TUB OMAHA DAILY RE: Till USD AY, MAY 10, H)cn
SEAL PURPOSE IS SECRET
Much JptcmV.ion m to Umniif of Dundes
Cm Lbs OtU:,
DfAL OF "SOME KIND IS RUMORED
Atitliorltlvn Wlin Arc In I'lmll Ion l
ili; Aullifiillr liifurinnt Ion
An; Inclined In lie
li'tlecnl.
Th purpose of the Metropolitan Hall
way Cnblo company In asking for permis
sion to grade Dodgo street between Thirty
sixth atrtct nnd Thirty-ninth avenue U
being maintained us uu executive secret.
Robert V. Patrick, who appeared at tho
city council meeting no the representa
tive of the- company, refused to discuss
the matter, tho managers of the road say
they know nothing of tho doings and offl
Hals of th-j Omaha Street railway profess
iKnorancu of the subject.
Home kind of u deal is on In street rail
way circles, however, and those who arc
op the Inside of It refuse to tell. For six
mouths efforts have been niado for the
nle of the Metropolitan to tho Omaha
Street railway, but tho price asked for
tho former, the Dundee line, and the atlp
illations which are Inserted by the owners
havo proved to bs too stiff.
The only apparent motive Is a desire, to
have tho rlty recognize the charter rights
of tnc Metropolitan, which are said to have
pnssed out of existence. It has been sug
Rested that tho proposed extension of the
Dundee line on Dodge street to tho end
of the Dodge street lino might mean that
tho elty lino Is to absorb tho suburban
line, nnd that tho connection would bo mado
by Dodge street.
DllllitiM- Srnli'f l linnd.
"The Dundeo people have better service
Tiow," said Oeneral Manager Smith of the
Omaha Street railway, discussing such a
proposition. "For 5 cents they nro now
brought to the end of our Farnam street
line, given transfers, carried anywhere In
Omaha, to South Omaha, F.nst Omaha or
North Omaha. That is all for one fare
and the connection Is with the best line
wo have. The Farnam street line gives
tho Dundee people the quickest ride, tho
bottcr hills, the better cars and the bettor
class of people to ride with. A connec
tlon with tho Dodge street line would offer
no advantages for the people of Dundee.
"Yes, they havo been trying to soil to
us for somo time, but we don't want tho
line. It will always be an expenso ac
count. Tho Benson lino has always been
an expense account and Mr. llcnson never
operated It at anything but n loss. lie
had the road as a real estate speculation
and as such It was u success. What he
lost on the road he made up by converting
farm property Into town lots. Taken
alone, the Benson lino would never pay
us anything, though the Improvements out
that way Krug park and the other things
will make it a better Investment thau It
was before.
"The Dundee line, though, runs to noth
ing but a residence district. There Is no
park or other attractions there. The traftle
Is merely hauling people, to town In the
morning and back at night. For two years
our company havu been transferring people
to and from that line. During that time,
when any dealings were to be had In re
gurd to repairs for the Dundeo line, a
new set of wheels or anything of tho kind,
tho compuny has been represented by John
II. Ilartc and W L. Selby."
These two men appear In tho roster of
tho Metropolitan company as tho executive
epmmltUp. Mjv.llnrt's. name was signed to
tho check which wns presented to the coun
cil Monday night with the potltlon as pay
for tho approlsors.
Mr. lliirte IIopkii'I Know.
"I know, nothing of tho matter," said Mr.
Harte when questioned. "Yes, 1 gave that
check to Mr. Patrick tho other day, but I
did not know It was to bo used In that way.
The grading of Dodge street has not been
discussed by the company nnd I guess It Is
being done by people outside. Neither Mr.
Selby nor uiyself, tho managers, havo any
thing to do with that matter."
"Is not a proposition on, Mr. Harte. for
tho salo of the road to tho Omaha Street
Hallway company?"
"Yes, ami It has been for the last six
months, but nothing has come of It. The
price and certain stipulations ore the
iitumblt' 'docks in the way of the pur-,
chase "
It is .w .. 'he majority of tho stock
tn the Molri'i ' inn company Is owned by
John N. II. I'atrl. k and his son, Robert V.
