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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1900.
CONTRACT ALREADY AWARDED Irco'uorof h0MroXSraci?5raaii? ' CAR COMPANY TARES A RAND
talkod of.
Tho rumors bo even further, In
cluding In the consolidation the Texas pa- I
for $2,600,000 Job.
OFFICIAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN
Kilpatrick Broi. & Collins 8nccessful Bidden i ',flo o 8t. lyui Southwestern which
, . ... nnn . arc already classed as part of the "Missouri
Pacific system," although the Missouri
Pacific Railway company does not control
theso two companies, aa It does tho St.
1ouls, Iron Mountain & Southern and the
International & Great Northern, the re
maining members of tho "Missouri Pacific
system."
A quiet buying movement of Wabash
securities Is noted, and It H said In some
quarters that this member of the Gould sys
tem will pass Into the hands of the Vandcr-bills.
I'nliin PnHflc nntelnln I,c Cniitrnct for
Slirrninii Hill Improvements,
Completion of Which Will
'i.l Tki) Two Vmrii,
Kllpatrlek Bros. & Collins, tho railroad
contractor, have been awarded the contract
for tho extensive Improvements to be mado
by the Union Pacific at Sherman hill In
Wyoming. Oinclal announcement of tho let
ting of the cntract and tho names of the
ucccosful bidders were given out at Union
i im.uu i-0.1u14uur1.crs yesterday, Tho entire
contract was secured by tho Kllpatrlek firm.
Tho exact nmount to be paid the contractors
was not mado public, although It Is admitted
that tho Improvements will cost In the
neighborhood of $2,500,000.
Tho prevent track of tho Union Pacific
between. Laramlo dnd Uuford, a dlstanco of
thirty milts, Including the crossing of tho
summit of Sherman hill, will practically bs
abolished when tho new lino Is completed.
Tho distance will be shortened considerably
and tho most pronounced grades will bo en
tirely eliminated. Tho famous Dalo Creek
bridge will bo used only until tho new cut
off Is ready for operation. Tho new routo
will include a tunnel three-quarters of a
mile In length.
Justification of the enormous expense at
tached to tho work of Improving tho lino
at Sherman hill Is- mado by olftclals and
IlnlttTity Note mill Personal.
Oenerul Claim Ascent McCnll of the
Omaha & St. Louis Is a visitor In the city
from Kansas Ultv.
General Agent C. A. Ilutherforri of the
Hock Island Is homo from a bilef business
visit to Chlcnco.
Ocneral I'ussenger Agent J. It. Buchanan
of thu Klkhorn returned yesterday from a
builnesa visit to Denver ami Salt Lake.
T. H. Thorpe, general agent of tho Penn
sylvania. pnsieiiKer department, has re
turned from a trip through the Hlack Hills.
S. V. Randolph, trnvellng passenger ngent
of tho lialtlmoro &. Ohio Southwestern, Is
In th elti- from St. Louis on one of his
periodical visits,
Chief Knglticer Perry of tho 1'nlon Pa
cific nil returned from an extended ab
sence Iti the west, during which ho looked
after the work of Improvements now un
der war.
Ylgoroui Effort to r.itf yimtro Operations of
Highway Eo'obcn.
LEGAL AID FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY
Cnnc of Itn- llrotm, Alleged Ilobber'of
n .Street Cur Crctr, I oil Trial In
JiiiIkc linker's Court Mncelnl
1'rosoeutor In Charge.
The Omaha Street Hallway company has,
by furnishing counsel for tho county at
torney, taken a hand In tho. prosecution of
tho men charged with robbery of ono of tho
conductors last November. The robbery oc
curred at the end of tho Leavenworth streot
stub lino, on midnight of November 29.
Two masked highwaymen climbed aboard tho
car Just as Conductor Amstutz was about
to glvo the slgnat to start. Ono devoted hU
Attention to tho conductor and tho other to
the mctorman. Pressing tho mutzlcs of
pistols to the heads of tho car employes
tuey demanded money
motion setting forth lack of convicting evi
dence, tho court took tho case away from
the Jury, Instructing a verdict for tho de
fense. Wassman Mas an employe of the de
fendant company at tho time the alleged In
Jury occurred, but his evidence failed to In
dicate responsibility of tho defendants.
IlAUICIlKI'EHS Altll tlOl'M) OVHH.
South Omnhit Miloou Men Mwnt Afl
utter Chiirnc In District Court,
Judge Vlnsonhalcr's attention was oc
cupied In county court Wednesday afternoon
In bearing cases against O. J. Cochran and
Larry Cahlll, South Omaha saloon keepers,
charged with retailing liquor without n
license. This action la brought by the
Hoard of IMucatlon of South Omaha and
tho money. In the event of conviction, will
go to tho school fund, as provided by law.
noth defendants wcro held for further hear-
' Ing In tho district court, bond being fixed
In tho sum of $500, which was given. The
B.imo charge Is pending against other South
Omaha saloonlsts, who will bo brought up
later. As a formality In the proceedings a
bottle of liquor was Introduced In tho court
ns evidence, the testimony being that It was
purchased by a prosecuting witness.
SPANISH GANNON COMING
linn II pe n MIiImiiimI from Co verlior'n
Iftlmii! mill In KxiiciMimI Here
This Week.
