Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE FltlDAY , AUGUST 7 , 1885 ;
LINCOLN.
The So-calliu Benevolent Associations
anil Their Schemes ,
A Strange Easiness , Where There
nro Assets and No Liabilities.
The Stftto Stirponio Court Illoodc
Cmttlo Ijocnl Notcfl nnd
Pcrflonnls.
AT THIS
BENEVOLENT INSURANCE ,
The number of insurance companies
Nebraska la multiplying rapidly ; eora
are good , some are bad and some ar
very indifferent. In tbo latter class ma
bo placed tbo Merchants' and Mechanics' '
Benevolent association of this city ,
Some tlma since the state auditor commenced
moncod proceedings In the supreme conr
to compel the association to show b
what warrant or anthorlty It did bnslnca
In Nebraska , and the case will como up
for hearing during the tsrm of conr
which will convene next nook. It is
significant fact that the Institution ha
filed no pleading , and It is Bild will not do
BO nntll after the convening of court. The
ground npon which the attorney genera'
brings the action la that tbo company lia
failed to deposit with tbo state the § 100 ,
000 required by law. The company ha
thns far totally Ignored the requirements
of the otato law. All insurance com
panles for life purposes nro required to
41 do buMncsi under act of legislature , ecc
tlon VI of which roads aa follows : "Ii
shall bo unlawful for any incorporated
company or association , partncish'p. '
firm or individual , or any member or
agent or agents thereof , or for any agent
or agents of any company Incorporated
by any foreign government , other than a
state of this union , to transact any bual
nets of Insurance in this stuto wttboui
procuring a certificate of authority from
the auditor of Ibis atato , euch company ,
aeerclction , partnership , firm cr in
dividual , or any agent or amenta
thereof , having firat filed nndcr oath In
the cilice of said auditor a statement set
ting forth the charter or net of Incorpora
tion of any and every such Incorporated
company , nnd tbo by-lawa , co partner
ship , agreement , and articles of aeaocl
ntiou of any and every such Incorpora
tion , company , association , partnership ,
or fnni : and the naina and residence ) of
individual , and Iho names and residences
of every such partnership or firm ; and
the matters required to 1)3 specified by
tbo provisions of this chapter and the
written anthorltythoroln | mentioned , and
furnish evidence to the satisfaction of the
auditor of the state that said company
has Invested in stocks of some ono or
moro of the states of this union ,
or of the United States , the amount
of S100.0CO , nnd that such stocks are hold
by citizens cf the United States , or In
bonds and mortgages of real estate situ
ated in the United States , fully securing
the amount for which the eamo la mort
gaged , oto.
Upon the filing of said statement , and
furnishing evidence of Investment as
aforesaid , shall bo entitled to a certificate
of authority for such body or individual
In like manner as provided In this chap
ter.
ter.Such
Such , evidence ) of deposit Is required to
bo renewed every year.
fV The Farmers and Mechanics insurance
r company has no ouch deposit. The office -
fico claim not to bo nn insurance com
pany , bnt entirely a benevolent Institu
tion , and instead of policies iesuo certifi
cates of membership.
A BUB reporter called npon John Cur-
rio , Eq ; , of this city , and who elta In the
capacity of secretary for the asaociatlon ,
to gat from him an account for Its methods
ods of doing business.
"Wo ara not nn Insurance company , '
said Mr. Ourrlo , "only a mutual concern
for the benefit of moinbora. If a man
comes In ho pays an Initiation fee of $15.
As wo ore not doing business as a lifo
insurance company I do not eco how the
law ail'ecta ns. "
From a conversation with this gentle
man nnd another member of the compa
ny It waa learned that they profess to
have no liability whatever. "If members
pay ua , we pay them , " ono gentleman
eald , which wonld seem to bo rather a
frco for all method.
This declaration is not berne out ' 'by
the wording of the certificate of member
ship for one clanao reads : "Upon the
receipt at the oflica of the asso
ciation , In Lincoln , Nebraeka ,
of satisfactory proofs of the
death of eatd member , be having con
formed to all the conditions of member
ship , this association will piy to
or to the legal holra of mid member , the
net proceeds of ono full aasossinaut , at
schedule rates upon all contributing
mambors at date of such assessment nnd
which is received at tbo Lincoln oflico
within days from the date of notice
thereof to au ftmou.it not exceeding
to bo paid within days thereafter. "
Certainly the amount of tno liability hero /
Is very vague , bnt still there is a liability.
