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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , A.VJUL 10. IHDS-TNVENTY-FOlfll PAGES. 1 FACTS IN THE MILLER CASE Mrs. Hlme Boys She Was Offered Money to Remain Silent , STILL CLING TO THE MURDER THEORY Clara Allen' * Attornryu Will Trr to Pi-ore Hint She anw Mayor Miller Killed Tlin Klnttt ItrnU It * CHIO Court Motel. tiThe evidence of the state In the case against Clara Allun was completed yester day and the defense will now have Its In ning. The woman Is charged with having sworn falsely at the preliminary examina tion of Dick Berlin and Charles Hayes , who were nccwd of having murdered the late Mayor Miller of South Omaha , and the testimony introduced by the state has been for the most part a repetition of the evidence bt the preliminary examination. Immediately upon the convening of the court yesterday morning , Judge ICeysor issued nn order that the Jury , accompanied by the bailing , the defendant nnd n deputy sheriH , should visit the spot where the body ol Miller was found during the afternoon of October 4 , 1HIKJ. The codtity attorney ob jected to the woman visiting the spot , but the objection was overruled and the usual exception llled Quito a crowd followed , but kept at a respectable distance in the rear , dropping in nnd viewing the hole at the intersection of Eighth and Dodpo streets nfter the jury had left the ground. Upon the convening of the court , Colonel Lstnond , the agent for the Omaha Life association was the tlrst witness put on the stand by tin defense This witness had seen Miller al the corner of Thirteenth and Douglas streets at 1 o clock in the afternoon- the clay when thn body was found. Ho knew Miller and did not think that there was any thing peculiar about his appearance. Lou bcott , the keeper of the house o which Clara Allen was an inmate , testified that she knew Miller. She had seen him al lier house and had also seen him at his ofllct in South Omaha. Witness testified that dur inp the forenoon of the day on which thi body of Miller was found ho , in company with two other men , called at her house She did not. know the other men , but fron their conversation she thought they wen gamblers Witness hud never seen Berlli or Ilnyps except in the court room. She wn Itosltivo that they were not the men win were with Miller the day his body was founi in the weeds. Mm. Illmo'i Smmatlou. Mrs ICnto Illnio startled the Jury by sweat Ing that during the afternoon of October flho Raw a man looking over the edge of th bank at the exact spot where Miller's bed ; was found. This man wore dark pants , coa and hat , a dark mustache and wus withou a beard She was on her way down Eightl street , and as she passed him he appeared t bo out of sorts ana worried. As she passei him , she noticed that ho had a dark sea upon tlu > right side of his face , extendln from the car down to the clan. On the da of the Berlin nnd Hayes trial in police courl Mrs. Hlmo testified that a man came to he iiouso and urged her not to go to the com roorn Replying , she said : "I will go ana tell a ! that 1 know , as it can do no harm and it ma tlo some good " When this individual found that she wa coins to the court ho pulled a largo roll o bills and some gold from his pocket nnd tel her that she could have the money if sh would leave the city. She refused to ncceii the money and the man left the house , tellln her that it would not bo well for her to to , whut aha know alwut the Miller affair. A : that the witness knew about this man wa that ho was tall and slim. He wore a dar brown slouch hat , dark clothes and a bear of about four days growth. Uvldrnce nf tlie Wife. Just before the n on ndjournmcnt Mr Charles F. Miller was called as a wltusss b the defense. She testified that Miller wa exceedlncly handy with his left hand , bi that he always used his right. The purpose of the testimony was to shoi that Miller did not commit suicide. Who the body was found the pistol wound was i the loft side of the head , showing that th pun was llred from that side. Following u this theory the defense argued that if Mi , lor had committed suicide lie would ha\ hold the gun in his right baud nnd that tti wound would have been upon the right , ii stead of upon the left , side of the head. Wher. shown the slip of paper on whic had been written " 1J. C. Hollira" found i the pawnbroker's and which it was clulmc was the signature of C. P. Miller , writlc backwards and by himself , Mrs. Millc denied that it was the handwriting of IK husband. It bore nonce/ the characterise of her husband's writing and wits not like in any particular. II. J. Gnrlick , the engineer at the Doerir buildlnghcard the shot which caused Miller death , but paid no attention to it , shootii in that vicinity being of frequent occurrenc Officer Edghill was called to the beat i Eighth and Dodco street on the day follo\ ing the finding of Miller's body. Ho look < the ground over and found tracks leadii from Dodge street and toward the sp whore Miller was lying. Testimony or un Import * John C. Thompson of the American did n think that there was a possibility of the having been a case of suicide. Ho had gin the case a great deal of attention. The no - morning after the finding of the body 1 spent several hours In tiio vicinity of Eigh nnd Dodge streets making observations ui talcing measurements. Ho saw the fo ( prints lending down the bank to the sp where Miller's body had been lying. Th Dcomod to have been made by u man w ! wore a ' ' 'rgo shoe. The witness went up the iwi h where Clara Allen stood when s claimed iu have soon the mun in the act .tiring the shot that killed Mllti and looked over into the weeds whc the body was found. From til point on the porch he could have seen a m if ho was standing. In fact , ho could ha seen down us far as his hips. Thompsoi brother , who was doing some detect ! work upon the case , had sent n hack to Clu JVllcn at one time and had convoyed her Douglas street , where she Identified u in us lining one of those who were with Mil ut the house of Ix > u Scott ou ttio duy of t