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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : EHUJAY , FEBRUARY 1. 1880 , 5 LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES , A Very Dull Day Outside of Loglala- tlvo Clrclos. SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS. Interceding tocl lon Hnmlcil Down Yesterday Notirlca ClinmUNlonuil Incorporation of Severn ! Now Nebraska Enterprises. LtKCOLj ? Bcnr.AC or TITR OUAIIA. lies , ) 5 * 1023 I' STIIEET , LINCOLN. Jnn . 31. I The news centers of the cit.v were barren to-day There was nollnnv doinir outside of the leclslativc departing t of the sltito gov ernment. While the supreme court was in frcssion. there wore no cases of any jrravo im- jwrtanco on trial , nnd. tlio grind \vns consequent quent ! } monotonous and unintcrustltiK. The federal court * ndjourncd for Uio May term 3'ostcnl.iy The ofllce of the dark of the dls- tr'et ' court gnvo no evidence that the trial docket for February would bo increased in wny way over the report of n week aio. .There were no cases Hied of any description. Kvcri the jiollco court was us dry ns an Iowa JiroliibltioMlst. Tlipro was n little sldo talk at the capital , however , that broke the mo notony. It is talked uuiong the cleri cal force nt , the state house that the board of public lands and build- in ps hai decided upon n plan that Is to tnelt the barriers aw.iy , said to bn exist ing between the governor and the supreme "court The governor Is to continue in tils habitation until his term of ofllco expires , and then the rooms ho now occupies arc to bo permanently turned over to the supreme court. It is said that tins plan will prove eminently satisfactory , and thai whatever of wounded vanity and pride there may be , will bo hid from sight , and that all parties inter ested will shako hands over the disagreeable chasm. This talk cumus from iHjrsons who ought to know how the whole mutter will end. xvi'iiEMK coniT ritocKKW.vos. The following gentlemen were admitted to practice W. II. Ilosc , James W. Hamilton The following cases were argued nntl sub mitted Omaha Holt railway company vs JVlcDermctt , Omaha vs Similar. The following cases were llloa- for trial : Omaha fa Kepublican Valley railway com pany vs Harrison lirown , and the same company - , pany npiinst Annie 13. Urown , Alfred Stan- den and IZichard Stauden ; error from Saunders - ders county. 1'encostur vs Atkins. Appeal from Sher man county. Reversed and decree for Hanna Atkins. Opinion by Cobb , J. One H , a married man , being considerably in debt , obtained a power of attorney from Ills wife as follows : "In my name , place und tttcnd , to sign my name to all convey ances of real estate to which I have any right of dower , as to real estate both in the city of Chicago and in tno town of Loup City * giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever required and necessary to be fione in and about the promises , etc. * * * it being intended to convoy here by all my richt , title and interest in nnd to the above described real estate. " After wards certain real estate of 13 in Loup City was transferred to his wife and convoyed by B , under the above power , the wife having notice that transfers of such property were being made by It , in her name , held , that in view of the evidence , tlio words "it being intended to convey hereby all my right , title and interest in and to the above described real ostalo" were to bo construed as author ity to H to make such conveyances. 13. Where the evident purpose of a power of attorney is to enable the attorney to con trol and convoy lands obtained alter the ex ecution of such power , it will bo so con strued. See Uenscoter vs Lock , 83 N. W. K , 746. Scnoller vs Kurtz. Error from Douglas county. Reversed and judgment of justice reinstated aud ufllnned. Opinion by Hcese , Ch , J. Where a judgment was obtained against a married woman aud execution issued thereon und returned , no property found nnd pro ceedings in garnishment were instituted against a debtor , who answered that ho was indebted to her in the sum of f 10 , which it was made to appear was for board. And it was also made to appear that the execution defendant was living with her husband , who was a bedridden invalid , they having a fam ily of children , and that she and her husband bad neither houses , lands nor town lots , ex empt from execution , and did not possess personal property of the value of $000 in lieu thereof , it was held that the money in the bands of the garnlshco was exempt from seizure on garnishco process. Missouri Pacific railroad vs Young. Error from Cass county. Opinion by Reese , Ch. J. The Missouri Pacific railway company ro- cclved a ( ilano at W , to bo carried to L , and delivered to a connecting common carrier for transportation to P. At t. the track of the Missouri Puelflo crossed the track of the B. & . M. railroad , the tracks and stations being connocied by n "Y. " The piano was carried to L by the Missouri Paciflo railway company , and delivered to two draymen , to bo transferred to the 13. Si M. railroad com pany at Its station. Before delivering to the lost named railroad company , and while in the possession of the draymen it fell out of the wagon nnd was broken , and was not ro- colvcdby the agent of the B. & M. railroad company. It was hold that the verdict of the Jury , in favor of the owner of the piano , in an action against the Missouri Pacific railway company was suBtalned by the evi dence , and that by the instructions of the court , the question as to whether the dray- men or the 13. M. railroad company was the connecting common