Nebraska Newspapers

    THE ORIAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAYvilMAY 20 ,
CORMICK WAS SUSPENDED
Sergeant Bhoop Reinstated and Ordered to
Eeport for Usual Duty.
DECISION OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
Cafto of the J'ollro Captain Will Do I'urthnr
Investigated llil nc Submitted Yo -
*
torday Afternoon Krlntlrn to
the An nult.
The Board of Flro and Police Commis
sioners met at 1:30 : yesterday afternoon to
complete the taking of evidence In the
Blioop-Connlck case. Joseph Michaels , clerk
of the police court , was the first witness.
lie said that on Wednesday night , when the
trouble occurred , he wag at work In his
office , when he heard loud talking down In
the jail office. He went to the head of the
stairs and heard the captain call Sheep
"a - liar. " He heard ShoOp reply
to tbo effect that the captain was a gentle
man , and then went back to his work.
"While In the court room he saw two men go
tip to the captain's olfico , and shortly after
ward heard Sheep cry out : "Oh , boys , he
struck me. " Ho did not hear the captain
call Sheep any names.
Jailor Bcbout told about the row In the
jail , and said that when the men went up
stair * he heard some one say : "You're an
A. P. A. - . " This remark was
Immediately followed by Shoop's cry for
lielp.Andrew
Andrew Haze , mounted policeman , after
describing the origin of the trouble , said
that when Sheep called for help he and other
officers ran upstairs and met Sheep on the
'landing. ' Sheep was bleeding profusely
from the nose , and Bald : "Look what the
captain has done. He called me up to his
office and struck me In the face. " Officer
Corey and Hans Tlmm testified to about
the same things as did the other witnesses
for the defense , and the defendant rested
his part of the case.
Captain Cormlck was recalled and de
nied that ho struck Sheep when they were
upstairs or that he called him any names.
Ho also denied ever having met Sheep or
any other officer without saluting or re
turning the salute1 of his brother officers.
This ended the taking of evidence , and the
attorneys were allotted twenty minutes each
in which to make their arguments. The
cases were argued from the standpoint that
Sheep had been guilty of insubordination
and Cormlck guilty of conduct unbecoming
an officer.
The board went Into executive session , and
after remaining behind closed doors for more
than two hours they came out and an
nounced that they had suspended Cormlck
pending further Investigation , and had
restored Sheep to duty. The charges by
Sheep against Cormlck for assaulting him
and violating the laws of the state was
sustained. The charge of assault against
Sheep was not sustained , but the sergeant
was found guilty of leaving the jail without
being relieved from duty by the oncoming
officer , contrary to the regulations of the
"department.
Chief Seavey ordered Sergeant Sheep to
report for duty at roll call last night , and
Captain Cormlck was relieved from duty
until further orders from the board. It is
the evident Intention of the commissioners
to investigate and give the case a much
more thorough consideration as soon as
possible. _
riUK DKI'ABTMISNT HOW.
Troubles to Ho IlrouRht Iloforo the Police
Commissioner * .
For the next few weeks the Board of Fire
and Police Cpmmlssloners will have all that
they can do , III 'straightening out the troubles
-which have a'rlsen in the lire and pollce de-
partinents. JThere has been .farrow at
engine Ijouse .No. 1 recently and trouble
has arisen which will probably be called to
the attention' ' of the commissioners. At the
meeting of the board last Monday , night a
communication was read from a number f
the members and directors of the Benevo
lent Paid Firemen's association , In which It
was stated that , owing to the actions of cer
tain officers of the fire ( department , they ha'd
been unable to meet and organize orjto get
control of the books which they -wanted to
audit. This matter did not come under the
Jurisdiction of the board , and the petitioners
Bald that they would take the , mutter Into the
courts unless they secured satisfaction. SeeIng -
Ing that the trouble was Ukely to create a
scandal Chief Galllgan , who has been presi
dent , and Assistant Chief Sailer , who has
been treasurer of the association , told the
commissioners that they were going to resign
at the next meeting. „ ' , '
I _ Among the signers of the petition was John
* Ormsby , a popular member 'Of one" of the
hose companies stationed at Engine house
No. 1. When he came down to work the
next morning he was ordered out of the
house and told to leave the department by
Second Assistant Chief Barnes , who is sta
tioned at No. 1 house. Barnes felt person-
all- aggrieved at Ormsby because he signed
the petition In order that the Benevolent
association might become organized and pro
ceed to transact their business , which was
getting Into bad shape. It Is now alleged
that Barnes borrowed $200 of the association
several months ago , and so far efforts to
collect the amount have failed. During the
absence of Chief Galllgan. tbp new directors
allege that they tried to .Sail a meeting and
get control of the books , but that Assistant
Chief Salter would-not let them meet , during
Galllgan's absence. In orde/r / that a member
may borrow money from the association his
application must be signed by a majority of
the directors. Ormsby was one of the
signers for Barnes and , as he and others
_ -were about to be held accountable for the
fc Indebtedness , he wanted to try and make
. .Arrangements by which the matter could be
amicably nettled. But his action In signing
jY the petition angered Barnes , who took It
J * upon himself , without any right , to order
I Ormsby from the house. No charges were
I preferred ngalnst Ormsby. He donned his
j citizen's clothing and came down town.
K When Barnes' action became known to Chief
\ Galllgan he told his assistant that he had no
right to do as ho did and Ormsby was hunted
up and persuaded to return to duty for fear
he would prefer charges before the com
missioners , at their next meeting , against
Barnes.
From 8 tier Croelc.
BUTTER CREEK. Cal. , April 12 , 1894.
Tom Green of this place says > "Last sum
mer I had a sudden and violent attack of
diarrhoea. Some one recommended Cham
berlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. , which I procured , and after tak
ing a couple of doees was completely cured.
