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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1899)
OMATIA DAILY H13I3 : TT1UDAY 13131 ? TAKY 24 , 18M ) , THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY \ New Triumph * for Electricity Predicted by Thomas A , Edison , CRACK OF DOOM FOR THE HORSE lllch PnMiiru of tin * I'liniilicT I mailed l > ' tlK" IrrpHlHlllilc riirrrnt 1'rorcii Plprn 'I linn oil lij Longer llfo for mankind , retirement of the horne as n beast of burden and photographs transmitted by wire nro among Hie early tri umphs of electricity predicted by the "Wlz- nrd of Mcnlo Park , " Thomas A. IMIson. In talking to n reporter nt Youngstown , 0 , ho eald : "At present I nm working on n device for Bending photographs by wire. I am per fecting the machine now nod It will bo a BUCCCSH. By this Invention an artist can place 1ils sketch In It and , by attaching the same to n wire , ncnd In the picture to his paper. I nm doing the work for Homer Davenport , the artist. This thing has been done before , but tdo machines have been too cumbrous. I Intend to have this one made similar tea a kodak "I bellcvo In ten > ears n horse will bo n rnro sight. The automobile carriage Is hereto to stay , It Is non practicable , nnd will hoon bo cheap enough for general use. Gasoline will bo the motive power , for It Is moro eco nomical and a largo supply of It can be carried , nlectric storage batteries nrc too heavy and , besides , they arc not ptactlcable The horseless cnrrlngo will also hasten the good roads movement. " "Do jou think the end of electrical inven tion has nearly been reached ? " "There Is no end to anything , " replied Mr. idlson. "Man Is so flntto that ho cannot possibly learn one-millionth part of what Is to be known. Ho might put in fifty jears on the study of water alone , and bejcuid learn ing tbo component parts ot It ho would know nothing. Only the Ignorant esay wo are near the limit In electrical Invention. There la no limit. "I bellcvo the llfo of man can bo pro longed. Mnn ought to llvo to bo 100 years of age. This can bo dcno by supplying lost tissue from the lower animals. This will be < lone by transfusion and engrafting. We would live longer , but vvo nbuso ourselves by excesses and Indulgence In whisky , etc. " IMuinlioi-H ' 1 hrcatuueil , Prof. H. W. Wood , Instructor In physlca In the University of Nebraska , threatens to pluck a few diamonds from the showy bosom of the plumbing fraternity and trans fer n few of their rich diggings to owners of power houses. The professor's scheme Is to thaw out frozen water plpea with elec tricity. The job Is said to ibo as easy as rolling oft a log. What It means to dis tressed housekeepers during n Wl/zard can not bo estimated , nor can ono contemplate Its success without feeling that It brings longed-for relief to the overworked manipulator later of pipes at n season of the year when the rest euro Is preferable to n cold Job in cellar or garret. Prof. Wood conducted two successful experlmonts at Madison. He took the electric current used for street lighting purposes , attached ono wire to the frozen pipe Inside the cellar of one houao and the other wire to n similar pipe In an other house , thus completing the circuit. A current of about fifty volts was then turned on , heating the pipes and melting the Ice within. Prof. Wood's plan has been successfully worked nt the residence of ex-Senator W. F. Vllas. At the Vllas homo 150 foot of frozen lead pipe was thawed out in eighteen minutes. Prof. Wood uses a "transformer" to reduce the voltage so that the current \vlir not melt the piped. There were over 400 frozen pipes In Madl- Bon nnd the work of thawing them out with electricity began In earnest last Monday. The discovery will obviate the necessity for excavating , which has alwa > s heretofore been the expensive feature. A New Kreneh Telephone. According to La Vie Sclentlflquo the Trench minister of commerce has been con ducting experiments with n new- telephone Invented by Pierre Germain , an Inspector of telegraphs In Paris. In order to secure pat ent rights the Inventor has withhold al Information regarding the mechanical con struction of his telephone. From the little that can bo gleaned from the first experi ment 'made , It would seem that the tele phone was capable of producing sounds with greatly Increased phonlo power , but with a loss In clearness. In the oxperlmonts , the receiver having been brought closer to the oar , not n single intelligible word could bo heard ; hut the greater the distance between the receiver nnd the car , the clearer was the sound reproduced. The first defect. It Is said , has been remedied. When the ex porlments were made with this Instrument , men and women walking In the streets , al though more than 100 jards distant from tin receiver , would stop nnd stare , "wondering " whence came the voice of superhuman pow- ' cr which they heard above the din of tin streets. So powerful Is this Instrument tha when used In connection with a phonograph it Is capable of omitting audible sounil wave ; ) to n distance of nearly 2,000 feet Dlrotrlo I'oxt S > nt < * niN III Oi'riniin > - . ! v < A company Is being formed In Brussels under thu nnmo of the International dec' trio Post System , to erect electrical centra stations for charging accumulators nt dlf forent points on good driving roads , whore automobile vehicles , particularly of tour istt ) , would bo likely to travel , The nUn provides for establishments whore