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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1890)
THE OMAHA DA1LT BEE : . SATURDAY , DEOEMBEE 2,7 , 1800 , WANS HUNTING FOR COLD , The Reported Rich Discovery of a Mahnska County Fannor , A NUGGET WEltillING SEVENTY OUNCES , Bulcido ol'nu Innaiio ninti nt Mount IMraHtint A Ijlttlo Olrl UnrncU to Di-Jilh lit Onluilotisa > < Joxvu. DBS MOIXI , la , Doc. 120. [ Special Tele gram to Tim IJHE. ] What in claimed to boone ono of the blgst ( flints of gold has Just been niado in Muhiwkn county , Illuck Oiik town * nhlp. The plecobt what Is supposed to bo solid gold , weighing seventy ounces , was found by a farmer named Hnllowinnn on the cilgo of a Hiindl creek. The farm upon which Hwas illsi-ovored belongs to Mr. Funson , a liromlnwit land owner In that part of the ntato. Hollowrnnndld notreall/o the vnluo of the piece of nrlght mctnl that ho curiously picked lip , but some of his Mends stlggostol that hu have It tested. Ho took It toaPella jeweler , who pronounced It to bo gcnulno gold , if this in true it will bo worth not less than tl.100 or ? 1'J)0. ( ) The people In that bectlon are naturally excited over the ilnd und nro looking for more nuggoU of gold. An IIIHIIIIU Afun Snlolilcs. MOUNT I'n\s : vr , In. , Dec. 20. ( Special Telegram to TUB HP.B. ] This afternoon nn. . attendant of the insane hospital was out walking with a patient named Swotik. When near the railway station a passenger train np- proachcd. Kwenk , heretofore ijulot , became unninnni'cnhlu , broke from the attendant , inn U > the sUtlonimil throw himself in front of thu engine , The entlro train passed over lilm , notorlng both legs and otherwise horri bly mangling him. A < hlld Itiirnctl In Death. OsKAtoo-n , la , Deo. CO. [ Special Tele gram to Tun UKI : . ] The four-year-old daughter of T. C. Ilalloy was burned to death yesterday while playing with lire. Fnnml Drntl In the Itimil. IxttKriiXiiKXCi : , la. , Dec. 1M. [ Special Tel egram to Tun Dun. ] Sylvester C.ildwoll , popular and prosperous young farmer , \vm loutul dead on the Wustbtirg road last night , TIe had Htartod for the district Christmas ttco well Indcn with gifts the evening before. llelng missed from the festivities on that evening und Iho day following , u search was instituted with the ahovo result. Ho hail been dead about twenty-four hours when dis co vereil , A well lilted purse ana a cold ivatuh were found on him , banishing all idea of foul ulay. Jntc ; rrHl ing Stnt ImluH ltco ' ( ; ( by thu HIM ( Minor Aiiunlciin Ri-iiib'.lus. | \VAHIMN ITOV , Deo. ! ! ( . The bureau of American republics has received n dls- pitch from the Argentine Republic giving a nriuf Bummary of the commerce of that coun try for the jeur ending June ! ! 0 last. It np- pears that notwithstanding the revolution the imports for the year amounted to $17fl , ( ) . ' > 5,000 , nnd tlio ox ports to $1I > 'JU7,000. ' ( ! The wheat crop for the year has been enormous , and probably will bo the largest over grown In the country. During the year USU.OOO emi grants landed nt Buenos Ayres , of which number 1011,000 had tholr passage paid by tlo govern raojits. Information Is also received bv the bureau , that the government of Colombia has signed n contract with .1. L. Churry of Milwaukee , "Wis. . for the completion of the Gnucau "Val ley railway from litioim Ventura , the chief port of Colombia , to the cities of Cnlll nnd wanl/iilos , with the privilege of continuing the roail to the Quit oIDuricn , on the north ern frontier , JSinwdor. on thu south , mid eastward to' the nnvlgablo waters of the .1 Amuzpn river. Thin road , when completed , "will gtvo a portion of Colombia that Is voiy rich in both agricultural nd inlnontl resources access to tide wator. Tlio government guarantees nn In * torcst of 5 per cent In gold for eighteen years \iMiu | nn expenditure of J.WttX ) ) In gold per inllo uiul the exclusive privilege for seventy yiars or operating a railway within twenty- four miles on cither side of the route sur- vftyod and accepted , the title to all gold nnd other mines that imiv ho discovered within the tvunty-fourmllosllmltnnd freedom from all duties nnd taxes fui'ten jours. The riH'ommenilntions of the International American conforcnro for the establishment of nil A merle-nil monetary union and the Issue of Comuipn nlhor coin has been ndoptod by nil tlioAmerican republics except Ciuatomnla , Uruguay unit Paraguay , which hnvo not yet boon hwrd from. The that meeting takes place nt the department of state Wednesday , January 17. tt 111 Give the Pool it Trial. PIII < U < IO , Doc. 0. [ Special Telegram to Tint Hn.j-Chalrmon Walker , Finloy nnu WUlgloy , who xvlll have charge of the northwestern - western passenger pool , will meet next Mon day to Oeeldo on the percentages which each line shall tnko. It Is conceded that the pool i isnotns strong ns the one In the southwest on freight , ns the Albert Lea line onti with- draw. on rtvn days' notice , white other lines , the Bt. Paul , Northwestern , Wisconsin Con- tnuV UurlliiKion & Northern un < l Chicago , Bt , Paul it ICunsau City must give ninety days' notice. All the lines seem disposed , however , to give the pool a fair trial. The chairmen nlono Will know Iho percentages ns the pool will ho a blind one. Cannot Catoli thu Hand it , NKW YOIIK , Dec. 2G.