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ESTABLISHED JTJXE 10 , 1871 , , 'SVED ESDAT MOIUKIXG , 2TOYJEMBEK 24 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES. NGLE COPT FIVE CEXTS.
PnWication of the Kevrly Orgonizad
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STORY Of THE DEVELOPMENT CF A STATE
Sumo Iiilrr 'Ktliic Mntrrlnl * Rntlicrcd
Toirrtlifp Ilcnrlnir tin the
Origin mill Grimtli of
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A historical society Is regarded as ecBcntlal
In everj state and territory of the union , i
History Is being made rapidly these daji , | ,
"I especially in the newer states of tht west ,
end unless vigilance IB cxerclwd fci the collection - ,
lection of historical Information much of that
which , will some tlaj be recopnb-ed as of
great value will bo loot. The publications
of the various historical Bacletles contain aj
great deal that IB being thus saved tor the '
use of the- historians of the future and one
of the latest of these publications Is bj one
of the newest of the societies the Wjomlng
Historical society. Thib nocloty was estab-j
llbhed by the stale in 1815 and U therefore
but making u start. The first volume of
collectlonb of the socletj lies just made its
ert'taiaucc
\\hlle thi IB not & history of the state
of Wyoming one may gather from the vari
ous papers he c published a grod Idea of the
fctorjof Wyoming ! ) Inception and growth
AD Introductory bk'jtch llthtlj touches on
tbo more Important leatures of the state B
hit'orj The te'irllcrj of Wjomlng WOE
formed oi/t of parts of me le-ritorles of
Dakota , t'lah and Idaho and tlie previous
lilBtory or these various parts of the terrltorj
IB virtual } the hlstsrj of the whole western
purt of the United States That part of
Wjomlng VVPJS * of the Rockj mountains wnfl
a j art of Otcgon and belonged to O-egon
Utah Washington and Idefao Tnp lower
G'-eun river uountrj , about Fort Brldgcr pcr-
Talmd to Mexico and became American KM
after the trcatj uf 1858 Mcbt of Vv joining
-was Included In the province or Louisiana
Dur-haBed from Ibo French In 1803 , and be
longed lo the district of Louis ana after 1804
the Terr torj of Louisiana after 1805 the
Terrllo-j of MiaHaurl nflei 1812 the Indian
countrj after 1834 Npbranka after 1S34.
Dakota after 18G1 Idaho after 18G3 and
Dakota again after 18G4 The territory of
Wvoralng was formed In 18G& aud the state
was formed In Ih90
In the Introductory sketch of Wjom'an pre-
pa'ed bj Robert C Morris of Chevcnne sec-
rctarj of the historical eocletj the e 'E given
in addition to these outlines of the earlj hk-
torj of the te-rltorj , ome account of the
txp cratlonb of the Spaniards who penetrated
the counttj west of tlie Mississippi river in
the Blxteentb centurj and of ihe explora
tions of General F emont In the present cen
tury Reliable Information about the webt
ern count- } was not to be had until Fremont
had marked his paths tht ough the mountains
und not until the stream of gold huntere
poured ecruEs the treat plains , In 1848 and
later WOE there any effort made to settle the
Wyoming country The count v had been
vlBlted however , bj white peraons as earl }
n 1743-44 , when Sleur de In "Verendrye
ascended the gorges of Wind river A pair
of Illinois trapperh end Colter one of the
men who went with Lew IB and Clark , spcnl
parts of 1801-7 In the Yellowstone path re
plan Then came tbo hunters of the Missouri
Fur companj , who fought Indians and sent
home valuable skinn The first American
to explore central Wjomlng was the gallant
Virginian General William H Ashlej who
In 1824 led .100 men through the Sweetwater
countrj and the South pabs Eight jears
later , Cniitaln Bonnevlllc "USA anl 110
trappora trnverwed the South pass aad erected
a fortified camp on Green river Fort Lara
role wab built in 1834 bj Sublette , and re
built two years later bj the American Fur
cnmpanj' , which sold It to the government T
3849 for a mllltarj Elation It was In 1842
that James Brldger , the famou trapper ,
erected a log hounc at Fort Brldger , which
passed into the hands of the Mormons in
1B5S The flrst migration to the Pacific
pnaued across Wyoming In 1834 , and thcre-
af'er increasing companies of immigrants
trave Bed this region their henvj Pennsyl
vania wagons rolling through the South pabs
and on to the Pacific coast "Strange groups
followed these perilous trails , " writes Sec
retary Morris "Father DP Smet and his
Jesuit brethren the New England mission
aries bound for O-egon , Fremont and his
men , the first troops to enter Wyoming , dlvl
rlon after division of Mo-mou enthusiasm , on
their - to Deseret General '
wajto , Johnston's
urmj to Utah in 1857 , the California and
Nevada unfon volunteers guard'og ' the mailb
raid emigrant trains back and forth from
18C2 to 18GG , and thouMuds of argonauts ,
gold hunters and other bravo adventurers
facing the peril * of the wilderness and Us
savage plans The first agricultural ect-
tlprs wore several core of Mormons
sent by their church to occupj the Green
river vallej In 1853 The Indians waged al-
mosl continuous warfare ngolnbt the Immi
grants and killed them bj hundreds , and
even attacked the forts and burned JuleE-
burg The PhH Kearney massacre occurre-d
in 1RGG , when Red Cloud marshaled his
Indian warriors to prevent the government
Irom building a road from the Platte to the
Yellowstone Colonel Fctterman made a sortie
tie from the belraguorpd Fort Phil Kearnej
and hia entire command was annihilated bj
the bovauc'B Thu 111 soldier * blalu on that
dread day have been burlt-d at the nut Iran 1
cometerj on Custor battlefield AB late as
1B75 the .greater part of the domain belonged
to the Indians , who wagud an intermittent
wur against the whites "
With entire appropriateness the firnt volume
of the publications of the Wjomlng Historical
roc.ft } contains an account of the phjolcal
features of the tstate , something of Its ui-
diiBltlal dcvulcprnent and 1th iioundlesE re-
hourcc'H , information about its industries and
possibilities and statistics of wealth and copu
lation. But there 'are also In this volume R
number nf moat valuable papers relating to
the hlslorv of the state and these papers
have been carefully edited and prepared for
the IBP of the future iilBtorlun The paper
liy Colonel A G Brackett , contributed to the
Wj owing Academj of Science. Arts and
Letter * in 1882 on the first settlements In
Wyoming territory , Is Included In Us en
tirety. An excerpt from Parkmau'B "The
Ore-con Trull" furuiblies the reader with n
fine tilcturo of scones about Fort Laramle us
early as 184G. A sketch of Wartiakle , chief
of the Shoshouee IB furnished bj Joseph A.
Breckons , and there Is a brief hlstorjof
the Indians of Wjomlng compiled from the
census reports of 1810 Wjomlng institu
tions are Illustrated and described tbo capl-
tel , Slate unlvereltj , libraries , etc The ac
count of the statehood movement is full
and complete Captain H G Nlckerson'tJ
account of the Indian depredations in
Ewpptw ter county is given. Hubert H ,
Ilaucrofl c graphic account of the carl ) days
of Ohpjenne U givca There IE much ajbout
the earl } urappen , and the Indian tighten , ,
and there is information about tbo later
Btrugglefl of the Wyoming p ople for their
rights. The won-an buffrage movement re
ceive * attention and there are Illustrations
of churches and accounts of the mltslonarj
work done by the pioneers Counties arc
treated separately aud the thriving cities of
the state are described It Is an altogether
excellent work on Wjoming hlstorj , of
\alue not alone to the people of Wyoming
tut to all who are Interetted in the western
Elates.
