THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 2 , 1891 , RAILROAD CASES DROPPED , Investigation by the Federal Grand Jury Prevented by Missing Wltuossoa. El'BFCENAS THAT FAILED TO SLCURE. Attorney linker mid Special Audit KrotHUlilttcr Give Up u Klglit'Thnt Hccnicd llnpcl < * HS Prom tlic Start. The charges preferred against tlio Missouri Paclilc and tie ! B. & M. railroads , alleging thnt these corporations had violated the In ters Into commerce law , mid which were to bo Investigated by the federal grand Jury , scctn to havi ) fallen short of the mark on nccount of the Miluro or Inability of the ofllclals con- nooteu with the United States court and the commerce commission to produce the neces sary witnesses. It was decided yesterday afternoon by Attorney Dnlcor nnd Mr. Krotschmor of the commerce commission to indollnitcly post pone the hearing of the evidence against tlio railroad companies In question , "Thovholo business has boon dismissed , abandoned or thrown overboard , " said u gentleman last night who Is right on the In side. "Tho charges will never come before the federal grand Jury , that Is curtain. " Nothing to Stnnd Upon. When pressed for a uollnlto answer as to the ncUml status of the charges , Attorney linker gave It out cold that the charges wofo pract'eally dropped for wunt of ovldonce. Air. Krotsclimor bocarno convinced that the companies could not bo prosecuted upon tliu ovidencu within reach , and ho requested that the mutter * lu dropped r.Uhor than malco an unsuccessful effort to prosecute. The mlisiiig witnesses needed wcro George Carman , superintendent of the Western Weighing association ; William H. Orr , auditor of the saino as sociation , nnd James VIlcs , Jr. , mana ger of the Omaha PacKlug company. Subptonas were Issued for these men two woelo ngo , lint they liavu not responded. Mr , Kri'thchmor has a very Important case coming on for a hearing at Memphis , Tonn. , the latter part of next week and ho was ouHccd to look after that. Believing that a week's delay hero waiting for \vitnejsos mignt Interfere with the case at Memphis , nnd thut It would bo useless to begin a hour- ing upon the charges preferred against the Missouri Pacific nnd Burlington roads with out llrat securing the presence of the princi pal witnesses , Mr. Krotschinor decided to lot the matter go by default. Ha left last night for Chicago. KNFOKU1NG TilK F10IH3HAL l\\V , Kovlow ol' tlio Prosecutions Aualimt ItnllroadH niul HIilppiTM to Duto. The compluints now before the grand Jury - in this city charging the Missouri Pacillc and the B. & M. railroads with unlawful manipulation of freight rates have a wide spread interest , as is evidenced by the de mands of eastern papers nnd press associa tions for /nil reports of developments. The present cases are the lirst of thu kind to como up in court in this section of the country , and it will interest the general pub lic to know what has been done iii the way of enforcing the pcnul provisions of tlio inter state commerce net. _ The law has been in force nearly IIvoyears , f but It is only within the past year and a half that the Interstate Commerce Commission has bngun criminal proceedings to compel the obedience of the railroads to its man dates. About the lirst case begun was against tbo Michigan Central railway nnd several of its oflleinls. They were indicted for carrying corn from Chicago to Now Xork for loss than tariff rates. Counsclman & Co. of Chicago were the favored shippers. When the cases s wont to trial the indictment against the com pany was quashed , the court holding that a railroad was not subject to indictment under the net. Albert W. Street , ono of the nccuscd ofllclnls , was tried , found guilty and lined ? 'l,0l)0. ) The indications were that he was made a scapegoat fur the offenses of others and it is understood that President Harrison remitted his lino. Amontr the lirst cases was thnt of itho Hay ward Grocery company of Hnniilbal , Mo. , which charged the Missouri Pacific with a manipula tion of rates that enabled Kansas City buycrj to lav down eastern sugars and other com modities in that city as cheaply as in Han nibal or even moro cheaply. George K. Tozor , the local freight agent of the railroad at Hannibal , was Indicted , found guilty and lined (3,000. This case has been appealed. In October of last year Indictments were returned in Ohio against four railroads. The Cleveland , Cincinnati , Chicago & St. Louis , the Now York , Lake Erie & Western and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern had neglected to post their schedules of pas senger fares. The Cleveland , Canton & Southern had given a reduced rate to a party of passengers between Canton nnd Spring- Hold without having published the notice re quired by law. At Chicago , during the same months , In- dleimonls wcro found against John M. John son , general freight agnt of the Chicago , Hook Island & Pacillc railway , lor giving A. C. Davis & Co. a reduced rnto on grain from Kansas to Chicago ; also against Thomas Millar , agent of the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy railway , for giving \ \ right As Haugboy a lower rate than the schedule taritf on shipments of corn from No ll braska to Chicago ; also nealnst John M. Egau , general manager ot the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City railroad , for giving Fnr- llu , Kcgur , Bowen & Co. a special rate on corn shipped from Iowa to Chicago. In November of last year Indictments were ' found in Indiana aga'inst Albert Stlmson , general agent , and Charles Stlmsnn , n local agent of