THE OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1003.
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REPORT SLOiS IS INDICTED
Btimor flat it Grand Jir Finds Bill
Against Former Commissioner.
BAXTER NEITHER DENIES NOR CONFIRMS
)ltrlrt Allorarx He Cannot
Talk Intll Ifdrril Grand
Jury Make Its Of
ficial Report.
That la a matter oh which I cannot
Apeak Just now; the grand Jury haa not yet
irimplcted its action that la, it haa filed
no bill, and therefore I cannot make any
Htatemcnt," replied United States District
.Attorney Baxte.- Friday morning when
pressed for ai answer to the question, ."Is
it true that former United States Commla
lowr Tom Sloan of Fender haa been In
dicted by the grand Jury?" .
"Do you mean by that that tha Indict- '
inent haa been found, but not returned?"
was asked the district attorney.
"Well, I cannot nay until the grand Jury's
action Is complete." ,'
"You will not say that the grand Jury
has not found an Indictment, will you?" . .
"No, I cannot say anything, except that
tha Jury haa not completed Us action nml
probably will not make a filing for a day
or two," waa tha answer. .
Before Mr. Baxter was Interviewed on
the subject Assistant District Attorney
Lane was asked for the Information, and
ha made substantially the same responses
es Mr. Baxter, finally referring the matter
to bis chief.
Mr. Sloan is tn the city and it has leaked
out that he has been Indicted, but that the
grand Jury haa not ,'yot returned the In
dictment. Tha report has It tbs Sloan was
indicted for "Irregularities in- office."
Flneh la Here Alao.
The appearance of Special Examiner
Stanley W. Finch of the Department of
Justice In the city at this time. And his
occasional appearance before the grand
Jury, recalls the fact that Mr. Finch was
In Omaha for several weeks last winter
investigating various matters pertaining to
the payment of fees and checks to Indian
witnesses, lie alsn nude frequent visits
to the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reser
vations and was absent there weeks at a
time. Then came the story of the hypothe
cation of a number of fee and witness war
rants, a number of which found their way
to the Omaha banks and whioh certain of
the Indians renounced as being authorl
tutlvely endorsed by them. However, the
renunciation of the endorscmnt by the
Indiana could not be taken with much al
lowance, as the Indians Invariably made
their "X" mark, both to signature and en
dorsement, aa well as when signing the pay
roll In the marshal's office. It was alleged
at the time, also, that these so-called irreg
ularities extended back for several years
and that they were in such a complex
shape that it was next to impossible to get
at any comprehensive status of the situa
tion. The custom was for a time to send
the pay checks to tho Indians in order to
prevent their being robbed of their money
here In Omaha. The only evidence of any
Irregularities were upon the unsupported
statements of the Indians themselves, who
were liable to 'make any sort of a state
ment and deny their endorsements to the
checks sent them.
At all events the Investigations set on
foot by Mr. Finch Inst winter resulted In
the resignation of Mr. Sloan as Lnlted
States commissioner and the subsequent ap
polntment of a new commissioner for that
district, with his headquarters at Tekamah
or Blair.
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RIDGLEY'S
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Credit Clothing Co,
the store for everybody ou credit. Don't
put off your clothing purchases any
longer Decoration Day Is nearly here,
nud if you haven't the cash your credit
Is good at Itldffley'g. We are the only
More In Omaha that Bella clothing' to
everybody ou Credit, at their own terms.
MARCH TO RELIEVE PEKING
General Daggett Telli of the Fart of
America In Affair.
FAMOUS CLIMB OF PRIVATE CALVIN TITUS
Mnevltrh's Treachery to Ills Allies
Did Not Ualn Ills mint, as an
American First Scaled the
Sacred Walla.
MERCER'S NEW BUILDINGS
Seren-Storr Commission Block and
rlanlna; Mill Are to Be
Erected.
A seven-story brick building with capac
Ity for several different commission stores
Is the kind of a building which Dr. 8. D.
