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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1890)
V CfllORED HEN'S CONVENTION. Considerable Time Spent in the Discussion of Law and Order. THE 1I80LTJTION8 AND BEPOBT3. A Spirited Debate on tlio Question of Kdtivatlon nnd tlie Practice of .Maintaining Separate Schools. The convention of colored citizens rccon- Ycned In Onrflcld hall yesterday morning at It o'clock. It was called to order by Mr. Bar rett and was opened with prayer by Chaplain - lain Moore. The committee on resolutions presented the following : Wlicren" , The negro In the United Plates Is Opprc ocl nnd hindered In his procrem to u Jilnco of hlKher clvllntlun and Is clclinrrnd of miiriy of tlio privileges urnnted to other clt- Irons hot h of native and foreign birth , and WlivruiiH , The negro U denied tunny of the prlvlloec * und Imniiinltlos guaranteed to him bv tlio federal constitution , nnd WherciiH , The federal government Is rcluc- tnnt In tlio enforcement of the law and In pro- loctlne tlm negro In Ills rights ; nnd Wherein , It 19 Incumbent upon thonogroto Combliii ) his strength for tin ) further ndralice- mcnl of hUlx'St interests by Improving his moral , inenlnl and financial status ; mid his t ut ui'i depends in apron tnicnuiire upon his own exert Ions ; nml.aa wo bt'Ucvo It to ho conduct vo to the negro's prosperity , that ho be more fhoroiighly distributed throiigljoutrho United States ; tlicrc'furc , b < ) It ilrsohcil. Tliit\\e , as a convention take such of iMOxperlty mid tliat no comhlno with law Abiding citizens of all nationalities In the en forcement of tlio law and In creating a public nonunion Hint win KIISUIIII public ofllclals In the proper exercise of their duty In securing to all pronla'thaso richtH and privileges ] guur- teed to them by the law of the I There nro two wings in the convention and the resolution was debated with great spirit. Jv volley of "Mr. Chairman" cntne from every portion of the hall , and the chairman was compelled tolimlt the time of each speaker. A fine regard for parliamentary rules was ob. crvpd , and when noon was reached only about half of the arguments had been offered. One cnthusiasitio individual wanted to con- I tinue the convention until 4 o'clock without 1 recess , but the hungry I'angs of the majority 1 prevailed iitul voted for food versus wind. During the afternoon session the report of the committee on education called to view the I-fact that education is the one thing needful. The document disapproved of the matter of separate schools. There was considerable discussion as to what u previous question was , but it ended with the acceptance of the rejxjrt , which embodied the following resolu tions : That wn favor the enforcement of the law Tvhk'h rvijiilros nil children to attend school. Tlmt wo bcllovo that tlio separate public system now In operation In cumuli's and otutts of the American union Is an extra "burden upon tlio taxpayers and contradiction of our giivurnnifiit , us It fosJors class projudlco. which Is detrimental to the best Interest of government. Thittii committee of two bo chosen to ascer tain thu number of colored children In eacli of the schools of this city and other cities und towns of Nebraska. That a committee of two wait upon the paiuntsof childrou who nro not attending Buhool and ascertain their reasons for not doing so. and If their excuse Is trivial , to use their inlliiunco and thu Inllueiico of thu com mittee on education to overcome It. Tlmt a committed of two wait upon the scholar * In the advanced classes or grades and urso and encourage them to complete their education and nsilst them In u\ cry waj That a comtnltlooof two wait on the schol ars that have graduatcd.or who nro proficient. to apply for position * In tuorcantllo houses and KOI eminent position . The following : resolutions were also adopted : \\liercns.Wcbcllovolttobea D\cd deter mination on the part of thu prominent e'uss ' of cltl/eiH In u largo innnbur at tlio southern Hlutcs to clufeut the object and purpose of the Uflwntli niiieiHlinent , M'utlon - of urtlclo4of tlie rnnslliutlon of the United States ; there fore bi111 Kesohi'd , That wo respectfully ask our i coucixKsini'ii rind senators to iibo their Inttu- iancu tohcuuiv the passage of u nutlonul clee- tionjaw. Another resolution , introduced by Scarred Smith of Omaha , was to the .fleet lhat the board of education of Nebraska City bo cen sured for maintaining separate schools for .colored children. This called for a heated debate , which re- BUIU'U in ita iK IHIU on luu Then a committee on emigration submitted n report which eulogized the climate and productiveness of Nebraska , and recom mended the establishment of a bureau of Immigration , consisting of one state commis sioner and ono vice commissioner from each county in the state , the expense to bo borne i by thu btalo league until the bureau becomes I Belf-bustnining. The latter part of the report twos objected to , and on vote it was decided to substitute a bureau of information instead Of immigitiUon commissioners. Thu committee on constitution and organi zation , through E. H. Overall , reported in t/uvor of the establishment of the Alro-Amor- icou league of the state of Nebraska with the object of aiding and advancing the national Afro-American league. Tlio basts of repre sentation was fixed at ono delegate from each local league that has a mcmlwrshlp of fl f ty. The organization of the state league was en completed by the election of the follow- a officers : President , M. O. Ulekotts of Omaha ; vice- * president , B. F. G. Alberts of Lincoln ; rcf- cordlng-serretnry , II. H. Barnett