Rev Dr. E Fitch Burr's slorles have
loon widely read , hut in none of them 1ms
be exhibited greater power than In hie
"Fabius the Roman , or How the Church
Became Militant" This if a stirring siory
of the Roman empire depleting vivid ! ) the
oppreeblon a'id suffering of the ChrlBtk-os
under the cru 1 emperor Maxeudue and the
political cnj nul irv movements whereby
under the- leaders ! lp of a member uf the
great Fabian Umil ) the ) attained civil and
rellgloue rlgbts ucdt-r CouBUntiue A thread
ol loyo aud tdventuro ruue through the
quick and exciting notion of the narrative
and ofldp Intercut to the author'n conccloa-
tlouriy Rcholarly treatment of his theme
and porlofl New York- The Baker i. Tay
lor Co . U.r.0. .
Henrietta Dexter Field and Tlonwoll Mar *
tin Field are joint authors of a volume
entitled "The Munes Up to Date , " In which
nrp to be found six plnjt for children , the
first of v hlch gives nimc to the volume
The Fields have adhered to the Idw that
children's plays should be founded on the
p-lnolplp of plcntj to do and little to say
since they have discovered that the most
pleasurable entertainment * given by children
have been those In which the plijw right
has sacrificed Mt own amb lions to the In
dividual talents of the performers asd to
th ° lr natural liking for Bong4 and dancc
tan taliUuux and artistic groupings The
title piece Is dexcrlbed BE a "mj-thologlcal
llbertj'n two acts wllh a prologue ' and
"Cinderella" Is a whimsical overlurnlng of
the old rtory to meet Rome modern Ideas
with a following of the gtneral lines of the
old familiar forj "The Wooing of Pene-
'ope" which IB reprinted from the Chap
Hook , a a tihadov , plnj , to be enacted In
pantomime behind n Bhcet or Ihla curtain.
while the lines nrs read lo the audience
'Ju.t preceding the acllon Nearl } all the
p'ajs In the collcstlca are for girls , but
Borne parts might be taken b } bojt The
book will make It easier to arrange for
plcatunl homeeulerla'amentf nmo-g the
rhlldron Chicago Wa } & Williams ; jl.
So much has been published In the new-j-
pEporB about the res urres nf Alaska and e -
peclilly about the wcndcrfnl gold fields of
the Yukon river tountr } that It seems super
fluous to put befn-c the pabllc a book on the
BUbjcct : yet this lb v hat has been dane by
C n Tnttlc. the author nt "Canadian North
I Lond" and meteorological observer op the
Caniidlra gove-nnieul expeditions to Hud-
sonVi bav and strait and the far northwest
The bool Ifi of considerable size too and well
fl'led with rtadlng matter and at first one
wonderb where the author found BO much to
write abnut But the subject IB a large one
and eviirv delall Is eagerly sought bv the
rending public Mr Tuttle Is familiar with
jthc Canadian northwest and writes with ccn-
I fidenr-e o' all that vast region He EC'es much
more In the northwc'Rt than thr gold fields of
the Yukon much more than a hurried movo-
trtnt Into in almotU Inaccessible -eglcn in
krarrh for glitteiing dual for he b licveB
that thic rush to the gold Qcldb is slmpl } one
v av of cnraluc ; to the world a redan of vabt
pifslbllltlM for agriculture Eto"k raising
i and other Industries "When the northv est
mutes to the gold fields have been opened for
travel OE the } will be In a short time" he
I writes in the p-eface "retu-nlng gold hunts -
" s will not oulv exhibit the fo-tunes taken
from the banks of creek and gulch of the
higher elevations hut the } will tell of the
might } valles snd prairies of the Peace
Athabasca and Mackenzie rivers and their
. .oiling wl'l result In the colonization and development -
velopment of the greatest agricultural and
nt-ck g : owing Eldorado on the face of the
"th "
This is essential ! } a Cat.adica view o ( the
rush to the northwest , but it Is a good view
even though thib Canadian author does no'
confine himself to a Canadian p-esentatlon of
the subject He tells of the gold region In
I -fain language and gives practical Ins'ructl o
I in regard to mining , but he also tells of the
fisheries of Alabl a of the vast foiestB o'
j im ! er in Canada of the fur trade and of the
I oportunltles for succes aside fiom prospect-
'
ng for rich gold veins The-e lb information
out the overland routes to the Klondike
vnd all about the Canadian laws relating to
mining and ihe government of the terrltorj
The maps have been carefullj prepared and
show the rivers towns and routes ver\
* ilainlj "The Golden North" is ns fully de
scribed here as it Is possible to describe it at
-eaent Hand McNallj & Co. , Chicago
The Chap Book state's , and evidently has
the statistics to back It up that during the
twelvemonth ending October 1 the clcse of
one and the beginning of another jear
among publishers nol less than SOO vol
umes containing original ve-ses have been
given 1o the English-shaking world This
does not Include new editions republications
or translations , every two jeirs as 'matterB
go nowadavs a full thousand new wo'ke e\
hlWtlng more or less poetic ability , are
dropped with n discouraging effect upon the
head of the devoted student of contempo
raneous English verse From Tasmania , New
Zealand Honj Kong Straits Settlements
the Hand the Oninge Free State Newfound
land the Bermudas Hawaii and various
other places of a certain Importance upon
the face of tte e < irth come sporadic exam
ples of men women and poesle in combina
tions of varjlng discretion not to mention the
steadj stream flowing like the rivers In the
Garden of Dden.from the presses of the four
great English-speaking nations , England , the
United States , Australia and Canada this
last showing a most amazing desire to make
wortbj amends for a protracted silence Toe
personalities behind these effusions are as
assorted ai their habitations The mlssionar }
shuts out the howl of savage ? to assert
rhj-tiimlcallj that onlj man IE vile , the
matron the screams of her offspring to com
pose a sonnet on true femininity E\en
miners loy down their pickb und shovels
the opening of spring will undoubted ! } bring
returns from the Klondike to prove In blank
ver e that the greed for great riches Is not
the noblest attribute of man
Books received The Living Christ bj
Paul Tj-ner Denver Temple Publishing
Compauj" , Jl.
The Tormentor , by Benjamla Swift New
York Charles Scrllmer's Sons , SI HO
For the Cause ibj Stanley J Weyman
Chicago Charles H Sorgol Compan } , Jl
The Teacup Club , .b } EHra Armstrong
Chicago Wn } & Wllllanib , $1.25
The Juggler , bv Charles Egbert Crad-
dock. Boston Houghton , Milllln . Co
U.2E
Her Place In the World , by Amanda M
Douglas Boston Lee S. Shepard Jl.DO
Stuart and Bamboo by Mrs S P Mc
Lean Greene New York Harper & . Bros
I1.HO.
