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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1889)
OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUgPAY , JUNE 1S ( Wl I it WHEN CUT PRI CUT DEEP TO TH The Backward Season and an Immense Stock Compels us to Make a Sweeping Cut in all Summer Goods. FOR AH ELEGANT SEERSUCKER Coat and Vest Worth Double. FOR BALBRIGGAN Seamless % -3EEose , In all colors , worth 5Oc. For all the latest novelties in 25c Silk and Satin Back ] MB wnlwJ Ppc g * 1 75 dozen Hemstitched White Handkerchiefs , Colored Borders. For an Elegant BLACK DffiW BAT , Worth Double. I j * For a Striped Flannelette if. OCOAT and VEST Worth Double. For Latest Style Square Top $1.50 $ 111 Nutria or Black , worth $2.5O. For a Man's ' Fancy Dark Brown Slripe Cassimere Sack Suit , Worth $13.50. For a Mail's Mail'sGrey Plaid Cutaway Suit To $5 buys a fine assortment of .75 Boys' Suits. . Worth easily $4.50 to $9. mmaan For a Black $1 $ ALPACA COAT Easily worth $2.00. To $2.5o for a line of $1.75 $ . Children's Suits Former price $3 to $5. For a Man's Fancy Plaid ( drab ) 50 Cheviot Sack Suit. ' A A Buys a Man's Grey IIII ( Salt and Pepper Mixed ) lVV SACK SUIT. % Buys Fine Balbriggan In Grey , Brown , etc. , worth double. Tor a Tine Paucy Striped * $2.75 $ HIM-COAT AND VEST. For a Very Nobby Man's ' Gray Striped Cbiot Sack Suit. For a fine Black or Brown Corkscrew Worsted ! SPRING OYERCOAT , Serge Lined. ' For a Lot of Reversible . $2.25 $ Spring Overcoats , . That Cost us $4 each. Buys Imported Balbriggaii IRTS AND DRAWERS jn brown checks and plain colors. Worth Double. If wliat you buy of us does'nt suit you , you're under no obligation to Keep it. Bring it back and get what you want ; if we haven't got it , we'll give you the money back to get it elsewhere. Remember , it's gpods and prices that talk convincingly : advertising doesn't count. OUR -BRAIN AND MUSCLE , What They Are Doing lu the World to Benefit Themselves. PLUMBER'S STRIKE STATUS. Agitation of the Question as to Whether Working Women Should Bnnil Themselves in Trade Organizations. The Five O'clock Whistle. Jbunidt of UnitCil Labor. Ob , that whistle in the morning I With its blatant blast of warning Blowing all my thoughts nlivo ; Bidding every slumbering ember Its peculiar pain remember ; Like a breath of bleak December Is that whistle just at five. All the fine and fertile fancies Woven into wild romances Through the black but blessed night , I < lko the down of ripened thistle Scattered by a flying mlssll , At the Bcreoohing of tl0 | whistle Into chaos taku tholr flight. As a band of soldiers waken from deep sleep all rudely shaken , Not by drum to dress parade , JBut to face tbo front of battle. Move to rythm of bullets' rattle. Ever "like dumb , driven cattle' ' Moves our dinner pall brigade. Through the gray mNt swiftly marching , With a blue eky over-arching , And the tender Hush of dawn On our haggard faces smiling With an air of gay beguiling. As through noisome alloys filing To our post wo hasten on. Then , like tools , our hands are wielding , Each his uuiul and body yielding To allfo devouring task ; Turning all our rightful leisure Into tyrnuU1 boasted treasure , Into iUlors'Tmrmful pleasure , While they scorn our grimy mask , Not for us the hope of glory , U'nrllling song and living story , Moving all the world to tears ; Not for us the brawny toilers In foul mines , by threatening boilers , But for our white handed spoilers , Wait the world's applauding cheers. Why should wo , O patient brothers , tiongor shame our very mothers With our marred , misshapen frames ) Every thought some fetter wearing , Every hope through darkness faring , And nt last our children bearing AU our thraldom with our names. not priest or politician , With smooth words of admonition For the class by which they thrive ) Till they plow the land they cumber , Till they meekly join the number Startled from half finished slumber By the whittle blown at five. The IMiimbors. The status of the plumbers' strike remains practically unchanged. Many of the men Room to have drifted away to other cities , nnd ouly a comparative fcrw are to bo found about thu rendezvous these days. Clarence Clancy has gone to work for Williams , leav Ing the