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Til K OMAHA DAILY 111313 : TI'KSDAY , FKlJlirAllY 28 , 1S5M ) , i FINANCIAL AID FOR SCHOOLS h- j Purss Strings of the Wealthy Loosened in Behalf of Education , ! PHIL ARMOUR'S ' GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS fnoln All out tlic Armour Technical Hcliool nt CliIonKO A Mlnue otii 1'lnn for I'ciiMniiltiK Tcnchcm. Tbo Armour Institute of Technology nt t Chicago , founded by 1'hlllp I ) . Armour , lias been enriched by n munificent gift of $750- 000 , made by Mr. Armour last week. Tlic gift makes n total of $3,000,000 that Mr. Ar mour has bestowed upon the Institute. Ho gives | 500,000 in securities to the endow- incut fund , making no other reservation than the simple provision that the revenue nhall bo applied rte the broadening nnd de velopment of the institute. In so doing ho dncrcascs the endowment fund from $1,500- 000 to J2.000.000 and swells ttio annual Income - como of the Institute from $73,000 to $100- 000 , exclusive of $25,000 annual tuition fees. A further addition to the Income of the In- etltuto will follow with the Improvement of n part of the rcnl estate donated with apart ment building ! ) . The .original endowment provided for nn Income of $50,000 from the handsome block of apartment buildings lying directly soutn of Armour mission In Chicago , which Mr. Armour erected nt a cost of $1,500,000. These buildings , containing 209 apartments , were deeded to the Institute by Mr. Armour when ha erected tlio Institute at a cost of nearly $250,000. The expenses of the Institute steadily Increased nnd early last jcar rcacKed $10,000 , or $2" > ,000 In oxcens of the revenues from the endowment nnd 'tuition ' fees. Mr. Armour then made another addi tion to the endowment fund of $500,000 nnd thus provided for nny further deficits. IllMliiry of ilu > Si'hool. The history of the Armour Institute of Technology dales back only to September 11 , 1803 , when Its doors vvoro first opened to students. Kor bevcral years previously , how ever , Mr. Armour had been planning In his jnlnd an Institution of Us character which would bo wlldln the reach of western boys and girls and glvo them the means of ac quiring n practical education. Mr. Armour Is believed to have gained his Inspiration from the mission which his brother , Joseph r. Armour , endowed in 1881 with a bequest of $100,000. This bequest was given Into the charge ol Mr. Armour , and the work , which began In n building at Thirty-first and State streets , In 1874 , was at once enlarged with tho'erec ' tion of Uio handsome bulMIng known as tilt Armour Mission , and the Invitation to the Plymouth Mission Sunday school to make Its future homo therein The effect of the mis sion upon Uio neighborhood nt Thirty-third etroct and Armour avenue was so marked that Mr. Armour was led to erect the buildIngs - Ings Known as the Armour Hats. These apartments drew a better class of people tc the vicinity of the mission nnd a school was planned which would glvo to hojs and girl' a practical Industrial training at a nominal cost. cost.Mr. Mr. Armour pVaccd at the disposal of the Institute $1,500,000 , this sum being repre sented by the apartment buildings and theli revenues , and the Institute building Itself The original plan , which partook more ol the manual training school Idea , soon de veloped Into the technological Institute as li stands today Preparatory to the working out of th ( Fchomo Ilov. Frank W. Ounsaulus , then pas tor of the Plymouth Congregational church was nmdo president of itho institute In De cember. 1S92. Dr. Ounsaulus drew about bin the members of the original facuty whe elaborated the first year's work and begar operations In the magnificent building whlcl has been provided. Kour-'i t-iir COIII-HCN I'lamicd. The original plan of the Institute In eluded some higher technical training , In Its scope was not at first precisely defined Hut the Importance to the community o this branch of education mas strenuous ! ; urged by persona whoso opinions were en titled to consideration and those opinion were reenforccd by many applications fo extended "Courses In engineering , which wen received us soon as the purposes of the in ctltuto became known. Mr. Armour am Dr. Otimaulus made a trip to the ensten Hchools to see for themselves the practice workings of the most ipromlncnt technlca schools and found In the Massachusetts In Btltuto of Technology n model. Accordingly , full four-year courses wor iplanned and In 1S95 , after the Institute ha Leon In successful operation two jeara , It corporate name was changed by nn act c the legislature from Aimour Institute t lArmour Institute of Technology , In harmon with the advanced ideas of Its found" ! Uarly In 1893 a union was effected with th Art institute of Chicago for the put pose o devclc-plns the course In architecture , whlc ! that institution had successfully malntalnc slnco 1SS9 , The result was the cstnblUhmcn of the