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BYGONliDAYSONTIlEBOWERY
Origin of Ono of Ntw York'i ' Tamous
Streets.
liW : IT GREW UND.R DUTCH RULE
Sllrroil ! > > Itiilliin Si-urrn niul
Colonlnl Itichli'iilN niul SCCIIIN ,
31iirliiiontnl ( a nil Ite-
Huloni.
Who ha not heard of New York's famoui
Bowery ? How few know Its origin. And
yet It la an older title than New York and
lien a colonial hlttory as attractive
an Its modern reputation Is repelling. A
writer In the New York Independent thus
( sketches the otlgln and growth ot the Bow-
cry In colonial times :
It In probable that the Bowery was origi
nally part of an Indian trail , which extended
from the region of the Battery to the north
ern Iltr.lt ut Manhattan , and connected the
aboriginal villager on thu Harlem Flats and
Bpuytcn Dtlyvll creek with those north of
the City Hall park und ca t of the present
Greenwich avenue. A few ycaia after the
founding of Nlcuw Amsterdam the repre-
tcntatlvca of the West India company laid
out six farms or bouwcrlcs along the cast
side of the present Bowery , and leased them
to tenant } . In 1CIJ Director Klcft , In spite
of the protect of De Vrles and other Influen
tial men , ordered the masfacro of forty In-
dliir i nt Corlcars Hook , and that of a still
target nilmbci of men , women and children
nt luvonla In retaliation for these brutal
imnderj , for they were nothing else , the
outlying farms at Harlem , Stnten Island , the
1'owery und other places , were laid waste.
When pcaco waa restored It was found Im-
rcssblo to rent the farmc ; so they were
eventually sold. 1'rlor to the sole of these
fnrnin , however , a frontier colony of manu
mitted negro t-lavcs was established west
of the Howcry. With reference to this col
ony the minutes of the Dutch council , 1041 ,
teclto the fact that , Manuel do Greet , the
Riant , and ten other negroes and their
vvlvce , were released from elavery on condi
tion that each man , during his life , pay
the government an annual rental of twenty-
two bushels of grain and a rut hog , their
children being still held as alaves Their
plantations extended from the Bowery to
"Old Jans Land , " now the property of Trin
ity church. The Laibadlst preachers passed
along the How cry In 1G79 , thirty-five years
nfler the colony was ewtabllyhcd ; their Jour
nal contains this entry :
"Upon both sldw of th'o way were many
habitations of negroes , mulattocs aad whites.
These negrocu were formerly the proper
slaves of the West India coiipany , but , In
consequence of thn frequti t changes anc
canoues's nf thn rnnnfrvtho \ hnvo nhfntnn.i
their freedom and settled their clvc3 down
where they thought proper and on this road
where they have ground enough to live oi
with their families "
In Valentine's Manual , 1EV5 , there Is a
< ' copy of a pirn of Now York dated 1797
t S which sho.vo a negro burnl ground on Ilia
1 * block bounded by the Bowery , Rlvlngton
Chrystle and Stnntcn streets.
THE GREAT BOWERY.
Two htinlrcd and fifty years ago I'ctrus
Stuyvesant landed on the ! iand of Man
hattan , ii d four yeara later he purchased
thiotigh h'a leprcsentatlve , Jan Dameri , ( he
"Great Bowery , " or Bowery No. 1 , the mosl
northern of the six original farms , which
vvero numbered from one to six ; No. G being
ccut of Chutlir.m Square , at the tlipc ol
which we write the itroperty of Auguatlnc
Hermanns , the amateur draftsman , to whom
wo are Indebted for ancient sketches of New
Amsterdam , At the bcgli.nlag of the revo-
lutlcciary war this farm was the property
of the Rutgers , the home of the patriot
Harmanus Rutgers , killed In the battle ol
Long Island. In August , 1(555 ( , Governor
Stuyvesaat led his forces against the Swode-i
on the Delaware. September 15 , during hit ,
absence , ex-Sheriff Henry Van Dyke dis
covered an Indian womrn stealing poacher
from his orchard , situated on the wc. > t side
of Broadway , nouth of Trinity church , anil
shot her dead. The news of the rcah ani
cruel act c > prcad to the neighboring tribes
tad before peace was renewed twcnty-elghl
plantations were laid waste , 100 men
women u.cl children murdered end as many
carried Into captivity , Van Dyke being
among the first slain. Several of the occu
pants of the farms along the How cry wore
killed , and their wlvea and children carried
Into captivity On the return of Governor
Stuyvesant order was restored , and nui y
of the captlvea returned to their friends
among them a daughter of the celebrated
Wolfcrt Webber , who at this date kept a
tavern on the present Chatham Square
( then , of cource , n country road ) , atout Mott
HISTORIC 'BUILDINGS. '
On the conclusion of peace , which seems
to have bccti permanent , ycveral historic
buildings were erected far north of the city.
In 1G55 Jacobus Kip bull , , a house which re
mained a landmark for 212 yeara ; it stood
near the present Second avenue , but waa re
moved , to give place to Thirty-fifth street.
3'lvo generations of Klppa vvero born In It.
Washington , Andre , 'Howe ' and many other
notable men and women helped to make It
historic. How short-lived is notoriety to
day children ot many lands and of many
languages sport over Its site. Democracy
in rags hold ! * sway where aristocracy once
dwelt In aflluence. About the same tlmo
that Kip built his liom-o Governor Stuyve-
eant erected his country mansion , The plc-
< oilal representations show It to bo a square ,
roomy house of Holland architecture , but
entirely lacking [ ho crow-step gables and
the btoop so common In the houses of that
tlmo , His estate waa a large ono and cost
him 0,100 guilders. HU well cultivated
fields and fertile meadows stretched away
to the East river which by the way was notes
os far cast then as II U now. In the tlmo
of Governor Stuyvesant , and In fact for moro
than a hundred years later , the tides rip
pled up to First avenue from Seventeenth
to Twenty-first streets The original
Sliiyvoiunt mansion was built partly on tbo
elto of the house. 129 East Tenth street and
partly on the graveyard of St. Mark's church.
Tlio gardens whtlch surrounded It were re
markably fine , for the * governor kept from
thirty to fifty slaves beildcs several white
servants continually employed. The last
relic of I'ertrus Stuyvoiant was a pear-tree
'wlitoli ho planted In 1 U garden ; It flourished
Tor more than 200 years. When the city
grow up around It , It iitood on the northeast
corner of Third avenue and Thirteenth
street , where. It blossomed and bore fruit
within the memory of many people now llv-
JIIK. I have an old frltnd who remembers
the tree with particular veneration , Forty-
four years ago shu partook of her "wedding
supper'1 In the house over which It cast ta !
shadow ; a little later she parsed out under
Its smiling blossom ? and nodding branches
a happy bride. The old tree Is gone , oo
too is the husband of her youth ; In the mem
ory "which fondly cherishes the one slio will
always have a place for the other. The
curious may still eeo In Iho wall of the
IIOUEU opposite \o where the tree stood a
tablet to Us memory.
