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Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Serious Hitch in Purchase Of Property for
City Hall Site,
LAW NTtRttRts WITH SALE BY ONtlL
sued Out ny David Ander-
sep Also served on City Clerk.
wsich Puts Another Criup
In the Program.

There was much comment, both favorable
and adverse. yesterday on the action of
the city council Tuesday night ordering
the purchase of a city hall site. A great
many people looked with suspicion on the
transaction but few went so far as TO
think that the whole business was illegal
and that the party who proposed TO dispose
. Of his property to the city laid himself
liable to a Ane of not less than 200 nor
more than 5000. But such is the fact of
the case. This broad statement is based
on the clear provisions OF the statutes Of
Nebraska Anyone who wishes may read
and assure himself OF the facts. The first
reference recommended to the public Is
chapter xiii. article II, section S. compiled
statutes of Nebraska for the year 1908.
There will be found the law under the head
of interested contracts as prescribed in
the charter provisions for cities of from
e5.ooo 10. 1000 population. There is found
Z the express provision forbldding any city
officer being interested In any contract in
which tho city is party and also for
bidding such city officer furnishing to any
contractor with the city any material for
the carrying out of his work for the city.
There are sim more stringent provisions
which provide that the city officer be not
directly nor indirectly interested in any
such contracts. Everyone knows that T.
j. o'Nell Is the tax commissioner for the
city of South Omaha.
II will be surprise to the public in
general that there is stll another statute
bearing on the case which will cause the
council and the contracting parties all to
: think twice In the complied statutes of
Nebraska for the year 1895, chapter xiv,
y articlef, section o.. under the head of cities
and villages generally. and under the cap
!. tion OF contracts by officers and penalty,
Is found the following:
Any officer of any city in this state who
shall hereafter be interested directly or
indirectly! in any contract to which the
city Is a party. or who shall enter into any
contract TO furnish. or shall furnish to any
contractor or sub-contractor with the city
Of which he Is an officer. any material to
. such city. shall. upon conviction thereof,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
GOSSIP OF COMMISSION ROW
Eggs Sell at Five Cents Dozen
from Cold storage to
Retailers.

Eggs at cents q dozen in February. II
seems incredible, yet it Is said large
quantity sold from cold storage to
retail dealers at that price Tuesday.
Newly laid eggs are so plentiful now that
the cold storage men are fairly sick. Those
who held their eggs have lost lot OF
money. They are getting rid of their stock
now at whatever price they can get.
Fresh eggs are cheaper than they have
been at this time of year since 1900. The
price now being offered on the commission
basis by Omaha men to country dealers
IL 10 cents dozen. Before Christmas
they were paying just twice that figure.
About this time last year eggs were q
cents. while February 20. 1904, the dealers
were paying % cents. and on February q,
is cents. Eggs have several times in thu
last few years been bought for cents in
April.
Poultry of all kinds commands a good
price about the same it brought in
February Of last year. The hens are laying
and the farmers will not sell them. As
long as the weather is warm they will
take very little of their poultry to market.
A good variety of green things is on the
local market now. but all of them bring
fancy prices. The recent cold weather is
the south has destroyed some of the early
vegetables and stunted the growth of the
remainder New Carrots, beets radishes.
head lettuce. leaf lettuce and turnips are
here from Louisiana, and California hs
sent a fair supply of new peas. good
quality of radishes comes from southern
Illinois. New potatoes are here from
Bermuda. They retail for 10 cents pound
The last OF the Indian River Florida
oranges are on sale now, and they are Of
such good quality it takes about IS a box
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
NORTHWESTERNS GRAIN RATE
Eighteen Cents Tnrin Applies on ILL.,
nois Central Between Mem
phfs and the Gulf

The Northwestern has announced a new
rate of is cents on domestic grain from
Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs,
to apply via Dixon, ILL.,. and the Illinois
Central. This rate was enormously an
nounced by a Northwestern man Tuesday
as applying from main line stations in
Iowa on the Northwestern, whereas the
Northwestern officials intended to an
nounce the rate to apply to main line sta
lions on the Illinois Central south Of
Memphis. The rate has been higher to In
termediatS points between Memphis and
the gulf then to New Orleans. and now
the lS-cent RAJ OH corn has been made to
apply to these Intermediate stations. The
elevator capacity at the southern ports
has been taxed foI some time and scarcely
any grain Is now Seing shipped south for
export although. considerable is moving
for domestic use.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

