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f THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE
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An Auditing Ccmmlttoo to Moot In
Dotrolt January 20.
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: - MADE UP OF PROMINENT MEN
Omaha's Mnyor Will Take a Stand In
' the lnveatlentlon Covington's
gLcr Complaint JHsmtsKcrt-Ilolp
V or South Dakotas .
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Irish National JLqokuo Invesilaatlnn
Lincoln , Neb . Jan 25. jSpecInl to
The Bbb.J President Fitzgerald of the
Irish National League of Xmorica
makes the following . announcement
regarding the audi ting committee re
cently uiQtitlonod In Tub Dei ; : M'lio
committee will moot In Detroit , Mlcb ,
January 29 , lbStf and will then begin Its work
, . of auditing the nccounts of the loneuo from
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its organization to the present time The
following are the gontlouion who will act on
the commlttco : Hon John J. O'Connor , a
prominent capitalist and citizen of Elinlrn ,
N Y. ; Hon If C. Cusblng , mayor of
Omaha ; O'Brien J. Atkinson of Port Huron ,
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a 'lonillng Michigan lawyer and onu of the
most respected citizens of . that state ; Pnllip
McCakll , a practical accountant ana well
known oitizon of St Louts , Mo , who will
_ also act as rcpresontativo of the Pust-Dls-
JMPr"patch , which Journal raised $0UX ) for the
( f ( Irish causa lust spring ; Hon J.
. - VY Fitzgernld , forniorly or Cincinnati -
- * % _ . cinnati , hut now of St Marys , Kan ;
Hon Thoaias Trutc , city treasurer of Do-
- trolt , Mlcb ; William J. Gloasoo , a profes
sional accountant and a well known citizen
of Cleveland O. Canada's representatives
will bo the Hon John Ileum , a member of
the legislative council of Quoboo province
and one of the wealthiest Irishmen , as welt
ins ouo of the ablest citizens of Quebec ;
Follx Carfrny , cx-membor of parliament for
Quebec , west , and onu of the most prominent
nicrcbunts of that city Mr Carbray was
the mover of too unll-coercion resolutions
passed by the Quoboo legislature ; Mania
-Duttlo , collector of inlund revenue , Ottawa ,
and ono of the most esteemed otizeus of tbn
Dominion capital , The following gentlemen
wore alto invited , but for various reasons
were una bio to attend : How Dr T , J ,
Conaty , Worcester , Mass ; Hon John J.
Donovan , Lowell , Mass ; Hon James
Moouey , Huifulo , N. Q. ; Hugh McCaffrey ,
Philadelphia , Pa , vice president of the
league ; Uodorlck J. Kennedy , treasurer of
the league , Now York ; Hon , TV PowderJy ,
grand muster workman of the Knights of
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Labor , Scruuton Pu : Hon Patrick Poland ,
Clnclnnutl , O. ; Hon John A. McSuutio ,
, * \ Omaha
if fl Hon John Fitzjorold una Hon John P.
11 > Sutton of this city leave at 1 o'clocic to *
J i ' morrow for Detroit , Tbey expect to bo 1
Joined at Omaha by Mayor Gushing
TUB C0.V1N0.T0K C051M.AIXT.
The following roommondation of the I
I secretaries in the complaint of the Citlzons of
Covington vs the Chicago , St Paul , Minne
apolis & Omaha , was adopted bv tbo state i
. . board of transportation this uiorniugi
* The case of the Citizens of Covington , com >
. plalnants vs the Chlcsgo , St , Paul , Mlnno-
• spoilt < fc Omaha Kalltvuy company , respond
j ent 1 his complaint wes muiio against the i
respondent railway company to compel the i
, company to glvo train service to tbo citizens i
' of the village of Covington , Dakota a > unty ,
' > When this company first put the railway In i
operation from Sioux City , la , to Omaha ,
Neb , it made tbo transfer across the Mis
souri river by transfer boats and kept and
. maluUiiued a depot at Covington , where i
passenger * might board and leave its trains
The trunsfor of the railway trains of the respondent -
spondent company by trausfer boats was at-
v tended , necessarily , with great ox | > ense and 1
_ J Inconvenience to the company , and many
r vexatious aud damaging delajs occurred to i
_ _ B a the patrons of tbo road To avoid this thu
_ P * Chicago , St , Paul , Minneapolis „ Omaha
Hallway company constructed u brldgo i
across the Missouri river at a point bo mo two i .
