THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE H ) , J871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , OCTOBER 2 , 1807 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
WILL AID INVESTIGATION
Ldaguo of American Mnnioipalitica Will
Assist Mr. Wright.
LIGHT NEEDED ON MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
CniMiMitlitn of City Ofllt'lnln KnilomcH
( lie * I'ropoMril Work of .SliitlNf loul
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COLUMUUS , O. , Oct. 1. The League of
'American Municipalities redeemed lt elf this
? morning to some extent from the effects
of questionable / action of yesterday after
noon by i > anslng the following resolutions
Introduced by Hon. Albert J. Hoaidman of
Tampa , Fla. :
"Whereas , This nations ! conference of
mayors and members of the city councils
lias been Informed that the United States DC
ixirtment ot Labor has undct taken nn Inves
ttgatlon of water , gas and electric lighting
works , a clear outline of the methods , form
and purposes of this Investigation has been
given by Mr. Allen Ulpley Poote In a paper'
read bcfoic this conference , and ,
"Whereas , Hon. Carroll D. Wright , United
States commissioner of labor , has announced
that ( he object of this Investigation Is to
enable municipalities ahd the cltlrens thereof
to determine whether there Is economic nd-
vantnge to consumers In the municipal own
ership and operation of water , gs and elec
tric Hqh'lng works , nml ,
"Whereas , Such an Investigation by the ex
pert and Impartial amhbrity of the United
States Department of Ltbor , which can reach
every municipality In the United States , Is
sorely needed and will have a vital and far-
reaching Influence In correctly guiding pub-
llo prllry on this question of paramount Im
portance to all municipalities ; bo It , there
fore ,
"Hesolvcd , 1. That this conference cor
dially approver of the Investigation as eet
forth In Mi Kooto's paper , to bo made for
tliu purpose staled by Hon. Carroll D Wright ,
United States commissioner of labor.
" 2. That the delegates to this confer
ence * tender to the United States Department
of Libor and to its duly accredited agents
their co-operation In every piac.tlc.il way , to
facilitate this Investigation In their re
spective mui.tclpalltles and to make the In-
foimallon collected complete nml accurate.
3. That It Is the sense of this conference
that the executive and legislative ofllcers of
nil municipalities and the managcis ot nil
public service corporations should promptly
and cordially do whatever may become neccs-
lary on their part to expedite the work of
tl.ls Investigation , to the end that through It
fintlstlcs ( may be seemed thnt will be
accepted by nil persons as a reliable basis
for comparison "
Honidman supported "the resolution In a
forcible speech on the necessity of getting
more light on this Important subject , and
Mayor Moore of Youngstown O and Major
Green of Ilrlngliamton , N. Y. followed him
with convlrclng arguments In the same tone-
Papers were read at the morning session
on "The Filtration of Water , " bj Engineer
Weston of Providence , H. I , and on "The
Conservation of Sanitary Sewers , " by
Alexander Potter of New York City. The
customary resolutions ot thanks were also
4f presented.
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Street Car IIniplo.i Will Hrni-ut Uls-
cliiii-KTt' of I nlon Men.
CHICAGO , Oct. 1. The danger ot a tie-up
of the lines ot the City Hallwaj compinj
is not over yet. A mass meeting of street
car employes was held early todaj at Slxtj--
thlrd and Halstead btreets , end resolutions
were uni.ilmously adopted endorsing the or
ganisation of a local blanch ot the Amalga
mated Association of Street Car Employes of
Ameilca. The most Important action taken
however , was the giving bj secret ballot
the power to the executive committee ot the
organization to order a stilke without notice
to the companj' . The plan of the executive
committee to resent crij fuither dismissal
of emplojes was thus ratified , and futuie
action was referred to that committee. It
wns decided to notify Supeilntemlcnt How en
of the Chicago Street Hallway compiny that
the cars ot the company on the south side
are now run by union men and that an Injurj
to one Is the concern of all
U Is said that of the 1,000 employes of the
Chicago CUy railway not more than 800
havojio far affiliated themselves with the
union )
On behalf of the men It Is ofllclally denied
that a strike Sunday was decided upon 01
that a strike under piescnt circumstances 1
contemplated. At the suggestion of E. V
Debs the aid of court Injunctions will probably
bo Invoked by the union The president of
the social democracy declares that the first
opportunity has come for labor to nee the
restraining order , which has been the weapon
of capital In the past. Interference with the
formation or maintenance of a union of cm
. ploycs Is forbidden by the Illinois statutes ,
and It IK proposed to make a legal test with
the stieet car company.
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SAN KHANCISCO , Oct 1 The Call
4odiy that the appraisers of the estate of the
late James G , Fair have completed their task
itnd will present their report to the pioluti1
court In a few days The report will show
that the \nluo of the Pair estate has been
xory much overestimated Instead of being
value 1 at'from $30.000,000 to $60.000,000 , the
appraisers say tlie olllrl.il figures will be
about $12.000,000 end certalnlj not moie tlun
? 15,000,000. These * figures have been reached
after noven uionlha of continuous and care
ful vvoik by the appraisers. Fair's fortune
ii Invested for tliu moat put In real estate
the greater part of which Is In this city , bu
thtiprliiclpnl Item of the estate consists of
{ 4,000,000 In bond * of the Southern Pacific
Coast railroad , built by Fair and nowa par *
of the Southern Pacific sjsteni The \alua-
tlon of the I'ulr estate Is significant In view
of the testimony g-lven by Fair In a trial
1 eevcral years ago In Yolo county , when In .
toply to a question he slid he was worth at '
least $ .10,000,000. It Itf evident that In the
last few jeara of his life Fair sustained seri
out losses , the factti concerning which me
carefully concealed.
ur.poiiTS or Tiiornu ; ovininit v\\ >
Jl M ill ii Hun' III fiiiiitpniiilii ' 'ill it to Hi
n Siiinll Affair.
, SAN FUANCISCO , Oct. L According td
'Conbiti General Miguel Carlllo of this cKy
and Consul Gene al Don Joaquln Yela | o ( Xev
York , who airived on the San Ilia ? , the re
( torts of JliH war In Guatemala have beer
Uivatly exaggerated , Consul Carlllo rajs
"Tliu revolution In our country is conflnet
enlliely to San Marcos , Queeultenango am
the port of Oco ) . Port Ocoa Is A shipping
'place' ' for the poffee crop and hag a popula
tlon of about 00 people. The other place ;
may ha > e 6,000 Inhabitants , but that U doubt
ful. "
Dr. Joaquln Yolla the coneul In New
Yoik City for Guatemala , sajt : " 1 am moie
than mi prl ed at the Interest taken by Amer-
Mean * In this little uprising. I run state
ofllcUllj that the whole thing Is overdrawn
that the riot In confined to one or two In
klgMMcant | poits and that will bo all con
trolled within four weekn. "
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COLUMHUS , 0. , Oct. 1. The nego | protec
K * the party candidates by petition today were
r : placed on tbe Ohio ballot be ts. Tills make
IIvu itati ) tickets , with the gold democrat !
to conn. The mgro party , by mandamus ,
ivlll try to compel tbe secretary ot itate to
put Lincoln' * plctuie at tbo head of their
olumn iu th ticket as their emblem.