finding of the body. Upon bolne objected to by the state , tl testimony was taken from the Jury on t ground Unit it was hearsay , having been Ute to the witness , Thompson , tiy his broil who was doing the detective work. < iot Whut ll IICHcrvnl. After being out thirty-six hours the Jury the case of Phillip Rousch against Jens u Christ Hanson last night returned a vcrd ilndlng for the defendants. In this case the plaintiff was seeking recover the sum of $1,000 damages. Ho leged that a year ago ho was going up Not Nineteenth street looking for a person win ho kiiew He stopped ut the homo of t Huuscns to 11:11 ko some inquiries und t door wus shut in his face. Then ho wi nroimJ to the hack door and went throu Uie sumo ] > erforiuanccs , knocking nnd lei lug in the windows. Stalling back to 1 front door ho was met by the men of t house , who pitched him over a high embai nit'ut , brt'iikini , some ribs und otherwise < J figuring his person. After that tie sued . damages , hut on the trial the defendai succeeded in proving that Air. Kousch wai trespasser and had no right to ask for ; thing morn than he had received. llUtrlfil Court Mutt-n. William H. Kreidler lias sued J. Herb _ _ Van Closter to regain possession of n horses which he claims Van Clostur swind him out , of by trading an alleged farm them which turned out to be worthless. The courts have been called upon to dec & dispute over the mayoralty election Florence. Frank M. King wnsdeclared * 1 Dinner nnd is now performing the duties the oClce. Hi * late opjKmunt , Robert Cowan , has decided that the fight was c' : < nir and has appealed to the courts to 01 Klap. Another Time Arrrtted. James J. Callahan vr i arrested yesl flay morainr in the Union block on So Ifelrteenth street by Detective Demnsrjr i Officer HoyK and ii charged with highway robbery on the polh-o blotter. Both Keyes nnd Cnllnhan were Identified by G E. Dennis , the Rod Ok stockman , as the men who roblied him. The men toll conflicting stories about the affair , but Cnllaban admitted that he started with Mr. Dennis In the hack Jnim a saloon close to the Tenth strtml riadurt. He de nies , however , that he took part in the slug ging of the victim , and says that ho left the vehicle when it reached Fnmam street. Ho claims to know nothing of the robbery. Tno prisoners will bo taken to Council Bluffs for trial. AT Axcnon ix ji.uri'roy America' ! Crack War VrmioU Stringing at Anchor There. Fonriicss MO.VIIOE , Va. , April 15. The gayest resort in the country today Is in a state of feverlth excitement over the ex pected arrival of the British fleet on Mon day , headed by the finest specimen of foreign marine architecture that will bo at the re view and upon which more interest Is cen tered than will full to any other war vessel In the Roads next weak. Admiral Ghorardl expects that the Brit ishers will arrive early Monday morning and bo followed next day by three Italian ships , anil jio.islbly the French and Brazilian ves sels. The third Russian vessel , which has been duo for some days , has not yet made her appearance , but may drop in unex pectedly at any moment. When the fashion able set and late risers looked out upon the fleet riding to u stiff northwest wind this morning , with the surf lashing the shore and the waves high enough to toss the steam launches utxiut in a reckless manner , there were murmurs of regret at the apparently hopeless prospects of comfortably visiting the fleet during the morning , but by the time those who had engaged to po aboard with the officers arrived the fierce , aark clouds In the cast broke away , the sun shone warmly und the wind moderated to a gentle breeze , making an Ideal duy for a ma rlno picture , Inspector General Breckinridge. in full ro- paliu , and nccotnpunlcd by two staff officers started the guns to firing on the Phlladcl phia , when at 10 o'clock he paid un olllrin call \itou Admiral Uhentrdl and an houi later ttiey again ticlched forth the numtiei due his rank when ho departed over tin ship's side. Following the general's launch were any numbcrof others from the fleet taking visitor : out to see the ships and Inspect them fron Biiar deck to engine room. Barges and gigs whulo boats and cutters propelled by vigor ous tars were conveying persons all thi mornlnr , and now and then a pip would comt ashore with the captain of some ship , whet the government wharf would immediately IK the scuno of animated activity to which the pretty sight of ton or twelve jack tars toss irig as many oars to u perpendicular , lettiu ( them drop quicicly in the boat before landini the commander with pomp and cure. Sixty young women at the Hygea hole ! gave a handsome gcrmun tonight to a : many officers from the ships , the invitation : being exclusively to the navy men. the armj olUcers hero und a few civilians having beet ostracised iu connection with it entirely The latter feel slighted , but they eomfor themselves with the thought that the ship : cannot remain here nhvuys. The ladies arc making rapid progress ii understanding the broken dialect of French Russian and English combined , spoken bj their foreign friends. Favors will be ap proprlate for the occasion and will consist o Hags of all nations , conspicuous among then hemp our own colors and those of the czar. Newcomers continue to pour in. Thi morning's steamer brought many peopl from the north , who will be unable to secur quarters und who will take their departur on tonight's vessel. The hotel people ca promise rooms to no one , nnd even us fa away as Newport , News and Hampton ther is little room loft. Tonlcht the search light of the fleet will bo placed over the Roads fo the benefit of those ashore. VUL1) CKUTiriVATJCS. Their Issue Sunpciulcil t'pmi Order from tli Socrolnry of the Tru ury. NEW YOUK , April 15. An order was n coivcd nt the subtreasury at New Yor today for the suspension of the issue of go ! certificates , In accordance with the prov sioils by the net of congrt'ss of July 12,1SS which says that when the gold coin or bu lion held in the treasury for the redcmptic of United States notes falls below $100,000 000 the issue of the certificates shall cease. Speaking of the law , a well informed ban president said : -'The treasurer of the Unite Soatcs appears to bo bound by the provlsioi of the act of 1S92 , authorizing the issue c gold certificates , always to retain in th treasury for the redemption of these certii catcs the specific gold coin deposited at tl time of their issuo. Any failure to do th would be n violation of the statute and tl : treasurer has no right to substitute go' bars or bullion for the gold coin dcpositc and ordered to bo retained. It is true tin the gold certificates issued under the act i March 3 , ISM , could be issued on deposit i either gold or bullion and that certiflcati under this act might bo issued to the cxtci of'0 per cent in excess of actual deposit but there are probably none of these ce tlllcatcs now in use. " Maurice Muehlmun , the acting usslstai treasurer in charge of the subtroasjiry , sait "This step on the part of the secretary i the treasury simply means thafhe is can ing out the provisions of the law. It do not mean that the government will recei' deposits of gold coin and refuse to pay ba < in kind. Any ono who deposits gold cohere hero will receive legal tender notos. F these , if Icral ' tenuor or pold is deraanao gold will bo'paid out. In other words , i stead of issuing lor gold deposits a ccrtl cate. which Is necessarily redeemable gold , the treasury will Issue legal tendi notes for which gold will always t > o pa _ If demanded. The only differen which the stopping of these certi cntcs makes is that the Treasu department will not issue the for gold as it has been doing. The secreta is merely anticipating the withdrawal gold which will probably bo made fer shi ment for next Tuesday's German steanit What these withdrawals will amount to coin-so wo don't Unow , but thej- may redu the treasury gold to the $100.000,000 resen According to today's reporuthe free gold the treasury amounts to about $3,109.01 This report does not show the withdrawn yesterday , which amounted to $1,2T > 0OC Today's statement shows the gross amou ; of gold in the treasurv to be ti13noo,0l ! Certificates Issued amount to tllMt'O.Ot ' $ G00,000 ! ! being in the treasury. There no reason for uneasiness because of the st taken by the department. It is the Hi time the Issues of certificates have been si ponded , because it is the first time the i servo ha * almost readied the $100,000,1 point , with immediate exports expect * Under the provisions of the act of 18G3 t issue was suspended by Secretary Sherui In 1870. The treasury statement March showed the free gold , or the gold above t $100,000,000 reserve , to be l,0 : > 2,000 , whi was practically the gold supply left by t last administration. The lowest point aft wards reached was $952,000. From that tli th amount increased until the heavy sh menti were made during the past t weeks. " for Clirnprr 1'arlnc. Yesterday afternoon Councilman Wheel City Engineer Rosewater and Majors Bli hauser and Balcombo mot in the office of t Board of Public Works for the purpose revising the asphalt paving spoclficatio C. E. Squires was also present and parti pated in the discussion. The onlytchanf in the specifications wus to call for a c > crcte base of five Inches 1n thickness ani rt surface of two inches of asphalt , instead the base being four and one-half inches a 10d the surface two inches , us the speolficatii > d have provided. erie Mr. Squires said that by doing this would bring the price of bids on aspb ie down from 15 to IS vents per square va in and ho could lay a oavomont that would ie as durable as under the other specifics tlo ofV. V.n . Handing rorinitt. nit - The following permits to build were issi it yesterday by the Inspoctorof building * : J. E Morse , Forty-second and Grant , dwollltiB . | i.i Frltt Mulbro. 1703-1704 Vluton. brick ir- utorcs and flat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.I irth SUYUH minor permits. . , , . , . 1,1 id Nine permit * , acgn-catlnt . $10,1 WELCOMED BISHOP BOWMAN Omaha Methodists Give the Noted Clergy man a Warm Greeting. REV , CRANE'S ADDRESS OF WELCOME An nifpmnt Suppnr with Speaking and Munlc Adit * to the Knjojrmont of the Occanlon Wcnlrjr Church l > cdl- cntlon Todnjr. The members of the 'Wesley Meihodlst church nt Walnut Hill , assisted by leading ministers nnd lay members from the other MathodUt churches of the city , tendered Bishop Bowman nvery pleasant reception last night at the edifice which is to bo dedi cated today. The church building was the gilt of the Ilanscom park congregation , but the brick masons , carpenters and decorators have done the work of repairing and reno vating the building so well that it looks like a brand new church. The building was brilliantly lighted nnd the interior decora tions were especially admired. A largo congregation assembled at an early hour and the church was well filled when Hcv. W. 1C. Beans , wno had been asked to preside , introduced Hov. Frank Crane to deliver un address of welcome. In a well timed speech of twenty minutes Ilov. Crane welcomed the senior bishop of the church to Omaha , to the Methodist homes and churches of the city , nnd particularly to the Wesley church. The speaker took occa sion to present some excellent thoughts upon the meaning of the welcome , what the bishop represented , what Methodism was and what it had done for the world. Ho held that Methodism was a great deal wider than the Methodist church. Since the time of John Wesley many other denomination ! ) had absorbed n great deal of the doctrines and the church policy that Wesley had promulgated. The old Metho- dlsttc idea of holding revivals had blossomed out In modern times in many other churches. The meetings of the various young people's societies of the present day were nothing more or less than class meetings for young people. All these things sprang from Methodism. Bishop Bowman represented Methodism and ho also represented the Methodist Episcopal church. He was the senior bishop , beloved by all who know him because ho was an approachable , devoted , Christian