carrier , was fairly submitted to them for decision. NEW XOTAKIK3 I'UIUJO. The following NebrasUans were appointed notaries publio by the governor to-day : , Louis R Zuger , Lincoln , Lancaster county H. Uutlor , David City , IJutler county ; Charles R. Doam , Kearney , Buffalo county ; 13. R lilumcr , Scribner , Dodge county ; Jiverott C. Jones , Lincoln , Lnn.xisUr ) county ; Wesley Dundas , Auburn , Ncmulm county ; Albert E. Harris , Siiporior.Nuckolls county ; Duncan M. Morgan , ( Smut , Parkins caunty ; Charles Dockhorn , Kalis City , Richardson county ; Joel 13. Scott , Loup City , Sherman county ; C. McGrow , Superior , Kuckolls bounty ; William Lowmun , Clyde , lirown county , NEWSTATB EXTr.IUr.ISC8. The Nordon Real Estate. Loan nnd Invest ment company and the West ICeornoy Im provement company arc the titles of two now associations that filed articles of In cor porations with the secretary of state to-day. Kordcn , Koyu Paha county , aud Kearney , BulTalo county , are designated as the prin clpal places of business. The former has an authorized capital stock of fr > 0lXX ) , and tlio latter of $500OOJ , and the business of each commences respectively ou the 1st day of February. The JJorden company stipulates It * object to bo to negotiate loans , purchase and sell notes , mortgages , utouks and other securities , and to hold and sell real und personal property , or sell and convoy the same. It was incorporated by Oliver P. liUlngs , Cyrus I. Henford. Thomas II. Evans. John I. MoWilliams. D. W. Evans , 11. F. Wood and Krunk P , Fisher. The Kearney company will buy sell and t ratio properly , real nnd personal ; lay out , improve and plat town sites and farm lands ; engage in manufacturing of every lawful kind und character , and build , onuip and maintain buildings necessary and incident to the compatible business of the corporation. The following gentlemen organized and incorpo rated the company , viz : R. 8. Spencer , George R , Sherwood. P. P. RoborUon , C. H. Klinendorf and J. J. Uartlctt. C1TT NBW8 ANIt 3OTKS. Hon. Paul Schmluke , Nebraska City , was in Lincoln to-day to look uftcr business , and if necessary to enter his protest to anything that tended toward sumptuary legislation. The board of publio lands and buildings will pass upon all matter - tor * porlalulng to the Rtato house in a day or two. It is announced for otu-e that the board is of one accord , and will act together lu the settlement of the state with Stout , Wllcox and the governor and supreme court. The rush to the state house during the past day or two has boon without a precedent during the present sesslou of the legislature. ' lto olty is In a furore of excitement over tUo BnbmlsMon question , and It absorbs every other interest. Young He well , the Hndlcott boozer , was run In npaln last night Ho seems bent on Kottlne nway with Uio t3.V > ho ha * earned by hard work. His roll was perceptibly dimin ished this morning. Phclps Payne says if ho is n candidate for department commander of the O. A. R. of Nebraska ho has not yet found It out. He nfUrms that the statement was promaturc. Consumption Surely Cured. To tlio Editor : Plci ; e inform your readers ttmt I hnvo n positive remedy for tlio "abovo-nnmeil diseases. Hy Its timely use thousands of hopeless cases hnvo been pormiinenlly cured. I shall be fjlad to send two bottles of tny rem edy KHKK to any of your renders who have consumption , if they will wend tno their Express and P. O. address. Ro- spuclfully , T. A. KLOCUM , M. C. , 1S1 Pearl St. . New Yorlt. AN ALiIifcXiKH ADDUCTIOX. A Srnontlon In AVIilch an lown Pby- Mclnn Flumes Coiioplunu-iily. Wednesday Prof. Kudbury , of the DCS Moines medical institute corno to this city , and is alleged to have abducted his cloven year old daughter , who was being provided with a homo by Prank Barbue , n well-known musician. The story connected with the uf fair savors of sensationalism. It will bo ro membcred that about six months ago , Sudbury - bury was arrested on a warrant charging him with criminal intimacy with his eleven year old daughter the samoonc that ho tooic with him from this place yesterday. At the trial evidciKU was adduced by a reputable physician of Des Moines , substantiating the allegation of crime , but though public opinion was strong against the defendant , be was acquitted. Some go so fur as to state that , having plenty of money nt his disH | > s.il , ha Iwught the court ( n Justice of the peace ) nnd the jury. However , ho was acquitted , nnd shortly afterward , it is stated , repaired to his residence ana divested it uf its household goods , leaving Ills wlfo and the child to get along us best they could. AR n consequence , on Monday last , his wife left DCS Moines und came to Omaha , bringing the child with her. She obtained employment as n domestic in u family residing in Florence , for which she was to receive $3 per week. She searched around for a home for her little girl , and finally found one at the residence of Frank Barbue , on Fifteenth street near St. Mary's avenue. 