I'atrlck. It Is said that they are behind
tho petition which was presented to the
council, and, as" already stated, are refusing
to discuss tho matter. It Is nald thut they
havo flxod tho price on their road und nro
holding It at a high figure, one which tho
Omaha company considers n holdup price.
It Is ntsn said that the Patricks Insist on
the terms of sal" proposed, that tho Hue
shall bo oxtended " 'way out over the
meadows beyond Happy Hollow," as one
put It.
From one source It was learned that an
elfort Is being made to bring the two par
ties lo the sale together and It appears now
to offer more hope than have any of tho
former attempts along that line.
Both Oeneral Manager Smith and John II.
f r i
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A
Business
Proposition.
A successful bu&i-
, iiess career cannot
be achieved without
Round health. The business man should
LHiaril his health as he igunrds his capital;
for he.ilth is part of his capital and the
impairment of that capital affects every
business interest. A sedentary occupa
tion ami quick lunches, soon show their
effects in a sluggish liver. The use of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will cure "liver trouble" as well as in
digestion nnd other diseases of the or
gans of digestion and nutrition.
The " Discovery strengthens the body
by supplying Nature with strength mak
ing materials. It contains no whisky,
alcohol or other intoxicant.
After three years of stifTcrincr whli liver trou
ble und malaria,'' write Mr. UJwtrJ Jacol or
Marengo, Crnwfonl Co., InJIana, " I gave up all
hopfs of ever getting stout again, and the lat
chance wa lo try your turdlcine. I lud tried
all the home doctor slid received but little te
ller. After taklus three luttlea a( Dr. rlcrce'i
Golden Medical bUcovery and one vial of hi
M'leaaant Pclleti I atn (tout aud hearty. It It
due cutirely to your wonderful mediduea."
Dr, Tierce's l'lensaut Pellets assist the
action of 11 Coldcu Medical Discovery."
Hi
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Harte agreed that 'he only motive tlicy
rould nco behind the petition was a dialrc
to havo the city take some actlou which
could be construed as a recognition of i'jo
charter rights o( the Metropolitan, vhlco
are snlrl to have lapsed year aso ry full
uro to comply with the terms o;i wSioi tit"
charter was granted.
PRINTERS ELECT OFFICERS
.M. N. (i rlltl th i:ii-etcil n IIHrmitc nml
Tlr oto for Ills Oil
Irnnnr, Interest In the election of tho Om.tha
Typographical union yesterday centered in
the contest for positions ns delegates to
tho convention it the International union,
to bo held nt Birmingham, Ala., In August.
Tho union Is entitled to two delegates and
there was u sharp four-cornered contest
for tho places, resulting In the election of
M N. Mrlfllth of The llee, with 119 votes,
n tie between W. M. Ellsworth of tlie
World-Herald and D. G. CrAlgead of the j
uniuna lTiiuing company, with cigmy
scveti votes each, nnd tht defeat Of V. W.
Carpenter of Klopp & Bartlctt's, nith
thlrt-nlno votes. Another election will be
necessary to determine 'vhether Mr. nils
worth or Mr. Craighead Is to br the second
delegate.
The only other otllces contested for at
yesterday's election were tho vice presi
dency and the recording secretaryship. I.
J. Copenhurve of The Hee was elected vlco
president, receiving 121 votiM to forty-one
cast for fleorgo Vnwter. For recording
secretary J. C. Smith of llurkley's won
out over Samuel I'arsuns, the vote being
110 to 3.
Charles Mnthew3 of Tho News was
elected president; A. F. Clark of the
Omaha Printing company. sccretiry
trensurer; J. H. Collins, sergeant-ut-nrms;
W. S. Itlpley and Charles Rllngcr
land of The Heu nnd A. K. Uutler of tho
Omaha Printing company, trustees, nil
without opposition.
COURT CHARGES PERJURY
Tnn UrfciiitnnU lleforc .ludgv linker
(ii-t Into Draper
Trouble.
