THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , TI1TJHSDAY MOHNIXG , JANUA11Y 'JO , 1 SOS-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE GENTS.
HARK TWAIN'S ' NEWEST BOUK
Story of Travel and Adventure Well
Spiked with Fine Humor.
ESSAYS BY HARRY 1HURSTON PECK
'Another Volume on ttcoiiomlc < ltie -
tloiiH The l.iiftt Volume of the Ce.n-
turj KnNiiyN of Di-evel Middle
A .Ne v Sillily of Hamlet.
Of books of travel nnd adventure there IE
practically no end , but the number ot these
books that have within themselves some
thing attractive aside from Interest In the
things described. The book of travel may
be easily made entertaining. Persons whc
Jiavo traveled are dhva > s Interested In what
other travelers have seen and these who have
not traveled learn to take delight In the
Journeys of their more fortunate fellows ,
llut In the splendid volume written by Mark
Twain to dcscil.'be his journey around the
-woilU there U a great deal to make It In
teresting aside from the mere fact ot a
journey described , The book Is filled to
overflow-Ing with historical Information
about the countries through which the great
American humorist of other days passed on
Ills last lecture tour , and the statistical in
formation well sprinkled through Is also o (
great value. Mr. Clemens had eyes that saw-
when ho went forth to follow the equator.
Ills eyes saw much that would have escaped
the eyes of a less observant man. On < mj-
'boaul , on the trains , In hotels , at watering
places , In the mountains , among the farmers ,
ho iilwaja saw something of exceptional In
terest. Ho saw more than great ranches and
. " 'rlshlng cities In Austral a , more than
mO squcs and shrines In Asia , for he was
looking at what was behind all these things ,
what they meant In .relation to the history
and progress of thu world. All this Informa-
tljn which he gathered by observation and
from n storehouse of his own where he has
been accumulating facts for a Kfotlmc , Mark
Twain has- Imparted In his "Following the
Equator" In a manner that Is doubly enter
taining for the fine vein of humor that la
encountered at almost every turn through
the narrative. Mark Twain will never write
onpjhor "Innocents Abroad , " and nobody
twdufd want him to do It , but he has written
a book of far greater value. His humor IB
hero turned to gcod account. The reader Ca
filled with valuable Information and at the
same time a sense of pleasure which can
not bo described. The anecdotal part of the
work Is not confined to anecdotes on the
Jcurney , though there were many of them ,
but others having no connection whatever
with this Journey are brought la at conven
ient prints. Altogether It Is a unique and
valuable book of travel , well worthy of the
genius of the favorite American humorist.
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I.Iternry > oten.
A now novel by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell Is
to run as a serial In the Century.
The long novel by Thomas Nelson Page
In Serlbncr's this year will bo his first of
great length , i
In London the two best se'llng novels
of the winter have been "Tile Christian"
ami "In Kedar's Tents. "
Mr. A. E. Keet , formerly editor of The
Forum , has become the manager of the Pall
Mall Magazine In the United States ,
The Critic promises to print th's ' week
the address of M. Zola at the grave of
Daudct , In both French and English.
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the next five-year volume of Poole's Index
to the Periodical Literature.
Another magazine of recreation has marie
Its appearance In Denver. It Is Outdoor
Life and J. A. McGuire is the editor with
J. A. Rlcker as the manager.
Joe M. Chappelle ofthe National Maga
zine. Boston , recently visited his old home
In La Porte City , la. He lj publisher of the
magazine and a regular contributor.
Two numbers of Literature were published
simultaneously this month , but the Har
pers pro.-r.Lse that hereafter this literary
weekly will appear regularly on Wednes
days.
days.Mr,3.
Mr,3. M. E. W. Sherwood will brim ; out
shortly with Herbert S. Stone ft Co. of
Chicago a volume of reminiscences , very
llko her Epistle to Ppsteilty. which proved
EO popular last year.
OIIIUS MISIlllY HXl'KCTh TO ITAXO.
Condileitt the Jury VV1H IlrliiK In "
Verillet of Guilty.
CHICAGO , Jan. 19 , Today the alleged wife
murderer , Chris Merry , even before his de
fence could be presented to the jury , gave
up apparently all hcpe of escaping the gal
lows. Hoforo court opened he broke Into "ne
of h's fearful cursing spella. In the lltt'e
room just off the court Merry acted like a
wild man. "Pratt , " exclaimed Merry to lib
attorney , "Will you go with me to the gal
lows. No , no priest , no minister for mo , I
want you. I'd rather have you walk with mete
to the scaffold than any holy hypocrite. "
Attorney Pratt tried to reason with Merry ,
but the prisoner yelled volley after volley
of curses on his dead wife and the police.
"I won't confess , " he yelled. "What for ?
That jury will hangme no matter what I
eay. " > ; '
Counsel for James Smith , who ! s on trial
with Merry for complicity In ths murder ,
sprang a surprise today by moving that
Smith's ca,3e bo taken trom the jury on , the
ground that no evidence- connecting Smith
with the murder had been Introduced. The
motion Wai ? overruled after some argument.
The defense put witnesses on the stand today
to attempt to prove Merry ksane. Merry
himself flatly refused to go en the wltnees
stand.
s < ; oi.mx .nininn. ;
I'reimratlonx to Celehrnle II on a
Rrnnil Senli- .
SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 19. Preparation ! }
for the golden jublleo of California the
fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the
yellow metal are- making rapid headway ,
The celebration will begin on Monday next
and continue during 'tho week. It will em
brace many entirely novel features , nearly
every county In the state contributing-
render 'tho affair a nota'blo event in the
annals of California. Jn connection wHh the
jubltcn -mining fair will bo held , which
premises to bo the most complete expedition
of the kind over known In the west. San
Francisco Is already gilly decorated In
anticipation of the coming carnival week and
visitors are arriving In largo numbers. Gov
ernor Dudd has declared ! the- opening day of
-the Jubilee a. legal holiday and during the
wok of fcctivlty the public schools will > bo
closed. Seldom before has state and civic
prldo been aroused , to a greater degree , nnd It
Is already evident that all former popular
demonstrations hero will "bo " equalled If not
eclipsed.