the Cleveland , Cincinnati , Chicago & St. Louis railway. They had given a Samuel Finiioy a discriminating rate on corn butAveon Lafayette and Cincinnati. Last January John M. Egan again came to grlof , this time for an alleged manipulation of passenger rates. Indict ments were found at St. Paul against him una also C. II. Holdrcdgo , trenornl imsiongor agent of tbo Chicago , St. Paul & Kaunas City railway. They were accused of selling tickets from St. Paul to Chicago for l each , when tbo llrsi class unlimited rate was Ml.fiu , The case was tried and tha de fendants acquitted by order of the court , which ruled that the C ! tickets might bo re garded ns limited tickets. In April , W. D. Mott , a railway weigh- ni'istorat East Atchison was indicted at St. Joseph for underbllling lumber shipped by Ilowoll , Jowott it Co. Gcorco W. ilowoll , S. U Howell nnd Herbert N. Jewott were also indicted on the same comulalut for con spiracy with Mott to violate the law by se curing short weights , William Kulght. freight trafllc manager of the W'nbash , and S. B. Knight , conoral freight agent , were Indicted at Kansas City a short time ago for paying commis sions to consignees , which , It was hold , amounted virtually to a rebate. They were indicted nt Sprlngllold , 111. , on com plaint of a similar ! favoritism la tbo matter - tor of grain shipments. Another Indictment of similar Import returned by a St. Louis grand Jury Included those two ofllcials and A , II. Fell , western freight agent of the Delaware , Lackawanna & WostornjP.il. Wyckoff , general freight agent of the Central - tral of Now Jersey ; G. B. Sprlcgs , general Louis & Kansas City. 1'roMouutioiiH AcnliiHt Slilppors. The list of criminal prosecutions against shippers is hardly as long as that involving the railroads. In addition to the Howoll- Jowett indlatuioaU mentioned above , tbo second Is as follows : Wllloughby II. McCorndck of Baltimore was found guilty last May of billing sixty cases of blttori as inlaonu water , thereby sc ouring a reduced rato. Ho was flnoa $100. In Juuo Charles H. Eduiunson , manager of the Empire Lluio company of Hannibal , Mo. , pleaded guilty to ttio uhargo of bribing a vrelghmastcr to underbill shipniouts. Ho was IInod f XK ) on two counts. JHIJIOS H. Long , an agent of the Illinois Stool company , was Indicted lu Chicago for manipulating rates OH colio shipped over the Pennsylvania and the Alton from Pennsyl vania to Joliet. At Momohls last May \V. R. IloborUon , T. J. Koyor , li. L. Dorr and J. C. Hogors were Indicted for manipulating rates on cotton from Memphis to Massachusetts. Hogors was a railroad agent and the otbors were shippers. In Juno .Tames M. B. Konlor was Indicted at Sprlnglleld , III. , for gotling the Wabasti lo pay an omployo of his a commission on : ils shipments of flour from Lltchfield to Montreal. At Chicago lust month Indictments voro found ngaltit O. P. Swift , Kdwln C. Swift , Lewis F. Swift and D. E. Hartwoll , com posing the Ilrm of Swift & Co. , of Chicago ilso against U. B. Sprlggs , general freight agent of the Chicago , Now York ft St. Louis railway ; also against John and George Flrmonlch of Mnrshnlltown , In. The evidence Indicated nn extensive svsloinof manipulation between Swift ami Sprlggs oil business east of Chi cago. It also appeared that the Flnnonlchs , who manufacture glucose nt Miirsnnlltown , had a rate of * 25 to MO a car , while tbo tariff i ute was IM nnd f 00. Thov appear to have rc- coiyed SSO.OJO in rebates within six months. An Army of Industry. "Havo you any Idea of how many norsons nro mnplo.vccl bv the Union Paclllcl" was the pontindrnm propounded to a reporter by Mr. Thomas U Dallo.v in the ofllco uf the superin tendent of motive power. A plea of Ignor ance led him to continue ; "I don't remember having soon It stated in the papers , nnd I presume - sumo most pcoplu woukt bo surprised if told that , this ono railroad system maintained nn army ns largo r.s the .standing army of the United States. The monthly report of the Union Pacillc , " nnd hero ho referred to a shoot of uapor ho held in tils hand , "shows lil.SOJ cmplovos. Where uro all of tbemf Well. , here Is the distribution by divisions : Nebraska division , 1,178 ; Wvotnlnir , 2'JTII ; Idaho , ' , ' ,4S(1 ( ; Kansas , . ' 1,01 a ; Colorado , 2,033 ; Utah. 73(1 ( ; Pacillc , n,4li. ( New Mexico , 070 ; Fort Worth nnd Denver , 'JSoi non-reporting , 1,008 ; coal department , 2,409. Now , I suppose these 21,802 employes represent over 100,000 per sons who nro supported directly by thiIr wages , and probably us many moro nro sup ported Indirectly. " I'\ir ' the cliililrnn. Our readers will notice the advertisements In those columns of Chamborlaln & Co. , Dos Molncs , Iowa. From personal experience wo can say Unit Chamberlain's Cough Homedv has brokoti up bad colds for.our children and wo are acquainted with many mothers in Cuntorvillc who would not bo without it in the house for a good many times Its cost and nro recommending It every flay. Centorvillo ( S. D. ) Chronicle and Index. 