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THE OMAHA BEE ; -TUESDAY ( , MARCH 24 , 1891.
VOOLLBrSWONDERPOLTORL
ttho Eoard of Education's ' Building Super
intendent Gets into Trouble.
< IF'TELLS SADLY CONFUSING STORIES ,
> Ellis Approved ljr Him nro Shown
to .bo Vcrjr ) ' 'xortltAnt Mat
ters for itio Hoard's
Investigation.
FraolcV. . Woolley , wbo draws a salary of
( l.'iO j > cr iTionth p ? superintendent of build
ings and property for the Omaha board of
education Is undoubtedly getting himself Into
n very embamsslng position as a result of his
neglect of duty and palpable inefficiency.
Speak In i ? of the investigation thnt bos been
ordered by the board In his case Mr. Euclid
Martin said :
" \Vc have n right , I think , to expect that
the superintendent of buildings will try at
least to do what the hoard orders him to do
by resolutions passed at our regulartnoot-
Ings , and wo have n right , I think , to expect
that the superintendent will tell the truth in
bis rcK | > rts und In his oral statements to the
ooanl.
"On February 20 the board ordered Mr.
Woolloy to put the stern windows on the
Lake school. In his written report to the
board pn March 2 , Mr. Woolloy stated that
ho had done as the hoard directed on Feb
ruary ! ! : ! . Members of the board were not
aware of the fact that Mr. Woolloy hud not
put up iho storm winder * at thoLako school ,
as ho had said , until Monday March 10 ,
when I telephoned to the principal of the
Lake school and learned that the storm windows
dews were still la the basotncntwhorcthey
had been all winter.
"You remember tbo excuse that Mr.
\Voolley gave last Mondav night when con
fronted ny these tacU. lie said in the pres
ence of the board and the reporters that ho
Imd gotten the storm windows nil ready to
put In , but the principal told him that ho
bud better not put thorn up ns the weather
was not very blustery and they were not
needed.
"i don't really know whether what ho said
about the weather last Monday
iilirht was nuv nearer the tiutb
than his written report was on
March U. You had better look that point up.
"On March 7 the board passed a resolution
Iristructlng Mr. Woolloy to take down the
yellow window shadus that ho had put or. tbo
windows of the Farnntn school and put up a
different color , In accoruanco with former
regulations adopted. Tim yellow blinds are
still on the Farnam school windows , nnd Mr.
Woolloy says ho Is waiting until Mr. Fal
coner gets ready to do the work. "
"What progress is being : made In the Inves
tigation of the excessive bill submitted for
tbo two-room building on Davenport street ! "
"I am not on that committee. You know
as much about it as I do. The bill Is filed
thcro In the clerk's oDico nnd speaks for
itself. "
"When the reporter for Tun BEE entered tno
principal's oflico at thu L.ako school nnd
asked her whether she had told Mr. 'Woolloy
in February not to put up the storm windows
von4,110 building , Iho lady refused to answer
the question directly , saying :
4I think all such things should go to the
lubllc if they must go to the pub-
io through the board of education ,
do not wish to talk to a
newspaper reporter about business that be
longs to the board. If 1 talk to anybody
about this matter it will bo to the board when
thnt body has requested mo to talk , and not
before then. "
"Hut I wiis referred to you by a member of
that board , " said tlio reporter. "I simply
wish to Itnow whether you did or did not tell
Mr. Woolloy In tbo latter part of February
not to put up the storm windows on the Lake
school. "
"I will talk to the board , but not to a re
porter , " said the lady lirmly , and stepping to
the telephone sbo called un Mr. Martin.
The end of the telephonic conversation
which then took plnco and which the reporter
bcnrd , was about la follows :
"Is this Mr. Mai tin I"
"Is It necessary for mo to answer the
, questions of n newspaper reiwrtcr regard Ing
these storm windows ) "
1 "But I don't like the newspaper notoriety.
t don't think It is the right way to do. If I
nm obliged to talk about such things I would
rather talk to the board. "
"Yes , I saw thut pleco in the paper. "
\Voolloycamoright up hero the next
day ; that was last Tuesday or Wednesday.
i Jlo wanted to put the storm windows up
i then , but I told him not to do It , for it Is alt -
t most spring now. "
. ' "O , no. IIo Is mistaken. I novcr told him
not to put tbo storm windows up until after
that piece was iu the paper the nrst of this
week you know. "
"I know that I told him nothing about the
windows , excoptlng that I wanted them put
on , until ho called hero Just the other day. "
As tbo lady turned away from the tele
phone , the reporter again asked : "As n mat-
, tar of fact then , did you or did you not toll
Mr. Woolley in February that bo need not
, put up the storm widows1 !
"I did not , " she replied quito emphatically.
It now remains for Mr. Woolloy to explain
his statement made at the ooard meeting
lost Monday night.