Moroer contemplates erecting at Eleventh
and Harney streets, where his other com
mission housA structure burned last winter.
The dimensions of the building will be 132x
132 feet. The east half, 66x132, will be di
vided into seven, apartments on the first
floor fronting on Eleventh street. The west
half of the building will only be five stories
high. v
Steam heat and six electric elevators will
be features of tha new structure. Dr.
Mercer thinks he will begin work on this
building wltbln thirty days.
Dr. Mercer also Is planning on the con
struction 'of a big planing mill on a site of
his Belt Line property, near Forty-third
and Lafayette. He has made a lease with
a planing mill concern, which will put up
the plant. The first building of this plant
will be Btarted, possibly next week, possibly
not until the week after.
GOMPERS SPEAKS ON SUNDAY
President of American Federation of
Labor Will Address Omaha
rnbllc.
Samuel Oompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, arrived In
Omaha last evening, and will remain here
until Sunday evening speaking Sunday aft
ernoon at a mass meeting, called for Wash
ington hall at 2:30 o'clock. To this meet
ing the public Is Invited.
Mr. Gompers saya the affairs of the Amer
ican Federation , of Labor are prospering
finely, and that the organization, while not
booming or anything like that. Is growing
steadily and healthfully. The teamsters'
strike in Chicago will not be a long drawn
out affair, he says, and its effects will be
felt for many months In Chicago. Ho
blames the express companies for the re
newal of hostilities. The merchants were
all ready to settle with the teamsters, and
everything would have been satisfactorily
adjusted, but the express companies
ended all negotiations by refusing to con
sider any proposition to reinstate their
drivers.
' Men's suits, men's hats, shoes, odd
trousers and boys' 2 and 8-plece suits,
boys' shoes, etc. ,
;; Ladles' Department. .
, x Ladle' silk suits, silk waists, silk
skirts, underskirts, hats and a flue line
of ladies' shoes, little girls' suits and
skirts.
AVe clothe the family from head to
foot with a complete line of everything
in wearing apparel on credit, at your
own terms. Let us get acquainted. Call
tomorrow, make your selection, and pay
"tw later.
RIDGLEYSV
No. 1417 Douglas Street
ELMER BEDDEO, Mgr.
WURRAYS HAD STOLEN RINGS
St. Joseph Couple Taken In Oaths
After Pawning; Jewelry at
Various Places,
Edward and Pearl Murray, who travel In
the wake of street shows and who are sup
posed to be man and wife, were arreBted In
the Victoria hotel as suspicious characters
and It was afterward developed that they
had pawned in this city a largo, number of
valuable rings. It Is claimed that these
rings are a part of fifty-two that were
stolen from Q. H. McKelvey, a St. Joseph,
Mo., Jeweler by window smashers on May
tl). Detective P. J. Ryan of the St. Joseph
police" took the Murrays back to that city
last night. The stolen rings were valued at
1512. Fifteen rings pawned by the Murrays
were recovered In Omaha by Detectives
Heltfeld and Donahue, There are reasons
for believing that the Murrays are go-betweens
In the disposition 'of tha rings and
that they know who committed the robbery
In St. Joseph. They refuse to tell to the
satisfaction of the police how they obtained
possession of the rings.
19-K. wedding rings. Ednolm, jeweler.
Age.
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Marriage Licenses.
Tha following marriage licenses have been
Issued.
Name and Residence.
Rudolph J. Mlchalltschka, Omaha.
Mary Tschepen. Omaha
James Benes, South Omaha
Theresa Opllstll, South Omaha
Frank A. Turner. Omaha
Alice Card, Omaha
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Brigadier General Aaron S. Daggett, U.
B. A., retired, delivered a very interesting
address Friday evening at Westminster
Presbyterian church on "The Relief of the
Foreign Legation at Peking, China, in lfc.'
