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ESTABLISHED JTJNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FRIDAY MORNING , MARCH 25 , 1SJS-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
triumphs at Sea During the Eovolntion
and the War of 1812 ,
BRILLIANT ACTIONS OF YANKEE TARS
[ Achievement , * oC Jniii-H , Dccntur ,
Hurry , MeMonoiiicli , I'errj mid
Other * IiiMiilrntlotL fur th s
SCM in fit of Toilny.
In thcso days of swiftly Balling thlps of
ivar , propelled l > y steam more rapidly than
m&ny a rallroid train runs , and carrying
great guns the shots from which can plcrco
the horizon , the history of the achievements
of America on the lilgh seas and the- lakes
comes back with added Interest. From the
days of John Paul Jones to these of Farragut ,
relates the Now York Mall and Express ,
Wherever the American flas has been carried
It has been taken with honor to the nation
and glory to the Yankee eallors who so
loyally have supported It. The names of
Jones , of Decatur , of Lawrence , of Perry ,
stand out bravely and boldly In the history
of the warfare of tbo ocean , -while every
American tteasurcs with reverence the
memories of the gallant old Bailing ships , the
Wasp , the Conotltutlon ( Old Ironsides ) , the
Hanger , Don Hommo Illchard , Uio Hortiet ,
the Kasex and Macedonian , es well as Com
modore Perry's little brig , the Lawrence ,
which was raked fore and aft by the chots ol
the Ilrltlsli fleet during the great battle on
Lake Krlc.
John Paul Jones was tlio flrst American to
carry the Hag of this nation to success on
the waters of the world. It Is said that It WOB
iiowho nrat ratacd an , American flag over a
war ship , and that flag nc\er was carried to a
llsiciiorable defeat while ho stood ready to
defend It. Some historians have not given
to this rough-and-ready fighter the credit to
which tie was duo , but have endeavored to
Bully the memory of his achievements by tUs
J > ald announcement that ho was little moro
'than a rover of the seas , a privateer who
preyed upon the commerce of the nations wilt
which his adopted country was at war moro
for gain than for patriotism.
Still thcio can bo no question as to his
patriotism and ns to hla great abilities as a
naval commander. With him practically be-
Kan the navy of the United States , and It
was with him tl'at began the form of attack
on the high seas that In after years was GO
disastrous to the commcrco of the countries
which had attacked us. Jones believed that
the eurest way for bringing a nation to a
tcallzlng BOIISO of the Importance of the
American arms was to attack Its commerce
end destroy It wherever he cculd do no.
JONES' riRST COMMAND.
It "ivos with this purpose In view that he
Railed away from the United States In the
sloop Providence for the flermudan. This was
Ills flrst full command , although ho enlisted
In the navy at the outbreak of the revolu
tionary war as a lloutemnt. While on this
crulso he brought dismay and destruction to
the manufacturers end sailors of Great
llrltnln by captutlog sixteen prizes within
the ehort Bruce of sK wet Its. His mine
became emo to cause terror In the tiearts of
the old cncrohantfl of London and Liverpool
and envy In those of the officers of the
IJrltUh navy , who honestly admired his dar
ing exploits.
It was-ontho , Alfred , In 1770 , that ho put
. tip the flrst Amcilcan flag , It Is said , that
ever waved from the mast of a truly Ameri
can man-of-war. Thla flag bore upon the
ground tha'plne tree , with the serpent ever
ready to strike celled at Its hase. The flrnt
American Fourth of July had come and gone
before ho sailed for the coast of Scotland ,
there to harass successfully the coasting
trade. Previously ho had caused consterna
tion among the fishers off Capo Breton by
appearing there with his ship the Hanger ,
and 'breaking up the flailing business for the
tlmo being. It was -while ho was annoIng
the coasting trade of Scotland that ho de
scended upon Whltchaven , and later tried
to capture the carl of Selkirk , to force
Great llrltaln to an exchange of prisoners of
Ho humbled the prldo of the Englishmen
by attacking with his ship , the Banger , the
tBrltlsh Duiko , although the odds In point ot
Kirns , crow and size of ship all were against
him. The number of prisoners alone nearly
doubled the number of men In his crew.
Again the Yankees under him brought low
thoiBrltlsh seamen , for with the 111 equipped
and manned Bon Homme Richard he over
hauled the British ship Serapls , under Cap
tain Pearson , and compelled the surrender
after a tloody flght of nearly three hours.
His own ship was practically a wreck when
the 'British ' commander struck his flag anl
aurrenclered to the gallant Yankee.
THE REVOLUTIONARY NAVY.
The navy of the United States did not
1n reality reach any considerable proportion
until the war of 1S12. The Navy department
was not officially organized until 1708 , when
( Benjamin Stoddert was made the flrst sec
retary. During the revolutionary war a
naval corps , with Esek Hopkins as corn-
had control of the .
imander-ln-chlef , navy.
On the 13th < Iay of October , In 1775 , the
flrst reil official actloa toward the construc
tion of an American navy was taken by con-
Kress. Two cruisers were then ordered
Jilted out. In that year also fifteen moro
ships wcro provided for , and by the latter
part of the year the entire navy of the
United States consisted of only twenty-six
hlpcs , The Allhnco was among the first of
the big ships of American make.
She was a frigate of thirty-two guns , and
Is llttlo less known thin the Constitution
and the Wasp. It may bo Interesting to
note hero that Captain John Barry ot the
Lexington captured the flrst prize during
"the i evolutionary war. This was the British
ship EdwarJ. The battle was fought and
> won , victory hovering over the white ealls
of the Yankee ship , on April 17 , 1777.
It was > tlio uct of congress of March 27 ,
1794 , that laid the foundation of what after-
fward became the American navy. Then
congress authorized the construction ot six
frigates , and ot this small fleet ono i.ume , at
least , Id known throughout the world , and
'wherever sailor treads the deck of a. war
uhlp It la revered with a sailor's loyal rever
ence. This was the frlgato Constitution.
The victories of this big frigate have filled
jmgcs. of history and volumes of stories ot
ho ucu. Although a great amount of suc
cess had been attended by the use of the
BWlft tailing whaleboata , which carried a
couple of cannon each and a crow ot forty
or fifty men , the naval authorities of the
tlmo concluded that the big frtgato was the
typo of war ship most likely to sustain the
Buporlortty of the American flag on tbo seas.
This vvaa most plainly dcniorslroted in the
llttlo trouble with Trance at the latter part
of the last century.
A BUUSH WITH PRANCE.