pleased TO say that am now completely
cured and well.
at was impossible for me TO get
employment, as my face, head, and
body were covered with IL. The
eczema first appeared on the top OF
my head, and Il had worked all the
way around down the back of my neck
and around to my throat, down my
body and around the hips. II itched
30 would be Obliged to scratch it,
and the flesh was raw.
81 would first wash the affected
parts with warm water and Cuticura
Soap, and then apply .Cuticura ONT
ment and etit remain on all night, and
in the morning would use Cuticura
Soap. j am now all well, which oil
my friends can testify to, and will be
pleased to recommend the CuticurA
Remedies to any and all persons who
wish o speedy and permanent cure Of
skin diseases" Thomas NJ. Rossiter,
az. 300 Prospect Street,
Mar. 30, 1905. East Orange, n. J.
Complete External snd Intsrn.l Tr..tsst for Every
hnmol from Pimplss 70 serofula nom Infancy 70 Age,
consisting u cniicsr. soap ass ointnsni SOC Rssolv-
ent g, On of Chocolate Coated Pills sse Der VIA
efS1i, may be had Of all drufsst single Get oitsn c. ~
The most distressing whom all else fails. PETER Draf
. Sn - I. ~, or, SOL. Pope Boston Mas.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
WEIGHING OF MAIL BEGINS
Process Performed Once In Four
Years VIII Consume some
Ninety Days.

The quadrennial weighing of the United
States mails, incoming and outgoing for
this portion OF the Sixth division, began
Tuesday and will continue for about ninety
days. Thirty-one men are employed in
the work, which number includes the
weighers at the various railroad depots,
on the trains and at the depots at Grand
Island and Fremont The purpose is to
aggregate the weight of the malls trans
ported by the different lines of railway.
upon which to base contracts for carrying
the malls.
The practice Of Weighing the mails is
carried on at some points in the United
States each year, though taking place but
once in four years in the individual dis
triets. All classes of mails are weighed
separately. The weighing lie done on
standard scales at the depots or in the
mail cars. The work must be done very
rapidly and at the same time accurately
and only experts are employed In the work
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
MISSIONARIES AND INDIANS
Elder Doud Delivers Illustrated Lee
ture on Topic at First Pres
byterian Church.

In place OF the regular mid-week prayer
service at the First Presbyterian church
last evening H. A. Doud, one of the elders
Of the church, gave an illustrated lecture
OH the work of the churches among the
Indians. His talk and views we're par
ticularly of the work OF the Presbyterian
church. TO those who were not conversant
With the work the missionaries have done
among the aborgines, the lecture and
slides proved doubly interesting.
In his running remarks Mi. Doud said
II had cuGt the SoVernmenr in its various
wars an average az slG0.OoO for every In
dian killed and altogether the large sum
OF SOe,MO.0oo to carry On those wars. The
Christian missionaries have done what mil
lions spent in wars failed to accomplish
the speaker said.
Mr. Doud explained how the Indian girls
are being taught the domestic industries,
the boys the practical industries the
women elevated from their former condi-
lion of servitude and tive men taught to
he independent
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

The remains OF George Mitchell. who
died at 6l1 North sixteenth street Mon
day night. the result of excessive drink
ing. will be laid away at Mount Hope
cemetery today by Coroner Bradley. In
doing this the coroner IL carrying out in
strucuons received in this country from the
dead mans relatives in England. Mitchell
had for some years been receiving a quar-
terly remittance from Chard, England,
through a Colorado bank. The news of the
death was conveyed to this bank, which
in turn cabled to England, cable !rstruc-
lions for the disp pstion OF the body being
returned Immediately. From the mans
effects IL would appear that he came from
a wealthy English family from whom he
for some reason lived apart. There we're
also indications that lac had participated
in the Boer war.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
YOUTHFUL BRIDE DEPARTS
Young Husband Finds Note from Her
when lie Returns from
Daily Toll.