management of tha strike practically ill the bands of McDonald. The latter is a . stonily man , but it is doubtful If hi as thu Influence possessed by Clancy. Wei advised , uninterested parties express the opinion that the difficulties now existing will never bo settled , a * far as those juon are concerned ; tbo feeling between thorn aud the employing plumbers is too bit- tor. tor.Two non-union men arrived In the elt.v about tha middle of the week from Balti more und wont to work , but two days after frards they were won over to the side of the lourueymun. and nult work. Friday they took the train for Buffalo , Tlio men have now bpeu idle Ave week * and tbo drain upon their pockets has been severe. How long it can bo continued is not tnown. Will the Women Organize ? Thnro is a movement on foot to organize the workingwomen of Omaha into unions for mutual protection. The work , if done , will 10 uorformcd by Miss Barry , tha fcmalo igitator. In Denver , aud other places whcro Viiss Barry has organized tbo women tbo results are said to bo most gratifying. "Thoro Is really more reason , " said n mom- jer of the central labor union , yesterday , "why women should organize than for men doing so. Workingwomen are now paid ridiculously small wages , even when they do the same work as men , and this will always bo tbo case until they protect them selves by organization. I hope they will succeed In forming'a-union hero , and if they do they can ba assured of our hearty co operation. It Wont Work. The Intelligence that the Pinkerton Detec tive agency contemplates furnishing men to report any attempt to combine among work men for the advance of wa os or other benefits , together with the names of the ringleaders loaders , has been received with a feeling of indignation by local union men. "What will they want to do 'noxtl" asked n railroad man. "Tho idea that wo are to bo watched and spotted whenever employers take it into their Heads that , wo may bo doing something to guard our own interests , is scarcely in keeping with the boasted freedom of speech and thought in this country. The idea of putting a lot of follows of such cal-l bra as these detectives are mndu of o ; watching honest workingmon. "That scheme- of Mr. Plnkecton's will never work. Worn- ingmon wont stand it , " said a son of toll yesterday. Sunrnmc Coiiiu-H or G.irpontors. All the preliminary stops neittssary for the organization of a supreme council of all ttio carpenters' unions in the city , have boon taken ; und the various committees appointed by the different unions to do this work , will make their reports at the meetings to beheld hold this week , und the different organiza tions will select their representatives in the council. The following appointment of del egates has been made : South Omaha union , ; Union No. 371. ( German ) 3 ; Union No. D8,5 ; Union No. 71 , 4. This apportionment is bused upon the membership of the unions. The duties of the council will bo to pro mote feelings of brotherhood among the dif ferent organizations and to settle all ques tions of dispute. The council Is grunted a charter by the National union and under this Is empowered to settle all strikes without appeal to higher authority. An Englncor'B Borrow. Annlo Norrls , the young wife of Engineer Con Norris , of the Union Pacific , died on Wednesday of typnold fever , and was laid at rest in tbo cemetery of the Holy Sepul chre , yesterday , the remains being followed to the grava by a large number of Mr. Nor- rls1 fellow-cucinecrs and many others who knotv nnd loved Mrs. Norris. Prior to the funeral high mass was celebrate J ut St. Pat rick's church , to which tbo deceased be longed. Mrs. Norrli was u sister of Mrs. John Mugort. and had a large circle of ac quaintances in tbo city. She had been mar ried scarcely n year. Won't Htnnil n lleiliintlou. Tbo grievance committee of tbo local Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has been lu conference nil tbo week with the oftl- olils of the Uulon Pacific , the controversy t-clng duo to a movement ou tbo part of the Utter to reduce the eculo of wages in certain instances. The proposed reduction (3 ( on tha Kansas Central and tba Leavenworth , To- polia & Southwestern , both of which ara a part of the Union