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EMBEZZLEMENT IS CHARGED
; Woodman of the World Eegiu 0riminl
Action Against John T, Lallj.
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS WITH LODGE
Lull)-, Who In a Mull Cui-rlcr mill I'np
lilnr Aiiiiiiik' n l.nrjti Ariiiinliit
II HIT. lll'I'llllM'H lie Is .Not
, . (iiillly uf Wroiiu,
Joint F. l.nlly, a' mil if carrier, I Ian been ar
reste'd'en' tho elm rev of embezzlement. Tlio
allegation hf made that I.ally embezzled
sums aggregating- $1,531.'.!:! from Alpha
cnuip, Wooilmcn of' tlio World. The period
of his alleged jiecillu Hons extended from
December 1, lS;i, to January 10, V.'Ol. Dur
lng that lime Lally occupied tlio posltiou of
clerk uf Alplia camp.
Information charging I.ally with cnibos
(lenient Has been tiled by theso ullleera of
Alpha tnmp; Mlehaol Kelser, banker; II.
E. MoKelvoy, coiihuI commander, and (j. h.
'Mather; ohalrmnii of tho bonrd of malingers.
Ilally apprnred In police court ond pleaded
not -guilty to tho charge preferred ovMnit1
him.- Ills trinl lum been set for Wednesday, j
lie pets up tlio claim that tho lodgo owca I
lilm for norvloctt rendered all of tlio money I
which lie hau retained and inoro benldus.
Cimik'n Aliieh Til 1 1.. '
I.nlly'B arrest and tlio rumors forccnstlni;
such action hnvo Mtlrred tho Woodmen of ,
the World In thli) cjty for several moiitlia. j
It has btcn the topic of the hour with Wood-1
men and thero xcotua to bo u wide diver- !
roiico of opinion relatlvo to tho merits of
tho ease. Lally van one of tho iiiokI popu
lar members of Alpha ennip, which Is the
banner IciIro of tho Woodmen of tho World
and vus also the first to be organized. Ills
election to the' clerkship eamo to him as
a protiMinccd compliment and ho 111 led tho
oflleo KntlS'nctorlly, bo nil of tho mumbers
llllin, until somn hesnn to stiEpeet his
tranmictlons wherein money was concerned.
Several months uro rumors beKan to ho rife
that I.ally's flnancl.il operations wero not
lie they should be.
A coniinlttro was appointed to Investl
gntu and' It returned a report, flniltnR that
I.ally had not turned ovqr to tho treas
uror nil the moneys ho had collected from
thn 'jhembcrs afl dues and nssffjrteiits.
I.ftlly at that time assorted that ho had only
rcthlfied what ,'pinnpy was duo him for
hCrvlrca reiidorfd. All attempts toward se
curing n. settlement were futile and llnally
tho caso was taken to tho courts, Mean
tlpio J.ally was relieved from his position
ns secretary of th lodse, O. L. Mather
belnK selected for that position In Jnnuary
lto held thp ofllcb only temporarily and at
:i special election, hold February 7, Charles
L'nltt wiib elected secretin--.
Pules mill A in ii ii I m Sir'lllcil,(
Tho lufni'mailou filed by tho otllccrs of
Alpha camp against. Lally contains tho gen
eral charge of thh embezzlement of $1,
and in live nddltb ii.il rounls cites
the dales on which specific sums arc al
leseil to have been embezzled. DurliiK tho
mouth of Junuary It is charged that Lally
cpnvwicd to his own use dues collected as
follows" January 1, Jl'.J.YTO; January 2,
$31.0. ; ,'laniiary I, $IS.S0; Janunry y, $39.70.
Tho sixth count alleges tho embezzlement
of $KS.17 on vnrlous dates unknown and
from 'parties unknown, between December
1, 1 SUIt. mid January 10, 1001.
Twenty men, all members of Alpha camp,
paid their dues to Lally nil January 9. The
aggregnto amount, was $30.70 mid this sum
Lally Is charged with having appropriated
lo himself. Tho members who are named
as having remitted their dues to Lally on
that day are; 1'rlnh linker, James Fuller,
W. It. Harding, K. L. Mnhler. II. I). Ken
nedy, J. Slble, James Whclaii, T. O. Hall,
John Ituckcr, J. A. I'rlbble, W. N. Worphy,
I S. Diirbln, S. A. Truinble. J. C. Wood
ford, It. L. Osborne, J. M. Downr, Oeorgc
KHiuond, N. C. Nellsen, II, Scholtlng, II. C.
Soutter.