Chicago School of Architecture , whlc also constitutes the department of arch I tecturo of the Armour Institute of Tech nology. The Institute proper now Includes the tech nlral college , which embraces courses i mechanical engineering , electrical engineer Ing , architecture and mathematics an physios The departments Included In th original plan of the Institute nnd which nr still under Its direction or affiliated are tho-i of the domestic arts , the klmlorgniten not mal department , the department of miul nnd the department of shorthand and tjpc writing. The day the Institute opened 750 scholai WPIO enrolled. During the first year 2GC applications < were made and 1,050 scholai wuro leeched. Prom that time to the pros out the applications for admission nhvay linvo tested the capacity of the hiBtltutloi Tor the second year the enrollment wn 1.0S7 , for the third year 1,112 nnd for th fourth jear 1,200 Ollirr Kiliii'iitliiiilil Holpni Mr. Aimom'n donation Is u reminder tin the > ear 1S9U gives promise of being n rei ord-breaker In the matter of education ! donations. Though only seven wieKs < the new jw\r have passed , they have a ready brought .1 total of no less than $2.860 071 In tl'O shape of donations to America colleges and universities , the principal bet dietaries being ns follows. Groton academy. Massachusetts. $75,000. University of Chicago , $ .108 b"I. Teachers1 college. Now York , $200,000. Harvard university. $1.015.000. Whltworth college , $20,000. Princeton university , $18,000 , Allxnl Lea college , $1,000. % i Macalcster college , $1.000. Harnnrd college , $10,000. Shinier college , Illinois , $2,000. nienwood Training School , $50,000. ' Art Institute , Chicago , $100,000 , Lawrence university , $1.000. Pennlugton Seminar ) . $5,000. Pennsylvania State uulvurblty. $100,000. Massachusetts Institute of Technolog $50.000. McKendreo college. $50,000. St. Johnsbur/B college , $10,000. Olivet college , $2,500. Iowa college , $1,300. $ Kansas Weblnyan university , $100.000. Hocheater Theological seminary , $20,000. Armour Institute ) , $750,000. $ I'CIIMlUII ! ) for 'IVlll'lllTH. The senate of the Minnesota leglblatu has passed a bill providing for the creatli of a retirement fund for teachers In tl public schools , The bill applies only Minneapolis , St. Paul und Duluth. It pr vldcs for an assessment of 1 pur cent on tl salaries of teachers In the cities named , at Is not to become operative unless threeI I fourths of the teachers In oaoh etty petition for the establishment of the fund Designating the president of the Hoard of Kduentlon , the chairman of the finance committee of the board , the superintendent of schools nnd three representatives to be selected by the tcncbcra , as n board of trustees and provid ing for nn advisory board of three repre sentative business men , to bo selected by these trustees , the bill outlines the methods of administering the fund nnd proceeds to lay down n set of rules governing retire ment. Compulsory retirement on half salary Is provided for in case of permanent phjsl- cnl or mental disability , nfter service ag gregating twenty years , three-fourths of which period having been In the district within which the board ordering the retire ment has jurisdiction. Retirement for phjsl- cal or mental disability after ten or moro years' service , but less than twenty , carries with It a proportional annuity. Male teach ers may rrtlro voluntarily nfter thirty jcars' service nnd female teachers after twenty- five years , upon half salary , If three-fifths of the term of such service shall have been rendered In the district. In no case Is the annuity to exceed $600 nnd no annuity Is to bo paid to any teacher whoso assessments have not equaled 20 per cent of his or her last annual salary. The annuitants are then tnxed 1 per cent upon their annuities. If the fund at any time shall become too small for the pament of annuities ns fixed , they shall bo scaled so as to come within the sum available. Kilm-iillonnl Note * . The average monthly wages of male teach ers In Illinois In IS'iS was $00 S" , and of female teachers $51 81 The new public library of Hrle , Pa , Bald to bo the finest institution of Its kind In northwestern Pennsylvania , was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on Thursday. During the exercises n letter was read from Andrew Carnegie , Inclosing n check for $5,000 for the library fund This Is his second end donation to the library project , the former gift being $1,000 The Alumnae association of Vassar college Is taking steps to raise a lot of money n fund of $ J.OOl,000 ) is suggested to do such things as will Induce Dr. Taylor to ictaln his presidency of the Institution and decline the call tendered him by Drown university. As nn olTsct to this one of the numerous letters ho has received from the undergrad uates of Vnssar asking him to stay was written In poetry. NO NEW CASES OF SMALLPOX llc-iiHli OIlk-lalN of ( lie Opinion