THE OMAHA DAILY HI3K : TIIt'KKhAY , FHIUM'AKY 8 , 1000.
IIRITAIX'S FOOD * SUPPLY
D.psndenca on the United States for Bread
end Meat Olcarlj Shown.
UNCLE SAM AS BUTCHER AND BAKER
Sl/.c of KiiKlnnil'N Konil Hill niul the
Ainiiiinl I'nlil to I'orolun Coiin-
trlrn MnrUrt for Amerl-
cnn Siiiill < 'n.
If the Unlle-I States were to suddenly
step the present regular shipments of
brcndstuffs nnd meats to England , says a
writer In Ilnrper'n Weekly , It would be but
a few weeks nt the most before the United
Kingdom would ho suffering from the dlre.it
famine , for the United States hno England
at nor mercy In that most vital point In a
nation's life Its food supply.
During the last year England bought of
other countries J200,000,000 worth of meat
and ? 225,000,0iO ( worth of wheat , wheat Hour
nnd corn. Of thin enormous hill for bread
and meat about CO per cent , or $255.000,000 ,
was paid to the United States. In the same
period the English people consumed all the
meat they raised themselves and bought
from foreign countries , In addition , 570,009
head of' live cattle , C64.000 head of live sheep
nnd 1,050,000,000 pounds of meat slaughtered
.ibrond. It In In this last Item that the
United Stales has recently perfected Itn
hold upon the British meat market ; for It
In the American dressed beef which supplies
the butchem' stalls of nil the large centers
of population. Any phortagc would he felt
In these places llrat , and It U here the
hand-to-mouth class of the population Is
found the clase from which Is recruited In
times of strew the unreasoning , dangerous
nnd destructive mob.
England's Importations of live butcher's
Block have not Increased much In the last
twenty years ; In fact , In 1SS3 , 1890 nnd 1893
they were greater than for the last year. The
Importations of dressed meat have gained
steadily In volume , until now they are
twice as great ns they were twenty years
ago. Adding the totals of live and dead
meat , It ft ; HUOWII that the meat Importa
tions , UK n whole , have nearly doubled In
twenty years. The total Importations of
nil klndo of meat nnd other animal produce
have risen from $200,000,000 in 1878 to nearly
$100.000,000 In 1899. The total of nil animal
produce In 1S78 Is the total of the meat bill
i nlono In 1899. The balance Is found In Hie
Importation of butter , oleo , cheese , milk ,
rabbits , poultry and game , eggs and lard.
I'vtiMil of ilu : Trailc.
The part played by the United States In
thin great trade Is , as shown , most Impor
tant. This Is not only because of the enor
mous amount of money which cornea to this
country from the sale of material , but b-
tniiBo of the fact that so much of this amount
Is pal 1 for American labor engaged In pre
paring the material for market. Of the total
r of $125,000,000 worth of meat supplied to
England by the United States , less than $30-
000,000 la derived from the sale of live stouk.
Kven this employs a lot of labor in the
handling , but nothing like that employed In
the preparation of the other $95,000,000 worth
of meat supplies , which are practically
manufactured goods. The following figures
show how the American meat trade with
England IK distributed among the various
branches of the Industry. The Bales for the
year ending July 1 , 1899 , wcro as follows :
Canned meats , 22,723,000 pounds , valued at
$2.06finOO ; fresh beef , 281,041,000 pounds ,
valued at $23,456OOD ; saltel beef. 20.035.000
pounds , valued at $1,186,000 ; bacon , 395,474-
000 pounds , value ; ! at $30,312,000 ; hams , 177.-
762,000 pounds , valued at $16,360,000 ; pork ,
90,686,000 pounds , valued at $5,825,000 ; lard ,
204,645,000 pounds , valued at $12,310,000 ;
oleo , 7,660,000 pounds , valued nt $476,000.
In addition to the above England bought
In the same period from the United Stnteij
308,000 head of. llvo cattle , valued at $28,213-
000 , and 98,000 head of live sheep , valued at
$702,000.
It must be remembered that all live sheep
and cattle Imported into England must be
slaughtered within ten days of their landing.
This is dona for the alleged protestlon of the
British farmer , though the Idea Is apparently
Illogical and absurd. Tbo American has no
complaint to make , however , for he has a
demand at homo for nil his feeders nnd
plenty of stuff to fatten them with. This
regulation has also resulted In n tremendous
stlmulous to the dressed meat Industry In
the United States , the. shipments abroad hav
ing nearly doubled In the last five years.
It sconw remarkable that England , a coun
try great because of Us commercial cnter-
prlso and forethought , ahould have allowed
Itself to drift Into the dependent position it
now occupies In relation to the United
Statrfl. No other country has sufficient sur
plus to supply England's needs , but , with all
her olonlal possessions , It might have been
possible for England to have developed her
own resources , HO as to supply her own people
ple at least with bread and meat. Thera
has been mu-h Uilk In England about es
tablishing great public warehouses , wherein
provision could ho made against famine , but
this has not yet been done , nor Is It likely.
llci'f anil .Mutton.
/
Converting nil of England's mctit Im
portations Into live weight they amount tea
a yearly consumption of food of 1.000,000
Imported animals. Every day In the last
vt-ar England consumed 2,865 head of cattle ,
i5h ; kihceji and 1.01'J ' hogs raised In for
eign countries. This represents a trade of
$300,000 a day. Compared with the year be
fore * thi're was a decrease In the dally con
sumption of ninety-five bend of cattle , but
Dr.V , S. It Ice , tin- Well Known Au
thority , Sruil" u Trlii 1 uf lllk l"n-
IIIIIIIH .Mt'tliod Fret : to All.