Paclflu system , now under the management of W , H. Baldwin. Another point in the controversy is the proposed reduction of the pay of engineers employed In the transfer yards at Council Blurts. Tiio scale at the transfer is $3.85 , but it U proposed to cut this to KJ.UX The brotherhood engineers at the transfer draw their pay under u icalo provided in u contract entered into with G. M. Cuiauiuitf , Jnion Pacific , at that time located in this : ity. The contract is not governed by time , jut the proposed reduction can not bo insti- .utcd unless the contract is dissolved. Assistant General Manager Dickinson was nbsont when the first meeting of the officials and the committee was held last Monday , and , owing to this , an adjournment was taken until Wednesday afternoon. At that time General Manager Kimball informed the committee that authority in the matter rested with Vice President 'Baldwin , who is in Portland , and a'nco ' that time dispatches nave boon Hying back and forth between the officials hero and the vice president regard ing tbo matter. Both sides are unxious to avoid a strike nnd it is only the remotest possibility that ono will enau'e. A. Plumber Clarcnco Clancy , vice-president of tbo Plumbers' union , threatens the employing plumbers of tbo masters' association with a libel suit. A few days ago Clancy wont to work at Welsbans' shop , and , so ho asserts , a day erse so afterwards a committee from the masters' association called upon Mr. Welsbans and urged him to discharge Clancy , making sun dry charges against him. Mr. Welshans re fused to listen to them , but reported the epi sode to Clancy , who immediately took steps to lay the foundation for a libel suit. He as serts that John Itowo was the principal do- tamer , and ho will make him the principal respondent. Clancy , in his connection with tbo strike , has always been in favor of peace- bio methods , Ono Day In Savon. Rov. Wilbur P. Crafts , Hold secretary of the American Sunday UnionwiH'makothroo addresses to-day in favor of the object of his crusade , as follows : In the morning nt the St. 'Mary's Avenue Congregational church ; at 3 o'clock in the afternoon nt Y. M. C. A. hall , and in the evening at the First Presbyterian - torian church , corner of Dauglas and Seven teenth streets. To these services all work- ingmcn ara especially Invited us the subject matter of the addresses will be such us to interest them , and will bo , lu fact ; practic ally iu their behalf , AiMenio In Juno. ' Committees from tba plasterers' plumbers' and bricklayers' unions are now making ar rangements for a grand joint picnic , to bo given some time this month. The place has not yet boon chosen , but S. Eddloman , of tlio plasterers' union , will go to Fremont to day to see what arrangements can bo made for securing the grounds there. It is in tended to make this ouo of the biggest affairs of the kind which 1ms over Occurred iu this section of the country , Imbor Notes. Ono hundred and eighty-five Italian labor ers were shipped from here , last week , to Washington Territory. Carpenters' union No. 71 Initiated twalvo now members last Tuesday night. If the million dollar hotel project is carried forwards , as there is every indication that it will DO , it will bo necessary to Import addi tional tncn of the various building trades , as there is scarcely a sufficient number hero now to supply present demands. "I see , " said a Union Pacific engineer the other day , "that Ed Dickinson la liable to bo promoted , and I am glad of it and so are all tha boys. Dickinson is square and a good friend of the brotherhood , and wo will all rejoice ut any good fortune that may befall him. " A knot of worklngmen was hoard discuss ing tbo great Sioux reservation a few days ago , and It is not at all improbable that a colony of them will go there if the land is opened to settlement. The carpenters , es pecially , uro figuring on tha fact that work will ba plenty there and prices blgti for a time , Cheaper rents are expected and the worlc- Ingmcn are not sorry , as a good-sized bole is eaten into tbo salaries now by exorbitant rates paid for houses. A number of carpenters , plasterers , brick layers aud others are temporarily out of work on account of the suspension of