Hint the DlHcnxc HUM llecii Mumped Out. As the days pass without any more small pox cases developing the offlceis of the health department are becoming moro and moro confident that danger of any further epi demic of the disease hns passed. The Ven- dome hotel was the last place In which the disease was discovered nnd the first cases there were found some weeks ugo. The only other cases reported since that time have been In this hostelry. At precent there are but four cases of smallpox In the city. A few davs ago there wore that number In the Miller park lioj- pltal , all having gone there from the Yen- dome hotel , but two of these , August Alt- schwager and E. A. ilack , have been dis charged One of the other two cases Is In the Kennedy family on South Sixth street and the other Is the Ncdelson baby on South Thirteenth street. Uoth these patients have recovered and the quarantine on the families will probably bo raised this week. There fore iby the end of the week , unless ne > v cases are found , there will bo but two In the city , both In the pest house , and but one house twill bo quarantined , the Vendome hotel. There Is some question when the prisoners In the hotel will bo allowed their liberty. City Ph > slclan Spaldlng hns sent to the council the bills of the city physicians who were emplojed to vaccinate the dhlldren In the public schools. These aggregate $5r > l 20. The vaccine used cost but $50 , owing to the fact that children paid what they could for vaccination. Consequently the cost of vac cinating some 5,000 children has been but little moro than $600. City Phjslclnn SpaldIng - Ing has not yet received all the bills for the supplies furnished quarantined families and other expenses Incurred ns a result of the epidemic , but he estimates that the total cost to the city will be over $ . ' ,000. People in the northwestern part of the city are somewhat Indignant over the fact that n measles patient has been Installed In 13 the hospital In rontancllc park which was built for smallpox purposes. City Physician Spaldlng says that the patient was taken there because theie was no other place for him. Ho Is a railroad porter running be tween this city and San Francisco , with his home In the latter city , and was found to have the disease when ho reached Omaha , STATE DISMISSES THE CASE Knil of 1'iMisci'iilloii AVlierrln AVornl- o | iiinnt WIIN ClinrKoil with The case against H. 0 , Wernlmont , who was accused cf the larceny of n typewriter from the Smith Premier company December 23 , has been dismissed on motion of As sistant County Attoiney Helsley. In mak ing the motion the counsel for the prosecu tion stated that ho considered the defense put up by Wernlmont was strong , and while the court might bind him over for trial In the district court , ho doubted very much whether n conviction could be obtained on the evidence the state would have to submit. The clmigo of grand laiceny against Wernlmont was the outgrowth of the bind ing over of Iran H Hhrhart , who was first accused of the theft of the machine fioni Woinlmont & Pike's ofllce. Tiring of life In the county jail , Hhrlmrt Informed the county attorney that Wernlmont had taken the machine nnd said he could pro\u It , Ho nnd three relatives told practically the K.I mo story of the affair , but the defense came In with twenty-five or thirty witnesses by whom It was proven that Wernlmonl could not have been where Rhihalt and hit witnesses said ho was nt 530 on the after noon of the da ) on which the tjpewrltei was taken. The case consumed moro thai u week and the defense had n dozen wit' more to put on the stand , .NO C\MJ UJAl'NST VA > NOSTHAM ) Alan DIxrlmrKi'il on "Motion ill Ilic I'roNi-iMitliiK AltoriiP } . Lnmn Van Nostrnnd has been discharged by Judge Cordon on motion of the clt ; prosecutor , who said ho had no proscculloi to make Thla was on the complaint o vagrancj filed b ) W. W. Coates of the Mer cer hotel Mr Coates Informed Attorney Britt , whi filed the complaint , that Van Nostrand wa : occup > lng a room , In which ho had lockei himself nnd refused to admit an ) one , II said nothing about the joung man helm 111 , or that ho had ever worked at the hotel Mr. llrltt nas It was with this understand Ing that the complaint was ( lied. Captain Her sent a man over to make th arrest and was surprised afterward whci ho learned the joung man was 111. Hi phjuiclun was commuulcatcd with and th u 111 c era learned Van Nostrand had a light attack of the scarlet fever und should no have been exposed to the weather at all They placed him In the operating room a the station , where ho was mailo us com fortabla on a cot aa was possible under th clicuuistanccs. The police did all the could to Keep him from catching cold nn ro regret that the arrest was made. Captal an Her says it Is the Invariable custom to b lie very careful whore persons are 111 and war too rants are Issued against them , and refer o- to a case during the last week wherein