THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4 , 1808.
CASE WILL BE TRIED AGAIN
Jury in Bucket Shop Trial Fulli to Beach an
Agreement
OUT FOR MORE THAN FORTV-EIGHT HOURS
Cane Will Come On for Another Hear
ing at the Mar Term of C art-
Small poz Reported la
, Warren County.
DBS MOINES , Dec. 3. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The federal court Jury In the Mc-
HIo bucket shop caio disagreed and was
discharged Saturday noon , after being out
tnoro than forty-eight hours. Out Bidmon
Mclilc , president of the Central Stock and
Qrala Exchange of Chicago the other de-
fendtnU being W. A. Mcllle and J. P.
Bouthsrd como within ono vote of being
convicted of fraudulent use of the malls.
.At one time during the forenoon the vote
etood 11 to 1 for convicting him. Mclllo
wu the ono of the three who came nearest
io conviction for the reason that on the
eland he testified that he was to all prac
tical .purposes the whole firm ; that ho did
the business. The Jury was called Into the
court room1 at 10 , having given two hours
to deliberation after a night's sleep. Fore
man Cottrell repeated his statement that
the Jury could not agree. Juror J. B. Van-
Meter then asked the Judge about the pun-
ishnunt , providing the Jury agreed on con
viction. This brought out a pointed state
ment from the Judge to the effect that It
wasno _ business of the Jurors what the pen
alty would be on conviction. "Then , your
honor , the Jury will ncver'agree , " said Van-
Meter In open court. But the Jury was sent
out until 12 o'clock , when again the fore
man reported they were unable to agree
and they wcro discharged. The Mcllle cose
will be tried again at the May term.
United States Attorney Lewis Miles and his
assistant , George B. Stewart , eald they were
ready for a retrial at once , but the Judge
eald It would bo necessary to get an entirely
new panel. Hence it was decided to defer
the trial.
Reports from Warren county to the Stats
Board'of Health state there are now at least
a halt dozen cases of smallpox In that vi
cinity , Aside from two old cases near
4 1
Laccn , there are two new cases and two
'
new ( Cases near Miio. The , first cases re-
Euljed from exposure of the patients In Ne-
'b'fafek ' * . Cltyf and the 'other four 'have been
Infftctfd from' the first two. The cases are
reported serious.
'
* Tno 'executive committee of the State Agri
cultural society has completed Its estimate
of damages o state fair propeprty by the
Dialers , Us claim amounting to $2,912.02
altogether.
HortlcnltnxUU Meet at Carroll.
CARROLL , la , , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) Next
Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday , Decem
ber 6 , 7 and 8 , the Northwestern Iowa Horticultural
ticultural society will meet In this city. The
uesslon will be held nt Dress' hall and a
very Interesting program has been arranged.
The day session will be devoted to the busl-
aces of the society and to papers and dis
cussions relating to the cultivation of fruits'
nd flowers , while the evening programs will
be > of a more general nature. A large num
ber Is expected to be present from abroad
and It Is hoped to see a good attendance.
Prof. Budd of the Ames college will be
present. The program Includes a long list
of well known fruit growers of the elate ,
and every branch of the horticultural busi
ness * will be fully discussed.
' ' > > fMlll anil Farmers Busy.
. MAKSHALLTOWN , la. , Dec 3. ( Special. )
Slnoe traveling over the country roads Has
JSien Improved by the recent heavy tall ot
fc'now the highways have been crowded by
.tarni hauling wbeat from the country to
'til * flour mills. Not for years has there
ben such an amount ot grain brought Into
Marshalltown by team In the same length
pt .time. In ono day sixty teams unloaded
ver 60 bushels ot wheat at one of the mills.
The millers report that this Is one ot the
busiest seasons they have ever experienced
and that they are unable to keep up with
, thelr orders.
Killed on the War Home.
SHENANDOAH , la. , Dec. 3. ( Special. )
John Wllfong , aged 24 , a brakeman , -was run
, over and Instantly killed at Tlngley , la. ,
yesterday about 2 p. m. The young man
lived In this place with fall parents and at
ha time of the accident was coming In with
a. special freight from the east and of the
road. He was walking along the top ot the
. can whoa he slipped and tell between them.
Tare * cars passed over his body. Thecor
oner's Inquest held last evening exonerated
the railroad : company from blame.
Mormcn Missionary at Falrfletd.
' FAIRFIELD , ! . , Deo. 8. ( Special. ) An
elder of the Mormon church of Utah Is In
die city , making a house to bouse canvass
with the view of establishing a church of
fttt creed In the near future.
t' .
* GoodU Passes Bad Paper.
1 ORE3TON. la. , Deo. 3. ( Special Tele-
tram. ) The Studekaker Manufacturing
Company claims to have been defrauded
ut at about $1,5(0 by J. B. Goodie of Afton ,
handled Us goods , and the grand Jury
ITS "WEIGHT IIT GOLD
A ' MEW DISCOVERY WHICH 19
WORTH THAT MUCH.
? T * Amy One Afflicted rrltU Pile * .