At last one of tho captured Spanish can-
mon is on Its way to Omaha. Taken by
directors of the company In tho Improved tho Americans from tho battlements of San
service that tho new routo will furnish
Tho establishment of a greatly reduced
grado and tho elimination of tho present
pronounced curvature will enable better
ttmo to bo mado by passenger trains and
make It possible for heavier loads to be
carried by freight trains. It Is believed
that tho roduced cost of operating expenses
tlago, It has been kept, with many others,
at Governor's Island, New York, slnco the
war.
Mayor Moorco received a meeeago yes
terday from Major John 1). llutlor, com
manding officer of tho Now York arsenal,
that tho cannon had been put on board a
lighter nt tho fort to be dollvcred to the
, Freed from the Yoke,
! Judgo Fawcett hoa granted n. decros of
divorce to Mrs. Annie Engallandur. who
ine conductor hastily turned over to tho ' brought suit against Julliw Engallander, nl
hlghwaymen tho change ho had collected leglng desertion and general Indignities,
during tho day, amounting to 112. Tho tm. unhappy pair was married April 3,
motorman allowed his assailant to takoliRWV nn,l nccordlnc to tho story told by he
will ultimately offset the expenditure of tho Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railway
vast sum necessary to provide lor tno This was dono last Saturday. The gun
Improvements decided upon. will reach Omaha over tho Milwaukee road.
Two years Is estimated as tho time that Tho mayor la exocctlnc word of Its arrival
will necessarily bo consumed In tho com- at any hour. Tho council Tuesday night
pletlon of this work. Tho contractors have passod a resolution granting him authority
already begun operations nnd employment to expeni whatever Is necessary to defray
will be furnished several hundred men from tho cxponscs of transportation, which must
the prosent time until tho work Is finished. bo t,orno by tho city.
It has been practically decided to place
his watch. Tho robbers then clambered off
the car and disappeared In tho tall weeds
of a near-by lot.
Hugh Landy and Hay Drown were arrested
tho next day for tho offeute. They were
Identified by Amstutz and Mlchaol Clark,
tho motorman. Tho potlco Judge bound
them over to tho district court. When
Landy was tried the Jury returned a ver
dict of not guilty. The chargo was that
of robbing Amstutz. At that tlmo the
street car company desired to furnish legal
aid for tho prosecution, but It was thought
host not to do so, as tho proceeding might
prejudice the Jury.
At the close of the trial Landy was again
taken Into custody on the charge of robbing
Clark, tho motorman. If the case against
Ray Brown, on tho samo charge, which was
called up beforo Judgo Uaker yesterday,
is successful, Landy will be tried this term.
plaintiff tho husbund turned deserter wltVin
thrco months from tho wedding day.
Wuntx l'ny for Injuries.
Sylvester Chesley Is plaintiff against
Rochcford & Gould, contractors, In a suit
for JIB, 000 damages on account of alleged
personal Injuries. According to the allega
tion of tho petitioner ho was severely In
jured whllo engaged as an employe of the
defendant In the construction of a building.
suit to iuicovkk a iiio sum.
OFFICIALS II I II B WITH TUB WI.M).
to
the cannon In Jefferson square. A granite
pedestal will bo erected for It. Tho cost
of this and tho foundation has not been
Ilrmnrknhlr Hun from Cheyenne
flinnlin liv ri Slice 111 I Truln,
Onn hundred Ilftv. three nnd h half miles determined.
in ir.i minute lu ihi. rernrrt made hv a Thb "Llberatador" Is tho cannon's para-
.nnMnl trnln which enmo In on tho Union doxical appellation. Made In 1789, Just 111
inninn fmm rhnvpnnn vostordnv momlnc. It years ago, It successfully frowned upon 11b-
waa composed of four private cars, occu- crty In the lslo of Cuba until Shatter's
hv v.. h Ttnrrfmnn of Now York, nresl- forces sHonced It. Coming from a Spanish
-I.... ... .u v,,.i ,it..,. inh tr gun factory in tho year revolution ovor
Schlff of Now York, director nnd member ept Franco and tho American republic
nf ihn ovivMitlvn rninm ttce: Pres dent innuguruieu no mm. iicuc.,
Horace a. Hurt and General Manager K.
Dickinson.
Tho train left Cheyonno Tuesday nvenlnz
at 6 o'clock nnd arrival In Omaha yesterday
morning at 5:C0. Tho imtlre dlstanco of GIG
miles was covered In ten hours and fifty
minutes, including stops. Tho record
breaking speed, however, was attained bo
tweon Qrand Island and Omaha. At tho
former placo ono of tho monster new pas
sensor onglnes. No. 1800. was coupled to
tho train and Engineer "Cyclono Dill'
Olawson grasped tho throttle. Tucked away
In nn Insldo pocket was an order that gavo
him llborty to reach whatover speed he
considered his engine capable of, and tho
record ho mado was a marvelous one. Tho
throttlo was thrown open to tho limit, and
at times tho train flew along the rails nt a
spocd that would have humiliated a streak
of 1 gbtning. '
Tho train left Grand Island nt 3:17 n. m.
and pulled Into Omaha at C:50, the average
speed having been precisely a mllo a minute
It was
doomed to fall Into possession of tho forcos
directed by tho successor of that first presi
dent.
"Llberatador" Is supposed to have sent
several shots at Hobson and his men tho
night they sank the Merrlmac In Santiago's
harbor. It Is a bronze pleco and weighs
7,000 pounds.