KlIlN Herself tilth n llrother'N 1'lnlol ,
LOUISVILLE , Ky. , Jan. 19 , A special
from Maysvllle , Ky , , says ) : News of the
eulcldo of Mls Harriet Keith Owens on
Monday at Crab Orchard Farm , the homo
of her father. Hasll P. Onons , near Wash
ington , reached here las } nlsht. Miss Owens
had been In poor hMltli for some time and
had to give up bur ? ohool last fall on that
account. She rested unusually well Sunday
night and seemed very cheerful , wiling a
nearly breakfast. She read "the account of
the shootlnB of ex-Sennlor Joe HInckburn'p
daughter. Mm. Lanes with inueh Intereft
After that * ho went to her brother's room ,
nnl , Kccurlnif liU pistol , placed It to her
temple and fired life fatal shot , Death was
Instantaneous. .Miss Owens was one of the
brightest girls In the country and the
OneiiH family U a prominent one , The
tragedy U widely de-plqrod ,
ot I.OKIUI ( 'urlliile ,
CINCINNATI , Jon. 19. The funeral of
Logan Carlisle , son , of ex-Secretary John
Q. Carlisle , took place today In the Scott
Methodist Episcopal church In Covlngton ,
Ky. The lioime was filled with friends of
the deceased and many floral tributes were
placed about the casket. The Interment
took place In Linden drove cemetery ,
CONCERNS KLONDIKE TRAVEL
Action of Inteistato Commarce Commission
Affects Alaska.
SUSPENSION OF LONG AND SHORT H\UL \
I.oenl Hiillroitil Men Say They Will He
Able In Meet Cmiiiillnn Competi
tion and Uxneet to ( Jet
tlie lltlNlllVHH.
"It looks very much to mo as though the
strength of the long and short haul clause
of Iho Interstate commerce act was being
gradually but surely weakened , " told a
prominent vnssengcr man to The Deo. "It
has be n suspended for the railroads carry
ing bualucss to the Kootccal district In order
that they may compete against the Canadian
Pacific , and last week the supreme court
of Georgia decided that a railroad had a
right to make a eucaper rate for a long haul
Into Maccn than for a shorter haul In the
same state because of the commercial supe
riority of Macon nnd Its Importance as a
distributing center. "
Th'e opinion Is very widespread among
mllroad men. They argue that the courts
arc beginning to recognize -that there arc
commercial considerations to be taken Into
account wltn arguments on the long and
short haul matter. The suspension of the
rule in regard to the prospective Klondike
travel Is regarded as a good thing for the
American transcontinental railroads , espe
cially the northern lines that are brought In
direct competition with the Canadian Pa
cific. The latter line is not responsible to the
Interstate Commerce commission , of the
United States for any of Its nets and there
fore would enjoy a big advantage In the
matter of a bigger traffic on lower talcs were
It not for the suspension of the long an.J
short haul clause.
Well posted passenger men look for a big
movement to Klondike. As la natural In the
oJso of all big movements demoralization In
railroad rates Is looked for.
General Passenger Agent Lomax of the
Union IViclflc yesterday said that he be
lieved any competition from the north could
now be successfully met. He added : "It
the roads up north get gay , why we'll put
In some rates that will bring the Klondike
business through here. As a matter of fact ,
I believe a large proportion of the Klondike
movement Is coming this way anyhow. San
Fracclsco Is making a big bid for the busi
ness , and will get a good ehare of It. No ,
Indeed , wo don't fear any competition from
the north "
Assistant General Passenger Agent Smith
of the U. & , M. said : "Tho Klondike busi
ness is going to be Immense and the bulk
of It from Chicago and the east will come
through here. Of course , there will be a big
movement from St. Paul , and line lines out
of there are going to handle plenty of traf
fic , but the bulk of it will comefrom Chicago
cage through here and Kansas City. "
The estimates of passenger men on the
Klondike business run all the way from 25-
000 to 10,000. It 'is ' said -that a number o'J
these who start for Klondike Will get no
further than 'the ' cities on the Pacific coast ,
in California , Oregon and Washington. The
demand for Klondike literature Issued by
the railroad companies Is something enor
mous , and some of the western railroads
have Issued their second circular. The Bur
lington route a short time ago
Issued 35,000 folders giving Information
mation about the new gold fields
and the demand was so great that they were
all gone within a few weeks. As a rule ,
passenger men think the figures concern
ing the movement up to date are exagger
ated , but they look for a bigger movement
than has yet been put In figures within the
next six months.
Unto 11 1'acKlc PiiN rntrcr OIIIdiilN.
A rumor to the effect thatif Samuel A.
Hutchison , general traveling passenger agent
of the Unlorf Pacific , Is soon to be promoted
to the position of assistant general passenger
agent is going the rounds of railway circles.
At headquarters It Is said that such a change
Is not unlikely.-to happen. It would merely
be glvli.-g Mr. Hutchison the title for a posi
tion which , to all Intents and purposes , he
has for Eome time occupied Should he be
made assistant general passenger agent It is
said that he will continue to perform the
duties of general traveling passenger agent
as well. A report from St. Louis to the ef
fect that J. B. Frawloy , general agent of the
passenger department at Kansas City , is
likely to be made general traveling passenger
agent was this afternoon pronounced to bo
most erroneous by an official of the passen
ger department.
IiivlteH KrelKht Claim A entx.
At the suggestion of Edward Clarke ,
freight claim agent of the B. & M. railroad ,
Manager Rcsowater of the Department of
Publicity and Promotion has Issued an in
vitation , to the Freight Claim association , an
orKanizatlon of freight claim agents from
all the railroads In the country , to hold Its
fall meeting In Omaha next year. This as
sociation holds two meetings each year , one.