( The ' Pyramid Pile Cure , the new , painless
fmed'y which baa been io remarkably suc-
ceMtul In curing every form of piles and
eoUl diseases , has recently been placed on
tale at druggists , nnd It li safe to say that
irh n its extraordinary merit becomes fully
Known there will bo no such thing as surgi .
cal operations for the cure of this obstinate
nd common trouble.
Mrs. M. C. Hlnkly of 601 Mississippi
trett , Indianapolis , Ind. , cays : I bad been
n terrible sufferer from plies for 15 years
nd no remedies benefited me until I saw an
dvertlsement of the Pyramid Pile Cure ;
I got a package , also a package of Pyramid
Fills and used both according to directions.
I was astonished at the Immediate relief
Obtained and now I honestly believe the
Pyramid to be the only certain cure for
files.
That you may realize bow bad I was , I
will My I was confined to my bed and went
befere the college physicians here , who said
my case was a naw ono to them and wanted
ev n or eight hundred dollars to undertake
cure ; the great pain had brought on a
rupture and I knew an operation would be
death to me on account ot blood poisoning.
Nearly every one here knew of my terrible
Buffering from piles and I feel that I cannot
praise the Pyramid Pile Cure enough and
tbe Pyramid Pllli also , My husband will
jolk me In highly recommending the Pyramid
midmy daughter was cured by one box
only. For several years I weighed about 90
pouBdi , now I weigh ISO and feel In perfect
betUb.
This seems to be tbe universal testimony
et every sufferer from piles who has ever
tried the Pyramid ; It Is the safest , most
palqleis pile cure yt discovered ; contains
no opiate , morphine , cocaine or any poison-
out Ingredients whatever , has a soothing ,
beallng effect from the flrat application and
Me moderate price places It within the reach
of every ene needing treatment. The Pyra
mid Pile' Cure U sold by druggists at 60
cents and fl.tO per package and the Pyra-
ml Fills it 26 c nta p r box.
Seat to Pyramid Co. , Marshall , Mich. , ( or
Ire * took on cui caii cure ef piles.
has Indicted Goodie for uttering a forged
Instrument. It Is alleged that Goodie , In
stead of returning cash for gooda pur
chased , Issued notes which the company's
ngcnt claims arc fictitious. He hag been
unable to find the owners of the notes.
Iov n Slii-pp llrpeilem' Amioolntlon.
AMKS , la. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) There will
be a meeting of the Iowa Sheep Breeders'
and Wool Growers' association at Iowa City
on Thursday , December B , 1898. It Is de
sired that as many as possible ot tbo sheep
men ot the state be present at this meet
ing. The Improved Stock Breeders' meeting
meets at the same time and at the same
place , so that visitors can attend that also ,
and moat likely get reduced rates.
Silk Pins ; for ilnclinnnn.
SHENANDOAH , la. , Dec. 3. ( Special , )
A few weeks prior to the recent election
the republican executive committee made an
offer ot a silk flag to the township that would
make the grtatest republican gain over tbe
1898 vote. The executive committee met' '
In Clarlnda yesterday and decided that
Buchanan township had won the flag. Tbe
entlro county shows a net gain of 2 % per
cent over the vote of 1898.
MBHOUB Elect Officer * .
SHEXANDOAH , la. , Dec. 3. ( Special. )
At the regular meeting of the local order
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , the fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year : Charles Scblck , W. M. ; George R.
Morse , S. W. ; Benjamin Smith , J. W. ;
George Bogart , treasurer , and L. N. Wit-
son , secretary. The newly elected officers
will be Installed on the evening ot Decem
ber 24.
Ilnikcmnn Slips Under Wheel * .
OTTUMWA , la. , Dec. 3. ( Special Tele
gram. ) A. C. Stentz , a brakeman on the
Burlington road , was killed In the yards
here at 11 o'clock this morning while coup
ling cars. He slipped on the ice and fell
under the wheels. Stentz was 27 years ot
age and prominent among the employes ot
the road. He leaves a wife.
INDIANS BREAK GAME LAWS
More Trouble Expected with Ited *
skins When Game Wardens At
tempt to Arrest Them.
PARK RAPIDS , Minn. , Dec. 3. About a
dozen of the White Earth Indians have been
camped on a small lake about fifteen miles
north of hero and have been killing game
contrary to the raw. Yesterday Game War
den Stephens , In company with D. W.
Closon of this place , went out and at
tempted to arrest them. The Indians drove
the men out ot the camp and threatened to
scalp them If they came back. Later Sheriff
Itombough , with a posse of twenty-five men ,
went after the reds , but they have not yet
been found. A flght la expected , as the
Indians are well armed with Winchesters
and ore very ugly.
MURDER OF HOTEL OWNER
Robbers Dlnd and Gaff Ills Servant
nd Then Open the Sale with
Explosives.
SCHANTON , Pa. . Dec. 3. Michael F. Cor
coran , proprietor ot the Anthracite ( hotel at
Duryea , was murdered In the most cold
blooded manner , one ot his two servants '
was bound , gagged and blindfolded and the
safe in his bedroom was blown open and '
about $200 In money and other valuables
stolen early today. Tha robbers mad * their
escape.
Transport Iteaches Horn * Port.