work at the county hospital , Cheapest lines of pictures in the city , Iluyn , HU Dodge st , LOUIE MYER ON THE STAND , He Never Did Anything Naughty At All. HOW BILLINGS WAS INDORSED. Ho Gets ttio "Unanimous" Vote of Ono Regent The Burns Case Stout & Buckstuff M Contract News and Notes. LINCOLN BUREAU OF Tun OMAHA. UBS , 1 1020 P STUKBT , } LINCOLN. Juno 10.1 The council investigating committee re sumed tbo inquiry into the affairs of tbo city this morning. Scott testified that tha records show $1,250 fees and expenses of the city attorney in tbo council contempt case. Fullerton , a member of the citizens' com mittee to settle with the city in the matter of the third pavingdistrict , tostilied that the cost for engineering and Inspection was out rageous. Reports said that Inspectors were paid § 4 per day. Tbo committee usked for a statement but could get nono. On a com promise , witness stated , it was agreed to pay $03,000 for tbo work. The city claimed ? ( ! 7,000. It was understood that the settlement was to bo kept private , as it might prejudice other districts , as they hud the full price without a Icicle. Councilman Meyer testified regarding tbo bond transaction. Ho sain that Lewis claimed that they expected to give up their commission on some of the bonds. They ouly expected par on tbu deal. Lavvis after wards stated to him that they expected to rnuko something over par on the district pav ing bonds. On cross-examination Meyer re peated that bo had never received a dollar from niiyono for his aists. and was never of fered anything. Ho failed to answer Strodo's questiou as to why , if the agents of the city wore to receive tbo premium , the fact was incorporated in tbo contract. Witness would not admit that the mutter was Questionable. Ho stuck to bis story well. Mayor Sawyer was called and testified in tno bond matter. Ho stated that the written propositions would apeak for themselves. Loading up to that tjiu.uity had experienced difficulty In placing bpnjts. "I think Lincoln bonds were depreciated by the efforts of H. ' . Clarke to sell the ilrst series of paving bonds. ' iTho money market was close. I wont to John K. ClurK. Air. Clark said ho did not 'caro ' to negotiate tbo city bonds , for ho line negotiated souio atone ono time and had beenaceu&od of fraud In tbo transaction. AfterwJrd Claric and Lewis made u written propdsldon. They also ad dressed the council orally on the sumo ques tion. As I remember it. they said they would undertake to place tho'bonds ' at 3 and 1 % Dei- cent commission. Mrj Henry K. Lewis said they would not make anything on ttio inter section bonus that , they hoped to average it 10,111 a no 3 per cent commission. So far as' ' I know they buvo carried out tholr part. I think the citizens gc4urtlly thought the con tract a good ouq. I did not expect the city to receive a premium. ' 'V understood that the city was to receive par.1 and give 2 per cent commission , " Mr. Sawyer further testified in response to questions that the council and himself considered 3 par cent commission a fair com pensation for the agents' work. "They" Indorse Hillings. The word has gone abroad that the board of university regents passed resolutions com mendatory of Dr. Billmga and bis work as tbo head of the patho-blolocloal laboratory , Indeed , such resolutions have boon published , and in view of tbo fact that the doctor has bad creator success In inoculating cholera Into hoes than out of them , the announce ment created no 11 ttio mirth la Lincoln , and considerable surprise as well. It seems that during the recent session of tbo board Mr , Uore prepared tbu resolutions in question and handed them to Mr. Robert * to bo pre sented for the reason that ho was chairman of the board and could not do it without call- lag some ono to the chair. Tbo doctor was by no moans averse to this , for ho has n very friendly feeling for his brother professor. At tho- proper time the resolutions were sprung und Hoborts moved their adoption , but there was no second. Tno chairman waited a suilieient time for the indorsement of the motion , and fulling to got it , put the motion and it secured one. of the five votes. Dr. Hob orts voted avo. Tbo rest of the board kept u dignified silence , voting neither for