Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAIJA DAILY BEE SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 18 , -SIXTEEN PAGES.
We call your attention to our celebrated brand of cigars , the HAVANA CLUB ; which our experience justifies us in saying will meet the approval of the most
fastidious smokers. It is a first-class , hand-made , long Havana filled cigar , for a nickel , FREE FROM ARTIFICIAL- FLAVORS and POISONOUS
'DRUGS that are so commonly substituted for the NATURAL AROMA of the fine tobaccos which constitute this unrivalled cigar. We arc confident , judging
from the increasing demand that all appreciative smokers will pronounce the HAVANA CLUB the best 5-cent cigar on the market. The list of over 100 first-class
dealers of this city , whose names and locations are affixed below , is an ample assurance that the HAVANA CLUB Cigar is unequaled. Smoke it and be convinced.
J. A. FULLER & CO. . lltli and Douglas sts. L. E. PEYTON , 21th and Leavcnworth sts. WILKIE & SAUTTER , 20th and Plcrcu st.
n. E. CAMPBELL , Bee building. CHAS. HASBROOK , 2421 street.
Cumlng
. PAXTON , HULETT & DAVENPORT , Mer- WM. VON WEO. 22d and Leavenworth aU
C. J. FRICE , 13th and Douglas streets. WILLIAM CATLIN. 11G S. 14th & 60S S. '
13tU . .
, MRS. J. T. HAST , ISth and St. Mary's ave. clmntH hotel. W. T. WHITE , IGth and Dodge streets.
KUHN & CO. , 15th anil Douglas streets. ANTON CAJORI , 601 I'lerco street. M. L. HYLEN & CO. , 20th and Castellar sts. S. PERSELS , 935 North 24th street. HOBART WILLIAMS , 1407 Douglas street
J. B. CONTE , 10th and Hickory streets. HELIN & . 2526 .
CO. , Cumlng street. H. J. POTTER & CO. , 2704 Cumlng street
KINSLER DRUG CO. , ICth and Farnam sts. J. D. CONTE , ICth and Martha streets. S. E. HOWELL , Park avo. & Leavenworth. J. F. PETERSON , 70S North 16th street.
J. . CLARK 1301 Park . SOUTH OMAHA.
LESLIE ICth and sts. W. , avenue. .
LESLIE & , Douglas PALACE DRUG STORE , 18th and Nicholas.
JERPE & NOID , 1231 North 19th street. CHRIS MELCHER , 21th & N , South Omaha.
MOCKELSTROM & CO. , ICth & Capitol avo. E. D. EVANS , 1220 North 2th ( street.
J. B. RIPPEY , 29th and Pacific streets.
A. A. EASTMAN , 141C North 24th street. KING & CO. , 27th and Leavcnworth atreots. PRINGLU & ALLEN , South Omaha.
M. PARR , 10th and Howard atrcets. niSLEY BROS. , 105 North ICth street.
O. S. ERB Mercer .
, hotel. A. D. KEIWITT , 20th and Pierce streets.
C. G. RAPP , 20th and Grace btrcots. DR. H. J. ABBERLY , 731 24th , So. Omaha.
SHERMAN & McCONNELL , 1513 Dodge at. P. W. FOGG , 12th and Capitol avenue. KELLEY & DONOIIOE , 220C Farnam street. SAMUEL ROBINSON , 416 North IClli street.
KAER BROS. 1022 North 16th . . . South .
, street. C. E. FROST , Omaha.
M. J. FRANK , Midland hotel. C. E. SATTERFIELI ) , 720 South 16th street.
SNOW , LUND & CO. . ICth and Farnam sta.
SAMUEL H. FARNSWORTH , 22d & Cumlng. J. F. LALLY , 1408 South ICth street. OTTO SEIFERT , 15th and Harney streets. W. O. GRIFFITH , South Omaha.
JOHN J. FUEYTAG , 1C14 North 24th street. HENRY LEISOE , 2312 Leavenworth street. J. II. SCHMIDT , 24th and Cumlng streets.
ANDERSON BROS. , 718 South ICth street. LANGE GROCERY CO. , 606 South 13th st. W. J. SHRADER. 21th and Sewnrd streets. CHARLES IIIN2. South Omaha.
A. C. ADAMS & CO. , 2501 Leavcnworth st. WILLIAM GLADISH , 12th and Dodge sts. JOHN LEMLY , 1260 South 16th street. _ , ' GEORGE SCHESCIIY. 101S Cumlng street. J. G. HAYZLKTT & CO. , South Omaha.