NEW YORK. Deo. S. Ths. United States
transport Rita , which left San Juan , Porto
Rico , November 28 , arrived today with all
well on board.
The Rita brought the following passengers
'from Ban Juan : Captain" B. J. Olden-and
J. H. C. Barthman of the Forty-seventh In
fantry , Captain L. D. Gre ne and First Lieu
tenant W. N. Booge of the Seventh Infantry ,
Second Lieutenant J. W. Cox assistant sur
geon , and First Lieutenant George M. Wil
son. Sixth Immune * ; Mr. Davis of the Pan-
American Express company , Mr. Reed ot
Chicago , Mr. Van Ostrom and wife of Wash
ington , E. L. Martin , discharged sergeant ot
Forty-seventh Infantry.
There were also on board the Rita several
discharged teamsters ot the quartermaster's
department and a few soldiers enroute to
Washington to Join their batteries , having
been detached from service In Porto Rico.
Nevrlnnds Candidate ( or Senate.
WINNBMUCCA. Nov. , Dec. 3. Congress
man Newlands , enroute to Washington , In
an Interview today stated that he is a candi
date for the United States senate. He said
that In the legislative flght between the po
litical forces they bave divided themselves j
Into Stewart and anti-Stewart forces ; * that '
the Stewart foroes were defeated and that
Stewart had lost the legislature.
Acquit Richardson's Murderer.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 3. The Jury In" the
case against William J. Halderaan , charged
with the murder of ox-State Senator J. C.
Richardson on September 21 last , gave a
verdict of acquittal after three hours' de
liberation today. The parties wore business
associates and the killing occurred in the
office of their mills at Lockland , O.
Telegraph Apparatus ( or Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO , Dec. 3. Lieutenant
Colonel Frank Q. Green. United States vol
unteer signal corps , signal officer of the De
partment of California , baa been ordered to
get ready end forward several hundred
miles of telegraph apparatus for the use of
Colonel Thompson , chief signal offlcor at
Manila.
Burned In Gas Explosion.
WILKESBARRE , Pa. , Dec. 3. Thirteen
men wore seriously burned by an explosion
of gas. In the Buttonwood shaft of the Par-
rish Cool company today. A slight flre
broke out In one ot the chambers and a gang
of men were sent In to subdue It. While
fighting th flre the explosion occurred.
Vote ( or Colorado's Fusion Governor.
DENVER , Dec. 3. Gornplate official elec
tion returns from all the counties In Colorado -
rado received by the secretary of state show
that the majority of Charles S. Thomas , fu-
i sionlst- for governor , over Henry a. Wol-
cott , republican , was 43,394. Thomas' vote
was 04,274 ; Wolcott's , 60,880.
Ilovr to Tell an Oyster's ARC.
He who wishes may find out the exact ag
ot an oyster , though he has not the telltale
evidence In teeth , says the Fishing Gazette.
The lines In tbo ttroovo of the hinge of the
shell tell the whole story , each line r pre
sentlng a year. An ojeter Is of age at 4
years that Is. be is old enough to vote ,
take care ot a family , and go to market.
Going to market 1s a disastrous undertak
ing , for a 4-year-old oyster Is particularly
palatable. By this It must not be supposed
that after an oyster has passed the four-
layer period , and has live , elx , or even ten
wrinkles on his shell , bo Is a back number.
Indeed , there are records of oysters being
eaten Just after celebrating their 30th birth
day , and In most oases they formed a de
licious meal. Thirty la an unusual age for
an oyster , to attain , because few are given
an opportunity to live K > long. If left to
enjoy life In Its own way. It Is qulto prob
able that the ovster would become an octo-
gonarlou or even a centenarian. Captain
Cochrane , on his last trip to Fulton Market ,
New York , brought In an oyster found on
his beds that is believed to be at least 35
years old.
, A Little Overdone.
Cljveland Plain Dealer ; "Got a good
story for you , " said the new reporter , as
he dropped a bunch of copy on the desk.
"What about ? " queried ths city editor.
" 'Dout a fellow who comes Into a bar-
rccm In a hurry and says there's a poor
fellow freezing to death on the sidewalk
Just round the corner. They all bite and
rush out , and It's nothing but a cigar store
Indian. "
The city editor lifted the copy gingerly
and dropped It In the waste basket.
"Seventeenth this morning , " he wearily
said.
Overcome evil with good. Overcome your
coughs and colds with 0m Minute Cough
Cure. It Is so good children cry for It. It J
cures croup , bronchltli , pneumonia , grlpps
tud all tbrMt and lung dlattutef.
FIGHT TARES PLACE IN HARCH
Mitchell Stipulates for Time , as Ho Oannot
Qel Ready by January ,
SHARKEY WILL M ET M'COY ' NEXT MONTH
If the English PuRlllnt Approves at
the Conditions of Agreement lie
Will Sinn nnd Degln TrainIng -
Ing at Once.