mlles below the vlllngooft'Covington , and as
soon as the s imo was cumploted , nbandonod
the former practice of transferring train b
across the Missouri river by boats , and proceeded -
coedod to run its trains across the bridge ,
and ' so made a now station about ono and
one-halt miles below its former station , and
practically 1 , so far as the Dassengor traflio is
concerned < , abandoned its depot at the village
of ( Covington ; This company purchased the
Sioux ! City & Nebraska Hallway company's
franchise It was with the Sioux City &
Nebraska that the agreement was made , if
at all , and that company sold its franchlso to
the Chicago , St Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha ,
Secretaries Gilnison and Gilchrist vlsltod
Covington and made a personal examination
of the matter complained of , not only at
Covington but of the Burroundlng country as
well , and came to the conclusion that under
the prosnnt arrangement of Bald respondent
company the people of Dakota county are
better and more efficiently accommodated
than thev were under the former condition
wbon too transferring was done by boats
and the station was maintained at Caving
ton ' That the citlzons of Covington are put
to some ' inconvcnlonce by tbls new arrange
meut will oo namlttcd , but on the other
hand , It is thought that a much larger num
ber of the citizens of Dakata county would
bo put to a greater inconvenience by the
change of trains from South Sioux City , and
certainly the traveling public have some
rights to consideration in the adjustment of
this question In tbo matter of tbo legal
rights of the citlzons of Covington to enforce
a contract ngalnst the Chicago , St Paul ,
Minneapolis & Omaha maao with tbo Sioux
City & Nobroaka , tboro are numerous
authorities cited to show that this company
cannot bo hold to fulfill the promises made
by the Sioux City & Northern to tbo village
of Covington The complaint was dis
missed
STATE J10USE GOSSIP
At a mooting of the State Hoard of Educai
ttonal Lands and Funds held tbls morning ,
Land Commissioner Steen was Instructed to
locate the 41,41)9 acres indemnity of school
lands which are yet duo tbo state from tbo
general govern ment The state has already
located 115,000 acres Sometime ugo 3,105
acres wore located In Cheyenne county , but
settlers rushed in on It mid made entries
uudor tbo homestead , timber culture and
pro-omptloa acts , and tbo Btato subsequently
abandoned its claim These lands will bo
selected in tbo northwestern part of the
state It will be eighteen months yet , how
ever , borons they are ready to bo leased
Tbo coso of William Davis vs the state ;
error from Greeley county , was fllod in tbo
supreme court today Davis was convicted
of a criminal assault on Pearl Mitchell , who
wus under fifteen years of age , In the dis
trict court of Qreeloy county , October 34 ,
1&S9 , and sentenced to two years in the peni
tentiary
Tbo following insurance companies doing
business in Nebraska filed tholr annual
atniomeats today :
Premium Losses
Englo of Now York J 4,460 07 I 3,170.05
Hartford of Hartford , . . 30,33083 35.046.04
Union of Philadelphia . . 1,00.40 17.00
Jersey City of Jersey City 1,1130.73
Imperial of London 8,307.73 7.719.03
• Central Nebraska Llvo
Stock of Kearney 2,809.10 2,537.35
A. E. Arlatoro , treasurer of Cbaso county ,
made settlement with tbo auditor today and
paid Into the state treasury the sum of
$3,019.03.
TUB LANCASTUlt IU1I ASSOCIATION ,
At the bar mooilng held last night at the
Lincoln law school , in the Burr block , tbo
following oniocrs were eleetod for the en
suing j ear : President II II Wilson ; vice
presidents , Judge Allen W. Field and A. K.
Talbot ; treasurer , N. L. Snell ; recording
secretary , b. S. Golsthardt ; corresponding
secretary , Judge HJ Whltmoro ; executive
committee , H. II , Wilson cx-olHclo , E. P.
