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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : "WEDXESDAY JULY 28. 18Bfl.
THE MYSTERIOUS M1N BLUE
Ruble's ' Supposed Murderer Arrested by
the Pojico To-Day ,
QIERI IN A BAD BOX :
'Xlio KAQIH of tlio Onso Ijopnl Im-
copies ltnllicl Illi Chum ATI-
otliorSfMiHntinnln the S'liiltli-
iiowy Cn n.'i Kto.
Id Ho tlio
At noon yesterday tlio police nindc the
arrest of another innn charged with tlio
murder of Chris Uiihlu in tills city on tlio
night of May 18 , last. Tlio man arrested
is John Hk'ri , who \vis ; suspected of
tiio crime nrcordinir to tlio theory of
Jlarr.v Siddall's which wni published in
the Hr.r : a few duys ngo. Uicri walked
into the City hotel a few minutes before
12 o'clock yesterday Baud was at once
recojrni/cd by VrllVhtli as
"inn MAN IN iti.L'i : , "
who wns the companion" lUihlc just
previous to the tailor's brutal murder.
\Virth at once notijicd the police and
Hh'ri was arrested and plaeed buliind the
bars of tlio city jail. Thu arrested man is
n Swiss , above medium height , siiuare
shouldered , mid will wei h about ono-
hundred and cipliiy-livo pounds. He
wears a heavy black sloueh hut and a
blue unit of clothes. lie talks li.ully
broken l n lisli but wlien urrcitcil
seemeil very an.\inus to explain
1113 ItULA'llUN ' ! ) lirilt. ! !
He said that he knew Hulile we'll. Ilu
claims to have lived in Kansas Cily from
Apiil , 1885 , until hu came to Oimiha in
.May of this year. His story is thai hu
met Kuhle and made Ins aoipiainlaiioo.
They were together a jrooddeal , drinking
and taking in the town Ilu stopped at
the City hotel , where Ktililo paid tor his
board. He did not know anything about
lliu murder of Klutle , ho claims , untii u
week after It happened. He left Omaha
on the ovoniiifr ot May 1 1 in company
with a brewer named l-ritv. Miller. Thov
wont up Hie Union L'neilio track till
within two mites of L'apillion , whore
TIIIV : si'KNr THI : Nimtr.
ami the next ilay they went on to Elkhorn -
horn , where Ihuy fomul work on Iho .sec
tion. Miller worked for three Uavs and
loft. Hiori says he ha" boon al work over
since , only losing a half day until yesler-
dny , wheii he quit , and came lo Omuiia
this morning.
NOT KN'lIItr.I.V rUJAll.
If Bicri can prove that lie left Omaiia
on the evening of May 1 1 , four days be
fore tlm murder of Kulile was commuted ,
the c.iso against him will doubtless be
dropped , but oven his own testimony on
this point is not entirely clear. Ho does
not btate delinStoly on what day ho left
Omaha , but
IIKKr.llS TO HIS TIME HOOK
in which is made an entry that ho com
menced work at Klkhorn on the morn
ing of May 15 , 18Si. ( The pohoo place
but litlle faith in his statement Unit he
loft here on the date named. The entry
in the book referred to is made in deli
cate hand writing while the lost of the
work in the book is in a rough scrawling
han't seaicely readable. 'Jho "May lo"
iiiitry looks to the police A ury much jiko a
manufactured date.
TIII : WAI m roi'ND ox nunr.i : .
Another fact to which considerable im
portance has been attached is that the
watch found on Kuhle's person the
morning after the murder has been iden
tified as Hie property of Hiori. He says
that ho pawned the watch to lluhlu for
four dollars.
Fritz Wirth , proprietor of the City
hotel , feels stire that the right man has
been found in itieri , and says he has
numerous witnesses who will swear that
13ieri and Kuhle were in the city on Tues
day evening , May 18 , the night of the
murder , drinking togelhor at the differ-
out .saloons in the city. Chris Worth ,
who was working at tlio California house
at the time , will swear that Bicri and
Knlilo were in that hotel on the dav that
Kuhlo loft Omaha ; and that
IIIEHI SOU ) HIS UI.KEVIMU'TTONS ' ,
and a cigar-holder to John I' rank , pro
prietor of the hotel , for $3 , and remarked
tit the time that when that money wa.s
pone ho would have "to do something
else to got money. " Ho is conlident that
this was either on Monday or Tuesday.