Any Out * run \oiv Cure Tlit-nidi-lvr * nt
llomu Without I'nln , llaiiKcr ,
O | > fi'iill < > ii or nil llmir'N I.ONN
* of Tlim- from Work.
To the. thousands ujCon thousands of nip.
tti.'ed people who are torturing themselves
with trusses und In momentary danger of
death from strangulation Ur. W. S. Rlrn.
512 L. Jlnln Street ,
Adumd , N. Y. . will
Ecnd free to all u
trial of his famous
muthod that has
saved so many lives
and iiuido so many
men , women und
children well nnd
strong and perma
nently cured of old
nnd dlillcult rup
tures. Ho not be
backwurd about
writing for the freu
trial. It will cost
you nothing
3ft ' and will ennl'lo ' you
to SIM ! ' 10W Wl'y '
M 1C . L-YMAN . .
you cun clre | your.
pelf in a very short time without losing an
hour f i oui work. Ur. Hlco U determined
that every milTerlne man or woman shall
know the wonderful truth that rupture can
bo cured , und ho therefore gcnerouxly sends ,
prrpald by mail , his method , absolutely
free , nnd you cnn make n free trial of
It. Write today without fall , us you cannot
afford to miss this free and generous offoi.
Mr. M. K. J/yman , a highly esteemed citi
zen of Delray. Fla. , aayH : "The Dr. Hlco
inotliQd It * n remnrktiblo cun ; . 1 hud on old
rupture that defied everything , but In three
wnekti there was no protrusion , und 1 huvu
remained gouiuiind vtell ever tdnco. 1
hrartlly recommend Dr. Itlco to every suf
ferer. " Uo not full tovrllu at once for
the free trial and thus cure yournclf at
homo without pain , danger or detention
from the day's work. Wrlto ut ouca. fom-
mencu now. und before the heavy work at
spring b lnti you will be cured uound as u
dollar.
Wrltu to Ur.V. . S. Ilk-e. 512 1 , . Main St. ,
Adams , N. i' . , you will never regret huv-
Inn done ao.
BM In rpaoe of 20S sheep aiid SS4 heRB The
decrease in the consumption of rattlt * Is duo
to the greater decrease in the home mnr-
kct of the United Slotcii , and consequent
higher prlcoj. This la the reason for the
scarcity of meat In the Drlttsh market lant
year , and IB an excellent Illustration of the
dlrwt depfindenco of the Drltlsh public upon
the United States for the Maples of Its dally
meal.
The point of greatest Internet to Amer
icans In considering the future of this mest
trndc with Kngland Is the remarkable de
velopment of South America as n. possible
rival. While the relative percentage of meat
which goes to Kngland from there Is still
srrall. It Is rapidly Increasing In quality ns
well ns quantity.
The price of meat Is governed by the
number of cattle and sheep In existence
and the British meat experts are already
figuring closely and anxiously upon the
world'u supply nnd the prospects for tha
future. In tlioso flgurta they find nothing
to Indicate lower prices ; on the contrary ,
they find good basis for the belief that meat
will become even dearer than It Is nor.- .
In nlno IJuropcan countries , as compared
with thirty years ago , there are more cattle
In every country per 1,000 acres , but when
this Increase IB compared with that In the
population In the same period It Is shown
that the number of cattle has decreased
relatively. The population In the countries
referred to has Increased from 1-10,000,000
to 173.000,000 , or 24 per cent , while the cattle
have Increased only 21 per cent.
The great source of surplus incut In the
United State ? ; and here , during the last
ten years , the number of cattle ( leaving
dairy herds out of consideration ) per 1,000
pecpln has fallen from 583 to 365 , or from
37,000,000 to 28,000,000. This Is n.000,000
loss cattle , with a greatly Increased popula
tion , nnd ono which Is enjoying great pros
perity , rising wages and constantly In
creasing the per capita consumption of
meat. In the same nine European coun
tries referred to the number of sheep has
decreased 28 .per cent , while , ns before
noted , the population has Increased 24 per
cent. In the United States shsep have
also decreased by over 2,000,000 head. In
no country In the world has there been ot
late any Increase In the number of sheep
ns compared with the Increase In population
except In the colony of New South Wales.
A suspension of commercial relations with
England would have a disastrous effect upon
the American grain nnd meat market , but
such suspension eould not last long ; for ,
debplto her great naval and military power ,
England Is weak at 3cr base of supplies.
Shu would soon be starved out If she quar
reled with the- United States. This is not
a matter of conjecture. It Is a mathematical
demonstration.
M'OIll.U'S SAVI.MSS HANKS.
SliUlntli'N She winy : Knormonv Amount
! of Miinry Ucnosltcil In Tin-in.
i The present volume and extent of savings
banks' Intnlncss , though marvelous. Is but
little generally known , relates the Uostou
Transcript. Some idea may be had of the
enormous sum that Is now held by the snv- *
Ings banks of the world when it is stated
that the deposits of these Institutions nt the
bcgiunlng of the present year were reckoned
to have almost reached the sum of $7.COO-
000,000. while the Individual depositors num
ber Just about 4COO,000.