WILLIAM GENTLEMAN , 16th and Cass sta. Jf JOHN STUBEN , 17th and Nicholas streets.
T. R. DRADEN & CO. , 2403 Leavenworth st
C. B. GURNEY , 24th and Seward streets. B. E. NEWMAN , 2208 Fvtrnam street. P. STRASSBAUGH , 19th and Vlnton streets. LANANGER & CO. , South Omaha.
II. C. BETTERMAN , 1137 North 24th street.
JOHN GUILD , 1239 Park avenue. W. C. NORRIS , 1406 Farham street. S. II. SMITH , 10th and Pacific streets.
DISHOI * HROS. , Sherman avo. & Kyncr st. . C. M. SANFORD , South Omaha.
D. GROSS , 1123 North 24th street. H. M. NELSON , 1905 Cumins street. GEORGE STRIBLING , 7th and Pierce sts.
J. BRANT , 13th and Howard streets. '
M. NEWMAN. 212 North'ICth street. T. STRIBLING , 15th and Capitol avenue. CHARLES TRUAX , South Omaha.
BELL'S DRUO STORE , 13th & Howard sts. O. HAHN , 2012 Farnam street. '
A. NEWMAN , ICth and'qorby streets CHARLES STARR 21th & N. So. Omaha.
C. 1) ) . DRIDENDECKER , 113 South 17th st. W. F. HARBERG , 1220 Farnam street. J. P. TARPLEY , 1320 Douglas street. ,
UISHOI' & OSUORNE , 2123 Military avenue. G. H. HAYNES , ICth and Webster streets. NEW YORK LIFE BLDj. CIGAR STAND M. F. TIMMS. 13th and Davenport streets. E. J. SEYKORA , 21th & N. South Omaha.
F.JI. BUFFETT , 315 South llth street. HOWELL & SONS.Uth and Lcavonworth sts. CHARLES OLSON , 15JG Webster stro't. JAMES T1MMINS , 20th and LaUo streets. J. S. STOTT , 2406 N , South Om.iha.
GLSs f ES3B
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OIGAR DRPARTMEiMTv OMAHA.
ARE WARNED TO KEEP AWAY
Milk Dealers Take Up Arms Against Ordi
nance Eogulating Their Business.
INTOLERABLE INTERFERENCE
X'ornmlly Declare that Any Onu Acting
I/mler Us Authority Will Not Ho Al-
oivod on Tliolr 1'iviiilnoH Clmrgos
Against the Health Itouril.
At n meeting of the Milk Dealers associa
tion last evening the following statement
was formulated :
The Milk Dealers association , always con
scious of the rights of Its Individual members ,
has never opposed a fair indlscrimiimtlng
milk ordinance for the city of Omaha If en
forced by Intelligent , competent , faithful
men , and moro than this It has been ready
at all times to relinquish for the tlmo be
ing any right needful that the public might
feel assured through public odlclals that
what wo offered for sale was pure , healthy ,
wholesome milk , In every way right.
Our recent resolution wus In kpeplng with
this Idea , viz : That the essence of any milk
ordinance thorough Inspection might bo
obtained , nnd wns voted to bo sent to the
health olllco before the recent mortifying
exhibition waa made In the health olllco by
which It waa converted Into n political
machine , a majority of whoso members
bought and Bold each other , the considera
tion being "confirmation" on one sldo and
votes , to dismiss from the service of the
city the only man connected with
the health department having any practical
knowledge of dairy Inspection , Mr. Holmes ,
nnd substituting as the result of this con
firmation sale u person whoso only sorvlco
to the city will bo to prevent a gorge or
overflow In the treasury. With such men ,
to sitch methods , wo can see no pos-
ululllty of benefit to the purchaser or the
honest dealer ; theiefore , no ordinance or
proposition coming from them directly or
through the city council for them , will bo
considered by this association. When wo
have n health board so constructed that
politics of any tort Is Impossible In it , things
may bo different.
WHAT THEY OBJECT TO.
The question of feed la not the only ono
to which we object. The ordinance anilines
jiropiletary rights on the part of the city
where none exist , nnd denies or Ignores the o
rights In thu person of owners or dealers
\\licro alone any property rights do exist.