not only accumulators may bo elm reed , but accom modatlons , supplies and repairs provided to bicycles nnd nil forms of nuto-cnrrlaucs There will ho n restaurant and doctor's of flee on the premises , nnd probably In dlrcc or near connection n hotel or Inn where travelers may put up for the night. It U In tended that the first system shall bo operate ! on tbo road between Brussels and Part along the Mouse valley , Eventually the eye tern will cover all the well-traveled road of Franco and Belgium , and It Is bollovei that sufficient pationago will bo given th vvajsldo btatlons by the lario number o wheelmen now' frequenting these roads to afford them support until the practice of traveling by electric or other self-propelling carriages becomes firmly established. X-ltn > N mnl liiNiinll ) , As the result of n number of experiments with X-rajs In Chicago It Is asserted that the rays are to become ) a medium through which reason may bo restored to Insane persons It has been found that by the rays brain tumors , responsible for many cases of alienation of mind , can bo located. Preparations are being made.by several emi nent physicians for a test operation In what has been considered on Incurable case. The patient will bo a wealthy joung man who for several years has been confined In the Kanltakco asylum. The patient has already been examined by the X-ray process. Those . . . Be n the laveW ajs ( Bought Blgnaturo of Tha Kind You toe Always Bought Hare Always Bought who conducted the experiment sny Hint the skiagraphs plainly dhow a tumor pressing on the brnln The physicians claim thnt the removal ot the tumor will not bo danger * one , nnd they expect the young man's mind will bo fully restored. SUBDUING THE RLIPINOS Scnli-il lluIllfioil of Men riKlilltiK for Homo mnliitlvc : l.iinil , WALTON , Wyo. , Tcb 21. To the IMIlor of The Hoe Mr McKlnlcy In his speech before the Homo Market club In IJoston has sold that \\o must "teach the Plllplno that wo are friends , not enemies , that our aim Is their good , that our welfare Is their welfare , but our authority must first bo established nnd unquestioned. " A llbert- lovliiR people can never TJO happy after foreign tyranny Is established and un questioned The question of authority h the whole matter In It lies the dllfcrcnco between Independence and subjection , be tween liberty and national death. It la vain to call It a qulbblo over n question of mere nominal sovereignty. H was a ques tion cf nominal sovereignty that brought on our llovolutlonary war.Vo hnd no rtal grievances then , but merely disputed England's right to Inflict grievances If the deslro came to her. When eho finally re duced her taxes to nominal ones wo were the more Incensed , because we snw who was attempting : to lure us Into an admission ot her right to lax. The Poles will acknowledge the justice , beneficence , and oven munificence of their alien rulcri , but all this cannot compensate them for the loss of national existence nnd Independence The elaves of the south were better remunerated for their labors than were their free brethren In the north , but the question of authority made ono content and drove the ether to madness. Why nro wo so determined to establish our authority whllo wo are telling the Filipinos that It Is a matter ot name onlj ? If authoilty Is dear to us It Is dear to them. Retreat Is as much a humiliation to them as to us They will bollllng to barter everything else for an acknowledgement of their independence. Independence Is their ono desire and it Is the one thing our ad ministration Is determined they shall not have After wo have stolen this priceless hcas- urc , quenched the fires of this fondest hope , vvo are to tell them that wo are friends , not enemies , that wo work only for their peed , that their welfare is our welfare. A man Is not a dog. Ho cannot lick the hand that beats him. The sjmnathy of the victor is no balm for the vanquished. We have already earned the hatred of the rill- plnos by our Inconsistency and our decslt and with 1,000 of their dead on ono field \vo are friends quite too well disguised. Henevolenco can't to shot Into a people. National "welfare" Is not appreciated when wo see It come from the muzzle of a Gat- ling gun. Our only claim to sovereignty over these people la that vvo have bought them. No claim Is more revolting and repugnant to a modern ear than this. Wo fought a war of flvo i cars' duration to prove that a "white master could not sell his black slave at public auction The whole north was aghast at the thought of a human soul being treated as a chattel. As Christ died to make men holy , Let us cllo to make men free. was the battle cry. For a planter to sell ono sla\o for $300 was n crime against God nnd man ; to ibuy 10,000,000 men for $20,000,000 Is not a crime , but diplomacy. This Is In keeping -with the > * * < la which says that to steal $10 Is a theft , to steal $10,000 Is financiering. The parallel between our own struggle for Independence and that of the Filipinos is a ghost that will not down. Shame Is busy burnishing the points ot similarity. Whllo wo exult over the victory of Caloocan we must not forget that the trenches of Hunker Hill \voro filled with patriots cold In death nd Agulnaldo might reclto to hla dispirited : nen the words of Warren's address : Stand" " The grounds jour own , my braves ! AV1I1 you KVP ! It up to slaves ? Will > e look for greener graves ? TIopo > e mercy still ? Our troops advance against a poo-plo whoso only