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r 8 - _ _ _ _ _ _ PIlE OMAHA \ DAILY nEE : qJlECRSDAY OCr'O.BE _ 17. 18fjj. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
RNEW ( \ \ IT nUT KEPT STILL
Coulter's Stealing Known to Taylor of the
Finance Oommittee
BUT liE KEPT TUE MATTER VERY QUIET
how the U"I.llt" Cltr Tr"'lIIrrr Took
'or HIIII"1t the City 1111.
IN More \ FulLy De-
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When Chairman Cadet Taylor of the cm-
rnltteo on finance reported , to the city council
Tues'ay ' ] night that the committee had only the
lay before discovered evidence which called
for the apprehension ot Jerome K. Coulter ,
tata deputy city treaDure-r , he was guilty ot a
Willful \ misrepresentation : at racts There Is
the most conclusive evidence that the fact
that Coulter had systematically s\olen \ city
210ney was known to'Taylor and his associates
within 11 few days after the expert account-
ants went to work on Bolin's books. It Is
perhaps true that the exact amount that
Coulter had stolen was not known until Tues-
4ay morning , but before the uamlnatlon
ot his accounts during his first month or office
was completed It was apparent that he had
already begun pocketing a portion ot the
funds that passed through his hands.
It Is a peculiar circumstance that In his re-
port Mr. Taylor neglected to afford any dfi.
nlte Information to the council as to the extent .
tent ot Coulter's peculations. lie was asked
lor this information by members ot the council -
cil , but evaded an answer on the plea that
It was ! not consillcred advisable to give out
the facts. The finance commIttee has con-
, Istently piirsue.l Its policy ot concealing the
facts In the case and It Is doubtful whether
any report would have been presented to the
: QlIncll at this time had not The Bee disco\-
bred the facts and made them public. I '
Mr. Taylor ! has In lIs ! pos9'ssl011 a detailed
. Hatemcnt which shows the exact extent to
which Coulter'/ pcculatlons were carried durIng -
Ing the three and one-naif years ho OCCUPIed
the office ! 01 deputy ( treasurer The grand
total Is $31,800 , or nearly $ ioooo more than
the amount which was reported by Comp-
trailer Olsen as the total 01 the shortage : III
the city treuurer'u ornce.
COULTER BEGAN SOON
The statement sholl's that Coulter Inaugurated -
gurated his system 01 thefts within thirty
aye atl.r ho was appointed / deputy tre.lSurer.
ITo went crooked ( ruin the first day hit went
Into the office , and , aided ! by tim connl\'anc
01 Incomletent ) anti corrupt officials , . he con-
Untied his pcculatlons right up to the time
when tlo ! ! : > xposlon ! came and he and hIs )
luperlor were compelled to give 'WilY to hon-
pet mrn ,
, In January 1892 , and within a few days
aCtel' his appointment , Councr drew 11 check
011 one or the city depositories for $400 , The
heck was In Coulter's handwriting , but
Bolin's signature : ; was altached. Trio money
was drawn from the bank and pocketed by
Coulter. It was never credited on the cash
account anti from the moment that tile
amount was drawn from the bank It disappeared -
peared from sight The fact that this obvious -
vious embezzlement was rpetrated during
the first month or Coulter's term Is con-
elusive evidence ! that It must ( have been discovered -
covered by the experts very shortly after [
they began their task during the latter part
01 June. But Mr. Taylor declares that he
knew nothing 01 the matter until three days
I1go.
SImilar instances ha1becn discovered
through nearly every month or Coulter's
service Small ! amounts were stolen In Feb-
ruary March and the following months and
the statement which Taylor ts so Indus-
triously secreting shows the exact amount
that was' taken In each Instance. On August
Ii i ; , 1893 , Coulter drew a check on a local depository -
posltory ror $5,000. A day or so later he
drew another for the same amount , and
toward the latter part or the month. $1.000
adllltlonal. The first draft or $ : ; ,000 was
duly credited on the cash book. The remain-
Ing $6,000 was credited along In small
amounts , all through the remainder or the
month At first the greater part or this
was held out by Coulter , but he evidently
feared to appropriate the whole amount , and
day by day he gradually turned portions or
It Into the treasury. 'fhe result was that
he credited IOtiOO , and only pocketed $500
out 01 the original $11,000.
WENT FOIl fiG PILES.
It was not until the summer or 1894 , how.
over , that Coulter let ' down the bars and
recklessly walled Into the runds. It wa , at
this time that he was keeping the woman In
the South Sixteenth street fiat and he neede.1
tim money In his business During this
period he drew < < checls In various amounts
01 $2,000 $2,500 and :1,000 : and not a single
dollar 01 thcEa amounts was ever turned
Into the cash Ilrawer.
The recapitulation or the statement sho'\'s
that the checks which were drawn , out 01
which the proceedii were partially : or entirely
approprltltell by Goulter ( checks amountlul
to nearly $25,000) ) were drawn In Coulter'e'
handwriting and signed "lIenry Balm , by
J. K. COlllter , deputy. " The remalnller or
tile checks were sIgned by hahn hllnscIC .