NEW YORK , Dec. 3. The International
fight between Charley Mitchell and Tom
Sharkey will not take place before March .
next anJ the latter can now make arrange- i
mcnts to fight "Kid" McCoy In January. '
In response to Sharkey'a acceptance of
Mitchell's challenge and his offer to fight
him In January Mitchell cabled that ho
could not get In condition to fight before
March , but that he desired the match and
requested that articled of agreement be sent ]
to ( 11m at once , and It the conditions ire
satisfactory he will sign them and begin
training. When Mitchell Usucd the chal
lenge ho deposited $1,000 In London and the
eamo amount Tom O'Rourko covered on be
half of Sharkey. The latter stipulated that
the fight must taka place in January , as he
desired to go to San Francisco In February
to fight Jeffrie * , but O'Rourko said that It
Mitchell gave him positive assurance that
ho would mcot Sharkey here In March he
would delay his departure to the Pacific
coast. O'Rourko siys ho will Insist upon a
side wager of at least $1,000. It Mitchell
will agree to fight hero O'Rourke says he
will allow him $600 for training expenses.
NO CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.
High School Foot Ilnll League Unable
to Make a. Decision.
The executive committee of the Iowa-
Nebraska Interstate School Foot Ball
league met on the fifth Jloor of the city
hall yesterday and spent the entire after
noon In an effort to award the champion
ship of 189S. There was a stubborn contro
versy over some constitutional points and
a resolution was eventually adopted by
which It was decided not to award any i
championship for this year , Omaha regis I
tering a protest against the resolution.
The committee voted to give the presl- I
dency for 1899 to Lincoln , the vice presl- I
dency i to Nebraska City nnd the secretary- I
ship i to Omaha. Nebraska City dropped out
of the league and another town will be
selected to 111 ! the vacancy Inter. With the ,
blanks filled by the name of the new member - I
ber next year's schedules will look like
this :
October 7 , Council Bluffs against , nt
Council Bluffs.
October 14 , Tekamah against Omaha , at
Omaha.
October 21 , Red Oak against , at .
October 23 , Lincoln against Tekamah , at
Tekamah.
November 4 , Red Oak against Council
Bluffs , at Council Bluffs.
November 11 , Lincoln against Omaha , at
Lincoln.
November 35 , final championship game
between two divisions at Omaha.
EVENTS ON TUB RUNNING TRACKS.
Magnolia Stakes at Nerr Orleans Won
by Ilonnergcs br Five Lengths.
NEW ORLEANS , Dec. 3. The feature of
today's racing card was ths Magnolia Bel
ling stakes , for 4-year-olds and upwards , at
a mile and valued at $1,000. David , backed
from 8 to B and G to B , was a strong
favorite , but Boanerges , who was as good j
ns 11 to B against him , had all the speed
and made a ufcow of his field , winning in a
gallop by five lengths. Weather cloudy and
the track hiavy. George Leo was the only
winningfavorite. . 'Results :
Flrat race , selling , six furlongs : DeBrlde
won , Applejack second , Lady Dladaln third.
Second' race , five furlongs , handicap. 2-
year-olds : Laiarus. Esq. . won. Pot Garrett -
rett second. Sir Caslmlr third. Time : 1:07.
Third- race , selling , one mile and a half :
George- Lee won. Roy Wood second , Red
third.- Time : 1:60 : % .
Fourth race , Magnolia stakcs.ono mile :
Boanerges won. David second , Tlmemaker
third. Time : 1:60. :
Fifth race , one mile : Waterman won ,
Nannie L'a Sister second , Elkln third.
A special' express train , consisting of nine
carloads of horses from BonnlngT track ,
arrived hero today , having made the fastest
time on record thirty-one hours from
Washington to New Orleans.
INCREASE TRANSYLVANIA STAKES.
Kentnokr Trotting Horse Association
Offers Rich lianas for Flcctfoots.
LEXINGTON , Ky. ' , Dec. S.y-The Ken
tucky Trotting Horse Breeders' association
has raised the Transylvania stakes , the
most celebrated all-age trottlnff stoke in
the world , from $5,000 to $10,000 , thus making
It also the richest stake of the kind In the
country for one race. The 116,00) Futurity
stake has been rained to 120.000. so that
$10,000 will now go to the 2 and 3-year-old
winner of each. The change will take ef
fect In the lrhth renewal of the Futurity
to close next March. There Is no addition
to the nominating fee. Entry conditions
and class of the Transylvania , will be an
nounced later.
Champions of Western Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURO , Dec. 3. Foot ball : Du-
quesne , C. and C. , 18 ; All Stars , 0. The
Duquesnes clinched their claim to tha
championship of western Pennsylvania to
day by easily defeating the All Star eleven ,
which represented the choice of all the
other teams in this section. Duquesne
played Its regular team and closed the sea
son without havlngthelr goal line crossed
by any opponent. The game was devoid ot
anything sensational , but the fine team
work of Dunu sne resulted In several long
runs and , although the All Star line was
much the heavier , the locals were able to
make holes and go through almost at will.
Avray for n. Shoot.
Judge Ives , Frank Galnes , "Doc" Con
nors and M. A. Hall left during the last
week for the St. Francis river country In
Arkansas , whore- they expect to remain
several weeks. This district Is the crackerJack -
Jack spot of the country for winged fowl ,
lust as Jackson Hole and its neighborhood
are for big game. The party WHS equipped
fully for the prospective sport nnd sup
plied with all sorts of necessary remedies.