I.nlly lilira His VitnIoii.
"This charge of embezzlement against mo
will be found wholly false," said Lally when
seen nl tho po.itolllcc yesterday. 'Jlnstead
of there being n shortage In my accounts,
Alplia camp owes me now about $6 IS," ho
continued. "This suit of embezzlement
against mo Is tho outcome of a civil action
I brought Inst December for an accounting
with Alplia camp. The amount Involved In
the suit was $.".210 and I estimated that
when such offsets as wero right and lawful
wero deducted it would bo found that I had
about SL'.Hia or $2,200 duo me.
"Tho elulin that I havo recently embez
zled various nmonnis Is preposterous. Why,
I haven't got 30 cents. I went Into tho
olllco of clerk of Alpha camp In August,
IS'Ji. About that tlmo somo 300 members
of tho camp withdrew because of n griev
ance, Iniagln.iry or otherwise, and organ
ized tho Knights of tho Forest. It was
generally considered that most of tho dis
affected members would rooner or later re
turn Into tho fold of Alpha camp, mid I
was Instructed to keep their dues paid up
and suspend uono of them until three or
four months had passed, so as to glvo them
all a chance to get back Into the lodge
and be lu good standing upon their return.
I remitted tho dues for theso members to
the toverelgu banker and took tho money
from tho funds of the lodge, as per In
structions. Tho money was never returned
to the lodgo. The members whoso dues wero
kept up did not liquidate and the sovereign
lodge refused to reimburse the camp, so
tho treasury remained in a depleted condi
tion l'n I In lo Sm In r .
"Ilecauso of this depletion of tho treasury
there was no money on hand to pay my sal-
nry as clerk of thn camp, which amounted
to approximately $72 per month, For a
long time I never drew any fcalary at all and
then when It seemed apparent that I could
obtain no settlement with tho lodge, I pro
ceeded to deduct from tho dues paid mo by
tho members tho money dint was rightfully
due ine.
"This matter has been hanglng.'fire n long
time. A year ago when my books wero ex
nmlned n discrepancy was found, which was
explained In my taking tho money to pay
my salary. After this long tlmo the chargo
of rmbozzlcmcnt preferred against mo
seems to bo an attempt to injure me. Mem
bers of tho camp understand tho situation
perfectly. Tho wholo trouble can bo traced
back to tho period that the camp paid tho
dues of the' 300 members who deserted it and
formed a new lodge."
Lally Is one of tho best known mall car
riers In tho city. He has been on the enr
rler foreo for five years. Ills homo Is nt
1523 North Twentieth street.
EASY MONEY IN THIS GRAFT
Colored Men Turn Stolen Lend Fipi Into
Dollari and Cents.
WHOLESALE DEPREDATIONS REVEALED
VERDICT IN HOPPER CASE
Aimlliri' of the .llcicei' Fire l)niun(;c
NiiIIn r.nra A KHi MM Klcrtrlu
I.llilit Company,
or marriageable Girls
cm have a practical treatise on motherhood, telling 5b
al,out "MOTHER'S FRIEND" (that5&
will save months of pain and trouble), sent, free, S
by sr-ndiiifr name anil address of self or friends to S
tiii; i:n.nz i::m itt::rKvrm ., Atinnt.-i. tin.
"The wcrld can produce nothing like 'Mother's Friend.' " 5
' ' Sold bjrUst Drun-iili, J !.(, er nut by eiprcti pal4 on retciptufptkf, 55
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A Jury yesterday ndded $3,000 to tho
total sum of verdicts returned against tho
Now Thomson-Houston Klectrlo Light com
pany nt tho present term of tho district
court. J. C. Itombold got a verdict of
$15,000, tho widow of Fireman Hendsen se
cured quo of $,1,000 nnd Saturday's verdict of
$3,000, which Is In favor of Fred Anderson,
administrator of tho estate of Charles A.
Hopper, makes tho totnl $23,000.
Charles A. Hopper was ono of tho four
firemen killed by electricity at tho Mercer
Chemical eoinpany Arc In 1809 on account
of n ladder coining In contact with a llo
wlro belonging to tho Thomson-Houston
company. Tim other three men wero Otto
Oiseke, James Adams and (Jcorgo Hendsen.
Suits were brought against the company by
tho administrators of the estates of tho
men, each claiming $5,000 damages. In tho
Hendsen case a verdict for tho full amount,
was found, hut ns Hopper was a single man
tho Jury luted tho amount of damages In his
cuso at only $3,000. The (llseko and Adams
cases remain to bo tried,
FATHER MUGAN IS IN CHARGE
Xrn
Ciitliollc Parish, SI. Mho'n of
So ll til Omiiliii, In I'.nIiiIi.