Conslllel'lIg ) thc hue ! : : amount which was
stolen by Coulter It Is scarcely believed that
It watt all expanded In his lllssipations. It Is
knewn that COIlter IJald UII some mortgages
on Ills property during this period and It Is
believed that the remnlmler was safely deposited -
posited , either In a safe deposit vault or In
ome out 01 town bank. This latter theory
Is supported by the informatIon { that a short
time before he left town , he went Into the
Nebraska Savings dttd Exchange bank and
drew a drart for a large ! : : amount on the III-
bernlan bank In Chlcao. ! As ho went to
Chicago Immediately on leaving Omaha It Is
conflilently asserted that he had ulllioubtedly
depeslted his gains In that city ,
A warrant was issued In police court yesterday .
terday for tile arrest or Coulter for embez-
zlenpnt. The complaint was signed ! by Assistant -
sistant County Attorney II. L. Day , and the
amonnt named In Ihe complarnt was $2,000
This represents an amount which Coulter
Ilocketelt on a single check and Is sufficient
to bring him back II arrested anywhere tn
the United States. II ho succeeds tn making
his eSCal , aldltlonal warrants will bt' issued 1
con'rnlng the other thefts until he Is charged
with the embezzlement or the entire amonnt ,
$31,800 which will be sulllclent to secure
extradition Ilaperlt.
The last Information obtained or Coulter's
whereabouts Is that ho was recently seen In
E1 Paso , Tex. It Is believed that Coulter Is
following Barrett Scott's example and Is
maIling his war to 'Iexleo
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It :1111) : ' no us : IIIit'll for Yon ,
Mr. Fred Miller or Irving , Ill. , writes that :
he hall a severe kidney trouble for many
years , with severe pains In his back and also :
that his bladder was uffectl'd lie tried lIIan1' :
10 called killney cures , but without any good ' .
results. About a year ago he begun use of
Electric hitters and found relief a once. :
Electric flitters Is especially adapted to cure '
or aU kidney ulill liver troubles and often
elves almost Instant rplle { One trial will
prove our etatemenL Price only 60c. At
Kuhn & Co.'s drug store.
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This will bo the fastest and most luxurl-
OilS ser'lce'Ia any line to CallCornla. The
.rcsmt . train leaving Chicago at 10 p. m. I
will bl ! continued carrying through palace
sleeper and tourll't sleeper to San Francisco ,
and tourist sleeper to Los Angeles
Full particulars obtained anti reservations
.tcured tram J. : . L. Palmer passenger agent ,
room 1 , First National Bank bldg" , Omaha
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Harvest Excursion
To points In Oklahoma Kansas , Arkansas ,
'rexas ' , Louisiana , Indian Territory , 80
west Missouri , elc. . via
railway , October 22.
fpr the round
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itI1LI.lY , STIOnn .t CO.
SIrrlnJ " 'iiIi.'s . III Ircaspi . . . ( loomis.- .
lnilieme' RlIt Chll.lr"I1. , . . ' UlltJerrnr.
All wool stylish fancy dress mixtures ,
special , 40c.
fleet Frencb serge , SSc quality , Oc.
Royal cord , just In , also black , stylish and
serviceable , $1,2ti.
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Black fancy weaves , just In , regular 8Gc
gOOOS , at GSc.
SpecIal , ladleD' and children's wool underwear -
wear at hall price.
Lallles' scarlet Australian lambs' wool
vests , that never sold for less than $1.25 :
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special price SOc each
A bargain In Egyptian cotton ladles' vests ,
SSc.
c.Ladlffl'
Ladlffl' drawers ] 35c.
One lot more of chlldren's ; wool scarlet
vests and pantletts , the sizes run 18 to 32
Inch , regular price on this lot 40c and $1.00 ,
at 25c a garment ,
I KI LI.gy , 'STIGlm & CO" ,
. Cor. I'nrnam and 16th streels.
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Fire Stile IIC CllllhlllJe.
The Salvage WreckIng Co.'s fire sale opens
this morning at 9:45 : It will pay you to
come hundreds 01 miles to attend this sale.
Choice or men's black worsted or heavy union
cassemere suits $2.90. Extreme heavy weight
felt mittens 5c. Genuine Harltan overcoats ,
with velvet cellars , finely draped for $2r,5.
Ien's heavy natural underwear 1ic. . GenuIne -
inc dog fur cOLts , with quilted lining , $ 6.i5.
I.erge umbrellas 22c. Extreme 1 heavy weIght
caS6emere pants b9c. Twenty different styles
ot good quality or winter caps ltic. Bo"s
overcoats , emit tn the late style ! , 85c. Heavy
weight \ \ eel sox's 6c. Genuine IrIsh rrlese
ulsters , ext" . long , with big collar fancy
lining , $3,8ti. Wool Jersey overshlrts 25c.
Space Is too short and ( time to \'aluabl ! to
mention all the bargains. It Is sumclent to
say this stock consists principally 01 the
finer grades or men's and hoy's clothing , such
as satin lined suits , real fine ulsters anti
nobby overcoats , as well as pants Some or
your home merchants will tell you all kinds
01 bad things about us , but you know that
only means that : they can't compete. Prices
tall : and nohlng else The Salvage Wrecking -
Ing company will keep Its store open even-
lags till 9 o'clock Male no mistake about
our location Our number Is
115 SOUTH 16TH STREET , TWgEN
DOUm.AS AND DODGE ,
In tim Bushman block , opposite the department -
ment stores , Look for big sign ' ;
FIRE SAI.l CI.OTIIING.
Opens at 9:45 : this morning
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G It. \ xu Ul'gXIxn S\'I'IlU.\ ! .
I.'urlllturf' . Stovm's nlllt 1I"IItllIl I ; Rt
. : . : u -:111 : XIII.th 1Ulh 1 St vt'm't.
Ht'tlgcock & Ollell , formerly proprietors
and managers of the \V. H Bennett Coo's
furniture department , will have a grand
openIng or their new store ( O'Connell & An-
derson's old l'land ) next Saturday , Oct. 19.
Walt for the biggest bargains ever orrerzd.
On opening day all customers purchasing
$10.00 or more will receive a beautiful bamboo -
boo screen , worth $2.GO. Watch for prices
and particulars III Friday evenings papers ,
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Hayden Dros' add Is on page ! 2.