Thera may ba ono "paying member"
and there may be a thousand. There is [
a delicious uncertainty abont It which
mast make certificate holders In the con
cern nnxions to know alter death whether
tholr heirs will receive 0 or money ; it
certainly must bo loft to the generosity
of contributing members. The law says
that no company shall do business where
salaries are paid ollioerr , which Is meant
to exclude everything except olcomosyary
Oinoarn , Mr. Oarrlo statoi that [ Ihla
company pays no salaries bnt that the
officers and the present twenty odd
agonta got most of the $15.00 Initiation
feu paid by members. They also get a
commission on the assessments made
from tlmo to tlmo. A note Is exacted
from each member for the fulfillment of
his policy , bnt according to the ofibors
themselves they will not hold water for
they aad ! they conld not pay If they
could not collect. Tha ostensible aisets
of the company at pretont la § 7,711.85 ,
and If the claim la true that there ara no :
liabilities the company ia getting along
swimmingly. The membership la 239 up
to this tlmo , and the total receipts are
slid to have been $451.40 , while the pay-
men ta or certificates of debts ( commonly
called liabilities ) amount to $45285
This latter statement would show a leas
of $1.45 , not taking into consideration
the Initiation foes of $15 00 which goes
to the agents , probably for benevolent
purposes ,
Tno csso to ba called in tbo supreme
court next week will bo a test cast ) , and
all similar Institutions doing business In
Nebraska have lent tba Farm CM and
Meclunlca iiibatnntlal monetary aid to
fight it with , Among other concerns oi
this kind having agencies in Nebraska >
may ba mentioned the Bankers Life , of
Doa Moines , Iowa , and the Secnrity Mu
tual of tbo ssino place ,
Thura are other benevolent associa
tions , bnt they are thoio formed by aec'ot
J
societies for tholr own use and advantage ,
and which do not solicit Insurance at any
rate outside of tholr own order. The
ones named above do a general soliciting
business , and , fin atatod , the Farmers and
Mechanics have twenty agents already In
tha field , working the $16.00 assessments
for all they are worth.
THE SUHIEME cofni.
The anpro'mo judiciary of Nebraska
will meet next Tuesday In regular term ,
and with an nnusually largo docket.
Among the cases will bo three of original
jurladlctlon , that against the Farmers
and Mechanics' and a mandamus brought
against the auditor and secretary by
Franklin connty to compel those officials
named to register certain bonds , Issued
by that connty , and which the auditor
and secretary think are in excess of the
limit allowed by law. The last of the
cases Is that of the roglsterahlp of deeds
In the various counties , and will seek to
put a definite construction on the law ,
which it will bo remembered Ia defective
owing ao an oiror of an enrolling clerk ,
lie put In the figures 1.500 Instead of
15,000 , which wan the limit intended for
counties which could oloot a register of
deeds. The ciso Is brought by various
aspirants for ofllco through the atato who
wish to know whether , If elected , they
will bo entitled to their ofllco. It la
.bought . the term will last nntll next
December.
A .SHOUT HOHN SALE.
The sale of the Kentucky short-horn
cnltle , wMoh took place hero yesterday ,
was n success in every way but prices.
The attendance of buyora from diiFarent
parts of the state wo * quite largo , but
they seemed quite reserved abont bid
ding. Although the cUtlo wcro well bred
and of record they were thin nnd some
what scratched up , which seemed to de
tract fram their value In an auction.
Among the buyers were noticed D. N.
Hamilton , of Edgar ; 0. M. Bronson , of
Lincoln ; J.V. . Anderson , of Syracuse ;
J. O. Chase , of FairmontV. ; . D. Nich
ols , of Beatrice.
LOCAIi NOTES.
Bills for the exponnltnres of the re
form school at Kearney , for July , wcro
yesterday pisssd by the board of public
lands and buildings.
f { The next mooting of the committee for
the G. A. 11. reunion will bo held nt
Lincoln instead of Boatrlca , on the call
of the chairman.
Fifteen Insane patients belonging to
Wyoming , and therefore kept at the state
insane asylum , will bo removed to Jnck-
sonvlllu , Illinois , in a day or two. This
was rendered necessary by tha crowded
condition of the Institute.
A drunken street brawl was nncero-
monioualy Interrupted by Policaman
Oarnahau , yesterday afternoon.
STATE 1'EHSONALS.
lljbert Council , Frlona ; 0. D. Moore ,
Harvard ; Frank Uenshaw , Sterling ; W.
D. Nichols , Beatrice ; J. H. Calkins ,
David City ; Eflie and Clara LJOSO , dangh-
tors of Attorney General Loeso , Seward :
L E. Wheeler , Beatrice ; L H. L wton ,
Grand Island ; .E. H. OrowodV. . D.
Dixon , M. Lahoy , J. F. Allen ; W. P.
Flynn , D. N. Mtllor , Omaha ; William
Daily , Peru ; J. Lobeman , Beatrice. ]
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TIIE UAILltOAI ) COMMISSIONEllS
The state board of railroad commls-
nioncra has completed its labors , made its t
report nnd adjourned. It ia addressed '
to G. W. Holdrodgo , snperintendont of
the B. & M. , and the following synopsis
contains all the salient features : Con-
gratulationa are offered the company on
tbo excellence of the track , bridges , and r
rolling otock , and the apparent good will t
of the people towards the company. The
board fin da that steel rails are rapidly re
placing iron and that the road-bed is beIng -
Ing billistcd with broken stonu. The
exceeding rapidity of iho growth of the
towna along the roads convoys that F
imprasalon to the board that t
It is difficult fcr the company
to keep np with tha inarch of Improve
ment. During HB tour the board kindly
telegraphed ahead to notify the city >
autholties that they were coming , also
that they could bo on hand to make
complaints , requests and suggestions aa
to shipping facilities , depot accomoda-
tlona , etc. The complaints are to bo re
ported. At Crete citizens wanted moro
depot accommodations and a few changes
In the manner of particular trains enter
ing the depot , and a crossing. At Do-
wltt a crossing la wanted. At Wilbur
shippers want water for stock , and the
board reccommenda a well. Sy rccneo wants ,
a Jargo depot and stock yards. Franklin
cltlzona want a new depot and designate
the pines which the board recommends.