Bir.KI bTILI , COM-'ll > r.NT.
Bieri , later in the alternoon , had recov
ered from the excitement that was noticed
when ho was first arrested and is conti-
lout that ho oan prove an alibi. He in
sists that ho left Omaha on Thursday of
the week before tlio murder and coni-
moneod working for Thaiken , boss of the
H'ution , on the Saturday before Kuhlo
was killed. His companion , Milieu ho
says , Is still working for the Union I'a-
eiftohoniowhero and an ellbrt is lining
made to discover Miller's whoreaboutb.
miii's : : BAUOAOK.
When Uiori was arrcitctl he had a
small , heavy gripsack , wliioli was taken
in charge byVirth and carried to Iho
oily jail. Wirth was pure , from Iho
weight of the grip , that ! ! , contained some
heavy instiumont of murder , and he wan
carolul about noolng that it was placed in
the hands of the authorities. The grip
Was opened and its contents revealed In
the .shape of a btono jug filled with au in
ferior quality of tangle-foot.
The arrest has cuialcd considerable ex-
mont and all the clues that point to Hiori
and his partner. Miller's , connection with
tlio murder are being worked for all they
are worth.
iir.nu's r-Asn LOOKS nr.TTEn. Fyw
Further developments in the case
against Holrl indicate that tlio police have
got the wrong man again. The books in
tlio paymaster's ollleo of tlio Union Pa-
Oillo show that Hold worked on the sec
tion al Klkhorn for thirteen days in May.
This would require him lo have boon at
work on J.ho day the murder was com
mitted in this city. Mr. Thalkon , bos of
the gang in which Hoiri worked , has been
telegraphed for and will arrive in Iho
to-day bringing a more dolailed account
of Hoiri'8 llmo in Ins employ. One Ihlng
iscorlaln. "Tho man in blue" injalery
has been cleared up.
SMITH AVA8 llKAVUiV IJIUIJED.
Ho Says n Sensational /Ullduvlt lit
tlio Itowy Case.
For some lime past an expectant pub
lic has been wondering what htops the
Lo\vy Cole side of the great dry goods
Mock fight would takn to recoup
themselves from Iho stunning force
of Iho Smith allldavlts which londed
strongly lo show that the trans
fer of the stoek lo Lowy had
been a fraudulent one. Tlio'counterblow
oamo yeilorday in tlio shape of afllda-
vits. the purport of which is thnt Smith
was deliberately odbcd to make Iho con
fessions whleh ho did. These alHdavits
wore tiled with Clerk Finnk , of Iho
United Slates court.
The first is from Charles 0. Williams , a
Chicago num. lie swears that he met
Smith in the 1'iilmor house on the 20th of
Julj and that worthy told him that Law
yer i\jiuioy , rcpit'scnting his creditors ,
cnnio lo him and wanted him lo make
oath thai the transfer of tno stock to Lowy
was a fraud or iblind. \ . Ho ( .Smith ) liul ;
refused to do this unless his creditors
would release him from all indebtedness
to them , and tfould , furthermore , fttrnuh
him \\ith a cued line of goods to com
mence business with .ngain. They lie-
reded lo these l nns and Smith swoiu to
tlm affidavit that Tenn y wanted , him to.
. Thomas Moore , another Chicago man
\uo was in tlio hotel at Iho sumo tmie
and heard Smith's statement , corrofio-
ratc" " Williams' testimony.
Charles A. Coutant , another Chicrigo
man , makes an svflldnvittluil both Small
and Tcnny tried to bulldoze him into
Blgnihg nn allidavit containing many
fal"-e things , amoiigst others tlio stale-
mont that he ( Contant ) had told Lou-y
that Smdli coujd not po slbl.v last longer
than July 1 and had advised , .said l.owy
to purchase his goods. When Coutanl
refused to sign this , Smith and Teirny
broke out into an ubusive tirade against
htm.Another
Another aHidavit from a man who knew
Frank Mories , Smith's manager and first
lieutenant , i annexed to tlio issue of the
Police News of July 23 , 188Ti , Which con-
tiiinfc the picture of Mglcs , describing him
as sv swindler and tho. huailof a swindling
concern. This is to be taken as showing
'Hie kind of company iii which Smith as
sociated.
hOOAIliACOXlCa. .
Drier Interviews Gathered on tlio
Street- ? .
