TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , MATICIT 17 , 180S.
INDICTS CITY OFFICIALS
Lancaster County Grand Jury FnaonU Two
Lincoln Eoodlers ,
fcAYOR GRAHAM AND EXCISEMAN VAILL
( Chargci of Accepting Hrllte * from Po
licemen nnil Oilier City Km lei
StiKlnltieil Sufficiently <
Warrant the lllll * .
f LINCOLN , March 16. ( Special. ) The
charges against Mayor Graham and Excise
man Valll of corruption In office came to a
fcead today when the grand jury brought In
three Indictments against Graham and two
gainst Valll. They wcro both arrested , Clra-
bam being bound over to district court In
the sum ot $1,200 and Valll In the sum of
(300. Doth furnished bondsmen ,
One Indictment against the mayor charges
that he received $540 from S. M. Mellck in
consideration that Mellck should bo retained
as chief ot police. Another charges that ho
received from Hlchard Sweeney $30 In ex
change for an appointment as water tapper ,
nd the third charges him with receiving
from Georgn A. tlarney $35 In exchange for
an appointment as fireman In the water der
partmcut , Each Indictment contains two
counts , charging the receiving ot money
knowing It to be a bribe , and with being
Influenced by said money In his official
action. The Indictments against Valll are
similar , charging that ho received a brlbo
of $50 from Police Officer Snell and $30 from
Officer Hathaway , In consideration that he ,
Valll , should use his Influence as exciseman
to retain the offlcem on the force.
IMPEACHMENT GOES AHEAD.
Tn the meantime during the day the Im
peachment trial of the mayor has been going
on In the council chamber , several witnesses
tor the defense having been examined. Moot
o ! this testimony was of a negative character ,
having very little effect either way. Excise
man Grimes testified that the Excise boai-d
had no particular policy regarding gambling ,
and that he himself had never spoken to any
of the police officers about closing up the
houses. The question of closing the houses
had been talked over by the board , but no
official notice had ever been given that there
was any gambling In the city. The witness
eaUl ho had no knowledge that the hoard or
any other official of the city had ever ac
cepted money from the gamblers.
City Detective Lcngdon was put on the
stand to Impeach the testimony previously
given for the prosecution by Officer Snell.
Langdon said that he himself had never re
ceived a reward for making an arrtst while
ho was employed by the city , and ho did not
know that any ot the officers ever did. He
could not say whether or not the city had
-V \ ever received money when such rewards
- were offered by outfllde parties.
Gran Ensign testified as to his conversa
tion with S. M. Mellck In 1895 , shortly after
Graham's election the first time , and soon
after Mellck's appointment as chief of po
lice. Ho told Mellck that Graham's cam
paign expenses wcro over $1,000 and that
it would be no moro than right for the new
chief to donate something to help pay this
expense. Nothing had been said about the
payment of money before Mellck was ap >
pointed.
SALOONS AND GAMBLERS.
A saloonkeeper named Splaln was put on
the stand to deny that he had paid a mem
ber of the 'Excise board for the privilege of
keeping his saloon open after time. The
date referred to was September 1 , when the
fusion state conventions wcro In session.
Officer George Harry testified as to the
closing of gambling houses. He said that
iio had had orders four or flvo times to close
up the houses. Each tlmo ho went and no
tified the proprietors to close up. The gam
bling apparatus was not confiscated. He
liad made reports In each case to the mayor.
Ho bad sometimes had special orders to have
the saloons closed on Sundays , but said It
was always possible for a man to get tn a
ealoon and get a drink on Sunday If ho
.wanted ono real bad. The balance of the
evidence was unimportant and none of It
was as strong as the friends ot the mayor
had hoped.
It Is now asserted that the prosecution
has gained over one or two of the councllmen
and that the mayor will surely bo Im
peached when the matter comes to a vote.
The young women of the university will
give a minstrel entertainment at the uni
versity armory Friday night , the proceeds
to go toward fitting out the base hall club.
Mesdames Lambertson , Ogden , McMurtry ,
Yates , Townloy , MacLean and several others
have been invited to be patronesses for the
occasion.
The funeral of Mrs. Dorothy A. Wilson ,
who died yesterday , was held this afternoon.
The body will be taken to Deputy , Ind. , her
former home , for Interment.
The Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific Rail
road company nied a mortgage/n this county
today In favor of the Central Trust com
pany and George Sherman of New York ,
mounting to $100,000,000 and covering- the
main line and branches of the road from
Chicago to Denver.
Omaha people at the hotels : At the Lin-
dell Louis Berka , C. L. Kerr. At the Lln-
coln- . E. Roburts , H. W. Brogan C.
lludlo.