At lllvortcn , Franklin and other stations
west , shippers complain that they cannot
meet the prices for grain and hogs at :
Gay lord , Marion , Ktrwin nnd other
points on the Kansas PasiQc , and that
they lese tholr ehara cf the business in
the territory between the Burlington &
Missouri and the ivanaia Pacific Tno
rates nro from five to ton cents bettor at
the Kinena polnfn. At Blocmlngton ,
Alma , ArapahoB , Cambridge and Axteli
complaints were made concerning Inade
quate depot and stock yard accommoda
tions. Id art well men complain that rates
were cut ( n favor of Konosaw. Minden
iUtes that they pay § 90 a car
Dn hoga for Denver while :
/Vxtoll gels cars for § 70 , Nearly every
nation In the Rspubllcan Valley and the
Konasaw cut ril' complain of the high
irlco f Canon City coal , which la Bold
for $1) ) per ton while at competing points
irlth the Union Pacific It la sold for $7
ind § 7.50. At Kearney , Junlata , Hast '
ings , Blue Hill , Sutton , York , Brad-
jhaw and Aurc.ra , complaint was made of
iepot , stock yavd and shipping facilities. a <
Harvard compiling of the manner in
'
which the tow'n Is laid out In that the j ,
road runs directly through the place and o
the streets are often blocked by the cars.
Complaints bavo been made to which
no attention was paid by the company.
PMtsmouth complains of rates in lumber
nd merchandise from Omaha. The re
port M signed by E. P. lloggon , H. A ,
Babcock and William Lecso , commis
sioners , and Bon 11. Oowdry , Charles
Etasohow and 0. H , Gero , secretaries ,
JIEl'tJIlLIOAN CONVENTION.
The Lancaster connty convention mot
last evening and decided to hold the pri
maries , August 28th , and the county
onvpntlon September 28th , The con )
tention will norninet 9 county officers and
klao delegates to the aUto convention ,
I1UHH .NATIONAL LEAGUE.
A call for a meeting of the national
ixontiro committee of the Irish national
casino of America , consiittng of one del '
egate from each state and territory , Is Is-
luod by President Kg&n. to bo held at
Jhlcago , August 15th. The executive 01
ixpccta to bo alila to place before the
neetlug a communication from Parntll ai
itatlng hit views on important matters.
nililnlKht Fire in Council Itlud'a
At 12 o'clock last night an alarm of
ire was turned In , ciuaad by the burning
f a houoo on Third avenue and Eleventh
iiwot , The house belonged to John
3ort and was unoccupied , The fire was
ncondlary.
Furnitaro cheapest at J. Bunner'a.
ORNAMENTS TO OMAHA ,
Hoi Day TalUM iho Clly Fate ,
Personally ,
Men "WIio Sacrifice Every Otlicr Con
Bldoratlon for Sirnlgtit Sworn
Dntjr How Tlioy Slzo Up.
" What do the people generally thin
of the present council ? " aekcd ntalkativ
gentleman yesterday , as ho and a reporter
porter satin front of the Paxton hole
cooling ell' , aitor dinner.
" They are hold In good estimation ,
answered the scribe. " What do yon
think of them ? "
" It Is the best council wo kayo had in
yonis , " was the Immediate response , and
the reporter saw the shadow o f a good
dull-day item flitting before bis eyos.
"Bcchol , the president , is a wel
dressed genial gentleman , and has
happy faculty of pushing things along
rapidly , but at the same time judiciously ,
Ho is always on hand and his intelligent
attention is given not only to the pro
ceedings but also to tbo work of the com
mittees. "
"Furay Is D ( pod worker. Ho has
fondness for speech-making and delights
In Johnsonian terms , wnlch bcfuddlo
some of bin listeners , bnt ho does no
seem to bo afraid to ( peak his hones
opinion. I regard him as the loader of
the body as now constituted. Ho la
careful to vote undoratandlugly on al'
measure * .
"Goodman is quiet , but attentive , and
can't bo drawn Into nny tricko knowingly.
Ho gcca at everything in a bualueea-liko
way.
way."Dilly always speaks low and Im
pressively , oven whan cracking n joke ,
bat the body would miss his sterling
eenst > , If ho were to resign.
"Goodrich Is ono of the mont indnatrl-
oiu public servants I ever tiaw. Ho la
always good uaturcd and happy , rendy to
hear ] thu humblest petitioner. It takes a
good j deal of ica-wator to keep him cool
these nlghta , bnt ho Is always at hla
place ] , ilia vote is Invariably on the
right side , except on party questions.
"Schroodcr is a good sensible fellow ,
allvo to the intercata of hia ward and
careful to vote aa hla conscience dictated.
"Bohni , who sirs along side of him ,
often , makes extravagant speeches and
believes i In pushing bis measures through
regardless : of results , but at tbo s&mo
tlmo j ho knows the charter and ordinances
by ] heartHe often calls a now member
to | a halt on propositions which are not
admlssablo under the now charter. What
Behm does not know about the public
work is hardly worth knowiug. '
"Laodor la badly of ! In bis grammar and
rhotorlo and Is qlvon to lampooning hia
associates , bnt for all that ha keeps up
with the procession in very good shape.
He Is frank in bis speeches , always on
the aide of the most liberal construction
of the Sunday and liquor laws , and for
Tom Cammiugs first , Jaat , and all the
tlmo. Ho is a pretty staunch republican
now and Tirnlnst' Boyd on all political
schemes.
"Lao Is a new member , bnt ho ia
aovor absent from hla post. He makes
i first-rato chairman of the police cora-
nilltoQ. Ho moans to do the square
thing by everybody and is catching on
rapidly and securely.