For three months the daily tasks Of
George Pettt, 1l02 south Fourteenth
street, as he has labored over the hot
ovens at his trade of baker, have been
rendered easy. troubles have been light
as air. his thoughts have dwelt on the
lS-year-old bride waiting to Irvine her
arms about his neck and welcome him
home when his days work is done. For
three months he has been happy but Il
is all over now. When he arrived at their
little fiat after work last night. instead of
the usual osculatory greeting from fond
and loving wife, still in the sweetness of
youth, he was rudely shocked to find a
note from her scrubbed on the top OF
tablet.
Goodby. Remember what YOU said to
me. l am going home, Minnie.
Supperless and excited Petit rushed to
the police station and announced that his
wife had left him. The deserted husband
is but q years old and hardly looks older
or bigger than a 16-year-old boy. and his
statement was received with much in
credulity at first. Captain Dunn thought
it more likely that this was a hoy who
had run away from his mother. However,
his story came out at last and descrip-
ton of the missing spouse was taken by
Desk Sergeant Havey.
Petit said he met his wife last summer
while he was following his warm weather
vocation of balloon ascensionist, their
marriage following in November. He said
they had always lived happily together,
never had any quarrels and that he was at
a loss to understand her strange action.
They parted yesterday morning as he
went to work in a proper spirit. Her refer
ence in the note TO something he had said
he was unable to explain. Her people
live in New Mexico and he knew of no
place where she might seek shelter In
Omaha. He said he would not return to
work until he has recovered his better
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
ONE OF BOHEMIAN PIONEERS
NacIav Bandhauer Founder of First
Paper of His Nationality
at 81. Louis.

Naclav Bandhauer whose funeral was
held Monday, was one of the Bohemian
pioneers in this country aud was active
In starting the first Bohemian paper at ST.
Louis and founding the first American So
clety of the nationality. He was 81 years
old when he died last Saturday and had
lived I'm Omaha since September. 1852 He
emigrated to the United States In 1852 and
went directly to St. Louis. Afterwards he
lived i'm Chicago aud various other places
in Illinois and Missouri. He followed the
trade OF shoemaker Mr.. Bandhaurer is sur
vived by widow and sou, Frank Band
hauer well known in local republican poll
tics, and q daughter, Mrs. Anna r. KaIina.
at whose home, 1929 South Twelfth street.
the death occurred.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
WOMAN SUES SIXTH TIME
Asks Twenty-seven Thousand Dollars
from street Railway Company
for Personal Injuries.

For the sixth time the damage case Of
Emma Hoskovec against the Omaha &
Council BLUFFS Street Railway company is
being heard In district court. Five or six
years ago Mrs. Hoskovec was injured In
alighting from a car at Thirteenth and
Dodge. The case in court has resulted
In two verdicts and three Disbursements
Each time there was verdict the case
has been remanded by the supreme court
on account of error. The hearing Is on
before Judge Sears. The plalntiff asks for
s275oo
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
WASHINGTON Day E1er.ise.

George A. Crook post, Grand Army Of the
Republic, Is arranging for very interest
ing program at Magnolia hall Twenty
fourth and Ames avenue, on the evening
OF Friday. February g In CONNIE moratloD
OF Washington's birth anniversary. Though
q day late, the services will be apDropI1ate
try and will include addresses by promi-
nent Grand Army men. II is expected thai
Colonel Charles J. Greene will be one of
the principal speakers
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
anAL EsrATs TRANSPORTS.

Sarah Watkins ct al to William 5.
Curtis lots I, 2 3. 4. >. s, s. 9. 10, Al
and u. block 50. Dundee Place. 81 sC0
William J. Fritts and wife to Gideon
Frttts. one-half interest lot ., Austa
j. Clarks subdiv of lots l and >,
block 50, South Omaha .............. 20
William J. Watkins and wife 10 Will
liam g. Curtis, lots and ]. block 81,
Dundee Place Observation-Disclosures. 40
John ID. Gernmill ct al TO John A.
Peterson sls lot 3. block IL, South
Ofnaha Il, 9oe
Alfred Hodgetts and wife TO r. j. Gull
lett lots I and s. block |, Anderson
Place ....-s....-..s.- N
James w. Hamilton and wife to David
A. Ralston "a acres In block 81, Ben
son ....-...s-.-- ..f..-.---+ W
Anna r. Andrews TO Stephen j, Caro-
So lot Is, block IA, f. V, Smiths add la
Augusta Peterson sId husband Ia
Catherine Zweifel lot 3. block 1. An-
droNs x Benson's add ................l.51 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
knights of Columbus.