Since then I have often persuaded friends
to USD It for the same complaint , and In
* v ry case a prompt cure has been effected.
my opinion It Is the best remedy on the
iXet for bowel complaints. " For sale by
Igglsts. _
TrcBk of a Cult.
Of all the freaks that nature has produced
In these parts , one reported by A. 0. Dager-
tnan takes the cake. Mr. Dagerman
lives eight miles- west of this city. A
few days ago one of his cows gave birth tea
a calf , which , It It had lived , would have bad
all the dime museum managers in the coun
try after It. But , unfortunately for the
owner , and probably fortunately .for the
calf , it gave up the ghost before It had com
pletely made Its entree Into the world.
\ , The entire under part of the animal from
"i he fore to the hind legs was silt open , the
entrallH all bslnc outside. The ribs were
curved upward over the back. Its hind legs
were bent upwards and cauie up to the
shoulders. But the strangest fact of all Is
that the animal was alive when born , al
though Its. death ensued almost Immediately.
Marriage
The following marriage licenses were It-
sued yesterday ,
Name and address. Ace.
William II. Largu. Omnhu . 27
Wary A. Larson , Omahu . 55
Axel 'Strom. South Omaha. . , . . , . S3
Alma Norvluhl. Omaha . "I
Huns Jaspcrsan , Omaha. . . , . , . . . . . . , . , . . S3
Mary Johnson , Omaha . . , , , , . . . . 22
Ciustave Gibson , Omaha. . . , . . , . , . * 3
Anna Q. Olson , Omaha . , , . . . . . . . . ZS
Caurtlanii flench Opening.
Th- summer season at Courtland beach
ill be Inaugurated next Saturday and Man-
Griffiths Is up to his eyes In prepara
tions for the opening. Since the close of
last season a great many changes have been
made In the popular resort and the crowds
that will visit the beach this summer will
bs surprised at what has been done. The
Improvements made are upon a broad scale
and will meet with the approbation of the
general public. The street car service has
also been greatly Improved by double-
tracking the line , which will do away with
the crowding at either end.
Many new features will be exploited this
season , 11 being the desire of Manager Grif
fiths' to make the resort second to none In
the country.
CI.AT , HOUmiEA V AM )
From the press one would conclude that
the course of Colonel Brecklnrldge In standIng -
Ing for renomlnatlon whilst under * the cen
sure of the house of representatives and
almost unanimous public opinion Is unusual
and anomalous , but this Is not so. A simi
lar case arising from a different cause In the
Thirty-ninth congress from the same olJ com
monwealth of Kentucky occurred In the
Fifth ( Louisville district ) with which the
house wrestled for over ten days.
To represent this district was considered
an acme of Kentucky ambition , and well .It
might be. Henry Clay bad made the Blue
Grass region Illustrious. Garrctt Davis
John J. Crlttenden , James B. Heck and our
own Se.iator Joe Blackburn had all honored
this district on the floor of the house of
representatives. Another who ranked but
little above Brecklnrldgo , also represented
this district , James B. Clay , the son of the
great commoner. James B. Clay was a
member of the Thirty-sixth congress , being
elected as a democrat. In a discussion In
the house , being Interrogated by some mem
ber about his great father , and reminding
him of how he differed with his father , took
occasion In some way to criticise his father's
( the great II. C. ) political course. There
was a howl all over the country. A few
days afterward In the bar room of the
National hotel In Washington he was de
nounced as "a degenerate son of a noble sire"
and a bystander threw a glass of whisky
In his face. A few days later he went Into se
cession , and shortly afterwards ran away to
Canada where he died In exile during the
latter part of the war , but his body was
taken to Kentucky and laid away among the
bones of his great ancestors.
Lovell II. Rousseau was a remarkable man.
Ho first gained a notoriety In southern In
diana when a laborer In a brick yard when
about 18 years of age. In a foot race with
the best sprinter in that section ho won.
At the beginning of the Mexican war in
184C or 1847 he volunteered In Colonel
Booth's Second Indiana , which regiment so
inglorlously fled at the battle of Buena Vista ,
of which In after years I have heard General
Ilousseau often speak , giving the cause of
what he called "a great foot race , " the Ignor
ance and cowardice of Colonel Booth , who
was summarily dismissed from the service.
After the Mexican war Rousseau was ad
mitted to the bar In Indiana , and removed to
Louisville to practice.
When I was about 17 my father placed me
In Rousseau's office , as he said , "to pick
up what I could Irarn and try to make a
lawyer. " From that time , though there
were about thirteen years between us , I
knew him well , and from the beginning of
the rebellion until 1866 , when the affair of
which I write , his opposition to the Freedman -
man Bureau bill , and his support of Andrew
Johnson's policy , alienated us , and he never
forgave me for my criticisms. At our last
Interview with a few qualifying adjectives
In the superlative degree , with two pro
nouns , one noun and one verb , he Invited
me to visit a far off country , where there
is supposed to be a process of eternal In
cineration.
The affair of Rousseau in.the house arose
In debate over the freedmen's bureau bill.
Joslah B. Grlnnell , a member from Iowa ,
made some caustic remarks about Rous
seau's conduct reflecting dishonor on his
state. Rousseau demanded explanations.
Grinnell made explanations , but not satis
factory to Rousseau. Three months after
wards an occasion presented Itself , and
the mutual acrimonious remarks obtained.
Rousseau , in company with-the late Colonel
C. D. Pennebaker , Colonel Grigsby and Col
onel McGrew , went together to the capltol ,
and near the door of the rotunda , on the
piazza where all presidents are Inaugurated ,
wore out over the head and shoulders o'
Grinnell a rattan oane. Congress was pre
sented with resolutions for expulsion , sus
pension , fine , and finally this one , by Gen
eral Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts ,
passed :
Resolved , That Hon Lovell H. Rousseau ,
a member of ths house from the state of
Kentucky , be summoned to the bar of the
house and be there publicly reprimanded
by the speaker for the violation of Its rights
and privileges of which he was guilty in
the personal assault committed by him upon
the person of Hon. J. B. Grinnell , a mem
ber of this house from the state of Iowa ,
for words spoken In debate.