Holmes , F. A. Chapman
It w&s decided to bold the dedicatory ex-
erclscs on the opening of the now court
House on February 10 , with tbo following
programme :
Opening Court , Old Style
, Major A. G. Hastings
Addresses , , Judges Chupman and Field
Call of tbo Docket.Judge Allen W. Field
History of tbo New Court House
. . . , , . Judge J. K. Webster
History of the ( Lancaster County liar . . .
Hon u W. Udllngsley
Dedicatory OrationHon Q. L. Lambertson
Signltgof the Uocord , . . .
. , . , . , . .Uy Members of the Har
It was decldod to bold a banquet on the
On Monday morning we will piace on sale the largest and finest stock of Embroideries , ever brought H
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jLast week of our Great Linen ! Sale Ladies wlr ' e not purchased this years linen should visit our H
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a Extraordinary purchase of Black Brilliaiitines On Monday morning we shall place on sale a full line .
of genuine English Bfilliantines , at popular prices New goods , just opened
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On Monday morning , we will offer our entire stock of Plush Sacques and Wraps , at just one half of I
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Sacrifice Sale of Underwear for ladies and gentlemen On Mondaj'- morning we will reduce the prices * I
still lower We have a very fine and complete stock of this underwear , which we desire to I
dispose of The sale of Muslin and Silk Underwear continues until January 31st. Call and see it I
Sacrifice Sale of Kid Gloves On Monday we will sell Fosters , Jouvin and other standard makes , I
either button or lace , at 25c to 97c.
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Our Book Department positively closes January 31st. Only 5 days more to et standard works at unI
heard of prices ; , , " * , -i .
evening of February 10 for members of tbo
association : and invited guests , and Messrs
Holmes , Parker , Whodon , Billingsley and
Talbot were appointed a committee on or-
rangemonts The association will moot
again on Friday evening , January ill , to furI
tbor ! conslaer tbo dodiiutniy exercises
IN THE 1'EDBItM , COUUT
The jury in the case of A. J. Potter vs the
United States brought in a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for 11,850.
The citation in the Grandpa Burrus case
was placed in tho-hands of Marsha )
Slaughter j ; and a deputy is scouring the
country for the old gentleman The citation
is , made roturnnblo three days after service
Is had
SUCCOR VOK SOUTH DUCOTA
The board o * trade is arranging to send a
car of provisions to the sufferers nf South
Dakota , which the Elk horn agrees to carry
free of charge
OOVBltSOlt'l KECErTION rO3TP0SED.
. On account of Mrs Thayer's illness the
reception . intended to bo given the citizens
of . Lincoln next Monday evening by the gov
ernor and Mrs Thaver has been postponed
Duo i announcement will bo given later on
CITV NEWS AND NOTES
The remains of Mrs At E. Ewan were
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taken . to Tulmugo today , where tbo funeral
took place at 330 ; this afternoon Hov New
man of the First Christian church of this
city : nccomjmtiiod the mourners and con
ducted the funeral services The pall bearers -
ors in this city were from AdoIIo lodge ,
Knights ot Pythias , of which Mr Ewan is a
member *
. Hen F. Wise , formerly of Lincoln but now
of Cincinnati , is In the city over Sunday
Miss Tannio Doughty of Craig , Mo , is
visiting with the family of W. M. Benton
There will bo quarterly mooting services
at , the Trinity M. E. church Sunday fore
ncon ; Dr Miller preaches in the morning
and i QvoniDg Sacrament at tbo close of tbo
moinirg service
At tbo Sunday ovomng service of the First
Christian church Elder Newman will preach
on i the subject : "Is the Old Testament Our
Law Book I"
At the St Paul M. E. church tbo pastor ,
Dr Stoln , will preach in the mornlbg on
Ibo Progressive Power of tbo GospeL At
tbo evening service on "A Candid Inquiry.1 !
The ladles interested In prison reform vt ork
bold a social Friday evening at tbo residence
of Mrs Angle F. Newman , 1724 L street
A short programme was given and refresh
ments served Tbo proceeds will be used in
purcbasing bibles for the jails and prisons ,
Tbo Infant daughter of George V. and
Lnttlo W. Hall died of pneumonia last even
ing
1 he Yorko club hold a pleasant party at
Temple hall lust evening , which was well
attended ,
Goldwator's complaint against Ofncar Malone -
lone failed to connect
Victor Erickson , aged thirty-five , anl , Mrs
Augusta Satnuelsou , twonty-soren , both ot
Davy , were married this morning by Judge
Stewart
The city attorney begun suit today to recover -
cover for tbp city's possession a strip of
land , being that part of Nineteenth street
between the south line nf IC street and the
north line of J street The dofondauts are
J II MoMurtrv , A. R McMurtry , William
IL Van Horn , John S. Gregory and Charles
F. Wilson
Hank examiner Drink is in the city ,
Ed Hignall , the new suporlatendont of the
northern divisiou of the Burlington , will
tuko his place about February 1.
