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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1893)
TT-TI ? HAfATIA HATTY HRT ? . TtflSmV A ITnTTR'l1 > f 1.QIVA THIS ] ) AlbY BEE COUNOJI , IIIA'KI'S. ' OI't'ICR ! . 0. 12 I'EAHL STHEET J'tllvcrcd by carrier to any pait of the city II. W. TI I/TON Manager TEI.F.I ' HONES J Hnslncss Onico No. 49 { x1ltg(1tor , | ; | j(0ia3 ( MI mm N. Y Plumbing Co. Iloston .Store bankrupt salo. The Mnyno Heal UstutoCo. , - Mrs. Fred Clltio , who had an exciting time with ono of her neighbor * mid a re volver n few clays ago , had n hearing by Jus tice Vien yesterday on the charge of assault , nnd was discharged , Kldcr T. W. Williams of the Matter Da.v Saints church will commence a series of meetings In their capacious tent onush _ - ing avenue , between Seventh and KiRliUi streets , Meetings commence nt 8 o'clock. Onicer Kasdale and daughter , who were so severely Injured during Sunday night's lire , nro both dolntr ns well as could bo expected , lloth arc suffering severely from their burns , but It IR thought that with proper earn they will both pull through without nny perma nent effects. Johnnie , the 15-months-oid son of Mr. nnd Mrs. N. 1' . Nelson , died of cholera infantum Sunday night at 10-.HO o'clock , nt the homo of his parents , corner of Ninth Htrect and A venue II , The funeral ivtll take place this afternoon at'J o'clock from the Scandinavian Jlaptist church , and the remains- will bo burled in Falrvlcw. Two Omaha men giving their names as John llrompathy and John Oolodino wore lined up before Judge McGco yesterday morning for driving on Pierce street Sunday night at a race horse gait and shouting so that the people living In the vicinity were awakened. They contributed 530.41) ) to the city treasury for their sport. The August term of district court will convene this morning with Judge Macy occu pying the bench. The petit Jury consists of the following : Plill Moomaw , W. II. WIs- well , K. C. llergcr , A. C. Schmoock , Joseph S. Miller , Gcorgo MoPcck , S. II. Foster , John Morris , \V , II. Goff. S. M. Wlnterhurn , W. Duncan , Joseph Mackland , P. J. Moran , Frank Vaugnlaux. Fred Totneten , Fred Ford , John U Hush. Fritz Marti , George Gibson , William Taylor , William O'Connell , J ,1 Hrookhouser , K W. Gregory , E. G. Uakor. I I'etcr ICgan had a hearing before Justice Vlim yesterday on the charge of committing nn assault on Mary Gegan. The hearing furnished a vast amount of amusement to the spectators , Mar.yGcgan , the prosecuting witness , bemij the star in the comedy. At the close slio asked the court to issue a war rant for the irrcst of John Limit , who de fended Kgaii , on the ground that ho had du- f a moil her character for voracity. Thn trouble between her and the lawyer was finally fixed up , however , and Undt is still at liberty. A Siittt'CHKriil Iliiiliirftii. The Twin City Dye works since its es tablishment hero four years ago has built ii ] ) a trade by its superior dyeing and cleaning which has made it neces sary to largely increase its facilities. Mr' Sohocdsack , the proprietor , intends to have the now building and machinery ready for fall work. In the meantime everything is done in the usual first- class stylo. Omaha , lf)2I ) Farnam street ; Council BlulTs , corner Avenue A and 20th street. At the social to bo entertained at the residence of L. W. Tulloys this ( Tues day ) evening by the young men's bible class , the Imperial quintet , MibS Pearl Chamborlin and Mrs. .T. G. Wadsworth have kindly consented to assist in the musical part of the program. All are cordially invited. Able your grocer for Domestic soap. Mrs. Ovldo Vien is suffering from sovcro Illness. Mr. am. ' Mrs. E. W. Hiirt are homo from Chicago. M. C. Goodwin returned from Chicago yesterday. M. I. Scars Is spending a few days vaca tion ut homo. > F. A. Bixby returned yesterday from n visit to Stcrlicg , 111. Miss Anna Fitch of Omaha Is the guest of Mrs. II. J. Chambers. Mrs. 1C. U. 1'vdgorton nnd children are visit ing friends in Missouri. Mrs , O. W. Graham and two children re turned from Chicago Sunday. W. Hunyan and family have returned from n two weeks visit to the fair. Clarence Obcrholtzor and Charles Walto arc homo from a Chicago visit. D. W. Archer is confined to his homo by a cuvero attack of malarial fever. Simon Eiseman of Salt Lake City is visit ing bis friends hi Council BlulTs. Miescs Maud Klehnrdson and Anna Mlltc- Bcil loft for Chicago Sunday evening , J. W. Hell of the Northwestern returned wltli his wife from Chicago yesterday. 3dn. Dr. Ucctkcn and family and Mrs. W. U. Heed left last evening for a visit to the fair. Miss Maud Hcnjainln of Avoca is visiting > Mrs. P. ICoIlcy , 600 South Twenly-llrst Etroot. ,1. S. Clirlsiuan of Danville , Ky. , Is In heat city looking after his property interests at Mannwa. Mary L. Wansor of Plalnviow , Nob. , Is the guest of Miss Friendly Lucas , 514 North Seventh street. Miss Laura Weaver loft last evening for Chicago to Join bur father. .1. P. Weaver who is taking in the World's fair. 1 C. D. Walters nnd Charles Nicholson are homo from Milwaukee , where they wont toy nttcnd the national firemen's tournament. Judge Joseph H. Heed nnd wife are homo from Santa Fc , N. M. , where the former has been conducting a session of the United States court of ptivatu land claims. Miss Lillie Lcdcn-r. who has bcijn the guest of the Misses Klnnuhan for several days past , returned to her homo In Mlnden yesterday , ' ZSotlcn to rirnio 1'ilrlli-n. Change in time , commencing Monday , Aug. 7. Trains for Mitnawn leave nt the following hours : Morning trains leave Unmdwny at 10 a. m. Evening trains at 1 , , HI and 5 and every HO minutes thereafter until 11 ! p. m. Cook your meals this suinmor on a gas range. At cost at the Giib company. Williamson & Co. , 10(1 ( Main street , largest and best bicyelo stock in city. Out tin * IVrvili. The suggestion is in ado by some of the citizens of the western and southern parts of the city that Mayor Lawrence might do a worthy act in taking immediate stops toward having the weed nuisance abated. In cer tain parts of the city tlioro nro sunflower forests covorlne whole blocks , and they give the city an unsightly appearance. In some places iho weeds have hern cut down and allowed to rot whcro they fall , which is likely tu cause disease , A largo and luxuri ant chain gang 1ms been cultivated during the last few nay * , and lu efforts would cer tainly not bo wasted if It were put to work nlong this line , If the weeds were cutdown before need tlmo for a few years , the tlma would not bo far distant when the weed nuisance would bo much less objectionable than now. Hull IIIIU Muiln < iunil. men need their money in these times , if you have bills against people not living in Ii/wa employed by any railway , express , telegraph or telephone - phone company entering Iowa , write leto the Nassau Investment Co. , Council Bluffs. Collections guaranteed. Slop at the Ogden , Council Blulld , 110 Ictt W.OO houtto in Iowa. Greonshlohls , Nicholson & Co. , real cstatotuid rentals.COO Broadway. Tol.151. timoko T , D. King & CD'S Purtagus. Domestic soup is the NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS William Mawhor , the Alleged Bluebeard of Fremont County , to Bo Tried , CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS FIVE WIVES Strychnine Snlil tu llnve Heen lined In .I.lon or gulnliio Hint l.lfc Insurance MlRht IU Ilcntlzeil On Couniel In the Case. William Mawhor , nn aged and wealthy farmer of Fremont county , Iowa , will bo tried in the Pottawattamlo county circuit court at Avoca , commencing today , for tlio murder of his ilft.h wife , whom ho first met In Kansas City hi the summer of 1S01 , in answer to an advertise ment. The case Is ono of the most peculiar In criminal history , and according to'.ho belief of many who know him , Mawhor Is a veritable "Bluebeard. " Mawhor went to Kansas City early In IS'Jl nnd advertised for a housekeeper. Mrs , Fannlo Erbcck answered the advertisement. having been divorced from her husband , Frank Pelot , whoso nnmo slio abandoned. She wsts a clerk In J. F. Mitchell's bakery at the corner of Ninth and Charlotte streets , and her sister , Miss Louise Krbcck , lived at COO Kiist Fourteenth street. Desfilng a homo for her children , who were then at Alton , 111. , Mrs. Erbcck aniiwored Mawhor's advertisement and mot him at her homo. Ho engaged Mrs. Krbcck nnd she went to his homo. Soon after going there she became his wife , and In March , lb'J2. moved to a cosy farm hoiiso two miles from Hlvcrton , In Fro- mout county , Iowa. When Mrs. Mawhtir Dlcil. Across the road from the Miwliors lived the Harris family , the nearest neighbors. On the night of October U5lbD3 , the Harrises were soot for by William Mawhor , and told that his \vifo had boon taken alarmingly ill. Mr. and Mrs. Harris immediately went , over and fouiiil Mrs. Mawlior In great airony , racked with terrible convulsions. Mr. Har ris started for Ulverton for Dr. Cowgcr , the family physician , but before the doctor nr- rlvcd the nn fortunate woman was dead. Dr. Cowgcr , whoso daughter married Mawhor's son , in reply to a question of the old man as to the cause of Ills wife's death , said it was i umloubtculy a casu of strychnine poisoning1. The news of young Mrs. Mawhor's death created n sensation throughout Fremont county , and his old neighbors recalled the fact that several of Mawhor's former wives had , died suddenly. Dr. S. O. Defrocco , the county coroner , held an inquest. Mawhor said his wife had boon talcing quinine for toothache for several days. It was the habit of the family to purchase quinine in bulk nnd the capsules separately and fill them when needed. The day slio died she took three filled capsules out of the lx > r and told him they seemed to be covered on the out stdo with quinine. Soon afterwards she died lii convulsions. Her l.ltc Innurniice. A month previous to her deatli Mawlior in duced her to take out an Insurance policy for ] ,000 in the Equitable Life of New York. Mawhor was nmdo beneficiary to the amount of SH.OOO , the remaining $2,000 being divided between Mrs. Mawhor's ' children. It is under stood that the Equitable will not settle this claim until the termination of the trial. When Mawhov was searched by the sheriff a bottle of strychnine was found in his to bacco pouch. The circumstantial evidence was so strong that hu was indicted for mur der in tlie llrst degree. The state chemist reported that analysis showed more than a grain of strychnine In her stomach. Mawhor's first wife was taken ill one night and died the next day. The body has been exhumed and an attempt was made to analy/o the contents of the stomach. It was not entirely satisfactory. His third wife was n widow , Mrs. Martha Cone , when ho married her. She died vncar Axtcll , Kan. , several years ago. Slnco Mawhor's arrest the woman's brothers , L. J. and A. M. Saugor , had the body disinterred nnd strychnine was found In the stomach. His llrst and second wives also died suddenly , as did his brother , who lived with him in Cali fornia. His first wife died in California abo.ut ISM. ISM.Will Will Mnko n Strnnir Jlpfcnso. Judge Smith will. preside at the term of court at which Mawher will be tried , tt will undoubtedly bo one of the most hotly con tested cases ever tried in Iowa , as the prose cution will bo looked after by It. C. Camp ! bell , prosecuting attorney of Page county , John P. Organ of tills city , and Attorney Mitchell of Sidney , while the attorneys for the defense will bo Benjamin & Preston of Avoca , Smith MePhorson of Hca