-Sp [ cInl Telegram to Tim IliiK.l-A dispatch from Havana says : Although the government has offered MO.ftO for Manuel Unrcla. dead or nllve , during nearly two months nothing has been dona and hucontlnuos in und bwitcd sway in his territory , in view of the statement of Gen eral Potuvlgo that ho has fully two thousand ineuonhlH truck , it scemi strange that ho has not been caught , Is'ot only bus the loader not been caught , but the shameful nnd dtscracflful fact must go on record that the authorities have given up nil hope of over catching the murderers of the family of Fer nandez , whoso two daughters , wife and thtvo sons were killed and whoso money wasstolen. Iteporiccl Knvnrohljr. WASHINGTON' , Deo. -KoprosonUittro Cutchoon , from the committee on military nltulrs , today reported favorably to the house the lilll that passed the senate souto days ago to os tnbllHh a records and pension ofilco of the war department and appoint the onicer MOW in charge of that work a colonel In the nrniv. In its report the committed states that the es tablishment of tha oftlco will facilitate the work of the pension burouu nnd of nil bronchos connected with or depending upon the ixxnmlnutlou of the records of the volun teer . army. _ _ A Stilt Imka Kiiiliirr. SAi.thvKr , Utah , Dee. -Snocial [ Tele gram to Tin DUE. ] S. ICellnur , a retail dry goods dealer in this city , made an assignment today with liabilities of $47,000. The assets will not bo known until an Inventory of thu Meek is taken , but it Is bcllovcd the liabili ties will bo covered. The f allure is aitrluutcd tolnjudlcioui buying nud bad management. I'arnl Collision UetvvfOii Strcnt Cnm. PitoviitKNTB , H. 1. , Doc. W. An accidental collision between two street cars this mom * ing during n dense suowstortn caused fatal ' injuries to the two conductors uud shook up the passengers badly. _ Ji'por * Innuiilntud with thn loniph. M\tiiit ) > , Dec 0. Two persons suffering from leprosy , who WOK Inoculated with tha Koch Ijnipti , are reported to be apparently rapidly Improving since. \VillNuTP - ItcnUt Agnlii. CLOIN , ICnn. , Oca W. 0. C. Jones , while reilsting arrest , wiu shot and Instantly Idllod br a constuble. The Heath Hcoord. PABIS , Dca 20 , Muio. ItouiK'r , widow of Kugeno Hotipor , Nntjolcoii Ill' friend , advis er and minister. U dunil. UOI.IUIIIA , S. a , Deo. W. D , Slnuwon , chief ju.itlio of the uprcmo court of South ( 'tirollnn , died nt hilionlo In this city this inornlng of heart disease. I'AIII , Doc. yil-'l'hu wife of flaron ilanss- man , well known as the prefect of thoSoIno under the late UmperorNiijioleon , died today. JT VOUIIM HIMWiiV * floury FnlKorllicd nt llio Chlon o linllcry Meeting Unpnlcl. Cuicuio , Dec. 2V ( [ Special Telegram to Tin : llKK.I-Tho money subscribed at the C'hlrngo meeting , where the Irish envoys up- pealed for nld for Ireland's ' evicted tenants , has not vet been paid up. There area largo number of subscrloers who were at tbu meet ing nnd requested that tholr names bo put down for good round sums who are do- llnqucnt. 'ihecxcnso given for this failure Ui pay Is that they desire to Know how the present conflict between 1'nrncll nnd his former colleagues will result. President .lolin V. Glarko of tlio Hibernian bunk today said : "do far , 1 have received only i7,000 of the subscriptions for the battery meeting , and \Vcdnejjday I forwarded n draft for $ i'jOOO to Joseph K. ICennoy , member of parliament , and Alfred Webb , member of parliament , at Dublin. The gentlemen wcro designated as trustees 6f the fund for ovieted tenants , a nil I have a letter of instructions signed by nil the Irish dclogutos.itmthorixing mu to send the money to those gentlemen , There wns at llrst some question between Mr. John Dillon and Mr. Timothy Harring ton ns to thu purpose for which the money should be used. Mr Harrington favors Mr. I'aniell's cause , and , I presume , was anxious to know \\hnrotho money would go. At a con Terence of the delegates it was decided to send the money to the ovlcted tenants fund nnd HO satisfy nil parties. Mr Kenney Is In favor of the McCarthy party nnd Mr. Webb Isoti 1'nrnoll's slue. I nm holding nearly $1,000 to liquidate somooutstanding accounts , floated by Iho visit of thu employes , but pro pose to send along the money as fast ns It comes in. " Tlio Irishiii'ii In l < Vnncc. PAKIS , Deo. 20. [ Special Cablegram to TUB IlEic.1 The Temps announced that , after ttio meeting between 1'nrncll nnd O'Hrlcn , n formal conference of tno Irish lenders will bo held. Among those who will take part iu the deliberations will bo Messrs. McCarthy , Powers , KodmonJ , O'IColly , Scaton , ICennoy and Arthur O'Connor. The aim of the conference will bo a reunion of the two sections of the Irish party , based on the temporary retirement of Mr. I'urnell from the leailernhlp. Thu Debate assorts that Mr. 1'arnell will come to this city without having made a pre vious arrangement with Mr. O'Uricn fora meeting , 'iho ' paper further says that Mr. O'Urien does not expect to discuss tbo posi tion , with Mr. Purnell personally. Changes by the IViinsylvniilii licnp I'eoplp GiiuHHlnur. Unicioo , Dec. 20. [ Special Telegram to TUB Dun. ] The Hallway I'ross llurcau says : "lIcBlnnlng with an offensive and defensive alllanco with the Viuidorbllts tuo Pennsyl vania road has made such changes In Its policy of late ns to set all its competitors to guos.Mng. The most astonishing change niaterlilizcd today In the receipt by western general passenger agents of HooJs of letters from ticket agents of the Pennsylvania road s lying they wcro in the Held with commis sions and asking what was now being paid. To railroad men , this change Is more signifi cant thau nny other. Hitherto the Pennsyl vania has instantly discharged any of Us ngeiits accepting commissions. The receipt of the lotturs stnrtud talk on nil sides relative to the mo re liberal policy shown of late by the I'cnnsylvnnln and the concensus of opinion IH that It is duo to the ncgresslvo action of the Baltimore & Ohio. The latter has , in the last few years. Invndcd the Penn sylvania's territory and In many eases faitly divided the business. This was made