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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1893)
THE OMATIA DAILY BEE ; t . Desiring to close out our Lots of presents for chil- retail stock entirely , prices will drem they must be closed out be no object. now. French clo-hs $ f up. Sollil irold rinH } ! up. WATCHES \ViilUliizsUeKsSI up. \Vnlcli cliiilns mill clmriiK , $1 tip. Pllvur Tliltiir.li"i Ro tl -or This complete silver Hold ThlinblMMUD. Sterling HllvoriMpor cntlorsfrum } l up , Drums 50c . Every Description , , u 3. Tea Set OP KVEKY MAKE AND QUALITY , Ollly $1O. Sot of 0 Stcrliiifr Silver Alarm Clocks , . Spoons , latest Gorhnm pat 750 up. tern , $3.50. $2.5OUP. , DIAMONDS Of any size , mounted or tin- EVERY ONE mounlud , they will 1U any purse , $ " up. WARRANTED. Gomilno Dlumontt Rinps , 81. 50 up to $1,000. Watches of All Kinds. Sierlhjg Silver SOc SUIT T Child's uinnos. ( lOc un. Hand Orffnns. 7Cc up. Chihl'd violins , CDo up. Silver Novelties for- Ladles and Child's drums , f > 0o up. Gentlemen , fiOo ivp. Hiifinonicas , 5c up. Daggers for Ladiesxund Gentleman - Accordinns , $3.50 up. man , SOc up. Banjos , $1.75 up. Hair Brushes and Combs In Silver Violins in proat vari Music Rolls , 7Co up. all prices. ety from 50c PIANOS. Organs , largest stock A full stock , from the cheapest to the finest Pianos * in the woat from Souvenir at prices that defy competition. 25c P- Mandolins and Spoons , AND Pockot.bcohs and cigar Guitars , gar cases , with sil ver mountings , $2 Largest line in . the city 50o $5 up. Music Boxes , 50caup. OPEN EVENINGS. up. up. Everything carried in first class Jewelry and Music houses can be found al our Stores at Max Meyer & Co. are next door- They are still selling cigars , to baccos , merschaum and briar pipes , cigar cases and holders , and lots of Lower Prices than Elsewhere. suitable presents for gentlemen , cheaper than ever. Corner Famam and Eleventh , Our Old Stand. The Oldest and Most Sellable Jewelry and Music -House in Omalia. Established 1S66. MERRY WAR AT THE MADISON Interesting Theme for Gcsaip at a Popular Boarding Honss. iPATRONS WONDERING WHERE THEY ARE AT /All Wattorn Compllcatucl by a I.UKU ! Contest - . test or Which un Injunction IK the l.atrut IMiusu Other District Court Xv.i. . Like n pall , ctrcat dark clouds of trouble , nro hovering , over "Tho Madison , " the fash ionable boarding house at Twenty-lirst and California streets , this cold , bright Sabbath morning , and I ho guests who gather about 'tho table are kept busy wondering where they are at , as they know not what moment they may bo called upon to go out and face a heartless world in the search for a place to lay their heads and pick their molars. The hotel is in the same old place , but there ia a lawsuit attachment that has com plicated matters In several particulars , ao much so that no one will venture an. . opinion as to who Is the "authorized head of the house. Besides the regulation bill of faro Ihero is an injunction , a suit for damages nnd any number of hens tiled by the cred itors of the owners of the house. Ilotr It All Iliipifliiuil. | Early In 1S'J3 13. A. I < eavcnworth con ceive ! tlio idea of buildliiuf a fashionable hoarding house , though he wan without money to do anything of the kind , but hav ing BOIIIO credit , ho worked among the brick and lumber men , making the best kind of promises , all of which , for the tlmo being , were accepted Instead of cash. Next the mechanics \\i-iu seen , and they , like the ma terial men. took promises to pay. Having made this kind of deal , Lcaveinvorth com menced the erection of the structure and succeeded in a most admirable manner , get ting thu'bulldlni : under roof and nearly com pleted before any of tlu ) parties thought of asking for money in liquidation of the dobts. Soon after tills Mr. Lcavonwnrth