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Thrllulh Car Ser ' . Ic . . .
Minneapolis and St Paul , Mtnn" , to Los
Angeles ! : : Cal.
Arrangements have just bcn comilieled
whereby the Union Pnclfic and connecting
lines will run a Pullman Tourist sleeper
( volta 1I\ltIeallolls \ anti St. Paul , Minn. , to Los
Angeles , Cnl" , via Sioux City and Columbus ,
Neb" , WITHOUT ChANGE : car to leave
Minneapolis every Thursday , il0 : p.m" , St.
Paul , 8:15 : p. m. , anti return ; : ; , leave Los
Angeles at 2:00 : p. i m" , every Thursday.
For comfort there Is nothing that excels
the tourist cars operated by ' time Union PacIfic : ,
anti It Is an established fact that this line
makes raster time than any other line In
the west.
This already gives promise ot being the
popular line for California travel , and ap-
pllcatlons for space In the sleeper should be
made earl ) ' .
For information In regard to this through ,
car line . apply to A. C. Dunn , city passenger
anti ticket agent , 1302 Farnam st. , Omaha.
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CALIFOH\"I.\ Oft TEXAS
\'In Snllln F , ' ROllt.
For lowest rates on tickets and best ac
commodatlons call on or address E. L.
Palmer , 1' . A. Santa Fe route , room I , First
National bank. Omaha
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On October 29 the Santa Fe route will inaugurate -
augurato new and strictly limited first class
service to southern California
The California Limited will leave Chicago / : ;
at G P. m. dally , reaching Los Angeles and
San Diego In three days anti San Francisco
In three and a hair days , thus reducing the
time hair a da ) ' . Equipment will coilsiar or
superb new vcstlbulcd Pullman palace and
compartment sleepers chair car and dining
car through rrom Chicago to Los Angeles
without change.
Columbia Metal Polish Cross Gun Co.
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Hayden Bros' alll } Is on page 2.
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Alte'imtlon ICIlIJeht" .
George g. Iord , grand chancellor or this
grand domain , will visit Nebraska ledge , No
1 , KnIghts or I''thlas , on Thursda evening ,
October 17. 1895 , and assist In conferring
several ranIs. A till attendance Is rz-
quested , Visitors welcome By order or the
chancellor commamler.
F. E. I rAY ) , K. 01 R. & S.
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I'OSTUONlIS ' 1'111-1 l1UgS : 1I1 . \JtJXn.
Ills CII"e nu , , " Over for n'k -
County Coiiiimileslmme'rs ) It'l.tIIJ\ I ' .
The hearing or time charges against Frank
'Ioores , clerk 01 the district court , was
again po'tponed 'esterday. The time was
extended until next Wednesday. It was
announced that It the case wen ; not prose-
cutbd \1 hen next It came up It' would have
to be dropped.
When the commissioners mel yesterday
It was with the expectation that thp
investigatica would be beguA In earnest.
When only the attorneys for the defense appeared -
peared , however , It was at once surmised
that another Postponement was In order.
The surmise was' shortly verified , for as
soon ns the case was called , one ot the at.
torneys arose and stated that the attorneys
on both side" hal } agreed to postpone the
trial for several days.
The IJostponement was not granted , how-
ever , until some 01 the members 01 the board
hdl } expressed themselves emphatically to
the effect that they were getting tired 01
the methods being pursued tn the In\'estlla.
tlon. Jenkins l-ald that Ir tIme case dIll not
come lip for hearing on next Wednesday he
Intended to offer a. motion to dismiss It.
Williams seemed to think that a good idea
Although the principal purpose 01 the board
In holding a meeting yesterday was to
consider the 'Ioores case some regular bual-
ness was tram acted. A majority of this ,
howe\'er was routLne , dealing with bills ot
various kinds
There was one point 01 interest In the
meeting Some time ago a petition from a.
number 01 citizens was received by the
bOard , asking that a special attorney be ap.
pointed by the board to care for the county
Peer farm cases In the ceurts. The peti-
tion was referred to a committee , The
committee returned a report yesterday ,
recommending that William D. Deckett be
appointed as special attorno ) . . The report i
was adopted and the chairman was Instructed
to enter Into a contract with l3eckett.
The contract with Deckett provides that
he shall be paid $500 on JanuarXc I , 1696 , arm-
other $500 on July 1 01 the same year and
another $ GOO on January 1 , 1697 If on the
r date tlJe attorney fees In the case are
_ ho contract provides Deckett
roportlo , . It , however ,
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LAST HARVEST EXCURSION
Comes Next Tucstlay and Will Do t1.
Dig One
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SEASON'S ' BUSINESS WITh UOMESEEKERS
l't'UIle tlU the 1o'IuliI Trim " % 111 I.nuk
llsieelitl : ' I , ' Over 'hrlllll'n lIu.1
Itlll"-S"llll'r" lliic
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There will be ! one more harvest homo" cx-
curslon 1hl9 year on October 22 , and the
passenger men are of the opinion that It
will be the largest that has been run thIs
season , Inquiries are coming In from all
parts 01 the east , particularly front Ohio ,
Illinois and Inlllana , and special provisions
are being made to accommodate the rarmerl'
01 those states who hayo their crops garnered
and arc ready to take a trip thl'ough the
northwest .
