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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
URE OPPOSES o. K. OF PLANS
Court House Specifications Probably
VIII BE Adopted, Though, by
Board Tuesday.

Plans Of the new 100000 court house
will probably be adopted at a meeting of
the county board to be held Tuesday
morning. The plans will not be materially
different from the provisional ones exhib-
tied before the bono election except in
the interior arrangement of some Of the
rooms.
Commissioner IRE is inclined to oppose
the adoption Of the plans at present and
to favor the plan used by the school board
in the erection Of school buildings. In
stead Of adopting the plans now he favors
the adoption of a resolution providing the
plans shall be considered adopted when
the contract is let.
He asserts If the plans are adopted now
Architect Latenser may be able to hold
the county for the drawings even If 1t is
found when the contract comes to be let
that they cannot be used. II the school
board plan is adopted he asserts the board
need not approve the plans until it is
found whether the building can be erected
for 10000 or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
Dewey avenue. brick veneer dwelling,
5000; @. w. Colbert Florence boulevard and
Kansas avenue. frame dwelling, 5000.
MICHAELsEN DENIES CHARGE
City Electrician says Has Not Prac-
ticed DISCRIMINATION in
His once.

Charges of discrimination and unfair
treatment are about to be brought by the
American Electric company against Waldo
mar Michaelsen, city electrician. L. @.
Love, manager Of the company, was called
out Of town suddenly on Saturday and
nothing will be done until he returns, and
in his absence the company's attorney. John
L. Reagan. declines to say much about. the
filing Of the charges.
The American Electric company is one
Of twelve operating in Omaha and Mr..
Reagan says that when the company gets
ready to file its charges against the city
electrician several OF the other companies
will Join with it. What these other COM
panies are is not known, but the informa-
ton is given out that the Western Electric
track with the city electrician and that
he favors that company in his inspection
of work.
City Electrician Michaelsen knows OF the
impending filing OF charges against his de-
partment and says:
Il have been very careful in my own
work and have Instructed the assistant In
spectors also to be extremely careful in all
inspection and to show absolutely no favor
itism between one company and another,
for, you know all competitive companies
in any business are more or less sensitive
and have a general idea that the other
fellow is getting the best OF It,"
When the charges are filed they will come
up for action by the mayor and the city
council. 1t will not be a court action.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
FORTUNE FOR NORWEGIAN
Furniture Packer Receives Notice of
an Unexpected Inheritance.
DOES NOT KNOW THE SOURCE
Thinks it Possible His Father OF
Ninety Years Might Have Left
Him the Money in
Germany.

Phillip Fisher, 1903 Woolworth avenue, for
twenty-five years a packer employed by
Wright & Wilhelmy company, has fallen
heir to a fortune in Germany. News of it
was received by Sheriff Bradley Monday
morning in a letter from Sheriff j. w.
Dreger at Minneapolis.
Sheriff Dreger said in his letter that
Michael Engele of Robbinsdale, Mimi. a
brother-in-law of Fisher, wanted to find
his address as he had an inheritance from
Germany. Within a few minutes Sheriff
Bradley had located him at the store.
Mr.. Fisher does now know who has left
the money unless it is his father, who
was alive the last time he heard from Ger
many. He himself is IS years old and his
father Yves over 80 years of age. Several
years ago his mother wrote him they had
between 5000 and 5000 marks in the bank,
$3.50 or S3,S6S, and also owned some farm
land. Mr.. Fisher has q brother in Chicago.
He says he and his brother will get the
property, as his sisters have already had
their share. He has taken steps to inves-
tigate.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
From New York World, April Il, 'Osl
RICH and POOR RUB ELBOWS
IN COMMON CAUSE
Says Society People Have Nerves
From Modern Conditions.