Trial of Herbert Mecnm.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , March 16. ( Spe
cial. ) The trial of Herbert Mecum for the
desperate assault upon young Peter Curtli
t Union last January Is slowly progressing
In district court. Curtis was on the stand
yesterday trying to Identify Mecum as hla
assailant , but owing to the prisoner's being
clad In a new suit of clothes and being
clean Bhaven , he experienced considerable
difficulty. A scar on the check satisfied
Him , however , nnd he pronounced ( ho pris
oner the guilty man. Considerable testi
mony has been Introduced to show Mcium's
bad character and to prove various details
of the crime. Ex-Sheriff Holloway has been
the chief witness for the defense. He ex
presses a belief that Mecum Is not the
guilty party. The prosecution today Intro
duced considerable testimony to prove that
Holloway had made many and various
statements of his '
'belief that Mecum was
the guilty man , at the time of the arrest
and also shortly afterward.
Mecum testified In his own defense yes
terday and again this morning. He explains
his presence at Union at that time by sayIng -
Ing 'that ' ho was on his way south and
stopped at Union to earn some money un
loading a car of coal.
The Jury wen1 out In the Mecum. case al
6:40 : and Is still out at midnight.
, Fort Crook Xoten.
PORT CROOK , Neb. , March 16. ( Special. )
At about 4 o'clock yesterday Ccnvlct Bar
ret escaped from the guard la a most daring
nd extraordinary manner. He was on the
dump cart at the dump. The guard stood
near the cart with a Winchester repeating
hotgun. The convict asked him the time
nd while the guard was looking at Ills
watch , the convict jumped from the wagon
on to the guard and grabbed his gun eud
RED
ROUGH
HANDS
Itching , icaljr , bleeding palnu , ahapeleai nalli ,
and painful dorr eudi , plraplta , Uackbtad * ,
oily , mothy akin , dry , thin , and fulling hair , Itch ,
tnf.acaly acalpa , all yield quick/to ! warm bath *
With CDTICCBA Boir , and jcntl * anolntinga
With Cimctnu ( olntmiDt ) , the greet akin cure.
Qticura
nU ttrwiknt < kt w M. rVrrn Dm in Cat * .
wrenched It away from him cad In a
moment was gone. The guard pursued him
for nearly three ml leu In the direction of
Plattamouth , then lost sight of him In the
bottoms. The guard then douhled-tlme back
to the pott and gave the alarm. The pris
oner wa serving an eighteen mcutba' sen
tence.
Lance Corporal E. Axt , company It , Twen
ty-second Infantry , has been sppolnted cor
poral , vice Carey reduced.
Private Sturgeon , company T , Is very 111
In the hospital of appeudlcltl . Dr. PIlcLer
operated on him last Friday.
GOSSIP "FIIOM THH STATIS HOUSE.
I.nvr neintlner to School I.nitda Comet
Ui for R Tent.
LINCOLN , March 16. ( Spnclal.--The ) ap
peal case ot Thomas C. Patterson against
the board of commissioners of Pawnee
county was filed In < he supreme court to
day. This la the case Involving the- validity
of iho law pswcd by the last legislature
relating to the sate ot school lands. Patter-
eon sets forth thut in 1883 ha obtained pos-
netslon ot the lium of a quarter section
of school lar.d In Pawnee county , and re
lying on the provision in the state law which
allowed the purchase of these lands by the
leaseholder , he put over $2,000 worth of Im
provements on the land , and that the effect
of the law passed last year Is to tieat him
out of his right to purchase the land and
also to take his valuable Improvements
away Irom him without compensation. The
object of the petitioner l to have the law
declared unconstitutional , or at least that
part of It which affects prior leaseholders.
It Is understood that this Is to be a test
cose , as there are a largo number of other
leaseholders in other parts of the state who
stand in the same position as Patterson
does and ere anxiously awaiting the de
cision In Ihls case. The brief died for Pat
terson today argues that where the leasc-
loldcr has kept up his payments and per-
'ormed ' every act required of him under the
lease the stutc cannot come In and deprive
Mm ot his tight to purchase , that having
been one of the considerations of the original
case.
This case U brought by two prominent
populist attorneys , and when It was first
talked of last fall It waa Intimated that
the test was to bo made nt the request of
the state board. At the time the members
of the board were very reluctant to say
anything about the matter and at first en
deavored to keep this particular ruse from
being made public until It was ready to be
submitted to the supreme' court.
An application for a writ of habeas corpus
In the case of Herman Granger was made to
the district couit today and the writ was
granted , returnable tomorrow morning.
Granger was convicted of stealing a cow In
Sheridan county in 1S96 and was sentenced
to the penitentiary. It is now claimed that
the bill passed by the legislature of 1893
which tnado cattle stealing a felony was not
properly passed and Is therefore unconstitu
tional and void. The objection to the law Is
that the bill which was signed by the gov
ernor was materially different from the one
that passed the legislature , changes having
been made In the enrolling of the bill.