Dealdes usaumlnK to dictate what wo shall
or shall not feud , it requires that milk bo
furnished for Inspection and analysis , nam
ing no consideration , and oven If It did It
would bo Just as outrageous. In thla coun
try .1 pomm may sell or not as ho elects ,
JUKI ns a ponou may buy or not.
The ordinance further assumes that the
oily can have u monopoly In producing or
helling milk that It can require any person
ik'Mrlng to engage In this business aa well
us those already engaged to purchase thla
right and In dcfault can fine or prohibit tholr
doing business In this city. Admit that thu
city can go Into Kenernl business can both
produce and soil milk. It can have only In
dividual rights. It can have no monopoly.
It cannot prevent any Individual from com-
Jietlni ; sldo by aide with the city for the
lame business ; cannot prohibit anyone , can
not sell thu right to anyone for the simple
reason that the city has no business rlghta
to tell any moro than n private Individual
lias ,
The right to produce and sell any com
modity essential to human aubjlstence In
heres , ln uvory person nnd cannot bo pro-
'
'hlbltcd by any city or by the state.
Milk dealers , llko nil other citizens , are
L answerable to general laws and any special
m't , whether city or utute , bearing only on
tlfin la class legislation and Is of necessity
vcl 1 , nid | wo are confident that thu present
ordinance or any other restricting personal
lll > T ) or the rights of property In any per-
son to produce and sell wherever ho can
any necessary commodity will be so held
and declared when brought before the proper
court. Therefore , having this object In view ,
bo It
Resolved , That believing that the city
ordinance ; known as the milk ordinance Is
Illegal timl void , members of this associa
tion will pay no attention to any olllelal
acting by Its authority , and we warn them1
one and all to keep away from our prem
ises and belongings.
( Signed. ) LOUIS LITTLEFIELD ,
Piesldent.
F. C. FOX , Secretary.
For the Milk Dealers association.
"YOUR MONEY OB GOODS. "
riirtncrshlp Trouble * Lend to nn Appear
ance nf nil Attempt to Hub.
Early last evening as Charles V. Mos was
getting Into his buggy In front of the Now
York Llfo building , ho was very much sur
prised when a tall , well dressed , good-look-
man came up and seizing him by the coat
collar said In earnest tones : "I want money
or goods or you shall not get Into that
buggy. "
After a moment Mr. Mos had recovered
himself and asked the meaning of this out
rage. The man released his hold on Mr.
Mos and said ho must have money , as ho
could not He around the city Idle. Ho
said a moment later , "Mos , It's tlmo I
was getting a settlement out of you. " Mr.
Mos then recognized the man and told htm
to walk to the olllco of his attorney and ho
would have a settlement made at once.
Tlioy walked down Farnam street to Fif
teenth and then Mos saw Officer Cumlng.
The man was turned over to the olficor.
At the station ho gave his name as D. M.
Evans. The charge of suspicious character
was placed opposite his namo.
About the middle of January Mos and
Evans formed u partnership for the selling
of woolen goods , Mos furnishing the capital
and Evana acting as solicitor , salesman and
collector. Headquarters wuro In room 502
Now York Llfo building. Mos soon found
that Evans was signing his name with the
Initials M. T. , Instead of D. M. , the former
being the Initials of Evans' wife. This
caused Mos to bo suspicious , and , besides ,
ho could not got Evans to make an accountIng -
Ing for goods sold and goods disappeared
mysteriously from the room. Ho then caused
the lock on the door to be changed , so that
Evans could not got Into the room.
Last evening Mos had not soon Evans for
several days , Ho Is confident now that
Evans wua simply Imposing on him , and ho
Interprets his assault last evening as an at
tempt at robbory.
Evans says that nothing of the kind was
meant and that ho was only endeavoring to
.force Mos to a settlement as ho had not
scon him for several days and supposed ho
wished to go out of the business.
CRICKETERS ENTERTAIN.
Oiimlm'H Club aUrHiui rnjojublo i\unlng : to
ItH Host of rrli'iulx.
The second entertainment of the season ,
under the auspices of the Omaha Cricket
club , came- oft last night at the Patterson
block on Farnam street. Songs , dancing and
cards helped to pass the evening In a thor
oughly enjoyable manner , and It was not far
from midnight when the entertainment was
brought to a close.
