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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
INVITE DEATH DEALING WIRES
Boys Burn Electric Wire Poles and
Serious Results Might
Follow.

City Electrician Schurig has had the po-
lice and health departments take steps to
prevent the destruction Of electric light
wire poles near Twenty-third street and
Central boulevard. These poles carry
wires through which is sent alternat-
ing currents running as high as 5000
volts. Householders have dumped
manure around the bases of the big nifty
foot poles and boys have set the dry heaps
on fire. Saturday one pole was damaged
so that it had to be replaced and the same
thing occurred again Sunday, the fire being
put out just in time to prevent the pole
from being burned through. Had 1t fallen
and let the high-current wires reach the
ground serious results might have followed.
The city electrician has about finished
locating the bunch OF fifty new arc lights.
His latest designations are as follows:
Twenty eighth avenue and Binney, Thirty
third and Seward, Twenty-hrst and Cass.
Twentieth between Elm and CASTELAR,.
Twenty-ninth and Pacific, Twentieth and
Leavenworth, ~Thirty-second and Corby.
Tenth and Boulevard, Second and Francis,
Thirty-fourth and Davenport and Thirty
first and Hamilton.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18

linquent lands must bring full amount of
taxes, interest and costs, but when four or
more years. are delinquent, lands may be
bold to the highest bidder regardless of the
amount due and without appraisement. In
the latter case the bid may be raised by
any person within eighteen months by
filing with the county treasurer an offer
of a premium. The highest premium must
be accepted. Sales draw interest at IL per
cent per mum. The period of redemption
is three years for the ordinary sale and W
years for the sale where four or more years
are included.
City Treasurer Hennings is accredited
with the framing and passage Of the law.
He is Of the opinion that it will bring
from $4,000 o to $780, 900 In delinquent taxes
this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
Ladies' Furnishing Sales

Ladies' drawers. corset covers, skirts.
gowns and chemise. nicely trimmed and
made Of fine quality cambria, worth 400,
at zoe.
Ladies' n~ightgowns and skirts, very hand
somely trimmed with fine valenciennes lace
and Swiss embroidery. worth $3.50. at $3.50.
Ladies' fine nainsook gowns, low neck
and short sleeves and high neck and en-
pire style, worth $3.50 and $500, at CSC.
Redfern %corsets, with princess hip and
hose supporters attached, warranted genu-
Inc whalebone filled, made OF French
contee or batiste. at $500. La Grecque
belt corsets for stout figures at $3.50.
A full line Of r. & G., w. B.. erect
form, Kabo, Thompson Glove Fitting and
W. G.. c. %corsets, in all the up-to-date
styles, at S1.OO and up.
Ladies' plain black and fancy hose. 25o
quality, at 12Hc.
Ladies' black lace hose at 12hc, worth
25c.
Ladies' plain black and fancy hose. SOC
quality, 25c.
Boys and misses ribbed hose at 12hc,
worth Csc.
Boys and misses Wayne knit and Shaw
knit hose at 25c, worth 85c.
Ladies' sleeveless vests, in fine ribbed
and drop-stitch silk tapes. worth Csc. at 1Oc.
Ladies' fine isle thread combination suits,
umbrella style and fine lace trimmed, worth
S1.00, at soc.
Ladies' high neck. ankle length and long
sleeve combination suits, in fine jersey
ribbed Harvard mills brand, worth S1.00,
at soc.
Children's dark calico dresses, trimmed
and in all sizes, from 1 to 6 years, worth
soc, at 25c.
Children's madras and bingham dresses
trimmed with embroidery, in all sizes, from
1 to 6 years, worth $1.O0, at SOC.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
BURNING BUSH EVANGELISTS
Unique Religious Services at SchIitE
Roof GRrden for the Next
Ten Days.

The Burning Bush" ~evangelists of the
Holine association, which is to hold serv-
ices al schlitz roof garden for ten days. ar
rived in Omaha yesterday. The party
is composed Of Mrs. Kent White Of Denver.
Arthur F. Ingler and wife of Chicago and
BLACK Susan Of Syracuse, N. Y. The
party will be Joined here Saturday by Duke
NJ. Farson and E.. l. Harvey Of Chicago.
This sect has been recently at work in Chi
cago and the New England states, where
they have been dubbed Jumpers because
OF their peculiar action during their reli-
gious services, none of the members APP
p~arently being able to control their nerves
and muscles, but jumping. clapping theiI
hands and shouting during exhortationi
and prayers, The sect has existed in Kan,
sas for several years and their services
have attracted the attention Of crowds be,
cause OF their novelty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
China Department