"Something must be done to put a stop
to the practice of putting up perjured de
fenses In this court,"
So said Judge Ilakcr yesterday morning as
he instructed the county attorney to llle
charges of perjury ngalnst Louis Perkins
and Thai! Locklcy, who were arrested somo
tlmo ago on a charge of having stripped
several vacant houses of plumbing,
When the men were arrested they mads
statements nt the police station In which
they admitted their guilt, and stenographic
reports were taken of their stntemeutb,
which wero made in the presence of wit
nesses. Petklns was tried In tho district court
last week anil was found guilty of malicious
Injury to property, with damage in excess
of $100, which Is a penitentiary offense.
When he was on the u'mpm stand In his
own behalf ho was confronted with the
statement he had made to tho police old
cers, and he swore that ho never made any
such statement, although It had been
steuographlcally reported and witnessed by j
several reputable people.
Lockley made a similar denial of his
statement to the police when ho was tried
In criminal court yesterday. He had
already broken faith with the court by
promising to abide by the decision of the
Jury In the case of Perkins, his pal. and
by repudiating the promise when that Jury
brought In a verdict of guilty.
"The defendants in these two cases," tali
Judge Raker, "have evidently testified
falsely. It doesn't seem reasonable to bo
I llevo tbulr sworn testimony that they never
I mado these statements to the police, when
, wo know that tho statements were actually
i taken down In shorthand and heard by a
i half dozen witnesses."
I Tho penalty for malicious Injury to prop
i orty In excess of $100 Is from one to three
j jears In the penitentiary, whllo tho penalty
j for perjury Is from one to fourteen years.
Andrew i'ueUer on Ti-lnl.
In Judga Baker's court yesterday after
noon the ense of Andrew Tucker was called
for trial. Tucker is charged with shooting
Jossph Chinn in South Omaha on April 3 of
this year. The afternoon was tnken up
with preliminaries Incident to the trial.
erillel for Itrfeinlniil.
In the case of Nels Mnthlescn against the
Omaha Street Hallway company Judge
Baxter Instructed the Jury to return a ver
dict for tho defendant on tho ground that
the evidence did not show any negligence
on the part of the street railway company.
Realty
Ilenl eatuto ugents uro divided on tho
question ralsrd by tho resolution of tho
exchange calling for a report of all trnns
actions slnco May 1, anil somo of them aro
unwilling to comply. The Idea Is com
monly expressed that It will not do u great
amount of good, and many dealers go
further Vnd taku exception to the plan on
the ground that, whllo things are moving
along satisfactorily nnd In a perfectly
natural way, It Is a mistake to attempt to
force matters. Some arc afraid of anything
In the present condition of the market
which might have a tendency to preclpltatft
a boom. Not that they see any such Indi
cations at present, but the more conserva
tive of them fear that a very Ilttlo thing
might set the ball rolling In a v.-u'y that
would make things Jump.
Tho sales reported yesterday were
mostly In uninunts varying from $100 up to
$3,000 or ?l.0iM). Probably not more than
10 per cent of the agents In the city will
make reports tho halanco Including those
who nrn not members of the exchange or
who do not nttenil the meetings, thoae who
aro opposed to tho principle of tho plan,
nnd some, too, who havo no sales to report.
Ii, S. Primmi'M I n - I iu-ii t k.
O. S. llcnnwn tins bought for JS.tjOO tha
north forty-four feet of lot f, In block 26,
Omoha, which contains a two-story frame
building containing stores and Hats. The
property la on the east side of South Six
teenth street, a block south of tho viaduct.
The building stands eighteen feet back from
the curb and It Is Mr. Ilenawa's Intention
to convert the stores Into Hats and make an
attrnctlvo residence property" out 6f what
Is now of Ilttlo account.
Mr. llenawa has also 'purchased thrco
brick houses on North Thirty-first stroat,
near Ohio. Tho Iiouspb have beon neglected
and thoy will bo thoroughly overhauled, In
side and outside. Tho description of tho
property U lots I and 2, block 23, Omaha
View extension, aud the prlco was $2,400.
