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THE O tAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MAY 'JO , 1899 , n TWICE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Henry ObrisUansan Hangs Himself on the Porch of His Sweetheart's Home. CUT DOWN EACH TIME AND IS ARRESTED ail * Kin I tli , AVIio Doenit't Cure llic Simp of Her riiiftrr for Him , llciiticMH ( liu I'ollcL to HcmiMc tlic 11 OKU. "I don't care that , for tha old fool , " ex claimed pretty Annlo Smith , accompanying the words with a contemptuous enap of the fmgera and pointing to gray-haired Henry Christiansen , who tried twice early Friday morning to hang himself because Annlo did not love him and had said so. Annlo was addressing Sergeant Welson- herg. She Blood behind the wire screen in the police station olllco. Near by , seated in a chair , with closed eyes , was the man who loved her better than life. His face was ashy pale and on his neck were the ugly , discolored bruises made by the stiff , hempen noose with which ha had tried to strangle himself. Ignoring him the girl continued : "I don't love him , but I won't have his dead body dangling from my front door. I want him looked up and Iwant ono ot your policemen to go and cut down that rope this minute , before any ono sees It. " "Send her homo , " was the sergeant's In- Etructlon regarding Annie , and her lover was ordered placed In a cell where he could "bo closely watched and cared for , Christiansen Is an employe of Swift's pack ing establishment. Ho lives In South Omaha. Miss Smith Is an exceptionally pretty Swedish girl whoso homo Is at 013 South Fourteenth street. For several years Miss Smith has been receiving the man'a attentions , although ho Is many years her senior. Within the last week the girl has treated her aged suitor with marked coolness nnd It Is for this" reason that the old man attempted to end his life. Christiansen chose his sweetheart's front doorstep as the place to die. The house is high up from the street and there Is a long flight of steps leading to the door. Having purchased a suitable length ot rope Christiansen tip-toed quietly up to the por6h , where ho sat and arranged the details of his demise. The rope was half an Inch thick. Ono end of It was flrmly tied around the baao of a porch pillar and the other end was made Into a slip noose , the contrivance being BO carefully planned that It would not let Christiansen's feet touch the ground by several Inches. When all was In readiness the old man placed the noose around his neck and , tight ening It , ho lowered himself by the sldo of the steps until the rope was taut. Then ho gave a push and swung in the air. Walter Larson , a roomer In the house , hoard Christiansen's moaning and gasping as the rope was slowly choking him to death nnd , running out onto the porch ho saw the old man's predicament and cut him down with n Jackknlfe.1 There wna consternation Indoors when It .was known what Chrlstensen had done. Miss Smith became hysterical , but she had only unkind 'words for the man who loved Tier. This was an hour after midnight. Chrlsjtla'nson pretended to go home , but In stead of doing so ho sat down on a neigh boring curbing nnd brcoded over his love troubles. Just an hour later ho decided to make a second attempt at suloldo and returned to MUs Smith's homo. Tha house was dark > nd tho' rope was still as It had been left by Larson after having cut it with his knife. Christiansen spliced the severed ends and once more , with the noose tight around his neck , pushed himself off from the porch. Ills'1 hoarse gasping' awoke" Frank Dennis ? " who lives next door , and again his life was saved , this time byDennis. It took many minutes' to rovlvo Christiansen , and when he regained consciousness ho was taken to the police station for safekeeping. Christiansen told the police ho' did not want to live unless Miss Smith loved him , and ho said ho Is convinced that she docs not. Ho said that his former home Is Walnut , la. , where ho used to be a pros perous business man , and w.hero Miss Smith once , lived in his house. Christiansen is very despondent , and the police are keeping a strict watch over him to ECO that ho does not again try to commit suicide. He is 53 years old. MUs Smith is but 23. lilvoly In < i-rvlMV at the Station. Miss Smith has known the man for a long time , having kept house for him hero and In Waluut , la. She says that generally ho is harmless and good-hearted and has always treated her kindly. Ho has had his trunk In tbo house where she lives , Annlo said , but has not been