Fancy opal bric-a-brac, beautiful and USE
full, consisting OF nut bowls, vases, card
trays. pickle and olive dishes, bouquet
holders, ~turines, ETC., SOC values, 10c.
French china teacups and saucers, per
set, soc.
Something new-the Little Wonder in
candescent gas burner, complete with
etched globe and double support mantle,
worth $3.50. soc.
Fin wine glasses, zoe set.
Imported majolica pint pitchers, 10c.
Crystal covered water jugs, very fine, SOC
Plain white cups and saucers, &c each.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
Saturday in the Domestic Room

for the present season, worth soc, for csc.
Mercerized Chambrays. in light grounds
with dark stripes, the newest Shirt Waist
ings, worth soc, for Csc.
Mercerized Ducks, plain c%olors, stripes
and figured, suitable for Ladies' Waists
and Children's Dresses, worth 50c, for SOC.
The Imported Gipghams, in light and
dark stripes, suitable for Ladies' Shirt
Waists and Gents Shirts, worth 35c, for 15c.
Printed Piques, in light grounds and dark
figures, suitable for Shirt Waists, worth
Csc. for loo.
Printed Dimities in Light and Dark
Colors, worth 15c for SC.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18

river trafic, and II he is enabled to build
into Seattle. either from Spokane or Port
land, he will manifestly be a big gamer.
Hartman once made a proposition to Hill
for a trafic agreement over the Northern
Pacific into Seattle. but this was rejected
and then a threat was made by Hartman
to extend his line up from Portland to
Seattle, but this seems to have been side
tracked by this mutual compact. Twelve
years ago the Union Pacific people went SO
far as to have a survey made for a line
into Seattle. so that their longing to get
into the Hill country Is no new thing.
California Bids Hill Enter.
OF course II the Hartman project is
carried out Hill would practically be
obliged to run his Northern Pacific down
into California and this is what he is said
to have determined on. Owing to the I'M
settled and unsatisfactory status of rail-
road affairs in California Hill'z advent, It
is said. would be met with great delight.
In fact. 1t is reliably reported that since
the traffic agreement between the Santa
Fe and the Southern Pacific, which has
become a subject OF investigation by the
Interstate Commerce Commission. has
taken effect the shippers of California have
offered substantial inducements to Hill to
enter their territory. The report even
goes further and says that certain moneyed
interests Of the golden west have rendered
their good Offices as a means Of facilitating
Hill's entrance.
Numerous elements and conditions enter
into this situation. but 1t is believed that
II the Hartman interests could be dis
suaded from their avowed determination Of
colonizing the northwest, recognized a
distinctly Hills territory, toward which
they are vigorously and aggressively press,
ing, war could be averted. But no one
seems to think that this could be done
and therefore a lively and prolonged Skin,
mish is thought to be inevitable.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
HILL AND HARTMAN AT ARMS
Consider Dissolution of Agreement to Enter
Each Others Chosen Territory.
90 RIVALRY MORE ACUTE THAN EVER
Narriman Threatens to Build Into
Seattle, while Hill Plans Calf
fOrniA neutrality-suspicious.
Big immigration Movement.

On the eve OF probably the greatest i'm
migration movement In the history OF the
west is threatened an outbreak OF the old
Kni-HarrimRn rivalry which promises a
disturbance In railroad affairs and a serious
complication Of the immigration situation
which 1t was supposed had been placed
upon a safe equilibrium as the result Of an
agreement entered into by Hill and Harri-
man. That agreement was. that Hill should
keep out of Harriman's territory on the
Pacific and that Hartman should not tres
pass upon Hills exclusive ground further
up the coast. It is the threatened dis
solution Of this compact that causes the
apprehension. Both magnates are under
stood to have taken under serious consid-
GRAFTON the sdyisibility of dissolving their
agreement.
The story Of the Hill-Harriman affair is q
long one. Mr.. Hill is authority for the
statement that he and Hartman made such
an agreement as this. On his last visit
70 the north Pacific he gave out the state
ment that by such a league he had agreed
not to build south into California and Har-
riman not to extend his lines to Puget
Sound. In the meantime Mr.. Hill begins TO
view. with grave apprehension, the pending
results Of the Union Pacihc's aggressive
campaign for oolonizing the northwest and
becomes QlssAtlsned Win the agreement.
Hartman has too good a gateway at
Spokane TO suit the merger magnate and
so It is now said that both men are on
the verge OF breaking their contract and
cutting into the field slngle-handed and in
dependent for all they can get. thus prom
Using as hitter a warfare, probably, as ever
was fought in the west.
Plans Aggressive Campaign.
II is q we'll known fact that last yeai
the Union Pacific laid the plans for its ex'
lished a central agency at Chicago under
direction Of G. NJ Mckinney and brancl
agencies all over the west for the sole pur
pose OF invading the Hill territory will
home settlers. II was but natural. there
fore. that Hartman would want TO ge
Pearer Seattle and the Puget sound country
Avith his own lines than Spokane, whiol
Noint he reaches by means Of his oregol
Short line from Portland. II is understoo
also that Hill did not have TO court Harri
man very persistently In order TO get hin
20 take under consideration the dissolution
OF their agreement, The fact that Hi
threatens TO drag his tracks on down int
California, with terminals at Eureka an
other nearby points, thus placing his line
a position TO successfully eompete wit
Che Union Pacific there. seems 10 have n
deterrent effect upon the Hartman inter
osts. AS II Is. Hartman with his gate
way at Spokane is able TO give the Bur
lington q pretty good rub for Missouri
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
WORK ON THE PUBLIC PARKS
Curtiss Turner Park f. Being Made
More Attractive for This