Iloth these properties belonged to tho
Fidelity Trust company of Kansas City,
trustees for tho Iximbard Liquidation com
pany. Will Do .Soiiii- Iniprovlnu,
Dr. Kane of Wabash college, near Craw
tordsvllle, Ind., Is In Omaha this week
looking over somo of his property. Ho
told his agents that he was much surprised
by the lack of rent signs In the city and
by the disappearance of tho" long faces
which ho snw hore a few years bro, Dr.
Kano is figuring on Improving some of
his vacant lots In order that they may
begin to bring In a revenue.
(Iliimlril llu) to lliilhl,
R. II. Olmsted hus bought a lot Im
mediately north of the Turner property
on Thirty-fourth street. Tho coosltlera-
RECRUITING HENRY'S ARMY
A. M. Palmar Riiiei a Rigiment in Omaha
to 8upport Richard" Manifisld.
LOCAL CONTINGENT IS WELL TRAINED
ill rec Hour of Patient llrllliiiK nml
direful loitriictlou to llrlim Them
Into llenllntloii of Wliat
Is ntpectPil,
A. M. Pulmcr of L'nlon Square fame con.
ducted u school of dramatic art In Omaha
last night. He didn't retort to the llelasco
methods of Instruction In the matter of
emotional expression, but he did put In
three hojrs of hard work teaching the
prospective Mnnstlcld army how to kneel
and bow nnd march and shout for the king.
He taught the mulds of France and ling
land (who wilt bo tonight) how to bear
themselves on London bridge or to lean
from balconies and to carry wreaths before
his victorious majesty.
When It was all over Mr. Palmer smiled
the smile of patience born of many ,'ears
of experience In the getting of things right
on tho stage and pronounced his class good,
far above tho average, In fact.
It was at tho Unyd. Something more
than 150 young men and women who will
tell In the future of the time thoy i-up-porteil
Itlchnrd Manstleld In his great
production of "Henry V" crowded around
tho empty stngo wnltlng to be trained In
their part of tonight's play. The young
men were assorted Into grnupn of archers,
spearmen, hnnnermen nnd the like, f.nd
then the young women were divided Into
thoso who are to stand on the bridge, to
lean from bnleonles, to carry wreaths of
llowers ntid to otherwise add to the pic
tures that make the Mnnsllcld production
the great thing It Is.
Drill In ii TlioroiiKli One.
When they hud been properly assorted
and Inbeled the work began. Tableaux for
archers and tublenttx for maidens, tnblo'i.i::
for nil and tableaux for some were tnken
up ono after another Now they nil raised
a Joyful shout and marched 'away in merry
disorder, following tn Imagination the hap
piest of the Harrys. Again the soldiers
cheered their king nnd on bended knee
pledged him absolute fealty and support
In the bnttlo which was to follow.
Checrlns a blank space In the wing Is
dull buslnes'i, but the young people worked
at It faithfully, and when King Henry up
pears tonight he will bo astonished perhaps
at the hustlness of support given him by
his Omaha letulners. Mr. Palmer neld
them steadily to the work, drilling them
carefully In all they are to do and In
structing them minutely, so thnt by 11
o'clock he had them nil working smoothlv.
Tonight they will bo mingled with the
htndred or more "supers" who accompany
Mr. Mnnstlcld on the train, and the result
will be an army of 2.V) nt least, working In
perfect unison 'and co-operating to make
successful tlu beautiful tableaux that form
a delightful feature of Shakespeare's great
est "picture play."
The Mnnslleld train will arrive from St.
Joseph this forenoon. The opern house 's
all rendy to receive tho scenery for tho
piece and by evening the company will be
ready to show to the multitude the '-.ost
mngnlllrent performance ever given the
play.
FAILS TO LIST H.VriltD ASSKTS.
Nelson A. Stmifr ot Jiinlnlre on Trlnl
for l'erjur.
Nelson A. Stouer of Juniata is on trial
before Judge Munger In tho United States
district court charged with perjury. Stoncr
wns Indicted by the grand Jury for mak
ing false oath In n bankruptcy caso in
which he was a witness.
September 29 of last year Stoner's wifo
appeared before a referee In bankruptcy
nnd was declared a bankrupt. In the
schedule of property presented tho referee
and tho creditors it Is alleged that ft quan
tity of binding twino amounting In value
to $1,000 was nt.t listed.