The deprivations of the Frenchmen upon
the commerce ot the United States hid become -
como unbearable , so it was determined that
n , aovero lesson should bo taught. This was
done , and the successes on the sea with the
lilg ah I re wore marked ones. Trance could
not place upon the waters ships or men that
< were equal to the fast-sailing frigates
manned by the Yankee tars. The wur with
( Tripoli , which waa continued through the
ternvof 'President ' Jefferson , brought to the
front-again the superiority of the American
built frlgato ot the typo ot tlio Conetltulon ,
The Kssex. the New York , the United
BUtea and the Philadelphia were also of this
type. It was In the war with Tripoli that
Decatur came to notice as a brave , daring
end intrepid sailor. In the harbor ot Tripoli
Decatur distinguished himself meat gal
lantly by recapturing tbo Philadelphia , which
liad fallen Into the bando ot the enemy. He
did -this with a raptured Trlpolltan ship ,
.which ho named the Intrepid. He ran hU
chip alongside of the former American , and ,
before the enemy could recover from the
Burprlee , the chip was brilliantly burning.
By the aid of tbo light ho called the Intrepid
; of the harbor. Only go * American salloi
r
out of the crow of only seventy men whom ]
ho had at his disposal wan Injured. For thin
ho was promoted to a captaincy , a sword
was presented to him by congress and the
officers and men of the ship received two
months' additional ray. Shortly after ho
led an attack upon the fleet of the Tripoli-
tans and was successful. His captain's
commission had not reached him at this
time. It came to him subsequently , how
ever , and ho was made the flag captain of
the Constitution.
THE WAR OF 1812.
that was worthy of Its bravery and former
glory. On the lakes nnl upoa the ocoin
history waa made and achievements hardly
second to none known In the ctinals of
warfare were performed. Decatur , Jacob
Jones , Isaac Hull and Lavvrenco on the
salt seaii , and Oliver Hazard Perry ted
Captain McDonough en the lakes , carried
proudly the stars and stripes. Small as the
American navy then was , It gave a glorious
account of Itself. While tbo land forces In
1812 had not accredited themselves with any
degree of success , some of the abloU of the
commanders of British ships had been com
pelled to loner their colors to the valor of
the American arms. The Constitution , under
Captain Hull , silenced the guns of the Brit
ish frlgato , Gucrrlere , on August 19. The
little sloop of war , the Wasp , under Capta'ii '
Jacob Jones , captured the1 British brig Frolic.
Decatur , on the United States , fought the
great engagement whlclf resulted In the Brit
ish frlgato Macedonian becoming the prize
of the Americans ; and the Constitution , but
now under the command of Capta'ii Bainbridge -
bridge , defeated the British Java on Decem
ber 2D. The next year brought about ad-
Itlonal success to the American teamen ,
laptaln Perry , on Lake Erie , destroyed the
British fleet and made certain the recaptuio
f Detroit , which had been , surrendered to
ho enemy. Captain McDonough , e > \ officer
vho had served well but not conspicuously
t Tripoli , ut'der Decatur , annihilated practl-
ally another British fleet on Lake Cham-
lain.
Before the clo-'o of the war the British
oat to the Americans the Peacock , Epervler ,
\von , Reindeer , Cjane , Levant , Penguin and
S'autllus , while the British captured the
Ssacx , the President and the Chesapeake.
> Vlth the loss of the Chesapeake went to his
; cath the grand sailor v\ho died after herolc-
.lly fighting against overwhelming odds
gainst the Shannon , o.ie of the best ships
if the British navy. "Don't give up the
hip" were his last words to the crew , and
hey did not as long as there was a fighting
ihance. But the losa of this sailor and the
ihlp which ho commanded wco more than
made up by the success of Perry , who could
icnd to General William Henry Harrison
his message :
"We have met the enemy and they are
ours two ships , two brigs , one schooner and
on ? sloop. "
Capta'ii Deeatur's eareer as a naval officer
did not end with the declaration of peace
In the last month of IS14 , but early In the
spring ho was sent to bring to book the
pirate , ? who had been preying upon the com
merce of the United States dm Ing the second
war with Et.sland. It was cnly forty days
after he set sail with his thlps that the
dcy of Algiers signed n treaty with Decatur
and William Shaler , the American commis
sioners. Decatur captured the Algerian
frlgato Mashouda and brlg-of-war Estldt
within two days of each other. Tunis cat'
Tripoli alee were compelled to make reprlaa
for the attacks upoa commerce and cornpellci
to liberate all of the American prisoners.
ru.Mi u.s iv cun v.
Strniisrely AVIertl Sluhtw III. the Ccinc-
torle * of Hill mill.
The custom of burying the dead Is per
haps ono of the most striking features of
the city , vvritca a correspondent from Ha
vana to the New York Mall and E\prcss.
Last Sunday , while out to the Cemcterlo do
Colon , where the Maine victims are Interred ,
a visitor counted 112 coffins , enter the main
gate Insldo three hours' time. Thirty of
these were carried there In dead wagons
ot the Alfonso XIII and San Arabroelo hos
pitals and among them were ten cases of
smallpox , the average deaths from the last
named disease during the last few week *
being 303. The records kept by the United
States sanitary Inspectors stationed hero
sho.v that the average death rate Is 6 % per
cent , or equal to that of the whole state ot
New York. Havana haa a population ot
250,000. This statement Is merely made to
show what a busy place the Cemeterio do
Colon really Is.
There are two degrees of funerals , usually ,
the very poor or the most gorgeous. Span-
lard or Cuban must bo In very straitened clr-
comstances Indeed when ho has to dlspenso
with the services of a hearse , and many did
last Sunday. The cemetery Is on a hill , a
really fine site , and , so far as Its elaborate
and expensive ornaments are concerned , approaches
preaches the macnlflcenco of either Green
wood or Woodlawn. The hill Is steep , and
was qullo dusty the day mentioned , and the
tcmpcraturo was about 78 In the shade. All-
toecther about sixty bodies were carried up
the hill to the big gates without the custo
mary formalities of a hearse , or even a. car
riage.1
The majority ot the coffins were white and
contained the bodies ot children , and in most
cases thcso coffins were slung with an ordi
nary clothesline with four dangling ends ,
which were held by the relatives , who walked
far apart that the coffin at the other end of
the taut rope might not bang against the
ground more than was necessary. Many of
the mourners were In their ehlrt sleeves and
hatless , having walked from the city , several
miles distant. In that rig ; but all smoked
Ions cluars , for this Is the city where even
the women smoke cigars as long as a man's
middle finger In the sticct , and where there
la an unwrlttmi law that It Is perfectly
jroper to walk Into fie presence of even a
Kin with a cigar , the longer and blacker
the tetter , between one's teeth.
Such a jangling and hubbub as this coat-
Ices end hatless brlqada went up the hill !
