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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1891)
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SWOKN STATr.Mr.ST 01' OIUCUI.ATION Etntoof NrlniisUn , l _ , County of DotiRlna. I Ocorno II. TVsclmi'U , FPcretnry of The Hod rilblfMiInt : Company , doc ? inluinnly MVOOT that tlio tictnal i-lrruliitlon of Tnr IMU.v IIBB for the wrelf ending May 2 * ISiH. was oa follonai . Mimlnv.Miiy 17 . . ' Mondar. 5Iuy H . 'jty " 7 TIIFSIIH'V. Mav I ! ) . W'.JW ' WUnosday. May -.1) . lU'M Thtirsrtnv , May 21 . 3WU Frldar.Mnv - i . a.20 | Baturdny , May ? : ) . " 'US- ' ' A.Ycroco . 2O.OSH OKOItr.K 11. TX. tlirOK. ! Sworn to hoforo mn and anns'-rll oil In my pi csence I Ills til d day of Mny. A. Notary I'tibllo. ftnteof NfibrasKn , ( County of Dotmliis , t Georpo II , Triuliuclc , lclnf ? duly sworn , do- tofrB nnrt days Iliatbu la svcrolary of TlinlJKR rubllsliliiK rowpiiny , mat fhu actual average dully circulation of ' 1 UK I'AII.V ' HKK for the month of May. 1RU SO.l'tO copies ! for Juno , lf'0. 20.0l ! copies ! for July. ltrfl.ao.Cfl2 topics ; for Ailiriist , 18'JO ' , ro.TCD copies ; for Pcptciiil.rr. 1FOO , EO.-TO copies ; for October. 1HJO. W > .7C2 copies ; for Novem ber. JHX ) , Z'.M'W copies ; for Dccc'inbor , IS'JO ' , K',471 copies ; fur Jiintiary , Iffll. 'Jt.HS conies ; for February , IS'II. S > ,32 | copies ; for .March , lfOI.24.OUJ copies , for April. IC'H. ii.ft" : ? copies. CJEI AriE II. T/.TIIBCK. ( worn to 1 oforc me. and BiibM-r beil In my treseiici * . IhlsZdduy of May , A I ) . . ISfll. N. I' . Pnr , txnturv I'ubllo. KKADEUS uf THE Bui : need not be told that they sco sill tlio news every day. IF CAPTAI.V RKMY had captured the Itata Iowa would take special pride in the fnct that ho la a Ilruvkoye and coin- inundor of the Charleston. WHKN it comes to praotlcul politics the south can give the north pointers. She takes no stock in three partios. One Is tfood enough for her so long as It Is the democratic party. TUB Buckeye crop of candidates for nominations to state olllros will bo some what short if the Columbus conclave of farmers shall coiiuiudo to go into the business on their own account. THIS Vesuvius sustains her numerous tests with becoming dignity. Unless the navy department is equivocating the Httlo dynnmlto cruiser wilt bo a safe boat for hostile vessels to keep out of sight of. THE exciting chase of the Itata is practically ended and the newspapers have no sensational capture to report. The Chilian ship was too bribk for her speedy pursuer. Where she wont and how long she will keep out In the deep sou is still 11 mystery. Pmr.ADiU.i'HiA Is iv very conservative o't.V , yet she has had a defaulting treasurer and an insolvent bank within two weeks. Such n mishap in a western city would have shocked the City of Brotherly Love amazingly , but she is taking her own medicine at homo with scarcely n. wry face. SSIATIJ favors thankfully received Is about the import of Manager Babeock's letter to shippers on the gulf division of iho Union Pacillc from the two princi pal points of which a rate of Si5 ( poi1 car is made to Omaha against a rate of $00.80 to Kansas City. Lust year the dilToronco in favor of Kansas City was $10 per car , but Oiuaha being the beat , market re- colvod part of the business of that lino. Tun ofllcors of the Heal Estate Owners' association are receiving great encouragement in Iho work of organiza tion. They are , however , very anxious to do something , and therefore property owners are urged to send In their sub scriptions at nnco in order that the asso ciation may begin business in earnest Juno 1 , or as FOOII thereafter as possible. This organization can bo made an invul- uablo advantage to Omaha If her people will lend tholr cordial co-operation. IT HAS boon ofildally ascertained by the Nebraska bureau of labor and indus trial statistics that only two farms In eovon in Nebraska are encumbered with mprtgagus , anil but ono mortgage in eight Is given for borrowed monoy. The others are to secure part of the purohaso inouoy. In the face of this state of facts the calamity oyolono Is likely to spend itself In tlio upper air , and the calamity wallers will not oven have wind to sus tain their attacks upon the oredlt of Iho state. The fuct is that a single good crop will lift a largo proportion of the purchase money mortgages and , the others will nearly all bo paid in duo tlmo without foreclosure. Tins doatli of Sir John MnoDonald , promlor of Canada , who Is reported to ( 'bo seriously III , would have a tromon- doua inihioiico upon the future course of political affairs In the Dominion. Sir , John la a man of exceptional qualities as n political loulcrnnd : thoru Is probably no man ia the Dominion who could take his } ) lace at this time and successfully carry out the policy ho represents. There can ba no doubt that the ten dency of Canadian sentiment Is very strongly in favor of tlio vlows and policy which the liberal party stands for , and this would ho strengthened by the death of Sir John MauUonald , who has boon able to hold It in ahook. llo is an aggressive , adroit , rwsouri.oful politi cal manager , thoroughly loyal to the imperial government and at the sanio time to what