gentleman. Hov. Crane remem bered with pleasure the first time he had seen Bishop Bowman. The speaker was a mere br > y , but ho had remembered all his life what the bishop had said to him and that one experience had taught him that there was rare talent iu knowing how to talk to n boy. Bishop Bowman , whose locks are as white ns suo\v. responded in a very entertaining talk of fifteen or twenty minutes. Ho was glad that he had the privilege of represent ing Methodism and ho wanted every Meth odist in the house to remember that ho also represented Methodism. The bishop had many pleasant things to say about Omaha , and referred laconically to the weather that prevailed hero during the conference last May. The bishop said he had done one thing that no other living Methodist , and probably no other living man had done. He had dedi cated ut least ono church iu every state and territory iu the union. His great grandmother was the first of a long line of Methodists in the family from which the bishop sprang. "She was converted when a mere girl , " said ho speaker , "and from that conversion hero have come nt least fifty Methodist ninislers or Methodist ministers' wives. So ou see what ono Christian woman can do. " Turning to the children who were presenl n large numbers the bishop said lie hat ometlmes been called the childrons' bishop iccauso ho so much enjoyed talking to them "ie never refused to talk to children no mat er how tired ho was or how his work was ircssing upon him. In closing ho said a few vords of encouragement for all the Methodist dist congregations in the city , and particu arly to the Wesley church i > eople , and ivished them nil abunluut success in the work of the Master. v The ladies of the church served n supper .n the lecluro room , to which a large number of the people paid special attention. There were some very enjoyable selections of music rurnlshed during the evening and the socia- jility that prevailed was of the most genial and spontaneous character. Hev. T. 1C. Tin- dull , llov. Alfred Hodgetts , Elder Cleuden- ilng and other well known workers In tht Methodist church were present. The dedica tion will take p.ucoat KK10 today. jr.i.vr WILL Twenty-Two State * Will Send IloRf tos tc the Trun mlttl Mij | > l Confr si. Oanc.v , U. T. , April 15. [ Special to Tni BEE. ] The unusual interest taken in the ap preaching session of the TransmUsissipp congress to meet here on Monday , the 24tt Insi. , continues and indicates a verylargt attendance. The executive committee" has nad oflices open here for the last three weeks and the worlc begun in other places is now mostly centered hero witnV. . H. Harvey chairman of the committee in charge. Let ters and telegrams are coming in from nl portions of the tninsraississlppi and the committee is in active co-operation with the feeling ou the outside. Over flfty of the 133 congressmen that rep resent the transmississippi states in the national congress write that they will be hero and all express themselves in hearti sympathy with the movement. Governoi Klckards of Montana writes that he will l hero with his full delegation. Also Governoi McConuoll of Idaho , and the delegation froir that state promises to IKJ a very lively one. Governor Wnito of Colorado and Governoi Prince of Now Mexico will both arrive iu i 1 special train from the cast. The number o : governors that will bo present will be be twOen ten nnd twelve. Two special train : will como from Colorado and Denver aloui n promises 150 delegates from that city , th < mayor and commercial bodies having ap pointed their full quota of thirty each. Delegates are appointed , by each governor ten ; county commissioners , ono each mayors , ono for each .1,000 of their popula tion , and all commercial organizations a : many as their mayors , und railroad com panics , ono each. All questions of western importance tha1 may be the subject of national legislation i : the business of this congress , and the wholi territory west of the Mississippi is include ) in Its organization. Telegrams from Texas indicate thirt ; delegates from that state. The commercia bodies of New Orleans tire active in the matter tor , and a telegram from the Merchants ex change of St. Louis says there will bo a dele gallon from there. Governor Stone's dele gates from Missouri will bo here also. Al of the governors tiavo appointed dck gates , and the chairman of the exocutiv committee says he is now satisfied that al the twenty-two states and territories wil be represented. For Colorado , Wyoming , Utah , Idahc Montana , Nevada and California , on all tn lines of the Union Pacific. Central Pacific Hio Grande and Midland railroads ono far has bocn fixed for the round trip. Outsid of that territory the faro is ono and on < third , except south of Fort Worth and ea ; of Omaha and Kansas City , where it is tie up m the World's fair rate tangle , but is c : jiectcd to be fixed this week. If not , del < gates in the territory named should .buy 1 the point whore tickets are on sale. Telephone Improvement ! . The Nebraska Telephone company of thi 28 city has commenced the work of rcbulldln the line from Lincoln to York , and will hav it completed and in operation at an earl date , The new line will bo a complot metallic circuit. During the present seaso the company will build from York to Gran Island , by way of Hastings , or Aurora. Jus now the company is engaged iu building metallic circuit line from Beatrice to Lincoli and has nearly completed the work. Memorial Church of St. I'hlilp. The pretty little stone and brick edifice < St. Philip , the deacon , situated on Twent , first between Nicholas and Paul streets is 1 be consecrated by Bishop Worthington < Friday morning , April 21 at 10:80 : o'clocl The sermon will be preached 1 liar. Uiuhard F. Sweet , D.D. , llock Island. The other clergy tukii part la the service * will be tl rector. Her John Albert Williams , Tier. Frank It MIllspAueh of MlnnoniKills , vrho organited ( ho ml lnn , and Unv. John Williams of St Bftrnabw church , who fos- tcrod the work in the dajfbf adversity. Sev eral clergy