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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1886)
IN THE TOILS OF THE LAW Two B. & M. Olerka Arrested for AHerinj Railroad Tickets. FUNERAL OF H. L. WILKINS A. YottnK Girl's Mliirjrtunc Fntlici O'Connor' * ) AVill Kocal Odds and Knds Police nml Court. i * Etc. , Utc. Unllroatl Clerics ArrcMcd. At about 8 o'clock yesterday morninj Iho heavy portals of the county jail swunj open and a young man , well dressed nm rather prepossessing in appearance , wa taken in and formally handed over l < Jailer Joe Miller. The prisoner was Mr. 'John L. Gideon formerly a clerk in the general tlcko oflluo of the Ittirlluglon A ; Missouri , nude General Ticket and Pascniror Agon Eustls. The charge preferred agaius him is a grave ono , that of altering am forging railroad tickets ! and disposing o them to different brokers. The com plaint on which he was arrested was lilui with Police Judge Stcnborg am was placed In the hands of Dclcctlvi James Davis , who at ones took him inti custody. The complaint , which deals with bu one instance of f i and , charges thai ( iideoi ' "did falsely , fraudulently and feloniously utter and publish as true and genuine : certain forged 'counterfeit anil altora railroad ticket , knowing the same lo bi forged , counterfeited and altered whlcl ticket was of the purport , and value a follows. towlt : : Said ticket was ISMICI by the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroai company good for one lir.st-class pa'-sagi from Kansas City , Missouri , or Atehison Kansas , to Hastings , Nebraska , over tin llurlington & Missouri lllvcr railroad ii Nebraska. Said railroad ticket wiv numbered 3J72 ! , of scries or form 151,051 nml had been used over said road ii Nebraska and cancelled by the company' . ' agents and conductors , by punching same twice in the body thereof. Aftei said ticket had been so cancelled am made valueless , same was falsely , fclo nioiisly nml fraudlently altered am ! fprgeu , by tearing oft' a portion of sail ticket containing one of said pimcl marks , the evidence that same had beer iihcd and cancelled , and by falsely chang ing , obliterating and altering the other ol said punch marks by clmiigingsamc to tin .semblance of a letter * 'U" whicli said punched and cancelled railroad ticket , which was aforesaid altered , and changed by tearing oil' the portion thereof , containing one of said puiieli marks and altering the other to the sem blance of the letter "U"which said letter " 11" punched in same indicated that saim had been presented by the holder thereof to the said railroad company's baggage agent , for the purpose of having said holders baggage checked ) vas of Ihc form , appearance and similitude of : i good and genuine ticket of said railroad , of the value of six dollars. Said ticket , ho as aforesaid , falsnly forged , altered and counterfeited by said Gideon , .wn altered and published by him as true and genuine with the intent thereby , to unlawfully defraud. " Mr. Eustis could not be seen in his of fice and hence his statement of the uilah could not be secured. It is understood , however , that Gideon has been engaged at this sort of busiiies' for a long time past. Ho held an hu < portant position under Mr. Eustis , am1 through his hands passed all the old tick ets and coupons which were handed in by the conductors. He has been sus pected of crooked work some time since. A detective was engaged tovork up the case. The result of his investi gations , tno company's lawyers claim , is that conclusive evidence of Gideon's guilt has been obtained. In several instances he has been known , it is claimed , to have disposed of "li.xcd" tickets to local brokers. ANOTIir.ll CI.KKK IN THH TOILS. The belief that Gideon was not alone in this scheme , but that he is one of a ring of "bogus ticket operators , " was strengthened last evening by the arrest of another man on the charge of altering and forging railroad tickets. This was Donald JJ. Allan , a young clerk in the K. & M. olliccs. The complaint in his case was also sworn out by Air. Euatis , and was similar to that against Gideon. Judge Stenborg issued the warrant for the young man's arrest about 0 o'clock , and ut 7 o'clock ho was behind the bars at the county jail. Allan's arrest is a great surprise to hit friends hero , where lie has resided all hit life , and been held in high esteem. lie is a son of the late J. T. Allan , whose death occurred onlv a short time ago. Two ol his sisters , Alary P. and Jessie C. Allan , are librarians of the public library and greatly respected. Ho is only about 2C years old. Uoth Allan and Gideon protest stronclj that ( hey are innocent. The date of theii hearing has not yet been fixed. The amount ol the frauds is not yet known. T1113 IAST KITES. Funeral of 11. Ij. AVillcliis Yestenlaj A IlloKrapliicnl Sketch. The body of Mr. II. L. Wilkins , whose sad death in Boston last week has been recorded iu these columns , arrived here yesterday , in charge of Mr. t A. l-\ WilKins - Kins , brother of the deceased and Mrs , Wilkins , the widow. The remains were at the undertaking establishment of Drexel & Maul during the forenoon , where they were witnessed by a large number of friends , including the 0111- plovcs of the City Steam laundry. The lunoral took place at a o'clock yesterday afternoon from the late resi lience of the deceased , 1-120 North Nine tcenth. The services both at the house and grave wore conducted by the Kev. Wil ! aril Scott , of the St , Mary's Avenue Congregational church. Interment was madu at Prospect Hill cemetery. The following named gentlemen acted as pall-bearers : Mr. S. P. Morse , T. J. Kogors , IJ. E , U. Kennedy , ! ) . II. Wheeler. Goo , Guy and John