Rousseau at once resigned , returned to
Louisville and the governor of Kentucky
called an election. His enemies and op
ponents could find no one to oppose him ,
and he was unanimously elected , and in
thirty-five days he was. In his old seat.
Grinnell returned to Iowa. He was not
renomlnated and was not heard of in poli
tics afterwards. The people of Iowa some
how thought he should have fought.
Andrew Johnson and Rousseau were indi
visible friends. The next session of con
gress President Johnson appointed him a
brigadier general In the regular army. He
was sent to command at New Orleans , where
he died In 18C8 or 1869. He was a man of
magnetism. Impetuous , faithful to his friends
and the best hater to his enemies ; was ready
at all times to listen to the words of wis
dom , and ready , as well , to conciliate when
advances were equal. *
The profound minds by genlup and educa
tion of his ancestors , so powerful and In
fluential In social , religious and political
circles , concentrated in W. C. P. Breckln-
rldge as the last prominent representative
of tuch a broad lineage demands the ask
ing of the momentous question , What shall
we do ? The mothers , wives and daughters
should Inquire , Is the sacredness of the
home and fireside safe from the heritage
of names of great Influence ? Let fathers
and brothers ask , Without rebuke to this
man , where Is the safety of virtue ? Let
the Innocent school girl always have her
duenna , fearful that a man of mighty
name might send her out upon the world
as a convicted harlot. To a native of fair
old Kentucky that lived there for" the first
twenty-nine years of his life It would seem
that the quondam gallantry , chivalry and
superb manhood that the good , red blood
of that old state , by the conduct of Breck-
Inrldge had degenerated Into stallions ,
jocks and Short Horned bulls.
PAT O. HAWCS.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Contracts ami llomU for County Iload
1'nvlng Approved.
Curtlss C. Turner appeared before the
Board'of County Commissioners at the
meeting yesterday .afternoon and presented
the petition of Interested property owners
asking that the location of the southwest
road bo changed before It is paved. He
stated thot , by selecting another route a
little farther north they would secure a
much easier grade. Ills plan would give a
3H Instead of a 6 per cent grade. There
would bo a difference of only 3,000 yards
In the amo'unt of dirt to be moved , but
It would be necessary to secure a right
of way , which Turner estimates could be
secured for $2GOO. The proposition was re
ferred to the committee on roads.
The contracts and bonds of E. D. Van
Court & Co. and Hugh Murphy for paving
the country roads with macadam and sand-
stoqe respectively were approved , the former
receiving all the votes with the exception
of Williams' , and the latter receiving a
unanimous vote.
Williams said 'his objections were not
against the bond , but against macadam , and
he was unwilling to cait a vote that would
have the effect of assisting In uilng It. The
macadam members reiterated their expres
sions of confidence In that material. Addi
tional protests were received touching the
matter , one being directed against mac
adam and the other against banJstone.
Both were placed on file.
Weighing the MulU.
Yesterday completed the thirty-five days
weighing of malls In thla division , on which
the compensation of railroads for hauling
It for the next four years will be based.
The weighing shows very HUlo change
since the last previous weighing , with the
exception of the trunk lines , which show a
little Increase. The compensation will not
be materially chanced.
WANTED TO DEFER SENTENCE
How the Gambling Oases Hava Been Dis
posed of Before Judge Scott.
WHITE GETS OFF WITH A LECTURE AND FINE
Intention of the Bench Giro Wny Ilofore
thn Plain tire I tip of nn Attorney-
Other Matter * In District
Court.
AH of the numerous criminal suits against
the proprietors of the Diamond pool rooms
are to be dismissed from the dockets , and
Charles Whfte , one of the erstwhile owners ,
who was convicted last , week , has been
sentenced by Judge Scott to pay a fine of
$400 and the costs of prosecution.
Yesterday was sentence day In the criminal
section of the district court , and as a result
White was before the bar. After the con
vening of the court H , J. Davis , represent
ing the prisoner , filed a motion for a new
trial , alleging that at the trial and while
the jury was being secured 0. W. Doane ,
who had been appointed to prosecute , oiked
one of the jurors the question , "Do you know
the location of the gambling house known
as the Diamond and kept by the defend
ant ? "
This question , Judge Davis contended ,
prejudiced the minds of the jurors , as it
presumed that the defendant was guilty
and also assumed that the defendant was
the owner of the Diamond pool rooms , some
thing that at that time had not been proven.
The motion was promptly overruled , after
which White was called up for sentence.
In Imposing the penalty Judge Scott made
the usual grand stand play , saying that since
taking up the criminal docket cases were
numerous where young men and even boys
had been brought before him charged with
the commission of crime. They had been
charged with robbery , burglary and larceny ,
and in nearly even * instance the origin of
the crime could be traced back to the
gambling room. The commission of such
crimes and their origin had become so num
erous that they could not bo overlooked ,
especially when the first downward step of
the boys could be traced to the date when
they crossed the threshold of the gambling
rooms of the city. The court said he did
not think the defendant was morally cor
rupt , as he had a good family , but the busl
ness was the passport for old and
young men to enter the penitentiary. The
gambling room was the false hope that al
lured the young men on to the commission
of crime ; men with the wages of the day
would start on their journey home , but
on the road they would stop In the gambling
house , there leaving the money that should
be used In buying bread for the poorly clad
wife and the starving children.