'Iho child was loft thcra Tues'lay , and everything ran along nil right until yesterday noon when an elder ly-appearing Individual , well dressed atid bearing the appearance of a gentleman , called at the IJurbuo residence and inquired for thu girl who. ho said , was his daughter. The child cutne to the door and as soon as she observed her father she was over-do- llghtcd. He stated that ho had como to take thu child , and Mrs. Barbue , not knowing the circumstance , said nothing , but allowed the child to gather up her scanty \ycaring ap parel and depart with the mysterious caller. In some manner word concerning the matter reached the cars of the mother at Florence and the latter , nftcr ascertaining that he had effected an abduction , became fran tic and for a time , it is stated , she became bereft of her reason. She at ouco repaired to police headquarters and reported the matter and later appeared at Iho headquarters of "tho Nebraska Detec tive association and implored nssistuuco in rescuing her child. An attache of the latter instructed her to consult with the county at torney , nnd whatever ho decided to do they would carry out. Inquiry at the depot reveals - veals the fact that n man answering the de scription of Sudbury appeared at that place yesterday afternoon and took transportation for Council UlufTs. He was also accompan ied by a girl which fully corresponds with the description of the missing girL It is thought that ho returned to Des Moines with the child , and steps will likely bo taken to nupreheud him. Sudbury is wealthy and is said to be professor of thu medical institute at Des Moines. _ Ttlti ciilnr niieuniiitiKin Cured. Henry O. Archibald , Lyndhurst , 3ergen Co. , N. J. , writes : 1 have been a martyr to rlietimatism.which affects me in the back and over each lung. I was afraid that I had consumption , but upon examination my lungs were found to be sound. I then ascertained that I was suffer- inir with muscular rheumatism , which was so bad at night that I could not sleep. 1 used an AI.LCOCK'S PIASTER on the small of my buck nnd ono under each shoulder blade. I renewed them every live days , and in a month I was entirely well. Drank Carbolic Acid. I" A very painful accident occurred Wednes day in the family of Franklin S. Smith , re siding at 2313 Popploton avenue. One of his little daughters , aged between three and four years , climbed up to the medicine chest and took therefrom a bottle containing car bolic acid , from which she took a draught. When tlio little one was discovered in pjtn from the draught expert mediCiXl attendance was called in , and at last reports the little ono was in an improved nut still dangerous condition , An Absolurn Cure. The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT Is only put up in largo two ounce tin boxes , and Is an absolute cure fur old ifores , burns , wounds , chapped hands , and all skin erup tions. Will positively care all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug Co. , at 25 cents per box bv mall SO cants. SUBURBAN NEWS. \lckcrson. There were Kixtoon cars of grain and stock shipped from nore Saturday. Mrs. George Crocker , of Fremont , visited her parents , Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Garner. Mrs. Batey , who has been visltinc her sis ter , Mrs. Del and Hugh Ri/er , has returned to her homo at Foster , Nob. Mrs. II. Rizer and family are preparing to leave Nickerson for their old homo in Iowa. They have made many friends , and their do- larture will be regretted by all. Our school opened on the 14th inst , with a good attendance. Miss Muttio Quiun , of Frezzout , is teaching it this winter. Mrs. .T. R. Peters , Miss Znnn Todd , Mrs. D. u. Spatiglcr , Miss Lulu Hunter and Mrs. Del ReU"r are on the sick list. McCullough & Little shipped MX car loads of sheep to Chiudgo Saturday. Mrs. Mason , of Fremont , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J , Holies , made a visit here re cently. Miss Blanche Rogers , of Fremont , was visiting friends here last week. George Evans , of the N. W , M. company , went to Fremont not long ago. Mr. G. P. Morley' wintering in the city. Quite a number of Nickerson people were in Fremont Monday night to see "Alvin Joslin. " Rev. Kyle , of Bancroft , Neb. , preached in the schoolhouse Sunday morning and even ing , On account of the disagreeable weather , only u few persons were present. Kwnburfj. Andrew Olson , who is attending college In Omuhu , paid a visit to his homo here re cently Mrs. Obare was at Omaha recently on a visit and returned via Wahoo. Mr. August Willie Young was married to Lily J. Mount nt the Swedish Lutheran church , Ruv. Alexis onielatlng. The happy coupla mi a many friends wont to the resi dence of the groom's parents from church , when ) they danced until the small hours of morning. The Swaburg Literary society debated the question "Should the state legislature sub mit the prohibition amendment to thcjneo- plel" It was decl-Jed in the affirmative. The society mecu Thursday evening , February 7 , to discuss the question "Is there any InJury - Jury derived from dancing ! " Presidential Nominations. WASHINGTON , Jan. 81. The president Bent the following nominations to the senate to days Jesse D. Abraham : , of Virginia , to be .comptroller of the currency , vice Trenholtn , resigned ; Dociua S. Wade , of Montana , to be sbief Justice of ( he supreme court of Mon tana , vlco McConnoll. resigned ; Colonel Joseph C. Ureckonridgo , Inspector general , to be inspector general with the rank of brig adier general. Discussion of Foreign Continued in tbo Sonato. THE CONSULAR BILL PASSED. Action on Portions or the Oklahoma Measure Itrcotiald- crcit lu the House The Town * site Amendment. Krnatc. WASIIIVOTO.V , Jnn. SI In the scnato to day tbc president's message In relation to the . Samoan islands , nnd to Corel , the sumo as presented to tlio bouse yesterday , tvas rcai and referred to the committee on foreign re lations. After the passage of a few private,1)1119 the senate resumed consideration of tlio diplo matic nnd consular appropriation bill , the pending question being the amendment re ferring to Samoa. Mr. Ken pan offered the amendment which lie had indicated yesterday , to