-BE TARIFF ON LEAD ORE , An Interview on the Sutijoot With Mr. Guy O. Barton. WHY A DUTY IS DEMANDED. American Mine * IJroitjjIit , Into direct Competition With , the Otionp l.ahor nntl Jio\v Freight ItntcH of "Mexico. Comnetlne With Pnunor Tun lice's dispatches from Washington yeatordny Bald Ibnt after a protractnil and very lively discussion on the qucitlon of duty p nlcncl ere , In connection with the preparation of its tariff Dill , the ways and moans comtnittoo lind agreed tn a duty of IK cents per pound on load ore. UCIDK nslccd his opinion on the matter , Guy C. Unrton , president of the Grant BtnolllngjiDd rcilnlnK company , nald : flu "Tho lulls of the ( lornniul of tlto load pro ducers of this country for a duty upon load- - hearing ores imported Us That tlioy cannot work a largo porcciitiigo of the lead mine * of the west In competition with ores from Moxlco , which nro mined lit very small ox- peusn by reason of the extraordinarily cheat ) labor lit that country. Tno orca most af fected by this competition are the silver- bearing lead ores of Colorado and other states nnd territories In the for west. In lead mncltltip the load ores nro used as n llux In reducing silver ores which do not carry any lead. If. Is therefore plain that If foreign ores are shlp'pcd Into this country free to "Buctiun extent as to close down the lead- bearing mines of this country , It not only affects our domestic supply , but curtails the production of silver as well. Many of the ores imported Into this country In addition to the uheup mining nro favored by water transportation at very low rates of freight , ivhilo the lead produced In the west Is ncces- uarlly shipped to market over railroads for lonj ; distances. The advisability of the adoption of a policy by the gov ernment which will aid In the devel opment of our Immcnsu mining Inter ests In too apparent to require discus- hton. An attack upon thcso Industries nt thta time by perinittlnir the free importa tion of foreign ores would , in the opinion of men best posted in this industry , bo a novcro blow to all the communities interested In the production of this metal. "I do not Ciiro to enter Into a detailed state ment of the arguments touched upon , as the matter 1ms boeu fully discussed before the secrctaryof the treasury and the ways nnd means committee of the house of represent atives by ex-Governor Grant nnd Edward Kddy of this company , ev-Uovurnor Hausor und many other prominent men throughout the lead producing region. COOK HI3AUD Fit031. ilo Denies That Ilo Suicided nnd li'llrn n Vlirnrotiti Kick. The following communication was recolvod yesterday from Oklahoma , and would seem to settle the fnct that Mrs. Henry II. Coolc , who burled tha Mlllard hotel sulcHlo about a month npo , onnctcdtho role of widow through n very profound mistake : "March 17 , 1SOO. "To whom It innv concern : "Tin * Is to Inform the son oral public tlmt J , Henry H. Cook , am not dc.id , but fltlll nllvo nnd well , untt having Just received the published epitaphs und accounts of all my what thu | iapcn > cheese to cull crimes , eta , I will very politely usk tuo papers to publish tlio folio wing : " 1. J ntn accused of burning my houso. " 'lhat IB falsa ; it was burned by a pralrio llro cmisi'd by the sparks from a passing rnllrond engine. "li. 1 am aecuscdof abandoning my family , "That Is raise. " 3. 1 nm accused of taking all the insur ance monov with me. 1 received $100 from the insurance companies , all of which amount I loft and paid out in Omaha with the excop tlon of a small amount. " I. I aui accused of leaving my family ( lestfuitu. "That is the very rovorao from the facts , which 1 can most clearly provo by facts in black urnl whlto not In woman1 * words. " 5. 1 am accused of running off with Mary Nicholson. "That is false. All of my dealincs with that lail.V mm her family have been of a purely business character. ' 'II. 1 am accused of building a house on tlio Nicholson tann. "J hut Is false. ' 7. I n m accused of having purchased a farm from the Nicholsons. That is false. "S. I um accused of stealing my wife's clothes. "That Is fnlso. She stele mine ; trunk , bun and money , ' 0. I emphatically deny having run off or skipped the country. 1 have not aono any thing that 1 need to slcip for. My business called mo to Oulahoma , whuro 1 have ueon three times. The llrst time my wlfo wont with tno to buy the ticket , tlio second time I called on her nnd found her not nt home. I loft word I would bo cone six months the lust timo. I hud applied for u divorce from her on account of cruelty , otc. , which 1 u-Jl ) politely toll is a matter that is strictly private nud personal. 1 nm tbo judge of my pcaco nnd Imppinosi , end If 1 cannot llvo with A. L. Cook I claim 1 huvo n perfect right not to llvo with lior. 1 accord the lady the eiuuo right , nnd if she \voru ( load today I ntn the ono that would protect-hnr memory from slander , infamy , lies nnd unUBincss. I would protect a dead person's naino with tny Hfo. I hnvo bean n resident of Omaha for six years , nnd inostlv nil qf which tluio I have boon In Dua- inosa for mysolf. I aui as well known in the county of Douglas ns most mon are , ami I don't know of any ono that has cunipnvinod of mo in my dealings with them in soiling them goods. Wherever I have lived all know that Coolc and his wife did not k'ut nloiig. I won't blame her and i won't blame mysolf. Wo were not suited , I got married when I was twenty-one years old nnd the old saying came true with mo : Marry in hnato and repent at leisure. Mlnu has boon ropcntiitico last. I requested the two boys ot hor. 1 wus refused thorn. Now , I won't llvo with that liuly. AVhut do the jmblic or newspaper men want to do with Itl J. would say to nil concerned wait and sou , wait nnd hear both sides of thu caso. Everything - * thing that is has two sides to it. A day has light und darkness. A board has two sldos und when the hearers of this when it all comes up hear it , then give tholr opinions ns much at they ctioosn , fur I promise all concerned that all that has boon said und published about tno will have to bo proved or imltl for in dollars and cents , I am not dead , us many may wish mo. 1 tun respectfully , "llKNUY II. COOK. ' "P. S. In the moniitlinu the question may bo asked by many why did Cook not wait for Ills ( tivcrcucase. My answer to that U the present condition of courtn would entail n waiting on my part of maybe a year. Lastly , nil who know mo personally know that 1 wan n resilient of Oklahoma and did not run there. I brought the insurance ) mon some things from there and loft thorn in tholr of llco. 