Twenty-Five members of the knights Of
Columbus will leave Omaha Thursday
degree will be given to about 225 members
of the order from Nebraska Iowa and
South Dakota The degree will be admin
stered by District Master Mccullough and
the class includes members from all tie
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

be fined in any sum not less than n.cCo
no1 more than 95.c0.
The city attorney stated yesterday att
ernoon that the matter had not been
brought to him as yet but that his recon-
mendation would simply be that the mayor
must veto the resolution OF the council,
and hence the whole transaction is nolled.
At present that is the simplest way out
OF the situation.
The only possible way for the property
to come before the city again would be
for ONeil to sell the same to third party
and that such a party resubmlt the bid,
which aside from the appearance OF lack
OF good faith might not occur from the
act that the bids were regularly sdver-
tised and opened There are still several
propositions open.
Aside from the law i'm the case as above
stated comes the injunction proceedings
which were regularly begun yesterday I'M
der the advice Of T. j. Mahoney of Omaha
Last night a restraining order was served
on the city clerk. The basis of this action
will be that this was not the cheapest
and best bid offered, and that the con-
summation of the deal was accomplished
by fraud.
There was a rumor to the effect that
since the legality of the recent action has
been questioned and the reference to the
statutes on the subject has brought TO
light some facts of law unknown gem
orally, there might be arrests, where some
other officers had been interested in the
city contracts either directly or indl-
rectly.
senior Class play.
The cast Of characters OF the senior class
play to be given near the close OF the pres
ent school year was announced yesterday
afternoon al the high school, The play
will be lively little drama entitled The
Absence of Susan" and the cast will be
as folloMs
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

OF dollars trying
to cure, and ] went
TO the hospital,
but they failed to
cure me and IL
was getting worse
all the time. Five
weeks ago my wiie
bought a box OF
Gu tioura ONT
m emit and one
cake Of Cuticura
Soap. and / am
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

on The Laws OF Teaching and Prof
Steidley gives his popular address on
THE Boy God Made" Friday afternoon
at $3.50 Prof Steidley talks on The
Teacher and Miss Hanes conducts
round table on primary work. The pro
gram for Friday evening will be an
nounced later.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that tine Keith ana
Lincoln Counties irrigation District Will
receive sealed proposals for the purchase
of the koo,VJvUO BOND issue of said district
up 10 the hour OF, O'Clock y. m, stanua rd
tue. % the I'd day OF April 1919, al the
,t,strlut in inc town OF Sutnet ana ~
lincoln county, IN the state OF Nebraska
said bonds are Ia the denomina zion of
.lOu.u0 each and bear interest at Gie rate OF
slK per cent, payable semi-dnnL4lIy, On the
1irst days OF March and Septe.nuag oil each
ana every year, beglnnin6 WiIn the nrst
,isy Of September, lsu5. Ties 81 bonds are in
ten series. 80 OF which are uue GA the mrs
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
o1lyE or sroCKnoLpERs MpHTINc,

,u1lcE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETItses
Notice Is hereby given that the rcsufss
Snuual meeting OF the stockholders Of
the South Platte Land Co. will be held at
the Office OF said company In Lincoln. Me-
lnaska. at II o clock a. m, on the eth day
- March. A. u. 1876.
BY order OF the board OF directors.
.-f' c. II. MORRILL,. President
4. y. MINOR, Secretary.
l-incolh Nebraska, Feb. 5, 1906.
Feb5-D3ot
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
Last of the Institutes.

The last Of the Sunday school institutes
VII De neln III .ne rifsi rLesoyteIian
noon and evening At the Thursday even
ing meeting at $3.50 Miss Haines speaks
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

March, 1918, and al lue on the nsst day
iH March. lysV
The sealed proposals maS b. for the
Whole OF SAID bonds or for GEy portion
rher~ot a,tu s',ch bids will be opened Inn
mediately aztec the hour Of O'Clock D. IN.
Of sain - say OF April, 1876. tha board re-
sctN..i', lie right to reject any and all bids.
i1at G. his 18th day OF February 1905.
JAMES SHOUP. secretary.
F1T-daDt
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
NnrICE Ta ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTICE To STOCKHOLDERS.
The regular annual meeting OF stockhold-
RS in The bee Publishing company will be
held on Monday, March ), 1896. at 4 o'clock
1 d. az. In Hs office a Abe hec building. corr
me- 18th and Fsrnam streets. IN the city OF
tlraha.s By order OF the president.
@. G. ROSEWATER. Secretary.
Febis-M Ma = lot
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22
D|SF|GURNG
SKIN HUMOR
Impossible to Get Employment, as
Face and Body Were Covered With
itching Sores = Scratched TIL
Flesh Was Raw = Spent Hun
deds Of Dollars on Doctors and
Hospitals and Grew Worse
CURED BY CUT.CURA
..e- IN FIVE WEEKS

"slnce the year 1894 have been
troubled with a very bad case of
eczema which / have spent hundreds
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

