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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1895)
Bt TITM O fAITA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY * DECEMBER 25. STARTING THE EXPOSITION Initial Stops Discussed nt a Meeting of Meu. COMWITTEETO SUGGESTA PLAN PROPOSED It Will HP Nnniril Tomorrow nnil n Uriirrnl Mrcllnir to Ilcnr Ita lie- port Will Hi : lli-lil After tlic II" A small , but representative meeting of buMnesfl men Has held at the rooms of the Commercial club last evening for the purpose of taking the Initial steps toward the buildIng - Ing of an Interstate exposition In Omaha In 185 * . Commissioner Utt called the meeting to order and C. P. Wcller was elected chairman and Mr. Utt secretary. On taking the chair Mr. Wcller briefly stated the object of Ihe meotliiK , and Mr. Utt followed with a re view of the work up to date. Letters have li.cn received from about fifty senators and representative ! ) at Washington , all of them favorabln to the project of an exposition. Senator Allen stated In a letter that he had prepared a bill to aid the Transmlmitsslppl exposition , and will Introduce It within a few clnys , as teen as the committees nn urgjnl/ed. Senator Thurston will bo chair man , and the bill will receive the united sup port of the delegation In the senate. By this nioani Senator Allen expects to get congress to recognlro the exposition , and after a time , si-euro an appropriation for It. W. 11. Taylor suggested that It would be bettor to adjourn until after the holidays , when It would b ? possible to secure a largo attendance , and hold a rousing and enthuslau- tlo meeting , Mr. Montgomery said that all great move ments had small beginnings and that It was Just us welt to appoint a committee and for mulate a plan and then call a meeting. Mr. Wellcr cnld that he understood that when tlio Hubjcct cf a world's fair first came up only twelve buslnea. ) men met In Chicago 'to tnlk over the matter , but In a few months tin * whole city was rouo.'d to enthusiasm , lie believed that as soon as a plan was formu lated , the pojple of Omaha would come for ward and do their duty. Thsre never wan n time when the people of Omaha were so united and when they realized so fully the Importance of putting their shoulders to the whoM and giving a push. The city has been Buffering from a depression due to canned with which oil ar * familiar , but the speaker was of the opinion that the tide Is already turning and that In a short time Omaha will lie as prosperous as It was In 1(592. ( A motion wa carried directing the chair man to appoint a commttteo of nine , with himself as chairman , for the purpose of tak ing the preliminary utcps toward the holding of an exposition In Omaha. The chairman laid that hp would take the matter under ad- xlsement and announc ? the names later. Mayor llemls said that ho believed that a Tiansmlsslsalppl exposition nt Omaha would be the g'eateat good that could como to the city.Colonel Colonel Chase hoped tint no mcmbackc would be put on the committee , but only live jounic business men , who had the energy and ability to make a success of any enter prise Mr. Llndsey said that it was a mistake to depend upon no clasp of business men to do all the work. The heavy property hold ers , the railroads and the men who own the city hold back and wait for others to make th'm rich. Mon worth $1,000,000 would hardly give $100 for the state fair. He thought It was time the heavy property own ers were brought Into line. Colonel ChaLo Mid that It was all right to get the mossbacks In line , but It wculd bo Impossible to get any work out of them. "I know them of old , " said the speaker , warming to his subject , "they arc the kind of men who go to a funeral and never shed a tear. Some day wo will ga to their funeral and no tears \vjll. be\ shed , by us. " Mr. Ccnnell Bal < ) { hut liVbeUeved the people of Omaha were generally Interested In the jnovo. If congress will recognize the move ment. It would be found that the city of Omaha , the state of Nebraska , and all the other western states will fall Into line , and everything move forward to a successful Is sue. sue.Mr. Mr. Utt read several letters from congress men and senators , all heartily In favor of the exposition. Among th ? number were let- terj from J. P. Dolllver of Iowa , George C. Perking and W. A. Pefter of Kansas , Colonel Henderson , chairman Judiciary committee , and others , besides the Nibiaska delegation. The meeting adjourned , subject to the call of tlu committee , which Mr. Weller will ap point Monday. _ Thought lo lime Stolen MlVOIM\lire. W. M. Frcmond was arrested yesterday afternoon on suspicion of having.stolen $200 worth of sliver tableware from' the house kept by Jennie Holmes , 115 North Ninth rtreot. The silver was In several large Pieces. Including u water pitcher , sugar bowl and a large tray , und belongs to Nel- llo King and F. M. Mnrtln. It disappeared about two years ago. The missing nllver- \MIII' was found In an old tiunk In Kre- inond'H room , over the tailor shop of Her man Cohen , 101 South Twelfth street. It was taken to the police station along with Vrornoml. The hitter Is employed as cook by tlio Klehelleu hotel. Ho was balled out by George Mitchell , the proprietor of the hotel. OR for H on 111 Afrlrn. Mr. N. H. Falconer left Omaha this weak for South Africa , where