General Daggett was In command of the
Fourteenth I'nlted States infantry, the reg-
Iment which so signally dlstlgutshed Itself
during the memorable mnrch from Tien
Tsln to Peking as a part of the American
army, as well as during the siege of Pek
lng. The story was told most graphically
by General Daggett, though without the
slightest reference to himself or the part
he personally took In that memorable event.
He said. In part:
Strange as It may seem, I am opposed to
war, except it be in a case of necessity or
for the relief of those in suffering. 1 be
lieve !n arbitration, as practiced by Tho
Hague tribunal, for the settlement of In
ternational Questions nither than by the
arbitrament of war. The China relief ex
rtedltton was one that demanded the force
of arms. The expedition force consisted of
16.000 men of the armies of the i nueu
States. Great Britain. Russian and Japan,
aa actual participants, though four other
nations which were to participate in the re-
llei expedition were not present at me
start. The expedition starting from Tien
Tsln, representing the International armies,
was unique in the fact that It had no com
mander. It was directed by frequent coun
cils of war In which all the commanders
participated, who agreed upon the methods
by which the purposes of the expedition
should be carried out. The United States
had 2,0(XI men, Great Britain J.OnO. Russia
4.000 and Japan 7.5W on the expedition. The
object was the relief of the imprisoned for
eign legations at Peking, whose fate was
then unknown. '
Progress of the Expedition.
The imprisoned people numbered about 800
white and approximately l.ouu native Chris
tians, gathered about the legations for pro
tection. On the first day after the departure
of the expedition of the allied forces from
Tien Tsin the Japanese were in the advance
and encountered the Chinese and repulsed
them ufter a sharp engagement. On the
second day the American force was In tho
advance, and also had a hard fight with the
Chinese and also repulsed them.
The march to Peking was under a hot sun
and through the dust of ages over a slgaag
road. General Llnevltch, now in command
of the Russian army tn Manchuria, was In
command of the Russian forces on the re
lief expedition. During the march soldier
after soldier fell from exhaustion, some
never to rise again. Arriving within twelve
miles of Peking, council of war waa held,
on August 12, at the headquarters of Gen
eral Llnevitch. The American, Knglish and
Japanese commanders were in favor of
moving forward, but General Llnevltch op
posed tha advance the following day be
cause his men were tired. It was decided
by the American commander to make a re
connolsance with two companies of the
Fourteenth Infantry. After some further
parleying that the allied army should move
forward, General Llnevltch still opposed any
attack upon the Chinese city until the 15th.
The Russian army was on the right of tha
American forces.
Llnevltch Begins Attack.
On the night of August 14 heavy cannon
ading and rifle firing were heard. The army
waa then In sight of tha walls of Peking.
This firing was at first thought to have
tome from Peking, and probably meant the
massacre of the imprisoned Christians. It
was soon learned that General Llnevltch
had moved forward during the night and
undertaken the assault on the walls, with
the hope of giving the. glory of the first
entry Into the walled city to the Russians.
He had broken the agreement. Early the
following morning, as soon as this fact be
came known, the American commander
moved his command forward and prepara
tions wars made for aa assault upon the
walls.
The American commander took one com
pany of the Fourteenth regiment, and di
rected the commander of the regiment to
take another company to reconnoiter. The
two companies were to move parallel. Gen
eral Chaffee waa at this moment called to
another part of the line, and the companies
moved forward and were shortly afterwards
under the walls of Peking. They came to
a large moat spanned by a marble bridge.
Their appearance was immediately met
with a hot -fire from the right and left
from the tOD of the walls. The Americans
being at the foot of the walls, were rela
tively safe from the tire of the Chinese.
Then It was determined to scale the walls
if such a thing were possible.
Calvin Titos' Famous Climb.