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NEW YOUK , Oct. 1 Ccrl Schtlrz lins
oddrcsBci ! another open letter to United
States Senator J. II. Galllngpr of New Hamp
shire In the fierier which has grown out
of the senator's attack on the civil service
law now extended and on Its atipportcre.
The first portion of the document Is taken
up with a defence of the writer's political
record.
Mr. Schurz KIVR his principles have always
remained the same , but the parties have
changed their positions. He accuses Sena
tor Galllngcr with misrepresentation In re
gard to the working ot the civil service
law , and Indulges In Revere personalities In
the same connection. Mr. Schurz saja , In
part :
"You pretend to great Indignation at the
wlrkcd drover Cleveland , who , as you say ,
did not honestly enforce the civil service .
IIUL iiuuuauy rmuiue mu ui u 01:1111 ;
but prostituted It to partisan ends. i
"Of course you wish your constituents to '
understand that you fairly jcarn for aJQ !
really 'honest' enforcement of the law and
that 'partisan ends' are a horror to your
patriotic Roul. Do you not ncnln prrmtmc ! j
upon the supposed Ignorance of the people |
of New Hampshire ? They need only open
the Congressional Record to find that on
March 23 , 1897 , less than nine mouths after
the republican party had reiterated Its
) solemn pledge , you spoke In the senate
lii.n 'I do not believe that life Is long
nough for this senate to Investigate the
hll service of th'n government. ThTe Is
. shorter and eanlcr way and thnt Is to get
lil of the whole thing. I have voted against
t ( the civil service law ) In the other house
f congress I have \otcd against It In the
cnato whenever opportunity offered , and
ivhat I desire Is to casl my vote to blot out
hat statute '
"Thus It appca's that jou rccognbe the
ledge of the republican pirtv to cnfori >
, li9 civil seivice Uwr 'honestly and thor-
lughly' and to extend It wherever practl-
lalilo : that jou ro"cr\e to the republican
party the right la 'Interpret' this pledge-
ml tint at the same time > ou urge the
cpubllcan ( > irly to redeem the pledge , bind-
ng It to enforce thd civil service law hon-
stly and thoroilghlyt by blotting out the
aw altogether. It Is a romewhit unpleas
ant question to ask a senator but It must
be askedIs this a position to be taken
or a game to IIP plnyed bj an honest man'
And I MMiture to suggest that It will not
u > a sufficient answer to this question to
cry out that the person asking It Is a 'traitor'
or a 'renegade , ' or , even If you pleaee. a
common felon. Nor will It be sufficient to
affirm that } uu < 'havo never voted any other
ban tlio straight party ticket. '
"As the matter sHnds , every unprejudlr-'d
person examining the evidence before us will
flnl himself forced to the conclusion that
ou have deliberately sought to mislead and
deceive > our constituents by telling them
hlngs which had been proved to jou , and
which you knew , to be untrue.
"You are a genuine celebrity Your noble
defiance of President Harrison on account
of a consulship , ot which your biographers
tell us , and join valiant battles for post-
offices and icvenue places have carried jour
fame Into thp remotest corners of New
Hampshire. Evcrjbody loves fame You
have It In abundance. Wh > do jou blame
mo for coveting a little of It ? Do not
g'lidgo me the passing gleam of notorletj
which comes to rap through the icflox of
your renown , In having my mine mentioned
n few dajs , , tngethcr _ with jours In this
public discussion. Truly jours ,
"CARL SCHURZ. "
VM OI " MISSION MIV MttHTINK.
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MINNEAPOLIS. ' Oct. t. The fifty-first an
nual meeting"of the American Missionary
association will be held hero October 19-21.
Tuesday afternoon , October 19. the presiden
tial address will be dellvetcd by Rev. Mer-
i 111 R. Gates of Amhcrst Mate. , and the
annual survey will be read by Rev Klljah
Herr of Newton , Maps. Tuesday a sermon
will bo delivered by Jlev. J , W. Cooper of
New Diitotn , Conn. Wednesday morning
theie will be an address on the Chinese
work by Hev. 0. Hunting-ton ° f Northfleld ,
Minn ; on Indian worlc by President B. D.
Katon of Belolt college , WIs and Prof Fied
Hrlggs , and missionary addreraes by Itcv.
I. , I , . Tnjlor of Cleveland , O. , and Hcv.
\lo\ander U. Ihaln of Chicago. In the
aftcinoon there will bo addiess.es by Rov.
Cornelius II Pntton of Duluth , Rev. G. G.
Updike and Rev. H. A. Drldgman of I3os-
tou , and In the evening by Rev. J. G Duress -
; ess of Crow agency , Montana , on Indian
work : Rev. C. W. Giecne of Cnrbln. Ky.
on "Work Among the Southern Highland
ers : " Secretarj G. H. Gutter&on of Boston
anil Rev. J. C. Tuttle , D. U Worcester ,
Mass.
Thursday moinlng mountain mleslons will
bo considered by Rev. Clarence Swift of
Lansing , Mich. ; "Southern Church Work , "
by Rev. W. M , Harrows of Rockford , III.
and "Finance , " by Hon. Rodney Dennis of
Hiiitfonl , Conn. A women's meeting will
bo hold and nddrcMC-s delivered by Miss
Idn P Hubbard of Knoxvllle , Colo. , .Miss
Flora Crane , MPR | Ella Worden , Miss n. S.
Williams , Mm. E. C. Hills and Miss Evans
Thursday evening the concluding addresses
will be delivered by Rev. William E. Gilllls
and President M E. Gates of Amhcist.
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NEW YORK , Oct. l.-Dr. Robert N. Flagg ,
3S years of age , of Yonkers , N1 Y. , who was
married theio latt night , attempted to com
mit Hiililde today lj ) jumping from a second
stoiyvlndow of' he Murraj Hill hotel. Ilia
tirlils was In ( he room at the time ami
she went to the hospital with him In the am
bulance Dr. and Mrs. Flagg icaehcd the
hotel about midnight , and after reglsteiitM
nen > nt signed to rooms. Iloth appeared to
bo In good spirits and bieakfastcd about S
I'eloek this morning. They chatted with
each other and seemed not to have a rate
Aftei breakfast they ni turned to their rooms
ind had been theio only about llftccn mill
uttu when MIH Flagg rushed screaming
Jown the Htuira to the. lobb > of the hotel.