insert the words , "and for the protection of the rights of American citizens residing on Raid Islands , nnd to preserve the neutrality and indopcnd oncethereof " Mr. Hale did not object to the first clause of the proposed amendment , but was not willine to RO further. Ho was nr.t willing for the senate to declare that it would pre serve the neutrality or maintain the indepen- dcncc of any people. The matter might safely bo left to the executive. Mr. Sherman also objected. Tlio words proposed to bo inserted by Mr. Reagan's amendment only tended to weaken the force of the committee's amendment. Why talk about protection to American citizens ? What act of cruelty had been done in Samoa to any American citizen ! Why use "Fourth of July language" in a bill defining the purposes and objects of the president in enforcing and maintaining treaty obligations ! After a long and exciting debate , in which Messrs. Fryo and Reagan tooic strong ground in favor Of the protection and independence of Samoa , and of securing a harbor.thcro for American ships , and in which it was inti mated by them and by Mr. Halo that the do- bnto would como up again soon la another and more serious form , perhaps involving the relations of the United States nnd Gcr- manv , Mr. Heajran's proposed uioditication to the amendment w.is withdrawn nnd the amendments as reported from the committee on foreign affairs were agreed to. The amendment raising to the rank of am bassadors the ministers to England , France , Germany and Russia was rejected yoos 23 , nays 2U and the bill was passed. The senate then went into secret session on the British extradition treaty. The senate spent four hours in considera tion of the treaty ana finally adjourned , leaving it still pending. House. WAsnixoTOK , Jan. 31. Mr. Springer of Illinois called up as u special order , the Ok lahoma bill. Mr. Grosvenor made a point of order that by reason of adjournment yesterday the bill has lost its privileged character. The speaker overruled the point of order , holding that the bill was privileged under the operation of the previous question. The bill having been taken up , it was moved to reconsider the vote by which the house yesterday agreed to Mr. Payson's ' 'soldiers' homestead amendment. " Mr. Pnyson moved to lay the motion on the table , which xvas defeated. The motion to reconsider was agreed to. The question recurring on the amendment , Mr. Kerr of Iowa made a point of order that the proposition was dividable. The speaker sustained the point , and the question was put upon the first clause of the amendment , ns follows : "It is expressly provided that the rights of honorably dis charged union soldiers and sailors in the late civil war , to make homes on public lands under the existing homestead laws , shall not in any degree bo impaired by the passage of this bill. " Agreed to. The Question then recurred on the second clause , which provides that the rights of such honorably discharged union soldiers and sailors to make homestead entry und perfect the same by occupancy under the existing homestead laws shall extend to any and all lands which shall bo opened to any settle ment by the provisions of this bill. After considerable debate this clause was rejected. r Mr. Payson's "townsite" amendment was agreed to without division. Mr. O'Ferrall of Virginia moved a recon sideration , and Mr. Springer moved to table that motion , pending which the house ad journed. A Six Day Go-as-Vou-PIense. KANSAS Cixr , Jan. 31. [ Special Telegram to TUB BEE. ] Beginning on the first Mon day in April , a six day go-as-you-please walking match will bo hold at the .Exposi tion building hero , Some of the fastest men in the country will participate. Among these already entered are Ueorge Norcmac , Frank Hart , Vint , Guerre , W. H. Hoagland , George Huff in an of Nebraska , H. Messier , W. G. Buchanan , and "Lepper" Hughes. The gate money will bo divided in a manner to bo set tled hereafter , nnd prizes will bo civen for beating the 24. 49 , 72 and 113 hour records. Mr. Frank Hall , manager of the world's in ternational 144 hour race , which will be held in San Francisco the last week in February , writes that all the men engaged in that walk will outer the race in Kansas City. Harrison's Visitors. iNWAKAi-ous , Jan. 31. Another delegation of Georgians visited the president elect to day , but their errand was not political. All arc democrats except ex-Governor Bullock , who acted as spokesman for the party. A cordial invitation was extended to General Harrison In the name of the people ofGeorgia and Atlanta , to visit that city in October , when the twenty-fifth historic anniversary of the bombardment and burning of the city will be celebrated. General Harrison gave the visitors a cordial welcome and evinced a lively interest in the proposed quarter-cen tury celebration , aud said that the date was too frfr ahead for him to give them a positive answer. Frozen to Death. Fences FALLS , Minn. , Jan. 31. The storm last night was very severe. The mercury reached 4 ° below zero , and a strong north west wind made the light snow blinding. This morning on the open prairie seven miles west a team was found , the driver being frozen stiff in his seat , The body has not yet been Identified. The Weather Indications. Nebraska : Fair , warmer , variable winds , becoming westerly. Iowa : Fair , warmer , variable winds , generally - orally southerly. Dakota : Fair , except in northern portion , slight local snows , warmer , followed in west ern Dakota by colder winds , becoming gen erally westerly. A Woman Sentenced to Haiifr. OLVTIIB , Kan. Jon , 