LU e a Gallant Lady iby Kate M Clear }
Chicago Waj & Williams , $1.25
The Jnv telble Man. by H G Wells. New
YorkEd 4n Arnold
The Mystery of Choice , by Rol > ort W
Chambers. New York : D. Appleton
Co. : $1.
Fortuno'e Foot Balls , by G. B Burgln
New York D Appleton Co ; 50 cento
Thu Story of Germ Life , by H W Conn
New York : D Appleton & Co , 40 cents
Dreams In Homespun , by Sam Walter
Fuas. Dcwton Lee . Shepard , $1.DO
An Enemy to the King , iby II. N Steph
ens. Boston. L. C. Page & Co ; $1.25.
Mark Twain evidently wants to be lot
ulone personally , hut he does not want the
public to neglect his LOW ibook
The new Lord Tennj son's Life became pop
ular in a duy. The first million of 5,000 cop
ies has alread ) been exhausted
The announcement comes from London
that Mr Gladstone IE preparing for further
literary work during the winter
Two new novels will noon be published
"Threads of Life " b } Clara E Rollltib und
"Don Louis' Wife , " bj Lilian H Shue }
Thu latebt from the pen of Herbert Spencer
IE n small volume called "Various Frag
ments. " which has Just been issued in Lon
don.
don.Hud
Hud } ard Kipling tia utarted on a ecrlus
of "Just So" stories the first of which will
appear in the December number of St .Nich
olasNumbers
Numbers S to 11 of the second volume of
Dr Shambaugh's "Documentary Material Re
lating to the History of Iowa" have been
issued ,
The Living Age tranblatee Einlllo Cas-
telar's line tribute to the late Scnor Cano-
van a Umuly article from a diBtingulEhud
Spanish wrlle > r
A commission has been appointed by the
Italian minister of public Instruction to de
cide whether it IE desirable to publish the
manuscripts left hj Leopard !
The English sale of the late Henry George's
principal work "Progress and Povertj. " was
ver } large Messrs Kegan Paul . Co. is
sued C5 000 copies of the more expensive edi
tion and 110,000 copies in the chilling form ,
REBUILDING OLD CUTTERS
Stone Surface Drainage Ditches May Son
Be Abolished.
IMPROVcMENT IN DOWN TOWN STREETS
Work Arotiml tlir M-W FnnlafUpr on
Mitt-ruth Strrt't .UTorrt * n l"liie
X.xuniilf of 1\ hut Mil ]
lit * Uuiir.
The action of the city In reconstructing
the old clone-cutter on North Seventeenth
street , adjoining the new government hulld-
Ing , has renewed Interest In the ccheme to
extend the same Improvement on both bides
ol the street from Douglas to Izard rtreetB.
These gutters have tor some time liecn con
sidered the most uzBlghtly und Inconvenient
feature of the downtown streets. Thej were
planned before the cltj had acquired the
metropolitan luxurj of storm water sewers
aad were declined to carrj off the surface
water , thus asswerlng the same purpose
which le now sened bv the more elaborate
newer sjstem Since the SEW era were con
structed the netc-Efiltj for canals along the
streets has been eliminated but the old
gutters remain Jo disfigure the streets and
t\clle : the condemnation of the people who
are compelled to use them
On Sixteenth btrcet the stone gutter occu
pies blx feet on each side. It ucticcudb from
the curb at aii angle of fortj-fiu degtciE
and then rises again to coraect with tbt
afphalt pavement The Jesuit IE a rough und
utiBlghilj ditch on each side of the street
which series no purpose hojoiid constitut
ing a public nuisance The depth of tne
E.one ditch makcbthe blep in the curb BO
high fiat the t.se of woaden aprons Is
noccifcarj nt each crooning lliese UIL not
onlv unslghtlj. but are a source of danger
to podcstrUt s and vehicles But thn wo"sl
fcatu-e of the gutters consists In the lnco : > -
lenience that is caueed to people wiio wam
to alight from vehicle's on ilther side of the
street The thoroughfare Is on2 of the busiest
of the cltj aid both curbs arc almost con
stant ! } lined vvl'h vehicles But on account
of the Imgularltj of the gutter It is im
possible to drive a carrage clr&e enough for
anjone except an athlete to ete.i from tne
carriage to the sidewalk " \\omen lire
compelled to alight on the oliiei4 side In the
midst of the traffic en the street and go
around the vehicle to get on the Eldewulk
This Is not onlj a source of inconvenience
and possible danger but It crowds the traf
fic hack on the e.reet car tracks
M\JOR BALCOMBE LEADS
Last vpar Major Balcambe and other prop-
rtv owners on the sfeet made a vigorous
effort to Beeu"e a maju-ltj petition for the
reconstruction of the gutter b } filling tlie
ditch with asphalt binder and laving a sii.-
ace csat of asphalt that would bring the gut-
.er up to contorm to the croiin of the btreet
The effort was unsuccessful at that time but
s'nce the prnpertj owners have had ru opnor-
: unlty to see what a p-odlglous improvemet : '
: as been effected along the government blocl.
they have renewed their Irtcrest in the mat
ter and Major Balcombe hopes to ccrrv hib
point
The Improvement effected bj the new gu--
tor Is apparent at a g'ance Instead Of the
unslgiitly stone ditch and the wooden aprons
which make traffic witi.'a ' six feet of the
curbs a literal hurdle race the asphalt ex
tends Bmoothlj and evenlj to the curb The
step to the curb Is scarcelj more than BX !
Inches at nnj point and at the Intersections j
It is only four incheb The carriages cai.
drhe clcee to the curb and a considerably
wider a\euue Is left for traffic The Iniprovp-
ment also makes the guiteis along the re
mainder of the street more conspicuous bj
comparison and affords an estimate of the
improvement that -ould rebult If the entire
Btreet was treated In the name way
The same conditions exist in other dev n
town htreetB and furnish a good deal of
trouble for the city officials The wooden
aprons in the wholesale district where the
gutte-s were slmllarlv constructed were re-
mov ed bj the Board of Public Worl E somt
time ago as a nuibance but Blnce then the'e
have been numerous protests from propert ;
ownerb on account of the high step from
the curb to the steep and sllppsrj footing
beneath Councilman BurmeHte- has pre
pared a reso.utiou directing the board to
replace the aprons and it is exopected that
this mnj hnve the effect of calling the atten
tion of the proportj owners to the duBirabll-
Hv of having the gutters reconstructed Bv
lajing the asphalt over the stone this can
be done at a verj slight expense
err THE me WHITTLE.
MIIJ or OrdiTK u Slirlt-Uiiifr Mrimi
Mrcn 1o 11 < Suiijiri'Hhcil.