'I'he.v lira thoro.vat. H. II. Conic , " Mrs. Cook , the solf-ussortca widow , was shown the above and nsliod what she thought about It. She replied that uho couldn't bo- licvo that it was Henry H.Cook. When asked to produce letters stio might have nt some tluio reccivud from her. husband , she ans wered that sha didn't know that she had any , Mrs. Houston , who lives With her , and who was so prominent ni beIng - Ing by her sulo whllo the suiciao's body was being examined , found u letter thai Mrs. Cook's husband had written. Thu hum- ) writing was Identically the sumo us that of the statement } unt received from Oklahoma. Whou .Mrs. Cook saw this she began ween ing anil reiterated her statement thut nho couldn't bollovo the writer of the statement was her IiiHUiuiil. licmg asked whether elm would mw cek a divorce , aha answered , "No , for in quso I should hu would turn ovury cant over to somubaJ.y clso.V U seems that Shu hai been tailing t > lei > * toward the nettling up of Cook'a estate , nnd now she don't know whether she will or will not continue tinueto do HO. AiiiinunouimuitM. "Later On" will bo m. the Hoyd on tbo ilrtt three evening * of next week , und will nlso give a Wednesday matinee. The com- 1-nny of which Hallta and Hart are ut ( he head is ono of the best on the road , Fred Ilallcn Is a delightful dancer nnd the various accomplishments of .Too Hart , musical and otherwise , would make a llrst class show of thomsolvus , The pleco has been newly dressed , nnd many new people havn bcott added slnco last season , beats will bo put on sale Saturday , Evans & Hoey , the well-known comedians , are comln ? to the Boya on Thursday , Fri day nnd Saturday of next week In "A I'ar- lor Match. " The play has n great deal of now business In It ana many now faces. Commencing Sunday evening next , the California Opera company will begin n scries of operatic performances at tbo Grand opera house , opening with the melodious "Said 1'nshn , " which will bo followed by "H. AI. 8. Pinafore , " which has lately been revived with great success at the Chicago Audi torium , and the over popular "Fra Ulavolo , " All ot thcso works will bo given with cla- bornto ncenlc effects and n splendid display of rich nnd appropriate costumes. The com pany numbers forty people , nnd 1 headed by the petite and clover Ida Mullc nnd ttio well known tenor , Will Klslng. Uebo Vinmg , Arthur K. Miller and Harry Hottonbury are also prominent members. Don't ICvnorltiioiit With the Thront nnd lunifg. Use only the old brand Uaker'u ' pure cod liver oil or LJakcrs emulsion. All druggists. AMUSKMUNTS. Novcr wore the pomp nnd circumstance ot war turned to dramatic use so cleverly as by lironson Howard In "Shcnandoah. " He has put un excellent history of the late re bellion Into four acts of stage mimicry that for Interest , entertainment and pleasing en joyment certainly surpasses anything In the line over before produced by an American playwright. It was scon for the first time In Omaha nt Hoyd's opera hquso last night , and n splendid nudicnco greatly appreciate ! its presentation. The story opens almost simultaneously with Ucaurcgard'a llrst shot on Fort tiumptcr , and closes llvo years later In n Washington parlor nftor the great struggle Is over. During this porlod the audience is carried through some very thrilling. In tensely exciting , as well as amusing nnd pa thetic scenes. As tbo old cannon booms forth her tcrrlblo proclamation n northern oftlcor Is passionately declaring his love for u southern girl , and u southern soldier Is tell ing n northern gin how fondly ho loves nnd how dear she is to him. On both sides It so happens that they are brothers nnd sisters , nnd all of them have > eng been friends , liut ICerchlvnl West , though rsady to die for such n fair , sweet , gentle enemy as Gertrude Klllngham was first true to his country , while Hubert Ellingham preferred to Join his fortunes with these of the confederacy , regardless of the senti ments of his union sweetheart. Besides these , General Havorhlll nnd wlfo. Captain Heart sease , Lleulonant Frank IJedloc , Major Gnn- eral Buckthorn nnd daughter , Sdrgeifnt Haricot. Captain Thornton , General nnd Edith Havcrhill comprise tno principal char acters. They nro nil taken nnd sustained by good actors. The Hold action la confined tea a short campaign in Shennndoah vullov , and with the aid of scenery accurately picturing that famous section , showing Three-ton mountain , the scone Is made suttlclently realistic und vivid to rouse the patriotic spirits of every spectator. North Dakota Sufferers. Rev. J. U. Crum , a Presbyterian minister from Utipsoith , North Dakota , has arrived in the city for the curposo of soliciting aid for the distressed and starving farmers In Uolctto county In the extreme northern part of the state , near the Turtle mountains. He states that the people are in a suffering con dition , both a.s rcgarjs clothing an d provis ions. Many families are without shoes , the children having been barefooted all winter. Mr. Crum's mission is for tno purpoao of soliciting grain for stock nnd seed. Ho re quests contributions of grain or of money with which to purchase It. The people are sadly In need of corn which is selling at15 cents per imshol and Is scarce oven at that price. Any contributions la the way of money orgrain , should bo sent to H , T. IIol- gcson , state commissioner of agriculture , at Grand Forks , N. D. Kov. Crum brings letters nnd credentials from the presbytery of North Dakota. Ho was present at the regular weekly urayer mooting nt the First Presbytoriau church Wednesday night nnd made himself known to Uev.V. . J. Ilarsha presenting letters of Introduction from a number of friends and acquaintances of the latter gentleman. Ho will remain for a few days in the city. 