defense Is a deslro to be free and our bands play "Hall , Columbia , Happy Land ! " The words of that song are. Immortal patriots ! Hlse once more ; Defend your rights , defend jour Hhore ! Another appropriate air for us to use n this warfare against consistency ivould be. Ilully round the flag , bojs , Itallv once again. Shouting the battle-cry of freedom ! The longer these people resist our rule the longer they dispute our authority , the moro respect will they bo entitled to. Wo cannot hope , but iwo can wish that when "authority" has been established that there may bo no living Filipino to accept the hu miliating reward of submission. la it a friend who will deny to them the freedom that wo offer Cuba ? All reports Insist that they are a superior race to the Cubans , yet wo thus publicly debase them. The difference enco Is only that In one ca.no we bound ourselves by a formal declaration to bo decent and conslstonts whllo in the Philip pines , > wo feel free to bully , swagger , Ho and kill because , like n ibad little boy , "wo didn't promise to bo good. " It Is no use to deceive ourselves by a talk about a hlghei duty than klndnees. " Kvcry tyrant that oppressed a feeble race , every brute that beat a wlfo nlwajs did It for thu good and welfare of his \lctlm. 'ALPUKD II. DSTKS. llrlilKCH1 ViTMlnn of OMAHA. Peb. 22. To the editor of The Dee The letter in this morning's Hee over the Initials "II. U. D , " on n "I'Ira for Os- 'teopathy" ' and directed moro especially to the members of the legislature , before which a bill to legalize the practice of osteopathy is now pending , uhould not go unchallenged. Llko nil communications from those who are cither ashamed or afraid to sign their names thereto , this ordinarily might pass without a thought , but the plea contalun GO many untiuths and f.ills bo fur short of es- tabllHhlng facts that It Is. best the unwary should bo on ihtlr guard lest ( hero bo legal ized a so-called system of healing which adds not on Ida to what has already been known and which would permit of the grcss- est negligence on the part of ithoa who aio supposed to bo protectors of the public health II. It n. starts off with a statement that osteopathy U a school of healing which Is new This Is true only of the name "oste opathy , " for the methods of the treatment claimed by this so-called now school have been In vogue for many ) cars some o them for centuries and are embraced in the terms "massage , " "Swedish movement cure , " "bone and Joint manipulators " The "bono potters" of ) cari ago were In reality what the "osteopath" Is todai. with the ex ceptlofi that the latter claims to have moro knowledge of anatomy aud extends his ejs- tcm of healing ( massage , manipulations , etc 1o the tieminent of all diseases , regardless of their causes and character , H II 13 Btatfti that osteopathy is already recognized by everul of the states , but ho omits to mention tint it was dented recog nltlon by Kentucky and Illinois und tha even in Iowa , where the strongest flght was made , with apparent biiccesa , a provision o itho law requires that schools of go-callei osteopathy should liavo certain ppeclfled re qulrcments In order that their graduates could obtain license to practice In the state and that thua far every school Investigate * has fallen so far short that not one Is rec ognlzed This statement in this letter I also made * "Par 'tho ' fact Is too apparent t ordinary minds that moro people dlo from aver > medlcatlon than from dlwiso. This I admitted by leading physicians. " The abov should bo cutllclent to condemn the whol plea , for It la too absurd and ridiculous fo even an ordinary inliid. The cormpouden then goes on to state that recognition o osteopathy doe not involve the necessity o anybody's employing 11 and ho falls to Be any other reason for antagonism oil the par of the medical proftwJlou 'than a deslro to retain to Its members all thu pecuniary ad vantage accruing from the oaro of the sick And the aflllcted. I wont to aay to jour correspondent nnd also to the members of the IcglMitura thnt "tho great body of the medical profession Is constantly and ener getically Htrlvlng to prevent nnd limit the occurrence of dlscnstn nnd human suffering nd thnt every move toward medical Icglsln- Ion by this body of men hat for Its main bject two things First , the education of ts members In nil branches of scltuco betir- ng upon the nature and cause and treat ment of disease , that the salne may bp bet- or studied , prevented n id trented , and , FPC- nd , the refusal of the plate to pcimlt the n educated nnd the charlatan whether he bo n Incompetent graduate In medicine , or n Christian Scientist ( ? ) oran osteopath , to prey pen the vIdling of disease , nnd through heir Ignorance , run the risk of conveying nfcctlon From time Immemorial the do- cloptnont of the science nnd nrt of mcdlclno ins been accomplished by the persistent nd untiring efforts of the members of the icdlcnl profession , nnd the degree ot regress has been the greater where the tate has hacked up those efforts by Icgls- atlvo und financial aid. So much Is known today of the nature , auscs nnd preventive treatment ot disease hat with requisite stnto nld It can bo stated vlthout question that typhoid fever , Iphthcrla , smallpox , cholera , jellow fever nd malaria cotlld bo exterminated , whllo omo of the chronic diseases , such as uberculosls , could be very materially les- cned In tholr prevalence. From tlmo ImMemorial - Memorial , too , thcro ban been thrust Into ho arena of llfo special fads of treating 'Iscase , each of which has had Its run upon gullible public , left Its stamp upon bitter xperlenccs and passed Into history Wo ml today "osteopathy" a so-called now rcatmcnt , knocking for admission to the nmo rights na the medical profession with ts centuries of accumulated Investigation nd experiences Would it bo right nnd list to the public tn have a special law ic- ; ulatlng the practice of mcdlclno and n eparntu and different law regulating the iractlco of osteopathy' The practice nf steopathy Is the practice of medicine This las been maintained b > the courts In several tales , nnd why should there bo separata ind distinct laws ? Why not say to the isteopath who desires to practice tn this fate , "Wo have a law having certain re- julroments for the practice ot medlclno vhlch nro supposed to determine "v fitness f the practitioner to dlagniostlcato dls.'ase , mvo knowledge of Its nature nnd causes nd bo nblo to guard against Its spread. If ou can comply with these requirements well and good. Coma tn and vvo care not v bother you have n special treatment or lot. " All that there is of truth In osteopathy or any other pathy belongs by right of Ha being truth to the over progressive medical irofesslon , nnd the massage nnd manlpuln- lon movements which characterize the so- allcd osteopathlc treatment are dally le- lorted to by all Intelligent practitioners ot medicine In appropriate cases. That nil disease should bo treated nc- onllng to a. special fad Is absurd , nnd that mrm may and does result from osteopathlc rcatment In manj diseases Is n truth which s becoming apparent even to the laity. But ar and nbovo this Is the danger of per- nlttlng men to engage In practice who know tactically nothing of the nature nnd cause f disease , who nro not educated In diagnosis nd whose very nets would annul the Intent and scope of the present state law regulat- ng the practice of medicine. W. 0. BRIDGES , M. D. AVIint IIooontCH of thu Illilef ONG , Neb , Feb. 23. To the Editor of The Bee I have read with pleasure the answer f Don C. Ajer In reply to my questions , but I fall to find nn answer to the mofit mportant ones , viz. . Does the inspector a percentage out of condemned stock , and where docs that hide go to ? Who gets t and what Is it worth ? Also who gets the ffal and what Is It worth ? In his answer ro sajs It is customary at the Chicago stock nrds to bid end in case the cattle do not pass nspcctlon. they allow the shipper the sum 3f $5. Who gets the hide ? Will not the. ffal pay for slaughtering the animal ? I understand that all the cattle selling for 3 cents arid less ara at Omaha sold subject o inspection. Ho says that the packers > iy $2 for cattle that do not pass Inepec- lon , but where does that hide go to' Does ho packer ow nit , or dooi ho get ono cent out of it ? The shlpp'ors ' to the Omaha markets lo not ask nor expect the packers to buy any stock that is not fit for market ; that Islet lot the subject. We think wo ought to get ho hldo fiom a cow that wo buy for $20. t costs us about $2.50 freight , besides the ardago and the commission. He also says 'Anemia. " Now I have often Heard that the hlppcrs were the biggest fools in Nebraska , nit they do hate to bo told of it by people hey patrcciUe. "Anemia. " Bojs , Just vvrito that down , and when jou go to buy nn old cow tell ho old farmer Just what Is the matter with ler. Buy the hide for $2 and let him keep ho cow. I alto have before me the Saturday Droveit. ' Journal. It as usual Is trying to alto undua advantage , but let me see if t docs not prove my assertions Plrot , It sa > s. "To say that tha inspections at South Otraha are more rigid thin other markets s Tot. " I did not say that It was , but they are afraid that it Is.BO. . . A little later it Rajs that there has been mcro or less com plaint of the rigidity of government Inppec- : lon , but that was all it amounted to. It alro sajs1 "Tho Live Stock exchange has been trjlng for jcars to get thu business liandled satisfactorily to the shippers , but that little or no heed has been paid to the iuggestlon , and 'tihdr ' complaint has been Ignored " Mr Drovers' Journal , that Is Just why wo are kicking , and why will you kick us for kicking' You alto say that there Is no redres , no appeal , tint is another reason [ or u kick. You say the fault la not with the commission men , not with the packer , not with the jards company , but with the government. You also say the commission men want to sell the stock , packers want lo buy It and the stock jards want to handle it , and so does the shipper vvint to sell It , but ho wants the hldo from the animal that does not pass Inspection. The public welfare demands the most rigid inspection of meat , and the shippers all say amen to It. "iou also say the method of carrying out Inspection is subject to criticism and Is bound to work a hardship on some one That Is what vvo shippers think , to where Is the ihldo' You also say that In all reverence that It is the God-given right of any Ameri can citizen to kick , and at the same tlmo ) ou'kick the shipper it ho makes a kick. I am a protectionist , and have spent thirty years of my llfo standing up for Nebraska and expect to the balance of my life , workIng - Ing for one of the be t states in the union , and will throw up my hat PS high and will whoop as loud for Omaha as the editor of the Drovers' Journal dare to , but at the same time I want to