The will of John Bishop was adinittod to
probate today ,
Edwin Post , tbo joungWnvorly farmer
who went crazy the other day , was sent to
the asylum today ,
Late Arrests
Frank Collins , Charles Swan and Ed
Cnmmincs wcro among the arrests made i
last night for larceny One of these stele a
pair of shoes , another some cloth , and the 1
third a lady's muff
Officer O'Gorman made a clover arrest
last nig lit He gathered In ono A. N , llotta ,
who is wanted as a fugitive from justice at
Dakota City , tbls state Bolts broke jail
while aolog ninety days for larceuy Word
has been received btho local authorities ;
that the sheriff at Dakota City vrill airiyo
for bis prisouer at once
LtiGrippo , booh lose * . iU grip wbon 1
Chainberlulii's Cough Komedy is freely
tnkon
THE J COUNTY1 CpiISSIONERS
Mora Boporta on the Plumbing1 In
the Now County Hospital .
ATTORNEY MAHONEY'S OPINION
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List or the Petit Jurors Tor the Com
ing Term of the District Court
Xho llocho Detloi-
"ency Matter
That Plumbing Job
Superintendent Coots yesterday transmit
ted 1 the report of Assistant Superintendent
McEkron and Engineer Kussoll "on the
plumbing in the now county hospital to the
county commissioners The report specified
a ' large number of deficiencies in the sizes of
pipes as compared with the plans and speci
fications , as published in Tub Bee a week
ago The superintendent reported that ho
bad romonatratod with the contractors from
time to time , but this had no effect on them
The high and low pressure steam mains are
not according to specifications Where the
plans call for fifteen-inch mains , twelve-inch
mains have been substituted , ten-inch pines
lmvo been used where twulvo-inch pipes are
called for and so on down the list Tbo soil
pipes are Improperly eaulked and unfit for
the use for which they wtro designed In
the frosb air shafts a beating surface of
seventy-flvo foot bus been put in , when
the specifications call for 000 feet
The Omaha Fair and Exposition associa
tion son ( In a communication asking if that
portion of the poor farm lying westot the
Bell line track could bo leased for a loog
torin of years for fair and exposition pur
poses It was referred to tbo judiciary com
mlttco with Instructions to confer with the
county attorney
The county attorney returned tbo report of
the superintendent of the hospital on the de
fective plumbing with the opinion that if the
work performed by the contractors is * not
in uccordanco with the specifications the
board should refuse to pay for the same until
thev are made to conform to tbo contract
* If the contractors neglect or delay for an
unreasonable time to perform their contract
ot putting in the stoain beating or plumbing
the board should liuvu the same put in by
other parties upon the best terms which the
couuty can secure , and charge the contrac
tors and tbolr bondsmen with whatever ad
ditional cost is made tQ.lbo county by reason
of taking such slop
The following isHlisMist of petit Jurors us
drawn by the clerk oMue district court re
ported to the commissioners : i
Peter Mangold , V. H. Thomas James ,
Alloa , Feed Moultoo , Giloert ltustln , John
IL Parratt , A. Sheer * . Tom Hurt , P. F.
Barrett , M. Bolln , Mikq Csrr , George Carr ,
Cliff llouser , Joseph Mlchal , John Ennis ,
George W. Church , William W , Duncan , 11.
L. Russell : Nicholas Wetzel , Jumes C.
Bruner , William , Pt MoDuvitt , Thuraas >
Burke , O. C. LudlowP J , Manning , Mika
Toner , Joseph Kedtjian , Ed Corrlgnn ,
Thomas Hyan , Pat Hector , Charles Tag
gart , II M. Hunt , Adam Stengline , J. A.
