THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
ESTABLISH ED J1TXE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MOHXISG- , DECEMBER 2 , 1S 7 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE 00 Pr FIVE UENTJS.
LITTLE PRICES HITCHED TO BIG VALUES
i In These Grand Special Sales at The Big Store.
An endless variety to choose from. An immense range of prices to suit every purse
Just what , you want at less than you- expect to pay. . ! |
Colored wool
Dress Goods.
36 inch all .wool , in mixtures and checks , in blue , brown , green
and wine , dark shades , worth 45c per yard. One price only ,
25 cents
47 inch all wool mohair finish sergeIarge extra heavydust prcof ,
brown * gray , light and dark green , three shades of new blues ,
dark a > .d light wine colors and black , worth $1 per yard. One
price only
59 cents.
Headquarters for
46 inch all wool coating serge , also 46 inch all wool French
serge , extra firm and serviceable , worth 98c per yard. Our price
only
50 cents.
46 inch all wool silk finished heriettas , very firm and rich lustre
good valus at 79c per yard. One price only
50 cents.
36 inch all wool French serge , considered very good value at 45c
per yard. Our price only
29 cents.
A Big
Linen & Muslin
Sale
72-Inch Satin Damask Irish Table
Linen at Cs
6-1 Tapestry Table Covers at C9c
72-Inch Extra Heavy Scotch Table
Linen at 4
Crush Toweling at
Large Size Tow els at
Fancy Check Grass Toweling at
Bed Spreads. Marseilles pattern , hemmed
at
4-4 Heavy Unbleached Muslin at 3c
Lonsdale and Fruit of the Loom at lc
Thursday's
Special Silk Sale
Fancy Silk , all colors wrrth $1.00
cloc'ng out price , only 4Pc
Jap Silk for ! ancy work all light
shades best quality , in remnants only. . Soc
Changeable Silk best quality all new
shades on special sale only 59c
Veh ets , on sale , all colors anly 50c
> ig Cap Sale
Hundreds of Caps at one-1 hlrd off th * > reg
ular price. i
Hoys' Caps
worderful values
Men's and Boys' Cap ?
atBeys' Polo Velvet Cap = to pull O"7.- ,
the 7 : at JO
ov-r tars a regular > c cap
Grand line at 45c for mt n and bays worth
$1 frJ. Ee sure to attend this Immense sale.
roceries
S-lb cans Table Peaches 3MC
Flat cans Broiled Mackerel In Tomato
sauce luc
10 bars best Laund'y Soap 25c
10-lb sack corn meal Sc
Self Rising Buckwheat , per package. . . . T'-ic
Fine stock new Prunes 5c
Choice Pi'tcd Cherries at 12Hc
Horse Shoe Tobacco SSc
Battle As 19c
Tea & Coffee
Fancy whole Rio 19c
Anoher ; w hole Rio ISHc
Japan Sifting , per Ib at 10c
English Breakfast north 50 at S3c
Sun Dried Japan north 50c at 32c
SPECIAL SALE OF
Outing Flannel
and Blankets *
\Ve place on sa'e ' today
40 pieces of medium and dark
shades of extra quality Outing
Flannel worth Sc and IDC
sale price only 5c yard.
New line of English Flan
nelette in light , dainty stripes ,
10 c yard.
New line of Romano fleeced
Outing. 120.
All wool Gray Blankets ,
81 95 pair.
All \\ocl Red Blankets ,
$2.50 pair. .
See the big blankets on sale
at Si.20 and $1.35.a pair.
If you are in need of good
Bed Comforts Hayden's is the
place to get them $1.50,51.75 ,
$1.95 , $2.50 and 52.75 each.
NOW IS THE TTTVTF : TO
Buy Your Dolls
Hayden's is tbe-place where
you find the beet assortment
and lowest prices. Look in
our Holiday department in
basement whereAew , toys are
now arriving dai y see the el
egant line and nev-designs | in
A'bums ' now open.1 .Children's
Tea Sets m great variety.
ABC and Picture Books
the largest line to pick from
in Omaha.