th ollQ llQ city physician v\ns called to ece u worna befort ) she was arrested ill1 ! rAV Tiini p ni t nrpo IlLLI ) ON TIIRLL CI1ARCLS Jud e Baxter Disposes of the South Omaha Gambling Oases , DEFENDANTS ALL FILE THEIR BONDS Dciinlnoti Convicted of Solllntr Iotter } TIl'kotM , AV Illlc ArNtU'liotiM' IN tmiuht on the Churn' ' of HIM IDK n Crni | ( iniiic , The Dennlson gambling cases were argued before County Judge Ilaxtor > esterday. The whole matter seemed to hinge on the legal connructlon of the section of the stat ute relating to "gambling devices. " Assist ant County Attorney Dunn road decisions to show that the Dennlson 'brothers ' and Wil liam Nestlehoiuo had been guilty of setting up and keeping gaming devices Hcfore the court rendered Its "decision At torney Kltchlc for the defendants pressed his contention that the "policy 'Wheel" la nothing mere than n lottery apparatus and could be used Just as well nt a church social for the purpose of raflllng off a cake or by n merchant to distribute prizes to his custo mers. However , while this saved Thomtia Dennlson from being held under the charge of setting up gaming devices , It formed a reason ifor holding him on the three other charges , each covering a specific phase of violation of the lottery law. Judge Uaxter decided to hold William Ncstlohousc- under a $500 bond for setting up nnd keeping "crap" tables at 109 and lit South Thirteenth street , but ho did not con sider that there had been any evidence to warrant holding Thomas Dennlson In this connection. Out of twenty-one witnesses , said the court , only one hnd given any post- tlvo testimony that In any way remotely connected Dennlson with the "crap" tables nnd this was Colcman , a negro who had a gilovanco against him. Ncstlehouso was e\- ncrnted from all connection with the policy wheel " Judge Baxter sustained Illtehle'g claim that the "policy wheel" Is n lottery appa ratus and not a gaming device as contem plated under the Nebraska law nnd ho said he had been unable to find nn > authority anvhero for llndlng that the "pollc > wheel" Is anything else Defining gambling na necessarily constituted of two elements of skill nnd hnrard ho declared the "policy wheel" n lotterj. On the first chaigo , there fore , of setting up and keeping gaming de vices ho dismissed the complaint against William Nestlchouse and Thomas Denulson with respect to the "policy wheel" feature. The court hold Thomna Dennlson on each of the other three charges These- were for "selling lottery tickets , " "promoting a lot tery" and opening nnd establishing a lot tery , " the ( bond In each Instance being fixed at $500. John Dennlson was also held for "promoting a lottery" In South Omaha , his Txmd belns the enmc The district court and the county attor ney , said Judge Da\tcr In concluding , will determine as to which of the three charges Thomas Dennlson will be prosecuted under , as all three charges practically cover the same offense. Thomas Dennlson became surety on his brother's bond and on that of Nestlehouso and P. P. Dennlson waa the surety on all three of Thomas Dennlson'a bonds. The maximum penalty designated in the lottery law Is a flne of $500. HAMlh DOWN A DECISIONS rillDAY. 1)1 Civ 111 HUM SvtN DlltO for 1'llNNlllK Hrlilxu mill Terminal Cune. Judge Dickinson listened to arguments in the Injunction suit of the Byron Heed com pany against the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company , Instituted to annul the condemnation of property of the Heed com pany In connection with lots belonging to John A. Crelghton , the Shelby liclrs and others In blocks 37 , 38 , Gl and C2 , between Tenth and Twelfth , Cass and Davenport streets , for the depot nnd grounds and yards of the Terminal company. The fight Is over the appraisement. Technically the plaintiff attacks the jurisdiction of the Board of Ap praisers nnd practically it opposes the ap praisement because the amounts awarded ore too low from Its point of view. ' The points brought out most strongly by W. D. Beckett for the Byron Heed company were that the present Board of Appraisers were appointed by the county Judge last July on a condemnation petition covering certain land two miles distant from that now in question ; that subbequently supple mental petitions , practically now ones alto gether , were filed , the latest being that for the condemnation of the piopcrty In the blocks mentioned , and yet the old board was retained to do the appraising. In addition to this only five of the six members of the board met to determine upon the propeity Pcbruary 16 , George Hicks being absent from the city on that day An attack Is also being made on the status of W Beech Tay lor , whom Judge Baxter appointed on the board to succeed S. A. Orchard , but Mr. Taylor hns filed an allldavlt , asserting that ho Is a freeholder. The Heed people are of the opinion he Is not such a one as the law contemplates Mr. Beckett contends that a now board should