Captain Henry G, Leamard, adjutant of
the Fourteenth Infantry, discovered that
the walls being of brick were full of crev
ices, and that bricks were projecting here
and there, and he called for a volunteer
to attempt the ascent of the wall. It was
then that a noble, niodest young man
stepped out and started on the ascent of
the wall. This was Private Calvin P. Titus
of Company K, who succeeded in making
the ascent. It was an exciting moment
when he reached the top of the wall. He
discovered that none of the enemy were
at that immdlate point, and others soon
followed him to the ton. The men who had
scaled the walls were up there without
guns, and the guns and ammunition were
hauled up to them- by cords. These men,
under tho cover of artillery, drove tha
enorny from the vicinity and descending
to the Inside of the walls soon had the
gate opened and the American force was
consequently the first of the allied armies
inside tha Chinese city.
The remainder of the story Is a matter
of history. In which the American army
won imperishable glory for Its participation
In the stirring events following and tha
ultimata relief of the legation and their
Christian followers.
In conclusion, General Daggett paid a
glowing tribute to the valor of tha man
who carried the cartridge box and gun,
without whom the plaudits accorded their
generals would be as naught. "The private
soldier," he said, "must rest content with
the consciousness of a duty well performed.
It is the private soldier that must bear
the brunt of battle. His heroism may not
be written by the hand of man, but they
are borne on the tablets of God, to live
as the ages of eternity roll on and on."
General Daggett was tendered a rising
vote of thanks for his Interesting address.
EMERSON L. STONE AT REST
Old Cltlsea and Prominent Bualueea
Man Marled In Forest
Lawn Cemetery.
Tha body of Emerson L. Stone, an old
resident and prominent business man of
Omana, who died at his home, 3M Far
nam street, early Wednesday morning from
a sudden attack of heart failure, was laid
to its last resting place In Forest Lawn
cemetery Friday afternoon. The services
were held at tha family residence. Rev. E.
Comble Smith, pastor of tha First Meth
odist church officiating. By a special re
quest of the family no floral offerings
were In evidence and only the intimate
friends of the family were present at tha
services.
Mr. Stone's death came as a great shock
to his friends and family here, as he had
been up and about the day previous and
retired Tuesday night feeling In the best
of health and spirits. About 1:45 o'clock
Wednesday morning the family ' was
aroused by Mr. Stone complaining, of a
severe pain in his breast, Just over his
heart. The pain became more Intense
and a physician was called, but before
medical aid could be administered he was
deud.
Mr. Stone was one of the best known
business men In Omaha, .having come to
this city from New York state thirty-nine
years ago, at once settling In Omaha,
where he engaged In the furniture business
with C. II Dewey, forming the firm of
Dewey & Stone, which continued to do
business here since that time until last
February, when the firm went out of bus!
ness. Since that lime Mr. stone nas oeen
retired. . -
The following were the active pall bear
ers at the services: L. G. Doup, George E,
Crosby, Charles A. Goss, Victor B. Cald
well, C. M. Wllhelm and W. I. Klerstead,
The honorary pall bearers were: S. A,
Orchard, John A. Crelghton, D. B. Sar
gent, A. J, Simpson, W. A. Smith, E. M
Morsman, S. S. Curtis, C. F. Manderson,
Dr. George L. Miller and W. H.'lfarrlson.
(ask
CLIFTON HILLTHANKS EVANS
Improvement Clnb Extends Gratitude
to Conncllman for Ills Ar
rangement of Sixth.
No matter how the north end Improvers
may feel. Councilman Evans, who officiated
in" the recent cleaving In two of the Sixth
ward, has the support and thanks of at
least one Improvement club Clifton Hill.
This organization at a meeting Thursday
night actually thanked Councilman Evans
for fixing up the ward as he did. He man
aged it so that the territory covered by the
clubs remains In one ward, the new Sixth,
and this Is what tickles the members, who
did not want to be scattered on both sides
of the line and the Influence split In this
way. However, various citizens have been
at the city ball this week threatening in
dignation meetings and all kinds of things
on account of the new ward divisions.