Curtlss Turner park at Thirty-frst and
Farnam street is to be a far more attract
i've spot this year han heretofore. One
corner Of the park, which was low, has
been filled and laborers are now grading.
planting shrubs and flowers and laying
cinder walks. Some sodding will be done
and the place generally improved. Hans
com park has been put in spring condi-
tion and is looking especially we'll at this
season OF the year. Work on the Central
boulevard is being retarded for various rea-
sons, the chief one being delay in letting
the contract for the viaduct at
LeayenWorth street.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
SIGNS NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR
First Methodist Church ecure
Services of Prof stanley
of st. Joseph.

The music committee OF the First Metho-
dist church Thursday closed an agreement
with Prof. Ben Stanley Of st. Joseph to
act as ~organist and choir director Of that
church. Prof. Stanley has for several
years directed the festival chorus
Of $50 voices of st. Joseph and
also served as organist and choir di-
rector at the First Presbyterian church of
that city, having been assisted in the lat
ter position by his wife as soprano soloist.
Mr.. Stanley is also a tenor singer. He
was for a number Of years a student OF
organ and chorus work at Munich, Bavaria.
Knowing Of the Omaha offer the music COM
mittee Of the st. Joseph church met last
Sunday at the close Of the service and Of
fered Mr.. Stanley an indueement equal to
that offered here II he would remain. but
believing that Omaha offered better ad-
vantages he declined Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18

Wool Dress Goods, Scotch Tweeds. Gran
its Cloths, zibetlines and CheViots, worth
up to 81, for s4Sc.
5O-in. Black Cheviot, worth SLIPS, for 75c.
A great variety OF all-wool Dress Goods,
worth up to $500, for ACC, 75c and csc.
Remnants Of all-wool and silk and Wool
Challis, worth 70 to S1.00, at ACC.
WASH GOODS.
A large assortment of Imported Printed
Madras, suitable for Ladies' Shirt Waists
and Children's Dresses. worth soc, for Csc.
MercerizedI Silk Novelties, in dark colors,
the latest styles Of Dress Fabrics, suitable
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
TO REACH DELlNQUENTTAXES
Extra Clerks in Treasurers Office Preparing
Record for Cleaning Up.
TO PUT S~CAVENGER LAW INTO EFFECT
Plan COntemplates the Collection OF
Millions of Dollars of Back
Taxes and the Clearing
of ncumbrances.
TO PUT scAVENGER LAW INTO EFFECT

A force Of eighteen extra men is working
in day and night shifts in the Office of the
city treasurer making records of all taxes
due the city and unpaid between the years
1860, when the city began its corporate eX-
~istence, and May 1. 1908. This is in ac-
cordance with the terms OF the new "scav-
enger' law, which is expected to clear up
more than 81, 000, 900 owing the city in back
taxes. South Omaha and the county gen.
orally will gain in smaller proportion, and
some of the proceeds should be in the off,
cial strong boxes by the close Of the year.
The records now being prepared in the
office Of the city treasurer are to go into
permanently bound books, containing com
plete information and descriptions of prop
erty. the books becoming the property of
the county treasurer's ONCE, where they
receive the addition Of similar books from
all over the county. Although the books
from the city treasurer's office should be
complete on May l they will not be ready,
and it will be necessary for Treasurer Hen
nings to go into court and ask for an ex-
tension Of time. He thinks the work can
be done about May "a.
Complete Delinquent List.
For the first time in the history of the
city Of Omaha a complete delinquent tax
list is to be compiled and published with
the name Of every property owner who has
not contributed his share toward the mu-
nicipal government. This feature is a new
one and will continue in vogue until the
law is changed. but never again will the
record go back more than one year from
the time II appears in the newspapers.
Briefly. the soavenger act provides that
the country treasurer shall keep a perma-
nent record OF delinquent taxes, showing
the kind and amount OF every tax against
each tract, as we'll as the total amount
due. This record shall have a formal
statement attached to II and shall be filed
with the clerk Of the district court not
later than July /. It then becomes a petit
tion and is the commencement Of a suit
to enforce the taxes.
This petition, when filed This year, will
institute one OF the very largest suits evel
begun in Omaha, containing thousands o.
names and descriptions Of property. the
taxes concerned mounting into the millions
Notice of the filing Of the petition and the
amount due on each tract is then published
four weeks. Those who wish TO contes
the taxes must hle answers by Septemhe:
l.. A default decree is entered against al
land when no contest is made. Lands de
faulted are sold under order OF the eour
after advertisement. in November eacl
year.
Provisions of the Law.
The following important provision /
made, which is the meat Of the Who'll
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18