have been appointed , that nil Its members si ould be fully qualified freehold ers and that the entire board should have been In session. The fact that Abraham L. Herd happened to be present at the meeting , ho says , did not Indicate that ho was there as the representative of the Byron Heed company. Therefore , ho argues , the Byron , Herd company did not liavo a proper hear ing. ing.On the other hand , Charles J. fircone and Hnlph Breckenrldgo on behalf of the com- pnny , Insist that the supplemental pctlttonH weio simply carrying out further the pui- pose for which the board was appointed ; that it was not absolutely ncccssaiy for all the membeis of the board to have been present at the Pobruaiy 16 meeting , that the petitioner practically waived Its right of piotcst , and that It luu a remedy In nn appeal proceeding apart fiom any Injunc tion Judge Dickinson announced that he would render his decision Piiday and continued the icstralnlng order in effcU until that time. ( iltVMON CVSI5 OOI > TO TIIU JUU\ . Vcrillct 111 l'n * or of ( InIMiiIiilla IH llrln i'iiil. . r | After the Biilt of Honorn Grandon , brought to recover $2,000 Insurance from the I | Woodmen of the AVorld on the demise of f | her husband , Thomas Ornndon , had dragged i along for the hotter part of n nook , It was f , finally sent to the Jury and n verdict In favor of the plaintiff for $2,100 was re turned. Grandon became a member of the order In June , 1691. In the course of time ha fell behind in his assessments and dues and was suspended On May S , 1S97 , he paid up the four assessments and the $1 20 dues for which ho was In arrears , and , us claimed , compiled with all the requirements of the order for reinstatement. The next day 0' ' ho died nnd the defense represented that n despite his certificate of health of the day 8 1 previous he died of pneumonia 0' ' Mrs Grandon's attorney argued that be . complied with all the requirements for re- ' instatefticnt at the moment the health cer tlflcate was deposited In the United States mall box There v\as bomo controversy over whether the amendmeutb of 1&95 to the constitution of 1S9J had been adopted li : regular manner by the sovereign camp Judge Powell , however , gave prominence tc e only one point In his charge to the jurj and that was as to the question of Gran < don's health. Ho said If the jury could find that Gran n don wua in good health at the time his certificate was deposited In the mail bo > ( ho vcrdlit should bo for the plaintiff as the depositing of the certificate In the mail box was sufficient for reinstatement pur poses , but FO far ns the constitutional con troversy was concerned the Intent of the order had to be considered rather than any technical omissions of parliamentary law. COl Vl"k IIIIOI'S TIIIJ IMIOSIH'ITIO.V llnil of Ciliiilnnl l.lllmitlon Coonecleil Midi Vll.llninl . llnnk Piilluri * . Judge Baker , assisted by County Attorney Shields and ex-County Attorney Baldrlge , has gone over the criminal docket of the district court and managed to clear off some old cases of a doubtful character , so far as any prospect of n conviction Is concerned. These were disposed of by motions of the county attorney to dismiss. About the most Important case dismissed was the Joint one against Prank B John son , William H. Johnson and Charles II. Sharp , who "Were " charged with receiving j deposits nfter the Midland State bank be came Insolvent. Mr. Shields said It Is doubtful If evidence can be produced of such a character as to substantiate the charges , as there Is some dispute over the exact status of the bank nt the time the deposits were received Mrs. Johnson has volun tarily paid o\or to the county the amount of the bond she gave for the bank as n county- depository. The case was In such a shape that It was thought better to diop the sup posed criminal phase , nt least so far as this particular charge went. Other dismissals wore Henry Gillian , larceny , Charles Meyer , assault and battery ; James Boyd , burglary , Clarence Alnsbury , Joe Heoves , Harry Horban , Kdgar Bccbe , Fred Tnlbot , John Carroll nnd "General Washington , " Incorrlglhlllty , Albert Sin clair , assault with Intent to do great bodily Injury ; Prod Brown , bastardy ; Ida Young , larceny from the person , Minnie Palrchlld , larceny. James II. Scott , who has been In Jail over since early last summer , withdrew his plea ot not guilty to a charge of destruction of property and received a thlity-day sentence u the county jail. ncuous OK TIM : ( ; II.MTT rvn.uiti : . r.N tliut Iti-loiiKi'il to ( lie The 597 4-yeai-old Panhandle steers In Sheriff McDonald's custody nt the Union stock yards In South Omaha , which were formerly the property of Glllett. the Kansas cattle plunger , nnd are no.