Shooting Mutch Postponed.
ST. LOUIS , Dec. 3. J. A. R. Elliott of
Kansas City , who la scheduled to shoot'a
100 live bird match with Dr. Smith in this
city today , has wired that he Is rick and
cannot come. The match will be shot oft
next Wednesday.
Plitslinro ; Strengthens Outaelfl.
P1TTSBURG , Dec. 3. Th ? Plttsburg Base
Ball club has traded Pitcher Hart and
Third Baseman Gray to Milwaukee for
Beaumont , the clever outfielder of that
club.
President of the Brown * .
8T. LOUIS. Dec. 3. Chris von der Ahe
was today re-elected president of Sports
man's park and base ball club.
AMONG THOSE NOT PRESENT.
A Spanish Editor's Report of m
Yankee Ship Function.
When the United States cruisers New Or
leans and Cincinnati dropped anchor In the
harbor of San Juan de Porto Rico , after the
peace protocol had been signed , the natives
displayed the liveliest Interest In the ves
sels , relates the New York Sun. Dally they
used to gather along the wharf and look out
at the stars and stripes , waving from the |
flagstaffs , and , when a boat brought ashore ,
a number ot the trim-looking officers they
were always surrounded by a curious but
polite crowd that oftentimes followed them ,
about the streets. After a time these offi .
cers began to feel at home. They went to ,
the plaza of Alfonso XIII on every concert I
night and mingled with the throng and [
eoon they came to know some of the Porto
I Rlcan senorltas whose sympathies leaned to
' the new and conquering republic rather than
' to the old and conquered empire.
| And naturally enough , It came to pass
that these senorltas should be Invited to
vlilt one of the war ships. They were
anxious to ceo what kind of craft these were
which had swept from the sea that fleet so
little time before the pride of all the Span-
lards In Ban Juan. So It was all arranged 1
and one afternoon a dozen of the young
women , among whom were some of the pret-
tlcst and most aristocratic la the city , were
i scort 4 to the New Orleans , great care b -
Ing taken that they wcro properly chap-'j
oronod In order that alt hyper-crltlcism
might bo disarmed. Apparently the girls
had a good time. Only one or two could
English and not more than that number -
ber ot the officers could speak Spanish , but ,
being young , they all talked with their eyes
and hands as well as their tongues , and GO
got along very nicely. Certainly the visit
was a blessing to the men ot the New Or
leans , for the monotony of their life was
very trying. I
The next day In the social columns of El
BOEcaple and some of the other papers which <
wcro pro-American In sympathy there api i
pcared a little Item telling of the visit and
giving the names of the girls who had hon- '
orcd the American ship with their presence.
But there \\os ono editor a Spaniard to
\shosa proud Castllllan heart the visit of the
senorltas brought only the bitterness of
both personal and national jealousy. He
11 had watched them as they walked down the
quay ' , surrounded and adored by the bril
liant | young chops In our navy , and he knew
ho was not In It ; so ho went to his editorial
sanctum : and wrote the following In Span
ish :
"Not all the youth and beauty nnd grace
of ' the capital were on board the American
man-of-war New Orleans yesterday after
noon. A number of senorltas were Invited
to Inspect the vessel and did so , but there
were many whoso loyalty to Spain would
not allow them to so demean themselves.
Among the very beautiful and gracious sen
orltas who did not visit the New Orleans
were the following : "
Then came the names of a dozen or more
young women who had not "demeaned"
themselves. This was as far as the editor
dared let his spite go. Had ho ventured to
abuse those who had accepted the Invita
tion of the Americans ho would have got
into serious trouble , for their families were
of the best In town. Hence he had to be
content with this left-handed slap at them.
A NOTAUI.B SEMI-CENTENNIAL.
Birmingham's Cclchrntlon of an Im
portant Anniversary.
A sanitary congress and exhibition has
Just been held at Birmingham , England , to
commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the
enactment of municipal sanitary laws , for
It was In 1848 that the first public health
net. was passed by the British Parliament.
It was an epoch In English history , relates
the Chicago Record. It marks the beginning
of the Improvement of the condition of the
working classes. Since that date the aver
age death rate has been diminished 30 per
cent In the United Kingdom , from 28.8 per
1,000 In the cities , during the first ten years
from 184S to 1858 , to 19.5 from 1888 to 1898 ,
and In the country from 24.9 to 17.3 per 1,000.