Fields. Mr. Wilkins was well known in this oltv , and during his stay here made lie > t.s of friends , who will sincerely mourn his sad and untimely death. Ho was born in London , England , in 1850. Ho came to America in 18M with his parents , living during his youth at 'loronto , Canada , where ho attended the model schools. In 1607 ho came to Omaha and was employed by the U. P , K , II. and Missouri Itivor IJridgo com pany as engineer till 1870 , when ho opened the City Steam laundry. Ho conducted the business alone till tlm spring of 1881 , when ho associated with him Mr. J. II. Evans , and from that time until last July they have carried on the business jointly , At that time he retired from the firm and de cided to travel for the benefit of hid rap idly failing health. He lirst visited the homo of M.r.s Wilkius in Pennsylvania , nun soon alter proceeded to I'11 ' ? 99lt1 ! : intending to visit Europe in rjiiest ot medical aid and the bonolits of a decided change of climate. Ho was mlv'ca ' by physicians not to attempt u,0 pussa < * o apross the ocean , w > \ .Ml\n \ < , UJOU ) lujjt. warnings , he andoned the trip , About , , , ' ? ok - go he was tnkrtn with -A vie ' " ' . .i of insanity in a lloston hole ! , ami . .iico that limp ho never regained his right mind. His brother , who also resides in Omaha , upoi hearing of Mr. Wilkins' sorloits condition linstoncil to liim and \vns pres ent willi him when lie died. Howas a. ninn of moans , Imving acquired a prop erty nt Twentieth street nml St. Clary's avenue , vnlnrtl nt jfM.OOO. Three years ppo lie married Miss Li//.in Qui ? gfo , of McKlhnttiin , Pa. , who survives him. Mr. Wilkins wns possessed of n marvelous In- vcntivo faculty , which was utilized to the Very best advantage , ho taking charge of the mechanical department and Mr. Kvnns of the business portion of the laundry business while they were in IKU'tnorahin. AX INNOGHNT WOMAN. .Deceived by n ludicrous tMorco Comity Man , Mndc a County " \Vnrtl. A ilcinornlizinc case was witnessed yes terday in the county building. 11. M. Ilanshiold Drought to the commissioners a girl mimed Kinnm Hooltschor , whom ho found at the St. James hotel Wednesday night , friendless and without money. She had come from the IJlnlVs , wlicro she had been in the care of the shorilV of I'ot- lawaltomio county , who recommended her to conio here. She was put in cus tody of the latter by Win. Swconny , shcritt'of 1'icrco county in this state , who had brought , her from that place. There she was put in custody of Sullivan by a Herman named Wm. Fox , who runs a fa- loon in that town. Vn\ had betrayed tlio girl and ( hiding that she was preg nant took the means above outlined to got her oil' his hands. This s''liomo worked successfully , .so successfully that his duped victim has boon dropped among strangers to care for her and without a cent of her betrayer's money in her pos session. In about ii month the girl , who is about 1 ! ) years of age. will become a mother. She feels keenly the misery of her situation , and were it not for the in terest which the outrage that has boon wrought upon her lias worked , would be likely to feel that life perhaps was scarcely worth living. The commis sioner. ? fuel keenly the insult inllietcd Uon | ; the county by the follow Fox , who thinks this community porehaneo must care for the victim of his lust. The woman was sent to the poor house , and the commissioner * will bee that Fox carps for the woman anil perhaps marries her , otherwise it may go hard with him. JUS The Will and Testament of Kntlicr O'Connor. The will of Father T. W. O'Connor , the deceased pastor of St. Phllomcmi cathe dral , has just been tiled in the probate court. From this document it appears that the deceased priest left little or no realty or personal property , t vo life iusumuco policies constituting his estate. One of these taken in 1832 in the Continental Life IiiMinmcc company is for S.'i.OOO ; the other , issued in 1881 by the Mutual Ke- servo Fund Life association of New York , is in amount , $10,000. The sum total he has bequeathed as fol lows : To his father , Dennis O'Connor , of Queens County , Ireland , $ 3,000. To Ins mother , Bridget O'Connor , $1.000. To each of his brothers , Francis , Rich ard and Charles , § 1,000 each. To his younger brother , Dennis O'Connor , jr. , ! f2.)00. To his sister , Marv " O'Connor , $1,000. To the Kight Ituv" Bishop O'Connor Sl.BOO. To St. rhilomcna's cathedral , for edu cational purposes , $1,000. To 13. F. Sinylhe , as legates in special trust , $1,500. Bishop O'Connor , according to Father O'Connor's wi.sh , acts as executor and representative to eo that all the bequests are carried out. The document was drawn in October , 1885 , just before Father O'Connor's ' de parture for Ireland , and was witnessed by Richard P. Mulcahcy and Gco. II. IIcss. AFFAIRS. Ted Sullivan and the Northwestern League The Western league. Mr. Gco. Kay has bought out the in terest of John Hitchcock and C. J. Canan in the lea&o of the Athletic park , on Sherman avenue , and the buildings thereon. During the coming summer he will bo the solo manager of the concern. In speaking of baseball prospects yes terday Mr. Kay remarked that ho had not received any further communication from Ted Sullivan concerning the pro posed Northwestern league. ' 'I account for that in this way , " said Mr. Kay. "The National league has made over tures towards admitting Kansas Cit.y into their organization , and may do tii'at. 1 think Sullivan has been given a pointer to drop the Northwestern league scheme and await developments. Of cour.so in the event that Kansas City is admitted to the National league , the Northwestern league will fall through. I still believe , however , that the