25 cent , 50 cent and $1 bottles for sale by druggists. ART Vuluo of tlio C illcctloii Hxcocds n Quarter ol' n million. The general public does not seem to re alize that the exhibition of the Western Art association in the Exposition building repre sents nearly $ .300,000 , and Jthat a collec tion of curios , relics and works of art Ins boon gotten together , the like of which will hardly bo soon In Omaha again for half a de cade to como. The various departments are all well lillod with the work of uminont ar tists. Nearly all the loading decorators of this country are represented la the china gallery , and among the oil paintings are to bo found productions of some of the greatest masters of the old world. That the associa tion lias gone far beyond Its moans in secur ing the exhibit there is llttlo doubt , but that it , is appreciated by these who have soon It admits of no question , as visitors maybe bo scon in the gnllorios daily who have boon there from three to six tltups before , and state most emphatically that they are uoing again. This is not strange , aD there is altogether too largo an exhibit to bo soon satisfactorily at ono visit. In almost any ono of the gnllorios may bo found enough to monopolize ) attention during ono ordinary visit , especially In the rollo and curio departments , where the display is so lorgo and the articles nro so numerous that Individual inspection is absolutely out of thu question. The collection Is so varied that the monotony ony attendant upon a continuous exhibit of ono class of articles is noticeably wanting , nnd no matter what one's tastoi may bo ho is sure to find something to interest him. Ono thing that is bound to help out the associa tion is the fact that it is becoming quite the thing among the members of upper tondom to tnko in the exhibit , and many of society's leaders are to bo soon there cacti evening. This fad Is rapidly growing in popularity mid the result is that many who go at lirst simply because they think it is "tho" thing to uo , go again and again for their own pur- sonal gratification. Constipation poisons ttio blooJ ; Do Witt's Little Eaily Ulsors cure constipation. The cause removed , the disease is gone. A A'A tl I/A CM-M IH.T.S. . "Boys and Girls , " a bright , spirldlng com edy , is drawing well at the F.irnam Street theater tnis weok. Low Dcckstador's minstrels will bo * eon for the only time this season in Omaha next Thursday nnd Friday at the Faruam Street theater. The attraction fully justifies the rather onthusiastio ocomlums with which its zealous advance agent has placarded the city , and is about the best burt cork aggre gation in America. The annourcminit of the nppoaianea of the only Dookstader is always hailed with delight , for it Is a notable fact that Low never tails to liavo all the latest points mid Jokes which are so ponular with theater goers. This year ho appears in his siuglo specialty as "Tno Modern Beau Brnm- mel" and it has proven ono or the most taking makeups that the popular comouiau has yet donod. _ Edward S. Willard first attained distinc tion in the English provinces ns a light com edian , then ho won fame In London us n vil lain , then ho wont into the psychological roles , and afterwards took up character work , infusing thereinto something of ro mance , of homely pathos and of melodra matic fervor. Those who have studied the man predict , that , ho will maUo a sensation in critical circles when ho gees Into Shako- spoaroau roles Mr. WlllarJ's engagement opens at Boyd's Now thoitor on Thursday evening noxt. For the lirst throe perform ances ho will present "Tho Middleman , " closing the engagement Saturday evening with "Judah. " The sale of seats opens this morning. James T. Powers nnd company of comedi ans in "A Straight Tip" return to Omaha Monday , Tuesday mid Wednesday of next week , playing at Boyd's New theater. Slnco Mr. Powo'rs and his bright farclal comedy made their Initial appearance In Omaha over a year no , they have achieved a national reputation. The famous Ferguson & Mack company will present the skit "McCarthy's Mishaps" nt Uoyd's Now theater for one night only , on Sunday night , the ( ith lust. Annie Evn Fay , the well known spiritual iniKllutii , will give two of her soances nt the Grand opera hou o on Saturday and Sunday night uoxt. It is claimed that Mies Fay does nil her work on the open stage , in plain view of the niullonco , when materialization will tnko place , tables will lloat in mid air , and experiments aio promised entirely now to the Omaha nubile. Miss Fay is no stranger in the United States. She has ap peared In all the metropolitan cities of the east , and brings witti her strong endorse ments of the eastern pross. Her manifesta tions have boon Investigated by the ablest scientists of Europe. Use Hallor's Barb Wlrd Liniment for horses , it never falls to euro cuts , wounds and olu sores. The Plon Availed Notluuu. Will Davis and Louie Wilson , two colored youths , were sent UD for thirty days for va grancy. A whlto woman appeared lu the In- the interest of the two boys and said that Wilson was a chair caner , having learned bis trade , as she informed the court , in the "houso of corruption , " but the ploadld'nt win , and both lads will hold positions as bench warmers iu the county Jail. Complexion powder is an absolute neces sity of the rotluod toilet la this climate. Poz- zonui's combines every element of beauty und purity. Sotionl Iluoins Cloned. Superintendent Fltzpatrlck has decided to do away with two rooms , ono at too Pacific school nnd ono at the Duponi school. The pupils will bo taken euro of by consolidating tbo clauses with others. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chil dren teething rollovcj tbo child from palu. 25 cents ubottlo. REDUCING FARM MORTGAGES , Nebraska Farmers Rapidly Raloasing Their Lands , MANY PA'O ' OFF BUT NOT RECORDED. Under Such Circumstances n True Itcoord of tlio indebtedness of tlio State Can Not Ho Secured. LINCOLNNob. . , Doc. L TSpoclal to Tnr. BBC. I Hoports to the Bureau of Industrial Statistics * from eighty-five counttrs give tlio releases of mortgages for "strictly" farm indebtedness during the mouth of October , IS'Jl , atgl,3Hfi&07. There were many moro mortgages upon farms released during the month of October , but they are not made n matter of record upon tha books of county clerks and registrars of deeds owing to tbo fact that where mortgages are released by foreign loan companies and again renewed , delay In returning the release is the occasion of the county clerk not revolving same in time to record that month. Again many releases nro not offered lor record until the pirty holding same desires to negotiate a now loin or soil his farm. It is rooorto d to the Bureau of Industrial Statistics by county clorki , Unit In quito a number of cases mortgages have boon uaid and up to thu present date have not been so recorded , yet those mortgages were satisfied lour or live years ngo. Under such circumstances ns thoio a true record of the farm mortgage indebtedness of this state cannot bo made. Winter Corn Ktlifhlt. The state Board of Agriculture Is already busily at work arranging for the coining winter corn exhibit , which will bo held at Grant Memorial hall on tto third Monday in January , 1MW. It is tlio aim of the board to make this the grandest exhibit of the kind over held in the United States , or any other country for that matter. The year 18H ! has been nn unexceptional ! } * favored corn season , and the exhibit will bo more than usually important for the reason that it is proposed to transfer it intact to the World's ' fair. Farmers are requested to search whole fields for specimens. Each car of corn should bo perfectly typical of its kind in size nnd symmetry , well illlod nnd rounded out , both at tli < and butt. It is expected by Pres ident Jensen and Secretary Furnas that there will bo quito a spirited compotitljti among the farmers of the state , and that In consequence the coming exhibit will bo worth coming miles to see. New Corporation for Oniulin. George J. Stornsdorf anil George E. Spectit of Omaha were nt the oillco of the secretary of state for the purpose of filing articles of incorporation of tlio Motiopolitau Street Lighting company of Omaha , those two gcn- tlomon being the incorporators. The gen eral n at uro of the business to bo transacted is thn lighting of streets and alloys in cities and towns of Nebraska , Iowa , Colorado , Wyoming , Utah , Montana , North and South Dakota and otuor states and territories by means of gasoline and electric light in their various forms. The capital stock of the com pany is placed at ? J5ODO , and the principal place of business will bo at Omaha. Oleiiuod in the State House. The next state examination of teachers will bo hold nt the ofllco of the state superin tendent beginning December 'ij at 4 o'clock p. m nnd continuing afternoon and evening until 1:30 : p. in. December 2'J. ' Hon. A. M. Post , supreme Judge-elect , ac companied by his daughter , visited the state uouse today. The State Board of Public Lands and Buildincs visited the several furniture es tablishments of thu city today with a view of securing estimates for the furnishing of the now state institution nt Geneva , which is rapidly Hearing comnletion. Two coses were tiled with the clcrl : of the supreme court today. Iho lirst was that , of Margaret Scharman vs Conrad A. Scharman , which comes up from Lincoln county. The other was William U.Wright nnd Sythia Phillios , formerly Sythia Wright , vs Lnfay- otto Grimes , coming UD from Johnson county. Colonri Downs of the labor commission is 'doinp ' timo" in the Jury room of the Lan caster county district court this week. Leopold Hahn , who is superintending the construction of the addition to the insane asylum nt Hastings , was at the state bouse today. Cnrriaj-o House Tails. The failure of E. [ I. Guthrie , a carriage dealer of Lincoln , occurred today. The failure was duo to slow collections , dull trade and overstock. The principal creditors and the amounts of their claims are as follows : Ueoro , Wells & Co. , $00 ; Columbus Buggy company , 51fiSl ; A. J. Cornish , $ . " 00 ; liny- dock Bros. , ? lUi73. ( In addition to tha aoovo claims Uav.so , Haggard & Co. , of Chicaco and the Favorite Wagon company of Columbus , O. , hold claims for $ . ! 03 und fijl'di respectively. They commenced suit against Guthrie and bo nt once confessed judgment. They then swore out a writ of attachment on the grounds Guthrie had assigned or disposed of his property with nn intent to defraud his creditors. They also took out a wilt of garnishment against the holders of the mortgage. Sensation Cruelly Spoiled. Last night a boy created a big sensation by rushing hatless and breathless into the county Jail with tbo news th it his mother bad been murdered and that his own father was the man who had perpetrated the ghastly deed. Jailer Langdou at once ran to thu sconooftho alleged crime. Hurrying into the house ho discovered the woman lying on the iloor nearly naked , unconscious and frothing at the mouth. A physician was hur riedly summoned , who at once pronounced the woman dead drunk , with symptoms of poisonintr. She Iris been in n comntoso state nil day today and her condition mav yet become - como serious. Her name is Bailey and she and her husband frequently indulge in violent lent quarrels. It is thought that she may have taken poison last night. Builov's name has frequently ornamented the police court docket. Up to Old IrlclcN George Hascnll was formerly an inmate of the Nobraslca state penitentiary , but two years ago ho was pardoned by Governor Tbayer on account of good oohavlor nnd also on nccount of an excessive