he will henceforth make his home. Mr , Falconer has brothers In South Africa , with whoso assistance he expects to emlmtl ; once more In mercantile buslnera with assurances of success which jftAsvernueo and ability arc bound to bring Jit-fore Jila departure , Mr. Falconer palled on many of hl Omaha friends to thank them for the favors he hail had at their It.imlH. iiml to inform them of hi * proposed vcntiMo Into 11 nuw Hold. For the present Air. Falconer's family will icnialn In this country with anticipations of joining him at u future time. Ueillek WiuitH IIU Volley llnek. J. I.'Hedlck ban begun suit In the dlptrJct court against Q. K. Prltchett for $2 OX ) , the amount alleged to have bren paid Prltchetl for land In Troxell's addition , In the title to which a flaw has been discovered. It U alleged that In 1SSG the land In question was transferred by Francis Leon Kngelhert , \\hlle ho wus under use , und that ho hax brought and won on action Betting the con- vsynnco aside. This renders void all Inter tlaiu-feis , but the successive purchaser. ) have n remedy at law Inasmuch ax title wait paused In each cafe by a warrant } deed. Jiiuriifj men UorNOHliiiiTH' Olllcern. At the annual election of olllcera of the Joiiuioynien Houic.-iliocrrt local union No , 19 , the follou-lPB wore elected for the I'lisuluj ; year : President , J , It. Norrls ; vice presIdent - Idont , James Greene ; recording secretiiry. M , P. Hlnchey , llnnnclal secretary : J , M. W.ilHon : treuenror , A , II. Watbon ; tcrKoaiit-iit-nrnis , Denis l.liu-li ; deloKatoa to Central Labor union , J , It. Norrls , M. I > . lilnclioy and O.i B , Wauon. TlHimXVIi'iM , It U proliablu thut Omaha people \\lll l > o enabled to talk to their friends In St. Joseph by t-prlntr. The local company , together with the Iowa Union , Mlimnir'l nntl Cent nil t'lion coinpanle , are now completing th'e copper metallic ulrew that will Ini used on the lonK dlstiiiico 'phoneH. It' Is also ex- v 'ted that another year ulll see throunh tulephonlo communlcatlun between Omaha und Chicago , ' 1.0CAI. IJKIJVITIKH. Omalm camp No , 20 , Mo3crn WooJmen cf America , \\lll , ve an enfrtilmmnt with a ChrUtmas tree at the hall ClirltmaB iilglit. The shcotlng match that wa * to have ttUcn place yccterJay alternoon bf.veen 124- uari ) Hamilton nnil HUnche KenceilyJ < declared off , owing to the uon-ippsarance of the ( orincr , The South Side Improvement club ill hold a moitlug at 1013 Bxilh Ulovtuth utreet , Mocdiy , Uecembcrr 23 , at 8 p. m. It U oirnestly requettel that ll members and II Bouth Sltirrs will be rrcient , u business of Importance will bs conKdcrcd. Tlio third kctura In the Unity club c.une v.lll be given TliurjJiy , January S , by Hci. > Vllll in J. Ilryan. who tikei fr bli tub. j.ct "Our Immortali. " Tali ulll bo cf i > c- cjllar Intereit to these Int reitcj In 1U tora It tleiils \ > lth the n mil en and CitAi , ct Iliojo ho Mor the architects of th : natlgn. 111211 CIIUIST.MAH TIIUKKV Kill : ! : . lloir > Irn Donlorx Were TrlcUnl by n PrrttjWontnii , A neatly dressed woman ot refined up- pea ranee called at tbo meat market of Ham ilton Dros. , 1517 Dodge street , yesterday afternoon and secured a fifteen pound turltey for which he failed to pay. She first ordered a roast ot the value of TC cents , and then selected another piece of meat , coiling 75 cents. She said that the driver could collect the $1.45 when ho delivered the Roods at her homo , which she said was at 1813 Capitol avenue. Just as she was going out the door she espied a large turkey , and said that she thought that It uould just suit her sister The clerk had been wanting to clear up the stock ot turkeys all the afternoon and will- Irgly agreed to let the woman have the turkey , for which she promised to pay the driver at the same time she > settled for the meats. She took the turkey with her. She had been gone only a few minutes when the victimized clerk began to think It all over , and concluded that perhaps he had been tricked. Hut It was then too late to capture the woman or the turkey , ns she was lost In the crowd on the Mrect. When the driver called at the address given he was Informed that no meats had been ordered from hla firm , and they would not be ac cepted , The woman In described as of dark com plexion , of medium height , well built and with decidedly attractive manners. The men about the itoro my they do not rcmcmbir hav ing seen her before , but think they could tell he If they should see her again. It la said that she later visited another butcher shop and thcro ordered about $20 worth of pro visions , but when she asked for permission to carry $1 worth of the order homo with her , she was unceremoniously turned clown , Tim nnTiiiii ) IIUU IAU. One of tin * Mont CurlotiN ot llln .Mont Ilciiinrknlilf Ailvrnltiri'N , "When I got up to the top of the first flight of stairs of a house that I was In one night , " said the retired burglar , "and looked along the hall of the second story , I saw coming from a partly opened door down toward the front of the halt on the ; left a bright light. The stairs came up at the rear of the hall and on the right. The door of this room where the light was opened on the side toward the front of the house , so that from where I stood I could sec a little of the front 'room through the opening. I listened , but I didn't hear anything , and I wont along