from outsIUc"tho city will be * present. , The church bulldtnc' Knd lot cost nearly M ,000. A debt of t lf > 00emalns on HIP reo- tory lot. This the oan tegutlon Is trying to raise before Friday so Ijiflt they can begin worship in their now cfiurch entirely free from debt. _ _ /J * _ _ . SQUATTERS WILL BE EVICTED. Notice * to Vacate Will Jlo Served on Them Tomorrow. The health authorities-have made up their minds that the only way to disjioso of the squatter question is to take some decisive action , nnd in accordance with their view of the matter heroic measures will IMS inaugu rated Monday morning. On that rccnsioii the city forces will move upon Shantytown and remain on the field until they have car ried their point nud every squatter has been forced to move. The notices to the squatters to remove within thirty days have been prepared by Dr. Somers and will bo rady for delivery into Chief Seavey's hands Monday morning. The chief will detail two of his trusty men to serve the notices upon each resident of the riverfront col ony. In this matter it is necessary to proceed Individually until the city has opened up the streets and alleys in that territory , and until this is done it is impossible to cause a collective removal. By opening up the streets it will make trespassers of the occupants of the shan ties situated upon the streets , and their eviction can then easily bo brought about. As a number of the squatters uro on land owned by individuals It will bo necessary to secure the co-operation of the owners , and it is snid by Dr. Somers that this has been promised and that they are ready to pro ceed with the city In this matter. During the thirty days Intervening from the time the notices to remove uro served upon the squatters , the authorities will pro ceed to have everything in readiness , and will follow up the same with whatever ntcps uro necLSsary to evict the squatters. It is thought that a large number of them will take the cue from the notices und vacate and not delay to court forcible ejectment. There arc undoubtedly some who will not budge until compelled to , and they will prob ably resort to all sorts of wactices to outwit the ofhcials nnd ruuso delay. The oQlcors are preparing for Just those sort of persons , and will bo loaded with legal advice , and will move cautiously and in conformity to law , in order that no complications will arise. I.nmhcir Contract A pprored. Mayor Bemis has approved of the lumber contract with C. L. Chaffee. The contract was vetoed by the mayor recently for the reason that it did not specify the quality of the lumber the city is to receive. At first Mr. ChafToo refused to insert the quality of the lumber , but later thought better of it and did so. _ Condition ol' tli Ki'iuioliiHo Society. PiTTsiifito , Pa. , April 15. James Dixon , the expert accountant , has Justcouipiett'd nn audit of the accounts of. the Economlto so ciety , showing the society to be solvent by a small margin. Ho pays.iv .personal tribute to First Trustee John Duss. The society's holdings are valued at $ . ' . ,000,000. The audit was made at the requestor Trustee Duss. SITTING BULL'S ' FIRST-NIGHT. How He und III * WiirrlOra VTrro Snirctl Out oT n Dakota Vnvloty Show. Fifteen years ago times wore lively in Dakota , and Fargo wai > a booming town of ltOOU ! people. Half a dozen theat rical enterprises were in full blast , and n seventh manager opened a new house , the magnificence of which far outshone those of its competitors. The theater was to be opened Monday evening , arid that morning , hays a writer in Kate Field's Washington , t.ho train from the west brought the great Sioux chief. Sit ing Bull , with a small party of Indians vho were enroute to "Washington to in- .erview the great fathor. The now man ager secured -the attendance of the war- lors for the opening of his house , and the hundreds of "tenderfoot1' who had : iever yet seen a real Indian in war [ > aint paid fabulous prices for seats. Sitting Bull and his warriors were on iiund early , gaudily arrayed in feathers , uead-dross and beaded blankets and wampum. They were seated at the end of the center aisle in the space between the orchestra railing and the front row of parquet. The rod men preserved Lheir monumental stoicism and through out the entertainment not a smile wrinkled their faces. Each one of them carried a short painted stick , one end ol which was split ? Into the split was thrust a small piece of lookingglass. Oc casionally the Indians held tne mirrore up before their eyes and took a careful survey of the audience behind them , This enabled them to see what was going on all over the house without shifting their position. The closing feature of the program was an act per formed by a female trapeze performer , who wus advertised to possess wonder ful strength in her jaws. The stage manager announced that she would haup suspended from the trapeze bar by her knees and support a heavy cannon with lier tcoth while it was discharged. At sight of the cannon Sitting Bull and his men began to show signs of uneasiness They shifted about in their seats ner vously. Two men lifted the cannon and left it dangling from the woman's jaws The muzzle of the weapon swung on t level with the Indians' headdress. Sitting Bull and his warriors by this time hud become extremely nervous They looked at each other inquiringly as if they suspected that they had beer drawn into u trap and were to be deliberately liberately slaughtered. They jabbcrec to each other excitedly and two or thre * tines so far forgot their stoicism as tc look over their shoulders. Finally everything was in readiness ; the stag ( manager stepped back , gave the string that ho hold' a jerk , there was a flasl and a roar , and out of the cloud of smoki that shot into the parquet , Sitting Bui and his warriors sprang , wildly shout ing as they made their way down thi aisle , striking madlyi-ight and loft will the long-st-ommed gfpne pipes whicl they carried. No attempt was made b ; the audience to stop T.Jie Indians , whj made their way outsiijb and didn't sto ; running until