In May and another la October. The May
meeting will bo held In Denver and the In
vitation to meet in Omaha In October will be
urged upon the association.
MamlrrMoti KiiHuhteiiH SI. I.ouls ,
General C. P. Manderson. , one of the ex
position directors , attended a banquet of the
Commercial club of St. Louis Saturday night ,
laht , and took occasion to talk at some length
concerning the exposit'on. The meeting wcs
attended by many of the representative busi
ness and professional men of the city and
many inquiries were made of General Man-
rierson regarding the character of the build
ings to bo erected ,
Itiillrnnil .Vote * and I'erNoiinln.
Traveling Passenger Agent Marley of the
Michigan Central Is in the city ,
President George Guild of the Missouri
Pacific Is this week serving on the federal
grand Jury at Trenton , N. J.
John A. Munroe , freight traffic manager of
the Union Pacific , Is In Now York In consul
tation with the newly elected officers and the
illrectors of the road.
The earnings of the Wabash for the second
week of January amounted to $228,571.33 ,
showing an increase of $31,525.98 compared
with the corresponding week in 1897.
General Passenger Agent , II. C. Townscnd
of the Missouri Pacific has returned to St.
1/ouls after attending the CDnfeccnce In New
York on Immigrant rates via the gulf portn ,
E. M. GanncH. commercial agent of the ( Mis
souri Pacific at AtchUon , Kan. , 'Is ' In the
city and reports great Interest among uhe
people of that city In the TransmlwlMlppl
Exposition ,
The earnings of the Kansas City , Pltts-
buTg & Gulf railway fov December , 1897 ,
were $205,174 , against $100,190 for December ,
1896 , The total earnings for the year were
$2,439,719 , against $809,021 for 1890.
Traveling Passenger Agent Fitzgerald of
the Loul llle & Nashville U la the city. Ho
reports that southern tourist travel has bees
delayed considerably this yecr by the open
winter weather In the north. Ho expects
that It will begin to grow heavy within the
next fortnight.
O , E , Jerkins , well known In this city as
the general western passenger agent of the
Homo , Watcrtnwu & Ogdcnsburg railroad ,
has been appointed city passenger agent of
the Vanderbllt lines at Syracuse , N. V.
Hereafter the western Interests of the Home ,
Wiitertown & Ogdensburg railroad will be
looked after by the representatives of the
New York Central ,
For the meeting of the National Flrpmcn'8
association at Chicago , January 27-28 , west
ern reads yesterday declared ft iato of
oneanJ one-third fare for the round trip.
For the meeting of the department of super-
Intendgjits of the National Educational aeao-
: latlon at Chattanooga , February 22-21 , there
will bo a rate ot ono nnd one-third regular
faro to St. Louis for the round trip and from
there to Chattanooga ono faro for the round
trip.
trip.Tlio
Tlio Baltimore & Ohio railroad now runs
Its freight Irakis over I Is own tracks Into
Now York City. Years fago a line was built
from Cranford Jtinetlco on the Jersey Cen
tral railroad to St. GcoVge's ; Staten Island ,
cresting the Kill von Kull on a long bridge
and trestlework , and all Baltimore & Ohio
freight , either Inbound ex outbiund , U
handled from that paint. The recent exten
sion of tha limits of New * York City has
made Staten Island a part ot Greater New
York. \ . _
AVISMinS HIS SI TElt'S AVHOXOS.
TeviiM Connor Ulllx Her Himhniiil for
Aluminum lief.
NEW YORK , Jan. li-4-Itslde the Stags
street station hot-se , bon\fpli | ; ot Brooklyn ,
last night , the policemj-d - were all In line
ready to go out for nightduly. ) The aergcant
was reading to them a | description ot Her
man 0. Hlcz , who had juot shot and mor
tally wounded Otto Dlehl. tic was telling
the men to arrest Hint and warned them
that he was a wild westerner and probably
dangerous.
Outsldo the station house was Hlnz dotcg
his best to get Inside and give himself up.
He told the doorman guarding the entrance
that ho had important business Inside and
must pass. The doorman declared that no
one should enter uattl the men had been
sent out for duty. The policemen filed out
past the man they wanted and Hlnz went
Inside. Ho to'.d of the crime he had com
mitted and handed Sergeant Ruthcnburg a
big revolver , from which n forty-four bullet
had been discharged. Hewas ; , locked up.
Hlnz had been a cowboy In Texas for the
last seven 5 cars. 11 to mother liven In Brook
lyn , and ho came to v.slt her Christmas. He
found that Dlehl was treating his sister
brutally and he took her away. He went for
Mrs. Dlehl's clothes. Dlehl refused to let
him have them and Htnztuys [ threatened to
train him with a kettle.'I
"My steter Is dying , " said Hlnz , "and you
are her murderer , guess [ ' It wont bo a crime
to kill you , and I'll do It ; " and he did.
i COTTOX CtOODS AIIKOAI ) .
u Market or SuriduH lit
Mnnclii : * : er.
NEW YORK , Jan. IB.-fHicro seems to bo
a probability that In ad ( ! Hlon to the other
classes of manufactured uoods In which this
country Is successfully c mpetlng with for-
elgn manufactures for tie trade of then
own countries , bleached cottons will soon
be added. A hundred sample cases of these
goods have just been fchlpped from this
port to Manchester an < \ negotiations are
now on foot for the purdhase of large con
signments for the Englfsh trade. Hereto
fore cotton goods have been exported on a
small scale to England through export
brokers. Now , however , the attention of
British Importers has been drawn to Ameri
can goods , not only btcauso they are
cheaper , but also because they are found
to be far superior to English manufactures
of the same weight. The American goods
are mndo of a firmer twiSted yarn than the
English and are wlthouU-tho filling which ,
while making the materials smooth and of
good appearance , caused It to wear badly
end to lack the strength of the American
goods. The market forJJlenchcd cottons In
this country has frequently „ been over
stocked , and should the present experiment
result In a regiilr * * xport trade , the effect
will be to keep tho'tnllS "ontlnually run
ning on half tlmo and dlscbarm. . „ mill
workers which has led to so much misery
and discontent. ' . . . 5 ' * *
ncrosiTS snow IAUOK ixuim.vsn.