The statistics for 1898 show there to he
980 banks , 5,201,132 depcaitors and $1,939-
376.03i"i on deposit , an average of $372. SS
i
duo each depositor and nn average per capita
i In the United States of $2G.7ii. The New
I England states hnvo 2,229,108 depositors
1 and $810,071,090 In deposits , an average to
each depositor of $303.81. The eastern states
have 2,375,109 depositors nnd $ Sfl4,732,314 in
j deposits , an average to each depcsltor of
$376.71. The southern states have G8.S71 de
positors and $10,479,080 in deposits , an av
erage to each depositor of $152.18. The
middle states hava 331,603 depositors nnd
$92,933,532 in deposits , an average to each
depositor of $280.31. The Pacific states , etc. ,
have 196,439 depositors and $130,240.019 In
: deposits , an average to each depositor of
$663.00.
| Over SO per cent of the savings banks
1nnd 1 savings deposits of the United States
are In the New England states. This fact
is accounted for by some on the ground that
the people in that section ot the country
are moro economical nnd thrifty than In
| other parts , but the advocates of postal
j savings banks say that the people of the
Houth and west would be equally savins
If they were given the opportunity and the
encouragement which the postal savings
banks afford.
The following figures show the number
of depositors and the amount of deposits
In the savings banks of the principal couu-
tries of the world :
I Depositors. Deposits.
Austria . 3,021,902 $ 65S,921KO
Hungary . M5.237 2:0.151.760
Havaria . 665.913 67.r3t.C05
Delcium . 1,145.408 113.GOO.Uirt
Denmark . S99.854 165,920.525
Franci- . 8.PS6.KI1 S23.7S-t,7t5 :
Jtnlv . 4.137.00S 3il,330.1U )
Netherlands . 740,024 43,073 , ICO
Norway . 510,0.1:5 : C0,5.3,905 !
Pruwslli . 6,255,507 0.1U,757.ou )
Sweden . l,45n,8T > S 08.170,720
FwltZPrland . 1.19B.690 17S,79,299
United Kingdom . 7.959.SM M5.GS-U50
Australasia . Slll.Si ! ) ] TO.4 > 3SSO
Canada . 173.E50 57,578.975
Cairn Colony . no.161 S.UO.B20
India . . . Oi.l.Mi 25.413,460
Newfoundland . 6.401 12.27S.4M
Crown colonies , other. . . 11I,4)1 ! ) 12,2i5l
United States . 1,875,519 lS1437,7iS : !
Totals . 43,790,767 $6.60I , ; > I6,47U
The most notable nnd satisfactory feature
of the statistics I the enormous amount of
dope-sits In the savings banks of the United
States , not only relatively , but actually , be
ing almost 28 per cent of the aggregate of
the savings banks of the world. Seccnd to
the United States In amount of deposits IB
Prussia. Fninco Is first and the United
Kingdom second In number of depositors.
In the former country It is said that more
than onn-half the depositors nro women.
Including her dependencies , the United
Kingdom holds 1C per cent of the total de
posits.
The postal mvlngs banks system is In op-
rrntlon In England , France , Netherlands ,
Sweden , Austria-Hungary , Italy , India. Can
ada and a number of English colonies , but
nowhere does It attain the Importance , either
In magnitude of transactions or relatively
to other savings institutions In those coun
tries than it does In Great Britain. In
Franco the system was established In 1882.
Its growth has been so rapid that In volume
of deposits It stands second to the United
Kingdom , though In number of depccltors
it Is third , being exceeded by Italy. The
minimum deposit received Is 50 centimes (10 (
cents ) and the maximum 1,500 franca ( about
$300) ) . In 1690 the accounts numbered - ' , -
500,000 , with deposits of $150,000,000.
Tin * < liilt'Upnt Way to IlrrnU liji n Cold.
"I have used many makes of patent modl-
clnes and moat always with some good re
sults , " says Mr- Henry Hoover of Sha-
ir.oken. 1'a. , "but the most satisfactory and
most wonderful In results for colds and
coughts Is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
U will break up a cold In lena time than
any other remedy I ever used , " This famous -
mous remedy Is for sale at 25 and 50 cents
per bottle.
Caniiiin.
WASHINGTON , Feb. T.-Through some
body's rarelesfnees two of the big twelve-
Inch rifle cannon which were to form an
Important part of the defense of I'ugct sound
and to be located at Fort Flagler , Wash. ,
hnvo bcc'ti injured to an extent that may Im
pair 'their usefulness. The Injuries were
sustained In the emplacement of the guns
and Captain Charles H. Clark of th ? ord-
nancu department has been ordered from
Drnlcla arsenal , California , to Port Flagler
to Investigate the affair.
ANOTHER 1IE1IBERIN THE SET
Testimony of Secretary Oillnn Puts A , W ,
Johnton in Bad Light.
INFORMATION IS USED FOR SELFISH ENDS
CliliiM TnUoi Mnnil In Kllnrt ( o Show
( lint lie WII.M Not Concerned In
the Allcunl TiiiiiiierliiK tilth
OfUclnl IIIM-IIIIII-N. :
At tliu meeting of the Hoard of Education
Investigating committee yesterday the
mask was torn from the features of another
ox-member of the board , leaving only threa
of the old majority with official honor un-
fciilllcd. On the sworn testimony of Sec
retary J. M. Olllan , of the Hoard of Educa
tion. Member A. W. Johnson , who retired
on January 1 , secured the seat-cleaning con
tract for the current year by unfair means.
The contract , at G4 cents per seat , now
stands In the name of Oscar Peterson ,
brothcr-ln-lnw of Johnson.
The seat-cleaning contract last year was
held by H. 11. Uoylca , who secured such a
rich living from the Job that there- was con
siderable competition to secure the work
for 1900. lllils wcro received In writing by
the secretary of the board and were opened
by him previous to the award. Secretary
Olllan oxpliilns the opening of the bids by
saying that he did not consider them of
sufficient Importance to secure formal treat
ment.
