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THE OMAHA DAILY 35ET3 : TTESDAY , OOTOKEK 17 ,
FUSION FINESSE UNCOVERED !
County Punch Used to Pcrpatmta the Demo-
critic Board of Commissioners ,
CONTRACTS LET IN HOFILDT'S ' DISTRICT
Ilphl for PiillllliiH-nl nl n Season ( hnt
l-s- Would Scent .Mont Oiiiinrtuiic for
llio DfinniTitllc Cniiilldntn
for Itc <
The apparent cunning \\lih \ which the dem
ocratic majority ot the Board of C.unty
Commissioners hai been laying Its plans to
letaln , If within the bounds of desperate ef
fort , control of that body wculd seem to bo
admirable were It not to transparent. No one
tan contemplate the oxpcndtturo tf county
funds for the Improvement ot the cjunty'a
highways during the last year without reach
ing thu conclusion that they were not In
curred without duo eonsldarallon of the po
litical prospects of the majority cctnmla-
tloncrs.
No pains appear to have been spared In
bolstering up the candidacy of Commlealonor
Hofcldt for rc-eloctlon In the Third com
missioner district. Ccunty money has bceu
largely apportioned to Improvement. In that
dlstrlst , evidently with the solo purpose of
speeding the democratic member in his
frantic rnco for political victory. The
process of splicing Mr. Hofeldl's fences be
gan as soon as the fualonUts secured con'rol
of the hoard. The records of the county BUJW
that out of J10.84C.72 ? ptnt In the county
since January I last for bridging , grading
and lumber. $10,101.1)3 ) has been expended In
the Third district.
The full measure of the flnesso employed
by the democratic majority , however , doss
not manifest itself until Its aciion is ob-
bcrvcd In Iho letting of certain large con
tracts for grading. Instead of expending Its
energies and the county's funds In securing
this grading In the- spring or summer , when
it could have been accomplished to the best
V advantage to the county , It did not awaken
ft to the necessity of thla work until Suptcm-
ber , when contracts covering some 48.COO
cubic yards of grading In the Third district
nnd only 25,000 yards outside of It were lat.
On September 1 ! ) contracts wore let to'A.
A. Lamorcaux for 12,000 yards cf grading In
Chicago precinct and 8,000 jards In Elkhorn
precinct , the contract price being $2,860. At
the same tlmo Patrick Ford was awarded
\ S contracts for grading 10.00Q yards In Flor-
T cnco precinct for $1,350 and 12,000 , yards In
Union precinct for $1,680. On September SO
a contract was let to W. H. Ellis for 0,000
yards of grading in Jefferson precinct for
$ TG5. It Is stated at the court house that
the Patilck Ford contracts have been na-
elgned to Thomas Ilyan , who also has a con
tract for the removal of 25,000 yards In
Douglas pre lnct. All the precincts named ,
except the latter , are In the Third comnnls-
eloner district , and the contracts Indicated
above appear to be the only big ones let dur
ing the year.
The letting of theee contracts nt that par
ticular time , each with a tlmo limit of from
thirty to sixty days for Its fulfillment , could
hardly have been purely an accident. When
It IB considered that they could doubtless
have been let to ns good , If not better , ad
vantage earlier In the season It Is hardly
unreasonable to think that they were let at
that tlmo and with that limit so that about
fCC55 ot the county funds could be expended
In bringing a favorable voting population
Into the Third commissioner district tor
other 'purposes ' than the simple smoothing ot
the rugged kinks In the highways.
It IB stated that the work on the Ellis
Contract has begun and that the others will
bo under way at once. It Is not suspected
that any of them will bo completed before
election time , when they could bo made
effective In furthering the candidacy of the
democratic member seeking re-election from
that district.
LANGDON GOES ON TICKET
County Cleric Ilnverly SnyH He In the
Nominee of the Indeiiciidcntii
for County
Martin Langdon Is still clinging with
dogged tenacity to the nomination for the
ofilce of county Judge presented to him re
cently by the county convention of the pee
ple's party. County Clqrk Havcrly on Mon
day "decided to accept as valid the certificate
of nomination over the signature of John O.
Yelscr , chairman of the people's party county
convention. When the fusion convention was
recently pulled off In three rings It was the
understanding , established by resolution of
each convention , that the fusion nominees
should be those whoso aspirations received
the sanction of two of the three conventions.
The populist convention nominated Langdon
for county judge , but ho did not receive the
endorsement of either of the others. The
democratic and sliver republican conventions
did not nominate n county Judge effectively ,
but authorized their committees , It Is
claimed , to fill vacancies on 'tho ' ticket , Recently -
cently thoithrco committees decided to place
CJul name of James W. Carr upon the ticket
as their nominee , but Lmigdon did not pro
pose to have It that way and ut once pre
sented to the county dark a certificate of
Chairman Yescr ! showing that be had been
nominated by the populists and that < there
wns n n vacancy on Its 'ticket. ' Protests
ag'alnBt the receipt of Ills certificate were
nt once filed by John O , Arthur , chairman ,
and Lawrence Rath , secretary , of the silver
republican convention ; J , M. Kenney , chair
man , and E. F. Morearty , secretary , of the
popullet convention , and by W , W. Combs ,
chairman of the democratic convention , all
The Testjhat Tells
You Can Get All the Convincing
Proof You Want by Reading
Omaha Papers ,
When the reader wants any article ot
value ho naturally prefers to deal with someone
ono ho can depend upon.
If mixed up In any lawault , a good , re
sponsible lawyer Is general- the first neces
sity sought.