'IhiTiliiiiy'n Cuiitrllmtloii. Dean Gardner , who has been making collection - lection * of clothes nt Trinity cathedral for the Dakota sufferers , reports that garments which would till nt least six barrels have been received. The donations consist main ly of women's and children's clothing nnd the garments nro all nearly now. The clothes are to bo sent to Mr. Helgcson , commission er pt agriculture , nnd also dispenser of charities for the state of North Dakota. Homo money also has been subscribed and it will bo forwarded to the same gentleman , Tim Itoltef Fund U Growing. The following additional subscriptions have been made to the Dakota sufferers' re lief fund : Union National bank ? ; > 0.00 ICilpatrick-ICoch DryGoods Co 50.Oil ICIrkondall , Jones & Co 50.00 Leo-Ularke-Andreson Hardware Co. . . 'Jo,00 American Hand Sowed Shoo Co " 5.00 John A. MeStiano \ ! i" ,00 Williams , Van Aornatn & Harto 'JO 00 Gilmoroit Kuhl 20 00 Anglo-American mortgage and trust company 25 00 Paxton hotel 20 00 Thn Children Cnntrllmro. The children of Lake school have sent a torso little note to thn secretary of the board of trade asking him to accept an enclosure of JUS.'JS us their contribution to the South Daicota relief fund. An Kn.oynllo | lOiitrrtnlinnont. The hoarders of the Young Ladles' homo , 109 South Seventeenth , have a piano with which they speed the happy evening hours , but for which a monthly rent Is to bo paid. Lost night , to ralso money for the purpose , n very cnjoyablo entertainment was given under the auspices of the Women's Christian association. About eighty visitors wore" present , who , with the twenty-two 5'ounir lady boarders , gave the handsome parlors of the ho use an animated appearance. The performance consisted of u chorus , a read ing by Miss Austin , n recitation by Miss Norn Uakor , u sign solo by Miss Mubol Gil- llsple , a .quartette.by Messrs. Hollman nnd Stevens and Misses Crandall nnd Archer , n recitation by Miss Simons , nnd a concluding imniomlmo in which MisiosPonnock , Clement , Austin nnd Leo participated , Ijnst Citlldrnn. Hotwoon the hours of 5 and 8 o'clock last evening six children were reported to the police as being lost. All but two ware after wards found. Ono of thcso Is u three-year- old girl whoso family naiiio Is Flnoh , and who lives ut 120 } Howard street. The only description given was that she were u plush cup und black and whlto velvet collar. The other is a three-year-old boy named Max Hothunburg , of 41U South Tenth street , hav ing tirown hair and wearing a blue dress nnd blue buttoned shoes. Struck nv an A laborer named Jesse L. Workman , who had just arrived In the city from 13cavor Mills , W. Vn. , was struck by Union Pacific cnglno No. 7. ) near Shciiluy's about 8 o'clocic lust nlifht. Ho was tukunlo the police station , and the city physician , who attended him , said that no bones were broken , but the man had boon badly shaken up. Charles Wilson , living at 27'8 ' North Twen ty-clghth street , was struck by n motor at Fourteenth and Chicago streets last evenIng Ing , but not seriously Injured. Taken Hnck to ILnnins City. Deputy ShorllT Worthmgion of Kansas City arrived hero yesterday , and last even ing started back with Arthur Von Lelchton- burir , n young Italian , nnd Forreo Von Mull , u llftcon-year-old girl , who ran away from that city together on February 23. Voa Lolchtonburar Is charged witn nbductlon. The couple wore caught in South Omaha. TO BE BUILT BY NOVEMBER Contracts Awarded for the Con struction of the Viaduct. NO FURTHER DELAYS EXPECTED A. Now Complication In Missouri Illvor Hates The Demise of the "GqntlcinnnV Association Interesting Local News. The W.ork Will ho Pushed , Ground was not broken for the Tenth street viaduct yesterday. However , no ono expected It would bo. The ordinance has been passed but before the contractors can commence won : settlement must bo made with property holders who own certain ground that the c'.ty nnd depot company renulro before thcso Improvements can bo made. All except half n dozen have agreed to tauo what the appraisement committee awarded them. For those who refuse this award ondcmnatlon proceedings are being prepared nnd will bo tiled within the next three or four days. The most exorbitant demands coma from shop keepers who have leases on some of thu old frame buildings , especially thosa south of the tracks and opposite the Uurlmuton dove cote. They nro demanding from $ J,000 , to f. ,000 each , and threaten law suits unless their demands nro mot. Liut no controversy over prices for lots and buildings will bo allowed to stand as u barrier against proceeding with the construction of both viaduct and depot. A contract .for the steel nnd Iron , as well as tbo building of the via duct has been awarded to the Detroit Urldgo company , r.nd'it gives abend of ? 30,000 to have the structure completed within a cer tain time. October 1 was named In the ad vertisement for bids , but because of thcso unexpected delays this will necessarily have to bo extended probably to November 1. Ernest Stuht . has the contract to do all the grading nnd illllng. Mr. Klmball said yesterday that so fur as the depot company could control the employment of laborers it proposed to give Omaha men the preference. As regards the depot building It tins not boon decided whether the work will bo given out by contract or performed under super vision of the company Itself. lie It , HntUUed. General Manager Holdrogo said yesterday that while the Interstate commerce com mission Investigation nt Lincoln was satis factory to him It did not meet his expecta tions. "I had supposed from the touo of Attorney General Loose's complaint , " said hothat ho would have a largo num ber of witnesses thertj with evidence sunlclont to provo everything , but there were hardly any besides Lowflry and Mr. Uurrus of the Farmers' alliance. Their tes timony was not Very unfavorable to the roads. On general principles the latter