Thn committee appointed to Investigate the
Itemized bill for the two-room school building
on Davenport street bas not yet bad a meet-
iue , bill the indications nro that some glaring
overcharges will bo found. The total cost of
tbo building foots up about $1,000. , Mr. Babcock -
cock referred to the apparent expensivcnoss
ot the building at tha last mooting of tbo
board , nnd Morris Morrison oxplalned that
the reason this building seemed ernfnslvo
was tire fact that former buildings of the
Itlnd , put up by contract , were made of very
poor material nud were shnbbilv nullt
Speaking of this matter , Mr. Martin
said : "If .somo of these school huilu-
ingslinvobec-'l built of bogus material who
- r is to blame for It ? Wo hlro Mr. Woolley to
superintend the erection of our buildings and
strikes mo that ho and his friends are exposing -
posing themselves when they admit that be
has permitted the contractors to defraud tbo
cltv. "
The bill for the brick work on the small ,
two room building erected on Davenport
street , Is un Interesting scrap of paper. It
says : "Dr. to John Hoyo for building founda
tion to school house on Davcuport street :
12,500 brick nt ll § 137 50
Building two chimneys city furnish
ed the brick-bricklayers 18 00
Laborers 8 00
Band 0 00
Lime 4 00
Total S175 50
The two chimneys , only ono-story high ,
oo.-US.Tf ! over and nbovo the brick , which
were furnibhoJ by the city , were built by Mr.
JIou1 , who assigned his claim to John Hush.
nnd who drew the cAsh for which the bill
calls.
It now begins lo dawn upon the board that
sonia of these ityms , along with many others
In connection with tbo building , are exor
bitant , if not absolutely fraudulent , ana a
careful Investigation will bo demanded.
Iloyo's bill for RiU for constructing the
two chimneys was submitted to a contractor -
tractor without any explanation as to
Who did the worker for whom U was Uono
nnd his opinion was asked as to whether it
was a reasonable charge ,
IIo dissected it as follows :
"II was probably Job work nnd would cost ,
more than the regular scale. The chimneys
were about nlno foot high , eighteen feet for
, the two , and should not have cost more than
$1 a foot , $18 in all , nnd the contractor fur.
nlsh nil the material. The charge of $13 for
bricklayers Is three or four times as much as
U should have boon. The scale lsJ.50 a day for
bricklayers , though W a day would not bo excessive -
cossivo for an odd Job of that kind. Any kind
of a mason would build two such chimneys
In a half day. The charge of $18 represents
the wagps of four bricklayers for a full day
nt $1.50 each , with 13.00 allow ud for helpers.
The chavt'o of fO for sand is out of all reason ,
If wo had to paymich rates for building
sand 'thoro wouldn't bo any brick or stone
structure * built in Omaha. The two chim
neys stipultl have .been built for 130 ut most
nnd the contractors furtlsh the material.
With the brick furnished as Iu tills ease , the
chnrjo for labor and uand and Itmo should
not have qxccodcd $1'J at the outside. "
Another chnrgo Is made agnlnst Woolloy by
nn onluial of the board , who. excused tbo
fthort-rainlufta of the superintendent of build-
Ingt nn the grounds that ho It kept too busy
enjoying himself to pivo the proper attention
to hU worit. "Frank- ono of the boyB , "
smd thoonlclal , "and would luuoh rather play
high-live for the oenr than bother himself
the orders and Instructions of the
bp rd. Hfl bus a habit ot leaving
the supcrlntcndcnco of repairs to
tha janitors of the various schools
nnd the result U thnt the work Is not dona nt
all or Tory poorly done.
"Spcakine of the ? 1COO , bill for the Davenport -
port street build Ing , " COD tinned the official ,
' reminds mo that several buildings were put
up last year that -were , exactly llko ttiat
build In ? nt a cost of $ Xfl each. But then a
Httlo difference of % ya In the cost of two
articles of exactly equal value do u't cut
auy figure so long as tbo city pays the bills. "
DoWItt a Utlla early Risers : only pill to
cure nick headache and rcgulato the bowels
*
MAY GIT SlIjIC
The Alleged Murderer of 1'oor Held ,
for Investigation.
After reading the Interview with Page , the
Poor murderer suspect now In the Chicago
Jnll , County Attorney Mahoney yesterday
saldr "I place bat little confidence In the
man's statement regarding Silk's ' confession.
The parties are all thieves nnd crooks and
for this rca on you can ft bellovo them.
"It looks , of course , as though Page know
something about the murder , but ho rnlgnt
hnvo obtained his Information from the
papers printed at the time. The Interview Is
about tbo same as the affidavit now in my
ixissossinii and recites the satno facts.
"If the Chicago authorities fail to convict
Silk ho will bo brought hero and wo will see
what wo can do with him. I have an nr-
ranRoment \ \ tha Chicago chief of police
by which I will bo notified of his release , and
In the meantime I shall continue my investi
gations nnd see what testimony I can work
up agnlnst him. "
rratik Williams , the suspect held at the
city Jail on the strength of frank Paeo's
allldiwit charging him with complicity in the
murder of Charles Poor , was released yes
terday on motion of CountyAttorney Ma-
bonoy.