They have hailed, principally, from what Is
to be the new Tenth and Twelfth wards,
respectively, and they don't like the ar
rangement at all, so far as it concerns
themselves and their political plans. The
agreement among the councllmen has all
the appearances of being Ironclad, how
ever, and tha majority declare it la bound
to go through as announced.
BUTCHERS BEFORE THE JURY
Fremont Men Tell Their Stories In
Beef Trust Investigations at
Federal Building.
Charles Balduff and John Keiser, butch
ers from Fremont, were tha principal wit
nesses before the federal grand Jury Fri
day morning In the Beet trust investiga
tions, -jne story ioia Dy inese witnesses
was in all respects similar to thattf other
Independent butchers whose business has
been made suffer by reason of the packers
selling to the hotels and restaurants in
that section direct and using the plea that
the hotel and restaurant men preferred to
buy of the packers because their products
were more "wholesome" than could be pro
vided by the Independent butchers.
The Independent local butchers resent
this statement of the packers that their
meats ara not as cleanly, wholesome and
carefully preserved as those of the packers.
There yet remain two or three witnesses
from Beatrice and other points In the
southern part of the state to be heard be
fore the grand Jury, and there la a proba
bility that the Jury may finish the beef
Inquiry earlier than has been expected. In
fact there Is a prospect of the inquiry be
ing finished this week.
VXAaaBfcSsusioKiSraataltBXiaVi
.TTau lor "saj
Want to try an experiment?
Then take any one of the hundreds of
new medicines on the market.
They come, they go, and are
soon forgotten.
Or want to be cured?
Then take a medicine that
has been tested and tried,
generation after genera
tion. A medicine that has
been a household remedy
for sixty years. Ayer's
Sarsaparilla.
Intelligent,
people are relying more and
this old standard preparation.
thoughtful
more upon
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ONE JAMES MURPHY WANTED
Man by thai Familiar Nam Is
Sought by Sister Back la
Massachusetts.
I'Clty Attorney Breen has received a letter
from Mra E. T. Robinson,' 12 Perl stree
Charleston, Mass., asking him to assist in
finding her long lost brother, James Mur
phy. As there are an even dozen James
Murphya In the directory the city attorney
has not welcomed the Job.
The James Murphy wanted would be 71
years old, having been born August 6, 1821
He left home In Nova Scotia when 18 and
has never been heard from by his family
sln-'e. His sister had a report recent
that ha was living In Omaha and, is very
anxious to communicate with him. The
first name of the father of tha missing
man was Martin and his mother's name
was Eleanor. Tha city attorney would be
glad to help the family get togother, ir
James will present himself at the city hall.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
United States District Clerk R. C. Hoyt
has returned from a visit of a few days at
oeairice.
Jennie Farber, after eighteen years of
wedded life with Jacob. Is seeking a divorce
on me ground or anuse and nonsupport.
Charles H. Kelsev. an attorney nf Vellirh
has been admitted to practice before the
1 nnea ciates courts lor the district of Ne
braska.
Sarah Ward became the wife of Fred G.
Btlles In Omaha In June, 1904. Now she is
suing for a divorce on grounds that are
serious in the eye or the law.
The Sunday school of Unity church will
hold its annual picnic today at Falrmount
park. Council Bluffs. A special car will
leave Twelfth and Douglas streets promptly
On a charge of Insulting women on the
street La uummings, iwno lives anywhere,
was UD before Judire Berka SVirtai mnrn.
lng and sentenced to twenty days in the
county Jail at hard labor. Cummlngs was
habitually stopping women on the streets
Mathllde Foerstner has been granted a
divorce from Christian by Judge Button on
the ground of extreme cruelty. She was a
Miss Kobe when she married Foerstner in
October. 1302. The husbandis ordered to
pay to the wire at once the sum of Il.467.Bi
being half of the proceeds of the sale of
ine nomesieaa ot tne couple.
and trying tn engage them in conversation.