It lost on u prairie , directions from a set
tler could bu relied upon ; those from a
stranger would be doubted.
The teat that tells the tale of merit Is the
test of friends and neighbors.
Omaha people endorse Doan's Kidney
Pills ,
Can you aak for better evidence ?
Read this cat > o ;
Mr. Charles O , Winger , brick moulder , No.
1132 N. 15th st. , says : "A friend of mlno
beard me complnln of aching In my back
nnd trouble with the kidney secretions. I
had been subject to thcdo attacks from the
day I hurt my'back lilting some house sills
four years ago , This friend gave me a box
of Doan's Kidney Pills , which ha had
houghl at Kuhn .t Co.'s drug store. I
thought a dose or two helped mo nnd I In-
cleared the quantity. The treatment cured
me , at leaet , up to date I have not been
1 hrrt-d with any of my old symptoms. "
1 loan's Kidney Pills nro told for 60o per
U > \ by all dealeM. Mailed on receipt of
priceby Foster-Mllhuru Co. . Buffalo. N. Y. ,
tola Agents for the United States.
Remember Iho name , Doan's , and take no
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LOCAL POLITICAL CALENDAR
ttrptilillenii
Tuesday , Oct. 17 Eighth ward , U'olt's j
ball , Twenty-second and Cumlng streets. '
Wednwday , Oct. 18 Second word , 1213
South Twentieth street.
Wednesday , Oct. IS Seventh ward , 1312
Park nventie.
Thursday , Oct. 19 Fifth ward , Sixteenth
and Corby streets.
Thursday , Oct. 19 Ninth ward , Twenty-
ninth and Farnam streets.
Thursday , Oct. 10 Patriotic League , Millard -
lard hotel.
Friday , Oct. 20. South Omaha , HotchkUs
hall.
Friday , Oct. 20 Valley , Opera houso.
I'tiilnn Mp ' < lnsn.
Tuesday , Oct. 17 Sixth ward , Twenty-
fourth and Grant.
Tuesday , Oct. 17 Organization ot Fifth
Ward Democratic club.
Wednesday , Oct. 18 Ninth ward , Twenty-
ninth and Farnam etrcctE.
Saturday , Oct. 21 Douglas precinct ,
Ruscr Park.
Saturday , Oct. 21 Elk City.
of whom claimed that itho naming of Lang
don by tht ; populists was a conditional noml-
na.tlfn , the conditions of which were never
fulfilled In that ncllher of < the other conven
tions nominated htm.
County Clerk Haverly gave formal car io
< ho contention at 2 o'clock Monday after
noon and listened to the respective parties ,
and at 4 o'clock announced his decision oa
follows :
"It Is my opinion that the certificate of
nomination nbovo referred lo Is In con
formity with the statutes and that Martin
Langdon Is the nominee of 'the ' people's In
dependent party for county judge , and I
shall FO place his luimo on the official ballot
for 1S99. "
Prior to the hearing Mr. Langdon had
filed a protest against 'the ' placing of the
name of J. W. Carr upon itho ballot ns the
nominee of the populists , but no nctloa > t'iB
taken upon this protest , ns It was coverej
by the above decision of the county clerk.
This will result In Mr. Langdon appear
ing upon the ballot as the nominee ot the
populists , whllo Mr. Cnrr will appear as the
nominee of the silver republicans and demo
crats.
The fusion committees were not on Mon
day ready to announce what stops they will
lake further In the contention , but Mr.
Raith said 3ic thought itherc was little ques
tion that It will be acrrtcd Into the courts.
NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman AVliiirlou 'Nnmi-fl III * Alilcn
In the Ciimiiiilwti for the
City Olllccm.
An adjourned meeting of the republican
city central committee occurred Monday aft
ernoon In republican county headquarters ,
at which Hon. John C. Wharton signified his
acceptance ot the position of chairman of
the executive committee by announcing the
names of those who , In company with hint-
Belt and Secretary William Whttehorn , will
constitute the republican city executive com
mittee. The list , which received the sanc
tion of the central committee , comprises the
following : First ward , William Hutton ;
Se-cond ward , C. H. Kessler ; Third ward ,
Charles Grove ; Fourth ward , Henry Sharp ;
Fifth ward , F. M. Youngs ; Sixth ward , R. D.
Carter ; Seventh ward , Leo Yates ; Eighth
ward , U. B. Balcombo ; Ninth ward , C. E.
Malm.
Robert Clancy was elected by the central
committee as treasurer of the new commit
tee.
Headquarters will bo established in the
county headquarters and active work will
begin at once In behalf- the republican
ticket for the Board of Education and the police -
lice Judge. The new committee will meet
at 5 o'clock today for the formation of Its
plans.
GOOD PROSPECTS IN FIFTH
One of the CuiulliliUcs for Dlntrlct
JiulKOHhlii Snyn HfpuMlcnim
Arc I.lkcly to Win.
Andrew R. Olsen of Fremont , who was In
Omaha on Monday , is one of the republican
candidates for the district Judgeship In the
Fifth Judicial district. Ho aays that while
this district Is ordinarily controlled bv a
popocratlc majority the chances are good
this year for the election of one of the re
publican Judges and fair for the election of
the jjther. Mr. Olson hns been actively en
gaged In visiting various parts of his dle-
tHct nnd testifies to the fact that the ten
dency Is toward the republican ticket. The
farmers everywhere appreciate the general
prosperity they are enjoying , nnd although
too busy now to devote much time to poli
tics they may be rolled upon to oome out
and vote right on election day.
Hot Content for AHNcnuor.