Fry , Pierce Hyan , Peter McCaffrey , Leopold
Doll * l"
The county surveyocwas allowed a draw
ing table and repairs Qa cases for properly
storing maps , plats , etc
The finance committee reported on Sheriff
Coburn's bills for December and eight das
in January , recommending that the amount
of tii for commuting city prisoners bo de
ducted , and the balance , 53 , allowed The
report was udopted
Tbo finance committee also reported on
the report of County Clerk Kocho for the
last quarter Tbo report shows that the
foes of tbo office wcro not sufficient to pay !
the clerks ia tbo ofiioo aud the county clerks '
regular salary by * 15 Ci Tbo report of the
county clerk made this deficiency (01.00 , but
tbo tinauco committee thinks Mr Kocho '
should turn into the treasury the 810 bo re
ceived for work * in too canvassing board
Ex-Sheriff Coburn's bill tor boarding
prisoners during December and eight days in i
January wus reduced 4U35.0J , the amount
charged for boarding city prisoners and for
the use of the Jair Tbo reports of the committee
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mittee wo ro adopted
ii The .commltteo on judiciary reported ad
versely on the application ot Messrs Mori
arty i and Shea for an incraaso ot salary to
8150 per month The report stated that ac
cording ] to the statutes it is Illegal to pay
assistant county attorneys except in special
felony cases , and thou ouly under the direc
tion of the district court
The commlttco onbridges recommended
that the petition for a viaduct over tbo Bolt
line on Loavnnworlh street bo placed on file
Dr Peabody maao application for a
position on the medical staff of the now
hospital
, Chairman Anderson signed the application
of James Barker for admission to the soldiers
diers' homo on tbo recommendation of Major
T. S. Clarkson
J. G. Knight was appointed as justice of
tbo peace of Union precinct The Justice
elected at the last election failed to qualify ,
thereby creating a vacancy Mr Knight
was tbo justice last year
LOCAL SPOUTING GOSSIP
Billy Meyer and Ills Backer
Billy Meyer , the famous lightweight
pugilist of Streator , III , , and Leo Cboney of
Bloomlngton , Mayors ' backer , will nrnvo
hero this ovenlng from Chicago , on route to
San Francisco Jitnmcy Lindsay received a
letter from Cheney yesterday sr.ylng they
would stop off here over Sunday for tbo pur
pose of a conference with the officers of the
Gate City Atbletio club with the view of a
matob some time early In the spring between
Meyer and Lindsay Ot cotirsa it is not
known what sort of a purse Cboney will da
nism ! for sucb a match , but It will undoubt
edly bo of very rospcctablo dimensions The
Gate City club , bowover will strain a point
to arrange the match , as they have unlim
ited conhdonco in Lindsay's irbilliles to cope
with such a notable opponent , nud realize
that there woulu bo money in such a match
for the club , oven if thev are compelled to
bang up a good stiff purse Lindsay is moro
than willing to tUKo bis chances , and Will
abide by wbatovor arrangements the club
sees proper to make
Mr Kallon nf Henoslin , Wis
Patsy Fallen , formerly of this oitv , now of
Kenosha , Wis , will arrive In the city this
evening with the Billy Meyer party , bound
for Frisco Fallen has writtou ahead Unit
no opportunity should be ignored to make a
match with Mover for Lindsay , ns in his
opinion the Omaha boy can best him in a fin
ish contest Fallen further says that the
Kenosha authorities , after bearing of Lind
says onsy conquests over Griffin , express
the bollof that ho is as good a man , if not
bolter , than Donny Neodbam , aud a likely
opponent for either Meyer or McAullrTco
Fallen , when in Frisco ' , will ondouvor to
arrange matters for Lludsay's debut on tbo
coast , and ll Is quite likely that within tbo
next six months Jimmy will bavo mot the
best talent in his cluss fu the country , Ho is
anxious for this to bo brought about , and
promlsos not to dlsapoolnt bis friends , who
have so long stood by him hero undtr cir
cumstances of the most unsatisfactory char
acter
Four GnmcN lor IInil"n Dollar
The Omaha base bill clubs have made a
contract with the Western Union telegraph
company for a report by innings of all the
games played in the Western association tbo
comtuff season These will be bulletined on
the grounds during tbo progress of games
being played here , and tbuslbo local patrons ,
w lillo enioyiag the struggles of their own