tes tified that ho thought the rates were too high , though personally ho had no complaint to make Locso wished to show that rates wcro lower before the Interstate law went Into effect than they are now und introduced Lowery ns the witness by whom ho oxocctod to prove His charges , but Mr. Lowery's tes timony was to the effect that they were not lower. " On It * "Tho somewhat famous 'Gentlemen's asso ciation' Is slowly but surely dying , " said n prominent railroad oOlcial. "I notlco , " ho continued , "that tbo western presidents have just been holding a meeting in Chicago and trying to devise some schoino for reorgani zation , but their efforts were not productive of anything like satisfactory results. Only live roads , the Keck Island , Milwaukee , Bur lington , Cedar Rapids & Northern , Minno npolls & St. Louis , were represented. It was. however , decided that the Union Pacl llo , Northwestern nnd Wisconsin Central , al though no longer members , would , under their original agreement , bo compelled to continue the payment of tholr portions 'of Chairman Walker's salary until his contract , which runs three years , expires. " Another Complication. Another complication , and -ono that prom ises more trouble , has arisen among tno Mis souri river roads. Several days ago the Santa Fo gave notice that it wouln hereaf ter decline to prorate with Its connections cast of the Missouri river on through grain rates from the west , The Kock Island lias now given a similar na'.lco and also propose similar action on cattle. This means that thcso two roads as well us the Missouri Pacific will make their own through ship ments , thus compelling the Alton , Mil waukee nnd other lines having no system west of the Missouri river to depend exclu sively for their business upon western road ? having no extension of their own oast. Wilt Straighten Clio Short Line. Among other now Imnrovomonts to be made this year by the Union PacifUa com pany is a straightening out of some of the crooks in thu Oregon Short Line. About eighty-live miles of that road has moro the semblance of a worm fence than anything else it can bo compared with. Wherever n curve can bo muda straight It will bo done , und some of the shorter ones have been found to bo very dangerous to trains , and which prevent the possibility of establishing fast time schedules , nro to be lengthened. To got this work started Is ono of the objects of the present trip of Messrs. Holcomb and Cameron Into that country. find to Postpone Airnln. The demurrage bureau , or rather the car service association , was to have held an ad journed mooting yesterday but it didn't , Mr. Glvin , chairman of the executive committee , telegraphed that ho could not make It con venient to bo hero before next Thursday , consequently another postponement was taken to that day , Notes und Personals ) . .f. E. Preston , city passenger agent of the Milwaukee , is taking In the capital of Ne braska. O. Vanderbllt. traveling passenger agent of the Missouri Pacitlo at DCS Molncs , is In the city. Claim Agent Manchester of the Union Pacillo Is expected homo from California to day or Saturday. General Superintendent Calvort , F. D. Hantett , trainmaster , Lincoln , und - < B H. llarman , trainmaster at McCoolc , all 13 , &M , oftlclals , are In the city. General Tralllo Manager Munroo nnd Gen eral Freight Afiont Tlubots of the Union Paclllo accompanied the interstate commerce commission from Lincoln to Topoka. Hon. M. Manson of San Francisco nnd eight other prominent California men came In over the Union I'aclllc yesterday and wont east from hero on tbo Burlington , They are en route to moot the United States river and harbor Improvement commission ut Washington. _ Fits , spasms , St. Vltus dance , nervousness nnd hysteria are ยง eon cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Free samples nl Kuhn & Co. , 15th and Douglas. ' _ MliS LUU'S MiYIUUAOES. * History of the Grocor's Dnutlitot > who Ilccniuo C'ountenH. ( OMAIU. Neb. . March 10. To the Editor of TIIK BEU : In the New York dispatch about tbo relations of the Countess Wnldersco to Emperor William II. , contained in the last Issue of your paper , I find an insulllclent statement , the correction of which will per haps bo of Interest to your readers. In the article it Is said that the Countess Waldorsco , nco Lee. from Now York was llrst married to an Austrian nobleman. This is erroneous , ns the countess was llrst married to no less a personage than the Prince Frederick Euul August of Schloswlg-Holstoin Lundorburg , Augustcnburg , the uncle of the Duke Frederick Christian August of Schleswlg- Holstotn , who was nlso the father of the rolunlng Empress Victoria Augusta of Ger many. Miss Leo , whoso full natno was Maria Esther , U now u woman of Illty years of uge , r und married the urlsco In lM Under the iiumo of Countess Noor. as the prince nlso hud the tltlo prlnco of 'Noon ' , The prlnco tiled m July , IfeW , nnd hi * widow married Count Waldetsoo. now chlof of the ffchcVM staff of the German nrmyand wlww sexpected bynmny pcoplo to become the MJqco * or of Bismarck. The Inlluenco that CJoi nt Waldersco com mands In the court af'Uorltn ' Is on the ladles itldo , as his wlfo at aigrand aunt ot the young emperor Is on , very familiar terms with nor grand nelcc , especially through her devotion and affection tor religion. Your readers will remember , perhaps and Mr. Kosnwator vvjll , certainly remember tflat n few years npo qtilto a scandal was stirred up In Berlin because the Crown Prlnco William and -Wu-wlfo had attended a reception nt tbo.hoURCipf Count Wnldcrsoo nnd nls American countess , of the so-called "Interior mission" under the leadership of Pastor Stooltor , the nntl-Slmotlo agitator. That Incident gives an Idea ot the kind of Ic- llucnca tna Waldcraocs are exerting on the emperor , to say nothing of the great military tnlont of the count , wnlch cannot bo denied. Many thing * of Interest concerning the Hlsmnrck-Wuldersc'o Incident might bo writ ten ; about the German omuross , her friend ship for the Countess Wnldursoo and other bourgeois relatives of Now York origin. At