For two years , the court said , there had
been a system of legalizing the business by
allowing the gamblers to nay a certain
amount into the treasury each month for plyIng -
Ing their calling. The author of that prac
tice had been guilty of making a contract
between virtue and vice and had thrown
about the gambling places the understanding
that the boys should be kept out. That was
a grand thing for the boys , but there was
nothing of the kind done to save the
husbands and fathers. For two years po
licemen of the city had made trips through
the gambling places and they had seen the
boys there , notwithstanding they were ex
cluded by law , but they had closed their eyes
to what they bad seen. Not a preacher , not
a church man In the city who did not know
this to be a fact. The mayor himself knew
It , for two years ago he became a party to
the contract allowing the gambling houses
to exist under certain conditions/-
An election , the court declared , came on ,
and prior to the-castlng of { he votes it was
arranged that the plan should continue If
a certain man was elected to the position
of chief magistrate. On the day of that
election the church people were falling over
one another to vote for the man who had
made the contract. Here the judge opined
that he was glad that he was not like some
other men , who would vote to have a quiet
Sunday , and at the same time vote to have
the working day turned Into a hell. Getting
back to the original theme of gambling ,
the court declared that it should be stopped
In Omaha , so long as he was upon the dis
trict bench. He could not understand how
it was that White was convicted by the
jury and Jack Morrison was acquitted , for
the evidence against the latter was the
stronger. "It was marvelous , " he continued ,
and then making a threat , he said , "Morri
son got out this time , but I want to serve
notice upon him now , and I do so in all
kindness. It will not be safe for him to
try the experiment again. What I propose
to do Is to place a ban upon gambling , and
If this man will quit , we have accomplished
this much. I bad it In my mind to place
this man under bonds to keep the peace ,
delaying the passing of the sentence until
some other time. "
There was an Interval of silence , and
turning to Judge Doane , the court asked :
"What do you think about that ? "
Instantly Judge Doane replied by saying
that he was not quite sure If a judge had
the authority to postpone the Imposing of a
sentence until another term of court.
The court was of the opinion that he pos
sessed the power , when Judge Davis raised
the point that when White was tried he
was not an owner of the diamond pool
rooms , having sold his interests some six
months ago.
Indications were still pointing to the
fact that Judge Scott was not anxious to
pass sentence upon White , for agnln he
asked , looking at Judge Doane , "What Is
your idea about deferring the sentence ? "
Judge Doane answered that he did not
think it the proper way of enforcing the
law , adding , "If a man has had a fair and
Impartial trial and has been found guilty ,
the court should pass sentence without un
necessary delay. "
"That depends upon the case , " answered
the court.
Judge Davis did not think It the proper
thing to place the defendant under bonds ,
as he was out of the business and was not
intending to re-engage In the same line.
. That settled the whole matter , and after
the Imposing of the line Judge Scott gave
White a parting shot by telling him of the
narrow escape he had from being sent to
the penitentiary.
The { larliaca Matter.
The suit brought by Henry Cocmbea and
others against Alexander tMcDonald and
others came on for hearing before Judge
Ferguson yesterday , where the plaintiffs were
seeking to secure the defendants from In
terfering with them In the hauling , and
also where II. 8. Berlin sought to have
a receiver appointed to take charge of the
garbage business of McDonald. The whole
of the Issues were presented on affidavits ,
after which there were arguments on the
part of the plaintiffs tending to show that
the garbage contract was tinctured with
fraud from the day of its Inception , On
these Issues the plaintiffs asked the court
to declare both the ordinance and the con
tract void. (
City Attorney Connell , In behalf of the
city , contended that the court could not Issue
a mandatory order compelling the Board
of Health to locate dumping grounds for
the city , as that was a power which rests
wholly with the city government.
At the hour of the afternoon adjournment
the case was only fairly under vray , and fur
ther proceedings went over until next week ,
Mr * . Mad ei > ' C'aie Argued ,
Echoes of the case of Ingre Madsen
against the Omaha Street Railway com
pany floated through Judge Ambrose's court
yesterday. This case has been tried three
times , and at the last hearing the jury found
for the defendant. After the return of the ver
dict , the attorneys for the plaintiff charged
that some of the jurors had been guilty of
unbecoming conduct , in this that some one of
them had said that Mrs. Madsen did not
walk lame on the streets , while. In the
court room she could hardly step , and that
this had been discussed In the jury room.
Yesterday all of the jurors who sat upon the
case were called before Judge Ambrose and
examined , after which the case was argued
and taken under advisement.
Minor Court Matter * .
In the case of C. S. Elgutter , us adminis
trator of the estate of George Jay , deceased ,
against the Missouri Pacific Railway com
pany , and wherein judgment was recently
found for the defendant ? -the plaintiff has
filed a motion for a new trial ,
The case of Samuel ElUlrts against the
Omaha Street Railway cAtritiany has been
dismissed at the cost of tlte 'MalnUT. '
Four years ago the plaintiff sued the com
pany In an action to recbVcf' J2.000 on ac
count of alleged personaV Injuries. In 1831
the case was tried , the jury falling to agree.
The next year It won tried Again , this tlmo
the plaintiff recovering a verdict for $1,500 ,
after which It was sent to the eupreme
court , where the judgment of the lower
court was reversed and the ase remanded.
C.I VOltT AT 1MX1HJ31.
Congressman Wcadock of Bay City , Mich. ,
while In attendance at the Ancient Order of
Hibernians' convention here , gave n reporter
a rather humorous account of his first Im
pressions of Omaha. Said he :
"My attention had been called to some
editorials In The Bee and I was prepared for
a rather unusual state of railroad affairs ,
but for nothing like what I found. Leaving
Council Bluffs , I was first astonished to
find a very fair depot out on the prairie
neither in Council Bluffs nor Omaha , nor
anywhere else that I have so for been able
to discover. Crossing the bridge the train
stopped at what I supposed to be some
switching suburb , and although the brakeman -
man , with his usual stentorian emphasis , had
announced , 'Omaha , ' I kept my seat. There
were no Indications of further progress , and
I finally got out and found myself on a long
plank platform , on one end of which were
a couple of baggage trucks and on the other
a blind man and a couple of tramps dozing In
the sun. A telegraph Instrument was tickIng -
Ing In an adjoining tool shed or temporary
baggage house , and inside I found an in
dividual who In response to Inquiries for the
Union depot directed me to a massive brick
foundation , weather beaten and time
stained , which loomed up across
the tracks. 'When was It burned ? '
I asked. 'Never was burned. 'Taint
finished , ' he responded , and shut me oft.