started out in search ot u tenant and cru long ho found Helen A. and Samuel A. Lewis , mother nnd son , both of whom were well up In the art of housekeeping. With them a deal wus consummated and they movou in , inviting boardura 10 come and tarry In their f hcd&mul around their board. At that time the hotel was not entirely completed , und ac cording to thu terms of the contract the payment of rent was not to begin until the last nail w.is driven. Then I oavcuworth became involved In a ihmnctal way and deeded the property to Charles L. Gygor , n down town bookkeeper , who at once demanded rent from the I < owib09. They refused to p.\y until such tlnux.iB the hotel was completed , according to contract , and then the litigation com menced. The lien holders jumped in and wanted their money , claiming that while the deed appeared absolute upon its face , it was only n mortgage In fact , and that ho had no rights until ho had instituted und completed t foreclosure proceedings , IIIIU htoiiiul | | All Arimnil. The Lewises did not become alarmed until a few days mo , when they claim that they discovered that Gygor was conspiring with the holders of the liens to gut thorn out. The next thing that happened was tlio re- reiving of notices. Kim they fame from Ciygcr and were to the effect tliat no money must bo paid to the holders of the liens. After this the licirpooplo wrote that money must not ho paid to ( > yucr , Mrs. I.owls and her son conlu havu stood thh well rnough li tlicir boardcre had bueu loft alone , but thc.N were not , for a few days ago these notices reimuenceo , to bo sent to them. The boarders wanted to settle their bills , but on Hi-count of not know lug to whom to pay the money , they let-lit it in their pockois ant continued tp fr-wl at the I uwis table , frco of cost Airs. LowU and her son toou dlscovcm Unit they could not stuiui the expense o mining a hotel upon this plan und jester day they went Uoforu Judge Ambrose , vhero , aided by their attorney , F. A. Jrogan. they secured nn injunction , by the crms of wllch ( they have asked that the ourt declare that Leavcnwortti is the owner of the building and that Gypcr no rostraincii rom collecting mbnoy or interfering with ho boarders or the affairs of the hotel. Vrgumouts on the application for a porma- icnt injunction , will bo heard by Judge Wai- on next Thursday and In the meantime the temporary order will protect the boarders and allow'Mrs. . Lowls and her son to do a Ittlo collecting of past duo board bills for meals furnished. In their petition the plaintiffs claim that they have expended tlio sum of Sl'.OOO ' in nttlng up the hotel and building up a trade. If they are ejected they aver that they will ese this amount and that other parties will ba benefited thereby. the Street Hallway Company. William Kirk has jumped Into the legal arena and has sued the Omaha Street Hall way company in an action to recover tlio sum of $10.000 damages. For a cause of action the plaintiff alleges that on Christ mas day , 1891 , ho boarded a South Omaha motor at Seventeenth nid Cummg streets. intending to go to the south end of the lino. On account of the crowded condition oftho train ho was com pelled to stand on the rear end of tlio trailer. All wont well until ho reached Twentieth and Vinton streets , when ho was thrown. over the tailboard. When ho struck the pavement It was with sufllcicnt force to break his spine , making him a crlpplo for life. Ton Thousand on Notes. Fred M. Blount has sued W. G. Sloan and Jonas 1 > . Johnson for the sum of J10.000 , which amount the plaintiff alleges Is duo on two promissory nates. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants executed these notes u long1 time npo and delivered them to a Chicago cage llrm , and that now they refuse to walk up and settle. WAS A PRETTY PIOTUKE. llnmlrmU Atlmlro the Prank Wllcox Coiu- piiny'N llcr.iutirul UlirUtinii * Wlnilnw. Originality and artistlo taste combined constitute a magnet around which public interest always clusters. This applies to tlio display of holiday goods and the dressing - ing of show windows ns well as other things In life. That is why so manv people paused m front of 1515-17 Douglau street last evenIng - Ing nnd viewed the largo windows of the Frank Wilcox company with exclamations of dolignt. They came , they saw , they were enrap tured. There was nothing m tlio display that savored of Christmas week baoUnumbers. The frost-covered whiskers of Santa Claus were not visible. No sleigh hells or chim ney tops greeted the eye nnd the perennial panorama of the Jlrorlaco and a strms of empty stockings flapping listlessly against the mantelpiece was missing. Instead of thcaorelics ot ancient history were two pretty pictures from the album of nature. In the largo window cast of the mam en- tranro was u sea of Ice a unlquo imitation of a Polar coqktall. A vessel jammed amid glaciers was .pictured , In the background while un "old Inhabitant" of the Arctic re gion In the shape of an adult bear reclined on a ton of ice and calmly surveyed nn array of shoos and slippers which seemed to bo sighing for skates , In the west window was a realistic itioun- tain scene , A long rango. surmounted by 8iio\v-kissed \ ( leak's , was vlslblu in the dis tance. At the base of the mo antalns was a typical ranch , On an adjacent cliff an eagle with blood stained talons wus standing over a helpless child captive , The windows , which attracted such gen eral attention lust evening , worn dressed by Kdward S. Thompson and O. V , Durling , young men of original ideas and excellent taste , who have been in the employ of the Frank \Vilcox company for some time. Fait nuct a llroken While walking on Tenth street near Cap Itol avenue last night John Anderson , col orftd , had the misfortune to slip and fall suffering a fractured leg. The patrol wagon took the Injured man to his homo at Nice teenth and Hartley streets. He U employed I the city library , TW-ELVE THOUSAND SHORT Showing Made by the Books of Ex-County Treasurer Snydsr. ATTRIBUTED TO BAD BOOKKEEPING tepi Will lie Taken to Collect tlio llnliinco Other -Mutter * Ilrought Ilaloru the County Commissioners Yester day AUurnonu. County Clerk Saoltott and Auditor Tate reported to the county commissioners yester day that they had spent some time in check ing up the accounts of ox-County Treasurer A.dam Suydcr , from January 0 , 18'JO , until January 0 , 1S02 , and had found that the fol lowing amounts were accounted for : General fund t 0,002.80 lloml sinking fund 0.000.00 Hospital ImfldliiK fund 1.079.40 Redemption fiimi 437.78 Special scliool fund 203.01 Apportionment fund l'JO.04 Total J12.4G8.08 The ropo-t showed the school bond fund overpaid in tlio sum of 1251 , which amount should ho credited to Mr. Snydcr. The llnd- inj : was also to the effect that there wore building fund notes aggregating $1,767.78 which weio not in the hands of the present treasurer und that there was no record to show where they had gone , though UIITO was evidence to show that they had disap peared since the sale of the poor farm lots. In their report the two oftluials stated that Mr. Snyder had been able to account for 5,000 of the money , but the remainder neither ho nor they could llml , They did not attribute the shortnco to the dishonesty of the ox-trcaburer , but thought that it was duo to carelessness in bookkeeping , errors and blunders in caring for the records of the ofllco. Mr. Stenuorg offered a resolution provid ing for referring the report to the chairman of the board and the county attorney , and instructing them to take stops to collect the balances. Mr. Paddock opposed this proposition in n vigorous protest , urging that the report was not authorized by the board , and that the board had no knowledge of the correctness of the figures. When It came to u vbto the resolution was adopted and the reference made. iisa : ior and Ilia Amlstantn. Peter 13. Eltasser , the register of docds- olnct , notified the board that ho bad named ( j. P. Elsassor as lits deputy and Messrs. Webber , Heed and Mahoney as clerks in the ofllco. ilo asked that the salaries of 'tho clerku bo 11 xeel at f'V ' ) per month each , and that they be made deputies. He also garo the board to understand that ho would run the ofllco with the assistance of eight clerics. The whole matter was laid on the table to bo considered at the next meeting of the board , Tlio application to cancel tno personal tax on tlio lumberyard of John A. Walcoflold , which burned some months ago , was denied , the board holding that there was no au thority for striking the tax Irom the books of the county. A.V. . Clark of Hcscuo hall asked that the county furnish that institution four tons of coal per month during the winter month * , to bo distributed to tno poor of the county. TUo request was referred to the committee on charltj , Dr. Weaver asked to be appointed county physician , but , as the members of the board considered it a llttlo early to make appoint ments , the application went to the Hies. Statement or llulancei. A statement from the county treasurer showed the following cash balances on hand : Bridge fund , * 3,52 < J.43 ; bond linking lund , $33,513.59j Insane Judgment. 13.178.57 ; hos pital judgment , $3,024.67 ; soldiers' relief fund , 1121.67 , The same statement showed the county general fund overdrawn in the sum of I&O.'JJ , ana the road fund la the sumo condition to the extent of $318.93. Tlio whole matter was referred to the committee on fluauoo for Investigation and to report back the findings at eoaio subse quent meeting , A resolution was presented providing for an increase.irt the amount of the bond of the county treasurer. Heretofore the bond has been In tlio sum of $2. > 0,000 , but owintr to the fact that the amount of money In the hands of that oflicial is 'frequently much more than the face of tho' bond , It was deemed advisa ble , as a precautionary measure , to increase the security. The amount of the now bond was fixed at $700,000 , and in that siim the i-easurer will bo compelled to qualify at the Beginning of the new year. OEB.fl.MIC C.LTJB RECEPTION. V Itcautlful IJUnlny IMailo in Rooms Hand somely Decorated. Despite the storm a great many people availed themselves of an opportunity to at tend the first reception of the Nebraska Ceramic club hold Friday evening in the largo room of the Now York Life building. Mrs. H. 1J. Kstabrook , the president of the club , and her assisting committee received the guests. The prettily gowned ladies and the daintily shaded lamps addea not a little to the brilliant oltcct of the rooms. Mrs. Esta brook was assisted by Mrs. Russell Harrison and Mrs. ICirkcndall , while , grouped about the rooms , welcoming and showing the dainty china , were Mrs. II. S. fora , Mrs. Beady , Mrs. Merrill , Mrs. Gilbert , Mrs. Downing 91 Kearney and Mrs. Palmer of Mlndcn. Tea and chocolate were served by young lady friends of the receiv ing party , and altogether it was n very pretty affair. The porcelain was of every variety and use Imaginable. The decora tions were conceded to bo unusually line ana to far surpass the exhibit sent to the World's lair. Fully " 00 pieces were shown that had not been previously exhibited. Many bales wore made Friday and yesterday and dupli cate orders taken. The rooms will bo open to visitors on Monday , both day and evening , for those who have been unable to sco this really very line collection of ceramics done by Nebraska women. T.I It I ft' O.V TOll.lCCO. Congressman