You wi 1 find Santa . .Glauswill mak <
liis headquarters at Hayden's as usua1.
Special Sale of
Furnishing Goods-
Closlng out winter underwear at prleet
less tbaa can be purchased at the mills
We are now setting ready for holiday goods.
Men's Heavy Fleeced Shirts and Drawers.
39c each , a regular DOc quality.
100 doren Men's Extra Heavy Wool Fleeced
Shirts and Drawers , only 0c each , worth
7 e.
5 cares Men's Hc-avy Wool Shirts and
Drawers In browa , gray and camel's hair
color , worth U.OO , at 75c each.
Mio's Heavy Wool and Camel's Hair Sox.
worth 25c. tt 17c.
C cases Men's Heavy Merino Sox , 12c.
Men's Wool Mitts , worth 50c 25c
Men's Heavy Wool Gloves loc
Men's Lined Kid Glo\e. with fur tops
or plain tops SOc
Men'p Tine Mocha Kid G'.oves , wool
lited or dress kid wool lined Tac
COO dozen Boys' Gloves and Mittens ,
lined 23 ?
100 doren Men's Wool Sweaters 7Jc j
Special for Thursday
XMAS GIFTS.
Books are always desirable gifts , end we
lead them in quantities , quality and low
prices. The New Oxford. 12 mos. , a beau
tiful gilt top book , with the largest list of
deslrn'ole ' titlte. only 17c.
$5.00 S S. Teachers' Bbes : oily Jl-SO.
Given Away.
A beautiful medallon , a perfect half-tcne
copy from the old masters , with each.box
of 25c stationery
100 elegantly engraved Visiting Cards ,
with plate , only Jl 00.
The F. and G. Dust Ruff.
The bsst 40c Tnffeta Silk Ruff only 25c.
The new 3-yard Veil only Jl-00.
Bargains.
De Long's Hook ad Ejes , per card. . . 5c
The beet Corduroy Ve'\etecn. per yd. . Sc
300 jds R chardson'6 Silk Thread , only. 10c
Special Prices , on Men's
Suits and Overcoats.
Mea'I All Woo ! 56.50 Suite for only S3.50.
Men's fine $20 00 Worsted Suits at $11.73.
Men's $ ! : .0 Cashmere Suits at ? 4 50.
Men's J12.30 to J15.00 Cheviot Su.ts at
S7.EO.
MEN'S OVERCOATS AND STORM
fLSTERS
Men's JS 00 Overcoats and Ulsters at J4.30.
Men's fine J12.00 Overccats and Ulsters
for $660.
Men's very finest Overcoats and Storm
Ulsters at $7-50 , $9.75 , $11.50. U2.50. U5 00.
Every one of them Is worth 40 per cent
nore.
Cloaks PriSexpected
A GREAT CLEARANCE SALE.
Every garment must be sold in the next ten days.
SOO Jackets In beaver , boucle and kersey ,
braided and half silk lined , at
300 Jackets In fine Astrakhan , imported
kersey. Persian- wool and caterpillar , ellk
Used throughout
BIG JACKET SALE ;
500 Jackets In finest Imported material ,
one of the grandest coliertlons of Jackets
that has ever been placed on sale , now
tailored , all high grade garments. Taffeta
and Satin lining , worth from J15 00 to
$23.00 , co sale at
CO dozen Wrappers on eale Thursday , made
or fleer ? lined material , belted ba'ck. full
front , separate waist lining , braid trim 4.50
ming , a $250 wrapper for
Why do you eat butterine
when you can buy the finest , purest and clean
est Separator Creamery Butter at
This is a big cut on price but remember not
on the quality of the butter it is the finest
Separator Creamery made fine roll butter at
bottom prices.
Haydeti Bros
X mtstnississippi Headquarters
RtPuRTS ON THE INDIANS
Pacts of Interest Concerning the Eed-
Skinned Abor'gines.
AGENTS MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
Abolition of I'onttruderKhliiH Advo-
cntril CoiaiiUcntlou * l.lUrlyto
Occur at Oiuuliu mill \Vlu-
o IlHfrvc. .
