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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
Public Improvementa.

TIE cost o. public improvements 3rcla6-
ing PAVING. curbing. sidewalks an sewers
aggregated SSl.SL14 this being about 49,
pE less than the amount expended fo-
similar work during 1877.
The new concrete bridge over Indian
creek al Frank street was completed at
a cost OF about 500. and work has been
begun on q similar new bridge al the foot
% Bryant street. which. when completed.
viii cost about ro.0o. Il funds viii permit:
q Il this work VII be eontinued at this
point and the bridge al the foot Of Main
street replaced during the year with q
concrete structure.
During the last year A.gs square yards
Of paving were lad at q cost Of s6a096.m
OF combination curling and guttering L.
sS Eneal feet were laid at = cost OF 81
l4a-sS. The cost Of cement and brick side
walks was Sl2sL.12 But little sewer work
was 6oDe. only t.742s. being expended for
this class OF public Improvement Follow
ing is g umnsr OF the public work done
during the last year.
PAVING.
P~uri1gt0n block on concrete base.
Sixth avenue from Tenth street 10
Twelfth street 2sS3 square yards; cost.
&.ES5l
Third stree: from story street T. High
E.ssag7.
Turley avenue from Third street to CLARK
venue Lisa square yards. Gust SA4lG.
High school avenue from Third street to
sslE.
North First street from Washington ave.
nue. to Han street S.s# square yards
Fourth street from Eleventh avenue &c
Twelfth avenue. l,of2 square yards: cost
Purington block on brick base:
Avenue A from Eight street 10 Eleventh
. street, AL square yards; cost &7s2-ss.
Ninth street from Broadway 10 Avenue
3. lD7 square yards: cosl HNS&
b lsss square yaros. cost, 67@A&
North Seventh street from Washington
avenue 70 Avenue =, ass square yards
cost. 5000
I street from Washington avenue TO Col
fax street 81 linss1, feet, cost $s97-7s
Avenue A. from Eighth street 10 Eleventh
street 2lgl lineal feet cost S.3E2E: NintL
Iineal feet. cost Sg30-gS; Tenth street. from
Broadway 10 Avenue B. lEl nnssl feet
cost NSLI; Perm avenue, from Franz
street 10 east terminus, LS49 linesl feet
cost. E4aS5. Nicholas street. from Broad,
way to Perrin avenue, 2.IM lineal feet cost
Nl&R; Turlsy avenue, from Third stree
10 Clark avenue. SIS lnssl feet. cost. S50s- %
Third street, from Story 10 Fifth avenue
street, from Washington avenue 10 Hal
street ISL lineAl feet, cost H6lS-Ss.
Four-inch curbing; Fourth street from
Eleventh avenue 10 Twelfth avenue. 81
sidewalks: Cement. T.&2 square yards
cast $3.50; brick, 1851 hneal feet cost
IL5l2Sa
sewers. Avenue D. from Eighth stree
S.5lSs. Twelfth street. from Avenue c u
Avenue d. - Aneal feet cost. S2416a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
sarEev

n ths ab10minzl reEi1I Is prevented ~
The use q Dr. Kings NeE Life Pills the
painless purifiers - Pr sale b Beaten
DruE O.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
Navy Take. Responsibility

In the face Of the overwhelming need OF
the Italians, the department is considering
its own men second: Row they Will b. pro-
vlded with food is something that Hfl be
considered later. The navy department
takes fun responsibility for this sudden
gift Of supplies belonging 10 Jhc United
States government 10 the Italians without
warrant Of Law. Il probably relies upon
ongr,ss to approve Of is acton, but toe
expectation is that congress vii b. cnly
too well pleased al this evi5ence OF Amer
can pluck and Ee, there" qualities Of the
American navy.
Just as its ships were the first 10 reach
Kingston after the West Indian 8uh
quake disaster. 50 the American naval flag
OF the Celtic may be the first 10 bring ae-
tusl food supplies 10 Messina from an
country, even though SSp3 miles sNaa.
The ship has been dispatched 10 sea in
record time, in less thai eighteen hours
after its captain conceived his humzne
idea
The Celtic has in cargo E5s.Ne worth
Of provisions. sufficient food for 900 peo-
pie, S2.O00 worth Of clothing. tents enough
10 LW0 persons and q large
quantity Of medical and surgical supplies.
According 10 its orders. the Celtic Is to
proceed first 10 Gibraltar. which port il
should reach IN twelve days. and where il
should receive congress formal suthorizs-
ton TO distribute the government stores TO
the naked and starving Italians II viii
waste no time al Gibraltar. bit viii simply
touch there long enough TO get the neoes-
sary congressional sanction, and viii thea
SAL costhaEss 70 Messina-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
ORANGES IN SCHOOL LAWS
Principal Effort to Make the Country
Schools More Effective.
STATE ASKED 10 AID ROADS
EIOcutton Teacher gains Wome
a. Member Of Debating Teams.
Insisting Their NanBerisms
show weak Points.
STATE ASKED TO AID ROADS