Stoncr was ono of the principal witnesses
in the proceeding, and, it Is alleged, ho
swore that all the personal property of
tho applicant, Minnie E, Stoner, had been
listed. Some ot the creditors did some
sleuthing on their own account nnd dis
covered that Mis. Stoncr had a valuable
asset In the binding twine which she had
not mentioned at all. Stoner's arrest fol
lowed, and he wns Indicted at the last
session of the grand Jury.
Sales
tlon Is about $2,000 nnd the lot has a west
frontage of tiS fret by 138 feet deep. It
Is Mr. Olmsted's intention to build hlm
solf a home.
Mr. Olmsted's purchase Is Immediately
south of the three houses erected this
spring by Hamilton Bros. Of these throe,
F. U. Cnrapbell, ngent of tho New York
Life Insurance company, has bought the
one adjoining Mr. Olmsted's lot, for $5,500,
for a home.
Iliiliirurn Hi Vnrtl.
S. F. Hunter has sold to A. T. Austin
fifty-five feet ndjolnlng his residence on
Thirty-ninth street for $.1,500. The lot Is
number 8. In block S, Jerome Park, and
It Is about a hundred feet north of Far
nnm, with a west frnntngo. Tho price
is about $04 a front foot. It. C. Peters &
Co, made the sale.
I'repnrlnu lo I.mj Trnvl.,
Residents of hone's addition and ad
joining districts are now counting on tho
street car extension to Prospect Hill ceme
tery being completed this summer. Al
though tho settlement with the property
owners for tho opening of Thirty-third
street has not yet been effected, tha street
car company Is now hauling poles and
depositing them on tho side ot the street
from Cuming street north to tho ceme
tery. There Is an Idea that if tho city
warrants to be Issued for the opening df
the three blocks from Cass to Cumlug
are not otherwise disposed of, the street
car company will bo willing to tako them
up In order to avoid nny delay in tho lay
ing of tho tracks. Meantime, however.
O. S. Pcnewa anil others Interested aro
endeavoring to sell tho warrants.
Weliali-r Count' Wheal.
C. W. Kaley, u live real estate agent from
Red Cloud, Neb., was In Omaha yesterday
telling his friends of tiro wonderful wheat
crop of Webster county. He declares that
tho wheat grown In that sertlon of Ne
braska Is bigger and better than nny he has
seen In a recent tour through Ohio and
Indiana. The acreage of winter wheat 's
dnublo that of any previous year, and
thre Is not a had field In the entire county.
Mr. Kaley says further that the farmers
aro finding that wheat Is a money-making
crop, ns Is evidenced by tho fact that nine,
out of ten of the men who aro paying off
their mortgages aro wheat farmers.
Many families of Dunkards havo been
settling In Webster county latoly, says Mr.
Kaley, as the result of efforts that have
been mado by the real rstato men. Thirty
or forty families, he says, have come in
within two years and they have already
built themselves one church. Mr. Kaley
believes that this number, however, Is
morel a nucleus und that now that a be
GROCER'S CASH IS STOLEN
i llurulnr llrenUs Into Hie Store of Wll
, Hum tlrittlriiinn on Mlecntli
Street,
The cash drawer of William Gentleman's
grocery store nt Sixteenth and Cass streets
was emptied of $1S by a burglar between
7 and 0 o'clock Wednesday evening. Patrol
man llloom found the back door open at
8 o'clock nnd nn examination of the store
disclosed the burglnry. A partition door
lo tho meat market ndjolnlng was forced
open and the drawer robbed of $1.50. The
supposition Is that the thief secreted him
self In the Gentleman store before cloning
time. The renr door was fastened with a
heavy bar and tho front door was locked.
I'lrst S iiliinnrlne ( nlilr.
The first submarine cable was laid across
tho Engllth channel about fifty years ago.
It was also about the same time that Hos
tetter's Stomach Hitters, the world re
nowned dyspepsia cure, was tlrst Introduced
to the public. If you are a sufferer from
this ailment, or from Indigestion, flatulency,
constipation, nervousnes3 or Insomnia you
should try It at once, If you would be well.