spending much of his tlmn there. Last night ho came to sco her , and , according to her story , began slapping her roughly and finally knocked over a burning lamp , the oil of which spread over the carpet and came near setting the house on fire. Instead of trying to put the fire out ho stepped senselessly about in the burning oil. But the flre docs not seem to have cut much llguro in the other sensations of the evening. When face to face with Christiansen at the station this morning Miss Smith began one side of a jawing match that ho made only feeble efforts to keep up with. Annlo said that ho had been drunk the night before ; that " \Vcdncsday had been pay day nt the packing houses and pay day was always too I When the condi tions arc right the light leap of n Chamois may start an avalanche which will bury a village nlivc. It takes but a little thing when the conditions arc right to prostrate a healthy looking man. Hastily eaten meals , ill digested L . food , means a oody ill nourished , a nerv ous system on starvation rations and the blood sluggish and corrupt. There is no protection against the ava lanche. There is protection against dis ease. When the nerves are unstrung , the mind is irritable , tlic stomach weak : uud distressed after eating , the broin dull and stupid , the conditions are ripe for serious illness. This may be averted and the system restored to sound health by the use of Dr. Ficrce's Golden Medical Discovery. It cleanses the blood , strengthens the Btomach and organs of digestion and nutrition , nourishes the nerves , and produces sound and vigorous health. " Six years ago last August , " writes Mr. Daniel A. Carter , of Yost , Rowan Co. , N. C. , "I was attacked with malarial fever : was lu bed nine day * , aud theu taken with chilli. Had thUslx months. My apleeu became enlarged , and I wag In bed off and on ( or four years. J went to the doctors and some of them ald I had dys pepsia , others said I had 11 % er trouble. So I paid out money and nothing did me auy good , Last August two years ago , I commenced taking Dr. Fierce' * medicines , and used teu bottles , and now I can do as big a day's work as any man. I am 31 years old. I now weigh iSo pounds. " The People's Common Senbe Medical Adviser has been aptly termed "the Bible of the Body. " It is sent/Vrtf on receipt of etauips to defray expense of mailing only. Send 3i one-cent stamps for the covered Gaper , or 31 ' stamps for the * cloth bound. Address , Doctor R. V. Pierce , Buffalo , N. Y. exciting for Christiansen to live through without taking fiomrthlng for his nerves. His capacity Is limited , so Annie cald , to ono drink. Thul about sots him crazy and then he trie * to make a fool of himself. On the other hand , Christiansen said that ho 'had not been drunk , but that she had , She had broken her promises and It sbo wanted to keep after him and have him ar- rcsleil like this , "well , all right. " He had always given her money , he said , even to his last nickel. At this the clammy-hearted Annlo snorted "Poor thing ! " She had prom ised to marry him , ho said , and Annlo re plied , "Yes , but I told him right straight that I wouldn't. I was honest with him. " When she was asked If ho loved her sha replied that she was not dlscutslng that question ; It might be that ho did , for all she know. He had asked her to marry him , but fihc gnld he was foolish. Ho was too old and was too likely to get out of his hrad on n llttlo liquor. Nevertheless the account Bho gave of the way she had stuck by him showed that she was not entirely without some regard for him. Cbrlstlanson said that when ho went to Annlo's home Thursday night ho founa Annlo nnd a woman with whom t ho lives about to throw his trunk out of doors and that they did BO In spile of his nppcaranco on the scene , and that It was then out In the rain. This faithlessness on her part led him to put the nopse around his neck. Annie heard tbls tale with ncorn. She had a piece of the rnpo with her and laughingly exhibited the noose that had been around her lover's neck twice. In a Jesting way she Imitated the gasps ho had made the second time , when ho had started to choke to death. LUND ASKS FOR DAMAGES tlint Strci-t Itnllwny Coinpnny In lluNlioiiNllilc for n I'arn- lyzcil Ilniiil. The suit ot Julius Lund for $10,000 dam ages against the Omaha Street Railway com pany promises to occupy several days of Judge Scott's time. Lund boarded a car at Sixteenth and Jones streets ono day in Juno , 189S. Nothing wao said about an accident having occurred , but later the plaintiff discovered