down -toward the front. I thought romebody must have gone to bed nnd left the light up , but when I got up near the door I could see a man silting In a big chair over on the other side of the room. Up there by the door I could see pretty much all of the front of the room. There wan a bureau standing against the front wall between the two windows , and the man was over In the corner beyond. He wasn't sitting back comfortable In the big chair , but forward In It , with his arms rest ing on his knees and his hands together In front of him with finger tips touching , think ing ; thinking hard about something. He didn't see me ; he wouldn't have seen mo If I'd stood right alongside ot him , he was so busy thinking. "Pretty soon he gets up nnd makes for the bureau. Ho laid bis twn hands on the handles of the top drawer , looking at the same time Into the mirror , with a pretty solemn sort of face It was , too. Then ho bfglns to draw out the top drawer slow , still looking all the time Into the mirror. I had a sort of an Instinct then what If unca nil nhnut hut nflll T .1I , fully realize It till he'd got the drawer about half way out , and had let go of the right hand handle and reached over with his right hand Into the drawer , still looking square Into the mirror , and lifted out a gun and up with It to his head. " 'Hey. there ! ' says I , 'you brass-mounted , blue-moulded Idiot ! What's the > matter with you ? ' and I makes a break for him , and , of course , ho swings around , for It's a tremen- doua surprise to him , and In about a sixteenth part of a cond I've got his gun and wo'ro standing there looking at each other ; a young fellow he was , and not a bad looking chap. "Well , do you know thrt young chap had Just simply made a failure of some business undertaking and lost all his money , and he was sensitive nnd llcspbnde'nt over It , and that night' he'd set there-and broodd over It till he thought he couldn't otand It any longer , and ho'd just upsat himself. "Well , I gave him a kind of a talking to. I tried to make It clear to him that he wasn't poor , but , rich. 'Lost your money ? ' says I. 'Why , great Caesar's gripsack ! You've got yojith and health and strength , haven't you ? What more do you want ? ' and he took It all In good part , and I left him feeling better and grateful to mo for dropping In. " O..11 H. CriVKIA.\M. A T.nily Who Circctcil Him with , "lion Ho You Io , nrovirf" A lady vho Is now visiting friends In Washington , writes a correspondent , recalls , a very amusing experience which happened when she was here several years ago and Mr. Cleveland waa serving his first term In the white house. She , with a large number of others , waa at ono ot the trl-weekly presi dential receptions , and , like some others , when she came to shake hands with the president , got a trifle rattled and forgot the pretty speech she Intended to deliver. In stead , she graspul the president's hand , and looking earnestly In his face said : "Howdo you do , Grover ? " She Is a pretty woman , and the president Is not averse to looking at a pretty woman and even squeezing her hand. Ho held on to her hand and looked In her face , which finally became scarlet , al though she could not refrain from laughing , especially as the president was laughing rather heartily himself. After waiting a few seconds , which somed an hour to tbo lady , ho rsplled : "I nm .very well. Indeed , and very happy to have met you. " With a courtly bow he released her hand and she passed on. "What on earth was the prtul- dent cay Inn to you , and what did you say to him ? " Inquired a lady who was Just be hind , but she never told mt for a long time. I'UllA.VrilY I.V TIIU IIIIITISII AllMY. SlICOllllfllN Of AllHIIFl ) IllMlHlfllOP UIOII Imiuatt'rlul Form * * . "What made you leave the army at so early an age and with such a fair record behind you nnd so promising a caresr In frcnt of you ? " I one ? asked nn officer , whottt chief defect was a proneness to act on hot- beaded Impulse. The purport of his reply , suya a writer In Iilackwood's , was : "At my last Inspection I wjs questioned by the gei.orul concerning the prices of the-goldlers' socks and shirts. I gave him lo understand that I neither knew nor cared , and , of course , i BO nrtt'tv Bharnlv renrlmanded. I lwcnm so disgusted with this and similar absurdi ties of regimental pedantry that I sent In my papers. Once , at president of a board to report on an accident to a horse , I pimply stated that 'the ? leg was broken , ' and re- celved a rather sharp reprimand for embody ing an opinion In such trivial language. Theteupon I amended tha defect by sug gesting that 'the tibia wis fractured , ' and was complimented for the satisfactory lucidity of my report. Tradition declares that In India a similar board r.'carded an opinion that 'tlio elephant IE * dead and smells bad , ' The general , In a towering pisslcn , sent back tbo proceedings for revision , whereupon the board amended Its teport , 'Tho elephant U still dead and smelh wars ; . ' " A u rail llitrr'H Watch. Ulchard C. Udwards of New York City , and < i distant relative of Aaron Rurr , his just nrpRpntld Illirr'n WAtnh tn Prinpatnn prllrira Ilurr 13 supposed to ha\e imported the watcX which Is a liamUomo French re- Piater , about the year 1785 , and ho probably carried It until 1S30. In the latter > ? ar , an the story goes , be came Into the cilice cf Ogden njuurdu cf this city , who was the san of his flrit cousin , Timothy Edwards , nil informed him that he hail pawned his watch with Tenny , at Ilroadway and Murray streets , for J30 , and gave Mr. CJwards the pawn ticket. By moan of this ticket 0 den UchMrJj redeemed th ? watch "ilu watch waa carrltd for many year ? by Timothy KduarJs , and at his dtath. In 1S51 , he gate It t3 hla 3311 , HlcharJ C , UJwardi , vho lias new predated It to I'rlucMon. Colonel Ilurr Is said to have carrlf.l the watch during IiU tsrm as vlc pr sidrnt of the United Stitei. The fact that Ilurr won a graduate * of Princeton , that bis body resti In the I'rlrct-'on and tbit his cemetery , father vat the re court president of Pinceton colliee , led Mr Kduardt to plica the watch In I'rlnce- tcr.'a keeping , whsra no maoy hlitorlo fur- rounding * eil > t lu connection with the Ilurr family. DOFFIE SETS A PRECEDENT Decided that an Insolvent Corporation Can not Prefer Creditors. FIRST DECISIONONTHEPOINTIN NEBRASKA Petition ( lint n Receiver lip AlMtotntcil for ( lie DntlR A CoiVKlll Iron Workx Property < ! ranted Court' * Armiment. _ Judge Duffle yesterday rendered a decision In the case of Lee Chamberlain against the Davis & Cow gill Iron Works. The decision Is an Important one to corporations and to business men , as U Is the first decision made In this state on the right of an Insolvent corporation to prefer creditors. The decision Is a lengthy one , and goes Into a discussion of all the legal points raised. The action was brought on a petition of the plaintiff asking for the appointment of a receiver for the property and business of the corporation , and alleging as a reason that the corporation was Insolvent and un able to any longer continue the business for which It was organized. Tlio undisputed facts arc that the defendant corporation on October 3 executed mortgages upon Its prop erty to the Omaha National bank for $18- 641 , another lo W. and J. W. McDonald for $2,072 , and one to C. L. Chaffeo for $1,133 , the three mortgages embracing all of the property and assets of the corporation. Richard Wcorne makes affidavit that at the time of the filing of the mortgages referred to ho called upon Mr. Davis , president of the corporation , and asked why he ( Wearne ) had not been secured , as were the other creditors. Davis replied that owing to the financial depression , the poor collections and the falling oft In business the company was unable to continue Its business. "If those statements of the president of the company were true , " says Judge Duflle , In his decision , "then the corporation was Insolvent at the time of making the mortgages. The plalntlff'K contention Is that the capital stock and assets of an Insolvent corporation con stitute a trust fund In the hands of Its officers , to ba devoted , first , to the payment of tha creditors of the corporation , and , that being a trust fund , It cannot be used to pay ono creditor In preference to any other. "Probably no other question has been more discussed than the right of an Insolvent creditor to prefer creditors , and the courts of the different state ] are divided upon the question. No case has been presented to our supreme court Involving this exact question , and the district court Is open to pursue such a course as seems best to conform to the spirit of our laws. " Then the court goes Into a discussion of the laws of the state on the subject of cor porations and their power , and takes up the rulings and decisions of courts In other states where the same principle Is Invohed. All of the authorities seem to agree that the assets of an Insolvent corporation arc a trust fund for ths benefit of the creditors , but some of them hold that the fund may he applied to the payment of certain creditors to the exclusion of others. With this latter ntAtitlnn Tnilirn T > nfn.n ilroa nnt n crrnp. HA quotes from Walt's "Insolvent Corporation ? " this declaration : "Tho practical working of the rule sustaining corporate preferences Is monstrous. The unpreferred" creditors have .only a myth or shadow left to which resort can bo had for payment of their claims ; a soulless , fictitious , unsubstantial entity that can neither be sea nor found. The capital and assets cf the corporation , the creditors' trust fund , may , under this rule , he carved out and proportioned among a chosen few , usually the family connections or Immediate friends of the officers making the preference. This rule of law Is entitled to take prec edence among many reckless passages to be met with In cases affecting corporations as being a manifest travesty upon natural Justice , " , , . , , i , , Judge Duffle's decision concludes as fol lows : "One other reason might be urged against the right of an Insolvent corpora tion to make preferences among Its creditors. If It may use the whole of Its assets to pay In full a few chosen creditors , the others ar left entirely without remedy. The expsrlence of the businesj world has bn that the Insolvency of a corporation Is the end of Us life. Whllo not working a legal dissolution It might Just as well be the case , for not one out of a thousand Insolvent corporations have resumed business , or ever acquired suf- flcent property to liquidate the demands against them. While , therefore , an unsecured creditor might , obtain Judgment , the Judg