H IJimfc : IJIvltteiuls"Also Show
ii > Improvement.
BOSTON , Jan. 19. According to the an
nounced report of the State Board of Sav
ings Banks , the total amdunt of money de
posited In such institutions last year was
$82,814,012 , an Increase over the preceding
year of $3,897,482 , and this aggregate sum
deposited Is larger than that of any one of
the ten years preceding 1S97 , The amounts
deposited averaged $ GG.34 , to each deposit
made , an increase of $1.92 over the average
of last year. . '
Tlie total amount withdrawn from the
banks during the year was $79,334,807.88 , or
$2,413,583.02 less than the- sum withdrawn
In the year preceding. :
The report relates to 187 savings banks
"
and Institutions of savlnis , with assets of
$503973,934 ; thirty-four J-trust companies ,
with assets of $141,294,237 ; and two trust
companies and four savings banks In the
hands of tbo court.
Iho total amount of dividends declared
was $17,335,519 , an Increase of $500,511 over
last year.
AXi/.t : von GAMP IMIOTRCTIOX.
American SiiortMiien' ( or a I.eiiKne to
'Enforce Stn e I.a UK ,
NEW YORK , Jan. If The League of
American Cportsraen wa organied hero yes
tcrday , the aim of the association being "to
promote good fellowship ] among sportsmen ;
to foster In the minds df the people a love
of nature and of nature" ! * works ; to encour
age the propagation of ! game and game
fishes , and the re-stocking of gaino fields
and public waters. " '
To these ends It will act In unison with
state , county and municipal authorities who
aim at similar ends. The officers of the league
are : President , G. 0 , Shields , New York ;
vice presidents , Dr. C. Hart Men-lam , Wash
ington , D. C. ; E. S. Thompson , Now York ;
W. A. Richardson , Chejenne , Wyo. ; W. T.
Horraday. Now York ; A. A. Anderson , Now
York ; secretary , Arthur A < Rico. Passalc , N.
J. ; treasurer , F. C. Hyatt , Now York.
IMS.VSIO.VS KOH WUSTIiIt. % VISTI3UAX.S.
Survivor * of the I.utcVar Ilciuein-
bereil Ity tin- General Government.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 19-Speclnl.-I'en- ( )
slons have been issued as follows :
Issue of January 3 :
Nebraska Original : Samuel Strnyer ,
Shlcklcy , $12 ; Sherman P. Lester , IJeatrlce ,
JS. Additional : William II. Johnson. Harrisburg -
burg $8 to $8. Increase : Sumiicl M , Free
man , Hentrlco , $33 to $27. Original widow ,
etc. : Mnry C. Jacobs. I'awnee City , $ S.
Iowa Original : Homer Lovolaee. Woodbine
bine$0 ; Husa M. Klnkatle. Itcckwcll City ,
$ , .Renewal : Henry 13 * line , Burlington , $5.
Increase : Charles * M. WlttlK. Dnvrnport ,
$13 to $17 : George D. Dalrymple , Clinton , $0
to $ S. Original widows , etc. : Mnry A.
Hooper , Burlington , $8 ; Sarah M. Camp ,
Elliott. $3.
South Dakota Original widow , etc. . George
A. Ilratt. Hot Springs , $10.
Montana Originall { Jdwraril M. Stevens ,
Garland. $ C. Increase : Patrick II , Tooly ,
Castle. il2 to $14.
Inke Carrlem' Avvouinlloa In SeHNlnn.
DETROIT , Jan. 19 , The annual meeting
of tbo Lake Carriers' association , which
convened today , was the j most largely at
tended of nny mcotins m the history of
the association. Regarding the projected
deep water eunal from fno lakes to ths
sea the annual report of lh board of man-
ater.s quotrd the statements of Major
Symonda , United States engineer , who , after
i preliminary examination ! , rsached the con
clusion that lanre vecFelf , either of Jake or
ocean typs , could not bt'operntnl ' econom
ically through u long , " narrow waterway
containing many lopys , ,
Secretary of War AVr nn'l ' Senators Mc
Millan and Hnnmv were thanked for their
Interest and effjrts in brJialf of Improve
ments in lake waterway * . Captain J. S.
liun'mm of Chicago wds unanimously
elected president for the pomlng year ,
CiinllriiiN Mm. Goodwin' * Divorce
NEW YORK , Jan , 19-Justlce , Pryor In
the supreme court today confirmed the re
port of ex-Judse Donahue as referee , rec-
Hjirmmllnc- that a ilecrufe of absolute divorce
bo KrunU'd Nel'.ln K. Gp6d\vln , wife of Nat
C. Qoodwln. the actor Oaodwln Is ordered
to pay his divorced wife $75 a week
alimony. She la prlvllesed to marry agnln
If she BO ( Ifcslrca. with ( (13 ( right to resume
'Jicr maiden name of linker. Goodwill can
not marry again In thU ctate. None of the
testimony heard before the rcfcres way
made publlu.
DENIES HOPKINS HIS LICENSE
Ojuntry faloan Koopar Win Trusted in
World-Herald Promises ,
NOTICE PUBLISHED M 111- WRONG PAPER
County ConinilnnloncrM Decide Unit
The O MI Him HteiiliiK Dee IN the
I'npelIn Whleh to AilvertUe
AlilillciitloiiN.
After hearing testimony and considering all
the facts In itho case , the Hoard of County
Comm.'erloners haa found tha't The Omaha
Evening Deo. has the largest bona nde cir
culation ot any newspaper In Douglas county ,
and that It la the only newspaper In which
applications for liquor license * can be pub
lished , providing the applicants deslro to
comply wfih the provisions of the law.