know whcro tint hldo goes , nnd wish to eco conditions at Omaha uch that shippers in the southern portion of tUa state will not be compelled to ship most of the stock to St. Joseph , ns we do at the present time If > ou think this Is not true , ask my commission firm , that has a 1'oino at both places. Now , please tell what becomes of that hide ? W. It. THUHBEU. SlhSiTO. > WANTS 1IACIC ITS ( UIJ ) . Money IN OnVriMl lllvnl Town IIH 1'cnre OnViliiK to > o A Mill. SIOUX PALLS , S. D. , Feb. 23 ( Special ) Another chapter has been added to the strife between the towns of Slssoton and Wllmot by the filing of a suit by Henry S. Morris ot Slssoton , against a representative of the citizens of Wilmot for the recovery of $1,000. After the last election , when It was discovered that Slsseton had won tha county seat from Wllmot , the people of Slsseton paid Wllmot the nbovo Bum as a sort of peace offering and upon the express understanding nnd agreement that Wllmot would permanently give up the fight for county seat honors. As this agreement was violated by the steps taken a few da > s ago by the latter place , the Slssoton people aio determined to recover their monc > , nnd another animated legal struggle will result. The suit was In stituted In thu name of Mr. Morris for the reason that lie Is the person who actually paid the money to a Wllmot representative , but his bond for cobts Is signed by every buslnosg man of Slssoton. If the money la recovered it will bo given to the county commissioners to bo used for the construc tion of a new court house at Slaseton , l Dlreutor Chonpii. CHICAGO , Peb 23. F. W. Peck , United Btutes commissioner to the Paris exposi tion , has decided that Samuel Kayser , direc tor of the Chicago Conservator ) nf Music , shall have charge of the United States de- partuient ot musical exbllbts at the exposl- r. tlon. BRANDES1 BONDSMEN SUED Damage Suit the Final Outcome of a Murder. MRS , KIRKLAND FILES SHOWING IN COURT Hint Dofcndmiln Arc Ilroiin Mlile for Death nf Her llnxliiiiul , AVlioVm KIIU-.l l Sullivan. A $ o,000 damage suit das finally grown out of the killing of Thomas H. Klrl.land by Thomas Sullivan on May 23 of last > car. Tbo widow , Mrs. Dcrthn Klrl.land , Is the plaintiff , and she sues Walter Biandes , , t saloon liceper , and his bondsmen , 1) . T Lohmcs and Michael Cavanaugh , for the full amount of Brandes' bond of last > ear. Sullivan shot Klrkland on the night of the date mentioned ns ho was under the Tenth street \h\duct. Ho hnd been drinking liard and had bad trouble with some negroes over bis abuse of n colored woman who was observed by him picking up some shingles back ot the Brandes saloon. The husband of the women , accompanied by n friend , both negroes , took Sullivan to tusk aboij.t his treatment of her. A clash oc curred later In thu evening between Sullivan and the smaller of the two men , n youth , Samuels About 11 o'clock nt night Sullivan had a drink at Brandes' place and , going behind the bar , took n pistol out of n drawer , saying "I am going out to kill some nigger " Ho ( happened to see a man coming around the corner of Leavcnworth street nnd fired at him. The bullet took fatal ef fect and the dying man proved to bo Thoma3 Klrklaiid , who , so Sullivan eald afterward had been his friend for ten jcars. The Klrklands lived near him on Leavenworth street nnd Sullivan roomed In the same house. Klrkland , without having had any trouble at nil with Sullivan , had Just stepped out to buy some tobacco when ho was shot. A trial of Sullivan for murder resulted In a conviction for manslaughter and he was sentenced to eleven jears In the penitentiary. Mrs. Klrkland relates the circumstances of the shooting of her husband In her peti tion agilnst Brandes and bis sureties. She alleges that on that day eleven glasses of beer and eight glasses of whisky were sold to Sullivan at Brandes' saloon. Klrklnnd was 24 years of ago and was earning $2 a da > - , ndcordlng to the state ment of Mrs. Klrkland. Etio holds the saloon keeper and his bondsmen pecuniarily responsible for the death of her husband bc- cause of their having sold so much beer nnd whisky to Sullivan nnd putting him In such a dangerous state of Intoxication. THOUGHT THAT III3 WAS A IIUUGI.AR rrnnlc Miarp niiilniiiH 11 In llonxonn for MinotliiK John Collliin. Frank Sharp was arraigned before Judge Baker of the district court on a charge of shooting with Intent to kill and he pleaded not gulltj- . Sharp is accused of shooting John W. Collins nt n graders' camp in South Omaha last month , causing the loss of ono of Collins' arms. His story Is that ho sup posed Collins was n burglar who had broken Into n stable. A charge from a double- barreled shotgun was sent by Sharp through the stable door at Collins. Sharp and a brother are also charged with the recent robbery of some lallroad box cars near Louisville In this state. The trial of the Sharp boys and Harry Vincent on a charge of burglary In connection with this affair Is to take place next week In Sarpy county before Judge Scott. John 0. Yelser Is to defend them. After about all the evidence against him was before the court James Dodsou , on trial for shooting at John Alloth with Intent to kill , offered to plead to a misdemeanor of simple assault. Judge Baker allowed him to do so and gave him u sentence of sl\ty da > s In the county Jail. Dodson was employed at a barber shop at Twenty-eighth and Leavenworth streets and ho and Alloth , a boy1working In a blacksmith shop near