INDIAN SCARES.
la 1GCO there aupearu to have been an
other Indian scare. The governor atvl coin-
cll gave an order requiring the abandonment
of the Isolated habitations and the gathering
of the people into hamlets for mutual pro
tection. In response to IhU order several
people living north of Chatham Square pe
titioned that their houses might remold ,
and that encouragement beheld out to othcru
to build near ttu > m , so that a village for
mutual protectlcri might be formed. This
request was grantoJ , an order was Issued
Klvlng pennltalon to establish a village near
the bouvvery ot Mr. Hermans , or near the
liouwery of Governor Stuyvtaant , The
latter place was selected , cud henceforth
the road was known SB the Bowery fane or
road. There were not moro than u score of
etraggl'ng ' streets in Nleuw Auuierdam
bvn , four years later , Governor Stuyveeant
reluctantly yielded It to the ruglUh , ted
but few of them retain even the anglicized
form of their orls'iml Dutch names ; the
Bowery , however , need * on'y an added "u '
to make It Identical with the nomenclature
of "ye olden tyme , " when the lumbering
coach of the autocratic director of Nen
Netherl&iK ! , } rolled majestically along under
the Fhade of primitive trees , to ha ! country
seat ; the fact that primitive forests exlotcd
l > corroborated by the memorial of a man
Mined Jansd ) . In 1G60. Ho petitioned to be
released from his tenancy of land near the
Howcry , "as he had two miles to ride through
a dense forest , "
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The Bowery village of the early days was
not very large n tavern , blacksmith's shop
and n few other buildings formel the settle
ment. The governor contributed his shire by
erecting a church on the site of Itie preacmt
ono of St. Mark's , where Hermanns Vati
Hoboken , the schoolmaster , read services un
til the arrival of Dominie Selyns , who alter
nated between Brooklyn and the Bower } ,
the governor paying him $100 a year. WritIng -
Ing to the Classls at Amsterdam , October
4. 1GKO , Dominie Selyns says : " 1 olllclato
Sunday aftcrnoc < iB at the gencial's Bomvei-y ,
at the noble general's private expense. " HP
mentions the fact that "people come from the
city to evening cervlce. " Many living at the
village of New Harlem , founded In 1G5S ,
were received Into membership at the Bowery
chunli. Most of the early marriages among
the Harlemltra were performed by Dominie
Selynswho also baptized their babies. In
his accounts for 1GG2 ho refers to a payment
to the consistory of 78 gulldern and 2
stuyvcto , fees of fourteen marriage services
performed by him. The consistory may have
token chttfgo ot It as a tax for his remain
ing a bachelor ; If so , they did i.ot enjoy the
proceeds very long , for on July 9.MGG2 , he
married Margaret Spccht , ono of the moat
gifted and beautiful of New Amsterdam's
fair daughtcis We do not know how they
got acquainted. I liavo n theory that she
used to come up to the 'Zoning service"
and th.it , perlMps , when they got better ac
quainted tbo domlnlo walked home with hei ,
what wonder Is It It In passing under the *
primitive trees which perhaps had heard the
love songs of generations of ancient Man-
hattoncrs , Inspired by her witching presence ,
ho forgot tfieology for a time to revel In the
dlvlnest of human luxury. It may be , too
what antiquarian e > in prove the theory false ?
that it was undec some of those same trees
which filngcd the Bowery li\nc that ho told
her the "old , o'd story" that laymen as well
as clergymen love to tell. The walk of five
mlls from Harlem to the How cry church
was i mere f-aunter In comparison with the
walk taken by the Huguenot settlers of New
Rochclle Thev used to walk from New
Rscl.elle to the French church at the Battery
to evjoy the communion of oalnts Carrying
their shoes , they trudged down the Bowery
lane , until they came to the twin ponds ot
water In the vicinity of Grand street Here
they washed their feet and put on Uelr shoes
before entering tlic city. Many an honored
and Influential citizen of the past , and nmiy
an Influential citizen of the present trace
descent from these sturdy men and women.
Kim
Surtl\orM of 1lltoViir Iti-ineiiiliori'tl
lij tin * < ; cm-m I < ! M ernniiMit.
WASHINGTON. Feb 21 ( Special. ) Pen
sions have been Issued us follows :
Issue of February 4 :
NebraHkn : Original George a. Mullen ,
West Point. tS Renewal and Increase Ellai
Fienr , Republican City , $2 to $ S Reissue
antl Increase Peter T. Downs , Omaha , $ S
to $10. Orlulnnl widows , otq , Sarnh M.
Boyd , Omnbi , $3
Iowa : Oliplnal Caleb Drake. Mars'iall-
tovvn , $12. Increase Stephen Cle.ivelanil ,
Ittd Oak , $17 to $24 ; Daniel lleam. Mount
Plp.is.int , $ S to $12 , John H. White , Bed
ford. $ S to $12 ; Jnmes K. P. Wllllimson ,
Leon , JC to $ S. ItelssU Bradbury W llljht ,
Council Bluffs. $7i. Original widows , etc.
Minor of Nathaniel W. McKelvey , Vlnton ,
$10 ; Jennie Logan , Muchaklnock , JS
South Dakota : Increase JCephnnla'i El
lis , Canton , $12 to $17.
Nebraska : Original Abljah Holloway ,
Aurora , $ S ; Anmsa Cobb , Lincoln , $12. Ad
ditional Christian Gw Inner , Atlanta , $ G to
$10. Renewal and reissue George N. Ii
Rue , Union , $ S. Increase Frederick W.
Knsblnjr , Clatonla , JIG to $17 ; Jacob Wunder-
llcli , David City , $ G to $ S. Charles F. M.
Morgan , Omaha , $10 to $12. Original wid
ows , etc. Rebecca J. Alfoid , NchavvlcJ. $12 ;
( reissue ) . Nancy Holloway , Aurora. $12.
Iowa : Original William II. Robinson ,
Soldiers' home , Mnis'iall , 56 ; William H.
Axllne , Red Oak. $ G Additional Charles
H Keys , Astor , $4 to $ C Renewal Peter
Molltor , Dulmque. $ G. Increas ; JameB W
Lynn , Montczumii , $12 to $14 , Richard
J. Burwell , Dunl.ip , SG to $ S ; Relnhnrt
Blckle , Pulaskl , $14 to $17 ; Norman II Con-
'aro Nevada. fG to $8 ; John E Connell
Bellevue , $ G to $8 ; John K McCulloch Guss ,
H to $ S ; ( special. February U ) , William
Vannosdoll , Fort Dodge , $8 to f2. ! Reissue
Paul H. L. Muller , Valley Junction , $12
Original widow , etc. Maria Lust , Monroe ,
$12 ; Malevn Utterback , HaycHville. $12 ,
Margurette Brockimm. Davenport , $ S , Mary
E Crlppen , Bugley , $8.