Among those wlio contributed to the en
joyment of the evening wore Mrs. Drexel ,
whoao song , "Margery , " by J. W. BUch-
oft. was very well rendered and
called forth well deserved applause ,
Mr. T. J. Pcnnoll , whoso name Is familiar
to lovers of music In Omaha , sang "Gypsy
John , " and for an cncoro , treated the company -
pany to that beautiful song by Molloy. "Tho
Boatswain's Story. " Mr. Broadhurst'a
song , "Anchored" and a violin solo by Mr.
Lovcll Dunn , \vero among the features of
the ovenlnir's program.
The danclnu was entered Into with a vim
by the votaries of the "light fantastic , " and
kept up to the last moment with umllmln *
Ished ardor. The fact that the season of
Lent holds away at the present tlmo had
much to do In keeping a number of people
away , but In spite of this drawback tlioro
was a fair showing made by such as wcro
present , all of whom , however , unjoyed
themselves thoroughly.
"Win Only to bU-ttl.
An unknown young man yesterday pro
tended to rent n room at the house of Mr.
Sclielrstein.-lOS South Twenty-fifth avenue.
Ho was given the key Immediately and went
to the room. In the evening It was found
that ht had gone and taken a pair of
trousers valued at ? 1S belonging to Mr.
Schelrsteln with him.
IIAlt AVIVK \ 1H OMAHA.
Henry Copclnnd Jlocchrs n Detroit Woman
anil la Jailed.
HUNTINGTON. Ind. , Feb. 17. ( Special
Telegram to The Bee. ) A pretty Bittlo
woman was In this city last night looking
for her husband. She Is Mrs. Henry Copeland -
land of Detroit. She married Copeland
there and they went to Jackson , where he
deserted her. The woman followed him to
Fort Worth and there learned that ho had a
wife and two children In Omaha. She
caused his arrest for bigamy and the trial
was set for Thursday , but the Omaha wife
arrived , gave bond and took Copeland away ,
leaving wife No. 2 there. The latter woman
came hero , having heard that her bigamist
husband had come to this city , but she failed
to find him and left for Indianapolis. She
says her only desire now Is to punish him.
r.oo.ir
A number of the clerks In the Internal
revenue ofllco are detained at home by alck-
ucss.
ucss.A
A mask ball will bo given by the Omaha
turnverelns at Turner hall on the evening
of February 21.
The Danish Association of Omaha Is mak
ing preparations for Its Twenty-second an
nual masquerade ball , which will take place
at Washington hall , March 3.
Monday and Tuesday ovonlngs the Salva
tion army will hold Its seventh anniversary
meetings nt the barracks , 1711 Davenport
htreet. The meetings will be led by Major
nnd Mrs. French.
Mr. C. F. Cntlln will deliver his storcoptl-
con lecture on "The Beauties and Wonders
of the World's Fair , " under the auspices of
the Woman's Christian association at the
First Baptist church Thursday afternoon.
It Is understood at the federal building
that Jiideo Dundy will occupy the bench at
Omaha during next week. There are a
number of motions to bo argued nnd other
matters to bo attended to which will prob
ably bo sufficient to occupy the tlmo of the
court for the most of the week.
The charity committee of District as
sembly No. 126 of the Knights of Labor
says that it haa several calls for ladles'
nnd children's clothing. Parties desiring to
glvo such articles will notify the commit
tee nnd the bundles will bo called for or
they can bo delivered to Knights of Labor
hall , 110-112 South Fourteenth street.
The volume of business done through the
Omaha postolllco during January nnd the
first two weeks of February Is less than has
been transacted during any corresponding
period slnco the city attained any thing near
Itn present proportions. Business Is ex
pected to Increase from now on , as March
and April are usually busier months In the
postal service than these Immediately
coding.
Nell Brown of O'Neill la a guest at the
Dollono.
John Bratt of North Platte Is stopping at
the Murray.
L. I. Stltt of Coin , la. , la registered at
the .Merchants.
J. B. Chandler of Fullerton Is registered
at the Merchants.
G. M. Lambcrtson of Lincoln waa at the
Mlllnrd yesterday.
Ocorgo A. Casaldy of Shelby , la , , U stop
ping at the Paxton.
A. W. Dlngwoll of the "Old Kentucky"
company la registered at the Mlllunl.
The following Nebraska people , are regis
tered at the hotels : J. W. Johnson , Lincoln ;
Frank I. Elllck , Fremont : Paul S. Uassett ,
Lincoln ; R. R. Douglas , Nebraska City ; B.
