Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1903, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1903. SCHOOL LANDS FOR LEASE Btate Offers to Iuvx Property in This- teen Different Oounties. MAKING BOOKKEEPING SYSTEM UNIFORM At P Present Each State Institation @ System of Its Own Whith Makes Settlements Diffi- eult, (From a Staft Correspondent.) «INCOLN, Aug. 2.—(8pécial)L-The land commissioner has school lands vacant in thirteen counties, and these will be for lease after this date. They are located in Banner, Cheyenne, Lancaster, Deuel, Lo- gan, Perkins, Kimball, Keith, Hooker, Hitchcock, Gage, S8heridan and Sloux coun- tes, and are described #% foliows: Banner County—Nw and n% se 36-20-56, 340 acres; appraised value, % cenis; rental | value, §7.30 per year on entire tract Cheyenne. County—Ne 16-12-50, 160 acres, st $1; rental per year, §5.60. Nw ana s4 16-20-80, 480 mcres, at $4.5,; rental value, 3§72 pet’ year for entire_tract. Deéuel " County—Nis 36-2-42, 320 acres, at W cents; rental vaiue per year, $9.u. Gage County—Lot 9, block 4, 16-2-7, @ acres, $30; rental per year, $3.6). Lot 1, Block 8,637, 1 acre, §5; yearly rental, 2,10, Hitchcock County—N% ahd ni4 s 16-2-34, 478.27 acres, ¥ per acre; rental per year, $14.78 for entire tract. Hooker County—Nis ne 16-23-34, 80 acres, | per year, $2.40. 8w 1i- , 8t 5 cents; ren 23-84, 160 acres, at §; $19.20 per year rental 13-38, 80 acres, value . §14.40, Keith County—Wi nw at $3; rental value per y Kimball County—Ne 16-13-66, 160 acres, at 1; rental value, $0.60. ne and s% se 16-12- | 7, 240 acres, at b0 cents; rental value per ear, §7.20; Wik & nih se 16-12-21, 400 acres, at 30; rental per year, $24, or $31.20 for the entire section. Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 M 16-12.50, 1238 acres, at & cents; §1.T7 rental fof year. Perkins County—Nw 36-10-3, 160 acres, at $2; rental value per year, $:9.%0. E¥% nw and nl% sw & sw sw 36-11-85, 200 acres, at §2; rental value per year, $24. Bheridan County—Ne ne 16-3-42,. 40_acres, $3; rental value per vear, $7.2), Nw na| 16-33-42, 40 acres, $3.50; rental value per year, §8.40. Sl ne 16-33-42, 80 acres, $1.50; rental value per year, $21.60. Sloux County—Sw nw 16-33-57, 40 acres, at 60 cents; rental value per year, $1.2). Logan County—Ne and sely 35-50-25, 480 §efe" Bt 25 cents; rental value per year, Lancaster County—Lot 5 in nw se 3-9-6, acres, at $315; rental value per year, '%5. Lots 48 and 19 in sw se 36-9-6, § acres. 8t $40; rental value per year, $12. Lot 22, 2% acres, at $20; rental value per year, $3. Lot 18, block 46, at $5; rental value per year, 8.60. Lot 16, block 47. §23; rental o per year, $1.60. Lot 10 block 193, $250; rental value per year, §i5. Lot 4 block 195, $225; rental ~valie per ye §3.60. Lot § block 1%, $228: rental value per vear, $13.0. Lot 1, block 232, $i76; Tental value per year, $10.80. Lot 2. block 22, $150; rental value per year, §. Lot 6 block 267, $5; rental value per year. 3 cents. Lot 3, 4. block 216, at $ | each; rental value per year, 30 cents per lot or $1.20 for entire year. The rental must be pald for the last half of 1903 and the first half of 194 to the county treasurer of the county in which the land is located. A fee of 50 cents is charged for entering lease contracts of record In the office of the commissioner of public lands and buildings. New System of Bookkeepin Acting on the belief that a better and uniform system of bookkeeping for the warfous state institutions would greatly simplity the work of examination of ac- counts, Chief Clerk Mickey of the gov- ernor's office has prepared a draft of a new combination system which will be used hereafter. In the past each Institu- tion had its books kept In the style of the man in charge, and often there was trou- ble about making the balances correspond. Instructions have been sent to all of the bgokkeepers in all the fnstitutions to meet in Lincoln at the execttive office on Sep- tember 9 to confer upon the matter. In. preparation for that meeting there has been drawn a sample page of a combina- Horrible " torture ( children ‘Thousands of Mothers, every night, watch the fevered unrest and the awlul torture their babes and children undergo when Rashes, blotohes, pimples and nnm;' oy appear on their little bodies and faces. Immediately they imagine the child's blood Is impure or poisoned, and begin to dose an already over-worked stomach with and ious drugs, when as a matter of fact the disease {s not in the blood, but solely ia the