Colorado : Increase Thomaa McCrncken ,
Denver , $ S to $10.
MW AII > TO MIIIHCAI ,
\VoinliTful liiNlriiinuiit Iiii entnl 1
rr nt > li Doctor * .
NEW YORK , Feb. 21. The Invention is
announced of the phonceidoscope , an Instrument
mont of wonderful value In studying the
condition of the internal organs of ttie body ,
It Is declared by physicians to bo a tre
mendous advance n the old stethoscope
The phonendoscopo conveys to the physician
the sounds undo by the internal organs ,
thus telling him whether they are healthy
or not. By It.s aid ho C3 i not only asccetaln
the condition of an organ , but trace Its
shape. It has been discovered wl'd ' the
phonendoscopo that the stomach assumes a
different form when full of the different kin Is
of food and drink. Tlio rapidity with which
various kinds of food and drink are digested
can also bo studied accurately with the
phoscndoscope. The Instrument Is the linen
tlon ot Dis. Blauchl and Bazzl of France.
uucoiiii KOH s\o\v KVI.I.
Storm StopH Hiillivny Trnlllc ! In Wlx-
cMiimlii.
MILWAUKEE ? , Feb. 21 , The worst bllz-
zard on record for the tlmo It prevailed ,
which started on Saturday , finally spent Itn
fury shortly after midnight , when the snow
ceased falling , The record of the Weather
bureau shows a fall of twenty-two inches In
two days , while the Vest Tirevlous record wcs
Ui 1S81 , when a fall of twenty-rlx Inches
was recorded In four days , Street .cars
throughout the pity are running on time to
day on all Iho main lines , though the tracks
leading to the suburbs still remain burled.
The \VIsconsln Central train vhlch left ? nr
tint north yesterday got stuck In a drift a
few m I lot. up the line and the tr > lu duo to
leave at 4 a. m , today for St Paul and Auh-
land was abandoned altogether. No fatal
ities are reported In this section ,
IlntliuttlillilM ItujliiKDII OlnlniN.
TACOMA , Feb. 21.-Joseph La lue , re
cently from the northern go'd ' fleldf , Hays
"The North American Transportation and
Mlnliib' crmipnny IB the only one now Imylns
claims In Urn Klondike. I understand they
r.re now nrtlni ; as agents for the Itothn-
chllds. I mot Mr. Cudahv on the triln
from Chicago to San Francisco- and ho ted !
mo that they had Just repelvel ' 0)fOO In
drafts which hfid been given in pjymcit
of c'alms there , ire * ad ! the compiny A.IH
noting us agent In purchasing and I learn
Hint the Rothschilds are prrpirlng to mend
$2,000000 In thn purcha'e of ml .M It I ok <
n ilttlu us though the great EnzllKh bnnk-
imr house was making stupendous offartn to
control most of the c nlins on the Klon
dike , "
Kind Tlirrc Half I'mrfii Klulirriiirti
MILWAUKEE. Feb. 21. A special to tie
Journal from Muiiomlnee , Mich. , says :
Three Mene-kuumee llshennen , who were
lost In the blizzard on Greeu Hay Saturday-
light , vvero found by n Deer et.unty farmer
his morning , wrupped'ln thu balls of their
UMnK ulelchH and nearly dead. They were
> roueht home. Their name-3 are John Swanson -
son , Krlo Anderson und Gus Thorenson.
> ! lne other llsherinen are supposed to have
icrUhcd , and searching crews are now out.
The utonu baa bccu the worst in ten years.
cn i'I'TPIIIt'p oi'iTPin'ton
SIIAIlERIi\C \ STATES CASE
Fabric Built Up Last Week Receives Tome
Enrd Slows.
KASTNER DEFENSE GAINS GROUND
Police oniei-rx nml Dctcetlic.s rtntly
Coiitrnilltil tlir < Mnlti State-
in on IN \VlliioNKOfi for
the i'roNOctitlottt
Tn the case of the State against August
Kastner the defense lias scored a point | n
the testimony of three witnesses who con
tradicted Officer Olovcr and testified that
shortly after ho was taken to the Clarkson
hospital ho stated that he could not tell
who shot him , owing1 to the condition of the
night at the time of the shooting.
Owing to the fact that this Is a holiday
thcro will bo no court In the criminal sec
tion today. When court adjourned last night
It was to meet Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock.
Called by the defense , Officer Glover stated
that about a week or ten days after being
takpn to the Clarkson hospital , ho said to |
Officers Hudson and Donohoe , that ho could .
not positively Identify August Kastner as I
the man who shot him. 'Ho denied that ho
sild to these oltlccrs at any time that It
uns so dark that he could not see the man
who fired the shot.
Witness said that he could not remember
having said to Reporter Sweeey of The Bee ;
"It was so dark that I could not see the man
who fired the shots , but I could sco his
clothes. " Ho deiTIcd that he over said that
thu man who shot htm was fifteen feet away
when the first shot was fired.
E. D. 1'ratt , jr. , was recalled and "aid
that from the point where Qlovcr was lying
a person would hove to go annul thirty feet
east In order to see the front of the engine
house at Thirtieth and Spauldlng streets.
Heretofore witness had testified that the
front of the engine house could be seen from
the point where Glover was lying. j
Cross-examined , witness could not remem
ber whether or not there were any windows
In the second story on the cast side of the
engine house. Photographs showed two
such windows.
Henry Nelson , owner of the saloon where
the shooting occurred called by the de
fense , dpulcd ever having said to officers that
three glasses weie on the bar when he en
tered the taloon on the mcrnlug of Juno 9
Mrs. Orphla Pond , residing at Twenty-
eighth avenue and Wlrt street , said that
Fred nice called at her house loft summer
and represented that he was an attorney for
the defense.
Hlco Is a witness who testified for the
state , and on cross-examination denied ever
having been nt the Pond residence.
TICDDMAN DID.N" ! KNOW.
Captain Moystn when called for the de
testified as to Officer Tiedeman's con
dition shortly after being taken to Clarkbon
hospital on the morning of Juno 9. At that
time , Tiedcman said , "I am done for , but
I don't know who did it. "
Questioned further , witness stated that
Ticdeman said the party who shot him was
about the size of Halph Messersmith , but Ii
was so dark that ho could not see the out
lines of the man.
Crosp-examlnatlon , witness , paid Messer
smith was considerably tailor than Augtot
Kastner and not so stout. "Glover repeatet
the statement , " said Captain Moystn , say
ing that the man was about the size ant
build of Messersmith. "
John C Vlzzard , detective for the Union
Pacific Uttllway company and a brother-Ill-
law of Officer Tledeman , testified that ho
was with Captain Moystn at the Clarkton
hospital. While there he heard the officer
say : "The size and build of the man who
shot me was like Ilalph Messersmith , but It
was dark and 1 could not see his face. "
When cross-examined , the witness said
that the size and build of Kastner and Mes-
scismlth was similar , though the latter was
taller than the prisoner.