The Improved condition among the poor has
prolonged human existence as well as in
creased the comforts of the people. Among
other acts of Parliament which have since
been passed are laws for good drainage , pure
air , pure food , pure water , factory ventila
tion , protection against Infectious 'diseases ,
tenement Inspection and other regulations
for the housing ot the poor. Sir Joseph
Farcr , president of the British Health asso
ciation , In his opening address declared that
"half a century ago the great mass of the
pcoplo lived and died under conditions which
violated all the now well known principles
on which health depends : prejudice , ig
norance and vested Interests stood in tnc
way of progress and but little effort was
made ito correct the one or remove the
others ; government looked on with Indiffer
ence ; the people knew little and thought
less of the efficacy of pure air , pure water ,
cleanly and uncrowdcd dwellings , temper
ance and other conditions which arc now
well known to essential to health. They
had no Idea that Infective disease Is but too
frequently tha scourge of uncleanltaess ,
overcrowding and disregard of simple laws
of health. Statesmen have learned to real
ize that sanitary science comes well within
the sphere of practical politics and that It
Is an Important part of the duty of execu
tive governments , whether general br local ,
ito protect the pcoplo from disease which
may be prevented or controlled. "
It was appropriate that such an anniver
sary should be celebrated In Birmingham ,
which Is frequently referred to as the best
governed city 'n the world. Whether or not
that is true , Birmingham certainly has made
greater progress In municipal socialism than
any other city. Almost everything Is mu
nicipalized. It was a pioneer in municipal
tenement houses , markets , slaughter houses ,
museums , art galleries , libraries , Industrial
schools , public laundries and baths , street
car lines , gas plnnts , electric lighting , and
draws most ot Us rovouues from business
blocks erected by the city upon ground which
was .formerly covered with the slums and
was'purchased In order to eradicate them.
Municipal sanitation Is probably carried to
greater perfection In Birmingham than In
any other city in the world and the com
mon council Is now spending $2,000,000 In
the purchase of a farm upon which the sewage -
ago of the city may bo utilized as a fertil
izer.
BETRAYED BY A CLOCK.
Fair Pilferer's Indignation Gar * Way
When It Strnok.
It is a well known fact that the cus
tom Introduced by a certain hotel pro
prlctor of furnishing his rooms with costly
pieces of bric-a-brac had to be abandoned
owing to the peculiar fondness which
guests evinced for these pretty knick-knacks ,
frequently going so far as to carry them
off In their trunks. When several suites ol
rooms ( whose price per -week would lead
any one to enippose that any one who
could afford to rent them couM also acquire
bric-a-brac In the usual way ) had been
,
] , stripped ot their objects of "bigotry and
I , ' virtue" the proprietor began to lese faith
In human nature and rumor says has since
developed into a heartless pessimist.
Perhaps that was why , when a certain
dainty dame , who bad been staying at the
hotel for several wecka , asked for her bll
and announced her Intention of leaving ncx
day , the suspicious bonlface watched her
departure with eome uneaslnesa He Is very
well oft In this world's goods , relates the
Now York Commercial Advertiser , and the
row of a brlc-abrao did not seriously crip
ple his Income , but he Is pessimistic am
revengeful these days. When the dame bad
been handed Into her cab by the tall , brass
buttoned and knee-brccched doorman , bent
face vlalted her rooms. He then took a
cab and followed the dame to the station
Ho had a genial manner and he askct
madam In his most persuasive tones to re
store to him the small , but costly , clock
which she had , doubtless , mistaken In tha
hurry of packing for one of her own trln
kets. Madam was very Indignant. She
demanded by what right the hotel man
. dared to Insuft her. She attempted to
I board her train. She spoke threateningly
of the police. The upihot ot the matte
. was that she agreed to go back to the
| hotel and open her trunks , so that the
proprietor could satfsfy himself that his
odious suspicion was groundless. She dli
, this simply .o avoid a scene , which he
seemed bound to make. Afterward he
I would hear from her lawyer whether o
not ho could insult a lady with Impunity.
I Back they went to the hotel and the con
' tents ot tbo trunks were laid bare to tb
vulgar gaze of the proprietor and his heat
clerk. No clock was found , and , flushed
i and triumphant , madam was about to leav
I the room when suddenly clear and swee
as cathedral chimes twelve strokes rang ou
from some part of madam's befrllled cos
tume. The expression of consternation de
plcted on the fair pilferer's face was salt
o be as pathetic as It was amusing , and
when * he had drawn her noisy plunder from
its biding place and restored It to the
owner the Utter apologized , left like a
brute and swore Bolemnry never to breathe
a word of the tory to any one. Bat the
, bead clerk did cot swear secrecy.
(
THE 99-CENT STORE
,
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J Climbing nearer
to Christmas Chimes
Holiday preparations are a foot. This store is a
sparkle with hints for Christinas givablcs. Not mean ,
skimpy stocks with narrow assortments and limited styles ,
but a beautiful , generous spread of everything worthy ,
and good , and sensible. More to choose from and lower
priced than ever. Gathered with a forethought to your
needs , arranged with consumate skill for every choosing ,
priced with rare business judgment for quick Belling
your dimes and dollars will go farther here than ever
before.
Toys ! Dolls ! Dolls !
Toys ! Almost too many to take the census
of ; from the wee little one to her more
Toys ! pretentious sisters in silk and satin.
There are dolls from lo to $14.85.
A ptore full of them this world of
make-believe from the wooly sheep Open
whose legs just fit on a platform carried
Monday Evening
ried by wheels , to the big horse which
We extend cordial welcome to
a
carries the happy , rollicking children.
young and old , citizens or strangers ,
A
wonderful gymnast performs on
visitor or purchaser. Make yourself
stilts there are whole armies
, squadrons
at home in this store gaxe and price
rons , engines that go by steam , and to your heart's content. You will be
keep a-going till gone , to re-appear in treated with every courtesy and every
some child's Christmas stocking. attention.