Jtidijc Stcnbcrg : "Tho amount of re
ceipts from the social evil ordinance this
month will f.ill oil'about
one-third on ac
count of tlie change that was made by the
cily council. In course of lime of COUMC
the system of collecting llndswill tecovcr
front the demoralization caused , but it
will bo several months bctoro that oe-
eurs. "
Firc-Chii'f Butler : "There have boon
cigiileen lircs so far this month. .This is
20 per cent more than in any month pre
vious , and lliero is still a week of the
month remaining. Vet there has been no
serious lire here within the past year. "
K. It. Denny : "it is a shame that the
.slreot lamps have been supplied with
signs in such a disgustingly , shiftless
manner , I was walking tip Farnam
street , between Tenth and Twenly-fiflh ,
the other night , and I noticed that fully
one-half ol the lamps had their signs on
Iho wrong side 1'or ' ni'.t.incn. at L'wen-
tielli'.ind L'arnam tlio Twentieth street
lettering would bo on the l-urnam street
side and vice vmsa. All over the city
this thing is noticeable , and makes the
signs awfully misleading to the stranger ,
for whoso benefit they were intended "
Licnl.D. ] { . Innifiiuin " 1 lia\o just ic-
turncd from FortKobinson , where I went
to investigate a rumor thai some settlers
were sqnallmir upon the limber claims of
this post I fomul the report without
foundation. The crops in that .section
are greatly refreshedby recent rams.
*
ItAIiaiOAU illVAtiKY
Displayed in .Securing llio I'mronngo
of the G. A. K.
The intensity with which the difleront
roads running lo Iho coast have been
looking for the Grand Army business was
well illustrated on Sunday last when tlio
New England excursionists were passing
through the Hliill's. There wore not less
than twenty railroad representatives from
all parts c f the country about the depot.
Some ot them had come with the excur
sionists , and endeavored on the way to in
duce them lo patronize the roads for which
thov are wjrking on their return trip.
When , however , the depot was reached ,
this work was discontinued , because the
Union Paeilie set out a number of men to
watch the rival agents and prevent them
from soliciting business. This was done
under the authority of a local ordinance
which prohibits a rival agent from in
truding upon depot grounds. One of the
ronrcsentalives was C. B. Kinnan.
Ilo is the general agent ot
tlio passenger' department of the
Nolliorn Pacific , and was several limes
seen to spcalc to Grand Army of the He-
public men , when ho was promptly noti-
lied of the fact that if ho dnt not desist ,
ho would be requested to leave the depot.
Kinnan's excuse was , however , that he
was not soliciting business , neveithcless ,
lie avoided some annoyance by refraining
from talking lo thn veterans. The other
roads are somewhat annoyed Ihat the
Union Pacific got the lion's share of the
business in question , and tlio Union
Paeilio is not a litllo nettled that the
Northern Paeilio will have the greater
part of the rulurn business.
Hall Notes.
An accident occurred about one and a
half miles east of [ Papillion
at 0 o'clock yestcrpay mor
ning , which [ resulted in a .freight
train being pretty badly wrecked. Train
No. ' 33 , while going down an incline ,
broke in two. Several of the front cars
of the second section wore provided with
air biakes and stopped suddenly. The
rear cars were not so provided and piled
in upon the front cars , smashing the
drawhoads of about a seoro of cars. The
wreck has been cleared away.
Mr. M. Timmons , a Chicago nmn , lias
boon appointed advertising clerk in the
general passenger ollico of the Union
Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs. S. U. Jones leave for San
Francisco to-day.
J. IS. Holmes , passenger agent of the
Union Paeific at De.s Moines , parked
through the city yesterday 011 route to
Salt l"iko ICity.
On last Sunday freight train No. 21 of
the Union Paeilio broke into three sec
tions on noating Gilmorc , and all the
part.sioon eamo together again with a
tremendous force , throwing several oil1
the track , and driving one ot them into
and demolishing the station. Agent
Knapp saved himself by jumping through
the window.
Jlotul Opening.