Reporter Swcezey of The Bee , on being
called as a witness , testified that the nlghi
of June 8 and the morning of Juno 9 , were
ve-y dark , a lain falling. The moon did
not shine and It was so dark , "that I
could not see a man any distance "
In talking with Officer Glover , witness
heard him say , substantially , "I could not
see the man's face , but I could see his
clothes "
Cress examined , witness eald that ho
could not remember the exact words used
by Officer Glover ,
DETECTIVE HUDSON'S STORY.
Detective Hudson of the police force testi
fied that he was at the Clarksea haiplt.il ,
where he saw Officer Glover cu June 12 last
who said "It was eo dark that I could not
Identify the man who shot mo. "
Wltawxi testified that shortly after the
shoot'ug he told Hemming , who wco then
chief of detectives , that ho bad some Impor
tant evidence , to which Hemming replied ,
"Tho sooner everybody gets at work getting
evidence against the Kaskjers the better
The Ka-3tncrs are the guilty parties and arc
the ones wo want to stick There U no u o
running after a street cur after you get en
it. "
Cress-examined the witness denied that he
had assisted the defense In looking up evi
dence.
"Did you ever offer your evidence to the
state ? " was asked.
"I offered It to Hemming , but he wou'd
not listen to It ; I never gave my evidence
to the county attorney because ho never
asked for It. "
Witness donlcd having any 111 fcollng
aqalmt any person cor.nocteJ with the prose
cution.
Detective Donohoe testified that on June
12 he waa at the Clarkson hospital and that
Glover said ho could not Identity the man
who shot him
When cros-examlnrd the witness eald he
was a cousx ) of Attorney Donahne , ono of
the counsel for the defendant. Tin ultnras
denied that he had ever made any cUat'emeiu
to the attorneys for August Kastacr Twice
tie rud Detective Dunn dlacussed the cat < o In
a general way ,
Mcues Harwich , a junk dealer , was called
and examined the sacks , rope and cords here
tofore Introduced In evidence. He said the
articles were of the most common klnJ and
were such as were usually kept 'for sale In
o.orcs
STATE OP THE WEATHER.
L A. Welch , local forecast o tile hi of the
weather bureau , testified as to the condition
cf the weather on the night of June 8 and
the morning of Juno 9 Isst. Jits records
showoj that from midnight , June S , to 5:30 :
o'clock the following morning , the precipita
tion wag 0.2.3 Inches. The temperature was
[ rom Cl to CG degrees during the nltht ; , while
the wind blew from the northeast at mid
night and from tlio southeast during the
greater portion of the iflght , Iti ) velocity
langlng fiom ten to twenty-two miles. The
night was cloudy ,
Dorald W. Rllcy , reporter for ii local r&-
; > er , called by the defense , testified that c < n
the morning of June 9 alter getting out of
thu pitrol wagon at Thirtieth und Spauld-
nt , streets he went to the frontiof Nelun's
saloon In company with Officers Tledeman
and Olaver und lool-ed In at tno vvtat'ow.
Then witness and Ticdeman went down the
west eldo of the laloon along Thl'tleth sticet
to the ecutli end of jhe beer garden , lie
tuinlng again to Spauldlng street , whneaa
pet kilo the patrol wagon and went out Into
the lot where Officer Glover waa lying , aftcA
which the wagon was driven up to a point
nor the engine house ,
William C. Ferrln , (2200 ( North Eighteenth
strttt , an expressman , said that .duringthe
spring of 1SU7 ho resided at Thirty-second
and Emmet streets la the premises occu
pied by the Kastners at the time of the
shooting.
The barn had three window holes on the
east aide which were covered by doors which
hung on hinges.
Cross-examined , Ferrln said that the barn
had a shingled roof , thq sides being cov
ered with ship-Up siding. !
AITUU ATTOH\iV i % M1 Ann.NT.
W. It. 11 d in nil nml Jnllnn S. Cooler
In DniiKcr iif'Ciiurl ,
Judge Scott has called WK. . Homnn and
Julius 3. Cooley to appear before him end
show cause why they ahould not be punished ,
providing ho finds thb fabts as have been
stated to him , -
A Mrs. Ilntl tcl's Judge Scott that during
last fall eho was the owner of some fur
nished rooms on North Sixteenth street , the
B.ime having been leaied from Homnn , wheat
at that time was the ngoht. About that time
she became III and wtit to the hospital ,
paying a month's rent In advance. After
returning from the hospital eho says
that she found all ot her furniture
had been taken away. Then she saytj that
she called upon Homaa and demanded the re
turn of her property , but was Informed that
she could not have It , owing to the fact that
she was behind in her rent. Accord'ng to
Mrs. Hall's statement ehe next went to
Cooley end gave him $10 aa a retainer fee In
the prosecution of a suit against Honian
Now she says that Cooley has done nothing
and what Is more , he refuses to return the
intiley paid to him ,
After Judge Scott heart } the story told by-
Mrs. Hall ho appointed Harry E Burnhatu to
take charge of the case- . Instructing him to
make an Investigation and if ho fouad the
facts as stated to notify Homan that It the
furniture was not returned Immediately
criminal proceedings would bo Instituted.
With reference to Cooley Judge Scott said
that If the statement Of Mrs. Hall was trilo
ho would order disbarment proceedings com
menced.
Animorn tinMotlirr'x Suit.
In the suit brought by"Susan M. Horn
against the Nebraska Children's Home
society , the defendant has filed Its answer.
Some months ago Susan. M. Horn delivered
her two children , Nora and 'Raplo ' to the
defendant to bocared for. Later on she
sued to obtain possession" the llttlo ones.
In answering , the defendant says that the
mother has demanded the return of the
children , but that the demand has been re
fused , owing to the fact that at this tlmo
the mother Is not able to provide them with
a home. It Is also alleged in the answer
that the mother has relinquished all claims
upon the children and that since then they
have been placed in famlllts where they arb
well treated and well cared for.
CnnvcriiN buhnol AiirriuttM. .
The Fltst National bank of Barnesvlllo ,
O. , has brought suit agaln'et the Globe Sav
ings bank , the Globe Loan and Trust com
pany of this city and the ifficers of the two
concerns In an action to rfecover the sum of
$1,081) , alleged to be due. ' , The plaintiff al
leges that it was the owner of school war
rants asgrogatlng the amount for which suit
Is now brought and that Ib sent the same to
the defendants for collection and remittance
tanceIt is further alleged that collection
was made and that some of the defendants
now have the money in their possession.
Itillf AxHOfliitlosi In Court
In the fiult brought agliftat thp Burlington
Railway company by Petef Bcfort to collect
the sum of $ S 4 by reason of Injuries ous-
talned and whleti sum he 'alleges ' is duo by
icason of being a member of the Burling
ton Railway Company's 'ljuiployes' associa
tion , the defendant hananwe cd , alleging
that Iho Injuries sustained by the plaintiff
were not due to any neglect or negligence
upcti HIP rart of hc answering defendant.