DES MONIES Jan l-special)-Re-
form school laws 20 he PROPOSED 10 TIE
Iowa legislature this winter by the S-hool
Law commission were Tins morning Re
viewed and discussed by STATE SupCr.n-
tendent Riggs before the state teachers
convention He said. in part:
While no immediate cnAnEe Is suggested
the proposes law looks 5efinitely TO
higher requirements IN the near fGture
IL being made the duty OF the state Board
Of Education 10 require as soon - prac-
t1cable broader preparation and WIDER
range OF knowledge on the part Jf those
seeking authority 70 teach 50 far a. the
organization and work Of The state Eosro
Of Education is concerned the cnanges
proposed. while very important ar sim
PIE and euinently rational. and designed
to make the board Of larger value by
marking out its powers and duties more
definitely and ~ providing the means to
make effective the service expected or Re
uuired
The RECOMMENDATION Of the commission
concerning the custody and use OF school
finances are most important in that IL Is
proposed TO abolish the office OF school
treasurer. 10 make the counfg treasurer
the custodian Of the school funds ard 10
require that these funds, when deposited
in banks. shall draw the same rate q in
tsrest received by the state on its de-
posits. At the present time banks End
school t~reasurers have the free use Of an
enormous balance. which has grown
steadily from year 10 year until on June
80. 1908. 81 had reached q to-a1 OF s5.S45.-
Ss1-17. In addition TO the free Use Of
paid annually in salaries q total approx
lmarfnE g-E NNN
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

Totals ...s AsEAS.S ssl AELS4G
The following shows the number q trans
fers Of real estate and total consideration
forfthe last five years:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

Pnefacing his remarks with the state
nent that the investigation would not he
COZ Quoted in a sensational way. .fbut after
the fashion Of care and elaboration that
generally chsracterizes senate inquiries &"
Senator Hale said:
The extent and U.s. and the KIND q
Work performed by the secret service
under the direction of the heads o. certain
departments, have greatly and star1lfnglr
been amplified during the Tasi few wears
arc Il Is this SITUATION which has attracted
The attention Of the senate and is TIA
foundation OF its investigation. Tba
presidents message is only secondary IN
its Importance as affecting this iDvesr5-
cation The course 10 be pursued is ~
no respect an investigation Of the prss-
cent and is not by any means the resuI,
Of his message. The work Of the commit
Tee VII not be in any way limited a. an
answer 10 that message. Nor e there any
intention q prolonEinE the investigate
until after March 4 Indeed so,h.
whether II has ever entered INTO the mind
OF any OF the most imaginative Of senator,
10 prolonE the investigation and 10 csu n,
President Roosevelt as = witness v-be, -
becomes a private citizen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
INTO SECRET SERVICE
Senate to Make General Inquiry Into
Its Scope and Extent.
STATEMENT BY SENATOR HALE
He says Extension Of This work &c
Alarming and DanEerous-Head.
of Department. 20 BE
S~ummoned

WASHINGTON. Jan. That the Pro
posed inquiry by the senate on
appropriations into the methods Of the Sc
cTet service VIII be very searching and
comprehensive was stated today by Sens-
tor Hale, acting chairman Of the commit
tee TVS announcement was called ont By
an inumauon that TIE inquiry might b
prolonged until after The fourth Of March
10 pe4Dit the summing Of President
Roosevelt before thu c-mmittee as q phi
vate ciuz5n 70 testify regarding the opera
tons q the secret service.
While stating that So far as he knew
there is DO foandsIo on for this report. Scr
ator Hale said the various departments q
the government in which secret s rvir=
men had beer employed w5ul5 be askes
10 furnish Information and szded that they
would II necessary he officially called upon
by q senate resolution. He also stated thar
the inquiry would lie made quite ln1epeod-
entity OF ire presidents r,znarx In his mes
sage 1t is understood that the conmittez
WI begin its work as soon after the holi-
days as the information from the depart
ruents is received.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
NAVAL SUPPLIES TO ITALIANS
Celtic Sails from New York With
Million and Half Rstions.
FOOD INTENDED FOR FLEET
Idea to Divert Vessel Already Loaded
10 Stricken Zone Originates with
commander Hu>e-FIeet
May Aid in work.