latter scheme is a good one and can bo carried through with success , " The Western league , which is to bo organised with St. Joseph , Leavenworth , Atehison , Hastings and Lincoln , and other cities , is .still in htatu quo , Mr. Kay has received many letters pressing him to have Omaha represented in that organization with a good club. It is not probable , however , that the base ball men of this city will have anything to do with that league. They pronojo to sit down and "bide a wee. " Klovntoi'H and Sowers. For several days the business men of the city have been greatly annoyed by the elevators in many of our down town buildings which Kcemed at the same moment to bo inoperative , Tho-o in the Wilhnell , Granite , and Omaha National buildings wore among the llrst noticed. It was that la/incss among the ascending contrivances had become epidemic. In quiry developed the fact that the annoy ance was occasioned by sowers. All these , in fact most of the elevators in town , are run by water , the escape from which Hews into the sewers , generally in the nearest alloy. During the cold weather people to save themselves as much trouble as possible have been using the sewers for all purposes. As a consequence quence the latter have been so clogged as to require the attention of Superintendent McClain. During this work of course it was impossible to accommodate the elevator escape , hence the shutting down. The elovatora which empty their water into the Farnam street storm-water sewer , however , have not been interfered with , _ Hun Ovor. Yesterday morning , about 1:30 : o'clock , while C. N. Butler , ol the mailing depart ment of the Bin : , was going homo from the Apollo social , ho was struck at Fif teenth and California streets by a hor.so which was being rapidly driven and knocked down. The driver did not stop , and the sleigh passed over the youn" man bruizing him painfully. Tim driver never stoppcu and soon disappeared iu tlio dark , A Bill-allied Vukle. J , B. Kcssnis , ail employe in Shop No , 1 of the Union Pacitio yards , yesterday climbed upon some of the machinery to oil the pulleys over his head and ad just the bolting. Ho slipped , Idl to the lloor , and sprained his ankle , ll'j was carried to Dr. Galbralth's ofllco , corner Thirteenth and Howard streets , oioTpno AP CT rri tvPTO SISTERS OF ST , MAaCIS , The Mother Surjerior , ! of \7eatphaHan Branch , How in Omaha. Something About the Order nml Its American Institutions The Two Crowns. At a quarter past six o'clock last night a reporter for the Mm ; found himself seated in the reception room of St. Joseph's Hospitalengaged in a conversa tion with the mother superior of the Franciscan Order of Sisters , from Olpa , province of Westphalia , Germany. This lady who is known to her subordi nates as Mother Theresa , is the head of particular branch of the third order of St. Francis , which has iu headquarters in Westphalia. Of course there arc other branches of the order entirely distinct from this one. The mother superior nowise difl'ers fit appearance from her subordinate sisters. She wears the same loose llowing habit of black serge , the same white and black bonnet , the same knitted cord hanging from her girdle , which are distinctive features of the dress of the Franciscan sisters. Her face , somewhat wrinkled with the furrows of GO years or more , has a shrewd yet kindly appearance , which'is very prepossessing. As she was able to speak but very little English , the reporter carried on a conversation with her through the sister superior of the hospital , Sister Alphonsa , who act ed as interpreter. The branch of Franciscans of which Theresa is mother superior lias but 1150 sisters , some of them iu Germany ami the rp.st in America. It is estimated that 170 of this number are stationed in Germany , it is a peculiarity of this brunch of the order that its work is confined to those two countries alone. The first institution in this country in charge of the Francis can nuns was opened at Lafayette , Indi ana , seven years ago. Other institu tion.1 ! , hospitals , orphan asylums and con vents have been founded ironi time to time , for the most part in the west , until they now number eleven. Kneli one of these institutions , bo it hospital , asylum or convent , is known as a "house , " and the sisters in charge constitute the "fam ily. " The head of the "family , " of course , is the sister superior , who con trols and regulates the a Haifa of the household. Each sister superior is in turn subject to the Mother Superior , Theresa , to whom she makes her reports and submits all questions of grave importance , and to whom she is fully ac countable. For the sake of convenience , Sister Superior Hyacintha , of the Lafay ette , Intl. , institution , has been vested with power as "provincial" or acting mother superior of America , and to her all matters of minor importance arc re ferred. As already intimated , the fust Ameri can "house" ot this branch of the Franciscan - ciscan order was opened at Lafayette. The .second was at Columbus , Neb. ; the third at Omah-i , and the fourth at Terra Haute , 1ml. The other "hou-os" are at Cleveland , Denver , Kmpona , Kan. ; Hum phrey. Neb. ; St. Bernard , Neb. ; St. Mary's , Neb. and Platte Centre , Nob. " 1 have'been in this country for the past few months , " said Mother Theresa to the reporter , through the interpreter , "and have visited all tlie houses of our order in this country. I shall not return to Germany beloro spring. Everywhere I have been pleased and astonished with the work that the sisters are accomplish ing. All of our institutions in this conn- try are in good condition and arc doing well. I am particularly pleased with the work of the sisters in Omaha. The hos