I shouldered my grip and rambled about
for some time deliberating as to whether
I should wait for the completion of the
depot or find my way out of the place in
which I found myself , for there were neither
hacks nor 'busses in sight. Finally a
ragged young urchin directed me up a sort
of cattle or hog chute where I found a
street car. I was Just regretting that I
had not brought a shotgun to have a try at
the quails and ghost dancers which probably
infested the Nebraska metropolis -when I
found myself In a city of splendidly paved
streets , stately public and private build
ings , sumptuous hotels and a hustling , en
ergetic population , which tolerates for a
union depot a ramshackle frame shed lo
cated In a hole in the ground. "
It Is not generally known that Police Commissioner
missioner- William Coburn among his other
numerous accomplishments numbers that of
being a great fisherman. It has become a
general and reprehensible custom to regard
with coolness and doubt the recounted feats
of piscatorial artists , and the custom pos
sibly has some- cause for Its existence , but
in the case of Mr. Coburn It Is different , for
he himself was the raconteur only yester
day and the tale of his unrecorded exploits
was told with .that plain , unvarnished candor
which characterizes all hlsuutteranc.es. This
happened in the days of htstdowniness and
willowyness , before he nendtd a mirror to
see the shine on his shoes.--iHe and a con
genial companion rowed lup' ' an Iowa stream
of such crystalline purity that the clam
shells and shoe buckles : on the bottom , ten
feet away , seemed within hand grasp. They
reached a dam and prepared'their ' lines with
the succulent angle wormbuti before the
first casb was made a strange thing hap
pened. All the fish In U'R ' river had deter
mined to jump that dam , and It was only
necessary to use the balling ball to fill their
punt with a glistening miSs 6t sunfish , black
bass , speckled trout , shad , mackerel , cuttle
fish , conger eels arid thy llkje. A school of
other marine monsters attempted to jump
Into the boat over the gunwale , but they
beat them off with their oars and rowed
back to town "two proud boys. " The next
dayl their fellow. , townsmen chartered u
flotilla Of boats and sailed up th fctream to
capture what they had be.en/ Unable , to carry ,
but the stream was deserted by fish. At
another time Mr. Coburn stood on a rock
In mid stream with a four-pronged spear in
his hands and In the' Intervals of conversa
tion with companions qn the shore1 would
carelessly drop his weapon Into the water , to
bring up on each prong a splendid specimen
of pickerel or bats. This feat was performed
ten or twelve times. . No one of those who
heard Mr. Coburn tell ol either pxperienca
could doubt the absolute veracity of his re
cital.
Bickerings and strifes , vituperations and
all manners of uncharltableness have within
the past few days disturbed the erstwhile
peace of a semi-suburban locality in the
northern portion of the city , and the cause
of H all Is a rabbit a measley , mangy ,
mumbling , mud-colored "bunny , " which one
of the boarders picked up on the street and
took home for a pet. On : the first forenoon
of Its residence on the block , the stranger
was content to hop about the common lawn
to the amusement of all. Suddenly Mr.
O'Nell's big Newfoundland dog , who had
been eying him suspiciously , made a lunge ,
but was beaten off by the neighbors. He
who kicks O'Nell's dag , kicks O'Nell. and so
one family was alienated. Then Mrs. Van
Norman left a box of strawberries on the
back porch , and Master Rabbit helped him
self to all he wanted and spoiled the rest.
He chewed the bark off the young trees
planted by the landlord ; } ie helped himself
to the dinners prepared for the family cats ,
and finally found his way Into the garden
which Is the joy of the life of an Irish
neighbor. In a few minutes the old lady
appeared with the struggling bunny grasped
by the ears : "Yez'll tek thot robblt or I'll
breck Its dom back. Luk at me cabbages
an' me raddtshes , an' me lettuce ! Dlvll a
one is left , ' " and the old lady , almost in
tears , passed the offender from door to
door , repeating : "Tek you're robblt ' , " but
no one would take it , and it 'suddenly
dawned on the block that nobody owned It ,
for the boarder had left. Time alone , how
ever , can heal the breaches Its temporary
sojourn has caused.
WANT FUBA-yS PLACE.
Aspirant * for a Tlaro on the Hoard of
Public Works.
It will be nearly two months before any
one Is requested to assume the "uties per
taining to the office of member of the
Board of Public Works to fill the vacancy
made by the expiration of Major Furay's
term , but there are already numerous can
didates , who are willing , to serve their
country In that capacity. J There has been
but little open effort tooMiin the appoint
ment. The booms that ltkit& been launched
up to date aredlsguttCiK under various
forms , and the candidate imve .contented
themselves with making i.tltelr aspirations
known to their ImmedlateiJpolltlcal friends
and -doing a little quiet wtzenpulllng , with a
view to getting a good' plotsmt the. start.
It Is no secret -that Major Furay would
not be averse to succeeding himself. Be
sides being able to Identify' ' a good thing
when he sees -it , the majtir * hs spent a good
deal of his time during ! < Ho past eighteen
months In lnvestlfiatlnrT3U ] > e electrolysis
question , and would .be Mriectly willing td
stay In office for another/lerju , now that the
matter 1s becoming of Impfcmjve Importance.
Another candidate who roasting anxious
eyes toward Major FuraiVSJat Is ex-Coun-
tllman George Munro , Hw as served one
term In the city council wrhpre he made a
creditable record , and ls.D9tMnwllllng | | to reenter -
enter official life. John McLearip. who was
formerly a member of the city council and
of the Board of Health , Ip also fixing his
fences to make a fight foe the vacancy. He
has a good many friendswho are already
quietly working for his Interests and he ex
pects to come lu near the head of the pro
cession. ;
Ex-Councilman Frank Kaspar Is being
spoken of In Eomfe quarters , and It 14 under
stood that he would be willing to accept the
appointment. Mr. Kaspar nas been favor
ably Identified with the Industrial' Interests
of the city and bus a strong following.