Int'oriimlloit I'Mfil to Ailvantnuc ,
As the. secretary passed through the hall
to the board's chamber on the night of the
award ho testifies that he was accosted by
Member Johnson , who made soriio remark
regarding the seat-cleaning contract. Glllin
replied In a Joking way that the price was
going steadily down and the board seemed
Ill.cly to have Its work done gratis In the
ieafuture. ; . Johnson Is said to have In
quired as to the lowest proposal so far re
ceived. Olllan answered unsuspectingly that
ho bclleveil . " 5 cents per seat was the mini
mum.
After entering the chamber Johnson pre
pared a bid of B4 cents In the name of his
brother-in-law and sent It to the secretary
by the messenger. The bid was read along
with others and was declared the lowest.
It was suggested that the award of the con
tract be deferred , but Johnson workc.1 des
perately In his relative's behalf and Peter
son was awarded the work. The amount
spent for the purpose last year was over
$6,500 , more than 8,000 seats having been
cleaned. Glllan says he did not realize
what mischief would be wrought by his un
guarded remark to a member of the board.
( Milan In IIli Own liolinlf.
Secretary J. M. Olllan then made a valiant
attempt to clear his own skirts of any
charge of unfair dealing. The committee Is
hatlsflcd that envelopes containing bids for
slate blackboards and other material were
opened while In the custody of the secre
tary. Glllan was not accused of being a
party to the fraud , but naturally felt a dp-
slro to vindicate his official integrity. He
made an elaborate explanation of the
method employed In Inviting , retaining and
opening bids , and then considered each of
the three envelopes alleged to have been
opened.
These envelopes were addressed In each
case to Secretary Gillan and bore the return
cards of the Bangor Excelsior Slate com
pany. Easton , Pa. ; the Providence Slate
company. Providence , Pa. ; the Northwest
ern Slate company , Minneapolis. An nfll-
rtavlt was attached signed by Inspector A.
D. Uun.son , In charge of the postolllce secret
service at St. Louis. Bunsen stated his
positive opinion that the envelopes had
been opened and resealeil.
Secretary Glllan first disposed of the Ban
gor company's envelope , which he pointed
out bore no Inscription to Indicate that It
contained a bid. He said that it was his
duty as secretary to open such a letter Im
mediately upon Its rocelpt. Ho showed fur
ther that the envelope had never contained
a bid anil produced the enclosure hearing
the same date from his files. The letter was
simply a statement that the Bangor com
pany was not prepared to enter a bid on the
desired material.
One KnvrloiH- OIKMKM ! .
The envelope from tbo Providence com
pany wns then produced and the wltncjn
frankly admitted that it had been opened
and re-sealed , lie pointed out that It
bore no inscrlpt'on ' Indicating that it
contained u bid and therefore received the
same treatment as that accorded other let
ters addressed to the sntretary. When he
I discovered that the envelope contained a
1 b'ld Mr. Glllan said that he re-sealed It wlth-
I out examining the contents.
} Secretary Olllan failed to produce an ex
planation for the envelope of the Nortuweet-
I ern company. Ho said that the Inscription.
i "Propcsal for Blackboards , " might have
! been written subsequent to its r.ecelpt In htu
office. In his opinion also there was no evi
dence apparent to Indicate that the envelope
had been tampered with. He ventured the
assertion that no unblascu expert would have
taken the responsibility of such u statement.
An acsorted collection of affidavits was
then Introduced by Mr. Olllan tending to
show that no stove dealer had ever benefited
fiom Information given by the secretary.
This evidence was to refute the Informal
i opinion of Omaha experts that steve bids had
been tampered with. Mr. Glllau then began a
Jrrgthy exposition of his views upon the
veracity of Member Coivlo and Detective
Btukminstcr. Buckmlnster'H tcstlmcny , ho
said , had been given u false sig
nificance by the newspapers. The
committee , however , excused the wit
ness from the stand , the explanation be-
in ? considered foreign to the Inquiry.
An Inquiry wan then Instituted as to the
number of persons holding kayu to the sec
retary's oflleiJ. At the time the envelopes
were said to havn been removed it appears
that four keyu wcro in existence , one of
which hung In the key box In the ofilce. of
Superintendent of Buildings SeJgowlck. The
box Is nald to hnvo been frequently left un
locked when anyone might have removed
the key. The blackboard bids were de
posited In u drawer In the secretary's desk
locked by an ordinary key.
finiiurniiDi AxUcil In K\iilnhi.
Foreman W. P. GanKCinan. In charge of
the scat-cloning gang , then endeavored to
account for the number of desks cleaned
| and vamUheJ during 1S9D under the Ho > lcs
contract. The rommlltco pointed oui that
thcro was a shortage of about 3,000 between
the reports of Oangeman and the principals
of the different uchoofc.
"In the Loavemvorlh school , for oxamp'e , "
said Co.iienltUfiuoa flohnson , "your rcprrt
accounts for 2.J3 desks r-leancd , while the
principal has a record of only 1S3. In the
Columbia school your bill Is for 2IS , agalr.Et
llil in the principal's tally flip. In the
I Castellar tehon ! you account for " * l anil
{ the principal 'JO , and to on down the
line. How do you acrount for this ? "
"Many tiroes the seats were removed on
Saturday or after seh-ol hours and tlic
ItlnclpnU may not have ecuntp.i them In.
They hr.d no reason for taking particular
euro in making the count and a number ol
' times 1 have been able to refresh thrlr
Memory. In the Druid hill school , ( or instance -
! stance , the principal retained nacount at
ell , but when I called her attention to the
fact she recalled that the seats In one room
v era all changed. "
Nothing of noio developed In Gangeman'c
testimony nd to was excused. The com
mittee shortly afterward adjourned and tht
sittings ore probably at an end. Chairman
Barnard Hays that as far as ha knows tht
I mission of the committee is completed ,
Several minor matters will in.-orpi-ratcd
In the minutes , lutt another nipe'in * will
riobnbly not be necessary The < -ommltlee
v 111 now busy Itrclf with Us report to the
board to be rendered at the next meeting.