DCity Treasurer IJuuk at noon yesterday
opened bids for ! ? 100,000 of paving bonds
drawing interest at 4 per cent and
runnlnir twenty years. Spencer , Trask
&Co. , of Providence , $100,000 ; Spllzor &
Co. . Toledo , ! ? 100,583i Elijah Collln , Now
York , $100,010 , ; Omatia Loan & Trust
Co . f 100,000 ; W. O. Cole & Co. , Chicago ,
SlOO.U'ilj ' Howler it Merrill , l5angor , Me. ,
for i55,000 , SW.IOO ; Ulako Bros. & Co. ,
JSoUon , $100 , < ! 5'J ' ,
M o disU-lct paving bonds , _ $ 102,000 , 0
. . . .
Curb and gutter bonds , $13,400 , C per
interest , dun in from ono to nine years :
Spencer , Trask & Co. , .flU.USS.'U ; Spitxor
& Co. , ? UOOOi Ulako 15ros. & Co. ,
11,801.02 ; W. O. Cole & Co. , ? 13,8C1 ;
Howler & Alerrill , ? K ) , 51.
The bonds were all awarded to lllnko
Bros. & Co. , of Boston.
Personal I'nrntirnplis.
W. B. Johnson. Ord : II. J. Clark ,
Wahoo , are at the Canlield.
Joe Ellis left for his homo in Now Jer
sey ycstcrdny morning.
MKs Josslo Kennedy of Bloominglon ,
111. , is visiting hero witii her fristor , Aliss
Kate Kennedy , of the Ichi Ban.
The llov , F , Uuncan Jandon , roclor of
Christ church , P , K. parish , Dyersvillo ,
Iowa , is visiting his fnciid. General J. E.
Smith , of Omaha.
Assistant United Slules Attorney Dark
lett , Clerk of Court Frank and Deputy
Marshal A lion were Grand Island tourists
In&t evening , They claim to bo on civil
business connected with the government.
her Sale Cheap Fine Jersey heifer
calf , three months old , Addrc ut oneo ,
11. 0 , cai o Pmlk Hotel Co ,
Serious Charges Against the Head of the
Tire Department ,
BUILDI'NG PERMIT FEES.
So inh Interesting Interview * ATI-
other G. A. It. TJclejjnt Ion Police
Court A Ilorrllilo Acoldont nt
( ho V. P. Shops , ] : tc.
Clinrgrn Aunlnit ntitlcr ,
"We know enough about Chief Butler
to send him to Hie ponilentiary. " This
expression came from [ a prom
inent mclnbel1 of Ihe Icily
council yesterday morning as he
was diseu sing with a reporter for the
BI.K the resignation of Ihe chief of Oma
ha's fire department. The gentleman re
ferred to had nothing more to say auout
this maltor , but , upon further questioning
clo ed no lighler.llilin a clam. The re-
poiler , however , having tills as a "point
er. " went to work and secured the faots
ot a sensation which has just been
developed by the resignation of Chief
Butler. It is nothing less than that olli-
cial has , in all probability , appiopriated
lo his own use Iho funds of Iho city.
About two yeans ago. on the 25th day
of March , when Chase was mayor , au
ordinance was passed , creating n board
of inspection for the issuance of permits
lor buildings. This ordinance made tlio
firu marshal the head uf the board. After
going cm to deli no his duties , It gave a
scale of fees to be charged as tollows :
On all buildings costing over 3-00 and not
c.xceedliiK S" > 10. . - > : > .
On all Imllcllims costing over SXK ) and not
OXCCl'dlllKSll > Jl ) , SU-
On all milldlmts costing over 51,000and not
e\eeedlnu',0 } ! 0 , ? 4.
On all over $ . ' ,100 , 5.1.
The ordinance then prescribed :
The fees realized fioni such permits herein
luitlioii/.cil shall bo licld by tliechlet engineer
ot the liuiduiinitinunt , subject to the order
and disposal of the city council and said
chlcl engineer shall keen a cnictul and ao-
cmatcrcuotdol all tecs and of the disposal of
sail ! lees.
This makes the chief of the department
directly responsible fortho collection and
turning-over ot the fees collected under
Ihis ordinance.
Jn oi < ler to fully investigate this matter -
tor , a reporter was directed to determine
1 , whether Butler ever collected any
money under this ordinance , and ' . ' ,
whether ho ever turned the same over to
tlio city treasurer.
HAD PAID HIM MONEY.