Tlio findings were In the case wherein N.
I * . Foil protested against tiic granting of a
liquor licence to L. D. Hopkins , who had
published his notice In a paper purporting to
bo tf.lo Dally World-Herald. When the Uo.ird
of County Commissioners convened yester
day , the following resolution was offered and
adopted by the unanimous vote of all present :
Resolved , That after hearing all the evi
dence In the protest case of N. P. Fell
against U D. Hopkins , wherein the s.ild
N , 1 * . Fell protested niralnst the ttrantlns
of a ) Uiuor license to the snld L. D. Hop
kins , on Iho c round of Insulllclent publi
cation nnd lucic of goad fnlth , we find that
The Omaha Eveningliee has the larscst
circulation of nny newspaper published In
Uouglas county , and It Is therefore tiio
newspaper In which applications should be
published to comply with the law. And , as
the said L. ID. Hopkins did not comply with
the law by publishing his application In the
newspaper having the largest circulation
In Douglas county , \\e , therefore , deem It
our duty to refuse the said I. , D. Hopkins
bis license.
WAI. I. K1ERSTBAD.
II. K. OSTROAI.
A. C. HAUTE.
After the adoption of the resolution Com
missioner Oetrom said : "In view of the
fact that the two democratic members of
the board are absent , and that this matter
has been left entirely to the republican
members , I think that It would be advisable
to postpone the hearing of the other capes
until Members Hector and Hofeldt arc
present. "
Attorney McCulloch , for the World-Her
ald , said that ho wanted to move for a re
hearing on tbo question of good faith. Ho
said that ho desired that the motion bo
made n matter of record.
Commissioner Ootrom doubted If an out
sider had a right to appear before the board
and move nny question. Ho thought that
that was a matter for the commiEsioncis ,
and for them only.
Other members took the same view of the
case , whereupon Chairman Kterstead In
formed Attorney McCnlJoch that ho might
flic his application for a rehearing , and It
would bo considered at the next meeting.
Ho also said that L. D. Hopkins had been
notified of the hearing of the protest , but
had Ignored it , apparently not caring what
action the commissioners took In the prem
ises.
ises.Tho
The hearing on the other protests against
the Issuance of saloon licenses will come on
at an adjourned meeting that will be held
. . ? * t Monday morning at J0:30 : o'clock , ' at
whloh , i. ' < | , Is expjted ! that All .of the
at lhitWS.r'1 wlll'-be In attendance.
.TAMILS litfAXK IO.SI3 ! > THIS
County Cleric Hnvcrly 'Fulton Steps to
Bvoltnle the n\-ICvperl.
The county commissioners are of the opin
ion that they tia.V'e dispensed with the serv
ices of , James Hiiane , though they are not
certain. They discharged him twice before ,
both tmei3 ( withjp. 'tho ' last week , and eacn
time ho has cd iq back to Insist that ho
would not quit the'employ of the county. Ht
had a key made to the lock of the room
which 'he ' occupied and early and late he was
at ills desk. After the meeting of the
Hoard of County Commissioners , held yes
terday , 'tho ' members detccmlnol to assert
their rights and ascertain whether or not
they could discharge an employe and oompol
him to remain discharged. They Instructed
County Clerk Haverly to take possession of
all county property in the possession of
nuane , peocoably if ho could and forcibly if
5io must. The county clerk waited until the
noon hour and then approached Iluane , de
manding tha key to the door of the office In
whi.ch he ha3 been spending his time. Iluane
protested , hut Haverly Intormed him that
there would be no foolishness and that If the
key was not surrendered an officer would bo
called. This seemed to cause Huane to wilt ,
and , letting loose of the .bravado that he has
main/tallied during the latt week , he givn
up thu key stating , however , that it was his
private property an3 that if Ct was not re
turned to him the county would have to pay
the original cost. Haverly made no prom
isee , but , accepting the key , ho allowed
Iliiane to depart.
Iluano maintains that the county com
missioners discharged him -without authority
of law and that he will draw 'his ' salary un
til the first day of next month , whether ho
works or not.
OX TIIlS COU.\TV FAIIM.
OoniinlHiiloncrM I'lnn to I'ut the Vn-
ennt I.iiiul < tn t'rnlltnlile Itae.
The county commissioners are considering
the advisability of breaking up all of the
vacant land on the poor farm and planting
It to crops , They are well pleased with the
result of last year's farming experiment and
are of the opinion that If the balance of the
unoccupied land Is placed under cultivation
the crop will go a long way toward making
the poor farm self-supporting ,
Last year the poor farm pro-Juced enough
corn 'to ' feed the horses , the hoga and a num
ber of steera that were killed for beef. The
potato and vegetable crop was almost enough
to supply the table during the entire year ,
though only a small portion of the land was
cultivated.
The expenses of raising a crop on the poor
'arm ' are camp aratlvely nothing , as the county
lias horses that are used for the plowing and
seeding and the Inmates do the work under
the direction of the superintendent.
T'VileruI I'rlxonerH
LEAVENWOKTH. Jan. 19.-James Mur
phy , ( JeoruQ Woodruff and George Gordon ,
postofllce burglarn , have made their escape
from the federal penitentiary. They dropped
behind the other prlFoners In coming out to
breakfast , and taking advantage of a heavy
fog , wealed a twenty-foot wall by means of
a rope ladder , and were gone Homo tlmo be
fore they were missed. All three of them
were convicted at Topcka for breaking Into
postolllces , Murphy and Gordon have two
yeara to servo and Woodruff ten. This
makes the third tlmo Murphy has broke out
of prison and the second time for Woodruff
Murnliy'o homo If In East St. Louis and
Gordon's In Topeka ,
_
Implement Dealer * . In Convention.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 19 , The annual con
vention of the Western Retail Implement
and Vehicle Dealers' association , comprising
llvo Btuti-H nnd the Oklahoma and Indian
territories , was called to order this mornIng -
Ing by I'resldnit C. H , Hoatllns of Colum
bus. Mo. lietween " 00 nnd SW delfjjatts and
visitors from ML'sourl , Kansas , lo.ui. 1111-
nolB and Iho tcrr'torcn ! are In attei.dancB.