These passenger agents are dealers In ru-
lures In a large measure. For the restless
.plrlt that attacks the eastern farmer when
his crops are harvested they have n panacea
In a. cheap trip to Nebraska , Kansas , WyomIng -
Ing and the Dalotas. : The reduced lara may
not look very big to the railroad man , but
ho has an abiding ralth In the attractions 01
the west , and Is sure that the eastern
farmer who gets a good look at the fertile
prairies ot tim wet't anti northwest and
learns or the comparatively low price or
lands , will eventually b selzod with the
Immigration fever , and will be a patron or
the road and a resident or the fertile west
There have bem lour 01 these landseelers'
excursions this year , but there will be one
more. Heretorore the excursions have had
a. ' demoralizing effect upon pasl'enger husl-
ness , and the scalpers have had a nice harvest - ,
vest In the business or dealing with home-
soekers' tickets The passenger agents have
made the bm'lness such a tut1y , however ,
that this year the cheap tickets have been
hedged about with such restrictions that the
scalpers have had hut little profit In any
tickets that ell Into their bands
The Burlington peoph claim to have sold
about 4,000 tickets to homeseelers timit' roea-
tan ! , and expect to poll 1tiOO 1I10re roth
excurplon on October 22. : ! They claim to
have located nearly 2,000 lanillles by means
or the homeseeke\'s' tickets , most 01 them
on the line or the 1I111'lInlton's ; extension
In Wyoming and \lantana. ! These sections
have ben most liberally allvertlsed hy the
Burllnglon this year They ah' ; report a
very large Inunlgratlnn Into Nebraska , and
expect that most 01 t he business 01 tile last
excursion ot the year will be to Nebraska
points
The hock Islanll passenger people assert ,
that time tide or Immigration on their line
hatl turned again , and Is now directed toward
Nebraska anll ( Kansas The farmers or the
eastern and central states have heard ot tim'
returnIng prosperity. and big corn crop In
those stales , 31111 are anxious to In\'estlgate
The earlier excursions 01 tile Hock Island
were directed to 'rexat' . and southern I'lnts ! ,
but the October excursion will be to Ne-
braska and Kansas points
The Northwestern people had to run extra
trains for theIr excursions Into northern
Iowa and south ' rn Minnesota earlier In tIme
suml1lr ( ) , but they expect to kwe the bIg
end ( ot the buslnes.1 on their excursloll next
weell , which will run to Nebraska 1IJlnts. :
All or these excursions will be run out
01 Chicago ! , on October 22. anti will pass
through Omaha on October 23 The rare
Is one rare for the rOIll\(1 ( trip plus $2
which must be palll at the destination before
time tlc\Ot'ls ] Iootl for the return trip.
'I' \'IXH 1'0 ItgSTOItB It . \ 'I'ES.
ItimiirmiimiM "hn rJ\11I1 ; 1.1111 Prl'lJ\'ht .
' 1"11'1/1' / " l'clIlhIA' a SeCt It'mmmi'imt.
It Is now allege , In rallrold circles dIal ail
01 the western roads have received time cIrcu-
lar notice or Chairman lIdgeley or the Western -
ern I.'relght Tralllc association on the question -
tlon or rate cutUng. The clrcubr was Issuetl
after the first meeting or thO ; ! vice proaltienta :
01 the roads In the association In Chicago and
wan as follows : '
"It was agreed at a meeting here yesterday
01 executive officers or Atchison , Alton , Dur'
IIngton , Great Wstern , Missouri , Kansas &
Texas Missouri Pacmc , Northwestern , flock
Island , Wabrsh and Wisconsin Central that
cOl1lll1enclng today no rates should be made
lej ) than itrecent pUblished tariffs { { on any
freight traffic .destlned to or from points
within western freight territory . Please give
Im'nediato effect to such Instructlon by
promptly advlElng alt \ your soliciting agents ,
cant anti west , to above effect , anti requiring
strict conrormlty therewith , Iemphls road
will be aslell to co-operate. "
LOrII railroad men atsert that their agents ! ,
have been notified to solIcit no further busl-
ness at less than published tuniC rates until
the matter Is finally settled by the vice prc.sl-
dents' oclatlon , which Is now holding a
meeting In Chicago , It Is statell that no
further cu's arc being made allil that the pros-
pects are that all rates will be 'stored on
November 1.
Time traffic officials have no definite hlstruc-
tlons as to the character 01 the agreements
the ) ' will be required to make They have
simply been Instructed by the vice presIdents
to make agreements that are calculated to
maintain ratct' , either by pooling , dl\'lslon 01
traffIc , money : penalties or any other immetimod
lLtilzmNmtes timid ) ' ' ' . " "lIunl" .
Colonel Phillippi of the MIssouri Pacific Is
In St. Louis
Pat lIumphrer , traveling passenger agent
01 the Lake Shore , Is III the city
The bearing or the Oregon ' ; Short Line cases
19 still In progress before Judge CorD Ish.
Charles Fitzgerald , , traveling passenger
agent or the Louisville & Nashville , Is In the
city.
city.No
No date has been fixed for time hearing or
the union depot cases by Special Master
Cornish or the Union Pacific All or the
answers ha\'e been tiled and time master 13
only waiting for the roads Interested to agree
upon a time for a hearing ,
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IIl1cl'u' Arnlrn Snc
The best salvo In the msorlti for cuts , brusCl ! ,
ores , ulcers , sail rheum , fever sores , telter ,
chapped hands , chlblalns ! , corns , and all stein
eruptions , amid positively cures plies , or no
pay required It Is guaranteed 10 give per-
feet satisfaa'lon ' or money refunded. Price 25
cents per box , For sale by Kuhn & Co.
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" .VIIHiIII UOXOItS COlIB : IIIGII.
Jtl'llIlhU.'nn Cnll.lhll1l1' Cnllt'll Ul.OII
to I'llt Vim Cmshi
Some of the candidates who were satisfied
with places on the republican city ticket are
already beglnnLng to reel that they are being
called on to pay a little too dearly for the
honor. The city central committee has
made up the asseli'Smcnts for the campaign
lund , which the various candidates will bo
called on to pay , and the result Is not altogether -
gether satisfactory to all concerned. The
apportionment Is made on a basis or Ii per
cent or time total salary 01 the position for
which each candidate Is nominated during
the two years of service which goes with the
office and Is consequently distributed as follows -
lows : Droalch , $300 : Edwards , $720 : Gordon -
don , $300 : HIgby , $300 : Westberg , $300 , and
each of the nine councilmen $96.