the present I content myself by directing your attention to this matter , which , for n paper read by so many Germans , should beef of especial interest. Uuo Bitociivodnt- The secret art of beauty lies not In cos metics , but Is only In pura blood , nnd n healthy performance of the vital functions , to be obtained by using Burdock Blood Hitters. _ _ _ Ormthy linn t'neumonln. Sergeant Ortnsby , who has boon feeling very poorly for several days past , was sud denly taken much worse yciterday. A physician was called and ho said that n bad case of pneumonia had fastened Its fangs on the popular ofllcor. The doctor said that ho hoped , however , to got his patient on his feet again In n short time. Hocoptlnti to llotnltcra. The Young Men's Christian association reception to retail tradesmen of the city wil bo given March 31. It will open with re ceiving of guests In the parlors , to bo fol lowed by fa literary , musical and gymnastic entertainment In the hall , nnd a supper in the reading rooms. Shot In the Month. Carl Hart , a German , was brought into the police station last night wild with the Idea that ho had been shot through the head. Ills breath seemed to bo n pointer that the weapon used on htm with such fearful effect had been a 44-callbor whisky bottle , loaded to the muzzle. Auction , Turkish Kim Auction. 115 S. 10th. opnosittTstonehill's. Bnron Diuidinn hns just arrived with 915,000 worth of Oriental ruga , carpets draperies , cmbroderies , etc. The poods are now on exhibition tit ubovo address , and will bo sold at auction on Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday next at 8 and 7:80 : p. in. Any ono wishing fine rugs , etc. , should attend this sale , us it is certainly the linest collection over offered. Robert W.ells. Auctioneer. I'-ASHIONs'l-'OH MEN. Clothier and Furnisher : There will bo a demand for the swell white ilannol , roomsonio fitting , well seamed and white bono hob utoncd racllnp jackets , a few of which were soon- last season "off shore and 'board ship. " But this will bo about the oxtolit of the double breasted ooittiinmuco'in ' man's clothing. For business suits'in mixed goods the single breasted , round cornered sack coat will bo the popular short coat. The top coats of spring will bo made of both light and "UaPirinatorial. The double whipcords'will ' bo utilized to a considerable proportion ofwhat , is worn in the former , and the crarmcnt when correctly made will resemble the regu lation Covert coat , savp that it is longer. It seems rather an inconsistent coin cidence that while the top coats are being - ing made box-lilco and loose , the under coats are cut closer to the figure than last season. In the semi-dress frock coats black camel's hair is a fabric much fancied. A recent example of a. modern , cut-away coat was soon to bo four buttoned. Three of these are made use of and the fourth is for an effect of long waisted- iiess. The skirls are longer and fuller than last season and do not cut away so sharply , but rather continue flowing down almost on a straight line until the corners nro rounded away. The finish of this garment was some what unique. The lapels were some what rounded and the lit was snug. In stead of stitched seams or binding a narrow cording of silk was the "topping off" feature. All around the edges of the coat ran this cording and -tho pocket Haps and cuffs were also bor dered in this novel manner. A pair of the tan whipcord trousers with the wide welt scam down the sldo goes well with such a coat. Of trousers in general not much may bo said beyond tno fact that the designs hnvo n rich , sober and durable aspect. There is but an unsettled fooling for tho' time-honored plaids nr d strincs that are n shock to sonfitivo natures. There will bo entire suits made from the striped and chocked bracings upon a background of whlto Ilannol. Some of the two-color stripe designs , wherein the stripes vary in width , are certain to have an excellent run. Special designs for trouserings of outing fabrics nro ono color , and unob- trusivu stripes and a few extreme nov elties in darker effects in imitation of cassi mores. A certain maker of those goods has conceived the idea of having a special ono-third-inch decoration stripe woven onto the edge of the fabric with a view of having the athletic and outing clubs that might dcsiro to adopt a uniform suiting for summer , to select and re serve to themselves any special design of Hide stripe by which they might bo designated. r The "Joko" or n.Meillcal Student. " > Passing along ltjcQ ( street between Seventh and Sixth streets , last evening a young man had hia attention arrested by a little white object on the base of a telegraph polo , suy tJjo Cincinnati Kn- quircr. Stopping puf of curiosity , ho walked up to the pmo in order to in spect the thine that had struck his eye and found to his hqrrpr that it was a 'human ear and that It ; was nailed to the wood. ' ' The organ scorned to have boon severed but a short time and wiwtlmt of n full-grown person. , judging from the slxo. Half slckonqtt from the ghastly thing , ho sought a policeman to have it removed , and fount ) Officers Farrell and Bluett of the contraV'station ' squad. In the meantime n cWvd ( had gathered about the spot HO that when the olllcors arrived the street was almost blocked. Making an examination , the aflicors found that the car wtm hold in place by tliroe tacks that had been driven through the flesh. Castilig aside the repugnance of bundling the bit of dead lloah the olllcors detached it from the pole , leaving the tacky embedded in it , and wrapping it up in a paper wont to police headquarters. Hero Dr. Minor , the police commissioner , saw it and de clared , that it had boon dotatchod from the hunt ! of the cadaver to which it be longed by n skilled hand , probably that of a medical student with u love for thoao hideous and aainino jokoH for which tbo profession is noted. Upon the order of Lieutenant Uakol the fcovcred organ was taken to the morgue. THE UNION PACIFIC'S ' GREED It Throwo Another Flrobrnnd Into the Western Railroad Situation. EAST AND WEST BOUND RATES A Meeting