8. Castor , Wilbur ; W. E. Whltcomb. Ponder ;
T. C. Caliahan and wlfo , Friend ; B. H.
Loach , C. Sutton , Humphrey ; George H.
Haase. Dakota City ; L. Hess , Dlxon ; J , L.
Clark , Lincoln ; John F. Glenn , Hastings ;
M. J , Gahan. Grand Island ; S. R. Brown ,
Beatrice ; Parsons llartlett , Mllford ; W. H.
Clemmons and wltp , Fremont ! II. H. Robin
son , Klmtall ; R. B , Brown , Lincoln ; T. M.
Itablee , Broken Bc't.
SOME GLIMPSES OF CARLYLE
Contained in Letters to His Sister , Aunt of
an Omaha Man.
HIS TENDERNESS FOR HIS KINDRED
Passages Concerning Illn Mother In u totter -
tor Sent with Her 1'ortralt Kxtracta
from u 1'urt of Ills Correspond
ence. Not Published.
George H. Leslie of this city Is a nephew
of Mrs. Janet Carlyle ilannlng of Oakvlllo ,
Canada , the only surviving member of the
family of Thomas Carlylo. She was the
youngest child of the family and her brother
Thomas was almost through his college
course when she was born. Though her hus
band was unfortunate In his business ven
tures Mrs. Carlyle Banning Is enabled to
enjoy a quiet and peaceful old ago through
the generosity of her brother , who provided
for her liberally In his will. In her Canada
homo she Is passing the remainder of her
days surrounded by mementoes and remind
ers of her Illustrious brother. The house
In which she lives Is Itself a re
minder of him , and Its contents are
largely made up of things which toll of the
great son of the Scotch stone mason. On
the shelves of the library are copies of
every work that came from his pen , sent
to his sister by the author and containing
each a brief autographic note. The walls
are also adorned with portraits 'Of ' the
Curlylo family the mother whom they all
revered and to whom Carlyle was so much
Indebted for the early training which made
his after career possible the noble wife ,
Jean Welsh Carlyle , whoso patlenco and
sweet disposition softened many of the
thorny paths of his earlier career , when
disappointment at failure to find an appre
ciative public and publishers for Ills early
works was about to bring his literary career
to R close.
Mrs. Ilannlng Is now ,81 years old , and Is
living with a daughtorv Margaret , who waa
named after the noble grandmother who ,
though she possessed , 'little of education ,
'
had u wealth of good 'etiiso and a desire to
have her children botUr educated than aho
had been that they might rise to the full
height of their opportunities.
SOME UNPUBLISHED LETTERS.
Among the reminders , nml relics of Car
lyle that the homo contains are several letters -
tors that have never been printed. Among
thorn la one congratuldftig ( his sister Janet
upon her marriage to Hubert Ilannlng. The
various letters and the llnoa written In each
of the books , which were sent as they were
published , show plainly , ty the hand writing
the onward march of jcvirs which made the
hand less steady , though the Intellect which
had charmed , lntereste < r"aml Instructed the
world waa as vigorous ag jover.
Carlylo's father wasi'.oounted a splendid
mechanic and was not < M for the substantial
nnd honest manner In which ho did his work ,
and In one of the letters Thomas expresses
the wish : "Would that I could wrlto my
books as my father built his houses. "
In another letter , written when ho was
Just completing the second volume of his
"French Revolution , " ho writes : "Our money
runs fast away dally. It will bo done at the
time this book la done ; and then my des
tiny , as It woru , enda. "
In his letter to his alstor congratulating
her upon her marrlago occurs the following
passage : "You must take the good and 111 In
faithful , natural help , und whoever and
whatever falls you , never fall ono another.
I have no doubt Robert will shift his way
with all dexterity nnd prudence through
that cotton Babylon , looking sharp about
him ; knowing always , too , that 'honesty Is
the best policy' for all manner of men. Do
thou faithfully second him my bairn ; that
will be the beat of lots for thee. " The letter
goes on to tttute that aho might become
loncaomo In the city of Manchester , to which
she removed upon getting married , and ho
thus counsels her : "There are many good
people In that vast weaving shop , many good
things among the Innumerable bad. Keep
snug within your own doors , keep your own
hearth snug ; by and by you will see what Is
worth venturing out for. Have nothing to do
with the foolish , with the vain and HI con
ducted. " In speaking of the third volume of
his history of the French revolution ho says :
"All summer I will struggle and wrestle , but
then about the time of the gathering In of
the sheaves , I , too , shall bo gathered In. "
SPEAKS OF HIS MOTHER.