The first action which has been under
taken under the rtcentlj pabsed ordinance
which prohibits the unnecessary bio A lug of
vvhlfatles and ringing of bells inside the citj-
limits wah taken bj Major Moores jesterdaj
morning The Bemle Bag factor } is the
proud possessor of a new whustle which at
ngular Intervals commands the attention
of every one within a radius of a couple of
miles It guts action with a deep babe
piano which swells through the successive
changes of orchentral forct until It bhncl.fi
In a screaming fortissimo which makes the
windows rattle It renders a. regular
symphony In calliope tones and people
stop on the street to inquire whether the
circus Is In town But the authorities of
"Bt Joseph hospital have entered a vigorous
protest against this eort of entertainment
The } apeen that the frightful dlapnaon nets
the nerves of their patients on edge ana
that there are numerous cases lu which the
effect may 'bo serious Aftnr consulting
with several ihslclans who endorsed the
statement of the hospital authorities the
mayor Iteued an order to Chief of Police
Gallagher to put a plug In that whlrftle
under the authority of the new ordinance
ana Itfi hysterical notes will not be heard
again except nt the expense of a fine of $10
and tests for each performance The mayor
eas he llkea to hear the whistle
himself It gives an Impression of Indus
trial -prosperit } and Invitee visions of happj
and contented wnrklnpmen earrjlugwell
filled dinner buckets and secure In the ap-
portunlty to earn an honest dollar. But
under the advice of the ph > elclans he con
sidered It his dutj to enforce the ordi
nance.
Mono Animal * for Hlir | CT .
The South Side Improvement club has
added another contribution to the menugerle
In Rivcrview park , which Is rapid ! } becoming
a flourishing .institution The latect addi
tion is a lot of animals which were secured
b } John D Crelghtnn and which were in-
tcnued for Courtland Reach had the resort
been reopened The club has raised enough
funds b } subscription to purcbate tiie en
tire hit and the contribution hue been ac
cepted bj theTloard of Park Commissioners
Tim new animals Include a deer , antelope ,
bild eagle , a white prairie dog and several
of the more common variety a badger "wild
cat , one timber wolf and somecojoles , a
new varlet } of white rabbit and iislf a dozen
Oulnete turkeE With the addition of
these specimens the colluctlon will atbuiiie
quite extensive proportions without 11 dollar
of expense to tbu park board. The board IB
considering a proposition to help the South-
Elders out by the jiurchuse of a moose and
negotiation for a One specimen of the ani
mal are lu progress
r J'Jrr DIIIICITK.
Bulldltig Itibpector Butler bab succeeded
In Inducing the property owners' to tear down
a number of frame buildings which have been
objected to for some time from a fire fighting
standpoint. One of these le the old frame
tarn belonging to the Ramgo estate , which
Glands directly in the rear of the ? Ramgc
block on Fifteenth street Another ii a
frame bara belonging to Judge Lake , which
fitands la the center of the block between
XatUth end Thirteenth find Htrntj. o
*
Howard ( streets Doth or thee structures
arc so located as to mcnite the safety at the' '
surrounding busincm buildings ,
Action toward cle nlup out thp accumula
tion ol debris on the Mnrnir proport } cppo-
slto the court house haS lipetl lclyed while
the foreclosure proceedings are pending U
Is the understanding that It the property
passes Into the hands of the nmrtcnrcie Rteus
will Immediately be taken , to lear It up and
make It presentable \
PAY OP rillKMO A'ND IOIiIClCME\ .
Mnor' MoorcH Coiixlrit-r * tinncstloit
In n ? Sr Iilclit.
Thp question of piylsg the omplojes of
the fire and police departments during the
remainder of the jiar 'Idbeing seriously
considered b } Major Moores and It IP In
timated that he IB llkrly to Wke a pos tlon
In favor of paIng their warrants out of the
general fund The major said jeMerdayl
that he had not full } decided the matter as
he wished to have a conference with the
legal department first , but he 'B practlcall }
coaxlntej that while a trsnsfer of money
from one fund to another U clearly Illegal ,
the- salaries of the men could pmprl } be
paid from the general fund Th.s fund U
certainly for the purpose of pa } Ing the Just
obligations of the clt } , nod thcre Is no obliga
tion more deserving than the services of
the men In these departments
If the mayor should iifficiallj take this
position , tula plan of meeting the existing
emergcnc } will undoubted ) } be adopted
ThIl&ance committee as well as the other
me-mbcrs of the council , i.n ? unanimous }
of the opinion that the courte dcblgnated
! > perfect ! } legal uind it would have been
dose ibulore If U bad net been for the rt-
fusal of the major to act contrar } to the
advice of tie legal department
e Ma.lt > c > iitli fctroi-1 Vlnrttipt.
1 hero Is said to be cv crj prospect that the'
vv ork of repairing the Sixteenth viaduct w HI
be begun at an earlj dale Chairman Stuht
of the committee on street improvements aad
viaducts has received written assurances
from the Burlington and Onl n Pacific rall-
wajB that thev are willing to contribute their
dtnlgnated p'oportlnns of the expense No'
answer Ins been received from the Ftre-et
rallwaj com utij on account of the abscnct
of Piesldent Fianh Murphy .Hi lb expecled
home lomcTow and ihtn it lr expected thit
the matter will bo sitirfacra-llv adjusted
lllll J'lllll t'llKJIClKH'll.
Mayor Moores hat so far taken no furtner
action In reference to the clj { jail propcbl-
tlon He sajs that it IB itbolcbs to go anj
farther until It Is definite ascertained
v\hether the cltj can raise the monej to
tarry out the plans tLat un.v be decided on
The legal department is busllj cngarod In
tun Bolln ca p and vrill be iiaable to give
tbK matter any attention until that ie con
cluded
CIO Hull ' " .otei. .
The mnjorltj petition for rejiavlcg North | i
T-\ei'tv-fourth street v UL esphi.lt hub been j i
filed with Citj Clerk Hlcrbyi
The macngerb of the lee carnival hav - teen ' '
granted n permit to erect a skate room and |
toboggan b'ide ' at the exposition grounds as ,
a beginning ( if thil- winter enturp'iae
v.us. ohTun nnrcNDsi KKFI nonr : .
i
I
\\lil nv I'rotc.'ctH llt-r r"artnsrniiKt
H T rt-lli.M CitirciiM of Vullrj.
!
Most of the male re iuent , uf the little
town of Vallej In the eastern part of the
count } vere in evidence Ins pmaha } ester-
da } The , } , arp Jn Judge Scott's court ,
where thev have a lav-suit on their hands.
Ab re-bidtntof the town they me all plain
tiffs in a .suit In which Mrs , Mary Oster
b. tha defendant
The issues that aio Joined In the cape
at bar relate to n contio.ersy that dates
back nearl } a decade Some years ago Gen
eral DoJgo of the Union Pacific Itatlroad
company platted the town of Vallej taking
in wh.it Is now v.-ithlu the corporate limits
and a large portion o * land besides Thir
plat reached out and covered tne Cteter
piopcrty The town Hlid not , grow as rap-
Idl } as was anticipated and some twelve
} ears ago Mri. Osier concluded that her
land VVJB more valuable for agricultural
than for tov nblte purpcce her conclusions I
being reached on account of the fact that j
the had not succeeded In Ecjlins any tonn j
lots off her farm About the time that
this conclublon was i cached ahe threw : .