31. Mrs. Lucy Fergu son , aod seventy-five years , was to-day convicted of murder in the first degree. A motion for a new trial was overruled and the death penalty pronounced. Small-pox in n Poor House. Syracuse , N. Y. , Jnn. 31. Three deaths from small-pox are reported at the Onondagu poor house , and fourteen , persona arc down with the iisease. Keoond Ward Meeting. There was a lively time lu the Second ward last ulgnt. The cltizeas called a moot ing to discuss the city hall matter. Hascall , Puray. and the rest of the gang were there and tried to capture the mooting. They did not succeed , but heard opinions of them selves expressed freely by the citizens they were trying to bulldoze. Ladies wlio value areflnedcoraploxlon must UBO 1'ozzonl's Powder Jt produces a soft uud beautiful ski a. niLOVICM IIAOL. Sorcn Iicmnti Urtlril Aliens Surprised Seven slant-eyed Ublnattien sat in a police cell last night , MjonJm ? the eve of their New Year's day in thinking how uncertain arc tno thinc.s of lirp , aud the ways of the ' Omaha police Po'r some time bitig Tong has bung oqt ono of the piady signs that mark n Chinese laundry , on Harncy street near Thirteenth , and for some time the police have been' aware that it was only used as a blind for an opium joint nnd perhaps for the puiroso of alluring young girls Into the den. Last month the place WAS closely watched , nnd ono or two unceremonious visits paid , but the cunntn ? of the Chinaman seemed to much for "Moll- can man.1' Captain Green thought differ ently though , and lost night ho raided the place once more , occoiiip nicd by Sergeants Hayes and Johnsoa. This time ho was suc cessful. A wall-eyed .loss that stood In the entrance gave no signal of his approach , although incense and red pax | > r burned constantly before him , nnd upon pass ing him the captain found everything in full blast. Seven Chinamen and three white girls formed the comp.iny , and for their delecta tion a feast of Chinese delicacies had been spread. "The pipo" hold the place of honor , and it was there in several varieties , and was bclne used as far as practicable. There was opium In various forms , and packages , tin cases nnd pots , hidden iu wrapiKsrs covered with Chinese characters , and containing tnystoriobs compounds that , only a Chinaman can understand. There was a murderous looking Chinese knife huntIng : - Ing p against tno wall , there was red paper covered with Chinese characters ( they called them visiting cards ) , and there were seven Chinamen and three white girls. Then thcro was a cellar with out a window In it , approachable - able only from the Interior of the house , whore Sing Tong was found sittinir alone in front of a Chinese gamingtable with all the took in front of him. Some of them looked like dominoes , only much larger and with ns many as eighteen spots on them , and and others looked like dice , some with spots and 8omo with curious looking characters upoa them , and all ( c.\copt the cellar and the Joss ) were taken to the sta tion. When there the Chinaman registered under the lollowing aliases : George Champ , Wong Sing , Ah Chin , Ling Long , Big John , Long Leo and Saig Long. The girls gave the names of May Hniflcld , Muy Mnylluld nnd Lizzie Uaker. They .ill have respectable parents living iu the vicinity of Eighteenth und Hanicy streets , but are known to bo wayward. The two former are sisters , and the latter is tbo girl who attempted to commit suicide in Lcpper's assignation house a short time ago. The police complain that as a general thing the tools are returned to the opium tlends instead of being confiscated. Will you Buffer with dyspepsia and liver compluintV Sluloh's Vitalizor is pujiranteed to euro you. For sale by Goodman Drug : Co. , , No Prohibition Wanted. A meeting of the Sixth ward non-partisan club was held last night in the little school house at the corner of Thirty-fifth and Franklin streets. It was presided over by J. F. Dailoy , and was fairly well attended. A. H. Dauble and J. E. Van Gilder Intro duced a resolution supporting the Jefferson square site , holding , that it was to the best interests of the city , and that the structure for that reason shotild be built on the square. It was decided to kill the resolu tion. tion.A A report from the'Club's ' acting cotninitjteo in regard to building a hall was received. ' It is proposed to erect n f 10,000 structure. No definite action was taken ns to when or whpro the hall is to be erected. There was a lively time Between some of the members of the club , and especially with these who are prohibitionists , when the following resolution was read : Whereas , Prohibition would be detrimental to the best interests of Omaha , and as it would bo ruinous to tho. educational advan tages which wo now enjoy , bo It Resolved. That wo request our represen tatives at Lincoln to use all their influence against the passage of the submission bill. The resolution brought forth a warm debate - bate , but it was passed , notwitnstanding the opposition. On account of its passage three members of the club resigned. Two of them were Robert L. Bailey and J. Reed. Beecham's Pills act like magic on a weak stomach. lie AVIll Dread the Fire. Frank Duncan , a five-year-old boy , who resides with his parents near Twenty-second and Charles streets , was almost burned to death yesterday afternoon. While his par ents were away from home the little follow ignited some rubbish in the street just iu front of the house. It made quite a blozo and his clothing caught fire from his little bonfire. Neighbors heard his screams and went to Ills rescue , but before ha was disrobed the lad was terribly burned. His recovery Is doubtful. Advice 10 Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Sootning oyrup should al ways be used for children teething. It soothes the child , softens the gums , allays all paia , curcswind ] colic , and is the best remedy tor diarrhoea. 