that he probably would do as we'll to pro-
coed a little more slowly with his develop
ments. In his letter to Mr.. Moody, Wolf
sohn said he could not explain his trouble,
but that he would See Mr.. Moody some
day and then would explain ALI" In the
meantime Mr.. Moody will look for a sue
cessor to Wolfsohn and pick up any little
bit Of information about those social
threats that came to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
Great MAI SaIa

$50 dozen mems hats from the great New
York fire sale Just arrived. Better hats
and better styles-a sale surprising any
and all efforts ever made by US or any one
else.
The seasons newest creations, all the
popular shades and quality sold at $3.50,
on sale at $3.50 and $1.o0.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
YOST TALKS TO EMPLOYEES
Strikers Refuse to Join Those Who Partici-
pate in Conference.
MEN AT WORK SAY THEY ARE SATISFIED
Telephone Company President Insists
that Linemen Are Receiving Bet
ter Than Union Wages and
Have No

The linemen's strike, involving men on
the Nebraska Telephone. Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies lines,
reached no new developments yesterday.
No negotiations have been entered
into or promised between the ~contending
parties. The strikers claim their men all
over The state have quit and that the strike
is complete. Many Of The out-of-town line
men have come into Omaha and are gather
ing at Labor temple, the central head
quarters. Others, they say, will be in the
city as fast as they can get ERE.
The Western Union aud Postal have lit
tie work that is pressing now and therefore
are not seriously disturbed by this strike.
The telephone company, however. has con-
siderable work on hand.
YOst COnfers with Strikers.
President Yost OF the Nebraska Tele-
phone company. who has Just returned to
the city, held a conference at his once
yesterday with about forty linemen, ground
workers and inspectors over the issues of
the present strike. AS only a few Of these
men had Joined the strikers no settlement
was due from this conference.
There was nothing to SETTLE said
President Yost, "for the men all told me
they had no grievance and were perfectly
satisfied with their lot. One who had
struck was urged by his fellows to pre-
=. sent his grievances and replied that he had
none, then left the ONCE. These men will
work II given the opportunity, and are not
Influenced by some walking delegate.
"As soon as l got home l sent an inH-
tation to the boys to meet me at my ofhos
at 2 o'clock this afternoon to talk over
matters, but the business agent forbade
the strikers to come and / suppose only
a few Of those present had struck. l don't
know how the strikers expect to reach any
settlement when they arbitrarily refuse to
meet us on our own Invitation. We are
always ready to confer with our men when
they are dissatisfied. We fail to see any
grounds for dissatisfaction now. We are
paying S2.75 a day for city men, which is
more than they pay at Kansas City, where
they get better rates than we do. AS un-
derstand II all the men ask is for us 10
make some further recognition OF their
union. which seems 10 me unnecessary and
unealled for so long as we pay uniou
wages and better. We will not submit Il
any one debating TO us who we shall EN-.
ploy and who we shall discharge. We mus
attend TO those things ourselves"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
TeachinE RertIlIon system.

p. J. Ahearn. a United States secret serv-
ice officer. is in the city and will remain
Tor a period OF eight or ten days. during
which time he will give Captain Webb and
the United Sta+es marshal and his deputies
q number OF demonstrations in the BERTH
lon system Of measuring n Identifying
or minals. Mr.. Ahearn Is covering he
country and I aching the United States on
familiar with
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
Have You Travelled

on the Black Diamond Express7 Have
you enjoyed its comforts and the beauties
OF the scenery along it's route9 II not. you
have missed an enhancing experience and
should supply the omission when you next
so East. It runs between Buffalo and New
York.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18