L. T. Cooper, the man who claims tn
Americans have weak stomachs and who
is meeting the public OF this city, seems
to be attracting an unusual amount of
attention.
Each day New Workers are calling to
hear about his theories and medicine In
greater numbers, and for the past few
days his headquarters has presented a
move sight,
A remarkable feature, to an ~onlooker,
is the varied types of people whom Cooper
is attracting, They range from prosper
ous-looking business men and fashion
ably dressed women to day laborers and
their plainly dressed wives. All rub ell
bows in a common cause.-the pursuit of
health, or as Cooper puts It, sound d.
gestion.'
In an interview Thursday afternoon.
when the striking difference in the vari-
Gus visitors was called to his attention,
Cooper said; why not? Because a
man has a million dollars that doesn't
make his stomach any better. On the
contrary, sitting at a desk all day, riding
back and forth in an automobile and
stuffing himself full of rich food will Put
his entire system out of order as sure as
fate. Most OF the men and women OF
this class whom 1 meet tell me they
nave been seeing nerve specialists. The
well-to-do seem to attribute all their
troubles to nerves. It's not their nerves
It's modern conditions that have pro-
duced the thousands OF half-sick people
among rich and poor alike in this city and
every other city in America. It's broken
down. over-worked. stuffed-up digestive
organs-that's where the trouble Is.
II am going to make a lot OF people
realize these facts before l leave New
York. Many who are calling now have
been sent here by friends. Today a
prominent woman said she had come be-
cause her maid told her that my medicine
was doing wonder for her She said.
my maid is suffering from Insomnia,
caused by nervous exhaustion. and l have
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
UNION PACIFIC in NEW SHOPS
New Buildings Are Being Filled with
Machinery and Memo Date
for Reception.

The Union Pacific is moving into new
and magnificent car shops, which are near
ing completion in the Omaha shops yards.
Most of the machinery is Installed and the
work OF moving will be FASTENED. The old
car shops will be used by the McKeen
Motor Car company for the manufacture of
motor cars, thus giving the new company
ample room to expand for some time to
come.
General Manager Mohler has not set a
date as yet for the public reception at the
new shops, but as soon as the machinery
is all installed and the moving completed
the public and especially the families of the
employees of the shops will be invited to
thoroughly inspect the plant, which is one
of the most complete in the country.
r. L. Lomax, general passenger agent Of
the Union Pacific, and w. s. Basinger, as
sistant general passenger agent, ave re-
turned from Chicago where they attended
a meeting of the general agents of the
Union Pacific.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
USELESS PIPING is DUG UP
Seven Hundred Feet of Sewer Pipe in
Court House Square More
Than Necessary

Grading Of the court house square has
unearthed over 100 feet of old water and
sewer pipe which County Plumber John
Lynch declares was useless when 1t was
put in and profitable only to the con-
tractors who did the work.
The pipes, according to Mr.. Lynch, were
put in on the theory that the longest way
around is the shortest way to the main. II
the short and natural route had been taken
when the piping was laid the county would
have saved several thousand dollars in
cost of installation and considerable ex-
pense in the maintaining or the lines.
One water pipe which runs from the main
directly to the jail follows the alley and
makes almost a complete circuit OF the
building. This alone requires 200 feet more
of pipe than the straight course would nave
taken. -
One of the sewer pipes ieaves the build
ing on the east side and instead of being
connected directly to the Seventeenth
street main, which would nave required a
comparatively few feet of piping, 1t leads
around the building to Eighteenth street
using up about 500 feet of sewer piping
more than the straight and ordinary course
would have required.
Mr.. Lynch will take out most of the out
side piping connecting the house pipes to a
line which will run directly TO Seventeenth
street and connect with the. main sewer
there.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
MOTOR PARADE IN MID.WINTER
Motorists, Cadets, Soldiers and Bust
ness Men to Cross the
River.

At least seventy-five motor cars will
form in line between Eighteenth and TWEEN
tieth street on Douglas street Tuesday at
2 o'clock under command of Captain
Buchan, United States army, who is mar
shall Of the automobile section of the
parade. The High school battalion of eight
companies, Captain Curry commanding, will
form at the High school and march down
headed by the band. Picking up the autos,
the parade will march down through the
business section of the city and past the
corn exposition before swinging east to-
ward Council Bluffs and the Horticultural
congress. Meantime those going who will
make use Of the chartered street cars will
find these at Fourteenth and Douglas
streets. H.. s.. Weller is in charge OF this
section, known as the Commercial Club
Special" The High school cadets will be
furnished with free admission to the con-
gress, but will pay their own car fare.
Arrangements ave been made to sell
tickets before leaving Omaha to those
going by motor car and street car. All
going will be given corn stalks.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
"AUTo CAN'T MAKE THAT TIME
j. A. BOyce Says His Machine Is Inca
pRble of Speed Charged
Against 1t.