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. Gome Interesting
reports have been made by Indian agenis in
tholr annual review of developments 1n their
fields. At the Pottawattomle and Great
Nemnha reservation in Kanws there are
about 1C.OOO acres of surplus lands In the
raralrle band reserve that are likely to be a
subject of contention in the future and there
seems to bea growing sentiment in the
tribe favoring their sale. Captain Sprole of
the Port Pock agency In Montana urgts that
the Indian trader , like the old post trader ,
should go ; the government should own Us
own stores. With the trader "extinguished"
Indian agents' positions will not be so
valuable and meantime let the Indians bate
til the ttores they want , for in the cut
throat cimpKitloa of the traders Mr. La
stands some show. Captain -Sprole makes
this comment : "The treaty of these people
will soon expire. Whatever treaty Is made
fwllh them In the future thould be done by
those not Influenced 'by' ' loaal race prejudice.
At the Omaha and Wlnuebago agency In
Nebraska the assumption and dissolution of
the marriage relation at will , without form
of law. is common and It is predicted will
nc-cestarlly cause endless trouble in the
future an to the law of descent and in
determining the legal heirs to property. The
manner In which the allotments to the
SVmnebagoes were made , namely , 160 acre *
to the husband and nothing to the wife ,
has been and will continues to be a tource
of much trouble.
Agent Cramsey , at the Standing Reck
n.gtncy. In North Dakota , charges that , notwithstanding -
withstanding the state prohibition law ,
county or town t > JHclals have never mi de
any effort to abate the sale of liquor in Em-
mans county , and thit fix or eight "blltvl
piss" are running wideopen In
Winona N. D.
Maj-r K. A. Woodsoa of the Cheyt nt > e and
Arapebors In Oklahoma reports : "The
isother-lB-law is much in evidence among
these people. She make * herself a 'holy
terror' unless the family affairs are coo-
ducted according to her Ideas. Much of
tie agent's tfeae Is occupied In the settle-
went of family quarrels and In bringing to-
ceibw husband and wife -whose troubles
Jisve b n of sufficient gravity to cause a
Ep&rttion. HI * nowore of persuasion are
frequently cxerud in vain , however. In
jro l Instance * lite wife , backed up by the
iiiottier-la-j&w. IK most obdurate and proof
against nil argument and entreaty to re-
turn-10 the family tbode. "
RecoaatMidAticii te rot.de for withholding
gratultoui tuUfcietenoe from the iK > uprjgTtts-
slve Indlam not diip sed to labor for their
t-uuporL Bteay of the indlin agents recom-
IE-nd ditoootinujince of the issuance of
rAtioBs tnd clothing &nd urge the rubeUtu-
tion of c policy of laakins cash p yniocite to
the Indian * for a time The agents at Rose
bud end the Crow Cr k agencies In South
Dakota are among thee RecommeoJation
U made that congress modify the act ap-
nroprUUng yiKT.OOO of the- Crow creek fund *
so a * to have it .paid la cash aad to expwd
JiO.CKK ) lor purchasiuc cattle. } 16.00 for
fencing the reservation. (20 000 lor construct
ing cittlo thods , { S.OOU lor o er * tad
rakes , and , after se-tlement of af.orneys
fees the remaining SSO 000 to be paid the
tribe in fcur cash installments. With this
done , it is asserted the Crow Creek reserva
tion will be self-supporting within five years.
At tie Green Bay agency in Wisconsin the
tribe is reported as retrograding , owing to
factional troubles , though all of the tribe
are capable o ! becoming citizens.
D1 > 1KC la TOK PEACE.
.ViMV Alnlnn > n < lor ( lo M'nHhln toii Tnlkx
of Hie Coiintri'H Aims.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. Dr. von Hollfbea ,
the new German ambassador , was seen at the
Germsn embassy today and for the first time
since h's arrival consented to speak concern
ing some of the questions of mutual inter
est between the United States and Germany.