Mm Hui-NilH tANU * DU-orce.
lAnna J. Huertls has -n kcd " ( he court to
divorce her from her husband , Eugene D.
Hucstls , whom she alleges deserted her In
1S95 and left her to carejor four children
and the aged father of Jhe defendant. She
says further that the defendant agreed to
pay the i'um of $10 per month for the board
of his father , but that he is now $175 In
arrears. The plaintiff asks for a decree , a
share of the property , the custody of the
children and alimony.
To Snvc the Streety.
Mary F. Dourko ha < ? brought suit against
Alexander G. Knapp and tbo city of Omaha.
She alleges that Knapp has constructed a
building In Fourteenth street not far from
Nicholas , and that ho Is about to place an
other building at about the same location.
She asks that Knapp be restrained from doIng -
Ing this and also that the city take some
action to prevent him from occupying its
streets.
SAtlMJKHS WVS I nAIMlOMJ M\\ .
\ VniTiililcKxGiM ernor Hc'ultrx n lilt
of Iliirlliiirton Illxtorj
After an Illness of several weeks , during
which he has been confined to his toed part
of the tlmo. Governor Alvin Saundcrs Is
again nt his office. He Is recov
ering from a severe attack of la
grippe. The governor has jest received from
a Boston gentleman a request for permis
sion to place his picture In a group with
those of several other wentera men who
were in the early days of the B. & M. Rail
road company occupying official positions In
that corporation.
By way of explanation , It may be given
as news to many people that the governor
was at one tlmo president of this railroad
company. He was then a resident of Mount
Pleasant , la. , and WES engaged In the mer
cantile business Ho was .elected . as presi
dent at a meeting of directors , when he was
not present , and he agreed to accept the of
fice long enough to make arrangements for
the purchase of the Iron for the first twenty
miles of the road This ho did with Mr.
Moses Forbes of Boston , who acted as
purchasing agent for the company. The Iron
was bought In Europe because at that time
there was but little Iron for railroad pur
poses manufactured In the United States.
Afterwards the governor leslgned the presi
dency of the company , giving as his reason
that he did not desire to give up a paying
business for an uncertain venture , which he
considered the railroad project at that time ,
He continued In the directory ot the company
as long as ho remained In Iowa. After ho
came to Nebraska lie took an active part
In securing the land graiit'/for the B. & M.
In Nebraska. {
WAS .MJ7 YOUMi JJ'AT POIID.
lilt-nitty "t < Iie Mli-pi-fl OinaliH linn
mi Mount tlic ' ,
Credrnce has beeci glvpn here to the report
in clrcu atlon that Pat Ford , Jr. , was among
the sailors of the UniU'd Blatea battleship
Maine who lost their uvce'ln ' Havana har
bor , but the your.g intn'd father ad ! this
mornlns that ho placed no faith In the ntory
"I don't know whereray eon Is , " said Pat
Ford , "but I have ao reasrn to believe that
ro went down with the Maine , nor that he
has eallstcd In either ( ha army or the nivy.
In n letter that one o ! the Iowa sailors wrote
iono before ho wa. blown to pieces he atu cd I
that t'irre was an Omftha fboy on the chip
who refused to dl clcap hist Identity 'Iho
conclusion was Immediately jumped at hero I
that thin sailor was my'son , ind that Is haw
the report that Pat vfcat down with the
Maine wes spread here , I don't telleve there
Is the leoot foundation ( or it , "
for tlic
The committee- appointed tor the purpose j
of effecting arrangement for the ce e-b.-utlon j I
of St. Patrick's day , Including tbo prosram i
in the evening- which the Irish patriot ,
Jp n Da'y will deliver un oration , held a
mcelltiK In the hall On Fourteenth and
Furnam utrects yesterday afternoon. A ,
> riff hUtory' of Mr. Dily .and his ex- |
icrloncea with the JUnKlUn government In
ila struggles for bin country B liberty , was
read by the. secretary. It was positively
Icclded by nil present that nil tickets which
inve been Issue 1 for this celebration be re
called and tickets of a different design be
substituted. All those i * b heM tickets * III
ilcaEo have them cxcliunKtd at once. The
next regular meeting will be held at 3 p. m.
on next Sunday afternoon , which all women
ntercBtcd In the movement , are requested to
attend.
STATE WINS A STRONG POINT
Hartley Bondsman Knocked Oat oa tbo
First Legal Proposition ,
LANCASTER COUNTY SUIT BARRED OUT
Ubjrcdnii ( o tin Ailtiitimlon no i\l-
ili-nco In the I'rox'eiit Trlnl In
Sunn ( I neil lniii > rtniico uf
( he ItnlhiR.
Another step tounrcl the end of the trla
of the suit against the bondsmen of ex-State
Treasurer Bartlcy occurred yesterday otter-
noon when tlio defense rested Its case and
the atatc Commenced the Introduction of re
buttal testimony. A day or two more wll
bo consumed by the attorney general In his
effort * to break down the evidence given by
the klofcnsc. The point nt which the case
will go to the Jury , however , will probably
bo delayed so\ernl days more. Inasmuch as
thcro are a number of Important questions
of law to bo discussed and argued. The
defense has been knocked out on the flrs
luiporjant question ot law which has come
up In the trial of tlio case and the sluto has
scored a correspondl'iie victory. When cour
convened yesterday morning Judge
Powell sustaned the objection o
the attorney general to the Intro
duction of evidence of the plead
ings In the Lancaster county case , In whlcl
Baitley's drat term bondsmen are sued fo
$33-,000. it being alleged that Ba tley cm
bczzled that amount In May , 1S94 , severs
montds before the expiration of his Unit tern
of olllcc. This decision , together with the
announcemant by the defense that It was
near the end of Its case that besides some
additional evl Icncc In tre special defense o
.Mary Fltrgcrald but little more testimony
was to be put In furnished the features o
the morning's r'oceodlngs.
In giving his decision Judge Powell sale
that when the filing of the Lancaster county
case had been drat mentioned In the cafe
ho had bean of the opinion that It vvouli
have an Important bearing on the case nm
that the pleadlnga could be properly Intro
duccd in the nature of an admission by the
state that $335,000 of the shortage sued fo
In the present care had occurred In the
flrst term. After giving the matter consld
erablf , Investigation ho had found that It
cases where Individuals llled a petition am
verified It personally or 'by ' attorney. It couh
bo ut'pd In another case as an admisrlon , am
that this was also so In a case wherein a
corporation Is a party. The court said , however
over , that he had discovered In some Louis
lana decisions , the only ones cited In which
the state is a party , that the court held In
effect that pleadings filed by the attornt'j
general without special authority from the
leglplaturo could not bo used In another
111 It us an admission by the state. On these
decisions he sustained the objection of the
attorney general and refused to admit the
petition In evidence.
EFFECT OP THE DECISION.