Oak , L , . jfr. Ocniing of Hustings , and Judge Keenan r.3f Khcnandoah. Mawher has spent a good share of the time since his arrest in the county jail of this city , and during that time ho has behaved himself very quietly , showing no signs of insanity , and reading his bible almost constantly. THIS iui JiAMtiiurr HAM : . Thn Hnston Store .Sfiiuclitorintr 1'rlcos nnd tliO J'liopl. ) ItllHllllIK til ( il't tlio Hlll'KllillH. ' No special sale has caused such a sen sation and drawn such crowds to Council : Bluffs'as that now in progress at the Boston Store. Fothoringham , White- law & Co. , in buying the big Rich ardson stock at Kockford , 111. , at h50 cents on the dollar got a big bar gain and they are now giving > their customers the benefit of it. The people appreciate it and the store is crowded with bargain seekers. They do not have to hunt for them for every ' counter and shelf is filled. No ono goes away empty handed or dissatisfied , for tlio ease with which ono gets for a dollar what would ordinarily require two del : 1- lars to buy does away with all hard times grunting and gives everybody rda satisfied smile. The sale is demonstrat- ing the fact that the people will do lively . buying if goods are only cheap enough , and in this case thejaro startllngly low. CITY COUMJII. . w."K .Settlement of the Tax Levy Tor the Comlni ; All Important meeting of the city council was held last evening , the principal item it'llof business Iraing the settlement of the tax levy for the coming year. Tlio finance com- mittco had been tit work figuring up what tit would cost to run the city , but , econom I/e as it would , tt could not bring the levy down within 0 mills of whcro it was last year , when it was lower than it had been ! for years. The following shows the num ber of mills levied for each fund : MILLS , 1 ( ii'iiiirn 1 fund 10 Itomlt'd loan ii lnton > i'iHloM pavlnK and grading 3 l-'micleil tli'lit . 2 ( ji-norul bower . 1 Library . 1 fund. Water . 0 Judgment . ' . ! ! Totnl o Agricultural bonds Insldo city limits . 0 The matter of Issuing circus licenses , which caused such u whoop-aiul-liurrah about u week ago. was brought up by tlio reading of an ordinance introduced by Alderman - man Jennings. It was Intended to glvu . er.ho mayor the same discretion \vlth rt'Kard to the uinouut to bo levied upon circus companies and the like. tvldch lie lias been In the habit of exercising for the past ton years without any authority eave tliut of common consent. The ordinance ) authorizes the mayor to collect u license fee of not moro tliun I1M ) or less than i ! > on caeli circus company exhibiting la the city , and provides a penalty of not to exceed $100 on each company that exhibits without inking uut tlio required license. Them \vero not enough couiicilmcu present to puss tbo ordinance under a suspcnsiou of the rules und It whs laid oycr after the first reading. K. A. Wickham requested that tbo tlmo for paving bo extended to July 4 , 1MU , but tbo request was not allowed , Tin * city clerk \TU Instructed to advertise for bids for co.il for use by the city nnd fire department , all bids to bo In by September The city auditor was authorized to draw a warrant : of flOO In favor of H. W. Hlghl In lottlcmcnt of the suit nf Bennett U. Fabcr npalnst the city , ever the possession of the . lot where the city hall Is located. A remonstrance was filed by property owners against the curblnz of Little , Curtis , North Sixth , Seventh and Eighth streets , nnd Avenues E , F and O , alleging thnt tbo curbing , according to the ordinance already passed , would amount In many cases to the confiscation of the property , for the owners had not the money to pay and tboy would have > to let the land go for the taxes. An audlblo einllo went the rounds when the names of the "dead broke citizens" wore road and tro remonstrance was tabled. DTho bill of the Council Illuffa Water Works company for f 13OT.3.r > 3 for six months was allowed and a warrant was ordered drawn. Tbo bill of II , P. Wickham for fl.lWS for Intersection sewer bulldlnp was allowed. Petition for.flrc protection on Avenue F , be tween Kltrhth and Ninth streets was re ferred to the water committee. (1. A. It. Coinriidvit , Attention. The twentv-sovcnth nntuitil encamp ment of the Cfrantl Army of the .Republic takes place at Indianapolis September 5. There promises to bo at this encamp ment this year the greatest assembly of comrades this country has over neon. On tbo return trip a stop will be made at the World's fair , where a special pro gram has been arranged for' the vet erans of the Grand Army of the Hepub lic. Rates will bo low. Wo urge you to attend. Wo have secured free space in chair cars and low rates ever the Chicago cage , Hock Island & Pacific railroad ; a solid train through to Indianapolis with out change. Hand In your names nnd ticcommodationu wanted for yourself and friends , to the undersigned committee of Abe Lincoln post. Grand Army of the Republic or at the Chicago , Hock Island & Pacific ofllco on Pearl street. Train will leave Sunday , September 3 , at 3:1)0 : ) p. m. J. A. Si'Aur-DiNa , B. S. DAWSON , J. B. DUIKSUACII , Committee. Grnnito ware sale nt Cole's. Half price for ton days. Buy your preserving kettles now. Gcorgo S. Davis , proscription druggist. Domestic soap is the best To the G. A. It. nnd Otlirra. Department Commander Phil Schullcr telegraphs the commander of Abe Lincoln post that he will go to Chicago via the Northwestern railroad Sunday oven Ing. Members of tlio Grand Army of the Hepublic and all others are invited to take this route. The loxva State band , now in Chicago , will join the department commander at Chicago and at no other point. For further Informa tion write or call on Dn. F. S. THOMAS , Aido-do-Cutnp to Department Commander. Cinders for Sale liUO loads nice , clean cinders for walks and driveways. Apply to E. D. Burke , Tnylors's grocery Cole & Cole are selling granite ware at half price for ten days. Now is the time to buy your preserving kettles. Coal cheap for cash. Carbon Coal Co. . 