THE OMAHA PAILT 33JSE ; WBDJNESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 18)7 ! ) ,
Bartloy's ' Bondsmen Now Allege tlio Bond
to Have Been Illegal ,
SAY IT WAS NOT FILED ACCORDING TO LAW
Attempt to Kliorv ttmt ( lie Int < * In ttiv
IJniliirMfiiiriit oil Itiick of llonil
linn llren Tiiiiiiereil |
With.
The bondsmen , of ex-State Treasurer Bart-
Icy , who are being sued for the lattcr's half
' a million dollar defalcation , disclosed their
.second line of defense before Judge Powell
ytstorday afternoon mid this proved to be
also of a somewhat sensational character.
> The sureties maintain that the bond upon
Which suit Is being brought Is Illegal for
iho reason , that It was not approved by the
govcinor and filed with the secretary of state
on the day on which Bartlc.y wont Into office
* jfor till second term , January 3 , 1805 , which
they asueit Is required by the statutes. They
. .UlUfie that It was not approved and filed un
til four days afterward , on January 9 , 1895.
* The sensational feature developed In the
course of the proof that was advanced In sup *
' port of this allegation. Upon Its face Hart
ley's bo&d showB that It was filed on Jan
uary 3 , 1S95. The endorsement upon It U
as follows :
"State of Nebraska , Secretary's Olllce , ss.
- Jlccclvtd and filed for record this 3d day of
January , A. D. , 1895 , and recorded January
D , A. D. , Ib93 , In record book U at page 4SG.
"J. A. PIPER , Secretary of State ,
"J. E. EVANS , Deputy. "
But the bondsmen maintain that this en
dorsement has been tampered with. They
say that the bond was really HlcJ on Janu
ary 0 , U'jn , and that the endorsement showed
this alleged fact , hut that the " 9" was erased
tmd In Us place was substituted the " 3. "
Apparently this figure Is In a different hand
and different Ink than the remainder of the
endorsement. The contention Is supported
by the testimony of Daputy Secretary of
State Evans , but the state Is preparing to
Impeach him ,
MORE SURETIES REQUIRED.
The bondsmen , however , assert that they
can prove In another manner that Bartley's
bond was not approved and filed on January
3 , 1S95. Ex-Secretary ot State Piper w'us
called to the stand and upon objection Gen
t-mi Cowln made an offer of what ho Intended
to show through the witness. In this offer
lie stated that It would be shown that Bart-
ley had Roue w.lth other recently elected oIH-
cers .to the governor's olllco on January 3
1805 , for the purpose of having the bonds
approved ; that the bonds of all olllcers wert
approved except that of Hartley ; that the
governor told Hartley he was not satlstlecl
with his bond , but must get additional
But-etlcs ; that Hartley tonk his bond away
and did not return , with It or have It flle < i
on that day. The 'bondsmen , however , were
uot allowed to Introduce all the evidence
under this showing , Inasmuch as It Involves
a question of law , which Is to be argued this
morning. This question Is whether the ap
proval and filing-of the bond U a part of
the Instrument and thereby affects the lia
bility of the sureties.
A portion of the evidence In support ol
this ndlcltlmial defense , however , was Intro
duced. Joel A. Piper , secretary of state dur
ing Bartley's last term , wus called to the
etand. Ho tentlfled that he had gone to
Governor Ilolcotnb's office on January 3 , 1S95.
at about 5 o'clock with Hartley and the other
newly elected state olllcors to have their
bonds approved. He had there seqn the bond
presented by Hartley and had seen It after
ward but could not tell what length of time
had elapsed between. Ho was then asked on
what day the bond had been filed In his of
fice , but as thd filing was not In his hand
writing ; 'but In that of his 'deputy , John E ,
Evans , howas , excused' and Dcputy Evans
was called. " " ' * -
; - EVANS1 POSITIVE1 ON DATES.
Witness Evans stated emphatically thai
the bond had not been filed In the secretary
of state's office until January 9 , 1805. Ho
had filed It , signing the name of J. A. Piper
and his own as deputy. The endorsement ,
beneath which ho" had written the signature ,
was written by Nelson McDowell , bookkcepei
In the secretary of state's office. The bond ,
with the endorsement.upon It was broughl
to Evans by Henton Marct , Governor IIol-
corab's private secretary , according to the
iWllncEO * best recollection. Evans was verj
positive that the bond was not brought to
the office until January 9 and that he had not
Blgncd the endorsement which constituted the
filing until that day.
"In the figure ' 3' In McDowell's handwrit
ing ? " the wltncsa was asked.