ment would be useless and valueless. In the cap : of an Insolvent Individual the creditor may obtain Judgment and hold It as security during the life of his debtor. Whatever property may como to him by descent or Jcvls ? , whatever he may earn or accumulate , will always be subject to the payment of the judgment. As long as life lasts there Is hope for the creditor that his debt may be paid. While In the cas ; of an Insolvent corporation Insolvency means , not a legal , but an actual death. "Under all the circumstances of the case , I believe It to be the duty of the court to nppolnt a receiver for all the property , and an order to that effect will be entered. " XO VRItniCT I.V THE ISH CASK. So Fur ( lie Jury HUN Ileeit I'niilile ' ( o * A ffree. The Ish Jury stands six to six , divided be tween acquittal and conviction , and has re ported that There' are no Immediate pros- psets that It will over got nearer an agree ment. After being out since 3:30 : o'clock Thurs day afternoon , Judge Keysor summoned the Jury into his court room yesterday morning and isked what progress had been made toward reaching a verdict. The foreman announced that the mcmbsrs of the Jury had found It Impossible to agref , six of thtra holding out for acquittal. When the report had been re ceived , Judge Kcyaor ordered the Jury back to Ito room. It will be called In again this morning. It Is said that the jury has stood six to six ever since the first ballot was taken after leaving the court room. It Is not expected that the Jury will over get nearer nn agree- inent and that the members will have to ulti mately report that they have been unable to nsreo on a verdict. Tin : iiKAi/rr MAKKIT. INSTRUMENTS placed on record December 21 , 1895 : U A Ilen on. trustee , la a A Hheely , lots 1 to 8. lilock (3 Hensan . , . I taunt riloun nnil < hu lnnl to SI L riMier. Inn n nnil 12 , block 8 , nub uf block 10. AlbrlKht'u Choice . , . , , , . \ , \y \V U Oicrn to P K 1'lnlpj , lots 2J and 13. Uock It. Druid Hill. . . . . , . ( Ic-rman Komili. ' et ul to Urulil HID llullj. In ? uMoclotlun , lot 5 , Mark II , Urul 1 Hill . , . Qt'lT CLAIM liiD3 Krcmont. Klkharn Ac Mlujurl Valley Hill. load lonipanj lo Uil"nio , U. I'diil lllnne- unolls & Om-ihn Itullio.id - coninany , tin- ilUlde.l half i > f nnulh 754 fen iif Hiuih- writ # outliv.iit 3-15-13 ( rlx.1t of na , , . . J M Can-j to J i : Haley , lut 14. ] > ump < ) U' B'jb ' , unJhldcil Imir cf lta I iinJ 0 , block 2J. Ic > iV * ndd , lot n block 6. Hclil-B- ' ndd . , . , , , , , Mary Hlmpklnii to I , A Harmon , lo's 1 in 10 , block 1 , loin 1 to K. block 2 , lee S to 12. block 3. lou 3 to ID. LlutU t. Golden add , 1 Is 1 tc 1) . Lluik 1 , lotn 1 to ID. l/uck 2. Harmon' * null In Hlmebuuuti's mlJ. | ni > C and 7 , Ilndjj > 'B sub , lot 3 , block 14 , Suundera & H'n Highland I'ark. Inti 8. 9 and 10 , lilock I , lota 21 on.1 27 , Mock 2. loti 8 , 5 and 19 , block 11 , West Side add , . . . . . , , 1 N' H IJuUi and nlfu to name , i.mi- , , . J Alp eus HlnipUni anil ulro to nine. tame. . , . ] Ailonls fjlinpklni and wlfu to tunic , tame. , , , i I , A Harmon to H M Harmon , loin 3 to U.f.ocU 3 , lota 10 to 4. ( Jolden add. loti C lo 19 , block 1 , HHIIIUII'B nub , In HlmebHUKh'u add , lot 2T , block 2 , lota 8 , V and 10. block 11 , Wckt Hide aid , \\til half or lot 0. Undiat'a uli , . . . . , , I , A Haimon and wlr to At | > lieuV gimp. kln , lou 1 la 10 , block I. Uolden add , lou 1 lo 5 , blixk 1 , lluiinon'u ub , ue't half of lot 7. I.lnd ay' uli i H mo to K H l > a\l > . loll S la 9. MicU 4 , ( lolden arid Iota 1 6 ' ' , lo , h'ock Jllurnion'/t ul > . loin S. , and 10 , block 1 , lot 26 , block 2. Writ Hide add , ea t lialf of lot C , Lindsay's ml ) , , , . . . , . , . j 8i > * clal mailer to J N I'rrnicr , lot 2 } , block 2 , Mclnto li' tub , . . . , Ji ) Ha nil1 to A I ) Mcl'undlro , ir. , Jut 3 , Mock 2. Uabel'n add , 3C Total amount of truiu ( r § , , . . , , . . , I 3l > 8 "ttMJI.IHH Ctic' FIIAMKWOIUC. " oii of Hm Snliject ContlnnnT by ttnl - Club. "The tJjmpletloa of English Clvlo Framework" * a the subject dlsctisred by the members of theJnlty / club last even ing. Mr. Frank Ueil6r | delivered a paper treating of the Magna Charta , which was described as the beginning flhl the keystone of rarly Engllth liberty. The- life of the Saxon previous to tfib conquest of the Urlt- on ? . In his home on the continent , was dc- scribed , and hi ? ppjrll of Independence which was attorn ard Ingrafted Into the English race as one of the crcalejt factors toward the emancipation of the common people from the tyranny of the aristocracy. Individual ism was a cardinal virtue with the Saxon , end In after years it withstood the wan of Home and the threats of the Norman nobles. The Magna Charta \ > as the first kingly doc ument which granted certain rights to the commoners , and though It was sadly buf feted through the successive reigns of kings who opposed It , Its laws held good and moulded the governments of the whole world , Charles C. Hosewater took up the subject at this point with n paper treating ot "The evolution of Parliament. " The history of the House of Commons had kept pace with the growth of England. From the Institu tion of the folkmote , which first expressed the principle of representation , through the stages of the wltenagmoto and shlremotc and at length Into that great democratic body , the