In the fourth letter ho encloses a portrait
of his mother , and speaks thus of It and of her
death : "I know not if you over saw our
lamented mother's portrait , which was done
at Dumfries a good many years ago. It
hangs In my room over since , and has been
very sad but precious company to mo , as you
may fancy , over slnco the Christmas day ,
1S53. I have got some copies dons of it ( done by
the machlna they call photograph ) and this
la tlio ono that falls to your share. I can
well believe It will be very sad to you , little
slater , but sacred , too , and very precious. "
The letter then goes on to htatt ) the dllll-
culty they had been laboring under to decide
upon the date of tholr mother's birth that It
might bo recorded upon the tombstone , and
then says' "Alas , wo cannot settle. It now ,
nor Is that the most Important thing we
have lost hold of In the change that has
happened to us alt. But let us not lament ;
it Is far from our part to lament ; let us try
rather to bless God for having had such a
mother and to walk always while In this
world as she would have ( word unintelligi
ble ) wo might do. Amen. Amen. "
The fifth and laat of these unpublished
letters nlvos some Idea of the dally life of
the great author. In apologizing for not
writing more often ho says : "Indeed I
have been Inexpressibly busy for mouths
and for years with that frightful book ( his
Frederick ) and other burdens that lay
heavily upon me. I have In gen
eral lived perfectly alone , working nit day
with what strength remained to so
gray a man , then rushing out
Into the dark to rldo for a couple of hours ,
then homo again to books , etc. H was
seldom that I had leisure to wrlto the small
est note. Indeed I wrote none except on
compulsion and never wrote BO few In the
same length of tlmo on any terms before.
I am aijaln busy at the two remaining
volumes , almost as busy and miserable as
ever , but I cannot go on thinking of you ( aa
you noud not doubt I have often done ) with
out some tlmo or other writing , and hero has
the tlmo at last come by an effort of my
own. "
TENDER TO THE BAIRNS.
The letter acknowledges the receipt of
sojiio pictures of hla Blnter's children and
sayii of them : "Glvo my affectionate remembrances -
membrancos tn the originals , whom I always
remember as little bairns , though they have
now grown big. May a blessing bo on thorn ,
whatever size they grow to ; and may their
lot bo that of good , honorable women , useful
In their day and Ksneratlon and a credit to
those connected with thorn. "
These letters contain much else that Is
Interesting to the admirers of Carlyle , show
ing that through the nntlro course of hla
life ho had n tender regard for all of his
kin , nnd oven In hla busiest years never lost
alght of them or forgot to Interest himself
In the many little details of the family
affairs or tn forgot In the glamour of hlu
own achievements tlioso of his family who
had not been able to ascend the ladder of
literary fa mo to the heights to which ho
attained.
iri.i Tiir.ii rintnvASTS ,
I'll I r nnd Colder Are tlui I'rudlrtloiiH for
Nt'liriiHUn Today.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Forecasts for
Sunday : For Nebraska , Iowa , Missouri and
South Dakota Generally fair ; colder ; north
west wliula.
For Kansas Fair ; colder In eaatcrn portion
tion ; west winds.
l.ont UN ItriiHon ,
KANSAS CITY. Fob. 17.-Sunday mornIng -
Ing L. II. Appleby. n wealthy Htockiimn of
Formosa , Kun. , cuma to KUIIKIIH City with
savora ! curloudH of cuttle. He dl.spoHed of
them Tuesday und Immediately boo.une In-
Kane. He conceived the Idea of HlnrtltiK art
Immunau tannery and called on sevuinl
prominent busliu-HS men , thu rhuru fill IN
of llio "Black Crook" cjmpuny. th < - fnu'sti
of the Glcnmore hotel , St. duoreo hotel ,
nnd , finally , the servants of the Coates
house , which house he was compelled to
leave. He also went to the horse and mule
market , where be outbid everyone els ? and
bid In twenty mules und horses , but forgot
to pay for them. lie was finally removed
to the police station , whence ho WUB taken
home by friends.
IIVXTTXO ZlOXil.
Topclm Kxrltoil by tlio KHrnpn of Tliroo
Monarch * of the Animal World.