possi ble by the conservatism of the Pennsylvania nnd the negrosslvo liberality of the Balti more & Ohio. Kvoryono is now looking for some sensational coup by the Pennsylvania. Tlio Y onr'n Construction. Citioxao , 111. , Dec. " 6. Statistics compiled by tlio Kalhvay Ago show that construction during 1800 , amounted to about O.OSU miles , as against fi,200 , miles last year. Over li.OOO mllo.s of the year's ' construction are in south- em states , nnd over 1UU , ( ) in the southwestern Htntos. The northwestern group shows 1,0)7 miles , duo largely to active building opetii- tlons of the Northern 1'acltlo and Great Northern roads. _ The St. Pnul Approves. NKW YOIIK , Deo. CO. At the regular monthly tiiNtlnit of the St , Paul directors today the president's agreement was ap proved. A I'lan VJneiirlhcd to Flood tlio Coun try with liogiis Dollars. Pmsnuiifl , Pn. , Dec. lit ) . A conspiracy to fluod the United States with counterfeit Ml * ver dollars has been unearthed. Nineteen persons are already under arrest , und SI , 100 In spurious coin has been secured. The money was brought from a central depot in Now York to Pittsburg by a gaiiR of Italians employed to pass it. The money was all in silver dollars nnd they nro the best counterfeit standard silver dollars lars OUT made. Two Italians and their wives were arrested \\hllo trying to pass some of thu spurious inoni'y. The nouso where they lived was surrounded 'nnd llfteon other Ital ians were arrested and the counterfeit money scoured. According to the Information given by the prisoners , similar gangs have been sent out from New York toother cities , but tno men could not tell what particular cities nro being operated. A Dakota Flro. Sioux FAI.I.S , S. D. , Doc. 20. [ Social Telegram to THE Hun. ] A lire broke out In the South Dakota planing' mill in nn unknown manner this evening. The throe-story frame building burned like a tinder box nnd within half an hour was reduced to cinders and ash os. It wns owned and operated by A. O. Almos , who estimates Ids. loss nt j7.XX ( ) , with JJ,50l ( Insurance. The ( lernian-Ainoriciui , I'hcuulx of Ilmtfiml , Vluridx of London , Niagara nnd Connecticut are each caught for IUH.I. The lire throws twenty-live men out of employment. Makes 11 llorrnw. PTrrsuuim , Pa , Uec. 20. A meeting of bankers and business men of this city , who hive loaned CieorgoVestInghonso \ $500,000 lately , wns held today. An advisory board of live wns elected to not with Westlnghouso In placing tha , $ .VXOl)0 ) , ) nnd managing the nf- fairs of the coini.mie.s | requiring the loan. In an interview ono of the ubscrlbors stated that VYestinghouso was negotiating a jr.OO- ( XX ) loan In the east whim his competitors In business prevented it. The loan was being made to tldo over Vho present stringency. Appointed Indian CimiinlsHlnnors. \\'ASUINOTOV , Doc. 20. The president today appointed E. IDarvvln James of Now York and Phillip 0. Carrettof Pennsylvania mem bers of thohoarl of Indian commissioners , vlco Messrs. Morgan ( resigned ) uud Clinton 11. lTisk Another House Adjimrnnicnt. WASHINGTON- . 2rt. About llfty mem bers wen ) present when the house vos called to order this morning. It was agreed that when the house adjourn it bo to meet Tuesday uoact. Adjournment was then takou , Killed l y n I'owdor Kxiilonimi. NKW York , Doc. M. An explosion oc curred this morning In the cartridge house ol the American forcible powder company at Lake Ilopatcong N. J , Two workmen were killed Instantly. Kirn UlpexOut n Town. PiFHiir , S. D. , Deo. M. It U reported here that tire Imt night wiped out the town of Keo Heights , about mtv miles east of here on the Northwestern railroad. No particulars can bo obtained , THE CONTEST AT INDIANOLA , Nothing of Importance at tha First Daj'a ' Swwloti , NARROW ESCAPE OF A WELL DIGGER. Ilnyc * Cnutor Hankers Ilctiro from Ilusliirss 'llio Train \Vrot5kers I'lentl Not Guilty 1'wo MttloKircs. Neb. , Dec. M. [ Special Tele gram to Tun I3KP..J The lloyd-l'owcrs con test wns opened up hero toHav before Notaries C. D. Cramer nnd B. C. Hallow. Hut ono witness was examined , und his evidence related - lated to only mutters at Iloldrcge. Nothing of importance was developed. A WulliUuucr Injured. BVNCHOFT , Nob. , Dee ! 20.Spccinl [ to TUB DEICon : ] Cramlull received n scvcro scalp wound yesterday by a bucket falling on him uhllo digging u well. The bucket fell forty- two feet , indicting a wound moro than three InchesJong , Ur.mdiill wits brouzht to town in un linconsclous condition. Tncro Is no serious danger unless Inllaminatlon sets in. Minds up Crnci'TnUy. HATKS CBXTKII , Nob. ( via Culbcrtaon , Nob. ) , Dec. 'JO. [ Special Telegram to Tins Ur.it.l-K. I ) . Ltkoi nml A. A. Hatch , pro prietors of the farmers1 and Merchants' bank of this plneo , have dissolved partner- shin nnd will discontinue the banking busi ness Mr. Likes goes cast to accept a position with his brother , a capitalist of DOS Monies , la. Mr. Hatch will remain bore und wind up the affairs of the bank. AU depositors have been cared for and no one will lose any money , as the bank has been conducted in an honorable way and Its alTairs will bo wound up in a like manner. Tlio liltlk'H Hiiy iNot Guilty. BIUTIUOK , Nob. , Dec. 20. ( Special Tclo- gram to THE DUE. ] The hearing of Duvo , Jim and George Little , charged with wreck ing the Union Pacific passenger train near Ilolmesvlllo , Sunday morning last has been sot for Monday next. The culprits wcro arraigned before Justice Uraig Wednesday evening and plead not guilty. Tno death of Dridgo Inspector Mercer put too serious a pha.se on the wreck for the plea of guilty as llrst Intended. So the case will go into the court on Its merits. Saved llio Cliy. FIIKMONT , Nob. , Dec. 