sentence. Ho had offered a forged note for only. 10 , hut Judge Gaslln , before whom ho was brought for trial , had sentenced him to fifteen years. After ho had boon pardoned ho Disappeared ; but today a letter was received-from the prosecuting attorney of Lucas county , Ohio , AND MOST E Is that of Dr. Price's Cream Ba with greater care and accur ; pensive materials , competent c' nothing is left to chance , ] adulterant taints this purest t Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powi the excellence that it is pos ; : uniform and reliable and retair It is not only more cconomii raising power , but by reason i being much larger than the farther and do better work. It is the only baking powder that statin ? thnt George l tlow under indlctmon' t liens for torgory , i Odds-nod Kmla. T. M. Bvntu has tto tar recovered from hU wound ns to Iw nblo tq travel mid ho will betaken taken to Sioux City tomorrow to nnswor for the crnno of burirlnry. Ills ronl nntno Is t'rod Sly nntl bin parents are sntd to bo well to do poonlo of Oinnlm. Dnrnoy Voomans'has ' rc lsiiod his position as city itotectlvo tO'iiacoDta moro lucrative situation with the Missouri I'ncillo Hailroad company. Chlof Dlnires of tlio police force has so. cured n Itodalc nnd will start n rogues' ) ? al- lory of hli own. Uonms Hituimonil , ono of the somewhat notorious Ivy Loaf camblnrs who disap- pcnroj some time nco just nftor n warrant had boon litucd tar his nrron , came back to i lncoln today. Ho was linincillately collurod by CUIof Dinsos and 11 now In Jail awaiting trial. Uowltt's Lltllo Early Hisors , bast pub J novn-xiiAYKU CONnsT. ItVII1 Ito Ilo.u-d Itho Stiprcin o Court IMomliiy. Last ovonlni ; talcfjrara wore rocolvou by Hon. Janice U Uoyd , ( tonoral J. C. Cowln mid Hon. f.l. L. Web tor suinnioniiiB thoni to U'aslittiRton. Ono of the moisasw Is said to lnivo boon sianod by Mr. Garland , ox- attorney Ronoral of the United Siatoi and associate counsel in behalf of Governor Dovd in lu nppi'al to the snpromo court of the United stntos on tlio queUUm ot his ( . 'iti Pn- shlp. Till ? emo , Involvinc tuo gubernatorial oillco of the stnti' , will bn lica'd next Monday , although it had boon understood In some circles tli.U tlio ca-o would not bo reached until the inner part of the month. Governor Boyd and Ciijner.il Cowln Btatjd that while they hoped for n decision In Ihoir favor , any attempt to forecast the opin ion of the court would bo simply guossworlt. The arguments would tauo ni.ieo on the day in question mid on tlio folloxvltiK Monday tlo opinion of the court would bo hnndod down. Governor Boyd will luavo for Washingtoiv tomorrow , the disttniriilslicd constitutional lawyers roforroil to leaving today , DoWitt's r.ittlo K'irlv Uisori ; only pill to euro sick huadacho ami regulate the bowols. Western J'atrntH. \VVSIIIN-OTOV. D. C. , D-'c. 1. | Spooial Telegram - gram to TIB 13Tho | following list of patents trrmt'jJ U ro ortoil by TUB Uuu und Examiner Huroau of Claims : Dock D. llarr , Holmont , game board ; Npr- man Isaacion , M irlon , Idaho , hayfork ; Ira A. Jefferson , Park City , Utnh , wina onirlno ; Hohorl M. Jones , Salt Lake , Utnn , crossing for trolley . wire ? , ; John 1 . Kelly , Ii'rcmont , In. , scaffold ; Lee M'1- Cloarv and , T. Stone , Scallur , la. , ndjustablo wheel rol'cr lor plows ; Jolin R McGco , Guthrie Center , la. , grain car door ; Thomas MnrlvIiinchcstor , la. , holder for books , shcotmnMc , etc. ; August A. Otto , Lincoln. Nob. , cue challcer , William D I'at- ter-ton , Kuokuli , la. , hose coupling ; Orbln F. SmithOiccolii , la , hnistini ; tnacliino ; Arthur G Ward and H. F. Wiokwlro , Bancroft , la. , printing pro s. Do Witt's Uttlo Ilirly lUwr- ; boat llttlo pills for dyspapMa , sour stounch , bid breath t.OV.lL liltJCriTIKS. .Tustico Holmes has continued ttiosuburban saloon cat s until Friday , when ho will ren der his ilucislon on thu points raised by the defense. ' 'iho Carpenters union hold tholr regular monthly muatincr at 1815 Capitol avonao last evening. Nothing hut routine business was transacted. Burelars entered the rosidoncp of J. B. Huhrbiclc , ii)05 ) Sowara street , Alondnv aftor- nonn during the abscnuo of the family , and helped thomsolyps to about $11) ) worth ot clothing. Charlo ; F. Tuttle , \\llo has boon assistant ticUot nccpt at the Union depot for Iho east four vcan , has ro-signud his position to enter urontho practice of law. Ills succ-cssor at the ticket window is Harry Harvey , who IIHS boon chief clerk in IJojiotmaator ilnnny's ofllcc. On next Friday the members of the Builders and Trailers exchange will tiold a public mooting for the discussion of the coclo of practice adopted at ; ho fifth annual convention of tlio National Association of Builders. Tlio discussion will bo loil by N. B. Hussev. After adjournment u lunch will be boryod. The ca = o ol John M. Ttmrston and others against the Wostllchor I'nbli hing company is on trial before Judge Hopowoll. Tlio de fendants woto tlio publiihnr.s of a Gorman paper that susponilod some time aco. Thurs- ton was injured to sitrn noti's which In time ho had to pay , mm is now suing the stock holders to recover tns mnnov. William G. Murphy , whoso ciso was mon- tionpcl in a recent lottnr from I'm : Bnu's Chicago correspondent , desires to liavo an error corrected. It was stated that Mr. Murphy had not srcurad u clivorco from his wife , Jennie , but this ho claims is wrong , ho baying obtained the necessary document nullifying his marriage on June 11 last. DoWitl's Lltllo 13-u-ly Ilisors. Best little pill ever maito. Cure con.tipitlon