As to the Haytlan ccntroverey. Dr.on Hol-
leben Mid :
"I have received no official Instructions
from my government on the subject , yet
speaking unofficially the case has assumed
in the press proportions far greater than It
deserve * . It is simply a queiXlca of collect
ing an indemnity for an otfete against a
German citizen residing in Hayti. The de
mand Is similar , I am told , to many ! n which
the United States has demarded Indemnity
from Scuth American republics. As this
right of demanding and enforcing tte pay
ment of to indemnity Is universally recog
nized. I do rot doubt the case will be rat
tled In the usual way by the immediate par
ties In Interest Germany and Haytl. But
in any eient the case is of too little impor
tance to attract serious consideration end
it isneedless to conjecture on future possi
bilities. "
The amtassador wcs stked as to the tariff
but be did not care to discuss the matter.
"There It , I am glad to say. the most kindly
sentiment throughout Germany toword the
American people- and their government. "
Wbco Dr. von Holleben was a ked as to
the meaning of Germany's steps toward in
creasing Its navy , he smilingly replied
"Germany is a peaceful nation and I am
glad to say that like President McKlaley
the emperor of Germany is one of the mos :
pacific rulers in the world. Naturally Ger
many wacts an adequate navy , just as the
United States desires a strong naval force
not as a. mKos of aggrecsion , but to main
tain its interests the world over. Moreover ,
German colonial Interests are becoming verv
great In South Africa end elsewhere and the
German cltiier.ship abroad is spreading to
the utmost limits , eveo in China and east
ern Asia where we have extensive Germ-in
communities. It to but natural , therefore ,
that Germany desires to adopt every means
( or caring for It * own people the world over. "
l.ltlie ( iulil Iii Mc'iiraciin.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. In clcelng a re
port to the State department about gold in
Nicaragua Consul O'Hara at San Juan del
Norte , says * ' "Much of the newspaper talk
about gold in those countries is pure im
agination , aud while I hive fslth enough in
the go'd fields of easto n Nicaragua to be
lleve that gold hunters having both the time
and money to prospect a year or BO might
find poorer gold mines e ! ewhere. yet I feel
that it is my duty to warn Americans not to
come here In the expedition of getting
rich ID a few years. Up to the present time ,
with but three exceptions. DO one has suc
ceeded in making a fortune In the mining
districts of Nicaragua. "
Oiiiture Cleier Couiiierfrllrm.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. Chief Hiiea of
tae fcecret service ha * received a telegram
from CblciBO announcing the arrest of Frank
Holetou aud Mary Ma honey for making and
passing counterfeit JS and HO notw. The
fives are on die First National back of Jop-
lln. Mo. , and the tens are eilver certificates
with Haodrick'o bead Beth ar cleverly
executed and are dangerous. The capture Is
rte&r&xl uc very
LIVE STOCK RATES STA.\D
No Ohings in ths Situation as Ee ards
Basis for Oa'.o
HMLBOAD3 DIS'NCLINED TD CH\KG :
Olietlleuoo to tlie Mute Hoard * ! . Order
to Ilcslorc Oar Load Hatcx
Itot Yet Uirldcd
t'jion.
Gescral Trslght Ajent Crosby of the B. &
M. and Assistant General Freight Agent
Lane of the Union Pacific returned yesterday
from Kansas City , where they attended en
importcnt conference on the icueh-mooteo
questlca of changing the basis o ( live ctock
rates fiom cents per hunfireiwt-lght tack
to the old system of do'.ltrs per car lead.
The reason for the conference lies In the or
ders recently issued by the boards of trans
portation of Nebraska and Kassae ordering
a restoration of live stock rates to dollars
per carload.
The Burlington has all along etown a w il-
linpntts to return to the method of rates
fixed according to carloads , which was in
vogue prior to August 10. 1S 7 , but the of
ficials of that system have given ao a reason
for this attitude- cot any dfB'.re to recognize
the order of the Nebraska board , which they
maintain Is illcal , but a prfssure to com
ply -with the conditi.cs exUting on compet
ing llne-s In Kansas At the lines in Kansas
had practically changed beck to the carload
rates the Burlington felt that U mutt Co
ilkeAice in order to evenly maintain com
petition.