LM. . Anderson thinks his experience as a
county commissioner would qualify him to
perform the dntlek of the bewer commis
sioner and Is making a quiet effort , du that
direction. George J. Paul U said to b a
business men's candidate , and thli about
completes the list of asplruntn who havi
announced themselves up to date. There la
plenty of time lft. however , and there will
be no lack of candidates who will be willing
to take their chances in the rae.
READY TO MARCH FORWARD
Time Seems Ripe for the Business Interests
of the Oity to Advance.
BETTER FEELING AMONG BUSINESS MEN
Prospect that n Number of Ktivr Knlcrprlscs
Will lie InimniUlflj1'imliril Activ
ity In nulltllnc nnil lloalty
Week's Itrroril.
Omaha lias constructed a solid foundation
upon which It has begun to rear a beautiful
and permanent superstructure. The time la
distinctly within the memory of the younger
class of the city's business men when not
one metropolitan element could be named In
behalf of the town. The commencement of
public Improvements In 1SSO created the
epoch , the results of which have made the
majority of Omaha's pioneers wealthy men.
At that time the city's supremacy was con
tested by rivals , both In this state and
Iowa , but proper business sagacity and en
ergy soon put the town beyond the reach of
all competitors.
The so-called boom of 18SC and 18S7 w. s
the result of the natural expansion of the
city's resources , which could not be realized
by even those who assisted to bring It about.
The development of the state and territory
southwest and northwest largely contributed
to the augmentation of wealth and popula
tion and the push of business men did the
rest.
rest.A
A successful business community attracts
to It many varieties of humanity , the ma
jority of which are beneficial to a cHy'g
growth Speculators assist more than any
thing to make a town grow. They take
chances which conservative men would
shiver at. If there Is a leader the rest
will follow. All Omaha requires at this
tlmo to make It the Gate City In fact Is
some project of a substantial character which
will attract the attention of men of means
to : t.
At the present juncture the Platte river
canal scheme seems to offer more proba
bility of success than any other suggested.
The men who have taken this matter In
charge view It as already In shape to soon
produce tangible re. ults. A prominent finan
cier , speaking on the subject of
the canal a short time since , said
that the Inauguration cf work
on the enterprise would mark the most Im
portant period In Omaha's history. As the
gentleman has accumulated a fortune of
several millions In guessing on Omaha's
future his opinion Is entitled to great
respect.
By reference to any enterprise of consider
able magnitude ever started In Omaha it
will be seen that It has always had a suc-
cussful issue. Without naming several of.
Importance the smelting works , started upon
the smallest possible basis , and now con
ceded to be the largest In the world ; the
South Omaha stock yards , making the city
the second beef -packing and third pork
packing town in the world , may be pointed
to as notable examples of what natural ad
vantages and man's assistance may do for
a favored locality.
These and other points have found a per
manent resting place In the minds of pro
gressive men here and new enterprises arc
being developed as rapidly as time and cir
cumstances will admit of.
In the meantime realty appears by the
records of recent transfers to have caught
some of the spirit of the time and Is doing
considerable toward the rejuvenation of con
fidence.
Since the destruction last autumn of the
Farnam Street theater building negotiations
of a more or less tangible character have
been on foot for the sale of the corner of
Fifteenth and Farnam streets. Until lately
no offer has been made which came near
etipugfito the owner's idea of property
values to be accepted. It Is now stated
upon good authority that the Common
wealth Ground Rent association of Boston
has about concluded to buy the fee and
lease for a term of ninety-nine years on
a G per cent valuation to an Omaha man
who will put up a permanent building. A
Farnam street property owner has figured
the probable rents of a fair Improvement
on this corner and they aggregate some
thing over JGO.OOO a year.
A leading man , in referring to municipal
affairs ihe other day , gave some ideas which
are good. In relation to public improve
ments he said the vast corruption In almcst
every branch of public business was almost
Inconceivable. It has been computed by a
person well versed that of the amount yearly
raised in this city for the servlcs cf the
public and for improvements one-fourth , if
not more. Is sunk and intercepted through
the several classes of artful men in oBc3 (
before the remainder is applied to Its proper
use. ,
The only remedy for this condition is bet
ter men In office. While such men are in
places of trust , who have no other views
than their own interrsts , taxes will be high
and Improvements of an Inferior class. A
nonpartlsan city government seems to afford
the only remedy.
rtrul Kutnte Notes.
A contract has been signed for the trans
fer of a Sixteenth street business property
on a valuation of JIOO.OOO. The transfer
will probably go on record within the next
ten days or two weeks.
Negotiations are now In progress for
forty-four feet on North Sixteenth street ,
with Improvements , valued at ? 15,000.
Frank E. Moores' purchase of 150 feet at
the southeast corner of Thirty-sixth and
Farnam streets , at $80 per front foot. Is
regarded as a good one by real estate men.
Loan men are doing more business In out
side and vacant property loans. Last week
a three years loan on vacant lots in Tut-
tle's subdivision was made on favorable
terms.
There is a good demand for acreage prop
erty , and a number of sales are reported.
Real estate transfers for the past week :
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday J2. l
Saturday a&
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29C,383
llulldllifr New * .
Walker & Klmball have the plans for a
JGO.OOO stone and- brick residence for E. A.
Cudahy completed. Work on this house ,
which is to be built at the southwest corner
of Thirty-seventh and Howard streets , will
begin Immediately ,
F. C. Leaderbrlnk , the nrchltpct. Is taking
bids on a residence for C. Will Hamilton of
the United .States National bank. The cost
will be about ? 12,000 and the location Park
avenue.