Her husband had jumped out of tin ) window
lr ) Flagg wan picked up. Ills skull had
been fiacturcd , Ills leg broken and he had
received severe biulees of the body. He was
carried Into the hotel where his wife met
him calmly. The ambulance surgeon said
tint the man waa dying , Mrs , I'lagglio
was ii Mrs. Turner of this city , IB about 1'fl
jears of age and decidedly good looking. She
said ut the lioapltal that In conversation
with her husband the latter hid become
gre.itly excited and rushed to the window to
jump out She tried to restrain him , but he
thrust her aside and jumped At Dr Flagg'g
residence. In YonKers It was ald that whet
ho left home jcsterduy he was In a very
nervous condition ,
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ST LOUIS. Oct I. Mrs.- Lena Waters , a
bride of three ) months , committed suicide
today by hanging herself ut the home of
her alster She Jclt a note reading : "May
heaven fuiglve me , as I never meant to do
wrong , Goodby to kind brothers and
sisters. My watch to Lou. " Not a word
w'ax left for the liufcband ,
Lena KIpley was married to Edward
Waters In the latter part of lact June. 'I he
bride had a number of relatives and friends
In St. Louis and the wedding WAS a large
one. The bride's family say that Waters
wan a lecent arrival h re from Kansas city.
They add that the couple have not lived to
gether since the mairUgc Further than this
no reason U known for the deed.
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WASI'INGTON. Oct 1 The president to [
day appointed Newton C. Hates , U , S. X. ,
urgeou general and chief of the liureau of
Medicine and Surgery ot 1bo navy. He suc .
ceeds Surgeon General Tryon. > I
OVER UNION PACIFIC MIDGE
Gjnornl Manager Savin Announces Some of |
the Flans of His Road.
QUINCY ROAD'S ' ENTRY INTO OMAHA ,
rill OllliMTM llcnoli ( lip Clt- mill
ilntr tlmt tin * EliNt Otnnlm
Tcriiilniil rncllltU-K Will
.Not Hi !
The new ratlnad from Qulncy , 111. , to
Council lllnfTs will not cross the Missouri
riveon the East Omnha bridge of the Omaha
llrldge & Terminal Hallway company. When
the Omaha , Kansas City & Eastern ml I read
and the Omaha A St. Louis railroad enter
Omaha It will be via the Union Pacific
bridge. , This announcement was made here
jesterday by General Manager Savin of
the new- railroad , and e'eated considerable
surprise In local railway circles , as It had
been accepted ns a certainty that the line.
from Qulncy would be the first railroad to |
cress the Missouri river on the East Omaha
bridge.
General Manager Savin and Orncral Super
intendent Soulo of the "Qulncy Route1' were
In the city yeatetdny , and transac-ted con
siderable business In an interview , the
former said : " 1 cannot tell just when we
bhall get Into Omaha , but when we do It
will be ovci the Union Pacific bridge. The
Impression that we're coming Into Omaha
over the bridge of the Omaha llrldge &
Terminal Hallway company Is entirely
erroneous The matter of an entrance Into
Omaha will not bo settled until we get our
new- equipment and new- trains from Council
Hluffs to Qulncy In service.
OHDERS NEW EQUIPMENT.
"The compnnj- has Just given nn order for
$400.000 vvoith of new equipment. This
will Include ten lieavy locomotives , slx-
wheelers , now being built by the Hogers'
Locomotive company , a big lot of freight
cars , and something brand new In the line
of chair cars for pissenger service. The
contract for building the new chair cars
hns Just been awarded to n concern In Dayton -
ton , O. A portion of the care will be de
voted to the reclining chairs , nml In nnothei
part there will bo separate compartments
for parties that cannot afford state looms
In the sleeping ear . The new stjle of
chair car will be a decided innovation but I
think It will prove popular. We hope to
have the bulk of our new equipment In
seivlcc within six weeks. Six of the new
engines will bo delivered within the next
twenty dajs , and the rest later on. The j
engines will all be of the same pattern find
will be used in both freight and passenger
service. They will be more powerful than
anything we have on the line now- .
"On Monday morning seventy-five men will
begin work at a point Just cast of Trenton ,
Mo. , lajlng newrail" . We have ordered a
sl\tj-flve-pound rail that will take the place
of the old rail for a stretch of foity miles
from Ticnton eastward. Later on we expect
to put some money In Improvements at
this end of the line. One of the first of theae
will be the election of some now depots at
points on the Omaha & St. LouU where the
depota are now- nothing but ramshackle af-
fairs. I believe Tne Bee has already an
nounced that the headquarters of the road
will soon bo moved from Qulncy and Council
Bluffs to Milan , Mo. The removals will take
place as soon as the new building at Milan
Is completed. We are also about to con
struct a twclvc-fetall round house at Milan ,
and after that Is built we shall lay out a
car-j-ard and trackage capable of accommo
dating 8.0 cars. The great advantage of the
location of headquarters near the center of
the ratlioad is that it will take less time to
icach either terminus and more easj * to opei-
-to the trains than at either end of the line. "
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ST. PAUL , Oct 1. A veiy ingenious and
valuable connivance for the saving of life
by preventing railroad accidents through
foigettulness of trainmen has been Invented.
The maihlne has just stood n verj severe
test on the Great Northern rallioad , after
having teen previously operated successfully
in the St. Paul & Duluth load. Practical
railroad men In this section have given
strong ei dorscments to the device , after
seeing It work. The object of the device
Is to piovldo an accurate and reliable re
minder signal and distance Irdlcatoi for
locomotives by means of which engineers
zre prevented from forgetting their train
orders as to stopping or meeting points. The
mechanism Is simply but positively con
nected with the forward trucks of the engine ,
thereby accurately mcasuilng the distance
Maveled , the dial , placed In front of the
engineer , showing correctlj the distance
traveled Above the smaller of the two
dials are placed fifteen triggers or dogs ,
pivoted at equal distances around the center.
When the engineer reserves his orders he ssts
one 01 moie of these triggers to a point one
mile short of the distance to be traveled be
fore reaching a stopping place The mileage
Indicator , on leaching such polnf , releases
the trigger which starts a signal whistle
blowing. This continues to blow for ono
iiuaiter of a mile , promptly warning the cn-
glnerr of the near appioach to his stop
ping place. if the engineer Is Inattentive
and falls to stop when the last mile has been
run over the machine sola the air brake and
stops the train for him. A train similarly
equipped coming In the oppoiltc dliectlon
would bo stopped In the same manner and a
collision prevented The device can be made
to run forward or backward. For foggy or
stormy weather or for darkness the device Is
considered especially valuable for ordinary
load use , although Its life-saving feature was
the point at flist sought for by Mr Wallace.