"Ford ia the champion objector and
jlthough ho is a saloon-keeper talks and
cotes in favor of the enforcement of law
nd order and the dismissal of drnnkon
policemen every time. He b a still' par
tisan and wants democrats in all of the
ifticoa.
"Ihrane carries a heavy responsibility.
Lf ho was mayor of the city ho conld not
pprociato the Importance of his services
aero highly. His recod Is frco from
jobs and he la honest. His manner of
roaUng petitioners is sometimes brusque
ind makes some people dislike him , bat
10 Is always on dock for putting roapon-
ilbility where it belongs. Nothing nn-
loya Thrane more than to have aomo
jotilioner reflect upon the action of the
lonucll sovoroly. Ho invariab'y protests
iguinat anything that la dorcgatory to the
lignlty of the body.
I don't BOO how these gantleinon man
age to devote so much time to city busl-
ies3. They must neglect their own to
lo It. In addition to tholr committee
nootlngs , their regular and special scs-
lions , their cquallzitloa conferences ,
hey attend paradce , funerals , public
neetings of all kinds , and put in consld-
irablo tlmo olectlonoirlug. I would not ;
lo all they dp for $500 a year and I am
n favor of giving them credit for their
ndustry find for sacrificing personal in-
creats for the good of thu city. Omaha
Mt grown to such proportions that n
lounciltnan can hardly find time to attend
o his private buslneeo , tbero are so
nany public demands upon his time ,
A GEEAT EVENT ,
iio First Annual Volts Feat to Bo J.
Given By tlio Omaha Flatt
0o
Dcutscho Voroin , o
The Omaha Platt Dontsoho Yoroln la ;
laklng propiratlons for a grand "Volks
I'ost" to bo hold on Sunday , August 213 ,
t Hascall Park , This is to bo thn first
)
( Fair of the kind over given In the west '
ly any Platt Douteoho soslety , and it Is
ntended to make it a grand BUCCOIS in
ivory pirtlonlar. The object of the
'Yolks Fest" primarily Is toaecurofnada |
or the German school , and It has been
bought best to take this means of attain- )
ng that end. All the 1'latt Doatacho
oclotles in Nebraska and western Iowa
TO to be nnltod. Tie gathering will nn- >
loubtedly bo largely attended and the
iccasion ono long to bo romombered. I
Pho exercises of the day will consist of
urnlng exercises , ganus and music , In-
trutnontil and vosal. .
The committee In charge Is composed
if Messrs. August Uhtof , Hy Nlemann ,
tto Wagner , U. F. Jasper , William
lotts , and D. F. Schueli.
Lztnra MolOvorney.
A contemporary published yesterday
icrnlnga longcndaensatlonartalo about a
'Maiden Hermit , " one Liura McKver-
oy , who was living In a small residence
n Walnut Hill , who hai been lurnod
ver to the authorili'ja ' for oxiuilnatlonaa
n insane woman , The following letter
rom Justice Maccarthy , of West Omaha ,
loncernlng the matter , explains Itself ; c.
The simple fads ia this oaao are tlioao :
Vhen I discovered the unique residence
n Dr. Mercer's s'duwalk ' , Walnut Hill , I
ntervlowed tbo poison , and being s\tls- ,
iol that she was a little oil' , I proccoied )
o do my li tuple duty as jualio cf tbo
leaco , I learned where she had lived ,
who hid prescribed for her ; then I vis
ited Dr. Glbbs , who li sUlefiod that she
h not right in her mind ; by his direction
I called on Dr. Tlldon , who is the coun
ty's physician for the Insino , and by hla
direction got an order from Clerk Ij/ims /
for an examination.
When I found that by taking A straight
legal courto tbero was no place to keep
the young lady but the jail , 1 visited
MM. Pugsby , who , being acquainted
with Laura for the past two year.1) ) , and
knowing that aha was neat and clean ,
said at once that she would care for her
for the present nntll the necessary stops
conld bo taken to provide for her by the
connty.
Mrs. Pu by procured an express and
wont herself and got the young woman ,
and took her to nor homo and Is caring
for her , and the connty commlssionnrs
anthorlzad mo to say to her that they
would foot the bills.
There was no sensation abont this matter -
tor , it waa all done quietly , and the
ladles were only too glid to take care of
this unfortunate ono.
1 would just add tint this Is another
vivid Illustration of the vital importance
of securing at the earliest possible mo
ment a "homo" In this city for the un
fortunate.
This Is not the first unfortunate woman
that 1 bavo called upon MM. Pagsby to
take care of to keep from a norse fato.
There should bo n subscription paper
started at once among the business men
to build n homo. Lot the churches move
at once. R. D. MACCAUTHY ,
Justice of the Pcaco for West Omaha
Prolucl ,
GUN PLOT ,
Tlio Shooting at Fort Ginnrm Illllo
ltii ) O Yesterday I'ri/.cs
Awnrdod ,
Yesterday wis well adapted , in point
of weather features , to Iho rlllo ohootlnf ,
at Fort Omaha ranqo and the result
proved very eatlofactory. The followinfj
statement gtvea the contestants
names and the ratal scoo nmlo
by each in the day a ohoot :
NO. NAME. ECOHE ,
I. Lieut Goodin , 7lbluft 10.'t
5. Sgt. Weeks , ( HU loft 101
3. S t. Sedore , Ctli Inft 160
1. lvt. ? Manning , Gth Inft 1H
6. J.iout. Barry'Cth luft 110
. T.teut. Tjugart , litbluft HO
7. Tvt. Kortman , 7tb luft ISO
8. Pfft. Smith , 21st Inft 138
! . SRI. Stnvptis , 7tb Inft 133
10. Sfit. Mayo.Ttb 110
11 , St. Lawi ? , 7th Inft " 112
1L . Corpl. Mnrabnll. Otb Inft "ill
13. Sgt. Itay , Gtbluft IDS
The grand total scsrca of thcoo contcst-
anti for the three days' ' ohootlng la nj
follows :
NO. NAJIK. SCORE.