"No , sir. "
"In whoso handwriting Is It ? "
"I do not know. "
Attorney General Smyth eet out upon the
cross-examination with a decidedly liars !
question. Ho asked :
"Then , when you signed that ondorsemen
that the bond had been filed on January 3
In your official capacity and under your oatl
JIB deputy secretary of state , you statei
what was a falsehood ? "
"No , sir , I did not. "
"How can It bo otherwise , when yon stile
on this bond that It was filed on January H
189i ! , and now swear It was filed on Janu
nry 9 ? "
"That ' 3' was not there. "
"What figure was there ? "
"I don't know. "
"Was It blank ? "
"I think not. "
The witness wont on to explain that If th
elate , January 3 , had been In the endorsemcn
lie would not have filed the document. More
over. If thero'had been a blank for the date
of the filing , the witness said ho would have
probably filled It In with the proper date.
IMPEACHING A WITNESS.
The State began Its Impeaching questions
at this point. On cross-examination Attornej
General Smyth asked the following qucstloi
of the witness :
"Did you not tell me two weeks ago tin
you did not know whether or not the bom
Iiad been filed on January 3 , 1805 , brcatls
there was considerable excitement aboul Hi
olficQ at that tlmo and many pcoplo wer
coming In ? "
"No. sir , I did r.ttt , " was the answer. "
( old you that the bond was not filed for som
tlmo afterward , but that I could not tell th
date until I saw the bond. "
Attorney General Smyth then attempted t
ehow that the bond might have been "filed
with some clerk In the olllco on January ; i
unit succeeded so far as to gQl Evans to ail
nilt that the bond might have been loft wli
coino clerk on that day , ns far as his knowl
cdgo went. The witness Insisted , limvever
'tbartlio bond was not "filed" until the secre
tary. of state's signature appeared on it am
that this .was not placed , there until fou
days afterward. " In rebuttal of the possl
blllty created by thin testimony that th
document might have been filed with som
clerk , thu defense showed through the wit
ness that he remained In the otllce almos
continually from C o'clock In the aftcrnoo
until 11 o'clock on January 3 , 1S95. and tin
ho was tha last to leave the olllce.
The attorney general also laid ground ! to
Most torturing and disfiguring of Itching ,
burning , sualy sklu and eoalp lnminr U In.
b.ith with Ci'Ti-
i.antly rciloml by n warm
cun.v Boxr , a vlnglo application of C'i'TicritA
( ointment ) , tlio ( Xti'At Ikln cure , and a full dose
of t'UTiciutA. HEMII.VC.NT , t-TcaU'nt of blood
I > urlfturi nnd humor cures , wlicu all clu falls.
diicura
. I'OTTIH T t'Oi t > Cim .
to r. , , B < * ( on. "How lo Cu till IUuurort .
WLLINQ HAIR
npeachmcnt In Another question. He fluked
10 wllnets If bonds were not usually re-
orded some days after they were filed. The
Itncss rcsixmded that this was frequently
10 case , but ho thought hat Hartley's bend
AS recorded on the sarno day It was filed ,
'he itatc showed here that It wag preparing
o prove , If need be , that the bond was really
led on January 3 and that It was not re-
orded until some days afterward , as was
ic custom ,
Upon cross-examination the witness stated
ut ho had no Idea In what manner the In-
orscmont on the bond had been tampered
Ith. He had not seen the document from
ic time that ho had signed It until he was
liowti It In the court room. He stated In
nswcrs to questions of the state that so far
a ho knew no one but the odlco force had
ccess to the bond , which was locked up
n a vault.
SUMMONED BY THE STATE.
It was brought out In the testimony
tlvon by the witness that ho had
een summoned by the attorney gen-
rnl In the case but had not been
ailed hy the state as a witness. General
Cowln questioned him on this point and
llcltcd the fact that Evans had been called
> y a telegram , The telegram wus asked for
ml , after api irently ewrctilng all his pock-
Is , the witness slated that ho did not "bo-
Icve ho had It. " Liter again General Cowln
sked him to make a more careful searcher
or the telegram and Attorney General Smylh
sstired the witness that he had no objection
o his showing It If he had It. Then Evans
Ishwl In another pocket and brought the
clegmtn to light , saying :
"I have It , but as It was sent to Judge
Neville I did not think that I ought to show
t. "
The tclcs'am had been sent to Judge Ne-
vlllo by Attorney General Smyth. H asked
General Nevlllo to "see If Evans would not
cstlfy to Hartley's bond being filed January
. " In response to this telegram Evans came
o this city a couple of weeks ago. He had
a conversation with Attorney General Smyth.
The latter Intimated by questions yesterday
bit In this conversation Evans had told him
hat he did not know when the bond was
signed.