ho bellovos to be the host interests of the Dominion. Ills death would rcmovo the greatest barrier to the progress of liberal ideas in the Do minion. A SPRClMKir COUNTr. Nebraska Is acknowledged by nil who are familiar with her resources to bo the host agricultural state In the union. Tier 8ltuatlo.ii is exactly right to profit by Iho tralllc and products of the pront business belt ot this nation , A single crop at fair prices lifts her people from financial depression to prosperity. The last year has boon specially trying to her farmers , but In spite of failures of crops and unrannmorntlvu prices her people have boon exceptionally prosperous in the older counties and only temporarily embarrassed In the loss populous sec tions. An Investigation made into the finan cial status of the people of tYomnnt and Dodge county reveals n most gratifying condition of alTalfs. Dodge is a speci men county and the showing made is well worthy of consideration , especially by people in the newer counties whoso successive adversities have perhaps led to sonio discouragement. The twelve banks of this county nave on deposit in their bml : to the credit of her citizens the handsome sum of $ l10i- ( 7-11. Thupaonlo of Fremont and Incor porated towns number IOiiOO souls ami tholr deposits amount to $811(1,4" ( ' ! ln avorngo of $80 per capita. The ( arming population is 8,000 and those tillers of the soil now have balances in the ban Its aggregating $0:10,281 : , tin average of $71 pur capita. The average to each individual throughout the county In $70.-10. The total volume of the circulating medium of the country is but $24 per capita. In ether words Dodge county citi/.ens iun draw their checks for more than throe times the average per capita of money in the union. Dodge is not the wealthiest county in the state , She has but ono city of any consequence , and that is Fremont. She has no largo wage-earning class and no extensive manufacturing establishments to swell her volume of trade and Increase her bank figures. She is to all interests and purpose. " an agricultural community. Her prosperity is a fair measure of that of other counties of lilco situation and conditions. Dodge is merely a good specimen county and an example of what steady attention to business has done and will do again for any county with good railway facilities and excellent soil. FACTS AGAIA'SL" TIIKOKIKS. It is interesting to observe how gen erally , in economic affairs , facts con found theories. This has been con spicuously the case in recent experience. Perhaps at no ether period in the his tory of the country was there such a volume of evil prophecy , backed by such an array of plausible theories , as was made in connection with the passage of the now tariff law. The people were told that tills legislation would inaugur ate 'an era of monopolistic ex action altogether unprecedented , that tlio commerce of the country would sulTor , and that numerous ills would How from it , all conspiring to re tard progress and curtail prosperity. In all candor it must now bo confessed that not ono of these prophecies hosbeon ver ified , and if the prosperity of the coun try is not quite up to the standard to bo desired the fact is due to conditions wholly independent of the tariff. Can there be any doubt that if the crops of last yrar had boon up to an avonigo in amount the country would now ho real izing an almost unprecedented pros perity ? The statistics of the foreign trade of the country for six months under the now tariff lire Interesting. They show that the tariff does notsuppress imports , as it was claimed it would , the fact being that they have increased. It was in sisted that the higher dutv on wool would bo prohibitory and would result In great injury to the domestic manufac ture , but the effect has boon the very op posite of this. During the six months the American demand for foreign wool increased more than 45 per cent , and the manufacture was so stimulated that besides ex hausting more closely than usual the donustic supply it was able to take a little more largely than before of every form of foreign wool , while of the crude used in line clothing the importation. ] more than trebled. Of certain articles the supply from abroad was materially reduced , the manufacture of such articles hero being proportionately in creased , obviously to the bonofltof homo labor. That prices of articles affected by the tariff have not boon gonor.illy or appreciably advanced every buyer knows. Reference is made to these facts not by way of vin dicating the tariff , but simply to illustrate the importance of economical tnoorios. There Is no reason to suppuso that the experience ot tlio next six months will be essentially different from that of the first six under the present tariff law , and if it shall not bo it will very effectively dispose of niuo'i of the hostility to the law. B\wts furnish , in matters of this nature , the only con clusive and invulnerable argument , and fair-minded men must concede that thus far they are not adverse to the projont tariff. O.U.UU AN RniJt\lTHXAb VRNTRlt , Augustus Kount/.o , the millionaire banker of Now York , one of the Kountxo brothers who have achieved distinction as bankers In New York , Omaha and