It will strengthen your entire system and
produce sound sleep.
1
Fashions for the Season
Minis by Mar mnti.
3825 Bathing, Suit,
32 to 42 In. bust.
Woman's Bathing down. No. 3S5S A com
fortablo well tlttlng bathing suit Is as es
sential to a satisfactory sea bath as tho
well made outing costume Is to tho sports
of dry land. . While various mnterlals,
flnnncl, serge, mohair and taffeta are used,
nothing gives quite tho saisfactlon of al
paca or Sicilian In quiet tints. White has
certain Inherent advantages It does not
fade, suit water and sun render It only a
deep, rich cream: but. on tho other hand,
many women find It conspicuous. Blue
and black havo stood the test of many sea
sons nnd are both reltnulc and correct.
Tho admirable costume Illustrated Is suited
to arjy of the materials mentioned, but In
the original Is of dark blue brllllantlne,
with bands of nnrrow black braid, and Is
worn with a soft silk tie.
The bloomers and full blouse are made
in ono with a loose, comfortable belt hold
ing tho gathers at tho waist line. As
shown, tho sleeves are Miort and the neck
Is made high by means of a shield and
standing collar: but, when preferred, the
sleeves can become long nnd the shield or
collar only bo omitted as Indicated in the
small sketch. The skirt Is gored, but suf
ficiently full for freedom, and is attached
to a sepaiate band.
To mako this gown for a woman of me
dium size 9 yards of material 27 Inches
wide or 5 yards 44 Inches wide will be
required.
Tho pattern -3625 Is cut In sizes for a 32,
34, 36, 3S, 40 and 42-lnch bust measure.
For tbo accommodation of The Bee's
readers these patterns, which usually retail
at from 25 to JO cents, will bo furnished
at a nominal price, lo cents, which covers
all expense. In order to get any pattern
enclose 10 cents, glvo number nnd cam
of pattern wanted and bust measure. Al
low about ten days from date of your letter
before beginning to look for the pattern.
Address Pattern Department. Omaha Dm.
Exchange to Receive Reports
of Two Weeks' Deals.
ginning has beon made a large settlement
of these people Is likely to follow.
I' arm sales continue brisk In Webster
county, Mr. Kaley says, at prices ranging
trom about $10 to $20 an acre, or fully
per cent ahead of ono year ago. Then
largo quantity of land wns selling at $0.25.
while now It Is seldom that a salo Is made
under $10. Pasture land, especially, Is ad
vancing in price.
lliiir-Seollon In lluffiiln County.
Tho Payne-Knox company reports the sale
of 320 acres In Puffalo county, belonging
to v, m. Fuller, for $8,000. Tho farm Is
well Improved and lies on Wood river nbou
tour miles from million. All but about
twenty acres Is under cultivation and the
balance Is timber lnnd. The deal was
closed yesterday. O. I). Brink Is the buyer.
I'rlces unit Viilnex.
"Right at this tlmo when people nre
getting out to buy property It seems oppor
tune," said an ngent yesterday, "to point
out that theie Is a great confusion of terms
In the use of tho words 'price' and 'value.'
This Is especially unfortunate beeauso It
tends to demoralize trade, a buyer should
havo some Intelligent Idea of value nnd bo
able to distinguish It from price. It should
bo a part of an agent's duty to form such
Ideas for their clients, and It may as well
be admitted that real estato men themsclvoi
aro smewhat at sea as regards values.
"rrico and value necesfarlly are both
measured In dollars, but there are many
reasons why thpy do not conform. Tho
prlco Is determined by what the owner
wnntB for tho property, or in somo cases
what ho has to have. The value depends
upon location, surroundings, upon actual
conditions of the property Itself apart from
wno may own it. 'me prlco Is not neces
sarily any criterion or value It may be
far nuovo tno value, nj wns the case In
most parts of Omaha a dozen years ago
or It may bo below, as Is tho caso with a
largo proportion of Omaha property today
Value never considers In any degreo tho
owner b emergencies.