House ot Commons , the ) history of the English people's struggle for repre sentation was traced. The address concluded with an outline ot the po\\er of Parliament when It wap formed Into the bicameral leg islative body consisting of the House of Lords and House ot Commons , In the form In which It exists at the present time. Mrs. Perrlne concluded the evening's dis cussion with nn able paper on "Early Par liamentary Legislation , " discussing the power exerted by that body durfng the reign of the three Cd\\ords. Auk for nil Accounting. Suit has been brought In the name of the It. B. Clnflln company of New York In the federal court against the Omaha National bank and others. The plaintiffs ask for nn accounting of the moneys re ceived from the sale of the Falconer stock of dry goods , nnd that such excess sums and sumi wrongfully applied be turned over to them toward Bntlsfylng their claim , upon which they have so far received nothing. On the other hand , It Is raid that Clnflln had ngrccd to accept the sixth mortgage. The New York firm was represented here at the time of the sale of the stock. Co u litTcnchorH * The teachers of Douglas county held their second meeting of the school year yesterday afternoon In Judge Hopewoll's court room In the court house. The meet ing was well attended and Interesting , from the teachers' standpoint. The program was as follows : "Tho Teachers' Quallllcntlons , " G H. Koonz ; discussion , Tom Holllster nnd .Miss Burdlck ; music , S. A. Illsley ; address , Superintendent Hill ; "The Promise of the Public School , " Flora Moore. I'HHSOXAI , PAIlACiRAlMIS. Mr. and Mrs. J. tD. Wells of New Yoik are at the Paxton. State Oil Inspcctqr Edmtstcn of Lincoln la at the Murray. , . W. S. Hcckart. 'railroad contractor. Deadwood - wood , Is at the Pixton. Mr. nnd Mrs. E. Hi Smith of St. Joseph are cuosits at the Paxton. I. M. Humphrey , a Rapid City cattle shipper , Is at the\Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. S. "P , Stubbing of Grand Junc tion , la. , are at the MUlard. U. S. Van Taspel , a prominent stock dealer of Cheyenne , returned home yesterday. Assistant City Attorney Cornish has re turned from a business trip to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. J. 'N.1 Vail era back from their western trip , and stopping at the Msr- chant. hotel. ' . , ' Soltna Hellman returned from St. Mary's academy , Metre Dame , Ind. , and will spsad the holidays athome. , , W. A , Dettel , general superintendent of the Union Pacific road , left for Denver on MI afternoon , trajri XS.rrfta > til , . Qeorge , Y. Wallace cf Salt Lake ( Clty , who was visiting frlendsrln this city for seven ! days , returned home yesterday. u < r Msster Eddie Darst of the University of Notre Dame , Ind. , arrived yesterday to spend the holldayo with his parents at the Paxton hrlel. I , Saunders , formerly passenger conductor living In Omaha , but for several years a resident of New York City , arrived : here yesterday for a holiday visit among his old frlendc. Miss Alice E. HItte , teacher of drawing In the public schools , Is spending the holiday vacation In a Chicago studio , where she H taking some special Instruction In her de partment. W. H. Hizzard , prominently Identified with the wholesale fruit business of this city during the past nine years , has been ap pointed agent for the Southern California Fruit exchange , with headquarters at Kan sas City. Jcjjlo Clemens , son cf Ashton Clemens , an Omaha pioneer , left last Monday for north western Arkansas , where he has become In terested In a large stock farm , nnd Is asso ciated with ono of the leading stock men of that section. Tin } ' following theatrical companies are " spending Sunday at the Darker : Ten mem bers of the "Cliy Clement" company ; twelve members of the "On the MlaalEBlppl" com- ninv. eleven members of the "War of Welth" company. Commercial men registered at the Darker Sunday are : Carl D. Ruther , Lincoln ; John" O'Brien , Sioux City ; Jim Tucker , Grand Is land ; Ed ( Jetton. Sandy Hill , New York ; P. J. Little , Glens Falls , New York ; J. S. Lo Page , Pacific Junction , la , ; C. E. Wllklns , Phllfdelphla ; Jack Talbot , Denver ; Charles E. Hutchison , Grand Island ; W. P. Cole , Cin cinnati ; Clint B. Slater , J. Rosonberry , Sioux City ; A. J. Mowlan , St. Louis. nt tinHatpin. . At the Mercer Charles 12. Hutchlnson , Grand Island. At the Merchants W. Af. Cooly , Chadron ; C. C. Smith , Fremont. At the Paxton 1C. 13. Burr , Alliance : M. T. Jiiqultli , Columbus. At the Arcade W. W. Haskell , Ord : II. Frahllch , Nebraska City ; J. H , Hall , iim- wood , MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD Edwards' Bond Signed by Saunders , Bal- combe and Smith Approved. WAS BUT ONE VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE I'lniinoc Committee Ilcrxtrtfl oil .Sunn Duo tlio Ilonnl from tlip Cll > nnil' : \ot Croilltril Vtlornc'y Iln- With. The Hoard of Education met last night , with all tlio members present , and dlspoicd of a number of Important matters. The special committee on licences prc < scnted a report of an examination made by J. J. Point ? of the books of the late city treasurer , Henry Bolln. According to the Investigations of Mr. Point ? , there Is due the Board of nducatlon from the city n balance of $17,053,75 as Interest on deposits and from Items credited tha city general fund which should have be n credited to the school fund , Tlio report also raised the point of testing the city's claims to some forms of licenses and permit fee ? , which have heretofore been paid Into the city gen eral fund. The amounts of these fees for the present year , Including the months of September , were as follows : Drug permits J2.1CO 00 Cesspool licenses 87500 Oarbngo licences 1,07575 Hack drivers' iiccnwi 153 00 Junk tlenlers * licenses ( US M ) Milk dealers' licenses ) i. . . 