MOTOR CAH RUNS OOWN A BOY
Seven-Yonr-Olil Youth | I'rolmlil } '
1'nlnlly Injured , u Tlilrlj-
nnil I'lirnuni Slrorli.
Charles Stanton , 7 years old , who lives at
S22G Dodge , wn * run down l > y a street car
at Thirty-eighth nnd Knrnntn e'rcclr. at 11:13 :
a. m. yesterday and severely Injured. Ills
right leg Is broken In sevfral places , nil the
U.cs nro cut from his left foot and ho has u
Et'rlous scalp wound.
The boy was returning from school. At
Thirty-eighth street ho started to cress Kuv-
iiam. Cars were approaching from both di
rections. He ran .1 few yards after a west
bound car nnd then stepped upon the track
to the left , not seeing the cnstbound car a
lew rods farther up the track. The motorman -
man says he saw the hey and attempted to
stop his car , but It was down grade and as
the fender was almost touching him It was
Impossible to stop In time. The front trucks
passed over the boy's prostrate form.
The Injured youth wns placed on the car
and taken to Hahn's drug store at Eight
eenth and Karnnm , where a telephone. roll
was sent In for the police patrol wagon.
In this ho was taken to ( Markson hospital.
The attending physician says the boy's
right foot Is crushed and will probably ha\e
to bo amputated. He may not live.
LINCOLN'S SIGNATURE FILED
Jiuluo Ia DlftCovcr.H Dni'iiiai-iil of
HareIllntorlrnl latcri-M anil
l.iMivi'.n It nt Court House.
Judge George B. Lnhp filed In the office
of the register of deeds on Wednesday n
land patent bearing the signature of Abra
ham Lincoln and conveying to Samuel Lowe ,
mayor of Elkhorn City , 320 acres of land
upon which that historic old town was plat
ted. There Is no Elkhorn City now nnd
Mrs , Lake Is the owner of the land de
scribed in the patent , which Iti signed by the
martyr president. In looking over some
ancient papers Judge Lake discovered the
patent , and as It had never been recorded
he fllod It simply as a formality in keeping
the title on record. The document bears
date of February 25. 1862.
This land was Inherited by Mrs. Lake
from her father. Noble I. Hayes , an Omaha
pioneer , who in 1S57 pru-empted forty acres
of land jupt north of the west end of the
Unlcn Pacific bridge. Judge Lake also has
another patent for land In Washington
county , which is algned by J'imc.3 ' Buchanan.
FOOTPADS CAUGHT REDHANDED
Pol Iff Olllccr l.nlic.v OvcrliiMirM Thrir
1'lllliM itnil IH I'roNont to MnU < *
tinArrcNt. .
As Officer I.ahey flood in a doorway on
East Karnam street shortly before daylight
yesterday ho overheard a conversation
between two men ns they descended the
stairs from their rooming house.
"Wo will hold tin the first we
see ! " one of them said.
Ao they emerged upon the street they iil-
most collided with Tom Schmidt , a Hcmhavv
waiter , who was passing.
"Hold up your hands ! " demanded one of
of the men.
"Held up your hands ! " repeated Lahcy ,
who had followed them out.
The officer displayed his revolver and his
star and a moment later Mike Kcarr.s , nn
ox-convict , and David Berry , vag and hobo ,
were under arrest. The name of Schmidt
was taken aa a witness and the would-be
footpads were marched to the station.
FINED FOR CRUELTY TO WIFE
111 I'olluiCourt S. C. ( Jooiluln 1'ny.s
Hie Penalty fur MlHtrrntini'nt
of tils Pa in My.
S. C. Goodwill , ccoper , living at 1610
North Twenty-eighth street , was fined $25
and costs in police court yesterday for
abusing and threatening hia family. Several
of the neighbors were present to testify
against him and his young sons took the
stand to give evidence In behalf of their
mother and themselves.
! The statements swoiti to In court
will form the basis of a divorce suit to be
filed by Mrs. Goodwin in the district court
In a few days. The neighbors fay this Is a
very aggravated case. The wife has been
found unconscious frcm the elfects of the
1 husband's mistreatment , they say , and sev
eral times they have seen her with hruloea
nnd cuts on her face administered by Good
win.
DEFERS TO PUBLIC OPINION
nilirrx * of China | ' < > < ; M > IIX the
Uruoxltloii of tin ;
Kmpcrnr.
i 1'EKIX. Feb. 7. H Is generally believed
that tht dowager empress will nt attempt
1 the foxnal deposition of the emperor at the
present mrment , though this wns her firsl
intention there Is little room to doubt. It U
gathered from creditable Chinese source ;
that the dowager Intended to carry cut hoi
p'.ans during the first days of the now joar
Hvorythlng had been prepared for the cofip
but at the last momc'.it representations tc
her that such a course probably would creati
serious opposition In the south Induced hoi
to tomprrnrlly abandon her decision. There
Is much anxiety In native quarters regardluc
the dowager empress1 next move. It I ;
generally thought , however , that she wll
allow affairs to remain as at present untl
I she Is nble to ascertain to a certainty wha1
attitude the emperor's party IK likely t <
acsumt , Thcro Is little reason to bcllovi
that the emperor's party Is strongly enougl
united to glvo KcrluUB trouble , whatever
action the dowager takes.