they reached the hotel For once the fearless'i'citoef of the Siouj was unnerved. i ( f' Firemen Urjauire. There was a meotlng'j'jbf stationary fire men in Green's hall last night for the pui pose of forming an oi nnization. Enoup firemen wore present to warrant the gram ing of a charter and u incpting will bo be ! on April IS for thosf utcrestcd to sig the charter roll. Chlurte ActorffAr the Fair. TACOHA , Wash. , 'A'flril ' 15. [ Speck Telegram to THE BEErfj The stearashi Mogul of the Northern Pacific line ai rived yesterday from China and Japai Among the passengers were fort Chinese actors enrouto for Chicagi Included iu the cargo wore a Japanos tea house and a number of exhibits fc the World's fair. It is well known that opaque globes absoi a very large amount of the light of a lamps , and whatever present style of glo is used a dark shadow is cast directly belo the lamp , To avoid these difficulties a ne style of globe has been brought out : France , made of transparent class , with ci cular depressions having such faces as form lenses ( similar to the well known ligl house lenses ) , the curvatures of which a so calculated that they refract and reflect : as to diffuse the light. Such globes may 1 made of pressed glass , and although mo expensive , they diffuse light much mo economically than absorbing opal or grouu glass globe * . WATER POWER TALK Architect Lodebrink's Opinion of the Gothen burg Canal and Reservoir. HE HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THAT CITY S r Thnre I * no lloniii Tliore Hut Ther * Ii .Nothing That Can 1'rcvriit Hi Itapld Uro\rllt Now The l ljt J'nctorjStart * Soon. Fred C. LoJobrlnk , the architect , has just rutttrnod from Gothonborp , nnd ns ho IIUM been there tmvornl times nnd has looked up the wutor power jiluut inoro thoroughly tlmn most visitors to the city ho is ubla to spouk with more authority on the city nnd Its pro.tpocts. Ho was seeii in nis ollleo in the Lifo building yesterday. Asked 111 regard to the water power , Mr. Ledubriuk replied that the re was no question ut all about the water mtpply. "All the olectrie lighting throughout the eity nnd all other power which is at present needed is easily furnished from the reservoir and there is water going to waste. The company is making pro vision for the future , and the canal is being enlarged. TUis enlargement will give enough water to supply all the power that ever will he deeded. " ' 'Is there uboom in Gothenburg ? " "Is'o. there is no boom. There is some building. . I have two stores und one residence to erect for parties out there. As soon as the large factory which has just been completed starts up , and their large force of employes from the oust arrive , there will be a boom similar to what Kearney had. I consider the water power superior to that in Kearney , and everything points to the rapid und healthy growth of Gothenburg. "A gonsloinun from Boston was in my ollleo only yesterday to have mo figure on several cottages ho proposes to erect on lots which he has purchased there. "In addition to the water power , which , of course , is the basis of the city , the other natural advantages are many. The laud has an easy slope toward the river , the soil is rich , the rainfall good and there is the llnest clay for brick that I have over seen. " The wuUsr power of the Plutte is a settled fact and Gothenburg is the place where the advantages to u eity may be boon , for it is being built up almost wholly upon its cunul and power. UNPHOF-ESSIONAl , HUMOR. Prosecutor Coclmin Kchiiknl for Indulging ; I1U I'uiiny Sldf. That there nro two sides to every story was shown when Father Jackimowicz of the Polish Catholic church appeared In police court yesterday to defend himself on ttio charge preferred against him by Stanislaus Swiniorski for cruelly beating the lattcr's son. In speaking of the matter yesterday W. J. Clalr , the priest's attorney , suid : "You can say for mo that Prosecutor Cochran acted unfairly when ho endorsed upon the complaint the words 'Kingmas- ter of the Polish Catholic church. Of ourso the word -ring' has been erased ince the complaint was first filed , ut I am credibly informed that it was here , and you can see yet , " pointing to the iaper , "whero the word was scratched out. " Mr. Cochran , when interrogated about the nutter , replied that no insult was intended jy the term ; the word , iu this Instance , was used in the scuse-of meaning one who had ho supervision of children and authority to : orrect them by chastisement. Fattier Jackimowicz , the defendant in the ; asc. has returned from the east nnd on reading of the cusc against him , ns exclu- iively published In the evening edition of his naper on April IS , presented himself in lolice court this morning. He stated to L'HK Br.E representative that there vas hardly any truth in the charges. The boy , Frank Swiniarsld , who , is his father claims , was cruelly beaten and mnlshed for some slight offense , was a wild me and very hard to correct , according to , ue priest's statement. . The parents had icen given notice of this and had boon asked .0 take their son out of the parochial school , jut the latter disliked to do this und sund .ho lad to the public schools on account of lis disobedience to teachers. The sisters lad been unable to control him ; he had even applied epithets and profane language tc , hem on more than one occasion , but they lad not punished him because they were forbidden to do such things under the rules. He was the only one to inflict puuish- mcnt and ho had refrained from doing sc until it became absolutely necessary and then not to any such extent as had boor stated. For more than a year the boy had jceu a source of trouble to him and the sis , crs. In January last he oven assaulted hi : teacher. Referring to the charge of chastisement bj urn , the deferdant said it was absurd u claim that it was inflicted because the boj could not furnish a sponge for his slate , onlj a rabbit's foot , because such things wen furnished free of charge by the parochial chial schools , and if ho was as severely cruised and