Denver , is not only a financier of great skill but a generous philanthropist as well. IIlH benefactions are numerous and among them are the elegant Knuntzo Memorial ehuroh In this city to which ho and his brothers wore the principal contributors. The omlnonf banker bus again made the city of Omaha and the great Luther an denomination grateful for his well- directed liberality by donating 10 acres of land worth $100,000 and $50,000 in cash toward the ObtobllBhment in Omaha of a theological seminary. The condition of the gift requires the Lutherans of the country to raise $150,000 In cash to add to the working endowment of the insti tution. The general .synod in its teuton at Lebanon , I'n. , having accepted the imt- nllicont donation upon the terms named will unquestionably raise the 8150,000 within a year and tln now theological institute may be accepted as certain. Omaha la fast becoming nn educational as well a.s a commercial coutor. itollo- vuo college , Crolghton college , Urowivall hall , the Omaha Medical colloco and half n dozen leas important educational Institutions are already in nucooasful op- oration. Seymour park is the nlto of a proposed theological seminary wlile1 will bo unt'ior the nusplcos of the Pros- bylorlan church. Bishop Newman is authority for the statement that at no distant day the Methodists will estab lish the medical department of tholr Wesleyan university now located nt Lin coln in Omaha. lion. J. M. Woolworth hits long planned the establishment here of a boys' preparatory school to bo di rected by the Kpiticopal church , A most gratifying feature of till those commendable enterprises Is that the funds for tholr endowment have largely come from the generous wealth ot citi- /ens of Omaha or parsons with largo In terests who have formerly resided in this city. The late Edward Croisrhtou was the founder of Crotghton college and ho gave to the institution n princely endowment. lion. 1L T. Clarke is the father and patron of Bellevue college. Herman Kountzo donated Brownoll Hull its magnificent site on South Tenth street and added generous gifts of cash toward the construction of its beautiful building. To Dr. George L. Miller , the Presbyterians are indebted for a twenty acre tract at Seymour park for their theological seminary , The Omnlin medical college is strictly an Omaha institution built up from Omaha capital , nnd conducted by Omaha professors. Augustus Kountzo resided in Omaha in early days , and erected the lovely home In which his brother Herman has re sided so many years , and ho has largo interests hero. These ate the begin nings , which will bo followed by other gifts for religious , educational and char itable objects as the city increases , and individual citizens reach independence of fortune Antagonisms do not create , they de stroy what is already in existence. Two partners in business who backbite and hamper each othor. cannot hope for success. A corporation whoso manag ers are continually venting pordonal spiles upon each other , will most likely cease paying dividends. What is true of private business affairs in this partic ular , is likewise true of the conduct of public business. Personal and par tisan intrigues , private and politic.il interests make it dilHcult for public bodies to perform their functions skil fully. Nevertheless unless muti will devote their attention to the business entrusted them with sonic degree of singleness of purpose , the best result cannot bo obtained. The continual conflict , the everlasting bickering and the unseemly abuse of one branch of the city government by an other , are doing Omaha great burin. When the mayor is antagonizing- city council , the council the board of public works , and the board of public works the committee of the council on street improvement , it is perfectly clear that the friction is wasting tha force of the machinery somewhere. We have too many co-ordinavi brrtochos in. our city government , especially when the co-ordinate rank they have obtained , is used as n convenient method of shifting responsibility from ono to the othor. There is no good sense in these potty malicious strifes. Men in business do not permit likes and dislikes , enmities and indifference to interfere with the business of their employers. Public officials have no right to use public , posi tions to vent personal malice. OHIeial intercourse should always bo cordial and polite whatever may bo the relations of the olllee-holdurs personally. The strictures of ono department upon an other may bo justitiublo in fact and necessary , but the antagonisms which burn into the vital force ought to bo avoided. President Lowry.Clmirman Birkhausnr and individual members of the council should shake hands and be friends olli- cially. The city is losing time , money and influence as well as patience on ac count of the ill-will which separates city officials from each ether and pre vents the proper and prompt perform ance of public duties. Tiuc discus3ton of immigration at the recent conference < jf charities and cor rection brought out some statements rather discouraging to those who are demanding extreme measures for rn- strlcting Immigration. A member of the conference from Philadelphia said that the Immigrants