"What did the attorney general say to you
about being a witness alter your conversation
vlth him ? " Gene al Cowln asked the witness.
"When I told him that the bond had not
been filed unit. January 9 he said he could
not use mo. " was the response.
When Attorney General Smyth took the
vltncss In hand again ho began a series of
questions , such as : "How did the defendants
mow that you know the bond had not been
nied until January 9 ? Did you not seek out
ho defendants to Inform them of. this ? " The
court did not permit an answer and finally
stti. vcd tlio questioning on this line In re
sponse to an objection from the defendants ,
who claimed tha' the solo purpose was to
prejudice the Jury.
TRYING TO PROVE INSANITY.
When court convened yesterday morning
Mrs. Mary Kclley was on the stand and was
cross-examined by Attorney General Smyth
ogardlng htr testimony on Mrs , Fltzgemld's
nental condition after the death of Mr. Fitz
gerald at the time she signed Bartley's
JOIlll.
JOIlll.H was brought out on the cross-oxamlna-
tlon that Mrs. Kelly was In the Fitzgerald
residence when Mrs. Fitzgerald Is said to
luvu signed ! ho bond. On this day It U
illcged that the woman was insane. The
witness testified that she saw Mrs. Fitzger
ald , her son Eddie and Banker Haniia < il
Lincoln como out of Mrs. Fitzgerald's room
and go Into the library. The three remained
together and when Eddie came out he said
something about a "bond , " but the witnesses
did not remember what the whole remark
was.
was.Mrs. . Mary Halllhan , who lived for years
with the Fitzgeralcls , and was there at the
tlmo of the death of John Fitzgerald , was
about the house at the time of the damlso
and described Mrs. Fitzgerald's demeanor at
this time much as the other .witness had.
She came to the conclusion that Mrs. Fitz
gerald was Insane , but not until some two
months later , when she heard tliat Mrs.
Fltzgeiald had ilsncd Bartley's bond.
Similar testimony of the mental condition
of Mrs. Fitzgerald was given by Timothy
Hallihan , husband of the preceding wit
ness , and Mrs. J < hanna O'Neill of Plitts-
mouth ; an old friend of Mrs. Fitzgerald.
When' , court was convened this afternoon
additional witnesses were called to prove the
mental condition of Mrs. Fitzgerald.
In the afternoon Hcnryi Frawley , an attor
ney of Deadwood , was called to the stand.
Ho had acted as counsel for Jo n Fitzgerald
anil was summoned by Mrs. Fitzgerald after
her hustxind's deith. He found her In poor
condition to transact business , but she de
plored the condition of her husband's finan
cial affairs. Frawley told her that her hus
band's affairs wore In bad shape and advised
her not to ottempt any business or to sign
any contracts , as she was Incompetent. The
witness testified that he was of the opinion
that thu woman was of unsound mind during
the time ho saw her.
CLASHING OF ATTORNEYS.
During the cross-examination of the wit
ness a llttlo scene occurred. While one of
the questions was being asked General
Cowln hroso to object before the question
was fully completed and he and the attorney
general came to words. The Utter charge.l
that General Cowln was a little ton swift
and In arswer General Cow-In said :
"You are trying to run things to null your
self , but you can't run over me. "
"You can't run over me , " responded the
attorney general In an angry tone.
The court called both attorneys to order
and warned them not to repeat the scene.
When Attorney Frawley left the gtnnd
Mre. Fitzgerald's special defense was com
pleted and the general defense of the bondsmen -
mon was resumed. Ex-Deputy State Treas
urer Barllett was recalled to the stand.
Ho testified that there was no record In
the treasurer's olllco showing deposits of
money In other than depository bJnku , and
that the certificates of deposit , which the
state will contend will cover the alleged
shortage at the end of Bartley's first term ,
wore not recorded. Upon further question
ing from the htato the witness said that
upon the day book and ledger were some en
tries of deposits which had been made In a
tavf banks which wcro other than depository
banks , but ho did not know what these de
posits were.
mSI'O.Sl'.S OK A STOLKV IIICVCM-J.
Di'iilei111 Wlreeln Ionen on an
111 vextiuent.
A bicycle was stolen from L. II. Broad-
field , 405 Shpcley block , yesterday afternoon
Ho had left it In the hall of the building
while ho vlnlted his olllce upstalri ) . Some
one managed to enter unseen during his ab
sence and escupo with the wheel. Thu ma-
chliio was almost new and was valued at
nearly $100.
Later In the day Mr. Broadflcld vloltcd a
number of blcyclo Htores and finally ran
across his wheel In one of them. A man
had entered the store a short tlmo before
anil had offered It at a very low price. Ho
had received a partial payment on It and wue
to call later for the rest. Two detectives
awaited to recolyo him , but the man con
cluded to bo content with small profits am
did not reappear.