Incxpllcablo complications that have arisen
over the nssesaorshlp of the Third ward In
South Omaha have resulted In a list of can
didates that promises an Interesting flght'ln
that word. In the county clerk's office a
big chart has been prepared upon which the
candidates for the respective offices Involved
In the coming election are listed as fast as
the certificates of nomination are handed
In. The apace on this chart set apart for
the candidates for the South Omaha Third
ward assessorrhlp has all been absorbed and
the names of n few of the candidates have
lopped over Into the squares set aside for
candidates for other ofilccs , J. C , Bowley
appears to bo the republican candidate ,
Cornelius O'Urlen as that of the democrats
and free- silver republicans , Charles J , Field
ae the nominee of the populists , whllo Her
man C. Zlprlck , James Hannlgan ana Frank
H , Noonan appear as candidates by petition ,
Patrick J , Mulrey , another petition candi
date , was listed , but ho has withdrawn
from the race and his name has been
scratched from the list.
( jlorloun flcvm.
Comes from Dr. D. 5. Cardie of Washlta ,
I. T. He writes : "Four bottles of Electric
Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula ,
which had caused her great suffering for
years. Terrible soies would break out on
her head and face and the best doctors could
Klvo no help , but her cure Is complete and
her health is excellent. " This shows what
thousands have proved that Elnrrrjc Hitters
U the best blood ourlfler known. It's the
supreme remedy for eczema , tetter , salt
rheum , ulcers , bolls and running sores. It
stimulates liver , kidneys and bowels , expels
poisons , helps digestion , bulljs up the
strength. Only CO cents , Sold by Kuhn &
Co. , druggsts. Guaranteed.
LOCAL BREVITIES ,
Fidelia U McArdle IUIH tiled petition In
the probate court asking that ho be ap
pointed executrix of the estate of her late
tin a bund , JiuncH McArdle ,
The Omaha Implement and Transfer com
pany IH building an iron-covered warehouse
on Jackson street , between Eighth and
Ninth , nl cost of $3,500.
The county central committee IH perfect
ing arrangements for u big republican rally
ut South Omahtt next Friday evening , when
C , J Qrecne and 13. J. Cornish will speak
In ivoutflky hall ,
Whllo Klnley Woods wui asleep in his
room at 606 South Thirteenth street some
one extracted a $15 watch from under hU
pillow. Woods asks the aid of the i'olIcB < n
recovering Ills properly.
The Ornah.i Uee newsboys will be given
a free entertainment ut the Crelzhton
Orphoiun on Thursday nlu'lit by Mnnutcer
Hoft'iithnl , They will ho chaperoned by
Mogy. the kins-bee. Manager Kosenthul
haw had the roof nailed down for this oecu-
clon.
At a meeting of the real estate- dealers
In the Commercial club rooms at nojn It
was decided to postpone Indefinitely tfco
pronogeil exuirslon ver the Klklnni In o
northeastern Nebraska. It was thought
.that more time was needed to work up a
uroutr amount of uittiunlium.
CHIEF WHITE'S '
Tills the Whoh Story of the Shukert Oasa
from the Beginning ,
POLICE SHOW WHAT THI EVIDENCE WAS
Cni > < iiln Ilonnliup Slnto * Tmler Onth
tlmt \ t One I'll of tinKvlrtenoc
\Vnn Su 1 > P reined I.H mil nil y
PrnfpinHOH o lileutifj.
The Shukert case wns made far clearer to
the public than H ( m ever been since Ito
beginning by Chief White's sUtemcnt from
the witness stand Monday afternoon. His
etrnlghtforvrard answers to the questions of
the assistant county attorney tshoned Juit
how much there was In the assertion ot
County Attorney Shields that the police had
concealed Important evidence from him to
load him to promltc the accused freedom
upon the restitution of the goods.
The chief's brief but explicit history of
the case , so far as he grt before adjourn
ment , was listened to with rapt nttentlon
by every person In the court , for It not only
bore directly on the political phase the case
has assumed , but In addition wag a delect-
Ivo story from real life ee-cond In Interest
to no work of fiction. Incidentally It re
vealed In Ctilcf White n police officer of
versatile resources and a high grade of de
tective skill.
The main poln'ts ' brought out by Chlot
White's testimony and corroborated by Cap
tain Donahue nnd even by Assistant County
Attorney Dunn himself were that at no time
did the accused admit that the least shadow
of guilt properly rested upon them ; the
suggestion tUat the suspects be promised
their freedom came first from Shukert and
was approved by County AUtorney Shields
before the police took It up ; that the county
attorney admitted , when all 'the evidence
had been laid before him , that there was
no case and that the police officers had done
well to recover even n part of ttie goods
with such light clues 'to ' work with , When
the accused communicated with friends on
the outside , the letters , addressed to their
wlvce , were flrrt read by the police and
found to malntiln stoutly the writers' Innocence -
noconce of this particular "Job. " Their rea
son for working to recover the goods , as
Ibcy gave It , was their fear of being "rail
roaded" by the authorities , To the police
'they ' said they had had nothing to do with
the Shukert furs , but that they know many
men operating In that manner and ralfiht
bo able to find the goods through them.
Prince , the only one of the suspects thor
oughly identified by photograph by the two
girls who were on the stand Saturday , had
never been within roach of the law.
Chief * IIlN < ory of tlie Cnnu.