Grief was unknown and the tiny white cof
fins bobbed up cud down between the quartet
of conveyors as the four ends of the rope
tightened or were temporarily released , l-'ai-
thcr down the hill came four other men , car
rying on their shoulders , aa the perspiration
fell ki great beads from their brows , the
body of a man , a Cuban , who had left be
ll tail six orphan children. Hatless and coatless -
less was this brlgade too , but clouds ot to
bacco srnoko arose'abovo the coffin between
times that the Jargon anil banter ceased. At
the heels of the casket walked a dozen or
moro men , the-'O. ted , In sleeves , but all
puffing avvay for dear life at tbo cigarette or
cigar. '
A few hundred fc/et / behind these pallbear
ers id "mourners" came a solitary man
with a white coffin slung under his aim. Ho
wore 1'at and ceat , aid while a cigar was
stuck In h's mouth , it wasn't burning. Ho
talked to himself as he went along , and had
every Indication of one who was sad. Right
behind him came a woman , an old woman ,
with broke. * shoes and wrinkled 1'ace , and at
her elde , fastened with ropes In such a way
as to form a hand grip , she carried another
whlto coffin carried It much as the colored
porter In a hotel would carry a satchel.
.Another brigade ot coatlets , hatlesi , but
not smokeless , men , with an adult cofiln on
their shoulders and a merry laugh on their
blustering lips , went by. and then came
along a man and woman wheeling In a wheel ,
barrow two Infant coffins. They were silent ,
silent as the little lips beneath the unln-
scribed coffin lids. Tbo man rolled a cigar
ette between his fingers , rolled It nervously ,
and went along like one in a dream. On
came tbo hearselcas dead , one , two , three ,
now a dozen , and amid the clang of the
mournful bell they turned Into the cemetery ,
and then fathers dug the graves of their own
children , husbands those of their wives ,
brothers thoeo of their sisters , not a tear ,
not a pang ! It was the good , old way of
Death and smoke.
These are poorer funerals. The burials ol
the rich are attended by long trains of car
riages and tbo tearso Is decorated In the
moat atonlihlng gaudy colors , chiefly red
and yellow. The driver of the hearse , with
the assistant who sits alongside him , la
decked out In scarlet coat and knickerbock
ers , and a cocked bat ot the same color. In
fact , he looks more like an English admiral ,
except for colors , than an undertaker. None
of the hearses enter tbe cemetery , remaining
outside ot the gates , the remains being then
carried into the cemetery for half a mile 01
o at a time by relative * and friendi ,
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COX FILES A HOT PROTEST
Chief of Detectives Points Oat a Wrong
Needing Oorriction ,
COMPLAINS OF AN ABUSE OF POWER
\VrItcM to the Chief 'Altnut tlic Con-
ilNciitlou of Vrllcloti friitu the
1'ollce Itvlluf AMMO. ,
clndiin.
There Is dissension among the members of
ho Metropolitan Police Relief assgclatlon
ver the alleged confiscation of stolen prop-
rty by certain officials of the department
or their personal use. The charge Is made
hat the fund of the organization Is con-
tantly suffering on account of the alleged
jstcm of appropriation which Is said to
rave been adopted , and that a certain clique
f officials are profiting thereby. Protests
have been fileJ against this method of con-
luctlng the affairs of the association with
Chief of Police Gallagher and Captain Haze ,
president of the organisation , with the re-
ult that the breach betwen certain branches
of the police department Is wider than ever
joforo.
Members of the association who arc com
plaining of alleged violations of the law
governing the fund of their organization say
hat much stolen property which comes Into
he possession of the department through
recovery from thieves and "fences" Is ap
propriated by Individual officers without ref
erence to the propriety of the confiscation or
regard for the welfare of the association ,
vhose finances must necessarily suffer under
such circumstances. Under the rules of the
department property of every variety , when
lot claimed after filx months from the date
of Its recovery , must be put up at public
auction an ! sold to the highest bidder for
ho benefit of the association's fund. This
rule Is said to be now observed altnost as
much In the breach as In Its enforcement.
With reference to these alleged Imposl-
lens upon the association , Chief of Dctec-
IVCB COK recently brought to the attention
of Captain Ha < e , president of the association ,
: o Its board of directors and to Chief Gal-
agher , a case In point la the following pro-
cst , sent to each of these officials :
"I have the honor to call jour attention
: o the fact that some of the stolen property
recovered by Detectives Hudson and Sulli
van from the house of Jane Anderson , on
December 20 , 1S97 , tow It : Ono yellow horse
jlanKet , Is now In the poEtcsslon of one of the
officers , Captain P. Mostjn , who Is using It as
his own personal property.
"Tho laws of the state of Nebraska pro
vide that all unclaimed stolen property re
verts to the Metropolitan Police Relief as
sociation , the same to bo sold anil the funl
created by the sale of the same to bo used
for the benefit of sick and disabled pollca-
men , or their widows and orphans I would
protest against the unlawful appropriation of
the property of the association for the USD
of any Individual who may sco fit , and
would respecfully Inquire by what author
ity. If any , It Is being done. "
CHICr GALLAGIinil'S RCPORT.
Chief Gallagher replied to this communica
tion a few dajs after Its receipt , sajlng
that Captain Mostjn consulted with the of
ficers of the association before taking the
blanket In question and asked their permis
sion to use It , telling them that ho would
bur It from them ; or In case this was Ir-
rcsuJar that ho would bid on It when the
annual sale occurred and pay as much or
moro for It than anybody else. The chief's
reply reads :
"I noticed that all woolen and cotton ar
ticles that had been kept In the captain's
room at the central station for the last sale
had been moth-eaten and became worthless
and thus wcro of no benefit to the associa
tion , and this blanket undoubtedly would
have shared the same fate. I think that
Cartaln Mostyn's course In the premises
was entirely open and horjorable , and thai
the officers of the association exercised good ,
commoni sense In consenting to his proposi
tion. I hope that your motives In making
this protest were In the Interest of charity
and discipline , but your past relations with
Captain Mostyn would Indicate otherwise.
I think that If this spirit of venom , hatred
artd revenge could be banished from the
minds of all officers of the police depart
ment It would add very much to the efficiency
of the police force. A man holding your
responsible position should have a mini ]
above all small revenges and spites. ]
know that 1 have treated you fairly an(3
> et jou spend the most of your tlmo both
day and night In trying to discredit me and
destroy the harmony that should exist In all
wcll-resulated police departments. "
No time was lest by Chief Co > e Jn replyIng -
Ing to this letter. He wrote to Chief Gal
lagher that with reference to Captain Mos-
tyn'B pcesesslon of the blanket ho would
simply refer the chief to the laws of the
state covering the disposition and ute o
such property. Ho had In no way Impugned
the motives of Captain Mostyn or any other
person with reference to the same , and his
motives vvero not to bo called In , question
so long as ho hud simply rofen.ied to prop-
enforcement of the law In .reference to prop
erty In which ho had a personal Interest.