A requisition was granted today for the
return ot Charles damn from Marlon county ,
Kansas , to Cherry county , Nebraska , where
ho Is wanted for having received a stolen
horse , knowing It to have been stolen.
The Citizens' Gas company of South Omaha
filed articles of Incorporation today , with a
capital stock of $150,000. The Incorporators
are : William A. Schrcl. Alfred N. Noycs ,
C. C. Keys , Thomas Kelley and E. R. Duffle.
The hearing ot the Fcltz telegraph case
before the State Board of Transportation ,
which was to have come oft yesterday , was
again postponed In order that the complain
ant and the secretaries of the board might
look Into the maximum rate decision and
find how far It affects the caeo.
County AftHciNiiient.
F.REMONT. Nob. , March 16. ( Special. )
The assessors of Dodge county held thcl
regular meeting yesterday for the purpose
ot fixing a basis for making the assessment
It was voted to assess real estate at one
sixth Its value and all personal property a
one-fourth. The valuation of live stock fo
assessment purposes was fixed at the follow
Ing figures : Horses , $40 ; cattle , $16 ; mules
$40 ; sheep , $2 ; hogs. $4 , Telephone lines
will bo assessed at $25 per mile. Bicycles
were valued at $20 ; last year the basis o
their valuation was fixed at $40.
Carpenters , painters and bricklayers re
port moro work In their lines this season
than for several years past. Only a fnw
new houses are being built , but numerous
repairs are being made. There are fewer
vacant houses In the city than last year
and rents In some localities have been
raised.
Working : for the Kxpaiiltlon.
WEST POINT , Neb. , March 16. ( Special.
In the matter of subscriptions in aid o
the construction ot the iDoys' and Girls
building at the Transmlsslsslppt Exposition
Cumins county leads all the counties in tht ,
transmtsslsslppl country. Contributions hav
been made by men and women In every
station ot lite , from the richest to the poor
est. Much credit Id due to ( Mrs. D. C. Qlf
fart's untiring efforts In behalf of the expo
slllon In this county. In addition to larg
sums of money given , Cumlng county cltl
rcns have purchased COO copies ot th
Hatchet and have In other wayj contrlb
uted to the exposition funds.
ColumbtiM CullInK * .
COLUMBUS , Neb. , March 16. ( Special. )
Charles Huber , son of John Huber ot thi
city , Is dying at Oakland , Cal. , with con
sumption. His father has been trying tc
flnd him for several years and has only re
cently located him and that with the sad
Intel ! Igcnco that he could survive but a very
short time. Mr. Huber has sent funds ant
Instructions to have the body sent here , h
being so far gone that it is Impossible t
remove him while ho lives.
Judge Marshall of Fremont opened a ses
slon ot the district court here this morning
and wilt continue the remainder ot xhe week
Nothing but equity cases wilt bo taken up
Chiidron Cnucu e .
CHADRON , Neb. , March 16. ( Special. )
Ono of the largest attended caucuses In the
history of the city of Chadron was held las
night. The nominees , who will bo candl
dates on 'the ' citizens' ticket , are : Mayor
Charles Rust ; treasurer ! , Charles C. Jaine
son ; clerk , L. J. F. Jaeger ; police justice
D. Y. Mears ; city engineer , J. W. Hurt
members Board of Education , Allen G
Fisher , George L. Harner ; councllmen Firs
ward , Charles E. Fostcp ; Second ward , I
N. Harbaugh ; Third ward , A. R. Julian
William Agnew. All of the candidates ar
republicans with the exception of Jaege
and Harbaugh.
Geiievii 1 1 cnm.
GENEVA , Neb. , March 16. ( Special. ) Dls
trlct court Is In session this week. Th
docket Is small.
The Fraternal Aid society Is having
boom. It Is expected that about twenty
flvo new members will bo added at Its nex
meeting.
Farm work and gardening have alrcad
commenced. Everything betokens an earl
spring. ,
1'oiuilUt Piiper Cum I UK Went.
DAVID CITV , March 16. { Special. ) Edi
tor Frank L. Lemon of the David Cit
Banner baa entered Into partnership wit
Prof. Vincent of the populist Journa :
the Nonconformist. It has been publlshei
ut Indianapolis , Ind. , but will 'be moved t
Omaha , where It will bo In better touc
with western populism.
Court Adjourned.
GREELEY , Neb. , March 1C. ( Speclnl.- )
Dlftrlct court was to have met today , bu
was adjourned until April 18. Tbo docke
Is the lightest Qrceley county has bad in
five years. The most Important crlmlna
matter will be that of ex-Treasurer Cush
man for the embezzlement of county funds
Looklnir for a Soldier.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , ( March 16. ( Spe
cUl. ) A squad of troopers from Fort Oreo
In charge of a sergeant were In this clt
this morning looking for a soldiers who ha
dteerted his comrades yesterday. Tb
search proved nothing but hla absence here
to FlKht Simla.