of Omaha ; coiTesJKmdlng secretary , B. C. Wulkins of Nebraska City ; treasurer , E. It. Overall of Omaha. Executive committee : Thomas Carnah.in. Lincoln ; E. K. Sims , Alliance ; Jerry Smith , Blair ; W. I. Jones , Nebraska Cilv. Board of immigration : Alphonso Wilson , clmirnuui , with authority to appoint the balance of thu committee. On motion it was unanimously decided that the next session of the league bo held in Liu- coin. _ Ulbtrlut Court. Lulu Wuochtcr has applied for a divorce from Frank Waechtor on tlio ground of de sertion. The parties were married April 7 , 18S7 , nt Council Bluffs , and the husband de- berted his wife on April 1 , 1SS8. Thu Helm sash and door company has cora- tnenccd suit against GotUiob H. Jlack ct ul. to rmivvr $1,03:1.73 : on account of labor and inatcilol furnlfchod in erecting u house for the defendant in South Omaha. County Court. Samjicl Stover , the ex-sewer inspector , re covered a Judgment against the city yester day In the county court , amounting to M8. Mr. Stover was discharged by the chairman of the board of public works December 5 , 1SS7 , but refused to accept his discharge , as it was not in writing. Ho was employed dur ing March for a few days under the dlrvction of the city engineer , nnd claimed that ho had been in the employ of the city during the in terim , and brought bull to recover hU salary. defense set up that Stover was dls- f".irK > 'd in December , as there was no mows Xvork for him. Chairman Balcombo notified him orally to thai eifect , although It hud been customary to consider men discharged wheti work Mopped for the winter. Caroline Iv. Terry was yesterday appointed udininlstratix of the estate of Isaao K. IVrrj' . _ j Alice Dunklau was apixilntod udmlnstrutru : Jl pf the estate of AVilllam Duiilclan. District Court Jurors. The following is tlio list of Jurors for the Muy term of the district court as drawn yes terday by Clerk F. E. Mooros und Sheriff Jloyd ; William Brann , First ward ; T. P. Iltlcy , Fourth ward ; John Hoffman , Second ward ; E > .m Hurd , Sixth ward : P.F. Denulson , Fifth ward ; John Conroy , South Oiimhn ; Put Carl , Fourth ward ) J. .uNolnw , Seventh ward ; I. N. McCoy , Second ward ; Pierce Sanders , Third \v ml ; Dennis Lonuerguu , Florence mxvlnt't , J. M. Boyd. Seventh ward ; Kobert Cnho s Third want ; Dan W. Cannon , Chlcairo juwlnct ; Jerry Muhoney , Second ward ; P. A. Anderson , Jefferson precinct ; Kcuben Forl es , Fourth ward ; J. .1 , Sweeuev. S xmd ward. A J Peters , Ninth ward ; Pal Pow er * , Millard pricinct ; Otis lluyucs , Fifth -.Ayurd ; Jaino * Duffy , Second ward ; Frank flPivonku , South Omaha ; William Donnelly , jf Waterloo pnvlnct ; JamosMcCullough , South Omitha , Thru II. Klttler , Fourth ward ; A. Ji A px\ Volley product. Joe lU-ffner. Third wirtl Put Bruuiian , First ward ; George llrnMtmn. Sixth ward , Dan Augvll , Eighth wwil , Timmothy Kelly , Third "ward , Samuel Muguer , Eighth ward , J. A , MoMurphy , Douglas precinct , J Jonkowsky , Third ward , r HUOHITT'S SKLKCTION. * _ _ _ _ _ _ How It I Uocelvcd by the Union Pa cific Officials. While the election of Marvin Hughttt to a directorship In the Union Padflc board was not unexpected nt headquarters by the ofll- cials , it has occasioned n great deal of discus sion. sion.Vice Vice President Klmball intimated several days ngo that representative might bo se lected from the Vandcrbllt Interests to sue- David Dews , though ho could not be Induced to say that such an election would , have any Bjxxlal significance. Other officials have expressed themselves , however , quite freely nnd to the effect that this action shows closer relations between the Union Pacific-North western svRtcms than has heretofore been ad- mitted. Every ono In authority Insists , how- wertuat the selection ot Mr. Hughltt was due to the late traftlo arrangement between these two corporations , nnd because It was advisable to have n Northwestern man In the councils. This view , it may bo stated , is not favorably received. There seems to bo n well-defined understanding that u strong tlc-up has been made for a pow erful system of road , virtually under one management , from ocean to ocean. It requires only the bulldingof ICO miles of new road to reach Pugut Sound , and the Union Pacific is now compk-tlng arrange- incuts for extending its Oregon Short Line ucttws that stretch from Port land. tThe estimated cost of construction is * y,000UX ) , and there seems to be strong grounds for the belief that the Vanderbilts will furnish this money. "Mr. Hughltt's selection is , in my opinion , " said nn ofllelal " , "tho first/step of an organized move for"Vho control of the trans-continental trafilu ; also the beginning of a determined war upon the Northern Pacific. " Sustain Mr. Holcomu. Director J. H. Millard has returned from the Boston meeting of the Union Pacific di rectory. He was asked for reliable information con cerning the rumors afloat that Vice President Holcomb might soon retire Irom the sen-ice of the Union Pacific. In reply he said : "If there It such a rumor going the rounds It is wholly wilhout foundation. Air. Hoi- comb enjoys the full confidence of the direc tory of the road , nnd as vice president will be practically la absolute control of the af fairs of the company. His powers have been extended rather than diminished. Ho will assume control of all matters relating to the early transfer of terminal facilities to the Omuha side of the river , and work on the union depot will be pushed as rapidly as pos sible. " That December Agreement. An agreement entered into last December between Vice President Holcomb and em ployes , especially