that ho was mulcted with paraly sis in the loft hand. Gradually ho became worse , until his band was stiffened and the right sldo of his neck affected so ho could hardly turn his head. He contends that when ho got on the car it started quickly , moving at a high rate of epocd from the llrst. Ho says his hand 'Was wrenched and the muscles strained and" stretched by the Jerk. Paraly sis , ho says , followed the Injury nnd ho has been Incapacitated so that while ho made from $70 to $ SO before the accident his earn ings are now reduced to f 10 per month. Minor Court Xotcn. Judge Evans has entered up two decrees In the cases of David C. John against Wil liam Davidson and others , and David John against William W. Donney and others. In each case the finding was in favor of the plaintiffs. Judge. Baker nnd a Jury listened to the evidence In the case against Mollie Hanson , charged with the Tarccny of $10 from the person of Ncls Nelson , who claimed that ho was robbed In a room at Thirteenth and Jones streets. The Jury was charged orally at 2:30. : After being out an hour it returned with a verdict of not guilty. In the case of J. D. Watklns & 'o. against Mayor Thomas H. Ensor and tha city coun cil of South Omaha , Judge Evans held that the alternative writ should to enforced and entered an order that the contract for lum ber for which proposals were accepted Au gust 29 , 1SOS , should bo awarded to the plaintiff. The order further calls for an Immedtato drawing ot the contract by the mayor and council. Martin Dlxon will servo a term In the state penitentiary for robbing Anton Krccek's saloon of a lot ot cigars nnd whisky last month. He was accused , with Frank Thomas and William Connelly , but demanded a * out about separate trial ; Thof-Jurywas twenty hours , trying to agree. They finally got together and returned a verdict of guilty , with a recommendation for clemency. Judge Baker reserved sentence. Judge Dickinson 'has ' granted the Klondike restaurant an Injunction restraining Ed li. Nelson and Harry Dodd from attempting to create a boycott against the restaurant and from maintaining a picket or patrol around It. The restaurant management had applied for an Injunction against the persons named and the Walters' union , but the application was denied as to the union , the court finding that the trouble complained of arose out of the actions of certain individuals. In United States court the case of the Arctic Ice company of Cleveland against P. H. Cooper of Lincoln is on trial before Judge Shlras. The. plaintiff seeks to re cover the sum ot $5,000 , alleging that this amount is due on a note given for an Jco machine. As a counter claim , the defend ant alleges damages In excess ot the amount of the note. He avers that in purchasing the Ice machine , ho received a guarantee that It would make thirty tons of ice per day , the consumption of coal being four tons. Instead of this , he alleges that to manufacture this quantity ot ice requires eight tons of coal. Some of the results of neglected dyspeptic conditions of the stomach are cancer , con sumption , heart disease and epilepsy. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure prevents all this by effecting a quick cure In all cases of dyspepsia. Mortality StittlHtlOM. The following births and deaths were re ported to the health commissioner during the last twenty-four hours : Births Fred Bugby , 707 South Seven teenth , boy ; Frank Szczapanlak , girl ; Henry Tyson , 3013 Burdette , boy ; C. A. Slattox , 1407 North Seventeenth , boy ; B. C. Smith , 717 South Thirty-third , boy ; Austin Freder ick , 2312 South Twelfth , girl ; P. H. Bolaen , 1938 South Twelfth , boy. Death Jonathan Lewis , 3715 Ohio , 69 years. WcntlMT llurfiiii In New Local Forecast Official Wersh of tha United States weather service IB now estab lished in the roams on the fourth floor , north sldo , of the now federal building , the work of moving from the American National bank building having been completed this morning. In his new quarters Mr. Welsh has any quantity of room. The bureau has been equipped with now Instruments used In forecasting weather , and is now regarded as one of tbo roost complete offices in tbo country. Haiti TliroiiulUMit NclirnHkn. The rain seems to have been pretty gen eral throughout the state , as indicated by the rejiortb from stations on the Burlington lines. Moderate or heavy rains wore early reported from the following points ; Platts- mouth , Ashland , Schuyler , Columbus , Erlc- son , Burwell , Harvard , Hastings , Kearney , Tabfo Hock , Tecumseh , Havenna , Alliance , Ardmore , The fall seems to have been heaviest or to have come earliest In Omaha. Devory Uunleu tin ) Story. NEW YORK , May 19. Chief of Pollco Dev- ery was asked today regarding the state ment by Mr , Moss at tlio Mazet committee hearing that there was a rumor that Polled Captain O'Kecfo had been murdered instead of having died from accident. Devery said ; "An Investigation was made of the case at the tlmo and it Is absurd to say that there was anything wrong. It la an outrage to make a charge now that there was anything suspicious about Captain O'Kcefo'H death. " Cuntiitii Tutllu Hi'lli-veil. SEATTLE. Wash. , May 19. By reason of the berlous illness of his wife at her homo in Oakland , Captain Francis Tuitle , commander ot the revenue cutter Bear , has been re- llo\cd from a crulso to Bering sea this summer , Ho has been given command of the cutter Golden Gate , stationed at San Francisco. Ho will got the Bear ready for sea by Tuesday , when it Is expected its new commander will have been choben. ix-rrtklilent HUH tin oil Luck. MIDDLE BASS ISLAND , 0. , May 19. Ex- President Grovcr Cleveland , who with a party of friends has been fishing in this vicinity for several days pat , will leave for homo tomorrow All the members of the party have had uplendld sport , catching large numbers ot black bass daily. CHERRY COUNTY'S RESOURCES They Oonsist Principally In the Raising of Fine Stosk , PEOPLE GET RICH WITH LITTLE TROUBLE lrn < iicrl < r I" Hnmpnnt nt Valentine , the Comity Sent * nnil ropnllntn Aoi So > it in cm it * nn They Were. VALENTINE , Nob. , May 19. ( Special. ) Cherry county Is as largo as nn empire , - being - ing ninety-six by sixty-three mlloa In size , and containing 6,048 square miles. Four states the size of Hhodo Island could Ho within the borders of Cherry county and have room to rattle around. It has 430,260 acres of deeded land and miles and miles of school and government land , making a grand total of over throe million acres. The vacant lands In the county , as well as a large part of the deeded acreage , are util ized for the "business of stock raising nnd the actual value ot the horses , cattle and sheep in the county is as follows : Horses , 12,000 head , $300,000 ; cattle , 123,000 head , $3,750,000 ; sheep , 202,000 head , $100,000 ; to tal , $4,160,000. The number of cattle increases every year and 'the ' sheep have all been brought into the county in the past three years. The 'business of raising horses Is receiving nioro attention than In former years and Is fol lowed with a good profit. The vast expanse of hay and grazing lands in the county pro vides every means for the successful raising of stock. The wealth ot the county In creases every year under the present condl- tlrfns and the percentage ot profit Is prob ably larger than that of any other Industry in the etato of Nebraska. Men are Jiving in this county who came here- ten or fifteen years ago to work out by the month and who now count their own cattle "by the thousands nnd their wealth by the tens of thousands , all built up in this country with out any capital to start upon except a wil lingness to work and an individual credit sutuclent to cnablo them to borrow a few hundred dollars in the early years of the business. While there Is Eomo farming in the county it is not depended upon na a business liy any one and the stock of the county is wintered and prepared for the market without the aid of any grain food. For this reason It takes a smaller invest ment and a much smaller expense to got cattle ready for the market than It docs In counties In the castorn and southern part of the state where the ranges are limited nnd immense quantities of feed must be'bought or raised to get the stock through the sea sons. Prosperity IN Ilnmiiiiiit. As ono of the citizens ot Valentine ex pressed It this morning , "Prosperity Is ram pant up here. You can't keep it down. " Aside frum the ever increasing herds ot stock , there are many evidences of prosper ity In Cherry county. There are two banks nt Valentino and one at Wood Lake. The two Institutions hero at the county seat show the following loans and deposits : Loans. Deposits. 1M2 , $ 45,532 $57,750 1S93 . . 62,943 64,900 , iSa | 53,814 57,600 1S95. , . . CO 250 ) 00,000 1838. 54.313 58,000 JE37 . . . 69.S35 7U.51S 1K)3 ) 71,531 7S.44S ISM. : : : : : . 89,905 115,559 The farm mortgage record shows up equally good. The filings and releases for the first four months In each year for the last year show as follows : Filed. Satisfied. 1S92 . . , 13,755 10,329 ' 1893. " . 