DEPREDATIONS IN LIBRARY
Some Hooks Ilnvc Jlfen Stolen
Other Have lleen Mutilated
lu I.nxt Fctr Week.
nnd
Book vandals and book thlovos havo been
renewing their operations In tho Omaha
Public library to such an extent In the last
few weeks that tho library authorities havo
taken precautions to catch some of them
for tho purpose of prosocutlng them under
tho ordinances ond debarring fchem. from
further privileges in tho Institution
Ono of the culprits seems to havo had a
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.Inn u.no , n ,1 0 TM Wl nt I BIICUIUI IVaiillif, IU,,M qimianvnt ............ t-.
Schuyler, where the train tarried for the In the . reference l-JTLTXt
senod tho actual running' tlmo about five Ikm containing statistical tables cut out
the I wnilo one 01 uie hiiihiuulo uus ucc wm..
minutes, and deducting It therefrom
nverago spocd was mora than a mllo
minute.
Tho usual time made by tho faBt paesen
ger trains over the Union Pacific between
Oheyenno nnd Omaha Is about fourteen
away entirely. Tho books thue defaced are
tho Chicago Dally News Almanac, me An
nual Statistician, 2 volumes, and tho New
York Tribune Almanac
Another offender has put bis work on a
hours, and tho lessening of this schedule by biographical dictionary, defacing an entire
thrco hours nnd ten minutes Is considered lr,e. Still another, who Is evidently a
modlcal student, used ,a penitmio 10 maun
excerpts from the article on belladonna In
tho Encyclopaedia Iirltnnnlca. A number or
oxtra-
by railroad mon to be a feat of
ordinary moment.
The special cars of President Hurt and
Gonoral Mnnager Dickinson stopped In
Omaha. .Messrs. Harrlman and Schlff
other books havo been stolon from tho open
Bhclvns, although some of them nre some
crossed to Council Bluffs, from where tholr times roturned lator afUr being missed for
snnclal cars wero taken to Knnsas City via two or threo weehs
tho Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Blurts
lino.
Tho officials had been In Cheyenne In con
sultation with Kllpatrlek nros. & Collins,
tho railroad contractors, relative to the con
tract Just awardod for tho Improvements at
Sherman IIII1. Occasion for tho fast run
was furnished by tho deslro of Messrs. Har
rlman .and Schlff to reach Knnsas City at
tho earliest possible moment yesterday.
Theso depredations havo extended over
tho last two or three months, nnd whlls
they are not nlwayu Immediately detected
the library force thinks It Uns now hit upon
n plan by which such marauders can bo
caught and proposes to put It in rorco
Thoro has been considerable agitation of
lato for throwing tho shelves of tho whole
library open to tho public, but this expert
once Is liable to influenco tho minds
eomo of tho directors In the. other direction
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR
Flrt-CInH 1'rrancil Brick Layers
Wanted nt Toprkn Some Trouble
lu HulltlliiK Trnili'n.
tr Itiillrouil lu Action.
8IOUX CITY, In.. April IS. (Special.) An
Important conference was hold In Sioux City
bqtween Captain John Kills, president of
tho Combination Hrldgn company, which
owns nn Independent brldgo across the Mis
sourl river at this point; W, L. Stevonson,
i , . v. ctn...- nn.. .... I .... I
uvai 1IIUUUKU! 1U, ou.ua. t-.ii, luwiuai u'-n. of Ih. niill,tor' nnd
1 1I l. . I nL'L'I Liai I VUhU M
iiwiwiiy mm wurtviuuva tuiu mn v, owner ui - . - - . . . .. . n
., ,,.,ln denht. nnd k. v. iiovnoids. ir.. Traders' oxchange states that thero Is a call
i.i- t. f i,. nmn.n x. v,t,n, for flr3t-class brlckmascas nt Topekn. Kan
..omnnntr I fnu .,111, rat irAnM I WDOrO inCU CXIIWIf UVITU 111 I .lu "1
to tho trains of the railway company cress- pressed DricK can ou am worn on u new i,
Ing the- bridge nnd running Into tho union nan anu an uumiorium iu ij..ivo ul
rplila itaab tn ahnu thnl tYin Omnlii I EtrUCtlOn.
& Northern Is not a paper railway, but as It was tho Irony of fate that, Immediately
n matter of fact It Is to bo constructcl. In- alter tno fceuiemeni ot me sirme ci mo
dlcatlons nro also that It Js the Missouri aheet metal workers, without Involving auy
Pnrinn which Is beh nd tho scheme. of tno omer uuuuing trnues. curpeuicra
should Do ordered trom worK on a cmuraui.
AhsorhliiK MlMHimrl Puttltle. bocauso of sheet metal work done uy non-
JJKW YORK. April 18. Tho Trlhune union workers. Tho buslncea agent ot mo
nvr Tho current Duyini? or mo uouiu carpeniers is now ouy poihiuk i"? munwt,
stocks Is'thought In Wall street to foro- which Involves a cottago nt Twenty-sixth
shadow an Important railroad consolidation and ulnney streets
New I'uRlnnil Witter Cnntpnii)- Wants
llfcelvi'M to Turn Over l iiniln.