'BRYAN ' IS FILLED WITH HOPE
to * Wninlrrfiil ( irinvtli
of Dt'inoi'rnllc SnUI-
HKIUGBPORT , Conn. , Feb. 7. William J
Drynn said last night after the clops of hi :
New England campaign , during vhch ! hi
has addressed 45,000 people in clghtccr
cltlea : "The meetings hc.vo been gratlfjint
because they ah.i\v the growth of democratli
Ecntlment. The trend of public opinion I :
nwny from the republics : ! party and I bp.
llovo that each month will einphnulzo thl
oppositlcn. The old men contraai the republican -
publican paity of tcday with tl'e republics
party i f Llncolu'8 day and citnuct but nun
the difference. The young men see the IIcK
of opportunity narrow Ing nnd they reallzi
that republican politics nro continually add.
lUB to the jidvantagca of assregaicd wcalt' '
and lessening the chance of the young mar
who has cnly his br.iliu and hU muscle ti
rely upon. It requires more than the liopi
of a poor clerkoblp t' < r'tlmulate the younj
man to the hlKhest endeavor. "
"For n lame back and for pains In thi
chest there Is nothing equal to u piece o
flurncl dampened with Chamberlain's Pair
Dalm and bound on over the r-sat of pain , '
says Mr. Ralph Jordon of Burke. N. Y
"Pain Balm Is the best liniment I over used
'I'riiiii'NMre Solillt-r
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-Genoral Oils ho :
(
, Informed tbo War department that Firs
' Lieutenant James P. Toncray of the Thirty
sixth volunteer Infantry died nt Manila thl
morning of hemorrhagto smallpox. He wa
a resident of Tennessee.
COUNCIL FIXES NEW LEVY
is Mada Twenty-Eight Mills for
All Purposes
SCHOOL BOARD'S ' UNFXPJCTiD DEM\ND
AM.N Hint AiliUtlitttnl I'lvo Mill * tic
l.c-vli-il ( o Malic I | i Its Old .liulu-
im-iil Tntnl Amount Mliilitl.v
finlcr One Million Dollar * .
For three hours yesterday the council
haggled over the new levy , discussing at
length the needs of each fund and listening
patiently to statements by various heads of
1 departments. The amount of the levy was
i finally fixed at 21 mills , the 4-mlll school
1 board levy bringing the total to 28 mills ,
j3 mills higher than fnr last ) ear.
I The sum produced by the levy will bo $ ! ) ! ) ' . > , -
' 420.21 , Just under the million-dollar limit ,
beyond which the council felt lay the wrath
!
i of public opinion.
| The sensational Incident of the morning
, was the appearance of Attorney Herring do-
mandlng for the Board or Education it levy
| of u mills In addition to the 4 11111)0 ) named
In their formal estimate. Mr. Herring ex
plained that the honnl had pecured n decree
In the district court for $ lii9,000 , being the
! difference between the amounts granted and
demanded one year ago. While the Judg
ment has net been na yet made a matter of
record , it may ho obtained at any time nnd
the council was ashed to face the situation.
Mr. Herring paid If the council would Im-
pcse a levy of 5 mills , to bo paid nt the rate
of 1 mill annually , the adjustment would be
satisfactory-
Councilman Burklcy said that if the school
board entertained an Idea of collecting such
I an amount It shnuld have been Included
1 in the formal estimate. The responsibility
for the Increased levy would then have been
borne by the school board nnd not by the
j council.
Herring responded that It was not neces
sary to include the amount In the estimate
for the reason that the courts had declared
It to bo their rightful due.
j HcrrliiK'x Drinaml TnriiiMl Down
! The council , however , agreed with Burk-
] ley nnd refused to grant Herring's demand.
, The school levy ordinance of 4 mills wan
read for the third time nnd passed.
There was a prolonged discussion of the
proper amount to he given to the police de
partment. The inadequacy of the 2.50 mills
granted to the fund last year was pointed
cut by Councilman Mount , who en Id It was
1 fnrco to pretend to patrol Omaha's twenty-
' live square miles with thirty-six policemen.
Stuht and Lobeck advanced the opinion that
j the number wns sufficient and In spite of the
; remarkable record made by the department
i expressed some doubt as to whether the
' , officers were attending to business. The
J levy was fixed at 2.50 mills , the same as
one year ago.
| A conference held with the park commis
sioners earlier In the morning convinced
the council that the parks and bpulpvnrdn
| were being abandoned to the weeds for lack
of bare running expenses nnd the levy for
i the fund was Increased to the limit .SI
j mills.
| The total levy as distributed among the
various funds Is as follows :
Funds. Mills.
General 4.75
Sinking 3.60
i Library 50
I Water 2.CO
Judgment 10
Fire 3.10
Police 2.JO
Sewer 20
Parks S4
URhtinp 1.96
Health 24
Street cleaning anil sweeping ; GT >
Curbing , guttering and paving Gfi
School board 4.00
Total 2S.OO
INDIANS ARE TROUBLESOME
Milr l T n Family Awimpil of
CTIlft Ollll'Or I111(1 PONML-
VICTORIA , n. C. , Feb. 7. Word has been
' received by the Department of Indian Affairs
and by the police authorities of fresh trouble
among the Indians of Upper Llard. Seven
' members of a Scotch-Indian family named
McTavlsh are said to have been murdered.