Ic\v ) bperry Confident that It Won't Ho Changed. IlAKTroiii ) , Dec. 10. Last year $0,000,000 was received for their product by tobacco growers in the Connecticut valley. The proposed reduction of the tariff on Imported tobacco from C * to SI , .or oven SI.50 as it Is now talked of , would mean ruin to three- quarters of the tobacco producers. This section is greatly oxctt < ? A ° ever the tobacco schedule in the profiled Wilson bill. Urowers have not , Uowover , been idle. They have made a vigo'rp'iis protest against any clmiio ; of pifty to their congressman , Lewis Sperry. A lettei1 'has ' beun received from him , in which hq'fiays : "I seriously doubt whether the 'Wllstin1 bill,1 as nt pres ent reported , will pass the' house , and I am in hopes of getting the"tobacco ] tax re stored as originally ccmtulned in the Me- Kiuloy bill. " _ , Cotton .11 < > n mill jl he Turin' BOSTON , Dec. 10. Manjupromlncnt manu facturers of cotton yam linvohcld n meeting to take action looking la'somo modification of the Wilson tariff hill .Insofar as it affects the manufacturers of couou yarns , und have formed a permanent orgMilzatiou to push the work. , , , ( > f Snlti by the Cdlsnii Company. PmLADBU'iiu , Dec. 10 > T-Suits have been filed by the United States circuit court hereby by the Edison Electric Light company of NewYork and the Edison Klcctrlu Light company o ( Piil'adelphia against the Manu facturers club of Philadelphia , the Colonado hotel and the Sprcckcls Sugar Ueflnlng com pany to icstralu them continuing purchasing and using incandescent lights , which have been adjudged In decisions in various United States to infringe upon the patents of the Kdison company , and also compel an ac counting for the purchase and use of in fringing lamps in past years. for Sunday Liquor Selling , Christian Wuotrlch and Charles S. Cul- ! ingham were each lined f 100 and costs in police court yesterday afternoon for keening open saloon on Sundays. Ulchurd Durdlsh , Frank Swoboda arm James Adams , accused of the same ofleiua , word discharged. FRAHM TURNS DEFAULTER German Savings Bank Bookkeeper Gets Away with Two Thousand Dollars. SPENT THE MONEY IN RIOTOUS LIVING Slndo Abstractions from tlio Cash Tray at thu Nuon Hour 1'Ylcmli May Stake Up Losses A Stir m Ger man Circle ) . Up to noon last Thursday Christ Frahtn was a trusted employe of the German Sav ings banic in the capacity of bookkeeper , hut he is such no more , for the hank alleges that ho abused the trust reposed in him and appropriated * various sums of money that did not bclom ? to him. Ills summary dis missal on that aitornoou and subsequent taking in charge by two detectives employed by the Casualty Bonding compnny has caused a stir in German circles. Fralnn was a member and treasurer of one of the most inltucntial German associations , the turi'reroln , as well as financial secre tary 01' the German society. Itunic mid Societies Not T * < er . Financially , neither the hank , which Is the strongest German financial institution in this city , nor the societies spoken of will bo losi > rs,4is none of the money bclonclng to the latter lias been touched and the former is amply protected by the above named company , which furnished Frahm's bond. i'ho story of his defalcation , as learned from reliable sources , is that ho entered cho employ ot the savings bank about ono year ugo. Soon thereafter ho fell into the habit of abitracting small sums In various amounts from tlio cash and altering the balance book in conformity thorowith. The opportunity' for appropriating the money was offered at the noon hour when Cho receiving teller would temporarily icavo his desk , hinnll Sums ( lro\v to I/.irce. From small sums Fralim fell into tlio habit of tal'ing larger ones until during ono month ? 