In Judgo Munger's court tho cuso ot tho
New England Water Works company against
tho American Wnter Works company Is ba-
ing argued. The present action Is an at
tempt of tho complainant to recover about
$200,000 In cash and merchandise, alleged to
bo tho property 0f tho defendant company
now In tho hands ot tho Omaha Water com
pany. A statement ot the caso from the
standpoint of tho complainant shows that
tho New England Water Works company
Gecurcd n Judgment against the American
Water Works company for $242,000 In tho
court of Cook county. Illinois; that tho
execution Issued upon said Judgment wag
cturned unsatisfied, and that tho suit was
transferred to tho United States court nt
Omaha; that tho American Water Works
company mortgaged to tho Farmers' Trust
company of New 'iork tho Omaha Water
works plant for tho sum of $2,500,000, which
mortgage was novor recorded with tho
county clerk of Douglas county, and last
gavo a supplemental mortgage which was
never recorded; that subsequent to this
tho American Wnter WorkB company of New
Jersey was formed, which attempted to con
solidate the water plants at Omaha nnd
Denver, but tho sale of the Illinois company
to tho Now Jersey company was set aside
and tho Omaha property was restored l6 tho
Illinois company; that In an action of foro
closure brought by the Farmers' Trust
company Ellis L. Ulcrbowcr and Alonzo D.
Hunt wero appointed receivers.
According to tho claims of tho complain
ants Blerbower and Hunt continued as re
ceivers until tho property was deedod to
the Omaha water company, tho legal rep
resentatlve of tho trust company which pur
chased tho property at the sale; that tho
receivers wore ordered by the court to
turn over to tho Omahi Wnter company tho
property under their control except tho
cash on hand, $72,236.17, as shown ty tneir
report, and the accounts due tho receivers
for business transacted before the salo;
that tho amount of these credits approxl
mated $00,000, being hydrant rentals of the
city of Omaha, which wore collected by tho
receivers to the dato of sale; that there was
also turned over by tho receivers to tho
Omaha company looso property valued at
about $70,000, which wa3 not Included In
tho order of sale, but which, together with
tho money and credits, was tho property of
tho American Water Works company of
Illinois.
Tho complainants further claim that this
oroncrty nnd money should be used to
settle tbo debts ot the Illinois corporation
nnd nsk that It bo so ordird by tho court.
In the afternoon the caso camo to a sud
den close, its the complainant found Itself
up against n proposition of law which Its
attornoy had not seen before. A decision of
tho supreme court In a caso somewhat
similar said that the complainant could not
recover on n Judgment secured In a foreign
Jurisdiction without first showing that It
could not obtain n Judgment within tho
Jurisdiction of tho trial court, and ns Cook
county, Illinois, Is foreign to tho Jurisdic
tion of the federal court for tho district ot
Nebraska the complainant asked two days In
-which to amend Its bill, and the defendant
requested ten days additional In which to
file an answer to tho amended bill, carrying
the enso over for at least two weeks.
Note of the Courts.
Tho nresent term of tho district court Is
ncarlng tho end, tho dockets having been
cleared up In nearly all divisions.
John Wnllov has filed suit for divorce
ngninst Anna Walley, charging Infidelity.
They wero married in Omaha In 1S3S.
Mnv H. Tlrnwn has been cranted dlvorco
decree from Smith Brown on a cliargo of
deBertlon. Tho cose was beforo Judgo
Fawcatt.
Ai trust Cnrev. formerly n saloon keener
of this city. nl?o wishes to bn declared a
bankrupt. Ho says lie owes $l,fi'2.53, with
lio.assuta.
Judiro Dickinson of tho cnultv court, who
has recently suffered un attack of Illness,
has recovered, and hold court .yesterday
for tho first time within a week.
Frank B. Bort of Omaha, a salesman.
makes application to bo declared a bank
rupt by tho United States district court.
He hns assets of J2.421.S7, with liabilities of
$16,678.77.
Because of tho lllneBs of Dr. Gcorco Tll-
den, Jury commissioner, tho drawing of
tho federal Jury for the May term of court
was postponed rrom weunesuay nttcrnoon
until today.
Joscnh Hnvden has filed suit In the dis
trict court nualnst tho Chlcaco Wrecklnc
company for collection of $67.50, nlleged to
oc uuo on account u uivaus innen uy tno
defendant from tho exposition grounds.
The furniture was placed thero by Mr.
Ilaydcn ns an exposition cexhlblt.
Tho Holllston Nat onal bank of Holllston.
Mass., has Instituted suit In the United
States circuit court to secure tho pny
ment of $10,000 bonds Issued by tho nroclnct
of Nebraska City In aid of the construc
tion of tho Missouri Pnclllc railroad. Tho
bond wero Issued In 1SSS and wero duo In
is?6. nut dernuit aws made lu navment of
the Interest In 181C.
FATHER'S HEART IS SOFTENED
Lctvln Drocrinnn, the Pneumonia. Pn-
tlcnt, llecelven Money front Home
nnd un Invitation to He-turn.
The chief of pollca received a letter yes
tcrday from Theodore Hrocrman of What
Choer, la., inclosing a draft for $22, which
ho asked to have delivered to his son, Lowls
Brocrman, who Is 111 ot pneumonia lu tho
Salvation Army Shcltcr'.on South Thirteenth
street Tho father, who, said he didn't
know his son's address, recommended that
the money be used In tho purchnso of
clothes nnd a railroad tlckot to What Cheer.
Several lays ago The Beo contained nn
nccnunt ot young Broerman's hardships nnd
NAGGING DRIVES HIM CRAZY
Henry J, Ninmtn, Ladies' Tailor, Loses
His Mind Over EsiUr Gowns.