"Loans on real estato aro made on valua
tlons placed by conservative people. Irre
spectlvo of what the owner paid for the
property or wnat he is wining to tell for
ana irrespective aiso ot what any other
party mignt oner ror it. in other words
values aro entirely distinct from marke
quotations at nny given time. As a gen
era! proposition, It may be Btated that th
value of any piece of realty depends upon
Its earning capacity when tho Improvements
are properly suited to Its location nnd are
as good as tne lot will stand. At the nrps
ent time It may be said that Improved prop
erty In Omaha Is worth, and worth only
what It will yield In the way of ineom
to an Investor on a basts of S to 6 per ecu
aucr an expenses are deducted."
ROYAL Baking Powder is indispen
sable to the preparation of the finest
cake, hot-breads, rolls and muffins.
Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to buy
other powders because they arc "cheap."
Housekeepers should stop and think. It such
powders arc lower priced, arc they not inferior?
Is it economy to spoil your digestion to save
a few pennies?
The " Royal Hakcr and Pastry Cook" con
taining over Soo most practical and valuable
cooking receipts free to every patron.
Send postal card with your full address.
HELD FOR KENTUCKY CRIME
William B. Aikm, Omaha Priiour, i
0hrgd with Murder.
DEPUTY SHERIFF COMES AFTER HIM
Aliened Murderer Will lie Tnken Ilnck
lo Ilia Kormrr Home to Stnnil
Trial Sheriff Venr Mob
Violence.
Denuty Sheriff Hubbard of Hart county.
Kentucky, arrived yesterday and Identified
the prisoner. Will II. Aiken, wno was
arrested Saturday, as the man cbarged with
the murder of Mrs. Sles Shlpp and her 12-
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year-old grandson near .iiunigravuio, m-.
In October of 1S99. After satlstying mm
self that Aiken Is tho man he wanted, tho
offlcer went to Lincoln to procure requisi
tion papers.
The foellng against Alkon Is very witter
In Hart county," said Mr. Hubbard, anu
If I succeed In getting him Into the Mun
fordvllle Jail v.-lthout violence I shall con-
ider myself lucky. It Isn't generally
known there, however, that he has been lo
catod, so I may be able to get him behind
the bars before the mob has time tn or
ganize.
"This double murder was one or tne
most atrocious crimes ever committed in
that part of the stato," continued the offi
cer. "Robbery was tho mottve, and the
weauon used was an ax. It was generally
understood that old Granny Shlpp. as she
was known, was wealthy, and that most of
her wealth was In the form of money whloh
she kept concealed about her shanty, a
little shack ot pine boards.
Munlrr la DIco ered.
'One moralnK neighbors visited her
shanty and found both the old woman and
her grandson dead and their bodies horri
bly mutilated. Beside them was tho
bloody ax with which tht deed Had been
committed. The shanty bad been ran
sacked. Furniture and clothing wero heaped
In wild confusion In the middle of the
rooms and several boards bad been torn
from the wall and floor.
"Several arrests of suspicious characters
followed immediately, and among these
suspects was Will 13. Aiken. There was
very little evidence against Aiken at the
time and at his prellmlaary hearing which
came a week later only two witnesses were
able to glvo any material testimony for tho
state. These testified to having seen Aiken
In tho neighborhood of tho Shlpp shanty
late In tho afternoon ot tho day preceding
the murder. This Aiken explained to the
satisfaction ot the Justice and the hearing
resulted in his discharge.
Aiken Dtaapprnra.
"Aiken Immediately dropped out ot sight.
He hadn't been gone a week until new evi
dence was discovered which conclusively
connected him with the crime. Some boys
coon hunting In tho woods near the scene
of the murder found a suit of blood-stained
clothes which was Identified as having be
longed to Aiken concealed In the branchei
of an oak troe.
"At once a vigorous search was begun for
Aiken. Circulars offering a reward of $150
for his capture were sent broadcao over
the country. Several times wc heard of
him In various ports of the west, but he
always eluded us. Once he was arrested In
Kansas, but before we could establish
communication with the authorities Alketi
had been released. His capture here was a
stroke of gcod luck tor the Omaha officers
and they will surely get tho regard."
AlUrn I'leud at (inllty.