team , will bo kept posted as to tbo progress
ot the gomes In other cities A now bulletin
board much larger than the old ono will be
put up at u conspicuous point on the grounds
) u time for tbo Inaugural contests
The Mlddleweleht Contest
Tbo amateur middleweight contest for tbo
championship ot Nebraska and a handsome
gold medal offered by tbo Atheneum club
will open at the club rooms of tno abovaclub
tomorrow night There are six entries and
some interesting sport is anticipated
Kltrnft of ttio Approaching Season
Manager Leonard of the Omaha ball team 1
writes that bo will report In this cjty on i
March 1 and bo ready to begin bustling for
tbo season Tbo players will all be notified I
to report'on or ubout March IS
THERE ARE TOO MANY COOKS ;
Beoauso the Bomalna of the Sutoldo
Cannot Bo Identified
HE IS NOT OF OKLAHOMA
The Mystery Surrounding the Younir
Mans Death Still Komains
Impenetrable Prospects
of a Sequel
Post Mortem Tales
In regard to the man Cookwho committed
suicldo at the Millard hotel in this city
Thursday night , the following additional
particulars bavo been obtained :
A Bbb reporter found Mrs Cook , Uio
wife ot H. H. Cook , tho-suicldo , at tbo
homo of Mrs Houston , near the Elkborn
tracks , east of Twonty-fourtb street ,
Sbo is a small , fairly good-looking , in-
toillgent woman of twcnty-ilvo yearsjot ago
and bos three children aged respectively
six years , three years and tbrco months
Wbon asked to glvb tbo facts of bor lifo with
Cook , buo readily compiled and made the
following statement :
"I am not sure that tbo man who Killed
himself , " she said , was my husband His
hair , height and size correspond but his face
was so badlv discolored with blood thut I
cannot say positively whether ho was my
husband or not
"Mv husbands name was Harry H. Cook ,
ana I was married to him in Toronto In 1882 ,
In All Saints church My fathers name Is
Langton Ho lives in Toronto , and I have a
brother and an undo who are in
that city connected with the big publishing
bouso of Hunter , lioso & Co Wo came
to Omaha flvo years ago , and my husband
weul to work for Loyal L. Smith and stayed
with him until the failure Mr , Cook then
began going through the country buying up
butter and eggs and paying for thoui iu
goods which ho bought at tbo wholesale
stores hero Ho made money right ulong ,
and wo were doing nicely , A couple of years
ngo I bought ono and a half acres of ground
, ln West Sldo from Fred Fosdybo , and we
built a small house on It Lust Bunng , whllo
I was sick , my husband mudo tbo last pay
ment on my place mid bad the deed made in
his name In Murcb tbo bouso was burned "
Your husband is charged with having
burned tbo place , Mrs Cook ; . "
That is a mistake and I want Tub Bee to
correct it No , the house was burned oy a
pralrlo tire which was sot by sparks from
un EHihorn englno Cook got tno Insurance
on the place and wont with the crush to
Oklahoma , where he Bocured several lots in
Kingllsnor and a homestead claim ' He
came back in August but soon returned to
Oklahoma and I did not see him alive again ,
although bo was here in Soptetnbcr and
again in November "
What about tbo other woman In the
casoI"
Mrs Cook hesitated a moment and then
said ; Yes , there wus uuother wjtnan in
case and she is responsible for the whole
trouble Harry wus always good to mo until
• he met that woman "
Who is she , and where did bo meetbcrl"
Her name is Nicholson , and her parents
llvo near Klklioni village Harry met her
when ho was soiling goods through the coun
try After that she used to come to the
bouso and inqulro for himsaying she wanted
to see him on buslnes I suspected nothing
wrong and did not until ho went to Okla
homa and she followed him Then I found
out that ho had been living at ber homo and
had told her that bo would marry her as soon
us bo could got a divorce from mo When he
came back from Oklahoma in May ho stayed
at her place , and I went there aad found all
of my dresses and silverware and goods that
I thought bad been burned In the flro Tbo
woman had almost destroyed my dresses ,
which I bad when I was married , and 1 only
got part of my allvorware That woman is
tno cause of all tbo trouble "
Mrs Cook is not yet sstlsflod that the dead
man is ber husband aud is anxiously waiting
the arrival of a brother of bor busbaud who i
1 lives at Brockton , Mass , , and who has been
telegraphed for *
Who Is i ha lie nil Jinn ?