IUIiiiI.
Tho lines of the new Homan Catholic
parish In South Omaha have been llxrd by
tho bishop and Father Charles Mugan li
now In rh'irge of hl new field. Tho east
lino of tho parish Is Thirty-first street and
tho north lino L street. To the south and
west It extends to the county line.
A member of the now parlBh has given
the prloet n temporary homo and a hall will
he secured in which to hold services until
a church and parsonage csn bo built. The
new parish will bo known ns St. Mary's.
CREDITORS BEGIN ACTION
i;iTnrl to ll n liollieiiliiiru I'lrni
I'ut on llniilii'iiit
l,UI.
I). J. O'Hilcn A: Co. and beveral other
wholoialo confectionery houses in .N'ebraika
and lown petitioned the United Slatos
district court yesterday to have the firm
of 13. Newman & Co, of Gpthenburg, do
flared a bankrupt. The petition Alleges
that a $5,000 stock of goods- owned by tho
Gothenburg firm Ii3b recently been con
veyed to a Gothenburg bank, but that the
transfer was not made In good faith, tho
purpose tclng to defraud creditors.
t'ol lee A iron I n Trlii of SnprelK "nil
One ii f the .Viiniliei' .Million Ciiiifi-H-nIiiii
u( (iullt, Imiilli'iil
liiK "I" I'nln.
Three colored men. Guy Stevens, Lewis
rerkfiis npd Thud Locklcy, who havo been
stealing plumbing fixtures and lead piping
from vacant houses, It Is alleged, were ar
rested jisterdoy morning. For several weeks
owners of vacant houses have been com
plaining to tho polico that much destruc
tion was being wrought by plumbing
thieves.
Theso colored men havo been suspected
for several days and ovldcnco against them
had accumulated. When placed In tho sweat
box Stevens, tho youngest of tho gong, con
fessed tho guilt of tho cutlro gang atidHold
a long story of depredation and destruction
which he and his pals had committed in tho
theft of plumbing fixtures and piping.
Tlii',v 0ii'inli' lOiti-nil wly.
For three months tho trio has bcen.nt
work nnd already the polico hnvo fi(tind
damage aggregating at leant $1,000. Tht
system employed was to locate n vacant
house, break Into It during tho night and
j secure all tho lead piping they could Mm!.
I In some rnnrs boards were rlntied un thn en
tire length of a house lu ordcl- to uncover
tho piping.
As far ns jjii bo learned the colored men
sold nil of their pip'ng to Harry II. White,
' a Junk denier at 1501 Webster street. Ho
paid them about one-third tho nctual vnluo
of tho piping nnd tho plumbing thieves re
alized about $100 from their operations.
All of tho parties who had complained to
the polico that their' houses had been ,0117
tercd and tho leatl piping ' stolen were
notified of th arrest of tho colored trio. A
number of proporty owners and real estate
men listened to Stevens' confession, and as
ho told of tho different houses cntcrcjl by
himself und his pals tho property owners
were convinced of the responsibility of tho
gang In the cases of which they had made
complaint.
I.oi'klej lli'iinili'il iih l.enili-r.
Stevens asserted that Lockley was the
leader .of tho gang. Somo of tho Jobs, ho
said, were done by tho thrco ami occa
sionally .0110 would go alone whero tho
plumbing was such that no assistance was
required In tearing It up. The men mado
no distinction ns to tho location of tho
houses shorn of their plumbing facilities.
They worked from the bottoms to tho ex
clusive residence districts. Among the
houses visited weio 1621 Wirt. 1011) Spencer,
211C Spencer. 1010 Hlnney. 2120 Cass and
2120 Hurney.
Detectives Drummy and Mitchell hud
charge of tho ease against theso men. Thoy
arrested Stevens and Perkins and the nr
rest of Lockley was mado by Officers Lnhey
and Thomas. Much of the property was
1 recovered by tho detectives to tho owners
! of the houses from which tho piping had
been taken.
.Nen Turin (in lulu l'.ni'l.
The announcements aro lining received
i nt tire freight departments In this city of
the ntw tarlfr that are to go Into effect on
' tho differential lines on freight from Hos
ton, Providence New York, Philadelphia,
Haltln.ore and points common therewith
, Increasing the rates to the Mississippi river
and nil points boyond. The advance per 100
pounds will be. First olnss, 5 cents; sec
ond class, I cents; third class, 3 cents;
fourth and fifth classes, 2 cents, sixth class.