NELSON , Neb. , M * ch 16. ( Speclal.- )
Company H , Nebraska National Guard , o
this city , at Its last .weekly meeting vote
unanimously to request Governor Holcom
to enlist the company ( or cctlv * iervice 1
cue t war with fipalo. t
STILL DIGGING FOR GOLD
Alleged Discovery of Dust Near Gering
SaU People Crazv.
* _ _ _
BEAT RUSH IS ON TO FILE CLAIMS
Good Color Snld ( o Hnvc Been DUcov-
ercit nt f-evcrnl Point * In the
Saiul HIIU of Scotti
Olnffn.
GERIN'G , Neb. , March 16. ( Special. )
There it no cessation eo ( ar to the mining
xcltctnont In Scotts Dlull county. The
umber of placer locations has gone up to
onslderably over 100. Over forty were filed
Saturday1 , and from ten to tblrty each day
o far this week. The streak of territory
oneldered available for the purpose has been
greatly extended by the examinations oC
respecters , who have made favorable re-
orts from almost every portion of th'esand
nd gravel streak they have visited. The
lings have not so far left the string of
tunes , which form the edge of the table *
and , but ere being extended east end west
rom the original discovery for miles , until , on
ho east , numerous claims have been staked
> ut across the county line Into Cdcyenno
ounty , and locations thereon ore going to
Sidney for record. Westward , claims have
> em filed almost to the Wyoming line.
There ate no new assays received as yet ,
> ut some experienced miners who have been
washing In pans report excellent color. The
dust Is found In a black sand , with frequent
ron rust , both of which are. regarded as ex
cellent Indications of the stable character
of the assays. Parties here who arc Inter
ested are taking steps to send a ton of the
naterlal to the Grant smelter at Denver for
the purpose of having a mill run made , to
sec exactly what there Is In It.
A report has been received from Bayari
: hat an ofeay of the earth or sand taken
from bedrock at a point near there , which
Is In .Cheyenne county , has been received
showing $13 or thereabout to the ton. This
would be an extremely profitable figure , bu
the rumoc Is not credited here , owing to the
fact that there has scarcely been time
since the first publicity for a new assay to
be received.
Ono feature of the matter Is the effect the
discovery will have , If thoroughly authentl
cated , upon the Irrigation Interests of the
county. The Farmers' canal , the largest en
terprise en the north side of the valley , not
yet completed , will have to bo called Intc
service to furnish water for sluicing pur
poses , and also to supply any cyanide process
While It will Injure the completion of the
ditch , soni3 people are exercised as tc
whether there will be sufficient water foi
both irrigation and mining purposes.
"Wafted from WcrnlnK Wntcr.
WEEPING WATER , Xeb. , March 1G.-
( Speclal. ) Lincoln lodge No. 22 , Order ol
ncbekahs , to the number of about fifty , came
down last night to assist In reorganizing
Woodland lodge No. 22 of this city , which
several years ago gave up Its charter. The
lodge was revived with a membership ol
thirty-eight. The officers are : Mrs. George
Smith , N. G. ; Lena Harry. V. G. ; ( Mrs. W ,
A. Davis. S. ; Mrs. Will Harrison , T. ; Mrs.
M. H. Worley , C. ; Mrs. Sage , chaplain ; Mrs.
Kunkcl , G. Refreshments were served.
County Superintendent George L. Farley
Is In the city making arrangements for the
normal Institute of Cass county , which' will
bo held hero March 28 to April 1 , Inclusive.
Some of the best Instructors and lecturers
have been engaged.
Printer Pointer * .
FENDER , Neb. , March 16. ( Speclal.- )
Last night Just at dark James Wilscn , the
prisoner who was bound over to the district
court last week , escaped from Jail and has
not yet been recaptured.
Judge Evans made a ruling yesterday en
the question of subleasing of the Indian
lands on the reservation In this county ,
which lands have hern leased to large hold
ers and by them subleased under what Is
termed a labor contract to actual settlers.
The judge holds the sublease , ? void.
Monday evening the creamery building at
this place caught fire at the back of the
boiler and but for the timely aid of the
fire department the building would have been
destroyed. The damage was only slight.
Identity Revvnledr
COLUMBUS , Neb. , March 16. ( Special
Telegram. ) Chief of Police Schack now be
lieves that the man who was found dead in
bed at 104 South Eleventh street , Omaha ,
Monday morning , was a Pole named John
Brick , who .formerly lived here , but has been
living the last two years somewhere between -
tween Genoa cud Fullerton. His father died
hero two years ago. His mother still resides
here and gave but llttlo concern when In
formed of the matter. He has a sister living
in Polk county. Up to tonight Schack ha.l
received no instructions for the coroner and
it is not likely that the remains will be
claimed.
nnrllnirtoii' Illnr Fill.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , March 16. ( Spe
cial. ) Contractor , Qiwtelle , who has charge
of the big fill-In on the Iowa end of the
Burlington bridge across the Missouri at this
city , now has fifty odd teams at work on
the grade and expects nearly that muny
more next week. Two graders are at worh
now , while two more aiio enroute , to be put
on next week. The steam shovel and con
struction > traln will begin carrying Ne
braska roll from the bluffs at this end ol
the bridge in the near future and will ait ]
materially in the work.