'M. [ Special Telegram - gram to TUB I3iBl : AtI o'clock this after noon , during the prevalence of nn excessive high wind , Crook & Swan's ' drug store was discovered to boon lire. A prompt response by the lire department put out the blnzo be fore much daningo wns done. Owing to the high wind the citizens were thoroughly alarmed for the city's possible fato. A Ilt'atrlen BKATIUCK , Nob. , Dec. 2(1. ( ( Special Telo- frram to THE BKK. | Tno Senate restaurant was damaged by Ore at noon today to the ex tent of $100. The lire was caused by the overturning of a gasoline stovo. A f > nthcrliitoi thn Farm , Si'iusovir.w , Nob. , Doc. 2J.-Spccial [ to Tin : Koprcsontatlve-olcct ] H. M. Hinkle entertained n party of his Springfield friends at his beautiful farm homo , four miles southwest of here , last ox-enlng. The follow ing were present : lion. II. C. Loiter artd wife , Dr. J. C. Miller nud wife , J. W. Marshall and wlfo , C. F. Calhoun nnd wife. Dr. J. B. LIchtenwallnor and wife , C. 1C. Spearman and wlfo , I. L , . Freeman nud wife , Colonel E. P. Swain and wlfo , S. O.Z.ovell and \\lfo , W. II. Liddard an.l wlfo , Mr. Allen LIchtenwallnor of Horold , S. D , , ami .Miss Maud Crochotfof Olotha , Kan. Mr. Hinkle is n successful farmer and'a friend of tlio furmor in the true sense of the word , and will not only represent the inter est of the farmers , but thu interests of every other legitimate business. On the" question of llnimce Mr. Hinkle is sound , believing money a commodity and worth what It will brine accenting to security offered. Hois an nblo debater , and will no doubt bo heard from during the coining term of the legisla ture. Republicans Victorious. BEATIIICF , Neb. , Dec. M. ( Special Tele gram to Tin : HER.The | evidence In the Frank Collins senatorial contest cnso was concluded today and an adjournment taken to tomorrow afternoon. The legislative con test of Tlind Williams vs J. W. Faxon and of J. W. Huston va J. A\ . Williams were dis missed tills afternoon by Iteferees O. P. Fulton and S. D. Killen , before whom the cases were being heard. The plaintiffs in each of the legislative instances nro the de feated allinneo candidates ana the defendants the successful republican candidates. Dorsey at Homo , FIIKSIONT , Nob. , Doc. 2rt. ( Special Tele gram to Tun BIE. : ] Congressman Dorsoy re turned homo from \Vasnington today to spend n few days durltifr the adjournment of con gress , looking after his private business. Dr. Ilnriiluuii Dond , PAWNEE CITT , Nob. , Doc. 20. [ Special Telegram to Tun BKE. ! Dr. Burnhnm , well known in southern Nebraska nnd northern Kansas , died at his residence in this city last night. _ _ JT.IA'T TJtKES. Special Aucnt Ca Id well of tlio hand Oflleo Makes Ills Keport. WASHINGTONDoc. . 2i ) . Andiew Caldwell , special agent of the general land office , ap pointed to make nn Investigation ns to cinnt treea ( secnioiaglgantcn ) in the Stockton nnd Vusalla land districts in California , reports that in the Vlsalia district there Is ono binall nnd one largo grove of giant trees. The lat ter is the Virgin forest aud contains over 1'JiX ) giant sequoias and many moro small tieos. Some llvo years ago n co-operntivo colonv located about forty entries In the neighborhood and are constructing a load to this timber twit. The colony it Is asserted , numlH > rs nliout six hundred members nnd has recently engrafted the Bellamy idea as its leading nttrnctlon. There is danger , the agent believes , that these iieoplo , if unmo lested , will soon destroy this most wonderful and perfect body of glgnnten In the world. In a table giving the number and si/o of the trees In thu groves visited only thosu of 45 feet in circumference and more , measured ! ! feut from the ground , uro classed ns giants. Of these J.tlTS wcro found. Forty-four nro over SO feet iu circumference and several are more than UK ) foot. Ono is 10(1 ( foot In circumference or moro than thirty-tiro In diameter , Secretary Noble has requested the secretary of war to station a company of cavalry in the Toquslu national park nnd another in Vosemite park to pre vent depredations on the mammoth tree groves , It ls stated that the so-called Bel- lamy colonists , who have in part perfected title to the lauds on which ttieso trees stand , have expressed n purpose to hold their claims in bpltu of all opposition. Uotnllatioii. MAPUH > , Doc 20. [ Special Cablegram to Tin : HKR. | The decree Issued yesterday by the minister of finance declaring that Spain must follow the protection movement la America by Increasing the duty on many im ports , 1s discussed in this city on nil sides. There nro many who approve of the step token by the government , but there nro oth ers who do not look upon the move with favor. Following are two examples of the soverl'y ' of the now tariff : The duty on brood innres 1ms been increased from ii'i shillings to ' > IDi. The duty on wheat Hour has been increased from Ib shillings lo 3Ci. Arrested for Kniuczileincnt. Ai.iu.s-y , N. Y. , Dec. SO- Unmet \V. Tal- cott , head bookkeeper for II. W. Sago t Co. , lumber dealers , was arrested this evenlne , cnargcd with embezzlement. The amount of hU thefts U not yet known , but It U believed that It will run lifipiSfn ( nlo the thousand * . Smro It Co. ' * coi\UUeitlal ) clerk , .Toioph 1) . Abbott , who Uillcil Inpisclf December it. was nUo aa embezzler ami Talcott li itiiown to have been worlcli/g"M / collusion with him. Dion Bouccicnulb lent his genius nnd expo- rloncoln adapting tbbfarro comedy "Lend Mo Your Wife , " fortlho .American stage and Uolaml Heed la duvollng his talents to popu larize nnd porpctunt6itho plcco. The largo house nt/Hoyil's / last night gave evidence of the fact that. In so fur ut least as nonularlty Is concetruild , thiMilmof the genial Holnml had been oltn.lncd. As a piny , the pwcn Is ineffably superior to nine out of every toti of the kind on the road. Homo of the line ) of Captain Ahnor Turbo * , the character sustnlned by Mr. Heed , are far above the plane of funo comedy. They are certainly too far ooyond thu range of the character , but thov nro so admirably ' read by Air , lleed as t'omuko thohiiinorall the moro Irrepressible. As the Captain Mr. Heed appears iu a now role. It is essentially a comedy rolo. Ills in some respects exagger ated , but it IB nt thd sumotitno ndmlruuly conceived nnd most artistically delineated. With all its humor nnd Krotosiuioness there nro m times excellent bits of diameter work which are moro orless observable in every thing that Mr. Iteed ilocs. Like all his other pieces , "Lend Mo Your Wlfo" is n pro nounced success , It is intended to provoke laughter , and It serves Its purpose most ad mirably. There is not a sooor scene In the piece , nnd as n consequence the audience roars almost from the rise to the last fall of thu'curtaiii. Mr. Uoedls supported bynn excellent com pany. THOUIILiai ) WITH CONSUUCNOE. An Allowed Hur lar Ucturim to Omaha to bo I'liiiisljoil. Bill Newton's conscience troubled him so much that ho cnmo all the way from South America to Omaha to give himself up to the police. There seems to bo n soft spot Is Bill's ' head. lie relates that on the 22d of lost March ho burglarized Sam Snydcr's pawn shop nt Tenth nnd Harnoy streets and stele two revolver * , two watches , two coats nnd n grip. His excuse for nbt getting more plun der was because Snyder opened the front door and then ho went out the back w.iv. County Attorney Mahoney filed a complaint nguinst Newton , charging him with burclary. The man will plead guilty when arraigned , Policeman Johnson was shot in the arm by Snyder on the same night of the robbery. He wont to the pawnshop to investigate the mutter and was stmnjlrijjnt the broken win dow when Bnydor ilrod , thinking that the thief had returned. Newton Isn healthy-looking vounp man nnd seomsto hoof sound mltul. Ho related to a * reporter for TIIK BKB how ho had worrloa and suffered mentally for the crime , nnd that it wns the only theft ho had over committed. He llrst wont to "California , from there to Toxns nnd Mexico , and then to South America. Ho was now willing to go to the penitentiary , where hoeould lotirn a trade. PITY TUB I-OOU. Supt , Ktahonoy AVants Awslstanco to Knnblo Him to Cam Tor Tliem. Since the opening of'tho now hospital the number of appllcltnU for admission to the poorhouse has incrctisiid In a marked degree and the Increase In'tho duties of the olllcoof poormaster , incidental to the change In loca tion , hnvo been such , tnat Mr. Mahoney will nuiko application to thd commissioners for an assistant or a ci6r * . The care of the largo building neeo.sMtfttcs the constant pres ence of a governing' ' haiul , nnd the dutKU of the down town oQlco also require the pres ence of some ofilciaMbp greater part of the day , so that Mr. Majjonoyhas concluded ho has good grounds for nn application for as sistance. Ho reports a uiarlccfl'deflcloncy in the num ber of applications' for rollof as c6mf > urou with the numborusualat this tlmoof year. Ho has only about s6vonUi-llvo families on his list , whereas , lnslv < i iilia. had -about double that number. Fifty tons-nf coal have suf ficed to supply the demand , during the past month , but last December overono hundred tons w'cro required. This falling oil is attributable entirely to the mild weather and every sudden chnngo sends a flock of applicants to the pool-master's olllco. Wanted In Several Places. Edward A. Iso , the man now doing n year In tho.ioliot penitentiary , will ba released In May. It is the Intention of tlio authorities hero to bring him to Omaha on a requisition as soon as ho Is released. Ise is the man who swindled the proprietors of the Windsor hotel out of his board bill and also succeeded In cctting them to cash a worthless $75 check. The crime for which ho Is doing time was committed In Hock Island , III , Ho is also wanted in Ohio. Captain Mostyn has received a letter from the penitentiary authorities and will go to Jolletln May and demand the custodv of Iso upon the strength of the requisition wnlch was granted him nt the time. Iso was ar rested in Grand Island , after ho had com mitted fraud in Omnha. Mr. R. H , Ritchie , the general agent of the Chicago & Northwestjroad , was on Christmas presented by the attaches of his oftlco with a magnificent cane of beautiful mid imported wood highly finished and a solid silver head of beautiful design nnd chasing. The gift wns accompanied by a letter con taining nn eloquent expression of the esteem In which Mr. Kltchio Is held by his associates and was signed by the following gentlemen r D. E. ICitnball , D. L. Sturgls , O. F. West , I ) . \V. Albridgo , J. C. Noff , U. W. Johnson , G. G. Def.eo nnd .T. Mellon. The hoys nro happy and Mr. Ritchie is in-o similar state of mind. On initiative Imprisonment , Frederick Guuu has splendid chances for spending the winter months In the county jail. Thirty days ago ho was arrested and convicted of larceny. "Ills outdoor existence was as many minutes as it takes to rldo from the county totho city jail. On the same charge ho waj again committed for thirty days , and whoil lie shall hnvo served this term , ho will hayo to answer for seven complaints of the sumo kind. This worthy is the chop lioiibo flunkey who entered several residences iu daylight and stole nothing but clothing. t . _ Still nn the I toad. John Stoddard of Keokuk , la. , ono of the * oldest engineers on thaRock Island system , spent his Christinas li { Onubu. John is a familiar character rpi fiff