Time principal protest Is made by some 01
the councllmanlo nominees , who assert that
$50 Is about all \ that they should be called on
to pay They represent that they have been
put to a considerable expense In order to
get .a place on the ticket and that the total
outlay which they are compelled to make Is
away otitof proportion to their meager chance
ot getting elected Several 01 the candidates
have gone on record as saying that they
Id refuse to pay the amount demanded ,
the committee contends that they are
xed In the "me proportion Ui ! ; -
mrtdidatee . and that " 1' ' wlll have to
o ; ' ce xnlfed
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'Ill TRUe for ReCurm.
ns' Reform League meeting
sldentl of the west end
enth and Ninth wards of
Douglas trccinct 1\'m \ be
Ie Creek hal r.rcclnct and
' s , Saturday Octoban 19 , at 8 p.
es John Drexel , Chatlel Cae ,
S , William Coburn Guy Doani ,
councilmen will be 1n attendance"
lIlt. : DuIONT ( hlVEl'X ' t\Jow 'ACTS.
JIJeht nn 1 .In-Rn1H'.I1tl'lf\tllln. . . tn thr
COllnrmnUon of-,31mI in's Smiccemmeor . .
OMAHA , Oct. 16Tothe Editor of The
flee : In this mornll'tg flee you state editorially -
tonally that In orlw. to' secure confirmation
al city treasurer I I'rolJllsed "not 10 stand
In the way 01 Mr. EilwllJ1)s' ) ambition. " That
statement Is untrue , amid ; Ln view ot my late
candidacy , places m8 : In an unenviable light
before the people , \ chose ! confidence I desire
to retain , I therefore IlIake this denial , and
that no Injustice I1Il1y be done to anyone ,
I ask space to stale "thl" facts :
When my name was first suggested I tolll
Mayor Bemis that I did not care to accept
the appointment : I was not a politician and
did not care to enter politics Afterward I
was urgl.'l } 'by friends to accept , and decided
to do pa , btit with no kiea i 01 holding the
office beyond the six months I have been
waiting for some time for the "financial
clouds to roll by , " so that I can take up some '
enterprIse or greater Importance than any
political ol1lce. Being In that frame or
mind , I said to several friends that I did
not think I would care to hold the office be.
yond the end or Mr. Bolin's term , as I believed -
lieved by the spring ot 1896 financial affairs
\l'oulll so shape themselves that I could make
11I0ro outside or the oltlce than In , 1 also
said that It Mr. Edwards cared to "hedge"
on the point ( as was charged In the news-
I.apers . ) he would have a better assurance In
the fact that my personal Interests would be
against my holding the office longer than In
any one's political promime All or these
statements were male voluntarily and In
good ralth. \'ldeutly they were repeated ,
and like neighborhood gossip , after passing
from mouth to mouth , were construel } Into
a definite 'promise No one asked me to
pledge myself not to be a candidate : on the
contrary , before toy confirmation I met : 'Ir ,
E.lwards and was assured by him that he
did not want any promise : that he had not
sought cue rrom Mr. Reed ! : that he had votell
for me the first tLmo afd ! would do so again
Ir I was reappointed , without respect to what
I might : ; dee In regard 10 being : a candidate
this rall. I have since been told that Mr.
Edwards' IrlCl'ds would never have con-
firmed me Ie they had not understood that I
would not he a candidate. Any such
"understanding" was obtained In the manner
stated above and was wal\'ed by Mr. Edwards
himself
With respect _ to having been "turned
down , " anti afterwards confirmed , I desire
to say that affrm- cndlug : In 'Ir. Swob 's
name ou the afternoon of June 27 Mayor
Bemis had decided , In case the council re-
ftiod to confirm , not to send In another
nnlll tim next day A commltte 01 the
council , however called upon the maror
at his resldenc2 that night and InsIsted upon
having unother uame before adjournment ,
anti he finally sent In rnine It came as it.
surprise to the council , and I was afterwards
Inrormcll that It was rejected becaube those
pretending to Imow statell positively that
I was Identified with the citizens' . move-
ment Anyone knowing : the InsIde facts will
conccJle that the 11rlnclpal reason for Mr.
Swobe's rejection was that he was a leader
In that movement.
With regard to Mr. teed's ! withdrawal , I
am informed that whIle ! ! Ramo 01 Mr. Ed-
wards' friends ( not he himself { ) sought a
promIse from Mr. Hcd that he would not
be a candidate this fall , hIs chler reat'JU
for withdrawing hIs name ) was that he rouull
that certain large property owners , whom
he at first thought would sign the bond ,
would not do so--not through any lack or
confidence tn him , but because they would
not , sign for anyone , allll these sallie men
alh'lsed him not to aceept the appointment.
I do not mean to intimate that Mr. Heel ,
was unable to give a gooll bond ( no one
doubts his ability to do 80) ) , but he could
not select for bondsmen such men as he
woulll rccl perfectly free and safe to return .
the favor for IC occasion should arls . Those
who argue that becau.1 eertaimm things were
asked orIr. ! . Reed and Mr. Swob" they must
have been required or me also lose sight
01 the fact that' between the time when )1\
Heed was appointed anti my name scnt .In
the second time the situation had materially
changed
The council combIne , whIch started out to
force tha mayor to appoint some one whom
they might dictate , round themselves In a
position , by the afternoon or June 28 , where
they were anxious ( am . ' they put It them-
selves ) to confirm any reputable republican
whoso republicanism had never been qucs-
tioneti I was Qrltlclsed on that point , and
my statemcnt that I was a republican , but
recrved thc right to vote for good men for
office , giving : republicans the preference
when they were honest anti callable , was accepted -
cepted as satisfactory J. II , DU'IONT.