or against , but the word goes that Billings re ceived tbo unanimous indorsement of tbo board of regents and the resolutions pub lished would indicate that this was true without explanation. "I for ono , " salt ! a member of the board to TUB BUB representa tive , "could not stultify myself by voting to indorse Billings , and so held my peace , and I uoliovo that this was the feeling of my asso ciates who kept still. If this kind of indorse ment is food for Billings , ho is welcome to it so far us I am concerned. " JOB liurna vs the City. The case of Joseph Burns vs the City of Lincoln , which has boon ou trial m the dis trict court for the past tbrco days , has been given to the jury. The cuuso was submitted to-day nt 13 o'clock , and whichever way it goes the case will bo carried to the supreme cuurt. Some of tha members of the council are going upon the principle that it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Mr. Burns' exposition of the doings of certain members of the city council has not been conciliatory in any sense , and if ho wins it is said that they who wear tlio shoo that pincuos will BCD that tbo cuso pees a stop higher. Burns will go because ho bclievos ha is right , and that ho bus the hr.v and evidence to sustain him. The Ilrst round in the case has been fought , and It has awakened a deal of interest throughout tbo city , largely , perhaps , be cause of the Investigation in the council that is dragging its weary length along , The jury and the public arc now weighing the facts , the former as gleaned through the lawyers , and the latter through the press. Many , if not all of them , have sampled the water tbo Bum's wells pro duced , and tbo last scone in tho' drama will occur when the members of the supreme bench sample it from the bottles preserved for thorn by the first court of jurisdiction. Crouto u Stir. A resolution will bo introduced in the city council on next Monday evening to rovolte Stout & BuckatafT's paving contract. The contract does not expire until next Novem ber , but it Is said that they cannot complete It. There uro throe paving districts in which tharo has not boon nny worlc done , and two others with but llttlo showing. It will bo urged that the contractors have been dillydallying from tbo first and furnish no assurance that they will make un effort to got tboro on time ; also , that the streets of the city have been torn up long enough under this status of affairs. Some of the members of the city council openly state that it U time to quit monkey ing , and they emphasize It very .emphatic ally. Thpre is a llttlo muslu in the air. The Traveling Men's Outing. TUB BKB is authorized by the Lincoln Traveling Men's "Outln " committee , to beheld hold at Cushman park , Lincoln , Juno 31 to 30 , inclusive , that tents will bo furnished to traveling men and their families , free of charge. The state tents have been kindly donated by Governor Timyor , who will open tbo meeting Thursday , Lieutenant-Gover nor Mikoljobn will also deliver un address of welcome Thursday ; speakers for every day thereafter , closing by n pennon by Rev. Savage on Sunday , This 1s to bo a general invitation , no specials being sent to any one. Allure welcome. City News nnil Notes. Governor Thiyyor , to-day , appointed Smith T , Caldwell , of Edgar , oil Inspector for an other term , commencing July 1. This was expected , but tbo query in Lincoln is "will Smith continue Hllnkey Paynol" Quito a largo number of Lincoln people went down to Wabasb , to-day , for a picnic. Toe ladles' cornet band of Weeping Water , and other musical features , wore tbo attrac tions. A happy Uino is reported. Children's Jay will generally bo otoorvod by the churches in this city , to-morroxv. A specially fine programme is promised at St. Paul's. The church will bo handsomely decorated , Hev. Stern will talk to the young people , candidates will bo received into the c'uurch , and children will bo baptized. On the evening of July 3 , Miss Ida Clothier will address the united societies of Christian Endeavor. The event promises to bo of considerable interest in religious circles. Mr , und Mrs. Walter Caldwell and daugh ter , Miss Clara , will start for the Pacific coast on next Tuesday. * They will spend tbo summer