TN pay any fine you want to impose,
Judge, If any man can run my $500 motor
car up Farnam street from Fifteenth to
Sixteenth faster than the law allows >
vehemently declared ], A. Boyce in police
court Monday morning when his chauffeur,
John Henderson, was arraigned IN a charge
of exceeding the speed limit with the Boyce
machine at that point on Farnam street
Saturday night.
So sure was Mr.. Boyce that his automo-
bile, a heavy, powerful affair, could not
put up the performance accredited to il
by Patrolman Chapman. the arresting Of
ficer. that he talked loud enough for the
entire crowd of people in the court room
to hear him. The case was continued till
Tuesday in order to allow time to secure
witnesses who saw the machine at the
time in question.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
"oRDERS is ORDERS" SAYS COP
Policeman Refuses to Let President
and General Manager of Corn
show Pass.

"Yez can't go up unless yez going II
hear the lecture"
A policeman stationed at the foot Of the
stairs leading to the Model Kitchen thus
held up President Wattles and General
Manager Jones of the National Corn ex-
position.
The officials paused uncertainty and
President Wattles threw open his coat,
showing a red badge inscribed, National
Corn Exposition. President" The police
man peered at 1t, blinked his eyes twice
and remarked:
"Yez may be president, but orders is
orders"
They is, they is" answered Mr.. Wat
ties.
He and Prof. Jones then moved off say
ing they would respect a man who obeyed
orders. whatever they were. The police
man was stationed to prevent school chill
dren from i~nterrupting the lecture, which,
on this day. was by Mary F.. Rouse OF the
University of Colorado on Carving and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
is NOW in COMMAND
New Head of Department of the Mis-
souri, Assumes Charge I'm
Omaha.

Brigadier General William H. Carter is
now in command of the Department of the
Missouri.
Brigadier General Charles Morton, who
has been in command of the department
temporarily for over a year, 4 has been
formally relieved. He will remain in
Omaha for several days closing up
affairs before his departure for Fort d.
A. Russell, Wyo., of which he has been
in command since his occupancy of the
temporary command If the department.
He will be accompanied to Fort Russell
by his adie-de-camp, Lieutenant Troup
Miller.
The ascention of General Carter to the
command of the Department of the Mis-
souri, will not cause any changes In the
personnel of the general staff of the de-
partment.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
Mother Receivers Her Child.

There was a lot of excitement this morn
ing about 10 a. m. in which the matron of
the police station, a petite woman, the
wife of a farmer from Blair, and a golden
haired baby were the chief figures. A
little after 10 a. m. this morning the phone
in the matron's room at the police station
was kept busy receiving inquiries about a
lost boy. Upon further inquiries she
learned that a little blue-eyed youngster
strayed away from its fond parent. At
regular intervals, inquiries over the phone
to the desk sergeant informed the mother
of the lost child tina no baby had been
found. and. as hours rolled on, and the
missing child did not materialize, the
mother became very historical.
Mrs. Knut Peterson is the wife of a
farmer living at Blair; the little family
came to Omaha to take in the sights OF
the corn show. The mother and child were
making the rounds OF the department
stores. while Mr.. Peterson was at the
stock yards selling his cattle. They agreed
to meet at some particular spot and, Mr..
Peterson being a little tardy in keeping his
appointment. the little tired woman wan
dered into the Omaha Clothing Co., 1915
1913 Farnam street. where the Forced out
of Business Sale was going on. Mrs.
Peterson had read so much of this sale
and. after she managed TO work her way
near the busy bargain counters. she be-
came interested in so many things that she
utterly neglected to look after the little
golden haired mite.
The child, beiRg tired, somehow or other
managed to crawl under the underwear
counter and fell into a deep and long
slumber. and finally awoke after a pleasant
nap. After the baby boy was located, the
mother fully recovered from the shock, and
the party. accompanied by Mr.. Peterson,
a. left the store in good spirits.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15

gestlve poetry in which it is yelled. Miss.
Elliott Is making the part of Salome very
attractive, and Mr.. Ingraham. is winning
as much praise as Herod as he did in THE
Devil" The production is the most ambi-
tious the Bqrwood management has yet
undertaken, and is a most artistic and eff
fective stage arrangement. The succession
of pictures presented is not the least Of the
attractions of the drama, and this is fully
in the stage settings and grouping.
The play will run all week, with matinees
on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15