The Uilon Pacific has aot yet received the
official order of the Nebrasl-a 'Loard. and its
officials insist that ihey will not decide what
action the road will take until the official
order is received. As a matter of fact tu
freight traffic men have cppcord a return
to the carload method of determining ilvt
stock rates , even though the Burlington
should m ke the restoration. Tee matter
lias been to patted on by the freight traffic
department , acd has now gone to General
Manager Dickinson for his opinion. As be
Is In Chicago , this opinion may not be ren
dered for several das
At the noting In Kanbas City the Union
Pacific aud the other lines that maintain it
would bo better for the railroads to continue
to bas their live stock rate * according to
weight succeeded In persuading the Burling
ton to reconsider Its determination to r : o-e
Its H\e stock rates in dollars pecarload. .
This ws the issue of the meeting Ths Bur
lington came Into the conference with the
Island that It would at once restore the car-
jlcad rates In force prior to August Itit. Ee-
Ifcre the meeting adjourned it bad agreed tel
l temporarily , at leant , withhold the resto a-
' tion of the carload rates This in brief ! s the
titustion. General Solicitor Manderson of
the B. & M , when asked If any decision had
been reached regarding the action that road
would take on the order of the State Board
of Transportation replied that no dwtaloa
had yet been made. L'nlon Pacific officiate
content themselves with the statement that
that company would not decide the quettioa
unui the official order of the board bad been
duly received and considered.
I.lbiTO' Hull In
Blue priats of the hUtoric Indupendeac
ball In Philadelphia have b D received from
F. F. Tord.with the request that the expocl-
Uon arehltbCU make an oetimate of the ooet
of eroding a full tiie tnt > del In staff of the
old building , In order ti.it the pe. ( < le
of Phi'adelph a who are inte-ested in the
movement tr erect the building the ezposl-
t.cn grounds and ln al ! in ii ainong otber
things the old bell which riroc'aimed liberty
throughout the land , may know what the cost
of sudi building wi.l be.
OH HCTAI\I\O niFFnui\TJAL.
Teinn IntrreKtt. I'rntfvtniii"t Orniit-
Ic ? Kimsiifc I'flltlciii.
AUSTIN" , Tex. , Dec. 1 | The Texas Rail
road commission loday adSrefsed a lengthy
letter to the Interstate Commerce commis
sion ct Washingtcn protesting against a re
quest of the KCSEZS milling inte csta. ask'ng
fo.1 the removal of the 5-ccat per 100 differ
ential between flour and wheat shlp-
n.crts. The Texas cnmrals'iian objects to the
K'-nsas millers' petition on the grounds that
it Is an attempt to destroy the Billing in
dustries cf Texts end thus obtain a monopoly
of the bread supply of Texas ; and alsa to re
move from the pratn fields of Kaueas the
competit'on ' of tte Texas mills for the farm-
Icrs' wheat. The Texas ootntnission canteD'ls
jthit the present tale ! s just to every one ,
; giving the Texts mills a living and not
barring the Kaunas mills from competition '
and states that , with the.tindcnrand.ng that '
the differential WEB to be a lasting one. a j
number of mills have been erected In Te.tas i
thn v.-ould have to close were any change
made in the present rate. .
Cil rniln' VIr < > rrpx ! < ] 'ii
Vice President H. P. > Stceie of Colorado
lit'3 tendered his reFignatlon. as vice pnsi- i
den : on the ground that his business has
iucro : cd to such an ejctbnt that it requires !
all his time. The executive committee has
accepted the ree'.gnitlria ari3 requested the
governor of Colorado to .p-oplnt another vice
president. " i
Ilnilivnotf utid
George Clayton , north westera
agett of : he Wsiash , has returned from a
mcmb's trip through tgulhern CalUornla.
Charles Coone. private sseretary to Super
intendent McCoanell ol the Union Pacific's
mechanical department' ( left for a wwlirn
trip yesterday aKeanoon.