beaten as charged h ( tvould not immediately afterwards have assaulted another boy for saying , it served tiim right to rocelfiTtho punishment. Hi said the Swiniarski family s'tood entirely Uono in this , prosecution and had no follow Ing. as rei > ortid , while all the church mem jers upheld him in what ho had done. The case was set for trial next Wednesday at 10 o'clock. _ JUG-HANDLED DECISIONS. Capital May Ilojcott .Mun , but Labor Mn ; Not Itoj-cott 1'ropcrty. Commenting on recent decisions bj federal courts , the Now Nation says ; It is a cold day in these times whei the courts do not give some now dccisioi against the labor unions. The United Garment Workers of America , a Nov York union , demanded an increase o ! pay from their employers , the Qlothinj Manufacturers association. This thi association refused to grant , nt the sami time notifying the garment workers tlia unless they withdrew their demand ! they would lock out all the cuttora ii the union. The demand not being with drawn , the cutters wore locked out t < the number of 1,000. The union retail ated by declaring a boycott ou the pro duct of the manufacturers and Bent cir culnrs to all the clothing dealers relat ing the .facts and appealing to them note to deal in tho.se goods. Upon thi the manufacturers summoned th loaders of the union into th supreme court of New York and d muudcd of Judge Lawrence an injunctio to prevent the locked-out men from it torfering with their business. The judg reserved his decision in consideration c a stipulation by the representatives e theunionthat no more circulars shoul be sent out , saying that if the stlpult tion were broken he would at one grant .tho injunction. His action thi amounts to an injunction on the use < This is precisely the meaning also ( the Ricks and Taft decisions whe boiled down. The railroads of tli country are engaged in a systomati policy , ojwnly avowed by many oj then and secretly pursued by most , of boj cotting members of labor unions and n fusing them employment , and there no help lor the men from the judge But lot the men in resistance to th policy of the railroads undertake i boycott a freight car , and United Stati judges hasten on telegraphic summoi by special train to declare thorn in coi tempt of law. Is it any wonder thi such injustice as this makes the wor inginuu desperate ? Let us state the case again and car For only 50C And for tomorrow only you can buy all wool mixtures that have been 75c in our Dress Goods Department. Fauntleroy Sets , White nnd colors , 2Sc. Silk Tics , new styles. New Veilings , new Laces , nc-v Ruches , new Itclts. of the finest Capes ever shown In Omaha , worth from SIS to $50 , on sn'c ' tomorrow ut from $10 to SlH > . Styles exclusively our own. i riccs lower than any other house In Omaha , t Our new Corset department , 2nd floor , Invites your In- spectlon. ( Tjs , wcck Corsets worth 75c only 50c ; $1.50 Cor.scts , $1. SI percale waists only ( > 0c. WaiSiS i ! uUics * wash suits , $1.25. $1.50 , $2.00. than cost of material. Linens , Linens , Linens. We have made a special effort to make it interesting for our patrons iu this department for Monday. We will sell all day lon bleached table damask nOc , worth 75c ; bleached table damask U5c , worth 85c ; bleached table damask OOc , worth $1.25. Dinner napkins from 50c tip to $5 per do/en. liipial bargains in towels of all kinds. Silk Umbreas. ! ! Don't miss our sale Monday in this department. You may have votir choice of onr $2 and $2.50 all silk umbrellas in natural and metal handles , 1'aragon frame , for For .Monday Ladies' Hose. Buy our famous Linwortli hose at 3. ? l-3e. One pair of these heel and toe will outwear two of any other kind. Our leader in men's furnishings goods department tomor row is our $1 unhuindercd shirt , all hand made , 2,100 linen" set in bosom , reinforced back and front and every improve ment , tomorrow only Jewelry , All silverware one-half price Monday. Silver picture frames 25c. worth 50c. Silver trays 25c , worth 5c. ( ) Silver hair and clothes brushes , 25c , worth 50c. Silver paper weights 25c , worth 50c. Silver card receivers $1.15 , worth $2.30. Silver comb tray and brush $1.15 , worth $2.30. Koll plate ear drops 25c. Koll plate hair pins Ic to $1 each. Stick pins two for 15c. A.ND $3 7JATS. Cannot he duplicated elsewhere for a cent less than Si ( to $9. Correct styles , too. "MAKING A NAME. " Ladies' Omaha cloth top patent leather , always $3.50 , Monday $2.50 , Ladies' ooze calf , tan canvass , and bright gondola turn Oxford's , in all the latest styles , would be cheap at $2 , ou'r price Monday $1.50 , Child's colored Oxfords from 4ic.up. ) Misses * colored Oxfords from 75c up. Men's plow shoes 83c. fully , for this is the real underlying issue of the fight that is now on : Organ ized capital and organized labor huvo long , been engaged in a bitter struggle , in which neither side is always right or always wrong. Each one finds the most effective weapon to crush the other to bo the boycott. Opganized labor socks to conquer capital by boycotting its goods or property. Organized capital in re turn boycotts organized labor by black listing its members and driving them out of employment. Now the question here is not whether it is right for either party to use the boycott , but whether if it id"wrong for' one it is not equally wrong for the other ; whatever the law is , should it not bo an equal law and not a one-sided one ? If organizations have no right to boycott corporations , have corpoi ations any right to boycott organizations ? In other words ace , or are not , the rights of men in these United States as sacred us freight cars und manufactured clothing ? Shall it bo law in America that the boycott on things is illegal und the boycott on men legal ? The shortest and easist way for u po liceman to stop a light is no doubt to side with the strongest uvm and help him knock the weakest man out. Tills is much easier tlian to KO pa rate them and bring them botoro the court. Neverthe less the latter is agreed by common con sent to bo the batter way. This perpet ual quarrel