Bids are requested for a steam heating
q ISN'T In a .ten-roOal school building I'm Wis
n-r Neb. per plans and specifications
'u tie With the secretary. Bids Will be
80 e-rd and contract let March 3
E---St, n. w WEST. Secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-22

i'm the district. To take this de-
gree a man must have been a member Of
the order for two years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-19
STOCKMEN INCORPORATE.
Horse Breeders of Ephraim Organize
and Choose Officers

EPHRAIM, Utah, Feb. lS-An organ
ization known as the Ephraim Abo Per
cheron Horse association was organized
In this city this week. The officers OF tho
company arc: President. Peter c. Peter
son, secretary and treasurer, Peter
Greaycs. Jr.' manager, Rasmus Hanson;
board of directors. a. G. Nelson. Jr., Jo-
seph Panderson, Chris F. Mortonscn, Pc
ter Justensen and Henry L. Beal,
While playing with his brother Friday
afternoon the one-year- -old baby boy OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor suffered a
dislocation of a bone in his arm. Dr
Jenson was called and dressed the frac-
ture
A reunion Of the children OF Mrs. Sarah
Peterson of this city was held in the par
lors of the Union hotel Friday night
A meeting for the purpose of organiZ-
ing commercial club for this city has
been called for tonight at the city hall
The primary association OF the North
ward Will give a cantata at the opera
house tonight
tained n position with the u. & r. G..
Railway company a Sconeld, He left
for that place today.
President Anthon II. Lund and wife
and State Food Inspector John Peter
son and wife. all OF Salt Lake City, at
tended the annual reunion of the chill
dren Of Mrs. Sarah Peterson OF this city
last night.
A directors meeting OF the Silver Cave
Mining company was held at Secretary
Otto Nelson's office In this city Thurs
day. Those present from out OF town
were James Hin and Hyrum Dougaard Of
Faycttc and Theodore Christensen OF
Gunnison.
Frank Madison of Salina is visiting
with friends and relatives I'm this city
this week.
Joseph Stevenson has opened up a har-
ness shop In this city.
Frank Candland OF SprinGvillc Is In this
city on business this week.
The graduating class OF the EphraIm
public schools held u meeting last night
and elected officers for the last half OF
the year. The officers elected were: Pres
idcnt, Grover Greaves. Ylce-presldent,
Charlie Rasmussen; secretary Ethel
Christensen; treasurer, Irodell Anderson.
The graduating class Will give a grand
dancing party February %.
The Snow academy basketball team
left yesterday for Moron where they Will
meet that clty's team, Saturday they
Will play Fort Green. The team has been
doing some hard practice work and are
In excellent condition.
Ephraim's baseball sports are deter
mined to have some good games here this
summer. and arc now negotiating for a
baseball park They will purchase a
fine piece OF ground near the city and
will enclose It with an elght-foot fence,
They have assigned the best local talent
and viii import two or three outside
players.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-19

Jensen of SpringviIle, Utah, the marriage
being performed in Malad Ida.
Fred B. Spencer. travelling freight agent
at Ogden for the Rio Grande Western,
left this afternoon for recreation trip
to Los Angeles. He goes over the Salt
Lake Route and Will be absent ten days,
Mr.. Rudolph Kuchler went to Salt Lake
today and while gone will probably close
a deal for the lease or purchase of a
stretch OF land In the eastern part OF tho
State to be used for sheep range
Ray g Bowman. son OF Mr. and Mrs.
3. A. Bowman. who was operated on for
appendicitis by Drs. Mayo and Snyder in
the Holy Cross hispltal In Salt Lake one
week ago. Is making a good recovery and
will return TO Ogden the coming week.
l.. Hutchison, manager of the tourist de-
partment of the Chicago Union Pacific
* Northwestern Line. was in ogden today
and Is on his way TO Los Angeles TO ar
range for the big meeting there OF the
Mystic Shrine, to be held In May.
Superintendent II. V, Hilliker and AS
sstant Superintendent II. j. Roth Of the
Utah division OF the Short Line returned
from an inspection trip to Green River
today, In Mr. Hillikcr's special car rs
meralda" Mr.. Hillikcr returned TO Salt
Lake this afternoon.
L. II Becraft, the automobile man will
leave for the East Sunday afternoon and
Will visit Chicago and Detroit. looking for
the best autos suitable to the traffic in
Ogden canyon for the next season. He
Will also visit the best supply houses in
the middle States, and Will be absent four
weeks.