25c a bottle. A LEGAL PREMIUM ON THEFT. Fleccnt Embezzlement ) of Nearly Knur Millions or Dollars. On tlio 8th of December , 18S5 , says 3rof. Henry Wade Rogers in the February Forutn , President Cleveland ; ransmitted to the senate when lie pro- > osed as n now treaty of extradition vith Great Britain. In the mosstiyo "hich accompanied it he said : ' 'The nadoquacy of the existing arrange ments for extradition between the Jnitod States nnd Great Britain has > eon long apparent. " The proposed treaty has been allowed , however , tolie on the table of the senate for three years without final action. The eonuto saiinot be unnwure of the fact that the ox- sting extradition relations of the two countries tire inadequate , and a con stant menace to the business interests of both nations , particularly so to all Inancial institutions in eituur country. \roithoi'caii the senate bo unaware , for ts attention has been called to it in a nomorial , Unit between the time when the treaty was sent in , and February , 1883 , when ao- , ion uas again deferred , postponing t to the present session , a partial list of embezzlements' committed in the United States , by persons who lied to Canada , amounted to $3,810,670. Most of the ombozzlumcritB noted had taken ) lace within a single year. The largest > f thorn was that of an insurance man of Hartford for $ l,000pOO. The failure of the senate to take action on this treaty seems to many scarcely creditable , and .ho friends of the Cleveland administra tion have professeilrtD see in it an un worthy partisan puuposo. But whether > r not there are any just grounds for .his opinion , it does not concern us hero jo inquire. The 'importantact con fronting us is that.nOlhinc has been ac complished , and that our extradition arrangements with' Croat Britain are o-day no bettor th.au they were in 18413. Those relations are wholly inadequate and strangely prejudical to the best in- orosts of both nations , whoso criminal aw ia weakened because the scoundrels if cither country can enjoy impunity or all but a few crimes , by escaping rom the jurisdiction of one to the juris diction of the other. * More substantial Doneflt can be ob- ainod from a 60 cent bottle of Dr. Bige- ow'a Positive Cure than a dollar bottle of any other cough remedy. It is a irompt , safe and pleasant euro /or all hroat and lung troubles. Goodman Drug Co. _ _ Dr. Hamilton Warren , magnetic phy- ilcian and surgeon , room 3 , Crounso > lock , cor. 10th and Capitol avenue. Chronic nnd nervous disease * a ipoo- alty. Telephone 811. ( PPRICE'S REAMDELICIOUS DELICIOUS NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS f c < 11 > 5- the fnltcd Slate * Government Hndortcd liy the liend < of the Orent fnKet itle nnrt Public food Annlyt < the Stroticrst , Purest nnd tuot Healthful Dr rHc-e' Ctrsm llnUnp I'mriler ilocs not contain AtnraouU , I.hneor Alum Ir Vrlcc's Dellciom Irlnrorlnr | ! { tracts , Vanilla. Z.cuioti , Orange , At motul , IU > c , etc. , do nut contain 1'oisonous Oils or Chemicals. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. , Now York. Chlcoso. St. Loula. PER PETERSON WON. "Love locksmiths. " laughs at . These were the words which came /rom the bright red lips of n rosy- cheeked Swedish girl , who stood hold ing a glass of winoin her hand as a Chicago Mail reporter pledged her health on Thanksgiving ovo. She did not say the words in English , but in her native tongue , and they were these : "Karlekcn skrattar at riglar och Ins. " By her side was her stalwart young husband , /or , be it known , they had just returned from a Swedish church on Sedgwick btreet , whore the minister had joined them together as man and wi/e. / They wore then standing in the parlor oa friend , surrounded by acquaintances , who wore offering their congratulations , and taking from the willing hands o/ / the lady of the house pieces of cake , glasses of wine , or good old brandy , as best suited their tastes. There had been a more substantial /east- before of roast /owl , meats , vege tables , bread , pudding , all cooked in old country style , which had been washed down with copious draughts of cofTee and liquor , for it can safely be said and that without detriment to the Scandinavians that they can stow away more edibles and drinkables on the oncasion of /east without being the worse /or it than almost any other na tionality. The bride was pretty. Plump and /ait- was sho. She had a complexion which many a Dearborn avenue belle would have given money to jwssess ; a wreath of light-brown hair , pretty teeth , a neat /oot , and a well-turned ankle. It was no wonder that Per Pottcrson gazed at her proudly and was the envy o/ all the young /ellow's in the room. Per couldn't talk English. Ho had only been in the country two weeks. His bride , Elsie Patterson , nee Ander son , had -been in Chicago a year and could talk Entrlish with just the pretti est land accent and just the cunning- est kind o/ / halting at some otho harder words imaginable , and it was on her that the _ reporter had to depend for an explanation o/ what she meant by her remark , "Karleken skrattar at riglar och las. " "So you want to hear how Per and I overcame our dilllculties and how wo eluded the vigilance o/ / our friends ? " asked Elsie. "Well , you shall , /or / I think we pulled the wool over my people's eyes