skin. Stop and reason for yourselves! If the disease is carried in the blood, why do pot those sensitive organs, the Heartand Lungs, through whick all the blood of the body passes, become diseased, the same as the Skin. Don’t dose the stomach! - Treat tho skin. ‘Thess Rashes, Blotches, Pimples and Breakings out are given the general name of Eczema The lich King. It is purely and simply a local diseass and eatirely confined to the Skin, and ia Bo instance is it the resuit of impure or poisoned blood. This disease is caused by thousands of little germs which barrow into the outside skin and their ravages there result in the sores, the firey itching and burning sensations experionced by sufferers from this disease. The only suc- cessful treatment for ECEZEMA is by Externaler Loca! Applications. Qur confidence inthe D. U, D Remedy So many astonishingly effective and per- masent cures have been made by this wonderful Skin Disease Remedy (Lhe D. D. D. Prescription), that we are absolutely convinced it will conquer any and all dis- eases of the Skin and Scalp, Wo back this assertion with ouy guarante ‘Those who are iaterested in this subject are inviled to call at our ‘store and ses actual photographs cf many ruplo cured of thess seemingly incurable Skin Discases. tion ledger, at the top of the pages of which will appear the amounts of the various appropriations and the name of the fund. Beneath will be columns for the entry of the date upon which & voucher is filed for draft against that fund, the name of the party, the name of the institution, and the number and the amount of the voucher, the number of the warrant Grawn In payment of it, the date and amount of payment, the total amount of the appropriation expended and the balance of the appropriation. By this systerg whenever it is discovered that the balance of the appropriation left unex- pended does not correspond to that shown in the books in the auditor's office an im- mediate investigation and adjustment may be easily made. Expenses of Candidates. Four judiclal aspirants filed certificates today showing the amounts expended by them iIn secuging their nominations. Judge John B. Barnes of Norfolk certified that his expenditures were $16.60, of which $16 was for headquarters at a Lincoin hotel and 50 cents for letters. Albert H. Bab- cock of the First district puts his expense at $21.45, and George I. Wright, nominee for supreme judge on the prohibition ticket, | declares that he didn't spend a cent. Arrest Three Milkmen. State Food Commissioner Thompson Med complaints in Justice Risser's court today charging three local milkmen, Willam A. Sprong, W. J. Lansing and Wil Francis, with selling and oftering for sale adulter- ated milk. The food commissioner says that on August 20, samples of milk were obtained from the dairies of these three parties which upon analysis were found to contain formaldehyde in quantities not yet made known. Similar samples were also tested from all of the other milk depots in the city and prosecutions are likely to be instituted against some ten other deal- ers whose milk supplies were found adul- terated by this drug. Some of the milk was also skimmed, as well as being doped with the poison. There were some of the milkmen actually surprised in the act of selling pure milk. The law provides a | penaity of from $25 to $100 for each offense in the sale of aduiterated or skimmed milk. Seeking a Reversal. An appeal has just been filed In supreme court by Robert Trumbull, a lumber dealer of Minden, from the awarding to his sis- ter-in-law, Viola Trumbull, the sum of $1,00 for allenating her husband's affec- tions. The woman in the cass was for- merly Viola Martin. She had been a resl- dent of Minden for the most of her life up to the time she was 26 years old. She was a milliner and had accumulated some $700. In the summer of 1901 she became ac- quainted with Oscar Trumbull, kept eom- pany with him for some six months and was urged by him to wed. It also appears from testimony on file that while he was 2, the impetuous lad was but 19, accord- ing to the testimony of Robert Trumbull, who was his older brother and his guar- dian. After he had long petitioned her { for her hand she at length concluded to marry him. In September of that year she went to Hastings and secured a po- sition In a dry goods store, where she earned $12 a week. ‘One Sunday morning in October Oscar hied himself from Min- den, where he had been employed In his brother’s lumber yard, to Hastings, where on the next day they inflicted a surprise upon thelr acquaintances by being married They were tendered the usual attentions by thelr acquaintances among the features of which was a serenade Ly the band of the Adams county metropolis. The de- fendant is charged with being the cause of the subsequent separation of the couple. FREE METHODIST CONFERENCE Meetlng at Yutan Assigns Pastors in Nebraska for the B Year. YUTAN, Neb., Aug. .