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Note by time Editor : 'Ir. Dumont 13 Incor-
rect In .hls quotation from The Bco's editorial ,
.
The exact words of The lice are :
"When the Bolin defalcation was umicovered
Edwards was one 01 tllose who inosteti : on
keeping an embezzler In charge or the city
treaury. Fdillng In this effort , he obstructed ,
so Car as he could , the confirmation or any
man as treasurer whom he considered a possi-
ble competitor for the republican nomination I
this rail. ThIs was : why such II nun as A. L.
Heed waf compelled to asle the wIthdrawal
01 hut nallle , and this Is wily . 'rhomas Swobe ,
who was at that time In full charge / : ; 01 thc
treasury , was turned down , and why JIIr
Dumont , alter being once turned down ; was
finally confirmed , only upon surances that
ho would not be In the way or Edwards' ambition -
bition "
The Dee's version Is true , even according to
Mr. { Dumont's statement Ast'urances were
given Edwards by Mr. Dumont's Irlellls that
ho would not stand In the way or Ed \\'arls'
ambition OtherwIse his nomination would
never have been confirmed
As to a definite promIse either In writing
or In so many words no ono has charged
that Mr. Edwanh sought to exact one ( remit
Mr. teed ! , 'Ir. Swobe or Mr. Dumont. It Is a
'fact , however , that en the day on which
Mayor Booths sent the name 01 A. L. need to
the council for confirmation 'Ir. Edwards , accompanied -
companied by City Attorney Cennell , called
upon 'Ir. Heed at his ofFice to ascertaIn his
Lntentlons concerning his appolntlllent. The
whole burden or the questions with which Mr
Heel was assailed was to elicit from him
positive ast'urances that he woulll under no
conditions accept the republican nomination
for city treasurer.
Hayden Dros' add Is on page 2.
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: tIr 'J'hollll''u' flu-mimi
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OMAHA , Oct 15.-To the Editor 01 The
Dee : 'Iy attention has been called to an
editorial In today's Bee wherein you say
that I am "reported willing to with-
draw from the race" for city treasurer Inasmuch
"
asmuch as this will create a. ( also ImpressIon
among my friends I rely upou you to print
my denial or that l'tatement I have no In-
telltlon whatever 01 withdrawIng , and will
bo In the race until the polls close
CIIAI1LESV. . TIIG : > IPSON ,
lfJh'Je _ oC XomhmUoli Ct-rtlflc'ntcmm. .
The time for filing certificates of nomination -
tion with the county clelle 01 candidates nominated -
nated by conventions expired at Ii , o'cloc ) < yesterday -
terday aCternoon. Candidates for county offices ,
by petition may file their petitions by October
24 , and withdrawals must be filed by that
time Central committees may file their
nominations to fill vacancies on the county
ticket on or before October 28.
"
Dr. Bailey , dentistt Paxton block
Awarded
Highest tlonor&-\Vorld's Fair ,
.DR ;
-tltE ;
CREAM
BWNfi $
'POWDIR
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A cure Grape Cr am'of Tartar Powder. Fee
om AmmonIa ! , Alum or any other adulleraTl c
S 40YEARS TilE STANDARD.
A Breakfast ,
however good , la I wnsted on R cold , tone
1es , flabby stomach It 18 unjust to
blnll10 tIme cook. Ire CRn supply only '
rood ; you mUJt ! find the power to turn It
Into flesh anti blood It Is limo pnt.t ot
wisdom to l'ccogl1lzo the signs of hull-
gcstion , and to stimulate tile lazy
stoll1nch with
Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey : : ,
n tonlo never moro valuable than now ,
whoa the body IJ ! tried by sudden
chnng-cs of nit' . It sustllins time vIgor of
time sy'stOIl1 and 11I"0\'Olt9 t'homnatlsm ,
asth1l11\- und digestive ! trouble , diseases
that 1\I.lso from cold und IlI1pOlrect c\1" \
cullLtion of the blood The enl ' hued !
clnal whiskey In the market
DI'uglsts { and Gl'ocel's soIl It.
DOCTOR
' ' < ' Searles 8 Sear es
& 'I-t' 119 S i4thiSt.
r ? ; , C " 'n Umirm' C'mttimrrhi alt , JIM _
. hiA : "IIMI'M..T Ihl ! = 'iUMI' , Thru.t , :
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"I ' ! .A 2' 1I1I.t i.im.'rm : 1I 'lh'h' .
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'ft rAt\ ; \ \ \ \ ' i/ . . " . 111111 iCI.lmn'y ilsm'.itme . . ( lull'
. ( ! r"IIII ( ! : . . .rrhll..lI. 'JlhIllA ,
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N \t'WEAK \ \ ' '
, \ ! \ WEAK MEN' .
f \ ' , ; : \ , ' " l 1\ ) . \11 I'rhlltn nt."II."M IlIlIt
' t ! ' N.\.Ji\ ! : \ ' \ \ JlI'"rh'r" liT " " 'II , ,
, \ , ' . . . \ ! . \ \ \ \ Tr.tll"t by lIIutt , .1111-
'a\\\ . , \ k ; \ ! \ \ t\Vmmltathmi frc4' .
SPECIALISTS
lu the treutlllent 01 nil
NERVOU3 , CHRUXC anli PRIVATE
Il1SEAS 1 ES.
Trentment tor ali lorm or Fiii ; II.E WgAK
SItS , Gull on cii' ) mmthires ! , with stnlllil.