fence about her propertj and tiiut off the
travel that had been passing over her
pi excises Things wont well anj no Vallej-
Ho objected to the fence
A few months ago the residents of Vallej
de-ermtoed to give their town a ll te ! baom
and In working to bring on thib boom thej
Induced the locatlrn of a crennie' } which
v - D'OCPS upon home propn"tj bejond that'
of Mrs 0-jter It so happened that the onlj
way to reach this craimerj was to pass over
the Oster land and then iiegot ations WDC
set on foot to secure the rcmoral of the fence
Mrs Osier spurned all r f the In-lU'-emcntE
held out to he- and dec arefl that she was not
again going to convert good tamlnr - land Into
worthless town lots All negotiations were
called off after which the residents adcpted
another course The } decided to icmove the
fence , but thcj found Mrs Outer av.attlng
their coming and tliej beat a hast } retreat
Legal proceedings weie resorted to and the
town people entered the courts seeking on
order to vacate the streets ttnu ulleB of the
Osier farm , but the woman was too sharp foi
them and almost before the suit was started
bbe had a i entraining order , preventing oil
parties from reniov Ing her fence 01 olherw iso
Interfering with her la the quiet and orderlj
conduct of the fa ; m
The cane Is now on trial on Its merits , the
iilalntlffr. contending that the closing of the
street was an Illegal proceeding and the de
fendant that If there was ever such a dedica
tion the olalntlffs have lost their rights in
the premises the ( statutes having run bj rea
son of the defendant having , been in undis
turbed possession for more than ten years
She also sets up another defense , alleging
that General Dodge , who made the aurvej
was not an authorized surveyor and cense
auentl } the plat made of the land is void
At the afternoon beejlofa of court the
original plat of Valiej yas brought Into
court , bj which It was ahovui that General ,
Dodge surveyed and platted the Oster tract 1
( signing the certificate as "trustee This was i
held to be fatal to the Issues Involved , and
rather than have the case ' dismissed , the
attornej who lepresented the villagers asked
to have a continuance entawd until the next
term of court In order tolamend the plead
ings The lequest was Jernted and the
case went over 1
HOVU Hill AN fcTnU.DURKr1 DIES.
Siil-ciliiiliH to n AttnrTk of Dijllltlu-rln
lu ChlcBKO.
Omaha friends of the family will be pained
bj the Information contained , In the follow
ing message bent Irom Chicago bj the Asso
ciated press jtsterdaj morning ;
"Boyd Brjnn StBi-ubdorff , son of George J
Stemadorff smoke inspector In the. Health
department , and godson ol ex-Govoruor Bojd
and William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska ,
died todaj of diphtheria. The deceased uub
born In Omaha March 39 , l&SU. on Brjan's
blrthdaj , and v.as named after Nobrnhka's
two favorite sons 3 > y Jthe legislature , of
which hlB father was then a .member , "
Tlnil.tT Cutli-r * All Ilfld.
The entire party vv hlch bus been en.agca In
cutting timber on government land on the
bottoniH east of Culhoun tire now under ar
rest. One , Tred Stettin , wub om-Bted day
before jesterduj- and the other two , John J
Itunn und Joseph Ktchiimrlc. buvr hlttcv
liten brauglit In by Dqi > uty United S atea
Murbhiil Allan They were given a hearing
lmm dlnt ly before United State * Commlb-
loner Andtrnan and upon a plen of rullt >
were held to the grand Jury In , the unm of
I'M ouch. Botlh cave bonds ,
'XVorUfd oil ItoKUH Mull HIIK-M.
A couple of men whom the police an- look
ing for have flecc d n largo number of
Omaha people on a boeun Tnall box scheme *
The two rt irewjnt themnelveB as the upeut
for a mall box which Kbej wish to rent far a
jierlod of live years lor he sum of 55 contH.
The money U collected In udviuic- and the
boxes are promised uhonls , but up to the
present time those who have contributed
havu lalleU tn cet any return ior theU-
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GRliDIFS GIVEN TO BOLLN
Esniuiditnrcs of Money Made by Him in
OOUTEJ of Business.
EXPERT WETTLIKG EXPLAINS THE FIGURES
Scliftlulcx Miimlnir llic Condition of
the Cits Tumi * DiirliiKT the
1'lrnt Term ArcArri'iiti'd
lu
Ycsterdaj- was the Bcventh day of the trial
j of the suit of the cltj against the bondsmen
, of Henry Bolln , tx-cltj treasurer , brouplit lo
recover the sum of his alleged defalcation
during his fl'st term of office Considerable
'headway I was made nt the morning sc-sslon
nf court , and It la stated that If complications
do not artso the prosecution inaj conclude
jits ' side of the case this week
Expert Accountant Wettllng was the onlj
witness on the nand jtsterdaj. His tei-j
tltnouy WOE devoted whallj to Idcntlfjmg
records of the clt } treasurer's office and pre
senting schedules of the accounts between
i Bolln and the c'tj Objections were made to
'all ' of the offers , but most of them wctit to
the jurj , the e that did not being held In
i the care and rusttid } ol the- court , sub-
Ic-cl to Insuectlon Judge Slabaufh bald that
It was not hU--t > un He to keen oufanj testi-
' niouv but bo considered the bookb of record I
i too voluminous to be made a part of the rec- I
ords In the cse I '
I I
I The flrat schedule Introduced In evidence
j j VVCB the one showing the amount of city ,
funds In the aat'onal tnnks of Omaha , the el I
dcbigcatcd an clt } depobitorlcs at the close
of Bolln B first term Tne schedule in this1
' Instance bhowed tne following j
-American National bank t 30,7W 20
Ni'b-us'.a Nat'onal banl : i,7fr ! )0 )
Commercial National bank 23,747 47
Firs National batik ZJ.781 So
Merchants XnMon.il bank -I7.r l IP
Omai.a Nntlomtl bunk . . . ul.27 ( . 02
t-'nl i cl States National bank J.1.17G 12
National Bank or Commeice . . 4S'42 ! 7T >
I nion National bunk M.S42 22
I
Total J300.G7S 7S
The next Bchedule offered In evidence V.L.B '
the one showing the amount of clt } moncj j
In the hands of Kouture Brothers of New
York , who had been dcnignated ab Ihe cosl-
ein fit uncial agents of Omaha Expert We.t-
llnc testified that In iraklug up this schedule
he 'ad made his computatl-ns from the
ledgers of the clt } treasurer s office the
moiithlj accounts und the accoun s current
In mak'ng the offer the cltv attoniej at-
tec [ fed to Introduce the btalemcnls made
bytie Kountze Brothers There were
tvclvt of these , each containing several
pages of figures On h's ' own mctlon the
judgt objected , EC. } ing that he did not de-
slit > to etipumber the records with such a
of figures T e bheets , he said he
v oi.ld hjld in his cuBtodj subjeci to the
ins , > uc.icn of all uf the Interested parties
Tim totals however went to the jurj , stiow-
irttb"t Boiln wi'b entitled to a credit of
$ J1 470 iiR on dcpcmt in the New York bank
ou January 1 , 1S94
Going deeper Into the matter of c-eJlts
to which Bolin WCE entitled the expert wit
ness produced the item of district grading
bonds agsregatlng 577 700 , bald and de-
livcred and charged to the sinking fund , the
cabh for whici , however , had not been re
ceived
The next schedule tsffcred and on wiiich
Bolln was entitled to a credit was assign
ments roide to cover advances made bj
Bolln to school teacherb and cltj emplojes
These assignments aggregated the sum of
$4,1G5 Cfl
The last schedule offered prior to the noon
adjojrnment was one showing liceme mcnej
refunded This aggregated ? 230 and in con
nection it carried the Item of $ " > 24123 ad
vanced pajmentb on bonds and express
charges
At tne afiernoon's petslon cf court Expert
( Accountant Wettllng continued upon the wit
' ness stand and tne introduction of hcheJ-
' ulefi bhowing where Bolln was entitled to
i j credits The first schedule offered showed
uhe Board of Education Itmebtedncss to
Bolln during hie flrst term for advances made
and net charged to himself The aggregate
was S 241.23
Following this there was the schedule
shov ing the rajmentE made the Pontags - n
| ' cor .am condemnation proceedings i the
i opening of n street The amount with
which Bolln should have been credited on hib
own bosks aggregated $2,77776 The next
credit was on a Douglas count } general fund
< warrant for $924 24 wtiich had been paid
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| CONTENTS OF THE CASH DRAWER
I The offer cf the document designited as
1 Schedule A-4 ore ; piloted the hottest legal
battic waged during the progress of the trial
i This was the bshcdule showing the
assets of the city treasurer's office
at the end of Bollu'b first term
land | In the caah drawer , sa'e and vaulls
ct the time when the boiiapmen took posses-
si ! ci Expert Accountant Wnttllng had pre
pared a statement showing cash , notes and
due bills manj of the latter being nut down
bs the expelt UK being worthless The at
tornej s fcr the bondsmen contended that
whatever might be shown b } this schedule
would be irrelevant and immaterial and nol
the best evidence , while the attornejB for the
cits maintained that the schedule- set out
'acts that the jurj should lake Inlo consid
eration lei arriving at a conclusion ab lethe
the liability of the mirctles on Bolln's bond
After arcuinc for an hou- , Judge Slabaugh
ruled that the schedule should be admitted
In evidence
The following shows the contents of the
s"bedule Cunency far deposit $1000 gold.