NEW YORK. Jan THE United sts.ea
supply ship CelLc. which was 10 have met
the returning batueship feet with holiday
cheer, sailed out Of New Nork aarbor yes
terday or an entirely dlst rent mission.
but Without changing r. single item Of it,
cargo. Il viii g. % Messina. after a brief
stop a. Gibraltar. to give a million and q
haiI q navy rstions 10 the earthquake SUI
fereTs.
The idea % changing the Celtic into a
relief ship came to its commander. Harry
Mol HUss. last night. IL met vita the
immediate approval q Rear Admiral cas-
per 2 Goodr.ch. commancz1t q the navy
yard. who promptly communicates Ui:h
the department al W~asl-ng;on. Red tape
was cut quickly IN The interest Of hum1n-
ity, necessary preparsuons were hurried a.
the yard. and the Celtic with Christmas
trees ltiu dashed 10 the mast hcads-it had
been designed 10 make the Celtic The
Christmas ship Of the Teei-saued Its sup
plies VIII not De eaten BY American sail
ors, bEi by suffering survivors o. the Ca
lsbrian and Sicilsn disaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
wouId BuiId Good Road.

State aid 10 encourage building q good
roads VIII be asked Of the comin legisla-
TUre. by the Greater Des Moines COMMITTEES.
A bin providing FOR such has been drafted
by Attorney General Byers II provides for
q permanent good road commission and es-
Jablishes z reward system Tor good roads
spqropriatinE ybaaD9 for the purpose
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02

TranEfsEs q reh estate : sh8vH By
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR CITY
10 Boon, but a Consistently Good
Business is Done.
BUILDING TRADES ARE ACTIVE
windsp Of the Year shows an Entire
Disappearance of the strained
Conditions of the Earlier
Months.

While 81 would be an eKsgEerauon to say
that Council Bluffs ea3oyed a boom during
the year just closed Il can Be truthfuny
said thai the business men Of the city have
no reason to complain when conditions
which prevailed throughout the country
are taken INTO consideration Business gen
orally was good and there was DO lack o.
employment for the skilled artisan and the
unskillsd lAborer. In fact owing TO The eK-
tenEive building operations the supply OF
skilled labor during certain seasons Of the
year Vas lnsufncient 10 meet the demand
Merchants report an excellent Christmas
trade Everybody appeared TO have money
and seemed anxious @ spend f. The Christ
mas trade. he merchants say. Is a pretty
sure index OF the nrsocial condition Of the
r.-------.-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
A RUSH TO GET FREEDOM
$50 CONNECTS WANT PARDONs.
AND BUSY TIME is AHEAD
OF PRISON COMMISSION.

The state of unrest in the peni-
Tertiary produced by the agitation
of last year, and the fact that recent
investigations have led to a larger
number of pardons than usual, has
stirred the convicts to renewed eff
forts to secure their freedom by
legal means and, as result, the
state prison commission is confront
ed by an extraordinary number of
applicants for pardon and parole.
No less than $50 new applications
for clemency have been filed with the
commission for hearing at the Feb
ruary meeting. Some of these are
for pardon while others are for pa
role under the law about to be put
into operation. For the reason that
different conditions are attached to
the parole law from those applying
to pardOns and combinations the
commission has delayed putting it
into general operation until it can
send out circulars giving full infor-
IioCAOI lCSdI QluS II. mere mas as
yet been only one case of parole, and
that was of young girl taken from
the state reformatory and placed
with good family.
AS the commission will be busy
until February 4th considering offers
of land for the new prison farm, it
will not reach these clemency appli-
cations until the latter part of next
week, and owing to the unusual
number of them it will take practi-
cally all the month to dispose of
them.
The frequent pardons and commu-
tations of late have encouraged other
convicts to seek clemency, and the
change in the prison system, which
goes into effect April LIST, will have
the tendency still further to increase
the list.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
THE WOMEN DO THE WORK
AN ENGLISH VILLAGE WHERE
THEY ARE PHYSICAL GIL
ANTS AND ''SHE is IT."