COX'S RnjOlXDGR.
"I ogreo with you heartily , " added Chic
Cox , "that If the 'spirit of venorn , hatre
and revcngo could bo banished from the
minds of all officers of the police depart
merit It would add very much to the effi
clcncy of the poliee force. ' I further agree
with you that 'a man holding your respon
slblo position should have a mind above a )
small revenges und tpltes , ' but I would mos
rcspectfuly suggest that there are others o
whom the same could bo properly eald.
"I have not complained of ycur trcatmcn
of me , nor , for that matter , of the treat
ment I have received from anybody else
and I moot emphatically state that If yoi
lay that I spend meet of my tlmo both day
and night in trying to discredit you and
destroy the harmony that should exist In
all well regulated police departments you
"l.avo been misinformed. I luvo no knowl
cdgo that I have over In my llfo willfully
disobeyed the lawful orders of my superlo
officers , or neglected to perform rny duty In
any respect whatever , and when the tlmo
cornea that I cannot
respect and obey nv
superior officers you may rest aesured tha
you can have rny resignation.
"It Is very distasteful to mo to enter Into
a personal controversy with coy on ? bu
when I made an taqulry with a view to'hav
ing my Interests protected , as well a the
Interests of others , In the matter of the
property of the Metropolitan Police Relle
association , of which I have the hciior to be
a member. It seenm to me entirely foreign
to the Ifcsuc that my motives In the matter
should te called Into question"
DIRECTORS' EXPLANATION.
About three weeks from the tlmo that the
protect was filed by the chief of detectives
he received a reply to It from Sergeant F. J
King , secretary of the association , la reJa
tlon to Its disposition by the board of direc
tors. Ho stated that at a meeting of the
directors he was Instructed to Inform Chle
Cox that "the full explanation glvcu b ;
President Haze and Director Slgwart as giv
ing their consent to the use of the blanket
In question wao approved by the board , '
and that this approval was In substance aa
follows : "On account of tbo condition o
all goods of like nature and woolen goods
when taken from the room for the last sale
that they were almost entirely rulnei
by moths , Captain Moityn had beea allow ei
to use the blanket. The facilities for stor
Ing tbeie goods are found to be of the poor
est kind , and as Captain Mostyn has agreed
to bid the blanket In at the next eale It la
thought for the beet Interests of the aisocla
tlon to approve the action of the presldea
and Director Slgwart la the premises. "
Only Ouu I'emon Hurt ,
COLUMBUS , 0. , Marsh 24. It la officially
stated here that no person except the fire
man was Injured In the Baltimore & Ohio
washout accident yesterday , Tbe fireman
1 WM only lightly taurt. . ,
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HISS AVOLP iiuxrnri or DAKOTA.
Inko * n llnnlncMi * of TritiiiilnK Them
for the Scnlp llminty.
BISMARCK , N. D. , March 24. ( Special. )
Ono of the most picturesque and Interesting
haractcrs In the western part of this otatc
s Ben Corbln of Glencoo , Emmos county ,
cnowu all over the state as the "boss wolf
hunter. " Corbta has made a llfo study of
wolf trapping , and as a result has caught
nero wolves thau possibly any other hunter
n the northwest. He Is accustomed to com-
iuto his season's catch by hundreds , ciul aa
ho bounty on ( he animals range- from $ J
0 $5 a head , acccrdlrtg to , the county In
vhlch they are caught ho makes a good
Ivln ? at wolf trapping alone.
Corbln Is a Virginian ! by birth , and has
> cen a htntcr and trapper all his life. In
iddltton to his duties as t wolf hunter , he
cccps a email store and k sort of Ira or
mlf-way house , where oetllevs en route to
onn may stop over night. Every season ,
when the wolves give birth to their young ,
10 Is early cu the trail at the animals , and
n a territory of twenty-five square miles ho
mtnages to keep the yoting ones pretty well
cleaned out. The old ones he does not often
touch. His reason fcr ( Sparing them Is a
selfish one , and yet natural. He says : "I
lave practically all the wolf deni In my lo
cality spotted , and know where to find them
every year. The litter of a female wolf
ranges from five to nine wolves , end as I
catch the whole litter every year , each fe
male wolf Is worth $25 to $30 a year to me ,
as I get $3 each for the young wolves. If
1 kill , the old ones I deorlve myself of this
evcnue. " This la the argument that Cor-
jln makes to the county commissioners and
the state for a larger bounty on old female
wolves. He says If a bounty of $10 each
were offered for the old female wolves , they
would be killed , where at present they tie
spared by the wolf hunters out of consldcra-
tlcn for the revenue they bring In the shape
of young ones. In the last tiluo years Cor-
aln Laa kept an account of flvo old wolves
n the territory over which he has hunted ,
anil ho sijs he has received nearly $1,000
n the shape of bounty un the young they
lave produced. This he calls reducing the
wolf boiiity business to a science.
Corbln's method of catching young wolves
s one vvhlih he dovUcd himself , and which ,
so far aa known , Is employed by no other
wolf hunter In the state. The ordinary
methods c > J killing the anlrrals la by shoot
ing them , by poisoning them and by hunting
them with dogs But all of these msthols
are open to objections. Poison Is no longer
a favorlto method , for the reason that the
wolves after a tlmo become suspicious and
refuse to touch the poison that Is set out for
them. There Is also the objection that the
poison becomes scattered over the glass by
the rain and wind and cittlo ent of the pol-
senel grass and die. Shooting the wolves is
difficult , for the reason that the animals are
wary. Hunting them with dogs Is excellent
spoil , but unprofl'ablo occupation for the
professional wolf hunter , for tha reiFon that
the catches average at best only ono or two
wolves a day. Corb'.Vs ' uiethol oicroomes
all these difficulties aid objections ftnd Is
as simple as A B C. Ho catches the young
wolvca with fishhooks und a steel 1'ne ' , and
has been known to laud cluht younjolvcs
on the same line In one night
The wolves live In dens In the earth after
the manner of fcudgtra , except that the dens
are larger. When Corbln locates a den ho
waits until night and then brings his fiih-
tng line and hooks Into play , tfhc steel line
Is fastened to a stout stake driven Into the
ground and is then carrlel beneath the poll
through the region Immediately about tht.
den Prom the main wire are numerous
smaller wires projecting In all directions , to
the end of each cf which Is a spring lish-
hook. Thcso hooks are balti-d with good-
sized pieces of chicken breast or other tempt
ing morsels of meat , and the plant Is. then
loft over night. T
When the young1wolves leave thedcei a
night to prowl about In search of food , the
first things they encounter are these scattorei
bits of meat. The wolf la a ravenous anlma
and bolto small bits of meat whole. Tile
young ones attack these bits of meat am
swnlloft' them , snap goes the bolted spring
hook , and tfco wolf Is fust. Every effor
raido by the wolf to get away adds to the
pain inflicted by the hook , which has foun <
lodgment In his stomacd or threat , and he
soon learns that absolute quiet la the bee
method under the circumstances. Not lofre.
qucntly Corbln returns to the den In the
morning to find every one of the jounp
wolves caught on ttio spring hooks. The
stcol wire prevents their biting It In two
and escaping In this fashion , and as the
animals arc all securely fastened , It Is no
difficult task to knock them on the head will
a club , take their scalps and leave the bodies ,
for the buzzards.