There was an epidemic of scurvy lust fall
and the story was ntnrtcd among the Indians
that the McTavlshes had caused It by witch
craft. A council WHO held , the McTavlshes
condemned and a night attach planned for
their destruction. Setting fire to the Mc-
T.ivlsh home , the savages shot their victlnin
j an they attempted to escape the flames , only
one of the family of eight succeeding In
. reaching the shelter of thr- forest and ulti
mately the GaHcn Trading company's store
; at Lake-town.
f'onstablo Stewart , with two men , started
out at cnce , under the guidance of the solo
survivor of the hapless family , to arrest thu
i murderers and the trio have not yet re
turned. Commissioner Porter of Telegraph
creek has sent an cJTectlve posse to take
energetic action in the case.
GREATEST HEAT EVER KNOWN
I I'roplc of lliu-MOh AyrriH SullVr from
j Kxtrcinc Teiiipcrntiire
I Many DcatliN.
j HUKNOS AYUKS , Feb. 7. The residents
1 of Uuenos Ayres have never experienced
such Intense heat as that of Saturday , Sun
day and yrsterday. They wrre greatly
alarmed by the number of deaths from sun
stroke.
The mortality In Uuenos Ayres , which
never exceeds forty dally , reached 150 dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at d
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Thcro were
21'J caeca of sunstroke on Sunday and 1M !
cases resulted fatally up tc 0 o'clock in the
, evening. There wrro thirty-four cases of
j Biinbtroko Monday. Ono of thoin v/as fata ! .
j Monday night a heavy rain ccoled the at-
1 mosphere.
1 The now United States minister , William
' 1' . Lord , had arrived here.
I A dlsratch from Rio do Janeiro says that
, the Venezuelan troops Invaded Druzillan
territory and were opposed by the forces
of the latter republic , which wcra forced
to retreat after u serious fight.
Sri'l.s CiirniiciiHiilIiiii.
f LONDON , Feb. 7. The ofUclals of the
' United States omba&'jy deny that nny nego-
tlatlcna In regard to Alaska nro proceeding
1 between Lord Salisbury and Mr. Choatc , the
' United Statfn ambakgador , or that a conces
sion of n free pott In Aln.il u la Included In
the Nicaragua agreement , ai : cabled from
'
Washington. A qucotlon will be nuked Jr.
I tha House of C'oimonn Thursday ai 10
i whether Great r.rltiiln haa relinquished all
' lici righto under the Clayton-Uulwer treaty
, in respect to the Nicaragua canal , and If BO
| whni compensating advantages , If nny , have
been necurod In exchange.
rVo I'inuuc ( it Uporlo ,
LISBON. Feb. 7. A decree has been Is-
: Buod announcing that the bubonic plague
has disappeared from Oporto und that the
quarantine of that port baa been raised.
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK ?
Pnn't clve them tea or coftce. Hnvo you
tried the now food drink called QIIAIN-O5
It Is delicious and nourishing and takes
the place of coffee. The more Oraln-O you
Ktve the children the moro health you din-
1 tribute through their systems Qrnln-O ii
mad * of pure grains , and when properly
prepared tnstes like the choice crudes of
coffee , but coats about U * n much. All
tracer * sell i' . Ho and 2 c.
Another record breaking
sale in our piano department.
This Inrgo department is now
loaded to its utmost capacity
For the want of move 'room we are compelled lo sell a large
number of pianos regardless of price. Some of these instru.
ments have been slightly u ed , and will be closed out at ri
diculously low prices. No\v is your opportunity to got a high
grade pianoat about one half its actual value. Call early and
get a good selection. Here are only a low of the pianos that
will be included in this salu : Chickoring , Stein way , Ivnabe ,
Fisher , Franklin , Doll , Lester , Ivors it Pond , Weber , Singer ,
MoCammon , Emerson , Mathushok , Strick Air. Zidler , Chase ,
New England and Howard. New Pianos for rent. Pianos
moved , tuned and repaired. Telephone
HOLMES DECLARED INNOCENTi
Jury in Judge Bakar's Oourt Says Ha Did
Not Steal Eiilroad Brasses.
VIGOROUS PROSECUTION AGAINST ACCUSED
Iminrillatcl y Following tinHe
of llolnii'N l.oul.H Iv. niiil I , < ! ! < _
llarilliiu Art * I'lai'otl on Trial
for Uri'clvinn' .Stolon ( iooilN.
A jury In Judge Baker's court has do
dared C. E. Holmes not guilty of stealing '
brass fixtures from the II. & M. lUllroad |
company. Holmes accepted the \erdlct as a
'
niatter-of-caur o , for ho has ntoutly main-
tallied Innocence all of the time , while the
railroad authoiilies seemed equally positive
of his guilt.
The hearing of the case was completed
before Judge Baker nnd submitted to the
jury shortly before noeti yesterday. I
While the value of the alleged stolen prop- ,
crty Is comparatively small the highest ts- j
tlmato being $96 a point is involved which (
renders the cane of more than ordinary In- j
terest. Kor several years , not only In Ne
braska , but in many other states , railroad
ccimpanlce rave suffered depredations from |
petty thieves , mid in the aggregate the i
stealings are of considerable consequence.
Brass is not the only commodity that tempts j
men of evil Inclinations. In ninny In-1
stances freight cars have been broken into I
nnd goods In shipment have been stolen , j
Xo charge of this character was preferred ]
against Holmes , but the railroad company ;
prosecuted him vigorously ns a general c\-
ample. The brass that Holmes was alleged |
to have stclen was the personal property ,
of the company and was uaed In the manufacture - '
facture and repair of locomotives. |
Holmes remained calm throughout the' '
tiial , and his personal appearance was rather
In his favor , for ho doesn't look like a bad
man. There was , however , cnsidorable
damaging evidence. Kor the defense there
appeared nevera ! witnesses , a majority of
whom are engaged In the purchase and sale
of sccontl-hand goods junk dealers , the
county attorney called them.