Hi cents. Tho new tariff becomes cffectlvo
April 5.
MAY WEAR BOOTS IN BED
.1 li line
IX1II1- HiileN II111I .Mini Still
Iti'liiln 11 I'nv 1 1 11 ill i-I'rlvlU'Ki'K.
Judge Kstclle has refused to divorce
John and Matilda Heed, both of whom ore
on tho hliady side of 50 years and have
grown-up and married children. The
Heeds aro old settlers of Omaha and are
well known in tho community. Some
mouths ago tho husband brought suit for
divorce, chnrglng his wife with Infidelity,
and Mrs. Heed filed n counter petition In
which sho nllegcd that her husband had
treated her cruelly.
Tho caso was stubbornly contested, the
liiul taking up about two weeks of tho
court's time. About $12,000 worth of real
estntc, including tho Heed hotel at South
Omaha, was involved In tho case, tho par
ties ronlendlng for ownership lu tho event
of a divorce decreo resulting from tho suit.
Judge llstelle, In an oral decision yester
day, stated that If Mrs. Heed had com
mitted the offense charged against her It
had been condoned by tho husband, who
hnd not shown sufficient eatiso for divorce.
As to Mrs. Heed's eross-pctltlon, thn court
said that tliij allegations hud not been sub
stantiated by the evidence. "It Is true,"
said the judge, "that thero was testimony
to prove that Mr. Heed went to bed with
his boots on and that ho frequently used
profane language, but no cause for divorce
line been shown."
SOUTH OMAHA ASSESSORS
Cmiiil.v llniiril Ak fur l.i'Kiil Opinion
Oil I'rilVlHlllllN uf ,imi (ilj
liiiiiti'l'.
At tho regular meeting of the county
cnmmhslmiers yesterday a resolution wa
ndopted requesting tho county attorney to
give the hoard a legal opinion ns to whether
or not tho passage of tho new charter for
South Omnha will make any changu neces
sary In tho manner of making assessments
for county purposes In that city, At pres
ent thero nro four assessors In South
Omaha nnd tho new charter provides for
only one.
Commissioner Hoctor hnR already boon
glvpp tin opinion by his privatu counsel to
the effect Unit tho new charter will not
affect the present county assessois.
In enso it Is decided that the present as
sessors nro legislated out of oflleo, tho
county board will bo required to appoint
a single assessor for tho district. Jcro
Howard has put in a formal application for
tho position.
END OF LONG CONTROVERSY
Union Ficifio Decidei to Cut Out Bridgt
Tolli on Goyernment Freight.
UNCLE SAM WOULD NOT ALLOW CHARGE
I'll 111 ml nrulim on III 1 1 n Anuirmillnu
Alionl 'liirrn llunili'cil iiioiiniinil
nullum flei- llnlliiiiul
(iitrh In.
A point nt Issue between the L'niou Pa
cific Hailroad company nnd tho quarter
master's department of the United Stntes
nrmy, which has been before the officials
of tho army department for over n yeur, has
been settled in favor of the government.
Tho question enmo up over tho cost of
transporting freight between Chicago and
other eastern points and tho posts west of
tho Mississippi und Missouri rivers. As
early as the breaking out of tho Spanish
war tho government asked for bids for tho
tiansportatlon of supplies to western
points, nnd among tho bidders tho Santa
Kb system submitted tho lowest figures.
Tho other roadB offered to meet tho mile
age rnto fixed by the Santa Fo and wero
given business on that basis. The Santa
Fo eiosses tbo Mississippi on tho (Julncy
bridge, und In Its computation of charges
on government freight figuiul tho trans
portation over tho bridge thu samo as any
other mileage. Kuunlng lo Kansas City tho
Snntn Fo does not cross tho MlFsourl river.
Illfllllli'n llrlilu Toll.
When tho bills of the Union Pacific were
presented It was found that tho company
had charged, In addition to tho mileage
charged by tho Santa Fe, a brldgo toll at
Omaha. Tho government refused to recog
nize tho correctness of this churgo and al
lowed tho bills oceordlng to the Sanla Fo
calculation. Tho Union Pacific company re
fused to accept payment on this basis and
the money wus left In ehnrgo of the qunr
toruiiister'H department at Omnha until this
week, when tho company signified Its will
ingness lo accept tho amount tendered by
the government.
Dining all the time tho controversy was
In progress the company has been hauling
freight for the government nnd refusing lo
accept payment. In this time It has earned
about $300,000. according to tho calculations
of tho quatierinaster'H department, and
about $3,000 more than that according to
tho contention of tho company.