After .1 trial on the St Paul & Duluth and
repeated trials on the Feigns Falls dlvhton
of the Gieat Northern the new- Invention was
given an unusml test on the recent trip of
President J. J. Hill to the coast and back
For this trip one engine. No CCS , with , Rn-
glneci John Kilbanc for the entire trip was
tried , and the new life-saving device was on
the engine. For the 1.B20 iiillw to Seattle
on the Great Noithcrn , 197 to Portland on
the Northern Pacific , 450 to Spokane on the
Oregon Railway and Navigation company ,
and through Moituiu : : back to St Paul , the
new device mca&urcd all distances with ac
curacy , and b > othei testi completely dem
onstrated Its ability to do all claimed for It.
President Hill has approved It with con
siderable enthusiasm , as Invo other officials
of his load. During the past few months
this new device/ has been uteil successfully
on over 7,000 miles of rotd 'A ' peculiar
feature of the ten Is the fact that It has
been made with the Inventor's working
model.
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FRANKFORT. Kj. , Oct. 1 Last Tuesday ,
the day on which the new Kentucky con-
etltutlon liecumo six > esrs od | , wan the day
on which the law ajo till parts of charlcis
in conflict with the new constitution and
newcorpoiatlon law stand repealed. The
Faudllor and other Mtate officials have just
concluded that this repeal affects rpeclal
privileges contained In the charter of the
Southern Pacific ( ompanj Thus this com
pany U put upon the eamo footing with all
other corporations , Including thoto chartered
Blnc-o iliu adoption of the constitution and
which must pa > a ( ramhUu tax ,
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CHICAGO. Oct 1. .MtemptB to get the
Union Paclll' to arbitrate ( is difference with
the lines of the Weetern Passeiger associa
tion have fallen vi-iy flat The Union Pacific
takea the stand that U will not arbitrate until
tbe other roads have declared that they will
not allow tbc Oregon Short Line any betUr
commissions ( thin they have been granting to
the Central Pacific. The Union Pacific In
timates that tf the western roads will take
this action It will at once- consider the ad
visability of joining the Western Pas < engcr
association and will v Uhdraw Us large com
missions on north P.-iclflc const buslne a.
Otherwise the Union 'Pacific will continue
or be an oulcldc road , ana will continue to
pny such commissions as It chooses and run
ita' , business with an cje to Ha interest alone
and without considering tlie Interests' any
other line.
SI IT TO rOMIMSl. 'AS ? ACCOt'Vl'IMJ.
t'lilnii I'liHflc LnmlOrnnl Cnllcil Into
,
The Union Pacific 'officials In this city
nro being served with a summons from the
district . court of Arapahoe | countj- , Cole ado ,
to compel them to ajWnr In that court In
the ( ) suit brought recently- force the Union
Pacific and the Denver ! Pacific Telegraph and
lUillrcad company toriecouht for the grant of
land secured under 1hd act of 1SC2 , on which
the Union Pacific was built west from this
city.
city.The
The suit Is Inttltutod by Robcit E. Carr ,
Mary P. Evans , William 0 , Evans , Evans E.
Evans and tAnne Evans agalnit the Union
Pacific receivers , George J. Gould , Ruescll
Sage and William U. Cornish. The allegation
la made that 800,000 acres of the land grant ,
which extends from . ( ho Missouri river to
the terminus of the road , was transferred In
1SG-1 to John Evans , whose heirs the plain
tiffs arc. There was some hitch In the trans
fer , however , and the railroad has retained
possession of the land. The suit Is therefore
brought to compel an accounting from the
road , and Is to rcitraln the Union Pacific
olllcials or the other defendants from selling
or disposing of the land.
Atl'lllNIIII After till' l
CHICAGO , Oct. 1. The AtcliUon road IB
confident of securing the bulk of the Call-
forula traffic over the southern routes this
winter. The action of the Southern Pacific
In advertising the withdrawal of the Sunset
limited bt-tweeu San Francisco and New
Orleans loivts the limited trains of the Atchl-
pen , which will be run twice a week and pos
sibly three times per week after the holldaja ,
the fastest train via the southern route. The
Southern Pacific has made arrangements with
the Alton , Iron Mountain and Texas & Pacific
U ) run a limited train through to the coast.
but.because of the longer route It Is not likely
tint It will be able to equal the time of the
limited on the Atchlson scvciitj-two hours.
rninllj Mlli-iiKi * llooU. I.IITX Vallil.
LANSING , Mich. , Oct. 1. A suit brought
two years ago by II. C. Smith agaVist the
Lake Shore Railway company. Involving the
validity of an act passed by the legislature
ot 1S81 , compelling railroads to Issue a 1,000-
inllo ticket , good for any member of a fam
ily , for $20 , has just been sustained by the
state supreme court , which decides that the
Icgls'iture ' has the power to enact such a
law. | , The opinion was by Justice Montgom
ery , Jutlccs Long and Moore concurring ccid
Justices Hooker and Grant dissenting. The
ticket Issued under this act ib good for two
jears from the date of Issue.
Humor I'rnlialil } n Ciuifiril.
It was stated In both 'tlie operating and
the passenger departments of the Union Pa
cific jesterday afternoon that no advice con
cerning the running of the Southern Pa
cific's "Sunset Limited" train via Chicago ,
Omaha and Ogden had betm received. Thone
in charge of the passenger department rldl
culed .the idea that the "Sunset Limited"
would bo run this way even during the con
tinuance of the jellow fever plague at New
Oilcans. They were" inclined to look upon
the repoi t from San .Francisco as "a canari }
rimtiKC I" Tolutl rrnlltinnriril. .
PHILADELPHIA , 'Oct. 1. J. B. Gairett ,
third \Iee president of' ' the Lchlgh Valley
railroad , has resigned 'from ' the Uoard of
Managers of the Joint ! Trafllc association.
The leason for tlio resignation Is that Charley
Hartshom , vice presldpnt or the Lchlgh Val
ley , Is going on a four , months' tilv > to Japan
General Orlando Smith succeeds Mr. Garrett.
-Nlltl'N Jlllll i * '
Chief Engineer Geo'rge H. Pcgram of the
Union Pacific and Mrs. JPegram arrived homo
Thursday after n delightful bridal tour
thiough Now England and Canada ,
For the Nebraska Day celebration at the
Nashville exposition Hi railroads have an
nounced a half rate , good going on October
5 , C and 7 , good to return leaving Nashville
on October S and 9. ,
General Manager Dickinson. Fieight Traf
fic Manager Munroo and other officials of
the Union Pacific , who lavc ( been In the east
foi some time , ate expected to leave there
today for Omaha.