The arrest of Aiken waB made last Satur
day by Detectives Donahue, Heltfeld and
Dunn upon Information received In a tele
gram from Munfordvllle. Aiken admits that
he Is the man wanted in Kentucky for the
murder, hut denies that be Is guilty of the
crime. "Anyhow," said ho this morning,
"they couldn't convict me, because I've al
ready been acquitted once of that charge."
Further than this he refused to discuss the
case.
The "acquittal" Aiken refers to Is his
discharge at the preliminary hearing,
rhlch, of course, does not prevent bla bo
nc plared on trial for the crime.
Over the head of Aiken hangs a re
ward of $45o, which was offered at the
tlmo of his disappearance by tho Ken
tucky authorltit-H. This reward carries no
stipulation as to tho conviction of the
prisoner and Is offered unconditionally for
rapture. Therefore the money has been
earned without a string to It by tho Omaha
officers who mado the arrest.
Sheriff Hubbard and his prisoner left
last night for Kentucky.
iuiuh; i i,.h Tii.wxi'Kit .i,i,i:ii:i).
Suit In I'pilernl l.'ourl . AkhIiikI .lulin
II, .MnrCiill.
A petition filed In tho United States Circuit
conrt yesterday alleges that John H. Mao
Coll, at ono tlmo candidate for the gover
norship of Nebraka, has evaded tho pay
ment of Judgments rendored against blm
by transferring his property to Frank Ii.
Young of Broken Bow and William A.
Stewart of Lexington,
The petitioners, Jeremiah P. Looney of
Denver, and Fraser & Chalmers, dealers In
mining machinery, pray that the transfer
of property bo declared null and void and
Alum Is used in sofflft baktnp: powders
and in most of the so-called plunphntc pow
ders, because it is cheap, and makes a
cheaper powder. Dut alum is a corros
ive poison which, taken in food, acts injuri
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tho proceeds derived from tho salo of tho
property bo applied on their Judgments.
Jeremiah 1T.' Looney alleges In his peti
tion that on May 5, 1807, ho filed a petition
In equity In the district court of Douglas
county ngalnst John H. MacColl and recov
ered Judgment and received a decree In
tho sum of $l,0f4.30. It Is further al
leged that an execution wns Issued upon
this Judgment by tho sheriff of Dawson
county February 28, 1001. and was returned
wholly unsatisfied for wnnt of property,
real or personal, belonging to Mr. MacColl,
Fraser & Chalmers assert that they re
covered n judgment In tho district court of
Dawson county ngalnst MacColl for the
sum of $1,297.30, and this, too, It Is alleged,
remains unsatisfied.
According to the petition of the plaintiffs
in this case Mr. MacColl evaded these Judg
ments by transfurtng all ol his property
without consideration to Frnnk H. Young
and William A. Stewart. United States
Senator J. II. Millard Is also mentioned In
the petition, the allegation being made that
MacColl first transferred somo of his prop
erty to Senntor Mlllnrd, and that It was
subsequently transferred to Stewart.
December 10, 1897, is tho date on which
Mr. MacColl Is said to have transferred tho
bulk of his real estate to Frank II. Young
anil the petition recites that the convey
ance of these premises was made "for tbj
purpose of hindering, delaying and defraud
ing complainants In tho collection of their
Judgments thereafter to bo obtained upon
their causes ot action then existing,"
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Two
Petition and Two
Dccreei lie
Day' Grlmt.
Matt L. McCune, a South Omaha saloon
keeper, has been sued for dtvorco by Bertha
L. McCune, who makes several charges
against him. Tho wife states In her peti
tion that she and her five children were
driven from home by McCuno nnd have
been forced to caro for themselves as best
they can. Mrs. McCuno says her husband
has ample means to provide for his family
and she asks tho court to order him to do
so.
Lola Brown wants a dlvorco from
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Drox L. Slioomnn struck the popular
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Judgo Hstollc has granted n divorce to
Jesslo A. Walkup from Andrew K. Walkup
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Judge Dickinson has divorced Hmeltno
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Tho trlnl of the damage suit of Shields
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witnesses for tho defendant were exam
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libelous iirtlele was published on Informa
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