Williams Informed Judge Hclsloy thnt his
homo was in St. Cloud , Minn. , nnd thnt his
occupation wus that , of a dishwasher and
"hasher. " The court did not like the looks
of his ugly mug.and told him thatho couldn't
stay In Omaha under any circumstances , ns
ho was a bad man and the police know it , A
sentence of nlnty days was suspcned and the
prisoner ordered taken to the bridge. "And
don't you conm back hero , " said his honor ,
"for If you do you will bo arrested , and if
you are brought before mo , no matter if It is
six months from now , I will enforce that sen
tence , and a part of it will bo on bread and
water. "
For strengthening and clearing the voice ,
use "Brown's Bionchlal Troches. " "I have
eommcnded.thom to friends who were public
spcaxcrs , and they have proved extremely
serviceable. " Kov. Henry Ward Beecher.
BTOPPBD 1HU WO11K.
Mnjor BirkhniiHcrTgniii Alter the
Anplmlt Pavers.
Chairman Birkhnuscr , of the board of pub
lic works , yesterday stopped tbo gang of
paving repairers who were at work on Cum-
Ing street. The move was made out of defer
ence to the kicks of property owners.
Mr. BIrkhauscr states that asphalt'cav
ing put down nt this tlmo of the
year is absolutely worthless. Said
he , "It Is worse now than In the fall ,
faomo of the paving put down last fall will
have , to como up , as it is so soft that I can
stick my heel through it , The old paving Is
full of frost and it chills the now material
used In repairing before it can bo com
pressed. Tuo result is that it Is so imper
fectly compressed that it never hardens. To
do the work now simply means that It would
have to bo done over again and thcro is no
use in barricading the street every little
while. As soon as the weather ls warm
enough the work will bo done. "
The best nnd cheapest Car-Starter is sold
by the Bordpn & Sellcck Co. , Chicago , 111.
With it ono man can move a loaded car.
Overruled the licmnrrer.
At noon yesterday Judge Helsloy handed
down a decision In the case of Keys nnd Kills.
These mon were tried some tlmo ago on the
charge of larceny , It being claimed that they
confidence * ! a men named Wolf out of about
Tbo defendants filed n demurrer to the
evidence Introduced at that time and it was
on that question the Judge had been called
upon to decide. Judge Helsloy overruled the
demurrer and decided that the charge of lar
ceny had been established.
The case Is sot for bearing nt 10:30 o'clock
VNodnesday morning.
Try Cook's ' Extra Dry Imperial Cham-
nngne. There is no foreign wine that has Its
boquot or any that is as pure.
"RiiffnluHtllV New Show.
Colonel Cody was In the city yesterday en
route to New York , from which point ho will
saU with his Wild West show early In April
for another European tour , lie says ho has a
much larger and finer aggregation of talent
than ho had on bis first trip abroad and is In
excellent condition to amuse and amaze the
crowned and uncrowned heads of the old
world.
Sherman Can field , will accompany tbo party
as Colonel Cody's private secretary.
Colonel Cody was a caller nt TUB BRE office
this morning.
Mrs. Jones hasn't a pray hair in her head
u d Is over fifty. She looks as young ns her
a ughtcr. The secret of It is thatsho uses
nlv Hall's Hair Ucnewor.
Swallowed Morphine Capsules.
Aleck McCloud died Saturday at the fam
ily residence , 819 South Seventeenth street ,
aged eighteen months. The Httlo follow man
aged to get hold of some morphine capsules
and swallowed some of the poison. Medical
aid was summoned , but death could not be
a\erted. The funeral will take place nt 10
o'clock this morning. Interment at
Laurel Hill.
Mrs. VVinslow's Soothing Syrup reduces
Inflammation while children nro tcothlnc. 25
ccut-s a bottle.
Uncle iu Jnll.
.1. J. Hade , one of the principals In the
shooting aflmy at Waterloo Saturday morn
ing , was brought to this city yesterday and
placed In the county jail , unable to give
bonds for his appearance In the district court.
D'O Witt's Little Early Klsors. Best Httlo
pill over made. Cure constipation every
timo. None equal. Use them now.
The Barker R. Smith. Chicago : W. E. Mc-
X/eod , Clinton ; 1' . A. McDonald. Bpokano
Fulls : W. Li Mull , Oeadwood : J. 11. Cnldvell.
Salt I ako ; 1' . Jnmusnnd son , Gruud Island ;
11 , U Douglas , Chicago.
The Murray Dr. Strauss. M. 01 nick , W. E.
Brothers , N. E. Clnrkgnn , A. S. Walker , New
York : A. II. Goodo. Cliurlo * K. Clarke , M.