The lallroads a e looking to a heavy busi
ness to Omaha on October 8 on account of
the meeting of Joe Patehen and Star Pointer
on the track of the Omaha Fair and Speed
association. A one-fare rate has been ex
tended to all points within a radius of eighty
miles of this city by all the railroads.
iMioL'nnniMis OF TIII : cm cot NCII , .
People of Oiiuilia 'May HIM < No I'liKM
lo Vole 011 nict-lloii Day.
At a special meeting yesterday the
city council refused to * order the Hoard of
Public Works to have the election booths
moved upon the streets to be In readiness
for the registration of voters. If the present
position of the council Is maintained the
people will have no place to vote on the flist
Tuesday In November.
There lias been a good deal of objection
an the part of members of > the council to
pajlng tbe expenses of an election In which
the city has no Interest. An effort was
made to Induce the county commissioners
to pay a portlpn of the cost of moving the
booths , but the commlsslonera fell back on
the strict letter of the 'law and declined to
act In the matter. The city baa no money
that can ho spared for the purpose and
when a resolution was Introduced jester-
day directing the Hoard of Public Worku
to move the booths , It was lost by a tlo
vote , Hechel , Huimcetvr , Mercer and Karr
voting for the resolution , and Hurklcy , Hlng-
hnm , Stuht and Lobeijk against It.
On the reeommoidiulon ) of the city en
glnccr , final estimated on the new Capitol
avenue hewer and the repairs on the Eleventh
street viaduct , amounting to over $10,000
were approved.
Comptroller Wcstberg notified the council
that ho hail not included1 the salaries of the
fire department In the regular appropria
tion ordinance , as the aggregate was $3-
941 14 more than the balance In the fund ,
Rurkley offered a , resolution transferring
f.,000 from the general to the fire fund and
this was adopted. The separate ordinance
containing the salaries of the firemen vvas
then inssed , *
City Cleric Hlgby called attention to the
fact that a petition with seventy-five
a'gnaturca had been filed , asking the council
to submit the question * to the voters at the
( omlng election ' whether the Initiative and
referendum la'w pasgcdj by the last legis
lature shouM bccpmn operative In Omaha
The matter was reftrrejd to the committee
on judiciary and tbc c'tyjattorney ,
The Hoard of Public , Wprks was Instructed
to rrpavo the gut'cre fn North Sixteenth
street adjoining the ijeyv government build
ing1 any pay the expense out of the Intersec
tion fund , f
City Electrician Schyrjg was granted three
days' leave of absence. ,
The ordinance providing for repaying Far
nun from Thlrly-zUtU tb Fortieth street was
passed and the Hoard , o | Public Works will
advertise for bidsat pitce.
In letunilng tbe regular 'alary ordinance ,
the finance committed recommended that tue
amount of President IInsliam's | salary as actIng -
Ing major be deduct' ) ! ' from the salary of
Mijor Mojres and tli t , the salary of J , A.
lieverly , suporlu'endcnt o ( itrects , be reduced
from $100 to $75 , Uottj recommendations
vveie rejected and an additional Item of $25
for back salary for Hcyerjy was also ordered
included In the ordinance.
The "BlcjciUt's Ur i FfienZ' .s a familiar
name fcr DuWltt's Wllch Hazel Salve , al
way $ ready for emergencies. While a epe-
eltio fpr pilw , | t ctlto Inetantly relieves ant. .
euros puts , bruizes , salt rbeum , eczema anil
all Affections ot tb jkla. It tieVer falU.
JURY IN THE BARTLEY CASE
Introduction of Ev'ibnco in the Trial
Oommonceil Yesterday Afternoon.
TWELVE MEN SELECTED TO TRY TH- ISSUES
Attorney RdiernI Snitli Mul.c * III *
S In t oni r n llofiMiio Co ill nuln
Hint Slntt'
IlomlVnn
James Carroll , carpenter , South Omaha.
William D. Grant , blacksmith , Thirtieth
street and Lindsay avenue ,
Gus Falk , painter , 2SOS Cass street.
It. J. Howard , printer , Maple street.
Andrew J. Welandcr , shoemaker , 1210
Dodge street ,
James C. Pierce , hotel clerk , Drexel hotel.
Charles Darrlck , warehouseman , Fourth
and Mancroft streets.
A. J. Dartlott , farmer , Waterloo.
Henry M. Leonard , einplojo In railroad
freight homo , North Forty-second street.
Hey Garvln , 81G South ISth street.
Jefferson Hanks , driver , Twenty-eighth and
Wlrt streets ,
Charles Mailsen , office clerk , Sixth and
Dorcas streets.
Tlie tvvclvo men heretofore named have
been selected and sworn to rteiermlno
whether or not the bontismen of defaulting
ex-State Treasurer Hartley sh.il ! reimburse
the state of Nebraska with the amount of
Uartlej's alleged ombczrlcmcnt. $ r > . ' > .r > ,790.66.
. The Jury was finally selected sturtly be-
| foie 11 o'clock jcstoiday morning. It was the
result of the vvoik of a day and a half , starting
Thursday moinlng. In order to ( .ecuro the
Jury thlrtj'-ono men passed under the close
and rigid examining of the counsel for both
partlej to the suit. The time cmplojed In
doing this was considerably shorter than It
was expected to bo , particularly from the de-
llbcrntcnoss with vvliich the questioning ot
tlio Jurors vvas first begun.
The greater portion of the morning was oc
cupied In selecting three additional jurors to
fill the box , a half doren of the panel beIng -
Ing examined for that purpose. After the
Jury was sworn In the rest of the morning
hctjslon was used by the- counsel in outlining
their plans ot conducting the case.
SMYTH STATES THE CASE.
Attorney General Smjth made a brief
statement of the state's position. It vvas In
effect that the suit was hi ought to recover
from his bondsmen the amount of the defal
cation of the ex-state treasurer. The embez
zlement was fiom two funds , the permanent
school fund and the general fund. The con
tention was that the shortage should be se
cured from the bondsmen , the attornejgiv
ing no Intimation In his .statement that there
vvas any doubt of the legality of the bond.
On the other hapd the counsel for the de
fendants set up as the defense that the bond
was Illegal. Tbcy ma'citain that It was
signed on January 3 , 1893 , by all the bonds
men except Thomas Swobe , William A. Paxton -
ton , sr. , and Cadet Taylor of this cltj- . It
was presented on that day to Governor Hoi-
comb who refused to approve. It is alleged
that the bond was then taken by state oflU
cers to the office of the secretary of state ,
placed on file there and then the na > FS of
Swobe , Tajlor and Paxtcci vveio secur. J. " It
was again presented to Governor Hoi-
comb on January 9 , four days afterward , and
was on tlfat < lay approved by him.