The work of the morning1 session was eon-
fined strictly to routine matters. ThlH
afternoon I'u-sldetit noatllnur delivered lil
annual uddreai and reports of tic rerrctnry
and treamiror were read and dlsciUEcd. The
iratherlng will probably dissolve with Its
evening E-eeslon ThursJay.
.Murphy Aiiiiltleil.
WILMINGTON. ! > ! „ Jan. 19.-Ciiptaln
Murphy who was on trial In tie United
Btat a district court charb-'d with filibus
tering In connection with thu utcamer Lau-
radii , was today declared not guilty by the
lury ,
SHUTS OI-T 1't'MUO COASTINtt ,
Mnj-or Inxiie * n I'riielnnintluit Concern.
Inw the \ew Ordinance.
Mayor Moores has Issued the following
proclamation In reference to coasting :
Notice Is hereby given 'nn * n" proclama
tions made or pprmlaxlons heretofore
granted , Riving the UEO of any of the streets
or avenues of the city of Omaha for const-
Ing , nre hereby revoked. This action Is
taken for the reason that the ordinance
under willed such proclamations or permis
sions were Issued hn ? been repealed by an
ordinance passed by the city council De
cember 28 , 1S97. FUANIC K. MOORES ,
Mayor.
The half yearly examinations , which arc
now In progress In the public colmols , will
advance n Hi go additional elan from the
eighth grade to the High school. The ex
act number of new Hlgfi school pupils will
not bo known uutll after tho.papers have
been passed on , but It Is estimated at from
fifty to seventy.
The hearing of the complaints of the local
corporations on account of their tax assess
ments has been pastponcd to Friday. This
Is largely on account nf the absence of Coun
cilman Stunt , who wants to have something
to say on the proposition. The Indications
are that It the IloarJ of Kquallz.-Ulon com
pletes Its labors this wcok It will bo doing
remarkably well.
City Engineer llosewntcr had the street
gang at wcc-k yec.icrdny denning out Uio
gutters In Uie business district. The Ice
has accumulated to a depth of several Inches
and as It slowly thaws It keeps the streets
full of slush. Uy cleaning up tlio gutters the
pavements will be relieved of the continual
flow of thawing Ice and a rain will sweep
away a good deal of the filth that has ac
cumulated.
As soon as the decision of the sign com
mittee with reference to the abolition ot
stiect signs Is approved by the council
Dulldlng Inspector -Duller will servo 'hnino- '
"dlnto " notice that the signs fuuat be removed.
The chief of police will "ayistst In carrying
the order Into effect and In d very few days
the business district will bo freq from the
forest , of more or less hideous advertising
mediums which obstruct the sidewalks. There
Is little doubt that the council will support
the sign committee , as it Is conceded that
the appearance of the streets should be Im-
piovcd as much as possible before the expo
sition.
The garli-go Investigation was again pot-t-
pancd by Mio Advisory Hciird yesterday uKor-
noon. Tills tlmo U was on account of the Ill
ness of Mr. Offutt , the attorney for the con
tractor , and the board made a record to the
effect that the matter would bo taken up at
the next meeting whether the attorneys were
present or not. The hci-irlng haa been con
tinued a do < : en times on cne protex' ' ; or an
other and on each occasion a crowd of wit
nesses have been compelled to conic to the
city hall , only to be told to cajne again the
next week.
n'YXRIl'S SKSSIOV WITH A IIUIK.'I. III.
I'ei-NlMteiit Thief Prlwhtened Awny by
n Determined MoiiKeholiler. -
H. J. Ilyner , 2409 South Thirteenth street ,
leld a warm session with burglars Tuesday
night nnd came out victorious ,
Mr. Uyner's house Is somewhat Isolated
from the others In the neighborhood. Hyncr
retlrc-d early , Cut his slumbers were dis
turbed about 11 o'clock by some peison
prow-lies around outside , Ryner threw up
a wtadow and invited the night o\vl to show
himself , but there was no responeo , and he
once more retired. Just as he was dropping
off for another snooze he distinctly heard
some O M ! trying tO pTy up -wliiflowlhthD
frent pirlor. lit- rushed to the window , but
'he ' burglar took to bio hceis
ana t-- > t away. Thoroughly aroused , Ryner
made lila 'vay tack to his bed room , but
had no saontr to'.t.c' ' .It than ho heard an
other croaking oi windows Ir/vn / tbe direc
tion of the kitchen Hastily looklni ; nbout i
for something which he irflgfrt use for n
tterixon , Uyner picked up a heavy boot and
vowed lie would bag something this trip.
Tiptoeing Into the kitchen ho discerned the
silhouette of a man'fl form through the
cilp.ss of a low window. He was industriously
prying at the lower s , sh with an Iron bar.
It creaked violently and gave signs of being
fcrced Inward.
Drawing a long breath Rynor grasped his
boot and sidling up to the spot took aim at
the burglar's head. He let fly. There was a
rattling crash and the next moment a
startled burglar was making tracks. In
swlng'ng the boat Ryner brought it Into con
tact with a shelf full of crockery , and thin
came down about his ears. The noise woke
up the patrolman of the next boat , but by
the time ho arrived upon the spot the burg
lar was ir.ary blocks away. No loss wa,3 c-us-
talned except In cc-anectlcn with the broken
crockery.
DEXVEU XKWSI'AI'KUS AUIS VICTOHS.
Celehrnte Their Triumph l > .v HulsliiK
Advertising lliitrn.