railroad men. Ho has pulled a passenger train for tjio lost twenty-seven yeirs"tmkl although ho is sev enty ) curs of ugo hftwll bus n regular run nnd U considered onac-fjtho safest and swift est engineers on tlto'fonj.Vhlloheroho was the guest of his lUunhter , Mrs. Frank Woolloy. ' Notes Auj'nf ' the City. Hon. John AlcJifUloti has returned from Ashlnnd. ? " * Mrs. Foxworthy"iwlfe of Judge Fox- worthy , of Lincoln 'J foturned home. Colonel John K. Yuwt of the G. II , Hammond mend force has rtftb } > ucil < from Hammond , ind. v. , , ; : Suiicrintcndont A. ' 0 , Foster of the packIng - Ing linn of Svrlft & Co. has returned from Ashlnnd. Superintendent .Tnw'es 'Vilos , Jr. . of the Omaha packing company , . Is out of the city on business. Mr. nnd Mrs. Perry King of ralrfleld , la , on their wedding tour , are the guests of Post master and M Frank Smith , chief clerk of thoCudnhy consignment department , la sick ut his home in Omaha with pneumonia. M. C. . Cook spent CtjrlMums In Schuylcr. David H. Campbell iu Kansas City nnd Pat rick J , McUrath in Chicago. Mrs , A. I ) . Young , with her son Elinor of Ml ml en , is visiting her dimzhtor nnd son-in- law. Mr. and Mrs , George II , Brewer , Cioorga K. Jonto his been promoted to bo agent of the Missouri I'aclllc , vlco Agent J. M , Ciallnhcr , promoted to bo stock agent with headquarters at Omaha. DUN'S ' REVIEW OF THE WEEK A Good Weolt in Spite of Holidays and Snowstorms DOUBTS OF MONETARY LEGISLATION , Unslcr Money Mnrkctn In All Dlrcn- tluiiH and GiMiern'Iy Kavornhlo HcporlM-Only Natural Hack- iuj : \VhuluHatltiK. . NEW Yonic Dec. 20.-Spcclnl | Telegram to Tun llr.i-U. : ] 0. Dun & Co.'s ' weekly report says : Business h.is progressed as well as could bo expected In awook broken by the Uliristmns holidays and a gro.it snow storm , The holiday tr.ulo wns rennrlMuly heavy here and at nearly all other points good , which I * by no iiienns evidence thut the tight * ness of the money market springs from any general embarrassment of business or Indus try. The volume of payments through the banks continues larger , thought but about 3 per cent larger than a year ago , Ualtroad earnings thus far reported for December shows a gnln of about 4 per cent over those of tha same weeks last year. Foreign trade is very heavy in splto Sfof causes which wore expected to insure a ma terial decrease. The uncertainty In regard to monetary legislation nnd its possible en eels Is still the great obstacle , but even this has a luss disturbing influence than it had a week or two ngo , as the prospect of unwise action seems more remote. The money markets have generally grown easier during the past week , not only at the east , but at some of the western nnd southern centers , Reports from other cities disclose no Ijn- nnrtnnt change In the condition of trade. Wholesale business naturally slacltons and is quiet nt this point in the year nnd the Indisposition to net Is rather Increased by thu tardiness of collections. At Dostou prospects are considered better for the trade lu woolen and cotton goods. The conditions at other eastern cities have boon not essen tially different , though nt Pittsburg Desso- iner Iron has sold nt flO.'i'i ' , the lowest prlco for the year , and all pig iron is at bottom prices. Manufactured iron is In fair demand und rails unchanged. The Hint glim trade is quite active , -with fewer hands Idle than for months past nnd the window glass trade Is fair. At points further west expectation of Improvement nftor January 1 is general , though the trnilo is quiet in wholesale lines but fully up to last ) ear's. At Kansas City the trade is quite good , but cattle and hog ro- coiptsaro light. At Lincoln , Nob. , business exceeds that of last year , though fears of state ICRlblation against lenders tends to in * crease the prevailing stringency. At Denver the demand for money is lighter nnd the supply equal to legitimate needs. U Salt Lake the monuy market is extremely close and the outlook unsatisfactory. At other poiuts in the northwest the monetary situation scorns rather bettor. Reports from the south also indicate some improvement. Manufacturers at Louisville are fully employed though money Is very close. Trade nt Atlanta improves. Cotton Is moving more sntlsfuctoiily and at Gnlvoa- ton receipts exceed those of last year. Now Orleans reports a fair trade , l.trger receipts of cotton , the crop being thcto estimated , at 7,700,000 bales and good receipts of sugar ami molasses with steady prices. Through. out the soutli ! ho llctlcious prices maintained list summer anil fall for cotton have caused some embarrassment , being followed by the inevitable decline as the magnitude of the crops became known , but more than 5,000,000 have already passed out of the hands of pro ducers , mainly at fair uncos. It is especially encouraging that , thus far , there has been so llttlo embarrassment nnd so few failures among the important manufacturing works recently established in that section , \Vhllethosituationoftholronnnd steel in dustry shows no improvement the fact thut the closiug weeks of the year are passing without nny serious sot back gives oncour- apomont. There is anxiety ns to the demand which may appear with the new year , since It is generally perceived that many works must remain idle for a time unless there is n decided increase in consumption. For most finished products the consumption is even now so great that In nny previous year it would have been considered eminently satis factory. The exception is the steel rail busi ness In which a crisis nnd destructive com petition seem imminent , a provisional agree ment made during the p.tst week in this citv having been defeated by the refusal of an eastern mill to sign. The woolen