23,871 19,093 1S91 5921 13.122 1S93 H.5CS 10.7&2 1SX. 25,318 11,036 1897 ' . . . . . 9.552 7,034 1S9S. . . . . : , 12,235 , , U,6SS - " is : : : : ? . .7.w.v.j. : ; . - ECS20,473 They 1'ny Their TIIXCH. In the matter of payment of taxes prosper ity again asserts Itself. At the present tlmo money is coming In at the county treasurer's olllco four times faster than ever be fore In the history of the county at this tlmo of the year , while in the "months of January and February the payments of taxes aggregated over double 'the amount paid In during the same months of any previous year. The county is in excellent financial condition and county warrants are at par. The calamity howlers have taken a seat away back Jn the rear , or else they have quietly left the country , as their gruesome song is no more "heard " in the land. The fusion majority , which was 190 in a total of S20 , in 1S9S had dwindled down to nlno In a total of 1,115. In tbo mcantlmo the repub licans hold a majority of the county ofilces and expect to make a clean sweep this fall. The chances are improved by the present evidence - idenco that fusion will fall to fuse this year up hero. In the towns of northwest Nebraska there are always stories of unusual things to relate - late to the visitor. At Ilushvllle yesterday the writer was told the story of how the populist editor there bad declared himself to bo sick and tired of politics. Tbey also told how a few winters ago the largo tank for the city water works caught fire and burned down while It was full of water. Now the citizens ot Valentino match this bj showing off their old frame court house Every Sick nntl Despairing Man OP Woman May Try ntThoIr Own Homes Without Cost-Tho Marvelous Kellogg - logg Sanllns Cabinet Bntli. Totliorouijliljr demonstrate tliofactthattlioSanltas Cabinet IJatu will ovcrcomo bodily dl eato , euro tbo liiviul a. promote beauty , iirpsorro Ltultliprevent iHs- cafe and prolong Jlfo the makers will tcn'l It to every homo on free trial. Write to the Ktlloac faanltas Co. , 1MB. Main bu , Battle Creek , Mich. , and they will chip the cubmet by express Hiring tlio i > iprrii agent of your place luptruotlor.fl to per * niit you to take the cabinet homo try It lor several da js end It at the end ot that you arenot perfectly nat- Smo that It Is a remarkable ealth maker unrt atlorda nioro relief bya elnclo bath than can be derived from irullonn of medicine , return It to the cxprthd ncenl and _ bo will return to us at our expense. Those who lia > e rtrupgled ( or year , to nnd norne remedy that will release them from tbo pain or tortures of rlieumnltim , liter , kidney or bladder trouble ! , sciatica , noiiralttln , catarrh , eczema , obesity , ntclit BwcaU , or any other dltcase are urced to write , The entire cabinet li sanitary , rate and handsome , but It la unnecessary to eiplaln all this on It is tent to jou absolutely on free trial and you can then reo that tbo Kellocc.Sanltai Cabinet Hath li Juit at oafe ai it la certain to bring you perfect health and prolonc your year * . Write today without fall for a fine booklet on Iicnlth and hygiene. Select the ntylo you prefer and cabinet will be chipped at once for Irca use and trlaL TRUSSES- ELASTIC STOCKINGS- CRUTCHES SUPPORTERS , -r etc , rnado to order by competent workman. Send to us for measurmont blanks and other information. THE ALOE & PENfOLD CO. , Deforraltr 11 moo Mnnafaoturera. 1408 Farumn OMAIIA , Op. Paxton Hotel. which was originally government ware- bouse at Green BayVls , having been erected there sl\ty years ago under the supervision ot JeR Davlg , who was cither n government contractor or an army officer at that tlmo. The building was torn down and moved to Nebraska several years ago and has been rented to Cherry county for a court hoti o ever since. Its days as a public build ing are nearly over , however , as the'Cherry ' county people have voted for ix new court house , to be erected In a sightly location at the north edge of the Valentino corporation , Ono Rnnil I'lourliiR Mill. There Is some good whc.it raised In the neighborhood ot Valentino and ono at tha best flouring mills In the west Is located here. U has a capacity of 00 'barrels per day and gets Its principal supply of wheat from Cherry nnd Keya 1'aha counties , some also being brought In from South Dakota. The water power at this points Is the finest In northern Nebraska , there being a thirty- foot fall at the dam with sufficient volume to run a dozen factories , The possession ot this splendid water power gives the people of Valentino the very natural