A prominent Karnam street architect
was lirtt apuroached. He at first de
clined to talk , but upon pressing con
cluded to declare himself. "The fact is , "
ho said. "I am a friend uf Butler's , and
1 don't care to get myself into this
scrape. But there is no doubt that
he has been collecting money under this
ordinance. "
"You have paid him money ? "
"Yes. "
"When ? "
"At different times during the past
two years , up to the time when Wnitlock
was -appointed building inspector. "
"In what amounts did you pay him ? "
"Geneially , about § 5 at a time. "
l'Jo ' .you Know how much you have
paid him ? "
"i can't say exactly. I remember dif
ferent times when I have given him sums
that would foot-up to between § 2o and
? 00. "
"Did he over say anything to you about
what ho did with the money ? "
"No , but I saw things which led me to
believe that ho was going to got into this
trouble. I expected that it would come
out long ago. I had a good many rea
sons to suppose that all this money lie
'knocked down' instead of turning itoyer
to the cily. "
Another architect said : "Butler has
been keeping a very loose record of the
permits winch ho issued if , indeed , it
could be called a record at all. I know
of different clients of mine who have
paid him money. I never paid him the
fees myself , for I don't consider that any
of my business , lie must have made iv
regular practice of collecting these foes ,
because he would frequently come to mo
and growl because &omo of my customers
had failed to pay him for the permits
they had obtained. "
IJUC'K KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT.
Treasurer Buck was next approached
and questioned as to whether Butler had
over turned in any of those fees to him.
He said that the chief had not. "Further
more , " ho wont on to say. " 1 never oven
know that Butler had any power to col
lect such fees. Ho never said anything
to me about it. I am certain that he
never turned over any such fees to mo ,
because 1 have examined our accounts of
Iho general fund , Iho lire fund , and the
bnecial cash fund , and I find no entries
of any Mich monevs turned over lo me bv
him. I am therefore positive that if ho
has collected those fees that ho has never
turned them over. "
"Of course you know uolhinjr as lo
whether ho has collected these building
permit fees ? "
"No , sir , I do not. I never had any oc
casion to inrostigalo the mailer , "
Till : ACTION Ol' TIIK COUNCIL.
It will thus be seen that all evidence so
far obtained warrants tlio belief that But
ler has certainly collected these fees , anil
almost as certainly has pocketed thorn.
Inasmuch as a very scanty record of the
ollico business of Butler , as building inspector
specter , has been kept , Iho amount of
such moneys collected will probably never
bo known
"Tlio council will probably accoptBut-
Jpr's ' resignation , " said a member of tlio
lira and waterworks committee yesterday
"but before they do so , they ought to in
vestigate these charges fully , I am satis
fied thai he has pocketed hundrcdsof del
lars during the last few years. Nobody
knows how inunh. "
President Bechel , of the city council ,
said thai ho had heard of Iho serious
charges against Butler and thought that
the oily council would investigate lliom.
AlOJTVfj'iN 1UOX.
It lluriiH Tliret ) Moulders In the U. P.
Foundry.
Yesterday afternoon aboutQ 1 o'clock
Thomas Douglas , Robert Kaiser , and
another man , moulders in the foun
dry at the Union Paeilio shops , were
painfully burned by the upsetting of a
pot of molten iron. The helpers were
pouring the liquified iron from one kctllo
into another , when through ignorance of
tlio business , ono of the kettles was over
turned and thu iron spilled upon the men
mentioned. Douglas was dreadfully
burned about the abdomen and feet , and
was carried homo , Eighteenth and Hurt
streets , suffering intensely , Kalsnr was
also severely Injured , and the wonder is
tiiut they have escaped with their lives.
TtoblicU n Friend.
C. It. Williams is hold in the cily jail
on a charge of robbing a man named K ,
A. Iluliug , who camolioro with him from
Clarinda , Iowa. They arrived in this
oily Sunday , ami proceeded to get on a
spree together , Williams insisted on the
other nmn drinking "heavy lire" whisky ,
eto.o\on against his desire , Finally
Williams proposed a trip to Hans-
com nark , and Hilling readily
hssonteif. They got into a cab together
and wont out theio. When Williams was
requested by .the ariver lo pay cab hire
ho roHolied into Hilling's pocket and
pulled out his puree containing $25 and
paid the cab man. Instead of roturnm
the balance to Hilling ho put it into hid
own pocket. The ue\t duy Uo refused to
return the pur o bntbffarcu'IFiiling&'i ' "as
a present * Ho wnsryesterda } placed in
jail , ou a chnrgo of larceny against Ills
naijio and will be vigorously prosecuted.