William Plnkwan ill detective fame ,
Mirc e from Cblcayo iu > - San FrunelBco.
was aJtlltr it local railway headf.uar.iro
> etf-rday morning. ,
A hilf dozKo new locomotives from the
Ulcers rompany of N v ? Jersey have re-
cetnly teen delivered lo-lhe 0. K. line , four
at Qulncy , III. , tnd tyro at Council BlufiX
la. { j
There was a smalwreck ] on the Klkborn
ct West Point this ra'oni ng , caused bj on *
frelgbt train running into the reir end of
ancther. No one was Injured and compara
tively little damage done. ' *
The Burlington Is put'ilng In a number of
stub * from Ite line in South Dakota to
vaiiuuB mining propfriitf ttere V. ' . .
Htwkirt has lH * > n awarded the contract for
bulldlog a ttub one a ad one-half miles In
le' .h from AKCO. ntar Englewood , to a
shaft iwently sunk in the fcoutbern part of
Ruby iuuln.
Based on a rwent oonfereoee between
Pre ideat Still well of thc.Kansa * City. Pl'.ts-
burg & Gulf aod Geaeral Manager Robin
son of the St. Joseph & Grind .island ,
rumors to the effect that the latter line will
txtc < ud Into K a-s a cky over the tracks
of th former are fcelng acelvely clreulaietd
ID railway circles , but ere DM regarded
wkti much f.erlouKoa .
The aidoU&g oJ the Order of lUilway
Conductorc at St. Albas * . VUwill b ( ire-
tided over by Grand Ciiltf Clark o ! Cedar
Rapids. la. , and will be attended by *
number of other wettem eooducuw-E. Mr.
CUrk will also attend the meeting of the
I&teratate Commerce eomnlMloa in Wt b-
ingtoa called to consider the quur.km of
extending the time for railroads to com
plete tte equipment of their care and lo- .
oomo'.lvee wiih saletjr
COUNCILMAN FELL SLIGHTED
|
I
Seady to Mcbe a n'strrbance Over TLeir
I
Official Irerozatives. !
ADVISORY BOARD'S ACTIDNS DONT SUIT
Overlnii of Powers Conferred by the
Charter Oronxlon * I'rlctlon that
Miiy Itchnlt in nu
Ojieii Clash.
There Is every prospect of a collision o f
authority between the Advisory Board cad
j the city coEcoll and the present indications
I are that the crash Is not far off. The
j charter has defined the powers and duties
! of both bodies , but the line cf demarcation
i kss been le't EO ambiguous in several re
spects that every oppiotunlty is afforded for '
a deadlock tt any June-lure. For some time
the members of the council have been
quietly discussing the transaction of the
biard , and have reached the conclusion that ,
tail b fly is arrogating altogether too much
authority to itself and that it is about time
ts clip Us wings. This feeling has cropped
out oa several occasions and particularly in
conception with the new gasoline lighting
contract. Seonotb 131 of the charter
provides that the mayor and council shall
have pw. er to regulate and provide for the
lighting of strees Section 100 prov'des
that the Advisory Board shall receive b.ds
for all mate-laU and _ supplies required by
the city and award contracts tbcre-for. The
ocuncllmen contend that the street lighting
rmatter IE exclusively vested in the major
and council , while the members of the
Advisory Board take tie position that it is
Included in the provision relating to material
and supplies. The "board went ahead , ad-
vertlted for bids and let a contract to the
Globe Light and Heat company. The con
tract wts transmitted to the council Tucsda }
night where a very vigorous objoutlco was
made to its approval. Hechel Insisted that
the boar ] tad acted entirely without
authority and cad usurped an exclusive
pre-osttive of the council The matter was
refprTed for the time , but will be a subject
, of discussion at the next oommktc-e meeting.
I ANOTHER CAUSE FOR CLASHING.
I The councilman have another grievance ic
connection with the iu lntmeni of L. K.