DENVER , Colo. , Jan. 19. The fight be-
tw-crn the Denver newspapers and the four
teen large department stores of the city re
garding advertising rates , which began nine
days ago , ended last night with the uncondi
tional surrender of the Merchants' associ
ation. Since the morchijntawjthdrcw their
advertisements the propr'lcfprs 'of the papers
liave agreed upon a now ncrtlo of rates some
what higher than the previous one nnd
this 'has ' been accepted Jjyj the merchants.
The fight was precipitated/Ijy / ademand
[ rom the advertisers fcr a reduction of about
" 0 per cent In the rates of advertising , and
the withdrawal of all patronage when the
demand was denied. Nearly all the 'labor
unions In the city espoused the cause of
the papers , and much public fooling was
shown against < the stores during the con
test.
MIM.VU TOU'X IIAUJUV SCOIIUIIKD.
Thirty llnllillnuu < 'niiKiimeil In nn
IIour'N Time ,
HANDSntma , Cal , , Jon , 19 , Fire broke
out early today In a vacant building on Rand
stroct and spread so rapidly that more than
thirty structures were ccnsiimed within one
hour. Everything was ewcpt clean on both
sides of Hand street from Staley avenue to
ubovn the Ellto theater and a portion of
Broadway , This Includes the postoflice and
some of the largest stores In the camp and
will otttall a loss close onto $100,000. The ab-
uonco of wind pruvcntoJ the destruction of
the entire town and permitted tha firemen
and citizens to stop the lire by taring down
buildings and moving thorn out of the way.
S'o persons \vcro Injure ! and all the ma'l was
saved ,
It Wiirm for OiitlmvH ,
TUCSON , Ariz. . Jan. 19. It Is reported
that ninck Jack's Kani ? of outlaws was sur
rounded In the mountains near the boundary
line by several posses , Including the posse
sent out by the Mexican government , and a
IlKlit occurred , In which ono of the robbers
was killed and four captured. Two at
tempted to escape after being caught and
were tthot in flight. The othPr two were In
the hands of the Mexican ofllcer and It Is
asserted that they met death In a Ilka man
ner , The remainder of th < j freebooters went
In a southerly d'rfctlon and nro supposedly
In the. Interior of Mexico In the Bicrra Madre
mountains ,
Intei'riiitliiniil Ilrlcldnyerx' Convene ,
PEOUIA , III. , Jan. 19 , At this mornlns's
session of the Bricklayers' ur.d Masons'
Internationa : union an Invitation from the
local union to attnnd u banquet tonight
was ncc-epted. I'rlvlltgi-a of the convention
were extended to Edward Carrel ! , president
of the National Ilulldln } , ' council , and he
will address the delcKntcs Wlsi afternoon.
A fepeech la expected also from Jjlin H.
Lennon , treasurer of the American Feder
ation of Labor.
Su-lndler Kxeiiien | from Jnll ,
NEW YORK. Jan , li > . Henry 13. Straight.
who was arrested In Jersey City a week ago ,
n'-iargcd with sivlndllntr business people In
\Vilkc8barro and HarrlHburi , ' , I'u , , arid Hal-
tlmoru and New York , escaped from the Jcr-
eey City jail today.
BOARD TRIES A NEW COURSE
Excise Commus'oncrs Sriko ; n Lead 09
Protest Casts.
ALLOWS HITCHCOCK TO CLOG RECORD
of Three Yi'itrn AKO Ofir
fere l nn.l Aeeeiiteil 111 Kvlilenco
In n PcmlhiH ; t'rotent Cnnri
l.loniKCN UrnnteiK
The license boarO disposed of itho applica
tions for druggists' licensee ) yesterday
with Uio exception of a few cases In which
the tlmo of publication ft d not expired.
Four applications were protested by K. Ilosc-
water on the ground tliatthe applicants were
dolrg * twloon business under A drugglsta *
llcct.eo and In the remaining MFCS N. I' .
Fell pretested on the ground that the notices
had not been published In Uio vapor having
the largest circulation , as required by taw.
The protests were overruled im usual by the
board , iind notice of appeal to tbo district
court was filed In each c.iws.
The first case heard was that of 0. H ,
Wlrth , 1330 North FVirtleth ( street. Mr.
Wlrth admitted that 'lie ' had made no effort
to flnl out the coniHir.xtlvo | circulations of
Tlu > bco nnd World-Herald , and slated that
he had advertised in the latter paper on ac
count -of Uic resolution patscd by the board ,
The romonsi rutor showed by fievor.il wlt-
neescs thut Mr. Wlrth had been provided )
with proof of the fact that the ctrculntbn of
The K\cnlng lice was larger than that of
t'jo ' two editions of Uio World-HcralJ. com
bined , and nlso that the applicant had sold
whisky to witnesses.
Then Mr. Hitchcock railed Clerk Welslnna
to the stand and proceeded to Inject Into the
records page after page of the record of the
proceedings of the board In ISS " , . Mr. Hose-
water strenuously objected to allowing the
case to bo clogged up with such a lot of
Immaterial matter. Hu called the attention
of the board to the fact that It was an ob
vious effort on the part of Mr , Hitchcock
to make the records so bulky that nai appeal
would bo an expensive proceeding. Ho de
clared that If tills was to bo permitted the
works of Shakespeare and the scriptures
might Just as well be Included. The board.
overruled the objection and Mr. Uosewater
vigorously expressed his opinion of such
methods. Judge Gregory threatened to have
him ejected from the room and even called.
en Olllcer Slgwnrt to carry the order Into
effect. Mr Uosewater maintained his posi
tion , however , and the beard apparently con
cluded that It would not bo advisable to
carry the threat Into execution. Then Mr.
llosewatcr foiled the effort to clog the rec
ords by withdrawing th'e Fell protest , and
allowing the case to stand on the question
of the violation of the S'ocum law. Similar
action was taken In the c.iits of S. K. Howell -
ell , 2901 Lea cn orth : L. 15. Payton , 2101
and 2701 Leavenworth , and S. S. Linyoni , 2920
Farnam. lu each ccee the fact that liquor
was being sold In violation of law was proved
by several witnesses and samples of the
booze were produced In court. In the re
maining cabes the question , of good faith wa
submitted on the evidence In the lllocmer
case.