—(Special)—The conference of the Free Methodist church has just made the following pastoral ap- pointments for #he ensulng year: Rev. W. W. Bruce, district elder for the Lincoln district; the dity of Lincoln, to be yet sup- plied; Yutan and Bethel, to Rev. O. L. Barnes; Wahoo, Mount Carmel and Bright Star, to be served by Rev. T. W. Rutledge; Nebraska City, by Rev. L. B. Barnes; Te- cumseh and>Table Rock, by Rev. L. E. Dally; Wymore, by Rev. I C. Grabill; York and Low Prairie, by Rev. R. F. Johns ston. Rev. E. Ballenger was left without appointment for a year. The Omaha dis- trict was also given to Elder Bruce, with Rev, B. E. Hatfleld at Omaha, Rev. F. J. Atkinson at Blair and Loretta L. Thoma: as the supply at La Platte, F. W. Quess the suuply at Loulsville and Weeping ‘Water and William McEifresh supply. for Fremont, Arlington and Elk City. Rev. J. A. Finch was appointed elder for the Norfolk district, with Rev. M. Hart- sock at Norfolk, Birch and Meadow Grove, and Miniile A. Beers supply for Concord, St. Peters and Norrls, and Fairview and Clay Ridge, Inman and Page to be yet sup- plied. The same elder hes also the Butte distriet, with Ttev. A. 8. McClure at Butte and Riverside, Rev. L. M. Poft at Mount Zion, Bonesteel and Naper; Rev. E. Dillon at Newport and Kirkwood; Rev. T. B. Wil- son at Mills, Shilo and Lake View: Rev. H. Allgar at Sandy, Ray and Leoni; David E. Powell supply at Lynch and Gross, and Adnsworth and Mayflower to be yet sup- plied. Mad Dog Seare at Holdrege. NOLDREGE, Neb., Aug. 26.—(Special)— This community is considerably alarmed over a mad dog scare. Eight or nine per- sons have been bitten, and five of them, Mrs. C. A. Hedlund and her three children, have gone to the Pasteur institute, Chicago, for examination, and Mrs. D. 8. Palmer has taken her son there also. It is expected that this examination will show whether there is really any foundation for the state of alarm in which many persons here are at | present. About six weeks ago a litter of pups belonging to a citizen was attacked in the night and one killed and another wounded—probably bitten By a dog. The injured puppy dled soon after, and later the remaining thres showed signs of sick- ness, although they had not been hurt The owner had the city marshal kill the mother of the litter. The three surviving pupples bit seven children and a woman be- fore they were killed. The pupples were about three months old. The result of the examination In Chjcago is awaited with great anxiety. Fire at Plerce. PIERCE, Neb., Aug. ¥.—(Speclal Téle- gram.)—The third fire that has happened this year broke out in the bullding occupled by Milior & Berger, who have a general merchandise store. The firm carries Insur- ance tothe amount of $.600 on the stock, which, it is sald. will cover the damage sustained. The citizens are all pleased with the work done by the fire company, even those that were the most skeptical now admitting that the water works is & good thing. . Chance for Big Corn Crop. COLUMBUS, Neb., Aug. 4.—(Special)— E. M. Sparhawk, & successful farmer who lives on the Butler county line just south of the Platte river, was in town yesterday. In speaking of the crop prospects he said he had never had a better prospect for a bumper crop of corn than he has right now. He has been farming In this locality for thirty-five years snd should know what he is talking about. “Hold your frost off for two weeks,” he sald “and I will raise the biggest crop of corm ever,” TWO BUILDINGS GO DOWN Four-8tory Structures at Fourteenth and Donglas Osllapss, Starting Fire. NO'LIVES LOST AND, ONLY ONE HURT Work of Lowering Floors of One Onuse of Accldent—Other Bulldings Im, With a rumbling crash which could be heard for blocks around, but fortunately preceded by premonitory signals, the brick store bulldings Nos, 1409 and 1406 Douglas street collapsed at 8:40 yesterday morn- Ing, falling towards the dividing walls between them. Fire broke out In the east gide of the, ruins, but was soon under control, ard | was extingulshed without serious difti- | culty, Though a number 6f