shop men of the Union Pocifictook effect yesterday. It establishes nine and one-half hours as a worlcing day but scales the wages accordingly. These who want to work ten hours have the priv ilege of doing so and will bo paid for it as heretofore. While not stated in the agreement , It was generally understood then that this Is a move towards eventually making eight hours a working day on the Union Pacific system. They propose to shorten up at the rate of half an hour each year. So far as beard from at headquarters' agreement has been ac cepted and is now In force over the entire sys tem. A Rcorffanlzetl Department. The Burlington's insurance department has been reorganized so as to give employes who get insured better advantages and greater benefits. Those entering the service can be come members immediately instead of wait ing one month , as heretofore , and continue such as long as they live , whereas it has been the policy to cut them off as soon as they had ceased to be in the employ of the road. The department is controlled by a superintendent , J. U. Bartlett , who has his headquarters in Chicago , and a medical director. Dr. C. H. Williams. Closes tlio Crossing- . Louis Littlefield has filed a complaint with Supariutendent Gilmore of the MLssoari Pacific against the crew of one of the early freight trains of thut road which blocks up the crossing at Twenty-second street. Some times the street is closed for ten minutes , compelling the pedestrian or driver to go to Twenty-fourth or Sixteenth street to cross. Notes and Personals. James Murdock , late traveling freight agent of the Union Pacific , has been ap- iwinted general agent for the Northwestern at Spokane Falls. General Freight Agent Tlbbets went out ycsterdav to join General Manager Dick- enson aifd party for a tour of the Missouri river division ; Beware of Frauds Bo sure you get the genuine Dr. Thomas' Electric OIL It cures colds , croup , osthama , deafness und rheuma tism. _ JUSTICE OVERTOOK HIM. Sol Marks Meets Death at the Hands of His Wife. The wires bring the information that Sol Marks , known In Tennessee as Jake Adcerinan , was futally shot in the court room by his wifo. The latter was In Omaha with him and impressed these who saw her as being an attractive and lady-like llttlo woman. It was mainly through her efforts that the charge against her husband in Uiq district court was changed from grand to jxjtit larceny. Maries was one of the smooth kind of crooks , and had a record in nearly all the western states. His latest crime In Omaha was the stealing of a bolt of silk from Lurkln's dry goods store , nu WHS iirivt uu imu uuuuu u\ci iui trial for grand larcenv and was subsequently allowed to plead guilty to i > etty larceny and was sentenced to thirty days In the county jail. While there , ho played the sick dodge successfully aud was sent to the county iwor farm. lie took an unceremonious departure from the hospital and the next Information of him came in a telegram from Memphis , tTcuu. , advising the Omaha police that the authorities had him. It was not thought worth while to send for him , and it was left for Uis wife to put an end to bis career of crime. No reason is known for the criuie. If Your Liver Il inindH You Of its existence bv dull pain orsharp twinges in the right side , or beneath the dexter shoulder-blade , accept the reminder as a warning , and regulate the organ -without loss of time , by the UMJ of Hosteller's Stomach Bitters. The above symptoms are usually accompanied by yellowness of the skin , con- sllpalion , furred tongue , disorder of Iho stomach , sick heuducha and morning nausea. But u reform is promptly instituted by the Bitters , the best possible substitute for calo mel , blue pill , and other super-potent and hurtful drugs erroneously designated as rem- edles for bllllousncss. Appetite and diges tion uro restored , nnd the bowels resume ac tivity , when an Impetus is given to the func tions of health by this sterling nnti-bllllous medicine , which also has Iho eflecl of enrich ing and purifying Ihe circulation , and fortl- fving Iho system against maluriul Infection In u"Ir or water. It Is also highly beneficial for rheumatism , kidney und bladder troubles. Permits. The following permits were Issued by the building Inspector yesterday : Erustus YOIIIIB. two story frame resl- denro , Ikxigonlrcetand Thirty-second HVOIIIIU . , . t 0,000 C. \Vuriii'r. . tnobtory lirlek residence , 1'ort v-Bi-eoiid and Duvtmuort str < x.'ts . 3,000 C. 1' . Warner , t o story brick reMdonco , rortv-M-oond and . Davenport btrcots 3,000 I' . A. ThoiiipUiis , addition to tvMdencu , Tw 'ntj--elahth ua DoushUblrocts. . 600 C. Ij. Juync > , onu story frame cottage , Thlrtufiith uurt Gust Btrot'ts . MO 0. It. Jiiynos , onu htory frame oottago , Thirteenth urn ! Oust streets . SM Four minor permit * . rf . . - . . . , . l.-Ta Total . * . . . . fl,073 Nervous debility , IKW memory , diffidence , sexual weakness , pltuplos.curcd br Dr. Miles' Nervine. Samples free ut Kuhn i Co.'s 15th aud Douglas. _ _ _ _ _ _ New Conlos Jlouse , Kan. City. Absolutely flro proof. Finest and largest hotel In Kumas City , Unexcelled In its up- IKjluUnents. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr. Birney.practlce limited to catarrhal - al diseases of uose and throat. Bee bldg. CREMATED IN THE CORNER While Tnirty Women Escape the Flames bj Means of Ladders. BASING AND EFFIOIENT FffiEMEN , Ncln P. Drago Is ISurncd to a CrlKp mill a Wholesale Holocaust Is Prevented Only by Ketnarkn- blc Coolness nml Daring. The gasoline can did Its work. The store was burned and Nels P. Drage was burned to' a crisp. D About half-past 10 o'clock yesterday mornIng - Ing thdpedestrians on Howard street , between Fifteenth and Sixteenth , were startled by the nppearanco of a poor llttlo Dane , Peter Oleson , who lives at 2.VJ7 Pacific street. With a face like ashes ho dnshcd in and out of the door of Drago's tailor shop , 1519 Howard street , distractedly wringing his hands and gasping something in broken English which the hearers interpreted "Mr. Drago's Shop is burning. " He meant more than that , but , In his terror , and with his broken speech ho failed to mnko any one comprehend. He was puHhed aside , while the crowd which had collected , began hustling out into the street the stock of tailoring goods for which the flames were strctchinir out irreedv tonITUM. The fire hail started in the northeast comer of Drape's tailoring shop and , immediately under the only flight of stairs leading to the flats above. An alarm was turned in at once , but at the station it registered "eight" instead of "eighty-two , " ' and the prompt department went Hying oil toward Vinton street. In the meantime , a terrible sight "was wit nessed at the flre. The building is a'threc- story brick , owned by P. E. Her. On the corner of Sixteenth and Howard is the ofllco of the Nebraska steam laundry , owned by C. S. Poore & Co. East of these are the Omaha steam ilyo works and on the cast end is the tailor shop , where the flrtrstartcd. On the second floor Is the dressmaking establishment of Madame Wallace , where thirty-five girls aud women were at work. The third floor is occupied by roomers and in the basement forty employes of the laundry were at work. In an instant the narrow stairway , the only means of cpress from the upper Stories , was choked with flames and smoke , while the snapping and cracking of the glass and wood of the tailor shop mingled with the roar of the flames. Hulf n dozen roomers from the third story came plunging down the stairs through the smoke in their night clothes blinded and dizzy. Then , fearing the draught the door was closed and the helpless spectators prayed for the arrival of the lire department. A white-faced man dashed up to the door and flung it open. Ho was grasped by the crowd , pulled back and the door shut in his face. "Stand back , you , staud back , " he vo ciferated , my wife Is up there , my wife is up there. " Then the crowd for the first time looked up and at every window in the building saw the young girls. And till the department arrived they spent the time in urgiug the occupants of the building to wait for the ladders. Now and then one more frantic than the rest would attempt to throw herself out , but was pulled back by the cooler ones txhind. In a few minuteswhich seemed like hours , the department was on hand. Hook and lad der truck No. 1 came first , and the police patrol wagon with it. Ladders were run up at once aud the work of rescuing tlio girls began. Some of them were helpless with ter ror , and one , especially , could hardly bo forced from tuff buildlpg , but kept screaming frauticallr for her sister. Jim O'Brien , the patrol driver , carried dowu the ladder six women who were per fectly unable to help themselves in the least. One while haired old lady had blood patient ly at a second story witmow just above the tailor shop without uttering a sound and her example seemed to inspire the others with courage. The alarm had boon brought to the dress making shop by a little girl and Mine. AVal- lace and her husband , Mr. Carey , rose to the occasion and told the girls that there was uo danger but that the goods of the customers must bo saved if possible. Everybody was put to work bundling up the silks aud laces and a panic was averted till the ladders were on hand. The flro. was soon extinguished after the hose arrived and began playing on It , but while It was -burning Sanitary Ofllcer Hit\chey had heard that someone was in the tailorshop , and some of the firemen made a search of the floor on their hands undknees , but-found nothing. When the. ( lames were extinguished another search was made. , The loss on the building will not bo more than ? 300 or * 300. The tailor stock of N. P. Drago was almost a total loss and was valued ut about $2.000. Mrs. Wallace values her floor with the fur niture and goods at about $35,500 and she car ried-$5,000 insurance. She had goods belong ing to customers valued at about $2,000 , most of which was saved. The damage to her floor was chiefly from smoke and rough handling. The furni ture on the third floor belonged to P. E. Her und was only slightly damaged. Among the employes rescued from Mrs. Wallace's dressmaking rooms were : Mrs. Wallace , Mrs. Carpenter , Mrs. Becre , Mary Moran , Mrs. Park , Mrs. Beehus , Nettie McKay , Annie Craig , Mary and Ella Bum- well , May Wolff , Katie HobiusonMrs. . Eek- ert , Nettle Hopkins , Annlo Wagner and others , whose names could uot be learned , but nil wiMti snvod. Uiirncd to Ilcntli. Chlof GoUigan , who , with some of bis men was making an examlnatloh of the burned tailor shop , found under the charred stairway in what bad been a little closet , what at ilrst.lookcd like a bundle of rags. A closer examination j-evcalcd protruding from the bundle u charred and shrivelled human elbow. The rags were removed and dUdosed * the contorted body of the proprietor , N. P. Drage , burned almost to a crisp. His bum- in clothes had ignited the building. The origin of the flro Is cxpluim a by the two tailors Olesen and Lundgivu , who were In the shop nt the tlmo. Mr. Drago had been out collecting and coining in shortly after JO o'clock went into the closet under the stairs to change his pants. There was a can of