TOPE1CA , Feb. 17. Three big hungry
lions escaped from Sells & Rentfrow's win
ter quarters In the heart of Topokn , and ,
durlnir the time they were at large , terror
ized the community ns only tlueo hungry
savage lions can. The elephants got to
"scrapping" among themselves , which
made the lions nervous. Three of the lions
were In ono cage , nnd a largo one named
Nero wns In another cage no.ir bv. The
three- became engaged in a pitched battle ,
which ended In till of them galnlm ; lib
erty. The keeper , who Wns nlono nnd not
prepared for such an emergency , ran out
of the building , leaving the door to thu
rear of the building open , nnd the two lions
wore out In a moment. There were four
head of line cattle belonging to Colonel
Sells in the lot , und they s-oon became the
prey of the llonf , which piolmbly wns nil
that saved Keeper Drlt'K.V Hf * " . It bclnif
lute ut night , folonol Sells wus notified ,
and by the tlmo ho urilved thu llona hud
klllod the cuttlo nnd were sucking their
blood , which made them all tlio more fero
cious und unmanufreuble. The news Boon
sproud und ovorythlng wus excitement.
ToichcB were procured and IlrcH built. Irons
heated , und nfter two hours of luiril nnd
nervous work the benitH were driven baok
Into unothor oago that wus placed ncur the
entrance to the building ,
Spreading Popnllxt Dortrliuii.
TOPHICA , Feb. 17 The populist ! ) have a
novel way of campaigning. They will or-
Kixnlze a thoutiical company of young people
ple of the rrquisdto talent ns nn adjunct to
the ntiUo campaign und send them nil ever
the state , wiving plny.i depleting the woes
und Ills which uflllot tlio Tvoiklng classes.
A number of pluys of this character huvo
boon written , nnd It In believed thu scheme
will make a grout lilt. CJovornof ! .e\\ol-
lliur IH Bald tn have approved of It , and
otlur loading popullMts ugieo with him The
proposition has boon mibinlttod to C'liulr-
inun lirldonthnl , und It will be acted upon
ut the next ineotlntof the state central
committee.
o
Mary P.llou Will r.eUtire.
TOPKKA , Feb. 17. It Is announced on
what appeals to bo irood authority that
Mts. LtMiso IB to nb.indnn politics und enter
the lecture field. Hostilities between the
( tovornor und Mis. I , ease HC- ! ! ! to have
rome to nn ond. both ib'ollnlnj ; ID > .nv uny-
thlntt for publication derogatory of the
other. MIH. Lease % vlll louvu for the east
next Saturday , vihero slip gooft to fill tiomo
loottiip I'liKaiTctncMits , und will be absent
until the middle of March She decline. ) to
aiy : whether or not she will resumu her po
sition when Hhe ictuniB
o
Itociillx an Old Cusn.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 17. Prcpurntlon.s for
the filing of a suit to lecovor0,000 Insur
ance policies bold by William C1. Wilghts-
iiinn , who In tuinpoced to huvo boon mui-
dorod here In IKSi ) , were boi-un lii-ro today
tin behalf of Mm. H. A. WllRhtKinun , the
uldow. Thu trial of thi milt will icsurrei't
Iho imptory Involving the dlsipp''uranco ( if
WilKhtKimin , n Springfield , Mo. , man of
ooriHldorahlo wcultli. und the finding of n.
skeleton four years Inter nnd the niroatnna
tlmil dlschiifKo of a man supposed to huvo
been the murderer.
Hit \Va Sane.
WAHJU.NflTON , Iivl , 1'ulj. 17.-An nile ) | y wns
held last nljjht ever thu itm.iliiK ut flail Kloni * ,
who wan liume : < l In tile prUcm nn I'tKluy inuiii-
IDK. Htuno'a lirulu wrlghuil ( tvfnty-a un ( ium.ii
anil WIIH In n hcnlttiy cunilllUm , idlli'nuh on.i
lube wim nllKhtly KofUT lima Iho oilier , 'llio j
wound on hi * ni'ik did not. II win ilprl'Jpif ,
ufToit thu biiilu. and ( lint Ihcrn WIIH n iiiiKif '
thill he H nut mum Tluiihynlclaui nmcludml
Ilia I Hlonn ni of mcnix' ' lulolllKxnov , nltlio'iv i ,
| IH | lira In WHS Iwo nunco * | M | W the u\rniKu.
Tixl.iy Ilia | ICK ! > Man icmuvtnl lo Ills futlicr'tf
farm fur Innfiil.