every time. None equal. Use thorn now. i. iii.unt / / / > . C. Mcsnot of Fremont la at the A read o , C. II. Allyn of Lexington is nt the Arcade. F. L. Esmav of Fremont is nt the Murray. F. C. Clark of Fullcrton Is at the Millard. II II. Wilson of Lincoln is nt the Uollono. W. H. Kllgrovo of Kearney is nt the 1'ax- ton. ton.Mrs. Mrs. I' . S. Millorof Wayne is nt the Mil- lard. lard.B. B. S Paddock of Port Nlobrara is at tha Murray. James Boll ana wife of David City are at the Murray , Carl Morton und wife of Nebraska City are at ! Ho Dellono. Hon. John L. Wobitor loft for Now York and Washington last ovaning. Mrs. Frank Mlllspaugti is visiting her mother , Mrs. Clarkson , lor a few duys. II. Gibbons and wife , Airs. S. M. Novins und Mrs. Dr. Bastln of Kearney are nt the Millard. F. B , Gillmoro , the veteran traveler , ha * returned fwin n three months' trip on the 1'aclllo coast. Hoif. II. C. Lett , formerly of this state , where ho was a well-known domocratto poli tician , but uow a largo ronl estate opuiator in Sail Lake City , is shaking hands with pumorous old acquaintances in Ouuha. H. H. Shudd and wife , II. 1C. Dnnbor nnd wife , A. B. Tiillon ntul wife , O. I ) , llorford nnd wife. O. C. Str61d'nnd wife nnd sister. Miss Boll , nnd G. Ji I ilnilsbnck , nil of Ash land , came up last ovonlng to take In "Tbo Hlvals" at the Boyd. g ECONOMICAL , ; t" , i rji j'oi iking Powder. Ltqis prepared acy , from finer and more cx- ihemists test every ingredient No ammonia , alum or other of human food products , der is the embodiment of all sible to attain. It is always us its full strength itntil used , cal because of its wonderful _ of its greater bulk , the cans ordinary kind ; it will go never disappoints. Dr. Prices G contains the whites of cggb/ Thh week we arouse the alert bargain hunter and startle drowsy competition by inaugurating our season's HOUSE-CLEARING' IN MID SEASON. As the season a I vamxs every clothing ; dealer finds his lots broken , that H , all sues , all cuts an I all colors of a certain cloth arc not in the lot. We may have your sue in a sack suit but not in a cutaway in the same cloth or vice vers i. Our very heavy season's trade has broken some of our lots a couple of months earlier th in ihii il Ik' uv this u On the three floors where our separate departments arc sitinted c hnvplaoo-1 th ? " ( XM Lots" on separate tables and marked them so as to clear off the t ibles this week I'll1 iif.nl . , can't tvKsiblvlast out this week. Your selection should be made early. WE NEVER HAVE ADVERTISED- A FAKE SALE. Our record is in your recollection , and our OUR OHRIbTMA. ' * GIFT. pride is to maintain that record. We have procured a number of hnndaomo picture utory books " which wo propose to give "away in our C'lilldron't ) department. FIRST FLOOH- there [ except ulstorsj. They nro in OUR St'NSlilSiK. meltons , kursnys nnd chinehlllns. A paper covered , handsomely On tlio front tables wo have plncoil nil illustrated , U-tvigo hook , ptiutod on the brokotl kits of Men's Suits If you TItKUK IS NO JUGGr.ING tinted paper in large , clear t\po ; oitn llntl your slv.o in the cloth nnd out With tlguroa but n straight murk original stories and original illus- down from former low . tr.tt idin ) . our prices. thnt suits you , you can BUVO about ono very I'rosented with every purchase qu irtoiof llio former cxtrumoly low Tlioro nro nmon the o nbo'it forty fur of $ l.f.O. ! . prii'o of Iho suit. trinnnod overcoats thnt the fur on the r tvlono is worth the price wo nsk for tl'o THIS RASV nuriic. On nnothur tublovo plnco all our odd ' ' " , L'll ( pages , 1'JO stories , 71 illus- btiit p.tnts and broken lots. Tlio prices garment tratimis , beautifully bound in ware from $ - fiO to 61) ) . We mtiKo thorn SECOND FLOOR- boards , cloth back , ilhnnlnatc.il about one fourth loss. cover , heavy tinted paper , excel CHILD REN'S DEFT. lent press work. THIRD FLOOR UOMK I'lOTUltU HOOK. The tnnrking down has boon done in MEN'S OVERCOATS. the lots' ' i ! 10 pages. 1'JO stories , ' 70 illustrations the siuno miinner on broken in Iho trations , printed and bound The brokoii lots in our overcoat do- nnd odd garment1) among our boys' and ' same style as "Tho Kasy Hook. | ) ! U'tiiionl lin\o nUo boon .soixiatod ! from children's gni'monti. j Choice of either of the nbovo the refftilnr lots. The st/.os run from y5 ; There are only a few of each kind so with each piirehabO of So worth of to 50 : iiid nil the different styles nro they must bo taken nil vantage of early. any kind of . goods In the Children's department. Samples of these books may bo seen in our show winnows. Anj' of tliuho books will miiko a neat and lasting Christmas piosenl , N. HVo wc-ruoiilv ufolt'to proiMiru u Southwest Corner 15th and Douglas. fi > of I'lioli Mini , nml wo tin not tnpoct tlii'iii to 1 ist moro tliiin u row days. CONTRACTED FOR THE TOWER , World's ' Fair Directors Finally Succoad in This Direc'ion , SITE HAS ALSO BEEN SELECTED. Anthony t omstoolv ItiHcvoil to Ilo on tlii Way to Uniuiitt Convict ItnlloclvN Story Not Ru- lieved--CliiJi : . > ( jossip. CIIICAOO Btrnmu OK TUB Ban , 1 CIIIOAOO , III. . Don. 1. j There hava been a dozen failing tower schemes for the World's fair , but there Is one on foot now which it Is believed will go through nil right. A meeting of Iho projec tors was hold today in the oillco of E. F. Cragin , u ho acts ai agent and promoter for thocompuiy. Liter in tlio day a nicotine was arranged with the officers of the exposi tion. Although Mr. Cr.xgin would not say so , it is believed that the contract for erect ing the tower h is boon awarded to the Mo- Arthur BroJ. The site lias also been se lected , but is not yet announced. It Is said thut all the stock 31.VJOOUO has either been subscribed or pledged. The director * of the Columbian exposition were given formal possession toduvof the old exposition building on iho lake front accord ing to thoagiocment made some titnu ago be tween the two companies. Tlio World's fair dlivctorsc.m have the old building torn down alter giving the Interatuto compiny thirty d.iys' notice. The ground sp.