pital here is doing good ; your people must be very generous to .support it so liberally as they do. The only fault I have to tinil is that the building is too small for the work there is to do. I trust and believe that it will be enlarged be fore long. " "The growth of your order has boo n rapid in this country * " "Yes. I was in this country some years ago ; then there was but ono house hero , now there arc cloven , some of them with a largo number of sisters. Nothing could be more gratifying than such an in crease. " run ciross OF PLOWKKS AND or TIIOKKS. Very few people who pass these Sisters of Charity quietly moving about on their errands of love and mercy , stop lor a moment to think of the toil , self-denial and sull'oring , which make up their life. One notes the expression of patient sub mission , but he does not rctlcct that b ack of it arc years of prayer and fasting ; the coarse bmek habit and the knitted trirdle and cord , lee , are seen , but do not re mind him that the principles of thn wear er's life are those of the Na/.areno whoso raiment was of the plainest and whoso only ornament was mimility. Hill seven years and a'half are re quired for the novitiate to complete her vows , and claim sisterhood with the order of Franciscan nuns. First , as explained by Sister Superior Alphonso to a reporter , the young girl , who must bo under 10 years of ago , after dolorming to become- Franciscan sister , is given a crown of flowers , in token that her period of trial or probation has com menced She wears this crown , which is made of myrtle leaves and white ( lowers interwined , for one day , during which with.solemn prayer and the ceremony of the feast the sisters celebrate her ml- mission as a novitiate. After six months if slid still determines in the course she has chosen , she puts the white veil on and takes now vows more solemn than thosu of the "flower-crown. " For two years the white veil is worn.at the end of which time if lior vows have been accomplished and her purpose is still unchanged , the black habit is put on with now rites ot consecration. This is worn for a further period of live years , when the period of novitiate has fully expired. Then comes the final , most impressive ceremony of putting on the thorn-crown , which is taken with the celebration of the feast , and with rites especially ap propriate to the occasion. The sister then becomes a fullyadmitted Franciscan nun. nun.On last Saturday , sixteen young girls at the hospital took the lirst stop toward joining the order that of putting on the llower crown. By July next they will have completed the first part of the nov- and European national char acter masks at MAX MEYER & CO'S , Iloom and These essentials have lately been given the gentlemen's waiting room in the IJ. & M. depot. The stand and cases of the agent which formerly occupied an alcove on the eastern bide of the room have been transferred to the north end and inserted into what was formerly the baggago- room. As a consequence of the change , passengers may now look out upon the buck and learn of the arrival and do- darturo of trains without braving the cold , Will TiiUo the Veil. Miss Mary Morgan , formerly of Omnlia , the daughter of Frank C. Mor gan of this city , will on Tuesday , Fob- ninry ' - < ! , take the veil and first vows of the Order of the Sacred Heart , at the convent - vent in St. Louis. She has for two years past broil attending the convent school in that city , and has determined to re nounce the world. Quite a number of frlpuds here will go to St. Louis to wit ness tltu Jbolciun ceremony. . TUB NAM * vraims. "What Was Keen Doiro Towards Their I'urchnsc ThoM n > spect8. In conversing with Mr. G. T. Walker yesterday in regard tothoimrchaso of the Omaha nail works , a reporter learned that a considerable part of the capital for the new company had been secured. There is not sufllcicnt ns yet , however , to organize the new company which must bo placed upon a sound and substantial basis. "In carrying out Uio programme , " said Mr. Walker , "It would bo necessary that the whole of the $100,000'Capltal , be sub scribed and that the amounts equalling 00 per cent bo deposited hi bank before the perfecting of the organization. " "Do you think you will bo able to se cure that amount ? " asked the reporter. "I am somewhat encouraged and will of course carry it through. I have spent too much time on it to run away and leave it , but I am really disappointed. I supposed when I presented tills advan tageous proposition to the people of Omaha , that 1 could secure enough cap ital to join in the enterprise in two or three days. Why , just think : the people of Council Binds raised in a few days $30,000 for the Wire , Nail and Lock company , which , while n good thing per haps in the future , is largely an experi ment to them ; while hero in Omaha is a plant all in readiness to commence at a day's notice the manufacture of steel nails an article that has now an im mense demand and of which there is a very gceat scarcity. " "What is the state ol the nail market justnowJ" asked the inquisitive news paper man. nVell , " replied Mr. Walker , "from all our sources of information I lliul that on January 1 , 1880 , there wore but ' . . ' 00,000 kegs on hand as against a stock of nearly 5,000,000 , kegs on January 1 , 1835. We will start oll'on March 1 with a slock of less than 1,000,000 kegs to supply a sea son's demand of nearly 7,000,000. , On March 1 , 1885 , there were over 0,000,000 kegs on hand. The strike which com menced on June 1 , 1885 , stopped over ! J,000 machines , and stocks lan out al most entirely. " "How are the eastern factories running now ? The manufacturers have got a few machines in operation , with apprentices , or'hand feeders'as they were termed , and some of thp nailers have started on the co-operative plan ; but these cll'orts won't amount to much towards supply ing next summer's trade. " ' 'You think nails will bo a good article to have , then ? " "Certainly. If this strike continues nails will go to a high figure perhaps like those of 1872 and 1883. "What is the tendency of nails ? Are ' they more uniform in'price than other iron or steel goods ? " "No ; for many reasons they are very sensilivc. In 1872 they ran up to $5.85 in New York wholesale market. In 1830 they were $5130 , whilooin the spring ot ' 85 , a year ago , Ihcy wore as low as $1.80 , the lowest known to the trade. " "You contemplate making steel nails solely in Omaha ? " "Of course ; the day for iron has passed , except as now that stool cannot bo had. Manufacturers generally are arranging to change their plantsito make them. " "Does it require many expensive changes ? " "That depends upon the manner of working. Where ore or pig iron is used and the steel made by the Bessemer or other processes , expensive plants are necessary , involving tin outlay of perhaps $100,000 to ? 500,000 , but when old rails and scrap is used the changes are but slight. 'Ihcro are , however , but few mills working such material in the western district. " "How is it with the Omaha works ? Are many changes needed here ? " "None whatever ; the process adopted bore for wonting iroir rails and scrap is exactly suited to the production of u hrst- class steel nail. " "I understand you have said that steel nails can be made at a less cost than iron ? " "Yes , sir ; it is owing to the cost of the material. For a keg of steel nails it costs less than for iron by perhaps 23 to 5J5 cents , which alone is really a good prolit in ordinary times. " " \yiiaturotliefuture prospects for the continued success of the mill ? " "Well. I have never seen anything like it since I have boon in the business. The prospect is .simply wonderful. I would not be surprised if the net profits on a keg of nails would run up to over $2 during the coming season , and the market will demand every nail wo can make by run ning day and night , turning out between six and seven hundred kegs per day of twenty-four hours for at least two years perhaps live years. In the mean time arrangements will bo made to economize in the use of fuel that will enable us to comwtu always with the eastern manufacturer and itis likely thatnaturalgas will bo dis covered in the near future. That , or a paying body of coal , is all that i.s needed to make Omaha a very largo manufactur ing city. However , cheap Iowa or Mis souri coals can bo converted into gas and will cll'ecl a saving ill the cot 01 manu facturers' fuel of 50 to 00 per cent. "One thing more , " called out the re porter as Mr. Walker was leaving. "How about thu supply of material * " At this Mr. Walker smiled , and exhibit ing pome loiters and telegrams said : "That is the least of my troubles. I have already boon ollercd more than we could use up in two years. " Then ho added more seriously : "But wo must do some thing pretty quick , as now it is known cast,111111 this mill has been stopped , in quiries are constantly being made for the purchase of the machinery to move to other points but which will not bo con sidered by the old company if they can be sold to bo operated here , as it is a gen erally recognized fact that to lost * the works would have a damaging oiled on the business of the city. KLIUOUN WATKU. _ City ISiitfinocr Itosowntcr Thinks It Will Itciimln Awsiyr from UH. City Engineer Hosuwatcr was asked yesterday what ho thought about Commissioner Corliwa' plan ; to bring the Elkhorn to Omaha. Mr. Uosowater said that the bringing of the Elkhorn to Omaha had several times bcforo been proposed , and each time bccauso of the 'almost insuperable difficulty and cost which would attend and bo experienced by.it Uad been aban doncd. He did not see how the achievement could bo accomplished. From a recol lection of survey ? ho Ifadimado , he know that , , intervening between this city and the river there were largo divides in some instances , possibly 400 feet higher than the Missouri. The Elkhorn river was but 100 fcot above the Missouri. To over come such a diU'eronco would boadilll- cujty which ho know syphonic action , such as suggested by Mr. Corliss would not accomplish. Even if it could , the water would have to bo led in conduits across the valleys , which would be an other great source of expense. Then , if the water were to bo conducted in chan nels dug through the hills , another great work would have to bo undertaken , be cause , from there should be a continuous fall to this place , and that never could bo ctlbctcd without an enormous outlay. Some time ago the idea was broached of having the Elkh.orn as the basis of our fire supply. It was then demonstrated that that stream was but eighty fi'i't above the eity jit ( ho point upon wluj-'h Boyd's Opera House now stands , ami that , oven if the water could bo carried over the hills west of us , the energy ol the fatll would bo overcome by the resist ance it would meet in its passage of so ninny miles. In so far ns Mr. llosowater was informed , ho did not deem Mr. Cor liss' scheme either practical , or capaba- blc , or what ho claimed for it. THE IiAUI-Ml CASK. What the Cleveland header lm to Say About It. As the time approaches for the trial of John W. Latter , interest is being revived in the mysterious tragedy , whereby Mrs , Laucr lost her life on a moonlight night , within the glare of n parlor baso-burncr , In November last. The friends of Mr. Laucr in Cleveland ns well as in Omaha are beginning to shown great deal of nervous activity , The story which Mr. Laucr