To points in Montana, Idaho. Washington,
Oregon. British Columbia. Utah and Cole
RADIO. in effect daily from February Is to
April 80. via Chicago Great Western rail-
way. Write to ]. p, Elmer. G. p. A. CHI
eago. for full particulars.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
INSURANCE MAN DISAPPEARS
Arthur WOlfsOhn Suddenly Leaves 0mai a
Because of Social Threats"
BRIEF CAREER IS ABRUPTLY TERMINATED
No Signs of Financial Trouble Evil
dent at His Hartford Life In
Aurance once in the
Bee Building.
BRIEF CAREER is ABRUPTLY TERMINATED

IT hope you will not be angry at me,
for l know you will. be surprised when I
tell you hat I have left Omaha. But I
had to leave on account of social threats
Thus wrote Arthur Wolfsohn, formerly
agent of the Hartford Life Insurance com
pany In this city, with Offices in the Bee
building, TO S. W. Moody, general western
manage for that company, with head
quarters at Chicago. Mr.. Wolfsohn's letter
was dated April 4 and written or at least
mailed at Cincinnati.
THE letter came like a bomb-shell to
me-" said Mr.. Moody, who has come to
Omaha to check up the affairs of the
ONCE. II could not have been more sur
prised. Mr.. Wolfsohn was doing a SPLEEN
did business and I supposed was a steady
man."
OF the details OF Mr.. Wolfsohn's case
Mr.. Moody is as yet entirely ignorant. No
one else has been found who can offer any
light upon them. Miss Huxford, the ste
nographer last employed in W~olfsohn's Of
fee, is wholly in the dark as to the char
acter OF her former employers trouble
and no book or paper in the office reveals
a single trace. Not a sign of a letter
from 1.-THE woman In the case" presuming
from Wolfsohn's letter that there is one,
has been found. All the correspondence
which Mr., Moody has been able to locate
is Of a business nature and contains moth
ing to indicate that Wolfsohn ever did
anything but hustle for life insurance. No
financial discrepancies have been discov-
cred.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
what Makes ruby LipG.

The pure. rich blood made by DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They promote beauty.
Give clear skin, rosy cheeks. Csc. For
sale by Kuhn G Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
Hardware, Stoves and House
furnishings

UP-TO-DATB GOODS AT UP-TO-DATE
PRICES.
16-inch lawn mowers at $3.50.
Garden hose. &c.
Hardwood hose reels, 400.
4-quart sprlnklers. Ice.
Round double burner oil stoves. sec.
Steel shingilng Ratchet, Csc.
Nickel plated clawhammer, &c.
Csc turkey busters, 15c.
Potts iron handles, &c.
Dove egg beaters, &c.
50-lb. decorated -four cans, soc.
Assertion clothes racks. acc.
Garden rakes. 15c.
e.. Kitchen meat saws, ESQ.
Hardwood towel rollers, 30.
Wood frame wringers, $1.0s.
WATCH FOR OUR NEXT WEEKS SALE
ON REFRIGERAT0RS.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
Beats All It's RivaIs.

No salve, lotion. balm or oil can compare
with Bucklen's Arniea salve for healing.
II kills pain. Cures or no pay. sc. For
sale by Kuhn 4 Co
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
HAYDEN
Extra Special Shoe Sale Saturday

1900 pars Of mems and womcnsS hoesm made by one of the best shoemakeH IN ume
west on sale Saturday in the main 7he department These goods are made IN the
latest styles and in all the feathers, including the celebrated Bakers Corona. the
shiny leather tht does not break through the upper with any reasonable QR
wear On sale al. $685. S2WS $24S w
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-18
High Grade Dress Goods Sale

Finyeghtnch Prietleys Corded siclnns. in BLACK and blue. at $3.50 These
goods are ravenneued AM are considered Indispensable for prng and summer Shirt
waist suits for walking riding or gdnng skirts or for a suit to wear turing the sum
merv vacation. Suitable forw wear in sunshi ne as In rain
4s-mch bhck mohar serge. Just The this line to fully appreciate the vaue and
goods you want for tn coming duy and style.
hot weather; as cool and dessy as sill, The new Bannockburn sutngs in gray
but a much behr wearer Reduced trI with a little red, blue or green invisible
sale to S1O a yard. plaid effect One of the SWEETEST fabrics
We have put on sale today a line of creamIs shown this season.. At only $3.50 a yard
wool suiung for summer wear at about 4Smnh wide
half their regular prce-goods that can Suungs in plain granite and the neat
be seen in our high grade dress goods weaves go popular this season in gray blue
department - armue, canvas basket brown and green mixtures, 46Inch wde at
hneua crashes and vones You must see Sc a yard for this sde 49,