The remains of Cook , the suicide , still llo
In j Heafoy & Hcafoy's undertaking rooms on •
Fourteenth 1i 1 street Yesterday they were
1i vlowod by a nuniDar of people , a number of
whom claimed to bavo known H. II Cook
when bo Uvea in this city So far at leust as
those who viewed the remains nnd claimed
that t they knew the Oklahoma Cook ,
there Is little or no reason to bo-
llevo j that the body of the sui
cldo i is that of the man , who some
J time ago sought bis fortune In the newly
opened country
The county attorney Is in possession ot a
photograph I pf II ll or "Okiahomu" Cook
The picture was brought to the undertaking
rooms ] and the features were compared with
these of the suicldo The comparison was
mode : by several people who were present
' llioro' was noticed a slight similarity be
tween the plcturo and the doooased in tbo
cheek ' bones and the nose , but that
was all In the photograph , tbo
foroncad was low and the hair
dropped , over that feature , whllo
the brow of the dead man was both high and
broad and on oittiar side of iho median line
of the frontal the hair had disappeared for a
couple [ of iuchos beyond that murkod on tbo
photograph
Among tbo visitors were Mr and Mrs
Houston With these Mrs , H , H. Conko is
now living They were accompanied by a
young lady , whoso namu was not
ascertained , and a woman who
gave tbo name of Mrs Hoffmmstor
They were all shown the remains Mr and
Mrs Houston'hud known 11. Ii Cook well ,
but both claimed that the deceased was not
the Oklahoma man
Mrs Hoffinoistur claimed to have soon H.
II Cook two months ago and that she know
him well So fur us known , she Is the person
who saw tbo Oklahoma man last She stated
positively that ho wus not tbo man who bad
committed suicldo
The party left the rooms and In about half
an hour returned with u Dr Ward and desired -
sired to again view the remains The white *
covering was removed and Mr Houston exclaimed -
claimed thut the body was that of the Okla
homa man , aud tbo next minute thut it was
not be
Dr Ward , however , was posltlvo that It
wus ho becuuso ho bud attended Cooks '
family and knew H. II Cook well The lat
ter hud two moles upon his back The back '
of the docoascd was exposed and no
moles could bo found TheJdlscovcrysatlsled | (
tbo doctor that the suicldo bud never bcoa
bis patient
One of the ladles said that she could Iden
tify the man by bis shoes She wus shown
these of tbo deceased aud declaimed that the
suicide was not II II Cook The latter
were a big shoo , three sires larger than these
of tbo dead man , and these of tbo docoasud
were soft whllo these of the Oklahoma man
were very rough
Those facts coupled with the failure of the
wife to identify the remains ot tbo dead man
as those ot her husband leaves tbo mystery
still unraveled
There Is no doubt now that a story re
mains to bo told of the young man who so
recklessly took his 11 to on Friday last
lUlKVlTIHS
The Tlioosopbical socloty moots at room
S0. > , Sboely block , uvory Sunday at 4 p. m.
Everybody welcome Wednesday and Sat
urday evenings the library is open to tbo
public
At a meeting of tbo Central Labor uuioa
Friday night Gcorga Kleffuer wus elected
president und William Sebnng recording
secretary
The morning services at the First Baptist
cl > urch , , corner ot Fifteontb and Davenport
streets , will bo conducted by tbo pastor , tue
Key A W. Lamar Mr , Cullls , the evan
gelist , will preach In the evening
Union Puclflo council of the Iloyal Arca
num will glvo Its first muslculoand reception
tomorrow evening In the Elks hall Conti
nental building , Tbo commlttco having the
nusicale and reception in cbargu is com
posed of E. C. Snyder , J , ll Proslon , J. I ) .
Kholdon , Sidney Smith and William Gygor
The Madrigal club will furnish tbo musical
programmo aud the Musical Unlou orchestra
tbo dance music Tbo event promises to t *
very delightful