$1.000 Checks ut follows Ed Wlttlg $1000 ,
Culllncliam $2,000. Boltcu JGO Westberg
$60 , Steolc $24059 , Olson , $20 Park $ SO 32
Glllan $1.000. Moe ) , J4.CC , McCloud $ GS 46.
Beclej 24 4 Snjder $19 4B Reclor , $1000
Krug $1000 , Harris , $01.80 , Thacker
$2.020.50 , Svvobe , $1.000 , Slorz , $2.000 , Metz
jBrob $8.000 Her $1,000 , Thompson , $1,000
Hopke $1.000 , Bosben $1,000 , Curraus $1,000.
Beall $1000 Her $1,000. Bojaon $2,000 ,
Kopald $1.000 Brucker $1,000 , Gettleman
$1.000 , Krug $2,000 , McGulre , $1.000 Storz
$700 , Krug $2,000 , Douglas countj , $9,000 ,
total. $49,1)121 ) > " Balance purporting to be
"as1 ! in drawers or vaults of cltj treasurer
$15,177 21 making a total of $ G5,089 73
Of this amount thcro belonged to the
Board of Education funds , collections on ac
count for liquor licenses collected $38,000
police court 'lines , T1.937 Eden museo do-
clblon $50 , interest from bankb $22680 mak-
itut a total of $40,212.80 , less school fund
warranlB paid , $183 , net ncbool funds $40-
collco court fincE $1U37 Eden niuseo 11
cense $50 Interest from banks $220.80 mak-
tal oilier tuan citj funds , $40,300 Cl Net clt }
funds cash , checks and caah Uenib as i > er
cash bonk. $24.789 00
Checks on hand which were being held
during term and deposited In bankn Max
Meer $000 , Herman J Me-jer. $1,000. Reed
& . Casej f 1.000 , George J Paul , $102 T
Wollsteln & Co $2,000 , total $5,70377 De
posits. prcHumablj of checks In drawer at
end of fin > t term , of which there Is no other
account , $1:13359 : : total amount of checks
each and cnnu items purporting to be on
hand as per cash book , city funds , $21S7fi 45
F om Ihlt , amount are to be deducted
worthless checks memoranda ttllpb , noles
olc , maUug up part of a balance of $16,171.21
appearing on Bolln's cash book Check as
follows W. W Lowe oa Commercial Na
tional bank , $1050 ICEB endorsements of
$400 , chucks , W. Cchwarlck , on J , K Coul
ter $40 , J. W Fcrd , on Omaha National
bank $75 ; J W Fe'd. ou Commercial Na
tional bank , $250 notce of Sol and Flora
Prince balance $ GG M Chrliit Toft and NeU
Soiree to Henrj Bolln $250 Ed Wlttlg to
Henry Bolln $500 , ehecle of T J McLean
on Commercial National bank $25 Ed Hey
man , on Caen Count } bank of Atlantic la
$5457. Hcnrj Bolln , on German Savlngt >
bank , $1C3277 , J W Ferd $76 W Bchwar-
ick to J "W Coulter $ G5 Henry Bolln. $50
C. H. Robertson , $ E ; Mathcw Gerlng , $25
Henry Jlolln to Mrs. Clemente , { 200 ; Wllllaui
Schwarlck $ " . , John Groves , $ GS.K3 ; Wil
liam Schwarlck , $76 Sol Prince. $10 Henry
Bolln. $200. cash memoranda of Henrj Bolln ,
$1.000 , pats btllr. of Henry Bolln. $ C10 , check-
of Henry Botln , $25 , receipt of 0 T Griffith
$20 , check of Sol Prinre S100 , check of
Honrj Bolln $300 E L Wlttlg $1000 , total
$ G.f < 43 41
Deduction is abe made for amount of
bonds sold for account of original pur-
clmserr. , money for which was deposited In
bank on December 30 1SHS , and which were
refunded out of cltj funds on January E ,
18"4 , th'c nmoutit being deduclefl from r -
cclpls on schedule1 ehow Ing receipts from
bond sales. Omaha National bank $2 520 S3 ,
C R Havens & . Co Jl.filS.RO. W 0 Taylor ,
$1 001..34 Net total of chocks , cnsh and cash
Items In drawers vaults end office of the
cltj treasurer Jnnuarj 1 1BP4. $1 . ! > 41.S7.
TOTAL OF ASSETS
The next otlur was the schedule showing
tlio gross amount of ncttc't ; of tiie olllce nl
the end nf Bolln's fir t term The Introdtic-
tlon of this schedule wns fought , but It WBB
admitted over the objections nf the nttoniejn
for the defense It showed the following
MonejB in cltj tlepoMltorlcB HffG7" 7S
Moni-jH In New York fiscal Hf licj 21,470 S i
Dlbtrlt'1 pradlng bondi . . 77.70MO
Awslgnnu'tUs . 4.1CS CP
Cnsh check" , etc. In office of eltj
ID.'Ml "
I r > ui' from Board of Educnllon . . 5.24125
Tenders In condemnation proceed
ing * . 2.7777G
Douglas count } ' warrant ! U4 24
Total * 4 , RP4 K7
At thl - point In the proceedings Expert
Wettllng was cxcuocd aud John Rush who
u'ecedod Henry Bolln ab cltj treasurer , was
'called to the witness stand Mr Rush tes
tified that when he surrendered possession
of the ofilcc to Hcnrj Bolln he turned over
$71077GfG aad a credit of S17.413 17 which
latter sum Ihp cltj had on dep"blt with
Kountzp B-othc-E , the cltj's New Yok Ht-
-al nceuita This sum of mane ) the wit-
nesB testified. Included Ihe cltj Board of
EJucatlon end Pollcr Relief assocatim
funds The transfer of funds wab bj cabh'
and lank checl b and the frnds were re-
i i ited for bv Bolln on Januarv 5 181)2 )
Expert WettUng was re-allcd rod VVRB on
the s'and at the hnur of adjournment he
not liBVlnc concluded the giving of hib lcn-
tlmonj The witness testified to the- correct
ness of the figures presented bj Julm RuEh
Pe added thai the net amount of the cltj s
proportion of the mcnc1 } aggregated JM > G -
31l ! S4 Of the other monej , JIG 58G M be > -
Irngcd to the Brard of Education $ G 078 (
to Ihe Police Rulle'f abSoclrtlLO and the bal-
nnce v.as held in abejance It having besn paid
in on liquor license applications on which
the Board of Fire autT Police CommlcblouerE
had not tassed judgment
This morning court will convene nt ! '
o clcck it be ng the dcLlre of both court and
ottcrnejs to push the case with all possible
siieed toSa } , cs there will be no hesslon to
morrow
1 ! VRTIiEl lt DeME M VICE A MOVE
ilr rnriiiiil Olijft'ticiii lo llnCniit li > -
tliin of tinEiStiitr TriiKur 'i- .