\co on which It stands is wanted for tlio now art institute building for which , Director C. L. Hutchin- sou .says , all the necessary funds have been secured. Loolc Out I'or Comstoclc. If thoio's n liolo In all your coats , I redo yotent It. Anthouy Comstock has started west nnd rolus.o-1 to"m.ilco known his destination. As ho loft labt night and will return tomorrow , it is not unlikely than Otnah.i is one of his objiictlvo points , the time the veteran moral fumigator has allowed himself being about sufficient to permit of such a visit. Ol his specific woric in Chicago ho rotiii.es to talk. Says ho : "I do not wish to name the firms I nm in- vcsti ating nor the publications which are in violation of the law. I Irivo always made it a point to arrest my man lirst nnd Ulk about it afterward. There are four or flvo publish ing nouses in tliu city which have boon Issuing vile- books , but there is ono particular firm 1 wish to c.iptuie.1 'i lie Street Our \Vnr. As the result of the street car blockade In the down town portions of the city last woeic , .itul p.irtly as a result of the strained rela tions between the street car managers nnd tlio city lather- . , the street cars 'will bo under police 'burvolllanco between thu hours of ( I and 10 a m. and ' ! and T P. m. The only duty of th"so gu rdiiuis of the publics will bo to rotiort the time intervening between tlio piss.igo ot trains und also the number or people btaudlng In the cars as near as can bo o'tim.itod during the hours mentioned. This will bu ilono with a view of ascertaining wluUher the said compiny has not , by Its negligence and disregard of tlio obligations imposed upon it by Ha franchise , legally tor- felted the same. Another ordinance introduced mukos It un lawful for any street railroad compiny within the corporate limits of the city ot Chicago cage to demand or to receive from .my pas senger upon any her e , cubic or other street car , nnv faro or money for transportation of ui.y sucli paasoncer unltss nt the time such faro is demanded or received nucli passenger shall bo provided \\ithortomlorod upon or within such car a reasonably comfortable se.il , to be used or occupied to tbo point of bis or her destination. Ono result of this reform spirit goes in effect today. Heretofore , when cars wnro delayed bv a blockade or broken caulo , pas sengers who took another train were obliged to pay an extra furo. Beginning with today transfer checks will bo given , OddH and Kndi. Hen A , M. Jones , surnanied the "Long , " Is back from Washington and is talking about the presidency. He did not hoar any thing nt the capital to lead him to b"liuvo Mr. Blalno will not bo n candidate , but lie U conlldent that within thirty days there will bo ail ofUcial announcement explaining thu political rotations between President Harri son and tha secretary of state , The authorities at Aurora who are investi gating the letter written by James Bullock , the Nebraska convict , confessing that ho committed three murders In Geneva , uro in clined to put little fnltn In his statement al though they will sift thu matter to tlio bet tom. The murders which Bullock claniu ho committed startled the entire country nt the time of their occurrence. General Nohon A. Miles will give a ban quet this evening to Minister Hyau of Mexico at the Virginia hotel , \\chtorn I'uoplo in The following western people nro in Cht- oago : HOD. George W. K. Dorsoy of Fremont is a truest at the Wolllngtou. At the Grand Pacific W. H. Sheldon , Burlington , In. ; C. J. Ivos , Cedar Kaptds , In. ; L. J. Drake , Arthur S. i'otter , John It. Webster , Omaha ; William Gordon , M. D. ICcun , Sioux Citv , la. ; E. S. Bailey , C.V. . Chase , Clinton , la. At the Palmer J. II. Buchanan , Nat Brown , W. Kamlull , Omaha ; W. C. Howell , Hurry Fulton , Keokuk , la ; U. T. Kticobs , Sioux City , la At Iho Auditorium Mrs , E. Sticknoy , Mrs.W. S. llatlon , Cedar Haplds , la. ; George H Hogps , East Omaha. ivo DELICATE AND IIABEENO ODOR I'orpalabriillDruunmirancyOooilB Dealers or II unnlilo to procure tills M underfill oii | > ecml Sfi < In Bt.imps und receive a culio by return mall. JAS. S. KIRK & CO. , Chicago. fil'KCIAT. Slmnrtnn Ilnlls Wn"ti ( the populiit V > clcty Wait ? ) HcntniKK to uiiyonu sundliirf u Uireo wrappers otihouaonlieilsSoiiD. ( lonoi'i'hopii , ( ilpctttiiil > cured In - days by thu I'lenoli Knmady ontlt- led the 1CINU. It dissolves nsnliist and is ub- sorboil Into tlio inllamod parts. Will refund ninnuy if It does not cure , or catlaps stricture ( irnllonu'ii , hero Is a ii-lliblo urtlole. $1 a p.ie ! < uio , or 2 for $ > per mall prepaid MeUot mlclc & Lund , Umali.i. Di. li ! ! rmu is'i3rLcif icinnihcK-ntinrall ) and carefully prop.Ted picscrlpttons ; used formally \cart5ltiiirIvatcitiactkowithsucciJsaiilfcrovt'r ( IhlrtyyturHimtl by thopi'oiln. | lAcry BliiKlu tipo- clllu u n Hpoclal euro for tim ilfRca o tiatiud. These fapeclllca euro without ( Irue lnr , PUfK * In or reduelnrf tlio Bjpton. , niul aio lu fnclTattil decdtliOHovuruIun rt-i.iff'ir'Bol thc01 Id. usTOTimcirAr.tos. cones. rnicFR. 