800 was abstracted , so that his total do. falcatlon IK in the neighborhood of $3,000 and perhaps movo. The exact amount cannot bo given becausu experts are now engaged in llguring up thotot.il sum , while the defaulter Is closely guarded nnd conllnoa in a room at the Drexel hotel , to which admittance Is re fused. It is expected , however , that the culprit's undo and brother wilt come to his rescue and reimburse the bonding company to the amount of Its entire loss and all costs. Efforts in this direction were made yester day , and it Is possible that they will succeed , In whlcu event Frahm will perhaps escape legal prosecution , The defaulting bookkeeper is a married man and was formerly engaged in bank work at the First National. The sums of money which he embezzled from time to time are said to have been spout m riotous living and not ono cent of it is now in Frahtu's possession. Took H Hone of Hiryclmlne. HoTSrwxoa , S.D , , , Deo. 10. [ Special to TUB DEB. ] A. D. Woods , local agent of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri A'alloy rail road nt this place , attempted sulciao last night by taking strychnine. Ilo is still very sick , but will recover. Domestic trouble 13 said to have caujcd the rash act , Will Talk About llawnll , The last .meeting of the year of the Sun , down club will be hold at the Commercial club rooms next Thursday evening. "Tho Hawaiian Question" will bo discussed by Dr , George I , . Miller and John U Webster. Oftlccrs will bo elected at this meeting. A Christmas Present Worth Giving. "WHY NOTl' r < ncl Jl. Orlniii's latest book.SBc CATCHY CULLINGS , coutululli. MlW GrlUln'a best recitation * , only VGc , Will IMI Bviit pgnlpuld on receipt ot btamps or postal uott ) , Addrm MK3. DAVIU B. I.AW , P.O. Box oil , Albla.Iowa , I5TH STREET THEATRE 4 NIGHTS. MATINEE TODAY. JOSEPH ARTHURS * Magnificent Production , I 1 & 1 $ I A I'rcRontcd by an oxcantliinalurnii ; ; onst MP WM I M . IlM. hfndoa by thu storlliij young actor. TVITiBS SEE J ING ThoEDgine House Scene Tiie Lightning Hitch Tha Sacrail Trained Fire Horsjs , . MATINEE WEDNESDAY. (5ih ( STREET THEflTER'S ' NIOIITS AM ) SATL'KDAV MATINEE. COMMENCING DEG. 21 THURSDAY , . , TUB FAMOUS TA-UA-HA LOTTIE COLLINS in her N v MiiMcal Sketch , "A NAUGHTY SUBSTITUTE , " aii'l her Litest I.cimlou Success , 'In ' conjunction with JSOSTOINf Incluilln ? tlierreatSCHAFFRK of tlio renowned 8CIIAFFKH FAMILY , who crealul huch a Bonoa- tlonaltUoAuJUorluin , World's Fair , Cldrago. In the great Spectacle , "America. " TO-NIGHT LAST TIME- f hisSUNDAYEvenin ( ) rDec. 17 IAST TWO I'KKFOKMANCKH OI * tlio greatest of all Cu FRIENDS. Ily KIWJN MII/rON UOVJ.K. 'Frlnmlit'lH thumoHt Intuiratlmr yliiy In a iron- line way tliul IIIIH been prum-meil at mirllieatcrl n u long tlmo. anil Mr. Koylo ! IIH : n.uhoirii to- rotlier a comnaiiy that iluen mom uooil iictlnir thai iioBt of tlio Now York eoinliliialloiiH of Mm paw woor tlii-iMi voarH - s.tn Francisco ciiionlclo. Ou- .oltr li loi'iii I'ltlCKH Flr t floor. 60c,7Bcunil # 1.00 j baloony , GOo ami 7fio ; irallery , U3c. f > 40 Gooil Sentu lit TjOo Krtoh. mUK Oi'KN AIU DAY HUNJIAY , BOYD'S .VG AdlSMISff'f , J Nltfhls niul 1 Mntlnco. Tuesday anil Wednesday , December I'.Uhund ' 20th , RHEA Will proiont tno following favorite plii.vs : Tuesday ovoiilir. . . . . . .JOHKIMIINR Woilnesday liiulinui ) . . . . . . UAMII,1K \Voiliiusiliiy ovuiilii , ( N .vjlir.NCiFUIIKISA ) ) : Piilinnrtcd by a powurtiil ilnuuuilu Koinpjtiy , Inoliiilliik- W. a I1AUT. Notwllhutnndlim the Kroat oxnuiiso of thli oiift.'ieoimmt tlio iirlcuH ivlll icinaln a * iCiilal av , 50c. 75onml tl.OO. The suit ) of boats will opun Monthly forenoon. "BOYD'S JTHEKTBR. AfOtfHAY til'liXINCi , IHO. { tU , MISS Ivl-TIIi STKWAKT , ( I'rlmu Donna Supr.ino. ) MU. WILLIAM I'OKANK , ( Tenor. ) 100 Apollo Club Chorus Yolcos 100 Itbscrved soaU , ll.W , ut Uliuso & IMUj'd Sat urday und .Mouiluj.