by , had a quarrel on January 19. Dodson , who Is a negro , -went after Alloth first with a razor. Not getting close enough to the ob ject of his attack ho returned to the barber shop and procured a 22-callber target rifle. Ho took a shot at something , but It was im possible to obtain evidence that he fired at Mloth. Under the circumstances the court allowed Wm to make his plea of guilty to simple assault. The trial of Frank Butler , a negro , took place In Judge Baker's court , the defendant being charged with the burglary of U. M. Wright's house In South Omaha January 20 and appropriating three braes lamps. Judgb Baker did not think the prosecuting attor ney had a good case when the evidence was in nnd Instructed the Jury to acquit the nc. cused. Charley iBrown nnd Warren Welsh were arraigned for breaking into Max Wlntroub's Junk shop at Twelfth and Chicago streets about the first of the year. They are uegio boys. Both pleaded not guilty. sunics A mvoucK rou A DAUOHTUH Fntliur Alli-Kou that HI * Chilli Wn Not of Im\ful ARC AVIicu Married. A divorce suit somewhat out of the ordi nary has been commenced in the district court. It Is brought In the name of the wife's father , Jacob llouk , 510 William street. Ho alleges that his daughter , Nellie Houk , was not of lawful age 'when she was married to Michael Corcoran , April 11 last year , The girl and Corcoran lived together only one month , when she returned to her father's house. She was only 15 years and eight months old then. On this ground sim ply the suit Is based. Cotcoran and Miss Houk obtained n mar riage license hero on the day of their mar riage. Her age was given as 18 and Cor- coran's as 25. They were married by Jus- ; lco of the Peace George A , Prltchard , the witnesses being Maggie MeMahon and George Wolff , both of South Omaha. The contracting parties said their residence was South Omaha. The name of the girl's father was given as "Frank" Houk. H was a clear case of misrepresenting the girl's ago and getting man led without her father's con sent. Ilrnilv for ( In.Iiirj. . All the evidence was finished yesterday In the suit of William Gladlsh against tbo Omaha National bank to recover some $1,500 in gold , said to have mysteriously disap peared from a box In the safety deposit vaults of the defendant In 1S94 , and the at torneys for both sides concluded their nr- gumenlft before I p m Judge Scott paid ho would not submit the case to the jury nt that Into hour for the rcnson thnt ho U opposed to giving n jury n case to work on In the night tlmo. In his opinion both par ties to the suit nre entitled to n verdict after the fairest deliberation , nnd Judge Scott enld n man cannot give n matter proper at * tentlon unless ha Is allowed to enjoy his night's rest He would mnko this n rule In bis court , ho announced. Accordingly ho continued the cnse until the following morn ing litWn I'orooil to John 1) ) . Osborne , n yard switchman , whoso , right foot was crushed by n freight car In the jards ot the Missouri Pacific on No vember 0 , 1S91 , nnd who In consequence brought n $10.000 damage suit against the company and subsequently compromised It , has filed a reply In his original damage suit saying that ho was Induced to settle by a promise ot emplojmont. Ills story Is that In February , 1S93 , ho was In n condition to go to work at something and ho told the railroad people be was ready nndvs tiling. Superintendent Gllmoro advised him to go to St Louis and see General Claim Agent W. H. Jones , assuring him ho would get a job. Whllo with Jones n telegram came from Gllmoro stating that thcro was n va cancy for Osborne. Ho returned to this city , but did not get steady cmplojmcnt. In fact , ho has just succeeded in getting enough work to earn $200 nt $2 a day. He would not have signed nny release of the com pany's obligation to him , he sajs , It ho had not been assured ot permanent and steady employment. It was out of the Osborno accident that the suit of Drs. Lord and Galbralth against the company nrosc. They sought to collect n bill for attending Osborne on the ground that the late J. J. Kennedy , jardmaster , had telephoned Or , Lord to come nt once nnd amputate Osborne's loot. The county court decide 1 the suit against the doctors for the reason that the company hud a reg ular phjslclan nnd could not bo held respon sible for obligations Incurred by on employe unauthorized to Incur them. County AiiNvvcrN < lu 3loorcn Answers In the twcntj'-ono suits brought by Prank E. Moorcs against the county were filed with the clerk of tbo district court jcs- terday afternoon. The Moorcs claims amount to n totnl of over $16,000. In Its nnswcrs the county sets up that Moorcs Is Indebted to It to the amount of $24,606 55 , nnd this Is presented ns n counter claim In each case. This sum Is segregated ns fol lows : Trlnl fees due from Moorcs , $3,292.01 ; unclaimed witness fees , $7,17595 ; unclaimed lower court fees collected , $2,462.60 ; sher iff's fees earned by Wllllnm Coburn , $1,65805 ; same by John F. Bojd , $2,331.52 , same by George A. Dennett , $2,964 50 ; same by John C. Diexel , $731 Dl ; fines collected by Moorcs , $92.37 ; o\tra charges collected by county In bills of July and December , 1889 , and April , 1S90 , $3,376.40 ; excess statu tory fees paid on account of statements of judgments , $416. minor Mnttcrn in Court. William Butler sues for a divorce from Lutltla Butler for the reason , as ho alleges , that she abandoned him two jcars ago. They were married at