quite nicely. You must know , then , that ray father owns a big /arm in Sweden. Oh , it is such a nice placo. It is so much different /rom your /arm houses here. When you como up Dthe road you can see it a long way off. You enter a great , big gate and 'find , your self in a great courtyard , in which is a pump and a trough whore the stock is watered. At the other end of the court , opposite the gate , is the part o/ / the house in which the /amily live. Enter ing the door , you come into an immense hall. At ono side is the spare room for the guests , on the other the great kitchen. Off this is the pantry and a large store room , and a bed-room ad joins this. Another door from the nail leads to the dining-room , which is also used as a sitting-room. Then every farm-house has a weaving-room , where the girls spin the flax , which is made into clothes for the family. Then there are other bed-rooms and the grcat.laun- dry. These arc all on one floor , for ray father's house was a one-story one. "Then on each sldo of the court and adjoining /arm-house are the gran aries r.nd places /or keeping the stock. One nlacoor hay , another /or horses , next is one /or the cows , still another /or the pigs , a separate ono for the geese , nnd then one /or the chickens. Back of the house is the garden. Don't ' you remember , " said Elsie , turning with a blush to her husband and speak- in her native tongue , "it was in the pld garden that wo fixed up the plan to tool the old /oiks ? Well , sir , " she continued in her broken English , "you must know that all the /arm-girls in my country must work. Sometimes in the gardener or the fields , or o/toner herding the cows. It was when I was tending tlio cows in the pasture that I first met Per here , nnd wo soon got to watcher each other , and then -well , then wo loved each other , " nnd hero the bride blushed very prettily. "Oh , it was all very nice and pleasant until my mother /ound it out , and then she raised a terrible fuss. She-said Pot- was not rich enough. His /athe- could not begin to give Inm as much to go to housekeeping as my father would give tno. 'No , no , lilsic'sho said. 'I have other plans for vou. It was but last night that Ludwig Larson told mo ho wanted yon /or / his wife , nnd ho is the man that you intibt marry. ' "Oil , 1 was scared ! . \nd I cried and cried , for you must know I hated that man Larson. Just think ! Why ho was forty-five years old and I was only feov- cntccn ! And ho had nasty red hairand crooked , yellow tooth and' big foot , and oh ! everything that wasn't nice o.x- copt his money. He's awful rich and has a big farm which is next to Ifours. Such big granaries lias ho , and horses and cows and pigs and geese that you cannot them all. Hut 1 wouldn't have him and my mother fahut me up for a week , and it was only when I promised not to speak to Per that she lot mo out. "No , I didn't keep my promise. It was bad for mo to disobey , I know , but I just couldn't help it ; so ono night , when some one tapped on Iho window , which looked out in the garden , and I looked out and saw Per , I opened the window and wo whispered together. And this was many nights that he came that way. AH this time was old Lugwig Larson coining too. He would come in the early evening and sit and smoke by the big tire place , and my mother would set out the bottle with the brandy , and he would drink and talk and drink and talk. Then , at 10 o'clock , wo would have supper milk and moat and fish and coffee and brandy /or the men ; and after supper old Larson would sit by the lire nnu talk nnd drink and talk drinker that is the way they court girls in my country. "But I was not always listening to his talk. I was thinking , and thinking how , may be , I would have to marry him. And then , when he had come this way /or / a long timehe got mad and told my mother he must have me this Christ inas time coining. And I cried again , and then I thought me o/ friends in Chicago so far off , and wished I could run away. I told Per one night aud he says : 'You stay hero , but don't marry old Larson , and I will go to America , and when I save money enough to fix up a house , I will send for you. ' "At first I thought that would bo all good enough , but 1 was afraid after ward. For I thought i/ Per goes and I want to go a/torward / my mother will not let mo go , for she will think I will meet Per in Americti , So then wo made ready to pull the wool over their eyes. After I told Per , whispering to him out of ray window , I went one day to my mother and told her I wanted to go to America. I would earn money , and when I was nineteen if Ludwig Larson wanted mo I would marry him. And at last my mother and old Larson they said all right nnd I came. Yes , I have earned my money. I worked in a family , and because Swedish girls have to do housework at home I got along all right. And all thu time I was writing to ijor , but so that my folks did not know it. You must know , sir , that in the country some ono of the farmers goes to the postoffice in the town and gets all the mail for the neighborhood. My father did it for my neighbors and I was afraid that he would see tny letters to Per ; so I would always regis'ter ray letters. It co t much more , but then no one but Per could got them. Oh ! I was what you call it a great schemer. And so a month erse so ago Per he tolls his folks that he is going to America , and they nnd my folks know not that he knows where I am , and they think nothing of it. But Per ho comes right to Chicago and I leave my place where I was working and well , to-morrow I will write to my mother and tell her that 1 could