1. S t. Woeka. Cth Inft 050
2. Lieut. Goodin 7th Inft 031
3. Hfit , Sedore. Otb , Inf t 5EO
4. Lieut. Barry , Gth Inft 5SG
0. 1'vt. Rortman , Otb Inft fiSI !
0 Set. Stovena , 7th Inffc 577
7. Sgt. PoteraoD , 7fh Inft 57G
8. Sgt. Smith , 21st Inft 211
'J. 1'rv. ManningGth Inft CIS
10. Set. Inwia , 7th Inft 537
11. Corpl. Marshall 523
12. Lieut. T tRirarr. Oth Inft 522
13. Sgt. Mayo. 7th Inft 517
M. Pvt. Hay , ( ith Inft 614
_ As a result of the departmental compe
tition , prizes were awarded yesterday as
Follows :
Union PaciBa prize to the Sixth In
fantry team.
The Newman and dopiitmonb com
manders' medals wcro carried oil by
Sergeant Woeka of the Sixth Infantry.
Tbo gold watch offered by Edholm &
Erlckeon for a COO yard oompftltlon was
berne away by Corporal Benjtmln of the
Stxtb infantry.
Private Smith , of the Twenty-first in- )
Fautry , won the Max Meyer medal. ;
The following were the wlnnera acores :
Sflorgoant Weeks , for department com
mander's medal , a total of 45 ontof a pos
sible 50 ; for the Newman medal , total of
30 ont of a poealblo 100.
Private Smith , for the Max Meyer
medal , total of 85 out of a possible 100.
Corporal Benjamin , at COO yards for
gold watch , total of 83 out of a possible
100.
100.Team
Team score , at all tangos , for Union
Pacific prize , 402 out of a possible GOO.
.
CHARITY MUSIO ,
Clio Grand Concert at tlio Opera >
Ilouso Lust Night Tlio 1'ro-
Rrnmitio ,
The musicians who took part in the
rand concert for the benefit of the
ihllch' ' hospital and homo at Boyd'u
ipora liousa last night were grontod by
in audlouco , which about half filled tbo
louse.
The concert which wai given by the
Musical Union Orchestra , Desisted by
Ulsa Maria Bralnord. Mia. A. Weber
ind Mr. T , J. Pennoll , wai in every way
norltorlous , nni was thoroughly on-
oyed. Tno orchestral work , wna M
mial , omooth end harmonona , whllo the L
rocal portion of the programme mot with
leserved npplauee. The gem of the
ivenlng , perhaps , was the trio "Queen
if the Night" by Miss Brolneul , Mrs.
Jakcr and Mr. Pennell , which waa ai
rooted with warm approbation. The aib
ntortalnmont conformed to tbo follow Is
° S :
k
Brlnkinanu :
yerture "Falaenmul-le , " . , .
'olonalse "JNIignou , " . Thomas )
Miai Maria BrnmorJ.
Satiations . iHafjan , '
String Orchestra .
Ula Stella Confidonta . Uoubiud i
ilrs. U , L. Baker ( violin obligate by GBO , F. '
Sauer ,
vcrturo "Comic , " . O noy >
ilrdSong . Tinbert ,
Mrs. A , Webor.
Wectlon-"Fftust , " . Gounod
uett "The Gyrsies , " . Urabms ,
' Mrs. A Wtber , Wr . K , L , IJaker.
aanlati Dancen . , . J\Ioezkowflki \
Mo"Queen of the Night , " . Bmart
Mlea liralnord , Mrs , lialicr , Mr , I'enndl.
.a I'aloma . Yradler
The concert netted a neat little Bam ,
fhlch will ba tnrnoi over to the Child's
loapltnl and Home. [
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In the county court yesterday the fol-
owing orders wcro entered : '
Murphy va Boyd. Continued to Auc-
nt 20tb.
Edwards vsEdgerton. Ojntlnuod to
lnnst 7ch at 0 a. m.
Bolln et al va PJotz et al. Adjourned '
o August 10th at 10 o. m ,
monitor UOIWT.