34 Pearl street , Grand hotel bldg. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap CHANGED HER MIND. She I.uoDoncil the OliecK Jtoln null tin ) IInrHu Siiiitoheit Her lltinnot. There was a little drama in real lifo enacted on P street the other day. says the Washington Post , that illustrated well the tendency of women to nxcroiso the dear and exclusive privilege of her sox in changing her mind on short no tice. A handsome carriage had stopped in front of one of the largest stores , and its occupant had gone within , leaving the solemn , smooth-faced coachman on the box holding the lines over a big , glossy gray , reined up rather high. A wiry little woman , with a determined face and wearing a dainty little bunch of waving loaves and pink roses in the Hhapo of a bonnet , came down the street. Casting a sharp eye at the big gray horde she stopped and , addressing the smooth-faced driver in a voice as deter mined as her looks , said : ' 'My man , that horse is reined up entirely - tirely too high. " "N'm " all the , was functionary vouch- so fed. "But I insist that ho is , " continued the little woman. . "It is cruel and wicked , and you ought not to treat the poor animal so. " "Well , indeed , mum , ye can't handle th' ' baste any other way , " protested the coachman. "indeed , you can , " insisted the mem ber of the humane society. "Animals are just like men : If you treat them kindly they appreciate it and are kind in return. Won't you lot mo loosen the roinV" "Woll , ye can of yo insists , mum , " at last said the driver with apparent in difference. That was enough. The little woman was not tall enough to reach the big gray's neck from tlio sidewalk , but she climbed up on a carriage stone and un hooked the check. That horse must Imvo been a very depraved brute , for ho had been watching the operation from the corner of his eye all the time , nnd no sooner was his head free than ho reached around and with ono fell swoop lifted that dainty little pink and green bonnet in his massive jaws and , holding it aloft , began to munch it with ap parent relish. Artificial flower ? , ap parently , were not on his menu for the day , however , and ho boon discovered his mistake and dropped it in the gutter , where it was rescued by the now irate little member of the humnno society , who fnlrly danced on the pave ment and denounced the "ugly , horrid , sassy brute. Tie ought to bo shot and killed , you know ho ought. And you , too , " This to the driver , who bat with a face as immobile as the sphinx , "It is a burning , wicked shame to Imvo such ! terrible vicious animals loose upon tlio street. Horses are such treacherous brutes ! " And with this last parting shot the little woman retired to the privacy of the nearest millinery estab lishment to Imvo her injured headgear coaxed back into something like the bcmblanco of its original tell. U'liuru tu Kind Thi'iii , Chicago Herald : "Ah , 1 say , cawn't you toll me whore I u'in lini this blaxvsted Illi nois ? 1 have walked all da.v trying to find It , and I'll bo blowcd if I have found it yet. " The west side und cast bide whl&kcrcd man leaned upon hla cane as ho awaited cda reply. "I don't catch you , " answered the guard. "Ah. you dnwn't. I suppose not. IJut ; I was told that thU was Illinois day , and I'll bo blowcd if I can find It. In what building , good fellah , Is a Illinois to bo found , Come now , tell mo. " "Ovor in the Fisheries building sir " , , re - plied the guard ; "YOU will lind thotn m hone sucker taim. " -o- O | > [ u e < l It. Chicago Tribune ; "If you will allow mo to interrupt you a moment , " called out noa solemn-faced mun In the audience , "may 51 ask what position you talco in regard to the binomial theorem 1" "It's a ititovln' conspiracy between hq goldbugs and the Coloraydo mine owners I" thundered the greenback orator , hla eye Hashing fire , "and I'm agin ill" A DlnouuniKuil Iteforiuer. Washington Star ; "Say , Dill , Is It true that that ! you " have quit white-capping ? How kom " \\clt , you see , I tried to stop a dose of buckshot on our last outing , nnd now the morals of this blnmo country kin go to the doyi for all I kucr , " AFFAIRS AT SflOfll OMAHA Oity Treasurer Hector Presents a Statement * fti- _ _ ' : t _ for Taxpayers. GRANTHAM WILL BERRIED AT ONCE Ml X tt Ii Snlil III * Io mi fullUft , < Duo to ttntn Tendencies Dick' ' 1'nj-no'i Cngo \Vllit IMuilKO n Tex City Treasurer Thomas Hector has made out a detailed annual report of the business transacted In his office during the past year. It contains valuable information for the members of the city council and taxpayers enerally. A reporter for Tnn HBE was allowed - lowed to innko a synopsis of the statement ns follows : " Italanco on hand July 1 , 1803 . { 03,005 CO lircclvcd during July > . 1U.080 08 Disbursements ( hit-IMS July . U5,3Bfi 44 Leaving balance August 1 , 1H J : > . 80,305 84 Tnxcs and Interest collected from August 1 , 180i ! , to AllSUSt 1. 1803 : \MlliiKOtaxofl887-8B . $ 048 67 City tax of 18811 . 3,040 G2 Clly tax of 1HUO . 7,621 13 Ully taxnf 1H01 . 10,10504 Ulty taxof 18U2 . 60.H72 78 Total i J88.104 04 Sni-rjal taxes and Interest thereon collected Mid proceeds from alu nt lionds from August 1 , 1802 to August 1. 