Packlnjr lloune Improvement * .
SIOUX CITY , March 16. ( Special : ) It hae
been decided by the Cudahy Packing com
pany to"1 greatly enlarge on Ita improvements
of the Sioux City olant , which work was
commenced In November of last year. Gen
eral Manager E. A. Cudahy has glvro orden
to double the capacity of the six-story hog
house , and the work of tearing down the
walls of the old building has commenced ,
The Improvements now In progress consisl
of a six-story Jeef killing plant and fourteen
auxiliary buildings.
Clmiinell Xotea.
CHAPPELL , Neb. . March 16. ( Speclal.- )
Dlstrlct court for Deuel county opened hert
today , with Judge Grimes on the bench ,
There will be DO cases of Importance tried
at this terra.
Dcuel county Is experiencing one of the
finest winters for several years. Stockmer
have fed very little thus far and stock Ic
In excellent shape.
The Gering gold find has set the peopl (
afire in the north end of this county in the
sand hills , as a great many are prospecting
but as yet without results.
Suntnlnii n. 11 nil Full.
LOUISVILLE , Neb. , March 16. ( Special. ;
While L. W. Drlscoll , a carpenter of this
plow , was at work on a house over th (
Platte In Sarpy county , he fell or was blowi
from the root and sustained serious In
juries. Ho had three or four rlbe broken
hip joint fractured and was otherwise bad ! )
bruised and shaken up. He will recovei
unices injured internally.
Sprlnir Wheat on the Jump.
HU.VBOLDT , Neb. , March 16. ( Speclal.- )
The moisture of the last two weeks and thi
subsequent sunshine has made the sprint
wheat fairly jump from the ground , an <
fields of this grain were never In better con
dition. Farmers are feeling good and ai
ground is in excellent condition for worklni
they enter upon their spring work will
energy.
County A nemimen .
OLAY CENTER , Neb. , ilarch 16. ( Spo
clal. ) The assessors of Clay county belt
their annual meeting yesterday at this placi
and fixed a basis for assessment for thl
year. There will bo much more value amonj
the farmers of the county to be assessei
this year than , for several years past.
Itevlval Clour * .
BUTTON , Neb. , March 16. ( Special. ) Th. .
revival meetings which have been in progres
for the Uit four week * at the MethodU
church closed last night. Rev. Mr. Fowler ,
jastor , was assisted by-Brother Hucklns ,
ho gospel singer , of Ncufeelca City.
ntnac nl BI7 I'nnl.
ST. PAUL , Neb. , Mafthrl 16. ( Special. )
FIre 4n M. A. KendallvJ fnVlt market early
hla morning caused a loss of (100 ,
Xebrnkni ir Xotcn.
The Broken Bow ppultty fanciers will
bold a show on March ip.n
Ttio ferry boat at Brownvllle baa conv
menced Its season's work.
A prairie fire south , , pfn Plalnvlew de
stroyed a considerable amtMnt of bay.
Chad ron is organizing a base ball club
with which it hopes to dean out every
thing In northwest NeoVaMa.
At the last meeting ot'Yne ' Board of County
Commissioners George AuKeY was appointed
sheep Inspector for Shdrldcti county. .
The Southeastern Nebraska Press asso
ciation will meet at Falls City on Monday
evening and Tuesday , March 28 and 29.
Frank Frank , living north of the river ,
near Ord , had his grain and buildings , ex
cept bis home , burned , the fire starting
from a prairie fire. No Insurance.
The race track at the Pierce fair grounds
will be repaired and put In shape this spring
and the local horsemen will use It for
training purposes. Billy Zulauf , Woods
Cones and possibly Tell Walton and others
will have horses In training ,
The Southeastern Nebraska Teachers' as
sociation will meet In Peru the last of
March , provided the dormitory Is then
ready to relieve the crowded houses of their
ovcrsupply of students. The delay now
seems to bo for the radiators , but It Is
hoped that the firm which has the contract
for putting In the steam heat will get a
move on It before long.
An Ord young woman who teaches school
had considerable trouble with some cats.
They persisted in coming Into the school
room , gaining entrance through a window
where a pane of glass was broken out. Fi
nally she took a boy's coat and doubled
It up and stuffed It in the window , hut
was directly surprised to sec the cat come
crawling In through the coat sleeve. She
thinks of quitting the school.