persons were In cach of the bulldings, all save one escaped without physical injury of any kind, a workman named Jack Morrisey recelving a light cut in the’head from a flying brick. Constant drippings for years past from an fce-box in the grocery store in No, 1408 Douglas street is stated to be the cause of the bulldings collapsing, their falling, however, being hastened by alterations be- ing made In the bullding No. 1406 Douslas. The east buflding, occupied by H. J. Hughes' grocery store, was owned by ‘A. J. Hanscom, who purchased it about five years ago from Walter G, Clarke. It was four storfes in front, and for about two- fifths of the way back to the alley, 132 feet in the rear, where it was three stories. J. W. Robbins, the agent for it, stated that he could not speak authoritatively, but be- lieved that, following his policy of not holding any unimproved property which can be profitably improved, Mr. Hanscom, who now lives in Ne# York, will rebuild at once. . New Bullding to Go Up. The west building was stone-faced and three stories in height. It was owned by the Western Real Estate Trustees of Bos- ton. There was $5,00 fire insurance and 0% rental insurance on it. The McCague Investment company was agent for the bullding, and Mr. Charlton expresses the opinion that a new bullding will be imme- dlately erected on the lot. The Hughes grocery stock was fully in- sured. Robert Smith & Bro, who had conducted the grocery store for several years, sold [t out a few weeks ago to H. J. Hughes. Whether or not any fire insur- ance on efther buildings or stock fs col- lectible 1s an unsettled question, and one Which those most Interested decline to dis- cuss until the companies have stated their positioh. Hughes sufferéd the greatest “loss, the total on stock and fixtures being placed by him at $20,000. The value of the two bulldings was vot to exceed $25,000, if it would reach that figure, as both were nearing the end of their usefulness and plans to erect new bulldings on the ground have been made more than once. Robert Smith suffered a small loss on stock owend by him still in the Hanscom bullding, and Morris Brodkey also sus- talned a loss of about $200. The, damage done the two-story Kennard building on the corner and the Harbach bullding at 1407 Douglas street cannot be ascertained until the debris from the two collapsed bulldings is cleared away, but it is now thought it will amount simply to the cost of strengthening the walls, providing the owners do not decide to tear down the buildings and erect better ones in plane of them. Within a few minutes after the buildings collapsed all sorts of wild rumors were afioat, and notwithstanding the dashing raln an immense crowd collected around the ruins. It was reported at first that ten or more persons were in the ruins, and then the reports dwindled down to one spe- cific one, to the effect that a man and a woman had beep seen in the front of the grocery store and were burled In the ruins. But investigation proved them all incorreet; the last one originated from the fact that Michael Kiley, who gave the alarm, and Miss Helen Keller, book- keeper In the grocery store, were the last to leave it, and were not a moment too soon in doing so. The employes of the Omaha Tea and Cot- tee company, 1407 Douglas, were also warned to leave. As they did so several of the girls turned .around (a la Lot's wife), and were enveloped In a cloud of Qust, which hid them from view and gave rise to another rumor of fatalities. The east wall of the bullding, a two-story brick, was weakened by the collapse of its neighbors and may have to be rebuilt. The two-story brick bullding on the corner of Fourteenth and Douglas streets, occupled by Morris Brodkey's pawnshop, was also, it is believed, weakened by the shock, All of the buildings were old and of light construction, and the accident will result, it i3 belleved by those interested, in the erection of much larger and better build- ings upon the lot. Frank B. Kennard, who owns the corner, several years ago had plans drawn for an office building, and ne- gotlations were in progress for the pur- chase of the adjoining lots and the tearing down of the buildings which fell yesterday. The deal was not made, however, but a similar one is now among the probabilities. A kind and gentle Proviaence was hover- ing sbout Douglas street yesterday, for otherwise a number of lives would have been snuffed out in & moment and there would have béen many sorrowing homes in Omaha tonight. But