2,632 00 nicctrlcal licenses 1,070 75 Total $8.878 60 The report was sent back to the committee to reoort unou the advisability of taking action against the city for the recovery of fees of this kind. The special committee consists of Mr. Tukcy , Mr. Thomas and the attorney of the board. The bond of Treasurer-elect A. O. Edwards In the sum of 1200,000 , signed by Alvln Saun- dcrs , St. A. D. Dalcombe and W. A. Smith , was received and referred to the finance committee. The committee presented a favorable - able report on the bond and It was approved , all voting In the affirmative except Mr. Lo\\o. Mr. Lowe offered a resolution looking to ward retrenchment. His resolution provided that the assistant city attorney bo requested to attend to the legal business of the Board cf Budcatlon , and that the services of the at torney for the Board of Education bo dis pensed with. The resolution was adopted unanimously. It was developed In the dis cussion of the resolution that the city attor ney will have an ordinance passed by the council providing that the legal department of the city attend to the work of the Board of Education , and that In cases In which the Interests of * the Board of Education are adverse - verso to those of the city a special attorney bo assigned to look after the Interests of the Board of Education without additional cost to the city or the Board of Education. The repoit of the committee on claims rec ommending the payment of the teachers , lanltors. officials and laborers , amounting to $29,312.16 , was adopted and , warrants ordered drawn for the amount. Three teachers , Misses Anna C. Wlthrow , Florence Bryan and Stella Winti , tendered Lhelr resignations , to take effect January 1. The resltrnatlons were accepted. The claim of John A. Horbach for pos session of the grounds' occupied by the small buildings at tbo Kcllom school slto was referred to the committee on buildings and property and the attorney. W. C. Goss notified the bo-ml that he could continue to furnish coal to the board , jut would have to raise the price to | 3.40 a ton. He promised to hold the board re sponsible for damages by reason of Its can cellation of his contract , whether It was de cided to buy coal from him any longer or not. The letter was placed on file. The secretary announced that Mr. Thomas Kllpatrlck of the KIIpatrlck-Koch Dry Goods company had expressed a wllUngncss to cash the teachers' warrants for Drcembar If presented of his store on Monday. A report of the committee on text booky recommending th6 purchase of text books for the use of the Spanish class In the High school was adopted , Lowe , Anderson , Ed wards , Plersonand Rhoades voting In the negative. A resolution by Mr. Lowe requesting the Board of Park Commissioners to take charge of the grounds of the High school was adopted. Mr. Burgess presented a report on street cars. Ho had labored long to secure a re duction of fares for school children , and had received the marble heart from the officers of the street railway company , and he asltsd to be relieved from further duty In that direction. His request was granted. The board took up the report of the finance committee , The report Included a number of recommendations In the nature of re trenchment. One of these provided for the reduction of the forca of the superintendent cf buildings to two. laborers , six carpenters , one tinner and a teamster. Tills brought up a discussion , and Messrs. Johnson , Ed wards , Bandhauer and Knodell opporeJ the change , but that part of the report was adopted. The proposition to dispense- with the services of the Janitors during the sum mer months met with too much opposition and was referred to the new board for action. The proposition to fix the salary of the janitor of tha High school at $1,400 wap referred to the new board. Exemplified ( lie Xow Ulliiiil. Last Friday night Union 1'nclilc lodge NO. 17 , Ancient Order of United Workmen , gave an exemplification of the new ritual which has been recently adopted by the order. The ceiemonlcs were presided over by Dr. J. n. Patten. Three hundred were present. Who represented nil the lodges In the city p.nd South Omaht\ * The work wai * per formed on two candidates , imd WQH highly successful. Among- those wild were present was H. C. Carter of St Joseph , a man pjeminent In the order. He save un ad- dresf. Mr. Carter Is a member of the Kraml lodge of Missouri , of Pride of the West lotigo No.i of St. Jo oi > li , and Bl. Joseph legion No. 13 , 8 < Mcct Knlchts. An cient Order of United Workmen. He i the man who Instituted the grund lodge of this Ftate In 1S56 , when the state was divorced ftom Missouri. Piles of people have piles , but DeWltt'i Witch Hawl Salve will cure them. AMUSEMENTS. Tel 1R.11. CRElGHTOlJ Paxton it Ala it nicer * , 8KUtiA THURSDAY , DEC. 2G D * t U THE NEW YORK HERALD SQUARE THEATRE SUCCESS. > l im tinIllrvcllon