1 1'pi < ! , CouRcatlon , lullnininatlnn . . ' .1 ! \VnruiM. . Worm 1'mer. Worm Colli1tH 'i Conic rollr.or'Iu.'l.u'iiKof Infanta . ' - ' } 4 Illiirrlien. of ChllUienor Aihilt.1 . . .V. ) 0 IljMiintovr. OrlplUK.llllloiwColic. . . ' , 'i ti Cuiilrra filorbiiri. Vomltlug iJ3 7 ConuliH , Colili IJrouchltlfl U.1 8 Nouiiileln , Tootbnctmi'lifcncho .U.t If llvnitiiclien. Hlckljendnclo. Vcitlgu , iir 1(9 ( ilyhiiopHlu , Billmis hlomorli. . . . ; r I'tVliftr , tno I'rofuio IVrlodo lit Croup , CoiiKh , Dltlleiill UrrnlhlUK . . . 1 f Xnlt ItluHlin , Knblptlag , l.rnntluns. 1H ltlirnmillHin : , Itlicumatlcl'nlns. . . . Ill l' ' vurniil ( A cur , Clillls , iliilarla. , .no If I'lloi , lUJnrt or llleeillnK SO 3 ! Ci'tiirrh , Inlluciizu , Cnlillntliolltoil .BO 2U Wlioiiplng CoiiKht Violent Coughs. ,5O tf f 4ii-iu-riil l ( - , ' liyelcalWcakucba . ,1O US > c-rtoi8 Onliillty l.OO ! t ) t'rlnarr AVonUnrss , WetllnKlvd. .5(1 ( a-J DlnuiiMcs nf tliotluurl.l'nlliiuitlon t.dO Solil by ttrugplsH , nr nnnt jioitpalil on receipt oflirlfe. In HUMriuiFXs1 M&.ii'AU (141 ( pftK > ) richly bound In cloth null COIT. mailed frto. IinlPHH13TS' ' MEDICINE CO. ! Oor. Willlnra and John Streets , Novr lork. Fi OS Surely. Bafoly And Speedily Cured by Thn wonderful now opccinc. the only certain , harm- lens anil mdlciU CHIP. Vr < paroil ninioHilci | , > nu can bo clwii without the imtlclit'a Unon lnlKO. In tua cot | pulcinotm < lohecr ll'iuorcrfood. ' Iomatterwhotlicr thu patlpntuuinoclt-ruta drliikiror u rum brcotlcil wreck , iliuciirn will ho rapid , cnniplcto ami perma nent. It iloslrnTH nil ic ! lroor critlnu toraholmlo ill Inks. I listolcsH nnd cuu"fi no Inconvenlenco nlilla usln ? Han boon 11 ateil In tliuum.nda of ra ca with nb- noluto HUc.ci" < a. Onii packaKo nlll euro nny oidlnarr capo , twopiu UniruJ wlil cnruthu niotit obsllnaln nntl oi'UrnYtitrilrntti1 Will nlMi rtnti tliulohacLnoi'CU'nr * rtto llahlt. 1'rlco ti | > LP imekaio.two parltnitci for MCO. Ht-inl forfrco book AH corn'umiiHlrncoimcrtilly ronllilonllul. Olil rlxold inuy ) „ Imil ofoiir ii jnU or.pnti , < x.pulllyu. | . .MAIllniX/IIIIMKIAI.f / > , tel ) rrO | > rl > lor > for the U. 8. , SiH llrtrboni HI. , thlc go , III. . 'OK SAM : IN OMAHA. NEIL , I1Y Kuhn fi C , > , Cn.r Ifitli A Douk-lu his J A fuller A-to. Cor HIM A. DiniKhsSU. A I ) roUei - Co tuuncll IHllI ( . li. WANT ! AitcnU to mil tliu 1'lnlon iiotlioUna , tlioouly lluouver Inoiit d thut lioliU tlio olotliui without plus , u par- fuitbucco i , pituut rucuutlf Uaueil ; nulil only hy IIH'LMU , to nliom the oiclu > lvu rlKhl U Klvuu , cm ru celjit" f 'M ouiiU wo lll sonil a mimnlo line liy mull , ulau croiilnrt * , prlcti lUt niul t > ruii to u unt * I noeuro your territory at unoa AiMruai ' 1 III : 1'lMiCSS n.UI'llis : MNK CO IT Ilonmnril Worcustiir Mass FUR CAPES. MEN'S FUR OVERCOATS. and All Fashionable CLOTH AND PLUSH CLOAKS for faiblon Book mallotl froo. Reliable Manufacturers JtlnnrnousDIotk. 191 4193 Slalo St. . Chfcao" I'lto'ii Jlemtxly for rntarrh U Iho Dost , Kulcnt tu Use , mui Clienpeat. Hold by drumiUU or wnt bj- mall , We. K.T lUieltlno , Warren , I'a. KM K NTS. . ' ' ' N B w " " " " " Theater ! COMEDY CO. Tuohduy Nljrht , } IfHE'RlUHLSI Wudnesduy N | NHBIRfltLHWl St. Theater. .iiii 1H--TIIK KtUlI .1 HAUKiy Musical I'-IIL-O CMnmrly. Tuesday Nljjht Wednesday MiUm-i ) WoiU nosday Jl.itlni'O no udvunui } In prices. sc\v \ SPKC'l M , . ' . ' . ' . AND IIAKM'.V STIUil''IS. 'LlimstUui. KrUUitj | ) | J ( ' Q 1 , t S and t.iliiiU.ui , " 1A0 | ' * < X J SATUKDAY MATINEE. Tlio Celebrated KiiKlitli Actor E. S. WILLARD , Umter llio n nm onicnt o A. M. 1' 'uior li the following ri'peitolro. Thursday , Friday an I Saturday Jalincc , THE JWlDDLEMflN- Saturday Evening , xf U D A H , Prices I'ltrrptet il "H ) parquet oil clc , S1.5. ) anil fl : biilcnn ) . 7. c mi < ! $ \ , K tllerv. & > ( BlntlniHi l'rlioi"MrJt lliwr SIOJ tmlcony , "Oc. FARNAM STREET THEATER. Two Niilitsjliursday & Friday.Dcc. . 3 & 4 LEW DOCKSTABEB'S MINSTREI3. 40 - GREAT ARllSTS - 40 All well known as tlio best Nn udvanro In COLISEUM OMAHA. Z WONOEftFU ! , AUSTEIAH jyveniie Bond in ikliiRnn American lourliypcr mission of Oniitou I'MAMM JOSKI n. 40 Musical Prodigies 40 Conducted liy HerI.AMIII ivr * Sri'ivm , I.iti ) of btiult 'iliuatre , llamliurt ; , Bnlolati JIHa lliini : QuuM'u , Soprano. ) ( lllll Ulj ( 1 IJVVVmiJVl JUIUllJ AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FIRST APPEARANCE IX OMAHA. KoBorvotl Souti $1.00 , 7or und 50o School Children will bo admitted nt MtUinoo nt Spocinl Rate of " . . Grand Opera House. 3Ni htsSATnii | > AY7N7 > ncn K anf | R Only. I bUNDAV | ULUi U UlIU Ui / ti'tt AiHHHtrnnen of MISS ANNIE EVA FAY OK ENGLAND. Ill n clfntlfla Nriinm' i SPIRITUALISM. Mntoiliill/ittlon In tin ) full KimllRhl nn tliu open atiuii. Tublt'M und uliitlrs will llo.it In mid air , the spirit Imml. A.U , & . . I'rk'iis with rpinrvuil ht-ut I0i > . " ( Jo ; iml i'c. ' llcix ( illlci ) fiii | > n Tililny ( it Ununl Dperu HOIISII. Doors apun ut T : roiiiiuonoo 8 l" > ! ( 'iirrlHSOH 1U , " EDEN MUSEE. rnilNKIl IITII ANIt FAHNAM hTUBKTH WEE < I OMMKSl'I.NO .MllMIAV. NllKSI1ILH Dm. I'HINI KHI'UDOHA hlniko HlK'IlHilUusi TIN V , 'I hi" " Hou lli'IBOtlvo Oil , I'AIN I'lNli Or TilK JOHNSTOWN 'I'lIK TAVIiOltS Muni Ituuiluri DIAMOND llHrllono .MU'llltAVK , t I'U'Ol iriTK , Chnnw ArtUt * Kilt VIA 1IKN IlKV Iniinioiiiiint Alt ADMIHSIOS , ( JMi IIIMK OlOil lion ) 1 tu IU 1' M DallT FREE nEHEDY. ONLYI , . luir flf l HM * . IwiUtla-Jly - u 1 Iho MM P&ll re < .it > 9 fvtkled ) HfK lo ny lutferpf It it itlut ! i an I U ilnK Cute A It I \ JAQU1 JJW 6Ji > l..Cia mmU.I