1519- 1519-
1521 1521
Douglas Douglas
Street Street
\VARROBBEDOFITSTERRORS \
important Surgical Lessons Learned from
thft Santiago Campaign.
LARGE PERCENT OF WOUNDED RECOVER
The Small Steel Bullet Equal In
Effect Yet More Haniaiie Tluiu
the Lcnil IlnlleU of the
Civil War.
Dr. Henry Beeokman Delatour , attending
surgeon of the Long Island Coltego hospital ,
Brooklyn , gives In the Independent his ex
periences In treating wounded aoldlers from
Santiago. The doctor confirms the claims
advanced in favor of the new eteel bullet ,
showing It to be , compared with the old lead
bullet , a humane agent In war. Ho says :
"The meet striking fact encountered by
the surgeon looking at the results of the
war from the standpoint of his profession
Is the great saving of life and limb by the
new email arm projectiles. The Mauser and
Krag-Jorgensen steel-Jacketed bullets arc
not nearly so deadly aa the old leaden
Springfield missiles. Wounds that were cer
tain death now heal up and hardly reave a
scar. We had seventy eurglcal cases caused
by bullet -wounds at the Long Island College
hospital and out of all or these only one
death , though a very large percentage
would most certainly 'have ' died from the
same .wouods If Inflicted by the weapons of
' 61. For instance , there were six cases In
each of which the lung was pierced by a
bullet. That used -to - be fatal , but all six
cases ended In complete recovery. Wo had
only one amputation In those seventy cases ,
though it Is safe to say that In ' 61 there
would have been twelve amputations , for
many of the men who came to us were shot
through the limbs In such a manner as ,
with the old bullets , would have rendered
amputation essential. A number ot our
wounded had been ehot through the feet.
That was a fact for which we cannot ac
count. The bullets that struck their f&et
seemed to be about spent , but still having
force enough to penetrate the bone. Al
most all the .wounda were either In the
upper part of the body , or else below the
hips ; the middle of the body escaped
there was only one wound In the abdomen.
We can account for the high wounds be
cause ot the tendency to shoot over the
heads of the approaching troops , but can
not account for the middle of the body es
caping In the manner It did ,
We saw no evidences that any deleterious
ubsUnces entered Into any of the mlssllea
flred at our soldiers by the Spaniards brass
cartridge rtiells , for Instance. I saw nothing
of any resurta from them and heard no com
plaints about them. The amputation wo
had was that of a lez struck by an old-fash
loacd leaden bullet of large caliber , eomo
thing like a Springfield. Tbla and a Mauser
ball struck the limb within an inch ot each
other. The leaden one spread and did a
deaf of damage to the bone.
The effect of the Mauser ball depends on
the range. At its greatest speed Its effect
Is explosive If a ball so traveling strikes a
man In the head It la liable to blow his head
all to pieces ; It traveling at slower speed It
passes through the tissues , doing more or
Ices damage , according to the resistance en
countered ; when utmost spent the damage
done Is much smaller. If a Mauser ball
strikes a solid bo no It shatters It , but not to
the some extent as the old leaden bullet ; It
It strikes the soft part at the end of one ot
the long bones It passes clear through , leav
ing a small puncture. The Mauser bos sev-
erar ways of breaking and spreading. If it
is broken at the tip the jacket may N ) left
In one position and the lead travel on to a
further point. We had ono very curious
wound of that sort. In cases where the
Jacket ripped there was , of course , much
laceration of tissues , otherwise the scar
made by the Mauser ball was so small that
It wsa hard to Ond nothing more than a
dimple.
The flNt-ald packages carried by all the
Ll JLd.tV' T VJ-lCiOO Q Yo" Can't Afford to Buy
. § 7 - Without Our Prices.
Witidow Glass
All sizes single and double strength. Any quantity from a Blnglo light to a
carload. Leaded Art Glass , Bent , Beveled , Enameled and Colored Olaai
French Plato Mirrors , Shocks and Skylight Glass.
Paints , Oils , Brushes , Varnishes , Artists' Material , Floor Oil. Floor
Polish , Weighted Floor Pollshln g Brushes.
CUT PIIICKS OIV DRUGS. ClT ) PRICES ON DRUQH.
GUNTHKH'S FAMOUS CIIRISTBIAH CAMJIES.
i Imported and American PERFUMES , all odors. Pocketbooks Card Caseg
Traveling Sets , Triplicate M'rrors ' , Military Hair Brushes , etc. , for Chrlit-
maa presents. Prices lower than ever.
JA Fll11f Sf CfCon Fourteenth
JTI MLllWl UL WU and Douglas Sts
soldiers did line service. Almost all our
wounded report the use ot these flrst-aida
by themselves or by comrades. This kept
down blood poisoning to a remarkable de
gree. Taken on the whole , our wounded
wcro treated as well as was possible at the
front. Those who came to us complained
of great hardships , but not of hardships that
could be avoided. That some of them had
to walk or crawl seven miles to reach a
hospital simply could not be helped under
the peculiar circumstances. Our wounded
wore from the skirmishes in June and the
battles of July 2 and 3. Many of them after
receiving their wounds were , for a certain
time , without further attention than could
bo given with the Brat-aid packages , but
they all felt that there was a good reason
for It.