The Third Ward Republican Central club
will hold a meeting on Wednesday night and
Invites all members to be present , also re
nuhllcaii candidates to participate In the
meeting. By order DICK SMITH ;
TOM VAN , Secretary. President.
Tlu > \Vi'Mtrn V 'TV | i iM'r Union ,
Has Issued their annual fall catalogue showIng -
Ing that they now print cnio side of ' . ! ,70fl
, dally and weekly papers and have fifteen
branch houses , This la thu largest publish
ing lioiibu In the west.
I.tlOAi , IIIIKVITIIIS.
Nick Yager has begun suit In the district
court to Bocuro a divorce from Ills wlfo ,
Louisa , on the grout-ds of Infidelity. In the
petition that has been placed on fllo Ljman
A , Page has been named at the co
respondent ,
A permit has been UaucJ to the Burlington
lallroad to n.a'ne como material Improvements
on Its freight depot at Eighth and Howard
streets ,
An application has been made to the count )
court for an order to send Elizabeth H
Ctirrle. a IC-year-old parentless girl , to thu
Nebraska Institute for the Feeble-Minded.
Thu following divorce nulls begun In the
dlst irt court have been dismissed for wan
of prosecution. Mary Caten against Chrlstlai
Caten and Frank Novak against Mary Novak ,
Ira Smith , for several yearn employed us
a letter carrier at the postofflce here , It
lying dangerously ill at his borne near Third
and Pine streets , with very slight projects
ot bis recovery.
TIES UP EXPOSITION WORK
Strike of the Workmen Almost Stops All
Work Thoro.
CARPENTERS AND STAFF WORKERS AREOUT
CoiiilltlotiH llriitiKlit on li > ' < 1ic Strike
Continue , ullti Kcw 31 oil lit Work
Uion tinItnllilltiUN Ciir-
lienterit Union .Moi'fx.
There was but a slight change In tha situa
tion nt the exposition grounds yesterday ,
the strike order being still In fore- : .
Strehlow , the contractor on the Manufac
tures building , put n small force of men ut
work , consisting ot about ten laborers nnd
flvo carpenters , two of the latter being" men
wlio struck Monday. The force oji 'he
Machinery building was the same yestor-
dij us Monday , none of the men having
yielded to the arguments advanced Monday
night by the strikers.
A large crowd of men stood about tlio sev
eral buildings , some few of them being strik
ers and the others being tneti apparently lookIng -
Ing for n chaaco to go to work. No attempt
was made to Interfere with the men who were
working or to ipe.ik to them.
The long timbers which have been delayIng -
Ing work on the big Mines building ar.'lved
0:1 the grounds yesterday and the work
ol' unloading them was commenced at once.
\Vhllo this was being done , there were fully
00 men standing around looking on and walt-
ng for a chance to go to work. Contractor
Goldlo said ho would make an attempt to
start work just as soon as the material was
unloaded , but didn't know whether the men
vould wont to work or not.
The striking carpenters say that Goldlo
ias been paying the union scale all Along and
working eight hours tier day and that they
lave no comolalnt against him. Goldlo him
self stands by his statement , that ho will
) e guided entirely by what the local con-
rectors do In the matter.
The staff workers are still out and the
carpenters arc relying on this fuel to have a
strong Influence In forcing a settlement in
: helr favor as they a'guo that It will be
mposslblu to complete the buildings without
the staff workers , and they lay that the
competent staff men all over the .country
iclong to the labor organizations ahd that ,
'or ' that reason , men can not be brought hereto
to take the places of the strikers.
WOMHX T.VI.IC KXI'OSITIO.V MATTKItS.
Taki' t' | > IliH'Ntlon of KiniilN for Clrl.s'
lliul liny * ' llullilliiK' .
The Woman's Hoard of Managers held
a meeting at Kx | < osltlon headquarters yoster-
lay. There was little business of Importance
to be transacted. The rcyort of the executive
committee , showing what has been done since
the last meeting ot the board , was laid bofo-e
the board nnd formed the chief tciiic for dis
cussion.
The special committee , consisting of
Meadamcs Towne and Whitney , appointed to
visit tlio convention of Indian teachers held
In Omaha during the summer , reported on
observations made during the convention and
this formed the subject of a desultory discus
sion.
sion.Tho
The special committee of the Girls' and
l\o\s' \ bullillng , through its chairman , Mrs.
T. L. K mball , submitted ix report of what
had been < lone in Omaha In the way of raising
funds for the erection ot.tlie building. Other
members of the directory repo'ted on the
work done in their districts. All ot these
reports were of an encouraging nature and
the movement was shown to bo meeting with
favor.