arriving in that city are of a hotter class than these who came a few years ago. A Wisconsin member said that in his state whore a majority of adults are of foreign birth , the Germans , Scandinavians and Irish furnish no more crime , pauperism and insinity than do the natives. A delegate from Michigan praised the good order of townships peopled by foreign colonists. Anybody who has a knowledge of the matter from practical observation can boar like testimony. The very best examples of industry and thrift are found among people of foreign birth , and it Is absind and unjust to make a swoop ing charge against foreigners coming to the country because hero and there some of them are lawless , or Indolent , or thriftless. There are natives who are all these , and manifestly it would bo ridiculous for foreigners to condemn all Americans because wo have those ele ments of homo production among us. It is not to bo doubted that some undostr- able people get into the country , but the number of such is very greatly exagger ated , and wo can better > afford to have a few of these thrown upon us thnn'ifot to got the thousands of industrious , thrifty , honest people whom the coun try needs , and in order to keep the former out It would bo necessary , 'to ab solutely close our ports to Immigration. A CHANCKr.Lon of the atuto university is shorty to bo elected by the board of regents. That body has boon investi gating the qualifications of n largo num ber of applicants foraconsldornblo tlmo. The gentlemen hitherto selected have not go no rally given satisfaction. Tlio now chancellor has In every jnstnnce awakened antagonisms in the faculty and plunged the university into conflicts moro or losa acrimonious. Whether this has boon hla fault or is the result of jealousies among co-workers is not material. The faet is that no chancellor has been successful in sus taining hlmsi against the clamor for his removal. iU therefore behooves the regents to Hot' with caution. They should not lie , , 'oatlsfled with mediocre ability nor In"6kporlonco. The head ol this institutloajniust bo a man of ex ceptional tactof ; broad culture , of wldi experience , amV of the best executive ability. ' , . "DR. BLAihc.hiw boon called to Chicago cage to assist inr.a most difficult < mrgica operation. This1 is n very high compli ment to the dViotor's skil' ' as a surgeon He will bo absent about several days. During his absence Dr. Dash will have charge of his largo practice. " Hvorj newspaper writer Is familiar with the ubovo Item , and knows that Dr. Blank wrote It him-tolf but did not pay for the space it occupied. The code forbids him paying for hLs advertising notices , GKNKKAL COMIY will have a modal made for each of the Nebraska militia men , who rushed to the frigid and hungry northern part of the state last winter during the Sioux unpleasantness. This is right. A bloodless Indian cam paign In which the militia did not catch sight of a hostile Indiwi Is worthy of commemoration. TIIK Union Elevator company of Coun cil Bluffs is assessed by that city at $50- 000. The ThompsonHouston"Electric Light company Is assessed in Omaha at $ ii,000. ; This is another example of Omaha's idiotic system of iibsossmonts and inequitable division of the burdens of government. WHIM : all this hubbub is on and the allopathic physicians sire frothing at the mouth ever the death and burial of a pa tient of a hated medical institution the mild mannered homeopathic heretics are attending strictly to their own busi ness and are permitting the newspapers to do likewise. the coroner became convinced that Melody , the poor victim of disease , or whatever it was that caused his death , ivas not really a pauper , but had loft dollars enough to embalm his body and secure n decent burial , ho became very much interested in the case and the cadaver. THEIIK are ever six hundred pupils in the Omaha high school classes. This is a clinching refutation of all arguments against the high school as a part of the public school 'jystem , so far as Omaha is concerned , a.s well as a gratifying proof of tlie Intelligence of her citizens. LINCOLN ; remembering his steadfast friendship unifies early efforts on behalf - half of the city , proposes to erect a statue in the government park to the memory of the lao ) David Butler. The capital city owes * this much at least to the dead ox-governor. A COUNCML. BLUFFS firm having made an assignment gives as a reason for its failure the poVfUstont demands ot its creditors for their money. There is un doubtedly more lruth' ! than originality in this frank aolcnowlodgmon'c. Tun action of the Union Pacillc rail way company in olockuig Locust street with an engine tr. annoy the East Omaha motor company , jngagcd in constructing its now line , is not merely puerile ; it is contemptible. A llcpnbllo xa flank Lallc's The displacement * through a lopal technic ality , o"f tUe democratic governor of Ne- brasku , Mr. lioyd , from the high oftlco to which ho wus fuirly elected , Is a mistake of the eravost chnrauior. It must roault In last- ins injury to the republican party In the atntu , and In the nation , miloss tha mistake is promptly nnd completely rectified. The re sult of Governor Bo > a's displacement is to place the