never marry old Larson and ask her not to scold mo when she writes. "And now , sir , yon know why I say to yon : ' 'Karlekcn skrattor at riglnr qch lus. " High Art In n Sanctum. Philadelphia- Record : Great Artist ( a noted impressionist , lounging around a newspaper ollico waiting for the art critic } "My graciousl Did you study art in Paris , too ? " Exchange Editor "Eh ? " "You should make more use of your woudor/ul talents , sir. Drop journal ism and open a studio at once , You would take every prize in the exhibi tion. That , sir , is ono of the moat di vinely ideal studies in black and white I over saw. " "This ? This came from inadvertently jabbing ray paste brush Into the ink stand. " MUSTANG MEXICAN LINIMENT i SSlS es srs a * . - - Thus the .t' Mustang" , conquers pain , Makes MAN or BEAST well again ! bO YOU WANT TO BUY Farm Lands ! CHEAP , ON EASY TERMS ? Improve ! and ualniprorM land * , from 1S1 1 l,2 < 0n m inon t > loc * . Unlmi rovt lands from tr > to fMx > r nrren-ell ; imprornl farmVrromJIO.W to MM > or CTO. situated In llnone Aim ( Irceler counties Netiraika. Solid fi > r tmr frm ctrcw Inr. Acrv lots near IVmimfctm troinfOMto fV."J. Don't forget Uio. < e lit < nvit.ful Int * 111 VanBeurenHeiglits .1x1.10 , nt $275 each. Terms , $ | Q > ih nil S3 per uiontn VAN DEUREN , * nnd Itth Streets. Urunu.t , Neb. TRUST CO.IAE . UO. 303 S. 137H ST. , OMAHA , NEB. CAPITAL , $300,000 , Loans Made on Real Estate , School , Count } unit Municipal WM. A. PAXTOX. President. W.M. ( J , MAIM * Vlco rrwld mt. UOIIKllTL.OAUt.li IIS. SI-PI PtHtv. AMMir.D M1I.I.AH1) ) . Treeaiuror V'M. A. IMXTO.V , 1II.NUYT. Cl.UiKK , \V ( ! . MAru Josr.rii It VUKKII , ItOUT L. ClAlltilCltft , Al.rilKli M o. K. IHitKr.H. S , \V \ , Cor , Farnaiu aufl 15th Sis. Piilil In Capital SfoUO.OOU orncims : OK . T. . UAKKKIl. PrtxMont Iil lliuilliowmt , Vleo ProsUlont. r. 11. JOHNSON , dulilor. \V. S. KKUTUU , Assistant Cftshler. UlUKCTOliS : Oro. U. niiKnn , .1. H. K. 1. . IIIFIIIIOtVI.il , C'llAN. Mr.TK. K. H. JOHNSON. .1. N ( Vm.MSii , L. It. WILLIAM * , .1. I. MILKS , S. II. JOIINKOS. S. W. Citov. Ai.t.KST. KKcroit. \VM IIVKU , 1. A. IIK.VSON , ( iiiKT.iv ANHKIKO.V , OKO. l'ATTHiiiorf , 1) ) . . Accounts ( if llantcrs. Sicrclmnts nnd Individ- ualBiocelvuil on tlie iiidat fuvornblu tiTins. A SAVINGS 1UU1 DUUOIjAS STU Capital Stock $ iriO,000 .Liabilities of Stockholders OU)00 ( ) 'cr.CVnt Interest l' < iltl on\De- \ Coiiiponmlcil Scin l- OFFIOHKS : CHAHM5S F. MANDKH ON , President I. . M. IIKXNKTT , Vice I'rosldanU K. W. WESSii.S. : AlnuoKlnc llrc-ctor. .1OI1N 1 . Wll.UL'lt , Oahlilcr- STOCKIiOljDEKS : .T. W. OVNKTT , OltvC. IlMITOSf , J. .1. IIIUWN , 1. . M. HKMJirrr. C. r. MANDEIISO.V , TllOS. 1 * . KlMUALL. llr.NIll I'UMIT. U. Ij. STONE , OMViiAli.JeT.ro. , 1. . 11. Wll.MAMS , MAX Mr.vnn , TllUNUN ItOCK. JAMES . SAVUJE. K. W. NASH , K. W. WKSSF.I.S 1. 1 ! . CON(1I > ON' , AJCPON O. McCOOK. N W. Wl'.I.LS , 11. NlKMA.N. JOHN 1C. Wn.nim. Corner of lUlh unU I'nrimm Stieiila , Chamber of Commuico BuUdius. Capital Stock $400,000 Liability of Stockholders 600,000 Five per cent pultl undcpoHliH , luans. mode on rc&l csUUo njul rorsouHl M > uiritjr ; uutci , "nrruula. itoclu unU bonai purchHseJ. _ JOHN I , . Mil.ICS. I'rraiilent. ANDltUVV UOaUWATBIt. Vlr Prrnlitcnt. UKATKK L. THOMAS.-Cn liler. BOAitt ) or numerous : John I * JIIIc , Krantuj Hanson. Haniucl IViliier , Jnlin II. Kvaua , Andrew llnti-irater , ilorrli .Morrlnuii. W. , \ , K illbtion , ( i d. K. Ilnrkcr. Cor. Alvin tiinilcvs , Drxter I..Thomas , Norman A. ItuUn , .Ininra Thompson. K. 11. JoUnnou , Jolin ItuiU. Oeo. a Hobble U. S. DEPOSITORY. OMAHA , - - NEBRASKA Capital $500,000 Surplus 100,000 IIEKMAN KOUNTZR. President. JOHN A. CUKIGHTON , Vlco President. F. II. DAVIS , Cashier. \V. If. JIKHQUIKH. Assistant Cashier. BLAKE , BOISSEVAIN & GO , ADOLPH BOISSEVAN & 00 , , Aiimlcrilam , Ilullnnd. Traneact n ccncrnl Lankliin Dui > lno . Soctirllloi ionihi und &od ) on comtuls lon. Kurcltfn cxcbiuiire * . CoiniijcrclBl and ttnreler'g Ictturt uf credit. Orilvnilnr bonil nnd mocks credited on commit ilon In l > oi > don und on all ConUnculfil Uaunci ol Kiiropc. Ni-cotlntloni of JtHllwajr , HUilc , Cltr i nd CXrporv lion Liiivni n ejieilaity. ( JJUTErUl.-UO.MF01tTINO. Epps's Cocoa. I IJKEAKFAST. IIr n tboroiiKli knnwiuclKD of llio nntural Iniri whlcu Kovern tlio operation * o ! dlpt'Ptloii and nutrl- Ion. and hy a careful uppllcBtlnn of Ilia fine iiropor- tlr ol wcll-ialecu-d COCUH , Mr ICppn liua prurldnd our brrtklkit table with n Hellcatoijr tlnrorud LeiritrHL- * wlilc > - mar tavo ui nisnr beavj doctor1 lillli. Hit - Juillcloui use ( it turh urtlcli'i of dult tUnt K. coriBl tutloii mar he crnUunll ) ' Unlit up until Mmnir enouib U > roitnl evrry IrnUmiir ' ctlf a e. lluti- dred > of tubllo malailln are Jlontlnc "round u > ri < a < tr tonltnck wlierercr thorn li brak point.Vi > luar curane mnnrn fatal Btialtii \ kci'plnic onrnolrei w ll lortimrt wlih pure blu'id n < ! a properly nourished Irainn'CMI hcrvlre duetto. Made ( Imply with bulling nator or milk. SoMoiilr Inliall pound linn br ( iroi/ers lubulcl thiu - Homn'oimtliic Chcralats. LONDON. liN < ii..i.m LOMBARD Jloston , Jrrtfl.Kansas Oit/JUr ! > . Capital & MI plus , $1,500,1 $ , , Tills company bufopcue'lnn Oninhu onitBiind Js lucpfacil tii fiinildli money jironiptJ > on inv pr < vd city nnd farm property. No uppllritlonH foul nwiiy for approval. Loans closed nnd iniid for vrltliout ilulay. JOHN W. OIS1) ) , . M > South J'Hu Mrc t. Flrt National liuulc. T. E. C.PIM ! ! ! , FIRE INSURANCE BROKER , rtooiu 03 Tradar * ' CHICAGO. 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