A tcr detailing the circumstances leading
up to and following the assignment of de
tectives to work upon ( tie case , Chief White
testified :
"Skukert had me guessing for a while. In
the first place he did not report his loss to
the police until two or three hours after
ho had discovered It and then he eniil the
lock of the vault had been picked. But I
told him that dynamiters do not stop to pick
a lock and then he said he guessed his wife
must have left the safe unlocked. I thought
It peculiar that the burglars should have
hit upon the exact night that his wife left
the vault open. But the robbery was evi
dently a real one. So I sent the" brighter of
the two girls who had seen the men where
they rooired to Chicago to the Identification
bureau , where she picked out of n largo
number of photographs those of Dennis ,
Prlncs and Lavery. I knew Prince's home
was In Des Molnes but I went to Chicago
to look up his whereabouts , because if he
had discovered me in Des Molnes he would
know I was after him before I was prepared
to take him , I found In Chicago that Prince
had been reared in Ilockford ; so I went
there. I gained possession of a letter in
Rockford that led me to believe that Prince
and some of his companions would be In
Des Molnea on a certain date. They were
going to have a dinner or celebration ol
come kind , I telegraphed to Donahue to
send mo two good men to DCS Molnes and
when I got there I took these two , the chlel
of police there and one of their detectives
and surrounded the- house one night , Wo
sent two men Inside to make a thorough
search. I kept In the background myself
for Prince knows me , and if ho had seen me
there he would know what Job he was
wanted for. We found nothing In the house
I left DCS Molnes , Instructing the two men
to keep the house covered and give It ou
that they were In town to help the Dee
Molnes police during their state fair.
"Wo then sent out 400 circulars describ
ing the three men we wanted. Not long
after I received a letter stating that the
men were In Joplln , Mo. , I called up the
chief of police In that city by telephone and
told him he could get the men It he would
manage It rightly. I told him I wantct
them very much , I was soon Informed tha
Dennis and the man wo supposed wns Lavery
had been arrested at Joplin , but that Prlnc
had escaped. I wired the police at Dea
Molnes to watch for Prince and especially
to examine the malls , for I supposed that
upon leaving Joplln and knowing ho was
pursued ho would write to his wife. Wo
then sent down and got the men nt Joplln.
Wo had considerable difficulty In getting
them away from there and It was by telling
them that we had an absolute case against
them that we did so. "
CuntIIIn Doiiiiliuc'H Tpntlnioiiy ,
The court at this point , continued the
hearing until this morning. Next to that
of the chief the testimony of Captain Don
ahue was most Important , explaining as it
did why the police could not make a case
from the partial Identification of Marie An *
dorson and Bessie Kepler , upon which the
prosecution has laid so much stress. He
stated that all evidence had been submitted
to the county attorney's office , County At
torney Shields' agreement to dismiss the
men If the goods were recovered had been
made two weeks before Chief White left for
Chicago , or at least Shukert told him he
had the county attorney's promise at that
time. Ills detectives had reported that
Mrs , Bachelor , who rented the men the
rcoma , could give but a poor description ot
them and did not think she could Identify
them positively If they were brought back , |
The t\\o girls had also said that they could '
not Identify them. What he had told the '
two men after they were brought to the
city , that ho had ten people who could pea-
Itlvtly Identify them , was only a "bluff. "
Witness testified that Hcliley and Dunn ,
aselstant county attorneys , had both said the
evidence was Insufficient. Shields had said
| In the presence of witness and Shukert :
"You did splendidly to get the goods back
i with a case like that. I promised to let
1 the men go and I am going to do H , " Then
j when the goods had arrived Shields had
j said to Shukert In witness' presence : "All
j right , Mr. Sbukert , I'm ready to do It. "
I Shields tried to call Judge Oonlon up by
, telephone , hut failed to get him. lie then
jsat down and wrote out an order for the
1 release of the prisoners , but Interrupted
himself and eald that he would come down
, to the police court In the afternoon and dis
miss the complaints in person. That aftcr-
' noon he called witness up and a a Id that It
was a little earl ) to release the prisoners
and asked him to wait until the next day.
Witness replied that that was satisfactory.
Laicr In the afternoon Shields called wlt-
i ness up again and atkcd for the addresses
of the \vltnes8M against the arcused. Wit
ness gave them.
1 .No Uvlilrnoo t > uiiiri-8 > nMl ,
Here i 'hlcf While askoj permleelon to
ask wltneM a few questions , \\hlch was
granted. He asked' :
' 'Captain , how long have you been a po
lice t Ulcer ? "
"Sixteen years. "
"Having In mind nil your experience In
such cases , did HO nt any time feel that
wo would bo able to convict these men ? "
"We never did. "
"Was there at any time a single Item
of evidence suppressed from the knowledge
of the county attorney1
"Not n bit. 1 might Imc told the county
attorney that I belloVed we could prove
that they had been In the city nt that time ,
but that wan when we thought the girls
would bo able to Identify them. "
Here Assistant County Attorney Dunn ad
mitted the truth of witness' account.
! "Wns the disposition of the reward ever
dlscursed between us ? "
"Never , except n n means of Retting hold
of the men. We had to give $600 $ In re
words at Joplln before we could get our
men away , nn they wore wanted there for
something. 1 didn't know It 1 could ever
got a cent of It and I didn't care. "
Other witnesses of the afternoon were of
ficers nnd detectives who had worked on the
case , Daniel Enslcy , the expressman who
hauled a trunk to the depot the morning
after the robbery , and Mrs. Bachelor , the
woman who had charge of the rooms at 1515
Harncy street , where It la believed the BUS-
peels lived whllo they were In town , The
last named made an uncertain tldcntlllca-
tlon of the men as the ones who were In
her rooms. She knew them sufficiently to
toll which had engaged the rooms. On
ross-cxnmtnntlon she testified first that she
iad never talked with anyone about the
ase nnd then later admitted In a stumbling
way that she had talked to detectives , men
Pent from the county attorney's olflce nnd
vlth the assistant county attorney himself.