This process Is repeated at every den which
may bo discovered by the hunter , and eel
dom without sjcccos. Hundreds of young
wolves are caught every season , and their
scalps brought In for the bounty. The same
ground Is gene over every .seasca , with the
same results , and Corbln arnually pockets
hundreds of dollars as the result of his In
genulty. Ho has endeavored to have the
ficdhook and line patented as a means o
catching wolves , but the patent office does
not consider an old device patontablo 03 ap
piled to a new end , cud he lias been unable
to secure a patent.
Corbln makes same calculations of the
number of wolves In the western part of the
state which are startling to stockmen. Ha
claims that , from tbo number of wolves he
hail caught co twenty-five equaro miles o
territory , If the eamo number exists on every
other equal section of territory , and It la
reasonable to suppose thereIfl , there or
300,000 wolves In the western part of th
state , and tno annual ijamago they do t
cattle and all stock Interests Is cnormoua
Dut GO long as the bounty Is the same on old
wolves as en young , ho pays thc > wolf hunt
ers will ccntcnt themselves with killing a
many young wolves aa they can , withou
tiarm'nK the old ones , and there will bo nc
perceptible advance made In the diminution
of the original number of wolves.
SJopk WIIH Orrnniicil ! >
CLnvnLAND , O. , Mnrch 2l.-Judgo Ncff
In common pleas court , today rendered his
decision In the case of Prank do Haas Rob
Inson nsalnst J. J. Shlpnerd nnd the Clove
Innd City Hallway company. The cour
held that a referee Phoulcl be appointed to
determine how muc1 ! spurious stock was
overissued by the directors of the road and
to whom ; that the directors should be en
Joined from Issuing- any moro treasury
stock. "It appears , " nad ( the court , "that
the directors of fie Consolidated Improve
ment company overissued $2CflOCO worth o
stock : thnt there was spld 4 277 shares nm
4.oo shares that were pledged to jr. A
Hanna nnd others , but for what amount of
Indebtedness does not nppear. I am dls
posed to flflnk the evldeiico does not estab
lish any frauds as applied to the shares
sold , nnd those pledged ns Indemnity , oven
Jhoush overissued , without authority of the
directors. "
No T.oiiKrr MrM. Lieutenant I'll true.
LANCASTER. Pa. , March 21-Sarah
Cosier Paguc , wife of Lieutenant Samue
S. Paguc , Into of the. United Stntea nrmv
was Knnte-d a divorce , today , the proceed
Irtra belli ? the outcome cf the > attempt o
Paguo to kill Colonel Crofton ut Tor
Sheridan. Chicago , In 1S93 , IPague , on enter
ing Ills home , found the. colonel there , nm
drawing his revolver flreri two * hots at him
neither of which struck him. Ho nccuse <
hl- superior with undue Intlmnoy with hi
ralfe. Pague was courtmartlalfd and dls
missed from the army. Mrs. I'ague came to
this county , her native place , and Institute *
proceedings for divorce /with the above re
suit. She stated thnt at the tlmo of th
shooting Colonel Crofton came to Inqulr
nbout the condlt'on of her husband , mil
was under arrest for drunkenness.
Jockey nnil Hameiunn Ilulrd Off.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 24. The
Chronicle says ; Eddie Jones , the Jockey
and Ollle Johnson , a former trainer o
horses , are ruled oft the turf. This on
nouncement was rnudo. by tbo Board o
Stewards after a flvo hours' session las
night. The auspenslon against II. M Mason
the trainer of Lobos , wns upheld and thi
Doard of Stewards will go still further nni
will rule Mason off the turf , as they are
convinced that Lobos was twice run a
Ingleslde for the purpose of getting al
lowances at Oakland. In fact , tbe steward
are in possession of a tetter from Mr
Carpenter of Chicago which U very In
criminal ! * * againt Uaaoa.
CITY MAY ORDER THE PAVING
Power of the Oonncil Uphold by the
District Court.
UDGI FAWCETT SUSTAINS THE CHARTER
Dciilrn the Injunction AnKeil < o 1'rc-
> ont the Imiirov eiiiciit of Scicti-
tcvntli Struct from Ilnrncj-j
to St.Mnr } ' Avon no.
Under a decision of the district court
landed down by Judge Taw celt the city of
Omaha Is authorized to pave Seventeenth
street from Harney to St. Mary's avenue ,
notwithstanding the objections of the prop
erty owners along the line.
In September , 1807 , the city council , by or
dinance , declared the necessity of paving
Seventeenth street from Hartley to St. Mary's
avenue and took the necessary steps to com >
plcto the work. Herman Kountre , executor
of the estate of Elizabeth Kountze , applied
to Judge Kcyeor , who was then upon th&
equity bench , and secured a temporary order.
When Judge Kawcett went upon the equity
bench the case was passed to hla docket anA
3 argued some * tlmo ago , but a decision
was not handed down until now. In passing
on the case the Judge holds that the city can
erdcr the work , sustaining the contention of
the city on every point. The temporary re
straining order Is dissolved and a pcrnnncut
Injunction Is denied. It la likely , however ,
that the coco will go to the supreme court fern
n final adjudication , as the attorneys for ttie
plaintiff have given notice of appeal.
On the trial of the case of Kountze as ex-
ccuter the attorneys for the plaintiff took the
position that the provision of the city charter
granting the city council authority tft
order street Improvements within a radlua
of 3,000 feat of the court house was
In the nature of class legislation
and was a violation of the provisions ot
the organic act of the state , as well
ai In violation of a provision of the constitu
tion ot the United States , which prohibits
taking property without duo process of law.
They cited the faot that outsldo of the 3,000
feet limit It Is necessary to secure a majority
of the frontage before carrying on any public
week , and upon this point they argued that If
the council lacked absolute authority to order
Improvements outsldo the limit there was no
law that would permit the Imposing of a tax
within the limit , providing the property own
ers objected to the making of the Improve
ments. They held that nuch a law gave cer
tain property owners certain advantages ovci
othern and consequently was bad leglsMtlon.