\v held under nn attachment in favor of the J. C. Bolmrt 'ommlsslon ' company nnd a icplcvln sued out by the National Bank of Commerce , lioth of Kansas City , are awaiting the slow unraveling of a unique legal tangle. tMenn- whllo they are becoming 5-ycar olds nnd the meshes of the law are serving to give them n leabo of life which they would not have enjoyed but for Glllett's far- reaching trans actions. An amended and substituted petition has Just been filed by the National Bank of Commerce which gives Uio story of the three notes of John C iMorton , Glllett's sec retary , moro In detail. The notes were drawn In favor of Porter A. Thompson , vice president of the Bobart company , last August , each helng for $8,492 nnd secured by- chattel mortgages on the steers , recorded In Marlon county , Kansas , where the cattle were pastured The bank claims that the notes were In time assigned to it and it therefore brings the replevin suit. The controversy seems to have dwindled down to a contest ( between the bank and the Bohart company , as 'Morton does not nppear to cut any figure In It nnd , so far as known , has never attempted any defense on behalf of ihls principal , Glllett. The Bo- hart company Insists upon Its attachment ln carried out under Its original suit , which WDS brought before that of the bank , the Bohnrt company's papers having been filed here Just In time to save the cattle from the abattoirs and at the same time giv ing the hank an opportunity to get a legal claim upon them. Cnses from Viilloy Itrtltnl. In the suit brought recently by William Ball ot Valley against Chairman Charles Harrier of the village board. Village Marshal Peter Miller and Charles nnd Simon Rice , whom Miller impressed into bis service in making an arrest of Ball on a charge of selling liquor without a license , the answers of the various defendants have been -filed They nil deny that the charge was trumped up against Ball or that they were In any way engaged in a conspiracy. Ball was ar rested last July and taken before Justice of the Peace W. H. Strain. Ho took a change of venue to Justice Adam Steugleln of Waterloo precinct nnd Stongleln dis missed the case. The defendants assort that the dismissal was becaubo of Stcnlclti's prejudice. Another charge was made and on complaint of the county attorney Ball had a hearing before County Judge Baxter. Ho was recently bound over. Ho says there Is more politics than anything else behind the prosecution of him iiN for Ilropiilnff tliu CIIHON. The most Important reason for dropping the case against the Johnsons and Charles H. Sharp cf the defunct Midland State bank was that a very Intricate point had arUen over their preliminary examination. / i al leged preliminary examination was held be fore Judge Scott upon their arrest on the charge of receiving deposits after the bank had become Insolvent. On this phase of the case Judge Slabaugh held that there had not been any preliminary examination be cause a judge of the district court was not In a position to hold an examination of that character , inasmuch ns later on ho might have to sit upon the case as trial Judge. In the Interests of human justice and to guard against possible prejudice Judge Sla baugh decided that the defendants had been virtually deprived of their right to a prelim inary hearing. ScH.N u A divorce Is asked for by Loin M. Oliver from Thunas T. Oliver because of neglect , cruelty nnd drunkenness as alleged She was married to him August 12 , 1S9U , at Lincoln and they have two children , the custody of which she wants. Minor MutterN In Court. Mrs Mary Glllesplo's suit for ? 5,000 dam ages against the city for InjuilsH suffered from a fall on a North Twenty-first street sidewalk a year ago this month Is nn trial before a jury in Judge Slabnugh'a coutt In the case of Don M. Fciguiiin rgalnst the Union Stock Yrtrds company of Couth Omaha Joseph J , Brcen has filnl tin i.tlor- nuy's lien for $7,500 $ on any inoncys duo the plaintiff from the defendant. The trial of John Sclek for HhoUlng with Intent to wound has been commenced boturo Judge Baker Solrk bad leased some pop- erty at Tenth and Clmilcs streets from Jclm Dillon nnd a man named Conrad Kness squatted on some of it Kness undertook to "Tired nnd broken do\vn women , whnso lives nro made miserable through the blight ing Inllucnces of female complaints , why do you sufter ? " "Why will jou allow yourself to become 'Hue , ' discouraged nnd despondent ? " "Why will you endure the torture of backache - ache , headache ) beating down pains , nerv ousness nnd other weaknesses caused by rheumatism or head troubles ? " "If you suffer thus , It Is wholly needless and cntliely jour own fault. " "Theio le help for you and for all other women who suffer In this way. " "Let me read you thtso words , which were recently penned by a woman who suffered , who endured , who sought nnd who found remove a fence that Selek had put up and the latter sent a pistol bullet Into the abdo men of Kuess. Thomas Murray proposes tc bo the fec- end one to conccst the ciimi'ial bun' for- feltuie cases in the district murl. Mlcluul Sullhan Is already resisting four suits 10 iccovcr $1,000 