William * ! . Ghlcaxo ; 11. S. Gr.ivusP\orth I'lntto :
Clmrlos Vollmun , Suit Imko ; Dr. Kden. A. M.
Siiyclanj , Urooklii ; U. L Sherwood , Rochester ,
N. X ,
The Herchants-F. T. IlartlettKansas City ;
II.S. Peovy , Nobwka City : I. , . II. Kent. Or-
leansJ. E. Diinsln. Wuhoo ; C. II. Smith ami
vrlto , I'lmthmoutlt : Cioorgo ConwajPaglnuw. .
-Mloli.j llonry PMlllns , Otturnwu. In. ; W. J.
Williams. IH'fianco ' ; 1) ) , G. Wilcox. n. I'itzslm-
tnons nnd I1.1) . \\llcox , St. 1'aul , Nob.
The Dcllouo W , A. Mollrlnp. F. T. lUniuy.
St. Jou ; U I. , t-mlth , Lincoln ; F. J. S. Hackney.
IxmlsMllo. Ky. ; | | , M. Ito crn , Oliloapo ; 11. II
Cobl > . P. O. Laften. Oenuvu ; 1) ) . N. Wncoler ,
Tender : Paul t'lcsmir. Tri-mont ) W. 0. Harncs.
Nebraska Ulty ; K. A. Chase. St. JoHtMili ;
William Ujilor. George HaWer , Dunhar ; W.
\V , bo ell nndvlte. . Ht , Joe ; Kred II. Bmltb , S.
hellogj. Nebraska City.
The Murray J. l . Canon. Lincoln ; J. P.
Fine. Hh lton ; l oroy Hull. Crawford.
r\ob. ; Kd It. Shuw.Codar Itaplas In. ;
O. F. Dranscr , Helvldrre : O. 11.
Wilson , Arllnctuu ; Jolin Norton. Henry
1'hl , Lou I TaU iittitst | , T.ilmuKui J.
U. Arnold , DCS Molncs : Knill Heller
Wf t I'olnti II. II. Uo s. Vail , In. ; J. 0. Mi'olr.
.Superior : U. A. Alison , Herman : 1) . Vn : itte.
A Ins worth ; William Orecr , Tlmrinan. Iu. ;
John J , Neabett uuU family , NotlU 1'lutto ; S.
M , Young. Tender.
The Mlllard a P. BIaekro n. Clilaapo : II.T.
I.clnlst. Atchltnn ; M. II Hopowotl. ToUiuuah :
T II. Kill ) . Norfolk ! W. K. Tlilcmell. Dos
Molnoi ; J.\V , Hoffman , Lincoln ; W.C , Droolcs ,
Deatrlco ; M' , U. Lynch , K lloltovriiy , SU Louis.
The I'axton S M , Elder. I.incolu : U.
P. Child. Kansas City : J. W. llo\vmati ,
ChlcftKoj O. CHanson , MomnhlsV ; N.
Lowell , Kansas City ; r.llwoou W , KVUUH.
V , a. A. . Kort Meudc. S. II. ; W. Q.
Spencer. Chicago ; A. Orlsot , Now \ork ;
( .forgo MeCYrmlc- ! . I'aul , Neb. : I. Kles.
Now York ; J. C. Iturhunuu , Hylvi'ktt-r M r-
ahnll. UliliiiRo ; II. O.Oncer , I-'rnnk II Scott
und lady , I'rumunt ' ; M. W.Coohraiic. Wllbcr :
K. II. lladfUld. Outhouborif , J. J. ( Jutland , Co-
HE IS WANTED IN THIS CITY ,
An Ogden Mujlo Dealer Arrested for an Old
Offense ic Omaha.
SWINDLED HIS FRIENDS AND FLED ,
Ho Dodged Detectives by Turning De
tective and Continue.il His I'ocu-
llnr nnd IrroRtilar Deals
Other Local News.
Thcro are many things that Indicate that
T. S. Clarke , the rnaa who -nos arrested at
Ogdcn lost Saturday , Is badly wanted in
Omaha.
*
In January , 18S8 , ono Qcorgo 0. Wheeler
and Edward C. Cundy came to the city , and
a few weeks later bought out J. L. Watson ,
who at that tlmo was running the Now Yoik
storage company store , which occupied the
second , third and fourth floors of the Bonuett
building on Capital avenue.
They paid Watson a certain amount of
cash and Iho balance In notes , which they
represented to him were secured on eastern
property. A young man , C. K. Sllsbee , who
was clerking in Ferguson's ' furnlturo store ,
was employed ns chief clerk by Wheeler fc
Cundy , and that ho might Imvo tin interest In
the concern ho lot tbo two men huvo 2,000 in
cash :
Things went well fora timonnd the now
flnn made money , but on April 13 of that year
both proprietors suddenly disappeared.