A man named Peter Davis was killed by
the train at Qiktlalo Thursday night. Ao
shown toy the check on his perscm he was
a passenger on the train , with his fare paid
from Omaha to O'Neill. The trainmen did
not know of the accident until the train
got to Intr.an. For some unexplained reason
the man got off on the north side when the
train stopped at Oakdalo and when he
tried to get en a'guln after the train started
he slipped and fell across the rail and the
wheels parsed over his hips.
MANY DEATHS IN A FIRE
( Continued from First Page. )
work. As the elevator started to descem
without Miss Carney one If the girls crlei
to the conductor to stop , but the brave
woman , though staring death In the face
shouted for them not to mlndi her , that she
would take care of herself. The girls she
sent down the elevator escaped unharmed
Two of those who bolted headlong down the
narrow stairway Jcele and Anna Baxa
made their way to the second floor , hu
were cut oft by the flames and were force <
to Jump from a window. They were botl
badly Injured , but nt the hospital their
greatest anxiety and sorrow was regarding
Forewoman Kate Carney.
FIRE STOPS TyE , ELEVATOR.
After reaching the bottom of the shaf
with hla load of girls , Glesson was about to
start up again when the supports of the olc
vator machinery at the top of the eliaf
caught fire , and seeing that they would give
way before hta slow t elevator could make
another trip , Glca.son gave. It up.
At the rear , St. JohndlJequally good work
but was not able to makq more than one
trip as the fire ewept through that part o
the building before It attacked the front.
In , less than ten minutes , after the explo
sion that started the fire , , all escape of the
Inmates by the stairs pndjelevators , was cu
off. There remained only ; the windows am
the single fire escape , aj narrow Iron , thing
not over eighteen Inchcn side to side. This
was quickly covered with a string of people
some _ cn one side , some jpn the other At
they scrambled dawn ! ii-rantlo ' | haste they
trod upon ote another's' fingers , bumped Into
one another and progress was slow and dlf
flcult for them all.
Many of those who could not reach the
flre escape made their way to the front win
dews and It was out of these that Clark
Smith and Blnz hurled themselves to death
Clark was bookkeeper for the Olmsteac
Scientific company cu. the sixth floor , aai
remained to put the books In the eafe. He
might have escaped had he run upon the
first alarm. He was first seen at one of the
seventh story windows , and a few minutes
after showed himself In a window on the
sixth floor. The fire was close upon him , the
floors and walls behind him were crashing
down , and it was certain death to remain
where he was. There was no possibility o
help , and he took hla only chance. Three
minutes later ho was dead on the pavemen
below.
Miles A. Smith , a salesman for the Olm
stead Scientific company , also leaped from a
window In the sixth floor. He hesitated
some time before taking the leap , but like
Clark understood that It was big only hope
He was Instantly killed , his body being nor
rlbly mangled.
JUMPS TO DEATH.
Edward Blnz , the cashier of Sweet , Wai
lach & Co. , on the sixth floor , fell a victim
to his desire to save others and to protec
his books from harm. He , upon hearing the
alarm , ran to the rear of the store to warn
the employes to run for their lives. He then
rushed back to his dcak , gathered up his
books and jammed them Into the vault
Then he started for the stairway , but the
flames were ahead of him and he turnct
back. There was nothing but the window
and to this he went. He clambered upon the
sill and stood there In view of the crowc
below.
Clark and Smith had already bedaubed the
pavement with their life blood , and the
crowd knew there was no more chance fo
Blnz than for them. They watched him In
silent horror as he stood deliberating. The
building was a roaring mass of flames am
Blnz's face and hand.i were badly burnei
before he jumped. He pondered the matte
but a few seconds , then his form shot down
ward through a cloud of flame and smoke
and In the drawing of a breath he was a :
lifeless as the stones over which his bJooc
and bralnn were spattered.
Coo flremau distinguished himself by
daring rescue. He was upon a ladder clos
to the building when ho heard a cry ring
Ing out above the roar of the flames. H
steadied himself upon the ladder and peerc
Into the dense smoke. Just then a gust o
wind cleared the scene. The fireman eaw
man In a window of the fifth story carry
Ing an Inanimate form. Tbat the rescue
was about to throw the1 unconscious huma
being Into the street Inl the vain hope o
saving the man frctn a death by roasting wa
evident. The ( Vro was roaring eo that n
voice could be heard. I -
Putting up his hands as a signal to wa !
until he got ready tha fireman again brace
himself upon the ladder and then be wave
his arms for the reecuer. to drop tbo un
conscious man to him : With a shock tha
nearly knocked the heroic fireman from hi
position upon the ladder , the body of th
men struck the flre flidler. But It did no
get away from him. He'held the unconsclou
man through all tbo swaying and swlngln
of the ladder. Haatlly descending tbe flre
man turned his unconscious burden over t
the police and returned to his post.