In connection with the work In Omaha It
was .reported that the executive committee
had decided td appoint a patroness for each
school building In the city , this patroness
to have'charge , of the' < rwdVk of collc'ctlng
subscriptions from the school "children and
to co-operate with the principals In arousing
Interest and enthusiasm among the children
and Inducing them to contribute toward the
erect-Ion of the building. It was stated that
the Omaha principals would meet Thursday
night of this week to take up this matter-
and that It would probably be arranged that
a day should be selected , to be known as a
rally day , when the matter would be pre
sented to the- schools and subscriptions col
lected.
I'laiiK for Government Ilnllillni ? .
Plans and specifications of the Government
building at the exposition have been received
in this city and are on exhibition In the
olllco of John Latenser , superintendent of
the Un.ited States court house , where con
tractors may obtain all Information. The
supervising architect of the Treasury de
partment has Issued a notice that bids for
the construction of the building will be
opened at his office in Washington , I ) . 0. ,
at 2 p. in. , October 29.
Xoti'M of the ExpoMltlon
J. P. Montague , commercial agent for New
Mexico , has notified the Department of Pub
licity and Promotion that he Is engaged In
working up a plan for an Indian village at
the exposition , which will show some of the
southern Indians from the warm climes of
southern Now Mexico ,
Edwin Shepard Barrett , president of the
Society of the Sons of the American Kovolu-
tlon , has appointed a committee consisting
of OUR member from each state to act In con
nection with the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi
tion. The duty of this committee Is to-fur
ther thu work of the department for the ex
hibition of colonial and revolutionary relics.
HOIIII IS ClIAlUiKU WITH 1'KII.IUUV.
Allftii'il That HeHrcrlvrrt Double' I'liy.
mi'iit of Snlnry.
t ) . D. Robb was arrested yesterday on a
won ant Issued by James Whalen , charging
him with po1 jury. Whalen alleges that there
wore grave Irregularities In the sworn testi
mony ot Hobb given during a certain suit In
a Justice court. Robb wus In the employ of a
corporation known as the Omaha Garbage
company. During his service there , it If
said , that Hobb Issued an order for hlH salarj
to Leo Baroch , to whom the money was paid
Barocli left the city and Ilobb brought sul
for the amount against the company , wearlii ) .
that the order was a lorgery. He won the
suit on this score and the salary was pah
once more. Now Baroch has returned and the
matte/ promises to become cmburiasslng foi
Mr. Ilobb.
ASSOCIATI31) CIIAHITIKS.
Appeal for ( 'lotliliiif ami Slioi-H ,
When the ladles of our city are now look
Ing over their wardrobes kindly remembci
the deserving poor. There Is a la'go dc
mnnd for all kinds at clothing , especially foi
women nnd children. We- are appealed tc
by several ot thn principals of our Kchooli
for children's shoes , as many boys and glrli
are kift oiu of school for the want ot them
Drop ; i postal card or telephone 164G' and oui
wagon will call. JOHN LAUUHLANI ) .
Secretary , 807 Howard street.
lliirllUKlon Itiiuli ! California ICxcur-
NloilH ,
Leave Omaha--vla the Burlington Route
any Thursday afternon at 4:33 : In a com
fortable tourist sleeper and you reach Sau
Francisco Sunday evening , Loa Angeles
Monday noon. No transfeis car goes right
through. Uniformed Pullman porter and ex
perienced excursion conductor relieves you
of nil bother. EVERYTHING provided.
Tickets , J40. Berths ( big enough for two ) , $5.
Call at ticket office , 1502 Farnam St. , .and
get full Information. J , B. Reynolds , City
Passenger Agent.
I'nloii 1'ai-IIIc.
"The Overland Limited , "
Th moat SUPERBLY EQUIPPED
train west of the Missouri River.
Twelve huurs quicker than any other train
to Pacific Coast.
Call at Ticket Ofllce , 1302 Farnam St.
Ui'licrr Malii' * Another Siet'eli | , I
NASHVILLE , Tenn. , Oct. 12. This morning
Dr , Chauncey M. Depew attended a meeting
of a Urge number of the Vauderbllt Medlca !
college alumni , held for the puipose of form
ing nil association , and delivered an address
In his characteristic manner , which capturci
the audience. The association was formei !
by electing Dr. Farnloy of Alabama , presi
dent J Dr. Cox , Tennessee , vice president
George II. Price , Nashville , secretary ant
treasurer.
IMU3SIIYTI3IIIAX' sr.XOI ) IX SKSSIOX.
l.ttmi' .YnniliiT iif mini-item ami Iote-
Kiiten Itt Attendance.