FOUR ARE RETURNED FOR ALTERATION
I'rlcnd Believe tie Hns Committed
Suicide-Church of Whloh He
Wan Uenoon Semis Out
"MInoIuu" Cards.
Henry J. Newman was driven crazy by the
carping criticism of his customers. This la
tho view taken of tho matter by the many
friends of tho ladleet' tailor, who dlejppcaiod
last Friday, as told In Tho Deo ot Tuesday
and yesterday. The most sanguine of them
now believe tho worst that he has com
mitted suicide.
Mr. Newman was of most exemplary and
regular habits. As deacon nnd clerk ot tho
First Baptist church ho was prominent In
charitable aud Christian work of all kinds
and bad a large circle of friends among tbo
best peoplo lu Omaha. Ills business was
prosperous and he had money In the bank.
Thoeo conditions, In connection with the fact
ot hlti being of an extremely nervous tem
perament, render feaslblo only the theory
of wlf. destruction resulting from an un
balanced mind.
Tho last wck ot Lorn I was exceptionally
trying upon Mr. Newman. Ills large general
business was enhanced by u great rush ot
orders for Easter gowns and, despite tho
tact that he caused cards to bo hung In his
ofilco In tho Paxton block raadlng, "Pool
tlvoly no remodeling done during tho busy
season," two of these gowns wero returned
for alteration and two othor customers de
cllucd to pay for finished garments. MUs
Minnto Laury, his assistant, gives It as her
opinion that tho Incessant fault-finding of
these four customers, coming at a tlmo
when his mind was overwrought, le tbo dl
rect cause ot his mental collapse.
"A woman living In Lincoln," said she,
"measuring forty Inches about the bust,
twenty-threo waist, forty-seven hips, or
dered n gray tallor-mado suit. That wus
her mistake. Any woman of her size and
lack of porportlon should havo known better
than to order a tallor-mado suit ot gray,
It mado her look as broad across as that
tablo. Well, ot course sho complained; said
It didn't nt. Wo ripped It and took It up
n llttlo hero nnd let It out a little there,
but all to no purpose. She refused to tako
tho suit.
"Then a woman living out on North
Twenty-third street ordered a brown plaid
skirt of scasldo costumo cheviot, and when
It was mado declined to accept It, giving as
nn oxcuso that her husband had met with a
reverse in business,
"Caso No. 3 Is thnt of a woman who
ordered a blue broadcloath pleated skirt,
and camo back eleven times to have It al
tcred. Sho Is still dissatisfied.
"Finally, nnd probably tho straw that
broke tho camel's back, was tho $85 gray
broadcloth ulster ordered by n young woman
out on North Eighteenth street. This gar
mcnt was finished along last winter, but
the customer waited until tho middle, of
Easter week before saying she wouldn't ac
cent It."
Miss Laury has written to London notlfy-
lne Newman's parents of bis disappearance,
Tho First Baptist church Is sending out
postal cards, reading as follows:
MISSING.
OMAHA. Anril 17. 1900. Look out for
Henry J. Newman, nge 29. nbout live feet
nlno Inches, weighs about 130 pounds, wears
a dark blue cheviot sack suit, tan covort
ninth nvnreont. hrown derby lint, black
shoes, black hair, brown eyes, sharp fea
tures, genteel nppeurance. Has the ap-
ponranco of having had smallpox. Keport
to J. J. JJU?ii Atiuci, jniei oi 1-uiiuu,
Mr. Newman boarded for three years In
the home of Mrs. J. Krclghbaum, 523 South
Twenty-fifth streot, and was regarded ns al
most ono of tho family, nil members of
which feel this misfortune deeply. Mrs,
Bowman, SO years old, mother of Mrs
Krelghbaum, hns been taken within tho
last three days with a Btroke of paralysis
The at
of his unfortunato family relations. His
grandmother owns a largo cstato in What nml i noi oxnected to survive It
Cheer and ho Is her favorlto heir, but his tending physician says It was brought on by
father and stepmother, ho says, mado It so anxlcty because of tho mysterious dlsap-
unplcasant for him that bo was compollej
to leave home.
KINDLES FIRE WITH KEROSENE
Can i:plodra nml Mrs. Smith, Wife of
n Sign Pnlnter, In Severely
Iliirned.
Mrs. Cynthia Smith, wlfo of It. W. Smith,
a sign painter, who lives at tho foot of Har
noy streot on tho river front, was badly
burned yesterday by tho explosion of a
pearanco of Mr. Newman,
OMAHA SCHOOLS OUT $700
Decision on Free Hluh School low
Mnkcs it Impossible to Collect
Tuition for 11)00,
"Tho decision of the supremo court wl'l
cct the city ot Omaha $700 this year, as tho
decision of tho previous law caused It to los
$250," said Secretary Olllan ot the school
can of kerosene. She was pouring oil from ,boarai roferrlng to tho fact that the supreme
tne can upon a nre in tno cook stove, wacu coun hn(1 declared the "free high school
suddenly It Ignited, bursting the can and aw.. unconntltutlonnl. "Under tho terras
spattering ner wun tne nurning num. tier ot tho law m contlnued the secretary, "th
clothes on fire, she rushed across tho street n1n nf muntrv sehnnl districts could sen
to the ofilco ot tho duly Lumber company, ; fhni children to the Omaha Hleh school
whero blankets wero thrown about her and nml tho county in which the district was
tho names extinqulshed. situated was required to pny a tuition fee
She was taken to tho pollco Htatlon, where .35 vear for oacn child sent to hla-h
sho was treated by Dr. Coffman, and lator Bchoo)a 0tslde of the district. There nro
to tne ciarKson nospiiai. iiom arms aro , nQW on fllo , my omce exactly twenty
soveroly burned, as is her right side, and cortflcates showing that that number of
her hair la ecorcneu. ino Durns, wnuo . nii,iren are now nttendlne tho Omaha Hlch
In tho southwcBt. Rockefeller interests,
which control tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Why Be an Invalid?