, Hutton as milk Inspector by the Advlsjry
Hoard. This is another case m which the
authority Is claimed uy bath bodies. Section
7 ! of the charter wiys : "The mayor aball
have P WBT , by and with the content of the
council , to appVnt all officers that may be
iaemed necesiry for the gosd government
of the city otherwise thaa those provided for
'in ' tuts act" Suction 100 says : "The Ad-
I vlsiry Board may employ such elsrks , as
sistants and employes and such Inspectors as
ere not herein elsewhere provided for. to the
' extent that tbo funds provided by the city
'eoutrll ' may permit , and may make rules and
' reguUtieng for the government and control
, of such employes , and define the duties ,
power , authority and compensation of the
, same. "
BUenhere in the tame tectlon U is pro
vided that the Adxisory Board shall have con
trol and supervision of meats , dnnkt end the
inspection , condemnation , use. sale and dib-
patiticn thereof. It ie alao authorized to em
ploy all necessary help for the health com-
misskxier. Under tli s provisloos the mem
bers of the board take it for granted that the
appointment of a mil ) . Inspector i purely a
province of the board. The members of the
council are equally fositlve that this official
thould be pointed by the ciflyor tad con
firmed by the council under the provision of
temcn 72 The quest.Dti was not raised when
Mr Boyd was reappsmted. as the Advisory
board uansm.tU'd the ap , > ointmeat to the
iciuncil. The appointment was satisfactory
to the council and was approved. When Mr.
Htittcnvas aopolnted , how-over , the board
did not even notify the conncil of the fact.
Several councilmen had plans of their own
for filling that office , cad the result is a dis
position to declare war and ascertain the ex
act relative authorities of the two bodies.
conin\t : or etui , jin.v.
CouKOli < ltitIon of All HitIllvir Iiitrr-
< -f-t in I'fnnxj Ivunin.
PITTSCURG , Dec. 1. The biggest com
bination of river coal Interests ever at
tempted promises to be effected before the
new year. It has been talked of for years , but
, has ct last come to a focus. A committee
[ consisting of Captain W. W. O'Nell , presi-
I dent of the T. W. O'Neil Coal company and
of the Pittsburg Coal exchange : Captain. S.
I S Brown of W. H. Brown's Sons , and Captain -
' tain John A. Wood of the firm of John A.
; Wood & Son , is hard at work conslderinc the
schedules of property values as presented
by the separate coal companies operating on
the river.
There Is a slight dlsserelon In the ranks
but it is not considered to be sufficient to
block the way or a speedy consolidation.
The scheme , which Is stupendous in nature ,
proprges -organization of one company
wth ! a capitalization of 111.000,000. It is to
be a huge trust controlling the river coal in
terests frcm L5ik No. & on the Moaongahela
river to New Orleans. The primary object
of tlic-comblnation is to reduce expenses in
bvth mining and shipping. The Plttsburg
operators hope by this means to successfully
compete with the KAnawha river product.
It is asserted that It is but to reap the re
ward tba.t will be galnt-d in the rt-ductlon of
operating expenses. The elimination of the
cutting done by PUtsburg shippers is also
expecte-d to contribute to the dividends.
A'eternn Commit * Suicide.
LEAVENWOUTH , D.e. l.-A veteran
| named Patilek Corr wan found dead In a
. bath tub at the Soldiers home , the flesh so
! badly cooked that it dropped from the
bones. The surroundings tends d to show-
that lie had committed suicide by Jumping
into the tub of t-calding water. He was
I married to a yourg woman , arid is bald to
, have had domestic trouble- ? .
! I ) en 111 Til titf H llliu ill Wil rn I UK.
TOPEKA. Do. 1. A. A. Henry , a con
ductor of the Top.ka Street railway , while
s'ttlng in the car hout * thU cnorning walt-
. ing to go out on hi * run suddenly droil
oitr on bench nd died in tlv mlnti'es.
He was InuKairij and talking wlih nit com
! nor ! just of h * wus altac'.ud with the
f ta ! tjHll of hemt 'U'eas * .
i l'i > e n llntldliiu ilk H Tnruret.
I Manager Wulpl of the Omab/a Ca ket oom-
i pany. Thlrt aith and Grace streets , wrote
, to Chief Gallagher complaining that hunters
is ho frequent t e l > otiomi are In the habit
of utlriK the company's building for a tar - t
1 Several tirni > Bmp'ojei have lurely fefccaped
; t-hot and } eu 'erday a bullet canve
through one of the wlndon-e. He want * the
practice stopped 5erK ant Ilr was given
InotrurtionB to put a ktcp to ttvU ir.di-
criinlnate u v of flrearrr.B.