hope that theirs may some tlmo bo a great manu facturing town. F. H. H. ENDORSES THEJEE'S COURSE Olil Solillcr Approved of In Policy Ailocn < pil vi Hit Ilomicct to the ritlllpplncN. ARAPAHOE , Nob. , May 19. To the Editor of The Bee : I feel called upon to commend your Just and conservative course on the war in the Philippines , in contradistinction ot the Irrational course pursued ( by the Lin coln Journal and Ito unjust criticisms ot all who differ with Its Imperialistic ideas and the policy pursued that led to the Philip pine war. I have voted for : every republican president from Lincoln to McKlnley. Now I flnd myself for the flret tlmo a "mug wump , " "copperhead , " ot al , according to the Journal and other expansionist papers , and yet I have the same views I nnd my brothers had when wo enlisted for the do- fcnso of the union in ISiJl and 1SG2 ; and my son , who now lies wounded in a hospital in Malatc , P. I. , ibecauso ho ibolleves that "governments derive their Just powers from the consent of the governed" and Is opposed to this expansion policy , therefore ho and his father are "llttlo Americans , " accordIng - Ing to the Journal ; aye , and "traitors , " too. This includes a largo number ot my com rades In arms who are opposed to the policy of our government In Its war with the Fil ipinos and who endorse this sentiment ot my son and other volunteers-n ho wrote be fore tolng 'wounded : "It seems hardly fair for our government to pursue n policy that leads to Insurrection , then keep us volun teers here to fight 'battles for which wo never enlisted. " Had our government do- claicd to the Filipinos , even as late as the last of January , that whatever our treaty re lations with Spain might t > & as to the Phil ippines , they , the Filipinos , should have self-government and Independence as soon as they showed their capacity for independ ence nnd self-government , ho Inglorious Fil ipino war would now stain the pages of American history. Twenty thousand bravo Filipinos voluntarily filled patriot graves In eighteen months while struggling for In dependence , flghtlng their Spanish oppres sors and America's liberty loving sons who enlisted In the causa of humanity to fight the oppressor , Spain , forced by misguided American ambition to step Into the shoes of tyrannical Spain and slaughter those they -wanted to save. E > ery one of our soldier bojs , who enlisted from pure , un- solDsh motives , lias 'been ' forced to flght against his principles. Noble heroes all , our beloved young 'America , purest , bravest , best of our land , many of jou have fallen a sacrifice to commercial grted. "A fearful blunder has been committed In Washington , but not by us , " writes ono volunteer Just before going1 to tattle , "bht yonder Is our glorious starry banner , my country's flag , and I'll follow It -victory or to death. Now I know how you felt , nly father , In 1S61 when you enlisted under its beauteous folds. " Puhllsh this , If you please , In the interests of Justice , honor and the future peace of the country. Sincerely yours , A. L. HUNTING. Stmiilnril Oil Controls Aiinconiln. NEW YORK , May 19. William Rockefel ler. William' G. Rockefeller , H. H. Rogers and A. C. Burrage have been elected trus tees of tlio Anaconda Copper company. They represent the Standard Oil interests In that corporation. Holding Receptions in Omalia- May not be as Interesting to Admiral Schley as holding Spanish receptions at the mouth of Santiago bay but If the admiral wants to see an interesting Hhoe reception he will have to como to Drex Shooman's Saturday and sec the way we sell boys shoes and the kind of shoes we soil at one dollar and. a half We put these shoes up against any § 1.50 shoe ever sold AH sixes , from little to big boys with plenty of shoes and help to make trading pleasant. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omnha'a Up-to-date Shoe Home , 1410 FARNAM STREET. New SnrliiB Calnloituc now rcudr Scut for the I ULLlmi 1 POMTIPM Annual Skirmish Over Election of School Teachers Begins , EXISTENCE OF A COMBINE IS ALLEGED Contention ihnt Mm- Member * of the Ilonrit of Kilucnttoii Hnvr 12n- tercil Into n IMeiluc to Stniiit ToRctlicr. School building construction has been rele gated to the rear in Doard of Education cir cles , and is at present occupying a position of secondary Importance In comparison with the selection and election of teachers for the next school year. The election Is several weeks off , but the preliminary skirmishes have commenced all along the line. Political wirepulling Is always a factor