manufacturers are clearly en joying a larger demand for most products since the importations wcro checked , hut as yet no considerable , improvement in prices has been found practical. The readjustment of Iirices in the boot and shoo and leather Indus tries scorns to bo progressingUirly with less prospect of any serious embarrassment. On the whole labor has never been more fully oinnlovod thnu In the latter part of IbOO. The monetary situation grows inoro "satis factory because treasury disbursements con tinue and arrivals of gold have given nlil and the enormous excess of merchant ) iso exports over Imports is felt. In throe weeks of Do- ccmbor exports from Now YorK have been 7 nor cent greater than last year , which would liulicato heavier exports than in nny previous months , while the Increase m exports hns been but 2 per cent. Theao facts point to un ex cess of exports as largo as the $ ' 17,000,009 of last December , nnd In November ttio ex cess of exports over Imports was moro than $ ' ! . - > ,000OOa There has not boon much ac tivity In speculation this week thoupti com has fallen SJ/c and oats le and cotton .J-Kio. Wheat Is % o higher , coffee } o and oil 4'4C. The stock market has been left to the professionals , who have chosen to debut but little until the new year has pogun. It U by all classes believed that thu monetary pressure will cease soon after January 1 for a time nnd if no disturoing legislation comes trade may bo expected to revive with vigor. It Is a good sjinptom that Instead of in creasing toward the end of the year , failures have become less Important nnd less fro- Ptiont , The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 5KU. as compared with a total of J04 last week. For the coTespondlng' week for last year the llguios were 2i8. Hlvth Ward licpiilillcniiN. There were hut about a dozen members of the Sixth ward republican club present last night nt the regular weekly mooting nt the headquarters on Lake street. Louis Little- field , the vlco president , called the meeting to order , and Peter Grant was chosen secre tary in thonbscnce of the official Avho usually performs the functions of the seribo for the club. club.Mr. Mr. Llttleflold suggested that inasmuch ai there were but few present , the meeting had bettor bo adjourned without taking up the business that should have been transacted. Matters of considerable importance were liable to co mo before the club , nnd in that case there should be a full attendance. Mr.V.P. . Morrow was present and was opposed to an adjournment until ho had boon given au opportunity to answer some of thu charges ttiat had been made against him , and for which alleged offenses ho had been re quested to relinquish his place as a member of the executive committee and withdraw from the club. He began a sioech | upon his loyalty to the club and his work for Mr. Doyd , but other meinborsof the club objected to the hearing of tiny talk of that kind before the matter comes regularly before the club. Mr. Frank Spore , the other gentleman who has been no tilled that his resignation ns a member of the executive committee nnd his withdrawal from the club would bo accept- nblo to the majority , was present und wan ted the investigation , or Inquisition , or whatever the club proposed to do , sprung right there and then. Hut a motion to adjourn wns put nud carried with the understanding that a full meeting of the club will bo called for next Trid.ty night , nnd the charges against Messrs. Spore nnd Morrow will then bo heard und a disposition of their cases will bo made , An Allowed iOmt > czzcr. ! Charles Fishbach was arrested nnd lodged In Jail lost night at thu instance of Mr. Hoscnkrnntz , the commission merchant , who charges Pishlnch with the embezzlement of funds. A Diamond lo lcr A nigtiH. NBW YOHK , Dec. ! . William 11 , Satnllfer , dealer in diamonds and tlno Jewelry , assigned louay. Be Sure If you ti.-ivo nmdo tip your mini ! to buy Hood's Sarsainrllla do not bo Induced to take anj otlicr A llostcm lady , \vhoo example. U wctlhy Imitation , tells her experience bclowi "In one store wlicro I went to buy Hood's Ramparllla tlio clcik tried tolndnco motitiy tliclrowii Instead of Hood's ; hotolilmotliclr's would last longer ; that I mlglit take tt on toil To Get days' trial ; tlint If I did not like It I need not pay anytliliiK , etc. Hut lie could not pro allen on mo to change. I told him I had taken Howl's Sirsnparlll.n , knew what It was , was untuned with It , and did not want any other. When I began taklni * Hood's Harsaparllla I was IcelliiK real miserable vllli dyspepsia , and to < tcak that nt times 1 couU Jiatdly "S stand. I looked HKo a person In consump tion. Hood's 8arsap.irlll.-i did nio so imieh good that I wonder at myself sometimes , and my f tlends frequently speak of It. " JIus. ELU A. OOFF , 61 Terrace Stieet , Uostoii. Sarsaparilla olill > rnlldrtiKRlits. JlialxforTJ. rrcpro.l o y C. I. HOOD A CO. , Apoltircarlci , Lowell , .Mi 10O Doses Ono Dollar A I.nr o Attciidanco and ( Nuit cM. Thol'alnco blllinrd touriinnicnt opened yea- triday afternoon In the presence of a largo crowd of spectators , 'iho flist contest was between "Mlnnlo" Cnlin anil Harry I'nrrlsli , 00 points , 1'arrish receiving a CO point handi cap. rullowliiK I1 * the score ; Calm 7 , 13. 1 , 1 , 5 , 1 , 5 , 0 , ! ! , 0 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 0. 7 , 0 , ' . ' , 0 , 1 , 8 , 1 , 11 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 13 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 8 , . I ) , 0 , 1 , 0 , a , 7 , 7 , 12 , S , 1(1. ( 0 , 2. Total , 200. Jest run , 127. AvantgoItf. . I'nrrish-0 , IS , ! ! . H , 1 , I , 2 , 1 , 15 , 0 , 10 , 3 , 3 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 2 , 0 , li ( , 5 , 1 , B. 1 , 1 , 0 , 0 , i ) , 8 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 1 0. 