The defense argues that the last doj1
upon which the bond coul be approved and
filed vvas January 3 , and , ItiaKirmcli as this
was not dbnc by that date the bond wat >
Illegal and that according to law- Hartley
never was state treasurer after that date.
Therefore they contend that they can not
be expected to make good the shortage of
Hartley as an Individual since the bond uoh
furnished him as state treasurer.
In addition to this defenee another Is made
by .Mary Fitzgerald that when she affixed
her name to the bond the was insane , and
that she never knew that she had done &o.
She alleges that her ( signature was secured
within an hour after her liusbaiid'h funeral
when her mind was unbalanced by gilef.
1JEG1N TAKING TESTIMONY.
As soon as court convened for the aftci
noon session the Introduction of testlmonj
was begun , The first witness to be caled to
the stand was Deputy Secretary of State 0.
C. Wcesner. Before he was nlowed to tes
tify the defense made objection to the Ju'ls
diction of the court over the case and the
persona of the defendants. The witness wae
eJ for the purpose of Identifying the
house journal In which was recorded the can
vass of the vote of the preceding election ,
the purpose being to jirovc the election of
Hartley as etate treasurer , which fact was
admitted by only Thomas Swobe of all the
defendants. The wltnesa also Identified
Hartley's official bond on file In the office of
the secretary of Elate.
The signatures on the bond were Identified
by John H. Ames , E. E. Drown , C. C. Mc-
Nlsh , Cadet Tajlor and Attorneys Uarisom ,
Manahan and Ilartlett. The signature of Supreme
premo Justice Norval to the record of the
administration of the oath of office was Iden
tified. All of this evidence was picllmluary
to the Introduction of the official bond.
The defense was true to He contention
that the bond , not being filed by the time
fixed by law , Hartley never became In the
eyes of Jaw the state treasurer , and that ,
therefore , the bond was not a legal binding
document. Tbe objection was made to every
point of the evidence and to the Introduction
of the bond that "It had no bearing In tlie
eato. " The objections were overruled , Tlio
matter Is to bo argued later ,
The band and the oath of office were both
admitted In evidence ,
COWIN GETS SENSATIONAL.
General Cow In gave the dial something of
a sensational flavor by lucalllng Deputy Sec
retary of State Weesner and Intimating b >
his quc&tlonb that the endo acment on tliu
back of the bond had been tampered with
The main contention of the defendants is that
the bond , to have been legal , should have
been flld on January 3 , 18j.r > , the date Hurt-
ley assumed office , and they claim It was not
legally filed until January 9. On the back
of the bond In evidence Is the emloueinent
"Hecolved and filed this 3d day of Janu
ary. 1895 , and recorded on January 9 , 1SU3 "
This is signed by J , A Piper , reciutary ( if
Mate , and his deputy. In this the " 3d" Is
in ( jarlceT ink than the remainder of the en
dorsement , Handing the bond to Wltn
Weesner , General Cow In afkcd :
"Da you not think that an erasure has
been made and that the ' 3d' has been In
HWted ? "
"Yes , air " answered the witness ; "It has
been frequently noticed In the office "
It U the theory of the bondsmen that the
bond was really Hied on January 9 , 1895 , but
that either that date has been erased and
January 3 substituted or that the date had
not been written In at all until some time
after the rest of the endorsement , a space
being left for the date ,
G. M. IMrtlctt. deputy treasurer under
Hartley , was used to show that the latter
was actlrg etate trrasuier from January ,
1S95 to January 3. 1897 Ihe state stole a
inarch on the bondsmen with this evidence ,
for It was put In beforean objection could
ho made ,
The book of session laws of the legis
lature of 1E95 and 1898 was Introduced In
order to ubow the act under which Hartley
vvas authorized to transfer by wairant J180-
101.75 from the general fund to the sinking
fund to relmburxn Ihe latter tied up In the
bankrupt Capitol National bank , Hartley was |
conv'cted ' and sentenced to twenty jcars la
the penitentiary for embezzling the proceeds
nf the warrant drawn for this amount.
Ex-Deputy State Treasurer HartlHt was
called to the stand to Identify 'Hartley's '
signatures on the voucher tor the > 1SO,101,75 ,
which was drawn In favor of the sinking
fund and not of Baitley cither Individually
or as itate treasurer.
State Treasurer Memrve flak to have been
on hand with Ilia warrant , but at 430 ; o'clock
had not appeareJ. Consequently , tlio trial
wag continued at. that hour to 9:30 : o'clock
Monday morning. The Jury waa takeu In
charge by a bailiff , Judge Paw-ell announc
ing that It would not bfl allowed to separate
during the remainder of the trial.
vmsnuVINTS eitij\i ' TUIIIMIOM : .
tlio Court * In 1111 KfTort to < ! < <
Him UrlU-f.
Notwithstanding the Injunction of the L'n- '
coin courts , restraining the Slate Hoard of
Transportation from proceeding In the case
brought before It by John O. Yolsor to compel
the Nebraska Telephone company to reduce
Its tolls for telephone tervlco , Yclscr Is to
have a telephone In his olllco for $3 per
month , or the officers and agents of the tele
phone company will ba domiciled In the
Douglas county benttle at the will of Judge
Scott. An order to this effect was mndo by
Judge Scott jesterdaj * upon the appli
cation of Yelservho appeared In court to
ask fcr a writ of mandamus to compel the
telephone company to supply his ofllco with
a telephone at $3 per month , In support f- *
his application , Yelaer submitted his own
affidavit In whldi ho sworn that W per month
was a reasonable charge far such service and
tlmt tht > compiny should bo compelled to
furnish him with a telephone and all the lat
est Impiovemcnts , so that ho could talk with
li's ' clients In New- York anil bther distant
points when , his practice made It nece sary.
In support of his affidavit Yelser made nn
Impassioned speech to the court In which ho
arraigned the corporation , Insisting that $1
was a reasonable charge for the service
furnished by the telephone company
At the conclusion , ot Yclsor's argument a
colloquy ensued between th' court and the
attorney and several ( jucstlons were asked ,
after which an alternative writ was ordered
to Issue , returnable October 8 , requiring the
telephone comi'iny to furnish Yelser with a
telephone In his office for $3 per month or
show- cause on the date named why It should
not be done.
SIlIKTIMi Till : Ol'TIOnilS AIUU'M ) .
Hi'iliictton of Kiu-t'i * MnUrx I'ollro
ItrorKiiul/iilloii Ni'l'i'MMiiry.