In the election of teachers , but the field for It this spring promises to bo nioro promising than In the past. For some tlmo a combina tion has been forming which has for Its ob ject the control of the elections and report has it that it Is being successfully engi neered. At the present tlmo it is said that there are nlno members who are ready to stand shoulder to shoulder in the election. This Is ono more than the major ity needed , and if they stand fast teachers who want positions will have to como to see them. This combine - bine , however. Is not certain of smooth call- Ing. It is said that two members , while tacitly counted upon , have not pledged them selves to stand to the slate made up. Un less they are tied hand and foot the position of the combination will not bo very secure , as the recalcitrant members may refuse to abide by the decision ot the caucus at the last moment. This , it Is contended , would bo an unfortunate termination of the cam paign and therefore the assistance of several of the members of last year's board has been called In to take a hand in arranging things. If this combination is successfully formed It is likely to bob up against a vigorous op position from the minority on the board. The resulting fight may , or may not , occur pub licly in the board meeting when the election takes place , this depending In some measure upon the chances the minority thinks It will have In cither case. In this struggle , Judging from the indications at present given , the committee on teachers will probably ho pitted against the combine , ai the former at present has a majority of members who are not In the combination. Ot the moro Important positions , a fight Is likely to occur over that of superintendent ot schools , although Superintendent Pearso la icputcd to have Influence enough to control the votes of a majority of the hoard. Sev eral successors to him , however , are' being mentioned. The position of principal of the high school , at present held by Prot. Levlston , may also furnish a contest. .Fi nally , a vigorous effort will bo made to add cx-Prlnclpal Allen , who was dropped from the Dodge school , to the pay roll again. rnxsioxs FOIIIVUSTEIIN VETERANS. Survivor * of the Civil AVnr Ilcmcm- lipreil liy tlic Gviicrnl Government. WASHINGTON , Slay 19. ( Special. ) Pen sions have been granted as follows : Issue of May C : Nebraska : Original David Stewart , Swan- ton , $ G. Additional Jerome Pratt , Glltner , $4 to ? G. Increase James D. Bloomer , Delvldere , $12 to $17 : Anthony Lelben , East Omaha , ? 6 'to ? S. Reissue Clinton Davis , Harvard , $17. South Dakota : Increase Henry Drcslln , Sioux Falls , $6 to $12. Colorado : Original John Ktllam , Cripple Creek , $6. Reissue and Increase Jacob Pierce , Denver , $8 to $12. Iowa : Additional Francis Basquln , Edge- wood , , $4 to $12 ; Richard J. Stonebrakcr , Iowa City , $4 to $8 ; John R. Henry , Cory- don , $6 to $ S ; John C. Turner , Bedford , $ S to $12 ; Hugh L. Mofiltt , Newton , $4 to $6 ; Henry Norton , Marcngo , $4 to $8. Increase Isaac B. Jordan , "Creston , $12 to $17 ; Oluf VoFkcrts , Soldiers' home , Marshall , $6 to $8. Reissue Noah M. Scott , Centerville , $12 ; John H. Wilson , Eldon , $17. Original \Vldo\SB , Etc. Caroline Eschcrlch , Mason City , $12 ; ' Roslna Strlfller , Rockford , $8 ; Sarah B. Rose. Mount Ayr , $8. of llrltinh Nnviil Commnitflcrn PORTSMOUTH , May 19. Rear Admiral Sir Frederick George Donham Bedford , K. C. B. , who succeeds Vlco Admiral Sir John Arbutnot Fisher , K. C. B. , as commandcr-ln- chlet on the British North American and Mr , Frederick Hatter Will never get wet unless ho has to swim-for he Bells a line of umbrellas that Is as ttir advanced in water protec tive ideas ns hie huts are In style um brellas at $1.50 , ? 2.00 , $11.50 , $3.00 , $11.50 and up to $10.00-beautles every ono of them The now Derby hat in brown shades nt $3,00 is becoming quite popu lar with the young men a splendid wearing lint at u very binull price AVe are agents for the Stetson and Dunlnp hats and show them in all the latest shapes. FREDERICK The Hatter The Pioneer Hut .Man of the West * 120 South 15th Street What We Sell- Wo bell Pianos. Wo sell Guitars. Wo sell Mandolins. Wo sell Violins. Wo sell Banjos. Wo sell Sluslc Jloxes. Wo sell Brass Band Instruments Wo sell Sheet Music. Wo hell everything musical , But we never sell the people. Wo have what wo say and do as wo advertise. A. HOSPE , We celelirnlc our 25th lU lnc nnl > Tcrmury Oct.3rd , 1800. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas. Pajnp'o ' fpprv ! | I ] I OHIO u UuBDI J U Makes Weak What Miss Lucy A. Holscr , a train ul nurse of eight ytvivs' experience uml a graduate of the Homeopathic Hospital of Minneapolis , Minn. , here snyrt of / 1'jiliie's celery coiuiMUiml vituUy concerns - V corns vvery suffering woman : "I am glad to testify lo the merits of Palne's celery comiToitml especially ua n tonic lu cases of convalescence. I have noticed very tmtlsCnctory results with jutlcnts under my earo wlieu Talne'a celery co'aipouml was pre scribed. " 'J'he above endorsement Is corrobo rated by the experience of Mrs. llnsol * ton : " \Ve have been using your t'alne's celery compound In the Xnxareno Home for some months , and It la with great pleasure that I can1 siy : that our ugod people have Invariably been bonellted by Its use. I have been using it my self , aB has also my niece , and there has been a marked Improvement In our health. 1 was very much run down after the winter's hard work , but am feeling very much bettor. 1 have rec ommended It to a nn'mber of frlcnda outblde ot Urn Home , and they , too , have been greatly pleased with the re sults. We shall never bo without It In the Home. " Mrs. M. A' . HaseHon , Man ager NnsHircne Home , JO2-lQil : ! ! ; Colum bia Avc. , Philadelphia , Pa. Mrs. Chandler , President of the So ciety for the Promotion of Health , Chicago , ill. , says : "Too constant application to work has at times caused sick and nervous headaches , very persistent and painful. At such times Paine's celery'compound has afforded 'me iiulck relief , and I know of nothing that will take Us place. " Lucinda 15. Chandler. West Indian station , hoisted his flag today on hoard the first-class cruiser Crescent. He will sail for Halifax and Bermuda tomorrow. People who hava onca taken DoWltt's Little Early Risers will never have anything else. They are the "famous little pills" for torpid liver and all Irregularities of the ays- tern. Try them and you will always use them. Annual MuetlnK of Te PEORIA , 111. , May 19. This morning's session of the Order of Railway Telegraphers was devoted to hearing the annual address if Grand Chief Powell. The growth of the order , ho said , had been healthy and slicing and itho past two years have been prosperous. Rpferrlng to the arrest of himself and Grand Secretary Porham on the charge ot violating the alien labor law , Mr. Powell read a do- clslon of Commissioner Powdcrly to the ef fect that the law had not bcun violated. Tn UI n CIII'KO Out of NEW YORK , May 10. The cargo of the North ' -Gorman Lloyd steamer Uarbarossa , which caught flre yesterday , was still being taken out today. The French liner La Bro- tagne , Into which the Barbarosaa ran its bows , wns also lightened. Both vessels were at their dock and lu no danger. The ofllclals ot the German liuo'sal'il today they were confident - fidont that the Barharossa would bo able to start out again on Monday. La Bretagno will go to dry dock today. Guarantee We guarantee every pnir of glasses that -\ve sell to be an exact lit We guarantee perfect satisfaction In every case If they are not satisfactory In all respects we want to know It We want you to bring them back and have tho'm made right at our expense We do not want any person to feel that he has paid us a cent more than the benellt which he receives is worth Wo have a living , earnest faith in our aballty to give you perfect service If we did not wo would quit the optical business and llud something else to do that we had coulldcncc In. HUTESON , Manufacturing Optician , AVe MaU < : the RlanNCH we Mull. 1520 DOUGLAS STREET. a Doom from Kith. Send Us a Mail Order If your dealer does not keep a fresh supply of our famous Gold Medal Bon Bous on band we send them by ex press In tin boxes packed BO that they can 'go anywhere UOc a pound In one , three and five-pound boxes you pay the express there Isn't a confection made that la purer than these and wo are willing to guarantee satisfaction on every mull order entiuistcd to us. BALDUFF'S , Until 11:30 : to 2s30. Supper 3:30 to 8:30. 1520 Fnrnnm St We Won't ' Agree- to give you n tombstone with every Jewel refrigerator you buy from us we don't deal In tombstones , but In re frigerators the best made vAnc lined throughout removable Hues ciiblly cleaned nothing to bour and 'mould about the Jewel no death lurking hero but 11 sanltarlly-bullt refrigerator that uses less Ice than any other refrigera tor of equal capacity all sizes from $5,75 up the price la governed by the size they're nil built alike. A. c. RAYMER ; \va nisMvnii YOUH rtmciiAsic. 1514 Farnam St.