0. 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 10. Total , 121. Host run , 10. Average , 2 1-10. The game in the evening was between Churllo Beck anil W. E. Mu ner , 200 point * ii | > . lleok won by a score of 200 to 133. LccU's best run , 12 ; average , 3 7-1) ) . Mag- ner's best run. 10 ; average , 30-10. The contest this afternoon will bo between Harry Parrlsh mid U'lllinm llulo. 200 points up , und this evening Calm vs Halo , Halo to receive n CO point handicap. The Wool Market. BOSTON , Mass. , Dc c. 20. iSpeoial Telegram toTlin BiiK.l Thcro has boon n qulot mar- Itct for wool , the sales averaging well , foot ing up 2,000,000 pounds of all kinds , Nparly n million pounds of this amount Is Toxns wool. Some largo lots of lull wool have been sold nt ! Si'i1c and spring at 21@2 Ic. T'orri- . tory wools h.ivo been quiet nt COc clean for lino. flSc for fine medium and 5jo for medium , while In Oregon and California wools there has boon nothing doing. There has been a good inquiry for Michigan X fleeces , with sales nt .JS SSOc. Ohio llocccs have been selling In small lots r.tJUtfMJo for X and at aatglMo for XX and XX'nbovo. . Northern wools have boon quiet at 3Sc for Ohio and at ! lc for Michigan. Comolnir dolulno tleeocs hauo boon in moderate demand nt preivous prices. In pulled wool * fair sales have been inado at405ofor ! best super , 338c for fair to good snpor nnd UJcRSUc for extra. For eign wools have been quiet but llrm. K. N , Crane of Denver Is at the Casey. O. D. Carpsiitor of St. Louis is at the Pax- ton. 11. C. Patterson of Boston is at the Mur ray. ray.II. II. II. Bancroft of Salt Lake is nt the Mil- lard. II. J. Kobblns of Shelton is at the Mer chants. M. W. Lynch of Madison , Wls. , is at the Gisoy. William H. Dailcyof Philadelphia Is at the Faxton , D. H. Galloway of Chic.igo Is in the city , at the city. II. H. Wilson of Lincoln Is in the city , nt the Paxton. W. K. Robinson of Baker City , Oro. , is at the Mlllard. H. Mlddloton of Choycnuo Is In ttio city , at thoMillard. I ) . M. Tarish of Chicago is registered n t the Murray. C. H. Howard of St. Louis was at the Mil- lurd Init night. W. H. Flsk of North Platte wits at the Cftsoy last night , J. II. Smith of Portland , Oro. , was at the Pnxton last night , U. S. Paddock of Fort lioblnson was at the Murray last night , W. H Morritt , Jr. , of Des Molnes Is in the city , nt the Murray. A. L. S | > e.innan of Springfield was at the Merchants last night. John U. Higglns of Grand Island is in the city , ut the Merchants. J , S. Rykos of Cheyenne was in the city last night , at the Merchants. Mr. T. C. Brainerd of the Pnxton is con fined to his loom with a slight Illness. Mr. B. F. Gucrtin h.is succeeded Frank Fnherty as chief clerk in Dun's Commercial Agency. J.V. . Johnston of Tckamah Is nt the I'.tx- ton , having Just returned Irom a three months' visit nt Belfast , Ireland. Leon .1. Klein , society editor of the Kansm City Times and Kansas C'ity representative of the Sporting News , is In the my. Oeargo W. Lasburg , secretary of the Fair- bank investment company , loft yesterday for Now Hampshire , where ho will visit rela tives. Miss Emma Monzingo , assistant to Scciv- tary Connojcr of thu board of education , loft for Coin , la. , vostordtiy nftcrnoon , where she will spend her vacation with her relatives. L. 1' . McClarrcn , ono of the editors of the Sioux falls , ( S. 1) ) Dally I'ress , was in the city yesterday on his way to the western part of tuo state to look utter soiuo business mut ters. ters.K. K. L. Lomax , general passenger agent of the Union Pacific , returned yesterday iiftor- noon from a week's absence in Chicago , where ho attended u meeting of the p.isscugcr association. H. A. Xelclo , ono of the boomers from Port Pierre , S , D. , Is In the city for a few days. In speaking of matters in his country lie states that the Indian troubles have knocked the real cstato market cold. Fort Pierre Is n new town on the recently opened Sioux reser vation , at the mouth of Bad rtvur , a stream that tlows from the bad lands. Frank II. Fuhorty , chief clerk of U. G. Dun . .t Co. of this city for the p.m four years , has gone to Uonvur , where ho will ns- sunio the duties of city reporter for the sumo company. Mr. Kuhorty's connection with the O malm olllco ha > been of orodlt to him self nnd satisfaction to nls employers , und his promotion is the result of ' ' POWDER Absolutely Pure , A ore&mof tartar taking powder. Hlihrat ( lea\enlii2itronxtU-U U , Qoreraineut Ite- yort Auj. IT , l i SIlff.TOKI FOR OUR PRIZE OF Worth of Goods , From Our Store , is Thos. Scanlan , 2116 California St. TheyfiaijTieUs But They Can't ' Beat Us. There has never been such a sale in the city of Omaha as we have had on our overcoats since the prices have been re duced. Will continue the sale at the past phe nomenally low pri ces , as we determ ined to make the big gest record in an overcoat sale in this section of the coun try. You supplied with a cheap coat , with a fine coat , with a medium-priced coat ? | if not come to us a we will save you 2 per cent on your purchase. Our underwear de partment we have been way below any other house in the city for the qual ity of wear we have given. And IT. Is a well established fact by this time that Hellman will not be undersold. We shall make another cut in our underwear de partment which will be so marked as to close out even the last undershirt and drawe r s in. our house. Our $8 , $6 , $7 , $8 and $1O overcoats will be cut 1O per cent more. That will make them at prices less than they can be bought at wholesale. "We are in it with all our might. " \ . Cor , 11 and Farm ,