Vskcd if n man from the county attorney's
office had not told her they were trying to
ennvlct two men nnd wanted her to help.
ho answered that she "supposed so. " Later
she denied these admUslono.
lleniinliiR HoliN Up ARnlii.
An Interesting side of the prosecution
comes from Des Molncs , where Ezra Hem
ming , a former reporter on the World-
Herald nnd the principal figure In a black
balling case tried not long ago. Is working
n the Interest of the World-Herald and
ho county attorney. Hemming was at one
Imo n detective , or ot least he pretended to
ho title , nnd his mission to Dee Molnes Is
o get some ono there to say something
damaging In regard to the Omaha police.
To that end he Is telling the police officials
there that the Omaha police accuse them
of shielding the fur robbers , and In every
possible way he Is trying to bring about frlc-
: lon between the officers of the two cities.
Hemming has aioused the suspicion of the
police to such an extent that they tele-
jraphed to Omaha , asking If Hemming is
wonted hero for anything. The authorities
there take no stock In hie statements.
ShuUrrt oil < hc Stand.
Shukert , the dealer whoso furs were stolen
lon , was the only witness examined Monday
morning. He testified In regard to the less
and the manner In which the robbery must
*
lave been perpetrated , and also In regardto
the fences and doors between the goods and
the outside world , and many other minor
circumstances. The furs were worth $9,000
to him , but he did not think that any one
else could realize more than $2,000 by selling
them In a lot. He first saw the goods again
when Chief White showed them to him In
the Monadnock building , Chicago. He Iden
tified them.
In regard to the reward , Shukert testified
that he had made two separate offers , the
first of $1,000 for the return of the goods ,
and the second of $3,000 for the goods and
the conviction of the thieves. When he
made the second offer he had an understand
ing with Chief White and County Attorney
Shields that there would bo no prose
cution if thirty-five garments out of
the forty-two were returned. He was led to
make this offer by the statement of Chief
White to the effect that there was not
enough evidence to convict anyone , but that
the goods could probably be recovered
through the friends of the guilty persona.
Shukert told the chief to let the men go and
get the goods.
Questioned aa to his conversation with the
chief regarding the reward , Shukert testi
fied that he had discussed the reward with
the chief when It had been offered for the
goods and the conviction of the robbers , but
when the agreement was altered so that the
men were to be allowed to go free there had
been no talk of the reward and It was not
afterward spoken of by himself or the chief.
Witness was cross-questioned cloeely on this
point , but was sure of his statements.
Dent's Toothache Gum Is sold everywhere
by all first-class druggists. 15 cents.
GULF CUTS THIRTEEN CENTS
Make * Hate oil I'neUliHf HOIINR I'ro-
dnctM of For < y-Tvrn Crntx from
KmiNiiN City to TVXUM Potntn.
KANSAS CITY , Mo , , Oct. 1C. The Kansas
City , Plttsburg & Gulf announced today that
effective October 20 , It will cut the rate ou
packing house products to Oalveston , Beau
mont and Houston , Tex. , 13 cents per 100
pounds. The present rate Is f > t > cents nnd
the PittBburg & Gulf will make It 42 cents.
This action , It Is predicted , will force
the Missouri , Kansas & Texas , the Rock
Island , the Santa Fo nnd other Texas roadd
to follow suit , Inaugurating a bitter war
that may be waged Indefinitely.
The Gulf road's cut la made as a result
of the Burlington's refusal to restore the
0-ccnt differential which Kansas City pos
sessed over Omaha.
New Trnlllc Mummer.
C. C. Chase , formerly an Omaha resluenl ,
now connected with the Union Stock Yards
company In Chicago , and J. II , Osborne , Iho
now traffic manager of the Hammond Pack-
Ing company , were callers at Hie several
freight offices yesterday , The latter suc
ceeds 0. W , Dahlman , who hns resigned In
order to devote his attention to other busi
ness. Mr. Osborne la an experienced freight
man , having been connected with the nluo
Line Freight company In Chicago prior to
accepting bis present position ,
Ankn for a Itevlxlon of Arfoiiutn.
A friendly suit baa been filed In United
States court by which the Union Pacific
Railway company asks for a revision ot the
accounts of the receivers wbllo the affairs
of the road were In their hands. The suit
refciB o money ujse-d by the receivers In pur
chasing material for different lines and
"branches " , The petition asks for a revision
of the following ; Dexter cauae , $175,088 , ;
Kansas Pacific cause , $45,501 ; Denver Pa
cific , $6,002.
Kc-c'c-tvrr'H Ilp'iurt Conllniicil.
In United States court the final report of
the receiver of the Lincoln Street Railway
company baa been confirmed. The receiver
*
flnda that there was n mortgage for $800,225 $
running to tha Now York Security and Trust
company and a second mortgage for $1,198-
741.10 to the New York Guaranty Indemnity
company. The property was sold to satisfy
the first mortgage and the second mortgage
I stands as a deficiency Judgment.
MrrllllK of PtlHHiMiKt'r MPII.
General Passenger Agent J. R , Buchanan
ot the Elkhorn has gone to Boston to attend
the meeting ot the National Aclatlon : of
General Passenger and Ticket Agenti. He
will return the latter part of this week.