gasoline - line in the closet and in u minute after Dmgo hod entered the place the employes heard cries of j > ain and turning saw the flumes is suing through the ojxm door. As nbovo related , Olesen fled in terror from the place. Ho returned , and almost dragged Lundgrcn after him. Lundgren , Jt seems , is deaf. Ho had not seen the flames and had uot heard Drugu's cries. Both lost control of themselves nnd picking up a few articles of clothes rushed from the store. Poor Drage was left behind und was found as di-scrlbed. Drugo lives at Eighteenth and Spring streets , nnd leaves a wife and three children. His stock of goods was almost completely destrovfd , but it could not bo learned what value had been placed on It , - Tlio Inquest. The innuest over the remains of Uels P. Drago was held at Hcafoy & Heafey'a yes terday afternoon. The first witness examined was Peter Olesen , the llttlo Swede who first gnvo the alarm of tiro. Ho said ho was a tailor aud was in the employ of Mr , Drugo. The latter had been out collecting in the morning and came in about 10:30 o'clock. Ho had been wearing a new pair of pants nnd remarked that ho guessed no would take them off und put on an old pair. With that ho went into the bmoll cubby bole or closet under the stair way. In about half a tnlnuto the witness heard a sharp cxclunatlon , and then another. Ho ran to the clo&et and was confronted with a grout flame. Ho ut once ran out Into the sti < eet nnd gave the alarm. Being cross examined , the witness said there- were two gasoline cans kept in the vltte.fit ; the larger ouo held live Halloas and ho smaller about two gallons. Mr. Drage aiways attended to the gasoline stove , and was In the habit of pouring the gasoline from the larger into tbo smaller can , aud using the latter to fill the stove , The stove had been filled curly lu the inmiiiug nnd the can ro- tuniud to tbo closet. The wituens did not hear Mr Drago strike a match , nor did he hear any explosion. Fritz Oleson and his wife , who are con nected with the dye xvorks next door to the tnllor shop , testified that they had soon the little tailor run out 6lf fho shop , exclaiming that Mr. Drairo was Jmlag burned to death. The rest of tht'Ir testlruouy was unimportant. Chief Ga'llgtm ' was examined nnd testified to having been notlffort by Officer Hlrichey that n man was lu thtburning ) store. Ho aho told of the finding of iiuuleud man. He said he had examined thoT > IiVeo and was of the opin Ion that the cork Irt\l been left out of the gasoline can nnd th.61 Vapor had filled the room or closet ; that the deceased had dropped something while changing his panta and had struck n match to look/or it , causing the ex plosion. Ell F. King , n fireman of No. 3 company , was the next \vltness. Ho helped remove the body. The flvo-gallofYWro was lying on the floor directly at the feel of the dead man. Coroner Harrigna staled for the benefit of the jury that the largo can was not injured except to char the wooden jacket , nnd con tained kcroscno or gasoline after it had been thrown into the slrccU The small can was found with the top blown completely off. Ofllcer Hinchoyta examined , but his tes timony did not develop anything. This i-oinplotoil Uio tcsllinony nnd the jury returned a verdict that the deceased cnmo to his death by an explosion of gasoline , but from the evidence the jury was unable to de termine the cause of the explosion. Ono of tbo witnesses stated that the de ceased was a member of the Danish Brother hood , lodgeNo. . S , lu which he carried u pol icy vf $ IuOO. The remains were removed to Maul's un dertaking rooms by direction of the Danish Brotherhood. Tins order has taken charge of the funeral , which will be held on Satur day or Sunday , the details not having been completed. The wife nnd children of the dead man bavo not seen the remains and will not bo permitted to do so If they can be prevented. The body presented n horrible appearance , me iaco ueitig intensely uiacic , prouuoiy irom smoke , as the huir and beard were preserved. The body was bunted nnd olisterod and the feet were burned completely off. The lower part of the legs were charred to a crisp. Sense of health nnd strength renewed nnd of case nnd comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs , as it acts in harmony with nature effectually cleanses the system when costive or bilious. For sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all druggists. XODOPY's'lAULiyC. And Yet Unit" n Dozen arc Clamoring for n Little Wnlf. Four weeks ago Mrs. William Dustln , 1327 South Seventeenth street , became the foster mother of a liltlo waif \vhoso own motherhad died almost at the time of its birth. The little tlo ouo was received with Joy Into Mrs. Dus- tiu's household , und iu u short time was idolized bv herself and her husb.ind. The child bed come into her possession through its grandmother. Mrs. Alva , who resides at the corner of Twentieth and Cus- tcllar streets. Where the father of the waif is no one knows. Ho was not present nt its birth and It was not intended that his off spring should'bear his name , because it was illegitimate. H. Wednesday , Mrs. Alva called at the resi dence of Mrs. Dustln accompanied by Coustn- blo Jacobs , a detective and a lawyer of this citv and demanded possession of the child. On her entrance , Mrs. Dustln remarked : "You have come for the baby , ch ? Well you won't get it. " At the sumo time she rushed to the room where the little one lay and taking.it in her arms' defied the grand mother to remove it. At this Juncture Sirs' , . Alva's male friends entered uic iiouso aim one 01 incm scizc-u Mrs. Dustin by ono hand while the grand