumerator were those of old women, others were in the graveyard, while still others were found to be at work in the packing hous Each enumerator re- celved 8 cents per name and it appears that the work performed is In no ways reliable. Julla Carney was appointed principal of the Brown Park school in place of Ann Fitle, deceased. Resolutions were passed respecting the | death of Miss Anna Fitle and these will | be forwarded to the family. George Parks was awarded the contract for the heating of the Lowell school. Ths cost will be $2,085. Bills for typewriter rental and for repairs to Lincoln school were allowed, and the board adjourned for a week. | Exchange Officers Elected. These officers were elected by the South Omaha Live Stock exchange at the annual election yesterday: D. 8. Parkhurst, presl- dent; R. Gilehrist, vice president; W. H. | Dudley, S. L. Degan, W. E. Reed, directors for three years; W. B. Vansant, D. B.| Olpey, P. T. McGrath, W. A. Higgios, | Frank Chittenden, committes of arbitra- tion; J. G. Martin, C. C. Daly, M. R. Murphy, H. F. Hamiiton and H. F. Carpen- ter, committee of appeal Delegates Chosen. At ;. recent meeting of the Plattsdutchen vereln these delegates were chosen to rep- resent the local order at the convention to be held at Papillion on Saturday, January 10: Pred Stroch, J. H. Oest, Fred Stilling and Uloot Koll. Along toward the latter | part of the month the local verein will giv an entertainment, for which preparations Grading operations on the southwest cor- per of Twenty-fifth and L sticets com- menced yesterday. It will take the re- moval of 8,000 yards of dirt to put’ this property to grade. Dan Hannon has tho contract and bhe will waste the dirt in the | hollow near Twenty-ffth and F streets. When this srading is completed August Paper, who has purchased the property, will put up two or more frst-class dwell- ings on the site St Pay City Treasurer Howe was still busy yes- terday taking in money from taxpayers who should have gotten in before January 1. In all instances delinquents were mads to pay interest at the rate of 1 per cent | a montb, as the law compels the treasurer to make such a charge. While the bulk of the 1902 taxes have been paid in, stlll quite ap amount rcmains out. As soon as there is & suficient amount in tbe treas- ury a warrant call will be lesued. & Taxes. Charington Arrested A, EA4 Charington is in jall again, this time for cutting Ira Mills on the right hand with & knife. A state complaint bas been filed against Charington, in hopes that the courts will put him away for a time, as be ie considered & constant nuisance in South Omaba. Pending a hearing, which is to come up some days hence, Charington will be held a prisoner at the city jall. The complaining witness is also being taken care of. mportant Meeting Today. An important meeting of the members of the South Omaha Liquor Dealers’ asso- ciation will be held this afterncon at the ball, Twenty-taird and N streets. It is uoderstcod that the question of a fire and police commission for South Omaba will come up. An official of the asscciation #aid last night that be did not see any pe- cessity for & pald board to contr.! less than two dozen policemen and less than & dozen An the city | There’s noth- ing so bad for a cough as = coughing! There's nothing so good for a cough as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral ! 1 am sure there i Do medicl firemen, especially as each member of the board would naturally expect a salary. It is understood that the Liquor Dealer soclation will oppose the appointing of a fire and police board as- “Rattlesnake Pete” Here. W. L. Liddlard, better known i the west as “Rattlesnake Pete,” has been spending a couple of days in South Omaha with triends. He dropped into The Bee office yesterday afternoon to see an old-time ac quaintance and sald that he was living now in the “only country Willlam is 1o cated on a ranch fitteen miles from Cody, which, he says, s the only country worth living in—that is for a man born and bred in the west. Cody Is in the heart of the Big Horn basin and quite a number of South Omaha people own property up In that vicinity. “This property,” ald Liddiard, “will be- come valuable before many moons and then people will be rushing in there.” While esterday Liddlard was J. J. Hurt, the guest of Colonel known sheep raiser. Magle City Gossip. Thomas Hoctor has gone to work in the county auditor's office. Miss Kittle Clark of Creston, Neb. here, the guest Mr. and Mrs. Miller Members of Mayflower hive, No. 29, La- dles of the Maccabees, will give a review Wednesday afternoon at the hall. There will be dancing in the evening. The Christlan Endeavor society ~will hold a social and business meeting at the home of Miss Myrtle Keefer. 620 North Twenty-third street, this evening FOREMAN ASKED TO REPAY Owen Brothers Say Jasper Niday is is Owing Them, Owing to Overcharges. raflroad construction con- tractors, have commenced suit in distriet court against Jasper N. Niday, formerly a foreman of theirs, whom they accuse of collecting from them $340 for about worth of work. They bave secured also an order restraining Niday and John A. Dono- hoe, a former policeman of Omaha, from commencing sult against the Union Pacific rallroad, pending & hearing set for January 17 before Judge Read In the petition it Is related that Niday sublet some Union Pacific work near Valley to Donohoe, assuring the Owen brothers hat Donohoe was a competent grader with a tull equipment of teams and implements; that on the strength of this assurance the firm paid Niday, for Donohoe, $940 during the progress of the work; that subsequently a member of the firm inspected the work and discovered that it had progressed only about $300 worth and Niday bad formed a temporary partnership and were having the work dcne by inexperi~ enced day labor. The firm cut off the pay and Niday and Donohoe are then announced an intention ot bringing an undetermined amount. ers wish this suit prevented, as they con- tracted to protect the rallroad company from legal trouble by reason of the grading, and they wish also to make Niday repay the difference between the amount advanced and the value of the work done. Small Forging Industry May Be Com- pletely Revolutionized by It. an {mportant factor in the manufacture of revolutionize that industry. cam