Peter E. Flodman was admitted to full
Uizenahlp , In the district court yaatur-
lay.A
A petition In error w n filed by the
lonttnontal Inturauca company at Now
fork , against John and Julia Flanagan ,
akiog for a now tdal of a case uhlcb
vai Ut'cldoi against the plilntilf In Jtutice
! don'a court , Juno 2'Jtb ,
Cburt was adjonrned today for thirty II
lays. Jh
THE WEONG MAN ,
Sim AVnn Not Yet Apprehended
to bo KclcAicd
Depnty Sheriff Conley , of Milea City ,
Mont. , pajsed through the city on his way
castyoitcrjay. Ho will bo remembered as
ono of the three deputy sheriff * who wont
through hero last week with the supposed
Elk Mountain mntdorer , Sim Wan , In
charge , Ho eaya that there ia every
reason to believe that their prisoner ia
not the man they want , The Cheyenne
Loader says , concerning the matter :
"Yesterday John Ohiihaus. n shoe
maker In this city , and Frank Ketcham ,
a well known ranchman , returned from
Laratnlo , whore they wont to see the
man who Is In jail there charged with being -
ing Sim Wan , the Elk mountain mur
derer. Ohnhaus went to the jail first
and the man , who calls himself Charles
Wright , hailed him by narno aa soon
as ho came in , and Ohnhans
recognized him aa the man whom bo
had known in Iowa from boyhood ,
and was Indeed acquainted with his en
tire family , father , mother , brothers and
slaters , and Is certain that this man Is
not Sim Wan. Mr. Ketchnm also recog
nized him aa a man who used to work
for him near this city , mid no assorts
that the Individual is not Sim
Wan. Deputy Sheriff Conloy , of
Miles City , Mont. , npon this Informa
tion , boctina satisfied that ho had
the wrong man and passed through this
city yesterday morning on hia way homo.
It Is evident that the man Is innocent of
any crime charged against him In this
territory , and bo will bo dltchatgad from
custody , Ho was tried for murder In
Montanabat was discharged on proof
that the killing ho did was in oolf-dcfonto.
If the ollicM.'i had not stopped oil'at
Laramie with him on Friday night , the
Carbon crowd wonld doubtlcsa have hung
the wrong man , and that wouldn't have
been a plenaint thing for the party to
have reihclcd upon. "
Wflcf SHE WAS ,
The Mother of dennnctto BclmlTor.
"Who Coin in it toil Suicide Hcio
Liast TVflok , Tolls Something
About Her ,
Headers of the BEE will ramombor that
ono week ago laat Sunday a strange
young woman by the name of Joancctto
Sch&flfor , waa fouud dead in her bed at
the Eastern hotel on South Tenth street.
At that tlmo very little could bo learned
about bar further than that she camohoro
from Columbus , this state , and
for the purpose of committing sui
cide. SInca then the doid girl'o
mother , Mra. Mary Schaffer , who lives
t Eaat Waverly , N. Y , has been hoard
from. In a communication she says :
"Joannolto Schaffer was my only child
and was twenty years of ago last Feb
ruary. From her Infancy she made her
berne with her grandmother , Rhoonr.
Schalfor , who resided until her death ,
which occurred four years ago , at Shop-
ud's Creek. I was nnabla to offar her a
homo after her grandmother's death and
the fact of her being dependant on
itrangora , brought on eickncss , and over
ilnco her mind has bean moro or loss af-
icctcd. She was snbject to fita and
melancholy , and when In ono of those
moods wonld make an attempt npon her
jwn life , necessitating the removal of all
inlvep , poison , etc. , from within bor
reach , end a constant watch bolng kept
in her until the spoil was over ,
tftor which she would become quite aano
tnd rational. Having no means of sup-
ort but my dally labor , I waa compelled "
o have bur aont to tbo county poor
lonso In the spring of 1881 , where oho
em&inod nntll her uncle , Dave Shaffer ,
vho la my brother , sent for her to come
md live with him ut hla homo in Albon ,
Sob , the county paying her fare. Her :
mclo broke up housekeeping the follow-
ng April , after which my daughter a't-
ended college for a year and received a
Bashers' ' certificate in April , 1884 , In
December , 1884,1 received a letter stat-
ng that she was convalescing after a long
llneas in the Oolumbna , Neb. , hospital ,
tftcr which I sent her money several
.Irnos , and continued to hoar
rom her regularly nntll April , 1885 ,
rhen her letter. ) ceacd. I wrote to the
astmaster at Columbus and received
rord that eho was better and expected to
eave iho hospital shortly. This ia the
aat I have hoard of her nntll the notice !
if her death appaared In the papers. I >
irmly believe that the circumstances
nontloncd in the article as to the cunsa
if her death are uutrno , as her character
IBB always been above reproach , " Mrs.
iaiah Scholl'tjr , mother of tha nnfortn-
tate young woman , ia perhaps forty yearn
if ace , of average Intelligence , nnd la
aid to always have been an industrious
nd hard-working woman.
IS HE TEE MAN ?
Crook Shot in Iho Thigh Arrives .
nc Denver.
The JJouver Times tolls of a man who )
rrlved there the other morning with a
inllot wound in his tblgb. Can It bo ho ;
the burglar shot at , lest Sunday morn-
ng , at the Arcade hotel In this city 7
ho item referring to him says : Ho wan
Dadcd Into a hack and taken to West
envor , to the room of a woman
'ho occupies a position as "beer
erkor" at the Palace theater , and who
lalina that the man is her hnaband.
'ho wounded man gives his name as Tap-
* ugh ho reserves the Initials and says
e waa shot at a small station on the
Jnlon Pacific in western Nebraska , thu
amo of which ho also reserves. Ho says
,0 stepped in between two men who
rero quarreling and tried to separate
hem , but ono of them shot him ,
The improbable nature of this story ,
ddod to the air of mystery which tue
ellow observes , and the fact that all
boss who vltit him at his temporary
uarttrs belong to that class of society ,
/horn , ono don't like to meet after dark ,
tavo led the detectives to believe that
he follow ia a croak , and that bo baa
iecn caught In the not of doing some
'j > b ; " that ho was injured and got away ,
nd la now trjicg to ctcapo detection.