each , bonds given to nisiuo the attendance of his son , ' 'joipy' McDon ald , the "long" man , and now Mr Murray- has filed the first of his answers to a , for feiture petition It Involves a small amount. ON THE OPIUM QUESTION Nil 111 OS II roillllllNNtoll to 111- MM Iiniiortiitlon from India tit Chlnn. Along with the signs of the times , which predict n general collapse of Chinese Insti tutions and a pending dismemberment of the empire , thcic comes a renewal of In terest in the opium trade and the question of Unglaud's responsibility regarding the same. That the question has to some extent ! been agitating the English public Is evl- | denccd by the fact that during the last jcar | a royal commission on opium was appointed to report to both Houses of Parliament ou the various phases of the Importation of opium from India to Chnla. The evidence taken before the commission emanated from various s > ourccs , Including diplomatic agents in China , missionaries , medical men nnd Chinese olllclals , whoso wisdom nnd intelligence could be relied ! upon. Upon the evidence received and other | Information the commission published n report which practically pronounced the evils of the opium hnblt to be overestimated , j I I stating among other things , that there was i no evidence of any desire on the part of the Chinese that the import of Indian opium | should be stopped and quoting fiom both the British consular service anil medical ex perts to the effect that opium smoking in moderation IB not harmful and that mod eration in China Is the rule. This report Is now being handled without gloves by the Hov. Arnold Poster of the London mission at Hankou , China , nnd In his arraignment of the report he is strongly endorsed by the archbishop of Canterbury , a host of bishops , members of the nobility and many of the most influential men in Great Britain. The leport Ih condemned ns an elaborate defense of the opium trade rather than a Ju dicial pronouncement on the Immediate questions submitted and the commission is boldly chaiged with a shameful misrepresen tation and suppression ot nil evidence tend ing to expose thcs Iniquity of the traffic. In his ciltlclsm Mr. Poster treats of nothing but the evidence as rendered before - fore the commission , giving extracts from tho"moutbs of the witnesses in full , nnd comparing the same with the garbled icndltlon of the Hoyal commis sion , showing l > eyond a peradventure that the opium habit Is making fearful havoc among the Chinese ; that physical de generation , mental instability , cowardice , inactivity and financial bankruptcy folio , v in its train and that matters are dally growing worse. Not only this but alarm Is expressed now that Hussla and Germany have gained a foothold In China , lest they , accepting na true the English commissioners' icpoit with its pitiful attempts to minimize the evils of opium-smoking , thenceforth enter vvUh a light heart Into the miserable trade and complete ( ho tale of disable ! He po'ntd to the fact that English hypocrisy in its defense of the opium tiade has long been n byword among the nations , nnd appeals to the government to set iisldo the report 03 utterly unworthy of credit. The bulk of the evidence goes to show that till China Is freed from the opium habit all oilier attempts at icforni will bo utterly futile , that no military or naval refoinni , mi fiscal educational or other changes can rehabilitate a nation whose whole manhood Is being fctcadlly sapped by the spread of a national vice Mich as the opium habit , and that England's first duty Is to wash Its hands of the nefarious husinecs by the pro hibition of the Indian commerce , and thus by Its example lead China to legislate on the growing production of the poisonous drug In lur own domains. How do we do it ? That's the question that N put to us a humlml times a day by men and women that have taken tholr luncheon or supper with us ut our new half-pi Ice rati-n Wo don't want to tell tliu feeciets of our bubinc&B and you ou ht to bo more than bittlsllud w ) IJIIK as the serv ice 1 as good as liefoie the ii'duetlon but wo will tell jour vvlfo how to nrnUo and ( oik the AMi you HKo best Thcie's no t mot about the way wo do our wooUlti } ; . Ice cre.un lolH , one quart , lOe. Will keep till April lint. BALDUFFS , to 2i30 , Supper-3i30 to 8i3& 1520 Fnrnain Bt lelief " 1 Mrs H P 0 Carnes one of the best known ladles In Butler Pa , says" "Por nearly three years 1 was under the doctor's caie , a constant sufferer from female weaknesses In the most aggravated form. " "Medicine did me no good and my suffer ing was so great that nt times I felt that death would bo relief" "At last our druggist iccommcndcd mo to try a remedy nbout which 1 had hoaul much , but knew little. " " 1 took hla ndv Ice nnd befoie I had finished one bottle I was astonished nt the marvelous change It made In my health " "I um tejolced to say that It completely cured me. 1 nm now feeling perfectly