sufficlent warning, though no more, was given, and save for the temporary fright of those who escaped and the anxiety of relatives and friends who hurried to the scene only to recelve good news, the damage was confined to brick and stone and easlly replaced edibles. Disaster Was Feared. For several dgys the workmen engaged in lowering the floor of 146 Douglas have feared that the bullding might settle or sink, though none anticipated the cat: trophe that came. But according to them they had noliced that the foundation wall on which rested the west wall of the one and the east wall of the other bullding had been injured to such an extent, and was 80 loose, that when one brick was removed a dozen others tumbied out. Upon the top of the stone wall, which was also washed and undermined, was an eighteen- tnch course of brick, put In a number of years ago when the floor was raised. In 1882 the upper storles of the two bulldings were added to them, and other changes were made, they having originally been two-story bulldings. Crackings of the walls were also noticed but It was thought by Petrie Bros., who had the contract for lowering the floor, and by W. J. Hislop, the superintendent for the McCague Investment company, that the bullding would be all right when the change were made. When, however, the plastering begun to slide trom the walis in sheets and the noise of straining walls in- creased, the alarm was given and the elght men in the lower floor and basement rushed out. M. Kiley, one of them, dashed into second and third floors, and finally by the roofs of the buildings. Detalls of the Disaster. Walter Hughes was the first of the grocery employes to take the ajarm of the Inpending disaster and warned his com- panions. He gone out, to get some- thing from the sidewalk when he was startied by someone crying from under the grating in front of the vacant buflding: “For God's sake let me out. She's going to fall.” The workmen In the basement had noticed the cracking of the walls and were struggling to get ont through the Iron grating. Young Hughes ran into the store and shouted the alarm. Most of those in- side escaped from the rear door, but Miss Helen Keller, the cashier, who was the last to get out, ran from the front door just as the crash came. She, however, reached the protection of the Brodkey pawnshop in time and was unharmed. Emil Wald, Marry Kerby and two boys, John Taggert and Jos Ponak, were the others In the store at the time. Mr. Hughes, and son Frank, and Miss Maud McMullan, had shortly before géne out to breakfast. Joe Epps was across the street at the time of the fall: “I looked around,” he said, “and there was a woman and a little girl right in front of the falling bullding. I involuntarily started forward and then everything was a cloud of lime dust and T could not see whether they had escaped or not.” Will Bryant, a walter hotel, was also a witness “Just when it was falling a woman came a-running out and got to the corner safely. A man came out of the place and a brick knocked him on the head. He fell, but got safe, t00.” This man was a carpenters helper named Morrisey. He had been out safely once, but returned and barely escaped the second time.” As soon as the clerks could be got to- gether (and after 1t had been ascertatned that none had been injured) they were sent to Gladstone's grocery store, a block east on Douglas, and began preparations for carrying on the business. “Mr. Gladstone has done everything he can for us,” sald Frank Hughes, “and we will be filling orders today. We want our patrons to know this and that they can be served as usual.” in the Millard Turns in Alarm, Officer Sandstrom reports that he turned in the fire and police alarms. He was walking his beat east from the doomed building and had.reached the middle of the his grocery stock, and other suits may be filed.” The building Inspector apent all day at the scene of the disaster, superintending the destruction of the dangerous walls that remained standing, and the collection of the debris, In order that they might not cause damage or blockade the street more than necessary, HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS Wrecked Structures Pro; tors ent Fac- the Dusiness and Socl Annals of Omaha. The two wrecked bulldings, 1408 and 1405 Douglas street, were directly and indi- rectly intimately connected with the busi- ness and to some degree with the soclal life of Omaha, and several old settlers re- called a number of incidents con- nected