had the same trouble for three years. 1
wanted to reply-'tommyrot, madam;
both you and your maid are suffering
from too little fresh air and too much
food but l didn't. / sold her the medi-
cine and let IT go at hat. If It makes her
a well woman she will be positive IL re-
lieved her OF nervous trouble. As a mat
ter of fact there isn't a single ingredient
in Cooper's New Discovery Intended 10
at on the nervous system, Get the d.
gestive organs working properly ana the
nerves will right themselves
Among New Workers. who have become
convinced that Cooper's medicine Is all
that is claimed is Mr.. Frank Perkinson,
of 2O7 Butler street, Brooklyn. a promi-
nent contractor, who, when interviewed
Thursday said: "A few weeks ago l
began to hear OF Cooper and his ideas
about stomach trouble. Next, one or two
friends of mine told me that his medicine
had done a great deal for them. Twelve
DAYS ago / came here. saw Cooper end
got the medicine. Today / am perfectly
well, at least l feel so. 1 sleep like a
boy, can eat anything, and have no more
rheumatism or stomach trouble. no
longer have any gas on my stomach and
feel as l did many years ago. No one
could be more astonished by these facts
than myself, They are remarkable, but
true. This man undoubtedly has "a won
derful medicine. When / came in
here twelve days ago l was ali bent over
with rheumatism. Today l can walk per
fectly erect, and feel as though I could
run five miles.
81 have lived In Brooklyn IS years.
A great many people nov me and can
vouch for this statement. 1 feel 30 well
I cannot believe 1 Inn the same man who
dragged himself in here two weeks ago"
ooopsrs new Discovery, the remark
able medicine which has excited so muet
In view York, II now on sal
At leading drug stores svsrywherS
throughout the United states. Ask y0u
druggist for Il
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
At the Theaters
Revelation, AZ the Boyd.

"The Revelation" at the Boyd.
Mary Shaw and associates in The Revela-
tlon,' a drama in four acts. by Rev.
Henry Knott; under direction of Martin
a Emery. tn cast:
vera Treleven, the other woman 80.
Henry Treleven. her SON. Robert LswIer
EDWARD Pennoyer, the man in the case
Catherine Pennoyer. his wife ......".y.
Margaret Pennoyer, their daughter. .,..
Emil Gessier, an %opijmisi Lillian hnodeS
- ."."....."...... Gordon Mendelssohn
Kathleen, his assistant, a h~ousemaid..
Charles. an ola retainer lanes Thornlev
Rev. Mr.. Knott could not divest himself
of his sacerdotal robes, even when he
wooed the tragic Muse, and his drama is
more of a sermon than a play. It loses
none Of its strength because of this, but
it does not appeal as 1t would If 1t were
written more directly to the people to
whom 1t is addressed. The story is one
of interest, and possesses dramatic posi-
bilities that suffer considerably from the
manner of their unfolding, but the thought
Is one that forces itself on consideration,
and demands a hearing. The company
that has been assembled to present the
play is one of unusual merit, and through
the force of the acting the drama is saved,
The story is not an especially novel one.
A youth and maiden love, and he rides
away to realize his ambition, leaving her
to bear alone the burden OF their love.
He weds a girl Of fortune and family and
becomes rich and powerful, and the father
of a daughter whom he idol.zes. His wife
discovers after many years the secret Of
his early love. and leaves him after bit
terly denouncing him for his perfidy. The
woman he deserted in his youth returns,
and a scene of strength between the two
women follows. His daughter falls in love
with a stranger met in the park. The
father employs a new private secretary.
who turns out to be the young man his
daughter met in the park. Under stress
of circumstances the father consents to
the marriage of the boy and girl, when
it turns out that they are brother and
sister. Then comes the terrible situation.
The father says, MY daughter must be
saved" and the mother asks, But what
OF your SOM" The boy learns the truth
and takes poison. This skeleton is clothed
with such a garb of words as drives home
with force the lesson intended.
Mary Shaw, who heads the company, Is
very impressive in the role of the mother
who was never a wife. 1t is a part that
gives her chances to show her fine quail
ties for expression, and she does it very
well. Robert Lawler, the son in the play.
is a fine actor, as also is Mr.. Horton, and
their share of the work is done with a
finish that makes It worth watching. Cor
don Mendelssohn "a former Omaha boy)
Is doing a fine bit of character acting
In the comedy role, Miss Rhodes. Miss
and Miss Fitz-Allen are all good,
and this makes up the whole of a very
clever acting organization. The piece is
well staged, and the audience at the Boyd
theater last night bestowed close attention
and much applause on the efforts Of the
company.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
GIRL IS INJURED BY FALL
Miss Helen Freshman of Red Oak, ia~'
steps from Moving Car at Six
teenth and Dodge.