of the Trans-Missouri As sociation Cnltod for Monday to Consider the Hliuntlon. A Uetlro for the I'nrth. CHICAGO , March 20. [ ripeclal Telegram to TUB Ur.n. | The Union Paclllo has cast an additional firebrand into the whlto heat of the western railroad situation. With all trufllo arrangements between connecting lines the Initial lines uiako the through rate , the proportions balng divided on an agreed percentage. Consequently , with the Union Pacitlo and Its connections the Union Pacific made all the oast-bound rates and Its eastern connections this sldo of the Missouri river made all the west-bound rates. Hut the Union Paclllo found it was getting hurt by accepting rates based on the reduced' rates now in effect east of the Missouri. As already noted , the Union Paclllu gave notlco to nil Its connections that it would not bo satisfied with Its old divisions nnd demanded n higher percentage of the reduced through rate so as to preserve Its gross receipts ut the old figure. As was very natural , the connecting lines objected to changing the divisions and n meeting was called for today to discuss the situation. Representatives of all the Chicago-Missouri river lines and sev eral of the Trans-Missouri lines were present. The position of the Union Pacific was plainly stated. It did not feel Itself called upon to lose money over n light with outsiders , nor did It want the reduced rates to got n foothold in the Trans-Missouri territory. It wanted the percentages ot divisions of rates so ro- changcd as to make its earnings the same on the snrno classes ot freight as tnoy wcro before fore the SO per cent reduction was made In rates between Chicago and the Missouri river. The Chicago lines were by no1 means choice In their selection of lan guage In answer to this proposi tion. It the shoo wcro on the other foot and the reduction In Trans- Missouri territory , it was claimed the Union Paclllu would demand that the divisions re main the same. Even the Northwestern voted against the proposition when it finally came to n vote. The whole subject was then referred to tno April meetings of the West ern Freight and Trans-Missouri associations. The action of the Northwestern In voting against tno proposition of the Union Pacific was a surprise to these proicnt und was taken as an evidence that the celebrated Union Pacific- Northwestern irafllo agreement was not as formidable or Ironclad n document as it was said to bo. The vote was almost unique in that all the Chicago lines stuck together. The members expressed themselves nftor the meeting as being unalterably opposed to doing what they know the Union Puciliu would not. . do in their place. They nlso claimed tnolr right under their agreement to quota any possible west-bound through rate nnd conceded a Ilko right to the Union Pa cific on the quotation of east-bound rates. Trans-Missouri Mooting Called. CHICAGO , March 20. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. | Chairman Finloy has called a meeting of the Trans-Missouri association for next Monday to consider the passenger rate situation. The meeting will work in' harmony vlth that already called of the lines formerly In the Western States Pas senger association in an attempt to raise the present reduced basis. There has not been n continuous four weeks in years whloii nas yielded the Chicago west-bound lines so Httlo revenue from passenger trafllc as the last four. It was learned this afternoon that ono of the strongest Hues to the Missouri river has been paying as high a commission ai4.50 on u 5 ticket. During the four weeks the highest commission on the 95 ticket has been W and often has gone as high as $4.It should bo remembered , too , that this $5 ticket was $12.50 before the reduction. Everything in the shape of u rate is being manipulated. For tbo first tluio in years the Alton has abandoned Its policy of quoting ononly any secret rates they find their competitors making. Kates reduced tea a non-payinir basis are manipulated as freely as others. Vice President McMullln of the Alton expressed it : "Thoro is no use in re ducing rates. If wo reduce them to nothing some of our competitors would manipulate them by throwing in a tract or something. I am beginning to bclicvo It is ns good a plan as any to keep up the rates and not try to stop tbo manipulators. " SOUTH OMAHA NKWS. , Arc ; You Konistored. ? The boards of registration will sit at tbo following places on Friday and Saturday for revision ot the lists ; First Ward Jerry Dee's store room , on Twonty-llfth street , between M and N streets. Second Ward J. Levy's ofllco , Twenty- sixth street , near N. Third Ward J. Kllkar's , on West O street. Fourth Ward At Exchange building. Any voter who was properly registered la t fall and who has not changed his place of residence since has no need to go to the registry boards to have his natno entered on the lists. 11 ut any voter who registered In nnd ward last fall nnd has slnco changed his plnco of residence , either from UK ward in' which ho then lived to nnothoi ward , or from ono plnco of residence in any ward to another place of residence in the aatno ward , must appear before the registration board of his ward If ho desires to exercise the rignt of suffrage nt the coming city cloction. For the purpose of revising the registra tion lints the boards will only sit on Friday and Saturday of this week , and not again previous to the election April 1. The boards will bo In session from U n. in. to 0 p. m. Voters nro qualified who have resided In the state six months , in the county forty days nnd tn the voting precinct ten days prior to the election. _ I'olltlo.d Asnlrniitn. Pat Rowley claims ho was never a candi date for mayor , but announces himself a candlduto for alderman on the democratic ticket. Pete Brcnnun Is said to have with drawn ns n representative from the First ward , leaving the field open to Kowloy. The latter is one of the heaviest Individual own ers of real estate in South Omaha. C. C. Stanley won't accept a nomination as councilman for the Second ward. Ho Is n republican. In addition to HutTorty and Dougherty another aspirant