In passing on the case Judge Taw celt held
that the orovlslou of the charter could not
bo construed as class legislation. Ho also
held that It was necessary to give the coun
cil moro authority over property Inside the
business portions of the city than in the
rural districts In this connection he cited
the fact that the council had the authority
to establish flre limits and designate the
class of material to bo used in buildings
and sidewalks within such limits , and that
this authority had never been questioned.
Ho further held that the giving to the coun
cil of this authority was a wlso provision of
law and tl'at It would bo unwlso to have
a provision that would prevent the city from
making Improvements in the heart of the
city.
If the city had to wait until It could FC-
euro the consent ot Interested property own
ers , It would result In poor streets and sidewalks -
walks , as certain property owners would fre
quently and upon slight pretext prevent the
making of such Improvements as would be
an absolute necessity.
GetM a Dollar.
James Whelan secures a Judgment against
Special Officer Mulhall , employed by the
Hoagland Lumber company , but ho does not
get enouch to , make him very rich , as the
jury his awarded him but $1 on his claim
for $2,000 damages.
William Mulhall has been employed by tbo
Hoagland Lumber company for a number of
years. Ho has boon a watchman and has
always been clothed with the power and au
thority of a special policeman. Some months
ago CR he was patrolling the yards , James
Whelan and some friends attempted to pass
through the yards ono night. Mulhall
stopped them and requested them to turn
back and follow the street. Whelan became
abusive and resisted , whereupon iMulhall
toe ! ; hold ot him and escorted him out ot
the yards anil to the street. This angered
Whelan and shortly afterward he sued Mul
hall , alleging that his feelings had been
damaged to the extent ot $2,000. The suit
came to trial before a Jury In Judge Dick
inson's court and after hearing the evi
dence , the twelve men found for the plaln-
tl and assessed his damages at $1 , which
by the way , carries the costs of the action.
Eitntc of Henry WonK-ninn.
Proof relating to the conduct of the affairs
of the estate of Henry Wonleman , deceased ,
Is attracting the attention of County Judge
Baxter. Henry Wordeman died In 1884 und
left a widow and two young children. His
brother , Guotavo Wordeman. vvaa appointed
administrator of the estate and guardian of
the children. Years passed and ho allowed
valuable property In South Omaha to be
sold for taxes. When the deed was Issued
ho took It In the name of his wife. In the
district court an action was brought to set
the transfer aside , fraud being alleged.
The proof In the Wordeman case In the
county court shows that Gustavo Wordeman
collected al ! of the rents and profits of the
South Omaha property , but did not apply the
money In liquidation of the debts of tha es
tate , nor did ho apply It toward the * snip-
port of his nephews.
.Note * of tht * Court * .
C. O. Hosmer , charged with forging nu
merous checks upon salocns end chop houses
has been found guilty , and has been re
manded to the county Jail to await sentence
L S. McGucklln has filed his answer In the
suit brought by the Pabst Brewing company.
Instead of owing the company , ho siys that
It owes him $ . ' ,000 damages sustained to
his business.
Hearing on tbo claims against the estate
of Anthony J. Drexel was postponed until
March 28 , Drexel was a Philadelphia mil
lionaire , who died some three years ago. He
owned a riumbcr of lots In this city. The
claims filed Titro aggregate $300,000.
The case of the State against Atlle Gordon
Is on trial In the criminal court. The de
fendant la charged with breaking Into a
clothing store and stealing property of the
value ot $38. Gordon denies the charge and
says that ho was many miles fromt Omaha
when the crlmo was committed.
Alex Schlegel has sued the city of South
Omaha In an action to recover the sum ol
$5,000 alleged damages , sustained by leason
of personal Injuries received. The plain
tiff fell Into an open ditch nod contends that
theclty la to blame by having failed to
place signal lights along the excavation.
In the case of the State against Harry
Jones , charged with stealing Charles M.
Branch's diamond ring , valued at $150. the
Jury has been unable to agree and has been
discharged. At the time ot taking the prop
erty Jones was drunk , and for this reason
centaln of tbe Jurors questioned his liability.
James Douglas , said to be wanted In Okla
homa , has secured a writ of habeas corpus
that gives him bis liberty until the case can
ba finally passed upon. Douglas was ar
rested by tie police on Instructions from
an Oklahoma officer and was being held un
til his arrival. The prisoner went before
Judge Dickinson and upon making bis show-
Ing. the writ was granted.
Waul * it Cantc > mice Set A lilc.
Matthew Cullen of Salt Lake City has
brought suit In the United Statea cour
against Simon J. Lonerean and others o
Broken ( Uow , Neb. , to et aside conveyance
of certain property mtilch It Is alleged wa
transferred to escape a Judgment for $11 ,
W-i ft held bythe plalntff , , ,
t
OltDKItS TO i\MST IJAKD SAII.OH * .
lon.nl Will Open Itccrnltlnir Station *
for the 1'iirnone.
CIirCAQO , ( March 24. Lieutenant Simon
; ook , U. S. N. , In charge of the ( Chicago
branch of the hydrographies office , received
orders from Secretary Long today to pro
ceed to St. Paul , Minn. Monday and begin
cnllstlnc lake sailors tor general service In
ho United States navy. No limit has been
ilaccd on the number to bo enrolled. Lleu-
cnant Cook will meet the other members
of the enlisting board In the Ryan hotel , St.
'aul. The other members of the board arc
Dr. Walter A. McCurdy of the medical ex
amining board and Chief Engineer Robert
3. Denning of the : Noivport training school.
There will also lo a boatswain , but ho haslet
lot been named. The medical examiner anJ
engineer will come from New York. Sccre-
ary Long , In his communication today , dt-
ects that the board go from St. Paul to
Milwaukee. Duluth nnd other cities on the
akes. In each place a rendezvous will bo
established and opportunity given every
latrlotlc sailor to cot on tbo government
roll. The exact Itinerary has not been de
cided upon. Secretary Lonsc , orders Lieuten
ant Cook to send the .enlisted . men to the
receiving ship Vermont. Krom the Vermont
the sallora will bo transferred to the gov
ernment vessels asiclrcutny/anccs require.
rovnnMii : > T uins A i.ir.ii , TUCS.
M-KOtlntlonn Are IN-niMuR for Other
Similar i'rnft.
NEW YORK , March 24 Tlio Iward ap-
lolntcd to Fclect merchant vessels for the
use of the United States navy resumel Its
sceslcns. The oteamers Tallahassee of
he Savannah line and El Paso of tha Mor-
gun line were examined.
The negotiations between the Morgan
Towing company and the government for
he sale of the steel tug Dew Ut C. Ulna ,
were concluded today. On receipt of a dls-
latch from Washington this afternoon , the
mat auxiliary cruiser beard tcok posses
sion of the tug and proceeded to the navy
yard where It was formally turned over to
ho government.
The prlco paid l > y Uio government for the
> oat could not ho ascertained. The Dewltt
C. Ivlna was launched last October and Is n
powerful seagoing tug of fifteen knots speed.