mother took the child frdm her arms. Mrs. Dustln's husband then appeared and violently protested , threatening the direst kind of Vengeance on those who were robbing him of his adopted child. He was held by u couple of men while the child was borne away la triumph. It is now supjx sed to bo in the possession of a woman living on Vin ton street. Mrs. Alva claims thatj the baby was not adopted by Mr. Dustln aud that it had uot been properly cured for , and that it was her desire to sec that her > daughter's offspring was brought up in a careful nnd respectable manner. > Mrs. Dustin. on the other hand , claims that the vhild was given every care , wnd that tno grandmother.took it away only to give it into the possession of some ono who was anxious to secure it. Dustin is after his visitors , whom ho assev erates bo will have arrested for assault , while ho proposes to puulsh Mrs. Alva for laanap- BEXFITS Oil DAMAGES. AVlint Property Holders Must Pay for the Tenth Street Vimluct. The board of equalization yesterday com pleted the approximate estiment of the assessment for the Tenth street viaduct damages. The amount per foot frontage north of the viaduct will be as follows , unless otherwise ordered by the board : Capitol avcnno from Seventh to Fifteenth street , SSI cents ; DOdge street , 23 cen's ; Douglas , Farnum. Harney Howard , Jackson , 2'J ; Seventh nnd Capitol avenue to alley south of Jackson , 12 ; Eighth ! 18 ; Ninth , L'U ; Tenth und Douglas , S3 ; 'Tenth ' nnd Douglas to allcv south of Jackson , 58 ; Eleventh , Twelfth , Thirthenth , Fourteenth aud Fif teenth from Capitol avenue to alley south of Jackson , 20. The above described assessment amounts in round numbers to f 15,070. The amount per foot frontage south of the viaduct will bo as follows , unless otherwise ordered by the board of equalization : Mason street. Fifth to Twelfth , 15 cents ; Pacific street. Fifth to Twelfth , 15 ; Pierce street , Second to Fifth , < ) ; Pierce street , Fifth to Twelfth. 15 ; Popplctou avenue , Second to Fifth , 0 ; Williams street , Second to Fifth , ( i ; Williams , Fifth to Sixth , 15 ; Williams struct , Kouutzofaddltion. IS : Williams street. Tenth to Twciltn.- ; wooiwonn avenue , aeconu 10 Fifth , 0 ; Wool worth avenue. Fifth to Sixth , 15 ; WorthitiRtou , Eighth to Tenth , 15 ; Pine , Second to Fifth , 0 : Pine , Fifth to Sixth , 15 ; Pine , Seventh to Tenth , 15 ; Hickory , Second to Filth , 0 ; Hickory , Filth to Kleventh , IS ; Walnut and Center , Second to Fifth , 0 ; Center , Tenth to Twelfth , 12 ; Cedar , Oak and Dorcas , Si-cond to Fifth , 0 ; Oulc mid Dorcas , Fifth to Twelfth , 12 ; Martha , Second to Fifth , K ; Martha and Vinton , Tenth to Twelfth. 12 ; Castellur. Fifth to Twelfth. 12 : Arbor , Eighth to Twelfth , 13 ; East and West strccU of Huucroft , from Second to Twelfth , 0 : Tenth , from Mason to Hickory. M' Tenth , Hickory to Bum-roft , 52 ; Second , north to Pacific , 0 ; ThirdWulnutto Hlckory.O ; Pine , to Pacific , 0 : Fourth , Martha to Pacific , 0 ; Fifth , OUK to Pacific , 0 ; Sixth and Seventh , Dorcas to Mason , 18 ; Sixth , Dorcas south , 12 ; Seventh nnd Eighth , Dorcas to Mason , 18 ; Nlncth , Bancrof to Martha , IS ; Nineth , Dorcas to Mason , 18 ; Eleventh , Mason to Bancroft , 12 ; Ninth and Eleventh , Ylley to Bancroft , 12 ; Tenth und Eleventh , .Valley to Bancroft , 15 ; Mavne's Riverside , Kiver View , Anmsllcld At Smith's additions , 0 ; Seventh avenue , Pine to Pierce , IS ; Twelfth ptrect , Mason south to Pierce , 0 ; Eleventh , \an Camp addition , 12. This makes , In round numbers , ilS0. The southern territory extends over two miles. The northcrninuis six und one-half blocks. "If this estimate Is not changed. " said Chairman Lowry of thp.board of cquulizatlon , "it will bo fought by eVtfry property owner in the First ward. " Pcit-oss who lead , Jfo } of exposure nro subject torhcumattsnMicuralgluriud lumbuco and will tiud a-valuable remedy in Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil. Liniment ; it will bauish pain and subdUdlnHuuimutlon. i . i At thu YoiiMK VXinieii's Homo. The Young Women's home , ut 109 South Seventeenth street , was the scenoof unusual enjoyment last night , it being the second entertainment , the proceeds of which go towards paying for u flno piano , recently purchased. From early In the evening until nearly midnight tha spacious parlors were crowded with the guests and friends of the young1 ladles. During the evening tha follow ing musical and literary progranuna was ren dered ; Solo ( buss ) "Thy Sentinel und I" J. A. Itolluum. Mediation "Tho High Tide" Nora 0. linker. Solotenor ( ) "Love's Sorrow" U. 1. IJunoau. Itccltntlon W.S. Heller Mrrtxintlean vluwi > . , W. .atveus Fluno uocompauyM Leo Krati In the largo dining room , refreshments , consisting of cake , coffee and ica cream were served. CONTINENTAL OTHING : HO CORNER FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS STS. PRIZ WORD ' . . - , CONTEST. An , Educational Recreation , Highly Exciting , Instructive and Amusing. A VALUABLE F > RIKR From Our Boys' and Children's Department Given to Every Sudcessful Contestant , Read Carefully the Details of this Unique Entertainment. COMMENCING MONDAY , MAY 8 , And continuing until furthet * notice , wo will sen d a gnmo oflctters to address in , any , a scaled en velope with rules and Instructions showing how common words of the English formed from these . language may bo letters. Two envelopes \vill be sent to every address containing letters which will form two common English words , which be may found in either Webster's or Wooster's Unabridged Dictionary , either one being accepted as standard