Is announced on the democratic sldo m tbo person of Mllto Hlrt. . John O'Hourko has no opponent In bis ward , the Third , so far us heard from. Sloano or Parks for mayor is still the dem ocratic word. Parks is said to huvo sent word from Chicago that ho will uiako the run If nominated. Sloano says ho won't run but knowing onci say bo will. Ittttnn by a FarnuliHiq Doir. ' 1 ho young boy , named Williams , who car ries TIIU Ucn In the Fourth ward , was at tacked while delivering his papers Wednes day night by a ferocious dog lit the Omaha cooperage works. Williams' legs were so badly bitten that ho was unahlo to leave his homo yesterday , The owner of the dog will bo prosecuted. Nntcx null W. F. Hazzlor ot Hooper , Nob. , Is In the city. city.Gcorgn Gcorgn Adams Is In Chicago on business. Stephen Fltzgibbon of Frbmont ls visiting Francis Hoylo , his brother-in-law. Frank Glass of Persia , la. , U visiting old Scuth Omaha friends , Clerk Curtain of the Exrtmngo is oft duty on account of Illness. M. Wollstoln of Herlln , Germany , was In the city the other day looking after hit intorosttt. Ho has gene to San Francisco , from which point ho will sail for European shores , Thomas Klnsolla , who works at the Ar- mour-C'udnhy packing houses , on hn way homo Saturday night , slipped and fell , Fail * white Soft healthful skm. ' -flu Oreat English Completion SOAP- , Sold Evepiw.1 ! DRS. BETTS & BEITS r. OMAHA , NJLB. ( Opposlto Pnxton Hotel ) Offlovhoun.vs. m. , tojp. m. Sund.iyi. 10 . m * to p.m. SpcclftlliU tn Chronic , Ncrrotu , Skin ani Blood Dt * CAea. tVConiultatlon nt ofllco or t'T moll fr e. JIwlU clneoent b ? mull or oipreiv aocurslr packed , true tram obtarmtlon. Ouanuilcoi to euro qulckljr , > ao- 17 and permnnontljr. NERVOUS DEBILITY imllxmoo.Nigtuuinu rlona. ITiTilCRl itocajr , arising from Indiscretion , ex cess or IndulKenoo. prnduclnx slooplc ne s. deipon- dency , plranles on the f nco. aversion to society , easily dltoournKOd. lack or conndenca , dull unat for stud ? or tiu > ln , nnd flndi life a burdon. Knfalr , perman ently and rirlrnteljr cured. Consult Ir > . lUlu A Uutts , IWi Farnun Street , Omaha. Nob. Blood and Skin Diseases SSi'fiwi.f.Tnis ' . remits , oomplvtolr orodlcnted irlthont the alii of morcurr. Scrofuln. erralpelni. fever noreii , hlotchei. ulcers , pains In thn head and bnnei , sjphllltlo sera luroat , mouth and tnnauo. catarrh , etc. , permanently cured where others have failed , ViflnOTT ITrinQPir and Hladdor ComplalnU , AlulrGji UHUdlT 1'nlQfuI. DllllCiilt , t o tti- qucnttfurnlnirorbMod/urliio , urlno liUli colored of with mllkr sedlmotiton ntan.llnK. rroitk back , gonorr ham , Bls lcr tltli" , otc. 1'romptlr and aacoly curaa cbaroos reasonable. STRICTUS&E ! moral eomploto without cutting , caimlo ordlllatlon. Curei effected nt home by patient trltliout a moments palo or annoyance. To Tonng Men and IdiHc-Ased Men , AOTTDP PfTDI ? rrlle awful offecta of early UUllD UUllD Vice , which brlniji orpanlo weaknao.a'oiirurlnir belli mind nnd body , nltti all ts dreaded Ilia , permanently cured. Jinn BrippO Address these who have im- iUO ) < JQDllU paired themselves by improper Indulgences and and military Imlilti. which rum both body and mind , unfitting them for business , iitudy or marriage. MAIUUED MXK , or thoio entering on that happy lire , ansro ot phyilrlal debility , quickl OUR SUCCESS , Iibaied upon f ct , nrst practical experience. < * c- omt-ovurj cme Is especially studied , thus stiirllni : Bright , third medicines nro prepared In our own la- atory exactly to suit vucn case , thus ntfucilnit curoi without Injury. ( VHcnd n cents postana for celebrated works on chronic , nervous nnd delicate dlaonie * . Thousands cured. fV * friendly letter or call may ( ave you t a- turo suffering nndshnmo. nndadduoldcn years to Ufa C7.No letters answered unices accompanied by 4 cents In staniDS. Addroinnrvull on 88KTTS < fc BJETTTS , 14f < V"ftri'Kt. . Omaha. N'ob. over n bunk. After Mr.Ciniollii gathered lumaolf up nml Inul a surgeon oxntnlno him for Injuries , It was found several of hia ribs hail been broken. Mr. nnd Mrs. .John Snultor of Albrifilit , celebrated tholr wooaon wedding anniver sary VVodncsdiiy night. A host of friends extended cnnxratuliulons. Cuiof Miiloney arrested a .VOUDR Kirl who ImJ Just commenced n life of nlmmo. ( n company with n lucal roue she hud rented a room and was going to live with him ns hia wlfo. She lias rctpcctablo parents in an Iowa town. She was released on liar prom ise to rnform and po homo to her parent ! . For the third time this month Charles Hardy , the saloon fiddler , was arrested on tlto charge of vagrancy and drunkenness. Ilo was released ou the promise to over afterwards absent himself from South Omaha und warned that If ho was ever cauicht hero again a jull sentence of sixty clays ou bread nnd water awaited him. Oniccrs from Kansas City , Kan. , will tulto Arthur Vanlurburfjo and Bertha Von Mull , tha youthful elopers now under arrest in South Omaha , back to Kansas ou requisi tion papers. _ C HIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL. Ills 1'iiliHa Career Itrforn Ho Wont on the Hunch. Destined to bocoino perhaps the fjreutost judge in the muials of the law , Marshall was , when appointed , ono of the most conspicuous figures of Ills time. In thcho days his fame ns a juribl is apt to obscure his earlier public ca reer , a career which hail much'to do with lilting him for the high position lie afterwards lillod. lie was an olliccr of the revolution from 177o till 1781 , with but two short intorinl&sions , dur ing which ho studied law. Admitted to the bar ot Virginia in 1781 , ho wtts BOOH its loader. In the Virginia con vention in 1778 , and in the state legis lature , his words were the ones most attentively listened to. Awkward and ungainly , with an unsympathetic voice , ho possessed an extraordinary power over his lioarerd , because ho had , said William \\irt , "ono original and almost supernatural fac ulty the faculty of developing a sub ject by u single glance of tils mind and detecting at once the very point on which every controversy depends. " Scolng the