Council Bluffs In July , 1890. The case of John Dodson , colored , who Is charged with going after John Alloth with n rlfio January 17 , and shooting the latter with Intent to kill flilm , is being tried by a jury before Judge Baker. SITUATIO * J.SAMOAST ISLANDS. l'roliallo thnt All OlllclatH Concerned Ma ; lie ItocnlUul. WASHINGTON , Feb. 2S. No demand has been made by the German government for the removal by the United States govern ment of Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa , nor Is It true that either the United States or the British government has demanded the removal of the German president of the municipal council , Dr. Kaffel , or the German consul at Apia , Mr. Rose. The acts of these officials have been the subject of criticism and It has gone to the point that a suggestion has been made from each of the two sides , Into -which the Issue has divided the tripartite powers , that about the most satlsfactoiy and quickest way to restore harmonious relations and insure n peaceable administration in Samoa would be to withdraw all of these oOlclals and to wipe out all old scores At the same tlmo there have been no demands made on either side , nothing but Intimations nnd sug gestions. What the result will bo it Is not possible to foretell. By this time , If the German promise has been carried out , one of thesu factors has been removed In the person ot Dr. Kaffel , who has been recalled to Germany. I'KNSIO.NS FOR WKSTUUJf VUTCUAItS. SiirUior * of ( lie Clill War Itenicm- bt-reil I > > the o eminent. WASHINGTON , Fob 23. ( Special. ) The following western pensions have been granted. Issue of February 6- Nebraska. Original David W. David , York , $8 ; John W. Beaver , Byron , $6. Iowa Additional Archibald Gllchrlst , Falrfleld , $6 to $10. Increase Charles II. Ulchardson , Sioux City , $8 to $10 , John D. Goble , CIcarileld , $6 to $10 ; William Law rence , Muscotlne , $8 to $12 ; John W. Powblo , Atlantic , $0 to $8. Original , Widows , etc. Thurza A. Barronett , Shannon City , $1" Uo-Issuo Theresa n. Purman , Hldoia , $12. Colorado ; Increase Peter Fnssblnder , Burango , $8 to $10 , Alexander M. Sample Pueblo , $6 to $8. Dentils lii Culm. WASHINGTON , Peb. 23 The following death report has been received. HAVANA , Peb. 22. Adjutant General , WaUilngton : Ilcport deaths , February 21 , Milltaiy hospital , Havana : Thomas Fnilth , quartermaster's civilian employe , pneumonia ; Camp Columbia. Jacob Kpllng , Company L , Second South Carolina , typhoid ; Private Ed ward Kosteiman , Company H , Forty-ninth Iowa , typhoid , Private Thomas Thrlvett , Company P , Second Fouth Carolina , typhoid ; William Epps , civilian cmplojo , Seventh cavalry , typhoid Santiago February 10 , Private George Brown , Company R , Second immuncs , malaria ; February 17 , Private Charles C. Kaply. Company G. Klghth Illinois , killed by police. BUOOKU , Commanding. Ai | > olntniontK to Illxhoiirlf H. WASHINGTON , Peb. 23. The papal dele gation has been officially advised from Homo I of thu appointment of Bishop Peter Bour- gado of Tucson , Arlt. , ns archbishop of Santa Fe , also of the appointment of Ilov. John W , Shanahan of Philadelphia as bishop of Harrlsburg. No ofHclal advices have been received confirming the report of the ap pointment of Bishop Christie of Vancouver as archbishop of Oregon , although an ap pointment In that diocese has been expected for sonic time. For Tender Feet Diex L. Shoomau Is showing n special line of bhoeb we c.ury a complete line of them for women of all ages the GIOV.IU'H Kid congress at .f'J.M tliu Glover's kid llomoo at00 these aio with heavy tin a soles then we have u > U.OO bhoe with u welt and heavier sole wide plain toes in fact none of these shoes for tender feet have tlps > vvo iilso have a medium sole shoo at00 and ? 2.BO a special shoe for special feet. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omaha' * Up-to-dnte bhoe IIoa ( 1410 l-'AKNAM STREET. Ivory Soap costs a little more , but it takes less to do the work , and how much whiter the clothes are when they have been washed with it. A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white sonps , each rep resented to be "just as Rood as the 'Ivory' ; " they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. As > k for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it. COPVRIOHT I8BI BY THI PROCTIR A QAMBtl OO CINCINNATI ARGUE CASE NEXT MONDAY Testimony All In in the South Omaha Policy Shop Games. DEFENSE FAILS TO CALL ANY WITNESSES Contention tlmt State Una Tnlleil to Connect the Dcfriiilnntn viltli the Vlolntlou of Any Law. All the evidence Is In before County Judge Baxter In tbo gambling casci against the Denntson brothers and William Nestlehousc , and arguments nro to bo heard Monday morning. The four cases are to stand upon ho testimony taken on the particular charge of keeping gaming devices. Lawrence ray , who was a policeman under Gallagher , testified on his cross-examination hat he had been employed by County At- ornoy Shields nt $5 a day to gather evl- lente against the t'i iordants. Accordingly 10 visited the South Oamba establishment and the place at 109 and 111 South Thlr- eenth street several times between January 8 and 22. Ho said bo saw some "policy" Irawlngs In progress. He gave his descrlp- lens of what he had noticed. At South ) maha , according to his evidence , John 3ennlson took the numbers from a bllnd- oldcd negro boy as fast as the latter drew hem out of the "policy wheel , " and then called