authority in spelling. To every boy 14 years of age or under who is successful in forming from the letters sent the two correct words which they represent , all of which are numberen and registered in a ledger in our office and also numbered on the envelopes sent , will we send as a prize by express a pair of short knee trousers made from the Sawyer Woolen Company's , of Dover , N. H. , finest quality spring casslmere , equal in quality to any fabric made in this if country , not-superior , the lowest retail price of which in our establishment or elsewhere is $2.OO per pair. As it is our purpose to distribute the prize , which all come from our children's department possible , no contestant will be , as allowed to compete more than once , and all words sent out must bo retarned to us within fifteen days of date or they will not be accepted. Great , interest will be taken in this method of competing for a prize of substantial value , which will be given to every successful contestant. To persons who skillful are at this game it will bo a mat ter of only a few moments'study to win a prize and , at the same time some experts find it sub may a ject that will require many days and evenings of careful study to solve. The is gametis fascinating beyond precedent , and thousands of people all over the United States are playing it at the present tlmo during the long evenings as a ssurce of amusement and as a highly instructive recreation in the art. of spelling and forming words in the English . language. Send to us for envelopes containing the words and also for blank to write the same upon. The Largest Clothing ; House West of the Mississippi. SOUTH OMAHA DAILY EVENTS , Saloons Are All Selling , But Without the Legal Oity License. HARD PEELING THE CONSEQUENCE. A Boy's Miracnlons Escape from a Fatnl Accident Xo SiRtis of a. Strike AinouK Paeklnjj Iiouso Employes. There isn't a saloon in South Omaha that has a license to sell beer or liquor , but Just the same a thirsty or bibulous person can buy booze at anv of them. They arc flying in the face of the law and take the position that the city council Is the derelict body und not themselves. They contend thut their appli cations were in the cit3' clerk's hands in ample time to be considered and passed upon , but the council has neglected to moet.and give them a hearing. The license committee was not in session yesterday morning , llluess in tne wintry 01 Councilman O'Kourko necessitated his goiug to Omaha , hcuco no meeting was hold. Both Councllmen O'Kourko and Ilow- ley , who are the suloonmen's friends on the committee , admit they have not struck a single bond and application yet that is regu lar In form and meets with the requirements of the Slocumb law. Everything Is In a chaotic condition , with no telling what the outcome will bo. Yesterday applicants for license marched up the stairs to the city treasurer's olllco and deposited either cash or certified checks to the amount of $ .VX1 nnd securingJho treas urer's receipt for the monov , Heretofore the saloon men have paid ? 130 on May 1 and the other $ J" of their license money on August 1. A rigid enforcement of Ihe Slo cumb law necessitates the payment of the full sum In advance and prevents the consid eration of the application for license unless the treasurer's receipt for the money accom- Tbcro Is sympathy for the saloonkeepers who have bceu in business for the past year who to comply with the law would have to close their places up pending the granting of their licenses. But with the men who started up yesterday aud who openly declare they will run , licence or no license , tbcru will bo ilttlo sympathy. Tboro are several men who have opened up today who apparently' bcllovo theyare justified in opening , but who will iiQVor get a license If It is possible to enforce - force the state Jaws in South Omaha. There nro sixty saloons in South Omaha , ono to every 1 JO of the population. They urn u strong power aud believe they utx > being persecuted. . Feeling is strong and knots of men discussed the situation on the streets all day. Tlio condition of affairs is charged to the men who were defeated in Ihe city election lout month. It is assorted that the saloons are being persecuted because they refused to support Ed Johnston for mayor und the nominees on the citizens' ticket , Again , it is suld to bo n plan to force annexa tion on tha jteoplo by bringing the saloon- On ono si Jo are the a who insist that It is time to enforce the law in South Omaha ; on the other sldo nro these who think that tha present condition of affairs Is satisfactory enough to suit everybody except the prudish jwrtion of the population. Under n Tonni u ( * Burapors. The lounger around the corner of Twenty- fourth and N streets Wednesday night Just before dusk witnessed a scene that for five minutes led them to believe another boy was going to have bis life crushed out but this tlmo not by a motor train. A grading outfit was passing along the street. A string of oven scrapers were hitched together , the driver sitting on the first one. A small boy thought he would steal a ride and endeavored to gut on the boo- end scraper. Ho missed his footing nnd fell under the machine. The spectators shouted to the driver to stop but he thought they were Indulging In rldlculu at the long string of two-wheeled vehicles he had behind him nnd only drove the faster , The louder the shouts to "Whoa I" the faster he drove. Everybody expected to plclf up a dead boy when tha lust scraper hud put > aod. They were surprised when out of the dust nnd dirt of the street they picked up a lustily bawling urchin who hud sustained no