Watson , wbo had loft nil of fits notes and
accounts In the safe , commenced an Investi
gation and discovered that nearly nil the
bills ho held against parties In the city had
been collected. Not only this- the notes that
the two men had given him for his stock had
also taken wings and llown.
A warrant was issued on April 24 for the
arrest of the men , wit they had gene and for
a tlmo no trace of them could bo obtained.
The warrant was placed hi tno hands of
Deputy Louis GrcUo and ho traced them to
the farm of Steve Kastabrooke , near Eaglo.
There ho learned that both Wheeler and
Cuudy had stopped several days with I'sta-
brooko.who was a brother-in-law of Cundy's ,
hut ecttSnc wind of the donutv being on their
trail bad taken the train at Eagle ana ngaiu
skipped.
Subsequent developments proved that most
of tticlr stock bad econ bold and spirited
away , and only a few hunarcd dollars' worth
of property remained to satisfy Watson's
claim of J.'i.OCO and SUsbeo's claim of $ . ' ,000.
Ifor a tlmo all trace of the
two fugitives was lost , but later
Cundy was reported dead and Wheeler
was spotted on the Chicago detective
force , wncro ho had assumed the name of
Clarke. The Omaha ofllcers started on his
trail once more , but ho managed to give them
the slip and went west.
A lew weeks later ho was located at Butte
City , Mont.hero ho was running a music
store. Another attempt wns made to secure
him , but ho got wind of the proceedings and
gavotho officers the slip. After that ho
completely disappeared from the police gaze
to recently turn u pin Salt Lake City , where
under the firm name of Clurko ft Co. , he
opened a large wholesale music house.
Parties who were recently in Salt Lake
mot the man and to them ho admitted that at
one tlmo ho did business in Umuba , but de
nied all connection with the Watson swindle.
This was reported to the sheriff and ho at
once laid the plans for his arrest , to bo foiled
by the arrest that wus made last Saturday.
From Information that Sheriff Boyd now
has la his bauds it scorns that the arrest was
mnda supposing that Clurko or Wheeler
was one of the Pierce piano mon.
This the sheriff thinks Is n mistake ,
though ho is sure that ho Is the man who
robbed Watson. In addition , to this , Clarke
Is wanted on similar charges In both Chicago
and Minneapolis. The sheriff has tele
graphed the Ogtlen authorities and as soon
as ho receives a reply will secure the requisi
tion and start after his man with the inten
tion of bringing him hero to moot tbo charges
that arc filed against him
DWi'KIl IN DEEPEn.
Ijarceiiy Added to tlic Present Clinrfje
of ItiirRlnry.
William McGuire , alias Dwycr , wbo was
arrested for burglarizing the shoo store of
Morris & Wilcox , will have to meet another
charge of larceny.
When his room wa searched a stitchol full
of theatrical costumes was found. The ar
ticles werd idcutiilcd as the personal propjr- (
ty of I. W. Miner of the Grand and they
were turned over to him. It seems that Mc-
Uuiro was property man at the theater until
about a nioiuh ago , anil during the time that
ho was there over J300 worth of property
was missed. The value of the- " " recovered
goods Is about $50.
A I'ciRt Mortem Statement.
COUNCIL BLUFFS , March 21. To the Editor
of far Ur.u : That no injustice may bo dona a
physician or acknowledged standing , I desire
to say , iu reply to your reference to Dr. llieh-
mend hi jcstoiday's paper , that the president
of the Medical Society of thoMlssourl Valley
has no right to permit a physician not n mem
ber of that society to present any case before
that body until the programme has boon
completed , and then only b > n vote of the so
ciety. Dr. Richmond did not give his con
sent ( as your paper states ) to Dr. J , E. Sum
mers , Jr. , to present his cases , the under
signed had to got , by u vote of the societytho
permission for Dr. bummers to do so.
It must bo remembered that Dr. Richmond
and tbo secretary labored for two months by
many letters to secure sufficient papers to
present u programme for that meeting , and it
Is not good treatment to the gentlemen who
contributed papers for that mtutltig to shove
them aside for some ono who uoes not think
enough of the society to join It , to crcicnt
cases before It No ono questions Dr. Gross
man's standing ; the fact of being associated
with Dr. Ualbraith at SU Joseph's hospital
assures the society of that fact. It should
not Insult any gentleman lor the president of
the socletv to live up to the accustomed rules
of the society ho is presiding over. Hcspcct-
fully , P. S. TIIOMIS , M. D. ,
Secretary Medical Society Missouri Vnlloy.
A. Hotel niuze.
The llro"department called out about
4 o'clock yesterday morning to extin
guish a blazeon the second floor
of the Hotel Pullman on Badge
street , between Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
The building , which is a three-story , owned
by A. Cohn and occupied by Mrs. Horn , wus
damaged to the amount of fOO. The cause of
the tire Is unknown ,
Iho Publication ofOriliiinncpH
"Thero Is no doubt in my mtud , " said
Mayor Gushing yesterday , "but the
proper thing would bo for the Metropolitan
railroad people to say whether or not thcj'
nro satlfillcd with the terms of that street car
ordinance ocforo wo order it published. It Is
a lengthy document , and to give U the num-
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
IT EXECUTIVE CHAMBEH. IS
Jftl. , Jan. C , ' 90.