The bondbmen of Joseph S BErllcj , ex-
stale treaburer convicted of embezzling state
funds have started In on a new plan b1
which they hope to secure a new trial or tc
Eel OMde the verdict of the jur } and the
rcntence Imposed b } Judge Baker of the
criminal bench
Ye. > lerdaj morning C-de-Tsjlcr.W A PJX-
tcn Thomas Swobe John H Ames N ri Har-
wood E E Brov.n aad Marj Fitzgerald of
the bondsmen filed in the ofilce of the clerk
of the district court certain papers In whici
thev a'lcgt that the court before which
Bartlcj was tried was without jurisdiction
In tht premises They pay" that II an ;
cause of ecticn ever arose cgaiust Hartley
it must have been in IsiuczEler counlv the
place where the office of the state treasurer
Is ncd was located Thej further charge
that the rial of Bartley was Illegal and
void for tie ruafion that the courts of this
district could never have acquired jurisdic
tion , as none of the monej alleged to have
been embezzled was embezzled In or from
Douglas count }
OriltT In tinIlurLrr Cnnr.
An application has been filed with Judtc
& 30tt asking that licenbe be granted to Bfli
some of the real ebtate of Joseph Barker
deceased The court raises the question of
his right to enter such an order unless It v.ar
shown that a guardian ad lltem hid been
appointed to prolecl the propertj Interests
of minor heirs and unless it wig snown that
such guardian had been consulted in the
orcmlflcs Attorneys contend that If the ban
of real estate was not adverse to the inter
est of minor heirs It was not necebsirjtu
have a guardian ad lltem. cs the court war
presumed lo look afler the Inlerest of buch
heirs
The court referred to the fact that tli <
hum erne court hud taken such a position b'
tiat the statutes held that there must b
an appointment. To he on the safe bide th >
judge appointed Judge Ferguson guardian c
litem and then granted the order
IiiioI CN tinAtlorin'j' ( . Fee.
The caee of John J O'Connor against Man
B Shelbj , one of the heirs of Jiisen ,
Creighton. deceased , is on trial before
Judge Dickinson cud a jurj. The plaintiff
Becks to receover the sur _ of $ l,0u3 , al
leging that he WOK employed bj the de
fendant to contest the Crelghton will The
dcfeudanl admits the employment , but al
leges tht a ahe has been damaged in the
bum of $1,000 bj the alleged had advice-
given bj the plaintiff
I2mi.llf Dfllcx Hie Court.
B Emslle has been cited to appear In Judge
Scott's court and show cause why be should
not be punibhed for contempt Enibllc Is the
owner of Idlewlld hall at Twenty-fourth and
Spruce Btrects The prcttertj IB mortgaged
to a loan compcnj that has applied for and
secured the appointment of a receiver Emu-
lie however , refuses to turn the propertj
over hence the contempt proceedings.
Aiifrh < if tlif CourtM.
Tha courts have Issued an order to W K
Potter , receiver of the Nebraska Savings
and Exchange bank , to pay over the sum of
$290 25 to the guardian of George and John
T Barlow
Countj Judge Baxter has filed his official
bond with the countj clerk The bond U
In the sum of $50,000 , with L S Reed ,
Robert Purvis aeid Jacob Sellner , who
justify In double the amount.
The Haw ley Down Draft Furnace companj
has sued Obej & Co , contractors ou the new
pobtoQlce building , in an action to re-cover
the sum of $3.300 The plaintiff alleges that
It has furnished the defendants with numer
ous furnace flanges and that paj-ment has
not been made.
The will of the late Martha W Cowles of
Mihasl.a count } Iowa , hae been filed In tin
oHice of the Judge of probate of this countj
Thu propert } of the deceased la bequeathed
to Ida C Webt of this cltj aud HettieW
HarrUon of Oskalooua , la No ncbedulu of
propert } It , filed
In itie suit of A P Chrlrtcnaen ugalnsl
thtt Omuha Street Rallwa ) companj the da-
fiindnnt filed an anbwer denjlng that U was
responsible for an accident which happened
lo the plaintiff and lor wblcb he becks to
recover The defendant alleges that the ac
cident was duo to the negligence of the
plaintiff.
The Union Stock Yards company hat
brought suit agalutt the Uaion Stock Yard *
National bank , Waggoner t Blrnej and
Moart * ? . Hutchlnsou for the purpose of se
curing an accounting The plaintiff alleges
that a consignment of cattle wee shipped by
Moores t Hutchlciaon to Waggoner & . Blr-
infer tale und that moncj , to which It
was entitled for advances made wan never
paid
Intho case of George lA. BriuUerhoO
against Herman and Minna Tlmmu Judge
Scott hik signed a decree , purpotuully c-r.
joining the dufundants from Instituting suit
to recover | innutmon of a lot In Sulnn v udal-
lon to the city of Omuha TtiU was a cabe
while ' .lit plaintiff deeded a lot to the dc
feudaut tin.- transfer of which wac uf tier ward
cut uslde , iruud upon Timme'c part being
( .harmed. i
DAYLIGHT BURGLARS BUSY
Two Men Boldly Operate in the North End
of Town.
REIGN OF TERROR IN THE SIXTH WARD
ntr nnil Short Men Vlxlt llonm-n ,
JlnitKticU ItooiiiH n nd
1\ omen , lint Get A IT >
l.lttlillootj. .