injuries except a slight sera toll on ouo of his han J . Fortuuutely the boy foil In such a position that the s > lx haavy scraiwrs had cleared hlii with their wheels. Dr. Kusor examined him and sent him home. Ho narrowly inUsod making another small boy job for the coroner. No .Strike There U no indication of a strike amin ? the packing house employes today. Every body is at work and the mutter is not even boiugdiscussed on the streets. Unless the infection should spread out from Chicago to Omaha and be encouraged byhot-heuded men no trouble is feared hero. A number of the men ut work hero had disastrous experi ences in the last packing house strike in Chicago cage and want no more of it in theirs. A Had Hey Captured. Ed Fitzgerald is a prisoner at the city jail. He is wanted here for sotno thievery indulged In in the Third ward last fall. Ho skipped the country , but in the meantime was nt his old work in Kansas. Ho was arrested there and sent to the reform school at Topoka. Ho escaped from the institution the other day and returned to South Omaha only to fall into the bunds of the law again. Tlicy AVcre In Sontli Omaha. It is now certain that the men who shot Nistel , the clothing clerk , in Omaha last night arc the same men who were arrested by Viaduct Watchman Tuhls ono day lost week and who wore sent to the county jail for vagrancy by Judge King. The four men were dressed exactly uliko in new clothing. The police were sure at the time they hod captured a gang of crooks , but the best they could do was to make u charge Of vagrancy stick. City Notes and Personal * . John Wiggins of Columbus made his regu lar visit to South Omaha yesterday. Patsoy Murray , the South Omaha pugilist , will bo tendered a benefit by thu South Omaha athletic club , James McCarthy of Denlson , la , spent yesterday iu the city. The members of the Presbyterian congre gation at thuir annual meeting last night de cided to retain Hov. R. L. Wheeler for uu- otberycar. JK. G. Martin his returned from a business trip to Kookuk , lu. H. J. Newman , u capitalist of Syracuse , N. Y. , is in South Omutut looking over the opportunities , for investment. H. U. Altman of the Stockman force , Is suffering from slight injuries sustained by Ills leg coming in contact with the flywheel of a printing press. Jarah Juskntok was out yesterday after a week's wu-stlu with rheumatism. Wllllrtm Hike , whoso Jealousy led him to shoot into the house of Fred Moran Satur day night , was taken to the county Jail yes terday by Ofllcer Hughes to await trial in the district court. George Campbell , Hopkinsville , Ky , , says : Burdock Blood Bitters is the best prepara tion for the blood und stomach ever manufac tured. _ The costliest horse barn in the world belongs to I ) . D. Crouso nnd is located at Syracuse , N. Y. It ha now cost the owner , a millionaire horseman , some thing like $700,000. Incidental expenses will miiko the utablo co.-it little short of a round million. * DICK HALT ; CAPTUUKD. ITe Admits Having Shot nt Detectives Dcmpscy and Snvnfje. Dick Hall , the man who shot at Detectives Savage and Dempsey lust Thursday night. was lodged in jail last night. Ho admits he is the party , and us evidence of this ho carries a bullet In his leg , which Is causing him considerable erablo suffering. Hall , although only eighteen years of age , Is hardened In crime , having done several years In Jail. About three months ago he was arrested in a vacant build ing on South Tenth street , charged with committing a nameless crime upon the person of Eddy Gray , n boy fifteen years of ugn. Ho was convicted aud sent to the county jail for ninety days , his term expiring the s'aino day he shot at the otlleers. Taking his own story for it. thonlght of the shooting he was iu Frank Bellamy's saloon on lower Douglas street and seeing the ofllrert he boat a hasty retreat , ran Into the alley , tiring his revolver as ho ran. Detective Suv- ago fired twice , the first shot taking effect in the right leg , Just below the Imee. Hull then cscap 'J , went to Dick Burdish's saloon whcro ho told what'had hitppcud , after which Bur- dish hitched up his horse and drove him to Council Binds where ho was socrotcd In the house of Jack Green , a bartender who rciidos Hull claims that ho is the son of wealthy and respectable- parents who reside In St. Louts , and was enticed away from homo HOIIIU two years ago by a man who is now serving out-it ten years sentence in the penitentiary at .Toilet , where ho was scut on a charge of high way robbery. Pears' is the best and purest soap ever made. _ The Only One. The Chicnsro , Milwaukee < fc St. Paul railway is the only line running olid vestibuled , electric lighted and Bteam heated trains between Chicago , Couucil Bluffs and Omaha. The berth reading lump feature in the Pullman Bleeping cafe run on those linen is patented and cannot be used by any other railway company. It is tlio great improvement of the ago. Try it and bo convinced. Sleeping tars lea vo the Union Pacific depot , Omaha , at G p. m. daily , arriving at Chicago at 0:30 : iu m. Passengers taking this train are not compelled to get out of the cars at Council HltilTs and wait for the train to bo cleaned. ( Set tickets and sleeping car berths at Union ticket olllce , 1501 Farnam fit. ' F. A. NASH , Gen. AgL J. E. PIUJSTON Pass Agt , DJesso Parrott , who fought under Gen eral Andrew Jackson of New Orleans in living on a farm near Carroll ton , Giu Ho was born Marcli 22 , 17UO. "Up to Ids cighty-ufth year ho made a good farm hand , " writes a recent visitor. Fair white hands , Brightclearcomplexion Soft healthful skin. " PEABS'-Tiie ' Great EMsli Complexion SOAP-