The annual meeting of the Presbyterian
synod of Nebraska convened at the First
church last evening The attendance this
year la very large , nearly 1GO mlnlstcra nnd
laymen from throuchbut the slate being pres
ent.
ent.Laat
Laat night's meeting was devoted to the
organizing of the .various committees , the
prwcnlatlon of credentials of the vlsliins
clergy and to the opening sermon by the
retiring moderator Hev. J. G Sloan. Ho
took as his subject , "Yo Cannot Serve Two
Masters. " At the close of the address com
munion WJB administered by the moderator
and Rev. W. W. Harsha.
.An extensive program of business hsa
been laid out by the synod , which will cover
two days. Beginning this morning three sec
tions will bo held. The morning mooting ,
which will open at 8:30 : , will consist of de
votional exercises , followed by the regular
ionline business of the boJy. In conclusion
nn address upon "College Aid" will be given
by Ilov. W. P. Lane ot Bloomlngton , III.
Lunch will bo ecrvcd In the lecture room by
the women of the Flrsl church and other
parishes In the city , The afternoon session
between the hcurs of 2 to 5 o'clock will bo
devoted entirely' to business. In the evenIng -
Ing Ihcro will be two addresses on special
subjects , the first , "Homo Missions , " by Rev.
Samuel J. Nlccols ot St. Loula ; the second
upon "Foreign Missions , " by Dr , John Oil-
Icsplo ot New York. The session will close
with religious exercises.
Thursday morning the opening session will
bo devoted to routine matters , together with
now business , at the conclusion of which tlio
visiting mcmbcrti will bo conducted to the
union depot , where a special train over the
Burlington will take them to Bellevuc. Here
the college ot the denomination will be in
spected , to bo followed by a lunch served
In the college 'building , The return will be
made to this city at 2 o'clock. The after
noon session will bo devoted to the annual
conference , together with a popular meeting
for social purposes. The concluding session
of the synod Thursday evening will present
a largo variety of subjects , among which will
bo a discussion ot "Theological DJucatlon , "
by Dr. E. B. Hedge of Philadelphia ; "SyB-
tematlc Beneficence , " by Rev. J. D. Kerr ;
an addresj upon ' Giving us an Act of Wor
ship , " by Rev. E. T. Fleming , and "Propor
tionate Giving , " by Dr. B. M. Long.
A number of pleasant features for the cn-
tcrUtnment of the church guests arc under
way , but have not been announced as yet.
During the stay of the visitors In this city
their comfort will bo looked after by a spe
cial committee appointed for that purpose ,
and a large proportion of the clergy will be
domiciled with the families of members ot
the local churches.
Among tao prominent members of the
church ministry attending are : Rev. John
Glllcspic , D. D. , secretary of the Board of
Foreign Missions of Now York City ; Rev.
Samuel J. NIccols of 'St. Louis , Rev. Edward
U. Hedge of Philadelphia and Rov. W. P.
Kane of Bloomlngton , 111. Among the prom
inent Nebraska divines present are : Rev.
\V. M. Hlmlnun , Lincoln ; Ilov. John Hood ,
Beatrice ; Kov. Edward T. Fleming , Ne
braska City ; Rev. D. M. Long , York ; Rev.
T. L. Sexton , Seward ; Rev. D. R. Kerr of
Rellcvuo college ; Rev. S. G. Pattlson , i > rea-
Ideut of Hastings college ; Rev. A. G. Wil
son , Tekamah ; Rov. H. M. Dinning , Lin
coln ; Rov. Joel Wnrner , Xlcbrara ; Rov. E. V.
Wight , Hastings , nnd Rov. George Williams ,
Blair.
llay < le.ii llrow.
The great sale of Hackett , Carhart & Co.'s
men's , boya' and children's finest ready tail
ored clothing In America.
Wo mention goods and prices , leaving It to
you to compaie qualities and values.
Men's new sack suits In all wool black
clay worsted , line casirliiiero and cheviots , all
sizes to 42 , on sale Wednesday for only J4.50.
Men's fine $10 and ? 12 suits at ? C.50.
Boys' ? G.60 long pants suits for $3.95.
Children's $3.75 to $5.00 suits on sale for
$1.95 and $2.95.
See our display windows.
HAYDEN BROS. ,
Selling ibtiNebraska Dry Goods-Coy Stock. ,
AMUSEMENTS.