AT
The Wcstllloclc ( Xo. R ) of Iln-.vthorno
I for Sale 0 , ,
Are Solo.
These M lots front-cast on Uolh st. , run
nlng back 151 feet to offlh st. , are high
anil sightly , with gentloslopc to the cast.
Lies just north of West Knd , and is for
sale at lower prices thananvsurrounding
property. Terms , one-fourth cash , 1 , U
and 0 years on balance * ilomo-scckers
and investors should see Ihis property.
The cable line dou
woj-tron any street
bles these prices within three months.
Opelt's Hotel , Lincoln Neb. , opened
March loth , first clas in every respect.
After tlio Ulotcrs.
Justice Berka , yesterday mor
ning issued half a dozen
warrants for the arrest of people
engage in the not at Paul's park on Sun
day last. Two of these have been issued
at the Instance of Jean Holtslander ,
ono of which is diiocted
against William Steven = on for
assault and tlm other against three parties
whose names are unknown. Senf , the
proprietor of the park also swears out a
warrant for Ihe arrest of Stuvon-on ,
whom ho charges with having malicious
ly lirokon borne gla < - ware belonging to
the place. No arrests have thus lar been
made.
An ICarljCar. .
Superintendent Smith , of the horse car
ino , has put an extra car on the Thir
teenth street line , which leaves tlio car
bar.is on Vinton .slreet al fi:45 : o'clock in
the morning This enables the shop men
to ride down to their place of labor , and
get there before 7 o'clock , which they
claimed they could not do with the lirst
car which formerly blurted later. The an-
commodatipn is appreciated by the
mechanics hi the son them part 'of the
city , and will&oon become remunerative.
GREAT EARTHQUAKES.
AIjIstoT Those Most Disastro-s to
Jjll'caml I'roperty.
New York World : The scientific world
has been ( .peculating over earthquake
ami other ruinous results during thu long
series of centuries since Kubiea , tlio lar
gest island of the llgean ea , made its
lirst bow to geological circles .nfter violent
lent upheaval about four centuries before
Christ. From that on down to the dis
asters at tlio island of Java , in IbSii , and
the more recent convulsions in Spain
during the cholera season of 1885 , history
records a fearful loss of lite from those
volcanic lits of thu earth. * The pagan
philosophers held the idea that these
earthquakes were produced by subter
raneous clouds bursting into lightning.
which shook the vaults that confined
them. Tlio French philosopher , Des
cartes , supposed thoroDwere many vast
cavities under ground which abound
\Mth water , some ofwhich communicate
with each other , others with exhalations
arisinsr from inllanimable .substances
like niter , sulphur , etc. Dr. Priestly , of
Kngland , thought earthquakes were
caused by electricity. They are now gen
erally believed to bo duo to steam gener
ated by subterraneous heat.
There is no .space to give a detailed list
of recorded earthquakes. Many were of
small consequence and occasioned but a
trilling loss of lite. Below are the most
disastrous fatalities from this cause :
Destruction of Horculanonm and Pom
peii in A , D. 7 ! ) . The loss of life was
comparatively small , but the two cities
were totally destroycdrby the accompa-
nvmg eruption of Vesuvius.
In 742 over 500 towns in S.yiia and Pal
estine were destroyed , and the loss of life
could never bo calculated.
In 11J57 15,000 were buried under Iho
ruins of Catania , in Sicily.
Jn 1158 20,000 perished in Syria.
In 1208 00,000 wore destroyed inCilicia.
In 1450 40,000 , perished 'in the great
earthquake at Naples.
Lisbon has been twice visited. In 15131
over CO.OOO were buried in the ruins ,
while fully 50,000 perished in tlio terrible
upheaval of 1755 , when the town was
completely engulfed in a few minutes.
At the same time 12,000 Moors perished
in Morocco.
In 10I3 ! , Sicily was nearly wrecked by
an earthquake. Fifty-four cities and UOO
villages were overturned , and the loss of
life readied 100,000.
In 170:5 : Yoddo , the capital of Japan ,
was ruined , and over 200,000 lives were
lost.
In 1710 , 20,000 , perished in Algiers.
In 1754 , Grand Cairo was swallowed up ,
with 40,000 inhabitants.
In 17U7 , 40,000 people wore buried in
ono second between Santa Fo and
Panama.