'T hare often used ST.
J.ICOnS OIL , , and /ln < I it
a g-ootl Liniment. "
ELIHU E. JACKSON ,
THE Cov'ofMdBEST. .
ntjr O M lUtfihCCnuwieCzeQ
l dlnR reinnly lor alllba
un ntlui Hi dlnciurirea end
rrlv t < lllf "i40 ( men A
ccruln cure ( or llir tleblll
lallCK w kDtu peculiar
tunomrn ,
Ii icritillan < lfeelui
In recommvodlDC It to
berof Icpal publlcallorw required would noe-
cssltnto tbo CxpcnillUiro of at least fJOO.
which could be saved t < J the city If they will
not accept its proYUIdnsj
"In spcaklni ! upon bls subject I think San
Francisco has the best law on the publica
tion of ordinances. Tlicro they nro all pub
lished before ttiolr paspiuro so that tlio kicks
como bolero the ordlnaijcci become laws , In
stead ot aftonvnrd. This would cost prob
ably 83,000 moro each ytar , but Jn the end I
think It would bo a saying and the people
would bo better satlsljod'1 '
Dr. Blrnov euros catarrh. Boo bld'p.
AJIl'SKJIKXIS.
"Supcrba , " n spcctlicular pantomlno UB-
pcstlvoof "Lo Voyage en Sulssc , " "Fiu-
tnsmo , " and the cxtravaRauzas asioci-
atcd ivltb. the name of the Hatilons ,
made n pronounced sensation la t c\-cn- \
Ing nt the Boyd. Nothing so elaborate In
scenery , In mechanical contrivance ! dcslened
to mystify , nnd in costuming , has been scon
on the local boards In a very long
time , If at all. But outsldo of
the wonderful tricks nnd transformations ,
the Rorccous coloring of the costumes nnu
the well painted scenes , there Is Httlo to war
rant an extended notice. Everything Is raado
subsovicnt to the stage carpenter , the scenic
artist , the property innn , the gas mini , the
costumcr and the small army of men who
work the traps and the tricks. The story ,
although largely attributed to Mr. John M.
Nelly , seems to have been written with a
bludgeon and shaped for the purposes of
production , vltti a butcher's cleaver.
Yet the most dramatic story told by recog
nized artists , would suffer lr produced with
nil the accessories that raado "Supcrba' ' ono
of the wonderful productions of the stiiRC.
There Is just enough plot to give a reason
for the startling chances ntid transforma
tions , u vehicle for the introduction of bal
lots , marches , eccentric and grotesque char
acters nnd animals whicn only exist in the
realms of fancy.
The closing tableau Is exceedingly rich and
beautifully worked out , called the fountain
of perpetual youth , In which a number of
tiny streams ol water fall with a plash upon
the stage , a dozen calciums throwing highly
colored lights upon the spray , malting n per
fect picture unexcelled In the domain of
pantomime.
George D. Melville , as Pierrot the clown ,
boars the brunt of the performance , displayIng -
Ing excellent ability as a runtomlmist. a
branch of the profession that is rapidly going
Into decay. The rest of the cast assist only
In the development of the plot , In that tbey
are unommding.
Tlio scenery , the tricks nnd transforma
tions worked remarkably well for a flrst
night and the flual curtain fell upon a pro
nounced success.
County AlJ'iirs.
The county commissioners mot yesterday
afternoon to transact the business thnt should
have corno before them last Saturday. There
were four members present , Commissioner
Corrlgan being the absentee.
The Omaha standard bricK company pre
sented aixstltlou asking for n lease of a portion
tion of the pool- farm for the purpose of
locating a brick ynrd thereon.
Jlr. Berlin moved the petition bo rejected.
The motion failed to receive a second and
was af tcnvnnh referred to the county attor
ney for his opinion asto , jvhetber or not such
a lease can legally bo nade.
John O'Donnoll wnl appointed assessor of
.Cast Omaha nnd A. P. Hanson assessor of
Clontarf precincts , respectively.
John Kane , the assessor of tbo Eighth
wart tendered his reMgaation and the va
cancy was lillcd by the appointment of W.
II. Adams.
lo ) Witt's Llttlo Early Hisers ; best little
pills for dyspepsia , sour stomach , bad breath.
nittniastcr Goes to Denver.
Gustavo Klttmastcr , alias Gustavo Ander
son , a Denver man , Is ? yesterday the guest of
Jailer Horrlgan ot the Douglas county bas
tile >
"Until Sunday night Gustavo was tbo pro
prietor of n small stpro H1875 South-Sixteenth
street , from which place ho was arrested.