between capital and labor is no doubt a great nuisance , but we re spectfully submit that the proper way to settle it is not for the state to join with capital in jumj- ing on labor , but to bring both par ties before the court of public opinion to near arguments , to balance claims and judicially to determine how a rational just and conclusive settlement of the age long controversy may IH > reached. Wo have that confidence in the fair- mindedness of the American people fully to believe that this is the way the in dustrial problem will bo settled in this country , and wo have not the slightest question as to the basis of that settle ment. Nationalism will be found to bo the only way out and as such agreed on at last by all. Meanwhile , sharply as we are com pelled to criticize and condemn the un fairness and partiality of the judicial rulings und decisions which uro now startling the country , we recognize in them and the discussion and the re sistance they are provoking and will yet provoke , a most potent influence in hastening the consummation for which we work and hope. Will Erfxit u > ew I'lant. MUNCIE , Ind. , April 15. A Pittsburg syndicate has purchased property ad joining the city to the extent of $125,000 , and closed a contract for erection of a large malleable iron works. The new f syndicate controls 40,000 acres of gaa f territory , and will fight the Chicago 1 Pipe Line people , as well us all foreign produce a The production oj boot sugar in the United B States has moro than doubled during tha f past year , althougti there has been no in ' crease ' in the number of factories , The total n production of the six factories was 27,039Sii'J a pounds , against a total of 12.00IS39 pounds D last year. Experiments In growing sugar beets have boon trhd in a number of the western states , and the success has been so great that the number of factories will bo increased. The proposed British railroad , to bo be built from Vancouver to the northern most limits of British Columbia , wilt open up a timber belt exceeding in area the tim ber belts of Washington and Oregon. This road may at no distant date , become a part of a system extending to Alaska and eventu ally to Bering straits and Siberia. Tha route to Alaska has bocn traveled over and found to contain few serious obstacle * to the building of a railroad. Cudtr 18 J < am i FREE ! * You ncud not pay ono contWo will ecncf It to you FIIKI5. livery blcyclo warranted , and oquul to tlioso sold unjrvheroat tromf46toffjO. ( 18 years ol nge , who wnnts a flr t-cluM blcyclo rnn cat ono free. Vie will ulre any boy or clrlabl * cycle on very caey conditions. Wheels tire S5 Inchftsrlt& crescent stool rims nnd molded niiiber tlrcx.aud run onlmr- Ceiled eteel eono bcnrlnm , ndjustablo to wear ; gcnredto 40 Inclieai drtucliabla cronliFt 4 to 0 Indies tliruvr ; friuno Unoly cnnnu'lecl.iTlUi nlci- cl trlmmlnen. Biicn tronclilRO la euppllod i w I tb tool bnjr.w runcti I and dllsr.V hare I either boyB'or girls' / ntyle. Ifjouwaiita blcycl rroo cut this ndv.outaudeontl to untoKlitT. Address .A.Curtlti&Co IU n. ut iM-i HI , _ CUIUUU.IU. Nentlon Omaha Boo , SlierllT'K Sale. Under und liv vlrtnoof two exoontlons Issued by I'ranic K. Moorm , cleric of thodinrlcmourt wit un und forllous'iis ' county.Nebrnnlca.v - on jmlsintMitsrun Jorod and unlurod In mild court on thu nth day of April. A. I ) . 189:1 : , In favor of (5o ( dycur'M India Kulibwr dlovo Manufacturing umunatiy mil uculnst tbo Oimihu Kubliurcompany ; and. also , In favor of tlinCumiuiirclnl National banli of Oiuuba mi I against the Omulri Uubliur comp-iny. I have levied upon the folhnvlns Roods nnd chuttulB B tbo proptirty of ibu Bald Omaha Uubbor company , to-w.t : All of the snnt-ral mo-'U of ruliiKir. g'llla porclm , Iflatlmr , oiled , cotUMi , lltio'i , born , ivory. Iron , liraas , nlolfol , wooden , paper uudlllk fcm.ls , tnilot articles and all nthnr marcUatitllsp ; null nil tliu ( U'sKs. tanlus , counters , partitions , bholvlnir. Hhow- ( MSBRantplc cnm-u , triinUs. Honles , truck ) ) , wooJ ami KlasB olllc-o work , Hafi-s , liittor prnssi. IctU'r flics , noukuand book accounts , lulls ru- eoivHlilo , ofllca Btationery. will dncor.it out. slsns Inside and outslclH of biiildmv , run llx- turus an I all uthur Htoru find ollii-o furiilturu. tlxttiros. ton'.s and nnplt-nicnlH , rimUoU and property of uvory description ! and all con- tulno J In or uitrtalnliic to Unit part of thu lji- story brlclt tor bulldlni ; known us No. I.YJC I'arimm atruul. and also in Imsoimmti of storu buildings known as Noa. l.'ils and \K \ > ) Kamam strtiut. nil borclofori ) occupied by the said Omaha Hubbur roinimny for Runoral ir.or- nhiiuuUiiiK ptirpnroos. In tnuclty of Omaha. Douglas county. Nebraska. And 1 will , roninionnln ; nn the StSlh day ot April , A.l > . 1HH. utlOo'ulouK a. m. of Haid duy. ut No. l-'i20 I-'ariiiim struct. In the olty of Omaha , DmiphiH county. NebrnHKo. boll Raid propurty at publlo uiualon to iho highest bld- duror blddnr * for cash to satisfy siild execu tions , tbo amounts duo thoroon. Iu the aKiiru- Rate btiins thi ) sum of thirty-throe tliousixnJ , three hundred , olshty-two nad 41-1UU dnllnri ( tJaKi.44 : > with Interest thereon at the ratof seven ( Tl pnr cunt per annum from UIB f.th ( lay of April , A , I ) , mi , and tbo acuruins com tborcoo. OEOUOE A. r.nNNivrr. Sheriff of Doiitrlas Uoun'y , Neb. Omaha , Neb. , April nth , IBM. AIM I at "Whut Ho You Want ? " Colonel D. Put Dyer of St Louis It ono of the distinnrlBhod | MlHsouriani who came to Washington yesterday. He IB a man of portly , prosperous and imposing presence , will groomed nnd happy. lie has boon hU life long a bitter nnd uncompromising republican. To him came one of the reporters of an afternoon paper with the buoyant in jury : "Well , colonel , what do you want ? " The colonel blowly raised the whining plug from hitt nude und souring dome of thought and .gazed around upon the army of ofllco seekers who crowd tun Kbbitt morning , noon and night and UB up all the toothpicks. "My God , youug man , " he said , "do J look like one of these ? "