President King , f-crrr.er e Dank , Brooklyn ,
Mich. , has used DeWllt's Little Early Risers
In hie family for years. Sayo they are tha
bett , Thceo famous little pills cure con
stipation , biliousness and all Iher and bowel
trouble * . . .
SOUTH OMAIIAEWS.
A majority if the twenty-seven members
of the Board of Registration have apptared
before Mayor Ensor and quallfled. One booth ,
tor registration has been Iccnttd In each of j
the nine precincts. Three ilnjs are pravK'eJ
for registration a id the oicmbsra of the
board will bo on duty from 8 n. in. until 0
p. m. , thus giving plenty of tlmo ( or nil la
boring men to register. It Is understood
that the packing houses will follow the ustul |
custom and allow every cmploje tlmo off In j
\\hleh to vote. At state elections the polls I
clceo at 6 p. m. , thus making It Impoulbta |
for packing house men toorl \ ; full time
and got to the polls. The Slock Yards
company will then give every man In Its
employ an opportunity of voting.
An effort will be made this fall to get
ovary voter to register and It Is expecol :
that the total will reach at least 4.C09.
The following places have been selected
for registration :
First Ward First precinct , C. E. Scarr's
drug store , Twcnty-lourtli and M streets ;
Second precinct , Howard Meyers , drug
store , Twenty-fourth nnd J streets ; Third
prcclnrt. Itowley building , T'venty-foarth
nnd 1C street ,
Second Wnrd First precinct. Hugh Ken
nedy's building , Twenty-fourth street be
tween N ami O ; Second district , drug
store. Twenty-llrst street , south of 8 ; Third
precinct , Crosby & Illch'a otlloc , Albright.
Third Wnrd-Flrst precinct. C. A. Hvans'
building , Twenty-rlgbth ami II streets ,
Second precinct , Mrs. Kllker's building ,
3019 Q street.
Fourth Ward location not decided upon ,
but probably Sam Mori's barn.
Thursday , Octcber 10 , Is the first day of
registration ; Friday , October 27. Is the second
end day and Saturday , 'November ' , Is the
third day. All thoac desiring to vote this
year must register. Every person entitled
to a vote Is being urged by the managers of
both political parties to register ,
ClincliiNlnii of Glyiiti Incident.
The coroner's Jury called to Investigate
the killing of Thomas Glyun virtually exon
erated Thomas Moiitnguo for the throwing
ot the knlfo which caused Glynn's death.
Quite a number of witnesses were examined
at Monday afternoon's session of the Jury
and nearly all of the testimony produced
wont to show that Glynn had been the ag
gressor and that Montague , In throwing the
knife , acted In self-defense.
Walter Kay testified to the trouble which
occurred Thursday evening , when Glynn
threw hot water on Montague. A fight be
tween the men was barely averted at that
time. When peace had been declared after
a short skirmish Thursday evening Montague -
taguo complained that Glynn was always
picking on him bcauso ho was small In
stature.
Nearly every witness examined testified
that Glynn throw a heavy pall at Montague ,
at the commencement ot the altercation ,
whllo eomo swore that Glynn struck Montague -
taguo twice with a pall before the latter
threw the knife.
After deliberating for an hour or more the
Jury returnoil this verdict :
"That Thomas Glynn came to his death on
October 13 by hemorrhage from a knife
wound , the knife being thrown by the hand
of Frank Montague. Wo further find that
the knife was thrown during an assault ot
said Glynn upon said Montague. "
After the rendering of the verdict Mon
tague was taken back to the county Jail to
await the filing of a complaint by the county
attorney. As soon as the complaint Is fllcd
the date of the preliminary hearing will be
set.
ViicrlimtliiR Cattle nt Stock Ynril * .
On Sunday a bunch of over fitly cattle
bought by Nels Morris were vaccinated at
the stock yards prior to 'being shipped to a
distillery to bo fed. Cattle Intended for dis
tillery feeding are generally subjected to an
Injection of serum In order to place their
systems In first-class condition for the tak
ing on of fat nnd to ward off germs liable
to bo Inducted Into the system on account
of having no exercise. Upon arriving at the
distillery the cattle are placed In stalls and
arc not taken out until fat enough to bo
killed. A trough of malt and a trough of
fresh water arc continually before the ani
mals as Is also a quantity of hay. With no
exercise and nothing to do hut cat such ani
mals fatten rapidly. It Is for the purpose of
warding off disease- liable to be Incurred on
account ot no exercise that serum la In-
Joctcd Into the animals before being shlppet
to a distillery.
The operation Is generally performed by a
veterinary surgeon who Is armed with an
Instrument similar to a hypodermic syrlngo
and who Injects the serum Into the anlma
cither In the- shoulder or along the backbone
It IB claimed that this Injection prevents
disease during the fattening process. A
great many cattle are brought here at cer
tain seasons of the year for distillery fat
tcnlng and for this reason the vaccinating
Industry at the yards la gaining quite a
foothold. The operations generally take
place at the branding chutes in the nortl
yards near the L street viaduct.
llnrrctt TnkrN I2voci > tlniiN.
P. J. Barrett takes exceptions to the state
ment that his proposition for a franchise fo
the Bcllevuo and South Omaha electric rail
road Is made with the Idea of transferring
It to any other party. Mr. Barrett says : "
had the ordinance granting the franchise In
troduced In order to give us a basis on which
to work and expected to get other pnrtle
Interested to organize a corporation and t
have the franchise Issued In lt name. Th
other parties Interested with me are no
afraid to bu known , 'but ' there Is no us
of going to the expense of organizing a com
pany until we have In alght the nccessar
backing to make It a go. We are still work
Ing on the plan and Instead of having the
ordinance pocketed It Is simply being hold
until the project assumes such shape that
the franchise will bo needed. "
Council I'nllM to Meet.