has told about the fatal shot fired "by the light of the moon and the glimmer of a big base- burner , " appeared on Wednesday in the Cleveland Leader. It was carefully re vised and embellished for ell'ect upon ( ho former associates and friends of Mr. Lauer , who on the strength of it are ready to votioli for Ills innocence. The mixture of facts and fiction which the Cleveland Leader has compounded for home con sumption is herewith given for what it is worth : "In a few days Mr. John Laucr , once a resident of this cify. will bo placed upon trial in Omaha , Neb. , upon the terrible charge of killing his wife. His case is now receiving the attention of the grand jurv. The shooting occurred on Novem ber 81 last. For some time previous the neighborhood in winch Mr. Lauer lived had been operated by burglars. One of them broke into his house and Mr. Laucr shot at him. On the night of November VI Lauer retired and slojit soundly. Dur ing several preceding nights ho hail been kept awake by an inlltyucd eye , and ho was nervous and ill. He was .Wakened by the sound of whispered words , anil saw a figure at the foot of the bod. lie says ho thought at once of the burglars , Instantly taking his revolver from be neath his pillow he fired. He then in stinctively reached out with his hand and found his wjfo was gone. Then , ho says , and not until then , he realized what' he had done. His sister-in-law , in another room , heard the shot and supposed that the burglars had come again. The charge against Lauor was made when it was learned that more than a year previous he hail miam-h-d with his wife. Since then public feeling in Omaha has boon against him his friends claim by unfair means. Threatening letters have boon received by witnesses for the defense , and wild talk of lynching has been heard. All this has caused great pain and anx iety to the relatives and numer ous friends of Laucr in this city. Lauor left Cleveland when ho was 20 years of age , and had a wide acquaintance hero. Isot a person in this eity who knows his character believes that the faintest shadow of guilt rests upon him. They believe that if the facts are sworn to as they are , the evidence received as it is given , and further criticism upon dis torted misrepresentations stopped , ho will bo fully and honorably acquitted. So strong is this fooling that thirty of the most esteemed business and protcssiotinl men and clergymen of the West side , whose position in society and influence in public-affairs have made them well known throughout the city , have .signed a lengthy statement declaring that Lauer's charac ter was such that their belief in his guilt , under the circumstances in the case , is almost impossible. More than the same number of equally well-known eiti/.cns city received only a day betore the shoot ing , a jettor from him speaking in the most affectionate manner of his wife and the happy life they had boon loading dur ing the preceding year. " Shannon Letter Bill FiloFiling Cabinets and Cases. Schlicht's Standard Indexes. 219 12th street , opposite Neb. Nat'l Bank. A KOLAN1) FOK AN OIjlVEU. A Herald Mistake Docs Injury to County Clerk Nocillmm. The "Herald" yesterday morning in a local paragraph speaking aboutcounty re ports and ollicials , said that "Mr. Need- ham's accounts are still in confusion. At present ho owes the county about $30 , which ho received for depositions and failed to credit it to the prouor source. " Mr. Nocdham has bueu in ollico about a month. Eighty dollars shortage in that time would bo a bad moral showing if it could bo proved against him. But the fact is , nobody has examined Mr. Nct'ilham's accounts and found such a deficit not even the "Herald" reporter. Mr. Ncedham's books , however , arc open to inspection and may bo examined by anybody , and Mr. Needham says he does noc fear any discovery which may bo made. The Herald , however , has made a bull. It did not intend to refer to Mr. Needham , but to his predecessor , though it has made a bad break in making such a mistake. We have $20,000 to loan at low rates in sums of $ l,000lo if 10,000 if taken within ton days. J. W. & E. L. Squire , Council Blulfs. Greenbacks Traveling , Max Barchavcls , a sojotiruor at the Windsor , leaped from the dinner table yesterday , and with his heart in his mouth , rushed to the desk of the clerk. "Give mo that bundle I left hero before I went to dinner. " The bundle had been placed under the desk , little importance being attached bccauso it was known to be an elderly pair of unmentionables. Burclmvols fumbled through it oxeiicdlv and finally picked from the fob a roll of bills valued at $100. "Golly , I thought it was gone , " ho exclaimed. 1 had that pantaloons done up by a clothing clerk , mid now it's passed through your hands , and that money's been in it all the time. But 1 gue.ss 1 won't ' tempt either of you again , " And the roll went down in his "jeans. " Masks and niasqvpratlo trimmings at MAX MEYEIl & CO'S. , llth & Fnrnain. * - Ice on TelephoneWires. . The manager of the telephone system jias been constantly annoyed by fears , since the advent of the snowy weather , ( hat damage will bo sustained by the breaking of his wires. In many places the wires run adjacent to largo buildings , the water from which , in falling , strikes and froe/es upon the wires. In some places , especially in the rear of the Paxton - ton block , as much as a hundred pounds of ice have formed upon the clutter , This strains the wires greatly , and to re lieve and watch them , men are constant ly engaged in knocking it ofl' from all heights with poles and clubs. Sioux Oily Itoiito Xotlce. Tickets will bo on sale Sundays and Wednesdays of each week during Feb ruary , beginning Sunday , January ill , for