P. W. Blrkhauser will build a $5,000 dwell
ing on Thirty-fourth street between Farnam
and Douglas. '
The new public library will be completed
about the last of June.
The brick work on the Omaha club buildIng -
Ing is progressing rapidly and will be fin
ished Botiio tlmo In June.
Work on the Schlltz roof garden at the
corner of Sixteenth and Harney , first re
ferred to In last Sunday's Dee , will begin
Immediately.
Building permits for the week :
Monday J 6,170
Tuesday klO
Wednesday 7.0M
Thursday - W )
Friday j
Total . _ . .J11.C80
Jlhdumatlmii Cured In Thrre Day * .
"I have been afflicted all winter with
rheumatism in the back , At times It was
BO severe that I could not stand up straight ,
but was drawn over on one tilde , " nays
George A illlls of Lebanon , Conn. "I tried
different remedies , but without relief , until
about six wcelrs ago , when I bought a bottle
of Chamberlain's I'alu Bulm. After using It
for three days , according to directions , my
rheumatism was gone , and ban not re
turned klnce. I have since recommended It
and given It to others , and know they have
been benefited by Its use , " For sale by
druggists. _
llHinacrd l y I'roiU
The Frost Friday night did Immense damage
to crops In this vicinity. lea formed a
< ruart r of an Inch thick , and vegetation on
A RESERVED SEAT AFE. COMFORTABLE
I lint 25 ( 'KSTH itxtrs 8 IXITS \
POPULAR PRICES. "Coolest Place in Town. " A SUMMER BOWKR.
COMMENCING wf lU
TOMORROW , JHoijaayj jnay
" - CARLETON
OPERA COMPANY
Jtfomfnjitiif Ttir.iifiiKrrnfny { n < t tialimltijJtntlnrr ,
'Queen's Lace Handkerchief. "
} lritnrtili > u Miittnrr iitul ll'riliir ilny anil Tliurmlay 1'ernlngi *
"Fra Diavolo , "
and .S'dftinfoj7Yriiny ! , Apuiifnlirfiilng ; ,
" " " "
"Dorothy. "Mikado ,
PRICKS First flour , 25c , SOc and 75c , Halcony , 2Sc anil 50. : .
low land was cut down. Sarpy county farm
ers report that all vegetables , including
potatoes , tomatoes , beans , etc. , were com
pletely killed.
ROBBERS OF CAJBS CAUGHT.
Union I'ucinc < ! ot tlu < Leaders of n O IIK nt
Crct-n Itltcr ,
Sheriff Tom Whltmoro of Sweetwater
county , Wyoming , was in Omaha yesterday
having In custody George Harris , br. , who Is
wanted at Green River for receiving stolen
goods pilfered from Union Pacific Cars.
In 1890 George Harris was a saloon
keeper at Green River and kept a rather
shady place , the resort for all the tough
citizens In that section of Wyoming. Dur
ing the year the Union Pacific company
began missing large shipments of freight
consigned to parties west of Green Itlver ,
and they succeeded in tracing the missing
consignments to Green River. Up to that
time the Union Pacific was compelled to
pay thousands of dollars every year for
goods lost In transit on its system of rails
and the stealing , as such It proved to be ,
became BO open and Insolent that General
Manager Dickinson determined to inaugu
rate a secret service department , and he
placed Mr. Canada at the head of the new
otlice. Mr. Canada ot once began a syste
matic Investigatier. of reported losses , turn
ing his attention to the constant disappear
ance of goods at Green River. Quiet beared .
revealed to the clever Inspector a remark
able state of affairs , and so persistent did
his Jnqulry become that many of the brakemen -
men , switchmen and other railroad em
ployes in that section decided to leave for
parts unknown. Some were incontinently
discharged from the service , while others ,
who were not aware of the evidence In
Canada's possession , gave up their Jobs to
follow their vocations In pleasanter climates ,
than Is found in the little oasis of Green
River , set down In the heart of the great
American desert.
The investigation , patiently pursued by
Mr. Canada caused George Harris to leave
Green River for the sast , and all trace of
him was apparently lost. George Smith , a
switchman , also decided to quit , but Canada
thought otherwise , and he followed Smith
to Cape Cod , where he was finally captured
and brought back to Green River as being '
the leader of a successful gang of car rob-
pers. Smith , seeing that the tide was run
ning against him , made a clean breast of the
whole affair , implicating a number of people
in the pllferlngs and charging George Har.-
rls , sr , , with being a "fence. " In his writ
ten confession he told of barrels of whisky ,
brandy and baskets of champagne which were
stolen from Union Pacific cars and sold to
Harris for nominal amounts ; of boxes of
cigarettes , caddies of tobacco , which he also
bought , to say nothing of Invoices of Irish
linens , napkins , bed linen , table cloths , of
dozens of pairs of silk stockings and silk
garters with silver buckles , boots and shoes ,
which were paid for by Harris at ridiculously
small sums , Smith receiving his share of
the money as wpll ns others who assisted him
In breaking open the cars and caching the
stolen booty , to .be delivered to Harris when
ever funds were low.
Harris , being directly implicated In the
systematic robbery which went on at Green
River for upwards of a year. In which time
nearly J5.000 worth of goods were stoien ,
Mr. Canada proceeded to locate his man and
found him In Peoria , 111. Sheriff Whitmore
was notified and quietly slipping Into Peoria
on Thursday hr arrested Harris on the charge
of being a "fence" and receiving stolen
goods. Friday Governor Altgeld granted
requisition papers and yesterday George Har
ris passed through Omaha to be tried in
Sweetwater county for hla crime.
DETENTION HOSPITAL.
Health CominUHlonor Sarlllo Will Urge the
Council to Take Action.