The effect of Judge Powell's decision Is
very Important. Had he admitted the plead
ings as PCI admission by the state that $335-
000 of the shortage occurred In the first terra
It would have reduced the liability of the
bcndsmen that amount from eome $555,000
to 1203,000. The defense would have fol
lowed fhls up , and did In fact attempt to do
ao , by Introducing In'evidence the plcadinga
In the suit against the Omaha National bank
In which the bank it sued for $201,884 05 , the
amount of the warrant and Interest vvhlcl
is Included In Bartlej's defalcation. The de
fense would have cci tended that this suit
was an admlralon by the state that the bank
and not the bondsmen ahould be held re-
spcnnlble for this amount. This would have
further reduced the sum sued for by $201-
8S4.05 , leaving about $4,000 for which Judg
ment could have been secured.
After the decision was delivered the at
torneys for the defense spent some little
time In conference when the declaton had
been rendered. Then General Cow In made a
show'rig to the effect that through the plead
lnga offered the defeasa Intended to prove
that $335,000 of Bartlej's ( shortage had oc
curred In tbo first term , and that this was
admitted by the state In the pleadings In the
Lancaster county case.
The dofensp offered In evidence also a
copy of the petition filed In the Douglas
count ) court In which suit is brought against
the- Omaha National bank of this city for
$201,884,05 , the amount of the warrant and
interest , which is included In the amount
sued for In the present case. These plead
ings wrre uisu ruiuu OUL ami me upipnse
again made a showing when they proved that
: hc state admitted that the bank and not
Bartlpy's bondsmen should bo held re
sponsible for the sum.
I\T3 OF TUG FILINGS.
Ex-Deputy ( Secretary of States Evans was
recalled by the state for further cross-cx-
amlnatlnn on his testimony In chief. He
tad testified that the filing on Hartley's
lend , which showed on Us face that the In
strument had been received foi filing on
January 3 , 1895 , did not occur that day and
that the figure " 3" was not In the hand
writing of Uookkeeppr Nels McDowell , as
ho rest of the endorsement , leaving the 1m
iresslon that the filing mark had been
ampered with.
For the purpose of controverting this cvl
dence , the witness was uued to Identify the
filing murks on the bonds of the other of
ficers-elect who had filed their bonds on
January 3 1895. Ho said that the hand
wilting of the endorsements wes that of Nelp
McDowell. The figure " 3" In thcsu en
dorsements Is like the supposedly forged
" 3" In the endorsement on the Hartley bond.
The Importance of th's testimony UPS In
connection with the defense that the bond
had not been filed by or on January 3 , 1S95 ,
and that this Illegality releases the bonds
men fiom , liability.
The witness said that ho did not know
whether or not any of ( he bonds of the state
olllccrj had been approved after they had
been filed. As a matter of fact seine of the
bonds ahow that they had been filed Janu
ary 3 , 1S95 , and had not been approved un
til some days afterward.
LAST FOR Till : DEFENSE.
At the afternoon setalon E. E Blown , one
of the bondsmen in the suit , was called ai
the last witness for the defense in Its case
In chief , Ho testified that ho had signed n
waiver to the addition of signatures to
IVutley's bond at his house on the morning
of January V , lb&5 , Home 4lino before 9 30
o'clock Tim waiver was handed to him by
Hartley , who at the name tlmo showed a
waiver signed by C. C. McNfuh.
The evidence is In support of the conten
tion of thn defense that all the original
bondsmen d'd ' not sign n corscnt to the ad
dition of n union on the bond beforeth sc
names weio secured , on which toshnlcall y
the ) In.'iat the original band as a contract
was broken and that they are released , The
evidence In the caao Li that the three Omaha
sureties wco obtained on January 7 , 1E01 ,
two days bu.'orc Drown swore he signed the
waiver 'Bondsman Svobo testified that he
signed the bond about o'clock on the after-
noon of January 7 , 1835.
Upou cross-examination Witness Brown
Instated that he was correct In his date ,
Hartley dIJ not tell him that ho had or had
not obtained the * additional sureties already ,
but led the wltnffs to believe that he had
not , Hartley simply stated that the gov
ernor , In view of the 'act that the Icgls'a-
turo v.as in session , thought that the bond
should to strengthened and that ho , Bart-
lev , wanted the walvort In order that ho
mljht legally get the additional nameo.
The wltnccu teitlf.cd that at the tlmo ho
wan a director of the Columbia National
bank of Lincoln. Attorney General Smyth
asked If Hartley bad then a deposit In the
bank as etato treasurer , but the question
was not allowed.
The defense rested ,
TKSTLMO.VY IN REBUTTAL.
The flrst witness called in rebuttal by the
statu was Dr. George Tllden of th'n city ,
who has been a member of the Douglas
County Board of Insanity for the last twen
ty-four years He was called In rebuttal of
the evidence given In support of the de
fense of Mary Fitzgerald that ehe was Insane -
sane At the tlmo she signed the bond.
The same hypothetical case which de
scribed the symptoms and actions of Mrs
Fitzgerald at the time and which had been
presented to the experts for the defense
was read to the witness and he was asked
whether , In his Judgment , the woman was
eann or Insane. Ho answered that In his
op'nlon ' eho was sane. The experts fur the
defense had given It as their judgment that
she WHS InsAiic. The witness sold further
that there was nothing to Indicate Insanity
The crcea-exiunlmitlcn of the expert wad
Icr.R , but somewhat entertaining from the
fact that Examining Attornc ) Manahati
had some difficulty In getting the witness
to answer as he wished , the latter Insist
ing on his right to explain and the attor
ney objecting. At times the cxamln'tig at
torney , the > wltncs , the attorney general
and even the court were talking at the simc
time.
Attorney General Smyth attempted to Intro-
dues In evidence the state bond record book
for the purpose of ehowlni ; that the bends
of all fiUto ofilcers except Hartley's wen
"filed and recorded this 3d day of Janu
ary , 1S95. " In the case ot Hartley'o bond
the record showed the Inatiument was "ie
celvcd and filed for I'ecord this 3d day of
January , 1S95 , and recorded January 9 ,
1S95. " Judge Powell excluded all but the
record of Hartley's bond.
The purpose of this evidence was to re
but the effect of ox-Deputy Secretary of
Stale Evans' testimony. He swoic that
when , on Jninmry 9 , 1895 , he had signed
the certificate of filing It d d not state that
It bad been received for filing on January
3. 1S95 , leaving the Imprcsnlon that the
filing mark had been tampered with after
ward , most probably by those who suc
ceeded to the ofilce. Tin1 fact that the rec
ord reads that the bond had b'on "received
for filing" on January 3 , 1895 , Is expected
to weaken this testimony.
Attorney General Smyth exrects to ceo
sumo a day or more vvltli further rebuttal
testimony. The trial will procied today ,
ovn HI\I ) or Tin : MORMON cimitcai
llt'V. JoKi-ph P. Smith of Suit I.uKc
I'll I UN of UN U'lirK.