Miss Helen Pressman, Is years old, of
Red Oak. Ia. who with her mother has
been visiting Mrs. A. NJ. Fuller, 116 North
Twenty-seventh street. was painfully but
not seriously injured about 6 o'clock yes
terday evening by falling from a street car
at the corner OF Sixteenth and Dodge
streets.
Miss FRESHMAN, with her mother and
Mrs. Fuller, Intended to leave the car at
this point and transfer to the Dodge street
line. The young woman attempted to
aIlght before the car came to a stop and
was thrown to the pavement and severely
bruised. She was taken into sherman &
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
COURT ENJOINS THE COUNCIL
COune and Commissioners
Flynn from Moving Fruit
stand.

A temporary restraining order has been
Issued by Judge Kennedy TO prevent the
city of Omaha and Street COMMISSIONS
Tom ]. Flynn from carrying out the orders
of the city council TO remove the fruit
stand on the southeast corner or Sixteenth
and Harvey streets. The order was Sc
cured by John and Peter Birbills.
The petition asserts the order OF the
council is invalid because they are not on
the street, but are occupying private
ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
BOYS BREAK STREET LAMPS
Company VIII Sue Parents of the
the Lids for Fifty
0mp pr.

Complaints against a number of boys on
South Twentieth street and damagc suits
against their parents are lke'y to follow
the discovery that fifty street lights be-
longing to the Omaha Electric Light and
Power company had been broken. KsStmcr
Plinski, one of the boys, was in juvenile
court Monday and told all about g.. He
implicated several other boys, who wi BE-
Investigated Complaints that many of. the
lights in this district were out caused the
lighting company to investigate and they
found most Of their lamps had been broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15

Serving" One point she brought out was
that it is no longer good form to wait until
everyone is served, but to eat while the
provender is still warm. The lecturers
Monday afternoon were Margaret Blair and
Rosa Bouton.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-15
Vaudeville at the orpheum.

Charmion, the trapeze performer, has
been heralded from coast to coast as doing
a disrobing act of highly sensational
nature. She does divest herself of a large
amount of clothing quite superfluous to
a trapeze performer, but does not afford
food for those of evil appetite. 1t Is as a
wonderworker on the trapeze that she COM
mands attention and her skill in this d.
rection reaches quite the conceivable limit
of performance on a moving horizontal
bar, and for this she received most hearty
and most deserved applause.
Jules Verne's "Trip to the Noon" finds
itself dramatized in the sketch. winning
a Queen" presented by Frank Gardiner
and Lottie Vincent. The offering which
has been seen here before has many points
of merit, prominent among these being
Gagdiner's own comedy and the ingenious
way in which the voyage to Luna is set
forth.
The bill is opened by two banjoists.
Claudius and Scarlet. who succeed ad-
mirably in winning favor largely through
some old songs which they revive. These
go way back to the days of '49 and include
such forgotten favorites as Wait for the
Wagon" Billy Boy" "Oh Susanna and
Darling Nellie Gray" 1t is a genuine
pleasure to hear some Of them again
This number is followed by the Saytons,
who appear in the guise Of alligators and
make the saurians shudderingly lifelike.
The baby alligator is amusing and the ex-
PLANTATION of it ought not to be given, but
left to be seen. What amounts to a chapter
from The Virginian' may be observed in
the comedy sketch, "When Hearts Beat
True" given by Martin Van Bergen and
Myrtle Kresby. Both are good actors, the
former in particular and he sings with a
pleasing baritone voice two western songs.
The other two acts of the week are Lewis
and Green in a brief farce which was well
liked, and the Six Little Girls and a
Teddy Bear" Everett Scott assumes
the diminutive bruin role and is the main
stay OF the act, although the young women
dance cleverly, Scott is about the best
sheep in VOLTS clothing, so to speak, who
has been seen in some time. Except for
the original dog in Buster Brown, his is the
most amusing animal representation one
remembers.