Di' SC'lrlcs r , SC11'lcs 1 II I ) ! 'i . 11th "It" ,
lit , tJt.ttt fl , , l\ bJItIi t.i , ommum liii. : o.clJ ,
pNU TESi'ij0 ,
% "ASTING DISE.t BBS WEA 1EN WON IEii
V I iull- because t.c' mvealemi rhowly , gratlim
alI' . P0 Uot allow thu wijuto of hotly to nmmrmll
you m. poor , minltby , iimtnmnlmmrtm man.hfcaltim , stromiamj
imtmii vigor i for' you whmcthcr you bo rich or moot
rime ( ircat itutlynmi Is to be hiatt onil' ( roam time ituci
50l ( 1.fetflcml I mistltmmte. 'rIle , t.voimtlerfui trtscove
t.vntS mimrmtlo by tIme mmimocialit't of time ottI fitmeims llumi
Ioit.Mt'thlci.l ; Immstitmmte , it is limo strommcst amid nttc'
pow't'rfui vitalizer mad , ' . it is so powt'rfmml that C
Ia damply wommherfmmi , how hmimrniles'm it Ii. You cci
get it from mmowhnnro limit fm'ommm the himmtl.omi , CCedIe ,
InmhItmte.'rite for circtml&mrs nmmd teetltmionlals.
jitl etratirti1mmary itojuvemmittor i'i the niot
eommtlerimi chlseov'my of thu ago , ii lies been en
dorectl b' the itatlimig nmcienmtltlc men , of iuropo ai4
America.
IXUI3YAN ii ptmrehy e-cgetahle ,
U UIYAX stops hlrcmmtmirtmees , of time tIle
cimargo ut twemmty mluys. Ctmrmm LOS'r matx
110u ) , COIit.thitttton : , dlzzimmtss , falling semmeatiommi
imcrvoua twitctmlntg of limo eyctm amitl other harte.
Strenigtimemie , imivteoritem , anti tomits tlmo enitlt
system , It Is as chmemip nmmm tiny oilier rcmm'tle' ,
JIUIY.IN cures mlelhiIt. ' , mttrvolmstmes.q , cmli
ulonis , amid thes'eiopi alit ! restores week orgmmmm
rttiims iii the back , iost' by clay or nmfghmt stopptf
quickly , Over : , ooo jtrivato lntloraemcmits.
I'rcnmmtturemit'se mm'aimt imnpotemmcy in time fir'4
stage. It ; a synmmptomim of mmenmimmmmi vcmtkmicss ci I
barrenness. IL cait be stophleti iti twenty tinys 14
limit ume of litmtlymimm. 11mid-mmmi coms mio inure thmi
ally other remedy
Seimtl for circmilmmrmm amid tetInmomilals.
TAINI'flD ] mLOCHI-liniimmmre bhnotl dmme t
serious ltrlvmmtn disrders , , carries immyrlaths of sore
producing gerris. Thiemi comessoro throat , plmnltlcl
Copper cohered cr015 , ulcers 1mm motmthm , old sores am
'ailing hair. You comm save a trhh. to Hot tprlmmgs 14
Critimig for 'Blood Imook' to time olti physicians of t:1 :
ZIUISON MEDIIAL INSTFrUTE ,
Stockton , , 31irket tmnml jiin i4ts. ,
CAN l'Jt.tc'isco , c.tL ,
: E 1tP
w7 k me
4v Air
on'ol1socit
occt\siOflS.
, , '
cj1Xou cannot
'FTh1he '
operc'
' wiThout ginin
; I 'f twhirf-of
, MpPAL !
p4 ,
't ( iowH
11W4
TIlE FASHiONA5L PERFUME.
Flowery , refreshinc , delicct.ro
mefld Iotirm' . - .
For sleby druqsrs ! only.
IMPERIAL CflG\/N \ / PERFUMEftY CO ,
? SAInT LUUS5.
IIEYER DROTIIERS DRUG CO.AGLIjT ,
ALSOTICY ( WEDDING 8ELLS\Two \ new
PEACH BLOW. / odor5.
The Balmy South !
Laud of Plenty
No Hot Winds
No Drouths.
Cool summers and mild wlnters-
two anti three crops raised a year.
Free tuel mcii ! lands. Fine railroads -
roads and the beat shipping facii-
Itles brinK the markets ot the
whole country to four door Vioy <
and this land yields you abundant ,
never Cnlllnir crops that bring . big
prices and you have something t.
market all the year through
! Central Mississippi ' i
: : ! : !
well watered , good roads. friendly
people : never railing returns from
c time richest soil on the globe The
S tide 'ot tmmlgratlo la turnIng to.
S wards this wonderful . region Twenty
C acres there with an ) ' sort 01 care
taya you more money than the best
Ila acres In the west , Stock runs
out all the year and ) 'OU can ral"e
vegetables every month In the
twelve. Garden farmn ! and trut
raisIng are making more money for
the northern let lieu now than they
ever made before In theIr lives
with double the amount 01 work.
Peaches , plut)1p , pears , strawberries ,
graves penlmmona surly apples ,
apricots-In 1ct all small fruits are
a prontable , never fplllng source ot
revenue For full partleulara address .
dress
OEO. W UtES , General Agent , ! s
( 1617 Farnnm St. , Ottlnha , Neb.
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To Juggle -1
With the Trttth--- :
( A rell1nt"lnhl , ) tale In one chnlltcl' , )
A IIInn never IWllw-l : what 1-1 I : coliming until It get ! right onto hIm.
Som ! lIIen will cnll'r the nl'IIt'cst store ti'y on time ! IIt'st g'nrlllent nut !