The head ofllflals in the iiollce ilenirtinont
have been busy during the last two dajs In
rccTKanlrlng their fortes. This has been
made necessary by ( lie ; leaping oft of the
heads of ten patiolmen , .1 turnkey , patio )
conductor and four ofllcers. The gaps thus
caused have been filled as well as might be
expected with the mateilal at In nil In o'der
to fill the vacancies left by the men dls
charged Olllcers Kelgelman and White , for-
me-y | on eanltnrj iluty , have been called
In and will bo asMgnel to beats Olllccr
fljTnes , the last of the mounted men , will
also be given n district to patrol.
'The present ro ter ot officers Includes Cap
tain Hajs , who takes charge of the night
shift. He will be assisted bj Sergeiiits King
and Her. Captain Mostyn will assume con-
fol of the day men and will have but one
officer on the regular forcn under him , Se.--
geant Hebout. H Is probable that a man will
be promoted from the lauks to the position
of Junior isargoant , but this as jet has not been
done. In addition to his dutle's as captain
of the patrolmen. Mostyn will also assume
the duties of chief of detectives while w oik-
Ing dajs.
n.i.iiM srvnic sins . .nuivvTho \
lfi-KON rrnnilKli Itc'fcrciu'c to n
Itcnl INII | < < * TraliMlotloll.
William Staik , who alleges that ho lives
In Illinois , hab brought suit against John C.
Watson of Nebraska City t . recover dam
ages In the .sum of $3,4C9.09. Tbo cause of
action is based ou a real estate deal between
the parties.
Stark , in his petition Just fllud In thp United
States couit , says that ho exchanged land In
Illinois for land in Nance county , this-'stalq.
The latter vvns owned uy Watson and was
encumbered for $17n04. Staik rajs he w-a
to take the land subject to the encumbrance ,
but that Watson represented to him that
the taxes and interest had been paid to Maj
of this j-ear. Stark alleges that Watson
showed him what purported to be an ab
stract of title , which Indicated that these
sums had been paid as n-preeelited , but that
after the deal had been made the plaintiff
found that the abstract was a fraudulent one
and that ( he taxes and Interest were unpaid
for two or three j-ears tirevlous. He now
asks a Judgment for the amount to makp
good the sums he has been compclcd to paj
out to secure title.
in ii.mn or AIC-S tit-mv ri.oxrs.
< JIIN Iti-n/c II > I < I > | \ > N n IVntoIi from
lionril of ( ioniurn. .
Of the quarter of a million spectators who'
admired the Ak-Sai-Uen pageant and the
other parades here last week It In probable
that a very small number knew the Identity
of the man who had done most toward luilld-
Ing the floats and making the pageants the
success that they wero.
The Board of Governors of the Knights of
Ak-Sar-Hcn , however , lecognlzed the In
defatigable work of the master float builder
during the past six months , and at their
meeting last Monday night called Gus A.
Hen/e before them and presented him w Itli
a hamUome gold watch as a token of their
appreciation of his efforts. The presentation
speech was made by King Ak-Sar-Hen III. ,
Edward Porter Peck , who took occasion to
highly compliment Mr. Itciue upon the siic-
e-ess of the parades and extend to him the
hearty thanks of the Hoard of Governors.
\ iiotlir I'lri-iiiiin ( ionc.
John J. rit/patrlck , lieutenant of Flro
Engine company No. 2 , died at 2 o'clock yes
terday morning of cancer of the stomach. Ho
had been sick tlnce last , July The deceased
was 38 yeais of age amrhad been a member
of the tire department since October 2 , 1893
The deceased was promoted to tlio position
of lieutenant on January J , 189G. Ho loaves
a wife and two children. The funeral will
be held next 'Mundaj morning at 9 o'clock
from the family residence. 111C South Thir
teenth street , to St. Phllomoiin's cathedral ,
Ninth and Hartley streets ,
IVrinltN lor Ni'vv HiillilliiKN.
A number ot permits ( or handsome- dwell
ings weie Issued by Building Inspector Hut-
ler yesterday Dr. 0 P ' .AIH on will
build u two-story frame dwelling at 1230
South Twenty-ninth street at a cost of $2,500 ;
N. H. Italrden will build a similar structure
nt S10 South Twentj'-Bovcnth ntreet , nnd
George A. Joslyn has taken a penult to erect
a two-story gate and gardoner'H hoiiso on
his property at 3SG4 Davenport street , which
will cost $ -00.
!
MUNI i\rcll.-nl. :
Chamberlain's Cough Itemedy In a pleas
ant expectorant cyrup. U Is Intended es
pecially for acute throat and lung diseases ,
such as cougliH , colds , croup and whooping
cough , and IK a most excellent medicine for
the lellef and cure of UH-HO dlsrtasrti.
i Muri-diK"
Licenses to wed have been Issued by the
| county judge to the foll/ivlng txirtlea :
Name and Residence Age
William H. Habler , South Omaha J4
Myrtlu Hryant , South Omaha 20
Evan F. Evans , Council Illuffs 2
Hesslo M. Kldder , Pottawattamio Co. , la. IS
Charles Zanton , Omaha 33
Ellen Holmqulst , Omaha . 21
Are Von .NcrvoiiHf
I llorMfoi-iVH .Iclil I'liiiHiilinlr ,
Dr , II , N I ) . Parker , Chicago , 111. , says :
"I have thoroughly tested It In nervous dis
eases , dyspepsia and general debility , and
In eVery case nee gieat benefit from Itn use. "
roller Muni Hi * Store Careful ,
Manager Vance Lane of the Nebraska
Telephone company wrote the chief of police
yesterday , requesting that the officers be more
careful In the ueo of the patrol boxes and
machinery. An order to this effect has been
Issued to the patrolmen.
Cox ( JocH ou Dul ) .
The Hoerd of 1'lrc and Pollen Commission-
era , In pursuance of Instruction ) ! from Judge
Stott , met jesterday afternoon and reinstated
W. W , Cox on the detective foice , Commix-
loner HerdmaautlUK "No" on. tbe motion.