gubernatorial olllco la the luimls of a republican , though a democrat was elected by a fair uml honest election , and a clear and decided majority. Whotl'or or not the republican party In Nebraska will ho hold roiponslblo for carry- hie the matter of Governor Boyu's citUoa- shlp into the courts Is tiot the question. People will simply regard his removal after ho had boon elected , as the result of a polit ical conspiracy , nnd public opinion Is Intolerant erant of any trifling witti the results of hon est olectlonu after such results have been acknowledged , declared and accented. The republican press has been outspoken in opposition to several unjust , unfair , and pre posterous Kcrryiiiiimtors of n number of status in the east and west , to secure anil perpetuate democratic legislatures and to secure the crmtrol of a majority of congressional illbtnets for the demo cratic party. Public opinion has not justified these gerrymanders , and will not sustain them when the test in made by an appeal to the voters of the roiuoctivo states next fall. Ttio American loves nothing hotter than fair play and honesty In and out of politics , and the honest thing for all parties Is to ac cept the result of every election at which the vo'es are fairly received ami honestly counted as the end aad llnallty of the matter. In Nebraska the possession of the guberna torial oftlcn by a republican for a year or two will bo of no ad vantage , temporary or perma nent , to the partyfi , , | it Involves a , taint upon its honor , < ' ' \ \ o are sorry that Governor Boyd was dis placed. , _ I' . IHHA JKH TS. Washington Stnri1' ' Ethollnd Did you hoar- Mr. Lilov'.s | ) ' tnlkTifjl iliuhtl AUrida-No. Wn'u. does bo talk on I Ethellad Ho talus 0" uninterruptedly. 1,1 TllKW I'llOJ'EK Sl'lllIIUIS. DdriM free 1'itm , The rain and the hen have tholr proper sphere. ) , ' As everything oatftlily must ; And whonms tlio hen can lay aa egg , It takes raiu to Ian tlio dust qirft Washington luitiJ' "Havo you had the pripl" asked QUOdiA'ashlugton citizen of another , " "Urlpl" wns thoroiily. "I should say so. It acorns to mo that I have had two or three cable cars and a power house Lowistrm Journal : If everybody Improved .homlnutai with the zeal that a boa puts Into : ier work while making a surreptitious uvo- inlnuto call in a llowor garden , what a world this would be. LOOKOUT TI1BIIE CIllCMOOl While stands the Coliseum Homo shall stand. When falls the Cells on m Homo ahull full , And when Itoino falls the world. Life ! Unsophisticated I'arant Hello there. Nurse , what's the baby yelling that wnv forl I can't read at all. Nurse He's cutting his tooth , sir. Unsophisticated 1'aront Well see that ho doesn't Uo U auy more , or you lose your place. IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY , Olcsj of the Arguments in the Great Shoo-Jy Murder Ttiui , REVIEW OF THE CASE BY THE JUDGE. lie Dollvci'H ICxImustlvc Inttructions Scene In the Court ltuom A Tilt Ilotwccn t.'io Attorneys. Lt.vcot.NNob. . , May 23. ( Spools' ' to TUB IlnK.1 Long before the time for opciiiing the doors tills morning the corrldor.s and Im.'ls ' of tha court housa were packed and ] iu.iiiod | with n restless muss of humanity cagur to pot a chance to listen to the Rrc.it legal bnttlo which will determine tlio fata of Mrs. Slicedy and Monday MuFarland , the alleged murder ers ol .lolin Shecdy. All day the court room was crowded almost to suffocation nnd the eager spectators bad the pleasure of hearing some splendid oratorical efforts and listening to some exciting passages at arms between the two opposing giants in the case Lain- bcrtson and Strode. During the two hours nt noon hundreds of people did not go homo to dinner Out re- uialt'cd in the court room so ns to hold their seats. Fully three-fourths of the great crowd was composed of ladles. Mrs. Shcedy was sick the greater portion of thn night , so her attorneys say , but she were her usual composure today nnd only onro showed evidence of weeping. .Mr. Jensen , one of the Jurymen , has not recovered from his prostration nnd this after noon a sofa was brought in for him to lie on. When Mr. Strode took his plaoo before the Jury this morning ho related a story of the .supposed numlor of n man tunned .lease Cal vin in Vermont nnd how two brothers-in-law of the murdered man wore nrre.sleil on the charge of having killed their relative. Scenic that conviction was certain they made con fessions of the erima so as to get n sentence of llfo Imnrlsoniiicnt nnd snva thomsrlvos from the gallow.s. Hofora the day of execu tion nn advertisement wus inserted in n paper asking for the whereabouts of Jesse Calvin , and the result was that the man sup posed to bo murdered wiis found nlivo in Now Jersey. The points in which the confessions of thcsa brothers and the confession of Mon day McFarlund wore .similar were brought out skillfully by Strode and a most forcible impression was made on the jurv. Mr S'rodo then directed his attention to Mr. Hall , saying that hoas a member of a linn of railroad attorneys. At this Mr. Hall arose and said that ttwns unfair to work thus upon the prejudices of the jurors , who might all bo members of the tarmois' ' alii- niipo. "It's true , just the same , " said Strode "Your honor , " said Hall , "I denounce such a course as a cowardly , unprofessional and unmanly appeal to the prejudices of the jury. " This created n sensation and before Strode could reply the court informed Mr. Strode that such nppeals could not bo tolerated. Mr. Strody then proceeded to tell how ho knew Mrs. Sheody when she was a flaxen- haired girl , the favorite of her companions , nnd referred to her bed-ridden mother , who , in another state , was awaiting the verdict thnBfJrould free her daughter. The pathetic manner in which these things were related brought all the ladies to tears. Mrs. Sheody's sister bccamo convulsed with sobs and the fair defendant herself soon after was > melted to tears. i In regard to the poison theory , ho declared that the liver , bladder nn 1 kidneys showed no evidence of poison. He asserted that Mrs. Shcedy had told him that she had never bought anj poison nt any orug stone In the city. city."You'd better nut her on the stand nnd lot her testify , " ejaculated Lambertbon , "instead of testifying for her. " Mr. Strode then took the locks of hair placed in evidence ns having boon taken from the head nnd body of Mrs. Shocdy. Ho declared that ho believed th.it all the hair hud caino from the head. Ho then saidsud- doulv : "Why. I don't believe that that hair is Mrs. Sheedy's. It is darker than hers. " Ho then threw open ono of the snutUrs so that n ray of light fell upon Mrs. Shcedy's head nnd then walked ever to whore she sat and placed ono of the locks of hair against her bangs. "Now , gentlemen of the jury , " continued Strode , "I wish to have you eomo hero nnd notice whether this lock of hair is from tlio head of Mrs. Shcody. " "Noyou don't ! " thundered Lambortson , now thoroughly nroused , "you can't sneak such testimony in on u& " "Vos. you cut the hair from the heal of somebody else , " said Strode. "I denounce you as un Infamous liar ! " thundered Lumbertson. This created intense excitement in the court room and Strode appealed totho court if such language was to bo permitted in the courtroom. The judge then said : "Such conduct is unbecoming in n gentleman nnd I am sur prised , Mr. Larobortson , that you should bo guilty of it. " A hurst of applause and cheers followed from the great ciowd. His honor frowned and declared that should such n demonstra tion fnllow again ho would have the court room cle.ircd entirely of apeetators. Mr. Strode then imprebsod the jurors with the fact that nltnongh some of them had read the newspaper accounts of the crime they had formed no opinion from the same , the testimony brought out in court , ho Insisted , did not mid n scintilla moro of evidence than had been published in the papers Ho then concluded his argument with nn earnest pica for Mrs , Sheody , for her life and liberty. Mr. Lambcrtson then stopped forward to address the jury , nnd n hush fell upon the preat croud , ns it hnd been noised abroad that his was to bo the great spjoeh of the trinl. He said ; "Murder is the most nwful dcod that man can commit. So foul and unnatural is It that it smells to heaven. This is true when done in heat , but the horror is moro profound when the victim Is H'niclt down , dastardly and relentlessly , in cold blood. On the second Sunday in January lost , as the twilight wivi deepening into night , John Shcedy , in the pence of Clod , on his own threshold , In the heart ot this populous citv , within call of a score of men , was struck a death-dealing blow by un assassin that lurked within the shadows of his own porch. "Suspicion vvus abroad with nn hundred eyes ; lynx-ovod olllcor.s wore alert ; clews wore followed : but every rirouinstunco , every trace , politico as unoirmgty its 'he linger of fate lo this dark skinned man and this whlto- faceit woman ; to this negro whom ho had bo ; friended ; to this woman whom ho hail taken to his bosom , us the authors of the deep dam nation of his taking off. "It Is a Hlgnllicant fact that the defend , ants stand together In their dofonso. Al though the white .voiiuin Ignores the black man never .speaks to him in the court room , yet their defense is ono. Thu negro Is not hero to say the woman did It , and the woman Is not hero to say the man did It , but both lire hero to defy for themselves , and each ether , any complicity with the crime. They are both innocent. If , then , the theory of Um defense Is to prevail , you nuist exclude both those defendant * from participation In the crime. You must And the murderers to bo ether than Mary Sheody and Monday Mo- Farland. " At this point court adjourned for noon. At 'J o'clock Mr. Lambertson resumed his rg\ ' . . inont. Circumstantial evidence wns exhaustively discussed , und In an Invincible argument showed that In the vast majority of cases whnro applied , circumstantial evidence Is the .strongest , bcc.iusa unbiased and silently un prejudiced. What Is circumstantial evi dence I If you awaken In the morning ami hoar water rippling down tlio street , and see dampness upon the loaves , you know It ho-s rained , though vou nmy not have heaid the patter ot the drops nor seen the rain , Again , upon going out < n tha winter you sco Ice formed and tlio ground frozen. You did not fool the chilly atmosphere during your slccttlng nour.s , bur. you Unow It has boon cold , though you have not seen the cold , In passing down the street at noon I siw u luruo pile of brick , hi in nor , mortar and Iron ; I did not see the uulldliik' , but I know ono will roar Its handsome front In that locality soon ; I dm not see the build ing , but I know It will bo eroded. If you sco a man cautiously stealing from a liuu's room at night under auspicious conditions you do not know absolutely that anything criminal lias transpired , but the very natural Inference is that a criminal Intimacy hivs ux- isted. Mrs Lambortson talked until B o'clock. Then followed the instruction of the judge to tlio Jury , winch roinllred ovw an hour to read. The judge llrct .said there were four counts of the original six to consider , the llrst two having been withdrawn. The third count , and the llr.st for the Jury to consider , charged Monday Mcl-'arland with imllctlns. a mortal wound with a cane , and that Mr.s. Sheedy procured , aided and abetted McKnr- land In the act. The next count charges Mrs. Shecdy with administering poison to her husband with murderous Intent , and was aided anil abetted by Monday MuPnrlnnd. The next count charges MoFarhind and Mrs , Sheody with Jointly assaulting Sheody with a cane nnd with administering poison , and that death resulted from both causes. The lost count charges Mrs. Shcody nnd Monday Mcftirliiud with the murder of John Shecdy by assaulting him with u cnuo. The Judge then procecdeil to Instruct the jury us to what constituted murder in tlio llrst and second degrees nnd manslaughter. Tlio substance of the instructions is as fol lows "To constitute murder in the first degree , the ovidc'icu must establish bojond a reason able doubt that the killing was dune pur posely and of deliberate and promt-dilated malice. If : \ per < on has actually formed a imrimso maliciously to kill and has delib erated nrd premeditated upon it before ho performs the net and then performs It , lit ! Is guilty nf murder in the llrst degree , however short the time may have been between the liurnoso and its execution. reconstitute murder In the second do- grco , requires that you shall lind fioni the evidi-iico uovoml a reasonable doubt , tnat the killing was done purposely and maliciously , b it without deliberation anil nrptncditatloii. ' You are Instructed that it is incumbent upon the state to establish by the evidence every material allegation contained in anyone ono of ttic countb as set forth in tlio informa tion beyond a reasonable doubt , and If the prosecution has failed so to do , then the jury must acquit the defendants upon such count" , either ono or both of them as the rule of law applies to either or both. " The judge then proceeded to instruct the jury that if by word oi1 sign Mrs. Sheeny aided or allotted the crime that she was an accessory. That It was not necessary to prove what Kind of poison wus used. Tliut the defendants wore supposed to be innocent until nroven otuet wise. The remainder of the somewhat volumin ous instructions were in the main a reitera tion of the last proposition. The case was then given to the jury. GMT2'/C THIEF. He Has Hi-j Kevonge on n Former ICmploycr. Ai.UAjfCP , Nob. , May US. It has now been discovered that the man who burned the rauch of 13111 Wntkhis , the stockman and beef contractor whoso troubles in connection with cattle .sto.iling from Wyoming are well known , was Felix James , who was the fore man of the WatUiiis cattle outllt , and who Is badly wanted in Wyoming for deep complic ity in the cattle stealings for which MoICln- ncy and Kingctl have boon convicted in the Clieyonne , Wyo. , courts. About n month since , James , who has been In hiding from the oaicori , nmlo his appoarancn at the Wnt- klna homo ranch , n short distance from Alli ance , and demanded niouoy of Hill WatUins. Thu demand of JamiH was refused , and a bitter quarrel OIIMUU ! between the two won , at the cessation of which James ML That night James visited Alliance secretly nnd sei on tire the Wntklns slaughter house. Ho then , on the next night , ournod down the houses on the Watkina homo ranch , and a few nmhts afterwards , ho tired the buildings on the Watkius Indian creek ranch. James \ > \\a determined that the flume should do their appointed work , and usti. coal oil in all three of the tires , even pouring tlio inllnmmablo lluid over the hoiscs in tlio stables , live nend oeinc destroyed , Including two very valuable stallions. Jaincb loft a note tacked on ono of the fence posts at the Indian creek ranch stating that ho "would come again. " Watkins offor.s ? l,0)0 , reward for Jutrios. Tlio Iliolmg nnd range criminal went south from Indian creek accompanied by an unknown companion , m ItKA'lH OP A f-'t 1IOUS 1IOKSE. Old Mortimer Shot to Kollcvt ; Him ol' 11 IN Misery. Ni\v : YOUK , May'.38. Oid Mortimer is dead. Ho was lead out like n soldier anil shot. Forever over a year he has been an Invalid and it waste to put an end to his misery that Mr. Withers permitted him to ho destrovod. Mortimer was twonty-siv years old and died full of honors. On the race course and in the .stud ho was ono of the greatest horses of this cen tury. I'lerro Lorllhml imported him about twelve yoar-i ago , buying him of Count