"Change oflifc," the period to which
.11 " t..l. ...ill. nnvlnl,.
can, with a little care, be robbed of
its terrors and be no more serious than
the nassinc from cirlhood to woman
hood. Noiodv knows the sufferintrof
women, who still keep about their
household duties, thinkinc their aeon-
ics quite the natural thing, because so
common.
Warm clothlnc. lichtdiet.avoidancc
of cold and wet for a short time pre
vious to this change, and the use oi
The secretary of tho Central Labor union
roports that thero are now twenty-eignt
uulona In tho city using a lnbel. A label
directory ot the organizations la being com
plied, tho directory to contain the namca
and locations ot all employers of union labor.
M9Lean
Kid
aver and
nex
mi
will so stimulate and tone tip the en
tire body and regulate the nervous
system that the penou is passcu wuu
m .ilffiniltv' When von have back
ache, sensations of faintness, nam in
the groin, shortness of breath, heat
n, u.tnt nf annctite. and arc
mnrKM Henressed and irritable, do not
procrastinate; the remedy awaits you.
llo sura to Kft the cenulne. Prepared only
bTThi t Dr. 111. McLean Medlclue Company,
RIVER GIVES UP ITS DEAD
1 1 tt tit it it l.i'K round Nrnr the wnlrr n
lldlii- IteenllN it it AecM rntul
Heath h- Drntvuluir.
A leg belonging to a human bo.ly was
found yesterday lying on a flat rock near
the water's edge nt the foot ot Ilarnoy
street. It waa first seen by Harry Oatrom,
n Union Pacific flagman, who went down to
tho river to nttend to tome fish line?, Tho
police wero notified nnd the member wns
turned ovor to the coroner.
Tbo limb Is badly decomposed and had
evidently been In tho water nearly a, year.
Nothing won seen of the remainder of tho
body The police think It may bo n part ot
the remains of n youug man named Hart,
who, a year ago, went In a dimming In the
river nnd was drowned, having born tnkon
with a cramp. Tho body was nevor recov
ered.
li.VIO.V PACIFIC HAIMIUAI) OIIJHCTS.
Desires Iteduetlnn of Assessment on
Ileal IMuli' in Lincoln County.
Suits In the federal court to restrain the
action ot state ofilcors and stato courts are
bocomlnt: numerous at nresent. The latest
suit of this character was Instituted Wed
nesdny evening when the Unlou Pacific
Kallroad company filed a petition in wnicn
It requests tho court to enjoin tho officers
of Lincoln county from proceeding In tho
courts of that county to collect the tnxos
lovled unon tho real estate owned by tho
plaintiff In that county for the years 1893,
1896. 1897. 1898 and 1593. Tno complaint
alleges that tho assessments wero not mado
according to law, ond that they are unjust
nnd excessive. The value placed on tho
land by tho assessors In 1890 was $133,779,
whllo tho company desires to pay taxes on
$112,217 for tho same year. For tho other
years tho difference between tho valuation
fixed by tho assessors nnd that desired by
tho railroad company Is ns marked, Tho
total amount of tax for tho flvo years do
mandod by tho county Is $01,213.30, whllo
the company Is willing to pay $31,501.30,
with the legal penalty aud Interest. A tem
porary restraining order pending a decision
of tho caso ib asue:j tor.
sr.r.KS (SDAiuiiAX von cuii.imnx.
Si.lli i.otv for Prmldeul.
v.'v" vninc. Anrll 16. Setli Low. nresl-
dent of Columbia university, was elected
president of tho American Geographical so-
ciety inst mgni.
AeheNon .Noiiiinuteit In Pe nitsylvniilii.
TMTTHiii'nn. Anrll 18. Tho renubllcan
congreniilonal district convention met here
.... .. I ....... I ..... ,t. 1 llnii V
louuy mm uiiuiiimuuniy uumiiiati. ,w...
I', Acneson.
mm
mm
Wk $y dom di8(
Hll with those
WjEy Folly is its ft
TO-DAY
-morrowy did'st thou sayf" asked
Cotton; "Go to, J will not hear of it. Wis-
ilaims the word, ?wr hohh society
that own it. Tis Fancy's child, and
ithcr."
Tho tlmo to do is TO-DAY, Procrastination has
brought to the gravo thousands who should bo living.
Hood Nnturo's signals or warning, and hoed thorn TO
DAY. It Is easy to stay tho rivulet, but tho river's end Is tho
sop. Do not allow disease, through negligence, to got tho bot
torofyou. Health is everything; koep it, and tho world is
yours. Lot It slip Trom you and all Is lost.