In 1822 , at Aleppo , 33,000 people were
lost.
lost.In
In 1609 , 25.0CO were destroyed in the
upheaval in Kcuador and Peru.
In 1881 , the town of Scio and 4,000 in
habitants wens destroyed.
Circus Slant : .
The circus , fakirs call everybody
"guys. " Some the most important
persons are designated as ' 'main guys. "
Countrymen are ' 'jays" and "hayseeds , "
"blokes" and "suckers. " Money is
"bunt , " "tin" or "eases. " Beer or other
drinks are spoken of as "lush , " clothes
as "togt , " or "harness , " food as "grub , "
conversation as "weoKings , " the verb to
sue is rendered "stag , " eyes are called
"ogles , " a hat a "dicer" or a "cady , "
while ladies are spoken of as "dames , "
girls as "molls , " argument ns "gulf , "
clowns as . "joeys , " and bank bills as
"llimsics. " '
Five Dollar I'ostnl Ordors.
Hereafter , tlio rate for postal orders
for live dollars will bo but five cents , in
stead of eight cents ns heretofore. The
reduction went into effect yesterday. It
Absolutely Pure ,
Ttila jvowdor never varlo * . A mnrvel of pur-
Ity.btrciiiftli BiiU wliolnsomoiioke. Moro econ
omical ttiun Tlm ordinary kind * mid uunnt be
Eolil IncoinpcUiIou with the multitude or low
test , short woljfht nlura or nliosptiuto powdoig.
Sold only In < wis. Hov.ll , llAKl.vu 1'OWDKlt Co.
169 Wall st. . Now York.
THIS Sl'.tCM IS ItESEltrKl ) J'"OK THIS
into it'JLL Gray inrir AX nyriijjs xiur STOCK AT
i . . Yf . C
g--.a Va-t , / < u'j
On or about Sept , 1st , 1886 ,
is thought that it will have the effect of
reducing tlio demand for postal notes ,
which have tlio elements of cheapness
wilhout the safety of a postal order.
There is no reduction in the rates of
other amounts.
A Now I
The bridge over North Omaha crook at
the foot of Cass streel , was finished Mon
day. It is built of wood and iron , and
of the Howe truss order , costing $ Wl ) .
Tnis is intended to enable wagons loaded
with refuse to cross the creek or slough
and reach the dump boat which is moored
on the river's bank at that point and
drop it into the water.
A False Alarm.
Yesterday- morning the lire boll beat _ Iho
he demon's tattoo in response to the
crossing of the wire , made , it is supposed ,
by some telephone or telegraph wire re
pairers. For a few minutes everybody
on the street was on the lookout for the
"engines. "
Grading I'arl ; Avenue.
The bpavd of public works has let the
contract for tho. grading of Park avenue
from Lcnvimworlli to Baltimore street to
S. Kat/ , the pi ice being tilteen cents per
cubic yard. There are -1,810 cubic yards
to bo lemoved.
Cor. 13tl , ST/lKETaml CAPITOL A V ,
Will ' 1 HI ! TKKATMKNT OK AM ,
GHROH1D AND SURQiGAL DISEASES.
AND IIAkVITArTOUr OIT
BRACES AND APPLIANCES FOR DEFORMITIES ,
TRUSSES , AND ELEOWIO DATTEHIES.
\7o httve tlm tiicllltlp * , npparatusnnd remedies for
Iho Biiccca'ful treatment of cicrvlorm of < | | HC O
rcqulrlne clllior nidllrnl ormirpleal treatment , nnil
InvKoall to como tmd InveBtlcniofnrlliciuiclrpaor
correspond nltli us I < OI > K experience In troutliie
cases by Ictfr rnnuloii tin In treat lauujr discs
eclKiitlllcnllr without ooHiit ; tucm.
WIUTK KOIt L'lllUUljAK on dpforrnlllcs nnd
IlrucoH , Clnu ] 'efi , Oirviitnro of tlio Milne , 1Mb-
1/AUBS _ OK WOMl'-.V , riles..Tumors , _ CiineorB ,
1YuMe ( 'unil'nii'kIfidi of Mcilleiil unil Suralcnl
Appliances , manufactured and for sale.
Tlio only reliable Medical Instllutcmaldng
Private , Special & Nervous Diseases
'A. su'Ri'iAi/rv.
AIIiCONTAilOUS AND 1IUJOI ) lI ) HASH < < .fron-
nlmtutur ruuHQ produced , micccisrully trratt.'O.