The man who had caved tbe unconsclou
workman had disappeared. He had a chanc
to escape had be been bravo enough to das
through the smoke cpd ; flame. But If h
did not Immediately follow the fireman wh
bore away tbe man he "had picked up o
the fifth floor , his charred remains will b
found In the ruins when tbe search for th
dead Is made.
W. A. Olmstead , president of the Olmsteai
Scientific company , ran to the rear of th
seventh floor of the building , 213 Wabast
avenue , and has not been seen since. It I
thought he has been burled In the ruins.
, CROWDS WATCH THE FIRE.
The scene upon the downtown street
rivaled anything seen at a flre In Chlcag
for years. The great flames which shot froir
the center of the burning structure rceo t
such a height in the air that 'they could U
observed three blocks In either dlrectlo
down Wabash avenue. Black volumes o
smoke rolled upward and spread over th
surrounding streets , alarming the crowds
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scrlptlon were abandoned Immediately and
the vast throngs made a rush for the scene.
George Fenters , property man at the Great
Northern theater , and H. D. Cullen saved
several lives. Fenters was passing through
the alley in the rear ot the building when
ho saw flames bursting from the roof. He
rushed to tbe flro alarm box at Jackson
street and Wabash avenue and turned In an
alarm. Ho met Cullen running down the
street wlth'a blanket and followed him. The
men stood In front of the burning building
and held the blanket extended , shouting to
several girls on the second floor to Jump.
Among those who leaped were Josle and
Annie Baxa. Several others Jumped Into tbe
blanket and thus escaped Injury. The men
stood at the spot until driven from It by
the beat.
Katherlne Carney , the forewoman of the
National Music company , who was thought
to have been burned to death , left the build
ing by means of the fire escape.
"I did all I could , " she said , "to get the
girls into the elevator , and then when. I
started to get In myself there was no room
for me. I did not think there was ouch
great danger at the time , but In a few min
utes after the elevator had gone down I saw
the flames were spreading so rapidly that I
must run for my life. I Just hurried to a
window which was near the flre escape ,
climbed through U and came down to the
ground. A men. at the bottom of the escape
was holding a ladder , and be helped me and
a number of others to get out. I bad not a
mlnuuto to spare as the flames burned my
face and hair when I left the building , and
It was so hot that the rungs on tbe flre es
cape scorched my bands. All my girls getaway
away alive , although ono or two are bruised
up a little. "
FORECAST FOIl TODAY'S' ' WE.VTIIEB.
Fair anil Cnlilvr , .Accompanied' ' by
Xnrtlierlyl AVIiidx.
WASHINGTON , March 1C. Forecast for
Thursday :
'For Nebraska , Iowa andi South Dakota-
Fair nndl colder ; northerly winds.
For Missouri and Kansas Fair und' colder ;
northerly winds.
For Wyoming Fair ; slightly colder In
eastern portion ; variable winds.
Lornl Hccord.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU ,
OMAHA , March 16. Omaha record of tem
perature and rainfall compared with the
corresponding day of the last three Tears :
1638. 1897. 1896. 1S93.
Maximum temperature . .53 60 42 38
Minimum temperature . . . 3G 29 20 12
Average temperatura . . . . 44 40 31 25
Rainfall 00 .00 .00 T
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and since March
1 , 1897 :
Normal for the day 32
Excess for the day 12
Accumulated excess since March 1 147
Normal rainfall for the day ( H Inch
Deficiency for the day 01 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 45 Inch
Deficiency coi responding period ' 97 .36 Inch
Deficiency co.Tespondlnu period' ' 96 .30 Inch
Report * from Station * at H p. m.
WILL REACH OMAHA SUNDAY
tire. Newman Gets Word of tbe Home
Coming of Her Sister.
SENATOR THURSTON IS EXPECTED THEN
Left Jacksonville Fin. , I/nut Kvcn-
for WiiHliinictou ivltli
the Remain * of < HI De-
loved Wife.
The private car 010 of the Union Pacific ,
formerly used by President S. H. H. Clark ,
was sent out of Omaha on Tuesday evening
accompanied by porters for the use ot the
party from Washington , to Omaha. It will
reach Washington on Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Newman , at the Thurston home In
this city , last evening received a telegram
from Senator Thurston , who arrived at Jack
sonville , Fla. , last evening with the remains
of ( Mrs. Thurston. From Jacksonville the
party will proceed directly to Washington ,
where It will be Joined by Clarence Thurston.
A stop will be made at Washington tills
evening before starting for Omaha. The
party will reach Chicago on Saturday and
Omaha on Sunday morning. The funeral will
probably bo held on Monday.
WASHINGTON. March 16. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Senator Thurston , with the remains
of his wife , will arrive In Washington at
12:30 : Thursday night , his Intention being to
take the first train out Friday afternoon for
Omaha , which would bring the body of Mrs.