Kidney disease is tho most insidious or all mortal dlscnsos,
because tho kidneys havo Tow nerves of sonsatlon, and tho
first indication thnt you aro In tho outer circle or tho whirl
pool is through symptoms Buoh as headaches, dull, heavy,
tired reelings, rtckle; scanty, high-colored Hulds, with sedi
ment on standing, or too proruso and polo In color, with lit
tle or no sedimont, dimness or vision, slooplossnoss, forebod
ings or evil, nervousness, pallor, palpitation on alight oxor
tlon, etc,, etc. Should any or those symptoms monirost them
selves, matte no delay. Haste, for your very llfo, before tho
dread Brlght's disease a disease so terrible that physicians
hold out no hope or cure fasten ltsoirupon you.
Warner's Safe Cure euros all forms of kidney disease.
There in no doubt about It. Thousands of honest and
graterul poople say so, and say it emphatically. You aro
making no experiment in using Warner's Safe Cure
a scientific vegetable preparation with a reputation
ortwonty-ono years or suocobs bjhlnd It. Save
yourseir and tho happiness or all you hold dear,
by doing what your conaclenco and your
reason tell you to do, and bogtn doing It
TO-DAY.
m
m
in
although tho children havo had advantage
ot tho Omaha school.
"I cannot tell whether Omaha will gain
or loeo by tho decision, really, for whllo we
are out of pocket $700 on tho year 1900, It
really costs $38.50 por pupil to maintain tno
Hind irhnni n vnar. o wo wero lodlua $3.50
. 1 n " " - . F
on each foreign pupil, and It may bo that
we can afford to lose $700 to stop tno steaay
drain."
STREET CAR FACILITIES
Helter Suburban Aceontntndntlona De
manded by ,nrtlt Omolin Im
provement Club.
tlon for the Deaf and Dumb, and William
Ilalrd of the lenl department of Wharton
ft Ilalrd. Whoever It named will servo
until January, when he will turn over hi
olllce to 111 HUcccssor, to be elected next
November.
Neither Mr. Gillespie nor Mr. Halrd has
been consulted as to whether ho would
accept the place. Tho hoard will probably
muke tho selection next Hnttirdny.
painful, aro not necessarily dangerous.
Coiuiiierelitl Onnure In .SckmIiiii.
HOUSTON. Tex.. Anrll 18, Tho second
ilnv' HAKiInn et thn 'PrnnsmisHlnslnnl Com
mercial congress wan largely auenueu, ine coivcd $700.
ing uddresVs" on 'various" 'subjJctsV " ' law has been defeated, we will got nothing.
school from outside districts. Had tho law
not been declared unconstitutional wo would
have presented theso certificates to tho
county commissioners and would have ro-
Now that tho operation of tbo
OMAHA, April 18. To tho Editor of Tho
Deo: Tho public heartily agrees with The
Uee In nny effort made to secure better
suburban street car facilities, tfio city ot
Omaha needs to waken up to tblsNtucthod of
oecurlng business. Other cities de build
ing such lines, and It It is a .good busi
ness proposition elsewhere,, why not hereT
Tho street railway ccoimittee of tne Norm
Omaha Improvement club has boen urging
the building ot a lino to Florence and has
como to the conclusion that the Omaha
Street railway takes 0 most absurd posi
tion. The directors say: "It we build
such a line It will bo but a short time until
the patrons will bo clamoring for ft ten or
flve-mlnuto service and we cannot nfford
that. If you securo some other corpora
tion to build the Una wo will equip and
oporato It."
Is It not ridiculous that the lear or uoing
asked to run too often presents tho construc
tion? President Murphy signed on agree
ment over a year ago to allow any other
company to use Thirtieth street from Ames
avenuo to Florence, but what corporation
wants to use part of a street In such man
ner? Why cannot some of our old-tlmo
real estato boomers tako up tho aiattcr, se
cure a company with large capital to build
a lino from Florence to South Omaha, nnd
thenco to Fort Crook, and on through to
Plattsmouth. If there Is room for two
lines between Council Bluffs and Omnha
certainly we should bo able fo Interest
capita In building lines connecting Omaha
with outsldo towns. If somo of our cap
italists saw possibilities In a line to
Plattsmouth In 1690, why not much greater
possibilities In 1900 In such a line ns men
tioned above?
COMMITTEE ON STREET CAR SERV
ICE. Thnt TliroIIln Hendacae
would quickly leave you If you. Used Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Thousands ot suf
ferers havo proved their matchless merit for
Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make
pure blood and build up your hoalth. Only
?K cnntB. Money bacn 11 not cureu. duiu
by Kuhn & Co.. druggists.
Mentioned for School Hnnrd.
' .. . .i..i...inr. t n rV Tlfhlnn in
hS a1 7 L W:
tlon f.S . h.ihB mn doT
Among hoso mentlonet laro Jolm A Ollles-
glfd forme? superintendent of the Inst.ti,-
A Trnllinoulnl from Old KiiuIiiihI.
"I consider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
tho best In the world for bronchitis," nays
Mr. William Savory of Warrington, Eng
land. "It has nved my wife's life, sho
having been a martyr to bronchitis for ovor
six years, being most ot tho tlmo confined
to her bed. She Is now quite well," It Is a
great pleasure to tbo manufacturers ot
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to bo nblo to
publish testimonials of this character. They
show that great good Is being dono, pnln
and suffering relieved and valuable lives re
stored to health and happiness by this remedy.