with them. The three-story bullding Ne. 1405 Douglas was the first stone front bullding in Omaha, and to It was moved the first drug store in the city. The store was started at 1110 Farnam street, where the Ploneer block, another of the old bulldings of the city, now stands, by Dr. Henry, who played a prominent part in local af- airs for a number of years. He was ac- cused of the murder of a man named Hollister down near the Platte river, where JUST BRCAUSE 1 vARD the Modern Paste Shoe Polish. A well-appearin wear & well-polish shoe polishing a 1tis quickly and e dauber and leather waterpréof, One box does it al hed shoe. rather th piied wit cracks, chi) meither aci keoeps he sho's looking net black, Tmanent gloss. A SHINJLA SHIN ishes. pol ahes whii Accept no Discriminatin unsalisfactory results tint to the shoes, will send it by mail postpaid, SHINOLA COMPANY, Rochester, N.Y,) Shinola Dewber and Polisber by mall M postpeld. “How fine my shoes look after six months’ continuous wear— SHINOLA woman, man or ehild must SHINOLA makes arden. ola nes instantly, makes d ene shine lasis & week. No liguid | are used, and there is consequent'v no soiling of the hands. The acids oralkali used in most shoe polishes cause a speedy destruction of the leathar, and and scales off. SHINOLA cont ins noralkali—it preserves the leather, v and gives them & is & BLACK BLACK 1n color and this fact distin guishes 1t from all other pol g _people know too well the s btained from the use of other ch give a faded black, gray or brownish substitute. Your dealer haa it Or we Large box toc., the two had a dlspute over a claim. The | jury on the first trial disagreed—it was the | first murder trial ever held in Omaha—and or the second trial acquitted Dr. Henry, who had, it may be remembered, been al- lowed his liberty on his own parole. He. was the only drugglst and doctor in the young city, and attended to business as usual during the daytime. At night he was locked in the sherif's office, and Uncle “BIll" Snowden recalls going to the office the night his daughter was born and ob- taining the doctor on his promise to return him, which promise he fulfilied. Later Dr. Henry, it is alleged, located a townsite out near Fremont where an Indlan village stood, and on representations in the east that the townsite was occupled by 60 to 80 people obtained a large stock of drugs and liquors, his two trials having ex- hausted his stock and cash. Dr. Henry started the Pioneer block with part of his new wealth and sold his stock of drugs to Jersey Tuttle, who in turn sold it to Baum & Martin, who moved it to the bullding which went down yesterday. Auctioneer Cuming was the next occupant next block when he heard the crash, and turned to find the street filled with a cloud of mortar dust. He ran to the box at the corner of Fourteenth street and from there sent a fire and police hurry call. “We had abbut $00 or $500 worth of goods stored In the place,” said Robert Smith of Smith Bros., who on July 15 gave pos- session to Mr. Hughes. “I think that they will be a complete loss, although we car- ried some fire insurance.” The Kennard building, which is occupled by Morris Brodkey as the Eagle pawn- shop below and a lodging house above, was somewhat infured along its western wall, of the bullding, using it from 1576 to 1882, when it became and continued up to the present the home of hardware companies. Himebaugh & Taylor put In the first stock of edged tools and were succeeded by the Omaha Hardware company, which in turn gave way to A. 8. Carter. Then the Dun- ning Hardware company occupled it and continued to do so until a few months ago. The trading stamp people who have been trying to galn a foothold in Omaha a short time ago took a lease on the buflding and it was being fixed up for them. It was In it that Frank B. Kennard, the particularly by water, but Mr. Brodkey sald that everything was insured. This bullding is still somewhat endangered by the walls standing above its roof, but ae- cording to Chief Salter these will imme- digtely be thrown down to a level with the Kennard building. This will also be done on the west side. Firemen Have Long Fight. The firemen were forced to keep a stream running for two hours on the debris at the east side, where the gas supply pipe for the bullding had been torn off and the gas lgnited. This was turned off later. At 9:20 o'clock the firemen under Chiet Salter plated & ladder against the roof of the Kennard bullding and with another ladder forced over