Wo can remoro Syphilitic polsuu Iroui tlio syeicni
without mercury.
N w riwtoratlvn treatment fnr Insi of vllnl power.
AI.Ij COMMUNICATIONS CONl IDKNTlAli. Call
end consult u or ecnil nnmnaii'l ' port-oaicu ndJruti' '
plainly written cncloao etutup. uuJwowlll teatl
you , In plain wrapper , our
or Ke"iia lii torypf your caeu for up opinion
If convenient. 1'lfty rooms for tlio accommcxitiilmi
of patlontn. nonnl and uttendunca at reaeouublo
( irlcu. Addrcbn nil Lettcra to
Omaha Prlodicai & Surgical Institute ,
Corl13th St.and Capitol Avo. , Omaha , Neb.
SPRING UEIIICLliS.
OVER 40O.OOO * * 2n. IN USE.
Aliorteu according to tlio welgUt they carry. . ,
well nilupti'il lit rouub riiiinlrT runil * mid
HiiUfIrlvrnolcltij" . ifluiiiifnttnrfilunilnulittiy
ill Icuilluc C'urrliLo [ lulluurn uuU ilculrrM
Teinpleton & Whitney ,
Dealers In
HARD AHD SO FT COAL AND WOOD ,
Ilui-K SprliiK * , Illinois ,
anil Io\va Soft Coal.
Onico 218 South Fifteonlli st ,
Yards Klglilecnth nd Izard sis.
ilE C2DAHS"
A Homo und lny Boliool for Younn
Lndlos. roopuns ( MT. 1. Dolliflitliilly cltuutul
fKi'toun ' lloigliu. I IIKU I'loundg. Uii-
nix ommodullniiu.
b UAHLB , iuiar.lli : St.VnUlii ' ton D.O
M. BTJBKE & SONS ,
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS ,
GEO. B0KKn , Manager.
UNION STOCK YARDS , OMAHA , NEB.
IlErEUEXOES : Merclianls' anil 1'aimers' Hank. U.uiil Cily , Nob. ; Ki'arnoy National
HfinkKoaincy , Xeb. ; Coliiiiitius Stnto Jiiinlc. OoluinhiH , Noli. ; MfDonalil's Hanlc , Norlli
i'Jattc. Kcb. Oinnlia Snlionnl .
; liaak. Omaha. Vi-b.
u Will pay customers' dratt wltli bill of ladins nttaelied lor two-thliils value of stoolc
c. E MAYNE ,
BS | ,
cltj
S. W. COK. I5tli A .VI ) FABt\V1B , .IBASf V.
Properly ol evorv description for silo : in till p.irls of ( lie city. Lands lor sale in"
county m Nebraska. A complete sot of Austr.-iots of L'illes of Dou Lis County kept.
Maps of Ihe City , Slule or eoiinty , or any oilier infornulion desired furnished
free of charge upon application.
t- < > \
RELIABLE JEWELER ,
Watches , Diamonds , Fine Jewelry , Silverware
ho luib'est &totk. l'i Ices tlio lowest. I'lnc rupaiilnir " specialty. All wurli vra.tr uitoJ. Corao
uiul I'llh snout , Uiuuliu.
Samples and Prices furnished on Application
AGENTS FOE" ALL MARKETS :
LI 1 Hi'1
f
lew titan coat until closfil out ,
lllC Idi'ffC HlOflf Of
Boots and Shoes
And ( JfHls' 2 < 'n ni lull lit'l .
t > j flio
ijL < tn < i via fi. join tit ,
A word to tlio it'tno is sn/JIrlcnt-
Ccino uiul sec for yourgelces ,
< uia\\a \ ains , join
"CM ICH ESTERS ENGLISH. "
TbB Orlelnnl mill Only fJoiiiiluo.
Hliat4 tlwtji
ADIES. , A.U rcur l > rJxtltt | i
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NAME PAP.f.R. . huh .t r tkrniUal )
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fold bv llruKKUU evfrrMlirrn. Aik tor "CUftlit
Wx. KuaU.L" f(4iiur riil I'llU. Uii B .
BSTAIillSHED USED IN ALL
PARIS OF THE
WORLD
Catt.li Kurt and l'ilcf on np.Hcr | lloi > . hold \ty \
all lit' ' en 'ainnuo liulidcn auil l ttlcti.
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