Omaha people who like bright , catchy mu
sic will have an opportunity to hear the latest
success this week. The operetta entitled
"Lest , Strayed or Stolen , " which made such
a hit In New York will bo played hero by
the original company , which has made a
Jump from Now York to Omaha on Its way
to the Pacific coast. The worda of the
operetta are by J. Cheover Goodwin
and the music by Woolson Morse. The cast
consists of one of the best balanced choruses
that has been gotten together for some time ,
with the following In prominent roles :
Charlca Dickson , Harry Clay Ulaney , Bert
Thayer , Lucius Honderon , Charles E. Ilurke ,
Al Holbrooke , C. J. Alden , Harry Allen ,
Harry Illgby , William Henry , Charles Lan-
dis , Anna O'Keefe , Mabel Ilouton , Oriska
Worden Marie Mather , Adelaide Nye , May
Melbourne and Louise Marshall. As this ! Is the
first comic opera to be played In Omaha this
season It Is expected to attract the entire
music loving public. Scats are now on sale
for the entire engagement at Lloyd's , where
the company will hold forth Thursday and
Friday evenings and Saturday matinee.
Andrew Mack last night wired Manager
Lluigess of the Crclghton from St. Joseph
that his benefit performance there of "The
Irish Gentleman" was a big success and
attended by all the Catholic priests of the
city. Mr. Mack and his company will open
at the Crelghton tomorrow.
WO.MA.VS IIOMK .MISSIO.V.UIY UXIOV.
Tenth Animal MeetliiK of Hie Stale
Association.
The Nebraska Woman's Homo Mlsslonarj
union held the opening session of Its tenili
annual meeting at the First Congregation ! !
chuich last evening. About fifty delegates
were present 'rein th oughout the state. Mrs.
I ) . D. Perry of Crete presided , and the openIng -
Ing devotional exercises were conducted by
Ilov. Mr. Warfield , pastor of the church.
Mrs. H. S. Caswell of New York , secretary
or the National Woman's Hoard of Missions ,
gave an account of ho- experience In con
ducting missionary work In the gold camps of
Colorado. Rev. Joslah Poeton of Taylor , Nub ,
followed with a description of tliu methods
employed to cover bin parish , which Included
the whole of Louy county.
The program was -completed with o vocal
solo by Miss HeleniDurnham.
The conforenco- will continue with two
meetings today , when the business of tbo
organization will be. transacted and addresses
delivered of Intoreat to mUslonary worko s.
Tonight , as Is the 'custom , the session will
merge Into the twenty-fourth annual meeting
of the Woman's Hoard of Missions of the
Interior. The Utter organization Is formed
more eioeclally fonforelgn missionary work.
Among the visiting delegates present a < e :
Mrs. T. H. ilie vett , Mrs. Slovens ,
.Mrs , John Poll. Mrs. Hydcr and
Mr. and Mrs.r Dross of Lincoln ;
Mr. and Mrs. Pofcton of Taylor ; Mrs. S.
C. Dean of Chlcaso ; Mrs. II. S. Caswell of
New York City ; Ms. Perry of Crete ; M.s ,
Murphy of Wallace , Mrs. Torrey and Mrs.
Van Iluren of Sahiokjey ,
Ij.lMU.VrS IIKCIVIJKXOU OF HIS AHT.
CnlVUKTIMT ! ' Sarn on Preneiit IJuy
Mluxtrelry.
"Happy" Cal Wagner , , veteran showman
and old-tlmp Omaha' citizen , has been In the
city several duja and left for Hie caul last
night. Mr. Wagner Is known lo older citi
zens BO a factor In the ever-changing con-
dltlonn of Omaha's Infancy. He was rather
an understudy of George Francis Train and
waa ready for any enterprise however sensa
tional.
As a minstrel show conductor Mr , Wag
ner blacked his face for forty-three years.
longer , he bellovee , than the record of any
other men. In Ihe daye when Omaha's only
playhouto was a beer garden on Tenth
street Wagner's minstrel company crossed
the ferry and piled the question and anower
ot Mr. Hones and Mr. Tanibo before an an-
dlenco of pioneers.
Mr. Wagner laments what he Judges ( o be
Ibo decadence of present-day minstrelsy ,
"There are really no minstrels today , " ho
said , "Men In powdered wlge , black oatln
breeches and sUk Blockings are ntt mln-
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Me0 The new store is a plain , everyday place for trading.
0 Nothing too elaborate , Nothing too beautiful. Nothing too
fine. Everything good and plain. It is our ambition to
make this a store for the multitudes. Our one and con
stant object shall be to make.it a place where everybody
can feel at home. Every single effort of ours shall be bent
towards making it the. most satisfactory store in the land.