Last summer bo and his partner , Charles
THE GENUINE JOHAJiX 1IOFFS
MALT EXTRACT.
! Iho BINTNIIIIITIVI : TONIC In cases
of nVSI'EMIA , for tlio MRVK an t . rvawi
nBSIMTATF.O. Illld llurinS CO.VVAtE3jSMPwl
OBMJB. llownro of otlii-r uxtr.vot Iffi e
sold us "llolIV Mult KxtnicU AlS2iS5
ways ASK for tlio aiNimE "JOHAN.N M K& Si
notr'8 , " which Is IMI-OKTEU rno i " " " ' "K
ItFIU.IN. , . -f :
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KISNEB& MENDEbSON
; CO. .
Sole Agents , 0 Uarelay St. . N
A. HollnRor , were contractors In Denver ,
wbcro they wcro erecting several large build
ings. Under the pretense of wanting moro
money they overdrew their account nearly
tJ.OOU. and Instead of paying off the claims
left the town , Ultima * wr coming to Omaha
and llollntrcr going to Swcdon. They wcro
Indicted by the grand Jury , but wcro rot
located until recently. An ofllccr with a
requisition will arrive from JOcavor tonight.
Kxn mining Committee.
As the result of n four hours' session last
night of the school board , Prof. Homer P.
LcwL , lr. ) Euryearmd Jlrs. Maggie McCar
thy are the examining committee expected to
pass on the qualifications of tboso who osplro
to teach In tbo city school ) .
Plans prepared by Bcll& BcrllngholT for
the proposed building on the I'aul site wcro
accepted ,
1'etty
J. V. Miles reported to the police that n
sneak thief cntf-'id his room , 1014 Cuming
street , and stoli ) a f 10 suit of clothes.
Dr. ItV. \ . Connell Is also n victim of the
thlovlnfT gentry , and mourns the lois of an
overcoat , suit of clothiis and ' " -calibre ro-
vohcr , nil of the value of $60. The articles
wcro stolen from blsofllcc.
l''lrc nnd I'ollcc.
Last night'- * meeting of the flic nnd" police
board was featureless. A petition wns re
ceived urotestlng ngalnst granting I'axton .t
Sharp's transfer company special privileges.
Ono or tuo complaints against saloons were
referred.
a jHH'sii , sv.i + vi > .ir. .
Victoria's CrnmldniiKhter's Mistreat
ment by liftHuB.slaii Husband.
NEW Voiur , March33. ( Special Telegram
to Tun Dec ] A London disuatch says
dcop Indignation is expressed among all
classes of englishmen in regard to the re
ports current as to the treatment of th o
Grand Duchess Hlizaboth , granddaughter of
Qnccn Victoria , by her husband , the Grand
Duke Sorgius of liu < > sia , brother to the car.
It is now well understood that the czar's mo
tive for appointing his brother governor of
Moscow was not , as onicially stated , to plvo
him a mark of nstcem , but to retnovo the
grand duchess from the foreign society of St.
Potcrsburs , where her maltreatment by the
Imperial lamily has already caused un inter
national scandal.
u 110 reports as io tno aouso iovnicn ino
lady has been subjected nro not mere gossip ,
but como f romhigh and trustworthy sources
nud nobody in Kngland has any doubtol
their truth. The crand duuo Is said to bo
really attached to his wife , but ho trails her
on tbo snmo prlnciplo that liussin treats a
conquered province or state. Having an
nexed her Dy marriace , ho has claimed that
she must become Russian altogether , cvon to
the abandonment of her religion , in which
she wns born nud educated. It Is said coer
cion characterized as brutal bas been tried
upon her. Whenshodcsircd tonttend Eng
lish service ? she found no carriage to take
her and tlio grand duke on such occasions
has shown his displeasure in ways that every
Russian or Tartar , high or low , ; ery well un
derstand.
There is no allegation openly made of pbys-
leal violence , although rumors to that effect
arc current. The young princess , now but
twenty-seven years old and only twenty
PosilU-elrcnrcd byt
' these Little Fills. [
CARTER'S
Tliev also relleTO Dla-U
tress Irom Dyspepsia , In-F
ITTLE Olgestloa ondTcx ) IleartyS
Eating. A perfect rcra-f
edyforDlrzlncss. Nausea , jj
Dro\vslness , Bed TostcP
In the JJoulli , Coated E
Tongue , Pain In the Sldo , |
TOnriD XU'ER. Theyjj
regTilato tlo Boircls. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , !
Ecbiifnucc's AithmaCuro ntcr/ai'iioKlvo
, tu.'ir.f nl"in lie -vront cases ; laiLrvJ com-
9fortabl ilecp ; effect * curca vbero altcthcra fill. A
tnal fmnncct Me mott i < yi l. IVico. 50 rtt and
lJl.00.lf Drorflit rt IT mill. Sanr.lo TREE Tor
p. DR. B. BCUK'tTgAlfW. St Pant , Minn.
n n P M T * SANI > ALWOOD CAriu KS am tha
LJlllllI I A l > c l nn < lonly cnpiuld proscrlbod by
* * * * ' * * in
of
rciulir ; physlchn for the euro
Oonorhcaa nrt dlicharuci from tbo urlnnrr orsanj
nucrlloit or ncqulrod. II.it ) per boi. All drumjlstj
when iho itas married , appealed fern dlvorco
to her faher , the Grand Uuko Louis ot
ltossoiuid , to her Kran-lnicther , Queen Vlo-
tor I a , The quoeu , dreading icniidal , nppeixrs
to have advised her to comply with hcrhus-
band's wishes ns to religion. OBlcInlly the
queen wns simply stated to have sent her
blessing to her cratiddauchter , about to bo
convened to tbo uus.slim church. The ( Irnnd
Duke Louis , however , took a different view
of tbo matter , llo w-iultidUnaut and openly
protested acalnstliK daughter being coerced
as to her religious profession , and wanted to
bring her homo.
Then ensued n correspondence between the
father nnd prandmotncr , tlio former urging
the latter , deprecating Interference , but be
fore anything could bo Oono tbo Himlnti
Imperial family , apprehensive of tbo disgrace
that would attach to them should the grand
duchess lo.-uo her hugbmd , made the oillciul
announcement of her con version , and then
readily followed the decree appointing
Sonjlus governor of Moscow nnd removing
him and his wife to that Interior city , fur
from the glimpse * of England und CJonnniiy
thnt may occasionally bo caught at SSt ,
Petersburg.
It is not ut all certain thnt the end Is yet ,
The Grand Duke Louis Is thoroughly
aroused. It is holio \ has , through the
Times nnd other newspapers , nppeilod from
Quocn Victoria to the KtiKllsh i > cople In behalf -
half of his daughter , nnd whatever the result
may beho , has succeeded in exciting a strong
public sentiment.
'Jlirnitn Out of Court.
Loxnox , March 2y. Her majesty's high
court of justice has dismissed the appeal of
Cummlngs In the suit for damages resulting
from the baccarat scandal , asking the de
fendants to bo ordered to state the partlcu-
tars of the manner In which ho is ailogcd to
have cheated.
IlridgooilcHPull. .
MiLWAKEfVls , , March 'J3. The Milwau
kee bridge nad Ironorks ,
of which Messrs. Keepers and
Nlndell nro the principal stockhold
ers , assigned this morning , Tlio liabilities
of the company- 2uO,0M ) . The ass els are
not given , uut it U assorted that they will
exceed the liabilities. Slow collections
caused thu failure ,
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Lemon - Of great strength.
Oratijjfo -
Almond - Economy in their use.
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andoccasional doses of Quinine ,
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Both the method niul results \vlicc
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-Liver and Bowels , cleanses the sys
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AclOrcsi nil Ittteri tu
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13 1'uruani Street , Omaha , Nal ) .
ING FORWARD.
Advertising as it will be in A. D3 2000.
We liave at a great cost of money , labor and. loss of sleep , secured
the ONLY ACCURATE TALISMAN now in existence. By it we are
told of every Fire , every Failure and every Railroad Wreclc of mer
chandise at least three weelcs prior to tlieir occurrence. Our talisman
has also secured for us ttie imperial cutter of all tlie courts of Europe ,
( for we now stand in with , all kings and queens ) who remodels every
garment to suit the shapes , forms and wishes of the most fastidious and
best dressed citizen in this community. Thus it will be seen tliatwe are
in ADVANCE of all competitors. "We are on the ground , tell tliexn of
their coming afflictions and thus secure enormous stoclcs at a.bout our
own figures.
By the aid of a few congressman , whom we control at "Washington ,
we have made a contract with the government that enables us to man-
, iafacture our own currency , which will be talon at par wherever pre
sented , with no cost to us except the printing. Thus it will be seen we
, have "been enabled to distance all competitors.
And -when it becomes necessary to improve our condition we will
, Yfrite more truck : like this. But experience is the best and only teacher ;
Jrhatis a-well established fact , and when houses who have "been here
scarcely a fortnight attempt to tell you that they can do things so much
' -better than we who have been here over a third of a century , it sounds
'as if the eggs were trying to teach , the chickens to cackle.
' . , { / We- say nothing of our advantages of owning our own business
'building and the ground it stands upon.
In the meantime we shall be equal to all and second to none. "You
may rely on the best styles , the lowest prices , for all your wants in
Men's Clothing , in Boy's Clothing , in Children's Clothing and all 'rner-
'ehandise pertaining to our branchof business. And , by the way , don't
forget our 9Be hat. Sincerely yours ,
M. HELLM AN & CO. , 1 Corner Farnam Thirteenth Sts. and