General Shatter was absolutely right In
storming Santiago. The condition Into which
his army got shortly after the storming
shows that conclusively. The men who came
to us wounded In the first and second day's
battles at Santiago were in fairly good
physical condition ; those who came after
that were wrecks from the fever. This was
due to conditions in Cuba and not to any
faults In the transportation. The men
brought to us by the army ship Relief , In
charge of medical officer Colonel Nicholas
Senn , had been notably well cared for. That
the army should be stricken with sickness
to such an extent that a "complete list ot
the sick would bo the mustier roll of every
regiment" was not surprising , even If
Colonel Roosevelt's broad statement Is taken
literally. ( When tha English send a regi
ment ) to Jamaica they expect to lese one-
third of the imon from the effective force
by sickness In three mouths , and tbo entlro
force In three years. The Cuban climate Is
similar to that of Jamaica. And ue who
have had no experience could not reasonably
expect to do better In such a campaign In the
way of preserving the health of our men
than tbo English arc able to do after
centuries of observation and testing. Bc-
sldes a large portion ot ouf men were
recruits ; then again tbo English jolJIerj
In Jamaica have suitable shelter in per
manent camps and barracks , while our men
wore at war 1n the open country in the
moat deadly fienson.
The general lessons to la learned by
surst-ons from the war with Spain are ;
1. That the small caliber steel Jacketed
bullets uavd In the last war are much more
humane than the old-fashioned leaden
bullets. The men struck by them are In
capacitated , but the wounds are not nearly
o severe. They heal much more eully acd
are not apt to leave such bad after effects.
2. That the antlspet4c first-aid packages
carried by the Individual eoldlers are ot the
very greatest scrvlco In preserving life.
3. That subsequent antiseptic surgery re
duces blood poisoning to a remote con
tingency and no saves the lives of great
numbers of < mcn ube would certainly have
died under the conditions prevailing In 18C1.
It would seem , therefore , as If war under
present conditions has been robbed of much
of Its horror. There will be a notable
absence of armlets and legless men and
men permanently Injured by their wounds
among the veterans of the uar with Spain.
THIS WAS
23 YEARS AGO
A beer brewer hns patented a now bever
age called "Jewish beer. " He-brews It him
self , you know. N. Y. Com. Adv.
Don't Jewish you had some ? Boston Globe.
Shame ! This Isreal-ly too bad. Worces
ter Press.
But Judcar people , the beer Isreallte nd
pleasant. Providence Journal.
Scribes , cease this Babylon. You deserve
a Canaan for your Levite-y. Boston Adver
tiser.
Jerusalem ! what an awful jewa d'esprtt.
Moa'es bad aa if we had perpetrated them
ourselves. Norrlstowo Herald.
Nothing new about that be r. Our grand
mother always drank Beersheba rowed her
self , and It was Dan good beer , too. Frank
Hatton , Burlington Hawkeye.
You should drink Beer Krug Cabinet Beer
It's brewed of the finest Bohemian ( Im
ported ) hop * and selected malt. No other
Ingredient It's per'fly beu'ful and such an
appetizer ! You get the gold medal kind
by telephoning 420. Fred Krug Brewing Co. ,
1007 Jackson street , Omaha.
WINTER EXCURSION
If nick you can find help. If crippled
with rheumatism you cun be cured.
If tired you need rest nnd the ploco
to go la
HOT SPRINGS ,
SOUTH DAKOTA
The expense Is less than you Imagine. "The
Northwestern Line" 1ms announced
special oxcurnlona certain days
this month at
CHEAP RATES.
The Evans Hotel will remain open nnd
this and all other hotels nnd boarding
houses ure Riving peed service with low
rates during the winter.
Round Trln ( ° n'B"n 10.1O
Rite A1 ° Vulley IO-R5
KlllkS i - -
and corresponding reductions from other
points west.
Climate. Water , Scenery and Hotels are
unexcelled , Thirty clayH' time allowed and
any agent F. . 13. & M. V. H. U. , or J. II.
Gable. Traveling Passenger Agent , Uenl-
ton. la. , ctn tell you more about It.
The next date will be
DECEMBER 6 , 1898.
Fifteenth Century
The account books of All Souls' college ,
Oxford , are In an excellent state of preser
vation , suyn the Engineering Magazine , and
from them we are enabled to get a correct
Idea of the wages paid about A. D. 143S.
Carpenters and vawyers got 6d a day ; dub.
era. M ; atone dlggero and laborers , 4ttd ;
mason * and Joinern , 8d ; u master carpenter ,
3i 4d a week , enjoying also n tithe from
varh laborer employed under him , a cuxtom
Mill exlitlng In many parts of India und
which the engineers there are tryingto
abolish. A skilled Image-carver received 4n
M a week , with bed und board , aa he gen
erally came from a distance. In the t hal
cyon days a burse com the modest cum.
ot 3.