As noon as It beenmo Known that tho com
pany would accept payment on tho govern
ment's plan cheeks wero mado out for the
amount originally In controversy, which had
been p.oved by tho company to tho extent
of $03,000. Saturday bills to the nmount
of $58,000 wero sent to tho company for ex
nmlniUoii, making tho total amount to hn
paid in tho deferred claims within 11 week
$111,000. Tho other bills will be paid ns fast
as they can bo audited.
NO OTHER PLACE LIKE HOME
.Mi'i. Ilriiiilff, Smiilliioi I'nllenl,
I'llncM In tin I11 IIiiUTurne.v
lltmpllitl.
IK-
Mis. Charles Hranlff is sick with small
pox at SU South Seventh street. Shu was
stricken with tho disease yesterday. Health
olllcois trlod lo persuada her to go to tha
emergency hospltul, but sho refused to
leave .her home, and Was quarantined, to
gether with her four children.
Thu llttlo folks hnvo nil been exposed to
1 tho disease. Tbo health olllcora attempted
' to vacclnato tho children, but tho motbor
I objected and won her point,
ALL LOOK ALIKE TO HIM
Don I nleliiM I'l'i'iinien In Do II 11 1 11 .
1111 11 Whiilexiilr
IIhnIn,
Fldo iud lit 11110 must be tagged before
April 15. All dogs which dor not bear tho
city label on that dato will 'ho subject to
the whims of the dog catuher. Tho unlvcr
tal tux on dogs Is $1 per year. No dog is
too younp to pay the tnx. City Clerk Kl
bourp has r.ecclved n shipment of tags, nnd
will offer them for ealo Monduy morning.
Any persons wishing to iccu.ru dog tags will
go first to the city treasurer and pay Un
tax. Kecelpts will be Issued by tho treas
urer which may bo exchanged In the clerk s
oflleo for tags.
MEN CURED
Without Drugs or Electricity by Our
Vacuum Organ
Developer
No Cure
No Pay
75,000 IN USE
Our Vacuum Organ Davslopcr eurm whore
everything iIto fails ond liopn Is dead. Itrs
stores small, weak oruau, lot power, falling
manhood, ilruiim, orroM of youth, etc. Stric
ture and Varloocels pormauontly cured in 1 to
4 weeks,
No DruRitnrnln thn stomach. No Elaotrlo
Baits to ullhldr nnd burn. Our Vacuum De
veloper i a local troatmont appllod directly to
tbo weak 111.1l dUorderetl parts. It aivet
Mren'.'th and .lavclopmi-nt whorovcr upfdied.
Old mon with lost or falling manhood, or tha
joung nnd iniililln ncd who uro reaping thn re
kult of youthful orrorn, oxcess or over work nro
qulcklv rcMorod to hmilth nnd strength, Our
inorv.iloiM upiillnnrn hut astonished tlioentlro
world. Hundred of Iwidlug phynlclnns In tho
Lulled States nro now recomuiendlngour hjiiiII.
iiiich in ths novereit ensos where every other
known dovlco hn failed.
You will see nnd foul Its benefit from the flrnt
iliiy for it l upplind directly lit the neat of the
Utorder, It makes nodlffereace how aavere the
NOT ONE FAILURE
NOT ONE RETURNED
cafo or how longstanding, it Is as sure to yield
to our treatmont as tho inn If to rite.
Tho blood in tho life, tho fertlllror of the hu
man body, flnr Instrument forces the blood
Into clrculntion wboro mot needed, Klvlntr
ttrength and development to weak nntl llfeloes
parti. The acuum Organ Dovelnpcr was flrat
introduced in tbo ttnndlng urmles ofKurnrinu
few yours ago by thn French fpeclnllst, Do
llousset, ami Its romarkahln iucccss In tbenn
countries led the Liul Appllnuco Co. to securn
tlj oxclutlru control of Its salo on tho Wonlnrn
Continent! and since Its Introduction into thin
country Its reinnrknhiu cure? havo unfounded
theentlromndlral profesilon, It has restored
thouiands cf caes pnnnunrcd incuriiblq by
physicians. It cures quickly, hnrmlosily, ami
without detention from burlness,
Itemrmber thero Is no exposure, no C.O.D. or
any othor erhcmolnnurilenllngnitb thepuhHo.
W rite for freo partlrulur-i. sent cenlrd In plain
envelope. LOCAL iANCC COMPANY,
137 Thorpa Block, Indianapolis, Indiana,