in California und Oregon. Turtarax and Coronado will bo in Lincoln July 4. The railroads are adverttsinc their intended arrival , and as they nnvor Ho they will un questionably bo hero. It will bo n great day for the Capital City , and those historical relics will certainly be on nxbibitlon. The cltizons of Stromsburg , through W. J. Frawley , have made Bishop Bonacatn un offer of property valued at $ .20,000 , condi tioned upon the establishment of a provincial school at that place , and a guarantee to main tain It for six years. Bishop Bonncum will accept the proposition providing he can find some society of the church ready to take bold of the school und run it. ' The executive committee of the Nebraska non-partisan prohibitory amendment league will meet in Lincoln on the 37tb , and con tinue In session several days , providing it is given out that the now party will organize for the fray. County Cleric O. 0. Boll bus prepared an estimate of the railroad valuations m Lan caster county. The following interesting figure * uro taken therefrom : B. & . M. troo'r , 3-.M miles , Assessment at the rnto of $11.800 per mile. S3S3,972 ; Nebraska railway , 8181)miles , utT,700 per mile. 81bO,91U ; A. & N. , 11MO mllus , at $5.775 , 6113.0U5 ; L.-&N. W. , 11.39 miles , at S4.801) ) per mile , * 50f372 ; F. E. & M. V. , 17.03 miles , at ? 3OI)0 , per mile , $ .95,400 ; O. & K. V. , iJS.50 miles , atKi.OOO per inilo. S19J,050 ; M. P. , Crete branch , 20,03 miles , at &I.OOO per milo , $100,501) ) ; M. P. , mainline , 14.10 miles , at ; . " > , G50 per mile , 850,004 ; total number of miles of road In the county , 193.59. which is assessed atSl,205'lCS ; an ineroaso of 3103,430 over last year. De ducting the 20.03 miles of the Crete brunch , and thu assessment is $1,100 lots than last year. Tbo returns show a roductloii'in the assessed valuation of the Burlington , while the R E. & M. V. stand a raisu. AH Omaha people are commanded to present - sent themselves' before King Tartarrax , in the city of Lincoln , at 11 o'clock , July 4. - . . N10U11A.SKA. IjAMU DECISIONS. Asslstnnt fiticrotnry C/'liatitiler Sottlns Tliroii Important CoutcHtn. WASHINGTON. June 15. ( Special Telegram to Tins BUE.J The cast ) of Charles Hodman vs Hiram Tomllnson and Theodore I'1 , Barnes , on appeal by Hoffman and Tomlln son from tha decisions of the general land oQlco , has been doeldod by Assistant Secre tary Chandler. On October 9 , 1BS3 , Barnes tnado homestead entry for the southwest quarter of section 8 , township 13 , north range 3S , west sixth P. M. , North Platte , Nebraska , land district. On September 11 , 1831 , Charles 1 } . Collier filed affidavit of con test against the entry of Barnes , alleging abandonment. The hearing of this contest was continued at various times , und filially was fixed for May 4,1635 , the contestant having in the meantirao procured by way of depositions the testimony of n part of his witnesses. Un Muy 3,1635 , the entry man presented at the local office Collier's dismissal of his contest. Barnes wan notified that day that no action would bo taken in the contest Until the day to which the contest had adjourned , Ha thereupon , executed the reiimitilshuicut of the entry and presented it , together witli two applications to make soldier1 additional homestead entries , ono upon cuititl- cata issued to Hiram Tomltneon February 10 , IPS' ! , and the other on certificate issued to Dauiel L. Emerson , March , 1681 , when uu was Informed tUat his rolinqulshmort would bo received aud uctod upon at once , but that ho would not bu al lowed to locate the Boldlcrs' additional until tno contest was disposed of , mid upon exam ination of the soldiers' additional ho was Informed - formed that they would not bo actou on until thuy were submitted with hU appeal to bo filed nu May 4. 