upon the tottering end of the east wall, which eti)l carried aloft a bit of the cornlce stone and brick, and was ready to fall at any moment. Several of the firemen had narrow escapes from the brick of the wall as they punched it over. Workmen have been busy for about & week repairing the old Dunning hardware bullding. The building, which had been vacant for some time, was being prepared for the occupancy of the Stamp Trading company. Petrle Bros. had, been at work lowering the floor, but had no men in the bullding at the time of the collaps During the excitement, when it was at first thought that several persons had been buried, R. H. Keller, a brother of Miss Helen Keller, the cashier, made a commo- tion in an attempt to find his sister. He was naturally excited, and refused to stay back from the danger line, He was ai rested by Officer Sandstrom for disorderly conduct. The Omaha Tea and Coffee com- pany, which occupled the bullding to the west; has been closed until a careful exam- ination can be made of the wall It ls thought that the bullding is injured, and | the authorities wish to be on the safe side. WITHNELL BLAMES M'CAGUE Bullding pector Holds Agents of Bailding Respo! nd City Exempt from Suits, o reference to the responsibility of the collapse, Buflding Inspector Withnell said: “So far as I can determine from a prelim- inary examination the McCague Inv ment company is to blame. The outer walls and center party wall of the bulld- ings were but twelve inches thick from top to bottom. Laborers working under the direction of the engineer of the Mo- Cague company had removed the bricks to & depth of four inches near the base of the party wall, to lower the ground floor elghteen inches. These bricks were removed continuously along a horizontal space the width of the beams. My theory 1s that the welght on the wall dragged it down, weakened as it was by the inclsion at the base, one-third of the way through. The bulldings were -both old, having been | erected about thirty years'ago, and were flung together in the most filmsy manner. “On August 18 the council passed a reso- lution authorizing the bullding inspector to issue a permit for the extension of the window at 1406 Douglas street elghteen inches into the street. A representative of the McCague company had called pre- viously at the Bullding department to ob- tain this privilege, and had been referred to the councll. However, no permit was ever taken out from my office, elther for the extension of the window or for lower- ing the first floor. The ordinances require that this shall be done before work on repairs or construction is started, in’ order to give the building inspector time to make an inspection and rule whether or not the work shall be done. The permission issued | tor aistrict judges this year was equivalent | business men of York thanks for the en- by the council had no bearing other than to give additional authority in this par- ticular work. The transaction was made while I was out of the city “Yesterday af(ernoon a copy of the reso- lution was delivered at my office. This was the first Intimation that I had that work was to be done in this bullding. Late in the afterncon I happened to be walking by the bullding and noticed that work was going on. I stepped in and advised that a permit would have to be taken out. This morning 1 eame down to inspect the bulding, preliminary to lssuing the permit, as I had long known of its in- the grocery store shouting a warning, which was for a moment not understood. Others warned people passing on the side- walk, and there was a general rush away from the bufldings. As described by an eyewitness the bulldings fell from the bottom. That is the first floor frst gave way, followed by the ferfor condition. Just as 1 was enteripg the door a man rushed out, crying that the bullding was falling. 1 had arrived just In time to see it collapse. “According to the ordinances the city is not liable for damages in this case. I am informed that Mr. Hughes intends to sue the McCague people to recover the loss on glass man and capitafist, first entered the was for years known as the “Fuller cor- across the street on the northwest corner of Fourteenth and Douglas now occupied by a saloon. Just as its neighbor ran to drugs and hardware so the bulding 1408 Douglas has shown a preference for stocks of groceriés, Sam Megeath, and, succeeding him, D. Whitney, occupied it in early days as wholesale grocers and then it became and drug business, afterward moving to what | continued ‘until it_fell a retall grocery. Speculation as tq what eftéet, if any, the heavy stocks of hardware with which the floors of the one bullding and the also heavy stocks of canned goods and groceries with which the floors of the othér were filled for years may have had on the falling of them was indulged In by the old-timers, who recalled when they were among the largest and finest bulldings In Omaha. REPUBLICANS NAME JUDGES A. J. Evans of David City and Judge Smith of Aurora Are Nom- inated. TORK, Neb, Aug. 2.