persons desiring to attend the "Ice Carnival" at St , Paul. Minn. Faro for round trip , Council Bluffs to St. Paul and return , fifteen dollars and lifty-hvo cents ( $15.55) ) , lleturn tickets good seven (7) ( ) days from dtUo of sale. J. 11. BUCHAXAN" , Gen'l ' Pass. Agent. The largest and finest assortment of German and French mu k.s ! > to bo found at MAX MEYEK As CO'S. , llth &Fanam. ODDS AND 12NDS. Stray Ijeavcs From the Reporters Note-books. "I would rather go to the opera house on a big night , " said a middle aged gen Ucman last night , "than to the mosi fashionable reception that could b < given on Capitol hill or off toward tin park. The same people are always Ihcro It is true , but then they do not nl ways occupy the same scats. The until lorium , then-fore , presents the cpuselos' ' combination of a kaleidscopo. Wealth beauty , intolligC4iicp , ignorance , vanity and ago interminably mingle Now and then ono misses t familiar face , who has porhap1 gone to eternal repose in ono of oui 'silent homes , ' or , perhaps , has beet swept from Ins walk by the waves o ! financial misfortune. But then , a non one soon takes its place. And hence there is little opportunity to mourn a va cant ohalr. Tlirco winters ago 1 attendee nearly every porformanci ! of the season So did a very pretty young lady of thi ; city. At nearly every performance she was attended by a dlflorcnt gentleman 1 never see her in a theatre now. She is still in town , but I don't know what has become of Ihooung men. 'Who is she ? ' you ask. No , thank you. I'm not giving names. ' ' Very few people realize ' ° what an o.X' tent the habit of morphine eating is cur ricd on among the lower classes of tills city. A reporter who conversed yester day , with a number of druggists on Hit topic , was firmly impressed with the idea that the opium habit is surely but slowly .securing new devotees. Many ol the drug stores havu a regular list of morphine eaters , who come day after day to get their regular allowance- the drug. Many who are addicted to the opium habit decline to use ( ho pipe , because to enter the dons of the Chinamen s highly di-tasloful to them. The mor phine powder is more easily taken , and ! just as agreeable and soothing in its olfocN. Hence it is that the number of morphine lioutls is considerable larger than those of the unfortunates who con fine themselves strictly to opium smok ing. Though it Is true that the use of the Jriiff in citliur form is principally con fined to the lower strata , it is also true that the victims of opium are to bo found among the bolter classes. "How much morphine can a fiend take in one day ? " said a druggist last night repeating the question put to him by a reporter. "As high as fifty or si\ty grains a day , without much trouble. The biggest dose 1 ever saw taken by ono person at one time was twenty-live grains. This may appear to bo a"lishv story , but it is true , anil I can prove it. 'two or three yoiir-s ago , while I was in tno r < ur part ol the store , a woman came in and asked for twenty-live grains of morphine. My clerk was instructed to wait on her and give her what she want ed , as 1 saw that she was accustomed to using the drug. The clerk handed her the paper containing the morphine. As she took it in her hand .she remarked that she had no money and wanted a few days uredit. I heard this request and instructed Iho clerk not to give her the morphine unless she paid for it. She heard me and quick as a flash swallowed the entire doe , muttering nt the same time , 'I'll ahead of . ' Such got you , anyway. a .lose would have killed half a dozen or dinary niqii. The woman was not affect- jd a particle by it , but came back the next day , begging for more of the drug. "Yes , I saw Salvini in "Othello , " last night , " sneered a nutty young man to the ri'puiler. " 1 sui in the circle , and I thought I saw every newspaper man in town. 1 looked in all the critiques , but failed to find a single reference to things on the stage which distracted mo and which I know incensed the star. Twice lliero wore sounds as if the properly man were 'making' artificial rain. Three times [ i hammer or sonic other thingfcll upon the boards , and cacli time Salvini felt , I think , like throttling somebody as ho later didlago. In four scenes I prayed for a 'deity' with a bean-blower and a Bogardus aim who should drive off Iho stage the 'auxiliar ies , ' as well as some of the support. Throughout the play I was impressed with the fact that the now water gas works must have taken up a position on the stage. Certainly , I must say , for one of the tew times in my life , I got gas for which I paid nothing. This is a Jiberal- itv which I do not commend , because , while it will not break the company , it may send me to the undertaker , or rather send him to mo When 1 paid the box-ollico i2 for a ticket in the parquet , I had not expected to got so many more things than the advertisement promised. Don't you think Tom Boyd's generosity will ruin him ? " Three contractors stood at the Wubash corner , Tuesday last , discussing the mer its of the different kinds of pavements which will probably bo laid in Omaha nt'\t summer. Each of them had ridden over the wooden pavement in Chicago. All pronounced it worthless. One ' mother-in-law it. wouldn't ride his - - over Another said he know a young man who lost his life and , consequently , his wife , by being- shaken to dentli while driving with his best love over ono of the rickety wooden roads of that great city. The third said there was no money in the stuff for a contr.ictor , and the trio must have been of the same mind , because they shook hands and adjourned round the corner. Thn It. & M. Appraisement. The Burlington & .Missouri