1635. Barno op- pours to have signed the appeal M agent on May i , 1635 , Cuurles Hoff man presented his contest ; affidavit aqralust the entry of Uanies , which xvus rejected by the local oBleors.becauBo of the rcllnquish- montof IJarncs. HolTman then made appli cation for a lioniestcad entry for the lands , hut the application was refused because of the pendency of the soldier's additional ap plication of Emerson and Tomllnson. On appeal by Hoffman tlio general lmd oftlca al lowed Uarncs to locata the additional appli cation of Emerson for 120 acres and rejected the additional application of Tomllnson be cause it was uot signed by the latter. I3y this decision Hoffman's application to contest was rejected , but it was' held that his application to enter should have been allowed us to that portion of the land loft unappropriated after JJarnes had made his selection. Darncs , ou Novem ber 13,1SSS , asked for a reversal of the de cision of the general land olUco in relation to * the rejection of Tomlinson's additional homo- ' stood entry. This motion was denied January - ' ary H , 1SS7. Prom this decision the appeal' Is taken. Assistant Secretary Chandler re views the case at length aud orders n hc.tr- ing before the local land oflluors , when thai facts In relation to the various applications * of tha Uiirtlcs can Do fully inquired Into und. their rights regarding the lands in contro versy ctermlned. In the case of James McCampbcll vs the ) hotraof John Welsh , involving thu timber * culturu entry of John Welch , Involving.tho * northwest > f sections , township 39 , nor'tlu range 14 west , Nlobrara laud district. Ne braska , appealed from the decision of thoi general land ofllco holding lands for caneolla-- tlon taken by the hoira of the entr'nmn ; , , Welch , Assistant Secretary Uhundler find at that the testimony in support of the alloga-- tiou of contest comprised that of Campbell und two witnesses , and was to the effect that the breaking done on the * land did not amount to ton ncrcs , , while In support of the entry the widow of' the countryman testified that her husband , . during 1870 , had iirokon the tract for ton acres and cropped it to wheat. This is cor roborated by another witness. The ovldeucai shows that about n year before tlio con testant filed his aillduvit tlio countryman's * cons hud planted the requisite number of cuttings - tings upon ten acres , nnd that part of tha < same had continued to grow until Uio contestant - - testant had ploughed them under. The de cision appealed from is reversed. The entry' still remains uncancullcd of record. In tlio appeal of John Austin from the de cision of tha general land oOlco. holding for cancellation his homestead cutry of the east. \i of the northwest } { and lots I and 3. sec tion 18 , township 12 , north rnngo 4'J , West North PJatte , Nob. , and for which Austin imido homestead entry on July 7r18Sl , forf wtiicti Florence H. Kendall Inltatod contest * uguluttt the sumo on Narchl9. 1S53 , and iiu winch , In corroboratlon nfilduvit , the con testant alleges that Austin has wholly auandonml said tract , that said tract is not , Bottled upon and cultivated , an required byr law , and that lib has never oitabll.ibtul u rns-- Idoncaou the tract. Assistant Secretary/ Chandler finds that the eniryman did not' comply with tlio provlHlons of the homestead ! law In the matter of residence , und , there fore afllrtns the iluc.islou of the comiuis ionorr of the general laud otllcc. Captured n Coiilliluiico Hlirerk. A clover rupture was ma > lo yesterday/ in the urrost of Juntos Howard , n coalldenctn man who was trying to work u country mur-- chant named L. W , WuUnian , from Waterloo lee , Lawrence county , ptilo. Before lie Mail I succeeded In robbing Welsman , the confi dence man found lilinniilf under un out. iui hi possession were found lingu * chucks andt silver und gold cortlllcates wltii which hoi works victims. When crimaiquedtlonod iut the chief's ofliw , hit told n great many con flicting stories , und when imUuJ by ; the ohief why ho carried suchi bogus papers , bo prntcnded Jliut hot lind boon victimized lilm.vJf. Upward was * considerably illtcourfitod whoii liu wa ( sud denly confronted by John Gall , who iilontl- * lied him us the man who played u coiliv\juco | \ > game ou him about u week ago and secured' ' fjO , Howard la a short heavy-sot man oft about forty.tu-o. Ho has u Uiln , brown/ moustache ullimod at the end , liiuvy feat ures , receding foroliuo.il mid lias the olr oa sbruwd criminal. J. L. pluck , Civil Ej ) no'r un < 1 Sur veyor , Locul work iM'uniiillv uitowlca. to. Room jay.l'axton jjlork , Tele , 761. Frames nt whoUiwilo uricAj * . JI vu , MUDodgoet.