Today we are in better shape than yesterday. Tomorrow
we will be in better shape than today. The great second
floor is devoted entirely to clothing. There you will get
more light , more room , more chance to pick and choose ,
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and more clocking than you ever saw before on any one
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floor , The Shirts , Neckwear , Hats , Shoes , Underwear
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and smaller things are on the ground floor. A spacious 38t
elevator will take you to the Boys' and Children's clothing ,
and an unqu.tiled assortment will make mothers feel that *
"The Nebraska" is anxious for their trade. And so it is.
And so is it anxious for the trade of every man and
woman who wants to trade in a safe store.
( All prices quoted FOIl CASH ONI..Y. )
i."c Laxative liroino Quinine 19c
23c 1'isos' Consumption Cure ICc
2'c Chambcrlnin'p Cough Cure He
2 , boxes Menthol Cough Drops oc
23o Spans' Down Powder 14c
iOc I'ozzonl's Powder 3)c )
r,0o Unby Foods ( all kinds ) 39o
$1.00 Plerce's Favorite Proscription G2c
23c Carter's Liver Pills 12c
EC Allcock's Porous Plasters Be
Ke Ilrown's Tooth Powder Mo
2ic Packer's Tar Soap He
ric Cutlcura 1Gc
: i.c . Castoria ISc
tl.OO Ufterlne < c
Me Stuart'.s Dyspepsia Tablets 32c
Me Pyramid Pile Cure Me
If you have a cousr'i call for free sample
of our La Grippe Cough Syrup ; It beats
anything ever made the first dose relieves.
MIDDLE OF BLOCK.
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In cusos not readily cured by
a the family physician , a short
I I coui'KU of treatment at the
SHM'ABD ' MEDICAL INSTITUTE
a may pivo vou quick relinf.
SPECIALTIKS : Catarrh
and till curable diseases of men
and women. Specialists in
each department. Tsl. Ili8. !
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I I ' 11 J15-31S N. Y. Life Hide. Tel. 11SS
strcls , neither la the vaudeville program ot
nowadays a minstrel show. H Is a travesty
on minstrelsy. This distortion of the merri
ment of the old colored plantation hands. "
PK It.SON A I , I'.MIACIIAI'II.S.
C. J. Huntlnglon left last night for Parkman -
man , Wyo.
Conductor I. J. Oelnnp and wife of Hast
ings are slopping at Ihe Darker.
W. H. Wakcman left yestotday for his
homo In Denver after an eastern trip ,
Ira C. Plnkley has returned to Trenton ,
la. , after a vlflt with frlemls In the city.
William II. Kelley , general solicitor for the
Union Pacific , left for the cast last night.
J. W. Haas of Wymoro and William Goltech
of Crawford can be found at the Darker.
Miss Sharp of 2023 Douglas Direct Icfl
last night to spend a few days In Chicago ,
M. R. Karris started on his return to Lo-
noko , Ark. , last night after a visit In this
city.
0. F. ( Hidden , D. M. linger and W. M.
Dame are reglslercd al the 'Barker ' from
Fremont.
M. K. Recso , who has spcnl a short tlmo
In the city , returned to Independence , Mo. ,
yesterday afternoon ,
Miss Guyetto , who has been visiting her
sister , Mrs. John Halplne , Jr. , of this city ,
returned to Elina , la , , yesterday ,
J. F. Rlchareon , supcrlnlendenl of the
fullma" company , left with his wife last
nlghl for a few weeks' visit al his old homo
In Massachusetts.
( t. O , Hall , O. D. Williams and L. L.
Ueunelte , are Chicago arrivals at the Darker.
T. E. Scdgwlck , edllor of the York Times ,
Is al the Darker.
Chancellor George E. Maclean of the Uni
versity of Nebraska came to Omaha yester
day to conault the Nebraska Exposition com-
in IBS Ion In regard lo setting aside an ap
propriation , for an exhlbll by Ihe unlerslty.
The ccmmlsblon was nol In cession , however ,
and the chancellor attended the meeting
of Iho Presbyterian synod and visited friends
In the city.
At Iho Mlllard : H. L. OUe.iJohn , Claclnna'l ;
Ed Kcano , St. Louis ; II , T. Spencer , Cleve
land ; F. S. Cowglll ard wife , Chicago ; Rob-
erl Whltelan. St. Louis ; J , M. Fuller. New
York ; H. J. Woodson , St. Joe ; V. 11. Trlmm ,
SI. Louis ; S. J. Albcrdlng. Hatavla , III , : L.
E hcloksy , Now York ; L ) . J , Malbrum , New
York ; J , II. Wools , Durllngton ; C. R. Clow' ,
Chicago ; F , II. Croes , Columbus ; W. A.
IIoulz , Parker , S. D. ; W. A. Tucker , Chicago ;
W , A. Taylor , St. Paul ; Abe Kaufman , New
York. ' ,
THE MONITOR
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