.
buy It. ! Othet.s will slioit' : tlci , ut , tINe Icen juldgnmleimt Cl'e they dcclde.
Which will buy IIImt ! I\tl\nla l'ouslJ ? y
. ' 1lnt tiepeitdii Heiltiahle I'Rlahlshll'uts ) 110 mover quiestloimed.
In n house lilH Ut' : , Whl'I'I' va Inc of n1I'challlsl ( Is equal to face
\nlue , A 1)ei'SOlt ) mlhl bo nn Idiot In the souse of \nlue
whie In othet' stores : Hhat'll tttlu Is aholtlclJ necdctl If t pcrHon
Isn't POsted on \alucs , Yet w m II'efel' the slioppi'n' , heclull hl hulhls
t future t ,
Ien wll shllllllcll ! ) thl senHlln oil $ li.O ! ul-l : tlvcr Imcw whnt
wn-l : coliuluig tuiitI ! the ' cuitered ! lieh'e . Om' ) . '
cotlllnA uutl , tntl'tIl hl'tl' $110 ( ) suits are of the snll10
ealibet' thl ' hnve : seen most e vet'y plnce ) at $ } iOO. )
Pl'I'hIIIS the "m ' mint the sa mite nH til as color II couicerimecl- !
grmtiItecl-lyer3' . soul ti t hil tns Ie. I t lll'sun heCOmlR Infntuall'11
wih t I'el.talu color mind design t few doluls Is blt t tn'ihic tll Intet.-
fl'to wih that which gives Illeasul ) ! Olhel'\lsc tll Iloca.t a saving
. of :0.00 ( ) II n blessing . .
AII If our :0.0 suis nm : Ilt lS HnH I cloth . t'lnluln/ 011
mnlH . ns mummy $15.00 gm'tllcnt : 'IU cnl hl ' ut the ( chealll'sl , tln om'
, .
relltatun.ls hut n furce. ,
I took U ! t dU11'1 of Jfal ! wih a'llent111 : / uUl'easlng Imibon' , 10
. ! Iii that l'plllaton , hut WII'I t1tlJ to putt wih It If you'll iu'ove
i ' tmt we juggle wlh thl' limit ii In ItJ IIhll'S : It'unaclon. )
J\ml 'ou veicoitit' to In ' . '
, you am wl'koUI' vest lgtte. : Plclsetl to hare ; 'ou.
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HAVE !
CHEERFUL
I , ROO MS . . . . I
' 1'huios' awnJ that slltteriiig [ ! , ! dlthlg hump-no use hoth- )
i oiling wlh n 110m' Ilm II \111 . good oles mine itt 'om' CIII-
lIIilll nt n It'lfug : cost. 1m\'e've got IltllJ hUJIIg ) dowl 10 n
. tclelcl' . E t'ery ! ! mnlwl doesn't nut he good Ia nimits . We sift
tll'nl ald select lie ( bust.
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t ( Il tel Dlr : Hauiln t Lmmmmti : , wih silk slllleH. COIIlllt !
$10 ) : ; othprs nit to $ ! .S0.
. Decomted : Lamlls : , wih Rlndes 10 maleh : : , coiii1m1te , nt te ) ; .
ollpls . up to $ -i.i : ;
Otmi' Lal } ) stock Is \ utusually Inl ! < -II'kes tUUHlllr low. l
The 1319 !
99-Ce1t Furt1ul1
tl 8tm-e. ' ,
8h'eet.
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r ITch ii" Your Wifc C ' I
I that yeti have \ I
read that Santa ,
Claus Soap is
enc of the ' 1Ji
greatest labor- ' f \
I saving inveti's
tons of the " - ° , '
time. i Tell e -
her that it
will save her . .
C. C ,
strength I save A 4 ' a/Lair I
her tune , save ' . Ijj 'J
her 1 t ii . t ' '
cothes. - - - . -
The merits of " ' < " - '
ISANTA ClAUS SOAP ,
appeal at once to ever thoughtful wonnn. It's the best . purest , and
i most economical soap to be procured. Sold everywhere Made only by
The N. K. Fairbank Company , . Chicago.
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A FewAcivantages .
Orered by the . Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway , the short lne to Chicago. A clean traii
. tral.
made up and .larIL' from Omaha. .
kouxCiTY , C"GO ,
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_ A" 'CI , apEs , ; . MOINES _ - _ . _ . _ ,
DnSSnse , checked from residence to desloa lieu . mesant ruin elvlce and courteous , em-
plors l nlre train lghted by electricity , wit h electric reading lumps tn every berth. Flneit
dining car service 10 the we5t I , with meals served a In cu'te. or . In other wOld8 order "hat
you want and . pny . for what you get. Flyer lea yes union depot daily at GOO p.m. , arriving al
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ChleuJI at D n. m.
City Ticket Office 15M Faram Street C. B. CAnRI' : ! City Ticket Acent.
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( My mama used Wall eoap ) ( ( wish mine h&
TY 00 LEiS will ' I not shrInk I
WOOL SOAP
Is used In the .
I laundry
Wool Soap I delicate . nod , etrPlbnlorbatn ! pur.
poses. TIme beet cleanser : Jor lmouit'holti ace
luadr uturrouc. , lJI1 ( I list , at lour dakr ,
: IUrp.C.
Raworth , cheQle & 10. Makers , Chicago .
fHw ? \
( ULTL' ' 1
t 'EP5IH $
s ( uTHAT ) ( Hips I
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TIlE MERCAMIILE IS THE FAVORITE TEN CENT CGAR
TIE lERCAN fLE
FIr sale by all lrlrst Class Dcalcrs. MIDufacfurcd by the
F. R. RICE MERCANTILE CICAR CO. .
Il'uctor , No. 304 , at Luis , M (