Cut In Price of Steel.
riTTSnURO, April IS. It wus learned
today that at a meeting of tho Ilnr Mill
association held In Pittsburg last Friday
the price of steel bars wtis nut from 2i
cents a pound to 2 cents, equnl to a reduc
tion of $6 n ton. One of tho causos for
this reduction In; that tho BHStern manu
facturers have been selling steel bars til
this market at 12.15 a pound and bad se
cured several good contracts.
Several manufaeturcrs who were seen
said there Is n.n danger ot a general slump
In steel prices, and that while Bessemer
steel billets may be bought at W!.'M In soma
cases, tho price still rrmnlns a I $33 a ton.
Countess KcNtctlfN Not Drowned,
SAN FRANCISCO, April lS.-Advlces
from New York state that tho Countess
Festetlcs, formerly Miss Ellen Ilnggln, who
1 was reported to havo been drowned by tho
slnklngot her husband's yacht, Is In that
dir. She was not on the. vessel at tho
I tlmo of the disaster.
Drex L. Shooman's Ultimatum
Huh licon Issued ho now look out IIo
Iiiih (U'ltcgiI thnt tho tlmo Is lioro for
tho woini'ti'to wenr HitHsIa calf shoes
(Sctiiiliio UuhMu calf Is tho best leather
ovor put on foot -Wo have the Kenulne
tho man fashion and the woman fash
Ion shapes Soles Unit are made with
extension etl all around others ex
tended on the outer edpo only still
others not extended nt all The most
popular shade this spring is tho reddish
hrown A line lookhiK shoo with tho
military heel for$I.OO-n very Ideal out
door shoe that will Just suit U'J women
out of 100.
Drexel Shoe Co.
talks'! V-t-t
lilt) FAKNAM STKEKT.
KlTort of Child SiivIiik Institute to
Cure fur Aliened WnlfH.
Rev. Clark of tho Child Saving Institute
i,n. flturt nnnlle.itlori In tho countv court fr.r
tho appointment ot a guardian for tho four . display nnd In hoys' nnd youths' hats
children of Albert and Kale Wilson. Thu ; we aro siiowiuk uus wnmiu a limn m.ij
Mr, Frederick, Hatter,-
Says all the youtiB men In these parts
should kuow that besides the best .:t.00
hat over sold we have the Krcntost stock
of golf ami bicycle caps ever put on
llttlo ones rango In ago from C to 11 ycara. 1 Alpine at prices ransuis ironi .ti.isi hi
a peculiar phaso of the case Is tho fact that ' S'-'.OO that has nevor been equalled for
Wilson l colored nnd his wlfo is white. It , stylo and price We always lead It ro-
1. niinn.l that thev aro llvlne in soualor ! mains for others to follow Wo Sell hats
. . , . .....1 ,1...,.., ...... t.tiulmtuu nml If vmi
on WCDBier sinei. onn unu cunumons nro ; uu 111111 b m i.r,,. ...... ......
such as to require prompt action. WlUon want the up-to-date thliiK nt the rlht
and his wife havo entered protest. The caBo ! price hero U tho placo you aro looking
will be tried by Judgo Vlnsonhaler next
Friday. Wilson has boon married twice nnd
his former wlfo was aUo white.
Verdict for the Deft'iiiliiut.
Charles WaBsman's suit against the
Omaha Ilrlck company for $15,000 damages
on account of alleged personal Injuries,
camo to a sudden termination In Judge
llaitcr's court yesterday afternoon, On a
for W'a aro solo agents for the Duiilnp
huts.
FREDERICK,
The Hatter,
The Lradlng lint Man ol Ihe West.
120 South Fifteenth Street
The Brownie Camera.
Have you
seen the new
Eastman Day
light Loading
Camera?
It takes pictures 2Hx2Vi Inches
and sells for $1,00.
It Is n winner. You can al
ways dopend on getting tho lat
est and best goods at tho right
prices at our store,
THE ALOE & PENF0LD CO.,
Amateur Photographic Supplies,
1408 Fariinm St.
OMAHA.
rue h Qu Ulrrn-or"
UIUOII U m 66" 1
nnf de expression I herd nt de Or-
phqum dls week-hn' when I was spud-
enrden dls week I used do langunKO
to a chum o' mln' wat wus helpln mo
You see my boss sells do nicest garden
tules lu dls towu-slch ns garden rakes
hoes au' snndes-ln fact every known
tule dat a woman wants wen she mnkcs
garden or plants llowerK-nn' Ills prices
are so low down It don't cost but 11 few
cents to git nil do tulcB you need "ion
better seo him If yoro goln' to make
garden-nnd when yoro In Ills storo
you nst him to show you dnt nine
Klnme (Jasollne stove lie seus-n s no
greatest stove on earth-nn' a gtmrnntne
goes with every stove dat It won't blow
up.
A. C. RAYMER
1B14 FAKXAM HT.
!408 IV Street, South Omaha.
'Encore"
The nutomntle Unnjo Is tho most mar
velous invention of the nge as it plays
tho most difficult music absolutely cor
rect nnd lu a most artistic manner 110
human musician being able to compote
with It It plays by means of automatic
fingers and hands nnd gives tho selec
tion a natural finish- us to tlmo nnd
phrasing Impossible in nny other self
playing Instrument A great money
maker for newsstands, hotels, drug
stores, etc. plays more than 1,000
tunes For Information apply to
A. HOSPE,
Mull Hi Art. 1113 llilllt.
Si. Louis. Mo.