3IAY YET COME TO OMAHA
This Oity Declared to Bo the Logical Point
for the Session.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS FOR NEXT YEAR
Illliutlx Drlrnntr-N Kxprrn * AxtonlntK
iiirnl Otvr tlio Aolloii of tlio
] , liiiM > lnli > Nrtiili Drle-
KUtloit
L. II , Davis and Aitluir P Cutter , both
of Chicago , and both delegates to the Irriga
tion convention thnt just closed nt Lincoln ,
piesed through the city jesterday on
their way home. Doth men are Irrigation en
thusiasts and were greatly Interested In the
proceedings ot the convention. They ev-
prrascil the greatest surmise , however , at tlio
fact tlmt the session tor next jear had not
been located In Omnha. Doth vv ere very peal-
the In their cxpics&lons that Omnha WRO un
questionably the place where the next meetIng -
Ing should bo held .ind they expressed their
astonishment at the actions ot the Lincoln
dclegatrs , who , they said , icmalncd perfectly
mute when the question of location vvna under
illcusloii and Onnha was being urged as tlio
location for next je > ar. The Chicago men said
that n little work on the pirt of the Lincoln
delegates at the right time would have turned
the tide In favor of Omaha and this city
would undoubtedv ) hive been chosen.
The visitors stated that Chcyc'nno had been
telcetcd for the next meeting , hut they were
firm In their conviction that this action
would have to be reve ed It the meetlun
was to be made successful. They snld that
with the exposition In Omiha and the many
g-ithcKngH of national bodies related In cno
way on another to agriculture and IrMgatlon ,
It would be foolish to expect that aliyona
\vould go out to Chcjcnnc , on the cxtrcma
outer edge of the Irilgutlon district , to at
tend a meeting. They stated that , the ex
ecutive committee of tlio Irrigation congrcsi
was clothed with authority to relocate. Ihu
place of meeting and they predicted that
It would be found necessary for the com
mittee to cliinge the location and choosa
Omaha as tliu best plate i
A party of six of the Utah delegates to
tlio irrigation convention Just concluded nt
Lincoln ni rived In Omaha Tostcrday to
confer with the exposition authorities le-
gard.ug an lirlgatlon exhibit which tlio
Utah people pinpos ? making as a part of
the Utah exhibit. The party was headed by
Lewis W ShiirtllfT vice president of the
exposition for Utah rnd Hrlgham Young ,
the 6on of the lenowned leader of the
Mormons. They wen- taken out to the ex
position ground * by Pi of. K. W. Tnylor ,
chief of the Hurcaii of Irrlgition. The entire -
tire grounds wile examined by the visitors ,
who expressed the greatest Mirprlso at the
hemlunv uhloh unR holm' ninilovIMi * Vin
work. They e r fiilly cxinilned the old
fair ground tiact , whcie five acres were se
lected for the plant which the Utah people
will install and maintain In operation.
crrv ornciu.s wnn TO JVIL.
.lu < Ittc Scott UfiiiiinilH Unit Cox lie
l'lif < > il nil I'olliM * ForiM' .
Unless W W. Cox 'B reinstated us chief of
'ho ' Omaha detective force before 10 o'clock
this morning the whole Hoard of Flro
and Police CoiinulfcHlonera , including the
mayor , may bo tin own Into jail for con
tempt of couit. An order to this effect was
entered by Judge Scott jeslerday when
Ills attention was formally called In the
fact that the lioinl had dlschaiged Cox In
lie face of an older requiring the board to
( etaln him on the force until the trial ot
'ho cat-c In the comts.
Judge Scott expressed himself In the most
emphatic manner at tli'1 action of the board
and a'rrlgnol the niembe s ( or Ihelr tPin r ty
In daring to violate his older of injunction.
He bald ho didn't piopose. to stand It nml
expressed his firm determination to find out
whether the comts or the Uoard of Klro ami
Police Commissioner ? is the highest
authority. Ho ordered Cox's attorney to
ilr.iw up an older commanillng the mcmbcrn
of the board to Immediately rescind their
action In discharging Cox and to restore him
to the position stipulated In the temporary
Older of Injunction The attorney wan In
structed to make the order returnable at
10 o'clock thin moinlng. The Judge re-
mnikcd that the hhmlff had better prepare
flvo of Ills strongest cells for Immediate
occupancy unless thp order was observed.
IOIIN or/r/ ins
llnilj InillriitrN ( lint I In- Vine Took Ills
On n I , If.- .
The body of John Getz , who ran a llttlo
notion establishment at 2018 North Twentj'-
fourth stieet , was found In the
store room yesterday morning. The
body watt badly dccompoced. It Is sup
posed that Getz committed suicide by shootIng -
Ing himself. Tlio deceased had lived at the
number given foi about three months. Ho
formerly operated a store at Twenty-second :
and Cumlng btreets. He had been a resident
of Omaha for about ten jcars , Ho was un
married and was about 70 years of age.
The body was illscoveted by Mesdamqa
Halrd and Hurnell , neighbors , who Informed
the police. Get/ was last fccon allvo on
Tuesday evening. Ills death Is supposed to
have occurred tlmt night , Tim net vvas sup
posed to have been committed on account
of III health , as lie had suffered from dropej *
for a number of yeais The deceased left Jf'OO1
on deposit In ono of the local banks. A.
brother , II. Get ? , who lives at Jordan , Minn , ,
has been telegraphed.
IH : n vvomcs rvsu.
UIIIIKIT UIU Not Iliinil Down
Illw DcflKlon nl OlM-e.
The hearing In tliu water worka case- was
closed yestculay aftcinoon and Judge Munger
took the cuiio under ndvlscment. He
at flrfit thought ho might ho able to POBH
upon It at the close of the argument , but
In the two weeks thn attorneys have been
arguing the matter ro much has been In
troduced In the w.i ) of evidence' and cita
tions that the Judge fcelno \ Is bound to
give some attention to tlictio mattcrfl before
making hi" decision ,
John L. Weht > ter began thn closing argu
ment yesterday , and devoted hln tlma
to proving that the American Water Works
company had no right to mortgage Its fran
chise without the consent of the city , On
this ground ho alleged that the company for
feited ltd franchise and that It reverted
back to the power vvhl'h gi anted It ,
ltnllron.r lloiulH ire * Vnllil.
The question of the validity of ceitaln
railroad bonds voted by Grattan township ,
Holt county , a few years ago was yen *
tenlay decided by Judge Munger , who held
the bonds to bo all right. The cast ) was
argued ( ant summer , tlio bondo being at
tacked on the ground that they exceeded the
limit provided by law and that the proposi
tion dlcl not iccelvci the required numbei of
voice at the election ,
No man or woman can enjoy life or ac
complish much In this world while Buffering
from a torpid liver. DoWltf * Llttlo Early
Hlaera , the- pills ( hat cleanse that organ
quickly.
Threaten toVlili ICouli ,
Victor Koch , Twenty-second and Grace
strectit , who waa i cleaned from police court
a short time ago on a elm go of gEsaultlni ;
Myrtle Holben , has received a letter threat
ening him with a horsewhipping. Ho haf
turned tbe letter over to the federal author ! .
( lea.
Dr. Davta' Anti-Headache la suptrlor la
every way to all remedies /or