LONDON.-There is one place in
the British Isle where the motto
THE hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world" falls fiat, and that
is in Llangwn, little oyster village
on a estuary of the great harbor of
Milford Haven, for in Llangwn it is
the man that rocks the cradle.
When you speak of Llangwn you
mean the Llangwn woman. 1t is
she who goes out fishing; it is she
who, quantity dressed in a short
homespun skirt, felt hat and red
shawl and with a donkey pannier,
hawks her oysters and fish round
the countryside, and it is she who
holds the purse and dresses the fam
lily including her man. She holds
her sway by the moral suaston of
physical force.
She is a match for a varsity row.
ing Blue in points, any waterman in
strength and any fisherman round
the coast of four nations in logged
ness against wind and tide, in I'M
uduul6uu6SS III d uISu S6tt, VI III net
handling. Mentally she is quite UP
to the times. LIangwn has banished
the public house, and there are many
Llangwn women awaiting old age
pensions.
Needless to say she is a Liberal.
Her life is severe ana spartan. Her
religion is of the breed of that of
CrOmWeIl'S TrOnsideS. The LlangWn
man is somewhere in the back
ground. He is a domestic animal.
He has not even a claim to his own
name. He is MARY Palmer's man."
or Bessie Liewellins SON"
There is no off-hand talf of ''The
wife" or the missus' in Llangyn.
1t would appear that Llangwn is the
Utopia of the suffragists. Not so,
however. The women of Llangwn
have not the slightest need for the
vote. Their men have it, which is
quite enough.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03

watching the man before him. He
observed two facts: First, that the
stranger was ruddy checked, we'll fed
and without a line of care or anx-
iety about his eyes; second that he
declined to say where he had ever
worked or sought work. These ques-
lions would not ordinarily be asked
him by the average busy office man
he would apply to. He observed also
that when the question of money
arose the man stoutly repudiated any
suggestion of a gift, but immediate
ly impressed the statement that he
had only 80 cents to his name Put
ting these things together the secre-
tary made up his mind that he had
struck the most original adventurer
he had ever seen. Here was an indi-
vidual, he declared, who represented
himself as being a reformed convict
whom society was trying to thrust
back into the underworld, but who
probably had never been in prison
or committed any penal crime; a
picturesque pessimist.
The secretary gave him meal tick
cts for a day and assured him he
could get him job if he would re-
turn in three or four hors. Up to
the present time, however, he hasn't
come back.
The man gave his name as John
Corkbit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
3 MEN EAT 675 OYSTERS, 22 POUNDS
OF STEAK, 10 PIES AND 81 ROLLS

NEW YORK.-Three members of
the Manhattan Fat Mems Club who
are in training for the forthcoming
annual championship eating contest
met yesterday at No. 244 East Third
street to settle a private wager of
$50 as to which of the trio could
get outside of the most food. Here
is what they consumed.
Ex-Alderman Frank J. Dotzler,
who weighs $50 pounds: 275 oys-
tiers, S1a pounds of steak, IL rolls,
II cups of coffee, large pies.
Jack Grossman, who weighs 315
pounds: 100 oysters, IL pounds of
steak, 8 rolls, 10 cups of coffee, 8
large pies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
THE PRESIDENT GETS S383,OOO A YEAR
OOzier I'll other officials of the
citizens. NM. 235oo most = s private

~uz1er "l1er olnclals OF the
ci+iaor 23s0n most private
olIIZenS' mus Il their own
pocket, and are, of right, to be in
Guided in the amount of scompen-
satlon the president gets. Includ-
ing the first $4,000 it all amounts
to $4,000. -
but IN addition to this amount for
private use there are other items of
seml-private nature. In the first
place there is an item of $4,000 for
contingent expenses of the executive
once, including stationery therefor.
aS wei as record books, kilograms.
telephones, books for library, furnf-
Cure and carpets for offices. horses.
carriages, harness, automobiles, ex-
penses of stable including labor. and
miscellaneous items, to be expended
IN the discretion of the president +"
1t can be easily imagined how a lib
eral constructionist such as our pres
ent president is constructs lin the
discretion of the president" So we
may add that item to the $4,000
appropriated for things which other
men pay for out of their pockets.
Most of Them Personal.
None of these items have to do
with the official duties of the presi-
dent, except, of course, that part of
the contingent fund he uses for sta
tlonery, record books, kilograms, etc.,
and the carriages and automobiles
properly used for official purposes by
himself and his official helpers.
For the official staff of the presi-
dent congress appropriated last year
$69,92O. There are a number of 9TH
er items not mentioned, such as ST.
600 for printing invitations and that
sort of thing, electricity and lighting
of the office and white house grounds,
laundry, etc.. In all 1t has been fig
ured out by one republican congress-
man, Mr.. Madden of Illinois, that
congress is apprOpriating for the
presidents use, personal and official,
the sum of $685. 900 annually. 9th
ers, who do not include a number
of items for strictly official duties by
the president and his staff of secre-
taries, figure out the total of $685.
| 900.
Now it is proposed, and the senate
has actually voted, to give the next
president straight compensation, -
besides the perquisites mentioned
above, of 100000, instead of $780,
600 as at present, leaving out the
one perquisite which it is practically
admitted is unconstitutional, that of
$4,000 for travelling expenses. This
would be in reality an increase of
only $4,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
DIED FROM A CARBUNCLE.
Mr.. George Rives of Lee County Sue
cumbs After Suffering Three Weeks.