1893 : District sewer $ 23 00 Intersection paving 1,800 00 District uavlng 85,907 35 Sltluwalk 0,008 07 Sloping lots 2,004 23 Occupation 15,088 50 Special grading 11,11055 District grading 35,28238 District curbing 4,803 61 Extension of Thirteenth street 117 37 Don fund 1GO 00 Sc'JOOl 42,042 58 Total $157,005 60 Per cent of rogulartuxoscollected to August 1 , 1893 , o.xelnslvo of Interest : 1'cr Year. Cent. 1880 : . ' ; 93J < IH'je ) 022-5 1HU1 , U4 1802 701-0 Ainoiint and proceeds ( ruin sale of bonds from August 1 , 180' ! , to August 1 , 1H03 : District. tmvltiR $ ' ? . ' . ! District curbing 1,034 District grudlng 10,413 Total $40,005 The total amount of warrants , district bonds anil interest on same paid fioin August 1 , 1802 , to August 1.1893 , was $310,192.05. The total amount of outstanding warrants ill.ll lid August 1 , 1893. WIIH $44.440.41. I merest on long time lionds and months wlun duo from August 1 , lb'J3 , to August 1 , 1H9I : October , 1893 $10,800 IhH-umbor , 1803 1,500 April , 1894 - . . . . 300 Juno , 1894 1,000 July , 18U4 4,200 Total , . $18.420 Phort tlmo district bonds and Interest duo as follows : , , August 1 , 1893 1..1 ; I 4,58500 October 1 , 1803 " -.ill 10.710 25 November 1 , IHOII c. , . , 1,001 ) 40 Deci-mbor 1 , 1H93 1,40500 Juntliiry 1 , 1804 2,71 ! I 50 Juno 1 , 1894 4,00400 July i , 18U1 > . ; 0,159 oo Totul $58,029 15 Outstanding general ibonds , August 1 , 1803 : Funding bonds v 8105,000 Honor bunds : . 02,000 Viaduct honds , . , 78.OUO Intersection paving 02,000 Total _ , . ' , $307,000 Corporation statement Miowlni ; the tlon of real ana personal property and ratio or taxation for the yaars 1888 to 1802 aa fol lows : ' LUVV VKAIt. VALUATION. IN .MILLS TAXATION. 188H $1,704,018.60.10. . . . $ l7li40.18 18S9 1.750.140,84. . . 27 47,400.78 1800 1,825,058.10".28 51.101.01 1801..r. I,051,411'.p0..33. . . . ' 04,300,00 1802 'A202.-450.50..35 77.085.75 ( irintlinin Worked Smoothly. Fred Grantham , the'young man arrested for embezzlement , has beui living quietly in Marseilles , 111. , almost ever since his mys terious disappearance from South Omaha | two months ago. He was recently Joined by his wife , who is still thoro. John Fitz Roberts , manager of tlio firm pf ColTman , Smiley & Co. , hus all the facts In hand and will prosecute Granthan according to the information Hied. The preliminary hearing takes place before Justice George Smith m Omaha at ! ! o'clock this afternoon. "According to the boolts , " saidMr. | Itoberts , ? "Grantham owes the firm about f.'i.OOO. Ho has embezzled between $2.000 nud $3,000 , and owes about $3M borrowed money. " "lias any proposition been made to the firm toward affecting a settlement ? " was tsked by the reporter. ' 'Some time ago , Mr. Frank Houseman , who is a brother-in-law to Grantham , gave the 11 rm a deed for some South Omaha real I estate which was estimated to bo worth 31.100. His brothers \ > cro to pay ever the balance of the shortage and they failed to dose ; so , so wo propose to go ahead now and prose cute the inattor in the courts. " It is said that the manner in which the young man jutrpled his bookkeeping was very unique. Ho would make the books bal ance at all odds , hut would , of course , have to make false balances In order to do so. Then ho would mark checks "void" whim were afterwards found to havogono through the banks and bccil paid. Another fulto ho was to write ? 2 , $ . ' ) or $1 on the stub of heel check book and make out a check I'or ! U 10 or $50 , as the case might be. While taking It easy back in Illinois Grantham has evidently boon telling his rel atives of a few iiamcsof "draw" that ho sat in whiio In the employ of the firm chat is prosecuting him , The fact has developed by letters written by his brother to well known , stock men hero demanding that if they do not give back the money they won from Fred they will bo "called down. " If all these matters are carried out tlio Qrantliam arrest may yet furnish some interesting de tails ot penny and 5-ccnt auto games that have taken place in the old Exchange build ing during the past few years , ll is alleged ; that the crooked work on Granthaui's boolts dates back as far as Ic'JI , llrl ; rnynn'n Trlil. : The chief of police Is silent when any > nebo asks him when Dick Payne 1s going to bo tried for the murderous assault ho com mitted on Jnnos : Holmes In this city ono Sunday night about three weeks ago. Payne was arrested by the pollno on the Baino night the assault was committed , His tioaringwasputoff thoflrsttiino to await the developments of Hi/hues' wouiu's. ' Holmes improved and was'siblo to be out a week later , but when Jiojicaso was called the at torney who ruprcsy/itf-'d the state ngrcojl I tea a continuance for quttv/cek. This tlmo was up yesterday.Vlicii the case was called I it developed tliatllolmes'liail ' gene to Iowa and no ono was sent liorcS by County Attorney Kaloy to prosecute.'Paynu's ' attorney moved for a dismissal of hlB'olicnt , but Judge Fowler - lor could not see ! thi ] that light and Payne will bo hold until T.hjirsday. Chief IJcckett sa s Jhat ho is not so much surprised at tlolines'lbdviug town on the day of the trial , but ho1 cannot figure out why , tno county attoruoy'nroppcd all action and did not even send ; word 'that ho was not coming. Payne will not bo given his liberty until matters havo.Veou made u little more clear to the uuthori , ! ; here , A Titxwl btfiiT , " A big Texas steer'jumned out of the Sixth story window at Hammond's yesterday and lauded on the platform below , Peter Peter son , ono of the employee , was standing near by and the beast inado a rush for him and gored him considerably before ho could roaluo what had struck him , Tlio balance of the employes in sight gave the animal from Texas full sway until Mr. Valentino , the acting manager , appeared on t | < 8 scene with a Winchester and shot the uteor to death. The fall of blx stories did not seem to do anything except to anger the animal 1. Will lleiiirn to Work. At a recent meeting of the directors of the stock yards company Manager Dab- cock recommended that all the force laid loft some