It was said at the onlco of the Morgan
Towing compiny that the auxiliary board
s negotiating with the company for the
purchase ot the P. II. Wlso and the R. C.
Volt , sister tugs to the DewJtt C. Ivlns.
Illue JncKetN Still t for I'liHinlelpliln.
NE\V YORK , March 24. About 150 blue
ickcts from the navy yard have left for
Philadelphia In charge of petty officers. It
I ? understood the men are for the Colum
bia and Minneapolis ) , now at the League
Island navy yard.
I'UNMO.V IMtAUIlS- AUK U.N
Sold to lie < hu fiientext In the Uiiltoil
States.
PROVIDENCE. R. L. March 21. Pension
frauds , said by the Investigating agent of the
nenslcn department to be the greatest over
known In the United States , have been dis
covered In this city.
Tno arrests were made Monday , and fif
teen other wan ants have been sworn out
against claim agents ot this city tail vicin
ity , and others charged with perjury and ut-
tcrlns forged checks or pension vouchers.
The amounts fraudulently secured will
reach in the aggregate many thousand del
lars. In ono case alcno $15,000 has been
traced.
Thoie already arrested are William J. Garrett -
rett , a cigar store clerk , and Cornelius
Draper , who has no employment. Garrctt
Is charged with uttering forged chcckt' , or
writing his name across the back of pension
vouchers as a cortlfificato that ho wltnccscd
the signature of the pensioner en the face.
Draper Is charged with swearing false wit
ness. The former secured ball. Both are
Ircld In $5,000 each.
IS NOT TO RESIGN.
Porclfni Olllee DciiU-H the Itcnort In
Iioniloii 1'niiers.
LONDON , March 24. The foreign office
has Issued a statement to the effect that
there la no truth whatever In the statement
made by the Dally Chronicle today tl ut
the long cabinet council on 'Monday ' was
called to consider an Intimation from the
marquis of Sallobury of his desire , acting
under medical advice , to resign from the
premiership and Iho foreign secretaryship.
The marquis of Salisbury , It Is announced ,
very much stronger and In better health
and starts for the Riviera on Saturday.
O\IIIMT AUTIIOUIKES A X.OAK.
Hunk of Spain ( iiariintor for 200,000-
OOO 1'cNe.tiiM.
LONDON , March 24. A special dlbpatch
'rom Madrid says the Spanish cabinet de
cided yesterday evening fo create treasury
bonds to the amount of 200,000,000 pesetas
upon the guarantee of the Iteulc ot Spain.
The London agents of the Bank of Spain say1
they have heard nothing to confirm this
statement and they add they would undoubt
edly have hearj of It had it been a fact.
llrUlMh Olllcrr Called to AVnNlilnprton.
HALIFAX , March 24. Captain Kent of
the Royal engineers , who for years has been
at tbe head of submarine mining operations
In Halifax1 harbor , left for Washington this
morning , having been ( summoned thither by
tolcEraph by General Montgomery Moore ,
commander of the forces In British North
America , who Is visiting Sir Julian Pauncc-
fotc , the British ambassador at Washington.
1'rniice UvpreKKe
LONDON , March 24. It was reported In
the lobby of the House ot Commons today
that Trance had finally admitted the ac
curacy of the news of Trench advances In
Sokoto , West Central Africa , last month ,
which had been formerly denied. It Is under.
stood that the admission was accompanied
by explanations , and by an expression of re
gret.
CrlNpl IH ImllKiinnt.
ROME , March 24. Signer Crlspl is greatly
Incensed at King Humbert and the higher
authorities for not Interfering to protocl
him. It Is reported that he resigned his
Beat In the Chamber of Deputies tonight ,
with the Intention of appealing to hla con
stituents to dcclda whether bo Is still
worthy to remain In Parliament.
S . I'uul llnnU CIOHI-H IFp.
ST. PAUL. Minn . March 21. The Bank of
Merrlam Park failed to open- today on
account of the tlrno check fraud. The
bank'B capital H $ .7) ) , < WO , which han been reported
ported to have been Invested In the b'outhal
government tlmo checks to the amount o
$30,000. The bank Is located in Merrlam
park on the edge of town , close to Min
neapolis , and cleared through ono of the
larger banks In the city , but yesterday tht
Clearing association refuted to pass It and
the closing- today resulted. When the South
all matter came up It was stated that II. M
Crosby of the Bank of iMerrlam Park was a
heavy loser , but that the bank was clear
Later developments , however , showed tha
the bank was also heavily Involved.
I'oroeloxliin on a Conl Comiinny.
TORT SCOTT , Kan. . March 24. James J
Hall of this city , the Bank of Fort Scott
and Mrs. HcaUi ot Pontlac , Mich. , preferred
credlters cf the Durkco Coal compiny , to
day tiled suit for the foreclo uro of their
mortpcKPH. aggregating $35UiO , on the com
pany B jiroperly In Kansas City and Cherokee -
keo and Crawford counties. The petition
auka lor ( he appointment of a receiver aiii !
It will be presented to the federal court cf
appeals ut St. Louis at once ,
llrattn llelil on Suxnlelnn.
John H. Brown haa been arresttd as a
suspicious character. Saturday night a
horse and buggy belonging to Oust John
son of North Omaha was stolen from In
front of a store on Sixteenth street um
taken to Council Bluffs , where It was recov
ered from the party to whom It had been
gold. Brown Is supposed to bo the thief
and he will be h ld ( or identification.
EDWARDS WILL TRY ACA18
) ity Treasurer Gets Another Ohanco at tht
riuancinl Market.
READVERTI3ES THE FUNDING BOND ISU&
Icrnnril Tliurninii .t Co , I'liitly Ttclk
rune to TnJi > Their I'uroliuio "
I mill th < City Vloien In.
hclf-llcfoini' .
Bernard Thurman & Co. have finally entered"
a definite and positive icfvsat to accept thti'
refunding bonds and City Treasurer IMwarJa
ias readvcrtlsed the Issue , the bids to b6
opened at noon , April fi. In reply to the cltij
reasurer's telegram of ycntcrday the New
York firm haa telegraphed : "By advice of ouc
attorney wo refuse to take the bonds , as thej
are not legal In his opinion , and wo rcfusb
o bo held rosporihlblo further "
Immediately on receipt of Kits telegram tdq
advertisement for the second sale of the bondfl
vas prepared. In this case a copy of the sec-
Ion of the charter which authorizes the bonds
A 111 bo added to the circular sent out to the
artous bond buying establishments In or Joe
o correct any Impression that the action oC
lernnrd Thurman & Co. may create In quar-
crs where the circumstances are not know ill
There have already been enough assurances
rein prominent firms to Indicate tdat there
wilt bu a lively competition fur the bands la
splto of the cffurtH of the syndlcato that haf
jccii working : against the city.