— (Special)—The fifth judiclal republican convention was held here last night and placed in nomina- tion Judge A. J. Evans of David City and Judge Smith of Aurora. There were four candidates seeking the nomination, and the contest, while vigorous, was triendly. Judge Holland of Seward, a candidate for the nomination, asked the convention to make the nominations by acclamation, which was carried unani- mously. Speeches were made by many of the delegates from different counties, who all agreed that a republican nomination to an election. A resolution was unani- mously carried voting the citizens and tertalnment, and more especially for the carriage ride about the city given the dele- gates in the afternoon. DAVID CITY, Neb., Aug. 26.—(Speclal) —The delegates to the judiclal convention at York returned home this morning en- thusiastic over having captured the r ination for Arthur J. Evans of this and Judge Smith of Aurora. Judge S, .h has only a limited acqualni.ice in this county, but those who know him speak most highly of his abllity as an attorney and jurfst. Judge Arthur J. Evans is an old settler of Butler county and is the oldest practitioner at the Butler county bar. He ™ ed as county judge for two consecutive terms and declined to accept the nomination for the third term. He is considered one of the best attorneys In this judicial district and well qualified to fill the position of district judge. In spite of the fact that Butler county is one of the strongest fusion counties in the state, Judge Evans was elected county attorney one year ago by a large majority. Evans and Smith will receive a large vote'in this county at the coming election. BUTTE, Neb., Aug. %.—(Bpecial Tele- gram.)—Butte give Hon. W. T. Wills a royal reception today on his return from Valentine, where he was nominated for dis- trict judge. There was a big crowd, two brass bands and speeches. He will poll a 1 Baltimore and back, N Sept. 17 to Denver, 1m Colorado Springs and Pueblo and back, .50 Balt Lake City and back, $30.50 Deadwoed and Lead and back, SIATR Fot Springs, 8 D, and back, fio4 Ldttle Rock, Ark, and back, $30.2%, Oo- tober %, 3 and 4 Ban Francisco and Los Angeles and Dack, $50.00, October § to 17. On September 1st and 15th, to Butte, Hel- Sua, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattls, Portland and to hundreds of other points Northwest, ‘Weat and Southwest, at one fare plus §2.00 for the round trip. September 1, & 16 and October § to many peints in Indiana and Ohio, at fare and one-third for the round trip. It tor " offer Ui 7on are gotng saywhers you had write or see me. umfl e ek J. B. Reynolds, City Passenger Agent, ~OLD ymrmwDe, MR ERART VITRA VELLD HOME VISITORS' EXCU o M ALL POINTS ON OLD TrMma. FONDLY TURN® 7O TmmR" Y NS MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY. === GREATLY REDUCED RATES EAST, —— _ INDIANA, WESTERN OHIO AND LOUISVILLE, KY., September lst, 8th, 15th and Dctober 6th. Return limit, 30 days. OON'T MISS THIS CHANCE T M&..Mm-flnynlfln\‘a-l.flnfiy‘. COMPANY-S AGENT, a5d Ticket Agent, Mt big vote in Boyd and this end of the dis- trict, RIGHT OF WAY ALL i’ROCURED Work to Commence Soon on Electric Line from Omaha to Beatrice. PAPILLION, Neb, Aug. 26.—(Speclal)— L. P. Hurd, representing the Omaha, Lin- coln & Beatrice Electric rallway, says in a letter to C. B. Tower, a prominent busi- ness man of Papillion, that the construction of this road will begin in one month. The necessary right of way has been procured through to Beatrice with the exception of a few miles, where the survey will have to be changed. This road will come Paplllion from the north and run through the center of the town. Adjudged to Be Insane. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Aug. 2.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—On complaint of J. D. Durr, Fred Wilkenning, living near Paul, was brought to this city charged with in- sanity. 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