principle is employed, und it is this that adde speed to its blows. The new hemmer 15 a decided improve- ment over the old wooden timber beam, which was constantly breaking. The form of the cam has many advantages over its predecessor. It lifts *he hammer from the steel, or plece that is being forged, with greater speed, thus giving & fluer textur: or grade, to the stee. it requires two- thirds lese power to lift the hammer, The stroke of the hammer it made to clof y resemble a hand hammer stroke-a (hing long sought for in power driven ma- chines. the | well 300 | that Donohoe and | said to have | suit against the Unlon Pacific company for | The Owen broth- NEW TRIP HAMMER INVENTION| A new trip hammer, invented by Henry | Littlefleld, an employe of the Maliphant | Ax company of Indlanapolls may become | axes and small forgings and will doubtlees | The chief fea- | ture of Littlefield’s invention is that the | thereby lessening the danger of breakage. | Other advantages claimed for the invea- | A cough means a great deal to a young person, when there is a family history of weak lungs, with perhaps a case of con- sumption itself. Coughs weaken the tissues, congest the mem- branes, and prevent healing. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral controls the congestion and inflammation, and the cough disappears. Your doctor will explain, for we give all doctors the formula. 4. C. Ayer Oo., Lawall, Mane, i o e A oeicie T Sqoal " Se ke FOAEADE, Avplers, Kiah (%6 toanion tion over other hammers is that the inl- tial cost will be smaller than the old style. The space occupled is less than that oc- cupled by the old helve hammer, and the chanccs of breskage are much less than heretofore. The cost of repalr and loss of time in forge shops will be considerably reduced. The invention, for which & pat- tent has been applied, ia protected by a thirty-day “cave,” which will be renewed until the patent is granted. Tho inventor 1s a brother of Dr. Little. fleld of Alexandria. At present he is em- ployed as a blackemith in the forge shop of the Indlana Fdge Tool works, owned and operated by the Maliphant company. The plant will be absorbed by the tool | trust, when Littlefield’'s invention will | probably be used In all the factories owned by the corporation. The inventor has become prominent by | several inventions of great value to the cdge tool trade, but has always been un- fortunate in beink “euchered” out of his patents by men with more money than he posscssed. His latest invention, which is attracting much attention, is well protected, and it Is probable that this time Littlefield will reap the reward of his genius. The model has been found to work satistactorily. The | Maliphant plant will be the first to use ft. —Indlanapolis News. MAKING OF MAGIC MIRRORS Something About the Used by Clever Swindlers and Mystic Magle! truments The aphorism of Baroum that the publie loves to be humbugged finds illustration in the success of the oculists in this coun- try who sell “maglc mirrors” to credulous individuals for §5 and §10, which cost one- | tenth those figures. | Some of those charlatane have called the {law to thelr ald to protect them from | rivals, or it may be to add prestige to their merchandise, as several of the mirrors are, or claim to be, covered by letters patent, copyright or trade marks. The mirror makers can justity their call- ing with precedents numberless. The be- | liet that a bit of bright metal or glass could be so charged by the black art that it would reflect in visible form the invisible things or beings about us, is as old as civilizatica. Egypt and Babylon, Persia and India, Japan and China have made and | used these occult instruments from early times. Those which are made in the far east possess qualities which at ope time | were puzzling, but which, when the secret | was discovered, were found ingenfous util- fzation of optical laws. The simplest 1s the Japanese lucky mir- ror, a fair model of which the writer saw in | a Broadway shop a couple of days ago. | This is a flat plate and handle made of a metal resembling steel. One side is so | highly burnished that it reflects as well as the best silver-backed looking glass. The reverse is chased in low relief with figures of vines, birds, clouds and ideo- graphs or talismans. When employed in the usual fashion it does not differ from an ordinary mirror, but when & large besm of light is thrown upon it and reflected upon 3 dark wall or celling, in the re- flected circle appears a luminous face, | 1deograpi, or other figure. The result is | secured in the original weldlng or casting of the mirror, when a plece of metal of different composition, shaped like the figure | 1t 18 to produce, is fused into the circum. Jacent ma: A similar effect is produced in silvered mirrors by just laying on the reflectl character In one kind of tin fofl of the same appearance, but different reflecting qualitq. Akin to this style of work are the maglc lacquers which at certain oblig angles disclose figures and lines which age invisible when looked upon at right angles to the lacquer's surface. Oddest of the | Orfental mirrors are those set at the bot- tom of a cylinder or truncated cone, whose surface is waved or undulating. The base reflects in ordinary ner; the sides in such fashion to produce foc! or toeal circles at various points. From one poimt of view the looker sees & faint balo abcut | bis face at the bottom of the cylinder: from & second point & misty human face | alongeide of his own; from a third & face looking at him through his reflected eyes. The principle which underlies these odd images s the same as that ueed by Cooke and Maskelyne in London in producing | their “ghosts, d seems to have beea em- | ployed with great skill by Cagliostro in the eighteenth century.—New York Post. Every show welded and rolled t sheet of metal. The Jas. Boss Case is a Solid Gold Case for all practical p The Stiffening strength and durability. The is guaranteed for 25 years by the largest watch case makers in the world, who have been makin mark stamped you one. telling the whole story. Gold Watch Case is made of two layers of Solid Gold with layer of Stiffening Metal between intoone solid sim ;‘m use Metal it for a full half century, ase has the Keystone trade- inside. Ask any desler to Write us for & booklet Boss