days ago bo put back to work and tils recommendations must have been favorably looked upon. This morning a gang of about 100 men wlU lie put to work crudiDK and building pent and all the stock yards cm- ployes | < who were temporarily laid oft will bo given their old places again. Hjwi Scott King , the engineer for the company , was busy yesterday mapping out iho work for the men , nnd from now on until the yards arc practically rebuilt the work will continue. This will bo welcome news to the largo number of men who were doing this work , nnd It will give things n lively ap pearance about the yards. All the packing houses are working moro men this week tban they have for the past month , nnd in South Omnlm nt least tie times are looking up A little for the laboring classes. City UrtMlp. Colonel A. L. Lott and wife nro home from Chicago. Allss Maude Hlchardson has gone to the World's ' fair. Mr. and Mrs , F. A. Crcsscy nro homo from a visit In the cast. Mrs. J. F. Sellult7. Is visiting her parents In Washington county , Mrs. John Wallwork of Chicago Is visiting Dr. nnd .Mrs. T. A. Uorwlck. . . Mr. and Mrs. J. Hollies of Uislng Sun , Md. , are Visiting their sons in this city. . Dr. J. W. Holt nnd his brother , Chaunccy , loft last night fora visit through Colorado. Mrs. P. F. Mills and Miss Fntinio Mills Imvo returned from a two weeks visit to Chicago. ] Mr. and Mrs. Wek of Santa Anna , Cal. , are visiting their parents , Mr , and Mrs. John Yntcs nt SU15 Q street. The ladles of the Albright Methodist church are arranging for a chicken plo social tc bo given next Thursday night. A effort wns made to hold a mectlns of the city council last night , but ns there wns not a quorum present an adjournment was taken until this evening. Dr. William A. Taggart last evening swore out n complaint against Xack Cuddlngton , charging him with using loud and profane language on the street. Robert iMvingston post , Grand Army of " the ' Hepublic , Is arranging for an entertic tainment to bo given In the Knights of Pythias hall next Monday night. THE FABLIR'S SILVER TONOUE. Ho I'lUclivitod FiirinorD and Hold Kloolrlo Holt. . There are some delights vouchsafed the inhabitants of villages and small towns ( that the metropolitan resident . knows not of , and not the least of these is , the sweet singer of cure-alls , the night hawk j of universal panacea. lie must not bo confuscu with the small and base imitator of the metropolis who vends a corn salvo on a Bowery or other populous corner until an unsymtmthetie police ollicer orders him to niovo on. This delight - light of the villager is nwmited high iijwn an imposing platform , lighted by flaming torches , and attended by a musician , sometimes a whole band of them. In fact , ho makes an obstruction for which there is no tolerance in the streets of the metropolis. One of the dearest of this kind wns observed in a Now Jersey town recently by a Now Yyk Sun man , which was guaranteed to euro anything from that tired feeling to homicidal tendencies His attendant , a ban joist , for diversion j and general utility man when required , was a bright but hard-faced young man , whom the "doctor" " referred to ns "pro- fes-sor , " but confidentially addressed as "Tom. " The fakir's stand was built in Iho center of a large open lot on the out skirts of the town , nnd the lot soon after dark was well filled with a crowd of men who made a curious mixturcof mill hands and small farmers , their wives , sweethearts and children. The doctor , it was easy to see , wns esteemed by his audience a great and wise man , and' the professor , especially when he played his banjo nnd sang , was adored by the women and children. Tlio doctor was a glib-tongued Yankee , with an Uncle Sam cut of beard and a silk hat having the Hat brim altccled by the Par's ' art students , but which the doctor had evi dently worn slnco its really fashionable days. His first care was to convince his hearers - ers that all of thorn were alllicted with ailments which his bolt was peculiarly ' designe'd to onrc. It is amazing how easy a thing it seemed to be to convince those people they were all invalids. "Woo bctido the _ man or woman. I say , " shouted the fakir , "who , proud in the strength of his youthful beauty , madam , defies the ravages of the worm that stingoth like an adder , as the good book says , well knowing , as I dp , that there bo those who in their binfulness and pride , which cometh in the fall , deems himself superior to religion , and though his Christianity teaches him ho is sick , yet will ho defy the germs lurking in the very air wo breathe , the water wo drink ! " That was convincing , and- realizing that ho might strengthen his ofTect with a touch of bontiment , the doctor turned to his assistant and taid : "Tho professor will now oblige ns by singing a few verses of that beautiful melody , 'Golden Were Her Tresses , but Wo Laid Our Child Away. ' " And the profo.ssor did sing several verses in a voice not at till bad , considering tha * it was nightly called upon toill / all outdoors. While the professor was Hinging , ac companying himself on the ban jo , the doe- tor was setting up in a small trunk Sid Binall electric buttery which ho attached by wires to u couple of pieces of metal Hunk in what ho said hud been n bolt. When the song was sungtho doctor hold up his piece of belt and said : "Now , ladies und gents , it ain't no iibo Jny upoiliug n now bolt every time I pro- dueo this wonderful ox , this marvelous ex perience in the beautiful ( science of elec tro-magnetism , which is why I use this old belt over again , for , ns the propnot wisely says , a btiteh in time saves itn n penny. Now , if two gentlemen will stop upon the stand 1 will show the as sembled nr.