Mot a llorrlhlu Dditli.
CHATTANOOOA. Tenn. , J'.li. 17.-pck | J'or-
UT , a lcurolil U > y from Ituuxvlllr , met a
liuirililo ( lutth hero eaily lliU muiiilnic. He , ullli
Iwo ullittr tninip * . lay down l < > fcliwii nniir tlm
lioi > laK I'll * of HitISt'M1 ! ) furu.'iu ) . Durlnif tint
arl > incinlnp n ties i dump of ietlhi.t ! ajfuti
in/ill rmoiltv I''rli-r complololy an I liiiilly
hunting tin. iw. > utliein , ttuirt ly tlio liunra uf
1'uiitr uria loft.
CANAL ACROSS MICHIGAN
Southern Peninsula to Bo Out by a Great
Mercantile Waterway.
GIGANTIC PROJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION
Schoino Hint Would S.ivo Over Three IIuu-
drud 'Miles of Iahi > Trntitl Hetwoon
Chicago and Knutuni I'olnts
Solid Support I'roinlHud ,
CHICAGO , Feb. 17. A stupendous canal
project , which , If successful , will entirely
revolutionize the traffic of the great lakes ,
Is Bald to bo In contemplation by a number
of capitalists In Chicago , Now York , Boston
and London. The proposed canal la de
signed to Immensely facilitate the passage
of vessels from Chicago , Milwaukee and
other northwestern polnto to the cast ,
and to render entirely unnecessary the
present long routu through tlio atralta of
Mackinaw , Lake Huron , St. Clalr river and
lake , and thence down the Detroit river to
Lake Erto.
The plan now said to bo under serious
contemplation Is to construct a canal
directly across the stale of Michigan from
the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to
either Detroit or Toledo , O. If thcao plans
prove feasible It will bo one of the most
gigantic enterprises of tlio century. A num
ber of capitalists from Chicago , Now York
and Boston are said to stand ready to back
the project to the extent of $50,000,000 , and
It la also said that the nngllah capitalists
who are Interested In the Canadian Paclllo
road have also shown u decided disposition
to render material financial aid In perfecting
this great work.
At piosent thobo Intimately connected with
the brhomo nro unwilling to divulge tholr
plans , or to allow the use of their names ,
but It Is [ stated on reliable authority that
preliminary mirvoys of novoral proposed
routes fur this contemplated eanal have al
ready been made and the feasibility of the
project has already been vouched for by
eminent unglnoeiH. Olio of the pinna under
consideration la to tap Lake Michigan at n
point near Michigan City or Now Buffalo ,
and to tun the canal directly eastward lo
Toledo , O. Another plan , which also haa
a number of Inlluontlnl mipportcrx , la to
htrlkc ) Lake Michigan ut Bunton Harbor and
thuncu run In u easterly direction to De
troit. Hither of these canals would bo
about ISO mllcH long , and wlien It la con
sidered It would save about 500 miles of lake
travel , which la at present necessary to
reach eastern points , ItH Importance to the
commercial and financial world cannot bo
overestimated.
Among tlioso to whom It Is stated the
plans for tills glgantle scheme have boon
submitted and who nro Bald to have re
garded them with great f.ivor and promised
substantial support are Nathaniel Thaynr ,
tlio well known c.ipltallbt of Boston ; John
I ) . Rockefeller , General T. 1'iilmor of De-
trolt , C. P. lluntliiRton , Frank Hturgla of the
Now York Stock exchange , A. Sturgla of the
Cordugo trust and a number of others crm-
nectul with railway enterprise * In the uaat
Thu names of the prominent Chlcagoaiu who
aru favorably considering thla project could
not bo learned , us matters had not pro-
I'.res.sed siilllclontly to warrant their actual
connection with the enterprise.
From what can bo learned , however , the
project of un Immontfo canal directly con-
notiilnif Lukes Michigan and Krle , and ca
pable of floating the beavlent loaded ves
sels Unit now nail between Chicago und the
eastern ports. In receiving the careful at
tention of the llnancloni of thu country.
Hill nod to Doitth U'lilln rrnl"K >
MOIIILI3 , Ala. . Fob. 17. Mlas Augusta ,
daughUr of ex-Mayor ( ! . M. Parker , wan
burned to death lattt night. Whllo kneeling
In prayer by MIT hedHlilo u lioronuno lump
near her upHut , oxplodud and burnud her ta
u cilap ,