Tbo uanio of the woman who claims to
IQ his wife la , or was formerly , Iloubl-
luw , and tin halls from St. Joe , Mo ,
'hu landlord of the house where they are
topping hsa warned them to quit , but
ho doctor In attendance won't allow the
rounded man to bo moved.
Tappingh la palntully but not danger-
nely wounded. He is rather a tuugh
ooking character.
They DrovoOir lliH Oo\vp ,
Peter Cnaack , who rctldca at thu cor-
tor of Decitur nnd Thirtieth streets , la
ha owner of four cowa irhlch ho prizes
ilghly , Yeiterday nfteinoon , while
MfmufiKturors of Ornamental
OrnamentalTfll
Dormer Window * , Window Caps , Metallc Sky Lights , Ac. Tlu , Iron Slftto roofers.
G1C S. 12lli St. , Omnlia , Neb , Work done in nny pnrl of the conntry.
M , HELLMAN & CO , ,
1301 AND 103 FARNAW83TRT'ETrCOR.i3TL'l !
J A. KELLER. j. ij ,
PIANOS AND ORGANS
TUNED , CLEANED AND REPAIRED
RE-VAKNISI1HD AND POLISHED.
No. 30M ! North loth Street , - Omnlin , Nebraska
Ptitor was away front homo and the cows
wcro quietly greslng near the house ,
como young men cinio along and pro
ceeded to drive them ulF , bringing them
Into the city nnd confining them In the
ponnd At the time they wore dtivennlf
ono of them was standing in front of the
house , nnd Mrs. Cit-ack was nbont to
milk her. The lady naturally protested ,
but was informed by the young men that
they were in the employ of Pouudmastor
Hnrloy , and wore acting under the now
city ordinance which forbndo cattle run
nlngln the stivot. When Mr. Cnsack returned
turned homo bis wlfo Informed him of the
circumstances , nnd ho immediately pie
ceedod to the point nnd investigated
He olulma that tno cittlo had boeu used
very roughly and maltreated on tholr
way to the pound , and that they were
driven away by the young inon for the
solo pnrpocn of making money. Mr.
Cuaack thinki the new ordinance works
niiliju3ttc'j _ ) to people living on the out
skirts cf the city and the employing ol
young moil by tno poundmadter to drive
in all the cattle they can find la pure nnd
unadulterated robbery.
PEKSONAL.
A. Traynor hia gone to Chicago.
O. Leonard , Kock Island , ia at tbo Millard ,
W , M , Lotta , of Tekamab , ia nt the Mil-
lard.
lard.A
A , Gilclirist , of Cheyenne , ia n IVxton
guest.
Goo. II , Cole , of St , Louie , h n Paxton
guest.
R. B. Windhara , Piattsmoutb , ia a Millnrd
Rueet.
Rev. A. F. Slierrlll baa gone to North
I'latto.
O. II. Foot , St. Joaoph , It stopping nt the
Millard.
Mr a. Hubcrmanu left for Spirit Lake laat
avenlng.
Charles Cook , oE Wayorly , is stopping at
the 1'axtou ,
lion , J. L.Vcbatcr baa returned from
Spirit Lake ,
Sire. F. W. Young returned yesterday
from Chicago.
P. E. Wbtto , of riattatnoutb , IB in the city ,
stopping nt tbo I'&xton.
G , W. Norton , Weeping Wntor , Is quar
tered at the Paxton ,
F. W. Groj's family left yesterday to visit
"riends at St , Paul.
Mrs. Georpe Giasomirin and daughters left
last evening for Spirit Lake.
F. M , Hopkins , clerk of the dlatrict court ;
r. 0. Hayden , recorder of deeds ; J , M ,
lirown , attorney &t low , and F , M. Morrie ,
ashier of the Center bank , all of Gutbrlo
Denier , Iowa , are in the city on their way
west to purchase land.
W. O. Taylor , superintendent of the Brad-
itrcet agency , left for New York yesterday on
msinees , F. B. Woodrow ia in charge of the
lilies during bia r.baence ,
L. C. Becaon , PJattsmouth. A. C. Smith ,
DakUnd ; A. D. Boemer , West Point ; B. M.
Jong , Wyinoro ; J. F. Hollenbeck , Fullerton ,
F. S. Sloan , Evanston , G. II. Klucald. .Sioux
jity , are at the Canfield.
Ferdiand Schroeder , K q , received yostor-
ay the sad Intelligence of the death of bia
rother-in-law , Richard Miller , rosidlug at
Uchieon , Kas. Ha and bis two brothers ,
rolm and August , left last evening to at
om ! the funeral. ,
At tbo Metropolitan : A. A , Richardson ,
jincolnj Charloa Warner , Fairmouut ; F. L.
s'tcbols , Aurora ; R. K , Tlnycr. Valentino ; C.
X IIasting3 , Hastings C. A. Baal , Superior ;
? . M. Ktnderlno , Lincoln ; Misa P. Marcj- ,
Jrnud Island ) James Chut a , 1'Jattamoutb ;
j. J. Gaudy and wife , York ; 15 , 0. JonesW.
I. Doyle , St. Paul , Neb.j C. M. Marties and
tila , Council Blutla ; C. P. Hoalt and wife ,
.flnneapolis ; W. G. Hills , St. Louia ; Henry
VJngeland , Sioux City ; J. W. Kleiucchmidt ,
ligginsvillo , Mo , ; M. G , Csughlnn , Toledo ,
, ; Jos , J. Bau hmuD , Hamburg , Ia , ; lion
Inneson , Misj M. Hsneson , Mulvorn , la.tF.