ts- Orange for SJ. iUtn , > . I le ran forty-eight races in his career on the Kronen , ( Jorman and English turf , winning twenty-six of them. Ho would win nt six furlongs today and ut two nnd one-half miles tomorrow , nnd was up to any weight , 110 pounds helm ; only n steadier for him. His career is u romantio one. It came near being the cause of Inter national dispute. At the breaking UT > of tlio Hncocas stutl Mortimer became the property ot Mr.Vllhers at Hrookdalo. Ho was the sire of many well known race hor.sos , the most conspicuous In rccontyoars beingKxllo. When at the height of his fame Mortimer was pronounced by Admiral Itous seven pounds the best liorsn In training la the world. It was that declaration that induced Mr. Lorlllard to buy Him. H'.iXTKIt TO ZVXl'H IIISl. f n H > : ltu Street Ilailwny Olllclnl. Mont. , May 'JS. Ocorgo If. Wool- son , manager of the llutto electric railway nnd cable company , narrowly escaped the vengeance of a mob last evening which fol lowed him and Uls escort to Jail , several hun dred strong , throwing brickbats and shout ing "Lynch him , " all the way from his nfllco to the county pribon. Main street wus tilled witli men , nnd it seemed that their presence there was by some preconcerted arrange ment , so suddenly did the crowd block the streets. Conflicting stories are told as to what Incited ttie demonstration , U'oolson found Conductor Uoylo of the cable line on his car drunk and unlit for duty. Ho was ordered off the car and reiiuoited to go to the otllco and aot his time , which ho did. The otllco Is on the second Moor , which Is reached by n iliijht of Blairs. Hoylo was picked Up at the bottom of these stairs later , It is feared fatally hurt about the head. U'oolscn said Uoylo fell down the atalrwnr. Jlystiimlurs suld Woolaon throw him down. Friends of labor quickly oipousod Hoylo's cause. As soon as tha crowd dispersed Woolsou was admitted to ball. , Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Each Season Has Us own peculiar nuil.idy ; hut with tin blood maintained In a.state of uniform vigor anil purity , by tliunsoof Aycr'aSarsaiiarllla. the sjsteni tr.vllly mb | > ti IMrlf ( nchmtRtM conditions , C'oni | > tiirihf thohtMtultcrutUca nnil tonics , and liulnx hlr.hly concentrated. A > eijs Snisnpnrim li the most ctfcetlve and economical ol all hltmd tneillclurs. "I'orsonm > oai' . tit the return of spring , 1 had serious truiihlo ullh my kltlncji. I VM utiahlo to .sleep nlpM. % and stillorj > d greatly with pnlm in the small of my back. I was also uniMcd with lieacUclco , loss of appetite , and Inilltwstlon. These s > initoms | uuro much \\olsc last .iulup | , especially the trouble with my bark , A ttk'iul persuaded mo to 1130 Aor'i Satsnriarllla. 1 bfK-.iii taking It , and my troubles all dKip | > o.ircil. " Airs. Ucnovra llel.inicr ; , 2t llrltlKu SU Springfield , Mass. Ayer's ' Sarsaparilla I'llKl-AUKD IIr R. J. 0 , AYEU & CO , Lowell , Mnaa. BoML > y Uiu tjIaiK. fl.iiti. Worth $ A buttle. "FAMILIAR IN MILLIONS OF MOUTHS AS ANY HOUSEHOLD WORD. " " THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS. " "f/s popularity is chiefly dut to its it rcprOiichable c/iat iicr. . " THK TIMKS , LONDON. SOLE EXPORTERS : THE APOLLINARIS COMPANY , LD. , LONDON. ENQ. OMAHA LINCOLN TO-DAY. Play at 4 o'clock p. m. BO"2"D'S. 3"Nuri7ts nml Sot. Mat , Tlini-hiluy , I'rliluy anil Saturday , Maj i8. ! till jiml I ! ! ) . Klinoi-n. Vunro's Un < at Heallstlo Kail ltoul : I'omt'dy-Drumu. The Limited A great 'tar i"ist , superb nnd iMitrniirliii ; music. siKiiulln.dliiio.'uo. . -i ThulllKTil ifthiilliiilluil mull. I" Tlit > thrllllnu wreikiixMio. 11 , i | . Tin , tiwo-lMtplrliiu rtfi'trlcal ellccts. [ Jjj ThariMlliiliMii'v mill uptiiMlt' . Thtj ninrclous ti'loifrnph ouno. Prices ns usual. THE GRAND. S\ii'il\v ( Kv111111. . ' , May : > . Grand Koalliornoijlit 8I\-Hound Glove Oon- tast llMlvrutm GKORGI3 1JIXO3M , Olinmplnii of tint Wtirld. and 1J.A.NNY DA-LV , Champion of the West. A lilg lniii | uru.rrimiiio ! has hern arranged. Kc ulurp 'OPS , . COLISEUM , OMAHA Wodnp'sday , Juno crd. ( AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ) Uudor the .Auspices of the Apollo Ulub fff- . * % ? " * jvr < + - > & & * rfS Til ISO DORK- AM ) HIS FAMOUS OR.OHE1STRA AHKlstt'il hy tliuillHtliiKnlsu'l ' nrtlslH. HAEKAKL JO3EFFY , Plant H SIQ. CAMPANIWI , Tono- . MISS KATHEIUNE FLEMING , Th charming young Contralto. Acltnb lmi .Vlcuiit" . Itoicrvuil t iH J.V unit 111)0. ) Dn nti.M"iiMlny. | Mny 23th , ' .In. in , nt Mnx Mi ur A llro. Uo'n Mu > lutitore. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Opera House. SUNDAY ONE UVKNINO , iNIOHT COI , ROHliRT G. ONLY. LAST CHAXCK OUIUUCT : IN "SIIAKKSl'l'ARir Her Miuot upon * Sutiinlny mornlnx , OMAHA. I'llcotl. 7.'xinml Hw. Commencing Sunday , A fay 31 st Wi'iliuiiiliiy ami H.-itiinlny Mutlnoi . Thu MniiircliH | f u pro nut of thn Comrily Ituiilui , RENTFROW'S I ) , And Superb Hand and Operatic Orchestra In thu fullawliiK itiuDrUilru tif tlmlr own Muiical ttirrn t'uinody Mummy nnil Momlny NliibU , . ' lIHnw.ITD * Tuu.vlar NlKlit. . . . . . " Mm by | .xirn | Wuilnniilir Mtfht "Minnr hcmp Thurxlny Nlulil . . . . " . r lrt f owl hrltlay Nlitht . . 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