Senilx SiiNi > fel ' I'lio
Chief Gallagher hat received the pictures
of Frank Haley and Lt-vl Ultkford from
the photographer , and the 3- were Kent to
Chicago for the j > urpo e of Identlfiratioii.
The two men were captured In Ibis city
yekttrduy , and are uiid-r u Wcion of being
the ; * r on wanted In Chloato for the
murder f Mrs. I'aullne Merry.
Deterring CoafiOeoce. There It no article
which M richly do ervw > the entire oooudeoce
of the community as Brown's Bronchial
Troches. Those buttering from Asthmatic
and Brochlal Dlfeaien Coughs and Colds ,
should try them. Price , S ceate.
NO MORE WORK FOR THE HOBO
Life Be One Grand , Sweet Song for
Him Hereafter.
STREET CLEANII.G GANG IS LAID OFF
IVoarj- iind Dunty Illiode *
\V11I a Ilrli-f Itc-
from llrooin nuil Sliuvcl
In Oiuxilnu
Yesterday morning the prisoners forJSag
the street cleaning gang failed to file out of
the city jail at their accustomed hour. It Is
possible they may not be obliged to
work any more this winter. The order
Issued by Mayor Moores suspending Special
Officer IV. R. Gibson , foreman of the olrect
cleaners , took effect. No action was taken
by the captain In charge to substitute an
other officer to take Gibson's place and coa-
sequeiitlj the b'g aggregation of hoboes and
vags boarding at the city's expense were al
lowed to bask in the scnshine of each oth
er's smilec * and the warmth of the jail radi
ators.
The police express themselves as very anx
ious to keep the street cleaning gung
at work. They tay that unless some pro
vision o' this kind is made ti-it the jail will
be overrun with men of the "Weary Wag-
glee" description who could atk for no
greater map than to eat three meals per
day and do nothing. Today there arc four
teen able-bodied mm In the c.ty prison serv
ing out short ientecLes for minor
This number i * cold to be a fair average for
the last month Tnc cumber , however , will
rapidly increase as the winter draws on and
the weather becomes too cold for the float-
ling population of sneak thieves to eieep out
of doors
The police say it has been argued that the
city paja ruore lor the tervlces of an officer
end the use of teams and wagons than It re-
cflvett benefit from the labors of the prison
ers. During the laet summer the number of
workers only cor.h.btod of two or three while
a special offlcti , together with a wagon and
driver , were obliged to accompany them.
The number of pr toners It also eaid to have
been largely diminished by the officer allow
ing inauy of his men to escape from time to
time. During the winter the police claim
thu tramps and other outcasts dellbe nte'.y
commit petty larcinj for the purpose of
breaking Into jail. In order to place a cherk
upon It borne penalty In the form of labor
rnuv. be Imposed.
Chief Gallagher eajn that he has the mat
ter under cone'deration ' and will place It be
fore the Board of Tire end Police CommU-
1 stone's. He BC.J-B It U quite probable that
an officer will be detailed fcr special duty to
take charge of the gang tfcr first of the year.
Sen roll HrvrnlN Stolen flood * .
The police * relied the houne of 13 , L , . Mc-
Faddn at UK North THieny-i venth fr'reet
and unearthed a large quantity of fc-onds
btolen from the Darker -.o'e ) and from !
eueats boarding tbcrt Among the things
rwovernd ar * a numb < r of drehBts IK'O'-
ing to Hva McIUnry. S. P Morse and a
traveling inaji nunud Lamb Mies ilc-
iienry'H trunk wan broltn into nhlle In a
( ttore room of the hotel and tWntrs * valued ut
nearly ? 1(0 ( taken. MnPadden is under ar
rest ctarged with potty larceny , but tha
oomfilalnt will be changed to one of Grand
Urceny.
Patronize American goods , especially when
jou know- they tre the best , like Cook's lev *
porlal Extra Dry