I. Ellenburg , Chicago ; O , H. Winters , Fort
iladtaon , Ia.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
THE AVOCA TRAGEDY.
Coffuiaii's ' owi Oncra House as
His Plaos of Hearing ,
Probability That KG Will bo
Admitted to Bail ,
Dctclm of tlio
The examination of Arch CcH'inen for
tbo killing of Jack Mayno waa bold at
Avoca yesterday. The tragedy Las-
canecd much excitement , Mr. Colfimin
being BO old and well knonn a citizen ,
and many cf tbo dotaila as learned front
the coroncr'o Inquest , and frcm street
talk , have been so publicly glv.cn nnd die-
cussed that the moat of the ri-dors of
the BEI : are already familiar with the out
lines , at Icaat , of the deadly affair.
The ox.imlur.tlon was largely for the
purposj of seeing as to the admission of
Oulfuian to ball. The Information had
been filed before Jclm T. Hnzen , n jus
tice of the peace , but as ho waa a witness
before the coroner's jury , and aa thostato
desired him aa a wltnoan on the pre
liminary examination , a change of vonno
waa taken , the caeo going to Mayor J.
A. Hake , cx-oflijlo justice of the peace.
The examination waa held in the Coff-
raan opera honoc , a building owned by
the defendant , and whlcluhaa been naod
for the Avoca torina of 'tie court. The
opera houao waa never moro packed , the
citizens taking a lively Interest in hearing
Btlll moro of the nli'Ur , If possible. The
atato was represented by Connty Attorney
Koatloy and Attorney Trotter. The at-
tornoyo for the defense were Col. Dally ,
Col. Sopp , and Fremont Benjamin.
The examination commenced about 2
o'clock , and was completed about 5
o'clock , a > that thoae concerned , living
hero , conld return on the evening train.
Abnut a dozen witnesses were Introduced
on the part of the state , but the defense
did not offer any testimony , but moved
that the defendant bo admitted to ball ,
ind that the justice fix the amount of
the bond. This woe argued by Col. Dally
for tha defense , and Col. Koatloy for the
atato. The motion waa taken under ad
visement for a day , when the decision
will bo announced. Tha fooling of the
community seemed to bo In favor of Coff-
man , and many expressions of sympathy
were hoard. A few wcro very bitter
Bgalnat him , but the prediction seemed
almost unanimous that the result of tha
examination would bo hla admission to
bail.
bail.None
None of the wltneasea for the otata pro-
; ended to BOO all of thodliliculty between
3offaian and Mayno. Mr. Tryon , who
cept the restaurant where the obootlng
took place , waa in a situation where ho
naturally would bavo been able to toll
ill abont it. Do made en attempt to
separate tha two mon and thought ho
iiad done en but conld not loll and did
not know just what position the men
vero in when Coll'aian fired. Ilia daugh-
er was in the room when the row began ,
) iit did not BOO the shooting. Joe BJako
uraa there when tbo men were fighting ,
Mayno having hold of Cod'mun with hia
eft hand and ctrlklng him with his right.
lilako thought the fight was over and
inrnod to go back into tlio other room
ind had gone abont eight feet when bo
loard tbu nhot and Mayco foil. Mr.
jaughlln , a young man who enw the
ihooiing , but did not see the fiwt part of
ho alTriy , testified that the last blow
hat Mayno dealt Ooll'man knocked him
town , and that OolTman on getting up
rnmediutoly draw hla revolver and fired
it Mayno , who was but a few fcut from.
ilm. When CnlTrnan fired Maynu was In
in altitude aa if ho was going to con-
Inuo the contest.
Tno atato attempted to show that there
lad been a difficulty between Coffman
md Mayno on the afternoon of that day
n the field , bnt In this Coffmaii appeared
.o have been lota to blame than Mayno.
\n attempt waa also made to elicit testl-
nony tending to show that Gif/raau in
.ho evening , ehortly before the ahootlng ,
isd armed himself expecting to moot
Mayno , but from ono of the witnesses ,
Harrington , a constable , It waa nhown on
rocs examination that Cod'man had boon
n the habit of carrylrg a revolver for
ivo yoara past. Harrington had Uoffmaa
n charb-o that night , nftor the cheating ,
md ho testified to Cou'min being badly
jeuten , and that during the night ho bled
from hla month , nose and longs about a
pint of blood.
Thnro waa no attempt to ( how that
that Mayno received a ecratch beside the
fatal pistol wonnd , and none of the wlt-
leEses for the state claimed that Coll'aian
struck him at nil. It waa testified that
Mayno wai between 30 and . " 3 yean of
igo , and wai moro powerful , tailor imd
heavier tht.ii . Cofl'man , who la in hia 54th
Ooal.Gunl'oronco ,
Lost evening a mooting of the coal
Icalcra was held for the purpose of ar
ranging , If possible , BO that there would
not bo tbo cnCtlnc on prices which marked
latt eeason'a t'rr.dp Among tlioju prui-
ant were W. W. Wallace , G. D. Brown ,
Mr. Myers , Mr. Curse , manager for Geo.
llenton , n. U. Sackett , Mr. Glcueou and
Mr. Sibley , No definite plena wcra de
cided upon , and after n frlui'lly Inter-
ahango cf views ectton waa
until eomo fu'nro meeting ,