Just before adjournment the- board granted
druggists' permits as follows : Foster & Ar-
noldl , 213 North T.wcnty-flfth street ; Sher
man & McConnell , 1513 Dodge ; I3artels-CoB-
grove Drug Co. , 1923 Like ; S. S. Lanyon ,
2920 Farnam ; John 7Iolst , 2575 Cumlng ;
Lucey B. Peytcn , 24011 Leavenworth ; "Kids'
Pharmacy , 2701 Leavcnwccth ; Kountrff Place
pharmacy , 3004 North Twenty-fourth ; Gra
ham Drug company. 1C01 Farnain ; C. r
'
IS 18 North Twentieth ; S. 13.
2924 Leuvenworta ? Wljko & S " uef ; 10GIT
South Twentieth" ; R. W. Wallm , 702 North
Sixteenth ; Myers-Dillon Der.S comcauy. 1523
Farn-im ; J A. Knjtder , 707 North Sixteenths
0. u < > J V , ; sOKwth ! Fortieth ; Bernard
Ilohlnson , IKjI turh Thirteenth ; J. A. Ful
ler company , itftz Douglas ; S. II. FarnB-
worth , 2115 Cuming ; PC'ter-Strouabnugh , 1822
Vlntsnj S. J. S. Grenvllle , 1505 North
Eighteenth ; Joseph Tuclidek , 2413 South
Thirteenth.
SAYS COMMISSION IS
Seerctnry Drarliitv on the I'liinere.r (
mill \ehrtiHkn llullilliiur.
Secretary Dearlag of the Nebraska Expo
sition commission insists that the commis
sion has nothing to do with the dllllculty
regarding the wages imld to plasterers In
the state building , and moreover says that
the conunienlnn can do n > thlng In the mat
ter. Speaking about the tt-oublo yesterday
hu said ; "Tho commlBulon let the con
tract for the plastering without any stipu
lation regarding the wages to be paid. That
matter is one between the contractor and
t'.io employes and tint commission has no
fay in it. I am certain that there will be no
strlko and that the difficulty will not bc-
conio serious. "
President W. II. Unll of the Central I-abor
unon ! oii'd ' o rers of Iho committee havu gene
to Lincoln' 3 hold a conference with Governor
Holcomb relative to the in.tier.
One \Vouinii rim-d Dollar ,
An assault anil battery case In which
Mary Itobblnn , living nc-ar Tenth nnd
Izard streets , complnlno 1 against John ,
Jcslu anil Hilda Nelson occupied the
greater portion of Judge Got don's tlmo yes
terday. Mrs. Hobblns asserted that sho-
bad been in the habit for uomo tlmo of
cro Nlnfr a vac-nit lot near the Noleon
donilollo. Last Saturday , an H.ie waH walkIng -
Ing iilonrf the path , Hho WHH confronted by
John Nelfon , who shook his list In' ' her fact *
mid to'd lu-r "to jjet elf the earth. " She
Etcppcd nsldo nnd was continuing on her
way when the was nv t by Hilda Nelson ,
who thr.-w a bucket of water upon her.
This last Insult wan too much to bear , BO
she paused the arrest of her aHsdllatita.
After hearing the testlrmny Judfio Gor
don discharged John and Joslo Nelxon and
fined Hilda Nelson $1 and co.sts. Tne t-aa ?
haw been appealed.
for Hen \VnIlerH.
A description of Den Walters , the Memphis -
phis julilleo slnKor who ueciircH ] n poatodlce
order of $23 directed to Hc-n Wlltcra and
cashed It , was given out to the patrolmen
last night with direction ) ) to place him un
der arrest on sight. Up to ( fate , however ,
ho 1ms not been taken Into custody and It
Is the opinion of tno nlllccra that ho ha left
the city. Clerk Kalmbac-h of the Uodgo
Kuroptmn hotel , asserts th.it he. saw Walters
about an hour after ho escaped from Ofllcer
Storey Monday night , near Fifteenth and
Dodge BlreetH , hut that ho ha not run
across him since ,
er U'nnlH Protection.
Rev , T. J , Ward of thu Mount /.ion
naptlst church , 2215 Grant street , writes
Chief Gallagher thut he would like to have
an oflcr ] Htatloncd at the edllico every
night hereafter In order that ho "may
keep the peacewhich a ciowd of many
bays dlHturb. " Ho addn that the boys ohout
and throw things at the uhurcfo and Its
congregation arid he would like to liavo the
thing stopped. An olllccr will bo illrootnd
to look In on the font rotation occasionally
and fco that the soivlcen uro running alons
smoothly.
\VlllU-NllleH (0 ( VVlMllllll'M Clllll.
Walker Wnlteslde the tragedian now
playing Id the city , yesterday lectured
to the class in oratoiy of the Woman'f )
club at the First Concrreathniil church.
Hlx retnnrVti , ulthnUKh madg somewhat
brief on account of the prcfsuro of busi
ness , wtre very Intt-n-HtltiK nnd wi-ro enJoyed -
Joyed by n good atterdanco of ths club
member * . He talked upon bin charactfrlza-
tlor of Iliunlct. Mica Ola HuinphreyB , a
member of lilt company , wan also present
and rendered Hevural rrolt tlon .
t.iiiiiiilr-
Yfistcrdny about 11 a , m , Will Yodcr ,
driver for the Chicago Steam laundry , left
his wagon In front of C13 Njrth Twentieth
btreet. When lie return d It had disap
peared. Vno rB | IB supposed to have been
stolen. It contained a larso number of
bundlea of luundiy which v/ert belni ;
trlbuud.