well , TRIP OF THE TWENTY-SECOND Incidents of the Journey from Omaha to Honolulu. COLONEL EGBERT WRITES OF THE VOYAGE AH Well on Ilonril the Senudir ami * to Itcnuh riiiinllit Cor- lioial AilnniH ol ( 'oiiiniiii > 1) Jl OX BOARD UN1THD STATES TRANS PORT SENATOR , NE\R 'HONOLULU ' , Peb f , ISuy. Perhaps the friends ol the Twenty- second may Ire Interested in hearing of their trip from Omaha to San Pranclsco and from the latter city to Honolulu , which they uro rapidly approaching. The trip across on the railroad -was mode very pleasantly and comfortably by Uic whole leglment nnd all i cached San Prnn- clseo by the afternoon of January 31. Headquarters , band and sK companies cf the Twenty-second iwith dotnchmnnt of hospital corps nnd eonie 'belated ' ones of the Twen tieth Infantry came on board the Senator and wure soon atored away , the men be tween decks nnd the officers in state rooms opening on the second deck. The first night , lib wo lay nt the deck , several belated soldiers returning to the boat , mistook the waters of the bay for the gang plank of the boat nnd caught a wet reception. The cry fiom the sentries I iang out three times , "Man overboard ! " and i nt first it was rather startling , but they I \\ero all rescued and the water rolled out j of them and they were soon in bed nnd asleep -with all their woes forgotten. General Shatter and Major MoEIHridgo came down Just before > wo sailed to see the commander of the Twenty-second nnd spent a few momenta chatting with those he met. The morning was bright and sunny and San j Prnuctsco ibay looked Its best and until | wo crossed the bar every one looked bright ' and after that many disappeared not to be seen again for a day or two The first night nt sea was very rough and about a o'clock the cry came , "Man overboard ! " and one felt at once how hopeless rescue was The boat stopped , life ibuoys , ropes , etc , cast off , but It was no use ; the man hid been sucked under the wheel. It wna learned next mornlns that the man was an excellent , one , Corporal Adams of Company D , who had been -with thn regiment for six yeans. Ho is greatly regretted Oiy his commanders and is a IOEH to the whole regiment. We have had many rough days nnd rougher nights , but the staunch little boat has car ried us safely along , making a good record each day The boat Is clean and com fortable and the table good The ship's of ficers are kind and attentive ; the women of the regiment adding to the pleasure of the trip , rather than being in the way. The officers are now looking well , a feu hav- Inc .1 retuin of Cuban fever , but we hope able to attend to nil niv duties and I believe I owe my UK1 and lontlnued good health wholly to the use \Vatnei s Safe Cure " "This Is only one case among thousands In which Warner's Safe Cure has been tha means of curing the distressing ailments peculiar to women. " "Time and again It hns piovcd to be 1111- equaloil for giving < iukk nnd permanent relief. " "No woman who wishes to ejcape misery , to avoid sun"eilng , to replace delicacy and weakness with health and strength , can af ford to bo without this giand discovery " "It Is u remedy that can be relied upon , a remedy that never faith nnd one that has proved to bo woman s best fileud" each day In the tropics wilt take malaria nnd Its attendant Ills furthei from them The band played yesteiday und today and Its music was \eiy enlivening The trans port Ohio Is seen In the distance , only Ha smoke , and the piusumptlnn Is that it will be in two hours lutci than the Senator. All are well on bouid nnd would bo very happy if a good mall from home should meet us on arrival at Honolulu , but for that wo must wait until we reach Manila. So far the wenthei hna b < en cool nnd de lightful , but wo do not expect that to last. The Ohio hns MHJOI Parker on boird , with six. companies of the Twenty-second nnd some rccinils for the Twenty-third infantry. The fieight for the men nnd olllceis of the Twenty-becond ban been detained at San Pranclbco to como out latei when , wo do not know. The hold of the Senator is filled witli empty colllns , going to Manila , while the living are Inconvenienced nnd walls for Its household goods In a foreign land. Just at 1 20 wo reach Honolulu and find the Ohio came In at noon. Very truly , N T. EOBERT , Commanding Twenty-second United States Infantry. liK MnHor Aiiiri'cll | ( > il. AT SEA , Wednesday , Peb ! , To the Edi tor of The Bee Lark of time during our period of pie-paintion for departure prevents n moro piompt acknowl edgment of the kindness cf join paper and the cltUcnts of Omaha In contributing rend ing matter for the Twenty-second Infantry on Its voyage to the Philippines The books and periodicals have already proved n boon nnd 'will bo oven moro full } appreciated during the longer part of the voya.no after leaving Honolulu.Vo ought to reach the Inter place nt about 1 tommrc.v afternoon. 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