Acting on the ad/Ice of City Attorney Con-
: icll certified checks on an Omaha national
> ank will be received ns deponlts na hereto *
'cce. The attorney says that the certified
checks are perfectly good and can bo collected !
n splto of the recent refusal of the Tlrst
National bank to honor Uio McCaguo check.
Udders that are so dlspCMHl may make thcltf
dope-sits In the form of cash or ( .ashlers'
checks.
City Treasurer Edw arils ban received a let- !
er from the publishers of the Dally 'Bondi '
luycr. In New York , asking for detailed In-
ormatlon In regard to the experience of tha
city with Ulernard Thurman & . Co , In thd
recent bond deal. The matter was given ,
considerable prominence In two recent Is-
iucs of the paper. Among other things thq
Jond Buyer states that Inquiry among the
catling bond firms of New York falls to dls
cover any one who Knows of such a firm *
Thurman formerly did a small business In
Chicago under the name of I. B. Thurman 3
Co , but ho Is not known In Now York.
In regard to the talk of a pool to bear
the Omaha bonds the paper suggests tint a )
"ipool" Is not usually formed for such of
| ) iiri > ose. It suggests the oj.lnlon . that the
trouble In Omaha has been caused by a
"pluncer , " which It defines as an It respon
sible Individual or firm that bids wildly on
any sort of bonds , hoping to effect n sale
at an advance before ho to called on to pay *
for the delivery of the bonds. In the event
of Jalluro to accomplish thh ho escapes re
sponsibility by repudiating his hid
In ono of the editorial comments the Bond
Buyer scouts tlio Idea that the city agreed
to have the bonds engraved and registered ;
by the United States Mortgage and Note
company subsequent to the sale. It assertH
that thta would Increase the selling prlco ot
the bonds from 2 to .1 per cent. City Treas
urer Edwards says that this Is news to him
but If It prove * to bo a t n * uo should cer
tainly favor having all Omaha " "uds regis
tered by that firm.
II mi : s imvnv TO SIGJT.
City ami School Dlxtrlct Will Svinp
IO < H boon. '
The deeds conveying the DoJgo school
property to the city and the city lot at Ninth
and Howard streets to the Board of Edu a <
tlon are ready to bo signed by Mayor
Moores and President Jordan and Secretary ]
aillan of tfio Board of Education ,
The abstracts have been prepared
ind are satisfactory to the attorneys foe
joth bodies. The abstract of the Dodga
school property Is very simple. Aside from
ono or two tax Hens that have hoen attached
it various times the document merely nlloua
: hat the property passed from the United !
States government to the City of Omaha
ind from the city to the 'Board ' of TJduca-
: Ion. It has been In the uninterrupted !
lossesslon of the board for twenty-five years.
The tltlo to the city lot IB somewhat moro
complicated , but as the right of the city
to the property has fccen settled In tha
courUj and It has been In possession ton
more than the statutory limit thcro Is no
question In regard to It.
A settlement of the difficulty between the
city and the owners of tbo nilibora ValleyV
property , which grew out of the decision oj
tha city not to carry out Its Intention of ac3
quiring the property for Jail purposes , wa9
agreed on at an Informal meeting of tha
city council ueld at 4 o'clock yesterday after *
noon. The ownera of the property put In &
proposition In which they demanded $750
damages In addition to the commits Ion oC
$ COO which George P. Bcmls was to rccelvoj
for the sale of the pioperty. This was ob'
JcotcJ to by members ot the council , whet
contended that the amount was too high , and
after a lemg discussion It was agreed thai
the city should pay $1,000 In full atlsactloa
of all demands. , '
A < > trCMH IjllNVM IV VllllHP. '
Considerable stir was caused at the Unlanl
depot by the loss of n v.illso belonging tel
Delia Pine , nn actress who wns In Omahu/ /
en route to Minneapolis. Miss Pine left her
vallso In the wnltlnK room while she went
to check Homo 1) iggago nnd when BIO re
turned In about flvo minutes It was zone.
An olllccr noticed a largo , red-faced mart
who hail been sitting by Miss 1'lno board
a train for South Omnlm , nnd ho Im
mediately teOcgrnphed to have thn train
searched when It arrived there. Mcnntlmui
Miss I'lno left for Minneapolis despairing oC
ever findingtlio valise , which contained
Bomo Jewelry nnd letters of Importance.
The search at Boutli Omuhr. was nueeessful.
The large man had the vallso and said that !
ho had picked It up by mistake , so he waa
not arrested.
Cfiiirt-Murtlnl nt Tort Oroolc.
General Copplngcr appointed a general
court-mirtlal to meet nt Tort Crook y ester *
day for1 * ho trial ot such , persons aa mayi
be properly brought before It. The detail
of the court followa : Captain Ilenjimln Ci
Lockwood , Captain Alfred C. Slmrpp , Cap
tain Theodore MoHhor , Captain Krnnk II.
Jones , Klrst Lieutenant Edward O. C. Ord ,
First Lieutenant Treilwoll W. Aloore , Klrst
Lieutenant George J. Godfrey , I'lrst Lieu
tenant Harold L Jackson , Second Lieuten
ant William If. Wasatll. Second Lieutenant ;
Orrln II. Wolfe , Second Lieutenant Freder
ick W. Lewis. Second Lieutenant David Si
Stanley will act ns JuUeo advocate of the
court. All of the oflloers are from tha
Twenty-second Infantry "
Iluiiilhuucr ( irlN n lliulcr.
At the regular meeting of Bohemian lodca
No. 311 of the Ancient Order of United ;
Worwmen last nlsht , Past Master WorK
man Frank W. liandhnucr was presented
with n iniKnlllcent past master's badge ad
a testimonial of the esteem of his fellow )
workmen. The l > ad > re Is a beautiful design
In blue and gold. The name of tlio re clot
lint Is engraved on the bar and the pen *
dunt bear * on ono side tbe Insignia of the )
order and on the other the date of tha
presentation. The gift was a complete sur *
prlso to Mr , Handhauer , who expressed hl >
appreciation with much feeding.
Unloituiilimt Ciiuiiclliiion.
Mayor Moores has so far given no Intlma *
tlon ot hla Intentions In regard to the ap
pointment ot a plumbing Inspector , nnd |
there U a hot flght between W. G. IllKBln *
and J. W. ROPO for the Job. Hlgglna BC *
cured the endorsement of the Plumber1
union , but Rose bas , a powerful backing ,
which Includes a number ot councilman and
several politicians of moro than local promi
nence. Inspector Claufcscn's resignation
takea effect -next Wcdneuday and the np
polntmeut win * . - UibJy bt inadu Tuc d g (
night.