appraising commission , consisting of W. J. Mount , J , L. MeCague , O. F. Davis , L. S. Hcptl , E , W. Wiokor.y and George Smith , who look C. Jlurtmuu's place , yesterday put In considerable work in the southwest , upon the proposed line of that road to Lincoln. The route will bo through Harris it Fisher's property , formerly ( it'll. Worth's. The course will be 100 feet , and require in thu aggregate about three acres , which have been appraised at § 00 per acrit. Besides this , they will also allow a small amount of damages , They also considered the claims for dam ages to property made by ( ho heirs of Ann Corrigau. C. 1) . Layton's property will probably bo more injured than any man's in that neighborhood .The road will divide his farm into two equal purls , require the moving of his barns ami outhouses - houses , and then leave his home within a few feet of the track. Brsides , it will de stroy somu of his orchard and garden. He puts his damages at very near $ ; t,000 , though the commission had not , at thu last sitting , been able to raise thu ligiire to more than $1,000 , although they thought they might g'o n little higher , A Had Death. Mrs. C. W. Thomas , wife of Mr , Thomas , of the Union elevator , died of internal hemorrhage yesterday morning it 3 o'clock. She retired as well as usual Wednesday night , and was suddenly taken ill. Experienced physicians worn immediately called , but no relief could bo afforded. J'lio child horn at thu lime lias not * survived. The remains will bu taken away from town. i Jlldiiwllhlilooksand Tacltlo. On last Tuesday night Moses O'Brien , af the firm of O'Brion & O'Bripn , and II , N , Wandcllof the Nebraska and Jowa in surance company , took a sleigh ride to Uolltivue. They cntetod a hoiuu on the way to look lyr refreshments , leaving their horse tied to a post about .TOO feet away. When they emerged , satiatt'd with interior satisfaction , their horse was not nt the post. "Whore is the horsot" quorrled Wandoll. It was dark nt the time , and bothgroppd around until finally O'Brien discovered the animal's head extending over ono side of a cistern ami the .iloigh on the other. The other part of Iho steed wasdown in the cavern , and the startled and appealing eyes ol the animal hinted that it would afford him much pleasure lo again get on solid snow. Blocks and taeklo and half a dozen men brought the ung to the surface. Both young men have been covering the cjil- sodo with considerable industry. AMUSKMKNTS. "A 1'AUl.Olt MATCH. " At Boyd's opera house , to-night and Saturday afternoon and even ing , Evans and lloey , two of the cleverest comedians now before the public , will play "A Parlor Match , " u most successful farcical comedy , by Charles II. Hoyt. It is , the latest of the series of plays for which their author makes no claim except that they are nimiMng. It introduces characters the like of which have not be fore been seen on the stage. Hoyt is ono of the drollest of wits. He is original , and his conceits always have the charm of novelty. The play contains pretty mu sic in abundance. The following neoplo compose the company : Charles K. Hvnns Win. lloey. Daniel Hart , Frank Caniit icll , Harry Nelson , Otis Shattoek , Frank Ellis , Phillip Bet/lor , Misses M limit ! Frcneli , Fellio Page. Emelie Edwards , Maud Mowbrayand Helena French , lie- served seats are selling rapidly. Property Sold. The real estate firm of Morse & Briinor sold yc-tcrday the well known property of Judge Porlor , on the north side of Far- mini , second lot east of Nineteenth. The lot stands about thirty feet above the street and is surmounted by a frame cot tage. It is ( idxltM feel in si/.e. The con sideration is $12,000 , and the purchasers weroT. L. Klmball and J. II. Hungate , the latter formerly of Blair. The under standing of ( lie .sellers is that the proper ! Jf is to bo improved , but in what nianmi ? has not yet been determined. Judge Porlor is now , and has for some lima baek been a resident of California. The appreciation of his property is a source of exceeding sutistaetiou to him. Wealth Uolliiig In. City Treasurer Buck says that ( he taxes for 1883 are coming in very rapidly much more so than those of 1881 did at this time last year. ASK YOUR DEALER To show > on the Union Sewing Machines The nnahlnu thnt was Awniilcil the FIRST PREMIUM AND GOLD MEDAL , At the World's Exposition , Now Oilrans , cnor- ull competitors.iiml tlm oaly powlnir iiuichlnu thnt SfcWS IIAt'KWAHD AND lOUWAHI ) without clninjiliijr m-stopping Dm machine. If your ilPiilur ilncs not hiuiillo It nmko him pet It.imd II ho luis not uutcrpilso rnmit'li to iiccommocUilo you , send your uildii'ssto 206 North IGlh Street , Omaha , Nebraska. for clicnlurs , forms mid prices. . The Union Sen IngMiichluo , us Us name Implies , combines nil the peed points of all llrst elass umuhlncs In ono , mid Is imdimhtfdly Iho simplest nml best for family purposes. Thn licst nrKumcnt tlmt It Is the bo ! Is thnt It comranmls nhlKlici : prloo tltiui any ntlicr niiioliliiti In the nmiUiit. No machines sold o\ccpt to dealurs at lotatlinn ictall prlco. Union ManTg Co. , 206 N. 16th St , , Omaha , M. AHCHITECTS. F. M. ELLIS & CO. OMAHA , NEB , and DES MOINES , IA. Ofllco , Cor. Hth and Vanillin Streets , Room 10 Gnonur. Num.iNaiioi' with F. M. Kills. QWAHA \ Si , Cor. Capitol Avenue. roil THE TnnATJIKhT OP AM , Chronic & Surgjcal Diseases. DR. McrflENAWlY. Proprietor. .Sutten jcurs' Hospital mid J'rlvatu I'ruttlcn Wohiuu the facilities , nppnraliip nml iiinidlcs for the successful Irealmrnt of every form of die- cn < i runililiifcllhcr mcdlcnl orptirglcal Ircntmint , mid liultoall toconiuiuul Invcttl aUifor thunsrlfia or correspond ultli us. 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