Thurston Into tbe Gate City Sunday morning.
Beyond this nothing is known as to the sen
ator's desires. The Nebraska delegation will
meet the senator on his arrival hero and
everything possible will be done for his com
fort. Clarence Thurston arrived in Wash
ington this afternoon from Cambridge and
will accompany the body of his mother to
Omaha.
CHADS OX THE SLIGHTEST PRETEXT.
Conmil Jolinnon Wake * Some' State
ment * on the ChlnvMe Situation.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 16. A. Bur-
llngame Johnson , United States consul at
Amoy , China , baa written a paper to the
Bulletin , In which ho makes some very
startling statements regarding the condition
of affairs In China.
He practically accuses Germany ot grab
bing a largo territory In China upon what
ho deems a trivial pretext , and tells of the
Russian occupation of Port Arthur and Eng
land's protest. He ridicules Germany's
emperor and his brother , Prince Henry , and
In relating the circumstances of England's
objection to Russia's occupation of Port
Arthur , says :
"It has been so Jong since England
fought a nation whooo men wore pantaloons
that the sight of an anticipated enemy that
Is not drcased In brccchclout , tunic or tur
ban , causes palpitation of the heacl. "
Mr. Johnson's homo is at Grand Junction ,
Colo. He was the secretary ot the repub
lican state central committee of Colorado
during the MoKlnley campaign.
Mardrr an ( American Mlnnlonary ,
SHANGHAI , March 16. The American
medical mission In tbe suburbs of Chunk
King Fu , province of Szo-Chwan , on tbe
Yang Tse Klang , has been attacked by a
mob. Five medical assistants have been
maltreated , and ono has been murdered.
Hervlnhe Are llepul eil.
CAIRO , March 16. A largo party ot der-
vlahei croued tbe Nile to Shebalyla lelaad
Rheumatism , Sciatica ,
Lumbago , li < ckcht ,
La Grippe , Pneumonia ,
and Kidney I Affections
removal nufcklr by th *
prompt application of
Benson's
Porous Plaster.
1 Inflammation o ( an kind li qqloklr drawn to
Ilia aurfaea by tba absorpt Ion ot tin itiltabla nud-
i Icatloni which llenaon'n I'lnaler * eonula.
> AIHOJI have Ihninlu ilio liouac ready tor
3n eincmenry a > dtlny In aiirU rnnea U
, altucroUK , but b i re tof tth DOlna .
Bcnann'a Poroua IMaater , Price 8Bct . j
MADE ME A MAN
- rwora uon viianu in older jousg.unit
4 k. St nanforatnd7 , bmlndaa or marriac * .
* > y"ISB * In anUj and Coniamotloa if
i fc-h ! A , hq'ra iBmedlato fmprow.
THre.f3
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CklMf * , IU , .
For salt In Oman * * r Jamta Foraytb. HI Nk ,
16th atrett.
Kuba * Co. . Utb and Doucloa BtrMtt.
LADIES OOYOUKKOV
DR.FELIX LE BRUITS'
Steel | Pennyroyal Treatment
is the oritrinal and only FRENCH ,
safe and reliable care on tbo mar.
kct. Price. $1.00 ; cent by mail.
\ Oonuino sol'l only by
Mycr * Dillon Ilrnir Co , S , IS. Corner
loth nnd Furuum S , , Omaha , Neb.
on Sunday last , but were repulsed by the
Egyptlm troops with the IOBS of thirty-eight
men killed. The only Egyptian casualty was
the wounding ot Major Sltwcll.
i i
Provide * for the Hire * * .
BERLIN , March 16. The budget commit
tee ot the Reichstag baa Inserted In tbe
naval bill a clause , which has been ap
proved by the federated governments ; to tha
effect that permanent expenditure exceeding
In any year 117,025,494 marks , the excess
should not bo met by an Increase In the ex
isting Indirect imperial taxation , or by the
creation ot fresh Imposts on articles of largo
popular consumption. The social democrats
voted against the clause.
IlrliifcInK Oold front England.
SOUTH AM I'TON , March 16. The North
German Lloyd steamer Travo , which sailed
tonight for New York , has on board $3,000-
000 In gold.
Ponullut Convention.
HURON , S. D. , March 16. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The populist central committee to
night chose Aberdeen as the place and Juno
22 as the time for their convention to nomi
nate candidates for state ofllccs. Straight
out populists desired an earlier date and
when the resolution wa offered Inviting free ,
silver republicans and democrat * to hold
their conventions at < the same time and
place as the populists and unite with thorn
In the defeat cf what they termed tha
Hannalzcd republican purty , the middle-of-
the-road men fought It heroically for two
hours , forcing a , modification of the proposi
tion , merely Inviting all forces favoring
populUt principles to unite and co-operat *
with that party la tbe approaching eJaV
palgn. ,