HnrilliiRN An * Hriiuclit In.
Immediately after the jury In the Holmes
case retired for deliberation the ease of
Loilis K. and Lottie Harding was called. ,
They are junk dealers accused of buying
the alleged stolen brass. The specific
( charge against them IP 'receiving
I Molcn property. " The accused nro husband
I nnd wife. In the Information on file ngalnst
them it Is charged that they knew the hraEii
j wa ill-gotten gain when they bought it.
The defenco of the Hardlngs la that they
were not aware the brass was stolen. They
have retained prominent attorneys and wlH
I make n vicorouH effort to ln > nt the case.
Ever since Holmes wan placed on trial
Monday morning Judge Baker's court room
has looked like a well-stocked junk f hop.
I Chunks of rough brass uro scattered about
promiscuously and the weather-beaten Iron
trunk in which the braes was conveyed to
the court hcusc standn In front of the bench
! as though It were a sidewalk display.
Holmes maintains a homo in this city on
North Nineteenth street , and If the railroad
charges against him hud been proven , ho
would have ranked ns a Dr. Jekyl nnd Mr.
' Hyde , for his conduct at home , so far ns
' proven by his ilelghb'rs , wan without
| blemish.
Notwithstanding the fact that Holmes was
' acquitted and that the Hardlngs are ac-
eupcd of buying stolen brass from Hnlmiv ,
the prosecution against the HnrdlncH has not
bn-i\ dismissed Jury preliminaries are In
progress this afternoon. The defense may
latei on make a motion to illpnilFtj. but that
will probably not take plnco until after a
part of the testimony has been heard. The
state contends that the lliirdlngs are on
trial for receiving stolen property , and that
It Is not necessary to prove that It waa
stolen from Holmes.
MA A OH MOOmOS j.\IXS A I'OI.VI' .
AVIiiN \ U'lory In I , it iKiKlon 4 > riMvlnu
Out of llln AilniliilNtrallon UN Cli-rli.
Mayor K. E. Moores. formerly clerk of tha
district court , nnd who was sued by tha
county for adjustment of a dispute ns to the
proper disposition of certain office fees , won
a victory In Judge Baxter's court yesterday
morning. The hearing was on a demurrer
illod by Mayor Moores' attorneys setting
forth that the plaintiff's petition docs not
contain facts milllclent to constitute a cause
of action. The demurrer wns sustained , but
the county attorney , It is understood , will
appeal to the supreme court.
Mayor Moores was clerk of the district
court prior to the onofttspnt of the fee law ,
which puts the clerkship on n salary basis ,
The dispute arose over witness fees whlcb
remained uncalled for. The county com
missioners held that such fees should be
turned over to the county. Mayor Moorca
was advised by hit. attorneys that he should
hold all unclaimed foes for the witnesses
and that If they should he called for It
would ho his duty to make payment accord
ing to the records.
Ono of Mayor Moores' attorneys said :
"Suppose .Mores had paid the unclaimed
witness fees to the county ; he would still M
personally liable to the several witnesses for
the amount due them. "
Two bcparate cases Involving the same Is
sue were brought ngalnat the mayor In his
capacity as clerk of the district court. Ono
case WT.B carried to the supreme court ,
where a favorable decision wns tendered ,
The other case , on which the. demurrer wns
argued yesterday. If said to bo similar
to the one In which the mayor won final
triumph. The amount Involved In both
*
cases Is about $7000.
"I had dyspepsia tor years. No medicine
was so effective as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
It pave Immediate relief. Two bottles pro
duced marvelous results , " writes L. II. War
ren , Albany. WIs. It digests what you eat
and cannot fall to cure.
tbnt nro scicntilically and properly
fitted are the ones that bring the
must relief.
A complete line
of optical gooils
Free examinations.
THE AlOE & PENPOLD CO. ,
Lrnilini ? ScleiitlOc OntU'lnna.
14O8 Farmim. OMAHA.
OPPOSITE PAXTON MOTEL.
Talk About Mandolins-
Ana Riiltni'B llio new lnO ! ) Uurtnis
arc the flui'M thSiif ? wi > over liiitl In our
-date ImprovonifnlH lire
stock-all ujitdate
found In mum1 nnd Ihc quality ( if tennIs
Is equal to nny lualtp on earth huHlduH ,
we niuirnnteo them for live yenrH a
longer fjnnriinteo limn nny oilier ninke ,
ri'lres on either nmndolliiK or frnllnrs
ranjji' frin $10.0(1 ( mi. A few of ( he
otUtT reliable makes are tin * " \ViiHli-
hf.rn , " "Waldo" and "llennry" nianilo
lliiK-every one fully K'mninteed ' and at
IirlccH from $ ( | .0 < ) up. Including clcKunt
canvas ease anil Instruet'on Imok feM
on winy lernis.
A. HOSPE ,
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas ,
If Drex , L , Siiooman-
Was a politician he would jret rvery
voti ! east In Omaha he has liccoine HO
popular by the hind of Khoes he HellB
KUeh good Hhoes--thore'H .itir tin en sole
mechanic's lace sho" , with lop wile liu.st
quality of oak lealher , full Mock calf-
Kkln iippurs hundreds of pairs worn In
Omaha nnd every wearer hltfldy roc-
ommendu Ihein If wo were to show you
thin Mhot- and have you net the prlci !
yourself you'd nay It WJIH u if-J.OU Hhoe-
wull , that's about what It IK but we
are the in'P.itCKt Mint * vnlue given * In
Omaha -that's why wo only prluo ( hum
at $ : i.M ) .
Drexel Shoe Co.
1410 FA UN Ail STUKBT.