Mr.. George RiveS of Lee County Sue
cumbs After Suffering Three Weeks.
The remains of Mr.. George Rives,
accompanied by his brother and sis
ter, Mr.. A. P. Riyes and Miss Matte
Rives, of Springvale, and two cous-
ms, Messrs. J. F. and I. P. Cooke,
of Dawson, were brought here Mon
day on the cannon ball train FROM
his home in Lee county and carried
to the residence of his cousin, Mr. j.
E. Martin, where funeral services
were held at 2 O'Clock in the after
noon, conducted by Rev. J. E. Seals,
the interment being in the Western
cemetery,
Mr.. Rives, as our older citizens
know, was born in Cuthbert, being
the son of Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Rives, and was a citizen of Randolph
until some fifteen or twenty years
ago, since which time he has lived
in Lee county. Some two or three
weeks ago he was attacked with a
.carbuncle, which terminated fatally
Sunday morning after ten days of
intense suffering. Had he lived un-
til May he would have been IL years
old. Joining the church in early
youth his life has been lived among
US, his failures and successes are
known to those who knew him best
and loved him most We knew him
as clever, genial, good-hearted gen.
tleman, and are informed that his
accounts, both with God and man,
were satisfactorily arranged before
the end came,-Cuthbert Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
'HARRI" DIDN'T ENTHUsE
Those AtIantdnS Who Expected It
of Him We're Disappointed.
But LIKED HIM JUST THE SAME

The atlanta Spirit" Germ Did Not
Sieze Hold of the Railroad Wiz
card. Could Not BE Pierced by
Marthaville Enthusiasm, Before
Which Every Other Prominent Git
izen, Including Presidents and
Presidents-EIect, Had Fallen.
ATLANTA.-Those who expected
the Atlanta spirit" germ to seize
Edward H. Hartman and make that
wizard of the transportation world
enthuse on the occasion of his visit
here were sadly disappointed. Not
that the visitor was not impressed
nor that he proved unsociable
or that he didn't like Atlanta
and her ELUSIVE citizens. 1t was
just simply the business calm and
serenity which surround the form
and protect the personality of the
little giant of finance. He could not
be pierced by Atlanta enthusiasm, be-
fore which practically every promi-
nent visitor to this enterprising city,
from President-Elect Taft down, has
fallen.
Dressed in a plain business suit,
clOaked in a heavy gray overcoat,
Mr.. Hartman allowed himself to be
whirled around the city in churning
automobiles, with leading citizens be-
side, in front of and behind him to
point out every place of interest and
"orate" on the city's great advant-
ages. He rode, heard and saw.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
MIR. BRYAN DEEPLY REGRETS IT
His Daughter Who Is Suing for a
Divorce Married Against His Will.


Divorce Married Against His Will.
The old adage, marry in haste
and repent at leisure" obtrudes it.
self upon the mind in connection
with the filing of a divorce petition
by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt. Miss
Bryan was known as a spirited girl,
OF beauty and mental parts. She
imagined that she loved the artist.
Her father opposed the match. He
said she had better wait and see.
But the girl, impetuous and head
strong, thought she already knew
what she wanted and how she want
ed it, and she wanted to marry the
artist right then. Against the ripper
wisdom of her parents, therefore,
she took the bit between her teeth"
and ran away, so to speak. But af-
ter time came the disillusionment.
She found that her idol had feet
of clay. She became disconnected,
then unhappy, and finally miserable
IN the thralldom into which she had
bound herself. The only way out
was through the door of the divorce
court, and she has appealed to be
permitted to depart by that way. The
incident must be deeply regretted
by Mr.. Bryan, her father, who is an
ardent religionist.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
Little Joe'' Is Different Sort From
the Average Politician.

The fact that Little joe Brown
is different sort from the average
politician is attracting attention. Mr..
Brown is studying his constituency
after the election to find out what
the people want him to do Gen
orally speaking the officeseeker stud
les his people before the election, to
ascertain what he can promise them,
and after the election they see moth
ing more of him until he becomes a
candidate again. The Brown plan is
one that has much to commend it.