them off to a man who chalked them down on a "blackboard. These numbers , Pay also stated , were telephoned by John Dennl- son to Omaha. Telling of his visits to the South Thirteenth street place , ho eald he observed Tom Dcnnlson calling off numbers rom a telephone , a man putting them down on a blackboard. As a great deal of the same ground was jelng gone over by Fay as all of Tuesday iad been devoted to , Mr. Ritchie objected , o a constant reiteration of the same thlnjfl. Mr. Shields said ho was satisfied If the do- 'enso was. The court told the county at- .orney to confine himself to matters which particularly connected the defendants with , he so-called " " " " . - "policy" and "crap" games. Fay on cross-examination could not po3l- tlvcly state that * John Denulson did really telephone to Omaha , because he had not heard him call the name of this city. Nor could he state of his own personal knowl edge that Bob Alton and other men had been In the employ of Tom Dennlson. All ho could testify towith nny certainty was that he saw Tom Dennlson around the Thir teenth street place und Ncatlehousc ap peared to lo giving some orders. Harry Van Armon , a bricklayer , had accompanied Pay on ono of his visits and gave about the same story as Pay. Abraham and John Dcklns , brothers , con nected -with the Omaha Van and Storage company , told of some "crap" tables having been left with them by Colcmau & Wright and subsequently delivered to the Thirteenth street resort , Nestlehouso paying the stor age , but Abraham Deklns could not Identify either Tom Dennlson cr Ncstlehouse. Ills brother , however , pointed out Nestlohouso In the court room as the man to whom the tables had been delivered. The prosecution seemed to have exhausted all Its resources of evidence and rested. Mr. Ritchie said ho 'would not offer any testi mony , but would be satisfied to have tbo case stand upon the evidence submitted nnd the arguments. Ho does not believe there has been any testimony presented connect ing his clients with the two places In a controlling capacity. TIUllfTi : TO IMS A\ CclcHtlnln roniiillnuMit tin.lni > lluf- lion of ii Collector. In the mall the ether dav for Collector Thomas of I'hlladclphU wnbi letter written upon a largo sheet of Manila p.ipor , covered with , to the collector , undecipherable Chinese - nose hieroglyphics Tbo envelops was post marked at L > ncbburg , V.l , nnd the addrcs * was In Uncltsh. The exteuBlve sheet of wrapping paper was sent , with nn explanatory note , to llev. Mr. Jackson of Richmond , v bo was for yearn a Chinese missionary. This morning bacii came Mr. Jackson's translation , ns rcmaik- able. U not us mvstcrlous , as tno orltn < al. It read : "Effulgent nnd Gracious Potentate : no not surprised nt what wo write you. U la the truth , excellency , of what wo , your hum- bio admirers , bee most deferentially to as sure you. It Is our wish , noblj descendent of the moon , In whoso whiskers justro and righteousness must over preside , to engage In the Importation of lacquered nnd polished woods from China. May we beg to request that your highness will send us n table of the tribute exacted upon such articles at your Dort. wrltton In the Chinese tongue , that : our servants may understand It. "THE LEn-CHAN-FIN COMPANY. " In realy a copy of the DIngley tariff law was mailed to Mr. Jackson , with the request that he send It to the Leo-Cban-Kln company at Lynchburg and suggest that they got one ot the Interpreters nt the Chinese legation at Washlncton to translate It. Meantime Collector Thomas , whose face Is adorned by a mustache onlj , feels deeply touched nt the Chinese firm's delicate trib ute to his whiskers. Happy Is the man or woman who can cat a good , hearty meal without suffering after ward. If you cannot do It , take Kodol Dys pepsia Cure. It dlgcstB what you eat , and cures all forms of Dyspepsia and Indigestion. You might look all over the world nd never get the latlBfnctlon nor tha eye h Ip you need until after vou had consult ed Dr. McCar thy , the acknowl edged head of the. eye specialists the glauseB he furnishes are cor rect , being made so by an accurate eye test which lie does fred of rharee He suc ceeds where oth ers have failed. DR. MCCARTHY , Till ? EYE SPECIALIST. 413-4H > KAHUACH BLOCK , Examinations OMAHA. Free. A Satisfied Man Is ono of the KiLMtost blowings tlmt come to a home tlio mail never lived that vvabii't ' fwtlBlii'd when we put u Klmball , ICnabo , Kranlch it Hacli , Hal- let & Davis or llospo piano In IIH ! home whole families have been known to be perfectly hatlHlletl we liavo hfitlHlled so many people In the hmt twenty-live yeaiH tlmt v\e have no hesitancy In bay- ln vvo will satlbfy yon In fact , we nuaranteo the satisfaction as well an the piano a few minutes spent In our piano rooms will bo sine to K'VC ' you a pointer as to what you should pay the easy teim.s we nmUo aio Hometlmes an object. A. HOSPE , We celrbrnte our -5IU liuxlueii nnnt- viTunry Oct. Uttri ] , 18UO. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas. Between 5:30 : and 8:30- : Wo are serving the best supper ever served In Omaha and the price Is Just half our former how Is this sample Half dozen blue polnlnOo. . Broiled lake trout , 15c. jj , Broiled Texas owl on toast , S5c. fflft A nice steak , UOc. * | H Corn meal mush with crcum , Ific. ' Fried hoinlny , lOc. There are twenty-four dlffeient ( Italics included on our supper bill of fare , BALDUFFS , Uicfe-lblO to 230 , Supper-540 U 1620 Pnrnum at