Her. Joseph F Smith of Salt Lake Cl'y
accompanied by his wife , Is registered at the
Mlllard. He Is en route to Sioux. City , anl
being p'csldcnt of the Society of Litter Day
Saints In that district of the Mormon church
he will devote several weeks to visiting the
several charges of his denomination In thai
section.
According to Rev. Mr. Smith the Mormon
church Is constantly spreading its Inllnciirc
and membership throughout the United
States and even In Mexico , the South Ameri
can republics nud Canada branches of the o
ganlzatlon aie constantly ipringing Into life
Itev. Mr. Smith Is a nilddlc-agel gentleman it
striking appearance and fine physique. He
is a lineal defendant of the great Mormon
prophet , Joseph Smith , who , In the infancy
of the etm ch , was killed during the ntlrrlnp
Incidents that marked the pilgrimage of Ills
followers from Nauvoo , III.
"in the Salt Lake va ley. " said Mr. Smith
"reconstructed Mormon'sm Is yet In Its ra
ccndcncy and growing In Influence Of
course all of our cities and town out there
have been invaded by other religious de-
nomlnatlcrs , which I am Inclined to believe
has dene more to promote Mormon Interest' '
than any other outside Influence. Our ao-
cletlea , known as the Latter Day Saints , arc
springing up everywhere , and in the weste-i
part of Iowa they are very strong. In Coun
cil Bluffs , for Instance , there la an cstnb-
ll'hed church of the Latter Day Saints , the
membership of which liumberd several hun
dred persons. We now have missionaries li
Canada , Mexico and the South American re
publics , as well as In the Hawaiian Islands
the Orient , Asia and Europe. Everywhere
Mormenlsm finds Its share of followers.
"Regarding tl'o property of the church In
the Salt Lake valley and the old Mormon
landmarks In Salt Lake City , they are being
maintained In their original state as nearly
as possible. The churches In the smallci
places and throughout the country are in
good condition and In Salt Lake the edlflcci
are Just as grand and attractive aa they o\e
were. These places of worship , at well c. <
Eagle Gate , the Bee Hive , the Amelia man
sion and other property with which the name
of Brlgham Young Is Intimately associated
are still visited toy thousands of tourists
every year.
"The people of the Salt Lake valley arc
enjoying a period of unusual prosperity
Their great syntom of irrigation Is being
Improved and extended each year and agri
culture Is reaching a. peifectlon which fev
other rectloivs of the country can boant of
I believe that this year will exceed all other : :
in the beneficial results for the farmers ol
our fertile section. "
! IAIirRMiit GOT WHOM ! M l.V
Illn Itrtolt vr'N SlliMit ntcxinrnro hr-
euri-N Prompt Uli'iiHon.
There was a riotous time In the saloon
at 415 South Fifteenth street , kept \ > y S. F
Blckof , about 3 o'clock yesterday morning ,
and when the police arrived there In reipcnee
to a telephone call they found that the bar
tender , J. S. Osburn , waa holding a man
pllsoncr In thn place behind locked doors
and under cover of a revolver. Both men
were under the influence of liquor and the
officers tcok them to the central station
where they were locked up Oi um chargCL
the man ho had forcibly detained In the i.a-
loon with iobliciy. The man gave the name
of C. II. Balkln and said he wan In the rcai
estate business with an office In the New
York Life building.
Ouburn's btory was to the effect that while
ho was playing cards In thn saloon with
HolKIn , an accomplice of the latter , who had
entered the place with him , secured frnn ;
behind the bar a sack containing $24 In
cash and $4 50 In the form of a check. The
alleged accomplice was a stranger to the
bartender , who claimed that he Law the man
pass the sack to Ilolkln and then leavu the
saloon.
Immediately upon witnessing this transac-
Imi Osburn claimed that DP suspected that
ic had been robbed. Dropping his caids he
ran b ° hlml the bar and found the money
sick gone It the meantime Holkln had got
ip from the card table and started for flic
door.
"Hold up there. " shcuted the bartender
nvellng at the alleged robber a revolver ,
don't stir another slop or I'll blow your
j'aliis out "
Bnlkln thiew up his hinds at the same
Imp dodging about the room overturning
urnlturo and crying , "don't shoot ! " In bin
effort to get out of the range of the frenzied
mrlondcr'a gun.
Although the pcllce searched L'olkln and
irofcted him hard to glvn up the money ho
\ui charged v.tth having they could not get
any clue to the inl lng property. Ilolkln
tnutly maintained tr-at he had nothing what
ever to do with the robbery. Although ho
lid entered the placu with the stranger
Uinm Osburn accused of taking the sack , tin
al-J that he did not know tliu man and had
icvr reen him before they met on the street
n front of the salron only a few incincniH
lefo.-t' tl ey entered In police court tlio
ifilculty was patched up between Ostiurn
and Balkln and n w the authorities are try-
ng to locate the mysterious third party.
Die baitender stoutly maintains that ho was
ebbed and hU story la believed.
with Couiitoi r
WU lam Ellsworth IB to have u hearing
omorrovv before United Statin Commlr-
loner William F. W.ipplch on the charge
of hivnp ; ! | In lilu poaseiiM'on ' utumped nlrkcls
not rMned nt u mint of the United Statin
Deputy Unlti-d State * .M.irnlntl Allan tmyJ
lint there are many counterfeit ) * circulating
n Omulw ut the | irunent tlmt. . Counterfeit
nlckles are cbptclully numcrouu , niul ninny
of thc-Ku are maou to tide In > ! ot m ichlni'H
mil are very poor ImltiitlonH. Ono Hlot
machine In J'latUinouth recently yielded
, W/0 mien coins. If mpro plug * , with no nt-
trniit ut Imitating 1'nltcd gluten coins , were
uttd In thcHo mnchlneH the ofTendcrs could
lot lie proH'CtiU'd on account of the null-
iimbllni ; luwii , but In most casex an effort
u ' ! > ien mada to Imitate and jtorxons pass-
ng iiuch colnH are accountable to the b'ov-
rnmwit authorities.
Legislation Unit Secured the Site nntl
Subsequent Oonstnict'oii '
HISTORY OF THE BUILDING IN CONG tESS
( Jciu-rnl .MrunU-riKiii'K Collection oi
lllllx ami Coiiinilltrc ItclturlM Tll
tlio Story of fluStrtiitulr fern
n Appropriation.
Apropos the opening of the new govern
ment building In this < -lty on Washington's
birthday. General Charles F. Manderson liaa
an interesting collection of all the senate
bills and committee reports that were In
troduced Into the Bcmto with the , view ot
securing the erection of the new publlu
building that Is about to be dedicated.
Through these Is shown the progress and the
reverses of the movement to afford Omaha
adequate accommodations for Mio transaction
of Its government business.