necessity of a strong central government , ho wast the ablest advocate of the rutillc/ition of the consUtution in Virginia. Itin convincing speech in support of the "Joy treaty" brought him prominently before the country. As envoy to Franco ho BO conducted himself that upon his return ho was re ceived on all sides wltll the most mani fest enthusiasm ntid publicly outer- taincd by congress. An a member of congress nnd as secretary of state he In no way diminished his tamo. But ho is best known as tlio great chief justice , "the expounder of the constitution. " Kor nearly thirty-live yeara ho pro- Bided over tlio supreme court. They were critical years. The national gov ernment was still n now thing ; it was nn experiment. The pnoplo were anx ious and distrustful. The constitution had many llerco opponents. The pow ers ot the government were unknown and feared. Questions of tremendous import must of necessity come before the federal judiciary. When Marshall became chief justice constitutional law was n branch of judicature aVmost un known ; it had to bu created , for there were no precedents , At such a time tlio appointment of MardliallVIIH n good fortune to the country ; and yet it was not altogether fortune , for , ns his able contemporary , William Piueknoy , said : "Ilo was born to bo tlio chief justice of any country in which tin lived. " ESTABLISHED IN ( O7O DY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT , OF THE PUHLIG CHARITY. Oporat < M umlor n twentf rent' * cmitr.tct tiy the Mexican liiu-rtntlcmnl Iinimmimut Omipniiy. flrnn.t Monthly ilrn\TliiK < liulit In Ilio M 'oqiiK Piirlllnn Inlliii AIimcMii I'nrk , t Ujr uf .MuiU-n. m l I'ubllcljconduct oil l iriivcriiiiuMit ulllclnls Hppolnl- i-il fur tltn iMirpnsobr thu Secretary uf the Interior uml thoTicnsurj- . LOTTERY OF THE BENEFICENCIA PUBLICA. THE NEXT MONTHLY DRAWING vrlll bo held In the CITY OV MK.V1CU , ON THUnSDAlT. APRIL 3rd. CAPITAL PRIZE $60,000 , HO.OOO Tlclcots nt $ ! , $ ! iOOH ( ) . 1'rlfo of Tickets. American Monoy. \VHOLKSJ4 HALVES ! S. QUAHTHU3 8 MSV of I'Hi'/ns. 1 CAPITAL PIU7.B ( ) ! ' JfU.txW Is | l ffiUMI 1 CAPITAL PHI/.UOK 9)uunu ) SM.IUI 1 CAPITAL PIll/.K OK 10.0ft ) ll JOOlM 1 UKANUPItlKKOV ! > . XIH. . o PUIZI& OK ! ! ' . ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! ! ! ! . * von lira' ! 3.000 : t u SOU Plti/.KHOI' ' COt uro . 4.QM lOOVIir/.KrtOK W nru. . JO.WI .140 PHl/.KSOl- ' m nro 17.OK1 134 PHIZES Ol- ' 3) ) aro. . . ll.oiJ AI'I'linXIUATION I'lll/KS. 1f,0Prizes of fin npp. to } W.i ) ( Prl/.o I 0,001 1MJ 1'rlzcn of Wniip. to ai.030 Prize V.WJ IGUPrlrasor 4Unnp , to lO.OUJPnzo U,00) WJ Terminals of jo > . Uocldedb ) ' . ? COOOJ Prize. . . . IS.MJ :0 Prizes . . . All prizes sold In the Unlteil Sttxtoi full paid In U. 3. Currency. AttK.VJTS WAIVTEW. on Cr.un It VTM. or any fitrtlmr inform- Rtlon dcstreil. svrlto k'xllily to the imder.ilKinit. clearly Htatlng your rosldonco , with st.ito. cnnn * ty. tit root und number. Moro rapid return null dollvflry willtMj assurcil \ > v your oneloUuaua envelope bearing your full addrj-n. IMPORT Af4T. Aililreu U. HASSBTrr , OITV OK MEXICO , MKXIOO. J5y ordinary letter , containing MONHV OIIDRII Isfcuod by all tixprna Companlos , Now Vorlc Hi- chance , lrutor i'ostal Note. KpRCiul l < ' < tntiiroi. lly termi of contract the company mint de posit the mun or alt prUoi tncliula.l In thu schumo before Holllnff a aliitflo tluKot , and ro- celvothe following ofllclnl pjrmlt : CRnt'II''lC.trK. l licrru-j tfrtlfu tlm > , ( hi Hank at.ninlou mill M&rlia lim ti ei > rci tl lie- posit tilt neceiiaruiiiub In p'Uirtiiitec l/i / ; > i/ | . mcnt of all nrlza itniiim oy t/n / jntci in di. Id llcite- ficencia I'niiltca. AiOfi'tfAIt CASriTiTiOiil'PH'iifnr. . 1'urtl.or , the Comiilny It required to dlstrlb- lite Ilfty-slx per cunt ot the \V * w of all thn tirkotH in prb.oH a Inrgar prouuiiioa tlmn U given by any other l.ottury. Vinally , the immbHr ot to'cit-t Is llmltil to tOl , o iui ) ) lexi tliun are sold by otSiu lottorioj Thursday. I'rldii > aiulSattiidiiy Kv-jnlngs , Mai < : li : . ' ( } , -M anil 22. Miturdav Matlnuo. Bettor tlian "Thu Ifomictta. " .V. V. llorald. . . . _ . . mf ii .i-i rar va.affcz j | iiMr Tninai iiaM. | lronsoii ! Ilinviir.l'H ( ircalchl rrrliiniili | | Author of "Tho Henrietta , " "Tho Ilankar'ti Daughter. " "VoiniB MM.Vlnshrop. . " etc. . otc. Presented in the enmn manner ui soeu in Ko\r V"ork , Doston , Chicago , ban Krancb.'o with Us Great Cast , Scenery and Auxiliaries Seats on sale Wednesday. Price's Hoserved * l.Miuidil ; general admission"ucixndll : gal. lery Sic. , Titpsiliiy anil Wcilnciday , Jtlimh 21,25inul2ll. Mnl'noo T tic til ay It for $9. Iho I'opulnr Artists , HALLEN AND HART , Umk'rtho imiiinumiKMit nf Mr. llnrrr lllno , lit tlio ( itu.it I'nrcc-Coiiirily miccc-ii , Tlio .Muxlniu KPIO mill' , biiurklln imiMr. lirlllliint imirrliL"i , luiniitlfiililitiiim , nun iiMlnrosln Minn , prut- IruIrK topUMl songi , tlio oiilniinJim uuvotte , tlio Kroitt ( iinip'iny , Houuliir prlaM. Se it inn BnloBiitiirJujr. .Mutluoo ' * -COMMBNCINO SUIfUAY MARCH 23. Till ! PA MO ITS CALIFORNIA OPERA COMPANY Headed by the Favorite MISS IDA 'MULLE , Pro.suntlni ; Bpocular 1'roductloui of SAID PASHA , H. M. S. FINAFORE , FRA.DIA1TOLO. l'o < Phoep OpunTo'morrow Moinln ; ; . Wc-rlc of Mommy Alaroli 17lli. gpo-lul Kii The moat rellni'cl anil Intoriwtllr-c innilral treat cvor oirorjjil in tin wart , NKLLIH HLY IN' PKUFIXT WAX. a OrcatStaao Shown. il ) Orenf 1'erforinerJ. T ( I real Dvjmrtmunt.i. OM'J 1)1. ) MU AU.M1TH 'I O Mill , x- .lOeneral and MEUVOU8 MEDILIT V | xrr L j ' tRfttrtTTrXIh'/etlineuof Body not MlnJ , F.ffttU r-Jll < ' 1ll > aCII-ifFrrfr.nrT'.A..InfH nrVA.lnif Jb.Uul.lr OBtilli.IIUUK IIIK lun ttilllj fr ( U 1UIM > ! r t ln tooclriii. Hrlto ( lnu D.Mrlul' ( llo l , > ipU IU tat i > ro U onlUd ( nl Jlfr o. umtn ERIE MEDICAL CO , , BUFFALO , N. Vo KKKVOt'8 DKDU.1TY. Young n l il i \ illu aiiril men , mtterlnc from I'-i-uoiu ut I YuiTU. liirrwiMiin Aunu. C'iroKijn ' . lued. 'JtraUalcilJtuiilululiielull | | > ar < tlciilara for li < im tur , niEK nc l I'ltor. IT. ! , iiKsi.iut , Lock U4 i } $ . Uutruit ,