Thrrp le n reign of terror in the north
western part of the cltj , especial ! ) In the
t district between North Twenty-seventh
'street ' and North Tw out-seventh uvpuue , tor
two squares Ijlng north of Iturdcittc street.
t The cause IE burglars , two of them , a "long
and a ihort , " and thcj arp not a bit afraid
to plj their trade cither bj night or In
broad dnj. One hni'sp hnB ason entered
land ransacked , attempts have been made to
enter a dozen others a brave watch dog
saved one from robberj and the resident of
another IIOUBC Is richer bj a skeleton key
as the result of u v Islt bj the burglars.
j The men of this district now carry - revolvers
volvers to and from their work aud nhot-
gurs nre < Blacke-d up In convenient pbces
near the doors and \.lndows of marlj every
resldrnce. The women are hadlv wared
and rach house has the nppwjrance of being
barricaded Bllndfl arc drawn over all
windows , the doors are locked and bolted
aud when a stranger rupfc or rings at any
one of these iculdonceb he Is first Mib-
, jccted to a cateful scrutlnj from the woman
of the house who pi ere M him long and
I carefullj from behind tome curtain hctoro
I ' the door I * opened to him. and even not
then unites lie passes n favoiahle Inspec
tion
For ircrp than ton Oavs suv the residents
of ihlb district thev hnve been anuojpd by
two men who while the' ) looked like tramps ,
wore evident ! ) actuulcd b ) burglarious de-
bites The lost nltompt at robber ) wan Mon-
dav morn'cg brtwera ! ) and 10 o'clock la
the residences of H G Grnnlij at 220&
Nortl Twpnu-seventh Ktrtot nd Mrs JCB-
uii2JOC same street the lumpi" , tiiljolnlng.
Tht buigla-b who are tin < a < d UB one
jouuc man quite short abnu l'i ' via'B old ,
amtioth-fnced uud the othoaout 30 jears
: ild tall end with u small bluck moustache , ,
both poorl ) clad were first Been about 0
o clock Monda ) morning b ) Mrs Grnuby ,
w ife of H C Grunbj one of the colored mcs-
rengc-s li : th" serv ice of the Union Pacific
tie-adqunrte'-b Mrs G'unb ) was in her rear
vivid wabhlng when she saw the men enter
the front yard and pause ut one of the win-
clews Thej did lint see her nut' ' one of them
tried to raise the window "Sic 'em Curl } , "
said Mrs Granb ) to her dog n big and sav-
cge anln.al and it wu u hot chuBi for a mln-
u.i bul Ihe men leaped tlie fence and cs-
crped the dog After a bhort run up the
nlreel the men were Been leiturnlng to the
line of ( Mrs Jcssnn who wab also In the
back } ard washing but she did not observe
them until Mtb Granbj whlbpercd to her
jvor the rear fence thai two B'japlcloubly-
aetlug men wore In her Bide ) ard
FRIGHTENED TWEM AWAY
Remembering that she had left a bed
room window open on that Bide Mra Jesscn
hastened into her IIOUBB from the back door
aid went direct to toe room of tier Bister ,
ilibs lillle Oxnolm.who WOE away at her
work down town Ab she entered she sple.il
the youngest of the two men In the room ,
bending over the con1entb" " ol -trunk and
Ihe dtxiwerb ol the dreeaer which hid been
turned onto the floor The fellow Jumped
out of the window , which he had opened
nlde and joined b ) hlh companion , who was
keeping walcn on the bidewulk the } made
a dash up Twent-beventb street , followed
bj the Kcreums of Mrs Jessen. and finally
disappeared In the distance No one In the
jieighbortiod made an ) attempt to follow
them , although the. cries of Mrs Jesscn ,
aided b ) Mrs Granb ) , aroused everybody in
'ho vicinltj
A hastj hearch of the room by Mrs Jes-
sen disclosed thut little had been taken.
That morning Miss Oxbolm had removed
iiulto a sum of money from her trunk
Among the other places vlslled by these
mrglars in the neighborhood were the resl-
leticcs of Mr Pollard 2722 Burdotto olrcet.
here a ekelelon kej had been lefl in one of
.he doorh for which bajr Mr Pollard , "I
ihark them ns it gives me a pacs key to the
house at night and I don't have to disturb my
wife when I rime home late Strange , too , "
lie added , "thib kej Keenis to fit ever } house
m the vicinity as several nave tried It"
V R Johnaoa of 2207 No.'tu Twentj - seventh
enth uvcnue clso had an exciting experience
bo other night with thccc rame two men ,
whom he recognized indistinct ! ) through cine
of the- windows II was aoout midnight and
the prowlerb tried over ) duor and window lu
the house In an effort to get la , and Mr.
Johnson who was unarmed with gun or re
volver , got a big poker and waited for them
to break in He has a revolver now and bays
the next burglar will get killed Another
famll } who had an experience with these bold
marauders was tkat of Jen Jensen , also ou
Twenty-seventh avenue , and here as at John-
son'i place , the burglars failed to enter , al
though tl.ey made repeated efforts
All the people of that neighborhood com
plain bitter ) ) of the lack of police protection ,
uno and all uniting In Kajlng that a police
man is never suta In 'he viclnit } plther day
or night and they are talking of organizing
a leagueof their own and promise to give
tht Unit burglar they catch a hot rHooptlon.
L stcr Rice a prlnler while ou his way
home Moudaj night was halted by two men
near Nineteenth und Vinlon streets He had
his week s paj in his pocket uud bavcd It
by a llvelj sprint
DICVMMCII IILOCIO THE GAME.
rorwi. n CuiifluVm-p Mini in MnU - 1m-
iiifilJnte IlcxtitutJoii.
The operations nf a umooth Bet of confl
denco men who hnve conducted a paying
business on the passenger trains out of
Omaha for a week past were brought to a
sudden conclusion jcBterclay by a plucky
traveling man The Rock Island passenger
train No 5 , for Lincoln , left Monday at 1.55
and on ihoard of it > wus a young , unsophis
ticated youth who wab returning to his
parents in the capital citj , after visiting
friends in Iowa After the train had reached
a bbort dlbtance out of the citj a tall , well-
dressed individual engaged the young fellow
in conversation , uud after a whllo told him
the old. old utorj ut which BO many victims
have 'bitten A trum.fcr of { GO
from the lad to the thief wan soon
made pud the con man was congratulating
himself upon the cane of hit. B.UCCCHB when
a now factor In the affair appeared , Seated
a couple of place * < back of the pair the
traveling man in question iiuiw the trans
action , und immediately notified Conductor
Huutiton The conductor demanded the- re
turn of the moncj- , which the "sure thine"
man indignantly refused The conductor in
slcted and to lend cmphasiE to the matter
the traveling man Btatloned hlrabelf at tbo
door of the coach and asserted that the
crook should not luias until he had refunded
the money. This , after considerable par-
Icy be conjiintod to do , and was afterward
fired from the train at Richfield elation.
Tht ; intended victim went on his way re
joicing The traveling mini , who does not
care to have hlh name used in connection
with the mutter , BUM- the thief tbo same
evening in Fremont The police of Fremont
were given c description of him.
11 V-lKUliiirhiiod
A neighborhood row. filled with the dis
play , of revolvers , throwing of brickbats
und much Sunguugt of a foreign nature
occupied the iireater portion of Judge Oor-
dun'H time yeHtoicluy morning. The com
plainant In Uhc CUHC IB Guorgu Onek , a
Bohemian , who llvtf near Ninth and ,
LcuvciKaorlh Btree B Hi uaj'K that a
few dujs ugo the Clucla who live
next clour duclared war ugalust him.
Thi-j Jullowid up Hie declaration with
a hhovv of uriDK und ul o with the
lirlckluti ) mentioned , wtiirli th y totivod ,
tl.roiiBli tin window of h K rislue-nce. Ho
Uurifori wuntu then punlubcd for
uud buttery.