Monday's call for a special meeting of the
city council for the transaction of regular
business was signed by nix members , hut
only half of this number were present at roll
call nnd thus another attempt to hold a
meeting went glimmering. August I'apez Is
anxious to have some action taken on the
petition for grading an alley .back . of his
two new houses on Twenty-fifth street and
George Dare wants some action taken on hl.i
Q stieet sewer contract. Hoth these men
wore interested In having a meeting , but
for some unexplained reason the members
of the council could not be gotten together.
City CukHlp.
A. J. Caughpy Is back from a vacation
In the rust ,
M. C. rook and wife have gone to Pchuy-
ler , Neb. , on a visit.
Samuel Ulchardn of Missouri Volley Is
visiting W. Is. Holland ,
Mrs. T. B. Scott has gone to Sioux
City , where she will visit her non.
Oscar SteveiiH wn hero yesterday from
Hillings , Mont. , with seven cara of cattle.
Cudahy'H caiimnKern anil tinners are now
a part of the American Federation of
Labor.
H. L. Oarretaon of the Dally Telegraph
of Atlantic , la. , was a visitor in tliu city
yeMenlay.
Thn Pork Butchers' union will Blvo a ball
at Modc-rn Woodman hall on the ovenlns
of November 4 ,
Clarence Longmoro hrokn his left arm
while playing at the High school build-
IIIK last Friday afternoon.
Kay W. Hunt has returned from Cole
rude , where he spent several months lookIng -
Ing after his father's mining property.
A meet 1 111 ; of the board of trustee ol
the First Methodist church has been
called for this evening at the pastor's
study.
On Thursday the women of the Fir < < t
Presbyterian church will give H chicken-
pie dinner at J. J. Muher'H building on
Uallroud avenue.
Sunday evening's high wind broke ono
of the plate glass windows at thn Ne-
hruHka Bho und Clothing house , Twenty-
I1UU mill N stiectii.
A meeting of the I'nlon Veterani * ' Re
publican duty will be held at tint onlco of
1 Judco Aencvf on 'Wednesday cvenlnc for
the piirr-r > e of arrflnclnn for n prnnd rally
to lie held under the nusplce of the club.
ui U.P 4o. I1 * ! of tin- Ancient Order ot
t'nltod Workmen Is receiving the congrat
ulations of Its friend" ! for taking scconu
prize nt the recent drill contest.
Mrs. Charles VoW of Fortieth nnd < }
streets was surprised Huturday night by n
number of friends. The party was ar
ranged by Miss Mlnnlo Wlthholz ot Omaha.
Mrs. C. H. Thompson. Twenty-fourth nntl
J streets. Is seriously 111 with pneumonia.
A consultation of physicians wo. hehl
yesterday afternoon , ns the case Is ft grave
one.
one.Tho Tuesd.iv evening historical loeluroK
which llev Irving Johnson hud nitnouncen
to commence Tuesday evening nt St Mar
tin s chureh have been postponed for one
week
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t HEARD ABOUT TOWN.
6-J-
Rurecll Thorpe , ono of the prominent
young cattlemen In Wyoming , Is In the city
to dispose ot a trnlnlond of cattlo. Sunday
evening , while the rnln was pouring In tor
rents , Mr. Thorpe received a telegram from
his ranch nt Hawhldo Buttea , Wyo. , stating
that snow had been falling and had reached
a depth of t lx Inches ou the level. "There
was once a time , " said Mr. Thorpe. In dls-
cuEolng the early snows , "when western
cattlemen awaited the coming of winter with
a feeling akin to dread. In ratio to Its sever
ity was the loss of cattle ou the ranges.
Now , however , conditions have been greatly
changed. All the big western outllta provide
themselves during the summer months with
numerous tee < l shcdo and a great plenty of
feed to tide their cattle through any severe
spell of snow or cold. This being the ease ,
the cattlemen look upon a snow storm with
the same unconcern ns a metropolitan resi
dent. "
Mr. Thorpe was formerly ono of the pop
ular students nt the State university and
has been In charge of the big Hawhldo Buttes
ranch only since the sudden death of his
ather , Colonel Thorpe , about a year ago.
Ic has a number of friends In Omaha and
ils periodical visits to the metropolis nro
Iwaya most enjoyable.
Daniel Logan , secretary of the Hawaiian
ommlsflon , and Mro. Logan returned Mon-
lay from Sioux City where they went to
atch a glimpse of President McKlnlcy
'hey stood for six long hours on the plat-
orm of the railway station , only to learn
hat the train would not reach the city
until the next morning. Mr. Logan stated ,
lowever , that they were rewarded for their
eng wnlt the next morning when they
aught sight of the president for a moment
n the vast crowds surrounding him. Mr.
- egan Is In receipt of advices from the ec-
ctary of the Chnmbor ot Commerce at
lonolulu to the effect that the Islands will
lav'o a fine exhibit nt the Paris exposition
and the display now at the Greater America
Exposition will be the foundation of U.
There will be much added thereto and the
whole consignment will be shipped to
Trance after the present show Is over.
Within the past few days a number of ele
gantly colored views of the islands and
scenes thereon have been placed on the
walls.
I'ernonnl I'l
J. G. Bests , a druggist at llnrtlngton , Is
an Omaha visitor.
W. K. Clark of Hartford , Conn. , pres
ident of the Aetna Insurance company , is
In Omahn.