The flrst bill was Introduced Into the
senate by General Mnndcrsan on December
12 , 1SS7. It provided fcr the ptirclnse of a
site and the erection of a public building
thereon In this city. "The plans , sprclllcia-
tlnns and full estimates for slid building
Miill be previously made- and approved ac
cording to law , and shall not exceed
for the site and building complete * the sum
of $1,500,000" aie the words In which the
limitations of the slto and Imllcilng are
c\pres ed In the original hill Ibis bill was
tcad twice and re erred to the committee-
public buildings and grounds This rvn-
ate bill , which was No 1 2 In the flrst ncs-
slon of the Fiftieth congress was reported In
the senate by Senator Stanford on January
30 , 1S88 , with amendments , the principal of
which reduced the ccat fir site nml building
complete fiom $1,500,000 to $1 UOO.OOO On
February 14 , KSSb , the bill was reported with
the amendments , rommltted to tlip commlttco
of the whole > house on the state of the milon.
and ordered to be printed At this tlmo the
bill way reduced to the apprnpilatlon of
$500,000 , 'or s.0 much thereof as shall bo
necessary , " for the purpose of the purchase
cf n site for a public building at Omaha
RAISED THE LIMIT.
Oa January 14 , 1890 Senator Mande-r.Kii
lik'roduced a bill Into tl.o Hist i > 3tsloii of the
Fifty-flrst cci gre c\ which was read twice
and inferred to the committee on publlu
buildings and grounds. This provided that
the amount previously fixed as a limit to the
ccat for the purchase of u sltc and erection
of u pub Ic building hero ahould be Increased
to $2,000,000 , r.uj It also provided that ( ho
uum of $800,000 should be appropriated Irom
the tieasury for such imrpore TnU hill wju
reported without amendment on January 27 ,
1890.
1890.On
On December 10 , 1891 , Senator Mamlpison
Introduced n bill similar to the above In
creasing tlic limit to flioau.O'JO and appro
priating $800,000. The -previous bill had
parsed the senate , but had fallen by the way
side In the hon.30 of representatives. Tlila
bill was reported by Senator Carey without
amendment on Januuiy IS , 1S92.
Accompanying the original bill In a docu
ment of bomo Interest at thirl time. . It wua
presented In the cenntc on December 12 ,
1887 , and was referred to the committee on
public bulldlngp and grounds , and then or
dered printed. 'Iho document consists ot
sundry papers showing the total Inadequacy
of the public building then In use for the
needs of the growing city. First Is the In
dictment against the old federal building ;
by a grand Jury of the United States dis
trict court , Judge Elmer S. Dundy presiding.
A communication from the Omaha Hoard of
Trade , Max Meyer president , and G. .M Nat-
tlnger secretary , follows , giving statistics
demonstrating the real need for the erection
of a now puMIc building In this city. Let
ters of the same Import then follow fiom
R. C. Jordan , custodian at the custom liotiso
hero at that tlmo ; from C. V. Gallagher ,
then postmaster ; fiom George E 1'rltchett ,
then United States attorney ; from S. II. Calhoun -
houn , then collector of revenue ; from S. I\
Rounds , president of the Omaha Republican
company , and from G M Hitchcock , editor
of the Omaha Dally World.
CVTCII vuni : >
Ioiil > < Ii.rol ( i'li I/oclK'il Up on n
of MullHoiiH Ti r > iiiiHN.
Louis Kroltzch la a dyer and resides at 1410
Ohio street. Ho Is under arrest charged with
peering through the window u of residence ?
In the neighborhood of Eighteenth and Corby
sticnts , about the time women are disrobing
to retire. Officer Hums , who inado the nr-
rcst , allcgcH that he caught Krolt7ch In the
i"t of pcepliiK through a window at 1815
Corby street Sunday night. The pracner Is
married and about 50 yeara of age Re
cently he figured In a divorce case but after
the testimony was given the court dismissed
the action , holding that husband and wlfo
wore equally to blame for their domestic
Infelicity.
For poveral weeks prior to Kroltzch's ap-
prchenclon the resident ? In Cot by Htrcct had
been annoyed nightly and tlio women fright
ened frequently by a "pepper. " They com
plained to the authorities and policemen
were ordered to arrest Ljio ] prson on night.
But the peeper cleverly dudged their vigi
lance until Officer Dnrrih finally stumbled
upon him while ho was flitting from house
o lioiuo In puruUlt of ! iln sport. Ho has been
Identified l > y Charles F Shram of 1809 CorJiy
otrect , and Mrs. Lou'ij Fletcher of 1818
Corby , as the man they saw peering through
windows In their homes Ills caoo will betaken
taken before I'ollco Judge Gordon. The
charge against him Is malicious trespass.
CIIAHID oOM : CIIA
t'oninliiliilH of Oiniiliti Vic ii
Illlll DlNllllNHI-ll
Both complaints against W. 10. French , the
bogus check manipulator , were dlemlsacd In
police court yesterday , because the * pros
ecuting witnesses refused to appear against
the prisoner They wore William F. Gar-
rlty and Nick Yager , from each of whom
Trench secured $15 on ivorthlegs checks.
Tlio prisoner settled with his victims and
there the prosecution drop , cd.
French did not enjoy his liberty long ,
low ever. Before ho could get out of the
police court room ho was again arnoted
and locked up "for Identification. " About
the tlmo ot French's Hist arrei't ' a man
inswcrlng his description paused a worth-
ess check for a cornldrrable amount upon
a Council Bluffs cltlzun That gentleman
ias asked that French bo held until ho can
; ct a look at the prisoner Ho promlm * to
prosecute French If he la the man who bum-
coed him ,
French was later re e-used from custody ,
llenlli of Mr * Cli'UH'iiH.
I'hllllcla J , Clemccia , wife of Antiton Clem-
cm , onet of thu early lettler * of Douglas
county , died yesterday morning at
3 o'clock at her tioir.c near Klm-
wood park after a lingering III-
decs of several month' Mrs C'cmins '
carnu to Omaha In lSr > 0 with her parents , Mr.
tad Mr * . J W I'lckard In 1808 die waa
married to Aflhton Clcirena , who survives
her. Five- children May , Aihton , Jr , Juao
Pearl aul Itoca mouin the Icaa ot a kind
mother. Her mother , s'ttor MrH J. W ,
Weaver n d brothcri.Orln W and Oi"car
J. I'lckard all of Omaha , survive her The
funeral will bo at 2 p , in. Wednesday from
the residence , arid the Interment ut Ever *
grcrn cemetery ,
( 'OIlllllllVM ( IIIClIMU ,
I'ollro Judge ( Jordan Inn continued the
ruses ngalnxt M , AIulN M und thu twenty *
four men mid women who wore iirrtxtui in
the raid of bin concert hull until Wcdms-
eluy afternoon. The prlnoiurH ftc-ro nil ur-
rulKiu-il und pleaded not Kullty to the chinu ;
of liInK Inniato * of u disorderly house.
ThoHo who wi"-o not uln-mly out under
bonds funilrlml ball for their
and were relcumd.