-Uitudo wlmt I mean when isI say that tin. belt which I offer to you this ex'oning is indeed the nineteenth wonder of tlio age , absorbing as it does the oflluvia of tiiich microbes . .as beset humanity , which is poor at best , and itw the alternating process discovered by Mr. MorBO so reviving the mint ex hausted in mind and Indy that the blind may see and the halt may cast their crutches at the thieves in the templore moving at the same time all beams from the oyo. Will two gentlemen btop for ward ? After much urging nnd bashful hesi < 1- tation two men did stop upon the stand. ( Ono wns n man from the iron mills , (1.ho hmty , big follow beneath whom the stngo creaked ; the ether , a fnrinor'd son , trawky , strapping , blinking. They were IT'S RATH O MUCH FOR YOU pill. Too big to take , and too much disturb ance for your poor sys tem. The BUI al lost , easiest to take , and host are Dr. 1'icrco's Pleas ant i'cllcta. They leave out all the disturbance , but yet do you mora good , Their help lasts. Coiibtiimtlon , Indiges tion , Dillons Attacks , Blck or Uillous Head aches , and all derange ments of the livei , stomach , and bowels nro prevented , relieved , and permanently cured. They're 0uaran- tted to give satisfaction , or your money ii returned. If you're miffi-rlng from Catarrh , the proprletora of Doctor Sage'a Catarrh Jlemedy nsk you to try their medicine. Then , if can't be cured ' you , they'll you $500 iu cash. both greeted by nnmo by the delighted crowd , nnd advised not to b afraid. . "Now , if you two gents will plnco vour hands ' on these pieces of metal Twill jirodtico ' a sonsntinn whioli you , dnscrlb * Ing to your friends in the multitude , will convince them more than nny word of niltio that what I say of mvnnll-mlcrobo bolt is the welcome truth for which their dlsoaso-rncked bodies have long boon nthh-ftt. For what is it the bard of Avondnlo says : Hung bo tno hpavcns with black I A man's n man for all of that. \ \ ithcrcd limbs and aclitng back , Hubble , bubble , there's the trouble 1 "Suroly a man cannot deny nn old master , and If the divine William was not an old master , why , as the member of the HOUMO of Lords &ald when he'd been drinking too much tea in the Tower of London , 'Where is my 'nt ? ' Now , professor , if wo uro all ready , give the gentlemen ii gonllo shock. " The crowd became very quiet ; the men stood , looking very foolish , their big hands on the metal disks ; hut there wus something wrong with the battery. The reporter walked around to the rear of the stand to see if ho could mnko out what the trouble was. : "Tho professor , " continued the fakir , sparring for time , "has to adjust to a nlco equilibrium Iho delicate elect rodes which represent nt ouo and the same tlmo the moisture of the body nnd the perspiration of the skin. " Then aside : "Can't you make the darn old thing go , Tom ? " "No : there's something missing yet , but I don't know what it is , " answered Tom. "Tho professor informs mo , " shouted the doctor , "thut the negative jar indi cates n , feverish tendency in what wo medical men term the sanguine pulsa tion of this gent hero , " putting his hand on the shoulder of the young farmer ! , who was as red as a boiled lob ster ( , and dripping with perspiration. "Am t right in my diagnostics , nir ? Are yon warm ? " "You bet I bo , " blurted the subject , and ] the doctor had scored a point , hut the electric current would not start. "That being the case , I must assist the professor in his adjustments. " Tie leaned ever Tom and whispered : "Never mind the dodgasted thing ; I'll go on with the talk , anil when I give you the tip jab a needle in the hobos' legs. They're - so llaborgastod they'll think it's a shook. " Then ho faced the crowd and con tinued : "Wo have fixed the adjust ment so that the polarization should combine the circuit in a brief minute. In the meantime , lot us bo patient , ferns ns the brave mariner takes the altitude of his ah in by the polar star , what would become of us if wo were impa tient ? " Tom had moved behind the "hobos. " The doctor suddenly throw his hands in the air , a trick to attract the attention of any who might be looking at Tom , and shouted : "I should judge by this time the circuit is complete. " Uoth of the men jumped in the air and howled. There was a sensation in the crowd. "Did you feel a shock ? You should have felt it in your legs , " observed the fakir , addressing the victims. They both answered satisfactorily by rubbing their legs. "It is indeed marvelous , marvelous ! " exclaimed the fakir , taking a bundle of the belts nnd handing ono down to a man who passed up a bill. "Electricity is light , it is fire , nnd does not our classics teach us that when the foolish maidens of Ireland let their lamps of Hro go out they were dashed over the clilT dwellers ? Think of itl A hundred years ago a king could not buy u match with all his wealth , but now any ono of you can buy ono of these bolts , the fire of life , as Jias just been attested by your friends , for $2. " Ho was selling them fa t now. "Suroly , while there is Hro there is hope , and no longer need wo leave un done those things which wo ought to have done , for there is health in us. " And so ho rattled on until tlio ulti mate customer had been captured and then the people slowly went , away. "What made those hobos Jump so , Tom ? " asked the doctor of the p-ofessor as tli oy wee packing their trunk. " 1 didn't have the needle , so I had to jab with a knife , " answered Tom. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and lends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many , who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more , with less expenditure , by moro promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being , will attest tlio value to health of the ptiro liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy , Sy - - - - - Its excellence is duo to its prcpenting in the form most acceptable nnd pleas ant to the taste , the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ntivo ; effectually cleansing the system , dispelling colds , headaches r > nd fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession , because it acts on the Kid neys , Liver and Howels without weak ening them anil it h perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- girts in OOc and $1 bottles , but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only , whoso name is printed on every package , also the name , Syrup of Figs , and being well informed , you will not accept any substitute if ollured. ELDER J. R , SPECK. < llv All the I'ntlftc to thr riiynlolrunVht > rromlnMl Htm ( toilet nn < l then Kept Their Word. KIder Speck. 2.1d and 1C sK South Omnhfl , In ft widely known prouolior and BTiumollst In Iho Christian church , lie Is brainy And clo- nunnt nnd tinny In Omnliii wilt rconll hU nblo nuiMiinn published In TUB Hr.R few wpoks mo upon xho topic , "Tho I'ronoiit llnrd Tlmei The HoUlen Hnlo ns n Kainady. " Knowing full wulI ihu Ittlliirmco of his ststomont the older suonits ivs follows to his frlaiuu nnd to the publloi I3UEH J. K Sl'KOIC. " When I bc'nati to tiiko trontmont from Drs. Ciipolniul nnd Shupard iillout four week * nKO I was nil Hurl tip f rom severe hroiiohltli nnd ca tarrh. My leop was troubled and runtloisi I uouehcd lucussaiitly : 1 hud no nppollio : nnd In tact my health was so broUciidown tlmt I wns ooiiinclled to ri'sljii ; mr position us tlm pastor of the I'lrit Chrlstlnti church of South Umiifift. Nob. Hut iiftor four wonksof troiit- niciit from IIr * Oopnlund and Stiopnrd my cough husd Imipiioiirufl : the dboliarjfo from my lironclitnl tubes his : nearly consnil : my on- tnrrli Is hotter ; nnd 1 RIII foollnR Inboltur Blmpu for work than I Imve for ynnr * . Vcstor- dity a Hl'lor wholind not soon mo for six wool > snlil : 'Why , Hro. Spook , what iiilraclo worker has liecii linro. you uro luoklnc so well ? ' I re plied , 'To Urs. Copuland and Shepard bolonaa all Iho pr.ilso. Muv tno/ live long to bonotlt otluiraus much ns tnov have me. ' "faithfully vnnrfl. "KMKU ) J. M. St'KOIC.- IMW ItATi-1. CATAHKIl ANU AM. CtntAllUJ DISKARES T11MATK1I AT LOW ANJ ) UNIKOIIM HATJ5H- JIKUICINK FKKK. 1'ATIKNTS AT A PISTANO H SUCCKSSKUTiLY THKATK1) 11V MAIL. SKND FOK SVMl'TOM IILANK. DRS. COPEtAND & SllEPARD , 11OOMS 311 AND 313 NEW YORK lilVS 1)UIUINO. ) OMAHA. NEU. Kvery Curable Disease Treated- onico Hours 9 to 11 n. in.to3 : p. m. : 7 to3 p. in. Sunday 10 a. in. tnl" in. BAD COMPLEXIONS Llackln'niln , rod , rough and oily nkln ami In ruin , dry , thin , and lulling ll.ilr , nnil chuplo li by Womliliei uro prevt'tiled inul curril by Cuxl- cunA H\r , most uffcctlvo kln- piirlfylin ; nnil boaullf.vlni ; Boap In the world , IIB well as purest and Bwcctrfit of toilet and iiurtcry Bold throughout the world. With Nerve Ho us. now voiroiublo i of nrtrvuinus ponor , puslilvo cure for all ncrvo tronoms. such ns nervous prostration Blooiilessiiess. dcsDondnnoy , pains In baclc nnd sldu , sick headiicho. dyspopslH , loss of nppo- tlto , otc. Wondorfiil nnivo tonlo. mukos rloli Iiuru Dloof ) , tnnos entire syslom. ! l a box unoii ii for two weulis. At ilruzglsts , or by mall , \ervo lloan Co. . ItulTnlo. N. V. Insane In olmrgo of the Slstors of Moroy. This renowned Institution Is situated on the hlch blulfs back of and ovorlooltlni ; the city of Council lIlolTtJ. The ipuulona Rrounili , Its blRh locntlon nnd splendid vlow , inuko II a most pleasing rctro'it for the iilIDctocl. A R tuff of onilnent physicians und n. larKO coruo nf ox- pcrlencod nurses minister to the comforts cf the patlunln. Spuulul euro given to ludy pa tients. TERMS MODERATE. Tor particulars apply to SISTER SUPERiQH , Frank Street Council - - - Bluffs , lowi , W. C. EST3SP 14 , N. Main St. , Council Bluffs. ! Onico 107 TKI.KI'IICINKS-Hosldonco 3 Special ] % /otlces / ; < COUHCIl BLUFFS ! _ _ 17OH SAI K fiood lioimti of BUVCII rooniH. locatud at 17(17 ( Ninth Avo. , on Hinall moiithly payincntH , A. J. StcpliunHon. AI1STHACT3 anillouiH. : Piirm nd city proparty boiinht und Hold. 1'iiHuy h Tlioinua , CoinioU lunH ri'iiiovi'd , uuHHpool . v.mltH , clillnuny. cli-iued. Kd llurko , nt T.iylor'u grocery , fil > llroudway. I'kO YOU know Hint Iiy Si Urm liavo Homi 1ehulcu linrtrHlim In fruit nnil it irdon land near tlilB cltyl _ 2'J AOKKS. 1W mlk'H from pontoinco ; nil In fruit will bo hold in whole or In pirtnta tjarKiiln , or will tr.'uUi fur good city Iiropurty. UrcuimhltOUs . . . . , NIchiilHOii A : Co. , UOO llrouuwiiy , OpIMJHltO - - - ollico. F you want n coed Mpnn nf innli'H , 7 yiurs oM nil Komi ilrlViTH. qildrnan A. llt'o ulllce. TOIVA l'AUMS-300-ncm farm In HanllntowiiBlilp Iwllh bonrliiK oruhnnl of 0 iicrnN. * l ( ) per uoruj : i20 wi'll Improved , * 4II'Jill ( ; Mf.'ir Yorkshire , $40 ; Hi ) , I'JH anil lUil-ncra fanim at from * ' 0 to * 30. Joliimtoii .V VaiiJ atnTT. IOll SAI.K 12 acrcfl adiolnlnif oily llmltHi nil In I fruit. ti.O.OU : an acru. ( iieeimhlelclu , Nlcholoon i Co. , lillli llroailway , 1JOH SAI.K-Ono black Slmtltitiil I > ony , 4 yearn old ; IIIIH colt liy her Hliliig IH Uruhon to drlvo cltliiT double or HIMU | , ixirfii-tly ( 'i'iitle , Will null L'lii'ap. Inqulro of JnmuH , t HaverHtock01 ! Main mrriit , Cuiincll HlnlTH. " \\rANT13D-Olrl for eonurnl honwiworlc ; two In > family. Apply n ( onco. lliii l-'ourth Hlrcet. 1 liAOUKS. tiH miles from nontonico ; nlro frnltor J Kaiilun land ; $ ir > l.ou nn itcru. Oruunaliloldn , Nlcliulbun , V Co. , UUU Uroudwuy. Sole Agents for the celebrated Huntington , Arkansas , rni FOR FURNACES AND HEATERS. For further particulars and prices call at office , 34 Pearl street , Grand Hotel Building ,