of CIIAH K. a > § ! ' 'It' * Krcat ! MARK TWAIN i-ald : "When I re It's pplendlil. _ nim ulttier luughlns or 1'iank MUJII walk the ( taco at 'I'U'U'n- rrjjntr every mlnqtu.of u. " head' I ran only think of that ot'icr actor A. M. I'AI.SinifVOil : ' 'On9 ' of the ) > ejt uham evefl Hatan lu\ei. Joe Jeffemon , " I > ! U > H , i ami > I termini1 } the bt t entertain- DA.N'ini , rilOHMAN alil ; "A uplen- men ! I iner dlil play. A delightful entertainment. in Wrote the Story. MHS. JOHN I ltt\V ; ealJ : "I liave IJOH iNonnsou , fuias " Tuwn- > eeti 'ruJil'iiliejil .U'llion' ge\en times and lieail Wilson' anil bin Ml i- > url neIb'Iibori chall mukc It olght io eoon at ctuiDrtunlty inuka me jiruud l.iut I live In a land whera offer . " such men and women Brow , " Frank Mayo Made a Play of It THE CUNTI'UV mlU : "T < i < ucce of WATTBRBON BilJ : "I lm e clean ' and whole omo character pUjs like aU\a > known that Krunk Mu > u was ouu 'I'uilcl'nhrad WlUan' l a m t tncourailng cf uur be t uctor * , Imt 1 n tt-r full > mean- drumutlu yinjitoin. " urel till ( realnemt until I eaw him * t thut delightful man , 'Pme WIlMii. ' " 'Tis a Pretty Story of Missouri Life. - ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY - 1'IUCKH-lloxi * I7.C ) mil 110 0) ; entire orihentrn , unJ tint Hire * r < > ilrtnm clr- cle. H W : lane four rani dm 13 clrclJI.W , llr t thrcu ruH < Lalcanr , * } . Iwlccnx , We ; Duller ) , SJc Mal | ' | > rloe , Ks , K , ( Oc , Tic , II W , BOYB'S NEW THEATRE D. W. HAYNES , MANAGER. DEO. 26. 27 and 28. Tli ? management of thl thoatrc lakes plea sura In Announcing ttio engagement of llio DAMROSCH OPERA COMPANY. 190 PEOPLE 190 Under the direction of MR. WALTER DAMROSCH , for three performances of LEON MARGULIES , Business Manager. REPERTOIRE : Thursday Evening Dec 26th , "TANNHAUSER" Tnnnlmusor iiorr wiihfhn ( Jnirtitng Kllzahutli Kran Kutimrliw Loliw-Klafrtky Herman , lauiltfravo of ThurliiKln Horn Cournil Hohrons Wolf nun Von Ksclicnbnch Hcrr Wllliulin Morli'im Walthi'f Hcrr Harrou Hortlialtl HltoroK riorr ( ierhanl Stciiniium Ili'lnrlcli. the serllio llorr Albert ( Joli'tiK Uolmar Von Xwutler Ilerr Ktlwtml liroinlwi'K Venus Krl. . Loiilhi .Mtililer lllrt . . * Krl. Marie MaUfi'liI Friday Evening , Dec. 27th , "DIE WALKURE" * Slennmml llorr llarron Hprllmhl SloKllnde . . . Frl. Louise , , Mulilor . Tlimillni * Tl.ii.t. Tiillnu \ - \ lliitllt. * Wotau HOIT npiuetor Topovii'l Krlclsa Krl. Marie Maurcr liruimlilhle Fran Katharlim I.oliso-Klifsl.v ; Gorlilltla. Krl. Minn HclilllltiK' IIolnnvlKu Krl. Olsela Stnll Ortlllnile Krl. Hlzn KlbtMisclmelz Wnltlmutf Krl. MarliMiuiror Shwuno Krl. Marie MattlVIil Scliworllolfc' Krau Lena Ilartnmim l'o.ssweisi > e Krl. Matliiltlc Denuer Saturday Evening , Dec , 28th , "LOHENGRIN" Lohengrin Herr .Max AI vary Hlsa Kil. .Johanna Gailskl KliiK Henry llorr Conrad ItchroiiR Tolrammul Herr Dtnnoter Popovicl Ortrutl Krl. Illzti Kibenseluu'tz Horrnl'or Ilerr Wilhelni Mertena Magnificent scenery for all the ope las made especially for ( his lour by Ilantski of Vioniia , alt > o nuw and handsome costumes. of Performance ) ! . Parquet and llrst three rows of Parquet Cliclc . .fl.X ( ) Other rows In Parquet Circle and first two rows Balcony . ; i.r 0 Other rows In Balcony . . ' { .00 Hear seats In Haleony . u.)0 ( 1.00 General admission . " . U.oo Lower box seals 5.00 t'pner box seals -l.OO The sale of single tickets will onuu nil ) o'clock Monday morning. Decem ber 2t ; , at Adolph Meyer's music store , l."th and Karnam streets. Tickets for position In line will be given out at 7HO : Monthly morning at .Meyer's music store. Oitlurs by mail containing draft or money eider will receive prompt at tention. , | ' , fjj | , | STEIN WAY PIANO USED. RHVTV Tojli hf D\J IU ( SUNDAY ) _ LAST TlMfiTtAST TIME ! Only uiipniluiillx to eo Jaroli UU'H ilnlmiuK' scenic proiluctlnn 'if Clrnn , T , l > utt > ) 'n niont ie- cent clrumutlu triumph , Hi * ill Mli" Till ! 1'OSITIVI ! HIT OP TUB A CAST OH tUJPKHIOR MRItlTI A PLAY OP HR liXCBLLRNCBI MO SRATri AT 000 ICItUII ! llox otHcu open all tiny HunUiiy , THE Tel 1131 I'axtoii M Hurgjsa , Mzr , 1'OUIt NIOIlTri COMMENDING Matinee Today 2:30 Tonight at 8:15. DAVIS nnd IOOJII'H : ( .MAOMriOiNT I'KUDUUTION SPECIAL MATINHK THE CHRIST.UAS MISSISSIPPI 1'iluuu I.oner lloor , WJo , 76c , ? 1,00. liulcony , : ) ! > i , ftuci g.illory , u THEATER. , . JACOB I.ITT'8 Un'UrpasHod Dr.imatla OREETINti Trlitinpli , , . , FN The TOMORROW nuiniNAL on AM \ TUESDAY , OLD OHTHK SOUTH. WEDNESDAY. POPULAR KENTUCKY. MATINEE The Only noiiulno l'lul < iiinlny Drills Iliintll WEDNESDAY. A Full Hundred Uro.it . roiitiiH's. No iidvunci ) In NEW YEAR 31 , and Jan. 1 MATINHB WEDNESDAY. "AguCnnnut Wither , nor Stiilu. " ' ' . 'llu W > ich ( Ircnt Kvuiyonil I < AUUI1 I MiinaKi'iiKiiit of I'HUII.MAN. What Horn D'i You \Vnnl7 It U r | > lttn v.Kli uhutmn | uiniKiment , < iulik movrineiit nnil Kcnfful Jolllv , " HoiuM , Jan. U4 l'ltlCiHrrir : l door , Me , 70c jnJ II 00 ; balcony. Mo uii' ' ] " 5c. Mutlnte i rlfta ; I'lrm Hour , Va uml Tic ; tMl m > , 2Se nnd Me. THE POOR MAN'S FUEL COKE Krorsmol Clouu < o For Cook Stove or Range , use Nut Coke $6,25 per ton For Grate or Large Stove , use Egg- Coke $5,75 per ton For Furnace or Steam Heater , use Lump Coke. .55 25 per ton Order a .sample tun from your coal dealer. If hi ; dociniot keep it call up tlio Nebraska Fuel Co. . Farn 4stl.cet