R. E. Glass and M. D. Be-nch , well
Itnown knights of the grip , are in the city
from Chicago.
Rev. J. S. Roche , one of the foremost
Catholic mlnls'crs of the state , Is In the city
from David City.
Charles Young hns returned from Chicago
cage , where he went Friday night to wit
ness the Cornell-Chicago foot ball game.
Mrs. H. F. Moeller ot Detroit and Mis *
Ethel J. Smith of Saglnaw. Mich. , are
rlsltlntr at the home of their aunt , Mrs.
Bland Rlshton.
W. II. Kllpatrlck , the well known Ile-
ntrlco railroad contractor. who < o llrm has
the work In hand of straightening out tlui
kinks in the Union Paclllc In Wyoming , Is
In the city.
P. O. Hedlund of Lincoln , formerly dep
uty state auditor , but now In th Insurance
business , Is In Omaha. Ho feels conlldent
that Judge Reese will he elected to the su
preme bench.
Dan Bride , for several years n famlllnr
figure around the homo of AV. J. Urran
at Lincoln , but who ho been employed
at the exposition , has been released and
has returned to Lincoln.
Allen G. Fisher of Chadron , soldier ,
statesman and lawyer , was In the city
Inpt evening en route home from n : iro-
fesslonal visit to Cheyenne. Ho renorts a
healthy feeling of confidence up In hlB sec
tion that .lurtco HCCPO will no eiccicu u : '
n safe majority.
Colonel George Pond of St. Paul , chief
quartermaster of the Department of Da
kota , Is In the city. Colonel Pond was sta
tioned In Omaha before the war as chief
quartermaster of this department. When
ho went south ho was llrst Quartermaster
of the Fourth Army corps , and later
auurtermastcr of the Seventh corps under
General Fltzhugh Lee.
Seine Flnlior I'Mix-I.
Justice Cockroll has disposed of the eases
of Christ Trautkuss and August Tobtmrt ,
the ? elne Ushers , by lining the former ? 50
and costs and allowing the other to BO.
Tobbart , It appeared , was simply an em
ploye. The men had been operating a 700-
foot seine In Florence lake , using horses
to pull the thing out. Justice Cockrcll
ordered the selno and other fishing appar
atus destroyed , ns the law provides It Hhnll
be , and suspended the tine during good
behavior.
Cnriieiitor Iti'llnril of HlK Coin.
F. B. Carpenter , who llve at 2113 North
Twenty-fifth street , was held up at Twenty-
fourth and Corby Saturday morning nt 1
o'clock and robbed of $3.75. Carpenter was
returning home after an evening at the
house of a friend when ho met two men
wearing bluck masks and carrying big re
volvers. Ono cf the men covered him with
his weapon while the other searched hlu
pockets.
"I Thought I Would Never Do Well Again. "
One of the saddest things that can hap.
pen to a woman iu to foil into such a depth
of despondency through unnatural weakness
and disease ns to imagine that she can
never recover. " I'or two years , " says
Mrs. W G. Day , ot Trussvlfle. leiTerton
Co. , Ala , " I had suffered wall weak'
ness , headache , palu in my back and
Bide , which would become Pororc that I
cculn hardly bear tlic weight of tny
i Iiand on It. I hod cold hands Qua
I feet and many other l d symptoms
too numerous to mention. Home
pliyelciauc' treatment did me no
good. I lind be.
conic very despond
ent aud thought I
would iieverhewcll
again ,
"Hut with a faint
heart I wrote to
Dr. R. V I'lerce. of
Buffalo , N , V , and
described niycymp-
tomsnhbest I could.
He promptly nn-
i swcred by letter ,
nnd sent me a treat-
t isc on Woman and
Her Diseases' ; he
nlso outlined a
treatment for me which I fallowed to the best of
mv ability , and after tiUini ; six bottles of the
1'avorile Prescription , ' I can truthfully say
that I felt Ilkr a new woman. In a few months
afterwards , when I was suffering with the many
troublei due to preguaucy , I procured ' 1'avoittc
Prescription1 pgain and took It through that
time. I soon became very stout and felt well.
I was in labor only a cl.oft time aud iit ; along
well better than I ever did before. My baby is
n fine boy , uow two months old. and has never
been nick any. I cannot find \vonls sufficient
to express my praise of Dr. Tierce's medicine.
I nc\cr mlsfj an opportunity to recommend it.
I hope all suffering Indies will consult him , for
they will be benefited by taUiug his medicine "
Letters to Dr I'icrce arc treated in the most
sacred confidence , and neicr published without
permission , and the mnit careful , professional
vlvicc is given by return mail free of charge
Women would understand their own men
tal and physical natures better ; they would
make better wives and mothers ; they would
be every way healthier , happier , and more
capable , by reading and ptudyinn Dr.
1'iercc's great thousand-page illustrated
book , The People's Common Seme Med
ical Adviser It it a veritable , comnlete
family medical library in one magnificent
volume More than half a million ropicj
have been &old at $1 50 each , but a free
cuP > 'i paper-bound , will be sent to any
woman on receipt of 21 one-cent [ .tamps ,
to pay the cost of mailing only , or if a
heavier , handsome cloth-bound book ta
preferred , send 31 stamps.
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nnd It Is the dcnl-
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Now jou can BOS why thcie are so
ninny "Juat-as-god-aB-O'Sullivnn's on
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Not until you get the perfect rubber
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They also give double service.
Recommended by physicians and
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nnd disliked only by the envious and
grasping.
Price of all dealers 50c attached. We
will send a sample pair to those who
have difficulty In obtaining them for
35c. Booklets free.
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