Frank Johnson, recently Indicted by the
reaerai grand jury tor cutting limner on
the Omana Indian reservation in violation
of law, was brought to Omaha Friday
afternoon by Deputy L'nlted States Marshal
John Sides on a capias and gave bonds for
his appearance before the United States
district court.
Three of L'ncle Sam's proteges from the
Indian reservation were up In police court
Friday morning on a charge of being drunk.
Their names were Creeping Bear, Wood
Hawk and White Wing. When told that
he waa charred with nelna- drunk Wood
Hawk replied that he was not drunk, but
merely "happy from drinking paleface fire
water." There being nothing special against
the Indians Mr. Hear, Mr. Hawk and MX.
Wing were allowed their Irecdum.
ABOUT THE
DRESSER TO
BE OIVEN FREE
ON JUNE 15, IN
LADIES
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When you buy your clothing from us, wc haven't tho
slightest idea whether you intend to pay cash or have it charged
until you have selected all the articles you wish. Isn't this
fact alone the most convincing that wc charge no moro for
goods sold on our credit plan than for those sold on a cash basis?
Thinking people will see the point immediately.
ALL GOODS ARE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES.
WE HAVE DECIDED
to contlnua for ona mora week tha reduction salo of
Ladies' Suits and Jackets
We want every lady In Omaha to call and apen the bargains are
offerlnn. iook this list over, every Item a niouey-aaver.
$15.00 SUITS now S10.00
$20.00 SUITS now $13.50
$30.00 SUITS now .
$10.00 COATS now .
$12.00 COATS now.
$15.00 COATS now .
$18.00 COATS now
$22.50 COATS now .
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S22.50 SUITS now $15.00
S25.00 SUITS now $17.50
S20.00
. $ 8.00 ( 1
.S10.00
$19 nn
.$15.00 13
Ladies' $5.00 Hats, Saturday CbfL
And your credit is good (that, all.) w W
MEN'S
of wool worsteds? and cheviots, faultlessly tailored
and trimmed; good linings, cut, make and style the
very best; up-to-date suits that were $10.00 and
$ 12.50, will go on sale Saturday at
SHOES FOR MEN
AND WOMEN
In both high and ox-1 QC
ford styles, at, only laUu
MEN'S HOSE
Just received another lot
fa&t black Cotton Hose
special, at i
suits mm
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ANGER LEADS TO SHOOTING
Enrad Man Flrva at Worksits Be
cause Latter Happen to '
Cross Hla Will.
A Jump from a high porch, a headlong
leap over a five-foot fence and a run of
several blocks, were no doubt the causes of
saving the life of John Peterson, a painter,
who resides . 371S Meredith street, Thurs
day afternoon.
Peterson was engaged at the premises of
Frank Randolph a resident of the north
part of Omaha for a number of years,
Randolph wanted to have his house painted
and Peterson was engaged to do the work.
He had been working on the house for
several days, but a little before noon I
Thursday, Randolph came out to where he
waa working and asked the painter to get
down from tho ladder upon which ho was
engaged and help him with some other
work. Peterson only having a little more
to do, replied he would get down in Just
moment, but this enraged Randolph, ao
much that he picked up a hammer and de
manded that the workman get down at
once and assist him, but Peterson did not
pay any attention to his threats of "beat
his brains out," and In a few minutes the
enraged man whipped out a revolver and
began shooting. He sent three shots into
the air, one coming so closely to the ear
of Peterson that he could hear bullet whlss
past.
After the first ahot Peterson started to
get away. He started down the ladder
and got to the porch and then made a run
down the yard to the fence, leaped over
and made his escape. Peterson says that
while be was getting down the ladder
Randolph sent three shots after him, all
of which came within 2 Inches of his head.
Randolph started southwest from the
place where the shooting occurred and haa
not since been seen. The police have a
good description of the man.
money was gone, He complained to the
police and three colored women were ar
reoted and Identified by Smith. They gave
their names as Lillian Emerson, Daisy
Morrison and Emma. Countee. They were
locked up.