There Is a six-room house sanding vacant
just south of the corner of Fifteenth and
Jackson streets which , in the opinion of the
commissioner of health , would b : admirably
adapted for use as a detention hospital. The
building contains six rooms of moderate size ,
which would be amply sufficient for any or
dinary emergency. It is located within a
couple of rods of the police station , where
It would be as convenient oa could be de
sired , and can probably be rented for from
515 to $20 per month. Dr. Saville will bring
these facts to the attention of the council
and endeavor to induce them to endorse his
opinion.
"While at first sight this looks like an ad
ditional expense for the city , " said the com
missioner , "tho fact Is that It would really
bo a measure of economy , to say nothing of
Itc advantage from a hygenlc standpoint. In
the first place , whenever a sick or Injured
person Is taken to the police station I have
to send him to one of the hospitals where
the city has to pay J5 a week for his treat
ment. The county author.tl B estimate that
It only costs them { 1.50 per week to care for
a patient at the county hospital , and I am
sure that it would cost the city but little
more than that to take care of a patient In
the detention hospital.
"Another point is Illustrated by a case
that we had the other day. A man was
brought in on a train from somewhere out
In the state. One of his feet was bjidly In
jured and he was dropped In the railroad
yards , where he was picked up by the police
and taken to tht > - station. I had ( o send
him to the hospital at the expense of the
county. Now if we had a detention hospital
near the police station under the joint con
trol of the city and county he would have
been taken there and sufficient evidence
would hav been at hand so we could com
pel the railroad company to pay all the ex
penses. These are only two of the advan
tages of a detention hospital and others have
bacn pointed out GO many times that It ueemi
as though the council would be compelled to
take some action In the matter before long. "
*
I'ollth-8 In ihe riftli.
Judge J. 8. Lellew of McCook , a member
of the democratic state central committee '
and Incidentally talked of as a candidate for J
congress from the Fifth district , is In the
city on business connected with the prosecu
tion of the Indlanola moonshiners In the fed
eral court. In discussing the political situa
tion in the Fifth , the judge remarked that j
.here was altogether too much machine poll- j
Lies In existing conditions tovmako It at all ;
nterestlng. "Probably Tobe Castor will take
care of it In due time , " he remarked , in a
.one of Intense disgust. "Tobe has charge
of all these matters , you know , " he added
apologetically. "Don't understand me as
Indlng any fault , for whatever Tobe don't
want I don't want. Tobe Is very Impartial ,
lie uses us democrats juit as well as he
does either the repullcan * or populists , and
hat seems to be all we ought to expect.
There don't seem to bo any democrats fall-
ng ovpr eac i other out there to run for con-
greis , but Tobe can be depended on to pick ,
out a man when the time comes. "
Mayor J. E , Kelley ot McCook U Judge La
liew's companion on this trip. Mr. Kelley
U a republican and likewise a member of
15th Street Theater I1'01'1
Ono week commencing Sunday Mutinor , May
20th.
Clark and a Hose
HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE CO
Mittltii'os Wednesday und Biiturduy.
Second Concert
-or-
The Harmony Club ,
MK. J. T. KELLY. Director.
FIRST ffl.E. CHURCH ,
TUESDAY , MAY 22 ,
GAUL'S SACRED CANTATA.
WITH mom s or an VOICES.
ORGAN ANDOKClinSTKA.
Kcsrrveil S atN 75c , at Chase i , Kcldy'B. Ad
mission , OOc.
1
are a dozen
JL uses for the "Book of
the Builders ; " there
are a dozen places in the
house that can receive it ;
there are a dozen reasons
for its purchase.
. But there- are a dozen
ways to miss this great work.
There is only one way to
secure it.
That , way is the broad
avenue of Action which
leads directly from the path
of Determination. Buy it
this vcrr day !
You will never know how
much it can broaden your
life until you see it for your
self. No man can own and
read this greatest book of
the year and be thereafter
the same man that he. was
before. It is impossible
not to derive some value
from the myriad lessons and
experiences recorded in its
pages.
Address all orders to
Memorial Department ,
Omaha Bee.
the state central committee. He went
home last "evening , but will return to bo
present at .the meeting of the. committee
Tuesday evening. He favors Lincoln as the
place for holding the state convention and
thinks that It Rhould be held some time In
August. In this ho differs a little from
Chairman Slaughter , who thinks the last of
August or first of September will be plenty
early enough. Mr. Kelley says W. 15. An
drews has the call for thp congressional
nomination In the Fifth at this time , and
that on the governorship both Tom 'Majors'
and Jack MacCoII have a strong following.
CliilniH drain CrrtlllciitrsVur I'orcinl.
ST. LOUIS , May 19. The null of W. fc.
Munford & Co. of Chicago , brgught here
against Chief Drain Inspector Joseph M ,
Hhru of the state of Missouri for the for
feiture of his bond and JJ.OM damages , be
cause of the alleged IHHUO of InNpvctlon
certificate ! ) upon eight cars of wheat nt
Kanuas City to J. 1 > . Hlchlnnd & Co. ,
whose druft Munfnrd & Co. cauliod , lelyliic
upon the' certlllcntuH , which afterwanln
proved to have been upon wheat which did
not exist , took a senHationul turn ted y
when InsiKrctor Shea announced that t ! * >
certificates were forgeries nnd that tlitiu-
fore his oltlce Incurred no responsibility 'in
the matter. Thlu will bo hln court deten.'j.
J. D. Ulchlaml & Co.vus the title of u
llrm which , after victimizing u number ot
grain commlxBlon firms , disappeared ,
o
Itnpulillrun htutn Convention.
Chairman Ilrad Slaughter of the republican
state central committee Is In the city , at
tending to certain preliminaries attendant
on the coming meeting of the committee
here next Tuesday. He says that the choice
of the "boys" as to the location and date of
the statu convention will ba satisfactory to
him , but hu has Ideas of his own on tbu cub *
ject that are quite as posltlvtt as Pennsyl
vania majority. A strong pull Is bblnj ; made
to bring the convention to Omaha , as Lin
coln hud It two years ago , and It U con
ceded that the choice lies between these two
CitUs.