ANCIENT HISTORY FOR SALE
Printed Prooeedlnar. of First Three
Xebraika Terrltortnl - Legisla
tures Put on Market.
Mrs. C. E. Enochs of Kansas City, Kan.,
has written to County Clerk Drexel a let
ter In which she expresses a desire to soli
the printed proceedings, resolutions and
memorials of the first, second and third
sessions of the Nebraska territorial legis
lature. She and hrr husband came to Ne
braska in 1RM and paid $10 to Logan Fon
tanels, the Indian chief, to be allowed to
go onto their claim south of Bellevue. All
of that section waa then part of Douglas
county, yrfie recalls, and when it was cut
off her husband became the first sheriff or
Sarpy county under appointment of Acting
Governor Cuming. He was elected for a
second term and the widow recalls that
when they moved away. In 1858, there was
still owing to her husband $150, which he
never got. Mr. Enochs died last year, the
letter says, and as the widow has no use
for the old records of legislative doings aha
offers them for Bale.
BRYAN ON, PRINCE OF PEACE
Edltor-atatesnvin Will Lecture tun
day I'nder Ansplcea of VonnaT
Men's Christian Association.
William J. Bryan will give his famous
lecture on "The Prince of Peace" Sunday
afternoon, June 4. at the Orpheum, undor
the auspices of the Young Men's Christian
association. When Mr. Bryan delivered the
saoie lecture last y?ar in his home town,
hundreds of people were turned away from
the local theater for lack of seating capac
ity. In view of the fact that Mr. Bryan
always draws a large crowd in Omaha,
the question waa debated for soma time
as to whether it would not be best to se
cure tho Auditorium for the lecture, but
the Orpheum was chosen finally. The as
sociation has endeavored for some time
to get the editor of the Commoner in
Omaha, but h3 only lately succeeded In
arranging date.
ONLY ARGUMENT IS TO COME
Close of Byron Reed-KIabund Case
In District Court Is In
filarht.
After occupying tha attention of Judgo
Button and half a doxen attorneys for
several days the case of Byron Reed com
pany against Ernest Klabunde haa come to
a close, so far aa the evidence Is concerned.
Argument wa deferred untlf some time
the early part of next month.
The suit is a foreclosure proceeding on
land which Klabunde claims under the will,
or alleged will, of his wife- Plaintiffs, on
rebuttal, produced three witnesses, who
swore that the will is a forgery and that
It was executed three days after tha alleged
maker, Mra. Wilhelmlna. Klabunde, had
died. Peter Penke testified that Mrs.
Klabunde. a few houra before her death,
made a will, which her brother and sister
witnessed. The day after the funeral Penke
and the others were told by August
Klabunde, a son of the dead woman, that
the will his mother had made waa lost.
They were asked to sign another will,
which they did, thinking that It was all
right.
Penke testified thla second will waa
signed in Herman Timme's store at Ben
nington. He not only aigned for himself,
but for his wife, who was not present and
someone else signed for a Mra. Lobs, whose
name also appears as a witness. Tlmma
Is now dead, so his version Is not avail
able The will ao signed after the burial of Mrs.
Klabunde waa paaaed through tha probate
court In 1894, on the aworn testimony of
the alleged witnesses and August Klabunde
got possession of 140 acres of land on con
dition that he cars for hla father. August
Is now In state prison for cattle stealing
and tha old man la making a hard fight to
retain aome Interest In the land.
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CAMN,
a co.
mlvm
i Mtkmn.
Robbed In a Crib.
James Smith of Dea Molnea, la., came
to Omaha Friday evening and thought he
would make tha rounds of the red-light
district. He had $75 in hia veat pocket
when he accepted an invitation to go into
the "crib" at KtlftV Capitol avenue and
after ha lft that i'c tt dUcovvred hla
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